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Improving health of AIDS patients
Study finds that medication adherence "coaching" pays offin improved viral loads
By nuH GOUIIIAUM
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AKING steps to tailor
medication rt'gimens for
patients being treated for

the fir&gt;t time for HIV infc..-ction and to assure that they ad·
here to those regimens can pay off
with improved vi roloBic results

nearly a year following initiation of
treatment, according to a study by
UB researchers.
Forty·eight weeks into tra.tment,
94 prrcent of the patients participating in an outpatient H!V Medication Adherence Cli nic had viral
loads below detection, compared
with 63 percent of those in a control group who did not receive the

intensive adhen:ncc intervention.
According to the UB researchers,
this is the first time that an adherena
program in an outpatient setting has
been shown to affect viral load for
such a prolonged period in HIV patients. Failure 1111&lt;s for initial tmltmcnt
regimens for HJV patients traditionally have been as high as 50 pe=nl
The results were pr=nted earUer
this month in a poster session at the
14th lntemationaiAIDSConf&lt;rence

macy Practice in the School of Plwmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
and a oo-author of the study.
.. The current standard of care
goes likt this: the physician writes
a prescription , the patient goes to

the pharmacy, gets the medications
and tries to do the best he or she
can,~

he explained.

rasein~samewaythatitdealswith

"The need for an alternative
mOdel for managing HIV patients
and their medications has been supported by the data in this study."
It is particularly imponant, he
added, because the initial treatment
regimen for HIV-infected patimts

conditionslik&lt; highbloodpressure."
explaiiledGmeMor&gt;e,prof&lt;ssorand
chair of the Department of Phar-

ing the patient's viral load and determining disase outcome.

in Barcelona, Spain.
..AIDS is an epidemic.. but the

health-c:aresystemdealswiththedis-

has the greatest chance of suppress-

1p&lt; UBstudy involved outpatients
in the HJV Medication Adherence
OinicoperatedbytheSchoolofPharmacy and PhannacaJtical Scien&lt;z&gt;
and based in the Immunod&lt;ficimcy
Services Oinic in the Erie County
Medical Center. Sinu opening its
doors in September 1m, the clinicthe lint of its kind in the~
oounseled hundreds ofHIV patients.
Lori Esch, a co-aulhor of the
study who is director of the clinic
and a UB dinical assistant professor of phannacy practice. said the
study induded 2S patients S«&lt; in
the clinic who participated in the adherence program and 38 controls
who =eived standard care, but did
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Pharmacy meets Kresge challenge
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HE School of Pharmacy
and Pharmaceutical Scienc~ has m~t th~ chal lenge, raising S1.6 million
to earn a $500,000 ChaUenge Grant
from the prestigious Kresge Foun dation, a first for the university.
The grant and the chaUenge funds.
which total S2.1 million, will benefit

very grateful to The Kresge Foundation for the opportunity and for its
outstanding generosity in support of
our Campaign forUB," said President
William llGrrin&lt;:r.
"'This grant will foster interdisci ·
plinary research in drug discovery
and development, and help us continue to advance the future of pharmaceutical sciences... he added.

The first phase of the grant was
Nov~mber

the pharmaceutical sciences instru -

ea rned in

mentation facilities that support the

both the grant and its corresponding chaUenge funds designated for

school's strategic research in such
areas as pharmacogenomics, pharmaceuticaJ protein biotrchnology
and the chemical sciences. induding

computationaUy aided drug discovery and molecular visualization. It is
research that goes from "molecule to
bedside.. as it anempts, among other
things, to measure and manage patient responses toanti-inftammatory
and anti-cancer drugs and to assist
with developing new drugs to treat
multiple sclerosis.
"We're extremely pleased and

proud that UB has met our fir&gt;t Kresse
Foundation's challenge grant-and

2000, with

the purch~ of equipm~nL Pur·

chases have induded a gas purification system that enables Uquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy instrumentation to determin~ drug
concentrations in blood or tissues
with an incr~ degree of sensi tivity. a circula r dichroism spec tropolarimeter and fourier trans·
form infrared spectrometer that together enable scientists to study the
structure of fragile molecules such
as proteins. and a dynamic laser
light scattering instrument for de tecting the aggregation of proteins

or measuring the siu of particles
created as protrin carriers.
Wid'l the first pha~ complete.

Wayne Arl&lt;l=on, dean of the School
of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. said it was Amp Inc:s$50,000
gift that took the sca:md phase of the
fund-raising drive over its goal, just
days before the May I deadline.
Two hundred thirty-four first ·
time donors responded to th~ effort,

as did donors makinggiftsofS2S,OOO
or more, including

Kw~n-)en

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Chang Ph.D., '72; Editha and john
Kapoor, Ph.D . .'72; Margaret
McGlynn, MBA '83, BS '82; Organon, Inc., and Pfizer, lnc. Previow
contributors included The Commu -

nity Foundation for Greater Buffitlo.
Bristoi-Myer&gt; Squibb Corpo111tion
and the National Institutes of Health.
''What made" th~ S«..nd phase' of
thC' grant more chal l ~nging," said
Anderson, .. was that we w~ raising money for an endowment fund
to keep the instrument core operationa] in perpetu.ity.
"In fact, it's this endowment fund

with aU of its guarantees that "" will

maintain and utilizr SlatA&gt;&lt;l{~
equipment that has t-1 a ma;arfactor in enoouraging new gifts. as wdl
as winning federal equq,.,_gnon~s.•
Ander&gt;on noted that the instrumalt oo~ with its~~
search capabilities. will be1p attnct
highly talented students and 5ldlar
new faculty members. as wdla&lt; providing opportunities for advancing
human health through innovatiYe ~
search, multidisciplinary educttion
programs and oollalxntiv&lt; projcds
involving the univonity.'s ~
and r&lt;gional research institutions.
The Kresge Foundation, based in
Troy. Mich., is an independmt, private foundation that offers grants
for projects involving oonstruction
or renovation of facilities or the
purchase of major capital equipor rnl estate, focusing in the
areas of high~r education, health.
arts and humanities, human services, scienc~ and the environment,
m~nt

and public affairs.
Th~ Kr~sge Foundation Challenge
contnbutes to us·s$250
million campaign.

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ave developed a re markably simple ~nd
effecti\oe bioiOchnological method for synthesis of novel
proteins using amino acids that do
not occur in nature by using unique,
programmable ribozym&lt;s (enzymes
made of RNA, or ribonudeic acid)
that they e&gt;olved in the lab.
TheiOchnology, described in the
July issue of Nature Biotechnoi&lt;Jgy,
provides a potentially important
new tool in the field of proteomics,
where scientists are working to undemand all of the prokiru that have
been identified through the human
genome project .
A related technology was described in a paper published by the
researchers last month in the/ouma/
of1M Am&lt;riam O.emiaJl Society.
The researchen, £rom the .Depart·
ment of O.emistry ip the College
of Arts and Sciences, are discussing
a research-and-l!censingagreement
with a company interested in com·

mercializing the technology, for
whi&lt;:h UB has filed patents.
According to the UB chemists,
scicntisu have been i.ntaested in
efficiendy harnessing the ability to
attach unnatural amino acids to
proteins since the first demonstration that it could be done in 1987.
Existing methods for doing to
have been too complicated and too
~nsive for routine use in the
laboratory.
Named after lead researcher
Hiroaki Suga. assistant professor of
chemistry. the programmable
"Sugazyme" provides an dficient and
&lt;moomic shortcut 10 attachment of
tRNA 10 unnatural amino acids.
The UB method generates the
first artificial ribozyme that per·
forms two unique steps that lead to
the generation of novel proteins.

First , the Sugazyme is programmed to recogni~ an engineered (i.e. unnatural) tRNA, as wdl
as various unnatural amino acids.
Second, it then operates as a chemical matchmaker, joining the two 10
create the aminoacylated tRNA, the

essential mol~ for Linlting the developed by 'the group ODd degtndic code to amino acids, trig&lt;r- ocribed in detail in the ./ournDI of
ing protein synthesis.
!MAmtriaJn Ooemical Sociaycoo•Our symm has the potential to sisu of a few si mpk step~: The sciprovide a simple method for the mtisuimmobilizethetibozymeon
preparation of such aniinoacyl·/ an inexpensive gel. pod&lt; the resin
tRNAs for resean:ben wbo want bf into a column, add the amino ocid
expand the amino-acid repertoire and tRNA and shake it for about
for protein synthesis." said_Suga.
balf an hour.
The advantage of using S&lt;Halled
"When the resin is washed off.
unnatural or non-natural amino wba(s ldi is the aminoacyl-tRNA
acids designed in the lab is that they with the immobilized ribozyme,"
can be tailored with special func. said Suga. "The desired aminoacyltions that are not avoilabk in natu· tRNA can then be isolated. I(sa -..:ry
ral amino acids and that will aid re- durable and convenient system."
searchers woricing in proteomics.
In the lab, the researchers have
" In the Nature Biotechnoi&lt;Jgy pa· demonstrated that the symm also
per, we demonstrate that we have is &lt;mnomical and able to be reused
evolved a ribozyme that has a pro- numerous times.
gramrnable feature for recognition
Suga's co-authors on the paper in
of any desired tRNAs and that it can the/ourna/ of th&lt; Am&lt;rican Oomricharge non -natural amino acids on cal Society are Hiroshi Murakami,
the specific tRNA," explained Suga. post -doctoral fellow and Neil ).
co-a uthor with Yoshitaka Bessho Bonzagni, doctoral candidate, both
and David R.W. Hodgson. both in the Department ofO&gt;cmistry.
The work was funded by the Na·
post-doctoral fellows in the Depart·
ment of Olemistry.
tiona! Institutes of Health, the Na·
A related technology for engi- tiona! Sciencr Foundation and the
neeringsimilar"designercatalysts" Human Frontier Sciencr Program.

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University is first in nation to place topic in professional pharmacy curriculum
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HIS fall, in addition to
Biochemical Principles
and Human Physiology,
students studying to be
pharmacists in the School of Phar·
macy and Pharmaceutical Sci ences will be taki ng a co urse in
pharmacogenomics.
UB is believed to be the only school
of pharmacy in the nation to require
student'i in its professional pharmacy
program to take phannacogenomics,
the study of how data generated by

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the human-genome proJect can btu~ to tailor drug treatmenu. to an
individual's genetic makeup.
The subjec1 of well -attended research ronfcn."llre; and peer-rev1ewt&gt;d

papers. phannacogenom1Ci boen=lly
has been seen more as a field of research than a.&lt; a necessary part of the
professional pham1acy curriculum.
Daniel Brazeau, research asslStant
professo1 of pharmaceutics, direc tor of UB's Pharmacogenetics lab
and the faculty member who teaches

and having made major equipment
acquisitions through the support of
such -foundations as the Kapoor

IOchnologi.es ~one day play a role
in their treatment.,• Brazeau sa.id
UB students will learn about how
new technologies, such as gene

key faculty appointments in the fielo

Foundation and the Kresge Foundation, as wdl as federal support from
the National Institutes of Health.
"Our students are getting to se&lt;
this research from the very begin·
ning," said Anderson. "When they
graduate and this technology becomes more commonplacr in thera peutic drug management, our stu dents wiU be at the leadi ng edge of
those changes."
The dnve to provide a foundation
m pharmacogenomics for professio nal pharmacy student s came
partly from an emphasis at the school
to focus on the m.-w, broader role of
the pharmacist as a key health-care
provider and, more often than not,
the provider with who m patients
communicate most often.
.. The pharmacist is an important
conduit in the community foro:plaining innovations like these to the
general public and for enhancing
their understanding of how these

microarrays, can help enhance the
drug-discover y process and also
about how knowledge of individual
variations in genrtic respon~ can
hdp physicians and pharmacists
p=cribe better treatments.
The co~ focuses on the sciencr
underlying these advances. indud·
ing DNA structure, geneuc mapping, quantitative genetics and ge-·
netic databases.
The UB School of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences also has
distinguished itself by offermg earli er thi s year the nation 's first
master 's degree program in pharmace uti cs with a foc us 10
pharmacometric.s., a nev~ field that
invol~ the analysis and interprttarion of data produced in P"'·dini·
eal and clinical trials, much of which
now is generated through n ew
computationally intensive tools,
such as bioinformatics.

reported to their health~ provide" and used to select an individuali.z.ed treatment regimen.
"Although many drug combinations are capable of suppressing vi ral load, not all combinations are
suitable for every patient," Esch explained. "These study results support the philosophy that it isn't nee·
essarily the specific drugs used that
is as important as how well they art
tailored to the patienL"'
The pharmacist works intensivdy
with the- patient for as long as a
month before the patient takes hiS
or her first pill and is involved in
mtensive coaching during the first
four months of treatment. Patients
are provided \OOis svcn as J?IU)&gt;nv"&lt;.

dose cards, a daily dosing schedule
and beepers, if needed. If questions
or problems arise, the patient can
contact a pharmacist through a telephone hotline operated by the clinic.
.. Our clinic gives patients a
jumpstart for sticking to their r&lt;gimens that the system. as it exists now,
is not set up to provide," said Esch.
That jumpstart is critical, the UB
researchers explained. because when
patients interrupt therapy for any
reason , the virus has a chance to
develop resistance.
"When you're dealing with a disease like hypertension, the patient
can stop taking medication and then
start up 'l8"in, and the drugs will
work," cAplained Mo~. "'But with

AIDS. when you taU your medications incorrectly, resistancr will de·
velop, so the adherence program
becomes an integral part of the&lt;&gt;v&lt;r·
all HJV pharmacology program."
Other researchers involved in
the study, all of UB, were
Katherine I. Klem, Lori Kuhman
and Ross G. Hewin.
The UB program is being adapted
for use in Zimbabwe through a visiting professorship at UB funded by
a grant from th..- National Institute
,~o r AJlergy and lnfectiow Oi..sea.ses_
UB pharmal) studep"- post -doc·
toral residents and practicing pharmacists from a~..~ the U.S. partJOpatc 10 tra1mng programs m theadherence dmu..

the course, acknowledges that the
fieldis-..:rynew.
"Textbooks on the subject don't
even exist yet," he said " But..., think
thafs pnrisely.'Why il:s important to
start t&lt;adting it to our students. When
our students graduate, they are expected to keep up with the science. We
have pharmacists who are working in
the P"'fcssion who are now ooming
back 10 school to take this oourse."
Wayne K. Anderson, dean of the
pharmacy school. noted that re sea rch mst itutio ns like UB a re at
their best when research and teach ing are complementary.
"Students benefit when the)' are
bt:ing taught by faculty who arc at
lh e leading edge of their science," he
sa id. "Our students get the material
well in advance of other places
where the faculty are not so involved
in the science."
According to Anderson, the UB
pharmacy school is emerging as a
leader in th e field of pharma cogenornks.. recently having made

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Patients participated in a three-

part educational program focusing
on basic understanding of HIV in·
fection , psychosocial factors and
proper medication-administration
instructions.
Esch explained that a pharmacist
is intimately involved in decision making about what m~cations are
prescribed for patients seen in the
clinic so that therapy is individualized based on a patient's medical
history. lifest yle an d concurrent
medica ti o ns. Potential adherence
barriers, an ticipated toxicities, pill
burdens. dosing intervals and regimen preferences were discu~d m
detail wuh each pauent, eva luated.

�Joining leaders in biodefense
UB scientists participate in NIH summit on bioterrorism
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CIENTISTS from UB de-

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scribed their work with
biologicalagenu and their
research in developing
methods to counteract them at a
National ln•litutes of Health
biodefense summit held last week

lo assess promiling bioterrorism
research and 1&lt;!1 funding priorities.

Bruce Holm, senior vice provost
and head of a newly formed SUNYwide task force on bioterrorism,
headed the team.
Norma Nowak, di=tor of UB's
microarray facility, and lain Hay,
chair of the UB Department of Microbiology and an expert in infectious diseases, also presented.
UB is part of the Chemical, Biological and Radiological Technology
Alliance formed to hdp the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases set the agenda for the new
biodefense research effort mandated
and funded by Congress.
3M is the lead industrial partner
of the alliance. Additional memben

are Becton Dickinson, Black &amp;
Veatch Solutions Group, Inc.,

models of proteins in biological
'!!&lt;Dis that would bdp scientists unCalspan UB Research Center derstand how to block those pro(CUBRC), Csrgill. General Dyrwn- teins . which will be advanced
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Mayo Oinic, Motnrola, RAE, Syro.; vaaines that n&gt;aU them more pocuse Raean:b Corp. and Veridian. : tmt and more useful. such as slawUB repraentatiw:s discussed tiJ relt.aoeapts that provide long-tmn
llllMnity's expertise and that of iu immunity; diroct delivery to specific
mllabora10n in four.-. rob ted tO ~ thelungo·in the case 6f
the use ofbiologicalal!&lt;"ts:
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vices for detecting ~u in the
Rnswdl Park Cancer institu~ and
air. UB is working with HandyLab the Hauptman-Woodward Medical
to bring to market a hand-held de- Research Institute also are partners
vice that combines Handyl.ab's "lab- with UB in these efforu.
on-a-chip"lidmologywitli the work
"BetWeen the strengths ""'ve deof UB microbiologist Anthony vdoped at UB through our Center
Campagnari in backrial pathogen- of Excellence in Bioinfonnatics, our
esis and the chemical and biological ;.,ork to develop new schools of
defense expertise within CUBRC.
Public Health and Informatics, and
• Microarray expertise in ........ the t&lt;chnological spin-offs that have
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been a&gt;ming from our bioengineeragenu on cells, information needed ing initiatives, we are in a prime po\O develop mechanisms t.o block sition to respond to the biodefmse
those effects
initiatives developing on the na• Development of molecular tionallevd," Holm said.

DrieD
Workshop on volcarioes held
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globe gathered at UB earlier this month to diJcuu how inkgTating
fundamental 'physical models with sopbisticated technologies, such
as supercomputing, can help produce more accurate simulations of
volcartic mass Oows and mitigate the danger~ related to real ones.
The workshop was hosted by one of.the largest and moot divme
teams of sciebtists in the world invesTigating h¥1&gt;&lt; integration of
technologies!ranging from mathematical mod8ing and geological
simulation te supercomputing and virtual rea)jty can be harnessed
to simulate ~volcanoes.
Their research is supported by a $1.9 million grant from the Na tional Scimte Foundation.
Workshop demonstrations of new technologies were held at the
Center for Computational Research (CCR) and the New York State
Ce nter for Engineering Design and Industrial Innovation
( NYSCEDU ), both at UB.
..Accurate modeling. simulation and visualization of volcanoes are
some of the best tools we have to communicate to people who live
near them the extent of damage they can c.a uK; said Michael
Sheridan, professor of geology and a workshop orga.ni=.
He noted that it is far more difficult for residents to comprthend
the magnitude of catastrophic volcanic eruptions b«a~ they hap·
pen only once every few hundred years.
"These kinds of eruptions skip generations," he explained. "so there
ir no ·cultural remembrance of what an uuption was like.·
According to Sheridan, sophisticated methods of visualiution like
those available at NYSCEDII eventually will provide civil protec tion authorities with an important tool for communicating to people
how such a disaster would affrct s~ific features in their communi ties, including roads, bridges and residential areas.
Topics discussed at the workshop included ways to improve the
modeling of the physics of volcanic Oows, as well the computational
mathematics that describe them and methods of integrating complex and large data uts from numerot:s sources.
In addition to modeling of avalanches and other debris flows. there
were simulations of volcanic ash clo uds.
International participants included scien tists from the RJKEN In stitute of Physical aod Chemi cal Research in Japan , Cambridge Um +
versity and the Universit}; of Bristol in England. the Un.iva~ty of
~ Pisa in Italy, Massey Unhwsity in New Zeala nd, Frei~g Univenity
a nd the GEOMAR Resea rch Center for Marine Geosciences in Gtr·
many, and Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
U.S. participa nts included resea rchers from the U.S. Geo l og~eal
Society, NASA's let Propulsion Laboratory, North Ca roli na State
Universi ty and UB.
In addition to Sheridan, wo rkshop o rgan i:urs included Abani
Pa tra, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace enginet"ring;
Marcus Bursik, professor of geology. and Bruce Pitman, professor
o f mathematics and vice provost for ed ucational technology.

Better to file bankruptcy sooner

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IIY SUE WUETCHU

Complex, with six buildings-plus
the community building-located
HE grand openi ng of on the east side of the creek.
C reekside Village, UB's
The complex is designed to meet
newest student housing what Clifford B. Wtlson , associate
complex,willbehddat 10 vice president for student affain, calls
a.m.Aug.22 in the community build- a "huge demand" for housing for
ing of the complex on Skinnersville graduate, professional and married
students. While other residential
Road on the North Campus.
The fifth apartment-style com- complexes that have been conpia to be built by UB in five years, structed during the university's reCreekside Village will open next · cent building boom house some
month for graduate and profes- gradua~ and professional students,
sional students, as well as students only o.-Fiickinger Court---is dewith families.
voted solely to those students and
1De SII million project is com- also ollmspoa tOr married students,
prised of 13 !wo-storybuilding5 £.a- both gradua~ and undergraduat&lt;.
Wtlson added that 30 of the 232
turing 102 two-bedroom townhouse
units and 14 two-bedroom ranch- beds in the complex haV&lt; been set
style units for a total designed occu- aside for students in the Law School,
pancyof232. Sevenofthebuildingo similar to the sp«ial living and
are located along the west side of learning environment for law stuBizer Creek on the northern edge of dents in the Flint Village complex.
The project features many "green
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design" dements that significantly
reduce or eliminate negative im +
pacts of buildings on the environ ment and residents. In fact, the com+
munity building has been con structed to meet requirements for
certification as a J..eadership in Energy &amp; Environmental Design
(l.EED"') buildinrthe first such
structure in Western New York.
Credaide Village is the latest dement of UB's plan to provide housing for students and improve their
quality of life.
Next on the horiwn, aanrding to
Wtlson, is a significant rehabilitation
of Goodyear Hall on the South
Campus, slated for next summer.
That project will include upgraded
heating, bot water and electrical systems and the creation of two-bedroom cflicimcy apartments on the
ninth floor. Further work will be
done in the sWTUTlCT of 2004.

t..-...t companies·considering
bankruptcy are better off filing for bankruptcy protection sooner than
later, according to a School of Management researcher who studies how
accounting practices affect a firm's chances of bankruptcy surviwl.
"In general, 6rms that 'strategiu' to avoid bafllauptcy ar&lt;less likdy
to emerge from bankruptcy; says Samuel L Ttras.assistant professor of
accounting and law, who analyzed the fates of 162 companies that filed
for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection between 1981 and 1994.1Destudy
is part of an ongoing research effort with coUesgues Daniel Bryan, UB
assistant professor of accounting and law, and Clark Wheatley, assistant
professor of accounting at Rorida International University.
.. Bankrp.ptcy forces a compa ny to face its demons and make
changes," Tiras explains. " Delaying bankruptcy huru the firm beca u~ the firm typically continues to operate in the same fashion it
has in the past, without making changes_"
According to Tiras's research , firms that postponed filing for bankruptcy protection until after they had violated a debt-covenant restriction emerged from bankruptcy 18 percent less frequently than did firms
that filed for bankruptcy protection before facing such violations.
Tiras also found that companies with aggressive accounting prac +
tices emerged from bankruptcy 21 percent less often than did firms
with conservative accounting practices_ Moreover, the research
showed that fewer companies have
bankruptcy over the
past 20 yea~ tmld that Ttras expectS to con~ue given the preva -'
lena of aggressive accounting practices in oorpon.te AJ:nerica_
"In the case of WorldCom, the company's acxounting pnctices
seem to have exceeded the boundaries of aggressive accounting and
into the arena of fraud, so one could speculate that WorldCom would
be even less likely to emerge from bankruptcy; r...., says.
Tiras also found that companies that switched auditors prior to
filing for bankruptcy emerged from bankruptcy 24 percent less often than firms that did not switch.
"Switching auditors is usually a sign that the auditor dumped the
client because the company is too risky and is heading toward bankruptcy, or that the client dumped the auditor because it wanted the
auditor to report finanei'al· statm~mts mort aggressivdy: Tiras says.

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t&lt;matiortal project being
ooordinated at UB is no·
less than to producnaitical inv&lt;stigotion of a major author's
creativ&lt; processes unparallded in the
history of ~terary scholanhip.
The source materials for this ex·
ploration are 60 handwritten note·
books-part of the UB Libraries
Poetry/Ra re Books Collection-assembled by James Joy« and hun dreds of assistants during the 16
years it took the author to write his
masterwork, " Finnegans Wake."
Robert J. Bertholf, cum tor of the
UB collection, calls the effort "a
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internatio nal ooUaboratiw
undt:rtaking that will have mcmn -

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production of a complex, carefully
planned composition that toys with
words, i&lt;kas and readers' minds in
a manner far more ddiberat&lt; than
previously had bem thought
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have a rnasta plan for "Finnegaru
Wake," but gradually ewiYed his text

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puhbsht."d as a ::.erio of 55 fascicles
o r diVI SIOns; serial publication
mak~ individual no tebooks avail able to scholars as each is completed

and allows-for cri tical feedback.

Lemout of the Joya U!ltre at the
UnMnity of Antw&lt;rp. and Vmcent
Deane, an independent scholar in
DUblin who has gathered a massive
amountofinfonnation about Joya's
work on his tour tk farce.
Members of the
edjtorial committee
at
Buffalo arc

Bertholf and Luca
Crispi and Sam Slote,
the collection's Joya
sc h o lars· i n ~ res i dence.
The no tebooks are
a sequena of indices
co ntaining little
or iginal to Joyce.
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cite an encyclopedic
lxxt}' of material collectt:d by him from
other .,oun:c"~ bet\vt't'll 1923-J'J and
1n.t.:o rp o rated mto
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The "Finnega n s Wake " notebooks provide •
detailed m9 of James Joyce's thought
processes In wrttlng hh masterwork.

and textual criti-

cism of the no toriously co m plex

out of an extraordinarily diverse
corpus of materials collected in the

novel, which was long reputed to rep-

notebooks.

The first three of the fascicles were

resent the stream-of-consciousness

The notebooks are written in

published in November by Brepols
Publisher N.V. (Turnhout, Bel ·

ramblings of a writer who had gone
mad or, at the very least, was talking
only to himself.
Joyce scholars thought otherwise,
however, and this project proves just
how right they were.

Joyce's hand and that of some oT the
secretaries. friends and acquaintances who assisted him by reading
aloud and talcing his notes as he was
rendered intermittently blind by
chronic iritis.

The notebooks offer definitive

The subjects covered in hi s
sources include atomic physics,

gium). in cooperati on with the UB
Poetry/ Rare Books Co llect ion ,

Stephen James Joye&lt; and the Estate
of James Joy«. Three more will be
published in the fall, and the re·
maindcr over the no.'l several years.
Thescries'editorsar&lt; Danid Ferrer

languages, slang, Confucianism,

music, Dublin, psychoanalysis,

Mark Twain, television, crickrt, go·
o mctry, Hemingway, borse racing-

the list goes on and on.
Crispi notes that one of the reasons it has bien so difficult to ~er­
"""' material in "F~ Wake"
is that Joya dramatkauy changed
most of the material he cribbed.
"He slyly nlanipulat&lt;d the mate·
rial he'd lifted," says Crispi, "twisted
words. convol uted meanings and
used othe- imentiv&lt; methods to link
ideas and themes. intrigue his read·
en and hoist h1s enemies on their
own petards."
In fact, in Joyce's hands the source
material was transformed mto a stu-

pefying com pilation of glosse. and
word games, lmguisuc manipula tions. geographiC puzzles. sir refer
encc..~ to h1s en ti CS., mu.-,ICJ.I (ompoSJtlo n,, lvn c~.l&lt;li..t.~. (;t'C&gt;g_raphK and
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cmatt-d hv the autho r ·~ nbscun.' rel e n:n c~. wh1ch. because of the1r m

dividuallife JOurneys. they recogniZe
and understand.

Crispi says the notebook - pub~ca ­
tion proJect centers around the UB

collection because of the depth and
breadth of its Joyce holdings.
"In Buffalo, we have almost all the
notebooks used by Joyce in

·Finnegans Wake.' " he says. "and literally all the secondary sour= pub~shed since 1950 .
.. In fact. as far as we know, there
is no comparable record of the creative processes of an artist of this
magnitude anywhere in the world.·

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aggression among adults
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police reports or victim ization surveys by a facto r of 10," ac cording to a study by UB research ers recen tly reported in the journal

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lhe long-term loan C1f art and
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to enhance !he Installations of
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Th ey found that I in every 3 men
between th e ages of 18 and 30, and
I in 5 women in that age ca tegory
are the t;uget of physical!)' aggressi\'C behavior on an annual basis.
Bars were the most common sitt'S
where men in the study experienced
the most severe episodes of aggression and me ho~e setting was the
most comm on setting for the most
severe episodes of aggression re ported by women in the study.

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otherwise, is exceedingly common
amo ng young adults, as are observations of aggression and the occurrence of interactio ns that they judge
could have led to aggression...
"Und ers tanding crimi nal violence necessitates addressing th1 s
pandemic level of aggressio n in o ur
society. Moreover, these experiences
mar be of Impo rt ance m under standing people's fea r of violence

despite the declining rates of violence repomd to the police."
Kenneth E. Leonard , senior research scientist at UB's Research Institute on Addictions and research
professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences, was lead
author on the study.

Leonard explained that the study
based on data collected in tele·
phone surveys with two groups of
adults ages 18·30 mingin Erie County.
The first v.'3.S a ''community sample"

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of 967 individuals, includin g 415
males and 552 females. While some

assaults often are embedded in spe·
cific social contc:xts and that the nature, causes and consequences of
assaults may differ across the different social contexts,.. also a.sked about
the location of violent episodes.
More than three-fourths of study
participants reported an experience
w ith ph ys ica l aggression. Data
showed that 81.9 percent of com munity males, 86.5 percent of male
coll ege stud ents, 77 .S percent of
community fema les and 75.8 percent of female college students had
observed aggression in the past year.
Among community participants.

in the first group had some college

37.1 perunt of males and 22.3 per-

education o r were college graduates,

cent of females reporttd being the
target of physical aggression, with
the incidence among college st u·

the second group consisted of 433
then-current rollege students, including 222 males and 211 females.
As part of the "community violence survey," Leonard explained,
participants wen: asktd about their

experience with physically aggressive
behaviors, including how many times
they had experienced physically ag·
gress ive behaviors in the past ll
months and how many tim es the·y
had "resorted" to these behaviors. Ag·
gression induded behaviors ranging

fro m pushing. grabbing and shoving,
to more severe behaviors such as hit ·
ting with a fist and using a weapon.
The rt."Searchers. who noted .. that

dents being 28.8 percent for males
and 16.6 percent for females.
Wherl instances in which t he
study panicipants initiated the aggressive actions were included, the
rates of aggression in the prevlow
year wert 44 percent for community
m~n . 28 percent for commun ity
women, 33 percent for college m en
and 21 percent for college women.
When it came to the "social con text'' of the violence observed o r ex perienced, participants were asked
whether it occu rred in the stands
at sportmg events. inside o r o utside

of a bar. in their own ho me. in another person's home. at work or
school, on the street or in a park.
or somewhere else.

"'f all locations, aggression was
m ost likely to be observed in or

around a bar, with approximately 50
per&lt;Xnt of men and 40 per&lt;Xnt of
women observing aggression in this
venue," the authors report~
\\'hen it came ro location of their
most ..se\'cre event," the researchers
noted that "approximately 30 percent of the most severe episodes as
a target or instigator occurred in o r
arou nd a bar for men ."
And while the bar Context ..also
was imJX&gt;rtanl for women," the study

showed that"asa target, 47.9 percent
of community women experienced
the most,.....,., episodes in their own
or som eorle else's home, and 62.9
percent of college ~men experienced the most ....,..episodes in one
of these two contexts."
The study was co· authored b)'

Brian M. Quigley, a research scien ·

tist at RIA, and R. Lorraine Co_llins,
a senior research scientist at RIA
who also is a research professor in

UB's Department of Psychology.
Funding fo r the study was provi ded thro ugh a $900,000 grant
from the- National Institute o n AI·
coho! Abuse and Alcoholism.

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for health programming

Centers ofexcellerice at Buffalo, Albany provide pawerful tool
REATION of lnternationol SEMATECH
North at the Center of
F=llmce in Nanodectronia 111 the I.JnivenityofAlbanyooupledwith theaution dtheCenterofHlrallencein Bioioformatia in
Buffalo- provides a powerful. unprecedented opportunity to transform the entire upstate New York
economy while positioning the two
cities as worldwide leaden.in important new sciences.
"This anoouncanent will aeate
thousands of new jobs in upotateaxnmunities stn:tching from Albany to
Buffillo while also dr.unatically en-

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hancin g the national and interna-

tional profile of all of our centm of
cxcellence-induding Buffalo's Center

of E.xcdlen&lt;% in Bioinfonnatics,..

\.ltd Gov. George E. Pataki.

with UB's raeaiCb partnen In the
Buffalo Center of ExuUen"" in
llioinbmatia- R.oswdl Park Canoer INiitul&lt; and Houplmao-\\bodward M&lt;dical R&lt;search Institute,"
addedCapoldi.wboio~doMI-

opmentof1hei!U8iolocmt&lt;r,inwhidt
UB is the lead teearth portn&lt;r. ·
President Wnliam R. Greiner
noted: "We at UB and the Buffalo
Center of Exu.Uence
in
Bioinfortuatia are delighted by
SEMATECH's decision to partner
withtheAibanyCenterofExcdlence
in Nanoelectrooia. Wbatst=gtbeos
oneCenterofExcdlencestrengthens
all five propo&lt;ed by Gov. Pataki.
"TheBuffilloCenterofExcdlme%
in Bioinformatia will surely benefit
from the infusion of research talent
and product development that this
new site will bringtothestate,aswill ·
the Stony Brook, Rochester and
Syracust:centers,"Greineradded.

trial rollabontions betw&lt;m the two
a:ntaundbet;_Hxmponiesbosed
in industrial and medical corridon
that wiD~ up around theantm.
The Buffalo Center of Excdlence
in Bioinlormatia wiD merge higbend technology, including
supercomputing and visualization,
with expertise in genomics,
proteomics, b~g and pharmaceutical sciences to foster oidvana:sinscienceand.~thcare.An

emerging discipline, bioinformatia
uses the power of supercomputers
to intapret data in the biological sciences at the molecular level.
The Buffalo c:cnter was proposed
by Patl11ci in his January 2001 "State
of the Stat&amp;" address as a vehide to ·
ming that examines issues uncov~red in a 2001 re·
create jObs and revitaliz&lt; the Westport, "The Health Status of the Near East Side
em New York economy. This June,
Black Communit y," prepared by the Center for Urban Studies and
while praising the private sector for
the Center for Research in Primary Care. both at US.
pledging to invest more than $150
WBFO and WNED·AM will produce and air a series of long· form
million in the center, the governor
• feature reports that will address:
pledged S II 0 million in state funds.
• The prevalence of such diseases as hypertension, h~art d~:-~a~l' .
induding$61 million to VB, for condiabetes, cancer and asthm a in the mmority communlt)'
struction and equipmen1of a three• The barrierlt to proper nutrition in Buffalo's urban ne1ghbor ·
building complex in downtown Bufhoods :md ways to overcome these barriers
falo to house the center.
8 Volhat it takes to be physically active in urban Buffalo

"We at VB see a future wherein the
uun.s from around the globe would fiveccntenof exallencewill not only
he thrilled to have secured this facil- advance scientific discovery and the
uy.but it 'scomingrighl hereto New · commercialization of the latest techYork, where it will transform the up· nology, but work together to" lay
Private-secto r investo rs in th e
state economy and deliver thousands down the foundation for a brand
new economy for New York State...
ce nte r, incl udin g H P, Ve rid ian,
of new, high-paying jobs."
Added Capaldi "What's good for lnformax and Stryka CorrununicaProvost Eli7.abeth D. Capaldi said
that the two ce.nte.rs toge.the.r share Buffillo and for Albany is good for tions, have pledged to invest more
more than $600 million in public- all of upstate New York. The pres- than $150 million in the center to
and private-sector funding and have ence of the two centers will aid each date. Also on the list of partners are
forged important corporate part- regioninitsefforttoattractnewin· Dell C omputer Corp. , Sun
Microsystems Inc., Invitrogen
nerships with some of the same dustriestoNewYorkStatc."
CapaldinotedthattheBuffiUocm- Corp., Q-Chem, SG!, Amenharn
companies, indudiog HP, Motorola
and Lucent Technologies.
ter plans to pursue ~rk in the new , . _Pham)a&lt;;i~ B(o.~ AJ;&amp;j. ~
of
bioinformatic- Lederle, Humao.Gmome Sciences,
"These partnerships wiD hdpbuild field
important economic and scientific nanotechoologies that will provide Inc. and the Alfred P. Sloan Founsynergies betw&lt;m the two centers and opportunitiesforscimti6candindus-- dation.
"Forty-nine other srntes and na·

Residential history key to can~r
th~ last 10 years, when we were
studying the relationship of envi-

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HERE a woman

lives at birth and
puberty may ha~
an impact on her
risk of developing breast cancer
later, findings from a novel study
conducted by UB ~ers and
epidemiologists hove shown.
Takingresidmtial history data provided by a cohort of women with
breast cancer and controls in Western New York, and using geograpbic
positioning technology, the researchers showed that the women who deve.Joped breast cancer

~ere

more

likely to have lived doser together at
birth and at menarche-a ooncept

called dustaing-than women who
didn't develop breast cancer.
The findings indicate that there
may be something in the environment dose to these duster.; that inOuences a woman's breast-cancer
risk, said Jo Freudenheim, professor
in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine in the School of
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
and senior author on the study.
Only a few prior studies have examined these time periods for cancer risk, and none ha~ focused on
environmental·exposures, she said.

Results of the research were presented recendyduringan "environmental spotlight session" at the annual meetingoftheSocietyforEpidemiological Research.
.. Not too long ago, researchers
were looking only at relatively recent

environmental exposure, maybe in

and the women's bornes at the time
of birth and menarthe (date of first
meostiUation),and compore this information for the participants 'With
Freudmheim said.
'"Recently we've come to under- and without cancer.
stand that breast-cancer risk may
These early data revealed the
be in8uenced by events early in greatest dusteriog of cancer cases at
life. These data support that hy- the time of mmarthe,said Daikwon
pothesis. The next step it to iden- Han, a graduate student in geogratify when. these pia= are and see phy who is 6rst author on the study.
if we can identify exposures that Some dusteringalso was evident for
explain the clusters."
place of birth, he said, but there was
Freudenheim is principal investi- no dustering effect for the women
gator on a three-year project funded at the time they 6rst ga~ birth
"Researchers think the breast tissue
by the U.S. Department of Defense
to study the possible link between maybemoresensi!M:toenvironmenbreast cancer and earlyenvironmen- tal insults in childhood aixl that extal·e.xposure to pokntiaJ carcino- pooures early in life rould increase the
gens. The current presentation rep- risk of breast cancer in adulthood,"
resents some of the first findings said Freudenheim. "After a first birth,
a woman's breast cells may become
from that research.
The project piggybacks on roore resistant to envirolll1'M!!Iltal inFreudenheim'songoingcase-control sults. This project is a really good
study of breast cancer in Erie and chance to learn more about the role
Niagara· counties in Western New of environmental exposures during
York, which involves 1,170 women infmcy and menarche on health and
with recently diagnosed breast can- disease later in life..
Also contributing to this research
cer and 2,116 healthy women. Of this
total, 1,073 women who were born were )obn Vena, professor; ling Nie
in either of the two counties and had and Matthew Bonner, graduate stuprovided the address of their resi - dents, and Dominica Vito, project
dence at birth became the focus of administrator, all in the Department
of Social and Preventive Medicine.
the cunmt research.
UB geograj&gt;hen and epidemiolo- Peter Rogerson, professor in the
gists are entering residential data into Department of Geography in the
a computeriz&lt;d mapping program, College of Arts and Sciences, also
along with the location of sted mills. worked with Han.
The research was supported by a
chemical factories. gasoline stations,
toxic-waste sites and other industrial grant from the Department of Desites in existence in the two oounties fense Breast Cancer Research Probetween 1918-80.They then wiD cal- gram-and from the National Insticulate the distance betw&lt;m these sites tutes of Health.
ronment to breast-cancer risk,•

1&amp;.7, the .National Public Radio affiliate operated by VB,
and WNED-AM 970, part of the Western New York Public Broadcasting Asiociation, are embarking on a programming collabontion that will explore health ilsues affecting minorities living in
Buffalo's near East Side neighborhOOds.
The program will be funded through a
$35,000 grant to the stations from .Sound
Partners fOr Community Health."a program
of the Benton Foundation and funded by the
Robert \\bod Johnson Foundation.
The collaboration, "Wellness for All:
Building Healthy Communities by Eliminating Disparities," also wi!J
involve three community partners: Kaleida Health, the Black Leadership Forum and WBLK Radio in collaboration
with the Buffalo Chapters of the NAAC P and National Medical Association. The public radio stations and thdr par tners will produc~ program-

• The use of the emergency room as the primary place to go for
medical treatmentladvice, the dangers of this practice and how 11
affects long-term heaJth
8 The high number of smokers in Buffalo's urban neighborhoods.

the long-term affects of smoking on the smoker and his/her family
and smoking·cessation programs available in the area
In addition, the stations will sponsor and broadcast live COm!flU·
nity fo~s in churches and community centers on the near East

.

Side. WNED-AM News Director Jim Ranney ~d. :W.BPO_!-Iews I?i. rectO&lt;' Mark Scott will b+erK&lt;&gt;p;nduction of die ~-part series and
the community forums.
The public radio stations will work with their community pan·
ners on a series of meaningful outreach activities.. Planned activities

include events promoting healthy living to be held at community
centers and churches.
"Sound Partners for Community Health" is a program administered
by the Benton Foundatioo and funded by the Robert Wood Jolinson
Foundation. Its goals are to in=ase public~ of specific health
issues and to facilitate citizens' invoM=ent in making decisions affecting health care. Since 1997,68 gnnts totaling$2 million hove been distributed to public radio stations around the country.

Hutson to head Biostatistics

TIN.,...__

of SocW Mol Preventive Medicine in the School
of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences bas hired Alan D. Hutson to
serve as chief of its Division of Biostatistics, a move that departmental insiders say will reinyigorate biostatistics in conjunction with
the public health initiative under way at VB.
Maurizio Trevisao, chair of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, said Hutson will recruit five new faculty mem·
hers '"to create a full ·scale division.•
The division currently is home to one assistant professor, 3 lec turer and two staff members in addition to Hutson, who· holds a
positioD as an associate professor, Hutson said.
The goal of the division, Trevisan said, is to '"foster the bio'\tatisti·
cal/academic mission of SPM, the medical school and the university as a whole."
Hutson agreed, noting that the di\·ision will form '"strong collabo-

rative relationships with medical, dental and public health re&lt;earchers." He added that the division is working closely with biostatisti·
cians at RosweU Park Cancer Institute. and will form ties to tht&gt; Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics.
Trevisan noted that discwsions are under way to con vert the

division into a fuU-fledged department in the proposed School of
Public Health.
Hutson comes to UB from the University' of Florida, where he
served as an associate professor in the De'Partment of Statistics, as·
sociate director of the Division of Biostatistics in the Department
of Statistics, and director of the General Oinical Research Center
(GCRC)· Lnformatics Core, which is responsible for the statistical
components of 50-70 active dinical trial protocols fea.rly. He also
was director of the Center for Biostatistics &amp; Epidemiology at F1orida,
which directs data coordinating centers and develops software for
internet data capture and statisticaJ suppon of clinical trials.
Hutson received bache.lor's and master's degrees in statistics from
UB and master·s and doctoral degrees in statistics from the Univer·
sity of Rochester. r

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are looking for a Western
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playground and sh&lt;lteri for theoompany Picnic. Where dQ )'OU begin?
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amducting a study of the region's
historical architectun. To start the
process, you plan tooontact historical societies in Wtstem New York.
Where do you begin!
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users each montl&gt;---4 sharp incuase
from an avuas&lt; 5,000 monthly U&gt;m in 1999. Although ~ visiton
to the lite are local,othen come from
more than 40 countries. including
Canada, the United J&lt;insdom, Germany, sj&gt;oin and Japan. To better organiu content and handle increased
visitor traffic. a new inttrlaoe with
usa--friendly !JaVisation features was
launched in March.

Servia and Urban Affairs--went
online as a reowu for Erie County.
In the &amp;II of that ynr, the project
moved under the auspica of the
institute, a public service ofUB that
supports regional planning. govern·
mdlt dficiency, eoonomic deYdoptnaJI, scrvicede!Mry and other initiatl..s aucial to the region's vitality.~ online resotll'a &lt;&gt;&lt;paDded its
5CQP" in 1998 to ~ the entire
Western New York region.
"This is truly a re·

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!""--~==~IE:.-! Olivia Arditi, operations director of the

network. "It is the only

don't know how to contact the ap·
propriate dedsion-m3kers. Where

attempt to integrate

do you begin?
A visit to the Western New York Regional Information Network

from the private and

dispersed information
not-for-profit sectors,
as well as municipal

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and county-b •d gov-

wouldquiddy-thesethroequestions through a seardlabloe database of
the region's parlr.s, detailed information on the.region's historical societies
and a complete listing of Niagara
County government officials.
But that is just the beginning.
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this online depository of regional infonnation will answn, or direct them

York Regional Information Net·
work to be an information resource
o n the Buffalo-Niagara region for
our own residents and perhaps for
some users around the world,.. said
John B. Sheffer, II, director of the
institute. "We had no idea that it
would grow to this extent and be

to those who Can answa, an impres·
sively wide range of inquiries about
the eight·county region .
loitssbortexistmce. WNYRINcreated and maintained by UB's ln -.mute for Local Govern:t.nce ;ond
Rc.t;JonaJ Growth-has experienced
c.·xponentml growth. In just three
YL""drs, the number of pages has in creased fivefold, from ),300 to more
than 25,000. Features include Im ages. map~ and photographs, ad vanced search engines. and directory
listings of about 20.000 agencies,
municipalities. government officials.
and facilities in Western N~ York.

souru for the region.•

used day to day by so many people,
busmesses and groups in so many
a.reas--espcciaiJy without any marketing of the Web site."
Based on the premise that effec·
twe governance depends upon reli able and current information 3'\'3.il·
able to the entire community, US's

several wide-ranging
public-service directories. including
IS searchable databases on education, life and community, economic

cbdopment and other critical areas.
VISitors will find listings for fire and
polia: agencies and courts, as wdl as
a roster of government agencies ahd
officials in Western New York.
The region abounds with cultura1
and recreational resources, from
parks and geological wonders to
museums and performmg arts com·
panies. The Web site aims to introduce residents and travelers to both
the region's popular and off· thebeat.rn-track wonders with its exten-

formation resource . By summer
1997, the tim vmion of the project-

sive searchable listings, images, photographs and researched de:scrip·
tions. Visitors also will find searchable databases of, for example, parlr.s,
museums, libraries. historical asso-

sponsored by the Ollie&lt; of Public

ciations and theater companies.

Governance Project recommended
in 1996 the creation of an online in·

"The ~rk helps put Weslern
New York on the map.• said Arditi.
referring to the national and intA:rnational &lt;:XJ&gt;&lt;&gt;5'= thew lw gi-;m
the region and its rich qualityoflik.
The online "'"""""' is an dl'ecU.. and commient ~ tool
For aample, the ~tie lw em~ its expatioe in II"'PJ'hic information l)'1tdns (GIS) to create
didcable mops of the~·· hoopitals, mass transit sFrvices and
schoo!J. With just a ,did of the
mouse. visitors have access to municipal masiA:r plans, denlographic
and census data, school •report
cards· and much mo.:r.
The network distinguisbes itself as
the primary, non-oorrunercial Web
site for Western New York with its
usa--friendly features and oomrnitment to serving as a wide-ranging
resource for those interested in l&lt;amingabout the region's public services.
A visit to the Web site does not
overwhelm usen with superfluous
information, but quickly directs
them, typically within three to fow
cliclr..s. to their destinations. It is organized logicaJJy by I 0 topics or
th&lt;m&lt;S----j!Ovmun&lt;nt and jurisdictions; maps, data and research; life
and community; education and
child care; health and human ser·
vices; economic development; enVIronment and planning; infrastructure; housing and real estate, and
public safety and jusuce. Helpful
navigation features on the Web site's
homepage mclude pull -down
menus of dozens of services and
~ery regional municipality, and a
dickable icon of the eight counties.
Moreover, each service, govern·
ment, or not-for·profit agency on
the network is given Its own \.Veb
page, not onlycreatinga predictable
format , but also bringing online
thost that do not havt' their own
Website.
"Improved navigability of the site
has increased the public's use of the
site," Arditi said

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The Web sit&lt; now averages 475.000
pages viewed and more than 3 mil-

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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

Center for Teaching and Learning Resources taps into experienced teachers
B7 SUE WU£TCHU
Rrport~r Editor

T

HE Center for Teaching

and learning Resources
has planned a full slat&lt; of
activities beginning this
summer and extending into the fall
semester that are designed to im prove the skills of both veteran and

fledgling teachers at UB.
The workshops. for the coming
semester-as well as those offered

by thecenterlast year-strongly involve seasoned faculty members. a
key dm&gt;mt of CfLR, says jeannette
Molina, associate director of CfLR
"Many of our present= and conmbuton to the newsletter ("TeachiJW!.eaming") are faculty who ha""
hem recognized as SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professon and/or
SUNY Otancdlor's AW21'11 for Excdle:na: in Teaching recipients," Molina
notes. "TheCmterforToachingand
l..eaming Resourc&lt;&gt; bdieves that if
UB is fortunate to ha"" so many fuculty that ha"" r«:EMd distinction for
their teaching, it stands to reason to
want to tap into the rich rt:SOurt.eS

~possess in·house...
Molina notes that C11.R events
are intended for all teaching profes-.

sionals-full-time faculty, teaching
assistants, lecturers and adjuncts.
The first event on tap this sum mer- The Summer Institute:
Teaching and the Libraries---consists of five workshops covering a
variety of teaching topics..
The institute, presented by both the
CfLR and the llniv=ity ubraries.

began earlier this month with sessions
on fuculty cui~ learning styles and
classroom t&lt;duriques presented on
July 10, July 17 and July 24, respecti..,ly. The program will continue
with a session on instructional mattrials set for~ and one on
lesson planning scheduled for Aug. 7.
A "Workshop for New Faculty"
will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30p.m.
Aug. 16 in 120 Oemens Hall, North
Campus. Among the topics to be
addressed are a demographic profik ofUB students, how to construct
and grade tests and quiz=. the "Ten
Com mandments"' of Effective

Teaching and practical teaching tips.

Graduate students who cum:ntly
are teaching or are interested in

teaching will have an opportunity to
devdop and enhance their skills
during the "Fall Workshop for
Teaching Assistants," to be hddAug.
19-22. The workshop, to be directed
by Oyd&lt; "Kip" Herreid. SUNY Dis·
tinguished Teaching Professor in the
Department of Biological Scirnces
and di~or of the University Honors Program, will feature information sessions on a variety of topics,
as wdl as some "micro teaching" ses-

sions during which each participant
will be videotaped while teaching a
I 0-minute session and then have his
or her perfonnance critiqued.
Cora P. Maloney College will cosponsor with the CfLR the tim annual "Teaching Yobrlr.sbop: A Commitment to Excdlence in CoUege
Teaching." from 9a.m. to4 p.m. Aug.
19 in the Kiva,IOI Baldy Hall, North
Campus. The workshop will acldr&lt;:ss
such topics as acadmUc integrity in
the classroom, teaching the "MlV
Gcnention" and using technology to
rnhane&lt; the classroom experience.

The lineup of CfLR activities for
the &amp;II semester will include:
• "The Faculty Portfolio at UB:
Insights in the Process." 1-2:30 p.m.
Sept 13, 120 Oernens
• "Presentation on Program R&lt;vi&lt;'W: A Workshop for Deans and
Department Chairs" by Mecca
Cr.mley, dean of the School ofNursing.l-2:15 p.m.Sq&gt;t25,415Capen
Hall, North Campw
• "Creating a Quality Program
Assessment: An Overview." Pre-

sented by the SUNY Training Center, 8 Lm. to 4:30p.m .. Oct. 4, Center for Tomorrow, North Campus
• "The Coune Syllabus," a presentation by Prter S. Gold, associate
dean for. general education in the
Co1kge of Arts and Sciena:s, noon
to I p.m. Nov. I, 415 Capen
• "Teaching and Wming T&lt;dt·
nology at UB: Semnd in a sm.:.; eo.
spomored by the CfLRand the Edu·
cational Tedmology CmtA:r (ETC),
1-2:30 p.m., Nov. 15, 120 Oemeru
For further infonnation, oontaa

Molina
at
645-7788
jmolinl@buf&amp;lo.ediL

or

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Developing the right "spin''
Semiconducting material exhibits key properties for spintronics
devic&lt;s becawc insttad of rdying perature," said IJJo. "For real-world
on one of two binary digits 10 en- applications in spintronics, this has
10 be...,._ l(s not optional"
team of mearchers led code information, they could-proFor most practical appUcations,
by UB pbysicisu ~ re- cess data using any of an infinite ·
ported Creating semi· variety of spin states· of electrons. !he pbysicisti explained, function conducting materials This property would allow them 10 aUtyatroom-temperatureandeven
that exhibit the key properties that · process at ona: millions or billions · higher temperatures is aitical.
" The temperature hurdle has
are essential to !he deYelopment of ofbiu of information, which conventional computers have to sift been !he biggest challenge up 10 this
semiconductor spintronic devices.
point," aplained Luo.
PubUshed in the July 15 issue of through one at a time.
"BasedonlhenewfunctionaUties
The Ga!Uum AntirnDnide/Man-.
Appli&lt;d Physics Letters, the mearch
demonstrates that development of associated with this 'spin degree of ganese showed ferromagnetism up
new semiconductor spintron.ic de- freedom,' there are entirely new cir- to 400 Kelvin (about 260-degrees
vices, including a prototype mag- cuit possibilities which have not Falu=heit), whichistheupperlirnit
nrtic semjconductor, is not very far even been envisioned yet," said of the magnetometer, so the physi·
Bruce McCombe, SUNY Distin- cisu expect 10 see the phenomena
off, according to the UB physicisu.
"After years of struggUng to cre- guished Professor in the Depart- at even higher temperatures.
By modifying their semiconducate maurials that would make ment of Physics, associate dean of
spintronic devices possible,~ now theCoUegeofArtsandSciencesand lOr and combining it with a non magnetic semiconductor in a
have them in hand," said Hong Luo, a co-author on the paper.
The UB materials are digital alloys heterostructure, a type of structu"'
UB physics professor and a co-auln which Galliwn Antimorude!Man- in whiCh two semiconductors arc
thor on thr paper.
"Based on what we know now ganese is layered in very thin slices- sandwiched together, the UB team
about this material , we believe we measuring just a few atoms-with expecu to be able to manipulate
have satisfied the most important some of the layers rontaining ron- spin-polarized electrons, an importrolled mixtures of the two.
tant goal of cttating materials with
~~ments for spintronic devices
These digital alloys take just a few spintronic properties.
that function at room temperature.
houn 10 fabricate using a oophisti- ·
" Electrons lllOVe more readily in
such as a spin transistor,.. he said.
The UB team now is shifting iu cated technique called molecular these non-magnetic materials and
focus to begin work on such devices. beam epitaxy, in which an ultra - alsoarel"ll&lt;ftlilcdytomaintainth&lt;ir
Spintronic.r-the emerging field high-vacuum environment cttates spin properties. which permits them
of technology in which not just the new combinatiom of atoms, which to store and transmit information;
explained McCombe.
charge but the spin of electrons is don't exist in nature.
Because the material developed at
Spintronic materials would enable
exploited-is expected to lead to
UB,
Ga!Uum
Anti.monide/Mangathestora19' and processing of data on
dramatic improvements in electronic systems and devices, such as nese(GaSbiMn),isamodifiationof !he same material, a kind of"rommemory elements, logic clements, a well-studied semiconducting rna- puler on a chip," which rould be a
spin transistors and spin valves. terial,it shouldbeaxnparativelyeasy vast improvement over c:urn:nt decThese improvements include to integrate with existing electronic tronics, where permapent data stora6e requi= magnetic merUa, physi faster processing speeds with less systems, an important advantage.
The semiconductors developed at caUy separate from the semiconducpower consumptio n; non-volatil ity, where turning off the power UB are the first to demonstrate at tors. which do the processing.
room tempc:ratu~ a phenomenon
lnadcUtiontol..uoandMcCombe,
doesn't .. turn ofT'' the information,
and poss ibly the development of caUed hysteresis, which the research - the paper was co-a uthored by X.
ers say i'5 an unambiguous signature Olen, M. Na,M. Oleon and S. Wang,
quantum compu ters.
The UB research was supported of ferromagnetism , another prcreq- aU doctoral candidates in the UB Detwa $10 million grant made 1n 2000 uisite for some types of spintronic partmentofPhys:ics;W.Uu, Y.Sasak.J,
hv lht: U.S. Defeo~ Advanced Rc- devices. in which a lasting magnetic T. Wojtowicz and J.K. Furdyna in the
'earch ProJects Agency's SpmS pro- effect does not disappear when an Department of Physics at the Uniapplicd. magnetic field is withdrawn. versity of Notre Dame, and S. J.
~ram tu a conwrt1u111 of lllSt ltUtiOm
"This is the first report an the ht · Potashnik and P. Schiffer in the Dek·dbyUll.
t'rature of any m ;;u erial that exhibits partment of Physics and Materials
If certain cl~-sofsp1 ntron1Cdl'
hysteresis m fcrromagncuc sem1- Research Institute at Pennsylvama
vu... e!&lt;&gt; beco me J rc.tlity. they will far
tlutperform convcnt10:1al electron I~.- cond uctors at and above room tern - State University.

A

Ultra-small dati storage created
BY JOHN DEllA CONT11ADA
Contribut•ng Editor

WO UB materials re sea rchers have developed
an extremely sensitive
nanoscale devi ce tbat
could shrink ultra -high -density
storage devices to record sizes.
The magnetic senso r, made of
nickel and measuring only a few atoms in diameter, could increase data
storage capacity by a factor of a 1,000
or more and ultimately could lead to
supercomputing devices as smaU as
a wristwatch , according to Harsh
Deep 010pra, associate professor of
mechanical and aerospaa: engineering, and Susan Hua, directorofUB's
Bio-Micro-Eiectro-Mechanicai-Systerns Facility and adjunct professor
of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the School of Engineer·
ing and Applied Sciences.
The National Science Foundation
(N SF) and U.S. Department of En e,gy supportl-d their research .
As stored .. ~its" of dati get smaller,
their magnetic field gets'"""""· mak·
ingthcbits~~todetccta_nd"read.".

T

Rcliable reading of the dati depends
on producing a large enough magnetically indua:d change in the electrical resistance of the sensor. Producingadetectablechangeat room tern ·
perature is another challenge.
In an experiment at UB, Chopra
and Hua demonstrated that their
tiny s,ensor produces an unusually
large change in resistance in an ultra-small magnetic field at room
temperature. The magnitude of the
magnetic effect they created surpasses aU previous records. The results were published earlier this
· month in Physical Review 8.
The effect is based on spintronics,a
rapidly growing field that employs not
only !he clwgc. but also the spin of
electrons in making electrical devicr:s.
The current technology used in
the heads. or sensors. that read bits
from a storage disk is based on an
effect called "giant" magnetoresistance (G MR). GMR refers to the
change in the sensor resistance when
placed in a magnetic field; the effect
is typically less than I 00 percent.
lnside .a hard drivt:. :1 r: M R .d~1ce

senses the local magnetic field of a
stored bit of data. Such sensors have
enabled oommercial hard dri""' that
can store the amount of data contained in a DVD full-length movie
in a spact the size of a credit card.
The effect created with the new
nidcd devicr is caUed "ballistic" magnetoresistance(BMR)andemploysan
electrical oonductor that is only a few
atoms wide and long. The BMR experiment exlubited a reoord change in
sensor resistance of more than 3,000
pera:nl Olopra predicts !he ultimate
capacity will be about a terabit per
square inch. This could enable the
storagoof50 or more DVDson a hard
drive !he size of a credit card.
Besides being useful for the multibillion-doUar data-storage industry,
the BMR techniques could improve
magnetic measurements and the
study of magnetic effects m individ ual a toms , molecules and
nanoscale clusters. It also could
greatly enhance resolution and sen sit ivity of scanning probe imaging
techmques that are widety used to
charocteriz.e magnetic materials.

Repaa"-

Dads' substance abuse recovery
tied to kids' improved behavior ·
a...-... at Ull's Rnearch Institute on Addictions (RIA) and
Old Dominion University have founc;lthat when fathers~ from
substance abUR, children exhibit 1ignificant improvements in psychosocial functioning.
·
Furthermore, these improvernenu may be enhv{ced ifbebavioral
couples therapy is included aa part of substance~abuse treatment,
they reported in a recent issue of the American Psychological
Association's JoumAI of Consulting and Clinical Psydw/Dgy.
William Fals-Stewart, RIA investigator and research associate professor in the UB Department of Psychology, said the findings are of
particular importance given that before treatment. approximatdy
one-third of the children Uving with an alcohol-depende.n t fathtr
and one-half of children living with a substance-abusing father exhibited symptoms of significant psychosocial impairment.
·Many of the children we saw initially were anxious. angry or depressed, and having trouble in school, either with their studies or in'teracting with peers," added Fals-Stewart. " FoUowing their parents'
involvement in behavioral couples therapy. when both communication skills between the partners and the couples' relationship improved,
the home environ ment improved sufficiently to make a real differe.nce in the quality of the children's lives and their functioning."

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Web sites don't offer assurance
with tr•niKtlonal sites aren't providing con sumers with enough assurances about the privacy, security and business integrity of the sites, according to a study by
researchers from the School of Management.
As a result, some companies may be. losing
customers cona:med aboutlnternet fraud, theft
of crediH:ard information or a company's abil ity to follow throu~ on iu promises, says H .R.
R.ao, professor of management science and
systems and co-author of the study, pubUsbed recently in IEEE IT Professional.
"We were surprised by the results,• Rao said
·of the study, which reviewed the Web sites of 100
Fortune 1000 oompanies. "Independent poUs have shown that many
consumers think Internet shopping is risky, yet many rompanies don't
se.em interested in addressing this concern on their Web sites.
"Assurance seals are a relatively inexpensive way for companies to
gain the trust of co nsu mers,.. he added, .. so it's surprising that many
co mpanies art not making this investment."
In tht study, Rao and co- researchers Natarajan Sivasailam and
Dan Jong Kim , graduate students in the School of Manage.ment, reviewed the Web sites of 100 companies from four industry sectors:
computers and office equipment . general merchandisers, sp«ialtv
retailers and apparel retailers. Of these I 00 compames, 72 had Web
sites that allowed consumers to buy products online.
The researchers checked the 72 sitts for the presence o(assurance
sea ls of approval. which indicate the com pany hired a neutral third
part y-s uch as WebTrust, TRUSTe or Better Business Bureau
O nhn e-to certify that its Web si te provides consumers with protection in three a reas: security (the safeguarding of proprietary and
personal data ), privacy (co nfidential process ing of consumer prefe rences and data ) and businesS integrit y (truthful marketing and
reliab le product fulfillment. )
They found that fewer than half the compames m the computers and
office equipment, general merchandise and apparel sectors had assur·
ance seals on their Web sites. Spe.ci'ilty retailers (companies included
Amazon, Home Depot and Zales), however, had more assurance seals
than the other three industry sectors combined, suggesting that specialty retailers have a more customer-friendJy approach toe -com merce than do companies from the other sectors.

Alcohol's role in dating studied
Drinking •nd d•tlng IIUIJ be a dangerous mix. Whe.n women are
drinking, they may be less likely to pick up on subtle cues and sexual
pressures that normally wouJd raise a red flag. And when alcohol
intake is high enough, it can impair a woman's ability to recogni:z.e
cues of suual aggression and a date may lead to a physicaUy threatening situation that ends in rape.
How alcohol intake affects women's re.sponses to sexual aggres- ~
sion is the focus of a new study funded by a $350,000 grant from the
National lnstitut~ on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism being conducted
at th~ Research Institute on Additions (RIA).
"Women don't always realize how alcohol can alter their perceptions."
noted Maria Testa, senior researdl scientist at RIA and adjunct assooate professor in the School of Social Work who is principal iOvestigator
on the study. " If )'OU're in a dating situation where )'Ou're being subtly
pressured to havt: sex and you can't recogni:z.e the subtle cues.." sht sa1d.
.. th~ situation may end up seriously threatening your safety.
.. We. will be e.xamining how alcohol impairs the ability to recog ·
nize and respond to risk of sexual aggression, with the goal of pro viding the kind of infof}llation that wiJI help women to engage 111
resistance strategies."

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university's own neighborhood, concentrating on sites in and around the University
District and the South Campus. Teams will be matched with .local human-services
agencies to perfonn a variety of tasks ranging from painting, cleaning and ~ndscaping
to wortdng with senior citizens, youth and children. Professional and support staff must
arrange with supervisors for approved leave from job responsibilities.

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member. AJI volunteers will be contacted with additional information by early August.
D•y of C•rfng Schedule: A half-day commitment is all that's needed. 8 a.m .:
Continental breakfast for volunteers at Clark Gym, South Campus. 8 :30a.m .: Send-off
to nearby tob sites by car pooL 9 a.m . to noon : Work at protect sites. Noon·12:30 p.m .:
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assoaate cha1r of the Department of

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speCies m a sang.le sample. These
b1osen.sors are applicablt to a w1dt&gt;
vane-ry of problems in medicin e.
remote assessment and monito nng
scenanos, and human space travel.
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pubhshed m the /o14mal of Formsv
Som ces m July.
The UB research was oted m an
April l9 deciSion of the U.S. Distnct
Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania. That decision allows
expert testimony concerning hand written documents pertinent to the
case (U.S. v. Grieco} into court , and
it i.s one of the first recent court de cisions to do so.
Supported by a Nat1onallnstitute
of Justice grant to develop computerassisted handwriting-ana1ysls tools
for forensic applicatJons, the findmg
could bf' significant for other court
cases in wh1ch handwritten docu -

mcnt5 provide relevant t&gt;VIdence.
Effo rts to analyze handwnt1ng 1n
cnmmal o r ctvil cases have mvolwd
nhtammg samples of \\'Tltmg from
potential s u~pects or Wlln~s dnd
then co mpa rmg them " ' lth the
handvmtmg m qucslion . But M'Vtral
Supreme Cou rt deCISIOns, such as
Oaubert v. Merrell Uow. reqmre that
all expert tesumony. mdudmg tcs
nmony about docwnent examma uon, must meet scientific.ally ngorow criteria Because few, if any. obj&lt;ctive critma have existed for hand writing analysl.S. testimony concern mg handwritten docwnents often
has not been admitted in testimony.
The UB research IS the first to proVldf' such objective cntena.
·• we set out to answer on a saen
11fic basts the question .' I ~ th e hand writin~ of different mdivlduals trulv
distinct?' Tht an sw~ 1.5 'Ye&lt;" sa1d

Sargur Srihan , SUNY Dl5nngul£hed
Professo r 1n tht Dt&gt;partmen t &lt;l t

Computer Sc1enl e and Engtnt'Cnng,
dod d1rector of th e Center of Excel1£-nu- m Documt'nt A n a ly s•~ and
Rcrogmt1on !CEDAR I
CE DAR 1s the larg.e!ot re.sl·a rLh
center m the world devoted to d~: ­
velopmg m·w t ec hnolog• ~ that ran
rt"Cogmz.e and read handwnung. In
the L".S., 11 1s the o nly center at d Uni versity where resea rchen.m art1fioal
mteU1gcnce apply pattern -recogm tion techniques to the problem of
readmg handwr1tmg.
Over the past decade, CEDAR has
worked with the U.S. Postal Service

d&lt;Velopmg and refining the software
now m use in postal distribution
centers across tht nation that allows
up to 70 percent of the handwritten
dddresses o n envelopes to be read b)'
sortmg machmes.
That expertise 10 teachmg ma chmes to read handwntten letters
and numbe:r.; attracted the attention
of the NIJ. which was mterested in a

d1fferent problem: findm g o ut not
whdt a wntten document sa1d, but
rather the 1dentirv of the wnter.
The U B tt"am developed a soft
wa re system, based o n an analv!&gt;b
that 1dcnufied fearures from each PI
I .500 handwnllng sam pi~ and ;b
s1gned a valut&gt; to each feature
Based o n those vaJues, the SV"tcm
1s ablt&gt; to distinguish with % per
cent confidence whether two docu
menl5 were- wnnen by thro same person o r different people.

Srihan added that the team's abtl·
1ty to answer the qutstJon Wlth such
a htgh confidence- rate implies that
there 15 a sig nificant amounl of
variauon betwt'en the hand'"'Tittng
of andiVJduals.
The UB resa.rchers soltated ( \U
stve handwriting s3mple.s o l the
same thrtt documents from 1,500
individuals represemaove of the dtsrribution of different genders. d~t'
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UB custom plates may be orseem!! likt· warp speed, which ts
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the many new drug targets envi ·
MondaY. through Friday.
sioned now that the:' human ge nome has been sequenced.
• George C. t..ee. d1rector of the
REPORTER
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physiology and director of the Ceno.tp Auht.nt
ter f(lT Hcscarch and Educat1on m
Krlslfn KO'Wlllsid
Spee~al Environments. Lundgrc:n
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ted six new technology disclosures
and has been awarded three patents.
two of which
ticenscd to Sonus
Phannaceuticals aod one to a Swiss
oompany,ldiag AG (equipment for
respiratory muscle tnining).
• Tunotby F. Murphy, professor
of medicine and microbiology.
During his distinguished career at
UB, Murphy. who conducts re search in the area of vaccine devel opment, has submitted II disclosures. Nineteen U.S. and foreign
patents have been issued and many
more are pending. He iS working
on a vaccine that targets a bacteria
that is the second most common
ca use of ear infections in children
and a leading cause of recurrent in·
fection in patients with chronit! ob·
structive pulmo na ry disease.
• Frederick Sachs, UB Distin·
guished Professor of Physiology
and Biophysics. Sachs, whose gen·
eral research objective is the under standmg of electricaJ processes tn
"ells. has submitted more than 35
tnvention disclosures. In a recent
study published in Na ture. Sach!!
reported that a protein i!!olated
from the venom of a Chilean taran ·
tula shows promise as a drug to
prevent and treat atrial fibnllat•on ,
a chaottc beating of the heart that
affects 25 million Americans. Sev·
cral companies are co nsidering the
technology for licensing.
• Sargur N. Srihari, SUNY Dis·
tinguished Professor in the Depan ·
ment of Co mputer Sciena- and En·
gineering and dir«tor of the Center of Excellence for Docu me nt
Analysis and Recognition( CEDAR).
Handwriting recognition software
developed by CEDAR, under sponsorship by the United States Postal
Service. is used in all postal processing centers in the U.S., with similar
systems being deployed at Australia
PoSI and UK Royal Mail. Srihari has
submitted IS new technology disclosures. from which su patents
havt• been issued .
F1vt' UB facuhy memb er~ were
honored 3!1 "e ntreprem·ur . . ·· who
havt• demonstrated l'lltrcpn: nt.•ur
1.11 ~VITit that enahled them tl'
lllll\'C tht'lr 10\.C'IltiOil' ifllffi th e:
rl'lo l' an: h laboraton Ill h i \\ !dt•
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• Edmund A. Egan, prolt',,or ol
i'l.'dtat n c .. an&lt;l phhioloJt' ·_ an'd ·

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Brua: A. flolm, senior vice provost
and professor of pediatrics. phannaoology and toxioology, and gyneoology-obstetrics. Egan and Holm developed theoornmerrial surfactantreplacement therapy INFASURF
neonatal, which received new drug
approval from tile Food and Drug
Administntion in 1997asalife-saving drug that has been demon strat&lt;d to reduce the morbidity and
mortality of premature newborn
infants. INFASURF adult is now in
phase ll clinical trials. INFASURF
drugs are manufactured by ONY,
Inc., located in the UB Technology
Incubator, part of the university's
OfficeofScience. Technol&lt;&gt;gyTrans·
fer and Ea&gt;nomic Outreach.
• John Eisner. associate profes·
sor of pediatric and community
dentistry. As associate dean for in·
formation resources in the School
of Den tal Medicine from 1993 ·
2000, Eisner started The Academic
Software Collaboration (TASC) as
a nOn · profit softwa re developer
under the UB umbrella. In 2001.
the TASC group spun out into a
for-profit, independent start-up
company ca lled Academic Man ·
ageme nt Srs tems. AMS is expand tog 10 license its softwa re to all
major academac mstitutions in the
United Sta tes and abroad. UB has
both an eq uit y and royalry stake
with this company.
• Joseph K. Gong. associate professor emeritus of oral diagnostic
sciences. Gong has been issued two
U.S. patents for developing a blood
test to measure an individuaJ's totaJ
cumulative exposure to radiation
over thrir lifetime, even at very low
doses. He recently formed a new
company, Nudear &amp; Environmental Safety Technology (NEST), to
markrt the blood test.
•lroy Wood, associate professor
of chemistry. Wood founded
Nanogeflesys Inc. to produce min iaturized devices for conducting
biomedical analysis that were developed in his laboratories. These robust nanospra.v emitters use a revolutionary. conductive polymer film
for biomedical and pharmaceuticaJ
apphcauons.
Two UB facultv member-5 and ON'
o;;taff member werr recognized br
rC"Ce!VIIlg thctr first patents in 2001
TheY are:
• Donald Hendcrsoo1 profC?SOr
orcOrhnl~tiiC.~fi~~;_.ii~f.derS~O~sCa ··

enccs and co-director of the Center
for H earing and Deafness.
Henderson was issut-d his first

patent for developing a method to
prevent and/or reverR inner ear
damage due to noise or toxins.
• Wesley L Hicks, Jr, associatr
professor of otohtrrngology and
neurosurgery and attending head
and neck &gt;Urgeoo at Roowdl Park
Cancer Institute. Hicks was issued
both his first and second patents in
2001 forckvdopingwowxl-bealing
material for the trachea. His invention is potentially applicable to mul tiple wound healing apptications.
• Ttm0tby Koloski, resean:h assistant in the Department ofDlem·
istry. Koloski was issued a patent for
his invention entitled .. Fiuorocar·

bon End-Capped Polymers and
Method ofSynth,..is."The technology. which can be applied to the developmt-nt of wound-healing mcm·
branes, recdved S«&lt;nd-place hon ors in the2001 Niagara Frontier ln-

teUectual Property Law Association
Annual inventor of the Year AWards.
Seven UB faculty members submitted their first inven tion disdo·
sures in 200 I. They are:
• Sebastiano Andreana. re ·
search fellow in the Depanment of
Penodontics and Endodontics and
a clinicaJ assistant professor of periodontology and Clral and maxillofacial surgery; Libuse A. Bobek,
associate professor of oral biology;

Rosemary Dziak, profes5Qr of oral
biology, and Giuseppe Intini, dini·
cal instructor in the Deparunent of
Oral Biology. who disclosed a
unique biomaterial to be used in
bone regeneration. This invtntion
can be useful in the majority of
clinical situations, as well as in such
future applications as bone gene·

therapy procedures.
• Hanh Deep Chopra. associate profesSor of mechanical and
ae rospace engineering; Susan
Zonglu Hua. research associate
professor of mechanical and aerospace enginet"ring, and Frederick
Sachs, UB Distinguished Prof=r

of Physiology and Biophysics ..who
di!!closed a new schemt' for
mKrofluidt( ~,· o;tems . The tech ·
n1quc.• use' b ~1hb les electrolyzed
from tht" flUid tl''"'ing through th~
mtcm~ h.tnnd .. , nc bubbles can be
used I· • make ' Jlv~. pumps. flutd
ltllXI.'r,), flu1d !&gt;t'p.trators a.~d jlUld
swiidies. ainOn \! nthfr dr-Vict-~. '

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Testing bishops' directives
Mangold predicts follow up will "stall" in some dioceses
BY CHRISTlNl VIDAL
Contributing Editor

HI LE

th~

recent
gathering of the
Catholi c Ch urch's
United States Confen.·nce of Bishops in Dallas proVIdes o1 national framework for the

W

reporting of saual abuse of chil dren by Catholic clergy, the true test
of the church's position on the issue and the effec tiveness of the
policy is likely to play out on the
local level, accord ing to a UB expert in child advocacy and law.
.. The success of the Dallas conference is going to depend not on
what has happened up until now,
but on what we sec from here on
o ut; said Susan Vivian Mangold,
associate professor of law and director of the university's interdisciplinary Baldy Center Program on
Childnn, FamUies and Society.
Although the conference laid
out a broad charter of changes that
need to occur, such a.s the report ing of casa immediately to civil
authorities and the removal of offending priesu from active ministry, real action easily could be stymied, she said.
"It would be very easy to make the
Dallas conference meaningless by
keeping the status quo at the local
level. I won't be surprised if that happens in a number of dioceses," said
Mangold, a practicing Catholic.
The conference produced the "E..-

se ntial No rm s for Diocesan /
Eparchial PoliCies Dealing with AJ -

legations of Sexual Abuse of Minor1
by Priests, Deacons and Other
Church Personnel,"' as weU as the
"Charter for the Protection of Child ren and Young People."
10
The nonns were less pubhcized
&lt;llld require the approval of the Holy
5«. If there is no local pressure to
change the environment for report ing and to put supports in place for
victims who come forward, the local diocese can stall by awaiting approval of the norms by the Holy
See," warned Mangold.
The charter calls for the establishment of review boards composed of
a majority of lay people who= not
diocesan employees to assess allegations against priests and their fitness
for ministry. Mangold emphasized
that these boards should not do any
preliminary investigations.
"All allegations must be immedi-

ately refmed to civil authorities who
have the exper1ile and the ..mas
to cleaJ with the llleptioos," lhe Did.
'l1ie dfectiw:nao of the boords in
d&gt;anging loaol pclidesand pnctias
will JUnee on wbo io IIIIMd to the
group."'!an.,e at the loaoll&lt;..t JJIUII
come from civil proCessiooab; the
clnudt does DO! have the &lt;&gt;q&gt;&lt;rtioe,
1101" the trust of the community, to
handle these matters," Mangold said.
Although the charter also calls for
sanctions against priests who have
co mm itted abuse in the past ,
Mangold expressed concerns over
how that would be carried out.
.. Who is goi n g to determin e
which priests committed sexual

abuse m the past, and how wtll the
pubbc be informed? How Wlll we
know the list of offendmg pnests l!t
·a complete one, g.aven the church's
past attempts to keep these allega ·
uons quiet? .. she asked.
· Enforcement of the charter rC'·
quires locaJ reportmg to newly created oversight agencies at the Nauonal Conference of Bishops. Those
mechanisms will be only as effective
as the information that is gathered
and reported out in each diocese.
"'It is important to understand
that one of the reasons we haven't
heard more allegations is because
theCatbolicChutch has not created
an environment that encourages
people to speak out," she said.
Mangold added that children
neal to know that it is all right to
tdl so,.;,ne wben abuse has occurml, and parents need to be open
to those meuages from their chil.dJm. Then, they need to go to civil

autboritia, DO! their 1oal parish.
"Ahioloryof strol!t!authority and
!ayen of aecrccy in the church
shouldn't allt!w us to kid oundYes
and bdirw: tbereisDO!ammt .,__
W. annotllli1Umi2r the pow&lt;r a crtc:d in • variety of ways to k.eep allegations qui&lt;!," Mangold Did.
"Comins out ofDollas is the question: H..., we started to create an
mvironrnent where kids and parents
will come forward to report abuse by
the clergf." Mangold asked. "What
occun at the local level in terms of
chan!Png policies and practices holds
the~ to that question."

Hospital mo~ty rates analyze~
BY LOIS BAKER
Contnbut•ng Ed1tor

study of data from more
than 26,000 U.S. hospitalscovering outoomcs of
38 million patients has
shown that people treated in private
for-profit hospitals in the U.S. have a
greater risk of dying than those cared
for in private not-for-profit hospitals.
The study, car ried out by researchen from UB, McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and
the UnivmityofToronto,appeared
last month in the Caruulian Medi cal Association journal (CMAJ).
The researchers undertook the
meta-analysis of mortality statistics to
help inform the debate under way in
Canada over whether to move into the
for-profit health-care-delivery arena
" Most of the debate so far has foc used on eco no m ics," sa id P. J.
Devereaux, research fellow in the
departments of Medicine and Oini cal Epidemiology and Biostatistics
at McMaster University and lead
autho r on the study... The emphasis
has been o n determining if for profit hospitals can contain costs
and run more efficientlr, if having
for-profits would create ' two·tier
medicine.' and on the potential for
foreign investors to become imdved
and influence Canadian health
policy in light of NAFTA (North
American Free Trade Agreement).
"What has been missing from this
debat&lt; is how expansion of private
for-profit hospitals would affect patients," he said "We undertook the
study to find o'l!_the relative impact

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of private for-protit versus private
not -for-profit delivery of hospital
care on patient monality."
Private not-for-profit hospitals
are owned by religious o rganiza ·
lions, communities, regional health
authorities or hospital boards. Forprofit hospitals are owned by shareholden or investors.
To conduct their revi~. the researchers systematically identified
all relevant studies that compared
private for-profit with private notfor-profit hospital mortality. They
ended up analyzing 15 studies containing data from approximately 38
million patients hospitalized in
26,000 u.s. hospitals between 1982
and 1995. The data were adjusted for
confounders such as teaching status
of the hospital , the patients' ~er­
ity of illness and hospitals' case mix.
Results showed that for-profi t
hospitals were associated with significantly higher mortality.
"Although the relative increase in
risk amounts to 2 percent in our
analysis, which may seem small, the
absolute number is frightening,"
said Holger Schunemann, assistant
professor of medicine and social and
preventive medicine, and UB author
on the study.
.. ln Ca nada, this perce nt is
equivalent to 2,200 deaths yearly,
which equals Canadian death rates
for suicide, colon cancer or motor ·
chide accidents. The total number1
will be much higher in the u.s.; he
said "They speak for thernselves."
The resean:hers point to pressure
to achieve the expected profit for

investors as the probable cause of
this increase in monality.
"Heads offor-profit hospitals are
rewarded based on meeting or sur·
passing th e profit margin ," said
Devereaux. When reimbu.rsement
comes from the sa.rnesou..ruas notfor-profits, such as from Medicare,
for-profits are faced with trying to
achieve the same outcomes while
having less to spend on patient can:.
"'These issues raise concmlS that
the profit motive causes hospitals to
limit care in ways that affect patient
outcomes. and our findings suggest
such concerns are justified."
The m&lt;ta-analysis .-.suits have signilicant implications for bealth-ca~

detivery
..All data are derived from U.S.
st udies," said Schunemann ... The
results are directly applicable to the
American public. Being treatC'd in a
private for-profit hospitaJ puts pa tients at increased ri sk, a nd the
number of private fo r-profit hospitals in the U.S. is growing."
Addi ti onal researchers from
McMaster University were Pete r Tl Choi, Christina l.acchetti, Bruce
Weaver, Ted Haines, John Lavis,
David R.S. Halsam, Mohit
Bhandari, Deborah f. Cook,
Stephen D. Walter, Maureen Meade,
Humaira Khan, Neera Bhatnagar
and Gordon H. Guyatt.
Brydon ).B. Grant from the UB
Depart men t of Medicine and
Terrence Sultivan from the Department of Health Policy Management
and Evaluation at the University of
Toronto also participated.

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Meeting set to solicit feedback
for NCAA certification process
A meeting will be held at I p.m . July 9 tn the Jeannette Martin
Room . 56 7 Capen Hall. North Campus, to sohcll feedback from the
ca mpus community on US's draft self-study report that is part of
the umvcrs1ty 's NCAA certification program.
The report 1s available for review on the Divis1on / Athleucs· Web
site at &lt; www.ubathleucs.buffalo.edulcerttficauon/&gt;.
Once mput is received from the campus ~mmunuy, a final Kifstudy report will to go the NCAA in late August , with a p«r review
team from the NCAA expected to come to campus in Novemlxr.
UB should receive a decision about its certification sta t~ither
certifiC'd , certified with conditions or not certified-in early 2003.
The purpose of the certification program, which began at UB last
Oct. I, is to help ensure the integrity of the institution's athiC'tics
operations. Institutions must show every 10 years that they mttt
certain standards set by thC' NCAA. Specific areas covered in the
institution's self-study-the NCAA's "operating principles" that place
a •measuring stick" by which all Division I membeB = measuredare academic and fiscaJ integrity, governance and rules co mpliance,
equity, student-athlete welfare and sportsmanship.

Workshop applies earthquake
engirieering to WTC
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the - - l p l ..., Center for
Earthq...U Engineering Research (MCEER), headquartered at UB,
gatheml in New York City on Monday and Thesday to discuss how
earthq...U-mgineering pnctias and blast -resistant designs can be
UJtd to aute " terror-resistant" buildings.
Their analysis was part of a two-day worbbop, "lesaons from the
World 1i"ade Center Terrorist Attadc Mma£ernent of Compla Civil
l'.merpcies&amp;Terrorism-RSmntCivii~D&lt;sip," organized
by MCEER. in collabontion with the National Researdl Council (NRC)
and CUNY's Institute for Civil "Infrastructure Systems (IQS). Funding
for the workshop came from the National Sciena Foundation.
T he worluqop also featured commentary from social scientists

and public-policy make;. who discussed improvement of emergency
response to complex disasteB like the World Trade Center attack.
.. The engineering and emergency-response issues encountered
following Sept. II closely parallel those expected to follow a damaging earthquake in a highly populated U.S. urban center," says workshop co-organizer Michel Bruneau, MCEER deputy director and
professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmen tal Engi neering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
"One of the objectives of the workshop was to see whether earth quake-engineeri ng technologies can~ married to existing technologies to achieve enhanced performance of buildings in the event of
terrorist attacks," he adds.
Bruneau was joined at the workshop by UB colleagues George
Lee, d irecto r of MCEER and Sam uel P. Capen Professor of Engi neering; Andrei Reinhorn, professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering and co-director of the universitfs Structural
Engineering and Earthq uake Simulation Laboratory; Andrew
Whittaker, associate professor in the Earthquake Simulation Laboratory, and MichaefConstantinou, professor and chair of civil, structural and environmental engineering and co-director of the Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory.
Lee, Bruneau, Whittaker and Reinhorn were members of an
MCEER investigative team that visited Ground Zero 10 days after
the terrorist attack to assess damage to buildings surrounding the
wrc. Their analysis was discussed at the workshop and bas been
published in a MCEER special report, "Engineering and Organizational Issues Related to the World Trade Center Terrorist Attack:
Overview of Damage to Buildings Near Ground uro."

Helfer to attend Nobel meeting
Derrick Hetfer, • doctor.t student in ino rganic chemistry, wiU ~­

come the first UB studen t to attend the annual meeting of Nobel
La ureates in Lindau, Ge rman y, when he attends the 52nd convening
of the group early next mo nth.
ince 1951 , top young researche rs from around the world have
gathered in Lindau to engage in open and informal meetings with
Nobe l Laureates in the areas of chemistry, physics and physiology/
medicine. The meetings rotate by discipline each year. The 2002 event
will focus on chemistry, with this year's laureates lecturing on chemistry-related topics of their choice" in the m orning and students and
laureates participating in informal discussions in the afternoons.
" It will be a h·umbl ing experience to meet some of thC' most distinguished scientists in the world, most of whom 1 have oniy read
about ,.. says Heifer, who received the Student Award from the Ameri can Institute of Chemists Foundatio n in recognition of the quality
of work he achieved in chemistry as an undergraduate at Thiel College in Greenville, Pa., where he received a bachelor's degree in 2000.
Ht was nominated to attend the meeting by Jim Atwood, profes sor and chair of the UB Department of Chemistry, and David
Cadenhead, professor of chemistry.

�4 Rep a.-ta. June Z1, 2lllll.Ni.33, 111.29
Work using •dv•nced MRI br•ln Imaging methods show gr•y 'm•tter Is affected by disease
BRIEFLY

Scientists study MS from inside brain
aY LOIS IIAIWI
Contributing Editor

cognitive processing. Oth&lt;r labora· and preserve the gray matter."
tori&lt;s have studied the role orthe au .
Babhi's OWl) researdJ could point
EN reanaso.peoplewith date nucleus in Alzheimer's disease to one poaibledrug~Hc is
multiple sclerosis could and Huntington's disease. The BNAC first autilOI' 00 I study puQiisbed ill
expect little from the is the only center studying it in MS January ill An:ltiw:s cfl\feurologrthat
medical profession other · patients with MRI tcclutiques.
rcporu that braino or MS patients
than drugs to help relieve their
"Through our a&gt;mputeriud im· appear to contain..,... iron dqx»symptoms and canes or walkers to aging-analysis capabilities, w.: have its. "In our imaginsJtudies, the 8'"J'·
help them jp:t around as their pby.i· been abi&lt; to visualize the caudate matter sttuctures ofMS patients apcal disabilities mounted.
nucleus in MS patients in new W2}'$ pear very dark on ooc type or MRI
That,bow.Yer,wasbcfurc.......-ch- and round it was atrophied," said scan," Bakshi said. "This evidence
crs ~ able to focus the full power Bakshi. :M~rcover, the atrophy is points to high ~evc~s or iron in the
or biotechnology 00 the disease.
not associated with the amount of brain, which SlJ8II'Sls iron could be
Today, by using advanced MRI white matter damage."
causing cdl damagr. The broin's
brain-imaging methods and tap·
ping into one or the most powerful
supercomputing systems in the
world, researchers in the BuffaJo
Neuroimaging Analysis Center
(BNAC) arc providing new insights
into the disease.
Some researchers are creating
three-dimensional images of "the
brain and brain structures of MS
patients that show the process or at·
rophy under the disease's onslaught
Others arc linking stages of atrophy
with physical and cognitive symp·
toms and are dcvdoping a "standard·
iz&lt;d" image of the caudate nucleus
in brains of patients that will serve as ·
a model for assessing disease stagr
and predicting progression.
Still other scientists are using ad·
vanccd imaging t&lt;chniquesand a&gt;m·
puting power to study the amount or
whole-brain sltrinkagr that occun in
MS and to dcvdop accurate ways to
measure brain deterioration.
The finding is significant. he ex· mechanism to regulate imn oould be
But perhaps the most important plained, because "if we arc going to impaired or shutdown in MS.
development is UB rescardlcrs' dis· treat this disease, we have to know
·we've been able to oorrelatc gray
covery that the brain's gray matter, where the damage is."
matter hypointcnsitywith brain at·
A leap forward in treatment OC · rophy and physical impairment," he
where higher fun ctioning is ce ntered, is involved in MS .
currcd in 1996 when a drug dcvel· said. "This leads us to think that
"Traditionally, MS was thought to oped by the late UB neurologist hypointcnsity in the deep gray mat·
be strictly a 'white matter di.sasc,'" Lawrence JacObs was approved by ter is a strong predictor or disabil·
said Rohit Bakshi, associate profes- the Federal Drug Administration ity, progression of the disease and
sor of neurology and dirtctor of the (FDA) aficrclinical trials supervised subsequent brain atrophy."
lf these findings hold up through
BNAC, located in The Jacobs Neu· by Jacobs. The drug, interferon bot!·
rolog;callnstirute at Kaleida Health's Ia (Avoncx ), slows progression of longitudinal studies, a treatment
Buffalo Genera l Hospital. "We the relapsing-remitting form of the designed to prevent imn build-up
thought it only affected the 'road· ~ and reduces the amount of could provo beneficial.
waf5' in the brain."\\lhite matter al- Dare-ups. It ls now the most widely
While Bakshi analyzed several
gray· matter structures, Robert
lows variow gray-maner structures prescribed treatment for MS.
.. Our challenge is to un cove r Bcrmd,. third-year medical student
to communicate with each other.
The finding about gray matter rc· mechanisms in the brain that could working in his lab. is ooncentrating
suited from researcher&gt;' work with a lead us to a new therapy, building on the caudate nucleus. Specialists in
brain structure siruated deep in the on Dr. jacob's work," said Bakshi. UB's Cmtcr for Computational Regra y malter ca lled the ca udate "One possibility might be a drug search (CCR) are taking data from
nudeus, which is an imp:&gt;rtanl Oef"Vt cocktail that includes interferon and high-resolution MRI scans of the
center forcontrollingmovement and a neuro protective agent to target structure in MS patients and convert·

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"This sugsests that a.nother und&lt;tcrmincd mechanism may play a
role in gray-matter disease," he said.
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various disciplines to work with senior neurologists on scvcral proj&lt;ru.
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Offering priority dental care to reservists
UB collaboration with US. Army may become model for units across US.
BY LOIS IIAilU
Contributing Editor

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F the men and women of the
U.S. Army's 40Znd Civil Afra;.,. Battalion dcpan for their
next trouble spot with tooth·
aches, it will be through no fault of
the School of Dental Medicine.
The dental school is offering firn.
priority, at-&lt;XlSt dental services to the
soldien in the Tonawanda-based unit
as it p&lt;epares for possible mobiliza·
tion. Thcoollaboration is the 6rn such
dfun bctw&lt;= a dental school and an
Anny Rtscrvc special operations unit,
and. if successful. could be used as a
model for dental suppon to Rtscrvc
battalions across the oountry.
"Medical. and espccially dental.
problems are the No. One deployment
stopper," said Major Timothy Zack.

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training and operations offia:r for the
40Znd "When soldien in this unit are
deployed. there isn't time to set up a
dental appointment if they have a bad
tooth, it gets pulled because there is
seldom time to jp:t it treated Our sol·
die" must be in the best possible
health because they could be on-duty
formanymonths. Thafswhythisprogram is important"
Soldiers in Civil Affairs battalions--% perctnt of whom

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servists--have a unique mission.
They an the Armfs on-site, noncombat cxpcns: civil and electrical
engineers. docton.. lawyers. veterinarians. immigration officers, ma -

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teams. air-dropped if neassary, they
work with civil authorities and civilian populations in the oonunandcr's
area or operation to lessen the impact
or military operations and provide aid
to the population.
Getting the UB dental school in·
volvcd with the 40Znd was the idea
of Alan Laville, a UB German and
Spanish major and staff sergeant in
the unit Interested in becoming a
dentist, he got a work-study job in
the dental school's Department of
Periodontology. Laville brought his
unit's situation to the attention of

Sebastian Cianco, department chair.
and Ciancio endorlicd the project.
Working with Zack, Laville put
tajp:thcr a Powerl'oint presentation,
briefed his unit..-'and , when the

project was approved by all parties.

functioned as the liaison bctwccn
UB and the 40Znd . Maureen
Donley, clinical assistant professor
of restorative dentistry, is supcrvis·
ing the pilot program, which cur·
rcntly is providing dental care for
10-1 Z soldiers. The makers or
Listcrinc mouthwash and of Total
toothpaste, brushes and floss are

donating products to the project.
"We expect ZS-30 soldiers ulti·
matdy to take advantage or this opponunity," ~said "Soldiers who
may have dental problems need to
have quality work done now because
they can't a&gt;unt on getting ' quick
dental appointment if we art mo·
bilizcd. The dental school is giving
priority to our soldiers evtt their
other patients. We have nothing but
praise for the project.•

�.1111 ZJ. 2112/~.:13. k 11

Wime '] ~ ·ds m· .heal._thy lungs
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Studyfinds
. drinking white wjne may help keep lungs healthy
•YLOISIIAIIB
Contributing Editor

RINKING wine appean to be good for the
lungs, a UB study has
shown, and in this case,
the primary credit goes to white
wine rather than red.
In research presented recently in
Atlanta at a meeting of the Ameri·
can Thoracic Society, Holger
Schuncmann, assistant professor of
medicine and social and preventiV&lt;
medicine in the School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences, ~rted
that drinking wine recently and OV&lt;r
a lifetime was associated with better lung function.
The study found no association
between lung function and total
amount of alcohol q:msumedsome previous studies had found a
negative effect--nor between lung
health and alcohol from beer, wine
coolers or liquor.
"This finding may indicate that
nutrients in wine are responsible for
the positiV&lt; effect of alcoholic beverages on lung function ; said
Schunemann. "Red wine in moderation has been shown robe beneficial for the heart, but in this case
the relarionship was stronger for
white wine."
UB resea rchers conducted rhe
study in a random sample of I ,555
whire and African-American residents of Western New. York. They
collected ·comprehensive information abour current and lifetime al-

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cobol consumption and lifestyle
habits, including diet, and took body

their blood.
Analysis of all of the alcoholconsumption variables with lung
measurements.
All participants performed stan· .funFfion showed that both recent
dard lung-function tests, which and lifetime in~ of wine had the
meas~ the YO(ume of air they
strongest association with FEV 1
oouid expel in one b..,.th--referred and FVC. Schunemann said, an efto as forced vital capacity (FVC}- feet likely linked ro wine's antioxiand the volume forobly expdled in dant properties.
one second (FEVI).
• Evidence sugTq assess alcohol consumption, gests that alcohol•
researchers defined those who had may increase the
fewer than 12 drinks during their axida!M burden,"
lifetime as "never drinkers" and
those who were drinkers but had
consumed no alcohol in the past
month as • non-current drinkers."
The ~aining "current drinkers"
~rted
type of alcoholic beverage they drank and how often, the
size of each drink, patterns of consumption and how oftm they drank
mo.., than usual.
Analysis of participants'· demo·
graphic information and alcohol
consumption data revealed some that tht antioxidants
int...,.{jng relationships:
in wine account for our current
• Beer-only drinkers were findings."
younger, predominately male, drank
Additional contributors to the
more daily and OV&lt;r their lifetimes, study were Brydon J.B. Grant and
and were more likely to smoke than Ottpa Kudalkar from the Departother participants.
. ment of Medicine; Jo L.
• The groups of wine only, liquor Freudenheim, Paola Muti, Susan
only and """"t abstainers included McCann, Malathi Ram, and
more women than men.
Maurizio Trevisan of the Depart• Those who drank wine only or mentofSocialand P..,.,ntM: Medivarious alcoholic b&lt;V&lt;rages had the cine; Tom Nochajski of the Research
Institute on Addictions, and Marcia
highest education level.
• Wtne drinkers had the highest Russell of the P..,.,ntion Research
levels of protectiV&lt; antioxidants in Cmter in Berkeley, Calif.

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Estrogen supresses inflammation
BY LOIS IIAJtU
Contributing Editor

STROGEN's ability toreduce a woman's risk of
heart disease during .her
"'Productive .years may be
based on a previously unexamined
mechanism of the hormone: its
anti-inflammatory effects.
In the first demonstration in humans of this capacity of estrogen,
endocrine researchers at UB have
shown that estrogen may suppress
production of several pro-inflammatory components at the cdlu1ar,
molecular and plasma I&lt;V&lt;ls.
Results of this prdiminary study
wert prc:sc:nted at the annual meeting of The Endocrine Soci&lt;tf, held
earlier this month in San Francisco.
"If estrogen has a prominent antiin8amrnatorydfect, this action may
help to explain why women haY&lt; a
much lower risii of atherosclerosis
(which begins as an in8amrnation
of the blood vessel walls) than men
until menopause," said Paresh
Dandona, professor of medicine
and head of the Division of Endocrinology in the School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences, who is senior author on the study. "'Once
women hit menopause, their heartdisease risk rises to that of men.
"This is the first demonstration in
vivo of estrogen's precise molecule
anti-in8amrnatorybehavior,"hesaid.

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In this preliminary study,
Dandona and coUeagues from the
Diabetes-Endocrinology Cmter of
Western New York. located in Kaleida
Health's Millard Fillmore Hospital,
used men as subjects to a110id the estrogen ftuctuations that t:ake place
during a woman's menstrual cycle.
which would interfere with ""ults.
Nine healthy men of normal
weight with a mean age of 32 pro·
vided blood samples before receiving a S mg. injection of estrogen in
the form of~. the most commonly prescribed drug for estrogen"'Placanent therapy. Oandona chos&lt;
this amount of estrogen for a "single
slug," which is about four times the
upper limit contained in daily doses
ofhormone-"'Placement therapy, to
determine if an anti-inftammatory
effect would occur oV&lt;r the short·
term.Additionalbloodsamples""""
drawn at two, four, six and 24 hours
after the injection.
Researchers m~ the generation of reactive oxygen species, or
oxygen frtt radic:al.s--&lt;ompon&lt;nts
known to damage aells in blood-V&lt;S·
sel walls and induce inflamma tion-in specific cells (mo no nuclear aells), molecules (polymorphonuclear leukocytes ) and in
plasma. They also assessed concentrations of three factors known w
be markers of the inflammatory
p~: inrranudear nuclear factor-

kB ( NF-kB ), C-reactive protein
(CRP ) and plasminogen activator
inhibitor-! (PAI-l).
Results showed that estrogen significantly inhibited the genm~ti on
of frtt radicals by mononuclear aells
and leukocytes, with peak inhibition-39.9 percent and 47.3 percent
respectively-reached at four hours
after estrogen infusion.
NF-kB activity feU to a low o( 24
percent at six hours after infusion,
and C-reactive protein concentration dropped a maximum of 19.5
percent at four hours, results
sho~. ln addition, plasminogen
activator inhibitor- I fell nearly 50
percc:nt at si.x hours.
'These early resu1ts allow us to
understand the mechanism and to
say that estrogen works in this fash ion," said Dandona, who plans to
conduct a similar ·study in postmenopausal women.
"It should be possible to separate
estrogen's feminizing effects from its
anti-inflammatory effects," he said.
"In the long run, estrogen may proY&lt;
helpfu1 as an addition to current
therapy in the treatment and pre·
vention of heart d..iscase."
Additional researchers on the
study, all from the UB Department
of Medicine, were Priya Mohapty,
Hasam Ghanim, Ahmad Aljada,
Deborah Hofmeyer and Arindam
Bandyopadhyay.

n.. flnt lbolly of -

D status in a group of Kaobmiri women

and
their bab!es
bas mul&lt;d
across-the-baud
de6cimcyofthe
ent, wh.icb
increases
the ri8. of
rickds, OSieoporoois,
ocher bone nutrielisorden and muscle weakness in this population.

Resultsofthe~cooductedbyendocrinereoearchersatUB

andll'IOimtitutionsinSdnaPr.India.......,.,.....,tedartheannuaimootins ofTh&lt; Eodocrine Socidy. hold earlies: this mooth in San Francisco.
-nlisfindinslxir~uolil!l&gt;uoeriouspubticbealthprol*in."saidJ&gt;.rab

Oandona. UB professor of medicine. din:ctDr of the Oiabete.-EndocrinologyCmterofWesu:m New York, and senior author on the study.
"Kashmir has -..ry long win ten and many'WOlll&lt;ll mnain axnpletdy
covered """" in su111m&lt;r, so we expected to ... vitamin D ddicicncy,
but we found much mo.., than we apect&lt;d"
Vitamin D is produad by the slcin in the presenoe of sufficient sunlight Ten to 15 minut&lt;S of sunshine m..,. times """*'y is considcmd
adequate to produce the body's requimncnt of vitamin D.
Colleagues at the LO Hospital in Srinagar, India, collected blood
samples from 43 P"'8"0Dt women during labor, cord blood from their
43 newborns and samples from IS female medical students who were
to serve as controls. Researchers expected the medical students to hav.
normal vitamin D levels because they..., better educated than the general female population. Ho,...., analysis of the blood samples showed
moderate to severe vitamin D ddiciency in all m..,. groups. with the
medical students having the lowest concentrations.
Vitamin D deficiency can be ~&lt;died by drinking fortified milk or
other fonified foods, exposure to sunlight or by talting vitamins.

of·-

Vitamins E, C nullify response
designed to define the role of dietary macronutrients in the initiation of arterial in6ammation that predisposes a per·
son to atherosclerosis, UB researcher&gt; have found that a high int:akt of
glucose, or eating a high-fat, high-calorie fast-food meal causes an inCrtaS(: in the blood's inflammatory components.
However, they also haV&lt; shown that the antiqxidant vitamins E and
C can nullify this in8amrnatory ""ponse.
Results of the research """" presented at the annual meeting of the
American Diabei&lt;S Association, held earlier this month in San Francisco
"A meal high in calories and fat caused an increase in infiammatory
markers that lasted th..,.to four hours," said Paresh Oondona, professor of medicine, head of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences' Division of Endocrinology, and senior author on the studies.
"We think the inBus of macronutrients may alter cell behavior and
that genes are activated to producr more powerful enzymes and mediator&gt; that ..., potentially more damaging to the lining of blood V&lt;Ssels. Obese persons may haY&lt; an ongoing abnormality of the white blood
cells and the lining of blood V&lt;SS&lt;ls." (Calories. fat, protein, carbohydrates and water, the major components of a1o 1 , .... are considered
macronutrients. )
"On the other hand, we found that one way to =der an 'unsafe'
meal 'safe' is to include antioxidant vitamins,"' Da.ndona said 'lhe
proinflammatory effect of glucose is stopped if right at the outset you
give vitamins E and C."
In • sertes

Drug may prevent heart disease
~ widely u an insulin sensitizer appears also to have a
significant anti -inflammatory effect in diabetics, a property that could
mili it useful in helping to p=&lt; heart disease in these patients. a
study by VB endocrinologists has found.
Results of the ..,....ch, involving the drug rosiglitazone, were pre·
~nted at the annual meeting of the AmeriCan Diabetes Associat1on.
Rosiglitazone is sold under the brand name Avandia•.
UB endocrinologist led by Paresh Oandona, professor of medicine and
head of the Division of Endocrinology in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, haV&lt; been studying the anti-inflammatory properties of
insulin and insulin sensitizers and their potential use in t=tmcnt and p~
vention of atherosdcrosis, one of. the leading causes ofbeart attad&lt;s.
Atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, begins as an inJiamma.
tion of the blood-vessel waU. Persons with diabetes..., at in~ risk
of developing atherosclerosis and heart disease.
The=t study inYOived II obese patients with Type 2 diabetes. In
this disease, also re:f~ to as adult-onset diabetes, the body produces
adequate amounts of insulin, but cdls don't rest&gt;ond to its action.
Rosiglit:azone is prescribed to break down this ~ce to insulin.
Researchers coUected blood samples from the diabetic YOiunteers and
started them on a six-week cou.-.e of daily rosiglit:azone. They ~ted
the blood sampling four times during the six weeks of t=tmcnt and
again at 12 weeks, and analyzed the samples for roncentration of th..,.
in8amrnatory rnarkus and for the presena of oxygen f= radicals.
Results showed that the drug exerted a "profound" suppressiY&lt; effect
on frtt radicals and on other mediators of inflammation in the blood.
"The ability to ~uce intlammation is crucial for prrymsing atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease,· said Dandona. "Previous data demonstrated rosiglitazone's effectiveness in ~ucing lcey rnarkus of cardia~ disease in patients at risk for diabetes Thi.s study in people
with diabetes further undersea"" rosiglitazone's potential to ha"" a
cardio-proti!'Ctiw effecr."
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�SEL Web site features link to Kooi-Aid home page In celebration of 75th anniversary
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CADEMIA is not only
about barrier contain -

ment ted) nologies and
the latest literary trmds.
It's also about Kooi-Aid.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the marketing of the drink
so sweet it can set your teeth on edge,
and a thirsty, sugar-loving UB bbrarian wants you to know all about it
David J.Bertuca of theAruand Sciences l.ixariesbaslinked 1he Web sit&lt;
of the university's Sci&lt;:nce and Engineering Library(SEL) to the l(ooi..Aid
home page. You can wade through
Kooi-Aid's bursb, popo, twists and
jammers, and sail right into 1he Krall
kitd&gt;ensto pK:k uplhe ,....__...ape
i&gt;r Kooi-Aid Super Sour Kool Kubes.
You can abo IP&gt; straight from 1he

SELsite to the biography of Edwin
Perkins, who created the stuff. Start
here: http:// . -.buftalo.eduta.

brwla/unlb/HI/
"No, I wasn't around when Kool Aid fmll showed up,• says B&lt;rtuca,
"b u~ l know that everyonewholived
in the 20th century has enjoyed at
least one glass. My &amp;write flavor is
cherry. At least I think it is.•
B&lt;rtuca points out that Perkins
began his career in soft, l ugary
drinks at age II when he started experimenting With"drink oombinatians in his mother's kitchen.
"By 1he early 1920s, he had doYdoped theCiliDlllfJCialprodua that1he fon:ruruxr of Kooi-Aid and in

1927m.-lthefint~

J&gt;O'blp and became a leoder in the
bewntee incluary;" Bertuca adds.
HeprOOably tool&lt; pel care ofhis

to campus ·m

mom andcbd, ~reasoo
l.t
to encourage sciena learning in our
;;p
children.
Kooi-Aid isn't the ooly story on
the SEL ~page. however.
II can take visitors to a varietY of
fascinating and fun stories and .
sit&lt;$-from UB Jcience librarian
laura Taddeo's new online ealubit
of books by the university's science
faculty to a story about UB biologists living under the sea.
l"l&gt;en's anassessmau ofthe state
of the local watershed and up-10date stories on the latm astDoid
near-miss, axnputen and women, and beyond. clcsisD&lt;d ... all....,.of
climat£ c:bange and mx&gt;IDJDeDda. readers, adult and cbildrm aliR.
lions for what to do this~
Rainy day! Boml? FediDg duOTbeSELsituloolinkstogreatedu- wimd and boring! Head to 1he SEL
c:alionallita liU "EduJape," which Web page.A11he very ..... with 1he
oft"r:a weekly, in-depth studies on l&lt;nowledF you aboorb you'D be 1he
lepiafrom lita-atlft..O..XZ.hislory center of attention at

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Improvirig·medical care in Mghanistan

UB team joins _
international effort to send medical textbooks to war-torn country

P-L-·Cma
~-Editor

EARLY six years of
1alibon rule and • decade-long war with
Russia that ended in
1989 bas left Afghanistan's balthcare infrastructwe in .a sbambla.
Nearly two-thinls of 1he Afghan
population is without aa:.ss to basic
bealtb-care facilities, and aa:onling
to the World Health Organization
(WHO),Ihesituationiswoncinrural areas, with a doctor-patient ratio
as low as I to I 00,000. Infant '\fld
maternal monality rates in Afghanistan are among the highest in the
world. One in four children will not
reach the age of five, most dying of
'vaccine-preventible diseases like polio and tuben:ulosis. And every year,
17,000 women die from complications related to childbearing.

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While international organi:ations
are rallying to fulfill...,.,lhe most basic ~of fOod and clean wall:r, tl...-e
also is an imlnoclim need file trained
medical pmonnel and supplies.
Some memben of 1he UB community, atlhe r&lt;qUest of lllliwnity
alumnUs and a-Ittowaga na!M
· Lt. Col. James J. Ganlon, B.S. '86,
have joined the effort to improve
medical care in Afghanistan by donating and shipping 40 boxes of
medical textbooks to the country.
Gardon is stationed in Kabul as
part of the Coalition/Joint Civil
Military Operations Task Force
charged with assessing and assisting
United Nations and non -govern -

mental agencies in re-establishing
their presence in Mghanistan. A
Desert Storm veteran who worked
as an emergency/trauma nurse during that conD.ict, Gardon is part of
the public health ieam that is evaluating the medical .infrastructure in

Kabul and 1he- of 1he CX&gt;UDtry.
About a JDODth . . , be sent a
simple email query to UB *'in~ file
medicllll:llboob. The....,.,.,.. bas
been,... wbolmint.
"To ay 1he lout, it {lhe Af8ban

"This is an idal campi&lt; of bow
you produce. Web site to fac:ilitm
information Bow; said Jarvis. "In
this caae, Lt. Col Gonion - ablr
to find our Web lite from Afsbanillan, make his ""'J\a\, and·-..._
ablr to quiddr a&gt;nnect him with
people wbo ..._ rady and ablr to
help him out. The Web is all about
rapid CXIDIIOCiions: people to people.

"Dr. 1.« and !!Ilea o.-.wd (elioflntiemalioaol Studml and
Scbolar Savica) prcl¥ided initial
lilndinB blhe pm;oct and fllcn is

-..orkiDs"' arranee futurefuDdiot,"

ayoRoae.
The Graduate Student Aiaociaafter 20-plus ,...,. in tunnoil, espetion abo c.ontnbuted fundirig to
ciaDyallerlhe Tali&gt;an,"Gordonlhepn&gt;j&lt;ct.
in onemoitolhel!tpmrrfiom Kobul.
While the medical scjlool in
"'ne oflhe Jll&lt;*sl .---.-.~---.,..----,------, Kabul will be 1he primary m:ipient
needs expressed to
of 1he shipment, other health-are
me by physicians
facilities in Bagram, Herat and
and bospitaltmediKonduz also will receive textbooks.
cal staff is 1he need
"The Health Sciences Library's
i&gt;rprol5ionaljourposting of my very first request sot
nals and particularly
the ball rolling on a tremmdous efmedical books. They
fort by businesses, hospitals, medieven expressed a
cal and nursing groups, schools and
preference for En~
individuals. To date, we bM r=ived
glish texts. "Many of
more than 5,000 books, 7,000 jourtheir texts were
nals, IOOvidcoandcasaettctapes,and
burned by the
tbousands of dollm worth of medical supplies," he noted.
Taliban simply be- - ,.,_,
cause they were
"Ewrytbing- mavint! aloojr-l
"'"""""-"he addod.
and people to infurmation."
-.,aqemailsfromwriousmedi"During the 1960s-'70s, Kabul
}arvisiOrwanlodGardon'uajuest calpnlfrloianalswbo read thelinry's
UniYmity's medial school was one · to Pamela .Rose, Web services and J&gt;001in1t-wben an amazing thing
of 1he premier medical schools in library promotion a&gt;onlinator file happened. I-~ 111-20 days
CentralAsia,andnowlheschool is in the Health SCienoes l.ibruy.
here in Kabul. pug out on .,.....
the procza of rebuilding," Gardoo
"Dr. 1.« (Ridwd Lee, prOksoor menaaDda)llhenwritingand n:wrilsaid,
out that 1he school's of pediatria and obstdricl in 1he ins propoools ... projects ... wanted
~ are Jl!'dly basic, with a pre{a-School of Medicine and Biomedi- to do," he said.
ence file texts on medial diagnosis cal Scimca) mounted an initia!M
"Thenlatronenigbl, IFl ancmoil
and trtatmmt of diseases and swgi- in the medical school, and I sentlhe from Suu.n Yox of WebMD/
cal intmattion.
call out .,..,- a number of bbruy Mcdsape, • Web lite that pnMdes
He said that one of the first places avenues." Rose said.
dinical iniJrmotioo to dinicians and
he thought of asking fur medical
The lobby of the Health Services other beolth-care proliesDonals. y""
textbooks was his alma mater.
Library ...--1 as the collectioo site agmd tohelpmeoutand LFI• 1'"11"
His initial query for help was and Lee and Rose coordinated 1he on Mcdsape to promote.my project
fielded by Hugh Jarvis, Web team in- sorting. packing and shipping of the" woddwidc. I F1 rq&gt;ODO&lt;S from Enformation coordinator for the De- textbooks. About 40 boxes of books gland. Ger!nan).; Spain, Canada. and
partment ofCreative Services in Uni- were shipped toAfghaniswl. with 26 of course aD acroooAmerica.•
Moreover, one of Medscape's adversity Communications who moni- of the boxes coming from McMaster
to.,emaihcnttorlJB,theunM:rsity's University in Hamilton, OnL An- vertiseJS sent mo,.. than 300 sets of
main portal. Both Gardon and Jarvis other 20-30 boxes will be sent,..,. blood pressure cuffs, stethoooopes
agree this project was expedited be- within the nat few months-&lt;lona- . and scrubs, along with dozens of
cause of the Internet.
lions are still cnming in every week. other medical supplies.
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such as variations in 1he positions
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!etten and numbers.
The rescan:ben extracted features
reevantto the entire document, to

specific paragrsphs in the document, to single words of the document and ...., single characters.
Instead of analyzing the documentsvisuaDy,lhe way a human ex-

pert would, Sribari saKI their software
sysl= deconstructcd each sample.

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Co-authan include Sung-Hyuk

0&gt;a. IOrmerly a lhl doctoral candidate, now an assistant professor at
PaceUniwnity; HinaAron,nsean:b
scientist at IBM, and Sqjilt Lee,}
dodonliamdiddein the UBDeportmmt of Compula- Science and En-

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Osteoporosis undertreated

Studyfinds many women unaware ofbone-thinning disease
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POROSIS,a dis-

o( bone-thinning

t puu women llt
of urioUJ fractures, is underdi.gnosed. a.nd
undertreated, aa:.ording to a study
by UB researchen presented last.
~ aHbt a.nnual meeting of tbe
Socitty for Epidemiological Re·
search in Palm Desert, Calif.
Nearly half of 836 womtn in a
population-based study Who WlderWl!lltsmminglbr051e0p01'00is6:lrtht
lUst-time...,.. found to have undiagnosed disease. results showed. Moreover, follow-up a year later revealed
that half ofthooediagooood with ooteopon)sisdid not begin treatment to
slow progression of the dioorder and
a qua.rter f.Wed to dUcuss the scretning results with their physipan.
•
"Thisstudytdlsusu;.,;,aru!Ot
of -women with osteoporosis who
don'tknowit,*saidJean-WaciaW'&amp;Iii-·'
Wende, ~t professor of social·
andp.....,.,\ivomedicineand&lt;!bstetria and.8)'!lecology. and &amp;enior,f!·
searcher on,.the &amp;tl.ldy.
,
..
~Many""?"""' who are at risk for
ooteoporosis are not being rehrred
for_ scr~eqing, and even when
s=ened.onlyhalfoftbooefuundto ·
have ooteoporosis tnd UP. r=iving
therapy:' sbe said. "We have along
way to SO in educating women and
their physicians about osteoporosis."
The results ...,.. presented in a
poster session at the meeting.
Osteoporosis is a serious health

the screcnirig resulu and irutruclions to disc:uso the raultJ with tb&lt;ir
pbysician. They...,..r=ntactedby
mail after one year to find out bow
many had begun treatmmL (Fivo
drugs fOr osteoporosiJ have heal
approY&lt;dbytheFoodandDrugA&lt;i.
ministration; aU work by helping to
stop tbe resorption of bone minerals by other cells in tbe body.) ·
Results ~ that 307 of thooe

c:oridition,...OO.tedprimarilywith
ogins.in which bona looe mua and
ba:llmebriule,braldngeuily.f4bt
million women and 2 millioa men
intheU.S.areestimatedto~oo-

teoporooil,andanestimated·:Umillion more people have low bone
density, IICall'ding to the National
Osttoporosi.s Founda.tion (NOF).
The bat method to determine if
a penon has osteoporosis is a dualener-gyx-rayaboorptiometry(DXA)
sca.n, which
the bonemineraldensi.ryat any particular site
intbebodyandoomputeacomparison with the established optimum
density for that site.
The ament resean;i&gt;---o.n ancillarystudyoftheWxnen'sHealthlnitiative. for which UB is a vanguard
dinic:al e&lt;nter-was designed to find
out what factors would inlluenoe a
W&lt;&gt;mJD's deci$ion to begin therapy
after-belxl8 diagnosed with osteoporosis throusb DXA screening.
The study group wai compoied of
836 Caucuian WOIIlel) betwo:n the
.,.. of 58 aqd 90 in w..mNew
·~'rl"-:'!" ...... beins.-iixthe
a.ssociation betw=l osuoporosis
and p&lt;riodooiai dioeaR. None of the
women had heal diap»ed previously with ooteoporolis or had unclergooebonc-densitytatiog.
. Of the total screened, 428 ......
IOund to have bone density at least
two standard deviations below the
norm, the definition of osteoporosis adopted by the NOF in a general
population at normal risk. All participa.nts m:ei\oed 10 explanation of

can....,....

~with~ ~dis-

aJOOedtheresultswithth&lt;irphysician.
as instructed Ofthooe who did talk
toth&lt;irdoctorsaboutth&lt;ircondition,
only 167 of ostalpOrotic """'""' or
about 54 pera:nt, bepn treatmenL
When factors that might influ-.
&lt;nee therapy...,.. analyud singly,
results sbowtd that women who began treatmmt ...,.. more likdy to
have lower bone-mineral dtnsity
"""'"'indicating tbe condition W2S
.at a inore advanced stage; visit the
doCtor more then once a year, and
bethinnerandbettereduatedthan
those who didn't begin treatmtnL
WbenaDfactors ...... analyzedto~!"~her. the variables moot strongly
uaociolrd with treatmmt ...,..low
booe dmsityand hisber rducation,
Woaawski-Wende aid. ·
Part of this on-going resea.rch
project will be to determine the
moot effecti&gt;oe waya to educa.te·botb
doctors and the community about
the importa:oa of routine bonedensity acreeoing and of taking appropriate JDedic:ations and pmoenlive measures to slow the process if
ost&lt;oporosis is~

"',

Great Lakes becom e classroom
l1M ' - - Lobo MMI Its tributariea beam&lt;: a duaroom 'for 1o
students enrolled in tht Great 1.akea Sumlner loxtitute that was
bOlted earlier thiJ month by UB a.nd Buffalo State College.
Working alongside reaearchen from UB's Great 1.akea Program and
the Great !.aka Center at Buffalo Sl:a!eo the students tested water quality
in L.aU Em and L.aU Ontario, a.nd in the Bu!Jido and N'aagara ri...-s.,
which flow into the Em and Ontario LW:s,lfespectivdy.
Tht students were from UB.. Buffalo State, SUNY Fredonia and
Ryenon llniv&lt;rsityofTorooto--rnemberiostitutiomofthe New York
Great !.aka Researd&gt; Consortium, headquartered at tbe SUNY College
of Environmental Science and Forestry. Another atudtot was a pbysicaUmvironmtntal scientist for the U.S. Army Corps of Enginetrs.
Their work will contribute to ongoing research on the ecological
health of the Great Lak,es, and the students earned coUege credit for
their participation.

Aboard the research vessel AquariU&gt; on Lake Ontario during the
first two days of the institute, the students sampled sediment and
measured water temperature ncar the Niagara River Bar region, located near the point where the Niagara River empties into the lake.
"The Niagara River accounts for more than 80 peretnt oftbe inflow
into L.aU Ontario," explains Joseph Atkinson, UB professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering and director of the Great !.aka
~- "Iu impor1llljl to-understand tbe m.r's water.quality because
it~ sudl a do~t roi&lt; in tbe devdopment of tbe laloe."
Last week. the studehtJ embarked on tbe Buffalo River. Their find ings will aid t ntw ~dy of sewer and watenhed rurioff in a section
of the river ~ed II) "area of concern"by.ibe U.S. -Canadian Ioternatioital Joint (:.;mmiasiPn,.w)licb monito~ the quality of waters
that lie along or fiow across tht two nations.
To be undertaken in the fall by UB and Buff:alo S12te, the study is
funded by a $125,000 grant from the Great 1.akea National Program
Office ofthe EPA.
"ContaminaotJ from pa.st industrial activity have lodged in sediment beds within the river," Atkinson 11)'1. "We'tt imatigating wh2t
harm might occur to. the river and lake if theoe conwninllOtJ are
disrupted by boat travel or weather.•
Atkinson addi that tht studenu' field resea.rch was supplemented
by classroom lectures on environmental cbemiJtry, water-quality
modeling and source poUution.

c- ,_.,

African educators visit UB
third
the English Language loxtitute
(Ell) is conduc-t:r.~ a summer institute for educators from sub-Saha.ran countries designed to strengthen English-as-a-Foreign Language (EFL) programs in seconda.ry scboob in the participants' .home
countries.
Sixteen participants from Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon,
Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, a.od Stnegal
are taking part in the six-week prosram. which began june 3 and
will run through July 14. It is being coordinated by Janice A.
Nersinger, EU director of overseas and customized programs.
Funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the
Few -

U.S. State Department, the institute attempts to enhance partici-

pants' management and organizational skills; famiJiarize them with
emaiJ and t.Qe Internet; broaden their unde:fstanding of U.S. institutions arid culture, and assist them in identifying. analyzing and solving the practical problems in administering EFL programs in their
home countries.

Instruction is provided by faculty members from the EU and the
departments of Learning and Instruction, and Educational Leadership and Policy, a.nd the program in American Studies, as well as by
staff from the Office of the Vice Provost for International Education.

Grant to create computer lab,
training program

Special Olympians
Athletes and coaches march into UB Stadium June 1 3 during the opening ceremony for
the Special Olympics New Yorit Summer Games.

Obituaries
Richard Mcleron, retired director of internal audit
lllchwd D . ~ retired direc-

tor of inte~al audit, died June 3 in
Hospice Buffalo, 0\eektowaga. after a long illness. He was 75.
A native of Lancaster, Mcl..eron
served in the Army and was based
in Europe from 1945-47, attaining
the rank of sergeant and becoming
an expen machine gunner. , , ..
He ~\_d 1ted from UB' with a

bachelor's degree in accounting in
1951. After joining the univasity's
professional staff in 1961, he established and directed the internal auditing system that the then-private
Univm;ity of Buffalo needed to develop as pan of its merger with the
State Unn'&lt;l'sity of New York system.
He was • WCI1JW·_,Jf,:r9~f.lll'O¥.•.
ters, the American

l n~ ·i tut e o f Cer·

tilied Public Accountants, the New
York State Society of Certified
Public Accountants, the Institute
of Internal Auditors and the Association of College and Univer·
sity Auditors.
McLeron retired in 1991 and was
an adi~ member of the Emeritus
Cen.tec a_o,d i~ .~l' . yQiun~r.~
group until his death. ·

- -, _ , . - " - UB will collaborate with a local agency to establish a CXliOpUil:r lab and traioingprogra.m oo Buffalo's
East Side, thanks to I $25,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation.
The Dominion Computer Training Program, administered by Do·
minion Charities Inc., will provide computer literacy and Internet
access and training for senior citiuns, adults and youths in Buffalo's
Emslie neighborhood and the Ellicott District in gtneral
"Through this program, the university has tbe opportunity to Us.
its resources and students to help foster ctwlge in one of the city's
impoverilhed neighborhoods," said Patricia Carter, clinical assistant
professor in the Center for Urban Studies in the School of Architecture and Planning.
The cOmputer lab, located in the annex building of.th&lt; Church of
God in Christ at 360 Genese&lt; St., will be equipped with approximately 25 Internet-accessible computers available for public use.
Approximately 40 undergraduate students and two graduate as- .
sistants from Carter's spring-semester class. "'PO 360---Environm('n· '
tal Design Workshop n; evaluated the information needs of the community and created a neighborhood Web page. In th&lt; process, UB
students gained ~ence using Web-based tutorials. and other

; · ~plfftl'b1$igli-jtiofrlhts:· '· .

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Thursday, June

27

Monday, July

s

ln.rtltute for Addktkwu
Studies and Tr..nlng
Trauma and Addktion. Shelly
WM!CheiL Center for Tomorrow,
North Campus. S :~S -9 p.m.
S65. Formore infOfmabon,
lAST, ~5-6HO .

Wednesday

10
Surnmel' Institute:
the l.lbnrles
Faculty Culture. Lorna
Peterson, School of lnformatia.
1 • Knox Hall, North Campus.
10:30 a.m.-noon. Free.

T-"'ng -

=~~Eee;:~or

Resources and University
Ubraries. For more Information,

Je•nnette Molino, ~5-7788.

.s..-

Institute fOf' Addictions
-li1oltolng

When Cae Conferences

~~~~~~for

Tomorrow, North Campus.

5:&lt;45-9 p .m . .l45. For more
information, lAST, &amp;45..01•0.

Thursday

II
ln1tltvte for Addictions
Studies .nd Tr.anlng

~~~~,~=~~-~~~~~~:

Collins. C!nter for Tomorrow.
5:•5-9 p .m . S40. For more
information. lAST, 645-61•0.

Monday
The Rrportrr publllhes
llsting.i for

ploce on

~ents

taking

campu~.

1.5

or fM

off campus rvenb whKt!
UB groups are prindpal

ln1tftvte for Addktlons
Studies Training
introduction to OWectlal

s..-- Trolnlng

Institute for Addictions

Friday

~~~~~M

Miureen Fitzsimmoru and ~
~. Center for Tomorrow,
Nonh C.mpus. 5 :45-9 p.m.
S6S. For more informabon,
lAST. ~5-6140 .

Tuesday

16

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Sunwner Institute:
T-"Mg- the Ubr-.
~omlng

Critlallncldena Silas.

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and l..lniYenity

a.m .-4:30p.m . S65. For ITI()fe
information, LAST, 645..0 140.

Ubraries. For more information,
Jeannette Moltna, 645-7788 .

Wednesday

~ lnterwntlon

th•• Thun.day precediOCJ
JXiblkatlon Lhtlng s .:tn.•
only o&lt;ee pted throu9h the

of ht! nh Dl ... http://

www.buffalo.edu/
t.alendor/ logln&gt;. Brci'lUle

of space limitations, ,;ot all
l'venh In the electronic

\

uhmdar will b4!

lndud~

In the

R~pot1e:r.

24

lnltltute for Addictions

17
Institute for Addktlons
Studies li1oltolng
Personality OISOf"ders. ErU
Perese. Center for Tomorrow,
~~~~~~s~!S a.m .-4:30
Information, lAST, 645-6140.

with

MoleandFemoloP-

Marilyn Urroya. Contef for
TOfT'IOfT'OW, North Campus.

5:45-9 p.m . S65 . For rnor-o
information, lAST, 645-6140.

Thursday

IS

SuMnMr lnstttvte:

T-"Mg- tho l.lbnrios
c~.....,.;, Techniques.
Kenneth Takeuchi, Dept. of
Chemiruy. 120 Clemeru, Nonh
Campus. 10:30 a.m .-noon.
F,... Sponsorod by Center fO&lt;

s..-Trolnlng
Manogement

Institute for AdcMcdons

Anger
for
Adotescents. Rkky G~kj

Show You Care!
United Way's Tenth Annual Day of Caring
Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2002

elect r tllllc s ubmluion form
for tht&gt; o nlln ... UH Calendar

Exhibits

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director of co mputational and
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appointment is effective Sept. 30.
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announced today by Gov. George E.
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other ....archrn liom the Danforth
Plant Science Center.
Separate congressional appropriations garne red by Rep. Thomas

Reynolds and Sen. Hillary Rodham

Ointon totaling $3.1 million allowed
an upgrade of the supercomputer at
VB that will mabie Skolnick to conduct his research, which was key to
his-recruitment.
It also was announced at the luncheon by President William R.
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support the salaries of Skolnick and
two key researchers-Andnej A.
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John R- Oishei Foundation, in ad dition to Gov. George E. Pataki 's
strong and visionary financial com mitment to this initiative and, at the

cured the talents of Jeffrey Skolnick
and the world -class team he has assembled for our Buffalo Onter of
Exce llence in Bioinformatics,"

Greiner saKi. "This combined support made it possible for us to go
after the best of th&lt;.best."
Greineradded:"Wrth Dr.Skolnick's
leadership, and the r=ardl slcills and
strengths of Prof&lt;SSOB Kolinslci and
llelancourt, we're confident the Buf.
falo Ce nter o f Excellence in
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initiative--and by extension, to our

region as weU as to UB--has been

federal level, the efforts of Congress-

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By SUE WUETCHl•
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HIRTEEN faculty mem~rs from across the uni versity have been named
the fir st UB Distin -

guished Professors.
The VB Distinguished Professor
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with the SUNY Distinguished Professor designation, a rank.above that
of full professo r awarded by th e
SUNY trusteer-was created by the
Office of the Provost "'to recognize
those full professo rs who have
achieved true distinction and who
are leaders in their fields," says Pro-

vost Elizabeth D. Capaldi.
It is open to facu1t)' members who
have been a fuiJ professor for at least
five years and who have achiewd
natio nal o r in ternational promlncnct" and a distinguished reputatio n within their field thro ugh signifi ca nt o ntr ih ut io n ~ to the n:·

sea rch /scholarly litera ture or
through artistic performa nce or
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sis Laboratory. He is the co-editor
of "Geomorphology of Desert En-

mtln Rights lAw Review. BuffalcLaw
Review and Law, Language aruJ Lit·
erawrc. ln the fall, he will teach a

While attainment of the UB Dis-

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graduate course on " Law as Litera-

tinguished Professor designation

Hydraulics and Erosion Mechanics"
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may pave the way for a faculty member to he nominated for SUNY Distinguished Professor, no m inatio ns
also can come from the professorate in general, CapaJdi said, noting
.. it is not a necessary step."
The fir st class of ·UB Dis t inguished Professors includes:

• Athol Abrahams, Department
of Geography. A VB faculty mem ber si nce 1977, Abrahams se rved as
cha ir of the department from 1988 9 1. An expen o n the h}·drauJics and
erosion mechanics of owrland flow.
he has co nducted field experiments
on de~crt hill slo p~s m so uthern
Anzona a nd southern New Mcxtco,
flume- experiments m the Geomorpho logy Laboratory at U Band com puter modeling in the university's

bert Award from the Association of

American Geographers, the Gladys
W. Cole Research Award from the
Geological Society of America and
Association of America n Geogra phers Honors
• Guyora Binder. Law School.
Binder, who has been a member of

the UB law faculty since 1982, speCializes in constitutional law, crimi-

nalla"'• interna tio nal human rights
and international law. He w-as the
l.eJh Kaplan Vasiting Professor of
Human R1ghts at Stanfo rd Law
St:hoolm 1991 -91. Co-author of
textbooks and teacher's manuals on
cnminaJ law, Binder serves on the
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Chemistry. A VB faculty member
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are in the areas of biomolccule dynamics at and in surfaces, developi ng new -g~ nerati o n bio s~ n sors,

supercritical fluid science and technology, and advanced laser-based
chemical instrumentation. The author of more than 150 scientific publicatio ns. Bright last year fl"Ccivcd the
Buck-Whitney Award of the Eastern
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contributions to chcmistrv." Bnght.
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ersofDr. Slwlnick's abilities who also
The Buffalo Centoro( ExceUence
poaess business skills arc...., ram:; ·in Bioinformatics will JDerBI' highCapoldi added. "We ......, only able end tcch~ology, including superto recruit Dr. Skolnick because of the computing and visualization, with
funclins provided by the goyemor, opcrtis&lt; in genomia, prot&lt;omia
Congressman Reynolds and Sen. and bioimaging to fostct advances
Ointon,and the cxttaordinary lead- in scicncc and bealtb care.
ership ¢1 fi&gt;raloal tilundation from
The center is a &lt;X&gt;Ilaborati&gt;e diOrt
the John R. Oisha Foundation. We involving New Yori&lt; State, the fed.
are atrem&lt;ly gratdul to them for =~~t.corporat&lt;portners .
making this aucial hire possible"
and resean:h institutions. In addiThomas E. BaUr, &lt;JIOCUtM direc- tion to UB, the resean:h partners arc
tor for the John R. Oisha Founda· Roswdl Pari&lt; Cancer Institute and
tion,said its multi-year grant is cb· the Hauptman-Woodward Medical
ignat&lt;d solely for salaries because R.escardJ Institute.
"i~s critical to have the right people
Slr.olnidt has served since 1999 ..

di rec tor of computat ional and
structural gcnomics at the Danforth
Plant Science Center, a not-forprofit, basic research institution devoted to the creation of knowlcdgc
that will lead to the sustainable production of nutritious and abundant
food for the pcoplcs &lt;&gt;f the ""rid
An adjunct professor of biochemistry at Washington UllMnity in St.
!.Duis, he has been a member of that
f:aculty sq,c. 1982.
Skolnick has developed algo.rithms for the prediction of pmtein
litJ'UttUI'e and folding pathways &amp;om
protein scqumoe,and pioneered the
usc of latti&lt;r-bascd approaches to
protein tertiarY litJ'UttUI'e precliction.
as wdl as the simulation of m&lt;m·
branes and ltlCI11brm&lt; pq&gt;tidcs.
In addition, he has dcvclopcd
structur&lt;-boscd approaches to pr&lt;·
diet protein function from amino

acid scqucna, protein-protein in·
teractions and pathwoys that can be
applied to entire gcnomes.
He holds nearly $700,000 in grant
support from research organiza·
tions that include the National In·
stitutes of Health.
Kolinski iJ a professor )t the
Danforth center, and hl!(ds the
biopolymers laboratory at the University of Wanaw. in Poland. His
honoD include the Swietodawsld
Award in 1994 and an lnttmational
Scholar's Award &amp;om the Howard
Hughes Medical Institute in 1995.
Betancourt works in the compu·
tational genomia laboratory at the
Danforth cmt&lt;r. His hooon include
the Enrico Fmni Award in 1986, I
National Dcfmsc Scienoe and En·
ginccring Fdlowship in 1989 and I
National Scienoe Foundation fel.
lowship in 1996 and 1998.

bustion and pmpu1sion.
• Alh&lt;d Konefsky, U.w School.
Konefsky joined the law faculty in
19n after serving as the Charles
Warren Fdlow in American 1..cgal
History at the Harvard U.w School
and'as editor of the "I..cgal Papers of
Daniel Webster" at Dartmouth College. He teachcs contracts and a va·
ri&lt;ty of courses in American legal
history, including the subject areas
of the 19th century-fcom the
Revolution to the Civil War-the
colonial period, law and American
labor history, American constitutional history, and Mclville and the
law. Koncfsky's research interests
focus primarily on issues in 19th
cenrury American legal history, in,dueling the ideology and role of legal professional &lt;lites and groups in
a democratic culture, the relation·
ship between legal doctrine and its
social context, and the borderline
between legal history and literary
history. He is at """' on a biogra·
phy of Simon Gre&lt;nleaf, a mid19th-century law professor at the
Harvard Law School. His research
has been supported by grants from
thc Guggenheim Foundation, the
National Endowment for the Hu·
manities and the Am erican Bar
Foundation.
• Howard Kuramitsu, School of
Dental Medicine. A faculty member
in ·the Department of Oral Biology
with a joint appointment in 'the De-

Computer SOma and~
Director of the Center for Compu·
tationalR&lt;search-oncofthe leading academic supercomputing sites
in the United States-Miller also is

UB Distinguished Professors
,...,

~

....

lencc in Teaching in 1998 and a
SUNY01ancdlor'sAwardforExm·
lena in Teaching in 2000.
• Jonathan S. Dewald, Department of History. A fonncr two-time
department chair ( 1982-85 and
1990-97}, Dewald is a specialist in
early modem Europe, particularly
France. He is the author of four
books and numerous scholarly pa·
pers, and is editor-in-chief of "The

Dictionary of Early Modern Europe," a project that indudcs six vol·
umes and about 1.200 entries on

European history and culture from
1450 to 1800. Dewald is the recipi·
ent of the 1994 ~ Gcnhof"Award
from the American Historical Asso·
elation for .. the most outstanding

work in English on any aspect of the
field of 17th- and i'Bth-cenrury European history." He is the immediate past-president of the New York
State Association of European Historians and the current chair of the
President's Review Board at UB.
• ColinDrury,Dcpartmentoflndustrial Engineering. Drury's"""' is
concentrated on the application of

most r=t book, "Ancient Marbles

toAnl&lt;:rican Shores (1998)." He has
held fell&lt;&gt;)"Ships from the American
Council ofl..ea.mcd Societies and the
National Endowment· for the Humanities. He served as president of
the Archaeological Institute of

America, and held the prestigious
Charles Eliot Norton L«turcship of
that organization in 1993· 94. He
twice has been Andrew W. Mdlon
Professor at the lllten:ollcgiate Center for Classical Srudics in Rome and
was director of-the classical summer
school of the Amcrican Academy in
Rome from 1998-2000.
• Isaac Ehrlich, Department of
Economics. Ex&lt;cuti&gt;e office (chair)
of the Department of Economics,
Ehrlich also holds positions as l..eading Professor of Economics and

Melvin H. Baker Professor of Anl&lt;ri· ·
can Enterprise. His rcscarch inter·
ests include general applications of
economic theory to law and eco-

nomics, human capital and health
economics, uncntainty and insur-

ance, advertising and information,
and economic growth and develop-

human-factors techniques to manu·

ment. He is the author of more than

factoring and maintenan.ce pro-

50 articles in major journals and collections, and his widely cited work
has ~n supported by numcrous
grants from the National Science
Foundation and other fed&lt;ral agen·
cics, including a major USAID grant
to study economic dcvdopmcnt and
the role of free enterprise.
• Peyman Givi, Department of
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. A UB faculty memb&lt;r since
1988, Givi's rescarch inl&lt;r'&lt;Sts include
thermal-fluid science. turbulence,
combustion, multiphasc transport
and oomputational methods and numerical algorithms. He is director of
the Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFO) Laboratory. His most recent
""rk. published in Mardo in Physics
o[Fiuids, resulted in the development
of a novel method ofcomputing and
modeling turbulent reacting Hows
that produces rcsults cquivalent to
those generated by expens ive
supercomputers and is anywhere
from 30 to I00 times less expensiV&lt;
to use. It is e:xpected to have a major

cesses. He has more than 200 publications on topics in industrial process control, quality control, aviation
maintenance and safety. He was the
founding executive director of The
Center for Industrial Effectiveness,
which works with regional industries
to imp"""' competitiveness and has
been credited with creating and sav·
ing thousands of jobs in the region.
Drury currently heads thc FM Research Group at UB, which works to
apply current theory in the area of
human factors and ergonomics to
improv&lt; the task structure, environ·
ment and training facilities used in
aviation maintenance. He is a fdlow
of the Institute of Industrial Engi·
nccrs, the Eigonomics Society and
the Human Factors Etgonomics So·
ciety, and r=ivcd the Bartktt Medal
of the Etgonomics Society and the
FittsAwardofthe Human Factors Er·
gonomics Society.
• Stephen Dyson, Department of
O assics. Dyson's ~arch interests
includ e th e Ro m a ni za ti o n of
Sardinia, urban devel opment and
the social history of ancient Rome
and the history of d assical archaeology. The last is the focus of his

impact on how mgin ~ particu -

larly those in industry, conduct computational simulations of chemically
reacting turbulent flows, such as
those involved in hydrocarbon com-

partment

of

Microbiology,

Kuramitsu investigates the molecular basis for the pathogenicity of microorganisms involved in human
dental caries and periodontal discases. In his lab, he utilizes both·bic&gt;-

chonical and molecular genetic approaches to identify virulence factors
cxprcsscd by Strcptococcus mutans,
the principal etiological agent ofhu·
man dental caries, as weU as by
Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola, two organisms
implicated in periodontal diseases. A
menber of thc Center for Advanced
Molecular Biology and Immunology
(CAMBI}, Kuramitsuandcolleagues
have found that oral bacteria can a ·
change genes, raising the possibility
that organisms in the oraJ cavity can
be transformed from harmless to
destructive, and from antibiotic-sus·
ceptible to antibiotic- resistant

a senior £CSearch scientist at the

Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI) and an ad·
junct professor of d~cal engineering at UB. His research currendy fOCUS&lt;S on the "shake-andbake" method of molecular struc·
ture dcu:rmination, which was mentioned on the poster "The Top Ten
Algorithms of the Cmrury," published in Co'!fPuhl)g ~ 6- En gineering. in general, his research
inl&lt;r'&lt;Sts include paraJld alpithms.
image processing and computational crystallography. He is th ...u.
thor of two books on paralld algnrithms, and is a member of the edi·
torial board of Parallel Proassing
L&lt;turs.
• Ficdcrick Sachs, Departmmt of
Physiology and Biophysics. An au - .
thority on cdl mechanics. Sachs is
director of th&lt; Center for Singlc
Molccule Biophysics and a member
of CAMBI and the Center for Neurobiology, and \Tosion. His rcscarch
attempts to understand the dcctrical processes in cdls. Of particular
interest are the mechanisms of

mcchanor=ption and the role of
ion channels. He conducts quantitati&gt;e light and cl&lt;etron microscopy,
and mathematical modeling to un·
dcrstand the mechanics of cdls, as
wcU as dcvdop unique instrurnen·
tation and softwar&lt; relevant to that
analysis of images and elcctrophysi·
ological data.
• Stanley Zionts, Departmcnl of
Management Science and Systems.
Alumni Professor of D&lt;cision Support Systems, Zionts' inl&lt;r&lt;Sts indude mathematical programming,
multiple criteria d&lt;cision making,
d&lt;cision support systems, cntrq&gt;rcneurship. and management strategy. He founded and served as thc
first president of the lntemationaJ
Society on Multiplc Criteria Dcci·
sion Making (MCDM ), and re&lt;l'ived the Gold Medal Award and
th e Pres id e nt ia l Ser vice Awa rd

from tha t orga niza tion . A book
honoring his work was published
in conjunction with the MCDM,

an&lt;J..presc:nted to Zionts on at the

• Russ M.ill ~r, Depa ~.~~~~ ~ ..~~;... I :~..~~'~"J~~fc~~~~iety.

�May 9.2011mot.33. lo.111

Book storage space sought
University negotiating with "*gmans to rent vacant store
By Wl WUITCHU
Rq&gt;an~

Editor

T

HE university is negotiating with Wegman's to rent
space in the company's
vacant store on Alberta

Drive to \1Sot as a storage site for less
frequently used library books, the
Faculty Senate Executive Committee learned at its May I meeting.
Helju A. Bennett, associate professor of history and chair of the
Faculty Senate Information and Li brary Resources Committee, told
K"nators that the Wegman's space
was ideal because it is a short distance from bolh North and South
campuses, providing for speedy access to stored books.ln addition, the
space is large enough to accommodate the enonnow amount of shelving that would be needed, as well as
possibly provide for a small reading
room for people who want to use
the books on the premises, she sOid.
Bennett noted that freeing up
space in the bbraries-if a deal is
struck with Wegmans-would·offer an opportunity to improve the
on-campus library faciHti~ . Although the results of a survey on li brary facilities recently cin:ulated to
some faculty members have not yet
been tabulated, "irtorrnal inquiries"
have rnealed that cleanliness, noise
and cxteTlSiw we of wmpurers intended for library reseaJ&lt;:h for other
purposes are among the problems
often cited by library users, she said.
When discussing the issut of what
enco mpasses the ideal library,
Bennett pointed out that members
of her comminee recalled "humanfriendly" libraries they had work&lt;d
in. "AU of those libraries had places
within the bbrary confines that provi&amp;d for the needs of people who
wished to work intensely for some

time," she said. mentioning in par- information technology improvr ·
ticular the Estonian National Li - mcnts, including equipping six mebrary in Tallinn. The Estonian ij. dium-sized CW.rooms wilh educabrary features a bookstore, access to tional t&lt;dmologr..
office supplies, a caf&lt;tc:ria, a bar and
He noted !hat the steering com·
mitt« has prioritized ils class ~
a restauran~ she added.
"AU of tbeK servias contributed room-improvement recommendato the pos51bility that people using tions for 2002.
the hbrary would meet 'accidentally'
The lint priority,hesaid,is to mainand exchange information about tain classroomsandeducationall«htheir reseaJ&lt;:h and scholarly work." oology, whidl inYoiYes making classshe said. "It also made it more likely room repoiJs. replacing broktn furthat intense printe research in the nishingo and rq&gt;lacing broktn educahbrary would not be interrupted by rional-l«bDCiogyequipmenl
the need to leavo the premises for
Among the specific recommendations would be to hire a sound
various necessities."
Any improvements to Hbrary engineer to make sug:stions on the
space made available by storing · replacement ofsound bal!les in nubooks at Wegmans should include merous classrooms in Knox and
space for"intdlectual otebanges and I&gt;iefmdorf, replau tablet-ann desks
in.....,.) classroomswith tables and
human needs," she said.
ln order to try to make this sug- chairs so students could use iheir
gestion a reality, Bennett said her laptops; remove non-functioning
committee has begun to sean:h for demonstration benches in two
..a benefactor or corporation" that Diefendorf ~replau browould contribute "to the building of ken or failing IT equipment in exthis kind of enhanced space." The isting rr classrooms, complete IT
panel planned to 111«1 with Owles installations in existing IT class}. Kaars, assistant vice president for rooms so .that all tbeK classrooms
sponsored programs administra- have uniform equipment, replace
tion, to learn about grant funding non-functioning sound systems and
replau missing podiums.
that might be pursued, she said.
The second and third priorities
ln other business, the FSEC beard
a presentation about classroom for this year,Zambon said, would be
space from joseph Zambon, profes- to equip additional classrooms with
sor of periodontics and endodon- rr equipment to meet the needs of
tics and chair of the senate's Facili- the faculty, and to consolidate two
small Fillmore classrooms into a
ties Planning Committee.
Zambon, who also sits on the medium-sized classroom.
Funding for all of the recommcnunivonity-wide Oassroom Steering
Comminee, told senators that the datioas would totd 640,5()5, with t!&gt;&lt;
univonity spent about $900,000 last lint-priority reamunendations toyear for impr-cwm&gt;&lt;nts to centrally taling S280,505, aa:ording to fisures
scheduled classrooms. The im- supplied by Zambon to the FSEC.
Zambon noted that none of the
provomcnts incl.,ded both general
maintenana work. such as dearing recorrunmdation have bea1 funded
out broken furniture and installing yet because the university is waiting
chalkboards and marUrboards, to (pr the stat&lt; budget to be finaliud

Exercise beneficial to MS patients
By LOIS IIAJWl

Contributing Editor

W

HIL E many persons with multiple
sclerosis struggle
to pttform normal
daily activities, an exercise program
appears to have a positive effect on
MS by bolstering the immune system and reducing inflammation,
UB researchers have shown.
Results presented recently at Experimental Biology 2002, the an nual meeting of the Federation of
American Societies for .Experimental Biology, showed that a 16week program of resistance exercise lowered levels of several
proinOammatory blood components and increased levels of certain anti-inflammatory fadors.
"We don't know yet why this
happens," said }aya Venkatraman,
associate professor of nutrition aod
senior author on tbe study. "Exercise may alter immune function
directly, or it may act indirectly by
modifying stress and neuroendocrine factors that may play a role
in maintaining optimal immune
star us during times of illness."
Multiple sclerosis is a romp lex autoimmune disease or the central ncrvow system in which the body's·immune system appears to attack the
sheath that prote&lt;: ts and insulates

nerve fibers, a process called demyelination. Breaks in the protective
sheath disrupt the flow of electrical
impulses, cawing loss of sensation
and coordination. MS patients are
especially susceptible to fatigue.
This research on the effect of exercise on immune function in per-

sons with MS is part of study
headed by Nodine Fisher, assistant
professor of occupational therapy
and rehabilitation sciences. She is
testing the theory that a program
of resistance exercises will lessen
the fatigue MS patients experience
after the activities of a regular
workday and decrease the amount
of fatigue that remains the next
morning. Exercisers use machines
or free weights. concentrating on
ill)proving muscular strength. e.o durance and contraction speed in

the arms and legs.
If inflammation of nerve tissue
plays a major role in MS symp·
toms, as several studies have im Plied, reducing inflammation
could improve the ability to perform daily activities.
Venkatraman took blood
samples of 13 M S
patients before and
after the 16-week
exercise program.
Analysis of samples
,showed a decrease
in proinflammatory
cytokines (tumor
necrosis factor-a
and interleukin I b )
and a significant in crease in anti-in flammatory components
(interleukins 4 and 6).
• Resistance exercise possibly
may induce changes in the body's
immune function by lowering levels ·of cytokines and chemokines,
which would modulate inflammation, which in tum would decrust
fatigue and improve physical performance,'" said Venkatraman.
Aparoa Krishnan, a graduate student in Vtnkatraman's laboratory,
also contributed to the research.
which was funded by The Jacob &amp;
Valena Langeloth Foundation.

Rep ariel:

3

BrieO
Comments sought on Lee
Road master plan, draft ESI

m

The unlvenlty 11 10lldtlng commenu from members of the UB
community o n the master plan and draft envi ronmentaJ im pact
statement (EIS) for the Lee Road devdopment proj«t.
Both do cuments can be viewed at &lt; http:/ /www,'ub·
houslng.-elo.-/leere&gt;8ii.Jiotmi&gt;. Commentson the draft EIS
should be submitted on or befor. May 22; master plan commen ts
are welcome at any time.
The ambitiow P,lan would turn the relatively untouched stretch of
land along Lee Road between the Fllicott Complex and the Student
Union into a "coYege town center.• The proposed town center would
be a 52-acre urban corridor of retail shops, housing, campus amenities and student services located along the shoreline of Lak&lt; LaSalle,
adjoining Fllicon with the academic spine. The dndopment would
be accessed by an expanded Lee Road that could extend north of tht
}ames }. Audubon Parkway and south to Putnam Way.
The master plan was developed by Stieglitz Snyder Architec ·
lure through a stakeholder-based process. The process included a
needs assessment, analysis of site conditions. conceptual design aJ ternativ~ and plan recommendations.
The draft EIS was prepared by Environmental Design and Re search, P.C.
The tee Road project ;, being developed in response to a need
identified by the university, selected stakeholders, and the existing
student population to create an enhanced ·campus experience
through the attraction of a larger on-campus student population,
the creation of a campus atmosphere aod community, the promotion of social gathering opportunities and the establishment of con·
vmient retail and service-oriented facilities within the campus property, says Dennis Black, vice president for student affain.
Another critical objective of the masltT plan, Black says, was to
develop a safe, convenient pedestrian connection between Ellicott
and the spine. Other goals of the project include enhancing the student-life opportunities and quality of the student-life experience,
he sa~ adding that the university maintains that in addition to campw and program improvements, increasing the population of students who reside on campw would serve to"create a more cohesive
campus community.

Concrete canoe places second
•co-.~

L-. • the concrete canoe designed and built by UB civil
engineering students, plaoed second overall in the American Society of Civil Engineen/Master Builder's Regional Upstate New York
Competjtion, held recently in Syracuse.
The team also won first place in the men's endurance race.
UB's performance was the best it's had at the regional level in sev·
oral years, notes team member Jean M. Balent.
The team from Rochester Institute of Technology took the overall
first-place priu. Oarltson Univorsity was third.
UB engineering students each year participate in the annual competition sponsored by ASCE and Master Builders, where civil engineering students design and build a canoe entirely of concrete. The
teams must submit a technical repon, perform an oral presentation
and answer questions from a pand of professional engineers, build
a 10' x 10' x 10' display, and compete in five races--men's and
women's sprints. co· ed sprint, and men's and women's' endurance..
Each school is required to develop a theme for its boat, with the UB
team naming its canoe "General Lee" as part of a " Dukes of Hazzard"
theme.

Rooney to be honored by PSS
...,.,.. j . aooney, assistant direCtor in the Office of Admissions,

will receive the Professional Staff Senate's Outstanding Service Award
at the PSS's annual awards luncheon, to be held from noon to 2 p.m.
Wednesday in the Cmter for Tomorrow, North Campus.
The recipient of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Professional
Service also will be honored at that time. SUNY had not announced
the winners of the Chancellor's Awards as of Reporter press time.
Roon&lt;y, a UB professional staff member Iince 1990, is a quiet, yet
effective leader in the workplace and an empathetic provider of various community service efforts, says h..- nominator, }mnifer Hess,
assistant di..,.,tor for external rdations in the Offia of Admissions.
"As the assistant dirtctor for processing in the Office of Admissions, she oversees and manages the highly efficient movement of
nearly 20,000 freshman and transfor applications and ensures timely
coordination for review. These processes dirrctly inOuencr our aggressive recruitment and enroUment initiatives, targets and yields,"
Hess wrote in her nominating letter.
Rooney is a member of the Intercollegiate Athletics Board (lAB ).
the primary oversight body for intercoUrgiate athletics.
.. This service ties in nicely to her experiena as a former UB ath ·
lete, the athletic liaison for the Office of Admissions and to her longtime love and supporr for women's athletics," Hess wrote.
Rooney also is a member of the Educational Advisory Board and
Home School Ass ociation at Sts. Peter aq.d Paul School in
Williamsville, and serves as treasurer tor a l ~al scouting group.

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Srihari pairs academics with business
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R&lt;p«t&lt;r Assistant

Editor

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HENRohiniSrihari

started Cymfony
back in 1995, she
wasCEO.pn:sident,
secretary and coffct maker for the
fl edgling company, as well as its
founder.
·

research-and-development grants.
In 1997, the company rteeM:d more
than S2.S million from coUaboralions with the Air Force, Navy and

agencies, ad~ing agencies and
dipping servias--any business that
has an i.nt~rest in knowing what
drives sua:cssful product recogni-

Nonhrup Grumman. In 2000, the
comp•QY received $ 10 million in
venture &lt;apital from companies in
New York and Palo Alto. Calif.
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tion in the markrtplace. Customen·
also can check out bow their compctitor&gt; arc faring.
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computer scientist, Srihari accom -

formation on a
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plished the Herculean task of putling Cymfony, which currently spc·

~include no·

tional publications.
such as Tht New
York 7i""'and Tht
WaU St=t Jourrwl,
as wdl as regional
publications, in dustry publica -

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on the business map while teaching
full-time as an a.ssociatc profc:ssor in
the Departmcnr of Computer Science and Engineering.
Today, Srihari is designa ted as
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tions and trade
magazines,.. says

Cymfony,and is looki ng forwa rd in
June to un veiling Brand Dash-.
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board no., the company's latest soft~ Q
ware development.
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She also maintains a position as a
research scientist at the Center of
Excellence for Document Analysis
and Re&lt;:ognition (CEDAR), which on the road." says Srihari. "It's been a
has developed handwrinen address long transition, thinking about whar
interpretation software that is used commercial product to offer and

by the U.S. Postal Service, as wdl as
the firsl software program designed
to develop computer-assisted, handwriting analysis tools for forensic
applications.
In aJI of her endeavors, Rohini
Srihari thrives on seei ng the grow·
ing synergy develop between the
business world and the scientific
knowledge and research it takes to
de\•elop a product.
She says that in the l-arly days of
Cymfony, the focus was on just stay·
ing alive financially, in part by dt.~ ­
signing \'\1eb sites and applying for

Srihari. The software t racks in -

When il comes to negotiating the

stances of brand

business world, Srihari admits that

mention and computes
various
metrics regarding
the contut in which the brand is

at first she didn't want much to do

being mentioned-the when,

periences in building a company

where, how and with whom brands

a company's ability to maximize
brand equity. "l(s a great report card

from the bottom up.
"I've learned so much the hard
way-we still don't know how suc·
cessful ~ · re going to be. she says.

tool," says Srihari. The software

"Once you're the founder it's stiiJ

diminates time-consuming and expensive dipping savices... rthink it 's
hitting a sweet spot in terms of the

your baby."

building up the managemenr ream."
She says m anagin g her tim~ was
tough and she scaled back her teaching responsibilities until the business
was on a sound footing. Now, she's
looking forward to getting back inlo
the dassroom this full. "I lilo: the in-

are being talked about-leveraging

teraction with students and not only
that, teaching forces you to learn the

need for such a prod&gt;'ct... she adds.
Supporting Brand Dashboard~

mall-rial really weU." she adds.

is the lnfoXtract engine--.. the pride
and joy of what we've worked on aJJ
this years," says Srihari ... lnforma ·
tion extraction is a technology that's

Brand Dash boardn.. is a tool de ·
signed to measure the effectiveness
of marketing communications. The
customers Cymfony is pitching the
software to indude public relations

ful if you don't know what you'n:
loolting for." she aplains.
The lnfoXtnct cngiM performs
compla grammatical analysis of the
text to identify important entities,
cqnccpts. rdationships and .....,ts in
the documJ"'t. For example, the
software il!'ablc to discow:r rdated
information hidden in unstructured
documents, finding people who
have been mentioned in the last
three weeks. and pinpointing cvmts
and rdationships bctweel people. It
extracts such information quickly
and at the level of phrases. she explains. saving valuable time reading
huge volum&lt;:S of documents by offering smaller doses of information.
Sina:Sept. I I,Cymfonyhasbeen
approached by various govm&gt;ment
agencies inteTcst~ in the lnfoXtraa
software, says Srihari.

needed foranaly&gt;csoflarge volumes
of documents and its especially use·

with that side of company development. But now she thinks she's a

better researcher because of her ex-

"There an: rwo worlds that rollide.
The re's the R&amp;D world . and
academia-&lt;cientists who really Iilo:
to push theernoelopc in tennsof wha(s
being done and then there's the. real
world our there." she says.
.. The business community ts
much more frenttic. with time and
cost pressures, but both communi·
ties are necessary."

the SlGACT comm unity. He wifl
receive the award at the arinual
ACM Sympo&gt;ium on Theo&lt;y ol
Computing coni- being
hold in Monuoof May 19-21.

June in Buffalo new music festival set for June

IIIII SpMtll. a oonio&lt; in the

B Y AMY GRHHAN
Reponer Contributor

Department oflllological Sci-

ences. will A!C&lt;M tho Christopl&gt;e&lt; White

Memorilf-

honoring an outstanding graduating oon1o&lt; student In the ~
partment who wilt be going on
to~ Khool. Spaeth will
noceM tho at tho depart.

"Music &amp; Text" to be theme ofannual conference dedicated to composers
( ( M Te
usicx .
1

&amp;
-

:Whet he r as
1m pet us.
source, o r Language--will be theme

of June in Buffalo, the annual fesli ·

mental commtneemenl a:&lt;-

val and conference dedica ted to

emony on Salurdly.

composer&gt;, being held lunc 3-8 in
Slee and Baird halls, North Campus.
June in Buffalo is presen red by the

,._,_,_ t•

, . _ ol dmb. has begun
a three-yo. project funcled by
the National ~t""
tho Humanities on tho ad-

vanced sbJdy ond publbtlqn
ol R~ pottety recoveml in RO&lt;ne. This
w2hlch will be carried out by

won..

an international team of eight

schola,., lnYO!ves the appllcatloo of a batte&lt;y of technique.
to the clescriptloo, analysis and
interpretation of 1 large quantity of ceramk materiel from

the period so to 500 C.E.

JOB LISTINGS
L!B job listings

accessible via Web
Job Nstings for prolossionol. reseorch, laculty and cMISOfvice-both competl!M ond

non&lt;ompetitJYe-posi a n
be accessed via tho Humon Resources 5etYices Web site at

.Chttp:/1-

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Department of Music.

Providing an extraordinary opportuniry for com~rs to work with
professional m usidans and a distin-

guished fuculty, June in Buffalo of·
fers an intensive schedule of semi nars, lectures, master classes, panel
discussions and open rehearsals, as

well as afternoon workshop/performances and evening concerts open
to the general public and critics.

Each of the invited composers will
have one of his or her pieces read or
pe rformed during an afternoon
workshop presentation and will re·
ceive a recording for future study
and demonstration purposes. Per·
formances will feature resident en·
semb les and soloists who arc renowned internationally as interpret ers of contemporary musiC .
Free day time concerts will be presen ted in a workshop format and will
feature performances of works by
emerging rom posers. Concerts to be
prcscntcJ in the c:venings. wh1ch will

indudcperformanc&lt;so[Junein Buf-

sic groups rhat performs for both

falo resident com posers' works by
June in Buffalo resident ensembles,
will be ticketed. Tickets for these oon-

the specialist and the uninitiated
audience; Q ua tu or Bozzini , an

a:rts can be obtained

from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the
Slee Hall box offia:, from noon to 5
p.m. Tuesday through Friday al the
Center for the Aru box offia and at
all1iclo:tmastcr outlets.
Resident com posas for June in

Buffalo will be David fe!dcr, BirgcCary ProfessorofCompooition al UB
and artistic director or June in Buffalo sina: I985; Pulitzer l'riu--winncr
John Harl&gt;ison; Jonathan Harvey. who
has a reputation of being one of the
most skilled and imagina!Mcompoocn; working in dectronic music today;
Philippe Manoury, who developed a
cona:pl of "virtual soores," and Bernard Rands. a major figure in oonremporary music who has won t he

award-winning string quartet dedicated to perfo rming quartet m usic

of all kinds. and.Slct Sinfonietta, the
professional chamberorchestra,inrcsidena: at UB that performs a series of concerts each year dedkat~

to lesser-known rq&gt;crtoirc, particularly that of the pno-dassic era and
the most contemporary music.
Appearing as special guest artists
for June in. Buffalo will be soprano

Tony Arnold, the only voc:aJisl....,..
to be awarded First Prize in the International Gaudcamus Interpret=
Competition-the oldest and mosr
important competition for performer&gt; of ron temporary music; Stephen
and Frieda Manes, who have been
performing piano four hand music
for almost40 years to critical acclaim;
Ian Pace, a pianist whose uncompro--

Pulitizer Prize and the Kennedy Cen. mising commitment to musical
ter Friedheim Award.
Performing as resident ensembk~ modernism and unique combina·
will be the Baird Trio. featuring UB tion of intellectual conceptualism
faculty members Stephen Man~ . and spontaneity in performance have
Movses Pogossian and Jonathan won much admiration, and Augusta
Golove; the Meridian Arts En - ReadThomas,amcmberofthcoomsemble. which has established itself position facul ty at Northwestern
as one of America's finest chamber Universiry and romposcr·in-resl·
ensembles through its innovative, dcncc with the Chicago Symphony
d1verse repertoire and critically ac · Orchestra until 2000.
The schedule for June in Buffalo:
claimed pe rformances: the ew
York ew Music Ensemble, which
Junc 3
has emerged as one of the world's
4 p.m.· Baird R&lt;cital Hall- Champremier 20U'-ccntury chamber mu- ber Music. No a&lt;lmission ~

8 p.m. • Baird R&lt;cital Hall • Ian
Paa:, piano. All tickets an: $5
Junc4
4 p.m. • Baird R&lt;cital Hall • Solo
Workshop and Tapc!Elcctronics. No
ad mission charge

8 p.m. • Slct Cona:rt Hall • Slct
SiniOnietta wilh TO&lt;ty Arnold."""'"""
and !an Pacz, piano. Tdets an: $12.
Il'flCl'al; $9, UB bculty, stalf, alwnni
and senior citizens; $5, students
JuneS
4 p.m. • Baird Recital Hall Bozzini String Quartet. No admission charge

8 p.m. - Slct • N&lt;w Yoric N&lt;w Music
Ensemble. Tod«!san: SI 2.scncraJ; 59,
UB faculty. stalf, alwnni and senior
citizens; $5, students
Junc 6
4 p.m. - BI Slec HaU • New York
New Music Ensemble. No admission charge
8 p.m. • Slce • Bozzini St ring

Quartet. Ticlo:tsareSI2,general;$9,
UB fuculty, staff, alumni and senior
citizens; $5, students

June?
4 p.m. - Baird R&lt;cital Hall· Baird
Tno. No admission charge

8 p.m. • Slee · Meridian Arts Ensemble (brass &amp; pcrrussion). Tick·
ets arc$ I 2, general; $9. UB fuculty.
staff. alumni and senior citi1...cns; SS ,
student

Junc8
9 a.m. • Slee • Meridian Ans En semble. No ,odmission charge.

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Halting cyberterrorism
UB is designated center to protect IT from security breaches
•yWIH~UM
Ed~&lt;&gt;&lt;

Contributing

T

HE National Security
Agency (NSA) has
named UB a Center of
Excellence in lnforma tion Systems Assurance Research
and Education to ~lop new programs to conduct research and train
students to protect the nation's in ~
fonnation technology systems from

cyber terrorism and security
breaches on the Internet.

UB is one of 13 universities to receive the designation this year and
• among only 36 who have been
named to date by the NSA.
The designation as a Center of
ExceiJencc in Information Systnns

Assurance Research and Education
ts awarded competi tively to universities that have proven they meet rigorous NSA requirements in both
curriculum and research.
Shambhu Upadhyaya , associate
professor of computer science and
engineering. will be center director.
"The importance of information
security has bem raised recently in

o ur national consciowness," said
Bruce Pitman, vice provost for Mu cattonal technology. "The designa tion of this NSA center is a tribute
10 Professor Upadhyaya and the ar·
ray of scholars he has brought to·
gether to address this need."
Pitman noted that the designa·
uon allows U810 compete with the
!lest research groups in the country
for federal grants, awards and schol·
arship opponunit1es from the Departm ent of Defe nse and other
Jgcncies, and allows students 10 be
part of leading·cdgc scientific dis-

covt:ries and education.
"There are always people with
malicious intent who wiD look tor lhe
loopholes in lhe systm~; Upadhyaya
noted. "With lhe lnl&lt;met so perva·
sive, there has been for SCYttal year&gt;
a eritical sbor1age of professionals in
lhe area of information assurance.

Tht fecleral govmunent has recognized that higher education is the
solution to protecting lhe nation's
information infr25tructure and this
center will play a key role."

Tht pis of lhe multidisciplinar
anter are 10 contribuk 10 lhe SUNY
Homeland Defense initiative at UBby
collaborating with Slllte and federal
~indudinglhe NewYodtState

OfliceofSc:iena:and Technology and
Academic Research (NYSTAR), to

"There are mor~ than 20 courses
in this field at UBandat least IOfacuhy mrmbcrs doing funded reS&lt;arch in this area," said Upadhyaya.
''"The objective of the centn is to
bring all of them into one formal
ttnter to build a cohesive program."
Participating faculty include Alan
Selman ,
professor;
Bharat
Jayaraman, professor and chair;
Svi.atoslav B. Braynov, JWistant professor, and Omnming Qiao, associ ate professor, all of the Department
ofComputtrScience and Engineering; H. Raghav R.ao, profes!or, and
Rajiv Kishore, assistant professor,
both in the Department of Management Scierice and Systems; Shubha
Ghosh and Robert R&lt;is, both pro·
fesson in the Law School, and Thomas Cusick, professor in the Department of Mathematics.
Courses and research at UB iq,lhe

implement educational~ in
infonnation assurancr-first at the
graduate leYd and eventually at the
undergraduate lcvel--imd 10 oollabo- field cznter on topics ranging from e·
rate with and help train employees of &lt;X&gt;IlU1lef"C&lt; and cryptography to intellocal companies invoMd in computer lectual property, database managesecurity research.
ment and advanced programming.
"The center provideS an exali&lt;nl
Immediate goals of the center are
opportunity to panner with local to~ a ttrtificate program in in ~
companies and others across New formation assurance at the masters'
Yori&lt;Statetoobtain joint feder-al fund- · l~d and to add an information asing, as well as to provide potential surance concentration in the exist employees 10 those firms by graduat· ing master's degree program in
ing well-trained students," said Mark computer science and engintering.
Karwan, dean of lhe School of Engi Upadhyaya said graduate stu·
dents should be able to enroll in the
neering and Applied Sciena:s.
The center brings together indi - new certificate program in informavidual UB researchers in the School tion assurance beginning in Fall
of Engineering and Applied Science, 2003. He added that he and other
the College of Arts and Sciences, the UB faculty members will be work Law School and the School of Man· ingwi th currentlyenroiJed students
agement who have ~n working to tailor master's. programs so that
independently on various aspects of they reflect an emphasis in in forma information ~ technologyassurance .
tion assurance.

Software aids oral historia.rls
By PATlUCIA DONOVAN
Contributing Editor

UB histo rian has devel oped a unique application for a software origi nally developed for the
industrial market-researcll field that
has enormous implications for
thousands of audio and video his·
tory collectio ns held in archives
around the world.
Michael Frisch, professor of history and senior research scholar, has
found a way 10 make these collections useful tools for education and
resean:h by rendering them, for the
fir.il time,searcllable and accessible.
The application maintains the in tegrity of the original, firsthand oral
documentation and obviates the
need to use voice-to-page transcription or voice-recognition software.
"This is revolutionary," says
Frisch. "This process collapses what
has been the great distance between
archivaJ servittand scholarship and
posterit y, and makes collections
immediately available for educa tionaJ and popular usc."
Frisch says it will be an enormous
boon to oral historians. archivists
and documentarians who work in
audio, video, film or multimedia
fonnats. They will be able to deal
with the content in its authentic,
spon taneous, richly affective form .
The process employs Documat
LLC's relatively new lnterdipper
softwa re to record archived oral
material directly into a computer

A

and permits the material to be in dexed, searclled and retrieved.
It is a principal tool of Frisch's
company, The Randforce Associates.
which consults and assists users in
the new field of digital oral-collec·
tion management
Randforce has just moved into the
UB Technology Incubator.
Frisch poinu out that oral and
video history tapes are important
because they offer deeply textured,
historica11y important, first -person
accounts and eyewitness reports of
imponant events and personages.
The conventional way of handling
oral documents has been to tum the
voice or image into text in the form
of collection ca talogues, logs, in dexes and, most often, transcripts.
.. These are produced at great
cost," he says. ..The results are volu minous and expensively produced
written texts that are only margin ally easier to search and seldom in dexed for ideas or concepts.
.. The end resul t," he adds. .. is at a
considerable rc:mo\1!' from the origi nal format in which authority was
carried in the vo ice and image--the
reason the tapes were product.-d in
the first place."
lnterdipper software originall y
was developed for the industnal
market-research field. It works well
for oral-collection management. he
says, because it permits the key pas·
sages in oral and video history texts
to be tagged, coded and copied mto
an interactiv~ database that can be

searched, indexed, catalogued and
recopied.
O nce transformed into interactive oral databases, they can incorporate photos, video dips and other
materials that can be browsed and
linked to further resources.
"To apply this mark&lt;t-research
software effectively 10 lhe ..,-y differ·
ent needs of an oral-history collection is complicated. however,and has
a steep learning CUI"J&lt;." Frisch says.
That's where Randforcc comes in.
He says the oompany will facili tate use of this technology by helping curators and archivists develop
subject-specificcodes and index cat·
egories for individual coll ections
and assist them in the construction
of the taxonomy. Once in place, the
program will work in much the
same way as a good wrinen index
works to offe:r direct access to the
contents of a coUection.
In this case, however, the end
product will have the additional ad vantages of digital immediacy, richly
enhanced levels of cross-referencing
and searching, and immediate out put of selected passages.
Randforce is a small company
that offers a range of services from
simple consultaton to training and
full project development, depend ing on client need.
It already is at work on two con tracted projects through which it is
exploring the application of its core
technology to specific oral-history
collections.

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5

BrieD
UB to hold conference .
on post-genomic research

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-stem York scientists workln!J in the areas of genomic.s,
proteomia and bioinfprmatics will share their findings md innovations ai the first Buffalo-Niagara Post -Genomic Research Conf~rence on Wednesday.
·
Sponsored by the Office of the Vi.LPresident for Research at UB,
the conference will be held from 8:30'a.m.IO 4 p.m. in I OS Harriman
Hall, South Campu.. It will be followed by a rec.&lt;ption.
Presenters will include geneticists, pharmaceutical scientists, computer scientisu, biologists, chemisu and physiologists from UB,
Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Hauptman -Woodward Medical
Research Institute. Post·genomic research refers to research in the
life sci~nces resulting from the mapping of the human genome.
SpeaUrs wiJJ discuss their results and innovations. including the
best ways to design experiments in the post-genomic era, new computational approaches to managing the data such experiments gen erate and new techniques to speed the identification of promising
compounds, such as a genomics- based, high-throughput, drug-discovery system.
The keynote speaker will be G regg Morin , vice president of MDS
Proteomics, one of the leading companies in the field that is bridging the gap between genomics and drug discovery.
"This iS a critical time for post·genomic research in Western ew
York," said Kenneth Tramposch. associate vice president for r~rch
at UB and one of the conference organizers.
"-A lot of excellent post -genomic resurch is going on in W6tern
New York, but it tends to stay hidden in the laboratories of ind ividual scientists," he noi:ed.
.. This conference wiU provide an opportunity for the area's leading
researchers from all three institutions involved in the Buffalo Cen ~
ter of Excellence in Bioinformaucs, as well as people from locaJ hfe
sciences compames, to mteract and to share ideas with each o ther."
Tramposch expects to make the conference an annual event
While the conference will be free, those planning to participate must
register by completing the online registration form at &lt;http:/ I
www.spedalevents.buftalo.edu/ portgenomla&gt;, or b y calling Joseph CuSker at 645 -3321 .

Alexander quartet to perform
Following In the footsteps of such renowned string quartets as
the Juilliard , Emerson, Cleveland and Budapest, the Alexander Strtng
Quartrt will perform the thr« concerts comprising the second hal f
of the 46th annual Beethoven String Quartet Cycle on May 30· June
I in Slee Concert Hall, North Ca mpus.
Concercs will begin each night at 8 p.m . The programs for the:
series, the only one of its kind in the world:
• May 30th: Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 (" Serioso"); Qua n et tn
B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6, and Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
• May 31: Quartet in A major, Op. 18, No. 5 and Quartet in B-fl at
Major, Op. 130
• June I: Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4, Quartet in F Major,
Op. I 35 and Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2
The UB performances by the Alexander String Quartet will be the
last with first violinist Ge-Fang Yang, who will leave the quartet after a I 0-year tenure that saw, among other triumphs, the ensemble 's
recordings of the complete Beethoven String Quartets and mul tiple U.S. and European tours. Zakarias Grafi.lo will succ.eed Yang at
the conclusion ofthe quartet 's 2001 -2002 season this summer.
Since 198 I, the Alexander String Quartet-&lt;Omprised ofYang and
Frederi ck Lifsin, violi ns; Paul Yarbrough, viola, and Sandy Wtlson ,
cello--has performed in the major music capitals offour continents.
securing its standing amo ng the premiere ensembles of its kind.
Its in t~ati onal career was assured in 1985, when it won both First
Prize and Audience Prize at the London International Compdjtion.
Widely admired for its interpretations of Beethoven and Bart6k,
the quartet also has established itself as an important advocate of
new music through more than 25 com.mi.ssions and numerous premiere performances.
In 1999, BMG Classics released the quartet's nine-CO set of the
Beethoven cycle on its Ane ova label to tremendous critical ac claim. The quartet also has recorded works of Mozart , Brahms,
Dvorak and other&gt; on the foghorn label.
At home in San Francisco, quartet members have a rna; or artisti c
presence. serving as Ensemble-in -ReSidence of San Francisco Performances and as directors of the Morrison Chamber Music Center
in the Cotlege o f Creative Arts at San Francisco State Universi t)'·
Recognized as innovat ive educators, the quartet also serves as the
resident ensemble of Baruch Co llege, Allegheny College and St.
Lawrence Universiry.
Tickets for each concert o f the :,ccond half qf the lkrthove:n Stnng
Q uartet Cycle are priced at S 12 for the general public and S9 for UB
faculry, staff, alumni and senior citizens, and S5 for studentst Tickets can be obtained between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday t11rough
Friday at the lee Hall box office, betw&lt;en noon and 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Fri_9.ay at the Center for the Arts box office, o r at all
Ticketmaster outlets.

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ARCUS Bursilt describes Cotima, the
1Jl9Sl active volcano
in North Am&lt;ri&lt;:a,l)S
"a creatW. ofhabiL"l.ocat&lt;d in W&lt;St·
em Mexico, Cotima's habits of late
include rocltava!and..s. fr&lt;qumt &lt;x·
plosions, lava Oows, sporadic ash
emissions and earthquakes. And
there's also the possibility of a full.
scak eruption in the ncllli&gt;e to 10
years if it oontinuesits 1()()-yearcyde.
Bursilt, a professor of geology,
took students enroUed in his ad·
vanced field methods class-who
passed up spring break's !&gt;acchanal
on hot Mexican beaches-to study
Colima's eruptive patterns close-up
and talk to area inhabitants ahout
their evacuation ~ences and
what it's lilt&lt; to live beneath "el
Volcan de Fuego; or "volcano of
fire," as Colima is known.
Bursilt and his students only wtore
able to get within th= to four kilometers of the crater, but rvm at that
clistana, nerything was highly vis·
ible sina the YDicano itsdf is so big.
"Seven~ ni8bts we went out and
watched these glowing ayalancbes-it's liU th&lt;se big. gigantic.
~-siud boulden breaking and
bwsting apart on tho slop&lt; and you
see aU th&lt;se sparks flying out-just
hundreds of them at a time. It's really beautiful. and during tho day,
they look liU clouds twnbling down
the side of tho volcano,• says Bunik.
The pi of the trip was to tamiliarize students with an&lt;:Xplosive W&gt;lcanoand &gt;dcanict&lt;mlin by mapping
lava flows and rock fOrmations. study·
ing sedimentation and str.ltification
of Bows and debris, and trying to
undersbnd how area inhabitants re-

act and interact with the volcano.
The students also took pan in a
cultural and scientific =han!!" with
students from the Universidad

Nacional Aut6noma di Mtxico.
While Cotima's last major eruptions were in 1818 and 1913, its

ra:ord of activity dates bad to 1580.
Since 1991 , the volcano has been
erupting constantly on a smaller

scale, but not without peril to tho
area's residents. "The &lt;xp&lt;rts down

there think that this is 1 build-up
cyde befOre its big eruption." Bursik

&lt;xplains. "This one does tend to cook
along lOr awhile and it's in a """"'
wbm: it's building up to some peak
evmt at some poinL" But that may
or may not happen. notes Bwsik; the
volcano abo coul!l just die out.
Pan of the students' work required mapping areas of the volcano, &lt;Sp&lt;Cially volcanic 8ows, that
could hdp doOde wbm: futur&lt; devdopment should or shouldn't occur based on risk assessments of tho
areas of highest volcanic activity.
Traclting Colima's seismic activity
on a daily basis is important to the
fmners.and ~who liYe in the
-.okmo's shaOOw, but much abo can

be learned by creating a historical
Mortom-, whm it""""' to readpicture-studying and dating rocks ingand in~ tho types of IC·
to find out ·what the YDicano's erup- tivity on the volcano, Bursik soys.
tiv&lt; pattern has been """' hundnds "The reoidents are quitt ~
and thousands of 1'2"' says Bursik. ones who liYe really close to tbt -.ol"lt's a real probl&lt;m whm you 1J&gt; to cano. The ones who 1M &amp;thor oway
thoseplaasand,..thorniserYtbattho _pe lea savvy because they doo't see
volcano au.es and how big ao e&amp;a { a lot of tbtdotailo."The people in viiit has 00 people right thett.. he adds, Jaaoscloeest to tho-.okmo ..... been
Bocause most of the inha\&gt;itant's trained to recogni:ze its dant!m and
-...alth is ti&lt;d up with their land, an are ooming to tlmnS living with its
Ulll1IIC&lt;S8arY&lt;VaCUation can d&lt;wotatr constant ernptionsand tbt..n.tyof
a village-rosi· loud.~ noila it malr.cs.
dents are bad to
Bursilt expr&lt;SI&lt;lCl the hop&lt; that he
leave and when can get the UB and Mexican stu·
they mum. moot dents together again as part ofa ruJ.
oftheir"""'!!&lt;!" be- tural &lt;XChang&lt; of ocientists and fu •
longings having tur&lt; scientists working together to
been looud.
study YDlcanoeo here in tho u.s.
"This causes
Honot&lt;dthatagraduatestudent
incr«&lt;ibl&lt; prob· who participat&lt;d in tho spring break
lems. There are trip to Colima plans to return to
many more cases study an area that was ona: a oomwher&lt; people pany town and wu buried by a dower&lt; needlessly bris Bow in 1955.
evacuated and
BursiksaidtheSiateofColimais
their economic building a database relattd to tho
activity stopped YDicano's activities, which he hopes
beaUS&lt; they came badt ond bad DO to contril&gt;ute to, further enhancing
tire left-there are maDy more ases knowl&lt;ds&lt; about the risks and baz.
of that than of people being evocu· ards of living in tho area.
at&lt;d and the volcano destroying evWhile Bursilt is scnsi.!M to tho
erything." says Bunik.
difficulties of the people who liYe
By devdoping maps that show nearthovolcano,healsotriestorepast lava Bows and poosible routes main focused on sciima, which he
for futur&lt; ~with in- seesasoffmngthebesthop&lt;ofpr-oformotion about wbm: people liYe vmting future ~tastropbes.
and~ economic activity--volca"The: etr.ct it has oo me; he says
nic hazards can be better un&lt;kr- ofwitnes5intlthohardshipuullmd
stood by civil authorities responsible by the area's residmts firsthand, "is
lOr evaruations, Bursilt soys.
to want to do as J1D0c1 1 job as I can
"The mapping has a lot t10 do with in my capacity and unclc:nwJd the
tho problem of how society bats it volcano as wdl as I can so these
(the volcano) beause it's only by warnings are as tightly constnin&lt;d
learning how th&lt;se thinss act that as poosible to tb= are no needless
we can figutt out whetbcr or not ..acua~ tb= are &lt;WCU·
some place is in c~a.op; he soys.
ations when they're needed"

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TEPHEN Dunnett, vic&lt; provost for international educa·
ion at UB and a national
&lt;ader in the fidd of inter·
national education, has expressed

serious concern over a .. hidden" di-

rective from Presidrnt Georg&lt; Bush
that, if implement&lt;d, would place
stricter rontrols on student visas and
bar ..catain intemationaJ students

from pursuing education and train·
ing in sensitive areas."
"Although I'm sure the administration has DO evil intent here, this
directive is ghastly; Dunnett says. "It
could cause great damage, not only
to the students in question, but to
our universities on many fronts.

"It flies in the face of nerything
that we stand for in this oountry,"
he says. "It restricts open aco&lt;SS to
education, reseal&lt;h and knowledi!O'
sharing. despite tho fact that we have
been very outspoken as a nation
against other countria that have
instituted sud! restrictions."
The directive, "Combating Terrorism Through Immigration 1\&gt;lici&lt;s,"
was issued in October. It has not ~
been implemrnt&lt;d and is under ,._
viewbyaninteragencyworitinggroup
overseen by the Whit&lt; House Office
ofScimcrand Tcclmology Policy.The

gn&gt;up has not
sought input
from ooUeges

are oonarned that the fundamm.
taDy open character of our education system may rnakt it impossible

and universi-

(to implement the directive)."
Dunnett says ibett are KVeral
problems with the directive.
"Fim; he says. "50 to 60 percent
of advanced graduate degJ&lt;es in en-

ties.
Fields to be
restricted by
the directive
are .. areas of
study with direct application to the development
and US&lt; Of weapons of massdestruc·
tion; which could include biology,
physics, chemistry, computer sci·
ena and engineering.
Dunnett says tho w.apons' information tho directive seeks to resttict
already is available in journals, books.
on the Internet and at uniw:rsities
abroad He also points out that vir·
tuaDy aD terrorists identified since tho
terrorist attocb of Sept. II 8"( into
tho U.S. on tourist visas and were not
students in Am&lt;rican univenities.
Approximately 30 million tourist
visas are issued ....y year through
a system much looser and less restrictive than that governing the
slightly more than 500,000 student
visas issued every year.
last month,~ major associa·
tions representing the interests of
U.S. higher education prot&lt;sted this
fact to the administration and complainrd in a joint stateme-nt that"'W~

gineering and the sciences arc

awarded to international students.
American students generally are not
inspired to enter these fields on a
graduate level, and fOreign students
typically are tar bett&lt;r prepared for
studies in sciena than ""' Ameri·
can students.
"So ifwe close puateeducation
in sciena and engineering or oom·
puter sci&lt;nce to international stu·
dents. who will fill our classrooms?"
he asks. "Who will help- us do tho
reseal&lt;h in th&lt;se fields! Whett will
we get future faculty memben!
The S&lt;COnd problem posed, he
soys. is the possibility of retaliation
from other oountries in a position
to restrict the acass of American
students studying in their oountries
or the refusal by affected nations to
share their research with tho U.S.
.. Even worse: says Dunnell ,
"these nations may refuse to assist
us in funding expensive r~arch
projects th;&gt;t requi,.........nd now reccive--foreiftn corporate suppon."

Third, Dunnett says tho directive
is wtenforceable.
"How can a school track tbt academicacrivitiesofstudents, who tend
to c:hango majors aD the time CJn&lt;:r
they're in tho unMrsity?" he asks.
He says the U.S. also needs to baJ.
once its policies with recognition of
the oontributions fOreign studrnts
have made to many scholarly fields
and to tho oountry as a whole. He
points out that students from
abroad tend to develop an appn:da·
tion for U.S. culture and institutions
that ...... tho u.s. wdl when they
become leaden in their own ooun·
tries or in international arenas.
• As noted in The Chronicle of
Higher Eduauion," Dunn&lt;lt soys.
"UN SecmaryGenoral KDiiA.nnan,
a Nobel lawate,and KiDs Abdullah
of Jordan .... American university
puates and their knowl&lt;ds&lt; ond
affiliation have been vuy helpful to
us in tho present oonftict."
He notes, hownu, that they are
from "suspect" countries and undo.
tho dit&lt;ctiYo. would have their stud·
ies restricted if they were going to
school today.
"We need to d&lt;fmdl&gt;ur land from
terrorists, of course~ do," Dunnett
says. "But in doing so,""' shouldn't
let them win by changing the face
of our country."

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llay 9.2002/Vm.33. lt.ZB

Raising the MBA profile

~B ~unors at~letes at annual awar~s ban~uet .

Bringing Indian IT specialists to VB helps M&amp; T, university
BJ JOHN DU.LA CONTIIADA
Contribu1Jng EditDr

explained Daniel Boscarino, admin-

EN information-kehnology professionals from
India, recruited for the
UB MBA prognm with
the assistance of M&amp;T Bank. are
helping the bank implement new IT
applications while boosting the academic profile of the MBA program.
The studenl5----m:ruited by representatives from M&amp;T Bank and the
School of Man-sement during a
three-&lt;lay trip to India last y&lt;ar-&lt;Ore
working on ~ IT projects for
M&amp;T as graduate as&amp;istanu at the
School ofManasanentand will haw:
paid inlm'lShips at M&amp;T this summer. ln exdlanse. the studenuare recdving M&amp;T-fundedrcholarships to
the two-yoar MBA prognm and are
scheduled to graduate nett spring.
The studenu ......., selected from
among ""'"' than 500 applicant&amp; after • lengthy interview in India, and
based on tht:irscomson~ ~rous ITcompetency exam administered by
M&amp;T and on the Graduate Manajjement Admissio&lt;15 Test, required for
entrance to the UB MBA program.
Their recruitment undencQros the
School of Managements efforts to
enroll highly qualified students who

resour&lt;:es at M&amp;T Bank. who interviewed the students in India last
February, along with Ouistopher
Tolomeo, M&amp;T's administrative
vice president for information technology, and Lewis Manddl, professor of tinana and managerial eoonomics and former dean at the
School of Management
• M&amp;T gains the assistance of
somew:ry talented studenl!,the students gain an excellmt education
and high-level~ to the u.s.
business environrilent, and the
School of 1\{anagement enrolls
high-caliber students :who help it
achieve its re&lt;:ruitment goals,"
Boscarino added.
H.R Rao, professor of manage- ·
ment science and systems, super-

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possesswork~enceinareasval ­

ued by corporate recruil&lt;rs.like information technology. By doing so,
the school hopes to entice moO' oorporate rccrui~ to campus and raise
its profile with p11bli¥otio~ such as
Business Week and The Wall Strt:et
Journal, that raqk the besLbusiness
schools in the United States.
.. [t's a win-win-win s.ituation ,..

istrative vice president of human

vises the students and monitors

their progress on projects, along
with representatives from M.&amp;T.
Acoording to Rao, the stuilents iwrk
on projects after class in a computer
lab specially equipped for their assignments.HesaidM&amp;T'stotaloontribution to the effort includes funding for hardware arid software costs,
10 two-year scholarships and 10
paid summer internships.
"These students haw: been a welcpme addition to the School of Management," !lao says. "Wrthout the assislana:.ofM&amp;T.mostnfthemwould
not haw: applied to uB oorgained this
levdof ~tion:md~"
Gaurav Patankar, for example,
was recruited from Mumbai,lndia,
where ·h~ worked as .an implementation;~ for a oompany that

provides cash:management support
for multinational banks. As a UB
MBA student, he's developing a system for streamlining online applications ~ted by M&amp;T corporate custOmers. He hopes to pursue

Rtpartt&lt; Edotor

ariNG t!Jat UBhadan
"extraordinary year" in
2001-02, President W~liamR.Greinertookthe
UB Council on a "whirlwind tour" of
the university over the course of~
pastyearduringthebody'slastrneetingoftheaademicyearonApril30.
Greiner told council memben
that he took "great pride" in the accomplishmentsofthepastyear,and
that the university is poised for a
"bright future" in the years ahead.
"The future ofhoth campuses, especiallytheNorthCampus,isdepen-

N

dent on what students decide to
rnakeoftheinstitution,"hesaid,noting that the aru,;inistration, faculty

andstaffhaw:..,rk&lt;dhardto"laythe
fo undation for the students."
Amongthe highllghtsofGreiner's
"thumbnailsketch"ofthepastyear:
•VB achieved its highest total fulltime enrollment ever in Fall 200 1
with 20,669 students. as wdl as its
highest new, full-time graduate enrollment ever with 2,219 students.
• The university made life a lot
easier for studen~ with the creation
of the Student Academic and Financial Services Uoit to provide a "onestop approach" to deali ng with
many academic and financial issues.
• AsUBwasbecomingmoreofa
full-timecampus.italsowasbecoming more of a residential campus.
Greiner noted that 7.000 students
"listened in rapt atten tion" to a
sJX'ech 1\ t month by fomm Presi·

---Sarah
Frahman-

after graduating next yoar.
"This is the type ofsituation I aiuld
onlydmun bin IIPa."said Patankar.
2-4. ·rm working on
in-.ting
projectsandl!f'lting exrrllmt liddexposure to u.s. business practices and
corporate culture at MBa:'
Fellow student
Hemant
Padmanabban, 23, wu reauikd
from the tMulology-outsourcing .
oompany Syntel, Inc. in Mumbai,
where he led a team of I I software
devdopen. He's working with M&amp;T
minagen to develop a system for
online submittal, approval and prooessing of various personnel forms,
whiCh should oeate a substantial
cost savings fi&gt;r the bank
"In my line of work, you need to
develop business skills to go along
with. technical skills if you want to
further your c:m&gt;&lt;r," Padmanabban
says. "This is a great appor:tunity to
get an all-around business education
while doing some interesting work
fur a ~-known U.S. oompany."
In addition to these projects. the
students are working on three othen with the bank: an analysis of
wireless security syskrnS for wire·
les;s banking apP.lications, improving the application system for indirect loans lf!ld implementation of a
new operating system for the bank's

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The men~~ tam jumped lnlm lOIII p1aot In che MN::

In 2000
post fol.).rior ~Slid&lt;- first_ AI-MAC
honon ond qualifiod for che OMsion INadonal ~ che 1nt UB
to. tlfd&gt;.plaao

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internal computer network.

dent William). Ointon.
• Ull ewanded the University
HononProgrambySOstudentsand
revised general education requirements to meet or exceed SUNY
standards.
• UB faculty memhets haw: won

dergraduate apartments already
rented and all graduate and professionalapartmentssoon tohem~ted.
Planning oontinu.S on the Lee Road
development, $22.6 million in rna·
sonry work has been oompleted at
the Ellicott Complex. and a $5 mil-

some major national and interna·

lion renovation offoodservice at the

tionalawards,amongthemCarlDennis,profess6rofEnglishwhowonthe
PuliturPrizerorpoetty;Bruce)ackson, SUNY Distinguished Professor
in the Department of English, who
was made a knight in the French Order of Arts and Letters, and Barry
Smith, professor of philosophy, who
recc:Mdthe$2millionWolfgangPaul

oomplex is under way.
• The Cam paign for UB has
raised $181,021,711-72.4 percent
of its goal-&lt;is of April 12. Greiner
said he expects the campaign to
reach its $250 million goal in the
ooming year. Among the gifts to the
campaign is a $2 million gilt from
the Sal Alfiero family to support

Award from the Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation.

co nstruction of an addition to
Jacobs Management Crnter, home

• Bioinform atics has gone,
Greiner said, "from an idea to very
much a reality" in the past yea r,
thanks to $232 million in support
from the state and federal governments.federal research grants, foundations and corporate partnen. A
director for the Buffalo Center for
Excellence in Bioinformatics has
been him!, and groundbrealcing for
a facility to house the center, to he
located near Roswell Park Cancer Institute, is expected in the near future.
• The university recorded total
researchexpeudituresfor2000-0I of
$186,825,000, and Greiner said UB
should reach $200 million within
the next few years.
• TheAintVillagestudentapartment complex opened its doors in
August. and the Creekside Village
will open thj• A\18\JSt, wit,h all u,n-

of the School of Management.
Greinernotedthatthi&gt;structurewill
he the first-&lt;&gt;lthough certainly oot
thelast-privatelyfundedaddition
to a campus building.
•The freshmen on the men's basketballteamoombinedforthehighest cumulative grade-poin·t average
of any freshman men's basketball
class in the country, with an average
GPA of 3.35. Noting that the highest GPA for a class member was 3.8
and the lowest was 3.0, Greiner said
UB has "great athletes, but also good
students." UB also posted a singlegame attendance record of 22,658
at the Rutger's football game, and
the men's basketball team was the
only Mid-American Conference
team to beat Kent State, which went
to the " Elite Eight" in the NCAA
toumameru this~pring. ,.

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tum,oomod honon as"femoleAdllete colcheY..C •

a career in product management
and operations, possibly at M&amp;T,

Council hears UB year in review
BJ SUE WU£TCHIEII

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conclusion col !he sp&lt;Y-c u.d&lt;-ond-field ..._was hononod for 17 rean col
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history to co unbaWl for four seasons.
Od&gt;er major awan:t wimen Included:
• Clillotd c. """'"'-~ ScholanNp: Carrie Quinlan. ...........

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Gabe Capln,- and Joe Fnoody.loocl&gt;al; FemUe, l..ariua t..Cour, &gt;OIIeytall
• ~ Hen:o Awant Rebecca Ashore, \OOIIeybaJI
• Blue and'Mlite Ckb Comrrunlty SoniceAvnnl: l..ariua LaCour. -...lleybol
.AtNetes forAINeteiAttendanceAwant.v.tomen's swimrmi~
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•
THI! SPOtrr-BY-SPOitT AWAIID -NUS:

Men's Cross Country
Top New&lt;omer.s-. S&lt;rolkl&lt;
Host lrnprowd: Eric Cz..oaj
Coad1es Awant)erimie Slkl&lt;
HVI':Todd Ludden

Women's Cross Country
Top Newaomer: jenny ~&lt;Deppe!
Host trnprowd:jeuia l'1cldoY&gt;n
Coad1es Awant Hollie Rhodes
H V I ' : - Bunvws

Football
Top Newcomer.Jj. Gibson
Host lrnprowd: Chad Bortosult
Coad1es Awanl: Joe Fnoody
HVI': Chris Shelly
Dominic Grossi Awant Tim

Hedzes
Women's SoCcer
Top Newccmor: 8.-enna Mejury
Host .~ Paula Slndolr
Coad1es Awant Robin AparoHVI': Deo.on Russell
Men's Soccer
Top Newaomer: 0... Pidgeon
Host lrnprowd: Dan
Wielechowsld
Coad1es Awanl: Mike Poplmskl
MVP-J&lt;.e•rin Pttn

Women's Volleyball
Top Newaomer: K.atie Henry
Host trnprowd: Bedcy Ashare
Coad1es AwantAie&gt;ds Boule
HVI':llndsoy MatilcDsl1

Women's llaslretball
Top New&lt;omer.AIHson Bennett
Host lrnprowd:- Martin
Coad1es Aword: K.ato
Mc11eeken-R""""'
HVI': jeuia Jo:Dchenclorle&lt;

Men's Baslcetball
Top_,T..,...a.ate
Host~t&lt;ovln­

Coadles Awant Clement Smith
HVI': O...CoiWIIIQms

Won.t'llncloorT1'11dc and Fiold
Top Newcomer: Charisse E.e...n
Host lrnprowd: Faith~
Coaches Award: laura Olson
HVI': Chrisdno Kedt

Men's Indoor Track and Field
Top Newcomer. Pete Zac:caridlo

Host 1~ : - Esler
Cooches Awant joe l.Diacooo

1'1Vf';;)oe Clari&lt;

Women's Swimmln{
Top~ho:)'· - ·

Host ~Bedlany Miller
Coad1es Awant Katrina Slndair
HVI':jenMW llniJioMjcy
Men's Swimm1nc
Top Newcorner.Am 0...
Host lrnprowd:)on ~
·Coaches Avnnl:Aian Lowe
MVP:Avi¥0ren

Wresttin1

Top~K,tei:.m.ln....
-~Gomot~

CoadlesAvnnl: Ben Cooper
The Bob Rlclo Ouatandirc
Wrestler Avnnl: iC,te Cenronan
Baseball
Top Newaomer: PbiiYmHome
Host lrnprowd:Adrian Dal1lels
CoadlesAvnnl:Tlm So¥.
MVP:Bnndon DIC...,

w..m-'lc.Top Newaomer: K.ali Spoco
Host lrnprowd:- Schwaclo
Coacloes Awant K.arey Smollar
HVI': Sonh VIera
Sofd&gt;all
Top Newaomer: Sacey Evans
Host lrnprowd: Anf&gt;.l1arie Mqur
Coaches Award:. Melissa Pace
HVI': a...nn. Nasti

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Men's Tennis
Top Newaomer: Nkl&lt; Zleziula

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10

Thunday

16

Conference
Reglonol Socioleg&lt;oi-Studles

~IOstk 5cMnca

Conference. ~

Poln.M..._,tln
Pollotlve C... Jack P. F....-,
clinical assoc. prof., Dopt. ol
Medicine. 3SS Squi,., South
Campus. 8 a.m . Free.

~~P-~~-r~by

S.ldy Centor fO&lt; Low and Social
Policy, Low School; Cenu. ol
Criminology, Univ. c:A Toronto;

t1:&gt;&lt;

Low.and

Society P•og~m.

Ycrlt.Jniv.; Osgoode Hall Law
Schclo(, York Univ., and

~;!."'fni~t!.

EducotlonSemlnor
Designing Ploy-Bosed Uteracy

lnstru&lt;tlon In Pre-K/Prinwy:
Whot Toochers Should Know
and How Admfnistr•tors Can

S.ldy Cent.,, &amp;4S-21 02 .

Support Them. uura I&lt;Jenk.

Celebrotlng Scholostk

Schoo' of
Education. University Inn and
Conference Center, North

~tl

AlANA-A Celebrlltlon of
Achievement. Student Unton
Theatre, North Campus. 11
a .m .-1 p .m . Free. Sponsored by
OffKe of Student Multicultural
Affair1. For more information,

~a~!fu:~

Forest Road, Getzville. 8:30-10
a.m . SlO, students; l25,
genenol. Spons&lt;nd by GSE. Fa.
l'llCn: information, Ken
K.....,..., &amp;4S-6642.

Sharon Sanford, 645-2055.

Monday

13
Oral Biology Seminar

O..ol Biology Somlnor
Genes, Germs and Ufestyte In

Friday

17
~~~'i'"nts Sporu
Mala~an

Bacterial Conversations in ·
ln:ntal Piaque: What Is
Streptococcus Mutans Talking

Student Assoc..
Alumni Arena, North Campus..

about. Dennis Cvitkovkh, Untv.
of Toronto. Conference Room,
115 Foster. South Campus.
Noon Free

Sponsored by Malaysian

Spectators wekome.
Student Assoc. and Malaysian
Student Dept., Embas•y of
Malaysia. For more
information, Sherene Cheah,
&amp;4S-88SO.

lloHboll
UB. vs. Nl~ara. Amherst
Audubon F~eld, Amherst Pep~i
Center. 1615 Amherst Manor
Drive, Amherst. 6 p .m . Free.

Wednesday

15
Buffalo-Niagara PostGenomic Research
Conference. 105 Harnman.
South Campus. 8:30 a.m .-4 :30
p .m . Free. Sponsored by Vice
Prestdent lor Research. For
more information, Joseph
Cusker, 645-3321 .
Tht• Rt&gt;,HJr'fef' publi\h e t.

listing\ for &lt;'venh taking

lAST / Sodol Wort.
Continuing Educ•tlon
Train the Trainer Wortuhop:
Conflict Resolution/ Peer
Mediation . Oaemen College.
8 :45 a.m .-3:30p.m . S65. For
more information, Institute for
Addiction Studie .lnd Training,

&lt;&gt;4S-6140.

Thursday

30
EncutlnEducotlon
Novlgoting through the Maze

Sunday

of Banks Met Agendes to

19
-.y.lon Student
Asso&lt;lotlon
Ambassador Awards Night

2002. Malaysian Student Assoc.
Grand Ballroom, Buffalo
Marriott,. Millersport Highway,
Amherst. 7-11 p .m . By
invitation onty. Sponsored by
~alaysian Student Auoc.. and
Malaysian Student Dept.,

Embassy of

Mala~ia .

For more

informat ion, Sherene Cheah,

Rese•rch Conference

Oral8~.

..........., Se:ulon

Tuesday

14

Cardiovascular Ofsease: Have
~ Bypassed M~ than
Oa~ Arteries? Paul
Ewald, Amherst Univ. C26
Farber, South Campus. Noon.
F.... Sponsored by Dept. ol

64S-88SO.

Monday

20
lAST / Sodol Contlnufng Educotlon
Performance Enhancement

Through Emotlonal
Intelligence. Batavia. 8:45
a.m .- 3:30p.m . S65 . For more
information, Institute for
Addictions. Studies and
Tra ining, 645-6140.

And the Best Possible
Financing Terms. Marit Martin,
vice president and sa~
rna~. Business Banking
Division. M&amp;T Bonk. Jacobs
Management C~ter, North
Campus. 8-1 0 a.m. S40.
SponSO&lt;ed by Cenlef f0&lt;
Entrq&gt;reneurial Leadership. For
mOre information, CEL 645·

3000.
Sift/ Beethoven String
Quortet Cycle
Concert IV-The AJeunder
String Quartet. Slee Concm'
Hall, North Campus. 8 p.m.
112, gene&lt;al; 19, UB foculiy/
staff/alumni; S9, senior citizens;
IS, students. Sponsored by
OepL of Music. For more
information, Slee Concert
Office, 645-2921 .

Friday

31
Sk!e/ s-thcwenString
Quortet Cycle
Concert V- The Alexander
String Quartet. Slee Concert
Halt, North Campu~. 8 p .m .
S 12, general; S9, UB f·aculty/

staff/alumni; S9, senior citizens;
S5, nudents. Sponsored by

nu la ter than noon on
the Thundlty pre&lt;cdlng

publkdltkm.

listing~

Dept. of Music. For ITIOfe
information, Slee Cone~
Office. 645-2921 .

Saturday, June

I
Slee/ lleetho,..n String
QuortetCycle
Concert V1-The Aleundef
String qu.rteL SJee Concert
Hall, North Campus. 8 p .m .
112. genenol; 19, UB focultyl
·staff/alumni; S9, senior citizens.;
I S, students. Sponsored by
Dept. of Music. For more
information, Slee Concert
Offtte, &amp;4S-2921.

Tuesday

4
lAST/SodoiContlnulng khKatlon
An Ovt!tvtew of the Nature
and Treatment of Tr.uma.

Daemen Colleg&lt;. 8:4S a.m.4:30 p.m. l100. Fa. m0&lt;e
infonnation, Institute for
Addictions Studies and
Training, 645-6140.

Friday

14
New Yoft State Spedal
Olympics
2002 New York State Special
Otympks. Alumni Arerla,
Alumni Tennis Courts., UB
Stadium, all on North Campus.
9 a.m .-5 p .m . Free. For more
information, 518-388-0790.
6th Annuol DNA
Replkotlon ond Repolr
Symposium
·
lohn New-port. Univ. of
California at San Diego.
Gaylord/CO')' Room, Roswell

Park Cancer Institute. 10:30
a .m . S1S or S35, which
includes. dinner at P:illarl Hotel.
For more infonnation, Susan
Burbrd, 829-3831.

are

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(' jecl ro nl c 'ubmlulon form
fo r t h e o nlint&gt; UB Ca lendar

Tuesday

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Crime. Paul M. Moskal. F81
supervisory special agent.
Center for Tomorrow, NOrth
Campus. Noon-2 p.m . S16,
general; S14, UB Alumni Assoc .
members. Fo r more
1nformat1on, Jude Schwo~nd ler,

829-2608

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Concert Hall, North C•mpus.

Thursday

27
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Ell---

Using rr to 0rtw Cotnpany
Growth. Panel modented by
Gerry Mu.ak, turnaround

petfoonance spedallst Jacobs
Man.agement Center, North

f~~~;;;.!!

Enu.p..neuriol Leadenrup. Fa.

more inf"'""lion. CEL. &amp;4S3000.

Exhibits
" Hoppy's Night.....,•
This. installation by Kurt Von
VoeUch and Patrick RobKieau is

~.~~~~~~7u~

Art Gallery in the C~ter for the
Arts. North Campus. Galle')'
hours are 11 a.m . to 6 p .m .
Tuesday through Saturday.

"F i f t i e s -: Populor
CultUNondAmerlcM&gt;
Society"
Cuttural material from the

19SOs---lncluding [&gt;hoto

collages, aul&lt;&gt;m()b;le
memorabilia and pulp fktionwill be on display in l.odcwood

~~~~1'.~~

during regular library hours..

• Alon L Cober: A
Retrospoctlve Aft..tlfe•
M exhibition honoring the l~e
and 'NOftt of the late Illustrator
and teacher Alan E. Cobe- witt
be on display through May 18
in the first floor gal~ of the
UB Art Gal~ in the Center for
the Arts. North Campus. COO..
was a visiting professor of art

:'e~~~~9~$lg.~Artist
hours are 1 1 a.m. to 6 p .m .
Tuesday through SaMday.

-·

"Anotomkol Art by
" 19th Century Botank..

Prtnb"

Reproductkln~ of

the famou~

"muscle men· series by
Andreas Ve.saliu~. and printimages of plants with medicinal
properties are on permanent

display in the Heatth Sdeoces
Ubrary on the South Campus.
Material for both exhibits was
obtained via the Robert L

Brown History of Medicine
Collection 1n the library. The

:~::;~~~~thbySc~e
library and the Medical
Historical Society of "Nestern
Nevv York, may be viewed
during normal library houn..

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Q&amp;A: &amp;rbara RiaJtta discusses
NCAA certifoiltion process

The Sequel

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Senior
Brunch

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Daniel Heims, a graduate
student who works in the
Leadership Development
Center, pours up some
special "UB" pancakes
during the annual Senior
Brunch, held April 24 in the
Student Union. Deborah
Barone, a physician's
assistant in the Student
Health Center, works on
some Mickey Mouse
flapjacks.

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UB's highest honor to go to Jacobs
UB faculty member, renowned researcher to receive Norton Medal posthumously
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Sclerosis R&lt;scarch Center at Buffalo

t=h&lt;:r whose
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coveries were
sor and chair of the: Department of Neurology
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and a world-renowned researcher in
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the tmltment of multiple sclerosis,
passion and
his desire to
has been chosen to receive posthumously us ·~ highest aw~rd, th e
servr our uniChanrellor Charles P. Norton Medal. versity, our region and all ofhuman·
The Norton Medal is given annu· ity," sa id President William R.
ally at the university's general com· Greiner. "Throughout his career,
men«ment ceremony to recognize Larry brought national and interna·
someone who has, in Nonon'swords, tional acclaim to our ()q:Jartment of
"performed some great thing which Neurology and the UB medical
is identified with BuffuJo ... a civic or school, as well as to Buffalo-Niagara
political act, a great book, a great
"We were very fortunate to count
work of art, a great scientific achieve- him among o ur faculty, and are very
pleased to honor his memory with
ment. o r any o ther thing which, in
itself, is truly great and enabling and ' the Chancellor Charles P. Norton
which dignifies the performer and Medal, a fitting tribute to his outstanding legacy." Greiner said. "The
Buffalo in the eyes of the world."
UB's I 56th generaJ commence - Jacobs family has long played a lead·
ment ceremony will be held at 10 ership role in the community, and in
a . m. May 12 in Alumni Arena. all that he did, Larry exemplified that

tional and compassionate man

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woelc's issue of the RlpO&lt;I«.

H E late Lawrence D.

Jacobs. who was profes·

North Campus.
" Larry Jacobs was o ne of our most
distinguished faculty members. and
a great BuffitJonian-a scholar, re-

very fine tradition of public service."
Jacobs, who also was director of
the Jacobs Neurological Insti tut e

and the William C. Baird Multiple

November at the age of 63. Col·
leagues said that he was an excepwhose work helping those who suf·
fered from MS, strokes and other
neurologicaJ ailments had a great
impoct worldwide. Truly, Jacobs ex-

emplifie&lt;l US's commitment to research, education and public servie&lt;,
and in a~ meaningful way helped
to promote these tenets at the UB

medical school.
His ground-breaking research ,
geared toward developing better

million dollar grants from the Na·
tionallhstitutes of Health.
In 2000, the New England /olmUll
uf Medicin&lt; published the results of
a large-scale study, led by Jacobs. on
the benefits of bela- Ia interferon in
treating MS, which led to the

Harvard Health /.mer naming his
research as one of the I0 leading
health advances for 2000.
Amonghisothernumerous~

were the Stockton Kimball Awanl
from the UB Sdlool of Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences, the: Stephen B.
Kdley Award from the: National Mul·
tiple Sclerosis Society's \\blem New

treatment for relapsing multiple scle-

York/Northwestern · Pennsylvania

rosis-a form of MS that affects

Chapter, the George F. Koepf M.D.
Award for the Advancement of BiQ.

350,000 people in the United Statesled to the development of AvonexN,
the most widely prescribed drug to
tmlt this debilitating form of MS.
As early as 1981, Jacobs' research
showed that early treatment of MS
with interferon beta- la significantly
reduced the rate of progression and
impact of the disease, which often
includes brain and nerve damage.
Jacobs funded his initia1 work privately, cventua11y attracting multi-

medical

Research

from

the

Hauptman· Woodward Medical Research Institute and the: Alumni Merit
Award from Sll.ouis University.
Jacobs served on the board of the
International Federation of Multiple
Sclerosis Societies, was a founding
member and former officer of the
American Academ)' of Neurology
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Donor's gifts now total $7.2 million
By SUZANNE CHAMII£R1AIN

Reporter Contribu tor

N anonyn1owdonorhas
given another $800,000
to th e Di s tinguished
Honors Scho lars Pro gram, bringing to $7.2 million the
donor's total gifts to this program.
and re-.tffinning a tmc commitmc:nt
to~o.·duc;tling tomorrow\ leaders.
In 19'l5 . •1 S l.t'l mdhnn ~ i ft from
th ~,.· .llltlfl\'llhltl'• donor llllll.lh:d th~o.·
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53 alumni and 14 students who will
graduate in May.
"We are grateful for the donor's
generous gifts which . when sha red
with these highly motivated stu ·
dents. have resulted in even greater
synergy than we h ad cx-rH:ctcd. in tegral to UB's growing reput.tt1on
&lt;t:o. ;t ma jor public researc h univer'11)'·" ~•id Jmc phinc A ( :.t pu.tn.J.
,td rmn• ,tr.tt t wdtr~o.·(tor lor th~o.· L'nt
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medicine . music to law, whether
they choose to attend o ther schools
or remain at UB.
Some have earned. n a tiona ll y
competitive feUo""oshtps;one will use
a Mellon Fcllo""'5hip to study En ~li s h lite rature .tt Stanford , whill'
two n th ~o.•rs h.Jvt: won N.ttio nal SCIt'llu' Ftlllll ti.Jilllll F~o.• llt)\1/S hip.s-----t llll'
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co lloquia , research opportunities
and faculty mcntoring, as well as financial assistance.
The anonymous donor's gift con tributes to US's S250 million campaign, o ne of the la rgest ever con ducted hv a public univer.aty m New
York and New Eng.land. Alt h nu~h
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from I voriely of di&gt;dpfines, speclflally focused on ~ lionsfonl
botwoon feminist kgii "-Y
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will focus on~ the
Rlghts of Mothers and Ollldren."
Panel Two, to be held from 9:30lil;-45 a.m.lcm Slt5.rday i\ 1Q6 ' '
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certification of athletics programs.
Certification is meant 10 ensure the
NCAA'.s fundamental oommitment
to integrity in interc;oUegia~ athletics. FoUowing a pilot project, the
NCAA's Division I membership
oV&lt;rWhelmingly supported the program and its standards at the 1993
NCAA CoJWmtion as a key part of
the NCAA's reform agenda. At the
1997 convention, the Division I
membership voted to change the frequency ofathletics certification &amp;om
once every five yeaJS to once every
I0 years and to r&lt;quire a_five-year interim-status report.

NCAA

-does the
ensure this
commitment to lntegtfty7

The certification program is structured to achieve this in several ways.
It opens the affairs of the athletics
department to the university community and the pubk Key campus
constituent groups must be meaningfuUy involved in the self-study process. The NCAA requires that someone who is not involved in the athletics program chair the Steering Committee, which shepherds the selfstudy p!'OC&lt;SS on campus. The Steering Committee and the four subeommittees working on the self' study feature a broad-based representation of
the campus community, including
faculty, Students and staff, as wdl as
the Division of Athletics. The certification program also sets~
caUed operating principl~r the
operation of Division I athletics programs. These operating principles

plaa a "measuringstid"bywhi&lt;h aU evaluating raponses.roviewinskiedDivision I m&lt;mbers are measur.d back and preparing plans for imThey &lt;XM:&lt; four basic areas:
provml&lt;llt prior to the preponotion
nancc and commitment to rules of a dra1i of the self-study report and
complianoe,academic integrity, fiscol an executive summary. Once the
integrity, and equity, welfare and dra1i report and summary areoomsportsmanship. In addition, the pleted, they Win be preoented to the
NCAA has put tougb standards in • C31)3pus oommunity in June for furplace for institutions that fail to ron- ther input via campus~ foduct a oomprdlensive self-study or cus groups. the campus media and
fail to oorrect problems. Certification the Athletics Web site at
is intended to be!p an institution, not www.ub.thletlcs.buffalo.edu/
hann iL For this reason, ample time
A final self-study reis gMil for an institution to oonsider port will go to the NCAA in Ia~ Auits progr.uns. identify problems and gust, with a peer·review team &amp;om
rorrect them. Institutions that fail10 the NCAA expect«~ to rome to cammake an honest effort face serious pUs in N&lt;&gt;=~ber. UB should receive
oonsequences: ineligibility for NCAA a decision about its certification stachampionships. and it problems are tus in early 2003.
not corrected, removal &amp;om ac:tM
Whit..., the paollltle 7
membership in the NCAA.
When malting a decision on certifiWhatarethebenefltsofthe
cation, th~ !'CAA's ,Committee on
Hit-study to UB7
Athletics Ccrtification first must-deThe self-study offer.; a unique op- cide if the institution's self-study was
portunity to educate individuals adequate. Much of that decision is
across the campus about the athlet - based on the work ofthe peer review
ics program's goals and purposes, teams .t\lat visits the QUilpus. The
the many chaUenges facing athlet- peer review team is responsible for
ics and the ways in which athletics verifyingtheaa:uracyandrompkiesupports the mission of the univer- ness of the self-study report, verifysity. It also r""""-' many aspects of ing the broad-based participation in
the athletics program WC~rthy of the self-study and evaluating ronforpraise--it allows us to pat ourselves miry with the oPerating principles
on the back, so to speak. But per- and the institution's mission and purhaps most importantly, the self- pose. Once the Coriliiliii..e«FAihstudy process identifies problems letics Certification oonsiders a selfand areas that can be imp""""' and study report ad&lt;quate. it works tooffers a forum for suggestions &amp;om ward a specific =tification decision.
members of the campus rommu- An institution can be"certified" wben
nitywith a wide range ofexperience. it is consideml to be operating its
athletics program in substantial ronWhere Is UB now In the certlfl_formitywith theoperatingprincipl&lt;s.
catlon-ess7
It can be "certified with ronditions"
The university now is in the fina)
if problems are identified that are
stages of the self-studyproc&lt;SS, whi&lt;h
considered serious enough to have
began Oct. I . The St«ring CommitfuU certification withheld until those
tee and 'the four subcommittees are
problems are oorrected. An institu-

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wben it is notalllSidemfll&gt;beop-

eratiog its athletics program ;;
sub&amp;tmtial ronfunnity with die
operating principles.ln.stitutioos
classiJi&lt;d as • o:rtili&lt;d With conditions" or "not o:rtili&lt;d" may be
placed in. rcstriqed m&lt;mbenhip
category for up to one year; A5 a
result, the institution would not
be eligible for NCAA championship competition in aU spocts. If
at the end of this rest:rict&lt;:d membenhip therommittee rondudes
that the institu~on lias no) addressed the identified concerns
properly, it may reclassify the ipstitution as a corresponding
member. That means the institution would no longer bt,;, ac:tM member of the NCAA.

UBIIIsolsu~aHif­
study .. , _ of t h e Sbltes reac~,.;..
cess. How .,. the two selfstudy _
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The two =tifications are similar
in that they a,r;, the processes that
are recogniud In their respettiv&lt;
fields--academics ana athletiG-&lt;IS validating the institution's
ability to meet the standards set
lfy the g&lt;&gt;'l'eming association. ·
Both processes mirrO&lt; one another in the requirement of
broad-based participation in a
campus self-study, fOllowed by a
visit &amp;om an emmal peer-m-iew
team. Achieving =tification, or
accreditation in the words of the
Middle Statts proc&lt;SS, is a critical
milestonethatisvitallyimpnrtlnt
to the university's reputation and
continued association with the
NCAA and the Middle Statts 115sociationofCoUegesandSchools.

_""'PY_ Bums regales Center for the Arts crowd

Cenlorolthe- of Phormocy
andf'lwmaceullcoiSderas.

Filmmaker says he's drawn to lives ofindividuals when making documentaries
By DONNA LONGEHECit£R

Reporter Assistant Editor

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EN Bums is an ideaJistic
dreamer, imbuing history
with a kind of historical

an "emotional

"A heroisnotperfect,"Burnssaid,

nation of their work, the 19th

archaeologist,"
interested only
in what moves

describing the inner negotiations

Amendment to the Constitution ,

him , in what

mysticism and making

heoonsidersto

the already larger than life even larger
still,whiledeepeningAmericans' undernanding of the tectonic shifts in
society and culture that have made
them who they are. The much-heralded documentary filmmaker is for-

be true and
honest and
suggest ive of
an "abundana:

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ever searching the country's attic
trunks , pieci ng together its cob-

webbed diaries and crumbling photographs into fresh narratives that, in
themselves, may beoome some of the
greatest stories ever told
·For the past 20 years, Burns told
a Distinguished Speaker Series audience April24. he has attempted to
.. understand the mysterious inner

workings of that honorable republic known as America."
And he is uninterested , he ex -

plained, in "the old top-&lt;lown venion
of our past""""""" by the "drydat&lt;s"
of history or even a retdling of" white
European aimes." He caUed himself

of faith in human history"
Everything about the War Be·
tween the States that was rendered
stale by high-school recitations of
battleground facts and figures,
Burns etched anew with his camera
in hi s classic docum entary .. The
Civil War," presenting the war re-

plete with individual soldiers' tales
and the smeUs, horror, fear and triumph those battles encompassed.
.. I am constantly drawn back to
the lives of individual human beings
and how their ideas and ideals affect American life," Burns said of his
pursuit of the ever-evolvingAmeri can identity and his obsession that
every film deepen and anempt to
aJ1.S'.«f the question
who~ are."

or

between strengths and weaknesses

mirrored word for word what they

emb-odied in men like Thomas

hadwritten,Bumsnoted, reminding

Jefferson and Frank UO)'I Wright, the
subjects of two more recent documentaries. In detailing /df=on's life,
Burns said he sought to illuminate
the "incandescrnt intelligencr" of"a
protean genius" alongside his "agonizingintemalcontradietions,"whilc
maintaining that it is Jefferson who
is "the author of our ability to dream
the American Dream."Wright'sstunningsucass, Bums said. enabled him
to beoome the "epitomy of exasi."
In "Not for Ourselves Alone,"
Burns tells the story of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
as the leaders of a "political earthquake" that shook the nation. Their
work to win women t:ht: right to vott
was "the American Revolution roming to fruition," Bums said, adding
that they are responsible "for the biggest social transformation in American history." Stanton and Anthony
were "wonderfully opposite and
equally brilliant," he said Theculmi-

the audience that their achievement
took placr less than 100 yean ago.
Describing another remarkable
documentary that traces the legacy
of Lewis and Clark's westward journey, Burns compared the significance of that journey to the first
moon waUc, calling Lewis and Oark
"the vanguard of the nation." ffis
documentary chronicling their perilous and ultima~lysuccessful journey presented special problems he
said, one of which W1IS to make the
story compelling.
"Then"s not a school child alive
who doesn't know they made it back
safdy," Bums said He and his film

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crew stood on frozen riverbanks,

slogged through mud and endured
&lt;Y.l degree temperatures "looking,
straining and insisting" on seeing
what Lewis and Clark saw, but in
manycasestheir"pristineviewswere
dirni):la~ diminished or obscured
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Neiders honored by SUNY
Dental faculty member named Distinguished Teaching Prof ·
a, SUI WUETCHOI

A VB faculty member
since 1962 ,
Neidert has
served twice
as acting chair
of the Departmcnt of
Oral Biology
in the School
of DentaJ Medicine, and was a

R~n-Editor

IRDZA E. Neiders,
profess&lt;&gt;&lt; of oral dia~ sciences in
the School of Dental
Medicioe, bas.been named a SUNY
Distingw.bed Teaching Profesaor.
The designation, a rank above
that of full profesaor, honors and
recognizes outstanding teaching. To
earn the designation, recipients
must have a record of consistently
superior performance in teaching
skills, scholarship and professional
growth, student services and academic standards, ~W,.,ments and
evaluation of student performance.
The appointment wasapproYO&lt;I last
week byth&lt; SUNY Board ofiJustoes.

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mm~beroftheBiomedicaiSciencos

Study Section for the Nationallnstitut&lt;S of Health for &lt;ight years.
She directed UB's Oral Pathology
Graduate Training program for
four years.
She is dir&lt;ctor of the Breath DisO&lt;ders Oinic-&lt;&gt;ne of 1M specialcare clinics in the_dental school-

and also serves as a primary consultant to th&lt; Saimry Gland Dysfunction Qinic and th&lt; Oral Medicine
Clinic. She received the SUNY
&lt;llancdlor'sAward for Excdlmce in
Teaching in 200 I, which hona&lt;s
those who consistmtly have dcmonstnted superb teaching at the un dergraduate, graduate or professional level She also has been named
Alpha Omega dental fraternity's
Teacher of the Year.
Neiders receMd a bachelor's cleF from The Ohio State Uni=sity, a master's des= in general pathology from The UnivmityofCbicago _and a dental &lt;leg= from the
University of Michlgan. She served
her residency in periodontics at UB.
She =ides in Snyder.

Eager Artists to refum to Buf(alo
a, SUI WUETotUI
RtpOfttr Editor

ALL it "The Living
Room: The SequeL"
Although the setting
will be different this
time-Buffalo schools will provide
the stage instead of the living
rooms-the tmneodous success of
"The Living Room Project" last fall
has sparked a return en~t to
VB and W&lt;Stem New York by the
Eager Artists Theatre Company of
Durban, South Africa.
Jerry Pooe, head of Eager Artists,
will n:tum to Buffalo with two members of his company this fall to dim:t
a production of the Athol Fugard
play, "The Island," for the Irish Classical Theatre Company. Vincent
O'Neill, ~ of the Department of
Theatre and Dance, is artistic dir&lt;ctor and co-founder ofiCfC.
While in Buffalo, Pooe and ll]&lt;mhers of Eager Artists will offer " Living Room" -type presentations in ;

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eight to J0 Buffalo-area schools.

group Tap Dogs in the CFA while
in Buffalo laSt fall "To him, th&lt; parallels were very obvious• to
""gumboot dAncing,• the coordinated, rhythmic dancing performed
by South African minen wearing
their workboots. Falgiano says. "He
was like, 'I want to do a show like
that (Tap Dogs),' with something
that was nativ&lt; to his rulture." Although Eal!"r Artists already included gumboot dancing in its performances, th&lt; Tap Dogs show pro-

lJjima Theatre Company, Juneteenth
Festival, African American OJ!tural
Center, 1490 Enterprises senior citizen center, North }dlmon Public Library, YMCA of Greater Buffalo,
Lang&lt;ton Hugh.. 1nstituk and the
~ Se!&gt;io&lt; Center.
The project culminated in the
world pmniere by Eager Artists of
th&lt; Pooe musical "Eithaya Poppie"
on Oct. 6 in th&lt; Mainstal!".
The "Living Room" was funded
with a SI 00,000 grant awarded to

Brieo
Update on Ellicott renovations Eil
T1M ........,_ of tiM F-,r Student AsSociation's retail ·and
food-service operation in the Ellicott Complex continues to run
ahead of schedule. As a result, th&lt; timetable for uruin evenu bas
been 'a=! en ted. Please be aware of the foDowing changes.
Marshall Coiirt •
During the course of the p;o~, heavy co.nstructicn equipment and
delivuy vehicles will requireoaccas to Marshall Court. A temporary
ace&lt;SS road has been constructed from the northeast comer of the
Fargo lot to ManbaH Court. Excavation and foundation work probably will begin next week and continue for several w.:cks. During
this period, there will he an increase in traffic from the faJ10 lot to
Marshal Court. Please be alert to construction equipment and tt"Ucl&lt;
traffic near the entrance to Fargo during the day.
Corridor Access

Beginning May 13, both hallways leading to the Student Qub, as
well as the Student Club seating area and the Elli, will be closed so
the contractors can begin demolition in these areas. Use the tunnel
walkway for tnmsiting around the Complex.
Piau leYel

Beginning May 13, demolition of the skylights over the Student
Club will begin. During the demolition and subsequent construction of the new mechanical room, the plaza will be closed periodically for safety reasons. Please checlt the renovation bot line 6452521, ext. 308, and the Campus Dining and Shops Web site at
&lt;- --Myultcenl.c -&gt; for updates.
The Eli
The Elli will ciQse May I 0 and will not reopen until early September.
Hubie's will be open during th&lt; summer and will stock some basic
health and beauty aids, and snack foods.
The Student Club
The Student Club will dose May 9 and remain dosed until the project
is completed in J;u•uary 2003. Service will be available in Hubie's
until the project is complete. Summer hours for Hubie's will he 8
a.m. until 2 p.m. Monday through Friday
FSA's goals during the construction process are to keep th&lt; project
~on schedule while minimizing the inconvenimces that may occur.
For the convenience of residents and faculty and staff members who
work in the complex, there will be posrings around Ellicott through out the cons truction process, as w~ll as updat~ s at
&lt;www.mJUbanL&lt;- &gt;. Contact Cindy Youngers or Mitch Green
at 645-2521 with any qu&lt;Stions or concerns.

Law alumni to honor six
.-us

a;.

among them Buffalo Academy for ~
the Performing Arts, Catholic Cen- j
tral School, Herman &amp;dillo Bilingual o
Academy and Grover Cleveland ~
High School. The artists will perform
"Skhebekhebe and "the Naughty
Kids," a story designed specifically for
young people, says Thomas Burrows, vided the "spark" for Pooe to put the CFA by the Association of Performing Arts Pr&lt;Senters Arts Partdirector of the Center for the Arts, together "Mine Ghosts," he says.
• Mine Ghosts" is based on the ners 11rogram, underwritten by the
which sporoored Eager Artists' visit
last filii and is working with the gumboot dancing and a capJ"'IID Lila Wallace-Reader's Dig&lt;St ~und
singing competitions held in the and the Doris Duke Charitable
troupe again this year.
Friday and Saturday FoundatioO-Burrowssaysthisfall's
As they did last fall, the South Af- mines
ricans will work with UB students night,Burrowuays.notingthat Pooe visit will be funded by the CFA and
during this return visit, lecturing US&lt;$ the device of a cic&lt;ed mine and . olher sources, which still are being
and conducting master class&lt;S and an old miner "to tell the story of th&lt; identified.
The Lila Wallace grant also
workshops in music, dance and the- gumboots and the singing and wbat
happened in th&lt; mines."
funded th&lt; production of a docuater, he adds.
Both Burrows and Falgiano titer- mentary of The Living Room
Although at this time ordy Pooe
and two niernhersofhiscompany= ally gush when recalling last fall's Project.ProducedbyFuliCirdcStuscheduled to visit 8ulfaJo. tmtatM!y visit by Eager Artists. In "The Liv- dioo. the documentary initially was
set from Oct. 5 througb O.C. 5, Bur- ing Room Project," members ofEa- a way lo record the project's planrows says heapecuarransements to ger Artists performed short plays. ning prooess in order to help secure
be made to allow the full oompany sang, danced and told stories for thegrantfromtheLilaWalla&lt;zfund,
small audiences-ranging any- Burrows says. But, he adds, it bas
to ~me. The visit will culminate on
Nov. 23 in the Mainstagt theater in wh= from 20 to 100 spectaton;- . became a way of sharing th&lt; Living
th&lt; CFA with th&lt; premiere of a full in private hO&lt;n&lt;S and in community Room Project with th&lt; hosts, and
stall" pie&lt;x entitled "Mine Ghosts," centers in Buffalo. After the perfor- othercompani&lt;S andorganizatiOns.
based on dance competitions per- manC&lt;S, the cast shared a meal and as well as the Lila Wallace fund
1be documentary features interformed by South African minen. he conversation with th~ir hosts and
views with Pooe, Burrows, Falgiano
says. Burrows adds he hopes that audiences.
Among
th&lt;
"community
hosts"
for
and
some of th&lt; hosts, and indud&lt;S
some UB theatre and dance students
the 16 performances W&lt;r&lt; public and footago of some of th&lt; perfunnances.
can perform in the show.
A special sc=ing of the docuRob Falgjano, assistant director of privatecitiz&lt;nr-induding President
the CFA, recalls that Pooe had at- Wiltiam R.and:vm,yreiner:-"l~ , men1ary~ held (or.invi.tec! gu&lt;Sts
tcnd'-'f.! a ~rfonnance ot the dance as such community organizauons aS on Monday in the CFA.

every

Aft
of t..w School will roaive Distinguished Alumni
·Awards for their valuable contnbutions to the leg;aJ profession and community at th&lt; 40th annual UB Law Alumni Association meeting and
dinner to be held at 6 p.m. Wedn&lt;Sday in th&lt; Hya11 Regency Buffalo.
The alumni association also will recognize a non-alumnus, N"ds Olsen,
dean of the Law School since 1998, who will roaive a special award for
"outstanding service to th&lt; Law School, univ=ity and community."
Awards will be presented to:
• The Hon. Julio M. Fuentes '75, who will be honored "for his
conscientious and diHgent performanc~ in the judiciary.· With
Fuent&lt;S' appointment in March 2000 by President Clinton to the
United Slates Coun of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, he became the Law
School's highest-ranking federal jurist.
• Kenneth A. Manning 77, partner in the BuffiUo-based law firm of
Phillips. Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine &amp; Huber llP, will be honored "for his
leadership by example as a private practitioner." Manning handi&lt;S large,
complex litigation cases, prosecuting and deknding class actions. product liability, personal injury and comrnen:ial litigations.
• Robert M. Elardo '81, JtlaDI8in8 attorney for the Voluntttr Lawyen Project. Inc., will he honored "for his commitment to public service." Since 1984, he bas run this pro bono"program that coOrdinates
th&lt; efforts of voluntttr at~Drt~qS in the Provision of quality civil leg;aJ
services to law income people and anal! not-lOr-profit groups.
• John T. Frizull '55, of coUn.d in the Bul&amp;lo oi!Kr of Hiscock
Barclay Saperston &amp; Day, will be honoml "for his many contributions to the betterment of our community." Frizull, whose practice
OV&lt;r the years bas concentrated in civil litigation, bas served the community as an arbitrator and mediator, as a past president of the Erie
County Bar Association, and as a past diiecto1 of the Erie County
Bar Foundation.
,
• v-Udri L Pryor '78. president and CEO of ssu' USA Mutual life
Insurance Co., will be bonored "for her eumplary performance in
business."Having earned bachelor's, MBA and"JD degrees. as well as a
CPA, Pryor in less than 24 months led the turnaround of the 61 -yearold New York company into a mutual life insurance company with
SIS billion dollars of insurance in fora:, and $1 .3 billion is assets.
• Nils Olsen, dean and professor of the Law School, will he honorrd • for outstandi,!'g se~ice to th~ ~w School allfi the commun ity
by a non-alumnus. Appotnted dean tn August 1998, Olsen directed
the implem~ntation of the school's new curricuJum. He has over·
s~ . the development of 12 concentrations, an enlargement in tht
apphcant pool and sd ~t..L ivr~)'. &amp;nd an incre.a in pnvatt support.

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Tennis c~ach leads Outdoor Pursuits program for those who want to explore wilderness
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TRilNSITIONS
Moving In
Keith OJborne Ellis, from as-wxiat~ d1recl0f of Technok&gt;gy
Acquis.it1on and Global lken!Wng

w•th the Procter and Gamble
Co 1n C•nonnatJ, to d1rector ot
the lntellectuctl Property DMs1on

w•th•n the Otllce of -sc..ence,
Technology Transfer and Eco-

nom•c Outreach (STOR)

Moving Up
D•vln• A. OtirKHts, from naff
as.sodate 1n Accounting and
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Budget SoervKe\,

to

director of

grants and contracu service\.

Retirements
Don•ld Armrtrong. proftssor,
Medical Tochnology

Be•trke A..

aewen.secretary

2, CIO Administr.Jtive Operations

c;eo,ge s. lloblnud, ~""'"""'·
Ubrary and Information Studies

Fr1na D. Boldt. auodate professor, Music
Colt E. - . prolasor, English
Goron E.~ profes-

sor, Gynecology-Obstetrics
...,.._... c;, Hohn. auto body
mechonlc, focllitio&gt; Operations
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Crispell is UB's outdoor adventurer
ay DONNA LOHQH£CJWI
Rqxxt~ Assistant EditCM'

EMBERS of the UB
community looking
for a true wiklmless
advmture--&lt;&gt;r those
wanting to push the boundaries of
theirporsonallimitations---need look
no further than Russ Crispell, men's
head tennis coach and ooordinator of
the llllivenity'sOutdoor l'wsuiu program and veteran outdoonman.
Outdoor Pursuits. which is open
to students. staff, faculty, alumni and
the community-at-large, is designed
to provide opportunities for wilderness exploration ro both the experienced and noviceadventurer. ln fact,
CrispeU could be called an "adventure specialist," happy to show anyone why it's important to retrtat and

M

-.cen the value of this all my life,"
l ·n,pt:ll o:oaid. '"lt'sdomg thesethings
dl·, ~,.•Jop!;

lnterdt:"pcndcnt part ·
n~r"hlp.!! . It \ &lt;1 wm · wm sit uation ."
H .... muttu I!; "ht:c;J uSC adventure
I re ~.·~ th~ )tplfll." and he's St:en the
•mpJ(I hi.!! yc..·ar· lung schedule of
IMckpJcking. .!!llOWshoei ng. canocmg Jnd k.!yJk.mg trips Jnd wilder·
Ill.'!&gt;' .. urv1v.ll cia~ ha!~ had on st u·
dt.'nl.!! J.nd o tht.'r partictpants, espeCI.III )' thoSt.· who ncwr had stepped
loot on a hiking trail prior to joinmg an cxcursit)ll into the outdoors.
I k SCC!l th CM' opportunities as prevcntativt: m eJsures against stress
and for m.my, thelx.-ginningof a lifelong explorJtion of the outdoors.
lt '!&lt;~ahioa gre-Jt release for students
dealing with hcrtic schedules and
~xams. Crispell has see n perfect
.!It rangers form the strong bonds of
frit."ndship that the mutual depen ·
th,ll

VEN at 10 million square
feet, UB is suffering from

E

Space Planning to grapple with the
end result- a majo r, university wide space crunch.
T he problem is not just abo ut
having enough classroom space-space in general is at a premium an d
how it's being used is a major issue,
says Ann Newman, director of space
plann ing in the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Vice Presi dent fo r Health Affai rs.
Newman, wh ose office is respon sible for planning for all academic and
non -academic space at UU. wanL-. to
make it dear that aU space at UB belongs to the unh'ef'Sityasa whole,and
u.s aUocatio n and u.se always should
support the mission of the university.
Adequate uti lization is crucial,
Newman points out, because the
state won't support requests for new
buildings unless it st.-es that current
space is being well -used.
"Right now, we're in the fifth year

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the ~'riner Wtlliam Sound. and amp
on Coole Inlet &lt;Mrlooking Mount
Redoubt , a 10,000 foot volcano.
These robust campers. five whom ...
over SO, also will expkn Fairbanks,
bringing them d&lt;* to the Arctic
Cirde. and visit the 100-foot walls
of the Matatanuska Glacier. In ~
tion, the group will pan for gold a.ld
fish for salmon, and jusl sit baclt and
watch the Northern l.ighis.
Trips planned for the fall semester indude a backpaclting excursion
to the Adirondacks and a ·snowflake" canoe paddle in Algonquin
Park in Ontario. where breaking ice:
with canoe paddles might be part
of the experience.
During the winter, CnspeU will
lead a snowshoe trip through the
Chautuaqua Gorge. In the spring of
2003. heartier sou ls can go
whitewater rafting in the ZoarValley
or visit New England on a backpack·

ing tour. And although plans havn1 't
lx'&lt;n firmed up. Crispell hope. to
Ruu
Prince Wllll•m
Sound •nd surrounded bJ the Chugach Mountains. The •re• Is
f•mous for I'! c•l•lng gl.clen •nd sltlngs of killer •nd humpback
wh•les. Crispell 's flrst trtp to Al•sk• w•s two ye•rs ago •nd he Is
le•dlng • second group of 10 there In • few wHks.

sports career b ovcr,but what }'tm'vc

And sometimes, these activities we
o ffer can change a kid".!! tifc,can open

unique and purely optional" opportunity to ·camp ou t rather than stay
in a motel, which provided a crucial
chance for the team to bond "They
talk about this trip every week-tt

their eyes." he said. "It's the catalyst

really had a positi"" impaa on the

learned those fouryearsacack:inirolly
wiJJ slay with )'OU the rest of your life.

for major positive change.''
team, on their relatiQnships with one
Ht• recounts the experiences of a11 another," says Crispell.
environmental studies major, who
From May 22 to June S. Crispell
two years ago. took her first canoe . and his brother, Herb, a retired
dass. Her enthusiasm led to her be- physical education professor, will
coming a volunteer assistant for the take a group of 10 on the ultimate
Outdoor Pursuits program and adventurr--an excursion into the
later, o paid assistant. She now has Alaskan wilderness.

been hi red by Brockport State Col-

The group will backpack in Denali

lege to develop a program similar to
the one Crispell runs. " It's amazing

Nati'onal Park. explore the Kenai
~ninsula, sea-kayak in Whittier and

le:td J gmup e1tht"f on a Yellowstone.~
P.1.rk tnp or bJ.ckpadung m l:.uropt'
Along w1th peak cxpencnces tn
th~ ou tdoor., , LnSpell run-, sk11l~
duuc.!l lur tho~ who wanl to learn
tn roll a kayak or p.1.ddh.· a canot·. &lt;b
well .u survaval trJinmg dmscs and
wildcrm.'S.\ first .ud and EMT dassc..~.

Crispell has organiud a Wildemes&gt;
Fmil Responder course to be taught
at UB May 17- 19 by CDS Inc., a
non -profit company that provido
in-depth scarch-and·rcscuc and wilderness, medica] and survival train ing. Panicipants learn how to deal
with everything from minor cuts to
major medicaJ emergencies.
For more information about Out-

door Pursuits' events and das.ses, visit
the program's Web site at &lt;http://
wings. buffalo.edu / org I
outdoorpo.nults&gt; or call 645-6669.

Newman emphasizes that academic and space planning should go hand in hand
By DONNA LONCODftCKfR
Rtp011er Assistant Editor

-a.-.seniofstlffoso..tcl A...,._., p&lt;olessor,
Eduational L.eldenhip and
Policy

edge of group dynamics and team buildingto ~op leadership skills
and foster po5itiv&lt; rdationsltips.
..What wt'rethcre for is tocducatr
kids for life. For example. if you're
going to playt&lt;rinisor play sports (at
the univemty), after four years. your

what one, one-credit class can dothe impact is very profound."
His tennis team hasn't escaped the
call toadvmture.eitber. During midseason. Crispell has taken team members am ping and careening down a
river in the Zoar Valley, facing 8-10
foot swells in Oa.u 4 rapids. C&gt;n&lt;z,
during a conf"""""' championship.
he offered the team the "rather

UB experiencing campus-wide space crunch m

sodote, educ.otlonal ()pporru-

nltyCentor

wilderness Journey can provide.
And as a coach, he uses his knowl -

lea rn to recreate--or "re-create.. as
he calls it-and rcvitali1..c the spirit.
''I'm a teacher too, I love to open
pt.•ople '~ C..'\'~ to nc..'W options-J've

major growing pains. And
tha t leaves the Office of

YOnity pollee lrwostlgotor 1,
Pubic: Sofoty

dena and shared experiences of a

of a five-year capital plan that was ex·
tended to a sixth year with no additional funding !Tom the legislaturethat was pre-Sept. II -and we don't

know really when the next one (capital plan) is going to start.
"We know what our needs are, and
we know o u r needs ~ greater than
the-funding well get !Tom the state."
The top items on the list of additional space needs a.re new buildings.
including facilities for compu ter science and engi neering, and more
biom edical research space on the
Sou th Campus. Money also is
needed to reno,•atc the space that

would get back-filled, or converted
to another use.
.. Everyone's growing; you have to
look at who's growing the mos t,"
Newman says ... For the next year or
two, we're okay. But beyond that , it
gets troublesome."
As for teaching space, Nc·wmJn

says th.u centrally scheduled dass·
rooms have a very high cap.tcity m
termli of utilization.
"There arl~ some d epartmenb
th.u rl-nli)• use their teaching spau·
very. very well. There Jre some oth ers that could improvc ut ilization."
Nt-wman says.
She abo describes three components that arc essential for good
space planning at a univt'rslfy.
.. First, you need an accurate Inventory of what space you have and
how it's being used . We are well on

our way to that," she says.

"Second, you need a robust and
well-communicated ;u:ademic planning cycle. wh= the growth and forus of departments and sdtools is in
line with the llllivenity's larger goals.
and that academic planning then gets
rommunicated in a timely fashion to
the various offia:s that have to deal
with its effects, such as budget,pmonnel, enrollment, space planning. etc.
"Part of this is an understanding
of the time needed to go from plan
to reality on space issues, Newman
explains. " It takes time for me to be
able to identify additional space opportunities. if they are needed. and
negotiate them. It takes time to plan ,
estimate, find funding, design and
build renovations.
.. If I can commu~icate one thing.''
she stresses. "1t's that no one shouJd
apply for a grJ.nt or create a new program that has space implications-tht:ycannot do it in thLircxistingspacc
without renovations-without J~ng
my office know." Newman notes that

the cruumcb and processes for such
notification

are

described

at

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Faculty members cannot assume
that if they get a research grant requiring new space that they will able

to get that spaa: easily or quickly"especially now that UB is in such a
space ounch," she says. "Not that we
don't wan t people applying for
grant.o-we do--but they need to
think of the space issues early, so I
have time to tkvelop options."
The third component of space

planning, says Newman, is the need
for space·aJJocation policies and
guidelines. At this time, there is no
additional space on campus to convert into classrooms.. and the space
that does exist is not very flexib le-

which, she explains. makes it crucial
that space and academic planning

go hand in hand.
"We have a long way to go to really
incorporate that planning process and
make it a continual thing." she says.
Progress is being made, though.
Newman ha s updated and im proved the space inventory with new
software--a graphic database that
links data and floor plans, signifi cantly improving the quality of the
data and p ro viding a more accurate
inventory of space.
.. If you're in a situation like we are,
where all your programs are growing and your space is not , we·~ going to have to root out those poorly
u t ilized spaces and put them to

other c!Ses," says Newman.

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Retention rates examined

m

FSEC panel finds that high school GPA still best predictor
1!7DOMIAL~CJWI

Repottw- Assist.nt Editof

T

HE Faculty Senate Committte on Admissio ns
and Retention has found
that freshman retention
has inmas&lt;d only slightly in the past
four years, despite unjversity-wide
efforts to increase the rates.
CommitteeOWr lioy\\bod, professor of chemisuy, told the Faculty
Senate Executive Committee at its
April24 meeting that 7&lt;}.69 percent
of freshman students who enrolled
at UB in the fall of 1999 remained at
the university until the spring of their
sophomor&lt; year. compar&lt;d to 77.92
percent of those who enterW the
university in the fall of 1995.
Wood also reported that while
about 5 percent of freshmen drop
out during their first semester, that

number more than doubles by the
t.'nd of the second semester.
The commiucc, which is looking
.11 W.J.)"'i to increa.'OC rt:tention, tracked
lrt.'"ihm('n clas"ics from 1995· 99

through the M&gt;phomore year.
C.ommittc..'l' mcmhen. .tlso looked
.at rlw rdauo no;htp Oct ween ))l"rfor·
m.liKt' on the New York State lk·
gt·n t' t.'~amo; and success at UB,
\\'ntxl ~ud. llH.' purpose..· of the stud)'
walt to

dcH.· rmim~

whether data

ot her than high school grade-point
.tvcragc, including math SAT scores,
performance on math Regents ex-

ams, the number of activities stu dents are engaged in, leadership ac-

individuals wbo want to find peopl&lt;
via eUB and MyUB. Tbe Web Team

tivities, honors and employment

~soh~d~opeda~duhkUB

departmental index that is independent of LDAP data and is drawn
The main predictor of success, •from the data in the print directory's
Wood reported, remains students' 151uepages.
high school GPA.
Petro r&lt;ported that trimming back
In other business, Carole Smith the departmental portion of the diPetro,asoociat&lt; 00, president for uni- rectory was a n&lt;c&lt;&gt;.sary coot-saving
Ymity oommunications, and Kevin measure. HOW&lt;Y&lt;r,she~
E)". Web applications &lt;bdoper for
that the online directory should have
the UB Web Team, gave a presenta- been up·and runniflg before the
tion on UB'o online mr.ctory, aa:es- phone directory's blue pages were
sibl&lt; from eUB, the university's home scaled bock,
Petro said she hopes that CIT·
pase,al
Petro and E~ addres5cd frustra- Wings will fold LDAP into eUB,
tionssenatorsexpr&lt;SS&lt;dabout LDAP, adding that "more and mor&lt; people
!he email directory managed by CIT, are using the online directory rather
and the latest edition of the paper tele- than the paper directory.•
phone directory, which features deIn other business. Robert Shibley,
partmental listi ngs-the blue sec- professor of urban design and chair
tion-that have been significantly of the senate's Public ServicrCornmitscaled back from previous years. They tce,reponedthatwhilecngasedscholalso demonstrated the online a.rship.in theoontcxt of public ~i«.
directory's case of use, its functional · has become a dead issue at UB. many
ity and a much improved (O\'er institutions acro5S the country ar&lt; takLDAPl search engine. Petro noted it ing the lead in what appears to be a
should be possible to udd a link to national lllO\'rnlCtlt that Shibley deHuman Rt:source Services so that us- scribed as ..a revolution...
ers can make changes in their perThe idea of public service ht.-ing
history, could 11rovide additional
insight into predictingsua:ess at UB.

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sonal profile. Senators had complained that the information on
WAP often is outdated or inaccurate.
Petro said LDAP's existing data
structure has been reformatted into
a more user-friendly interface for

ued to tenure and promotion has
only brought a .:.hostile reactjon''

from faculty members, Shibley said,
but UB " will be left behind in the
national movement if we don't take

engaged scholarship seriously.'"

Kids' financial skill on decline
By JOHN DELI.A CONTIIADA
Contributing Editor

URVEY re&gt;ults released last
week by the JumpSUJn Coa·

S

!ilion for Personal Financial

Litemcy and Lewis Man~ell.

UB professor of finance and mana·
gerial economics, show that high
school seniors know even less about

personal finana basics than they did
five years ago.
The good news is th at more

poticymakers ar&lt; sitting up and takingnoticeof the problern,say Mandell
and Jurnp$tlrt r&lt;presentatives.
On average, 12th graders participating in JumpStart's 2002 nationwide survey answered 50.2
percent of the question s cor-

rectly-a fuiling grade based upon
the typical grade sca le used by

schools (90- 100 percent =A, 80-89
percent = B, etc.). In similar surveys

conducted by the co~ition in 2000
a nd in 1997, the average sco res
were 51.9 percent and 57.3 percent
respectively. The researcher for all
three studies was MandelL
.. If there's a bright side, it's that
the si tuation quantified by
JumpStart's surveys has caught the
attenti on of Congress, regulators
a nd others,n said Dara Duguay, th e
coa lition's executive director.

She notes that in February, the S..-n.
ate Banking Committee held hearings
on adult and )'&lt;&gt;Uth financial titeracy.
And earlier this year. President Bush
signed the"No Cllild left Behind Act,"
which makes $385 million in funds
available for local educational agencies to use for .. innovative assistance
programs. including activities to promote consumer, economic and per-

intcndents to place a high priority on
funding innovative personal-finance
education programs when applying
for the money." said Duguay.
5uppon for innovative education
is welcome new.; to Mandell, who believes a major factor affecting the

JurnpStan sun'&lt;)' results is how the
infonnation is taught More than onequaner (28.8 pero:nt) of this year''
survey respondents had panicipated
in a stock market game, where studcnts"invesr" hypothetical money in
simulated Wall StJeet trading. Students who participated in a high

school stock market game scor&lt;d better on the survey (52.4 pero:nt) than
did students overall or those who
completed other oourses in money
manage:rnent or economics.
"Teaching personal 6nana: is like
teaching students how to useoomputers.· said Mandell. "In both cases, students learn by doing and in both cases,

the subject has immediate relevance
to their lives if tmght effectively~
Other findings from the survey:
• The average score for Caucasian
students was 53.7 percent,compar&lt;d
with 50.6 percent for Asian Ameri·
cans,44.8 percent for Hispanics.42.1
percent for African Americans and
45.5 pen:ent for Native Americans.

Males averaged slighdy higher scores
(50.7 percent ) th an fema les (49.7
pen.:cnt). Students from the Mid'"'oot

scored higher (53.5 percent ) than
students from the

orthcast ( 50.5

percent), the West (48.8 percent) and
the South (48.6 percent ).

sonal finance education."
"Our hope is that the latest sun'cy

• A comparison of results from
the 2000 and 2002 surveys shows a
decline in the percentage of students
who do not llSt' a credit card (from
69.1 percent to 67.8 percent ) and
who do not use their parents' credit

results will oompel high-school super-

card (from 18.3 percentto 15.4 per-

m

cen t}. However, there was an in·
crease in the percentage of students
who have their own credit cards

(from 9.2 percent to 12.1 percent )
and an increase in the percentage of
students wf\o have an ATM card

(from 31 percent ot 35.9 percent).
• Nearly 75 pe=nt of the students
have a savings and/or checking acoount with a bank. The 25.7 percent
of thC students without any bank account scored lower (46.1 percent)
than those wbo have a savings acmunt
(5 1.7 percent), a checking account
(50.5 percent) and both savings and
checking acrounts (50.2 percent).
• Slightly more than one-third
(35.1 percent) of this year's students knew that retirement inoom e
paid by a company is called a pension, down from 46 percent in 2000
and 63.5 percent in 1997. In addi tion. 33.3 percent thought such in come was So«!ial Security, up from

30.3 percent in 2000 and 29.2 percent in 1997.
• \Vhile almost 60 percent of the
students knew that sa.Jes ta.x "'makes
things mo re expensive to buy,"
nearly one·quartcr (2 1.2 percent )
th ough t Llu·rc was a national sales
tax of 5.5 percent. Seventeen percent thought the federal govern ment will deduct it from paychecks
and 3.7 percent thought. the tax
didn't have to be paid in Ca!te!t
where mcome was very low.
The )umpStart survey, conducted
this past December, January and
February, consisted of a written 45·
m1nute examination administered

to4,02412thgradersin 183schools
across the U.S.
A copy of the SUT\"ey questionnaire
is posted on the coalition's Web site
at &lt;http://www.Jumpruort.org&gt;
in the ..downloads" section.

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Earth Day is every day .
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While ,._ ..,.,. h..,. let Earth Day slip by

without panicipating in any of the special
events, it 's not too late to become informed about envir6nmental issues .

Earth Day offici~ly was April 22, but why
not embrace the slogan. •Earth Day i~v­
ery Day!" The World Wide Web o~rs a
great introduction to crucial environmen·
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concerns that affect our- daily lives and

future.

Not su re where to begin! Stan with the Yahoo! Directory- Environment and Nature at &lt; http://dlr.yahoo.com /
Sodet)'__ _Cultu,../ &amp;mronment_- _HatuN/ &gt;. Besides providing links to the latest environment and nature news, the directory
covers 01 range of. topics, including consttVation~ global change, pollution, owne depletion and recycling.
To learn more about cri ticaJ environmental topics, visit the Earth
Day Network at &lt;http://www.urthcl•y.net&gt;. Headed by the tni-

tiators of the first Earth Day in 1970, Gaylord Nelson and Denis Hayes,
this nonprofit organization is devoted to spreading environmental
awareness through educational mat erials and publications. Included
on th is site are suggestions on how to involve your work, school or
community. in environmental protection. Biodiversity loss; depleted
and polluted w;uer; vanishing for·
est.s;energy, poUution and climate
change, and equity and environment a re among the man) topiC'i
addressed. Yo u also can 5Ub!tCrih&lt;
IO-thc1r email service mtcndcd tn
keep )'OU up to date on ~m 1rnn
mental issues and Earth D.lv a~.­
IJVlliCS around the wo rld . For a$
sistance 111 planning future Earth
Day events, download the .. Earth
Day Orgamzers Guide" for fret· at &lt;http://www.earthday.n et /
howto/ downloads .stm&gt;.
There is an endless number of resources available on the Web thou
can help you become involved in environmental policies. Friends of
the Earth, a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to protecting
the planet from environmentaJ degradation, has a Legislative Resources
Web page &lt;http://www.foe.org/legls/ lndu.html&gt; that links you
to federal legislation in the current and past congressionaJ sessions,a!t
well as environmental codes and government agencies.
Environmen tal awareness can be taught at a1most any ag~. Int roduce a young person to the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA }
Student Center at &lt;http://www.epa.go•/ stuclents/ &gt;. This Web
si te provides detailed explanations about conservation, waste, recycling. ecosystems and human heahh that may lx of interest to both
parents and chiJdren. A special section highHghts information o n
career, internship and scholarship opportunities in the environmen·
tal field. Activities and games, such as the EPA Inspector and interactive books and puzzJes, also ar~ available.
For a history of Earth Day and additional information on how to
promote a healthy and sustainable future. visit The Envirolink Net work http."//enYirollnk.nedorih•nge.com / , which has served as
the online clearinghouse for environmental information since 1991 .
And remember--every bit counts toward a cleaner and safer
tomorrow!

BrieD
Malaysian ambassador to visit
Dolo' Ghuull Sheikh Abdul Kh~id , the Malaysian ambassador to
the United States, will present awards to outstanding Malaysian students from various U.S. colleges and universiti~including UB-as

part of the Ambassador's Awards Night, to be held from 7- 11 p.m.
May 19 in the Grand B~lroom of the Buffalo-Niagara Marriotc
The awards night will be .the final ""'nt of the 2002 Malaysian Students
Spons Carniv~. to be held May 17· 19 in Alunmi Arona, Nqrth Campus.
The carnival will be hosted br th e Malaysian Student Associatio n
at UB. Attendance is free and spectators are welcome.
Formerly known a~ the Midwest Games, this annual event 1s held
to gather Malaysian students from around the United States for J
few days of spo rts, games, fun and food.
Participants will be able to ompcte in tenni s. soccer, basketball.
ping pong or badminton, but the main purpose of the cunivalas to
make new friends and meet Malaysians from differ~nt parts of the
United States, says Sherene Cheah, a member of the Malar, ian Stu ·
dent Association and an organizer of the event.
For further information, co nt act Cheah at 645 · 8850. or
s peheah@~u.buffalo.edu .

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UB's 1561h general col1lrl\ellCmlellr
ceremony, 10 be hdd at 10 a.m. May
12 in Alumni Anna, North Campus.
Some 6,000 studenu
caodidates lo r=M degrees during the
general commencement and 13
ocher ceremonies 10 be held May 1012, andonMay24.
UB's highesl award, lhe ChancellorCharlesP. NotiOn Medal, will be millionmiles&lt;Mrlhe~ofthrtt
presenled posthumously at lhe gen- space missions. A specialist in inlereral commencemenl ceremony lo nal medicine who received her mediLawrence D. Jacobs, former profes- cal dqjree from Comdllinivorsicy,
sor and chair of the Department of her in-tlighl research focuses on the
Neurology and a world-rmowned ·physiological dfects of space rmo.l.
researcher in therreatmenl ofmulAStar swimmer and J994inducree
tiplesderosis (seesiDry,page 1).
iniO lhe UB Alumni Association's
Spealcinga1theoemnonywillbe AthkticHallofFame,she~
Presidenl ~ R Greiner~ asafri.shman......fintUBwoman
graduati ng senio r Nanietle H. 10 place in a national collegial&lt; athColeman.
ldic: championship.
Greina-and Provost Elizabeth b.
'lbles,wbowillreczMaSUNYhonCapaldi will confer degrees.
orary D!&gt;&lt;mr of Humane Leru:rs def.levenstudenuwillberocognized gree,isa lluft'alo natiYeandoneofthe
during theseneraJ oomrnencement nation'sn'loot acdaimededitarial carTor=Mthe SUNYOwlc:ellor's IDOnisu.Asa&amp;.shmanatUB,hewas
Award for Srudenl E.acdlence are graphicartsediiOroftheSpa:rnmt.a
David P. Bartels, Melissa A. Burgio, position he held until he gradualed
Amy E. Fuller, Preethi Govindaraj,
""'1l"" cum laude with a bachdor's
Jenna IC. Kmnan and Coleman.
dqjree in English in 1973.
Colemanalsowillreceivethe DiUpongraduation,hewashiredby
vision of Srudenl Affairs Senior the Buffw Courier Exprm. When
L&lt;adcrship Award.
thai paper do5ed 4&gt; 1982, he became
Four graduates wiJJ receive !he the ediiOrial cartoonist for The BufCollege of ArU and Sciences Dean's falo News and, in the same year,
Ouurandi.ng Senior Awards: Allan J. signed a contract with Unive....J
Mangaser in the arts,Jenna D. Lay in Press Syndicate.
the humanities, Brian N. Tse in sciSince then, his cartoons have apme&lt; and mathematics, and Jocelyn peared in more than' 200 North
R Bell in the social and behavioral Americannewspapen.Hisinsightful
sciences. They are among the lOp stu· social commencary has earned him
denu named from 1he 27 depart- some of journalism's highesr aa:omeniS in the college, who also will
lades, indudinglhel'ulitzer Pri2rand

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Mencktn Fret confer degrees. "
•
Pr&lt;ssAward.'
• SchoolofEngineerinsaodApToles soon plied•Sciences, 1 p.m., May 11 ,
will begin AlumniAri:na.Marlfl&lt;arwan,dean
work as 1he Ofthudwol, willspeak.Granrwill
edicorial car- confer degrees. .,
100niS1 for
• Lzw ~1. I p.m., May II ,
The Washing- Cenl&lt;rforlhoiNU. The speaker will
ton Post, re - be Herman SchWartz, professor of
placing Herbert L Bled. known as law at American Univmiry and a
Herblock.
former UB law faculry member.
In addition 10 the general Greiner will a&gt;n.r.r degrees.
romm&lt;l'l&lt;ZmtlOny, UB will hold 13
• School of Pharmacy and Pharocher C0l1111l&lt;11C&lt;1ll cmmonies: mooMical Scitn=, I p.m.. May II ,
• Gradual&lt; School, I p.m., May SleeConc:ertH.U.WayneiC.AnderI0, Cenler for lhe Arts, Nonh Cam- son, dean of lhe school, will speak.
pus. The speaker will be Bruce A. Bernardino will confa- degrees.
Holm, senior vice provost. Capaldi
• School of Archilecrure and
will confer degrees.
Planning. 2 p.m., May II , Hayes Hall
• School of Health Relaled Pro- lawn , South Campus. Frances
fessions, 9 a.m., May II , Alumni Brona, associace dean and ·profesArena. The speaker will be Scephen sor of architecrure at RensselaaL Wilson, director of the School of Polylechnic lrutiruce and presidenl
Allied Medical Professions and as- oflheAmerian r..J'-'·•·Schools
~...soaacedeanoflheCollegeofMedi- ofArchitt:cture,willspeak.Levywill
cineandPublicHealthatOhioSrace oon.r.rdegrta.
UDNersicy. Michael E. Bernardino,
• SchoolofManagomenc,S p.m.,
vice presidenl for health af&amp;in, will May II, Alumni Arena. Jerry M.
con.r.rdegrta.
.Newman,inrcrimdeanoftheschool
• School of Social Work, 9 a.m., and SUNY l&gt;istinjpJished Teaching
May II, Cen1er for lhe Arts. New Professor,willspeak.GranrwillconYorkStlreSen. Byron W. Brown will fer degrees.
speak. Kcny S. Grant, vice proYOOt
• GracluaceSchoolofEducarion,
for acadernkati'airsanddqnoflhe 5pJn.,May li,Cenl&lt;rforlheArts.
gradual&lt; school, will roofer degrees. Addaid&lt; H. Sanfixd, NewYorkSrate
• School of Nursing. 9 a.m., May regen!, will speak. Greiner will conII, Slee Concert Hall, Nonh Cam- fer degrees.
pus. Loretta Ford, fonner dean of
• School of Denial Medicine, 2
the Univenily of Rochester School p.m., May 12,Cenca-fortheArts. The
of Nursing. will speak. Greiner will speaker wiD be Lawrmce A. Tabak,
confer degrees.
director of lhe Nationallrutiruce of
• School of Informatics, 10 a.m,. Denial and Craniofacial Research.
May I I, Srudenl Union Thea Ire, Bernardino will confer degrees.
Nonh Campus. The speaker will be
• School of Medicine and Bi&lt;&gt;Jose-Marie Griffiths, Doreen E. medical Sciences, 2 p.m., May 24,
BoyttChairanddirectoroftheSara CenlerfortheArts.AniOniaNovello,
Fine Jnstilule for Interpersonal New York Srale health commisCommunication and Technology in sioner, will speak. Bernardino, who
lhe School of Information Sciences also serves as dean of the medical
al thelinivorsicyofPittsburgh. Ken- school, will confer degrees.

Faculty comment on rise ofle Pen in France

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coral success in lhe qualifying race for the French
presidential election, which lhe I.Dndon [)aj}y Sumdanl rd'erred 10 as "!he
awakming of a v.unpire," may signify
cme&lt;ging niCism, bul will be "deal!
with r&lt;Spoosibly by European nations,"a UB human,righcsex:pertsays.
Claude Welch, SUNY Disringuished Professor in the Departmen! of Political Sc:ience.says he was
surprised by the showing of Le Pen
and his ulrra-righl .wing National
Fron1, which has been publicly deplored throughout Euro)&gt;O---&lt;'vm
by the righl-for iis virulen1racism
and arracks on immigranu and immigration laws.
"II demonsrnueslhe streak of racism that can emerge in lhe privacy
of the voting booth," Welch says.
"I think his sua:css so outraged the
French because France has Europe's
th ird - largos~ Jewish population, as
weU as a history of anti-Semitism to
which the French government and
people are very sensitive: he says.
· He mlds, h&lt;&gt;Wt'Vtt th:rr-tlti.-ei&lt;'C'--

lion "should nol be the immediace righl by French~ says Vardi.
concern of Americans, since Le Pen
"The drawback of his making il
almosl certainly will Jose the run- this far is thai he will get equal time
off election."
on television and will be very visLiana Vardi,associace professor of ible" untillhe run-off election is held
hislory, agrees. calling Le Pen's sue- on Sunday.
cess a fluke and "the wifortunale
In spire of the furious call-loresull of an overmn6den1 political arms Le Pen's showing has provol&lt;ed
left !hat wanled to 'send a message' in left.-to-cenler politicians across
10 France's socialise prime minislcr, Europe. Vardi says there is no doubt
Lione!Jospin,byvotingGreenorfor in allj'one's mind rh ar Jacques
another splinter Left parcy, in lhe Chiracwill win the dection, despik
firsr election round •
several cba1JP of axruprion relaled
"They now have learned a very 10 his tenure as mayor of Paris.
painful lesson," she says. "This is a
She poinu 10 an ediiOrial in lhe
walce-up caU to lhe govmunenl and French ldl daily, I.ibmttion,that"'lll"'l
IO the political left. and I believe il the French 10 Yale for "the aook and
will be heeded.
not for the fascist." and to tdcvision
She says thai Le Pen, who is de- . inla'Vi&lt;ws with left-wing YOierS thai
manding more prison beds, an ex- indicatt that they wiD indeed rally 10
ponded po1i&lt;r furcr with new powen Chirac, ~ rductandy.
and an end 10 imrniq.ttion,spealcs ro
"There has been a lot-ofdiscussion
people'sfeanaboutgrowingviolena in the press about mounring antiand unemploymenl thallhe WM"J· Semi !ism and demandstbaclhe fPV·
men! has not addressed head-on.
ernment take ir seriously,"Vardi says.
He has done so, she says, by ap"It seems 10 be roming oul of lhe
pealing 10 racism and xenophobia. suburbo,ralherthanfuscistslcin-head
" Le Pen got 15 percenl of lhe &gt;&lt;&gt;le in gmups associaled with the far righl
the last election and 17 percenl this and is an inappropriate, 10 say the
round---elOughcogethimiOiheS&lt;C· leas!, extension oflhe lsradi-Palesond baUol, bu1 no\ enough_10 \)&lt;:~)&gt;- rinian q&gt;n!lte) oqlo hom~und."
onstrate a great shift to the extrem~
\\fhile Le Pen's success m this dec-

tion will be short-lived, one thing
Americans should keep an eye on. according 10 Welch, is lhe ta:ml sucass

of right-wingpolitical parties in Norway,ltlly,Denrna:rkand lUtugallhal
may be seen again in the upcoming
Dulch and German eloc:tions.
"Le Pen represenu something
lalgerthan bimself---..the wxlcdying
streak of racism lhatexisu in nations
throughout Europe. Even rhough
DOW il does nol have wides'pcad
popular support, it could be athmcr
10 civil bbertY," he says.
"If moderace govornmenu wen:
10 react IO lhe activities of the righl
wing by damping down on free apression everywhere, they would
sordy 1esr lhe limi!S of free~
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adds, "thai Europe is a made up of

malure, ~societies lhatcertrinly will deal with the far~· and
its activities in a reasonable way.·
He says lhe
rise in support
for the European righl wing is due in
part 10 lhe fact that Europe---including Fro.ncr---bas a higher race of un- ,
employmenl than lhe U.S., and many !
Europeans blame North African and
Turkish ammigrancs for lalting jobs

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·Recruiting efforts pay off

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Tsoundslilrd&gt;eperf&lt;ctjobviJiting ....:&gt;tic wuntries and
meetingallsortsofinla"elting
people from many culluns.
But, u Joseph J. Hindrawan, assistant vice (liJMlll and dir&lt;ctor of
international enrollment rnanaaemmt, can attest, tn.vding the international stu&lt;j&lt;nt-r&lt;aUiting circuit is
anything but Jl!amorous.
But the effort$ of l;l.indrawan;
St....,n L.Shaw,directorofinternational admissions, and the rest of
their staffhav~ paid off. The number of iriternational st.udents at tending UB has been increasiog
steadily durin,B the past five years,
from 6.81 percent oftbe total uni versity enrollment in Fall 1996 to
11.07 percent of the total enroll·
mcnt in Fall 200 I. And the work
will continue-Hinc\rawan says his.
office has been given a ta1get of 13
percent of the totaJ university en·
ro llme~t by Fall 29Q6. That figuce
wouiQ .bring UB in line "!ith many
of its peer institutions of similar
size and ranking, he adds.
While 'recrUiting,trips overseas
ca n begrueling-UBmff members
routine!y take part_in fasr-paced,a:rganized lfillrs in which they· spend
only a day br two in a numlxr of
co untries--they can havr an imme·
diate impact,Sh~w says, notiqJi that
after Hindrawan's first such trip 10
Asia in 199~UBsawaoin~ .in
graduate enrollment during the next
admissions cycle.
"It's a matter of getting our name
and information out there,• he says,
likening these trips to the university
or college fairs that are hcld in hotels in the U.S. "We have the programs, we have the quality,~ have
the affordable costs that many of the
internationals are looking for.•
Compared to other U.S. institu·
lions. UB always has had " fairly good
name recognition• a.nd some "fairly
high - plaCed graduates" in such
countries as Taiwan, Korea and Japan, Shaw says, adding that "alucnni
can be key" to recruiting, arranging
meetings with students and parents.
While on these fall recruiting
trips, VB staff members also visit
local high schools and international
schools, as weU as the counsel secti o ns of the U.S. embassies,
Hindrawan s3ys. These side trips
provide a weaJth of information
about such things as visa require-

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menu and ed~ trends in the
country-W.. which majon studet!ts are m&lt;&gt;&lt;t interested in---he
says. Shaw adda that information
p&lt;rtaining to pduat£ stuQ&lt;nu is
shared with the various achools and
departments at UB that )oan!lle

graduattadmisiions.
~ notes that UB staff
abo ~ oveneu trjps in the

a big hit with the cumnt U.S.-Ca·
nadian e1change rate, the
university's pronmity to Canada
and the ivailability and quality of
programs shoUld be selling JX\ints
to attract &lt;;an ad ian students,
Hindrawan and Shaw soy.
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who expressed an inttrest in UB
during the .f.ill recruiting visit.
These visits are focused on trying
to "conyincc students t.Q come here.
trying to get the yield as high as
possible," he says.
Since that first recruiting trip in
1995, Hindrawan and his staff have
significantly stepped up the overseas
outreach effort. Besides Asia, staff
members visit fairs and ·schools in
the Middle East and Latin and C.ntral America. The itinerary for this
spring included stops in Thailand,
Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia,
Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Korea ,
Maico, United Arab Emirates. Ku wait, Oman and Bahrain.
Moreover, this year Cana~ ­
pecially Southern Ontario-has
been a focw of efforts.
Hindrawan notes th~t secondary
education in Ontario is moving
from a 13-year system to a 12-year
system. That means there will be two
batches of high school graduates
next year-too many students to be
accommodated by Canadian uni·
vcrsities. he adds.
While US's affordability may take

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veloped a new .Web site &lt;http:/ I
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for proopective Canadian students.
Sbaw.and Hindrawan say .that
contrary to the popular wisdom, the
events of Sept. II have not affected
US's international studcnH·ecruiting efforts.
Staff anended educational fairs in
Asia at theendofSeptember,and for
the most part, only Japanese students
and parents expressed concerns
about security, Hindrawan says.
Most Asian students have not let
Sept. II change their plans to come
to U.S., Shaw points out.
"Can you imagine an American
parent sending their 17- or 18-yearold child dear across the world
where the parent doesn't speak the
language and a catastrophic event
happens there?" he asks. "(Asian )
Parents are much morr realistic
and knowledgeable in a world view.
Maybe they won't put their kid
right in New York City, but they
know they have to have an educa·
tion, they want a good education.
This is a relatively safe place. And
they'll do it."

Jacobs

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""'a~ and UB ,....._record 12 bou&gt;er1oThe Grills rebounded
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lnnirr&amp; of a c:loubWleader at Bowtinl Green on 5ar;un:Ry tO earn two c:ome-from.l&gt;ehtnd wins &lt;N&lt;r 0. Falcons. UB SCO&lt;'I!d six runs In lhO tcp d !he
se.endl.lndudtns lour on • annd slam by sophomorw Branne Null, w tab a
6-1 win in !he opener, and chen scored three runs In !he sewnth looln&amp; d the
~ lnduclintl two on a rrtple by Ha,u•. co break • 4-4 tie and tab a 7-4
win.
' The Fakons rebounded for a I 0..7 win in the t:hree-pme .series firWe on
_Sunday. Freslvnan Julie H - hk a two-run rrtp1e In tho tcp d tho -.!h. but
the FaJcons hekt on tD their lead to ~ one win in me series.

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the SOOO me&lt;on. Ludden linbhed 28th in the r-ace and brol&lt;e his old marl&lt; d
14:SS.I4. set last season.
.
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and Zacarielo esabllshod a new record will! &lt;her l:2B.I t sl-oowirc,The '""""
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The women\ 4x400 r1!by team d jenelle Catlende.-, Christina Keck. Me&gt;pn
Rocen and Blaunca Mcfanand placed second tn Its Mat tn 3:54.91. Mcfanand
also finished""""' In 0. Easum Triple Ju&lt;!lp~ '!'&gt;~PQ;ttJ_.7'1m) .
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Hollie Rhodes linbhed t ..... In ""' lOOt?~ J 1:31.47. L!un
Olson dod loo- 14th In the pole vault at t0-4&lt;2S (l.!61n).Tho'!&lt;'"*'\ '!riK
medley ,..., squad d Catlende.-, Mchrland, te.dt and Alison Gsb finbhed thO-d
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tion, and was past president of the
American Soci&lt;tyofN&lt;11roimaging.
He lectured widely, au tho rod more
than 200·publications on neurology
and served as a member of the editorial board of seve-a~ medical journals.
A native of Buffalo, Jacobs graduated from Niagara University and
earned his medical degree from St.
Louis University in 1965. After a
residency at Mount Sinai Hospital
and School of Medicine in New York
City, he returned to Buffalo, beginning his c:a.recr in medicine as an
aucnding physician at Millard
Fillmore Hospital in 1973. He joined
the t,JB faculty the same year as a
clin ical assistant professor in the

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Department of Neurology. He
served as chief of research at the
Dent Neurological Institute from
1985-89.
In 1987, Jacobs became chief of
the Baird MS research center, which
was devoted to developing bener
treatments for the disease and a cellence in patient education, dini·
cal programs and support services.
He became head of the neurology
department at Buffalo General Hospital in 1989. A year later, the Jacobs
Neurological Institute was dedicated
in memory of Jacobs' parents.
Genevi~ and Louis.
He held the Irvin and Rosemary
Smith Chair in Neurology in ~he

School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, established with a $1.5
~on endowment from Biogcn,
manufacturer of Avonex.
Jacobs was a member of the distinguished Jacobs family, civic leaders in Western New York and historically supportive of higher education and the University at Buffalo.
He served on the UB Foundation,
Inc. from 1991 -0 I. His wife, Pamela
R. Jacobs. is a member of the SUNY
Board of Trustees. His brother, Jeremy Jacobs. chainnan of Delaware
North Cos., chairs the UB Council,
and serves as honorary chair of The
Campaign for US: Generation to
Generation.

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Bowline Green 4, UB 0
The Bulls conduded cllolr season at tho MACV\bnen~T...-a Championships.
held last~ In Muncie, tild. with a 4-0 lou"' Bo¥.4.. a-. tn 0. fim
round cA the tournament.
With the tou. UBIInishes the 200t.{)2......, 2-16 aoe.-.lt and 1).9 tn
taaueplay.
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UB hosted tho Mac Men~Tennls ~ ,_,. 0. - b u t the
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Glen Tennis a n d - OJb due co lndemont-. UB tlnishod tl).t I
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Pharmaceutlul Sciences
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Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
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Student Ensemble Concert
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f or more information, Slee
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Drive, Amherst. 3 p .m . Free.

Tr.Oir Field
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Campus. 4 p.m . Free.
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Medicine and Biomedkal
Sciences, Dept. of Medicine,
.Dept. of Neurology and
Division of Pulmonary Critkal
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Physks Seminar
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20S Natural Sciences
Complex, North Campus.
3:30p.m. Free .
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7:30p.m. froe. Spomored by
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" 19th Century ~tanlcal
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Q&amp;A: Andrea Qmantino di5cu5ses

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North Country quake poinn up
needfor upgrading structures

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University at Buffalo

M6re
Mud
juniors liz Geuss Oeft) and
Unda Tran don't seem to
care in the least that they're
a muddy mess after taking
part in Oozfest on Saturday.
The annual mud-volleyball
game, billed as the largest
such event in the U.S., is
presented by the University
Student Alumni Board.

Bioinformatics hot topic for UB Day
Delegation from UB focuses on center ofexcellence during visit to Capitol Hill
outstanding efforts in helping us
"W. arc very grateful for the fed - rnensional simulations, including a
bring it to fruition," said President eral support we"""" received for the molecule that is a component of

. , ILLDI COOI.NAUM
Contributing Ed~or

T

HEpast.pr&lt;S&lt;ntandfuturc
of the Buffalo Cent&lt;r of
Excdlend in Bioinformatics was the topic on

Tuesday as faculty members. staff
member.; and administrator.; from
UB, as well as center partners and representatives of the Buffalo business
community, traveled to Capitol Hill
as part of UB Day in Washington.
The group visited with Sen .
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rep. Tom
Reynolds, Rep. jack Quinn, Sen.
Charles Schumer and Rep. john
LaFalce, as well as with the chain of
key congressional committ(eS.
" UB Day in Washington allows us
to share the progress we've made
with the Buffalo Center of Excellence·in Bioinformatics and to thank
our legislative supporters for their

William R. Greiner, "as well as giv·
ing us an oppor1UJ1ity to outline
bow continued strong fedcnl suppOrt will help us move this initiative forward in the year ahead."
The past year has been marked by
major advancements for the Buffalo
Cen ter
of Excellence
in
Bioinformatics, s!Mting with Gov.
George E. Pataki's commitment of
SSO million in funding from New
York State in December, noted Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi.
She added that the federal funding announced later that month by
Clinton and Reynolds provided fur.
ther momentum for the center, as
have more recent developments,
such as the partnership with an Irish
biopharmaceuticaJ research -and development institute.

project so far and we believe we've
made a lot of progress this year and
believe that the progress will justify
further funding." Capaldi said.
The discussions with key legislator.; and their stallii imolved detailed
progress reports on various aspects

ofthecentorso that member.; of the
delegation have substantial infor-

mation on what has been accomplished so far, as weU as the center's
need for additional federal support.
"We also highlighted a number of
our recruitment initiatives, as well
as our goals for bringing new companies into Buffalo,.. said Bruce
Holm, senior vice provost.
During the visit on Capitol Hill,
member.iofCongrcssandtheirstallii.
had the chance to "walk through" or
"fly through" immersiv&lt;o thrc&lt;o-di-

HDL,·thc "good" cholesterol; a simulation developed by the Center for
Computational Rt:seardl (CCR) of
CT data scans, part of a joint project
with Children's Hoopital to develop
real-time, interactive visualizations
for surgical applications. and a simulation of the Buffalo Niagara Modical Campus, which will be borne to
the Buffulo Center of Excellence in
Bioinformatics.

In addition to G"'incr, Capaldi
and Holm, those who traveled to
Washington included Russ Miller,
director of CCR and Tom Furlani,
associate di=tor; Janet Pmksa. associate vice president for govern·
mental alfairsi Mike Pietkiewia, di-

rector of federal relations, and J&lt;n·
nifcr McDonough, vice president
for university advancement.

Early foods could lead to later obesity
By LOIS IIAillll
Contributing Editor

ONSUMING a milk formula high in ca rbohydrates during the critical
early weeks of postnatal
life causes permanent changes in pancreatic islets imd leads to o=production of insulin and development of
obesity in adulthood, UB biochemists, working with rats, haYc fuunci
Furthermore. this "'-booic pro. gramming" carries through to the next
gcnerntion. Offspring of first-generation high-&lt;arbohydrate-fed (HC) fe-

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malcrats~byperinsulinemia

(high insulin leveis)and obesity without any dietary modification.
Mulchand Patel, professor of biochemistry and senior author on the
study, presented re::ultsofhis res..--arrh
Tuesday at the E.&lt;perimenc-.1 Biology
2002 meeting in New Orleans.
The study provides a n l"'\11 perspective on obesity, according to Patel.

"We are alway&gt; looking at what
happens later in life. Maybe we

should be looking at the role of early
metabolic programming." he said.
"The results from this study involving the high-carbohyd~te- fed rat
model "'1!8"' that what fOods human
babies
fed as newborns may contnbute to metabolic programming.
leading to adult-onset diseases such as
obesity and diabetes," Patel said.
... Overfeeding of formula and
early introduction of supplemental
weaning foods. such as cereals. fruits
and juices that are high in ca rbohydrates, may be the culprits."

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Metabolic programming, sometimes called dietary patterning, isn 't

a new phenomenon. Epidemiologic
studies of malno urished mothers,
which showed that their babies often we re unde rweight a nd at increased risk for several chronic diseases as adults, led to the publichcaJth emphasis o n adequate nur-ri -

tion during pregnancy. Several animal studies on maternal protein
malnourishment or caloric restriction have shown that pre- and im -

mediate postnalll) nutritional modifications have long-term consequences on adult-onset diseases.
"Metabolic signals art reset in response to a high-carbohydrate diet,
which induces permanent changes
at the molecular level in our rat
model," Patel said. "The HC phenotype is transfelnd from cell to cell.
is expressed for life and is transmitted to succeeding generations."
Patel and colleagues """" the fir.;t
to manipulate th~composition of the
diet-the percentages of carbohydrates and fat while keeping calories
co nstant- in orde r to stud y the
metabolic programming effect. Milk
produced by the rat mother is composed of 8 percent carbohydrate. 68
percent fa t alid 24 percent pR&gt;tein;
the modified milk fo m1ula fed to the

rat pups in the UB study was romposed of 56 pm:ent carbohydrate, 20
pm:ent fat and 24 pm:ent protein.
The animals ......, raised for the
first 24 days-the natural suckling
period-using a technique dubbed
"pup in a cup," which involved placing four-da y- old rat pups in
Styrofoam cups floating in a t&lt;rnperature-controlled water bath and
delivering the modified formula directly into the stomach. Rat pups '
reared in this manner rect:iving a
formula compantble in calories to
mother's milk, and rat pups nursed
by their mother.; served as controls.
The high-carbohydrate pups developed high insulin levelS within 24
hours and these levels persisted
throughout adulthood, even after the
rnt.s \ \'ere we-.med onto rat chow, Patcl
said. The ll'SearCh&lt;.n found alterntiom
in the insuli n secretory pa thw-.ty of
panm--auc islet 'ells and mokcul.tr
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Quite often a student union sene.
as the hub of campus activity. I
would go as &amp;r as to argue that a

student union is the community
center of camp~a, serving students,
faculty, staff, alumni and rommunity member.. Our union provides
a venue for campus programming,
activities, services and W:ilities that,
when taken together, represent' a
wdl-ronsidered plan for the rommunity tife of the roUege. In the
early '80s, administrators on campus realized the_importance a student center and how it rould enhance student life on campus. In
1983, the Student Aaivities Center
(SAC) was built the to address these
campus ne~s. The SAC was designed to serve as a unifying force
that could foster a sense of community that would cultivateendur·
ing loyalty to the university. The
building did just that for several
years. However, in theearly'90s, the

campus came to realize that the

SAC was n~t a sufficient size to re-

alize the needs of our growing campus. In 1992, the SAC was expanded by mo re than I 00,000
square feet and renamed the Stu·
dent Union. We consider it the
.. hearthstone" or "living room• of
the campus. Our b uilding features
a large open lobby with an atrium ,
information-booth, lobby cou nter,
· recreational facilities, reservation

rooms and a conference theater. In

addition, the union provides a
home for university departments,
student governments, publications,
Student leadership Development
Center, Commuter Lounge. Dining
Services and more than 75 d ubs
and organizations.
machines, lockers and .. da.iiy
schedule of evmts are just 1 f&lt;W of
the services that are available to the
campus rommunity. lt has be&lt;ome
an integral part of the educational
mission of the irutitution. As the
centeroftbeuniom!itycommunity
life, the union romplernents the
academic experience through an
extensive vatiery of cultural, edu-

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cational, social and recreational
programs. These programs provide
the opportunity to balance rourse
work and free time as cooperative
factors in education. Our reservations department services mo re
than 9,000 reservations each year,
and at the last count, we fo und that
more than I 5,000 people walk
through the doors each day.
Tell m e . - tiM Hantman

S-Center.

HaU, the South Campus
student center, was built in 1934 as
Harriman

the University of Buf&amp;lo's first student union, then caUed Norton HaU.
Although it has undergone both
physical and functional changes
over the years, this landmaik build·

ing colitinucs to serve the South
Campus in its original roleasaccn·
ter for student activities and craft
programs. and as a home for some

departments and academic research.
The building provides the cap1pus
with public dining facilities; the

Greenery, a sit-down restauran~ a
"grand" lobby; ATM banking;
lounge areas, and mming spocc.
After nearly two years of =ovation
and rebahilitation, Harriman now
has ,an elevator tbat provides aa:ao
to its three 6oorsand basement. n,.,
reaovation work also included a
complete mair.eov.r of the ezuptionallypopularauditoriumlm111ti·
purpose room. This unique room iJ

-r much in demand, with ron-

certs, dances and other special
events being held there just about
every woekend. University departments also use this room. In addition to the services and programs
provided by the Office of Student
Unions and Activities, Harriman
provides SJ&gt;ICC for Campus Parking
and UB Cud offices, the studentoperated Off-Campus Housing Of.
6ce, the Institute for Research and
Education on Women and Gender,
and the School of Social Work's
Family Center.
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It's funny you ask thiJ question. We
are planning a few events and surprises in November. We hoJ&gt;.e to

include the entire campus in our
celebration of unity and tradition.
It won't be a surprise if I give away
too many hints. I would just sug·
gest that you keep your eyes open
for a fun-filled week of activities.

Wh•t Is the mission of Student Acthrltlesf

Our mission in the Office of Student Activities is to support the

academic goals of the university by providing education_:l,
social and culturat..t'ctivit:Ju
and programs that mdaigned
to enhance and muimiz.e stu·

denu' co-cUrricular educational opportun.ities. In other
words, we try to give students
an avenue to become involved

in campw activities,· develop
interpersonal and leadership
skills, explore new ideas and
interests and, at the same time,

enhance campus traditions .
Through events such as September Welcome, Family and
Homecoming Weekend, the
office promotes a positive uni·
versity environment that em·
powers students to interact and
share common interests,
heightens awareness and appreciation of cultural differences. encourages expression of
ideas, inspires creativity, fosters
opportunities for leadersh_ip
development, broadens stu·
dents' awareness and understanding of their social respon· •
sibility, and assists in mention
of students leading to gradua tion. I would argue that a rollege education does not begin
or end at the classroom door.
Education and learning occur
in aU aspects of roUege life. The
Office of Student Activities
strives to be a teacher of students as they be&lt;ome involved
in campw life and tradition.
Student Activities creates educationaUy purposeful activities
that will facilitate the d...;,lopment of the whole person.

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SA award recognizes winners' commitment to students and quality ofteaching
By DONNA LONGEHECJtiEJI

Reporttr Assistant Editor

the role of women within these
genres. From 1988-90, Bono chaired

HE undergraduate Student Association has rec·

the university-wide Curriculum
Committee that reformed under-

ognized five faculty mem·
bees for their commitment
to students and quality of teaching by

graduate general education requirements, and from 1995-97,co-cbaired
the university-wide Sesquicentennial

awarding them with the 2002 Milton
Plesur Excellence in Teaching Award
The award is named for Plesur, a
member of the UB history department faculty who died in 1987.
Plesur was a beloved teacher, author
and scholar of popular culture and
the American presidency whose
sense of humor, wannth and erudition captivated students. SA renamed its ExceUence in TeaChing
Awards for Plesur-one of its first
recipients--;~fter his death.
This year's recipients, who were
honored at a ceremony and reception last Thesday, are:
• Barbara Bono, associate profes·
sor of English, who has won her second Plesur award-the first being
awarded in 1992-93. Bono also received a SUNY ChanccUor's Award
for ExceUence in Teaching in 1989.
Her research interests include English
Rmaissance literature, ElizabethanJacobean drama , Shakespeare and

Committee that oversaw the IS month celebration of UB's I 50th
birthday. The committee helped to
organize aU departmental academic
programming, including a major
academic symposium, "Does the
Body Matter," which brought to·
gether six major speak&lt;r&gt; from neuroscience. cognitive science, anthropology and literary studies. She has
been the prosident of the UB chapter of Phi lletll Kappa since 1993.
• Rosemary Feal, professor of
Spanish and chair of the Department
of Modem Languages and Litera·
tures, who recently was appointed to
serve as executive director of the
Modern Languages Association. Feal
has published widely in Latin American literature, and is senior consulting editor of lAtin Amerialn Lit=~ry
Review and associate editor of AfroHispanic Review. She also serves on
the editorial boards of Latino Cultuml
Studi&lt;s. N.-..• Cmtmnial Review and

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Letras Femminas. She co--edits the
SUNY Press Series in Latin American
and Iberian Thought and Culture.
Feal is a Western New York native.
• Maria S. Home, associate professor of theatre and dance, and
founder and director of the Interna·
tiona! Artistic and Cultural E&gt;rllange
Program of the Center for Arts. Her
two main areas of interest are pedagogy in theater-the "Strasberg
Method"--and Ibero-american theater. Her writings have been published in the United States, Latin
America, Africa and Europe. Six of
her dramatic translations have been
professionaUy produced both in the
U.S. and abi"Q04. Her international
credits ~ director, actor, producer,
critic, judge and scholar include nu·

merous presentations in Argentina,
Canada, Chile, Columbia, Costa IOCa,

Egypt, Mexico, Poland, Spain. Uruguay and the United S1&gt;tes.
• Scott Stevens, assistant professor of English, whose scholarly interests are focused on canonical 17th
century figures lik&lt; Milton, Donne
and Herbert, as weU as the developing 6dd of the "Literature ofEncounter"-J.iterature of the period from
Columbus's first contact with the

New World to the early 18th century.
HeiJ working on a book-length study
of this particular material, especially
as it pertains to North America. A
Youngstown native whose mother iJ
an Akwesasne Mohawk and whose
grandparentstivedfor~ofbistife

on tht Tuscarora Reservation,
Stevens continues his work in Native
American studies through the Center for the Americas. He was awarded
a Ford Foun&lt;!Otion Postdoctoral fd.
lowsbip for 2000-01, which allowed
him to spend the acadi.:nic year at
the John Carter Brown Library at
Brown University.
• Judith H. Tamburtin, assistant
p..;f.ssoro[medical tecbnology, who
has worked to develop innovative
teaching materials for the science
education of normal, visually impaired and learning-disabled students, with an emphasis on a multisensory, cooperative, learning-based
system. Her research interests include
the investigation of geneti&lt;/molecu·
lar regulation of terminal erythroid
differentiation and programmed ccU
death or apoptosiJ. Other areas of
intetest include the development of
intraerythrocytic ¥&lt;Sides in individuals with hyposplenistn.

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�Certifyins HN specialists
UB launches nations first program

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fo practicing pharmacists

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provide more practicins pharmacisll
with aa:as to tbae n&lt;W ta:hniques.
All practicing pharmlcists with
HN potienll lftwdcome to portici·
pate in the certifieate prognm,
which also is activdy ooliciting the
participation of AIDS health-are
providers, u well as pharmacy
cbaina or insurm who sign up tbeU
affiliated plwmacisls.
"We hiYt plans to do this on a~
gionaJ basis in cities where the incicleua
o( the epKiemlc is bigbest,"
&lt;http://- ' * . - . -&gt;.
is deSigned to certify pharmacists explained Morse.
around the world to 1 specific stan·
The lint provider to participa~
dard of care so that they can oom- is the AIDS Healthcan Foundation
fortably and knowledgeably work in Florida. Ill pharmlcists now . ,
with HJV patients and tbeU health· involved in the program through
care providers.
Metropolitan Halthcue. the phar"This is the finl certifiatte program maceutical ~~ rompany
in HIV phannacotherapy to establish that provides the foundation's phara rigorous 1M of competency for macy services.
practicing pharmacists." said Gene
The sheer number of medica·
Morse, professor and dtairof the p... tions. interactions, potential toxicipartment of Pharmacy Practice. and ties and issues such .. adh&lt;:rmce and
director o( the Laboratory for Antivi· side effects imoiYed malres dealing
raJ R&lt;search at UB. a Pharmacology with HN patienll
fOr
Support Laboratory for the NatiOnal pharmacists than dealing with·pa·
lnstitutesofHealth AduhAIDSOini- tienu suffering from any other
cal Trials Group (AACTG).
chronic disease, according to Morse.
·Many pharmacists have never
"UB has devdoped a program
received training in HJV phanna· that allows patienll to hiYt ronficotherapy and trying to keep up dence that a pharmacist who re·
with advances in the field is daunt· mves this certifica~ has achieYed a
ing. to say ll)e least." Morse said.
1M of oompetency that is higher
"With HIV patients living longer, than the standard of pradice,• said
tholik&lt;lihood that pharmacists in all Lee KleYens. president ofMetropoli·
kinds of communities around the tan Healthcare.
nation and the world will hiYt them
The program is a rigorous one.
as patients continues to incJ.ease."
Morse said, involving online tests.
Theartifica~program has itsrooiS
required readinp and the submisin theHN Adhermce-Pharmacology sion ofa total of40 ase submissions
Oinic directed by Lori F.adl, clinical by each pharmacist dnwn from the
assistant professor ofphannacy pnc· clinic or pharmacy where they pn&lt;·
lice, who klunded the HN certifiat~ -lice, which then are rniewed by' the
program. That clinic is part of the HN editorial board members.
Allmdanae at aiM one-dayworl&lt;Jrnrnunoddicir:Scrvioe Unit
directed by Ross Hewitt at the Erie sbop also is required. During the
worbbop, the finl of whidl was hdd
County Medical Cmter.
Throush training and mentonbip earlier this month in Rorida, participrograms. as ...U as througb a year- pants are provided deWied infurma.
long HIV pharmacotherapy resi- tion regarding their test raults and
dency sbe developed, Esch has case submissions, and patient cases
trained doctoral students, residents and matla(!'l1lmt issues aredisamed.
During the nat three months,
and practicing pharmacists in innovative patient-education techniques participants are required to submit
and in the overall management of 30 additional cases from their prac·
HJV pharmacotherapy. The online lice. These cases are evaluated by the
editorial board and participants are
certifica~ program was developed to

Contributing Editor

HE School of Phannacy
and Pharmaceutical Sci·
ences has launched the
nation's lim program to
certify practicing pbarmacists in the
~t of antMral treatment
for patients with HJV.
The Jirot!nm, mudt of which is
conducted onlioe througb UB's HN
Pharmacotherapy Network at

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provided r..dbad&lt; via email on each
one. Certification then is awarded.
By the end o( the program, participanll will be&lt;Xllllpetall in ........ in•
.._ includingiU&lt;XZSSfully .....
viewing antirelroYiral drug Jqimens
for patients. revirwing drug m-e.
lions. indU&lt;Iio« those ariaing from
non-HIV, non-prescription aod
herbal medica.tioM; performing
&lt;XJUDI&lt;Iios with palienu to identify
potmtiaJ fidon that moyaxnplicat.e
adhcrm&lt;z; establi.shing individual
pions b-lllllilelrovinl.:lho:reoce and
identifying ways to enhance adherence, and l1lOIIilllring the talicity o(
medications that moy arise in individual palienu booed on medications
they take tDr both HN and concurrent dioeaaes,such as hepatitis B or C.
The czrtifica1e propam is part o(
the ochool of pbarmacy's HN !'bar·
macotherapy Network, theoolyintr:r·
adivepbarmorothrrapyootworl&lt; ll)at
promotes HN care, education and
researdl i&gt;r practicins pharmacists.
Morse fi&gt;unded the HN Pbarmaootberapy Network in i998 to establish a mechanism fOr new ....arch
findin(IS to be reviewed immediately
and disseminated to pnctitioners ·
who, in turn, rould then help optirniu HN therapy.
Once the ootworl&lt; was -'&gt;lished,
he said that he and Other members of
its editorial board began to regularly
receive email rnes50II" from pncticing pbamtacis1s who had numerous
questions about bow best to manawe
the complicalld issues iJJYQived with
arin8 i&gt;r their AIDS patients.
"A1 lint,"" wett responding on a
case-by-ase bosis. Then - reali2lod
that because many of the same roncerns wett popping up. "" sbould
formalitt it, develop 1 database of
cases and provide for pharmacists a
standanl Icw:l of care tDr HIV."
"By submitting the cases, the
pbann1cist shows bow be or she un·
derstood what they have mKI," explained Morse. "It documents their
competency. lo this way, the pro·
gram sets a standard"
For more information about the
program, go to &lt;http://
w -. hly;lo.,Helo.edu/ht..,l/

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UB to stay neutral on New Era
11y DONNA LOMGINICJIIII

R&lt;pOtt&lt;rAsslstilllt Editor
HEunivetsitywillmnain
neutral regarding the
rontroversy surrounding
the New Era Cap Com·
pany, Pr.sident William Gr&lt;iner told
the Faculty Senate Executive Com·
mittee at its Aprill7 meeting.
The oompany, which is a provider
of UB-branded athletic apparel, has
rome under fire from University at
BuffaloStudentsAgainstSweatshops
forwhatthestudentsallegeare.-t·
shop conditions at New Era's factory
in Bangladesh and working condi·
tions at its Derby factory. The Stu·
dent Association has p;wed a resolutioncallingforthcunivmitytosus·
pend its contract with the company.
Greiner, who talked with students
several weeks ago about the company.

T

said UB will not take a position on
Nf"\v F.rn'!&lt;&gt; trcaunent of its wurke~
and ms1sted that the univenity will

mnain neutral on the issue.
"lseewherethestudentsarerom·
ingfrom-lthinktheirheartisinthe
rightplaceandthey~noridi:
~God they're mterested;

Greinertoldsenators,addingthatUB
isn't hiding behind any laws in hon·
oring its contract with New Era, but
is, in fact,incomptiancewith the law.
"The position I've taken with the
students is to try and start from a
principledbase.lhavetobeverycareful about embroiling the university
in any type of political matter."
Greiner said, pointing out that UB
as an· institution must not appear to
betakingsidesinanypoliticalorcontroversiai issues. He made it dear that
the political process and state and
federal laws will decide the oourse of
action at the university when it oomes
the New Era controversy.
"The institution is here to protect

the rights of srudents, staff and fac ·
ulty to o;peak on the issue of New

Era." said Greiner. Moreover, by
maintaining its neutrality, the university increases the prospect of
keeping an open f~rum,hea~ded.
While the licensmg and sellmg of
copyright&lt;dmerchandisecanmean
millions in profit for many univer·
sities, UB's share is relatively small
and hinges in part on the recogni·
lion ofits sports teams. Greiner said.
The problems that have arisen at
New Eraandothertatilemanufactums in the United States are due,
in part, to the desire of organiled
labor to keep as many jobs at home
as it can, Greiner said, calling it a
collective bargaining issue.
Nevertheless. he added, it isn't the
university's responsibility to affect
changes in the working standards at
plants in th~ U.S. or in any other pan
of the world. Those co ncerns, ht•
pointed out, are better left to the
go,•e rnment agencies designed to
deal with those kind" of issue~.

Outstanding CAS seniors
to be honored at reception

T.-~J.-pt -~~- be honored

for being the outstanding
graduating senior in departments within the College of Arts and
Sciences in a ceremony and reception to be held at 2 p.m. May 9 in
the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts, North CampiU. ·
Also to be honored at the ceremony are four members of the CAS
faculty who will receive Excellence in Teaching Awards. They are
Catherine Norgren, associa~ profesaor of theatre and dance and bead
of design and procluction for the department, representing the aiu;
Jiyuan Yu, a.ssistant professor of philosophy, repreaenting the humanities; Jim D. Atwood, professor and chair of the Department of
Chemistry, representing the natural sciences and rnathematia. and
Jessie Poon, associa~ professor of geography, repres&lt;nting the social and behavioral sciences
Each student will receive a medal to be worn at the university's
I 56th general commencement ceremony on May 12.
One student will receive two medals and be honored for taking
top honon within two aeparunents. Joshua Lovejoy ofWtlli.unsvillt
will be honored as the outstanding graduate for the departments of
Oassics and Political Science.
Other students being honored and their departments are:
• African American Studies: Santosha M. Hayes of Cheektowaga
• Anihropology: Laura,M. Johruon of Fairport
• Art: Kevin Karn of Lancaster
• Art History: Joanna Gillespie of Buffalo
• Biolo!Pcal Sciences: David C. Manns of Depew
• un~ for the Americas: Julia" J. Caruso of Salamanca
• Chemistry: Brian N. Tse of New Hyde Park
• Communicative Disorders and Sciences: Felicia Stocco of
Staten Island
• Economics: Colleen Murphy of Webster
• English: Jenna Lay of Pavilion
• Geography: Hearn Yuit Chua of Singapore
• Geology: Jonathan G. Zybala of Williamsville
• History: Andrea Vossler of Well.sville
• Unguistics: Jocelyn R. Bell of Kenmore
• Mathematics: Jennifer L Egloff of Chee towaga
• Media Study: Colin D. Hargraves of Brewster
• Modern Languages and Literatures: Michael D' Agostino of
Brooklyn
• Music: Erik M. Anspach of North Tonawanda
• Philosophy: Thomas Betjernan of Yorktown Heights
• Physics: Thomas P. Downes of Delmar
• Psy&lt;;bology: Kim Jedlikowslci of Buffalo
• Social Sciences Interdisciplinary: Melynda Schneider of Delevan
• Sociology: Karen Kuba of New Hyde Park
• Special Major Program: Jennifer E. Lake of Manlius
• Theatre and Dance: Allan Mangaser of Williamsville
. • Women's Studies: Elizabeth E. Date of Williamsville

Firm graduates from incubator
. . . . . , . _ LHe, lnc.J is graduating from the UB Technology
Incubator and moving to a 4,000-squ~foot facility on Grand Is·
land that includes laboratory, office and pilot manufacturing space.
The company, founded by Robert DOwnie, develop~ and manu·
factures chemical compounds used to produce degradable plastics.
The company's flagship product, Ecostar"', is a chemical com·
pound that when added to resin, can be used to produce degradable
or recyclable items, such as plastic bags, coated papers and plastic
cups or ut~nsils . Ecostarn~ is sold to resin manufacturers and is licensed to a Japanese company.
"Helping companies like Programmable Life 'graduate' from the
incubator program and grow their business in Western New York is
vitally important," said Robert J. Genco, vice provost and head of
UB's Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach.
..The more of these succcs.s stories we have in the area means more
jobs are created, bolstering the economic wealth of the region; added
Genco, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Oral
Biology, where he is chair, in the School of Dental Medicine.
Programmable Life entered the UB Technology Incubator in t999
to build on research done by ECOssais LLC, an earlier venture started
by Downie. Research advancements translated into a method of producing low-cost chemical additjves that facilitate the degradation

of polyethylene, the most widely used plastic.
Due to the cost of conventional degradable methods, degradable
plastics account for less than I percent of production. Programmable
Life is poised to grow the degradable market due largely to its lowcost production methods. Total revenues for Programmable Life last
year were $2 million.
The UB Technology Incubator, part of the uni~rsity's Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic O utreach, assists technology-intensivt" companies as they grow in to thriving businesses. located at I 576 Sweet Home Road in Amherst, the incubator has assisted more than 60 companies, boasting a 75 percent survival rate. It
currently is hom(' 10 17 companies, many of w)11ch are in the life-

SCJences field.

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Student leaders
to be honored
The lint annual Pillals oll.eoder.
ship Honoree Reception recognizing lho!e students who, dvough

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by Oennls R. Black, W:e president for studenllffain, and the
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UB Job listings
accessible l(ia Web
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norK:ompetitive--positions can
be accessed vii the Human Re-

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Reception to honor UB inventors .
I I J L - O. WAPPMAN

R.,.,.tr Contributor

Other inventors to be honored are:
• Paul J. Kostyniak. professor of
pharmacology and toxicology;
Rossman F. Giese, Jr., professor of
g&lt;oiogy, and lo&lt;q&gt;h A. Syracuse, codirector of the Toxicology Research
Cenl6, who developed an antimicrobial composition that can impart
antimicrobial properties both in,

fessor of neuroSurgery, who in -

V&lt;nl&lt;d a novel device and method
IFI'EEN individuals named
to provide a non-i.nva..sM estimate
on I 5 Unil&lt;d States patents
of cardiac performance: paruneiD'S
issued to The .Research
by inserting a cathmr and balloon
Foundation of the State of
into the esophagus. adjacent to the ·
New York in 2001, as well as 64 facaortic arch, to sense aortic pressure.
ultymembers who will be """f!nized
Part of the previously patented
for their research achievements, will
Hickey Cardiac MonitoringSystt:m.
be honored by UB at a reception and on, the surface of various
• Frank V. Brigh~ professor of
from 4-6 p.m. on May 2 in the Cen- household, industrial and medical chemistry, who invented a small
16 for Tomorrow, North Campus.
products. Co-inventor is Patricia M. portable sensing system for quantiThe annual reception honoring Costanw. formerly of the DeP,art- fying gaseous species or an analyk
UB's filculty inventor&gt; will take on a mc:nt of Geology.
in a sample using a light-=itting
new dimension this year as 41 fac.
• D. Jeffery Higginbotham. asso- diode and detector. The invention
ulty members will be presented a cia~ pror.s.or ofcommunicative dis- builds on a paten!«&lt; sol-gel proc&lt;ssSustained Achi~ent Award and orders and scienas, who was issued ing tedlnique that is used to stabi23 othon will be presenl&lt;d a Young th= patents on a system, method lize the protein sensor in a porow
Investigator Award.
and database for selecting utl&lt;rance xcrogd material deposited on the
The reception will be co-hosted constructions used for interpersonal . surfilce of the LED. Co-inventors...,
by President William R. Greiner and communication by impaiml indi- Jeilny D. jordan, A. Neal Watltins,
Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi.Jaylan viduals. Tbe invention provides im- and Brett R. Wenner, all formerly of
S. Turkkan, vice president for re- . provements i_n comm un ication the Department of O.emistry.
search, and Robert Genco. SUNY spetds. selection efficiency and ease
• Stephen Rudin, professor of raDistinguished Professor who is a of use. all of which currently= un - diology and CCH!irtctor of Radiation
vice provost and head of the available in augmentative communi- Plfysics Laboratory and Toshiba
university's Office of Science, Tech- cation technologies. Frame-bas«! ~ Re.eard1 Cenl6, and Daniel
nologyTransf&lt;rand Economic Out- communication uses preset utter- R.llednar&lt;k, professor of radiology,
reach (STOR), will assist with the ances relating to a particular commu- developed a radiographic image apaward presentations.
nication even~ such as a meal. Co- pararus and method for vascular inTwo of the patented technologies inventor is David Parker Wtlltins.
!&lt;rVmtions for acquiring very-highto be recognized at the ceremony
• Wesley L Hicks, Jr.. who in- resolution radiographic digital imalready have been licensed by venl&lt;d the fint model of a 1Jacheal ages OV&lt;r a small region of interes~
STOR's Intellectual Property Divi- lumen that combines epithelial and using a digital solid-Sill~ x-ray image
sion, which works with faculty to mesenchymal dements in a manner detector for the medical imaging apdisclose, patent and license univer- that mimics the tracheal lumen sur- plication of angiography. Co-invensity-developed technology. They are: face. The research team's goal is to tors include Ajay Kumar Wakhloo.
·• Licensed to Jarret, S.A., is a develop a wound-healing mem- formerly of the Department of Neupatent issued to Stuan S. Chen, as- brane for the trachea and other rosurgery, and Baruc:MI. Lieber, fortrauma sites.
sociate professor of civil engineering.
merly of the Department of AeroChen, along with collaborators. de• Donald D. Hickey, research as- space and Mechanical Engineering.
veloped an apparatus for mitigating sistant professor of physiology and
• Eli Ruckenstein, SUNY Distinthe seismic load effects of earth - biophysics and clinical assistant pro- guished Professor in the Departquakes and windstorms on a struc-

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mentofOaemical~wbo

invenl&lt;d a method !Or the purification of wheat
aglutinin using chitin microporous or
macroporous afftnity filtration
membranes for application in the
areas of biocbemistry and medical

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compound~ Co-inYentor is
Xian&amp;ng Ung. fOrmerly of the [)e.
partmentofOaemical ~
Rud&lt;.enstan abo wil be honored
filrinYentintl• method filrthe 1""1"'·
r.ltion of OOYd aooslinkm and tbeir
application to star-shaped or

bnand1ed polymer and polymer gels
used in drug ddMry and &lt;Xllltrolled
drug releases. Co-inventor is
Hongmin Zbang.filrmeriyofthe Department of O&gt;emical Engjneaing.
• Donald Hc:ndenon,profes&lt;orof
communicative disorders. and sci -

ences. who dcvdoped a method for
the p~tion and/or rn=al of inner-ear damage due to noise or toxiru through systematically applying
agents such as R-PIA to round window membranes of the inner ear. Tbe

agents can be applied befo~ during
or after the noise trauma or toxin
exposurr. This invention is co-assigned to the Navy, which has taken

the lead in COII1lT1Cfrialmtion efforts.
Co-inventors ..., Michael E. Hoffer
and Richard D. KopU.
• Linda M. Hall, Xiao- Fcng Reo
and Wei Zheng, all formerly of the
Department of Biochemical Pharmaceuticals, who invenl&lt;d a method
of isolation and characterization of
an invertebrate calcium channel
subunit ge-ne used in the design of

insect-specific pesticides. Co-inventor is Manuel Marcel Paul Dubald.

ture, using a dual system of tension

cables and dampers that is less intrusive;han conventional systems. Coinventors are John B. Mander and
Go khan Ped&lt;an, both formerly of the
Department of Civil Engineering.
• Licensed to Varian, Inc. , is a
patent issued to Andrew Joshua

Wand and Peter F. Flynn, both formerlyofthe Dcpartmrnt of Chemistry. This techno logy is a novel
method and apparatus fOr Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy

of molecule~; particularly larger proteins and macromolecules. The
method reduces the effective tum bling time of molecules during
NMR measurement by providing a
low viscosity environment for thmt.
Co-inventor is Mark R. Ehrhardt
Additionally, another patented
tedmologydoveloped at UBwas roc-

ognized at the 200 I Inventor of the
Year annual patent awards of the

Niagara Frontier Intellectual Property
Law Association. The inventors are:

• Joseph A. Gardella, Jr.. professor of chen1istry; Wesley Hicks. Jr.•
associate professor of otolaryngology; Timothy Koloski, research as-

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assistant in the Department of
C hemistr y. who developed a
method for providing novel surface

modified biodegradable polyester
polymers that aUow smaU amounts
of surface modifiers to be situated
on the surface. An intended appli cation of this technology is the development of wound -healing mem branes. Co- inventors are \Vo n-K1
I.J..-e, formerl y of the Dl'partmcnt of
Chl'mistry. and llario Losito.

Hlroald Suga,lllistMltpraleuaroldwlllary;,_Yu, ....... ,...._d~ Slllll(;An.
usbbnt
d cnl blalogy; Kalh KiltLwaocl, ass111a11t poolessor of peltDclaltlla IIIII •tdodonlk:s.
Ann llblntz. asisiMt praleuar d
John c:r.alcll. ......... praleuar d IMC:hlnbl ·
and ~ erigineering. and snm Neellmeglwn. c:o-dredor d lhe ~for lioenglo-ioog.
Also, &lt;ng D1mitriats. - ' - ' t ~olecM.uon.!lllldlnhlpandpolic.y; Slioplwl T..-t. -.nt
profes.sor of coume1ing. eduatioNII and school ~ Twoy. ~. IISSOCi* praleuar physial
therapy, exorcise and nutrition sdences; David Ytloslbroat, visiting I&lt;SOdatl! professor d '-; Debllnla
Talukdar, assistant professor of morbling; lion fe&gt;g. ISSisiMt ~ ol physiology and biophysla;
Zhen Yan, assistlnt ~ ol physiology and biophysla; ThotMs Obsl. dlnlal professor of nursing;
Joseph Balthlsar, assistant professor ol phMmlceutic:ll sdences; Potrid&lt; Smith, dinicolosslsUnt praleuar
of pharmacy practice; Karen Randolph, asslstont professor of soclol W0!1&lt;.. and ()@borah W.ldrop, assi-.t
professor of soclol work.
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Defining r~ligion's role
Stephen Carter says religious voice in public life is here to stay
a, DONNA LOHC;INICJWI
Rrport&lt;r As~...nt

Editor

ITH the Jerry
nlweUs and Pat
Robertsons of the
"religious right"
blasting the "bberalldl" as morally
ambiguous at best, and the liberal left's
often blatlnt disregard lOr the articulation of roligion irJ public life as anything other than right-wing election
mongering. charting a path between
the two might serm futile at best.
But in fact. allowing the obvious
tension between these often-polariud opposites to exist publicly is
"healthy and valuable; said Stephen
Carter, professor of law at Yale University, renowned author and third

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lecturer in US 's Distinguished

Spealcer Series and 2001-112 Martin
Luther King Jr. Commemoration
Speaker. While Carter may not agree
with the extremes of either side---Ule
right's now nearly defunct Christian
Coalition or the left's belief that reli gion is divorced &amp;om reasor&gt;---h&lt;defended the right of both sides to argue their positions publicly.
Carter spoke April IS in the Center for the Arts Mainstagc theater

about the role of religion in politics
and govemana, and how the Rrv.
Martin Luther King, Jr.. as well as
1

many ea rly political and religious

think=. brought powerful religious-

spiritual and ethical dilmunas inherent in such criticol debatt:s as the Civil
Righu and abolitionist IOOIIeiTlCilts.
The impact ofsucb voices, Carter
said, cannot be un~ted­
voices that he said often art absent
from public life today or ...ntuaUy
become weighed down with political agendas. diluting or destroying
the importance of faith as a rea&gt;ncilerof rommunities,a towxlational
50wce of calm and renewal during
national and private tragedy. and a
great unifier in the fila of oppressive govmunents.

By allowing these tensions to exist
between religion and politics in the
form ofpublic discussion and debate,
protection for the church and iu mk
in public life is maintained and the
aU -important separation between
church and state afforded by the Fim
Amendment-which Carter argued
was written to protect the church and
religious groups &amp;om government
interference, not the other way
around, remains intact.
"We make a terrible mis~ if we
try to resolve them; Carter said of
th~ tensions. "We have lo learn to
live with a bit of ambiguity."
Tracing the history of the role of
religion and religious voices in pubtic life, Carter said the importaou
of a wide variety of voices provided

based arguments into public and

a powerful counterpoint 10 the irrationality of governmental en -

political arenas, forcing the rountry
to grapple with the moral, political,

croachment on human rights, in the
form of Jim Crow laws, for example.

He al.so delineated the role and
voicz of the prophet as opposed to
the role and wicz of the retigioust~med-potitial insider, who loses
both voice and faith in an effort to
gain potitial clout·The importancz
of the prophetic voicz and the role
of prophet as radical outsider art often necessary to move th~ nation
forward, especially in times of great
struggle, Carter said.
"The civil righUIDCIYeDl&lt;Jlt- the
high-water marl&lt; of rdigjousaction in
public life," said Carter, noting tl&gt;at revisionist.sofbistory"-tried to ll'l3ke
King into a secular hero and ~the
truths inhonnt in the Bible-based argument&gt; \we used in his sermons
His speechesandsmnonsare ron sistent argument&gt; that embraced a
retigio\15 vision of truth and justice
and were drawn explicitly from

Contribut•ng Editor

ENEC A Nation h is torian

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John Mohawk is up to his
knees in ancient white corn.
Associate professor and codirector of the Center for the Americas. Mohawk is a staunch advocate of
the slow-food movement, a worldwide effort to safeguard and support
the use of traditional, unprocessed
foods that digest very slowly-which
means they're better for you.
Among them is a white com, once

sugar rapidly into the bloodstream,
raise blood sugar, then insulin levels and proll)Ote fat storage.

This shift from "natural" foodswhich, he says, now has become a

potiricized term-to foods that have
been meddled with oy modem science has been marked by a rise in
heart and circulatory problems,

tooth decay, obesity and diabetes.

that-in a·display of slow-food entrepreneurship--Mohawk roasts,

grinds and sells to upscale restau rants throughout the country.

Slow foods play a unique role in
priventing, reducing and even revening degenerative illnesses, par-

ticularly diabetes, which plagues indigenous populations. says Mohawk,
a Turtle 0an Seneca who is internationally rerognized as aspokespenon
for indigenous values and culture.
He explains that slow foods include
many ancient oops that are ab50rbed
by the body slowly and have been
found to be very useful in reducing
and even reversing degenerative diseases, particularly the diabetes rampant among Native Americans.
He says these foods, which include squash, watermelon, ancient
varieties of com and a dense, tough
desert bean called pepary, were commonly grown and eaten by the gen -

"Among tho&lt;e most vulnerable to
these degenerative diseases are indigenous peoples." Mohawk says.
"In 50me regions of this country,

for instance, natiVe comm unities
have a diabetes rate of SO per=llt's
been found that when such people
go back to eating what we might call

formly sermons, Carter explained.
"The religious voice in public life is
here to stay; it's not !Png to W' anywhere," Carter said "To do the lwd
work of actual public argument is the
rol&lt; of donocracy." he said and not
the pro forma attention to roligion or
religious statements, such as the "God
Bl&lt;ss Am&lt;rica" our leadm make during times of crisis, but debat&lt; engendered on both sides by the reoognition
that the greatest truths in the nation's
disrounc:s on freedom and justicr of1&lt;11 have arisen out of articles of faith.

Mohawk's non-profit White Com
Project is funded by the Fu.t Nations
Development Institute and headquartered on the Caltllraugus'Sen&lt;c! Indian Reservation, where he lives.
Mohawk and his colleagues do
not grow ancient white com themselves but purchase it from farmers.
They then roast and stone grind the
including a number of high-end establishments like Bobby Flay's acclaimed Mesa Grill in Manhattan
"We actually have a full -scale
white-com flour manufacturing op.
eration out here in our little cabin
in the fields; says Mohawk, who
adds that their flour is of the highest quality and appeals to restaurateurs looking for unusual , high quality items to add to their menus.
The White Com Project ai50 operates a slow-food cafe in the log cabin
that otherwise serves as the manufacturing center. It serves traditionaJ
whole foods. rombined with more
rcant additions to the American diet
The c3f~'s menu indudes gour-

tury agricultural revolution .

sues through behaviors like food

"Because they digest very slowly
in the body, they keep the blood
sugar level and keep us feeling full,

choice and exercise.
It promotes the reintrodudio n of
many previously unavailable food
items that are neither elitist no r ex-

whereas processed foods disperse

pensive. They are grown by native
and non -native farmers, then put
through minimal processing and
sold for general consumptio~.

met com soup. buffalo chili (that's
chili made with buffalo meat ), rom
bread and the occasional special,
says Mohawk, like a casserole loaf
that might feature com Oour,garlic,

eral population before the 19th-cen-

analyzed data culled from more than I million quoies submitted
by more than 200,000 users of the Excite (http://- --udt•-c -)
search engine, collected in September 1997, December 1999 and May
·2001. This longitudinal benchmark study reveals that public Web
searching is changing-it shows that search topia have shifted from
sex and entertainment to commerce and people.
Despite the drop indicated by the Computer study, sa-related
terms remain quite popular among Internet searchers. A 2-yur study
by Alexa Research &lt;http://cybentt.s.lnt--.c-~/
tr.tfk_pattems/ ertlde/ O,.S9J1 _saa&amp;S1 ,00.- l&gt; reveals that
the word "sex" is still the most popular term people search for online.
"Por&gt;" (along with "porno" and "pornography") was the fourth most
popular search term. Variations on the words "nude,.. "erotic .. and

"playboy" also placed among the 20 most popular search terms. And
even though jobs and travel are important to people, the lycos 50
&lt;http:/ / SO.Iycos.cotn/ &gt; shows that titans of entertainment, such
Are 'ou interested in what people are searching for on th e
Internet? ff so, there are seve ral sites that offer the cyber-snoop
the opportunity to view sea rch requests lx-ing entered by users into
Web search-engine boxes. One such site is MetaCrawler Metaspy
&lt;http:/ / www.rneh.spy.com / &gt;. Metaspy offers two views into
users' sea rches-o ne a filtered service and the o th er, called

mous speeches were almost uni-

their traditional diet, more wild leeks

States and Europe, is part of a gen eral movement to address health is-

are less interested in pornography and more concerned with business, careers and travel than they were a few years ~ · The study

as Britqey Spears and Jennifer lopn, are on a lot of peoplt's minds.

or beines or cactus. they can count
on a reduction and tven a reversal of
these conditions."

Mohawk explains that the slowfood movement, which has thou sands of supporters in the United

SU tltet ere • malnsby on the Internet, but according to a recent
study ("From E-Sex to !!-Commerce: Web Search Olaogcs" Computer, March 2002, pp.l07-109), peopl~ using Web 56rch engines

nation ought to de&gt;-King's most fa-

com before selling it to restaurants,

a staple of the Native American diet,

Internet offers many sites
m
for enterprising cyber-snoops

Christian sources about what the

Slow-food movement advocated
By PAT111CIA DONOVAN

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squash, onions and sausage. This

theoretical casserole, he says, would
have an .. interesting" tlavor and tex ture that you wouldn't get with
wheat Hour or barley.
The caft, open &amp;om II a.m. to 6

p.m.onSaturdays.islocatedat 13466
Fourth Mile Levcl Road (Route438).

"MetaSpy Exposed; provides a "no- holds-barred" (unfiltered ) look
at the search queries of MetaCrawler users; both views automat•·
cally refresh every IS seconds. Ask Jeeves, a popular question· an swe ring search engine, also offers a voyeud.3tic search tool caUed

"Ask

Jee ves

Peek

Through

the

Keyhole " &lt; http://

www.•skjeeve.s.com / docs/ peek / &gt; . To see what search topics
are hot at Yahoo! go to .. Yahoo Buzz Ind ex " &lt; http : / I

buu.y•hoo.com/ &gt;, andians of Google should check out "Google
Zeitgeist" &lt;http://- -.google.com/ pnso/ zeltgelst .html&gt;. An
extensive li st of cyber-snooping sitts can be found at What People
Search For &lt; http:/ /J earchenglnewatch . com / f•cts /
.se•rche.s.html &gt;.
The ability to see what people are searching for via popular search
engines can be very enlightening-dearly, people are obsessed with
sex, money and entertainment, but the thing that is revealed most
about users of Internet search engin es is-they can't spell!
-Gemma DeVInney and Don Hartman.

Un~ty llbror~

BrieO
Diversity panel honors five
The University Com~lttee for the Promotion of Resp«t for Di-

versity' honored five undergraduates, at a reception in Capen Hall
Tuesday fo r their efforts to promote respect for divc.rsity through
multicultural programming in the residence halls.
Jonathan Terrance, a senior mechanical wginecring major, took

first-place: honors for his"HistoryofRed Jacket" program. The program featured a lecture/discussion with Richard W. Hill, Sr.• about
the life of the Native American man after whom the Red Jacket resi dence hall is named.
Emmanuel Fernandez, a sophomore computer engineering major, received the second·place award for his •Latin Dance" program.
Fernandez provided residents with lessons in the int:ricacies of tra ditional Latin·American dance steps. A feast of Latin American cui-

sine prepared by Fernandez followed the dancing.
The third-place award went to sophomore Josh Solomon for his
..Open Drum Circle.. program. Soloman organized an "'orchestra of
expression" that included a variety of drums and percussion instru ments and was led by a board-cenified music therapisl. The program brought together people of diffe rent cW tures, religions, age •

genders and backgrounds.
Junior Ivan Loh received hono rable mentio n for his .. Martial Arts
Demonstration" program. Both on-campus and off-campus martial arts experts taught residents the history of martial arts and the
related principles of non-violence. Loh ~rved a home-cooked Ch• ·
nese- meal to round out the event.
JoAnn Speight , a junior psychology major, recei\·ed an ho no r3ble
mention for orga ni zing a trip to the Native America n reserva tio n m
Catta raugus County. The goal of the program was to dispel myth ..
and stereotypes about the Na ti ve American way oflife. This culturdl
exchange allowed residents to discover first-hand the similar1t1es 111
the Native American culture that are common to all American fam1
lies. Participa nts also discussed-Native American h1story Jnd SOI11l'
of the tradi tion s that make the culture unique.

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Slte-spedfk Installation on display today and tomorrow on. 25th floor of City tt.11

City Hall inspires UB students' work
. , SUI WUETOIUI
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E 25• Ooor of Buffalo
City Hall has become the
mspiration for some \JB
art students, as wdJ as tbe
site for "25• Oversite: New Art for
City Hall," a group alubition on
display today and tomorrow on the
25• Ooor of City Hall
The exhibit, which is free of
charge, can be viewal &amp;om4-9 p.m.
today and II a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow. VISitors sbouJd takt the dewtor in the lobby of City Hall,located
on Niagara Square in downtown
Buffalo, to the ~ Boor.
The 21 artists have produced sitespecific projecu inspired by--4nd
designed .for-dle ~Boor of City
Hall. The artists, • mix of gnduatt
and wxlefsraduattst\J!Imts,are taking one of two courses focusing on
site-specific installation art being
taught by Caroline Koebel, visiting

assistant professor of media study.
They primarily are either art or media study majors, although a r.w ar~ majo...aho are imoiYed.
Why City Hall?
The idea to use the Art Deco building as the silt for the group instllllation came about as a .....Jt ofan CN&lt;r·
heard coiMS1ation in the Spot coffee shop in downtown Buffalo,

Koebel says
She says she first taught the installation art course at \JB during the
Fall 1999 semester, and about midway through the semester she hdd
class in the Spot. David Granville,
=cu!Mdi=tor of the Buffalo Arts
Commission,...m...rd the con=·
sation and was curious to know
more about the class.
"We chatted and he offered to
worlr. with us in finding a Buffalo silt
where the students could do siltspecific works," Koebel says. That
Dea:mber, the class hdd an alubition, called "Method 13," at the old
Asbury-Ddawarednm:hatthecorner of Delaware Avmue and Thpper
Street, which recently was purchased
by singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco.
"So, when I knew that I was going to teach the course again, I contacted David and he was again
happytoworlr. with me in determin -

ing a site,"she says. -we considered
other sites before David came up
with the idea of the vacant office
space on the 25th Door of City Hall.

Oncr he showed it to me, I knew that
it was ideal for the project."
Koebel notes that the 25• Door is
the last Boor of office spou in the

Tain's own physical and cuitural clio- phobic encounttr with cuitural implacanent in Buffalo.
Ill'" of women ·
Some artists who grew up in Buf.
• Jleaniz Flores, "Wrona Bini," a
falo identify with the silt in com- piece about cenain kinds of identibuilding before the observation pletdy cli1lmnt woys,. Koebel says. ties in hish poWano and the Jeptideck. The space feanu.s banks of "Their mponse to the site is more macyofauthority
windows offering "a panoramic continuous with the idea that Buf.
• E8ldla Ford,"'pbipnio," a ¥ideo
view of the city and the whole re- falo is so intertwined with theirl,'inslollalicainspiredbyrrfamcato
gion. The ~ alone are so amaz. identity and senK of tdC' she ays. Gredc mytbolosyin the~
in!-you (!!'Ia real sense of the city
The variety and divmity of the and munls of City Haft
and the region," she says.
students' artwork--«nd the fact thot
• Vllt:rie 1npd. "Veno:is," which
The artists' interpmations of the some of the work is not sp«i6c to dnrws attmtion 10 how City Haft's
spadO are "wry brood and far-reach- the site-"malra the exhibit more IUDOIOUS .......... IDNIIMAmoriing," she points OUL
clynamic," Koebel acldo.
cans are in dloct miaqxttiJialiooi
"Tbe 0\lttiiding premise of the
Otb&lt;r artists btuftd in the e:dlD• Mirda lvanciu, "''lKa," which
project was that the st_udents were tionandthetideoftbarinslalolions: uses poetic means to record the
to have no preamcq&gt;tions of their
• Ouis Coleman, "Beholdm Vo- viewer's path as she/be encounters
actual artworlr. before entering the sion," which confounds divisions the artwork and olher vi&lt;w&lt;n
• Sadiq Jr;&lt;r, "Anti- Deco," an arsite," she says. adding that . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ,
students were instructid to
chit&lt;ctural inttrvmtion tbot both
25th Oversite:
take tqnc to meditatt on
embnas and shuns the Art Deco
New Art fOf City Hall
the site, explore their assostyle of City Hall
ciations with it and how it
• Ann Marie L&lt;pkyj, "Impacttd
collabon!M art project
affected them, "and then be
inspired and come up wiU.
with environm&lt;ntallycompmmised
an interpretation.•
Buffalo communities
Those interpretations
• Brian Milbrand,"Pay NoAttmrun the gamut, from the
tioo," which lool&lt;s at the way people
political to the personal to
communicate with each other
the general
through the use of a robot
Many are completely
• Aaron Miller, "Talents Divertied to the space-"they
sified Find Vent in Myriad
could not e.ist anywhere
Forms," a sound installation mapelse but on the 25• 8oor,•
ping the architecture and occuKoebel says.
pants of City Hall ·
For example, Mike
• Kisha Patttnon, "Bureaucrat,"
Bouquard's "Radial Wave,"
which shows~"'!" the wdl-meaning
civil servant's mission often is an
which surveys the paranormal activity of Buffalo and
exercise in the futik and absunl
lifts the bad spirits that
• Bernie Rodely, "Buffalo Profile
hllunt the city, actually is
Tapes," which videotapes ahibitioo
visitors'~ responses for
instafted on the building's 1-- - - - -t-&lt;1
observation deck.
telecast on cable OJmnd 20
• Nathan Sobczak, "From the
Some worlr.s are not so Cll)'- , _ ... . . . . . , _
Wmdow of Tune," which contrasts
"truly site-specific-they fw •:ut~o ~ • • -•
the
artist's perception of Buftalo
would. work in ano th er .....,.
CllJ-.
context," she says. One
wjth his pandfother's memory of
such· work is "The Perpetua!Inttr- betw&lt;Cn pleasure in looking and the glorious city of yester)ar
cou rse" by Kath r yn Mary control through SUIYei11anoe as it
• Elizabeth Wasmund, "FragCidewich, which explores the hu- invita vi&lt;w&lt;n to ~ pedestri- ments of Memory," which uses onl
history to explore the artist's dlildman psyche through a collection of ans 25 fli8hts below
stored images and memories.
• Adam Donnelly, "Tall BuildingV hood associations ofher father and
Others are more personal ln Single Bound," which asks how long graodmother with the Buffalo a.rea
" Where is My Ch&lt;?pstick?" in the wake of Sept. II Ameria's
• Megh Worthington, "FondBonavmture Tain is inspired by his ahattd thint for violence and de- ness Documented," which solicits
grandmother•s obsessive control struction as entertainment will last
pleasurable memories from diam- her 37 pair&gt; of chopsticks, rep• Ryan Etti~ "Casino," which vene Buffalonians and then certi resenting each member of the fam. foregrounds the full extent of the fies them
ily. Noting that Tain's ethnicOUnese controversy around Buffalo's mOYe
• Catherine Mavoumeen Young,
"Blossom of Snow," which features
grandmother freq uently misplaces to embrace casino culture
her chopsticks, Koebel says the worlr.
• LindaBeth Nichols Flaclc, "The the artist in aiM performance wresundersc~res the relationship beSoul is the Prison of the Body," a tling questions ofwhiteneso, regional
pride and territorial prejudice
tween the misplaced chopsticks and commentary on the self's claustro-

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recent Service Excellence
Assembly. Wagner, who's
retiring this summer,
received a photo of campus
signed by his colleagues in
University Services.

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Preparing for earthquakes
UB experts say Au Sable quake underscores need to retrofit
IIJIOHN D1UA COifTIIADA
Contributlng Edito&lt;

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HOUGH theclamaeewas
rdatively minor, Saturday's earthqua.kt in Au
Sable Falh poinu out the
neod for upgrading stcuctures
throughout New York Slate ao they
are better able to withltand future
earthquilis.la)'l an earthquakt-engineering ra&lt;archtr at UB.
"J(s somethins that ...- people
don't think about until ofter an earthquake, but the fact iJ l1lOit of the
structures in New Yorlt Slate and
throughout the muntry were not
designed to withstand earthquakes,"
says Michel Bruneau, deputy director of the Multidisciplinary Center
on Earthquake Engineering Research
(MCEER), headquartered at UB.
An expert on seismic evaluation
and retrofit ofsll:d bri&lt;Jses, building1
and masonry infrastructure,
Bruneau says that while it's unrealistic to expect cities' to expend resources for the upgrading of all or
most structures, it's important to be-

gin retrofitting qitical buildins- and
~f~ as hospitals, bridges
and wate:r, gas and electric facilitiesto the levd of seismic protection they
need to withstand an earthquake.

, . , . f:acilities desen. priority
attention," la)'lllnmcau. "Hoopitab
obviously need to be operational in
order to bOll injuriea thai &lt;XlllliiiODiy
occur during eartbqualta-you
can't let up a makahil\ hospital in •
parltins lot during january.
"And imagine the incommience
and polaltial dqer of soin8 without water and dectricity for two
mohths, let olone two boiii"S or two
days, as iJIOIDdlrna the ax during mow or ice storms," be adds.
The lint step in deciding bow
much seUmic rmofitting or rehabilitation a building needs, aocording to Bruneau, is to evaluate the
building using a model building
code, such as the International
Building Code, which mntains the
latest earthquake-resistant design
provisions. He says that buildingmderequirementswryfromcityto
city, and that most cities decide to
ignore the seismic-related provisions from the model codes when
they &lt;!'3C1 their own building codes.
To bring an existingSiruclureup to
the levdofscismic ~it .--Is,
many new mst-effective advanad
technologies},... been developed by
researchers worlcing with MCEER,
ioduiling faculty members from UB's

[)q&gt;artmmt of Civil. Structur.oJ and
Fnvironmmtalllogineering. Some of
theoe ttdmologies thai already .....
been implemented in buildingl and
bcicltP include a "base-isolation" systml, whidl prota:ts alitrUCtllre from
the vibration of the soil during an
earthquake, and special "seismic
dampen," whidl can be mmpored to
shock absorbera that lessen a
building's raponsc to a qualz.
Gregory Bala:r,as&amp;istant professor
of plogy, agrees that more neecb
to be done to prepare for the possibility of earthquakes. He la)'l New .
York State residents and government officials shouldn't be mmplacent about the lik.dibood of another
quake in the near future.
"Events lilce the Au Sable quake
aren't really out the ordinary," la)'l
Bam. "It's something that happens
in New Yorlt State once every I0
yean. It's lilce getting a freak snowstorm in Louisiana. It becomes a
problem because pei&gt;ple aren't prepared tO deal with it..
In addition to earthquake-engineering rtsean:b, MCEER also is involved in projecu to help buildings
withstand acts of terrorism like
those that occurred to the World
Trade Center building1 on Sept. II .

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and stnndod 15 bosen.wlnen.

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UB 5, Kent State 0; Kent
5 - I, UB 0; ICoont State 6,
UB4
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~out tile Goldoot Auhes. S-4.
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changes that il)duced increased expression of preproinsulin, a precur-

~ase~all
ICoont Stat. 7, UB l ; Kent
S-17, UBI
UB7, N'-'&lt;l
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"'" lone ¥kt.ory beloc • non-

on Sunday. but loll short.~ 1&gt;-4.
fToslwnan pto:hor Sacey """" pi&lt;bd up her ..x.nd Win d tile season will&gt; •

With formula feeding, the tendency
is tO finish the bottle, and this may
result in~- Patel said
~It's evident from our studies with
ratsth;t theCXllllpOOitiooandthetim-

rats started gaining wcight and eventually became obese.
What happened with the oflipring
ofHCratswasnotexpected,bow.Yer,
Patel said The semnd generation HC
rats developed hypcrinsulinemia
without receiving the high-arbohydrate diet and became obese in adult
life. Only the HC females transmit
these traits to their P"''I"'Y• be said
suggesting that the intrauterineerperience may be eosential for transmis- ~
sion of the metabolic programming ~
A pa'rallel situation may exist g
with the overfeeding of human babies, he noted.
ingofthedietary treatment programs
"Babies who were formula -fed the onset of pathological mnditions
in
the adults that mimic major meta·
when it was popular in the 1950s and
'60s may have devdoped obesity as bolic diseases noted in humans, such
adults and may haV&lt; passed on this as obesity and type 2 diabetes."
trait to their children. With breast
The newly emerging field of meta·
feeding, the mother produces an ad- bolic programming offers an addiequate l!flOUnt of milk naturally. tional route to examine the develop-

ment of chronic diseases of adulthood,henoted. Thereseartbers'longterm pi is.fo &lt;!e1mnine ,II&gt;&lt; mechanisms causing the byperinsulinenl
phenotype to be expressed for life in
thefirstg&lt;nention,and
what factors in the
mother are responsible
for spontaneous transmission of this trail to
the offipring.
Malatbi Srinivasan,
Ravikumar Aalinkeel
and FeiSong,aU from
Patel's lab, and
Suzanne I..aychock of
the Department of
Pharmacology and
Toxicology, also contributed to the
study, as well as Satish Kalhan of
Case Western Rt:Serve University
and David Hill of Lawson Rtsearch
Institute, London, Ontario.
The research was supported by
grants from the National Institutes
of Health.

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Bowltna Green 7, UB o
Ball State 7, UB 0
UB lei on tile road to bach Bowling G.- ond &amp;II Sute by ldendal 7-4
docislons. UB (9-IO.G-5) hosts tile MAC~ at tile U8Tennis
Center at tile Elicott ~ today, tomom&gt;W ;and Saturday

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meet. Mcfvland ro&lt;umed to her homeci&gt;wn ID capM"e two indMdu&gt;l firn.
place and • nolar crown.
Clarll.-,sprintod ID fim-placafinishes in tho 200 me&lt;on (11.85)
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issues to one common theme captivated the audjence and left students

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Almost as a punctuation mark to
Ointon's arrival at UB, the malin gering cold, wet weather abated to

bolster the mood with a glimpse of
spring-warmer temperatures an~
a near-perfect blue sky. Students
wai ted outside in long, but orderly
lines, filing in qutckly through the
security check point at the entrance
to the arena. They were respectful
and optimistic.. and many were ea ger to praise the president of thei r
youth- most of them grew up un der C linton's presidency-and like
Lauren Dunn , a third-year psychol ogy major, thought he did an excel lent job as president.
" I liked a lot of his polictes, espectaUy related to International rela -

lions--and it's not every day you get
to see a president," Dunn said

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Middle East and interestingly. several
said they hoped Ointon would speak
about education issues. repeatedly dis·
pdling the "apathetic youth" myth.
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Sukhatme to head Arts and Sciences
As dean of
Arts and Sc•

BY SUE WU£TCHER
RepotUt Editor

U

DAY P. Sukhatme, in terim vice provost for
academic programs at

the Univ=ity of Ulinois
at Cllia!go, has been named dean of
the College ofArts and Sci&lt;nas at the
Univer.iity at Buffalo, effective Aug. I .
Sukhatme wiJI succ~d Interim

Dean Charles L. Stinger. who will
return lo his post as senior associate dean in the College of Arts and
Sciences.
''Uday Sukha tme ha s a s uperb
record of building excellence:, and a
demonstrated ability to understand
and t3cilitate a broad range o f ac.t
dcmtc progmms," Pm,·ost Elizaht·th
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will oversee 31
department s
and a vanety
of interdisCIplinary cen ters and re search institutes. as weU as the academic caree rs of II ,000 under graduates and 1,700 graduate studenbo . Facu lty affiliated with the
college provide 83 percent o f aU the
mstruction Jt the umversllv m the
freshman and sopho mo re war~. to
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s1ty. he served a~ chair of the Depart ment of Phystcs fro m 1991 -98, a_o; sociate vice chancellor fo r academiC
affa irs from 1998 -2000 and mterim
v1ce provost for academic affa 1rs
fro m 2000 to the present.
In his current position. he u. re sponsible for aU undergraduate academic programs. as well as superVIsing the campus promo tion -andtenure proces~. He mitiated the
popular "Cunmg Edge" lecture se
ries that has bro ught hundre&lt;b of
top htgh sch ool students and thetr
part•nts to tht• Ull (ampu.!&gt; to hear
S.tt urday- mo rn1ng lt·cturcs giVen bv
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11 yea rs. Among his 164 publica ti o ns are 13 that have been tnduded
tn the top·cited category in citation
databases, an mdication of their
impad in the discipline of physics.

Sukhatme has taught at both the
graduate and undergraduate level,
and received the UIC ExceUence in

Teaching Award in 1996.
He is the principa) invtstigator on
a five year. $2.5 million proie&lt;:t funded
by the National Science Foundation
that is auned at unproving minority
enrollment in saence. mathematic\.
engmt.-ering and technology disci plines. The All lance for MmontY Parttopatmn prolt'l.1Lm'Oh't!!l. an a..llla!Kt'
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Austrian poet to read
Austrian • uthor, poet lfld

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lator UIW!n Fasch!nger wil rod
from het-won&lt;from 12:30.2:30
p.m. Tuesdoy lti the Poetry ond
Rare Boob Room, 4211 c_,

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Halt,- c:.mpus.

roceptlon will follow
the reodlng. b lpOnf0&lt;1&gt;d
by the lrdllhne for-.!&gt; ond
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Choreographers
to be shOWcased
The Deportment ol Theatro and
Dance win present "'Young Cho.-.ograpllen Showcase, • a
dane• concort &gt;howcAsing llle
deportment'• young dancon
and chof'oographen. Apri126·28
in the Black Box Theatre In the
Center for the Arts, North Campus. P.erformance Umes are 8
p.m. on Friday and Satu&lt;day,
and 2 p.m. on S&lt;Jnday.
rockets for "Young C""'-·
raph&lt;rs" .,., IS and moy bo
puldwed at the CFA bo• office
from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdoy
through Friday and all
rock~ locations. For gen..-.Itnformatioo, call 645-ARTS.

WBFO to sponsor 1'!'1

9/11 presentlltlon ...
"lMnginAmericof'o519/11"will
bo the topic d • prosentotJon "' 7
p.m. Monday In the thootTeln

. - , Hall, South Clmpu5. - 50n!d by \Wr() 88.7 FM, U8'5
National Public Radio al!lioto.
Guests will bo Ethan Y5ey,
who hos edited bool&lt;s

abouttheS&lt;plll-.tat-

tllcks and their aft....,.th; Siva
Valdhyanothan, one ol ti)O writ·
en ol on essay In ca..ys sec·
ood boo!&lt;, "Oispotche&lt; from •
Woonded World,• and Pm
Wittebols, a proleuor d communication studies at Nlagafl
University and WBFO an.olyst.
1)le pmentatioo wfll bo m..
d chatge and open to llle public.llwilbobrooclca5tiMon
WBFO, ond abo c.on bo ' - ' I
onr.ne at &lt;WWW.......erg&gt;.

R•y D•nnenhoffer is assistant dean for support services in
the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He directs
the Gross Anato my Lab and the Anatomical Gift Program.
WINot Is the Gn&gt;ss Anatomy
L8borotory7 Who UMS lt7

WINot Is the Anotomka: Gift

The lab is loated on the thin! Boor of
the Biomedical Education Building. It
is a facility used to instrua medical,
dental, grad uate, occupational
thentpy,physical thentpy,=rcisescience and mming stud&lt;nts in the anatomical structure of the human body.
It also is used cxtensiveJy by practitioners in all health-care 6elds for train·
ing in dinical procalures and by re·
searchers whoareoonducting research
projects that require the use of human

The Anatomical Gift Program is t:M
method through which the people of
Western New York may make a do-

anatomical material.

Isn 't dluectlon a .. handJ-On "
sklll7 The lab Is equipped with
computer termlnals--wh•t are
they used for7

Yes, ana tomical inslruction and dissectiOn are very much "hands on.n
Although there h a~ been many at tempts over the years to find a sui t·
ahie replacement for the instructional
cxpenena." that occurs in a dissection
lah, none have been successful The
computer tcnninaJs are there to expand the learning experience. We offer access to refcrence materials and
interactive teach ing materials that
onl y are available \ria computer. An
t:xamplc of thj~ wouJd be a piece of
softwa re we created that allows the
students to wa tch the changes in the
organi7.ation, size, shape and structure of the gut as embryological de velop ment occurs. Since th is is a
three-dimensional, active process. it
L'i a difficult concept for students to
master. We used to spend hours m

th&lt; lab with a modelll)ade of stock·
mg ny1on. wood and rubber tubing
to demonstrate what was occurring.
Now, the students can work through
the concept at their own pace on the
computer screen.

Lheu bodies to us at the time of thear
death. For the past several year&gt;, that
has meant we have received about
225 donations annually. This year,
we have received 90 donations Lo

nation of their bodies for use in date,whichputsonapac.etoreceive
teaching and research. Under the 350 donatioris this year.
Uniform Donation Aa, the School ·- . t t..ppens to the remalns7
of Medicine and Biomedical Sciena:s
is authoriz&lt;d to accq&gt;t such dona· All the individuals who make dona·
tions. The school is the only institu· tions to our program also agree to
tion in Western New York that may have their remains cremated. We do
accep t such do na tio n s. We are that in a facility located within the
charged with the responsibility to anatomy lab. The cremains maybe remake sure that all donations are le· turned to the family of the individual
gally=uted.Otherinstitutionsthat who made the donation, or they may
may want to use anatomicaJ materi- be interred at Mt Olivet Cemetery in
als must acquire 'those materials ei- cons&lt;crated ground. Finally they may
ther through our program or simi - be interred in the Skinnersville Cernlar programs at other medical schools eteryon the North Campus, where the
throughout the state. You can find university has a series~( gravesites.
more infor mati o n at &lt;http:/ I
Tell me obout the ..........n.1
wlngs.buffalo.edu/ smbs/ ana/ senlce.
ogp&gt; or by calling 829-2913 and Actually there are two types of m espeaking to Debbie Murrello
morial se rvices. The one you are
Who may make a donation 1
probably referri ng to occurs about
every 18 months. These services are
The majority of our donations--alheld at Skinnersville Cemetery and
most 99 percent-are made by in are coordinated with the interment
dividuals during their life. Anyone
of the cremains of those individual
who is oflegal age can make a dowho directed we place their ashes in
nation of their body. After an indi the "university cemetery.n We invite
vidual passes away, his or her next
the families and friends of all the inof kin may choose to donate. This
dividuals whost ashes are being in university will accept donations
terred. This service usuaUy is a tmade pr-ior to an ind.ivid uaJ 's death
tended by more than 300 people and
without any restrictions. We occais officiated by the carnpllS ministers.
sionally wiJI receive a call from a
It indudes readings from scripture,
relative who tells us, " My (relative)
remembrances from students who
always told me they wan ted to do·
benefited from the generollS dona nate their body to science, but they
tions made by the individuals being
never got around to it. Is there a way
interred, and comments by family
I can honor their last wish?" In such
and friends. Another mcmoriaJ sera case, if the entire family agrees, we
vice is held N&lt;ry year. At the c.ond uwill consider the request Currently,
sion of the fa ll Gross Anatomy
our program has approximate ly
Course, students organll_e a memo8,500 individuals who have pledged

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kt lllltlwa p aI agy -.d you c8N&lt;t the Offlce

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Computing .. IIINitomy ... -

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gift pro-

gram. How does It ol relate7
I like to think it all relates because
of the broad educaoon I was lud-y
enough to r=ive. When I entered
college. I expected to grad uate
with a degree in biology. When I
took a course 10 physical anthropology to fill my schedule, I found
what I really loved. In graduate
school, my advisor insisted I take
grossanatomy.notonlytoacquirt'

an understanding of the phystcal
structurt of humans.. but so that
I would be able to teach it. I spent
a lot of time working in a primate
anatomy lab as a w.~y lO fund my
education. That gave me th e

anatomy background. In order to
conduct the research I wanted to
do for my doctorate. I had to ~
the power of computers. This occurred at th~ exact time PCs were
introduced, and so just like fall.
ing into anthropology, 1 fell into
the beginnings of the personal
computer revolution. I was an
early adopter of the technology;
in fact, I built my fim computer
from a kit and ha~ never looktrl
back. Today, !tell people you learn
as much at college as you do in
college, and I think in my case thai
is certainJy true.

Installation to fill UB Art Gallery with jokey metaphor for loneliness, desolation
By PATRICIA DONOVAN

falo, that will run through April 28.

by the anists within the gallery spa"'.

It is the seco nd of three collabo-

" Happy's Nightmart"" continues

( ( H APPY 's Ntght ·

REPORTER

rial s&lt;rvi&lt;L This s&lt;mc.c, which i&gt;
attended by almost the entire
first-year class, is held to
mcmonte and gMo thanks for the
generous gift oflcnowl&lt;dse given
to the stud&lt;nts by the anOnymous
individual the studmts have just
spent the semestt:r learning from.

"Happy's Nightmare" to open in Lightwell
Con tributing Editor

'

Program7

marc,"a mstalla·
tion by Kurt Von
Vorhc h and
Patnck Robideau , will open Aprill6
in the UB Art Gallery with a reception from 7· 10 p.m. featuring a perfo rmance by Von Voetsch, who will
employ such elements as fat, fiber glass pods and an elaborate costume.
The opening of the- exhibit, which
is installed in the gallery's Lightwell

ond floors of the gallery.
Robideau and Von Voetsch say that,
for each of them, the work is autobiographical and that the empty spaces
elaborated by the installation itselfand
the perfurmance of"Happy's Night·
mare" represent aspects of loneliness.
desolation and emptiness.
Robideau 's installations and
sculptures have been featured in the
"Great L.ake Erie: lmagining an Inland Sean and at the New York State
Museum in AJbany, in Big Orbit and
at other venues.

Gal lery. will be free of charge and
open to the public.
The exhibit will close on Sept. 27
with an en tirely new performance

by Von Voctsch.
Th&lt;gallery. located in the Ccn!er
for the Arts, North Campus. is open
from II a.m. to 6 p.m. Tu esda y
through Saturday. For furth er informat ion and summer hou rs, contact
Remc Hau.M"r at64;-6912,ext. 1424
" Happ\''s N tghtmare" IS prt~­
.\tt' ntcd In CO nJUnCtiOil with "81g
Orbn: Ten Years of Spin," an exh ibi tion at UB\ Anderson Gal lery. lo GJtlxi on Marth.1 J ack.··~on Place. Rut -

T he structu re, which one observer calls "reminiscent of a vastly
overblown diorama you might see
in an antiquated science museum ,"
will be visible from the first and sec-

Von Voetsch, a Niagara Falls na·
two Interior rooms of • hou1e-. Uvlng
room and basement room connected by a hole-wtthln the threeJtory Ughtwell exhlbttlon 1pace In the UB Art Gallery.

rat!Vt' prOJ ect~ br Von Voets..:h and
Rob1deau.
O ne, "A Vv'holt" Lot of Chugger lkhmd a \-\'hole Lot ot Pat." was ahib
!ted m Big Orhit Cdllerv 1'""'0 yean.
Jg&lt;l and fea1ured ,m entm.• house hutlt

\'\•here "Chuggcr"left off. Here. the
art1sts haw fabricated rwo interior
rooms of a hou.se--a living room
and b~ment room connected b)' a
hole- within the th ree -s tor y
L1ghrwdl exhibition space.

tive, is gallery manager of Niagaf3
University's Castdlani Gallery. His
mixed media work has been exhibited in th e Albright-Knox Art
Gall ery's " In Western New York"
show. the 58th RochestL~· Finger Lake

Exhibition, Big Orbit Gallery and
other venues. He holds a master 's
degreyfrom UB and a master of fine
arts degree from Ohio Un~ l t\'.

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�Aprrl18.10011'11ll 33. No 15

French honor Bruce Jackson
Professor is designated a chevalier in Order ofArts and Letters
By PATRICIA DONOVAN
Contributing Editor

accomplishments in many do mains. In addition to the Order of

Reporter

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peared 1n sev~ral cd1t1ons.
Lately, a number of Jalk~on '!l

Gift to support engineering labs
co mput~ software entrepreneur Larry
Peckham and hts wife, Nancy, have do nated S250,000 to the School of
l:.ngmeenng and Applied Sc1ences for the contmumg ckvelopmem of
undergraduate laboratones.
'/
Mark Karwan. dean of the engineenng school, said the flexibility of the

I-t E governmenl of
France ha s designated
Bruce Ja ckson, SUNY
Distinguished Professor
and Samuel Capen Professor of
Humanities in the Department of

T

Arts, these dtcoratlons, as they are
called, include the National Order
of the Legion of Honor and the
Order of Academic Palms.
Jackson received the honor for
his career as ethnographer, folk.Jo r-

ethnographic and documentarv
articles have been published m
French periodicals and books. and
he is giv:ing onc of tht keynote
add resses on documentary photography at a four-day conference

UB alumnus • nd retired

English, a chevalier in France's Na tiona I O rder of Arts and Letters.

ist, documentary filmmakrr and
photographer. "Death Row," th e
book h e wrote with Diane C hristian , SUNY Distinguished Teach ing Professor in the Department
of English , on m en waiting to be
executed in Texas, was publis hed
in o ne o f France's most prestigious
literary se ries, "Tene Hum ai n e"
a ndtheirdocumentaryfilm onthe
same subject was broadcast on
Fre n ch televisio n and played an
m strumental part in then -Prime
Min1ster Jacques Mitterand 's sue u•ssful ca mpaign to abolish capi tal pumshment in France.
IM:k..-.on'~ ea rlier hook. " In th e
l..fe: VerstomoftheCr imina i Ex pent'nce," also was tran slated into
ht'IH.·h .111d published in "Te rre
Huma1nt'" w1th .1 preface bv
M1chd 1-o uc.lllh lioth book~ Jp·

in Versailles in July. He also was
named to the Coun cil of Directors
of lhe recentl y formed lntern3 tionaJ Arctic Institute in Paris.
Recent American appointees to
the o rder include actors Meryl
Streep and Robert Redford; innovative jazz mu sician and
MacArthur fellow O rn ette
Cole m an; operat ic diva Marilyn
Horne; Beverly Si ll s, director of
the New York City Opera and
cha ir of Lincoln Ce nter; a uth or
Paul Auster; producer Harve y
Weinstein;
Philippe
de
Montebello. di recwr of New
York's Metropolitan Mu seu m of
Art; Jim Jarmusch, one of
America's most dis tin ctive film makers; Bollingen Prizl' -wummg
poet Kenn e th Ko ch , and eel
chratt'd architect R1 chard Mt.'ler

taining up-to-date laboratories is key to the developmerit of our students."
Karwan, who will disperse the money according the needs of the m-

The O rder o f Arts and Letters,
cstablis hed in 1957, is given out
twi ce ann uall y to a few hundred
emine nt artists , writers and o th ·
crs who have -contributed signifi ca ntly to furthering of the art s in
!:ranee and throughout the world.
lo~cksu n wa~ named as .1 rcop1 l'nt m early March . A reprtsent aI Pit' of the Frl'nch M1n1stcr of C ui tun· and Communi ...at •on will a t ·
tcnd L' lf., &lt;k tohcr Jtadem iL LOll ·
VPtJ IInn In prt-~t·nt ).t ... k..-.on w1th
..... ntlfiL.t lt' o~nJ tlh.' m~•grua nt tht•
nrJt·r . ,1 mnJ.1l ' U!!o pt:-ndt·J from J
udorl'J r1hhnn ofwhtlt' , frtp ('-.
· • ~.un-.1.1 ~rt•t•n h.tLkl!,ruund . wh 1th
ht· I' nm' cn t•tl nl to wt·.u
1-r.uh. t' h .... ,1 lon14 h1-.1on u l \II
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Phannacy links with Zimbab¥le m
By ElLEN GOLDBAUM
C ontflbullng [dtlor

I

MPR&lt; )\'JN&lt;; trt.'d tmcn t ol p.l -

llcnb wt th HI\' 10 Zimbabwl'
and potentm lly nther develop·
ing nations by adapting ap·
proaches that have been successfuJ
m the U.S. is the goal o f a n~ collaborative effort between UB and
the University of Zi mbabwe .
About 25 perct'n t of Zimbabwe's
adult population is infected with HIV.

according to the United Nations.
A primary goal of the program is
to equip pharmacists at the Univus ity of Zimbabwe--home to the
nation's only m&lt;dical school-with
training and resources so that they can
begin to oonduct more clinical pharmacology trials of AIDS drugo; UB's
online HlV Pharmacotherapy Network &lt;http:/ /hlv. buffalo.~
also will be: utili:z&lt;d tO CnCOU1li!J&lt; the
globaldisseminationofid&lt;ason HIV
pharmaootherapy, particularly as they
pertain to developing nations.
With new training and expertise,
the University of Zimbabwe will be:
better Positional to obtain funding
from the World Health Organizatio n to implement pharmacologyrelated protocols and enroll patients
in its own clinical trials.
l11e collaboration grew o ut of the
rdationship between the Depart ment of Pharmacy Practice in the
School of Pham1acy and Pharma ceutical Sciences and its chair, Gene
Morse. with Ch1edza Maponga . a
1988 graduate of the school and a
native of Zimbabwe.
"At the moment , Zi mbabwe lacks
the resources and expertise to do
advanced clinical pharmaco logy
and pharmacotherapeutic rc..-scarch
on HTV,but an exttnsivc number of
AIDS cases are the re." exp lained
Maponga. "That is the patient popu lation that is needt'llto conduct thl·
~tudit'~ and work on this problem.'"
Mn rSt'" and Matx'nga stres..~ that
the tollal:tor.ttlon will ht' mu tu,l lh
hcndic tal h~..·utU M' thmu~h tht· l'X
dt,\1\~l' ol rt''t".lfth .uhJ nhl1..diiPI\ .

11 wdl pr&lt;wtdt• U B students and fat
ulty with a crit iCUI international per·

,l(c dean of clinical education Jnd

'&gt;pt.'CI Ive on AIDS.
"AIDS i~ not just a nationaJ ISSUt'
for the U.S., it 's a global issue,.. sa id
Maponga ... Even from a business
perspective, drug companies right
now ar~ only concerned with the
U.S. market, but thero are fewer than
I million prople living with AIDS

macyand Pharmaceutical Sciences.
''Thereareveryfewplaces in the U.S.
in which so many different kinds of
pharmacological expertise are· together in one place...
Morse said the "Pharmacology

here, and about

~8

million prople

with AIDS living in su b -Saharan
Africa. It is shortsigbt&lt;d to ignore
that buge markrt."
To fos ter tbe collaboration,

Maponga. who was the first Zlmbabwean to earn a doctorate of pharmacy and is now chair of the UniY&lt;I'SityofZimbobwe'si:I&lt;partmC:otoE
Pharmacy, has bem funded .. a visitins professor at UB for two years
by a National Institute fO&lt; AllerJy and
Infectious Diseases granL The grant
to UB supports Maponga's work in
the Department of Phannacy Practice and its Laboratory fOI' Anliviral
Research, a Pharmacoiogy Support
LaboratoryiOrtheNationallnslitule
of H&lt;alth Adult AIDS Oinical 'Itiak
Group (AACfG) and a componmt
oftheAIDSOinicalTrialsUnitbased
at the University of Rochester.
Morse has served as national chair
of the Adult AIDS C linical Trials
Group Pharmaco logy Committee
of the NIH and under his direction ,

rt.·st.-arch with the School of Phar-

Support Lab has evolved a focus on
both research and education, indudi9g clinical practice and train - •
lng in adherence so pat:imts stick to
theirrcgimens,andstate-of-the-an
laboratory analysis to measur~
b lood concen t ra t ions of AIDS

drugs. In addition, through expanded efforts in pharmacomctrics,
UB pharmacy fac ulty members
Alan Fon.st, clinical professor, and
l&gt;atridt Smith and Robert DiCenzo,
both clinical assistant professors, are
providins innow!M approaches to
interpreting pharmacology data.
While the affordability of AIDS
drugs remains a key concern for Alrican natioiU, Maponga said training in the U.S. has dmxmstrat&lt;d to
him that even an enonnous donation of drugs would not by itself
solve the problem in Zimbabwe.
"Here in the U.S., you don't think
about the:" cost of drugs.. but you do
highlight the complexities of man aging HTV and that is most important," he said
.. We cannot fool ourselves into

the UB lab has developed methods

thinking that just gening the drugs

to quanlitatively and qualitatively
analyze how antiretrovirals, the
main components of AIDS treat m e nt, ar~ metabolized, and what
their effects--both beneficial and
undesirable--are on patients.

is the answer. In the whole AJDS
equation, the cost of drugs cont ributes only about 5 percent"
Therestofthe ..equat:ion,.. he con·
tinued, arc the costs associated with
cari ng for AIDS patients, patient
management , prevention of other
infections, cari ng for the sick a t
home, monito ring and treating drug
resistance, and adherence and com plian ct" w1th co mplex dru~ reg•
mens.
These are 1n addi tion to the cnor·
mous :.4Xtal conS.C.'qUt&gt;nl."o to propll·
'''tlh Alll~ o~nd the1r fanuil~. par·
lit ul.lrlv ,-h,ldrt·n \\'ht1 h.tvt· ht~n (lr

Acrording to Mor.;e, the Pharmacology Support Laboratory is an ideal
environment for providing integrated
training in HIY pharmacotherapy.
"We an· om' of a handful of places
m the cou ntry that h&lt;l:&gt; an innova tive H IV Adherence-Pharmacolog\'
Program mtegrated w ith a largt'r
l.thoratorv Jnd dmi ~JI research 101
tiJtlw l&lt;'l:u:Kd on AIDS pharm.l...·vl tl).!' .'" ...ud Mor'c " ·hn.tl'o 1.'1 J~~tk..l

j'h.mt·d ~' tht• th'&gt;L'.t"t'

Peckhams' gift is or paramount importana: toourschool"bc:cause"mam-

dividual laboratories, add&lt;d,"With this gift, Larry and Nancy show that
they understand and appreciate the integral role technology plays m the
fields of engineering."
"I hope we can give stUdents the tools they need toacoomplish their goals
and earn degrees," said Nancy Peckham. "The uniY&lt;I'Sity needs to kttp !"""·
upgrading and matching today's constandy evolving technology."
Peckham. who ea rned hts bachelor's degree in industrial engmeenng
from UB ~n 1%9, said he worked so hard to obtain the degret that it
gave him confidence to "achu:ve anythmg I wanted to.''
He worked for lhree years at Xerox before returning to LIB to earn hb
MBA in 1974. To finance h1s stud1o, Peckham started h1.!&gt; own com
pu ler softwart company. LPA ~ftware , Inc.
After gradv3ting No. I m h1s MBA d~. Peckham worked alont' for
th e next five years. developmg LPA ~ftwa re 1nto an tnternauon.tl hu'1
nes.~ leader in the fields of deft.•Lt -dett'Ctlon ~oftware and ~upph lham
management softwa re for serv1o: p.1rt\
In 1998, .1 group of pnvall' mvc.~tor ~ huught .1 ma1ur ~hare ot tht·
wm pany, reno~mmg 11 Xl'lu~. ln L In 1000. Pet.:kh.tm .,lt'ppt.-d d1.1"" J'
co mpany cha1 rma n.

Lichtenberger gives $250,000
H. ~ Lktrt.enberger,

fonnt•rch..unnanand(J-.( )c.ftht~ mdu-.tn.l1 - ~'IC..':'&gt;
company Praxair,lnc., h.tsdon:~tcd $1SO.I.XXJ to the Schoolt)f r.... t.u~lc.'llt ltn
the namingol a b:ture hall.n tht·school's Ot.'W Alfiern&lt;:cmcr.
Tht· H. \.Vilham Lichtenberger Lecture Hall will be U3C.'t.llor m~trut
uon of undergraduate and gradYate business student5. It willlw one of
three dedicated learning spaces in the three-story Alfiero Centt'r. ""'h!Ch
will contain facilities devoted to academic programs, student servl(:es
and student dubs. The center will be built adjacent to and connected

with the Jacobo Management Center on the North Campus, with construction beginning in 2003.
A 1966 graduate of the UB MBA program, Lichtenberger madt the
gift in recognition of the School of Management's contribut ion to h is
career success.
" During the cou~ of my career, I have oontinually drawn upon the

knowl&lt;dge and sltills I gain&lt;d as a studmt at the School of Managemen~· Lidttenbc:rgcr said. "For that I am truly thankful. I hope this gift
will bc:lp tl_&gt;&lt; school in its mission to p~ future busil!as leaders.•
"The naming of Lichtenberger L&lt;ctwe Haltaltbrates not only what
one person has acromplished in his c:areer, it celebrates what each of us
is able to aa:omplish through hard work and punuit of exullence," said
Jerry M. Newman, inlerim dean oftheSdtoolof~t and SUNY
Distinguished Traching Professor. ~we arc very thankful for Mr.
Lichtenberger's generosity and ""' an: l&gt;or&gt;cnd to count him among
ouraJumn..L•
The Alfiero Center, to be built at a cost of $7 million, will be named
for the family of Western New York businessman SaJ Alfiero. cha1rman
and CEO of Protective Industries of Buffalo. who donat&lt;d $2 million to
the project in 200 I.
Additional funding for the project is being provid&lt;d by alumni and
friends of the School of Management as part of UB's $250 million fundraising campaign. one of the largest eve&lt; condua&lt;d by a public university in New York and New England.

DrieD
Fulbright to open competition CJ
The ZOO:J-04 competition for Fulbright and relata! grants for graduate
study o r research abroad in academic fields and for professional trammg
in the creative and performing arts will open on May I.
Full grants provide ro und -1rip international travel, maintenance for
the tenure of the award, a research allowance and tuition wa.tvers. tf
applicable. Travel grants provide round -trip international travel and
are available to selected countries to supplement maintenance awards
from other sources that do not provide funds for international travd or
to supplement the applicant's personal funds. All grants include supple
mental ht-alth and accident insurance.
U B students interested in applymg for a Fulbnght grant should con
tdct Mark AshwiU , Fulbright program adviser, in 224 Clemens Hall.
:-.!orth Ca mpus for brochures, appltcauon fonns and further mfom1a
tton. The U li Fulbnght program Ws}l si te can he founJ at &lt;h ttp:/ I
wlngs.buft.lo.edu/ fulbrigh t "· The dl..'adhnt' for rt'(("lpt of Jpphld
110m l!io XpL .:!0

�4 Reporier Aorii18.ZOUZ/Vnl. 33, NoZ5
Patak!, CEOs of Compaq and Verldian to be honored at Industry University Day 2002

I~UDOS
Urbon design expert lloiMtt
~. professor of architecture and dirKt.or of the Urban
o..ign Project. was pobfocly
cited to • reant &amp;tffolo N~
editorial as the urban design e.xpert 10 whom Buffalo Moyo&lt; Anthony Maliollo has "wi&gt;eey
turned" for as~stance In seeking
• highly tlllenlt!d plannor to foil
the voconcy left by the retiremont of the city's strategic planning commissioner, Joseph
Ryon. The pn!Yioos we&lt;1r, Gov.
Geor9o Patoki thanl&lt;ed Shibley
ond the Urbon o..ign Project
lot assistance In helping
conceptualize the S10 million
Nllgoro Exporienc:e Center, •
stote-ol-the-&lt;lrt tourist attraction

focused on hlstoriaol ond cultmol themes that Is scheduled 10
be built In N1agaro Falls.

Dar'!lhJ f . eolass, profes"" of
art history. win be on Andrew w.
Melton F . - at the MetropoliW\ MUJeUm of Art in New York

City during the 2002-03 academic )ftr. Glass, who recently
c~ a thrft...year term as
presidont of the lntemotlonal
Center of Medieval Art. wiN
write a monograph on ttatian
Romanesque scufptu,.. ·

. . . . . . . . YI&gt;iting&amp;Wistant
profesfO&lt; of linguistics. has ,_
«iwda S10,000Tuttfel.onguage

·eon.entloilGr3nt lot his llity Speoldng.. a task-orion ted

designed 10 help students 10 improlle their ability 10
oodontand and si&gt;oJ&lt;en
ow-. Tuttle Language Gra!&gt;ts.
awan:led by Tuttle Publi&gt;hing. .,.
intended to assist authors in compleling work on dictionaries, textbool&lt;s and other instructional moterials that wiA aid in the study of
Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese,
Korean, Tagalog. Thai, Vtetnamese aoo other languages ol East
and Southeast Asia.

Igniting Ideas Awards to be presented
BY ARTHUR PAGl

tlw t''-enl, ~Will
rl'LfiVC Jgmt ·
OV. George f:.. Patak1
1ng
ld(·a.,
and the ~h1ef executive
Award~ for
officers of two maJor •
thc1r compaco rporations will be
mes " contnhonored on May 9 by UB and it&gt;
butions m esSchool of Engineering and Applied
tablishing the
Sciences for their roles in establishcenter.
..Weare treing the Buffa1o Center of Excellence
in Bioinformatics.
mendously
Igni ting Ideas Awards, presented
·pleased and
to business and civic leaders who
proud
to
have demonstrated outstanding
present this
support to UBand the economic deyear's Igniting
Ideas Awards
velopment of Western New York,
will be presented at a luncheon at
IOGov.Geotge
Pataki, David
noon on May 9 at Industry University Day 2001 in the atrium of the
H.!.ID~ffof
Veridian and
Center for the Arts, North Campus.
"Vital Partner.; lgniting_ldeas"will
Michael D.
be the theme of the event, which will
Capellas of
begin with a reception at J I a.m.
Compaq," said
Pataki, who will be keynotespeak&lt;r,
Presidellt Wt!will receive an Igniting Ideas Award
liam
R.
for his leader-ship in ·establishing the
Greiner. "Each
of
these
outcenter. which he proposed early last
year and which he has envisioned as standing leaders truly exemplifies the
creating thousands of high-tech jobs spirit of the award, which is grounded
and transfonning Western New York in our belief that grea1things happen
into a 21st-century economy. A col-. through collaboration-great things
laboratiV&lt;: effort involving New York happen when the university, governState.industrypartnmandacadernic ment and local and international busiinstitutions, the center to date has atness a&gt; me together for the good of lhe
tracted $50 million in state funding region and state."
Greiner noted that "it was Gov.
and more than S ISO miJiion in pri·
vale-sector funding.
Pataki who first ignited the idea of the
Michael D. Capellas. chai rman Buffalo Center of Excellence in
and chief exec utive officer of Bioinformatics--and we at UB ran
Co mpaq Co mputer Co rp .. and with chat ide41, an idea that came to
David H. Langstaff, president .md fruition through the gcm.-mus and vi chief cxccutiw officer of Veridian sionary suppor t of Ven dian and
Corp.. both of whom will spe.1k at Corn 1:x~q , as \VCLI as our other corpo
News Serv.c.es Ed1tor

G

rJte p.U11\Cni .md bus~ Mlpponen..
N. the governor has rcm,uked,"
he added, "the Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformati£5 has the
potent1al to dramatically redefine
the cconom" landscape of o~r re·
g1on and state. It's just one aample
of how an idea, once ignited, nurtured and given full developm~W
support, has the power to transform
and revitaliu the economy.
"We at UB,alongwith our research
panners.lhe Roswell Park Can= Institute and the Hauptman-W&gt;odward
Medical Research Institute, are grateful to Gov. Pataki, Mr. Uingstalf and
Mr. Capellas for their outstanding
support of lhecenter,and we look forward to an exciting new future ahead."
Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi
noted that "the governor's vision
and commitment have allowed us
to obtain partnerships with the major corporations we are honoring...
"Buffalo is currently a leader in the
developing field of bioinformatics,"
she added, ..and with our corporate
and research panners we intend on
keeping that lead and producing a
21st-century economy in Buffalo
based on this superb .science."
Compaq and Vcridian are providing a total of more than S95 million
toward the Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics. Compaq b
a global leader in information technoklb'Yan4 solutions with operations
in more than 100 countries. Veridian,
a leading provider of informationb.LSed systems.. integrated solutions
and services to the U.S. government,
specializes 111 mission-critical national !O("Curity programs. primaril)'
M

for lhe mtelligence oommunity.
As pan of its partn&lt;r&lt;hip with UB,
Co mpaq will be providing the
university's Crnter for Computational Research (CC R) with a
cqnpaq Alpha superoomputer that
-.(til morr than double lhe center's
current computing capacity and I&gt;&lt;
able to do a trillion operations per
second. which is 1.000 times tbcimmputing powt'T of today's famst PC
In addition to the substantial increase
in computing powt'l', Compaq will
deli= a large storase system that will
increase CCR's file storage system by
rnorr than a factor of I0.
UB's relationship with V.ridian
(formerly CalsJ&gt;an) through its
Calspa n-UB Research Center
ICUBRC} has been a longstanding
one. University researchers currently
are working with Veridian on uansportation studies, including modeling of vehicle dynamics and crash
simulation.
Other UB researchers are affiliated with CUBRC's Ce-nter for
Transportation lnjury Resnrch, a
federally funded initiative 10 d"""lop
and evaluate systems and technologies designed to improve emergency-response systems in order to
reduce injuries and loss of life rnult ing from vehide-related crashes.
Veridian also is working as a subcontractor to CCR o~ a multimillioodollar project aimed at trying to repla"'veryexpensive high-end visualization systems with much cheaper.
oommodity-level oomponeniS. Applications for this technology indude
everything from the m&lt;-dical profe.sion to defense-related pro;et.LS

The ed1torial board of the Buf-

falo Law RnWw honored U . ~.
Magistrate Judge Hugh B.
Scott, a 1974 graduate of the
UB Law School, at the joumal'1
13th annual Low R~ Dinner.
Scott was recognized 1or h•s
d•sttnguished seMce to the
Western New Vorl&lt; commumty
and the UB Law School."

Sorelle N. )ones, a senior nursing major, w.u chosen the 2002
"Woman leader ol Distinction.
during a contest held as part of a
recent c~tion of V\bmen's
History Month by the Office ol
Stl.ldent Multicultural Affairs.
)ones is presidenl of Delta Sigma
Thel.l Sorority, vice president ol
the UB African Dance Troupe, an
advisor 10 the Black Student

Union and a·da:ss representative
for the Schoof of Nursing.

·

Aposter paper presenled at the
Eastern Analytical Symposium
ard Exp®tion 2001 by JoH M.
OntrOn, a graduate student in
the Depa~ment of Chemistry,
was named The Best Poster Paper in HPlC I. The paper was en-

titled "Simple One-Step Process
lor the Synthesis·of Non-Porous

Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Col·
loids for Capillary Electrochromatography and High-Pressure
Liquid Chrornatograpby."

JOB LISTINGS
UB job listings
accessible via Web
lob listings for professional, re·
search, faculty and civil serVICe-both competitive and
non-competitive-positions can
be accessed via the Human Re·
source~ Servic~ Web site at

\

&lt;http: / / www.buslness.buff•lo.edu/ hn/ v.c• ndes/ &gt;.

Clinton
Contlnufll t rom fN9C 1

( :hnh1n ......1 man whncan ~h~..·d l1ght
,uul \\'l!&gt;d,lm on .t ""erv un . . t.lhlc:
Wl)rld 111 un ... t.lhlt· tllllt.~ ."( )liwral~)
THih:d th.ll Chnton hnd ··groKJously
\\',11\'t."tl hl\1~'\' tO !~pc.lk With U.!t-th i!!
1:-. .1 gl-stur~..· th .tt ~how~ huw much
he truly c.uc!&gt; about student!!."'
"No other cven1 111 UB\ historr
J1a ~ g(' flCr&lt;~ted such a great student
n.•sponJ&gt;l',.. J&gt;aid Oliwr.
\\~th tilt" superb timing of .1 sea. . un~..·d politidan, th e ~ax·pla}• ing
Clinton prai!,ed the Amherst Saxophone Quartet, which entertained the
cnl\'\.'tl avr..Uting his address. and lauded
C.•rl Dennis. UB professor of English
who had won t.he· Pulitzer Prize for
poetry two day&gt; before. "I'm just glad
to be back in Buffalo.." he added.
Clinton began his address dc M:ribing thc "slcw of paradoxes" that
underscores the explosion of tech nology and the rise of globalism.
"On tht• day I \VaJ&gt; inauguraiCd
prt.&gt;sidt•nLm 19'-H, there were only 50
.,ju.-:. on the World WiJe Wt•h: on thl'
J,l\ I ldi nfll.:c, thert' wert' .\SO mil·
litm .md ri.:-.ing. '11lll&gt;l:OII.tp.st.·ofb.trn·
t'~ .mJ di:-.t.tllCl'!&gt;, .md the :oprt:ad nl
iniOnn&lt;Jtion and tt'Chnolugy h.L., givt:n
m J world withoul wall~. but tht· tuntbmcnt.tl 1.11..1 of tlu~ woriJ i~ th.11
while II i.s intt-rdl·pendcnt,lll~ .1 lnng
""'~· from l'lt·mg lllh.:gral("(i" he s..ud.
The poli!K.JI. t.'IWironmcntal, t'UI numK. Mll..lt't,JI .md t"uhur.d p.1r.1
d&lt;lx~o.·~ Clmton h1~hlightcd rL·v~..·al .1
world 111 wtm·h tht· nch .m: g.L'Itlll~
nchl.'r .111d the poor ~)()Orl·r. but tlw
mo.,l \l~llllil.HH 1hn·.11 tlw \\'ilrld
l.h.'t~. &lt;'l1nhHl ... ud , b t'nlfl'ndwJ 1n

thL· "mMnJgc ol Jllt"lenl h.llr&lt;:d.,
runte-d 111 rc:hgJnu.s. radal. 1rihal ~md
l'lhn~ediffcrcnc~.mamcd 1u nwd an weapom of destruction."

ll!noromCt' and disease.
He d1dn't lUSt encourage stud('Jlh
hi ~et nWttlvt..'ti, hut msisted-almnst
.t., :. mandatc-that no matter wh;~t
thcr choose tu
do. they"'" h.1\~
a role in thl' kind
of community,
nation
and
oorld they live in
and should support the focus on
homeland security and the ongoing efforts of
the Bush Ad ministration in
pO\'l.'rt )'.

Afghanistan.
Ointon told
students that
while they have
~
grown up more
comfortable
~
with diversit)'
t-han prcviou ~
genera-tion!\ ,
man}' of the.&gt;
your
problems 1 h~..·
p,.ogre5s, •nd •s long •s Americ• 15 •round, It will
world face~ rl'·
alw•ys be • wortc In p,.ogren," President WIIU~m ).
volve around thl·
Clinton told UB students at the condu.d on of his
.tnswer ~tudt."nt!talk oli Ap,.ll 10 In Alumni A,.en• .
,,·nuld P,l\'t.' tu .1
I k dt"M."nhtl.i the horror.-. of Sept. loin1ple qtu.~titm:"' \Vhich b mort'lm II ,,., !Ill· J'"-.'rltX"t illu~lrutiun of th,· portant lo you whc.&gt;n look•ng Jl
d&lt;1r\.. "1\k of g.lob&lt;ll interdependence. peopk ,lfound you--mur intc.&gt;rt"'!l-1 lng difference, or your common hu
tdl1ng~1mknts Llmt th egreilll~t confhl."bnl the1r tmlt' \\•ill oct"urhetwcen manity? You have wn•ditftTent no.UlJ Within n•untnt~ due to thL•"di.:-.· tJOI1S about thl· nature of truth. lht·
11111.-gr.HIW fc,rt'es" of tem,rism. drug· valut•uflifc, tJ;&gt;us&lt;' of pmwr and thl'
tr.llllckmg. W~I IXl mof m~Je.trUL · ~.-ontent of community. dcpendmg
on h\1\\' you am.wer that first qu~ ·
\1(111 , t'II\Uonment.tl dt•.,trul"tion .

unn ," hl'!~&lt;tid.

"It's important thJt YI,)U devdop
the right outlook ahout \\•hat vour
relation~h1ps J.re g01ng to be wuh
people who arc different than you.
whether the)' ar(· in your school or
neighborhood, in rour country or
around the world," he added.
Clinton tied many of his thoughts
on international rel ations to tht•
bloodletting in the Middle Eas1. saying that there is more than enough
blame to go around, but that he was
delighted that Secretarr of State
Colin Powell had been sent to the
region to help resume peace negotiations. Israelis. he said, don't believe anyone cares about them bttt
the U.S. and because of 1hat. he
added, America also has the great·
est ability to stand up for the rights
and aspira tions of the Palestinians.
Calling Jemsalem and the region
"h.tllowed ground to the Muslims..
)C'\.,"S and Christians." Ointon said it is
a supmne irony--testifying to the sin·
fulm.'S~ of human
·ngs--that lhe
mo,1 hallowed gmund in thc'"'rld "i.&lt;
~o ~ullic:J with the blood of children."
P~..·rhnps nne of the most importJnt poinb Clin!Cln made to stu dents can be summed up 111 h1s phllnM'phv that much of life is alwa,·~ ,1
work 111 progre~.
'" The m.tin point I want to m.tkt&gt;
I.S thJtiO public lifc.Jike nnvatt~ Jjfe,
lht• \\"Ork of pcrfl'CIJOrl 13 Ot' \t'r
achll'\'L"-d. You will find tho~t vour life
will.tlways lx .t wor\.. in progn~ Jnd
,b long .1~ Ameri(J. 1~ arnund, it will
.JIWJ\'S he ,J wor\.. In rro~rt'\:-:·

�5

Open computing urged
Ringland asks Faculty Senate to support GNU/ Lima system
IIY DOHNA LONCOENECKEI
Rqxxt.tr A)~stant Editor

T

HE free How of informa·
tion and direct access to

it-both of which are
critical to scholarship and
research, according to John Ringland,
associate professor of mathematicsis beingsevm:ly threatened by the entenainment, publishing and propri·
ttary software industries.
Ringland maintains that the goal of
these industries is to undermine and
limit the public's a=ss to copyrigh!OO
and non-copyrighted material by a
combination of"draconian"laws and
"restrictive new architectures for rompuler hardware and software."
A major proponent of op&lt;n soura:
computing, Ringland p"""nted his
views at the Faculty Senate meeting
on April 9, lobbying S&lt;rtators to pass
a resolution asking the university to
fuUy support the GNU/Linux op&lt;rating system and tht use of opensourct application .59ftware on campus wherever possible.
He also is seeking support of a pref-

ers' access to mformatK)rl. M1cmsott ·.!&gt;
end-u~r li ce nse agreement for

Frontpage, a Web-page des1gn tool.
states that "Yoo may not use th~ soli·
ware in connection with any site that
disparages

Microsoft,

MSN .

MSNBC, Expedk or their produru
or SCJViccs, infringes on any inteUa:tual prop&lt;rty or other rights of these
parties, violatt:s any state, federal or
international law, or promotes racism, hatred or pornography."
"How much of a step to similar
restrictions on th e use of

{Miaosofi} Word?" Ringland asked.
.. These tams of use constitute unacceptable restrictions on tools es·
sential for research, teaching and

communication.•
Dttp&lt;r-levtl controls may soon
become law if the cOnsum&lt;r Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act {CBDTPA } is passed,
Ringland sa.i d
" It wiU become iUegalto manufacture a computer that does not
contain specific government-ap proved co ntrol measures in the
hardware," he said.*Moreover, it will

erence for open fonnats and oommunication protocols wherever possible

also be iUegalto distribute any soli-

on hopes of discouraging the gratuItous use of proprietary formats.

wart programs that do not contain
embed ded control mtchanisms.

Open source softwa re allows any
software developer to modify the
'iOftware and adapt it to his or her

This would make all system-level
programming potentially criminal,

m..'Cds.

"The mformation age is about to
tx-comc the age of information con·
trnl ," Rmgland told senators.
Hl· said unfettered access to mfor·
mJIIon-o~ bJsic t r net of any
Ulll\'l'rSII\ '!0 COft.' llll~ !lio n - 1 ~ Ill
~n:.ll tc.·. up.trdv due to a vanet} of
u-.c..·r um tnlb t•m llt·ddeJ 1n tht.· ~it
w.arl· .md de!ligned , m ~;,trl . tu le.td
In .1 p.ty · pcr· U!&lt;&gt;t fnr c.tch o.,~,.,l'iiOil
nhlh.·n.tlt:,.' ll'wed or uM....t.
I hl· I l1g11.tl r-.lilll·nmum ( op'
ng.ht t\lt t l&gt;"ll..A l enactnlm 1'19S
1,, ,tuordmg to Rmgland .•t furthc..•r
\l'h tdc..•to rl'!'ltrll't.m.tkmg. 1t J cn nu·
n,ll oltl·nsc.· to cm::unwen t tedmo
logll aluM.•-cnntrol mcasun·~.
He..· cated examples of how he ...nd
lto:nse agrc..-cmcnts governing thl· ,l.ISl'
of MJftwaredin."Ct1y infriflg~ upon lb ·

and would create a massive impedi ment to adapting compu ters to specific research needs."
Open source software, such as the
ope ra tin g system GNU/l inu x,
whi ch Ringland promotes. uses
open, non -p roprietaq• documenr
furmats and comes with .. 7..Cro hl':ensmg cosb." h,· l&gt;J ad. In Jddition.
C\'Cf)' Jpplicauon and even the ba ·
~ I ( GNU/Linu.x operating systt•m
\.•"' ht: freel y adapted ro spccifk rl·'l'arch nero....
L 1 B h.to; an .tgrl'emcnt w11h
t\ 1icrosolt to provide softwall.' !Or tl\
(andty, ~ff and !ltttdcnt~ at a co&lt;;t ol

appmXJmatcly 5492,000.
"This sophistiC! ted opera tang S}'~·

tem is ·capable tnday of fulfi lling all
the desktop needs of most universit)'

l;,culty,staff and student•. High-qual tt y, open -so urce applications are

dva!lahle- for all day-to-dd)· ta.'J..... such
word proco..•img, cn:atmg spreadsheeband presentat:Jorn.. Web bf"'W''t·
mg. playing audio and v1deo medta,
1mage editing. serving files. pnnting,

.!.\

etc.," Ringland told senators.
UB's agremJ&lt;rtt with Microsoft. on
the other hand, was adopted by the
University Sofiware Lieeruing Committee without faculty input and is
"the most expensive license of all"
said Ringland, adding that Microsoft
levcrag~s the! Windows operating
system to make open formats and
protocols incompatible with non Microsoft systems. Anoth&lt;r crucial
dilfermce between op&lt;n soura: soli·
ware and Miaosoft is the "mandatory upgrade'" syndrome-open
soura: computing is ITtt from these
kinds of major disadvantages. he explained.
Ringland presented • resolution
calling for the faculty.to strongly oppose DMCA and CBDTPA, "both of
which restrid academic and intell~al freedom; as well as masurably impede research and growth."
He urged the faculty to caU for UB
President William R. Greiner and
Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi to oppose both the law and biU publicly,
and to lobby within the Association
of American Universities and SUNY
to encourage both entities to adopt
policies opposing these laws and any
successor legislation that threatens
academic freedom and n..~arch .
.. Microsoft is an eager and active
participant in freedom -abridgmg
activities, makmg it troubling that
this universi t y-without faculty
~ tud\' or approval-ha'i so strong)\'
.t lig~ ed It self with this Jnt1 -aca
dermc corporation ." Ringland ~ 1d .
1n other business the scnJtc Jp ·
pm\'f:d a resolution \.alling forth(' .1d
mUlistr;Jtton to either fu OASIS. th'-'
Oraclt' dat.t management sohw.trl'
program that man.1gcs grnnb .md
contract.' for r\.~""arch c~ at L'B. or
Jh...1.ndon 11 aJtogethcr.
The senate also heard an updatl'
on th e Buffalo Cl·n tc..• r for
B1oinformatics from Sl.' ntur Vice
Provost Bruce Holm.

Growmg old gracefully onlineCI
It 's • simple fll&lt;t of Ufe-we are aU agmg. Eyesight and memory mav
not be as good as they used to be. We may fed those aches and pams. and
the doctor tells us we are just "gcttmg old• We can, ~..... grow old
graceful!)', enjo)''rrtlremtntand Jearn to Jc.q&gt; mind and body healthy m
our golden years. These sito can hdp us with information on nutrinon ,
retirement and financial plannj;g. and ca~ support.
The U.S. Department of t-ftalth and Human Services' Administration on Aging {AoA) &lt;http://www.aoo.- s . . -/ clef-lt.htm&gt;
is a very rich resource for information on aging. It is designed to servt
the elderly, caregivers. professionals in the fi~d of aging or anyone

with an inttrest in the large and growing aging population. For morr
than 30 years, the AoA has provided hom&lt; and community-based
services to millions of vulnerabl~ and hard -to-reach older perwns

through the programs funded under theOld&lt;r AmtricansAct.Ampng
th~ strVices are

nutrition, transpon.ation, lt'gal assistance and healthpromotion counseling and training. Through AoA's new National

Family Caregiver Support Program, the agency is focusing on the tremendous chaUenges of those caring for family members who are
chronically ill or who have disabilities. It also includes a link to the
National Aging Information Center, whiCh provides program and
policy- rela ttd materials for consumers and practitioners. as well 35
demographic and other statistical data on the health, economic and
social conditions of older Amtricans.
SeniorNet &lt; htip://www.senlomet.org/ php/ &gt; is a nonprofit
organization providing older adults access to and education about
computer technology and tht lntemtt to enhance their lives and
enable them to share their knowledge and wisdom with more than
600 discussions. in such areas as books, health matters and finance.
The organization has more than 39,000 members and more than
220 Learning Centers throughout the U.S. It also publishes a q uar·
terly ntwslettcr and a variety of instructional materials.
Over its eight yea rs of exis tence, ElderWeb &lt; http ://
www.elderweb.com/ &gt; has grown to include thousands of reviewed
links to long-term care mformauon , a searchable database of organa zations and an expanding library of articles and reports, as well as
news, a nd events. It is designed to be a research site for both profes s.ionals and family members looking for information on eldercare and
long- term ca re , and includes links to information on legal, financ1a\.
medical and housing issues. policy, research and statistics. If you're
new to this si te. the best place to sta rt is with the .. Site Map." wherl'
you can get an overview of the sltt structu re.
Modern tech nology and medtcal science keep us hvang longer, al heit with chronic illnesses like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and the af·
ter-l•ffec ts of stroke~ and respiratory d1seases. The result IS that ..:art"
g.iving has become the fastest -growang professiOn m Amenca. and 11
has a profound impact on families, employers, and the nJ.t1onal
l'conomv. For th o~l' who haw agmg parent~. th~rl.' Jrc J kw 'lltn
that giVe informJtion on ~.arc g.tvmg. Chi ldren uf Agmg. P.trt.'nh
1CA PS) &lt; http://www.caps4careglvers.org / &gt; ~~ d nonprofit.
(haritable organizat ton started m 19i7 whose misston 11 1 ~ ttl a~~'''
tht' nation '.; nearlv 54 million c&lt;Jregl\'crsof the elderly or \.hronaLJih
ill with rehable mformation. rckrr&lt;JI ~ and support, and to heaghtl'n
public awareness that the health uf the family caregi\'en ts es.\Cnttal
to rnsurt' quality ca re of th~ natton '!l growing elderly populataon .
Aging Solutions Inc. &lt; http://www.eldercarehelp.com /&gt; provides compHhensive consulting services that include tro uble-shootmg and problem -solving service~ for families with aging parent!~ or
relati\·ts. Their servJC\.'S arc designed specifi cally to mel"t the needs
of families caring for th ei r elder relatives, providing mformatlon.
education . guidance. referrals, counseli ng or moral support as \'O u
contend with )'OUr .tging relatives.
Check o ut the AoA's MWeb Sites
Aging " at &lt;http : //
www.aoa.dhhs .gov//aglngsltes/ defaultdefault.htm &gt; for more
informati on on aging. They have developed Kts: of links in key subject a reas, as well as including link.'i to oth.e r aging metasi tes with
links to many resources in aging.
Make the best of your golden years. Live long and prosper!

on

- Sue Neumeister and Lori Wkb.lnskl, Umvrn1ty L1broMJ

BrieR
SUNY signs self-audit agreement

Getting acquainted
Jennifer Kalis (left) and Sarah Pugliese study a map of the North Campus while riding th e
Putnam Way trolley during Preview Day activities held for accepted students on April 13.

SUNY Chancellor Robert M. King .md EPA Regmnal AdmnwMJ
~or Jane M . K~nm· ha\'e ~~~nl-d Jn ht'ltun~. l'll\ ironmenui -J udtt .1grl't'
ment th at ..:ommat&lt;; li\LI:'\'Y ttl .1 ~om,prehcn~ l\'t: , fiw -H·ar cn\'lrllll ·
mental self-.audll progr.tm .
Under the agreeml'llt, SL'NY will -..lmJud self-a udtt.!t at a max ol -..am
puscs, reachmg all campu!te.~ hv the l'nd of the- agreement 111 FdmtJn
2007. For each \'IOI.111on 11 finc.b .1nd report3. SUNY ,.,;IJ ,"1nh· tn EP.\ th.ll
at is taking quad.. act1on. usu.tllv w11h1n a -..oupl(!' of monttb, to both tU. tht.·
problem and prt.'\'Cnt 11 from l'"t:"\:'umng. In some cases. EP.-\ \\til a lim'
SUNY ro aud1t a reprl'Sl~nt.ttlw ,,tmpll· oi II.\ fal" tlltae-' lnr .t p.lrtl&lt; u
Jar potenti.ll VIOlation.

�Display coincides w ith "The Fifties" course, "Tumultuous Fiftie s" a t Albright-Knox

Lockwood exhibit celebrates fab fifties

AYo UBrosidtnliolstudenUf&gt;olle
been ,.,_ redpients d tho

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porting- ond OIJISlM1CI.

By SUE WUfTCHUI
RtpOrttr Editor

Y

--- d
lng prognms ond projocls"'

benefit tho unM!nily~·.
The-ls .-.ed lortho

UB's llochel Conan College.
Brill1 T. 0.. I SOflhorrloro
INjoring lro goology ond ... .
tn&gt;nomy, _,.,. ...ojlloc:e

-fort.is ~ ­

Pin¥." Desigr-.d to pnMde I
-d"'""""""r ..

loddng omong ~ till
residonls, tho progrwn ...., edl&gt;cotl!d reldents lboul tho ......

d he.olthy

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while attempting to cope with •

loog Bulfolo winter.
The second-piauwent to Adam P. Hiney, •
sophomore communication m.jof who was honored fa&lt; devel·
oping a "WanN Talk About
Safetyr program.
Ivan Lo11 lltld Corrine NcNa1c
shared the third-place prize. Loh,
a junior psychology major, was
honored fO&lt; his "Martiaa ArU
Oerronslni!Jon" program !hot
educated reldents about the history of martial arts and its
ated prinaples d non--violence.
Novak. • senior psychology
ma,or, was honored for her
.. Bra1n Teaser"' progntm designed to improw: residents'
knowledge of Americon history
and international themes.
Honorable mention went to

;woe._

Michael C. Bemhord, I junior
m.ojoring In &amp;lglsh ond commun ica tloo,.~ t.is "Let's T. .

s..r'... pro,,_-tho

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e&gt;&lt;perimeo1tllllncal&lt;ed models
ofthedlseoae.

ES. Elvis is in the building.
Lockwood Memorial
Library. that is.
Tunes bythe"King" a&gt;e

among the memorabilia from the
1950s featured in an ahibit, "Fifties
Flashback: Popular Culture and
America n Society," on display in
Lockwood th rough May 31.
As part of this cxlubit, the Arts and
Sciene&lt;s Libraries is sponsoring aS&lt;·
ries, "Routing the Fifties," in which
faculty members discuss the classic
'50s novels "Thing. Fall Apart,""On
the Road.""The Catcher in the Rye"
and "The Fellowship of the Ring."
The Lockwood ahibit ooincidcs
wi th "The Fifties," an undergradu ate course bring taught this scmes·
ter by Bruct Jackson, Disti nguished
Professor and Samuel P. Capen Pro·
fcssor of American Cult ure in the
Department of English, and "The
Tumultuous Fifties," an exhjbit of
photos from 71ie New York· TimeS
photo archives that recently dosed
at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
UB libra rians developed th e
Lockwood exhibit because several of
them had selected advertisemcmts
for digi talization and displa y via
computer as part of another exhibit
of '50s memorabilia Jackson was
asked to put together to acco mpany
the Albright -Knox exhibit, say:,
Charles A. D'Aniello, associa te librarian in Lockwood who coordi nated the Lockwood exhibit along
with Don Hartman, associate hbrarian in Lockwood, ·and Michae l
Morin , senior assistant librarian ln
the Educational nchnology Center.

YOrificatlon. -dspace
limitations, the /lqJoftw connot

pubrosh all letieos-. They

be

must be receMd by 9 a.m.
Monday to coooslderod '"'

"Teen
Jungle."

..As is always
the case from de·

Age

America:" fclS·

'!N• ...OIIL" ""ll

cinauon w1th
consumer

events."

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cade to decade."
he says, "the ·60s
was a reaction to
-~!""--•
the '50s, ..and a memorablll• • re among the hems
maturation of In the exhibit. .. Ftft~ Ft.shb.Kit...

~aU·

tomobiles to
toothpaste ,
canned goods
and per.;onal hygicnepn:xfuct.s..-

problems seeth· on dlsploy In Lockwood Ubrary.
isdocument&lt;din
ing beneath the
rollcctions of ad·
surface of that earlier decade.
vmisements and displays of autom&lt;&gt;.. The im pact of science, the tive memorabilia from the personal
stiup ll(li'inst segregotion and for oolloaion of librarian Tom Pimmg.
V'Ja dedicated oompull:r sla2ioos,
civilrW&gt;ts,laborunrest,feanofCommuniom sprtading acrooss the planet visitoncan see hoWfall-outsbelten
and infiltrating the United States, the became part of the national defmS&lt;

,-....payer

IOwithadiscussionof)D. ~s

"Catcher in the Rye" led by David
Willbem, professor of English. The
second session, discussion of
"Things Fall Apart• by Chinua
A&lt;:hebe,led byOaudeWdch,SUNY
Distinguished Servia Professor in
U,., Department of Political Sciencr.
was held on April17.
The series will continue on
Wednesdaywithadiscussionof'On
the Road," by Jack Km&gt;uac,led by
Jeannette Ludwig, associate professor of Frmch. The series wiU conelude on May I with a diSCU5Sion of
J.R.Il Tolkien's "The Lord of the
Ring.: The Fellowship of the Ring."
Both sessions will be held at 4 p.m.
1n the Fnends Room on the second
floor of Lockwood m the n~a ·
pers and m1croforms area.
D'Amello points out that the SC"·
nes ..doc:s not pretend to co~ the
decade comprehensively or &lt;Venly."
Along with D' Aniello. Carole Ann
Fabian and Cynthia Tysick put to·
gether the book talk series.
Contnbutingexhibit mall:rials,cxpcrtiseordesigrlto the"Fifties Flashback" exhibit....., Kathleen Delarlq.
Daniel Dil.andro, Edwanl Herman,
Michael Lavi n, Sbafon Murphy,
Peggy Pajak, Racbil Ptnniman, Tom
Pimmg, Kathleen Quinlivan, Ondi
Tysick and Kim Wagner.

UUP ltakwide has

r.w.r !IKBibm

aiKI, thus, diminished clout with the
sta~ and in the Legislature.
This la5t point c~aenoes......-...
'Ilk need the oount to
doe c;bJL
Of all thooe lobbyins M&gt;r 5\,JNY, our
'union is the most ell'a:tM II)' far.
Campus pr&lt;Sidei&gt;ts " - jult64 ..-..
but the union is good for tms of
thousands of""""- No w&lt;lDiier that
me, !..pat= listms toand'-'rtbe
unioa, wiWe IIJUlDOil!S from antral
administration wither on the vine.
Count translates to clouL 'Ilk miss
the oount of the many whooonsider

sa

the union below their digrUty, evm
u they submit their Delta Dental
(insUrance) claims. Stop riding a
crippled hobby bone-help our
IIDMrsity and SUNY.
Just do it join me, union, become
a member. Call Olris Iliad. at 6452013, and she will send JIOU a m&lt;m·
bcrship form.

......,_

P&gt;oi&lt;&gt;S&lt;J&lt; ond Choir; D&lt;patmmf
of Monofiemml Sdoncr and
SJ"$rmu;

-~ llulfofoC.,;.r Chopt«.
UUP

Reporter should focus more on results, rather than winning, of grants

l hit r.:turt~ \~I!'&gt; mform,il JVl'

bebe--

stories one! ~~
should
to 800ond moy
style ond
length. l.ottes must lndude the
writor'snome, oddross ond a
doylime ielephono !llll1&gt;bor for

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Like all state cmplo)loa, members of . fact. lhey...,asmcr· f«~~
the faculty and protes.ional staff are poystob will indicate your status. It
represented by a union-United tak.s juso one signature to change
from
to member.
University~ (UUP).
Otbm profess to haV&lt; principled
One j-Krcrnt of gross sala ry is
withheld from every paycheck, objections to ioining the union. "We
whdbe:r one is an actual member of are not steel workers" or • t don't
the union or a se&gt;-&lt;:alled agency-fee think of myself as 'labor.'"
Th~ ·conscientious objeaon••
payer. In either case. the services provided by the union are the same: pay jUJt the same as members, yet
raises, diJcretiooary ina=. vaca- they don't contribute the same.
tion days, vision and dental insur· Their stllnC&lt; is costly, both to our
ance, representation and on and on. chapter Wd lo UUP statewide. The
A number of colleagues may chapter has fewu members an&lt;l,
think they are members when , in thus., s.ffiaUer reprrsentation. And

&lt;wuttc~cdu&gt; .

The RqJo&lt;tw welcomos-.
hom- 'If the l.rMnlty

"'""""""r cormwoling on Its

the viCWl"f to appreciate the progression
of

m

byviewinganeduatiooalfilmonoviliandefmsetraihing. Th&lt;yalsoan
look at digitalimions of imascs of
1950s advertis&lt;:mmts, and lislen to
Bebop and rock 'n roll tunes--induding cla5sic Elvio-tbat chanp
1he cultwe forever.
The libraries' book talk series,
"ReadingtheFifties.'"bepnonApril

Union for faculty, staff needs the count to get the clout m Albany

publiullon In thlt _ . , Issue.
The R&lt;pott.r pn!fenlhat letten
be rec:eMd electronlcaRyat

Sendi:'J=
to the

W&lt;

To the Editor:

To the Editor.
I write to express gratitude for severa l art icles in the last Reporter
(April I I, 2002). For example, the
article by Patricia Donovan about
the health of homeless urban chil·
dren was genuinely informative, and
it was good to print the research resul ts of the doctoral investiga to r,
Ti mo thy Sull ivan, and the comments of Professor Steegman.
Similarl y. the article by Donna
Lo nge necker abou t Professor
Jea nette Jo hnson's resea rch about
children from risl-y and/or impoverished environments '-''aS also intellectually v;t)uable and in some placo
eloqumL And Ms.. Longenecker'!&gt; Jr·
tide abou t "Modest Mans1nn~" and
.1 pnzt·-wmnmg. achu.·vcnu·m m .u

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

dJd this, our mterest on the agony of Kor&lt;a and the threat of
decade grew and we decided to do our nuclearilllRihilation""'prese:ntinthe
own exhibit," says D'Anidlo.
many of the '50s photogJaphs we've
The hbrarians also want&lt;d to sup- displayed in~ on three panels.•
port Jackson 's course and comThe collages also featu"' imases
plement the various ..rots associat&lt;d of famoUJ and infamoUJ celebriwith it:· h&lt; says.
ties-DiMaggio, Ma rilyn·, Lucy,
The material in the exhibit was Annette, Howdy Doody, Jack and (
pulled from the
jackie, Buddy
UB co ll ections
Holly--t!latimas well as other
mcrse visito" in
sources,
mid -20th cen·
D'AflieUo notes.
turycuJture.
Students and
Selectio ns
others. perusing
from the Hbrar~
the Lockwood
George
ies·
ahibit will find
Kelley Paper·
45 r pms a n d
back and Pulp
hu la
hoo ps
Fiction Collechang ing from
tion provide lu·
the cciting.
rid and seducTimelinc:s in·
tive cove r art ,
trod uce the ex·
with such tit.l es
hibit, D'Aniello
as .. Darling, Ir 's
says, .. enabli ng "--~----c.w..&lt;.u..~......;oo..:.:..o Death"
and
"As

Several other articles also spread

with the valuable overhead perc&lt;nt·

info rmation about important national or local intellectual achievements. including the effort to attrad
mo re talented undergraduates.

ages. But if either gran t-or un·

I suggest politely that if we are
ever to become--o~ rt:Semble-an
intellectual com muni ty, mo re articles such as these will be both nee·

essary and crucially importanL In
the past, we have usually been given
many articles prim arily about the
winning of grants. but seldom-if
ever-about the com pletion of
grants or about the in tell ectual
ach ievements of the grant·investi·
gat ions. Of course, I can understand
why. from an admimstrative pPint
nf view. tht'rt• may be .l f_rcatcr in lt' rt~t m tht·mlta.ll JWJrd :.t.ttemt.•nt

funded-research results""' usually
ignored or omitted, an unintentionally harmful bias is conveyed or fn:.
quontly demonstrated.' ln addition,
mort university madm will probably gain much more information
from articles such as these of last
week that preserot both intellectual
knowledge and evidence of success·
ful intelligent completion oftheaca·
demic projects.
May I suggest that in the fu t ~
there could bt an increasingly wide
range of articles in the Reponerthat
reveal such research and interpretat i\'C findin gs. We could alo;o have n·vicw!t of'"unl\'ersity music and tht"·
J ter and dance .•\.\ well J" ..nme pn._~

fessional book reviews. Wt could
also read in~ with both some
ordinary and some extraordinary
students. It would be interesting to
learn what visiting scholars from
other schools think about their tinx
he,.,. We oould' learn about some
p rize-winning stu den ts and also
about some people who must work
vtry hard to poy their tuition bills.
It might also be useful. although
pe rhaps also frustrating, to learn
abOut the technological classroom
improvements available and in use
in so m e SUNY, New York and
nt"'arby tnstJtutions~
~tn..:erdy,

Vk Ooyno
Pro/enOl of Enghlh

�A!KillB.211011Yu1. 33.1o.25

Repoortea . 7

·es
Gale Carrithers, fonner English department chair
'*.-...~Jr.apro­

f&lt;ssorofEnglish at UBfrom 1962-80
and chair of the Oepor1m&lt;nt of English from I'177-80, died March 19 in
hishomeinCorolla,N.C. Hewas69.
In 1980, Carrithers joined the faculty of Louisiana State University,
from which he~ in 2001. He
serml as chair of the LSU English
Department from 1980-83.

A graduate of WiUiam &amp; Mary co-author~ with historian James D.
College, he received a doctorate Hardy, Jr_"Milton and the Hermefrom Yale Univmity and a master's neutic Journey" and "The Age of
English
Renaissance
degree in architecture from the UB Iron :
School of Architecture and Plan- Tropologies of love and Power,"
which was named a 1999 Outswxlning.
Carrithers was the author of . ing Academic Book by Choice O.r"Donne at Sennons:A.O!ristian Ex- rmt Rni&lt;ws for lu:miDnic Ubrari&lt;s.
istential\\l:&gt;rid"and"MumiOrd, Tate,
He was prtsident of the John
Eiseley: Watchm in the NishL" He Donne Society.

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by lMng WoK Cente&lt;. for more
informition. Nikolaus tear~. 310.
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. ...._......

N,I.A (...........KIIIor lnU9'Adlon). Lourie krupsld, dir., LMng w.tl
. Cente&lt;. Alumni ........ North Compus.
4:1S-5:30 p.m . Ull Rrcrution Jnd
lntntnurll Services few fee, 645-3147.
Sponso&lt;ed by lMng \Noll Centrr. Fe&lt;
""""lol"'""tlon. Lourie krupsld, 6o&lt;S·
28!7 .

Open- Circle
~e. 222 Student Union,
5 : ~7: 30 p.m . Free.

Nonh

C.mpw.

~~:,:~.;~~~

Miflenport Highw.y, Amherst'. 8 a.m.-4
p .m. 125. For more information, Susan

Burbrd, 829-3831 .

tAST/ SodM- ConUnutng
EduuUon
Working Mh Clients from Mkidle
Eutem wKi Muslim Cuttures. Daemen
College. 8:45 a.m.- 3:30p.m. S65. For
more information, Institute fCK Addiction
Studtes and Training. 645--6140.

Sponsored by LMng Well Cente&lt;. '"'
more tnfcwmation, ~niCe Cochran, 645--

--2837.

CriticaiCanModklne

-.......

EduutJon.l Tedonology Center

p.m . Free.

Update on TB. Margaret Oxtoby, NYS

~;k&gt;ofC::·t?~l~~~r~.

·Sponsa«d by School ol Medidno. DepL
of Medicine, OivWon d Pulmonary,

Cribul Care o1nd Sleep

M~idl"'e'.

Men's Tennis
UB Vl. Northern IUin&lt;Ms. UB T~
Center, E.licott Complex. North Campus.
9a.m . Frtor.
~ ASIIs~el"rogr­

EAP lnfon'YYUon Table. EAP
c.oordimttn. Baldy Walkway, Baldy Hall,

~~b;~~~~~~l

EAP Comm ittee.

_......,

EduutJon.l Tedonology

c...ter

HTML: Introduction to HTMland
Web Editing Softwwo. 212 Copen.
North Umpus. Noon-2 p.m . frM .

ISSS-.....,.

~,.,.::~~

Student Ensemble Concert
UB Concert Band. Slee Concert Hall.
North c.mpus. 8 p.m . Free. Sponsored
by Dept. of Music. Few more
informatton, Slee Concert Offke, 64S·
2921.

Thursday

UB ChoW lind Chants. Slee Concert
Hill, North Cwnpus. 8 p.m . Free.
Sponso&lt;ed liy Dept. ol Music. for more
infom\ltion, Slee Concert Offa, 64S292l.

__

Exhibits
,............ .

Culturo-

American Society"
Cutunl rmterill from the 1950son dispYy in L.odtwood Memorii1
Ubrory through Moy 31 . The exhibit can
be durlng &lt;eguCM Ub&lt;ory houn.

"Freeott...t: A IMsto&lt;yafthe
- a f s &amp; o . . y"

!t'=~t!:nc=~~on

for the Gikter Lehrman Institute of
American Histofy wifl be on displa in

the unde&lt;groduotel..ibroe~ Af'ri'
~~~~~tmcw•land
religious aspecu d the debates over
slavery that took piKe from 1780 to
1865. tt is cornpris.ed of 22 freestanding
panets.; • video lnd tnterpretjve and
educational rmteria!s, including
penon~! letters, documents. cartoons,
photog&lt;oplu ond broodsldos, drown in
la&lt;ge port ITom the l.ohnnln collection.
Many of the ~ems p&lt;OYioosly ,.,. boeo
UN&gt;nillable to the publk on a

by Abraham Uncoft'l.

" 711211g."
The thesis exhibition for

becutlve EduuUon lreokfost
Seulon
How to land Met RetAin Top Talent.
Sharon Rondocdo ond Nrry ....rl.
Ma~t

Partnen, Inc.

~~~~by

Center few Entrepreneurialloderlhtp.
for more information,

--Cone. .

=~~~a~'!rspoe&lt;h

25
Pef'fonna.nce

alMond~""'
Club. For mc:ft infOITNtion, Reine
!Uuser, 645-6912, ext 1424.

~~c~~~

Buddhist MedflMJon. Nikolas
Kara~~· 1Oth fb::w Goodyear, South
C•mpus. 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Sponsored
by LMng Weft Center. For IT'IOf1!
tnformation, Nikotas K.lrapi.YS, 31 ().
3238.

IUKkboard 5.S: Communkation Tools.
212 C.-pen, North Campus. 6:30-8:30

c..........,..

~~-~~~. ~

CEL. 64S-3000.

_lllod....,.mys..nmMet.allons and Oddatiw: Sbtis In

~

In the

~~~~n~rs:l~~

Center f« the Arts. North Umpus,
including the S«ond lloo&lt; ol the UB M
Gallety, the center atrium, roonu 208
and 613. the Att o.p.nm.nt Callery
and the student lounge. A mop ol
exhibition arus wil be pr&lt;Mded to
vislton. The exhibition, whose name
derives from the col~tfvoe weight of aU
the pieces in show (1 , 72-4 lbs. 0! 782
ki~ms) wiU open T~ with a
5

~:t~fr!"s~~ ~~n t::u~ Art

==·
·~~1;:!'~==~

Ser\lica For n'lOrt Wormation. 6-4S.22.S8.

Blldllus Sobt.8!s: A GtoNI vtew. )ohn
Helman, DepL ol Miuobk&gt;logy. Cornell
Univ. G26 Farber, South Campus. 12:30
p.m . Flft. foe' IT'IOf1! information, Mar\
O"Brian. 829· 3200.

DlglhiModla-la

Physics Colloquium

" Big Ck-blt: Ta1 Ye.,., of Spin on
WatemNewYo.t&lt;Art"

~~~~t~;:~!trom •n

;:= ~ =~~.::;d=

Poetks of Uter.try Computing. Neil
Heoneuey and Katherine Parrish. 110
Baldy, North Campus. 12:30 p .m. Free.
Sponsa«d by Dept. of Med"~a Study and
Poetics Program, Dept of English.

.........

UB vs. C.tnls.lus. Amhent Audubon
Fteld, Amhent Pepsi Center, 1615
Amherst Manor Olive, Amh~t. 3 p .m .

.....

Chemical Engl.,...lng SemiMr
Us.lng 5urfKtanlJ to Con~ P•ttern
Fonnotlon by Smoll p.nJ&lt;Iej

~~1-~=.joh~:=~Jn~~·
::.F~;a~~~J:,~ I~ p.m.
Brubaker, 645-2911 , ext. 2214.

The Myhill Lecture Series, Part Ill
Multipll« ldub •nd Their
Appliations In AJQebrUc: Geometry.

Robert K. t..azarsfe4a, Univ. of Mkh~n

at Ann Arbor. 250 Mathef'Ntks Bkfg.,
North Campus. 4 p .m . Free.

Magnetbm and Splotronk.J.. Arthur

Ep&gt;tom, Dept&gt;. of Physics ond
Cheminry, Ohio State Unfv. 205 Natural
Sciences ComP'ex, North Campus. 3:30
p .m . Free.

Philosophy Colloquium
A CrtUque of Pure Lust: The
Phenomenology of S..uol O.sh.
Rondall o;pert. DepL of Philo&gt;ophy. 120
Ctemens, North Campus. -4 p.m . Free.

American History Lecture
Colonel John B. Weber: Western New

~~~~~~~~~
Assoc. 108 Boldy. North Campus. &lt;' lO
p.m. F,... Sponsa«d by Cofl&lt;g&lt; of Art&gt;

:;;t~:~~~~~~t.

645-6000, ext. 1171 , or Judith Adams·
Volpe, 645-2576, ext. 228

Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar
Gene E.x.pr~uion Patterns for
Trntment Effects In Muttiple

Book Discussion
Re.ciing the ' SOs: JKk Kerouk's "On
the Ro.td.'" )Nnnette l.udwtg. auoc:

Sdt-rosls. Roseane Santos, Dept. of
Phannaceutic.al Sciences. 121 Cooke,
North Campus. 5-6:30 p .m Free

~~~=s~~a~.

Art Lecture
AJ•n E. Caber Memori•l lecture ludy
Carlan, AtbnCJc Monthly. Screen1ng
Room. Center for the Aru. North

lockwood Memorial Ubrary, North

~crrc~!·~:a~. sJ:"~ by Aru

~.,.,~~~~-';~~

Jam."'"""'&amp; Bowlirc cn.."s IC.elly
Hoot to pop OUl to end t:be pmt:
with the bues looded and ~ the
Bulls the win. Doolord (2-4) _ ,
the ~ scrildn( out nine.

~oft~all
Northern Illinois 9, UB 0;
NIU 9, UBI ; NIU 6, UBI
Colpte 1.0 . UB 9
UB S, St. Bonaventure 4; UB 6, St. Bonaventure I
UBwon twaoldveo ~•pmes eartier1n !he--..~
a thAe-pne MAC ....... at Nonhem 1linoos ....-!he-., ('1-0. 9-1 . 6-1 )
The &amp;lis lost a 10-9 s!upn at Colp,. onApri19 a n d - S..
~ in a doub&amp;ehea.der on April I0. eamloJ: a come-from..betu S-"'1
win In the and aiOnl the no&amp;f&gt;rap by • 6-1 $(()("0. Froslvnan Ann Mane
Magur c1r&lt;&gt;&lt;o In !he pme-wi'"'c ""' in the fiftl&gt; 1nnrc olthe opener with a
sincJe up the midl:h .and blasted her first career home run. a three-run shot
O¥'er me left center field fence , in the f'rfth lnninc of the nilfltcap. Sophomore
Man:o Rou abo hit her lint &lt;&gt;rHr home ""' durin&amp; the Colp'" pmo

~as~et~all
WOMEN ' S

Kochendorfer honored b)' -enscoll.,ehoops.com
~ jesska l&lt;ochendorfer ollhe ""'"""~ bulcetboll ...,., wu honored
by womenscoUephoops.~, receivinc honontM mention honors on the
Web site's second annual All--America Team.
1&lt;oc:hendorlor led the with 14.3 poirG. 7.6 rebo&lt;.wlCis and 1.36 bloda
per pmo. She wu one ol only twO pea,en !D san -.y pmo durirc !he 200 I·
02 season. and she posted a team-hi&amp;~&gt;_, doul&gt;le-&lt;looobles on the yoar while
leadirclhe !luis In
on 10 occasions and 1n ~on 17 ocasions
Her '10 I pons on the yoar .,..!he lOll&gt; toat-1n U8 historf. and her 3B bloda
ano sboh on UBi...,.._,......, recont list.~ ranlood lOll&gt; 1n !he MAC
in seo&lt;rc.lounl&gt; 1n ~ ..,.n 1n field cool petanCifO (.456). tied for tiWd
1n blocbd shoo per pmo. tiWd 1n ....,_ rebounds per pme (5.50) and ISth
1n ol'fo!nsi¥e robounds per pme (2.1-l). ln MAC ""'"" only. she ranlood lounl&gt; in
scorin&amp; ( IS.l) and rebcundinc (BI) and tiWd 1n bloda per pme (1.31 ).

sawrc

Iennis
WOMUI"S

Toledo 7,UB 0
Eastern Hlchipn 7, UB 0
The Bufts dropped both of their MAC matChes on the road last week to fall

to

2·ll ,...n and 0-7 in 1eacue competition. UB dropped identical 7.0 decisoons
frtcby and Eastern Michip&gt; on Sawnlay.

at Toledo on

lrac~ an~ fiel~
Top performances at Sea Ray Relays
US sent its top a~ to the Sea Ray Relays at the UniYersity ofTennes.see in

through Saturdays.

the

~~~~1n~~d~~~
Jackson P\ace, Buffa~ . Gailety houfl are
11 a.m . to S p.m. Wednesday through

Saturday and 1-S p.m. on Sunday.

" Aion L Cober: A Retrospective
Afterlife"
An exhibition honoring the life and wor1t
of the tate illustrator and teKhef Aian E.
Coller will be in display through May 18
in the first Hoar gallery of the UB Art
Gallety in the Center for the Arts, North
Campus. Caber w.u a visi~ professor
of art and Distinguished Visiting Artist at

~.~.~6 ~:~-;~~~~ are 11
Saturday.

• Anotomkol Art b)' Vuallus··
" 19th Centurylotankal Prtnts"
Reproductions of the famous • muscle
men" series by And~as Vesalius, and
print-images of ptanu with medkiMI

=~~=~~~th

Campus. Material!()( both ellhlbits was
obtained via the Robert L Brown History
of Medicine Collection 1n the libr•ry. The
exhibits, supported by the Friends of the
Health Sciences Ubrary and the Medic.al
Histoncal Society of Western New YIX\..
may be 'M'W'ed during normal lbary
hou n

Knoxville ao~er the weekend.The men's and women's squads turned in
irnpr'ess.Ne ma.riu at the nationalty recognized ~ ~ some of the top
coflqbte tr.~dc-.and-fiekf a~ from the eutem half ot'the Unked States.
The most 1rnprossr.. perfonnancos wore turned in by shot puaers Byron
ol the
McKinney and Joe Loiacono.The duo lied lor second in the open competition with rossos oi54-7.2S (16.64m).The disonce gawo each • share ol
the school roconl. ~set by McKinney at the Ralei&amp;fl Relays twO weeks
'I" o/53-10.5 (16.~2m) . P.,nlue"s Scott Hecht won the compo&lt;i&lt;ion at 54-10
(17.32m). Lobc:ono also wmed in a sixth-pbc:e finish In tne discus at 162-7
(~956m). while H&lt;Kinney plaad IBd&gt; In the lwnmer""' at 157-7 (&lt;ll.Olm).
5prirur Joe Oari&lt; also .... school """"' .. he~ !he 400,...... 1n
47.6! "'place llnd.The""""'- n..... Galodi '"'"'ol-48.12 set 1n 1994.
Oisanco speciolist Rick~ placed tiWd 1n !he 3000 ~ 1n ~JH2
beNnd ........,.(TOm Himesoa and Indiana Sate.li&gt;dd Wd6en placed 13th 1n !he
SOOOmeton 1n IH3.70. Eric Cnbaj wu 2S&lt;h 1nthe 1500meton 1n 3,SS.~S:
In the ~'s meet. Faith Thompson set the shot put ~ord at 43-1.75
(ll. l Sm) to place 17th
k brol&lt;e her nw1&lt; o/42-10.5 (13.07m) set last
season. Melissa Burrows took second tn the SOOO I"M!tef"S in 17!5'8. 18. finishinc
behind Auburn's Ena 8ruwell who docked in at 17:38.5 I. Holte Rhodes
ptaced sixth in the 3000 steepk!c:hue 1n 11 : 13.37, just two seconds oft' her
school ~ord set earlier this season. Sanh Fletcher turned in a sbcth-pbce
finish in the hanwner throw at 178-S.lS (S&lt;4.39m), whileThompson was l l .n at
1-47-1.25 (44.&amp;4m). Christina Kedc wu 22nd in the 800 meten tn 2.12.69

over.n.

~mw
Nootlce 8 takes second at Knecht Cup
UB lent three emnes to the Knecht Cup. hosted by V~tancwa. ~. O¥N
the - . G . The no¥1ce B entry wu the only boat "' roach the fina~. fi""""'&amp;
first In Its heat In 7:135 ahead of turns from U~ . MMist. North Carolina.
Pittsbur&amp;h and Penn Sate. In the fiNk. the team took second In 7 20.6. sur.
seconds be!lif1&lt;t fint-j&gt;bco firusher Hassachusoas.

�8

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ADrill8.Z001/Vui.J3.No.15

Thursday, April

18

-·-

Or.. o&amp;agnostk Sc:len&lt;es
A Revlew of MeU-An~s

=:d:J~~~C.:C · ~ .
Sctences. 3SS Squire, South
Campus. 8 a.m. Free.

Education -Studtes
- and
Cross.-Cufturat
MuttkuJtural E.duation.
V\adimif ~~ Graduate

=ofeon~~·='Y

North Forest Rood, c.ttvii!O.

~~~~::~·j=
Ken Ktaemer, 64S-6642.

~wy

'

Wottuhop

UB 13S: Envlronmonbl

~~os~~2~~-

Campus. Noon-1 p.m . Free.

Friday

19

~~~~and
Educational Technology

Center Woritshop

~~~~r.tr2~~~ c.

Action).

lntegnotlvo
Uuio
~· dir., lMng Well Center.

Center for tho AtU. North
Campus. 2 p.m. S12, g&lt;nero1

Intramural Services for fee 645·

information, 645·ARTS.

6-~~~~

~~"tr.'~i~by

~~~~=I.'X~i:·'

StudentEruembleCon&lt;ort

Laurie Krupski, 64S-2837.

.....,

Campus. Noon-2 p .m . Free.

BiocMmlstry SemiNN'

amd Dance. Drama The•tre.
Center for the Arts, North
Campu•. 8 p.m . S 12, gen&lt;fiSI;

Music.
For more information, Slee
Concert Office, 645-2921

Dept of Mole&lt;ulor Genetks '
Albert Einstein College of '
~icine . G26 farbef South
Campus. 12:30 p.m. free.

~fmr~F~~by

Monday

information, 645-ARTS.

22

Dlglbl
Life Wottuhop
Using UB Technology: Thet&lt;'s

~2s~~n;·J~:n:~sored

Presented

~~~~ai~l~-~~-North

s..-t Mwk aodtal
Kristy ~turowslcl. soprano.
Black Box Theatre, Center for

Fulterenes In Potymeri&lt; Stllte;

r,:.~~~/J·m

Current Issues and
Pt!np&lt;Ct!Yo. Alex Soldatov,

Music. For more Information
S~ Concert OffKe, 645·29il .

~~~u~~~C~unrv.

~·

20

The RNA Polymerne Ill

~~;~~~~~~:,~

~iK~

on campui or f1&gt;r

off campu\ evenh whert!

UB

group~

.ar" prindp.•l

research

CompleJL, North Campus. 3:-45
Free. Co-sponsored by

~~r~s~rt~::.r;~~68

Sanln.r

Phannaco!Jenetk-Guided Drug
n o l&lt;llet th,,n noon or•
th~

fhu rulay pre&lt;edh19

publkatlon Lhtlng.i arf&gt;
only

1ucept~d

through thL

t.•lectronlc 'ubmlulon form
f orth~

of

••nlln.- UB Calendar
£v~nh

ol • http ·Jf

www.buH ,.lo .edu /
(,llt.&lt;ndar login &gt; Be&lt;auu•
ot ~ l"'ct' limita t ion \, n o t ·..,11
rvenh In the dect ronlc

( .'tlcnrfar will he Includ ed
In tht• Rcporfn

Women'• Tennis

~!~; ~!'l~:· UB
CompleJL, North Campus. 1
p .m . Free.
Alneric.8n Hbtory Lecture

Phatmacogenomk· and

~~
~food and

~=-f;.;,t~:.;"""'·
Earth Day Event
lecture by Sandra
Stelngraber. 107 Allen, South

~~~J ~y~~·88.7 FM,
Enwonment and Society

~:~ ~'!~~~~e

information, WBFO, 829-6000.

Series

SIH/Vlsltlng Artist
Ransom Wilson, flute . Slee
Concert Hall, North Campus. 8

~8";~~~=-~~~~~9

~K&gt;f CitiZens; S5, studenU.
Sponsored by DepL of MusK
For more Information, Slee
Concert Offke, 645 · 2921

Distinguished Spe•ken

::~=~~r~.:,er King

~~~~~ag;~e8::;Al~t~:~~~
le&lt;ture'&gt;hlp Fund Ma•nstageArh.
the,!lel. Center lor

the

CMter for Tomorrow: North
Cam.,.... Nooo-2
S16,

JJ.,,;,·
~~~for~e

~-Cross

~~:.· Jude Schwendler.

Cwnpus 8lood Ortw:.
American Rod C=s, 10

~tc;· ~,;:.mpus.

~"'1.'~:::'"1!~
~Ba.~:~:nd

American Studios and Histor)&lt;

~lJnjy - ~
C~P!ojoct.

Srnitmonian Institution. 22S

~~=North

Coff. . aocoptlon

~~~·:,:;..~

DeuUd1es HoU&gt;, New Vorl&lt;

~:.:~~~~.•

"'fi:rr ~~

infonnation, 64S-22S8.

~

~~=Group

Multiplier Ideals and Thelo-

~an!:.~~tion,

Softlwoll
UB 'IS. Kent State (OH) . UB
Softball F i~. North Campus. 1
p .m . Free.

The KOJS-k D"""e Series
BiU T. Jones I Arnie bne

=:.~~~~

~s~~~: ~~. For

more information, 64.S...ARTS.
Ploy

~::er::.~Trt:!atre
Campus. 8 p.m . Si 2, general,
information, 64.S-ARTS.

Campus. 12:3r£3o p.m. Free.

~~~~eld

Univ. of Mi&lt;Ngan at Ann Atbor.'
2SO Mathernatks Bldg.. North
Campus. -4 p .m. Free.

Sunday

21
Softboll
UB n . Kent State UB Sohball
~~ · North Campus I p m

r~~CoHege

For more tnformatiOn, jude

Schwendler, 829· 2608

Prole.sslonol DalenO Guarino

f:S~s~.~L
~~~UnK&gt;ru

information, 645-612.5.

...._....

en E.aocutm Education
How to Tum Around Your
8uslnoss Porlormonc:e 8elore
lt'sNMded.GenyMIJrlii&lt;.31 S
North Campus. &amp;-8 p.m.
S99. for more information,

Ploy

Mind/ Body Movement
Cl•u
N.I.A (Neuromu'-Cular

~:~ tt~~a:7!'~;tucif~!atre
1

dnd Dance Drama Theatre,

f:"~~6..~
Dance lasons

l.aune Krupski, dir., LMng ~~

Center. 188 Alumni Arena,

~ort~~~t!7 p~ 1 frff
Laurie Krupski,

645~2837

'

Student Music En.anble
New Chamber Musk 250
Baird. North Campus. 7:30

~ ~~~ee.F~;;ed by Dep1
/"

Multiplier Ideals and The!&lt;

~:.t..~u'!..teld
2SO Mathematics Bldg., North
Campus. -4 p .m . Free.

Campus. 5-6 p .m. Free.

~er. For more ~onna110n

~':"'*.__.....Series,

~atAnnAtbor:

Lifo Wottuhop

~.

UB Alumni Assoc:l.lltlon
CeJebralion of EJ:cellence
Dinner Buffalo/N1agara
MarriOtt, ll-40 M iner~port
H1ghway, Amhent 6 p m S7 ~

Lllerwy . . - . , -

~~~~

"""'=· 3 t Capon. North

~';""Hil.ectureSerlet,

~~'1r.rr~~by

Endowment.

earn.,....

Center, Ellkott Complex, North
Campus. 1 p .m . Free.

Foster Chemistry Colloquia

~~r~. =~ed~~L
of Chem1st.ry and Foster lecture

1SSS Wottuhop
How to Buy and Moinbln You-

lllad&lt;boan!S.S:
Communlutlon Toob. 2t2
Capen. North
Noon-2
p .m . Free.

SCholar SeM&lt;... For """"

and Dance. Drama Theatre
Cent~ for the ArU North '

~~l~a~~~;- ot

'

Women'• Tennis
UB vs. Ball State. UB Tennis

Sponsored by c~ of Aru and
Sdenc.es. for fTli'Jre information,
MKh&lt;lo Gallan~ 64S-27t 1.

'The Future Ro&amp;e of
Mkrofluidk OeYkes in
Pro\eomlo and Drug

=-~odonology

~~Forby:inf~tion

Derek Stefaniak. 829-4770.

Saturday

publl\hci

~~''"'
dean,
Sc=~~
Pf"llirmKNtial Sdenc:es.

~~:..Ha~~ea;~
eX Music. FortnOI'"e
information, 51ee Concert
Offke, 645· 2921 .

Photoshop: lntrodU&lt;tlon

~~0. ~to ~at~~~~~~"
fr·n:'·
~~~:r~f:l:~~~~· ~pt.
fr!,~~~~~e

23

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St:udent ~ Concert
UB Porcuulon Ensemble. St..

~~hnology

Disti~uished ~aker,

Tuesday

f=:~"'b
a.m.n..

Galloway,
(4/t9) ond 120
North
Campus (4/20~ 8-11 p.m. flft.

Activtties. For rT'IOf'e
infonnation, 645-6125.

North Campus. 3:30 p .m .

V'lformation, Siee Concert

Office, 64S-2921 .

~~~.Jm

Centrr. 201 Capen, second
floor of UGL. North Campus.

SectJon 0 , Port II.

-l'oetla

~~

r~~~:tl

for evc nh ta"lng

~~{;j~~Of

~=:.n~~Trt:!atre

~e~~-;t~

Th~ Re,)f)l'ftr"

Pk&gt;sion, UB'• Flute EnsembJe.

St.. Concert Hall, North

by Chromo""""

AJtered Gene Dosage Caused

ll~thHJl

,

~-....,..__.....

The Underground a.lll-e&gt;od
and Yftstem New York. KM-1
Cottrel' Dept of Nrian
American Studies. 218 Norton
North Campus. 4 :30p.m . FrM.
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Q&amp;A: Sandra Flash offers (nsights
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English professor emeritus takes home prize with a book full of"practical gods"
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ARL Dennis' " Practical
Gods," which just won
the 2002 Puliw:r Priu
or poetry, is full of.thern.
There is Hermes, who, if you can
hold him still, will "want to sit on

the step/Under the stars for as long
as you live!And stiff the fragrance
of wine and barley/As it blows from
the altar on a salty sea breeze ... "
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her charge that the plaid jacket he's
about to put on "Will provt too loud
for the soft-spoken sensitive woman
you'r(: destined to meet tonight in

tine at the theater/When everything
depends on a first impression."
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saiots-oflicial and of a kind. There
is St. Francis. who cannot comfort
the dying young nun with the assurana that her suffering has a pur·
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flecked lips utt&lt;ring words meaningless and mysterious enough to mean
what we need to believ~ they mean.
ln a voice reminiscent at times of
the Chinese poet li Po. whom he
honors in a poem dedicated to his
fri~nd and colleague, th~ late Mac
Hammond, Dennis, a prof~ssor
emeritus of English at UB, rides the
wa~ of spiritual expressiveness and
wonder, piercing th~ reader with
observa ti ons so hon~st that they
startl~ and sham~ .

Haven't we sat bored at the death bed of a dear friend who forgives us
even as~ rwitdled in silence,acutdy
aware of the other things we might
be doing? Haven't we allowed oursdves to imagine lives w~ envy as
unhappier, more disappointed than
our own--and hasn't it drowned our
envy in a moment of satisfaction that
allowed us to keep going?
Dennis' gods, if they are real, if
they are anywbe:re at all, are sitting
in our kitchens. whispering in our
ears about what to ord~r at Happy
Jack's, soothing our hearts and mak·
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tling poem.• Progressiv&lt; Health," the
spealc&lt;r is invited to become a god
himself by donating all his organs
while still alive.
However long he might have to
liV&lt;, the would-be procur..- assures
him, it is nothing compared to the
total yean of life that would be reai!Ud by the six individuals who would

receive his assorted parts. It is a burden the speak&lt;r can hardly bear. Can
he make a Lif~ six times as fuU as it
would be if he died?
He is ask&lt;d , "Why be a drudge
staggering to the end of your life/
Under this crushing burden when,
with a single word/You could be a
god. one of the few gods/Who, when
called upon, really listens?"
The book was not planned as one
that wouJd expras rd..igious--" I
would call then 'spiritual""-sensi bilities, Dennis says.
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poems wcrr wrinm, that I saw th~
connection among them," he says.
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p&lt;rsp&lt;etiV&lt; in other books, but this
one is more focused, which is why I
chose the name 'Practical Gods,'"
Dennis was not aware that he had
been nominated for the Pulitur
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Athletic self study nears completion
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c~rtifi ca tion program.
The project's Steering Commit tee and four su bcommitt~es ar~
~va luat ing r espons~s . reviewing
feedback and preparing plans for
improvemen t prior to th~ pr~pa ­
ration of a draft of the self-st udy
report and an ex~cu t ive summary,
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Committee that is shepherding the
certtfication process on campus.
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mary are co mpleted. they w1ll be
presented to the c.a mpu:, co mmu

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said Laura Barnum, dim:torofbusiness operations for the Division of
Athletics and project manager.
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to th~ NCAA in late Augusl , with
a peu review team from th~
NCAA ap«t~d to come to campus in Nov~m~r. UB should r~ ­
c~iv~ a decision about its c~rtifi ­
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program. wh1ch began at U B on
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NCAA's "operating principles" that
place a "measuring stick" by which
all Division I m~mbers are mea sured-an academic and fiscal in tegrity, gov~manc~ and rules compliance and equity, student-athlete
welfare and sportsmanship.
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probl~ms that may be id~ntifi ed ."
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providi ng r~sponses to sp~cific
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Sandra 1- Flash is director of Study Abroad Programs in
the Office of the Vice Provost for International Education.

pand their personal horirons by
tackling new challenges and learning more aboul themse:Jves. Far
too many times when explaining
what I do for a living, I receive the
response: "J wish I had done that

when I was in college." Through
our work to promote study abroad
on campus, I hope that_no US stu·
dent ever has this regret upon
completion of his or her degru.
- y o u notkod. decline In
the number olrtudents wishing
to go . , . _ IInce Sept. 11 7

Not at all; in fact, there appears to
be an increased interest in interna tional education. Our annual Study

Abroad Fair last October featuring
programs from all of the SUNY
schools drew more than 500 at tendees--200 more than the fair in
2000. ~pt. II has made students
more aware of the need for intercultural understanding and u -

change. Only one VB student decided to postpOne her participation

in a study abroad program from the
Fall to the Spring ~mester as a re·
suit of Sept. II (she is currently
abroad) and our participation rates
for the Spring ~mester are consistent with tho~ of previous years.
Wh•t services does your office
provide?
Study Abroad Programs advises
ua students on all types of overseas academic programs. We assist
students at every stage ofthe process: progra m selection, the appli cation process, theadmassions pa·
perwork, advace on travel arrangements, passports and visas, com ·

campus community will look to
our office as a resource for advice
and guidance when pursuing any
overseas academic program.
In how m•ny countries do we
h•n: ~ms7 Wh•t country/ program b the mort
popul•r7 On •ver.age, how

many 1111 rtuclents are abrolct
durtng • semester?

VB rurrently sponsors programs in
Australia, Austria,

Bdgium,

Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Denmark, England, Finland ,

France, Germany, Gre&lt;cc, Hungary,
India, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Singapore,

South Africa, Spain and Thailand.
Students wishing to st udy abroad
in locations not offered by UB may
take advan tage of the more than
300 programs offered by other
SUNY institution s. Students re main registered at UB while

abroad, which enables 111=&gt; to take
advantage of any tuition assistance
or other financial aid for which

they are eligible. In terms of sheer
numbers, our largest study abroad
programs aU those in Salamanca,

Spain, and Havana, Cuba. each of
which sends 25-40 students each
summer. UB sends a total of 250300 students abroad each year. Approximately 45 percent study
abroad during the summer, and
another 40 percent study abroad
for one semester. The remainder
study abroad for a full academic
year or during the January
inte~ion .

Wh•t •re the ••rtous types of
progr•m• th•t •re oftered7
Our offerings run the gamut &amp;om
academic -year and o ne-semester

options to shon-tt:rm progr:anu,

including three- to to-week summer programs. and two-week January intertession progranu. MOlt of
our programs are offend at the UO'
dergraduate and graduate lnds,
and some offerings also include
non-aedit options: for community
membcn and individuals not interested in receiving academic

credit for their participation.
TeiiiiM-the--•ted to begin thb

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summer.
Every year I work with faculty
members from depanments across

VB who wish to develop new study
abroad programs. This year, we
have some exciting additions to our
program offerings, including
Vienna Arts &amp; CultUr&lt; Program in
Vienna, Austria; Engin«ring Program in Troyes, Frane?. Greek Culture Program in Patras and Sparta,

Greece, and South Africa: Political
&amp; Co ntemporary C ulture in

Capetown, South Africa. In addition to summer program offerings,
J would like to highlight two ox -

change programs: the School of
Medicine achange program with
the Capital University of Medical
Sciences in Beijing, China, allows
UB medical students to complete a

whose ruo,tive language was not
En~. I now consider it my
life • goal to eru:ounge every
prospective study abroad participant who b.u this fear to be
brave and adventurous! It is

entirely feasible to study in a
country prior to being proficient in the native language.
Many study abroad programs
are designed for non-native

speakers to enable them to acquire proficiency in a foreign

language, and many also offer
a variety of courses in English
as well.
queotJon do you wllh
thad ...... how would
you"-an.-lt7

I wish you had asked me bow
UB faculty members could become involved in study abroad
programs. Faculty involvement
is vital to the success of study
abroad programs at UB, and
there are many ways that our

faculty can (and do!) contribute by:
• Recommending study
abroad to their students, since
faculty encouragement i.s oneof the most successful ways to
promote study abroad

clinical rotation at Otinese hospi-

• Contacting me whenever

tal~. The new COllege ·of 1\rU'aild

ifiey' are ili.ltihg UB students

Sciences exchange agreement with
the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science at the

abroad , whether for credit or
not , so I can assist them in

University of Toronto facilitates
year- long undergraduate student

complying with VB and SUNY
safety and liability regulations

exchanges.
Did you Jtudy •broad u • llU·
clent7

I did indeed, and it was a life·
changing experience. Not only did
J learn a great deal about myself,
but I also selected the field of international education for my career! I often teU people that I was
a .. typical American undergradu ·
ate student" because· I chose to

• Discussing tbeir field from an
international pcnpective in the
classroom, induding their own
international initiatives, projects
and conr.tmc. attendana
• Assisting prospectiv&lt; study
abroad participalits with av=cas
coune selection and approval,
and integration of ov=eas academics into VB deg= programs

study abroad in London, England,

• Proposing a new study

for one semester. My undergradu ·
ate program did not require me to
take a foreign language, so I was
reluctant to study in a co untry

abroad program for VB students

ally turned out.
Regardless of the plethora of dei -

points of view. I'V&lt; found that the
dialogue with rdigious perspectives
helps sharpen my notions of how I
should liV&lt;."
As his poetry makes clear, Dennis is acutely awan: of life's losses and
gains One sourtt of geod fortune
for him has been the VB Departmcnt of English.
"It has been a V&lt;ry congenial and
welcoming place to work all these
years,• he says. "It's been open to
writers being on the faculty and being a part of the life of the depart -

• Supporting aisting and initiating new
agr=ncnts.

"""""'se

Dennis
~..._,...

,

won for his eighth book of poetry
was delivered in a call from an Associated ~reporter.
He is honored. but says the ulti ·
mate benefit may be in book sales
and in a new confidence on the part

of his publisher.
Although the prize was awarded
for"Practical Gods."he assumes that
he probably received it for the body
of work he has wrinen over the past
30 years. which mcludes eight cnucally acclaimed books of poems.
scores of magazine publications, to elusion in the.- most prestagious liter·
ary anthologies and a book of essavs.
"I think the Judges \\'ere anvt::Sttng
m a oommOOity that has legs." he sa~.
If "Practic-Al Gods" ha..o:;a m~ge ,
h~ says. alas I hat we IIV(• our la vt.,. \Yith

care and anentiveness. Or listen to
those voices we may call ..gods" who
give us practical advice or teU us the
way things really are, as, in one
poem, a gentle-beaned but realistic

Euridye&lt; tells Orpheus that she was
gone from his life before he ever
turned around to look at her face

and that, frankly, if he could see the
future like she can, he'd be relieved.
These gods speak of forgiveness
and suggest how we should live, but
do so during dinners at May len as
we watch the rain o n Elmwood Avenue: they engag(' w m Kaufmann's
men·s departm('nt or while travel ·
ang an tht' Tyrol. Their wor ld is
fra ught \Oo'Jth possibilities, parallel
unaverses that do not e.x.ast but offer
ahcrnatiw..os to th t.' wa)' things actu ·

ties named and u nnamed who

populate "Practical Gods." Dennis
says that be is not a particularly religious person, nor one who em braces the likelihood of a life beyond
this one. Although he might not
entirely discount any possibility,
fi-om Odysseus' shades to Buddhist
notions of the ~incarnation, he's
just not counting on anything like
that-he says it seems too good to
be true.
"I wouldn't dignify the spiritual
proc~ here with the term 'search,'n
h(' says. 'Tm intrigued by religion
and, of coune. regardless of what wt
believe oursciV&lt;;S&lt;Wt' can hardly help
but be engaged by various rdigio ul!.

men 4. This isn't true about many
En¢ish departments in the:rmntr)'.
where there's ofte n a radical split
betw~en the writers and the literary
scholars. I've been very fortunate in
that regard. and I'm grateful for it."

�April II, 2002/Yii 33,ln.14

BrieD

Lives of street urchins
UB study finds homeless urban kids healthierthan expected
By I'An:KlA DONOVAN

Editor
HE rapid increase in tht
numbtrofhomeksschildrm in cities in thedc-vdoping world is a matter of
grave concern, particularly with regard to thcir physical weU-being.
A study by a UB researcher, how-

Contributing

T

nomic productivity high rates of

ioral biologist Cathcrmc Pantcr-

Sullivan's study involved 51 strttt
childrm agesS- 15 who were associated with a strttt school in a highland city in Guatemala.
The childrm were found to be
.

growthandbiochmlical~for

chronic~ and :00rtaJity.

ever, supports earlier find ings that

although fraught wi th danger and
poverty, the conditions under which
these children live a~ mo~ optima]

for survival than originaUy thought.
The study of the health of urban
G u a tema lan st ree t c hildren by

Brick cited by Sullivan looked at
physiq! and psychosocial weU-bting among street ,hildren of
Katmandu. It contrasted these with
those of urban middle-class and
rural-village children livmg
in intact families.
Sullivan's findings, likt
Panter-Bridr.'s, confirm that
the liv&lt;s of homdess url!an
childrm are compl&lt;x, yet less
desperate in some ways than
previously thought Ht said

r imothy SulJivan, a docto raJ candi date Ill anthropology. was presented
n·"'terdav 111 .Ill .Jh&lt;;tracl dl the dn -

nual mt."t:tlng of tht.· Amencan As"l.X..I.Jiu&gt;n ol Phr.,ll.•ll Anth ropo lo~' "" hc mg held 111 ~uffalo.
'-lu ll1 \,111\ fin d•ng~ .. uppurl the
lllllh..'ntlo n

hvothl'f n..~an:her)ro thJ t

Ill J'-•vdoptng \.llUil lflt.''· the~ ch1 l
drt·n .trt· m hctte;.·r ht-.th h and h.tVt' u
hc u e;.•r ~h.t n ~e;.· o l 'un•tval than do
lht·u pn•r:,. wht-~ rt:ll&gt; tc..lc 111 tntJ d
humt." 111 Jgnt.uhurdl Vlllagell&gt;
lit· fou nt.! that hl"' ~u hJectll&gt;' .tvcr-

J~t· h~xl) lll d~!&gt; tll dexi BMI ),a m t.-a

'u rc related to J vJ n ety of health
n o;k!l throughout life, Web very st ml ·
l.tr 1 1U that of Amt'rtca n children
whose BM I values, as reported by
the National Crnter for HeaJth Sta·
ttstlcs (NC HS), are the standards by

whiCh general child health IS judged
worldwide.

'

'

...

BM I, or relative weight to htight
ratio, corrdates with mortality ~d
morbidity from a variety of causes.

Anthropologist
that C.U.tema.lan street chlhtren Uke
thae two boys...,. heoltht.r then
expected, "en t hough their lives •re
fraught wit h poverty a nd danger.

shorter .md weigh less than Americanchildn:n in their age cohort. Howt"ver, thetr BMI ....'3Sfound tobesi m1 ·
Jar to m~.m NC HS val ues. Sullivan
~ud thiS tnd.Jcau:s that aJthough the
ch tldren 's growth 1s stunted , the
dmount of we1ght carried on tha t
he~ght as about the same as that of U.S.

children of tha t height whose scores
provide the NCHS values.
The z-scores used by Sullivan are
based on the NCHS standard deviations. The boYs' z-scores for weight
averaged 0.90 and for hcight, 2.6. The
girls' z-score for wright was 0.9 and
that for height was 2.0. This means.
tOr ~pi&lt;:· iha( u,. tW'• oogh~
wer~ I to 2.6 standard deviations
from the NCHS mean scores.

The BMI is used worldwide as an

Although the z-sco rt.s ind ica te

index of Chronic Energy Deficiency

that the children are shorter than the
average Ameriqrn child of the sam•
age, the boys' BMI z-sco,..,. were 0.5
above NC HS values and the girls' z-

(CED ), a serious health problem in
developing countries.. In addition, it

predicts impaired maternal health
and lactation, impaired fetal growth,
decreased wo rk capacity and eco-

scores m~u red 0.0.
A 1996

research study by bthav-

the research suggests , as
Pa n te r- Brick wrote , that
"' homelessness may be an
appropriate response to ci r
cumstances of poverty."

,.,.G. Steegman, UB pro -

fe!lsOr o f a nthr opo logy.
concurred.
.. Thebusinessofbe1ngastreet urdtin,of making a living on the street,
seems to \'\'Ork better for these children than we might an ticipate,"
Steeg man sa1d ... Their health as
measured by their BMb doesn 't
prove that they live a fine life-it lllo

fraught with great dapger, including
m urder and sexuaJ exploitation, especiaUy for the girls-but it doe&gt;
confound our expectations." he says.
Whatever the long-term psychosociaJ costs of urban homelessness.
Steegman said street boys like those
in Sullivan's study appear to trade
thtm off against sho rt-tenn survival benefits.
"These kids are ncsilient and sdfroliant and adap&lt; physically to the difficult conditions of homelcssness,"
Steegrnan says. "Although middleclass urban kids c&lt;rtainly fare~
homeless urban childrm seem to bt
doing better health-wise than they
would if they lived in intact families
in poor agricultura1 communities."

Online evaluations raise concemm
BY DONNA LONGENECKER
Reporrt:r Assistant Edttor

M

EMBERSofthe Facull y Se n a te Co m puter ~TvJCesCo m ­

mlttt:c a re co n ce rn ed about 'onfid,:ntiali t y and
fatrncss i.ssu~ n..-garding the on line
posting of student.!.' l'valuations of
tt'achmg assistants, the senate's Ex ecutlve Commlltct· wa.~o told at its
April 3 meeting.
" Ho\V can apprcntJCt' teacherswho will eventually be on the market '"ith UB Ph.lJ.)-bc protected
fro m the exaggcratt.-d conSt."qucnces
uf their experienet:" ~cause "everyone in th e world"hJ..S access to their
~va l uatio n s, co mm ttt t•e C hair
Maureen Jam eson, ~1att' professo r of French, told FSEC memben..
The Student Association has been
publishi ng studen t evalua tjons of
somr College of Arts and Sciem:es
courses, including those sections
taught by T~. on its Web site.
Jameson noted that the senate's
lhu:hing and Learning Commi th.-e
has rccom mendt-d that the univcr)IIY adopt Co urst·Eval. a sofnvarc
program that wo uld a llO\'~,, students
to fill out cnur'M' t"\'illuatlon o; on Itnt·,
,uhlthat UM' nftlll' . .uft h '.lrl' mav rc
'l •l n· \O ill t' &lt;'I thc't' ~onc(•rn'

\

In her year-end repo rt to th e
FSEC, Jameson also asked senators
to review the "MyUB .. {aculty Web
site,currently 11 work-in-progress.. to
offer feedback to the Computer Services Committee. MyU B IS a ..: u ~ ­
tom tzed porta l, or Web .!l ite , that
provides th e user "&lt;ith myriad in formation about UB \'ta Web hnks
and announcements.
Jameson noted that th e Web
Team in the Office of C reative Services in University Co mmuni cations, which is responsible fo r the
site's design , is soliciting feedback re-

tral level, noting that while IT advi -

concef115 about the online telephone

sory comminees do exist within several of the decanal units, "there is now
no mechanism for faculty input at the
central level in the IT decision-making proctSS other than ~"' Faculty SenJte Computer Services Commi«ee.."
In o th e r bus m ess. Peter
Ntckerson. professor of pathology
.tnd chair of the Student Life Com mittee, reported that his pand is ex·
amin ing the role and effect of Greek
organizations on campus life. He
also noted that in response to stu dent concerns, the Office of Ca reer
Plannmg and Placement has Im proved its services. "We 're veq·
pleased with what's going on," he
said, adding that the office is actively
reaching out to srudents. beginning
at the freshmen level.

and email directory, LDAP (which is
managed by CIT), and the accuraq•

William Baumer, professor of philosophy, reported that the Grading

of t he in formation it provides.
Bernice Noble, professor of micro-

Conunince, which he cha.ars, is workmg on policies related to rt"a.SOnable
progress toward a baccalaureate de-

garding all aspt.-cts of the site. Faculty can peruse the · si te, local~ at
&lt;http:/ / myub.buff.olo.edu,&gt; by
logging in using their UBIT name.
Several FSEC members expressed

biology. said that her email address

3

was changed by C IT wi thout her
knowledge, creating a host of com ·
plicalions that took some time to rl' ·
solve. "Clearly. somcthmg lS fallmg

gree. administrative grade changes-

through the crack's here." Nobl,· satd.

the grade should b&lt;- changctl-.md

Jameson s.Ud that facult)• memi::&gt;en
nt.'f.'d .1 n-rre.cnt..ttive \'01\..t' to ~ peak
to IT t :-..su e;.~ ,11 hoth tht' k)(aJ and ~t'll

tht· coordm :ttt un ol tht· acadcm 1 ~-.
gnt.'\"atll..e prtXt.Jurt."ll&gt; .11 tht' gradu
.lit' Jnd undt·~r,u.lu .Ht' k\d-.

what can l:x- done when an instruc -

tor refuses to change a grade whc:n
the student has legttlmate proof that

Wom en in Higher Ed to meet
Pro•o ll U lubeth D. C-ldl will give the keynote address at the
a nnual conference of the Wrstern New York Network for Women
wders in Higher Education, to be held April 26 in tht Center for
Tomorrow, North Campus.
The theme of rhe conference is .. Why Do We Like the Foods We
Like: The Good, the Bad and the Fattening."
The program will indude the presentation of the lknju Poss
Award, given annuaUy to an o utstanding woman in hightr educa tion , to Marsha D. Jackson , associate vice president for student affairs at Erie Community CoiJege.
Oipaldi , wh o served as p rovost o f the University of Florida ~fore
COJ!ling to UB in 2000. is an expert in the psychology of eating. Her
research interesu focus o n why we likt thC' foods we eat, or more
generally, how motivation can be learned. She has contributed more
th an 60 chapters. a rt ides a nd books to thC' literature, co-a uth or~
an mtroclucto ry psychology textboo k and edited two books.
Fo llowing Ca paldi 's lect ure. pa rtt cipanu will break into " round ·
table" discuss ion gro ups to exam me the conference theme and ho"
it applies to their professiOnal and personall1 ves
The conference will open with reg1strat1on at R:30 a.m. Capaldt
""'ill speak at 9:30a.m .. and thl' " round tables " are scheduled from
I 0:30- II : I S a.m. A ques tlon -.md ·.mswer sess1on w1th Capa ldt will
fo llow. The PossAward wtll be pre&lt;;t·nted dunng the luncheon, whtt.:h
ts set to beglll at noon .
For mor!informatton ahout th e &lt;..onferen'-e or to rc:~t.ster, e;.n!ltJe;.t
Judy Wollard at 286 R42J. or jaw@niagara.C'du.

Earth Day colloquium to be held
Ecologist and author s.tndr• Stelngr•ber and Germatne Bud, ch1c-f

of the Epidemiology Branch of the Na tional lnsu tute of Child Health
and Human Development, w1tl be the keynote speakt&gt;rs at the l:.arth
Day Environmental Science ColloquiUm, to be held April 19 m the
atrium and Screening Room of the Center for the Art~. North Ca mp us
The coUoquium is sponsored by the Enviroument and Soe~et)
Institute, the Environmental Health Sciences G radua te Group, thf'
Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, the Environmental Studi es
Interdisciplinary Degree Program and UB Grttn.
Buck, a former assoc iate professor of social and preventive medi cine a t UB, wi ll speak at 10:30 a.m . in the Screening Roo m .
Steingrabe r, an internationally recognized ~rt on environmental
li nks to canar, will speak at 1:30 p. m. in the Screening Room. Sht
also will speak at 7 p.m. April 18 in the Allen Hall Theatre, South
Campus. That appearance, sponsored by WBFO 88.7 FM in conjun ctio n wi th the Environme nt an d Society Institu te and t he

Presbytery of Western New York, will bt free and open to the public.
Buck, who rtceived master's and doctoral degrees from UB, joined
the NIH in Sept&lt;mbtr 2000. She is particularly interested in parental environmental exposures and their effects on human reproduc tio n a nd development, as well as novel methodologi~ for advan c-

ing epidemiologic study of these t ndpoints.
Steingraber, dubbed "the new Rachel Carson" by the Sierra Club,
IS the author of .. Living Downstream: An Ecologist Look.s at Cancer
and the Environment," a highly acclaimed book that preSC'nts can cer as a human righ ts issue.
For fu r the r info rmati o n . co n tact Ann B. Sa lr er a t
salter@acsu.buffalo.ed u.

Hawley to discuss "thinking shoes"
Mlch•el H• wley believes that yo ur shoes soon will be doing some
serious thinking o n yo ur behalf. And they'U be joined in theH cognitive powers by yo ur furniture. clothing, applian ces, doors a nd au tomobile. says Hawley. Dreyfoos Professor of Media Technology at
MIT and directo r of a proJeCt called .. Things That Thmk .~
Hawley will deliver the Inaugural lecture at the AT&amp;T Informa tiCS
Lect ure Series at 7:30p. m. Wednesday in the Drama Theatre in the
Ce nter for the Arts, North Ca mpus. T he lecture. which will be free of
ch.uge and open to the public, is cntitled .. Creating Thin~ TI-.at Thmk. "
So. what will your shoes think about? A whole lo t, Hawley says.
V1rtually all of your vital signs--heart rate, body temperature, blood
pressure and so on--can be tra cked through the so les of yo ur feet.
In the not -ve ry- distant fu t ure , it will be feasib le, Hawley says. to
send that info rm a tio n directl y to your doctor's office or to a home
co mputer that can assess it on your bC'half. Your shoes will know
your h~ahh -a nd what to do about it-befo re you do. And long
before your traditional doctor ever would .
The revol utionary aspect of thinking shoes and of many of the o ther
applications being pioneered at "Things That Think" is that co mputer
power will be harnessed to servC' people's nerds in ways that we qu1ck.ly
will take for grant~, Hawley says. becausr they will be integral~ into
o ur lives to m~t real needs in unobtrusive wa)'§. However, he adds.
ther will turn existing systems and societa l structures inside out a.!o
they offer the long-promised power of information to individual'
T he lecture series is being funded as part of a SlSO,OOO grant to tht·
~ h ool o f ln fo rmaucs from AT&amp;T to support curn culum dt"\·clor
ment for a 36-credi t-ho ur interdtsetphnary master 's degree mmft'r
mat10n :md comnlllnication that will pr~pa rt, ~tudcnl.!o to cntt·r tht·
mlormJtmn v.·orkforcl" bv mt :&lt;trfg. tht.'Of\' wuh pract!Calt.·Xpl'rtt'lllt'

�4 Rep ariel: ADriiii.Z001/Vol.33,1o Z4
Experimental psychologist heads Research Center for Children and Youth

I

BRIEFLY
Miller to perform

Johnson aims to better children's lives

In HSIIghtly Bent"

iud&lt; M i l l e r , - po&lt;·
lonnerord-dlostiUIOf'l~

hii"-"Moc-.........
tum to tho c.nter "" tho Arts
on Apri 26 with hi&gt; new~
"Slightly Bent..
~on&amp;&lt;non ~

pon.d

tho Of Cer1IIOr Series 'f'CI""J''Id
by tho _
_ , ...

..

be lft**ld • 7;)0 p.m. ond 10
p.m. In tho Mllnslage Se-

·---...

ries--Is~
~-

~

Uing ~Y~CniNn1SOchlrocten

ond juot - - ~Miller

an do ln6S-.u..
_,.uptho-dtho
porformonco. ond tho ""'Y IS told
througllcomodl!ldWjeo.seg- _
moniS -.ring tho procogonist

ln-dldeostojudyhi&gt;
"-IIIIo. "Slightly B&lt;nt."
T1do!ls "" "Slightly 8ent"
..., SBin odvonco ond S1o &lt;loy
d perfa&lt;mlllCO, ond ""'oval~
lble .. tho CFA boa olfiu hom
,_,to 6 p.m. Tuosdoy
through Friday, and at ali
lldcetmast« iocatiom.

Leon to discuss
envlronmentall~sues

Warren Leon, executM director
d tho No&lt;IIM!ast Sustainable En-

«'11 Aooclotlon, will speak
about eovW'onmental iuues durWlg appearances today at US.
He will discus.s "'Your Mmt

lmpo&lt;Unt Enviro&lt;Wnental
Chokes"' at noon at 120
Clemens Hall, North Campus.
and "En«gy, National Security
and the Environment. • at 7:30
p.m. in the theater in Allen Hall,
South Campus.
The 'ectures are sponsored
by the UB Green Offic.e and the
Western New York Sustainab'e
Energy Association.
For rTlOf'e information, contact
the UB Green Office at 829-3535.

Black masculinity to

EiJ

be topic of conference

The Law School's Baldy Centor
for Law and Social Policy will
spoiUOI' a conf~ence ~amining
the African-Amencan ma~ experience from the perspKtive of
popular culture, crime and punIshment, religk&gt;n, waft, sexuality and par~ting .
Toted "E.q&gt;lo&lt;ing. Construct·
ong and Sustaining ProgressiYI!
Blad. Mascutinitie, • the confer·
ence win be he4d tomorrow
through Sunday in 280 Part&lt; Hall,
North Campus. Buffalo State Colleqe is co-sponsor of the rYenL

A keynote addr&lt;SS by best·
..tNng author Mkhael Eric
Dyson, Ida B. Weli-8ometl Uni·
veB!ty Prcfeuor at DePiUI Univenlty, will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the auditorium of the
Albright-Knox Art Galiefy, 1285
Elmwood Ave.• Buffakl. Admissk&gt;n b free, but -tlng b limited.
for more lrionnatlon on the
oonfemlCe. contact. Athena Mu..
tua ot 64}.2873 &lt;&gt;&lt;by email It

is- ·
--.edu&gt;.Additional inloonatlon also

......,__.,

at --~

JOB LISTINGS
UB job listings

accessible via Web
Job listings fOf' professional, research, faculty 6nd cMI S«·
vke-both c;om~ and
norw:ompetitive--posit:ions can
be accessed via the Human Reosources Servkes Web site at

&lt;h ttp://www.buslneu.buff·
•lo.edu/h n/v.c:llltda/ &gt;.

By DONNA LONCEHECIIUI
Rqxxftr Ass.stant Ed1tof

s an undergraduate the-

A

ater arts major who
longed to become an ac •
tress, Jeanette Johnson
recalls sitting in a child psychology
class and thinking, "' Th~s is it; this is
what I want to do."
With all the blind enthusiasm of
youth, coupled with confidence in
her newfound calling. she immediately switched majors and never
looked back. The blindcn have since
come off, yet Johnson, director of the
Research Center for Children and
Youth in the School of Social Work,
IS still, 20 years later. a dedicated researchercom rru~ to impruving the
hvesof children and families. "I never
swayed from it," she53)"ofherchoia
lu become an experim ental psyc h o l og~st. "Yo u just have to follow
vour calling-you have to be brave
c.•nough to look for it."
The Rc.osearch Cen ter for Ch~dren
and Youth. wh1ch moved to the
'-:hool of Soc~a l Work last fall from
the Department of Psychology m
tht· College of A rt s and Sciencb,
bn n ~ toge ther faculty from soCial
work, edut.aliOn, law, nu rs mg. p.sy ~..hulogy and !oOCiology to conduct
~..ollaborJllve research with a focus
on children and youth .
BefOrt· commg to UB. Johnson W.b
dm.'Ctor o f substance abll3e research
m the Department of Psych1atry at
lht· Lhllverslt}' of Maryland and
hnng.\ w1th her an nnpn:s.si\'Crecord
nl resea r~h a~..11Vlly that has mdced
m.Jdt' .1 dtllCrcn~e Sht&gt; h.--sufied belure (.ongr~" 10 h:bruary abo ut her
work , tudymg the efftXUwness and
dliu lt\ ~~fHd ltimcJrt· area "uh.stancc.·
Jhu,t· prO).:ram' I kr te.lllmulm .
h.I LI-.t·J h\ nc.·.lfl\' luur vc,lr) uf rc.•
...c.m.:h. wa!l 1-.t·v 111 landmg th e city .Ill
.iddll lon.!l $7 1111lbon 111 fundmg fur
lb dru~ .mJ dkohol progra rn fo. ru
pnnopaJ lll\Otlg.ttor on tht•protc.'d ,

Johnson W'.l.S abk to show significant
reductions tn drug and alcohol we,
crime, such risky health behaviors as
unprotected sex :ln&lt;i nccdlc sharing.
and a decrease in deprCssion among
partid pantswhovoluntarilymtered
Baltimore's pubUdy funded, l.l"&lt;at ·
ment -on-demand rchab"progr.uru.
Th~ UB cen ter is focused prima·
ril y o n children who hav~ come
from riskyandlorimpoveri.shcdcnvironments, says Johnson , whose
major interest is in th~ characteristics and theories of rt5iliencc in children and adults, which Johnson defines as is the ability to refrain from
acting out th ~ risks that were inher·
ent in one's biological and psycho·
logical environment. In other words,
persisting in spite of adversity.
"'We ask questions like, 'how is it
that somebody could becOme the
president of the United States who
ca m~ from a broken home, whose
mother was a gambler, whose stepfather was a drinker, whose brother
was a drug addict-that's Clinton's
background," 53)" Johnson.
"'We examine the riSks: and protective factors that people have ac quired, develop and inherit , because
nobod y rea lly knows how these
co me abou t. We have some clues.
but there is not a lot of data on resilience," she says.
"Understanding the (XX'try and
drama of resiJience is vastJy differen t than understanding th e data.
Wha t helps us make sense of the
poetry of n:sihence IS the hope that
11 bnngs--the hope that it gi\'es 10
ch ildren and gives to our researchand u's not deficit -oriented research;
it 's challenge-oriented research."
lo hnson say that resilience and
lmpe arc Inherent in such statcmenl.!t
J.S, "If I ca n overcome a troubled past
and go on to he a heahhv, prod uc11Vt' .Jdult , then anyone ~.an ." Of
~..our\t" , not every ch ild from a
1rouhled CIWironment goes on to

lead a he-.tlthy life, but resea.rchen
hope to undCTStand tM protm.Jvt
factors that bav&lt; helped those ch il dren from such environmen ts who
do sucettd as adults.
"How do ch ildren of alcoholic
parents make tt ? s h~ asks. "They
have a parent who sticks: to family
riruab--when the parent says din ncr is at 6, the parent sticks to it. If
the pa=t has planned a birthday
party, tile put y happens." says
Johnson, dting the research of many
of her peers. "' Deliberateness and
m.aintcmnce of family ritualr-you
deliberately plan someth ing and
maintain the plan, regardless: of
what the alcoholic parent is doin~r­
will protect the chil dren," says
Johnson. And therefore, children of
alcoholics are lesslilu:ly to bccom&lt;
alcohoUcs thcm~lvts.
ln addition, Johnson differenti ates between the medical mod$1which focuses on risks, disease and
victims-a nd what some proponents of resilience th eory call the
challenge model-which focuses on
the sl.l"engths and courage em bod ·
ied in even the most damaged youth.
.. Most treatment and diagnosts
based on a medical model sees prob·
lems as diseases and deficits," says
Johnson."If you have a problem, you
are missing something. so mething ~
wrong. Therefore, medication can);)(
prescribed as one of many treatment
options.. There are many presumptions implicit and explicit about that
approach. When we focus on risks.
we focus on deficits."
'The medical model ts certamlr
appropriate and has its place. But
to take th e medical model and ap ply it to so mething lik~ behavior
does sometfling dse . It makes us
feel like we're diseased if our parems were alcoholic. diseased tf our
pa ren ts arc sc hiZophrcnt c--d l:,eased,defeaiveordefiCient in some
way," says Johnson.

A growing body of research shows
that dtildren who~ it often haY.
a cl~ bond with at least one careta.ker-it doesn't have to be a par·
ent-and ar&lt; able to prob~ sol-.
and engage in socia.Uy positiw ac·
tivitics. And they don't have to be
brilliant either, Johnson notes, just
able to ~ good usc of what they
baY&lt; available to them.
"If you take a non-medical per·
spective, we are challenged by certain things in our mvironmmt and
our biology; we are not placed at
risk," 53)" Johnson.
"Understanding resiliena ts my
passion. I loY&lt; kids," she adds. And
well she should, since she comes
from a family of six siblings.
Johnson, who also studies the efficacy of drug-abll.S( treatment for
women,sces program evaluation as
another important task of the an ter... We do a lot of program evaJuation-a major focus (of the center )
is aamining the dfectiveness of a
wide vari~ty of programs,"' she says.
"The government used to giw u.s
money for doing good things. They
don't do that anymore unless w~
prove we're doing the good thing. So
aa:ountability is the bag catchword in
any kind of relationship that you ha\'t'
with a fundcr," says Johnson.
Funders are requinng a level of
evaluation that servic~ provtders
don't have the capacity to carry outthey are trained to deliver a good serVlCC, 53)" Johnson , but find it diffi cult to evaluate their programs.
"A lot of clinicians and se rvtce
providers are being required to dehver the servict" and evaluate their
programs simultaneously. There are
two problems with that: they don't
have the training and can't provide
an objective evaluation oftheirown
program. Johnson teaches service
providc:n. how to d~velop specific
momt -:m ng programs and offe rs
bas1t. skil l) '" eva luating them.

UB creates Office of Honors and Scholars
Nel-l' administrative unit to offer more sen,ices to attract talented undergraduates
By SUE WU ETCH ER
Repcmer Ed1tor

Tonmey s..11d. "We arc co rw m c~..·d ,
ho\'~&gt;'t'\'cr, that we can experience ad-

T

J cnt profile .md in studt-n t reten uon
11 we.• offer addJLJonal SCI'VICO and t.'X
pcnc.&gt;tKo to these students."

l)

further unpmw cHIJrh

tu .ll trJll tht· hc:,t ,tnd

hnghtc.-st :-.tuJc.·nb to UU.
the.&gt; Un lvcrSII)' ha~ t:'rt:J tt'd
•• new Jdn·unlstra tl\'(.' llllll to o n ~.·,
,ldd llltlllal \CrVKC~ .111d l'Xpt'rtl'llll'
to talentc.·d undcrgradu.ltc.~.
Tht• Office:- of Honors and !Xholano
will hOWo~..' holh the University Hon·
on. Prowam and the nt""' At.:ade11111..
f X(d lcncc Scholar:, Program. The.•
new offi~..c will he led by JoSt..1'h lflt'
Capu.ma. adm imstrative director of
the.&gt; Umvcrsity Honors Program.
The AcademiC Excellence Scholars
Progra m ac1ually began in 1998 a:, a
mcnt scholarship progritm offering
fund:, to students whose LTedential ~.
" 'hile )trong, placed them just out ·
stde of the pammeten. of the Univer·
s1ty Honors Progmm. The gool of the
tu:wly configured program IS to enhance that loC.holarship t&gt;ffort by pro
vid1ng academu.· .md student support
:-.crv1c~. s.ud Rt-gina Toomey. JSM)
c1ate VKt' prm·ost fur FH.' W student
rccru1tmc.·n t pmgr.mb.
"The mmt dollmoavmlilhle 111 the:..t·
'tuJcnb h.L~IX"t.'ll vnaltoourcffnrt t&lt;'
\ r.11~· 1ht· pn 1filc 111 nur ~..· nt~..·rUlg d.1.,, ..

dtUun.tllmpro'~&gt;'CITlrntm t..'fltL'fln~stu

RKki Shinc,fomlL'ri)'Wfl'Ctorofthc.~

h\."Shrnan Honors Program at IO\'Io'd
State University and a member of the
Exc.'Cutivc Comminet of thc ational
Collegiate Honors Council, has been
named roordinator of the Acadern i'Exo.:eUence Scholars Program.
Sh111e said the program will offcr
"an integratt.-d set of courses and cxpenenccs that aim to help each student make the most of his or her
undergrad uate experience at UB and
hcst prepare each student for graduate OOucation or the workplace."
Shine noted that 700-750 freshmen
will be designated as Academic Excel·
lcncr Scholar.. in Fall1001. Each will
receive a scholarsh1p rangmg from
SI.OOO to $1.000 per acadt.n1K rear
In order to kt·t.:p the Sl:holanohip-for
Up tO c.1ght SL'Tilt!Ster.r-st.Udents must
m,untam a L'H( ;pA of .'.0 or h1g.her
In .1ddi!H111 10 the.• ...cholarsh1p. ~ he
~ud that A(adc.-mK Ex..:-dlt'nct•Xhol
.tn. \\111 haw oll..(l.'~ t(l &lt;;pt.XI,t lm•d .tJ
\ • ~ c.· m~..·nt ~.. on c e r nmg ft' ll nw!iohlp.

)tUd)' and resc:arch oppo rtunines for
advanced students; academic lecture
and studcnt -sen'ICCS workshops rescnred for .tcadcmiC excellence schoi.Jrs.; commumty-service opportumtles.and colll'Sci with other Acadantc
Excellence Scholars linked to maJor
Jnd un•versil)• reqUirements.
The Office of Honors and Scholan. 15 pan of a larger group within
the Offi« of Enrollment and Plan·
nmg--theNewStudent Recruitment
Programs group-&lt;reated last spring
by Vice Provost Sean SuUivan. The
group, comprised of the Offia: of Admissions and th ~ Office ofTransfcr
and Art:Jculation Services. in addition
to the Offi c~ of Honors and Schoi.JD, was charged with "encourag.tng
the enrollment of an increasing num ber of new students with supenor
.u;adem1c preparation and fostering
an cnvtro nme-nt that encourages
therr contmued cnroUmen t and aca demiC suo.:t:S.\," Toome)' said.
$he noted that the group already
h a.~ ach tewd some successes 10 th1~
.tr~..·a dunng the p.tst vcar.
Among ILS achlt·vemcnts for Fall
2001

•
~. Ia~

~ I JIIltJmed

largt• lrc.-l&lt;hman
&lt;i li'C 1.'\.000 1 while 1mprovmit

sdecti\•it y by 6.6 percent
• Increased the percentage of en
rolled fres hmen in SUNY m1ss1on
rcv1cw top two selectivity groups hv
more than 5 percent 10 one year
• Increased the s11.e of the Um versity Hono rs Program. with a FaJI
2001 freshman class of nearly 250
• Exceeded new fuJI -time transfer enrollmen t goaJ hr 1.4 percent
• De\·elopcd and implemented
Universi ty Honors Program re ·
!oearch grant program to support
access to research experiena .
Amo ng th~ acco mpl is hm enh
cued for FaU2002:
• In creased the number of rt' ·
cru itment events for talented stu ·
dems, 10cluding summer vis:n programs, mctro New York regional re~o7ep u o n s. a more expansive Honof)
Forum and fly-in visit programs for
prospective students
• lncreas«&lt; the number of hon·
ors and academic excellence eligible
fresh men in the Fall 2002 applicant
pool by 14 percent, co mpared to th ~
sam!." point in 200 I
• Formed the Tr.msfcr Adv1son•
Counc~l to id~~ify rec~itment and
retention opportu nlll t'S amontt
tr.-nsfer student~

�A!Jilll, ~ 33, h.Z4

Declining superstar status
Study finds that online music sharing diminishes phenomenon
8y JOHN IIUI.A COHTliADA
Contributing Editor

P3 downloading
won't kill the music
industry, but it may
knock off a few pap
superstars, accordjng to a new
study on the economics of digital
music sharing.
The study by r&lt;&gt;&lt;archers at the
UB School of Management and
the University of Connecticut
School of Business found that
digitaJ music sharing favors new
artists and groups.
They suggest that the music in -

M

the charu at all.
Th&lt; bigg&lt;st chang&lt; oa:urnd from
1998 to 2000, when th&lt;r&lt; was a I0
percent increase in the number of

differ&lt;nt artists who hit the Bill board 200.
Th&lt; research&lt;n link the trend to
rapid growth in the number of

lnt&lt;m&lt;t wen-from 3 million to
116.7 million-over the past 10

years and the emergence of mwksharing services such as Napst.er,

which has led to widespread online

dustry consider online music -shar·

mg services as a way to increase profcounter online mwic piracy.
The study was conducted by Ram
U. Gopal, associate prof&lt;SSOr of op-

ItS and

definitely good news for up-and coming artists and groups. who now
have a better chance at chart su~
because of thes&lt; technol&lt;&gt;g~es."

And what's good for pop's nsmg
stars is good for the music industry:
Contrary to conventionaJ wisdom,
the researchers say inexpensi~e
online musk services. such as Rhapsody and Pressplay, can increase
music-industry profits and reverse
the effects of online music piracy.

Sanders says the research&lt;n found
that "lowering the cost to !&lt;gaily
sample music online will actually
propel mor&lt; usm; to purchase music because it allows lh&lt;m to chcd
out new songs or new artists.
"'Here again, though, the news is
· bad. for music's su~rstars," adds

Sander1. "Usen are more likely to

erauons and information manage-

piratr a superstar's music than they

ment at the University of Connecti-

are to pay to sample it because they

cut; Sudip Bhattacha.rjtt, assistant

art already aware of the value, or

proft.'SSOr of operations and inform:Hiun management at the UniverSII\' of Connecti CUt , and Lawrence
~a nders. US professor of management scienct· and systems.
Co ndu c ted when Gopal and
BhattacharJee were Sanders' doc toral ~tudents at UB, the study ana +

ii"J.ed the Billboard Top 200 char.,._
rl.'flt"\.1.mg weekly album saJes-from
1991 to 20CIO. Over the IO+year pe·
nod , th ey found a 31.5 percent m ~.-rl'aM' m the number of different
o~rtiSb on the l b p 200. mdicating
thJt mor(" new artists arc hitting the
cha rt!&gt; thJn t·ver before, push1ng estahh~hc:d mu s1cal ach from th e
\.hans or krepmg them from hittmg

music sampling and piracy.
.
..The prevalence of online music

technologies app&lt;ar1 to b&lt; &lt;roding
what is known as the 'supc:rstar phenomenon,'" explains Gopal. .. This
theory contends that past reputation
1s more important than artistic merit
in fueling the continued commercial
success of entertainment superstars."
Which may be why many current
pop superstars ar(' adamantly opposed to o nUne music sharing, adds

Bhattacharjre.
.. Our data shows that the dominance of a few music superstars 1.s
decreasing and their hold on musK
~lc s i!&gt; slipping," he says. "Thi s is

lil=bility, of the superstar's music."
Based on their findings. the re·
searchers suggest that music companies support online music sam·
piing services o r begin to invest
more in their own sampUng services.
They also recommend that compa nies use flexible pricing: charging a
lower fee to sample unknown artists and a higher fee to sample superstar artists. which would help
superstars r«aup some profits lost
to pirating.
Their research. on online musiC
sharing is forthcoming in Comnw mcatwru of tilt ACM and the /ourr~al of Orgt:mizational Co mputrng
t~nd

Electrotrir Commerce.

"Modest mansions" recognized m
By DONNA LONGENECKER
Rf'portt'r

As.sn.tanl Ed1tor

ROTOTYPES ol "modt:~t
man s1ons" de~•gned h,·
studl.'n t5 m the School of
ArchltC\.,Urt'dlld Plannmg.
to Jdvance the pnncipk-sof ~usta1n ·
Jhle design have won a ma,o r pn1e
from the ortheast Sustam,1hle En crg)' fu.socration (NESEA).
The co mpetition . part of the
NESEA's " Building Energ)' 2002
Conference. was l'Stablishcd to
rt"Cognize deMgn projects that
adva nce the at'SthetJC.!. of grt'Cn
huilding.
The student pnze was awarded
to I-t wan Choi. Enc Dolph.Sandra
Heiser. Sheng Lin and Ashish
Ma ldikar, whose project wa s the
cu lnnnati o n of a three -week
c harrette gu1ded b)' Uennis
Andrejko, pmfeswr of architecture.
Andrejko, whose research and
teachtng focuses on ene rgy-con SCIOUS design with a special empha SIS o n cold region and passive solar
dL-sign. requires students each year
to design a "green home" that allows
them the freedom to explore cutting-edge ideas while maintaining
an emphasis on real world limita+
t1on~ and usabi lity.
He said it was important that stu ·
dents develop des1gns that could be
l.'asily replic&lt;tted, so thL·ir efforts fo
~..- uSt"CC on the kind ofhousang that1s
~tereotrpicallycommon 111 \\b tcrn
Nt&gt;w York. For thear prOJt'l1. the: o;; tu
dt·nts l:\:tn.sc.~ th r Fnut Belt ne1ghhl'r

P

hood ne-.tr High and Carhon ~!reeL"
Buffalo.
" In m y da~. I try to bndge the
&amp;••P between the professional posture of rcsJX&gt;nsihilit)' and tht&gt; aGl ·
demill.'nvlronment," Andrcjko ~•d.
ensuring that students ba lan ~.-c ae~ ­
thetic conc;.erns within a practJ..:al,
v1able housi ng model.
111

This prototype of a residence In
Buffalo'' fnllt beh nelghbot'hood won aKhltecture •tvdents
an award for •ustalnable desJgn.

The student prototypes were de-

sogned for single-family occupancy
within the Buffalo city Umits. Stu dents explored such sustainable de sign strategies as passive and active
solar heating, rainwater collection
and super insulated walls, utilizmg
an experimental approach to build mg image. con teKt and sustamablt•
design technologies-aU of \Vh1ch
1mpn.-ssed the competition's junsb.
"These: impressive pro ,e..·ts provl"
that green build1np. \VIth thc.•n
many health and erw1ronment.1l
hcnefib, are a feasible .md pthlll\'l'
diOICt' for futurt• ~..on!&gt;truliH111

proJects rn the No rth eas t," sa1d
Warren Leon, NESE.A l.'xecut•ve di rector. " In addition to tht• ..:om
plcted buildings we rc,••cwed, w~,.·
were enco uraged that students uf
Jrchitecturc have submitted design
proposals as part of a cla:.~ · w!dt~
effort focused on housmg. The~t'
l"Xd.•ptwnal applrcants represent
tht· next generation of efl\'lron mc.•ntall)' respo nsible arch1te..:ts m
our regron .
In select ang tht• wan nl?r,,
the 1udges a~d vanou!'l
cmcria, includrng u eat1vc
integration of renewabl e energy and/or energy -savmg
fearuro, environmental Impacts of materials, construction
and operation. the health of the
building for occupants.. the cost of
construction and operation, and tht&gt;
extent to which the building's design
and ene rgy features could and

should b&lt; replicated by others.
NESEA is a regional membership organizatio n comprist'd of engineers. educators. builders, stu ·
dents, energy expe rt s. env•ron ·
mental actrv1sts, transportataon
planners,a rch1te-cts and other citi zens interested in respo mible en t'rgy use. The o rga111zat1on's ~oal1~
to hnng clean electriCity, green
tran .. portatiOn and hea lthy. t.•ffi
(lent hui l dmg~ mto everyday usc.'
111 order to strengthen the t'\.unonw
Jnd 1m prove the cnvrronment. For
more mformat1on about NF.SEA,
~l' to · www.NESEA .org &gt;

Pri~ of electronic aci:ess soars

5

CJ

Anyone In the ua communtty familiar with the Universrty .Li·
braries can tell yo u that the Libraries' Web site and catalog provide
access to tho usands of electromc titles, including Web sites. e-books
and electronic ~rial publications. The titles most heavily used by
srudents, faculty and staff faJJ rn'to two categories: electronic journals and electronic databases.
At pr~nt, the Libraries provade access to n9'tly 5,000 electromc
JOurnals. Some of these utles are available in the digital format o nJy.
but most are electronic reproductions of titles also held in pnnt.

They can b&lt; accessed directly through the online catalog &lt;http:/I
ubllb,buffalo.eclu/Hbrllria/e-resoun:es/ w.-/ &gt; by searching on
the title and then clicking on the URl that appears in the record.
Many of these journals aJso can be accessed through one of the
Libraries' approxjmately 90 fuU -te:xt electronic databases. These da ·
tabases not only serve as searchable subject-based indexes, but they
aJso provide access to, m many instances, the full text of the publi cations cited. ScienceDirect, for instance, is an aggregate database
that indexes and provides access to the fuU text of more than 850
Elsevier science+ related journals, while JSTOR leads to full - text ar+
tides in nearly 150 of the most mfluential academic journals across
the disciplines. Another database. very popular with undergradu ates, is Jnfotrac Onefile, which provad es coverage of articles from
more than 6,000 scholarly, trade and general-interest periodicals,
including 3,000 fuJI +tcxt titJes. Sub1ects covered by lnfotrac include
•the humanities, sociaJ sciences, general sciences and current ~ent.s.
To S« a list of all the databases available through the Univtrsity Libraries, go to &lt;http://ubllb.buffolo.edu/ llbrwles/ cgl-test/ tltle.cgl&gt;
EJectronic resources are not cheap. The exorbitant pnce of Jour
nals and indexes/abstracts alway' has been a concern for academic
libraries. and the increastng subscription costs of electronic equiva lents suggest that th•s trend will contin ue. For a littJe perspe-ctive on
these costs, cons1der the database LEXIS -NEXIS Academ1c Un1verse,
which allows access to full-text articles and reports from mort&gt; than
6.000 magazin es, newspapers. wrre ~r.·ices, legal resourc~. rderence books and government pubhcat1o ns from around the world.
One could purchase a loaded 2002 Lcxus sedan for same pnce as a
one-year subscription to th1 s database.
Another heavily used index. PA Research II, indexo 1,900 penodl ·
caJ ritJes--1 ,200 of them full-text -and costs roughly the same amount
per year as a new 650+square-foot, fiberglass, rn-ground sw•mmmg
pool. As for the annual cost ofCompendex Plus, the electromc equiva lent of Engineering Index . consider that for roughly the same pnce,
an undergraduate at UB cou ld pay for his/her tuition for four years
and still have enough money left over for a semes1erof graduate school.
Of course, the costs of these electroniC resources vary dra.strc.alh
from title to title, depending on content , coverage, at:cess restnl tion s, etc. Fo r instance. o ne might only sac rifice a month 's rent m a
one-bed room nat to purchase a vear's worth of the Historrcallndt&gt;x
to Tht Nrw York Ttmt'5. On the ot her hand, buymg an electromt
subscriptio n to ML-4 lntrrnat~tuw/ Bibltography m1ght mean pas~ ­
tng on that 10-day tnp to Honolulu.
I suppose It would dep~nd on the time of the year. ·

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---8renda S.ttleson and Austin Booth, UnrvH11l y l.lbronf!s

DrieD
Approach protects connections
When • link or node In a high - ~peed computer nerwork goes down
d~ the result of a software bug. hardware failure, an error b)' con Mructlon workers or c.-vcn a natural disaster, miss•on -cntical opera lions-s uch as telemedtcmc and financ1al or national securitv tram
actions on the lnternet -&lt;an be severely jeopardized 111 sec~nd~.
Compames that prov1de ne~·ork services protect their institutional
clients, such ~ large wrporations and government Jabs, from these
co nsequences by establishing backup connections in their networks.
But many existing schemes require significant amounts of bandw•dth,leaving less available for ca rrying out the critical opera t1om
they are designed to support. Other systems that chew up less bandWidth require longer time periods to restore service, rt&gt;suhmg m o;;e nous delays to the customer.
A group of researchers led b)' Chunmmg Qiao, assoc1ate professor
of computer science and engmeenng, has developed the first approa.ch
that achieves both hrgh -bandw1dth efficiency and fast r ecov~n
speeds to protect m•ssion-cnucal connections by mtroducmg two
nC\.0.' tunable parameters.
The researchers' approa ch to the problem uses a well -known math
ematica~ formulation of an opt1m1zatmn problem. ca lled Integer
L1near Programming.
'"Usi ng one parameter 111 our model opumizes band \.Oo'ldth , 'o\·hu:h
does tend to increase the t1me 1t takes to restore se-rviCe, hut the
o ther parameter rn our model more than compensates bv sdl'..:ttng.
a much shorter backup path," Qiao explained.
The UB team used co mputer s1m ulauons of the svstem w dcm
onstrate the concep~Qrao sa1d the next step IS to devdop ..1 "oft,.,·an·
package based on the approach .

�A!Jri111. ~. 33.h.14

6 Repories

Researchen led by UB biologist Mary Allee Coffroth to study changes on coral reefs
TRANSITIONS
Moving In
jamle EnsOr,

frl&gt;m pa&gt;dUcllon

..,.,__the_
-.-t,todiredoral
operodons ll1d poduced "" the Cenler "" the--

----from-

opmenl olli&lt;er Jar the ......
Mu1eym al Science, to dooelopmont olfl(er for the
for

c.....,

the Ms.

--...:..a. 'tram

dl-

roctor al corponte .-..for

the~ --··
HurtWioll&lt;. to cornnu&gt;ky t l o n s - for the Center
for the ArU.
Honey lllorgor. prosldent al
FkNonno Rulty, o property monagomont compony. ... Soulhem

r ... ~!Mio.WBFO

88.7 FM. the National Public ~
d.a affiliate operated by UB.

ay l1UN c;Gl.DIIAUM

manages Aquanus.
"What thcy'r&lt; loolc.ing ot on this

Conllibuting Editor

A

UB sc:i('nt ist

LS

leadmg

an all-female research
team thot will b&lt; tiving
and working deq&gt; un·

der the surface of the oaan and
studying the parent!ge of o coral rttf
off th&lt; coast of Key l..arg(&gt;, Fla.
Mary Alice Coffroth, assocute
professor ofbiologicol scimces. and
the other thrtt memben of her team
will caU the Aquarius, the world's
only undersea laboratory, thc1r
home for 10 days, from Monday

Management.
Patricia Armstrong. director ol

..:al surfJ.cc-bast.--d dh•mg operation.

adm•SSMJns at SL John's Unl'l'ef)lty,

lllat 's becau~ when ecolog~sts go
o n dl'l&lt;..":~,thcy can wor~ at depth~ of
90 feet for jUSt lS minutes; then they
have to come back to the surface and
rt'Sl for 2 l /2 hours before their next
dt\'e to avoid decompn:ss1on stck ness--.. the bends" -a conditmn
that can cause pain , paralysis and,
m some cases, death.
Since the Aquarius allows the sct enttsts an opportunity to live at
ocean depths continuously without
having to surface, they can greatly
increase their .. bottom time."
"This is a reallygoodapplicotion for

to director of admissions at Us.

Rkld Shine, directof of the
Freshman Honan Program at
Iowa State University, to coordinator of the Academic Excellence Scholars Program ot UB

from

Moving Up
jennHer Hess,

senior lid-

missions acM5of in the Office of
Undergfaduote AdmisJion&gt;. to
owislontdiredor fo&lt;OJ&lt;ternll~

lotions In the deplllrntnt
. Moureen ~from di&lt;ec·

to&lt;al--ondorcbhlp. t o - We president for ....... gMng. -

""".-...-.
from- dn&lt;·
Shlr1 Hift,

toral--ondordship, ... direciDrI'IIUy ~from­

-al-r&lt;illlonsond

tfromo--

~. to--­
Wendy IMng.

al

gift plonnlng
al pi;onned gMng
Courtney). Wolsh, odmlni&gt;tnltiw director of the Executive
MBA (EM BA) and P.-olessionoi
MBA (PMBA) programs 1n the
School of Management., to assistant de1n and director of
the Center for Executiw Devel-

opment-formerly callod the
Center for Management Oeve4Sc~ of

opment-ln the
M anage~L

)osephlno

~

.

odmJnb.

trativo d;roctor al the Univenity
Hono&lt;&gt; Program, .to dit&lt;Cto&lt; o(
the Office al UnMnity Honon
ond Scholan.

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Sendl~e=
to the
The R"""'"wolcomes iell&lt;n
from men-. al the UnNonity
community commentir)g on its
stories and contelt. Lttten
should be imllod to BOO words
and moy be ediled for style ll1d
longth. Letters Mind&lt;odethe
writer's nome.-., and •
doytime telephone ......-for
verification. ilecouse'or_.
imitations, tho lttpottrr connol
publish .. iell&lt;n . -. They
must be roc&lt;M!d by 9 a.m.
Monday to be cons«lered for
publicaHon In that week's issue.
The ~.,.pr&lt;fen that lotton
beroc&lt;M!d&lt;i&lt;ctronlcollyat
&lt;' wud~&gt;

mts.sion is the next generation of
rorals and we know that the e:xist-

mg population, especially in Florida,
15

in significant decline," he added.

...It's critical that we find out where
the next generation is coming from."
For the duration of the mission,

the Aquarius will be onchor«&lt; about
4 1/2 miles off the coast of Key

La. go. The scientists will be doing
their research on the U:mch Red at
ocea n depths that vary between
about 60 ond 100 f&lt;et.

through April 24.
Their goal is to gother detailed
data and tiny coral samples lhat will
help dercm1ine how coral populations grow, providjng an important
tool for manne managers so that
ulumately. th~ reef-known as the
Conch Reef--can be propeily managL'f.! and preserved.
Thl.:' " 'ork. practically )pe.Jiung,
...,'C,uJd br: am possible to do from a typa-

Paul C. AUalre. from auodate
dtrector of MBA areorr seNk:es
at the Kenan-Aagler School of
Bustnas at the UnNersity of
North CaroliN, to assistant
dean and dir!Clor of the Career
R~rce Center m the School of

\

All-female team to live under the sea

Aquariw because it provides o huge
amount of 'bonom time' and thafs
what th""' scientists need to b&lt; able
to make such detailed observations
about the coral," said St.,.., Miller,di·
rcrtor of the National Undersea R&lt;·
sea rch Center at the University of

North Carolina at Wtlmington, which

two ·ways: Either larvoc .,. relras&lt;d
in the wata- and then scttk nearby to
mature, or egg and sperm art relras&lt;d
into the w.ta- ~ th&lt;y combin&lt;
and then traYd, som&lt;:tirnes as many
a.s tens or ev&lt;n hundreds of miles,
before settling onto a reef to mature.
"We are trying to dettrmine if the
n.w corals original&lt; from the locol
adult population or ifth&lt;y...,.., cor·
ried th&lt;r&lt; by oa:an currents froin
other co ral rufs, possibly from o
great distana away," said Shearer.
The answrr could have a major
impact on the steps that managers
of marine resources take

to protect future grner.tt.ions of coraL

"If the local population

Throughout the m1ssion , the
mam lock, or living quarters, of
the Aquarius will be visible
through a 24· h o ur live Webcam at

&lt; http :/ / www. uncwll . edu /
nurc/ aqu•rtus&gt;. Journal updates
by the scientists also will be- avail ·
able at the site.

"We ore asking is, 'Whot will this
coral look like the future?'" ex·
plained Tonya Shearer, a doctoral
candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences in th&lt; College of

.in

Arts and Sciences and one of the

scientists making th&lt; trip.
In order .0 ...,
the future, the
resean:hers are Joolc.ing ot the young·
est corals, the tiny new colonies coiled
recruits. Corals reproduct in one of

into

of adult corals 15 contrib
uung themajontyof,uv.:
niles . a decline m tho ..e
adults resulting from a
naturJ.I event like a hum
cane or a manmade event.
such as a sh tp runnm g
aground. ulllmatd}' will
lead to c1 reduct10 11 m Ol'"
co rab for the next genera
t1on." Shearer explamed.
·· However, 1f a oonsJ~ ­
tent supply of larvae from other
adult populations is repopulating
the reef, a significant decline in local adults may have litt.Je impaa on
the future generation of corals. In
order for us to understand which

the UniYmityofMiami, wiD be studying the dernograpmcs o( the coral by
documenting the cora( growth. death
and recruitment through oboerw·
tionsand .-nsiYe J&gt;hotosrapbing.so
that wbm the team returns nelll""f
she can record how the reef bas
~ Rutten, a graduate student
.. Florida lnlemoliooal UniYmity, wiD
...Gt Swanson with reef~ and
marlang.ll&gt;CISUringand Jlhottwaph·
ing hundreds o( coral colonir:s.
Sharer ond Coffroth will g;ather
samples that will b&lt; subjected to
months of sttte-of·the·art gmctic
testing when Shearer returns to the
laboratory ot UB to dderrnin&lt; the
rdauonsh1p between different age
dasses of coral to tdenttfy potential
larval sourco.
YWe are hoptng to be able to 1den ·
ufy the soun.:e of ntw coral recrum
lo

Conch Reef through th&lt; """ ol

extremd) spcc tfic genetic markers,"
\Oud Shearer.

For Coffroth and Shearer, the she&lt;r
luxurvof s.o much .. bonom ume.. L\
the mam attractiOn of the mission.
"When youdoadivefrom the sur·

fau:. th&lt; who!&lt; day IS wasted," saKI
Cot!Toth. "Here. we
stay down
for I0days and we con spend as long
as six hours m the water at a nme."'

"'II

While the environment of the
Aquarius often is compared to outer
space, scientisu refer to the sub merged fcding os mort akin too typ&lt;

of"inntt spaa." In fott, NASA uses
the Aquarius to train astronauts.
"The coolest thing is, for 10 whole
Coffo:.otltnShiea.ri'Ji U\d.fellow• da'f1.''f&lt;?u•t&lt;i In a·wltol&lt; diff&lt;rent
.. aquanauts" Dione Swanson and world," said Coffroth, whose last
l.eanna Rutten are taking o novel ap- foroy into on undersea laboratory
proach to determining changes oc· was in 1980. ""You become so comcurring on r&lt;efs such as the Conch fonable down there, you stan to fed
Rttf,~their study will take ploa. like 'this is where I belong."
Their.; is on&lt; of the finl studies to
The UB scientists are being funded
combin&lt; demographic and I!"J1dic • by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the
studies of coral in a systematic way.
Swanson, o doctoral c:ondidote ot ..,..., ogency that owns the Aquarius.
adult populations should b&lt; man·

aged and protected, it is important
to know the soura of the recruits."

"Usonianism'' to be topic of art history talk
Roland Reisley, a founder ofcommunity designed by Frank lloyd Wright, to speak
111

"Wright claimed to hate cities and
said they should b&lt; abandoned." ex·

Sl}'k

Ene County Historical Soctt'[)'. 15

plams Wright scholar and author
lack Quinan. professor of art history.
" He proposed that rampant ur-

lated Fr.mk Uovd

Nottingham Road. Buffalo. The talk
wtll be fret" and open to the publil·.

BY PATWICIA DONOVAN

The Department of Art History

Contributing Editor

( ( usoNIANISM :
an architectural
thJt artKu-

Wnght's soaal and economic pnncaplcs or·usoman &lt;kmocracy," lS wellknown 10 Wright aficionados but fur
lc:..s fumiliar to the gt11eral pubLc.
The small. pleasant and umque
community oTUsonia," dcsign&lt;-"&lt;.1 by
Wright and constructed more than
50 years ago 1.0 Westchestt.-r C..ounty,
is likewise not well-known, but dem onstrates Wright 's profound influ ence on middJf'-class res-idential archiH:cture and architectural thought
over thl· past 70 years.
One of the founden; of Usonia b
physicist Roland Rei.slcy, the author
of a recent book, .. Usonia. New York:
Building a Com munity wnh Frank

Uoyd Wright," and a foundmg

&gt;« ·

rctary and director of the Frank Uo}-d
Wright Building Consen-ancy.
In the book. Reisley tells the ston
of a cooperative.· of ideahsttc young
llmplcs wh1ch, followmg World W.u
II . cnlistl·d Wnght to p lan " l l...ont,\ ,"
,11\ nrg;llliL.IIh dl'!o l~ nt•J U!Op1.111
Llllllflllll\11\ 11L'3r lht• \\t''hhl''h'r
Tn\\'1l1ll Pk.tMill\ tlk

the College of Arts and Sciences
will present a lecture br Retsley a1
7:30p.m. Tuesday m the Buffalo and

Usoma has ·47 homes, three of

wh1ch were dl-signed by WrighL He
appmvrd the plans for the other 44,

banization b&lt; halted through the de·
velopment of weU·designed, lowdensity, efficient, semi-agrarian oom·
munitics." Qui nan says. "Wright
coined the term 'usonian'to describe
these communities

and proposed they b&lt;
governed by the so·
cial, politico) and economic system he re·

ferred to as 'u.sonian
democracy."
Usonian

resi -

clcru:cs were designed
to be economically
and energy efficient
within th~ir indi vidual climate zones.
House In the uson&amp;.n community of
Ptu..nlYflle, N.Y., with their~
money In 1951 . T1My still ltve In the tiou.se.
however, so that all refle&lt;.1 the dose
.L-.soctallon of natur.UlSm and func ttonahsm common to Wright '.!&gt; work.
Tlw (ommun tt y represents the
~trnn~ Jlltt - urhan ,\ll ttu deo;; c'
pou~-d h' \\'np.hl thn'u~htlUt mmt

"'h., Ilk

Wright percetved the

b&lt; seen in the open floor plans, flow·
ing interiors with movable screen
partitions, emphasis on natural
light. overhangmg eaves and shal -

low-pitch roofs.
" Most of the residences have one
story or maybe a split-level floor

pion," Quinan says. "They originally
were conceptua.liz.ed as midd.le-das.s

houses for middle-dass dients. but
sir= Wright was well-known for his
cost overruns, some were more expensive than originally planned."
Although the houses have
changed hands over the years,
Quinan says Usonia remams a very
attractive cooperative community
where neighbors have property m
common-a ~wimming pool and
tenniscourts,forinstaQce. They also
make certain derisions together.
In 195 I. when Reisley and his
wife, Ronnae, dec:1ded to spend their
wedding money on a hillside homt"

architectural .. prob-

designed by Wright. they took a

lem" posed by each

chance on·the latest wave of the radJ.
(al ideal of cooperative livmg.
Thetr dectston was well taken
't'ht Ret!&gt;IC')'!o !&gt;till lt"e IQ Ret!&gt;le'
House.·. whKh they helpeit put on
the Jrl.hltl'(tllr.il m.1p, along wtth
the !&gt;lXtaiL'Xpc:nmr:nt thJt g.aw fl'l
h l lt .. \f('J{I(lll

project as one with a .. natural .. solu tion derived from the functton of the
huilding and nature of the stte.
The influencf' of tradttaon.ll Japancsc archllt'\.1ure commonly founJ
1n Wnght \ ~f:-.t~n' pre\'ail~ 1n
ll!o(UII.IO ~tTUllllrl'' "'' ''dl, .tnd dll

�~111 , Z0021VIi 33.18.14

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8

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Exhibits
~

Society"

1950s-

~-.. the poiticol, moral ard
r.t;g;ous aopects ol the debates -

~::~ol~~

pands..-

ard In~ and

oduootionalmateriab,~ .
~etten.

documenu. cartDom,

a n d - dnwn In large part
.
the U!lvmon coleaion. Many ol the'"'""

1. Lesko,

dn ,

average to .422 to take the
team lead in the category.

both ofWestem Michipn's runs in the top of the third innll'l&amp;, The Broncos heki
the "Bulls a chance In the se¥enth. Sophomore Allison Round fol'owed Nasd's
homer with a s~ through the left stde of the lnfiekt, but the Broncos ~d on
to retire the next three batten Mld~ the pme.
UB pkked up rts first MAC vk:tory of the season on Sunc:by, thanks to a
wild pitch In 1he bottom of dle I lth lnnin&amp; belore dropp;rc the second pm&lt; of
the doub'ehe.ader to the Broncos.The BuHs took game one by a 2-1 scone and
the Broncos hekf on for a 6-4 wkl in pme two.

lennis
M£N 'I

Toledo 6, UB I
Northern IIHnols 6, UB I

Western Hichlpn 7, Ull 0
Northern Illinois 6, Ull I
UB cfropped • polr of home matches to MAC rivals 1/Vostem Mkhlpn (7 .a) and

~of25~=~~

Center for the Arts. North C.ITipi.U,
Including the oecond floor ol the U8 M
Gaflery, the center atrium, rooms 208
and 813, theM Dopartment &lt;;at~ •nd
the ...-ntoungo. A map olexNbition

Northern lltinois (6-1 ).The Bull•' lone
d.&amp;ultuolxth""""".

,;ru,y ogalnst Nonhem lllmois wu by

coiSecttve weight al aJI tnt pieces in show

=~~=-~the

lracK an~ Rei~

~1 . 724 b.s~:~~~~~

Women ta.ke tint, men fin ish fourth at

of~S exhibitOfl from S-9 p.m. in the

UB Art Gallery. The exhibition c.an be
viewed from 11 a .m . to 6 p .m .

~:!"':V::.~".! Spin on
Exam~

al attworit that

~ been

~~1~~a~~~~~=
lackson Place, Buffalo. Callery hours are

11 a.m . to 5 p .m . Wednesday through
Saturd.y and 1-S p.m . on Sunday.

Aft-··

"Aion E. Cobor. A lletrospectlv•
~tor

McDona.ld~s

Invitational

Wrth a ~r of meets in North C:UO.ioa under their bela. the men's and
women's crack teams rewmed non:h to compete In the McDonald's Invitational
hosted by Ohio Untwnity.The women took fim place among nine schools.
scoring 209 pointS. while \:he men placed fourth among nine with 97 points as
Eastern Hichipn took the meet with 241 points.
The women had six first-place finishen in the 20-eYent meet.AIUson Uske
won the 800 meters In 2:13.78. Christina Kedc. toOk the 1500 meters in 4:40.93.
Ked&lt; also placed fourth behind Laske tn the 800 meters In t~ l6.87. Hollie
Rhodes won the 5000 meters in 17:&lt;45.40. l...aura otson ~ W:torious in the
pole vauk u 11-a (3.3Sm). s.r.h Reccher tOOk the ...........,. throw at 17'1-11
(5-l.&amp;lm), plo&lt;:ed second in the 6scus at 141-7 (43. 15m) and third In dle ;-Hn
u 107-10 (32.87m).The Bulb also cblmed dle top spo&lt; In dle triple jump u
Bbln:2 McFarland won at 38-10.50 ( 11 .85m).
In the men's meet. US's 4x400 relay team of Pete Otovic, Bryan VVeinstein.
l..khechukwa Uche and joe Cbrk was victorious. akin&amp; the n.ce in 3:17 55 for
the lone win by the Bulls.

coo.. wil "" In dOptay through May 18

~~~-was•=::~U:

frorn19~houn~lla.m.

" Anotomlcol Art by Vuollus "

~~'-=:.."'::print.

images d plants -

moddnal propetie&gt;

Material for both exhibits was~ 'o'\ol
the Robert L Brnwn Hiolo&lt;y d ~
C - l n the linly.

and

percentage to a team-best
.867. Nasti, a sophomore

outfielder, raised her batting

WOMEN 'S

Seminar

Lawrence

a pair of
weekend

The thesis exhibition for se"llon in the

~byAbnhomllnc'*&gt;.

are on permanent cisplay r, the Health
Sdenceo li&gt;r.wy on the So.Jth Campus

Oeve~ t .

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opener,7·5,aslafinal.l""""rally
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doubles

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~~~~=-Ill

" 19th Century Botanical Prints ''

Office of Clinical Pharma&lt;ok&gt;gy and
8•opharmaceut1o. FDA 12 1 Cooke,

by

U8 dropped 6-1 decisk&gt;ns atT~ and Northern Illinois Ill MAC competition
over the weekend.
Freshman Nkk Zieziub ¥!Of\ boch of his singfes matches oYet"" the weekend
It fourth sinc'e5 to up his indMduaJ mark to 1-4--7.

~._.,..,~..,the

Natural Scienc~ Complex. North

PharYMC:ogenetk-Gukted Drug

-_,.-Sunday

Buffalo scorefess until a Jeadoff flc:wM run by sophomore Breanne Naso P"'"e

material from

to 6 p.m. Tueodoy through Satu&gt;day.

Campus. 3:&lt;45 6,.m . Free. Cosponwred

The

K.ent State in a Mld-Amerian
Conference doubleheadet- It Gene
Michael Reid. UB dt_.,ct the

l.itnty through May 31 . The exhibit an
be viewed during ~ular library hou~.

Roshboodl: Populo&lt;

Cuitu~

The RNA Polymerase Ill Trarucription

~tusJ~ti~~~~arch
prof~. of cdifom~San Oieqo. 210

Dan;ets.T1m Sovo and Bnndon

~~~7r'~~
on dlsplay in Lockwood MerT1orW

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llologkalklonces Soml,...

had • pinch-hit. throo-n.o1 stncle-

Western Hichlpn l,UB I;UB l , Westem Hichlpn I (12):
Western Hichlpn 6, Ull 4
The Yisitinc'VVestem Mtehlpn Broncos &amp;Ot a few key hfa and a wong pn:chtng
perlonnance from junior- Wendy Cannon to ho4d on for a 2-1 win O'&lt;'el"" UB tn
MAC softball action at the UB Softttall Sadium on Sawrday.
A""""""' s1ngte clown U..lelt fleld llne by...- Hoi!,· s..J.. d"""' In

Photoshop' Introduction, Section 0 ,
Part II. Pre:sented by IMedia. 212
Capen, North Campus. 2--t p .m . ftft.

~~=-~ ~~~- ~~~=~~
lmmunok&gt;gy. For more lnfClmlittion,

Open Dnam Circle
Namaste. 222 Student UntOn. Nof"th

Staf!Auoclotion. """"""infonmtion,
8ilf Regan, 6&lt;~1&lt;7. ext. 228.

-shop

c.mpus. BG-7 p.m. ..... Spons&lt;nd by
Student I.JrQu and ActMt.le. For more
rlonnation. 645-6125.

Student Auociltion, 3.SO Student Union,

~~~!:~'net

""-honoring
the lit• and""""
of the late
and teacher Aian E.

Eduut*"'' Technology Cent ..

1hel'l.wplo~~-

- . Bryan Sanchozand
Adrian Daniels each droYe In twO
""" and scored once. Desi&amp;Nr.ed
h_. Eric Huber wu +lor-6,
lndudlne • polr of doubles. and

DiCesare abo added cwo htts
apiece. DKAsore .......ct.d ...
consecut1w pme hit weok to I I.

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Ufe~

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(Scott) McCall, Dept. of Oral Diagnostic

Ull 15, Nlqara 4; Kent State
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Waterloo. 250 Mathematics Bldg ..
North Campus. &lt;4 p.m . Free.
F-1 ~t Authoriutlon:
Curriculw and Optional Practkal
Training. Jennif~ Chazen and Eric
Comins. 31 Capen, North Campw. &lt;4

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H I - Stephen L CorU!r. ...instogo

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150 St~t UniOn, North Campus

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p.m . Free.

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....-do.n-&gt;g"""""'linly"""'

Teams see strona compeddon In Boston, sweep Hercyhurst

The historic Ow1es River in Boston wu the setting for the UB crew team's
competition apinst ~ ocher teams on SaOJf'dly afternoon. F3.ir Yll"eather. but
coki tempenwres c:A about 35 degrees at n.c:e time, alor'C with variable Wlrwh
greeted dle """""· Competirc aplnst the Bulls _,. ._c~o from O.ronouth.
Bo•ton Colleg&lt; and dle ho&lt;t school. Nonheostem.
US's ~ efr11t team pbcec1 third in a time d 7:31 .4, wet behind che top rwo
flniohen.Dartmouth (7Jl.9) and~ (7' 1&lt;.2).The- did finsh 20
oecondo ahead of founh.pbc• 8osU&gt;n Coler In the bu.--m race. The Buh'

"""Y e;ght . _ . pi&gt;ced fourth omorc the four """" In 7Xl.6. ~ won
the &lt;&gt;&lt;e In 6,S7.&lt;.folloood by 8ootoo Collqo (7oOI.l) and Dartmouth (7o08.7).
The Bulls then swept a home meeting :a,pinst Mercyhur-n. The varsity e~ght
~d won in me dosest finish of the th~n.ces. ta:kin&amp; the 2()()()...met.er Ene
Canal course in 6:54.6 to Hercyhum's 6:!;5.8. US's vanity fou r (7·SO 9) and
noYKe etght (7:0l6) also were victonous.

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Seulon. Ellen Dussourd, dtr.,
lntermtional Student and
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North Campus. 3 p .m . F...
5poruo&lt;ed by 155S. For rror.

-

informatJon, 64&gt;-22.58.

Sunday

~~"~.

Amherst Pepsi Cente&lt;, 161 5
Amhenl Manor~ - 3 p .m
Free.

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~Field;Amhont,..,..

Center, 1615 Amhont Mara
C&gt;riYe.. 1 p.m. Free.

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Keys to Flnandal Success:

· ~~~~~~~~

Campus. 2:3()..6:30 p .m . FrM.

Monday

~~~ratr.J:~~ mOJe

Meeting for Loven of the

Information, Sharon Sanford,
&lt;&gt;45-2055 .
An Experiential Workshop in
the Use of lifelines,
Genograms and Eco-Map\ in

Family Aneuments Daemen

i~~1~r '::,~~e•;;;t~~!~.6~r:'
.md Tra•n•ng. 645-6140.

Educ:atlonal Technology
Centu Worttshop
Access 97/ 2000, Se-ction 8,

IUologkall Sciences Seminar
Development of the ITM-

Part II 212 Capen, North
Campu) I 0 a.m -noon. Free

!r.c~~fr~:f!:'T:.:"

lnYironmental A.Wartne$1
lecture
Your Most lrnpotUnt
Envirofvnentai ChokH. Warren
leon, ex~ . dir., Northeast
Sustainable Energy As.sociation
(NE.SEA). 12Q Clemens, North
Campu~ Noon. F&lt;... Spoo&gt;&lt;&gt;red

~~.
~
En..,ronmental Task Force and
Environment and Soc.ety

Institute. For mort infonnatJon,
UB Green, 829-lS3S

Ubra'Y Workshop
us 130: Job ond c.,...,
lnfonnadorl on the Web for

~~~~~- F.ed

wher~

UB yroup\ an: princ:lpal

Pfl(Kphate
StaNation. Erin O'Shea, prof
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no

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l~ter

th.w1 noon on

tht! Thu,...day procedin9
pubtk.aUnn.

lhtlng~

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francisco . C26 J:arber, South
Campus. 12:30 p.m . Free. for

Distinguished Lecture
SoM.
Photmacovtbl Sdenc:.. In the
New Mllennklm: HUfTllll'l
Genotics ~wtth

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~~~t:~!d'J:~tor

l22
Student Union, North Campus
6:30..7:30 p .m . free .

~~~::tion,
Mal)' )o Berrettini, 645-2837

EnYironmenbl AWM'tfMIJ
IActuot

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Warren leon, exec. dir.,

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829-3535

Concert
Donny Osmond. CO.p&lt;osented

~a~~~~rce!,~;r:­
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more information , &amp;H-ARTS.

~~~·

225 Natutal Science
Complex. North Umpus. 1 BO
p.m . frM.

-..Scton&lt;osUbrary
-.!oop
lntroductlon to EndNote S.O.
Tom Pirrung, rt'f. librarian,

rn~~~~~c:;i~tll&gt;. ~ria

Abbott. Health Scteoces

Choo~ng

• Mojo&lt;. u..

Sandquist. adviSOl', AcademiC
Advisement Center, and Sandra

~~~t~~~~1ng
InStructor. 1450

Student Union,

Talk of the Uniwnity. lrve on

88.7 FM. 7-8 p .m . Free. For
more tnformatJon, WBfO, 829-

6000

Mic....nd/_,_.

NJA (NouromuKlllar
lntogro!Mt Action). LAuno
Krupsld, dO., living Well Center
Alumni Arena. North Campus.
6-7:30 p .m. Call Recreation &amp;
Intramural Services for fee, 64 S~

.

~~~ ~~~~~

==-~

What 1n the World Is
splritr0nlci7 8tuu McCombe,

g:&lt;-~~~~~·

5u&lt;en1ng Room, Center fO&lt; the

~. =~r:e:~;

Arts and Sc.iences. For more
information, M~ Garlant.
&lt;&gt;45-2711 .

l.lurie KNJ&gt;'ld, M S-2837

Concert

Concert
No Doubt Alumni Arena,
North Camff. 8 p.m . S5,

Campus. 8 p .m . $21.50. For
mort inf()t"tNtion, 645-ARTS

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pubhc

(M .M .)
mo~

Tuesday

16
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North Campus. 11 a.m .-1 p.m .
Free. FOf more information,

Julio Cohan, &lt;&gt;45-3286.

Saturday

13

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ln}Ktion P•ln . Jintana
N•paport. Univ. ol Fk&gt;rida. 111
Cooke, North Campus. 5-6,30
p.m . Free.

Eduutlonal Technology
c-or-.!oop
8lodlboanl s.s, C~atlng
E.ums 6r Pool1. 212 Capen,
North Campus. Noon-2 p.m.
Free.

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Applying lor a Gl'ftn Card'
Outstanding R...,an:ho&lt;/

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ProfHSO&lt; Petitions -

~~~ouln9-~

. li&gt;L 148 ~ondorf,
C•"'P"'- Noon. free.
Sponsofed by lnterNtioNJ
Student And Scholir SeMce.
For more infonmtion, 6452258.

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=~~ ~-

Eliaboth Monhoimor, ~
health advbor, Academic
Advisement Center. 107 Talbert.
North Campus. 5:30-7 p.m
F,... Spoo&gt;&lt;&gt;red by S~t
Unions and Activities. FOI' more
information, 645-6125

OponltouM

~;,&lt;&gt;&lt;~=

Art Lecture

Educational Technology
Center Workshop
Photoshop: lntrodu&lt;tlon.

l ectu re. Sue Coe, artist/
illustrator, and Barbara NeU~m,

g:.r.:;~::s ~:Search

~~~~~~~~s~~·

Chnstopher lorell and
Catherine Pollina, Dept. ot
BH)k)gKal Sctence1 180 Pari.,
North Campus Noon· I p m

Galleries, Dept of Art H1story.
Dept of An and Brainstorm
Commun1c..aton Club For

-·--

with
Preslclent Greiner MMI VIce

Lhre Call-In -

~ ..arty

-

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Read, O.pt of Mocroboology
115 Foste-, South Campus
Noon. Free. Sponsored by
Dept. ol Oral 1»o1ogy

Women's C)ub lntemation.-1

Phennac:.utk.. k:Mnc:a

Scrcerung Room, Center lor ttw

RNA Ed iting and Turnover In
Trypanosoma Btvcel. Laune

College of Arts -

Friday

~-~~?'~~:~rs. 1 -1: 3o

by

Oral IUology Sanlnar

U.S. legAl Studtes Centre. For
more information, Munroe
Eaglos, &lt;&gt;45-2711 .

•nformation, 645-61 25

Alan E. Caber M emorial

15

Committee and the Canada-

~~=~~~~~sion.

Information, Stew.ut Brower,
829-3900, ext . 11 3.

Pr~ted

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information, 645-1921

Rl'por1~

Section 0 , Part I

Comparo!Mt Penpectlv&lt;.

s..-..-..

Included

•Media 11 2 Capen, North
C ampu ~ 1-4 p m Fret&gt;

Polltk:al S&lt;tence/Uw
Led""'
The: law and PoUtks of
Tobacco Controt ln th~
United Sbtes and Canada: A

Assoc~tion

and Sciences and the Unrvenity
Ubrarie-s. For ~ infonnation,
Mic.hete Gallant, 645-6000,
6t 11 71 or judith AdamsV~pe. 645-2576, ext 228

=~~St~i~=
and Activities.. for more

Melendy, 829-37S9.

ele-ctronic: submlulon form

of (yenh at .:http '//

Philosophy Colloquium
1: ~1 Truth. Ronald de
Sousa. 14 1 Park. North
Campul. 4 p .m Free.

Dept. of Modem

~~~~~~~~~~~alf.or

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Biochemist.ry and ·
Howard H':~Qhes M 1cal
Inst itute, Umv of Califorma-San
more 1nfonnation, Thomas

spon~ors

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=~~b;sC~~~ee.

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uti campu:l evcnh

Mathematics Colloquium
A kginno&lt;'s Guido to NCotogories. Thomas Lelrut..-.
,.._ fejlow, St lohn's Cofl&lt;9&lt;.
Cambridge. 250 Ma~tks
Bldg .. North Campus 4 p.m
Free.

American Studies. 1 08 Sa~,

lllo&lt;Mmlstry/ Mkroblology

for e\ole nh taking

Yan, 64 5-2880.

lducatlonal Technology
Center Wortuhop

Joint Senll...,.

on compu\ or for

f or more information, GUiyun

The Ufe of the Rev. John

~~:~m~.:c.

1•l.x~

Invertebrates. Malcolm Fraser,
Univ. of Notrt Dame. 210
Natural Sdences ComP'ex,
North Campus. 3:45 p .m . Free.

Campu•. Noon. F,.., Sporuo&lt;ed
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Cetmpus. Noon-2 p.m . Fr~

listing~

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lnst•tute for Addict•on Stud•e.s

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Ufo Woriuhop
All About Interviewing.
Michae4 Rivera, ~lOr auoc..,

AIM • t Noon

Science In

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•nformattan.

Thoma~ W

f.cutty and studenU. 7
D~endorl. South Campus. 10
a.m .- 3 p .m . Free. for more
•nformaUon, Diane M. Gayiet
819-31 41 , ext 151

.........

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TestkuW Self-E.x..-n
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Q&amp;A: David J&gt;mniman unrrlVds
the mystery of"informatics"

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Study sets UB's impact at $1.28 billion
University leverages state's investment by more than 4 times to benefit local economy
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HE unjve.rsity leverages
sca te funding by more
than four times to the ben·

elit of Western New York.
with an annuaJ economic impact on
the r&lt;gion of mort than S1.25 billion,
according to a new economk impad
srudy prepared by UB based on
methods used nationally to evaluate
the ~nomic impact of u.niversities.
The total impact on New York
State, the study notes, is $31 million
higher, or a total of$1,283,378,119.
Th~ figures are in addition to
the $288.6 million in state support
for UB operations.
The st udy notes that SUNY's
flagship institution is a magnet an nually attracting $171.2 million in

out-of-state revenues-including
S 118.7 million in fede.ral funds for
research. Much of that amount, it
adds, would "be lost to other states

if UB did not &lt;Xist.•
In terms of research expenditures,
VB annually expends $187.7 million
in funds from federal and stateagmcies, foundations, industrial research
partna"S and institutional resources,
according to data for the 199'J-2000

fisc..J yoar.
In addition to its direct economic;"
impact. US-which ranks in the top
third of the nation's 154 major pabJic research univ&lt;rsities-is "a vital
economic engine for both the West ·
em New York region and ·Upstate
New York" that provides ....raJ long·
term benefits to New York State's
economy, the rtport emphasizes.
"The university offers an aceUe:nt
education at an affordable price,
produdng highly educated dtizms
and futurt leaders, many of whom
remain in New York State to form
the backbone of its professional
workforce," it adds.
"VB also fosters the &lt;belopmmt

of newtedmology, products and busi·
nesses; &lt;DCOUraf!I'S public·&gt;&lt;rVicr programs thmughout Western New York
and New York State, and supports a
wide raJl!lJ&lt; of research projects that
benefit people around the world"
The univ&lt;rsity, which offers the

widest raJl!lJ&lt; of academic programs
of any colJese or university in New
York or New England, has emerged
as a key player as the Buffalo- Niagara
r&lt;gion positions itself for economic
revitalization in the high· tech. know!·
edge-intensiYe, global economy.
UB is the lead academic partner
in the Buffulo Center of l'.xallena
in Bioinformatia, which is expected
to &lt;m1te thousands of jobs and be·
come a mainstay of the upstate New
York economy over the next five
yrars. The report notes that UB is
credited in large part for the r&lt;gion
ranking fourth among America's top
50 metropolitan areas in dtgren
granted in sciena and engineering

and 14th in the nation in academic
research-and-devdopment funding.
The rtport was prepared by the of.
fice of Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi.
Pnesident William R Greiner said
the university is"pleased and proud
to prtS&lt;nt this report. which outlines
the considerable contnbutions that
UB makes to the economic vitality
of the Buffalo· Niagara region and
to our great state.
" Each year," he added, ·us sen·
erates over a billion doUars in economic activity in Western New York
alone. That's an imp~ 6~.
but as this rtport makes dear, the
depth and breadth of our overall
economic impact on the region and
state is even more significant.
"With the enormous intdlectual
capital and technological know-bow
we bring to the table, as wdl as ow
ability to &lt;mlte and to nurtlJie regional, national and international
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panies and new invostments based
on that research in both Ireland and
New York State.
•1.5 a true Center of ExccUence,
we need not only national. but international connections and recognition," said Provost Elizabeth D.
Capaldi. " Ireland has strong com·
puter and pharmaceutical industries and is an ideal partner for our
bioinformatics effort. We are
pleased to be able to have
Biopharma Ireland as a partner...
Bruce Holm, senior via provost
and UB's rcprescntativr at the an no uncement , noted that " it o nly
makes sense that as a cenlcr of ex·
cellence, Buffalo's bioinfo rmatics
center sho uld be linked w1th other
("enters of excellence."
" In particular, Ireland h a~ made
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HE university has entered
into a new high· tecbnol·
ogy partnership with
Biopharma
Ireland ,
Ireland's new national institute focused on biopharmaceutical reseanch and development, giving the
Buffalo Center of ExceUence in
Bioinformatic:s an important inter·
national connection.
UB and Columbia University
were named as Biophanna lrtland's
first U.S. partners at an announcement hosted on March 27 in
Athlone, Ireland, by Sen. Hillary
Rodham Ointon.
Biopharma Ireland was estab lished by Dublin City Univer.;ity and
Athlonc Institute of Technology to
promote research that will lead to
the discovery of n~..·w pharmaceuu-

ment in pharmaceuticaJ research Union markets.
than most other places in the Eu Last~. the Institute for J..a.
ropean community. With our part· scrs. Photonics and Biophotonics
ners in Ireland, as well as with Co·
and the Hauptman- Woodward
lumbia, this is a natural, comple- Medical R&lt;search Institute hosted
mentary partnership for UB ,.. visiting research= from the UnMr·
Holm added.
sity of Galway and the Athlone Jn.
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Elan; Wy&lt;th, a subsidiary of Amrn·
UB has been partnering with Cocan Home Products, and Schering·
lumbia Uni....,.ity on the.Northeast
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$25 million project involving nine
investments in Ireland
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resources into dcvelopi11g spin-off genomics, a new field dedicated to
biotech companies that will benefit determining gene function by defin ·
both Ireland and New York State.
ing the protrin structu~ encoded m
UB"s partnership with Biopharma a gene's DNA sequence. UB's Cen·
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The term •informatique• was
coined by the· French in the early
1960s and referred 10 the application of computing 10 the communication processes U5ed by scientists
in exchanging information and data

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among themselves. The domain
represented by this new term was
ultimaidy viewed by the French and
other Westun European rountries
as an application of computer scieo~ and, subKquenlly. a term in
place of computeT science. The Russians, however, embraced the term
.. informatika .. and took a broader
perspective. They believed thai this
emerging field was, in fact, a social
science, concerning itself with the
use of technology in various communities (e.g. scientific) and the in teraction of tcchnology'and human/
organizatio nal structures. In the
United States, the term never caught
on, o:cept in the area of medical
informatics, where it was championed by individuals such as Ted
Shortlitf (now al Columbia University). Here, it took on a broad perspective and induded "the cognitive,
information processing and communication tasks of medical practice, education and research, includ ing information sc ience and the
technology to support these tasks."
Recently, other uses of the term
emerged, including schools of
informatics and several new fields,
including bioinformatics, health
informatics, nursing informatics,
mobile .i nformatics and school
informatics. Here at UB, we believe
that informatics incorporates at least
thrtt domains: ( I ) technology and
its application, (2) information organization and structure, and (3)
human behavior (especially communication ). The inters«tion of
these three domains is of particular
interest to us.

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Several !'dated fields are converging, including communications,
information science, library science and applied computer science, as well as educationaJ tech nology. A recent study indicated

that from 198210 2001 , there have
been 17 mergers or realignments

of "library schools.· Of those 17,
six joined with communication
uni ts, six with education, two with
computer science, two with graduate: education and one with man agement. I think the trend is to·
ward the recognition that there is
an opportunity to offer students
something more than a traditional

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degree program by joining forces.
NoSdooolof-.-

specllk focus or fod heft et 1187

Recently, our faculty completed a
mission statement for the school
stating that we are here .. to vigorously develop and communicate
knowledge about the social aspects
of information through sustained

programs of research, and through
teaching students to be leaders in
the information society." They also

said that "We value the perspective of history and tradition , and

understand the potential benefits
of technology in furthering a
democratic society"' and that "our
study, teaching, service and outreach concen trate on the intersection of human communication
and information processes." If I
were to sum all of this up, I would
say that our focw is '"where pe:oplt
and information meet."

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with other computer end

c_put..·sc:Mn&lt;e-,...tect_.
gremshereat UB7

Keep in mind tbat in mauy countries the term iniOrmatia is used in
piau of oompul&lt;l' sc:ience, despite
the broader inteTpr&lt;tation found in
its oripn and in applications sudt
a5 mtdial in'fonnatics. Given the
broad scope of the teTm informatia,
particularly when U5ed in oonjunction with anoth.er area (e.g.
bioinformatics), it is not surprising
that there will be mauyplay.rs in the
informatics initiatives at UB. as well
as elsewhere. I~ the cas~ of
bioinformatics, for example, the
major players will come from oomputer science, as well as biology and
relaEed medical and pharmaceutical
sciences. sinoe this initiative focuses
on computers U5ed for the analysis
of complex biologial structures
leading to new drug development
OW' school will play only a modest
role during the early stages of this
initiative. In other campus initia·
tives. such as an emerging effon in
medical informatics. OW' school will
play a la'l!"" role at the outset. In all
cases. we are looking for opportunities to collaborate with otha academic units.
What bed!grounds do rtudents In the progr•m h•ve7

At the undergraduate level, we recruit students who are interested in
interpersonal, organizational, in tanational, intercultural or mass
communication,aswdlascommunication technologies and informatio~ systems. At the graduate level,
our students come from many dis-

ciplines and often have significant

We offer a full range of degr-.
from un&lt;krgraduate 10 cloctorate. Por those seeking professional librarian mrus. we provide an AJ..A-acaediEed master's
degree. We also offer ari interdisciplinary master's degree
blending communication and
information science, as weU as
a master's dtgrer in communication. We arf: developing addi·

tional degrees that will provide
students with evm more oppor·
1unities to study and learn in an
interdisciplinary environment
combining information tech -

nology and the human aspects
of co mmunicatio n and information processing. Careers an dude account executive, advertising spccialtst, broadcaster,
copywriter, counselor, information systems manager, informa tion technologist, journali st,
market -research ahalyst, media
specialist or public·relations

specialist. At the graduate level,
some of our .students choose to
work as professional librarians.
Others are exploring options in
communications or the information industry. And some may
be exploring new alternatives,
juSt as our school is exploring
new opportunities.

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What l missed most when I was
not involved with some uni~r·
sity as a visiting professor or as
a full-time employee was the interaction with students. It is
good to have the opportunity
again to interact with them. I
always learned as much from
them as I imparted.

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10 graduate school.

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Economic impact
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partnenhips. UB is leading the way
to an economic transfonnation for
WesteTn New York and New York
State. Every day al UB we are gener·
aling research and refining technoJo..

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D.vld Penniman is d~ of the School of Informatics .
Whet eJUKtly b lftfonnetla7

gies that will support economies of
the 2Jstoenttuy."Gre:inersaid "This
is a auciaJ part o( OW' mission as the
state's 1argesl and moot oomprehensive public research university. and
one wo: ~ very seriously, as this ..,_
port demonstrates."
Looking. to the next five years,
Capaldi noEed that expanding UB's
graduate programs and increasing
sponsored-rqearch dollan-both
to be acoomplished through the hir·
ing of hundreds of new faculty
m embers-will inc rease greatly

UB's impact on the regional and
state economy.
" Research is a major engine of
economic development ," Capaldi
added. "Each Sl of res&lt;arch fundmg produces S3 •n economic impact
to the community; each S l miUion

of rese"Jrch and development spend ·
ing produces just over 29 jobs.

"UB's intdlectual property." she

said, " holds great promise as the

foundation fOI' Western New York's
'New Ea:momy'-a knowledge-intensive, global economy built upon
the brilliant ideas and inventions of
university researchers."
Highlights of the rq&gt;&lt;&gt;rt include:
• UB, which in the 200()..()1 fisal
)"21' reaived 33.2 pen:mt o( its total
"""""""from New York State,'\oould
rank ..,.,.,00 an.. NalionaJ Fuel Gas
wben itJ total m.mues =compared
10 therow:nues ofthetop public companies in Western New York. This
rankingplac&lt;s UBaheadofsuch companies as M&amp;T Bank. Columb!l$
McKinnon Corp..Gixaltat'SI&lt;d Corporation and Moog."
• UB is one of Western New
York's largest employers, ranking
fifth in full-time employees behind
the State of New York, the federal
government, Erie County and the
Butfalo Public Schools. For 2()()()..&lt;) I.

UB recorded 5,411 full -nmc faculty,
professio nal staff. libranans and
classified service staff and 7,255
pan·time facul[)'. staff and student
employees. Jn addition. the univtr·

sitywas respoOS!ble for an estimaEed
5,610 jobs created as the result ofits
~and development efforu.
• Expenditures by UB in fiscal
year 2000-0 I touled nearly '$900
million and included $54 million in
capital Unf'I'OY01lei11S and oonstruc·
lion projects.
• Of the $231.6 million spent by
UB in 2000-0 I for dir&lt;etpurchases.
an estimaEed 73 pertm ~OI' appro::imately S170 million, were made
within New York State.
•rn addition 10 SJ68.9 million in
revmue 10 the uniYmity in the fonn
o( tuition and
campu5 housins
and board contracts. and pun:lwes
al campw bookstores, UB undergraduate and graduate students in
2()()().01 spent an estimaEed $164.9
million off campus for housing. fOod
transportation, clothing, health services, books and supplies.

York State. In Erie County alone. UB
graduatcsaa:nunt for 81 .9 pen:mt of
attorneys, 92.6 pen:mt of dentisu,
67.5 pen:mt o( phannacists and 28
pen:mt of physicians.
• Sinoe 1996-97, there have been
}40 invention disdooures by UB fac.
ulty and stalf, 102 U.S. potmts have
been awarded and 20llianse as=·
mentJ have been entered with businesxs througbout the United States.
UB lw entered 19 lioenses with
oom~ in New York. including
lioenocs 10 time new business enterprises started with UB ioYentions.
• UB faculty, Slafl' and students
volunteer and serve on a multitude
of public servioe, educational, cul tural and community programs and
projects that directly oontnbute 10
the quality of tife in Western New
York and New York State. UB's an-

8 The totaJ impa&lt;.1 on the \"Vest ern New Yo rk «anomy generated
by visitors to UB is estima ted at

Appeal (SEFA), the fund-raising
campaign to benefil the UniEed Way
of Buffalo and Eric County, raises
approximately $750,000 per yearthe '9J'SI from any employee group
in WesteTn New York.

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$11. 1 million annually.

• Sixty-three percent of UB's

166.7651iving alumni remain in New

nual State Employees Federated

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Cellular signaling system
Research focuses on understanding how toxin causes disease
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ORKING with
VIbrio t:holmJ., th&lt;
bacter-ium that
causes the severe
diarrheal dilo1se of cholera, UB microbiologisu ha.e ...-led new informationonacdlularsignalingsystml that ultimately will help scientists undcmand bow cholera toxin
and virulent proteins of other pathogenic bacteria migrate through their
cdlular'membranes to cause disease.
Using chitinase, a protein known
to be seaeted by V. dwleme by the
same mechanism as cholera toxin,
the n:scarchcrs engineered a series of

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in.sertions, deleuoru and mutations
m its amino-add chain. Using this

mutagenic approach , they detcrmmed that the a:tracellular transpan signal of chitinasc was enooded
by amino aads located betw&lt;en positions 75 and 555 o n the cham.
Furth er expenments demon

strated that onl y a

port1011

of Lh1s

4KO - amino - ae~d - regi o n Wa5

essen hal for secretion of chitmast".
'" In addttion to providmg new m lurmation about the transport of

'hltmase and cholera toxin. these
findings increase our basic understanding of the mqthods by which
proteins in general are transported
across membranes, an essential ac-

tiVity for any living cell," said Terry
D. Connell , associate professor of
microbiology in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and
senior author on the research.
Results of the research appear in
the April issue (Vol. 184, No. 8) of
the Jouma/ of Bacteriology.
Cholera toxin is known to be secreted &amp;om the bacterial oeU by a
complex secretory machinery. However, rather than concentrating on
the secretory mechanism-a focus

of snerallaboratorics at other institutiona-CoMdl and colleogues
Jaoon Folsta-,a doctoral student, and
Daniel Mettt~er. research associate,
set out to investigate tht structural
signals on cbolera toxin that initiate
its ttaNiocation.
The UB sci&lt;ntisu, working in th&lt;
university's Witrbsky C.nt&lt;r for
Microbial Pathogmesisand Immunology, an the only recarchen in
the .U.S. using V. cholerAe to study
this CXIra&lt;ZIIular transport signal.
"Once the signOling ~ is understood, d.-""' a variety of methods that CUI be used to blod&lt; it, such
as providing synthetic pcptid&lt;s to
compete with the signal, or other
methods that oouJd be devised to disrupt the signal transmission," said
Connell "If }flU know how th&lt; toxins
arc 5CC1'ded, }flU can stop the disease."
Techniques for determining protein function by causing mutations
through sequential elimination of
amino acids and portions of protein
are used widel y in microbiology,
ConneU noted. During initial studlt."S, however, he and colleagues discovered that minor changes in the
amino -acid sequence of cholera
toxin necessary for identifying the
c:xtrac.eUuJar transport signal often
destabilized the protein.
Their focus then shifted to the
study of chitinase, another extiacellular protein of\/. cholmJe, which they
chose as a model protein for cholera
toxin. "We know that chitinase (an
~ essential in th• orpnism's
food chain) is secreted by IIibrio
dwlemebythe same mechanism that
traruporU cholera toxin, the molecule responsible for eliciting discase; 5aid Connell "That observation provided stri&gt;ng cvidenao that
cholera toxin and chitinasecontained
functionally identical extracellular
transport signals."

v. dwleroecxpmscschitinascduring its free-living life SlaW' to mabl&lt;
it to dcgnode dUtin, the major component of the sbcils of~
whidJ the bocteriurn
as a food
sounz.Airt&gt;ough dlitinasclikdydo&lt;s
not induce any of the symptoms of
cholera, chitin is th&lt; ma;O. oomponent of the cdl wall of many fungi,
Conndl noted, including thos&lt;·important to disease (othletr's foot and
certain ~rtunistic HN-related
infections, fur&lt;Dmple) and to agriculture (sud! as oom fungus), making them scientifically interesting
molecules in their own righL
To elucidat&lt; the atraccUular
transport signal of chitinas&lt;, Foister
~ a serieS insertions, deletions and mutations in its amino-acid
chain and determined that the extra·
cdlular transport signal of the 846amino-acidchitinasewas encoded by
amino acids located betw&lt;en amino
acid positions 75 and 555.
"The extracellular transport signal of chitinase is located in two
non-adjacent sites within this 480amino-acid-region," Foister said. " In
the process of folding during protein maturation, these two regions
are brought together to form an ac tive extracdlular transpon signal. If
we can precisely locate that small
portion of the protein where the signal is actually formed, we can target
it for intervention."
Foister is working with scientists
at th&lt; Hauptman-Woodward Medical Racarch Institute to cry&gt;tallize
and resolv&lt; the thne-dimcnsiooal
structure of chitinas&lt;, which should
enable him to identify precisely tht
structur&lt; or the moleail&lt;'s atracellular transport signal.
The rcscarcb was supported by
grants from the National institutes
of Health and S&lt;bool of Medicine
md Biomedical Sci.ences.

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FSEC proposal criticizes OASIS
By DONMA LONCiEHICkU
Rqxxtrr A1sistant Editor

T

HE Faculty Senate Committee on Research and

ing not fulfilled, but th&lt; unreliability
of th&lt; system and its inability to provide e\'t::l1 such basic information as
aronate acroui:at balances are severely

Creative Activity ha s

hamperingth&lt;~tandoon ­

drafted a proposal calling
for the SUNY Research Foundation
to either fix OASIS. the Orock data
management softwa~ program that
manages grants and contracts for researchers at UBandacrosstheSUNY
system, or abandon it ent~ly.
OASIS is a 6as&lt;:o, John Ho, SUNY
Distinguished Scrvicc Prof.;,or in th&lt;
Department of Physics and chair of
the Committee on Research and Creative Activity, told senate's CXf'CUtive
oommittee at its March 22 meeting.
Ho said that many faculty and

duct of sponsored research at us; the
resolution states. "'"l1lc inadequacies
and indlicienciesofOASIS and its failure to cany out proper 6.scal account ing of grants and contracts arc CDS!Iy
in time and cffon, and arc also.jeopardizing our chances in future grant
applications."
The resolution cites ...the heroic
efforts by our campus administrative ooUeagues in trying to oopc with
an almost impossible situation.•
Bernice Noble, professor of microbiology, noted that other m.:ojbr

professionaJ staff members have
been suffering in silence while

lar problems with OASIS, and that

monthly grant and contract rqx&gt;rts
issued by the Research Foundation
have erroneous balances, leaving
principa) investigators and grant ad·
ministrators confused about what
their grant balances stand.

The resolution as drafted by the
comminee calls the January 200 I
convers ion by the SUNY Research
f~nundation to OASIS--at a cost of
more than $20 milHon-"3 disao;;ter."
"'Not 1mlyaiT thl·ong1n.ll promLSe~
of 11 Hhn~ tran'"u,:tJOil.!&lt;. .uuJ monitor-

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universities have documented simiintensive investigatioris were under

way at Cambridge Univmity to look
into the bow OASIS was sold to the
university, as wdl as to analyze problems inherent in the so&amp;war.. .
Noble5aid it was almost eerie bow
the problems at Cambridge mirrored
the problems with OASIS at UB. "It's
actually an international crisis over
these data -management systems,"
Noble ~id, "with no end in sight."
Ulliam Malave, as..'iOCiate profc..'SSOr
ul lcam mg J.Jld mstruct1on and Jet ·

ing director of th&lt; Urban Education

Institute, pointed out that the Research Foundation has tried .eryhard

fix th&lt; problems with OASIS, but
has been unsuccessful.
President William R. Greiner said
th&lt; Research Foundation is well aware
of the problems with OASIS, but that
there was no possibility of "moving
off' th&lt; sbftware because there is not
another system availabk. He added
that the problems with OASIS might
001 be fiilly solved fur another .,.....
"1bcre is no hi@ber priority," Greiner
said, than solving th&lt;.problcrn of inarou-atr aocowrt balances.
William Baumer, professor of
philosophy, asked that the FSEC
piau the resolution on the agenda
ofTuesday's Faculty Senate meeting
fm· immediate action, dispensing
with a first reading.
In other businos, Jack Meacham,
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in th&lt;Departmcnt of Psychology and a member of the SUNY task
force to determine outcOmes of stu·
dent learning, updated the committee on the SUNY General Education
Assessment Review {GEAR) proct'SS. Meacham noted that the GEAR
group wa., formed to revle\'1' the pro
posed a.&lt;;.,c;es.t;mcnt plans of aJI SL 1 NY
to

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Pataki to receiveaward
UB will p......,t ' -· George E. PataiU with iu " Igniting Ideas
Award" for his efforu to build a new economy in Western New York
based on high-technology economic dcvelopmcnl
The award will be given to PataiU on May 9 at Industry University
Day, an event that will be attended by hundreds of Westen\ New
York bwines.s representalives and university officials. It wilJ be presenttd during a luncheon at noon in the atrium of the Center for
the Arts, North Campus.
President William R. Greintr praised Patalci's "outstanding efforts
to revitalize the Wcstern New York economy through the cstabiUhment of the Buffalo Ccnt&lt;r of Excellence in Bioinformatia with UB,
Roswdl PaJ:k Cancc.r C.nter and Hauptman-Woodward Medical Re·
search Institute, and which will be the basis of a new economy in
Western New York."
.. The governor's pion~ring effort. to foster public and privatesector collaborations will translate cutting-edge research into jobs
for the region and upstate New York," Greiner added.
David H. Langstaff, president and chief necuUve officer of
Veridian, and Michael D. Capcllas, chainnan and chief

cxecutiv~

offiur of Compaq, also will received Igniting Idea Awards in recognition of their efforts in the Buffalo region and tremendous invest ment in the Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioi nformatics. Veridian
and Compaq are providing a total of more than $95 miJiion toward
the center. Pa&amp;aki recently announced initiaJ state support of SSO
11
million for the center.
..Igniting Idea Awards· are presented annuall y by UB and its School
of Engineering and Applied S;cienccs to honor business and civic lead ers who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and support fo r
the university and for economic development in Western New York.
Successful economic development requires com mitment and en ergy from both the public and private sectors. Igniting Idea Awards
are presented .to civic leaders who have played key roles in st rength ening the state's economic development policies, improving its ta.x
and reguJatory climate, encouraging the creation of new busir.ess
enterprises, the creation of new jobs or enhancing coordination of
the state's economic develo"pment efforts.
The awards are presented to business leaders in recognjtion of ac ·
complishmcnts in driving the growth and profitability of their companies and a commitment to building world-class organizations, to
continued improvement of the technical skills of thc:ir employees and

to effective partnerships with UB and New York State government.

UB-

Alumna to give Levy Lecture Ei1
~ Glac-, a
and noted national researcher
in the field of biophannaccutical scicnc&lt;s, will ~ the first speaker in
the recaitly established Gcrhanl Levy Distinguished Lecture series.
Sponsored by the Dopartmcnt ofPharmaautical Scimccs in th&lt; School
of Pharmacy and Pharmaautical Scimccs and 5isma Xi, th&lt;internatiooal
scicna bonon organization. Giacomini's lectwe is titled "l'hannaautical
~in the New Millmniwn: Human~ Con.erges with Pharrnacoltinctic:s and Pharmacodynamia"lt will be held at 12:30 p.m. April
II in 121 Coole&lt; HaU,North Campus. It will befnrandopcn to thepoblic,
1&gt;.
aswellason &lt;htlp:/t - - - •.- tGiacomini is professor and chair of biophannaceutical sciences
at the University of California at San Francisco. In 1979, she received

her doctorate in pharmaceutics from US, working under Gerhard

Levy, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the. Department
of Pharmaceutics. From 1979-81 , Giacomini was a post-docto ral
fellow in clinical pharmacology at Stanford Universit-y and in 1981
she joined the University of Califomia...t.San Francisco;·
Giacomini's research focuses on ~tfugarul dispoSition of drugs
and on genetic variation in drug rt:sporue . She is the prinCipal in vestigator of a recently awarded grant from the National lnstitul~
of Health entitled .. Pharmacogenetics of Membrane Transporters...
The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences established the

Gerhard Levy Distinguishe&lt;j Lecturcsbip in 2000 to honor Levy, who
is considtred the father of pharmacodynamics, tOr his role as a pioneer and principal contributor in the fields ofbiopb3rmaccutics. phar·
macokinetics. clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic..
In conjunction with the Levy le&lt;:turcship, the School of Pharmacy
and Pharmaceutical Sc.ienc~ is trying to raise $1.5 million to establish the Gerpard Levy Endo~ Chair.

IREWG to hold celebration
ofgender scholarship
The Institute for .Research and Education·op Women and Gen der.will hold its annual .. Ce~bration of Sch~larship on Wo""men and
Geilder" from noon to 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Atrium and Mainstag~
theater in the Center for the Ans, North Campus.
The event will feature a talk, entitled "The Lag in Women ·~ Lead ·
ership," by Nora Bredes, director of the Anthony Center for Women ·s
I cadership at the University at Rochester.
The program also will include reports from I RE\VG 's 2001 -02 re ·
search grant winm·rs. a~ well as poster sessions from facuhv and
~ raduat e students on a wide range of topic ~.
f-or furtb(·r mformat10n , (Ontact IR EWG . .1 t1\21J- .14)1

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UB f•culty member recognized by students, natlon•l colleagues from MLA

BRIEFLY

Peal believes teaching is "a privilege"

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Rqxxr., Assis!Mlt Edrtor
OSEMARY Feal is the
quintessential erudite
scholar, who stiU calls
teaching an "honor and
a privilege." And after talking with
her,ifsunlikdyanyonewouldqucstion the importanao of studying
modern languages and obtaining a
liberal arts education.
PmfcssorofSpanishandchairof
the Department of Modem Lan guages and Literatures, Feal has
earned the admiration of her students at UB and the respect of her
pcc:rs on a national level. She recentl y was selected to receiye the
Student Association's Milton Plesur
Excellence in Teaching Award.
Moreover, she wiU take a leave of
absence from UB this summer to as·
sume the position of executive di rCCior of the Modern Language As'iOCiation, one of the most eminent
scholarly societies in the world.
Fcal wiU succeed long-time MLA
c:X(""CUilve d1rcctor Phyllis Franklin,
whowillretneafterheadingtheorgam7.aUon for 17 yt..-ars. While replacing
1-ranklm may sc.--em Jaunt ing. Feal
hcheves that pressure only generates
opportunity. "My first job is toappn-~oiate and learn how the organizatlon
runs and to lind my role there--the
...emor staff~ outstarlding" she says.
r-eal \ active tnvolvemcnt with the
MI..A began tn 1988 when she was
appointt.xi to theassociation'sddegate
assembly. She later w.15 elected to several other postllons. most recently to
chau the association's Committee on
the Status of Women in the ProfesSIOn.Shewasselectedexccutivedirector after a nationwide ;;earth.
The MLA's membership is comprised of professors and graduate
students in the fields of modem Jan ·
guages and literatu res. and is unique
'" its comprehensive approach to
prov1ding schola.n with extensive resources to address and support
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The M~s
F&lt;al also echoes an ongoing conbread and urn in academia about the trend
butter, says towards employing adjunct profesFeal , ;.. the sorsandhavingfeweravailableten·
s c h o I a r I y ure-track positions on many col·
preservation lege campuses.
of texU; pub"A majorooncem (ofMU.memlication of the hers) is the sta~&lt;: of the job~
bibliography, or employment system, wherein
which is the moot essential research new Ph.Ds seek primarily tmuretool in the field of modern lao- '&lt;rackpositiohssotheymaycarryon
guagcs,and productionqfthe MU. a research and teaching career in the
handbook-«msidered to be the way that inanyofthern haV&lt;trained
key guide for scholars and profes- for and aspire to," she says.
sional writers, as well as for writers
"More Ph.Ds are trained and get
of term and research papen.
their degree than there ~ tenureEqually importan~ she adds, are track jobs available," she notes. "It's
th~ organization's numttous book
most acut~ in English and in some
publications. publication of a wide of the fnmgn languages. such asG&lt;rvariety of pedagQgic materials, sur- man, which have d.imin.ishcd enroUveys of the state of the profession, ments." The MU. already has taken
efforts to find ways to preserve cuJ- a proactive approach to the problnn
turalandliterarymaterial, the trans- by developing guiQ,Iines for the
lation of texts, organizing sessions evaluation of doct:oraJ programs.. as
at the annuaJ convention and run- well as getting those in charge of
ning a job information service that graduate programs to take the iniuaconnects employers and job seekers. tive to tackle the issue. she says.
Because theM~ is the largest
Fea1 believes strongly in the tm·
organi1..ation of scholars in the hu- portance of a liberal arts education
manitic.."S--withabout33,0()0mem- and the significance of knowing a
hers m 100 nations-it is a natural second language.
place, Fe:a1 says. for issues of schol..Some of the n.."3sons for studyarship to be discussed and for ing foreign languages include na ·
progress to be made on a vanety of tiona] security, the preparedness of
professional matters. One of her the nation to interact globally, but
goals is to S(."C more of the know! - the other aspect would be the study
edge and experienccsofML.A mem- of the language," she says. "It's just a
bers brought into the public arena. basic part of a liberal arts educa"I'm very interested in the role of tion-a liberally educated person
MLA members as public humanists, should know about the hJStory and
public in t~Uectuals., and as scholars th~ uses of his or her own language,
and teachers who find ways to bring and the history and uses of at least
th ei r s p~ cia lized knowledg~ to one other language, the history of
groups that don't necessarily have t~e nation on~ lives in, the history
the sa me specialized knowledge," of th~ nations with which one's na says Feal. While scholars often are tion interact. A liberally educated
good at com municating with one person shouJd know those thingsanother, she says, they havm't always they should have exposure to the
been as effective at communicating great cultural, historical traditions."
in more general terms with the pubBut that argument. she notes.
lie at larg~. which may be due, in docsn'tholdthesam~kindofwright
part, to the increased specialization that it did in previous generations.

ln the Unikd SW.S, she soys. it is
due in.part to a posi!M cbanF the
availabilityofhighereducationroa
larger sector of .society. •rt's no
longer considered the finishing
school for the eli~&lt;:," RaJ says. "It's
now considered the right of~
person in the U.S. 10 aspire to as
much higher education u they're
capable of and desire. ·
"So what happens is that some of
the oomerstona of the h"benl arts
education haV&lt; not stood up in the
same way-ifs kind of like a tradeoff." she adds. Those cornerstones
remain in many liberal arts institutions--induding UB--but a student might have to seek them out,
sh~ notes.
Anoth&lt;r issue that maybeoontributing to declining enrollments in foreign ~programs is that Amencan students, and much of the rest of
theworidduetothepushtowardsglobalization. recognize English as the
.. Lingua Franca"-thelanguageofcLplomacy and the language of the
Intern~ -and the second languagt'
for most mtematiOnalstudents..
"What they don't see or don't fully
appreciate until they studv alan guag~ i.o; the degree to whtch know·
ing another language will give them
an advantage in thecommunicauve
process. m nationaJ security issues
they deal with that they cou ldn '1
possibly have without 11." says Feal.
Students enroUed in UB's foreign
language programs are taught to read
and aplicat~ the linguistic and literary SJ.SilS that theyenrounter and to
understand meaning in context and
haw that context varies--;ln esscntial demmt in the work of translation, says Feal.
For example, students of Spanish
will come to undm;tand that .. tht"
context of tht word 'privacy' as a hallmark of th~ way we construa ouridves in the U.S.• both legally and
soc:ialJy, doesn't aist in Spanishwhichisamoresoc:ialcultureingeneral," says Fcal.

Anthropologists to hold meeting in Buffalo
Three UB faculty members among the 1,000 authors to present research papers
By PATRICIA DONOVAN
Contributing Editor

W

HEN theAmcncan
Association of
Phys ical Anthro pologists meets in

Buffalo Wednesday through April
13, members of the Department of
Anthropology, which is hosting the
event at the Adams Mark Hotel, will
be among the 1,000 authors to address a variety of topics in the field.
Primatologist Carol M. Berman,
professor of anthropology, will
present her research findings on the
extent to whjch male-male relation ships among bonobos are dependent
upon mother-son relationships.
Bonobos. a tremendously erotic
species, are. along with chimpanzees.
our closest cousins among the apes.
Sometimes called "pygmy chimpan·
1.ecs.," they live in only one section of
the Congo River basin in fema1e-«n ·
ten.'&lt;i.cgalitariangroups. Theunoom·
mon social strudure.sexuaJ behaVJor
and intcllt"'...\ual Glpacity of bonobo.s
arr held lw many anthropologtsts to
offer a un ique gli mpse mto the mot!'&gt;
of human narun·.

Berman has published widely on
primate behavior, particularly ma terna] behavior and social development; the evolution of animal ~ ­

havior, and ethological methods.

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Joyce Sirianni, SUNY Distin guished Teaching Professor in the
Department of Anthropology. is a
physical anthropologist Whose research interests lay in craniofac1al
growth and development, and den ·
tal anth ropology.
Dun ng the confe rence's dental
anth ropology/paleopathology s.es·
&lt;~Jon . she will addres~ ft&gt;ature~ of
l'n~mcl microstructures 111 th(" Ieeth
of ptgtai led macaques.
r-..1Jcaqut.'S. the cocker spJnid-sllL-d

monkys most commonly used in

medical research, oftm are referred
to as the second most succcssful pri·
male. Macaques have quite complex
social and behavioral systems. Their

complicated calls and gestures have been di.scovered to
have specific meanings. and
tool-use and cultural innova·
tions have be~n obse rv~d
among them.
Becuuse of their physical
similarity to humans. some
,
macaqu~ biological systern&gt;--the visual, reproductive and immune systems,
for instance-have been
used as a model of human systems.
Sirianni's research indudcs the
study of the similarities in the fetal
craniofacial complex of macaques
and humans. She is the author, with
Daris R Swindler. of "Growth and
Deve lopm ent of th(' Pigtailed
Macaque," an atlas of longitudinally
gathered informauon on the growth
and development of Macaca
nemestrina.
Ted Steegman, professor of an thropology, ~II present a paper on

scientific discipline and in~&lt;:Uectual
fr&lt;edom during the Ia~&lt;: 1950s at the
UniV&lt;rsity ofMictugan, from which
he received tus doctorate in 1965.
Steegman will address the domina!ing paradigms in physical and cultural anthropology, archaeology and
linguistics at a tim~ when American
universities w~re enjoying a period
of optimism and growth.
• tt was a tim~." says Steegman,
.. when th~ rising intellectual tide
was being ~xpressed at emerging
centers of anthropological and biological theory, like the University of
Michigan."
Steegman's research is in the field
adaptive human biology and physical anthropology in the subarctic.
China and Canada.
Other subjects to be covered at th&lt;
co nferen c~ indude biodiversity in
Northeast Africa; the nutritional SD ·
IUS. physical activity and productiv·
ity of vanous groups of hominids
and non -hominids , past and
pre ent ; forensic anthropology;
m~em morphometric cechniques;
South African paleoanthropology.
and primat~ cognitive ecology.

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Relationship workshops set
Fincham says supportive relationship can ease life's journey
IIJ PA~ DONOVAN
Contributlng EditO&lt;

supportive relationship
with a spouse or partner
often is a soun:r of oomfort and strength. a buJier
against the slings and arrows ofoutl'af!OOU'.fortune. Bybdpingbolh partners rnanase Silas from a variety of
sowas, it not only can lengthen life.
but malc.e it more pleasanL
While good rapport with intimates can ease life's burdens, research shows that dose relationships
fraught with conflict inc"'""' blood

A

pressure, prOduce cardjovascular
strain and aJter- the function of the
immune system, acoording to Frank
Fincham, professor o f social and

clinical psychology.
To help coupl es improve their
communication and problem -solv-

ing skills. the Psychological Sen&gt;ices
Center in Park H..,JI on the North
Campw is offenng a th ree- hour relationship workshop in April. The
workshop wiU be held from 6:30-9:30
p.m . on Wednesday and repeated
lrom 9 a.m. to noon on April I 3 and
from 6:30-9:30 p.m . on April 18.
Th&lt;· work.&lt;hops wiU help coupiC&gt;
letm the i-Oun:es and oonsequences of
rda tionship stress and how they can

enh:ince their partnerships through
the usc ofbettL-r mt.1hods of communiGltion---&lt;:areful hstening,d.ist.1.lSSion
1nstead of argument, conflid-rcsolu·
tion techniques and compronuse.
The center provides service to th e
co mmuniry, ·as well as to UB stu dents, faculty members and staff.
Fees are based on a sliding-fee scale
and differ depend in g on family size
and income. For informatio n about

the workshops, call th e Psychologi caJ Services Center at 645 -3697.
Fincham, cited by his peers as one

of the moot influential researchers
in dinical psychology, says it's not
surprising that chronic relationship
strain is associated with poor mental and physical health.
"Given the potential an intimate
relationship has to help or harm a
person's life and health," he says, " i~s
\'U'f important to attend to our relationships, to lceep them worlting
as smoothly as possible"' that when
problems arise, as they always will,
we get through them with as little
anxiety, anger and physical stress as
possible.
" Do we wait for our car to break
down before we get it serviced!" he
asks...Of course not. When it comes
to our relationships, though, we

tenil to wait for trouble befo"' we
look for help. In fact, more people
seek professionaJ hdp for relationship problems than anything else.
"It doesn't have to be that way,"
Fincham says. "Relationship success
is not due to romantic love or luck,
but oommitmmt and hard work," he
notes. Yet even with the best of in·
tentions.approx:imatdy 45 percent of
nt.-w marriages will end in divorce.
.. The number one relationship
problem according to coupl es and
t:ounselors i ~ commu ni cation,"
Fincham says, "but with some help,
most couples can improve communication and keep serious problems
at bay."'
At the very least, Fincham suggests tha t if a couple is having prob-

lems. they should get help early, before the situation deteriorates to the
point at which resentment and hostility rule the roost He points o ut
that there are early warning signs
th"tt the relation ship mi ght be

headed for trouble.
" Everyone argues, for instance,"

I

NSULIN may interfere with
the cascade of reac.rions that
promote clot formation and
platelet aggregation in heart -

attack patients-and may help prevent
dot formation and plaque development in persons at risk of heart attack and stroke, new research by UB
endocrinologists has shown .
The researchers have demon -

strated that an infusion of insulin and
glu~ suppresses a factor that "'8"lates genes for two pro-inflammatory
proteins that promote coagulation
and dot formation in smooth muscle

tissue lining blood vessels.
Results of the study appear in the
March issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
..Our earlier research showed for
the first time that insulin exerts a significant anti-inftammatoryeffect on
blood vessel walls, and now we have
linked insulin with the mechanisms
that reduce dotting factors," said

Paresh Dandona, professor of medicine and senior author on the study.

"These new findings suggest that insulin has the potential to prevent

thrombosis that leads to heart attack
and stroke. It also may be useful to

study add relevance to results from
the Diabetes and insulin -Glucose
Infusion in Acute Myocardial Inf-

arction ( D!GAMI) study, conducted
in Stockholm, which showed that
diabetic patients experiencing an
acute heart attack who received a
low·dose infusion of insulin and
glucose had a better outcome than
patients who weren't infused.

he says, "but if aiJ!WII"'1ts become
mo"' frequent or more heated than
usual or if they don't r..olve the issue at hand, it's lilcdy that communication has broken down, perhaps
because the couple's skills in that
...,. ='t· what they could be.
"If partners ..., having difficulty
t2lking with one another, if one or
both feel neptiw: about the rdationship mudl of the timeorworryabout
the effect it's having on their lives or
thooe of thrir children,· be says, "then
it's important to do something about
iL If not, st=s will amtinue to build
and produce problems of its OWT&gt;sometimes problems mort: serious
than those produced by the original
disagreernenL
"But why wait until it gets to that
point!" he asks. "It's quite rational
to get a 'relationship service' while
things are going well. That way,
when problems ari,.,, the couple al ready will have in hand useful ways
to talk aoout their conHict and effective means to resolve it."
A f&lt;irm er Rhodes Scholar.
Fincham has received many awards
for his research, including the
President's Award from the British
Psychological Society for "distin guished contributions to psychological knowledge" and the BerscheidHatfield Award from the Interna-

tional Network on Per.;onal Relationships for ..sustained, substantial and
distinguished contributions to the

field of personal relationships."
Fincham's researdl programs in
oomplementary areas. The fim fo-

are

cuses on understanding marriag~

partner&gt;hip, particularly the oognitive
!"""=involved in conflict_ The=ond =mines the association between •
inter-parental conflict/divorce and
child adjwtmenL

"The DIGAMI study showed

infusion and at two, four and six

hours following infusion.
The sampks were assayed for Egr1, and both proteins. R&lt;:sults showed
that after four hours of infusion,blood
l&lt;&gt;ds ofEgr-1 had fallen, on avmoge.
to 47 percent of pre-infusion levels.
PAI-IIevels hadde&lt;noasedonaverage
to 58 percent and TF levels to 85 percenton avmoge.oompared to baseline.
Dandona said it is possible that

The current investigation targeted
factor, early growth ""po""' gene1 (Egr- I), and concentrations in

blood plasma of two proteins whD"'
expression is regulated by Egr-1tissue factor (TF) and plasminogen

activator inhibitor-! (PAl -l ).
The gene responds rapidly to a va riety of stimuli related to tissue oxygen deprivation and physical damage to blood vessels, Dandona said,
and appears to play an important role
in the development of human and
mouse atherosclerosis. The protein
TF leads, via a complex cascade of
actions. to the fonnation of fibrin, the

treat persons with those conditions

essential ingredient of a blood dot.

through the pn'Vt"lltion of dotting and

while fibrin's predecessor, thrombin.
is a powerful aggregator of platelets,
a prim ary componen t of arterial

promotion of dissolution or dots."
Dandona sa id th ~ ndin gs in this

plaque. The protein PAl-l prevents
the normal breakdown of fibrin .
which would help P"""'"t dotting.
ln this study, I0 subjects who had
high lev&lt;ls of the factors in question
due to obesity received an intravt:nous solution of insulin, plus dc:xtrose. The dcl&lt;trosc pi'&lt;'Vellts hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar. They provided fasting blood samples before

that insulin has a pos itive effect
on acute myocardial infarction ,
but the mechanism s weren't
clear," he said ... Our studies are
defining the mechanisms."
a pro-inflammatory transcription

Web site tackles global issu·es Q
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Insulin found to help stop clots
By LOIS IIAJI£R
Contributing Editor

Repa .._

insulin may support the action of
ot h e r clot busters and clot
preventers currently used in treat·

ing heart attacks and strok&lt;s.
Additional ~on the study
were Ahmad Aljada, researdl assistant
professor of medici ne ; Husam

Ghanim, doctoral student worlting
with Dandona: Priya Mohanty, clinical instructor of medicine. and Neeti
Kapur, research assistant.
The research. su pported by the
McGowan Chantablc Fund , was
conducted at the Dtabetes-Endocri nology Cen ter of Western New York,
which Dando na d1rects.

about other nations! Teacherr-modify
your curriculum to prep= your students to be citizms of the world!
Parents-lind answers to questions children ask about evmts in the
news! Globalization: What is it and why..., some people opposed to it1
Refugees: Wh= are they from and why do they want to leave! Poverty:
Why do half the people in the world 1M on less than $2 per day and
what community activities can kids bca&gt;me imdved in to help?
The United NationsCyberschoolbus &lt;lottp://--~1
c,._.,.a a •••tlndu..html&gt;is an award-winniqWebsitr that can
answer these and rrW.yother questions. It feanu.sprojects, games, curriculum matrrials and resources on global issues aimed at K- 12 students and teachers.
C licking on .. Resources " &lt;http:/ / www.un .org / P'ubs /
C,tMrSctt a a•III/ NS.hbnl&gt; leads to several sites of interest to students of various ages. "Info Nation" provides oomparative statistical infonnation from any selection of up to fiveoountries, with data on population, eoonomy, environment, health and technology. "Country at a
Glance" features a navigable world map that identifies each oountry the
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venting oonllicts, peacel=ping, poverty, refugees. renewing the UN and
technology. Bach dossier includes an overview of the topic, progress
that has been made, next steps to be taken. student activities and r~ ­
sources. A "Unit~ Nations Int roduction" and .. Vinual Tour.w with J
360-degree, panoramic image of the Secu rit y Council Chamber. also
wdcome the visitor.
Among the seven .. Games and Qul1.2.e'S" &lt;http://wwwO.un.org/

cybenchoolbus/ qul.html &gt; featured are" Flag Tag," inviting the player
to match the country with its flag; "The Professor's Postcard,"challengmg
students to discover which World Heritage Site she describes m her post
cards, and " Pook In The \Vorld." an animated. interactive adventure of

a little girl trying to help save the world.
The "Co mmunit y,. ca tegory &lt; http:/ / www.un .org / Pubs /
CyberSchooiBus/ com.html&gt; tndudcs many features not limited to a
Model UN discussion area, variow an competitions for children and a
Days Of The Year calendar, marking important anniversaries for the
world communiry.
The .. C urri c ulum " section &lt;http:/ / www.un .org / Pubs /
CyberSc:booiBus/ cur.html&gt; offers kits and curriculum units on man)'
topics, including peace education, heaJth , poverty, human rights, cities.
environment and indigenous peoples. Also featured are links to the curricular materials offe~ by other UN educational Web sites &lt;http:/1

www.un.org/ Pubs/ CyberSchooiBus/otherunsltes.html.&gt; such as
the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Bank. the UN
Environment Programme, UNESCO and UNICEF.
The United Nations and its speciali=l agencies are not the only sou=
for Web sites on global issues for students and teachen. For ocample,
Ben's GuidetoU.S.GoYemmentforiGds &lt;http:/ /IMnsg.--.-&gt;.
in its extensive subject listing &lt;http://ben.sgulde.gpo .gov /
subfe&lt;t.html&gt;, includes selections under "Foreign Aff.Urs."
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The Internet offers a global awareness coupon worth redeeming!
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Obituaries
Thomas Connolly dies at 84
A funeral "'rvice was held March 23 in Christ the King Church, Snyder,
for literary critic - . . . L Connolly, former professor in the Department of English and chair of the Faculty Senate. Connolly died March
18 in his home in Los Robles, Calif., at the age of 84.
Connelly's critical essays in English and American literature appeared
widely in scholarly journals. He wrote and edited ..Vera! books on the
work of James joyce, as well as "From Ararat to Suburbia: The History
of the lewish Community of Buffalo."
Connelly was born in New York City in 1918. He graduated from
Fordham University and "'rved with the U.S. Army from 1942-46. In
1948, he married the late Mary Go uld and later attended graduate
school at the University of Ch icago, where he ~ved master's and
docto ral degrees.
He taught at Chicago's Loyola University, the University ofldaho and
Creighton University in Omaha before joining the UB faculty as an
assistant professor in 1953. He -became a full professor of English m
1964 . He chai~ the Farulty Senate in the late 1960o during the chaottc
and disruptive years of campus unrest.
Among Connelly's books are "The Personal Library of lames loy.:;e.
A Descriptive Bibliography," published by UB in 1955 and republished
m 1957 and 1974; "James joyce's Scribbledehobble: The Un-Workboo~
for ' Finnegan's Wake',. {Northwestern University ~ 196 I ); '' Joyce'l&gt;
Pon-rait Criticisms and Critiques'" (Appleton, 1962) and "The Scarlet

Letter and Other Tales" (~guin , 1970).
He wrote "Swinburne's Theory of Poetry," and edited "Natha md

Hawthorne: Young Goodman Brown ."

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flutist Ranoom WiJ.
son wiD make two

appearances in Slee
Hall as part of the Department of
Music's April concert olferirigs.
Wtlson wiD appear as guest soloistwiththeSleeSinfoni&lt;ttut8p.m.
April 16 in one of a series of
WNED's25thanniversaryconc.erts.
He also will perform, acoompanied
by pianist Doustas Ashcraft, at 8
p.m. April lB. And be will conduct
a free master class at 4 p.m on April
17 in Baird Hall for flute studenu
and enthusiasts alike.
TheSieeSinfonietta,UB'uaident
professional chamber orchestra,
performs a series of concerts each
year devoted to lesser-known repertoire, particularly that of the preclassical era and the most recent
co ntemporary music. Ju April 16
program. conducted by Magnus
M&amp;rtensson, is no exceptioil, and

will feature Luigi Nona's "Canti per
13." C.rl-Axel Hall's " Elegie; and
C. P. E. Bach's Co nceno in D Minor,
dunng whJCh Wilson will perform
iL\ soloist.
The program for Wilson's April
18 recital-a k£t,n mix of the old,
new and newly discovered-wiiJ
include Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart 's "Sonata in F Major, K.
376;" Franz Schuben's "lntroduc·
tion and Variatio ns, Op. 160;"
Michael Daugherty's "The High
and the Mighry, for piccolo and pi·
ano; " Francis Pnulenc's "Un jouer
de DOte berce les ruines, for flute
so lo;" Carlos G uastavino's
"lntroducci6nyAIIegro,"andCarl
Vine's"Spnata for Auteand Piano.•
A member of the Yale music faculry,Ransomisequallyest=nedas
an outstanding conductor of orchestral and operatic repertoire, a
Grammy-nominated artist and a
gifted arranger. He is music direc·
tor and principal conductor of
Solisti New York Orchestra, which
he founded in 1981; artistic direc·
tor of Oklahoma's famed OK
MOZART Festival; artistic difcctor

of the Mozart f&lt;stival-at-Sea on the
M.S. Wcstcrdam, and music director of the ldyUwild Arts Academy
Orchestra in ldyUwild. Calif.
The ~-for.both concerts are
Sl2for thesencraJ publjc,$9 for UB
faculty, staff, alwnni and aenior citi·
ztn5, and $5 fOF studmts.
AJ part of a week-Ions tenure in
the Department ofMwic. aploratoryviolistGartbKnox,oneofthe
most sousbt-out musicians in the
world, will praent a concert at 8
p.m. Monday in Baird tl.cital Hall.
In addition to tbe conurt, Knox

Zukerman, ltzhak Perlman and

James Galway.
Duringhissevmyearsasamcmber of theArditti String Quartet. he
tound internationally and CX&gt;lJabo.
rated with renowned contemporary

compooen such as Ligeri, Kurtag.
Berio and Slodd&gt;auscn. Sinu 1998,
Knox baa been based in Paris, enjoyins a 0\f= that includes per-

forrning.t&lt;achlnsandr&lt;eording.
. SeVen t.e en - year- o I d
"wwiderkind" Felix HeU will perform the fourth concert in th&lt; "Orsan R&lt;citals on the Fisk. "Op. 95"
series, at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Slee.
Alreadyameranofmorethan200
professional r&lt;citals, Hell has studied at Julliard and ,is punuins fur.
ther studies at the Curtis l.nslitute
of Music in Philadelphia.
Born in 1985 in Frankenthali
Pfalz. Germany, Hell took his first
piano lesson at the age of se"Ven. HC'
played the "Prelude 'InC Major·
from J.S. Bach's "Well-Tempered
Oavitt" (BWV846 ) by heart a few
days after listening to and observing the piano player. Less than a
yearlater, he took his firstorsan les·
son and was able to demonstrate
his success just two months later to
at UB.
Leo Kraemer, professor and prin·
cipal organist of the Roman C.thowill work privately with composi- lie Cathedral in Speyer Germany,
tion faculty and studenu in vari· playingBach's"PreludeandFugue
oussettings. including lectures and in F Major.·
demonstrations.
His program for the UB ooncm
The concert, which wiD include a will feanu. J.S. Bach's "Fantasy and
performanceof"11u:Mispri.sionof Fugue in G Minor, BMV 542;"
Transparency"-e work by UB stu· · "Sebm uecke dich o Iiebe Seele
dent Aaron Cassidy-is free and (LeipzisO.orale), BWV 654;""Preopen to the public. Other works to Jude and Fugue in D Major, BWV
be performed will include Attilio 532;" AlexanclreGuilmant's "Sooua
Ariosti's"Primeral.etione"(l721); No. I in D Minor;" Felix
Alejandro C..tanos' "Ft;" Marin Mondelssohn-Bartholdy's "Sonato
Marais'"Piec.es du 4Mme livre;" the No. 3 in A Major, Op. 65;" C5ar
artist's own work, "Sympathetic i'randcs"'loraleNo.linEMajor;"
string stories no- 6," and Georg Norbert J. Schneider's "Toccata
Friedrich Haas's "Solo."
'Schlafa Bruder;• (1994) ~Franz
Afterhisstudiesatd&gt;eRnyalCol· Liszt'o':Adasio" (Consolation) ~ and
lege of Music in London, wbere he "Prelude and Fugue on 8-A-C-H."
won several prizes, Knox became a
Ttckets are: $5.
member of the English Chamber
Two upcoming f~culty recitals
Orchestra , which allowed him to willdoubleasshowcasesforartists·
wo rk with weU-known artisu like in-residence in the Department of
Dame I Baremboim , Pin cas Music ~ The Amherst Saxophone

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Quartet wiD perform its fuW ooncert as a resident ensemble alB p.m.
SaturdayinSiee. The quartet wiD be
joined by the UB Pm:usAoo Enumble, directed by Anthony
Miranda, in aa&gt;Dcert tb;lt promises
to be full of inlaesting IOilDds, iJy
duding the world pmniere of ~
jazz-inspired "tid's l&gt;ilemma with
Bird:Al.OYenQuandRaoMd,"by

localcompooerJohnBacon.
The BairdlliowiDappearonthe
Site stage at8 p.m. Thaday with an
allurins program that conlrlUU the
Yeryold withtheYeryn&lt;w. The trio,
featurins Stephen Manes on piano.
Jonathan Golove on cello and
Movses Pogoosian on violin, wiD of·
fer a world p~re performanc&lt;
of(;olov,'s"Bad Dreams (The S.V·
enteenth Murder)" in berween seminal works by Hadyn and Schubert.
Throusbout April and the begin·
nlng of May. scvcraJ student en sembleswiDpresentconcerts.AIIare
free of charge and open to the pub·
lie. The performance scheduJe:

• UB Percussion F.nsemble,Anthony Miranda, 4irector, 8 p.m ..
Aprill9, Slee Concen Hall
• Plosion, UB's flute Ensanble,
Cheryl Cobbett Hoffman, director,
3 p.m. April21 , Slee
• UBCon=t Band, Jon Nelson.
conductor, 8 p_m_ April 24, Sl~
•UBO.Oiranda-us,Harnld
Rosenbawn,conductor,8p.m. April
25, Slee
• UB Symphony Orebeslra,
Magnus Mlrtensson, director, 8
p.m. April26, Slee
• UB Saxophone Ensemble,
Harry Faclcdman, director, 3 p.m.,
April28,Siee.
•UBCoa.tanponryEmanble,
jonathan Golove, director, 8 p.m.,
May I, Slee
• UB Jazz Ensemble, Dave
Schiavon~. &lt;f\rector, 8 p.m. May 2,
Baird Rt:cital Hall
Tickcu for mwic department
concerts can be pwdwed ill the Site
box office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m_
MondaythrousbFriday,attheCen·
terfortheArtsboxolljafromnoon
to 5 p.m. ~y lbrousb Friday,
and at all T~er locations.

Conference to tackle local waterfront iSsues
Urban Design Project involved in two Buffalo revitalization-projects
. , PATMCIA DOHOVAN

ContribtJting Editor

F

OR decades, members of
the Western New York
com munity and environ·
'mental organizatio'ns have
lobbied ·to produ&lt;e changes to the
Buffalo waterfront, calling i!,the primary locus of economi(! development ·in Erie County and itS most
. preCiqw envi,:;,n~enLal asset, in uinsic to the identjty of the region.
Among the-longest-standing and
ins~ent public detnands have been
fo( improved public acce5S to the
waterfront and removal of the en vironmental constraints--from in·
trusivt infrastructure to environ mental contaminants and sewage
overflows-that inhibit its full use.
On Saturday. the Urban Design
Project ( UDP) in the School of Ar·
chitecture .md Planning will co
spo nso r .1. co nfcrem:e th at will addn.'~'i tht.• ~l.ltl' llf lht.• w:u erfrnnl and
hm\ wdl puhh\ dt•mand f, ,r l h.J.ngt.'

is being addressed.
"State of the Waters: A Conference on Buffalo's Lak&lt;s, Rivers and
Streams" wiD take place from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. in the BUffalo-Convention
Center. Registntion is $30, which
will inclu'de breakiast and lunch.
Co-sponsor.; ar;, th&lt; City of Buffalo
Waterfront Corridor Initiative, ·to
which the Urban'Design Project is a
consultant, and the 'Friends of the
Buffalo Niagara Rivers.
The program Win feature discus·
sions of.projects now under way to
develop public aa:ess to Buffalo's
waterfront and look at how oogo·
ing ecological problems like con·
lamination and loss of habitat un dermine th~ efforts.
It also wiU highlight two projects
that w('re initiated to insure that
nuffalo's waterfront future l5 a bnght
one--the City of Buffalo l.J.xal Wa~t• rfront Rt&gt;vlla h7..atmn Pla n Jnd tb
\Vaterfront Corrtdor lmllJ.tTvt:
( o nkrt'llt l'

o r~.u11 Jt' f ' 1"'-\Ul l

u ut

that both projects wiD have a significant impact on two countries, seven
of Buffalo's nine council districts,;30
pen:ent of the city's land mass, nearly
25 percent of iu population, ..-a!

low-income and minority n&lt;isf,Jborhoods and two rimS of enormous
ama:rn to the futuro of the~
the Niagara and Buffalo rivcS"s.
The UDP, headed by Robert
Shibley, professor of urban design, is
devoted to education, service and
research in pursuit of a critical practice of urban design. It brings stu··
denu and facully together with local
government, oorrununity-based orsanizations and individual citiuns to
make stronger communities.
One of the UDP's current research-action projects is"Rcthinking
the Niagara Frontier," a bi·national
effort in partnership v.i th the \Vat~­
front Regeneration Trust to stimulate
dtscuss ton and act ton on heritage
dc;-. vclopment in the regJOn that sparu
tht· t.tgara Rt\'l'T ,md 'treli.: h ~ from

Lake Ontario to Lake Erie.
The City of Buffalo Waterfront
Corridor Initiative, to Which the UDP
is a consultant. was aeated to extend
direct aa:css to the W21rrlropt from
Riverside to South Buflalo,..,.;talize
waterfront.neighborboods and con·
nect them.to the water; protect and
repair the health of the water, land,
and wildlife along thewaterfJQn~and
to enhanc. tbe international gateway
at and around the Peace Bridge.
Friends of the Bulli!lo N'i3j!ml Riv ·
ers, whose president is Lynda
~Q.th, UB professor of archi·
lectUre, is a not-for-profit regional
river advocacy organization whose
goals art to restore the ecolosical
health of the Buffalo-N'i3j!ml Rivtt
systems., improve public access to the
riv&lt;J S. express and celebrate the cui·
tun! and historic fabric of the area,
suppon sustainable &lt;kvelopment of
tht· WNY economy and encourage
(Oil)JllUnitr awarenes5-. "owncrsh,p"
.md .. lc;.'"\v'Jrdship of tht.· n v~~

�AlP 4.212/Vt 33.11. 23

Calendar

Ba~e~all

IJitiiUI-. s,....,.....

ua 7, Manhall ~ Manhall4,

t:::::"oubll
"-......,
y_ _ . . , _ . _ _

UB 0; Manhall 7, UB 6

~~-=:=
Compus.~ p.m. Ftoe. Spc&gt;r1s&lt;nd by

Odca Wlrren Leon. eMit. •

~of~Sludy­
~ Dept. ol fnglilh.

(NESfA). 120 Clemens,"""" Compus.

="'T---.,c....

--Enorgy-

c.-FWd .... &lt;llo-f'Odclr1i
to HtJndrc&lt;on.wv... ... -

c.no.. NI'PIRG. sse Dept..

~and7-4. So.nloy'sJdlodulod

of Conodlln

•

_ O o s l g n . - - . . ..212

c..p.., North Compus. 2-4 p.m. -

·

-~lpololbr

1111 CllntDn, 42nd u.s. Preslclont.

-

- - North Compus. 3 p.m.,

~~w!!'.~·:m.1..:

...

. ...... · - F1ndlngs In Genedc:

~~~.;,·~

ISSS-shop
Driver's l.k.enses and Car lnwr.nce:
'NMt You Should Know. )ennifer
C~. lnterN.tionlll St.udent •nd
Scholar SeMces. 31 c~. ~

~~~~- ~m~~~~~S8.

Chemlul Englneel1ng ProteomlaandthoMoleaolo&lt;
Dlognosls of DomontlL k&lt;Mn H. ~.
Comoll Univ. 206 F&lt;rn&amp;s, Nor1h Compus.
1:30 p.m. free. For rT'IOf"e infOC'TNtion.
Irene Bn.JbHef, 64~29 1 1 , ext. 2228.

-Dbaauioft

~:.~~~~:·oo~"'.""

anoc. vk.e ptO¥OS1.; dir., Educ::atloNI

;~~::·~.e~:,!:t'"

Memorial Ulnly, Nor1h CAmpus. &lt;
p.m. F.... Spc&gt;r1s&lt;nd by Arts ond
Sciences Ubr&amp;ries. for more inlormatioh,
Cynthia Tyokll. 6&lt;5· 281&lt;, ext. &lt;58.

_ , _ , _ _ a.u

NJA~ ..........

=)~~=
4:lS-S:lO p.m. Ul Reaeltion &amp;
lntramurlls.Masfarfto. 6&lt;5-31&lt;7.
Spanscnod by lMngfo&lt;""'"'
nonnation.lAlrir KNp!l&lt;i. 6&lt;5-2837

c.r..r.

OpenDnamCirde
Namaste. 222 Student Union, North
CAmpus. BG-7' 30 p.m.$,... Sponsorecf'
by livWlg ~ Center. for more
klloonation, Janiu Coclwan. 6&lt;5-2837

en l l l . . . . U . . - Prognm

__

How to Manage ~ IUslu th.lt
ThrNten Your lwAneu: A ROIIdmap

~.~c:.~~:n~
wnh )aedle Flebchmonn &amp; Mugel LlP.
:~~,..,;,.~~·~t;";;,

En~

.._

Wdenhlp. 6&lt;5-3000.

:.=.~~

_
-___

~=-Univol~~
Palter, South CAmpus. •7:30 p.m. Ffft.
Spc&gt;r1s&lt;nd by Dept. ol Nudea&lt;

Medicine. For ~ infCim\lbon,
Reboca Goodmon, 838-5889.

..,_._

10th"""' Goodyoo&lt;, South ~67,30 p.m.-- Spc&gt;r1s&lt;nd by
C...ler. f o &lt; m o n ! ~310.3238 .

="'T..-....,.c-or
-212 c..p.., s.s,
- . g . Course.
""""Compus. 6,JQ..8,30
p.m.. free.

•,

II
~-c--.oo
An bptr'lentlal Woriu.hop In the Use

of......_, Ganognams and -Maps
In Farnly .......,..,.,, Ooem&lt;n
Coll&lt;ge. 8'&lt;5 a.m.-HO p.m. 565. fO&lt;
more lnfonnation, Institute for Addk:tion
Studies .nd Tnaining, 645~140.

-.......

Educational Todlnology c-...
"""" 97/ 1/JOO, 8. Part u. 212
Carper\ North~ IOa.m.-llOOn f rft

-'-nd- ...... -

. UB
""'*""'flntpmaoltho-7·

==~~-

l."-lost~­

EnWonmentoiT-*Fooa.~

c:.ontlatwuc::anc:.aedduetonh

and Socloty- For""""
k1ormatloi\. UB Green Ol!lce, 829-3535.

lntho-. IJ8~

Tyler Balendna _..tho-..:. ao

L:;"' T-....,. c-or

_,his~ vtaary "'""'

.....,., The lunlor- two
.,.,._..,.~

~~~~;:~

::t::f,*bt/Uia •••

so11c1nc out ct...e and wa1cfrc one.
He IC2ttlnd I I hb and wu aided
by fiw double ploys bJt1lOd by "'"
Bufb' meld. 8alen&lt;lne had - .
named Mid American Conforonce
Eut
ol &lt;lloWeelc

lag; Joint

~1'""-.:==:=:r

Division-

8iod)omislry and lliophyola. -

=...~~~.:::,.,.

tho -

-

111omosl.4eiondy.829-3789.

In "'" niafl&lt;ap. Marshall jumped
OUt to a 1.0 tw:t in the top of me
Hrst befcno UB ~ wtm al
six of its runs in me boaom cJ the
third. Marshaft rallied for five runs m

~osllllnry
Introduction to EndNote S.O. Tom
PirNng. r&lt;l. librorian, Scionces
UbrOf)'. Media Instruction Room, B2
Abbott Hall, ScJences Ulnly. 1·
2:30p.m . Free. For men inforrY\IUon,
Stewort lltow«, 829-3900, ext. 113.

"'" -

=:::.:;' T-......,y ~­
Photoshop: lnln&gt;ductlon, Sedlon 0 ,
Part I. - t . d by iM&lt;dia. 212 Copen,
North CAmpus. 2-4 p.m. F....

==~=~
~::~~~, 13250

--.......

Keys to Rnandal Succes.s: Investing In
Yow Future! S~t Union lobby,

~~St~~~k=

Affilln. For ti"'Ite infOI'TNition, Sharon
Sanford, 6&lt;5-2055 .

Ufo-shop
All About Interviewing. Michael Rivera,

==i·.~..::~~
=J.~~~.,:.
inforl'Ntion, 645--6125 .

l&gt;ewlopm«rt of tho TTM-Spedfk

~~~~e.:.

-c-..-

"""&lt;heir'""'"

Nud.ond
by~-"""" In en. field.The
5eCCind came d the .schedu6ed doub&amp;ehader was cance8ed due (0 the weather
UB's series apinst Manhal W"U rno't'ed to Htnircton due to th!t wet
conditions in Bufbb The Bulb: 'W'ef'e Swept in the ttne-pme series. 4-l and 7 -I
on Friday v.d 7-2 on Sawrcby. to fan to 1-12 on the year and 0-4 ., the MAC

lennis
MfH' S

Kaslman uNo. I (6-2.6-I),Bnlco at No.3

.. leglnner's Guide to ...-egor~os.
Thomas l.einste&lt;, ~- , _, Sl John's
College, Cambridge. 2SO Mothomollcs
Bldg., Nor1h Compus. &lt;p.m. - ·

...............
Emot:6oMI

~
Truth. RoMid de SouY. 141

·

...... c•Htlt.lll~,..._
Elldluph) 'c lc gi ~~~ aw.c:tertudon of
No lo~eu 1:trl~hln.

Jintana Napapott.l.lnlv. of florida. 121

·

ur.-....p
Choosing • Majoa'. Usa Sandquist.
Center, ond
Sandnl Hondy, c.r- Plaoning ond
PIKemont and U6f. 202 lnstructo&lt;.
1&lt;50 Student Union. - . h Umpus. 5·
6 p.m. - · Spc&gt;r1s&lt;nd by Student

Acad&lt;mlc-

fT'IOf'e

lnfonnotion, 6&lt;5-6125.

ur.-......

-----·
-

~oft~all
Canlslus 9, UB 0
Hanhall4, UB l; Hanhal17, UB I; Manhall7, Ulll
US was shut out at Cantsius Conece. ~.on a cold abmoon co open the wedt.
The Goldeo Grillro held • J.O lood """" ~ ....... breoldrc tho pme
"'*' wtm six"'"'"' clio founh. The Buls ~held to just ono hi&lt;. a,... by

Sarli on Motdl 27.The YiaDrles ~tho-· reax-d ao , . on tho,_.,.,
Apinst Rollins. tho Buls- tho doubles~- Fory Kasiman
and )us&lt;ln Bnlco u No. I and llcNn Railcar and Joshl.ledemwt" No. 3 scorin&amp;
8-4 vlalorios. Freshmen Randy llocchio and Nidc ~ cloloated
&lt;heir opponona u tho No.2 sloe by an 8-l ........ In ...... ~

Mala&gt;lm Fmer, Univ. ol No&lt;ro Dame.
210 Nat\nl ScJences Complo&gt;. - . h
Campus. 3:4S p.m . Free. For more
inforrY\IUon, Guiyun Van, 64S-2880.

Unions .net ActMties.. For

Exhibits

the CO&lt;.rllly,
aossed
thefinilh lilei\11 :11 .45. The
time broke her plevious
school record of 11 :49.66
that she set last season.

UB 5, Rollins 2
UB 6, Portland State I
U8 .-cltd co twO wins"'~ ma&lt;d&gt;es ~In Florida.The Buls
doleamd Rollins Colece-S.l.on Motdl 26 and amed • 6-1 wtn. _ . Pt&gt;nland

~~~o~og~u~-.s­

CocOo. Nor1h Campus. 5-6' 30 p.m. -

lnnin&amp; too- tho deddonti

marclnCon&lt;ort
Donny Osmond. CO?es&lt;nl«l by U8

"""'-·"""" Compus. 4 p.m. -

befcno.

In SatJJI"Cby's opener, Mantufl
earned all of its runs in the fifth
..,.. olf ol UB sutT.W Mike Leslie.

South Campus. 12,30 p.m. Ftoe. fo&lt;""""

.. ~-tho-

(6-1.6-2~~ at

No.4 (6-2.6-0)

and Kelley " No.6 (6-0. 6-0) .. earned euy '--':&lt;' - Apinst Ponbnd Sate, en. Buls .... ...-nod tho point- •
. _ ol tho V...,. Bnlco (6-0, 6-2) ond l&lt;oloy (6-1, 6-0) won ....,. at No. I, 3
and 6 ...... raspoaM~y. and ~""'*""' ... -"'No.4 sJrclos.6-0.
befcno his opponent --.d.IV. ~ sJrcios.llocchio- .... 6-3.7-1 0.
10-Bwtn.

-

·s

00-.. .

Portland s...., '· ua 1
Tampa 7,UBO

IJ8 ~
pair ol ~ mar.ches. The- fofl6-l '"
Orlando ao Ponbnd Saoo and 7.0 ao &lt;he I.JnNeo&gt;ky ofT- "'Tampa. )en
~won bodl he&lt; ...... and doubles mauhes....,.. Ponbnd Swt.
dtftotlrc Holy t1eldohl. 6-1 . 6-2 u ,..,.,... ~o&lt;r ra.ue~ 1ono point 1n ""'
matdl aprmTampa.~.._.t _.,to numl&gt;w two
matd&gt;.
~ln-sea.I&gt;-4. J.6, 10-8.

b-._,.....

lrac~ an~ Rei~
..... - six ochool records In ltaWth '!Wot'a
More thin 3.000- !ram 110 ~-..,.,_.,.ron Nonll
""'
_ _ ...
__
Carch~
.... - _ No_,scorin&amp;_....,.duatolllo
... "'" ........ IWit'L IJ8 ....-pi !ram

.,...--. ~

..,...,..,.,....,~

~'~~

_ _ _ _ _ _,school•.-.cord
tho lClCIO-mow
schoolroa&gt;rdlnlllo_._.......,_,
aoaolinl47-4
(44.92m) to finish

Art..-

....poct~ua, ,_.Ill a - oil U 1.45 co Mish"""" ,......_ UB~,BOO­
metwrebysquodalsoasablishoda-~~-•IS~flnlshof

A&lt;Msement c.nter. 107T-._ Nonh

nwrsct.y

W...p-&lt;JI.Wids" &lt;lloNnhom Popol

""""lnfcnnatlon. 6&lt;5-6125.
...., E.

c-._..___Suo

Coe, Mtlstflluarator, .-d B.wban

~ue~~----- -- ·­

1~1.5&lt;.

=~':'-~~'9

In tho--~_.......,......., puaor B)"''Ol McKJmey pQc.d- wnt. •
""" ol5).10.50 (16.42m~ _ . . &lt;ht rtCOrd oiSl-3.25 ( 16..24m). Dmance
specialist Todd ~ broke
own record with a rWtdl-pb.ce: finish m the

~.m . f .... Sponso&lt;od by UB

10,000 rneter1ln »..54..58.U8\ IIJO....me:ter ~ay team brolae an eltht·,.nr-old
.-.cord by pladolllth ........... 1~7.27

Room, c.nter for tho ...... """"

and~~~

dArt
Club. For mort lnfonnation, Reine
Hauser, 645-691 2. ext. 1424.

--""-'-.......

Tripte Touch. Mary to Ben"e-ttin1, nurw
educatOf, Living Well Cmter U.2

~t~ge;!r,u';:. ~b;sl!;~
Well Cmter FOI" men intormatton, Mary
lo ~n1n1, 64S-28) 7.

'*

~rew
Built open ..-on in Ithaca
UB opened the sprin&amp; seuon wkh a trkneet i.pinst tchaa and ~rut. With the
Bulb t:aldn&amp; tvrtc of thrw contaeed racu. The 't'VSky Jour Jquad of ~t
Sitlcr,Ja..sia BatTel.Cortney fUn~ . Sara ShefJe:r and coxswU'IT'm L.Uouna.m
won It&gt; race ln~.t.&lt;lofouirclthaa by• slitn s~x.- olo sacond.UBi
nooriceoiltl&lt;_,_,laraoalriHI I.7.

�a a.,p a..._

AIJH2102/Vo1.33.11.2J

-

~

illld Nutrition Sciences

UB vs.. Sl ~ture ( DH)
U8 Soltboll Field. North
Campus. 3 p.m. Free.

-...

Orol Dlegnostk -

..

Longitudinal Alsoclotlons
Between 0n1, c...,foloc~o~
ond Audft&lt;&gt;&lt;y Function.
H6enill P. Lawrence, aut. prof,

~:l':~~~iut

and Diognostk Sdencos,
FKulty of ~tistsy. Univ. of
Toronto. 355 Squire, South
Campo~ 8 a.m .. Free.

lduutlonal Technology
Center Wortuhop
Ac.cess 97/ 2000, S«Uon B,
Part I. 212 Capon, North
Campu~ 10 a.m.-noon. Free.

lduutlonal Teehnology
C4ntor Wortuhop
Sunning Images. 212 Capon.
North Campus. Noon-2 p.m
free
Student Musk ledtal
Percussion Studenu Recital.

~~~~~~
Dept. of
For more
Mu~ .

1nformatl0fl, 645-2921

Educ•Uon.l Technology
Center Wott.:.dtop
Photomop for the Web
Pre5.ented by iMedia. Health
Sc.IE'nces library, Abbott Hall.
South Campus. 2-4 p.m free

Phyd&lt;s Colloquium
Superconductors In .1 Strong
Electric Field. Aongjia TM&gt;,

~~::r~r~:~~~~.
North Campus. 1:30 p .m. l:ree

lllologkal Sciences Seminar

-Sdepco--

-·•IJ9r-rlng
Future Dtrection.s 6n
W~ter Tri-•tment.

Wlniom 1. !&lt;w&lt;ll, 0op&lt;. o1
8k&gt;logiul and EnWonmontol

Engineering, coma Unrv. 206
Furnas, Noi1h Campus. 3 p.m
Froo. Spons&lt;&gt;&lt;ed by D&lt;pt. of
CMI, SlruCturat arid

~=~~

~n~~as~~~
SeMces Inc. For more
in~tion. Monia
Mo&gt;llenko. 6&lt;45-2088.

and~. F01

more W ormation,
Sonia c;neM;, 6&lt;4S·
6125

-·

F......,lledtal/
UIIMists-ln·

"""'""'
-~
Concert tull.
~p~~rs:n·

studenu; S10, all
othen. For fT'IOre
information, 645·

__
2921 .

Studentlloeotn
T he Kiss Off.
Reh&lt;onol

-

~, 883

C-...od-Adolac:ont

-.tol-.oSpeoller
C an w. Buld ....Cost·Eff«tlw. ~

.

~~
~
Service~=?

Charles E. Cun
,
McMaster Untv.
3 Diefendorf,
South Campos. 3-4:10 p.m.

-·

f~~~?'~enter

UB vs. Kent State. Amherst
Audubon Fiekj, Amherst Pt'J»i
Center, 1615 Amherst Manor
Drive. 3 p.m. Free.

GeometryJToj.ology
Seminar
Turaev's Sh.dow Worid.

~Ma~tksH~~~h
Campu ~

Student Unlorn

3:45 p.m. Free.

Foster CIMmlrtry Colloquia

'

Con"" fo&lt;lho Arts,
North Campus. 8
p.m. Free.

...

-·-

-Sponbh
(;oya ln
Bonleawc.
Elizabeth Scarlett.
Dop&lt;. ol Modem
Languages and
Utrratures.

Sctooning Room,
Con"" for the Arts,
North Cimpus. 8
~ . m . free.

~:z,..

Profeuorship in
french, the
Cuttural ServK:n of
the French
Embassy and the

(CNC).forof more
Ministl)'

Cutture

information,
Elizabeth Scarlett,
6&lt;45~,ext.11 97 .

~=~~~~~~Tulane

Untv. 210 N.ltural Sc:teoc.es

~=:oes. Krn ~'::.~. ~~~~

Olsen, Cok&gt;rado State Univ.

~~~~~~~;~rr~.

For more informat)on, Guiyun
Yan. 645-2880.

M&lt;ot,_,.,tks Colloquium
How (Not) to Cru.sh .1 Knot.

~~~=u::~:~ ~:;;h

Campus 4 p.m. Free
~eutlul

St.'-nc:es

Semina&lt;
Steady-State
Pharm.cokinetks of
Cre.1tlnlne Mo nohydra t e .
Adam Pt'Dky, Univ. of Florida
1 21 Cooke, North Campu~ ~ 6:30p.m . Free.

Friday

5

~~~~~Foster

Mind/_,_

Clau
N.I.A. (Neuromuscular
lntegratiYe Action). Laone

Krupski. cj;r., lMng w.tl Center.

Alumni Aren.l. North C.1mpus.
6-7:30 p.m. Call Recreation &amp;
Intramural Sevk~ for fee, 645·

~~:er~=~~~~~
Laurie Krup&lt;l&lt;i, 6&lt;15-2837.

_._

Student Theatre
The Kiss Off. Rehearsal
\\lorkshop, 88 3 Crnter for the
Art.!., North Campus. 8 p.m

pia&lt;~

off

taking

on campus, or for

c:ornpu~

evenU whert!

U8 groups Me prindpal
,pon,on Ustlng.s art'

d~

no IIJ ler than noon on

the Thunday p re&lt;ediACJ
publkatkN-1. Lbtlng s ore

only accepted t h rou gh

th ~

ele-ctronic submlulon form
for the online UB (.alendar
o f henh at &lt;http://

www.buftalo.edu /
calendar / logi n :,.

~~~. Carios
~.;:;..,~5~~

Union. Not1l&gt; CampuS Noon-1

~~~~~S.:="t

lllfonnation, 64~ l 25
Women 'sTet~nb

UB vs. Western M k hl9on. U8
Trnnb Center, Ellkon
Complex, North Cam pus. 1
p .m . Free.

Musk. For
6&lt;15-2921.

Op. 95

r:;,~ ~~l:;,or;rs~..;~:
Dept. of Mu~ . For mofe
mformation, 64S-2921

In the ek:c.tronl&lt;

&lt;&lt;t lendar will be Included
In the Rt!purtt'r

-

lllOfe

infonnation,

-

Amherst
frft.

~nor

~~Ca~~lf~.m

Musk . fOf more information.

6&lt;45-2921
Stuolentl'n&gt;g&lt;wnmlng
Bowd Event
Murder Mystery Dinner
Theater 7·9 p. m . Oin(lel'
theater tiCkets are S8 per

rs~~~u~~:~n:,~~;hSUtte

c~~~~
~~~~ ~~~~ ·~
ftm11ed. SponSOfed by Student
Programm•ng Bo.lrd and

-

~';.;,2~''~':m~

nso.

-Saeftng

;~~Spmlng
A&gt;sodotion.- TheaU..
112 Norton, Nor1h ~
~JO.ll:lO p.m. Froo. for more
inf~

5herone, 6&lt;45-8850.

c.sA--===0~

~~"G~
student Also&lt;. with WAi and
AtM:Iicr. For t1"K'ft infon'n.ltion,
6&lt;1.5-2960.

~=:::-~
Proclkt on Campus. ,.._tte
~~2~~)
~·· South CampuS. i

Locbro
Licio Iacoviello. 180 fllber.
South Campus. lO:lO .1.m .·

noon. free.

Drive. 1 p.m

free. Spons&lt;&gt;&lt;ed by Copt. of

Center Wortuhop
Bi&lt;ldd&gt;ooni S.S: Iklllding a

1&gt;45-6878, ext.

• ..,._l.Kbln
Oonhon: Seeing ond

~~~.

~
~~=~~·
Amh&lt;nt Pepsi Center, 161 5

Contw Wortuhop

o.-r
~~'1!~~

UB vs. Canlskls. Amhent
Audubon field, Amhent Pepsi
Crnter, 161 S Amherst Manor
Drive: 2 p .m . Free.

C.lmpus. 1 p.m. Free.

1

~T-.ology

--Technology

Women's TenRb
UB vs. Not'them Nllnob . UB
Tennis Crnter, Ellkott
Campu~ .

For more infOITT\.ItJOn, Kari
Guagenti, 878-2092 .

l he KJs.s Off. Rehearsal
Workshop. 883 Cer1tet for the
Arts, North Campos. -4 p.m.
.1nd 8 p .m . Free.

rJ'H~·~=I~F~north

Complex. North
p.m. Free.

AmerlcMl Red Cross Blood
Mobile. American Red Cross.
210 Student Union, North
Campus. 9 • .m .-2 p.m. Free

Free.

8

Softboll

floor) and Art Deportment
Gallery
lowl). Con"" '"'
the Arts, North Campus. S-9

on..

Studentlbeatro

Monday

6

Blood

HotMetol Pro 6.0 . 212 Capon.
North C.mpus. 10 .1.m .:.noon

Saturday

student Recital (Mou.a.)
~"e nh

Student Recital (M.M.)
Lacey Golouowsld,

o.g.n Recitals on the R ....

Beca.u ~

of 'P"&lt;e llmlt011tlons, not all

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to the Amherst-based company Ultra-Scan. Ultra-Scan, founded .in
1989, has developed a technique for
fingerprinting or finger-imaging using ultrasound techniques that will
take a print of the finger very similar
to a sonogram, he said, adding that
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images.
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card.' which contains a chip that can
imbed a pe.rson's fingerprint, faciaJ
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print." he noted.
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it will allow images to Jx takm of
children's fingerprints. There is no
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records the fmgerprints of children,
he said, because the dermal ridges of
a child's fingers can b&lt; very fine and
difficult to read . The ultrasound

scanner also can take images through
grease, grime and even su rgical

gloves, making it useful for many
practical a~ lions, Bessette noted.
Additionally, Bessette told the
senators that he anticipates very significant funding in the gove:mor•s
2003-04 budget. He noted the budget proposed for NYSfAR for this

year (2002-03) is $250 million, with
the Senate and Assembly expected to
augment that by as much as an additional $250 million to SSOO million.
Morrover, ..Ther~·s been discussion of tying some of the future anticipated casino revenue into sup-

port of sci= and technology research, so the amount of future support has be&lt;n projected to reach as
high as S750 million." said Bessette,
fonnerly a m=ber of the faculty in
the [)q&gt;artmcnt of Surgery in the
UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
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subcommittees as they draft their
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M...rtzlo TreviUin is interim dean of the School of Health
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Our founding dean, Dr. J. Warren
Perry, was one of the leaders in establishing the allied-health professions--another term used to represent health-related professions.
Because of Dr. Perry's lcadenhip,
our School of Health Related Professions was the first school of its
kind within the SUNY system and
N~ York State, not to mention one
of the first half:dozcn allied-health
schools in the country. The major
strength of the sch,;,l dearly is its
dedicated faculty and staff. This
dedication,is reflected in the excellent national ranking th a t the

school enjoys--both in terms of its
teaching and

r~a rch

missio ns. A

particular strength of the School is
the Center for Assistive Technology
('CAT}. Thecenterisaimedat fi nd -

ing sol utions to m any of the dayto-day problems that challenge the
life o f one of the most vulnerable
segments o f o ur socie ty- indi viduals with disabilities, those with

our school is the relatively low
morale or faculty and staff due to
the cpntinued lack of permanent
leadership. I am the sixth in a long
series or intc'rim deanssina the last
permanent dean "'tired in 1995
(This docs not indud&lt; Dr. Frsnk
Brady, who was hir&lt;d as permanent
dean in 2000 but died suddenly of.
ter only two months in office).
These interim deans have been devoted to the school and ha.., been
good gatekeepers, but they did not
have the opportuni!Y, due to the
nature of their job, to provid&lt; long:
term vision and planning.
AN you still Mnllng u chair
of tiM lhpartment of Social
•nd heventlve .Meclldnaf

Yes, I divide my time between my
.. permanent" job as department
chair and my • interim" position as
dean ofHRP.
Isn' t thb • r•ther unusu•l •rr•ngement7

This is clearly an unusual arrangement, and one that could not be
sustained jn the long term. The
reason I have maintained both
jobs and h~ve accepted the .. interim" leadership of the school is
due to my plan and vision for the
future of HRP and public health
here at UB.

special needs and our aging population-and in doi ng so, they of-

Wh•t •re your pl•ns for HRP7

ten greatly improve the indepen -

The most immediate plan for the
sc hool is to merge the depart·
ments of Occupational Therapy
and Physical Therapy into a new
· Department of Rehabilitation Sciences. We have just received approval from the university for this
merger, and are starting the search
for the chair of this new unit.

dence and the quality oflifc of these
individuals. With regard to weak n~. w~ n e~d to consider both
generaJ weaknesses of the aJiiedhealth field and those specific to the
school here at UB. Allied-health
schools are plagued, at least in my
opinion, by two major weaknesses,
both of them related to the fact that
these schools are formed by a combination of diverse training programs in the health professions.
This diversity threaten s these
schools' identities and imposes
high oper:ating costs to teaching
programs faced with accreditation
needs of separate professional organizations. The major weakness of

crutlng.- ·-..-this

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of UB
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The plan is to expand the mission
ofHRP and create a School of Public Health and Healih Professions.
We have just started the process and
are exploring options.
C•n you provide •ny cht•lls

aboUt- the Kl)ool might
1M orpnlzedf A U - f
While.the plans still arc being defined and refined, the current
thinking is to have a number of
dcpartmcnu-those currently in
HRP and new ones that will OOVtt
the public-health cfuciplinei liU
public-health practicz and health
policy, social and health behavior,
biostatistics and epidemiology. But
moJt importantly, the school
would be organized around .inter·
cfuciplinary centers that would fo..
cus on areas of public-health relevance and would build on the
strength.of the UB faculty, both
within and outsid&lt; the school (e.g.,
environmental health, chronic diseases, maternal and child health,
obesity, etc.). It is a bit too early to
proVide an exact timetable, but I
have received enthusiastic support
from both the faculty and the administration at UB and we now are
in the process oflooking at the details of the implementation plan
and at sources of funding.
What Is the Muter of Publk
He•lth (M.P.H.) program7

The Master of Public Health Program (M.P. H.) is a new profcs·
sional degree program we initiated
Iall fall in the Department-of Soci al and Preventive Med.icine
aimed at training public-health
and other professionals in the
public- health areas. Traditionally,
M.P.H. focURs on five concentration areas--epidemiology, biostatistics, environmen tal healf.h .
health behavior and health administration. The UB program offers
opportunities in only three of
these areas-health administration, epidemiology and biostatistics--but we are working to expand our offerings.
What types of careers would
this cia9roe pnpare • stuclent

to punue7
The M.P.H. degree offers a broad
range of career opportunities.
These arc linked to the con,.,ntra·

tion area chosen by the student,
but include working for county
or state health departments,
hospitals and other health-care
provid&lt;rs, federal and non-federal agencies, pharmaceutical
industrics,hcalth-res&lt;atch instituti&lt;lns, international health orgaqizations, etc. In addition to
representing a professional ter·
minal dqvcc, the M.P.H. pro·
gram represents an opportunity
for health and non -health professionals to acquire the skills
and knowledge to advan"" their
careen in the health arena. Our
plan is to create an M.P.H. program that will be able to serve
other professionals and have in
place joint li'"Ograms through
which students pursuing a professional education can pursue
additional train ing in public
health. We have in place M.D./
M.P.H. and J.D./M.P.H. degree
programs that allow medical
and law students to expand their
training to incorporate public
health, and we are exploring
other such opportunitit"S.
What question do you wbh
I hlld ••ked, •nd how would
you h.,., answered lt7

I wish you would have asked me
about recent successes of HRP.
For example, HRP received the
prized SEFA Chair's Cup for the
200 1 campaign. Last fall we in·
du cted the first class of th e
newly established doctoral pro·
gram in physical therapy. We arc
in the process or developing o(
a new professional program at
the graduate level in occupational therapy. New York State
has accredited our biotechnology program, which offers opportunities for internships in
biotech companies. Our B.S./
M.S. program in c:xrrcisc science
(athletic training) has been approved by the state Department
of Education. These arc all dear
indications of HRP's growth
and quest for c:x:ccUence.

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nificant contribution to national
defense," Bessette said
All funds distributed by NYSTAR.
he added. go through a vigorous process or peer miew-"the money isn't
pork-bar...,led or car-marked like
federa.l monies." The system employed to distribute major funding
engages scientists from the New York
Academy of Science, the National
Academy of Science and select reviewers, who have no conflict of interest, Bessette pointed oul NYSTAR
uses a two-tiered process that in cludes reviews of applications and
site visi ts, and a subseq uent review
hy an advisory council appouurd by
the &lt;."Xt.'Cuti\'c hrJ nch of Mi11C govt.·rnllll'llt. Advisor~· munci l rnc..·mhcr.,
rma.;;t have J minunum of five vcar:.
of !:&gt;\:il'ntifil' h.u:k~round and '&gt;(lllW
kn owk-d~c..· of mtrepn:neL rrsh rj ,

Bessette described the details of
S&lt;VCral NYSTAR programs. including the Faculty ~opment Program,aninitia~nowfundcdtothc

tunc of$7.5 milli&lt;ln a year but which
may be increased to SI0 million a
year.The funds arc made available to
private and public universities for the
purpose of ...,.,.,.;ting or retaining
faculty. Some of the faculty awards
have been as high as S1 million, he
said, with most awards falling in the
S200,000-S300,000 range.
~tte said the Young Investi gator's Program, a new av.."a.rd to be
offered in the future, is expected to haw
a $5 million budget. The award IS CX·
po..:tcd to go tu a person who has jw;t
rompll'tcd a dol.1oral dt.·gn.--e and will
~;u pport initiJ.I funding of hi..Jq.cr rt.·'&gt;t.'an:h totry tocnuntcract !.hedifficult}'
of JCl"t"'SMng mort' maimtrt.-am fund ·

ingopportuniticscarlyinonc's c:ar=.
"This would be an opportunity
for a university to acqui~ a bright,
young individual who could begin
his or her career with this type or
award. We've received a lot of enthusiasm about this," Bcsscttc said,
noting that the award program is
part of the current budget proposal
under discussion in Albany so the
details ha.., not been formalized~
Another major NYSTAR initiative, the Technology Transfer Incentive Program. is available for endstage applied research. with awards
typica ll y in th e $300,00-$500.000
range. Tht·y are designed for comp.a nil~ allit.-d w1th facultv memht'"r~
at.tn acadt"l1\llii1Stlrutlon that have.:~
J protot&gt;'Jk' nc..·.ar the..· transfer stage..·
hut th.lt nc..·c..•lh modific..:ation or test ·
tng hc.:fnrl' 11 h mJrkt·t.•hl e.

"All ofNYSTAR's money must go
to universities and colleges--we
can't fund businesses," Bcsscttc said.
"We structure partncnhips so that
universities receive the money, but
there must be some academic and
eoonomic development•
He also praised President Wtlliam
R. Greiner for his "major and longterm support of the very initiatives
that our agency has been based on."
"Back in the early 1980s--wil&lt;n Bill
was just a mcrt provost--he was a
major supporter or rny&gt;df personally
at a time when the research (at the
Center for Adv.mC&lt;d Technology!""'
Vl'1)' new and very innO\"'Jtiv~." hes:Ud.
lk"SSette wa.!t director of the In ·
strum erT1 and Devaces C lini cal
Laboratory at the Cent er of Advan«d Technology (CAT ! at UB
from 1985· 1989.
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The Kensington Project

Social Work involved in program to reduce youth violence
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ORE than 100 government, education
and co mmunity
eaders met on Fri·

day lO discuss the formation of a
collaborative, community-based
program aimed at reducing youth
violence in one of the most distres.s&lt;d neighborhoods in Buffalo.
The conferene&lt;, held in UB's
Jacobs Executive Development unter, was organized by the May.or's
Task Force on RtducingSchool and
Community Violence, co-chaired by
Lawrence Shulman, dean of the
School of Social Work, and Sharon
WesJ, executive director of the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority.
Shulman and community stake·
holders are working to develop The
Kensington Project, a demonstration program aimed at reducing
youth violence, increasing opportunities and strengthenin g co mmunity co nnections in the neighbor
hood surrounding Kensinhrton High
School ~ thr Kenfield!Langficld
Hous1ng Development .
Thl' Kcnsmgton Projt't."l wall draw
on the n..-souru."!&lt;l nf v,anou~ govern menial Jnd commua111y agcnCit.'S 10
!urn .around lht.· neaghhorhooJ \
pmhkm' wa1h ''oulh vanlcmt.·.
llll' pmtt.'CI 1~ b..t.'ol.J on .1 Bu'&gt;lnn
prnt-:ram lh;u U.'ol'll .a ~..omprchcn... aw
Jppru.tt.:h In prt.'wnt vouth vutlcnu:.
J "ht.· lk~t{ Jfl l'olll"t.'/ Puhllt. Xhool Vinlcrlu' Rc.:dut. tlt Ill Pn~rarn (ocux't.l em
thStoumgJng ruung (.'t'tlplc from ht:I..Omtng uwolvL't.lm lnminJl ,Jctl\'11).
tntcrvcmng Ill th&lt;.· hve. o l thruc..· who
had !nllta.l tnJUbi&lt;.'\YJI.hauthnniJcsant.l
lalung tough, f.air :h1.. ion Jg._l lllSithO!tt'
who rommil v1olcn1 cri rnl'S.
The Uoslon progr.1111 w,,~ ~ u L ­
~t.·s:,fu l lllJI he tWCI..'n \990-95, lh&lt;.•
number of IU Vt&gt;nde homiCide~
dropped KO pc:rn:nt Jnd bt&gt;lwcen

1993-95, the juvenile violent crime
arrest rate decreased 65 percent.
A delegation from BuffalO visited
Booton last suinmcr to learn more
about the program. The group was
so impressed that it invitt:d representatives of the Boston program to
speak at. the March 15 conference.
The Kmsington Project will utiliz&lt; the resources of co~borating
agencies that indude the UB School
of Social Work; Buffalo Public
Schools; BuiTalo Police Department
and FBI; the Buffalo Municipal
Housing Authority; area health, human service and employment agencies, and community groups.
"This is an important pilot project
demonstr.lting the potential impact.
of coordination and collaboration of
existing resources from the criminal
justice, school, social services and
university in addressing school and
oommunity violencr," said Shulman.
"It is a strengths-based approach that
believes we can mobilizt what is right
111 our schools, communities and
children, rather tha~ just focusing on
what is wrong."
Highlights of the proJect include:
• Probation and parole: officers
worki ng with Buffalo police. Buffalo
Pub li c Schools St&gt;curity and th e
hou.o;ing .JUihonty to help iden tify.
muni\ur and lake: fa1r action again."tt
h1gh -profilc youth o((endt&gt;rs.
i\cm.mgiO n H1 gh School ofliciah
.tlso wliJ sh11rf lllfornl.ltlun with th e;
HuO~tl o Poli t..l'.
• Coi!Jbo r~ tm g.lgt'I K I L~ work.Jng
together 1u 1mplemcnt ·' strategy of
halanccd and .. rcslOratl\'l' JUStiCe." An
1dc..-a rooted 111 1&lt;HI\'&lt;.· communities.
rt-storalivc JUSIICl" Ill based o n the
pr&lt;.misc that cnmc hurts not only Jb
immediate victims, but also the
broader commun ity. Restorative iu.'ticc requi res offenders to take personal responsibility for their actions
and to repa ir the harm they haw

doni:byperformingcommunity~­

via and making direct restitution to
victims.
• Organization of a communitybased mtn tor program for
Kmsington High School by Buffalo
FmplaymentindTraining. which also
wiD work With in-school and out-ofschool n&lt;igbbothood )'lUib on deYdoping employmmt slcills and experience. DeYdopment of a surnrncr employmmt program wiD be a auciai
dement of thls project.
• Members of the dergy working collabora!Miy with local social
service and law-mfo=ment groups
to ruch out to at-risk youth and
their families with oourueling and
other support services. ·
• Provision of direct hot-tine servicrs to childml and adults by Erie
County Crisis Services, which also
wiD establish a training program for
youth and adults in order to dcwiop
a community capacity to ~nd to
the stress related to violence in the
schools,familiesandtheoommunity.
• Increased gang ..street workers"-volunteers who direct at-risk
youth to appropriate services.
• Drug clinic services in the area.
An important component of The
Kensington Project will be the
School of Soci•l Work's VISA (Vi~ a on , Integrity. Struct ure and Ac·
countability) Center, a ci ty-wide asSt.-ssmcnl and inten•ention program
scr\'lng studen ts in grade:, .7 - 10 after they havt• been suspended from
school (or violent or other disrup tive aclivi tit.-s, as well as their (ami·
hes. VVhiJe the center, located on the
South Campus, has been clos..'&lt;i dur
to Slalc budget cuts, some o( its rc~o urces have been transfe rred to
scrYC the Kens in~on community
through programs (o r "oul -o(school" and "in-school"suspensions
and for school"re-ent ry" programs
(or returning suspended students.

New exam schedule .,..._ accommodations
for student, faculty r•rjlcM.is observance

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In light of the amended Spring 2002 academic CJiendlr In which ~ ~ schedulod on Saturday,
May~. and Sunday, .May 5, fKu!tY "*"'&gt;ers.must b e - !hot Newl'oll&lt; Still! ....
occommodotlons
be mode tor t:ellglous ob&gt;ervonce.
•
.
For students and fllculty who practice strict religious observ111ee, Salunlly or Sundily I1IIY be ~
as the Sabbath, precluding the Ulldng or giving o f . , -· FKUI!y rnemben lhould b e -. ol
the state education statute tNt states: "'t 111111 be the mponsibillly of the-..y nofthe~
offlclob of uch institution of higher educatiDn 10
10 8ldl sludlnt who Is abient from
school because of his or her religious beliefs 111 equivalent
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any
~ •.• which
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LISt cNiy of cluses: Monday, Aptii 29
Rudlng days: Tuesday, Aptll 30 and Wednesday, May1
Flnal exams begin: Thursday, May 2
Final exams end: Thursday, .May 9
Amended c--.
Lan day of classes: Friday, May 3
No Reading Days
Final exams begin: Saturday,.May 4
Final exams end: Th~u_:rs_d_:•Y:.:.·_M_•.:_Y_9_ _ _ _ _~,-----------------'

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Employee Assistance Program
to move into full-time office
U8'1 EMployee Assistance Program (EAP) soon will have its own
office, moving from its current location in Poner Quad in the Ellicou
Complex to IOI C Fargo Quad on April I.
Kreger, EAP ~ommittee chair and university police officer,
noted that once the new office is open, the program will offer more
on·site staff during its regular business hours of I 0 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Monday through Thursday. Although the new office won't be open
for business for another two weeks, Kreger said EAP coordinators
can be contact.ed at 645-31 66.
He also announced that the UB EAP and the New York State Employee &amp;nefiu Committee are working to·inform employen about
a new free benefit, Life Works, designed to enhance EAP by providing an 800 number to call for referral informatio·n.
The benefit was negotiated by'the unio.ns representing SUNY employees as part of the last bargaining agrecmeni. he said.
Anyone Seeking more information about Life Works can call the
EAP office at 645-3166.
The EAP, available to employees, retirees and their families, offers
confidential, highly profe:ssionaJ assistance, information and refer·
raJ services for a variety of problems and concerns, ranging from
mar ital pfoblem~, medica) concerns and on-the-job issues to depression, alcohol and substance abuse, stress. financial problems,
child!eldercare and grief and loss counseling.
The service is.free and always confidential.
Kreger said that monthly contacts range from a few people per
month to as many as 20, with co ntacts typically dropping off in th e
summer months.
After Sept. 11, Kreger said EAP circulated a message on the
universiry's Jist serve and did receive a number of calls as a result .
"We did get people ca.lling us, although we didn't get any calb
directly related to Sept. II. A lot of people who called were already
on th e edge of crisis. It (Sept. II ) rriggered a lot in everybody; a lot
people needed help. Telephon&lt;.' calls at crisis services went through
the roof." he added.
EAP also offers a 14-hour, seven-day-a-week answenng )t•rvaLe .
To contact EAP, call 645-1398 or 645 -3166. Emergency ab1s help
• lso is available by calling 834 -3 t 3 t.

Don

Asian films to be screened
" We Are-Not Just Documenting History, Wt&gt; Are Making It," a program of two provocative independ ent documentary films, w1ll ht.•
presented by th e Asian Studies Program at 6:30 p.m. today in th e

Screening Room in the Center for the Arts, North Campu s.
The program is co-sponsored Qy the Graduate Student As.socm tions
o( the English, American Studies, Art and Media Study departments.
The event, which will be fr'ee o( charge and open to the public.
offe rs an unusual opportunity to see two very different presenta·
tions, both o( which not onl y document political an d social change.
bu t attempt 10 direct it .
.. (Un) Suitable Girls'' is a film by Prerana Reddy. It dot:uments
members of the So uth Asian Women's Creative CoUective {SA\ VC C ),
J New York· based arts gro up for women of South Asian descen t. a!!
1hey prepare to present one o( their startl ing and hilarious s.llincal
showcases, "( Un) Suitable Gi rls." (The showcase shareS"i ls n.tme with
a popular film by British screcnwri1 er and journalist Doll y 01ngra )
The SAWCC presentation is a biting social commentary that challenges the age-old notion, still prevalent in parts of Asia and elsewhere.
that women are commodities to be boughl,sold,advcrti.sed. and own eel.
In th e film, the women discuss their art and experience living
within the desi (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi ) world. whil e at the
sa me time being pari of the large~ America n commu nit y.
T he collective, of which Reddy is a member, was founded in 1997
to present exhibits, lectures, films and performances by South Asian
women artists and to provoke conceptual strategies (or disseminating their work.
The second film raises a warning and an alarm over the continu ing and growing problem of environmental and personnel contami·
nalion by depleted uranium.
)awad Metni produced and directed "Downwind: Depleted Urani um Weapons in an Age ofVinual War." a dist urbing examination
of American military use of penetrative weapons that employ de·
pleted uranium in warfare and then leave massi~ amounts of it
behind on foreign soil.
The$ weapons have been used extensively from Hiroshjma to Iraq,
Bosnia and Afghanistan. Their principle function i.s to destroy personnel by penetrating prolective armor. It doesn'1 end there, however. The use o( penetrative weapons ca n create localized areas o(
heavy conlamination by particles small enough to be inhaled, which
can result in serious physical consequen ces not only for enemy mili ·
tary personnel. but (or civilians and the very soldiers who deploy
the weapons. The !oxic material remains on the ground, presenting
a long· term danger long after the American army dt&gt;parts.
In a 1999 broadcas1. "60 Minutes'' n.,&gt;Ont.'Ci 1hat more lhan 600,000
ton) o( deplctL'Ci umnaum rema1n on Jnd 111 thl" ground 111 lrJq, and rhal
mam· IOih ol Ju!'&gt;t .md (Onlarmnanl\ n.·m:un m thl· (nrmcr Yugo~\an.l .

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miltion since the program's inception. The site also contains
information on campw mergy-

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UB Green is part of Univer-

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Dance company
to perform in CFA
The Center fOf the Arts will cOndude the 2001-02 Keyflank
Dance Series with a performance
by the Bill T. Iones/Arnie lane
Dance Company at8 p.m. April
20 In the Mainstage theater in
the CFA on the North Campus.
Media spollson (oo- the
Ke)'Bank Dance Series a&lt;e
Adelphia Media SeMces and
% .1, WJYE-fM.
The company will be In dencr 11t UB from April1-20, with
the dancer&gt; offering lectln-demonstrations, woOOhops fOr UB
darn students. master classes too-

.dancers from UB and the community. and perlonnances fot
school children. The company
will perform In severo~ area high

schools, ., ...... present the
public dance concert.oo Apri120.
Founded as a I'TlUkKultural
dance company in 1982, BiD T.
}Qnes/Amie Zane Dance Cotnpany is the product of an 11-year

collaborlltion be"""'" Bill T.
Jones and Arnie Zane. It
emerged onto the scene in 1982
with the woOd ,....,... ol "lntuitiyo Momenium.• Since then,
the 1().member company his
performed Its .....~na&lt;o&lt;~ng
r~tlymo&lt;olhan

50 Wor1ts-ln more !han 130
American cities and 30 coUntries.
The company's wort&lt; olten
his been desafbed ., • fusion "'
dance and theote&lt;. The r&lt;p&lt;rtol11!
is highly diYerso In subject matter,
visuollmagety. and lenyth "'
..en dance, whicli can ronge
from 1S minutes to two hour&gt;.
TICkets foo- Bill T. Jones!Arnie
Zane Dance Company are S20,
116 and 11 2 fot the general
public and 1 10 for UB Stooenb.
Discount coupons are available
at all are~ Key8an~ kx:atlons.
Tickets are available at the CFA
box offKe from noon to 6 p.m .
Tueodays thi'Ol!9h Friqays, itnd
at aU Tlcketma.ster locations. For
fnore information caii64S-ARTS.

JOB LISTINGS
UB job listings

accessible via Web
fob iistings for professional, research, faculty and civil service-both competitive and
non,ompetitive--po!ltioru can
be accessed via the Human Re·
sources Services Web site at
&lt;http:/ , _
.buslness.buff• lo.edu/ hn/ v.c:.ndes/ &gt;.

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Editor
ED!ATRIC surgeon Philip
Glick is on a crusade to convine&lt; th&lt; medical community worldwide that minimally invasiv&lt; su.rgery--which can
lessen pUn, hospitalization and .-very time for young patients, as wdl as
lower health CXl6IS--&lt;hould beth&lt; new
surgjc:al standard for treating condition.! in childm1 and adol&lt;sanu.
One way he is spreading his mes..ge is through a 21st-century version of show-and-tell: the surgical

Contributing

Oiieans. Last Friday. he corrected a
eot:!pitalch&lt;stwalldeformitycalled
"funnel c:h&lt;st" in a tecn-ag&lt;d boy in
5UJ1I'I'Y that was tdecast in real-time
to an.nd«s al th&lt; Eighth 'M&gt;rld Conf&lt;:mJ&lt;% of Endoscopic SurJ!ay at th&lt;
New York Hilton. The tel&lt;a.st Wll!l
viewed at a demonstration booth
sponsored by Stryka Communicalions Corp., which provided a grant
to Oilldren's Hospital to help equip
th&lt; new surgjc:al center.
.
As of press time. a Nissen

incisioru on eithu si&lt;k of the chest. .booms, is controlled by &gt;Uic.e-actiThe strut supports the chest while vated computer and directed by th&lt;
the deformed cartilage is rernodded surgeon spealcing into. hea&lt;bet.lminto a normal shape. Glick has per- agcs from deep in th&lt; body tnnsmitform«! the surgery on mor&lt; than led from cameras embedded in th&lt;
50 children with ac.cllent results.
tips of endoscopes pJaa;d at th&lt; surCompared to th&lt; standard open- gical site ve projected on llat.screcn
chest approach, the minimallly in- tckvisions in th&lt; surgjc:al suite.
vasiv&lt;techniquecausessignificandy
Situatedunobtrusivdyinth&lt;corless pain to the child, cull surgical ne:r of each room is a communicatime in half and hO&lt;pitalization by tion control center that allows imI 1/2 days, and shortens time to ages captured by these C2l11el"aS to
comp}ete_recovery by up to St"Ven be telecast to any location in the
world equipped for tderonferencing and provides the MASC with
expansive
telesurgery
"telemento ring" capabilities.

equivalent of teleco nferencing.

Glick operat&lt;s in Buffalo while an

"One of the thing.s that is differ-

audience gathered at a distant site
watches in real· time through th e

ent about our program in Buffalo
compared to others arou nd the
coun try," said Gl.ic.k. "is that our en tire: faculty has embraced the goal
of converting over to minimally in·
vasive surgery as a way to th ink
abour every opera non."

technology of fiberoptics.
Glick. professor and chair of surgery in the School of Medicine and
Bio medical Sciences and SUJ&amp;OOO-in·
chief and clinical director of pediatric
surgical services at Children's Hospital of Buffalo. is the visionary behind
.1 S 1.5 million Miniature Access SurgcryOnter (MA5C) at Children's that
ha.' c.tptun.-d the anent ion of pediat -

At the time they began the tran -

vasiVe surgeries, including laparosco py, th o racoscopy. endoscopy,
arthroscopy a nd cys toscopy. All

.sition. surgeons at Children's were
applying minimally invasive surga·
cal techniques to about 5 percent of
their cast:"s. That number il-l now
more than 50 percent; the goal is to
reach 100 perc(·nt. Convi nced that
these proven techmques prm'ide a
host ofbenefibo to patients and their
families, as well as savmgs in health ca re costs, UB surgeons now want
to do for o ther pediatn c surgery
training programs in the co untry
what they've done for their ovm.
.. There are some programs o ut
there that a re stiU at 5 percent, so
the child ren in those cities are not
benefiting from these great tech·
niques," says Glick. "We'd like w

equipment, suspended from ceiling

help change that."

n'-.ltUfl!l"'ru. worldwide since its open Ing m Octohcr 2001.

lklievl-d to be the most sophisti ·
facility of its kind in th~ world,
the MASC is devoted to perfo rm in g. teaching and researchin g m ini mall y invasive surgical techniques
and adapting them rorchiJ~rcnand
ddolescents. (Glick chose the term
'' miniature access" ra th er th an
"minimally invasive" in naming the
center hecause it was more under·
standable to pa rents.)
Glick's first telecast was transmitted last October to a meeting or the

Glk-d

Am&lt;riam Colk'!l"ofSurgeons in New

and

Fundoplication-surgery to repair
the esophagus in children who have

reflux-was scheduled to be broadcast from Children's to a lecture
Glick was to give Tuesday to the

Mini Medical School class meeti ng
in Butler Auditori um in Farber Hall

on the South Campus.
The procedure performed on Fri·
day, called minimally invasive pee·
tus repair, involves inserting a re·
movable m e t a l st ru t into t he
patient 's chest cavity through small

months. Glick said.
Marc Levin, assistant professor of
surgery and pediatrics and medical
director of the new surgical center,
moderated the procedure in New

York City at the Stryker booth.
Glick, meanwhile, worked in an
operating theater custo,n-designed
for multidisciptinary, minimally in-

World-renowned historian to speak at UB mm
Campus visit by alumnus fames Oliver Horton to include lectures, exhibit, Web site
By DONNA LONGENECKER
ReporTer Assistanl Editor

HE College of Art s and

T

from April8-28 in the UGL. trace the
potitical, moral and religious aspects
of the deba tes over slavery that took
place from 1780to 1865.Theexhibition is comprised of 22 freestanding

Sciences has put together
a ser ies of eve nt s next
month in honor of James panels. a video and interpretive and
O liver Horton, a no ted historian and
UB alumnw who will receive a Dis- •
tinguished Alumni Award from the
Alumni Association on April 19.
Ho rto n, the Benja min Banneker
Professor of American Studies and
History at Gl'Orge Washington Uni ve rsil}' and a world · ren9wncd

scholor in the field of Afriam-America n history. will deliver lWO lectures
while at UB. In addition , the Under·
grad uate Library will host .. Free at

Later that day. Horton will discuss
"The Tough Stuff: Interpreting Slavery at Historic Sites," which also is
the topic of his u pcoming book, at

2:30 p.m. in 225 Natural Sciences
Complex. North Campus.
A 1964 graduateofUB.Hortonre-ceived a bachelor's degree in history and a
doctorate
from

Last: A History of the Abolition of
Slavery." a traveling exhibit curatcd
by Ho rton for the Gilder Lehm1&lt;\n
Institu te of American History.
In conjunct ion with Horton's visit.
the University Libraries have developed a \o'Jcb site devoted to the mul titude of materials available at UB on
subjects relatt.-d to the Civil \·Var. The
site,ot &lt;http:/ / ubllb.buffalo.edu/
llbrarles/ uniU/ Imi/Collectlons/
docs/ slavery.html&gt; , is scheduled to
go live next \\ttk.
Hor ton will kick off hilt visit to
campus b}' speaking with students
about the " Fre&lt;' at Last" exhibit at
I0 a. m . April 19 in 31 Ca pen Hall ,
nrth C..unpus
Thl· doc ume nt~ on d isplay ru. part
of'Fn't·at l.ast.'' whkh can be viewt'CI

historical vacu um . Th~se things
have a history, and that history is
important. It informs what needs to
be said and what needs to be under·
stood aDout race and American society at th e end of the 20th centufY,
and it prepares us to deal with issues of race and American society
in the 21 • century," he says.

Brandeis University. In
addition to his academic
duties at Geocge Washby James Horton (right) the
UGL will dlspl•y •n exhibit
cur•ted by Horton th.it
Includes • photo of • black
Unlo'\ soldier (•bove) .

educationaJ materials, mdudingper.sonal lettef3, documents, ca rtoons,
photographs and broadsido. drawn
in large part from the Leh rman col·
k'l..1ion .
~'Th e purpose of th is cxhibn," SJ)'!o
Horton . " is to raise many of theM'
importanl and perhaps disturhmg
issues so !hat we aren't talki ng Jhout
co ntcmporarv radal t'l..lllCerm m J

• Wtlliam Evitts. visiting associate

professor of history, will discuss the
decisions of Millard Fillmore, the 13•
president of the United States. that
led to supporting the FugitiV&lt; Slave
Law of 1850 at 4:30 p.m. April 9 in
218 Norton Hall, North Campus.
• Peggy Brooks-Bertram,adjunct
ass istant professo r of African American studies, will discuss the

life of Rev. William Dungy, a former
Vi rginia slave who escaped to

Canada, at 4:30p.m. April II in I 08
Baldy Hall. North Campus.
• Evitts will introduce and host a
discussion for the viewing of th e

film "Glory," for which Horton has
provided commentary on thf DVD

version at 6:30p.m. April 17 in the
Screening Room of the Center for
the Arts, North Campus.
• K£vin E. Cottrell, a lecturer in the

ington University, he

Department of African-American

aJso serves as director of

Studies. will discuss the Underground
Railroad and issues involving th&lt; presentation of slavery and American his-

'the

Afro-American

Communities Project of
the NationaJ Museum
of American Hi.)1ory Jt
the Smithsonian Institution.
Honon has authored, co-authored
o r co·cdited many books, seve ral
w1 th hi ~ wife. sociologist Loi!o E.
Horton, also a UB graduate whom
lam es Horton reponed!)' mel in tlu.•
di nmg hall of a UB dormi10ry.
In conJunctio n wi th the Horton
Vblt . CAS has invitl-xi several of it s
fal·uhy to k-cture on related top!C.'i:

tory at numerow local sites, at 4:30

p.m. April. Z3 in 218 Norton.
• William Tojck. president of the
Coloncllohn B. Weber Association.
l.acka\'&gt;"ana Historical Society, and
civil war re·enactor, will discws Weber, a local figure and \\'estern Nl"\v
York's forgo tten hero, at 4:30 p.m .

April25 in I08 Baldy. Weber"""' the
roungt."SS colo nd of the Civil \\far and
was commissio ned to lead the ~9th

U.S. Colort.a'rroops.

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"F" for academic dishonesty
Faculty Senate takes away students' option oftaking "R" grade
a, DONNA LONCDIICIWI

proceedirigs still allow for faCulty to
employ ......aJ options other than a
HE Faculty Senat• voted mandatory "F" to address miscon at iu March 12 ~g to duct. Som&lt; smaton dearly felt that
approve an amendment failing a student in tho event of acato UB's rulos ond proa- demic disholl&lt;Sty w3s too harsh.
dures governing infonnal proaedKmy Grant. m provost fOr acaings in cases of academic dishonesty demic aiWn and dean of graduate
that rq&gt;lacos th•"R" grad&lt;, or resig- sdx&gt;ol. r&lt;pOr1ed that all the deans """'
nation from a course. with an "F," aslced last wee!&lt; to nominate a r.cwty
or failure in the course.
memb&lt;:r,as wdl as a graduate and.;,.
In other words. if a student has...,_ dergraduate studen4 to..,.,., as memsigned from a course and has en· bersofa pool from which the adminf!"ged in acadomic dishonesty, that istration would draw to fonn a pond
resignation now will ~ registered as for hearin&amp;" ..lated to academic disan " F" on his or her transcripL ln honesty. A5 soon as its members ....,
proposing the amendment , mem - chosen, the pond will h&lt;ar at least six
bers of th• senate's Grading Commit- cases ..lated to academic dishonesty
tee argued that resignation without that ...., pmding. Gront said
any other penalty was an abust of the
Cllarles Fourtner, professor of bio.. R" option and allowed students to logical sciences. noted that the "R"
esca~ responsibility and pun iu vc
grade is a student-designated grade
measures. O nce a student had rc
thai has to be taken care of within a
RtpOtttr Auin.nt Editor

T

Mgned from a cou rse. the only re -

partirulartimeframe." lt's not~grade

tour.K&gt; for a faruJt)• member would
tX' to file fom1aJ chargo ag.unst tht·

that faculty can impose on a student."

lttudt·nl. a lengthy, time-con.sunung

And, if the student uses the "R" with

pnx.'"~ th.lt

no other act ion from the professor,
Fourtner said, .. it aUows the faculty to
o pt o ut of their responsibilhy."

many facuh)• memt)(:r:,

mtght lX" unwilling to pursue
\Vhd c:.· th t· vo te &lt;~ppnwmg till'

Fourtner reminded h is colleagues.

.tllH:ndmt.·nt \\'asn't un.tnim o u!l ,

One of the problems with the"R"as

)ol'll.IIOr"l.tlthe meeung ovcrwhehn ·
mglv favo rl-d the ch ange.
:-,omc.- of those who o pposed thl'
.tntt."ndmcn~said they w.rn ted to pre·
!lerve tht.&gt; facuJry member's opuon to
1m pose a lesser or intermediate lcwl
of !l&lt;tnct1on against a student by us ·
mg mJndatory resignation as a pen ·
ah)'· Bu t scveraJ o thers defended tJu:

it stands now is that students who are

proposed change, saying the informal

dent is not gOing to takt that kind
of a pmalty, it""""' to,. that then:
is a 8"'3t doaJ of temptation for a
student tOsay 'l'm going to Ounk this
coune if I dori't cheat, and if I do.
th• most I'm going to gd is an 'R."'
Added Erwin Segal. associate professor ofpoychol&lt;igy: "Ifsorneor&gt;&lt; has
been in your dass and has caused oo
many problems that you con't stand
him to be in tho C0\1IW anymore,
and yt1 you want to say 'go away'
as if nothing has happ•ned, it
strik&lt;s m&lt; as being much, much too
lmi""t for thoso kinds of cases. If
thero ...., mitil!"ting circumstances,
you con do a lot of other kinds of
things-you can give another tests,
review i4 )'ou can lo...,. his grade."
In other business at tho merting.
Joann&lt; Pluni«tt,assistant m P"""""
and director of tho Siuden.t Response
Center, reported that tho Web site devoted to Vkb-grading--which F..culty
can usotosubmit grades online--has
been improved and its houn of operation increased from 8 a.m. to I I
p.m.,...., clays a week. She noted thai
about 62-63 pottnt of all grad&lt;:s
nowaresubmincdonline,andJ!Ssured senators that the site is secure.
,.Already, we've received m3.ny

caught cheating can resign the ooune
and amid any penalty, smators noted

comments from faculty that have

Wi ll iam Baumer, professo r of

site," she said. "We also are enhanc·
ing Web and touch · tone services for
student&gt;-in the past w&lt;'ve had very

philosophy and chair of the Gradmg Committee, told senators ...that
the minimum a student deserves for
academic dishonesty is an ' F' in the
course and the penalty o ught to be
worse than the alternative. If a stu·

inspired updates and changes to the

inconsistent ho urs of service for the

students." she saKi, pointing out that
the quality of service for srudents is
going to be much i1.11proved.

Biologist finds lakes not freezing
BY ELL£N GOLDBAUM

Contnbutlng Editor

N 30 yea rs of stud ying th e
frc czt: - thaw cydes of lakes
throughout New York State.
Kent o n Stewart , p ro fe sso r
emeritus of biological sciences, has
never Sf.."t:n some lakes in his lake· icc
network stay unfrozen for an en tire
wmter, unless it was an El Nino yea r.

I

"The CODlplete o pposite has hap·
pcned,'' said Stewart.
"'Jltis winter is particularly notc.-wo rthy," he continued, "in terms of
the number of lakes that did not

freeze becauso ma!'Yof the lakes that
froze during the strong E1 Nino win ·
tcr of 1997- 1998-which was .specially mild-&lt;lid not freeze this year."

Until now.
"The maJority of the lak.s in the
state sti ll froze, but a surprising

no t done so thi s winter are

Irondequoit Bay in Rochester, Cross
Llke "''"'ofSyracuse. Onondaga Llke
in Syracuse, Hemlock and Canadico
lakes south of Rochester, Otisco Llke
west of Syracuso, Big G..en Llke in
Green Llla:Stue ParkeastofSyracuse
and Ashokan and other water-supply
reservoirs north of Now York City.
The lakes in Stewart's icc ncrwork

that did freezethis_yeardid so roughly
one to three weeL later than usual.
Some lakes already have lost their icc,

number that developed ice covers in
previous winters had o nl y a partial
skim of icc this winter, o r did no t
fn:e-.t.e at all." said Stewan , who stud ·
ies the free7.e- thaw cycles of mo re
than 250 lakes in NC'\o\•Yo rk State.
Th e current season reinforces a

and he expectS others to lose their ice
about two to three weeks earlier than
in most years. He cautio ned that be·
cause of the temperat ure gradient
across the Slflte, there is no average
freeze· up o r break· up da te th at
would ho ld true for the entire state.

hypothesis Stewart and other lakeice scien tists made in a paper pub·
lisht-d in the jo urnal Sci~t~ce in Scp·
tcmbcr 2000: that lake· icc dates are
proxy indicators o f cl imatt• change:.
''O ne surprisi ng thing about this
unusuall y mild winter is that while
it was as mild as some of th l! strong
El Ni no c.·vents that we've st.-en, it \"&lt;iS
not associa ted with an E1 Nino event
in the Pacific Ocean th at c.m haw
an atmcl:o.pheric innucncc," ~a i d
Stewart. " It also was not foreseen by
tht• Oimate Prediction Center o f the
Nat io nal Oceanographic and Atnm·
sp heric Agency."
In fac t, Stewart sa1d, as o f last No·
vc mbcr, th e C limate Predic ti on
Cc nt c.· r was forecas tin g a colder·
thJIHlonnJI winter for th e North ·
ea~ t and the..• Upper Mi·dwl'SI and
( ;re411 l..&lt;tkcs regions.

th.1t usuaUy freeze oompletely but have

Stewart said that the lake-ice data
provides additional evidence fo r the
unusual wa rming this wint er bt··
cause they are independent of atr·
temperature records.
In September 2000, Stewdn and
other lake· ice scientists from around
the Ice on Lake .... S.Ue

durtng a

past winter when the lake fro ze.

According to Stewart, the amount
of solar radiation increases as spring
approaches, making it less and les.'

likely that lakes thai have not frozen
so far will fn."CU' so late in the season.

··such laic free-= have happened,
but they are rare for deep lak&lt;s. which
requ1re many days of sustai ned. sub·
fn.•t:Ling temperatures," he.· ~t id. " lust
two to th ree cold days wo n't do it."
Among the lakes 111 Nrw York Stall'

the world published a paper in th,·
journal Scie71crin whkh thcydn:wthe
fir.s:t globa1 picture of trends in rn"c for mation and dissolution of icc on lako
and rivers in the No rthern H crm

sphere during the pJst ISO year&gt;.
Thai paper proved the hypothl'SIS
of Stew·.1rt and his co· authors th at
lake-Jce dates arc proxy llldic.-a tors o l
chmate change.
'" T he cu rrent season SC\.' 111 ~ to rl~
mfo rce that porn t, and it demon
strall"':!t how unexpected Ml l11t' tn.'t.~ i't'
thaw event l&gt; may be," he ...uJ

5

Do-It-Yourself: Spring forward
into home repair via the Web Ill
All througll - - ·· you promised youndf to fix that leaky toikt
or rdinish th• hardwood Ooors. Now that spring is neor, tho a cuses for not getting these home improve·
mcnt projects done haw finalJ y run ouL
Time to get to work. Where do you tum
for information?
The lnternet is a vast compendium

of do-it -yoursdf plans and advico for th•
handypcrson about the h ouse. Usually, ~ quick search with your
favorite sea rch en·

gin• (Yahoo, Google,
&lt;tc.) will bring up
to ns of home im ·
prove ment links.
Oftent im es, though , many of these
links arc tryi n g to sell you equipment,
supplies or plans.

Several roally good sitos, though,

r:II•E;:a:;u::JI~~~~~..

offer helpful advice wit h out the h ard
sa le s pit c h . Jerr y, th e Natura l H a n dyman &lt; http :/ 1
www.naturalhandyman.com / llp/ llp.shtm &gt;, gives solid adv1ct
and informatio n wi\flout pushing any parlicular products down your
th roat. Jerr y also publi sh es a free emai l newsletter twice a month .
full of tips a nd a nswers to quest1ons he's been asked .
Many "wcekend warriors" enjO)' finding out about home 1mpr0\'t.'·
m ~ nt from watching their favorite TV
shows. One o f the m o re popular of
these, the PBS progra m " Hometim e,"
u ses its Web page &lt; http:/ I
www.hometlme .com / &gt; t o givr
more detailed plans and informd ·
tion about th eir telt&gt;vised projects.
.. This Old H o use," anoth er vcncr·
ab le ho m e improvement show, publishes d etatls about all
its projects and ge neral h o me renovatio n a rticles on ItS
Web sit e a t &lt; http :/ / www.pbs .o r g / wgbh /
thlsoldhouse/ &gt; . A cable ch annel d ev;ted to the do ·

it-yoursolfer, DIY &lt;http:/ / www.dlynet.com/&gt;, has
a large home· improvement section o n irs Web page.
wi th a project index and links for all its shows.
A h ome· improvement encyclopedia &lt;http://www.bhg.com /
bhg/ category.Jhtm17catref=cat10002&gt;, courtesy of Better Homes
&amp; Ga rdens, includes o nline calculato rs to hel p estimate how much
m3terial is needed for different projects around the house. And the
-h o me repair guide at About .com &lt;hHp:/ / homerepalr.about.com/
c/ ht/ How_lndex.htm &gt; has b u il t a Jist of simpl e" how to" projects,
a nd links to tons of other home ·i mpro vcment sites.
Armed with the right kno wledge from the Web, th is spring you
ca n tackle any job yo u want arou nd the ho use!
- Stew•rt Brower and laura Taddeo, Unrvenity LibroMS

BrieD
Long-time UB employees to be
recognized at reception, lunch
President and Mrs. \Villi am R. G re iner will host a service· recognl·
tion reception and lunch eon on Ap ril 12 ho no rin g faculty and staff
members who have co m pleted 30 a nd 40 yea rs o f service to UB.
To be honored for 40 years of servi ce wiiJ be Paul Binette, Med i·
ci ne; Harvey Brcverman, Art; Emma Johnson, Food and Vending
Services. and George Lee, Civil Engineering/M uJtidisciplinary Cen ter for Earth q u ake En gi n eeri ng Research.
To be recogn ized for 30 yea rs of service will be Lawrence Chlebowy.
Facili ti es Planning and Design ; Michael Coh en, eu ro logy: Arlen r
C~ llin s, Microbio logy; Kenneth Dauber. English; Stephen D unne tt .
Int erna tio nal Ed uca ti o n/ Learning and Instru ction ; John Elh so n,
Info rmatics; Ca ro l Flaugher, Nursi ng; David Gerber, Historv, and

Iorge Gracia, Philosophy.
Also, Kei th Henry. African · Amen ca n Studi es; Voldcmar In nus.
C hief In formation Office r: Hubert Jockin , Patho logy and Anatonu cal Scie n ces; M1chael Kibby, Learning a n d Instruction; C aro lyn
Korsmcyc r. Phil osop hy: Flore nce Limina , Auxiliary Servrce:,; Oren
Lyon s. Cen ter for the Americas; Ann McEirO)', An thropology. and
Joyce Mcintosh . Research Fou ndat ion Employment Servtcc~ .
Also, Carol Puma. tate Purchasing; M)'a Swanson, Soctal and Pre
\·entive McdJ ctn ~ ; Jacquelyn McGu ire, Oassics; Vita Mil isauskas, Pa ·
tho logy and Anatomical Sci enc~ David Pendergast, Phys1ology and
Biophysics; Anthony Rozak, Art; James Sondel, Nuclear Medtcine;
Phillips Stevens. An th ropology: Thomas Wan.el , Facilities Operat ion!&gt;.
Scott Willi&lt;tms, Ma th ematics, and Wolfgal)g Wolck. Linguist~~~ .

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the information needed by
patients, their providers and
policy makers. They also

developing and improving drug
treatment.s--he made leading contributions in the discover y of
Crixivan, an HJV protease inhibitor-Vacca has .ra:eived more than
20 patents and published nearly 50

co nduct interventional

schola rly honors.
He has received numerow awards

A

ther information or to make

A Kenmore native,

Mc~rnon

p&lt;rfonning General Motors' plants.
The company's annual sales volume

St-

Environment and Sodety lruti-

tute Feltow;hip. ESI ..,.blbhed
""' fellowship .. ""' ol ""' Lifetime Environm!ntal AchieYe~t Awant It presented to

Milbrath, f"Tl&lt;rltus ptoles10&lt; ol
political &gt;dehce and JOClology,
and former director of the Envi·
ronmental ~tudl~ Center, the

forerunner o1 ESI. The Js,ooo·
fellowship is awarded to a

graduate student who has the
potential to exc.et in fnt.erdi~i­
nary environmerital-study and
research . Robkuon's intetdisd-

pllnary ......ri:tl- ..,.,._
ronmental contamination and
undemanding and anoJyzlng

""' ~ ol COITII1Uilily mobiflzotloo omong refd&lt;nts ol
""' loYe Canal ond Hid&lt;c&lt;y

-

neighborhoods.

loseph P. Allen, chai rman of
Ve ridian, a major U.S. high -tech
company. will receive the Walter
Cooke Award, presented to a non alumnus for notable and meritorious cont ributions to the universit y.
An accomplished entrepreneur,
scientist, astronaut and academic.
Allen was chairman o f the bo:.trd of
Ca lsp:m SRL Corp. when it merged
with Veda International inc. in 1997.
He became the chairman of th e
merged company, which took thl·
name Veridian. Veridian special izes
in information and system solu tions
for the space and defense industries.
He maintains a close working relationship with UB, serving with
Greiner on the board of directors

e.

of the Calspan-University at Buffalo Research Center (CU BRC). He

Middle States

The Rtpon ...- - .
from momben ollhet.-.!ty
community commenllng on ill
stories and conll!nt. . . - .

p rovide the institution wi t h a
method to examine the university,''

publish allettm i.c.Md. They

must be recefo.oed by 9 a.m.
Monday to be comidef&lt;d lor
pubfkation In that ~s issue.
The Ropon.,. proton that Iotter&gt;

be received electronkally at
&lt;wudchn'@buffalo.edu &gt;.

Alumni

career accinhpfts'hments ,
communit y or university
service, or resea rch and

tothe
Sendl~
..

Letters"""'-""'

Distinguished

Awardsfor_~~onal

McLcrnon is a member of the
Ut:&lt;1n ·) CouiH:il for the School of Engmc.'t.•ring and Applied Sciences and
.•n·n•c) on President V.'illiam R.
Grei ner's ExccutiveCampajgn Committt."e for Generation to Generation,
the university's capit.?l campaign.

also ch~rs the Dean's Council for

lorlgth.
writer'• """'"· ond .
dlytime t&lt;lophono l1llmber lor
V&lt;riflcatloo. llec.ata ol spact
limitotiom, ""' ~~&lt;port... cannot

studies designed to measure
the effect of the application
of this research on the efficiency and quality of health
care.
Three alumni will receive

now exceeds $2 billion.

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

lhould be lirnllod., eooand moy be edited lor llyle ond

tant professor in the Dep

pOrtment of Medicine at the
Indiana University School
· of Medicine and is on the
staff of.the Regenstrief In-

earned a bachdpr's degree in industrial engin=ing &amp;om UB and began
his career as an hourly workrr in a
Western New York Otevrolet engine
plant. Over the next five decades, he
rose to become chairman of the
hoard of American AxJe. a company
formt'&lt;i by Mcl.emon when he and

alive Service, in the indMdual
1tudent recruitment publications
categof)', iWld a bMketbaN season

standing national or international
contributions to their career field or

academic area.
A medical computu scienlist, Zafiu is clinical assis-

the university and its family.

four partners purchased five undcr-

Ertn E. Robinson. a graduate
student in the Department of
Sociology in the College ol ArU
and Sciences, has been awarded
the first Lester W • ...,._..

searcher, his work has resulted in I0
patents.
AtifZafar, B.A. '89, M.D. '94, will
receive the Geo~ W.lOom Award,
presented to UB graduates under
the age of 40 who hawo made out-

vations, call 829-2608.
Ja mes W. McLern on, B.S. '50,
chairma n of American ·Axle &amp;
Manufacturing Inc., will recei~ the
Samuel P. Capen Award, the alumni
association's most prestigious prize.
The prize is presented for notable

N internationally recognized leader in the automotive industry, a
pioneer in medical
informatics and a world renowned
scholar in the field of African American history will be among nine individuals to honored at the UB
Alumni Association's annual awards
dinner on April 19.
The dinner will be held at 6 p.m.
in the Buffalo/Niagara Marriott.
Millersport Highway, Amherst.
Tickets are $75 per person. For fur-

--~ alloiC~

ticket b&lt;ochure by ...,.... Mey,
and T o m - . ollol
Creatrve Servk:es, and freetanc:e
de5lgner 11m
in the
multipage publialtlom cat"JJf)).

the School of Engineering and Apptied Sciences.
Kevin J. Pari=, B.S. 7 6, ~ of
the School of Engineering and Ap·
plied Sciences at the University of
Rochester and director of th&lt; Roch ester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound, will . ...m~ the Oilford C.

D.N.S. '97, is a nWK practitioner
and rescarchcr in the Department
of Neurology at Buffalo Gmeral
Hospital and the William C. Bainl
Multiple Sclerosis Research Center.
She is a regular ~rer in both
the School of Nursing an&lt;j, the
School of Medicine and Bi~­
cal Sciences on the subject of managing the health of penons with MS.
She also oerves as a preceptor to
nW1&lt;-pl"llCiitiooer and medical students, h&lt;lping them to master the
art of neurological care.
In 1997, she spearheaded a coalition of colleagues wbo established
the International Organization of
Multiple Sclerosis, which promotes
improved quality care for persons
with MS.
Joseph P. Vaca, Ph.D. '83, is extcutive director of the Department
of Medicinal Chemistry at Merck
Research Laboratories. A leader in

RqJOtt6 Editor

Del Genio says.
The standards cover two broad
areas: institutional context and educational effectiveness. Among the 14
individual standards included
within the broader areas arc such
topics as mission, goals and objectives; institutional resources; admm istration ; faculty; stud en t Jd nm ·
... o ns, and general cduGttio n.
Tht• Steering C..ommittcl' ha..-. C) t J hh ~ hL'&lt;l I ~ o.;uhcomm ltlt"t') tn•m
n·:o.t lg.ltt· tht· 14 !&gt;t.md.m.h lour \II

scholarly activity.
James Oliver Horton, B.A.
Furnas Memoria] Award for significant contributio ns by graduates of

'64 , is the Benjamin
Banneker Professor of American
Studies and Hi stor y at George

the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences or the disciplines of

Washington University anddirector
of the Afro-American Communities

natural sciences in the CoiJcge of
Ans and Sciences.
Intcrnariona11y known as a leader

Project of the National Museum of
American
Histor y at
th e
Smithsonian lnsiitution.
A world -renowned scholar in the
field of African-American history.
he is the author or co-a uthor of five

in the field of medical diagnostic devices and bwiness machines, Parker
holds faculty positions as professor
of electrical and computer engineer-

ing, and professor of radiology at the
UnivasityofRo&amp;ester.ln 1990, he
was named director of the Center
for Biological Ultrasound, which
provides a n environment for re searcher.; &amp;om both the medical and
engineering fields to investigate the

use of very high frequency sound
waves in medical diagnosis and
treatment, along with other medi-

cal imaging bioeffects endeavors.
An outstanding scholar and re-

books and wa.&lt; selected by Oxford
University Press lo edit the 12-volume series .. The landmarks of
American History."
Horton will deliver two lectures

while visiting UB, and the Undergra9uatc Library will host a tra~g
exhibit that Horton curate&lt;! for the
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History entitled "Fr« at last: A
History of the Abolition of SlaYery."
See story on pasc 4 for details.
CoUeen Murphy Miller, M.S. '91 ,

the standards have been combined
into two subcommittees.

committees in August will submit

Each suboomminee has identified

Committee. which will review the
reports and offer suggestions and
comments to the subcommittees..ln
January 2003, a comprehensive self-

charg~roadly st&lt;tted tasks--and
objecti~fically st&lt;tted direc-

tives, Del Genio 53)'5, adding that
these charges and objectives will
provide the fundamental basis from
which the- subcommittees will rol lcct their data.
The subcommllh.•es will bcgtn
thetr wo rk th1' mo nth , !'&gt; ht• ~ J Y' ·
l hHl' tht'\ fim .. h thl' lf d.lt .I . KGUbl
1II lii , rc ....·art h ..1nd an,•h·.._.,, t'&lt;t\. h will
1.\lll\lnlll J dr.1ft rq "ltlrl I ht· ..uh

their draft rcpons to the Steering

study report draft will be submitted
to the Steeri ng Committe-e for re\'iew and com menl.
In a con tinued effort to keep the
univt•-rs•ty community cngagt.od in the
n..':lccn."CCII&lt;t tion proce&lt;i..'-o the self-study
reporl will he:.· 'ubmitted to the campw. l&lt;ll1111llllll l} fur revil·w .uld .:om ~
llh..'lll Junng It~ \\ n h.11l mc..'Cllll\!:.

for his rCSf'Circh, induding the na tionai .. Invcnto r of !he Year"' award

&amp;om the Intellectual Property Own·
crs, a Wash ington, D.C. mvento rs
group, a nd the Merck Director's
j\ward from the Board of D1rc..'t:lon.
of Merck &amp; C&lt;l., lnc.
The Alumni Associauon also \V"ill
prt.-sent its Communiry leadership
Medal to the Hon. Joseph S.
Mattina, J.D. '56, Erie County surrogate judge. The award is given in
recognition of, and appreciation for,
o ul5ta nding cont ributions to the
university community over an extended period of time, or a single,
truly remarkable contribution.

For 20 years, Mattina has served
as one of New York's outstanding
surrogate judges, giving well-rea -

soned, inteUectually stimulating and
innovative opinions. He has taken
an active role in proposing and
drafting new legislation wllile serving on th~ Legislative Advisory

Committee established by the Office of Court Administration.

The ationa! Colk-gc of Probate
Judges recently recognized his service, awarding him its Trnt Award
for ExceJJence. In 1998. he was one
of 16 judges nationwide to be in-

ducted as a charter member of the
HaU of Honor at The National Judicial CoUege in Reno, !)ley., where
he also has served on the faculty.

scheduled for March and April2003,
DeiGeniosays. Theself-studywillbe
distributed to the Middle States
Commission and to the members of
an evaluation team during the first
w.ek of September 2003, in preparation for the mid-October 1003 visit
by the evaluation team to UB.
The evaluatio n team , com~
of 8- 10 representatlve5 of US's peer
mstlrutio ns. will talk to the differt:-n t university constituencies and
l'Xamnw thl' data.
A).k"i,'I~IOil on n,;.h.:c..rc....JJt,llltlll WIIJ
hL·m.tdl·.tftcrthl· \Ill' '"''II

�llardl 21, ~- 33.11.22

Ulloweepsdoubleheader
aplnrt Ht. St. Mary's
UBscored a - Mt. St. Mary-'s on Suut-doy.The
Buls rallied loran 11-1 0 ¥lctory in
tho firn pme and follow..t- •
9-3 wfn ,_.. the Mouo--. In
&lt;N«

tho~The-ewnodtho

_...,.._rodv-eepmes.
Buls' record to ol-4 and .-ndod

lntholnt_the_
Jt.rrl&gt;ed out IDa 2-4 ieod in the fint
, . . .. Bryon- doiA&gt;Iodto
~homeladc«monf'lll

1/aMomo wfch the . . ""' olen.
contest. Sancha:"... sand on an
~ byBnondon ~The
- - · 2-2delnclwtopoltha

tearod on """ by jciY1 Boom and
ex&gt;&lt;apQirilodrian DanloiL
The Mounaineen counten!d in
the thl!:&lt;l
uWalterT.br.i.
)1k. pond slam to p Mt. St.

"'*'

Mary'sal&gt;--4«1p.
UBrooktheieodfo&lt;-cood in

the- ...... scorirc four"""

on a polr ol hla coml&gt;ined wid\
two Mt. St. Mary's errors. Tralfin&amp;
7-4. Daniels sJn&amp;4ed and scored

·

1Olh (318.85) in the platform

thetytnarmon a

mmpetitiot I.

·-~

I

1

broke the tie
wktt a bases-devine doob&amp;e, pbtirc three rum
and aMn1 the UB

pme.

co-apa;n ''"" RBis fa&lt;- the

john SulliY&gt;n pkl&lt;ed up the wm on the
mound fa&lt;- his second ¥lctory of tho
season. Milrlt Garnrd earned his. fim
coliep&lt;e,... ,.;a, l.linn;ngs ol relief,
stl'ikinJ: out three.
In tho ni&amp;t&gt;taf&gt;l!rendan Dunfor-d ( 12) pid&lt;ed up tho compieu-pme victorf.
allowmg fl¥e hla and S&lt;ri1drc out I 0.
Dunford got suppon: offensively, as Daniels h1t a two-run homer and Tim Soon. added iltl RBJ..double in the
fifth to (tYe the Bulh ill S..l ~-The Bulls added four
rTlOI"e runs in the seo;renth with ~s by SancheL

DiCesare:, Dantels andVanhome.
Daniels compleoed ct. day 7-lor-8 at tho pla&lt;e, wl&lt;h fl¥e runs scored and fl¥e
RBb to tead the UB offensM: attack.Vanhorne went 4-fof.-9 wtth three rum
scored and three s&lt;Oien bases from his leadoff position.

~wimmin~
WOMEH'S

LaHaye competes at NCAA Zone Championships
Froshman - - Kknberly ~..aHoy&lt;
turned in some """'&amp; perlonnanca&gt;
O¥er the weebnd at the NCAA Zone

Calendar

ADMrc~holdin

Chomkal Engl.....tng-...
Modeling of 8lologkol Syrtom" A
Cybemetk Approach to the Issue of

Metabolk Regua.tion. Ooraiswami
Ramkristma, Purdue UnN. 206 Fum.u,
North Camp!.n. 3:30p.m . Free.

Ufe-...op
16 All About the ~

Study SkiDs

ond Test Taking Tips. Staff, Acadomic
Advisement Center. 107 Talbert. North
Campus. 3:30-.S p.m. Free. ~
by Student Unions 1nd ActMties. for
more infonnation, 645-6125.

-~-Cius
N.IA
(~Integrative
=~~·4~~'5-~~';;~.m.

Call Recreltion &amp; Intramural Setvices for
'"'· 645-31.7. Sponso&lt;od by~ w.tl
Center. For more information, laune
Krupski, 645-2837.

North Campus. S--6:30 p.m . Free.

4

Exhibits

Clnl~klonca-

~~~
Function. Herenia P. l..l'wrence, asst.
prol., DisdplinO ol Community
Dentistry, Dept. oi.Biologica! and
Diagnostlc Sdonces, Faculty ol Dentistry,
Univ. of Toronto. 355 Squire, South
Campus. 8 a.m . Free.

_...,
-

-.......
-.......

Namaste. 222 Student Union, North
Campus. 5:30-7:30 p .m. Free.
Sponsored by LMng Well Center. For
more infonnatlon, fanice Cochran,
645-2837.

--

Buddhbt Meditation. Nlkolas

~~~h~~~~ 10~~ :f:joGP~Y:r~.

by Uving Well Center. For

more information, Nikolas Karapasas,

310-3238.
UfeWortr.shop
Emergency Contnceptlon.

~r:~~s~o~::~r;:;::::t~7s~~;~~~

Todlnology c:-tor

nd Ene

County. 250 Student Union, North
Campus. 6-7:30 p.m . Free. Spomored
by Student Uniom. and Activities for
more inlormation, 645-6125

recufar

·

=~.!"tor~~;
c.mpus. Gallery houn are 10 a.m. to S
~~0~':~~-~ .m.
to 6 p.m. on Sabxdly.

,.:Y.!;'::! Spin-

~

E&gt;&lt;amples "'""""'"'""" ...... been
..tliblted
.. Big Orbit ~&lt;Uing the

~~~~Gaiety~
)ad&lt;soo Plac•, Boffalo. Gaiety hours ...
~~"'~;~-~-..gh

.u.. E. c-. A lletnKpectlwe

SUnning Images. 212 Capen, Nonh

H

Aft.W."

_T..........,c:-tor

"
hoporing
thed
if&lt;-and
....
ol the"
lateIIMirator
an
Alan[.
Cobor will bo in display through May 18
in the first f1oo&lt; gal«y ol the U8 Art
Gaiety in the C&lt;nt« for the AtU, North
Campus. Cobor was a visiting prol...., ol

Photoshop fO&lt; the Wd&gt;. .......,.... by
iMedil. Heatth Sdences library, Abbott
HaiL South Campus. 2--4 p.m. Free.

Physics C:olloqukam
Superconductors In a Strong Electric
Reid. ~jil Tao, Dept. of~.

Blologkal Sciences Se:mln.,.

=~-~':,~~ ~~te

~:h ~:~~-~:~~~ F~f!"~re

2

Information, Guiyun Van, 645-2880

Educational Technology Center
Wortuhop

Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar

Bhtckboard S,S: Introduction t o
UBiearm Blackboard 5.5 211 Capen
North Campu~ 6 l0-8·30 p m J:ree

Steady-State Pharmacokinetics of
Creatinine Monohydrate . Adam
Persky. Unrv of Florida 111 Cooke,

\

Worl&lt; by unde&lt;goaduate stud&lt;nts in the
Department ol Art will bo on disploy

ct. ampus ol the

o-.wl1idldNenqualifyfo&lt;-~
(he
seuon, serves illS I

Campw.. Noon-2 p.m. Free.

Temp&amp;e Un.v. 205 Natural Sciences .
Complex, North Campus. 3:30p.m.
Free.

.•

;::-.:-,.,::.'t".::~· -

Ujeune Hall on

United- NMJAcademy.Tho

TechnologJ c:-tor

Access 97/ 2000, Section B, PMt I. 212
Clpen Hall, North C.mpus. 10 a.m .NoOn Free.

-

Open- Cln:le

Sponsored

Thursday

~

ro,.nd to en..,.....

NCAA~-~

sd&gt;eduledfo&lt;-thisweela!nd.Thetop
two finishen In each ewr.t ollhe

ZoneA~qualifiedfo&lt;the NCAA~
~..aHoy&lt; pac.d lOth """"" &lt;0 .......... in the .,.....,_,. ccmpeddon
sconrw a - ' af 239.35 polna. She abo rook ISell in ct. 3~ c i l - . r
...... roalin&amp; -405.90 polna.ln the platlonn """" ~she finished
10t11 o1 1• wtth 3 18.85 po1na.
Rodshlrted last seuon.l..al-laye mode a b;&amp; irnpaa on UB~ diYin&amp;l""''""' In
the 2001-02 seuon.~tha Bulls toallfth..placefinlsh atlutOTIOI11!1~ MldAmenan Co&lt;-lerence ~l..al-laye finlshod tl1lrd on
the e l l _ . bootd and filcil on the .,.....,_,. bootd dutio1s
tho

taaue .......

lennis
MDI'S

Westen&gt; Hlchlpn 7,UII 0
St.-ture6,UIII
UII6,N....... I
UB """""""" a ""--maul&gt; ~wid\ a 6- l ¥lctory """"
Niopra l.Jnl-.lty at the V1ila&amp;e Glen Tennis Club on s...day.
The Buls rook ..... ..,... Yiaories.At firn ......,._

:O,~~v~~a~-~~

Fory Kui(nan led Jonathan- -4-2 In tho - - bofc&lt;oe
Bozanich redrod.At second singles. Randy Roc- deleatrd Eric

to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Satuoday.

Roslansky, 6-3, 6-3.
justin Bn1&lt;D rook ct. cilird-~ngl&lt;s ¥lctory ,_.. Mike K..lly, 63. 6-0. Froshman Nick ZleDula deleatrd Kris Hris&lt;Nulos at four1h
•ngl&lt;s. 6-0.6-0.josh l.iedenNn fell to jason f'&lt;&gt;peat fif&lt;h .......
6-3,6-l.A&lt;six&lt;ll,;rp.,San Kelley deleatedTom 1\eo$.6-1, 6-0.
In doubles~ Bni&lt;D and Kcinan loll to Bcmnich
""' Kolly at first doubles,U.At S&lt;COnd doubles. Rocchio and
ZieDub defeated H"""""" and Pope. B-l.Uedennan and Rohan
IW&lt;ar defeatrdTom R.., and &amp;.c Rosbnsky. 8-3.
UB opened the ~end with a p.11r oflosses- 7-0 t0 HAC
nval Western Mtch.gan. and 6-- 1 to St. Bonavenwre: m Olean
Agatnst SL Bonaventure, Kasiman took the fim-smgtes
match wtth a 6-4, ].6 (7-4) win overVilt Nurmt
The &amp;lis head to florida for spnng break. They wdl bee
Rolhns m Orlando on Monc:b.y
/

"AnatomkaJ Art by Vaallus"
"19th Century Botankal Prints"
Reproductions of the famous "muscle
men" series by Andreas Vesahus, and
print-images of planu with medicinal
propertie~ are on permanent display tn
the He alth Sctences Ubfary on the
South Campu.\. Material for both
eA:hibtU was obta.ned vta the Robert l
Brown H1story ol Medte~ne Colle&lt;tton 1n
the library. The exhib1U, \upported by
the fnend s o l the Heallh Sc1ence~
Ltbrary and the Medtcal Hbt onc.al
Soetely of Weuern New York. may be
vu~wed dunng normal hbrdry hour~

�a

Rep a ..._ Miidl 11. 21121¥i. 33. k 1l

Dopt.ol~

-e

=~~Comc&gt;l6.
North Compus. 3:45 p.m. ~-inlormotion, Jerry
KoudetU, 645-3489 .

For

.Phaooophy

~

PossJble Wortds and Singu~r
A¥0kllng Common

~~-Hl~lt~~tk.

~~~~~lis.

North Campus. 4 p.m. Free.

Fleischmann &amp; Muge!LLP.

M.t!..m.tks Co4foqulum

~~~a~~~- 7Centet for Entrepreneurial
Leadership. For more

--inle&gt;&lt;mation,

qL. 645-3000.

Confennce

22nd bstem Great Lakes
Chapter Meeting of The
5odety of Nude..- Medklne.

~r~~~~of

E.istem Great lakes Chapter,
and conferMCr chaW. Grand

~~~·a::st River
Road, Grand Island. 8 a.m.-7

~~~t~~~~~~Jear

Medkine. for more

informatk&gt;n, Rebecca
Goodman, S3S-5SS9.

Educ:atlon Seminar
Standa rds and Mastery
Learning . 1- Ronald Gentile,
Graduate SchOO of Education.
University Inn and Confe..ence
Center, North Forest Road, .
Getzville. S:3().1 0 a.m . 125.

~~~~~ F~~=e School
information, Ken Kraemer,

645 -6642.

Wellness Fair
7th Annual Wellness Fair.
Student Union lobby, North

?mpu~~~-~3 p~ 1 Free.

~For more ~onnaUon,
Kate Houghton, 645-2837.

Educatlonol Technology
Center Wcwtuhop
Dreamwe.ver ...0, SecUon 0 ,
Part II. 212 Capen, North
Campus. 10 a.m.-noon. Free.

An E""'11)' Method le&gt;&lt; the

Boltunann Theory. Van Guo,

Brown Univ. 250 Malhem.ltics
Bkig. North Campus. 4 p.m.

Freo.
"'-"rnkeut:kal SderKn

=-=~and

C~tlw Genomks in
Gene Obco¥ety. p;ng Uang.

~rP':..c":~ute

121 Cooke, No&lt;th Campus. 56:30 p.m. Free.

Documenu.y Fllm

Sc,_,ng

New Documenblry FUm s.
Metni/Prerana Reddy,

Jaw~

~:'::St~~.i~:·
Cam~s .

6:30 f;m . Free.

~~~M::l~~~.

Graduate Student Assoc•atJOn,
Asian Studies, World Languages
Institute, Sociology GSA and
Art GSA.
Tomorrow, North Campus . 7-9
p.m. limited numb6 of free
tickets for studenu; S20,
advance; S30, door.

Friday

22
•nd=

~~F! %oru;~v~tk&gt;n.

Justine Barry, 645-2837.

Mkn&gt;blology Seminar
Anatvsls of Heme Transport
C

k~lation
In
erium

g'ent~a;~~Vil~~~

and Research, Food and Drug
Adm inistration . G-26 Farber,
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of Student Affairs, reported to the
Faculty Senate Executive Committc;e during a discussion on the topic
at the body's March 6 meeting.
Black organized the discussion for
FSEC membm to address the n=nt
events-which involved a UB fraternity-that resulted in the alcohol-related death of a teenager.
Descnbing the problem ofaloohol
abuse at UB as one that ..continues
to grow dramatically and depressingly." Black told senators that "from
the beginning to the end of the stu.dent process., this is an issue we are
forced to deal with because of the

world in which we 1M and the students we work with. We haW! stan·
dards. We enforce those standards
and apect p&lt;ople to oomply with
those standards,~ he added.
Mor&lt;OV&lt;r, Black said he has no regrets about temporarily suspending
G=k activiti&lt;s at UB after a car crash
in February in which one teenager
died. The two teens involved in the
crash, one of whom was a UB student, reportedly had been served aloohol at a UB fraternity party, then
continued drinking at a Main Street
bar. Three UB students were charged

with serving alcohol to minors at the
party an d subsequently were suspended from the uni'lel'Sity. The fra .

tem ity, Alpha Sigma Phi, also was
suspended, pending oompletion of
the university's investigation into the
incident.
"I called a time-out in the activities

to get the facts on the incident," Black
said, calling his actioJ1 appropriate in
light of the teen's death and because
UB's fraternities and sororities were
irM&gt;Ived in rush activiti&lt;s at the time.
Black; losq&gt;h Krakowiak, director
of administrative services for resi·
dence halls; Madison Boyce, director of judicial affairs and university
ombudsman; laurie Krupski, director of the Living Well ~n ter, and
Frank Carnevale, director ofStudent
Health, detailed for the senator&gt; the
university's multi · pronged ap ·
proach to dealing with alcohol and
substance abuse among students.
The panel also reaffirmed "an absolute zero tolerance" policy regarding underage and binge drinking.
"This is obviously a 24-hour,
seven-dar-a-week issue." Krakowiak
said of drinking in the resid~nce
halls. "'We dismiss people from resi -

dence halls on a regular basis," with
about 20 students b&lt;ing evicted every year, he added. In 2001 in the
Ellicott Complex alone, 39 peTC&lt;nt
of all reported incidents w=o alcohol-related, he said
Black said that enforcement of

and oompliance with US's policy on
alcohol and substance abuse is

geared toward those who serve al cohol to minors or are a danger to
themselves and others.
"The first otfenS&lt; we often refer
to as the 'death penalty;.. he said of

the tough st.mct on enforcemenl
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er&gt; down and we're not going to allow you to hurt someone else," he
said. "It 's not our goaJ to I.J.Se criminal arrest as a form of punitive punishment." Black said, making dear
that everything that can be done to
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By EUEN GOLDBAUM
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A

novel method o( com puting and modeling

turbulent reacting Oows
developed by U B re searchers produces results equivalent to·those generated by expensive
supercomp uters and is anywhere
from 30 to 100 times less expensive
to use.
The method is reported in thecurrent (March 2002) issue of Physics of Fluids.
The research by engineers in UB's
Co mputatio nal Fluid Dynamics
Laboratory is expected to have a
major impact on how engi nee rs.
particularly those in industry, conduct computationaJ simulations of
chemicaiJy reacting turbulent nows,
such as those involved in hydrocarbon co mbustion and propulsion.
While knowledge of how turbu lent flows affect internal combustion

could greatly improve the efficiency
and environmental impact of all

kinds of engines, their complexityhas
remained an overwhelminghurd1c to
those trying to simulate them.

"This methodology will revolu tionize the way people compute turbulent combustion," said co-author
Peyman Givi. professor of mechani cal and aerospace engineering.
Givi is co-author of the paper

with L Y. M. Gicquel, a former UR
doctoral student who is a research
scientist at CERFACS in France;
Farhad A. Jaberi. former UB posl·
doctoraJ researcher who is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Michigan State University, and Stephen B. Pope. professor
of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell University.
The research overturns the conventional wtsdom in the field that
held that a computational technique

calk-d Large Eddy Si mulations (LF.Sl

will not describe complex reacting
nows with the same accuracy as at tained by Direct Numerical Simulati o n ( ONS ). which requires
supercompu ters.
"You can use this LES approach

Most engi neers and engine designers ca nnot access super-computers because of the time and ex-

and get DNS-type ro-ults." said Givi.

in the late 1800s. According to Givi,

"' People have known about LES for a
long time, but our results demon ·
strate for the first time that we are

the Reynolds averaging approach
can only provide averaged or greatly

able to implement it for chemically
reacting Oows and get rdiable results."
Givi said that until now, two main
approaches have been followed for
compu tation of turbulent combus-

tion: DNS and Reynolds averaging.
"DNS provides incredibly detailed
results on phenomena that occur
over very small time and length

scales," Givi explained."but you need
days and some tim es months of
supercomputer time to obtain resu1ts
and they are basic rt.'Sl.--arch -type results, providing information on ev-

ery detailed asped of t)(e flow."

pense involved, so they generally still
use a much older technique ,

Reynolds averaging, that originated

"s meared" results, and in many

cases. they cannot b&lt; trusted.
The new approach taken by pivi
and his colleagues is som~here in

between DNS and Reynolds averaging, he said.

"We began with the go..J of striving for the same kind of accuracy that
you get with D. S; but without requmng the use of supercomputers."
he said.
According to G1vt, LB provtdt:~
researchers with a wav of obtainmi
the "s moo th" solution for a vcn
"'wiggly" phenomenon, somewhat

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Ger..-d lluc:her is a professor in the Department
of Modern Languages and Literatures and
holder of the Melodia Jones Chair in French..

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The Jones chair endowm&lt;nt was set
up in 1932 to attract to Buffalo an
eminent pason from Franco. By
stipulation of the endowment, it
only can be awarded to an outstanding French-born scholar. It has been
very successful, with many prestigious scholars coming to UB.
Among them are Andre Maurois,
Michel Butor, Jacques Roger, Michel
Foucault, Rene Girard, Jacques
Derrida and Michel Serres. However, there was a decline of the Jones
chair activities in the 1980s and
1990s because the environment had
changed-the importance of lan·guage was not the same as it had
been. Since I was appointed chair in
1999, I've tried to turn things
around and take int6 account the
new context in which we live. While
there's a smaller section·of French
being offered at UB, we've alwaY"
had strong connections to other
programs within US-with Comparative literature, with the Poetics
Program, and particularly with the
Center for Psychoanalysis.
Wh•t •re some of the steps
you 've taken to Increase the
v .. lblllty of the Jones cholr7

I've done a n umber of things.
Among them is to hire several adjuncts from outside UB to boost our
core faculty teaching French and
French studies. One of them,
Francois Pare, a scholar in Canada
specializing in 16" century France,
is coming n:gu1arly to teach the subject, which is something that has
been lacking in the program. I've
also. developed the Francophone
(F rench-speaking
countries
throughout the world) component
of the program. We wanted to take
advan tage of ou r posi tion at the
border of Canada, and this is totally
different from the way things have
been run in the past. We've also organized four conferences since

1999-•ome held , totally in
French-that have attracted wd.lknown scholars, mainly from
Canada. We ha"" a student conferrna coming up March 23 on the
rq&gt;resentation of woineo that will
att ract many participants from
Canada, but also froni such U.S.
universities as Yale, Louisiana Stak
University, the UniVersity of Oticago and Vanderbilt I'm very proud
of the fact that our student conference last year on violena in literature was considered to be so good
that its proceedings will be, published in French Canada. That is a
major achievement for us. We've
also started a French film festival,
which we've opened up to include
Spanish and Italian films since ttle
focus of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures is
now on these three languages.! want
the Jones chair money to be seed
money for coiJaboration within
these three programs (French, Spanish and Italian) on cultural events
and lectures. The }ones chair also is
funding scholarships in an attempt
to attract better graduate students
and maintain a good French program here at UB. So fur, the chair is
funding $1 ,500 scholarships for
seven teaching assistants. The Jones
chair is a work in progress. l ~s really
a unique thing to have an endowment specifically directed toward
maintaining French language. We
have had a prestigious past, and I
think w.: still can do something to
maintain this forthe2t • century.
Tell me obqut UB's portkfpotlon In • coniOI'tlum of

Fr•ncophone universities.

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community newspaper
publishtd ~the Offico of New&gt;
Services in the Division of
UnNenity Communications,
Unr..nity at Buffllo.
Editorial ollla!s , .
located at 330 Crofts Hoi!,
Buffalo, (716) 645-2626.

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Spanl1h has beconte the second 1•"9""11"' of Amerlco.
Why should students study
Fre'nch, rather than Spanl~h7

For traditional reasons. French is

a language that is still very strong
as far as publications are concerned. In scholarly work, in the
humanities, it's essential. Many
works are translated from the

French. Culturally, France is an
important force in the film indus-

try. And then French is very
present in Africa-it's the second
languase on the cpQJ.ipent. In
some ways for Africans, it's important to use French to have their
points of view known. French stiU
is present in Southeast Asia-in
Vietnam, Cambodia, New
Caladonia, French Polynesia .
French TV is .watched in Australia. And in Europe, the core of the
continent is Germany and France.

I think ~ur most important accomplishment is our association with a
Canadian consortium of universities, which is actually the largest consortium of Francophone universities
in the world. The consortium indudes seven universities in Canada,
mostly French -spealcing, and UB

Why Is It lntporbnt to study
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who have violated university poli cil'S is having an tmpact because rec idivi s m rates are low. Part of
SEPAD's focus is to o tTer students
alternative "heaJth}· highs.. that in crease mind-body awareness and
self· respect, as well as awareness of
the consequences, bo th mentally

dents return from off· campw bars
or parties." he said, adding that cam-

geriol economio, wil moderate.

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and LSU in the U.S. It is through
the consortium that the procz&lt;dings
of our student cxmli:rmoe are being
published. I was able to iDYik a visiting professor from Canada to UB
last fall, then I gave l&lt;ctures in French
Canada. So the connection is getting
stronger. I think we are the only
American institution having a
French program connected so
strongly with Canadian colleagues.
Other U.S. universities contin.ue to
look toward France. We still have this
connection with France, but we are
very much connecting with
Francophone universities in North
America and taking advantage of
our position on the Canadian bor·
der. We really are creating a center
of attention for Buffalo.

The world has changed drastically.
While there is an overwhelming
presence of English, I think it's
very imp,o rtant for English speakers, in general, and for intellectua.ls, in particular, to speak another

language. Even Cor children. it
OJ&gt;&lt;IIJ'up their minds and enabllS them to express thernoclves better in their own language. And it offers them an- .
other velllde for linguinic expression. More profoundly, diversity is essmtial. There are
still differences in the perception of life. It should be the
mission of American universities to preserve diversity, not
only within America, but to
make the effort to speak the
language of another.
Who wos Melodlo Jones 7

She was a wealthy lady living in
Buffalo during the 1930s who
liked French. She gave money
for the chair precisely because
she thought Americans were
losing sight of the importance
of the more ancient languages,
like Latin and Greek. She
thought the Romance lan -

guages, like French, had to replace traditional knowledge of
Latin. She wanted to create this
endowment for UB to preserve
the quality teaching of French.
France was far away-you
didn't meet a lot of people from
France in Buffalo at that time.
Now, the world haS~&amp;ed We

can conneCt through the Web
and through movies. We can listen to almost any language we
want. There should be a new
orientation of the chair, with the
same general outlook Melodia
Jones had, to preserve diversity
in Buffillo and at UB. We need
to rethink the mission of the
chair, which is what I've been
trying to do. She had a vision of
&lt;Stablishing this endowment to
maintain French within Westem New York. But more esstntially, to make it something that
is linked to life itself, something
that adds to life.

Student drinking
Conttnued '"""'

,.-,e 1

takt&gt;advantag~ of programs on cam-

pusdesigned todeaJ with substanceabuse issues will be made available
to stu d e n~ who are identified as
having a problem.
A parental notification policy i!!
now in place-the student is asked
to_ make the call to his/her parents
in front of an administrator in volved in the judicial or referral process-and is not considered a puni tive measure but. is done to encourage the student to take respon~ibil­
ity for his or her behavior and to
enlist the act iw !oupport of parents
for measures th e university is taking to deal with till' l'roblem. "\\'c
use it (parentalnotlfic.\l io n ) wlwn
the student\ lll'hJ\'JOr prese nt!~ a
dear and present danger to him/her-

self and othm," Black said.
Kmpski reported that mandatory
participation in the SEPAD (Student
Educational A\\·arenh.S for Alcohol
:md Dru~!l ) program for studt·nb

and physically, of binge dri nlcing,
she said.

Boyco said that as freshmen arriw
on campus for oriehtation, they arc
made aware of the campus code of
conduct, \\'h1ch JS reinforced through
programs Glrried out regular I}' in the
residence h.tJis and apartment..s. The
StuJt&gt;nt \' 'tdl· ludtciary (SVl)} is a
g.roup that ..:n me-) 11110 the picture
a ft er a \ "lt)l,ltlun ha!&gt; occur red and
campus charges are filed against the
student , Boyce said. The S\Vl is v.'Orking more and more with the Depart¥
ment of Public Safet')'. "who enforce
111 th t' wee hour!&gt; of the morning
D\\'1sttuatlons"thatucrurwhenstu -

pus police logged 22 driving-whileintoxicated incidents last year.
A fa irl y new program, Boyce
noted, is the Dean's Interventio n
Program in which students who
have been identified as u si ng or
abusing alcohol, but who may not
have been charged with a violation

of university policy, report to the
dean of stude nt s-Barba-r a
Rico tta-and are asked to account
for th e1 r behavior. Appropriate referral' are made to any number of
hL';llth organizations on campus.
B(wcc in particular cited the m volvement of the counseling center.
wh1 ch has created a program for
anger management. Students frequently are referred to the program ,
he pointed o ut , because anger often
is found to be an underl}ring issue
in a.student's substanct&gt; ab use.
Krakowiak noted!: hat with about

3.800 students in the residence halls
being under the age of21 ,a primary
way of intervening when a problem
occurs is through the-resident advisorsystem.
"There is a direct correlation between how many freshmen are in
the building and the amount of alcohol used in that building,..

Krakowiak said.
"Obviously, we attempt to put
o ur finest and best-trained RA.s-

·.~uila. the Hun and Mrs..~ttila the

Hun '-in those buildin gs. if we
.:a n . RAs are charged \..·ith creating
programming, and h t.'arm~s take
place in front of prof~ t onal staff.
"\\'e in tervene in an education al
sense and we also USt" aU the services that the campus has to offer,
as wei~ as off-campus services ~s ap­
propnate.
"And when we ca n 't do some-thingappropriately. we will dismLS.S
someone," he said.

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Rosenbaum devotes his life to spreading magic ofchoral music
11J I'ATIIICIA DOHOVAN
Contributing Editor

T

HE legendary Harold
Rosenbaum, professor of
music and director of the
UB O.orus and OJoir, is
a mean, lean, conducting machine.
Long a vit.il fora in the world of
American choral music, he continues to demonstrate a daunting devotion to the sublime and healing
choral works that he says need to he
heard now more than ever.
A man of tremendous enthusiasm and energy (particularly for
Bach), h&lt; dir&lt;cu nine choruses in
the Northeast, including the two at
UB, which he rehearses for five
hours on Thunday afternoons befor&lt; flying off into the waiting arms
of douns more singers of madrigal,
oratorio. prelude and symphonic
. chorale, and their boards of directors. volunteer administrators and
Deets of fundraisers.
During the past two decades,
Ra.enbourn-trained ensembles have
presented more than 1,200 performances in collaboration with such
entities as the American Symphony
Orchestra, L'Orchestre Philharomonique d'Europe, the Julliard Orchestra, the Madiera Bach Festival,
Orchestra ofSL Luke's, Brooklyn PhilharmonicOrchest:ra, TangJe..oodOrchestra, Brooklyn Academy of Music
and "The IJ.tvid IAterman Show."
Dozens of critics frqni Stich publications as The New York t;,U!S, TI1e
New Yorker; New Music Connoisseur
and London's Musical Times. as wclJ
as composers like Milton Babbitt,
Wkas Foos, Ned Rnn:m, Bernard Hoiland, George Perle . and Jacob •
Druckmann, have consistently and
publicly praised the quality of his interpretationsandperlormances.
Excerpts fro m reco rdings of
Rosenbaum-directed choral performanccs can be found at http: //
www. nyvlrtuoso.org / html /
recordlngs.html. For more infor-

mation about Rosenbaum's conductingactivities, or for an updated
co ncert sc hedule, visit http:/ I

www.t . . - -.com.
will present
Givmhis complex-and fast-movMahler's 2nd
(" Rtsurr&lt;c ing schtdule, howtvtr, cati:hing up
with the Westchester-based
lion") and 8th
Rosenbaum is~ snaring an acrisymphonies
alist on the fly. 8etw&lt;m July 2001
in August at
and July 2002 alone, he will have
the Bard MuconducteddounsofchoralconctrU
sic Festival at
Bard Couesethroughout Frane&lt;, Italy and New
York Stat,._..p to and including a
AnotberofRootnboum'snotedacbreathtalcingchoirtourthrough the complisbmenu is the Canticum
NovwnSinjjers.agrouphefounded
Canadian Rockies
On April21, he will conduct the 30yeazs~ ThtlintchorusinNew
UB and Queens &lt;;:.ollqje choirs in the York City devoted to Renaissallcc:
final concert of the New York Youth music, it is known for performances
Symphony's Brahms Season at ofsuchmasterpiecesasMontev&lt;rdi's
Coldm Center for· the Performing "VesproddlabealliVergine."
ArU on Long Wand. The perforDespitewhattOrnearly....,.,.,.dse
JJW&gt;tt will katur&lt; Brahms' "Song of
would he a punisliing log of air miles
Destiny" and "A German Rllquit'm," . and road trips from Booton to Bufaccompanied by an orchestra of 12- ~Rosenbaum says, "I am blesstd
to-20-year-old musicians.
beyond telling. lloYe what I do."
•
The program will he presented . Heisabletoaccomplisbsomuch,
again on April28 in Carnegie Hall. he says, beaUS&lt; he is supported at
Sandwiched berw&lt;en those pro- alllevdsbybardworkingvolunt«rs
grams.hewillconducttbeUB&lt;l&gt;o- who do much of the administrative
rus and OJoir in a concert at 8
work for his choral gmups.
April25 in Slee Concert Hall, North
"I work with tbr« boards of diCampus. Following the Carnegie rectors," he says. "We do endless
Hall performance, he will head east furidraising. of COW1&lt;&gt; just to conto conduct the Westchester Orato- tinueperformingand, with thediffirio in what is guaranteed to he a sell- cult and less familiar contemporary
out a performance of Bach's "St. music,theaudienctisrolativdysmall
Matthew's Passion~
"TheCanticum Novern, howtver,
Rosenbaum'sbest-knowncontri· commandsaudiencesof350to7:;&lt;J,
butions to his field include perfor- andmycollaborationswiththeBard
mances and recordings by his stun- Music Festival and the New York

p.m.

ning professional chorus, the 16mtrnbc:rNewYorkVirtuosoS~g-

ers(NYVS). Thegrouphasbecome
the nation's leading professional
choir specializing in contemporary
choral work, much of which would
find voice in few other venues.
In fact, on April II at New York
City's Cooper Union College,
Rosenbaum and the NYVS will
present the U.S. premier of Austrian -American composer Ernst
Krenek 's " Lamentations of
Jeremiah," a monumental wo rk for
unaccompaniedvoicesthatis oneof
the great and difficult choral masterpieces of the 20th century.
Afte;.. catchingitsbreath, the group

Cityorchestrashavehdpeddevelop
abroadcraudienceforthccontemporaryworksperformedbytheNew
York Vtrtuoso Singers, so we're in
pr&lt;rty good shape.
"As long as I am able, I will keep
bringing beautifUl choral music to
the public," he .says.
"It's worth all of the sacrifice and
thehardworkandlongdaysbecause
the peopl~ who wrote this sublime
music must not be forgotten .
"Thejoyandemotionalandspiritual upliftexperirncedbythoscwho
hear these profound works are
transporting healing emotions,
which more than ever are needed in
this world."

GSE to offer degree in Singapore
By PATIIICIA DONOVAN

Contributing Editor

N response to a new training
priority identified by the
Singapore Ministry of Education. the Graduate School of
Education (GSE) will offer a 36credit hour Master of Education
Degree in School Counseling
through Singapore's Center for
American Education (CAE) in
Singapore, beginning June 15.
The 18-month-long program will
be identical to the one curretJtly offered at UB, except that the courses
will he in a modular,concentrated format with distance-learning components. It will include 27 credit hours
of classroom instruction and nine
hourS of fieldwork and practicum.
Between 20 and 30 students will
be enrolled at a time, bt."'ginning the
program together and graduating as
a group. UB faculty members will
travel to Singapore to present a series of lee lUres for each two-month
co urse module. Jani cc Dclucia w.)..ck, J.:.soc i,llc..' prufc.''iSOr tn th t•

I

Department of Counseling, School
and Eduational Psychology. is directing the program.
Tun Janikowski,associate professor
and chair of the GSE Dtpartment of
Counseling. School and Educational
Ps)dlology,said that while Singapore's
Ministry of Education identified a
need for professionals trained to help
students cope with emotional and
psychological problems. there is no
formal school-&lt;ounselor education
available in the country.
The CAE. a subsidiary of the International School of Singapore, in
tum contacted US's Office of International Education.
"UB has a very good reputation
among educational institutions and
governments in Southeast Asia,"
Janikowski says, "thanks largely to
the work of Stephen Dunnett. our
vice provost for international education. As a result and with the as·
sistance o f GS E Dea n Mary
Gresham, we were able to work with
th e ministry and theCAE to get thi!!
program onl!nt" very qUicldv."

Most of the program participants
are expected to be teachers in the
SingaJX&gt;re educationaJ system and
expatriate students seeking graduate
credentials in educational counseling.
The CAE will provide classroom
space, marketil)g and computer
technology, and will collect tuition
and fees, Janikowski noted. UB will
provide instructors on-site and on
the Internet, as well as oversight of
the program. Online course: material will he sequenctd and supported
by Blackboard-UB L&lt;ams, which
offers discussion boards, email, virtual classrooms, digital drop boxes
and faculty consultation.
Janikowski Said the Singapore program will provide an opportunity for
faculty members and students to
deepen their understanding of cul turally seru.itive curricular material
and is likely to anract overseas students to the department's doctoral
programs. The course material. he
added, will be modified when needed
to insure i L&lt;r~ cuhuraJ relevance to the
~ •n g..tpo re population.

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Tapping into Spring .

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While me..,. eyes focus on the NCAA basketball tournament in
March, there is another kind of"March Madness" taking placc:. Btlow-freezing nighu and sunny, warm days provide optimal conditions for sugar maple sap to start moving. possibly draining into a
builit or through a network of tubes to a sugarhoUS&lt;, where it is
evaporated over roaring fires an"d transfo!l"ed into a regional de~ cacy sought round the world-maple ~P·
The sugar maple (Actr saccharum) is the most common maple species in New York ;md provides the brilliant red leaves of autumn. In early spring.
the trees further stimulate our ...,... with
maple syrup derived from their sap. This
leaves little wonder why the sugar maple
is New York's official stat&lt; tree and appears in the cc:nter of the Canadian flag.
As the daytime temperature begins to rise,
starch accumulated during the previous summer
and stored over the winter in the tree's xylem parenchymaishydrolyzedbyspecial"contactc:dls."Hydrolyzed starch products include the sugar~erose-which can reach concentrations of3-5 percenL Each tree functions as a primed osmotic pump,
with iu high concentration of sugars dissolved in
the maple tree's large plumbing network of phloem.lt lllkes about 42 gallons of sap to producc: one gallon of syrup. Cornell University and the Cornell Cooperativ&lt; Extension have an outstanding Web site &lt;http://
- - --- ---/mttlmaple/ &gt; that is dedicated to New York's
maple foresu and maple-synip producers. This site also provides access
to material on the history, science and art of maple-syrup production.
With high-quality syrup predicted this season, it is prim&lt; time to
watch the maple-sugaring process in person. You can visit any num·
ber of maple-syrup operations in the Niagara region by pointing your
browser to "Round the Bend's" maple sugaring Web site at &lt;http://
www.,_ndthebencl.com/ nlagara/ nlagwgr.html&gt;. You can take
a longer country ride to the Chautauqua/Allegheny region -:t&gt;ttp://
www.,_ndthebencl.c-/ ch........./ &gt; or to New York's Finger
Lakes region' &lt;http://www.rounclthebencl.com/ flnger/ &gt;. Many
of these facilities provide live demonstrations showing maple-sugar,!!!ll~ftfi'JI. ing techniques from
I&amp;
the earl y Nat ive
,-..,_...__ _,Americans and 18"'century pioneers to the
p rese n1- d ay
sugarhouse. Hopefully.
your motor trip will be
capped off with buttermilk pancakes hot off
the griddle and laden
---.L_________.....J with 100 per~nt fresh
N~Yorkmaple syrup.

Yes, you will be able to buy maple syrup to take back home. Test

your tasty treat in any one of the scores of reci~ provided by th e
folks at Cornell at &lt;http://www.dnr.eomell.edu/ e.a't/ maple/
Maple1Mt20Tour/ Rec:lpes/ redpes.htm&gt;.
The Science and Engineering Library maintains a Web site, "Tapping into Spring: Th'e Science of Maple Sugaring" &lt; http:/ I
ubllb.buffalo.edu / llbrarles/unlts / sel/blo/ maple.html &gt; fo r
more details on maple sugarin g.
-fred Sloss, UmvellJty Ubront&gt;S

BrieD
Nominations for honorary
degree recipients sought
-•ry

Degree Committee is seeking nominations of exemplary persons in the fields of public affairs, the sciences,.humanities and the arts, scholarship and education, business
and philanthropy, and sociaJ services to ~ considered for a~ honora ry degree from the State University of New York.
The honorary doctorate is the highest honor SUNY can bestow
for meritorious and outstanding service to humanjty at large.
AP.propriate nominees must possess a clear and substantial relationship with US, a commitment to its highest ideals and a distin guished history of personal achievement. Eligibility for nomination
is restricted to perso ns of state, national and international stature
who have not only made extrao rdina ry contributions to UB, ~ ut
who also have made significant contributions to co mmun iti es t;k.
yond UB and Western New York.
f or further information about the nomina tion process and to obtai n a nominatio6'form, contact the Office of the Provost. 56.2 Capen
Hall, orth Campus. The deadline for nomi nati om is April I
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.Severin never forgets life of student
ay DONNA LOHCOIHI.Citlll
Rt:p0ff6 Assistant Editor

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_..m much money on oulllndish outftti h e - foshlonoblr;
on """"""' ol dona:, music lind
pllilosophy, lind on bri&gt;es. He
lavishes gifts on • count=. H~
family and others 11y to mako
him,.. how he's ~&gt;eng bilked,
but when he , . . _ with his ...
travagances, they set up a phony
ceremony to ,make htrn a royal
Turtdsh mamamouchi.

"'The Bourgeois Gentleman•
will be directed by Vincent
O'N~Il,

chair of the Department

of Theatre and Dance. The cast
will feature students from the

department.
r ecket.s are s12 tor the general
public and SS for UB studenU,

and are availab4e at the CFA box

offlce from noon to 6 p.m. TU&amp;
' day tllrough friday, and at all

r Kketmaster locations. for more
information, call 6-45-ARTS.

Nominations sought
for awards
PreUminary nominations are be-

ing 500ght for the 2003
Chancellor's Award for

Ex~­

in Teaching and the newty
established ChanceUor"s Award
~nce

for Excel~ce in Scholarship &amp;
Creative Activity.
The primary criterion for the

Excellence in Teaching Award is
an extensive record of consis-

tently superior teaching at the
underg&lt;oduate. graduate 0&lt; PI'&gt;'
fes&gt;ionaf lo\oel, with considenotion
also given to sound schofanhip
and seMce in the~ and
the comrnoolty.
The primary ait.erion for the
Excellence In Schofanhlp and
Cr&lt;ative ActMty Award Is evi·
dMce of sound scholarship and
creative pnxtuctivit:y demonstrated through a variety of avenues, Including g&lt;ants and
honors.
Prefiminaly nomination
should consist ola detailed letter
o1 support from the relev.lnt dean
· and a cunont, moderately detailed rurricufum vita. Deans will
be infO&lt;med by the end ol the
spring semester wf1ich ol their
nominations~ supported by
tho ldcaf selection commitlee and
must provide a mn detallod
- b y Oct 15formatreview.

All pnofimirwynomiMtions
should be roc&lt;Md In tho
PnM&gt;st't Office, 562 Capen HaM
,
no later than April 15.
Individuals wishing to submit ~nations should contact
the rtievant dean's office for ~
fonnotion and guideline-

JOB LISTINGS
UB job listings
accessible via Web
Job liltlngs IO&lt; professional, ~
search, r.wtty and civil ser·
vice-both competitkle and
non-competitive-positions can
~ace~ vta the Human ~
sources Servk:es Web site at
&lt;http:// - . -.buft'.

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"I'm too old," was X.mn's im ·
mediate response. He says he was

T'S easy to undm1and why UB
medical

students

admire

Owies S&lt;min, assistant dean

for stud&lt;Jll affairs with respon·
sibilityfOrfimand second-year m&lt;di·
cal students, and easy to undm1and
why they nominated him for the 200 I
Association ofAmerican M&lt;xlical Col·
leges Humanism in M&lt;&amp;cine Award
Hiswmtlnt~" Don'teYer

forget what it's Iii« to be a student"is embodied in everything be do&lt;s, in
every class he teaches and in every
penonal interaction he has with a stu·
dentlt'sa m&lt;:s.sage he says he received
early on from one his·own professors
at Stlouis UnM:rsity, when hegradu·
ated with a doctorate in anatomy.
.. When l lecture to the students, l
try to put myself in their shoes-

not enthused about the idea. But his
wif&lt;!'s and Ills friends' enthusiasm
rubbed off and he thb ught," l'..,got
nothing to lose and I do have a rea·
son-&lt;! can use this clinical informa·
lion in teaching and see what it's like
first-hand to be a medical student."
" I would h= about the problems
students in medical school~ hav·
ing. but not really understand their
problems," he says. "So now, when I
stand up there and see liRd oyes,
stressful &lt;yes and anxiety, I know ex·
actly where they're coming from.•

I didn't let it he known that I was an
associate professor of anatomy," he
says. I was successful, in most cases,

of ~ing it quiet."
Rrnlarkably, X.erin contin ued
to teach while he was a student, and
he admits switching roles wasn't aJ.
ways easy.
"I would give a lecture at 8 in the
morriing, grab my carousel of slides
and, go sit in the back of the same
room and then take on the student
load," he recalls. After just having fin·
ished a SO-minute lecture, Severin
says he might have "zoned out" for
20 minutes into the nat class until a

cialty requir&lt;s a tfmr.yoar ruidency,
with the last""'&gt;-' beinscootlgu·
ous. Severin w.os allowed to to"-' a
y&lt;ar off before be made a 6nai deC·
sion on the ruidency.And in the end,
he decid&lt;d to continue Jjoing what
he loved-teaching a{d wOrking
with students.
The reaction from colleagues was,
attheveryleast.sbock. "You spent all
this money to go to medial od&gt;OOI
and you're going to go Qad&lt; md'do
that," he says, recalling the most &lt;Dm·
mon response to bis decision.
Severin, ho-=,already had begun in Ills first year as assistant dean
to develop a hands·on, medical·
techniques clinical laboratory
course. As a student, he says, he felt
he wasn't fully prepared to do some
of the procedures required of him .
" I wish I had a little bit better

learning information for the very
background prior to beginning
fi rst time as I did in some of the arth ose clin ical clerkships. I wish I
l'3S that I felt werediffic.uJt,andwith
would have known how to draw
tha t in mind, how I wished the problood better, how to start an IV and
fesso r may have presented the info rvarious other techniques, and to
mation to make it easier fo rme," says
how to interpret lab rcsuhs once I
Severin. an associate professor in the
got aU of the samples back," he says.
Depa rtment of Patho logy and AnaThe course is a succC!IS, with most
of the 135 first -year students havto miCal Sciences in th e School of
Mf.•dic ine and Biomedical Sciences.
ing signed up for it this year. And
In nnmina ting Seve rin for the
Severin cont inues 10 look for wars
Humanism in Medicine Award, o ne
. to improve curriculum and the way
of his studtm ts wrote: "Without his
that it's ta ught
While in medical school, he says.
tireless dedication to the growth of
"I did Jearn how students approach
our kn owledge. the patients of tothe
study of. various courses, indudmorrow would be passing into the
hands of a nt"'-'' generation of physiingonesthat I teach; how they handle
the overwhelming volume of inforcians who arc iJI-eq uipped to promation, and what it's like to stay up
vide- the su perio r care that they de0
~rvc. Mo re than anyone I have yet 6
aU night, sleep for maybe half an
had th e privilege of meeting, Dr. I ~-,.-,,.--,---,.,....,,..,.,..,..,...,...,..,..,....,.....,.,.,.,.,.--.-~~·l!llll!ll!ll
hour, and go to class and try to stay
togoto
a
Seve rin exe mpl ifies th e highes t better teacher. "When I lecture to the students, 1 try to put mrself In aw.lke aU day long. I learned a lot"
. quali ties o nto co uld hope fo r in a their shoes," he sars.
•
"So when I stand in Butler audito·
rium (as a teacher) and I see people
healer and a teacher."
There
were
no
guarantees
and
it
feUow
student
nudged
him
to
attennodding
off, or I see people tired, I
A5 o ne of 56 no minees fo r the
award fro m across the country, wasn 't a fr ee ride . Se verin went tion . lie received a lo t of support think back on being aw.lke at 2 a.m. l
Severin was thought to possess the through the s.1me application process from other students. even when they think about staying aw.lke all night
fi ve important ch ar acteristics of a as everyone else, but with one stipu- "weren't quite sure who he was or to study for an exam.
" I was an older student I bad an
teacher as defined by the UB medi· lation-that he wo uldn't take the what he was doing there," he says.
During his senior year, he was older brain--things didn't come as
ca l school's chapter of the O rgani - place of another deserving student.
The UB medical school accepts talked into taking a family medicine easily fo r me as they did for them. I
zatio n of Studen t Representatives:
135 incomi ng students every year, residency. "A number of people were struggled a lot, so I learned what it's
positive mentoring skills, compassio n and sensitivity, collaboration, a nd t he admissions office added saying that if )'&gt;U really want to know like for those studen!l; who struggle.
community service .ictivity and ob- Severin as number 136. "I didn't have what it 's like to be a student, you I learned what it's like to adjust to
the goal of going to medical school sho ul d d o a residency-at least a medica l school. When a student
serva nce of professional ethics.
Severin's evolut ion as a teacher and then practicing. I was going to year," he says. " I Iii« family medicine com es to me who might be strugwho remains student -focused began go back and use everything I learned because )'&gt;U get to talk to people, plus gli ng, the firs! words out of my
when, at age 43. he enrolled in medi - in teaching and working with stu - there's a lot of variety. A lot of people m o uth a re no t going to be 'you
look at family doctors as a jack of aU should study harder.'"
ca l school for the primary purpose dents," he says.
The first thing Severin often does ·
Severin tried to keep a low profile trades and a master Qf none, but they
of d1anneling everything he learned
as a student back into the classroom for the next fo ur years, but at rimes are the first-line doctors. So I think in situations like this is to listen to the
family doctors get labeled the wrong student and then find a realistic way
as a teacher. He gave up a potentially that was difficult. Many of the resi·
of offering help, whether i~s tutoring
lucrative:: career in family m edicine dents and attending physicians were way-it's a major responsibility."
Near the end of the lim year of his o r consultation with a professor.lbat
simply because he loved being a former students. and o ne attending
teacher and he wanted to improve phrsician even broke out in a sweat residency, Dennis Nadler, associate is why students often come to him to
when he real ized Severin was now dean and clinical assistant professor discuss not only academic problems,
the way medical students are taught.
of pediatrics in the medical school, but penonal concerns as v.cl. He of·
Severin says tbat journey began going to be his student.
.. , did have instances where I was offered Severin his current position . fer.; them confidentiality and, most
one afternoon when a former chair
stopped him as he was leaving a treated a tittle differently, but I didn't But the chair of the Department of importantly, compassion and under·
gross an ato m y lab an d asked him want to be. So when I went to the Family Medicine tried to talk him out standing-the very things they, in
why he didn't go to medical school. hospitaJ to start my clinical training, of it. Severin says. because the spe· twn, will bffer thcir patien!l; one day.

Turbulent flows
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analogous to th e way that a professional photographe r can use
air-brushing and o ther tech niques
to sm ooth o ut the sharp contrasls
in an image. " LES ls the solutio n
of filt ered values of th e equa tiom.
that describe the phenomenon."
h&lt;.&gt; sai d.
For exa mple, he explained. if you
wanted to create a wea ther map for
Buffa lo, }'OU would no t_ need to

know the temperature and· barometer and other measurements for
every single centimeter in the ciry.
Instead, the readings for each square
m ile wo uld be sufficient.
According to Givi, that's basically
what LE.S provides with tur bulent
reacting flows--a way of providing
filtered results.
"if you do it right , the filtered vai Ul' ~ will lw the sa me as those o b-

tained from the filtered DNS data,

For comparisons with DNS, the

assuming such data are available,"
said Givi. "The advantage is you can

researchers used supercomputers in

perform LES o n your workstation
\\•ith a fast turnaround time and
obtain reliable results."
A number of laboratories, in cluding Sandia National laborato-

UB'sCen terforComputational R&lt;·
search and the National Cen ter for
Supen:omputingApplications at the
University of Illin ois at Urbana-

Champaign.
The work was funded by the .S.

ri es and the Roll s- Royce Engip

Air Force Office of Scientific Re-

Co., have exp ressed in terest in using the method .

search and the NASA Langley Re·
search Center.

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5

Novel peptide found in saliva may kill infections
Protein shown in lab to have potent antimicrobial activity against several types ofbacteria and fungi
ay LOIS LUlJI
Conmbuung Ed•tof

smaU piece of prot10in
from one ena of a larg&lt;r
moi&lt;CU!e found in hu man saliva has been
shown in laboratory t&lt;Sts to have
potent antimicrobial activity against
several typeS of bacteria and fungi,
some of which art resistant to cur·
rent drugs.
If these findings hold up in ani mal and human trials, the peptide,
labeled MUC7 20-mer, could form

A

the basis for promising new drugs
for treating a wide range of infections, said Libuse Bobek, associate
professor of oral biology in the
School of Dental Medicine and senior K lcntist un the research .
H.(-suhs of the research were pre!.CntL-d Fndar .11 the IADR meeting .
"Thcrc IS an mcreasing need for
m·w .tntJmtcrobJal agents, CSJX't:taiJ)·
.mtJfungals," ~ud Bobek ... Bcca uS{'
then· .~re only J h.mdful of tht:M"
druW&gt;, thq · arc used y.•idcly. and sever.l hfungaJ ~ tram~ Jlready have de ·
vclnped res•.;;tance . This i.;;a particu ·
l.1r probl em for •mmuno-compro mised patients, such as those with
III V/AIDS. organ tran sp lant pa tients Jnd chemot herapy patien ts."
This novel peptide, on which
llobek holds a provisional paten!, has
~n shown m v11ro to kill the fungal

agents that cawe 1M most oommon
opportunistic infections that
threatm these patients-&lt;andidiasis,
cryploCOCC05isand~

wdl as S&lt;Veral bacteria, including E.
®and P.gingWoli&lt;, whichaweserious intestinal and oral inf&lt;etions,
respectively, and S. mutans, which
caUS&lt;Sdmtalcaries.
Mo.-.o=,thep&lt;ptideisactive (in
vitro) at very low concentrationsI 0 micrograms per millilitershows little or no tcnticity to marn mal ian cells and low tendency to
elicit resistance, Bobek said.

"MUC,7 20-mer appears to be a
V&lt;ryV&lt;rSatil&lt;agen~actM:atverylow
dosins. which works oomparable to
or better than current drugs," she
said "It has a dilfamt m&lt;chanism
of action,butW&lt;don'tl:nowy&lt;tspeci.6aJiy what th&lt; m&lt;chanism is."
The r&lt;Searchers know that the
p&lt;ptide caUS&lt;S changes in fungal
cell-membrane potential, is int&lt;rnaliud into the cells, and most
likely acts on a specific part of the
sub-cellular machinery.
With such potent antimicrobial
potential in.human saliva, why do

By LOIS IIAIWI

TUDIES conducted in two
Nath•e American popula ·
t:ions with a high prevaJence
of both Type 2 diabetes and
gum disease have underscored the
importance of oral heaJth in controlling adult diabetes.
Researchers from the School of
Dental Medicine, working with the
San N:lipe and Santo Domingo com munities of the Pueblo India ns in
Santa Fe, N.M., found that reducing
gum infections wi th antibiotics aJso
improved diabetes control, based on
concentrations of glycated hemoglo·
bin. a marker ofblood sugar control.
Another study involving Pima
Indians from the Gila River Indian
communitY in Mesa, Ariz., who have
the highest reported rates of both
diabetes and gum disease. showed
that glycated hemoglobin levels
don't full, even when sufferers have
lost all of their teeth and thus no
longer have periodontal disease.
VB dental researchers and others
have shown in previow studies that
a relationship clearly exists between
Periodontal disease and diabetes Sara
Grossi, UB clinical assistant prof&lt;SSOr
of oral biology and supervising scientist on both current sti!dies,said she
has rome to believe periodontal dis·
ease may be the most important of
all the factors known to contribute to
diabetes onset, including age, gender.
obesity and smoking.
The Pueblo community stud)' in volved 75 persons with 1\1"' 2 dia ·
betcs and sc:vcre pc~ontal disease

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the protein S&lt;glllent, the p&lt;ptide,
rarely is pres&lt;nt by itself and the
larg&lt; protein moi&lt;CU!e from which
it is d&lt;rMd doesn't have microbicidal activity, Bobek noted.
The pq&gt;tid&lt; Bobek and colleagu&lt;s
are working with currmtly is oompos&lt;d of 20 amino acids, but they
havefoundthatsmallttformsofthe
p&lt;ptide stiU ar&lt; active in vitro and
are experimenting with iner&lt;asingly
shoner piece$.
"We think this naturally occurring
agent has high therapeutic potential

for treating microbial in~ns in
g&lt;n&lt;ral and drug-r&lt;Sistant fungal
strains in particular." Bobek said
"It also has potmtial as a oomponmt of artificial saliva for treating
saliwrydysfunctionstbatresultinincr&lt;as&lt;d plaque formation, cavities,
gum discas&lt; and fungal inf&lt;Ctions."
Additional res&lt;archers on the
study are Hongsa Situ, Christina J.
Smith and Brian M. Kritzman, aU
of the Department of Oral Biology.
The research was supponed by
grants from the National Institute of
Dental and Craniofacial Research.

. . .- . . . . . . ..... ....... mk:e in th&lt; plk8&gt;o . . . sdl had
wglnll andldlllll. ~. lnlini - not obll to mr6m " - re..... IJr 1 -.and- compehe ISM study, conduded IIIler.
"The -.dl far 1 sultlble lind officient doliv8y ~ for this poptide, .. _ . • • nMble ....... model far ~ding the effiacy of
" - , _ ..rlungll rnediations, is sdl or&gt;going." he noted.
fungi! plllhogen&gt;..., responsiblo for rNn)' infections, most of Which
oca.ln people wllh - . . d imml.ne system. such as orgwo trwls.pW!IIIrld chlo•IDII'oe&lt;lpy ptllionls. as- as persons with AIDS.
.... ""'Ianger lie eopectoncy far lmrnunocompromi patients,
such
NCI!rilly ........ of greol, medial relewtnce, - treotli'npaiUnt . . ln llm1S of quality
al-• llid lab&amp; "TIIil is why we ..., COIMIIIIed to this ....-dl.•
~...:hers. on the sl!/dy _., Aln!do Agum. ....xiotl!
. . . . . , "' .... ~science, - AleJt Ho, ~ In th&lt;

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.,......,. al Onlllaklgy.
W.Jbly -IUPfiCI'II!CI br • gront from ""' Nltionlllmlitute of
Denlllllld Cdnlafacill ~ .
.

Oral health key to diabetes
Contributing Editor

peof&gt;le have oral inf&lt;Ctions? B=twe

who were randomized into four
treatment groups. Each group rc·
ceived the same active antibiotic to
treat their gum disease,but the regimen differed. BloOO samples were
taken at three , six, nine and 12

ResearehDigest

in other populations.

Results showed that those who
have lost all of their teeth to gum
disease showed equal or higher levels of glycated h&lt;rn0globin as those
with severe periodon tal disease .

hemoglobin, which indicated th e
state of glucose control.

Those with no teeth also had had
diabetes longer than those with severe gum disease.

Results showed levels.of glycated
hemoglobin c0 uld be reduced and

" This shows
that once the cas-

maintained at a reduced level most
effectively on a regimen combining
a repeated oral antibiotic with a
topical antibiotic applied to th e
gums every three months.
.. The study shows that in this
group of scvert diabetics, we were
able to increase gluoose control with
repeated treatment of their ~Xri ­
odontal infect:ion,.. Grossi said...This

cade of severe pe-

reduction in glycated hemoglobin

and early treatment of periodontal
disease in persons at high -riskof diabctes, and even those at moderate
risk," she said.

months to evaluate levels of glycated

was equal to and independent of any

reduction brought about by diabetes medication."
The Pima Indian study was a ret -

rospective analysis of data collected
from 818 subjects in the Pima Indian Epidemiological Study con·
ducted by VB in conjunction with
the Indian Health Service. Participants, aU of whom had Type 2 diabe tes, were divided into three

groups, depending on their dental
statw: no teeth, severe gum disease
and mild or moderate gum disease.
Grossi noted that in this population, tooth loss is due almost entirely
to periodon tal disease because the
high level of natural fluoride in the
region's water supply prevents the
cavities that contribute to tooth loss

~,
-.
I ..

riodon ta l infection has taken its
I
toll
on
the
chronic discas&lt; of
diabetes. it is too
late to turn it
hack," said Grossi.
.. This under scores the importance of prevention

l- .

Addit ional researchers on th e

Pueblo study were Fred Skn:pcinski
of the Indian Health Service: Alex
Ho, statistician in the UB Depan ·
ment of Oral Biology; Steve Garrett

and Wess Onolano of Atrix Laboratories, Inc, and Robert ).Genco,
UB vice provost, SUNY Distin -

guished Prof&lt;SSOr and chair of the
Depanment of Oral Biology.
The swdy was suppor ted by
grants from the Division of Health
and Human Services and Atrix
Laboratories. Inc.
Add itional researchers on the
Pima study were Stanlr)' Shih . a UB
dental student. and Ho.

Antibiotics cut inflammation
Trutlng gum Infections with an antibiotic decreases rwo markers of
inflammation throughout the body, further supporti ng the connection

between oral health and general health, researchers from the School of
Dental Medicine have shown.

Research= reponed that applying an antibiotic gel in spaces where
gums were inflamed and puJiing away from the teeth reduced the
amount of C-reactive protein and fibrinogen in the
blood strpm. while killing oral bacteria.
C·ructive protein ansi fibrinogen are markers for
.

infiammatory activity associated with the development
of atherosclerosis and other chronic diSl.--a.ses.

"This is an importrnt finding because we have come
to understand that hean disease has a substantial inftam·
matory component," said Sara Grossi, clinical assistant
professor of oral biology who oversaw th&lt; research.
"Sev.:ral studies conducted here and elsewhere have
found oral bacteria from gum infections in anerial plaque.
Now we have shown that Wrapy for periodontal disease
l=u the inflammatory burdm throughout the body."
The study is pan of a S7.3 million project at UB, funded by the Na·
tiona! Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, to plan and conduct a pilot study for a clinical trial of the impact of periodontal disease
treatment on prevention of second heart anacks.
Grossi and colleagues randomized 100 adults with chronic periodontal
disease to one of four treatment groups. two of which included 1M use of an
anbbiotic-infused gel The r&lt;maining two groups t=ived standard gum
treatments without the anobiotic gel Treatment was administered at the
start of the study and r&lt;peatlOd at th= months. Blood samples were col·
lected at the study's stan, and again at six~ th=monthsandsix months.
Results showed that both groups tr&lt;ated with antibiotic gel had sig·
nificant reductions in C-r&lt;active protein and fibrinogen at thr&lt;e months,
compared to bastline. The effect of antibiotic treatment on reducing
levels of C·roctive protein remainl!'d for six months.
·
Additional rt:Searchers on the project we~ Zainab Alibhai, a gradu ate student in the School of Dental Medicine; AJa Ho., statistician 111

the Depanrnent of Oral Biology: Robert f. Genco, vice provost, SUNY
Distinguished Prof&lt;SSOr and chair of the Depanmcnt of Oral Biology.
and Steve Garrett of Atrix laboratories, Inc.

The study was supponed by gr;onts from the U.S. Pubhc Health Scr·
vice and Atrix Laboratories.

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eo.tt Mulo's CfArocto.ts for Cov'IMult on
$21..50 lnd .... ill the
CfA bole ollic.o from nocn to 6
p.m. Tuosdoy through Fridoy lnd
ill .. Ticlcelrn&amp;stet loadons. for
more lnfonnadon, caii645-N!TS.

Wellness Fair ~t
The third onnual U8 Fair wiU be hekl from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. tomom&gt;w In the Main
Gym of Ak.mni lw!N on the
North c.mpus.
The evont is sp&lt;&gt;!\10fOd by
the Foculty Senate, Professional
Staff Senate Mld Hum~n Resource Ser.ices..
Shuttle buuos to AI\Jmnl
Arena wiH roo from 9:30a.m . to
4 p.m. from the Center for Tomorrow parldng lot and from

Fint/Cop&lt;n/Stud&lt;nt Union.
Partldponts w;ttlncludo
CSEA Membof B&lt;nellu Dtport·
men~ Da\M VISion. GHI Dental
and UUP Benefit Trust Fund.
Toplo of interet willlndude
health screening. cooldng demonstnlllom,
- lions ond --..lr#onnotion.

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Economics students take the challenge
ly SUIE WUETCHU

raftS, bosodoo the relevant rnaa&lt;H&lt;X&gt;nornic environm&lt;n~ Ehrlich said. In
HE six economics stu - fact, ..ch univenity's presentation
&lt;knts weren't about to let rnirnid&lt;ed the Fed's rtgular meetings.
a little thing like plane with students rtal011Jlelldin that in·
fare keep them from teres~ rilles ether mnain stable, w&gt; up
"playing Greenspan" for the day.
or w&gt; down. depending on a nwnbc:r
So thanks to some high-tech inge- of eoonomic indialon, among them
nuity, the students last week joined unemployment da.ims, increases in
teanu from Now York University, oonswner and 8P"'f1UUlttltopending.
Columbia University and Paa: Uni·
versity as porticipants in the annual
"Fed O!alkngl'." sponsored by the
Federal ~ Bank of Now York.
While the UB team dX!n't win the
&lt;Drnp&lt;lition--lachiewmmtwmt
to the team from NYlJ-....«am m&lt;mbers did impras the juds!5 with their
presentation, accordjng to Isaac
Fhrtich. Leading Pro~ and chair
of the Dq&gt;artmmt ofllronomics,.citinga&lt;XlllfidmtiaiiiOUI"Crat the NY Fed.
Mo..,.,..,., Rid!ard Deitz, an talllO- ~
mist with the NY Fed's Bufl3lo branch i
who helped oooch the UB ream. "also
heard good words about' Our team"
from NY sowas. Ehrlich said. A UB
team wiD be invited to participate in
thechallenseOf!iiin ncxl)&lt;8r,headdod.
noting."We""'almidygung-hoabout iridusttiaJ production, saving raftS and
preparing a winning team for next reuilsales.
)&lt;81". Thm: of the students participatEhrlich pointed out 'that while the
ing in this y&lt;ar's team ""'oontinuing Fed Cllallenge tsas been w&gt;ing on for
thcireducalion with ur-&lt;heyare en- yean at the high school level, this
rolled in our MA program in applied was the first time it had involved
a:onorniG-&lt;uld thus wiD be able to college students. The NY Fed
help oooch next y&lt;ar's ream."
wanted to include a team from a
Thechallenseoffmaspiringecono- SUNY institution in the challenge,
mists the opportunity to asoume the he said, and he was asked to orga·
role of Alan Greenspan, chairman of nize a team·of undergraduate ecothe Federal ~s~.and&amp;ter· nomics students to participate.
mine the Fed's next I'JlOYe on interest
The great&lt;st "challenge" was not in
Report&lt;r Edit&lt;&gt;&lt;

T

president at the NY Fed. and Rid!ard
Pelch, via president of the bonk's research group-that hued on the
OY2ilable data and "our ecooomic in·
tuition," the team had oomt to the
withN.wYodtvia~ ~that "interat rates should
from the Fed's downtown Buffalo mnain~ \\k WI that the
branch &amp;iled, be said.
economy is bottoming out and ~IS then w= made to .expect economic a&gt;nditionJ to imbeam the students to Now York via pt&lt;M" osthedliocto{the Fed's r=nl- ·
5dling 11 intaest·rm CUll in 2001
continues to filter into the economy.
After a 15-minute pmentation in
which the students ofl'.....t various
economic indicators to support
their opinion. they6ddod questions
from the judges.
The students said they bad hem
welkooched by economia department facultymembas juan Mmdaza
fielding a good team, he said. but in
finding a vqy to 11"1 the team ~
the~ The NY Fed did- haYe
the money to fly the students to N&lt;w
York City, and an atlt!mpt to hook up

anda-nSulnmanian,bodt ......
tlllt prof....,.., as well as Deitz and
Ehrlich, and ~ jll&lt;paJed for the
judges' questions. In particular,
Murphy noted. they bad anticipated
a question about bow the .,..,.. of
Sept. II alfect&lt;d the F&lt;deral Reserve.
In response to that question,

1Jollinsor told the juds!5 that the t&lt;am
videoa&gt;nf&lt;rmcinequipmentlocated
in the Furnas Room in Capen Hall.
The stu&lt;knts---U&gt;IIeen Murpby,
los&lt;pb B&lt;ck. Michael Klingemmith.
Elizabeth Dollinger, Thomas
Hitchcock and Jessica Loh-were
calm and professional during the
presentation OQ March 4 , during
which they recommended that the
Fed keep interest rates stable, "with
a slight bias toward tighterung.•
Hitchcock told the judgesDeborah Perlm4ner, a seniOr vice

felt that oonswneroonlidence was the
main i.s&gt;uc for the Fed fOllowing Sept.
II, noting that oonswner spending
makes up two-thirds of the GOP
(Groos Domestic Product) in t1ie U.S.
emnomy. which is greatly alfect&lt;d by
oonswner &lt;Xlnfidmc%.
.
Klingensmith added that when the
Fed lowered interest rates again after
the t=orist attacks.~ sales picked
up iO the ~ quarter. "The Fed
did the right thing in boosting con·
sumcr confid&lt;nce," h&lt; said.

Understanding morphological evolution
Beauty ofbutterfly wing patterns may hold key in studying how organisms evolved
By RUN COOLOIAUM
Contributing Editor

T

HE beautiful pattems on
butterfly wi ngs are
emergi ng as exceptional
model s'ystems that may
reveaJ much about how the shapes.
sizes ,;and colors of specific organisms have evolved, a type of study
called morphological evolution, according to the authors of the paper
fea tured on the cover of the currenl
(March 2002) issue of Trends in
Ecology and Evolution.
In "Deve.lopment and Evolution
on the Wing," Ant6nia Monteiro,
VB assistant professor of biological
sciences, and W. Owen McMillan
and DureU Kapan of the University
of Puerto Rico describe butterfly·
wing patterns as possibly the best
an"imal system for understanding
the deve.lopmentaJ and genetic processes that produce morphological
variation in nature.
The next step in understanding
the genetics of butterfly-wing pat·
terns, they note, is development of
the first transgenic butterfly-a but·
tcrfly in which gene expression is
manipu1ated to see if certain genes
control color pattern--an effort that
is underway in Mon teiro's UB laboratory. She ~xpects to have it devel oped h)' the end of th is summer.
.. Butterfly-wing pa.nems are a very
amenable system for studying mor·
phological ""olution be&lt;aus&lt; they de·
vclop on a l"\\10-dimenslonal. epidermal surface _madl· up of 11m· ~.:ak~.

each of which produces only one pig· sonal changes in wing coloration of
menl." Monteiro explained. "A single individual&lt; in a species. For instana,
sheet of cdls is not nearly as complex Monteiro said. the darker wing pal·
as a three-dimensional structure."
terns that show up in butterflies that
While DroS&lt;JphiiD, the common emerge in the spring serve to warm
fruit Oy, traditionally has been the up the butterfly fuster, whcteas butmodel system of choice for genetic terflies that emcrg~ in the summer
and developmental biology studies, have tighter colors.
mostly carried out in the laboratory,
"Also, many butterflies~~ emerge
the butterfly provides an exciting Of'" in the wet season in the tropics have
portunity to connect genetic changes large. conspicuous marks on their
with important ecological and evc&gt;wings that ddkct the at·
lut:ionary p~ that
tacks of preda rors
while the butterflies are
mould va riati on in
natural populations,
actively finding mates
and laying eggs. while
she said.
Whereas
tiny,
th e dry-season conearly invisible differhorts are v&lt;ry cryptic.
trying to blend in with
ences among different
species of Drosophila
their environment
and not attract any at·
have become imponant Wing fNHernt In
tentjon from predasubjects of study for hi· African u.,.W
ologists, th e ecological butterliMa may hold tors until the rains arimportance of some of ~tanding riVl! again." she said.
The authon
th ese slight differences. ewokrtlon.
Monteiro added, remains
note that what's not
to be seen.
known about wing patterns in but"On the other hand." she stress«!. terflies are th~ genetic mechanisms
"the striking variation of wing pat- that result in th~ great variety of
terns ofbuttf:rllies has a dear func- patterns that exist and an understanding of how those mechanisms
tion in the wild."
Mont~iro noted that the differhave evolved through time.
"Evolution of these patterning
ences in wing patterns differentiate
one species of butterfly from an- mechanisms has enabled the ancesother and are used by maJes and fe- tor&gt; of the generally drabber lookmalt."S to dl'termine with which in- ing moths to also give rise to the
butterfly lineages. where an explodividuals to mate.
111l')' also have lx."Cn shown to servt.~ sion of partern an_9.-color have ocan adaptive purpose, as denlOnstrah.'CI currt-d," Monteiro said.
In an attempt to 1dcntify tho~
lw numl'rous studies fOCl.ISing on~ ·

mechanisms, Monteiro is working

to create the world's first transgenic
butterfly, one that she wiD breed in
her lab to determine the particular
genetic code that is responsible for
the beautiful color&gt; and patterns on
butterfly wings.
The researchers then will be able
to test whether genes that seem to h&lt;
involved in color-pattern formation
actually are important in directing
the production ofdilfemlt pigments.
"'A transgenic system is needed to
test the causal involvement of genes
that have already been shown
through their suggestive expression
patterns to be involved in color-pattern formation,"' she said
"Evtn more important, it wiD allow us to 6gun: out the regulatory ~
gions of these genes that are turning
them 'on' in a panicular spatial am&gt;
on the wing. These wiD be, in my
view, th~ prime candidate regions tO
look for variability in DNA sequences
that correlates with variability in
color patt&lt;m. My job is to find out
what are the signals that tell each
scale-cell on a butterfly wing to pro·
duce a particular pigment during development and to find out how those
signals chang&lt;' across different ~­
cies and through evolutionary time."
Monteiro's research on the published work was funded by a P '
from th~ Human Frontiers Sc::knce
Program. an anternational organization based in France that supports
basic n."SC3rch focused on complex
merhani!lm:. of living org.anl!&gt;nb.

�um 14.2ll2lli. 33. k 21
UB expertise ignored on campus accessibility issues
To The Editor.

A reant letter to the ~decried
tho practi&lt;le o(UB's leadmhip in hif'ing outside oonsulrants to aaft plans
and advia, while ignorina on-ampus expertise. The aiiJlOWl&lt;ZIJlel o(
a ~Jli'O'll*iJr trallicandporl&lt;­

ingbyilmrUs Blodc. viae presidmt iJr
student I1Din, usingm outside con-

sultant is., indicotion o(tho inability to inl&lt;mally&lt;XIOI'dinateacampuowide oollaboratioo in planning and
dcvdcpment. ()'lote:Theoonsultant's
worl&lt; follows an aheady c:ompleud
study and r=mmendations lOr traffic and porl&lt;ingocaxnplishedthrough
UB'sEnvironmeotal'Jlosk!Ute (1m')
led by Robert Jlerser, proksoorolbw.
The Ian..- study was isnor&lt;d by campuskadcrship,despitethocredentials
and aperienCe of Professor Berger,
and open input from tht campus
community.) Whiltsomtdtfend tht
use of outside consullllnts as "objective"-implying that experts on tht
faculty cannot be~ sugsest
th= is ~ttlt quWty control or acoountabtlitywh&lt;noutsidcoonsultants
are idtntifitd and UStd.
ln this lttttr,l d&lt;scnbt dt6ciencies
in tht portion oftht pRS&lt;nt"planning
proctSS" focused on addressing questionsofhandicapptd accessibility.! am
a pam1t of a disabled child and an
advisor for a UB chemistry major who
uses a wheelchair. l serve the BuJI3lo
Pub~c Schools as a mtmbtr of tht
Special Education Pamlts Advisory
Committtt (SEPAC),a federally mandated advisory oomrnit,t tt ~ding
poOCy in tht schools, and b&lt;litvt my
experiences art relevant. Accessibility
in thisoontext includes physical access
to facilities and classrooms, governed
by Stction 504 of tht Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 and/or the Americans
With Disabilities ALl (ADA).
ln tht = t plan. results from one

hastily organized, poorly atttnded
~ (not • lixus group) ""' bting suppl&lt;mented by a ltln'e)' that
pm&lt;nlly isbc:ingpro!htllpted byYP
Bladr. fiom tho consuit.nt'sWeb site.
These poor proa:dures point to the
ftawsand .....ma...ofhiringan offcaropusoonsubingfum to lwidle the
study. It is apeciaOy ironic, gM:n tho
situation with on-arnpus c:xpertioe in
this field. Who is aa:ountable when.
oonsultant does a lousy job!
The poor state o( roaciWI)'I and
cwbcuuoncampus.~by

oonsttuction projecu that taloe no acoount o(wbeeldl,air~m just
pan o( a huee problml on the North
Campus. to say nothing o( tho South
Campus. It isespe:ially ironic that UB
has nationally rewgni:r.ed experts in
universal design-Professors Ed
Steinfeld and G. Scott Danford iri the
School o( ArchitfetUre and Planning.
UB is a national leader in funded ..,.
search in many related areas; in particular, four Nationallnslitute o( Disability Research and Rehabilitation
(NIDRR) National Rehabilitation Enginttring Rtseasth Center.: !!&lt;sides
univtrsal design and ootnmunication
enbanetrnent, led by Professor Jeff
Higginbotham in Communicative
Disonlen and Sciences, thtrt also is
c:xpertioe in aging and as.sistivt ta:h nology and technology transfer.
Wbilt it may bt that somt
consultllnt's interpretation of (ptrhaps minimal) ADA practice guides
srudent ho usiqg-construction
prof&lt;cts at liB, thtrt are many problems that univtrsal-d&lt;sign expertise
~ have avoided The lack of d evators in any of tht new housing on
campus mtanS handicapptd students
= oonsigned to tht first floor and
cannot even visit friends or sibling! on
higher floors. Besides c=ting sprawl

and traffic, bousingf.ar fiom tho Spine
crtai&lt;S difticulties for students to set
todusrooms. Has anyoneconsidmd
a path fiom tho new housing to tho
SpineiJra powerwb&lt;ddlairthatdoes
not lnwJI,.e a bus ride that !!lCjUires 24
boon notice! When l touml the new
housing with my advisee. thtrt """'
nopowerdoorsatthoentrarxztothe
main offia. despite bc:ing built in the
1990s. ~ are still no Braille signs
tOr indoorwall&lt;w¥ in tho Spine, de-opite the efforts to improvt "signase"
on campus.
I am nernindtd of the Joe Simon
song from the I %Os, "Walk a Mile
in My Sboes." ln this case, it would
be a real learning aperiena for administrative lea"dership to sptnd a
few days in a power wheelchair or
as a b~d student traversing campus-in fact, to save money, !11 be
happy to volunteer to push the
wheelchair. l suggest tht tour wh~
there is a foot of snow on the
ground. or during sum mer construction when ramps art blocked
so that there is no access to wheelchair-accessiblt walkways. Productive learning time can be spent trying to enter classrooms and wing
imlccessible bathrooms on campw.
It would be mo"' efficient and of
higher quWty to use and pay for the
expertise on campus. Wtal.soshould
tm the time to proptrly engage tht
enthusiasm of a growing numbtr of
students who must, by thtir cin:umslllnces, be activists to accomplish
the most normal aspects of their
education. Tht present stateofUB's
accessibility is poor. We must st1 a
priority to improve it.
joseph A. co.rdoll.l. Jr.
Profrnor of Ql&lt;mistry and
Assodott Dftln 'for Exttmal Alfoin
Colltg&lt; of Arts and Sd&lt;ncos

Bas~et~all
.....
,
Miami (Ohio) 7 1, Ul 60
UBU&gt;ilodby JustOnopoftot&lt;ho

--27-U--l&gt;ut- """'.
- - 6 5 - f r o m &lt; h o·
llold In &lt;he socond hoi"' down &lt;he
.... 71 ~.1n&lt;ho~of&lt;ho
2002 Flnt Enorzy M A C on.Mwdl 4.
U8endsla.....,.wtchal2-18

rooon! and • 7-11 matlt In
MAC p.,.
FTwlwranauaniT.....,.8aale.
who In tho day bocamo &lt;he
fint &amp;A ...,. co be named co che AI
freshrnanTeom,sconod .__....,
16 points on 6-ol-11 .._.,...,
lud&lt;ho-.Boale ..... -.5
"""' ""-9o9n&lt;""" and p&gt;bbed
loLr ~ ........ foulrc out
with 2l seconds l&lt;tt In the pmo.

Wrestlin~

of the
lleam led

Ul places fifth at MAC
Tournament, Cermin ara to

co to NCAAs

t&lt;,1e Cerminara won die 197-pound

wei&amp;ltt clus at the MAC

the luis wllh • .61 s batting
ave~ at the National

Invitational Tournament in
San jose, Calif., getting at
least one hit in each of the

Bulb' five games.
Ownp;onsNp. ...... him.,.
automatic bid ro the NCAA
~- beMli held mA!bony
Man:h 21 .A5 a tom, UB finished fifm out d the Jix MAC teams wtth a toaJ of

».5 tam points.
Cemllnara.• f&lt;oshman.en...-.cl die MAC Champ;onsNp u t h e - 197-pound wrestler. '-In&amp; posted • perfect S.O roconl ln the conlerence"s
&lt;qubr season. On Sunday. he •dv.lncod to die fin&gt;! by winn01g • + I dedsoon
ewer Eastern Michlpn's Trms Kraft. In the final. Cerminara scored a 4-1
dedsion
of Ohio.
Ryan Bendcy at I~ I poonds and G.n-ea Bontempo at 184 poonds both

"'"'"Joel-

~·thlrd &gt;&lt;the ~- o..rlle- at 125 poonds and BiH
Jacouto&lt; at 1.. 9 pounds ended their coflegiate c::areers wkh fourth-pbce finishes.

~wimmin~
MEN' S

Bulls fin ish eiJhth at MACs
UB c~ &lt;he MAC Men\ Swimmrc and~~ with an
showfrc m the oW&gt;t-uam .-.~Ill points. Eutem
Hkl1ipn took &lt;he tam tide .wlth
po1na.
8utls pidced "" • wonc perionn&gt;nce """' '""""'"",..,.. Oren 1n
S.turday's final day. Oren llnlshetl """"' In the 200 - . . . . . - flnols In •
2:0631 . and
boo&lt; In the 50 freestyle

~

m

n..

abo..-.-

~--·2t . 79cloddrc.HeflnGhed21St.

abo .....

part of &lt;he -100 freestyle ...., """" wilichllnlshetl
"""""'In 3:10.85.The squad--Oron.JonYarzor.Tony.lb&gt;udw and l&lt;e&lt;ln
~U S's p&lt;-..1ous best by 1.07 seconds.

Oren

~ase~all

Calendar
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~~~~~~~~=~n~=
by
Depl of Music.. For l'nOI'e information,

Woritshop

Site Concert Otnce, 6-45-2921 .

North Campus. Nooo-2 p.m. Flft.

~'"';~~~~ m'Capon.
lllochemlstry Sotnln.r

Thursday

Ropol~tlon Fo&lt;iu. Strve

~~ts.~~~~.=: d

21

South Campus. 12:30 p.m. Free. For
mcxe information, Mark Sutton, 829-

3581.

-

~:.::::r~er'~:..!lth

Executive Education Breakfast
Session

=~~~tyr~tLJw
Fletschmann &amp; Mugel UP. Jacot»

Management Center, North Campus.

Rep au.._

].

10a.m . S-40 . Sponsored b)oCentrrfor
t..adenhip. For more

En~

1nfoonation. CEL. ~.s-3000

Education Semln.r
Standards and Mastef)' le~ing. J.
Ronald Gentile, Gtoduatr School d
Education. UnMonity 1m and Conf....-.:e
Center, North forest ~. GeuviBe. 8:3010 a.m. S25. Sponsored by CSE. For ~
information, Ken Kraemer, 645-6642.
Wellne ss Fair
7th Annual Wellneu F•r. St~t UniOn
Lobby 10 a.m.-3 p.m. F~ Sponsored by
LMng Well Center. For more informatiOI'I,
K.lte Houghton, 645·2837

Education al Tec:hnology Cen ter
W oriuh op
Oreamweover 4.0, Section D, Part II
21] Capen, North Campu~ . 10 am ·
noon ~ret

Ubrory Woritshop
LIB 122: Grants In the Sciences. FrMi
Stos.s. 127 Capen, Non.h Campu!.
Noon. Free. Sponsored by ArU and
S&lt;lenc.eil.Jbran6

Educa tio nal Technology Cent er

T he Wa r on Tf!fTorism and Its Impact
on CtvU UbertJe,. Lee Albert. prof. of
law; David Filvaroff, prof. of law; Maron
lJtUeftekj, asst. U.S. attorney, and Kathy
Mehltretter, a.sst U.S. attorney. Student

Union Theatre, Non:h Campt.n. 3-4 :30

r~~;~~u~a~ ~~~~~and

OffiCe of the VICe Provost for
lntemat:iof'yl Education. FOf more
infonnation, International Student a nd
Scholar Servk:es, 645-2258.

Biological Scloncos Seminar
Between t he RNA .net Protein Worlds:
the Amlnoacyt..tRNA Synthetases and
their Unupected Relatfws. Chris
Frandtlyn, Dept of 810ehenusuy, Un•v
of Vermont College ol Med1cine. ] 1 0
Natural Sciences Complex, North

Campu,. 3·45 p.m Free. For more
tnformation. jerry Koudelka. 645- 3489
Ma the matics Colloquium
An Energy Method for the Botumann
Thwry. Van Guo, Brown Unrv 250
Mathematic$ Bldg., North Campu!. 4
p .m. Free.

Phannacevtlca l Sciences
Applications of Bloin formatks and

Comparative Genomlo In Gene

~::s:R:~~~~ c?:;er~n~~~u~~

..

,,

121 Cooke, North Campus S-6 30 p_m

Exhibits
" IIANCO: All

._,.-.to-·

[urtod by John MoSsier'
Work by underg~te students in the

o.p.rtm&lt;nt of Art w;M bo on d;,ptoy

through MMch 21 in the Art
DepartJnent Wlkety, 845 Center for the

~~-~
s~~ &lt;r~~~=~·
to 8 p.m. Wednesday through Friday,
and 11 a.m . to 6 p.m. on Saturday.
.. B&amp;g Orbit: Ten YQI'S of Spin on
Western New Yoft Art ..
Exam~ of artwof\ that have been
exhibited at Big Orbit Gallery during the
pa!.t 10 years will be on display through
April 28 in the Anderson Callery, Martha
)adc.son ~e. Buffak&gt;. Gallery hours are
11 a.m . to 5 p.m. Wednesday through
Saturday and 1·5 p.m. on Sunday.

" Alan L Cober. A Retrospe&lt;tlve
Afterlife'"
An exhibition honoring the lifo and wori&lt;
ol the &amp;ate ilustrator and teacher Alan E.

~c:;:~~~~y 18

Ga!lo&lt;y In the Cente&lt; I« the Ms. North
Campus. Cober w.u a Wiling professor ol
art and DistinguiShed VISiting Artist atiJB
from 19B7-96 GaUery houn are 11 am
to 6 p.m Tt~) through Saturday.

"An atomical Art by Vua.llu J"
" 19th Century Botanical Prints'"
Reproductton~ of the lamous "muscle
~ene ~ b\ An d reas Vesahu,, and
pnn t-image ~ ol plants with medicinal

men"

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Campus. Material for both exhibiU wa.s
obtained vta the Robert L Bro.vn History
of MediCine Collectkm in the library. The
exhibtu, supported by the friends of the
Health SclenCI!S Ubrary and the Medtcal
Ht$toncal Soc:~ety of Vlfestem New Y~
may be VleWed dunng normal library
houn

WestVIrcinla 4, Ul O;WVU 4, Ul 0; Ul 5,WVU 2
The &amp;Jis opened &lt; h e - - in ~ w.V...t.r cltopprc. 4-4

cledslon uW..CVJrajnia pltd&gt;er Billy BliP- • ~- BliP wvd&lt; out
I 0 and allowed Just a seconcl-infq walk 11&gt; U8 atdler 8r&gt;ndon OK:esare.

OnS.wrtby,UB splitadoublehea*wtchthe~~the

opener 4-4 but ......... 5-2 Waoty In the nl&amp;f1tap.
In pme one of the doubleheader. U8 .,... shut out by WVU l"reslwnan Z.C
Cline on fNe hits u die BUb stnnded nine basoNnnen. They l&lt;tt &lt;he buos
to.ded In &lt;he top of the """""' to end ""' contest.
In the nl&amp;f1tap. U8 starur Marl&lt; Garrard •lirn-lnnln&amp; "'" - . . ""'
&amp;JI~ rallied with 5inale runs In &lt;he second and tlllnS 1m1ngs to talco • 2-1 1..c1.
The Bulls added to the margin in the fifth with three runs.

~oh~all
A rizo na S tate 2, UB 0; Northern Iowa S, UB 0; UB l, San jose
State 2 (8); UNC Greensboro 6, UB 0; Syracuse 9, UB 4
UB opened pby at the National IrMa tiona! Toumameot in ~ jcne, Calif~ With
one w;n and cwo losses In open;nc-round pool play.The &amp;Jib bepn die day
with a 2.0 lou to ru.tionalty r1nked Arizona State before bfBrc co Northern
Iowa. 5.(). and then deloating host San jose Sate. 3-l. ln oW&gt;t """"&amp;sFreshman Sacey Eonns threw a fi¥e..httter a.pinstArizona Sate in the Bulls'
fim pme of the tounwnent. but the Sun o..ls p all the oflense they needed
in a~ twcH"Vn third inninJ.
The &amp;JIIs lM' up three runs 1n the fim lnnin&amp; and cwo """ In die fourth
against Northern Iowa.. just. one earned ron wu dwJed to plt.cher Andrea

Sogo. who- die completa pmo and """"'-&lt;! oW&gt;t hits.
UB dosed die day w;m a 3-2 extn"""*W win_. San jose Sate.Tho 5pan&gt;ns
scored the fi~ run d the pme In the thin:f ifYW-c. but the Buls tied the
m
the boaom d the sewnth on an R8kiouble to f"'1t!t flekJ by freshman a tcher julie
H1bner to score 8reaMe 1\bso. who had led off the irwlirc W'ith a tnp1e to nght. San
jose Sate SCOI"ed an oomrned N'l ., the top d the ecJ'nh ~to go ahead 2- 1
but UB answered with tw0 !VIS lf'l the boaom half d the Inning
UB was ehm~nated from the tour'fUment after ~uffen"l; bses to UNC ·
Greensboro and Syracuse in the con!.olau o n bracket on Saturd:ry

Ianni~
WOMEN "$

A k ron 6, UB I
The Bulls opened the MAC s~ w tth a 6-1 loss at Akron on Sawrday UB
ptcked up iu lone pOint by default at Sixth Singles
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Physks Colloquium
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Employee Benefit ~lnar
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Program. 146 Diefendorf,
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Bkdogkal Sdenc:es Mmlnar
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Foster Chemistry
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The Tiel that Bind: On
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Meditation
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podium) is joined by
colleagues jack Quinn and
john LaFalce during a
discussion of church-state
and civil-liberties issues at a
forum held Sunday in the
Center for Tomcfrrow. Ilene
Fleischmann (at table),
associate dean in the UB
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Now Tools" will be held frOm 1·
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Alexandridis receives Sigma Xi award

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Chemical engineering professor recognized as prestigious "Young Investigator"

Eduelltional Technology Cent..(ETQ. b de5!?ned to spotlight
UB faculty who have deYelopod
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The ability to exploit these copolymers will lead to significant new
markets for products in a broad
range 'or industries, ranging from
paints and coatings to pharmaceuticals and such personal-care products as shampoo/conditioners.
Alexandridis has had funding
from and research coUaborations
with such companies as Procter &amp;
Gamble, Bausch &amp; Lomb and Xerox.
Western New York companies that
have funded his work include

Indus! rial Resuf!.'Cllccprogram in the
UB Office of SCience, Technology
Transfer and Economic Outreach.
'The challenge is to formuJate a
stable liquid or gel product that is
composed ofingredicnlS that do not
like each other, that have an affinity
for, and therefore work best in, different kinds of systems, and to retain the desired function and performance of each ingredient,"
Alexandridis aplained.
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self-assembly in an cxt.msive vari·

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molecules to self·assemble , work
that is aimed at making intricate
structures at scaJes ranging from
nanometer (o ne billionth of a
meter ) to micrometer {o ne mil ·
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the NatioJ!al Science Foundation's

Quebecer World Buffalo, Inc.;

Faculty Early Career Development

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thropology and committee co·
chairs. reported that their panel has
been comparing UB's search procedures with othcr"Dcnchmark" campuses, such as Stony Brook, in the
hopes of improving th&lt;.· proces5 &lt;~I
UB in o rder to gain more Jivt!~'
appl1Cdnt pools .tnd to Cll!IUre th:ll
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about why minority facuJty often
leave after a sb.on time at UB." Banks

said. "They don't feel part of the
Sttn&lt; and don't feel they pull their
weight as faculty members."
The committee is finalizing a
study of the issue, and
plans to make some recommenda year~ l ong

tions by next year, Banks said, adding that committee membe.rs also
are waiting for the report of the UB
Task Force on Racial and Ethnic Diversity, which is due near the end of
this semester.
Rgsenfeld told his colleagues that
one of the disappointment's of his
carecr"is that this issue is still here."
"We'n.: having tht&gt; sam~.· conv(.'rs.J·
uon wl··w had s1nce tht· 1950s and
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entire campus. It 's not only important to see who's in what depart ment, but what their ex-periences
are," he said.
Rosenfeld added that there still is
much work to be done, and that
while people have been interested in
this issue for years, ,.it's time we said
to ourselves, 'we can't be that bad;
we can't be that insufficient; "''t' can't

be that devoid of id~ and will that
we can't solve this problem after 40
and 50 years."'
.. I'm insultM byhavingbc..--cn here
29.years that I should be working.ll
a place that has th1~ terrible record
on affirmJI IVl' J1..1.1on .md I don't
want to rl'tlrt~ until somL'thmg 1~
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Task Force on Racial and E!hnic Diversity is looking into the "environment and climate" at UB because it is
an issue in facultyretention.She added
that both the Affirmative Action

Committee and the Task Force on
Racial and Ethnic Di.m;ty are looking into ways of assisting departments
m retention and recruitment efforts.
&amp;\-era! senators disputed the contention that minority faculty "'ju.'il
don't cxlSt" m many disciphnes. such
as phi~phv and lht• hard ~-u.-no..'­
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Upon the resignation of Christopher HoUand, the former trust«

and president of the SUNY Stu·
dent Assembly, I left my position
as vice president of the Student
Assembly and assumed the role of
trustee/president on Feb. I. The
board of trustees is composed of
18 members, 17 of whom are di rect gubernatorial appointments.
The student trustee position, t.he
o nl y non-gubernatorial position ,
is particularly valuable for this rea son. As student trustee, I am the
18th ex-officio voting member by
virtue of my position as the presi-

dent of the SUNY Assembly.
What does It mean to be the
student member of the
board? Do you have the s.me
statw as the other ._,steu7
How long Is your term 7

position, my term is concomitant
with my term as SUNY Student
A.sscmblyprcsident,on which there
is a limjt of two years.
Doesthe&amp;tuclefttmember

have any specific dutla ~ •It
on .,., spedfk committees?

assembly, often chairs U$Ctlbly

sam~

as those of a gube.fnatorial

of SUNY's interests, and I certainly

appointee. The only committee I am

do not take for granted the influence it has over all SUNY students.

able to choose the committees I wish
to sit on based on what I fed is most
important during my time with the
board. This gives the student trustee
the freedom to address whichever
issues he or she feels are urgent , as

weU as participate in any board dis·
cussions he or she chooses.
What do you hope to accom-plish as the student member?

represents these students not only
to the board of trwtees, but also to

aU other statewide agencies, induding SUNY system administration
and the New York State Legislature.
I ha~ the same status as the rest of

tively to the board of trustees. Also,
I hope to help the assembly lobby
effectively on the governor's 200203 executive budget, as well as

the board in that I am a voting
membc( and have the same rights
and privileges as all other trustees.
Since I am a trustee byvirtueof my

cerning higher education. We also
will continue to address such issues as TAP and EOP cutbacks, as

divene SUNY campuses-an op·
portunity and responsibility that I
value greatly. The student trustee

all major decisions within the

·Without a doubt, the board of

The student trustee's duties arr the

required to sit on is the executive
committee. Other than that, I am

various pieces of legislation con-

other members of J1te U$Ctlbly,
all of whom areifeaden from
their respective schools. While
the president is still involved in

You 're llttl"9 on a board with
- - " ! ' ......, hltten In
New Yo.tl State. "-It
feel?

trustees' composition is unique
and well-devised to represent all

As I mentiopcd. it is up to the student trustee to represent the interests of more than 388,000 students
from 64 diverse campuses. These
campuses range in size and type
from community colleges, to agricultural and technical institutes,
to university centers, to gnduate
and professional schools. II is my
hope to represent these student
interests appropriately and effec-

A5 president of the SUNY Student
Assembly and as a student, it is my
responsibility to represent more
than 388,000 students across 64

well as oppose tuition increases.

I eagerly look forward to working
with these well -established and
respected members in th e New
York State communit y on o ur
common goal-to continue to
build SUNY as a premiere and
well - v~erated system of higher
education, not only within New
York State, but natio nwide.
You also serve as president of
the SUNY Student Assembly.
What does that entail?

The primary and most imponant
duty of the president is that of
trustee. By allowing the president

of the assembly to focus on his/her
duties as trustee, the assembly is
able ass= the best possible student
representation on the board. The

internal and everyday wodtings of
the student assembly arr mostly left
in the hands of the vice president
and other elected board m&lt;Jllben.
with the president being as involved
as he/she chooses or feels is appro·
priate. Assembly matters, such as
networking b&lt;twcm schools, providing assistana to student gOV&lt;mments and individual committee
meetings, usuaUy are left to the

meetings and ultimately still
runs the organization, it is in
everyone's best interests to delegate any micro -management
tssues so as to stay focused on
the trustee positjon and its responsibilities.
What are your plans after
graduation?

law school. Yes, I know I knowan all -too-common chOIQ for
today's undergraduates. Let me
assure you that practicing law
actually has been a goal of mint
for quite some time.
What question do you wbh
I had ulted, how would
you ha•e answered lt7

Really, just what el~ I am involved with here at UB? I'm a
junior htstory and political science major-I plan to add African-American studies as a

third major after I finish the
other requirements this semes·

ter. I'm a member of Phi Eta
Sigma,
national college

the

honor society. I'm president

and chair of the Board of Directors for Sub-Board I Inc.

and for th~ Faculty Student
Association Inc. ln addition,

I'm a SUNY Student Assembly
delegate for the UB undergraduate Student Association

Building on a 100-year family legacy at UB
Austin Price, Class of2005, is fourth-generation science major at the university
ay DOMIA LONGINECIWI
RtpOttrr Assistant Editor

UILDING a legacy takes

B

time--c.ommitment to a
dream whose origin traces
back almost 100 years
takes determination. For Austin
Price, a fourth-generation UB sci-

ence major, the d=m of foUowing
in the footsteps of her great ·grandfather, Joseph Schweitzer, a 1905
graduate of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, also
carries with it a sense of destiny.
Price, a 200 I graduate of Brighton
High School ·in Rochester who is
majoring in biological sciences at US.
is the youngest of no fewer than 10
relatives who have attended the university over the course of a century.
· llisthatscnseofhistoryandPrice's
interest in pediatrics that has inspired
her to pursue a medical care&lt;r. Combine that with the fact that her great·
grandfuther was a sua:cssful Buffalo
surgeon for 47 years and his wife a
military nurse during \VWJ-and
the knowledge that at least six other
relatives also graduated from un·s
medical schooJ--.-and one can sense
the pressure. as well as the promise,
such a legaq•entails.
" It 's always in the back of ffi)'
mind. I would see photographs of

b&lt;mme a doctor as early as her f=h. the nat couple of yean is going to
man )'21" in high sdlOdl and bas sino: be toush- "The course work is very
sought out every opportunity to gain · demanding and the challenge, at
hands-on experience, including &gt;OJ. times, seems extremely &lt;MrWhclmunteering in the emergency room ing, which I apected." she says. UB
and radiology dcpartm&lt;nt at Rod&gt;· alumnus Jo Schweitzer, Prier's aunt,
ester General Hospital and at an occupational therapist for 27
FJmwood Pediatrics in Rochester, the years. and clinical assistant professor
~--.... largestpediat- and academic field coordinator in the
UB Department of Occupational
Therapy, described her family's push
toward ~chievement as almost a
lutcly loved mandate to obtain an advanced deit," she says, gree and become self-supporting.
and by her
"We we"' aU public school edu·
sophomore cat.ed and told, 'you will go (to colyear, with lege) and you will become somethe help of a thing.' There was a value for service
physician , and self-reliance-the message was
Price wrote a very dear," she adds.
lili her niece, Schweitzer also is
biology thesis
Austin Price, Class of ZOOS, has
on coin inges- aware o( joseph's rontinuing impact
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tion that was on her life. She still meets pe&lt;&gt;plc who
later published say that her grandfather clcliY&lt;red them
Schwekz:er, a 1905 g....._.« of th«
U8medkalsdtool.
in a pediatric and one penon even repaid a smaU
magazine. This deb! to her that he owed her grandfawas choosing a college." she adds. summer, she plaru to return to work ther. "Evm though I never met my
Price also had to weigh the possibil· at the pediatric dink. ''I'm just con - grandfather, I f«&lt; I ha¥&lt; a strong conity of becoming a third-generation stantly learning in that environment." nection to him." she says. "The family
student at the University of Massa- she said ... They motivate me to be- is very rooted in Buffalo; we'r&lt; Westchusetts, where her paternal grand - come a doctor."
em New York pe&lt;&gt;plc." she adds. And
parents met and her father and his
While Price has a great dcalofim· with nineoousins yet tO make their way
three rounger brotherS graduated.
mediate and extended family~p­ through elementary and high school.
Pn(e ~p she k.Jww she \\'aflted to port. she admits that getting throu!'h the legacv is cenain ro continue.
him (her great-grandfuther) oper·
ating and it was so different back
then. It would be great 100 years af.
ter he graduated for his great-grand·
daughter to graduate from the same
place, with the same major," says
Price. "The legacy did have a huge
impact-it was a huge issue when I

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Palliative care for children

UB part ofproject develnping model for terminally ill kids
By PAlliiCIA DOMOVAH
Contributing Editor

N response to concerns that
the American health-care system offers almost no palliative
care for terminally ill children,
UB psychologist lames Donnelly is
conducting an asu:ssment of the
paiJiative ~care needs of termi nally ill

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children and their parents.

The needs assessment will be conducted , in part. thro ugh brain -

storming sessions over the World
Wide Web between palliative-care
workers. medical personnel and patie nts' families.
.. The need is very great," says
Donnelly,anassistant professor in the
Depanment of Counseting. School
and Ed ucational Psychology in the
Graduate School of Education, and
research associate professor in the
Department of Psychology in the
College of Arts and Sciences.
"Many terminally j]l children and
their families have to rdyon expen-

sive hospital intensive-care units or
traditional hospice home healthcare services, ntither of which are
able to offer the all-inclusive emotional, medical and psychological
support they need." ·
A successful palliative-carr program. he says. can provide effective
medidl assistane&lt; and help the fam ily prepare for the future, frequently
with the aid ofsomeone who already
has been through the proe&lt;ss and can
anticipate upcoming challenges.
Advocates for the terminally ill,
such as Childrt"n's Hospice International, say that the fact that there are
so few pediatric palliative-care programs seriously reduces the quality
of life for many patients and fami ·
lies during a time of acute emotiona1

distress. Coupled with the financial
difficulty and commun ication prob·
lems common during such times,
this often leads to great famil y stress
and even breakdown .
Donnelly is a member of a part ·
nership involving UB, the Center for
Hospice a nd Palliative Ca re . the
Hospice and Palliative Care Association ofNewYork State and the New

York State Departmeijt of Health.
The group obtained demonstra tion -project funding from the federal government to conduct the
needs assessment, develop instruments to measure palli3tive-care
program outcomes, docummt patterns of communication about endof-life topics and develop an apptication for Medicaid waiver for children with life-limiting illnesses.
The demonstration project builds
on the pioneering and nationaUy
recognized Essential Care Program
of Western New York's Center for
Hospice and Pafijative Care. The
grant is beginning the second year
of funding and a third year's funding is anticipated for 2003:
Before ~atric palliative-care
programs can be estabtished on a
large scale, the needs of those to be
se!Ved must be formally assessed
and sucassfuJ program modm developed that can help guide the decision-making process of those
working in this field.
The needs niodel, along with outcomeand CO!itassessment.s, then may
become the basis for a ttst:ablethenry
of pediatric paltiative-c= programs.
The team, which includes three
doctoral studen ts in the Department of Counseling, School and
Educational Psychology-Ch ris
Mesmer, Kyle Cieply and Carrie
Thu~ is coUaborating with
the Center for Children's Health
Outcomes in San Diego on the development of measures of child and
family quality of life. Donnelly
points out ·that although there are
some good assessment measures for
adult paltiative-care programs. the"'
is no assessment standard for pediatric palliative care:
To determine how to imp""" family-patient-staff communication, they
will look at the narure of f.unily-staff
interactions recorded in patient charts
and relate these to records made later
that describe how f.unily members
cope with end-of-life issues.
This information, says Donnelly,
may SU1!8fSI whether there are relationships between the content and

timing Of end-of-life conversations

and long-tenn outoomes for families_
For educational purposes. a series of
video

case: st udies involving inter-

views with families in Buffalo's Essential Care Program will be ProdUced
with the assistance of WNED-TV.
Buffalo's PBS affiliate, and the Media
Department of the Western New York
H05pice and Palfutiv&lt; Care.
Donnelly and his colleagues have
written a report on their work for a_
forthcoming volume on the subject to
be puhtished by the Institute of Medicine, one of the National Academies.
Those lobbying on behalf of pediatric palliative-care programs are
COilCmled with the fuct tha~as thin&amp;'
now stand, palliativ&lt; care. because it

is not "curative," is defined by insurers as a service availahle only in the
last few ....eks br months oflik.
Donnelly says ~t in the case of
young patients with cancu, cystic
fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and
other de)&gt;illtating ilinesses, longterm or repeated episode! of pal1iative-type care may be necessary.
"Thesi illnesses can go on for
yearsandyears." hepqjptsout, "and
often involve a series ofacute phases
inwhichpatientsareaiticallyilland
in serious medieal c:ru;s, The child
may su~ a number of these crises before succumbing to their disease. Because the outcome of each
episode is uncertain, however, they
are extremely dillkult for both patient and family to weather."
Episodic palliative care wouJd

provide badly needed assisllln« to
these stressed ·famili~ he says. noting that right now, most of them
cannot receive such services until
years after their need is estabtished.
Donnelly credits the intense lobbying of UB al umnus Donald .
Schumacher, CEO of the Center for
Hospice and Paltiative Care and an
instructor in UB's graduate program
in counseling, school and educational psychology, for financially stabilizing Buffalo's Essential Care Program , and for the new national emphasis on palliative care for termi -

nally ill children.

No illness tied to dental aerosols
By LOIS BAKER
Contributing Editor

VER since the dental community Jcarnc..&gt;d that water
lines supplying their wa ter-coo led drill s har bor
bacteria, the q uestion o f whether
breathing in mists spun off by drills
causes respiratory illness has been a
subject of con troversy.
A study by resea rchers from the

E

UB dental resea rchers called on a
ready study cohort-den ta l stu dents-in three dental schools.
" Fourth -year students rou tinely
spend up to 30 hours a week in din -

UB School of Dental Medicine. presented today in San Diego at the Interna tio nal Association of Dental
Research meeting, provides a preliminary answer: Probably not.
The potential health haza rds of
lonS-tcnn exposure to ..dentaJ aerosols," as these mists of airborne \\'3 tcr droplets are called , have been the
subject of investigative television
programs and articles in journals.
. However, f&lt;"w attempts have been
made to determine if there is a rel atumshi p betwee n exposure to den tal al'rosn ls and ac tual illness among
d cohort of dental workers. In an
effort to identify such a rclatiomhip.

there would be an increase in rf'!opiratory illness among dental students by year as their clinic expo·
sure increased."
Scannapieco and Maris Ditolla, a
second-year UB dental student, administered a detailed questionnaire
to 81 7 dental students and res idents
at UB, University of Southern California and Marquette University.
In add ition to sta nda rd demo~ graphic info rmation, pa rticipants

provided a history of respiratory illness during the previous year.

ics and first-yea r students spend
none," said Frank A. Scan napieco,
associa te professor of o ral biolog}'
and senio r advisor on the study.
"Clini c hours in crease in lin ear
fash io n thro ugh th e..· sl'co nd and
third year, so th e hypothesis wa ~
th at if dental aerosols were a risk.

"GW.n that students in the last year
of school would have more exposure.
I"&lt; thought that if there was a relation ship, it would show up as more illness
in the fourth year," said Scannapiece.
"'VI/e saw no difference between classes
and prevalenaof respiratory disease.'"
Alex Ho of the UB Department of
Oral Biology, Casey Chen of the Uni·
vcrsity of Southern California and
And rew Dentino of Marquette Un• ·
~rsity also wcrr involved in tht•stud)'·
The research was funded by a U.S.
Public Health St.-rvh:t' ~rant.

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Osheroff to deliver Rustgi lecture

Dougl•• D. Osheroff, the 1996 Nobel laureate in physics, will deliver tht 2002 Moti l..aJ Rustgi Memorial Lecture at 4:30p.m . March
IS in 225 Natural Sciences Complex. North Campus.

The lecture, spo nsored by the Department of Physics, will be free
of charg!' and open

lO

tht public.

). G.)acksnn and C. ). Wood Professor of Physics at Stanford Umversity. Osheroff has titled his lecture "What Really Happens at Absolute Zero?" While it is commonJy believed that all motion y!asn
at absolu t!' zero--an idea consistent with our every dayexperiehc.ethat is far fr o m the tru t h .
Osheroff wiH show, using simple
ideas borrowed from modern
physi,s, why various types of
motion must exist at absolute
zero, and wiU describe some of
the remarkable but fragile o rdered stateS of matt!'r that exist
at extremtly low temperatures .

Osherotf, a groduate of Cahech,
shares the Nobel Prize with David
M. ~and Robert C. Richardson,
both faculty members at Cornell _ . , . . . - • ~
University. The trio worked in the
low-temperature laboratory at Cornell in the early 1970s--Osherotf
was pursuint fV.s doctorate-and won th!' prize for their discovery of
superfluidiry in hetium-3.
Oshero!f has contioued·his research in the field. cooducting research
centered around studies of quantum fluids and sotids and gasses at
ultra-low temperatures. Current work in quantum fluids and solids
includes studies of transport properties in nuclear magnetically ordered solid 3He, studies of the 8 phase nucleation in superfluid 3He,
and experimental searches for new magnetically ordered, rwo-dimmsional phases of both solid and liquid 3He on grophite surfaces.
Osberoffbegan his car~r in the Sotid State and Low Temperature
Research Department of AT&amp;T Bell Laboratories be!ore joining the
Stanford faculty in 1987. He is a fellow of the American Physical
Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. and a mem -

ber of the National Academy of Sciences.
He is the .recipient ofthe Simon Memorial Prize (1976), the Oliver
E. Buckley Prize (1 981 ), a "genius award" from the Joh n D. and
Ca therine T. MacArthur Foundation ( 1981 ) and the Walter). Gores
Award for Teaching from Stanford (1991 ).
For further information, contact the Department of Physics at

645-20 17, email Michael G. Fuda at fuda@buffalo.edu or go to the
Physics Web site at www.pltyslcs.buff•lo.edu.

SOM to offer new program

Cl

The School of M•nagement wtll offer a new Master's of Science
program in Supply Cha in s and Ope rat ions Management (MS-

SC&amp;OM), beginning in the fall.
The full-time, 30-credit program can bt completed in one year. It is
designed to meet the needs of professionals who intend to assume
leadership positions in supply-chain management or m anufacturing· .
and service-opera tions management. Entering students will be ex pected to possess an undergraduate or graduate degree in business.
The degree program was developed in response to feedback from
industry practitioners, says program coordina tor Nallan Su resh,
professor of management science and systems.
"The advent o f new information systems and technologies, aJong
with new planning and coordi nation mechanisms. has created un ·
precedc nted opportunities for companies to improve their suppl}'
chains," says Su resh . " By developing a coo rdinated response of the
· en t ire value c hain , co mpa ni es can vas tl y improve operations
thro ugho ut the supply chain and be more rtsponsive to th e needs
of customers. suppliers and distrib utors ."
The program requires completion of nine co urses, offered by the
School of Management and the Department of Industrial Engineering

in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, as well as completion of an interactive project at a loca1 business o r organization.
For mo re info rmation a bout the program, call 645 -3204 or go to
&lt;www.mgt.buff•lo.edu&gt;.

Fulbright competition opens C1
Appllc•tlons for the F~lbright Schol•r Program, which offers
lecturingliesearch awa rds in 140 countries, now are being accepted.
Oppo rtunities are available not only for college and universit y
facu lt y a nd adminis trators, but a lso for professionals from business
and governmen t, as well as artis~s.jo urnalist s, scien tists, lawye rs, in dependent scholars a nd many others.
Traditional Fulbright' awards a re available from two mo nth s to an
Jcademic year or longer. A new, short -term gran ts program- th e
Fulbright Sen io r Specialists Program--offers two-to-six-week granb
m a variety of disciplines and fields.
The deadline for most awa rds is Aug . I.
ror mo re informat ion, visit the \Vcb si te of th e C ()Uill:il for lnterllJti OnaJ Exchange of Schola rs at &lt; http://www.Ue.org/ des/ &gt;, a nd/
or i.'O nt.u:t C IES at (202) 686.4000./

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DoMyOsmond
to perform In CFA
Tho Center ,,. ltle Arts and U6
Mllotics Speclal EY&lt;nts will
present Donny Osmond In concert at 8 p.m. Apri111 In tn.
Mofnstoge ltleat&lt;r In ltle CfA on

ltle North Campus.
For more INn 35 yoars, ltle
wor1d has Wltchtd Donny
Osmond dMiop from • cherubic little boy singing on TV with
his older llrolhon 10 • seasoned

po&lt;formor.
Among his most ..ant sue-

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and are avaifabh!: at the CFA box
office from noOn to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1nd II all ·
Tldtetmaster locations. For more
. Information, coii6-4S-ARTS. ·

Dancers to meet
The UB Ballroom Dancing Team
will hold its lim mooting of ltle
semester at 6 p.m. Wednesday
in the Student Union lobby,
North Campus.
Partklpation in the club is
open to all members of the uni·

versity community.
·The dl!b plovides instruction
in ballroom dancing, as well .u

Bisson's love for science key to careeray DONNA LONQNECitU
Reporttr Assistant Editor

ou want to change the.

Y

world. You want to cu~
cancer. You want to make

life better for poople.
These are the reasons, says Mary
Bisson, to pursue a career in the sci·
enccs. "The other reason." she adds,
"is because you just love it. If you
don't love it. you won't do well and

you won't be happy."
Bisson, professor and chair of the
Department of Biological Sciences,
has worked hard. along with other

ences 111! perceived and tl&lt;3ted, and
in the numbers of women entering

the field. Bisson now has four female
colleagues in the department But as
a graduate student, she says there
were only a few other women pur·
suing degrees in the sciences and "we
were still, to some extent, oddities."
.. When I first came here as a professor in science, the Association for
Women in Science was very impor·
tant to me j ust to meet~ ortler
women, and there are certain problems that women would haye in

dressed va-y dowdily, she was ignored.
So~ was the question of how you
could be seen as a human being and
not your clothes." Besides, she point&gt;
out, "you can't be a laboratory person and wear heels and slciru."
.. You had to wear clothes that

didn't call attention to yourself, but
didn't allow yourself to be ignored,
eith~r. Now that may ...., trivial,
but the whole concept of being
taken seriously as a person varied

with other things. not only with the
clothes you wore to a meeting, but

and I think. to some extent, the ~
search didn't suffer as a ...Wt of my
being a woman.• she soys.
A.nd, she wouldn't have paid attention to any p~udicial treatment
where h..- research ~ncerncd
"l~s a waste of enerif, she adds.
One significant difference Bisson
has noticed between her female and
male colleagues over the yean is that
women more often choose research
projects that an: outside the mainst=m. "Maybe they choose them
because it's less competition and
they're avoiding competition, or

maybe they aren't looking for a
competitive field; they're just look-

female scientists in Western New
York. to attract young girls to the sci·
ences. Bisson and. her coiJeagu,es
have done outreach work with girls

ing for what interests them. That's a
generalization and you can often
find exceptions," she says, adding
that she. too, chooses projects because she is interested in them and
not because a particular project is
going to be "the next hot topic."

in middle schools and hosted conferences at which girls can meet female scientists and women engaged
in non-traditional fields.

"The basis for being able to go on
in the scie nces occurs in grade

" I still get grant proposals back

schools-and cert:ii;uy the middle
schools·. You have t.o have a good

saying that I shouJd do more main stream projects. I doscioncebectuse
I love it ~d I'm not going to do sci·

grounding it:l mathematics, and you
have to have good discipline and

high expectations of yourself" She
said that when talking to young
pe-ople. female scientists don't gloss
over the fact that the sciences are difficult "Science is not easy for women
or for mf11," she says.
Bisson is vice president and past

--od

Muy al..-, - l i n t t o , . professor In the
DepMtment of lllologlcal Sdenc:es, w...tu with young glrb to
encourage them to pursue cweers In sdence.

president of the local chapter of the

common that I might not necessar·

Association for Women in Science
and sits on the national board as

ily be talking to my male colleagues
about. So it was great to have this

well. The local chapter participates
in middle-school science fairs and
sponsors a prize for young girls.
"The main thing that we try to do
is present the scientist as a human
being-the .idea is that aU scientists

network of support of wOmen for
that reason," says Bisson.
The problems particular to
women, she notes. ranged from issues that would seem trivial to concerns that were less trivial-things
that her male colleagues may not

aren't men with gray hair and lab
coats and that scientists do all kinds
of different things," she says.
The first woman to be promoted

to full professor in the UB Depanment of BiologicaJ Sciences and the
department's first female chair,
Bisson received her doctorate from

Duke University during the 1970s
and has seen numerous changes over
the years in how wOmen in the sci-

have found interesting. For eXample,
the appropriate attire for meetings.
"Men had uniforms." she recalls.
"They would wear a suif if they were
of a certain status. I noticro that if a
woman dressed really nicely, she was
trivialized because it was thought she
was spending too much time on her

appearance and, therefore, she

couldn't be taken seriously. But if she

also with standing up for youtown
ideas." says Bisson.
. Furthermore, she points out that

women who spoke up at mtttings
and presented new ideas often were
completely ignored. But if a male
colleague lat&lt;r brought the same idea
to the table, it was welcomed and he
was given credit for it So. the challenge for women became how to
emphasize that it was their idea first

without allowing themselves to again
be trivialized or ignored, she says. ·
However, Bisson notes, she's never
had a problem with the credibility of
her research being questioned because she is. a woman. "I was always a
va-youtspokm graduate student and
post-doc and early professor. It never
occurred to me not to be outspoken,

ence because someone else is telling
me what to do. I'm not goi ng to
jump on a bandwagon," she says_
Bisson's research-she studies plant

physiology-has centered on a particular algae and how its transport

systems regulate salt The U.S. Departmont of Agriculture currently is
funding her research.
"One of the main focuses I have is
salt tolerance-which is an important agricultural concern because of
irrig;ation, which tends to add salt to
the soil." she says. One goal of the research is to transfer this regulatory
m«:hanism into higher plants 50 they
ain withstand heavily irrig;ated soils.
The Department of ijiological
Sciences has a reputation on cam·
pus for congenia1iry, to which she
credits the work of a fonner chair,

Darrell Doyle, who, in th• 1970s,
parleyed many retirements ~into a

lot of great hires."
"I would actually credit him and
those hires that he made for setting
the stllge for us being a very collegi!J.l, collaborative group," she says.

Alexandridis
Com.~fT'Om~l

uids, but can tum into a gel for more
effective drug delivery; improving
the stability of platelet and liposome
dispersions by using copolymers to
modify the adhesion between th ese
particles, and developing bener con t act ~ l e n ~ materials with the best mi crostrw.:turcs so that they are more
comfortable to wear.
The National Science Foundation
recent ly fundt.-d hi.!~ study on how
polt~r organic solvento; th.ll .lrt'

soluble in water a nd are used .in
water·based paints affect other ingredients in paints, such as poly·
mcrs. surfactants and latex. The goal
is to find a wo1y to replace volatile
organic solvents and ha1..ardous air
pollutants now used in water-based
formulations to create paints that
work as well --or even better-but
are more environmentally fnendly.
Alcxa ndridis also recently wa,.
funded by NSF to d~.·vdop a rt.'S&lt;.'ilrch

and education program on the self·
organizatio n of amphiphilic block
copolymers for the preparation of

.tlso lo.!lot lin- h1Luhv 11l1.'11lhcr~." :. he.·
sa id, adding that thc.•rc.· .Ire.• Jep:trt
mcnt:. on Cdmpu~ that vi~orouslv
recruit minoritv fucultv, hut h.tw no
mtention of hinng them. ·· w~,.· haw
mu..:h more d i verstt~ 10 studenb.
wh1ch I!. wh)' our fo11.:ultv needs to
he mort• diver~ ... she ~11d .
Lilham Malave . •t~cmte profe.!lsoroflearnlng and 1nstrw:t10n,and
:Kli ng director of the Urban Edu·
cat um lnsutult', \'Oi(cd th&lt;.• cono:rn

th..:~t nunonty l~u.::u lt v mcmhcr.!l ol tcn find thatthl.'Jr r~arch cnncl.'rn"
.trc.· nnt .1 .. v,Jiued, understood or
.,up portcd br o ther members of
thc1r department. ""J'hcre is a lack of
a sc holar!}' community to shan·
scho larly issu~.~ and concerns," she.·
said. Funhermore , there is no
mechanism in place to encourage
department!! to uhderstand the~­
sul"'S minoriry faculty face. she said_
"We don't have a plan that hru; re-

highly ordered materials. This project
involves the novel use of non·uni·

form electric fields for directing !he
two- and three·dimensional organization of nanopartides.
Since coming to UB in I 997,
Alcxa ndridis has received almost
S 1.2 million in resc.'ilrch grants.
He has authored or co·a uth ored

more than 90 scientific papers and
given more than 90 lectures at scien-

tific conferences. He is a recipient of
the Dow Outstanding New Faculty
Award from the American Society for
Engin&lt;ering.Education and a lectureship awJrd from the Iapan Research
Institute of Material Technology.
He received his doctorate from

Massachusetts lnstiluleoiTechnology
wa_~ a postdoctoral asscxiatc and

and

3S.'&gt;istant professor at Lund Univcrsitv.

f.elding a competition team.
For further informatJon, con-

tact Rkhard Hu at 64S·1260.

Minority faculty
Continued from

JOB LISTINGS
UB job listings
accessible via Web
Job listings for professional, research, fotc:utty and civil ser·
vke-both competitive and
non&lt;ompetitive-positlons can
be accessed via the Human Resources Servkes Web site at
&lt;http://-.busiMU-buff-

olo.odu/hn~Kan&lt;les/&gt;.

,..g~

1

few minorit y candid.th.':- rc.Kh th~.·
stage to apply for tenure.·. "\\'l· h.1w
vrry few in the pipeline. \W usu.1llr
1oM" our junior faculty prior to them
l'\'CO coming up for tc.·nun:---thn·
don't get to the sixth-year," Stl·wart
~ud, adding that minority fa~o:ultv
often receive bener offers in a mort'
..;upporti ve climate. "This is an tssu~..·
that rcilll)' needs to hr addrc.· !l~c.·d.
We've had thn:t.• promoti o n!t this
)'l'3 r (o f minority faculty_) hut Wl'

~u hcd Ill success m the la:-t ~) mam
vcar:.," she added.
Rosenfeld noted that the tssuc.· 1s
not JUSt a m1nority problerrt-"'"-" Jt'!! a
problem for all of us who 3rt' !»t.'nSJ
tm? to these issut"S whoever ""-e are.M
"Thi!! 1ssue is so elusive that tht"
best minds of our time have bt.."'t'"n
unable to solve it," he said "It 's an
t•mbarrassment that we're still hav·
ing the same discussions we were
having in the '50s and '60s."

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Rep . . . .

--lort Wlcb.lndcl and Sue Neurnel.rter, Univmity

MFC takes nontraditional focus
of aggressive measures will be put
into place to contract with privatesector institutions to provide both
credit and non -credit instruction to
the institution's emplorees. Lopos

ming that, at times, was competing
with the units.
Funher, the academic units are
now responsible for providing stu dents with evening classes attd will

tional functions and
refocused its mission to attraa non -

said, noti11g that MFC currently has

manage the budgets for those classes.

such contracts with the United Au to

traditional students to study at UB.
George Lopos.dean ofMFC, reported

Workers (UAW) and American Axle
Corp.

to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee at its Feh. 27 meeting.
..After 77 years of serving as UB's
evening colk-gc. Millard Fillmore is
now being reorganized to evolve and
serve a more classic role as the

In addition. he reported , MFC
hopes to expand the range and
reac h o f its certificate program s
and other ed ucational vehicles to
attract m o re non -traditional stu dent s, as we ll as identify m a rket
opportunities for programs alread y
offered o r th at ca n be developed
within UB's academic units.
"A fundamental changl' in thi :,
restruct uring is a shift from a sdfcontai ned collegt" within the university offering its own programs and
a full range of student services ;md
admi nistrative proces.scs to .1n administrall\'l' ;l nd faci litdt ive entit~·
pro,•iding 5t~rv1CC!&gt; fo r academic pmg r.tm development whic h t&gt;Jkc.• ,
pla c~ princip;~ll y undc.·r ~1 F&lt; : 's pur
vie\\'," Lopos said.
As part nfUB'sccntralmbsion ttl
ib students, he ;tddt-d, the ad mi~.;io n
functions and other student servict'S
once handlcd hy M FC havl' been
transferred to other unib within the
univers ity. diminating duplication
of services. Instead, M f-=C. will act as
a broker for the academic units and
no l o n g~r will de,·dop program ·

Centralizing services, reducing
duplication of services and merging with the overall academic mission of US-while retaining its
o wn identity and mission-will al low MFC to shed it's " back -door"
image, noted Kerry Grant, vice pro vost for academic affai rs and dean
of th e graduate school. The end re ~

By DONNA LONGENECKEII
Reporter Assistant Editor

M

ILLARD Fill more
CoUege has restructured it s organiza -

university's cont inuing education

division ," Lopos told senators. M FC.
which previo usly resided within the

Division of Public Service and Urban Affairs, has hccn rclcxatt.-d to the
provost's o ffice. said Lopos, who also
h.ts

~S!&gt; Uill ed

VKt'

provost for ;KadcmiC affair!&gt;.

the title of assoc iate

;vtFC no lon gt· r will provide
t'Wnin g and surgl' courses I(Jr hn dcrg. r adu&lt;~h.·..,,

ht• ~a id. ndding tha t

whil t• th t· co ll cp.c will no longer

manage summer sc!'osJOns. it will
continul· to scn 'l' as the.· first point
nl w nt;J ct regarding summrr-s..'!&lt;o-

sio n progra mming.
'' The practical (.'(f(•c t of this rc.·structuring is that MFC will red uce
its size from ::~bout .175 courses (offered ) to about 45-50 courst'S of its
own," he said.
As part ofthrcfTnrt toattrad mon.no n-'{aditional st uden ts, a number

suit, Grant said, will be th at MFC
now will be "part of the fro nt door"
to the university.
And. Lopos made clear, "the succ,-ssof all of thiJ,depcndson tht&gt;aca dcmh: unit s." since th e budgc:l.
courSc.'sand qua l it~· ofthc prog.ram mtng now is the n.-sponsibilityof the.·
..tcadr mic. unib.
"\ Vc.· haw to wa tch mther ..:a refullr
IO M."l' that thl're IS il SUCCL'SSIU) \ f"Jil ~itiun ((1\hc.· .ttademte units actually
offenng ..:J.t,,:,c.'S so mewhat o ut of
their traditlon ,''(~ rant added. '' Many
um b a rc not expt•ncnccd at otfering evening classes and arc unacc u,:,·
tomcd to M:hcduhng daSSt."'S o ut of
their own sc heduling process. W(.·
want to make sure that general edu cation courws are available in the.·
t'vcnings and that most of the rnalor cou rM."S are available to students
ou t s ldt~ th(' traditio nal dass hours."

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UB to host anthropology meeting
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Primate evolution,
life and the interpretation of hu man bone will be among the enormous array of topics to be covered
April9-13 when the American Association of Physical Anthropologists
(AAPA ), the largest association of physical anthropologists in the world,
meets in BuffaJo for the organization's 71st annual conference.
UB will host the meeting, which will take place in the Adams Mark
Hotel in downtown Buffalo.
Ted Steegmann and Joyce Sirianni, professors of an thropo logy,
and C hristine Duggleby, associate professor of anthropol ogy, are
handling local arrangements fo r the conference .
Physical anthropology is a biological science that deals with the
adaptations. variability and evoluti o n of human beings and their
livin g and fossil relatives. Because it studies human biolog)' in the
co ntext of human culture and behavior, physical anthropology also
is a social science.
Steegm an says conference participants will offer scientific sessio ns
whose topics reflect the diversity of ou r species and it s closest rela tives, the primates.
''Thl' top ic of greatest in terest to the !tCientifi c community and to
th l' ~encral public is human evoluti on.'' he says, "and there will be
p&lt;~pc.•rs presented on NeandathaiJ,, their a ncesto rs from Afric.1 .1nJ
As ia. and o ne o f o ur ea rli t~.st forerunners. the au~tralopithcdnc ....
" lk~.ause we stud y o ur specie.',:, and c.·volu tion in the broJdc."st r un
text. there will be presen ta tions on prim.lle·hchavior, human adapt.llion and gene tics, interpre tati o n of human bo ne, raCial \'Jfla ttnn
.1nd nutrition," ht.• says. adding that there also will be speoal plcn..tn
)c.':,:, ton:,, exh ibi ts of books and teaching ma tenal.s, a nd a pres:.m(1m
to Jccnmmodate in terview) with partici pant s.
The a nnu al meetings of several learned so.: i etl~ .1ffi hatc.·d "tth
the.· A1\PA, including th e Paleo pathology Assoc iat io n .md thl' Hu
man Biology Association. aho will be held in Buffalo dunn~ tht"
AAPA co nference.
T he AAPA publishes the qua rterly American }oumal of Ph)'Sittil
Anthropology, more than 100 original scientific pape rs a yea r, a,:, well
as the abstracts anj P.roceed ings fro m the AAPA's annual ml'etmg,:,
a nd o ther official AAPA d oc uments and notices.

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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

Seodl~=

to the

The Repon... welc:ome&gt;~ettm
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convnonlty oommontlng on lb
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should be limited to 800and may be edited for styto and
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UB steps up graduate .recruitment
By Sll£ WUETCHU

ak

RtpOrt.er Editor

• A quick glance of the lifetime fi.
nancial rewards of graduau:eduation

W

ITH a

long · t~rm

goaJ of mcreasing
gradualt enroll ment 10 9.SOO·stu·
dmu by 2004-700 more student•
than UB ever has c:ruolkd in a fall..,_
mcst&lt;r-&lt;he uni.ersity needed a dif·
ferent and more intensive approach
10 aunpus-wide student recruiunent
efforts, says Sean Sullivan, via provost for enroUment and planning.
That approach took shape last
spring with tht creation of a unjt
within the provost's office designed 10
"""'as a "catalyst" for the implemen·

program

programs; managing inquiries and

• Comprehensive information

applications from prospective international students. and wing com·
mercia! gradual&lt; program Web sites.
Ferguson and memb&lt;n of her staff .
also meet with individual department
representatives to discuss ways to improve their r=uitment efforts.
In a recent MyUB MyOpinionsur·
..y, 46 percent of the responding undergraduates wanted UB 10 .activdy
shan mon: information about the

commissioned a markd research
proj&lt;ct to gatherdm about bow new
gradual&lt; ltudenu went about identifying potential gradual&lt; schools,

why they _ , attending gr:aduate
school and what factO&lt;$ most heavily
inftuenced their decision to enroll.
The pro~ new graduate
students. as 'wdl as those who were
ac.apwd but d&lt;dined IDenroll in UB.
fiii1&lt;1ing and cosu of attendance
The r""ulu were shared with the
• A "Did You Know" demenideans, she said. in order to herter founiversity ' s cus recruitment efforts.
graduate pro After sev&lt;ral yean of declining en·
gram. Ferguson rollments. the numbers of gradual&lt;
said. As a ....W~ studenu at UB has been on the upGraduate Stu - swing lau:ly, and appean wdl on iu
tation of strategic recruitment and
dent Recruit - way toward the goal of 9.500 stu·
admissions practices in those units that
ment Services dents. UB posted the third-highest
in the past had not had a tradition of
has initiated gradual&lt; enrollment in lho history of
outreach activi- the Ulliv=i~or the Fall
focusing on studmt recruitment
While the wxle!graduau: recruit·
ties to better 2001 ...-nester, a incmlse ofS percent
ment/admissions process at UB is ·
educate UB un- om- the Fall 2000 6gure of 8,147.
overseen on a uniw:nity-wide basis by
dergradua~
Ferguson attnbuted the ovmill
the Ollie&lt; of Admissions, the procas
and those who growth in graduate enrollment to
_.,
at the gradual&lt; level is handled by the
advise them- sev=J factors, including:
individual departm&lt;nu and sd&gt;OOis.
about graduate
• Record enrollmenu in the De:·
Until the appointment of
school admis· partmmt of Mechanical and AeroKatherine G. Ferguson to head the l!!!!~!!!!!!!!!!!~!!!!!!!!!!!~~--!l;i~ sions
and space Engineering in the School of
Graduate Student RecruitmentS.,.. --slto-toasslst~graduate Pro- · Enginecrins and Applied Sciences as
vices unit last February, there hadn't
grams offered the ....Wt of an outstanding inter·
been a "concentrated and coordi· neweadl time the 1"'1!&lt; isrofmhed.- by UB. These efforts include work· national job markrt in that field
nated approach 10 gradual&lt; r=uit· that highlights distinctive features of ing closely with academic and areer
• The addition of degree and a:radvison on ~pus to ensun: they tificau: programs in Japanese educa·
mental the university," Sullivan says. individual gradual&lt; programs
"We needed a real pro to come in
Nearly 3,000 people visited the have the latest infonnation regard· lion and eduational t&lt;:dmology in
and work with the deans to develop site between Feb. 20-28, "so it aJ. ing admission to gradual&lt; programs the Graduate School of Eduation.
their own recruitment programs at ready has become an important des· at UB, special opportunities for UB The school also has achi&lt;Yed growth
the graduate IOvel," he says, praising tination for people surfing the UB undergraduate and combined-de- in a number of""" anas, induCting
gree progrims.
•
elementuy education, moding edu·
Ferguson's work in her previous network," Ferguson ..id.
. ~"'!'!""'ing and higher
One of Ferguson's first tasks in her
Graduate Student Recruitment
post as administrative director of
Services
also
will
partidpant
in.
the'_
new
role
as
a.sso;ciate
vice
provost
UB's MBA program.
During the past year, Ferguson- was to ~te the Council of Gradu- upcoming CareerFEST 2002,a uni• The enrollment of lho lim class
who holds the title of associate vice ate Student Recruitment Officers versity-wide employment and in· of students in the Doctor of Physical
provost for graduate student re- (COGSRO), which pulled together temship fair for all UB majors fea· Therapy (OPT) program in the
cruitment services--and her staff thedistnbutedCllllpusstalf and fac. turing local and national employm. School of Health Rdated Prof&lt;:ssions.
have implemented a number of ulty-about 75 people---imoM:d in Activities will include conducting a
• Steady improve:ment in th~
strategies designed to bolster graduate r=uitment at the depart· survey of studmu attending the fair School of Informatics' enrollment
graduate student enrollment at the mentaUunit level. ~COGSRO has to gauge their interest in graduate due to increasing appeal of the li·
university, which is an integral part given us the mechanism ID share im· school, staffing information tabl"" brary fidd as a ca.- option for
people interested in the application
of US's loog-term , overaU enroU- portant information with the cam- and displaying the new Web site.
Cynthia Shore. associate director of information t&lt;dmology.
pw. but also to gather information
ment plans.
from the mem~rs about their re- of graduau:student recruitment ser·
• The phase-in of the Pharm.D.
Perhaps the m ost visible initiative
under way is the new Web site, cruitment practices; Fe.rguson said. vices. who joined the staff in Octo- program in the School of Pharmacy
The council's regular meetings her after six yean as the director of and Pharmaceutical Sciences and
launched Feb. I, aimed at assisting
prospective students in learning cover such topics as GrAdMit, the the Schoql ~f Management's Career the corresponding phase-out of the
about graduate school at UB and online graduate application system Resource Center, spearheads these bachelor'• program.
that serves all programs except outreach efforts, Ferguson said In
• Increasing market demand for
navigating the- admissions process.
medicine, dentistry and pharmacy; addition. Shore is heading upon ihi· practitioners with graduate-level
The
s'"ate,
accessible
at
&lt;www.bufblo.edu/ gr.od/ admls- usi ng services provided by the Of- tiative to assist academic units in training in the health and human
fice of Career Planning and Place- conducting more infonned enroU - services fidds. UB ofTen the pmnier
slons&gt;, features:
about combined degree programs

• Guidelines for applyang to
graduati S;Chool and an application
timeline, including a qukk link to
UB's online application system
• Information about sources of

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:~~tion.

• A sea rchable index of graduate
programs that allows users to find
programs based on keywords
• Information about factors to
consider when selecting a gradu -

ment ; results of questionnaires of
ad mitted students; the rollou t of
MyUB for graduate students; updates on co mbined -deg ree pro grams; integrating print marketing

with data about student demand for

master of social work program in
the region.and has expanded iu geo-

programs and labor market opportunities for·g.raduates, she said.
Ferguson noted that her office

graphic reach through off,aunpus
programs in other regions of New
York State.

ment planning by providing them

UB psychologist named 2002 TERN Scholar
Craig Colder to use program to further work in adolescent substance use
BY PAniiCIA OONOVAN
Contributing Editor

A

UB psychologist whose

research seeks to identify
muJtiple levels of influ·
cnce that contribute to
the development of adolescent sub-

stance use h., been selected by the
Robert Wood Johnson f"'undation
as a Tobacco Etiology Research Net·

work (TERN) Scholar for 2002.
His selection will allnw Cra 1g

ber~~aUyat

Colder, assistant profes~o r m th e
Department of Psychology m thl'
Co llege of Art!~. and Sc u.· nc. cs, to
work w1th the fl (' twork, lOnl(&gt;O!!l-d

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n:pn.•st:ntmg ,1

number of disciplines whose prin - with senior national figures in the
cipa l purpose is to understand pre- field, his new designa tion carries
dictors of transitions and trajecto· with it an annual grant that will
rics in tobacco use, from no use to permit Colder to de\"'te more time
· to his research and to panicipate
dependence.
The goal of the TERN Scholar more fully in the network's national
Program is to train junio r investi - activiti es.
Col de~ who directs the UB Labogators to become t.he next generation of researchers who take tobacco ratory for the Study of lndivtdual
Differences and Substance Use, says
research in new directions.
"Colder's research hasaJrcadyat- his research auempts to integrate
tractl-d n&lt;~tional auen t1 on to UB," individual differences into current
~,jd Jack Meacham , profcs.sor a nd
socialization and ecologica1 thrones.
cha1r of the Department of Ps,•Hi s laboratory studies measure
l"hology. "Although he has been 111 - physiological reactivity, infonnat1on
volved 111 Tl:.R actiVIties tor Mlm t· processing. and impulsivity. and e.~­
llllll' .111d h.!' dc.!oagncd rc.!oe.u,:h amin(' how thbe individl151 diffl·r~

ences observed in the laboratory in fluence the initiation and escalation
of substance use. His work also at ~
tfmpts to differentiate between the
pathways to adolcsant subs1an~e
u.se versus abuse.
Co lder's pertinent publications
examine the relationship between

neighborhood danger, childhood
aggression a nd th.e mediati o n
mechanisms that result ; psychosocial characteristics of alcohol users
and problem users; interactive effects of ampubivity and anger on
adolescent problem behaviOr, and
the h.'mperamental nsk.s for &lt;:~dok~ ­
~ent alcohol mvolv('ment.

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UUP members urged tp fill out ((family leave" survey m.
To the Editor:
During the nat aademic yrar, the

State of New York and United University Professions (UUP), the
union representing SUNY &amp;culty
and professionai staff, will sit down
and try to rome to agr=nent on a
ncwamt:ract.

Soundings among members
have indicated a substantial interest in a more formal procedure to

orchestrate "family leaves" for colleagues who need to look after the
needs of aging parents, now babies
or sick spouses.
Currendy, such arrangements are

made on an IJd lwc and individual
basis with ap:o"lffiidating supervi5011 This works .only when the supervisor iJ, in fact, accommodating.
and it leads to asymmetric treat•
meot acros1 the~UUP, so as to be better informed

on the intricacies of issues involved
and on the aperienas of those who
were granted such leaves in the past
or were rebuffed, has prepared a
questionnM of many pages. with
one version for academics and one
for professionals.
We urgr those who have ex:peri-

en= to mate. 0&lt; those who antici-

pate future use of sud&gt; arTall(!'nlOilts.
to obtain such a questionnM and
nespond to it. It will help our negotiating team to negotiate with more
conviction and relevant facts.
The questionnaire can be obtained from Chris Black in 105 Porter, Ellicott Com pia. oc at 645-2013,
or from our Web site at &lt;http://
wloig .-. buff ~ o .e du I uup /
MWS.html&gt;.

John-t
Chapt ... l'mJcknt

Paul Bacon, helped to start purchasing department
He later helped to sl'ar t the

p.m. March 23 in Williamsville

university's Purchasing Depart ·
menL At the time of his retirement
in 1988, he was assistant vice presi·
dent for busineSs affairs.
Bacon was a member of th e National AssociatiOn of Educational
Buyer&gt;. the SUNY Purchasing Association and the Purchasing Manage-

United Methodist Chu rch, 5681
Main St., Williamsville, fo r Paul A.
Bacon, a longtime UB administra-

tor who died Feb. 20 after a long illness. He was 82.
Bacon startM his carttr at UB in
1946 as an engineeri ng instructor.

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ThotwopmespUB•7-II
MAC record chis IGlOO. The Se¥en
MAC wins v-e more conference
Y&gt;CtOria than the posted In
the prrtious thl'ft yean when UB
went tust 6---48. In addition. the I 2

h - s at the MAC
Championships, setting
inctMdtlal and relay
records at the th ree,day
meet. 8rankovsky set school
records in the 200 freestyle,
200 butterfly and 200 and
400 individual medleys. She

oYenJI wins thts ~ ani! the
most smce UB jOined the MAC and
the most s.nce the 1997-98 season.
whon the Bulb posted' IS-13
CMnll rmrk '" their b.st. year lf'l the

also was part of three record
relay squads. In the 200 IM,
she earned a NCAA ·s· cut

Mid-Cooonent Conference

at 2:03.01 .

WOMEH' S

Miami (Ohio) 80, UB 65
Northern lllinoi• 56, UB 41 ( MAC tou.mament first round)
UB buded for a ful 40 minuu:s. but was ~ to snap Its ~ weak '" the
f'I!IUb."'season finaJe Feb. 26 in Alurml Arena. faUinc to the visftinc Miami

RodH&gt;wb. BIU5.
Tho Bulls oponod tho 2002 Knit Mid-Amorian Conforooco Toumamom on
Saturdoy wim onolhoo'low·Korinc pmo.This Dmo, tho Nonhom H1inooJ
Huskies came out on ~56-41,0\l'ef'" the Buth in fint..f't)Und acdon in DetUII.

A.ccess 97/ 2000, Section A. P..-t II. 212

c.p.n. North C.mpus. Noon-2 p.m.

'"""''&gt;a&gt;.,...,.,...

II. UB ended the season at 9-19 owerail.

l!dtocMionaiT-...aog,Contor

=::::;:' T-...aog, C-or
~
~- Roy

ment Association of Buffalo. He
published artides in various pur-

chasing and educational J!&gt;umals.
Upon his retirement, he was honored by the university for outstanding service.
Bacon.reccived a bachelor's degree
from Buffalo State Teachers College
and an MBA and doctorate from UB.

Offke d Student Untons and ActMties.
for more information, 645..6125.

-.......

_ . . . . , 24 polnu and d w ...,. ss poranc A-om dw field, but k
23 U8
............ and.~2Bfouh
.. Miamllcnoclood oil tho Bub.1868, on Foh 2S In Milloa Malin
Oxlonl.
Tho- dosed out tho ......
.....,., on Foh 17 as junior Clonwot
Smith ICOrOd. ~"'W&gt; 21 polnu
on 6-d-1 0 _..A-om tho flold
and 9-d-10 A-om tho line In UB's 7lwun~

S81ouat~~-

UUP Buffolo C.Ot"'

Obituaries
A memorial service wiJI be held at 2

_.s
Miami (O hio) 71, Ul 61
e-tlna G......, 73, UI 51
Soroor Oon:eiW.,.,;. scorod a

~wimmin~

- ·s

Bulls finish ninth at ECACs

C'"tre. ~ SL, Buffalo. 7 p.m. Free.
Sponsor&lt;d 1&gt;1' tnstittJte for ......m ond
Education on Women ~Gender. for
mote W~tion. IRE'NG, 829-l4S 1. ~

U8 ...........,.UJmOd In 18-.,. bosu In tho ""-"'1' ECAC ~
1n f'ltDI&gt;tqjlas tho placed nir'&lt;l1 amorc lO ~'"""" with 146 po;na.
Fnoshmon Avtv 0... wmod In a llfodmo bat with his flfth..pbco !irish In
S8.19 In tho I00 breasatrolae to leod tho squad.

- c - t w - S o n l c e:

-

..._.lnhWI atlllps

Heart Speaks to HeMt A lecture
Series on Reb.tloruh.ips. NewTNn

·s

Ul places fifth in MAC . . -

Center, Suite 209, The Commons,

Tho-~-..-liUC&lt;OSSIIAMAC~with•fiftl&gt;­

~~r:~=~:~ter.

placo finish.~ 199 points. Miami (ONo) _ , dw ,_, tide.
0Mrc a.h Kin SOclu-y - nunod MAC 0Mrc Cooch af tho Year by her
_ . .. tho - ~......,...., -,_,-.-- from lost season.

for more information, MMWI
6l~74 9S .

a.re.

Exhibits
;::"i.,~·~-·
-l&gt;l'~ ~blntho

Deportment af Art wll bo on disploy
through Mlrch 21 In tho Art
~Cilley, B4S
~or the
AtU. North CMnpus. "' ojJonlng
rKeption will be hekf from 5-7 p.m.
today. c.11efy houn are 10 a.m. to S
p .m. on Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednedoy through Fridly, and t1 a.m.
to 6 p.m. on Saturday.

eon..,

ln~oor lrac~ an~ Rei~

-

Squads llnlsh

out--

Bach tooms ~tho Indoor....,., at tho ECACIIC4A ~In

In tho """'*'\ ECAC Ownpionshlps. Meopn Ropn dod for founh In tho
penad11on. ,.... , _ S........ set a,_ sdlool- af 17:2S.llln tho

sooo.....

-

In tho men\ IC4A n-. llyron McKJnney -...r fourth In tho shot put to
load tho Bulls.

Basenall

• 111g OrWt: TOll Y-. of Spin West ...... New Yortt Art ..

Southern Mb slulppl l 4 , UB 5; SMU II, UB 6; Ul B, SMU 5

~=~==~~~~ring

The Bulls oponod tho 2001 season widl • lh~ lWif'c aplnJt Conforooco
USA powort1ouso Southom MUslulppl
In tho openor on Fridoy. wNdo wu susponded In tho llflh .....
roln
and ..........., on S.wrdoy. the Bulk loll
14-5. 5cartrc pi&lt;dlor D&lt;.riord was saddled with tho lou. USM-.t with"' IU win In tho
reaul&gt;rll' schedule pmo on Sawrdoy. ~tho """ In tho tint ..... Froshmon
cont&lt;rliolder john Boom a&gt;cbd a - . , . , hcmor ro leod tho · o&amp;nso.
Tho Bulb ..aided tho ..-pi&gt;!' talOn&amp; ., 8-5 win 5un&lt;tor u junior atcho&lt;
Bnndon o;c...,.. - · 34-5 "tho plate with t w o - and four lll!ls.

the past 10 years wm be on dtsplay
through April 28 in the Andenon
Gallery, Martha Jaduon Place, Buffalo
Gallery hours are 11 a .m . to 5 p.m .
Wednes.dily through Saturday and 1·5
p .m . on Sundiy.

• Alan L Cober. A Rotrospectlw
Afterlife..

An exhibition honoring the life and
worit of the late illustrator and teacher

Alan E. Cobt'r wiU be in ~ through
...,. 18 in the'fint floor galle')' af the
UB Art Gatlefy In the Center for the Arts,

~~~-a~ti~~i=ng

Visiting Att.bt •t UB from 1987 ·96.

Callefy hours are 11 a.m . to 6 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday.
· ~omkal

Art by -.uus·

• t9th CenllHy llotM1kaiPrlntJ•
Reproductions d the famous "musde
men" series by Andre.as Vesalius. and
print-images of plants with medK:Hvl
propenies a re on permanent dfsplay in
the Health Scienci!:S Ubtary on the
South Campus. Material for both
exhibits wM obtained via the Robert L
Brown History of Medklne Collection tn
the library. The exhibits, supported by
the Fner·Kb of the Health Sctenees
library and the Mediul HIStorical
Soc.tety of We~tem New York. may be
VIewed dunng normal library hourl

"'delea•

u"'

~oftnall
Charleston Southom 7, UB 6 (9 lnnlnrs)
W..tl...- pb)'od • roio ln UB's seuon-oponirc toUrnament In Charloswn. S.C.
last weolcond.Tho Bulb fNilO&amp;'ed lD ao&lt; ono pmo ln. but lolltD Clwio=n
Southern. 7~ .1n nino ~nnrcs.l&lt;elly Malono and
for tho Bulb.

s..nn. ........ hid homo"""

lennis
MEH' S

. UB 4, Rochester l
UB puHed out a tough road win wtth oa lurd-fought. 4-3 Win against nauonalty
..nkod Rocheste-.

~~~~~~~~~=~:r~::::

In the slnfles compotidon Included senior Ftiy Kasinw&gt; and )us1&gt;n B&lt;tkc.
The best match of the cby was the second doubles maa:h In whtch the
Bc.Hb'?fock and rtMi duo of Rmdy Rochhto and ZieDula captured the cntJol
doutMes point by winn1111 a dose. 7-5 oebrealcer

�Thursday, March

7
lducMional Technology

c.nt.. -...op

Capon,

Saonnlng lmoge&gt;. 212
North Campus. 10 a.m.·noon.

Free.

Friday

s

Awards Ceremony
G~te Student ExceUenc:e.
ln-~odllng Awords. Kerry S.

~~~,ra~~~an o1

the graduate school. Scrf!ef'ling

UlworyWo&lt;lcshop
UB 121 : Se•rdling Bellsteln
Crossfire. Ben Wagner. 127

f~rs;::~.~Ca~~~ArU and Scienc.ei Ubraries.
lduaotlonAI Technology

Contet'-...op

Access 97/ 2000, Section A.
PArt I. 212 Capen, North
Campus. Noon-2 p.m. Free.

UlwaryWo&lt;lcshop
UB 140: Government
Information on the Web-An

~:..':!~01

= ·Ed

~~~7;~~~=t~/~

and Sc.tences libralie$.

Eduutlonal Technology
Center Wortr.shop
Blackboard S.S: BuUdlng a
Course 21 2 Capen, North
Campus 2-4 p.m. Free.
Educational Technology
Center Workshop
Photoshop: Channels &amp;
Selections, Section B, Part I,
HSL. Presented~ iMedia.

~=~~t~~~c:,~~ 1~~.tt
Free.

Blotoglul Sciences Seminar
Cancer Genes Defined

through !he AnalysU of
Chromosome Transtoc.ations

~":1~~'ta~e:,

lnsL 210 Natural Soences
Compk&gt;x, North Campus. 3:-45

~~~~~;~~uon.
Mathematics Colloquium

~=~~
-RH:e

Univ. 250 MathemaiiO Bldg.•
North CamptA. -4 p.m. Free.

Physiology •nd Biophysics
Seminar
Molecular Genetics of
Macular O~eratlon . Radha
~~.9~,nM~higa~.Ero;enter.

s~~~~. \'&gt;=ed·~sc_:i·l5
~!gel. For more informatiOn,

~~:::ru3~~

Th~

Reporlt!r publhh~'

lhtlng' for events taking

l' hKt! on campu' or for

Career PS.nnlng and
PIKemertt's Career Fair
Human Services Career Fair
Mike Rivera, Career Plannl"9
and Placement. Student Unton,
North Campus. 5-7 p .m. Free
For more information: Mike

IW&lt;ra, 645-2231.
Art eahlblt~ opening

rec:eptkKt

BANG: Undergraduate )uried

~rc~er~~~.~~~~·

no la tt.&gt;f' thAn noon on

lht.• Thunday JU'e&lt;l."llin9

publication LhUng1 ore
(mly acc-ep ted through

th ~

electronic \ubmluion form
for the u nllnt! UB C.tlcnd a r
uf Evt-nh at · hllp
www butfo'llo

~u

••f JMU limi1,•t lr;un not &lt;lll
,,.,,,,\In t in t&gt;lt:oclrunic

t,llhc Rtu· tf

Campus. S-7 p.m . Free.
Sponsored t?y Student Visual
Arti Organization. For more
information, Dept. of Att, 6-45 ·
6878, ext 1350.
Phannac::eutk•l Sclences
Stinlnar
Pharmacokinetk·

~a~!~~~!d ~=~:;f

ln~ke. lin Chen, Dept. of
Pharmaceutical Sciences. 121
Cooke, North Campus. 5-6:30
p.m . Free.
IRfWG lntet"n•tion.111
Women's Film Festival
Ma!JrHn Gosling's '"Ramos
de Fuego/ Bionoms of Are."
Market Arcade Film &amp; Arti
Centre, Main St., Buffalo 7
p.m. 14.50, students; 16 .50,

Po~:;:~a~~:~J~:Za~7~~~~~e
Women and Gender. For more
1nformal100, lREWG, 829-3451

Newman Center Panel
DIKunlon
Heart Spealu to Heart: A
lecture Series on

~~~l~t;~~~~~=h

(iunpus 7 30 p m Free

~~:'r~r ~~~~=~~.

Man.l Clare, 636--7495

\.

Room, Center for the ArU,

=~:'~~·~·~ra:;~~;ee

School. For more information,
lean Greta, 645·62-40.

GSA Film FestJval

~~~=~~~·North
~~~~~~~~~0-

sponsoo UUAS and Art\IOICl'.
For more information, 6-4S2960.

Foster Chtmlsby
Colloquium
Not loYe Canal: Community
~lased

Environmental

~~~-r::;:-m~~
Environmental bwes'1, the

Chemistry. 210 NatUral
Sciences Com~x, North

fTlOfe information, 645·2258

~~e~r1~fcJ~~c~3

Ua..NOW P•nel Dlscuulon

=~'fn~~~~9V.~~e~~ert:;:l~~

Women. Invited guesU;
As.sembtyman Sam Hoyt.
Christopher Spicer, commun1ty
educator at Planned
Parenthood; Debra CagMn,
executive dir., CORSA. Center
for Tomorrow. North Campus
5·7 p.m. Free, donauom
accepted. Sponsored by UB
chapter of Nat100al

~t?W)~;;no!~ =~~~
1-866-206-9069, ext . 2-496

Mind/ Body Movement
Class
N.I.A. (Neuromuscular
Integrative Action). laune
Krupski. dir., living Well Center.
Alumni Arena, North Campus.
6-7:30 p.m . Call Recreation &amp;
Intramural Services for

fee,

~i~~~er~~= by ~ng
~~~:?.n, laurie Krupski,

Op&lt;raWo&lt;lcshop
Perf~nce

Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. UB
Opera Worl&lt;shop. Drama
Theatre, Center for the Arti,
North Campus. 8 p.m . 15. For
more information, 645-ARTS.

Saturday

9
SARPA Gamen Convention
UBCon 2002: Sinister

~~e~6'rt~o~~~~m ..
~t!·:e:~:;:d1~~~~~~~~r
~:e~; ~afcj~

n:=t(StJ

members), 19.pe&lt; day (18
members). Sponsored by
Strate:gisu and Role-Players
Association (SARPA)

ISSS Woriuhop
Income Tax Worbhop
Barbara Oawk1n~. Internal
Revenue Service, Suzanne
Reusch, NYS Dept of TaxcltiOn
225 Natural Sc1enc~ CompleA,

~~~~~~b~~n:~r~a7'~~~

Student &amp;. Scholar SeMce~ For
morE' 1nlorma11on. 645 ·215 8
free Tax Assistance for UB
Students
Beta Alpha P\i Offers Fret&gt; Tax

cu.
.._
......

E.kecut!Yt lduaotlon

:t=::ft~~h~=te

SARPA G.-men Conventlon
UBCon 2002: Sinister

members), 19 pe&lt; day (18
members). Sponsored by
Str.ste:gisu and Ro~Piayen
Assooalion (~PA)

Spring Into Summer
Registration. Staff, Academk:
AdVisement Center. 107
Talbert. North Campus. -4-5
p.m. Free. Sponsored by Office
of Student Unk&gt;m and
ActiVities. For more
Information, 645·6125 .

~~;,o:~a;~si r~m

~am~~~~~Ot

~istry"and the Foster
lecture Endowment.

p.m. Pre-registration: Sl1 for
the weekend (SlO meiilbers),

ute-...op

~~t~iurrkular and

OptionAl PrKtkal Training .
jennifer Chazen and Eric
Comins, International Student
and Scholar SeMc:~. J1

WNY Region. Joseph A.
GardeUa, Jr., Dept, of

~~e~o~~~

ISSS-...op

Assistance to UB Studenu.

!leta Aloha Psl. 122 jacol»,
North tampus. 1·5 p.m. Free.
Sponsored oy Division of
Student Affa1rs.
Opera Woritshop
Perlonnance
Purcd's Dido and Aeneas. US
Opera Worluhop. Drama
Theatre, Ceonter for the Arts,

~~~~~~t~s~krs.
.s unday

10

6r~m~~;~r~S::!~or
more

1nform&lt;~tion,

645 ·2960

Ufe Workshop
Servant leadership. )enmfer
F~. leadenh1p
Development Center. 2.50
Student UniOn, North Campus
7-8 p.m. Free. Sponsored by
OffKe of Student UniOf\~ and
Actlvit.a. For more
Information, 645-6125

Tuesday

Newman Center Retre•t
Busy Penon's Retreat.
Newman Center, Suite 209, The
CO[Tlmons, North Campus, and
various locations. Variow times.

~':i~~~=of 'WNY. For f1"KM'e lnfonnation,
Maria Clare, 636-7-495.

SAitPA Cdmen

Benefits of UB Childcare
Center (UBCCq . Tamar
Jacobson, d1r., UBCCC. 330
Student Unton, North Campus

ConYent~

UBCon 2002: Sinister

~k&gt;n~~~~~~m.·
:~·:e:~~;~=~~~~r
~~e~ ~?'J~~':~:~hft'J

members), 19 pe&lt; day (18
members). SponSOfed by
Strate:gisu and R~e--Piayen.
Assoc1aHon (SARPA).

12
E.duc•tional Technology
Center Worttshop

::.~~:~~~1i~~

North Umpus.. 10 a.m.-noor1
Free.

UfeWo&lt;lcshop
leadership at Wort:: A Forum
on leadenhlp Issues In the
WortcpUK:e. Frank Ckda, dir.,
Leadenhip Dovelopment
Center. 1-45A Student Union,
North Campus. Noon-1 p.m .
Freo. SponSOfed by Office of
Student Unions and Activities.
For more information, 6-4.56125.
lduaollonal Technology

Centet'-...op

HotMetal Pro 6.0 . 212 Capen,
North Campus. Noon-2 p.m .
f ree.

Mon_d ay

II

~lj~~e~Y~cess
Staunchest Critia. Mart Adler
and M1tch Flynn, Flynn &amp;
Fnends. 31 2 jac- North
Campus. 6-8 p.m . 199 For
more 1nformahon, 645-3000
Quit Smoldng Class
Introductory Class to
Smol&lt;lng Cessollon. Mary Jo
Berretlln1, nurse educator,
·
Uvr09 Well Center. 22.2 Student
Union, North Campus. 6-7

~· ~~e,~= by living
information, Mary Jo SerrettJm,
645-2837 .
WllfO CaH-In SMw
Talk of the UniYenlly with
Presktent Greiner. Uve on..a1r

~~f~~~~~;:·:;:.
Self Defense
1

~~~~~u;:::. ~tling

room, Alumni Arena, North
~·m~':1. 0,30~. Free

~er. Fo&lt; """"~ormation,
Nikolas Ko- 310-3238.

Wednesday

13
Meditation
Buddhist Meditation.

Ni~

~~S~ta~~~·

~~,;~%~=~1

Nikotaus Karapasas, 310..3238.

ute-...op

lduaotlonol Technology
Centet&lt; Wortlshop
Dreamweaver 4.0, Section C,
Part I. 212 Capen, North
Campus. 10 a.m.-noon. Free
Educotlonal Technology
Center Wortlshop
V&amp;deo Capture and Editing

t.~!'2~;:. ~~~~~
Noon·2 p.m. Free

Education.. Technology
Centet&lt; Wortlshop
Photoshop: lntroducUon,
~e&lt;tlon C, hrt II. Presented

~!;,~iai~1~.~ar~.Nonh
Life Wortcshop
lntemship1. Sandra Handy,
assoc .. and Oalene Guanno.

~:~n~~~t~n~~~~~~;~~~r45(
Student Umon, North
3 30.4 30pm Fre-e

The Mother-in·Law's Guide to
M.nteting: How to Create
and lm~t a Marketing

Campu~

~~~~e:d bk?.~~~~ 0~~:~::

1nformat10n. 645-6125

Mak.lng the Most of Your
Spri"!l B&lt;eak. Meliw
Ruggtero, usoc., Office of

~7~~t~1E~udent

ute-...op

~~:;l~les
Dedslon-Malcli&gt;g. Staff,

Campus. Noon- I z~~·~:~~t~
~r;'t=l ~by OffKe ~~;,~~=1
Activities. For more
Union, North

1nformation, 6-45-61 25.

~si.=.i ~by OffK•

Ufe-...op

Activities. For f1"KM'e
information, 645·6125 .

Who Moved My Cheese?

~st~~f5o

Student Union, Nonh Campus
1-2 p .m. Free. SponSOfed by
OffiCe of Student Untons and
Activities. For more
Information. 6-45-6125

lduaotlonal Technology
Center Worfuhop
Pholoshop' Channels &amp;
'
~lectlons. S«llon A. Part II
Presented by iMedia. 212
Capen, North Campus Noon~2
p.m. Free

ISSSWo&lt;lcshop
Applying for a G-. Cord'
Outstanding R.,.ar&lt;he&lt;/
Professor Petitions and
Ad;ustment of Status Mana
Rosoglione, •mrntgrabon

=~~~&gt;&lt;&gt;red

by lntemaoonal StudMI and

Scholar SeMces For more
1nlormatJon,. 645-2258

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                    <text>PAGE 2

Energy Officer Walter Simpson

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discusses the "Think Green" ~m

Bringing opera to life

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The Mavericks, from left,
)ens Schlachter, Randy
Rocchio and Vikranth Rao,
navigate their inner-tube
raft through the choppy
waters of the Alumni Arena
Natatorium during the
Crazy Crew Race held
Friday as part of Fun Fest.

tolb simolblnoously.
Tht standard recorded message will be ~OffiCes are open

and classes are being hekJ &lt;»
scheduled today at the Unlver&gt;ity at Buffalo." The """"'9&lt; will
bo changed ~ppropriatoly as
soon as Lnivenity offk.lals decide
to alter office hours and clals
schedules due to weather cooditk&gt;ns or othef" situations.

Input sought on
parking

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Membe-rs of the UB COfT'Imunity
are being asl«d to provide thdr
opinions on pattdng and transportation .eMces by portklpat·
lng In a Web-bosod suM)'.
The SUM)', part olil1 .....luotion ol-liB's pattting •nd tflnS.
portotion seMcOS being COO·
ducted by the consulting fi"" of

Chance Monagemeot Advison
Inc. (OM), Cil1 bo occossod at

Diet can help maintain healthy lungs
UB study finds that obscure antioxidant vitamins have positive effect on lung health
By LOIS BAKER
Contnbuttng Editor

A

dictJry study by UB nutrition researchers has

shown th at lutein and
zeaxanthin, rather obscure an tioxidant vitami ns in ~

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Larotcnoid family, have a significan t
positive cffcq on lung health.

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Study panicipants who ate half
the average amount of foods containing lutein and zeaxanthin
showed a reduction in lung function
equivaJcnt to'J -2 years of aging. re-

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in that family, arc associated posi tively with lung function.
Carotenoids are antioxidant vita·
mins found primarily in orange. red.
green and )~llowvegetablesand fruits.
Green leafy vegetables. such as spin·

Jch, kak and collard greens. are good
sources of lutein and zeaxanthin.
The researchers also found a
strong association betweerl die~Jry.
1ntake of foods contai ning the anti ·
oxidant vitamins C and E and

healthy lung function , results that
supported their previous research.

In a study published last May, they
reported that high blood levels of vitamins C and E and the carotc"noids
lutein , 1..eaxanthin and beta-cryptoxanthin were associated with bet ter pulmonary functjon.
..The importance of this study is

that it strengthens the hypothesis
that carotenoids are antioxidant vitamins that play a significant role in
maintaining respiratory function.
and that beta-carotene may not be
the 'one' important carotenoid," said
Holger Schunemann, assistant proft."SSOr of medicine and social and
preventive medicine. and lead au thor on the study.
" Impaired lung function is a.'\SO·

Clatt-d with an increased nsk o(drmg, so 11 is important to determme
the factors that could influence lung
function," he said ... This information may he even more important
for smokers, who have a heavy free·
radical burden."
This study \o\"aS based on dietary
records and intervi ews obtaintd
from 1,6 16 randomly selected resi-

dents of Western New York ages 35·
79 who were free of respiratory disease. All participants performed stan ·
dard lung-function tests, which measured the volume of air they could
expel in one breath--forced vital capacity (FVC}-and the volume fon: .
ibly expelled in one second (FEV I).
Of the several carotcnoids preva·
lent in the diets of participants.
lutein and zeaxanthin showed the
strongest association with pulmonary function. Schunemann said.
"We also found a positive associa tion between pulmonary function
and dietary intake of vitamins C and

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tiOX!danr vitam1m simultaneously,
o nly v1tamm 1: correlated sig.ni fi ·
cantlywith FEVI andonlyluteinand
7.caxanthin with FEY."' Taking vita·
min C and E supplements didn't

change these results significantly.
" Further studies are needed to
confirm these results.,.. he said, "and

longitudinal studies could help to
clarify whether this association is
related to lung development in
childhood and adolescence, or
whrthcr it's the result of an accumulation of protective effects against

oxidative damage throughout life."
Additional UB r=archerson the
study, all from the Department of
Social and Preven1ive Medicine,

were Susan McCann, Brydon J.B.
Gra"nt. Maurizio Trevisan , Paola
Muti and Jo L Freudenheim .

The study was supported by a
grant from the National Institutes

ofHcalthand the German Research
Foundation .

Reorganization promotes Seitz, Innus
By SUE WUETCHER
Reporter Editor

T

WO longtime UB administrators·ha"" been named
vice presidents as part ofan
administrativ&lt; reorganiza·
tion resulting from Robert J.Wagner's
announc&lt;ment that he will step down
as seriior vice president this~.
In a memo to the universitycom munil)'• President William R.
Greiner announced that effective
Ju1y I. Kevin R. Seitz. senior associ·
are vice president for university services, will become vice president for
university scrvic(.~.
Voldl·mar A. lnnus. chief mlor·
mat ion officer, will assume the tHlc
of vice president .md c hi~..·f infnrnlJIlon otlic~..•r.
GR'IIll"r, Gllling \\'agn~..,- "a Ulll4lll'
r.Uent, fur \\'hom thl'rl' b no "'-1li.Kl'·

ment," said he
retire
Wagner's title
of senior vice
president "until
further notia."
In addition

will

tothet'\o\'Ovi«
presidential
ap point ments. Grei ner announced that
some units currently reporting to,
o r being overseen, by Wagner would
br reassigned.
UniverSII)' Co mmumcat1on~ . l cd
h) Carole ~mith Pl' tro. d~~ooatt·
vacr preMdent, w1ll report 10 lenni fer Md)ono ugh . VICl. pre., ld~..• nt lor
unl\·ersll\· dn·dupmcnt Jnd
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ate vice presi dent, will report directly
to the presi ·

and the EOAAA.

report to the president but for which

In addition. Wagner's role as primary contact point between the
university administration and the
UB Foundation will be assumed by
Edward P. Schneider, executive director of the foundation. Schneider
will work directly with the president
and vice praidents on those issues
that warrant their attention .
Moreover, Provost Elizabeth D.

\Vagncr serves as Liaison and advi ·
sor-lntercoUegiate AthJetics. Inter-

Capaldi will take on Wagner's role
as lead advisor to the president and

dent, but will
work closely

with the provost and vice
presidents.
Units that

"the quintessennal 'go- to' person ..
for thl' vice prt--s!dents and staff ol m1n1stration (EDAAA ) -will con- ficers for the to p admimstra ton..
In naman~ Sc1t1 vice prcs1dent for
tinue their reporting relationship to
the president, but will receive a new un1ver~it)' 'K"rv1c~. Gremer ~ud hl'
" hat~.on ... Dennis Black, vtce pTl'Sldent
~~"as wdl-known fur ha~ dedJcat10n
for studenl affairs. will 51...··rve as liaJ - to thl' pt&gt;ople who mJke up our
..on for lntercoUegiate Athletics; Sc1 r( communit )' .1\ hl' l:) for lm m.mag~..·
will he the li .IL~n for lntcmal Audit c-l~-~s

nal Audit and the Office of Equity, Di-

vcrstt)' and Affirmative Action Ad ·

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Walter Simpson is campus energy officer and
director of the VB Green Office

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it lls..,2002.

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toriol ~booodo lorsdeo­

tile and eduationll joumob and
·an ~ USP and NIH~ and
c:ommiUees. She is .... ocMsoriD
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plwmocy - . .

Her- lnt.n!stsfocu&gt;on

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compound&gt; &gt;UCh
ond
cocaine ond drugs &gt;UCh as ,..tim.
antibiotio, e&gt;trogen, and ...,.,.
gen r&lt;placement therapy. Other
research interesnlodude development of intromU&gt;CUiar foonulatlons that"""' ;, ""' rnu&gt;de
damage upon injection without
altering drug bioavailability.
She earned her doctorate
from UB and hef bachehlr's and
master's degrees from the Uni..ooy d Toledo.

Film to be screened
The award-winning film ..Fotlow
M&lt; Home" wiK be &gt;hown at 7
p.m. March 1S in the SCreening
Room in the Center for the Arts,
North C.mpw.
'Mite&lt;/din!cto&lt; Peter Bratt.
wiH attend and will lead a d~
cuuion otter the smenlng.
The screening will be p~e­
....ud by the Center lor the
Amorias in the College dl Arts
and Sdonces.

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at the San F&lt;oncbc.o ln-

tematloNIFimFeslival ln 1996

and - . , Ollidal Selodion ol
the 1996 Sundonce Aim Festl-

What Is the US Green Office 1

UB Green is part of University
Facilities. We support c3mpus environmentaJ stewardship by promoting energy conservation, recycling, green building design , waste
reduction and green purchasing.
We have an office and environmental library at 220 Winspear
Ave. on the South Campus. In ad dition to myself, ou r staff co nsists
of envi ronmental educator Erin
Cala and st ud ent assistants Alicia
Ce rretani, Sam Chiang, (essie;!
Harden , and Ashish Joshi . It 's a
great place to work!

08 b

recognl~ed

as • le.der In

the green-c•mpus movement.
What •re some of the
university's Henwolronmental
achievements?"

Our energy -conservatiOn program
is among ..the best in ~he country.
Thanks to a longstanding team effort , UB has achi eved documented
energy savin gs of more than S60
million since the program's ·inception more than 20 years ago. The
interesting thing is that even after
so much has been done, I can still
walk the campus and see lot s of
opportun ity for energy conservation and efficiency improvement.
Describe the "Thlnll Green "
We are in the process of starting
ca mpaign
another large energy-conservation
"Think Green"' is our current cam - ret rofi t project- this one focJ'sed
pus env ironmental-a¥o~areness on the South Campus. eedless to
program. We ask all members of say, I welcomed Gov. Pataki's recent
the universit y communit y to be executive order requiring aU state
mindful of ou r beautiful natural agencies to become mo re energy
world as th ey go about their cam - efficient and use environmentall y
pus business. "Think Green"' sug- respo n sible, green-design prin gest s simple actions every facuhy ·ciples for all new c;onst ruction. We
and staff member, and student can also can be proud of our campus
recycli ng program, our excellent
take to reduce his or her environmental impact. The campaign also environmental policies and the
work
of our Environmental Task
has the support of offices and departments on campus. For ex - Force. Through our Web site, the
ample, when we started the ca m - UB Green Office encourages campaign, Computing and Informa - pus involvement and shares the
tion Technology and University universitYs green-carnpw accomLib raries switched all their print - plishmeOts ana. rC.'SOurces, nation ers to Envl rographit- 100, which is ally and internationally. Check it
100 percent post-consumer pro- out at &lt;http:/ / wlngs.bufcess ch lori ne-free recycled paper. falo.edu/ ubgreen&gt;.
That decision is saving a fo rest of Tell me about the c•mpus retrees and preventing dioxin air and cycling Pf"'9r•m- How much
water pollu tion every day. We en- of our soljd w•ste de we now
courage all offices and depart - recyde7
ments to use this environ men tally Our recycling program has been
superior paper.
improving steadily and we now

CJ
recycle: more than 35 percent t:&gt;f
the campus solid -waste stream .
Our goal is at least SO percent.
University Facilities, Residence

sonablc payback, supcr-insuIatq{.t so that the walls arc R-30
and' the ceilings arc R-50. Our

Halls and Apartments, and FSA

gas bill is less than SI00. We haw·
two small cars that get 40 miles
per gallon. We try to shop less
and buy used when we can, and
we buy organic produce though

each have: their own recycling pro gram . Recently, Facilities instaiJed
more than I00 public-a rea recycling stations, making it easier to
recycle: plastic , gla ss and metal
beverage containers, as well as pa per. UB now recycles computers
and even diskettes and CO-ROMs.
Wh111t II the one e nvironmen -

tally unfriendly thing people
do th•t lr1u you the ":!o st7

I tr y to keep a se nse of hum or
about all the things thai irk me!
O ne thing on my li.st1s the fa1lure
of most members of th e ca mpus
co mmun ity to enable the powermanagem e nt featur es on their
computers and monuors-$0 th ey
go inlo a low -power '" sleep mode ..
when not actively in use. The in structions for enabling these fea tures a re on our Web site. If ev eryo ne did it , we probably couJd
save $400,000 a yea r.
Do you pr•ctlce wh•t you
preach •t home1

I try to "walk the walk" as best I can.
We live in a passive solar home in

worst monthly winter natural

a community-supported agri-

culture program. We recen~yin·
stalled a solar hot -water system.
My children and I tease each
o ther about turning out the
lights-th o ugh nearly every
bulb in our huu ~· is compact
flu o rescent. Our dectnc bill 1s
less than a third of the Western
ew York average. Also, my wife,
Na n, a nd I have been vegetarians
for 20 yea rs. Our two kids are
happy vegetanan~ too. It 's a diet
that is kind to your health, ammals and the env1ronment. Oh,
I almost forgot-we recyde too!

Wh•t question do you wh h
I had •skeet, •nd how

would you h•w-e 111nswered
lt7

I wish you had asked me about
global warming. a prQblem we
are in national denial about.
There is a near -co n sens u s
among scientists that global -

Amhcnt, which appealed to us because it was half-way between the

climate change, fueled by our

campuses.. minimizing cOmmuting.
It " as 240 square feet of south-facing wi ndows. Sunlight fills our

sumption of, fossil fuel s, has

house, keeping the electric lights off
during the day and, in the winter,
meeting one: third of our heating
ne-eds. When we moved in 10 years
ago, we tore the whole house apart,
and, abandoning any sense of rea-

addiction to, and oVer-conbegun and could raise average
global temperatures by as
much as 10 degrees this cen t ury. That would be unprec edented and catastrophic. This

Earth is a wonderful place. We
ha' e no right to trash it or ruin
the lives of future generations.

vaf. fi eamodllnltt"beKdirecto&lt;" honon at the Arneriun Indian Film Festival In San Francisco in 1996.

For"""" Information about

Stemgenix joins UB Technology Incubator

the smenlng or the film, con·
tact Kyle Wogner Ill 645-2546 .

Biotech firm specializes in stem cell and immune cell research and applications

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TEMGENLX LLC. a biotech
stan-up company that seeks
to become a " u rldwide leader

S

in specialized media neces-

sary for the isolation, propagation and
utilization of stem cells and specialil..ed immune cells for both research
and clinical applications, has moved
into the UB Technology Incubator.
When Stemgenix co-founder and
president Frank SwartzWelder decided to establish the com pany, it
was only natural that he look first
to the inc uba to r at 1576 Sweet
Home Road, Amherst.
Swa rtzwelder, wh o has a backgrottnd in ceUular immunolOb')' and
stcm-cclJ research and development,
previous!)' worked with a former in·
cubator tenant developing a sh.·m-cdl
biolog}' produd line. S' vartzwelder,
aJong with Ch ns Alfiero. Stemgeni."
co-foundcr and ch1efexecutive officer,
acqwred the as..:;rto; of that stem-cell
bioiQb1' business to tonn )temgenix.
"At the incubator, lab spaces are
already established, power reqlllremenLS are already met and the rent

is affordable. This is where you want
to be if you want to start a company,"
said Alfiero.
The incubato r provides an envi -

ronment that helps technology·intensivecompanies develop and grow.
" It's a great place for people to come
in and get started rather quickly, (and
it has ) access to the University at Buffalo computer network and medicaJ

ing chemotherapy or radiati o n
therapy for the treatment of such
cancers as leukemia, breast cancer

and Hodgkin's lymphoma.
"The challenge most researchers
and clinicians face is obtaining sufficient numbers of stem cd.l.s from
the umbilical cord," Swartzwelder

explained. "Cord blood units uso·
ally contain only enough cells to
transplant a baby or small child."

Ubraries," said Edward Hutton, chief
financial officer.
Alfiero said the company believes
that the use of stern cells will have

vides a source of nutrients to opti-

tremendous impact on the management and treaqnent of disease: .

mally grow stem cells isolated from
umbilical cords, enabling the clini-

.. The hematopoietic expansion

product is a Uquid medium that pro-

Technology breakthroughs in stem-

cian to obtain sufficient numbers of

cel l research. he added. are furging
nt.·w ground in the pn.•vt:ntion and
trt:a tment of disease.
&lt;;t entgenix has a portfolio of pmdu Lh used an the Jnalysi.s of hwnan
.md munne stem Lellc;. This portfolio also mdudes Sterngenix 's fLlg.ship
product. a hemat opoietic, or blcxxtform mg, stem- cell ex.pans1on medium. "llte stem -cell product tine 15
used prominently m dinical research

cord-blood stern e&lt;lls to treat adult

and therapeutic applications, includlltgimmune-all repla=nent foUow-

patients. This source b very rich in

fetal cells and has the g..., test p&lt;Jtential for therapeutic applications."
Stemgemx is o::pecting to release
this month the expansion medium ,
which has o utperformed all other
expansion media on the m,uket.
The demand for and USC' of stem
cells for disease treatrnc!nt continues to
grO\Y. According to International

American Bone ~Transplant
Registries. more tlian 50,(XXl blood and

bone-marrow stem-aU transplants
w.re performed~ in 1998.
With a current market for it s
products at $30 million, and an ex-

pected growth of nearly three times
that figure by 2005, Swartzwelder
said Sterngenix is at the threshold of
an exciting future. The company. he
added, plans to develop several new
media over the next few years. and
has received outside funding from
diverse sources.

"Wc\-c been apprt&gt;V«ili&gt;r funding
from the Eric County Industrial Development Agency RDC. which· is a
venru.. capital fund, and the Western New York Business Dcvclopment
Fund. The funding"" have right now
is from privatc invcst&lt;&gt;t&gt;," saysAlfiero.
UB isoneof!Mpartncrs in the WNY
Business Development Fund.

The UB Technology Incubator, pan
of the uni\'ers1ty's Offitt of Science,
Technotogy Transfer and EconomiC
Ou ..reach, has it&gt;Sisted technology

start-upsbvpnM&lt;Iingaff"':"1"bU&gt;I·
ness services., flexible rental terms and
office and laboratory space. lt cur-

rend)' is home to 16 componies. most
of which have dooc links to UB.

�februart 21. 2002/Vt 33, Ia. lS Rep= ....

Education tied to stroke risk
Study finds as·education level rises, risk ofstroke death declines
Contributing Editor

f policymakers nttd one more
reason topr&lt;SSforagoodeducation for all Americans, here
it is: Education is a boon to
public health.
·
UB researchers have found that
as education level goes up, risk of

I

death from stroke and brain hem-

orrhage goes down. The relationship likely exists for other chronic

diseases, as well.
Adnan I. Qureshi, assistant professor of neurosurgery and lead au-

thor of the study, presented the resu lts at the recent 27th Interna-

tional St roke Conference in San
Antonio. The research was conducted at UB's Toshiba Stroke Research Center in the School of
Medicine and Biomedicine Sciences. The stud y assessed data from
a representative sample of the U.S.
population totaling more than
21.000 persons.
After adjustin.g for several conditions th a t could mnucnce a
participant's nsk of death from stroke

or brain hemorrhage-age. race,
gender, hypertension , ciga rette
smoking, serum cholesterol, socio~
economic status and diabetes--the
findings showed that persons with
less than a high school education had

a 40 percmt increase in risk of dying
from strok&lt; compared to those with
more than 12 years of schOOling.
The risk of dying from intraccrcbral hemorrhage was twice as high
for people with less than 12 years of
education.
The underlying reason for the association between education level
and risk of fatal strok&lt; and intracerebral hemorrhage is not clear,
Qureshi said, but he noted some
possible explanations.
"Education probably contributcs
to one's awareness of.risk factors and
the imporW:tct ofpreventive efforts,"
he said "''ll= may be sociopsychological &amp;ctors involved that we arc
unable to identify at this point. Or
there may be issucs related to di/Ter-.
ences in lifestyle that may explain, in
part, the observed association.
. "It is definitely possible that diet
and physical activity may be different based on your educational statu s,.. Qureshi added. uSedentary
lifestyle may contribute to the. risk
of cerebrovascular diseases, although pe=ns in higher education
strata tend to have a Jess physically
vigorous lifestyle. These are issues
that require further evaluation."
While it would be reasonable to
assume that education affects socioeconomic status, and that the rela-

T

HE director of the Edu ·
cat ional Opportunity
Program updated the
Faculty Senate Executive
Committee on the program at the
group's Feb. 20 meeting, highlighting its goals, achievements and mission of recruiting the underscrved
populations of New York State.
The primary mission of the program, Henry Durand told senators,
is to recruit New York State residents
who are financially and educationally disadvantaged. EOP counselors
blanket the state and every Buffalo
public school in the spring and fall,
hoping to attract students who might
otherwise not have the opponunity
to anend a university. Once eligible
students have identified, roun.selors
usc both non-cognitive evaluations
and traditional forms of assessment
to determine students' needs before
they enter tht" program. Once en ~
rolled in the university, students are
provided with every possible means
of support to make the tranSition
from high school to coll&lt;ge a successful one, Durand said.
"If we can identify a student who
actually is performing at a reputable
level, in spite of a number of obstacles, then we feel fairly certain that
with the kinds of support we provide, they can successfully navigate
what they need to do at UB," he said.
Academic-achievement high lights for EOP for the 200 t -02 academic yea r include 272 students
who completed the Fall200 I semester with a grade-point avcrageof3.0
or higher; 24 students who have met
gradu ation requirements for this
February and 139 stude nts who
have ~ed for graduation ~H th e enJ

of the spring semester; 77 students
who were included in "Who's Who
in American Collegcs and Univcrsities"forthe2000-01 academic year,
ahd nine students who wert' accepted as Ronald McNair scholars
for 2001-02-with five of the six
graduating scholars planning to attend graduate school.
EOP students' high school GPAs
and SAT scores upon a=ptana at
UB are not far off the mark of their
li&lt;sluncn peers,Durand said For the
fall 200 I semester, the average EOP
high school GPA was 81, compared
to 90 fo( incoming freshmen, and
their SAT scores averaged 939, compared to 1156 for other incoming
freshmen. The graduation rate for
EOP students over a six-year period
is 42 percent, compared to 56 percmt for the non-EOP population.
Moreover, UB's EOP students beat
the national EOP graduation rate by
34 percmt, he said
EOP coll!t5elors, Durand pointed
out, provide the same level of academic adviscm&lt;nt that all UB students receive, as well as pe=nal and
social counseling, crisis counseling,
mentoring and advocacy. They also
teach classes and oonduct life-skills
workshops on issues such as teach·
ing students about budgeting and
offt-ring individualiud, group or
classroom tutoring for most UB
courses. Counselors are heavily invoiYed in the recruitment process.,
often going out in teams with re~
cruiters from the admissions office.
"If a student has a specific problem, whether that problem is personal, financial, academic or scheduling, referral and/or advocacy with
a social service agency, the y can go
to their counselor and tht.')' can ~t~t
that kind of supjXl rt ," Our;1nd ..a1J.

Cognitive science lecture set
b y J&lt;Kk-..tf, profuJOr of linguistics at Brandeis University,

tionship between t-ducation and
will speak at 3:30 p.m. March 14 in Slec Concert Hall, North Camstrok&lt; could be due to the inability
pus, as part of the Center for Cognhive Science's Distinguished
to afford good medical care, Qureshi
Speaker Series.
adjusted for socioeconomic status,
The lecture will be free of charge and open to the public.
and the relationship was indepen)ackendoff's topic will be " Possibie Stages i!) the Evolution of the
dent of this measure.
{
Language Faculty."
The study findings were based on
The human ability to learn language is a human cognitive spean analysis of data from a national
cialization, encoded-in somt' upknown way-in our genes.
cohort of 21,443 adults who took
Jackendoff says. The evident adaptivity of linguistic communicapart in one of two National Health
tion suggests that this capacity aroSt" through natural selection, htand Nutrition Examination Sutv.ys
adds. "It is, therefore, a challenge for linguistics to 6nd a .plausible
(NHANES) and their 15-year folroute by which the features of language could have evolved step by
low-up surveys.
step." Jackendoff says that in his speed\, he will propose such a route,
Participants in the initial surveys,
"using evidence from child and adult language: acquisition, from
conducted in representative samplcs
aphasia, from pidgin and creole languages, from •language' -trained
of the U.S. population, provided
apes, and from •fossils' of earlit-r forms of tht- language capacity still
atensi~ information on hea.Jth stafound in modern-day languages."
tus and lifestyle habits, includi ng ·
Jackendoff has taught at Brandeis si nct- 1971. Ht- is a fellow of the
education level. The follow-up study
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, prcsidrnt ~elect of the Linassessed changes in health or vital
guistic Society of America. and past presidt-nt of the Socit-ty for
status since the initial survey.
Philosophy and Psychology. A former student of Noam Chomsky,
"Lower education leads to a higher
he is author of .. Semantics and Cogni tion: Consciousness and the
risk ofccrebrovascular diseases, which
• Co mp.utational Mind .. and, with Fred LerdahJ, ..A Generative Theory
brings with it a substantial financial
of Tonal Music."
burden on the nation," Qureshi said.
His most recent book, .. Foundations of Language," offers a new pro·
"The results support a higher 1.,.,; of
posal in tht' understanding of how language. the brain and percepcommitment from policymakcrsand
tion connect, and integrates lin~uistics with surrounding disciplines,
individuals to improve the level of
including philosophy of mind, cognitive and developmental psycholeducation among our population."
ogy, evolutionary biology. neuroscience and computer science.
Other faculty from the Department
The lecture will be co-sponsored by the Samuel P. Capen Cha1r m
of Neurosurgery and the Toshiba
the Department of Anthropology; the departments of Anthropol Stroke Reseatdl Center involved in the
ogy, Computer Science and Engiw.cring, Linguistics and Philosostudyw.re M. Fareed KSuri,Mustafa
phy; the English Language Institute, and the IGERT grant from the
Saad.l.ee R. Guterman and L Nelson
National Science Foundation to the National Center for Geographic
Hoplrins, department chair.
Information and Analysis.

EOP updates FSEC on its p:t;Q~
By DONNA LONGEHlCKEll
Reporter Assistant Editor

BrieD

EOP also .conducts a four-week
summer orientation program to
immerse incoming srudeots in the
college experience. "ln that fourweek program,,.., try' to give the students a feel for what the academic
year is like," he said. "We try to put
the student in the living environlllj!nt in which they willli~ with the
kinds of pressures they will have to
adjust to."
The ethnic make-up of the program is diverse, Durand no red, with
African Americans comprising 3540 perct-nt of students enrolled,
Asian -Americans comprising 25
percent, Hispanics 20 percent and
Caucasians 13 pe.rcent. Native
Amt-rican enrollment is less than I
perant, he added.
Seventy-five percent of the students enrolled in EOP come from
households with incomesof$20,000
or less, with the majority of students-36 percmt-&lt;oming from
households with incomes below
$9,900. To qualify for the program.
students must meet income guidelines. For example, $25,000 is the
maximum amount of combined
inrome allowable for a student roming from a four-person household.
"EOP contributes a cOnsiderable.
amount to the university's quality of
life," Durand said, noring it is one
of the largest student employers on
campus, with 75-90 students working at EOP at any given time.
"We have some challenges in EOP,
with state support declining and rising expenses. The freshman students this year, with all forms of fi nancia.l aid at maximum levels, will
still be S l ,800 short of what it costs
to attend US. We're scrambling to
try and figure ou t how to work it
out." said Durand.

ESI awards research funding EiJ
The Environment and Society Institute has announced the names

of researchers who ~ave won awards for Fall 200 I through the
institute's E~~·U:onmental Managemen_t Ab,"tpiative,s' Prog-:am
(EMAP) and Environmental SciencelnterdisciplinaryResearch Program (ESIRP).
The EMAP provides seed funding for interdisciplinary research
and analysis on environmental problems relevant to the regional
community and shares that work with groups and organizations capable of translating it into policy.
EMAP award winners= Alan J, Rabideau, Department of Civil,
Stn.ictura1 and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering
and Applied Sciences, and Matthew W.llecktt, Department of Geology, College of Arts and Sciences, for a project entitled "L&lt;tchworth
State Park Water Quality Study."
The ESIRP provides seed funding for interdisciplinary research
and analysis in t-nvironmt-ntal scit-nce Rlt-vant to the rt"gional, national and global environmentaJ research· and education priorities.
EnvironmmtaJ science foc;uses on tht' compont-nts of tht- environment-air, water, soil and food. Research in the natural and social
sciences that has relt-vance to, and overlaps with, rnvironmental science would be eligible, including ecology, environmental chemistry,
enginet-ring, psychology, anthropology, environmental toxicology
and t-nvironmental health.
ESI~ award winnt-rs art-:
• James N. Jensen, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences;
Troy D. Wood, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, and A. Scon Weber, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Enginet-ring. " Methods Development for the Analysis
of Natural and Synthetic Estrogens in Wastewater"
• Jerome B. kistu and }and R. Morrow, both of the Department of Chemistry, "Water-Soluble Metal Catalysts for Biomass Conversion to Cht-micals•
• Carl F. Lund, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of
Engineering and Applied Sciences, "Feasibility Data for a New Class
of Environmentally-Friendly Chlorination Catalysts"
'
• James R. Olson, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology,
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Lesleyann Hawthorn,
Gt-ne Expression Core Laboratory, Roswt-ll Park Cancer Institute,
and Norma J. Nowak, DNA Microarray Facility, Roswell Park Cancer lns.titute, ..Application of Gene Microarrays in Environmental
Health Research"
·
• ChrisS. Renschler, Department of Geography, College of Arts
and Sci~nces, and Michael F. Sheridan, Department of Geology.
College of Arts and Sciences, ..Geo-sparial D)1lamic Response Asi
sessment Tool (GeoDRAT)"
For further information , contact ESI at 829· 29 75, ex t. 60:!. or vis11
http:/ / wlngs. b uthlo.edu/ p ro vo st / esl.

�4 llepo.-les ftbruall28.2002/Vol 33, I .19
VIsiting professor Dora Ohrensteln brings to music concerns and culture of current day
B RIEFLY
Nominations sought
for Welch awllf'ds
Tho Offlce ol tho VIa: President
'"' -~ is k&lt;llng
I1CII11Inollons for tho 23" onouol
NoncyWolch-.l.
Tho ow~ annually
In honor o1 tho IC&gt;mlf!r resfder&gt;.
tlol ~"" ol Roche!
Conoo Colleg&amp;--H reser.oed IO&lt;
undergroduota rosidentiol nu·
donu who hove-mode slgnifl.
cant contributions to the univenlty community through tho
~tof a ..~pro­
groms 0&lt; projects and

""'""'-ism throughout tho
KOdomic yor.
To obloln on opplicotlon
pocllet. conQct Coroline Puccio
tn Student Atfetrs at 645-2982,
or itt &lt;cpucdoebuffalo.edu&gt;.
C&lt;&gt;mpleted appliutions
must be received in 542 Capen
Hall, North Campus, by S p.m.
on March 8 .

" Peter Rabbit" to hop
into CFA Mainstage
The Center
for the AIU
willpre~t

the world

ronowned
Poko Puppeuin
"'The Peter
Rabbit Revue'" at 2
p.m. March
23 in the
Mainstage theater in the Center
for the Arts, North Campus, as
port of the CFA's Family Adven·
lure Series sponSO&lt;ed by
Adelphia Media Services and

WJYE.FM.
Fn!e kids acthiities will be
provided on&gt; hour prior to the
perlormance.
"'The Peter Rabbh. Revue'" is'a
fun-filled, full-sage moslal production t.. turlng the famous
r.tbbit and the classic chik:tren's
tales ol • Peter and tho Wolf;
*Tubby tho Tuba• and •p..,
Gynt and tho Trolls.•
RabbiU abound with Poko's

slgnltJ.n glitter-rod&lt; . ,. Tho
Hop; tl)e arry and eggstnrvogont "Easter Porode• and
Ill . Old McDonald" sing-olong
with !pOClal guest star • Super

-·

This production Is mode pos- . In port, by a g&lt;onl from
Tho Jim Henson Foundation.
Tho show Is recommended for
ages 8 and undot.
Established In 1966 by Lony
Engler, tho Pofco Puppets t&gt;ow
_ . - ! In full·stago productions for la190 theaters (lkwk·
lyn Academy of Music, Metropolitan Opera liow&lt;), concert
apporvas with orches~s ·
(PhHadelphla Orchestn. Buffalo
"""harmonic) and .matte&lt;
shows that have tovmt ~udito-­
riums from~ to At~ntl and San fuan to

Slng1pore.
TKkets for "The Peter Rabbit
Revue• are 112 for adults and
S10 for chiktren 12 and under,
and .,-e available at the CFA box
omce from noon to 6 p.m. lues·
day through Friday, and at all
lkketmaster k&gt;cations. For more
lnf«mation, a ll 6-IS-ARTS.

JOB LISTINGS
UB job listings
accesslble·vla Web
Job listings for professional,

r~

search, facu lty aAd eM! ser·
vice-both competitive and
non&lt;ornpetltive-positKHu can
be acceued via the Human R~
sources Services Web site at
&lt;http:/ / www.- ..buff.

olo.-

" \ /viiCAIIKiel/ &gt;.

Bringing rarely performed opera to UB
· main truetothework '~conccptlon,"
says Ohrenstein. whose assoaation
NIMATED. passionate, with mwic theater i.ndudes her own
in~ any classically
critically acclaimed. o ne· wo m a n
trained soprano should ·prod uction entitled .. Urban Diva"
be-Dora Ohrcnstein and the lan&lt;irnaJkPhilip Glass/Rob-

87 DONNA LONC;EHfOIU
Rq&gt;ortn Assinant Editor

A

he (Glass) had just signed with CBS.
It was a huge breakthrough for any
da.ssical composer to sign with a
major label-a lot of people in the
business resented that and put down
Ph ilip's m usic as too accessible and

moves easily between lhe worlds of
Classical music, new music and the
American an song.
Her classical training, combined

wilh a deep, experiential knowledge
o f past and present American comM
posers like C harles lves and Ben
Jo hnsto n, has inspired Oh~nstein
to continuaJiy risk elCploring new
vocal terrain a nd experim enting
with a wide variety of mwical styles.
As a performer and teacher--she

them es present in much of h er
work; feminism, sexual identity, racM

ism. hea nbreak, longing and loss.
"I realize almost &lt;Verything I do
ends up having a strong femmtst
angle to it. When I say ' feminist' I
mean issues like women's sexual
idenuty and the roles they are made
to play or a re fo rbidden 10 play end
upalwJysbeinga ~pectivc I bring
to the opera world." s.aysOhrcnstein.
Them~..... o( :,exual 1dcntit\ c~nd re·
pression ,..~~ wdl J.'t thl' med1a'~ lll ·
Va51on 11110 pnvdll' lafc,.!!ht: nuto, Jrl'
present in the upda1eJ prodU1.·11on
of"D1do and Acn~&lt;b .~
In May, ~he w11J mall' h&lt;.·r prukv
sional Jm..-clonal debut 10 d Buffalo
prudultttm ,,f " Pagl•ac..:1 .. wnh thl'
Buffalo O JX'ra Theatrl". In (act. shl·
gamed valuable expt:ncnce in coor
dinating wrgl.' pmcluct1on~ when ~he
commt!&gt;Sioned five Amcric.Jn com
posers ( Ben Johnston, Sco11
Jo hn so n , Ltnda Bouchard, Anne
LeBaron and Anthon) Davis ) to
write songs for "Urban Diva~ and
was able to obtain a grant from the
National Endowment for the Arts to

direciS UB's Opera Workshop- and
teacht-s ~r·o i ce as a visiting assistant
professor in the DepanmentofMu·
!i ic-she brings audicnCl'S and stu·
denb into a heightened awareness
of the historicaJ context of her perM
fnrmanc~ hr rnJ.king it relevant to
thl· conce rn s .md cu llurc o f the
pre5ent d.1y.
Nl·x t month , O hrcnstein will diM
rc~."t Hcnrv Purcell 's .. D1do a n d
Aenl."'.d~ ... a ro.~rely performed opcralh e lir!&gt;l oper3 in English--&lt;omM
po!&lt;d in I b89 and based o n a seeM
110 11
uf Virgil's "Ae n eid ...
O hrc n~ t cin's production, while re·
mo.~ming faithful to the o riginal
work. will illuminate th e connict
between public and private duty by ~
placing the story within a co ntext i
audiences arc familiar with : Dido is
a movie queen and the opera's cho ·
ru!&gt; is.a group of paparazzi who reM0

!

6

lenllessly invade her privacy.
The story is a tale of disappoi nted

f L..L-'-'-l-'--'--'--~-----.:..:........::::c...=c..:.c=.._,._,c...--.
VhltJng aulsbnt prof essor Dora Ohrensteln will direct the r..ely

::;:::-.:~:':sc:..7e:.::.~ ':;:.th, gMng the opera.

love betwee n Dido , Queen of
Ca rthage. and At:neas, hero of the
Trojan witrs. The struggle between
public and private duty, a theme
present in the original work's setting,
is a concept supported in
Oh renstein's interpretation with a
live video camera on stage shooting

In fad , it was her decade Miong
stint as solo vocalist for the world ·

selected scenes !hat will be projected

renowned Philip Glass Ensemble

from video monitors p laced all
around the theater. The audience will
aperience the stage production and
its video coun terp;trt simultaneously.

that Ohrenstein credits with launchM
ing her career. " Being in the: en M
semble professio n ally was a great
blessing, it put me o n the map as an

allowing fur a multi-fae&lt;tcd portrayal

make any (directorial) decisions !hat

artist," she says. With lhe ensemble,
Ohrenstein performed throughout
Europe, North and Soulh Ameria~ .
Australia and Japan.

defy the essencr of the V.'Ork- to re·

"When I got in to the ensemble,

of Dido. the central character.
" It's very important to me to not

However, it is the American an
song. rep..-nted by such divers&lt;:
and critic:illy pr2ised works as her
four~sc recording of "The Complete Songs of Charles lves" ( 1994,
Albany Ra:ords), her work with lhe
group Bermuda Trjlhgle and !heir
widely hailed program entitled "The
Political Songbook," and "Urban
Diva" (199'4, CRJ ) that perhaps de·
fin~ Ohrerutein's career and gives
voice to the political and u.niversal

en Wtlson production of .. Einstein
on lhe Beach." a five-hour opera that
she calls "very visionary, avant -garde
and completely plotless."

no t really art ," she says.
A New York City native, Ohrmstein
originally started out as a pianist. hav·
ing played since the ageof9. " But." she
confesses. "I was never that greaL I was

poy the composers and fund the
mwicians, costumers and o ther as·
pects of lhe show.
Ohrenstein, in the last year of a
two.yc~r contract with the Depart·
ment of Music. hopes to remain at

UB and says she has enjoyed work·
ing with a "very good body of ac c::&gt;mplished students."
"Dido and Aeneas," a multidis·

very musical, but didn't ha"" great
chops." So. she learned to sight-read ciplinary collaboration~ featuring
music and by her early 20s knew that student a r tists fro m th e depart ~
she wanted to be asingerand has since ments of Media Study and Theatrt
performed everything from chamber and Dancr, as well as Music, will be
music to Gregorian chants. She has performed at 8 p.m. March 8 and
bc:&lt;n caJJed a singer of'limitless "'"8&lt;" ·2:30 p.m. March 9 in the Drama
wilh a •liquid 110ice," and an "ahila- Theatre in the Center for the Arts,
rating" performer who "breaks with North Campus. (For lhe Depart·
the expectations ofher YOOil genre (to) ment of Music's full concert sched·
explore W1Charted territories."
ule for March. see story on poge 6. )

How
High?
Who needs Utah when
there's rock climbing right
in Alumni Arena? UB
students w ere climbing the
walls Friday nig ht as part of
Fun Fest, a " N atural High"
activity sponsored by R&amp;l
5ervices, the undergraduate
Student Association, Living
Well Center, Residential Life
and The Alcohol Review
Board .

�5

Plan would increase fees

Increase in comprehensive fee would fund technology, parking
By SUE WUETCHEII
R~~rEditor

T

HE comprehensivr st udent fee would increase
$30 a sem.,.ter for full-

time undergraduatesraising it to $655 beginning with the
FaJJ 2002 semester-under a proposal by Dennis Black, vice presi dent for student affairs.
The fee would increase $17.50 per

est increase t.O the student comprt·
hensive fee at a rate only equivalent
to higher education inflation."

The campus life increase would
support negotiated salary/benefit
increases due to statewide contract
~ttlements.

semesler for full -time graduate and

The fee increase for technology
would support the cost of the antivirus software that is supplied to all
st udents, the campus license agreement for the Microsoft Office soft -

professionaJ students under the proposal, bringing it to S487.50 for the

dent and the distribution of the Tech

semester.
llle proposed incrcast· would support negotJJted sa lary/benefit in-

creases m fee-supported a.reasduc to

ware that is provided to each stu-

"Additional fee revenfts ...

't..tll'Widc: coillr.Jct sculements not

have been proposed

prov•tk&gt;d for m U lfs base budget. It
.tl~o would ~ upport mcrloaSl.-d tl'Ch -

through a modest Increase

nolog\ LtiSt' .md ~rviCes. Improved
p.trl..•n~ Jnd 1mn:-.porto.~ t ion scrv 1 c~.
.nuJ unpro\'l.'lllt'llh to Sc:rvicc..'S pro ·

to higher education

\ JJt•d

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tinue to be a major public university
and the premier,public institutio n in

the Northeast,· he said.
He no ted that final comprehen·
sive fee recommendations for 200203 will be made after student consuh ation. Open forums soliciting
st udent input on the fee in crease
were held Monday and yesterday.
Students also can comment via
emajltooomp~bulfal&lt;!.edu

through March

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with American with Disabilities Act

More information on the comprehensive fee, the proposed increases,
and the waiver process, is available at

s tandards~

www.compfee.buffalo.edu,

increased fee would fund a parking!
transportation orientation video for
incoming freshmen, and also may

pay for an additional parking lot near
the Elliooll Complex and to implement the resuJts of the current study
of parking and traRsportation issues
on the two campuses.

The health services increase would
pay for costs related to negotiated
statewide salary and benefit contract

Black pointed out that recom mendations for wider campus consuJtation that were developed last

ye11r by Barbara Ricotta, dean of stu-

past, he said, adding that the curr&lt;nt

oped by the SUNY system.

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and to senior associate vice president for university services last July.

He also served as lecturer in Millard
Fillmore College for nearly 20 year&gt;.
teaching algebra and trigonometry.
Seitz earned ·a bachelor's degree
in management and an MBA , both

from UB. He is enroUed in the doc toraJ program in higher education
ad;ministrati on at UB.
As chief information officer.
lnnus had been serving at the vice
presidential level since January 2000,
reporting to \.Yagner and Capaldi.
\.Yith the title of vice president and
C IO, he wi ll report directly to
Greiner, but wiU continue reportin g
to the provost o n ma ilers related to
lihrarics and academic computing.
In his rolcasCIO. Innus has overseen information technology plan ning and implementation effort!~
across the university.

offers an introduction to the field, as weU as annotated links to hu man genome information resources, genome research projects, Web
sites, online publications, databases and local resources.
--Austtn Booth and

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student consultation process also is
based on recommendations devel -

·Reorganization
rial expertise and business acumen."
" Kevin has the respect and admi ration of all who have worked
closely with hirn ," Greiner said.
A5 vice president for university
sen •iccs, Seitz will be responsible for
faci ljties management and for the
university's business services, in cluding financial management, hu man resources. and legal sen•ices.
A UB staff member since 1974, he
has held a \'ariety of positions at the
university. including division director for auxiliary services. associate
di rector and acting di rector o f perso nnel , assista nt vice president for
finan ce and management, ass istan t
vice prcsi d~nt for financiaJ and aux ·
iliary services, and assistan t vice
president and interim dire-ctor of
administrative computing services.
He was promoted to a550Cia te viet'
preside nt and controll er in 1997,

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go to the UB Librari'"'' guide &lt;http:/ / ubllb.buffalo.eclui llbrar-

buys in higher cdUGJtion and will oon-

tractual increases and debt retirement ln addition, revenue from the

projects deal specificaUy with genetic material and pro!li'ns.

university's new fee policies and procedures require UB to complete its
comprehensive fee process much
earlier in the year than it had in the

port the purchase of new equipment
forth~ fitness cen ter.
Comprehensivo fee adjusunents, if
adopted, ""uld be reflected in student

wouJd remain one of the nation's best

installing new and en-

produces such vast amounts of data, most turrent biolnformatics

Presidents have been adopted. The

women's varsity sports ro bTing
them on par with the men's sports.
It also would pay for inflationary
costs associated with team travel,
student recruiting, and administra·
tive support, and student payroll
within Recreati_on and Intramu ral
Services. In addition. it would sup-

ing the cost ofstudent attendance, Ull

hanced bus shelter&gt; at key locations
on both campuses. and funding con-

Blolnfonnatlcs Is "" lnterd.bdpllnary research area tbat brings together biological and computational sciences. It dea4 with the computational managenxnt--the stori ng, retri~g. analyzing and prediaing-&lt;&gt;fbiological information. BecaW&lt; thl6eld of moleeularbiology

dents, and representatives from the
Council of St udent Government

only-would support expansion for

DENNIS BLACk

·rools CD. which includes anti-virus,
Web, email. utilities. courseware and
rcadl"r!l and viewer softwa re, to all
studt·nt:-..ln add it ion, it would fund
thl' deployment across the campuses
of several wireless pilots to increase
access to 'the cJ.mpus backbone and
the purchase of additional comput ers for the computing labs and the
l)'braries on both campuses.
The parking/transportation incre-dSt" wouJd be used for a number
of items. among them restriping accessible parking spaces to compl)·

CJ

Indeed , much of the research in bioinformatics is related to the
Human Genome Project &lt;http:// www.nhgrt.nlh.gov/ H(;P/ &gt;.
. The Human Genome Project is an attempt tO identify all of tht: approximately 30.000 human genes and provide tools for understanding their functions. By fully understanding genes, resea rchers will
be able to test for the presence of particular forms of genes, develop
new techniques for preventing disease, develop new medicines and
treatment s. a nd even co rrect faulty genes. Those curious about the
Human Genome Projt.'CI should access the Oak Ridge National Laboratory &lt;http:/ / www.ornl.gov/ hgmfs/ &gt;, which provides a useful
primer on genom ics, as well as introdu~tions to such specialized
are!ls as functional and comparative genomics. The UB Libraries
also own numerous books on the Human Genome Project, mclud ·
ing Kevin Davies's .. Cracking the Genome" (Free Press, 2001 ) and
Ma tt Ridley's "Genome: The Autob1ograph)' of a SpeCies tnl3 Chap·
tcrs" ( HarpcrCollins, 1999 1. wnttcn for the cu ri oU5 layperson .
Thew,Natiohal Cen ter for Bwte,hnology info rmation 1NCB I 1
&lt;http:/ / www.ncbl. nlm .nlh.gov/ &gt; ~ ~ th(' national resource for research tools in molecular b1ologv. The NCBI site provid~ re!'&gt;Durce'
and links to li tcrdturc- daLabJ~~. mnlt•cular databa.st."S, gcnom1c htol
ogy resourn-s and toob for datJ rnmmg. The NCBI matntalll!l tht·
GcnBank DNA sequcncl·d,uabax· &lt;http:/ / www.ncbl.nlm.nlh.gov/
Genbank/ lndex.html &gt;, the primary database of genom it data GenBank cu rrent!)' contaim mformat1on on more than 55,000 d1t
ferent o rganisms. Data is submtttcd dtrectly to GcnBank by reSI:'arch
l'rs from all over the world forUM." hr th e t'Otlft' sctentific co mmull!t\
Most current bioinformatiCS work involvesg1gantu.: databases,tn dud
mg public repositories of gent' data like GcnBank or POB ( Protem
DataBank), and private databa~s maintaint.-d by research group!. or
biotechnology companies. After data has been ob tained and entered
into databases, bioinfornlatics researchers use sophisticated compu ·
tational tools to analyze that dat.t. The NCBI maintains a collcct.ion
of th e 1oo ls used by bioinformatics researchers &lt; http :/ 1
www.ncbl.nlm.nlt?.gov/Tools/ lndex..html&gt;, many of which a.re free
for usc by academic researchers.
Interested in what's going on in bioinformatics at UB? Monitor
the Buffalo Center of ExceUence in Bioinfonnatics'Web page &lt;http:/
/ www. blolnfornt~~tks.buff•lo .edu / &gt;, which provides informatio n
about current research at the university and its partners. The missio n of the Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinfonnatks is to act
as a research , development , education and economic outreach resource for industries based on bioinformatics, including those en·
gaged in information technology, biotechnology and pharmaceuti·
cals. For more information on bioinformatic.s and genomics research,

account statements distnbuted to aU
returning and new students in mid·
July, Black said "While slightly increas-

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The governor ·~ proposed budget
that will take effect July 1 does not
provide funding for SUNY to meet
negotiated salary increases and doeS
not include at this time a general
tuition increase, Black said. How t!ver, the university must continue
to invest in programs and services
essential to delivering high -quality
educational experiences while supporting the increased costs of on going services and programs.
"UB remains committed to providing an educational environment
fostering student development and
student success," he said... To do this.
additiona1 fee revenues for next year

co':Tlputer-access stations, and the
purchase of a braille printer.
The intercollegiate athletics increase--assessed to undergraduates

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scttlmleflts. as weU as CRhancemcnts
and expansion of services to students
with disabilities. Among them are an
~pansion to Disability Services to
provide space, eq~Jipment and soft .
ware in support of ~8 new testing and

Human Genome Project
an9 Bioinformatics Online

He joined the UB professional
staff in 197 1 after graduating from
the university with a bachelor's degree in business administration. He
earned an MBA from UB in 1975.
He has held numerous administrative posts at the university. in ·
el uding director of graduate student
affairs, director of resource management Systems and assistant dean for
academic affairs. all in the School of
Management.
He was named assis tant vice
pres ident for academ•c affairs in
1979 and associate provost for ad ·
ministrative systems in 1984.
He moved from the provost's office to University Services tn 1986.
first serv ing as assoCiate VICe pres•·
dent for resource planning. then associate vice president and senior as·
sona tc vtcc president in 1992. He
assumt.J the CIO duties in 1996.

BrieD
Exhibit celebrates Big Orbit's
1oth anniversary as gallery
In celebration of the 10"' anniversary of Big Orbit Gallery, the UB

Art Galleries will present "Big Orbit Ten Years of Spin on West&lt;m New
York Art" in the Anderson Gallery, Martha Jackson Place, Buffalo.
The exhibit wiU open with a reception from 8- 11 p.m. Saturday

and will run through April 28.
An artist-run, alternative arts space founded in 1991 on the West
Side of Buffalo by UB art stud~nts Katrin Jurati and AJan Van Every,
Big Orbit's mission is to promote contemporary art in all media by
emerging and established artists in Western New York.
The exhibition in the Anderso n Gallery will chronicle the history
of Big Orbit through examples of artwork that have been displa)'cd
at Big O rbit in more than 50 so lo and small -group exhibitions.
Focusing on the gaJiery's vis ual arts program, the exhibiti on will
include paintings, sculptures, photographs and prints by such art ·
ists as Peter Arvidson. Mary Begley. Mia Brownell. Jackie Felix, Josh
lguchi.11ua.ync Hatchett , Patrick Ho lderfi eld , Martin Kruck. JoshuJ
Marks, Ga.ry Nickard, Joseph O rffeo. Walter Proc.hownik. PJtnd•.
Robideau, Alberto Rey, Paul Shari ts. Peter Sowiski, Kurt Von Vot~t~h.
Patty Wallace and Alfonso Volo. Many of the artists are curn.·n t or
former UB faculty members and students.
Gallery hours are II a.m,..,ta S p.m. Wednesday through SaturJa~
and 1-S .m . on Sunda .

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String Quartet, known
internationally as ctlebrated interpreters of
contemporary and 20th century
music, will perfpnn at UB on Man:h
20 as part of the concert program
to be presented during Man:h by the
Depanmmt of Music.
The oonart schedule also will featur&lt;fuculty rteitaJs bypiani&lt;lsSttphm
and Frieda Manes, and the Bug;illol
Golove/Ndson Trio, as wdl as a production by the UB Opera Worbhop
of Henry Purc:dl's"Didoandlll:nt2s.•
The perfonnanc:e by the Arditti
String Quartet, the fourth con=&lt;
in the Slee/VositingArtist Series, will
be held at 8 p.m. March 20 in Slee
Concert Hall, North Campus.
Tickets are S 12 for the general
public, $9 for UB faculty, staff,

Eo!ty "'9-

A second faculty r&lt;eital, featuring

the Bugollo/Golove/Ndson Trio, will
bo hdd at 8 p.m. Man:h II in Skc.
Each member of the trio is a strong
proponent of.ne.w music. Pianist
Helma Bugallo.a forma UB student
and faculty mmtber, perfonns fre.
qumtlyin Europe and the Americas,
and has premiered more than 50
works at intttnationally renowned
music festivals in n:oent years. Trum-

The fully staged production, fea turing a cast of student perform&lt;rs
and a prof&lt;SSional chamber orchestra, will be directed by Dora
Ohrmstrin, visiting assistant professor of music, and conducted by
Roland E. Martin, a lecturer in the
Department of Music.
The first opera in English, "Dido
and Aeneas" is the tale of disappointed love between Dido, quem

alumni and senior citizens, and $5
for students.
Founded in 1974"by lin;t violinist
Irvine Ardhti , quartet members btlieve that close collaboration with
com posen. isessentiaJ to the interpretation of modem music. and they attempt to work with every composer
whose music they play. The quartet's
repertoire features a wide range of
work-including world premieres-from such composers as Cage. Glass,

Nancarrow and Stockhausen. The
UB concert will include the piece

community.
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"Third Face," composed in 1987 by
UB faculty member David Felder for
the quartet and the North Am&lt;rican
New Music Festival

The concer t sched ule for the
month will begin with a performance at 8 p.m. March 9 in Sloe by
Stephen Manes, professor and chair
of the Department ofMusic,and his
wife and longtime collaborator,
Frieda, of a program featuring piano music for four hands--one piano, as ~u as two pianos.
The Manescs have been perfonning piano, four-hand music together
for almost 40 years. in addition to
their separate performance and
teaching careers. Their repertoire
encompasses the entire spectrum of
the four-hand literat~from the
sonatas of Mozart to works of
George Crumb-as weU as music
for two pianos, which will be the
highlight of the March concert.
Tickets for the concert are SS.

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In the Slft!VIr.ltlng Artist Soriu, ... hold .t a p .m . March 20 In
Sift Concort Holl, North Campu•.

peter Jon Nelson, assistant professor
of music and director of the Genkin
Philhannonic and the UB Concert
Band, is a founding member of the
Meridian Art3 Ensemble, for which
he was instrumental in commissioning more than 30 new works, oftm
vmturing into ja2z. rod&lt; and e:q&gt;&lt;rimental idioms. Cellist Jonathan
Golove, visiting assistant professor of
music, maintains an ~ carett as
a perfonner, oomposer and teacher.
In addition to founding and co-directing chamber f!I1SetTibles dedi cated to the perfonnance of new
music, he is active in the field of improvised music, and made his debut
as an electric cellist last year.
Tickets for the r&lt;eital are $5.
The UB Opera Workshop will put
on the rarely performed opera
"Dido and Aeneas" at 8 p.m. March
8 and 2:30 p.m. March 9 in the
Drama Theatre in the Center for the
Arts, North Campus.

of Carthage, and Aeneas, hero of the
Trojan wars . In the Opera
·workshop's production, the story is
updated to cont&lt;mporary times:
Dido is a movie queen and the chorus is a group of paparazzi who relentlessly invade her privacy.

Oluenstrin will use this approach
to underscore one of the work's major themes-the conflict b&lt;tw""n
public and private duty. This theme
is preoent in the work's original setting in aocimt Grt«%. and is JmS&lt;nted in this production throtJgh an
equivalmt rnocl&lt;m-d:ry situation.
The concept will be supported
with a live video camera on stage,
which will shoot selected SCI!I1es that
thm will be projected from video
monitors placed around the theater.
(For more about Ohmlstein and the
opera, sec story on page 4.)
Tickets are $5.
The March concert scheduk also
will feature a performance by the

UB Symphony Orchestra and the
UB Concert Band at 8 p.m. March
13 in Site.
The orchestra. conducted by
Magnus Miirtmsso~. assistant professor of music, wil1 . perform
B«thovm's Symphony No. 5 in i1 '
entirety bdore turning the stage
over to the concert band, oonducted
by Jon Nelson.
The concert will be free of charge
and open to the publiL
Finally, two opera pedagogues
each will offer a master class focused on the Bel Canto period of
the Italian repertoire. The c.lasses,
which will be fr"" of charge and
open to the public, will be of interest to vocaJ students, as well as opera enthusiasts.
Joan Patenaude- Yarnell, who began
her teaching career almost 15 )12fS ago
after a successful operatic and ooncert
career with the New York Gty Opera
and the San Francisco Opera. will
present her master dass.&lt;ntitled "Tra ditions of Bel Canto," from 2-5 p.m.
March 13 on the Slec stage.
The ew York Gty-based Yarnell
in 1993 established Centro Stud1
Italian , a summer course for young
American singers in Urbania. Italy,
that brings in coa ches from th e
famed Rossini Opera f-es tival in
Pesaro, Italy, as weiJ as a distin guished American voice and coach ing faculty, to prepare the Italian
ope.ratic and song literature.
Ubaldo Fabbri, a member of the
coaching staff at the Rossini Opera
Festival, will teach from noon-2 p.m.
Man:h 14 on the Sloe stage.
In addition to his poot at the Rossini

festival, Fabbri hads therooching Eocultyat theAa:ad&lt;mia Rossiniana and
the Centro 5tudi ltaliani.
Dilling his class. he will present a
short talk on the history of Bel
Canto, focusing on itsde-ldopllll!l1t
and in flu= on the opm~tic literature of the late 19" and 20"' centuries. He will worlt through the pronunciation of the Italian language
in all aspects of the Italian opm~tic
literature and on the principles of
the Bel Canto vocal techniqueS.
Tickets to music department
events may be obtlined at the Slee
Hall box office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday, from the
Center for the Arts box office from
noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, o.nd at all licketmaster outlets.

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Fraternity, VITA Committee received IRS training to provide free tax preparation
11y DONNA LOH&lt;OlHlCilU
Rtpottrr Assh:tant Editor

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EMBERS of Beta
Alpha Psi, a na ·
tional honor fraternity for accounting,
finance and management information systems students at UB,
and the VITA (Volunteer Income
Tax Assistance) Commi ttee will
offer free income tax assistance to
UB st udents from 1-5 p.m. on
March 2-3 and March 9· 10 in 122
Jacobs Management C enter.
Students are asked to bring with
them this year's tax package and/
or label, all form s, including W2s
and 1099s. inform ation regarding
.my other tncomc,dcductto ns a11d/

or credits and a copy of last year's
tax return.
The IRS-trained volunteers also
will be available to help interna·
rionaJ student with .t heir tax fonns,
although those services will be offered only on March 9-10.
lnternationaJ students who are
required to file tax returns are
urged to take advantage of the service . said Roger McGill, interim
vice president of human resources,
the office responsible for helping
the fraternity organize and pro mote the event this year.
Fraternity members Kevm Weng
and Rahul Doshi, VITA commiltt."('
co -cha trs and graduat e stud ent!.
~ tudym~ ,tl'l"O unltn~ in thl· ~hl ~) l

of Management, said they are acited to be able to help international
students this year and recently have
received training from the IRS in
order to do so.
The frat&lt;rnity tW provided this
free tax preparation for UB students
for the past several years. said Weng
and Doshi, but the service wasn't
well publicized until this year.
"This year, we have decided to promote this program and devote ow
time to those people who are truJy in
need of ow Strvice. Both of us an
doing this btcause we see this as a
grea1 event for both the community
and our fraternity," says Doshi.
'' By providing this service," says
Wt· n~ . "our fraternitv membcn are

able to apuience something they
cannot learn from the tatbook. Our
members can also apply what they
learn from textbook and IRS training to the =I world." ·
Doshi says that if a student's tax
issue:s are beyond the so:&gt;p&lt; ofVITA,
the volunteers have been advised to
refer the student to appropriate tax
consultants.
.. This saves students tro uble, time
a nd energy, espe&lt;:ially during the
semester," he said of offering the free
service on campus.
wwe set this as a win -win situa·
tion because both sides benefit. and
we hope that we can revive the VITA
progrartf that has been Bela Alpha
~i 's tradition .'' says We n ~ .

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2002 Football schedule set

Bulls to open 2002 campaign on Aug. 29 against Lehigh
By TED WASKO
Rtport~r Contributor

T

HE 2002 football schedule will be the biggest in
school history, with 12

games on the slate--in-

cluding six in UB Stadiu~tart­
tng with the season opener on Aug.
29 against Lehigh.

ferencc games at four-tiine1eague
champion Marshall, Ohio, Akron
and Ball State.
"We are ddighted to have for the
first-time ever a 12-game. regular
season schedule," said second-year
head coach Jim Hofher. "It is tough
and competiti&gt;e, with games against
the Big East and the Big Ten, as well

Due to a change
tions this past year,

opened on a Thursday night
againSl Rutgers before UB Sta·
dium record crowd of 22,658. All
other kickoff times will be an nounced at a later date.
The 2002 schedule:
• Aug. 29: Lehigh, UB Stadium
• Sept. 7: Rutgers, Piscataway, N. J.

a

learn s were al lowed to schedule

l l games for the
first time in the
.!002 season. and
li&gt;&lt;· Bulls will play
1hc mo st home
Sin Ce re-

Jurntn g to DJvi ' 'on 1-A WJth their
~·lllrJIKt' IIllO thl· • suson-opener •t home .g•lnst Lehigh
~·1td - Amerlldl1

onferrn&lt;.e m 1999.
Bt'!oldc.!. thl.' season opener, the.·
hnme sched uJe will kature baule·s
\V lth future Big East member Con-

t

lll'l-""ticut, MAC East Uivision newCent ral Florida and MAC
Wnt U1V1 sion power \.Vestc:rn
M1chigan, as well as yearly rival ~
Kt'nt State and Miami (OH ).
The ro'd sched ul e is daunting,
w 1th a trip to Minnesota of the Big
I0, Hutgers of the Big East and con~..o mer

season on the Thursday before
Labor Day against Lehigh with a
7:30p.m. kickoff. Last season, UB

on NCAA regula -

~.s nH· ~

The meeting with Minnesota on
SepL 21 will mark the first time the
Bulls ha"" played a Big I 0 tram since
1901 when UB played at Michigan.
Seven of the 12 t=ns on the schedule are t=ns that the BuUs played
last season.
The Bulls again will open the

as our East and West divisional opponents in the MAC.
.. Our East Division gets tougher
with Central Florida's entry, and we
are glad that our fans will see them
in Buffalo in their inaugural season
in the MAC," said Hofher. "We feel
th is is a terrific horne schedule, with
future Big East opponent UConn,
West Division power Western
Michigan, and MAC East rivals Mi am i, Kent. and UCF here."

• Sept. 14: Co nnecticut. UB
Stadium
Sept. 21: Minnesota .
•
Minneapolis
• SepL 28: Ohio, Athens
• Oct. 5: Western Michigan, UB
Stadium
• Oct. 12: Marshall, Huntington.
W.Va.
• Oct. 19: Miami (Ohio ), UB
Stadium
• Oct. 26: Kent State, UB Stadium
• Nov. 2: BYE WEEK
• Nov. 9: Cent ral Florida, UB
Stadium
• Nov.I6:Akron,Akron,Ohio
• Nov. 23: Ball State, Muncie, Ind.

Calendar
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tntematlonal Eduutk)n Port 9/ 11
Allan E. Goodman, preYdent and CEO,
Institute of International Eduution.
Student Union Theatre, North Campus.
1--4:30 p.m . Free. Sponsored by Council
on International Studies and Programs
and Offke of the Vte:e Provost for
International Education. For more
Information, Office of International
Student and Scholar Services, 645-2258
Ufe-lhop

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ralbert_ North Campus. 1:10-5 p.m.
Free. Sponsored by Office of Sh1dent
Unions and Activities. For !Tl()(e
mformation, 6-45·6125 .

Sen W~ner. 127 Capen, North
Campw. Noon· 1 :15 p.m. Free.
Sponsored by Aru and Sc:ieoc~
Ubraries

EducatlonM Technology Center
Wo&lt;klhop
Acces.s 97/ 20/JJJ, S«tion A. Part I. 212
Capon. North Campus. Nooo-2 p.m. - EducatlonM Technology Center
Wo&lt;klhop

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Educational Technology Center
Wo&lt;klhop
Photoshop: Channels and Se'ections,
Section 8 , Part I, HSL Presented by
!Media. Health Sciences l..ibf"•ry. Abbott
Hall, South Campus. 2-4 p.m . Free ..

Mind/ Body Movement O.u

Ubrory Worluhop

N.I.A. (Neuromuscular Integrative
Action). laurie Krupski, dir., Uving ~~
Center. Alumni Arena, North Campus.
4: I 5-5:30 p .m . Cali Recreation &amp;
Intramural Services for fee, 6-45-3147
Spon~ed by l.Mng ~I Center. For
more infonnation, laurie Krupski, 6452837 .

US 140: Government Information on
the Wei&gt;--M lntrodurtory Wo&lt;iuhop.
Ed Herman. 109 lockwood Ubrary,
North Campus. 2-4 p.m. Free. Sponsored
by Arts and Sciences Ubraries.

Open Drum Circle
Narnarte. 222 Student Union, North
Campus. 5:31)..7:30 p.m . free . Sponsored
by living Well Center. For more
rnformation, lanice Cochran, 64.$-2817 .

Med!Utlon
Buddhist MediUUon. Nikotas Ka~.
1Oth floor Goc:ldyNr, South Campus.. 6-

~~~:~::;,~!t ~~l
Kar1pas.as, 310-3238.

-RHdlng

Biological Sciences Seminar
Cancer Genes Oeflned lh'r ough the
Analysis of Chtomosom&lt;!
Trarukx.ltlons. lohn Cowell, OepL of
Cancer Genelic.s. Roswell Park Cancer
lnst. 210 Natural Sciences Complex.
North Campus. 3:_.5 p .m . Free. For t1"'C.n
information, Ronald Berezney, 645·2350

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..donoUty

In Algolnl&lt; Geometry.
Brendan Hwett. Rice Univ. 250 ·
Mathematia Bldg., North Campus. 4
p.m. FrM.

-..~u~-..

Seminar

Ptu.rmacokindk-Pna~am lc

Ubrory Wo&lt;kshop
U&amp; 121 : Searching &amp;eilsteln CroaFire

Newman Cent..- Panel Dlscuulon
He.art Speaks to Heart: A Lecture
Series on Relationships. Newman
Center. Suite 209, The Commons, North

~m~~o&amp;n"::.':!

=sewed

by

information, Maria Clare. 636- 7495.

Exhibits

Kent State 81, UB

S4

The Kont S..to Golden Flashes pbyed. fast-paced.~ pme and""'with an 8 l -~ win "'"' UB In front d l ,0 l 51ans Fob. 20 In tho MAC. Center In

Kont.Ofllo. ThelouwasUB~-stni&amp;f&gt;t.
, UBI'reslwNn Erin '-'nson led !he Bulb with • career-Ng!&gt; 18 po1na on six
~lncludO.: leur In tho second

The Flashes led by 2' at halftime. 46-25. and &lt;hey held !he Bulb SCO&lt;tieu
for !he fim leur minutes and 42 seconds d tho second hd to lncTeue theH'
lead to 30, 55-25. belo&lt;o' three-pointer by u.wr.nson cot UB &amp;&lt;*'I.Pn.

Bulb""

" lllg o.tolt: Ten y_.. of Spin on
_
_, Yoot. Art"
Examples of """""'tho! 1m boon
exhibited at Big O&lt;bil Gallery during tho
past t 0 y&lt;MS w;tt be on dhplay Saw&lt;day
through April 2B ., tho And«son Golle&lt;y.
Martha lacbon - ·· Buffalo. The
exhibit wifl open with a reception from 8-

~~t!~~f':J:~~~=ing
during the recepUon. Gallery hours are
11 a.m . to 5 p .m . \IVednesday through
Saturd.ly and 1-5 p.m . on Sunday.

"Rumsey-Potenu Competition"
Art wort; submitted fOf the RumS9'·
Potenza Com~tition will be on diSplay
through Feb. 28 in the Art Oepan.ment
Callery, 6-45"Cent.er for the Arts, North
Campus. Gallery houl"l are 10 a.m . to 5
p .m . on Tuesday, 10 a.m . to 8 p.m
Wedne-sday through Friday and 11 a.m
to 6 p.m. on Saturday.

--

·.u.n E. c-= A a.ln&gt;f90&lt;tlve

An exhibition honoring the life and WCN1t
of the late ilk.n:trator and teacher Alan E.
Cobef wiD be in display through May 18

~.~~t~:l~:t~,:,~orth

Campus. Caber was a Vlsitln~ professor
of art and Oi$tinguished VISittng Artist at

hd. '-'nson ranlcs , .... In !he

MACin~perpme.

The
cot&gt;d looks "'!he basket but hun tlwmsel..s -"'"""""
th~ !he pme.c.....-. 29. which Kent S..to ~Into )7 po1na.
The Golden Flashes •lso - t e d the Bulb inside,
them by •
32·1 0 margin in the paint.

ouacori"'

Wrestlin~
Miuouri 16, UB 4
Ohio 29, UB 12
UB dropped a pair of matches at the Cornell Duals on Saw~. The Bulls lost
to Missouri, n.nked ninth In the nation in the latest National Wresding Coaches
Association Pofl, by a 36-4 score. UB ~so went down In defeat by a 29·12 score
to MAC rival Ohio.
Gary Cooper was the Bulls k&gt;ne winner against Missouri, winning by major
deCision to give UB four team points.
Apnst Ohio,
opened the """" with ' 4-2 dedslon .,.... tho
Boboa' Milo!
who wrestles at l 25 pounds. earned h~ po;nu
with a akedO'Nn. an escape and 1 ricfing time point.
The Bulls' next win arne at the I S7~nd weight clus as Dave EdwJrds
scored a 7-6 decision ~Alex Cooper. Garr-ett Bon~ dedsioned Ohio's
Tr;rvts Smith. 9·3.at 1&amp;4 pounc:h. Bontempo had four l1kedowns and one esape.
IV. !he l 97-pound .,.;p.t class. K,le C enninan ~ a ~and an esape a&gt;
.., • J.' decision ...... ! h e -· Joel- completirc. perloct &gt;a
season In the MAC.
·

a..n;.Caruso.-.

InDoor lmcK ano rielo
Men place

act.. women

II th at MAC Championships:

" 19th Century Botanical Prtnb"
Reproductions of the famous "muscle
men· seriei by Andrea~ Ve~liui, and
pnnt -1 ~ of planu With m~iana l
propert ~ are on permanent d1~ay 1n
the Health Sciences Ubrary on the South
Campu~ . Matenallor both ex/'ubiu wa~
obtatned vYI the Robf&gt;n L Brown H1stor-y
ol MediCine CollectiOn m the l•brary. The
exhibits, supported by Lhe fnends of the
Health Sc.1toC;es UbrNy .tnd the ~W&gt;dical
H1stoncal Society of Western Ne\-v YQrl(.
may be viewed dunng normal library

entnnu. m Fricbyl prelimm.ilry rOund
Clark alr'Qdy has prCI'VISIONAy qualified for next month's NCAA
Ch.i!mp•onships with his .. 7. 1&lt;f showing at Notre Dame's Meyo lnvttaoonal
Steve Esler placed second in the hepathlon, recordmg a school-record 5.06 1
potnu m the seven-eYent competition
In the W'OI'Ml'l's hepQthlon. Meapn Rogers also set a new school re&lt;ord wTth
1.508 poma to pbce s~th ~Junior Christina Keck toolc. second 10 the
BOO.,...,. In 2:12.55 and hit1&gt;11•••1&gt;•on pia~ fcumo ~tho~ ...,ght
t:hrow w•th a tou c:J.$7-1 (17.~).Jutvor Meli:w 8urT'OIINS fM'ushed fifth 1n the
5000 meters m a season-best 17:)6.7... ~,. eM school record by twa seconds

C.....Piannktg and "'-cement's

Workshop

Education on Women •nd Gender. For
more information, IREWG, 829· 3&lt;451 .

Human Services Carur Fair. Mike
Rivera. C.Jn~er ~nning ana Placement
Student Union, North Campus. 5-7 p.m.
free . For more inform.allon, Miite Rivera,
6&lt;45-2231.

Thursday

Educational Technology Center

so

c.-Fair

~~~~tl:n~~~of

Scanning Images 212 Capen, North
Campus 10 a.m .-noon. Free

not-

U8 could
pid&lt;Bd • bette&lt;
dme to pby its best pme ol t:he
........ The Buls shot
percent
from !he field and 1M ~ scored
W I - fi&amp;ures as U8 deteated
Manhall,87-62. .. front o( 2.75' lam
S.I&gt;Jnloyni(tlc .. Aiuomilv&lt;na.
The victOry !he Bulb'
~th Mid-American ~e
'liin of the Season and gve them a
season sweep O't"er MarshalJ-UB's
first series S'Hf!eP since ;oinin&amp; the
MACtnl'l'ls.
~.,...~~of the
UB broke open a 14-11 pme in
womel'\'s basketball team
the first h&lt;iff wtth an inc.red~ 22-0
came
all
the bench to score
run that bepn with a three-pointer
a awer-high 18 points on
by freshman Tu,.,. S.W..The Bulb
six
three-pointers,
including
fhen wore out cht!i Thundering
four iri the second haK, in
Herd the rest of the half. Winning
UB's 81-S41oss at Kent State.
the b.J.ttie of the boards, 23-9, and
Koring 20 points in the paint
Lawrenson is among the
behind 17-of-27 shooting from the
Mid-American Conference
~d and a near perfect 11-of-12
leaders in three-pointers per
from the: line
game at 1.35, ranking 14th
1
US increased ru ~d to 35
in
the statistic.
pomu on a dunk by seniOf' Roben:
Brown early in the seconct-haK and
held a 32-polnt lead with I I :42 left. B.ntle then hit a 1umper followmg four
offensive rebounds during the same poueuion. d1mm~ng Ma~ha.ll's hopes of a
comeback.
The Thundering Herd managed to cut the defiot to 25 points before the
buzzer on some long-A"&amp;'! 5hooting by Tamar Slay. who was 6-of-1 0 from
three-pomt range and finished with a game-high 28 pomts.
US's leadWlg score:r this season. senior Dv-c:d Williams.. had 17 poina on 6.-d-1 0
shoodn&amp;andBmleJustmissed•~-·""""'-Ngt&gt; l7poonts.....,.
...counds and •
assists.
Sonia&lt; Louis Can'¢el h&gt;d 10 polna and"" usists. .,....,.. aem,,. Smith
scored l 0 poina and freslvnoon o.niel G-. oodded I 0.
Ear-tier in the week. the Butts had a frigid shooting ni&amp;flt in T~ as the
Rod&lt;oa rebounded from' second-Nil deficit to down US, 54-&lt;42. belo&lt;o 3 .9~
bnsinSava.geHall.
UB shot just 31 percent from the fieHj and committed 21 OJrTIOY'ers '" the
Joss.Williams finished with ll points and I0 rebounds and wu the oniy Bull in
doublefigun:o.

At the MAC lndQO&lt;'Tr&gt;ck V&gt;d Reid Championsh;p..completed S.wrd&gt;y
evening. the US rt'len's squad, with l l points, finished eithth a.rnon&amp; II schools.
while the Bulls' women\ ceam.wft:h 21 pomu, pb.ced lith ma 12-tnm fiekl.
Eastem Michipn won the men's: tWn title with 16-4 po+nu. while Central
Michipn finished first to take the women's dOe wtth 112 total povus.
Leading the Bolls' men was sprinter joe Cbrit. who took second place m
the 400-meters in 48.S6. Clark ha.d turned in a 48.38.. the fastest .11~ all

An Evening wtth Author Mark flltallip~.
107 AUen, South Campu~. 7 p.m . Free.
For more informatiOn, WBFO, 829-6000

7

Toledo 54, UB 42
UB 87, Marshall 62

WOIRN 'S

C on~,_,.....

Series

~as~etoall
MEN' S

Toxicity
Pharmaceutical Sciences. , 21 Cooke,
North Campus 5-6:10 p.m . Free

IRE.WG 1ntentatlonal Wome n 's

FUm ffltlval
Maureen Gosling's "Ramos de fuego t
Blossoms of Are." Market Arcade Film
and Aru Centre, Main St., Buffalo. 7
p .m . 14.50, studfllU; S6 .50, general
SponiDI"I!d by Institute for Research and

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Thunday,
February

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Commons, No&lt;th

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bec:vtlve Ectuc.tlon
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Friday,
March

~~-~

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information, Maria
Clare, 636-7495.

Business Sucusslon "'""'*'!'James A l.od&lt;e and Sharon L

. ~"":""~W&gt;

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a.m. 140; one discounts

-~
~~
For more nonnation, 645-3000.
Or•l Dl.gnostk Sciences
Seminar

g~~HC~tot
Chronk VJounds. laura E.
Edsberg, dir., NalUfal and Health

Sctenc.es Research Center,

Socl•l Wort.. Lecture
An Introduction to the
Relational M~ of Substance
Abuse Treatment fOt" Women .
Daemen College. 8o45 a.m.-00

~~t~~~~o~Mct~~~,~~oo.
dnd TraJntng, 645-6140

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Noon- 1 p.m free
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dnd Actrv1 t ~ . For more
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ETC Tec:hnology Wor1nhop ·

~~~:cr~~t:~:~~~~
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..

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library Woritshop
LIB 142: Introduction to
Business Information
Sources-Print. CO-ROM &amp; the
w.b. G&lt;eg T~ 109 Lockwood

~~7:smpon~:;y1~0
Ubraries.

ETC Tochnology .Worluhop
Video Capture and Editing
with Pinnacle ~stems Studio
~}~~,;ar,.;~ orth Campus.
ETC Technology Worl&lt;shop
Photoshop: layers, Section 8,

~~~~e~~:~~: ~rary,

Abbott Hall, South
4 p.m. Free.

Th e R.-por1rr publhhct:
ll $1ing ~

for e venh t a king

Campu~ .

2-

Phydc.a Seminar
Theory of the Magnetk
SusceptlbUi~ In la2-

~~~~~-205~~t~~~a. Dept
Sciences Complex, North
Campu~ . 3:30 p.m . Free.

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Natlonwlch! V1deo

Conference
Tapping the Hidden Job
Market. Donald ruher, career
expert. 120 Clemens, North
Campu~ . 5-6:30 p .m . Free.
Sponsored by Career Planning
and Placement. For more
1nfom1ation, Brent Arcangel,
645-2231.
Pharmaceutk .. Sciences
Semlnar

~~=in:':!

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Cooke, North Campus. 5-6:30
p.m. Free.
·

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Language In
Chinese Political
Communkation.
Maurizio Marinelli,
SUNY· Fredonia. 280
Park, North
Campus. Noon.
Program. For mor~
Information,
ThomasW.
Burkman, 6-45 34 74.

Childhood •nd
Adolescent
Mental He•lth
S~ker

ETC Technology Wortu hop
Oreamweaver 4.0, Section A.
Part II 212 Capen. North
Cdmpu~ 10 a m -noon free

Sc.IE!OC~

Ast.•t Noon
The Role of

~:n~f:edby

Daemon College. 355 Squire,
South Campus. 8 a.m . Free.

and

I

Series

Comorbidity In
ADHO: Relevance

for Treatment
Chokes and
Outcomes. Peter S.
}ensen, CokJmbia
Univ. 203 Diefendorf,

~hp~~tr:: 3·
Sporuon!d by Center
fOf Chik:lren and
Famiiies.
(;eometry /Topology
Semln•r
Reflecttons In Geometry.
S trat o~ Prassid is, Camsius
College. 122 Mathematics
Bldg . North Campus. 3:4 5
p.m. Free.
Foster Chemistry
Colloquium
Quantum Amplffied
lsomeriza.tion: A New
Mechanism for Refractive

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Researt:h Labi. 210 Natural
Sciences Complex. Nonh
• Campus. 4 p.m. Free. Sponsored
by Dept. ol Chemislly and Foster
lecture Endowmenl

Cooking Class
Make it Fast. janice Cochran,

~~~~ ~~~ef~~-~p~

Cy

Free. Sponsored
Living Well
Center. For more 1nformation,
Janice Cochran, 645· 2837.
Mind /~-·

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Women's Rim fatt¥•1
Terre Nash's ''Who's Counting?

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Arcade film and Aru Centre.
Main St., Buffalo. 7 p.m. S4.50,
students; 16.50, general.

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info rmatlon, IREWC, 829-1451

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Newm•n Center Lecture
Heart Speaks to Heart : A
lecture Series on
Relationships Nt."'tNman Center

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Center Workshop
Audio Capture and Editing
with Soond f&lt;&gt;&lt;ge XP 5.0 . 21 2
Capen, North Campus. 10
a.m.-noon. Free.
'
Career PlanningPlacement's Jo1i F.W
Summer Jobs and Internships
Fair. lauren }ohruon, C1reer
Planning and Placement
Student Unk&gt;n, NOrth Campus.
11 a.m.·2:30 p.m. FrM. For
more informatK&gt;n, lauren
Johnson, 645-2231 .

Eduutlonal Technology

c-.. Wwttshop

N .IA (Neuromuscular

Photoshopo lntroductlon,
Section c. P•rt I. Presented by
iMedia. 212 Capen, Norttl
Campus. Noon-2 p.m . Free.

lntegr1ttve Action). laurie
Krupski, dir., Living Well Center.
Alumni Arena, North Campus.
6--7:30 p.m. Call Recreation &amp;
Intramural 5ervke5 for fee, 6-4.5-

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The Buff•lo Publk Interest

t..w Progr•m 'a 7th Annu•l
Auction

Silent and live Auction.
Samuel's Grande Manor, Main
St., Clarence. 7·11 p.m. S20,

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Interest law Program. fOf more
tnformation, Elena Gekas, 6-456726.

EduutJon.ITechnology
Center Wwttshop
PowerPoint XP. 212 Capen,
North Campus. Noon -2 p.m.
Free.
B-ade Sclal&lt;:e Conference
Extubation Failure In the
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Sctences. 414A VA Medical
Center. 4:30p.m. Free.
Sponso&lt;ed by School ol
Medicine and Biomedical
Sctences, Dept. at Medicine and
OMsioo of Pulmonary Critical
Care and Sleep MediCine.

Saturday

Wolt DisneyInternships

2

Watt ~~~a~~o~d.
Union Theatre, North
Campus. 5:30p.m . Free.

Gyrnnastks Compethton

Concert
Bela Ffeck and the Flecktones.
Mainstage, Center for. the Arts,
50
8
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students. For mOfe
1nfo rmation, 64.S-ARTS

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UB Gymnastks Invitational.

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students;
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Sunday

3
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Indigo Girl~ Student

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Technology
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ECHNOLOGIES ranging from mathematical
modeling,grologjc simu lation and geographic in ·

formation science to scientific computing and virtual reality are being
combin&lt;d by VB researchers for the
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active volcancx:s. is being oonducted
under a three -year, $1.9 million
grant from the National Scic:nct
Foundation's lnfonnation Technol ogy Research ( ITR) Program.
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in Mexico and focusing on three vol-

canoes in that country, researchers
with the Center for Computational
Research (CCRJ, National Center
for Geographi c Information and
Analysis (NCG IA ) and the New
York State Center for Engmeenng
Design and Industrial lnnovauon
( NYSCEDII) are simulating rock
avalanches, pyroclastic flows and
debris Oows.
The t.eam ~focusing on three Mexi can volcano&lt;s: Popocatq&gt;&lt;tl. consid ered the planet 's riskiest volcano;
Colima,Mcrico's moot active volcano,
and Pia&gt; de Orizaba, North America's

tallest volcano, The VB resear-ch&lt;nare
working in collaboration with investigators at Universidad Nacional
Autonoma de Muico, Centro
Nacional de Pr&lt;vencion de Desastres,
Prot«eion Civil de Veracruz and
Universidad de Colima,

At a timt" whtn mo~ people than
ever before in the Unittd Statrs and
around the world are livmg close to
active volcanoes, advanced tech nologies for estimatmg and mitigat mg risks from volcanic activity hold
enormous prorruse forsaf~g
human lives, said Michael F.
Sheridan, professor of geology and
a member of the tram. How~er. he
added, volcanologisls havt been
slow to harness the benefits of m formation technologies.
Sheridan, who has spent the past
decade devdoping small-scale computer simulations of geologic activIty in Maico and who has worked
with and been honor«! by the Mexican government for his assistance,
has long advocat&lt;d th:ft the nsks
posed to human life by volcanic
Oows could be greatly mitigat&lt;d by
creating large-scale simulations of

thest phenomena.
Volcanic eruptions result m the
death&gt; of many thousands of prop!&lt;.
In 1985. debris 6ows resulting from
the erupbOn of N&lt;v.odo dd Ruiz tn
Colombta caused the deathsof26,(XX)
prop!&lt;. Whil&lt; a hazard map outlintng safety zones existed for the area.
the residents"""" unaware of 1t
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take advantage of technology so that
kmd of trag&lt;dy does not happen
agam," Sheridan add«!.
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volcanO&lt;S, he said research r-.sults
will be transferable to other volca noes around the globe.
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computation has hindered dforts to
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By SUl WUETCHEII
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HE Office of the Provost
has rcstructurtd the de livery of some student
academic and financial
services aimed at simplifying stu ·
dents' access to these services.
A5 of )an. I , Records and Registration, Financial Aid, Studmt Ac ·
counts and the Academic- Advisement Center have been merged into
one central university studmt-srrvice structure. the Student Academic
and Financial Services unit.
The merger is designed to im ·
prove the .. student experience .. on
campus in several Important ways,
said Sean Sullivan, vtce provost for
enrollment and plannmg.
Ftrst, it wt.U provtde a smgle pomt
of access to all student academK and
financial!ooervK~. Sull1van s~ud. "ll1e
student can C&lt;JII o ne phont' numbc.•r.
use one cma tl Jddrl·~ til drnp m . H

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o ne location on the North or South
campus to reaive the full range of
services formerly conducted by the
four offices." he said. adcling that Stu·
dents will talk with knowl&lt;dgeable
staff every time they contact the
unit. ..Wt: are determined to elimj nate voice· mail attendants. aban doned or lUl3nSW&lt;T&lt;d phone calls or
emails, and the ' bouncing' of students from officr to office.':'
Hoving a single contKt potnt for
students "takes away the nerd for students to understand how their problem relates to the univ=ity's orgamzational struct urt ," he stressed,
noting that many issues ha'wT both
academic and financial implications.
For example, dropping a course
or changmg a major has financial as
weU .t3 academtc reperCUSSions. he
-.;ud. 8\' havmg both academic and
finan~.1al .tid advtsers m the same
office, hoth 1 ~uo can be add ressed
.tt lh~o· :-...unc lime. he ddded

Moreover, by grouping all these
services together in one unit, .. we
can look at the process of how ~
structur~ the business of th~ univcr·
sity for students.," he said
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dent time req u ir~d to complete
transactions for students," Sullivan
said. "'Our objective is to minimiu
the obstades students face in getting
their 'out -of-classroom' bwin65
acromplish&lt;d and redi=t staff time
and dollars to extend other se:rvices
we should be offering.
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making th~ aperien~ for students
outside of the classroom as fnendh·
and efficient as we can .~
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structured to fearure three mterde·

pendent funcnonal groups. Although
the groups eac.J; have daffen:nt rolt.~.
the'Jia."'ill share expentse acl\b.S th~o·
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region. The task force consisted o(
about 20 members and met abou t
o nce a month. It was unable to
come up with a recommendation
for which hospitals should be
dosed, even though it met and debated incessantly. There always was
someone who had an objectiOn to
dosing any targeted hospital. Need less to say, the task force had little
o r no authority. But it could not
even arriv~ at a recommendation.
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cha nge in New York State law m
·terms of regional health planning,
and also in the suppo rt of weak
hospitals by the state. Under the
new regulations, support essen ua!Jy was withheld from the three
or four weak hospitals in the area,
and they all closed. Buffalo at one

time haC a Col umbus Hospital, a
Sh eridan Pa rk Ho spital and a
Lafayette Hospital, and possibly
one or rwo others--they all disappeared as soon as funding slopped.
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that as long as an~ institution k«ps
getting financial support, it will
survive because there always are
parties that benefit by continuing
the statw quo.

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KaJeida's patients will end up in
the High Street location and in
Amherst. h probably will takr an
expansion at the High Strffi location 10 do it, but-having all tertiary
patients at on~ location wiU generate considerable pountial savmgs for Kaleida.

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There will continu~ to be a
Children's, but it will be some·
where other than in the Bryant
Street facility. The sooner
Children's supporters accept that ,
the quicker this comm unity will be
able to make sam~ progress on
Allvi ng its hospital problems.

It appears so. As long as K.aleida
keeps putting money into
Children's, it wiU keep going beca use there are quite a few people
who benefit from the present situatio n. As you may know, all but
one Kaleida hospital is losing
money at present. Only Millard
Fillmore Suburban Hospital in
Amherst is pro fitable. But K.aleida
has reached th~ end of the prov~r ­
bial fi nancial rop~. It is financially
bleeding to death . And th~ s tat~ IS
not going to bail th~ system out.
Hence, the people of Buffa lo have
to decide which hospitals to close.
With only 57 percent hospital oc·
c upancy in the Buffalo area,
Children's may not be the only on~
dosing. The newes:t physicaJ structur~ is Kaleida's High Street. location (Buffalo ·General)-all the
other locations are old o r older. I

So does tluot ......., tiM end of

Children's Hospltal7

WhJ Is kalelda In such a fl -

n•nd•l meu7
Largely because third - party payers, th~ gov~rnment and the
HMO s essentially dictate to
Kaleida what the y will pay. So
within the resulting budget,
Kaleida has to funct:Jon . There also
are is sues of medical education
funding and Kaleida probably will
get so me r~lief in the futu re
thro ugh supplemen tal sta te fund ing. But the fact that one of its
hospital s is profitable raises th ~
issue of why th~ oth~r units can not also be made profitable. It is

not quite that stmple . And
Kaleida 's r oposal to dose
Children's Is one of the managerial d&lt;eUions it has to make.
tiM CathoUc
System flt Into tiM

Where -

-

pktun1

The Catholic hospitals have
similar problems. But they apparently recentl y addressed
their proble.ms and made some
difficult decisions. I don't think
they have solved all of their
problems, but they appear to be
on the right track. They also do
not have the medicaJ trainin&amp;
prob lems that Kal(ida ts re sponsible for and needs addi tional funding to do. But as I
s tat~d abov~. th~ ·state will
probably help out there .

.._._eel

The pbysi&lt;Yns
with Children 's want to
split from IIAieldot rvn
ChlkiNn 'sthemse!Ya. ls
theR .ny W.,. they CCMIId
rnake a go of It u an Independent hosplt.r7 -

The physicians at Children's
should contact their accoununts
about running Children's them selves. ) suspect they will be surprised at how diffirult it is to do
that unless they haY&lt; deep pockets and want to support it with
their own financial assets.

Police group recognizes UB research project
PERF singles out UB work with Buffalo Police Department on prostitution study
ay ~ LOHC;lHECJtU
Rq&gt;arter Assistant Editor

unique, cross-disciplinary research project in volving UB and the Buffalo Police Department
(B PD ) aimed at r~ducing st reet
prostitution has received recognition fro~ a ~arional police group.
The project, which partnered the
BPD, the Univers ity Communit y
Initiative's Regional Community Policing Center, the National Center for
Geographic Information and Analysis {NCG IA ) and the School of Social Work, wdSoneof six 10 the country earning recognition from the Police Executive Re sea rch Forum
(PERF). All of the projects sought to
address a low-level crime by trying
to understand its underlying causes.
Pamda K. Beal, director of the Regional Community Policing Center.
Michad Dnnacich, EricCountyassis-

A

district attorney and dir&lt;ctor of
the Community Pru6ecution Unit that
focuses on low l&lt;vd crimes, and Lt.
Pallidt Roberts of the BPD presented
the projocl at the 2001 PERF wnf..-.
ence in San Diego in December.
The catalyst for the project carne
tn 1997 when the BPD received a
Problem Solving Partnership grant
from the Office of Community-Ori en ted Policing Servia that funded
partnerships between police, community members and researchers.
BeaJ, who at th~ time was a staff
member in the School of Management, sern:d as project evaluator and
resea rch coordinator between the
police, the community--in this case,
the Allentown As.sociation's Prostitution Task Fo~d a student from
th~ School of Management 's Man·
agement lnfo rmation Systems (MI S)
program who hdped the BPD design
a database for crime analysis.
tan!

Using instruments de.doped together with the policr and the Allentown task force, students in th ~
School ofSocial Work a&gt;ndueled in tl:rviews with prostitutes and their
customers, Beal said.
"An important part of this projocl
was that the research was drivm by
thewmmunityand the~
told us what they wanted toknawand
we found il out for them." said Ileal,
who also wn:&gt;1&lt; an article about the
project that was published by PERF.
Utilizing crimt: mapping/geographic information systems, researchers at the NCGIA were able 10
map and chart 911 calls between
1996-2000, allowing them to identify
.. hotspots., of prostitution activity.
They also used the data 10 show that
I0 percent of the nearly 1,000 calls
received in 1996 came from just three
callers. This information, combined
with several strategies undertaken by

police during the period. J&lt;SU)ted in
a 60 per=! r&lt;duction of prostitution-rdated 911 calls, Beal said.
One of the key stralegics. she says.
was a policr initiative called "Operation Johnny"-in whidl "customen"
were arrested instead of the prosti tut.,._working in tandem with aJ.
temative scnt~:ncing for first - tim~
offenders, Ileal said. That sentencing
included mandatory anendana in
"john school" foe the customen and
the participation of prostitutes in the
Magdalene Program, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program operated by the Beacon Center and designed specifically for prostitutes.
The BPD found that while the recidivism ra~ for prostitutes who are
arrested wasabout66 percent, the opposite was true foe their customers after amst and participation in "john
school"-less than I percent were arrested for the crime again, Beal said.

�f!bruary 21. 2JJ2JVIi 33. 11.11 Rep ode&amp;

Law school to hold minority
recruitment program
A&gt; part of N.otlonM Mlnorlty Law Studcnl R&lt;cruicmcnl Monlh ,
chc Law School will holp a visication luncheon and program comorrow for minonry high school students who are interested in l~m ­
ing more about attending law school.
The program is designed to expo~promising young scholars 10
the field of law, said Lillie Wiley. asSociate director of admissions
and djrector of recruitment in the Law School.
"Acmrding to !he U.S. CensUs Bureau, only 7 pen:entoflowycn in !he
U.S. are from minority groups: 3 pen:enl are African -American, 2 pcrcenll.atino and fewer than I pen:enc are Asian American," Wiley said
.. We want to send a strong message to studmu, faculty, adminis·
lntors and the legal community: Don'! tum back," said Wiley. "We've
come too far to let recent assaults on affirmative action erode d ·
foru to diversify the legal community in America."
The program will begin wilh a continenlal breakfast, followed by
a prescncation by Wiley on " How 10 Gee into Law School."
Following lunch, Michelle Hucchinson, partner in Brown and
Hutchinson, a minority·owncd law finn , will p~nt a keynote ad dress, and a law professor will prescnl a mock class. The day also
will include presentations and panel di.scu.ssions by representatives
of various minority student organizations, including the Black,
Latind and Asian Law Student as.sodations.
•Some people bcHeve the tide may be turning against diversity
efforts," said Wiley... In view of the chalJenge to affirmative action ,
we must do more to make people of color know that the law school
is a place for them and that we are working hard to achieve a diverK
environment on our campuses. The negativity generated by recent
news about affirmative action cannot be allowed to foster a percep·
tion !hac law schools have closed !heir doors co people of color. Legal education is too important to the rights of all Americans to al ·
low this misconception to exist."
The program is funded by che Law School Admission Council
(LSAC ) to raist- awareness of mmority recruiting assues facing law
schools. The effort comes on the he-els of setbacks to affirmative ac·
tion in major states Iii«- California and Texas that hlivt vastly re duced minority representation in entering law school classes.

UB to host Mugel moot court

Stroke risk increased for nappers
ay LOIS UIWI
Contributing Editor

D

AYTIME nappers and
p~ople who routinely

sleep more than eight

hours a night have a
gm.ler chance of dying from strokt
chan chose wilh more scandard sl~
habics , a scudy by UB scrokc researchers has shown.
And while the relationship between unusual sJecp patterns and mortality was
strongest for cerebrovascular diseases, a link also
was found between such
sleep habit s and death
from any ca use, sa id
Ad nan Quresht, assistant

People wilh sleep apnea stop
breathing bridly and repeac.dlyduring !he night They waU frequently
gasping for breath, which robs !hem
of restful sleep and can lead co
drowsiness during !he day. The amdition is recogni2ld as a contnbutor
to heart disease and siJokt_
Earlier research conducted by
Qureshi wilh 1,348 adults who parcjcipaced in a ~Itt-screening pro-

professor of neurosurgery
and lead author of the
study. The research, condueled al UB's Toshiba
Strokt Research Cencer in
!he School of Medicine

and Biomeclicine Sciences. was presen red by Qureshi recently al !he
271h lnlcmational Scrokt Conference in San Antonio.
The findings do nor suggesl !hal
people who regularly sleep more
chan normal could cui !heir risk by
spending less time under the covers, however. What they indicate.
Qureshi said, l5 the possible exist ence of an underlying sJeep disorder that is ha7..trdoul&lt;&gt; to health.
.. The mechanism behind th1 ~ a.-. SOCtaUon betwt."Cn slc..""ep patterns anJ
mortality 15 not clear." he: sta tl-d, ''but
\\'l' h vpe~thl''I7C

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"'tt'"'l thl'rt'

.trc t&gt;lh l·r ullldltltlll!o th.tt nn•d to l'lt·
.llldrn,t·d . \lh. h ,,, 'ItT!' ·l!'llt' ,l ..

gram in Buffalo showed !hac chose
who ~ly s!q&gt;l more than cighl
hours a rtighc had 9 pen:enl more
scrokes chan chose who slq&gt;c less.
Persons who w.:re regularly sl~y
during !he day showed a 10 perccnl
increase in stroke.
The current study involved a na·
tional cohort of 7,844 adults who
participated in the fiiSt National
Health and Nutntlonal Exarmnat10 n
Survt"}' and it ~ JO. ycar foUow · up.
Partiapants m th e mitml survl"\,
conducted tn ,, random !Mlmplc: ot
the U . ~. pupul.lllon. provtdOO cxtcn
' '"t' mfurm.tllon un hedlth q .u u..
.mJ hll~t\'lt• h.thlt~ . tndudtng .. ln·p
l'.tllt·rn' I ht· lollm-\ ur .. tud\ ·' '

sessed changes in health since !he
initialsuney.
Af1n adjusting for SC'WTal condi tions that could influence a
participanl's risk of d.alh from most
chronic diseases, results showed !hal
bod! those who slopt more than cighl

bouna day and those who....,.. regularly sl~ during !he day had a 50
pcrccnl increased risk of dying compared to participants wilhouc chose
habics. More Idling, chose
persons were nearly lhrec
times as liktly co have died
from strokt chan persons
with normal sleep pat ·
ternS, resuhs showed.
"The message here is
that a person's unusual
sleep habiu should rais&lt;
a 'red flag,'" Qureshi said.
"Somelhing is happening
in !he lives of lhcse people
that is increasing the.ir
risk of dcalh, especially
from strokt.
"II could be relaced 10 an underlying~ disorder. There is a higher
prevalence of hypertension and
other risk factors in patients with
sl~ disorders such as sleep apnea.
Or !heir unusual sl~ patterns may
be a resull of underlying social or
psycholog~cal factors. such as stress
or deprcss1on. It's something both
patients and their doctors shou ld
pay dltcntlon to," Qu rl'Shl sa1d.
f.. )thl"r fa~. ult\ from the Depart
mt&gt;nt o l Ne uros urger y and the
Toshaba ~ t rokl· Research Ce nt ~ r Ill ·
\nh·l~d 10 th t· ~ tud\ wt'rc M hlrl't.-d
t... '-lun . Ll't' R. {.; uterm.m ..tnd L
,d,••n! !lipl..u• ... dq'.Jr!ml·nt ... ha ::

The Law School will host !he 2002 Alber! R. Mugcl ac io nal Tax
Moor Courc Competition today lhrough Saturday.
The largest and longest-running tax moot court in the United
States, the competition will draw teams of law students from insu tutions that include UB, as well as Syracuse University, University of
Baltimore, Loujsiana State University, Quinnipiac University, St
John's U~ity and John Marshall.
Kmncth R. Joyce , SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor m !he
Law School, who has been irutrumenlal in !he formulation of lax
laws in New York State, serves as advisor to the competition, and has
prepa.red for the teams a problem and bcnc;h memorandum on is·
sues relating to debe discharge income and capicalloss.
After researching the issues and writing a legaJ brief. contestants
will meet at the Erie County Courtho~ to engage in rounds of
appellate-style argument.
Expcrcs who will sil on chc bench for the final round of !he com ·
petition include the Hon. Renato lkghe of the United States Tax
Court , Hon. Ellsworth Van G raafeiland of the Second Circuit Court
of Appeals, and Hon. H. Kenneth Schroeder of the U.S. DtstriCt
Court, Western District of New York.
The competition is named in honor of the late Alben R. Mugd. a
long-timescrtior parmer in !he law firm o()accklc, Aeischmann llc Mugel
who taught tax law at the UB Law School for more than SO years.

AAUW to present panel discussion
To celebr.te lnt...,..tlonM - . .·. OIIJ, !he Buffalo branch of
tht American Association of University Women will present a panel
discussion on "Portrayal ofWomcn in Mass Media" al6:30 p.m. March
8 in Samuel's Grande Manor, 8750 Main St, Clarence.
The coSI of lhc talk and dinner is $25. The .vcnl is co-sponsored by
!he YMCA of Wesccrn New York; Eric County Commission on lh&lt;
Status of Women; Women's Action Coalition; National Organization
of Women, New York State; Zonta International; Federal Women's
Program Network, and !he U.S. Small Business Administration.
The four speaktn to be featured on the panel arc Elayne Rapping,
professor of women's studies at UB, who will speak on " Images of
Women in Media in a Changing World;" Rafika Merini, associate pro·
fessor of modem and classical languages al Buffalo State College, who
wiU discuss .. Stereotypical Images of Women in French·speakmg Af·
rica and Middle East in International Med1a:" Faye Lone· Knapp. au
tho r and poet. who will speak on " Portrayal of auve -Amencan F..maJes m Mamstream Children's Literature," and Bemadettt.' Wcgen.;tem.
\' l~lting assiStant professor o ( media studv at li B. who
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"Belltss1 ma Pasta- J.em mmu·y and llahant tJ tn P.J..-.ta AdvcrtL.'oement'
Advance reservatl om a re req um·d and mu"' ht' madt: b\ \\t•dnl''
J .l)'. For fup-hcr •nformJtlon or fl'~t:r' .t tll'm . ... .~11 {\ \4 ::.no.\ ~~r t'nl,\11
· t~essner@ ac~u . buffalo.edu •

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Researchers find that "severe" tolerance affects drug's effectiveness within hours of use

=:.IOI.:c. Tolerance blunts steroids' effectiveness
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Enlrles for poetry
mnllests soUght
fr&lt;lrlos..., being JOUght Ia&lt; this
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...,._by"'" Dopartmont
of £ngllh ond"'"- a/"'"
Uniwnityl.ilnries.
The Aademy of American
Poe!s contest b open to .. U8
~one!~

students. The Friends of the lJni.
verslty l.ibnrios' contest is open
to undetgqdua~ only.
Both contests awotd prius
of Sl 00 Ia&lt; the best poems.
Entries should be ""'t to
c.m.n Coflodo, Unde&lt;gr3duate Library, t07 Capen Hofl,
North Campus. The deodline is
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v.lnnenwilbenolifiodllj' .
April , ond ... be lnYtted to 1911
from thoirwat at. pcolly 1911ing to be hold 11 ,_,on Aprl4
in"'" l'&lt;loby/Rore Boolcs Room.

Wortshop to present
~Dido and Aeneas"

ay UUH (;OI.MAUM
Contributing Edrtor

th1s toleranct r~ponse occurs as a

team of UB res&lt;:archer&gt;
that has bc&lt;n at the fore·
front of quanufytng and
predicting thti complex
effects of drug&lt;. now has found m
animal studies that there is a·~ ·
tolrrancr to suroids that' occurs
soon after their initJ.al use that blunts
the effects of the drugs.
In a paper published in the )anu
ary issue of 7k Journal ofPiwmw·
cology and ExpmmnoUJl Thera~Nu ·
tu:s, they report that rats that wert
administered methytprednisolone
on a chronic basis significantly de-

result of a feedback mechamsm tng·
gc...d by the tmttal bmdmg to the
drug of the cortlcosterotd recq&gt;tor
an c.dl.s., cawmg an miuaJ mcrea.sc
m the produruon of the mzymt' ty·
ros;neaminotransfe~ {TAT ) and

the TAT gene.
"When TAT production goes up.
there's an offsrtring r~uctJOn in re·

e&lt;ptor synthesis. wludt in tum, ends
up ...ducing TAT production," ex·
plained Juslm.
The researchers found thai about
12 hours after the drug ts admimstered, th&lt;r&lt; IS 75 pcr&lt;=t less TAT

creased their synthesis of receptors
that bind the drug and alter the ex·

gene being produec&lt;L
Quantifying drug effects to that
level of detail is not usually the goal

presSion of genes.
Following a significant effm JW1

of most pharmacologic studies.'But
for decades, the UB researchers, led

after the steroid administration, the
an rm als' response to th e drug

by )usko, have gone a crittcal step
further, taking the results of their

dropped to just one-quarter of what

basic and climcal pharma~..ologic
studies and puning them into SOt

11 would have been in the absenct"
of the tolerance.
"W'hat was surprismg here was
that thrs tolerance process was as severe as 11 IS," said William_J. Jwko,

professor of pharmaceutical

SCI -

ences and director of the study m volvrng scrcnusts m the School o(
Phannacy and Pharmaceutical Scrcnces and the College of Arl'i and
Socnces.
"We saw a btg effect dunng the
fir!tt several hours of exposure to the
drug and then about 75 percent of
that effl"C1 was lost."
Th(' researchers discovered that

phisticated mathematical models to
quantify what happens at the wholebody, tissue, molecular and gene lev·
els at different time intervals after a
drug ls administered.

For the past 25 Y"""· Jusko, who
also is intenm cha1r of the Depart ment of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
has been funded continuously on
the sa me National In stitutes of
Health grant to use variow pharmacodyna m iC methods to stody the
complex effects that occur after ex posu re to a d rug. ( Pharmacody namics IS the study of the ttme

cours&lt; of drug effects on the body.) drug influences one factor, which
The NIH funding has steadily in· becomes an inl!U&lt;DC&lt; on "anotbo!r. h
c=scd each roar to the present an· cascades. To understand wbot can be
nuallcvd of $346,500 .
the effect or cause of the na1 thing.
'" The question we've been work·
you need the time scqumce."
mg on for many years JS. how can
According to Juslc.o. it has bc&lt;n
you best control the dosing regimen known Jlutt the body has several
to muirnizc the efficacy of steroids types~tokrano: mechanisms that
and minimiu their toxicity,'" said alter drug dfccu.
Richard R. Almon, professor of bio"This latest finding is the best ex·
logical scicnc.es and co-author.
. ample so far of a type of tolcranc&lt;
Managing sid&lt; effects is an wgcnt that is genomically controlled; that
concern for physicians whose pa - is, controlled through the apr&lt;S5ion
ocnts takr steroids to treat chrome of genes." )wko said.
conditions. Seriow side effects in "It shows for the tim time haw
dude muscle wasting.bypcrtension, dramatically the body down-regu·
adrenal suppression, fat redistribu - lates both messenger RNA and ~­
tion, hyperglycemia and diabetes.
ccptor synthesis, and how that
Over the past decade , the UB d o wn - regulation so markedl y
team has compiled a dat.ab~ of blunts the effects of the stcrotd"
what IS probably the world 's larg·
lusko described this down-regu·
est m vrvo time senes of gene-me - lation of ru.eptor synthesis as a type
dial~ effects that result from exof homeostatic process that is likely
posure lo steroids under different
dosmg regimens.
l1us w.:alth of data p!OVldes there
sean::hcrs with the most oomplete pK ·

rure of what the drug IS doing to the
body at the levd of genomtc changes.
" For each separate pomt m tlme
we have studied followmg drug ex posu re, we have asked, how does the
expressiOn of m esse nge r RN A
change for each of 12.000 gene-sO)"
said Almon.
.. What does knowmg these tlmt'
patterns of gene change tell us? "'

Almon asked "To be bibbcal. t1 tell.'i
us what changesbegat other changes.
Drugs don't just do one thmg. The

and Aeneas" at 8 p.m. March 8
and at 2:30p.m. March 9 in the
Drama Theatre in the Center for
the Arts, North Campus.
"'Dido and Aeneas, .. a ra~y
performed opera, will feature a
cast of student perlormers and a

As part of the V-Day 2002

College Campaign. the
Center for the Arts
presented a benefit
production of the "Vagina
Monologues" Tuesday and
yesterday in the CFA Drama
Theatre. The proceeds of
the event, featuring theatre
and dance students, will
benefit the Anti-Rape Task
Force.

visiting assistant professor of
music. and conducted by

Roland E. Martin, a lecturer in
the Department a/ Music and
mbaroque music. It is

an expert

a mui!Kii&gt;dpllnary elfon that
also will feature student artists
from the departments of Media
Study and Thea~ and Oaoce.
Tickets for '"Dido and
_ , • • .., SS and can be obtained II the Si&lt;e Hall box office
from 9 a.m. to S p.m. Monday
through Friday, at if,. Center ""

"'" - I?&lt;&gt;• office from ,_, to
6 p.m. Tuesdly through Fridoy

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profes:Wonal chamber orchestra.
This fully staged production is
directed by Dora otvenstetn,

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

doctoral srudent; Debra C. DuBots.
research associate professor of bao

V-Day

The UB Opera Worbhop wlli
present Henry Purcell's "();do

andatalf~loaidom.

to be pr~nt to some ~xtent for
many drugs that have a genomiC
mechamsm or action.
In the expenmc:nts, rat.s were ad mmlStered a steady~sta te mfusion o(
methylpredmsolone O'm' the course
of seven days. The marked dccreasc
tn the produroon of the co nJ cos~
tero1d receptor was observed wnhm
12 hours a.JU,r chrome dosing began.
In addition to Jusko and Almon,
~o- authors on the st udy mcludrRohlm Ramaknshnan, former UB

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tnterset1 m mtert'Stmg and chaJieng·

mg wa~
YBv bnn~mg these advtsors together. we 1.411 r&lt;Spond morr effec
tJVdy to st udent prob lems spannmg
tht'!tt" .Jn:-.1.\ and crcatr- programs and
..ervKt."'!t that pre ~ empt problems ex ·

perienced by pr~ow generations
of UB studen ts," he satd.

things as conductmg the COUrs&lt; and
final exam scheduling process; man·

The Processing Services func ·
tlon, headed by Nina Kaars , for·
merly director of the Office of Aca demiC Advisement , brings together
all of the academ1c and finanaal
serv1ces proces~ under one ad ·
mimstrative entity.
"'Thts change will allow us to evalu ate. stn:amline and imp~ the time--

aging the academic review, mid - ~­
mester review, scholarship eligibilIty and academic eligibility review
processes; managing the billing

lmess of each of th&lt;&gt;e processes m the
co ntext of a larger VlSIOn of student sem ct&gt; delivery." Sullivan saJd.
Kaars. who also will serve as um vt:rslt~· regi strar. has app01nted
Shtrley Walke·r. former d1rector of
student accounts. as the umvers1ty's
ch1ef financial serv~ offi-.:er.
The group is responsible for such

function , and managmg throill pay·
tnglcashicringlcollections functions
with the Student Response Center.
Sullivan emphasized that the"""'
Student Academi c and Financaal
Serv1ces umt IS "gomg through a
leammg apt"rl(:nce." and welco mes

feedback.
y\ Ve enrouragt' people to te-U w
how we're gotng,so we can con(JJlue
to refine the concept." he s.atd ...Ow
o vemdmg illm lS to work brtter lo
gether lo provtde fn~ndlte-r . mort
dlectave servaces for ou r students"

�5

"R'' for acad~~c &lt;)ispon~ty

FSEC reviews proposal to eltmmate restgnatzon as optzon
ar ~ LONC:UKillll
Rqxxt~

AlsisUnt Edrtof

A

proposal to eliminate
mandatory resignation
from a course-taking
an .. R.. -as an option

available to faculty tTlCil1ben raolvlng instAnces of student academic

dishonesty was discuss&lt;d by the Faculty Sc:nate at its Feb. 13 meding.
The proposal, drafted by the
sc:nate's Groding Commitlee, is designed as an ammdment to UB's rules
and prottdun:s goyeming infonnal
prooeedingo fOr resolution of cases of
academic dishonesty, which are outltnc:d in the undergraduate atalog.
Committee memb&lt;rs noted that
some students accused of academic
dishonesty, who also are permitted
to use the .. R'",do 50 as an evasive tac·
ltc to avotd Other possible sanctions,
namely rccdving an " F" or .. F with
cause'' o n their transcript. When
these students rcstgn from a course

hefore the drop datf'-trt effect, delaymg any effort by the faculty memhcr to pursue further action against
the student- the only reco urse left
to th e professor 1s to fil e formal
c harges of academ ic dtshonesty
agamst the student , the comm1ttce
!i.a)'S. These charges may resu1t m the
mort' senoU') pou!tyoif for cause,"
a pem1ancnt ma rk o n the st udent '~
rC\.-ord. dnd as an acuo n that some
faculty members may be unwilhng
to take. Commattce members saad
they would like to replact the restg
ndtlon option with an .. F.. o n the
transo:npt--&lt;&gt;vcn 1f the stuclc:nt &lt;~I ·
rt'&lt;ld\· ha.' r~1gneJ fmm the Ul U N"'

to """"" that students who engag&lt;
in unethical acadmUc behavior are
penalized for their aaions.
"If thcrt was some deterrent for
cheating on the transcript, it might be
talc&lt;n more seriously; said William
Bawner, professor of philooophy and
chair of the Grading Committe&lt;.
Bruce Miller, associate professor
of psychiatry and pediatrics, and
adjunct associate professor of psychology, voiced ooncem that the ac tion "seems highly punitivr'" and
that professors need to help students

"grow beyond their transgressions."
.. In other words," he said, "that
this is not aU in the name of pun·

ishmc:nt and just calling attention to
wrong-doing; that we have an op-

portunity to help the studc:nts and
work with them."
Baumer noted that the infonnal
prooeedings allow ample opportunitythrough their various options for
a professor to require the student to
redress the misoonduct through such
alternatives as admonition, warning
and/o r ~ion of work.

a sanction for academe d!shonesry
1S

to seek to conVCTt thC' ' R' to an as

sessmcnt of pt"rformancc. one sup-

posedly havmg negauve co nsc
qumces. That u.sr of the 'R' IS not
merely inappropriate given thc ' R's
intended funcuon, it i.s misJading
and thw.. an a bUSt ...

The grading committee sa.Jd resIgnation &amp;om a C()Ul'K .. is ari option
for students to use when a COUJ"S(' 15
beyond the sWdmt's abilitY to oom pl"'e it sucussfully, but that is not
recognized until the academic sa·
sion is wdl under way."' Currently, it
is an option the course instructor
does not control.
Notably,theoommitttt's proposal
would not, as an option, "permit
replac:emcnt of an 'R'with a reduced
but passing grade; that would signify the student completed the
oowse satisfactorily, if not wdl."
Subscquc:ntly, the revised provi-"
sions continue to permit a studtnt
assigned a lesser informal sanction
for academic dishonesty early in the
academic srssio n to res ign th e

"UB's infonnal prooeedings per-

course, .. however unwise that ma y

mtt an mstructor, after consultation
With th(' student. to impose sanctions
less than "'F fo rca~" in cases of aca ·

be," the grading comminee sa1d.
The proposed amendment will bt:
brought back to the Senate for a vote
at its March 12 meeting.

demic dishonesty. To mandate cow.&lt;
restgnatio n as a sanctio n, however. &amp;
s
to misuse the resignation option; to
permit a student to resign a course
as a means of escapmg the sanellon
of roursc failure perm1ts abuse of that
opllo n," the gradingcomminee saad
Furthermore, .. To license mstruc ·
ton~. as university rules and pr()(C·
dur&lt;.~ now do. to mandate an 'If as

In other busmess. the senate ap

p01nted William Hepfer, associate 11 branan, as its new secretary. Hepfer,
who will replace Marilyn Kramer
when her tenn ends June 30. was the
o nl y ca ndidate for th e position .
Kramer has. served t\oVo ronsecuuve
two-year terms as secretary and was
prohibited from seekmga thtrd wnn.

Wellness Day set for March 15
By DONNA LONGENECKER
Reporter Mw.tanl ~d11or

W

I:O•I"Il· K hlu&lt;' .onJ

hoiiJ.J\ g.1)rgm~
~Ill vou down ~ !11m
\'our ul wnrkl't'
for a lll&amp;ll..h·nn·.Jl·J. ~ pnn~ tJJnt' up
o n Mo.~rLh I 'i d l the th1rd .111nu.tl
Wdlnt·~, I htv. ~pon .~.o red lw th&lt;.• Pm
frs:-.1nnal ~tafT \cnatt· and thl' 1-a~.. ·
ultv St·n.1h:
Thefrec.·l'Wnt,tohl'hddfn.Jflll0
a.m . to 4 p.m . tn the mam gvm ul
:\lumm Arena. North C..ampus. will
fl·a tun: hea lth sc rce ntn g~ that 111
dudt' blood pressurt' c h el."k~ and
blcxxi screen mg. and cookmg dem
o n str a tion s by staff of th t&gt;
WilliamsviUe restaurants Daffodils
and Dandelion s that pro m o te
healthjer eating, as weU as st ress
busters. exercise and exercise
equipment demonstra tions. reuremcnt and
fina ncial inform a ta o n and mu c h
more. North Campus shutt le service
to Alumni Arena ...,.j!J
be availab le from 9:30
a.m. to 4 p.m . from the Ceo·
ter for Tomorrow parking lo t and
from th e nagpole outside Cape n
HaU and the Student Union .
H. William Coles Ill , chaar of the
PSS and assoctate darector of the
Center for Academic Development
Serviet."S! Educatio nal Opportunity
Program, makt!s the best case for
parttcipattng m Wellness Day. As a
rt1ult of last year's blood 54..-reenmg

rc:~ult~. he .-..t)". !'tc.'\'Cral pc.'Oplt• wen:
lnund tll h.tw clt·vatl·d glucoM' le\
t:b. w1th II propk found to
hJ\'t' Jto.~bt' t c-~. Many ai!&gt;(J da.~
Lovc rcd elt&gt;vatcd cholcstt&gt;rol/
tnghu·ndt• lt"Vd~. w1th one
pt~r&lt;oon record m g J lt•vd
.1hon 600- anyt han g
,!hove 2:00 ~~ co nsad c-n·d a· prohlem. About
4..~ pcru·nt nf the: 203
pt·npk &lt;iic rccned for
T~ H ( thvro ld test ·
mg ) h't' rt:' to und to
h.n'l' .Ill under or
0\'(•r-al."tiVt' thyroid ,
and about 6 percent of
those screened for whitt! blood -ceU
count sho wed elevated coun ts.
O n a positive note. Coles says.
sc reenings for PSA levels
( prosta te ant 1gen for
men over 40 ) aU re ported1y were nor ·
maL lnteresungly.
he points out.
some of the paruapants, mclud ing both m en and
women. had bone
sca ns tha t revealed
loss of bone mass ...We've been good
at taking care of (untversity) bu.'lla
ncs.s." hesays, .. but who's takmgcare
qf you? We're not as young and ag
ile as we used to be," he ad &lt;b.
" We know you don't have ttmt to
take care of all of your health net.-ds,
you don't have Umt to keep runnmg
to your physacaan. So we're tn1ng to
make vour ltfe a lml e ea!o1er"

The: Center for Student Health .....,u
~..cmd u c t

the c:xte miVt' n:gamcn ol
blood t&lt;.-st mg pnor to
Wdlnc.·~s l&gt;av. !...1)'~
Frank L.mlt'vak
d 1111Cil l 3:-.SI\
tant profn
snr Jt the
ccntt:'r. w1th
the fl' S UJt~
available on the

Appointment:-. to
have blood dra&gt;n'fl
can 9t· m ade from
7:30-9:30 a. m . o n March
4-5 in 172 Farber Hall. South

Campus. and from 7:30-9:30 a.m.
March 6. 9 and II m 145A Student
Union, North Campus. Analy.;is will
bt: done for cholesterol (HDlJU)L
ratio), triglycerides, g)ucose, TSH
(thyroid testing). PSA and anemia,
says Carnevale.
'' This as an excellent chance to
learn more about how to keep your·
self healthy in a fun and educationaJ
enV1ronment- it 's a great resourct"
fo r emplo)US to take advantage of,"
especially for th()S('whO haven't seen
thear physicians 10 a while, he adds.
Employees can take the results of

the blood screemng to their physt ·
oans for further dtscus.s1on or evaJu atto n, he sa~ .
To make an appomtment fo r the
pre-event blood tesung, call 1-800·
134-8888. Representatives of AMBA
Wellness Programs will dra"' the

hlood and perform the analysts for
Wellness Day.

Black History Month Events CJ
In the 21 run since IIIKil History -..th was founded, the Feb-

ruary commemo rauon of African·Arnerican and African-Canadian
ach1evement continues to thrive. The region offe:n ma.ny opponu nltles to partic1pate m thi4 month long celebration. In 1998, Elect ro n tc Htghways de voted a co lumn to thi s topi c &lt; h tt p :/ I

www.buff•lo.edu / ,._ter/ YOIZ9/ YOI29n20/ &gt;, click on Elec tronic Highways). The links and inforn~on from that column re ·
matn relevant and informative, with the exception of the URL for

the Antistad Research Center, wh•ch now is located at &lt;http://
www.tu'-.- /--lstlld/ &gt;·. A U5Cful suggestion to add to that
list is the University of Colorado at Boulder's Cdeb...ting Black History on the Web &lt;http://www-- - ..c - -.- / ps/ , _/
us/ b&amp;adthlit:OI'J.htlw&gt;, which features biographies, slave narratives.
historic Supreme Court dec1stons, literature and online exhibits re lating to the African · American aperiencc. Here arc some links to
present and future Black Histo ry Mon th events within a day's dnve.
The
O ntari o
Black
H&amp; sto r y
Society
&lt; http :/ I
www.ba.ckhlstorysodety.c./ ew-ents.htm &gt; offers a variety of cultural and social events througho ut the mo nth . Mostly centered m
Toronto, th ese activities mclude theatricaJ plays ("Adventures of a
Black Garito Search of God" at DuMau n er Theatre Centre), ahib tts ( .. Someth ing to Hope For" about Buxton, On tano's role m thtUndergro und Railroad, at the Royal O nta rio Museum ) and lectures
( .. Research mg Black Canada," Feb. 20. York Untversity). The Ontano
program also features concerts. storytdhng and portry readmg.s.
Spec tfi cally, the City of Toro nto 1s sponso rin g a fuJI month of
M:heduled events, titl ed ..A Celebra taon of Afrtcan H istory Month "
It IS not too !at~ to enJoy performances and exhtbtts. "'A Ghmpse ol
Black Lafe 1n V1ctorta n Toronto, 1 8~·1860," at MacKenzte House .
'"The Black Contributaon to th~ DefenSt" o( Upper Canada" at Hts ·
tone Fort York and '"Afn can-Lanadtans m lau, Blues, R &amp;: 8: A Photo
Exhtbttaon" are a few of the ongomg event s. A full sched ul e and de ·
sc np t io n can be fou nd at http:/ / www.clty.toronto.on .c• /
bl•ckhlstory/ evenh.htm .
Th(' ataonal Underground Railroad Freedom Cen ter 1s mvolved
tn a prOJeCI to open up a nata o nal Underg round Railroad Museum
&lt;http:/ / www.und«groundr•llroad. Of'9/&gt;by 2004 10 Cmcmnat1.
Plans for exhib its already are betng destgned , not only to showcast'
the Undergrou nd Rail road and o ther am a-slavery efforts. but also
to re Oect on more o ntempo rary example.!~ of freedom struggle~
arou nd th e world . In ad dition to •nformat1on about the Undt"rgro und Railroad and the hasto ry of slave ry tn the United Sta tes. t he
We-b sit e offers programs, lectures and semanars sched uled even pm1r
to the muse um 's opentng.
Fm ally, hert• at UB, Stephen L. Ca rlt:r of Yale Untver~lt) wall hr:
thl\ vear\ MJrtan Luther Kmg Jr ( 'ommt•m ora tJOn spt:aker on March
I~ l nformo.~tmn Jbout Carter lan bt' found on the D a stm~uasheJ
\pl·akt~r,
pag~
&lt; http :/ / wlng s . buff•lo . edu / e ve n ts /
spe•kers.shtmUf: mlk &gt;. Ask a hbro~nan for ass1stanCl' to ~t'an.:h Ins
Rla ck l fastory Month events 111 The Buffalo News on LEX I~ ~FXI...,
A~. adem h. l 'n1vcr'e &lt; http: / / www. lexl s n e xl ~. com / ac • dem l c: /
1 unlv 1aboutUnlverse .htm &gt;
-Nin• C• sdo and Rick McR•e . llnrvt'nrta /ll'ranc··

BrieD.
Congressional appropriati ons
add to SUNY funding
Rec:ently p•ued congreulon•l approp n at to ns will mean mort'
than SIO.i millwn an additional federal fundmg for SUNY. Chan
ccllo r Robe rt L. K.ing has anno un ced. Thas represents m ore than a
three· fold mc rease in direct congressional appropriations for SUNY
from the prevaous y('ar.
Last year. o verall funding for sponso red activity-indudmg resea rch-for SU NY campuses exceeded $594 million, almost SIOO
millton mo re than the campuses received two years ago. Direct con gressional appropriations am ou nted to $3.4 million last year. co m pared to the S I 0. 7 million this year.

The congressional funding for fiscal yea r 2001 supports 20 prOJ&lt;C'-'
at SUNY instatut1ons, including $3 .1 milhon for the Buffalo Ctnter
for Excellence m Baoi nformat ics, sec ured thro ugh the efforts of Rep.

Tom Reynolds and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
.. These research projects have the potential to reap sigmficant ben
efits for the people and busincsses of New York State," K.mg sa td.
"The work bemg done by our faculty and campuses is crunal to th e
health and prosperity of our state, and we are delighted at th(' su p·
port our researchers are receivmg m Washm gton.
.. T he success we are having m Washmgton as a direct result of the
coo rdinated activities of all our pa rtners 10 thu effort," Kmg saad.
speCi fi cally tdenufymg members of the state's federal delegat rpn,
campu s leaders, faculty researchers, sta ff of the SUNY Resean:h
Foundation. and the firm of Akin. G ump . Stra us, Hauer &amp; Feld.
Whi Ch the su~ Re~rch FoundatiOn hired last year to help rerre
sent tts mterests in th e nat10n's cap ttal.

�6 Rep crier february 21.l002/Vol. 33.1o.18
UB working with University of Havana to offer MAH degree with Caribbean emphasis

Kuoos

Havana workshop lays groundwork
By PATIIKIA DONOVAN
Contributing Editor

T

HE university is working
with the Un iversity of

Havana on a coUaborative dfort through which
students will be able lo obtain from
·UB an interdisciplinary Master of
Arts in humanities degree with a
specialty in Caribbean studies.
A ddegation ofUB faculty members traveled to Cuba last month for
a six-day workshop to facilitate: the
effort, which is scheduled to begin
in the fall, pending final approval.
The project has generated considerable excitement among faculty
members at both schools b«ause
the curriculum raises comple:x and
intriguing questions about the very
nature of the Caribbean "space" in
geography, history, language, myth
and memory.

Charlc:s Stinger, interim dean of
the College of Arts and Sciences who
led the ddegation •.called the workshop "a remarkable intellectual and
cultural event" that resulted in
"fruitful discussions between UB
faculty and their University of Havana counterparts...
"As a result of the week's activity,"

he added, "UB faculty have made
important contacts with UH faculty
and established the basis for furthering th e .educational and resea rch
goals" of the joint effort.
Setting the stage for effective collaboration between faculty mem bers who will teach in the program
a nd possi bl y conduct future re search together was, in fact, the in-

tended goal of the workshop, said
lose Buscaglia, assistant professor of
modern languages and literatures

and director of Cuban and Caribbean Programs at UB.
.. Perhaps m o re impor tantly,"

Buscaglia added,"we wanted to take
this opportunity to begin a conver-

sation with our Cuban countaparts
about the- broad trans-disciplinary,
innovative and integrabve vision of

diate participation in the p~
gion. Credits forcou.neworkat UH

sistant professor, Depanment of

the Caribbean that we espouse and
are promoting through our partnership with the uiuversity of Havana"
Noting the inadequacy of existihg.modds and the lack of resources
for the study of the region, Buscaglia
said the organizcn of the workshop
in both Buffalo and Havana want to

will be transferable to UB.
Stinser noted that in addition to the
&lt;liscussions, the mznt visit to Havana

Modem Uu!guaga and Litc:ratuns;
Tatiana de Ia T~em~, visiting assistant librarian. u z t y Libraries;
Ale:xis DeVeaux.
· tc: professor,
Department ofWomcn Studies, and
William Egginton, assistant professor, Department of Modem Uu!guages and Litc:ratures.
Also, Maria Elma Gutier=, associate professor, Department of
Modem Uu!guages and Litc:ratuns;
Shaun lrlam, associate: P10fessor and
intc:rim chair, Departrnmt of Comparative Litc:rature; David Johnson,
assistant professor, Departrnmt of
Comparative Literature; Christian
OniU~! assistant professor, Department of Modem l..anguaf!'Sand
Litc:ratuns; Henry Taylor, professor,
Department of Planning; Margarita
Vargas. associate professor, 0.:-,artment of Modem Uu!guagesand Literatures, and Margp Willbern, dir&lt;ctor of Interdisciplinary Graduate
Degree Programs.
UB, which has as a history of being a pioneering institution committc:d to the study of the Caribb&lt;:ao and
the Americas, established !he first
graduate: program of Puma Rican
Studies in the U.S. in 1967. It recently
launched the Center of the Am&lt;ricas, a broad and intc:rdisciplinary initiative for hemispheric studies.
In 1997, UB and UH initiated one
of the first summer exchange programs between univer.;ities in the u.s.
and Cuba that at the time was one of
thefewpennittod by the U.S. Tl12SW)'
Departmmt Two)&lt;'USlatc:r,Femando
Remirez de Estenoz Barcida, then the
tint deputy ministc:rdCuba anddlid
of the Cuban lntm:st~ in Washington, came to UB toaddressCubanAm&lt;rican rdations and the possibility of joint academic programs between UB and UH.

that shape everyday

~fe

in the re -

featured cultural events that "gave us
additional pmpectiveon Cuban culture." These included the opening of
an exhibitioo of paintings by noted
oontc:rnporaryCuban Elio R.odrigue2
and a vi5it to the artisr's studio and borne.
He said there also was
a •sturuting" dance performance at the Superior Institute: of Art by studmts
in costume who performed

Afro- C uban

dances, hesoid The noted
early music group Ars
LDnga poformod a ooncert ofltilian Rmaissance
music in a restored colonial-era church in Old
Havana, and, during the
dosing lunch, held at the
Capitolio. the trio Nueva
Tradici6n poformod traditional popular Cuban
music "with such elan that
..._.,...-....- .............. held In
everyone from UB and
Hawan~~ Lut month.
UH sponllln&lt;Ously joined
identify problem areas and dc:sign in dancing. an unforgettable concluknowledge-based strategies that sion to a workshop that invoM:d all
promote a better understanding of the senses," Stinger said
Caribbean societies and cultures.
Participants in .. The Havan a
That vision, he said, is a study of Workshop" will issue a trilingual
the Caribbean region on its own (English-French-Spanish) report,
terms that will offer students a di- Buscaglia said The report, he added.
rect experience of the complex cul- is expected to suggest new tech tural, intc:Uectual and artistic milieus niques and questions to hdp guide
studies at the master's level, stimuof the region and of its Diaspora.
In pursuit of that end, students in lat·e discussion on the nature and
the two-year program will have the scope of "Caribbean space" as an
opponunity to spend two ...,;estc:rs object of study, and serve as a referstudying and living in the Carib- ence for a second workshop to be
bean, beginning with a first sernes- held within a roar in another point
tc:r of studies in Havana, and engage of the Caribbean or its Diaspora

_....,...

____

,....

in on-site investigations and imme·

In addition to Stinger and

" It 's very difficult to obtain fundin g plines ~involved in such a project.
fo r comp ut er simulati o n of
Patra , wh~e:xptrtiseliesin co m geoscientific phen"omena," he sa id. putationaJ mathematics a nd me"We finally were successfuJ with the chanics, will use novel compUtainterdisciplinary appro.."\ch because tionaJ methods to wo rk on largeweare taking the theme of volcanoes ~ale numericaJ computations. The
and integra ting it with other fields." outputs of these computations will
" ) would not be able to do this re- ~ be very large datasets that must be
sea rch a t a no th er m stituti o n ," convened into suitable visual forSheridan noted. "The combination ma ts for users ranging from scienof expertise at UB and the remark - lists 10 public -safety planners.
"What's interesting and difficult
able willingness ofleading resea rchers to pool their talents is simply about trying to do these simula -

t""- or an app~cation like these geo-

Buscaglia, UB participants in the ·
workshop -... Galen Brokaw, as-

Grant

extraordinary."
While multidisciplinary research
is a buzzword at universities and
funding agencies, the unusuall y
broad reprc:sentation of discip~nes
arnong the UB researchers on th is
project presented a potential ob-

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stacle to seeing it funded.
.. This project is not mainly com puter scienct' nor mathematics no r

tions," he explained,"is that you have
to consider so many complex variabies: the rough terrain, the complex
mix of so~ds and fluids, and a whole
range of things happerting at multiple scales. The small end of the
scale in a volcanic simulation is on
the order of meters and the large
scale is on the order of kilometers.
That 's a differen ce of three or four

geology," explained Abani Patra, as-

magnitudes," Patra added.

socia te professor of mechanica1 and
acrospace engineering and prmcipal
inves ti ga tor o n tht' g rant. "O ur
group and Lh e resc.•arch we wan ted
to pursue didn't fit mlo any o ne hox
Evcn• person's talents an' Tl&lt;'l l''SMv
The pnm..-"t t netds Jll of U$ ••
Patra -..l td thr •au nnmgcompln
II\' nf vok.lnnt'' n.·q utrt·' th.u '~ h'll

.. Using modeling and com putattons to stmulate phenomena across
five orders of magnitude lS a hugt
challenge," said E. Bruce Ptt man.co
mvcsugator. professor of matht.•mat h.·.!. .md \·h:c provost for t"ti ut.alton.ll
tt·l"h n olo~" -

·· \\1tt.•tht'l u·, ...ut.tppht..JIHH1 dt.:al
1 11~ w1th ttlll"l!r,ttnl \ tr~.uu, \' 11h

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physical phenomena with scales
ranging from centimeters to kilometers, in many wa~ understanding

physics that spans several length and
time scales is the central problem in
science today."
The team's purpose is furth er
complicated by its goal to develop
simulations for two drastically different classes of users--scientists

and po~cyma.kers-so that detailed,
technical data about the Haws of a
particular volcano under specific
conditions are available to govern ment officials who must make critical evacuation decisions and to ci -

vilians in affected areas so that they
can understand how they may be
affect~ by volcanic activity.
"For that reason , we will be working direcdy with civil-defense au thorities-people at the front linesso that the end-result is absolutely
·user-friendly,'" said Sheridan.
Turning the large datasets in to
lhree -dimensional visualizatiOn.!.
that people can explore is the task
for researchers mvolved m dcvdop mg. \'JrtuaJ n:a.litYtools led by Chm lma Bll&gt;t."baum. NYSCED II director,
Jnd Thc:nkurw.s1 1\.L'!.O!Vada.!., assa!tIJnt proft&gt;~.\&lt;.lr ol mc:chantl"JI ,thd

The ~= will we detailed
sateffitc: data from volcanoes to develo p realistic, thret:-dimensionaJ
models and sim ulatio ns of geo -

physical mass Oows. They will integra te sim ul ation results, remo te
sensing data and geographic-information system data---such as populatio n centers, transportation net-

works and utility lines and extracting-to organize and present the
information to scientists, decisionmakers and, ultimately, citiuns.
The goal is a quantum advance in
the ways that the risk of a volcanic
eruption can be mitigated, according to Sheridan."Right now, the best
models for simulating eruptions are
one-dimensional and they don't account for flow that spreads over the
complex surface o( the earth," he

said. "The models we are de-.-doping now are next-generatio n; they
will be a real cut above anything
tha t's been done before."
Other UB co-investigators o n the
project are Marcus Bursik. profes sor of geology; Matthew Jon(.'$. computational scaenllst Ul CCR; Davtd
Mark, professor of grographr and
dtrector of NCGIA. and Ehot Winer,
.t~lilted i ret.""")rnfNYSCf.D i l and
n..·'K."a rch .t~l~IJ!lt proft':\..•·or ol rnt·
•.:h.ulKal ,mJ Jl'rn.o,p.lu' t·n~uwt•nn~

�felml11. ~J3,1a18

Repariea

7

~as~et~all
MEN 'S

Ball State 17, UB 63
UB 69, Central H ichipn 57
8d Sate~·- shocbd
UClA ond Kanas In bod&lt;pmesln~OltheM...,;

1 -.hlt53-olla
shea (X) clown UB.87-63.1n frnnt ol
6. 130 In the jolwl W&gt;rd&gt;enAnono In
• Mici-Anwian c:.orw.nc.-The Cardinals Jumped to a &lt;fl .
2B
ond then"""
65 .~ ........ In t h e - - half (17of. 26) to make wre UB could not
mount a comeback.
The few btWl&lt; spoa foo- the

halftime.-._

-

- - the ploy ol""""" Raben

lln&gt;wnondl.ouis~ond

fresl..-..nTumrilmle. lln&gt;wn
~ W'kh 13 pora.. I I ol d'lem 1'\
the fint half. ond four &lt;'Obounds Campbell had 11 polna.""" """'

... ....,-.-.---."'

5-d-9 shocs.lnducfrc. ,.., ol ~
to finish 1M rebounds. bur US1S0
onddreestais.
0n S.tunloy. Campbel K~ &gt;
pme-hlat&gt; 19 poioa ond UB
-onll-ol-11~

in the second haH to snap a four·
pme ~streak With a 69. S7 WW'I

.....- Cen&lt;nl Mld&gt;opn.The pme.
which wa:s teieYised M on Empre
and ESPN Aus. was pbred before a
crowd cA 1.5ll ln """"" Arena.
The Bulls impro¥ed to I 1- 1o4
~I and 6-8 1n the MAC and now haYe won u rTW"'Y MAC pmes thn yur u
they had m the prevtous three years when they went 6-48 1n the MAC

Calendar
fTC Technology Wo&lt;tuhop
Pholoshop: lAyer~, Section A, P,ut II
Wortuhop presented by iMedia. 21 2
Capen, North Campu1.. Noon-.2 p m

..

,,

UfeWon.lhop
Build~

Heatthy

~atlonshlps

Su ff ,

~~~, ·~~::~~,~~

2 12 Glpen, North Campu1 6 30-8 30
p.m Fr~

Thursday

28

~~

250 Student Urnon, North
Campus Noon-I p.m. free. Spon ~
by Student Umons and ActMue ~or
t1"'In! tnformaOOn, 6-45-61 25
~ee Assbbnce ~
EAP lnfonn..tlon Tllb&amp;e. Tra.ned EAP
coordnaton. Information desk. Hamman

~=~L.l~~=l
EAP Committee
Cognltln

Science.._..,..

In Sewch of 0tptes.s1on OrOJitts: The
konctlonol-...glng~

-~"""""'­

""""""' I.JnN_ol Toronto. 280 .....
North~ 2~ p.m . Free.. For more

-

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~-=-s.r:=.!1th

T ht tslamk: Mowmmt In Uzbetdstan.
Guli 1. Y~. Fulbright sc:hoiM and
leading sdtntific. fefbw, Institute for

~=-~~~uJo,~a:,kent.

c.m5l-4:

Or.. Diagnostic: Sdenc:a Semlrutr
Use of Toplul Hyperbaric 0~ for
the Treatment of Chronk Wound$.
L.aun E.. Edsbetg. dir., ~~u~l and
Health Sc~es Rcsurch Center.
Daemen Cotleqe lSS Squire, South
Campu$.• 8 a .m . f.r~.

fduc.o- .......,...

bocuttYe
Seulon
Buskleu Succeulon "-nnlng. lafrle1 A.
Locke and Sharon L W.Ck,. pol~.
PhiMips, lytle, Hitchcock,. IUI.ine &amp; Huber
UP. JKobs ~t Center. 8-1 0
a.m . ~. Sponsored by Center for
En~ le.ldenhip. For~
inf()I'1'1'Wition, MS-3000

--..__...

An antrodudlon to the R~
~ of Substance Abuse TI"Htment
few Women . o..m.n College. 8o45

a.m ..-4:30 p .m . 165 . For mort
infonnation, Institute for Addtcbon
~udies

and T111ining. 645-6140.

fTC Technology w.tuhop

NaUonwlcle VIdeo Conftnnce
T•pping the Hklden Job Malitet
DorYid Ashef, CMeer expert. 120
Clemeru, North U mpus. S-6: 30 p .m

~~~,:,;:n~~,,~

A&lt;unqrl. 645-213 1

f'hw-rnM:eutlul Sciences Semi.,.,.
Hydropyridlne and Dihydropyridine

:R~~!di!t:tE~~~ and

__

Zhou, Dept. of PNIITT\Keutial

Sctences. 121 Cooke,. North Umpm:
S-6:10 p .m Free.

...

.wG lntentat:lonM Women's

Tern ~sh 's '"'Who's Count.i0g7
M.nlyn Woting on Sex. Lies and
Globol w.-nks. • Mo&lt;UI ~
Film &amp;: A1t1 Centre, Mllin St, ButfaWJ. 7
p.m. J-4.50, RudenU; S6.SO, gene&lt;&gt;l.
Sponsored by Institute few Re5urch &amp;
Edualtion on 'Nomen .-let Gender. kK
men information, IR£1NG, 829· 145 1

Exhibits
- - . . , -.... c _ . - .·

~enza~omthe~~~~ ~!~:f~y

through feb . 28.in the Art ~rtment
C..l~ry. 8-45 Center for the NU, North
Campus. An opening reception will bthekl from S-7 p .m . tod11y. WI~
hours 1re 1 0 a .m . to S p.m . on

i~~ ~y'".,:; ~t~~ V:::,~ay

No&lt;th
Sponsored
Studies M1d

Ot-eamweavef' 4.0, Section A. Part II
112 Capen, North Campus I 0 • m .
noon. Frre

on Saturday

information, lntemational Student and

fTC Technology Won.lhop

"Alan L Cober: A Retrospectlvt
Afterttfe"

UltraOev: BuUdlng 11 Web-S.sed
Dlltabase. 111 Capen, North Campw
Noon-2 p.m FrH:

An exhibition honoring the lite and
worit of the late illustrator and te.tc:htf

life Wo&lt;tuhop

U8 Art Ganety in the Center for the ArU,

30 p.m. free.
Council on lnttmational
rams ind VIce Provost
for lntemaUOna Education. For men
Scholar Services, 6&lt;45-2258

Mind/-,.-........, Class
"-'A(~~

Actlon). l4rie Krup&gt;ld. . ... lMng """
Ak.mn Mna. NMh ~4:l&gt;S:30p.m. Cal Recreation &amp;
tnlr3mlnl SeMces for fee, 64 s- 31 4 7

c..,..,_

=.by~~!·z~,"len

Making the Most of 11 Career faJr

~~cv~· ~=t~~;,:~~

Campus. Noon-1 p.m . Free. ~ed
by Student Unions 1nd ActMt~. f or
more Information, 64S-6t2S

UfoWon.lhop

~:; ~8~~ t!%: :.~ :r;:h

=~h· a~~~=ng

VisitlngArtistat UBfrom 1987.96
Gallery hours lite 11 1.m . to 6 p.m
Tuesday through Saturday

"Spac:es/ P'LAYcu"

St\JCimt Union. North~ &gt;-6 p.m.
- - Sponocnd by sn.de&lt;&gt;l Uroons ...
ActMtie. For men i'ltotmation. 64&gt;61 25

on dispby through today In the UB
Anderson Wl~artha Jaduon P{ace ,

·~,=~~~~,!;!~0~!~

~~~r!:Ly th~~. ~t~~a; a~

Open O.Vm Circle
N.wnarte 221 Studl!nt umon, Nort h
Campu1. 5.31).. 7:30 p.m Free. Sponsored

~

by

LMng

o...iopm&lt;nl Cen~e&lt;. 1450

~~

Center for

mon!'

US ICOI"'ed 1 29-10 win owr Slippery Rock in Mom::Jw fWd House to becln the
week. M6 fa1irc bohind.l&gt;-3. 1n ram sconrc.the IUs a&gt;ol&lt; the,_ 1M
&lt;o comlonably cnJise &lt;o oicto&lt;y.
125). R;.r, llendey

ma-

Owie-.- (

( 141 ). 0... Edwards ( 157). 0... Guamo ( 165~ Gary Cooper ( f 74). Gorrea
Bont.mpo ( 1&amp;4) ond ~ Cennlnan (197) """"" ..... foo- the - UB oponod the Arne&lt;1ao Duals w111&lt; a 31&gt;-6 ...,.,.,. "'"' hoa: Amerian
Unlwnlty "" Sunday. but then • lG-15 lou "' Old Oom;nion_
~first 'Mlll'1 I l-0 decision OW!r Ameriani Wille Harris., then
posooda1- 1 wfnCM!f'jolwiStarbscA.Ofd~. Heb 1S-11 this season.
Guarino mc:wed to 18-7 on the season wft:h a pal,. of~ 16-8
mojO&lt; decision """' Eric fant.ocrossl cA Amerian ond • 1- 1 decision - - the
Mooardos' Dmd Kaplan.
Coope&lt; opened wl1l&lt; 1 pin ol the Ea&amp;les' Aaron 8ak« only 2J oecondo mto
the mateh.Apinst ~ Oomtnion.he ¥I'Of'l a 1~7 decision O¥er John Adams
197 pcuodst¥otO ~ win$---$ tiiChnic:al bl ows Amerian's Adam l'1orqomery M'ld a 9-4

=~~~!s~~~o:.~t~=~
1

-

,.... OOU's 8nd 1(,__

lnooor lracK ano fielo
Tracksten tune up for MAC championship at Comell meet
The men's and W'OI'T'Iell\ ~ck~ teamS completed the regular season a.t
Cornell UnNenity's Marc Deneauk ll"'''itadonaa.There was no team sconrc
Faith Thompson won t'HO ewenu. breaJdrc her- own week~ school record
"' """ the """ put " 44-alS ( 13.62m) ond bettainllut - \ man. by 1.25
Inches. She also took fim In the lQ..pound weitht t:hrow with a. taSS of 53~.50
( 16.37m). G1nelle Michael also had a penonal best cA 10-1 1.75 In me pole vault.
For the men, the BuUs took the top th~ spots in the shot: put. Byron
McKinney won the ewem. :at 55·7 .5 . ~ Loiacono and Dan Mlnocchl followed at
53-9.75 and 49-9.75. re.pe&lt;UW~y. )&lt;rimle 5lkk won me 3000 me&lt;en In 8o43 14

0

lennis
MEN 'S

HSL Presentt!d by iM«tia. He alth
Sc.~C$. Ubrary, Abbott Hall, South

" 19th Century Bot.nk•l PrinlJ "

fTC Technology Won.shop

310-12 38

UB 19, Slippery Rode 10
UB l6,Amertcan University 6
Old Dominion 10, UB IS

·• Anftornlal Art by Veutflus "

MedttaUon
Buddhist MedftaUon Ntkolas Ka ra p.u.u

K.arapasa~.

Wrestlin~

fTC Todlnology Wo&lt;tuhop
Photoshop: Uyen, SKtJon 8, Part 11--Campus 2-4 p.m Free

fTC Technology Wortc.shop
Blackboard S.S: Communication Tooh

pme.-

1-S p.m Sundlly

mformation, lanice Cochran. 645· 28 37

~~::~~~m~~l
Cent~ For rT'IOfe .nfOflTl.stlon, ~

'''''"'I

A poor shoo&lt;in&amp; niJht ond phy&gt;lal ploy by the
Manhall n....t.noc
Herd resutted tn a SS-35 kn.s for the Bulls In A1utMi Arena. The Buns shoe JUSt
26.2 percent from the floor In the pme ( 11-for-42) and fai6ed to have a scorer
In double figures for the fim time dlis season
US's losing streak ruched sbt pmes u the Otuo 8obc1ts shot SO pen:ent
from the field and used w'kj defensNe pressure to claim a 7G-SS win O'o'ef' the
BuUs ~wrday afternoon in The Con'tO in Athens. Ohio.
The- .... _ , 1-...t by"""""'""'~ 14 .. the
olhet
""""solid~ lndudrc 5-d-1 3 from~ "'C"-Ohio hit :u..d-51
shea from the lleid ... """""" the by .... poina otthe loU ..._

c:.mw..n .......... ,. ...--""""""' ..

UbrOI)' Wo&lt;tuhop
UB 142. lntrodoct1on to BusJneu
lnfOfTI'\aUon Sourns: Print. CD-ROM &amp;
the Web. G&lt;.g Tong. 109lod&lt;wood

:~~Tr.!.~~-~ln

WOMEN 'S

Hanhall SS, UB l5
Ohio 70, UB SS

~~~~a~~;~~t~~f ~~hC.spen
North Cam pu\ 1_.. p m f ree

Physks Semln•r
Theot'y of the M.gnetk Su.K:eptibilit)'
In La2· •Sn:Cu04 Shigeti fU)itA, Dept o1
Ph)"'o 105 Natural Xtd'le ~ CompleJo.

North Campu1 3 30 p m F......e

Reproduct•oru of the- famous

" m u~df'

by Andreas Vesa h u ~. and
pnnt ·HT\"QM of planu With mt!dK• na l
propertlei are on perm.lnent display 1n
t~ Health Sc~ence~ l•brary on tht&gt;
South Campui Malena! lor both
exhibits wa1 obtained VIa the Robert l
Brown Hi$.tory of Medte•ne CollectiOn tn
1~ hbfary ThE' eah•btt.s, ~upportt!d by
thf' ~nend' ol the Health Sc .enc ~
l tbfary .md the Med1c.a1 H1stonul
SOCI('Iy of We stern New Y~ may bE. wt&gt;1 dunng normal hbfarv hoi,., ,
~ · ieOM

US 6 , Massachusetb I
Binghamton .C, UB l

Rochester 4, UB l
UB 7, Niagara 0
The Bulls completed compeuuon at the Cornell lnvn::aoonal Wtth a. &amp;.. I wm ovet
Huu.chusetu Fery Kuunan took a VKtor')' .u first stngle$. OYet" Todd Champeau
6--4. 6-4, [Q ~d the squ.J.d
UB men went 1· 2 at the N ~ Spnng Sc:ramtMe at St. ~tu ~ . dropp~ ng
.C..3 matches to Bm gtwmon and Rochester- before shutting out Ntqa,._ 7.()
l(a~t man won a.ll three of t(l$. matd'lf!S 1n the scnmble

�8 Rep CIA"'Ies february 21. 2Dft21VQ.3J.Io.18

Dane~

Thursday,
February

Campu!l 8 p m t. 5 For
tnformauon.

21

.Dance

Zodlaqu~

EduuUon Semln•r
Reforming Tucher

Sc'1!: of EducattOn

g~~1.$t ~o~r~:~e
125 5ponsorod by GS£ F&lt;&gt;&lt;
more information, Ken
Kraomer, 6&lt;5-664 2
Chemlul Engl..-riftg
Semi .....

Asia • t Noon

~=~~ion of
~-:;::~:::': ~~; Shiflett.

DuPont Expenmental Statton,
2

~~~~~!~Pu~91~a~~;:~
Ubrory Woril&gt;hop
UB 220. SciFinder Scholar II:
Structure &amp; Reactknl

~~~~:c~~:.' N~n­

c

~ ~~ ~~~ed by
LHe Wortuhop

Why Am I Not E.aming GoOd
Grades? Advising staff ,
Ac.ademK Advisement Cente.
J 30 Student Umon, North

~t~'f~- ~~1 ~on B,

Penpe&lt;tlve• on Sept.....,_
11th and Its Aft enn~~th : A
LKturt Serhu
The K'ashm ir ls.sue In
ln tema~l

Politics

Sa~

Ktdwat, Fulbright scho'ar and
fellow, Center fOf

~~t1ng

:=:~n:r~~~~~~~.
New Oelh1. 3 30 Student Un100,
North Campu! 2-3:30 p .m
Free. SponSOfed by Counctl on
lntemattOnal Stud1es and
Program! and VICe Provo!t for
lntemaoonal Educ.atJOn For
mor~ Information, OffKe of
International Stude-nt and
Scholar Servkes, 64 S-l2.S8

taking

on &lt;;unptn events whert•
UR g roup \ &lt;art' princlf'dl
\potl\04"\

Ustlng_,

11rt&gt;

dut&gt;

no la ter th.-.n noon on
tlw Thunday preceding

publkat5oon.

Lhtlng ~

are

only acce pted t hrough tht'

electronic su bmlt.don form
for th e online UB Calendar
of lvenh at &lt;httt,. II

www.butfalo t&gt;du /

-

lllophysla

Physiology -

~ ~~~~b

Anden.son. res.. asst. prof .• Dept
of Cellular and Orgarnsmal

~~.~;tc~~

+5 p .m Free

For

more

IOfOIT1')abon, ~and

Biopllysoo, S29-273S

~ pacl.'

lhnltf\tlon s, not all

cvenh In tht• electronic
c.J I(•ndar will he In cluded

NutntJon Soenc:e!l

foster Chemistry

Sc~es

ComP'e•. North

~am~~ cy~~of

~ustry and the Foster
lecture Endowment

Reception
Rums-ey-Potenz.a
Compet ition. Art Department
Gallery, 845 Center for the ArU,

~~~~~- ~mArt'ro,

mor-e iniOITT\Ition, 64 5-68 78,
.... 1350.

~~~~~:.7z~t

Union, North Campus. 6:30-

lMng '¥\lei Cent~. For mor~
1nformation, Jarnc~ Cochran.
6&lt;5-2S37

Center for Tomorrow, North'
Campus. Receptton. 6 p .m .,
d1nner, 7 ~ . m . SS Reservatlom

Campus. 2 p m t. 12, ~al,
t. 10, children 1 2 &amp; under For
mor~ 1nformatK&gt;n, 645-ARTS

Le...,.,..., Conference

Dance Perf'Of'm..-.c.:e

e .m F&lt;... S~

~~~~':.r~~~iK&gt;O,

Mind/_ , _,
a...

N .I A (Neuromtncui.M
lntog&lt;atM Action). Ulu,.
KrupSJu, dir., I..Mng Wet! Center

Alumni Arena, North Campus
6-7: lO p.m . Call Rec:readon &amp;.
Intramural Serw:es f01 fee, 645-

~~~er
~=~~~flon~
LJurie Krupski, 645-2837
Oanc:e Pt:rfOf'ltYftiCe
Z~ u~DMK~C~~

Loc116 On Stog&lt;. [)opt. ol
Theatr~

&amp;

Dane~ .

Drama

Thtoatr~.

Center for the Aru,
North Campus 8 p.m S12,
general; S5, US ~tudents &amp;
sentor\. For mor~ 1nformattOn,
6&lt;5-AATS

-

Theotre Woril&gt;hop
K urt Weill's Bertin to

~~~s?oc~~ ~r:~~=~re &amp;

Center for the ArU, North
Campus. 8 p.m I S For more

Saturday

23
Prookoctlon
Kurt WeiM's Bertin to

~~~~~~=~~&amp;
Center for the Arti, North
Campu~ . 2 &amp; 8 p .m . S5 fof
mor~ tnformaoon. 645-ARTS
Men 's a.s.ketball

lnt..-n~~ttonal
Womeft' l Rim F6ttwal

IMWG

UB vs. MAnhaJI Alumni Arer\a,

Elaine ProctOf"s .. Friends.
Mark~t Arcad~ Film &amp;: ArU
Centre. Main Street. Buffalo 7
p m \4 50, students, \ 6 50.

~:;:!a~~so;~c~~~s~~ute

Nc7ct ~~i~~:e. 7t. r0~C:.,!:;el

~achen.,

\ 8, Children 11'
bleachers, free lor !tudenu

With tO

Women and Gender FOf mo1e

D• n ce Perl0f"11\Ance

1nlormat10n, lREWG 82Q 34 S 1

Zodiaque Oancr Companylad! ~'

Thutrt Wo rtuhop
Production
Kurt Welll'l B~rUn t o
Broadway Dept of Thedtrt' &amp;

24

ISSSWoril&gt;hop
Income Tu: Wotkshop 8afbar.J
Dawturu., Internal Reo.oenut
Sefw:e, Suzanne Reusch, New
YO&lt;!&lt; Stale Department ol
Ta...atJOn 20 Knox. North
Camp.4 5 p.m F,... Spc&lt;uo&lt;od
by lntemauonal Studon1 &amp;
Sc.holar Services. For rncw-e
tnfonnation, 645-2258

family Mve:nt urt SerMs

n---.......

Wolght Lou CluJ

Sunday

UB Alumni A.uodaUon
Athletk Hall of Fame Dinner
&amp; Induction C~remooy

1nformat10n, 645 -ARTS

H

In t he Ri'purtt&gt;r

~f~~~ W:~~u%~P~

Art bhlbft Oponlng

7: 30 p .m . Free. Sponsored by
of

Browne, asst. prof., Dept ol
B10tec.hntcal &amp; Clinol
L1boratory Sctenees. 11-4
Farber, South Campus. Noon-1

~a~~\~~~~~~~~no

1Med1a Health Sc~nct!) library,
Abbott Hall, South Campu! 2·
-4 p .m Free

~vents

~%'=~~~~~~~cr~ W

UbroO'}'Woril&gt;hop
LIB 141. lntroducUon to
Business Informat ion Sources:

ETC Tecl\nol&lt;&gt;gy Woril&gt;hop

c:ampu~ Of' ffH'

Seminar

Colloquium
Structural Proteomlu: Using
10 Protein Structure to
Annot.te the Geoome Chetyi
H. Arrowsmith, Dept. of

~~·~~nli~~~tc~

on

!Oishmlr Issue Salem Ktdwa•.
lawahartal Nehru UniV. 280
Part Hall, North Campus
Noon. Free Sponsored by
~n Studies Program and
Council on International
Studies and Program For more
1nformatton, Thomas W
Burkman, 645-34 74

Campus Noon· 1 · 30 p .m Free
Spon!oOfed by Student Un10ru
and ActiVities For more
mformattOn, 64.S-612S

Campus 1-2 30 p .m Free
~r~ed by Arts &amp; Sc~e!&gt;

JHIICto

Friday

22

Road, Getzville 8 30- 10 a m

lhtlngs lor

Oan&lt;e Company

64~ ·ARTS

=ie~1to lm,r~~.

The Rrportrf' publh.hH

mo1~

64~ · ARn

Perfonn.nc~

t..ftes On St.-qe Dept ol
Theatre &amp;. Dance Drama
The-atre, Cen1e1 fo, the Am
North Campus 8 p m t. 12
general, S5, UB studPO~ &amp;lnd
\efllon. For more IQfo rma1 10n

Compensation: bamining
Atterm~Uve Compensation
Graduate

B&amp;ac.ll Bo• Theatre

Center lor the ArU, North

On Stage Dept ol
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FTER 35 yean of distin·

guished service to USincluding more than 21
years as vic~ president

and senior via president-Robert
J, Wagner will step down as senior
vice president, effective July' I.
Waguerwill continue to serve UB
on a pan-time basis as senior counselor to President Wtlliam R. Greiner.
"I think I'm' ready," said Wagner,
noting that he and his wife, Judith,
have given the idea a lot of thought.
"I have the incredible luxury of being able to leave on m y own time,

with no unhappiness or reg~ts."
He noted that he has been :i member of the UB comm un ity since he
started his studies here ala freshman
in 1962...You just don't leave after
40 years," he said. "I'm ap-preciative
of Bill letting me continue part
time--it will make a big difference
in making this transition."
Wagner said he expects to spend
his nC\Vfound leisure tim.e in a variety of pursuits. including boating,
volunteer work at his church, trav-

ding and visiting with his children.
01
1just want to take it as it comes."
he said.
rn a memo to the university
community announCing Wagner's
retirement, Greiner described the
senior Vice president as .. the
epitome of all that is good in aca·
de.mic administration ...
"Dedicated to the highes1 ideals
of the academy, he has broughl
them to bear on everythiflg from the
most profound and difficult issues
to the mundane but essential derails
of Campus life," Greiner said
" He truly has been UB's senior
vice president and vice president for
university services. but most of all,
he has been , is and will be this
university's most dedicated servant.
All who have worked with him have
been privileged 10 do so. I in par·
ticular have been specially privileged
10 serve with him and call him both
colleague and friend,.. he said.
Wagner has spent his entir.e pro·
fessionaJ career at UB. After earn·
ing a bachelor's degree in business
administration from UB in 1966, he
was named assistant provost for the

fonner Faculty of Natural Sciences within SUNY.
and Mathematics. He held nwnerHis contributions extend beyond
ous other administrative positions UB. He has served as pr&lt;Sidcnt of
at the university, including assistant the SUNY Business Officm Msovice president for academic a.ff.olirs, ciation and as a mem~r of the
deputy vice president and vice pr&lt;Si- Board of Directors of the Eastern
dent for academic services. He was Association of College and Univerappointed vice president for univer- sity Business Officers. He has held
sity servi=-and UB's chief finan- statewide leadership pOsitions with
cial officer-in 1985. Hewasnamed the United Way, serving as chair of
senior vice president in 19:91.
the board of directors of the United
In his role as senior vice presiden1, Way of New York State from 1994Wagner oversees University Facilities, 98, and as co-chair from 1992-94.
Wagner is a graduate of 1he
University Business Services, Government Relations and University Com- Harvard Univmity Institute for Edumunications, as well as Computing cational Managrmen~ and """"' as
and Information Technology and the an adjunct lecturer in the UB GraduUniversity Ubraries, in conjunction ate School of Education, where he
,v;th the provost. His office also pro- works with University Professor D.
vides administrative ,support to the Bruce Johnstone to offer a course on
Officr of Equity,"On-mity and Affir· . financing higher education.
mative Action Administration, InterHe is the recipient of a Olancdlor's
nal Audil and Athletics, all of which Award for Excellence in Professional
Service, the National Conference of
report directly to the President.
He has ad ministrative oversight Christians and Jews' Brotherhood/
for the UB Foundation on investisterhood Award and the United
ment, financcs.~udits and property. Way of ew York tate's LeaderShip
\Vagner's efforts have resulted in in Public Service Aword.
more efficient business systems and
(For I he full I ext of Greiner's memo,
greater fiscal independence for UB see page 3.)

Clinton to speak at UB on Aprill 0
By AR111UR PAGE
New&gt; Services Director
ORMER Presidenl WilliamJ.QintonwillvisitUB
as a "student choice"
.
speaker at 4 p.m. on April
10 in Alumni Arena on the North
Campus.
Thespeechbythe42ndPresidcnt
of the United States is apected to
focus on national and world events;
Clinton will take questions from the
audience.
Ointon, who has waived his honorarium for the speech, was inviled 10
speak by UB and its undergraduate
Student Association. Student leadm
reponed Ointon was their fir,;t choict•

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for a speaker
this academic
year and said
no
other
speaker would
generate as
much student
interest.
While no
admission will
be charged forthelecture.ticketswill
he required. There "ill be a limit of
two tickets per person.
UB s1udcnts wiU have an initial,
exclusive time period-from March
6-1 0&gt;--to pick up 1ht"ir free 1icke1s.
Should any tickets remain after the
.!11\Jdents-only tickctingopponunity,

faculty and staff will have access to
them, beginning March 19. Starting
March 26, the general public is in·
vited to claim tickets, should any
continue to he available.
Tickets will he distributed exclusively through the Cenler for the
Arts box office on the North Cam·
pus from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday
through Friday. Tickels will not he
available at the door.
Students, as well as faculty and
staff, must present a valid UB ID to
obtai n tickets. Both rese.rved seating
•nd general admission tickets will be
distributed, "ith the hesl available
tickets to be isSued on a first-p:n ue.
first-servt.• basis.

Although admission to the presi·
dentiallecture will he free, voluntlry
donationswillbc:acccptedbySA for
the"FamiliesofFn:edomScholarship
Fund." The fund, which was estal&gt;lished by Clinlo~ and fonner Sen.
RobertJ. Dole,isdesignedloprovide
post-seoondaryeducationassistancr
lofinanciallyneedydependentsofindividuals killed or permanently disabled as a result of the tCrrorist at·
tacks on Sept II and during the rescue aaivi ties relating to the attacks.
Ointon's \1s.it to UB i5 being coordinall-d bythcOff~&lt;rofSpccial Even!&gt;
and sponsored b)• SA. For additional
information, contact the Offict" of
pedal Events at 645-614i. ext. 228.

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The answer to this question depends upon the type of evenL The
Center for the ArtJ hosts theatrical events, as wdl as non -thcatrical events, 1uch as fain, receptions,
dinners and even weddings. My
job here is largely logistical, requiring attention to detail and an understanding of patron and renter
needs and fitting those needs into
the center. That trarulates into being in volved with aU events on a
·variety of lev"ds. I am required to
have a full understanding of what
the event entails and what the ceoter can provide to mana8e it suecessfuUy, intelligently and efficiently. ln the case of theat rical
events,! primarily am responsible
for areas of the facility that the
pubHc comes into contact with,
such as the lobby and the actual
house of the theater.! work closely
with the production staff, the box
office, presenti ng organizations .
and members of the actual prod uctio n to make sure that various
needs are met. This can include
such items as merchand ising, concessions, Univeisit'y Po lice and
event staffing-all with a focus on
patron comfort and safety. I am
responsible for arra ngi ng ·for o ur
400-person volunteer corp. and
st udent staff for these p roducti ons, as weU as providing them
with im portan t p roductio n infor
mation and duties. lri the end, if
there is a question, problem or is4

ter, the patron services staff brings
it to me for resolution. ln the caK
of non -theatrical events, I work
with those renting the facility in
advance, discussing sqch details as
Boor plans, catering and decoralions. I belp work through their
questions and concerns, and assist
in the planning ·proces.s. On the
night of fhe event, I am here to
make sure that everything does,
indeed, happen as discussed:

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By Car the best part of my job is
havi n g the opportunity to see
people leave this facili ty happy or
excittd about their experience.
This applies no matter whaf the
event. There is somctlting very uplifting when ynu hear people commenting on the quality o f a performancc or the success of a spedal event. It is very rewarding to
know that ynur efforts are being
appreciated and culminate in a
successfuJ event.
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thing you h.,., to do7
I think the most dillicult thing that
I have to do is balance the many
personalities and n eeds of those
involved with an event. During a
given event, I deal with so many
people and each person bas something they need and their own way
of getting what they need, so ynu
have to be very Oexible, listen well,
comm unicate wdl and be able to

problem-solve quickly. From the
presenting organizations and"the
actual production, down to the
voluntee.n, everyone has something they need from the facility
and making it all happen at ihe
same time and to nreryone's sa tisfaction can sometimes be trying.
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A large percentage of the time I
meet Jhosc performing at the ceoter through my normal duties. As
someone who works in entertainment, I try to maintain an air of
professionalism focusing on my
responsibilities. I think most performers get asked for autographs
and special attention &amp;om their
fans often enough, so I prefer to
give them their space and a chance
to relax-that way they really enjoy their time in our &amp;cility and can
give the best performance possible.

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I actually get asked this question
often and I always say that my career in show btisiness started by
mistake. This answer is only partially COIT&lt;fl because I have always
loved the arts. Even in elem&lt;l)tary
school, I was involved in theatrical productions and music classes
but! never actually thought of this
path as a career choicC. I came to
U8 for my undergrad uate degree,
studying in the School of Managem ent. During my time at the

School of Management, I was

~ed to do an int.emsb.ip. l
ooe with the Greater BufOpera Company that bad
sparked my intnut. The internship proved quite interesting and upon graduation, the
GBOC offered me a job u marketing director and box office
manager. That job eventually
led me here to the Center for
the ArtJ. I now have worhd at
the center for almost six years.
and in my time here have had
the opportunity to expand my
experience in entertainment
and eam an MBA.
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In Augwt of 1999 and 2000, the
CFA hosted the Jazz Dance
World Congress. This conference is my favorite event because of the shear scale of the
event and the caliber of the performers and instructors. jazz
Dance was a week-long dance
conference that include!! daily
classes with world -renowned
choreographers and nightly
performances by international
dance companies. The conference was atten~ by a total of
800-900 individ.W. and was a
logistical cballenge that both
was exciting and extremely reward ing. It wu, without a
doubt, one of the best eYmts we
have ever done and !loved being involved at every level.

Ellicott renovation work to get under way m
Informatumal meeting scheduled for Feb. 21 for members ofFllicott community
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Rrport..- Editor

N ·i nformational meeting has been scheduled
for 4 p.m. Feb. 21 in Red
Jacket Dining Hall in the
Ellicott Complex to answer questions from members of the Ellicott
community about the upcoming $5
million renovation of the Faculty
St udent Association's retail and
food-service operation in the residential complex.
The renovation would convert
the Student Club area of the complex into a "village square.. for resi dents, as wdl as faculty and staff
members with offices in the build. ing. Among the amen ities planned
are a food court, a Starbucks-style
coffee hoUS., an expanded Elli convenit-nee story, a relocated flubie's
pizza shop, a new bus waiting area
and entrance, and a two-story, glass
atri u m area on Marshall Cou rt
overlooking l..ake LaSalle.
The project is expected to get un der way next week with some minor
asbestos abatement work in the
former Oasis and Cr&lt;ativeCraft Center, said Mitch Grern, executive di·
rector of FSA. Once the asbestos
abatement is completed, demolition
work will begin in those areas, he said.
The abatement process will con-

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tinue during spring break-March

25-»--in the hallways leading to
th e Student Club, which will be
dosed off to all traffic. While full
access to the hallways will resume on
April I, they will be dosed again on
May t3 when remodeling work be-

gins. and will mnain dosed imtil the
p roject is completed in January
2003, he said.
Gr= {IOted that ground)&gt;reaking
on the Marshall Court work is expected to take place on or about April
I , with excavation of the foundation
for the new dining area set to begin
before the end of the semester.
Work on the Ellicott tunnel bus
stop is scheduled to begin in May.
As of May 13, the bus stop wiU be
relocated temporarily to the

Fillmore entrance in the tunnel,
with a sec:ood stop being added at
the Wtlkeson entrance in the fall.
Work .is &lt;lpCCied to be oomplcted
and the bus stop reopened early in

October.
Green said that beginning May 3,
Student Oub services will
be relocated to the current
Hubie's location in Fargo
until the project is com pleted. Hours of operation and menu selection
will mirror those currendy offered by the Siudent Q ub and Hubie's.
Beginning in the fall, a
cart offering p re-made
sandwiches, snacks and
beverages will be located
in Will&lt;eson Hall to help
alleviate some potential
congestion in Hubie's, he said.
The Elli, the complex's convenience store. will dose on May 9.
Snacks and a limited number of
personal it&lt;mS will be available at
H ~bie's d uring t he summer. On
Aug. 22, the Elli will reopen for a
short time in a temporary l&lt;x:ation,
which has yet to be determined. The
store will move to its permanent location about the same time that the
bus stop is reopened.
There will be1X&gt;stings around the

Ellicott complex throughout the
co nst ruction period updating
.members of the community on the
progress of the project. Green said.
Information also wiD be available on
the campus dining and shops Web
site at&lt;~&gt;.
He pointed out that FSA's goals
during the oonstruction proass are
"to keep the project on schedule,
while mini m izing the inconvenience to the students, faculty and
staff who live and work in the
Ellicott oomplcx.'
The renovation project is an attempt to "respond to what students

are aslting for." as wdl as address an
evaluation of FSA's dining services
conducted in t 998 by a research
group affiliated with Marriott International Inc., he said. The evaluation indicated a need to change the

caiJlpUS food-service

d.tivery sys-

tem and upgrade dining facilities.
The project was designed by the
Rochester firm of Pospula Associates. Work will be finanoed by bonds

sold through the Amherst IndustrW
~opment Agency.
The Student Oub renovation is the
latest in a series of dining;servia:s
projects that have resulted ito the rehabilitation of dining facilities in
Goodyear, Governors, Richmo nd
and Red Jacket since 1998.

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UB supporters travel to Albany
LoCal backers of the luff•lo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatic.s
traveled to Albany Tuesday to ask legislators to supj&gt;ort funding proposals for the cen ter.
.. Bioinformatics: Generating a ew Economy" was the thOne of
the day as more than 60 US ad ministrators, faculty and staff mt'm. ·bers, students and alumni, as wcJJ as bioinformatics corporate partners and members of the local business community, attended nearly
50 legislative appointmenu.
These bioinformatics backers were
to report on the progreso that's
been made since planS for the center were annoUDGed in January 2001.
Mor~ importantly. they emphasized how the center's work will
create in Western New York a .. new economy" through world-class
research and di$coveries, and how commercialization of these discoveries will lead to job creation and economic opportunity, said
Janet Penksa, associate vice president for university services and di rector of government affairs.
"UB Day gives us the opportunity to bring UB's cutting-edge re search to Albany; said Renksa. "Many important memben of the
l~islature have never been to UB and rarely have opportunities to
travel to Buffalo, so we brought UB to them."
Meetings were scheduled with Senate Majority Leader Joseph
Bruno; Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; Jeff Lovell, deputy secretary toG"". George Pataki, and top officials from the New York Stat&lt;
Office of Technology and A'kdemic Research (NYSTAR). The day
concluded with a reception attended by some 300 legislaton and
their staffs, and other state officials.
uour goal was to make sure lhat .when Albany decision makers
think academic excellence and world-renowned research, they·think
UB, and when funding decisions are made on which universities get
what in the state budget, they think UB then as well," said Penksa.
In addition to the legislatm visilS, several of UB's research centers
set up interactive displays in the Lcgislati~e Office Building, including
the Center for Computational Research (CCR), the New York State
Center for Engineering Design and Industrial Innovation (NYSCEDII )
and the Institute for Lase.rs, Photonics and Biophotonics.
Exhibits focused on such topics as working with the human genome,
high -performance visualiZation, molerular characterization, vinual rcaUty, medical imaging and DNA microarray technology-&lt;ill part of
the r~h that will be conducted by the bioinformalics center.

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will present a
live sa telli te broadcast of a teleconference on "Teacbing and Assess-

The Center for Teaching and Learning Resources

ing for C ritical Thinking and Deep Learning" from 2-3: 15 p.m. Feb.
22 in 31 cOpen Hall, North Campus.
Leading the discussion will be Thomas Angelo, associate provost
for teaching, learning and faculty development , and professor of
education at th e Un iversity o f Akron .
Designtd for educatorS in all disciplines. the teleconference will
provide participants with ideas and strategies they can u~ immediately; provide actual classroom examples of critical thinking, teaching and assessment, and demonstrate how to promote lransfer of
critical thinking across the cUrriculum.
Although participation in the teleconference is free of charge, room
capacity is limited and reservati ons are required and will be taken
on a first-come basis. Anyone interested in participating· should email Jeannette Molina, associate director of the Center for Teaching
and Learning Resources, at &lt;jmolina@buffalo.edu&gt; by Wednesday.
The Center for Teaching and Lea rn ing Resourcn: also is promoting a one-day workshop on program assessment that will be held
from 8 a.m. tO 4:30 p.m. Feb. 25 in at the SUNY Training Center in
Syracuse.
Entitled "Academic Program Assessment Workshop: Creating a
Quality Program Assessment ," the workshop wiU address such topics as differentiating assessment vs. evaluation, differentiating class:
room assessment fro m program assessment and defining the essence
of a progrom
For further information and/or to register for the workshop, go
to the SUNY Training ~nter Web site at &lt;www.tc.suny.edu&gt;.

CFA to present "Pinocchio"
The Center for the Arts will present Fanfare Theatre Ense:mb1e1s
o riginal musical production of .. Pinocc.hio,"' based on the classic taJe
by Ca rlo Collodi, at 2 p.m. Feb. 24 in the Mainstage theater in the

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valuable chief advisor to me and to the p!OYOSI knowinglhatallofusat UB)¥illamtinuetobmditfrom
in the folll)ulation of Ull's stnitcgic planning ef- that service in the years to come.
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center on the North Campus.
Free kids activities will be provided an hour before the performance.·
Part of the CFA's Family Adventure Stries, .. Pinocchio.. is co-spon·
sored by Adelphia Media Services and WJYE-FM .
Fanfare Theatre Ensemble's adaptation follows the hair-raising
adventures of Pinocchio from the puppet stage to the belly of a whaJe.
The show, which features livd y songs and rousing dances, is recommended for c hildr~n ages 8 and under.
Ti kcts for " Pinocchio" are SJ 2 for adults and 10 for children I:!
and under. They an.· .IVailable Jt the .CFA box officy.-fr.om noon to 6
p.m . Tuesday through Friday, ami at all TicJ...etmaster lucatioru. For
mort: in fOrmation . c~t ll t-45 -ARTS.

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Director of Llving.Well Center offers students a holistic approach to life
BRIEFLY
lndlqo Girts to sing
In C~A March 3
Gtammy Award-winning slng-

on/songwrften todigo Girts wllt
po&lt;form in a opoc1a1 acoustJc
duo setting at a p.m. Mardl 3
in the~ theat"' in the
Conte&lt; for the Arts, North Com-

pos.
The conc&lt;rtls preent&lt;d by
the Student Aooclatlon ond coJj)Oti&gt;Cnd by ·the Conte&lt; for the
Arts ond the OMslon o f n a UB Athletlcs Speclol """"L
WNio they &lt;Mno Into p&lt;C&gt;flli.
nence as part of the late-'80s

folk.slnger/songwrit&lt;r reYivol,
the Indigo Girts ..... hod stoying
powerwhero o&lt;htr altisU from
the some.,... quicldy faded.
TIW~tfl.guitors

formula may not seem very
~on paper, but the
combinotloo of two distinct P"'·
sonalitlo&gt;ond ~styles

pnMdes a tension •nd Ml Inter·
~ balance. Emily Sa6en,
haiAng from the more traditlooat
1oo1 Mitchell school, has the
gender oound, Is """" complex
musically ond olton ....,. toward
the-ondspirituat.....ilit.
lvrty Ray- heaWy from the
singer/songwrit... ospecl&gt; of
punk rock. In mont than •l(le""'"of rKording. they .....

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Wets and Ray fnt toal&lt; the
name Indigo Cirbwllle M1g In
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pair
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hod._, p.,tlonmg togolher
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lndopondont
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-the~ "SUango
Fire." Things changed quiddy In
1988, """"' they- signed to
Epk: .
"Indigo Cirts," ree.s.d In
1989, WJS In tJ&lt;C011ent Mtional
debut. gMng them Initial cot.
lege r.odio erodibility and the hit
single "Closer to Fine.• The a~
bum evontually broke the Top
30 and earned a Gtommy for
Best Folk RecOfding that year. A
live EP, "Bad&lt; on the Bus. Y' All."
was refeased In 1991 and was

duo- .,

cortified gold and

nominated for

aGr.tmmy.
In 1992. t h e y - tho
platn.m-selling "Rites Of f'as.
sago."Twoyoanlatet,·~

Ophelia" w a i - and.,.
t«ed tho c:haJts at numbor Nne; it
went gold by tho end of tho year.
Their latest recording. "Become
vciu.· ... b e - in Marth.
The opening act for their
performance will be the acoustic
duo the Cosh Brothers.
TICkets for Indigo Girts are
S29.50 for the general public
and S24.50 f&lt;&gt;&lt; UB students.
Tlckets are avaiiable.at the CFA
box offJCe from noon to 6 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday, and at

all Ticketmaster kx:ations. For
more information call. 645 -ARTS.

Capaldi to address
senior alumni lunch
Provost Elizabeth 0 . Copaldi will
offer her vision of US's future as
a research urilv«sit)l during the
· March 6 Senior Alumni Lun·
cheoo Program, to be held at
noon in the Center for Tomor-

row, North Campus.
Capaldi. UB's chief academic
officer, NS had an enormous
impact .since she arrived at the
univeBity in the summer of
2000, trallSformlng tho way UB
~itself and Is seen by the

community.
The cost of the luncheon,
whkh is sponsored by tho Office
of Alumni Relations, Is S14 for
UB Alumni Assoclatloo ~bers
and S16 for nonmembers..
For further Information or to
make reservations, all the
alumni offKe at 829-2608.

Krupski's work focuses on Wellness
ay OONNA. LONC;ENECIWI
Rqxxtrr AnbUnt Editor

A

s diroctor of 1M living

Wdl C.,ntcr, Lauric
Krupski, says she has the
best of both worldswith work and play so deeply interwovenintoher~lifc,it's ofien

hard to distinguish between the two.
That's not to say she doesn't work
and play hard-attending graduate
school and workinga1 thee&lt;nterfull
time, as wdl as tea ching evening
dasses in ballroom dancing and an

or lectun as a way to absorb information-with a primary goal of re-

·den ts. This is a challenge-to reach

ducing s~ and helping students
bond with their peen, says Krupski.
Part of theC!ducation and ou~
work undertaken in Krupski's "free
time" iJtYOivos helping stud&lt;nts find
a more balanced approach to sociaJ.
izingand !!Citing to know their classmares without rdyingonalooboland
substance abuse-e rite of passage

don't want to be here and fed punished." she says.
Berorestudents attmd the last of the
wttl&lt;md sessions, they mwt partici·
patr in one of the center's mind-body
activities. which includes dasses in
meditation, mind-body awareness,
self-defense:, bail&lt;oom dana and
drumming.

students who are mandated, who

class called Neuromuscular lntegrntive Action (NIA) designed to reduce stress and stimulate awareness
·

She also spends many weekends
practicing what she preachesteachi ng students on campus the
value of embracing a holistic lifestyle
as an alternative to punishing.their

bodies with alcohol and drugs.
Students' emotional, academic
and social needs are the living Well
Center's primary concern, she says.

And the result is an incrc3sing fo-

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cus on incorporating holistic

wellness and the importana oflifclong learning into students' daily

lives through a variety of programs.
Krupski and staffat th&lt; center have
integrated what they define as the
"eight dimensions of wdlness," (social, occupational, spiritual, physical,
intellectual, emotional, cultural and
environmental) into a philosophy of
wellness that strives to help students
realize proactive goals of penonal
development that in tum lead to

more positive lifestyle choices. W&gt;rkshops on relationships, stress and
time management , nutritiop , fitness.
smoking cesSation and alcohol and
drugs are a part of the peer-educa·
tion activities hosted by the center.
The center's workshops and much

violated the university's alcohol-

and-drug policies-students who
are mandated to attend a I:WO'weekend workshop with Krupski called
the Student Educational Program
for Alcohol and Drugs (SEPAD).
During that time, she teaches thrn~
to recognize the signs of alcohol

poisoning and discusses other options to a lifestyle that for many re-

volves around weekend binge drink-

creative learning strategies that ap-

ing and substance abuse.
"The passion for me is teaching
and understanding what strategies
are most' effective in engaging stu-

sua), tactile and kinesthetic learners
to the student who prefen listening

dents how many of thtm havt

have fun and made some poor

for many stud&lt;nts before they cvm
reach their freshman ~at UB.
Even Krupski's dissertation proposal as a student in the Graduate
School of Education is geared toward understanding and utilizing
teaching strategies that will most
&lt;ffcctively reach students who have

of Krupski's teaching style engage

peal to all types of learners, from vi·

more awareness to tht conscqUC'JlCa 11

of substance abuse. Krupski makd\'
it dear that students don't have to
be alc.oholia to have a problem.
She says that when she asks stu·
hugged the toilet, missed class or felt
hungovcr the next day after a night
of drinking. all or most routinely
raise their hands. When she asks
those same students if they fed they
liavc a problem with drinking. invariably. no one rais&lt;s a hand. But,
she adds. if a student admits to even
one of the negative &lt;ffeas of drinking. the consequences dearly have
outweighed the benefits. Krupski
points to the case of Scott Kruegu.
an MIT student and Orchard Park
resident who died in the fall of 1997
of alcohol poisoningaftua night of
binge drinking at a fraternity party.
"Scott Krutger was. not an alcoholic. He was not a seasoned drinlct:r.
He was a student who went out to

expressive fitness -and-awareness

of the mind -body connection.

recognize it themselves,• she says. In
r.ct, a couple of students who ha""
rccovued from drug and alc.ohol
abuse: now talk to students about
their experime&lt;s, hoping.to bring

"*We're giving them creative av- choices one night that cost him his
enues to participatr in activities that · life. That nigh~ he had a ?roblcm
don't involve aloohol and drugs, and with alcohol; she said
that will help than really embody the
The resulis of a survey given to inundentanding of respecting their ooming freshmen at UB last fall rebodies,. says Krupski. "Drinking and vcale&lt;l that, by and large, students
partying arc not jwt accepted, but overestimatr the amount .o f aloohol
promoted.li rOally is a d!all'd\ge for consumption engaged in by thtir
1
th'em to say 'no. Thc:re is so much peas, and CXlll5Cquently, tty to!;.. up
pressure to be accepted and fit in."
to those mispcr&lt;q&gt;tions. The end reMost of the 26 students in a re- sults of exccssiv. drinking. Krupski
cent w.d&lt;md session chose medi· says. arc lower grade-point averages,
tation as their activity for the week. an increased likdihood of engaging
said Krupski. "They're intrrested in in unprotected sex, driving while in·
learning hoW they can achieve a toxicated and dropping ouL
similar altered state of mind where,
Krupski is trying to increase men·
if they need a release, can they do it tion by emphasizing to students that
on their own without turning to a!- "there is nothing wrong with your
rohol and drugs; she adds.
need to fed de-stressed and to have
Unfortunately, she says. there arc fun, but w.'re offering you hc:althy
students who have beoome alcohol· activities four tvenings out of the
ics by the ageof21. "Those students week in which you can meet those
tend to come to me-they tend to needs without alcohol and drugs."

FSEC offers consultant parking "wish list"
Web-based survey to solicit input about parking conditions to be posted soon
BY DONNA LONc;£N£CK£R

Reporter Anistant Editor

A

consulranthired byU B

to evaluate p~rki~g and
tr11n spo rt at10n ass ues
on ca mpu s was provided with a detailed "wish list" of
ideas by members of the Faculty
Senate Executive Com mittee at the

group's Feb. 6 meeting.
Joseph P.Sciulli,senioroperalions
consulta nt for Chance Management

Advi sors Inc. of Philade lphia
(CMA ). met with the FSEC to up·
date the body on its ongoing threephase study. begun last October.
Sciulli described the process as an
examination of existing conditions,
including the number of available
parking spaces a nd how they are
utilized. as well as transportation
operatio ns in general The results of

the stud)' will allow the finn to make
recommendations that will support
the future needs and growth of the
university, Sci ulli said.
"From what we've seen so far, it's a
goodsystcm," Sciulli said."UBi in a

position to "be ahead of the power
curve." when it moves into the planning stage in improving parking and
transportation services, he added
CMA is also about to embark on
a key piece of the study, according
to Sciulli-a Web-based survey designed to solicit o pinions about
parking conditions and collect sptcific data about where and when

people park.
James Nadbrzuch, assista nt vice
president for student affairs, said the
survey should be posted online
within th e nex t few weeks. The
implementation date, as well as the
site's URL. will be published in the

Reporter.
Sciulli heard a variety of suggestions and concerns about the parking situation from FSEC members,
ranging from the fierce competition
for parking spaces near Alumni
Arena and the Center for the Artsespecially when both si tes are hosting events and students are attend ing C\'Cning classes-to a desire for
the co nsultant to study traffic pat -

terns and the"number of roads that
lead to nOwhere" on campus.

Senators echoed the frequentl y
voiced concern around campus that
guests and visitors often are frustrated by the absence of dear sign age

ward system for people who park at
3 remote site and then take a shuttJe
bus to the Spine.

Sciulli said that most of the concerns, including the issut of

whether or not freshmen sl)ould be

directing them to the paid parking
lots anli the lack of a dearly defined,

allowed to bring cars to cam pus

cen tral information center where

so),a redri\'en by a need to balance

they can obtain maps and other per·

"practical and operational consid-

tinent information.
Dennis Malone, SUNY Distin guished S~rvice Professor in the

erations with marketing and politi cal considerations."
CMA also is investigating off-site

Department of Electrical Engineering, described what he called the

parking possibilities, he added.
William Baumer, professor of phi· '
losophy, noted that while there isn't
a shortage of parking spaces, with
approximately 15,000 spaces avail·
able on both campuses, the issue was
getting people into the spaces.
Convmienccnotwithstanding.en·
vironmentaJ issues, such as snow, rain
and high winds. also weigh heavily
in choosing a parking space, as well

''parking vulturt" problem of drivers who circle a parking lot for up
10 3' half-hour or more waiting for
someone to leave, or to find a spot

dos. to their building.
"People are obsessed with the idea
that they must have a parking spac.!
within 100 feet of a building,"

Malone said.
As an alternative to the parking
crunch, John Ellison, associate professor of library and information
studies, suggested developing a re--

(U B currently allows them to do

as the perception-ptrhaps out -

dated, acco_;:ding to SciuiJHhat the
shuttle system doesn't meet the needs
of thooe who park in outlying lots.

�Nature reports~ research

Work could lead to wide range of technological aflvances
By EU.EH COOI.DIIAUM
Contributing Editor

A

team ofUB n:s.archers
reports in the currmt issue of Nature the first

observation of. a phenomenon called stimulated emis-

sion by diRCt three-photon excitation, which occurs when three photo ns of lower energy are simulta-

neously absorbed to reach a higher
energy state.
Applications of the phenomenon

co uld lead to such technological
advances as sharper pictures on

computer monitors; higher-quality,
long-dismnce telephone lines; more
stable optical fiber ner..urks. and the
ability to visualize and destroy deep
tumors with light.
The team &amp;Om the Institute for
Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics
was the first to demonstnte in 1996
·orga nic materials capable of effi ciently absorbing two photons of
light at the sam e time and their ap-

. plications,espcciallyin high-density
dam storage.
This latest observation demon-

strates the remarkable three-photon
simulmneous absorption efficiency
of an organic dye,APSS ((4-[N-(2hydroxyethyi) -N-methyl) amirio
pheny l [-4 '- ( 6 - hydrox yhexyl
sulfonyl)stilbene) synthesized by the
UB scientists to produe&lt; stimulated
emission, a property that creates la-

ser light.
The work aJso demOnstrates an

important phenomenon, time-photon pumped frequency upconversion, in which fluorescent emissions
are produced with higher energy

than the laset's pumping photon, a
process called upooflV!"Sion.
"This is a breakthrough {or demonstrating that highlyefficien~ threephoton absorbing materials can be
produced that can aa as a m&lt;dium
for UJlCOfl"=ion lasing," said Paras
Prasad, executive din:ctor of the Institute for Lasers, Photonics an d

Biophotonics and ro-author on the
paper. Prasad is a SUNY Distinguished Profesoor in the departments
of Olemistry, Physics, Electrical Engin=ing and Medicine.
The research demonstrates for the
first timethehighlyefficient,simullan&lt;O!JS absorption of time photons

to input), it also provides an efficient
mechan ism useful for applications
in optical power limiting, which
help&lt; pr&lt;vent damage from power
s~.and in stabilizing power fluctuations to reduce noise.

"We have mken light at the communkations wavelength in the infrared range and by pumping it wilh
our three· photon process have
shown that oUr s'ystc m pi-oduces
very localized, efficient emissions in

the visible range," Prasad said.
In principle, according to Guang
S. He, lead author on the paper and
senior research scientist at tM Institute for . Lasers, Photonics and

Biophotonks, the upconversi~ n
pumped by a wavelength of laser properties of multiphoton absorplightat 1.3 micrometers, one of Ql1)y tion also may lead to the possibility
two frequencies suimble for critical · of generating ultrashort-wavelength
applications in optical fiber tele- UV lasers in suitable materials. Such
communications.
lasers would be useful in applications •
rorapplicationsrangingfromlong- ranging from laser-weapon systems
distanoe telephone axnmullications to semicooduaor processing.
to much de:uuteleoonf=ncingaver
•shorter wavelengths also are dethe lnlmlet, this three-photon proc:e5S sirable for many applications in dam
can pot&lt;ntiallybe used to improYe the transmission," explained He, "bequality of transmission.
ca!Jse they allow for higher density
By adtieving three-photon acti- dati storage and higher resolution
vation of the organic dye at a wa""- of that data."
·
length of 1.3 micrometers, the team
In addition to He and Prasad, rowas able to shift this infrared wave- a ut hors are Przemyslaw P.
length (invisible color) into the vis- Markowicz. research instructor, and
ible range, appearing as a green-yel- Tzu-Chau Lin, doctoral student in
low ligbL This visible light will be the Department of Olemistry, both
useful for applications in optical affiliated with the Institute for La. imagi,ng, bioimagipg, diagnostics . sers, Photonics and Biophotonics.
and photodynamic therapy of deep
The work'was supported by the
tissue tumors.
U.S. Air Fon:eOffioeofScientific Rt:Because the nature of three-pho- s'earch and the polymer branch of
ton absorption is highly nonlinear the U.S. Air For&lt;:&lt; Research labora(output is not directly proportional tory at Dayton.
of light in an or8;ani c material

Borges·scholar to visit camplis

American Memory

Ei1

When I mentioned to my co-..,thor I thought ..., should do a
column o n the L.ibrary of Co ngress's American Memory collection:
he replied , "I can't think of a more (Ontent rich site on the Web.'"
And , inderd, Amtrican "'femory &lt;http:/ / 111emory~ loc . gov/
•mmem/ •rnhome.html &gt; sta nds out as a
gateway to an extraordinary collettion of pri- ~~JIII!I-•IIIIl!!!JII!I~
mary sou rce material that depicts the hist{,ty ~-!lj;,ciiljJjil'old"'
1
and cuJture of the United States.
Specifically, America~ Memory offers [AI:'Cb1WI..,
more than 7 miUio n digital itemS, including
prints, ph otogra p hs~ manuscripts, maps,
sheet music, sound recordings and motion
picture clips. Ready acc-ess to this diverse
material can be obtained through American
Memory's "Collection Finder" at &lt;http:/1
memory.loc.gov I ammem / collections /
flnder.html&gt;.
A t-iny sampling of items from this incredible online archive:
~ The portrayal of uAmerica at Uisure,• induding video clips of

"Shooting the Chutes" at Coney Island in 1903, the annual "Baby
Parade" in Asb ury Park, N. J. in 1904 and "Sidghi ng in Central Park"
in 1898
• Nine thousa nd images relating to the early history of ad venis-

ing froin 1850-1920, including all types of ads for tobacco, laundry
flakes, buriaJ caskets, corsets, gum , hair nets, cologne, thread and
cough remedies (Did you know that the first advertisement for Smith
Brother's cough drops appeared in a Poughkeepsie, N.Y. paper and
the two brothers in the illustration are named .. Trade" and • Mark? .. )
• More than 2,000 images of baseball cards dating from 1887 to

1914, including depictions of such legendary players as Ty Cobb,
Tris Speaker and Cy Young
• Sound recordings, including Civil War-era band music, folk
musiclrom the Dust Bowl, Omaha Indian mwic, vaudeville ro u-

tines and Southern Appalachian fiddle tunes
• The papers of Hannah Arendt, Alexander Graham Bell, Leonard
Bernstein , Aaron Copland, Woody Guthrie, Abraham Lincoln,

Samuel F. B. Morse and Walt Whitman
llli NineteenTh-century Sunday school books that include such topics
as slavery, temperance, immigration, missionary travels and advice
The main American Memory screm features a new sarch example
daily to give one a smse of the range of topics that can be researched
using this vast resource. At this writing, yesterday's sample search was
"patent leather" and today's is "piracy." Yesterday's "Today in History"
link led to a hypertextual essay celebrating the Feb. 7, 1867 birth of
laura Ingalls Wilder, while today's link goes to primary source material related to the NAACP's opposition to the 1915 D.W. Griffith film
.. The Birth of·a Nation." Finally, the main pagt features a .. Learning
Page" link that provides activities and lessons for K- 12 classrooms.
The American Memory collection provides testament to the .con·

BY PATlllCIA DONOVAN
Contributing Editor

ing accomplishment.
The seminar, however, will ad-

tent richness of the Web itself. We tend to celebrate the Web's ability

T

dress Rod6's less frequently discussed works on a theory of criticism, a philosophical method that

to deliver current, and at times .. as it's happening" materiaL Ameri can Memory reminds us no t to ignore the power-of the Web to vivid ly transpo rt us to o ur captiva ting heritage.

did not b«ome prevalent in Latin
America until the last decades of the

-Gemm• DeVInney •nd Don tt.rtm.n, Urrivmity LibroMs

losophyof sense-making based on the
works of that author who, more than
HE Institute for Research anyother, blurred all filcifeboundaries
and Education o n Women between literature and thoughL•
and Gender (IREWG) and
Translations of Block de Behar's
the Department of Mod- work, which include " Una ret6rica
em Languages and IJteratures will del silencio.• (A Rhetoric of Silence),
present noted Jorge Lui s .Borges "AI margen de Borges,... Dos medios
scholar Lisa Block de Behar on Mon- . entre d os medios: Sobre Ia
day through Wednesday in a series represcntnci6n ySus dualidades," and
of events that address major Latin "Una palabra propiamente dicha,"
American literary figures and inter- exist in English. French and Italian.
pretive practices.
Her most recent book, "Borges:
The visi t by Block.de llehar, pro- The Passion of an Endless Quornfessor of semiotics and theory of in- tiori," translated by William Eggint.on.
terpretation in the Department of is forthcoming from SUNY Press.
Co mmunication Sciences at th e

Block de Behar'svisit to UB is co·

Universidad de Ia Republica in Uruguay, is part of IREWG's Distinguished Speaker's Series.
Block de Behar is an internationally distinguished writer, theorist and
scholar, particularly of the works of
Borges, the Argentine poet. essayist
and short-story writer whose tales of
f.u11asy and dream worlds are classics of lOth-century world liteiature.
" It is no exaggeration to say that
Lisa Block de Behar's smtus in Latin
America, as well as internationally.
as a scholar of literature, but specifically Of the work of Borges, is virtually unparalleled," said Rosemary
Feal, chair of the Department of

sponsored by Dennis Tedlock, James

Modern Languages and Literatures.

"Her many books and articles are
the work of a profOund thinker who.
while certainly 'reading Borges; also
is constantly at work on what might
be .~led a poetics of reading. a phi-

20th century.
Block de Behar will meet informally with students and fJcu lry over
coffee at 10 a.m. Tuesday. At 2 p.m.
that day, she will present a lecture in
English titled "Borges and the Endless Quotation," in which she \viii explore the trope of quotatio n in the
work of Borges as a framework for
a profound examination of the no-

McNulty Chair, in the Department

tions of o riginali ty, intention ality
and the nature of meaning itsel(

of English, and Jorge J.E. Gracia,
Samuel P. Capen Chair in the Department of Philosophy.
All events will take place in 930
Clemens Hall, North Campus. They
are free and open to the public.
At I p.m.Monday.BiockdeBehar
will present a seminar in Spanish
on Jose Enrique Rod6 titled "las

A reception will follow the lecture.
A faculty-student workshop at I0
a.m. Wednesday will add ress "The
Rhetoric of Preterition." Tradi tionally, "'pretcrition"-a synonym for
pretennission-refers to the Calvinist doctrine that holds that God
elects a few for salvation and passes
over the rest of mankind. In Block

visio nes crfticas de Jose Enrique

de Behar's work, th e notion of a
word that sayS and simultaneously
negates what is being said informs
the rhetoric of preterition, perhaps
the fund amental concept o f her
theory of meaning.
Updates on the events and the
readings themselves can be found

Rod6: 'Sonar y mirarse sonar'"
Rod6 (1872-1917) was an Uruguayan essayist, Htera ry critic, phi -

losopher and author of the 1900 text
"Ariel," which has had a profound
impact on an en tire generation of
Latin Americans. This reinterpreta-

tion ofShakespeare's"The Tempest"
as a political and philosophical ba-

on the IREWG Web site at

sis for Latin Americanism continues

&lt;www.women•ndgender.buf.
folo.edu/. -.html&gt; . For fur-

to be regarded as a signal and last-

ther information, call645-2191.

Brien
Show of Weill songs set
The Department of Theatre •nd D•nce will pre~nt Kurt Weill 's
"Berlin to Broadway" Feb. 20-24 in the Black Box Theatre in the
Center for the Arts, No rth Campus. Performance times are 8 p.m.

Wednesday through Friday. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m.
Sunday.
Presenting 40 of Weill's songs, among them "The Threepenny Opera," "Happy End," "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny,"
"Lady in the Dark," and "Knickerbocker Holiday,""lkrlin to Broadway" marks Weill's musical voyage spanning 20 extraordinary years- .
from Von Hindenburg and Hitler in Germany, where \Veill became
a n o utstanding theater com poSer by the time he was 30, to RoosevcJt
and Truman in th e U.S., where he becam~.a renowned citizerl and a
master of the Broadway musical.
The music (or the songs in the production was written by WeiJI,
with lyrics by Maxwell Andersen , Marc Blitzstein , Bertoli ·Brecht,

Jacques Deval, Michael Feingold, Ira Gershwin, Paul Green, Langston
Hughes, Alan Jay Lerner, Ogden Nash, Geo rge T~bori , and Arnold
Weinstein.
'" Berlin to Broadway" will be directed and choreographed by
Lynne Kurdziel -Formato, with musical d irection by Michael H~ke.
The cast will feature stude nts from the Department of Theatre a11d
Dance.
Tickets are SS and are ava ilable at the Center fo r the Arts box office from no01Tio 6 p.m. Tu esday through Friday, and at all
Ticketmaster locatio ns. For more information call 645-ARTS.

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UB job listings
accessible via Web

Athletic Hall of Fame to induct five
87 SUE. WU£TCHU
Conference championship events brcalcing relays.
and fourth in gomes started and
and was P,.rt of two title- winning
She was the Mid-Continent Con- gomes played.
kporrer Editor
WO women who helped relays. UB won ECC crowns in in· ferenccrunnerofth&lt;yearin '94and
• MiU I.Aipple, "r7, of On:bml
UB gain conference su- door (1 992 and 1995) and outdoor wasallconfemx:.ein '95. Novak still Park, turned down Divilion I $cholpremacy in trachnd field ( 1992) while she competed.
. holds six UB track-and-field m:Ords a,.hips to play football at UB. A
and cross country during
Ni4nd captained the 1993 croos- and recorded the quick&lt;st time~ · former officer in student governthe 1990s will be among the former axmtryt&lt;amthat...mtheconf""""" by a UB athlete in the 51&lt;.
men~ iJfl'•mt on to become one of
student-athletes to be inducted into championship, in which she was
• Todd Millo3', the top teaching the ITl06t reliable tadders in Bulls'
the.UBAthleticHall of Fame during named individual champion. In 1992, professional in Western New York history. He was recognized for his
a dinner and induction ccmnony to she set the school record for croos during the past two decades, played · defmsi~ prowess in 1985 when be .
be held Feb. 22 in theCmterforTo- country on UB'shom&lt;ooune'andthe fuR singles forUB,compilingawin- was named both an Associated Pross
monow on the North Campus.
previous year .was.all-amference as ning pm:mtage of .846 during time and a Pizza Hut Hononble Mention
Others to be inducted arr one of UB claimed the ECC t&lt;am title.
years of competition. He abo was All-American.
thefinesttennisplayersinschoolhisFrom 1994-98, Niland was a rankedsecondamongthestote'soolHe folio-.! that up his senior
tory,addtnsiveSiandout
member of the NCAAStudent-Ath- lege players each of those years.
year by earning Pizza Hut AUon thelOotboll 6dd in the
Miller, who enrolled American second-team aca&gt;lades,
mid-80s and a pitcher
~tUB in 1977,leftschool
while also being named to the Eastwho established 14sofi-.
followinghisjunioryear em College Athlctic Conferma Diball r=rds.
to teach the sport. He visK&gt;n m team.
In addition to the inearned his degree 10
A 6-3, 230-pound linebacktT and
ductees. time individuyears later while serving a four-year starter, taipple led the
als who played critical
as the executi~ director Bulls in tackles as a sophomo"' (93),
rolesinUB'sdevationto
and head pro at thr junior(witha then-record 12n and
Division I status,indudAmherst Hills Tennis senior ( 125). He had 81 assists in '85
Qub.
ing former President
and through his junior year had
S""""B.Sample,willbe
Miller earned team compiled 192, which were both
honor..!, and a former
MVP honors in 1978 school records.l..aipple mnains the
UB faculty member will
and served as UB's cap- UB career leader in assisted tackles
receive the Russell ).
tain in 1978 and 1979. (265), was the career leader in total
GuginoAward.
He was a two-time tackles (402) for IOyears and stands
The Athletic Hall of
{1978-79) singles cham- fourth in solo tackles ( 137).
Fame was established by
pionship finalist in the
• Ste&gt;en B. Sample, who now
the UBAlumni Associa· '-'-..___ _ _ _..;...._ _ _ _ _..;.....;__ _ _ _.J SUNYAC toumamen~a SO"VeS as president of the University
tion in 1965 lo honor
first doubles finalist of Southern California; Sta~ Sen.
athletes, coaches, teams and indi- lete Advisory Committee, chairing ('78), and won two Big Four singles Kmneth lAValle, and the late Junes
viduals who have served the athletic the group from 1996-98. She helped and doubles championships.
Hansen, a fonner faculty member
program in an exemplary manner.
draft and argued successfully for
• Kimberly Ring, '85, was the in the Graduate School of EducaTickets for the event, which will NCAA legislation to allow full - MVP'on the 1985 softball team that tion and formt::r chair of th~ Inrer·
begin with a cocktail reception at 6
cholarship student-athletes to. wo~ )he,.SU])j¥.\,C rllampi&lt;l'¥i!ip; collegiate Athletics Board, will rep.m .• fol lo,...·ed by dinner at 7 p.m., maintain p;,ut-time jObs or intern- was ranked 12th in the country and ec!iVt the OB 'A1umni Association's
are $55. They may be purchased by ships. She also argued for the adop· participated in the Division Ul na- Builder's Award in recogniLion of
contactingtheUBOfficeofAlumni tion of legislation to allow partial tionaldwnpionships.Sheoompiled their roles in successfully proposing
Relations at 800-284-5382.
quaJifi~rs to earn a fourth year of
an earned run average of 1.85 that and working with the State UniverThis year's inductees are:
eligibility if specific academic r~- season, won l3games-theteamwas sity of New York Board of Trustees
• Bridget NUand, B.A., '95, ).0. quirements were met. Thatlcgisla- 19-7 entering the NCAA tourna- to change SUNY policy regarding
'98, and Judith Novak, B.A. '96. who tion also was adopted.
ment-and Slllrted 16.
the ability to RWllJ'd grants to stucombined to mak~ th~ women's
NovakwasUB'sfernaJeathleteof
Ring still holds team career dent -athletes. The policy change
track-and-field and cross-country the year in 1993.ShewonMVPteam records for games (45), innings eventually allowed UB to "'tum to
programs the dominant ones in the bono" that year and in track and pitched (276.1 ),strikrouts (93) and Division I competition.
In addition, WolterKunz,Ed.M,
East Coast and Mid-Continent con- field in '9_4, and in cross country in wins (26), and is second in ERA
ferences.
'92 and '95, eclipsing the records in
(2.36). Her 13 wins remain a UB '65, Ph.D. '70, a former UB faculty
Niland set five individual track- the 3000- and 5000-meter (outdoor single-season record.Shealsoissec- member and longtime athletic adand-field(outdoorandindoor)dis- and indoor) runs that Niland had ond in single-season wins with 10, vocate and supponer, wiU receive
tance records during her cart."Cr, and set. She also broke records in the 800; second and third in single-season the Russell ). Gugino Award, given
was a member of 1hree rela~ .that 1000 and 1500 meters (indoor and ERA ( 1.85 in 1985and2.36 in 1984), to a)umni who have "made signifibroke school standards. She also outdoor) and was a member of the third in stfikeouts (39), seoond and cant contributions of Lime and rewon ·four individual East Coast 4x800anddistance-medleyrecord- third in innings pitched and third sources• to the athletic program.

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Providing insight into physics of combustion
Simulations are closest to turbulent flows that occur in hydrocarbon combustion
By UUH GOLDUUM

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HE incredible complexity of turbulent combustion has made modeling
it and systems in which
it is important a goal that research·
ers know probably won't be
reached in their lifetimes.
The reason .is that in turbulent
combustion, the difficulties of modeling turbulence-by itself one of
the most challenging problems in
physics-are further compounded
by the complexities of strong, non·
linear interactions between turbu·
lcncc a·nd the chem ical reactions
that occur during combustion.
Using a computational method
called direct numericaJ simulation,
Cyrus K. Madnia, associate professor
of mechanical and aerospace cngi·
Ol"ering, and hb. coJicagUl"S In U£f!&lt;
( : o mput :l ti o n &lt;~ l Fluu.l Dyna mi c'
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true model of the physics of chemically reacting turbulent Oows.
The work, published in the current issue of the Journal ofFluid Mechanics, comes closest to mimicking
the turbulent reacting flows that
occur in hydrocarbon combustion
without taking into account com·
plex chemistry. Knowledge of how
these turbulent flows affect internal
combustion could (mprove g=tly
the efficiency and environmental
impact of all kinds of engines.
"In r&lt;acting turbulent Oows. this
will be the benchmark," said
Madnia, lead author on the paper.
Th~ simulations by the UB re·
searchers rome the closest to mim·
icking hydrocarbon combustion
sinct' they demonstrate a defining
feature of combustion: how the heat
of reaction affects the exchange of
L" nagy in a turbulent system.
In C\'ery engine or furnace, comhthtlon Gt U,S(.~ the release of h ~;~t ,
\\'hldl rL·,ulh 111 :.n incrt:.t'&gt;l' in in

temal energy. At the same time, the
turbulence in the engine is producing kinetic energy.
"Between internal and turbulent .
kinetic energy, there is a continual
acbange." said Madnia "How these
two fiel!is exchange energy with
each other constitutes the basic
physics of turbulmtreacting Oows.•
Madnia cautioned that the Oows
that he and colleagues have sirm,l·
lated do not account for the incndibly complex chemistry of combustion, which involves hundreds of
chemical reactions.
·Several decades from now, we
still will not be able to simulate internal combustion," he noted.
.. But with this rest&gt;arch, we are
pushing the limit of direct numeri·
cal simulations for simulating tur·
buJent combustion."
Unlike the group's previous work
with nonrcacting flows, where the'
n::,ea r~hers could ~hCck" th dr rr.. ult:..tgainst thmL·nflaborahlf)'t.'X·

periments, these simulations cannot
be comparod with laboratory experiments because none exist.
Aaxxding to Madoia, the goal o(
the research is to gain a better understanding of the two-way interaction
betwee!icbemist:ryand ~in
order to deYelop m&lt;&gt;r&lt; realistic models of the Ouid m&lt;chanics and chemistry involved in combustion.
"With this work. we ha\'e helped
push that frontier a bit f'urthe(besaid.
Co-authors on the papa= Daniel
Livescu, formerly a doctoral candidate
in the Department ofMechanical and
A&lt;rospace Engineering who now is at
Los Alamos National l..abo&lt;atory.and
FarhadA. Jaberi, formerly a post-&lt;loctoral rtsearcher at UB who is an associate professor of mechanical enginemng at Michigan Stue UnM:pity.
This work is sponsored by thJ NationJ.I Scienct' ..o u ndation and bv
donors to the Pet roleum R~-arch
Fund admmi~1ratt.-J h' tht' AnlL'ri·
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Mihalko to·direct CAT

Appointment comes at time when CAT is making strides
•1 WIH ~

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from theCAT
are in the area
ofmedical devices, induding !&lt;)me that
are well . on
their way toward prototypes-a rtllcction of the
speed with whi ch things have
movedatthecmtasinceitsinception. He cited the example of an
esophagealcathett:rthatisooitsway
to a prototype, and the FPTechnologies project, in which an ultraviolet-light system ordinarily used to
retain rr..hness in food is being

Cootribotlng Editor

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DJlAMMMihallco
has been named aecu!M director of
the Center for Advamzd Technology
(CAT), a partnership between UB
and RDswdl Park Cancer Institute, by
PrOYOOI Elizabeth D. Capaldi.
MihalkD is an associa~ professor
in the Dcj&gt;artment ofOrthopa&lt;dia
in the School of M..:licine and Biomedial Sciences and research director in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Holding both medical and biomechanical-engineering
·degrees. he sen.s as the head of arthroplastyat the Erie County Medi- ada~toreducrnosocomialinfeccal Center and is on the medical tions in hpspital settings.
"Wehavetriedtobe~responstaffs of Millard Fillmore hospitals,
Buffalo General Hospital and the si~ to the needs of both scientists
and our industrial partners in order .
Children's Hospital.ofBuffalo.
"We are delighted to have some- to decrease the amount of time beone of Dr. Mihalko's caliber to di- tween !X'ncq&gt;t and the need for data,
and the time it actually gets funded,
rect the CAT," Capaldi said in makwhile retaining rigor in our sciening ihe announcement.
.. He is a bi~ginttr with an ac- tilic evaluation process." said Genco.
TheCAT alreadyisembarkingon
tive research and clinical program
wh&lt;&gt; will provide superb leadership its!hirdroundofapplicationevaluin evaluating and developing ation, with funding awards anticibiodevices for commercialization in pated to be made in early April
"The CAT is part of our Office of
Western New York.•
Mihalko's appointment comes at Science, Technology and &amp;:onomic
a time when the CAT-barely three- Outreach in terms of providing requarters into its lint official yar- search funding and it mnnects with
alreadyis making strides in its main all of the other STOR units, such as
mission: to provide funding to in- the technology incubator and, of
novations in biopharmaceutica.Js course. our intellectual property diand in biomedical devices that are vision," he said
"At the same time, the CAT relates
dose to commercialization. Gov.
· George E. Pataki announced cre- totheSI"AR(scienoe,tecltnologyand
ationoftheCATand$1 million in academic research) center and the ·
funding for its first yar of opera- BuffaJo Center of Excellence in
Bioiofonnatics as a major technoltion last May.
"Dr.Mihallw'sapcrtiscinbioengi- ogy-transfer division."
l?rojects that were funded in the
neering represents an area ~'revery
strong in," said Robert J.Genco, a via most r&lt;eent round of CAT awards
proYOSt and head of UB's Office of include a system that allows for the
Scimcc, Technology and Ea&gt;nomic capture and detection of potential
Outreach (STOR). SUNY Distin- biolcrrorisinl!l""tsinair,adiagnooguished ~aixlchairofthe De- tic system based on pharmapartment of Oral Biology in the cogenomics that may be able to disSchool of Dental Medicine, he previ- tinguish multiple sclerosis patients
who will respond to drug therapy
ously was director of the CAT.
Genco no~ that a number of the fro m those who won't, anda diagprojects that have received fundi ng nostic kit for distinauishing between

tal, alepl and business infnstructure to support startup businesses
and a well-qualified workforce,
which we are already seeing develop
with the funding of o ur Sloan
mast&lt;r's programs in bioinfonnatics
and rda~ areas." .
·
Genco ~ that the support of
legislators, the business community
and all the economic development
orpnizatiooscontinuestobeaitical
The CAT received its original
startup money in 1999 with support
from assemblymen Paul Tolwzand
Robin Schimminger, and other
members of the Western New York
delegation_
The planning continued in 2000
with an additional allocation.Under
normal circumstances, the CAT
would have to wait until 2004 to
apply for funding during the next
round of competition.
But the wait was shortened by
three yean when Pataki quiCkly embraced the idea and came to Bulhlo
last May to officially announce it
The CAT also was enthusiastically
supported by Assembly Speaker
Shddon Silver, Assemblyman Sam
Hoyt and other members of the dd egation, as well as Russdlllessette,
e:xecu!M director of the New York
Sta~ Office of Science, Technology
and ·Academic Research. under
whoseleadershiptheeconomic-&lt;levdopment ~tial of academic research has been highlighted
After mmpleting his residency at
the UB DepartmmtofOrthopaedic
Surgery, Mihalko completed an
Adult Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship at the"Missouri Bone and
Joint Center. He earned his medical
dog=. as wdl as a doctora~ in biomechanical engineering. from the
Media!CollegeoiYuginia. VIrginia
Commonwealth Uni..mty.

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record of 272-SO points.
Hoolo!r -'so won the !h.meter competition with a
total score of 288.70.

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free tlvow line to "'" __,
with on 83- S3 win In front ol754 bns In I.JrWenlty Anona In Kalamuoo.
On Sawnloy,o deop BaD State bench and too many~ by the &amp;.Is
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country, defeated the U8 wresdlrc
team.l8-9. on 5oturdor ohemoon.
Freshmon K,te ~ rn&lt;&gt;IOOd his MAC record a&gt; 4-4 wi&lt;h on B-3
clecislon over Cenrnl Mk:t&gt;ipn"s Bil -c.m.w._ who wrest1os at the
197-pound wdP clus.pldced up his,..,..... wi&lt;h- t:oloodowns.on escapo
and •l'lcirc-dmo poln&lt;. He Is tied for tNnl on the &amp;.Is wi&lt;h 16 dual , _

tNs season.

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Tr&gt;dt Caod1os Assodotlon Meet ot Plom Sate " " " ' t h o - .Tho "*'

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her polo ....
mati&lt; oil I~ to b.nh In
Thompoon aablishod • ,_shot put mati&lt; •ol #-7.so - ...
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ol8:l7.ll, and ""' dlstonce modloy reloy squod ol Douc,....._, ,_ o-le.
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Eutem Michlpn 228, UB 72
Mlaml llO, UB 70
In the home finale olthe 2001-0lseason.UB defeated Comell, 197.50-101.50.
Fricloy ni&amp;ht In the"'"'""'Anona Naatorium.
UBireshrrenTracy-brolaeodoalde-ddsd&gt;oclroc:&lt;&gt;fti"""'hervlacty
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ETC Technology Worinhop
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among the hardy souls who
braved the jan . 31 ice storm
to attend the opening night
of the 6th international
Women's Film Festival at the
Market Arcade Film and Arts
Centre. Taking their tickets
was Sherresse Williams. The
fl'!stival continues at 7 p.m.
today with a screening of

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last yoar by David E. jOhnson,
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Triggle named University Professor
Top SUNY designation recognizes achievement as scientist, administrator, educator
BY SUE WUETCH£11

Reporter Editor
AVID J, Triggle,SUNY
Distinguished Professor
in the School of Pharrnacyand PharrnareuticaJSciencesandformerUBprovost,
has been named a SUNY University
Professor in recognition of his ext raordinary achi evcm~nt as a scienlist, ad~ini.stmtor and educator.
The titJe of University Professor,
one that ~uaJ iyisreserved fo r fomter
university presidents or chanceuors.
\\'35 awarded to Triggle by the State
Univcrsi.ty of New Yo rk Board of
Trustees at its meeting on jan. 29.
ln nominati ng his colleague for
the designation, President William
R. G rein e r noted th at Triggle
achieved SUNY's high est fcrculty
rank-that of Distinguished Professor- more than a dozen years ago,

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"a nd his sta r
has continued
to rise eve r
sine&lt;:'
"Once in a ·
great while, an
extraordinary
in d i vi d u a I
co mes a lo ng
who surpasses
even the highest levels of recogni tion established within a given community." Greiner said . ..As a pathbreaking scholar. a firs t-rate teacher
and me[~ tor. and a devoted citi7in
and leader of our university com m un ity, Dr. Triggle is just such a stelJar individual, excoeding US's own
verY high standards of exceUence in
each of the three primary oom~ nents of our educational mission:
research, teaching and service.
.. His co ntributi ons in each of

these areas have been truly superior
throughout his 40 years of service
to rheunivc:rsiry,"Greiner said.
US Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi
praised Triggle as a worthy recipi ·
en t of the designation.
.. David Triggle has an internationa! reputation as a pharffiaceutical scientist and has been key in helping us establish corpornte partners
for o ur Cen te r of Excelle nce in
·Bioinfonnatics,"Capaldi said... He·is
an outstanding scientist and genero us human be.ing who has reprcsen ted excellence in his own personal
activities and also the activities he has
supported and nurturt'd at UB.
" He richly deserves SUNY's highest title."
Thomas F. Ega n, chainnan of the
SUNY Board of Trustees, rioted
Triggle's o utstanding career.
.. Dr. Triggle is deserving of this

honor to be named a University Pro-f&lt;SSOrbe&lt;:auseofhisextraordinary40yearrecordofachicvementasasdmtist,adrninistrator and educator at tbe
UniY&lt;TSity at Buffalo," said~
SUNY Chancellor Robert L King
said: ..As University Professor, Dr.
Triggle will continue his extensive
teaching, scholarship and administntive duties at the University at
Bl:lffalo. We appreciate his great con- .
tribution to Lheacademicex.cellence
and high quality of the educational
experience at the university."
Si nce joining the UB facuJty in
1962 as an assistant professor in the
Department of Biochemical Pharmaoology, Trigglehasservedtbeuni·
versity in a variety of administrative
posts. He served as chair of the Depart:ment of. Biochemical Pharmaoology from 1971-85, when he was
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Architects work to revamp instruction
BY PAT111CIA ,DONOVAN

Contributing Editor
N interdisciplinary team
of US architects and en·
gineers is working to
revolution ize th e in struction that architecture students
receive when it comes to siructural
analysis and building tochnology.
\Vhile traditional instruction in
the principles of structural analysis,
design and building tochnology-an
academic field called "structures"has relied on abstract mathematical
c:Oncepts, the team is working with
an innovative instructional delivery
system that uses high-quality digital
graphics, animation and sound to
visually demonstrate the principles.
T he effort is being led by Shahin
Vassigh,assistant professor of archi tecture who holds degrees in both
e ngin ee r i ng and arc hit ec ture.
Vassigh has rece ived a $300,000
grant from the U.S. Department of

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Education to complete, implement basics of structural theory, rlot to
and evaluate the lntesrated Struc· mention the more demanding astures Instructional Package (JSJP), pects of appUed structural design."
a digital system she originated.
Vassigh explained that !SIP uses
While understanding structures is an advanced digital multi-media
central to the Mucation of the ar- "electronic textbook" to h•lp stu ·
chit«t , Vassigh says the con tent, dents learn and apply structural
methods and teaching tools cur- analysis and design in ways that aro
rently used are methodologios de- much more a ppropriate to th e
veloped outside the architocture dis· needs, capabilities and perspectives
cipline and borrowed from ongi· of architoctural studrnts.
neering prograi:ns. Instruction ,
"It will allow students to see just
therefore, is highly quantitative, what happens to variow members
communicating even basic concepts as the load travels through the en·
using a mathematics no menclature. tire structurt. It will demonstrate
" Many architecture students have · visuaUy ways in which variow ar'neither the background, disposition chitects have solved specific strucnor time to master the mathema t- tural problems in different buildics skills required to understand or ings. bridges and other structures."
Vassigh, who holds a bachelor's
utilize a system based on highly ab·
stract mathematical models," she degree in civil e ngineering and
adds, "and quickly become uninter- master's degrees in architecture and
ested, frust ra ted o r intimidated ·by planning from UB, has worked on
the structun..-s curriculu·m. As a re · structural, hydraulic and tr3nsporsuit , manrstudents fa il to master the tation-related engineering projects

throughout New York State. Her
current research focuses on·structural and architectural design, and
on the application of digital media,
including virtual reality, sound and
animation, to structural pedagogy
and instructional materials.

This research was reoognized last
spring by the Architectural R&lt;oearch
Consortium Centers,andVassigh has
been the recipient of a number of
professional awards. fellowships and
grants for her work and publicadOns.
" Instead of relying on only mathematical tools to teach and OO"""J' an
understanding of material behavior
in variow conditions, on-e are \\'Orking to complete and evaluate a complex, interdisciplinary software pack·
age that will provide visual access to
material behavior." says Vassigh.
"The purpose of the new teaching method is to help architecture
stu dplts deve lop their intuitive
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of books, microforms and A-V
materia!J not held by any of the
University Libraries in any format.
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active UB Libraries account. We
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books from the UB Librories to
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that often are unavailable
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UB to collaborate on study to redefine TMD
$5 million project to establish valid and reliable criteria that dinici,ans can use
BY lOIS IIAIWI
Contributing Editor

N estimated 5-10 per·
cent of the U.S. population suffers fro m ternporomandibular di.sorden (TMD), experiencingdebilitating pain that can destroy the quality of life.
TMD syrilptoms indude pain or
di.scomfortin or aroundtheezr,jaw
joint, and/Ot"musclesofthejaw,face,
temples and neck on one o r both
sides. The pain may arise suddenly
orprogres1.,..,. months to yean with
intmnitlmt frequency and intmsity.
Diagr&gt;osinsthedi.sorder is fraught
with problems. TMD usually in W&gt;lves more than a single symptom,
rarely has a single cause and frequentlyirrwllves multipk lioctoro, in·
eluding behavioral and emotional
responses. l..ad&lt;ing a firm set of diagnostic tools, physicians and den·
tistsoften depend ontheirindividual
judgment to decide if a patient does
or does not h:Jve the disorder.
Now the School of Dental Medi·
dne is collaborating with two other
major universities on a joint $5 mil·
lionprojecttoestablishvalidandreliable TMD criteria clinicians can
use in their practices to diagnose and
treat these disorden.
At UB. the work will be based in
the Center for the Study of Pain in
the School of Dental Medicine, di·
reeled by Richard Ohrbach, associ·
ate professor of oral diagnostic sciences and UB 's principal investigator on the .!itud}'· The other two part-

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ners are the University of Minnesola, the lead center on the study,
and the University of Wa.ohington.
"This ......,-ch study represents
the most comprehensive examinationofdiagnostic methodsandoonupto ~ oondocted for any chronic
pain di.sorder; Ohrbach said. "This
is dW:, in part, to the signi6cance of
TMD in the population and the ur-

.sarilr related to the pain." (TMD disorders often are inoorrectlyrefm-ed
to a5 "TMJ" because the pain often
is centered in that jOint.)
In an effort to establish unhoersal,

de!initiYe standards forpinpointing
TMO,study irowstigators will revaJi.
date existing criteria and assess the
validity o( polential new indicators

ofTMD through blindeddinical a ,
aminations, mentiU-stlltus aSsessments, two rypeo of imapng sans.
and fluid and tissue anolysis.
The mult, Olubach said. will be a
set o( rdiable and valid criteria that
will ~undentandintlo( the
~cau.ses,natun,lpro-

gent
n eed to
provide more valid and more costeffective d iagnosis for those indi,;duals, so they can receive better
treatment.
.. TMD is difficult to diagnll~ btcause there is no single mea.oure that
provides objective independent evi·
denceofthi.sdi.sorder,"Ohrbachsaid.
"In this regard, it resembles the di ·
agnosis of depression. There are no
reliable physical signs. That's what
makes diagnosis so hard. For example, change in thr- temporoman dibular joint structure is not neces-

greuion and treatment of
these dioonlers.
Initially, rwo examiners
from each school will be certified
for reliability at the University at
Minnesota. Each center then will
recruit study participants and
enroll them in one of eight subgroups. based on the type o( pain
they report. A total of 230 participants ·will be recruited at the UB
center.
Both examiners will assess all study
participantsattheirsite;how.&gt;-er,one
examiner will not know which are
. TMD patients and which are healthr
controls. All subjects also will ·undergo panoramic screening, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI ) and
computed tomography (Cf) scans.
Diagnoses made by both exam·
iners will be comparrd .,..;th e:ach
other and with a consensus ~gnosis of an expert panel based on the
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patient's history and scans.
Researchers at UBand the Univ&lt;rsily at Washington also will administ£ramental-&lt;tatusquestionnaireto
a-subgroup of study participants,
collect potients' relf-oq&gt;CXU o( poin
and comporrthese data with the ~

sullso(hiBbJystructuredpo)dUatric
interviews used worldwide by the
\\brld Haith &lt;&gt;rpnizaliorL These
~ will allow reoeuchers to
tat the reliability o( odf-rq&gt;Orted
data rqprding a penon's funclionaJ
status. The multo will hdp define
bow pain inllumces people and bow
they rapond to it, Ohrboch said.
Researchers at the lJniooomity at
Mioneoota willdrawfluidfromthe
temporomandibular joint and do
muscle biopsies in a subgroup to
look for physical markm o( poin.
All methods and tools o(diaposis will be evaluated to determine
which an most muling, bold up
over time and are cost-effective,
Ohrbach said
"Theimp(&gt;rtanuofthi.s research
lies in the rdlnement of our diagnostic procedures,'"Ohrbachsaid "It
will clarify greatly the nature ofthe
particular problem a person pre·
sents with, eliminate unnecessary
diagnostic proudures that have no
validity and facilitate ba.oic research
and clinical trials worldwide
through our international consor·
tium for TMD research."
The study is funded by the 'a·
tionallnstitute of Dental and Craniofacial R.esearch. US's portion will
ex:ceek$1 million m--er four years.
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·Landscaping plan progresses
Consultant preparing detailed designs for four campus sites
aY SUI WUETCHU
Rqx&gt;tttr Editor

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HE development of a
master landscaping plan
for the North and South
campuses is moving for·
ward, with the consultant now preparingdetaiied designs for two highprofile areas on each campus.
These designs will build on the
initial preliminary design conc.q&gt;ts
developed by the ronsultant-the
local firm of Wendd EngineeriDg
and the New York City-based HOK
Planning Group, working with the
univmiry-wide Master Landscape
Plan AdvisoryCommittee---4nd incorporate input gathered during
public work sessions hdd in spring
2000 on both campuses, said
Michael V. Wright, senior architect
in Facilities Planning and Design
and project manager for the landscapingproject.
Work on the project had been
held up pending approval of the
consultant's contract by SUNY central administ ration. Wright said,
adding th at th e approval finally
carne last fall.
As part of Phase 3 of the project,
the consultant will produce landscape designs of the Sherman parking lot area on the South Campus,
making Coal Road-located off
Bailey Avenue between Sherman
Road and Winspear Avenue--the
primary entrance and refming re·
latcd spaces. Oesisns also will be
completed of the courtyard between
Abbou and Squire halls, also on the
South Campus. including the area

between Foster and Crosby halls.
On the North Camp~ the ronsultant will focus on Foundets
Plaza-the design theme rould be
expanded down the.Promenade to
the Student Unior&gt;-&lt;IS wdl as on
the corridor between LockwoodUbrary and Qernens Hall.
During this third phase of the

greenery should be planted.
Wright said he expects the Phase
3 desigils to be rompleted in two to
fourmonthi
The fourth phase of the
will involve plans for management
and maintena'nce of existing and
proposed campus landscapes.
The key goal of the landscaping
plan, Wright

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an environment that will
help with the
recruitment of
students. "We
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project, the consuliant also will produce "design guidelines" that ·will
address selection, placement and atSthetics of various si~ amenities,sucb
as planting design, pedestrian lighting, pedestrian area paving and si~
furniture, Wright ~ The guidelines
will provide "direction" to planners,
designm and programmers involved
with future development on the two
carnpus&lt;s, he added.
He noted that RWDI, a firm from
Guelph. Ontario. recently completed a wind and snow study of the
North Campus that will aid in determining where trees an~ other

kids to campus
for a visit, to
have a good
impression of

the univenity;"
be said.
The lands&lt;;ape project dovetails
with the recently completed installation of new sigrtage on both campuses, he added
Wright said the larger proj~cts
within the overall landscaping plan
will be rompleted in phases over five
to I0 yean, with some of the Phase 3
work expected to be completed
within one to five years. Although no
budget for the work has been set yet,
estimares will follow after the designs
are completed, he said, noting that
the work likely will be financed with
a combination of capital money, private funds and class gifis.

New pharmacy program offered
By ELLEN GOLDBAUM

Contributing Editor

T

HE nation's first master's

dcgr{'(' program in phar·
maccuti c.~ with a focus in
ph.trmacumctrics. a n&lt;"w
fidd thJt f\tso phJrmacologi( Mud -

with computational and stati~ ti ·
mcthocb of data analrsis. h.1s lxocn
developed at the School of Pharmacy
and Ph&lt;:~rmaccutical Sciences.
The field of pharnlacometrics invoh·c~ the anal)•sis and interpretation of data produced in preclinical
.tnd clinical trials, much of which
now is gem;rat~d through new
compu tationally intensive tools,
such as bioinformatics.
This new program focus comes
just in time to meet an explosion of
demand in the ph3.rmaceutical industry,said William J. Jusko, professor, interim chair of the Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the
program's founder.
"Because of ~ngdemand,
th is area of pharmacokinetic and
pharmacodynamic pharmacometrics
offers some of the highest entry-level
salaries in the entire pharmaca~tical
industry," said Jusko.
Entry-level pharmaceutical scientists with a pharmacometrics background are being hired for as much
as$SO,OOO per year and, because companies want to retain these people, pay
raisl'S tend to be generous, be said.
As the international leader in t\'10
areas on which pharm"comctrics is
based-pharmacodynamics and
pharmacokinetics (emeritus professor Gerhard Levy is considJ.q,d the
1£'4;

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father of pharmacodynamics)-the
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jusko explained, has dCvel oped a solid curriculum to form the
basis of the new program focus.
" Pharmacometrics lies at th e
h~art of what drug companies do:
collecting data from animals, normal volunteers and patients; qu.m·
tifyi ng it. and then being able tCJdc·
tcrmint' what that data mean for
optimizing drug efficacy and mim·
miring toxicity."

"Phannacometrks .lies at the
heart of what drug

compBnles do .... "
WILLIAM J. JUSI&lt;O

Accordi ng to Jusko, pharma cometrics. which requires proficiency in mathematical, computa·
tional and statistical methods, as
well as in ph~rmacokinetic and
pharmacodynamic modeling, involves the interpretation of diverse
types of data relating to the disposition and effects of a particular drug,
often in large populations of patients on the order of hundreds or
even thousands.
He noted that while intensive and
detailed studies of small groups of
individual patients-groups as
small as from 12 to2()-still provide
the most complete picture of a
drug'H"S.Sential properties, the much
larger studies provide important

information as well.
"These population studies involve
takingasmallamountofinformation
from a large number of patien~
hundreds or even thousands-and
summarizing the main factors that
affect their exposures and respon!tCS
to a drug," he said. "lltequ&lt;"Stion they
&lt;lre designed to amv.·cr b.. what arc any
special characteristics that show up
wh&lt;11 a particular drug is taken by th&lt;
broad patient populJ.tion for whom
11 is being designed?"
Population studies arc designed to
an~-....n that question based on just
one or two measurements,say. of the
blood conccmration of a drug.
Individuals skilled in pharmacometrics know how to properly
analyze and interpret that data to
determine, for example, whether or
not a particular drug is metabolized
differently by one or another race,
gender, age group (young, elderly)
or those taking other drugs.
The new master's-degree focus
fuses the relevant courses at UB
into an intensivC program for
pharmacometrics. one that most
students will be able to complete in
just one year.
Applicants should be interested in
the computational aspects of phar·
maceutical research and should have
at least a bachelor's degree in pharmaceutics, pharmacy, pharmacology, biology. chemistry, biochemis·
try, mathematics, statistics or an other suitable discipline.
A program in advanced phannarometrics at the post -graduate level is
_underd..'Vdopment at UB. Jusko said.

Veridian gives gift to hbraries
_.uon, has don;J~ an extensive
collection of engineering research materials and technical reports to
the Univmity Ubraries, making the collection availabk to the publi_c
for the first time.
/
Portions of the dona~ material da~ back to the 1940s when !he
Curtiss-Wright Airplane Division laboratory was converted into a public
research ~tute, the Cornell hrooautical Laboratory, wtUcb in 1972
became Calspan Corp. In 1978, it became an Arvin/Calspan Advanced
T.echnology Center, which became Veridian when Calspan and the Alexandria, Va.-based Veda merged in 1997.
"We value our long history with Veridian and apprecia~ ~ gift of
· historical journals and technical reports. The collection will be a rich
resource for our faculty and students wbo genera~ solutions for societal probletns," said Mark Karwan, dean of the School of Engineering
and Applied Sciences.
"These mal&lt;rials repment an in-depth, high-ttdmology research base
supporting both theacademicandCXllllDlerCialsecunin '1\bt=t New Yodc."
said Nancy Schiller, ...ooate librarian in the Arts and Scienas Lixaries.
Acmrding 10 William Rae, SUNY Distinguished Teadting Professor in
the Department of Mechmical and Am&gt;space Engineering, Veridian has
provided triticaJ "'ii"'rt in the development of the cotmes he teaches in
ftight dynamics o( airplanes and road vehicle dynamics.
Currently stored in the
and Engineering Ubrary, the collection will be processed and fuUy in~ ted into the bbraries' collections
by the end of 2002. The technical report collections, when combined
with the existing Univenity Ubrary holdings, will crc!a~ the most extensive ~ical reports resources in Western New York.
The dona~ materials rover aeronautics and aerodynamics, chemistry,
computer scienc:es,engineering.environmental scienc:es,matbematical sci·
ences, physics, rtgulations, research administration and transportation. The
material, much of it in microfiche, includes approximat&lt;ly 420,000 technical reports, 25,000 society papm and ..Xumes of journals and books.
Vendian's gift is part of UB's $250 million fund-raising campaign.
Verldlan, tlvough Its lklff1llo

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Grant to GSE extends support
• The Fonl l'oundMion hM - - - a $130,000 grant to. the Graduate

School of Education atending support for an international conference in
Africa and a study examining the worldwide shifi in the burden of higher
education rosts from governments and taxpayers to parents and students.
UB will use the grant in conjunction with the University of Dares
Salaam in Tanzania to organize an international conference in Dares
r $a]aam focusing on higher education in Africa. The confer-rna will be
held from March 24-28, with experts from around the world in attendance to address the issue of cost-sharing in relation to rising tuition
fees in both public and private universities.
The 5130,000 grant supplements a grant of $416,000 awarded in January 2000 by the Ford Foundation to spearhead a three-year project directed
by D. Bruce Johnstone, University Professor of Higher and Comparative
Education and former chancellor of the State Uni\'er5ity of New York.
"ln most African nations. a huge demand for higher education is greatly
outpacing the capacity of the rax systems to continue providing this higher
t-ducation fn.'C of charge. There simply isn't the money,.. said Johnstone,
who directs the lntt-rnational COmparative Higher Education Finance
and Acc.,ibility Project OCHEFAPlthrough theGSE'&gt;Center forCom par.uive and GlobaJ Studies in Education.
ICH EFAP's goal is to build an international dattboseon the costsofh1gher
education, complete with models of tuition, student-aid and loan-policy
packages and to document en&gt;&lt;rging solutions to the access dilemma. Fuplans are to establish an international network that will review and
update the datab."ISe, prepare· papers on the pertinent topics and provide
fellowships that will attract visiting scholars and graduate students to UB.
The Ford Foundation's grant to the univcnity is part of UB's S250
million campaign.

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BrieD
African language added to WLI
· -~ . . . _spokenby2.7 millionAliii:ansinSenegal,
Gambia and Mimritania, has joined Swahili and Yoruba on the menu of
Africanlanguaw:snawtaughtthroughthe'Mxld~lnstitute ( WU).

The course will be of particular use to those expecting to travel or do
business in the former French rolony of Senegal, a Muslim country that
now is a hotbed of local international economic activity.
A 10-week, non-credit count in Wolofwill run from noon to I p.m.
Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays from Monday to April 19 in 322
Clemens Hall, North Campus. The instructor will be Senegal native
Abdou Rahman Sarr, a veteran teacher and translator who works in thr
Senegali capital of Dakar. Sa.rr CUrrn1tly is co-teaching a courR on law
and literature in Senegal with Judy Scales-Trent, professor of law, who
was a Fulbright scholar to Senegal last year.
A S I5 fee wiU cover the cost of course R'f.lterials. Those interested in
cnroWng should contact the WU at 645-2292.

�4 Reporier february 7.200ZI'Inl.jJ, No.16
UB pediatrician· urges education about osteoporosis begin at earlier age
B RIEFLY
Zodiaque concert set
The Department cl Theatte and

Dance will pment "Ladies on
Stage,• tho spring dance coocen
cl tho Zodloque Dance Compony, Feb. 14-17 and feb, 21-24
in tho Dlaml Theatte in tho c.nlf!r for lhe Ms, Nolth Compus.
P&lt;rlo&lt;min&lt;:es wll begin at 8
p.m . on woelcdoys and SIUKdoys, ond lit 2 p.m. on SUndays.
The~ will feature
g&lt;litorisl ond composer
Oomil!n Simon ond guest ._,.,. ~ Ring ond SIKy
Zowadzlci. simon hos compo!ol!d
U.... new piece&gt; for tho com-

pony.
Tlckets for •l..adies on Stage"
St 2 for tho general public
and S5 for senior&gt; and students.
They are availabte in the CFA

111!

box otnce from noon to 6 p.m.
Tuesday throogh Friday, and at
aU Tteketmaster kK:Jtions.

CFA to present
'Vagina Monologues"
M part cl the V-Oay 2002 Col-

lege Campaign, the Center for
the Arts tMII present a benefit
presentation of Eve Eru$er's
groundbreaking, Obie AwardwVming play 1he Vagina Monologues" at 7,30 p.m. Feb. I 9 and
20 in the Drama "'ffieatr~ 'in ~
CFA on the North Campus.
V-Day is a global movement
that ~p5 anti-violence organizations throoghout the wOOd

continue and expand t~r core
wortc whiJe d raw;ng ~blk attention lo the larger foghtto
stop woridwi~ vkHence against

women and g iris.
For the V-Oay College. Cam·
paign, coUeges a'nd untvenit.ies
around the wOOd will present .
benefit productions cl "The Va-

gina Monologue$.•
Proceeds from the UB production, which will be directed
by Ketli Bocock-Natale and feature a cast of 13 students from
the Department of Theatl1! and
Dance, will benefit the Anti·

Rape Taslc Force at U8.
TICkets foc the "The Vagina
Monologues" are St 5 foc the
general public and S7 fOf students and are available from
noon to 6 p.m. Tuesclay throogh

Friday In the CFA box offoce and
at all Ticketmaster locatiom.

JOB LISTINGS
UB job listings

accessible vfa·web

Job listings for p&lt;olessional, resean:h, faculty and cMI service-both competitive and
non-competl~tions can

be accessed WI tho Human Resource Servk:es'Neb site at

&lt;http:/ 1 - - - -.....- / l l n / Y -/ &gt;.

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Quattrin studies diabetes-bone link
By DONNA

LON«;EHECit~

Reporter Assistant Editor

D

IABETES and brittle
bones may go hand in
hand~ according to preliminary data obtained
in an ongoing UB research study.
Thus, eduating women who have
type I diabetes about OS""'''Irosis
must begin at a much earlier age, according to Teresa Quattrin, associate professor of pediatrics in the
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and director of the Diabetes Center at Children's Hospital.
Quattrin is the lead investigator

on a study that seeks to establish a
possible link between women diagnosed with type I diabetes and the
early onset of osteoporosis, a dis-

ease that affects nearly 10 million
American s, abo ut 8 million of
whom are women, according to
Dit1betes 1-0recast.
\Vith funding from an American
Diabetes As.sociatipn Clinical Research Award. Quattrin four years
ago began a crosS-sectional, bonemineral density study-that since
has expa nded into a much larger,
longitudinal study-to try and pinpoint when and why bone loss begins occurring in young women.
"We wanted to see how women
ages 13 to 19weredoingand wanted
to see women in their 20s and 30s,
because one of the issues is that it
(bone loss) seems to strike women
before the classic symptoms of osteoporosis wou ld. Ordinarily, yo u
think of women getting this during
the menopause years.'' says Quattrin.
The slud y may prove lo be
groundbrcaking, she adds, because
of the lack of definitive research en
bam· density loss in yOung people
wi th rype I diabetes.
As part of the cross-sc..uional study,
bone+densiry scans were obtained

from two groups of females between
theagesof13to 18and 19to30who
had type I diabetes. Each group also
had a matched-age control group.
Thescamshawed that although type
I study participants' bone d"!lsity
was within normal limits, it was lower
than thebonecknsityofthose in the
control group. Quattrin hopes that
the data obtained from both studies,
along with a two-year follow-up, will
give researchers the tools to develop
preventa!M measures rela!M to the

levels. This. she says, provides the
conceptual Hnk between insulin and
bone density.
One thing· is certain: Young girls
need to reach peak bone-mineral
density quickJy, before maturity if
possible. There is only about a twoyea r window of opportunity after
the onset of menstruation in which
most young women experience increases in bone density, sayS
Qua_ttrin.
"If you are 25 and have a low bonemineral den sity, it's not
likely
that
you're going to
increase it; she
adds.
Moreover,
i
there is power
in knowing
one's family
~
l)Jstory because bone0
mineral dcon ~
sity is "highly
.... Teresa Quattrtn Hsten1 to 10-,...,.-old Mllce
genetically deWftherell 's IM•rt dwlng an examln•tlon •t
termined." ac Children '' Hosplbl.
co rdin g to
Quat t ri n .
needs of young women with type I "Many women would know exactly
diabetes.
if their mothers had something ba_d
The second co mponent of the lik&lt; cancer of the uterus, but they
st udy examined blood and urine may not pay any anention to the fact
levels Of such hormo nes as that their moms might have been
osteocaldn, estrogen and insulin- having bone loss in earlier years."
all of whkh play an important role
Other importa~t facto rs deterin the formation ofhcalthy bone- mining healthy bone formation are
and N-tclopeptides, a marker of . such lifestyle issues as diet, weight,
bone resorption ..Quattrin says that smoking and exercise, and the use
although preliminary data hasn't yet of hormonal preparations lik&lt; estroestablished a relationship between gen, which actually may increase
key hormones related to bone-min- bone-mineral density. Q uattrin also
eral density, it is well-established that emphasized that the patient's relaobese people who produce excessive tioOship with her team of physicians
insulin tend to have higher bone- and caregivers is vital to making any
mineral density, whil e the opposite treatment prot~ol a success.
"This kind of education should
is true for people with lower insulin

g

&amp;

happen in a young woman's life,(in)
the school and in the pediatrician's
office because those are very critical
years to fonn lifestyle habits that will
help you preserve your bones down
the road; says Quattrin.
While the public at large is m.\jtll
more educa!M about the impbrtance of bone strength, the focus
remains on middle-aged and premenopausal women, she adds. "It's
a furtny joke when people tell you 'I
shrunk; I used to be 5' 4" and now
I'm 5'3-:'but it's not ajolce," Quattrin
says. pointing out ihat spinal measurements of middle-aged people
show significant decreases in bone
density that often go undetected
until a problem occurs. such as a
fracture from a fall.
Quattrin generously praises her
colleagues at Olildm!'s Hospital,and
looks forward to expanding her research into other issues related to diabetes. Key resean:hers on the SttJdy
include )&lt;an ~- Wende. assistant professor of gynecology and obstetrics; Richard P. Donahue, professor of !;Ocial and preventative medicine, and )acek Dmocbowski, assistant professor of statistics, and thrir
participation underscores what
Quattrin calls "exciting (cross-disciplinary) collaboration "
"Ultimately, my philosophy and
my hope is that we may be able to
continue our interdisciplinary re+
sclrch within clinical research; she
says. " I am hoping that we also will
get other roUeagues involved in the
basic research to collaborate with us
so that it (th&lt;" work) will be acrossthe-board and looking at other systems and other pathologies as well.
We don•t want to forget the basic science aspect of it. and I hope to have a
larger team working at UB on all as- ·
peru related to bone- mineral density
and diabetes in general; she added.

Promoting culture ofteaching and learning
Faculty Senate recommendations on instructional effectiveness become UB policy
By SUE WUETCHER
Reporter Editor

chair of the Teaching artd Learning
Committee, said the panel's original
RESID ENT Wtlham R charge was to look at student course
Gremer has approved as evaluations but the task snowhalled
un ive!sity policy SIX resolu- into an examination of the whole is·
nons regardmg assessments sue of teaching and learning.
The committee noted in its intro·
of Instructional effectiveness that had
been promoted by the Farulty Senate. d_uction to the resolutions that in orThe policy went into effect with der to maximize instructional effectiveness, the university must encourthe start of the spring semester.
In app"roving the resolutions af- age, nurture and rewa rd faculty
t~r consultation with Provost Eliza+ teaching accomplishments just as it
beth D. Capaldi, Greiner noted that does ¥.~th research accomplishments.
they are "in acco rd with, and full y
And just as the "rulrure of teachsupport, UB's tripartite mi~ion of ingisexpectedofthefuculty, the"rulexcellence in teaching, research and ture of learning" must become integral to the life of SttJdents, it added.
public service."
"Thei r implemen tation will en· The resolutions-the"Assessments
sure that our faculty's teaching ac- of Instructional Effectiveness"-{ld·
complishments are fully recognized dress variousaspecisofwhat the comand rcvrorded as we contin ue to pro- mittee called the"interactive cu1turcs
vide a comprd1ensive and interac- of teaching artd learning."
tivf lea rning environment fo r our
"Teaching and lea rning are two
sides of the same coin," Gen tile exstudents," he said.
plai
ned. "You can't do one without
The resolutions were developed by
the senate's l i..--aching and Learning the other."
From the te-.Jching side, instructors
Committee in an effort to provide
guidelines for the assessment of in- ''arc responsible for clear course go.1l!&gt;
and expectatio ns, for effective in +
structional effectiveness.
Ronald Ge ntile. SUNY Distin · struction and for cont inued cxpao guished lCaching Professor in the l&gt;in n of thei'r teaching/testing repcr·
I&gt;cpartment of Counseling, School toin~s to provide a wide vJ riety of
.tnd Edul'tl tlon.tl Ps\'('ht•logy .t nd l"lJUit~h l co ppnrt un itlt'' f~1r .., 1\l lh: nt ~

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to succeed,'' the committee said.
From the leamirig side, students
..are responsible for their own Jearn +
ing, for taking advantage of the opportunities provided in class (and
for seeking out remedial and ad vanced opportunities outside of
class) and foradoptinga nd co~trib­
uting to the culture of the university regarding the advancement and
fair distribution of knowledge."
While the, university ..always has
ca.red about teac hing ," Ge ntile
pointed out, "now it's official " with
the nC\... policy in place.
Specifically, the policy requires'
• A syllabus be published within
the first week that addresses course
goals; ·expectations of attendan~e.
performance and deadlines; grading, and instructor ava ilability
• That the deans be responsible
. for assuring that all promotion-andtenure decisions include teaching
portfolios and that those portfolios
include for each course taught th e
course S)'llabus; student evaluations
of inst ruction; instructor self-evnlu ·
at ions; evidence of the effectiveness
of instruction. and information on
co urse polk)' and procedur.es for
identifying difficulties studen ts are
having and how thl'y 'an acces..'i help

• The pro\'OSt initiate and fund a
comprehensive professional development effort for facuJty to continue
,expanding and improving their instructional repertoires and pedagogicalskills. TheCenterforTeachingand
Learning Resources was established
last fall, and has offered workshops
for farulty and graduate students.
• The university and individual
units maintain,strengthen and rec ommend courses designed specifically to teach learning strategies and
metacognition, self-diagnosis and
time-management
• The provost initiate discussions
with the various campus student orga nization,..o obtain their input
about issues related ' to assessments
of instructional effeCtiveness
In regard to students and the Cuitun: of learning, the policy asks the
university to promote a list of .. Student Academic Responsibilities."
These would require students to
know and follow university policy
regarding drop-add dates, making
up incomplete gradt.'S, etc.; understand and follow each course sylla+
bus; prepare for and participa te in
d155; inform the instructor if ade-Jd·
line am not be met or a class must
he missed, and r&lt;.'quest extra help.

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Exercise studied for MS

Fisher to Look at concept ofexercise as treatrrJent for fatigue
BY LOIS aAIWI
Contributing Editor

NIVERSI1"Y researchers will test the somewhat counterintuitive
concept that exercise
can lcsscn tiredness in persons with
multiple sclerosis, a group &lt;Opecially
susceptible to fatigue.
With a $450,000 grant from the
National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research, Nadine
Fishcr, lead r&lt;Oearcher on the study.
wiU test the theory that a program
of resistance &lt;W-cises wiU I&lt;OS&lt;n the
fatigue MS patients experience after going. through a regular workday and the residual futigue that re·

U

ercise group. Twtnty healthy penons
without MS. but similar in aU other
ways, wiU serve as a rontrol group. .
Participants wiU be tested at thrt&lt;
time points before tht study begins:
in the morning; at the end Of asimu·
lat&lt;d eight-hour workday, and the
foUowing morning. The tests wiU
measure neuromuscular, cardiovas·
cular and cognitive function, and
ability to perform everyday activities.
1'hose assigned to ~ groups

strength, endurance an"d contrac-

tion speed in the arms and legs. Participants wiU undergo a shon assessment at eight weeks and a full as·
sessment at the end of the program.
The study, she said; aims to acrom·
plish at least two goal$: raise partici·
pants' futigue threshold so they can
accomplish more work with less
timlness. and improvo: their ability
to perform functional activi~sudl
as walking and stair-climbing.

5

The Olympics online
After much •ntldpatlon, the Winter Olympics will debut tomorrow in Salt Lake City. Now it's time to ba kin tht excitement of
the upcoming winter comptttitions. The Web is the perfect plact to
find schedules for th e games that will continue until Feb. 24, as well
as excl us ive interviews with athletes, spectacular photos and Olympic history and trivia.
Salt lake 2002, the official site of the 2002 Olympjl: games at

&lt;www...ltl... e2002.eom&gt;, not only lists a calenda~of events by
sport, date and venue, but provides brief biographies of the athletes.
accompaoied by audible comments from them. A special section
for kids includes a

coloring
book,
puzzles and a look at
the 2002 Olympic

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coyote and bear.

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section to purcha~
offic!allicensed mer- r""ot...-J""l•
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mains the next morning.

sistant professor of rehabilitation

The official site of
the Utah Travel
Council includes ad·

medicine. Her previous research has
shown the vaJue of strength training
for improving physical stamina in
adul ts and children with arthrit is.

ditional jnformation
on schtl!luled events at &lt;www.ut•h.com&gt;. C lick on .. winter preview" for a photo t.o ur of Utah and daily reports of snow accumulation . Additional links to statistics and Olympic world records can

Fisher is an assistant professor of
occupational therapy and clinical as-

be found at &lt;www.freeplnt.com / g•ry/ olymplcreference.html&gt;.
Olympic news as it happens can be found on Yahoo at &lt;http://

"The most common symptom of

MS is a genetalized sense of futiguc
and reduced function ," said Fisher.

"Few studies have ronsidcred the role
of exercise as a treatment for fatigue
in MS. We think exercise may help
develop some physical reserve, so
I people with

MScan work for longer
periods of time and come home with
enough energy to participate in their
home and leisure activities."
Fisher will work with a group of
60 persons diagnosed with mild to
modern(e MS. Participants will be assigned randomly to one of three subgroups: J supervised-exercise group.
a home-exercise group and a no-ex·

wiU participate for 16wedcsin a th=times-a-~ indMdualized progressM·rtSistancr program of anti-fatiguing exercises. Fisher or her research
roUeagues wiU visit aU home-based
MS participants C\'e1'y two wedcs to
provide social ron tact and motiv:ltion,
and wiU talk to the healthy rontrols
b)' phone on the same schedule.
Fisher said the exercise groups will
use machines or free weights., con·
centrating on improving muscular

Carl Granger, professor of rehabilitation medicine, wiU be co-investiga·
tor on the study. Carol Brownscheidle.
clinical assistant professor of rehabilitation medicine and neurology, affili.
ated with the Jacobs Neurological Institute, wiU be a participating in'l'esti·
gator. The late l.awrena jarobs, internationaUy known MS ~er and
UB faci.tlty member who died in November, also w.isa participating investigator on the grant.

Nursing focuses on diversity
This situation doe. not bode well
for the future of nursi ng or for

how other cultures ~nderstand and
interpret illness and disease. And in
the lo ng term . we need to bring
more people from diverse cu hures
into the profession.
.. Meanwhile, until we succeed in
our mission of creating a culturaily
diverse nursing work force, improv-

• Improve adolescent self-care
skills,attitudesand behavior, and in·
crease nurses' teaching Competency
• Create a positive image of ours·
ing in the community
All students in the program will
stud y cullural difference s and

health care, as the genernl popula·

ing the cultural knoMedge and sen·

tion beco.mcs more diverse and the
need for multicultural understand·
ing more crucial.
Providing that understanding is
the goal of a new curriculum in the

sitivity of our current students will

tural stereotypes, and spend nearl y
600 hours working in clinics in
culturally diverse and underserved
areas.

By LOIS BAKER
Contributing EditOr

L

OOK around any hospital.
clinic o r doctor's office and
most of the nurses you see

will not be people of color.

mastcr's·degree program for fumily
nurse practitioners in the School of
Nursing. The new curriculum will

focus on the health beliefs and atti·
tudes Qf other cultures, both in the
classroom and in the ficld .A second
major thrust is recruiting and retaining students from minority and
underserved populations.
If the thn.-e·yca r effon is successful, US's cultural-competency curriculum and field experiences may
serve as a model for nursing sd)ools
around the country. says Nancy

Campbell· Heider, professor of nurs·
ing and project director. The project
is being funded by a S 1.3 million
grant from the fede[111 Bureau of Pro·
fessions. Health Resources and Services Administration.
"The majorit)' of nurses are still
uf white European· ancestry," says
Ca rnpbell - 1-leidcr, "but th eir pa tient s come from many cu ltures. If
ther are going to provid e the best
possible cnre, ~ey need to know

"Tbe majority of nunes.,..,
still o f - &amp;lropun
MKeStry, but their p!ltlents

come from many cultures.
In the long tenn, - -

to bring more people from
dlvene cultures Into the
profesJion ...
NANCY CAMPBEU·HEIDER

identify false thinking about cui ·

CampbeU-Heidcr notes that plac·
ing nursing students in underservcd
areas pro\'ides positive role models
for recruiting minority nursingstu den~.St in addition to giving them

first -hand experience working with
different rultures.
One aspect of the grant S~~«ifi­
caUy targets adolescent health. Fam·
ily nurse practitioner students will

teach ninth grad= in schools with
a mix of cultures about high -risk

health behaviors. This fieldwork is
designed to increase students' and

paren..;· knowledge about risky be·
help bridge the culturnl divide."
Campbeii·Heider and colleague.

haviors while helping students learn
to teach in community-based set-

aim to accomplish five objectives:

lings, says Campbeii· Heider.

• Prepare all fami l)' nurse prac·
titionergraduates in cultural competency
• Increase the number of family
nurse- practitioners working in
undersc rved area.c; by 10 percent
• Increase the number of stu·
dent s from min ority and
underserved groups cnrolh.:d in the
nursing school by 10 percent

Another component involves
producing educational health pro·
grams for broadcast over the \Vest ern ew York Distance Learning
Fiber Optic etwork.. This s~tcm
connects most area public schools
wiLh US's videoconferencing center

developed b)' the School of Nursing
and the Millard Fillmore College
Continuing Educa tion Division.

d•llynews.y•hoo.com / fc / ysports/ 2002_Winter_Oiymplcs/ &gt;
and on the CBS netwo rk at &lt;www.sportsllne.com / u / ofympla/
2002&gt;. Both sites contain complete news coverage, photos and a
list of related Web si tes. For a mix of spor~.St art and culture, visi t the
Olympic Museum at &lt; www. museum . oly~ttplc .org / &gt;. The mu-seum features the historicaJ significance of the games, including a

biography of the founder of tlie modern Olympics, Pierre Frtdy,
Baron de Coube.rtin. Its unique online exhibitions and vinu.al gal·
lery enable visitors to reli~e the history of the Olympic movement.
And for you trivia buffs, it 's time to prove.you're not the weakest
link and that all the hours you have spent watching ESPN haven't
been wasted. Simply hop on a ny search engine, such as Google
&lt;www.google.com &gt;, type in "Olympic trivia,"and you'll be intro duced to a plethora of trivia contestS on the Web. You'll be asked
such challenging questions as, .. Do you know what the five colored.
interlocking rings on the Olympic flag represent?"
Even if you ca n't make it to Salt Lake City this year, the Internet
provides plent y of opportunities to partake in the e:xci teme,nt of thc\Vinter Olympic Games.
- Stew•rt Brower •nd Lau,.. TMideo, UniW'fSiry Ubronn

BrieD
MBA grad wins Panasci contest
JoAnn John.son, • 2002 gr•du•te of the part-time MBA program.
won the S25,000 first-place prize in the second annual Panasci En·
treprencurial Competition, which awards seed money to UB stu dents and recent alumni who devise and present the best plans for
launch of a viable new business in Western New York.
A veterinarian, Johnson won for her plan to start up Western New
York Equine Services, which will provide emergency-call coverage
for vacationing or overworked equine veterinarians throughout thearea. According to Johnson's busine:ss plan, the venture will service
nine \Vestem New York equine veterinarians ~ho treat 15,000 horses
in the art:a. Within a few years, she plans to expand the scrvicc to
other regions of the state.
The seco nd-place prize of $15,000 was awarded to Russell Van
Brocklen, a UB undergraduate student studying neurological com ·
munications. Van Brock.len's proposed venture, Thinking Method o logies, will develop strategies and produ&lt;:ts to help learning·dis·

abled high school &gt;tudents succeed in college.
Johnso n and Van Brocklen received their awards at the con h.-st's
final round, where they and three other finalists publici)• presented
their bu si ness plans to a j-udges' panel of area entrepreneurs and

businesspeople.
A total of 17 teams, composed of students and alumni from various academic units at UB, competed in this year's contest, which is
orga nized by UB's Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.
The contest is funded .by a gene rous gift from School of Pharmaq
alumnu s Henr}' A. Pan asci Jr. ch.Orman of the Cygnus Management
Group of Syracuse and former CEO of Fays Inc. Panasci created the
conh!SI to encourage the entrepreneurial interests of UB students
and alumni. and to promote the development and launch of new
businesses.
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ay PAl11KIA DONOVAH
Contributing Editor
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H£ uni.mity will honor
thdifund work of the late
iiiUSir.ltor lind teacher Alan
E. Cober with a series of
~IS that reoognizc his innova~
and nationally distinguished work.
collegial relationships with &lt;Xhcr artists of. national distinction and the
gr&lt;at influena he had on the many
students he tau!!bt as visiting professor o( art and Distinguished VISiting
Artist at UB from 1987-96.
Theexlubition, "Alan E.Cober.A
Retrospective Afterlife," was organized by the ~lby Gallery at the
Ringling School of Art and Design,
in SaraSota, Ra.
Ifwill open with a reception from
5-8:30 p.m. Feb. 15 in the first floor
gallery of the UB Gallery in the Center for the Arts, North Campus; and .
will continue through May 18.
· The r&lt;aption will beaaomponied
byS&lt;Ymlactiviti&lt;sio theCFA Screening Room. These include. introductions by Sandra Olsen, gallery director,and mnarksby Preside!)t William
R. Gmner and .Kathleen Howdl, an
emeritus professor in the Department
of Art, who brolJ8ht Cober to UB.
Following these mnarks, Adel•
Henderson, professor and chair of
the Department of Art, and Ellen
Cober, th~ widow of the artist, will
present th• first Alan E. Cober
Scholanhip to a UB student of illustration or graphic design.
After the prtsen tation, the .first
lecture in the Alan E. Cober M•moriall.Kture Series, entitled "Drawing from life," will be presented by
&lt;;ober's colleague, artist Sue eo..
whose 30-yearca=r in the U.S. has
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Structural and Environmental
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John R. Isbell, professor,
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published as social·
oornrnentuy in The

ing Sum&lt;, n;,. and N-.-k, and
her paintings and drawings shown
in many galleries and museum exhibitions. Since 1980, she has focused on computer art and has lectured widely on the subject. ·
Garlan worked with Cober on ·
many assignments in her 17 years as
art dirtctor o( the Atlantic Morrthly.
During her tanJre. the magazine won
some 400 illustration and design ·
awards, and published work by many
o( the finest illusttatoa and pbotographers in the world.

visual joumal.ism-pithy pen and
ink drawings that aitiqwed sooal
injustice.lilr.e the ,,_. illuJtrations
ofschool childrm in lloolon who sliiJ
were segregat&lt;d. despite laws to the
conmry.and a wiz&lt;ned old man held
as prey in a nursing home.
His ,&amp;:I&lt; appeared rqp.llartyb-decades lh top American ptJiliDtioos.
indudiog ,.,., Newswtd. Atlantic
Month~)! liD/ling Slont, &amp;qlli7r. Lift.
Lock, The New Yori:T...... It wasoommisoioned as wdl by NBC, CBS lind a
number o( Foc1une 500 oomponies.
He worked on adventure and
mystery computer
and illustrated mo..., than 23 books, including "The TlgOt's Bones and Other
Plays for Oilldren" by the late Ted
Hughes, poetlaiueate of England.
His own book.~~ Society," shocked the public with its
graphic depiction o( the IM:s and often miserable conditions of people
incarc&lt;rated in ntimnent homes,
prisons and mental institutions lilr.e
the NewYorkStlte psrcbiatric facility
at Willowbrook. In alatt:rpubliation,
"The Wake-up Call; he addressed
other isoues plaguing CXllllm1p&lt;l&lt;Ory
Americ:a-&lt;lrug addiction, AJDS.
toxicdvmicalsandhazardouswastes.
Cober also was wdl-known as a
dedicatedandinftuentialteach&lt;ro(
young artists, many o( whotn oontinue toexpras gratitude~ hisguidanctin bod! ac:stheticand profcWonal
realms that he imparted tb them befo"' his death in 1998 at age 62.
Ellen Cober, Nessim and eo. ha_..
donated som• of th• original drowings and sketchbooks in the exhibition so they can continue to be used
as an educational resourc&lt; at UB.
The exhibition and the lecturts have
hem sponsoted with thegenerousassistanc&lt;and support liom the Department of An. the Oepartment of Art
History and Brainstorm-the
Communicator's Oub of Buffalo.

Sames

New York Time&lt;,

The New Yorker,

The
leCture is
. . _ t o - Unuplodod . . - .·
sched uled
_...,loy Sue c- from "Tropdy af WOlf"
for 6:30 p.m.
Other leeFor more infOrmation about any of
tures in the series, which are !itt of
charge and open to the public, will the ~ts honoring Caber, oontact
be delivered by illustrator Barbara Reine Hauser al645-69l2. ext. 1424,
Nessirn at 6 p.m. April II in the CFA or at &lt;rihawer@acslLbuffalo.edu&gt;.
Sc'eening Room, and Judy Garlan,
Alan Caber frequently is cited as
art director for the Atlantic Monthly, one of th~ most innovative illustraat 6 p.m.April25,also in the Screen- to" America has produced. He was
among a small cadre of post· World
ing Room.
An anist, illustrator and educa·
War II illustrato" who inserted contor for more than 25 years, Nessim cepts drown from modern art into
is chair of the Department of Illus- an art form that was then domitration at Parsons School of Design. nated by sentimental realism.
Her work has been featured in many
Gober's work went be)&lt;&gt;nd illusmajor publications. including Roll- tration to indude an ofien shocking

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Sensors printed on spot smaller than dime
Provisional patent filed on work by chemists that could transform sensor technology
By E_LLEN GOLDBAUM

Contributing Editor

y borrowing a page from
the genomics revolution ,
UB chemists have taken a
major step towdrd placing

B

hundreds. and possibly even thou·

intricate netwo rk of nanoscopk
pores. In past work, the UB group has
developed innovative ways to stabili7e and trap proteins within the

xcrogels. These proteins then can be

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to detect bnlyone chcmicaJ speci~.
The UB researchers Wa nted to

shrink down all of th• sensor technology so they could place multiple
sensors in a small area and obtain
information on the pres ence of many chemicals in

a single, small sample.
0
0
"The process of having to
C!Jt
analyze for diff=nt molTheir work. published in the
Q
ecuJes one at a time is amaz-:
March l issue of AnalyticDI Cherrr~ ­
.. c
inglytime-cnnsuming. and it
try, which currently is online, oould.
turns out to waste a whole lot
transform sensor technology by proc:.
0
. of the sample." said BrighL
viding agricultural, clinical, environ·
0
Initially, Bright and Eon
mental and pharmaceuticallahomQC)
Jeong Cho, lead author and
tories with a small, fust and ponable
UB
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plnprtnte4
o
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...,.,
-to
doctoral candidate in the
methodologyforsimultanoouslydeDepartment of Chemistry,
tecting numerous chemicals in a oUght-emitting diode using o new
technique for rn*lng macro:senson.
micromachined wells that
sample a hundred or a thousand
were on the order of 1/
times smaller than a drop of water.
put to work to signal the presence of 25,000th of an inch in diameter on
A provisional patent has hem filed.
top of a light-emittingdiode (LEO),
The research overcomes a key ob- important chemicals in a sample.
"W. nowundernand very wdl the a tiny, inexpensive chip made of
stacle in exploiting high-tech materials. called xerogels. into which the UB . chemistry involved in making good semiconducting materials that can
xerogels that oonlain ae!M' proteins," tum electrical energy into light.
team has pioneered investigations as
"Using our xerogels in these wdls
said Frank V. Bright, oo-author and
the basis of new chemical sensor&gt;.
associate
chair and professor in the on a LED was a gr&lt;at idea on paper.
Xerogels are porous glasses. &lt;level·
oped through sol-gel processing Department of Chemistry in the but the volume of a weU turns out to
be fairly small, about a billionth oi a
techniques in which a special solu - College of Arts and Sciences.
The problem with traditional quart." said Bright. "Trying to fill the
tion reacts to form a porous polymer.
The resulting xerogel is a rigid m:ue- xcrogel-based sensors, he explained, ~Is turned out t~bc a nightmare."
But then Cho suggested pinrial, like a glass, only it consists of an is that they are large and designed
sands, of reuSable chemical sensors
in an area smaller than a dime.

•e.

printing. a technology widely used
in genomics in which an c:ctremdy
thin pin point sucks up by capillary
action smaiJ volumes of solution
and deposits or print them o nto

microscope slides.
Using a commercial pin-printer,
just likr tho6e hard at work in DNA
microam!yfacilities, the UB ~&lt;am suddenly had oonquered the problem.
"Pin-printing is like taking a tiny
quill pen, dipping it into a solution
and instead of filling wells. we contact-print the sol-gel solution onto
the surface directly to fonn an array
of xerogel-based sensors; we no
longer need wells at aU ," Bright said.
"Because the volume delim'ed by
these pin-printers is less tllan a trillionth of a quart, the sense" are very
small, so we can cram many different sensors in a small footprint and,
in principle, detect hundreds or even
thousands of chemical species simultaneously."
Bright and his ttam now are
working on pin-printing chemical
sensors onto the top of an L.FD to
form a fully self-contained Jnsorarray platform.
The work was funded by the National Seience ~undation.

�F!Or!l.lllmt33.kll Repa..._

"Hyperbolic criticism" of U.S. actions questioned
To the Editor.
Congratulations to Professor
Malcau Mutua for malting
the most OYerl!lown, blatantly kneej&lt;rlc. anti-American statement that
I '~ beard sina Sept- II. He states
in the Jan_ 31, 2002; issueofthe RL{HtrU:r that the Unit&lt;d States' poosibly unlawful ddainment ofTaliban
and al Qaeda prisoners in Cuba
"strikes an almost fatal blow at bu-

Pemal"

manity and its dccmcy." Say again!
I can only bope that be was misquoted While I myself~ been a
bit amoemed that our IObeiing of
theae prisonera would be viewed as
co~ent bair-spjittingbythe rest
of the world, I'~ aomehow manop DOt to worry obout civilizatiOn
crumbling as a reau!L How nice it is
that most of us do not ba~ to ma1ce

tough decisions about how to
bandle the gravest of threats to U.S.
national security. But why aome of
us-particularly, it seems, within the
academy._,..... in hyperbolic criticism of U.S. actions at ~ turn
escapes me.
Sincerely,
llwt F. - . ., Ph.D.
O.,,rtm&lt;nt ol Civil Engln&lt;tring

~as~et~all .
MUI'S

Ull 75, Hord&gt;em lll!nolo 65
Akron It, Ullll
Ull......-1• lou "' Nonl&gt;em
--!Ns-wilho756S victor( """' the in
Alumni Arora on jon. 28. Four- Buls
scored i n _ . . . . , . .. Ull
-.~loss"" the

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On Sowrdor. Aleron used.
hallrodown

~second

the Buls. 89-81 . In )ames A Rhodes
Arena in Akron.
The Zips won their lo&lt;rth
......,.. in the Mici-Arr..tcan
Cor!lwonce by~ S8porant

Triggle
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named dean of the School of Pbar- ternationally rocognized work fo. macy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. cuseson bowdrup inltract with calHe held that position until he was cium ebannels, edlular mecbanisms
named dean of the Graduau: School that regulate the entry.of calcium
and vice provost for graduate educa- when stimulated. He bas conducted
tion and rescan:h in 1995. He suc- pioneering rescan:h into the action
ceeded Thomas E. Headrick as UB of calcium-channel an12gonists in ·
provost ilf January 1999.
the cardiowscuJM system and studHe returned to the faculty in July ies calcium channels and aging.
2000 when Capaldi was named proHe is the author or ro-author of
vosL Since that time, he bas main- I0 books, 140 book cbaptm and retained an &lt;Xter!SMteachingschedule, views and more than 250 sci.Oti6c
as well as some administrn~ duties. · paper&gt;, and has delivered 1,000 leeHe -also serves as senior advisor to luteS around the world
Capaldi on the 8uffiOO Center of ExHe has served on numerow incellence in Bioinfonnatics. takingad- ternal and external comrnitte&lt;S revant~geofhiscxtensM:contiCIS in the
lating to pharmacy and health-scipharmaceutical industry and in the ences curricula and the futu~ of
field of biodlcmistry scholarship.
graduate programs in general
A protific resean:her, Triggle's inA fellow of the American Associa-

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Structures
· senst of what will or won't work
and, at the same time, give them the
concrete tools with which to understand and test their assumptions."
Oncethepmgrampackageiscompleted with the assistance ofco-inw:stigator Gary Scott Danford; professor of architecture, it will be test«! at
UB and at the U~ty of Or&lt;gon
by students of Christine
Tbcodoropoulos of the Uru-sity of
Orqjon's Department of Althitecture. and will be evaluat&lt;d by Patrick
Tripeny at the Graduate Scbool of

Whon CXIDlpidE. ISIP will include
the multimedia instr:uctiooal electronic tcttbook, a det:ail&lt;d user tuto-

Calendar

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-loclllty ancldote. Dept. d Biology,

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5deras Complt&gt;l. Nor1h c:...,.a. 1:45

r.::~--inlonnllllon,~

Onino Theotro, Cent« 'tor""' Ms.

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ss, U8 students ti seniors. For

men lnfoonotlon, 645-Aim.

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Naclh c.mpus. a p.m. ss. ror
- - inlonnotlon. 645-2921.

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I Survtved My Rrst SemeJter ... Now
'Nhat7 KeMn Harrison, ~eademk
acMsor. 107 Talbert. North Campus:4-5
p .m . FrM. Sponsored b)l Student
~~~ ~es. For mon!: informadon,

3

"SpMa/W'LAY-·

projeciiPnxJuct v.&lt;b site that

will provide student support, a structures'"cbat room" for leaving inquiriesandadatabaseofFAQs{frequently
asked questions) about structures.
Co-investigators Andre Rrinhom,
professor of civil engineering. and
Bruce Majl&lt;owslti, a"ssistant dean of
architecture, will provide Web-design eapertise. Content will be review«! by RDtiald Shaeffer, professor of architecture at the Florida
A8ri&lt;ultur.al and Mecbanical University, and Edward Allen, a professor at the Muoachlll&lt;tlllnstitute of
Tedmology. Shleffer and Allen are
prominent authors of architectural
textbooks in the field of structures
and construction technology.

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on d;,play through Feb. 21 In the lJII
Anderson Gallery, M&gt;nh• ladaon
Place, Buffalo. An opening
reception will be hek1 from 7-9
p.m. tod.y. CaUtry hours are 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through
S.turdayond 1·5 p .m. Sunday.

1M Rnt-Yew Ctads"

Myourdlal Growth In ICF2/ M6P
Receptor-Null Mice. Kathleen
McCO&lt;mldc. aut p!'of., Dof&gt;L of Physical
Therapy, Exercise and Nutrition
Sciences. 12 i Cooke. North Campus. 56:30 p.m. Free.

Wort by first.~.u grAduate
studtnts in the Department of
Art b on cfuplay through Feb. ••
In the Art Dopartment Gallery,
845 Center for the Aru, North

Dance Pfl'form.tnce

to B p.m. ~y through
Friday and 11 A.m . to 6 p .m .

~ross ~:.t=.·~ ~~.
Saturday. For more intormauon.

Ulll4,llucknell I
UB cruised to • J4.8 victor( a.er Budcnelt alt.e.- ..._.. the lint fiw matches
d the duoln-. The Buls' ..._.. wrosdon 1nduded Ry&gt;nllendey llt1d Go')'
Cooper, wllo picbd up their 75th are« .tcrorios.
foil o( 8udcnell's
Bill jocourot suned ell the duo! , _ - • Jxab O'Oonnel u 3:04. jocourot used ....., abdowns lltld·o poll' d point ...... lolls"' "'(ister" the win in the I•'J.j&gt;ol.nd mao:h. Other
the Buls 1nduded 0... Edwards (t 57), 0... Guarino ( 165), Go')' Cooper

wlnnen""

(t7•J. Gon.ul!onter&gt;'4'0(1&amp;1)llt1d,_Cocpw~~

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placo-GISJ-It. l'lc:IClmoyohowonlho...,._at5l-l .75.

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tun1&gt; (17-11.75) and'""'" tun1&gt; (]7-lo.lS).lal.n Oloon ploced second in the

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1... 1n HAC~-170-4J by die host Huslcles and 20l-l6 b y UB\ fint.,...,. OOI'pS pn&gt;oldod muct. ol the-... fo&lt; the Buls.-..,
Jon Y&gt;taw led t h e - - ' * fol.w1l&gt;.placo- in the : 1 0 0 - a.rrq in a done al lm.O I. froollnwiAW. Oron oho hod • fol.w1l&gt;.placo"" U8 in the 200 ~in 2:14.l1. 0usdn Hui.--ploced
in the 1650 ,_..In 16:47.92. '*'best ...... in the ...., ""' ,_.,._

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d-..&lt;:-.tnthelibrary. Tho
- . _ , . a d by""' Friends d tho

Pharmac:eutk.. Sdence:s Semtaar

Zodiaque Dance Comp•ny-ladles
On Stage. Dept. of Thtatre &amp; Dance.

rial and a

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Kondo Effect In Quantum Dots.
Michael Pustilnlk. Univ. of Minnesota.
lOS Natural ~e ComPex. North
Campus. 3:45 p.m. Free.

.. - - . &lt;;._, -

Wre~tlin~
Sisting. who bas produced most ofthe
~ .....000 for proiOiype software.

Anhi~Z&lt;t~~reatthei.JnMmityofUtah.

s.-at omall educaliooal-technology seed grants from UB belped
'.Uigh with ber initial ......m and
~berp!ua2.-.,t,John

1.7UB

lion for the Advancement of Science
W"""""- The Buls, wllo fol to t ~
sina 1975, Triggle is a member of
II OYOtalllltld 5-5 in the HAC, lost
• .-.jiCint hOifdrne leod early in
numerous professional societies. He
the second lalf llt1d jus&lt; could ""'
serves on the editorial boards of •
stOp the Zips-~ me..
many of the field's prominent journals,induding Pharmat%1JtiaJJ News,
w -·s
of which be is founder and editor.
Kent State 72, Ull 71
Among bis numerous honot&gt;, he
llowtins Green 69, Ull 65
bas receMil the Otto Krayer Award
• The Buls
d the bolt
in Pharmacology from the Ameriwilh26sea&gt;ndsremalnif11.but_..
can Society for Pharmacology and
unoble roC. olio finol shotlltld fell
Experimental Therapeutics, and the
"' the ¥isitirc Kent Sate Golden
Auhes.n-71,onJon.30 tnAJurml
Volwiler Research Achievement
~
Award from the American AssociaThe Butts pmduced one d &lt;he!•
tion of CoUeges of Pharmacy.
b e s t - - ellon:s dthe.....,.,
A native of London, England,
in an at::tempt to pidc up their first-ewer win over d'M!! Golden Rashes In thetr
eicf!lh,_...UB shot.9.1pen:ontfnom thefiooo' injhepme (26-loo--51)
Triggle received adoctoratein physillt1d lwl """ Jllalon sc:ont In double fi&amp;ures.led by~ IGm Kilpdocal chemistry from the University of
19 points. Kent Sate enwed the in lim place in the MAC's Eut OMsian.
Hull and a bachelor's degree from
On Soturcloy, the Buls jumped out "' "' 18-poin&lt; leod 17 ........ into the
the U~ity of Southampton.
~ 16 d their- lint 28 shoc&gt;-lxlt connecrod on )u$t 7-d-l• (29

. may ,.,.._ during """""I ro~nty

-~.UII,.-l-5..-.lond

Ull 172, Honhem Illinois 68

Toledo 151,UB 9l
UB tpl~ Ia th!..O.slnlzht MAC tri-&lt;neet S.wrcloy. delutin&amp; host Nonhem
llllnols.I~.OS.but falq to Toledo, 151-92. Tho. Bulls now"" 5-3 ""'...tllltld
:at the .500 6e¥el in MAC comp«ition wnh a ] . ) rTWic. .
N-estvn.n )en,.. BnnkoYslcy wu the tone double-winne&lt;" 1o.- me Bulls.
winninJ: the 200 butterfly in a seuon..best 2:06.29 and better•n&amp; her old mark
by nearly three-quarten: of a second. Bnlnkovsky also won the 200 lndiV•dual
remain

medl~~6..

Phlladanco-the Philadelphia Dance
Company--will perforr,. at a p .m .
Saturday In the Malnstage In the
Center for the Arts, North Campus.

wu UB's only ocher indMduol V&gt;Ct&lt;M', W&lt;ong the 200
bodo:strolco In 2:07.37. Deloo also on&lt;:lloAd the Yktorious 200 tr.e ...toy sqwd of
Came Qu;nlon.Tlffany-lltld Usa Boearich that finiShed on 1.39.91. threetenths of second bett¥ ~. second-place Tolrdo.

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february

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Jundlon. Kirl&lt;wood Penooius,

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=Ex~
':oo~ulrltion
Sctenc.es. 111 IOI'TlNII,
South

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Chemlul Engineering
Interaction Forces a t the Ofl..
Water lnterf.ce in the
Preseoc.e of a Surfact.nt or
Copolymer. Raymond R.

. B~~·F~~~Ion
Umpus. 10 a.m. Free.

ETC Te&lt;hnology -...ops
Web Deilgn &amp;. Ar&lt;Mecturo.
212 Copen, North C.mpus. 10
a .m .-Noon. frM.

Ubr"'Y-.....,.
U8 120: Sdf1ndor Scholar I;
An Ovorvlow. Bon Wagner. 127
C.pon, North campus. Noon-

ll:&amp;·~~by

ETC Tochnoio9Y Worit~hops·
Photoshop: lntroducUoo,
SKtlon 8, Part 1--HSL Health
Sciences Ubrary, South
Campus. 2 p.m. Free.

ETC Tochnology -...ops
HotMetal Pio 6.0 . 212 Capen,
North Campus. 2-4 p.m. Free.
Physks Colloquium
1

~~Q!~7o ~~

Translt5on. }ong E. Han,
Pennsylvania State UnW. 20S

Natural Sctences Complex,
North Campus. 3:30p.m. free.
lllologlul ScJenc.. - TGF-beU at a Tumor
S u~ssor. Mkhaet Brattain,
chaor; Dept. of Pharmacology &amp;.
Therapeutics, Roswell Parit
Cancer Institute. 210 Natural
Sciences Compk!x, North
Campus. 3:4S p.m. Free. For
more informatiOn, Ronald
Berezney, 64S-23SO.

ISSS-...op

~~~~~:~~F:~'s~eatthy

In the U.S. lanice Cochran,
livi~ Well Center. 31 Capen,

~~~~~~~~~er·

Student &amp; Scholar Services. For
rTlOf'e information, 64S-22SB.

Pharmac.eutk.a Sdenc:u
Sanhu•r

~:;::~r;:;=~~'::n~r~'::":er,

Angtogene5is Ge!n6. Donny
Tran, Dept. of Pharmaceutical
ScK!nc~. 121 Cooke, North
Campus. S-6:30 p.m. Free.

Master Clus
NEXUS Percussion Ensem~e.
Slee Concert Hall, Nonh
Campus. S p.m. Free. Sponsored
by DepL Music:. fof more
information, 64S-l921.

of

The

R~c-

publishct.

lhllngs for C'\14!nls taking
phKe on campu.s or for

off campui evenb whe-re
UB gtoups "re principal

sponwn

u~tfngJ

are due

no h,lrr than noon on
the Thursday prt..."&lt;edlfl9

publk:aUon . llstJngs are
only accepted through the

Theater Wo•1uhop
Production
American Airborne. Dept of
Theatre &amp; Dance. Rehearsal
Worbhop (Room 883), Cet1ter
for the Arts, North Campus. 8
p.m. I S. For more infOfTTlalion,
645-ART5.
SIH/VIstlng Artist s.rtuConcertlll
NEXUS Percuulon Ensembte.
Slee Concert Hall. Nonh

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students. For more
Information, 6-45-2921 .

e lec:tronlc 'ubmlulon form
for the online UB Calendar
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· foster Chemldry
C...._lum

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McMaboo, Unlv. "' Waterloo.
210 Natural Sciences ComP'ex.

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UB vs. Cornell. Alumni Alena,
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Clus
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lntegrollve Action). Uurie

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                    <text>PAGE 2

Q&amp;A: Noreen WiJ/ianu disCusses
Witebsky Center research

PAGE 6

Sewing·Lives

PAGE•

UB/ristoriangarneringpraise
for book on Latin America

That'
Some
Sundae
Students savored a 100foot-long ice cream sundae
set up in the Student Union
lobby on fan. 30 as part of
the January fumpstart
program. The sundae was
served in a foil-lined
aluminum gutter.

NSF grant to fund data sto:r;age system
$1 million award wiU boost pioneering research in bioinformatics .and GIS
multidimensional data sets that lie at
the heart of some of the univasity's
l million National Sci· most cutting-edge research in drug
nee Foundation infra· design. molecular-~ determistructure award to store, nation and the understanding of
anagr and analyze compl&lt;:x geQgl'llphic images.
"The timing of our mcciving this
complex scientific data is boosting
pioneering research at U B in grant now from the National Science
bioinformatics, geoSraphic infor· Foundation is key," said )aylan S.
mation science and other important Thrkkan, vice president for research.
rescarchareas. •
"In oonjwlction with our D&lt;W CenNearly $600,000 in matching ter of ExcdJcnc% in Bioinfonnatics,it
funds wiU be contributed to the will ensure that UB is at the leading
project by UB and the Strategically edge. not only in higb-apacity stor·
Targeted Acad&lt;mic R&lt;search (STAR) age of large datasets that for.m the
Center for Disease Modeling and knowledge base for bioinformatics,
Therapy Discovery, funded by the geographic infunnation sciencr and
New York State Office of Science, other important research an:as, but
Technology and Academic R&lt;search. ·also in developing the oomplex soft·
The highly oompetitive grant pro- war&lt; tools that will be ne&lt;dcd for un·
vides UB with the computational in· derstanding and analyzing the data.
..The combination of these two
frastructure necessary t~ manage,
analyze and visualize large-scale, events is a one· two punch in terms
Contributing Editor

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of !e-m-aging UB for large-scale cen·
ter grants frQrri the Nationallnsti·

tutes of Health and other federal'
agencies," Turkkan added.
The new system will provide the
Department of Computer Sdena
and Engineering with 20 times the
amount of data storage it now has in

a centrally managed resoun:e that
will assist afliliated researchm work·
ing in the departments of Geogra·
phy and Pharmaceutical Sciences,
and at Hauptman·Woodward Medi·
cal Research II)Stitute and Roswell
Park Can= Institute (RPCJ).
In emerging disciplines, such as
bioinfonnaticsandgeographicinfor·
mationsciencr (GIS), the issue of data
storage has shifteil dramaticaUy from
one easily solved by filing cabinets and
the hard drMsofPCs to one that can
be solved only by extmnely specialized oomputer equipmenL

"The bottom line is. if you can·
notstorethedata, you cannot do the
research," stated Aidong Zhang. associate professor of compUter sci·
ence and engineering. and principal
investigator on the grant.
Research projects that are named
on the grant include:
• Determination of the 3-dimcn·
sional structure of proteins (Russ
Miller, professor of computer sci·
ence and engineering. and direCtor
of UB's Center for Computational
Research)
• Metadata and knowledge ex·
traction, representation and man ~
agernent in geographic information
science (David Mark, professor of
geography and director of the UB
branch of the National. Center for
Geographic Information and Anaiy·
sis, and Zhang)

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FSEC discusses new gen ed program
•Y DONNA LOfKilHlCitUI
Rtport&lt;rAsslstant Ed;tor
WOmembersoftheFac·
ulty Senate Executive
Comminec voiced con cerns at its Jan. 23 r:neeting for students currently enroUed
in classes that now are .required but
will be dropped from the general
education curriculum this faU when
the n&lt;w SUNY-mandated prograni
is implemented.
Peter Go1d, associate dean for
general education in the CoUege of
Arts and Sciences, summarized for
senators the revised general educa·
tion program. He asked -faculty
members who will be affected by the
changes to refrain from announcing the new requirements to stu dents until the program had r&lt;·
ceived final approval-which is eJ&lt; •
peeled in the next couple of weeksand publication in March of the Fall
2002 course schedule.

T

"I don't think it's the fair thing to
do," ~old said of telling students
about the ·expected changes. "You
can't on the first day of class (this
semester) try to get a message out
whenithasn'tappearedinprintyrt"
Owies Fourtner, professor ofbiological sciences who teaches a "Great
Disooveries"generaleducationcow.&lt;
that no longer will be required under
the new program, said be would lilcc
toinfonnstudentsinhisclassassoon
as possible about the upcoming
changes so they can make the nects·
sary adjustments to their schedules.
"I think it would be fair, with aU
due respect to the students, that they
be given the option to be told that
they don't necessarily have to take
this course," Fourtner said of the 70
students enrolled in his class. He
added that students should have the
opportunity to enroll in a ~uired
math class or a music class that will
be required under the ne\v program

in lieu of the class he is taoching.
llemiceNoble,professorofmicrobiology who also teaches a "Great
Discoveries" course, agreed with
Fourtner, saying that the changes
should be implemented as soon as
possible. "Over the years, the enrollment cap has been escalated to the
pointwhereit'spracticaUyimpoosible
to oonduct the oours&lt; the way that I
would lilcc to and the way it should
be," Noble sa,id." l'd lilcc the-chanct
to see how many people really want
to be in that room that I could inter·
act with the way that I would prefer.
It oouldn't happen soon enough."
Gold and Kerry Grant. vice provost for academic affairs and dean
ofthegradua teschool,worriedthat
announcing the changes to students
before publication of the faU course
schedule would create"chaos" in the
Office of Records and Registration
if students bail out of classes this
semester and attempt to register for

counes that are required under the
new program.
Goldadmittedthatsomestudents
graduating in May are going to be
affected by the new requirements.
"We'relooltingatawaynottodisrupt the semester, although~ are
some students that get caught up in
this and we're trying to figure out
bow~ there are and what to do
about iL Those are students who are
abouttograduateinMay,"Goldsaid,
adding. "I don't think we can get the
information out there properly.
"We're just near the beginning of
this proces&lt; as we wrestle with this
questionofhawyouimpiementit (the
newgenedprogram )," he said"Then:
is no clear way to have an effective
irnpkmentation date," ~ added.
Grant asked .senators"tocontinue
your (class) commitments th rough
the end of this semester."
.. I'm angry about this," oble rc~t.._...-,.,. 1

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the secreta')' p&lt;osidos at Faculty
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C.pen Hall, No&lt;th
Campus, by Feb. 15.

"American Airborne"
to be presented
The Department of Theatre &amp;
Dance will p&lt;esent • foculty
wortcshop production of Douglas Qelaney's "Amerian /&gt;Jrbome," Feb. 7-10 In theRe-

,.....,1 Worbhop, Room 883, in
the Center fo&lt; tho Ms, No&lt;th
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The main mission of the Witebsky
Cmter for Microbial Pathogenesis
and Immunology is to foster interaction among scientists with
common interests in pathogenic
organisms and their hosts. The
collaborative projects that have
arisen as a result of th~ interac-

tions have been highl y successful
in developing new overlapping
areas of research and attracting

funding for th ese projects. This
yea r, our funding for on-si te mem-

bers alone will be more than 56
million and has shown a steady
increase. As part of that mission,
we also co-sponsor four different
meetings in areas of interest to our
members, incl uding microbial
pathogenesis, immunology, DNA
replication and RNA . These meetings incl ude presentation s by na t ion all y and internationall y
known speakers from outside the
un iversi ty, as well as center mem-

bers, both students and faculty.

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"Americon Airborne" tells the
sto&lt;y of tine women from various sodoe&lt;onomic bacl&lt;grounds
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feature a student cast.
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at the Center fo&lt; the Arts box
offa from noon to 6 p.m. Tues.
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bial Pathogenesis and the Witebsky
Center for lmmunplogy merged to
incorporat&lt; the strengths of both
groups and to further development
in their commonly held research
interests. The Cmter for Microbial
Pathogenesiswasorganizedin 1995
by UB faculty mm&gt;bers who~
a com mon int.erest in investigating
aspects of microbial life and microbe-induced pathogenesis. The
Witebsky Cmt&lt;r for Immunology
was founded in 1967 for tho purpose of enhancing research in immunology in Buffalo. Many of the
facultyinvolvedalreadyweu members ofboth groups, and this merger
formalized.that relationship.

ferent departments in the School
of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences-Anesthesiology, Biochemistry, Medicine, Microbiology and
Pathology-as well as the School
of Dental Medicine and the Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology at Roswell Park Can-

The center Is n•med for Dr.

immunologists inlo th e on-site
research P'cilities, and additional
members with strength in immu-

Ernst Wltebsky. Who ••• he 7

Dr. Ernest Witebsky was professor
and chair (1941 - 1967) of the Department of Bacteriology-n ow
th e Department of Microbiol -

ogy-here at UB and a renowned
immunologisi. When he st&lt;pped
down as chair; he was appoint&lt;Q
as the fi.-.t director of the Cent&lt;r
for Immunology, which later was
renamed in his honor.
How m-y fl•:ulty m-IMn
•re •ffll..ted - h the center?

The combined center has 19 onsite members with primary or sec·
ondary appointments !n five dif-

ce r In stitute. These researchers

occupy two-and-a-half floors of
the Biomedical Research Building
on the South Campus. In addition,
there are more th an 50 off-site

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a strength ·of the center. Its
laboratories currently are
training 32 gradua~ students
and 19 postdoctoral fellows, as
well as a number of u nder-

graduate and high school stu-

members who are located both
withi.n UB and at other universi-

dents who partic.ipale in research programs here each
year. Some or our graduate students and postdoctoral fdlows

ti es and hospitals throughout the

are funded through our Na-

greater Buffalo area. The center

tional In stitutes of Heahh
Tra ining Grant in the area of
microbial pathogenesis. Mem bers of the center also participate in NIH training grants for
dental st udent s and undergraduates. A number of mem bers of the center also are mentors for outreach programs in

recently brought three additional

nology ~ly wiU be added in the
near future. At the same time, the
center has maintained its al ready
existing strengths in bacteriology,

parasitology, virology and hostmicrobe interactions.
What types of ruurch
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The research on-going in the center
r.ove.-. a wide range of proj&lt;cts. from
very basic topics such as microbial
gene r'egulation to very appyed areas such as vaccine development
against pathogenic microbes.

tho Buffalo area and through
an NIHINational Heart, Lung
and Blood Institute Underg raduate Minority Research

Program. Cmter members participate in a weekly research

meeting that includes presentations by both students and
faculty. This gives the nudeots
a chance to prepare for national
m~ting

presentations.

Improving access to ,health care for needy
State grants to fund trainingfor studpzts in clinics for refugt:eS, underserved children
BY LOIS BAIWI
Contributing Editor

T

H E universi ty has re ceived two grants totaling
nea rly $629,000 from

New York State to provide

culturally appropriate training for
its med ical and dental students and

residents through;;cbool- and community-pased clinics.

One grant supports a progtam for
medical students and residents who
will provid e care to im migrant
groups; the other funds a project
involving medical and dental stud ents working with underserved
schoolchildren.
The goal of the grants is to improve
access to health care for these groups
while sharpening students' clinical
skills and cultural competency. UB
is the only university among nine
awardces to receive two grants.
Three departments in the School of
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
along with the School o(Dental Medicine, are developing tho programs.
The larger of the two grants,
funded for $393,933, will suppon
the Refugee Cultural Competency
Training Program sponsored by the
medical school's Department o f
Family Medicine. Kimberl y
Griswold, assistant professor of fum ily medicine, will direct the project.
The Northwest Buffalo Community Health Care Center and Jericho
Road Family Practice on Buffalo's
Wesl Side, opera led by Myron Glick,
will be joint sponsors. The lnterna-

tional Institute of Buffalo and
Journey's End R&lt;settlement Services
also will be involved. .
..Our strategy is to offer a oonctn·
trated cultural-immersion experience to students and residents at
evening dinical sessions that serve

only refugee patients," said Griswold.
"The students will be working with
peoplofrom Rwanda, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Congo, Kosovo, Bosnia
and Cuba."
Tho program builds on a pilot
project developed over the past two
years by Griswold, UB medical Students and volunb:erS in which medical students conducted health
sc reening of refugees during

monthly "health nights" at one of
the participating clinics.
The current project formally inrefug~

physician, physicia n's assistant,

nurse, translato.-. and social worke.-.. They also will be involved with
public-health education through a
lay-mentor program to assist pregnant refugee women.
Withit1 two year.;, Griswold aims
to have 60 students per year involved
in the program.
.. Based on our work to dare. integrating medical students and staffinto
the care of culturally diverse populations has enriched both provider.; and
recipi&lt;:ntsofcare."G~said. "We
hope to build on the enthusiasm and
professionalism of students as we
work together to improve cultural
competency and continue to learn
from the patients themselves."
The second project- "School
Based Health Centers: Training

care into the

Med0Ca1Studentsan4~dentsina

medical-school curriculum as an

Community Setting"-is a collaOOration involving the medical sQ&gt;ool's
departments of Po:diatrics and Psychiatry and the dental schooL Dennis Nadler, the medical ICbool's associate dean for academic and curricular affair-s, will be primary investigator and Richard Sarkin, associate
pmfessorofdinical pediatrics, will be
project director. Th&lt;; project is funded
at $235,285 for three years
"The idea is to use school health
sites to train medical students and
residen ts in the continuityofhealth

corporates

option for interested students, who

can use the experiena as part of
thdr existing clinical-practice training and ~ve academic credit or
as an extracurricular activity and
receive ..extra" credi l
Clinics will take place evenings
from 5- 10 p.m. and will begin with
an hour-long orientation presented
by immigrant resettlement staff, a

medical anthropologist, physician
and social worker.Students then will
spend 3 1/2 hour.; doing initial health
evaluations with refugees, followed
by a debriefing focus session.
The trainees will work wilh an in -

care, and expand their horizon s
from care giving to providing edu·
cation," Nadler said.

terdisciplinary team consisting of a

UB's Department ofPediatrics;""un·-

der the aegis of Kaleida Health, currently operates II school-based bealth
centm that function as primary-care
clinics for students. Pediatric residents
provide much of the care. •
These schools are located in lowincomo ndghborhoods, where 90-100 percent of tlle children qualify
for free or reduced-price lunches
and where most of the cbildren are
enrolled in tho school's health center, Nadler said Sev&lt;ral of these centers will serve as project sites.
"Medical students and psychiatry
residents wiU become involved !n
issues such as p~entive mental health c:are, self,esteem, bullying,
school failure and classroom issues.
in addition to delivering primary
care in a s&lt;tling students haY&lt; come
to depmd on for their health care,"
Nadler said "Dental students and
residents will be involY&lt;d in providing care and dental education."
First-year students may be assigned .to the school-based health
clinics for their r&lt;qllired~ in the
clinial practice o( l)ledicine. be said,
and some third-year medical students will complete pan of their required pediatric int&lt;msbip in project
schools. Fourth-year students may
choooc: the project schools for their
adolescent-medicineelective.
Tho project's overall goals are to
sharpt:n trainees' clinical skills in

working with children and adolescmts,and to e:nhana: their cultural
competency and professionalism,

he said.

�Violating.international law
Mutua calls detai~ment ofTalibcm in Cuba "jungle justice"
IIJ~VIOAL

Conlribotlng Editor

d&lt;lainmentinc..baof
mben of the Taliban
and thooe IUSptCied ofbe..
mg part of al Q aeda is
questionable at best and probably illegal Wider the Geneva c:on..ntions,

Ti

according to an internationally
knownapertiri humanrigbtsat UB.
"Th e U.S. can n ot unlawfully
project its police poW&lt;r onto other
states, capl"lm individuals and spbject them to 'jungle justice' simply
because it is a superpower," said
Miliu Mutua, professor in the Law
School. "This is lawless conduct and
strik.e,; an almost fatal blow at humanity and its decency.•
The Geneva Conventions are customary int&lt;:mationallaw that binds
all nations, including the U.S. They
define in precise language what
states can, and cannot, do with regard to the conduct of war, he said.
"The use of the terms 'battlefield

detainees' or 'unlawful combatant.s'
by the Pentagon is varuous, ewsivt'

•

and intended i&lt;Jentiliation is not lt issue.•
to circumYmt
But the Pentagon thinb that it
the ap p l~a­ can deny them rights that are due
tio n of the - to prisooen of war by mislabeling
Geneva Con- them, Mutua said.
Ventions to
"It is
the
to seek
the men h&lt;- to circumvent the law in this maning held in ner. There probably is no crime with
Cuba by the which these men legally can h&lt;
United dwsecJ. What is their~ F'tghtStates," Mutua said.
ing against the U.S. in their own
"The
Wl5--tild stiD &amp;--was- country, or at the invitation 'of the
ing war apinst Afgbanistan. Thae- ~t of Afghanistan? &amp;on if
IOre,anyTali&gt;an oral Qaedacombat- one wanll:d to cbarse them. with the
aots c:aptured by the U.S. dearly are war crime of killing civilians in the
prisoners of war. Prioonm of war are Sept. II attacks, it is not dear such a
defined by the Geneva ConYentions cbarse would J:llliU sense. Did the
as anyoppooing&lt;DD'lbalants.ll¥yare detain&lt;es plan the attacks a n d identified as such if they fight within them, assuming that one"""" could
a structured command or are idmti- prOYe in a court of law that·Osama
fiablo through someinsignia,unitt&gt;nn bin Ladm authored the attacks? Peror other distinguishing characteris- haps they could h&lt; court-martialed
tics," aanrding to Mutua.
as the 6ghters of a vanquished foe.
"Both the Taliban and al Qaeda
"Whiie the U.S. has a right andrefighters fi t these descriptions. In- sponsibilitY to defend itself and the
deed, the U.S. itself has had no prob- · peo~ within its borders, it m ust do
lem identifying them as enemy sol- so lawfully, humanely and with redien. SQ. dearly the question of 'straint," Mutua said.

deceitful 'ror

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BrieD
Lecture series offering' insight .
on events of Sept. 11 to be held
A lpecW lecttore- offering "Perspectiv&lt;S on September II th
and its Aftermath" will h&lt; presented this spring by the Council on
International Studies and Programs and the Office of the Vice Provost for International Education.
. The series is designed to addreas the n~ in the ~iversity community for access to a variety of informed perspe4i&gt;a on the terroristattacks, the subsequent war on 1&lt;:rrorism and the implications
for both the United Stall:S and the rest of tbe world. The lectures,
which will h&lt; free of charge and open to the public, will serve to
highlight the increased importance of inll:rnational education and
exchange in the post-Sept. II world.
The series will open with a talk on "Bioterrorism: What is Our
Risk!" by Richard V. Lee, UB professor of medkine, pediatrics and
gynecology-obstetrics, at 3 p.m . Feb. 6 in the Student Union Theatre on the North Cam pus.
The remaind er of the schedule:
. • "Septemh&lt;r II: Views from the Arab World," 3 p.m. Feb. 13 in
the Student Union Theatre. The talk will h&lt; given by Bader Dweik, a
UB alumnus and former Fulbright scholar now serving as professor
of English linguistics at AI-Zaytoonah University in Jordan.
• "The Kashmir Issue in International Politics," 2 p.m . Feb. 21 in
330 Student Union. The speal= will h&lt; Saleem Kidwai, visiting
Fullltight scholar at v-.IJanova Univ&lt;rsity and a visit.i ng fellow at the
Center for Western and European Studies at Jawaharial Nehru Uni versity in New Delhi.
• "The Islamic Movement in Uzbekistan," 3 p.m. Feb. 27, Student
Union Theatre. Guli I. Yuldash&lt;Va, a. visiting Fulbright scholar at
lndiana University and leading scientific fe.Uow at the Institute for
St111tegic and Regional Studies in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, will speak.

• " International Education Post 9/ll," 3 p.m. March 6, Student
Union Theatre. The lecture will be presented by Allen E. Goodman,
president and chief executive officer for tht: Institute of International

Education and former executjve dean and profC'SSOr in the School

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of Foreign Service at G~rgetown University.
• .. The War on Terrorism and Its Impact on Civil Liberties," 3
p:m . March 21, Studeot Union Theatre. The talk will h&lt; given by
Lee Alb&lt;rt and David Filvaroff, UB professors of law, and a repre sentative from the U.S. Department of justice.
For further information about the lecture series, contact John
Wood, secretary of the Council on International Studies and Pro grams, at jjwood@buffalo.edu.

CATE bridges the miles via
interactive Internet hookup
On ,.,.. 18, hundreds of high school students from Western New York
and Central America got into a real-time discussion about education,
technology and the environment, despite the 2,200 miles thai separated
them. They engaged one another, along with distinguished primatologist Jane Goodall and Oscar
Arias , former president of
Costa Rica and winner or the
1987 Nobel Peace Prize.
The live cvent •.which focused on .. Peace, Human
Progress and the Environment," involved students at
Clarence, Grover leveland
and Ellicottville high schools
a nd four Costa Rican h.igh
schools.
CioocWi. Osc..- Arias, - It took place via an interac- Uncolft School Ill c;osta IUu, where
tive Internet video hookup Blnvose Mn'ts as director general.
made possible by UB's Center
for Applied Technologies in Education (CATE). It was carried to area
students over Buffalo CityNet, a ~tion, video-cookrencing
networli developed and adminisll:red by CATE that links 18 Western
New York schoob and community organizations.
Goodall and Arias first addressed comments to the students, as
did Fred Mednick, director of the Seattle-based organization "Teachers Without Borders; and Donald Jacobs, associate dean of the UB
Graduate School of Education and founder and director of CATE.
AU of the ~" then discussed issues covered in the talks.
The event was broadcast 1M from Lincoln School fro San Jose, Costa
Rica, which houses a state-of-the-art, video-confermcing network designed by the UB centei. Th&lt; site is part of a global initia~ called
HopeNet that was developed jointly by Jacobs and Goodall to create
distance~ucation sites in Asia, Africa, Europe and acroos U.tin America.
Jacobs said this was the first trip to Central America by Goodall ,
a n environmen tal educator whose work with chimpanun in Tanzania changed the way in which we view the relationship of humans
with the natural world and with primates in particular.
She and Jacobs W&lt;r&lt; on a speaking tour of Costa Rica, during which
they addressed development and use of advanced communication technologies to efthance inte:ma.bonal understanding and culturaJ exchange.

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Canlures-Esguerra's tome lauded by three periodicals, Amerlci11n Historical Assodatlon
BRIEFLY
Grants avallllble for 1'!'11
research in Vietnam .,..
MoO&lt; Ashwil, dli-.ctor olthe
World lAnguages lnslltute, b encooragingetlgibleUBfocuhy
memben to opply for liYemonlh ftioNt'Ch and curriculum
deYelopmenl grants from the
Asio Foundation for work under·
......, in Voetnam at any lime botw&lt;en 5eplemb&lt;r 2001to 0..
ambor2003.
The JX09ram, deYeloped
through generous support from
the Henry We:• Foondation, b
dosignod to promote the devolopment of VtetnaO"'eSe studies in
the u.s.
Each grontee ..;u bo plaad as
a WitJng scholar at on opprcpr;.
ate rerarth or eilc.ational ~

tution in Hanoi Ot Ho ow Minh
City. Upon ,......, to hi&gt;/her homo
imlitulion, the scholar wil bo ...
peeled to leach the ""'"'""' de-

voloped during the fNMnonlh

field reean:h in lilotnam.
Applk.ants must have a doctorate Mld ho4d a regular teaching pos;tion in intemationol &lt;Ntions, political ocionce, ecc&gt;norn-

ics, IOCiology or Asion SIU&lt;ies.
"The,.. b no !&gt;otter VRf to
loom about • country than to
~ lime lhete wortdng. tiav.
eling. and delltfoping losting
penonaf and prolesslonol &lt;Ntloruhip&lt;," Ashwill soys. "It's a
clichi but abo • sod reolity that
\llotnam b still synonymous with
- I n the minds ol , _ a ns. including our students. .
"This Is • golden opportunity
for u.s. faculty memben to
loom flnthond about \lletnam. .
IWr .-.tuming. they con either
Incorporate that lcnowledge Into
existing courses or deYelop new
VJetnamese studies courses. ot
TholiJllllicatk&gt;ndeodlineo
M.wth 31 . D&lt;lais con bo foond on
lheA!io-W!bsiteat
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deadline extended
Tho deodline has beeo extended
to tomorrow to apply for the
Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar·
ship Award, established by the
Minority faculty and Staff Association to honor a funior or se-nior who dernorutrates high academic standards and leodenhip
ability, and who exemplifoes per·
sonal characttristics that acj.
vanc.e the spirit and philosophy
ol King.
The ' 1,000 annual award is
supported by Kenneth Gayles.
clinlal tiSistant professor of
~kin&lt;, local cardlologbt and
UB graduate. in honor of his tat~
mother, Lula Gayles.
Toboellgibleforthescholar·
ship, appliconts """ bo
undonepresenled porsons ol
color, ful.time junior&gt; or serion II
US, pouess at least a 3.3 gradepoint average and bo. u.s. cjti.
zen or permanent resident
Apptlations are due In 208
Norton Hall, North Campos. by
S p.m. tomorrow.
For more Information. contact ~«&gt;'and Garrow or Denise
Hood at 645· 3072, or Kevin

Ragland 01 882-2~00 .

JOB LISTINGS
U B job listings

.accessible via Web
Job listings for professional, ~
search, faculty and civil ser·
vice-both competitive and
non-&lt;ompetitive-positk&gt;ru can
be accessed via the Human ResourcH ~es w~ site at
&lt;http://www.buslnen.buff·
alo.edu/ hn/ vac.anclel/ &gt;.

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Historian's book garners re~gnition
BY

P~YR!CIA ~HOVAN

Contnbutong Edotor

son.. took on diffaent meanings in
different places." he say&gt;.

modern world-like tht- Renaissance. the Enlightenment and Romanticis~ftm are presented as
European inventions that were pas·
sively and deriv.ltively constlmcd in
other regions of the ""rid. Th&lt; book
demonstrates, h&lt; says. "th• pitfalls

N award -winning book
"In Northern Europe, it gmaated
by U!J historian Jorge new forms of reading. assessing and
Caili1.ares-f.sguerra ex· validating documenl s, and new
amining the emerging forms of writing history that drew
identities that shaped the Western oil non -literary sources. In Spain, it
hemisphere has been cit~ as one of
th• best books of the )'ear by three
important international publications
and has rectived two pres1igious national awards from the American
Historical Association (AHA ).
The book." How to Write the His·
tory of the New World" (Stanford
University Press, 200 I ), refreshes
our understanding of the colonial
pastand of the origins of the indeJ':Cfldence movements in the Western hemisphere.
Last month aJone, it was named
one of the year's best books by the
TLS (Times Literary Supplemerrt),
the lndep&lt;ndtm and 71oe Eamomis4
which called it "a masterpiece of
for hb bool!, · - t o Wrlto tiM History af t i M - -· • lndud·
scholarly ingenuity."
The book also wa5 mimed the best lng two pnstlglous " - n r.om tiM ArMrican Hlrtorkal Associ•·
tlon.
book on Atlantic history and lh&lt;
best book on Spanish and Latin prompted scholars to create new, of such an approach" to historical
American history for 200 I by lh&lt; more reliable narratives based on studies of Latin America.
AHA.
primary documentation that, in
" In the age of Enlightenment,
The central themes of the book are . turn, led 10 the formation of on&lt; of when it comes to devising new- ideas
implied by its subtitle, "Histories, th&lt;lar]jest sptcialii.ed repositories of on how to write the history of the
Epistemologies and Identities in the primary sources in the world-th&lt; N&lt;w ~rid," he says. "there was as
Eighteenth-Century Atlantic ~rid." Archive of the Indies.
much intellectual creativity in the so"Finally, in Spanish America , called peripheries (Spain, Mexico) as
In it, Cailizares-Esguerra traces the
cultural processes that led early- skepticism was turned against its in the Northern-European core."
modem inteUectuals on both sides of most ardent European promoters. This filet often astonishes American
the Atlantic to question primary Spanish-American scholars ques- students, who have very little knowl·
sources that long hod been consid- tioned the ability of foreign Euro- edge of th&lt; intellectual and cultural
ered authoritative: Mesoamerican pean ob5ervers to &lt;Ver comprehend historyoflatinAmerica,andwhose
codices, early colonial Spanish the past and nature of the New understandingofCmtral;uldSouth
chronicles and crave! accounts.
World." he explains.
America has developed from a Eu"My study argues thattheskepli·
He notes that the great intellec- ropean per.;pective.
cism that dominated the "age of rea - tual, cultural movements of the
As a teacher, Cailizarcs-Esgu&lt;rra

A

--·

say&gt; he tends to avoid the tragic nar·
rativ&lt;S that dominat&lt; tht fitld of
Latin American b.istoryand \nslnd
emphasize&gt; tbt rich. racial, social,
cultural and intellectual history of
the region.
:r.aJue interdisciplinary apprOaches," he says, "and shy away
from flattened and parochial na.rra·
tiv&lt;S that present Latin America as
a continent onto itst:U:'"

His S«ond book, " Nation and
Nat&gt;m: Nature Narrativts and Identities in Latin American History,
1500·1900," forthcoming from
Stanford Press, studies pictorial, literary and scientific narratives of
nature and how they relate to distinct regional and narionaJ identities of Latin America.
An artide by cailizares·Esguerra
in the February 1999 issue of llmm·
can Hisroriall Rn-iew, "New World,
New Stars: Patriotic Astrology and
the Construction oflndian and lliolc Bodies in Colonia] Spanish
America, l600-1650."furtberdtm·
onstral&lt;S his int&lt;rdisciplinary approach.
In November, th• pi&lt;ee .-.ceived
the Best Article Prize for 1999-2001
from tbt HistoryofSc:ieoaSociety's
Forum for the History of tbt Human Sciences at the HSS annual
convention.
Cailizan:s-Esguerra, currently on
leave at Harvard University, attended medical school in Quito,
Ecuador, and r~&lt;ived a master's
degree and doctoral&lt; in the history
of sciene&lt; from the Uni~ity of
Wisconsin at Madison.
BeforejoiningtbtUBhistoryfac·
ulty, he was assi5tant professor of
history at Illinois Stat&lt; University.

Faculty comment on Enron debacle
SOM profS say case will produce mistrust in employers, rethinking ofboards' role
BY JOHN DELLA CONTRADA
Reporter Contributor

N the wake of th~ En ron debacle, many Americans will
begin to q·ucstion how much
they trust their employers,
sars a School of Management fac ulty member who researches the
development and consequences of
trust in the workpl ace.
" I expect that a number of
people will re-evaluate their rela tionship with their company and
co nsider whether the trust th ey
placed in their leaders in the past
still is warranted," says Donald
Ferrin, associate professor of or·
ganization and human resources.
"It's the people who have even the
smallest suspicions about their own
Company who will be affected most
b}' the Enron situation," he adds.
Ferrin notes th ert" are several
factors that con tribute to the
breakdown of trust at co mp3nics.
The most damaging factor, he sars.
is the one perpetrated by Enron's
leaders hip: failing to meet the n pecta.tions of em ployees.
"Unmct expcctJtiun!&gt; lea t.J to a
breach in the pS)'Chological con·
tract be tween employe~ and ~m ­
ployer, which is definl·d as 'what

I

the comp.1ny owf.·s U), Jnd what \W

owe th~ com pan) .'" h l· -.ay ....
The hrcakdnwn of trust ha~ nh
\'iOU!! neg.lliV(' COI1SC&lt;Jlll'lll.:l'S f\ll
hoth l'lllplm'Cc .111&lt;1 t.'lllJ'lll\'l'f .... ulh

as poor job satisfaction and poor job
performance, says Ferrin. But, he
adds, the most under.-.ported result
of employee mistrust could be the
one that's most damaging 10 a company: a decline in what Ferrin caiJs
..organizational citizen behavior."
.. These are the duties that we
perform on the job that fall out ·
side of our formal job description ," he explains. " If you
think about it, much of

Ferrin's research points to several
ad ions and practices that promote
emploree trust in a company and its
leadership. The most inHuerltial is
" transformational leadership,"
where leaders gain trust by showing
concern a~d respect for emplop!e:..
Other key tru..o;; t-building factors
incl ude how much support a leader
has. or is perceived to ha\·e, within
an orgamz.ation and '"''hcther employees f&lt;elthey are treated fairly by
compan)' policy and in their pcr'&gt;OnaJ &lt;kaltng . . with their cmplo)'t'r.
Thl· fall of En ron also demon . . tratc:. that an inherl'nt managc111l~n t pmhh:m prcviou:.ly thought

to occur only among a company's
top managers aJso occurs within a
company's board of directors, according to two oth&lt;r SOM faculty
members specializing in strategic
management.
In En ron's case, the oxistence of
the .. agency problem" within its
board of directors is partly to
blame for the company's mismanagement and apparent unethical behavior,
say John Stephan
and
Harold
Star, assistant
professors of
management science and systems,
who are researching the
role of boards and CEOs in
setting corporate strategy.
"The agency probl&lt;m states that
because top managers are typically
not owners of a company, they
can' t be trusted to act in the best
interest of those who do own the
company-the shareholders," says
Stephan. "Boards of directors were
seen as a solution to the agency
proOiem because they have a legal
responsibility to protect and serve
the shareholders.
"But wh;n the Enron case illustrates is that the agency problem also
exists within a company's board of
directors," he adds ... Boards, too,
have incentives 116fto act in the best
interest of shareholders."

Sl'ephan and Star maintain that
the ag&lt;ncy ~roblcm at En ron and
other companies ofte.n is created
because the. CEO also serves as
chairman of tht company's board
o'r directors.
"Wittn th&lt; chairman is the CEO,
then thenatu~ofinformation that
go&lt;s to the board is oft&lt;n distorted,"
says Star. '"Making matters worse,
the CEO typically stacks the board
with cronies and supporters.
"As a result, the Oversight role of
the board is very easily co-opted
into a rubber stamp rol&lt;." h&lt; adds.
'"That was the c;as.c. at En ron."
The researchers predict the
Enron case will prompt a lot of rethinking about the role of the
board of directors and whether it's
better or worR for a board to own
shares of a company.
"The g&lt;neral feeling has been
that board members should own
shares if they are to rcpfesent the
sha/eholders," says Stephan. "But
what we' re learning from En ron is
that when board members own
shares, there's a disincentive to ask
the really to~:Jgh questions for fear
that those questions will driH•
down the stock prices."
Adds tar:"The scary thin~about
Enron isn't Enron. It's that ~ron
may be just the rip of the iceberg.
There are lots of companies who
have boards that are closing their
eyes to some prcuv shady practic~...

�January 31, 200~. 33. 18.15

5

Developing executive skills
PACE course helping MBA.s turn weaknesses into strengths

You may haYe JHn It on the- national news. Or you may ha,·ewit ~

By JOHN DlllA CONTaADA
Repoo&lt;r ContributO&lt;

Buffalo-metro impact, little wind, seasonable te.m~tures," with

OOTED in a Cold War
spy:traini~g program,

R

an rnnovauve course at

the School o( Manage·
,.;cnt is helping MBA stud&lt;nts develop intangible skills that ar&lt; the
difference between being a good executive or a great executive..
The threo-cr&lt;dit PACE {P&lt;rsonal
Achiev&lt;ment through Competency
Evaluation) course' is a challenging

ployees' skills, the School of Management is the on)y U.S. business

Brown's action plan requires her

school to offer students a formal

to seek out public-speaking opportunities, take initiative in directing

competency-building program, says

group assignments, encourage the

Newman, an expert on human-re-

conlributions of others and to focus
on meotingdeadlines To~ her
skills, Brown has taught a technology
course for Erie County Central Police Services, complet&lt;d a k:adership
course, enter&lt;d the MBA program's
Case CompaitiOn and has leam&lt;d
to be more appreciative of her dassmates' different leadership styles.
Her effort's arc augmented by bi -

source strategies.

..\\?went directly to corporate re-

cruiters and aslcal what skills they
most desire in their employees,"

semester-long program of self-im-

Newman explains. "Then we created
a program designed to~exactly
those skills in our MBA students."
Enrollment in the PACE course,
launched in I998, is compethive

provement dosign&lt;d to identify and

among the MBA students and is

transform students' personal weak-

growing in popularity. More than
IIQ studentsappli&lt;d for40spots in
the class this faU, with admission

ethics in the workplace, l eade~hip,

awarded to thoR students most

speaking.

dedicated to the goals of the pro·

" PACE is essentially a course
abo ut 'you' and your individual

nesses into strengths that will help
them land attractive jobs and excel

in their careers.
Thes&lt; traits-also called competencies-inciude communication
and leadership skills, team-building.
interpersonal and cultural sensitivity, initiative and proactivity. problem-solving and decision-making,
integrity and dtange management.

The originsofUB's PACE course
can be trac&lt;d to U.S. spy-training
programs of the 1940s that
equipped U.S operatives with skills
believed to be crucial to their success in the field, says PACE founder
Jerry M. Newman, interim de:ail of
the School of Management and
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Profossor in the Department of Organization and Human Resources.
A'-cording to Newman, competency training as a corporate tool was

pioneored in the 1950s by AT&amp;T,
which built assessment centers to
help its managers develop skills the
company had identified as common
to its best-pt.-rforming executives. •
Although many Je3ding corpora·
tions today usc competency assess·
ment and training to develop em-

weekJy PACE seminars on such
topics as multicultural sensitivity,
conflict management and public

gram and wiUing to undergo th~

intensive self-analysis required.
Students accq&gt;ted into the course
initiaUy participate in a series of individual- and group-assissment exercises to determine their skill levels. From those results, each student
produces an action plan for building proficiency in areas where he or

she is deficienL
The action plan of second-year
MBA student Alisa Brown, for c:x·
ample, emphasizes development of
communication and leadership skills,
as well as initiative and proactivity.
Shortcomings in these traits, she says,
affected her performa.nce as a project
manager at an architectural and en-

gineermg firm prior to enrollment in
the UB MBA program.
"At meetings, my ideas weren't

always heard," recalls Brown, who
currently is fie lding job offers in
operations management. "And I
think I could have better motivated
members of my team who weren't
mee~ing our objec6ves."

strengths and weaknesses as a manager and leader,• explains MuriPI
Anderson, PACE coordinator and
manager of student services for the
School of Management's Ca reer
Resource Center. "' lt requires stu·

dents to take a hard look at themselves and to follow diligently a measurable plan for imP.rovement;

According to Anderson, participation in PACE is a unique selling
point for students during job interviews because it shows they possess
skills and qualities most prized by
corporate recruiters.

Rick Steinberg. r&lt;gional leader for
human resources at Praxair. an industrial ga$es company, is impr&lt;SS&lt;d
with the abilities of UB PACE students. The forrUtlt 500 company
use.s a similar competency-based
model to cultivate its employees.
"PACE does an excellent job preparing students for the r&lt;al worldwhere sofi skills are absolutelycriti·
cal to succts.S.," Steinberg says.

Reproductive attitudes studied
By CHRtmNE VIDAL

ten to experience child abuse and

Contributing Editor

delayed physical development.
The study will use pe&lt;r resoarchers cposen from The Teen "Reality"
Thea tre Gruup, a program of
Planned Parenthood ofBuffulo and

ESEARCHERS from the
School of Social Work
are conduaing a study t_o
learn what is preventing
teen-age girls in Buffalo--which has
the highest rate of teen pregnancy

R

in New York State and one of the
highest in the natiqn-fTom taking
advantage of a rea reproductive _.

Erie County that brings sexuality
information and life issut5 to teens
through peer-created and -performed skits.

The concept of

health services.
"Girls in Charge: A Collaborative

using peer interviewers, Came ron

Approach to Assessing Perceived
Barriers in Reprod uctive Health
Care" is the first local program designed to learn about Buffalo gi rls'

said, is believed to
encourage open
communica ti on.
This research de-

services," Cameron said ... We want
to know the extent to which they

may have knowledge of what services are available and how these
services are perceived."
The girls' patterns of accessing
available reproductive health re ·

sources also will be explored.

•·~

ln addition toCameron,co-investi'Sators include
Howard Doueck,
professor, -and

~

j~

.
. . 1""' ., .
_ ....-~

Karen Randolph,
assistant professor,

both in the School
· of Social Work.
Students enroll&lt;d
in the School of
Social Work MSW

attitudes toward reproductive health
care, accord ing to Mack Cameron,
assistant professor of social work

signalsoisintended
to develop new

and one of the study's investigators.

interviewers that wiU be useful in
other areas of their lives, he added.

atcs. Susan Peimer,assistant dean for

neighborhoods "wi th alarmingly
high rates of teen pregnancy," said
Ca meron.

Faculty members from the School
of Social Work will work with girls

development at the School of Social
WorkandapastpresidentofPianned

from the theater group to de\-elop a

Parenthood of Buffalo and Eric

The neighborhoods identified for

survey and teach them theskills th&lt;')'

County, serws as a consultant. The

th e study. consisting primarily of
low· inconu• ho usehold s, have an
average teen- pregn ancy rate of
212.9 per I,()()(), which is among the
high est rates in the United States.
Studies ha\•e found that teen
mothers often suffer scvcre economic
.md socia l difficulties , Ca meron
noted. In addition, children of tl'Cn
n others h;wi.' hcen fnW1d mon" of-

will need to conduct interviews.
Peer researchers will ask girls from

project is being conducted in conjunction with Planned Parenthood

five Buffulo neighborhoods qu&lt;'S·

ofBuffuloand Erie County, and Buffalo Panners linking to Address Adolescent Ne&lt;ds (BPLAAN).
The study is fund&lt;d b)• a grant

The study will focus on Buffulo

on,_, pregnM&gt;&lt;y-

~~~~

tions regarding their understanding
and heli efs about reproduc tive health serv i ce.~. and what might prevent them from usHlg. thoscserviccs.
"\\'('want to learn the girls' un derstandings, beliefs and anitudc.·!-t
aboutt ht.' use of reproductiw hc.·ahh

~~-~­

grams will serve as research associ -

from \ VNY Women's Fund, a group
dedicated to add ressing fundamen·
tJII ~ ucs of concern to women and
girls m \\'estern New York.

nessed it first-hand-Bald Eagle, "an epic torm, multiple day, heavy
maximum snowfalls record&lt;d from Lake Erit at Buffalo of81.6" and
from Lake Ontario at M~ntague of 127". (This season's lake-effect
storms are named after birds. , .he staff at the National Y.'e.a ther Service office at BuffaJo has thr honor o~lecting tbc actual namn.)
Go to the NWS site at: &lt;http:/ / tgP.s.nwJ.no•a.go•/er/buf/

l•keffect/l•ke0102/ b/ stormb.html &gt; for a summary of the
storm's details, radar and sa te.Oite images., and photographs of drr

events. Follow the entire 2001-02 lake-effect season at the Buffalo
NWS office site at &lt;http:// 'Z$JS.1S6.S4.206/ er/ buf/ Wceffect/01 02.html &gt;.
It may be hard to believe, but 2002 marks the 25th anniversary of
the Blizzard of'77. The 1976-77 winter had the greatest snowfall for
one season with 199.4", burying the old rocord of 126.4" in 1909-10.
It was also a year of brutally cold temperatures, with the period of
Dec. 26, 1976, through February 1977 marked by 45 consecutive
days of below-freezing temperatures.
The Blizzard of '77 began on )an. 28. Wind gusts of up to 69 mph

were r&lt;eord&lt;d in Buffalo (75 mph in Niagara Falls). Rapidly changing
temperatures were reponed throughout the 2SU', beginning when the
temperature rose from five degrees at midnight to26degroesby I I a.m.
As wind gusts rose from 29 to 49 mph and visibility became zero, the
tempera tor&lt; plumJ'I1&lt;l&lt;d from 26 degroes to zero in just over four hours,
and wind-chill fuctors reached bone-chilling ranges of 50 to 60 degrees
below zero. Interestingly, snow accumulations in the Buffalo area were
only around 12 inches (much thought tohavecomefrom existingsoow
lying on the frou:n surface'of Lake Erie), though snow drifts from the
wind buri&lt;d many houses. By storm's end, 29 people had been killed
and 20 animals at the Buffulo Zoo died. Details on the storm, meteorological animations (see how far we have progr&lt;SS&lt;d in 25 yeus), photographs, stories and more are found at the 25th anniversary Web site at
&lt;http://20S.1S6.S4.206/er/ buf/bllzurcl/blldndex.htmll&gt;.
To keep ab reast of the latest news, trends and happenings about
climate and meteorology, visit the Science and Enginee:ring Library

Climate and Weather Page at &lt;http:/ / ubllb.buff•lo.edu/ lll&gt;&lt;•rles/unlb/iel/sources/dlm.otewuther.html&gt;. SEL also maintains
a Web site devot&lt;d to "Global Climate Change: U.S. Resoarch and
Policy" at &lt;http:// ubllb.buff•lo.edu/llbr•rles/ unlts/ sel/ blo/
ecO&lt;h•nge.html &gt;. Gary Ciszewski of the Mildr&lt;d B.lake Library in
the Ellicott Complex has compi led an outstanding "Meteorology
Guide: Resources for Meteorological Students" at &lt;http :/ I
members.aol.com/ gnJharkfan/ meteor.htmJ&gt;.
-hoed Stou, UnfYrflhy Llbronts

BrieD
((Network New York" opens doors
To Jet""ft the career needs of its students in a poor national job market, the School of Management organized a networking session with

more than 30 well-placed UB alumni employ&lt;d in New York City for
75 of its MBA and bwiness-administration students earlier this month.
The idea behind " Network New York" was to give students a chance
to co nsult with alumni from 25 top New York City firms like Kraft

Foods, Merrill Lynch, NBC, Prudential. Ernst &amp;Young and Andersen.
Held at the Manhattan headquarters of Andersen, located on the
Avenue of the Americas, the event included resume-critiquing sosions with alumni and "realist ic job previews" of various careers and
industries.
· .. Reaching out to influential alumni is one way to generate opportunities in a tight job market ," said tvent organizer Michael Paolini,
associate director of the School of Management's Carter Resource
Center... This was n't meant to .be a recruitment event, but we are
hoping it will open doors for our students."
In addition to job advice, the students got a primer on living in
New York City. UB alumni Ca rlos Rey Martin, vice presi dent of fi nance at BBVA Bank in ew York, and Paul Houghton , a senior associate at Andersen , provided pointers on apartment hunting. subway riding and safety precautions after dark.
.. These things are second nature to New Yorkers. but they can be
tri cky for newcomers," explained Martin.
Andersen donated space for the evenr in recogni tion of the mam·
UB gradua tes the company has hired over the years. Andersen part ·
ncr Gary KoSter, a UB alumnus. was an organizer of the event.

''Asia at Noon" sets first lecture
The Asl•n Study Progr•m 's first ..Asia a1 Noon .. bro"•n -bag lun..:-h
gathering of the semester will take place from noon to I p.m . IO ·
morrow in 280 Park Hall, orth Ca mpus .
Michael Frisch. professor of history, \\' ill discu~s "The Prob"'tm ·
atic Past and Promising Future of American Studies in A .. IJ: Report
on a Recent Visit to Japan .md Korea ...
· The convenerwill br Ruth Mc rerowitz, professor 1n th e Crntcr
for the Americas.

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UB vok•nologlsts •re using •dv.nced technologies to help Ateguwd popua.tt.ts

Hazard maps mitigate volcani~ risk
11J I!I.UN COI.DaAUM
C...tributing Edilor

OLCANOLOGISTS at
UB, leaden worldwide
1n using advanad tech·
nologies to safeguard
populations from dangerous geologic events, are pioneering the automation of the time-consuming
and experuive proa:ss of devdoping volcanic hazard maps.
They presented their newest hazard
map. developed b the volcano Pia:J
de Orizabo, Mexioo's highest moun·
tain,eartiertbis month in Mexia&gt; City
with theiroollabor.!tonat UNAM, the
National University of Mexia&gt;.
This is the third such hazard map
of a Mt:xican volcano d......Joped by
Micbad F. Sheridan, professor of geology, and ooUt:agucs usirJsoomputer
simulations oC volcanic phenomena.
It was developed applying ad·
vanctd remott·sensing te&lt;hniques
that allow scientists to identify -.Jr.
zones in the volcano's surface.
Hazard maps are a primary tool
of government agencies in determining how to plan for potentially
dangerous geologic events, but re·
lying primarily on traditional methods, such as fieldwork, to constl')lct
them is extremely time-consuming
and expensive.
By combining state-of-the-art
technologies with romputer simulations that illustrate where and how
past eruptions and mudslides occurred at the volcano. scientists are
able to much more quickly and accurately get detailed hazard maps
into the hands of the ollicials charged
with kreping their citizens safe.

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engineering. gave an invited
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detailed look at which rommunities
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events at the 1&lt;0lcano, ranging from
landslides and mudflows to full·

scale eruptions.
The nearest laqje city to Pia:J de
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population o( nearly 2 million and is
located just60 miles from the volcano.
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Devdoped in close C9nnection
with local civil-protection authorities, the hazard map for Pico de
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remote .sen.sing using advanced
spectral-sensing technologies.
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cano were limited to displaying only
.. worst case• scenarios, this one re-veals three levels of hazard, based on
their probability-those that are the
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which occur nearest to the volcano's
crater; less frequent but larger
evtnts, and the largest, least frequent
and least dangerous events, which
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multaneoosly on 224 """'*chan·
ods, an improYanent 10 dramatic
that Sheridan It tint a&gt;Uid hardy
bdieYt the modinp..
"I CX&gt;Uidn't bdi&lt;Ye)'OU aiuld iden·
tify just a pa=t or two of day in an
area the size oC a lDolboll 6dd. i:&gt;r
aample. but it turns out that with
this technology, )'OU an,"buaid.

&lt;fix.(

Bernard Hubb&amp;rd, furmer UB
toral andidate, and their oolleagu&lt;s
at UNAM,IedbyDonte~uoed
a NASA-devdoped kdmologycalled
AVIRIS (Airborne V'ISiblellnfrared
lltJagiJI8 Spec:trom&lt;ter) to det«:t ,....
moldy alteml rodr.
::Jj~~ and other pofmlialJy
daogerous features
on volcanoes that
cannot be detected
easily through traditionalliddwork.
The !m50I'S are Jo.
cated on a small air·
plane and collect
highly
detailed
data-224 cbannds
of spectral da12 for
every piJd,r&lt;pRSmt·
inga 100-yanlsq~
on the ground
The technology
has allowed the UB resean:her&gt; to devdop an incredibly detailed, and pre·
viouslyunavailable,pictureofthesta·
bility-or insmbility-of a 1&lt;0lcano's
surfuce.
"When we use our eyes to look at
theeartb's surfuce,weareseeingonly
within. a w:ry narrow range of the
visible spectrum," e~plained
Sheridao. "But eoJerY mineral reflects
its own unique spectrum of peaks
and valleys that allows us to detect
key mineral signatUres in the infra.
ll'd spectrum or beyond."
Until very recently, standard re·
mole-sensing technologies only
could provide such geologic signa·

~mSheridm.IIEJli"''D&lt;r
o( day or .wfur-boaring mineral iu
poasible indication o(a weobone,an

area that could potmtiaiJy iniliak a
slide that could present • da!Jeer to
local populations, especially in the
eomtt o( a major rainstorm.
"Thes&lt; -.Jr. areas can lubricate
the fractures tbat exist inside each
volcano, potentially causing an
eomtl o( major magnitude, such as
causing a whole side of a volcano to
just slide off, as happened at ML SL
Helens,• he explained.
The spectral dati also m.:aled that
in some cases at Pia:J de Orizabo, the
rock has been oompktdy alu.ed by
hot acid solutions that circulate
throughout the volcano. potentially
weakming areas deep within it, as
wdl as at its surfaa.
While such c;liscoveries sound
alarming at first, Sheridan noted that
they are deq&gt; rock alterations, probal&gt;ly present fo some extent in all volcanoes; it is just tbat the tec:hnoJo.
gies that allowed such a preci2 pic·
ture only recently became awilable.
"It's not that nature is surprising.
it's that we are surprised when we
discover another pitu that helps to
explain how it all works," he said.

Trauma memories increase drug cravings
UB research findings highlight importance of treating PTSD, abuse.concurrently
BY LOIS BAKER
Contributing Editor

.OST-traumaticst ressdisordcr (PTSD ) increases

P

craving in drug abusers
diagnosed with both con·
ditions,confirming the need to trea t
the conditions simultaneously, the
first laboratory st udy of the two dis·
orders has shown.
Research drawing that conclusion, fed by Scott F. Coffey, assistant
professor of psychiatry in the School
of Medicine and Biomedical Sci·
ences. appears in the currrnt issue
of Drug and Alcohol Depentkna.
"We know from expericna: that
drug abusers with PTSD do poorly

in treatment," Coffey said, .. but
many providers of substancr-abuse
treatment are reluctant to treat
YI'SD bccaUSt it's such an emotionally charged condition. Common
practia: is to treat the drug abuse
and then the PTSD.
"But if the PTSD symptoms are
in part driving the subst~ abuse,
asking a patient to get off drugs before treating th e PTSD is kind of
unfair,"' he said. "We don't do that
with drug abusers with depression
or schizophrenia; we treat the two
disorders concurrently. Hopefully,
this Sludy will encourage treatment
providers to address drug abuSt· and
PTSD at the samt· time."

It's estimated that as many as 40
percent of substance abusers suffer

their neutral imagery cue.
In addition, interviewers dis -

from PTSD, he said.
Coffey, a specialist in drug abuse
and PTSD, conducted the research
with colleagues at the Medical Uni·
versity or South Carolina. The investigators used a laboratory- based
approach called ..cue reactivity," in
which su_bjects are exposed to
stimuli designed to remind them of
a particular event or situation in'
order to monitor their responses.
The study involv&lt;d 30 cocainedependent and 45 aloohol-depen·
dent participants, all of whom also
suffered from PTSD resulting from
a physical or sexual attack. All par·
ticipants wert in treatment for their
substance dependence, and were
drug-free at the time of the study,
but reported wing their drug of
choia: within the past '60 days.
During the initial interview, re·
searchers asUd participants to describe their worst trauma in full detail. 'with the participants' permis·
sion, this infonnation was used in ·
an audiotaptd narrative that would
~rve as the trauma-imagery cue
during the laboratory session.
Each participant also rated five

cussed participants' drug of choitt,
"!'d used the information to develOp
individualized drvg cues: for the cocaine abusers, a crack pipe and bag
of simulated crack oocaine; for the
alcohol abusers, a glass of the pre·
ferred alcoholic beverage. along with
the bonk itself. Wood chips served
as the neutral "drug" cue for all par·
ticipants.
Each laboratory session began
with a urine drug screen and questionnaire on which participants re·
ported their current te.d of craving.
Rrtiring to a sound-proof booth,
subjects underwmt four presenta·
tions of imagery and drug cues:
trawnaimageryfoUowedbyadrug
cue, neutral imagery £oUow.d by a
drug cue,nauma imagery foUowed
by a neutral rue and neutral imag·
ery followed by a neutral cue.
•·
Participants listened to the imagery """rdings through earphones
with eyes dosed and ...,.. asUd to
continue to imagine the scene and
experien&lt;:c the emotions as vividly
as possible. When a buzzer signaled
them to open their eyes. they were
confrontedbyadrugornrutralcue.
Participantsratedtheiraavingand
otber responses on a romputerized
questionnaire immediately following
each imagery-drug presentation.

standard neutral audio narratives
for pleasantness and emotional
arousal. The script that participanis
rated closest to neutral was used as

R&lt;sults showed, not unexpectedly,
that craving increased significantly
when participants we.re presented
with trauma imagery and when par·
ricipants weu presented with cues
related to their substancr of choice.
"From our research with trauma
victims, we know that intrusive
trawna memories are very upoctting
to patients, and now ""' ba.. shown
that these trauma memory-induad
negativeemotionsin=aseaavingin
suhstanceabuomwith PTSD,"Coffey

said. "These findings add support 10
our oontention tbat ..., na:d to tn:at
the two disorders at the same time."
This first iiMstiga.tion involving
parallel experiments with cocaine
and alcobol abusers also turned up
unexpected findings. be .said. ."~
predicted that oocaine abusenwould
ba..significantlyhigberaavingtban
alcobolabusers,baledonourknowledge of cocaine's effects. But we
found that people with alcohol &lt;lependence reported much higher
craving than oocaine abusers when
thinlcing about their trauma.•
Coffey said this finding makes
sense in hindsight. "PTSD iS an aoxi·
:ty disorder. It makes penpk he·
come aroused, so th'fy are much
more likely to need an anxiety·reducing drug, like alcohol, than a
stimulant, like cocaine, which would
increase the arousal."

�UB MBAs "infiltrate" Perry's
.,. JotiN DIUA C:OHT'RAD.A
RtpOfttr Contributor

JNESS. isn't always
moolh in the iu cram
ustry. &lt;Mr the past 20
years. nearly I .200 companies iJavt, dosed th&lt;ir doon,leaving
just a- 400 6rms to rompete for
space in Ama'ica's frttur.
To survive and grow in Jhis rompcti!M rnarl&lt;d, Perry's Ju Cream
Co. of Akron, N.Y. boast&amp;
ing-sd&lt;etion of nearly I00 different
ftavo~d a management roster
of &lt;ight MBAs from the UB School
of Management.
Leading the cha.ri!es is company
president and CEO, Robcn Denning.
Prior to assuming the helm of the 83yoar-old family-owned business in
2000, Denning groomed himsdf for
the position byoompleting UB's chal-

an""""·

longing Extcutive MBA (EMBJ.)
program: Under Denning's leadership, Perry's bas launched an aggressiw: plan to gain gr&lt;att:r mari&lt;et share
by d~loping new products, expanding its markel mach and by
"professionalizing" the company's
management systems and processes.
"As a fourth -generation family
6rm in the later otap of its entrepren&lt;Urial origins, W&lt;'re challenged
to advance and upgr.odeour'""""'!"'
roent systems and enhanu our a-all spirit of professionalism," says
Denning. 36, who began his career
at Perry's more than 20 yoan agn.
"My MBA bas given m&lt; a fr&lt;sh
sot of eyestoevaluateth&lt;oompany's
place in th&lt; market and direct its
futu~" Denning says. "Symbolically,
it has helped us s« ounelves as a
professional enterprise.•

Aa:ording to Denning. fivt to 10
)Ult"'J&gt;anMBA ~was optional
for senior-level '""""~!~"'at Perry'o.
Expaiencr in the industry was valued
mDr&lt; than ~tsavvy.
That attitude bas changed.
Today, five m&lt;mbers of the
co"'pany's nine-penon &lt;xecutive
ttani possess UB MBA degrees, indudingDenning'sEMBAdassmates
Larry l.aDuca, viet president ofsales,
and Scott Terhaar,direc:toroffinanu.
Other VB MBAson the tucuti""
team include Dave M.erreU, vice

president of hunian reso~r&lt;:es, and
Kris Ryan, direct.or of marketing.
Rounding out the company's UB
MBA roster are l.atm1 Coner, brand
manager; Jodi Wiechec, human reso urce generalist, and Kevin
Thomson,· manufacturing t~am
leader, who was himi a month ago.

TheMail
crosswalks.
• When making a tum, take a last
look for pedestrians and bicyclists.
. • Watch out for pedestrians when
backing up in parking lots.
·• Use extra caution when driving at nighL Pedestrians are very difficult to see in the dark.
• In foul weather, remember that
your stopping distance is incmased.
• Be patient when an older adult
or a physically cballmged penon is
crossing at an intersection.

Sinurely,
....... Grole
Dk&lt;ctcw ol Public Sal&lt;ty

Ad-hoc Chair. Pmonol5of&lt;ty

Committ«

caution that the new system is far

fessor of pharmaceutical sciences;
Murali Ramanathan, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences,

storage space.
"'It's not just this huge amount of

more than just a fantastically large

storage. It's high-performance storage that enables large amounts of
data to be moved around and accesse.d quickly and easily,"' said
Straubinger.

Zhang pointed out that in addi~ extremely reliable-another prerequiRaj Acharya, now at Penn State)
site for storing such vast amounts
of data, since losing so much data
• Data management (Zhang)
By the end of the five~yoar grant,· would be catastrophic for any r&lt;:UB will have a total of 20 terabytes search proj&lt;et.
tion, the new system will

of computer storage space. A single

"Data is writcen in multiple

terabyte is I million megabytes.
Twenty terabytes is approximat&lt;ly
the same amount of storage found
in 1,000 PCs, although researchen

plaus in the system, so that a hardware failure won't result in data

loss," she said.
The new infrastructure also will

facilitat&lt; the kind of romputational
resoar&lt;:b mjuired by these emerging
disciplines.
"In ph3..(macogenomics, for a ample, there is a tremendous need
for computational research focused'
on analysis of the kinds of data we
generate, with the objective of better understanding the mechanism of
drug action or how cells and tissues

respond 10 drugs.• said Straubinger.
Zhang. whose expertise is in database. management and data min -

ing, is working wfth other UB researchen to devdop just those tools.
Having these machines on campus.
she aplained,- will enable UB computer scientists to bq9n tode...dop the
data analysis and visualization systans
that will mak.e~with such Jarse
data sets mor&lt;: dlicienL

FSEC

abltportion ofUB's student population, and who, according to Gold,
had been "excused from math and
writing mjUirements under the current gen ed program. "Tha(s ended"
under the new program, he said,

adding, "We have to be careful not
to lose these transfer students in

The Golden
~on

Rashes.-.
t.::me

l:heir

court

~they-_,

43 ol the last
47pmes.hkanlnaediblet0
"""""~(IQ.d.ll)

and shot. remarltable 63 percent
fromthefieldlnthe~hallto
take I 48-17 tead It intermiss.kn

The Bulls recrouPOd In the
second hall and were~ by
just 1M! pcina (42-37) In the final
20 ......... despite ao1nc 2.af- I I
from behind the throe-point arc.

en ·s.....oay.senlo&lt;'l.ouis

Compbell scorod 26 poincs but ;,
wasn't~ lor the e.lls.u
- .. Nonhwestem defeated us.
63-57, before a crowd ol6.119 In

UB 50, NOrthern Illinois 39
UB 64, Akron SO
U8 Wpped a pair olimpon&gt;nt
st:reakswicha~

~39 win at Non:hem

ltlinois:

~In aM~
Conlortnce battle on jan. 23.

us """'" a three-pme loslnc

set
MAC Indoor

Chmlplanships when he

s;:.::-......,d
• -.,ber d the Kent

-

lheWIII181'sJI!Wn team tool&lt;
three lndiwilbll ewntsfor the
Buls in their MAC IJi.meet
Satunav 1g11nst Ban state
and BoWling Green.
BrankOYSicy won the 200
butterfly, ., that she
had not competed in this
season, in 2:07.&lt;41, UB's top
time in the &lt;liCe this year. She
also won the 200 breaslstrolce
in 2:25.01 and the -400
indillidual medey in 4:34.42.
The Bulls defeated Bowfing
Green, 209-90, but fell to host
Ball State, 150-1&lt;49.

streak In the MAC and also scored
Its lint win O'l'el"' the Huskies in four
meet1np since ~ the
confe&lt;ence In the I996-99 .....,.., The win wu had coodl Cheryl Ocmer's
60th ,.,_. .tcto&lt;y. and the )9 poincs .,.. the -

dw -

-

-

In a

prne sinal a 63-27...,"'"' Or.! Roberts durirc dw 1997-98 season.
US recumod home on S.....tay as ]urD' Kate~ tied her
,.,_. """ with 26 poincs and sophomore jessica IC.ocnendorie&lt; had. I 8 poincs
to create a formJcbble lnsJde..ouWde c:ornbNdon chat propeled the 8uls to a
64-so win.,.,. vlsJtio&amp;Akron.The win....,. the Bulls' MAC AICOr'd at 4-4 and
~ their O¥W&gt;It AICOr'd "'9- to.

Wre~lin~
Kent State 21, UB 9
-VJrclnla 26, UB 6
US lost • MAC dual ,_at l&lt;ont Sute on Friday ni&amp;t'&lt; by a 28-9 score.The
throe - · ¥lctories _ , pooud by Gary Cooper (174), Garrett Bontempo

""'tD

• Gene-expression data analysis
(Raben Straubinger, associat&lt; pro-

Concerns also were expressed
about how the changes will aff&lt;et
transfer students who make up a siz-

It,.,........., U, UB 57

(1 84) and~ Cemnra (197).
U8 then
llll&gt;nrbdWestV!rp on Soantoy by al6-6 score. ue
wrestlers~ wins lncblod a..'obomeos (llS) and Brion saalr (133~

Data storage
c-u...~,._,...,

sponded when asked by Gold and
Grant not to announce the·gen ed
changes to students in her class.

Noo

The dropped • 91-53 deqsion
"' Kont Sate _ . . a crowd al
4, In at the MAC. c..-- In Kent, •
Ollloonjan.l2.

WOMEN' S

To the Editor.
I am writing this letter on behalf of blun vision. Call a cab if necessary.
the Penonal Safety Committ.;. to
• When walking after da(k. carry a
heighten awareness about pedestrian· flashljght and wear retro-reftective
safety on campus. More people die materials that outline the human Conn
each year in pedestrian accidcnLS
• In foul weather (rain orsnow),
than by drowning. fires or poison. Yet, allow extra tim&lt; and distance for a
pedestrian safety often is &lt;Mrlook.ed. ~~dUde to stop. Do not let umbrelA walk across the su.et does not las or jacket hoods block your view
need to be an invitation to danger. of approaching traffic.
By taking precautions and learning
• Always look left-right -left
some basic safety guidelines, one can whenever and wh......,. you cross.
make it safely to the other side of the Keep looking left-right-left until you
street. Pedestrians should remember: havt finished crossing.
on..,.. should remember:
• A.lways cross the street in
marked crosswalks.
• Yield to pedestrians at cross• Stay away from traffic after walks and rome to a complete stop.
drinking alcohol or when taking if necessary.
medication that causes diuiness or
• Do not pass ~~dUdes stopped at

• Data visualization (Ashim
Garg, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, and

Kent State 9 I, UB Sl

AlumriArena.

Committee offers tips about pedestrian safety

and Norma Nowak, director of the
DNA Microarray Facility operated
by RPCI and the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences)

- ·s

implementing the program."
"The ~fer issue is worrying
everybody," Grant agreed.
He noted that UB hadn't "been
particularly successful in serving the
needsoftransferstudents,"butadded
that the uni..rsity would remain the
choice for students transferring from
area oommunity colleges.
Grant said that students with degrees from oommunity co1kges had
recei&gt;-.d waivrni from general education mjUiremcnts in the past, and aJ.
though every SUNY president wrote

in favor of oontinuing tho5e waivers,
SUNY l'nMlot PetaSalins had oot )"(
responded to their request.
Under the revisions in the general
education program, students will
have to dernonstrat&lt; proficiency in a
second language, although the language mjWmnent bas been dropped
from three semesten to two. The required number of math and science
oounes also will be dropped from
two semesters each to just one, with
an additional course in language,
math or sciena also required.

lnooor trac~ ann fielo
Squads post ltrOnJ performances at UB, Bucknell opens
US homod the UB Open on Friday ni&amp;t'&lt; In Alumni Arena. aod althoulh there
wu no team sc~ the Bolls postal lmp&lt;'essM! ......oen.
The women _ , 14 ol the I 7 contested ...,..., Scphomo&lt;e Fokh Thompson

wu the lone Sui "' win two lr&lt;IMduaJ ........, taldrc dw """ put with • ""' al
42.0.50 (ll.Bim), and the-w.&lt; throw with a howe o/51-4.25 (15.70m~
· The men tool&lt; nine ol !flo 17 ._....The &amp;Its posted two double-wlnnen,
indudinc freshman sprinter Brian Weinstein in the 55-meur dash (6.85) and the
lOCHneter clash (ll.86). Distance spocbllst Joel Beatty_, the 800 meters
(2:05.67) and mile run (+.30. 12).Joe Loiacono set a school reconl by w1m1n1
the shot put with a toss ol 53-4.50 (t6.27m).
s.-.1 squad rnernben panldpated at the 8ucl&lt;nell Open In lewisburz,
Penn.. on SaGJrdoy. Meapn Ropn placed third In the penuthlon with 3.145
points, with ........... Katie i..o¥e taldrc ·
. fo&lt;- the men, Byron McKinney brol&lt;e Lookono~ day-old shot put rocon1.
wmln&amp; dw eYOnt with a &lt;x&gt;ss ol 53-tO.SO.Tlrn Dance_, the 55-meur clash In

6.50.Joe Oari&lt; GJmed In the fastest 50tHneter drne olthe ,_with a 1:03.1!4.

Swimmin~
MEN'S

UB ll7, 11owllnJ Green 109
Ball State Ill, UB 54
UB split a MAC·trH1-. Sa....tay -..con.~ 11owi1nz Gr-.. 127-109,
but falrc to host llal5al&gt;o,183-54. U8 b . - 3-3 ownl and l-21n the MAC:
The Buls' lono .tcto&lt;y ol dw , _ wu In dw ....... the 800-lreo .....,,
The fo;&gt;ursomo ol Jan 'larJer,Tony l.laucbs. Dustin Hul and Alan Low. autllowllnz Gr-.~ foursome by
with
al7:17. 19. '

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a- a'

UB l09,8owllnJ Green 90
Ball State ISO, UB 149
By the siWnmest ol ............ US just missed a . _ ollts MAC tJi.meet oplnst
Ball Sute and 8owllnc c.....The Bulls loll a point short aldefoatinc the host
Cardinals. I ~ t 49, but knoclaed off the Folcons.209-'l0. US ;, . - 4-2 ownJt

and 2-2 1n MAC cornpedtion.
us freshman jonnefor 8nnlcoYsky """'throe lndMdual ...... lor the Bulls.
wlnnif1c the 200 butterfly In 2:0Hl,the 200 bouststrolo! In l:lS.Ol and d'oll400
lndMdual medley In 4:34.42. l&gt;bby DeiQ placed - In badcstTOioe -Ia.
taldrc the 100 In 59.64 and the 200 In 2:07.90.
US's freshman andem oiTracy Hoo.or and KJm LaHoyo also swept the
d!Yin&amp;t~

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Q&amp;A: Lou Schmin rewunts how
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by Mark Hamister, president
of the Buffalo Niagara
Partnership, announces SSO
million in state and S150
million in private funding
for the Buffalo Center of
Excellence in Bioinformatics
during a visit to Buffalo on

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Center ofexcellence sees pledges ofstate, federal, private funding of$200 million
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ences at the molecular level.
The center is a natural progresITH pledges of sion of the pioneering work that the
state, federal and center's major ~ partnenprivate funding to- UB, Roswell Park Canoer lristituu.
laling more than and Hauptman-Woodward Medical
$200 million, the Buffalo Center of Research lnstitut~ heel doExcdlcnce in Bioinformatics-a ing for years.
collaborative dfort involving New
On Dec. 6, Gov. George E.
York State, industry partners and Pataki-wbo first propooed the= academic institutions that promises ter a year ag&lt;&gt;-travded to Buffalo
to transform the Western New York to announce SSO million in State
economy-has taken a major step funding and more than SISO miltoward becoming a reoility.
lion in private sector funding.
The center will merge high-end
The next day, U.S. Rep. Tom
technology, including supercom· Reynolds announced a S3 million earputing and visualization, with ex· mark in the House~ ofthe d&lt;pcrtise in genomjcs, proteomics, fense appropriation bill. U.S. Sen.
and bioimaging to foster advances· Hillary Rodham Ointon worked hard
in science and heahh ca re. An to supplement this earmark in the Senemerging discipline, bioinformatics ate, and on Dec. 2l,she and Reynolds
uses the power of supercomputers announced $3.1 million in funds from
to interpret data in the biological sci- two separate Congressional approContributing Editor

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priations, providing important startup costs for the initiative.
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The Buffalo Center of Excellence
in Bioinformatics is an integral part
of Pataki's plan to develop centers
of exce:Uence across the state to harness the strengths of universities and
the private sector to create strategi-

gilly targeted high-technology a:nters of innovation, all aimed at spurring economic development and

creating jobs.
During the past year, the center
has attracted funding from major
national corporations.
In addition to the "'initial install-

ment" ofSSO million from New York
State, Pataki .noted the following
commitments in software, hardware, venture ca pital, cash and
equipment lo date from th~ industry partners:
• Veridian will contribute $62.5

million
8 Compaq has pledged $42.6
million
8 lnformax will provide $20.8

million
8 A group of Western New York
busineSses is inv&lt;Sting S15 million
• Stryker Communications is providing $7 J. million to cmou. a rommunications network for the center
8 Dell Computer Corp. aod Sun
Microsystcms Inc. together""' providing more than SI million
Other

partners

include

Invitrogen Corp., Q-Chem, SGI,
Amersham Pharmacia Biotech,
AT&amp;T, Wyeth Lederle, Human Genome Sciences, Inc. and the Alfred
P. Sloan Foundation
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New )'ork State and the industry and
academic partners, Pataki said, will

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UB leads SUNY in _R&amp;D expenditures
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HE universi ty ranks
among New York State's
top coUeges and universities-both public and

private--when it comes to expenditures for research and development, according to the New York

State Oflia: of Science, Technol.ogy
and Academic Research (NYSTAR).
UB spends the most on research
of any \mit in the SUNY system, according to NYSTAR.
With $187,692,0CXJ in research and
devdopment expenditures in 199920CXJ, UB ranks fourth bdiind Cornell
and Columbia universities and the
University of Rochester, and ahead of
Stony Brook and Albany, which rank
sixth and IOth, respectively.

Provost Eli1.abeth D. Capaldi said
UB's ranking .. reflects the quality
and hard work of our facult y."
" Research granb are highly com-

petitive; she added, "and that UB

kinds of job-creating technologies.
Just last month, Gov. George Pataki
announced that the Buffalo Center
of Excellence in Bioinformatics, in
highest levels."
which UB is the lead academic partNYSTAR based its ranking on a ner, would go forward with SSO milreport released recently by the Na- lion in state funding and .S I SO miltiona1 Sciencr Foundation on aca - lion in private-sector funding. Sen.
demic research-and-development Hillary Rodham Ointon and Rep.
Thomas Reynolds recently anspending nationwide.
Total amounts foc each institution . nounced$3.1 million in federal funds
included federal, state and local fund- to support the center's start-up costs.
ing,as well as institution funds, includU!stspring,Patakialsoannounced
ing institutionally financed research not only the return to Buffalo of a
and unreimbursed indirect rosts and Center for Advanced Technologyrelated sponsored research.
a partnership between UB and
"There is a significant amount of Roswdl Park Cancer Institute-but
critical research and development be- also a totalof$25 million in NYSTAR
ing done in NewYork,"said Russdl W. funds for three projects. The most
Bessette, executive director of substantial of those was $15.3 milNYSTAR. "Innovations made on Cllll- lion allocated for the establishment
pus todayevenntallywill tum into job- byUB,RPCI,Hauptman-Woodward

(STAR)CenterforDiseascModcling
and Therapy Disa&gt;vtry.
An additional $8 million in
NYSTAR fundjng was awarded to
UB's lnstituu. for Lasers, Photonics
and Biophotonics, part of a $14 million information t«hnooo8r research
center awarded to the Rochester lnstituu.of1&lt;chnology,whilcresearchmal UB's tndustry/UnivcrsityCenteron Bioswf.lc&lt;salso ~fund­
ing propooed at S1.5 million as part
of the New York Envi&lt;onmental
Quality S~ Center established
at Syracuse University.
UB also significantly bolstered its
efforts in technology transfer and
economicdevdopment with the ereation this past summer of a new Office of Science, Technology Transfer
and Economic Outreach, headed by
Roh&lt;.'Tli. Genco, vice provost, SUNY

creating technologies of tomorrow."
Majordevelopmcrttsat US during
the past year have emphasi7A-d these

DistinguishcdProfcssorandchairof

does so well attests to the excellence
of our science and the dedication of
our faculty in compe ting at th e

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great job in roping with the sevtte
weather we recently enduml. As
evtry&lt;&gt;ne is awate. this weather situ·
ation challengtd us for several days.
including Christmas Day. I men·
lion that because many people in
the university community may not
be aware that the Facilities Op.,-a·
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heating. ventilating and air conditioning; utility services; grounds
ca re; custoclial services, and all the
support services required to keep
these operations functioning. such
as vehicles, fuel and materials support. Keep in mind that many students live on campus year round.
The dedication and teamwork of all
the individuals involved in these
processes .worked effectively during
this snow ttnergency. Many people
worked double shifts to acromplish
their goals , filling in for fellow

workers who couldn't get to the
univtrsity due to weather conditions. Many !laff members bravely
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arise during the year. This summer,
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dectrial powerronstraints. In gen·
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on capital-renewal efforts on a
number of building systems-

roofs are just a part of what we
have been addressing during recent yea~s. And, yes. you are correct. The recent upgrading and
renewal of many roofing systems
on campus certainly are of great
benefit during storms and subsequent tha""'&lt;onditions. The continued attention to .capital renewal, plus the preventive maintenance I mentioned before, are
crucial to keeping building structures safe and comfortable during
storm situations.

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There is a weiJ-planned, snowdosing procedure. The plan involves coOperative efforts and
commu~ications arilong Unitersity Police, our grounds department, Chilled Water Plant operators, administrators within Uni versity Facilities and finally, communication with se.nior leadership--the senior vice president,

tht provost and the president.
This proadtlre typialj' is followed during the ~ morning hours and ded~ions are
made about opening for class
the next day. However, we haft
used the system during severe
daytime snowstorms as well.
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asked me is, who are these
peopl&lt; who keep the campus
running during times when a
major portion of the university
community is away? They are
a group of highly dedicated,
competent individuals that
carry out very difficult tasks.
Some of them work in severe
weather conditions; many have
to deal with snowfall in addi tion to their regular daytime r&lt;·
sponsibilities. It is through
their dedication that we are aJ.
most always open for business
and we are able to continue our
work. They a re ht~in many
cases all night long.....,nsuring
· that roads are plowed, sidewalks are shoveled, heating sys·
terns function and utility sys·
terns serve our needs. I would
like to say in dosing that I certainly owe them a deht of grati·
tude and I would trust that the
rest or the university community feels the same way.

·Amherst moving clo5er to "e-government"
CSE students design prototypes to bring key governmental services online
BY DONNA LOHQNfCIWI
RtpOttt!r Assistant Editor

T

H E.Town of Amherst
co uld become the first
municipality in Western
New York-and one of
the few in the cournry-to offer
major government services online,
thanks to the expertise of students
in US's Department of Computer
Science and Engineering.
The partnership between UB and
the town tod~ope-co~and
e-government software solutions
came about because the town .. needs
io 11utomate things more quickly because of (its) sheer size, and manual
systems just don't cut it," said Jerry
Galkiewicz.directorofromputer services for the town. While the town's
Web site nowotrm'an online tax-as·
sessment challenge and provides indepth information about its serVices
and programs. implementing more
sophisticated e-commerce applica·
tions to enhance the way the town
does business would be a huge step.
Building on earlier e-commerce
applications designed for the town
by UB MBA students unties the tu ·
telage of H.R. Rao, professor of
management science and systems,
Sviatoslav Braynov, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, challenged his CSE stu·
dents last semester to develop "real,
working prototypes" for online set·

vices relevant to the toWn's needs.
Student teams enrolled in the "ECommerce Technology" course crea ted systems for procurement of
town supplies, recreation reservation and dog licensing, all linked to
and based on the town's Web site.
Braynov believes Amherst would
be the first community in Western
New York and one of the few in the
country to offtt these kinds of g~v­
crnment se:rvices online.
Galkiewicz noted that increasing
the functionality and number of
online servia:s provided on its Web
site is part of the town's overall comprehensive plan. By using theC:SEstu·
dents as ronsultants, the town saves
expensive consulting fees while giving
studentsachancetotranslateabstraa
theory and dassroomlectureinto real..ood,hands-on job skills. he said. The
partnership, he added, moves the students out of the "ivory tower" and
"down .;n the ground , scratching
around to SQM, real problons, working with real systems and real data."
The students' work on the. Webbased pmcumnent system maypr&lt;&gt;Y&lt;
to be the most important of all the ..
commerce projects, Galkiewicz
pointed out It would """'both time
and money by allowing the town to
partner with other municipalities to
purchase goods in bulk-with ven·
dais bidding on ron tracts during on·
line auctions He added that this type

of servict also would be
groundbreaking-he said be wasn't
awareofanyothormunicipalitiesthat
areacquiringgoodsoverthe!nternet
Galkiewicz noted that the governmental bidding process can take
weeks or.,;.., months When done the
traditional way-through snail mail
and waiting for approval of bids by
the town board. Placing the proc&lt;SS
onlinecancutthattimedramatically
and reduce dup~cation of services.
"It has tht potential to change the
way the town does business,..
Braynov said, in part because each
online auction is limited to one hour.
"ltnotonlyavoidsduplicationofservices, but creat&lt;s com~ marl&lt;ets
because several vendors can go there
(online) and take part in therompetitive P"""" ofbidding-making the
end price lower." he said. Most lOOt!
government~ currently purchase
goodsasseparateentities,whichprevents thein from taking advantage of

savings through bulk purchasing.
Perhaps the most unique~
oftheon-lineauctionproc&lt;SSistbat
the bidding is anonymous, giving
smaller vendors an eqUal opportu·
nity to rompete for a ron tract.
SllanmSrivatsava,whoheadedtho
srudmtteamworkingoothoprocurement prototype. said his group=·
ogni=thepotentialthate-&lt;Dt11llleR%
projects have to revM; and even reYOlutionizc the"do:.rom" industry.
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"It takes two generations to make
people literate in new technology.
The dotcom revolution was more
of a culture shock-&lt;ansumers are
still coming out of l)lerchant shop·
ping, where everything has to be
touched and seen," he said.
That kind of awareness-keeping
the user in mind-motivated the
students to create a simple, functiona! site, one that can easily be
managed and updated by the town.
The biggest hurdle Galkiewicz
sees in implementing the students'
prototypes is integrating their software programs with the software
and internal Systems the town a].
ready bas in place---&lt;;ys~.,-ns that
continuously update the town's database and rerords.
Then there are the financial ronsiderations; the town doesn't have the
resowus to replicate the students'
hardware and software environ ments,and Galkiewiczsp! there's no
state money to fund e-cornmerce.
The state has created a task
force-of which Galkiewicz is a
member-"to determine bow best
todevdopthiscapahilityforall!evel
of governments,• he said.
In the meatime, Braynov has
gi&gt;en the toWn online acass to the
UB projects ond Galkiewiczsaid he
would continue working with the
university to learn what it takes to
"do e-commerct."

�January Z4. 2002/Vol33.1n.14 Rep aries

Holm to oversee bio-tech
Medical school administratoris riamed a Slmior vice provost
By SUf WUITCHUI

.

R~tr£ditor

matiaisacollaborative ef,
fon involving
· New York
State, industry

RUCE A. Holm has been
named a senior via pro·
vost at UB and wiD serve

B

as the university's point

persononmanyofit5high-t&lt;dmologylbio-t&lt;ehnology projects.
ln this role, Holm, who previowly
served a.s senior cWodate vice president for health affairs. wiU represent
ProV05t Elizabeth D. Capaldi in a
vari&lt;tyofhigh-levd venues.
He wiU be the chief administrator in the Provost's Office: for the
Buffalo ·eentcr of Excellence: in
Bioinfor.matics, the Strategically
Targeted Academic Research

• (STAR) Center for Dis&lt;as&lt; Modeling and Therapy Discovery, and the
Center for Advanced Biomedical
and Bioengineering Technologies

(CAT). He wiD work collaboratively
with Robert Genco, recentJy ap pointed as vice provost and direc-

tor of the Office of Science:, Technology and Economic Outreach

(STO R). Holm also wiD participate
in the development of an institute
in biomedical engineering.

"He wiD work closely with our academic partn&lt;B--RosweU Park Cancer Institute and Hauptman-Wood1 ward Medical R&lt;scarch Instituteand with our corporate partners. the
local business community and fucultyand deans as these projects""""
forward.• said Capaldi.
"He also wiD work to develop further external relations and scientific
and corporate partnerships."
The Buffalo Center of Excdlence

in Bioinfor-

partntrs and
academic in-

,_..

~tutions that

promises to

create thousands of high-tech jobo
and transiOno the Walern NewYork
economy. Gov. Geo'll" E. Patiki, who
proposed the cc:nter, recc:ntly an nounced $50 million in state funding and more than $150 million in
private-5ector funding for il5 startup. Sen. Hillary Rodham Ointon and
Rep. Thomas Rqnolds rea:ntly .;,_
nounced $3.1 million in federal funds
to suppon stan-upcosts.
An emerging discipline, bioinformatics uses the power of
supercomputers to interprrt data in

the biological sciences at the molecular level
The STAR center is designed to
malke Westo;m New York a worldclass player in a broad range of new
scientific fields made possible by the
sequencing of the human genome.
115 ultimate purpo5&lt; is to discover
and develop new drugs and dinical
therapieS using the tools made possible by the genomics revolution and
to bring them to the marketplace.
The CAT wiU focus on developing
new products and creating new jobo
in Walern NewYockfrom biomedical andb~res&lt;arch;.,n­
ductcd at UB, RPCI and Western
New Yock companies. ln particular,

the cc:nt&lt;T is emphasizing two areas
in which Buffalo researchers traditionally have excc:Ued: the development ofbiophannacc:uticals. such as
the PSA t&lt;st for prostate cancc:r,lungswfactant ther.tpy for premature infants, photodynamic cancer ther.tpy
and int&lt;rferon treatment for multiple
sclerosis, and biomedical devicc:s,
such as the implantable pacemaker
and the platinum coil for inoperable
cranial aneurysms.
The CAT is e:xpected to function
as the 5cience-transfer or x:imce-accderator arm of other new cc:nttrs
that are funded in Western New
York, including SfAR cent&lt;T and the
bioinformatic.s center .
Holm, who holds faculty positions as professor of pediatrics,
pharmacology and toxico!Qgy, and
gynecology' obstetrics. is principal
investigator of the STAR cc:nter. He
has hdd a variety of administrative
positions in the School of Medicine
and Biomedical Scien=, including
associate dean for research and
graduate studies, and ...Uor associ ate dean of medicine and biomedical sciencc:s. Hi also serves as associate senior vice president for scientific affairs at Roowdl Park.
In addition to his administrative
duties, Holm has maintained an active research program that has attracted millions of dollars in grant
awards to UB. He is principal investigator on several large awards, includinglhose from the.MarlceyTrust
and the ·Hawaid Hught!i Medical
InstitUte, as weD as several from the
National Institutes of Health (NIH).

((General Libraries" reorganize
By I'ATliiCIA DOHOVAH
Contributing Editor

cording to Adams- Volpe
"This reorganization is structured

INCE the beginning of the
2001-02 academic year. four
UB libraries have assumed a
new collective name and organizational structure.
Formerly known ilS the "General
Ubrarics." the library group that indudes the Architecture and Planning
Library, Lockwood Memorial Library, OScar A. Silverman Undergraduate Ubrary and the Science and
Engineering Library now are known
''s the ..Arts and Sciences Ubraries."
. Th~y report to Stephen Roberts,
assistant vice president for University Libraries. who says t.he organi-

according to functi.o n rather than
place," she ""Y'- "It is expected to pro-

S

zational changes art neccsdty.

"The format, packaging and marketing ·of scholarly resources are
changing at such a rapid pace that

corresponding agility and speed of
response by academic library organi zati~ms

is essentia1," he says.

judith Adams-Volpe, director of
the libraries' Department of University and External Affairs, says the
new name is itself"more descriptive
of the collections and services of

these libraries and of the UB cofleges
and schools they serve."
The latter include the CoDege of
Ans and Sciences: School of Engineering and Applied Scie nces,
Grad uate. School o f Education .
Sc hool of Informat ics, School of
Social Work, School of Management
and SchoQI of Architecture and
Pl.1nning. The tmnsfi\rmation, howt'Vt'r, 1~ not one in name unlv. U(-

\

videgreatervisibilityoflibraryservices
and collections. and greater flexibility
in resource aUocation and staffing.
"Planning and funding of major
electrOnic r=urces that embraa and
5erV&lt; many disciplines is especiallyfucilitatcd by the change." she adcjs. "As
structured. the new entity will respond
with greater agility and effectiveness
to changing university priorities than
did the previous syst&lt;m."
One of those changing priorities.
says RobertS, has been the ~n
ofelectronic library services. He notes
that during the past 10 years, the
amount of money in the libraries' acquisitions budget earmarked for electronic resources increased from 5 percent to more than 32 percc:nt
Leadership aOd administration
for the Arts and Sciences Libraries

is shared by four directors. each of
whom is in charge of functional areas,. rather than specific libraries.

Karen Senglaup, director of acte55
services for the General Libraries,
continues to direct access services
for the Ans and Sciences Libraries.

Austin Booth, former i.ockwood U-

brary humanities section specialist,
is in charge of collection and rese-Mch activity.
Margaret Wells, former dirt.'ctor

of the Silverman Undergraduate Library, heads public-service efforts
and Adams· Volpe:. fom1c:.•r c.hrcl"Wr
oflockwoud Mcmoriall .ibran', d1

rects the libraries' universiiy and
external relations.
ln addition to the changes cited
above. four aos5-disciplinary teams
of librarian specialists in the academic disciplines conduct collective
liaison activities with departments.
They fucilitate faculty-library collaboration and resource development, and provide individual services to faculty members and students. The four teams cover applied
arts and sciences, social sciences. arts
and humanities, and engineering
and the natural sciences..
Adams-Volpe says the Arts and
Sciences Libraries are working on
several initiatives that already have
been implemented or wiU be in the
very nar future. They indude
• A pilot project for de~ktop
document delivery to fuculty in the
School of Social Work
• Continued development of the
Instant Librarian virtual reference
service that U5e5 AOI:s Instant Messenger software
• Increased library visibility
• Development of a structured
information literacy program
• Redesign of the four library fuci.lities to accommodate a pi-oposed
new off-campus book-storoge site
allowing for the expansion of study
and oomputer space in the libraries
• Design of new library Web pages
that will accommodate and communicate the changes cited above
• Establishment or one email add rc~ f01 inforinJ. tion,(tUnmumc-d th• !l

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BrieD
NSF workshops planned

ID

A oerle• of wo"'•hops designed for faculty memben who want to
learn the "ins and outs" of applying for National Science Founda·

tion grants will be presented next month by the Office of the Vice
President for Research.
The NSF workshops come on the heeis of a highly successful series of workshops on obtaining National institutes for Health grants
that was offtred last semester.

/

The workshops wiU be held from 7:30-9:30 a.m. on s'ucces5ive fri day mornings, beginning Feb. 8-with the last lecture scheduled for
!"arch 8-in 200G Baldy Hall on the Nonh Campus.
The topics to be covered wiiU include an overview of the agency,
· proposal writing and review crituia, budget preparation, examples

of su=ful proposals presented by junior faculty members, mock
review panels and special mechanisms.

NSF program staff will be invited to attend some of these lectures.
AD students, faculty and professional staff are invited to attend
the workshops.
Anyone who has been an NSF review&lt;r (in-person panelist) in
the past and would be willing to serve on a mock panel, or who has
been a successful NSF grantee and would be willing to have his or.
her awarded proposal reviewed in a mock panel setting (identifiers
removed )
s hould
co ntact
Bruce
McCombe
at
&lt;mccombe@mccombe.physics.buffalo.edu&gt; or Andres Soom at

&lt;soomJ'eng.buffalo.edu&gt;.
Further instructions and a detailed agenda will be: posted at
www.ruearch.bUffalo.edu.

New research fund created

1D

The Office of the Vke President for Research has creattd a new
fund to promote r~rch collaboration in areas that cut across two
or more schools.
The lnlerdisciplinary Research and Creativt Activities Fund

(IRCAF) will support and facilitate the formation of coDaborations
and the exploration of innovative ideas that wiJj open new directions in research and creative activities, enhance the inlellectual en-

vironment of the campwe5 and lead to long-term funding support
from external s:eurccs, said Jaylan Turkkan, vice president for renew funding source.
search, in announcing

the

The fund wiU suppon the devdop~ent 'o f interdisciplinary re search working groups that wiiU meet JD identify and explo.-., commoo int&lt;rest5.lt iJ anticipated that these working group discussions,
or planning proposals. wiiU lead to collaborative research proposals
and symposia, workshops and conferences. The maximum award
for planning proposals is $10.000.

The fund also wiD suppon research/creative activities proposals
for new or expanding interdisciplinary and inter-decanal research
that is innovative and has a high potential for return on inVestment,

but which is not yet sufficiently developed to obtain external funding. The maximum award for research proposals is $50,000.
The deadlines for either type of award are Feb. I and Oct. I.
Although proposals from all areas of research and creative activity will be considered for awards, Turkkan encouraged fuculiy and
professional staff members to submit proposals that are aJigned with
prograins identified as research priorities for US.

Further

details

on

the

IRCAF

can

be

fo und

at

www.rese•rch.buff•lo.edu/ lntemal_fundlng/default.htm , or
by con tacti ng Turkkan or Kenneth Tramposch, associate vice presi -

dent for research, at645-3321.

Art history to present series
of brown bag lectures
Ch•rtes Camuin, associate professor of art history, will discuss
.. Reading Gesture in the Renaissance and Maniera'" Monday during
the first in a series of a brown-bag l~ures presented by the Depanment of Art History.
All lectures wiU take place at
noon in 606 Clemens, Nonh
C'.ampus. except for the March 18

lecture, which wiU be held in the
University Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts. Nonh Campus.
The series is designed to of·

fer fucultyand students the opportunity to hear about recent
resea rch in art hi story, learn
about issues of concern to art
historians a nd become acqu3inted with exhibitions on
campus.
lne remainder of the schedule:
• Feb. 18: .. The Repatriation of Art Objects," Alan Birnholz. asso ciate professor of art history

• March IS:"TouroftheAlan Gober Exhibition," Sandra H.OI&gt;en,
director, University Art Galleries
• April 15: ~ Frank Lloyd ';}igh1 and N.uur. .-," ).h.k Qum..1.n, profl'~sor flf &lt;Hl hi . . tn ry

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"Buffalo Film Seminars" to contlne Its run In Market Arcade Film and Art:s·Center

l&lt;:uoos
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-~a/ physiology

ond -tdeonklrbiomediul
unclergroduotAo educotlon In the
School a/ Medlclno ond Biome&lt;fi.
al Scleras, has b&lt;onnomed on
-editor for _ _ ,

l'lryJio/og(-Tho-joumll, I pOOicotion a/
the American Pl&gt;y1lologlcal Society, h dediclted to the . , _
mont a/ teld1ing ond leimng
physiology, ond to the odvlnc.omenta/ physiology lSI teld1ing
prol&lt;uion.

•.

'"'od&lt;yyrd Angels,• I docl.mef&gt;.
IOI)'onlloilnllf;eln-Now
Yori&lt;by -~ llec·

....., In the Deplltment a/ Media
Stud)i ond - - I n
Am&lt;ricMlswdio!,--klr
~ .. paota/ the festMI
dei P&lt;JP.Cii film- held last
month In Aor.nco, Italy. Tho lim.
flnled In plOt by I grant th(ough
the " ' - " and Now Yen Stat&lt;
au1db on the .u, focuseo on
the 11ft a/. 9l-yeor-old ltalian-immigront woman living on the
. _ . a / llotMo--o.U.
Bata\lia'sUttloltaly.

- - cY-. chalt'a/ the

D&lt;portm&lt;nt a / - and
Dance, b dln!ctlng the Irish Qas.
slcal TholtJ:e Ulmpony's produc·
tion a/•"Phlladelphia, Here I
Come,. running through Feb.
10 at t h e - at 625 Main
St.,Buffillo. O'NeillbartisticdlrectDr and c.cHounder a/ ICTC.

The Lnt. oa•oent and Sodo t y - has fUnded two
r-.- projects undo&lt; iU Envifoo·

,...n,.1 Sciences lnterdlsdplioary

Researdl Prognom (ES1RP) for
the 2001.02 'iiGild&lt;mic yeor.
They are • New Tools for HighSpe&lt;d Analysls of Phanmaceuticab and Penonal ea.., l'foduct&gt;
In Enviroo/nen,.l Sample5."
Fnnk V. Bltght, professor of
chemistry, principal Investigator,
and "Developlng Coral Growth

Measurement Techniques as a
Methodology for Assessing

Coral Reef Health." lloward

R.
LAsker, professor of biological
sciences, principal investigator.

'With Strings," a compilation of
69 poems 1n various forms and
styles by Charles Bernstein,
David Gnoy Professor of Poeuy
and letters, and d irector of the
Poetics Program in the Depart·
ment of English, has been published by the Universily of Chi-

cago Press. "With Strings" is a
companfon piece to "My Way,"'
Bernstein's 1999 montage of essays, cOnversations and poems.

Ltile1 Weltz. a senKM' mechankal engineering major M·
rolled In the co-operative edua·
tion prognom of the School of
· Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been named, a "'CoOp Student of theY...-" by the

""-"u.e

New Yen s ..~e
and Experiential Educotion Association (NYSCE.EA). ~of just
two co-op students of the yeor
named in the sblte, Weitz
worked It the Generlti Motors
Power Tnoin manufacturing
plant In Tonawondi, ~she
he1d positions as test engineer,

process engineer and monulacturing supervisor.

JOB LISTINGS
UB ~ listings .
accessible 'lia Web
job lbtings for professional, ..,..
search, faculty and civil servic~th

competitive and

non&lt;ompetitive-posltions can
be accessed via the Human Resources Services YJeb site at

&lt;http:i/ www.buslness.buffalo.- / hn// &gt;.

"-Blue Angel" to highlight _film.series
By SUE WU£TPfU
Rtporter Editor

OSEF von Sternberg's classic
"Blue Ang&lt;l" ( 1930), the film
that made Marlene Dietrich an
international star, will be
among the highlights of the
Spring 2002 edition of the "Buffalo
Film S&lt;minars: Conversations about
Great Films with Bruc.e Jackson &amp;
Diane Christian." the 14-wec:k series
of screenings and discussions spon·
sored by UB and the Market Arcade
Film and Arts Center.
The screenings will take place at
7 p.m. on Tuesdays in the M.arket
Arcade theater, 639 Main St. in
downtown Buffalo.
Each film will be introduced ·by
Jackson, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Samuel P. Capen Professor of American Culture in the Department of English, and Christian,
SUNY DistingUished Teaching Professor, also in the English departm&lt;nt
Following a short break at the end
of each film, Jackson and Christian
will lead a discussion of the film with
members of the audience.
The screenings ate pan of"Contemporary Cinema" (Eng 441 ), an
undergraduate course being taught
by the pair. The class was selected as
"Best Film Series" in Artvoice's Best
of Buffalo awa rds: The screenings
also are open to the general public.
Admission to each film will be
$6.50 for the b"'"eral public and $4.50
for students and senior citizens.
The films are free for those en-

J

i'ntdligently about for the past 25
years. The film won the Academy
Award as best foreign language film.
• Feb 19:"PatherPanchali," 1955,
directed by Satyajit Ray. The first
part of Ray's "Apu' Trilogy." this is a
beautifully conceived and executed
film,with great acting. photography
and a fine musical track by the great
Ravi Shankar."When discussing 'giants' of the non-English-speaking,
internatio nal film world.~ wr.ote

the National Film R&lt;gistry. It features Paul Newman in his star-making role as Fast Eddit Fdson, Jaclci(
Gleason as Minnesota Fats. Piper

of this irr&lt;VerenGe. intdliii""C" and
savagery wer&lt; still being made, the
world would seem a )'OI1ll!!&lt;l' plaa.•
Stlect.q for the National Film Reg-

Laurie as a woman who substitutes

istry.
• Aprii2:~ Biue Ansd," 1930, di·
reeled by Jooef von ~berg. This
story of a prof&lt;SSO&lt;oul ol'histl&lt;:ment
was supposed to be silent star Emil
Jannjngs' shOwcase entry into the
talkies, but Marlen&lt; Dietrich ran
away with the show. Her performance as cabaret performer lola
Lola in this story of Wtimar decadcnct madt her an international star.
Paulene Kad called it "one of the
most frightening moviestvcr made."
The film originally was released with
German and English soundtracks.
Most critics found the
ver~
sion superior becaus.: Jannings and
Dietrich wer&lt; more comfortable in
thtir native language. For many years.
the only vasion available in the U.S.
was a shortened and badly subtitled
print of the German version. The

love for booze and Georg&lt; C. Scott
as a milk-drinking sn.U, with bit
part's by Vincent Gardenia, Jake
LaMotlll and Willie Mosconi.
• March 12: "The Man Who Shot
Li~ Valanct." 1962, directed by
John Ford. John Wayne, Jimmy

eerrru:;,

version to lxvi~ only

a few months ago-restores the film
to its original length and has better
subtides.
• April9: "if...," 1968,directed by
Lindsa y Anderson.

and worker riots in Paris, Berlin,
Rome and London, is at once realistic and sUrrealistic, funny and an -

gry. The great school film of the
1960s, il won the Cannes Film Festival Palm d'Or (gold palm) Award.
• April 16: "Nashville." 1975, di rected by Robert Altman. This as·
tonish ing epic is, says critic Roger
Ebert, a musical , a docudrama , a
political parable. " It tells'inlerlocking stories oflove and sex, of hearts
bro ken and mended. And it is a
wicked satire of Am erican
smarminess .... But more than anything else, it is a tender poeni to the
·w ounded and the sad" AJtman inven ted a new so und s-ys tem to

of English and WBF088.7 FM, Ull's
Na tional Public Radio affiliate.
The serit.'S began Tuesda)' wi th a

screening of the 1930Mervyn LeRoy
classic, " Little Caesar," considered to

handle the more.than 25 speaking
parts, wonderfully portrayed by Ned
Bl:atty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley,
Kcith Carradine, Geraldine Choplin.
Shelley Duvall, Henry Gibson. Scott
Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Barbara Harris, Lily Tomlin, Elliot Gould and
Julie Christie, among others.
• Aprii23:"MeanStreets," 1973,
directed by Martin Scorsese. Harvey

be the first great ~ngster film.
The r~t of the semester's Hneup.
with film descriptions cuiJ ed from
th e se minars' Web site &lt;http://
csac.buff•lo.edu/ bfs.html&gt;:

• Jan 29:" 1Know Where I'm Going," 194 S, directed by Michael
Powell and Emeric l'ressburger. The
film, wrote critic Dave Kehr, ..opens
as a screwball comedy, grows into a
mystical Flaherty-like study of man

seemingly eccentric."
• Feb 5: "In a Lonely Place," 1950,
directed by Nicolas Ray. Humphrey
Bogart and Gloria Graeme star in
Ray's film noir classic about morality, ambition, love, crime and work.

• Feb 12: "Rashomon," 1950. directed by Akira Kurosawa. "Tell me
what you saw? Tell me what happened?" You'll never ask those questions and accept the answers they
elicit with an iota ofinnocence once
you sec this film, which gives narmtive body to the core ideas post -mod ernist critics have been lr)~ngto write

Malcolm

McDowell debuts in this excoriat ing view of a British upper-class
boarding school at its perfect worsL
"if...," made the same )'!2rasstudent

ro lled in the three-credit "'Contemporary Cinema" course. Those wish ing to earn cre4i t in relatjon to th e
series sho uld register for the course.
Free mo nitored parki ng will be
available in 'the M&amp;T lot opposite tht•
theater's \ Vashi ngton Street entrance.
At UB, th e film se minars a rc
sponsored by the C.1 pen C hair in
America n Culture, the College of
Arb and Sciences. the Department·

against the elements, and concludes
as a warm romance .... Funny and
stirri ng in qu.te unpredica table
ways, with the usual Powellian flajr
for drawing the universal out of the

m

Keiti.,and Robert de Niro enact

Scorsese's vision of the Little Italy of
his youth. "Mean Streets" is a film
James BeardineUi, "four names leap
immedia tely to mind: fngm ar
Bergman , Federico Fellini, Akira

Stewart, Vera Myles, Andy Devine,
Woody Strode and Lee Marvin in
Ford's great story about law and leg·

aboutcrimeasordinarywork,assin.
Brilliant dialogu~rimch of it im provi sed by the ac tors-

Kurosawa and Satyajit Ray. Of these

end in the changing American west.
• March 19: "' Dr Strangelove,"

camtrawork and acting. Selected for
the National Film Rl:gistry.
• Apri130:"Somt Ukeit Hot," l959,
directed by Billy Wilder. Starring
Marilyn M9nroe. T9ny Curtis. Jack
lemmon, Joe E. Brown and George
Raft, this film didn't evm get a best
picture nomination in the year that
"Ben-Hur" W9n the best picture Os·
car. Who can abide "Ben-Hw " now?

men , Ray has received the least
North American exposure, but. :irguably, the most critical acclaim ."

• Feb 26: "Breathless." 1959, di rected by Jean-Luc Godard. One of
the films that defined "Nouvelle
Vague," .. Breathless" is Godard 's
homage to American gangster films,
with Jean -Paul Belmondo doing
Bogart fran~ais, Jean Seberg as his
American girlfritnd a nd Goda rd
himself as a snitch.
• March 5: "The Hustler," 1961 ,
directed by Robert Ro;sen. This film
received eigl:lt Oscar nominatio ns
and two wins, and was selected fo r

1964, directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Peter Sellers is triply brilliant as a British officer on temporary duty in the
office of psychotic SAC General Jack
D. Ripper, as U.S. President ~erkin
Muffley, and as Muffley's teutonic
science adviser, Dr. Sira ngelove,

whose wooden ami has a life of its
own. The film, wrote Roger Ebert, has
"a puriry that today's lily- livered,
happy- ending' technicians wouJ,,

probably find a way around. l.s
black-and-white photography helps.
too. putting an una domed fuce on its
deadly political paradoxes. If mo&lt;fes

\~a t does Oscar know, anyway~

..\&gt;\'ell," as Joe- E. Brown says in this hilarious film's memorable last line, .
"nobody's perfect." Maybe nobody is.
but some movies are: ~Some Like it

Hot" is the perfect movie. Selected for
the National Film Registry.

�CAS to offer lecture series

First, the good news . . .

First talk to analyze women in American, French magazines
·supported by alumni and friends of does the relationship be~een parthe CoDese of Arts and Sciences. AU ents affect their children? What are
( ( PURCHASING Plea- lectures will he held at 7:30p.m. in the key elnnents to achieving a sue. cessfuJ marriage? ln this presentasure: !mages of the CFA Screening Room.
The remainder of. the spring tion; Frank Fincham, a professor in
Women in French
the Department of !'Sychoiogy, wiU
and American Maga- schedule:
• "The 'Difficult Miracle' of Bi- discuss the findings of 30 years of
zines" will be the topic of the first instal)ment in the Collese o(Arts and ography: Reflections on Writing, psychological research on marriage
Sciences Spring 2002 L&lt;cture Series, Black Women's Stories and Living and family issues, as weU as expose
to be held at 7:30p.m..Tuesday in the Someone Else's Life," Feb. 25. Masani 50me of the prrnllent myths held by
Cmter for the Arts Screening Room Alexis De Veaux, a profes50r in the the general public.
• "What in the World is
Department of Women's Studies,
on the North Campus.
In the lecture, jeannette Ludwig. will discuss her own personal expe- Spintronics!," April 15. Siliconassociate professor in the Depan· riences as a writer completing a bi· based computer technology is
ment of Modem Languages and Lit- ography of author and poet Audre bumping up against the Umit.S of
eratures, will reflect on two decades Lorde. Lorde was New York State materials, not to mention budgets.
of change in the publishing indus- Poet Laureate (1991-;993), author ~ days of affordably doubling
try, as well as alterations in society's of I 0 books of poetry and four computing power are rapidly comexpectations for women, as she up· books of non · fictioh, and in her ing to an end. In the worldwide redates cross-cultural analysis of the own words. a "black lesbian, mother, search effort .exploring new techcontent and images in French and warrior, poet." She also was a cancer nologies to go beyond projected
American women's magazines: Her survivor for 14 years until her death limits, One .such prospect is
lectu re will attempt to provide an· in 1992 at the age of 58. In this pre- ..spintronics..-using the spin of
swers to such questions as: Are sentation, DeVeaUx will discuss the electrons. rather than their charge,
French women more .. chic " or joys. difficulties and peculiarities of to improve or p-eate entirely new
sexier" than American women? Are writing someone else's life story, and functions. Bruce McCombe. SUNY
popular images of French and will reveal some of the things she has Distinguished Profes50r in the Depa.ru:nent of Pbysics and associate
American worpen reaUy different? learned aiong the way.
.
Are American women more ..prac·
• "The lid that Bind: On Mar- dean for research and sponsored
tical.. or "domestic" than French riage, Divorce and Ollldren," March programs in the CAS, will discuss
women? Howdowomen'sjobsout· 18. From the "Sopranos" to films like the basic ideas behind curttnt tech side the home appear in magazines? "Life as a House," popular culture nologyand theconi:q&gt;ts underlying
Are French mothers like American offers sociery a broad range of ob- spintronics and its promise. He also
mothers in the magazine world? Has servations about relationships in will provide a first-band account of
families. In daily Ufe, however, vital a major research program at UB
atlvenisement gone global?
The CAS series, which is free of questions remain: How do children supported by the Defense Advanced
charge and open to the public, is adjust to their parents' divorce? How R=arch ProjectsAgency (DARPA).
By SUE WUETCHUI
R~trEditor

NEXUS to head concert lineup.
By SUE WUETCHEA

Reporter Ed1tor

pe rformance h)' the
eclectic Toron to·bascd
percussion
group
NEXUS-who.st• mem·
hers have ht."""t.'n kt"'0\\1110 play"every·
thing from tabla.' to conch shdls"will be among the &lt;.."'nc&lt;..-rt offcrinW'
prt."S&lt;..-ntcd during January and Ft-bru·
"'l' by the Depanment of Mll5ic.

A

The pre-concert talk, which will
begin at 7: 15p.m., will provide concert patrons with the opportunity to
meet and talk with the composers.
•whose work t3kes inspiration from
such varied sources as rock 'n roll .

the computer in. the program's con·
eluding piece, Monon Subotnick's
"' Ln T"'O \Vorlds" for alto saxophone
and live electronics.
lickets are SS.
Fancher's music department col·
leagues-clarinetist

, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . , John Fullam and violinist Movses Pogossianwill present recitals at 8

p.m. Tuesday and Feb.
14, respectively, in Slec.

Called "'the high priests of the per-

l11e award-win·

cuss ion wo rld " by Tl1c New York
T'ime:sand"the Rolling Stones of the
new music" by Tlu~ Toronto Star,
NEXUS will perfonn at 8 p.m. Feb.
7 in Slee C&lt;&gt;ncen Hall on the North
Campus. The conccn is the third in
the SlecNisiting Artist Series.

ning FuUam-principal
clarinetist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra-will perform
""rks for the clarinet by
Schumann,

Tickets are S 12 for the general
public, 59 for UB faculty, staff•.
aluinni and senior citizens, and $5
for students.

-·-T-o-

Valentine's Day accompanied by his

students, and seniors.

piece known to be chaUenging for
the musician, both physically and

offSaturdaywith the Amherst Saxophone Quartet's program "Com ·
poser Blowout! " in which the five
composers fea tured in the program
panicipate in a pre·concen talk.
The musica l program, set for 8

p.m. in Slee, will feature world premiere performances of " Rise" by

Susan Fancher, UB fuculry member and soprano saxophonist with
the A~. will foUow up the "Composer Blowout" with a faculty recital
entitled "In Two Worlds" at 8 p.m.
Feb. 19 in Slee. Appearing with
Fancher wiU be flutist and UB faculty member Cheryl Gobetti

Steven Bryant, "Witchcraft Recipes
#9 &amp; 9b" by UB faculty member

Hoffman and harpist Sonja

Alejandro Rutty and "Mission

as the newly formed Beaufluvian

Creep" by Keith Carpenter, as well
as"'Biow!"and"Fault unes"byPerry
Goldstein anil""TrJSh Talk'" by Janice
Misurell Mitchell.

Players.

Jnglefcld performing selected pieces

David Kim -Boyle, director of
technology for the IJepartment of
Music, will accompany Fancher on

People" features ordinary people doing extraordinary things, "Good
Grabs" gives constructive news from around the world and .. Good
Gravy" links to books, movies, publk radio stories and music .
When you're: feeling sad or need a littJe: inspiration, look to

CyberStofY &lt;http://www.cyberstory.com / &gt;. This site is filled
with feel ·good and uplifting stories in the sections"J Needed That,"
"Simple Acts of Kin"dness," "A Lot to Be Thankful For" and "I Person Making a Difference." Here you can read about what others have
done in similar situations to yours and make 1heir experience your

wisdom. Read about the unselfish things people are doing for th e
benefit of others and how a simple act of kindness can make: a last·
ing impression on someone's life. Their mission is to bring a smile
to your face and help you out in difficult times.

The Good News Network &lt;www.goodnewsnetworll.org/ &gt; features positive news stories. Established in 1997 by a mother of three,
this site focuses on the ..glorifying, not the horrifying." It acts as a
clearinghouse for the gathering and dissemination of positive news
stories and showcases innovative solucions to America's problems.
You can click on sUch headirlgs as .. Global,""National," .. LocaJ," .. Busi·
ness," "life ,""Opinion,""Sa maria" or " Earth."The category "'9/12 .. is
a guide to good news since the tragic events of Sept. 11 .
A relatively new Web site established last June is Lightwatcher.com

www.llghtwotcher.com/&gt; , which provides original content, selected
good news, downloads, resources and e-pubUshing for chaUcnging time..
The main feature is UghtBytes, good news that focuses on stories that
inspir~t ories

about personal mmsformation and self-reliance.
So, when you're down on your luck and things look bleak. check
out one of these sites to help·Jjft your spi rits. You' ll find that life isn't

so bad after all.
- Sue: Nwmc:lstc:r a nd Lori Wlddndll, Uniwrslry L•bror.n

DrieD
SOM students travel to China
Seventeen undergr•du•tc: honor ttudents from the School of
Management traveled to China earlier this month for a study tour
of the Chinese economy and culture.

Funded by a $152,000 grant from the Freeman Foundation, th e

urban slang, the blues and bebop.
Tickets fo r "Comjx&gt;ser Blowout"
are S 10 for the general public and
$5 for UB fuculry, staff, alumni and

The music depa rtment's spring
semester concert schedule will kick

tures letters by contributing writers and readers' responses.
GoodThings.com also provides shon stories about wisdom and
compas.sion ...Good Work" addresses constructive ideas for work·
place change. "'Good Actions" includes articles about and ways to
suppo'rt important non · profit organizations and causes. "'Good

trip was pan of the SOM's Stewan Honors Program for outstand·
ingstudents. The: students' itinerary included visits to the Hong Kong

vate critiques for a faculty member
and student. The master class will

be free and open to the public.

bringing people together and bridging gaps.
'
GoodThings.com &lt;www.goodthlngo.com /&gt; was started by
Dave Coburn and Barcy Fisher in 1998 to help j&gt;eople enrich their
lives and experience more good things effortlessly. You can subscribe
tO "The Good~tter." a weekly e-magazine delivtted ~ry Friday
morning. Posing questions about living the: good life and offering
practical ways to get more good into your Ufe, The Good Inter fea-

Willso n

- - - ...... prioobef-

Y"'*

cult times, it's nice to find Web sites with positive, uplifting and in spirational stories. "Good .. does not mean the: same thjng to evrry·
one; it can be a very subjective and elusive tbing.lt is somrthing you
know when you see or experience il. Good can be laughter, sun·
shine, chocolate, vacationst family, friends, peace, toleranc~ experi·
encing nature, equality, diversity and ccle:brati.o n of 4tfferenct:s,

Osborne and Persis P.
Vchar,composer-in-resi:
denceat CanisiusCoiJese
He will be acoompanied
by pianist Nancy
Townsend

NEXUS also will conduct a master class for UB students at 3:30p.m.
Feb. 7 in Baird Recital Hall,and pri-

-based ·NUUSb)o n.o-. . . . - kb. 71n Slee.

H•ve you h.cl enOugh of watching the bad news on tdt'Vision?

Troubled by what you read in the daily newspapers? In these diffi -

Performing

on

wife:, violinist Varty Manouelian,
Pogossian's p rogram will feature
Bartok's "Sonata for Solo Violin," a

emotionally.

Tickets for both recitals are SS.
The second in a series entitled "Or·
gan R&lt;citals on the Fisk, Op. 95," the
6u. Annual Eastman Organist Day
wiU be held at 8 p.m. Feb. 9 in Slee.
Crista Miller, Mark Pacoe and
MicheUe Rae Martin-&lt;loctoral stu·
dents at the Ea stman School of
Mu ic, will perform the music of
Bach and Brahms. as well as that of
other composers ranging from the
classical to the contemporary.
Tickets an.· $5.

Stock Exchange, the Chinese Folk Museum and Zhongshan University, the largest university in southern China.

The students also met with executives from Rich Products' subsidiary in China to lum about the company·~ business goals and
strategies in China, and toured Huawei Technologies Co. for a
glimpse of how one private.ly owned Chi nese company has flour·
ished in China's evolving capitalistic economy.
"' The objective of the trip was in line with the mission of the Free·
man Foundation, which is tQ fos ter a better un derstanding of China
and its p~ple," said John Thomas, associate dean of internati onal
programs at the management school.

"China is predicted to become the world's largest economy within the
next few decades,• he added. "This was an excdlent oppol"\llnity for our
students to observe the progress of a country that likely will become more
important to their lives and careers over ~ next several years."
To prepare for the: trip, the students participated in seminars on
the Chinese economy, government, culture, cuisine and language.
Upon their return, they are required to submit research papers de scribing how cross·cuhural issues have impacted the Chinese· U.S.
business relationship and how China's recent entry into the \Vorld
Trade Organization will impact U.S. business interests.

The students also met with their Chinese counterparts-feUow Ull
students and alumni from the SOM 's two Ex«:uti~ MBA programs in
China, which arobased at Rcnmin University and Motorola University.

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�6 Reporles January 14.1U02!VIi 33.lo.14
Jackson heads effort -to offer .collateral events, displays to enrich Albright-Knox exhibit

BRIEFLY
Philadanco to perform

UB joins gallery in "Fifties" exhibit .

The Cent« for tho Aru wll continuo tho 2001-02 Koytlonlt
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By OOHNA LOHCOEHECIWI
RtpOttrr A»ist.nt Editor

T

HE 1950s, sem through
th&lt; "&gt;"" ofbaby-boomen
and their children, appears
swaddled in innocence.
Fuelintl that notion ""'"Nid&lt;-at-Nite,"
reruns of shows like •Father Knows
Best" and "Ozzit and Harriett.•
However, those who lived during
the decade often tell a different
story of very real, atomic-sized
anxieties fostered by Cold War
paranoia, HoUywood bhtdclisL&lt; and
Civil Righl&lt; marches.
To shed new light on a time
marked by major changes in the rulturallandscape, th&lt; Albright-Knox
Art Gallery will present "The Thmultuous Pihics: A View from 1m New
York Times Photo Archives, "Jan. 26April7, featuring nearly 200 vintage
photographs.
In conjunaion with this cxlubitand at the request of Albright-Knox
curator Doug Drrishpoon-UB fac.
ulty member Bru~ Jackson has put
together a variety of collau!ral cxhibiL&lt;andcvcnts. Working with UBcolleagues, Jackson has assembled a
unique coUection of 1950s memorabilia and artifaas. and has organized
a five.weeJ&lt;"filiies"film series. He also
will participate in a panel discussion
at the Albright-Knox, and will teach
a cowse at UB titled "Tile Fifties,"
which will feature texts, poetry, films
and lectures by expertS on various
cultural, social and political topics
•related to th&lt; period.
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the 8ulfalo Phlllwmonic Orchestro, will participa"' In a live,
call-in show at l p.m. Wed~

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guished Professor and Samuel P.
Mil« Lavin, associate librarian in and how he dcstroy&lt;:d himoe!£
Capen Professor of Poetry and the lockwood ubrary, prOvided items
"'Forbidden Planet' isasCimce 6cHumanities in the UB Department • .from his personal romic book roiJcc. tion film, but one that could only
of English, and a con=t of 1950s tion,and......allinleditionsoi"Beat" ......., been made during the Cold War,
musicat2 p.m. Feb!(). Bothcvml&lt; tt:xtsauthoredbyjackkrouac,Ailcn only a few years away from the
will be at the Albright-Knox.
GinsberJ!. Lawrona Ferlinghetti and tnsuma of Sputnik, th&lt; Soviet orJacluon, SUNY Distinguished WJ!Iiam l&lt;e (pen nameofWilliam S. biter;"he notes. "Space was very much
ProfessorandSamuelP.Capen Pro- Bunougbs) wore supplied by the 1'1:&gt;- on our minds in that dcadc, which
fessor of American Culttm in th&lt; etry/Ral)e Jk!oks Collection.
is why, a few years Jakr.)obn Kmnedy
Department of English, says the
Tile exhibit also will include are- would make such a big d&lt;aJ of it."
1950s often mistakmly are viewed cording of Miles Davis' "Kind of
Marlon Branda, "who a lot of
as a timcof"crinotincand virgins." Bluc"and£Jvis'sfirst LP~andarare, )&lt;&gt;Wl!l'f people think of either as th&lt;
HOW&lt;YCr, the one constant of th&lt; cherry-red 1952 Harley. ·
whale in 'Apocalypse Now' or the
The film series, "Screening the puffy-&lt;hed&lt;eddon in the'Godliother;'
period, says )acbon, "was th&lt; Cold
War-it kept Congress blll)', pro- Fifties," also organized by Jackson, was, in thooc years, one of th&lt; s&lt;xie:st
· vided th&lt; rationale for funding th&lt; will be held at 7:30p.m. Thursdays. and most rompeUing aclOr$ in film.
intcntate highw2ysystnn,gavc tel&lt;- beginning Feb. 14, in the Albright· Jackson said "And 'Strmcar' was the
vision producns real-life and fictive Knox auditorium.
6bn in which everyone (!Ill th&lt; poinL"
..The Killing," he pointed out, is a
thingstoputonth&lt;air,sputl&lt;dfedThe films, to be introduud by
eralaidtohiglocreducationand·con- Jackson, are "Forbidden Planet," crime 6bn and Stanley Kubrik's first
tinuedsupportformilitaryresearch." 1956, directed by Fred McLeod major film, "at once a classic film
Jackson assembled "The Material Wilcox,Feb.I4;"AStreetcarr-!'amed noir and a film with a~ of~
Fifties," a collo::tion of th&lt; phySical Desin:," 1951 , dir&lt;eted by Flia Kazan, and space very much grounded in
,.ooddepictedin ~NewYorkTrmes Feb 21 ;"The Killing," l956,directed th&lt; fifties."
"'And Singin' in the Rain' is the
photos,withthchdpofUBoolleagues. by Stanley Kubrick, Feb 28; "Point
Tile rollection. whim will be on dis- of Order," 1964, directed by Emile greatest musical film of that decade,
play in the museum during th&lt; ~ de Antonio, March 7, and "Singin' and of sev&lt;ral othcn."
Jackson also will participate in a
time as th&lt; Ti""" photos, will focus in the Rain." 1952, directed by Gene
on a country forever chansed by the K&lt;UyandStanleyDonen, March 14. pondcntitled"Picturingth&lt; Fifties: A
~tion of the intmtat&lt; highway sysJackson says the films chosen for Roundtable Discussion," S&lt;l for 7:30
lml, th&lt; J&gt;3SSOliC of the G! Bill and
the series each relate to spccilic pho- p.,;,. Sunday in the Albright-Knox
commwtistwitchhWlts,aswdlasth&lt; tograpluand general themes in the auditorium. Other panelists will be
adventofrock·and·roiJ.Abstract Ex· Tim.salubiL
Dreishpoon; Alan Trachtenberg. a
pressionism and !!&lt;at poetry.
"They each rtprCS&lt;nt what·( think professor at Yale University who orThe Arts and Sciences Libraries isan important a.pcctoftilinmaking ·ganized the Times exhibit with
loaned items from the George Kdley of that decade," be says. "'Point ofOr· Drcishpoon. and Nancy Weinstock.
Paperbad&lt;and Pulp Fiction Collec· dcr'is.ex&gt;mpc.edcntirely-caplfor special projed picture editor for 1m
tion,and~tedacontin~runone very brief shot-of kinescope NewYorkT,...

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the highest - I n the field."

In O&lt;der ID ~ aa:redit3tion, the IEP hod to demorutro"'
that~ met or exceeded CfA
standards roftectjng best pra&lt;·
tices in 1 number of areas,
among them mission; aon1o:u·

Col. james Kwiatkowski of
the. New York Air National
·cuard, salutes at the grave
of Millard Fillmore, 1 3th
president of the United
States and UB's first
chancellor, at the annual
Fillmore birthday
· commemoration on jan. 7
in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

lum; faculty. adminlslra~and
fiscal capacity; ~· &gt;erVIceo;

recruiting, and student ath~
ment.

Oveneeing f&lt;&gt;&lt; the Ell the
self-study and..,_ process
that wee necessary for the IEP
to w;n accreditation were Bar·
bora A campbel. J¥09tlliTi dioec-

tor for Intensive programs, ;ond
John J. · ..ostant director

for c:ornnuoiaotlon

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Sendi,.a.:
to the
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loom membeos d tho l.!niYonily
convnurOty commenting on Its
stories and~ Lelt&lt;r&gt;
&gt;hould be limited to 800 words
and I'M'/ b e - for Slyle and
longth. lettefs must include the
writers name. address and a
daytime tefepi1one number for
l.'l!riflcation. Becouse d space
lim~tlons, the Rfpotl.,.conool
publish aD !etten-· They
must b e - by 9 a.m.
Monday to be c:onside&lt;ed for
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The Rtporter pn!fen that !etten
be o&lt;ceM!d electronically at ·
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Study links problem drinking, gambling
BY KATHUIH W£AVEII
Reporter ContributOr

ROBLEM drinkers arc 23
times more likely to haw a
gambling problem than

P

individuals who do not

have an alrohol problem,aa:ording
to a study conducted at UB's Research Institute on Addictions.
11oe study of the co-occurrence of
gambling and alcohol in the United
States. based on random telephone
interviews with 2,600 Americans 18
and older, indicltc::s that between I and
2 percent of the American population
has a compulsivt' gambling problem.
And the rat~.· or pmhll'm (or path1""~ ·

logical) gambling is significantly
higher at:nong minorities anfJ.Iowerincome individuals, according to
John W. Welte, lead researcher on the
study who is a senior scientist at RlA
and a research associate professor in
the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine in the School or
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
1m results were published recently
in the foumal ofStudies ofAlcohoL
Funding for the study was pro·
vided by a S 1.2 million grant from
the National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism.
" Pathological gambling is wh;tt
used to c.1ll compulsiw ~.un -

\\l'

bling," Wei"' explained. "Using two
different statistical methods. we haYe
determined that compulsive .gambling is higher than pmriously rc·
ported. In fact, betw«:n I and 2 per·
cent of the population--one Or two
penple in ev&lt;ry 100-have a compulsive-gambling problem."
Welte and colleagues found that
compulsive gamblers are much more
likely to be alcoholic or alcohol-dependent than the average person.
"If you have an alcohol problerr.,"
Welte said, "the odds of also having
a gambling problem are 23 times
higher. compa red to individmtls
who do Odt have nn alcohol pruh-

Iem. That's.a really huge odds ratio."
Welte said the diJI'erence in prevalence of pathological -ga!"bling
problems betw«:n Caucasian·, Af.
rican- and Hispanic-Americans was
found to be highly significant
TI!erateamongCaucasian-Ameri·
cans. he said, was 5 pem:nL Among
Nrican-Americans. it was 3.7 percent
and for Hispanic-Americans, 4.2 per·
renL In addition, pathological gam·
bling was found to be gnater among
individuals with lower incomes.
"These trends have been found by
other studies.," according to \Velte,
.. but they seem to bcstrongerin this
.. !tid)··"

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�January 24.2002/Vol.33. .14 Rep ariel:

7

Senate stays silent on policy
Body declines to join Fridonia in calling for jUnding plan
• 1 DONNA LOMCOEHlCIWI
Rq!ottor Assist&gt;nt Edltor

T

HE Faculty Senate has de·
dined at this time to join

colleagues at Fredonia
State College in publicly
calling for SUNY to adopt a rational
fw)ding policy.
At its last meeting of the fall,.......
o.ronOec.ll,thesenatetablcdarcooluf.io!ldrawn upbyits&lt;Oil&lt;lJtiYeoommitteesupportiogthefundingpolicy.
The !&lt;SOlution sought to stem the tide
offacultyatotherSUNYinstitutions,
particularly Fredonia, who have endor&gt;ed a tuition ina.ase for the com·
ingacademicyear,aswdlasadoption·
ofa funding policy. While FSF.Cmemben vehemently opposed faculty endorsing a tuition increase, descnbing
it as"unwise"and"self-serving,"they
agreed that any SUNY funding·plan
must address tuition conams.
Senators speaking at the Dec. II
meeting geneFally supported th e
impetus behind the rrsolution.
While President William R.
Greiner encou..,ged them "to do as
they felt b&lt;st; he advised that it
might b&lt; better to take up the issue
after the legislature had approved
the state budget.
"It best serves us to leave it to the
chanceUor and the government to
..lork through this issue. Perhaps in
thespringsernesteritmightb&lt;good
for the faculty to address the issue,"
Greiner said, adding that tuition

· concerns need to b&lt; treated as morr
of along-term policy issue.
Samud Schack, chair of the Department ofMathematia,said the
situation provides •an .exceUent
opportunity for the UB senate not
to speak about something."
"Calling for a rational funding
policy is liJce calling for the end of
pcweny. Everyone believes in it-&lt;&gt;f
course you should have a rational
funding policy; Schack said "Why
not just b&lt; silent on the ~e
· silence will speak volumes in the
wake of othet institutions saying
things that arr foolish."
John Meacham, professor and
chair of the Department ofl's)dlol·
ogy, said he would support creating
a funding plan that "does what's
right for the students and families
of New York State and looks after
the long-term economic and busi·
ness prospects" of the state.
Meacham noted that the average
annual family income in the state is
about $3!,000, while higher-educalion costs run about $10,000.12,009
ayear-makirigitextmndydifficult
for~ families to send children to
colleg&lt; without additional help.
He also pointed out that in the
past decade, the state has increased
its support of higher education by
onlyaboutl·l.Spen:mL "New York
State has striously underfunded
higher education for the last 10
years. New York State ranks nearly

dead last. If we can't do. the right
thing for educating the nat genera·
lion of people who will b&lt; the citi·
UO&gt;-Ihe entrrpreneurs, the busi·
n~ leaders-&lt;&gt;{ this state, we arr
going to b&lt; one of the underdeveloped stat&lt;s," Meacham said.
In Otbrr business, the senate
unanimously appr&lt;&gt;Yed-with little
oomrnen~ the long-awaited class absence policy. A YO!f!on the policy had
been rrpeatedly hdd up sinoo last
May because of the lad of a quorum
and what one senator referred to as
"mind-boggling tedium," or ..;hat
others might refer to as "a heated de·
bate over particulan."
The policy c;_a(ls for ample notification and fairness on both sides:
Professors can only resched~le
class&lt;siactivities with the entirr consent of the class and must "provid&lt;
reasonable alternatives to students
for required course work from
which they arr justifiably absenL"
AdditionaUy, students who are
justifiably absent must make every
attempt to make up any missed
course work in a timely manner.
"Justifiable absences" include ,..
ligious observarJce; illnesses docu·
men ted by a quali6ed health professional, conflicts with universitysanctioned activities (requires the
signaturr of"an appropriate senior
university administrator"), public
emergencies and documented per·
sonal or family emergencies.

Ohlo~en)an.IS.

• "' ""' final seconds .., down
en lhe dodc.lralwnanTumer

a.m.

_...._loft-..
-

10 "'" net lor""' poc...tal
.-sec~.-

"'1"'""'
hit""' front
d""' rim and bouncod out belen
belr.: lcnodced out d
cime...,o-ecs.

bounds ..

UB made II d ;a fint IS shoo
and plared ex&lt;epdcnal _ . . . to
storm out to a 23-9 ~ in the first
10:11 d"'" pme.
span.
the Bulb lon:ed nino Ohio
tumOWII"I and hekJ the Bobcaa to
lou!- field pk en 4-&lt;&gt;1-10 Jhoo&lt;in&amp;.
~·lar-&lt;1&gt; by a..ndon
Hunter.lcllowod by badt.....O.d&lt;
dunb by""' 6-7
l~l Bobcat run to pul Oh6o to
• point
b&lt;ak (26-25).
"IIJOUI-ezoir&gt;IIOabthe
aood-JOU ' - t o ab"'" bad."

o...w.-

junior;.....-.

at "'"

said
Wlthenpoon
· - .-.femrc
II._;.10 U8~

succeosfiA ~shoo
arlier in "'" )aT. 'We ,.,.
p&gt;d lollb at"'" .......
- t h e y roll l n . they den\ roll in.We..,_ i n Wadon. we are prepared to ret a

two

-

tD

win

"'"pme..

Oan:o!Wiliarra led UB wilh 211
poina ond Louis ~ added 13.
Tho8ullsshat 47.9 pon:ent
from "'"tloo&lt;- (23-of-48), while
trifecas

.-. • ......,...- u....

(.34-13).0 h l o - " ' " BuBs:31-22. but wmed"'" bal ,_. •
....... times than Ia opponent (20-12). 5onoly johnson finlshod- 19 poina to

lead ""' llCOcaa.
.
UB .robcundod from the lou-by posq the bigest road win in Ia MidAmerican Conlerence hlsu&gt;&lt;y S.wrcto, "&amp;~&gt;&lt; wilh an 82·78 ~
viaDry .. bolore 5.025
in
Tho - , . , . "'"viaDry ""'hard way. "'"""'"*c. l~tlnt.ftal­
ond ......
.......n totwdthe~
Henl Just lath0111aa in
in
UB p anothor huce pe&lt;lormance from W1lian.,"""' ni&lt;IIOd 23 poina and
, . . . - 13 rebounds,- Can¢ell not only liCXI&lt;W! IS poina, but hold tw&lt;&gt;dme AJ.I1AC playw Tamar Slay .., Just oW&gt;&lt; poiro-11 '*Tho tnlod 43-27 -·-~in ot.ehl-.lbolore"*'
enan-14-3N\todo&lt;eohehholland"'*'ohesoanl.e..a,.dbya
aio d~ lold ph by junklr OM '--"nce. UB cut ot.e Mantol)oad to
46-41 " - " ' " " ~ oheTiuldortrc Herd, 16-l,to ..... ot.e
seoond hal The ~built up a 64-SO '-1- they did not .-.lncpsh.

"'Cam_,.,... ......._wv.

....,...__lilocJdrc_ ""'

"'"""""""""at"""" "'"-two,....

Bioinformatics
assure the center will b&lt; " tilL state·
of-the-art facility" for bioinfor·
rna tics, "not just in the United States,
but in the world"
He predicted that it will "trans·

MIN' S

Ohio 61, UB 6 1
UB 1 2 Marshall 71
The Akmni Arena mack ~ out on
the men's baskecbal tam as the
Bulb dropped • 62-61 decision 10

bioinformatics, nanosciences and
gonomics, to name a few," he said.
"This is hapj,ening because of this
marvelous integration of the power
and capabilities of these wonderful
univmities with the
business communityand the support
that we get from our
government.
"This effort is
transforming our
state "tVith strategic
investments into
what this country's
economic powerhouse for the 21"
century will b&lt;."
President William

added, will house drug-design and
research laboratories, high-perfqr·
mance computational bcilities, 3-D
visualization capabilities, product
commercialization space and
workforce training facilities.
Speaking on behalf of the center's
corporate partners, Bill Blake,
worldwide vice president for high
performance technical computing
with Compaq, said the center "will
b&lt; a very successful example of a
private-public partnership moving
ahead in science and using that science ro generate a strong industrial
base in ihis region."
Blake said Compaq has been involved with centers of excellence in
the United Kingdom, Switzerland ·
and Taiwan. Its ,)a.
lionship with the
Buffalo center, he
added, will be "the
most serious and is
the highest level of
commitment we're
going to have."
Referring to the
head of the company
that sua:eeded in ...
quendng the human

fonn Western New York into a 21stct:ntury economy," creating "thousands of jobs, thousands of high·
paying, high-tech, 21st-century
·jobs" for residents ofBuffitlo, West·
em New York and New York State. !!l
SUNY OunceUor Robert L. King, !
who also ap~ at the Dec. 6 news ~
conference, pointed out that when b&lt; ~
was appointed chancdlor, he told the 2
campus p~dents and mernbm of i:
genome-former
the board of trustees that he thought
...... to-C-wfw
UB faculty member
it should b&lt; at the top of his agenda c~-. ,.......,.sa.Craig Venter and his
"to fuUy integrate" the state univer· Tom FtooWol ( l o f t ) - - . - (right).
company, Ce.lera
sity into the state's economy, "'lin.kingourgraduates and faculty, our li- R. Grriner thanked Pataki for his vi- ~notedthattheBuf­
braries and research capabilities into sion and lcadenhip and his"continu- falo Center of Exrdlence in BioinNew York's economy."
ing commitment to BuJI3Io N"'8""- IOrmaticswilltal&lt;. the products ofthat
The governor's "'centers of exaJ- lt is much apprrciated in this region revolutionary research and, in tum,
lence concept" is hdping SUNY ,.. and we will work to make you proud." create futurr scienti6c revolutions.
"This center will spawn the next
aliu that gnal, King added.
Pataki said theceno.rwill b&lt; head·
"Here at UB, and at our campuses quartered in a 150,000-squarr-foot generation of Dr. Venters and the
at Albany and at Stony Brook, new facility to be built near Buffalo's next generation of Cdera Genomics
-.urdsarrcrrepingintoourlexicon- medical corrido r. The facility, he herl' in the Buffitlo area," he said

......

'* - .

wOMEN·s
Toledo 56, UB 46
Easte m Hlchlpn 71, UB 66
Tho &amp;Ills baaled bade in "'" second half, but d;dp\ ..... "'"""" dme tD
complete d)elr e&lt;&gt;n14lbad&lt; aaemp&lt; opinst the ...... Toledo Rocbts."""'
wilh a 56-46 win on jan. 16. UB was led by,.....,.. Kate McM.-,.
Ruscoe wkh 13 poina, all in the second haW. and sopllcmore jeuica

walked.....,

~=-~~=

Mct1eeloo&gt;-Rusa&gt;e ...... spoiled by. bolanced
~ attack and hex !~vee-point - . g by the Easten1 Michlpn ~who
deluted UB. 78-66. en S.wrclay.Tho Eaps finished wilhiM playen in double

flluros.
McM-.Ruscoe. who had 17 points in the fim half, opened the scorin&amp;
wkh a th~ and pYO the &amp;Ills what would be tiler tan lead ol the
pme, 12-IO;wichaj......,.atthe 13:55 mari&lt;.The Eaps ohenWtilten a 12·2
nm 10 &amp;O up by ol&amp;ht.22-14.wilh 8:2lleft in the half, and they toolta 36-32
~d into the: kxbr room at lncennission.
l&lt;ochendorler hit a~ ond ""'-d wilh a layup to tie the score
- . (41-41 and 43-43) early in ot.e seoond half. but"'"- could not redalm
thelead.EasumMi&lt;Npnhit-~inot.elinal201Tliootesolplay

and led by as many as 14 poO-.s on

two

dilloront occasion! to put the pme - .

Wrestlin~
UB ftnhhes

~that

N-Yori&lt; Seate Collqlates

The ~ _, with • toal o/129 poina.p&gt;d for fourth pbce.
at lhe NewYorl&lt; S.... ColeplleWresdrc ~Qrjylvmy (129.5~
Homn ( 166) ond Camel (207. S ) - ahood d U8 in ""'field d 23 _,.,._
I&gt;&lt; 14 1 ........ ~~Jon Bentley
maall ,_. Ous&lt;inWonn ol
Clnooro!&gt; in
was pmed by AmYl f'IWiip SOrf&gt;oon in the hi at 6:12.

"'""""'but

won'* ...........

llentley, last_,\.....,-.Wihedsoanl.asdidlou!-olher~BiiJa&lt;ouo:&gt;&lt;
(14'1).0... Guam&gt; (1 65~Goty Coopor (174) ond Gamtt
(184).

l!anterr4&gt;o

ln~oor trac~ an~ fiel~
Track toams lmp&lt;U11Ye In NewYori&lt; Cky
Tho mon\ ond """*'\ ;,door tnoek-.wd squads ..........t to aa;on aie&lt;
lhe - . t wilhlrnpAUM "--res at NewY&lt;!ri&lt; Oty\ ~ Centon
!.-donalTho plaad second in • ....,....., field with 148 poina.
_.n.,__..th011dsbc...,..wilh1Slpoina,
Tho- set. polr d school reoonls
Olson~
en her school polo-,...rocordwidlahoiah&lt;oii0.11.7S(3.3Sm).
For "'" men,)etimlo Slidt osublished • school marie in "'" mile with
hls first-j&gt;lace finish d 4:17.S3.jonelle Callender won the 400 dash in a.....,...,.

at"'"..-. ......

bestdmeo/ 58.32.

/

�Thursday, January

24
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Environmental Effects Research
Labor.ttory, Environmental

Protectloo Agency. C26 Farbot,
South Campus. 12:30 p.m.
Free. FOf' ~information
Michael Carrid&lt;, 829· 3926:

PhyJicJ Colloquium

~=~~~(,ne~e.

~.

Kirill Melnikov, Stanford
205 Natural Sciences Complex

North Camf'U'. 3:)0 p.m. ~....:

...........eutk al Sclenc:OJ
Seminar

~;:~ ~~~ncer. Mike
Phannacoiogy, Roswell Park
Cancl!r Institute. 121 Cooke
North Campus. 5-6:30 p .m.'

Free.

Friday

25
Social Wortl Lectu~
Treatment liwes for Adult
Survlvon of Childhood

SUu.l Abuse. 0~

i~~~ai·::f~~m.

lnstitite for Addiction stuctb
and Training, 645-6140.

-·

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lncompre.uibfe Surfaces In

Ull ArtJrts.ln--

Saturday

26

Poslttve Knot ComplerMnts.
Vu Huynh, Dept of
Mathematk.s. 122 Mathematics
8kf9 ., North Campus. 3:45
p .m . Free.

-

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Quorum-Sensing ond DNA·
Tempbted Nanostructures..

Hiro Suga, Dept. ol Cliemistry.
210 Naturil Sciences Complex
North Ca~. &lt;4 p .m . Free. '

So,oruored oy Dept. of
Ctlemistry and the Foster
lecture Endowment

·,......-

UB vs. Akron . Alumni Arena
North Cam~us. S
SH '

f.m.

bleacher; free for students
with 10.
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Men's •lketbllll
UB YS. Northwestern. Alumni

m"~i;"~\fJ:m.
orango/bleachor; $8, children

in bteKher; free fDf students

with!O.

Sctences. For more information

~J'·~~F''

Tuesday

Monday

2 ·9

- ~~~~rtet.

OpenMBA Program Open House.
!~.~For~CamfXJ'. 9
~gr."'tion, Jamie Taylor, 6-45-

~~~·~ed

c-urt
ComBlowoutl YJith tho

information,

6-4~·2921 .

Michele Callan~ 6-45-2711 .

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28

Social Wort. 355 Squlro. South
Campus. 8 a.m. Free~

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T....,_.ln_

Social- Lectwe

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D&lt;fldts to Clve Consent lor
S.xuol ContKt. Daemon

- d u e to Thermal

NofJa and Deterministic

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Institute for Addiction Studies
and Tr11ining. 645-6140.

--..ua c;..duate

StudentPa....,; Sele&lt;tlon In Single-

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The grant rcoognizes UB's stature
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poses the idea that faculty should be
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Sciences-physics, chemistry and
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SUNY-wide senate, said she is helping
to draft a resolution in suppon of a
rntional tuition policy io be presen!ed
at the SUNY Senate meeting )an. 17.
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m ust establ ish a rational tuition
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player among American research
universities, particularly in exciting
new fields such as biophotonics;
said Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi.
"We will be eduaiting the first
wave of scientists in this area and
creati ng a prototype for other
muhi&lt;lliciplinary programs in the
fUture; Capaldi added.
Al&lt;lGlllder Cartwright, principal
investigator on the gran!, noted that
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formation science.

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to immerse doctoral students in
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able to bring those collaborative
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completion of all of its requirements. as wdl as the requirements

for a biophotonics certificate, which
includes cross-disciplinary training
in biophotonics, experimental optical techniques, compulational

techniques and research ethics.
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Judith Adams-Volpe. director of
universit y and extemaJ relatio ns for

the Universities Libraries. told FSEC
members a t the body's ov. 28
meeting th at she vehemently op-

1he current year's budget for next

year. the increase· is needed to pay
stale-negotiated employee raises.
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bargainingoosts~.....,.. a shanfull of about S1million for Fredonia;
Ull President William R. Greiner recently told the UB Council that the
university estimates it will cost $9

million to fund those incrtases.
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Fredonia r=lution calling for a ru-

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called for a SUNY undergraduate IU·

it:ion hike. She said she belic\'es it is
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since SUNY is expected to maintain

source allocations that force SUNY
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crease. "For us (faculty members) to
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"l believe strongly that this is a
political matter and we have been
duped by the tate into being the
ones who are calling for a tuition~
increase or even a rational tuition
plan. This is a tragedy of the commons if we are the o nes who support the idea of an increa.se,n said
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other, more reasonable alternatives
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entnprenct~n,allof whom ;ueexperts
in their subject areas and g;, our students a fucused look at the real...n!
and what is expected of them in the
worl&lt;pla&lt;z. This combination of~
employment classes and job expericnccgM:s the students a jump-stan in
their-career laundl; since, by the end
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can apply their engineering fundamcntllsand produa:quantifiabloand
value-added results. This looks great
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edge in !~'~ring a substantial job by the
time they graduate. We lmCh our students how to write a wmpetitive ~
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by one sernesk.-. Many students and them the opportunity to demonstrate tal in fonnulating and laying the
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tt1re significantly be)ood their specific:

researchers in biological sciences,

academic d&lt;partment and to devdop

chemistry, physics, engineering and
medicine, all of whom ha.. expertise relating to biological interactions with lighL That combination,
along wiih strong research collaborations between the faailty and such
Buffalo institutions as HauptmanWoodward Medial Research Institute and Roswell Park Cancer Institute, distinguishes UB's program
from other biophotonics programs.
"We ha.., successfully integrated
lasers, photonics, nanotechnology
and biotechnology,., said Paras
Prasad, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the departments of Olcmistry
and Physics, executivt: director of the

thelmadth ofaperier&gt;oosandexpertise t'lCIC&lt;SSaJ')' for biophotonics," he
aplained. "We haYe cbdoped n&lt;W
curricula and research experiences
that initiate and n~synergistic~
lationships and the continuous exchange of ideas arT10D8 faailty in en, gincmng. pitysics.dlemistry, biology
and the medical school, as ....0 as with
clinical faculty."
A broad, multidisciplinary emphasis has allowed photonics and laser
research to thrive in the Institute for
Lasers. ghotonics and Biophotonics.
Researchers alliliated with the institute are required to become oonver·
sant in disciplines other than their

institute scientists are invtStigating
as promising targets for biophotonic
applications.
These include:
• Use of nanotedmology to de-

velop

n~

and improvt existing

techniques for real -time imaging of
cd1s and OO!ular processes ·
• Devdopment of the next generation of biosensor&gt;
• Combining nanotechnology
and laser technology for diagnosing,
targeting and treating cancer and
other diseases through light-activated therapies
• Theoretical modeling and
analysis of the interaction of light
with biological materials ·
• Material synthesis and charac-

from the natural pattemsofbiologial systems for use in information
technology applications that are a
hybrid of traditional IT materials
with biological materials
UB centen participating in the
IGEKI' grant ;ue the C&lt;ntor-for Advanced Photonic and Electronic

own, an enviro nm ent that ha s

institute, and co-investigator...This
program in biophotonics is truly

pushed the institute into the national
research spotlight, where it is a leader
or major participant on several muJtimillion-dollar research grants.

multidisciplinary; it's at the cellular
level, the tissue level and even the
dini"!!level. No one else has that."
IGERT fellows will cond uct re-

infonnation technologies in d~l ­
oping models and data analysis for

under.;tanding cellular mechanisms

Materials (CAPEM) and the C&lt;ntor
forComputatiooal R&lt;search (CCR).
Cartwright's m-itwestigators on
the grant, in addition to l'rasad, are
Earl). Bergey. research associate professor of chemistry and m1crobiology and a deputy director of the institute; David A. Koike, professor of
chemical engineering, and Bruce D.
McCombe, SUNY Distinguished
Professor in the Departmen t o.f
Physics, and director of CAP EM.
Sixteen other f.lculty members .m
working closely with the co-investigator.; to develop the program.
IGERT fellows also will partici-

Ca rtwright noted th at UB has

search on a broad range of matcri als, techniqucs and technologies that

• Development of new photonic
devices and systems that benefit

pate in internships in indust ry and
gowrnmentlabs.

among its faculty a cri tical mass of

terization

• Application of computer and

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·Targeting distressed areas
"Healthy homes" initiative takes aim at housing hazards
lly PA'IWCIA DONOVAN
Contributing Edito&lt;

o.

E of Buffalo's most
istressed and physi·
cally degraded inner·
city n&lt;ighborhoods is
the target of a new"healthy homes"
demonstration projt!ct to be administered and oj&gt;erated by UB.
The project, the BuffaloCommu·
nity-based Healthy Homes lninatiYe
(BCHHI ), wiU be funded by a
$700,000 Healthy Homes Demon·
stration and Education Grant from
the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
The project is deSigned to inaease
awarenessofhousing.hazards in one
of Buffalo's poorest inner-city
neighborhoods, as well as develop
and implement intervention strategies to remediate its dangerous and
unhealthy housing.
The project's target area is in the
Buffalo Federal Enterp~ Commu·
nity, where 47 percent of the chi!·
drc.n ljvt in poverty, most in singlefamily households. It includes por·
tions of the Masten, Ellicott and

Fillmore council districts.
The neighborhood is marked by
the highest levels of asthma, lead
poisoning, carbon monoxide poisoning and death by fire in the City
of Buffalo! problems that planners
say can be attributed to unsafe and
unhealthy housing.
The project will he directed by
Beverly McLean, research associate
and policy analyst in the Center for
Urban Studies in the School of Ar·
chitecture and Planning. The idea
for the initiative was developed in a
UB class taught by Mclean in which
fames Pitts, president of the Buffalo
Common Council, was a member.

It was trisl!md by concmU ex·
pressed during a ~uth town hall
meeting sponsored by the ~uth
&lt;Xlnll11itt«ofBulf.aloWeedandSeed
lnitiatiYe, a U.S. Department o{ Juslice community c:rime:pmoention
and empowmnent program
The project will be operata! by the
Cmter for Urban Studies and the
Urban Design Project-both of
whichhaYelongtrodc:m:ordsofiOiv·
ing community-d&lt;Ydopment and
urban-revitalization problems.
"In 1aqje pan,• ~McLean, "the
housing is unhealthy in the target
a= because 99 percent of the housing units_, built l&gt;eftn 1939.In
fad, the neighborhood bas the gteal·
est density of older housing stock in
the city. Twmty·nine percent of the
a='s pmpertyparcdsarevacantand
the City ofBullalo master plan calls
for the demolition of another onequarter of the str\JCtUieS by 20 10~
Sbe notes that absentee landlords
own more than a quarter ofthe properties and much of the housing is
decayingandfulloflcadpaint,oock·
roaches and other irritants associatal
with asthma, a major public-health
problem in the n&lt;ighborhood.
Community school data from
1998 indicated that the three-year
average asthma ratts for children
ages 5-14 years in the target area was
three times the city-wide average.
New York State Health Department
data indicate that 34 percent of all
hospitalizations in Erie County due
to asthma are from the project's tar·
get neighborhood ·
In addition, 95 percent of lead·
poisoning cases in Erie County are
from the City of Buffalo, with the
target n&lt;ighhorhood falling within
the top I0 zip codes forlead poison·

ing in the State of New York.
The BCHHI is a multi-party ef. ·
fort involving abroad raJlii"Of com·
munity resources and agencies. Its
efforts will complement thooe of the
Erie County Health Departmen(s
Healthy Homes lnitiatiYe (ECHlll),
another HUD project.
Participants will include ECHHI;
the Bullalo Weed and Seed network;
Unital N&lt;ighborhoods, a project
fund&lt;dbytheUnitedWayofBullalo
and Erie County; the Coalition lOr
the~tofUnificdCom ·

munitylmoiYemmtandl.eadersltip;
n&lt;ighborhood block dubs; schools.
and the Mayor's Oflicr of Strategic
Planning.
Among the strategies the project
willusetoan.cktheneigbborhood's
bousingprobl&lt;ms are a comprehen·
sive community-education pro·
gram involvingneigbboihood block
dubs, housing a&gt;ntracton, property
owners, landlords, children and
th&lt;ir parents.
Thosewho.willadviseworkonthe
project include Henry Louis Taylor.
Jr., di~ oftbe Center for Urban
Studies and professor of planning;
Oswaldo Mestre, JL, director of the
Buffalo Weed and Seed Initiative;
Robert Sbibley, a nationally r&lt;eog·
nizedurbandesigner,direaoroftbe
Urban Design Projt!ct and professor
of architecture and planning, and
Shakoor Aljuwani, aecutiYe director
of United N&lt;ighborhoods, and the
Margaret !. Wendt Foundation.
~ liaioonsin the Ma~r'sQf.
fict of Sttategic
will assist
and advise the pnigram. Scott Gehl,
director of Housing OpP.,rtunities
Made Equal (HOME), will help d.,.
velopand P""""t landlord and property-owner training workshops.

Planning

End-of-life decisions examined
By LOIS llAII.Ell
Contributing Editor

W

HY are so many
people willing to
relegate important

medical decisions

to strangers?

That is the question a US nurseamhropologist is attempti ng to answer in a study on medical advance
directives funded by the ational
Institute of Nursing Research.
In th&lt; new S156,000, IS· month
study,Mary;\nn Jezewski, associate
professor of nursing and principal
investigator on the gmnt, aims to
find out why 80 percent of the U.S.
population has not signed an ad·
vance directi ve, a document that
darifies a patient's wishes concern·
ing end-of-life care if they become
uhable to speak for themselves.
An advance directive simply can
name another person, a proxy. who
is authorized to make such deci·
sions. Or it can take the form of a
"living will," which might include a
do-not-·resusdtate order or prohibit
using unusual measures 10 sustain
life if there is no hope of recovery.
"We've had IOyearsoffederalleg·
islation and 13 years of state legislation in New York giving people the
right to self-determination of care,"
Jezewski said. "The intent of the fed ·
era I Patient Self-Determination Act
o( 1990 was to make sure that all patient ~ knt'w tlk' h.aJ tht.• nght w

designate someone to makt deci·
sions for them if they couldn't. So
far, only 20 percent of the population has done so.
.. Many people assume family
memlxrs have a right to decide a
loved one's treatment," she said.
"What they may not know is" that
without an advance directive naming a health-care proxy, doctors in
New York Stale don't have to follow
the fumily's wishes."
Information gathered since the
work sraned in September shows
that often people don't understand
what a proxy is, don't know the dif·
ference between an estate will and a
living will, and don't realize they
don't need a lawyer to draw up the
latter. Most said that no one, including their physician, had talked to
them about an advance directive,
Jezewski said.
.. This situation is partly a result
of our attitudes about death and
dying. People don't like to talk about
it, and nurses, physicians and health·
care workers generally are no more
comfortable than anyone else."
Health-are professionals who are
willing to broach thesubjt!ct, however,
may not have the right information,
Jezewski found She conducted sur·
'"'}'with both oncology and erner·
gency nurses in C:~lifomia, Texas, lllinoisand New York to determine their
knowledge. attitudes and experience
with advan ct' directives. Rc:sults

showed participants rata! themselves
highly experienced and a&gt;nfident with
the subj&lt;ct. but scored only 60 per·
cent on average on a test of their
knowled!l" of advance directives.
Surveys conducted by others with
physicians showed similar findings,
Jezewski said
-Most studies on the use of advance
directives to date have been conducted with critically or terminally
iU patients, or elderly persons in nursing homes. Jezewski is concentrating
instead on people who ha~ chronic
illnesses that put them at risk of need·
ing an a&lt;lvan&lt;rdirective in the future,
but currently are relatively stable and
functioning normally.
The study will involve 80- 100 par·
ticipants from Western New York
who will be recruited through sup·
port groups for chronic illness, such
as diabetes, multiple sclerosis, can·
cer and heart disease. Participants
will be interviewed personally or
take pan in focus groups.
Jezewski and Mary Ann Meeker,
a doctoral student and research as sistant in the School of Nursing, will
roUect and analyredataon attitudes,
opinions and needs of people with
chronic illnesses related to advance
directives to determine how to help
them better understand the process.
Their long-tcm1 goal is to design
a way to provide that information
to other.. "•ith chronic illnesses Jnd
to the ~cnt.• r&lt;tl j"JCl puiJC('

3

BrieD
UB turns over Martin deed
ua .._ ~ - t h e deed to the Darwin D. Martin House to the
Martin House Ratoration Corp., ending the university's 33-year stew·
ardship of Frank Uoyd Wright's prairie-styk masterpiece. The Jewett
Parkway landmark will remain under the auspica of the restoration
corporation until the $23 million restoration of the house is complded..
"To put it simply, without Bill Greiner's vision and the univenity's
stewardship of the Martin House, the Martin House restoration
. project might never have become reality," said Robert J. Kresse, chair/
man of the board of the Martin House Ratoration Corp., a non·
profit group overseeing the project.
UB acquired the Martin House in 1967 for use as the otlicial resi·
dence of !hi university president. Later, the house was used at various
• 1irJ&gt;es for a variety of university-relata! purpo&lt;eS. including as the alumni
offioe, university archives and a Canadian-American Studies Center.
The university agreed in 1990 to turn over the deed to the house
to the restoration corporation when the final environmental review
process was completed to facilitate restoration efforts.
Once restoration is a&gt;mplete, ~corporation will transfer the title to
the New York State Office of Parks, R&lt;crcation and Historic Preserva·
lion. The house ·will be designata! a New York State Historic Site, and
will be operated by the corp&lt;)ration. Tbe UB Fouodation also has agreed
to turn over various Martin House artifacts to the rorporation.
The corporation is on track to finish the Martin House restoration
in about three years and is moving ahead with plans to restore Wright's
adjacent George Barton House and Ganlener's Cottage, as weU as res·
urrect three strurol'res long missing from the complex-the pergola,
conservatory and carriage house. A visitor cmter also will be built.
The corporation has raised $19 million of the project's cost.

ESI offers research funding

ID

Tbe Environment II Society Institute invites proposals for projects
to be funded by its Environmental Management A1ternatives Program·(EMAP) and its Environmental Science Interdisciplinary Re-

search Program (ESIRP).
The EMAP provides seed funding for interdisciplinary research
and analysis on environmental problems. relevant to the regional
community and sha res that work with groups and organizations ca·
pable of transl~ting it into policy.
The ESIRP provides seed fundinlf for interdisciplinary research
and analysis in environmental science relevant to the regional, national and global environmental research and education priorities.
Environmental science focuses on the components of the environment-air, water, soil and food. Research in the· natural and social
sciences that has relevance to, and overlaps with, environmental science would be eligible, including ecology, environmental chemistry,
engineering, psychology, an thropology, environmental toxicology
~nd environmental health.
AU UB faculty members are eligible to conduct EMAP projects; fac·
uhy members conducting research in environmental science are eligible to apply for ESIRP funds. Applicants for both programs should
become faculty affiliates of the institute if they have not already done
so. Interdisciplinary teams are strongly encouraged to apply.
Proposals for both programs must be received no later than 5 p.m.,
Jan. 15, 2002.
For further information, contact ESI at 829-2975, ext. 602, or visit
&lt;hHp:/ / wlngs.buff•lo.edu/ provost/esl&gt;.

Recipe for Success
UB's Campaign for the Community

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Amb~dors bring their world to kids

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ldontlliOd .. dinialasoisUnt
profeuor in tho 5dlool ol NUGing. She b I cJinico1 profeuor.

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pn&gt;lessor ol phl&lt;mocology ond
toxicology, ond
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ogy. " - joined tho sc..ring
Committee ol tho Environment

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ond Sodoty Institute, Tile Steor·
lng Committeo, whoso mombon reprosent oight deport·
monts in throo schools ond tho

Ubrarios, n-.. monthly to sot

policy, .,...... tho Environmon-

tol Managomont Altomotive
Program and the Environmental
Scienco Interdisciplinary ~
searrll Program small granu
programs, tho follow5hip program for graduate studenll,
and the plans for an ~·
mental studies curriculum. The

committee also coordinateJ
community service outreach,
and serves 11 a dearinghouse
for environmeotaUy rellted in- ·
formation for the ~ion, in-

sponsoring or providing
partnonhlp suPf)O!t for conf..-.

cluding

ences, workshops and seminarS.
lnlce ~--. cliniGal as.-

sodate prolossor ol modltlno,
has r«oivod tho 2001 COITVTIUnity SoMe• Award from tho

Wostom Now Yori&lt; Chap!..- o1
t h e - · Association.
Naughton was.l:ltod for "Kldud·
ing tho chip&lt;..- In cu~
roseart:h projects that hoY! sig·
nlficont potentlol to improYo
care'" for~ with

alzheimers, for "Improving the
communlty's system for diagnosis and treatment of denientil"
and fulfitting the chapter"s com-

munity education mandate, and
his fund-raising offorts.

for

Chllrles M. Sevvtn, anist:ant
dean for students and auodate

profossor of pathology and ana- tomical sciences In the School
of Medk:lno and Biomodical Sciences, was one ol 56 medkal
school faculty physkians nomlnatod by modical studonts nationwide for the 2001 Humanism In Medk.ine AWJrd spon!Ofed by tho Association of
Amerian Modic.JI Colloges. Tho
phySidans were nominated by
tho MMC's O&lt;ganlzation of
Studont Represontlt!Yes basod
on r... dofinlng chanlctoristics
of humanism In medical ecfuca..

ay DONNA LONCaNKJWI
R.q&gt;Oit~ Assistant

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ences that captivate )'OWlg minds and
oftm shrink the social, rultural and
political bordea that separate, and
sometimes"""81!""'te. thedill"erenas
betwten "us and th&lt;m."
And with the memories of Sept.
II still fresh, the Global Ambassa·
dors Program may taU on a whole

Editor

He third-through~ghth
graders at the Lydia T.
Wright School of E=l·
lencc sat quietly in the

Buffalo school's auditorium as
)eongsub Nam, a South Korean
graduate student studying English
literature at UB, mesmerized the

new dimension , as it not only

bridges the rultural divides of Jan.
guage and ignorance, but also fosters genuine learning, understanding and curiosity in a two-way exchange that benefits both the inter·

gathering with the simple, clear

beautyo(his national anthem, sung
a cappeUa in his own language.
It was clear (rom the appla= that
it didn't matter that no one under~
stood Korean-the American stu-

national students and those they

hope to enlighten.

for many students, it may be the first
time in their lives that they have
come into contact with someone
from another culture.

"They quickly become aware of
just how diverse the world is beyond
our borders," say&gt; Ashwill, "which
can inspire students to learn more
about a particular country or region
of the world"
Rita Wedderburn, a speech therapist and' liaiSon for African-American multicultural curriculum at the
Wright school,echoed this theme as
she introduced the "ambas$1dors"to
the students gathered in the school

dents and adults who have heard

their own national anthem sung. of .
late, in response to the r«cnt tnror-

ist attacks. could connect with the
earnest determination evidenced in

questions about such topics as the
weather, housing and dress. They
engaged the young students on tbftr
own level, making them laugh and
holding them spellbound in turns.
Pablo ROnoso, a nati~ of f.Cua.
dor, greeted the students with a
hearty .. buenos dios and good
morning ,• then dcsc·r ibed .his
country's unique political system
that r&lt;quires everyone of legal age
to vote, or risk not being able to
move fredy about the country or

trnvel internationally.
" l( you don'l vo~ you can have a
few problems," ROnoso told the studentS... Because, when you vote, you
rective somelhing Jlke a receipt.
With this receipt throughout the
year, you have 10 UK il for important functions like getting a driver's
license, a passport, visa-so it's very
important for people to vote."

Nam's voice.
He also brieny introdu~ stu·
dents to the differences between
A Cambodian student, Vida
Korean and western rpelodies. He
Vanchan, wore a hand-made, trndi·
noted "that Koreans try to make a
ti~nal silk and lace dress used for
special occasions and for attending
harmony from all of thest different "'
cultural elements to make a ne:w dy- i
· temple in the predominatel y
namic culture, so Koreans change
8uddist country. She shari.! a Cam·
very fast. It's a culture of change... ~
bodian folk tale often told to chilNam was one of seven intema- ~
dren in her country-a story that
cautions against making snap judgtiona] students who visited the East
mtnts, which, she told the students,
Side school recently as part o( the ':-.-.-:11:-.,.._
--'
·
•
Global Ambassadors Program, an col'- of his.........__ttels aulstod by ambassador l'alllo •elnoso •can caust: a penon to I~ 50mething valuable in life."
outreach initiative developed by of Ecuador IIIMI9-,...,.-old c..a.. Johnson .
UB's World Languages Institute
Other global ambassadors partici(WLI ) in coUaborntion with the Qf.
"The Global Ambassadors pro· auditorium, which was decorated pating in ,the program at the Wright
fice of Int ernational Education.
gram is a meaningful and enjoyable with carefully researched, hand - school ......, Sherene Cheah o( MaWith the international students way for our international students made flags rep=ting each of the layoia; L&lt;o Christo Madathiparambil
sharing details about their countries' to become involved in the commu- intefnationaJ students' countries.
and Sanjeev Saha. both of India. and
"'The greatest gift we can give other Diep Thai of Vietnam.
history. culture. geogrnphy, climate, nity," say&gt; Mark Ashwill; director of
economy, politics and religion, the the WLI and founder of the Global prop(eisoursd~sittingdown
AshwiU said he hcipes to create
world, it seemed, was just a hand - Ambassadors program. "What bet· and talking with and truly getting to long-term relationships with ~­
shake away.
ter place to learn about another know the person sitting next to lccted schools that ha"" expressed an
Bringing the .world into th~ class- country than in its schools. Theedu· yoll--Or a person you'd IiJc. to get to interest in hosting the Global Amroom is the mission of the Global cationaJ system is, in some respects, know," she said " Bu~ bec:a= they bassadors Program on a regular baAmbassadors Program. whose par- a mirror of society. In it you can dis- may &lt;tress a little dilferently, or they sis. Plans already are under way to
ticipants arc drawn from the nearly cern some of its values, priorities may speak a different language, we partner with one Buffitlo rityschool
3,000 international students that and strengths, as well as its short- sometimes pass up the opportunity and a school in a suburban district ,
to'have a greater understanding and which, he emphasi=, will allow the
make up US's multicultural, aca- comings," he a!lded.
AshwiU, as well as teachers at the appm:iation of other cuJtures.'"
ambassadors to ~ a more subdemic community. The ambassadors
The ambassadors, who hail from stantive oontribution to programprovide to area elementary and high Lydia T. Wright School. believe the
South
Korea,
EcuadQr,
Viet·
India,
kind
of
in\eractions
that
this
proming and curriculum that S«ks to
school students those rare, face-toface encounters with someone from gram facilitates can, in some cases., nam, Malaysia and Cambodia, en- broaden students knowledge o( the
another country-learning cxperi- be life-changing. They also say that thusiastically answered the youths' int~ational community.

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tion: po&lt;itM montoring skilb,
coflabo&lt;ation, compassion/..,_

IREWG schedules film festival for spring

sitMty, COO"'munlty .seMce activity and obsorvance of professional ethics.

By SUE WUETCHER

Aloft

s-. p;or.;..,or

compute&lt; scienco,

was honorod

by tho Conf..-.nce on Computotlonal CornpleJUty on tho ocuslon of hb 6C1" bfrthdiy, l"hree
rettospectlloe tJib on ~·s
wor1&lt; w..-e gNe&gt; prior to tho beginning of tho conference, held
recently in Olk:.rgo. Selman~ a
U8 faculty membe&lt; since 1990
and a found..- of tho eompiexlty
.Theory Conference, has been an
active ond influentlol membe&lt; of
the complexity u-y COITVTIUnity for,_.,. 30 ,...,..

JOB LISTINGS
UB job listings
accessible viii Web
Job Hstings for pn&gt;lesslonal, resean:h, hlculty ond dvilse&lt;·
vic~~ond
non-&lt;ompeli~

be accessed vio tho

con
Human Re-

Film introduction by director Maureen Gosling among highlights ofannual series
Report~r Editor

A

N in-person introduc-

tiM by director Maureen
Gosling at the March 7
screening of her film ,

"Blossoms ofFirc/Ramos de Fuego."
will be among the highlights o( the
sixth annual International Womcil's

Film f-estival , to be presented during
the Spring 2002 semester by the Institute for Research and EduCJtion on
\\'omen and Gender.

..;;u

The screenings
be held at 7
p.m. on Thursdays from Jan. 31
througli March 14 in the Market
Arcade Film and Arts Centre, 639
Main St., Buffitlo.
The cost is $6.50 (or general admission and $4.50 for students. The

first and last screenings will be spon·
sored by the Melodia E. jones Chair
in French and will be free o( charge.
For further information, contact

&lt;Imp://
_Web
_
_
sources
Services
site_
at

IREWG at 829-3451. or visit the
institute's Web site at &lt;www.wo-

olo.-/hn/ -

~. buffalo . edu &gt;.

/&gt;.

m

Therestivalwillkickoff)an.31 with
a free sCreening of"Les Glaneurs et Ia
Glaneuse" (The Gleaners and 1). a
documentary by French director
Agnes Varda. The film is an intimate
inquiry into French life,as lived by the
country's poor and provident The

aesthetic. political and, tinally, moral
pointofdepartureforVardaaregleaners. those individuals who pick at already reaped fields for the ndd potlto
or the leftovor turnip.
The rest o( the schedule and de·
script ions o( the films, as provided
by!REWG:
• Feb. 7: "Earth," India/Canada,
1999. Directed by Deepa Mehta,
"Earth" tellsastoryo(Lenny,aneight·
year-old Parsee girl who is growing up
rich in pre-partition u.hore in 1947.
When the film opens. the British arc
preparing to quit their en1pire in India, and the searing process of split·
ting British India into independent
India and Pakistan is about to begin.
Angry Hindusstonn through u.hore
one day. and angry Muslims the next.

Then the seiious killing begins.
by T""" Nash. this film focuses on
•
Feb. 14 : "Wisecracks,.. · Marilyn Waring, the foremost

Canada, l992. Directed by Gail
Singcr,NewYorkerFilmscalls"WtSe·
crncks" a "perceptive documentary
on the politically charged field of
stand-up comedy as practi~ by24
working (women) romics." Featured
arc Whoopi Goldberg, Ellen
Dt.&lt;ieneres, Kim Wayans,Pam Stone,
Robin Tyler and Jenny Jones, as well
as vintage (optlge of Lucille Ball,Mae
West and manyother "old·timers...

spokesperson for global feminist
economics whose ideas offer new
avenues for political action.
• March 7: " Blossoms
Fire/
RamoodeFuego,"USA,2000. The leg·
~women o( Juchitan, a rity in
Oaxaca, Mexico. are described as
"guardians of men, distributors o(
fond," and celebrated (or their beauty
and intelligence. "Biossoms!&gt;f"Fire,"by

o(

producer-director-editor Mauncn
Gosling, show.; them in all their glory ,
as they run their busin=, embroimixes passion and politics in this dertheir.&amp;ignaturefieryblossomson
powerful drama set in South Africa clothing and comment with angry
about three young women, all close . humor on articles in the foreign press
friends. Sophie is a white political thatftippantlyandinaa:uratelydepia
activist, Thoko is a black school- them as a promiscuo~ matriardly.
teacher and Annika is an Afrikaner
• March 14: "Venus Beauty lnstiarchaeologist When Sophie plants a tute," France, 1999. With this film,
bomb that kills two innocmt people, writer/director Tonie Marshall takes
the women's friendship is tested.
us into the world of beauty and self.
• Feb. 28: "Who's Counting! image.andintothelivesofroursuong.
Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and smart wo~·who make their living
Global Economics," 1995. Directed practicing beauty at a Parisian spa.

• Feb.21:"Friends," Britain/South
Africa, 1998. Director Elaine Proctor

�5

·Holstun wins Deutscher
Prize is one ofmost prestigious in the English-spetlking world
ayPATWOA DONOVAN

AMES Holstun, a professor in
the Department of English,
has won this year's Isaac and
Tamara Deutscher Memorial
Prize, one of the most prestigious of iis kind in the Englishspeaking world, for his book,
"Ehud's Dagger: Oass Struggle in
the English Revolution,• published
last year by Verso Books.
Holstun's book analyzes current
anticommunist fashioru in historical
and literary study and proposes a
combination ofliterarycriticism with
the"historyfrom below" practiced by
the British Marxist historians.
Holstun studies the writing and

literature of proletarian struggle,
early gay and lesbian writing. and
the bistory and rulture Of Buffalo.
The Deutscher Prize, founded in
1969, is awarded annually to a work
ofEnglisb-languagescbolanhipthat
"exemplifies the best and most in·
novatiYencwwritinginoraboutthe
Marxist tradition.•
It is named for the distinguished
Polish-born socialist historian Lsaac
Deutscher, author of a biography of
Sttlin,a three-volume biography of
Lton Trotsky, and many other
works,and hiswife. Tamara,agifted
writer and intdlectual in her own
right, who devoted most of her life
to collaborating closely with her
husband and then to perpetuating

th e political action of working men

the infiuencr of his ideas.

contr1butlng

Ed~or

J

and women in the English Revolu-

The prize, whose winners are an-

ti o n- th t republican assassin s,

nounced in the Lor~don Review of

communist farmers, Baptist prophetessesand radical soldiers who tried
to keep Oliver Crom;.ell from hi jacking the English Revolution for
the benefit of early capitalism.
He is faculty •advisor to the
Graduate Group for Marxist Studics and teaches courses in Renaissance literature, Marxist theory, the

Books,carritsan invitation to present
the Deutscher Mernoriall..ccture at
the London School ofEconomia the
following November, and be the
guest of honor at the reception that
follows. Deutscher lectures often are
published in New Left &amp;view.
Holstun's 2002 ltcture will address the Chinese journalism and

6ctionofAgntsSmcdle)ltheAmtri-

can feminist, OOYdist, ~utionary

socialist and a tircltss advocate for
womm, children, peasants and liberation for the oppressed. Smedley
wrote a rernarkableautobiogr'aphical novd, "Daughter of Earth," dtscribingherrura1J9rlhood,herwork
with Margaret Sanger in the birth
control mo~eot and her work
with Indian nationalists.
She later lived and marched with
the Chinese Red Army for many
yea rs in its stru ggle with the
Kuomintang and the Japanese.
During the McCarthy era, she was
accused falsely of being a communist spy.
Rtant books that ha"" received
the Deutscher Award indudc Peter
Gowa n's "The. Global Gamble:
Washington's Faustiah Bid forGiobal Dominion" (2000), Francis
Wheen's"Kar1Marx"(I 999),Robin
Blackburn's "The Making of New
World Slavery• ( 1997), Eric
Hobsbawm's'"Th&lt;AgeofExtremes"
(1995), Terry Eagleton's "The !deology of the Aeslh&lt;tic" (1989) and
FllenMtiksinsWood's""Th~Retreat

from Oass" ( 1986).

Slowing cancer-cell growth
Plant-based fats shown to slow prostate cancer growth in mice
By LOIS IIAKEII
Contribut ing Editor

ATS derived from plants
appear to inhibit th e
growth and migration of
one type of prostate cancer
cell and to slow the growth of prostate tumors in laboratory mice, nu trition resc-.trcher1at UB have found.
onvcrscly, those fed a di et
supplemented with cholesterol had
larger tumors and twice the amount
of metastasis in lung and lymph
nodes than th ose receiving the
plant -fat diet, results showed.
This is the first repon of the effect
of plam-dtrived fats on human prostate-cancer cell growth and metasta·
sis in animals. Results of the study
appear in the December issue of European journal ofCAncer Prevemion.
The study was conducted by researchers led by Atif B. Awad, associate professor of nutri tion in the
Department of Physical Therapy,
Exercise and "Nutrition Sciences in
the School of Health Related Profmions and director of UB's nutrition program.
The rt:Searchers report that prostate-cancer tumors were 40 percent
smaller in animals fed a diet en hanced with phytosterols than in
ani mals fed a diet enhanced with
cholesterol.
Phytosterols is the genera] name
for plant-based fats. which arc found
primarily in unfiltered vegetable oils
likt virgin olive, peanut and canota.
In· cultures of prostate-cancer
cells, a specific plant fat called 8-sitosterol inhibited the growth of can·
cer cells by 70 percent compared to
controls, results showed. Phytosterols also inhibited the ability of cance r cells to migrate and bind to
mrmbrant proteins of normal cells.
"Thest studies demonstrated for
the first time that phytochemicals
that exist naturally in our diet can
protect against prosta e cancer by

F

inhibiting the growth of the human
tumor and its spread in the host's
tissues, both in ani mals and the
laboratory," Awad said
The research is aimed at understanding why prostate cancer is the
most common male cancer in Westem societies, but is significantly less
common in Asia. One of the primary
differene&lt;sbctwecntherulturesisdict.
Western die1S are high in cholesterol,
but low in phytosterols, while.the opposite is true of the typical Asian diet.
Awad and colleagues have been
studying the significance of this dietetic difference and the rdationship
to breast and prostate cancer for several years. In previous pioneering
work on human prostate-cancer cells
(type LNCaP) they found tfiat B-sitosterol, a fat abundant in vegetarian
diets. inhibited tumor growth and
reduced the 1...,1 of PSA rdeased
They also ha.., shown that plantbased fats appear to cut the risk of
prOstate cancer by reducing the levels .
of both testosterone and certain enzymes that mebbolize testosterone
into ~ore a~ fonns, and that BsitDsterol stimulated cell death in both
LNCaP prostate cancer and one type
ofbreast-&lt;:anccrcdls in the laboratory.
Feeding phytosterols lO mice injected with breast -cancer cells reduced tumor growth and metastasis, but until now no information
was available on the effect or phytosterols on human prostate cancer.
Phytosterolsare used widely in Eu. rope to treat enlarged prostate, Awad
said. and are known to lower the risk
of cardiovascular disease by in terfering with cholesterol absorption.
To determine the effect of cholesterol and phytosterols on human
prostate-cancer ceUs, Awad and colleagues sim ulated Wes1ern and
Asian die1S by feedi ng one group of
mice a mix of phytostrrols and an other group cholesterol with their
normal food.

After a two-week adaptation pe·
rind, they introduced PC-3 human
pros tat e-ca n ~ir cells into both
groups and maintained the mk.c oO
their respective die1S for eight more
weeks.
·
CollCUfTOltly, lh&lt;y conducted cellrulture studies in which PC-3 cells
were ""JlJ5"d to three different types
of dietary fat: 8-sitosterol and
campestero~th phytosterolsand cholesterol A control-cell rulture
contained tumorcdls with no supplementation. Cdls were grown for three
days. then counted and tested for in·
vasiveness, adhesiveness to cell men1·
br:ane proteins and ability to migrate.
Eight weeks after inoculation, tumors in phytosterol-fed mice were
40-43 percent smaller than tumors
in cholesterol-fed mice, researchers
found In addition, phytosterol-fed
mice showed half the rate of PC-3
ceU metastasis to other organs.
In the cell-culture experiments,
the number of cancer ce:Us in the
cholesterol-supplemented medium
increaSed by 18 percent ov&lt;r three
days, while tumor cells decreased by
70 percent and 14 percent in B-si·
tosterol and carnpesterol-supplemcnted media, respectively, compared to the control.
Phytosterol-treated PC-3 tumor
ceUs were 78 perce-nt less invasive
than controls, compared to a 43 percent increase in invasiveness for cholesterol -expo~ c&lt;lls. Cholesterol
also increased cell migration by 67
perc~nt , while B-sitosterol and
campesterol decreased migration by
93 percent and 60 percent, respectively, compared to controls.
Both phytosterols reduced tu·
mor-cell adhesion to the cell-membrane protein larninin, and B-sito·
sterol reduced adhesion to the protein fibronectin. Cholesterol increased PC· 3 binding to one type of
collagen, the primary protein of all
connective tissue.

Leonids, comets and·stars---- Ill
oh my! And it's ·all on the Web
11M rec.:ent dlspl•y of the Leonid mdeOr shower has turned more

than a few eyes to the sky. The Leon ids signal the aoou~ collision of
the Earth with dust particles shed by the Com&lt;t 55.Pfferopel-Tuttle.
When these sand· and pebble-siud particles strike the Earth's at mosphere at up to 44 miJes per second, they create streaks of superh~ated air along their path. The 2001 Leonid show&lt;r arrived ~v.
18, whtn view~rs in the Americas saw the most dramatic displa'y of
these "shooting stars• in nearly 35 years.
More i11formation on the 2001 Leonids can be ac.ces5ed through
any number of Web sites, including NASA's Ames Research Center at
&lt; http:f/leonld.arc.nasa.gc&gt;Y/ &gt;. Click on "info@meteors" to view
background information on meteors and meteor showers. The "'Leonid·Storm History" recounts the history of this meteor shower back
to the first anecdotal account by Ch inese astronomers in 902 AD. Also
available are ihe most recent results of the Research Center's MAC
(Multi -instrument Aircraft Campaign ) Mission &lt; http:/ I
leonld.-.nasa.gc&gt;Y/leonldnews.html&gt;. Most impressiv&lt;, however,
are the imagd avaiJable via this and another Leonid information s1te,
NASA's Near Live Leonid Watching System &lt;http:!/
leonlds.hq.nasa.gov/ leonldJ/ &gt;. The image gallery of the latter includes Uonid images contributed by amateurs and professionals from
around the world, who upload their own images to the site. Both NASA
sites list nunie:rolP links to other meteor and meteor-related Web sites.
In addition to the Leonids, Sky &amp; Telescope (S&amp;T) magazine's Web
site &lt;http://www.Jkypub.&lt;om/ &gt; lists general information for amateur astronomm looking to learn more about meteors. asteroids, comets and other astronomical phenomena. The site links to news, resources
and an interesting section on imaging, induding tht article "Sky Photography With Just A Camera" &lt;http:// www.Jkypub.com/ lmaglng/
astrophotography/c........ html&gt;. Enter the "Gallery of Images"
&lt;http://www.Jkypub..-!lmaglng/~/lndeuhtml&gt;tovitw

incredibl&lt; examples ofground and space-based astrophotography. Oick
on S&amp;T's "Sights" to access "Special Sky Ev&lt;nts" and "Monthly Northern Sky Highlights" to see sky charts, visiblt planet positions and me·
teor shower predictions. General information pages useful to the novicc sky-gazer include "Meteors: A Primer'" and "How to Observe Meteors," as W&lt;ll as links to more in-depth information on the Leonids and
other meteor-related organizations and si tes.
Those inspired by th~ recent Leonid storm to learn mo~ about meteors and other astronomical phenomena a~encouraged to look at the
following Web sites. The Meteoritical Society &lt;http:l/www.UMIL-/
c.mpus-ruources/ metsoc:/ lndul .htm&gt; is an international scholarly society formed to promote th&lt; study of extraterrestrial mat&lt;rials
and their history. This group's publications include Meteoritics &amp; Planetary Science, as well as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. (The latter
is available online to UB Libraries ·patrons through Science Direct a1
http:// www.sdencedlrect.com/ sdenc:e/ Joumal/ 00167037.)
The American Meteor Society, headquanered at Geneseo State College, is a non-profit, scientific organization established to encourage
and suppon the research activities of both amateur and prof&lt;'SSional
astronomers interested in meteor astronomy. Members of th~ society
a~ looking for amateur astronomers intere:sttd irr learning maeor spectroscopy and tc!chniques for collecting surveillance data on meteorshower activity and related phenomena. To learn more, a~ the
society's Web&lt;ite at &lt;http:// www.amsmeteon.org/ lnclu..html&gt;.
-...8ftncla Battteson •nd Austin ·Booth. Unjvmjty Ubrorin

BrieO
E-learning sessions set
Sessions Introducing UB employees to a program offering frrr,
Web-delivrr~d. self-directed learning courses on a range of professional d&lt;veiopment and business-skills topics will be field from noon
to I:30 p.m. Wednesday and Dec. 13 in the Human Resources Conference Room, 142 Crofts Hall, North Campus.
Thee-learning program is offered by the SUNYWest campusesUS, Buffalo State College, Fredonia Sttte, Geneseo State and Alfr&lt;-d
University-as well as the United University Professions (UUP) Professional Development Committe-c.
The courses are provided through SkillSofi Corp., "a leading provider of critical busin~ and professional t -learning solutions for
Global 2000 companies and government organizations."
'
The program is open to UUP m.embers, as well as employees from
all other bargaining units, and the Research Foundation, UB Foundation and Faculty Stu4ent Assoc.iation.
The curricula cover a range of topics, including communication, customer service, finance/accounting skills, human-resource management,
knowledge management, leadership. marketing, personal development,
project management, strategic planning and team building.
During the introductory sessions, participants will learn about
the SkiiJSoft Web site and the types of courses available.
Space is limited ..To register for a session, contact Nancy Cullis
at 645-5000, ext. 1292 , or at &lt;ncuiHS@&gt;business.buffalo.edu&gt;.

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central focus for Fllirott residents,
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operation in the Fllirott Compla
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area into a "village square" for ,..;.
dents of the raidential romplex.
Among
the
ammitita planned
art a IOOd rourt, a
Starbucb-styte rof.
fcc house, an a·
pandtd Elli ronvenicnae store, a relocated Hubit's pizza·
shop, a new bus
waiting area and entrance, and a twostory, glass atrium
"Elliron is a cold. unfeeling place,"
area
Marshall ..__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __. he notes. "'i&gt;ere is no antral social
Courton
overlooking
space. We want to cmttt a central
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fucility for Fllicott so Students can
The project also includes ADA for,• as well as address an evaluation hang out and socialize."
(AmeriCans with Disabilities Act) of !;SA's diningserviasronducted in
In addition to a dining area, the
upgrades tO the lavatories and 1998 by a resean:h g,oup affiliated atrium also is envisioned as a site
entranceway, and relocation of FSA with Marriott International Inc., he where students can hold meetings,
support areas for such services as ca- notes. The evaluation indicated a or listen to a folk singer or a poetry
tering, maintenance shops, laundry need to changeth~ campus food-ser- · reading, Green adds. A 1,600·
vice delivery system and upgrade the sq uare-foot patio overlooking
and storage.
Mitch Green, executi'l\0 director of campus dining facilities.
Marshall Court and La~ LaSalle
FSA, says the food-servicr operation
A key asp&lt;ct of the project is the will provide a large gathering space

for fiJI and spring activitita.
Bids for IOOd..ervia equipment
will go out within the ne&lt;t """"'or
so, a-nd the general-contracting
work will go out to bid rwo woedu
alia- that. he says.

Whiltoorne~and""""­

ration work will be dofle clurins tht
"'""'..,.,._, tht bulltolCXlDStrUC·
lion will . . place oll&lt;r &lt;Jliiii'Dtn(l&gt;ment and go through tht Fal 2002
lalleSter.Conslrucitcn is~ to
be axnpleted- Dooember.
The proj&lt;ct was dtaigntd by the
R.odJester finn of IUpula Associ• .... Green says, noting that. roincidcntaUy, the a.rchitcct on the
project, Penny Haky, is a U8 gradual&lt; wbo lived in Ellicott.
The work will be financed by
bonds sold through the Amherst ·
IndliSirial o..dopment Agency, be
says. noting UB already has reoeivtd
tenta!M approval for the bond sale
from the AIDA.
The Student Oub rmaY3tion is tht
latest in a series or dining-service
projects managed by Green since he
joined FSA in 1998. The Goodyear
dining liall was om-hauled in the
summer of 1998 from a typical,
smight-lintcaftttria into a "ruarchetypt" dining hall. Dining tacilitits also
were renovated in eo.mx,,. (January 1999), Richmond (August 1999)
and Red )ackt:t (January 2000).

tho UB OMsion of Athletics

proles1ot
of computer science and engineering. named lnl&lt;rim chair of
tho Department "' Comp&lt;rte&lt;
Scienc~ and Engi&lt;-"'9

Moving On

lly DONNA LDNCOENECIWI

,...... - - . . proles1ot and
chair "'tho Department "' ee.
ology, to chair of tho Deportment of Marine, Earth and ,.._
mospheric Science It North
Carolina Slate UrWenlty.
... - . . ,.. chair ol tho Deportment of Computor Science
and Engineering. to chair ol tho
Deportment o1 c~ Science and Engineering at Penn
Slate llrWonity. ·

Retirements
-

s. ~ proleoot.

Department ol Histo&lt;y.

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.-o. ~.pro­

'"""'· DOpartment ol Cheml ..
try.
sislan~

Changing progress-toward-degree policy
FSEC to consider removing "R" grades from being counted as courses attempted'

senlorst&gt;flas-

Departtnent of Psychia-

try.
lloatert O..tow. associate prolessor, Department of Account·
ingand Law.

LETTERS '1'0
THE EDITOR
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from mer.-. ol tho UnM!nity
community commenting on IU
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Report~

Assistant Editor

T

HE Faculty Senate Executive Committee received a
"hbds-up" at its Nov. 28
.
meeting from the senate's
Grading Committee on a proposal it
has drafted that would remo"" "R"
grade from being counted asrour.;es
attempted but not sua:essfully completed in determining whether students are making satisfactory progress
toward a baccalaureate~·
Under the current policy that
counts "R" grades, several hundred
students would be d1smi.ssed from
the univerSity, even though their
grade-point average is 2.0 or better.

The Grnding Comminee also has

ter for Teachiqg and Learning Resources (CTLR), updated the FSEC
on the activities of the center, just
three months into its existence. The
center's first workshop on inst:rhctional methods deigned to increase
student participation and romprehension of cou"" materials was held
Nov. 9 and attended by ! 20 faculty
members and teaching assistants.

Students who fall In spite
of the minimum standards
"Just don' t

-..g here

and should

f~~ee

dismissal."
WILliAM BAUMER

spi te of the minimum standards

"just don't belong here and should
fuceaulomatic dismissal," he added.
Baumer said the Grading Commit·
tee hopes to bring this issue to the floor
of the senate for approv:ll at its Dec.
II meeting-the final one of thesemester- just in time to have the new
minimum standards published in the
Spring 2002 undergraduate catalog.
In o ther business. Jeannett e
'vtol•••·' .\S..,. X:I .tt~· dirt'Ctorof tlw ( :t·n -

•t

don'~ . agree

that our major

problems are not the highlighting of
our brilliancy, but that~ spend so
much time hiding our inadequa-

tion and good standing, setting what
it hopes will be "a minimal thresh -

bumble through here and never talk
to anybody," said Baumer, who said
he hopes the policy governing reasonable academic progress will result in failing students being referred
to advisors more quickly so that a
plan can be devised to help them
stay in school. Students who fuil in

Management Science and Systems,
said he hopes the focus of the center won't just be on "making the
good btntr yet, but on malting·the
~It tolerable."

cies," he added.

re-examined the criteria for proba-

old for eve.n first -semester studmts,"
.said Wtllia~ Baumer, professor of
philosophy and committee chair.
" It's possible for students to

However, John Boot, professor
and chair of the Department of

... tomatk

Molina cOuntered that the center
was not about remediation and fer·
reting out poor instr.uctol'S for re·

ferral, although, she noted, some
instruclors have sought help and
have been referred to 1he center,
while others seek out the cen ter's
resources on their own.
Also at the meeting, Perer

Nickmon, professor of pathology, reported the Budget Priorities
Committee's concern that part-time

The center also held a workshop on
ov. 30 on developing an effective
syllabus that was attended by more
than 60 fuculty members.
Molina acknowledged the senate's
role, particularly that of the Teaching
and l..eaming Committtc, in pushing
tohavethecentcrcreatcd. The center's
prtd&lt;ctssor. the Office of Teaching ·
Elt&lt;ctiveness, was dismandcd in the
early 90s, and since that time, very little
attention had been paid to teaching
efftctiventss on campus until now.
Robert Shibley, professor of architecture and direclor of the Urban
Design Program, sajd he is excited
by the progress the center has made,

and hopes that it can educate SUNY
cenlral administration about th e
importance of engaged scholarship
and service learning as an element
m h..\h:hm g dTt."Cttvene~.

fuculty members do not have a n:pr&lt;smta!M voice on the Faculty Senate,
since only full-time faculty members
are allowtd to be YOting ljleffibtrs.
Currently, the only organization
that speaks to the concerns of part·
timers is United University Professions, the union representing SUNY
fuculty and professional·staff.
In order 10 assess the use of parttime fuculty at UB, Nickerson said,
a study of each of the decanal units
would have to be done and some
agreement reached on .what constitutes"part-time"'employmentsince
the use of part-timers varies among
units. Some pan-timersare hired on
a fee-for-service basis, while others
are hired to teach more than one

course and receive benefits, he said.

Jeff Dutton, assistant vice provost
for in:-.titutional anal y.. ,~. ~ id urf

had 1,236 full-time and 482 part·
time fuculty members in 200 I , and
that the ratio of part-time to full.
time faculty has remained fairly
stable from the early to mid-1990s
up to the present time.
·
However, FSEC members agreed,
the tmld nationally is to hire more
part-ti:mtr&gt;asa rost-savingmeasure.
Boot. president of the BuffidoCtntcrOlapterofUUP,reported mat the
union·and the Officr of the Provost
are interested in g&lt;tting hard data on
the use of part-limen; and improving their working ronditions.ln any
ase, for part-ti:mtr&gt; to be .-.presented
on the Faculty Senate, the by-laws
would have to be changed, he Said
On another topic, Michad Cohen,
senate chair, informed his rolltagues
that he had writttri ·ltners to truant .
senators who ha~ more than two
unexcused absences, asking them IO
provide reasons for their absences or
risk being &lt;xqiStd from the senate.
Cohen also announced 'that
Russell Bessent, director of the New
York State Office of Sciena and
Technology (NYSTAR), will speak
about funding opportunities at the
Senate's Feb. 12 meeting. In his position, ~e is responsible for facilitating the creation of funding
matches between industry and the
SUNY campuses that are geared toward economic devdopmenl
In other businesses, the FSEC
added Ollie Mlxon,a representative
of the Educatio nal Opportltnity
Center, to the senate's roster, and
Eris F. Perese, clinical associate profcssor, has replaced Gail Brown, as·
sociateprofessor, asthesenatorrepresenting the School of Nu rsing.
Perest: also will serve as the ~hool 's
'FSEC representati\'~.

�Decetiel2111Ytll.ll.ll IIepa .._

TheMail
Why not lise UB expertise to solve UB problems?
To the Editor. ·
I found the Nov. 15 issue of theReporter humorous. Having worked
here for mo"' than 16 }Uri in research and, presently, state positions, I h- seen a number of opportunities for l&gt;lSt savinga taken,
u well u missed But this issue of
the newspaptt pointed out an interesting irony.
I
to the artid&lt;: on page m..,.
mentioning the hiring of an outside
a&gt;nsultant, Olance Management, to
examine the parlting issue on cam-

mer

pus. Thit problem hu !&gt;em here money at an ouuide souru that
longer than I have.
probobly will tdl us what..., almldy
Then on poet four ~·Kudos," lcnow--4at ..., need to build either
U...., is a mention llfbow27 otud&lt;nts • ~ porlting lots or a r.unp!
in the School of Archi= and · Whydon'tweaskthearchit«ture
Planning ..., working .on a muter school to examine the problem and
plan study fOr Hilb&lt;rt Collqje.
develop solutions, and save the
Is it me, or does the univmityfed moneycun:endybeingapent on the
it can solve other poopl&lt;'s problans study for use on the solution!
and not its own! Why does the uni.
Yenity 1iU1 to use its own resow-as to
LDOon&gt;tcity Equipm&lt;nt Df&gt;lgrw
oomeupwithanswersto..,.,..ofits
School o( Engltwrir&gt;g (r App/l«&lt;
Sd&lt;ncn
.
. . . . problems, and instead throws

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Obituaries

·~as~et~all
-s

llhode bland 57, ua ss
ua n .- Hunpoh!re 11

The _ _.._IOIIIe-ln
bochofloit--.UBiol
10 llhodo lslond,57-55,Now.l'l.•
llrisn'll4&gt;odwwdNtoiG4oot;.....,..
fromlllelolt--llloltiOallleflorNOtfrllle .... UB

,._, _ _ .n-n""-,_..,....... on 5oo.rdor In

AbmfArwa•L&lt;ds~

""'""'wllfllo.4-10plor.

-Mt. ·s

St. Mary's u , ua ss
St.-56,UB4l
UB ~ a Ieos at llle hands of

..,. Mount Sc.Mary's-..-..
66-SS. friday In Abnnl At-ono.

Archibald Dean MacGillivray, professor of math
Archibald De.., MacCHIIvr.y, a

longtime professor of mathematics
at VB. died Aug. 13 in Mount Sinai
Hospital in New York City after a
brief illness. He was 71.
MacGillivray, who retired th is

year, was a member of the Department of Mathematics faculty for 37
yea rs and served as department
chair from 1977-78.
He was an applied mathematician
who taught undergraduate and
gradua~a&gt;ur&gt;&lt;s in introdUC\0&lt;)' and
advanced calculus, ..,a( and a&gt;mplex
analysis, and differential geom:etrr.
He was a recipient of the

Chancellor's Award for Excellence
in Teaching.
A ~gnized expert in asymptotic expansion theory, his "'5earth
in~ ranged from hydrodynainics to molecular biolOgy and the role
of transcendentally smaU asymptotic tenns that model the pertUrbations leading to tissue and organ
differentiation. His most recent
work focused on applying math- ·
ematical analyses to the complex
processes carried out by multi-potential stern cdls.
Born in Vana&gt;uver, British Columbia, MacGillivray received a

bachelor's degree in engineering
physics, with a minor in mathematics, from the Univ=ity of British
Columbia. He received
and
doctoral degr&lt;es in aeronautical engineering, with minors in both
mathematics and physics, from the
California lnstitu~ of Technology.
While at Cal Tech, he conducted
"'5earth at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a NASA facility run by the
university.
He also worked at lina&gt;ln Laboratory, run by MIT, while doing a
post-doctoral fellowship at MIT.
He joined the VB f3culty in 1964.

called "the Catch-22" of not raisiDg
tuition. "'fyou don't raise tuition, r..s
will be raised and studmts don't get
support for fees," he said "We may
not have had a tuition increase for
qui~ some time, but r..s have been
raised aU along.• This situation hu
about because ·-don't have
a rational funding policy," he added.
Henry Durand, director of the
Center For Academic Development
Services, said that he didn't think
anyone was Opposed to rational
fundingsupportforSUNY,butcau-

tioned senators against being the
ones to ask foriL
"Ijust think-~ 1Dseparateand
dearly delineate the difference between ~ who~&lt;! notion of funding
support fOr SUNY and funding by a
specific method, which is a tuition
in=ase.l think it is a aitical niistake
fOr ficulty, who almldy""' perceived
as the ridl guys upon the hill,1Da&gt;me
out and support a tuition in=ase. I
mean, if you want 1D ~~the ire
of the public, that's the quidc£st way
to do it," Durand noted.

master's

Tuition
"horrendous record of support for
higher education."
Wtlliam Baumer, professor of
philosophy, said the sta~ Senate .and
Assembly both liav. failed to approve tWtion increases in the past
and hav. a significant say in allocating funds for higher education. In~ in tuition, he added, should
ocrur in a rational manner, rather
than in large, irregular in~.
John Boot, professor and chair of
the DepartmentofManagement Science Systems, pointed to what he

__

Wednesday

16
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Update

100
) and
the so
also

~..,"'"victory.

The Bulb shot 43.1 pen:ont22-io&lt;-SI-41cmlllefloor.
compored 10 "'" t1ounulnee-s'
27.7 pen:ont-18-fcw-45--Wt. !hey
--. dominated on !he &amp;tass ond
hun rhemsel-.es wkh 26 ..........,..
Mount Sc. Mary's hod just six twopoint bucba In .... pme. but hit

(~-~~

400 medley relay
team and part of the 200
medley and 200 free relay
teams that finished fourth
and sixth, respectill&lt;!ly.
____J

12~

UB fell to 1-4 with • 56--43 lou to Sc. 8ona¥enture on Sunct.y In the Roily
Center.

~wimmin~
MEN'S

Bulls place I lth at Hlamllnvltatlonal
The """~ swim ...... flnlshod 13111 In the 17...., field at "'" Miamll..if"-sity
lrwbdonal wkh 3-49.50 polna as l&lt;en)&lt;&gt;n Colloco lOOk tho _....., , _ wilh
I .254.50 palms.
Avt.O.....placod IIIII In tho 200 .............. In 2:09.0and """lhe"C'
finalofthoiOO-tn S9.G4. UB~di-.Jrc- of)lmTanwollaandJon
Malatsfcy cumed In...,.. pwbmances on t h o - boon!T......._a
....,nomor-..flnlshod " ·" ' wilh 199.75 ,......_-...,.•• - l O O k
ISd&gt;wkh 1110.70po&amp;na.

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UB wins Zippy lrrtltadonal
The Buls """thol..if"-sity of Aleron~ Zippy-~ 1.361.50
polna 10 oasly ouallscanco ~ - - - (1,267) and rhlrd-jJiace

~·=.':!".:,.~~~andfinfshedoecond ln the SO

fr-'&lt;(24.29).

TheBulsiOOkthoa&gt;ptwo- lntho-di-.Jrc~wkh

1res1vnon Tracy._ wtrwq !he"'""' ..till 246.25 polna. Frestman Kim

l.ohoro flnlshod socond wl!h 243.1s polna.

llnnlcMky""""'"
o.a..

~
400 ..-.....-,.In +.29.46.- ....
Buls'lounome o(N&gt;by
Tllfany- OUnlan and~""" ....
400 ..-,. rotor In a season-1&gt;est 3:54.03.

Wrestlin~
Cermlnara leads - I n LasVI&lt;rte Cerminara camo only one win -from pladrc In !he "'P e;;-.t n I 97
poo.r.cls In .... CliiKo.llrwkaDonal,hold In Us ....... He loothb~-­

Calendar

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......... and hit 12 ~In
32-375percent

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one!-

D&lt;p&lt;. of Medicine. Room 1109&lt;:, VA
M&lt;dal Cont..-. 9 o.m. - · Spc&gt;nw&lt;d
by Sdlool of Medicine
Sdonce, Dopt. of Medicine &amp; OMslon
of Pulmonary Critlcot C.re &amp; Steep
Medicine.

IOfnsnoS....~--wllo--12111.but"-­

.....,......- •&amp;aoo--..- by aod-riallal and onca by major dodsion. His
run c:amo10 an and.'-wil&lt;n ~Erik Gladish of Arizona Sea"'

dodslonodl*n.7-3.
U8 - ] 2 n d In thol2-team field.

ln~oor lrac~ an~ Rei~
Bulls- wttt. vktories at Colpte Invitational
Bolhlhe men~ and-~ tnclooNndt squads _,odlhe....., wkh
V\=rielot !he Ca4poo - . . LThe men .._..,..j I-I&amp; polna 10 boot Canisius
one~ Ca4poo tn 111e---.. ..-.-"'" __, IOGied 1n po&amp;na m

- Ovistina
Canisius.l(adt
Ca4poo
-,.....,.... In .... 1,000, pladrc socond In "'"
set.and
- school
race In 2:S4.87.The Bu1s also hod ECAC ~ pwbmances from a.'lslle
Macthows"' .... ...,. jump&lt;~ 1n). B~ou-~ca Mcfariand tn

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UB vs. Toledo. Alumni Arerll. North

In tho"*'\ .-Sheldon Boale s« • sdloaf roconl and

ex&gt;rrfiOdDOn.

Saturday

Volle~~all

to.

·19
_ , _ .., Swimming
UB vs. C.nb.lus. Alumni Arena, North

Campus. 1 p.m. Free.

Women's&amp;uke:tball
UB vs. Eastern Mkhtgan. Alumni Anna,
\North Campus. 7 p.m. SS; Sl, children

(l'I-S

.,...a for IC-IA

wr.wc"'" shot put w~~~~. -'ot sl-8.Joo 0u1t""' ~for"'"

c.mp..s. 7 p.m. SS; n . c:hildr&lt;n in
bl..chon; free fe&lt; studonu with

"'"~jump

l/4)ondFailh~lnlhe.....,._(Sl-llln}.

IC-IA ,_by

wnwc tho 500 "'"'"" In L04.42.

Kus named new head coach
Solly &amp;&lt;us. a ......, cooch at !he c~. """ school ond dub 1o&lt;e1s. and
peri&gt;aps !he most__.;ed name auodated wilh !he sport of volleyl&gt;oilln
w..-n New Y&lt;rt. has been named head ooleyboJI cooch at UB.
She roplaces Nadine ~who raip&gt;od - - .......,., with q,. a..ls.
kus comes to US after four succes.sful sasons coachinc at ~
Coa.&amp;&lt;-She wu named Conference Cooch o( !he Yw- In 1999 and 2000. and
auided the l.adyWanion tD a 27-9 .,.....0 roc:o.-d ond a 19-4 confe&lt;-enc:e marit
chis past seuon. P.rior to takfnc over- the reins at Oaernen. Kus tnnsformed the

Sweet Home Hial&gt; School YOIIeybaiii&gt;'OI""' Into • nadonol

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Monday

10

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m

Alurmi - . . . North c.mpus.
7 p.m. JS; 13, childron

bluchon;,... tor..-..
with 10.

Monday

17
_..,hop

ETC Tech~
Photoshop: s.loctk&gt;ns &amp;
Channels. Section B, P.rt II.
He.Jth ScletlCes Ubrary. Abbott
Hall, South Campus. Noon-2
p.m. Free. •

Jonathan Golove and
Stephen Manes Perform
Musk of Bach, Beethoven

~~"::'~~

Manes, p;ano, Dept. 01 Music.
102 Goodyoar, South Loonge,

~"'';~~~':ier.

For more lnformation, Michael
M . Molzge&lt;, 829-2271.

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South Umpui 2-4 p.m.-·
Concert
ETC Technology _..shop
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Section 0 , Part I. 212 Capon,
North Campus. Noon-2 p.m.

F,...

Physla Colloquium
New Physics and Cosmology

=.,~=~ofslolu.

Physlcs.~lanford Univ. 422
Fronczalc, North Campus. 3:30
p.m. Free.

ConservatJon under
Conditions of War In the
Democratic R~blk of

~~· b'!~!=~~ty.
International Division. 225

Natural Sciences Complex,

~~C:~f:n!~:!tK~ Free.
Stewart. 64S-2898.
Spec:llll Lecture

Pattern fonnadon and

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Northwestern Unfv. 250

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Men's Swimming
UB

vs. Niagara. Alumni Arena,

North Campus. 6 p.m . Free.

Student Ensemble Concert
nt• l.tlt r th.tn nuon ,,n

UB Choir and Chorus. S~

Concen Hall, Nonh Campus. 8
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Friday

7
3:30p.m. I6S. Sponsored by
Institute for Addiction Studies
and Training. For more
information, 645-6140.

Special LectJtre
Surfaces in 3-Manlfokts.

~~~~er~i!:e~0~ 250

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lnsl.ltute fOt Addiction Studies
ond Trou&gt;ng. For """"
information, 64.5-6140.

Concert: Jim llrldunan
8eneflt Concert for the Food
Bank of WNY. Center for the

~a:!r~t:~~~

North Campus. HO p.m. f""'
admission; cash donations

~~~. ~~n.

Wednesday

19
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ManagemenL SIOOiey A.

theater, Center~
North Campus. 8 p.m. 13S. For
"""" rn()mJation, 645-ARTS.

NIA (Neuromuscut.r
lntogratlve Actlon). Laurie

Wednesday

Pulmonary Critical Care &amp;

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krupsl&lt;i, dk., living w.ll Center.

Alumni Arena, North Campus.

5:36-7 p.m. Aerobio pou. fa&lt;

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krupsl&lt;i, 645-2837.

F1111nk Deford Lecture. WBFO:
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6-7:30 p.m. Free. For more
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Karapa.5as, 8}4-2335.

4 p.m . Free.

Buddhist Meilltallon. NU&lt;olaus

~~~~~&amp;~~

Thursday
Saturday

8
Women's S.sketbaJI
UB vs. Boston College. Alumni

m~~~~ ia:;;~:s~t.·m.
?Jiillnge/tHeacher; S8, children
1n:bleachers; frer for students
With 10.

Men's S.sketball
UB vs. Akron . Alumni Arena,

North Campus. 7 p.m. 114,
S12, blue; 11 0, a&lt;ange/
6leacher; 18, children In
~ac.hers; free for students
wfthiD.
QOid;

Wrestling

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UB vs. Clarion. AkJmn; Ar&lt;N.
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UB embarks on comprehensive self-study to win Middle States reaccreditation
By SUE WUETCHU
Rtpaner Editor

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barked upon a compreensive, two-year, institu -

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not only because unaccredited institutions cannot offer students federal

dents with a very high-quality education," she says. "And an education
that not just benefits the students that

financiaJ aid, but also because ac-

come on campus, but benefits our

creditation isan "affirmatioq that an
institution meets basic academic

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ers have received a
five-year, s·l .l milHon
grant from the Na tional Institutes of Health to assess
environmental pollutants and their
relationship to th~ prevalence of
autoimmune disease, particularly
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The research, headed by John
Vena, professor in the Department
of Social and Prnentive Medicine
and director of the Environment

. and Society Institute, is part of a
national program to encourage uni versity-community partnerships

and build capacity within commu·
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n~tional and World se""-'-through
our servicc,through our research and
through being a pan of transmitting
knowledge across generntions.•
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university with an opportunity to

really do some in-depth cxamina·
tion, and analysis and assessment of
what we're doing in regards to institutional context and educational
effectiveness-what we're doing,
and how well we're doing it- and
are tl1ere areas in which we can strive
for improvement, what challenges
we perceive in the future, and how
we can overcome these challenges."
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led by a lndership Team appointed
by Capaldi and composed of Dennis
Malone, SUNY Distinguished Scr·
vice Professor and interim chair of
the Department of Electrical Engineering;GailBrazeau,associatedean
for curriculum and academic affitirs "'

in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Kerry

Grant, vice provost for academic affairs and dean of the gi'aduate school.
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on the Leadership Team since he
oversaw US's last accreditation effort in 1993 and an intC:rim report
in 1998,and provides the team wilh
"historical context."

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standards," says Provost EJiubeth D.
Capaldi. To not be accredited is "a
disaster," Capaldi adds bluntly.
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vost for academic affairs and staff
coordinator for the accreditation
process, agrees.
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we want to validate to our students,
to parents. to taxpayers. to peer institutions, to government officials,

targeting asthma.
Work will be carried out by research teams that include epidemi-

toimmune disorders and conduct
community outreach and education

o logists, environmental scientists,
physicians, and community organizers and representatives from the
targeted communities.

Co mmunity partners on the
project will be Community Voice,

The Toxic Waste/Lupus Coalition Project will focus oo the rela tionship of toxic waste sites and
other sources of pollution to pockC'ts of autoimmune disease and lu -

pus in particular.
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will investigate waste sites and sources
ofPollution,takran inYentoryof pollutants at each site, identify specific
duster. oflupus within the population, pretest biomarkers of ""J'05U1'&lt;
and develop ways to communicate
the findings to the community.
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workshops.

Lupus Coalition and representatives
from churches, block dubs, tenant
cou ncils and city council offices.

Ausar Afrika of Community Voice
will be community coordinator.
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Health Project will investigate the
relationship of asthma morbidity
and mortality to exposure to air-

borne pollutants. from truck and
auio traffic at the nnrby Canada-

U.S. Peace Bridge border crossing.
R&lt;s&lt;archers will investigate biological fuctors that may be contributing
to the prevalence of the disease in
this community 3.nd conduct a~

control study of asthma_

Association of Block Oubs, Western
New York Asthma Coalition and
Minority Asthma Coalition wjll be
the primary community partners. A
coordinator has yet to be selected.
Both proj&lt;cts will document bow
much disease aists in these communilits, set up ways to measutt
exposure of residents to environ -

mental pollution and establish sur·
veiUancc systems. Community par·
ticipants will disseminate the find·
ings and help design and put into
practicr procedures to treat and prevent ·lupus and asthma. The long·
term goal is to ~power commu· '
nity leaders to identify and address
problems as they arise.
Co-invmigators from US are
Julian Ambrus, associate professor of
medicine: )amson Lwd&gt;uga-Mukasa,
associate professor of med.icinc and
director of theC&lt;ntcr for Asthma and

rentlyunderway in the targeted com-

and community leaders will dCVl:lop

The project also will involve

munities--Buffalo's predominantly

better autoimmune-disease surveillance systems, document the geographic distributio.n oflupus within
the East Side, conduct a case-control study,·eval uate dean-up of toxic
si tes. plan investigations of other au-

documenting Peace Bridge traffic,

Environmental Exposure; Carlos

assessing air quality and generating
general community participation.

Crespo, associate professor of social

The Columbu_s Peace Bridge Asso-

Tumiel, assistant professor of fumily

ciation, Hispanics United, W6tern
New York Hispanics and Friends,

fessor of geography.

African-American East Side and its
largely Latino lower West Side. It has
two components: the Toxic 'Waste/

Lupus Coalition Project and the West
Side Environmental Health Project,

and preventive medici ne: Laurene
medicine, and Prter Rogerson, pro-

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Program in 1946, immediately after World War 11, to foster mutual
understanding among nations
through educational and cultural
exchange. Sen. J, William Fuibrigh~
sponsor of the legislation, saw it as
a step toward building an alternatM: to armed conflict_ The U.S. Student Program awards approxi mately 900 grants annuaUy and
currently operates in more: than
140 countries worldwide. The' Institute of l.nlemational Education
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country, and supplemental health
and a·ccident insurance. Another
grant category il the teaching assi.&gt;tantship for Belgium/i.uumbourg,
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Allen (Denmark, mechanical engineering) wrote in the graduate student newspaper last year: • ulti mately, tragically, they only award fellowships to a select group. If you
arm't a member of that group, regardless of how much you may de"""'i~ you don't stand a chance. The
only people that ever get Fulbright
fellowships are 1'lwse Who Apply." As
I tdl prospec!M applicants, the entire application proa:ss il fairly painless-from completing the online
application to attending a campus
committee meeting. The~ chal lenging pan il writing quality personal and project statements, which
form the aux of the application. In
2000-0 I, 23 percent of aU applicants
from around the l:I.S. reoeived grants.
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students who are here under the auspices of the Fulbright Student Program. We also are hosting"'&lt;&gt; visiting Fulbright scholars: Sedin
Kobaslija, assistant professor in the
Department ofOUidrm and Pre.&lt;ntive Dentistry at the Univenity of
SarajeYo in Bosnia Herugovina. whowill arrive in January to do research
on "The Use of Fissun&lt; Sealant in
Pediatric Dentistry," and .Thiep
Quang Lam, an assistant in the Ministry of Education and Training in
Hanoi, Voetnam, who i5 here for the
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I refer faculty to the Web site
of the Council for International
Studies and Programs &lt;http:/
/ www.Ue.org/ des&gt;, which
administers the Scholar Prpgram. Students also can feel
free to e- mail me at
&lt;uhwill@buffalo&gt;, or caU me
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other programs for which they are has spent an extended period
eligible, such as the Fulbright Se- of time abroad as a student,
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Institute for Administrative Quality Improvement implements'first two projects
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and 1\ukey. In the past two ~
two. US students have served as
Fulbright teaching assistants in Germany. There also are tra~ grants
to Germany, Hungary or Italy to
supplement an award froll\ a nonllE source. One Fl,llbright/John R.
Oilhei FoundatiQn Scholarship is
earmarked for students from the
Buffalo metropotitan area in business or econoniks, or, possibly, another field. Although the Fulbright
Program's policy il to award grants
to the best-qualified students, preference il given to candidates who
r&lt;eentlyhave received the baccalau-

HE Institute for AdministratM: Quality Improvement (IAQI), a joint venture between UniVersity
Services and Student Affair&gt;, has
wrapped up its tint year of operation with"'&lt;&gt; new programs in place.
and several more under consideration for de-mopment in year two.
IAQI, which was established to
improve the quality of administratM: functions, processes and services
at UB, will kick off its second year
tomorrow with a workshop presen·
tation by Maury Cotter, director of
strategic planning and quality improvement at the UniversityofWis·
consin at Madison .
The new year also will begin with
four new members of the IAQI
team: Joseph 0 . Kerr, assistant vice
president, Technology Services; An dl'Q Costantino, staff associate, Student Life; Susan Snyder, associate
director, Student Health Center, and
Lori A. Chiarilli, media coordinator

for resource and technology support
services, Student AfWn.

They rq&gt;laa: Dan Ryan, director,
Career Planning and Placemen t;
Frank Carnevale, medical director,
Student Health Center; Beth Rogan.
director of resource planning. processing and dew:lopmtnt, Student
Al&amp;irs. and Ouis Sauciunac, associate director of instructional technology servia:s, Academic Services.
Denni.&gt; Black, vice president for
student affiUrs and ro-director of the
institute with Senior Vice President
Robert J, Wagner, calls the tint year
of the institute "'without question a
great sua:ess."
When the group was pulled together last year, Black says. it had "'&lt;&gt;
options: spend the fin;t year organizing or spend the lint organizing.
as well as "getting something done."
Institute members chose the latter course of action, and the group's
fir&gt;t two projects have been implemented, beginning this fall.
NEW (NewEmplo)t:&lt;:Welrorn&lt;)is
designed to enable ampus depart-

ments to provide newly hired employees with quid aazss to various campus services, including UB Card, UB
IT name for emaiiiWd&gt;"""'""' parking tag, library """'""' fl")''''Ol infOrmation and benefits infunnation.
Under the NEW system, employees gain""""' to these servias in 35 business days. much sooner than
under tbJ, old system, says joanne
Aetcher, dirtctor of administratM:
servia:s in University Facilities and
NEW project maJlll!l'l'·
NEW i5 being implemented this
month under a pilot phase-liinited
to new, full-time hires on state payroD in several departments, she says.
adding that campus-wide:, state·
payroU implementation is expected
in Spring 2002.
Expansion to other funding
sources, such as Research Foundation, and other types of appointments, such as pan -time, will be~­
viewed and possibly implemented
in Fall 2002, Fletcher says.
The seoond project, On-Campus
Jobs, is designed tb link students

seeking on-ampus employment
with univorsity hirinB units. Using
Web-based technology, departmentscan post non-work-study job
openings to a cmtralizM electronic
job board. With a "couple of points
and dic:lts,. students locllting for jobs
can search for postings that fit their
interests and schedules, says Olad
lbJna. campus jobs coordinator in
the Office of ear..r Planning and
Plaa:menL Students then can contact the hiring units din&lt;:tly, be adds:
Ryan ser¥ed as project maJlll!l'l'·
Black noted that the institpte il in
the process of evaluating proposals
for its next round of projecu.
Among those being considered are
a joint University Servia:s-Student
Alfairs staff training and development program,.a system to put purchase r&lt;qu'isitions online, a method
of compiling student medical and
immunization records electrqnically, a UB pride campaign an'd a
method to streamline and post
online the authorization to recruit
and search report procedu=

�Instmt librarian offers help m
Reference assistance naw avaikWle online at Libraries' Web site
I!)'PA~-AN

Contributing Editor

J1Y libnorians
ering real-ti~N,
reference asaisstudmu,~

as far awayu &lt;ltif\0, usingAOL Instant Mestcnger software (AIM) in
the popular chat room format
The program, called "Instant Librarian," isawilableonline 59 hours
a week, and provides referena oervices for Lockwood Memorial Library, ScienCe and Engineerins Library, Archltecture and Planning
Library, and Undergr&gt;duate library.
The UB program is similar toothers initiated at a short list of elite U.S,
universities, including MIT, Cornell,
~ichigan, North Carolina State and
the Univmity of Pmnsylvania.
Usen seeking help can log on to
the UB Libraries' Web site at &lt;http:/
/ . -.bufflolo.edu/ &gt; and click on
the "Instant ubrarian" button, or go
directly to the Instant ubrarian page
at &lt;http:/ / ubllb.buffMo.edu/ 11br•rles/ help/ refch•t.htm I&gt;.
One&lt; they choose a user na.:O. and
password, they can log on and send
their ref~cc questions to the AIM

librarian on duty, who answers them
in rea.J-time.
The service is available 10 a.m. to
8 p.m. Monday through Thursday,
noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday. Even
when it is not in operation, students
can log in and scnd questions via
email that will ~~lhin
24 houn Monday"d.fb'U'g!i'Fn'dilf':
"Instant ubrarian" is headed by librarian Jill Hackenberg. who says the
response from usen has been o=whdmingly positive and, in~. there
have been no ci&gt;mplaints from users.
The program currently employs

12 librarians, four public strvicc
graduate assistants and thre&lt; graduate students from the Department of
ubrary and Information Studies in
the School of Informatics. They respond to queries from an average of
32 students a day, and AIM houn

~been exttnded to acmmmodate

the increasing number of users.
~.directed tothe"instant
librarians" .... not.unlike those presented in penon to the referm&lt;l&lt;
desk, says Hackenberg, who cites ·
queries ranging from when to find
infunnation oboutteahones to how
to locate videoo on Aphrodite.

-we initiated w..rnoe.· sbe says,

"because students today expect everything to be available onlin.,__.,r
at least on CO-ROM5-from journals and magazines to monographs
and boob.
"Everythingi.m'tonline,ofooune,
and often .material is available only
in the library itself. But we are
online,"
says, "and can direct students to reference material in our
many purchased elecvonic databases and advise them on where to
find additional material on reliable
Internet sites or from other UB librarians who specialiu in specific
fields of knowledge."
Hackenberg points out that the
P~ Inrernet and- America.n Life
Project last year issued a report noting that 89 percent of American
tems who go online daily we instant
messaging.
UBdecidedon the AIM program
because it is so familiar to students,

me

available free even to those not
signed up with AOLand uses a chat
room forma~ which most students
like very much.
She says the servicr saves driving
tjm~.fo{sfu~tsljvjngoff-campus,

;.r.J iS '0( particU!ar servi~ t~ th~

taking UB courses online-Some
from as far away as Asia-who save
considerable money on long-dislane&lt; calls to the referena: desk.
It also gets heavy use from students working elsewhere on campus, and most surprising, from students working in the bbraries' popular computer areas, who frequently
sit within sight of a "'ferencr desk.
They've told librarians they don't
want to relinquish their seats while
seeking asSistance.

· •AIM is easy to use," says
Hackenberg. "If students~ only
one phone line that needs to be kept
open, which is often the case, librarians can refer them to appropriate
sites by pasting URI..$ into their .,.
spotUe "' the students needn't be
online longer than necessary;"
Another advantage to the oervi"'
is that the~tanbe"onduty"
at a home computer.

~saysAIMiibrariansof­
ten ....,.;.. ........ qu&lt;stions at """"

wbich can II" ib.ir adrenaline running. But that hasn't been a problem.
"SSudentsare patient while waiting
tor responses. in part because they're
used to chatting with their friends in
seY&lt;nl windows, ....., while they're
working on something else," she says,
•..,'answers' to their Jll53I!I'S may not
be read immediately~
A 24-member library team
headed by librarian \!lemma
DeVmney piloted the program from
September 2000 to September 200 I.
Hackenberg. a member of the original team, says that during that time,
rcferencr librarians were required to
participate.
"We learned that some librarians
prefer to offer face-to-facr referencr
S&lt;TVie&lt;s. Others, who reczived only
a few calls while on duty, said it prevented them from completing
other work.
&lt;t.ln its new incarnation,.. she 5aY5t
'those performing referencr services
arevolunteenwhoserveonlineduring i¥1' regularworkinghoun. They
tend to be people who are very comfortable with the use of digital technology for this purpose and don't
mind learning a new software pack. age. The)&lt; also tend to think that the
oerviC&lt; they're offering is important."
The rest of the bbrary staff is becoming more comfortable with the
program. Hackenberg says several
r&lt;'ferencr bbrarians who expressed
mervations during the pilot project
have sine&lt; elected to back up the servi"' and fill in when the regqlar staff
isn't available.

FSEC offers last chance to truants m
By DONNA LONGENECitlll
Rqxxt~r Assistant Editor

T

HE Faculty Senate Executive Committee has
launched a final s hot
across the bow al absen·

tee senators, voting at its Nov. 14
meeting to give them one more
chance t·o show up at the monthly

senate meetings or risk being
dropped from participation.

Senators will be .. invited" to contact the FSEC to offer a legitimate
c:xcusc for their absences-failing
that, they will be dismissed from the

senate. The issue at stake, according
to some senators. is the integrity of
the senate and its ability to function.
"Jthink the senate is becoming in·
effective· because we ca n't do any
business." said judith Adams- Volpe.
director of unh·ersity and external

relations for the University Libraries. She reminded the FSEC that
absentee senators were informed
this semester of llll' attendance requin..·nH.'nt and warrwd that it \'w'Ould
he t.'.nfon.:ctl. The '\Cnatc has not h.td
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passage of a class absence policy.
While semal senaton were in favor of .. bouncing" the errant sena·
tors, others worried that etfons to
hold them accountable puts the senate in the role of"cop," thus creating
a potential admiilistratjve nightmare.
So far, 36 senators have not attend~
the first two meetings of the academic year, nor have they offered an
aa:eptable excuse fur their absene&lt;.
Senate Chair Michael Co hen,
professor of neurology, suggested
that the deans be contacted to encourage their faculty's attendance,
rather than just dismissing them out
of hand. Although the senate can
function if its numbers are reduced
and can achieve a quorum if SO per·
cent of its members a re in auen ·
dance, Cohen said that reducing the
siu would be an admission of defeat and diminish its credibility.
In other businl'SS, Provost Eliz..-~ ­
beth D. Capaldi updawo the FSEC
on .1cti\'C dean scarcho th:.H an• under way in thl· Collcgt.&gt; of Art!\ and
Scicnc~ and the !'&gt;Chools of Mana~c­
ment JndArdutc..'\.1un.·.md Pl.tnl)lng.
\\llh lnlt'rvin,,llJ h..·lwld lhl'"llrll\~.

Noting that communication on
campus is an issue, Capaldi said she
is continuing her efforts to meet with
each of the ;tcademic units every semester and has been meeting with
graduatestudents,newfarultyrncm- ·
hers and distinguished professors, as
wciJ as other groups. She noted that
she has started a newsletter that can
~ accessed from the Office of the
Provost's Web site &lt;http:/ I
wtng..buffMo.edu/ provost&gt;.
Peter Nickerson, professor of pathology and chair of the Student ufe
Committee, reported that the panel
has been busy assessing the quality
of student life on campUS, the relationship of student life and reten tion, the accessibility of faculty, the
value of the Greek system and how
to inCrease st udent pride. While the
assessment effort b in direct response to the Pri11ceton R~view 's
negative evaluation of UB student
life, ickerson said, it also will be an
em.'Ctive tool in undel3tanding the
wav' in which :,tudenb communi..:ate wtth (lfll' ~mo thet Jnd the GJ m pu• Jt J.ug~ )4.' th.1t ... omnwn . . hJn •a·l .. ~.·,,n he U'-t.-d 10 Jddrcs:.conct•rn.,

Jeaolty - . lot ~ of Meclicin.: and Biomedical Sciences have received a five-year, $231,000 trainina grant from the
National institutes of Health to support surnoner research fellow. ships for medical students.
The grant will rund stipends for eight first-and iecond-year medical students to spend 10 -sa during their summer seosiotu performing a mentored raearch prgitct that focuses on infectious diseases, microbioJoay or immunOlogy. Twmty UB faculty members
with active, funded research programs will se-rve u a pool of mentors for students.
·
Principal investigator on the grant is Tunothy F. Murphy, professor of medicine and microbiology,dim:torofthe Division oflnfectiow Diseases in the medical school and chief of infectiow diseases .
at the Veteraru Administration Medical Center. Co-principal investigators are Stanley A. Schwartz, professor of medicine, pediatrics
and microbiology, and director of the Division of Allergy/lmmunorogy in the medical school, and Olarles M. Severin, associate professor of pathology and anatomical .Oences, and assistant dean for
students in the medical school.

Bequest pledge to provide
scholarships to study aging
Bem•rd •nd Sh•ron Morton, longtime supporters of UB, have
made a SIOO,OOO bequest pledge to the School of Social Work for
scholarships to help graduate students who want to specialize in the
field of aging and gerontology.
The Mortons view their gift as benefiting students in need , while
also helping support an increasingly important area of r~rch.
The Morton Family Endowment will provide sclio!Mships to students engaged in graduate studies in the School of Social Work, with
preferen"' given to those who live in Western New York, and who have
"demonstrated the academic capacity to oomplete the curriculum."
Lawrence"Shulman, dean of the School of Social Work. praised
the Mortons, noting: "'We are indebted to their generosity and vision in contributing to the field of aging and gerontology. Their gift
is immeasurable, providing studenu an opportunity to further their
education, while also helping UB expand these areas of study."
The Mortons, who are both retired and living in Florida, remain
active by volunteering for several charitable organizations, and pursuing their hobby, traveling. which ha5 taken them to every continent in the world during the past 45 years..
Their gift is part of US's $250 million campaign. one of the largest ever conducted by a public uni~ifY. in New York and New England. Although it's the fifth major fund-raising campaign conducted
by UB, it"s the first nationaVintemational and university.-wide campaign, and the first to be aJumni-driven, with campaign voluntetr
leaders from all over the country. Funds raised will be used to en'rich academic programs, support students ranging from undergraduates to pOst-doctoral students, and to enhanct university life.

Recipe lor Sueeess
UB's Campaign fo r the Community

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Chancellor's Award

nominations sought
Nomlnotlons ... boing ~
fO&lt; the 2001 Chonceflor'•
Awllds for Ellcellence In ProlosMonol SeMco. TM f)f&lt;Stiglow

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ful·lime proloulonai-...W. CO·
podtios, ,.;,t, """" than 50 pe&lt;·
cont ol the mlgnm&lt;nt In nont-"ing services. Nominees
musthove~otleast

three )'Hn of continuou~. full·
time proleuional (not dauifood)
- · in the poWon fO&lt; which
they ""' nominated.
A nominator, who m~y be:
any member ol the univonity
community, must prepare a
nomination package tNt indudes a current vitae on the
nominee's professional career,
an updated positioo d&amp;riptioo,
a maximum af fiVe Jetten d
support-with at least one each
from a supef\lisor, a c~M!ague
and a· constituent-and the

nomlnator':!i summary ~tter (J(
suppon.
Deadline for completed

dpssitrs h !an. 23, 2002 . for
nomination packets and guidelines, c.all Anna Kedzierski at
6-45-2003. For more informatk&gt;n, call Chrh:tine S.auclunac
at 6-45· 3544.

Brickman concert
to benefit Food Bank
Pianist/composer jim Brk:kman

will perform at 7:30p.m. Dec.
1 7 in the Malnstage theater in
the Center for the Arts, North
Campus, In concert to benthe Food Bank of Westem
New York.
The event is being Pf~led

em

a

by the CFA and 50ft rode 96.1.
WJYE-FM.
Adminlon is free, but cas.h
donations will be accepted at
the door for lhe Food Bank,
Ttcket.s will be general admiuion
and only availa~e the night of
~ormanc.e; tickeu will be dis.

tributed on a ftrst&lt;ome, first·
serw basis. Doors will open at
6:30p.m. fa&lt; the 7:30p.m . P"f·

Brickman will sign autographs in the theater lobby
fonnance.

following the concert.
The perlonnance will coincide with the release of a new
recording. book and song by

Brid&lt;man, illl called "Simple
nilngs.•
•ws mosUy about ~ing
your eyes, • expiains Brickman.
"You'"" got to get off the tread·

mill and find your life ag.ln.•
fOf' more Information, caft
6-45-ARTS.

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Bernstein plays vital role in
admissions
and

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By OOHHA LOH&lt;OENECKlll

at U~ mrolled in the counsdEditor
ing program in the UB Grad uate
5 assistant dirtttor of School of F.duatiOn with an t1'T toadmissions, Frances ~&lt;'ltrdsretoolingh&lt;rskillsand making
Bernstein recogniZ&lt;S the a possible c.ar&lt;er shift into the world
important role thatl)igh of.seamdaryeducation. Bernstein reschool counselors play in helping cci.OO ctrtifi&lt;lltion in secondary high
senjors make one of the most in'l- school oounseiing in 1997, and sub-portant decision of their lives- · S&lt;quently sp&lt;nt a year and a half dowhere they will go to coll&lt;g&lt;.
ingin1ernshipsin thehigh·schooiS&lt;I·
She serves as UB's liaison 10 the ling. While she ultintatdy chose toreschooloounselorcommunity,work· main at UB,she says the knowieds&lt; ·
ing tirelessly to nurture and she gained in the secopdary setting
strengthen the university's vital rela· gave h&lt;r a fresh, insider's perspective
tionship with thousands of advisors
across the region and the oountry.
Colleagues haY&lt; called her work
"grou ndbreaking" and her leadership ..energizing" as she strives to
create unique-professional development opportunities for guidance
co unselors, an often overlooked,
ove rworked and occasionally
RtpOITf!f A$sistant

burned-out population.

Her efforts have attracted national
attention to the Office of Admissions' innovative pro.grarns and the
importance of strengthening alii ~
anc&lt;li between high schools and col·
lege admissions counselors.
Moreover, Bernstein has received
personal recognition for her efforts,
recently being named as a "'Rising
Sta r" by the National Association for
Co!lcgc Admissions Cou nseling
(N ACAC ). She was honored at
NACAC's annual conference in September. where she also organized a
panel on national college counseling teaching initiatives.
While the national recognition
certainly is rewarding, Bernstein says
she's most proud of the state\•l'idc
OUI reach efToriS by the Q(fice of
Admissions and th e relationships
she has form &lt;.·d with high school
counsd ors-rclationships that have
fostered a five· fold increase in atten·
dance al th e New York Stat e AsMl·
ciatio n for ~ollcgc Admission
Counseling's (NYSACAC) regional
professional development forums.
llernstein's interest in high school
counseling isn't just relauxl to her job

vost for enrollmenl
planning.
notes that Bernstein has focused for
several yean on improving UB's ~
lationship with the ..a&gt;ndarfschool
counsding community and is my
"'tuned in to professional development issues in that setting... Through
Bernstein's efforts, high school oounselorscan depend on UB for&amp;.. professional development workshops.
As a result of feedback .-.c:eived
from the US-initiated secondary
school oounselor advisoey oounciJs
abou1 the lack of coll&lt;g&lt;-admissions
training for ntw counse·
Jors,theOffictof Adrnis·
sions responded by=·
a1ing a "rookie camp."
The rookie camp is a
cooperative endeavor,
with seasoned semndary
high school counselors
participating in work·
shops to train their in·
coming pe&lt;n. The first
camp in Fall2000 was 50
sua:essful-with SO new
counselors partjcipat ·
ing-that the Western
New York Consortium
on Higher Education
ask&lt;d to sponsor the 2001
program,whkhwasheld
recognition for her effOf'U at Improving
Nov. 2.at UB and trnined
relatlon.s with htgh s.chool guidance coun.se- another SO new hires.
lon .
"The thing about the
school-counsding com·
munity is that besides bcing such a
rey;~rding the demands placed on high
school counselors.
dedicated group of individuals, they
Thechallcngesfucingschoolcoun· are a pleasure to work with and they
selors are endless, ~rnstein points are so gracious about these typeS of
out, among them hugecaseloadsand efforts," Bernstein says.
multiple bosses. Added to that mix "The demands placed on school
arc the kids thcmseJ"es. an "intense co unselors arc so heavy. They are
population. from the wallflower to happy to have their in-scrviaoppor·
the student bursting at the scams !unities pro,.ided for free. II also gives
with problems," she says. ·
them an opportunity to look at our
"11 (the internships). really gave beautiful ca mpus. lt's biggerthanjust
me an appreciation for what a high gettingstudentsaccepted--it'sa win·
sc hool cou nselor does and th e win situation,a way to help students
amount of dedication in that job. It find the best fit. When school counwas a real eye:opcner," says sclors get invoiV&lt;:d, they walk away
Bernstein.
knowing us; we' re professio nal
RLogina Toomey, associate vice pro- friends:· she adds.

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Bernstein also ha.s worked to
breothe new tif• into the curricula
used to train gtllduate students. With
the help of Cart Behrend, directo&lt; of
guidance al Orchard Park High
sChool, she developed a course· in
oollegt-admissions that has been of·
fered for two ybrs through the
Graduale Schdol of Education's
school counseling program. The
ooursc is ""'Y practical; for example,
high school smiors are brought in "'
that new &lt;XlWlsdors can engage in
"hands-on" counseling S&lt;SSions.
" I love working with the coll&lt;g&lt;bound population--they are on the
edge of 50mcthing new and excit·
ing in their IM!s--they a~ turning
the corner into aduhhood and a~
so fun to work with,.. says Bernstein.
She says she has bcen ask&lt;d 1&lt;! consul! with NACACabout bringing the
UB courst'--&lt;&gt;ne of only a handful
of such courses in the countryonline to incrcast' access nationally.
Bernstein and Behrend also coauthored an article on designing a
graduate cotme in admissions. whkh
was published in the ACAC jour·
nal. Sina then, word has spreod thai
UB's Office of Admissions is a leader
in professional development efforts
for school counselors, says Bernstein,
with inquiries comi ng in from
around the country.
In addi tion to h&lt;r efforts at UB.
Bernstein also is actively invol\-ed in
the NYSACAC, serving as co-chait
of its professional developmen1 rom min~.

Part of the challenge of thai posi·
tKm,she says. is to coordinate ~nal
forums.
A recent progr.un held al UB. for
example, was aucnded by more than
I00 counselors and focused on such
1opics as student credentialltranscript
evaluat ion, preparing for the real
world through high schooUoollcge
curricuJum, how colleges~ dealing
with non-traditional credit awarded
at the sca&gt;ndary lev&lt;! and how thai
crcdi1 should be assessed in lighl of
current admissions standards.

U.S. in danger of repressing human rights
Makau Mutua warns actions in wake ofSept. 11 moving natiOn toward police state
BY CHRiffiNE VIDAL
Contributing Editor
N its efforts to prt"\"COt a rept."at
ofthetrJgiccwntsofSept.ll,
the United States .is moving
perilously close to creating jn
our own nation a police state where
human rights are denied, according
to a professor in the Law School who
is a human rights expen .
\Vhiledomestic and international
law provide.safeguards 10 prevent
the government from imperm issible
intrusions into the lives of individuals, scores of people rounded up b)'
law cnforcenwnt officials in the af·termath of the terrorist attacks re·
main in custod)'· Some ha\'C lx.'Cn
cleared of an) charges, but not released. Others &lt;ln.' being held on
"frivolous.. charges, suc,: h as overstaying their visas, says Maka u ~lu ·
tua. professor of law and (O·di nx·to r of UB's Human Rights Center.
And the detention,,( pt"Oplt; who
may have information about the
Sept. II atta cks i!o cxpc'Ct&lt;.-d to con·
tinue with th e rece nt a nn ou n CL~­
mcnl lhat th e ju!oticc Department

I

wants to question more than 5,000
male foreigners who came to the
U.S. from Middle Eastern and other
countries where al·Qaeda operatives
may be plotting new attacks. Although the attorney gener.ll has de·
nicd it, this action targets Arabs and
Muslims, says Mutua.
In addilion,Prcsidcnt Bush has dedared an "extraordinary emergency"
that empowers him to order military
I rials for suspected international terrorists and their collaborators. b)'·
passing the American criminal justice system, its rules of evidence and
its .constitutional guarantees. Such
trials would not satisfy American
constitutjonaland international hu·
man rightS standards.
.. , am concerned about the secu·
rity of innocents,.. he s.1id... 1 under·
stand the nlx-d for the government
to inwstiga te, track down and bring
to justice the people responsible for
the Sept II attacks.butthosccffons
must be done within the law and the
confi nes of the constitution and international law. That basic facl is
fundament ,,l.md ld nnot be ncgoti·

ated, because once you start to ne·
go tiat e human rights, you slidr
down toward a police state ...
Over the past 1wo decides, a5 well
as during most .of the Cold War, the
US. used the rights its citizens enjoyed
as pan of a democracy to criticize fPV·
cmments that deprMd people ofbasic hwnan rights, Mutua said.
" It would be ironic iflhe U.S. resortt.-d to similar tactics in the face
of a threat to security,.. Mutua said.
"' II would be unfortunate if 1he U.S.
were to do what it has criticized in
other governments."
~ounding up individuals because
they belong to a particular ethnic or
religious group is a violation ofboth
domestic and international !aw,Mu·
tua sajd. Detaining people simply
because they arc .of Muslim or Ara·
bic descent is a .. worrisome trend"
that dredges up echoes of the inter·
mcnl of people of Japanese descent
in the U.S. during World War II.
And reports in the media that traditional civil libertieS might have to
be cast aside if investigators arc to
extract infom1ation fro m jaila si.Js·

pected associates of Osama bin
Laden arc "chilling," Mutua said.
There must be a balance between
nalional security and the rights of
the individual, he cmphasiud.
"Clearly, we want to be safe and
we want the horrible events of Sept.
I I not 10 be repeated," Mutua Sllid.
.. , do ~nt the government to take
security measures. but at the sa me
tim e, I do not w3m it to create a
police sta te where human rights are
ab ridged and denied."
The U.S. gmm&gt;ment had a respon·
sibility to show the evidenc&lt; linking
bin laden to the terrorist attacks in
order to secu.re his surrender.
.. That is not to say th at justice
should no1 be pursued. The U.S. has
an obligation to find the people re·
sponsiblc for these attacks and bring
them to justi c~ ... Mutua.said ... But
there are legal ways 10 do that with·
out adding to the suffering of people
here and elsewhere.
" It is playing loose wilh the law
for the richest country in the world
to homb the poort."St under these
circumstJncL.'S without evitience."

�~Mar 29. 2111Vt33.

Albright speaks at UB

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Former secretary ofstate offers persp~ve on terrorist attacks
attack.s as part of a long proass to
rid the world of terrorism.
T was as an articulatt analyst
"This is jwtlhe beginning of lhe
and spol&lt;e&gt;penon fOI" American story-theend of lhe fiist chapterforeign policy-and an avowed and lhis is a long book. I hope that I
"gung-ho American"-that am pleasantly surprised by lhe fact
Madeleine Albright, form&lt;.- secretary lhat lhe American people stick wilh
of Slllk, addressed a packed Alumni . i~ and lhatlhey understand lhai this
Alma on Nov. 15 as part of UB's Disis going to requi"' a lot of patience
tinguislxd Speak&lt;r S&lt;ries.
in an unclear kind of setting, with
Albright offer&lt;!d not only an his- no exact victories.•
torical perspective to geo-political
The most troubling aspect of lhe
By DONNA LOHQNECkEJI
Rqxxtrr Assistant Editor

I

events that have shaped the 20th

government's response to terrorism

century, but also an assessment of
how American foreign policy has
evolved as the result of terrorist acts,
beginning with the 1998 embassy

at home, has, in Albright's opinion,

never~ the.samc, but

I'm not ready

to accept lhat,"shetold !he enthusi-

astic crowd. "From a foreign-policy
perspective, lhis may be the most
fluid '!nd dynamic moment since

the Cold War's end."
However, sh~ said the most unpn:·
dictable aspect of lhe war in Afghanistan is its "'potential to aggravate or
alleviatt long-standing confliru;" including lhe Middle East. Allhough
supportive of l~ra el, Albright acknowledged lhat lhe current stalematt is part of a larger. ongoing gco-

12 Americans-and the recent terrorist attacks on the World Trade
Center and the Pen tagon.
At a press conference prettding

her presentation in Alumni Arena,
A.Jbright said that while many inter·
national issues were beginning to
affect lhe United States before lhe
atta cks of Sep1. II , in many
Americans still felt secure, in spi te
of the increasing pressure o f what
she called the "new global issues lhat

as climatt

ponpoctl••

change, disease and drugs." As well, " " " " - - - , . o4 S h l t o - .u..tght offers her
she said , the mood in America was· on Amorlun foreign policy"'- woke of recent t.......tst attaclu
quite different in 1998 than it has during • pre:u conference held prior to her lecture In Alumni Aren•

happened after Sept II ," she said.
Although American embassies
\...ere bombed, their loca tio ns in Af·
no and the fad,that few Americans
were" kilk-d did not fuel the kind of
publit: ~ upport needed to pursue
act ive anti -terrorist polici~..~.
While praising Prc:.iden t George
W. Uush's c..'fforl.'&gt; to dc-Jl with Osama
hm Laden and h1s network of terrorist:., Albright didn't hL·sitatc to
critici1.e what she saw as his initial
"unilatera l response .. to the Sept. II
attacks, expressing the hope that the
current ad ministration would not
rely on a "un i-dimensional foreign
policy-one that deals with issues
through the prism of terrorism."

Allhough Albright suppor15 the
current military action against the
Taliban regime in Afghanistan , she
encouraged Americans to see the

. as part of US's Distinguished Speaker Series.

been the tightening grip on First
Amendment rights.
"'I must say, l'm a bit surprised at
some of the actions being taken by
the justice department in limiting
so me of our basic freedo ms," she

said. The most difficult challenge as
a result, she pointed out, ''will be to
find the balance between security
a'nd
democracy "
in
the
administration's approach to home·
land sec uTit y and in its e ffort s
abroad, noting that " it 's especially
hard to defend against terrorists
who think that suicide is·the direct
route to paradise."
Echoing the rhetoric of most politicossirxrtheterroristottacksin ew

York City, she called lhe current conHict a "dash betw&lt;.'&lt;11 ci\'ilization itself
and brutishness."
"The scope and drama of lhe current confrontation has caused some
to conclude that everything has

changed and lhat the world will

political crisis lhat is destabilizing lhe
entire region and one in which the
Palestinians fear they never will have
a viable homeland that isn't ..always

subject to the will of others."
Albright repeatedly emphasized
the importance of restoring the
rights of women-in not onJy Af·
ghanistan, but arou!'d the globeso that th ey too, might "achieve
equal access to economic stabilit y."
.. No society can prosper if half its

people are treated like second-dass
citizens," said Albright.
.. 1am convinced that the Taliban':.
tn..""atment of WQmen re\'C3ls a deeper
intolerance that is at odds with most
intcrpret:nions of Islam and contrary
to 'the traditions of Afghanistan," she
said. adding that it was a particular

By PATlltCIA DONOVAN

HINESE-born children
adopted by Americm par-

C

t~bout

ents and living in the Buf·
fulo area now can learn
their nati\'e culture and lan-

guage at a """kcnd school sponson.&lt;l
by the World Languages Institute
(IVU ), a unit of the Department of
Modem Languages and Uteratuies.

The school is called the AC (for
Asian Connection) Chinese School
because it was initiated by parents
who are members of Asian Con nee·
tion , an· association in the \-\'estern
New York area for parents who have
adopted children from Asia, especially

China. They wanted their adopted
d1ildrcn to under.&gt;tand the complex
culture of thdr native country and be
f.uniJiJr with Mandarin, a group of
closely related Chinese dialects spo-

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Afghan people. However, lhe intereot of lhe world in the country of
Afghanistan has been piqued. Some of lhe Web sites listed here will
allow the reader to beromt bttter informed about tbt ~pie, the

history, the culture and the land o.f Afghanistan.
A good chronology of Afghan history cy be found at Afghanistan Online &lt;http:// www.•fgh•n-web.&amp;m/ hlstory/ &gt;. Divided
into four parts, it covers a time span from the prehistoric era up to

the present, although it does not ioclude t.he events oflhe past two
months. The site also contains th~ texts of the five constitutions in

place from 1923 to 1990, and also features more in -depth articles.on
such historical topics as " Medieval Jewish community of Afghanistan" and "The Role of Afghanistan in lhe fall of the USSR."
The Toronto-based Afghan Network &lt;http:/ / www.afghan-

ken in about four-filths of China.
The school opened on Sept. 22
and its students include adoptl-d
Chinese children, their parents and
children of Chinese origin who an..·
not adopted. It also is open to the

The Rtvolutionary Association of the \\!omen of Afghanistan
&lt; http://www.r•wa.org &gt; is a political/social organization of Afghan· women struggling for p~ce, freedom, democracy and women's
rights in Afghanistan. This site posts many reports from inside Af~
gha nistan, detailed information o n women's lives unde.r the Tali ban
and many useful links to other organizations and to rrpOns on hu man rights in Afghanistan. Another interesting sitt that does not
focus so1ely on Afghanistan is Women Living Under Muslim Laws
lnttmational Solidarity Network &lt;http://www.wluml.org.&gt;.
A good introductiOn to Afghan music is accessible through Radio
Afghanistan &lt; http:// www.radlo•fghanlstan.com/ &gt;. Th is online
station provid~s n6t only 24·hour broadcas·ts of music, news and
political and cultural co mmt&gt;ntary, but offers a basic pr~ntation
of musical c ulture through text and illust ration , including promi nent musical instruments and folk and classical traditions.
The University of Nebraska's Ce ntre for Afghanistan Stud1 es
&lt; http:/ /.www.unomah•.edu/-wortd/ c•s/ cu.html&gt; is the only
American sc hol a rly institution devoted to Afghan culture. The
center's focal point is the Arthur Paul Afghanistan collect ion. the
largest outside of that country. Key to the Web site is the Afghani sta n Atlas Project, which supplies maps that can.be enlarged. a.s well
as assorted geographic and historical data.
FinaiJy, do not neglect the en try of Afghanistan in Britanni a
Online &lt;http://www.se•rch.e.b.com/&gt;, offcred as one of BISON's
online resou rces. The article's contents cover geography, economy,
ethnography, politics, cultural life and history. There also is a su·
perb bibliography of print reso urces and links to reputable online
si tes, incl uding many of the above.
-Nin• C•sclo •nd Rkk Mcl:.e, Univtrsiry Ubro~

joy to see, after !he hberation of Kabul
by the Northern Alliance, women
moving about freely in the streets
without their faces oovered and with ·
out escorL

Chinese instruction offered
Contributing Editor

The war on terrorism, currently being fought in Afghanis~n. targru the al·Qatda terrorist nttwork and its sponsors, rather than the

- published by the Library of Congress.

waYs

been since the events of this fall.
" Frankly, there was not the outcry
and support that was necessary to
mobilize a nation in the way that has

m

Afghan CUltures and Traditions

network .net / Culture/ &gt; devotes a great deal of its Web site to
Afghanistan's culture , including holiday~ traditional costumes,
musical instruments, sports, languages and literatures, among other
aspects. The site aJso contains " Islam: An Ovcn•it'W,.. which explains
tore beliefs of the religion and its sacred ttxts.
The lllinois Institute of Technology offers the AfghaniStan Country Study &lt;http:/ / www.gl.llt.edu/ go•doc•l •fgh•nlstan/ &gt;, an
on line book' detailing "t he dominant historical, social, economic.
political and natio nal security aspects of contemporary Afghani·
start... This is part of the country studies/ara handbook prograrn

bombings in Kenya and Tanzania
th at killed 224 people-including

know no borders, such

5

an instructor in the university's Chi·

nesc Language and Culture Program.
She can be reached at 645 -2 19!.
The school currently offers four
classes, one each for children ages 3-4,
those t~gcs 5-7 and tecn·agers. Many

general public.
The fee is $70 per student per se-

of the teen -ager. are local children of

mester, which CO\'ers the cost of the
teachers' transportation.
Fifteen children currently arc en·
roUed in the school. Classes meet
three times a month on Saturdays
from I 0 a.m. to noon in Clemens

Adults, most of who =the parcn15
of the adopted chiklrm. also attend
the classes.
The AC Chinese School operall'S

Ch inese origin who are not adopted.

in a manner similar to US's Japanese

Hall on th e North Ca mpu s. All

Weekend School. The Japanese
school isoperatedby"theWLI in part-

teachers are professionals with either a doctorate or master's degree
in foreign language instruction or
elementary education.
Individuals interested in partici·
pating in the school should con tact
the school's coordinator, Xuehong
Lu , lecturer in linguistics at un and

nership with the Buffalo ihongo
Oub, a non·profit organization that
provides instruction in Japanese ian·
guage and culture to the childn."O of
Japanese and Japa.nesc·American
co uples. children who otherwise
might lose touth with their Japanl'SC
cultural and linguistic heritage.

DrieD
UB work helps firm win award
Che~lcal Processing magazine h•.s .selected Integument Tech·
nologies of Tonawanda to receive its 200l Vaaler Award in the cat·
egory of corrosion control for its innovative FluoroGrip• product,

developed usi ng technology licensed from UB.
Integument Technologies is a science· based developer and manu·
facturer of engineered fluoropol ymcr systems for unique, extreme
temperature and chemical environments.
FluoroGr ip" was developed us ing chemistry and processes devcl .
oped at UB that provide the ability to chemically bond adhcsi\'L'S,
sealants, coatings and lining materials, creating 3 new cost·effective
generation of composite corrosiOn· protective systems.
The t~hnology that led to creation of Integument's Fl\ioroGfip'~~

product lines was co-de\'eloped by Joseph A. Gardella lr.• professor
of chemistry, and Terrence G. Vargo, former UB research assistant
and Integument Technologies president and CEO. US's formcrTet:hnology Transfer and Licensing office, now part of the university's
Office Of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outrea(:h, li censed the technology to Integument.
·
Integument Technologies continues its advancement in the chemi·
cal industry by partncring with UB to access its wealth of lnowl edge, laboratories and testing facilities. Today, Integument u:.e:. fa i
cilities on the North Campus for new technology and product d&lt; velopment, in addition to using the testing facilities at the South
Ca mPus lnstrumeGt.nio n enter.

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UB prog...m Is cqllaborat~ between uniYenlty and 1 J WNY school districts

Better administration is LIFTS' goal
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leadorsh.ip and improvemonts
in schools~ performance are
1M goals of an innova!M collaborativo offort invo.l ving tho
Gradual&lt; School of Education
(GSE) and 13 Westorn Now .York
school districts.
B&lt;gun in 1996, the program, Lead-

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new fellows inducted Into tho
pretjglous ~ Ac.ldemy
of NU&lt;Sing f0&lt; 2001 it tho
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month In Washington. The fellows ,.,. chosen for their ...
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Schools (UF!'S), has gradua~ 47
potential administrators, 36ofwhom
ar&lt; om~ as school principals,
assistant principals or dislrict administrators in II ar&lt;a school districts.
Tho prognm has had a distinct
impact on administra!M training
and p~:actic&lt; in tho cjistricts and its
devdopors ap&lt;et that it ultimatdy
will affect academic achievement
levds in many aroa schools.
"Wo'v• creat&lt;d a richor pool of
qualifi&lt;d administrator candidates
in Westom Now York and district
interest in the program is growing;
says Stophon Jarobson, a foundor
and co-diroctor of tho program.
"If we'rosuccessful in hdpingour
LIFTS graduatos ongage the onagios
and talents of th&lt;ir futuro employees and students, then thero wiU bo
a considerable rippl&lt; effect and improvements in school performance
are likely."
Marion Canedo, superintendent

of the Buffalo Public Schools, ochoes Jacobson's enthusiasm.
"LIFTS has alroady produced
some outstanding administrators fu
our district," she say~. "and the

program's comprohensiv&lt;, hands-bn
approach has us thinking outsido of
1M traditional &lt;ducational box when
it comes to administrative training."
• Jacobson, a professor in the GSE's
D&lt;partment ofEducational Leadership and Policy, co-directs the program with departmontal coUoaguos

Laurio Johruon, assistant profasor,
and Robert Stevenson, a.s50ciate
prof&lt;ssor and d&lt;partmmt chair.
UF!'S was doYdop&lt;d in responso

to a projection that within a fewyears
as a rosult of r&lt;tiromonts, highly
qualili&lt;d administrators would boat
a prenlium in school districts
throughout w..t.m Now York. Aftt:r ......mg pr&lt;dictions of dsanp
in the&lt;ducational onviroru:nm~ &amp;culty ITI&lt;Inbas in the Doportrnmt of
Educational Leadmhip and Policy
worked with ...:.r.Jlocal ..h.ot districts to design the innov;IIM. nontraditional &lt;ducationalloadonhip program based on
tho lat&lt;st thoory and
practic&lt; in 1M 6dd.
Tho prog r a m ,
Jacobson

ministrator prq&gt;aratlon programs, which
omphasize tho mastery of
such managerial skills as
curriculum planning.instructionalovaluation and sch&lt;duling.
li includes instruction in those ar~
&lt;as, but its omphasis is on tho dovelopment of interpersonal skills
that promot&lt;group fucilitation and
team building. The purpos&lt; is to ongage and uso the talonts of 1eachers,
par&lt;nts and studmts as part of the
&lt;ducational prOC&lt;SS. The program
also has a lengthy and intensive
field-bas&lt;d component, with administrative "internships offering
participants 600 hours of contact
With practicing school administrators in the area.
.. It is our intention to assess
changes in student achievement in
schools administerod by LIFTS
graduates," Jacobson says. "but we
ar&lt; not roady to do so yot bocauso

tho program is 'still quit&lt; oow.
"New kinds of &lt;ducatlonalloaduship take sovoral yoan to show
such results. The rolo Ofadministrators alone acmunts for only about
7 percent of student academic
achieY&lt;mtnL What malton moot is
what goes on in 1M classroom and
at homo, and tha~s what 1M pro-

nessed to imj&gt;rov. 1M day-bHiay
dlicacy of our schools." .
Elevm UFI'S graduata now aro
school principah in the B~
5w«t Home, Niagara Falls, Wusaw,
Lyndonville, Pioneer and Erie 2
liOCESS&lt;hool clistticts. lWatty-&lt;&gt;nt
W&lt;riiOO ~assistant princi-

pals in ' - Buffalo. WiUiarrwviiie,
Lockport. Niagara Falls, K&lt;nmore,
5w«t Home,Pioneorlnd\'kst Sendistricts, and four aro c&lt;ntral
office administrators--&lt;&gt;n&lt; the dirmorof personnel in the \'kst SenScbooJ District.
Although individuals may sdf.
nominal&lt; for inclusion in the I""'
gram, Jacobson explains that UF!'S
participants oft&lt;n ar&lt; sponsored by
individual school districts as possiblo candidat&lt;s for sp&lt;cific admin.
the organization istra!M posts.
and should
.. The prior practic.t-and in
bopromo~
many cases. current practi~in
throughout as school administrator training was
. well
that a toachor who want&lt;d to b.como a principal remain«! in htt in
own school building, grabb&lt;d tim&lt;
ditional system s, theSt out of hor workday to do adminispeople often are not only not trativo tasks and then took academic
gMn a voice, but their experience courses on her own.
and knowl&lt;dge aro suppress«!.
"Sho would play with pi&lt;c&lt;s of 1M
If administrativ&lt; loadors mgage role," he says. "with 1M assumption
teachers. as well as parents, in the that somdww sho'd figtm out how
P"""" of loaming and loadership, it all goes togethor."
how&lt;v&lt;r, they, in turn, will ongage _ Jacobson says tho oarliost pro·
tho studmts, ho says. whon this cu- gram cohorts were made up pre·
mulativ&lt; procrss bogins to take hold, dominantly of fomalo risk-takers
Jacobson says improvom&lt;nts in aca- who fdt that the traditional syst&lt;m
domic porformanc&lt; and othor aroas of promotion and administration
are expected to follow.
proparatlon' didn't ~rk for thorn
Jacobson says urn doos not ap- and they docid&lt;d to take a risk and
peal tooontrollingpmonalitytypes, try something now.
but rather to coUaborativ&lt; types
"Nowwo havo a lot of people who
who ~d to valuo coopora!M v&lt;n- aro 'career-pathing:• ho says. "11&lt;tw'&lt;S and the sharing of authority caUS&lt; tho prognm is vory popular
and rosponsibility.
in so many districts, they undor"By empowering such poople stand that certification will jump
through transformativo1tadership." thorn!&lt;&gt; the h&lt;ad of 1M padreas they
h&lt; says, "many 12lonts can bo bar- seek administrative positions.•

gram ultimatdy affects."
Jacoboon says UF!'S ropresonts a
fundammtallydillmnt approocb to
school administration. It holds that
schools oporat&lt; most dl&lt;ctivdy in
1M currmt &lt;ducational dimat&lt; not
by insisting that all of 1M availabk
12lont, leadorship and docision-making skills n:sido
in administrators, but by
recognizing that leaden
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manl1y. ond le!t. -.g legocy
for the generations to come."
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SOf!IO'Y at Roswel Part&lt;

canc...tnstitute, and Lewlooe, associate prom- al
medicine and chiel oltht,.,...
cal dMsions al-lfld gi!n~
tourinaly oncology ot RPCt, _..
named among tho t o p cancer doctors in America in the
Octobor Issue o l - .._

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among tho 355 physicians dted
by tho magazine's •Exdui!Yo list:
The BtNst cane... Spedallsts
Rated the.Best by The&lt; ,..,.,.

JOB LISTINGS
UB job listings

Middle States
~tram,...,

In addition to th e Leadership
Team, Capaldi has appointed a
instituripnal solf-study that is the

dent Affairs, and Lorna Peterson, . istration; faculty; student admisassociate professor, Department"" of sions, and general education.
Library and Information Studies.
Del Genip notes that steering
Also, Barbara A. Rittner, associate commit!« mombors will ch~ir sub-

crux of the acc n;~ditati o n process,
Del Genio says. noting that the steering committee is representative of
the university community, featuring

professor, School of Social Work;
Mary Anne Rokilka, clinical associate
professor,DepartrnrntofPhysiology;
Alan L Selman, profossor, D&lt;part-

Steering Committee to oversee the

fuculty.administrators,studentsand

mentofComputerSQ.enceandEngi-

professional staff members.

neering, and adjunct professor, 0.partment of Math&lt;ll)atics; Margaret
R. Wells, director, public services, Arts
&amp; Sciences Libraries; Powhatan).

Membors of the St«ring Committee are Dennis A. Andrejko. as-

sociateprofossor,Departrnent of Architecture; Diane Christian, SUNY

Distinguished Toaching Professor,
Department of English; Rosemary
Dziak, professor, Department of
Oraf Biology; Lucinda M. Finley,
professor, Law School; Dale R. Fish.
associate dean for academic affairs,
School of Health Related Profes:.ionSta nd Howard G. Foster assoCiate dean, School of Management.
AJso, Francis M. Gengo,associa tc
professor. School of Pharmacy and

accessible via Web

Pha rmact;uticaJ Sciences; James L.
Hoot, profes.sor and director, Early

Job iistings for professional, re-

Childhood Research Center, Grnd u·

search, faculty and cMI ser~

a Lt'

sources Services Web site at
&lt;http:/ /www.buslness.buff-

Sdlool of Educat ion; VoldemJr
A. ln1tm., chief in form&lt;ttion offict•r;
J. lopo~. de&lt;tn, ~till.~rJ
Fi ll murc Colkg ..·; lame:. S.
N.!dhnu.::h .•h .mt.mt \"ICc.' prc~idcnt .

ato.edu / h rs / vac.andesl &gt;

l"lljj,'

vic~both

competitive and

non&lt;ompetitive-positions can
be accessed via the Human Re-

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Gt'Of{!C

11 lht \"•,t• l'n•,ldt"l ' ! 0&lt;&gt;1 " I ll

Wooldridge, associate: professor/ resoarch methodolog_ist, School ofNursing, and Jeannette Molina, assistant
vice provost for academic affairs and
associate director, Center for Teaching and Learning Resow=.
The extensive self-study that the
Steering Committee will guide the
university through is based on the
Standards for Accred itation th at
have been devdoped by Middle
States ''to provide the institution
with a mctho&lt;fto examine the uni\'ersity," Del Genio says.
Thestandardscovertwobroad ar·
~.·.1s: instit utional co ntext and edu..;Jttonal df&lt;.-ctivcm:ss. Amo_ng the 14
indtvtdual st.lll da rc..l s indudcd
wi thtn th&amp;: broader areas arc ~uch
rnpK.., ao, mi'!linn. guals and ubicc · ,,~,.-:- UbiUUII,) Il.ll fCMIUf~o.(":&lt;o.,\Jilllll ·

committeesthatwillinvostigateoacb
of the 14 standards.
UB's Momorandum of Understandingwith SUNY,whichoutlines
specific objectives to achieve the
mission and goals of the university,
offers UB's aa:r&lt;ditation loam some
assistant&lt; in its task. 0.1 G&lt;nio says.
"TheMOUofcoursowillprovido
us with guidance as we evaluate and
assess and examine UB to make sure
that the things that wo're doing in
regards to·resourcc allocation and
planning and educariona1 activities

are truly align&lt;d with, and m«ting
the objectives, as agreed upon by UB
and SUNY." she says.
Jt's helpful as well,shesays. to look
at the MOU and the standards, ..and
seehow these thingsarealign&lt;dand
how we' re m oviOg forward to
achieve the objectives of the memor.mdum: As we achieve the objectives in certai n areas o f the memorandum, then we will move even
doscr tO ou r mission."
The reaccreditation process aC'U·
aUy began late in April, with the first
mu.·tingofthe Stt-ering Commit let.".
The ...;,mmittec h., .. Pt-c11 lll\.'\."tln~

rogularly sine&lt; thon, 0.1 Genio says.
The St«ring Commit!« has the
14 subCommitt«chairs in place, and
the subcommittees: are working to
ostablish their sp&lt;cific goals and objectives. One&lt; th ... ar&lt; &lt;stablish&lt;d.
UB will submit a sdf-study proposal
to Middle States for advic&lt;.After tha~
tho subcommittoes wiD bogin data
acquisition, research and analysis,
and oach will oonstruct a draft report.
The drafts will bo diss&lt;minat&lt;d to
othor mombors of the steering committee for their imput. From there.

the Leadership Toam will put together all the subcommitt« draft reports lnto one draft document. This
document will go hack to the St«ringCommitt«,andalsowillbodis- .
tributed to the general university
community for review.
.. We w.ant this to be a uni"ersity

proc&lt;SS,"'bel Genio says.
One&lt; all suggestions are integrated
into the document, a final \'ersion will
bo submitted to Middle Stites in late
summer 2003. An evaluation team ,
composed of 8· 10 representlti""' of
US's peer institutions, will come to
campus before mid October 2003 to
talk to the diffcre.nt unjversity
stituencics and exouninc the dua.
The decision on rt"&lt;!ccn:ditatinl1
\\ 1lJ 0e IIIJd&amp;: ;~ftt'r tht: 'Ill \"1•'1

cor-

�Senate duties extend beyond undergraduate issues
To the Editor
The ~~&lt;porter account (Nov. 14 is-

sue) of the Nov. 6 Faculty Senate
meeting ends with the oomment
that the senate's principal C&lt;&gt;llam
is UB undergraduate program•.
This is inaccurate and misleading.
It is inaccurate in its implication
that the proposed limit of 25 perceni Senate membenhip for units
who&gt;&lt; student enrollJ:nent-undergraduate, graduate and professionaJ.......&lt;s less than 20 percent of the
univ=ity total is ba&gt;ed on $UJ&gt;Il06&lt;d
se nate concentration on under-

·graduate programs. It is misleading whereby the faculty of the unM:rsity
in iu suggestion that senate con- participate in itJ: governan~ and
certi$ with research, librarie. and
guidance as theu affect all the
information technologies, student · university's innructional, research
life, educational ptogramS and poli- and public·serviceJ&gt;f!l8rall1Sand accies, academic planning, academic tivities. Thel'fOPC*'IIimitof25per&amp;.edom and responsibility,affirma- cent membenhip rests on reoogni-·
tivuction, bu&lt;fset prioriti&lt;&gt; and fa . tion tbOt no oneofthe.e areas should
cilities--to list seven! but lwdly ali dominate Faculty Senate activities.
areas addressed by senate oommit·
~considered by the senate
Profnw oll'tlllosophy
only to the extent they affect underCDikgo ol Arts and Sdmcts """'"'
graduate programs.
CAS ropmmtativeto th&lt; Focvlry
The Faculty Senate is the mearu
S&lt;nott Eucutiw Commltt«

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MEN'S

Nlapra 63, UB 62
UB I 00, Chlcaco State fl
UB 51, Canblus 56
k wu "" to&lt;ddrc .. they

lor ""' Bulh
oponed""'......,-.
2-

1 ..cord - rood
induded
""' walt
""""""'
afal7-pmo
winless
and • dnomadc: """" aou-

Tho-.. . .

wwn rival Canalus.

No.. 1 9 tile. Bulls bliOw to Niapn. 63-62.
despite early loU '"'"""' that
fo'oud the ...., "' ploy ia lour
-and
a
combO!od 94-.
UB Jumped out to a 12-9 lead
4:-49 Into the fim half, but ,...,.,.
l\cOert Brown and Datal Williams
plcbd up early louh. which limited
tl1elr ~time. Brown roconled
hlstlllrcUoulleuthanliYemtr.Jtes
into the pme. while Wiliams had

lone""""'""""

- - in the lim 4:54.
~. the

Bulh. who~

!MsketbaN
team

her first

career double-doublescoring 1 1 points and
grabblnq a career-high 14

rebouncls-in UB'5 70-SO
already handQpped the
SONicesoi_)OOr_and
victoly aver Niagara in the
lim ll"if1t scorer l..oUs Campbel
Bulls' home opener Nov. 20.
because ol.lnjury. alocl en
Marl&lt; Bonz and Jason Bird.
and soP- jason Wakoa as UB tnhd by just lour pc01a at the hall, 39-35.
Neshman Tumer Batde, who earned the san lor tile Bulb. scored en a
layup "' bqin tile second haK as US wont en a 14-2 non to t2ice lu blgost lead
up by ei&amp;f&gt;t po;ncs.-..49-41-- 13:27 ownainincNiapn dtipped .-,and eYOntUally repined !he loa6-~7-.56-on a twopolntor byAMn Cna- +.I 61oft. u s - .. Bonz drolned. shot
from tile top a/ the koy just I3 seconds later. Niapn !hen connected en badt·
t&lt;&gt;~~ack 1ayups "'ao up by dvee po;na - . . 11onz hit """""" shot to pu11
US within a po;nt.Aftef'""' Nlapn lroe throws, US p the ball badt w1t11 17
seconds left and down by Pv'ee poinU. but the Bulh missed """ StnJal1t layups
bolore Wiliams ..........-y laid the bal in wit11 one secon.! en tile dodt.
FM pla)oon scored in double cfi&amp;lls as US doloatod Chiaco Scara.I00-9l. in
a con..,tete"""" ellonen No¥. 2l .The ¥lctory ""f'P'd a 27 pme rood winless
svaklorthe Bulls~
WiliamS had • ~ 24 poln&lt;s. Brown firOshed 17 points. junior
DaYb l.aWnnce collectod II polml and senioo' Gabe Capttt and Baale had 10
pcr.a each lor the &amp;Jils.
us shot 54.2- from""' field-32-of·59-...:l 5 0 - at the
line-25-of-SG-wNio Chlaco Scato hit
from the tloor-3&gt;ol67..._.j wu 63 porcont from the line-174-27.The Bulh also added II dv.
~- _ , olthose ...... in the secon.! hill.
The Bulh apped oil""' downlrw CaMius. 58-56, .. senior Oemont
Smith ....-.od Batde\ pou witl1 one secon.! left lor the Yicxo&lt;y in~

ol""' ,.,........

nearly""",..,.

.

51.2-

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Calendar

With tile -,..the Bulh ~ "'2-1 cn the seuon and-_,
badt-t&lt;&gt;l&gt;odc pmoslor ""'lint dmolinc»""' 1999-2000.....,., ...... they
doloatodAJaonand-..Mlchlpnin~- .......
Baalo ded the pme at 56-56 on a~ wl&lt;h I~ wt en the dodt.
- . a U8 drnoout.Ca-.. junior Toby foaor miaed a~ but
""'Gtlfti . - - - ...... the Bulh lcnoc:bdtt. rebound outol
bounds. With 16 sec.onck lslt.l.awrw1oo- allod lor afoul, . . . . . Brian
to the ....
boch , _ andSmilllwaiobod the rebound"'

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Allegheny Gonenl Ho&lt;pitol. 117 P..-..,
Soo1h Compus. 6-HO p.m. F.... Fo&lt;
more Wormation, Rrbeca Coodm."tn,

838-SSS9.

Youngstown St.te. Alumni

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studenu with 10.

En....-

Stuchnt
cone...
UB Concert bod. Bllrd Recital Hall,

~~'::d =.~"$}~!tF: =~

lnformatlon, 645-2921 .

\

(1-2) picbd up thoir lnt win "'""' - l o d by'"'*"' Kaoo
pens and a~ 14....,...andscP-

oponed

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a slm 32-31 lood.A ~ by Niapn'l Evs Cwtrtqham dod the score for lho
lutdmo,J8.38,wl&lt;h 15:l51eft en the dodt.but the. Bulh !hon omboriced en a
17-3 ""' "' ......... a/ the pme and put
out

=.::f~2m~ No&lt;1h Compus.

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Nonh

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Compus. 6 p.m. F....

UB Choir ond Chunn. Slee Concert

Hall, No&lt;1h Compus. 8 p.m. F.... Fo&lt;
men Woonation, 64S-2921 .

Exhibits

~~·~~~~)n~~Cs~l~ ~or

Tho -

~wl&lt;hll

)IIIIca Kcdlrdorfor.wl&lt;h apne-lll&amp;f118 polna.U8 shot 43.6 porantln the pme
"'~\ 22.1 - a n d OUITeboo.ndod tho l'loJIIo ..... by. 57-34 ""'J'n.
UB ....,..,_.Vqiniajennlrop
the~ wl&lt;h tvoo 011!y ln!o
- a n d the acdcn !hen_... badt and lonlolor""'- a/""' .... half.

-to-..,.. SectloU'D,

2898.

Mnonory trnoglng. Q\ortos ....

UB 70, Nlopra 50
U8 used a'bolanoocl ~ oia.ck and ..,..a. en t h e . - - boords 10 llu
down the~ Nlopn PurJIIe Eaala. 70-SO." - - Nov. 20.

n--._,dol\"thellrsr.lO...._wl&lt;hthelutcne ...... wl&lt;h
1:59 Ioftin tho hiii,211-28.Ntora lroethrow byU8-AIIIcn llonnc.

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~8)4.2335 .

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\Wirulcy, dinlcolosst. prol., Dept. "'
1'1ychiotry. 355 Squft. Soo1h Compu•. 8
a.m. Ffft.

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~=.~~:.=;"The
ArcMtypu In Antiquity"
a.tJe s. ,...,...._..Gnetlng.
from ct.out_.,"
Wo&lt;t&lt; by the winn&lt;n of the
of Art's 2001 Rumsey Award Will be on

D&lt;P.:a""""'

""'*""~~tent.o_the_IOthelocbr,_,wt&lt;h

~ross ~.ount~

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f 1st at NCAA Chamf&gt;lonshlpo
Croa-&lt;OUIIIT)' . . . . - Jorim1e Slick plaad '1st In atloid ol2+1 racer&gt; at lho
NCM ~I Nadcnal Champlonshlp,hold.atl1nmn ~en No.. 19.
Sllck~the lo.«iiomeeot'counelnllk54.
.

Slick

Thojuniorbocamothe.hUBatNea:inmorethanlO,_..,~tn

theNCM~I~qualfJrclortlle-~

his.....,..

wit11
poriomance at the N C M - R.aforoal,_ln llosiDn
No.. 10. He linbhod eWoi1 In a fleld ol249 .,......,a&gt;rrfledrc tile I~
course in 30: 15.30.
Slick also earned llrsr.-teamAB-MkJ.Amorian Conlorw1ce lloncn at the
MAC Oamplonshlpl in Ypslland. Mich. Oct. 27, finishirc lixth in 25:21 .9 ~
the ei&amp;f&gt;t-ldlomea!r coone. hls top time a/ the season u lho disanco.

Wrestlln1
Northern Illinois 22, UB I l
UB ll, Eastem Hlchlpn 6
US splk a ~ doul&gt;i&lt;hmde• on Sunday. clownrc MAC rival E&gt;swn
Mkhlpn. 33-6, but 1aJ1ioc to host Nonhem lllinok, 22-l J.The llutb " ' now 1-1
""""" and in te.cue acdon.
Apinst NIU, Iou&lt;' Bulls won thei• ._u.e mao:ne.. wltlll&lt;yle Cennino"

~..;,~~rna:.deciskxl.~ Bendey, Bill jaeoutOt and 0...

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100 Allen HOI!, South

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Campus. 6:30-8:30 p.m . free.

lDC ..... - . . . . . . . , ....../flow Monufoduring.
Advanced Training c.n&lt;e&lt;. 8
a.~.m. mo:~sored

~~t
Center. FOr
lnform.ltion,
rT'IOre

Univenity Community
Initiative, Offa of Student

ActivitiesandHoWng

.

~-=..=.-.
~amela Beal, 829-3099.

--Concert

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UB )ou fm&lt;mble &amp; Combo.
Baird Recital HaM. North
Campus. 8 p.m. - . Spomored
by Df!lt. of Music. For
iriformatlon, 645-2921 .

EJectrlul AdMty of Trlggo&lt;
Points. 'Mtlard D. (Scott) M&lt;Call Jr., prof., Dept. of Oral

D.nce PerfCM"'ftMKe
ZodiaQue Stud5o Dance
Ensemble. Depl of Theatre &amp;

ETC Technology_......,

Center for the Arts, North
Campus. 8 p.m. SS. for more
information, 645·ARTS.

636-3626.

more

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~~=~,-~~
s.s. 212
Capen, North Campu,. Noon-2
p.m. free.

. Wednacl.llys •t 4 PlUS
Conversation. Bruce Andrews.
4 38 Clemens, North Campt.n..
12:30 p.m. Free. For more
information, 64S-3810.

Dance. BlKk BOx Theatre,

Friday

30

Mk:heUe L.avote, Health Sc.knces
Ubrary. Media lnstrvction

=lt ~~.th~~m~~f:

Dept. of Physics &amp; Astronomy.
Unrv. d Rochester. 422 Fronczak,
North Campus. 3:30 p.m. Free.

BlologJu,l Sciences Se1nlnar

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Nature~!

Sciences Complex,
North Campus. 3:45 p.m . Free.
For more informatk&gt;n, )eny
Koudelka, 64S·3489.

Tht• RrfMrlf'r

r~ublh.h~'

ll\ 11119\ fm ev&lt;'Ol\ taking
piCK~!!

un ca1npus or ft•r

off c.an1pu1 evfflh
UB grnup,_
1p~n.tln

whcr~

Qr~ pri n clp-.~1

U1llngs art' due

no Ia I rr than noon on
I he Thun.dil)' prcc.edhMJ

publkatlon . listings are
on ly

accept~d

through the

e lectronic iubml ulon fo rm
for th1?; onllnt! UB Calendar
of Evenh at ... http:/ /
www.bulldlo.edu/
calendar/login,., Be&lt;aUJC'

of space limitations, n ot all
e"enh In the electronic.
c.alenrlar will bl! lndud cd

Fulbright Program
GSA Coffee. Hour Speaker
Series. Mark Ashwill, Fulbright
advisor, 31 0 Student Union,

~~~~~~~~Ja·t~· Free.
Student Assoc. For ~
informatton, 645·2960.

lnfonn•l DIKUSSlon
Shakespeare's Will. Barbara
8ono, prof., Dept. of E"9li•h.
r lffin Room, Student UniOn,

~orth~:d~sth! ~·:;~·
~- For more Information,

Rosemary Mecca, 645·2258.
Art bhlblt Opening

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Muy

The Eternal feminine: Female

~:;tlg.t.r~e~.'!· Art
Center for the Arts, North
Campus. 6-8 p.m. Free.
Sponsored by Dept. of Art- For

more Information, Dept. of Art.

64S-6878, ext. 13SO.

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Hampshl~.

Alumni Arena,
North Campw.
t p.m. SH,
Gold; S1 2,
Blue; S10,

= S 8,
children in
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fusion and decision· l)laking software would be embedded in the urban emergency-management and
crisis-management systmis.

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earthquake damage and losses.
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master 's degrees, and follows
schools like the University of Wis·
consin, Georgia Tech and.Michigan
State University in pioneering the
new degree. The founda tion is promoting the professional master's
degree to bener address the needs
of both students and industry.
Professional master's degree pro·
grams arc designed

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dents with proficiency in fields·
po ised to experience dramatic

the university's commitment to re- growth over the next few decades.
spond quickly to the changing em- but that are not wdl-served by curploymentlandscape that its students rently available academic programs.
· Developed by UB faculty and adface upon graduation.
"This fundi ng is recognition of ministrators working with scientists
our existing strength in these new and managers in industry, the new
interdisciplinary fields and is wel- UB programs will educate stud~nts
come for the assistance it provides in their chosen neld of study and
in growing master's programs in the also provide them with exposure
new areas demanded by industry as :10d training in business, commu part of our Ccn1er of Excellence in nication and ethics. This broad
Bioinformatics," said Prm·m.t Eliu- training will hcttcr po~i t ion students
as they enter the.· Job market. Rmlbeth D. Clpaldi.
UB was. one of only a handfuJ of m.~. in !Urn. will bt: able to hlrt•
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• MolecUlar chemical biology, the
so-called "bench lab behind
bioinformatics" that combines computationaJ training with extensive
laboratory ~rience

• Comptlbtional chemistry, the
study of atomic and molecular struc·
ture, which can speed drug design
through the use of automated librar·
ies of chemical oompounds
• Environmental geographic in. formation systems, which appUes
geographic infomlation systems to
the study of environmenta1 and epidemiological issues. many of which
are related to health and medicine
"Each o f · the thre~ tra cks in \'Olvcs, at some level, biolog)' and
chemistq'. and each rests on the
techno logy and mathematic that
undcrpm effec tive co mput ing."
said Bruce Pitman, vice provost for
educa tional tech nology. professor
of matheinaU..:~ a nd pri)lc:4&gt;al in ·
vcstigator on the gra nt.

"These tracks are important and
exciting areas of dev.lopingscience
for industry. They also help us fill
out a constellation of programs in
UB's bioinfonnatics arena.•
New or significantly modified
oourscs that will be developed as part
of the n~w programs iOclud~
bioinfonnatics.genomics.computa-

tional chemistry, chemical biology
and analytical chemistry of pollution.
The programs emphasiu the ar·
l'aS of multidisciplinary strength at
UB, particularly within the College
of Arts and Sciences.
Among examples of fruitful COJI·
laborations dted by Pitman were the
alliancxspromptedbymovingfuculty
of the former Departtnent of Medicinal Chemistry into the Department
of Cllemistry, and strong interactions
between fuculty(nmh'ed in high·p..""l"fcmnana: computing, as exemplified
by the Center forCompulallonal Rt'
:,earch and UB's gradwte ccnifkatt: j
10 &lt;.:omputationJ.I :lol.icrh.'c:.
P1tman said L'B will begm Jv..cpt
ang studenb into the n~o.··w pnl(.!rJm'
in the: fall of ~00~ .

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The Cent&lt;r for Teiching and
Learning Resources (CR.R) has
been established for the support
and advanc:ernent of learning and
teaching at the University of Buffalo. The crLR hopes to promote
an ongoing discussion about teaching and learning matkrs by facilitating the conversation through a
variety of programs and events.
WINot types of things un you
do to lmproM IOIIMOIM's
teKhlng skllls7

The CfLR intends to assist faculty
and teaching assistants through:
a) services. b) progranfs and c)
resources On teaching effectiveness. Within services, we are planning to provide qnllne assistance·
wi\h teaching, confidential consultations and class videotaping upon .
request. Under programs, we a peel to facilitate roundtable discussions, teleconferences, forums,
workshops and a one-day winter
retreat for teaching assistants. Resources are expected t.o include
World Wide Web resources. a library·collection on taaching effectiveness and a newsletter.
Are some people just bom to
be te~hen7

I am not so sure that we are born

teachers, as much as that, like everyone else, we each bave our dis. tinct pmonality; as such, some individuals cao project a certain energy when they enter a room, a~d
ojhen might noL The important ·
thing is to be able to bring Our
knowledge to the classroom in·
ways that engage and challenge
students,. to draw on a nrietf of
techniques and ways by which we
can inspire our students. Plutarch
said:"Amind is a fire to be kindled,
not a vessel to be filled.• The task
of the excellent teacher is to stimulate, create the tone/environment
and set the stage for the learning.
Tuchlng lftiiU to suffer In
conoparliiOft to .......:h. How

o n - r•lse- -"le of
teaching

on this camjJus7

Most institutions provide for this
by keeping the spotlight on teaching and learning matters through
a wide variety of programs, services and activities designed to
support facility in enhancing· the
overaU quality of their instruction.
Jt is about keeping the conversation going, about maintaining
teaching and learning issues as live
topics of conversation. We have so
many faculty members who are
SUNY Distinguished Teaching
P'rof'essoi-s, .incf'Oth'erS· w~·O 3r'e·recipients of the Chancellor's Award

fo r Excellence in Teaching. These
faa.Uty members have so much to
share regarding their teaching a periences. so much to share conceming how they approach teaching and their innovative ways to
captivate and engage their students' attmtion and a~ partiepation. Among other things, the
CfLR intends to promote opportunities for these outsunding
teachers to share their insight&gt; and
the practices they have successfully
d~wn on.

w....·t this ltlnd of Involvement by allstlnguls- professors the focus of the cna•s
flnt progrem last _ ,
lnde~. the first event sponsored
by the Center for Teaching and
Learning Resources and the Faculty Senate Teaching and Learning Committee took place Friday
of last week . At this event , ).
Ronald Gentile, SUNY Distin guished Teaching Professor in the
Department of Counseling,
School and Educational Psychol ogy, and Richard Sarkin, associate professor o f clinical pediat~ics
and a recipient of the
Chancellor's Award for Excellence

in Teaching, provided "an a ud'i-

to respbnd quickly to new demands.
applying our research to solve critical
problems," said Provost F.lizmJeth D.
Capaldi.."We proud of our ability
to reach in new directions because of
the excellence ofour basic progaams."

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The University of Vi rginia at
Charlottesville is UB's academic
partner on the gran t, lcadin&amp; some

of the modeling work of post -disaster event dynamics.
UB's industrial partners arc the
leaders in the information fusio n
field, including Veridian Corp. (for-

med)• Calspan); Alphatech Inc. of
Burlington, Mass.; Orincon Corp. of
San Diego, and lET Inc. of Arlington , Va.·

Mark Karwan,dean of the School
of Engineering and Applied Sciences, said the VB researche"' "who
previously demonstrated considerable success in their own right , have
combined their expertise to focus on

with particuJar emphas~ on assess·

ing damage, search and rescue, sheltering and tvacuation, a nd {tSO\IIU
management.
Immediately a'fter a major
manmade or natural disaster, Uinas

explained, much of tlie information
that emergency personnel receive

d&amp;:ribes the state of urban "lifeline
infrastructure," collapsed buildings
and damaged roadways, bridges,
power lines. water-distribution sys·
terns, utilities and transportation systems. That informalion comes into
emergency- response offices at the

local, state and federal level in various ways-through satellite images,
sensor systems embedded in the in·
frastructure, police reports, property
owncfli and other individunls.
"The role of information fusion
here is to develop new, improved
methods for processing observational data in order to generate improved estimates of the state of ur·
ban Hfeline infrastructure components and networks so that emer·

''fusion. It w .. - .
would result In • single

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speak, lnstod of.....,.
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separately."
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that into the route O'ptimization

Under the grant, a new and elaborate software program for route optimW!tioo-the filstest and best way for
vehicles to get from point A to point
B-that was developed by UB
postdoctoral associate William Frank,
now will be odapted to "dynamic route
optimization," that is. to routes that
have been disturbed by an earthquake,
a terrorisc attack or some other natu·

process," he said.
Information fusion emerged during the Cold War as a way of stream·
lining intelligenci, survcillance and
reconnai.ssana information gath·
ered by the military, Wnas explained.
"Fusion, it was realized, would result in a single merged lane of traffic.
so to speak. instead of many lanes of
traffic proceeding separately. At the

raJ or manmade disturbance.

same time. and even more impor-

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ChriollnoVIdol
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information on these and other

tandy, fusion would result in processing that would ha'Je higher information content and less uncertainty.•
CUBRC funded initial research
instrumental in acquiring the grant,
and is providing technical consultation in the area of chmtical and
biological defense. A not-for-profit
corporation, CUBRC brings togetherenginem and scientists from
Veridian Corp. with UB faa.Uty and

sponse decisions," said Uinas.

Bioo Goldboum

tiveness, co -sponsored by the

Wnas noted that what makes these
kinds of programs particularly challcnpng is that darna(IC to roads and
infrastructure does not remain static.
For=mple,aftera buildingoollapses
and theeJ1101'!1&lt;DC)'dfurt begins. other
nearbybuilding'5maybuddeandcollapse, or in the case of an earthquake,

attacks, chemical spills and biological attacks, the research will be rei·

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of ihe status of road links and feed

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February by Barbara Rittner,
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besi estimates to support their re-

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ments and components of

course syllabi that focw on student learning. Finally, we are in
the prouss of completing a calendar of evmts for the spring semester that will indude a oneday retreat in January Jor teaching assistants; a presentation in

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Our next event, •Devdopingan
Effective Course Syllabus: is
scheduled for Friday, Nov. 30.
During this praentation, Gayle
Brazeau, associate dean for academic affairs in the School of
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences, will discuss key ele-

active presentation on methods

"' Llinas said that in addjtion to
manmade disasters such as terrorist

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ence of 120 faquty members and
te3ching '~s.sisia~ts ..;it'Ji" a0 1~ter­

aftershocks may cause additional
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that can be used within lectures to in~udenu' active participahon, u well u
monitor their comprehension.

the cutting-edge ofhighly meaningful research, made all the more aiti ·
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evant to information flow in natural

disasters, particularly earthquakes;
emergency-reliefservices during humanitarian missions; peace-enforce·
ment operations; search·and· rescue
missions; aeromedkal evacuation
and mercy missions, and traditional
military situations.
The objectives a~ to improve the
immediate respo nse to disasters

students to pursue research -and·

development programs that foster
technology transfer.
Uinas, principal investigator on
the grant, has been honored by the
International Society for lnfo~­
tion Fusion for lifetime mntnbutions to the field. He is a former executive engineer at Veridian Inc .•

and co-author of the first information fusion textbook.
UB co-investigators on the grant
include Geoage C. Lee, director of
MCEER and Samuel P. Capen Professor of Engineering at UB, and
Ron Eguchi, president oflrnageCat
and MCEER-funded ~.
Also, 'lllenkurupi Kt:savadas. assistant patJitssor ofmechanical and aerospace engineering; [j Un. associate
pror.s.sor of industrial engineering;
O!ristopher Rump. assistant professor of industrial engineering; Peter
Soon,associateprof....,..ofcomputer
science and engineering; Aidong
Zhang, associate professor. of computersdena:and engineering; Galina
Rogova, adjunct professor of indusnial engineering. and William Ftank.
a post.&lt;Joctoral research scientist.

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�''Ins" and."outs" of higher ed
Managing editor ofChronicle offers perspective to faculty
IIJ -I.ONGUIKIWI
R~&lt;r Asslstont

Editor

vmity of Phoenh&lt; figured out the
changing adult-education market·
p1aa before other institutions, of.
fering practical. specia!ized education and training for professiooals
at a&gt;nvmient times and in places
likt "suburban Slrip maBs with lots
of parking.• Phoenix. the largest
such for-profit university, has more
than I 00,000 studmts on more than
100 campwes tbrou81x&gt;utthea&gt;Uiltry, but there are many others out
there, be said, winning inatasing
clout_,d they are doing it, according to Lederman, • without
fancy dormS or football teams."
lr\-.tingly, the top
of
the Apollo group. the par&lt;nt com·
j&gt;any of the University of Phoenh&lt;,
is about to become the federal
government's top policy milker on
higher-education issues, Lederman

vidin&amp; it, which makes it harder for

the public and politicians to know
HI! hierarchy of higher
who to suppon and who to trust,"
education is changing,
said Lederman.
Douglas Lederman,
• Tho "traditional rdle:xivo ernm.:r
oil.wmaJc.r.- is out,hesa;d,andto is
managing editor of 'flu&lt;
ChronickofHigher I!dcus.tion, told
the tmqU&lt;Siioned public and privatr
the Faculty Senate on Nov. 6, with
support tOo- tbe institutions that """"
universities like Duke and
dominar.d the acadanic 1andoape
Stanford replacing Harvard and
Institutions "can no
a&gt;Uilt on
tbe a1dless wdJ o(p&lt;JOitioe public..,.
Yale in the pecking order, and for·
profit institutioru like the Univerliment"-tbe"&lt;Xlllllixtablesinec:un"
sity of Phoenix beginning to shake
o(Jife in tbe academy is out.
up the market.
Some ohht&gt;t factors, coupled
Lederman, who oversees the
with a tightt:ning faculty job marweeldy newspaper that rovers higher
k.tt, """" led to the inatasing poeducation, outlined for senators-litical and financial clout ofa&gt;mmu·
from his perspective--the major
nity coil~ tome of which""' of·
trends taking plae&lt; in academe. He
fering four-year degrtts, and likt
shaped his dialogue in the form of a
Northern Vu'ginia Community Col·
.. what's in,. what's 001," laundry.. list
loge, have hundreds of studtnts with
of societal and political changes afdoctorates, he said. And, he noted,
fecting tht role of institutions across · said, and hopping on the "if you mmmuniry a&gt;Ueges now arc
the country.
can't heat them, join them" band- ing faculty from top graduate
In the game of big ideas, the play· wagnn ""'Columbia lJniversity and schools-with four-year institutrs and tht pecking order havt Cornell, who also ar&lt; starting for· tions moving away from tenurechangtd-lvy League institutions profit spin-offs of their nwn.
.
track hires and relying on adjunct
are out, he said, and southern and
The rapid pace of t&lt;dmolngical and part-time faculty.
western universities like Stanford change, exploding population
"Until the 1980s. colloges gnt an
and Duke are in-with the for- ters in the South and West, the wid- esstntiaUy frtt ridt from state and
profit University of Phoenix and its ening wage gap btrween those with · federal lawmakers," he said. But, he
aduh-education programs spread- colloge and advanced dtgrees and added, the arrogan« of college ofing across the country and ."sca r- those without, and institutions fac- ficials, sloppy accounting. an ending the daylights out of a lot of col- ing more stringent accountability less parade of athletic abuses and
loge officials."
from lawmakers have led to bedrock officials unaccustomed to having
The biggest changes in higher principles and long-standing as· their positions question~d · has
education have occurred, he said, in sumptions being questioned from "shaken them out of their cocoon
the increasing role of for-profit edu· inside the academy, he said.
ofoomfort."
cation and its appeal to professJoh"l;he =P! of o~ tl)is is.~,¥­
)~~ g9C?d new5; for Ani'e!ic~n
als looking to beef up their skills and nating mess, it's not nearly the neatly educator. may he that exclusivity reexpand thtir horizons in a precari- packaged, clearly defined hierarchy garding foreign universities is out
that existed not so long agn. With and All*ican style and innovation
ous job market
"The higher-education hierarchy institutional roles and geographical is in, according to Lederman-with
is out and the blurring of roles and boundaries blurring. no one's mar- Notre Dame making inroads into
competition are in... said Lcdermfm, ~t is StnMe. And it's harder to de- plae&lt;s likt Syna, the global model is
noting that institutions like the Uni- fine what quality is and who's pro- definitely in, be said.

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Consultant studies parking issue m
By SUE WUETCHER
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Editor

F there's one issue at UB that
won't go away, it's parking. But

the university has decided to
tackle this perennial problem
with the hiring of a national £on·
sultan t to conduct a comprehensive

collect data from students, says Mat·
thew Worden, director of project
management for Student Voice who
received his MBA from UB in May.
ers, commuter students, students
The surveys. which are based on
residing in the residene&lt; halls and questions supplied by CMA, are
,...---~~---...,.,-~----, done "in a more conversaduaed operational reviews, as well
as focus groups with students and
faculty members from both North
and South carripuses, student lead-

tional styla," when s tu ·
dents have a few moments

cvaluation of parking and transportation issues on campus.
UB has hi red Chance Manage-

of downtime during their
day, in.an attempt to "capitalize on the peer relation·
ship.",Wordtn says.
"Our objective," he says.
"is not be intrusive, but to
get the necessary in forma·

ment Advisors Inc. (CMA), a firm
that has performed similar servlC&lt;S
for universities, medical centers, special events centers ~nd municipalities, says James Nadbrzuch, assistant
vice president for student affairs.
CMA will address 3 number of
items in its study, Nadbrruch says,
including data and service review,

tion."
.ln addjtion to the sur-

vey information collected
by Student Voice, CMA is
dtveloping a Web-based
survey that will be open
for input from aU mem·

consumer need and satisfadion re·

views, benchmarking against peer
institutions, operations and facilities
audits, and analysis of m¥Jagement
structures.

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apartments, and staff from ihe Office of Conferences a nd Special

\lie evaluation is intended to help
UB provide the highcst quality and
most cost-effective services possible
to students. fuculty and staff, he says.

Events. Nadbrzuc.h says.

a&lt;tdi ng it also will guide campus
planning as the university tries to
mai ntain and improve its parking
and transportation scrvice:t.
CM A rcprcsc!ntativcs conducted
~ t akcholder met'ting:!l Ju rinb their
initial visit tuL.UI IJ'lh 111 ~· pu.: ml'k'r.
I hlrin}!. ,1 vi'n bst \\ • ~.I. 11c-v lon -

of UB students and graduates-to
survey students o n campus about
the parking si tuation. Representatives of Stude nt Voice, whose
fo unders won the first Henry A.
Panasd Jr. Entrepreneurship ,\ward!'l
lltmpctition last ye;tr,.trc u'ing ~ll' l ·

The consultant also has co n tracted with Student Voice-a mar-

keti~g resean:h company composed

'' mal di~1t.d il'&gt;~i.q~nt c I P D&gt;\ , '"

hers of the university commUnity at

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from Monday through
Dec. IS.
Nadbriuch says CMA is expected
to produce its findings by the end
of the semester.
"Based on the consult ant's find ings and suggested implementation
strategies. we will formulate a plan
to ofTrr parking and transportation
..er,·ices th.u will work together to
bl..' fi..'.:!IJ"' l Hl'l"-' h t the UI11VCr~lt~,'S
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Four students receive awards
· from Buffalo booster group

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big Buffalo boosters as re. cipients of 43•79 Build Buffalo ~ps that indudt internships and mentoring opportunities ~th loa! business leaders.
Freshmen Benjamin Freer and Kari Mergenhageu were selected
as tbU year's winners Cor thifour-year scholarship, following in'the
footsteps of the first recipients-Julit Mann and Vlkas Dua.
Mann, a sophomore, interned this summer in marketing services
at The Buffa/4 News and plans to return for future internships afkr
a semester abroad in Spain, a part of her studies as a double major
in Spanish and English.
Dua, also a sophomore, is majoring in computer engineering and
found his internship with BioEconomy Partners a "mentoring experience that has me believing we can rebuild the Western New York
&lt;Conomy." He said he gained hands-on experiene&lt; in Web design,
databasr manipulation, nttworking and online newslett~ in addition to observing the company CEO on a daily basis.
Howard Zemsky, a managing partner of Taurus Partners LLC and
chair of the 43x79 Foundation Comminre, said the scholarship winnrrs '" have. the potential to become our future bwincs.s and commuo.ity leaders.
..M our leading local university, UB is central to economic devel opment efforts for this region , and while we knl"W we couJdn't af-

ford to support hundreds of students, we fdt that offering scholarship and internship opportunities for several outstandingiocal stu·
dents could provide the critical mass needed to make professional
and educational op1&gt;9rtunit.ies 3vailable for dozens mort," he added.

Created with an initial gift oi;.S48,000 from tht 43x79 Group and
matched by a $40,000 pledge fro m prominent business executive
Frank McGuire, the scholarship program will sponsor each st udent
for four years; while adding two new students a year.

Th&lt; 43x79 Group, named after Buffalo's latitud&lt; and longitudt, is
comprised of loca.l business leaders wtro believe they"have a civic
obligatiOn to support the region alki its economic growth.

The scholarship gift is part of UB's $250 million campaign.
Those wishing to &lt;donate 10 tht 43x79 Build Buffalo Scholarship
fund should contact Margar&lt;t Phillips .at 645-6000, exl 1178, or
&lt;mcp2@buffiolo.edU&gt;.

BrieD
WBFO raises record amount
WBFO Ba.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by UB.

raised a record $176,000 during its recently concluded Fall Mern·
bership Drive.
More: than 800 listeners became new members during the fund

drive, which was held Oct. 18-2S-another record for the station.
according to Joan Wilson, director of dtvelopm&lt;nt for WBFO.
Of the money pledged, nearly $25,000 was ree&lt;ived via 284 'online
donations.
'"We're grateful ~ honored that so many listeners--including

many of our UB colleagues-are enough about WBFO to supp&lt;&gt;rt
the station financially," said Jennifer Roth, WBFO general manager.
"Revenue obtained through fund raising comprises 57 pere&lt;nt of
WBFO's operating budget," Roth said, "with membership contributions
making up 39 pere&lt;nt and local business contributions 18 pere&lt;nl"

Recipe for Success
US's Campaign for the Community

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The University Press al Now England has published • biography a/ -~. SUNY
·Distinguished and
Samuel P. Capen Profes5or in
tho Department al English.
"Robert Clftley: A Biography,
the First F"lfty Yean In the life of
a Weal American Poet." is
authcftd by Maria Trombacco.

........ s. s*. pt"ofes&gt;o&lt; of
educational leadership and
policy, has published "We BoHt
Up Our Uves: Education and
COfT'Imunity Among Jewish
Refugees lnt&lt;med by Britain in
World War II" (Greenwood Publishing Group). The book details
tho experiences al63 f~
German refugees who were intemed as •enemy aliens" by tho
Britishgovomment in19~0.

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outstanding achieYenent as a
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Effort designed to Increase efficiency, ·e ffectiveness of system P.I'Otectlng human subfects

UB institutes changes in 1RB structure m
By SUE WUETCHEJI

bcrs,as well as member&gt; of the rommunity-mustreviewandapprovciL
HE university has m&lt;ti The IRB applies three ethical
tuted changes in the principles in its review, Zablocki
structure of its lnstitu· SCJys. The panel considers respect for
tional Review Board&gt; pcrsons-lherightsofthcresearch
ORBs) that are designed lo increase •ubjecl-and reviews the consent
the effectiveness and efficiency of process through which the prospecthe system responsible for protect- tive research subjects are 10 be fully
ing human volunteers in research informedaboutallaspectsoftheresearch project. It ai-'Q considers boprojects conducted at UB.
The effort is in keeping with what neficenc.,._...ssessmenl of the proJaylan Thrkkan, vice president for posed rCS!"'rch 10 ens.ure that the
research, calls a heightened proftle risks are minimized and potential
nation-wide of the issues surround- benefits maximi1.((j-and justice-ing the prot&lt;etion ofhwnan n:search revi&lt;w of how research subjects will
volunteersfollowingthedeathsear- boselected, indudingconsideration
Jier this year of some research volun- of taimess in terms of what groups
leers olthe University of Pennsylva- are 10 bo excluded or included.
nia and Johns l;lopkins University.
In the course of applying these
UBhasconsolidateditseightlRBs principles, Zablocki points ou1the
intotwoboards:theHealthSciences IRBs also ensure that researchers
IRB (HSIRB) and the Social and Be- romply with federal regulations.
havioral Sciences IRB (SBSIRB).
Turkkan says having only two
TheconsolidationbringsUBinline IRBsal UB"willallowustobeboth
with the national model ~I is com- more efficient and more effecti~e.
44
mon at most other institutions, iil
We'veaddedadministrativtsupwhich one!RB focuseS on biomedi- portio the Health Scirnces IRBand
eal research and another lRB focuses · the Social and Behavioral Sciences
on non-biomedicar research , IRB so that investisaiOrs will bo able
Turkkan says.
to reach knowledgeable professionIn fact, thernovt from eight to two aJs with JRB-related questions durIRBs is the final phase in a oonsoli- · ingnormalbusin0$Shours."shesays,
dation process begun many years ago. adding that both IRBs have Web
she says. noting that at one time, there sites where all pertinent information
were as many as 13lRBs at UB-&lt;me is ovailable, including new procefor every affiliated hospital and oth- dures for developing informed concrsservingnearlyeveryschool.
sent and reporting adverse events,
The Millard Fillmore JRB will bo as weU as forms for initial arid conphased out during the first half of tinui.ng reviews.
2002, while the Veterans AdminisThetwoiRBsalsowiDbousingthe
tration IRB wiU· ~ontinue 10 oper- same forms and similar procedures
ate independently, she says.
and evaluation standards to achieve
Although IRB stands for lnstilu- "aoonsistencyofreviewltohesays.
tional Review Board, it oould more
The HSIRB, chaired by Monica
accuratcly be called a "research vol - Spaulding, professor of medicine,
unteers protection board.n notes Ed- and co-chaired by RonaJd Moscati,
ward Zablocki, sponsored programs assistant professor of dinical emercoordinator in the Office of the Vice gency medicine, is responsible for all
P.-,sidenl for Research. lleforeany re- research protocols involving drugs,
search project involving humans can devices, invasive medical intervenbe initiated at UB., an IRB-&lt;om- tions 'or retrospective/prospective
posed of US faculty and staff mem- chart revit&gt;WS.
RepotteEditor

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TheHSIRBsubmissiondeadlin&lt;is

theft'dei.lgoyemrnmLA.mtilicat&lt;:

thefirstdayofthemonth,with~-

ofoompletionofanOJ)-~tutorial

illfliheldonthethin!Tuesday.Proto-

must bo included with thesubmissionofthepmtocolforrMew.
All m;earchers submittingprot:ocols to the HSIRB inU51 compiet&lt;
the National Institutes for Health
hulj4n subjects protecti9n tuto&lt;i.aL
lnvtstisaiOrs submitting protoc.ols
totbe BSIRBmustcomplete&lt;ither
the NIH or the UB protection of
human research subjects t410rial.
lUcent incidents at som&lt; of the
leading research universities in the
country involving the deaths ofhuman research subject.s--in particuJar, lhe death of teen -ager )&lt;SSe
Gelsinger in a g&lt;ne transfer study at
the University of Penrtsylvaniahaw: placed the issue of protecting
human research volunteers in the
national spotlight-both in the
media and within the federal government Turkkan says.
The Office of Human Research
Protections (OHRP}-the federal

rolsthatin~ininimalrisktovol·

unteers are reviewed continuously.
TheHSlRBcanborcach&lt;dat8292752, or dciO@acsu.buffalo.edu.
The Web site can be acc..,.d at
http :/ / w lng s . b u f hl o .e d u/
smbs/ hslrb.
The SBSIRB, chaired by A.nn
McElroy. associat&lt;: professor of anthropology, is respollSlble for all research protoools that involv..urneys.
interviews, observational studies.~
havioral studies that do not involve
drugs or internal devices. andresearch on individual or group characteristics. Th&lt; submission deadline
is the lastTuesdayofthemonth, with
m«ting. held on the tim Wednesdayofthenextmonth.Protocolsthat
involverninimalrisktovolunte&lt;:rSare
reviewed continuously.
The SBSIRB can bo reached at
645-271 I, or bmk4@buffalo.edu.
Tht. Web site can be accessed at
http://wlngs.buff•lo.edu/c• s/
...,/hue.
.Turkkan says the membetship of
the boards of both IRBs is being reconstituted to increase the breadth of
expertise, serve a broader constituencyand fulfill a federal mandate for
enhallced diversity of membersl&gt;ip.
She points out that a researcher's
affiliation with a pOrticular school or
titcultydoesnotde1mninewhichiRB
isappropriatetooonductareview.For
example, a psyd10iogical study employingdrug&gt;wiDbereviewedbythc
HSJRB. Surveys performed in medically related disciplines ~y be reviewedbyeitheriRB,dependingupon
the example. Anyone with que;tions
should contact the lRBs.
Also new to the IRll process is a
requirement. that aU investigators
and key research personnel involved
in the design, conduct and reporting of the research must complete
an online tutorial to fulfill educationa! requirements mandated by

agencythatoverseesthisfield-has
been elevated within the Department of Health and Human Services, and now reports directly to the
department secretary, she says.
In addition, the OHRP has instituted n&lt;w r&lt;quiremmts, including
the rontinuous edutation of everyone involved in the systeql, such as
researchers, JRB manbers and JRB
administrators. OHRP also has
come down hard orr institutions
that were in gross violation of federa! regulations, temporarily halting
all research at such institutions as
Duke and Johns Hopkins.
"The feds are telling institutions
thattheywillboevaluatedonthebasis of the adequacy of their institutiona! commitment to a protection
system for human voluntet'rs, ineluding, of course, the financial
commitment needed 1o devdop a
quality system; Turkkan notes.
She adds that all institutions conducting research soon will ha~ to
meet accreditation standards.

Lack of quorum delays absen~ policy again
F.aculty Senate considers proposal describing responsibi#ties offaculty and students
By DONNA

~O~CENECI&lt;EJI

Reporter Assistant Editor

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LTHOUGH approval of
a proposed class absence
policy was prevented by
.the absence of a quo·

rum, the Faculty Senate at its Nov. 6

meeting, agreed, with some minor
tweaking and discussion over semantics, to the spirit or essence expressed in the policy.
Extensively revised from what had
. been earlier referred to as an ..overl}'
prescriptive" and "overly complex"
document, the current one-page proposal conciSely describes the responsibilities of both instructors and students in instances where juUifiablc
absences occur. Barring any future
amendments, passage is ex-pected at
the senate's meeting on Dec. 1 I.
While the burden of proof still remains on studen ts t.o provide documented, "justifiable" excuses for
missing required coursework, one
possible aim of the policy is to prevent faculty from rescheduling exam

days to times not specified in thf."
syllabus, such as weekends--or creating a burden so onerous that at -

tempts by students to fulfill missed
course requirements are met with
insurmountable roadblocks.
The senate's Grading Committee
noted in a one--page statement.....that
"faculty an: on occasion absent from
class fur good reason (including personal~es),unabi&lt;IOarrange

a substitute, not penalized, and yet request or require additional effort from
their students to rompensale for the
lost instructional activity. Students

deserve parallel consideration."'
In addition, however, the grading
oommittec noted that the policy "lc;
not a license to neglect course a~ ·
tics," and "does riot excuse students
who miss class because they forgot,
slrep through exams because they
studied all night, or do not get 10 laboratories because they were mesmerized by the weather channel Unjustified absences merit neither rem({iy
nor defense; none is here provided.,
TI1cre is enough latitude in the provisions of the proposed policy 10 allow fucultythe freedom to determine
what constitutes adequate make-up of
n.'quired coursework. member.; of the
Grading Conuninee told senators.

"Great care was taken in construct·
ing th_is sta tement," said Judith
Adams-Volpe, director of uniVI!rsity
and external relations for the University Libraries, "so that it would give
instructors the ability 10 determine
themselves what the alternative
might be; this policy does not attempt lo tell any instructor what the
alternative should boand it definitely
does not say that an altcrnatiV&lt; has
lo bo the same thing as something
that was missed-just that a reasonoble alternative shall bo provided by
an instructor~ And, she emphasized,
"it's only fur justifiable absences."
Adams-Volpe also said she iiwestigated the extent of the problems
at the university posed by the lack
of an absence policy-surveying the
universirf ombudsmen, dean of students, office of the vice provost of
academic affairs and the affirmative
action office. The predominance of
the cases cited by those offices, she
said, deal with fuculty mbmers who
change their class&lt;S to Saturday or
Sunday, leaving students with no
f'fC()urse for an altemali~ make-up

of r&lt;quired cour!ework.

In other business, the sena~&lt;o's ByJaws Committee presented for a tim
reading a resolution that wout&lt;J reworl&lt; the composition of the senat&lt;:,
how each senator is chosen and the
alloation ofsena!Orsacross the various schools. The proposed amendment to the senat&lt;:'s bylaws, which
will bovo!edonat the Dec. I I meeting, would limit the number of voting faculty member&gt; any one school
ClJl have to 25 per=t of the total
senatorial seats if the enroll&lt;ment of
that school is less than 20 per=t of
the total numbcroffull-timeequivalcnt students al the university.
Judith Hopkins. technical services
""9'rch and analysis offirer for University Libraries' Central Technieal
Services and chair of the Bylaws
Committee, said the p roposed
changes would pm'ml, fur example,
the School o{Medicine and Biomedieal Sciences from achieving a voting
advantage because of its size.-about
760 voting faculty memberr--while
enrolling Jess than 20 verre.1t of the
undergraduate population. The senate deals primarily with manrn related 10 undergraduates.

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Kids' surgery center to open
UB, Children's Hospital leading way in new surgery technique

Sept 11 rlimors and hoaxes

By LOIS LUl•
Contributing Editor

Numerous rumon and hoaxes h•ve followed the 1rag.ic nents of
Sept. II. Some of the more prevalent rumor and boaxes det.il mistr~tmcnl of anti-war protesters or boycot.U of major bu inCSSC\
because of alliances with terrorists and their supporters.
I..Jkcwi.sc, false and unsubstantiated rumors flourish by e-mail, including likely terrorist targets apd activities. and calls for donations
to nonexistent charities in honor of the Jictims of 9-11 . These rumors arc often sent through e-mail or p-f,lished on Web pages, and almost always
ask the reader to pass the me.ssagtalong, thereby spreading the misinfor·
mation. Jn a time when real information about bioterrorism and the attacks in AfghaniStan are of vital interest, these hoaxes not only muddy
the waters, they also.can cause very real
and unneeded stress.
Although the Internet is a conduit for 9·11
rumors and hoaus, it also serves as a valuable resource for separating truth from fiction. For example, David Emery's Urban Legends
and Folklore &lt;http'//urban~s . about.com&gt; is~ comprehen·
sive list of all types of hoaxes, myths and rumors. Its "Current
Netlore" region hiU a page devoted solely to terrorism hoaxes, where
readers learn that there is no evidence of Osama bin Lad.in earning
money from the sale of gum arabic and that the~ was no candlelight vigil planned tO be photographed by satellite from space.
Snopes.com &lt;www..snopes.com&gt; presents a series of pages devoted to urban legends, including several entitled "Rumors of War"
related to 9-11 and the even.ts that followed. For example, the Snopes
compilers point out erron in the claim that a Grccn Party activist was
not allowed to fly due to her po~tical affiliation. They also detail er·
rors in the photograph that supposedly was taken of a tourist stand·
ing on top of the World Trade Center as the first airliner came down.
Hoax!lusters &lt;http'// hoaxl!t,.ters.dac.org/&gt;, devdoped by the
Computer Incident Advisory Capability arm of the Department of
Energy, describes inany Internet hoaxes in detail While HoaxBusters
traditionally examines more generic virus hoaxes and get-rich-quick
schemes, it ~so blows holes in the"Donations for Printer Cartridges"
scam, as well as other-9-11 related rumors.
Remember reading that alarming e-mail or listening to that rumor put forward in the media or at the dinner table? Takr the time
to check out facts using these sites, as well as other reference materials that the University Libraries' information professionals will ~
happy to guide you to. Truthful and valid information is always the
best way to combat rumors and lies.

childhood called Hirs&lt;hsprung"s
disease.lo this condition, w bowel
doesn't function properly, resulting
in a dilated, thicktned bowel and
severe constipation.
Using miniature a~ techniques,
Glick and OOUeagues compressed sur·
gery that formerly had to be done in
two-to-three stap-&lt;ach requiring
three-to-five days of hospitaliza·
tion--into one operating day, plus .

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HilDREN' Hospital of
Buffillo and UB are rak·
ing the lead intemation·
aOy in pediatric surgery
with the opening of a $15 million
Miniature Acces.s Surgical Center
(MASC) bdieved to be
moot sophisticated of its kind in til&lt; world
Th~centerwiU bed...Xed toper·
forming and teaching minimally
1nvasM surgical techniques for infants and children, many of which
have become standard for adults,
but only in recent years began be·
ing used-with children.
Children's will unveil the new
center at a ribbon-cutting ceremony
at 3 p.m. Saturday.
"It's the only such facility at a free.
standing children's hospital in North
America,"' sa~ Philip Glick,
Children's surgeon-in-chief, profes·
sor and chair of the Department of
· Surgery at UB and executive director of the center.
"Wecandowmootcuning·edge
surgery. teaching. training and re·
search, both basic science and R &amp;
D right here."
The center will be linked via fiber

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through stnaU incisions allow tiny
instruments to be introduced into
tht surgical site, enabling the sur·
geon to perform almost any task.
Endosoopicsurgeryforadult con·
ditions has been practiced sincr the
late J 9805, but it rarely was used in
babies and children.
Operationsperforrnedh&lt;recuibe
telecast to any site in the world
equiw.o&lt;l fl&gt;r t¢~c;renciog. Glick
foresees his team conducting dinics
in miniature access surgery for phy·
sicians, students, residents, nurses
and teclmicians. They also will be
able to assist at surgeries being con·
ducted at any site'equipped to trans·
mit real-time ~deo to the MASC.
The center wiU attract many patients and surgical fellows to Buffalo,
Glick predicts.
Marc I.A,vitt, UB assistant profes·
sor of surgery and pediatrics, will be
medical director of both the MASC
and MASTTAR.
The MASC was made possible by
grants from the Children's Hospi~
Foundation, Striker Communications Corp., Ethicon Endo-surgery
Inc., SlerisCorp.and Berchtold Corp.

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one pre- and post·surgical day. Til&lt;
innovation eliminates the ..-:! for a
colostomy and dramatically reduces
optics to a new Miniature Access pain, suffering, scarring, hospital
Surgery Teaching. Training and !lr· stays and recovery time.
search (MASTTAR) Center in the
The charge to restructure its ap·
Biomedical Research Building oo proach to pedja.t ric surgery at
the South Campus, where students Children's was led by Glick and h.is
ranging from those in the School of faculty. Inspired by results he ob·
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences served and began using in the early
to surgical fellows will .be. qble to 1990s.Glicklobbied.forafully.com.·
vic~ and practice current tech mitted miniature access surgery
·
niques, develop new procedures and program at Children's.
test new instruments.
"It took about five years for the
The 5900,000 teaching center is a entire surgical staff to decide to conco mponen t of the university 's ven to miniature access techniques."
bioinformatics rcsea(ch program • Glick said. "We envisioned the concept of our MASC and its teaching
and is being supported by UB.
..Almost everything you can do component two years ago. It took 18
with open access you can do with months to create the dream."
miniature access," Glick said.
Minimally invasive surgery is the
Children's chose the term "minia- antithesis of the traditional ..open
ture access" rather than "minimall y access" approach in which a surgeon
invasive" because it seemed more ·works on the patient through an inappropriate for its diminutive pa- cision in the body. large enough to
tients. "Many of these operations accommodate human hands wield·
were created or mpdified here."
ing scalpels. suction tubes or other
One such operation Glick and instrUments. A large, open wound
colleagues developed corrects a con' brings with it collateral tissue dam·
genital disorder of infancy or early age, risk of infection, pain and a

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lengthy recovery, in addition to per·
manent, Often prominent scars.
The ability to perform surgery
through small "ports" became pos·
.sible with the invention of the endost:ope, meaning literally "to vielo\·
withiil." An endosoope is a rigid or
flexible tu~ a few ct.ntimeters in
diameter equipped minimally with
a miniature light and camera at its ·
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'1\sia at Noon" to look ·a t China
from historical, economic views
at

"Asl•
Noon." the brown-bag series of lectures and discussions
that looks at research o'n Asia, will present two programs this month
that look at China from historical and economic perspectives.
The programs will be held at noon in 280 Park Hall, North Cam·
pus. They are free of charge and open to the public.
TomorrowJ Paul Zarembka, professor of economics, will presntt
a lecture titl~d. "'Reflections o.n Marxism in China:
Zarembka is the editor of Research in Political Economy, an an·
nual yearbook on Marxist theory and empirical work published in
the Netherlands. He has published books on economic development,
econometrics and modern capital theory. This yur, he participated
in a conference in Kunming, China. on the theme of Marxism in
200 I. This parlay was comprised of 30 scl&gt;olars from China and 15
from -Europe, the Middle East and the United States, all of whom
addressed the current state of Marxist theory and practice.
The Nov. 30 program will feature a lecture by Mark Selden, a widely
recogniz.ed authority in the revisionist history of Asia, titled .. Re.:
nections on the anking Massacre."
HiS Visit is co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Program and the
Department of History. At 3 p.m. that dliy, Selden will be a featured
speaker in the history department's colloquium series.
That lectur~ is titled, "The United States, japan and the oncom·
batant in Twentieth-Century Wars in Asia: Reflections on Responsibility, Reparations and Reconciliation.'" This~vent , free of charge and
open to the pub~c. will take place in 532 Park H.dl, orth Campus.
Selden holds a joint appointment in history and sociology af
Binghamton University and is a professorial associate of the East
Asian Program at Cornel! University. He has published widety in
the fields of Chinese rural revolution and rural development, SoJtheast Asian society and politics, and U.S.-Japanest: relations and histOrical memorr.v .

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proposal by two UB
faculty mcmbm for .on
entirely new approach
to c:ommunity revitalization has been named BtstAction
j(estarcb Paper on Housing ond
Community DeYdopm&lt;nt for 200 I
by the Fannie Mae Foundation and
Association of Collegiate Schools of
Planning (ACSP).
Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., and Sam
Cole, professors of planning. will
share a $1.000 priz&lt; as joint authors
of th&lt; winning paper, "Structural
Racism and Efforts to Radically Reconstruct the !nne- City Buill Environment Rdhinl&lt;ing the Community Revitalization Movement"
The award, present«! last wttkmd
althe2001 nationalACSPconferenc&lt;
in Cleveland, was given for th&lt; best
paper evaluating how new knowledge d.,.. loped by professional practice or academic analysis and research
significantly improved' professional

A

plan.Ring practice in a housing or
commun ity development project.

Preference was given 10 authors who
actually are involved in tht proj&lt;ct.
The Taylor-Cole paper is an out·
growth of the authors' restarch and
professional invol"""""'t in Buffalo's
Fruil ile!1 neighborhood, the pooresl in the city. The paper pres&lt;niS a
detailed.analysisof why the decadesold community revitalization move-ment, in all its pnmutations, has
failed 10 lransform inner city neighborhoods and suggests an allemarive

people impro~ thei r lives.

"Mr. Taylor's f&gt;rojtct seemed not
only exci~ng. but even mo_re viable

writer's name. addrtss and a
daytime ttlephono - f o r
ol spoct
limk&amp;tions, tht Rtport..- cannot
publish olll&lt;ttm . -.They
must tit rtctivtd by 9 a.m.
Monday to be considtrtd for

vtrification.

s.e.u..

publaUon rn that week's issue.
The R-'er prtftn th.lt ..tten
be recrived Mtronic.ally at

insufficient

to

tipping
th&lt;ariei describe
revitalizat.ion in

fact, d&lt;cline is du&lt; to the failure of
redcvtlopmenl strategies, which are
a mixture of policies; budg&lt;lary allocations and planned interven ·
ti on ~ It also discourages massive fis.

passM. preventive
tmns," Taylor says, "but in order 10
achieve lht objective of vital, reinvigo rated commun ities.. we must

think about inn&lt;r-city d&lt;Vdopment
in bold, new ways."

cal investment in inner·city neigh·

The authors maintain that, de-

borhoods, allhough jUSI such an investment is central to any strategy

spilt past failure., il is possible for
decli nin g neighborl,loods 10 be
brough1 back lo tife using strategies
that require private-public sector
cooperation.
Th&lt; new approach they call lhc
"turning poinl lheory" calls for an
aggressive, comprehensive approach
10 neighborhood and community

to revitaliu central cities and ener-

gize urban regions."
He says it was life-&lt;y&lt;le lheory lhat
s&lt;rved as lh&lt; lheoretical underpin ning of the neighborhood classifiation system derived by lh&lt; Home
Ownen Loan Corporation (HOLC)

tation of existing dwellings. new

homes, demolition and landscapillg.
upgrading of streets and sidewalks,
and commercial amenities.•
The study applies 1he turning

point lheory in iiS assessment of the
Iota! COOl and rerum of r&lt;Vitalizing
the Fruit Belt neighborhood. II proposes methods of financing and suggests .lhe improvtment thrtshokls
neassary for tax incmnent financing and commtrcial dcvtlopm&lt;ntto
kick in and provoke further neighborhood devtlopmein
"The tim&lt; has com&lt; for plannen
and community devdopm; to think
big and imaginatively as we chart a
ntw urban agenda for the 21Sl century," Taylor says.
The paper concludes that for the
outconl&lt;Softhe tuming.point lheory
tobercalized,thecommunity·r&lt;Yitalization process must be ltd and &lt;Xlrl·
ttou.d by neighborhood r&lt;SideniS.
II will take a political figh~ the authors say, to impl&lt;ment the kinds &lt;X
changes pr=ibed, bul thai deYdopment con oa:urif residentsaoquiretht
political muscle to movedevelopmenl
be)&lt;&gt;nd tht turning point threshold.
In discussing the Cenler for Ur·
ban Studies proj&lt;ct in lht Fruil Btlt,
which is being latmchal through the
Inner City Transformation Group,
Taylor poiniS out thai the Grimms'
gift is "jump-starting the process so
that we can begin leveraging funds
!o facilitate partnerships and makt
ilhappen.
"Uitimalcly, il will be a S40 million to $50 million proj&lt;ct, using an
innovative devclopmenl model thai
we hope will work in communities
aaoss lh&lt; country; he says._

December concert schedule features student ensemllles

.

Rouul!l.
. .
•
The U8 Contemp&lt;nry Ensemblo, under lhe dllf!ction ol )onalhan GokM!---&lt;!Ioctric colist, Cort1p05e' lind teacher-will perform at 8 p.m. Doc. 3 In laird. The ensem~ is dewted to the p&lt;eplflStion lind ~ ol music from our lime.
Also in Baird, a chamber music concert wil !&gt;@ presented at 8 p.m. Dec. 4. ller· • • • • • • • •
sonnet and program wilf !&gt;@ announced.
Having perlorrt&gt;ed whh groups ranging from the Metropolitan Opera ~
to lhe British rock group Duran Duran, Jon ~ brings on interesting perspective
to his dulies as conductor for the UB Concert Band. The band's program for its .
concert alB p.m. Dec. 5 in S~ will include works tiolh rev&lt;llulionary-Holst's First
Suite in E-ftat-and anthemk- Sibelius's Kartlia Suitt&gt;--amOng olhen.
Tht semester will end wilh IWO choral programs. The UB Choir &amp; Chorus' bill for
its performance at 8 p.m. Dec. 6 in S~ will feature ~ by Brahms and ).S. Bach.
Award-winning conduclor Hamid -Rosenbaum directs bolh groups.
The ~mester's closing event w•ll be a recital by students lrom the vocal studiO\ at

8 p.m Drr 7 in Sle&lt;

\

and incremental resources shat are

~;=:;;;:::;;;;J,,.,

dcYtlopmenL
The theory holds that there is a
thresbold of imatment in • neipborbood--bdow wbidl there will
bt no significant ownll iJnprovement and.abcm wbidl there will be
a reinforcing spiral tj""'-=&gt;ent
thai will radicallftransform the
community. To ~ threshold,
Cole say&gt;. improYm&gt;ents must take
plaa acrors aem'li dimmsions.
" Building now bomes witbout
landsaping str&lt;ds or dealing with
S&lt;CUrity issues is unJikdy to bt sufficienl; he says.
"The additive model we used in
the study of the Fruit Belt," be notes,
"taka many things inlo account in
the economic analysis: the rehabili-

The Department dMusk:.,. dose out its conansctUIIeforlhefol...--. pesaltilliooaby11Udont......,...lhll.,. '*'lllllllll*lg
to appe.lto just about ~ jazzy SIICophonos to SJilrtted stnglng.
AI programs will !&gt;@ free d ch.-ge lind open to lhe pubic.
Harty FKblrnln, a nwnber d lhe ~ S.Xophotw ~ ... direct lhe U8 Suophone Ensemble in COIUI1at 3 p.m. Doc. 1
In Sloe Concert Hill, North CMnpus.
The .-t doy, faculty 11ut1st Cheryl Gobbelti Hollmon .,. direct 'l'tosion,' UB's flute ensentie, In a ~'s deigN. Entillod "French
Penuosion," lhe poogrlm at 3 p.m. in 8ain:l Redllll Hal, North Campus, .,. '"""" WOib JIIWy by French COII1pCIS«&lt;. lndtdng bw!l Wid

~
should be limited to 800 words
and moy be edited for stylund
length. l.ellers must lndudt. the

fnllt ..... The

murol(bolow)clec-esthe
Senlo&lt; Cltlun C-or lOt
76 Oronge St. In- fnllt llelt.
-

urban commun it ies to develop

strong transformativc goals. as well
as the policies, programs and polilica] action to achi~ them.
A projtct lo be launch«! by the
Center for Urban Sludits-which is
directed by Taylor-that is built
upon the turnin g poinl concept has
been provided $300,000 in seed
money by lhe Rev. Robert E. Grimm
·
and his wif&lt;, Roberta.
Grimm, who rclired in 1987 as dirtctor of lhe Council of Churches of
Buffalo and Erie County, says he and
his wife were looking for a project in
lhis communily thai would help

Tht Ropoi!..-wolcomesfrom mernbtr&gt; ol the UnM!nity

-lnd conttnt. 1.-.

plnpolnts -

neighborhood development
The turning poinllh«&gt;ry calls for

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

~

TIMWTOWinthe--

in 1933. The syslml ranlrtd neighborhoods according to their economic tnjectory-the in-migration
ofblacb being. downwan:llri@F.
The HOI.C ranking look on a life
of iiS own, be say., and for decades
negarivdy influmad the attitudes of
homeowners, mortgage bankers,
policy rnal&lt;l:nand developers tOward
inner-&lt;:ity neighborhoodo. thus proWllring their ultimate dodine.
The goal &lt;X the ammunity-r&lt;Vi'lalitation IOOY&lt;Jilen~ wbido em&lt;rJI"'
in the 1960s, was to tx.ak this cycle of
inner-city distress by fOotering a fun.
damental transformation of poor
neighbo&lt;hoods. Ntw programs ........
aptctal to bringabouiSuslained im~1 in tht circurnsl:ma:s and
opportunities for those living lhert.
Despil&lt; iiS promise, Taylor say., the
movemmt failed to devdop a model
capable of achieving its goals.
He says that over the pas1 two d&lt;cades, 11* movement devolved into
a striesof uncoordiJ;Ialed, disjoin ltd
activi ties, from enterprise zones and
community enterprise- corporations
to social capital initiatives, commu·
nity policing, failh-based initiatives
and, most recently, "oomprehensivt'
community initiatives."
Taylor and Colt wrile that anolh&lt;r popular 1111d f.iiltd approach
to community revitalization is
bas«! on "tipping lh&lt;ary," whiCh
promoleS the infusion of marginal

"turning point" approach to urban

lllct Jastph Syracuot. CAS tnrolmlnt monogtr, ll645-2711 .

communily commenting on

. 9e&lt;ause of the univeni.ty support,"
he adds.
Taylor and Cole say thai docadcs &lt;X
fail&lt;d ammunity-revital.izalion stnl·
.egi&lt;s haYe been furled by neighborhood life-cycle lhtory, wbido Taylor
ails •• racist strudwal borri&lt;r to inner-&lt;:ity dtYdopmeot
"Life-cycle theory stn:sKs ncighborbood dedint as a 'natural procesi dictat&lt;d by rational,impcnonal_
forces of change and by the racialand social-class comp&lt;isition of
neighborhoods," Taylor says. "In

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InstrUction lb&gt;m, Sclonces
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Open Dnom q.de
Namasto. 222 Studon! Un;on, Nor1h

HSL-Ihop
Introduction to EndNote S.O. Sharon
MU!phy, Heollth Sci&lt;nces Ubrary. M&lt;d;.
Instruction Room, H&lt;ollth Sci&lt;nces umty,

Abbott Hall, Sooth Compus. 10.11 :30
a.m. free. For R"'IO'e information, Sle'fttart

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Buddhist Med!Qtlon. Nit&lt;olaw
1

Brower, 829-3900 Ill t 3.

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H· l B Visa~: An klfonnlltion Sess6on. Elen
l&gt;.mourd, dir. lntemalioNI Student &amp;
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Free. Sponsored by h'ltrmatk:wll!l St~t
&amp; Scholar SeMce. For I'T't(ft flfcwmation,
6-45-2258.

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ETC Technology Wottuhop
Advanced MuttJmecUa. 212 Capen,
North CampUs. 3.-4:.30 p:m ~ ffft, ·.

FIO&lt;Uity-.,

Physla Spodol Semi.....
BraM-World Inflation. Ren-Jie Zhang.
422 Fronct"'- North Umpus. 3:30p.m.

.....

Art bhlblt Opening Roceptlon
Katlvyn Mooy Cidewkh: The Etemoll
femillille-female Archetypes In
Antiquity. Art D&lt;portrnont Gollo&lt;y. ~5
Center for tho Arts. Nor1h Compus. 6-8

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Sporuo&lt;ed by DopL ol Mwic. For moro
information, 645-2911 .

Thursday

~F~~~o;r,~~';';-5~

Art Exhibit Opening -option

29
TDC leM Wottuhop s.les
Cellular/ Row ManufKturing.
Advanced Training Center. 8 a.m.-.S

Katfe S. Parzych: Greetings from

ChaUtauqua. Art D&lt;partment Gall«)',
&amp;45 Center for the Arts. North Campus..

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~ ~;,!::·i~~.~~7~

Worl&lt;~groduatoJtudonts

::J:
~ l"'"'o 2.0 ~"{1~
viJcefot to
on

from

tho conceptuo~ bo
di&gt;ploy through today in tho Art
()eplttment Galtefy, 845 Center for the
Arts. Nor1h Compus. N1 open;ng
r1!Cop&lt;lon will bo hold from S-7 p.m.
tod4y In tho golll«y. Gallery houn aro t 0

~ :Jl';'·~=m~
0

Bowlin&amp; Green 1, UB 0 (J OT)

- A f r i c a ! Aln&lt;!rkMt

~lllstO&lt;'J

The rich ~ ol African-American

~~~~lng

Mlami 7, UBO

~:!~~~~=·
houn are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m .

U8wudefoooedbyMiam.7.0,1nthequanotfinak d t h e M N : - The
Bulb, who hadn\ pbyed • pme since their~ finale Oct. 24, pbyed
to a().() De" the half-... the RedHawb erupmd lor....., JOC&lt;&gt;nd.llall

~!tty

Tuesday through Sau.wday.
"Joseph _ _ , . . . . . , _.
Pamtlngs, d&lt;owing• and prints by
painter Joseph Norman, many
c~ during his ruy In Berlin from

~~tho...~~

Jackson Ploco, Buffalo. C.llo&lt;y hour. ,...
t 1 a.m. to 5 p.m. w.dnoJd.ly th&lt;augh
Saturday and from l·S p.m. on Sunday.

Mufti.Medla Event

ETC Technology Wottuhop

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w-.....,.at4PI.US
ConverutJon. Bruce And~. 438
Oemen$, North Campus. 12:30 p.m.
Free. For rT"tOre information, 645-3810.

United for Ptace Alt!f'Ntives to War.

·wednesday

HSL Wottuhop
Evidence-Based Heahh Care Resources.
Sharon cny ard Mi&lt;hotlo l.oYoio, Heolth

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Crltlul

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Confennce
Thyroid ond Ad&lt;onoll Dbonlen In tho

!CU. Stopllon W. Spaulding. DopL ol
Medklne. 02 Scatchold Hal~ Buffalo

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M&lt;didno &amp; Division ol Pulmonary
Critical Ca~ &amp; Sleep Medicine.

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Center. 250 Student Union, North
Campo~. Noon-1 p.m. Free. Spon~
by OffiCe d Student Unkwu &amp; Activities.
For rT'IOI'e information, 645~125 .

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Tranlltlonlng from Bl.ckbNrd 4.10 to
S.S. 212 Capen, North Campus. Noon-1
p.m: Free.

Hall, Sooth Campus. 1-2:30 p.m. Free.
For fllOte information, stewart Brower,
829-3900, .... 113.

........., r.grum Colloquium
Site Characterization with Ground
PonetntUng !~odor. )off O.niob, DopL

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Dopl ol Geology, 6-45-6800, OXL 6101.

Biological Sciences Semi.....
The Bactorial Stringent Rospon,.,
~U from tho Doric Side ol
Transaipdon. V. )ames Hemaodez, asst.
p&lt;ol., Dopl ol Microbiology. l l i
Natural Sciences Complex. North
Campus. ] :45 p.m. free . for more
lnfonnation, Jerry KoudelkA, 645-1-489

WOMEN'S

di&gt;play through Doc. 8 In tho Font Floor

645-2921.

Graduate Student As.soc.., Media Study
GrJduate St~ Assoc. and Americ.ans

~occer
MEN'S

US dropped a hunbrealoe&lt;- to Bowtinz G._, In the qu;uurllnab olthe Mi&lt;IAmerian Conlononce T - I n Akron. OH, on Friclay. Bowtir.: Green's jon
Hundley~ an unauiJted pin the 121 ,33 '"'"'clurir)&amp; d'ird.,...,.,.,. to
break a 0;0 De and .... the FalconJ the~

"19th Century Botankal Prints"

Transittonlng from BlackboArd 4.10 to
S.S. 212 Capen, North Campus. Noon2 p ..m. Free.

18 poina and IV"'&gt;bed II ~and .aphomor-o
jesJ1a I&lt;Dchonclorlo&lt; added 12 poina and a~ I 6 boaniJ to load UB to a
7~ win "'"' SyncuJe Actlon I n - Arena.
The Bulb wil open the 2001.02 ........... ......, apinJt l1id1!pn Sate
tomom:JW in the Spartan Chevro&amp;et Oassk. Their first horne pme of the
1eU00 wiD be at 7 p.m. Tuesday aplnst Nia.pn.

Sau.wday.

~t of o...l Dlagnortlc
Sdenca ~Series
Ele&lt;trial ActMiy ol Triqgor PolnU.
Willard D. (Scott) MkCal, )&lt;.. prol., OopL
ol Oral o;.gno.tic Sciences. JS5 Squir1!,
South Um~. 8 a.m. Free.

~:~!,~~,:,~~ty

Junio&lt; RadloiManin ~

"I I _ I n _:

• Anatomical Art by Vesallus"

Student Ensemble Concert
Chamber Musk. Baird Recital Hall,
North Campus. 8 p.m. F~. Spon~
by Dept. d Music. for more infonnaUon,

100
the 100 "-lyye in 5&lt;4.00.

UB 7l, Syracuse Action 60

For men Information, 636-3626.

eKl1350.

Senior DvceiW..... Iod UB wfdl
• ~ 20 polnU. but the Buls
dn&gt;ppod. 9G-88 - " ' t h e
eo.-.. AJ.San on Sundoy

WOMEN'S
of

Sec:--Y- ~-Student
Art"

-CluJ

An-

Exhibits
-ua COnod Z:

eo.._... All-Stars 90, ua as

_ . , _ , lnAILwmi Arena.
Shea-on the winning
The Buls ... open tho 200 1-Cl
-400 medley relay (4:00.47)
seuon on the: road at Nilpn
and 200 freestyle relay
u.w-.ity on Monday and at
(1 :39.86) teams.
Chlcaco Sate o n - . . . y
. - . . . .......... home to host
CariJius It 7 p.m. No¥. 24 In Alumni Arena.

Tuesday

27

-In

......,.,_ Cunil z....tc~-­
l&gt;atzecl
tho end zone by UB\
Mal1c Gnham. .... tho Bulsseoondroodwtnolthe-

ftep&lt;oducOOnJ ol tho
farTIOUS"~me1"

..,;., by And...,
Vesalius, and print·
image ol plants
with medicinal
proprenies are on
permanent

~~~es

Ubra')' on tho

South Campul.
MaterialfOf
both exhibits

w.u obtained
viotho
RobenL

Brown
HistOf)'of
Medidno
Cotlection
in tho
lib&lt;&gt;')'. The oxhlbiu, "'Pf'''led by tho
Fri&lt;nd&gt; ol tho Heollth Sci&lt;nces Ubrary lind
tho Medical Historical Sodoty ol Westom
__ ')'hour&gt;.
New Yort&lt;, moy bo viewed during nc&gt;nT\01

" 2001 llunuey WlnMn"
Kathryn Mary ~-rhe Eternal
Feminine: female Arrlletypes in
Antiquity"

Katie s. P'anydt-"~lngs
from Chautauqua"
Wort&lt; by tho winnon ol tho Dq&gt;.artmont
of Art's 2001 Rumsey Award wdl be on
display Nov. 27 through Dec. 7 in the
Art Oepart.menl Cal~. 845 Center fOf
tho Aru, North Campw. N1 opening
rectpUon win be~ from 6-8 p.m.
Nov. 27. Gallery hours are 10 a.m . to S

p.m. on Tuesday,·10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Wedne&gt;day through Friday, and 1 I a.m.

to 6 p.m. on Saturday.

ph. -

Volle~oall
Kent State l, UB 2
Akron l,UB I
US,_ another auemp&lt; at Ia fi"' MN: Yicto&lt;y d tho seuon spo;tod when
the Ylsftlng 1&lt;ont Scato Goldon RuheJ amo bade from • 2-1 doficit to won In
'1M! pma in Alumni Arena. Game JCores _..30.25.31-33, 28-30. 30.27 and

15-6.
On S.rureloy. the Bulk scored a 30.27 win in pme one bebo dropp;nc
three stnlghtpma to the '""""&amp;Akron ZlpJ.30.2B, 30-22.30.24.

~wimmin~
WOMUI 'S

UB 167, St. Bonaventure Ill
USdoloatodloal rival Sc~ 167-IJJ,Friclay...,.ln the Reilly
Center Pool:. It was the second consecutive win by the Bulls in the series with
the Bonnies.

Lross Lount~
Hen 12th of J6 at NCAA Reg;onals
Women 15th of J4 at NCAA Rqionals
The men's and woomens crou&lt;omtry squads ~ their JeUonJ at the
NCM Nonheut Re&amp;i&lt;&gt;NI Meet In Bonon on Saturdoy.The Bulb men placed
12111 O¥enll in a 36-team field. The US women took I Sth ol34 teams.

Wrestlin.~
UB finishes lrd of9 at Oldal&gt;om&amp; Gold Clasolc
Compodnc In the fim ....,. ol tho 2001.02 ......,., US placed d'ird " the
Oldahoma Gold C1usic 1n 11roc1&lt;port.The Bulb .-ad&lt;ed up
po~rn-cn~y J5
bKk of leCOnd-pbce: CleYebnd Scate-to lf"3b third in
fieki o( nine teams.

" ·s
me

LfeW
UB wins two races at Frostbite Regatta
US~ the fall crow......, by wimlnc twO nocoJ at Phibdolphcas
Repaa on S.rureloy.The NO¥ico 4 squad ol Chriuy Oben. Kasey
Hamen,l.a'ioya RodcliJh and Mkhelle Sdlwach. wfdl ccoawain flan&lt;fi 1'1-uJak. wu
the f:astest oliO boats.fin~Jh;na In 9-.li .The'hnity 4 team dMotly Bock.
Victoria ~ Counnoy Kane and Meliua Ward, CO&gt;CJWOln Katie
johnson..won its rxe in 9;J9~

�Alfoln. Ted

5~, Dept.

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Whot the Medt. Isn' t Tolling
You. Chris Spkef, educator,
-Plinned Parenthood of Suffak&gt;

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Q&amp;A.: Lynne Kurdziel-f!ormato
previews "Oiildren ofEden" •

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Study

faculty members o/for insights
during fl!rrorism forum

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Tricks

·and
Treats
Flutist Cheryl GobettiHoffman got into the spirit
of the season during a
faculty recital on Oct 30 in
Slee Concert Hall,
perfonning a "haunting"
musical program, complete
with ghoulish props.

UB revises exam schedule for spring m
Beginning exams right after last day ofclasses will bring semester in line with laW
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WUITOIIII

Rtpattrr Editor

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HE university will diminatr reading days and
hold final exams on the

weekend so that · the
Spring 2002 semester conforms to
statt education law.
Calling the calendar snafu "less
than a fiasco but more than an irrimtion," Kerry Grant, vice provost for
academic affairs and dean of the
graduate school, told members of
the Faculty Senate Executiv. Committee on Oct. 31 that manipulating the exam schedule is the best
solution to the problem.
The schedule for the Spring 2002
semester as originhlly drawn up by
the old university-wide Calendar
Conuniftee was only 14 weeks long,
inclusive of exams, and failed to
meet the 15 ...&lt;ks required by the
state. In addition, it also failed to

meet the 45 credit hours required
bythesmte.
Moreover, there~ instructional
problems with the cilendar-"faculty in the clusroom reported difficulties,. be said.
The abbreviated spring semester
resulted because Jan.' I falls on a
Tuesday and pushes the Martin
Luther King Jr. hptiday-set for the
third Monday in January-back a
week, noted William Baumer, professor of philooopby who, along with
Olarles Fourtner, professor of biological sciences, assisted Grant in
revising the calendar. The spring
semester traditionally has smrted on
the Tuesday after the King holiday.
Starting exams immediately.after
the last day of classes on Friday, May
3, will "yieed the necessary 15 instructional weeks." said Grant, who was
named"calendar mav.n"whcn President William ll Gmner disbanded

the Calendar Committee and moved
respopsibility for the academic calendar into the ~s Office_ The
revised calendar also ~&gt;ring. the nlDllber of credit hours to 44, one shon
of the smte requirement, but close
enough as not to att:ract any attention, be said." lfs the preferred choice
among less-than-ideal solutions."
He noted that beginning the semester a week early-&lt;&gt;n Jan: 14,
rather than Jan. 22-would require
opening residence halls and other
facilities to the tune of $200,000$250,000, an additional cost that
had not been anticipated. And extending the Semester by a week in
May also would incur additional
costs associated with keeping facili ties open another week, as well as
interfering with comrnenctment.
work and research plans, tie added.
Manipulating the exam schedule
produces "the calendar of least

harm," Grant said, pointing out that
notifying students in Noveinberthat

there will be no reading days in May
should give them ample time to
schedule study time.
Grant said he will'begin tackling
a revision of the Spring calendar for
future years-UB will face the same
situation in Spring 2003 as it does
in Spring 2002.
Baumer pointed out that the King
holiday pushes into the IOunh
of January in any year that New Year
Day falls on Thesday or Wednesday
when the preceding year is a leap year.
This year, with t-l&lt;wYcar's Dayf.illing
on Monday, the KinghoOdaywas Jan_
15 and fell during_the third week of
the month. In 2003, New Year's Day
will &amp;lion ~again pushing
the King hoOday, set for Jan_ 21, into
the fourth week of the month.

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Grant said that starting the
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Buchanan named dental school dean
By LOIS BAIWI

R ICHARD

..,e\·eral adminislrative positions.

ment of General Practice, associate
dean for academic: affairs. and in terim dean and special consulmnt for .
strategic planning of the Graduate
School of Biomedical Sciences.
Buchanan left the University of
Texas in 1989 to become executive
associate dean of the University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, where he spent the next ~
years-the last fiv. as dean.
He was named dean ofBaylorCollege of Dentistry in 1996 and serv.d
in that position until2000. Buchanan
spent the following year as a senior
fellow at the Center for Educational
Policy and Research of the American
Dental Education Assoc.iation in
Washington, then returned to Texas
A&amp;M to assume his curran position.
Early in his career, he serv.d two
year.; as dental officer at the U.S.
Military Academy and was in pri·

These induded chair of the Depart-

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Contributing Editor

N. Buchanan,

director of advanced

clinical ·education a&amp;Baylor College of Dentistry, The Texas A&amp;M University
System Health Science Center in
Dallas. has been named dean of the
School of Dental Medicine at UB.
Buchanan previously serv.d as
dean of the college an~ for five years
as· dean of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
His appointment is effective Feb.
1, 2002:

In announcing Buchanan's appointment, Provost Elizabeth D.

Capaldi noted that he"isagil\ed educator and dynamic 1eader who will
bring extraordinary vision and vigor
to the School of Dental Medicine.
"He has a strong entrepreneurial
spirit," Capaldi added, "and comes

mendations

from professional peers..
A graduate
of the Univ.rsity of TexasAustin,
.Buchanan

earned a doctorate in dental medicine from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.
He began his career in academia at
Georgetown· University School of
Dentistry, where he was an instructor
for a year before taking a faculty posilion at the University of Texas Health
Science Center in San Aptonio.
During his 16-year tenure at the
University of Texas-San Antonio. he
rose to the rank of prof.,.,, and held

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Buchanan has authored or co-

authored 23 abstracts and articles,
and has lectured widely. He is a fellow of the American &lt;:ollegrofDenlists and the International &lt;:ollegr of
DentistS. and a member of the Southwest Academy of Restorativ. Dentistry and the Omiaon Kappa Upsilon Honorary Dental Society, among
other pror.ssional affiliations.
Buchanan is a membq of the
board t&gt;f directors of Friends of the
National Association of Dental ksearch. He serv.d on the Council of
Deans and was a member of the
House of Delegates of the Arnerican Dental Education Association
from 1990-2000 and has chaired
several association committees. beginning in 1978.
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He also has held several committee chair.; "ithin the American Dental Association and is a m •ie'\0.-n for
the Journal ofDnrtal Educarron.

�Lynne Kurdziel-Formato, assistant professor

in the Department of Theatre and Dance, heads the department's
Music Theatre Program. She serves as director and choreographer
of the department's productio'n of "Children of Eden," which will
open tonight and run through Nov. 18.

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Middle Eastern creation myths
diverted to relief funds. so some
common to many religiono. So Aa
groups will be shorted financially.
One deals with Adam and Eve, Aa
Also, due to the tragedy, some funcTwo with Noah and his family, all
tions-performances, galas and
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New. York City and were desper- humorous and anachronistic moate to make contact, which was ments, as well as touching and dradifficult. When returning to class matic scenes. For students, it has a
on Sept. 12, members of the ad- wonderfUl vocal challenge-the
vanced jazz class requested to atis beautiful and rich. It also
tend the vigil in the St udent has a large cast, with opportunities
Union, rather than dance in class. for many onstage performers who
It just seemed the right thing to do. must act and dance, as well as creCast members of•Assassins" were ate a myriad of characters, includnot su"' they should perform their ing animals. Design students also
controversial show-our first ;on beiqg challenged in II)Ony areas
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productiono of"Nine" and •AJsassiru" were well-receMd by
the university communif:Y, as
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thank Tom Ralahate (assistant ·
professor of theatre and dance)
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spring sem~tcr a week earlier than an evaluation of the program being
usual likely will be the solution in submitted to an outside peer-oeview
team in the fall. That team will come
coming years.
In other business, the FSEC beard to campus in November to corroboa pr&lt;SCntatioo on athletics from Rob- rate what is in the report, he added.
"l~s a very open process,• he said
ert Arkeilpanc, di=tor o( athletics.
Arkeilpane briefed senators on the of the certification process, noting
NCAA Division I artification proass that if he had not been invited to attend this FSEC meeting, he would
that UB cum'ntly is going through.
Arkrilpane likened the certification process to the Middle States accreditation review that the UB aca·
demi~ program also is undergoing.
All Division I programs undergo
the ~ertification proc.ess every 10
years, be said, calling it a "very bighprofiJe, institution -wide effort."
Barbara Ricotta, associate vice
president for student affitirs and dean
of students. chairs the steering com: ::s
mittee, be said, adding that there are ;a
four subco,runittees looking at fiscal ~
integrity, academic integrity, governance and rules compliance, and equity, welfart and sportSmanship.
The process offers a"tremendous
opportunity for us to takt a good
hard look at our program, identify
areas where deficiencies exist, and have approached the group himself
gives us an opportunity to address to brief it on the certification process,
those and correct them accordingly,"
Arkeilpane also noted there is a
Arkeilpane said.
page on the Division of Athletics
It offers a chance as well "to Web site, www.ubathletks.bufpound our chests a little bit" about f.:O.edu/ certiflaotlon/, that offers
the good things that have been hap- details on th~ process. "We will conpening in the program, he said.
tinue to update the campus comThis process of self-study will run munity on the progress of the enthrough the end of the summer and tire effort," he said.
In hi; presentation to the FSEC,
into the early Fall2002. he said. with

Arkrilpane also addressed a recent
story published in USA Today,
which was picked up by other media outlets, about possible changes
in legislation govmUng
makeup
of Division 1-A.
He said that the NCAA is looking
at imposing six more criteria that
schootswould have to~ to main-

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"@ainsti-A-Ievdoppon&lt;ntucheduled

in UBstadium-UBhasfuurthrougb
its onembersbipin the Mid-American
Confmnce,tmd will~ the required
five when it brings in 5liCh schools as
Syracuse, Temple, Ruq;ers and Connecticut in """coming years.
One area in question islltmdance,
he said. The NCAA may require an
average attendance of 15,000. After
three games this '1"11'• UB is averaging more than that, but attendance
likdy will slide once the cold weather
sets in this month, he noted. .
"But we are not far off the mark
we have to be on," he said, adding
that mol'&lt; effort will be put into
markrting the team..
"The bottom line is that these criteria that are being proposed will inevitably look different by the time

it's passed .. -at the earliest by

tain status at the Division 1-A leveL
"I'm happy to report that in five
of the six areas, we a~ very, very
strong,• he said.
Among those proposed criteria,
Arkeilpane said UB comes in above
the likdy requllbnents in the number of sports sponsored-US has 20.
NCAA wants 16; in the number of
grants-in-aidawardedacroostheprogram, and in the number cJ( games

2004-:-and "we're in pretty good
shape right now as an institution at
meeting these particular criteria."
Also as part of the athletics presentation, f.dwpd Michael,directo;
of recreation and intramurals.
brided senators on the various programs offered by the department:
He alsp put in a plug for a standalone recreation facility that is being considered a5 part of the l..ce
Rnad project.
Michael pointed out that many of
UB's peer institutions have such a
facility, which would help in the recruitment and retention ofboth students and faculty and staff.

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BrieQ
Grantsmanship workshops Eil
planned for faculty members·
A series of WO&lt;Iuhop• dalgfMCI for faculty members wbo want
to learn the "ins and outs" of applying for National Institutes for
Health grants will be presented this month by the Office of the Vice
President for Research.
The workshops, which will be in lecture formal with time devoted

. to questions and answers. will focus on a different topic 9'=h week.
The kvel of discussion will~ from the very basic, "Wh'{t is NIH?"
to the more complex, " How much do you get in Ph..., II of an SBIR,
venus an S1JR?" All sessions will be conducted from an •insider's"
pehpeclive.
The same lecture will be given twice each week-on the North
Dmpus from 7:30-9:30 a.m. on Mondays, beginning Nov. 5 and
running. through Nov. 26 in 200-G Baldy Hall, and on the South
Campus from 4-6 p.m . on Thursdays. beginning today and running
through Nov. 29 (except for Thanksgiving) in the Lippschutz Room,
125 Biomedical Education Building. Participants can attend at either location. Registration is not required. The lectures are open to
all faculty, professional staff, students and fellows.
The agenda for the workshops:
• Week I: Overview of Workshops: Deconstructing the NIH as
an Agency; Contacting NIH-Who, How and When

• Week 2:Grant Mechanisms: Career, Training and Research Grant
Mechanisms; Supplementsj Success Rates Revealed
• Week"3: ·How to Write a Winning Proposal, Part 1: The Idea,
Collaborations, Pilot Qata and Background/Progress Report. Since
this is Thanksgiving week. this lecture will be held only on Monday
on the orth Cam.pus.
• Week4: How to Write a Winning Proposal, Part II: Specific Aims
Page, the Resea rch Plan, the Budget
The sc.ries will culminate on Dec. 5 with mock stUdy sessions 10
be conducted by NIH scientific review administrators who will Oy
in from NIH headquaners in Bethesda, Md., specifically for the event.
The sessions, which Will review proposals from three different disciplinary areas ranging from "cdls to o;ociety,"will be held from noon to 5

~cientists study effects of Ritalin
By LOIS IIAlWI

Contributing Editor

C IENTISTS at UB have
shown that the drug methylphenidate, ' th t generic
form of Ritafin; ~ith' physicians have considered to have only
short-term effects, appears to ini tiate changes in brain function that

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i(s not quite as simple as a shortacting drug,".Baizer said. "We need
to look at it more closely.
She added: "Ritalin does appear
to O.safewhen Us&lt;d proi&gt;efly,butit

'IS siiDimpoifailtlbiskVIhM:11!s116ing in the brain~ ·
Previous work in other laboratories has shown that high doses of am-

remain after the therapeutic c.ffects

phetam.ine and cocaine switch on

have dissipated.
The changes appear to be similar
tothosethatoccurwithotherstimulantdrugs,suchasamphetamineand
cocaiJie, said Joan Baizer, professor
of physiology and

certaingenescalled"immediateearly
ienes" in particular brain cdls and
that this action causes changes in
some aspects of nerve cdl function.Oneofthosegenesiscalled

the drug at a time during the rat's
24- hour cycle that would simulate
thetimingofachild's dose.Another
group received just sweetened milk.
After 90 mi.nutes;theoptimal time
for~'fos"crmop1f!t11tin briifi crlls,
the bi:ain&lt; of both groups were analyzed for the preSella of c-fos.
Results showed there won many
more neurons with c-fos activity in
the brains of rats given methylpbenidate, particularly in the striatum,
Baize&lt; said, than
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of control
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senior au -

cciviog no
treat -

thor of the
study.
Result s
of the re search will be
presented Sunday at the annual
meeting of the Society for Neuro scieQce.

men

and sacrificed af-

tivity, suggesting that .
some of the

"Oinic i a n s

c-fils activity

consider

Ritalin to be short-acting,'" said
Baizer. "When the active dose has
worked its way through the system,
they consider it 'all gone.' Our research with gene expression in an
animaiii)Oddsuggests that it has the
potential for causing long-lasting
changes in brain-all structure and
function~ Ritalin is the drug of
choice for the treatment of attention
. deficit disorder in children.
Baize&lt; stated, however, that while
the neuronal changes are similar to

those seen with cocaine and other
psychoactive drugs, it does not seem

t

"c-foo." ~and cocaine
both cause c-fils activity in the striatum,a brain structure important tOr
both movement and motivation, and
tbe pt.sence ofc-IDsictivity there has
~implicated in the mechanism of
addiction, Baizer said. Tbe rosean:bm wanted to see if methylphenidate
cauSed.c-fils activation in tbe same
parts of the brain, and at the same
levels, as the other drugs.
Using young rats as an animal
model, they gave one grqup sweetened milk containing a .-datiVely
high dose of methylphertidate (20
mg/kg). Considering tbe differene&lt;s
in metabolism between rats and hu-

that methyiRhenidate in very low
doses, as used therapeutically, produces much potential for drug abuse.
"Children haV&lt; been given Ritalin

mans, this is comparable approximately to a dose on the high end of

daily for many yt~. and it is extreme!)' effective and beneficial, but

the range that is used therapeuti cally,Baiu:rsaid. Theyadministcred

p:m. in a location to be announced.
Pre-registration is required for the mock study sections. Seating is
limited; therefore only facult)'&gt;may attend.

Anyone interested in participating in the mook study sessions may
contact Joseph Cusker at 645-332 1 or cus~ch.buffalo.edu
ro·pre-reslste~
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Updates and additional informa.tion will be posted at
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Graduate Student Association
to present mini-~ festival .
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T1te
A..ocl•tlon wll present a Fall Mini-Film
Festival at 7 p.m. today and tomorrow in the Screening Room in the
Center for the Arts, North Campus.
"Canticle of the Stones" will be screened today and "Bossa Nova"

will be shown

tomorrow.

.. Canticle of the Stones.. tells the story of how two Palestinians
overcome difficulties to find true love.

Recipe for Suc:c:ess
UB's Campaign for the Community

is related to
moving
around in the
~cage and not a pure drug~­

feet

"These dati do suggest that there
are effectsofRitalli.on cell function
that outlast the short term and we
should sort that out," Baizer said.
"1'bere is no indication of tolerance,
but we haVe no idea if there is adaptation to the effects."
One next step. she said. is to use
miaoarray tecbnology to see what
other genes are turned on in response
to shon and long-term Ritalin use.
Additional researchers on th e
study were Ashley Acheson, a graduate student in the Department of
Psychology; Alexis Thompson, a research scientist at the Res;earch In stitUte on Addictions, and Mark B.
Krista!. professor of psychology.

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·aossa Nova,.. set in Rio de Janerio, is a funny, fed-good film about
being in love.
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A reception will be held before the saeening.
For more information, con tad the GSA at 645-2960.

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�Four fKulty members offer perspectiVes on Issues surrounding. Sept. 11 terrorist dtacks
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F anything was dear from a ortheAnglicanAn:hbishopofCandiscussion of the terrorist at- terbury. He pointed out, h~.
tacks of Sept. II held Thurs- that a number of Grand Muftis from
day in the UB Law School, it several nationshaveoondcmned the
was that nothing is dear at all-not ii:Qaedaattadcs,andhavedeclared
Americans' understanding of the that the perpetrators are "not true
J.slamic world and vice versa. nor the Muslims."
likely outcome of this dispute.
Duchesne, a citizen ofCanada. of·
In fact, each of the four faculty Cered a summary of the current stapanelists noted in various argu- tus of this new "war" ui which, be
ments that it is the vast differeilces said, "nothingFms to be~ right
in our understanding of one
for the U.S. and its allies." On one
other that provoked and fuels tho hand, he noted, the Taliban has
battle in Afghanistan and lw engen- pn!YI'l111'10re resilient than expected
dered e:rtttme anxiety in allies on Even efforts to develop a broadb...,d, post-Taliban government
both sides.
About 150 penons gathered in were struck a blow when Taliban
112 O'Brian Hall to hear the faculty forus captured and ~a chief
members address aspects of the opposition leader.
American oonflict with the forces of
On the other band, Duchesne said
Osama bin Laden in AfgMnistan. that the Pakistani government lw
The discussion, which at times .,;.. thus f.ar managed to bold linn ag;aiDst
contentious, ranged from observa- pro-Talibangroupsinitsownnatfn.
tions about the attitude of most despite strong protests. But, be said.
Muslims in the Unit"!l States and a worried mood prevails in Russia
abroad toward post-Sept. II events and across Europe, in Saudi Arabia
to a historical assessment of the role and jordan, among the U.S. citiunry,
of Islamic fundamentalists in south and among the "tallting heads" in the
media who warn against a n =central Asia.
It addressed cognitive dissonance bation of the oonflict.
between percq&gt;tionsofthesecvents · Duchesne said, however, that the
and the ategories traditionally used U.S.bas maintllinedfromthebeginto describe them, and the outcomes ning that this was not going to be a
expected by both the Western alli- short oonfiict, nor one tha! is easy
ance and the terrorist group al- to win.
"This is no time for the U.S. to
Qaeda and related anti -American
turn to isolationism, even as the
Muslim fundamentalists.
prospect
of a short oonfiict in AfThe panel was m ade JIP of
Michael Frisch. professor of history ghanistan =edes," he said.
"'We are at a critical tum in our
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Quartet to perfonn
The Cenb!r for lho Ms will
pre&lt;nt an ...oog with tho
Charlo HIM1terQuanel at8 p.m.
Nov. 171n the Moin&lt;tago theater
of the CFA on the North Campus.
Media sporuo&lt; for the concert is WBFO 88.7· FM, US's Na· ~
tiona! Public Radio affrllat&lt;.
Returning to UB by popular
demand for the third consec.u~ year, Charlie Hunb!r plays a

unique, eight-string guitar that

allows him to cover deep, rich
bass lines with ;occom.

• panlment ond ~~
melody lines - - . s l y In a
synthesis of jazz. fusion, fool&lt;.
blues and rod&lt;.
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contributed to the fall of the
U.S.S.R., Qazi said, and Americans
need to undemand that Muslims
everywhere~ that they played
a significant role in the demise of the
"evil empire."
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Notingthe"oolcllhoulder"lllrlled
by the U.S. mward Afsbanistan and
its longtime aDy, Paldstan. following
the defeat of Soviet ron:.., Qazi said
that the 1arJ!e number of U.S. ..OCtionsag;ainstl"'kiss3n"resultcdinthe
1311 of the fortunes of that nationthe seoond-Jarsest Muslim nation in
the wo~ as the U.S. again
pursu&lt;s the CIOWltry as an aDy.
"So, you see that there is n:sentment in some quarters,"Qazi said.
The U.S. armed them, weloomed
them with open arms and sup ported their regime, he said. until
they impooed their peculiarly rigid
fonnoflslamontheAfgbanipopulation and began to harbor and support Osama bin Laden and his alQaeda The Tahban turned its own
people against it and in supporting
bin Laden's previous violent attacks
on U.S. citizens, isolated itself from
most of the Islamic world. .
Frisch noted that "weall tumbled
"""' the edge together o n Sept. II
and it is very. helpful .to put these
evenl$inpenpectM." Hewmtonto
discuss the fact that our oonfuslon
and &lt;fisbelief is a result of"cognitive:
dissonanc:r" that we can resolve by
=ising the categories we use to de-

sciibe what "happened. or revising
our perceptions of what happene&lt;l to
fit into the existing "war~category.

Duschene, assistant professor of

war against terrorism,.. he said,..and

He said we have too readil y
adopted the metaphor of-war,"'with

political sc.ience; O thman Shibly,
assislant professor of periodontics
and endodontics, a native of Syria
and a member of the local Muslim
community, and Khalid Qazi, clini·

U.S. narrowness of vision and pro·
motion of immediate self-interest is
not useful foritsdefeat. The governmen! must persuade us that even if
it takes a long time, defeat of l&lt;.Trorism is worth fighting for."
Qaziexplained the role ofPakistan
in this. crisis and reviewed 25 years
of Afghani history, beginning with
the seizure of power by the Afghanistan Communist Party in 1978 that
he said formed the roots of"this
bloody dispute that bas !iing, beoome
anaspectofdailylifeinAfghanistan."
Notingtheshortnessofourcolkcti"' historic memory, be pointed out
that R,onald Reagan oncr called the
Mujahad= "the moral equivalent of
the founding fathers of America.•
Their rout of the Russian forces

our flags, patriotism and chants of
' USA! USA! ' as if we can put this
new situation into those categories
fam iliar from our past.
"The left, on the other hand. has
tried to fit what happened into other
categories," he said, "representing it
as a logical result of American foreignpolicyandthehegemonyofthe
oil companies.
" But noneoftheseategoriesoon·
solesusbecausenonespeaktotheterrible sens&lt; of vulner.ibility proYOia:d
by.the events of SepL 11 and aliawards," be said. "Nor &lt;kl the categories previously used in the J.slamic
world fit anymore. First, there was
denial thatthiswasan act by Muslims,
then the finger ofblame was pointed
at the jews, then came an allmlpt to

cal associate professor of medicine,
a native o f Kashmir and president
of the local chapter of the American Muslim Council.
Shibly noted that there is confu ·
sion among Americans as to the precise nature of the Islamic respo~
to the attacks by ai-Qaeda. which has
led some to assume that this behavio; was--a nd is somehow sanctioned by-the larger Islamic community, which it is not.
"It is important to remember that
Islam does not speak with one: voice
with regard to such things," he said,

fr.omethlsinr..:msofU.S.poticy:"
Frisch .aid the UA;. rosporue,

t.owe.er undenwldahle, lw been
catutropbic.
" It is theddusionof the tmorists
thattheyareinaClClO&lt;i&gt;icwarwiththe
llnitMStata,"besaid. "Wearefeed-

ingiG.t delusioQ. OurQIJTC!Ilt policy
baS'sent us, however agonizingly,
down the war slope. ag;aiDst not the
specific,..,_ 'groupo responsible,
but ag;aiDst peoples and nations."
Somebow,besaid, we must"dnw
a circle around tiehaviors that all
nations must proscribe. This has
taught us that we are in the world,

not in an ivory..,_,.
"WecannotsimplybOidthat'you
...., either with us or against us;' we
need to~ the world in a battlt
against terrot:ism," Frisch said, "We
need to find woys to engage amftict
without murdering one another.
We need a oew YOabulary and a
newoonaptualfr.uneworkto8"1us
out of this way of thinking."
The pandists then addressed the
question of what the terrorists want
and what they acwmplished.
Shibly pointed out that Muslims
abroadhaven.,ryjaundic:l!dunderstanding of American• and that
whm his children told other childim in the Middle East bowbeautiful America is, they wm: mocl&lt;ed
and told they'd been biainwasbed.
"As a young man in Ld&gt;anon and
Syria, we all loved America and all
its culture; Shibly said, "'but we
thought America was an arrogant
oountry. So whm I came he,., I was
shocked at all the help and the
friendliness of the American people.
I wish the rest of the world under·
stood our values here-the values
Americans hold."
Shibly said that Americans, too,
need to Understand the people of the
Middle East, who do notcornpr&lt;bend
our point of view or our military responsetotheattacksofSepL II.
"Even though they may disapprove of the Tahban and bin Ladin,
they are seeing civilians-women
andchildren-lcilledintheirbomes
every day. Tha~s what they see on
television; Shibly said . "'Stop
bombingourhomes!'- that's what
they say. Their perspective is very
different from oun in America and
they react out of that perspective. W.
should know this and understand
the oonsequen=.that resu!L"

Tiger
Sl&lt;ull .
Kevin Hulme, a research
a~iate at the New Yor1&lt;
State Center for Engineering
Design and Industrial
Innovation (NYSCEDII),
projects an image of a
sabre-tooth tiger skull as
part of a demonstration of
NYSCEDII's capabilitie$
during the Digital Summit
held last week in the Center
for the Arts.

�UB joins Lakes fish stUdy
New effort to study effects on kids ofeating polluted fish
. , LOIS IIAIWI
Contributing Editor

H E Toxicology ~ch
Center will receive $1.3
million over the nat five
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formed to study the effects of eatingJarsequantitiesofoontaminated
Great Lakes fish on Laotian and
Hmong refugees.
The pmject, called the Fox River
Environmental and Diet Study, or
FRIENDS, is cmtered at the Universi ty of Illinois a t Urbana ChamPaign. The Fox River, which
cuts through G...., Bay, is one of the
most heavily PCB-coqtaminated
sites in the Great Lakes ·Basin aod
the single largest source of PCBs
entering !..aU Michigan.
Fish from the Fax River and lake
Michigan makeup an important part
of the diet of the two rofugee groups
being~. Researcher.; will look at
thedfectofeating fish from these con-

taminated sowt:eSon the motor.sensory and mental d&lt;vclopment of the
n:fugees' childn:n. The project also will
involveeducatingthecommunitieson

safe fishing sites, types of fish and · Kostyniak said.
Kostyniak and rolleagues have
been conducting research for the
past I 0 years on the health effects
cology facility for the •!udr· Pal!l · associatedwitheatingl..aUOntario
Kootyniak,di=torofthea:nter,will fish, which pro'~\&lt;~&lt; a source of enbead the analytical core project. vironmental exposure to PCBs and
·James Olson, professor of phanna- other persistent contaminants. nus
cology and toxicology, and Richard ongoing study is investigating a coFit7patriclc.laboratorydir.aorofthe hort of people and their spouses
TaxicologyRtsean:hCenter,alsowill who fish regularly in !..aU Ontario.
play principal roles in the project.
A related studybyOisQn ar!d rolThe cmter will perform exposure leagues at the New York Stitt Deassessment studies for the project partmentofHealthandtheDepartdesigned to determine the risks as- ment of Environmental Conservasoaated with environmental expo- tion is using a sensitive bioassay syssures to PC&amp;. pesticides and meth- tom to screen for dioxin-liio. oomylmeratry. TedutiqU&lt;S used at the pounds in G~t Lakes fish.
anlet" permit researchers to meaThe cmter specializes in inV&lt;StisurelevelsofspecificPCBrolljiODO'S gating the toxicity and mechanism
at part-per-billion levels in human of aaion of metals, PC&amp;. diOOns,
serum samples. said Kostynial&lt;.
pcstlcides and metabolites. and in
Center researchers also will study developing new biomarker&gt; of
the role PCB metlbolitts-sub- chemi&lt;al e:&gt;cpOSUR. individual susstances formed as PCBs breakdown
aptibility and biologia.l effects.
in the body-play in pmducing ad- . The UniVersity of Dlinois at Chi..,.. effects. "The results of these cago, Michigan Stitt University, the
studies will be useful to any Stitt or New York State Department of
federal agency respollSible for &gt;ef- Health and the University of Texas
ling standards for human exposures Health Sdepce Center also are

prqlQt3lion m&lt;tbods.
The Toncology Rtsean:h Cen!et"
will serve ai the core analytiaJ toxi-

to environmental contaminants,"

members of the new consortium.

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HE Office of Interna tional Education will host
a wec:~- long slate of activities, beginning Monday, dedicated to highlighting the imponance of international education
and rhe role of cultural exchange as
part of the academic experience.
" International Education Week
raises awareness on campus about
international issues. International
students and scholars bri ng a richness and cultural diversity to o ur
campus," said Timothy Rutenber,
associa te vice-provost for interna-

tional education.
Among the hightights:
Monday-Study Abroad Day
• Noon- I p.m., "Cuba: Down on

the Gro und/' a summer study

abroad multimedia presentation,
Student Union Social Hall
• 2-3 p.m., "Study Abroad
Roundtable: Past Participants Discuss," Student Union Theatre
Tuesday~Peace Corps Day
• I-2 p.m., The Peace Corps Experience: Still Experiencing It,"
former UB Peace Corps volunteers,
145A Student Union
• 2-3 p.m., "Mali: A Cul ture of
Laughter; a Prople of Peace,• Mary
Kay Jou, Peaa Corps volunteer in
Mali, 145A Student Union
•
3-4 p .m" " Life in a

Cameroonian Border Town: Oil
Tankers, Classrooms and Refugees,"
Ellen Dussourd, director of ln!et"national Student and Scholar Seivices

and a Peace Corps volunteer in
Cameroon, 14SA Student Union
Nov. 15-Fulbright Day

" Whntever the Ameri&lt;ans art proud of-whakvfr they coruider to be
particubuly good, w.efu~ brilliant or characteristic of themselwts "'
their climate, they designate, half in j&lt;Jt thoug}t saucely half in tarnest, as an "institution. • Thw, them.,;,., of George Washington ... is
an institution; the Falls of Niagara art an institution; the Plymouth
Rock, on which the Pilgrim Fathers first set foo~ is gl institution ... ;
"Sweet potatoes" are an institution, and Pumpkin (/Jr Punkin) pie is
an institution; .. . squash is an institution; Bunker Kdl U an institution; and the firtmen of Ne-w York a;t a grul institution."'
-Life and Liberty in America by Charles Mad:tzy. pubwlted 1859
TIM tllf'I'Oftru wiM ltnlck- Sept. 11 must have fortseen aU the

misery, hardship and anguish that their acts would cause-but it is
unliio.ly that they ever thought their evil actions also would generate so many astonishing acts of heroism and virtue-courageous
aCts carried out most often by the men and women wearing the
uniforms of police, firefightt.rs and emergency medical technicians.
More than 340 New York City firefighte.-. and paramedics lost
tl\eir lives when the World Trade Center tower$ collapsed. A memorial to those who made the ultimate sacrifice can be found at the
Fire Department of the City of New York Web site
&lt;-.d.nyc.ny.us/html/fdny/html/~htJnl&gt;. The Unofficial Home. Page of FDNY &lt;-nJfd.c-/ &gt; provides pictures
at "g10und zero" of the World Trade Center disaster, as well as information on the history o(fire departments in the New York City a rea.
The site also provides a link to the Uniformed Fildighter's Assoeiation &lt;http:/ /ufaloc•l94.org/wldowa _chlldrens_fund /
wlclows_chHdreno_cloftatlons.html&gt; for anyone wishing to make
a donation to the UFA Widows &amp; Children's Fund.
Most people don't realize it, but !here are almost 300 fire museums in the United States and Canada. The mu.stums rangr ln si.u
large, well -funded, first -class institutions. A slate-by-state directory
of all the fire museums ln America and an international di~ctory of

• 1-2:30 p.m., " Fulbrighters
Abroad: An Alumni Roundtable,"
Marybeth Boger,graduatt student in
rhe Graduate School of Education
and a. Fulbright scholar in Germany;
Stophen G. I)unnet1. vice piQVOSt for
int~rnational

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from the one-room .. museums· ·located in firehouse basements to

International week scheduled
BY DONNA LOHGEHECIWI
Report~r Assistant Editor

Firefighters and firehouses
subject of Web sites
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education and a

Fulbright scholar in Japan, and Judy
Scales-Trent, professor of law and a
Fulbright scholar in Senegal.
• 8 p.m., Distinguished Speaker
Series, Madeleine Albright, tormer
secretary of state, Alumni-Arena
Nov. !6-Fulbright Day

fire museums in Canada and around the world can be found at the
Fire Museum Network &lt;www.flremuseumnetwork.org&gt; .
. fi~ehou.se.Com &lt;www.flrehouse.com&gt;-the online edition of

Firehouse Magazine-is devo ted exdwiv~ly to fire services. Its pri-

mary audi ence is Ame rica's 1.5 million paid and volunteer
firdighters. The .site's broad scope reaches into the firehouse, en compassing all echelons fTom the fi~ chief on down to the first year firefighter, from paramedics to training officers-it even in·
eludes information for the firc .buff. Firdlouse.Com also has exten·
sive coverage of the 9-ll tragedy, including links to audio. video
and photo resources.
-C.tmma ~VInney and Don Hartman, Univmity Ubrarie:s

• 10 a.m.-4 p.m., uTaste of Asia,"
Student Union Lobby
• 2-3 p.m., " Visiting Fulbright
Scholars: Perspectives on the
145A Student Union

u.s.;

For more information,contact the
Office of Inlet"Dational Student and
Scholar Services, at 645-2258.

Drum Circle
Participants in the Namaste open drum circle get into the groove Oct. 31 during the
circle's weekly get-together. The group meets from 5:30-7:30 p.m. every Wednesday in
222 Student Union, North Campus.

BrieD
Ev:idence-based health care
the focus of conference

T~rnorrow, H a ~onference about evidence-based
health care, will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. IS in the
University Inn and Conference Center, North Forest Road, Getzville.
The primary goal of evidence-based health care is to make conscientious and judicious ~ of current best evidence in the deci ·
sion-making process regarding the care of patients. Combining in·
dividual clinical expertise with the most current and best available
external clini~ evidenct: from systematic research, it is a system·
wide approach that seeks the involvement of all professions associ·
ated with health care.
The program will focus on evidence-based health care as an important movement in improving the quality of health care, and will
bring together faculry in the health professions and librarians to discuss strategies fot teaching evidence-based health care principles. The
goal is to insure that faculty and students in the health professions
apply EBHC principles in clinical practice and adopt its methods.
Speakers fTom McMaster UniVersity in Hamilton, Ontario, will
share their coll.e ctivc experience and knowledge based on that
school's outstanding EBHC p rograms. A panel of faculty and librar- ·
ians from the UB health scie.nces schools wiJJ rela'te their experi·
ences in integrating EBHC into their teaching.
· The conference is spo~sored by rhe Health Sciences Library and
the schools of Health-Rela ted Professions, Medicine a nd Biomedical Sciences, arld Nursing. Additional support_ was provide~ by the
Friends of the Health Sciences Library, the Department of Famil}'
Medicine and the Western New York Library Resources Co uncil
Hosp ital Librar}• Services Program.
Co ntinuing education credi ts through the various schools reprt• sentcd at the conference are available.
For more information, contact Heather Munger at 819·3900, ext.
110, or &lt; hm.unger@acsu.buffalo.edu &gt;.
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classroom conditions and take care
nearly $800,000 during
of any problenu that may occur,
the past year in its con- to a remote control that allows fac· says Sharon My~rs, director of
tinuing effort to dean ulty mtrnbers to roam" around a scheduling in the Offia of Records ·
up, refurbish and modernizt its classroom but still be able, for in - and Rqpstration and a member of
stance, tO change a slid~ in a the steering committee.
teaching space.·
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basic-providing nice funtiture in having to return to the computer. ment 0113ll3j!&lt;l' and a member of the
He notes that technology equip- steering committee, says tbe univerclas.orooms---to the more sophisticated-equipping more classrooms ment bas a life cycle of only alxiut sity is trying to become more prowith technology, says Sean Sullivan, four years, and thpefiire mus.t be active on classroom issues, rather
via provost for enrollment and maintained continuaily. Th~ uni · than reactiv&lt;. Instead of having a
planning, and chair of the Class- versity spent $250,000 replacing fuculty member call and complain
equipment in itS es:isting inven- about a light being out for two
room Steering Committee.
The results, he ~ys. have met tory of technology rooms, on top · mont:los, "we're going to be a 'little
bit more proacwith ..great success."
tive and try to
Adds Joseph Zambon, professor
identify these
of periodontics and endodontics,
problems ahead
chair of the Faculty Senate Classof time," he says.
room Quality and Attributes
The inventory
Committee, and a member of the ·
of class rooms
Classroom Stee ring Committee:
will
help the
" People's attitude seems to be that
steering com·
all of these are real positive th.ipgs ;
mitttt in plan·
that we've done.""
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eluding broken furnishings and effort to NfurWsh .nc1 modernize classrooms on
problems and
additional chairs and deskr--'have both
South._..._
will give us inbeen removed from classroonis.
• Additional chalkboards and of building the six new rooms. he formation that then will allow for
quick reaction and recommenda135 lecterns and 320 new desk.s points out.
The university also has hired tions for improvements," he adds.
have been installed in classrooms.
The sttering committee also has
• Video cabinets containing a two student classroom auditors to
television monitor and VCR have check for condition and utilization · been monitoring iu: Web site on
been added to 12 classrooms, en- problems in the- classrooms. WWe classroom issue!\.!, ~~~&lt;;I~~
suring they have a·baSit'fe~eJ of W.'iit')P ~·~)!Ii'f11irtt-~~~:"if" Greenfield calls compreBeristV.,
schedule a classroom, it's actually one-stop shopping for any infortechnology.
• Six medium -sized classrooms used," Sullivan says, adding that mation about classrooms."
The site features a wealth of in were eguipped with educational the auditors wiU provide for an
technology, which includes the ad - "early warning"" system, spotting formation about classroom issues,
dition of yideo cabinet$, video such problems in the classrooms including the steeril'og cominittee's
as broken tights and fUrniture, and recommenda'tions· for 'classroom
prOjectors and visualizers.
UB has been adding to its tech- contacting the appropriate per· and technology improvements,
ti m elines for improvement
nology·class room inventory all sons to remedy the problems.
Moreover, they11 conduct a com· projects, an overview of the clas.oalo ng, Sullivan says, noting that
room planning process, an over·
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inventory
of
the
classroomsabout SO classrooms now are
how they look "from the floor to view of the scheduling process, an
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cal attributes of tbe antrally ocheduled clas.orooms and information
about tbe technology classrooms.
Gremfidd no,ted that a search
mechanism i&lt; in place: that allows
users to search the dota_base·for all
criteria. That will enable a faculty
member tofod a claasroom that
will meet all of his or her needrlocation, technology arid space.
Multimedia abo has been added
to the site, be says. offering US&lt;!rs
both still and moving pictures of
the luger technology claasrooms.
Greenfield says that while the
site is getting quite a bit of traffic,
faculty members are not using the
oomment form on the site to offer
their opinions on dissroom issues. He encourages faculty mem·
he-rs to do so, noting · ~e reaUy
want to get feedback from the faculty." The Web site is accessible at
h ttp:/ /"flngL buff• lo .edv/faculty I cl..srooms.
Zambon points out that the
steering committee has initiated a
one·year pilot program to determine the feasibility of replacing
chalkboards with marker (white)
boards. Many of the chalkboards
are worn and won't erase anymore,
he says. noting it's very e.xpe.nsive
to replace slate. board.
Marker boards have been installed in four or. five classrooms
around canljms, he says. and faculty using the roorm-will be ·surveyed at the end of each semester.
If facni'X members' responses;..
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poSfti~C: Th ~ steerfug cominittee
will look into replacing chalkboards with the mat;ke~ boards.' .
Sullivan says the steering committee is gearing up to dt-vdop a plan
for work to be cb,e during Summer 2002. Besides the chalkboardJ
marker board iSsue, items to be addressed include classroom issues on
the South Campus and equipping
classroorru with swipe-card locks
and desks that students can use with
laptop computers, he says.

Security, social rewards key~ compensation
Newman says in wake ofSept. 11, employers should change workers' rewards
By JOHN DU.lA CON'ntADA
Rqx&gt;rtt!r Contributor

ACED with growing concerns about workplace
safety as a result of anthrax
threats and the events of
Sept II, employers hoping to 'retain
employees and lessen employee
fean should change the way they reward them, says an apert on compensation and human resoun:es.
Companies with at-tislr. employees shoUld begin to emphasitt security and social rewards as much,
or more, than salary, says Jerry M.
Newman, SUNY Distinguished
Teaching Professor and in terim
dean of the School of Management
"Post Sept. II, 2001, there are
groups of worken for whom the
social contract between employer
and employee has changed," explains Newman, co· author of
"Compensation," a top textbook in
the human resources field. "There
are workers who are receiving com·
pensation for service that previously
had no associated li fe threat's."
"The first inclination among com-

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getting more productivity from &lt;., minorgli~(!'tbacktowod&lt;.'Other
them in these difficult times ," companies encx:ouraged workers to
Newman says.
form psychological Jinkas&lt;s to belp
In "Compensation," Newman tbem rope. We11 probably find that
ranks 13 job n:wards most valued thelatterisarpuchbettttlltal&lt;gyfilr
by emplofe&lt;s. In tight of rea:nt retainingandmot:iwtingemploja:s."
events, Newman says thn:e n:wards
Thepul&gt;isthatmoneydocsn'tampm.-IOr bave increased in value for empl"li lie outpouring of J&gt;Risa! reatMd by
insecurity, money doesn't compen- ees and must be addressed by em- firefigluersandpoliczmanaft«Sept:.
ployc:rs. They are:
II is an edrnpl&lt; ofbow mngnitioo
sate for alack of safeti'
Newman says some sccton of the
·~ Newmansays
can be a reward for employees,
American workplaa are experienc- employe&lt;s sed&lt; regular feedback on Newman says. He recommends that
ing a 'rrversion from the modern whatisbeingdonetoimproveworl&lt;- employ= follow that eumple by
notion of job securit:y-&lt;xmstancy p1aa safety. Employm should pro- citing tbe efforts of employees who
of wages and employment-to an vide additional safety training and perfonndutiesthatareba2ardousooearly 1900s definition that equates im'est in technologies that take em- have become hazardous.
. security with safety.
· plnyees out ofharm's way.
The ow:rall dfect of this shift'in
As a result, employers who don't
"Throughout our history, we've priorities,N~predicu.willbe
address insecurity among employ- developed new technology to rnalce a return to the traditional notion of
ees risk losing them and oould in- the workplaa more sitfe," be says. employers and employees as memcur negative econOinic effects asso· "Thiswill beoileofthebiggestout- hers of an atended family.
"The game has changed and
ciated with a decline in productiv· comes of the events of Sept II."
ity, such as increased stress-related
• Sociol rewards. Newman says workers need inceptive. oth&lt;r than
illness among employees and train- companies should provide opporru- oay to stay productiV&lt; in the face of
ing of replacement workers, he says. nities for employees to discuss their what they pera:ive to be increasing
"We live in a society where work· insecurities among themselves and danger," Newman says. '"The only )
ers will become mobile if they feel withcotmSClots. "AfterSepL ll,com- thing that wiU keep employees gounsafe. Paying them more money is panies addressed the crisis in two ing in times like these is a belief in
not th·e answer to retaining them or ways." he Says. "Some sai~'This is a Lhe company as a source of rcfu!-'e."
panies is to ofl'!;f these employees

higher compensation, whlch probably should be part of the package,
hut it shouldn't be the Ill!"' important dement," be adds. "The number one thing we\o:leamed from tbe
history of employment ·in America

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Lawrence D. Jacobs, pioneering MS researcher
A Ma.ss of Christian Burial was hdd
Tuesday in St. Ja.eph University
0 1Urch, BulfaJo, f o r . . _ D.
. . . - . professor and cboir of the
Department of Neurology and
world-renowned ......mer in the
treatment of multiple sclerosis.
Jacobs died Nov. 2. in Memorial
Sloan-~g Can= Center in
New Yorlt City. He was 63.

JII&lt;Xlbo' ground-brraking resean:h,
geared toward developing better
treatment for relapsing multiple
sclerosis, led to the development of
the drug Avones, the most widely
prescribed drug used to treat this
debilitating form of MS.
As early as 1981 , Jacobs' resean:h
showed that early treatment of MS
with interferon beta- la significantly
reduced the rate of progression and
impact of the disease, which often
includes brain and nervt damage.
Jacobs funded his initial worlt privately, eventually attracting multimillion dnUar grants from the Na:
tionall.nstitutes for Health.
In 2000, the New Englond Journal
ofMedici,. published the resul,ts of
a large-scale study, led by jacobs, of

ibe bmefiu ofbeta-la intaferon in . medical Sci&lt;nces,eatablished with a
treating MS, which led to the' $1.5 million endowment from
Harvard Health LetteT naming his J1iosen. manu&amp;aurer ofA..,.,.,.,
ruearch as one of the l 0 lading
He authored more than 200 pubhealth ldvances for 2000.
lications on ~.·and served
Afu:r earning his medical depoe on numerous medical journal edifrom St.l.ouil Univmity and oom- torial bcionls. He was·the recipient
pletinsJUs reoidencyat Mount Sinai of many awards, including the
Hospital and School of Medicine in Stockton Kimboll Award from the
New Yorlt City, Jacobo ttWmed to School ol Medicine and Biomedihis native Buffalo, where be began cal Sciences and the Stephen B.
his career in medicine as an atte&gt;d- kUey Award from the National
ing physician at Millard Fillmore Multiple Sclerosis Society of WestHospitaL He served as chief of re- em New and Northwest Pmnsylvasearch at the Dent Neurological In- nia. He also n:ctived a Dean's Award
stitute from 1985-89.
from the College of Arts and SciHe became clitector of the Will- ences at Niagara Univmity and the
iam C. Baird Multiple Sclerosis Re- Alumru Merit Award from St. Louis
search Center at Buffalo General University.
.
Hospital, which was devoted to deJacobo served on the board ol the
vdoping better treatments for the lntematiooal Federation olMultiplc
disease and excellence in patient Sclerosis Societies, ~past president
education, clirucal programs and of the American Society of
support services. The Jacobo Neu- . Neuroimaging and was a founding
rological Institute, which bealsodi- member and former officer of the
n:cted, was dedicated in memory of American Academy of Neurology'
his parents, Genevieve and Louis.
Education and R.esearcb Foundation.
Jacobs held the Irvin and ·RoseJacobs is survived by his wife,
mary Smith OWr ,in Neurology iri Pml&lt;la,a SUNY trus~&lt;e,aridabrother,
the School of Medicine and Bio- }m:my, chair ol the UB Council.

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lllolaglul Sdonca Signaling through G~
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c.p.n,

Bulfolologlc
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Parle, Nonh Campu~ 4-5:30
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team a 2-1 '"""'Y
Illinois In HAC action on Oa. 30.
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IVwo Naa1orit.m.UB defoauldAI&lt;ron,I59.50-412.50.The Bulk also turned In an
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l'or llle second eonsecvtlwo weelc. UB froshman jeMIIer Bnl1lcD¥sky won •
pak ol .,..,.. r... the Bulls. Bnl1lcD¥sky
the 200 lndMdual medley In
2:07.+4111d the 200 breasattoko In 2:27.75, shavinz sO&lt;Onds olfher w;nnln&amp;
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'Ohio UMenity S.wrtby In Alumni,.,.,. Natatorit.rn.
The BuUs won lour ol the 13 "'"""In the meet. induclif1(- of the fim
four. HO"N'e''"ef; Ohio's depth took over bee In the meet.enabfinr: thi Bobcats to
pin the Yktory.
l.e.ldin( thew., r... US was freshman Avtv Oren. who won the 50 freestyle
in 22.17 In his flru coflegbte meet.

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WOMEN'S
Premier All-Stan 89,UB 62 (exhibition)

Fo&lt;"""" irtormatlon, 6456125.

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made up of"'""""eol"''f&gt;12 all-""" andWNBA-aliber ~an
oxhibldori pme In proparadon lor the upc:omfn&amp; 2001-02 season. Sophomore
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Campus. 4-5: ~ free.

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Att.emative Methods of s'tress
Reductlon: Ado ond Moult
Can Lower IUood Prusure.
Karen MiUer Allen, research
assist. pro(., Dept. O&lt;al
Diagnostk: Sciefxes, 355 Squire,
South Campu.s. 8 a.m. Free.

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Repllaotlon from thi Cell
Division Cyde During •
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Roswetl Park Canc.er Institute.
G26 Farber, South Campus.
12:30 p.m . Free. For more
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Blumenthal, 829-3890.

Ufe Wortuhop
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Krupsk;, 645-2837.
Women's Volleyball
U8 vs. Kei1t State. Alumni Arena,
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Muskol
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Theatre, Center for the Arts,
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Vrrtua/ rm1ity art insttJiation

ro be S«n during digital summit

international tdualtion

Art1
Exhibit
The Macy Favor plus 4 jazz
group performs during the

Oct 26 opening reception
for "Reflections in Black, • a
traveling Smitflsonian
Institution exhibit of African
American photography on
display through Dec. 7 in
the First Floor Gallery of the
UB Art Gallery in the Center
for the Arts, North Campus.

Blackboard available for all teachers
Use ofCourse Management System software open to all for Spring 2002 semester
•1 SUE WUETOIEII

educational technology and dim:·
tor of the ETC.
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Blackboard
can _
be accessed
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management system
Wtllbem and Ride Lesniak, direcCMS) will be available in
the springsemest.&lt;rfor any ·tor of academic services for ComUB instructor who wishes to use i~ puting and Information Technolthe Faculty S&lt;nate Executive Com- ogy, appeared before the FSEC to
mitt« learned at its Oct. 24 meeting. update senators on the useofBiackNopnerous training S&lt;SSions, in- board, which began with,a pilot produding evening sessions, will be of· gram of 120 courses during the
fered by the Educational Technol- . Spring2000 semester and has grown
ogyCenter to provide anyone teach- to 350 sections this semester. Their
ing a course at UB with instruction high-tech presentation to the FSEC
in Blackboard 5.5, the newest ver- turned into what Wtllbem jokingly
sion of the CMS, said David called "analogue teaching" wh&lt;n an
Willbe:m, associate vice provost for overheated sensor shut down the
RqwtorEditor

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ma_c hine projecting his laptop
.screen onto ~ overhead screen for
viewing by FSEC members.
Wtllbem told senators that in order for the pilot program to be
implemented university-wide, a "a
fuU-scale, enterprise-wide system"·
was needed to automatically link
with the studmt information systml,so that "enrolling students into
this is seamJess and automatic." Until that point, staff in instructional
technology services had to "batch
load" individual courses into the
systml, he said
Now, ona an instrudor signs up
to we Blackboard for a particular

oourse,srudeotsmrolled in the section are put into the system iutD.
matically, Lesniak said.
i.. CMS, which distributes in·
structional maleria!J for ~g
using the World Wtde \'kb, provides
many benefits to both students and
instructors alilce, proponents say.
Instructors can pr&lt;Mde course matttials, such as syllabi, l&lt;ctur&lt; notes,
scanned documcots or images; library reserve matttials, Web links
and .-, audio and video files that
students can ace&lt;ss at any place, any
time. The system allows for easy
updating of announ~ments , as-

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S~th gets $2 million research award
In addition

university'sdcpartmentsofPhiloso-

to the mon -

phy.MedicineandlnformationSci-

etary award,
Smith and the
rest of I his

&lt;nee, as well as the Max Planck Institute for Cognitive Nrurosci&lt;nce.
The project addresses a major

year..s win-

problem confronting information

By PAT11KIA DONOVAN

CoOtributing Editor
ARRY Smith,

JuUan Park
Professor of Philosophy at
UB, has received a $2 mil·
oon Wolfgang Paul.-.ward
from the Alexander von Humboldt
Foundation.
The award, the most valuable ever
in the academic history of Germany,
is believed to be the 1aJgest single
prize ever awarded to a philosopher.
Of the 70 candidates nominated
by German academic institutions,
14 top-ranking international scholars and scientists have been selected
to shaie the more than $23 million
that has been set aside by the Ger·
man government for the Wolfgang
Paul program. Of th&lt;S&lt;, Smith will
r=ive the Wgest single amount.
Tbe bulk of the award will fund
Smith's ongoing series of pioneering
studies designed to show that philosophical methods and theories can
be appUed to information science.
Tbe award will be presented to him
and totheotherm:ipients by Ed&lt;lgard
Bulmahn, Germany's federal minister for education and research, at a=·
emony on Tuesday in Berlin.

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n&lt;rs-eigh t science today, which is that it must
of whom ar&lt; employ a larg&lt; numb&lt;r of modeling
from
the methods and oonceptual car.gori&lt;s
U.S.-will thatlackaunifyingfoundation.Asa
have the opportunity to oonduct r&lt;· resul~ databases and terminological
search for thnee years ·under first· standanls show a very low degree of
rate conditions at a German aca- compabbilityandcannotbere-used,
demic institution. In Smith's case, .-,for similar areas of appUcation.
the host institution will be the UniThe goal of Smith's n:seard1 is to
versityofl..cipzig. where an interdis- develop a powerful gmeral ontology,
oplinary team of r&lt;searchers will i.e., a semantically sound taxooomi·
work under his guidance. They will .cal and lexical framework, fOr &lt;Mr·
ooUaborate with researchers at UB ooming such probkms in reusability
in a newly founded Bulfalo-l..cipzig andoohermoe. Tbemain testbed for
Institute for Formal Ontology and this gmeral ontology will be the drMedical Information Science.
Ydopment of standards for clinical
Smith will continue to teach at trials. Smith will in this a&gt;nn«:tion
UB, but will take a leave of absence • collaborate with a team in the lJni.
during the 2003-04 academic year vmityofl.eipzigledbyBarbu-aliell&lt;r
to'workinl..cipzig.Hewillspmdhis that is working on cross-linguistic
vacations there as weU.
medical standardization projects
Smith's research project in l..cipzig sponsored by the European Union.
~rves

ontologists that are n~ by private industry, government, non profitorganizationsandoth&lt;rinsti·
tutions to d&lt;velop and manag&lt; larJ!e
databases and directories. They
model and analyze complex structures and proc&lt;SSCS, and build sys·
t&lt;mS for data and cotc:rpris&lt; int&lt;gra·
tion in a variety of fields.
The Alexander von Humboldt
~tion is a non-profit founda.
tion established in 1953 by the FederaiR&lt;publico(GmnanyfOrthepromotion of international n:seard1 cooperation. It enables highly qualified
scholarstosp&lt;nd&lt;Xtal&lt;ledp&lt;riodsof
rqeardJ in Germany and promotes
ensuing academic oontacts.
,
Smith studied at Oxford Universityand received his doctorate &amp;om
the University of Manchester, En·
gland. He bas worked at the University of Sheffield, the University
of Manchester and the lnt&lt;rnationa! Academy of Philosophy in
Liechtenstein. He joined that UB
philosophy faculty in 1993,and also
is affiliated with the National C&lt;n-

futu~-ori-

Smithrrcentlyhelpcdestablishat

ter for Geographic Information

ented field of"formal ontology in
information systems."h involves the

UBamaster'sprograminontology
and infonnation science that ·trains

and Analysis, and the Cognitive
Science Center.

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feet the Unittd States alone; they
were an assault on global civilization iuelf. A roll call of the dead
suggests how widespread were the
losses: citizens of more than 80
countries died in the attach.
Among thqse killed were inleflt&amp;·
tiona! students who chose to study
here in part because they respected
our ideals of freedom and tolerance and felt welcomed hy our society. What troubles me is that in
our response to the attacla we may
compromise these ~ry ideal£ and
make the United States less a beacon of freedom around the world.
Wt read in media accounu that
some of the terrorists were in the
U.S. on student visas. In fact, however. while ·those who attended
flight schools entered the country
on M-visas for vocational training
programs, none of the terrorists
was here on a student (F) visa for
higher education.

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There are a number of proposals
before Congress to impose stricter
requirements tor the issU-ance and
monitoring of student visas. despite tbe fact that international
students constitute less than 2 percent of all non-iinmigrant visitors
to the U.S. One proposal floated
. in the Senate would impose a sixmonth moratorium on the issuance of student visas. If this proposal went into effect, it woulq
have a disastrous effect, not only
on international education, but on
large research universities such as
UB that rely heavily on international students for their graduate
and research programs. Indeed, l

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leadert will unfairi)' punish inter·
national students by malting it
much more difficult for them to
enter the country. This would be
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students in the United States. I believe the proposed Student and Exchange V"Wior Information System
(SEVIS), if it is fully funded by the
f~ govmunent and promptly
implemented, otfen the best available federal system for monitoring
the status of inttmational students.

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UB any incidentsofanti-Aribora!)P-Mualim hatred or ~L This
is a tn"butt to the maturity and
tolerance of our campus community and to UB's efforts to
become a global university.

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grown rapidly-from 53,107 in
have educators such as our1960 to 514,723 in 1999-2000. UB
selves been more relevant or
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dangerous
than
pmposa!J
to
likewise has seen dramatic growth
had such an important chalin the numbers ofinttrnational stu- restrict yisa issuance are measures lenge. It is for w to explain to
dents we enroll-from I ,600 fi"" that would put at risk our consti- our students the very com plea
years ago to more than 2,800 this tutional freedoms, including pro- histories and circumstances
year. While nationally, international visions to detain immigrants in- that lay behind terrorism and
students acamnt for 3 per=!l of all definitdy under suspicion of in- the September attacks. N; never
students in higher education, they volvement in terrorism. Non-citi- before, we are called upon to
represent about I 0 percent of the zens ha"" lc!bg enjoyed most of the educate our fellow citizens
eDFOIIment at· major research uni- same constitutional privileges as about the rest of the world and
....;ties liU UB. The total ec:Onomic citiuns. We mwt raise an alann to provide opportunities for
contribution of the more than half- about legislation th_at will deprive them to become globally aware
million international students and immigrants of their lawful rights througli dirtct e.xperien« of
their dependeD!$ was $13.3 billion and protections and which ulti- other languages and cultures.
in 1999-2000.ln Westt:mNewYork, mately threaten our own free- The f.illurcs of intelligence that
the total economic impact of inttr- . doms. N; the champion of free- allowed the terrorist attacks to
national students and their famj)jes dom and human rights worldwide succeed draw attention to a
currently exceeds $60 million per and the nexus of the "global ex- more significant, long-term
year. But their economic oontribu- change ofknowledge, researciJ and failure on our part to train suftion is only one of the benefits--and ideas, the United States has an ob- . ficient numbers of intelligence
not necessarily the most impor- ligation. not only to its own people and consular officen who arc
tant-that international nudents but to the rest of the world, to up- expert in the languages and
bring to .our country. International bQ)d its commitll\eJ;&gt;\to ~1~ ~­ 'Cu!t'utes or otho hations. A!; . -- •
studentsarcvaluable-inmany dom~ and .to preserve a open and result, we are ill equipped to
ways. ~g the university's"'" tol=t society. ut us learn from fuDy and accurately interprer
search and tta&lt;;hingmissions, inttr· past mistakes, such as the unjust the actions of friend and foe
nationalizing the university com- lnternment of Japanese-Ameri- around the world. Morco=, if
munity and enriching the cultural cans during World War U, that we are to win the •war on terand intellectual life of the campUJ, compromising our constitutional roris-m,'" we will need the supand bringing a rang&lt; of ideas, Per· guaranttes for the sake of a phan- port of many countries around
spectives and experiences otherwise tom security is a tragic mis~ake the world. But thi• support
unworthy of our democratic ideunavailable to us.
cannot be a one-way street. We
als. It would be giving the terror-•
must redouble our efforts to
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to shop during this period of national
mourning. says an expen on retailing and consumer behavior.
"Not since the death of Prt$ident
Kennedy has the United Smtes experienced such collective mourning,'"
says Arlln K. Jain, Samuel P. Capen
Professor of Marketing Rcs&lt;-arch and
Chair of the Marketing Dcpanment
in the School of Management.
"Many people feel selfi'h spending mo ner on gift~-especia l h·
lu xury items-while so many of
their fellow citizens are suffering
because of tht.• t.'\'C nts of Sept. II."
he adds. ''The Chnstmas shopping
:.cason is \'(.'r)' much li nked to feel ings of cclehration and peopl" arl·
not in the mo(ld to celebmtc."
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Making matters worse for retailers, according to Jain. is America's
growing fear of crowded places,liU
malls, that could be targets for terrorist attacks. and the continued
slide of

the stock ma rkc:.-t , \••hich is reflected
in third-quarter lo~ announced
th is mon th br the retiremen t annuities Of mam· \.'O ilSUinCrS.
"'All tJu-se factor., point to a poor
holidar season for retaik-rs," explains
lam. "'but thert: are ~ me step!!! ret:.tih:rs (:111 take to bnng s hopper:&lt;~

into the stores."
Jain suggests that retailers offer
consumers a fuU slate of oommunity
activities, such as holiday concerts
or holiday fashion shows featuring
local high school students. This
would provide consumers with relief from their mourning,
as well as give them a
guih-free reason to visit
storcsandmalls,hesays.
Patriotic activities
such as blood drives or
fund-raisingcventsforfumi lies and victims of the terrorists'
auacks would be particularlyeffec·
tivr and benefiaal, he adds.
"These e'•ents wi ll help heal
wounds and prm·idean opportunity
to escape the constant drumbeat cf
news aboutthe World Trade Center
tragedy.'' he explains. "They give
consumers the opponuni ty to see
what items arc avatlable and hel~
them see that it's ok.ty to shop ancf

behave like a norma) person."
Jain also recommends that retailers focus on promoting sales of nonluxury items, such as winter clothing and other essentials.
In the long run, he says that govemment leaders need tO do a bttler
job of educating consumers about
how their behavior impacts the U.S.
econom)'·
"Most c:onsumers don't reaJize
that half of a ckpartmentstorr'ssales
occurduringtheChristt'nasseason,
and if these stores don't have a sue·
cessful holiday season, th~' C.J.n't afford to stay open during tht• rest of
lh&lt; year," he 5a)!S.
"So it's in the best interest of con·
sumers to shop during Chris{mai,
otherwise their shopping choices
during the rest of the year will be
gin to d....rindle. That means the Ittrorists wiU ha\'C accomplished one
of their objectives-depriving u"' of
· our freedoms.''

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SA publishing evaluations

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Online effort seeri as helping support teaching excellence
.,. SUE WUITCHU

the classroom byjoioiogthe project.
The SA project dovetails with
HE undergraduate Stu- other efforts aheady under way to
dent A$10ciation has be- imp~ the quality of uaching at
gun publishing online the univ=ity.
evaluations of counes ofGold and other mernbcn of the
fered by the College of Aru and Sci- Facuhy Senate Teaching and Learneo-a move that CAS administra.- ing Committee are wori&lt;ing with the
ton say is helping the tmiwrsitysup- Provost's Oflia on a pilot project 10
port excellence in the classroom.
be a&gt;nducled in the spring in wiUd&gt;
Data from 750 undergraduate student&gt;wiii6D out&lt;DUneevaluatioos
courses offered by the CAS during oolinc. Tbe ultimate goal. Gold says,
Spring2001 aresearchablebyCOUlle is to implement online CXlW'Se evaluand instructor on the SA Web site ations campus wide by Fall2002
at &lt;www.sa.buffalo.eclu&gt;. The
Online evaluations, say Gold and
"UB Teacher Evaluations" page is Ronald Gentile, chair of the Teachbased on rwo qut!Stions from the ing and Learning COmmittee, would
University at Buffalo Course and help counteract what have been "unTeach Survey (U BCATS) given to .-ven respoDS&lt;S" r«eiyed from stustudents taking munes in CAS: "I dents and the"uoclear nonns" of the
would recommend this course to paper evaluations now used across
other students (Question 9) and "I a wide variety of disciplines.
would recommend this instructor to
The new system will make it easier
other students" (Question 10).
for faculty members, as wdlas broader
In future semesters, additional groups. to download information
cOurse evaluations will tx available from the evaluations, Gold says.
He adds that an oolioe evalU.tion
to students as they register.
The timing of the page is particu- system should ...., time that could
Lirly appropriate, notes Peter Gold, be better spend iffiprovingstudeots'
associate dean for general education response rates.
in the CA~, because students are
TheTeachingaodLcamingCompreparing now to register for courses rnittee alsowodo:d with the l'roYosl's
for the Spring 2002 semester. ·
Office to re--establish an entity on
"Teaching impro..s when faculty . campus dedicated 10 helping instrucget helpful feedback from both col- tors imp~ their teaching.
leagues and students, and when stuThe new Office of Teaching and
den!$_ show teachers that they taU Learning Resources, staffed by
leamingseriously,"Goldsays. "SA has Jeannette Molina, assistant vice prohelped U8 \0 SUPP\'rl ~, in vost, provides a forum for faculty
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Study to foCUS
By I'Al111C1A DONOVAH
Contributing Editor
ESEARCHE~S at UB
and Ohio Uni""'ity are
using the Internet 10 collect data from thousands
of women from all over the world
about their experience of pain during labor in order 10 understand how
best10 ease the pain of childbirth.
This is one of the first 1arge--scale
Internet-based survey research studies to be undertaken and is expected
to yield a large foundational population sample forthestudyoflaborpain.
.. Most stud ies that assess pain·
management methods have usM
very smaU sample sizes and inoon·
sistent approaches, which makes it
nearly impossible to draw solid conclusions or extend their n:sults to the
larger populahon," says investigator
Wtlliam Schmidt, VB assistant professor of psychology.
Adds collaborator Christopher
France, professor of health psychology at Ohio University : "The

R

beauty of this procedure is that
there are no limits on how many
people can participate."
Janis France, assistan t research

professor at Oruo Univenity,_who
also is collaborating on the project.
says she used distraction, imaging,
pain medications and a oombination
of other techniques during the labor
and&lt;Je!iveryofherown two children.
.. 1 would have been interested to

breathing

exercises,

epidurals and other pain-relieving
medications, distraction techniques,
meditJtion and a host ofother commonly used methods.
Participants also are asked about
their anxiety over I3bor pain and
how much pain they actually experienced or expect to experience dur·

ing childbirth.
The n:searchen.will use email to
follow up with pregnant volunteers
to learn how their expectations compa~

to their actual e:xpc:ricncrs,

what pain-&lt;X&gt;ntrol methods they actually used during labor, and whether
·the.e methods
effective.
Demographic information collected via the survey, such as age,
race, income and educational level,
will make new information available
about the childbirth experiences of
a divene group of women.
Schmidt points out that human

wm

perception systems, the principal

subject of his research, appear to affectthe way we experience pain, and
pose interesting philosophical problems regarding the relationsrup between mind and body.
"There is a large psychological
component to the pain experience
i.n general and that certainly is true

to pain relief how these things had

during labor,· he says.
" By contrasting the most positive
childbirth experiences on a variety

\Oo'Orked for other women ."
The project is explo iting this rich
!'IOllrCl' of primar" data through an
onlint.•surv"y that .l.'&gt;k..-. rl'ct"nt rnnth ·

of measures. we hope to get insight
into proced ures and settings that
ca n be used to S)'.!o l~m a ti call~· min i·
mize the t.'Xpcrienct.• oflabor pain in

know before adopting an approach

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MyUB now is available to graduate students

CJ

My\18, • - - geared toward personalizing the univmitystudent connection, now is available 10 graduate &lt;tudents looking for
help in wading through the deluge of resources and information at VB.

Part of the university's •iConncct@lUB"" computing initi1tive for

undergraduates, MyUB co""' the~ of topics that iJ important
to students-from survival skills, making th; transition from high
school to college, living independently and~hat 10 expect in classes
to degree requirements, student sttVices, computer training and
carur·planning adviu.
• MyUB serves as a compass and an online coaching-and·
mentoring system tomah sure that you havr access to the resources

Administtaton arei:onfideni the.e

you need when you need (them )," said Rebecca Bemstein, leader of

dforu will enhance the quality of
instruction at t)&gt;e tmiwrsity that they
believe already is highly oomp(tmt
A summary of Spring 2001
UBCATS evaluations prepared for
CAS deportm&lt;nt dlairs by~
document aJYering 1,134 coursessectioosandmon:than 26,000individual
raponses--indiates that students
gena-ally are pbsed with the quality
of teadting. administrato&lt;Ssay.
With a "5" being the higbest mark,
a "3" neutral and a "!"being the lowest mark. the average score among aU
CAS ioslructon was a 4.02 for Question 9 (I would recommend this
a&gt;une 10 other students)"""' a 4.18
for Question 10 (I would m:omrnend
this instructor 10 other students&gt;Gold noted that averill, despite

the Web Team in Univusity Communications. •It's having access to
a portaJ that's filled with information that's uojque to you."
MyUB--which can be accessed at http:/ /...,.....buff•Jo.ecluoffers "one-stop shopping' for information putil)cnt to course of·

individual differences among
courses and instructors, •the ines-

capable conclusion is that students
are posin.., about faculty and undergraduate counes in the College
o{ -'lrt5 and Sciences."

-on hibor pain

ers and mothers·to-be about various pain-control techniques they
used or expect to use during labor
and delivery. Such techniques may
inClude

membcn 10talkabout teaching. offering a wi&lt;R variety of programs
and workshops aimed at helping
~n impro.., their craft.
Eor example, the office, in mn ~
junction with the Teaching and
Learning Committ&lt;e, will prtSmt a
workshop on Nov. 9 during which
two winners of the Chance:Uor's
Awards for Excdlence in \eaching
will help participants expand their
instructional rq&gt;&lt;noires.

BrieD

women from a variety of demo·

grapruc backgrounds."
This study broaches issues related
tO survey methodology as well The
lntanl't is a

vast: untapped sourc:e

of information, but Schmidt says
n:search&lt;n approach its use as a survey tool with apprehension.
"It's not used frequently," he says,
"because it's difficult to determine
exactly who is in an Internet sample.
Onlinarily, that makes the Internet
inappropriate for collecting dati for
any study whose findings wiU be
apptied to the larger population."
In this case:. h~, he says one
of the strengths of using the Internet
is that information can be: coUected
from a large number of targeted
subjects and then compared to the
census and other den)ograpruc data
to determine if the sample is representan.., of the larger population.
He points out that large numbcn
of participants ~ it possible 10
perform statistical manipulations

that further ensure reliability and
permit the examination of sub ·

groups within the sample.
Another valida tion tool, says

Schmidt, is the reptication of landmark studies.
"Because aspects of this topic have
been the subject of earlier studies, we
can compare our data to that ofother
researchen and Validate their results,
as weD as our own. And for issues that
haven't bttn examined before, we
will be able to offer solid data."
Schmidt says women who cur·
rcntly are prq;nant or who recently
have gi\'en birth can participate in

the study by going to the project
\\leb si te a t &lt;WWW.e..borpaln.org&gt;.

ferings and schedules, financial aid and registration, aams, grndes,
degree requirements, student serviU$., events and computer train·
ing. tudents can check out the latest in news and sports, too. both
at UB and around the country. For upper·level students, career counseling and job resources also are available. Moreover, students can

add bookmarks to their personal pages and hook into the site from
any computer, on campus or off, with Internet access.

The largest user base remains freshmen, with a more than 90 percent current penetration rnte, while roughly 72 percent of upperclassmen and nearly 20 percent of graduate students are taking advantage
of the service, according to statistics supplied by the VB Web Team.
So far this semester, MyUB has. recorded about 18,527 unique logins.

UB incubator is new home
for faculty start-up company
The Ull Tochftology lncubootor I~ the new home of Nanogenesys, a

technology start-up company founded by a VB professor to ptoduce miniaturized devices for conducting biomedical analysis.
The company produces nanospray emitters, a revolutionary, rost·
effective deposition. method for biomedical and pharmaceutical
applications that was developed py Troy Wood, associate professor

of chemistry and vi&lt;;&lt; president of Naoogenesys.
Licensed from VB, the new deposition process creates extremely
durable polymer coatings for emitters used with commercial
electrospray mass spectrometry.

The method developed by Wood and his roUeagues deposits minute
levds of liquid polymers onto solid surfaces at far less expense than the
metalooating&gt;-usually~oowareused.Metakx&gt;otednanoopray

emittm tend 10 have very short usable lifetimes, usually only a few minutes. The polynier-coated nanospray emittm licmsed by Nanogenysis
ha.., useable lifetimes ranging from a few boon 10 a few days.
Using capillary action, naoospray produces a fine mist through
the Niagara Flow, a glass tip also developed by Wood and his colleagues, that emits polymer liquid droplets containing sample molecules into an tlectrical field. These droplets undergo a "coulombic
explosion," which releases Sample molecules in the form of ions,
which then are: injected into a mass spectrometer for detection.
.. We' re~ spin·off o( the university,,. said Marie Moy, Nanogenesys
president. "The incubato.r faciHtates start-ups to ~come profitable
and marketable. It's perfectly suited, convenient to UB, with low
overhead. We didn't even have to install laboratory hoods."
Since 1988, the UB Technology Incubator has assisted technology
start -ups by providing affordable business services, flexible rental
terms and office and laboratory space. lc currently is home to 16
tech nology-based companies, most of which have close links to VB.

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question or whether sport "proves"
the inherent maleness or the athletic
body. She says it isn't a question of
the relative superiority or one body
over the other,"although throughout
the history of western spons, the
ph)i;ical superiority of the male body
has been an assumption so basic that
it rarely is questioned.

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gan to organize into unions and radi·
cal political groups oppooed 10 the
choke hold of industrial capitalism.
The middle-daso response to this
threat to the status quo, Cahn explains. was the production and promotion or what was called "museu·
lar Christianity•-a focw on the
physical body as a way or ensuring
moral health and rectitude. For men,
it embraced the ~d or male physicality that found expression in tough
cccrcise and ~n g physical exploits.
In the promotion of coUegiate foot·
ball and other organized sports, the
"heroic" male athlete began to de·
velop in the national consciousness.
Cahn says "The New Woman" of
the early 20th cen tury-who had so

boldly marched into previously
male-only spaces like universities,
the business world and politic5also vaulted into the athletic arona,
embracing the idea of "ngorow
femininity" as a counterpoint to her previously pass;.. physical role.
Onu the athleticism was roncq&gt;tually wed to maleness, however, the
role of women athletes was probIematic. If sport was a "masculine"
pwsuit, then it was an activity that
differentiated men from women.
"Theathleticwoman;saysCahn,
"challenged puboc and private assumptions of what it is to bo male
or female, mascuJioe or feminine."
"lf athleticism is defined asa maledomain,"
she says. "then women
athletes who demonstratestrength.dexterity
and great athletic skill
ronfound estabtished
sex-role boundaries."
Uke other cultural
historians, her subject
serves as a cultural flag
from which much can
be deduced about
broader,gender-based
attitudes, practices and
changes. She says that
btcause various meanings and as-

or the word "sex" are bistorically intertwined and ever-chang·
ing. they help illustrate a society's
under&gt;tanding of sex differences.
By "sex," she means three thin!fS"Fint, the biological sex or the athpects

l&lt;t~literalbodyanditsassigned

male or female," she says. "Second, gender; that is, the culturally
ascribed traits associated with male
or female persons. And third, the
erotic aspects or sport-the sexiness
or athletes as public competitors
whoJ&lt; bodies are on view for alJ(!i·
ence pleasu... and the issue of sexual
identity-homo-, bi· and heterosexuality--&lt;IS it relates to sports."
"The'sports' world is still a keycul-

sex,

tura1 armo in which rommon-fCIIR
bolicfs about sexual diffm:na:s an
form&lt;d and confirmed," Cohn says.
"'t is a world that oontinues 10 hold
inronsistmtottitudos&amp;oward""""""
..llhletes bocausr or their pbysic:ality,
power. spength and a&lt;mality."
a~ myriad """"pies, both bi~ and horrifying. Cahn illwtrat.esbow,overlhepasta:ntury,C.,-

male athletes have been c:debr.lted
uhealthy,strong.boautifulwomen,
even as their alfesed "I1Wlllishnesl"
arne to connote their "faiied boteroscwalitf.' They wore cdebrated
as "statuesque beauties," "nymphs"
with "finely mold&lt;d bodies" and disdained as hawkish, hairy aod botton-breasted hoydens.
They (and we) """"....-1 that
athletics &gt;W&gt;Uid give. women a &amp;.sh
glow and moog bodies, and warned
thatit&gt;W&gt;Uidrobtbomortheirbeauty,
natural modesty and reserve; alter
their physiological WOllWlbood; produce an unnatural inlalication with
competition; unleash sexual passion
and loosen sexual inhibitions, and
unnen&gt;e men and deslroy tho &amp;mily.
This,saysCahn,hadproducedthe
femaleathlete'sapologetic,inwhid!
she demonstrates her challenged
femininitybywearingpastel,ruilled
or ~ng sportswear and notes
the presence ofboyfri&lt;nd. hwband,
children and pie-malting skills.
Cahn emphasizes that the evidence from the sports Wot-ld indi·
cates that, rtgardless of scientific research and factual· demonstrations
to the oontrary, a doubk standard
oontinues to bo applied to male and
female athletic accomplishmenL
A!; a result or a refusal to look at
the record, slxo says. the pattern or
discrepancies in athletic oper.tting
budgets, scholarship money, coach·
ing positions and pay, and media
oov.rage continues, and it imperils
the health, self-respect and well-being of women athletes of cvc:ry age
and skill !eve).

Solar energy focus of"Green Design 2001"
Conference to address role ofsolar energy in con'cept ofgreen buildif!g design

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usi ng sola r ene rgy in

cold , clo udy Buffalo
may sound silly to the
uninitiated, organizers of an u p ~

com ing conference

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usr or solar energy in buildings say
harnessing the sun is the way to go
when building true"green"facilities.
"Green Design 200 I: Solar Energy
in Buildings." a ronference focusing
on the opportunities. strategies and
benefits or green building designwith special emphasis on the role or
solar en«g)' in buildings-will bo
held from 8:30a.m. to 6:30p.m. Nov.
8 in the Buffalo Convention Center.
Walter Simpson, UB energy offirer,
is a conference orp.nizcr. Among the
numerous conference sponsors are

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regard for female athletes.
Does this signal a broader social
definition of what it is 10 bo female
and feminine in American~
Emphatically no, says Susan
Cahn, associate professor of history
and a d.istingWshed and widely published scholar of sporu history. Not
only is the conclusion not supportable, she says, but sjle questions the
assumption upon which it is baS&lt;.
·ocspitc women's amazing
progress and their ability to cultivate
stre_ngth, build confidence and experience joy in atllletic activity; she
says. "the sporu culture continues
to boa key location for the prqduction or sexual differences---botwotn
male and female bodies, between
masculi ne and fc.mjnine persons.
and between normative heterosexuality and "deviant" homosauality.
"These differences,"Cahn stresse:s,
"arenot neutral,butsignpostsofinequality. They signal that we live in a
society that continues 10 empower
men at great expense to the boalth,
respect and well-being of women."
Cahn is the author of the pioneering study"Comingon Strong: Gen·
der and Sexuality in Twmtieth-Cen·
IUry Women's Spo rt," which
chronicled the remarkable transfor·
mation made by women's sports in
the 20th century.
For more than I 00 years, Cahn
...ys. the banlc: over the role orwomen

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isn't whether women can beat men or
male athletic RXJlfds, although they
have and do. lfs that when women
d&lt;QJonstr.ne exceptional physical
power and do~ their very [e.
malt:oeso axnes into question."
Sbo points out that while mascu·
linltyand athleticism have romerged
in the public ronsciousneso, the notion was not part ofAmerican culture
until the latter part ortho~ cmtury.
Mwcularity and brawn, she explains.--. disdained as cbaracteristics of poor wOrtang-daso men until
tho 1880s, when the woritingclasS be-

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environmental aod lifecycleconsid ~
erations in all facets of building de·
sign, construction, operation and
maintenance. \\fh.ile green buildings

should bo highly energy efficient,
they also should rely on energy from
dean sources. Solar energy ll!pre·
sents the cleanest approach to meet·
ing energy needs; proponents say.
Evm Bulfalo-with its ll!putation
for nasty winter weather-receives
during the winter approximately 60
percent or the solar energy ~ved
by sunny Sout he rn Califo rn ia,
enough for effective use or solar energy, conference organizers say.
They add that the timing of"Green
Design 200 1" is particularly appropriate bocouse Gov. George Pataki
issued an Executi~ Orda in June
requiring all state. agencies to·con&lt;truct only green-design buildings.
Moreover, Erie County's new
Youth Detention Center will feature

tures in the conference's morning
session, three nationally m:ognized
experts will address such topics as
passive solar design (which uses
building orientation, form, fenestra.
tion and thermal mass to allow sunlight to heat building&lt;), daylighting
(the usrof daylight to improve tighting quality and the indoor environment while offsetting demands fur
electric lighting and ll!ducing build·
ing rooling loads) and building integrated photovoltaics (design elements and building materials that
tum sunlight directly into electricity).
Professional training in detailed
technical workshops will bo pro-

green-design principles. and other
upcoming civic projects, such as

fessor of archirect:urc and a regis·

Adelphia Communications' new office building, a new Buffalo Com·en·
tion Center and the Sf billion Buf·
fulo Public Schools rnpital program
to build six new schools and renovate more than 60 school buildings.
could inrorporate those principles.
During introductory keynote lee-

vided in the afternoon session.
DeJT,'&lt;ring keynote sessions will be:

• Dennis A. Andrejko, UB pro~ ~archi t ect

with atensive experience in passive-solar and sustain·
able design, particularly in residen·
tial applications. Andrejko..s WC1rk
has bet-n published in numerous

books and journals, including Solar
Ag&lt;, Solar Today, Sunset Magazine,
Rtse&lt;~n:h and Design and Progmsiw
ArdUtteturr.

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• Don Aitken, principal in Donald
Aitkt:o Associates and a designer of
cutting-edge, energy..efliciont aod
solar building.. He ise=utiYedirectoro(JheWestem~SolarEn­

ergyCenterfor the US.Departmeot
of Energy.
• Stevm Strong. president of Solar Design Associates, an ardtitectu.ral firm with an international

ll!pUtation for pioneering integration of renewable energy system.,_
especially solar electricity-with en·
vironmentally responsive building
design. He is an expert in building
integrated photovoltaics.
Also speaking with be Hillary
B.,;,, director of ew dvic Works
of New York City and former dire&lt;·
tor ~f the Office of Sustainable De·
sign for the City of New York. Brown
is an authority in integrating high·
performana: building practices into
public works programs and the
community development sector.

The ll!gistration fee for the conference, which includes lunch and an
information pacl:rt, is $40. For more
infonnation, contact Erin CaJa at the
UB Green Office at 829-3535.

�Avatars, EVL and ghosts
Media study project offers thrilling spin in virtual reality
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ilEN UB hosts
" Digital Pronticn:
The Buffialo Summit 2001" on Nov.
2 and 3, one of the projects to be a hibikd in oonneaion with the evmt

~a little honey called "EVL: AIM on
the Grid"- peculiar virtual expe-

rience involving avalar$, simultaneous occupation of virtual space,
lou oNnusic and dancing "ghosts."
" EVL" stanch for the Electronk
V't.rualization Laboratory
at the University of Dllnois at Chicago Scbool of
Art and Design.
"Alive on the Grid" is a
virtual reality art insla!Jation developed collectively by Dan Sandin, the
director of EVL, and 18

other digital artists
throughout . the world.
Among them is Josephine
Anstey, assistant professor
in the UB Department of
Media Srudy: who studied
at EVL with Sandin, who
curates this and other virtual reality art projects.
The original installation was a
networked international environ' ment of sons that for three days in
September hoskd a "virtual atrium"
that housed several interactive an
worlds built by participants.
Wearing lightweight head and
hand trackers, visitors from six sit'es
in the U.S. and Europe entered these
specially created "worlds.. to interact with the an itself and with other
users at distant sites who were ..vir. tually" sharing the space with them.
At UB. the site of interaction was ·
the portable lmmersaDesk, a one-

wall, virtual-reality environment in
the Center for Computational Research (a:R).foW'-wall, theater-style

virtual reality environnv:nts .... calJed
CAVEs and were imerited by Sandin.
The project wu made po.. ible

througbtheuoeoflntand2,thetugb~ broad-bandwidth nm.ork.

For the digital summit, Anstey
and ber team will produce a local,
stand-alone, version of"A!Mon the
Grid" that will be exhibited on the
IJJUDCr$al)esk in the Center for the
Acta Atriu111- lt will demonstrate

Visit the virtual worlds, but to create and alter them, leaving"ghosts"
ofthemsdvesforothers to view. Participating art tams creakd special
sires for visitation by the other players. For the oripnai project, the UB
team created a dance hall •ite that
turned out to be
popular.
Players and their avatars demon strated their dancing chops and
were able to create dancing c:harat-

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behind," dancing their "hearu" out
in their creators' absence.
The hall ended up boosting
quite a crowd of these hiplsopping"gbostJ" crafted of
peculiar colors and forms.
In &amp;ct. all of the worlds,
including the dance hall,
were penistent, meaning
thej. CXJOtinued to grow and
collect information from

remote participants on the

G.;.£ even after festival usm lcne the environment

how participants can engage in reoltime interactions in virtual space
from several campus locations.
"Alive on the Grid" players are
represenkd to the other players by
a virtual avatar with a photo-reolistic, ) -dimensional face. Using their
avaJ:ars. users ar~ abl~ to navigate
~d iritera&lt;£with otheriin reo! time.
The avatars cannot~ seen in their
entirety by the persons they represent-just as "!C cannot see ourselves whc.n wr interact with others-but they can be seen and recognized by 'other players.
The avatars not only arc able to

In addition to EVL and
UB. four sites world-wide
participated in •Alive on
the Grid:" the Interactive
Institute and TOols for Creativity.
Studio in Umea, Sweden; the C3
CenterforCulture&amp;Communication Foundation, Budapest, Hungary; the K.ll Hope School of Fine
Arts, University lnfonnation Technology Services and the Advanced
Visualization Laboratory, all at In diana University, and V2 LabN2
Or~ization Institute for the Un stable Media in Rotterdam, The
Netherlands, in collaboration with
the Technische Universiteit
Eindhoven (TU/e) and StichtiRg
Academisch
Rekencenti-um
Amsterdam (SARA).

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Other ~ will ~ Alia ShenNn,

MJthor Mid founder at Cybergrrl;
Julie Swain al NASA; attorney Chris Hoofnagle, who will address ·tntemet privacy; Rep.
John lafake, and physiologist Michael Ackerman, assistant director d high-performance
computing and communications at the National Ub&lt;aly of Medicine.
Also, author, well-lcnown Canadian )oumalist and MarshaH Mcl.uhan Scholar llss )4!ffrey,
director a1 a .neW media and f,oticy incubltor founded to ensure that 'att voices are heard in
the "electronk: commons;• "cybotgologist" Chris Hables Gray, a scholar ot~ technologies,
and phllosophe:r and .author Michael Helm, who ll!aChes the philosophy of virtual wor1ds
design at California's Art Center Colege d Design.
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Many other participants ot note also will speak-psychologists, technologists and
researchen-into many fields . All will be concerned with how new and sometimes Incredibly
pervasive technologies are changing our lives for good or ill.
More infonnation about the program and guest speakers-as well as the opportunity
to register-is available at the summit' s Web site at &lt;http://
~buff--Mu&gt;. The registration fee has been waived for UBlacu.lty, staff
and students.
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Since the «~tal~ .,...b of Sept II, bioterrorism has become an increasi.rigly important topic in the news. The we of biological agents as weapons of mass destruction hu bem a public
health issue for some time. Credible Web resources for a variery of
audiences are availablt that explain what these agmu are, what they
do and how the public can prepare for a possible attack.
UB's Health Sciences Library has a guide titlo.;!,_:_Medical Aspects of

Biological Warfare" &lt;http:/1--~/..C./hd/
Nf/..,../bt-htllll&gt;. This excellent starting point ~a variety of
material, both on the Web and in print at the UB Libranes:The National
Library of Medicine'• MEDUNEplus Health Information Patle on Biological and Clemical Weaporu &lt;www..-......pw/ ••-.•plu•/
t
d lllldoasnkall•..-•.hbnl&gt; indudes the option to srard1
· the MEDUNEplus database, in addition to providing a set of important
linb. Another good starting place is the Selected Bioterrorism Rt:ferences
page &lt;- . --- - - u s/ -SCil,.....___&gt; &amp;om the
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
one of the most prolific publishers of material on this topic is the
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U.S. government Severalagmcies are concerned with various aspects
of bioterrorism, as demonstrated on the Web page for the National
Dorllestic Preparedness Office &lt;- -.ndpo.-1&gt;, the clearinghouse
for state, local and federal weapons of mass destruction information.
and assistance. From here you can link to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Emergmcy Management Agency (FEMA) and
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), among others.
Fro,. a public health standpoint, tbe U.S. Department of Health
&amp; Kuman Services &lt;- -.hhs.gov/ &gt; brings together the latest updates on policies fega.rding the government's response to a biological emergency. The Centers for Disease Control &amp; Prevention have
compiled Public Health Emergency Preparednoss &amp; Response
&lt;--.bt.&lt;d&lt;-gov/ &gt; detailing its role and addressing prophylactic
r:reatment for various agents. The CDC's initiative includes the docu ment "Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response." According to National Public Radio, the
C DC is [eceiving a mJllion hits a day on its si te. APIC
&lt;- -.apk.Of'9/ bloterror/ &gt;, the Association for Professionals in
Infection Control and Epidemiology, has collected a prominent list
of CDC articles in its "Bioterrorism News.•
Institutions of higher education and non-profit organizations also are
producers of edUcational materials concerning bioterroris!D- The Center
for Civilian Biodefense Studies &lt;--~orgl&gt; at
the Johns Hopkins University Schools ofMedicine and Public Health has
"Agent Fact Sheets" and a library of both print and ~nline materials. Another higher education institute is St. Louis University's School of Public
Kealth, which sponsors the Center for the StudyofBioterrorism &amp; Emerging Infections at &lt;http:/ /blotenorism.slu.- / &gt;.
Professional organization Web sites often provide a unique perspective. The American Medical Assocjation has creat~ a Disaster
Preparedness and Medical Response page &lt;WWW.•m••nn.org/
ama/poeb/«~tegory/6206.htmi&gt; where you will find a variety of
resources for physicians, including articles from the Journal of the
American Medical Association (JAMA) and other modical journals.
The American Pharmacy Association is offering Pharmacist ~nse
Center &lt;--.aphanel-Of'9/ ,........._/ ResponseCenter.h -&gt;,
which publishes detailed information about antibiotics and other drugs
for medical prophylaxis and management of biological casualties.
Finally, video resources are available from a variety of soura:s.All the
major news network.! have video clips of their reports on biological and
chemical weapons in the wake of the Sept. II attacks. The N~ot
the network, but the U.S. Army's Academy of Health Sciences Nuclear,
Biological &amp; Chemical or Directed Energy Center-has training videos
at &lt;--.nbc:.-.org/ SiteContent!tr-.g.-7•., t . -&gt;.
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"Cloud 9" set for Nov. 14-18
The ~rtment of Theatre and Dance will present the Victorian
parody "Ooud 9" Nov. 14- 18 in the Black Box Thoatre in the Center
fo~ the Arts, Norlh Ca mpus.
"Cloud 9" is a parody and spoof of the Victorian Empire and its
rigid attitudes, especially towards sex. The play is written by Bri ti sh
playwright Caryl Churchill , wh ose political perspectivo and experi·
mentation with th~tric:al forms has made her one of the most im·
portant conte111porary female playwrights in Britain. Her writing
focuses on issues of class and economics and their effect on women.
"Cloud 9" will be directed by Jerry Finnegan and will includo an
all-student cast. Performances will be at 8 p.m. Nov. 14, 15 and 16; 2
p.m. and 8 p.m. Nov. 17. and 6 p.m. Nov. 18.
Tickets for "Cloud 9" are SS and may be purchased from noon to 6
p.m. Thesday through Friday at the Center for the Ans box office and
at all Ticketmaster locations. For more information, cali645 ~ ARTS .
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month will lead off Saturday with
the ~oftwocompooitions-­
"Pyramids" """ "Rhythmic Sculptures"-by Miranda, a lecturer in
the Department of Music. Miranda
will perform at 8 p.m. in Slee.
A third work, Rocco DiPietro's
"Annales San. Condition; will be
features as a revised pmniere from
its original 1994 form. Another of
Miranda's
earlier
works,
"Polyrhythmic Motif" (1984}, will
round out the prognm. which will
feature appearance• by t-he
Zodiaque Dance Company and the
UB Percussion Ensemble, which
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lleethovm's"Moonlight
Sonata" by prize-winning pianis·t
Per
Tengstrand will be among the highlights of the concert schedule to be
presented by the Department of
Music during November.
Also on tap during the month will
be faculty recitals by percussionist
Anthony Miranda and the Baird
Trio, as weU as a cor=rt by critically
acclaimed composes and gifted pianist Tom Pierson.
Described by The Washington Post
as "technically resplendent, powerful and intuitively secure:
Tengstrand will perform at 8 p.m.
Nov. 9 in Slee Concert HaU, North
Campus. Theconcmwillbethesecond in the Slee VISiting Artist Series.
The Swedish -born Tengstrand
continues to establish himself as one
of the moot exciting young pianists
performing today. He was the First
Prize winner in the 1997 a.v.!and

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The DepartJIU!nt of" Music'•
Mozart and SChumann.
monthly "brown bag OOO&lt;Zrt," to be
As evident in its program for this
beld at noon oo Tuesday in the lobby
concert, which Will be hek! at 8 p.m. o(9ee, will feaiure theAmhmtSAJDin Slee. the Baird Trio performs a pbone Quartd. with peri&gt;rmanas
wide raol!"of repertoire, giving par- . by selected students d ASQ ~
ticular attention to m:mt and rardy bers.~dtheuniYenityoombeard works.
Tom Pierson, called "the best unknown composes I know" by juz
great Gil Evans, will be featwed as
soloist during a concert at 8 p.m.
Nov. 14 in Baird Recital HaU, North
Campus. thatwilll&lt;atur&lt;an appearance by the Genkin Philharmonic.
a group consisting of students and
facultymembess from UB's Department of Music.
The program -wiU include such
Pierson works as "Music for Piano,
· Bass and Drums;" "Oath," and "EI
Tt.empo; as well as two solo piano
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and made his Kennedy Center del?ut
last )'ear, followed by a 20-city tour ~
of the Midwest. He r&lt;ccived critical .
acclaim for his New York City debut ~
in lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall - ~
In addition to "Moonlight Sonata"-more formally known as
The Nov. 28 concert by the Baird
lleetboven's Piano Sonata in.C-sharp Trio-comprised of violinist
minor Op. 27, No. 2-Tengstrand Movses Pogossian. cellist jonathan
wiU perform Stenhammar's Late Golove and pianist Stephen
Summer Nights, Op. 33, Man~will featun a performancr
"ScnsommarniHer;" Glazunov's .of "Trio No. 2 of thoughts in ooe
"The Seasons" baUet, Op. 67, and movement of ca ·7- 10 minutes" by
Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No.7 in B the quirky Finnish orchestral conductor and composer Leif
flat Major Op. 83.
The concert schedule for the Segentam, as well as works by the

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Pierson's works have been perfolJiled by the London Symphony
Orchestra, the Lo5 Angeles Philbar·
monic, The New American Orchestra and the )uilliard Orchestra.
The Novm!ber concert schedule
also will feature five free concerts
showcasing the talents of music department students. The concerts indude perfonnana:s by the UB Percussion Ensemble. with special guest
faculty flutist Cheryl Gobbetti
Hollinan, at 8 p.m. Nov. 17·in SJee.
and the UB Jazz Ensemble &amp;Combo.
. under the batoo of newdi=tor Dave
Schiavone. 8 p.m. Nov. 29 in Baird
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conc:ms will be held at 8 p.m.

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munity are llljlO&lt;I to enjoy their lunch
while catching a glimpse of the ltind
of programming offered by the music departmenL
Single tickets for most concerts
sponsored by the Department of
Music range from $5 to $12. Discounts are available for senion, students and UB faculty, staffand alumni
for the more cxperl5M oonceru.
Tldoets may be obtained at theSiee
Hall ben office from noon to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday, from· the
Centes for the Arts ben ollice from
nOon 5~"J'ucsday,d;rough Friday and at aU TddMasttr oudru.
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NCIENT Nineveh and
Nimrud , t~o of th e

tage of humankind
The fund's biennial watch list is a
caU to action on behalf of threatened
cultural-heri tage monuments,

world's greatest ancient
archaeological treasures.
arc" in serious danger of being lost
forever.
-For the past dea~ looting. war

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Iraq, wb~re the once-splendid sites
are located, have placed them in jeopardy of eradication, a loss that in historkal tmns would lie catastrophic.
Help may be on the way, hoWev.r.
As a result of efforts by UB and
Samuel Paley, professor of classics
and a leading archaeologist of the
ancie nt Middle East, ancient

ancillary decoratioits,
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structures themselves."

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added to the 2002 World Monuments Fund Watch List of the I00
Most Endangered Sites.
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tention and helping to raise the
funds needed for the.ir rescue.
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a conservation emergency that requires immediate attention," says
Paley, who is helping to create a virIUal-reality version of th e ancient
palJce of Ashur- nasir-pal II at
Nimrud for an o nline museum of
,lrchat.'Oiogy.
RenJerings of the original palace
,.1n
be
\' ll' ...,'ed
at

With modest funding and WMF support.
~. Paley says the
tnarkd for looted archit=ral fragments can
be reduced. and the sites
can be thoroughly assessed by qualified heritage professionals and
stabilized, conserved
and protected A secu. rity regimen C:an be established as
wen.which maypn:mtt further looting and damage to aisting structures.
For many landmarks. inclusion in
the WM F liSt is their best hope for
survivaLIt also may spur local governments to take an active role in
protecting cultural icons in their regions. T he Iraqi government
stronglr SUIU&gt;Orted preservation of
its many unique archaeologi~..-aJ treasurt.") undl the Gul f \\'ay.c.iamagcd

m

many of the ancient structures and
drove the nation into virtual destitution. Thelatterincmlsedthelooting of museums and archaeological
sites for items that amid be sold on
the art market.
Paleysa')'S the fact that the United
Nations r=tly reduced its post·
war sanctions against Iraq may permit the transmission of beritaSe assistance to that country. Highly visible international interest coupled
with the hiring of local workers.
many of whom are unen\ployed,
will, be hopes. instill a local interest
in the sites' well being.
According to the nomipators,
UNESCO already has r&lt;ccived permission from the UN Iraq Sanctions
Committee to undertake work in
Iraq and the Iraqi Directorate General of Antiquities and Heritage has
pledged tht full cooperation. assistance and support it has provided
in the past.
"Nimrud and Nineveh are fragile,
damaged places,• Paley says. "They
need to be anended to soon. before
they deteriorate even further. The
current Middle East amflict is likely
to hamper our efforts. Y..'e hope it's
ovr.r quickly so we Can begin our
'Jrescrv.ttion work befo~ it's too late."
• Besides Nimrud and Nineveh. the
2002 list of I00 Most Endangered
Sitesindudes 42 places in Europe.20
in Asia. 16 in Africa and the Middle
East. and 22 in the Amerif..'a.S.

�FSEC

c.........._ ... ,
signmeniJ and coune calendars;
addition ol new material, arid modification of ai&amp;ting mal&lt;riaL
It also allows instructon to divide
dastes into a&gt;llabon!M groupo !hat
worlc: onlirJe_ Sludents can communicate via email, discussioo boards
and real-time chat I"OOIIU- Grades
an be posted to the CMS so that
students can check their progress
lhroughout the santster. ·
UB chose the Bladcboard CMS
~ an atensiYe review by a wl&lt;
force o( I 0 to 12 sucb products,
Wdlbern said, noting that many instrucron at UB already were using
Blackboard Another of the sdling
pointsofBladdxlard, be added, was
that the systm&gt; was desaibed as being "so easy (to use) that evm faculry an learn it"
And faculty members do not need
any knowl.tlge of HTML axle in

order to use the system, noted
Lesniak. He also told senators that
so far there baV&lt; been no incidents
of anyone "hadcing" into the 5)'Stelll.
either at UB or at the other institutions that use Blackboard. "It's a
pretty tight code," be said. "The
people who put this together are
very good at what they do."
Although use of Blackboard is
highly recommended, it is not mandated, Wallbem pointed out.
Lesniak added that the research
shows that Blackboard "is the system most widdy being used and the
only one surviving well during the
downturn in IT."
One of the next projects to be develdj&gt;&lt;!d Whtt·'ll1a61!Md,'I!6Wiak

said, is its US&lt; in "team a&gt;mmwUations" among faculty researcb groupo
at numerous inllitutiool.
In Olb&lt;r business, members of a
group working on a revision of the
Spring 2002 calendar told FSEC
members they IOOi1 would have a
recomm&lt;:ndation
boW to add a
wed&lt; to the semesterThe Spring 2002 aemester in its
c:wm~tform is only 13 ......;blong,
and fails to meet the 15 weeks of
instruction required by the stat&lt;,

in May, or dispensing with reading
days during 6naJ exam week and
holding exams on Sundoy.
Presillent William IL Greiner
noted that r&lt;a&gt;nsideration of the
spring caJmdar brings up the issue
of when the spring sanester should
bepn-lt traditionally has begun the
Tuesday after the Monday Martin ·
luther King Jr. holiday, giving UB
what Greiner aDed "an usually long
mid-year break."
He said that be has~ the
uni&gt;eniry-wide Calendar Committee and has gi&gt;m the ...sporlsibiliry
for setting the academic caJmdar to
Grant in the Provost's 011ia. "This
is an academiC issue; ...sponsibility
for that calendar propaly lies the
Provost's Office," be said.
He noied !hat the Calendar Committe&lt; originally came about dU. to
sensitivities regarding the rdigious
holidays witbin'the acidemic calenWRll.t.M R GREINER
dar. "I think if }')U put it (responsibility for the calendar) into the
Said William Baumer, professor of Provost's Office, it will simplify thiJ
philosophy.
. issue a gmu deal," be saici
Baumer, who is worlc:ing on the
Fourtner pointed out that one of
calmdarissuewith Kerry Grant, vice the rationales for havingalaterstart
provost for academic alfairs and to the spring semester was that it
dean of the graduate school, and would allow students to take short
Charles Fourtner, professor of bio- courses at other institl'ltions during
logical sciences, told Faculty Senate the mid-year break.
'one consideration when deterChairMichae!Cobenthatthegroup
would make a reamunendation on mining tht starting date of the
how to add the week at the FSEC's spring semester is "whether or not
next meeting.
we want that opportunity to teach"
Among the options being' dis- during early January, he said, not cussed are starting the semester a ingtbebridg&lt;coursesofferedbythe
w.ek earlier than planned, on Jan. law School in January have proven
1~! otmdhi(!1ke ~ bf'liwod&lt; robe very.IIUCCCSSful. •

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Calendar
Pt.US
Poouy - . g. Rodrigo Toscono.

5cre&lt;nlng Room. Center lor lh&lt; Arts,

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~~s~fa'ro.Free. For more

School of ~t Alumni
Assodatlon Awards Banquet. Hyatt

Regency S..Halo. S:30 p.m. $80/

~;,o~~~~~m~

Auodltion. for more tnfonnation, John
Shellum, 645-3224.

-to ,_. '"'. .

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-

Profosslonol
c....... Ubby Mor&gt;helmer.
pr..

hoolth · Office of C..... Planning.
&amp; Placem&lt;n. 107Talbert, North
campus. S:30.7 p.m. Froo. Spons&lt;&gt;«d
by Offoce of Student Unions &amp; ActMtles.
For l"llOI"e lnfonnation. 64$.6125.

Ufe-lhop

~~~ ~~.r=eor
assoc., OffiCe d Career Pfanning &amp;
Plactment 14SE Student Union, North

Thunday

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campus. 4-S:30 p.m. Froo. Spons&lt;&gt;«d

~~~=:.·~-=

~-::..o.:!---Aitemotlw Methods of Stras
Reduction: Rdo end Monrt c.,
l.owef"

Blood Pressure. Karen

Mil~

=::,~~·: ~Sq~i~~th
Campus. 8 a.m. Free.

ETC Technology-.....,.
Sconnlng lmoges. 212 capon, North
Campus. N~ 1:30 p.m. Frre.
ETC Technology - l h o p

W~f/~!,::n~e~~ f:i::~

"""""" klfonn.ltion. 645-6125.

UfoWo..tuhop

Open Dnom Clrde

How to Use MyUB. Staff, Academic
Advbement Center. 1040 Norton,
North Cam~. 2-3 p .m . Free.
Sporuored
Office of Student Unions
&amp; Activities.
more informat~. 6-45·
612S.

Meditation Class
Buddhist Meditation. Nikolaus
Kan~paw. Uvi~ll Ctnter. 10

~:. ~~l.~~nf:0~7:l0
Nikolaus Karapa.sas, 83.C-233S.
Germany: Worl&amp;, Hl.story •~d
Mom"')'
Spur der Steine/lhe Tr.tee of Stones
(GDR. 1966). Iashua Femstein. 120
Clemem, North Campus. 7 p.m. f lft.
Sponsored. by The Graduate Croup for
Ger~n and Austnan Studies.

As:tronomy/ Physks Lecture
The Hunting of the Sn•rk or The
Search for Interstellar Meteor1. Oavx:t

0 Meisel, Dlsting. Prot of Physio and
Astronomy,

Ce~

State College, and

~~·~i~~~~l; ~~~~ort~
Campus 7 lO p.m flft Sponsored b)
A.mt&gt;nc.tn Astronomteal ~1etv. the

Tho--opon1IO.IO
- . . . ... ..... of .......

-tnthothrd-.
Sopllomcn lddoor 0.. I 40-yvd field ..,.t--&lt;ho
~ofhls~ap112play, 57-yard dri¥o on UB~ lim

possession of tho second half.After
. . , . . the £acjos on bodt....possesslons. the _,.ahead by
10 when quorurilodcjoo Froedy
linw I 44-yanj tDUChdowniO
Jt.rior Maurice Bradford- 3:27
loft tn lh&lt; third. - . t h e &amp;afes
- t h e " " " " - the Inspired
"'"'*'coffroslwnan..-C.R.
- . . , . , and the """ of

10'-

quorurilodcKolncoAidna.

finished wkh I pmo-hial&gt;
IS4 yards on 19 ames, wlliloAlcN
ccmploted 1 14-yanltDUc:hdown
pass to Owis Art::t-M on a tHrd-andJeWW'I play to cut the Bulb:' ~ to
~17.

'After a UB dri¥e 10 lh&lt; EMU
47-year Wnostalled.Robencn~ on
EMU ahead for p&gt;d.

1 I~

tDUChdown bunt to put

~occer
MEN' S
Ul !,Western 11ichlpn I
UB 111d'Mstem M;chipl pllj-ed to a ' -1 douOie.........,. do tn M.tC ,.,; socoer
ac:Don on 5undoy-..,The Bulo ,_sit at ~2 --1-3-1 in the M.te.
junior~ - l h &lt; &amp;ills tho lead wfdl1 pi 3-1:13 -the
pmo.V&gt;lesuom Mldiipn then dod the """" wfdl - seconds loft In the first
half on 1 one-dme ....,. tnslde the rich&lt; post.
The physk:ol mao:h _ , the roo conloronco
indudod S I !DOl fools.
d&amp;l'&lt; .,.._ ards.- red cards and • post-&lt;nao:h saAIIo.

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·s 0

Volle~~all

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p . m . F~.

~=~·!~~~~~t:hr~~M~z~~

thoablos.....,qtwotoud1clcMN and~ on
for I 24-20 HAC -

"""""'......,.finale

Hallow SNpl&lt;y ~~Fund, lh&lt;
College of Arts and Sdences and lh&lt;
Dept. of Pl!y&gt;ics. for' more lnformotlon,
DepL of Pl!y&gt;ics. 645-2017.

campus. S:3Q.&lt;5:30 p.m. Froo. Sporuored
by Offke of Student Unions &amp; Activities.

Namatte. 222 Student Union, North

&amp;.-.. Mk:hlpn 14, Ul 20
UB- polled for Irs soc:ond rood
win ol cht HUOr'l • Eastern
Mictipn before tho £acjos cumod

A bi&amp; seccnd-half pn&gt;pelled.UB to a~ ¥lctory _ . c.ntslus in aaion tn
Canlslus' Domsk.e c:or...,lexln lh&lt;
for bo&lt;h'""""
UB opened tho ....... at the 63:04 marl&lt;"' the I S - - SUIMn
scored on 1 cross1rc pass from Jenny Dannedoor from I 0 prds out.
l.atw, the erupted for lour pis olit" to seallh&lt; win.

~,._,....

WednetdooJs at 4

·fuot~all

Blbllographk Instruction
SdRndor Scholor 2001 . A. Ben Wagne&lt;
127 Capen. North campus. 3-4 p.m
F.... SporuotOO by Science and
.
Eng0-"'9 Ullra&lt;y. ""more Wlfomvtooo
Bm ~ner. 645-29-47, ekt. 230.
Blologkal Sciences Seminar
Ecology of a Coral Disease: The Roko:
of Resinance •nd Transmission In the

~=~~~~~~~:~~~;,gy &amp;

Evoluhonary Bdogy, Cometl UnN. 22S
Natural Sdences Com pte~~:, North
Campus. 3:45 p.m Free. Sponsored by
Onin Foster LKture Fund. fOI'" more
mlonnallon, Howard Lasiter, 645· 2881

-

or 64$-2444, ext. 119.

C hlklnn of Eden. Dept. of n-r.. &amp;
Dance. Dmnl Theltre, Center for the
Arts, North Campus. 8 p.m. $12

ss us studenu &amp; senm. For

genen~l,
~ information,

64s...ARTS.

Exhibits
"UB ' " " 2: An Exhibition of
Second-Ye. ~e Student
Art "
'~«Mit by second-)'!!!M gntduate itudents
in the Deparunmt oi Art-ranging from
video to p.~int. 2-0 to 3-0 •nd the
viscen~l to the conceptual-wilt be on

:=x~ro:tr~·s'.:s'~!n~"fO&lt; ,,.

Arts. North camP!''· An opening

recepdon wiH be hekf from .5-7 p.m
today In tho galtoty. Gallery hou...... 10

:~~a~~~·a~~:~~~h
SalU[day.

;:,~'l;. -:==American
~~=~~History

The nch ~cy of Alncan-American

~~~~~~~~it~~~~~ ~~~~ng
d1splay through Dec. Sin the F1nt Floor
Gallery of the US Art Gallery •n the
Center lor the ArU. North Campus
Gallery hou" are 11 a.m to 6 p.m
Tuesday through Saturday

"Joseph Norm.n: Bertin Autumn "
Pa•ntulgs. drawings and pnnu by
pa1nter loseph Norman. many
completed dunng hb st.Jy In Berlin from

Pharmaceutical Sciences
Interactive Semln.r

:r.~~~~~y.'~~ Nov

Responsible Conduct In Aeiearch
Ae~slbllitle' and Challenge' of a

l«kson Mace, Buffalo
houn are
I I a m to 5 p m ~nesday through
Sdturday ,1nd lrom 1-S p m on Sunda'

~iery

Ul l, llnpamton I
Bowline G._., l, Ul o
Centnl Mlchlpn l, UB 0
Sophomc&gt;re I.Jndsoy- frahman Katie Henry and -Larissa LaCour
&lt;'OCOf'ded- IS UB shook off I slow JQlt 10 down BrcNma&gt;n
t.JMerslty tn four pmos In 1 n&lt;&gt;no&lt;orloronce mao:h tn Alumni Arena.
The dr"'''f''d"""" one. ~28. before rebo&lt;.rldirc to talce ~
games by SCO&lt;'tS of ~~ s. 32-30 and ~lS..
Aplnst Bowfrc G,_,sophomcn Beclly Asilare hod 1 ~ 12 kill.
ani! sophomcn Ale&gt;ds Boyle added 10 kill. but the -lei to the Falcons ~26,
~2Band~24.

UBioolcod to pkk up Its fint MAC ¥lctory of the season at c.na.J
Hkhlpn.but fell to lh&lt; Chippewas.30.23 . ~23 and ~22.

~ross ~ount~
M.en pl~ce 5th of I 2 teams at MAC Championships .
Women place I I th of ll at MACs
The men's cross-&lt;:oumry ~finished fifth S.t:ur"Cby memoon at the MAC
Champ;on&gt;hlps held inYpsilana. Hich.The Butt. KO&lt;'ed 13S points m lh&lt; 12team men's dwnpionship.

tn the M.teli'obmen'• Championship - - t h e - placed lith of 1 3 witll271polnts.
Two UB nJMers finished in the top 12 to earn AJI..MAC honon. junior
Jerimte stick finlshed sixth in 25:21.9 to nab Am-Team Honors. while junior
Todd Ludden wu eizhdl in 25:24.5 to pbce on the second-team

~wimmin~
WOMEN ' S

UB 189, Siena 92
The swirnrnin&amp;-and-dMfl&amp; squad opened the 200 I ~2 se.uon wrth a conYV"ICmg
wm over Stena..l89-92. ~turday afternoon In the AJUITII\I Arena Natatonum.
fi~

"The BoMs h.Jd first-place firushes •n all but one e-oent. although US. raced the
rwo evenu and the three-meter diVIng competition u exh!b•uom

~rew
US's fi&amp;htwo;&amp;llt four squod of Becky Hol&gt;r, G.,. Hoyos. jess Ecke and Nma Reck
and COXSWU"\ Sarah Wc*t led the Bulls at the Head d the Elk Rqatta 1n Elkhart.
Ind. The Bulls finishN third ll'l thetr race Ill 17:S 1.45. ;ust behind che ~ of
Notre Dame ( 17:&lt;48.07).A squad from Miami ~ toOk fim m 17'() I 07

,...

�by Buffillo Immunology Group

Thursday,

~~'='..!:
Immunology. For""""

. November

--

Information, Su&gt;an 8urbrU.
829-3831 .

I

~

National r::iHy Council;

•

=:~~Paola

- - s t r y/ Miaoblology
Semi,..,
HO\I¥ bcteri.t Talk to Each

-

A&lt;lvance&lt;lnHum.w&gt;Nutritlon.
Linda Oufly, iiS!OC. prof., social
and_... medicine and
lll!diatriQ. Pouglas DiRien2D

RuVIICdnftlonCMnk
SIUdent Health Center. Student
Union Social H.tl, North
Campus. II a.m .-2 p .m . S10,
For """" Information, Student
He.llth Center, 829-3316.

.

Muti,"':"";.~~~
=--Hal,

N1ogara Falh Blvd.,
Amherst. 8 a.m.·1 p .m. Studenu
· S12; al o1hen WI. Sponscnd
Qther: Regul.ttlon of G..,.,
by Nutrition Program and
bp&lt;flslon by Quo&lt;um
Upstate Farms Cooper.tM tne.
Sensing. Bonnie L Bassk!r,
"""'· Prof., Dept of Mofocular For more lnlonnotlon,
829-3680, .... 231 .
8iofogy, Princeton Univ. G26

Alit-·

farbol', South Campus. 12:30

!',;~~== bydepts.
Micf'Obiok)gy. l=or ITIOfe

c-teronc:o
Digital frontier: 8uffillo

Summit 2001 . Center fOf the
Arts, North Campus. 8 a.m .
Flft for student&gt;. f&gt;culty and
s~ 120 for all o1hen.

~=~·8'iJ~m1 .

~by

Voce Preoident for

Reson:h. Fcx more
~m~· joseph cusker.

lnruuction Room, Hulth

Flu VacdnMJon Clink
"Student Health Center. Student
Union Lobby, North Cam~
11 a.m .-2 p .m . SlO. For more
Information, Student Health
Center, 829-3316.

Sou1h Campu~ 2-HO p .m . .
Free. Fcx more-information,
Stewart Brower, 829-3900, ext.

Asl. .. lnjuoy N..,..tiYes: Law and
Social Chango In Thailand.

HSl~

Introduction to EndNote S.O.

=.Mu~~~

Scienc., Ubfory, Abbott Hall,

lB.

CCII F. . 2001 ColloquW
V lsuallutlon and Slmul.ttlon
of Cardiac Motlon u~

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~C:.,~~u~i:.'~~~·

- . . . . , . . .. 4 PLUS

North Campus. 2:1s-3:1S p .m .
f...,.~ by Center for
Cornputotional R.,.arch. For
more Information, Brenda
Sauka, 64s-6500.

P....,Dbcuulon
Terrorist Attac.ks on the U.S.:
Root Causes .tnd U.S.
Response. 112 O'Brian, North

~~~~.c';Jift·

In lema tiona( Education and
· Counctl of International Studies

~r~~~~~

~=~
Cy~t~,:_;tional
Student &amp; Scholar Services. For
information, 645-2258.

Sem-

Pharmaceutkal Sctences

for events t Qing

plACe on campus, or for

off campus rvc:nll

wh~re

UB gmups ure prindpal

spotuon Ustlngs are due
rw l~te- th1t11 noon on ·
t he Thunday pre&lt;.cding
pubUcaUon. Lbtln9s are

only D«e pted through thr

rlect ro nlc submlulon form
fo r

th ~

nnllne UB Calendar

or Evenh 'Gl

&lt;:http://

www.buff alo.edu/
ult-ndar/ logln'&gt;. Be-cause
of space limitations, not all

Receptor/ Gene--Mediated
Ph.tnnacodynamk Effects of
Methytprednlsokme on
Glucose RegulaUon. Jin Van,
Dept. of Pharmac.eutic:al
Sciences. 121 Coolie, North

Campus. 4-S p .m . Free.

Art Exhibit Opening
ReceptkM-1
US Grad 2: An Exhibition of
Second-Year Graduate

~fe~t~~~.~~·

Campus. S--7 p .m . Free.
Sponsored by Dept of Art. For
more Information, Dept of Art.
645-6878, ext 1350.

LlfeWwltshop
How to Choose 11 Major. Usa
Sandqu~~ advl10&lt;, Academic
AdVisement Center, and Sandra
Handy, associate, OffKe of
Career Planning &amp; Ptacement

and UBE 202 im.tructor. 145A
Student Union, North Campus.
5-6 p .m . flft . Sponsored by
Offke of Student Unions &amp;
Activiti6. For more
infonnation, 64S-612S.

event.t In the ele-ctronic
calenctar will be Included
In the Reportrf'.

. ~1:'~~~~~~essor
Mil~er Metropolitan Univ.

567 Capen, North Campus. 3
p.m . Free. Fcx more
•nformation, Munroe Eagles.
645-6000, ext. 1148.

lnterwa. Period 19111-1939.
Eduardo Tortorota, Univ. of
Piemonte Orientale. 532 Pari&lt;,
Nor1h Ca'fs.s. 3-5 p .m . Free.
Sponsored
Dept of History
and the G uate Group in
Getman and Austrian Studies.

Foster Chomlstry
Colloquium
Nanotechnology and the
!l,ri!llns of Biological Order.

~ra\~~~~.16

l~and .

S-

r:&lt;~cf~ ~~~hts~~ed

~[with the

and the Ug;::.,~

~~HaU,

Wednesday

~ by D&lt;p1. of Music.
~ r,ore Information, 645-

2

7

Sunday

4

--·Class

George Karanll&lt;olos and

~=~~:~~~~e ·

Studio, Alumni Arena, North
Campus. 3:30-5:30 p .m . flft.
~ by HGSA. For more
information, lacovos
Kyprianou, 830-1909.

Monday

5
Starting a Bu.sineu. Steve
Harvey, advl10&lt;, Office of

Mind/ Body Mo. .mont

f:~~~~:ion~:tl."l

Campus. Nooo-1 p.m. Free.

NIA (Neuromuscular
lntegratfve Action). Laurie

~Ac~o:=.e~S:t

Krupski, dir., living Well Center.

-

·sVolleyMII

~~;.s~i~=~~pus.
7 p .m . Free.

Saturday

Information, 64S-6llS.

OCT-.ologJ

~

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Campus. Noon-1 :30 p .m . flft.

ETC T-.ologJ~
Introduction to KTML 212
Capen, Nor1h Campus. 2-3
p .m . Free.
ISSS~

=:~r:;;~=

3

~~~~~~ ~lp.m.

·sswlmmlng

Football
UB vs. Ohio. UB Stadium,
North Campus. 1 p.m . 11 2,
110, 18 and free for students
withiD.

6

-a.g-w.c-

for more information, .5'ee

Class

Alumni Arena, North Campus.
5:30-7 p .m . Aerobics pau. For
more information, Laurie
Krupski, 64S-2837.

Tuesday

Amh&lt;nt Saxophone Quartet.
Sle&lt;o Concert HaW Lobby, Nor1h
Campus. Noon. Free.
Sponsored by D&lt;p1. of Music.

Ufo~

US vs. Ohio. Alumni Arena,
North Campus. 1 p .m . Free.

Conference on fmmunotogy.

~~lranda,

Lecture fndowmenl

~istry and the foster

- .·.swtmmlng

Immunology Conference
First Annual Buffalo

. Facultya.dUI

~orlh~~'0::,:~ free.

UB vs. Ololo with Alaon.
Alumni Arena, North Campus.
1 p .m . Free.

2
Holiday Inn, Grand

~~LE~an

-

Friday

·· VolloyiMI

-

UB vs. MM&gt;hal. Alumni Arona,
" North C.tmpus. 7 p .m . Free.

Pollt:kal Sdeftc:• l..ec.tun

Refugee Historians ln.the

Winter Driving. Carolyn
Har&lt;lin.g. American Automobile
Association. 31 Capen, North

OlOI"e

~~e~~Mi
Campus. Noon. Free. For more
lnfonnation, 645-3810.

HlrtCM')' l..edure

ISSS~

ll~tlngt.

~'%-~=i~~.:.'"l

Thomas w. 8urtunan, 6455-47~.

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NIVERSITY Council apect a "flatline" budget for the
m e mbers !added a 2002-03 6ScaJ year.
wide variety of issues at
But council memberr-many of
their Oct. 19 meeting. whomaremajorbusinessleadersin
discussing the impact of terrorism, . Western New York-warned that
the quality ~f teaching at the uni· the financial impact of SepL II on
versity, mrollment statistia and a New York Soate will be much larger
P.resenoation by a faculty member that anyone has anticipated.
co nducting research at "grou nd
Council Chair Jeremy M. Jacobs,
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panies, noted that other slate-sup·
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a docum&lt;nt that was prepared for
department chairs in the College of
Arts and Sciences summarizing the
results of the course and teacher
evaluations filled out by CAS stu·
denis at the md of the Spring 2000
semester. The document covered
1,134 cours&lt;S&lt;ctionsandmorethan

President William R. Greine:r and

tidpate a 10 percent reduction in

26,000 individual responses, he

other administrators to start plan·
ning for what they expect could be
a substantially reduced SUNY bud·
get for 2002·03 in light of the Sept.
II terrorist attacks.

state funding for the next fiscal year. . added, unlike the surveys filled o ut
In other business, Kerry Grant, by several hundred students "way·
vice provost for academic affairs laid" by Prinallm ~ represen·
and dean of the graduate school, tatives in the Student Union.
reported that the quality of teach·
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Greiner noted that while the fuU

ing at UB is "vital and active," and

mar!zed the ratings on the four

political and financial impact of the
terrorism on the state is unknown

presented statistics to back up. his

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are: the
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at this time, early indications from
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assertion.
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the overa ating for the course,
would the student reoommend the

teacher, would _the student recom·
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structor "enjoy teaching."
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he said.
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carefully reviewed," Grant said, add·
ing that no tead)er who has been
rep(Jrted to be a poor teacher will

receive tenure at UB.
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competent cadre of teachers.".
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the data showing effective teaching.
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business js tt';aChing'" and that the
public perception, thanks to the
Princtton Review, is that teaching
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Contributing Editor

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bllih _with shock·ab·

sorption systems so

powerful that jet planes
would literally bounce off them?

A system modeled in a paper
authored by UB theoretical physicists
and published in the current issue of
P/ry5ia&gt; J\ demonstrates that it may
onedaybepossibleto protect bridges,
ships. skyscrapers, highway struc·
tures and even autoinobile bumpers
from ~ely powerful impacts
In thepaper,"Thcrmalizingan lm·
pulse," Surajit Sen, associate profes·
sor of physics, and Felicia S. Manciu
and Marian Manciu, former doctoral

candidates in the Department of
Physics, describe a system they envi·
sion that is capable of reducing the
amplitude of a physical impact it receives by at least 95·98 percent.

The work shows further, Sen said,

that it may be possible to turn the
dissipated energy from a shock wave
into usable thermal energy. It also
suggests that in a similar way, energy
may be able to be harnessed from
natural phenomena, such as ocean

dividuaJ grains arr about the same.
In systems like ours, where grain

shock can be absorbed with asS&lt;m·

wav~ and geothennal

sius are altered in specific ways, a

chains,. explained Sen.
He and his colleagues performed
the research by fim ~eveloping a
model of the tapered-chain system
and then by precisely so lving

sources.

The theoretical research is sup·
ported by the National Science Foun·
dation. Sen is collaborating with researchers at NASA to create an experi·
mental system based on this 1&gt;&lt;&gt;rk.
lnthewake of the5epL II terror·
ist attacks, Sen. said the engineering
applications of the research are most
relevant. He added that the work

also provides an imponant step in
the physics of how shock waves
travel through granuJar systems.
"Granular materials, such as sand
or soil, have long been used in shock·
absorbing systems, but they have had
only mixed results," said Sen, who
also conducts research on how weak
shock wa""" penetrate through soil,

information that he is applying
land-mine detection systems

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shocks that would be received at the

"Impulses simpl y will pass

tapered end of ttie chain ,"' he said.·
"This very simple system demon·
strates that theoretically, any size

through systems where sius of in·

granular assembly can efficiently
absorb the impulse." he said.

The shock-absorption sys tem
modeled by the UB physicists con·
sists of along. cone-shaped chain of
spheres. The sphere positioned dos·
est to the expected source of a shock
is the largest, while each subsequent
sphere is slightly smaller; the sphere
closest to the structure-the build·
ing, bridge or shi(&gt;-that the 5ystem
is designed to protect would be the
tiniest of all.
"The design is such that if a large
shock hits the wide end of this ta·
pered cone-shaped chain, then the
shock would be broken down into
. an extremely large number of tiny

blies of appropriately tapered

Newton's equations of motion on
the computer to describe the dy·
namics the tapered chain system.
"What the solutions did was to de·
scribe the system's particle dynam ·
ics, thai is, to describe precisely what
type of motion is being experienced
by each sphere in time," said Sen.

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The calculations demonstrate
that by tailoring the way in which
the spheres are tapered, the siu of
the spheres and the length of the

chain, the system could reduce the
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such major illnesses a bean and

adults-is one of mort than seven
community-service programs run

thmugh the dental school.
.. It's a program that started ini tially as an access issue-we created
this program to treat mentally and
physically deficient patients,"
Creighton said. The self-sustaining,
year-round program-participa-

tion is mandatory for all dental student.&lt;-is offered through UB and
The Children's Hospital of Buffalo.
As a ta ndem project, students
each year volunteer at tht Special

lung diseases and stroke with poor
oral health, stressed that"oral health
and general health should not be

Olympics, where they teach athletes
good dental-health practices. such

interpreted as separate." Citing ma -

as how to brush properly and what

jor disparities in the kinds of oral·

foods to eat.
The school's longest-standing progran&gt;-its sealant project-has been
going strong for a decade. Some 50
students visit area schools three days
a IV&lt;.'&lt;!k to apply the protective coating
to )'Oungsters' molars. Students In Nia-

health care children and adults who
are socio-econo m ically disadvan taged receive, Sa tcher called o n
" health professiona ls, individuals
and communities to wo rk together
to improve health ."

gara County public schools, as well as
two schools in 1../!ckawanna that """"
beeh identified as being located in
pod&lt;dsoftheoomrnunitywhereoral
health care is lagging. are being lmlted
through a New York Slate granL
"The means to the answer" of
boosting the public's c:ollective del) tal
IQ, Creighton said,"is to become pan
of the l3hric of the oomrnunity--&lt;o
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a tw.dwriting r=gnition analysis demonstration, virtual
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By JENNIFU LfWAHDOWSIU
Rq&gt;Ortt!r Contributor

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autonomous"'!"'ts.virtualteali!yand .
politial and artistic issues in int&lt;ractive media. St.-ve Mann will walk
around thestrOeuoflbronto pmjectingand int&lt;racting with theatldienct
through his wearablt computer, consisting of a pair of eyeglasses! .John
Pittas will forecast • futu&lt;e in which
all media will be available online as a
societal"~" And OiffStoll,a UB
allliil--Who many will ~ as
the person who foiled the German
hacker when he was at Lawrc:n""
~talk about his skepticism about the 'Obiquitous use of
oomputm with young people. Russ
Bessette, executive dirtctor of New
Yori&lt;Siate'sOfficeofScientt Technologyand R.searm (NYSfAR), will give
a fascinating historical background to
the invention of the semia&gt;nductor.

Dental students work to raise the dental "IQ"

a slate o( year-round, public-service
programs that emphasize the cru cial irnportanct of maintaining
good oral health.

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awareness oforal health. The curricUlum will be implemented this year in
the Head Start progra!)l. with future
plans to take.it into Buffalo sdlools.
In addition to its programs with
urban st:Qool children, dental students also are getting the word out
to expectant moms, senior citizens

and rural youth.
smile at a time."
In Olautauqua County, the MoButat no time do
bile Dental Unit sems some 12,000
dental students bring children in schools who otherwise
home more smiles · wouldn't reaM: quality oral-heal1h
than during Na- c:are:-Roughly 20 dental students rotional C hildren's tate thmugh the program throughDental
Health out the year, with a dental profesMonth in February. sional regularly inanning the operaSmile Education tion. Oilldren whose parentsoons&lt;nl
Day, usually the third can have dental work done on a fully
Wednesday of the equipped bus that stay&gt; at one school
month , is the for betw.en two to three weeks.
school's biggest blitz
"The mobile dental unit is so sucon the commUnity. cessful, ,...,.., trying right now to put
Every student-US's Dental Qinic one into the Buffalo school system,"
actually shuts down for the day-is Creighton said
Dental students also work through
sent into an elementary school to
p&lt;Qmote good otal health. Students the school's Maternal-Infant Provisit more than 30,000 third- and gram, talking to mothers about manfifth-graders, who, when they take aging their newborns' oral health, as
home information to their parents, well as their qwn.
And thmugh the Erie County Decan more than triple the number of
people who benefit from learning partment of Health's Division of
better practice; for good oral health. Dentistry and Kaleida Health, stuThe award-win ning project is a dents have been working with the
model for ot her dental schools, community's elderly population.
Creighton said, noting that "there's spending time at health and church
fairs and malls to educate st:nior citinothing like it in the country."
To further rcinfo= orni-health zens.
Under the leadership of Interim
education in the classroom, the dental school has ~ chosen as one of Dean Russell). Nisengard, UB's dennine sites that will implement an oral- tal school remains committed to
health wrriculum geared toward kin- vreaving its way into the fabric of the
dergarten through third-grade stu- :ommunity, Creighton said
"The school is where we educate
dents. The National ln stitut~s o f
Health-sponsoredwrriculum,"'pcn our dental students to get the mesWide and ll-ek Inside,"isaoomputer- sage out, and then they go out and
based, interactive and bilingual pro- educate patients all over the map."

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Greiner outlines UB's goals.
President delivers annual address to members ofvoting faculty
ay SUI WUETCHU
Rtp&lt;&gt;fttr EditO&lt;

HE university's m;ajor
goals for tht next five years
a... to imp""" tht quality
of tht und&lt;rgraduat&lt;student body. txpand and imp""" tht

T

quality of its gradua~ programs and
incr&lt;asc sponsortd research, Pnsident WillWn R G...mtr told IT)tm·
bm of tht university oommunityon
Oct. 16 during his annual addrtss to
tht YOting faculty.
In order to reach tho5t goals, tht
univmity m\1&lt;1 imp!OIIeits infrasttuc:~ a "wish list" of $550 million in new oonstruction and tqUiprncnt"""' 6Ye ~well as oontinut to revitalize thequalicyoflift for
students on campus, G...mtr said.
Deviating from his usual approach
of reviewing the past year's acoomplishments during his annual addrtss
to the voting facuJty, Greiner's re-

marks last week focused on the
university's mission and vision for
the next five years and beyond.
He noted that SUNY central administration has reversed course

and now is willing to recognize UB
as a "flagship" universi ty of the
"midwestern type," like the universi ties of Michigan and lo·wa.
This "breakthrough" by central
adm inistration came out oft.he m is-

sion review process in which SUNY
.1nd UB agreed upon key outcomes,
he s.1 id, including enrollment objectives, increasing sponsored research
.md imp rovi ng the quality of stu dents and programs.
lmprming the quality of the un dergraduate student bod)' by stan dard measures-and increasing sel~divity-was a point Greiner said
was underscored by the dean of th e
' \.A&gt;IIege of Arts and Sciences, who
noted that "we cannot have so great
a !ipread "between the talent and as-

Jlirations of the faculty and those of
the student body," Greiner said.

In order to achieve that, hesaid, UB
will no longer accept students who are
in the two lowest categories of a fivecategory index determined by the in-

tenection by SAT scores and high"It's essentially a 3:1 multip~er­
5chool.-age. "Our pi is to """"' S120 million wonh of sponso...d
tht bulk of our student population program activity really is worth
into groups one and two (most se- three tiines that," h e said. -we've
l&lt;ctive and highly sekCtM), with tht penuaded tht state of the idea that
ultima~ pi being to have all stutht research enterprise of a univerdents coming from tht top two cat- sity is itself an important industry,
~ The&lt;=ption,hesaid, would
an important economic activity?'
he tho5t students fa&lt; whom "you'"'
G...mtr noted that if.UB sees tht
going to tUe 50IJlt lj&gt;&lt;Cial risks for additional inoomt it apects to dtsocial reasons," as well as inttmatiooal rM &amp;om in=ased sponsortd proand "non-&lt;Ommtional" students.
gram activity, in=ased enrollment
Arlolher key indicator of thtqual- and other activity, it oould be able to
ity of the student body is the reten- hire at least 300 new faajlty memtion rate, he added. "Ours is not bad ber&amp;--in addition to rq&gt;lacing tho5t
currently (84.6 pa=t fa&lt; &amp;.shman who retire in tht nat five~ "We
·to sophomo"') for a public institu- could see as many as 600 new f.tculty
tion, but we nted to maJu: it much mem.,.,._:.300 of tho5t being net
better," he said, citing a pi of reach- additions to f.tcultyover tht next five
years,. he said.
ing a 90 percent within five yeats.
UB must imp""" tht quality of
In order to ...ach its goals, UB
its graduate programs if the univer- must grow its infrastru ctuFC,
sity is to be a true • midwesteyn-type G...mer said. He ci~ a "wish Jist"
flagship" univer&gt;ity, he said, adding ofS550 million in infra.structu.. exth;lt SUNY will support expansion of penditures, including construction
gradua~ programs. particularly at
of new buildings, ..novation of exthe master's level,becaust it's a "high 'lsting buildings and the purchase of
stat&lt; nted; a high social need," he Said. new equipment over the next five to
Moreover, one of US's strategies seven years. In addition,S30 million
for growing the institution .. is to is.(l~ to expand UB's IT capacgrow o ur income, and you grow it{over five years, he said.
your income and your faculty as a
Greintr noted that the university
result of high-quality master's pro- will not receive the entire $550 milgrams that serve the needs of stu- lion from the state; he is hopeful to
dent.s," Greiner said.
rective40-50 percent from the state.
The responsibility for improving
.. This university has got to stan
graduate programs lies with the pro- thinking in terms of other sources of
fessional schools and the CAS, he support for capital projects," such as
sa id, adding, .. We've got to rely on "state special items." For example, UB
the faculty for its Jeade.-hip." But in received mon ey through the
the end, he said, "a quality graduate NYSTAR program to buy the former
program ·rests on a foundation of a Westwood Squibb building in Buf·
quality undergraduate program."
falo to use for research, he said.
Grei ner's presentation laid out
ambitious goals for increasing sponsored research-total annual re-

search expenditures would rise from
the curren t expenditures of $152

mHiion to S210 million by 2005,
with federal r~rch expenditures
of$1 10 million.
He noted that a doUar invested in
research translates into more tnoney
available to the campus and to the
community-at-large.

In addition, money is available for
co nstruction and equipment
through federal sources such as the
Na tional Science Fou ndation and
the National lnstitut~ of Health i
corporate partners, such as Sun

Microsystemsand Toshiba, and private foundati'lns.
.. \Ve have to think. in termsofgetting buildings on our own and
equipment on ou r own, no1 just
froTPl state money;' he said."

Web site·offers means to coping m
BY CHRimN£ VIDAL
Contributing Editor

T

HE Scho ol of Social
Work has developed a

Web s ite that offers
online infonnation and
resources for those who are bavlhg

pe=nal difficulty coping with the
Sept ll terrorist attacks and their
aftermath.
The site, which can be found at
&lt;http!/ / www.•ocl•lworll.buff•lo.edu/Tr•um•.htm &gt;, is in -

tended both for mental-health professionals and tht general public.

The idea for a \Veb site for stu dents soon broadened to offer in formation for a general audience.
"We ...alized it also oould he help-

ful to members of the community
and other mental-health professionals in theoommunity,"Shulmansaid.
"We understood that the impaa
of the terrorist attack would contlnue ovt:r time, and that some of
the information would be u,&lt;d'ul immediately, while other aspects of the
site wou1d be usefuJ over the next
several months."
The site offers information on the

them deal with the tragedy.
The site also offers information on
stress disorder, depression and anxi-

ety disorders, as well as the p...vention a nd mitigation of disabling

stress. And it emphasizes the importance of taking a.. ofoneselfbygetting enough sleep, eating well-balanCed meals, trying to stick as much
as possiblt to regular routints. seeking suppon from others and taking
time to ...tlect on what has happened.
In addition, the site listS Links to
agencies and to resource materials
that may benefit people struggling

various =ctions people may be experiehcing, ranging from shock,

with the emotionaJ impact of the

dean of the School of Social Work,

anxiety and fear, to difficulty mak-

disaster, including how to cope with

and social work fac ulty members
who were looking for ways the

ing decisions and sleeplessness, and
offers suggestions on how people
can cope with their reactions.
It also looks at the impact the
tragedy can ha\'C on children. and
offers suggestions o n how to talk to
them about the attack and how to
reassure them . The si te looks at
com mon reactions children have to
traumatil" r''l'nts .md w.I)'S to help

of the terrorist attack.

"We felt we needed to address the
personal impact on our social-work
students, as well as the impact the
tragedy was having on their clients
and how the}' could help their eli·
cnts cope," ~aid ShulmJn.

a 1919 UB graduate who was a prominent trial and appella~ lawyer,
has allowed UB Law School to establish its first named professorship.
LA&gt;cinda M. Finley, a professor at tht law school who is founder
and director of the school's civil Utiption and appellat&lt; adYOCOCy
concentration, will be the tint Frank G. Raichlt Professor, beginning in the Spring 2002 semester.
Ralph L Halj&gt;ttn and Joelle G. Raichle, trust&lt;es of the foundation, said the objective in estab~shing the endowed Frank G. Raichlt
Professor of Trial and Appellate Advocacy is "to encouragt law stu·
dents to examine the role of litigation and appeUatt advocacy in
American society.•
"We feel this professorship will help Jaw studtnts interested in
&lt;ntering the field of ~tigation and appellate advocacy to hetter un de.-taod the positivt role in which tht law and lawyers perform in
the United States," Halpern added.
Nils Olsen, dean of the Jaw school, called it an honor for tht first
named professorship in the school's history to he named for one of
..our most distinguished and illustrious graduat~s."

Olsen noted that the professorship will help fund instruaion in
trial and appellate adYOcacy, relevant faculty research, professional
travel and speakers, lectures and symposia related to the ~tigation area.
In addition, he said tndowed professo.-hips significantly increase both
the reputation and visibility of the Law School.
Raichle, who died in 1986, was a member of the firm Raichlt,
Banning, Weiss and Hal~m and its predecessors since 1921 , and a
feiJow, regent and past pr~si d ent of the American College of Trial
Lawyers. AJthough he argued co untless cases in courts, Raichle was
perhaps best known for hjs early association with G~n. William }.

"Wild Bill" Donovan, his deftnse of con troversial lawyer Roy M.
Cohn and his rol&lt; as special prosecutor in .a payroll-padding scant dal that rocked Buffalo's City Hall in the late 1930s.

BrieD
Leukemia executive named
distinguished medical·aiumnus
M•rsh•ll A Lichtman, executive vice president _for research and
medical affairs of the Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society, has received

the Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award from the· UB Medical
Alumni Association.

'

Lichtman, who received his medical deg...e from the School ofMedi·
cine and Biomedical Sciences in 1960, is also a professor in the depanments of Medicine and of Biochemistry and Bioph)"ics at the
Unive.-ity of Rochester. Ht served as dean of the Unive.-ity of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry from 1990-96. He assumed
his current position with the Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society in 1996.
Lichtman has authored more than 230 articles and book chapters, has served on the edjtoriaJ boards of fi~ scientific journaJs and
as editor-in-chief of Blood Cells, Molecule, and Diseases. A master f the American College of Physicians, he is a member of severaJ
profe ional and scientific societies. including the Am;rican Society
of Hematology, which he served as president;. the American Society
for Clinical lnvestigationi the American Physiological Society, and

the American Society of Cell Biology.

the symptoms of post-traumatic

It is the resu1t of a brain-storm ing session by Lawrence Shulman,

.school could help in the aftermath

Raichle gift funds professorship
A gift,._ the Fnnk G. Raichle Foundation in memoryofRaichle, ·

the general tensions and depressions
resu1 ting from the attack and a clini·

cal referral service on how to find a
qualified therapist.

Other ....aurces i!ldude links to tht
National institutes of Mental Health.
The American Acaden&gt;yofExperts in
Traumatic Stress. The American Red
Cross and The lntem.:ulonal riticll
Lnl'itknt St~ Fou11d:ltion Inc.

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With music and lyrics by

Stephen Schwartz ond based on
the boolt by John Caird, "Chil- ,
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universal bathroom"

developed by on·ardtitectural team from the
School of Architecture
and Planning has won the Bronu
Award in the 2001 American Society on Aging (ASA) competition for
new p,roducu for mature markets.
Abir Mullick, associate professor
of ardtilcct\ltt and project dirccior;
Drew Kdly, assistant professor of
architecturc, and Edward Steinfeld,
professor .of architecture, won the
award in the competition's professional category and wa-c rccogniz&lt;d
recently at the lint joint confcrcncr
ofASA and the Nation:d Council on
the Aging.
Their two proposals for a oonvenie.nt, flexible, colorful, attractive
bathroom are, like those for all univcnal-d.Signed systems. designed
for able-bodied users, people with
disabilities and for
of use by
caretaker.; of dependent users. They
are based on the premi~ that the
room should accommodate the
user, not vice versa, and be able to
be used with eq ual
all persons, regardless of physical stature,
age and level of physial ability.
The award was presented for-two
working bathrooms prototypes fabricated by the UB team:a!TlO)'llblefixtures bathroom and a movable panels bathroom, both of which, Mullick
says. offer exceptional benefits to the
manufacturer and the consumer.
Changes in bathroom design are
necessary, he says, because bath·"
room technology, which hasn' t
changed since bathrooms were in·
vented, is not very functional. Ex·
isting bathrooms, with permanent!)'
installed fixtures and a single design
for all users, do not work well for
most people because every person
has different needs, he says.
"One bathroom design for all users pres~pposes that they are iden·
tical lndividuals and have no need
for a personalized environmen t,"

Mullick adds.
He calls them "dwnsy, incflicicnt
and dangerous for all of us at different times in our lives-when we are
very young, ill, old I" injured, for
instance." He says they are always
dysfunctional for persons with per·
mancntly disabling physical condi·
lions and actually incrtasc their &lt;kpcndcnce on others.
"Many able-bodied people also
arc disabled by the design of the
bathroom when they are unable to

made up ofSC\Oa'lll prcbbriatcd Wlits:
a lavatory unit. toilet unit. shower unit
and support unit. They.,_ running
water, drains, dcctricity and wall units
that will fit even the smallest rosidcntial bathroom space.
In these bathrooms, movement
and arrangements of panels and fix.
tures open up the space in diffcrmt

ways to acmmmodatc comfortable
use by variow people, induding
children, the dderly and those who
re"quire a55istance. The sink and

case

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reach for accessories, open faucets
or support them~lves in the
shower." Mullick says.
This is unfortunate and unnecessary, according to Mullick, because
new and readily available technologies
make posoible major innovations that
can address the needs of many different usersatonce--bathroomsthatart
"univmal" in safety and function.
The UB bathrOOIT! prototypes reflect the social and indusive philoso·
phy of universal design. They have
the potential to unify diverse popu·
lations so that no user group is ex ~
dudedbythcirdesign. They encourage individualization through the
use of flexible components so users
can adapt a bathroom to suit their
personal needs and preferences.
Theaward-winning.bathroomsare

showercanberai.sedorlow~ac·

cording to use preference, and can
be moved along the wall to cnlasgc
spaces for those who use walke:rs.
wheelchairs or have caretakers.
In theory,fixture movcmcnt creates
three large shower, toilet and grooming spaa:s in one small bathroom.
"The room suits different body
sizes. space preferences and makes
it mucheasierforusersandcaretak·
ers to move freely in the space with ~
out being injured," ~ullick says. •
He notes that the fixtures adjust
in height to accommodate both
seated and standing users and individuals of different heights, including children.
He explains that fixture movement
is a result of innovations in existing
plumbing and drain tcchnologythat

""""used bcrc in an uricx&gt;rMntional
manner. This will pr&lt;Yml slips and
falls due to Wet Boors and will allow
the bathroom to be hosed down for
easy cleaning and maintmance.

Components can be installed indq&gt;cndmtly or together in various
color combinations and design
styles. They can rep1aa existing fix.
turcs or be used in new construe·
lion, and total installation costs and
space requirements are less than

those of traditional bathrooms.
When designed for we by a large
popuJation, the bathrooms offer
manufactunrs benefits also-•a
competitive advantage and an increase in marlcd share," Mullicksays.
·"'We've designed the units not
only for case of operation, but for
ease of maintenance, repair and re·
cycling. Their modular nature allows manufact:urcrs to provide con. tinued service and production of rcplaccmcntparts."
Although the bathrooms are not
yet available commcrci3ny, Mullick
says several major fixture companies
are interested in manufacturing the
components, and hotel chains have
expressed in tercst in installing them.
The project was&lt;bdopcd with assistancr from the National Institute of
Disability and Rl:babilitation Research
of the US. Department of Education.
Mullick and Kelly arc affiliated
with the UB Center for lnclwive
Design and Environmental Acr.ess
(IDEA Center), the home of the UB
Rehabilitation Engineering andResearch Center for Universal Design.
Both are housed in the School of Architccturc and Planning and both
directed by Steinfeld.
MuJiick, ao industrial designer
and urban planner, is one of the de·
velopers of the principles of universal design. He calls this project "an
~Uent example Of how the uni·
venal design philosopby can create
flexible cnvironmeJ)t and produce
innovative designs that are high in
usability, convenience, aesthetics,
surprise and fun ...

Helping kids deal~th sensitive issues
Book by UB staff member helps kids through potty training, going to day care
BY JEHNIRII LEWANDOWSKI
Report~r Contributor

OB Orrange gives career
advicr for a living. But the
associate director ofCareer
Planning and Placement at
UB rea:ivcd a little career advice of his
own when an WKiergraduate an student in for a chat aboUI her aspirn·
tions got him thinking about one of
hi&gt;-writing a childn.'!l's book.
And so the seed W'dS planted more
than a year ago for his first-and
recently published-book, "The
Daisy Bug Daycarc."
Orrange, with the hclpofhis niece
and th e book's illustrator, Katie
Pistner, a senior at Sacred Heart
Academy, delivers a fun and rcassur·
ing look at day care for roungsters
just starting out. Orrangc, whost&gt;
two children, jesse, 3 1/2, and Chris·
topher, I 1/2, both au end ,the UB
Child Care Center in Butler Annex
on the South Campus, said he always had a hankering to write a
childre n's book, but wa sn't surewhat the s.ubjcct matter should be.

B

Sticking to the adage, "Write what
you know," Ommge turned to his
daughter and son for inspiration.
jesse and Christopher are two of
the eight characters featured in the

The [)aisy Bug

[)aye are

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"Daisy Bug Dayc.are .. offers
advice for children acdlmatlng
to a new dayc.re setting.

book, which touches on thrcepotcn·
tially sensitive isSI.es for children a&lt;·
dimating to the new setting-saying
good·byc
("l'he
Morning
Goodbye"), having fun (" let 's
Paint") and th~ trials and lriumphs
of the bathroom (" It's PouyTime!").

...There's a certain separation anxiety that takes placr and a fear of the

unknown-both. for the child and
the parents,"Orrangesays. He and liis
wife, Maureen Hammett, who also
""'Orks at UB as director of donor re·
lations and stewardship in the Office
of University Development, took
months off at a time to be with their
children when they were born, but
returning to work proved to be an

adj ustment. And while the book
didn't help his own children ease into
day care, it cenainly struck a nerve
with his daughter, who took exception to her crying character the first
time she read it with Orrange, and
promptly threw the book into the adjoining room. Now, he said, she's a
fan for life.
"She knows it all by heart," he said.
"It's kind of a cool feeling to have
your daughter reading a book you
wrote about her, for her."
Orrange said he hopes others will
find his stories both comforting and
entenaining.
"There are not a lot of books to

\

prep kids on going to day care,• he
said, noting that the best way to allay a child's fears is to explain a situation. A scrond book that touches
on threre experiences· for the newcomer to day care--field triP, lunchtime and naptime-is due out in a
couple of months. Orr.ange said
both books address issues of diversity, something for which US's ccn·
rer deserves high praise.
"They don't just talk a game of
diversity. respect and acceptance-you walk through The door and it's
there." he said
'When Orrange app roached
Tamar Jacobson,dirmoroftheccnter, for publishing suggestions, she
offered to assist in its publication.
"She just fell in lo"" with the characters." Orrange said "She thinks the
I.&gt;OOk is perfect."
"The D:Usy Bug Daycare"was published jointly by Orrange and the UB
Otild Care Center. Profus &amp;om the 56
oopies will go to the center.
For information on the book,
conlllet Jacobson at829- U26.

�Octilfs 25.211/Yi.ll.ki IIepa ._

Security measures discussed
Guidelines for mm1 distributed in wake ofanthrax threat
.,. SUE WUETCHUI
RtpOfl&lt;r Editor

T

HE univenity has instituted a number or sarery
measures in the wake of
the SepL II lm'Orist attacks, the Faculty Senate Executive
Committee was told at its m«ting
Oct. l7.
John Grela, di~ector or pubtic
safety, passed out a document that
he said was circulated via the department heads listserv and the University Facilities emergency notification
listserve outlining the steps r=mmended by the N.w York State Department or Health rorthe handling
or mail in liglit or recent incidents
in which the U.S. mail was used to
transport anthrax bacteria.

Grela said he's tried to di=t calls
on campus concerning the safe handlingor mail to his office at the6452222 emergency number.
"We have people who are fully
trained; we have the equipment to
retrieve any envelops or suspect
packages,• he said "We -wiU also coordi Jlate with the FBI and other local law enforcement."
Public Sarety also wiU transport
any individuals who may come into

contact with a suspiciow package to
the Erie Co unty Department of
Health for medical screening, he
said. noting that any suspect packages would be sent to the FBI, which
Grcla said would be the "primary
poi nt of contact., for UB.

Grela pointed out that campus
mail staff has been trained regard-

ing the sare handling or mail, and
individUals handling mail at the departmental level should rollow the
state guidelines.

·

Grda pointed out that there have noted that annual stipends can
heal only a r.... Vety minor instances range from $8,400 ror English stuor graffiti and harassing emails in the dent.s to as much as S17,000 for
wake or ihe attacks. "It hasn't heal chemistry students. The fSA has
penistent or escalating." he said
proposed that a minimum stipend
He noted there had heal several or $12,500 be set to match what he
"disturl&gt;ing" email rwnoacirculanng called the standard orliving in Buron campus rigbtalla-SepL I I thatsaid falo. as determined by us; wh ich
that several persons had been as- was about $11,500.
"This is a crisis situation," Patel told
saUlted and injured. The rwnoa were
rollowed bock to the source and "no- · senators. "Students are stressed• ·
body had heal injured, on campus or
President William R. Greiner
off campus." be said
pointed out that graduate students
The statements concerning the are represented by a statewide colassaults were added to the emails- lective bargaining unit-the Graduwhicb were di=ted to mostly Arab ate Student Employees Union
studentsandfacultymembers-"to (GSEU)-which he called a "com- .
add credence and credibilitY to the pticating foetor" in trying to increase
emails and just heighten iwareness" stipends. He said that no funding
ror these students concerning their has heal allocated to the campuses
personal safety roUowing the terror- to raise the base stiP91d negotiated
ist anacks, he said
by the GSEU and ~state.
The heightened awareness roJJowGSEU represents aU graduate asing the SepL II attacks has led to in- sistants across the stllte, regardless or
creased security at fuotbaU games their location and type institution.
and other special evenrs held on
" I think you probably could find
campus, Greta said. UB Stadium people at the campus level to join
now is dosed four hours before the graduate students in asking ror
kickoff so personnel can pelf~ a an approach to get the collective
sweep or the facility. Packatj!S also bargaining unit to rocus on raising
the Ooor (minimum stipend) and
are checked as spectators enter.
"Folks have heal very cooperative funding it," Greiner said.
at aU the games. Most people welcome
Charles Fourtner, proressor or
the additional checking." be said
biologicaJ sciences, said lhat sli·
• ln other business, the FSEC asked pends originally were not meant to
KmyGran4 vice provost fOr academic provide a paycheck for students but
affairs and dean of the graduate to provide an "enticement" for a stuschool, to pmvide thecornmittre with dent to enroll in a particular insti a comprehensive report on graduate tution or program.
"This can't be resolved until we"
student stipends across the university.
The request came rollowing a plea cart sit down and say, 'OK, what can
from Ritesh Patel. president or the you folks dO" with your collective
Graduate Student Association, for bargaining unit to get what you can
the FSEC's support concerning in - (from the state) because we'll have
eq uities in these stipends. Patel to deal with the rest." he said.

or

Cocaine use is focus of RIA study
BY KATHLHN WfAV£11

Rtpart.tr Contributor
N a new study under way at
US's Research Institute on Addictions. researchers are examining the ~ulative effect of
a number of risk factors associated
with mothers' cocaine usc on their
infants' mmtal development.

I

Maternal substance usc , an en vi ronment of family and communily violence, negative mother-in fant interactions and maternal psychological problems such as de pression are being considered in the
study, as well as the impact of these
risk factors on infants' physiology
and behavior.
Given the reality that most cocaine- using women also usc substances such as alcohol, marijuana
and cigarettes, investigators are looking at the role of these other substances. in addition to oocaine use.
The five-year researeh project is
funded by a $2 million grant &amp;om
the Nationallitstituteon Drug Abuse
to Rina Das Eiden, senior research
scientist at RIA and research assistant
·proressor or pediatrics in the School
of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Eiden has been with the institutesince 1992,specializingin the im·
pact or prenatal substance exposure
and the post-nataJ environment on
children's development.
Her co-investigators on the study
arc Pamela Schuetze of Buffalo

State College; Claire Coles or
Emory University in Atlanta and
Philip Zeskind or the Carolin as
Medical Center in Charlotte.
"The fo cus of our study is
cocaine's direct and indirect effects
on infant/child behavior." Eiden explained. "We're concerned with preand post-natal drug use by moms,
the int~ractions bctwten the parent
and child, and the stability or the
care-giving environment in the first
two years ortife.
"Wewanttoknowmoreabouthow
children deveiop selr-regulation."
Eiden added. "How do they learn to
control impulses? Are they as able as
otherdilldrentocomplywithcontrols
placed on them by the caregiVer? Do
they learn to internaliu the rule; or
condua we "'.Ould expect to see happening at the toddler stage?"
Eiden said the researchers will recruit mothers who use cocaine and,
in addition, may be using alcohol,
nicotine, and marijuana. A control
group wiU be comprised or mothers who do not usc cocaine, but who
may be light to moderate drinkers
and/or smokers."
Two hundred and fifty particip;mts-125 in each gmup-for the
study wiU be recruited at area hospi·
tals after delivery. Cocaine use wiU be
assessed via information derived &amp;om
urine toxicologies taken at birth,
analyses or hair samples and self-reporL Incentives 19rparticipating in the

=

research project wiU include gifi certificates ror groceries and ~
"Infants wiU be assessed at one
month, seven months, 13 months and

24 months or alle"over
orthestudy,"e:xplainedSchuetze. y
part or the study wiD look at the ph
ological effects or both the drug use
and the environment"
"We wiU use spectral analysis or
the infants' heart rates to tell us
about how heart rate changes in response to different situations. Specttal analysis separates a signal (heart
rate in this case) into different frequency components. allowing us to
look at the contributions or variOUI
influences on heart rate, such as
blood pressure and respiration. A
variety of events expe rienced by
children can impact the various systems that influence heart rate.
Through spe&lt;trum analysis or the
hean rate, we can learn more about
how children respond to and cope
with everyday occurrences."
Zeskind, a physiological expert
who has worked extensively with the
spectral analysis of heart rate, will
work closely wit11, Schuetze.
Coi&lt;S. a developmental psychologist with 20 yeats or experience in
researching maternal substana use,
developed the structured clinical intervi.w that wiU be used in the study
to examine the quality or the caregiving environment "She will oversee
the behavioral part or the study.

Energy Online
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the rising costs of power, energy was a frequent topic in the news
this past summer. The Web is a wonderful resource for both information and opinions about energy production and ooiisumption.
Many sites provide tips for energy conservation, induding ri-com mendations for energy~effident products:
·
The rederal government's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network site &lt;h ttp:/ / - -..doe., _&gt; is an exallent
starting point ror enersr information. Thls well-designed gat.way
lea&lt;js to dearly distinguished government and non-government
ergy-related sources, including the National Energy Plan and the
Web site or the Department or Energy (DOE) &lt;http:/ I
- -..,...,/ ....-ces/lndu.html&gt;. There are sections related
to industry and consumer information, as we.JJ as an interesting fea ~
tur.,_.... phone/Web link to an "energy expert.•
The Internet offers access to sites on alternative energy sources, including topics on biomass. geothermal energy and solar po-... The
DOE Web site covers and is organized by major energy types. The
Rmewoble Resource Data Center &lt;http:/lrnclc.nrel,_/ &gt;,a component or tlie DOE. links to publications. data and maps about renewable energy resources in the United States. Included are an extensive didionary of renewable energy·related terms and a Renewable
Resource Data Center News section that announces new energy-saving products. For those seeking energy statistics. there is the Energy
. lnrorrnation Administration Web site, &lt;http:/ / www.ela.doe.gov/
&gt;, which offers current and historical data about the supply, consumption1 distribution and price of energy in the U.S.
The American Council ror an Energy-Efficient Economy &lt;http:/
· / www.ac:eee.org&gt; is a nonprofit·organiz.ation with both goVernmental and nongovernmental ties. Its Web site includes tips on energy conservation, as well as information on energy policy issues.
Click on " Energy Policy" to find helpful fact sheets on energy, in
addition to responses to the National Energy Policy. The "Cons umer
Guide to Home Energy Savings':' is designed for consumers and links
to information on energy-saving appliances, including estimated
costs and a useful Home Energy ChecklisL
For more information on debates/issues surrounding the National
Energy Plan and CaJifornia's energy crisis, see the position papers
collected at The Energy Foundation site, &lt;http://www.ef.Of"9&gt;.
For oj:&gt;posing views/arguments., see The Cato Institute site at &lt; http:/
/ www.cato.org/ electrtdty&gt;. Tho~ particularly interested in th ~
California energy crisis will want to visit the Pubtic Broadcasting
System's Web site designed to accompany the .. Frontline .. documen tary"Blackout." broadcast June 5, 200 I; at &lt;http:/ / www.pbs.Of"9/
wgbh/ - u/ frontllne / shows/ biKkout&gt;.
The Web offers children a great ddl or readily accessible inrormation
on renewable and non -renewable energy sources.The best starting places
for younger children interest'ed in energy att the childrt'n's S«tion of
the Department or Energy Web site, &lt;http:// ......doe.gov / kid•
•nd the C•llfomla Ener"9y Comn~lsslon 's ldd site, http:/I

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to navigate information along an "'energy quest" high...vay.
Additional information on energy, including policy issues. technical information and international data,-ii available on the University i..braries
Government Documents Web site section on energy &lt;http:/ I
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lnterestingr&lt;SOWt:esonstandards &lt;http://-.--~/

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. . . . . . _ , _&gt; also can be round on the University Libraries Web site.
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Help for Quebecor earns award
The N•tiooYI Auoc:l•tlon of ~t and Technical Assistance

Centers has selected the former UB BusinessAllianc~now part of the
Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach-lo
receive its Project of the Year Award for its longstanding relationship
with Quebecor\\'orld Buffalo. the world's largest mass-market printer..
located in Depew.
Since 1997, The Ccnterorlndustrial Effectiveness (TClE) has been
partnering wi th Quelkcor to conduct a range of plam process improvements and training programs. The relationship strengthened
the Buffalo plant's commitment to workforce develqpment and continupus productivity enha ncement. Following an October 1999
merger with World Color Press, the Buffalo plant was chosen b)'
corporate leaders to receive $20 million of new investment in equip·
ment and other imP(Ovements, thanks largeJy to the TCJE proiects.
"Our partnership with TClE has enabled our company to mine
the vast and enormowly rich resources of the- University at Buffalo,"
said Kevin). Clarke, Quebecor World Buffalo vice president an"d general manager.

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CCR is key reso~ce-for researchers
By lUIH (;CII..DL'IUM
Contributing Editor

FTER completing his
post-doctoral work at
P~inceton Univeisity,
Jeffrey Errington considend returning to his native Western New York, but be figuml the
odds were pretty much against him.
"My fa mily was telling me I
should try and get a job in Buffalo,"
said Errington, "but I told them tbe
odds were pretty slim."
Like any n&lt;Wiy minted Ph.D. in
the scien=. Errington viewed his ·
job search in purely
national terms.
A graduate ofUB's
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences who earned his'
doctorate at Cornell
University; Errington
was seeking an institution with the appropriate facilitie; for
pursuing his research
on the properties of
materiaJs and chemical sys tems from a
microscopic perspec-

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tive. He writes computer codes that
model interactions between mol -

ecules in oomplex fluids and biological systems to better u nderstand

their behavior. To enact those &amp;imulations, he needs the power of
supercomputers.

Coincidentally. UB's Department
of Chemical Engi neeri ng and the
eas}' access to the un ive rsiry"s
supercomputing faciJi ty-the Center for Computational Research, one

of the world's leading academic highperformance computing sites--offerc..-d just what his research requires.
" I was very impressed with the fa-

cilities of CCR," he said. "I guess I

Elizabeth Welk&lt;f W3l awarded •

was. surprised at the sheer magni-

52,000 Button Scholacshlp from
the group's local chapter.
Bligh, wl1o is studying ~
nizlltional behavior, plans ID
teach at the uni'f'enity tewt.
Welk&lt;f is eorolled In UB's 3/2

tude of the complex."
Errington also was impressed wi th
the accessibility that faculty have to
CCR, regardless of their rank.
AI Princeton, he recalled, faculty

MBA program. which enables

and students have to pay what he

.students to earn both a
bachelor's a'nd an MBA degree
by completing three years ol
undergraduate wor1&lt; followed
immelliately by two years ol

called "a fairly steep charge" to use

~studies.

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heads have found it's also playing a
role in faculty recruitment
Maurizio Trevisan, professor and
dlairof the Department of Social and
~live Medicine and int&lt;:rim dean
of the School of Heal!lf Related Professions,discovertd that this summer
while r=uiting for a biostatistician.
"The fact that CCR is here was
very important to me,.. he &amp;aid. '"Being able to ""nd candidates over
there and have them talk with the
ctnter'sstalf scientists reaJiy helped.
Any institution that wants to be in
the fo~nt of research has to have

can use the machines.
For Lund, who conducts research
on making more efficient use of
cal2lysts used by the chemical indus-

try, having CCRavailable has meant
being able to devdop new skills to
advance his research.
"CCR has provided me with the
motivation to learn to do quantum
chemistry," said lund Calculations
perfo rmed at CCR have helped
Lunddevdop"virtualcatalysts" that
guide the development o f ~ c:atllysts once he is back in the lab.
Some of the mosr established users of CCR a re in the area of
bioi nfo rmatics, includ ing X- ray

crystallography projects at UB and
its affiliated institutions, such as

Hauptman Woodward Medical Research Institute, where senior research scientist Charles Weeks uses
CCR's massive computing power to
solve ever more complex molecular
structures that are targets for new
. pharmaceuticals.

Yaoqi Zhou,assistant professor in
the Department of Physiology and
Biophysics, is uncovering the com-

plexities of protein folding. using
CCR to do theoretical and simulation studies of protein folding. prosomething like CCR."
John Cowd.J, chair of the cancer
genetics department atlwsweU Park

1999,CCR has been the source of an
ever-expanding group of enthusiastic
'"'rporters among faculty members,

sor of classics, who is
coiJaborating with
Then k uru ssi
Ktsavadas, professor

In which
user creates .,. lnt'et'oK·
story and en~ wfth the 1"hlng.. at an
level.

narratlv~
tlv~

~motional

tein binding and protein -protein
interactions. The research covers the
area of bioinformatics, structure-

based drug design, biophysics and
in their work and making it possible computational biology.
to apply for new grants that require - Paras Prasad, SUNY D isti_!!.easy accessto ,;~pet~()ITIJllltir&gt;g fuc:ili- guished Professor in the depa_rt-

allowing them to pursue new avenues

assistant professors who have very

few funds when theyarestartingout,
is that there is this resource right on
campus thars completely available to
farulty and oompletely free."
Errington noted that superoomp ut in g faci lit ies a t so m e ot he r

schools also require that farultyun dergo an elaborate applica"tion process in order to use the facility, and
even if gra~ted that privilege, use
can be restricted; CCR, on the other
hand, is open to all farulty members

ties even to be considered

who can prove that their research
r-equires supercomputers.
For more and more new and ex-

The fact that getting supercomputing time at CCR is just thatrelatively easy in comparison with

isting faculty researchers at UB. hav-

other, more established centers--as
well as free, also is a draw for new
and current faculty members.
"Supercomputing time is very accessible at CCR," explained Ca rl
Lund, professor and chair of the Depart ment of Chemical Engineering.
At so me o th er institutio ns, he
sa id, scientists may obtain an ac+
count, but then ha\'e to wait weeks
or even months before the-.· actuallv

at UB, helping to ga rner about $40
million in external funding for UB
f~~eult)' members. As Errington'scase
prows. quite a few UB depa rtment

with

Another non-traditional user is

mentum. "It's defini tely a plus; he
said."The disadvantage ofhaving to
&amp;o off-site is that supercomputing
centers in"other regions can always
bump you off their site-because o nsite people have priority. Here, no
one can log in over me."
Since opening its doors in May

associated

Samuel Patey, profes-

"That's not the case with CCR;
said Errington."One of the very nice
things about CCR, especially for new

a

dition ally

superoomputing also bave begun to
tap into OCR's facilities.
~aample.)ooqlhincAnsley. vis-iting a&lt;Sistant profesoor in the Departmont of Media Study, is an avid CCR
user wbo relies on the center's visualizatiOn capabilities io explore intaactive,oommunity-based virtual reality.
Anstey isworicingona Japanese b)lnslation of her interactivt, virtual reality fiction, "The Thing Growing." for
a show at a museum in Tok)«&gt;.Sbealso
is using CCR's Internet 2 oonnectivity and high~ visualization facilities to collaborate with the Electronic
Visualization Laboratory at..the University oflllinois at Chicago on a networked virtual reality art project. Th&lt;
project recently was shown at the Ar.5
Electronica Festival in
Linz. Austria

Can cer lnsl.itute, agrees. CCR, he
noted, is becoming increasingly important as the bioinformatics center in Western New York gains mo-

its supercomputing facility.

ing CCR on campus is more than a
perk; it is an·increasingly criticaJ re+
source that is helping to propel rna+
jor projects.
Supercomputing has made major
inroads in broad range of projects

.tio na! fluid dynamics also rely
heavily on CCR's computing rcsourcco. Cyrus Madnia and Pcyman
Givi, professors of mechanical and
aerospace ~g. ~ statt-of
tbe-artoomput&lt;nnodelsdevdoped
in their labs to study turbulent 6ow
and combustion processes. The pi
of this research is to be able to design more efficient devices, such as
turbine engines and borne furnaces.
Faculty from disciplines not tra-

of mechanical -and
aerospace engineering. and others to use
CCR vis ualization
facili ties to devdop
virtual tours of sites

of archaeological in-

terest, including the palace of an

ancient i\ssyrian king.
Scientists from the Department of
Civil, StructuraJ and Environmental Engineering, incl uding Alan
Rabideau. associate pmfessor, and

Igor )anckovic, assistant professor,
working with Matt Becker, assistant
profe1sor of geology, and Doug
Flewdling.assistlnt professor of geography, are developing a oomputer
model that can be used to predict
the Bow of contaminanl&gt; in groundwater. The project is funded by the
Environmental Protection Agency.
Local businesses also have taken
advantage of CCR, using supercomputers in sectors ranging 'from
studying industrial gases to improving banking services to facility planning and layout
Community outreach projects

have included the visualization of
models of various options for a new
or expanded l'e:lce Bridge and plaza,
ments of Chemistry and Physics, and a virtual reality walk-through of
and executiv• dim:tor of the Insti- the 1901 Pan-American Exposition.
tute for Lasers, Photonics and
Most recmtly, CCR has begun a
Biophotonics, has used CCR's visu- collaboration with Philip Glick. proalization resources to create a fully fessor of surgery and obstetrics and
immersive, three-dimensional im + gyneoologyandexfCUtivedim:torof
age of a human cell based on two- th e Miniature Access Surgery,
dimensional slices obtained using
confocal microscopy.

Teaching, Training and Research
Center, on a project designed to

While researchers studying atoms

bring virtual reality technology into

and molecules have been some of
the earliest users of supercomputers.,
CCR's base of users is grow in g
bro..'lder all the time.
Researchers studV'i nR computa-

the opemting room to assist in preoperative planning of complicated
operations and in training the next
generation of surgeons in a safe and
controllOO environment.

\

�Oct*~ 25. 2111/Vt l3.1o.B

Council
"We ha-.,tooYerrome tha~"hesaid.
Council members directed the
administration to develop a communications plan to counter UB's
poor representation in the
Prinaton Review.
"The record should be set
straigh~" Lippes added
Also at the meeting, council
members saw a slide presentation
by Michel Bruneau, professor of
civil engineering and deputy director of the Multidisciplinary Center
for Earthquake Engineering Re search, who was a member of a

team of UB and MCEER engineen
who went to NewYorkCitytosurvey damage to buildings at ground
zero in lower Manhattan following
the SepL II terrorist attacks on the
World Thlde Ceiller. ·
•
The point of the reconnaissance
trip, Bruneau said, was to begin to
formulate ideas about how to design structures that might withstand such attacks and to search
for clues on how to do so in buildings that were damaged, but still
are standing.
The trip was funded by a $100,000

grant from the National Science
Foundation, he said.
Council members also heard a
report on UB'• enmllment picture
forthe Fall200 I semester from Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi. Amo~g
the highlights in the enrollment
surnrnary cited by Capaldi was that
the ·entering freshman class has the
highest mean SAT sana ofany class·
since the SAT scoring methodology
was changed in 1996.
In addition, Capaldi ·noted, UB's
graduate enrollment of 8,548 is the
highest in its history.

geological activities and oceap waves,
also might be possible, Sen said.
"It could create a situation where
not only could structures be made
shock-absorbent, but it might be
possible for the building, the ship or
the bridge that received the impact
to take advantage of that energy for
its own internal systems," he said.
Sen said that it is likely that a
system based on the present research could be used in con junetion with existing technologies for
shock absorption.
He acknowledged that issues such
as whether or not such a system
would be cost:-effective from an en-

gineering-design viewpoint remain
to be sorted out, and noted that
much remains to be learned about
shock absorption.
(
"How well do we know fue scienceofshock absorption?" he asked
"I would oontend that we do not
know it well enough because the
study of nonlinear effects, which is
what a shock wave produces, is still
so much in its infancy...
is developing workshops and
symposia for physics and materialsscience conferences on a whole new
field: new shock-absorbingsysterns
that are able to harness the energy
o~ any impact.

Shock absorption
~,_

..... 1

amplitude of literally any size shock
for any rype of material.
"The crux of the argument is that
as mass gets reduced, the energy of
the impulse gets distributed so that
no single sphere is carrying too
much energy," he said."That is what
reduces or absorbs the shock."
Sen envisions a shock-absorption
material ora structural materiaJ,such
as brick, in which these chains of
spheres are embedded At the same
time. he said, the theoretical calculaLions provide a strong basis for the
reuse of the mechanical energy of an
absorbed shock wave. A similar reuse of impulses from nature, such as

y Sen

Calendar
ISSSWorkshop
Winter Driving. Carolyn Harding,
American Automobile Associatkm. 31
Capen, North Campus. -4 p.m . Free.

~~~~-tf:=';~=~.

6&lt;5·2258.

~Sciences

auociate, OffiCe of Career P!anning &amp;
Placement and UBE 202 irutructor. 1&lt;45A
Student Unton, North Campus. 5-6 p.m.
Free. Sponsored by Offtee of Student
Unions &amp; Actlvitie. For more
information, 645-612_5 .

ReceptrK/Gene-MediAted

Phannac.odynamk: Effeds: of

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Sciences. 121 Cooke, North Campus. -4-

5 p.m . Free.

P-otscumTerrortst Attacks on the U.S .: Root
Causes and U.S. Response. 112 O'Rrian

~=;;~!t~~~r·

Education and Council of International
Studte and Programs. for more
information, International Student &amp;

~d=r~:~n~ lin

Life Workshop
How to Choose 1 M-for. Usa
Sandqum_ advisor, Aud&lt;mk
Advisement Center, and Sandlll Handy,

Gallery In the Center for the Arts, North
Campus. The opening reception,

-

~=~~~=~~~~.m.
Gallery hours.are 11 a.m. to
t~.

senior """""' back Oerricl&lt;
Gordon. who had 22 carries for 80
,.,.:Is. junior J1anker Maurice
Br&gt;dlord led UB with live .-.ceptioru for 46 ya.-ds, whae Man Knue...n had four
catches for 73 yanjs and his first career toud&gt;down.
Oe(ensively. dw Butts ,..,.. ted by nodshn freshman J.J. G;t,son. who had 12
12cldes on the •ftemoon. Senior Bobby )oMson •clded I 0 taddes and • sock.

while senior free sole&lt;y Cnig Rohlfs had nine 12cldes.

~occm

·

MEN'S
UB 2, Bin ghamton 0

Canisius I, UB 0
UB 1, Bucknell I
UB bepn the week by der.ating Bingtwnton l.{) on Oct. I 6 ;n a motch pbyed
In • huvy ,..;nstorm.The Bulls pid&lt;ed up ph from Potrid&lt; Beddey and ]\min
H;ggins. Blill1 Wozniok earned lhe shutout In pi lor dw Bulls.
A ClllWus pi by Ryan Dummett 2 I:271nto lhe pme was the dalerence
as UB fell to me Golden Griffins,I.O,in non-conference men's soccer action on
Fnd&gt;y night. UB outshot Canlslus nine to one 01 lhe second hoff ( 16-6 for the
pme).produdng .....-.1 opponun;ties.but lhe BuHs stiR coutdn\.,.,..,."' h&lt;
"'" back of the net.
0... Pklzeon sconecl on • penolty lddc 2.-4lllnto lhe second hoff to break a
1- 1 de as the Bulls went on to cbJm a 2-1 victory ewer 8udcnell on Sunday.The

s.-

-

f&gt;"""d to be"'" final OUtCome.

WOMEN 'S

Central Michipn 4, UB I
Eastern Michlpn 4, UB 0

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seuort-SCOtirc from I 5 yards out all • pus from freshman jenny Dannecbr:

Pbylng In their final MAC rqulor ,....,., pme d the .....,.,_ lhe Bulb - . .
der.ated by Eutom Mkhlgan. 4-0. on 5un&lt;by llhlemoon.

==.;.:'History

A tr&gt;,..ing exhibition oiW&lt;&gt;Ii&lt; by noted
Afrian-.t.mericon photographen w;u be

.Sa.......,_

Bucknell opened the scoring I8:26 Into lhe pme on • header all 111
lddc from 25 ,.,.:Is OULThe Bulb then responded with' pi of theW
own In the 30m minute when hshman Justin Higjns knodsed In • rebound.
Then, with Just over three minutes into the R9)nd ha!f, UB was awarded a
peno1ty lddc when Bucknell ~
Whi&lt;&gt;l&lt;er was ailed for a foul.
Pk1zeon put lhe ball just out of rucil ofWIUtal&lt;er to p lhe Bulb the 2-1 lead,

Exhibits

Scholar SeMc:es, 6&lt;5-p58.

UB worriedal-abou&lt;Kent
. Sate freshman quoruort.odtjosl-...
Ctl&gt;bs' ability"' .............. .....
loet.Ctl&gt;bs showed d w he an hurt "'
opposinc r.oam wllll his arm u well
Ctl&gt;bs t)k IX&gt;I-16 posses lor
194 ,.,.:Is In lhefinthalfu Kent
Sate openod up. 28-1 0 lead and held all a UB rally In lhe
second half tO hand"'" Bulls. 35-13
deloatatDixSadhmtnaMi&lt;IMlerian Ccnlerenco dash. UB felt
to I -6 CMnll and lw lost lou&lt;
stnJ&amp;jK.
Cribbs, who came Into the pme
r&gt;nlcodei&amp;f&gt;thlntheMACinrusf-o;rc
per pme.led "'" Gclden Flashes to
tOUChdown drives on ~r first two
_...;on. and riddled the UB
--with pinpoint passing "'"
entire fim: hatf.
The UB offense was led by

llultslmf&gt;r&lt;&gt;'oto~l CNenll

UB Gr. t.2: An Exhibition of SecondYear Grackm.e Student Art. GaDery of
. the Dept ot Art, B-45 C-enter for the ArU.
North Campus. 5'7 p.m. Free. 5pons&lt;nd
by Dept. ol Alt. For more O&gt;lonnatioo.
Dept. ol Art, 6&lt;5-6878, ext. 1350.

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Kent State J5, UB IJ

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Art bhlbit Opening Reception

SemiNir

foot~all

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-

Pld&amp;led:

Volle~~all
ue Art

\Yortc prodi.Ked in the "'foundations'"
courses---the ~sic art courses that all art
majors take In their freshman yearconveys the students at the most

absorbent

_.,

and wide=point in
Kademklife.
As8!cUon of

diverse media
rollecting the
aspiratioru ol
these
students is on
di&gt;ptay
through
.today In the
Art

g:rtery~;

"Resonance," a Ykko still by llei&gt;o&lt;ah Jack, Is among the sampling o f - by master 9f
flne •rt students on dlspl•y In the Art Department G..lery Nov. 1·15. The • rtlrts' med ..
r•nge from video to paint, 2-D to J -D, •nd the Ylscer•l t o th~ conceptu•l.

Center for the
Arts, North
Campus. The
opening
reception will
be hekt from
5-7 p.m.
todjly. Gallery
hours are 10
a.m . to5
p.m. Tuesday,
10a.m . to 8
p .m .
Wednesday
through
Friday and 11
a.m. to6
p.m . on
Saturday.

Kent State 3, UB I
Akron 3, UB 0
The ....tleyball team wflered a four-pne loss " Kont Sate on Fnd&gt;y, 3().1 4, 3().
26. 2~30, 3().17. UB was led by sophomore Undsay Matikmh with I I tcilts. Kent
siate h"., ~ .3t7tn"'" mott~~.c:ompored to Bufblo\ . t25 hitDng
percent&gt;&amp;e. and the Golden Flashes recor-ded I I team btodcs compored to

Bullalo\ lou&lt;.
U8 1ost ks founh stroig!lt motch "Akron on Sawnlay, bltirc to the :z;ps tn
three games by scores d J0.21 . 3().t I and 31-~.The loss drops UB~ reoonl to

+15.,.,.... and ().10 tn lhe MAC.The Bulb~ led by fToshnll1 Moly Sdvana:
with ~ kilts. four digs and one blodc.

lennis
WOMEN'S

Niapra 5, UB 2
The Butts felt to Nbgara. 5-2. on Sawrday. Mkhaeb Koll•""" and M~
Porulow pid&lt;ed up singles wins for ua The squad completod ks r.n season
with a 2-3 d\W meet mark.
MEN' S

UB 7, St. Lawrence 0
The Bulls daimed a 7...0 victory over St. lawrence University on Oct.IS.At first
sinfes,juntor ~ry Kaslrmn defeated Andrew Bell. 6-2.6-) , to lead the Bulls.

~rew
WOMEN 'S

UB fielded a sqaad in the prestigious He.J.d o( the Charles Reptta 1n Boston.
~&lt;~.cing to ;;a 13th pbce finish ;;among 5-4 teams In the Club 8 lillce. UB comPeted
the duft-mile coun:e in 17:58.20, just 27 seconds behind the first-pbce squld
from the Untve.n:ity of Tennessee.

�informatton, Student Health
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~~.:r~!:lf~~~ of
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1DC l ..... Wo.tuhop Set-Up ReducUon. Advanced
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the Arts, 'forth Campus. 8 p .m .
5201 S16, S1 2generol; S10UB
stuoents.. For more
inlormation, 64S-AATS.

()evek)pment Center. For more
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For more iilform~tion, Yurie
Kntpsld. 645-2Jl37.

-Closs
The Meridian Arts Ensemble
(Bross ond Perawlon). Baird
Recital Hall, North Campus.

Sdence Ubroty, Abbott Hal.

Sou1h

Campus. 1G-11 a.m . flft.
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· 829-3900, ext. 113.

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Campus. 12:30 p .m . Free.

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North Campus. 12:30 p .m . '

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UB vs. Duquesne. 8AC f"oeld,
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Screening Room, Center for the

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645-3810.

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Namaste. 222 Student Union -'
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F~ For f1'lQfe information,
)antee Cochran, 645-2837.

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first:
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Campus. 3:30p.m. Free.

Hellenk Dance Class
George Karanikolos and
Chrysavgl Papagianni, ~~ ic
Graduate Student As.s.os.iation.
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Center, 829-3316.

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                    <text>PAc.! 1

Philosopher Carolyn Korsmeyer
w.ns corJtest·ro finiSh 1Wclin story

In the
Zone
Membe" of the UB Bull'
football team get ready to
take the field Saturday lor
the homecom1ng game
against the Thundenng
Herd of Ma"hall Umvers1ty

Input sought for Lee Road project
Campus-wide meetings to be held next week to solicit comments on master plan
By SUE WUflCH . .
Rrport~r

Edt tor

M

EMBERSoftheuno
versaty com muni ry

will havr an oppor
tumry next wt"t'k to

nffer Lh e1r adeas o n an ambitious
plan that wouJd tum thr rdai:ively
u ntouched stretch of land aJong Lee
Road betwec:n the Ellicott Complex

and the Student Union on thf North
C..ampw. mto a ''coUegt" town."
PublK meetings on the Lt-e Road
Mastl'r Plan will be held from noon
to 2 p.m . Tue-sda\' 1n 2 10 St uden l
Unton on thl' North ( ..am pus. from

noon to 2 p.m Wednesday m 14SH

Studem Umon and from noon to
2 p.m . Oct. 25 m Harnman HaJJ
Theatre on the South Ca mpus. The
proJect's ardUtect, Stieglitz Snyder
Architecture, will conduct a powerpOint presentation of Its recom mendations fc:w the project , answer
quesnons and takt comments from
participants.
Cliffo rd Wilson. assocmte vtce
president for student affuJrs..satd the
project has "gone from an tdea to a
concept ," notmg that J..5 to 20 cam
pll~i stakeholder groups were con sulted d unn g that prcxes.;,.
"Now. w~ 're gotng hack out to tht.·
carnpw. tn gcncraJ..-ht.-re's where we

thmk we're gomg, here's the lund of
we thmk we need," Wtlson
sa td . "We need the ta mpu s rc
~ces

sponse--tS th ~ a good tdca. a bad
tdea, what works, what doesn'L..
The ~an as c urrently drawn Ill dudes apartment -style house for as
many as 3,000 students. retail space.
s tudt•nt - ~rvtce:; spa,e, a student
heaJt.h center.a student recrt."attonal
~.:c:nter --s amil ar to a health dub--.
M'vcral parkmg garagt·~ . a wnfet
t'll(t.' ccntt.'r and pos!&lt;&gt;tbh a c hild
~...He (enh:r The L'ntvl'rsatv Book
'tort.· and Tht· ( .om_mom. would he:·
torn J own. dlld Vt"ndor!'&gt; hkd v
would he:· relocated mthe llt' \\ ..:om

meruaJ space

Wilson pomted out Lhat a full
Env tronmental QuaJity Re vtew Act (SEQRA) revtf"W will~
done for the project.
He said thai services an the ne"W
complex would be targeted to fac ~tate

ulry and staff members., as well as
student.\. The adea. he satd, would
he to cre·cue a "college town" for the
l.&lt;lmpus.slmiolar to the College Town
area of Ithaca near ComeU Umver
s11y that serves as a .soctal. as wdl ~
wmmactal, hub for the camplb
Tht' plan would 1nvolw a mator re
m utmg of trnffi~ 10 the art.-a Putn.tm

cont...._._,...z

law school to open trial courtroom
By CHRimNE VIDAL
(on tnbuung Ed•tor

T

H~ UB Lw x hnol wdl
hetomt' tht' unh \,1\\
,._hool Ill tht• llJIItln hi

hou~· a fullv fun~.·u um ng
!'&gt;t.tte court m tis l&lt;.tw M:hoo\ hutld
mg with the openmg today of tht•
UA Law Courtroom.
Equipped for state-of-tht' · &lt;trl
tt.:chnology, it will prov1de UR law
st udents with the mvaluable oppor tuntty to Stt the practtce of law .. tn
actio n" on a dail}' basts. JUSt down
thr haJ I fro m their da.'i.'lirooms.
As a result of its mnovauve muJtt
use destgn, the UB Law Co urtroom
can IX" used for appdlatt: argummts.,
a.o. well as trials. It features a bench
constructeJ to accommodate from
one to seven judges. JUdtCial cham

bers, a 1un• deliberation ro(lm and
specta tor seat mg. f&lt;•r up In t 00
Tht· new tt•urlfcw.lm, "'•mpktt-J
Jl J l&lt;•st til 10hghtlv more !han S1
nullltill , " 'til be: opt~ncd 111 .1 \t'l
t.'llhlll\ ~~~~· hdd,u t;, \Op m nn tht•
~rllund fltillr nl { \' Bn.tn i l.tll on tlw

\Jtlrth (

.Hll~'U'

le.ldt.•r,••ltht'\\t•,h·n• '\rt·,, '"rio.
,ud1..:1.tn- . tht· \\t·,tt-rn 't'" ),1rk ll')!

1slat1Vt.' ddt...&gt;gJtton and the: pnvaiL'
and puhh~ mtcrc!ot har an· expt.'\.tt.•d
to attend
·lnmormw morn an~ . tht· Appd
Id. it' I )tV I!'&gt; lOll of tht• '\tate ..,uprcmt·
( ourt 1-ourth l&gt;eparlnll'nt wtll
~o..o nvcn e m the (OU rtroom lor lb m
.mgural SC!'&gt;SIIm . to hcar o ral argu
ments on a fuU caJendar of caso
The Appdlate- DtVlston ts expected
to return to the UB l.aw Cou rt ·
room a t least IWlce each a.. adcm•~
vcar. Bcgmnmg ca rlv next vear, a

n

~ t ate

Supreme (:Ourt lUSt lee will ht·

JS!&lt;&gt;tgned to tht· cou rtroom on a
fu ll · ttm e basts to conduct the full
range of o;fa lc tnal court hu.smt··sslrom oral a r~umt·nL'Ii to fuiJ -hlown
torr tnals. Membt'r!l of tht' ft.-dcral
tudiCtary are expt.'Ctt'd to make ust'
nf the n)Urtronm for fn.ieral rn'
~.t.'t.'d mg11 a11 wdl
Prcsu.knt Wtlltam K (,rl'llll'r
lllilt'd tha1 "a!'o tht' tir.t ,tnJ o nh lull
'-t'r\ h.e t.llurlrotml tn the n.H1on tn
t~u U)'\ ,tiJ'' "lhoul. tht' l "H l.t"

taJ...L'' lllll\'l'r'll\
p.trlna,htp' ''lth ]o... d.] \t1rnmun1
tu.., 1t1 .tn unprt'\ t't1t·ntt·d lt·\d ··

-.....IH".i\l t• Urlflltl/ll

rht,\t1Urlrtw.ml ... ( on'llll'l JJJt.'\.J .

,,,JI ~t' .l trt'lll t'tl\ltlu '

~~l(il\ltl~llh

tht' l ' H I..J\\ ~ool.tnJ tnthc Wt"!'&gt;t
t•rn New York legal lommun1n .
whu!lt' ~iUppun for thl!'o project ha!'o
ht.'t.'n twe~·hehmnglv enthustasth.
l'ht.· &gt;lllt' ol tht.•-art tnhnolog\
~.oml'nncd wtth Jaih lnal and .tp
pt•llatt' prOt..L'L' Jtn~!'&gt; w11l p lace l iB
Law Xhool m a umqut.· posttton m

t-ducation
"W&lt;''re ven ~ratdul for the oul

standing support from thct State ol
New York, our Provost , Untversttv
1--aClhtt es--dnd espeetalh· ou r l ' A
Law School alumm- for tht sm l..l."iSfuJ complrtton of th 111 laetl itv."
" The courtroom 110 es penalh
valuable- he-caust 11 mabie.&lt; tht' um
v('rsttv. and the law school tn par
t11.:ular. to mtcgrnte professional al_
tiVtrv lllhl the curnn.Jum ," ~ud Ntl'
( )\sen. dean of the Law XhooL
"Th1s cooperative venturt' wtll
t·nhanH' tht.' t'\lu ~atUlnallipponu

lllllL" hu 'tuJenh. and 11 alsti ht·n
dih th e ht.'lll.h JnJ tht· h.tr . &lt;~nd
hnn)l..' tht.•m rnuch J~•-.c.·r tn tht· unr
H' r,tl\," ( ll-.c.·n -..ud
the ntdt~t.tl ~.n mmuntl\ .d .... , h."
\orn·J 'tronf.!_ 'up~•rt hir tht.· nt.'''
\ tillrlrtkirll

- ·Jne nt""' courtr~m at tiw Um
o l Buffalo L.Jw School 1.~ a
umqut.' facthtv that g~vt.~ stud&lt;.·nt:s and
the legal etumnum tvnf\A.'&lt;."Sit.'1Tl Nev.
York access to a statt'-Of·tht'-art vt"fllk"
for tcachmg and httg.atlon of hoth
tnaJ and appdla tt' mancn.." sa.td l:u gcne 1·. Ptgon. prt.'StdmgJusUc.:e of th&lt;'
Appellate DIVISIOn of Statt' Supreme
wr~•tv

Court, k&gt;unh f)epartment
"Tht' new courtroom ." he added.
"wtiJ serve to st rengthen the alreadv
strong bonds of frtendshtp and o•·
o peratt on between the untverSI"- ,
lawyers and thL· court~. I commend
Prestdcnt Gremer. Dean Olsen and
the enure untven;:tt-y communtty fm
thr Ot"\\' faaht)·. whteh will be a na
!tonal modd for years to (Otne ..

\'mcenl 1--- I )uyk, admmtstratJvr
1udgc of tht' .)uprem(' Coun. Etghth
Judtctal l"llV1S1on.soud thc-rourtnl(•m
willmtx tht.·orettc.al anJ r ral. lll..dl ,l.\
pc..'\:"1.' ol tht.· law tn the -..mil' -.cttm~
" It \ lraL~m~ l.1'' 'tuJt·nh " 'h,tt
11 "ltke hll"lf: d lawvt'r , dOJ n " 'tlrl.._,
ln r ~oth thl' lt~·l l ,t illllllltnll \ .tn.l
tht· .. rudt·nt ..,'' llotwlt· ....ud '"'-\, ,admu1
"tr.lll\1' tud~l'
hi hti!J ,tiUJI 111

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·-from interalllegiot2 ond
clob _ , .. .. athletic
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..edng .-.inltions of -

who " - mode slgnlficont contributions of time ond moun:es
to UB's ethletk program for ib
lllwell(. Gugino lw«d.
The Induction dinner ond

c.....,..,

lor tho .,..,dauol
inductees wllllllke plou on Feb.
22, 2002. Nomination forms,
which must be submitted no
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ciohers.

Mary Gresham, vice presidem for public service and urban
affairs and dean of the Graduate School of Education, is
chairing the 200 I SEFA campaign.

_.,the SUA .......... gc*lg7
Currently, UB is at 46 percent o{
its goaJ for the campaign. We have
received SEFA pledge fonns from
i,350 employees. The SEFA Kick·
Off on Sept. 20 showed the tre·
mendous suP.port the SEFA campaign enjoys in the UB commu ·
nity. We look forward to a lot of
activity in the next couple of weeks
as the campaign continues. for example,l hope everyone will attend
the SEFA Cookie Bake-Off today
at noon in the Student Union.
Janice Okun, food editor for The
Buffalo News, will be one of the
Judges. The liaisons have been doIng a wonderful job disseminating
a nd collecting forms, and encouraging colleagues to contribute to
the SEFA campaign.
Western New Yorker'$ h•ve
been Yet')' generous In contributing to the Yarious funds
to aid the victims of the terrorist attacks. How has thl.s
affe&lt;ted the SUA/ United Way
campalgns7
/
The events of Sept. II have affected all of us. Individu als have
had to make so me very difficult
deci sions on how these events im pact on their lives and how they

can contribute to vanous relief
efforts established to address the
aftermath of the attadls . Al though many existing philan thropic agencies have noticed decreases in giving sinu the events
of Sept. 11 , the outpouring of
monetary and humanitarian support to special relief funds in a
time of crisis is encouraging. We
trust that our UB community will
continue to support the SEFA
campaign at the levels of giving
we have been known for in the

past, both locally and nationally,
and that we will be successful in
realizing our UB SEFA goals.
We •II haYe only so much
money to contribute to charities, and many people .aready
haYe given to these'other
funds . Why Is It Important
that we continue to support
UFA and the United Way7
The need for the services provided
by the vanous agencies supported
by the United Way and the State
Employees Federated Appeal

(S EFA) has not gone away. While
there are immediate concerns that
are being addussed by speciaJ di ~
saster relief funds, the heal~ and
human services neais of individu als in our region and in our na ·

tion are ongoing and will be sup·

ported with the funds collected in
the SEFA campaign. Local agtn cies suppor ted by SEFA funds ,
such as Crisis Services, the Bufl:alo
chapter of the American Red
Cross, Life Transition~ Center,
Child and Family Services, all contributed personnel and molle'y to
relief efforts downstate as a r~ult
of the terrorist attacks, in addjtion
to carrying on with their daily
agency responsibilities. By contributing to SEFA, the University
at Buffalo again demonstrates its
commitment to the community.
There are so many worthy
SUA/United Way agencies to
contribute to, I don 't know
how to designate my gift.
What 's the Community C•re
Fund7
The· Community Care Fund ts

part of the United Way of Buffalo
and Erie County. The United Way
Co mmunity Care Fund is a great
way to do the most good with a
single co ntribut ion. This fund invests in more than 200 caring, re sults·driven local programs; uses
trained , knowledgeable volun ·
teers to distribute the funds in
local programs that do the most
good, a nd evolves to meet the

co nstantly changing needs in
our community. Programs re T
ceiving funds through the

United Way Community Care
Fund are held to rigorous
standards and are subject to
regular reviews of their opera·
tions, programs and financial
status.
question do you wish
I """ uked, and '-would
you ha•e answered It?

I believe that you've asked some
•mportant questions, but I
would like to r~1tc rate some·
thing I've already pointed out.
That is, it IS ~xtremely impor·
tant to continue to support the
hundreds of local SEFA agen ·
c1es that respond to crise-s m
ou r region on a daily basis. Ev ery day, a life IS saved or someone is helped who has nowhere
else to rum becausc of the work

done by our local SEFA agen ·.
Cles. We 've aJI focused on the
events of 9/ 1 I as is appropn ·
ate , but it is no substitute for
supporting the hard work and
demonstrated commitment of
these well -run . established
agencie.. I hope everyone will
give generously this year.

Lee Road
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Way between Clemens Hall and
the Stude nt Un io n would be reopened to two-way traffic " to
make finding things on campus
that much easier," he said. lee
Road co uld be extended st raight
through the Audubon Parkway to
the Ellicott Co mplex. crea ting a
new entrance from the parkway to
the cente r of campus to .. improve
circulation ... and begin to connect
Ellicott more to the campus;· War son added. Replacing the current
Oashing light at Lee Road and the
parkway with a stoplight, as well
as removmg the median in the
parkway, would slow traffic on the

ln addition, the traffic light at Hamilton
Road and the Audubon
Parkway would be
eliminated, as would

thoroughfare and provide a safer
place to cross the roadway. he said.

the stoplight at the
pa rkway and Frontier
Road, which encircles
fllirott.
Administrators and
the architect will consider all input received
in developing the final
master plan, Wilson
said, adding that financ'
ing will be addressed
once the master plan is in place.

The majority of the project would
be self-financed, he said, noting that
s&lt;udent rental fees ""uld pay for the
housing, while rents paid by retail
tmants, as well as student recreation
and health fees, parking fees and
grants also could be used to fund the
projeCt. Very little state money ""uld
go toward the project, he stressed
The project would be built in
phases, and could tal« up to 10 yean
to com plete, Wilson said, adding
that construction on a few build·
mg.s-most likely housing at the
north end of the project near
Ellicon--cOuld begin as soon as late
Summer 2002.

The Arts &amp; Crafts-style court ·
room, designed by the architectural
firm Foit-Aiben and Associates. fea ·
tures oak-panded walls and Mis·
sion -style oak furniture custom
built by CCN International of
Geneva, N.Y.,and VatleyGty Manu·
facturing Co. of Dundas, Ontario.
.. We wanted the court room to
be consiste nt with Western New
York traditions, and the Roycroft
style of furniture is something
people associatf' with Wester~
New York," Kannar said. "'We chose
oak paneling and furniture that
match the original student lock ers in O'Brian HaJI to giv~ a con ·
s1stent sense of design ."
Construction of 1M courtroom,
begun in July 2000, was completed
at a cost of slightly more than S l
million by Picone Co nstruc1ion
C.orp. of Wttliamsville.
"The project is a model for cap&amp; -

tal renovauon for the law school in
the fu&lt;ure," noted Olsen.
The legal community has been
enthusiastic about the new court ·
room. Olsen and Kannar said.
"The response from the judiciary
and the bar has been tremendous...
said Kannar... Everyont seems to
appreciate the opportunity that the
UB Law Courtroom presents to in tegrak the law school into the ongoing ""rk of the legal community,
and the judges seem genuinely a cited about being able to integrate
the educationaJ process mto the ju diaal proc= as well.·
Olsen also praised the local judiciary for its support of the project.
"I am grateful for the support and
as.•IStance of Judge Doyle and Judge
p;gon, who were extremely hdpful ,
and I appreoatf' their willi(l8Jless to
partiCipate 111 the courtroom
proja."1,'' he said.

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The new courtroom is part of a
major renovation of O'Brian Hall
The renovation created two 85-seat

lecture halls and three smaller classrooms, in addition to the co url ·
room suite, by reconfiguring space
that previously was used for a
si ngle, oversized lecture hall.
Funding for the project, Olsen
said, was made possible by a
partnershiplxtween University Facilities, Planning and Construction
and the Office of the Provost; capital funding from New York State,
and generous contributions from
UB lawalumm .
Both the oourtroom and the new
classrooms have Internet acx:=and ar.
able to suppon the we of computen.
and n&lt;w &lt;'&lt;iucauonal tedmology.
The new courtroom will offt"r UB
law students an unparalleled opportuniry to observe court proceedings

an act1on, said Geo£Be Kannar, vlce
dean and professor of law, who oversaw the design and construction of

the project.
.. The UB Law Courtroom will
provide srudents with a unique opportunity to gain hands-on insight
into the judicial process, from the
very first day of their legal education,"
said Kannar. "It is an opportunity for
UB law students ID tal« what they're
learning in the classroom and to see
thost lessons applied in practice, in a
full -fledged working courtroom located just across the hall.
"Thf' courtroom should provide
a real community foca l pointhopefully, a pomt of pride-for the
law school. something that further
{'mphas&amp;zes. both to students and
pro~pei..l&amp;ve studeniS , this law
M:hool's d1stmd Slatus as the only
State Umvers11\· of New York law
school."

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Korsmeyer tops Twain trial
Philosopher "outwrites" 520 to complete story in contest
By PAT11K1A DONOVAN

T

story, and this year, in the spant of
Twain. asked writ~ to collaborall'

owns th&lt; rights.
Th&lt; tak turns on th&lt; question of
how a mysterious srrans&lt;r got to th&lt;
middl&lt; of a snowy ficld in th&lt; town

Contributing Editor

HEY came from as near
as th&lt; noct blodc and as

with him on the story, wh ich re·
mained unpublished until th&lt; submission deadlin&lt; had passed:J
Siner then, an illustrated gj11 cdi ·
lion of "A Murder, a M}'SI&lt;rY and a
Marriat!"" was published by W.W.
Norton and Company and is now on
' - sdlcr lists. It also appeared in lh&lt;
July/August issue ofAtlantic Monthly.
Contest cntri&lt;s were I'«Zivcd from
aD......, continents, 43 """'and r:v-

of Deer udc without malcing any
t111dcs. Both 1Wain and Korsmqer
ended up using th&lt; sam&lt; plot twist
at th&lt;m&lt;i--4 fall from a hot airbal·
loon. Wh&lt;ther or not sh&lt; was chan -

far away as Iran-more
than 700 "Twaini&lt;S" ana·
ious for a shot at finishing a unpublishc:d story by Mark Twain and winning th&lt; first priz&lt; of $5,000 offered
by th&lt; Buffalo and Eri&lt; County Public ub111ry.
Som~ contestants were editors,
some were 14 years old, and some
were Japanese. Only one, however,
ach ieved characters so superbly
drawn as to suggest what the judg&lt;S
called "an understanding of human

neling ol' Crl:J.&amp;ty, Korsmcyer is

thrilled with th&lt; OU!a&gt;m&lt;:.
Twain wrot&lt; th&lt; story 125 years
ago when h&lt; ~his family from

ery Canadian province.
"1 wa! intrigued when 1
heard about it on th&lt; radio,•
says Korsmeyer."1played th•
story for awhile, tried various plots that didn't go any·

nature remmi.scent of Twain" and a
.. fluid and msightfuJ (condusion )
d isplayi ng some faso nating plot
turns and vivid descnptio ns."
Tha t co ntestant was Ca ro lyn

where, incl uding one that
turned on a point of law. In
the end, I came up with
something morf do mestic
and psychological."
Korsmeyrr was not the
onJy con test winner with a
UB connection. In a sepa·
rate category for young wnt -

Korsm&lt;ycr. UB professor of philosophy. who gn~bbcd the gold nng when ·
she bc-.11 out 520 entrants in the in lt:mallonal category of the library's
Ma rk Tw.un Writmg Competition.
" I gcncra Uy pursue wnting on an
&lt;h.adl'm l'- level ,"" Ko rsmeycr says.
·· h .. t1 on writing 1), rather unusual ;
.uul J ( haJiengc fur mc . l entered the ....
..:ompe titJOil for pure fun and then
I~"Came absorbed with it."
z

ns who attend school in En e

Count y. Sarah Waldrop--a
junior at Will.am svalle

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North H 1gh School and
daughter ofa Deborah
Waldrop, assistant professor
of social work-was chosen

Korsmeyer. who has f&lt;X.-w;ed most 2 - - ,._., _ _,
nf her scholarly work on aesthettcs

and the phdosophy of art, ts the au·
thorof" Ma1ung SenseofTaste: Food
.md Philosophy"(Comdl Umversity
Press, 1999). Herhoo k cons1dersthe
phi losophical mcrn of the literal
"taste., and invcstJgates Its object.s-tood and dnnk---illld the activity of
their consump11on. as weU as the1r
represen tauo n mart and literature.
The library's co mpetitio n chal ·
leng&lt;.-d writers to co me up with their
own . original conclusiom. to the first
two chapters of"A Murder, a Mystery and a Marriage ," a n unpub ·
lished short story wrinen by Samuel
Langhorne C lemens (a.k.a. Ma rk
Twain ), a story to whteh t.he library

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out of a hot-air balloon.

as the first place winner.
The winners were selected

by a pand of celebrity judge
that included Ga rri so n

Buffalo.. where he worked as the coo wner and edi tor of The Buffalo
Express, to Hanfo rd . Conn . He sent

the story to William Dean Howells,
edi tor ofThr Atlantic Mont/1/y, with
the idea that several leading authors

Keillor; novelist lore&lt; Carol Oates, a
Western Nev.r York na~ humorist
and Twam aficionado Roy Blount,
and documcntaryfilrnrnaka Dayton
Duncan, who wrote a nd co- pro -

duced "Lewis &amp; Clark: The Journ&lt;y

of the day would develop the plot

of the Co rps of Discovery." Also

described in his first two chapt.ers
into their own story, each of which

scholarl Robert Hirst of the Mark
Twain Project :tnd hono111ry panelist Leslie Fiedl er. SUNY Distin -

would be publish&lt;d in the magazine.
For unknown reasons, the plan
never materialized. T he li bra ry
eventually acqutred the rights to tht'

g Ui shed Professor a nd Sa mu e l
La nghorne Clemens Professor of

English at UB.

Program aids problem drinkers ___
By KAntiHN WU,V£R

been a world leader 10 the st udy of

no history of severe phys1cal depen -

Rtpaner Contributof

alcoho l and substance abuse for

dence on alcohol. In dinical term~
they would not be descnbed as alcoholic., but rather as early-stage prob·
!em drinkers. Fligibility criteria in·
dudcd being 21 years of age o r older.
drinking at least IS drinks pt.-r week.

W

OME

with a hiS·

more than 30 years.

to r y of pro blem
drinking exhibited
~ i g mfi ca nt
in ·
creases in abs tin ence and light ·
drinking days. and decreases in

ln addition to redu ct ions 111
drinking. participants also reported
signifi ca nt decreases in drinking
co nsequen ces and increases in

heavy drinking, after participating
in a 10-w«k program at UB's R&lt;·
starCh Institute on Addl'ctions.
One hundred forty-four women

eral self-esteem, assertiveness and

partici pated in the Women a nd

Heal th Program, which focused on
teaching techniques and strategies
\ for reducing aJcohol consumption.
Overall, women consumrd signifi-

cantly I&lt;SS alcohol during th &lt; I 8
months after treatment.
.. Th~ resuhs provide suppo rt
for the use of a drinking modera tio n approach with th is populat ion
o f women problem drinkers," acco rding to Gera rd J. Con nors. RI A
d1rector a nd UB professor of pS\'·
( ho logy. He and co -uwest igator
J\.1mberh• S. Vlalltl.er. de puty dm:..: tor of thr tnstt tute and R rl~ar(h
,t,!o l't,lnt profl.'1.st&gt;r of P-"''lhtllolt\•
IP~u-.c.'\.1 thL·u ,tut.h tlfl dnnkm~ rt'
du'-·uun ,md thl'lllll\li1117.11Jt m ni.JI
u1ho l rd.tll'ti h.um rill· Hi t\ h,l,

drinking-related self-efficacy, gen·
ps)-chological functioning from beafter treatment and during

fo~ to

oratk:asttwodrinkingdays aweekof
slx drinks each day. and inten:st in reducing their alrohol consumption."

the 18-month foUow-up.
~aJso studied two trc:atrnc:nt en-

The program co nsisted of I 0
wttkly. two- ho ur outpatient sessions conduaed in small groups of

hancem&lt;nts

in our study; aplain&lt;d
Connors. "Th&lt; first was the addition

three to six women and l&lt;d by two
female th&lt;n~pists. "Target cxerci="

Oflife--skillstrainingscssions..andtht
second was part:idpation in 'booster
srssions' after tnatnlOlt."
· The m ost intriguing finding in
this study was that the women who
were havier drinkers at pre-treat ·
ment respo nded th e most to the.·
treatment enh ancements. that is, to
th e l ife - s ki ll ~ t r.untng a nd tht.·
boo~ te r se~s 1on ~ ... Co nn o rl&gt; l&gt;dH..l
"Women who ,.,ert• the rdativch
lighter dnnkcn 111 the ~mple rt'
l&gt;pondc:d t.•qu allv well to trcalmL·nt.
rega rd ll~ ot " 'hl·thn the\ re\.·e1wJ

or ho mework assignments wert
provided for the first nine treatment
sessions and in dueled exercises such
as practicmg drinking-reductio n

trca tm entt.·nh.tn\~nwn t ' "

Wahtt...t.'r t:'"l'l. unt.xl th.tt the -.tuJ\
.. , ,~,l, dl':'il~llt.'t.l It' llll.llldt· \\'1\Jl)l'll h ' lth

stmtcgies, identifying high-ruk SitU·
at ions. and weekly self-monito nng
of aJcohol consumption.
Wo men who were asstgned ran Jomlv 10 r&lt;.- cele •th e life -skill.-. en
lldna-ment also ret:t.•tYed seven hou~
\l( hft.· sktlll&gt; trammg on top1c.' SU(.h
.b rel.t.x..tllon. problt'm -solvmg, JnJ
(~llllnlllllh:J IIOn .

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DrieD
StUdents excel in CPA exam
Undergr..t...te ..:counting 1tudenb -~the highest pass·
ing rate in Ne"¥1 York State on all or som~ parts of lht May iooo
Certified Public Accountant exam, according to a repon rele3.$Cd by
the NationaJ Association of State Boards of Accountancy.
The US students, all fi rst-time candidates for C PA statOi, were
among 53,69 1 candidates from more than 1,100 colleges and uril versities across the country who sat for the exam.
The university also distinguished 1tRlf nationally, according to
the report. UB undergraduate accounting students achieved the sec .;.
o nd highest passing rate in th~ Unittd States on the .. accounting

and r&lt;porting" S&lt;Ction of th&lt; CPA

&lt;Urn

and th&lt; fifth high.st pass-

ing rate in the U.S . on the "'business law and professio nal responsi bilities• pan of the exam.
.. The results are a tribute to the hard work and professio nalism of
our stud&lt;nts and th&lt; faculty who t&lt;ach th&lt;m." says Ronald 1. Hu&lt;fner,
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and chair of the Depart ·
ment of Accounting a nd Law.

Teaching workshop set
Two wtnnen of the C hancellor's Awa rds for Excellence m Teach·
ing will present a workshop from 1-2:30 p.m . Nov. 9 m 120Clemens
Hall , Nort h Campus. that IS designed to help faculty member~ c:x pand their instructiO nal repertOires.
1. Ronald Gentile, SUNY DisungUished Tcachmg Professor 1n th&lt; lJe.

partment of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology. and Rich
ard Sarkin. assoaate professor of dm1cal pediatriG.. will lead the "'urk
shop,entitJed ..Advmtures with Lectures: Methods for lnvoMngStudenl\
The sessio n is spo nso red by the Office of Teachmg and Ltammg
Resources and the Faculty Senate Teachmg and Learning Co mm1ttet
During th e workshop.Gentilt" and ~a rk.Jn will demonstrate anum ·
be r of methods thai can be used w11h1n lectures to increase students·
active parttcipat1on and processm g of 1nformat1on. and momtor
whether stude nts are compreh endmg the mformat10n prov1ded
Faculty m embe rs mte rested 10 parti Cipatin g should con tacl
Jeannette Molina, associa te director -the Office ofTeachmg and Learn ·
mg Reso urces in 4 15 Capen Hall , Nort h Ca mpus, or by e -mail at

&lt;jmolina@bufTalo.edu &gt; br Nov.l.

Alums to speak in EOP series
UB's £d~c.atlonal Opportunity Program (EOP) will sponsor the

third segment of the EOP Distinguished Alumni Speakers Series at
3:30p.m. Oct.lS m 107 Talh&lt;rt Hall, North Campus.
The event. co-sponso red by th e EOP Student Association. will be
free and open to the public.
T he speakers for the event will be Mark Anthony eal, facult)'
member m the Department of Englis,h, University at Albany, who
has wntten extensiYely i'n th e areas of African -America n cultural
studies; Scott J. Turner, chief executive officer, majority own er, and
founder of Parks ide Computing Inc. in Buffalo, and Cheryl Fortson.
a registered nurse with the Cardiac Ca re Unit of Kaleida Hea lt h.
The series features EO P graduates who are professionals and c:x ·
perts in th ei r fields.

Photography to be exhibited
The rich leg•cy of African-American pho tographers IS explo red
111 th e co mpreh ensive exhibition, "Re nectio ns in Black: S mith ~on1an
Afri can American Pho tography. A History I:&gt;«onstructed ... whiCh
will be on d1splay Oct. 26 through Dec. 8 m the First Floo r Gallen
of the UB Art Galle ry in the Center for the Arts, North Campus
An openm g recep tion will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Oct. 26.
During the past two decades, Afn can-A mcrican artis ts have used
thei r work fO hel p tear down and redefine rigid co ncepts of race and
gender. These artists redefine the photog raphic image by looktng at
it as a documen t and metaphor, often deco nstructi ng and recon structing their personal histori es and public ~rsonas. The sym bolic
and expressive imagery of the works produced during this time offer a different visual paradigm.

Among tho featur&lt;d artists whoS&lt; works will be displayed m "A HIS·
tory Deconstructed "' are Albert Chong. Lyn n Marshall Lmnemeu.

Steph&lt;n Marc. lorna Simpson,Carri&lt; Mao Weems and Cyn th~a Wiggms.
"A His tory Decons truc ted"' o ri gina ll y was presen ted by the
Anacostia Museum and Center fo r African American History and
Culture as part of the broad exhibmo n ... Reflectio ns in Black: Afn
can American Photography: 1840 to the Present," thai cxammed hoYo·
black photographers througho_ut h1story have played a cen t r-al role
in influencing ho w African Amencans visualized themselves. Tht.·
exh ibit1on is presented as a sen es of thret thematiC sectiOns. "The
First 100 Years: 1842- 1942," "Art and Act1v1sm " and .. Refle.,.llom m
Black: A History Decons tructed ." \Vhile not a comprehens1ve ~ur
Vl")'· thiS h1story of Afncan Amt.'ncan photogrJph~:r ~ prt''Cnh .J ~on
text for reflectmg on th e work~ of many black photographer&lt;; \\'hu't"
1mages weave an ex1 remelv nch .md d1ver~t' ro lleltiVt.' hl!&gt;tnn
The exh ib 1110n IS curatt.-d bv L&gt;eborah Wilh~. former lur.Hnr ol~..·,hl
h1t1ons at the Anacosua Museum and Ct.·n ter lor AtrKJn Aml'n~o.an H1 '
ton· .1nd Culture oftht• SmithM'lman ln.'itltUtiOil. \\'illhJi~ll' ,1 phnm~
r.tpher. histonan .Jnd thl' Juthor of tht.' l'k10~ " Rl•flt.·dlnn' tn Hl...tck -\
flt,lor\ lll Bl.1ck Phuto~raphl'r' I Mil h1lhl· Prt''l'lll·- '···tnn ~lll'll' 1 '

�4 Repana. October18.2001/Vt ll.h.7
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1ts o( the Am&lt;ncas," Johnson no«s.
Although published by Miclllgon
State University Press and heavily
financed by Michigon State's~
of Arts and Sciences, the journal ls
distinguish'iby UB affiliation from
top to bottom.
Its two editon, for instance, are
longtirn&lt; friends and colleagues who
both hold doctorates from the UB
Department of English, co-edited
"Border Theory: The Limits of a.Itural Politics" (UniversityofMinn&lt;-

Gray Chair in Poetry (Charles
Bernstein), the l'.ugl:nio Donato 0\air
in Comparative literature (Rodolphe
Nevertheless, David E. Johnson,
~)andthe )amesMcNulty&lt;Jlilir
assistant professor of comparatJv('
in English (Dennis Tedlock).
lituatur(' at UB and his coUeaguc
In addition to the enthusiasm and
Scon Michaelsen, as.sociat(' proftS·
support of its new editors. editorial
sor of English at Michigan Stat('
boards and contributors, CR gets a
University, have taken on the costrong leg up from its
editorship and roncurrent .. reinwn ·
originaJ incarnation.
tion .. of just such a journal-CR:
In the years since
TI1c New Centennial &amp;vrew.
its founding in 1957.
The first 1ssue of the ne-wly rein · ....
the journal has pubvented CR. published in May-just ~
lished important
in time for the-45th anniversary of ~
critical and theore!i·
the original joumaJ-wa.s marked ~
cal scholarship con ·
Oy seriousnes,.o, of purpose and savvy ~
ccming the humani wri ting on the Americas by some of !2
ties. Its contributor!!.
the field's most distinguished and
included Russell Nye.
original writers.
~
Talcott Parsons and
says
lbe second assu&lt;.· was published
Edward Said. author
forvm " for our •lslon of wfult comp.l'f'lltt.e
earlier this fuJI. The joUrnal has been Amerku studies shoukl be ...
of '"Orienta h sm,"
nominated for the Phoenix Award
widely considered the
of the Council of Ed1tors ofl.earnt:d sota Pres!&gt; 199 7) and have &lt;.:o - founding text of postrolomal stud·
Juthored "Anthropology's Wake Af- ies. For Cmtnrmal Revtew, Said pro·
Journals.
Johnson sa~ th1s undertakmg.-a ter Cultural Analysis" (forthcoming vided the first translations from F.n.
collaboration ~een rwo Great from UnrversrtyofMmnesota Press). Auerbach's classic work. MimestS."
l.akrs' umversnu:s--1!&gt; expected tn
One of th~ JOurnaJ 's three distin ·
The journal began to flounder m
help define thc1r role as key Hblltu - guashed eciitorial advisory boards is the 1970s and '80s as the field o( theocompnsed of 13 member!&gt; of the.· retical and cntical literary studies
tJons m the emergmg fidd of hem a
sphene and global Amenca.s studic..~ . faculty of the IJB Cotl&lt;ge of Arts and changed. Although it continued to
"The JOUrnal prov1de!t us with an Sacncc."S, .1nother of 14 members of publish. the journal lost f'!Ot only sig1nternat10nal forum or platform , the MSU faculty. Three former
nificant readership, but also 1ts direc ·
not so much for our own writing." graduate &lt;itudcnts from the UB Dt&gt;· uon and many of its identifiable traits.
" In the meantime." say)
ht" says. "as for our \'ISion uf what
partment of Comparative Litera
Mrchaelscn. "the MSU Department
co mpMa t ivc..• Allll..'fU.Jlt !&gt;I Udll.'!&gt; turc, now faculty members at rna ·
!&gt;hould be. It g1vcs us the opportu
10r t.'ducauonal institutions, contrib- of English cre-dtcd tn 1997 what w~
1111}' to hdp detc::rmme th e field."
uted to the first 1s.sue, and the s« · believe 15 the first Ph.D. program in
"' It I!&gt; our hope," he adds. "that 111c' ond 1ssue mdudes essays presented
the literatures of the Americas. I re·
Ncw(~·rJtnuual Rt-vll"Wwill d1s.sem1 ·
at UR's March 2000 confercnct·, ahzed at that time that although
.. Borders of the Americas."
no~tt&gt; lhl!&gt; m.uenal and do for UBo~nd
some JOurnaJs are interested in the
MSL' what IJracrmcs ha!r. donl.' for
One of next year's issue~. says America.!&gt; and others in interdisc.i{:Orndl or Cnrrca/ Jnqwry ha.o; done lohn.!&gt;On, will feature matenal pre· pllnarystudtes, none focused exdu·
for lhe Umvers1ty of Ch1ugo--r&lt;.·· - sen ted m ovember at the Pan o;wcly on the Amcricas in an inter1nforce our tdcntllll~ a!l nnponant
American Symposium sponsored disciplinary context."
loc..at1ons for mnovat1ve AmcnL.lS
by the UB Department of Modern
\\'hen the editor of Thl' New Cent~mual Rel'if'W becamC' ill, Johnson
cultural and literary !ltud t &lt;.~ .
Languages and Literatures.
"In the long run. CR should hdp
Another 1ssue will support US's and Michaelsen proposed to the
vanow&lt;k.1xu1.rm.'Jll!&gt; at UB n.'CTU.it fuc· intellectual commitment to Cuba by dean of the MSU Cotl&lt;geof Arts and
uhr memben.. graduate students and translating and publishing essays Sciences that they takC"over editon journals rialleadmhip and reinvent the pubfunding sou n:cs \...;th an intcr~t in fro m
includi ng lication and its mission.llleir efforts
rethinking the foundations and lim·
to calculate.

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acting on structural membo&lt;s
ond the compelling ..-cNt.cturot
examples. which ""' Ntly lntograted with tho de&lt;aiptions of

analy&gt;l• and ph)"'cai·P,henomona through slciltful employmelit
of lades and dissolves."

JOB LISTINGS
UB job listings

accessible via Web
lob hst•ngs for prof~nK&gt;nal. research, faculty and crvll set·
viCf'-both competitive and

non-competitive-posltion.s can
l&gt;f&gt; accnsed VIa the Human Re\OurCe$ SeMces Web site at
http://www.buslneu.buff·
alo.edu / hn/ vacancle s/ :&gt;.

works by lost L&lt;zama lima, Cintio
Vitier and Ant6n Arru&amp;t.
Considc:rable linancial support for
that issue has been provid&lt;d by three
of UB's &lt;n&lt;low&lt;d chairs: the David

-Patricia Dono••n

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resulted in its emergence this year
as a theoretially inftcct&lt;d interdisciplinary journal of the Americas.
Th&lt; first issu&lt; of the ro-rwned and
&amp;.sbly d&lt;signed CR was d&lt;diated to
the concept of cultural citizcnohip.ls
socar nwlutionary, its contributors
asked. Wh&lt;n does a "molt" fly? Is
there nothing to the myth o( globalization?ls Kafka Canadian?
Issue 1.1 included essays by such
noted scholars as Donald Pease, di rector of the Dartmouth Cotlege
Institute in American Studies and
general series editor of .. New
Americanists" at DuM University
Press.. and Ohio State University's

Ileana Rodrigue. distinguished for
her astute readings ofl.atin-Amm·
can .. politically commined"litera·
lure-texts producC'd within the
co ntext of Latm -American gu('r
rilla movemenb.
Scan Cutler Shmhow of M1am1
University, Oh1n,looked at manifestatiOns of myth and nihilism that
emerge m thC' d1scoune of globaJ ·
1zat1on. Grant Farred of Duke Um·
versity wrote about ..colourainess"
and ciuz.ensh1p 1n post-Apartheid
South Afnca.
University of M1am1 Amencanist
Russ Castronovo., who has wrinen
provocativdy on politics, idrol&lt;&gt;g\
and history rn Amcncan literature
and sonety, emp loyed Eilan
Gonzales and the 19th-antury fie
tiona! mulatt o protagoniSt lola
Leroy to trace the complex mapc; of
identity that product .. relucta.nt citJ·
zens" of onC' group or another.
..As the first issue suggested." sa~
Johnson. "CR is devoted to rom para
ti~ studies of the Amenca.s that ar·
ticulate possibilities for plural fulllre&gt;
that are not rtiterations of ns past

"We're looking for philosoplucall"
tnflccted. tnterventions. provocauorn

and insurgencies that troubk the ltmit:s of the potentiaJities of the Amen cas. We also encourage more global
and thromical wori&lt; with impticahons for the Americas.."
For information about CR: The

�October 1B.1UIIll'lol.33.Ia.I

UB improving, Capaldi says

Provost briefs Faculty Senate on university's performance
ay SUE WUETCHU
Rt:pOrt.trEdltor

T

HE university is a better
institution today than it

was at this tinx last year,
Provost Elizabeth D.
Capaldi told members of the Farulty
Senate at the group's Oct. 9 meeting.
Capaldi briefed sena10" on how
VB performed during the past year
when compared to the top research
universities in the country. The data

she used came from a repon. "The
Top American Research Universities
2000," issued by TheCenter at the
Umversiry of Flonda.
~he pomh:d o ut that m addiuon
to the ga•n~ ( lied by TheCcnter,
o th er Improvements have been

made on ca mpu!'. as well.
"We had a very good year and I
thmk we !&gt;hould look back and be
pleased at what we 've done, a nd
.tlso look forward to how we'll con tinue th1s traJectory up," she sa1d;
"As lo ng as we 're improv ing t.'verv
year, we're gelling there . A~ a Uni ve rsity. we got better."
CapakL nol.t."d !hat one of lhc most
l'nUcal mt-asurcs of research univcr'll tles ·~naturally, rest.:arch. ln spon·
~·&lt;J red rQC.--arch-the standard that is
used natio nally to rate research um·
ven.it1o---UB inncased on both fed aal rc~ca rc h and total research ,
wh1ch indudc.-s money from corpo·
ratJOI'b. foundatlons, the sta te and the
mstltutlon's own contribution!&gt;.
(: urporate-sponsored research
will hccomc.· mcreasingly 1mportant
to UB.s he said, adding that the un1 _ versll}' has &lt;."Stabljshed the Office of
Socnce. Tech no logy Transfer a nd
Eco nom t( O utreac h t o unprove
•tech -lran!&gt;fer efforts.
Another measure used to rate ft.' , search mstitutions 1s faculty quality,
Capaldi said, noting Lhere arc two

measures that are used nationally: the
number of faculty m&lt;mbers who an:
members of the national academies,
and the number of major farulty
awards, which includes-such national
recognition as Guggenheim fdlowships, NEH fellowships and NSF
young investigator awards.
Capaldi said she is not a fan of the
national academy mea5\1re· The average age of members in the nationa! academies is high, she said, so
.. I don't thlnk we want to go outrecruiting people in the national academies to improve our ranking on
this measure."

Instead, UB should recruit excellent junior faculty members, .. and
support themandgrowourown national academy members," she said.

Capaldi said she consider.; faculty
awards to be the more important
fa culty-q uality measure, and UB
improved in this C..'ltegory.
On anot h e r indicator of a
university's re sea rc h~octorates
granted and post-doctoral appointees--US does very weU due to its
large professionaUgraduate-school
enrollment, she said.
VVhile TheCenter report did not
show an improvement in under-

graduate quality at UB, the data that
was used to rank that measure was
from 1999, sh&lt; said. Undergraduate
quality has improved in 2000 and
200l,sheadded A strong initiative to
improve the quality of the freshman
da.o;.s has resulted in an improvcrncnt
of a=age SAT scores by .lO points and
GPA and other indicators of student
quality have risen 3!&gt; well, she said.
She also described other areas of
imprO\'t!rncnt at Lhe university during

vemty has changed the method it
uses in preparing its budget. making
the process "transparmt' and giving
the money directly 10 the deans to
impr&lt;M the quality of their schools.
"We don't micromanage," she said,
noting that the deans were asked 10
provide the Provost's Oflia with the
I0 best programs of their kind in the
country, and the measures that show
what makts them the best. The performancr of the units will be evaluated hosed on these measures, she said.
The money in the budget is alloaued by the principles spdled out in
a document, "The Budget l'n:x= at
UB," prepared by the Faculty Senate
Budget Priorities Cmrunit:tee in ron sulration with Capaldi and Senior V"KK
· Pre.ident Robert ). Wagner, that. she
said, .. rna.kes for a very dear accountability system, but with flexibility
among some funding to the deans(
"I think ~y unde,.tands
the rules of the game, now, so that
people can move forward without
having to worry someone else is be·
ing trea ted more fairly or there's
money hiding under the table, or if
you're nicer to Betty, yo u get more
m~ It doesn't work that way,"' she
st.res.sed ... Money comes from performance and from improving, either your wo rkload or your performance in research.
" I'm happy. I think we're a better
university, lhis year, this time. than
we were last year at this time," she
said. "!-think each year if we can 53}'
that, we're going the right way."
In o ther business. Capaldi and
Peter Nickersof\, proft-ssor of pa thology and interim chair of the
Budget Priorities Co mmittee, pro-

of n&lt;."WS signs around the two cam-

vided details of" The Budget Process
at UB."

puses and the upgrddingofda...uom'
Capaldi noted a.'i well that the uni -

lbe document LS published in full
on page 6.

the past year, including the installation

Athletics program to be studied
By AIITHU. PAGE

News Services Director

RF.:'IDENT William R.
Greiner has announced that
UB will begin a ~-long,
campus-wide effort to study
its athletics program aS' part of the
NCAA Division I athletics certifica-

P

tion program.
Specific areas the study will cover
are academjc and fiscal integrity, governance, rules compliance. as weD as
a commitmen t to equity, studentathlete welfare an d spon smanship.
\\'hile academic accrc'C(jtation is
common in colleges and universi 1it'S, this program focuso solely on
c.:enification of athletics programs.
~ollmJing a pilot project. the Di ,'i~io n I membership overwhelmingly
supported the program and its stan Jard\ at th e 1993 NCAA Convention. UB co mpleted its first cc.•rt ifi (&lt;l ti on !&gt;elf-study in 1993. At th e
IIJ97 co nvention , the DiviSIOn I
mcmbers lu p voted to change the.·
fn:quem.)' ul athleti~:s ccrtlflc.:at1on
I rom onct· c."vt·ry fiVL· vear~ to Olh."t'
c.·vcn· 10 year~ Jnd to rt't1UirC a fin- ·
ve.tr mtenm - ~ta !U.." rq:xlrt . Thu~. the.·
~ urrent st·lf-stud) will tx· the \t.'\:\llld
111 th e (t'rtifi~.ll lun procc)o.' h1r LIH
Till· et'rt lti ... JIIO!l pro~rdm\ pur(111"'-'l!&gt; Ill help c.'ll~Urt'111tCgfll}' In the.·
ln,tltU tl on\ .1thlct1u• \lpt·r,lllllll!&gt;. It

opens up athletics to the rest of the
university/college community and
to the public. Institutions w111 ben efi t by increasing campus - wide
awa reness and knowledge of the
athlet ics program , confirmin g it s
strengths and developing plans to
improve areas of con cern.
The oomminee respollSlble for the

study will be chaired by Barbara A.
Ricotta, a.ssociate vice president for
student affairs and dean of students;

universities o r conference offices.
That team will report to the NCAA
Division I Committee on A-thletics
Certification, another independent
group. The committee will then determine the institution's certification
status and announce the decisio n

publicly. For institutions that fail to
conduct a comprehensive self-study
or to correct problems., tough sanetions can be imposed.
The three options of certification

and indude variow mcm~rs of the

statusare: (a)certified;(b)certified

faculty and staff, as weU as athletics

with condition~ and (c) not certified. While universities and colleges
will haw an o pportunity to co rrect
deficient areas, those universities/
colleges that do no t take corrective
actio ns may be ruk-d ineligible for
NCAA c hampi o ns h1p~.
The.' NCAA. is a membcrsh1p or ga!1172tl on of m llcge!&gt; and un iw:r::.1
tic..&gt;:, th.tt p.1rl1Clpatt: Ill intcn.:ollc..-glate
.lthlettcs. The pnmdry purpose of
the: d~IJ ti U/1 IS W llldlntalflllltt'r
~.olleg i .H c:.· dthkt1L' .b Jn llllt.""gral part
ot th e: cJu\..JtHJnal prn);!ram .md the.'
.1thktt- d!\,l!l 111tq;r.JI pdrl ol the ~t u­
dc:.·nt hoJ\ :kll\' 1 11&lt;.'~ ol the.• ~C:\A
mc.·mht'r,hlp Jndudt• fomllll&lt;ltlnn
rult·, of pl.w lnr :"JCA:\ 'lXlrb, con
du~.t1ng n.IIIOildl ~ h.unp1onsh1p~ .
.. Joptul~ ,mtil'nforcmg st.mdard!&lt; ot
d 1 ~1h1htv.•m d ' tudymg all ph.L..t.'!'&gt; ot
lnlt'r\UJII.'~J,Itl' .lthktll::..

department person nel. A member

of the NCAA membtnhip services
staff recen tl y traveled to the campus
for a one-day orientation Visi t to
meet with the com mince and its subcommittees.
\o\'ithin each an.--a to be studied hr
the commince. the program has ~1:tn­
dards. called opera ting princtples.
v.•hich were adopted by the a.&lt;;:,t&gt;el.t
tion to place a " m ~urin g stick" tw
which aJI DIV ISion I m~mhcr~ J.re
t'\'Otludted. ·Inc universitv .t.h.o will
c:x.1mine how the.· d'-.11vitiC)Ofthe ath
lc:tlo program rddtt' to th~ lllls..'&gt;ion
.md purpoS&lt;.' of tht• mstltulion .
( lml' the untvc.'Nih' h.b conduded
1t::. ~tuc.ly.•m exh.'mdl tc.·am of revlc."\\
L'fS \\-llll"ondUL1 .1 tour -c.l.l\ cv.tlu.t
lion vi$i l on (" . unpu:.. 'lltoM' rt&gt;Vlt'\\'
t'r~ willl't' J'I&lt;."t'f' fnm1 11thc.·r (olk"gl''·

Rasia..._

15

International terrorism:
Law and policy
The stunning •ttadu of Sept. 11 have left an inddible mark on

everyo ne. A look at a few law and policy Web sites is useful to help
understa nd the context of the unraveling events,

The Jurist, a legal education portal edited by a team of law professo rs from the U.S. and around the world, serves as a gateway to legal
information and scholarship online. The "Terrorism Law and Policy"

site &lt;http://Jurfst.law.pltt.edu/ t......tsm.hbn&gt; is well-organi.ud,
with sections on terro rism and terroriSts, counter-terrorism policies,
U.S. anti -terrorism laws, wo rld anti- terrorism laW5, dvilliberties. and
hie-terrorism legal issues. as well as academic commentary and a bib-

liography. The "World Law" feature of The Jurist includes Afghani stan &lt;http:/ / Jurlrt.law.pltt.eclu/ wortd/ afghaniJtMt.htm &gt;, with
a descriptio n of its history, legal system and human - rights r«&lt;rd.
The Find.Jaw portal features "Special Coverage: War on Terronsm"
&lt; http: // news .flndl•w .com / leg•lnews / us / terrorlsm /
lnde.x.html&gt;, \\ith links to documents., laws and cases., as well as a "Terrorism Forum" with commentary from attorneys and law profcsson
&lt;http:/ / wrft.news.flndlow.com/ t.......tsm.html&gt;.
Several sites co ncentrat e on th e mternational -law per!&gt;pecllve, 111
elud ing the Dag Hamm arskjo ld Library Resource Page on I merna
tiona! Terrorism &lt;http://www.un .org/ Depts / dhl/ re50Urces/
terrorhm / lndex.html &gt; , which links to the full text of UN Gencrdl
Assembly :i nd Sec urit y Counci l resoluti ons and internataonal con
venti o ns. The UN Press Relea~es &lt; http: // www.un .org/ News/
Press &gt; wiJI be o ne of th e first sources to feature the text of any new
reso lutio ns. United Na tions Documents o n Global Issues: Terroris m &lt; http:/ / www.un .org / p•rtners / clvll _soclety I docs / d terror. htJ!~ &gt; organizes links to documents from m any UN co m
mit1ees, agencies and orgamza11ons. The American Society of Inter
na tional Law point s to legal rt"sources on terrorism found on tht'
ASIL Web si te &lt;http://www.ull.org/ terrorlnd .htm &gt;. 1ndudmg
a nalyses by legal scholars of int crnationa llegaJ issues rel ated to the
terrorist attacks &lt;http:/ / www.•sll .org/ lnsights.htm &gt; .
C IAO, or Co lumbi a International Affairs Onlin e &lt; http :/ 1
www.daonet.org &gt;, presents th eory and research in international af
fairs, induding working paper!&gt;, conference pr'oceed.ings. journal ab stracts, books, event schedules, pol icy briefs, economic indicators, link!&gt;
a nd resources, and maps and cou ntry d ata. Fearuring material from
think tanks, university research mstit utes, no n -governmental orgam 7.ation.s (NGOs) and other organtzations. C IAO is a subscription da tabase made ava ilable to th e UH co mmunity on BISON.
Alternative Resources o n the U.S. "Wa r Against Terrorism" &lt;http:/
/ www.pltt.edu /-ttwlu/ lrtf/ Aitem•tlve.html&gt; from the International Responsibilitie~ Ta~k Force of th e American Libr a r v
Association's Social Respons ihihllcs Round Table, presents link!&gt; to
many s it es. including Forctgn Policy i~ Focus &lt; http: //
www.fplf.org &gt;, which features many pieces addressing terrorism .
and the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
&lt;http://r•w• .f•ncym•rltetlng .net/ lndex.html&gt; , which feature~
graphic reports and analysis fro m Afghanistan.
Finally, don ' t overlook th e UB Online Ca tal og &lt; http : //
ubllb .buff•lo.edu/ llbr•rles/ e-resoun::u/ blson &gt;, where you can
track down Jihad vs. McWorld by Benjamjn R. Barbe r and other
~1inating books from o ur own collection .
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~Jn•

C•sdo •nd Ric• Mdbe,

Unrverstty L1bror~es

DrieD
Recipe for Success
UB s Campaign for the Communi y

�6 Reporter Otlober18.2tiii1/Yoi.JUo.7
Participants to address astonishing-Impact of digital technology on our life and times
B RIEFLY
Book event planned
WBFO 88.7 FM, UB'&gt; National
Pubfic Radto affiliate, is among
CG-!pOfl&gt;Ofl ot "KAll ot Buffalo
Read the Same Boo!&lt;. • being
preenl&lt;d by Just Buffalo Utor-

ary Center Inc.
The community-wide event

encourages w.stem f'lew Yorlc
r~b

to read joan Murray's
"Queen of the Mist." the stOf)'
of Annie Ecbon Taylor, a destitute, unemployed, 63-year~
&gt;&lt;hool teacher who, on Oct. 2~ .
1901 , became the fif'5t porlOfl
to shoot N~ra Fahs in' a barfti
and !UNive. The project ~ being
funded by The John R. Oshei
Foundation.
As part ot the evon~ there
will be an "(vmie-~Aiy Cetebfation" on Wednesday; a public discwsion, .. Overcoming Batnen, .. at 6 p .m. Oct. 25 in the
Buffalo and Erie County Public
Ubrary, I lafayette Square, and

~E.f~rence to~~~. ~ti~~~~I~'"'~

Contnbuting Editor
scu~ nct&gt;, ap AVE we developed 1he
pl1cd sc il..'nce
collect.ive wisdom and
and eng1 ·
conscicncr to deal with
n ee r 1 n g .
a world in which ubiq m cd ic: i n c .
uitous technological interactions are
philosop hy
so intcrtwint&gt;d that they cannot be and education.
untangJcd? Let's hope so, becau~
The conference will be open 10 the
that 's what our fu ture holds.
publk at a rcg.istratjon cost of $20,
This question will trigger discus- thanks to the generous corporate
s ion~ ranging from the practical
sponsorship of, among others, IBM,
concerns of today to speculation on Xe rox. Hewlett-Packard, Sun
the world of tomorrow at a major Mi crosys tems, C isco Systems.
international conference to be held Verizon Corp. and Niagara Mohawk
Nov. 2 and J at UB.
Power Corp. There will be.no regis·· Digi tal Frontier: Buffalo Sum- tration fee for students.
mlt 200 1 " will pn"Sent observa tions
Registration informa tion is avail.tnd re~a rch on what digital tech - able by calling 645-3869 or online at
nology hJs wrought b)' some of the the conference Web site at &lt;http:/1
m o~ t brillian t, pioneering th inker:. . di9ft•ls.umm lt.buff•lo.edu&gt;.

H

public dis.cus.Wns of "Community Heroes" at 1 p.m. OcL 27 in
the Niagara f aits State Park

·The

Visttor's Center. Niagara Falls.
;mel at 8 p.m. Oct 27 in the
Allendalt' Theatre!Theatre of
Murray wtH partt&lt;lpate 1n a
'" ~how wtth Bert Gamb1n1 a t 3
p m Oct 26 on WBFO. That
eventnq . the author wtU parttc•pate 1n ,. panel d~ussion ,
'Who You Calhng Old? ?ercep-

t•om ot Agtng, ~ at 8 p.m '"
Allen Hdll on the South Campus

Tickeh lo r the panel d1KU~s1on .
to be broadcast lrve on WBFO,
are t .S for just Buffa lo, WBFO,
WNED and Olmsted Parks Con~e rvancy members; S6 sen1ors/
student\. S 7 general pubhc. Call
ju\1 Buflalo at 832-5400 for tkk·

eu

PSS plans workshop
on "Strategic Communications'" will be held by the
Professional Staff SeOate from
8:30-11 :30 a.m. Nov. 8 in the
Holtday Inn Amherst. 1881
Niagara Falls Blvd.
The program will focus on
helping partic.ipanu understand
effective communication techmques that take into constder• ation individuals' communication preferences.
h will be conducted by
Frank 1- CICcia, director of UB's
leadership Developme nt Center and a certified DiSC Workshop faolitator.
The S30 registration lee includes breakfast and the fee for a
D1SC Personal Profile Auessment
that paruc1pants will coln,.te
online pnor to the program.
For mformation, contact the
Profeisional Staff Senate Office
at 645 -2003 or by email at
&lt;pssen ate@aou .buffa lo .edu .&gt;
Seating will be limited.
A workshop

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Budget~rocess

lated entrepreneurial enterprises.
Thedo1..m.sof-dlstinguished confen~n ct spea..ken will include Jaren
Lanu:r of Eyematic Interfaces, who
coined the term .. virtual reality.. and
helped introduce immersivevi nuaJ
realit y products, and Stev~ Mann of
the University of Toronto, an intrigliing scientist who invented the
wearable computer for reasons only
he can explain.
TI1eywill beioinedbyastronomer
and U B alumnw Oiff StoiJ of the
Unive rsity of California, Berkeley.
au1hor of"Silicon Valley Snake Oil;"
Michael Paige, director of r~rch at
the Xerox Palo Alto Research Cmter,
and Brenda Laurel. artist. des1gnc.-r
and founding member of the research staffatlntt.n. .llRoe.
.uch Corp.

at UB

Prepared by the Faculty Senate Budget Priorities Committee

Youth, 103 Allen SL, Buffalo.
o ne-hour tntervtew and ltve call-

symposiUms will be broadcast live
over the Internet and will be avail·
able on Nov. 2 and 3 for those who
visit thc.- conference \-\'eb site.
Confe ren ce sy mposi um topics
fill include legal developments and
political structures tha t influence
cyber-privacy; what sc-llSC'-enhancing technologies have in store for us
from the point of vil-w of artists and
researchers; how culture, politics
and self-identity are likely to evolve
with technology and telemedicine,
and a world in which educators, stu dents and researcher.; no longer have
to meet face-to-face.
Th&lt;'Y also
address the na1ure
of a future with unimaginably more
data than we ha\'e today and exam ine the effects of the female presence

The univmity's budget afiecu evety&lt;&gt;ne in the uniYersity commur&gt;ty, bot the
budgeting process oft~ is misundentood and communicated using terminoklgy
that is unfamitiar to those who do not deal with ~ hsues on a regutar basis.
The provost and the Fawlty senate Budget Priorities Committee believe that a
clear understanding ot the budget process at UB b impor13nt to faculty and staff.
Faculty should have input into this process-4f'ld"'Undor&gt;tand how their dedslons
affect the untversity's resource. This report 6escribes the budget pnxess at UB.
Prindples fO&lt; Budget Management UB manages resources in the context ot an all
funds budget. This ,_,. all revenue, regardless ot soun:.e. ""' identified and sub-

unit's base budget.
Decanal

units can generate more money-tn itddibon to the Nse---for theN-

coming year'i budget in thfft way5:
n l~tal expected enrollments. E.&gt;ch year the deaf\ ot the unit estimotes,
with the help ot the """"""'Office. how many -itional credit '-""" the unit
plans to teach in the next academic year. Increased hJnding b ~ k&gt;&lt; planned
increases n graduate or professional .student enrolmenu, Mld for increases in uansfer-student enrollments beyond p&lt;eviously funded ieYeh. The ampus
the
tui!ion from the incrused enrclinonc; and half ot the tui!ion b passed on to the
sequently allocal&lt;d. While a source ot funding may have requiroments and ,...;c. decaNI ooit rosponsiblek&gt;&lt;$!3ffWlg t h e - Funcing bgr&lt;aterforinaease
toons., to oxpenditureo. thetotal-tl! """'"'-'"' estilblish the Oller.lllriYel'5ity • in profossional. gnoduatl! and out.cf--aodlt ho&lt;n. T h e - · Office...., the
budget fO&lt; the fiscal yea&lt;.
dttler hoi af incremental tuition to"""""' academic~ nterdsdplinary
The budget allocation process """""" the academic vlliues and mission ot the anion and lriYel'5ity-wide initiative, such .. merit scholarships.
un""""'Y. When -itionat moun:es,.. available. theywil be alocated to activities
K the octual lnmmental enrollment in the deconol unit exceeds the ogreedthat improve and maintain high levels ot quality ond produclivlty. The leYel ot qual- upon t6tol, the oolrs budget ts not changed k&gt;&lt; that )'OM. Howover, the budget
ity and the produclivlty d actMties will be'eVilluated tltrough comparisons with fot;the fdlowlngyellfislncreosedlthe~~=•ws•tfrom the p«111ous
programs in the best public resean:h unMrities in the notion.
yea&lt; is rnaintained and "fll"''"ed (througll
between the &lt;loon and
Campus expenditlJres k&gt;&lt; univel'5ity-wid programs and~ such as merit the PfOI'O'I)., part ot the unit's eriiOIIment plln , .... _ fiKaJ yea&lt;. Wenrollscholar&gt;hips. library ~ athletia and teclmolog)\ ""' funded from the
ment k&gt;&lt; the current yea&lt; Is ~ than pion ned.. tho ..wt is m&lt;pected to tempoall-funds budget rovenoes. Univel'5lty ,._.,.. are abo uoed to support rarify the - - a&gt;Sb ot this unpilnned enrollment. JK mal« ony
lstta!M &gt;e!Vices ond academic progr.;ms. Academic progrom expen!litures . , neceuo&lt;y reollocations ot reoun:e. This symm encourages units to plan fut1n
the respon~bitity ot the deconal units (College ot Arts. and 5dences, SchOO ot .,.,..,.._ canfufly and oca.ntely.
.
Social Wo&lt;t. etc.). Each deanat unit Is reporuible k&gt;&lt; how reources are olio• ~nc~toct cost reaM!I&gt;J. Gronts foajty and uniU for dftct .......m
cated among Its departments, programs and activitl&lt;s.
costs and abo g&lt;ne&lt;ote _ , . t o pay for tndiied cum. ~ tl)e acwal in&lt;iroct costs lr;cumd by .. Ul ........ .... 78 peiCOCI! d dftctcost&gt;. while
T1oe Big Picture
... oogotiocod - Ul_and goyer1wnent ogendes b 5&lt;1 peant d dftct
....
equipment
costs
a
deducted.
In
oc:tu11ty.
UB only
a '-flow
The unive...lty recev.. revenues from the following sourc.. to P"l' loc Its go;&gt;""" .. ~ notol gowmmontal ogendes pay the negotieral expenditures;
and
~-agencies
....
not
bound
by
it.
Mn
when
.....
· • Tuition-l&gt;ase,level funding loc all,_ ot unM!r&gt;ityxtM!y
conservotiwly, actuo1 e&gt;&lt;penci11ns in d ol
in 2001).
• Fees-Urgeted ""spedfic purposes by,.. type
2001, whether funded 0&lt; r&lt;&gt;t, tndiied- reaNf!I&gt;J from 9"1'"' by ;;bout
• Stall! tax support-base-levol funding k&gt;&lt; all areas af unlvel'5ity activity
and contracts-Wgeted to specJfic J&gt;UfJ""'' bo&gt;ed on ogency ~ u milion. · the """""' strongly """"""9'S gnont «&lt;Mty because this
SlJ!lPOr!5 UB's mission to be a nationoly rllllUd -lriYel'5ity. Charging uniU
k&gt;&lt; these deficits..-lhe differonoe between actuo1 and -.ned inditect c=s• Sales and ~inly student services in residence halls, food service
.,.e&gt;&lt;&lt;ld ciscourage sudl"activity. 1hereore. ... palty ~ the- has deand the bookstore
toabsorbthisdiffeence.pM.asanadded ....-.ll ~af~
• Endowment Income and gifts-targeted or unrestricted, depending On the
will be aloc.ated to thedecaNI uniU with spans&lt;lfOd-donor's wishes
funding. Pe&lt;tormance funding b not available k&gt;&lt; 2001-()l due
• I!JdustrY and loundations-:-fO&lt; targeted actMties bo&gt;ed on po:oject definition
to
the
lad&lt;
resoun:es. 'Mlen additionol func:b become allailable. they
University ~ues primarily are wed to pay for teaching and research, UB's
will be alocal&lt;d to the decanal units bo&gt;ed onlhe quality and productMty d their
main missions. Funds also provide for nKes.saty student and administntiYe serto identfy the 10 best
vices that support the univen.ity's teaching and research activities.. The first prior- acodemic p&lt;Ognoms. The deans each have been p u b l i c - - ot their type to ......... k&gt;&lt; their~
ity for the use of all furfds is the academic: miision ot the universh.y.
and to def1ne measure ot quality and productiyity. Once these dalli ..., available.
Academic function&gt; cunontly use about tw&lt;&gt;thirds ot the base budget. while
the""""""' Office will allocate ony additlonat resources, abcNe those needed fO&lt;
administrative functions use one-third. The-re is nothing magic about this proportion. It • a """~ ot previous allocations ot budget res&lt;&gt;UICOOS through the years. core priorities. bo&gt;ed on porlonnance. F\Jndlng to mvard performance should be
high priority
The unive1'51ty -'&lt;s to keep adminisoo!M costs to a minimum. and no lnaease in ovallable within the next few yeon. -.:ling perfo&lt;mance is a
the adminlstratM budget b planned unless ~ b a r i - in WOI1dood 1""- fO&lt; the Jin&gt;yost. and will be lmplernenttd .. soon as i s , __
duced byincrNsed academic functions. For example, additionolfodlities Sllilfwos
needed in the Health Sclencec.nt..forlob ronovotions to SI4JPO&lt;l the sdentbb n..-·.--...e~oe-,.the.decaNI "'*'~
we recontly hired. We irlo-.-1 these stall ll'lOIIlbe&lt;&gt; this yea&lt;, bot stilldecreosed The _ . , Oflloe- ..........
the total~ budget by~ than S700,000 by natlrnrne&lt;iaU!y filing ~ ,...,.....to food poogrorni -IUrther t h e - mission af the toWorslty.
n-poogrorn~.-~
lnitiJIMt,suchos~lboly
positions when people 0&lt; resigned.
The b - - k&gt;&lt; deteminio:&gt;9 the af ,.......,.. to the acquioilions. ~~ -...-and sat\' and .... priority indecaNI unitS, and fO&lt; funding univenlty-wldo ocodemlc priorities. In this process.
~ needs(e.g. amp.l5 deonllness~ liCOdemlc
the provost wortcs dosdy with the senlo! vice pmldent. with from the support notpnMded ttvooql thealoaeion
(e.g. centro~
deans, fxulty, stJJII; students. business community ond o t h e r -·
acMsing needs~ and urtplorud&lt;X&gt;Sb,.such .. utlity cost oo.;.....
Deanal- budgets proYide funding k&gt;&lt; foajty and- and """"""
reaUting. ~ irlonnation IKhnology .support lor taa.lty and - ·
"-'and equipment, and program-spedlc ~-and dt!parlmonts Memben af tbo UQMnlly COfnfTII.roiiJ' dooolop , _
m not rosponsible fO&lt; sud\ expenditure os genenl student •••vice; utilty cost&gt;. cmia*Jm changes and·-.drnisslons ~ and mal&lt;e_rnony other dedsionr
building ~andgonerai-•
that have budget impfallons. Faculty ond stJJif ~ ~ the omount
ot .....,.,.... the unlvel'5ity has. and - those .....,..,..,. .,.. spent. They oloo
have the opportunity to influence the --r resources ore allocal&lt;d to the amp.15
and within the campus. Campus ne:eds .,.. made known tlwough state and noHow .,. the deunal-un~ budget&gt; detormined1
Budgeting throughout the univenity is approached from an Incremental point tional lobbying efforts and by publicizing our accompi"!Shments to the citlzeru d
or view. The focus ii on changes in the: OYetalllevel d re50Uft:es needed and avail- New Yorl&lt;. On campus, faculty and staff can advi,. thei&lt; deans on bl!dget mat·
ab'e for the coming year, and how these changes wi!1 be allocated among the ten through ~r decanal-uhit budget committees. The Faculty Senate Budget
Priorities Committee meets monthly and engages in a consuttatiw' dialogue with
various activities within the university, including the dec.anal units. Each dltcanal
Senior Voce President Robert Wagnor and Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi, wllo at·
unit has a base budget that resutt.s from tht prior year's alkx:ation. tf a decanal unit's
base-budget allocation Is not 6pended fully by the end ot the fisGtt yoar, the unit tend each meeting. Faculty and staff can CO' nmunic:ate their budget cooc~s to
this committee through their senate repr~a tive.
keeps the uneJ(pended balance and carl'le it fcxward. However, if the unit doesn't
Faculty and staff wift be more effective in dealing With budget 1ssues rf they
m.:unLlin the level of enroHment on wtuch the base IS determined. the dean meets
clearly unde:rstand the proceu by whk:h resources are allocated. Thu report is an
W1th the provost to ascertain whether th1~ ~~ a temporary or more long-tenn probattempt to ex~ain the budget process. A second 1nstaUment will addreu the
lem. II temporary, the base 1s not changed. II 11 is expected to be long-tMn. the
budget numbers them ~~ve~
ba~ budget may be reduced Sustatned tncrea!le~ tn enrollment wlllmcrease the

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�OctobeJ 1l2001~. 33. No.7 Reporter

7

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UB should confirm with SUNY on appointments
To the Editor.
·n,e Report,.,. of Sep! 13 included an
artie!. about the Faculty Senate Execu·

~ootnall /'

the faculty. This univ&lt;rsity has made,
in my opinion, some appointments
with &lt;X&lt;Illplary faculty consultation.
For example, when there ,....., an ap·
pointmentto be made fo r the dean of
the newoombincd College ofAnsand
Sciences, the university had at least
three appropriate candidates appear
pubtidy on campus, speak at well·
publici2cd mcelifl&amp;'. answer questions
and have tht'ir vitas distnbuted. fac.
ulty judgments were solicited.
Ofcourse, this process helped to create some legitimacy for the pmon who
had to administer the new unit In my
opinion, ..consultation with the faculty" docs not mean either no fuculty
consultation, mere gossip. nor only a
post-appointment, pre-press release,
mrly notification.
Faculty S~nate members could
learn which dccanal and si milar ad ministrativt•appoinuncntsduriilgthe
pa"'t three or four rears have had th('
lt."veb of faculty consultation legitimately required b)•SUNY poli&lt;y. The
makt.&gt;-up of St.:arch ummittees may
lx"Cnmt.&gt;an bsue. Perhaps outside appointees ooming to c.·unpus have not
hcen fu ll}' informt.&gt;d about these
SUNY policies. and thus haw been
mtstakenly ~ali1.cd to one rcstrictt\'t.' W3)' of doing what should be an
ofticial consuh.ative process.
Acting appointments also should
have a similar procedure. The Board
,,(Trustees' Policy Article IX. Title B,
Sect ion ::3 reads: ACiing Appoint ments. In terim appointments on dn
.Kting basis of college administrative
officers and professtonal staff not in
.1 negotiating unit established pursu ant 10 Anicle 14 of the Civil Senice
Law, other than chtef Jdmimstrati\'t'
ofticcr, shall tx· made m accordance

with Section 2 above. Late m President Ketter's tenn, the issue of over
reliance on non -consultative ap·
pointmcnts to acting or intenm po·
sitions w..sone factor discussed in the
series of meeti ngs that led ultimately
to the orderly transition to President
Sample's appointment.
The Board of Trustees' Poticy Ar·
tide IX,1i~e B. Section •4 states: Ser·
vice. Persons appointed pursuant to
this TitJe shall serve at the pleasure
of the appointing officer or body. Significan tl y, an appointment of this
t)'pc can be ended by the apl'\)i nting
officer, but the chair of a depanment
can be dismissed only by the chief ad·
mini trati\-e officer. Because we arc
an institution with educationaVintd·
lecu~ purposes. the pol ici~ for ad ·
~inistrators and for departmental
chairs are somewhat different. Unlike
in Title B, the chief administrative(

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discussion of the ..appoint-

mt"!\t and dismissal" process for de·
panmental chairs provided an accu·
rate account of his verba] statements
on the issue. He stated lhat the unj""""Y was ··guided by SUNY policy."
This phrasing may sound satisfactory,
hut Isugg(St that this university should
.ll1ud.lly confom1 h) the printed SUNY
pohot'!'l for both admint:M'JUve and
dq,anmcntal apptlintmenl'..

mt:eting, Prof'-·ssor john
lk Mn .. t.llt.'ll th.u 11 wa~ 1mportant to
t\1 tlldt

\..nuw wh.Jttht· rult~ an:. Ouru.unpw,
'- ummunll\' 111..'l'"t.h IP ht· mlorm ...-d
.1bout Jon~ ..,t.mdmg p.trh of th('

"l 'NY pullut~ that h;J\'l' pt•rh.tp ....h.. ·
tu.tltv lx·,:n ·~norL-d or '-ontr.tdtcted
lllllhi\WnlJlll\.

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!'tlil~ lt."\ oftht· l~larduiTnL,h..'\.-... .2001

mdU(h,.... tht.~' dl""Jr St,ltt.'lllt.'nt!o thJt
hJ\'t.' ht.'t.'ll on the hoob for J lon~
tlmt.'. AriKit.· IX, Tille H. Lollcgt.· Ad·

ntllll,tr.UI\t.'llftke~. ~·ct.Jtm

=2rc.ld'
.t~ lnllm~ : Appointment..;; of all col
kgt.' t~dm•n• s trat i v(· oftia·r, and pmko;s•nnal )!Jff not in ,t nt.•gotiJting
uJut C)!.thhshcd pun;uant to ArtKit·
14 of the Civtl SerYtCt.' Law sh.tll lx.·
1n.tdc bv tht· ducf admin1 .; tratiw of
liH·r nf th(' collq;e; such Jppomt ·
tllt'llt' )hall bt• reporh..-d to tht· chan
t.dlnr. Appomtmcn t!&gt; )UCh .1~ VICC
prc)1dcnt ft ,r JCademll. affour:-., al.J ·
Jen11c d~ns and otht•r.t "'lth ~imiiJr
r~punsihiliues shall tx· made aflcr
~..nmultauon wllh th&lt;." faculty.
1111~ phr:b:ng bnngs up lht.· \.0111 pk·x 1:-..'IUt.' of what comututo n&lt;Xt.'S
-..1rv ur .1pprupri.lt(' C011Sl;ltatton with

officer's power to remove a chair \
from that d(•partmental office (TitJt.'
C •3 ) cannot be dclcgoted.
The Faculty Senate may be a re source for learning which non -de·
partmental administ rati\'Cappoint·
ments have been made with appropriat.e_,.£crtulty consultation and
whid( if any. were not. In the fu ture, despite the obviously more
complc&gt;. processes required. all the
SUNY polici&lt;&gt; about '•faculty con·
suhation" should be honored.
I hope that reason can pf'CV;lil,and
that professionalism v.rould dictate
that. as a step toward a mi nimum,
t•very professor's v i t~ become available to the public, whether the pro·
fessor serves the ..university as a
teacher, researcher or administrator.

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enddlhefimholf
The Bulls' •mpres1.1ve touChdown dnw: that opened the second
hatf rNde: that fumb'e even more
cosdy.

ue kept !he '""'"""""" wt&gt;en

jurior comcrl&gt;ack Mok.e Umben
'""""op«d Ultw&gt;ch u !he UB )0.
yard kne.Aft.er a pa..r d c~ons
by Bulls qumerbock joe freody
rook !he bd to !he Monh&gt;ll 46. !he

-~-Pioc­
Dalbsf'Oitrrissed• 41·y&gt;rdfieldgo&gt;J

1Nt would hMo pulled UB to W&lt;thon

ATHLETES OF
THE WEEK
o.ntdt COonlon of the
bllblll team .matched his
-~ with 30 carries
lnd !ll!t a career-high with
137 yards rushing in UB's
34-14 loss to Marshall on
Sat!Jrday. Gordon, who
staned for injured tailback
Marquis Owarte. also scored
a touchdown in the game,
capping a 10-play. 66-yard

drive .
Andrea ·Sulllv.n of the
women 's soccer team
scored the winning g oal in
UB's 1-0 w in over O hio.
Sullivan has three g oals this
season, third o n the squad.
Her si• points rank her
fourth on the team.

&lt;WQtouehclcJ,..ns

Leftwich went bick to work after that. c~ng srx stnrgtu passes.
1ncluding a foor·yard stnke to Curus jones to rNice 1t 3 1-7.The Bulls hopes faded
after a.nocher p_romismg dnve to the MarsNH 17 -yard hne ended when a Freedy
pass was trpped at the ltne of sc.nmmage and Intercepted by Orlando W.Uhtogt.on
UB's final score ame on a I0-play. 66-yard dnve capped by a rwo-yard
tou&lt;hdown bu~t by Gonion

~o~~er
MEH·s

Kentucky J , UB I
Jumor Dan Wielechowski scored I 5:49 mto the pme tO grve the mens soccer
team an early 1-0 lead and IU only score agO!IIOSt the Kentucky Wildcats Sunday
aftemoon.
UB falls to 1-3-0 1n the Mtd-Amenca.n Conference and 4·S-1 overall

lpVOMEN·s

Marshall I, UB 0
UB I , OhioO
UB snapped a three-pme Wlnnmg streak With a 1-0 Sass - fUSt rts thtrd 1n iu Wt
mne ga~ ·- at MarsNII Fnday ntght. JuniOr Em1ly Cox nu.de mne s.aves 1n goal
for the Bulls.
UB's losmg streak was short-IIV'ed. a.s 1uni0r Andrea SuHivan's p i 9.3S 1nto
the g.une Was the dlfferenc.e a.s the Bulls held on for a 1-0 VKtory over Oh.o '"
MAC acoon Sunday afternoon The Bulls tmprove to 8--6 overall and 7-lln the
MAC.

Volle~oall

Professor of Eng/uh

froom fN9• II
N1kolau ~

AJI.Amencan candidate Byron
Leftwlch threw for a career-best
4SS yards and a.c.counted fOf"" three
t.ouchdowns m the first hatf a.s the
Thunderinz Herd of MarsNll
[dele.!.Od UB.34-t 4.Sawnloy on
Homecoming weekend before
12.438 fans m UB Sad1um.
UB had three tunlO'Iei"'S '" the
pmeJnciu&lt;f'"C • key fumble""" !he

VIc Doyno

Calendar
more 1nlormat1on,

I

Marsh~ I H , UB 14

Research, The Johns HopkiN VoN C·16
Fa~. South Campt.a. ReceptiOn
lo&amp;low'tng Wecture tn Uppschu:.Z Room,
8tomedtc.al Sc.tene~ Bldg., South Campus
4 p.m . Free. Sponsored by Dept ol
PhyOology &amp; BoophY"". fo&lt; ""'"'
•nlormation. J. A. Russell. 829-2425

UB l , Colgate 0
W este m Michigan l , UB I
Ball State 3 , UB 0
UB proved to be no match for the Colgate R.ollders Oct. 9 m AJumnt Arem,
thanks to a toQJ tevn effort. The Bulls hand•ty won games one and rwo by 3Q...
16 and 30-1 8 sc.ores and pulled out a 30..28 wm in pme three to sweep the
~1ders and pkk up their fourth VICtOry of the senon.
But the Bulls could not continue thclr w1nmng ways_,.M they dropped a
match to Western M1ch1pn Broncos at Alumni Arena to begin the weekend
A~tnning game one by a 31 -29 score. the Bulls lost th~ straight games by
score Of-.~2S. 3Q..lS and 30-17
In o~r ~uon dunng the weekend, UB dropped a three-game match tO
Bail State Sunday •n Alumn1 Arena. 30-20. )).3 I. 30-lS With the loss. UB's
record drops to 4-1 3 ovenll and 0-8 m the MAC

~ross ~ount~

Life Woritshop

Wome n cruise in UB Invitational

Le arning t o Le ad Within Your
Commun ity Frank CKua, d1r.,
Leadership Development Center 145E
Student Umon, North Campu~o 4-S p.m
Free: Spon)()l"l!d by OffKe of Student
Umons &amp; Actrvit~. For more
1nformatJon, 645-6125.

t~am cruised to mtory tn the UB IOYltauoml
Friday Olftemoon Olt B;urd Potnt on the North Campus. sconng IS potnu (the
lowest possible tum score) .and defeating sqUids from Brock Uruvers1ty of

~ils
HJoseph Norm•n : Bertin Autuinn"

Men place second in Albany Invitational
The women's cross--&lt;:ountry

Canada (50) •nd Med&gt;Hie (75).
The menS rxe w.u not c.ontested due to bckd eno-ana from opposrc schools.
After not being~ to rOlce at home on Fnday. UB's men r'lCed to a secondplace finiSh Saturday at the 35th AnnuOlJ AJbOlny Cross Country ffMQOOf'Qi The
Bu"s scored 47 pomu. fal1ing just shon of hostAlbiny's 37 1n the lUITI
cornpet~oon .Twenr:y

teams from throughout NewYorit Stne scored

at

the meet.

Work by painter Joseph Norman •s on

~~:.~~ lr:~ ~"!~:~~non
Gallery hours are 11 a .m toSpm
Wednesday through Saturday and from
1-S p m on Sunday

" Fresh not Pickled : UB Art
Found•llons"

lennis
WOMEH ·s

UB d e feats Canisius

Worit produc.ed m the Nloundat1om
c ou~the bink ifn courses th.tt all .trt
mafO'\ take •n the•r freshmAn year convey1the students at the most
absorbent &lt;Jnd Wlde~ point '" tllt'n
academK life A \t'IKtiOI"I of won. 1n
dNer~ mf'd1a reflf'ct•ng t~ d~puauons
olthe~ students t~ on d1spi.ly through
Oct 25 1n the Art Department G.Jllery,
845 Centet lor the Aru, North C&lt;Jmpu\
The open•ng recept•on will be he'd from
5-7 p m today G.tllery houtl are 10
am to.Sp.m Tuesday. lOam to 8
p m Wednesday through Fnday and 11
a m to 6 p m on Saturday
H

UB rem.J1ns undefeated after da.Jmmg 1U second viCtory of the seuon With a
Win over the Camstus Golden Gnffins on Oct. 10m the UBTenntS Center

~mw
WOMEN ·s
UB pa~ted m Rochester·s Stonehurst Rqata: on the Genesee Rrver on
Sunday. In the: heavywet&amp;ht burs race, the BuUs pbced 12th m a 17-tum fiekt 1n
43:34.14 lnthe~tetghts n.ce. UBfte:lded t"WOsquads.With the"A'• tum
pbcong 16th (3351.38) and !he
squod 22nd (37:21.92) &gt;m&lt;&gt;rc !he 28 entronts

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Wino, Women and Donee.

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For tl"Kn infonnatlon, Student
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the~?

Who's In
Klril Pononius, Dept. ol Physical
lhoropy, Exen:bo and Nutrition
Sciences. 108 Sherman, South
CamPI"- 4-5 p.m. ff... fo&lt;
more lillonnotion, Dopt.-ol
~and l!lophy&gt;ics.

fducatlon-

NYS Arts
Roody
1n 2002. An You7 Mario
. Runfolo, Graduate School ol
Education, and )ohn Sisk.Jr,
Buffolo State Collego.
Univenity Inn and Conference
Center, Notth Forest Road,
Getzville. 8 ,30-10 a.m. S25.
~&gt;O&lt;ed by Grad..,to School

~=E~~~or

more information, Ken
~- 645-6642.

ETC Technology Wortuhop
SuUd lng a Course In
81Kkb0ord S.5, Port I. 212
Capen, North Campus. Noon-2
p.m. Free.
Low School Meeting
Uw Alumni &amp;o.lrd of

Buffolo Logic c.........
Philosophy of Logic: A

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141 Park, North Campus. 4S:30 p.m. Fr... Sponsored by

Buffalo ~ic: CoUoquium. FOr

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more infOf'TTlatioo, JOhn

Corcoran, 881 -1640 "' 64524:4'4, 6l119.

Modoling Drug Elfocts on
Lymphocyte Trollkking.

Hoog&gt;han U, post-doc, Dept.
of Pharmac~tk:al Sciences.
121 Cooke, North Campus. 4-S

p.m. Free.

-

116. For more information,

Ilene Fleischmann, 645-2107.

lllochemlrtry
-·Nutrition and Vi,..llnfecUon:
Effects on the Viral Genom,
and hthogenests. Mefinda A.
il«k, Dept. Pediatrics, Univ. ol
NC at Chapel Hill. G26 Farber,
South Campus. 12:30 p.m.

Freo.
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645-ARTS.

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~ Cirrn:tiona,

Student &amp; Scholar SorvUs. fo&lt;
more information, 645-2258.

Mtnd/llody - ·
ISSS-.,..,.
Class
Dooling with tho INS: Myths
NIA (Neuromuscular.
.
and Realftie.s.. Ellen Dussourd,
lntegr~~ ~)~
une
dir., and Maria RosdgHone,

~~~·~~~~Cam

UGL 101 ' Research Skills.
Glendora Johnson-Cooper. 127
Capen, North Campus. 2-BO
~. m .

Freo. Sporuored by

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4;15-5:30 p.m. Aorobb pass.
For more infonnation, Laurie
Krupski, 64S-2837.

~=~~rirr-:r

645-2943, ext 235.

o nly accepted through th e

tJ~"~~,,~~,:.~~

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events In the e lectrOnic

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Pre-Mator lnfonnaUonaJ
MHting. Olano M. Gayles,

coordinator of professional

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Campus. 3:30--4:30 p.JTl. Free.
~&gt;O&lt;ed ~ Dopl ol

~'fn~~&amp;.;';,

Geometry/Topology

nlend•r will be Included
Ptoysks Colloquium
The Solar Neutrino Charge
Current Me,uurements from

~~J."1J~~G~J;.of

Ontario. 422 Fronczak. North

Quit Smoking. Mary Jo

Living Well Center. 145E
Student Union, North Campus.
&amp;-7 p.m. Freo. Sponsor&lt;d by.
OffiCe of Student Uniom &amp;
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Univ. 122 Matheinatics Bldg .•
North Campus. 4 p.m. Free.
Class llody .
Mlnd/
·

NIA (Neuromuscular
lntognoiiY&lt; Action). laurie
Krupski, dw., Living Well Center.
Alumni Arma, North Campus..
5:30-7 p.m. Aerobics pass. fo&lt;
more information, Laurie
~pski.

645-2837.

~DMO&lt;oeomp.ty

Wino, Women and Donee.
Dept. ol Thoa!IO and Dance,
DrJma TheaW, Center for the
Arts, North Campw. 8 p.m.
S12 general, S5 &gt;tudenU and
sernors. For more infoonation,
645-ARTS.

Saturday

20

Campus. 3:30p.m. Free.
lllolo!Jkol Sciences Seminar
RegulaUon of DNA

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Life - . , . . , .

Seminar

Actions on Four Mantfold s.
Mkhael McCooey, McMaster

Gayle&gt;, 829-3141 , ext. 1 S1.
In the Reporter.

HSL - . , . . , .
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Lauterbach. 438 Clemens,
Campus. 12:30 p.m.
Free. For more information,

he TechnologJ _.....,.

ca lendar/ login&gt;. Because

ETC T...........,-.,..,. •
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COflV'ef"Ytion. Ann

publkatlon. Listings are

of space llmlt•tlons, not all

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Wine, Women and OWKe..
Dept. ol Thoa!IO and DaOCI!.
Drama Theatre. Center for the
Arts, North CampuL 8 p.m.
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seniors. For more infoonation,
64S-ARTS.

Using MS FronlPoge. Section
8, Port II. 212 Capon, North
Campos. 2-3:30 p.m, F....,.

Ru Vacdn.tlon Clink
Student Health Center, Student
Affain. Student Health Center,
Mich~ Hall, South Campus. 35 p.m . S10 per vacdnation. For
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Health Center, 829-3316.

of Events at &lt;http://

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645-2258 .

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no later than noon on

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Dance Studio, Alumni -.a,

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Lifo - . , . . , .
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staff, UB Acadmlk: Advisement
Center. 1 040 Norton, North
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sponwn. Listings are due

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more Information, 645-6125.

North Campus. 12:39 p.m.
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Sunday

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Q&amp;A; Kent KJef'man discusses past.
futureofslcyscrripers

October Concerts

PAGE 2

Physicist Bruce McCombe named
SUNY Distingui!hed Professor

Leading

the Way
Natosha Womack, a senior
business administration
major, carries the American
flag that led the procession
of students, faculty and staff
members to the Center for
the Arts for the seventh
annual University
Convocation, held on Oct.
4 . Story and another photo
on page 6 .

UB researcllers travel to ground zero
Team looks at how earthquake engineering q;m help buildings withstand attacks
BJ EU.EH Got.DIIAUM
Contributing Editor

N the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade
Ce.nter, st ructural engineers
are grappling with a question
that a month ago wou)d havt been
completely w&gt;thinkable: Can buildings be designed to withstand catastrophic blasts inflicted by terrorists'
Ten days after the terrorist attacks

I

o n the twin towers, structural engi-

Milbrath to be
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Leslor W. Mlllnth, professor
politial Jdonce ll&gt;d
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project funded by the National Science Foundation.
Visi tin g th e site as part of an
M C EER rcconnaissa nn· visit. thC)'
spent two days beginning the task of
formulating ideas about how 10 design such structures and to search for

BJ ARTHUR PAGE
New5 Services Director

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HEuniversity isbOlsteri.ng its efforts in the areas of technology transfer and economic development with the creation of a new
Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economk Outreach.
Robert ). Genco, SUNY Distinguished Professor and chair of the
Department of Oral Biology in the
School of Dental Medicine, has been
named a vice provost and appointed
to head the new office by Provost
Elizabeth D. Capaldi.
"The new office," Capaldi said,
"will strengthen the universit y's ex istin gpartnershi~ with th&lt;.· busin~
community and foster the crea tion
uf new businfiSeS J.nd commercml
17.atJon of the uni\&gt;ersuy's tntellt"l1ual
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standing but that sustained dam age,.. sa,jd Bruneau.
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why those buildings remain standing.
while our long-term goal is to see
whether earthquake-engin eeri ng
technologies can be married to existing technologies to achieve enhanced
performana: ofbuildings in the event
of terrorist attacks," he added.
Photographs takrn by the investiga tors demonstrate in sta rtling
detail the monumentaJ damage innicted on the WTC towe rs and
buildings in the VIcinity.
O ne building a block away from
the towers remai ns standing, but
was badly damaged when it was hit
by a column from one of the collapsing \.~C towers.

"This building is many meters
away from 2 World Trade Center,
and yet we sera column there that
used to be part of that building,"
&lt;xplained Whit!aUr. "The column
became a missile that shot across the
road, through the window and
through the floor.•
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The visit to the area also rev&lt;aled
some surprises, accojding to the engineer.&gt;. For example, the floor-fTaming systems in one of the adjacent
buildings was quite rugged, allowing
floor.; that were pierced by tons of
falling debris to remain intact.
"Highly redundant ductile-fram ing systems may provide a simple.
but robust strategy for blast resistance," he aa'ded. Other stra tegies
m
Jude providing alternate
paths for
·ry loads in the event
that a load· • ring colu"'m n fails.
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dues on how to do so in buildings that
were cJamased, but still are standing.
Their work is continuing as one
of several MCEER projects funded
by a SIOO,OOO grant from the NSF.
The NSF awarded eight grants to
fund post -disaster"assessments.
The project involving the UB/
M CEER engineers is the only one
that includes examining structural
performance of buildings from an
earthquake-engineering perspective.
The team consists of George C.
Lee. MCEER director and Samuel P.
Capen Professor of Enginee ring;
Michel Bruneau, MCEER deputy
director and professor of civil engineering, and Andrei Reinhom and
Andrew Whittaker. both professQ rs
of civil engi neering and M~EER
investigators.
"Our objecuvc m visiung ground
zero was to go and look at the build -

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Capa ldi
praised Genco,
noting that he
"is an ideal
choiCC' t.o head
this office because he is an
out standing
scientist who
has a comm itment to technology tran sfer and
demonstrated success in commcr·
cializ.ing his own discove ries and
those of others ...
Capaldi said the Office ofSciene&lt;,
Technology Transfer and Econom1c
Outreach will rcplaa· the UB Busi ~
n~ AIJinncc. cn-ated in 1998 to en ·
hancc UB's partnerships with •nd~ ­
try .md proVIde a ct·ntral focus for tht~
e\:Onom" -dl'vdopment and mdu.~ ­
tna.l·tlutrt""".ich ,u..1wltics of tht~ Ul\1\'l'r·
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t&gt;ffia-.;. .tnd func tions prev1ou~l y un·
J1;.•r th&lt;.· d1n'1;.11on of the UR Businnli

Alliance, as well as ind udc a new In·
dustrial Liaison Partnership. whidl
will focus on relations with corporations involving economic develop·
ment issues and a new Research and
Vcnrure Funding Division .
The Office of Science, Technology
Transfer and Economic Outreach
will hav&lt;" three divisions:
• In tellectual Property Division,
formerly the Office of Technology
Transfer and Uct:nsing, specializing
in identifying. patenting and liansmg to the private sector inventions
developed at UB
• Research and Venture Funding
Division, consisting of two offices:
UB Technology Transfer Funding
and the Center for Advanced Tech·
nology !CAT I
• Services and Commeroaliza ·
tlon Division. consistmg of the Stra·
tt--gic Partnership ku Industrial Re&lt;urgence (SPIR I Program, UBTech·
nology Incubator. 11lc Center for

lndustrial Effectiveness (TCIE) and
the Industrial Liaison Partnership.
The Services and CommerciaJiza·
tion Division will do consulting with
industry. hdp commerciaJize intelloctuaJ property, start an industrial
partner.; program, assist farulty in
starting businesses and help develop
spinoffs in general.
Capaldi noted that the Office of
Science, Technology Transfer and
Eco nomi c Outreach will rece1ve
guidan~e from a board of directors
comprised of representatives from
local economic development agen·
cies and biotech firms. as wcU as a
scie ntific and industrial advisory
boa rd to indude national!)• known
leaders 111 science and industrv.
She Jdded that Kenneth ~~
Tramposc.h. as.'iOCtate VICe pres1dcnt
for R'Se""Jn.:h. will serve ..tS th&lt;.•lla1.son
berwet·n th e lntellectuJ.I Prol&gt;ertv
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What defines a sky&gt;eraper
other than Its height?

The benchmark for the modem urban skyscraper is probably Miqs van

Thehistoricalevolutionofthesky-

der Robe's 1957 Seagram Bu~ding
on Park Avenue in New York. 1m-

scraper is not exclusivdy the story

CJOSS&lt;DUntry tiding ond -

dicioiOistricl).

Kent Kleinman is chair of the Department of Architecture
in the School of Architecture and Planning.

of progressively taller structures.
Skyscrapers are the product of developmcnts in structural steel technology, circulation technology and
the aesthetics of vertical c:xpression.
The passenger elevator was not
used in office buildings until the
early 1870s; until that time, stamina
was the limit on building height typicallyfivetosixstories.Withthe

peccably proportioned, abstractly
figured and set back from the stre&lt;t
to cr~at~ a d~ep urban plaza,

Seagram's became the paradigm for
many tall buildings throughout the
U.S. Yet, it is only SISfeet-38 sto-

ries--&lt;all.ltissmaDcomp;ued t~the

Empire State Building, constructed
som~ 20yearsearlier,and miniscule

compa red the 1,350-feet-high

prehended from within the urban
fabric-but through their representation on postcards and photographs, where they became
signifiers not of world finance, bot
of the sheer exuberance of the
modern metropolis.
The WTC reflects the ethos of

l•te. 20th century Amerk.a,
and this Is why Is was the tar·
get. AgrM?
As far as I know, the terrorists in tended to attack the Pmtagon, t.he

advent of the eJevator, the governing limit was bearing-wall tech~l-

World Trade Center towers, built
some 20 years later.

WTC and possibly targeted the
White House as well. It is ha.rd not
tp read this as an assault on three

ogy. Daniel Burnham's · 1891
Monadnoc.k Building in Chicago is
16 stories tall; to support this

Wh•t lde.a.s w•s the World
Trade Center designed to
communk•te7
,..

pillars of American society: the
military, the economic and the po-

height, the walls at the base are 6

Although designed to

feet thick with fairly narrow, slotlike openings at street level. This
building was the limit case for bearing-wall construction. The use of
steel -frame technology and curtai_n-wall enclosure is credited to

known as, 3 symbol of global finance, the twin towers became
much more--or much less-than
their original sym bolic co ntent.
Roland Barth~s wrote that
Maupassant used to dine often at

be, and be

Wtlliam LeBaron lenny. His 18~ thetopoftheEiffelTower: "ltis the
Leitner Building was a mere 8 sfo- o nly place in Paris," Maupassa nt
ries tall, but it demonstrated the said, "where 1don't have to see it."
possibility of the structural steel Banhes described the tower in Paris
frame. The exp ressive potential fo r
building vertically was articulated
by Louis Sullivan, who in 1896,
wrote a seminal essay entitled .. The

Tall Office Building Artistically
Considered." In a word, Sullivan
identified '" loftiness" as the chief

characteristic of the tall building.
One of the most important and exquisite examples of the art and scie n ce of building tal l remains
Sull ivan 's G uaranty Building in
downtown Buffalo. It is merely 13
stories hi gh.
Sky&gt;&lt;rapen h•ve become IJ"'·
bois, and the " bigger the better'' seems to h•ve become the
hallmark used to Judge them.
Has this always been the cue?

.. Bigger is better" has never bttn an

as an "ineluctable, virtually etppty
sign" that "attracts meaning the way
a lightening bolt attracts lightening," The New York towers were

enormously bland and blank, and
seemed to absorb meaning without
ever becoming ful l. Paul

Goldberger, writing on the World
Trade towers, was most taken by the

attractive pull of th&lt; 107th-floor
restaurant (presumably because he,
like Maupassant, didn't have 10 see
the towers themselves.) After

Philippe Petit-strung a cable.between the towers and crossed with ·
out a net, they became something
of a carnivalesque venue. The tow·
ers were most co mmonl y con sumed vis ually, not in personthey simply were too large to be ap-

architecrumlmaxim,asfaras I know.

litical. But why the WTC and not
some other centtt of world finance?
Why not the stock exchange or the

Feder.ol Reserve building? Perhaps,
given the natU re of thest attacks, it
is because the towers were both a
significant symbolic target and an
easy aerial target. The Pentagon, the
White Ho use and the towers all are
architectures of strong fonn . Sin-

gular strong form has been used before to guide aerial missions. 1 am
reminded of a very distinctive, "T"shaped bridge, visible easily from
an airplane, in Hiroshima. It was
the landmark and bull's-eye that
guided the Americao bombers.
Will the attack affect architect.' desires to design dlJ·
scrapers?

I recently had breakfast at the airport a nd had to spread cream
cheese on my bagel using the back
of a plastic spoon. Their attacks
sho uld no t cause us to abandon
ei th er tall buildings or plasli c
knifes, since both exist for pretty
good reasons. There is a reason -

a limited ground plane is replicated many times over by ·

building upwards. There is a
emerging body of very progressive work being done on issues
of sustainability and hybrid
programming with respect t.o
skyscrapers, albeil mostly in

England and Germany. Undoubtedly, architect5 and engineers wiJl take stock of the performance of the trade towers
and more stringent egress and
fire·safet y standards may re sult, although it appears that
the towers performed remark-

ably well, given the enormity of
the impact and resuJting fire.
But I cannot imagine that the
skyscraper. per se. will emergr
from any post -attack review as
inhere ntl y unsafe , nor do I
think that architects, developers and users will abandon the
skyscraper as a legitimate, indeed often times exhilarating,
urban building type.
Wlult •re: your thoughts on
rebuilding on the WTC site1

I think that calls to not build on
the site are unrealistic. Some

foi'Jll ofbuilding complex will be
built on the site, and apparently
Larry Silventein, the developer
who holds a 99-yearlease'On the
site, already has retained architect David Otilds of Skidmore,
Owenings and Mmill to work
on a scheme involving four 50-

York, Paris, London and Tokyo,

story towers. I hope that a truly
extraordinary an:bitectural work
emerges from the extraordinary
circumstances, a work that is
technically advanced, spatially
and aesthetically progressiv&lt; and
urbanistically inventive. If it is all
these things. it will memorialiu
the loss by celebrating a vital aspect of American culturc:-

and this density is possible because

m!mdy, its root optimism.

able argumen t for the kind of den sity associated with cities like New

McCombe named Distinguished
Physicist, associate dean ofCAS, achieves highest rank in the SUNY system
By SUE WUETCHER
RtpOttrr Editor

UCE D, McCombe, proessor of physics and assote dean for research and
sponsored programs in the
College of Arts and Science;, has been
named a SUNY Distinguished Profi:s.
sor by the SUNY Board ofTrustecs.
· Thedesignatio.,_..rankabov&lt;full
professor and the highest in the SUNY
system-&lt;lenotes exceptional contri·
bution in an academic field through
publications, national and interna-

tional research presentations. research
findings and the training of studen ts.
McCombe joined the UB physics
department faculty in 1978 and has

served in a va riety of ad ministrative
posts, induding associate chair and
chair of the physics department , codirector of the Cen ter for fJectromc
and EleGtro-Optic Materials and
deputy dir«tor for the New York
State In stitute for Superconductiv-

ity. He currently is director for the

Center for Advanced Ph o to ni c
and
Electronic
Materia l s
(CAPEM).

A fel low of the Ameri&lt;:an Physical Society,
his research interests a.n: in semioon ductor physics. particularly infrared
and far infrared spectroscopy ofsemioonductor nanostruaures.
He is the author or co·author of
more than 90 artido in rcfereOO ;ournals and a like number of refereed

conference proceedings,
McCombt' is involved in three
(UtUng-edge research granB UB has
received during the past year. He is
an investigator on US's pan-worth

S8 million-&lt;&gt;f aS 14 million Information Technology Collaboratory

grant awarded to the Rochester In- · are based on the spin of electrons.
stitute of Technology by the New
MJ:Combe is principal inv.stigaYork State Office of Science, Tech- tor of a S10 million project funded
nology and Academic Research by the U.S. Defense Advanced Re(NYSTAR). Th&lt; UB research, to be search Projects Agency (DARPA) to
conducted by the Institute for La- develop specific ferromagnetic masers. Photonics and Biophotonics, terials for usc in spintronks. UB is
will apply the institut&lt;'s expertise in the lead institution in a nine-memphotonics to next -generation IT sys- ber consortium on the project_
tems. Researchers will work toward
Mc:Combe also is an irMstigato.-on
developing materials and technol&lt;&gt;- another multi-million-dollar proj«:t
gies that allow for major expansions to develop new materials in molecuof bandwidth and speed. These in- lar electronics, photonics and optovolve developing new IT compo-. electronics to form the basis of a new
nent.s and materials. as well as novel generation of solar-pow&lt;red. IT systems. This project, also being led b)'
methods of processing them.
the Institute for las=, Photonics and
A key strategy involves taking advantage of pioneering work on
Biophot·onics.. involvt:s a SS million
sem icond uctor devices being done grant from th&lt; Department of Deat CAPEM. Joint areas of investiga- fense. UB is leading a \&gt;Urld-dasscon·
tion indude opto-c:lectronic devices sortiwn on the project.
A native of Sa nfo rd , Maine,
and photonic-circuit design based
on semiconducter heterostruc:tures,
as well as spintronic and spin-photonic materials and devices, which

MLCombeeamedabache!or's ~.

cum laude, from Bowdoin College and

a doctorate from Brown University.

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BrieD
James Magavern to receive
law school's Jaeckle Award
James L MagaYem, a member of the law finn Maga.Vcm, Magavem
&amp; Grimm LLP, will receive the )aeclde Award, the highest honor bestowed by the UB Law School and its Alumni Association, at the
26th Annual Alumni Convocation and 2001 )aeclde Awan! Luncheon
to be held at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.
The )aeckle Award is given annually to an individual who has distinguished himself or herself and has made significant contributions to the UB Law School and the legal profession. 1t is named
after its first recipient , the late Edwin F. Jaeck.Je, a UB aJumnus, who
for dteada was a tow~ring figure in the legal profession and in local, slate and national poHtics. Previous winners have included

Vincent E. Doyle, Matthew ). Jasen, Manly Fleischmann. john T.
Curtin and M. Dolores Denman.
Dean R. NiJs Olsen Jr. wiU present the award to Magavern at the
luncheon , which will foUow a morning-long continuing leg.al-edu·

cation program.
A 1959 graduate of the UB Law School, where he served as editorin-chief of the Buffalc lAw RrvteW, Magavem has concentrated his
practice in health care, corporate. :md statco and local government law.
He has serV&lt;d as counsel to the New York State oomptroller, oounty
a"4&gt;mey of Erie County and assistant attorney general of New York State.
In the 1970s, Magavem served as a legal consultant and expen for
the United N'ations Development Program in the Philippines and as
a legal advisor on national ho usi ng policy for the government of
South Korea .

An adjunct professor in the Law School, Magavem has taught fulltime and part-timeat UBsince 1963.and is a member of the Law School's

Dean's Advisory Council.
The law school's 26th annual alumni convocation, to. be held from
8:30 a.m . to noon , will focus on appellate practice and procedures
and the tthics implications of high - profile cases.

Long-time employees
to be recognized at reception
President Mn. William R. Greiner will host on Nov. 8 a service- recognition reception honoring faculty and staff members who

FSEC discusses publi, service
By SUE WU£TCH£11
Rrport~ Editor

T

HE Farulty Senate E.xecutiV&lt; Committee has asked
the senate's Public Service
Commin·e e to rt"Visit the

issue of how to evaluate public service as part of the promotion and
tenure process.

The Public Service Committee,
chaired by Robert Shibley, professor
of architecture and director of the

Urban Design Program, had asked
for guidance from the FSEC at the
body's Oct. 3 meeting on how the
commi tt ee should proceed. Al th6ugh public service is one of UB's
missions. Shibley said that many fac ulty members are not willing to pursue such projects because they fed the
university lacks methods to &lt;Valuate
and offer rewards for such work.
Shibley defined public service as "a
form of scholar.;hip that includes the
generation, transmission, application
and preservation of knowledge for
the direct benefit of other communities in W3)15 that are oonsistcnt with
an academic unit's missioris."
Peter Nickerson, professor of pathology and past chair of the Faculty Senate. pointed out that there
had been a statement broadening
the definitio n of scholarship to in clude public service in a draft revl~io n of the Prt'sident 's Review
Board 's policy governing evaluatio n
of professional JCadcmiL work .
However. thl• .!&gt;l'(tiOn governing
puhlu.: ~rvin· was ''shot down" h\·
thl' deans, Ntckt'rson s.11d.
lknms f\1alont&gt;, SLIN Y ()i,tm
)!Ut~h~.xt '-,en•1u· l'miL"i...Of tn the Dl·p.trtnwnt nl II, ·~ tn~. tl Fn~tn~'1·nn~

said he understood that the primary
reason for the dean's disapproval was
because they didn't know how to
&lt;Valuate what was significant public
service and what was not
..The~ a~ things that sound impressive, but an not," Malone said,

put them on committees ... you

don't expect them to get heavily involved." Ba umer said. "You do expect them to get their oourscs down,
to_get their r&lt;SeaTch programs going. to get their research done and

adding that in order to be promoted
to SUNY Distinguished Professor,

to meet the hurd.Jes for ttnure."'
If public service is made a requirement for promotion and tenure. there

candidates must show what impact
their service work has had.
"I think the deans would be happier
with that kind of sta""""'~" he said.

will be a "significant chunk of the fac.
ulty that will be ""'Y unhappy with it,
that will not support i~" he said
Mo;;,ver, this same group of fac-

Shibley told FSEC members he
wanted to play devil 's advocate.

"let me see if I've got this right:
We do service learning as a vehicle

for scholarship. we profess that scholarship in all the ways that scholarship
should be professed, we recognize
and reward it acrordingly. Why do
we need to do anything?" he asked
..Service is one vehicle for this; the
strict app lication of scientific
method is another, etc., etc. What 's
the deal? The m~e is the same
measure we all use to assess quality
scholarship, which of course. is a
variety of measnres."
William Baumer. professor of

philosophy, said he would have a
serious problem identifying a service-learning project in thco dassicaJ
humanities that would result m a
publishable research article. and
therefore, public serv1ce would ht·
"separate and distinct " from a JUil ·
u1r facult)• member 's TL~ular ll'&lt;lt:h
tn~ .md fL'S('arch r~pon s ibthttl~
.. The net rcsuh ts thatthr .allttude
111 my dt'partmcnt. whtlh I h.tw k
gallv promoted along "-'lth Ill\ )(' ·
111m Ctllle.l~llt."' . t .!&gt; th.tl \'OU kc~.· p th e
tllntnr faculh rntC"\.-Il'd n1u don 't

ulty members- because of their

backgrounds-"have real diffirulty
understanding service learning and
research, un1ess you can convert that
to what we understand is the tradi tional product," such as scholarly
articles, he said.

Slubleypointedoutthalherecmtly
published an article on rethinking the
Niagara Frontier that took an historical perspecti"" on cross-border relationships. He called it "a solid piece
of humanities scholarship and a distinctly important piece of servicr."
The article, he said, was

~alua tcd

through traditional scholaMip vehicles. The service aspect. he said. is
"additional valuejdded."
C harles Fourtner. professor of
b10logical sciences, agreed with
Baumer. noting that m the sciences.
fal"uhy colleagues play an extremely
unportant role in promotion a nd
tenure decistons.
Then~ must be some rvaluation
mcchdm:.rn that rna~ public scrVIl't.' "i mportant to the discipline." hl'
~ud .

Alcordmgly. 'lll-h a pro)l'CI wo uld
he worthwht!t.· "as lo ng .1s NSF or
'Il-l 'uppnrh tt " h(' .1Jdt.-J

have completed 30 and 40 years of service to UB.
To be honored for 40 years of service will be Ruth Bryant, Architectu re and Planning; David Cadenhead, Chemistry; Vera Lobdell,
Records and Registration, and Neal Niesen, Microbiology.
To be recognized for 30 year.; of service will be Robert Ackerhalt,
Nuclear Medicine; Wtlliam Allen, History; Lorna Arrington, Educational Opportunity Center; HafV&lt;Y Altlcrod, Academic Services. CIT;
Warren Barbour, Anthropology; Leroy Barnhard, Facilities Operations.
University Facilities; Thomas Barry, Classics; George Bobinski. Library
and Information Studies; )ames Britt, University Potice; Patricia Brock.
Industrial Engineering; Gerard Bucher, Modem Languages and Literatures; Barbara Bunker, Psychology; josephine Capuana, University
Honors Program; Charles Carman, Art History; Michelle Chasse, Civil,
Structural and Environmental Engineering; Kah Kyung Cho. Philosophy; Diane Christian, English; Ronald Cichocki, Operational Support
Services, CIT; Anne Coe_,. Medicine; john Corcoran, Philosophy.
Also. james Cownie, Acrounting and Budget Services; Donna Cross,
UniV&lt;rsity ~ent; Charles Dunn, Technical Support Services.
CIT; John Duskin, M~tics; A[bert Ermanovics; Student Unions;
Barbara Evans. Academic Services, CIT; Frederic Fleron )r., Political
Science; Ho Leung Fung, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Suzanne Gale, Arts
and Sciences; Billy Gant, Student Health; Debra Gidzinski. Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences; Patricia Hambridge, Acrounts Payable; Edward Hammer, Facilities Operations, Univer&gt;ity Facilities; Sheryl HarV&lt;y.
Dental Medicine; Robert Joynt, RestoratiV&lt; Dentistry; Thomas Kalman,
Chemistry; Robert Klocke; Medicine; Danid Kosman, Biochemistry;
Antonene Lazarro. University Libraries, Central Technical Services.
Also. Barry Lentnek. Geography; jerry Linder. Human Resource Services; Dean Marky, Research in Special Environments; Roger Mayne.
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Donna Mcl&lt;anan. University
Libraries; Ida McLean, Admissions; joseph Merrick. Microbiology; Edward W. Michael, Athletics; Sarunas Milisauskas. Anthropology; Barbara Montgomery, Student Health; Russell Nisengard. Dental Medicine;
Carole Orsolits. Linguistics; Albert Pautler, Educational leadership and
Policy; Donna Phelan, A£adernic Services, CIT; Michad Potoczak. Educational Opportunity Center; Florence Prine. State Acrounts Payable:
William Ridley Ill, Educational Opportunity Center; Joel Rose. Academic
Servioes.CIT; Marg;iret Rose-French, Research Foundation Employment
Services; Michael Ron , Operational Support Services, CIT.
Also. Patricia Ruggiero, University Libranes.Central Techntcal5ervices; Peter Scott , Compu ter Sc ience and Engineenng; Mdrk
Shechner. English; Karen Smuh . Lockwood Library; Gd rry Soehner.
Uni versity Residence Halls; Edmond Stramchamps. MU!!.IC R1 chard
Taber, Operational Supporl ServiCe:, , C IT; Constantmr Tung . ~\'tod ­
c:rn Languages and Utcratures; lov Vella. M;m agement; R.aymnnd
Volpi . A'adcmic ServtCe!t; Maq Ann Wac ho wiak , Ldw Libran·; Ed ·
ward \&lt;\ 'at~on, Educatio nal Opportumtv Center; James Whalen. Fie~..
Inca! Engmet.'nng; FJward L \\'nght , Athll'ltl".,

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�41 RepariM

October11.2001NtilJ.Io.6
Unusual collaboration with British VIrgin Islands helps upgrade Its health-care system

B RIEFLY

BVI nurses come/to UB for degree
ly LOfS IIAJWI
Contributing Editor

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Baldy Center
to present symposium
T'he Bakiy Center for Law and
Social Policy, the Mitchell Lee·
turr Fund and the Buffalo Environmmtol Low joumol will
present a ~posium, •Environmental Law ond St.ewaldshlp for
a Sostainable Society,. Satulday
in the L..1w School mO'BrWl on
the North U!npus.
The symposium is port ol •
regional community forum,
·~.eanilng Swtainlbllily: AchieY·
ing Erwironmen!Jil, Sodoi ond

Economic Well-8elng.. that ~
gan yeste&lt;day and will run
through Saturdoy In the Buffolo
Convention Center.
The fOfUITI, co-sponsored by
the UB ErMronm&lt;nt and Society
Institute and The Gtosl Gold
o...lopment Corporoilon ol
tkJIIolo, is designed to entouf·
age • reglonol discussion lboul

tho globlllnd - - ol
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Western New YO&lt;tt's eoononjcs,
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Among tho topics to be .,..
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spettiws on Etwtronmentol U..
ond suslilirwol&gt;ility• "lJnncing
Public and Resporul&gt;lll~ fa&lt; Sustalnobility. • lnd •en.
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symposium, as wen .. the ~
gkwlal forum, go to
&lt;WWW.-..In.buffolo.odu/

lnclu.httnb oraiiErrol
Meidinger at 645-6692.

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UB's hbranes.
There was no "dumbing-down"

ASCINTH Hannibal is a rc:g·

J

istered nurse in the British
Virgin Islands. a duster of 36

tiny Caribbean islands located
60 miles east of Puerto Rico.
She is smart, engaging, cxperiencro
and on lan. 20, 2002, she will add a
bachelor's degree in nursing from
UB to her credentials.
Hannibal, a na!Nt of Jamaica, was
one of I 4 nurses from the BVI who
spent the summer in Bull3Jo.area hoopitals and clinics fulfilling the final re·
quimnents for their UB nuning cJe.
grees. Two more arrived this fall.

of the curriculu m , stressed Karen
Radke. associat~ dean for academic
affairs in th~ UB nursing school,

who taughl the pathophysiology
courses on ;rortola. ..That was vuy
importantfto everyo ne. W~ used
similar exams---and in some cases

th&lt; sam&lt; ~n this program
that we givo: on campus, and thes&lt;
women did just as weU. sometimes
better, than our traditional stu -

Yvonn&lt; Morgan. anoth&lt;r degree
candidate, is a critical-can: special·
ist in th&lt; BVI accustomed to caring
for a two-bed dcpartm&lt;nt occupied
primarilybycanliacpaticnts. Working in Eri&lt; County Medical Cmt.er's
17-bed trauma intensive ca.re unit
was a bil of a shock. Sh&lt; was struck
in particular, she said, by the inci·
dence of attempted suicide, &lt;Sp&lt;·
cially among young peopl&lt;.
Hanrubal's experiencr in ECMCs
emergency dq&gt;artmenl was &lt;qually

largest island"of the group, will eli·
max· an uhusual collaboration between UB School of Nursing fac-

Tortola by Vesalie Mathavious, assis·
lanl director of health services for the
BVI Departm~f Health, to discuss possible pan.icipatKm in an overhaul of their health-care system. Upgrading nursing education would

play a crucial role. and the UB School
of Nursing was chosen for the job.
T he program got under way in

f-ebruary 2000 fo Uowing two years of

Rights and patient information
mandates.

Hannibal and Morgan gavo: the
experience high marks. grading the
instructio n "very, very good."
-.!ng o- Mecca Cranley, left of center af ......,, poses
Brftbh VIrgin tdands with nurses from the c.tbbun who •re
punlng • boCI)eto.'s c~eg...., from the UB School of Nunlng.

dents.• Radke said.
"Thes&lt; nurses are very bright; they
are very engaged, active Ieamer.;. We
couldn't giv&lt; them enough. It was an
absolutely delightful experience for
me," she said "E=yonewasextremely
friendly and very supportive."
The students, all adult rcgislered

planning and nego tiatio ns.
The curricuJum content met all
no mlal UB baccalaun:are n.-q uire·
ment5, but the .st ructu re '~ uncon
vcntional. Students took prereqUI·
sites at the community college, BVI 's
o nl)' institution of h1gher learni ng.
B nursi ng facuh)' traveled to the
BVI to teach the specid.liJ.ed courses.
So m e w~re delivered in a li -day.
wecklongsessions. some were tauglit
twice a week for seven weeks. Other
courses \\-'Cfe videotaped at UB and

nurses. had received their registered
nursing training from hospi tals and
co mmunit y colleges in Guyana,
Grenada, Dominica. Nevts· L Kit~
Barbados, Jamaica and the Amen ·
ca n Virgin Islands.
.. We h ave no home- based
bachelor's degree program ," said
Hannibal .. We had to go off- island
and le-J.\'C home or relocate somewhere else for two to three years. lOat

mailed 10 the BVI, with class discus-

gram i5sti.U a sacrifice, but we'reaway

sions conducted via reaJ -time email.
Students also had electronic access to

from home for only three to fo ur
months."

4

saiptions.
Working in an unsubsidized
health-can: system, the students for
the first time confronted the issue
.. It is not a mandate yet in th~
BVI," Morgan said, "but it's evident
It's beeoming necessary." They also
w&lt;r&lt; introducro to standard poli·
cies, such as the Pati~nt's Bill of

Their January commencement
ceremony at H . La\•ity Stoutt Com munity College on Tortola. the

ulty and thi s British prin~ipality
aimed at helping it upgrade its
health-care system .
Planning for the cooperative ven ture began in 1998, when several
nursing consuJtant.s were invi ted to

for betttr tearnWO&lt;I&lt;."
Morgan, who always has pnc·
tiad in a hospital setting. did her
first dinicaJ rotation in hocne health
care.
"That .was dtalknging.. she said,
"but we worked mostly wjth His·
panic patimts and it was int«est·
ing to see their culture."ln the BVI,
hom&lt; care is Jessstru&lt;:tuml,she said.
consisting mainly of patient-advocacy services, such as refilling prr·

has always been a detcrrenL This pro·

eye-opening.
" In the BVI, the emerg~ncy de ·
partment is used m ainly as a primary ~care facility and not for emergencies," s h~ said. "W~ su nea r-

.. I'm hoping to bring som~ mo~
changes to the intcnsivr care unit in
lcrms of setting up new policies and

new guidelines." said Morgan.
"This program .. .bas provided an
e nlight~n~d

global awareness in

ICTlTlS of nuning," said Hanrubol. "It's

been a truly wond&lt;rful experience."

Adding to its wonderfulness was

drownings, jellyfish S!ings, ocean·

the ability to find ingrtdi~nts in
Buffalo for th~ir favorite native

related accidents and auto accidents.
Gunshot wounds art" very rare in m)'
country. h was a very wide, Yeryvar·
1ed unique experience...
Both women, accustomed to working in a fomtal environment where

cornmeal paste}--as well as green
bananas and yams. both BVI staples.
Hann ibal found Buffalo much
friendli~r. if slower paced. than
Manhanan, where she once lived.

professional status is dearly identified
and strictl y observed, we.re taken

aback by the informality among the
hospital~ and degree &lt;X ttamWOrk.
"Thai was a culrural shock," said
Hannibal. "In the BVI, nurses dress
and behaV&lt; differently from doctors
and aides. It's a very hier.uchical system. Here, the only way you can tell
people apart is by looking at their I. D.
It was pretty confusing. but it makes

dish-salt fish on funj i (a type of

"Here' it's almost like I'm a little
adop1ed kid." she said.
Meanwhile. the Buffalo program
innoduced Morgan to the United
States and, based o n ho- experience
here, the count ry rates "A-OK."

"People were very warm." she S3Jd_
" It waseasytofit in ... h was a whole

new way of life, taki ng the subway
and the buses. but actually, it all went
pretty weU ."

Biophysicists discover spe~motility in cells
High-speed reaction is in response to changes in voltage in cell membranes
By LotS BAkU:

Single Molecule Biophysics and an

Contributing Editor

authority o n cell mechanics. The

U

NIVERSITY biophys•·

cists studying the motilit)' o f ce ll s ha ve
shown that si mple ceUs
rt:act in less than a milliseco nd to
c hanges in membra ne voltage , a
property scientist.-. havt.' tho ught was
confined to high! )' spcciali7..t."'tl cdl s.
such as the cochlear ou ter ha1r cclb
r~ponsib l e for hc..tring.
In additjon to providmg. m·w. hJ
siC info rmation o n huw cdl!! fun ..
tion. tht..· findjng ..:.aJI.s mto qut.."SIIun
the accepted purpo!lt:' of tht..• !!O-calk-J
"motor protem" preslln, wh1ch ,,-d,
thought to lx essential fur uutl'r·h.ur
..:t..•llmotihty m tht..· coc:hlt..--:1.
"We haw found that ~,.,:lh ' w1~k·
at h1g.h speed whl'n ,·oltage ch.m~t..~:·
~~ud Fn:denck ~a~.: h-'. pwk,!&gt;or ul
phys10logy and hu..1pln"'t'-!o .mJ the
'tudy'.. M:n tur J.Uihm. "Thq JHn't
nt..'&lt;'J .111)' spt.-xtal prntt..' llh or hpt(b"
tu ac..:nmphsh the lllOVI[.' Illl' nt.
S.1d1!o I!&gt; director of tht..· (:t..•nh:r lt..)r

s1udy appeared in the Sept. 27 issue
of the journal Nature.
Sachs and colleagues achiev~d
their findings using instruments
that can detect movements smaller
than th e diameter of a hydrogen
ato m . The m easurement techn ique
irwolves an ato mic force miCroscope
that uses a laser to mcasurt..· th e po\ltton of .1 poinu:d silicon probe,
much "-' .1 phonograph needle
rr.Kks the grooves in a n.xord. Tht"'St'
l'~pt..·nmt..•nt.-. alSo allowed tht..· re \l'J.h:her~. for the first timl', to com·
puh.·the Lha rgt..' tha t I!! bound to the
tnm·r )urfal"l' of a cell membrant..•.
Thl' dtsco\'t'ry of this baste propl'rt)' of cells. 1rrespet..·t1ve of their Ml ·
ph1~ I 1CJt10n, caml' sornt.&gt;what
\t..'rend 1p1tous ly. Sach!t and col k"aguc..'"); had been trymg to measu re
thl' motion of single ion channels.
membnme proteins that function as
biologica l transis-tors and control
ce lls ' voltage. Surp n si ngly, ther

found that the membrane itself
moved with voltage. Even more sur-

prising, they found that by diluting
the ooncent.ration of ions in the so·
lution bathing cells. they could n&gt;verse the di rection of movement.
"When we oouJd change the sign
of the response, we knew we Wert"

looking at something fundamental."
Sachs said.
Knowing how th e supporting
m~:mbrane moves, they now can
distinguish the superimposed mo·
tion of the ion channeL..
" If you arc gmng to study mouon
..:ha ng~ with YQhagc of things 1m ·
beddt:-d m the (:dl membrane. )UU
need to know the background
movement," Sach~sa1d... If )Uu want
to know how Jn embedded protein
15 changing shape, you first need to
know the background mot1on."
Finding this common property u•
cells allows scienti5ts to move on tn
invt"stigatc whether the motiliry 1s

used by biological syslems." B)' lookingat vcrysimplecdls. we maylt.""J.m

more easily how speciaJiud cells

work." Sachs said. "If all ails 11'10\'&lt;,
we now can ask why nai:Un! bothered
to make a specialized cdl? W&lt; think
it is to make the cdlmoV&lt;: fast&lt;r."
Sill« cdls moV&lt;: with voltage, and
movement produces sound waves.
Sachs pn:dicts that th&lt; brain emits
SOWlds during activity and thai rt&gt;·
cording thes&lt; sounds eventually may
serve as a clinical diagnostic tool.

much like dectroenchephalograms,
o r EEGs, are used to look for regions
of abnormal activity in the brain.

Ping-Cheng Zhang and Asbed M.
Kelesh1an, research scientists

10

the

Cen&lt;er for Smgle Molecule B•ophyswere maJor contnbutors to the
research .
The study was support&lt;d by grant.-.
from the National Institutes of
Health, the U.S. Am1l' Research Of.
IO,

ti&lt;:e, the CeU MechanOS&lt;!1Sll1g Pro;ect.
Japan Sc1entt and Technology Cor·
poration and the Ralph Hochstetler
Medical Roetrch FW1d m honor of
Henry C. and Bertha H. Bu.swcll.

�Octobelll. ZOOl/Yil 33,18.6 Rape~

Sedentary image questioned
Kuls accumulate more activity than previously thought

•A

ay LOIS IIAIWI

meet the definition of being active.
However, the new guidelines focus on
review and analysis of the accumulation of physical activ26studiesofphysical ac- ity throughout the day. This is the 6rn
tivity levels of children revi&lt;W to evaluate how much activcompleted by UB re - ity dUJdren g&lt;t if you allow them to
searchers has found that children ac- accumulate activity, rather than g&lt;t
cumulate more physical activity it in sustained bouts."
Epstein said no one molly knows
than previously thoughl
On average, adolescents get about the health benefits of accumulating
30 minutes of aerobic exercise and activity throughout the day, or if 30
accu mulate about 50 minutes of . minutes accumulated is equivalmt
physical activity dail y. res ults to 30 minutes in one bout
"Physical activities at these lowshowed. Whether this is enough to
provide substantial health benefits to-moderate intensities may not imremains the centraJ question.
P""'" aerobic fitness," he noted,"but
Study results appear in the Sep- they are far from the image of a teletember electronic pages of Pediatrics. vision-watching couch potato and
These activity levels meet or ex- very sedmwy child."
The studies in dte review origicced rwised guidelines for children's
activity set by the American College nated in d_ifferillg nations and culofSpnrts Medicine (ACSM )and the tures: U.S (9), United Kingdom (4),
U.S. Ce nters for Disease Contro l Italy (2), Irela nd (2), Estonia (2),
I CD ). Original guidelines set by plus one each in Belgium, Bolivia,
ACSM and CDC called for children France, Japan, N&lt;therlands, Saudi
Contributing Editor

and adults to accumulate 30 min utes or more of moderate to vigoro us intensity physical activity most
days of the week.

.. Prior to this study, most pt."'ple
assumed that children were not getLing enough exercise based on the
amount of time th ey spend in contmuow, bouts of vigorous ~xercise,
wing the old ACSM definitions of
30 minute, or mo re of high -inten Sit y exercise three days per week,''
sa id Leona rd H. Epstein, professor
of pt-diatrics and a specialist in the
treaunent and prevention of child hood obesity who headed the study.
" If you use that definition,children
m the studie5o rt"Vil"'o•leJ still wouJd not

Arabia a nd Singapore. The am ount
and intensity of physical actjvity was
determi ned using heart-rate data
registered and collected on heart
monitors worn by the participants .
" We saw the same patterns all
around the world." q.stel'n said. " Kids
are more active
we thought."
Not that "more active" is necessa rily active enough. C hildhood
obesity is a significant and growing

.r

suggest that children geJ enough
activity. but you are not going to get
mor&lt;than two hounadayof physical activity from kids," Epstein said.

•This is the quandary. If you decrease intensity, Y!JU need to spend
more time at it lo get a healthful
benefiL For some children, we may
need to go back to the idea ofhighintmsity, vigorous physical activity."
Rather than recommending a set
amount of physical activity for all
children, a b&lt;tter approach might be
to develop guidelines based on the
desired end resul~ Epstein suggested.
"'The recommendation may be
very different based on child age,
baseline kvds of physical activity or
the =son (or needing mor&lt; activity.
For example. the amount ofphysical
activity needed to pm.mtobesitymay
be very different from the amount
needed to treat obesity, which may be
different frqrn the amount needed to
maintain ..tight loss.
... We need additional well -con troUed, prospective randomized tri-

als to provide solid evidence of the
proper amount of activi ty required

to reach specific goals."

than

Additio nal researchers o n the
study were Rocco Pa luch, Lisa
Kalakanis,and )ames Roemmich, all
from the Department of Pediatrics;
Frank Cerny, professor and chair of

health problem in the U.S. and, to a

the Depa rtm ert o f Physical
Therapy, Exercise and Nutrition Sci·
encc, and Ga ry Goldfield of the

lesser extent, in the U-nited Kingdom , France. AustraJia and ChinJ,

Epstein said. Obesity and physical

Children 's Hospital of Eastern
O ntario ~rch lnstitutl!.

activity are .directJ)' Linked in both
children and adults.
·•few exercise soe ntlsb would

Thereseardlwassuppnrtodbygr.ml&gt;
from the National lnstitut&lt; of Child
Health and Human IA...:IopmenL

.. We also need a beltcr under standing of the mechanism of col lapse," said Whittaker. "We need to
find o ut what causes a building to
collapse and how you can predict it."

missio n now at UB IS to transfer
these solutions and to develop new
ones where no ne exist at present."

-By 2004. US's Department of
Civil, Structural and Environmen-

The NSF funding will suppon S&lt;'Veral graduate studenl&gt; on the proj&lt;.'CL

mos"t versatile, high-perfor ma nce
structural engineering laboratory in

Reinhom noted that · earthquake
shaking has led to the coUapse of

"Just as the top research universities of California have assisted that
state in developing guidelines and
technologies for red ucing losses
fro m future earthquakes, the

the world as a result of grants total ·
ingnearly $20 million from the NSF
and Ne'WYork State. While the lab is
being constructed primarily for the
earthquake-engineering research ,

MCEER and UB team stands ready

th e high-flow hydraulic system.

to serve in an identicaJ role fo r the

high - performance actuators a nd
reaction walls and floors are per·
fectly suited fo.r blast -engineering
research. \-Vhittaker said.

Ground Zero

many buildings in the past. It in~
duces dynamic response a nd ex -

tremeiy high stresses and deforma tions in structural components. Solations developed for earthquakeresistant design may be directly ap-

State of New York in the wale&lt; of the

plicable to blast engineering and terrorist-resistant design. Part of our

terrorist attacks on the \'Vorld Trade
Center,n said Whittaker.

A member of the f.,_'Uity of the UB
dental school since 1967 and director
of the school's Periodontal Disease
OinicaJ R&amp;--arch Cen ter. Genco is the
principal investigator on a $7.3 mil lion , three-}'ear grant from thl' National Institute of Det-llal and Craniofacial Rcst.."aTCh to plan and conduct
a multi-center pilot study of the rcla ·
tionship lx-twcen the b..1ctcria rcspon sible for periodontal disGlse and car·

diovasculardiseasc. He also~ the principal irwcstigator or an inv~1 igator on
nine other major grant~.
A member of the lm.titute of
Medicine of thl· National Academ:-'
ofSciem:es, Genco is a trustt'C of thl·

American Acadc.:myofPeriodontol·
ogy and editor-in -chief of its Journal ofPt..,-iodomology. Past prbtident
of the American Association for
Dental Research and th e In terna tional Associa tio n for Oental Re search , he is a pa st rn emher and
c hair o f th e Anu:r1can Dent al
Associa ti on's Co uncil on Dental
Research . He is chair of the Dental
Producb Pand ofthc U.S. Food and
Orug Administration.
A gradua te of CamsJU:. Cullc~t: .
Genco earned his dental degrl'1.' cum
laude from the UB den tal school and
a doc torate in microbiology and
1rnmunology from the Univers1tvof
Pcnnsytva nia.

Still images on the Web
Photogrephy, ilfltply put, is hoth visual art and social document.
Despite the stillness of the fixed image, few can deny photography's
impact-sometimes subtle, other times forceful. Tbe following se·
lection of online resourus, exhibitions and collections is meant to
provide a rang&lt; of the quality and character of photography, from
its beginnings to the present· day.
For an overview of the subject-in addition to a glossary on photographic processes and materials-read the introductory essay on "Pho- .
tography" in the Grove Dictionary ofArt Online &lt;- - . - . -/
.-M/Yiews/ortlde.html7-nt7.t &gt;.
The AMICO Library &lt;http:/ /ubllb.buff•lo.ed.;/llbr•rle•/
unlts/ lml/ e -rnources/ amko.html&gt;, by contrast, is a good place
to view the expressive range of the medium itself~e:rything from
the earliest of daguerreotypes to the photographic works of such
contemporary artists as Lorna Simpson and Sharon Lockhan. An

AMICO advanced search by type using th&lt; term photographs, for
example, wiU retrieve more than 4,000 high-resolution images from
th e coll ections of many of North America's finest art museums, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Walker Art
Center and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Besides speciaHzed, full -image databases like AMICO, there also
are a growing number of museums, libraries and archives that provide di rect online access to their institution's own photographic ho ldings. The l ibrary of Co ngress Prints and Photographs Division
&lt; http:/ / lcweb2.1oc.gov/ pp/ pphome.html"&gt; is one site that offers a sur-vey of American photography.
At the Getty Museum, there are two co nvenient and fascinating ways
to discover the museum's vast ..:ollectio ns on photography. Try look ·
irlg through the A to Z ArtiSt Index &lt;www.getty.edu/ art/ collections/ art_artlsts.html &gt; orCoUcction Types List &lt;www.getty.edu /
ort/ collertlons / collertlon_types/ c2A50.html &gt; to local&lt; a wealth of
visual materials. You may be surprised to find that there are 70 digi tized images alone on th e work of French photographer Eugene Atget
&lt;www.getty.edu/ •rtf collertlons/ blo/ •1761-l .html&gt; .
Also worth exploring is an on line exhibition titled Picturing the
Ce ntury &lt;www.nara.gov / e•hall / plcturlng_the _century/ &gt; .
which commemorates 100 years of photography at the National
Archives and Records Admini st ration . The site- is arranged by chronological galleries, as Wen as by portfolios on the work of seven
American ma sters, indud ing lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, Ansel
Adams and Danny Lyon. Th e complete exhibition catalogue also is
available in print at Lockwood Memorial Library (LML TR6.U6 Wl8
1999 ). Or co nsider browsing the many photographic exhibitions at
the University of California at Ri verside's California Museum ofPho
tography &lt;www.cmp.ucr.edu/ &gt;.
And, finally. to learn mo re: about key events in the evolution of
the photographic ar ts and techno logies, be sure to visit the George
Eastman House Timelinr of Photography &lt;www.eastman.org/
S_tlmellne/ S_Inde•.html"&gt;.
- Stewart Brower and Sus.ana Tefad•. UnNtflJty Ltbroflt5

tal Engineering will be home to th e

GenGo
Pn..-sident for Research .

1$

He has held editorial pos iti ons
w1th II scicntifi' journals, edited or
co-edi ted nine books and authored
or co-authored more than 320 ~ i ­
entifit articles and publications.
He has received many a ward~. lll ­
duding the George W. Thorn Award
from the UB Alum ni A~sociation

11977): William 1. Gib&lt;.&gt;s Foundation
Award from the Aml'rican Academy
of Periodontology I 1983 ); Samuel P.
C.~ p e n Alumni Award , th e UB
Alumni Association's most prest igious award ( 1990); American Den ·

tal Association Gold Medal for Ex cellence in Dental Research ( 1991 ),
and th!' American Acddemy of Pe-

riodontology Gold Medal ( 1993 ).

BrieD
"King,Qf Queens" star
m
Keviii Jarrres to perform at UB
Comic Kevin James. star of the hit television sitcom .. The King of
Queens,n will perform Saturday as pan of US's Homecoming and
Family Weekend 200 I.
·
He will perform at 8 p.m. in Alumni Arena on the North Campus.
Doors will open at 7 p.m.
The show will be spo nsored by the Office of Student Unions &amp;
Activities, the undergraduate St udent Association a nd Kiss 98.5.
After attending CortJand State CoUege, James got his start in standup comedy the old-fashioned way-at an open mic night. His big
break came at the 1996 Montreal Comedy Festival, followed by a
development deal with NBC to create his own show. He also was
cast in a recurring role on th e C BS comedy seri es " Ever}'body Loves
Raymond," with hi s friend and fellow comi c, Ray Romano.
\\'hen NBC didn 't o rdl·r his pilot, CBS, knowing )amc..-s from h1~
work o n .. Raymond ,'. snapped It up. "The King of Queens" now i~ m
its third seaso n.
James has starred in a one· hnu r comedy special. "Sweat. the ~mall
Stuff." for Coml-drCcntra.l a nd has hosted the .. Peoplcs Choice A"'i!rd.,··
dnd the pre-game show at the 2001 Super Bo\\'1 for the NFL He ~l
was a presen1er at the American Comedy Awards and the 2000 Gramm\
Awards, and appe-dn. regularl&gt;•on the "l.ate Show with Da\'ld Letterman "
Tickets for )ames' UB performance are SIS for UB students and
$17 for tht- general pubhc. Therl' will be general sea t mg.
Ticket s are available thro ugh Tickets.Com outle ts 111 To r ~ or at
&lt;www.tlckets.com &gt;. or br ca lling 888·4000. Tickets mar ah.o he
p urchased at the Alumni Arena Box Office or the Sub Board I T 1,ket
Office located in 21 1 Student Union , both on the North Campus.
Tickets also will be sold at the door while seats remain available.

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rRepoder

October 11.20011Yo1.33.1o.6
In convocation remarks, Greiner urges re-examination of curriculum In wake of attacks

B RIEFLY

Education seen as UB's co)ltribution

Jazz trio to perform
The

eem.r for the Am wil

preoent Meclestd Mlrlln &amp; .
Wood 01 8 p.m. Oct. 24in the
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public ond Sl7.SO for UB students, and .... . . . - from
noon to 6 p.m.
through friday ln the CfA box
office and ot II Tocl&lt;ettnosb!rlocatiom. For more infotmltion,
can 645-AATS.

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compilll)' to perfonn
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Report~ Editor
HE university's greatest

T

oontribution in the wake
of the ~rist attacks on
America will be to edUCito
and "enlighton" stud&lt;nts to their re·
sponsibiliti.s as loaders in a div=e,
global society. Prtsid&lt;nt Wtlliam R.
Greiner told those attending the Uni·
versity Convocation o n Oct. 4.
lhat edUCition P"""" will irtvolv&lt;
re-examining the undergraduate.cur·
rirulum-the oourses in World Civi·
Jization and American Pluralism. in
partirular, as well as olferings in political science, history, languages. tit·
erature and rul~ tight of the
events of Sept II , Greiner said.
.. Nowis thetimeforustoaskhow
we can usr the learning and insights
of the humanities, arts and social
sciences to produce more enJightened citizens and leaders," he said.
Greiner used the occasion of thr
co nvocation- the annual celrbration of facuh y and staff achievement-to offer his viewS on how the
university should respond to thr
national tragedy.
In addition to re-examining current curricula, he suggested that response should include the creation
of new programs and the recruit ment of faculty members who will
help st udents learn about other cultures and areas of the world.
A5 the university moves into the
2 1st centu ry, .. perhaps we nred to
look more toward where our world
is going, and less back from whencr
we bd ieve we came," he said ... Th is
is a good and necessary time for col-

~d'!l.,U:

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\

The
from mornbon d the UnMnity
community~on

ils

stories and cootent. f,.ottm
should be limited to BOO -.!s
and moy be odited for ~ ond
length• .._, must Include the
writ~s name. address and a
daytime telephone numO.. for
..ntiation. Bec.luso of !pOCO

lmitotlons. the Repotltr cannot
publish .. lottt" rocolved. They
must be received by 9 a.m.
Mond.ly to be considered for
publication in that week's issue.
Tho RtpOtftr prof en that letten
be roceived electronically at
&lt;wunc:ha@lbuf&amp;Jo.edu &gt;

world can change--in a horrible,
horrible New York moment," he

3,000 stud&lt;nts from more than 100
countries studying at thr univer-

co mr together and think hard

sity-&lt;lhout II. ~cmt of the total
enrollment. More than 500 foreign
resoarch&lt;t&gt; and profo:ssots will visit

about what UB's response to Sept.
II will)&gt;&lt; .. .I believe this is one of
thr m~t important inquiries we

said. "Now, all UB scholats need to

of law, SUNY Distinguished Teach·
ing Prof&lt;SSOr; Sebastian G. Ci.ancio.
piof&lt;SSOr and chair of the Depart·.
ment of Poriodontics and Endodon·
tics, SUNY Distinguished Service
Prof&lt;SSOr, and Roger W. Mayne, prof&lt;SSOr of mechanical and a.erospac&lt;
onginoering. SUNY Distinguished
Teaching Professor.
Capaldi also presented th e
Chancellor's Awards for Exallenu
to thre&lt; faculty membors, ono librarian and four staff members.
RettivingOlancdlor's Awardsfor
Excollenu in Teaching were Kern~
E. Lewis. assistant prof&lt;SSOr of mechanical and aerospaa enginc:oring;
Mirdza E. Neiders, professor of oral
diagnosti c scie ncrs, and Athos
Petrou, professor of physics.

~
~

Nancy Bren Nuzzo, director of the

~

Mu sic Library, rrceivrd th e
OlanceUor's Award for Excdlencr in

6,
~

librarianship.
Receiving awards for oxcdlencr in
Dental M.dldfte. receiYa hM"
Award for bceflence In
Tuchlng f""" l'ralclent Willa-. R. &lt;Oft!...,. ot the Urilvenlty Convoc•tlon held on Oct. 4 .
·

UB thisyear, hesaid,addingthat in·
ternational alumni have strongl y

supported the university.
"UB's Fflc is a global pubtic,
and our mission is to serve our state
our nation, o ur world," he said.

While oxchange programs in such
regions of the world as the Caribbean, South and Central American,
Asia and Eastern Europe have flourished in the past! 0 yeats. "shouldn't
we add strength regarding the

Middle East. North AfTican and
Sub -Sa ha ran Afri ca?" he askrd.

legial discoUts&lt; on how best to pre·
pare our young poople for a global

"This is not solely a question of ef·
fective traching, but also of assur-

economy and society, where differences and diversity can and should
be a caUSt: for celebration, not divi-

edge research and scholarship.

ing UB's prominencr in c.uning.. We have seen the wretched ba-

will ever make as a faculty, as a research community dedicated to the
pursuit and di scovrry of new

knowledge; he said.
"Our students truly are the hope
of the future, and how we affect
their livrs here at UB will have a
direct 4npact on the future cou~
of world events."

Following Greiner's remarks and
a piano interlude provided by
Stephen Manes.c!Wr of the Depart·
ment of Music, and his wife, Frieda,
Provost Elizabeth Capaldi =&gt;gnized
the thre&lt; members of the faculty who
were named SUNY Distinguished
Prof&lt;SSOtr-the highest rank in the
SUNY system--&lt;luring the past year.
They are !amos B. Atloson. professor

professional se:rvicr were Josephine
A. Capuana,ad.ministrative director

of the University Honots Program;
Shelley Frederick. assistant to the
vice provost for undergraduate education; Alben "Budd" Tennin, head
coach of the men's swim team, and

fames 0. Whitlock. associate dim:·
tor of computing services, operational suppon services.

Ellen Shulman Bakrr, a NASA as·
tronaut and 1974 graduate of UB.
was unable to aneJ'l(l the convocation to receive a SUNY honorary

doctor of science degree:. Capaldi
reponed that NASA has suspended
commercial and personal air travel
for astronauts for security reasons

following the terrorist attacks. She
added that Bal= will come to ampus to reai~ the degrer somctimr
in the future, possibly at commencement i!l May.

Music department announces Oct concerts m
Among highlights will be two perforniances by violin virtuoso Viviane Hagner
Tickets are SS.

BJ SUE WUETCHIEII
Reporter Editor

T

WENTY -fou r-year-old

German violin vinuoso
Vivianc Hagner will give
two perfonnances in Slee
Concert Hall this month as pan of
the Depanment of Music 's October
concen schedule.
Hagner wiU perform a solo recita1,

accompanied by Tatiana Goncharova
on piano. at 8 p.m. Oct. 24. The~·
fonnana: will be the first concen Qf
the season in the annual Slee!Visit -

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

nality of evil. We have soen how the

Gmner pointed out, with more than

iflg Artist Series. The program will
include Fritz Kreisler's Variations on
a theme by Carelli; Mozan's Sonata
in B-Oat Major, K. 454; Eugene
Ysaye'sSonata for Solo Violin,Op. 27,
No. 4; Shostakovich's Preludes, Op.
34. and Roben Schumann's Sonata
No. I in A minor, Op. lOS.
Tickets are priced at S 12, with dis·
counts available for senior c iti ze n ~
( $9),

UB faculty/stafflalumnt

($9 )

.md students (SS).
On Oct. 26, member!&gt; of the Slt."'t.'
S mfomctt&lt;~ Jnd the UB Symph un\',
conducted hy 1\t.tgnus f\.. l .t rtt~ ns~nn .
will J((tunpany Hagner m a pertnr
m,\!l(l' t\ ( An ttlll\O Viv.1 ld i'!&gt; "h,ur
~·a~om " .tt R p.m m "ilee. AnJ tol
L~&lt;h.lov \ l:.ight !{us_
, mn Folk Son~'
Will pn.'(L'dt' thl' V\v,!ldi

••Ill\

nTilL'r pt(· ~('

pll"Cl•

il!'lthl'

nn tht• pr,)~r.un

Hagner won First Prize in the
2000 Young Concen Artists International Auditions. where she alsO
was awarded
specia l
Boirenreiter
Pri ze
for
Strings. She
also is the recipient of the
Beracas a
Founda tion
Prize of th e
Montpellier

Radio-Franco Festival and the John
French Violin Chair of YCA.
Born in 'Munich, Hagner made her
debut at the age of 12 with the Ham·
burg Philharmonic Orchestra. At 13,
she was sela:ted to be the German soJoist with the Israel Philhannonic Orchcstm,ronducted by Zubin Mehta, at
the legendary 1990concen m Tel AVIV.
Since these early appearances. HagnL-r
has 1x--rfonned. as soloi.\1 with the fkrhn Philharmomc O rchestra, con
ducted bv Claudio Al&gt;hado; the Cn"
l)fB1mungh.m1 S\'lnphony ( &gt;n:hcstm.
~.u nJud ed h)· Su Rogcr Nornngtun.
.md the Nt•therlanJ!&gt; Chamher Or~. Jw o; tr a , ~.n ndu~.tt·J h\ Ph1l1ppt·
i·.ntn·monl. .mJ manv ntht'"·
In Jtithuon. !&gt;hl· l.'on tlnu~..~ ttl ~r
fnm1 m ~k.... Yt lr~ .L" .lllWmlx-rllt"llw

Olamber Music Society of Linooln
Center'sCllamberMusicSocietyTwo.

Daniels on bassoon. Fullam, prin·
cipal clarinetist of the Philharmonic,

The music department will open

holds bachelor's_...and master's de-

the schedule for October with a free

grees ~)uilliard School.
Autist
· Hoffman's recital
on Oct. 30 will rea ure a HaUoWttn
theme. oomplete wiih props. lighting
and a "haunting" musical program.
Joining her will be Eryk Anspach,
flute; David Kim-Boyle, sound toch-

concert by Korean komungo artist

)in Hi Kim, titled "Komungo Muse
and Permutation" at 8 p.m. today in
Baird Recital Hall, 250 Baird Hall,

Nonh Campus. The program. pre·
sented as part of a three-day resi -

dency by Kim, is &lt;&lt;&gt;-sponsored by
the Korean Language and Culture
Program, the Birge-Cary Chair in

nician; Susan Fancher, saxophone;
John Hunt . bassoon ; Anthony

Music, the Asian Studies Program

Percussion Ensemble, percussion;
Stephen Manes, piano., and Iamie

and the Doe-Han Foundation.
Kim's entire program will consist
of her own compositions. which represent an evolution of the komungo.
a musical instrument indigenow to
Korea, into the 2 1111 century.

The conren schedule for October
also includes recitals by music department faculty members lohn

Fullam and C her yl Go bbet11
Hoffman. T hey will perfo rm on
Mo nday .tnd on Oc t. 30. respec tively. at 8 p.m. in Slcc.
lick1 pna:s for both OOOCXT1sard5.
Fullam will perform on Monday
a.~ J member of th e Huffalo Philhar
rnonu.. Woodwind Quintet-now 111
1b 40th :teason-wh1 ch features
hlllam on clannel , Chnstine lbill·y
un flute, Flon;ncc Mvt·rs on oboe. lav
\tallhl'\\'- nn horn .1nd ~nnJ i d

Miranda and members of tho UB

Polychronis, light projectionist.
In addition to horteachingduties,
Gobbetti Hoffinan performs in the
Slee Sinfonietta, and ~rvBS as associate director for the lune in ButfaJo

Festival.
She previously was a tenurrd
musician and lx&gt;ard director for the
Buffalo Philharmonic.
Tickets to concerts presented by
the Department of Music mar be
obtained at thl' 51 ~ Hall box office
fro m 9 a. m . 10 S p.m. Mo nday
through Friday, from the Center for
the An:t box oflice from noon 10 S
p.m. Tuesdd)' through Fnday .md Jt
aU Ticke1Mas1er outlets.
T he full sl.1tc ofSlt't.' Hall cnn(t'rb
l:t
av.u lab le
o nhnt'
.11
··www.llee .buff•lo.edu ·

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Repc.ter

7

TheMail
Bureaucracy governs athletic department policies
To the Editor.

I am a UB professor who runs on
an almost daily basis. Although I

quently is uS&lt;d by UB studrnt&gt;, and

OCcasionally compete in master's
track meets and road races, I run

past few weeks.
But on this day, I was dri=t off
the track by a rud&lt; and thrClltrning
UB potioo officerw!v&gt; rdu5ed toan swcranyof my questions about why
th&lt; track was "dosed"-&lt;lespite Lh&lt;
fad that. the cast entry to th&lt; track
is always wide open. At one point,
Lh&lt;officer told me that if! asl&lt;td him
any mor&lt; qu&lt;Stions, h&lt; would immediately arrest m&lt;. Th&lt; only information he did give me was that this
was th&lt; official policy of th&lt; athletic

primarily forth&lt; h&lt;alth b&lt;nefit&gt;.
When I visit other· universities,

I have always been welcome to use
university tracks. For example, like
anyone else who wishes to do so, I
ca n u~ th~ well -maintained tracks
Geo rgetown University in
Washington, D.C., or at UCLA in

Jl

Los Angeles. I do not need a permit , and I do not even need to
work or study at these universities
to use their facilities.

However, I cannot

ev~n

use the

practice track at UB. the university
where I teach, without being threat ened, yelled at and dnven away by

university poi.Jce.
On Wednesday Sept. 12. a little
after 6 p.m ., I began a workout at
the practice track adjacent to the
nt-w student -rcsidence complex. I
have noti ced that thi s track fre -

1 have run there several times in the

departmerll.

a rcfrn:e during an intramural basketball ~and being told that UB
would 001 r&lt;placr my n&lt;Wbask.etball
after th&lt; sam&lt; refer« caused me to
lose Lh&lt; ball--b&lt; thm&lt; it across th&lt;
gym during his lmlp&lt;T tantrum and
I was unabl&lt; to retrieY&lt; iL
Are those th&lt; signs of a uniV&lt;rSity
that &lt;ncourages pcopl&lt; to maintain
a h&lt;althy lifestyle, or ar&lt; they signs
of a university so &lt;ntrmch&lt;d in bu reaucracy that it has lost sight of its
mission of service and education?
I know that som&lt; dedicat&lt;d and
wonderful pcopl&lt; work for the athletic d&lt;partmm~ and I obviously do
not wish to condemn everyone associat&lt;d with this large and diverse

On&lt; might thinkthisisan isolated
but some of my other exp&lt;riences with the UB athletic de- department. However, when il
panment in the past two years in- . comes' to my experience with those·
elude being told, as a new faculty who make the important rules, it is
member, that! could not visit the UB all too dear that bureaucracy, rather
gym at ~en if I paid a f&lt;e and than fitness or education, is their
show&lt;d my faculty JD-unless I was primary priority.
accompanied by a current gym
Brett W. Pelham
AJ::sociot~ Prol~uor of Psychology
member, being physically attaclted by
proble~ .

r·

foot~ all
Miami ll, UB 14
Foocboll cooches p&lt;eaeh ;obout the
importance of specW ...,. "' the
outcome ol a pme.
·UB found that out the hard wq
on S.wrdly u Miami UMenity, on
the •tren&amp;&lt;h of HYOnl b1&amp; plays by
spocbl ......._ deloated the Buls, J I·

Sadit.wn-...

14, In . .
20.108
bns .ln a. Mid-American Conference
East DMslon boale.
The pme wmed on HYOnl
spocbl ...,.. plays In the second
and thin:! quvur.T.-.JU.. 14-7 bro
In theiecond quvur,UB (1-4) ,_
a.n irnprasM! 10-pb.y drt¥e in t:he
fiN! mlnuw of the first haW end
with • 32-yanj missed field pi by
scphomore Dallu """ with Just 2l
seconds left In the hall.
AhM MQmj extended lu lead
to 17-7 on • 34-yv-d field pi by

Jarod ~The RedHawks'

pooc returner Eddie r'"ia 'NOVe his
wq 80 yards on "" ensuinc UB

punt to put his team a.hod 24-7.
That sequence set up a. third

qumer In which the RedHawltsf
p;ned the momenwm. ouqam~ 1
UB 136 to -7 yanh.

~occer
MEN ' S

UB l, Hanhall 2

Calendar
SttJdenl &amp; Scholar Servk~ f-or more
mlormatK&gt;n, &amp;4S-2258

Ufe-.!&gt;op

Physics Colloquium

Golng~Pam~.

for Gm!k Nfair... 145E Student
"'-North~ 7 p.m. f&lt;oe.
Spomcnd by Office o1 St.-,. lhDn&gt; &amp;
ActMties. for more riormatJon. 64S-.6125

The Sohtt Neutrino CMrge Current
Meuu.-emenu from SNO. Jimmy lAw,
Dept ol Phy5ia, Univ. ol Goelph,
Ontano 422 Frooaalr.,. North Camplu.
3:30p.m. Free.

Comedy • Magk

Occupotlonol Theropy Meeting

Penn &amp; Te:Uer. Mainstage, Center lOt~
Arts, "'orth Campus. 8 p.m ns. n 1,
126. gene&lt;al; 111, 127, 122 UB studenu
for ITlOI'\" information, 645-ARTS

Pte- M ~ lnfotm~~UoNI

Meeting.
M. Wyles, coordin.ltor o#
professional studM!:s, Dept. o#
Occupatiooal Th&lt;npy. s [);efendorl,

Thursday

for more infOfTNtion, Diane
M . Gaytes, &amp;29-3141 , ext 151.

~

Wednesday

Pulmonary Medklne Rniew
Conference

,

Med'-rtinAI Disuw:. Thomai J kufet,
Dept. of Med.cine. Room 1109C, VA
Medk al Center. 9 a .m . Frte. Spon)()(ed
by School ol Med;Qne, Dept of
Medteine and Division of Pulmonary
Cntkal Care and Sleep Medicine

Welfnas Fair
......_....,... -•tnon~.ot&gt;by.

11

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UfeWofttshop
PrepMtng for l:aw School •nd • t..w

c...-eer. ~que4tne Ho'lirn, ~
cooi'dinator, Pre--Law Student Service1
Audemk:: AcMsernent C~ter,
and Steve Harvey, testing coordinator,
Offtee ol Cafftf Pllnnlng &amp; Pfac.ement
250 StudE'nt Unton, North C.mpw.
C~tef,

~th~~~~~:~~;:~
~PY-

1

lllologlcol Sciences SeminAr
Aegulotlon of DNA Aeplkollon and

Mut.genesJs k1 E. coN. Molrt D. Sutton,

Education Semlnor
NYS ""&gt; Aueument . .ody In 2002.
An You7 Maria Runfo&amp;a. Graduate School
&gt;of Education. and John Sisbr, &amp;.tralo State
co~~ego. LJnMonily 1m ond com..nc.
Cenlef, North F&lt;RSt Rd., Gdz'o'ile. 8:30-

=J~~aduate
Professional Eduation. for

~

infonnation. Ken Kraemer, &amp;45-6642

~~i~~=- ~::!.%~

ETC Te&lt;hnology - s h o p
BuUding • Course In IU.oboii'rd 5.5.
P•rt I. 212 Upen, North Campus.

Ufe-.!&gt;op

.._ School

How to Uw wtth Your Roomm•te .
Counseling Centrr :staff. 250 Student
Umon, North Campu1o. Nooo-1 p.m .
Free. Sponsored by Office of Student
Unioru &amp; Activit~ . For mor-e
information, 645-6125.

l:aw Alumni Board of Directon
Meeting. Hyatt Regency, Buffalo. l l: 15
p.m . S16. For~information. llene
f~schmann, 645-2t07 .

information, 645-6125.

Noon-2 p .m . ~tee .

ETC Te&lt;hnology -.!top
flte M•rwrqement &amp; FTP. 212 Capen.
North Campus. Noon· 1 p .m .

Fr~.

ETC Technology -.!top
Sannlng 1mllges. 212 Capen, North
Camp.Js. l-00 p.m. H«.
Chflnlul Engineering SeminAr
::~NSepwatlons•nd Tr•nlpOrt

E.nvironment.s~nson, um.... of

Pituburgh. 206 fuma1o, North Campu1
1:30 p .m . Free.

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!SSS-shop
Applying for • Grftn Card:

Outstanding

R~atdler/Prof~

Petitions .nd Consu&amp;.r Proc:ess.lng.•

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3t Capen; No&lt;th (Mnpus. 1HO p.m.
Free. Sponsored by International Student
&amp; Scholar Servtcei. For more
information, 645-225&amp;.

'

~ot4Pt.US

C()f1'¥ef"Yt60n. Ann lauterb.lch, 4 38
Clt'mens, North Campus. 12:30 p .m.
Free. For more information, &amp;45-3810

Ufo-.!&gt;op
Wednucl.yt •t 4 PlUS
Poetry Reading. Ann Lauterbach,
Screening Room, C~ter fOf the ArU,

~f:!;~~tfa~O Free for more
OponllnomCirc:le
N•maste . 222 Student Umon, North

~~~~sti~~~~~~ t'~hr~~6!r.2~e
-tt.tlon CJ.us
Buddhbt Medlbtion. N1kolaus

Kara~: ~~ ~~~t: 7 ~ 3o0 p.m

~~Information, Nikolaus

Karapas.u. 8J.4· lH5

Oi.\~

How to Use MyUB. Staff, Academic
Advisemmt Center. 1040 NOtton, North
Campus. 1-2 p.m . Free. Spomored by
Office of Student Unions &amp; Activi~ For
more information, 645-6125

Llbrwy -.!top
UGl 101 : Rese.-ch 5kih Glendora
J&lt;&gt;hn&gt;oo-(ooper. 127 Capen. North

=~~~o~~~.by
mation, Eric~. 64&gt;-29&lt;43. ext. 235

ETC Technology -.!top
Beginning MS Acceu, Section A. Part
I 1 12 Capen, North Campus 3-"1 :30
p .m Free.

""'- prof., D&lt;pt. oiBiocherrdwy. 22S
Natu~ Sc.ieflCei ComP'ex, North
Campus. 1:&lt;45 p.m . Free. for ~
information, jeny koudelk.a, 645- 3&lt;489

lluffolo Logic Colloquium
Phllosophy of Logic: A Spee&lt;h-Act
Penpecttw. tohn T. Kearm, Dept. of

~~~·~bye.~·logic Colloqutum. for more
infOfTNtion, }ohn Corcoran, 881 · 1640
or 645-2444, ext. 119.

Sentor Bill Norberz scored two goals off Nck-to-back direct ldcks SO seconds
_,...cplrt to lead the men's liOCcer ceam to a J-2 victory OW'et Marshalt in MAC
I Ktion Friday night. The lou wu just the second ol the season fa&lt; M.vshall. who
came into the pme r31\ked 2Jrd tn me lut ~donal Soccer Coaches
Associ:ttion ol America (NSCAA) Top 25 poll. The Bulb I~ to M-1
ovenll and 1·2 In the HAC.
WOMEN' S

UB 2, Northern lllinou s I
UB l ,Westem Hlchlpn I
Junior' EJinbeth P'feffer scored with 4:32 left in rqubtion to ctv'e the women's
soccer team a 2-1 'iictor"y OW'et Non:hem I!Nnoi:s In MAC action Fnday night.
U....ln the -...Paub ~In he&lt; fiN! ,...ubr sason MAC
home pme ol her~ it count u she scored he&lt; fWd&gt; and sixth ph
ol the seuo&lt;! to lea&lt;1 the Bulls to • 3-1 vkto&lt;y ewe&lt; Western Mic!&gt;ipn. Wotll the
win.UB...,.... on top ol the MAC~ with a 6-2 ~marie

Volle~~all
UB l, Nlapra l
Bowline Green l , UB l
Hlamll, UB I
Sophomore Undsay Matikmh posted he• fifth - b l e ol the yea• with •
26 kills and a team-high 16 dirs to lead t:he 'IOIIeybatl team to its
third win ol the season at NQ,pn. to bqin the week. The Bulb won t:he Mpme ""'""""" (32-30.32-30, 27-JO, 22-30. 15-9) m&lt;w&lt;&gt;·houn and 1s minutes.
Sophomore AlexJs Boule .-econled • ~gil 17 lcills and the Bulls
lougllt bad&lt; from • 2-(l deficit to lo&lt;-ce • fifdo game, but the hlcons of Bowting
Green prevailed in the end in MAC 'IOIIeyball action In Alumni Arena on Friday.
~

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(3!f.25.25-l0,3!f.27.3!f.21)
.........
dedsion

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How to Use Yoga. Diana Mazzone, The
Kriya Dharma Cmtre. 1458 Student

Union, North Campu1. 7:30..9 p.m .
Free. Sporuored by OffKf! of Student
Unk&gt;ns &amp; Activities. For tTlOrt
information, 645-611.S.

Zod&amp;.que Dance Company
Wi~ Women .00 O.nc.e. Dept. of
The.-.tre and Dance. Drama Theatre,
Center for the AIU, North Cainpus. 8
p.m . S1 2, general; SS, students and
lenk&gt;rs. For rnc:we informaUon, 6-45ARTS.

Exhibit
"Joseph Norman: Bertin Autumn "
~

by

~inter

}osf!ph Norman is on

=·~~~~~~~
G.tliery hoofs are 11 .-..m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday and from
1-5 p .m . on Sunday.

" Fresh not Pkltled: UB All
Foundotlofts"

Work produced in the "foundatiOns"
c ou~the ba.sk art courses that all art
majon. take in ~t fre-shman year-

to mrongMWnl Un'-'ity mAJumnl

~ross ~ount~
The men's and women's cross country teams wmed in

StJ"':WlltliCet

at the 28th

Annual Lehigh Unt...ers1ty Paul Short Run on Saturday.The men finished IOth
among 39 schools with 3 I0 points. while the women pbced 16ch """"'' the 39t&amp;m field with 48 1 points. Penn State 'NOO-bodl the men's and WOO'lefl's tides
with 66 and 109

points.~-

lndivlduaDy.Todd Ludden led the Bulls with his 18"-pbce finish atnafll the
274 men's runners. Ludden finished the eight kHometer course rna season-best
time of 25:15.29. Ludden tw been US's top finisher In its three meets this
season.
In the women's race. contested at she klbmeten rather than the typtQI &amp;.oe,
Melissa Borrows finished 47th VT'IOI"'&amp; 269 runners in 22:28.48.

lennis
WOMEN' S

The 'NOI'T'IeO's tennis team ~roopated 1n the Ne-w Yori&lt; Sate V'lomen's CoDeptt
Ownpionship last ~ The ~ event was a no-repeat toUrnament.
Freshman Mkhaeb Kolbrova won the second ~ogles clwnp1onsh;p with •
6-3, 6-0 win ewer Dowl1ng's Jacloe L.egnon. ~Sheri l.JgowsJo was
defeated by lqnon in the quarterfina.ls. 6-l. 7-S. Senion Shan~Amarasinghe and
Jennifer'Nong we~ defeated •n the semifinab oi the doubles dnw by
Binghamton Unr'lenity's ~Weissberg and Alexis Briii.S-5

con\"t')'1o the students at the most

=~~~~A~~...::.~hetr
d~Ver'5of!

mecha reftecting the

ollptration~

of these students is on display lhrough
Oct. 25 in the Art Department Callery.

~~f'~~·=~r~

~- 1 p.m . t~y. Galk!fy houn are 10
a.m . to 5 p.m . TUt!1day, 10 a.m 10 8
p .m . 'Nednesday through Friday and 11
a .m . to 6 p.m . on Saturday

WOMlN' S
The WOIT'Ien's crew squad sorted ru fall seuon at Pitabur'Jh's Head of the Otwo
R~a:a. The Bulls' lightwe&amp;ht four cnew- coxswain Sarah 'Nolet and f'OYille'S
Kv.y Smolbr.VoctoN ~ Counney Kone and Bedcy Mohr........,.,
~ tn the competioon with a SKond-pbc:e finish out d 18 reams

a,_

�8 Reponea October II. 2801/Vol.:JJ. Io.6

Thursday,
October

II

~~~~,,

,_ no.m.oon. 6&lt;~ 125 .
---.g/ L.octun: -

C.tflsh and Mandalo: A Two-

~·-~1

ol Vletnom. Andrew X. Pham.
S=oning Room, een.... tor the
AIU, North C.mpus, 7:30p.m.
~r:~;: Kappa Phi
Institute, James H. ~~

~~~/~~;,",;.,CZ.,'?
Studies Program. For more
information, 6-45-2292.

.....

-a.gVIdeos..tes

~-

How to Usten and Doubfe
Your Influence. 330 Student

=k:;.,~:.,nd

Union, North Campus. Noon-1

~~~~~JS:!~

and
leade&lt;1hip Development
Center. For more information.
6&lt;5 -200 3

Senior Alumni Program
Pan-American Exposition of
1901 Kerry S Grant, vice
provost lor academic affairs and
dean of the graduate school,
Center lor Tomorrow, North

Campus Noon-2 p .m S15.

~~~ ~~~~.!m.

Jude S&lt;.hwe-ndler, 829·2608.

Recital Hall, North Campus. 8 .
p.m. F..... Spomorod by DepL

tu~:fu~~~~,;nd

Chair in Musk, Asian Studies
Prog,.m and the Dae-Han
Foundation .. for more
information, 645-2921 .
ZodiM~ue

Dance Company
Wine, Women and O.ance.
Dept. of Theatre anc:I"Dance:.
Drama Theatre:, Center for the
Arts, North Campus. 8 p.m .
S12, general; S5 students and

~~~~/sor more Information,

ISSS Wortuhop
INS Workshop: The Basic.s
jennrfer (hazen, tnternationdl

\ludent advrsor;

El~

Dussourd, dir., lntE'mattOn

Student &amp; Scholar Services;
Rosemary Mecca, 1ntemauonal
s.cholar advisor, and Mana
Ro~dgl10ne . imm'9rat10n

~~~t!', '=~~r;~ s tudent
Diefendorf Noon Free
Spon!.Ored by lntematK&gt;nal
Student &amp; Scholar SeMces Fo r
more lnformatK&gt;n, 645 -2258 .
ETC Technology Workshop
Introduction to Blackboard

5 .5. 212 Capen, North
Campu~. Noon-2 p.m. Free

UfeWortuhop
Study your Wlrf to an ..A "
Advising staff, Academoc
Advi:sement Center. 104D

=~~~Jp.m
Student Union~ &amp; Activitie. For

more nformaoon. 64.5-6125

ETC Technology Workshop

~~~~~~~=ta~~· ~~hton A.
Campu~.

1-4 p.m. Free

(;eology P"!J'Um
Colloquium
The RoJe of Sates, Modeb and
GIS i;, Interdisciplinary
Research and Environmental
Aslessment. Chris Rens.c::hler,
Dept. ol Geography. 1 16 Natural
Scienc~ Compkx, North
Campus. 3:30·5 p.m. Free
Sponsored by Mauncr Crook &amp;
Ornn Foster endowments For
more 1nfoonation, Dept of
~. 64.5-6800, ext 6 1()()

Physics Colloquium

Tu~~~~~:n:r~.u~~Z~~al

PhysiCs, Penn State . 422
Fronczak. North Campu~ 3 30
p.m Free

th~·

f

th.tn OO&lt;Jil 1111

Thund&lt;l\ t•r-cu-din9

publi(atlun lhtinlJ' art•
un tv cun•p t t!d throuyh ttw
1•h•ctronlc

\uhmh~lon

turm

l u r · tlu• unlim.• U8 Calendur

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ol h•t.•nh &lt;l1

httr•

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~~:n:!~~~~~~~s

and Functions. Shou-Vo/e Ding.

\o·nt' In I h-.. t•le&lt;trnnlc

... lh· k •. ,, .. ,,~.

--

UB .._ M.&gt;nhall.
US Stadium,
North Campus.

~fa~ ~r~ f~

0
'
students with 10.

~";:,::;'"'"

~~of

C&lt;&gt;me&lt;H.n

=l~·

Alumni Atooa
North C.mpW.
8 p.m. I1 S, UB
students; 11 S,
us families
through the

famity Weei&lt;md
brochure; S17,

~by
Off.c:e of Student
Unions &amp;
Activities. For

more

information,
6&lt;5-6125.

Zocn-.ue

Com~y

12
F.. f 2001 Training Schedule

r~=~}s~h~.~~

Sexual Abuse. Bonnte Crnhn~ .
Daemen Col~ . 8:45 a.m ..
&lt;:30 p.m. 165 . Sponsored by
Institute lor Addiction Studies
and Training. For more
tnformaUon, 645·6 140
Asia at Noon
A Two-Wheoled Voyage

Through the l.andscope and
M~ of Vtetnam. Andrew
X. Pham. 280 Park, North

~~A!fn·~~:·

Program. For more Information,
Thomal W. Buritman

Womer'}' /Topology
Seminar
Fin iteness of Non· Virtual·
Haken Surgeries on Every

~~~~'M~=tics.

122 Mathematics Bldg., North
C ampu ~ 3:4 .5 p.m. Free

Foster Chemistry
Colloquium
Identification of Phosphate
Grou~s Responsible for the

~~~~atl~~~~r:~~apatlte
Osteopontin Graeme K
Hunter, Dept of Biochem1Hry,
Unlv of Western Onta no . 216
Natural Sc•en&lt;es Complex.
North Cam~s. 4 p.m. Free
1

2:"m~~ and~~ Fg:ter
lecture Endowment

Cross Country
UB Invitational UB Stad1um.
No rth Campus 4 p.m Free

Mind/ Body Monment
Cl•ss

Wine, Women
and Dance.
Dept. of Theatre
and Dance
Drama Theatre, Center for the
Aru, North Campus. 8 p.m.
S12, general; S5, students and

~~~'s~~~re tnformation,

14
Women'• VolloyiNolt
UB vs. Ball State. Alumni
Arena, North Campus. Noon

-·

Hellenk O~UKe Class
George Karanikokls and

ft~~1J:~~~:· ~~e

Campus. 3:30.5:30 p .m. Free

~:J=~iation
For more Information, IKOYOS
Kyprianou. 830-1909

Wednesdays at 4 PLUS
Poetry Reading . Juhana Spahr
Screening Room, Center for the
Arts, North Campu!o 4 p.m
Free. For more informatton,
645-3810

ZocUMiue Da'nce Com,.-ny
Wine, Worn~ and Dance
Dept of Theatre and Dance.
Drama Theatre, ("enter for the
North Campus 8 p.m
S 12, general, SS, ~tudenu and
sen•ors. For more lnfoll"Tlatlon,
Call 645-ARTS
Art~.

Monday

15

Natural ScleOC.es Complex,
North Campus. 3:45 p.m . Free.
For more 1nfonnation, Jim Beny,
6&lt;5-3488.

Buffalo Logk Colloquium

Meet the Artist: Joseph

~~1kJ's ~7~~~~~~c:~per
Dav~itchcock,. Dept. of

Nonn.lln

~':~k~f'~r~~u.

Joseph Norman: Berlin

115 Fostet", South Campus.
Noon. Free.

~;l~n~tp:~· ~2~iv.

Phflo!.Ophy, McMaster Umv.
141 Par*., North Cam pus. 4more 1nfoll"Tlation, John
Corcoran, 881 -1640 or 64~ 1 44-4, ex l. 11 9

Mathematics Colloquium
lnt egrab Peter I Preyd, Un•v
of PenmylvanM 250

~~~t;;"~~ ~~d~r~North
Life Workshop

~~~~~~:·re

Planned Parenthood of Buffalo

~~~n~~~~- ~flat

~~~~~-=~:.a~~lo

6-8:30 p .m . Free. For morto
•nformatK&gt;n, 834· 25 79

Women "o VollqoiNolt

~~:~.~:~=~~~hi:!~pu~

Researdl Without • Printer
Stewart 8rowe", Health
Sciences Ubrary. Media
Instruction Room, Health
Sctences Ubrary, Abbott Hall,
South Campw. 1-2 p.m. Free.
For more information, Stewar1

Brower, 829-3900 x 113.

Sunday

NIA ( Neuromuscular
lntegratlve Action)". Laune
Krupski, dir., Living Well Center.
Alumni Arena, North Campus
5:30· 7 p.m. Aerobio pan . For
more information, laurie
Krupski, 64.5-2837 .

~Jt~~·7'~~J~~F~

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Friday

Blologkal Sdenus Seminar
IIU lith

Saturday

Oral Biology Seminar
Bacterial Infection in COPO:
Dynamics of Cotonlzatlon
and Immune Re~ses.

ETC Technology Workohop
Building a Course In
Blackboard 5.5, Part II 211
Capen, North Campus Noon-2
p.m Free

7 p .m Free

IISS Workshop

Zodh•que Dance Com,.-ny
Wine, Women and Dance
Dept. ol Thed trt&gt; and Dancf'
Drama Theatre. Center lor the
Aru, Nor1h c.~mpu~ 8 p m
S12, general, S5 studenb and
~ mon For more 1nformat•on
645 -ARTS

Session Mana Ro!oetghone,

H-1 B Visas: An Information

;~~,;;~~~~ ~~~~\. S&lt;holar

Set'V'Ces 4 Dlefendor1, S.Outh

Campus Noon Free
Spon!.Ored by lnternat•onal
Studen! 61: SchcHar Serv•&lt;es For
more InformatiOn, 645 · 22.58

ETC Technology Wwtuhop
Using MS FrontPage, Section
B, Part I. 212 Capen, North
Campus. l -3:30 p.m. Free.

=lon.IThonpy

Pre-Major Informational
fl:! ..llng. Diane M. Gayle$,
coordinator of professional

~\:~· ~1t g~~~ue.l

South'tm~. 4-5 p.m. free

Sponsored ~ DepL of
1

~~;:~~·~~

Gaytes, 829· 3141 , ext. 15 1

MiOusnd/_,_,

NIA (Neuromuscular
Integrative Action) . L1une
Krupski, dir., Living We:UCenter
Alumm Arena, North Campus.
4.1.5-.5:30 p.m. Aerobio pan.
For more information, Laurie
Krupsk1, 64.5-283 7

College of Arts and
Sciences Lecture Series
Gratffted Desire: kH!as of Eros
in Blake and Sex In tho Oty.
Diane Christian, Dept. of English
Screening Room, Center for the

~. ~~in~!·:;;·Dean

Charleo Stinger, College ol Arts
and Sciences. For more
mforrnatioo, Reine Hauser, 6456000, ext 1144.

fKVIty ltodt--...twlnd

lntematlonAJ students.. Meena

~~:;!;.u~~~~.

~~t;'~·s club.

For more information, Julie
Cohan, 6&lt;5-3286.

ETC TO&lt;tonaaogy Wwtuhop

~~~~~
~=:~~. Noon-2
p.m. Free.
2

LlfoWwtuhop
Beyond Interviewing. Melissa
Ruggiero, career counselor,
OffiCe of Career J»tanning &amp;
Placement 145C Student

~:~i~-~ee~as~~~-

Office of Student Unions &amp;
· ' t~. For more
ion, 64.5-6125

shop
How Can I Find the Time?
Advising staff, Academic
Advisement Center. 1040
Norton Hall, North Campus 1-

~·~~=~~

Activities. For more
informatiOn, 645-612.5 .

Quintet

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HE university has received a $7.3 million,
three-year grant from the
National Insti t ute of

Dental and Craniofacial Research to
plan and conduct a pilot study for a
clinical trial of the impact of peri·
odontal disease treatment on p~ ­
vention of second heart attacks.
• The three- year dfort, involving
five centers. will set the stage for a
definitive dinicaJ trial on a larger
scale of the relationship between pe·
riodontal infection, which affects 75
percent of Americans. and cardiovascular disease.
Roben J. Genco, chair of the Department of Oral Biology in the
School of Dental Medicine and a
SUNY Distinguished Professor, is
principal investigator on the grant.

UB is leading the study, which also
involves the University of North

We a.-. pleased that the institute has . having the data nea.s..ry to suggest
recognized the g=t potential of this that treatment of gum disease or any
Carolina at Chapel Hill, Boston work and provided the funding."
infection will.-.duce heart disease."
University, Kai= P=nancnte/Or·
Genco said the grant"providcsan
The grant will allow Genco and
egon Health Science University and opportunitf" to bring the basic re- co:.. investigators to assemble the
the University of Maryland.
search we have been doing at UB on team of cardiologists, periodontists,
' We are extremely pleased by this periodontal infection and its poten· epidemiologists. infectious-disease
$7.3 millioo grant from the National tial effect on the risk of h&lt;art dis- spcci.alists, biostatisticians, .-.search
Institute of Dentaknd Craniofacial &lt;as&lt; and stroke into the .-.a! world nurses in periodontics and cardiolResearch in support of this of the clinic."
ogy, and data manager.; necessary to
groundbrealcing study," said Presi·
"If we find through this pilot carry out a full -blown periodontal
dent WiiJiam R. Grei ner. "Bob study that keeping gum. disease in intervention trial.
Co-irM:stigators, all from UB. ....,
Genco haS long been a pioneer in . check appear&gt; to lessen the chana.-s
the field, and we ar• delighted that of a second cardiovascular incident, Maurizio T.-.visan.pror..,;oranddlair
this grant will allow him to put to- we will be justified in proposing a of the Department of Social and Pregether and lead this distinguished large-scale clinical trial that should ventive Medicine and interim dean of
multi-institutional research team."
provide definitive answer.; on there- the School of Health Related Prof&lt;&gt;·
Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi lationship between these two sions; Susan Graham, associate professorof medicine; Sara Grossi, dini noted that the ~rk has the poten· chronic conditions.
tial of identifYing a new risk factor
" lfthestudyispositive, t~ll
·ve cal assistant professor of oral biology;
for heart disease, ..one that is treat- us one more weapon in the ha
Joscj&gt;h ). Zambon, professor of peri·
able and thus will have a profound against heart disease," Genco said. odontics and endodontics, and Paola
impact on the health of Americans. "However, we are a long way from c-u-..~-

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UB posts highest enrollment in 7 years
By SUE WUETCHU
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HE university.has posted
its highest enrollment in
almost seven years. markedly increasing its graduate-student population and pulling
in one of the most acadentically talented freshman dasscs in year.;.
Based on an ..enrollment snapshot" taken on ScpL 21, a total of
25,838 students are enrolled at UB
for the Fall semester, an increase of
slightly molt' than 1,000 from the Fall
2000 figure of 24,830. The figure reflects a 2 percent increase over the
SUNY enrollment target of 25.300.

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to 8,548, which Sean P. Sullivan, vice
provost forcnrollmcnt and planning.
called "the third-highest graduate enrollment in our history."
"Obviously, we'"' delighted with
this fall's cnroUmcnt numbers," said
Provost Flizabeth D. Capaldi. "This
outcome is a result of much hard
work by many people here at UB.
particularly Vice Provost Sean
Sullivan; Regina Toomey. associate
vice provost for new student ~t ­
ment programs, and Katharine
Ferguson. associate vice provost and
director of graduate recruitment ser-

st udmts," hesa.id

vice;;. They and their staff member&gt;

dents, he said, .. and the literature
shows that better students persist to
the d~ree , both faster and more
continuowly, than do those that are

are to be commended for doing an

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target, UB met or exceeded slightly

outstanding job," Capaldi said.
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SUNY targers for freshman. transfer

reflect the strategic enrollment plan
the university has set out to achieve

and graduate enroUme"ts. In pa r·
ticular, th e universit y increa sed
grJduate enrollment by 5 percen t

over tht· Fall 2000 figu re, from 8. 147

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rr..hman class feU slightly from last
y•ar-from 3,059 to 2,997-th•
number of continuing/returning
students rose by 8 percent from Fall
2000, from 10,052 to 10,813.
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retention to efforts in first-year prograinming. such as UB 101, as well
as personalizing adviscmcnt scrvi=
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pay that much mou attention to

over the ne.x1 three years as articulated in its Memo randum of Understanding" with su"ry·said Sullivan.

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not as well prepared."
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"aggressive goal th at we're a lo ng
way from" o f 90 pe rcent retentio n
of s tud e nt s from freshman to

sophomore year, a substantial increase from the current figure of
84.6 percent.
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th• freshman class, he pointed out
that the class has the highest mean
composite SAT scou for enrolled
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six points from FaJ12()()()-...since the
SAT score methodology was changed
in 1996. Of this fall's entering firn.
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of the "most sdcctive" group of the
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of 1100to 1300.dependingon GPA.
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.. highly selective" category, w1 th a
minimum GPA of 80 and a mimmum SAT score fro m 1000 to 1100.
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highest percentages of students m
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PTSD is an anxiety-based disorder
that may follow in the wake of a

trauma. Let's define trauma, for
starters. Within our current diagnostic framework, a trauma is an

event involving actua1 or threatened loss of tife or personal int&lt;:grity that one directly experienced
that results in an emotional response of extreme fear, helplessness, terror, etc. This definition
leaves o ut ..ordinary tragedies,"
such as miscarriage. By definition,
PTSD refers to symptoms that
have persisted for at least one
month after exposure to a trauma.
These sy mptom s include such
things as intrusive thoughts and
dreams about the trawna , avoidance of si tuations that remind one
of th e trauma, emotional numbing, diffi c ulty concentrating,
tr o ubl e sleeping, feelings of
jumpiness, etc.
We usu•lly think of - e
..:qulrlng PTSD from senfng
In a war. Are there other
kinds of tr.uma that can lead
to this condttlon 1

Most certai nly. Rape is the most
co mmon trauma to occur in

women and carries a high risk for
PTSD. Motor vehicle accidents
also are an extremely co m mon
trauma. In fact, here at UB I direct~ unique motor-ve:hicle:-accident clinic that caters to individuals who have: been invOlved in seriou s wrecks · and need help to
work through the "aftermath of
the trauma ... Other traumas include childhood sexual abuS., being "jumped," being in a fire, flood,
etc.

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)unipy.

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Those who have had previow exposure to any trauma dtat threatened their physical or psychological integrity are most vulnerable
to post-traumatic stress. These are
people who have been victims of
sauaJ abuse, physical assault, terrible accidents or of natural disasters-earthquakes, fires, floods,
Wh,C.'• the dlff.......,e behurrica n es; tornadoes. They
tween " S D - PoU Tr•ushould be particularly careful at
matk Stress (PTS)7
this time beca~ there seems to
Oinically, PTSD is a cobection of be a relati onship between PTS
symptoms that last more than a( symptoms and a high total dosage
month and are usually associated of exposu~ to trauma.
with people who have witnessed
or been the victim of .a traumatic What are some coping mechanisms that can· be used to
event. Not enough time has passed deAol with "s llnltecl to the
yet fo r PTSD to be diagnosed in a terrorist attadu 7
person affected directly by the terIf you are suffering from these
rorist attacks o n the World Trade
symptoms, try to manage them by
Centpo:1l0d the Pentagon. PTS, on
turning off the television. Viewers
the other hand, is something we
should be particularly concerned
all are experiencing in the wake of
about the continuing coverage on
the attacks. Sy mptoms include
CNN, MSNBC and Fox because it
nightmares , in tr usive tho ugh ts
tends to repeat the most horrifyand other ways in which we may
.. re-experience.. th e trauma , ing film footage over and over
again , and presents vivid descriptrouble concentrating, hyper-vigi-

tions of victims jumping, buming, being blown apart ond P"'·
sumptive talk about their last
moment s on earth-aU of
which arc likely to conjure terrifying and repetitive images in
the minds of viewers. Another
good way of proassing this information and diffusing its effects is by talking to other
people, repeating stories and
sharing feelings., fears and in formation. This may be done
through public services, church
groups o r groups o( fa mily,
neighbo rs and friends. even
with strangers. Also, I'd enco urage people to follow
"healthy" coping strategies, like
exercise and prayer, and mon itor them selves so that .. un healthy" coping strategies, like
drinking a nd sleep i ng too
much, don't get out of hand.

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H- long does
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How do you know It's time
to lftk professional help?
You know it's time to seek professional health when the
symptoms of PTS have last&lt;:d
for a month and arc starting to
get in the way of your normal
lifestyle .

Grant
Muti, associate professor ofsocial and
pr&lt;Veltive medicine.
Genco said the planning period
and pilot study are intended to
form the foundation for addini tive trial to answer the question:
" If periodontal inf&lt;ction is suppr«Sed by an anti-infective intervention, will this r.sult in decreased risk of heart disease!
"It is important to answer this
question in a dear and ddinitive
fushion before any clinical decisions arc to be made to treat periodontal disease for general
health reasons," he said
The pilot clinical trial will begin after a nine-month planning
and development period. It will
include three groups of subjms: a
group that will recei~ antJbiotic
therapy directed to suppressing the
local gu m in fectio n; a group that
will receive local therapy plus treatment with the systemic antibiotic
azithromycin, and a group that wiU
recei~ standard dental ca"'.

lated to periodontal infection.
A total of 900 persons who hav.:
periodontal disease and haY&lt;~ one
heart attack or are otherwise at high

risk for a cardiovascular evmt will be
recruit&lt;:d for the trial by the five emtees. The pilot trial will be used torefine the infrastructure and 10 ....
lector refine an intcrw:ntion
protocol for the definitive
trial, Genro said
Epidemiological studies
conducted at UB and elsewhere have shown an association betw=l various measures of
poor dental health and ooronary
disease, even after accounting for
other risk factors. A 1999 study us,
in g data Collected natio nwide
through the Third National Health
and Nutrition Examination Survey,
for example, found that people wi!h
the severest periodontal disease were
nearly four times more likely to have
had a heart attack than people with
no periodontal disease.
Genco's research team at UB, in
one of sel!eral studies, assessed the
presence of specific oral bacteria in
heart-attack patients oom pared to
healthy controls. The researchers

r&lt;!"-tionslu~een ~ection and
atherosclerosis, as well as a specific
link between.periodontal infection
and heart disease," Genco said "Previous studies have established possible dfectiV&lt; treatments of periodon tal disease, and it is possible
these treatments may lead to fewer
subsequent myocardial events in
people at high risk for cardiovascular disease.
"Our study is designed to select
the periodontal treatment with the
best chance of reducing the risk for
heart disease."

excellent students art seeing a UB
education as a tremendous value-and this is exactly ~hat we will continue to stress in our communications with these students and t!J.eir
parents," he said. .. We are building a
new kind of supportive academic
environment that will stimulate and
prepare these students more effectively for their futun careers.
"'We expect that o ur efforts to ·at -

tract and sen-e these high-achieving
students will result in higher retention and four-year graduation ratr:s
in the yean ahead."
Although Sullivan· said his oilier
bears the ti~e of "enrollment planning," the univenity's recruitment effort "just doesn't happen without the
oooperation of the entire univtt&lt;ity."
Faculty and schools are much
more involved in the process than

they were six or seven years agomeeting with students, advising students, recruiting students, he said
.. The institutio n has come together reoognizing how=tial our
enrollment outcomes are to both
our financial health and our health
in general as an institution," he said
"Everybody is starting to realiu that
everybody in this university has a
role in enroUmcot management."

The investigators will assess a risk
factor for heart disease, the C-reactive protein, which also may be re-

found that two periodontal bacte-

ria-Ptnphyromoruu gingiv&lt;Uis and
8tu:tmJitks foriyrhur-were associat&lt;:d with a 25 and 3.0 increase in
risk, respectively, of heart attack.
Periodontal disease is oommon in
the U.S. Seventy-five percent of the
population suffers mild forms, while
2(}.30 pera:nt has more~ forms,
according to the most rOc.nt statistics from t&amp; national health survey.
~is growing evidence of a

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these two groups sine&lt; the matrix has
been used to measure selectivity.
Moreover, UB received the largest number of total freshman appli cations since 1989, he said. The ac ceptance rate for applicants is down
to a 10-year low o f 68.9 percent, and
the yield on accepted applicants of
28.7 percent is the highest yield in
the past 21 years.
"Our success demonstrates that

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University ranks well in survey by Yahoo! Internet Life
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Contributing Edito&lt;

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univcnity is one of
nation's top 10 most

red universities, acrding to the latest Y•hoollntnmt Lifo (YIL) mapzine.
UB is ranlcal No. I0 by the magazine. which each year makes the cril&lt;ria for inclusion in the list ITliJtt difficult_ Last year. the 11lli-...nity ranlcal
No.ll,upfromNo.47in 1999,the
fust year that UB made the sur&gt;ey.
UB is the only 11lli-...nity in New
York State that made the top 10
in this year's survey, which is
viewed as an accurate barom·
ettrofhawwiddycollegesand
universities rn1bracr technol ogy in their approach to education.
Volckrnar In nus. UB's chief information officer, said the distinction
is the result of the university taking

such chora as registration, grade
rqx&gt;rts, payrne&gt;t and ...... buying
axnpultl" equipment; its Web poges;
its ability to (101 students arid professors to share in the best of the
lnttmet by nurturing and supporting t&lt;chnology acuss for aD educational endeavors, and UB's solid
commitment to aD aspects of technical support-from bdp for computer· problems to human-taught
onmpukr courser-so that studenu
have the too!J with which to use
technology most effectively.

technology to support academic
programs and services to our stu dcnts." lnnus said.
"We provide the experience in the
use of technology that~ students
will be required to [use one&lt; they
be added. noting. for a ample, that UB this year is continuing. program begun _in 2000 that
p1aas into the hands of ....-y one of
UB's students and faculty and staff
m&lt;mbers the newost, ~ popular
Miaosoft software on the market.
~e continue to invest strategically and to use technology effectively." said Innus. citing
the fact that UB this year has

tiraduate."

W1f8D COll898S 2001

"an integrated and institution-wide

app roach to technology. It's some•
thing the whole institution. is doing."
Accordi ~~t to the magazine's critcna, UB ranks highest in its overaJI
technology infrastrudure. the pubhe compu ters it makt."S available to
~ tudents and the network that sup·
poru them; student resources. such
.1 ~

the use of technology to make

4uKk and rdati\•ely easy work of

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Earning a special citation in the
magazine's listing for UB was the
New York Center fo r Engineering
Design and Industrial Innovation
(NYSCEDll ) as demonstration of
US's ..commitment to emerging
technologies" because of iu emphasis on multidisciplinary use of virtual reality techniques. and UB"s in·
ternationaUy known Electronic Poetry Center, which, it noted, "caters
to left-brained e-poet.;:.-"We're pleased th.ft we've been
recognized for a second year in a row
as a national leader in the use of

~morethanaiOO-

percent growth in the number of courses using coune-management softwue, which facilitates
the use of technology for prof&lt;SSOrs
and students in courses.
"'That softWare allows students to
access course materials anytime,
anywhere." he added.
Additional investments in the
archiving ofdearonic materials irnhe
~braries. pervasive Internet connec·
lions for all residena halls and campus apartments, and the addition of
new wireless capabilities for some arcason campus :ill further demonstrate
UB's commitment to technologj•.

Online evaluations planned
By SU£ WUETCH£R
Rtport~r

Editor

A

pilot prOJect in wh1ch

students turn in their
No. 2 pencils and instead
fill out course-eva luation forms online will be conducted
this spring, with an eye toward campus-wide implementation in the fall
2002 se mester, the Facuhy Senate
Executive Committee learned at' its

Sept. 26 meeting.
The computer program to be
used would be simila r to one devel oped b)' John Eisner. associa te dean
for information resou rces in the
Sc hool of Den1al Medicine , for
courses in the dental school.
Peter"Gold, associate dean for
generaJ education in the College of
A~ and Sciences and a member of
the Faculty Senate Teaching and
Learning Commi ttee, told FSEC
members that the Eisner program,
called CourseEval, was developed
for u~ within a small school. It
would have to be modified and expanded. for., use campus· wide, he
said, since there is a potential for
ll4,000evaluationseverysemester.
Ronald Gentile, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the
Graduate School of Educapon and
chair of the Teaching and Learning
Committee, said thftt course tvalu·
ations haVC' been an issue that his
committee has grappled with for
some time, noting the ." uneven rtsponses"received from students and
the "unclear norms" of the paper
evaluations now used across a wide
variety of disciplines.
Committee members had been
skeptical about an online evaluation program, but after viewing a
demonstration of Eisner's program
last spri ng. he said, the committ ee
has enthusiasticall)' recom mended
that the sys ten~t' admi nistt&gt;re&lt;J

campus-wide under the aegis of the
new Office of teaching and Learnmg Resources.
.. \'1/e are at a point where it seem~
to us a very good thing to do for
the campus," Gentile said... It will
not be easy, it will take some prac·
tice and it will take some implementation tria ls. We're ready to see
this move and I think the Provost's
Office is ready to support it."

Gold told FSE members that un·
der the new system. students wouJd
see the same evaluation forms they
now set' on paper. only online. with
the add iti o n of several questions
common to all evaluations. Students
\\'Ould receive an email notifying
them that the evaluations for aU their
courses were ready to be filled out
o nline. Once students respo nd-

and all responses would be anony·
mous o nce they are filed , Gold
stressed-they would receive no
more email reminders.
The new system would make it

easier for farulty members. as well as
broader groups. to download info&lt;mation from the evaluations, be said.
Gold said the program "should
save more money than it oosu.• and
should save time that onuld be better
spent ·improving students' response
rate. "which is pretty poor now.· he
said. noting that in order to fill out a
onurse evaluation, undergnduates
must anend the class in which the
evaluations are distnbuted.
Senate Chair Michael Cohen said
he would ask Eisner to present his
program at an upcoming meeting
'Or the full Farulty Senate.
In other busines;,' Joseph
MoUendorf. professor of mechanical
and aerospace engineering and outgoing chair of the senate's Rt:search
and Oeative Activity Comminee, pn"·
sen ted the results of a recent survey of
fucultv mcmbc.cn on research issues.

The idea behind the survey,
MoUendorf said, was "to try to find
out what's on the minds of the fac-

ulty with regard to research a"nd creative activity."
He noted that the comm 1ttee

hired Buffalo Survey and Research
Inc. to review the survey for bias and
counter a criticism leveled by some
adfllinistrators, including Provost
Eli,. beth D. Capaldi.
Capaldi thanked Mollendorf for
his willingness to modify the survey,
noting that surveys are very difficult
to prepare in order to gather useful,
objective information.
She ~id the survey would provide
.. very useful base rate data, sinct it 's
the first y&lt;ar for both me and Jay
(Turkkan, vice president for research )
and wt' want to work on all of the
issues of concern to the faculty."
"It gMs us .a good way to know
what's on people's minds," Capaldi
said "I think it would be good to use
this as a way to measure where we are
after awhiJe.-&lt;lid we make progress?'"
James Bono, associate professor of
history, said he was concerned that
a key questior&gt;-what is reoearchisn't aslced at the beginning of lhe
survey.
"In a university as large and di verse as this., thert arr many diffe:rent conceptions of what research is.
what constitutes research , so that
whe~~ we begin to frame questions
about research, we are very careful
that we are going to puJJ in answers
from people that identify with the
kinds of questions that we ask,"
Bono said.
Cohen instructed the committee,
now chai red by John Ho, SUNY
Distinguished Service Professor in
the Department of Physics, to summariz.e ch e results of the su~y.
1dentif)' the top issues and develop
recom men.dations for the senate.

Alumnus brings artist to l)B
_......,. _ _ _ _ ......, Normanandaselection of his worb are making a mum visit to UB this faU, thanks
to the generosity of Rhode bland physician and UB alumnw Joseph Chazan and his wife, Helene.
·In addition to helping underwrite the onst of the exhibition in
UB's Anderson Gallery, the Chazans are expanding the university's
Norman collection ·by donating additiooallithograph.s--"Strange
Fruit." "Notoriw" and " Kalka - Metarnorph~·-to the University
Art Gallery. These prints will add to the portfolio of Norman lithographs that they donated last August.
The Chazans' gifts to the university gallery are part of UB's $250
million campaign.
Sandra Haller Olsen, director of the University Art Galleries. said
UB is fortunate to have a g~ncrous donor "'so in.terested in sharing
his collection with the students, faculty and Western New York au dience.
.. (tis always important for art and art history students to have the
opportunity to sec artwork by contemporary American artists and.
even mo re important, to mtet and SJXak with the artist."
The opening reception for the Nonnan exhibition will be held from
6-8:30 p.m. Oct. 12 in the Anderson Gallery. The reception originally
was scheduleil for Sept. 14, but cancelled in recognition of the national
day of mo urning for the victims of the terrorist attacks on the- World
Trade Center and the Pentagon. GaJJery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday and I·S p.m. on Sunday. The exhibition.
which indudes more than 18 patntings. II drawings and 2S lithographs.
is a return visit for the artist , who staged a very successful show at UB in
August 2000. The current exhibitio n will run through Oct~ 28.
Norman will attend the opening reception and will conduct .st"veraJ wo rks hops with children at Gateway-Longview lr1t .• a human
service organization that prov1des comprehensive ca re and treat
ment for children, youths and families.

BrieD
Nominations are sought
for Distinguished Professors
The Offlce of the Provost is seeking nominations of facuh.y mem bers for promotion to the ranks of SUNY Distinguished Teachmg
Professor and Distinguished Service Professor.
Nomina tions also are being sought for the Chancellor's Award3
for Excellence in Teaching . •
The title of Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty rank m
the SUNY system , is awarded b)' the SUNY Board of Trustees. It IS
an order above full professorship.
The Distinguished Service Professor must have achieved a repu tation for service-not only to the campus and the universit y, but
also to the comm unity.
The Distinguished Teaching Professor must have consistentl y demonstrated outstanding c.ompetence over a period of years and IS expected to devote a considerable proportion of time to curr icular
reform and to ~~vement of instruction on campus.
The Chancellor's AwarCl-{ecogni:u:soutstanding teaching w1th the
primary criterion being an extensive r«ord of consistently superior
teaching, as well as sound scholarship and service.
Those wishing to submit nominations for any of these awards should
contact the relevant dean's office for information and guidelines.

The deadline is Oct. 15.

SOM to honor McGuire
~ ~ chainnanofTheM&lt;GuireGroup,hasbeen named2001
"Niagar.l Frontier Ex&lt;culive of the Year" by the School of Management
The award will be presented a1 the 52nd annual awards banquet
of the School of Management Alumni Association, to be held at 5:30
p.m. Nov. 7 in the Hyan Regency Buffalo.
Established in 1949, the Niagara Frontier Executive of the Year
award honors a resident of tht Niagara Frontier who has distin guished himself or herself in a career marked by urcutive success, a
proven willingness to assume a leadership role in civic affairs and a
demonstration of high pcwnal integrity. ,
McGuire is the (ounder and chairman of The McGuire Group.
comprised of 26 companies involved principally in the business of
construction, health care, commercial reaJ estate development, real
estate management, financing, apartment projuts, condominium
projects, shopping centers and industrial real estate.
ln addition to his business enterprises, Mc:Guirr is a strong propone:nt
and active participant in business and economic dt'velopment initiatives.
He previously served aschainnan of the Greater Buffalo Olamber ofCom·
mere&lt; and the Western New York Eamomic Development Corporation.
during which time he also served as director of the New York State Urban
Development Corporation and Waterfront ~opmeru Corporauon for
the City of Buffalo.

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celled due to the terrorist at·
tacks on the Worid Trade Center
and the P~tagon, has been re-

scheduled "" Nov. 2.
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Oct. 15, Christian will •xplor&lt;
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found in artist/poet William

Blale's nude engf'3Ving. "Glad
Day: and in the ~otic persona
of actress SarJ Jessica Pa'*er in
the HBO , "S.X and the City.•
Christian's talk. the second in
the 2001 ~2 Colleg&lt; o1 Arts and

Sciences Lecture series, will take
pia&lt;• at 8 p.m. 1n the x-,;ng
Room ol the Cooter for th&lt; Arts
on the North Campus.

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Rescuers are among disasters' victims
ay CHIIIST*E VIDAL

ContnbuMg Edotor

HILE the nation
stared aghast at
television screens
and listened in
horror to radio reports of the Sept.
I I attack on the World Trade Cen·
ter and the Pentagon, a VB professor list&lt;ned to events unfold with a
gut-wrenching familiarity.
E&gt;eborah Waldrop, assistant pn&gt;
fessorof social work, was social work
director at Oklahoma Oty's St. An·
thony Hospital on April 19, 1995,
when a truck bomb exploded in front
of the Alfred P. Murra h Federal
Building. Located roughlyfiv&lt;blocks
from thedisaster,SLA.nthonywason
the front line of rescue efforts.
She learned first-ha nd the impad
such a tragedy h'as on rescue workcrs responding to the crisis.
While a great d eal of atten tion is

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"Critical -i ncid.nt stress-reactions
don 't happ&lt;n right away. At first, the
rescueworkersarejusttrying toget
through the disaster," Waldrop said.
"But what they see is horrendous.
They see ..,vered limbs and broken
bodies. You can1 just walk away
from that."
As rescu• efforts stretch into days
and weeks, wor'-'rs begin to cxpe·
ri&lt;ncc physical and anotional rue-

paid tQ th e victims of calami tous
tragedies and their families, the resambulance crews, emergency per-

In the first days of a crisis. she
noted,rcscueworkersoperateon the
autopilot of ad renaline and the d es ire to help. But a.:. sea rch efforts
wear on, she added, people work ing at the scene experience an cmotional and physical toll .

ingin thrirh&lt;:ads. Thafsanormal
reaction to an abnormal •v•nt."
Waldrop &lt;mphasized, "but they f&lt;d
Iikethey'regoingoutoftheirminds."
Perhaps the most important thing
rescue workers can do to cope, she
said, is talk.
"Ifs really important for them to
talk about what's going on-what
has happened. how they're f&lt;ding.
what symptoms they may b&lt; cxpe·
rirncing." Waldrop said.
"Saying it out loud makes it real.
These folks need the mutual support, theknowledgethatthey're not
alone, they're not abnormal and
they're not losing their minds."
StJ&lt;ss reactions don't happen in a
straight line, either. Rescue workers
maybe needed fo r months,;Jnd tend
to experience emotional peaks and
valJeys as rescue efforts continue.
"It 's like a reverberation-waves
of emotions are going togo through
rescuers and thrir families," she said.
It's important to remember that

cue wo rkers-fi refigb ters. police,
sonnel, hospital staff and other.;also are victims. Witnesses to nearly
unimaginable horrors, those in volvedintherescuer,oftcnneed
help to deal with what they have seen
and experienced, Waldrop said.

"They may lay down at night and
see the images of the tragedy replay-

reactions 10 the tragedy are going to
Waldrop wltneued flnt-Mnd
t he horrors rescue wortten face.

vary among individuals. she said.
" How people deal with the

lions, she said.
Symptoms may b&lt; physical (nau -

trauma dopends on their past his·
tory, as well as how dose they were
to the scene when the tragedy hap-

sea, fatigue, headaches, profuse
sweating), cogni t ive (con fusion .
night mares, hypb-vigilanc.e, poor
conce n t ration), e m otiona l ( fear,
guilt, depression. agitation ) an d/or
behavioral {withdrawal. restlessness.
pacing, appetite ch anges) .

pened, what role they played in the
rescue efforu a nd how sustained
thei r efforts were," Waldrop said.
"Not everyone will react the sam e."
Mem bers of the m en tal h ealth
commu nity will need to be vigilant
about subt le symptoms rescue

wo..U.. may b&lt; showing that indicale d&lt;q&gt;er probkms.
"Tragedies lik•'this can push
trauma buttons for people with past
problmu," she said Mmtal h&lt;alth
prof.,.ionals rieed to keep an eye
out fo r p«&gt;ple who 'may b&lt; losing .
touch with reality and exhibiting
sympti&gt;ms such as hallucinations or
self-destructm- behaviors.
o.bricfing&gt;-&lt;losed-door,confidrntial sessions where trained leaders h•lp guide rescu• workers
through what they' .. cxperimc&lt;d,
encouraging th&lt;m to verbaliu and
P""""" whafs happen~ vital
tothewdl-beingofpeoplewhohav&lt;
to fac:t th• horror of the rescu• efforts day after day.
o.briding isn't therapy, Waldrop
stressed.
"It's people who wer~ in a similar
situation coming together to talk
and process what they've lust experienc.ed," she said.
Following the Oklahoma City

bombing. Waldrop was part of a team
that devt1oped a crisis-intervention
plan used to help mo~ than I ,600

hospital employtts 0\nd oth~ i~ valved in the qay-1o-day care of

bombing victims deal with their expcrienc&lt;s. It is imporunt to her p&lt;s·
sonally, she said. to teach people how
todea.J with the aftermath of d.isaster.
.. 1realized that if there's someway
I can help people deal with their reactions to this kind of event, then
terrorists won't win. For me~ it was
imponant to make good come from
bad," Waldrop said.

CIT urges installation of anti-virus software
Recommendation comes in wake ofNimda worm's slowing of Internet t:affic
By SU E WUETCHER
Reporter Editor

IT offic~:tls a rc strong!)'
urgmg member.:. of tht&gt;
ca mpus co mmumt y to
have anti -virus softw.m·
installed o n theircomputcr worksta tionsin the wake of a n.-cen t rampage
by the Nimda wom1,a "rogue" com puter wom1 that infilt rn tcd servers on

C

campusSept.18andslowcd lnlernet
traffic to a virtual standstill.
Although th e in fect('d st•rv~rs
have been deaned and brought up
to the latest pa tch levels--software
bug ftxes intended to "patch .. the

holes in the system exploited b)' the
wonn-and anti-virw. deftnitions

have been published that stop the
spreact of imda, CIT continues to
see the wonn erupt o n the network
from com p uters that have no t been
cleaned a n d pa tch ed , said Rick
Lesniak, director of. Academ ic Ser-

vices for CIT. "The real I)' big ques tio n is. who's looking after aJI the
studen t computers?" Lesniak askt•d .
He ca lled the imda worm "a
rogue computer program writt t·n bv
an In ternet terrorist, or network of
crackers." The program, he said, 1s
intended to take advantage of several
Microsoft ~ftwarr vulnerabilitiQO "to
spread itsdi COpiously on the Internet
and to infest vulnerable systems."
The wonn i.:. pnmari ly a1med at
Microsoft Host Wd&gt; servers that art'
open to certoun vulncrabiht1cs,
Lesmak said. TIH· worm does not
affect co m puters that do not use
Microsoft operating systems or soft \\'a re. such as Macintosh. Lmu.x or

R._'&lt;f, primarily because 9f its
multifacet ed niodes of attackmass emailing, taking advan tage of
vulnerabilities in Microsoft Host
Web servers (Internet Information

Umx.. Howt"Ver, mort:' than 90 percent of computers on campus arc
M..icrosoft OS compult:'rs. he said.
~rvers that were at the latest patch
lt'Vcls were immune to the worm, he

Code

sa~d,

Server or liS ) and modifying system
initialization files to allow for anony-

but those below those lewis became hosts to a mass-mailing barrage
with an attachmcnt"README.EXE"
that was invisible to recipients. Once
the mail was read by the in nocen t
user--or even previewed in Outlook
and Ou~ook Express---&lt;he program
attachment would gain access 10 the system, change
system files and possibly
open the C ciJi,as a network share-available fo r

mous access., he said.
Lesn iak said that the worm was
detected in a vulnerable server at UB

atabout9a.m.on~dwithin

hours more than 20-servers~e in-

fected and spewing email
out to innocent victims.

Additionally, people
reading email

were

spreading the virus_ So
by noo n , the campus

anonymous network use.
Vulnerabili t ies in
internet backbone
M ICroso
"
ft l ntemet ~=-=~~·_;:,~,.·~·.·~
'"' ~ ~ ~w:;.JO,jwas reaching sam~
Explorer also were s;;-....; •· .. - ·~-. ration and UB's
exploited.
connection to the
Lesniak nott.-d that although the
Internet was saturated.
"The net effect was a choked net tcmlSoften are Used in terchangeably
by the general public, there is a dif· wo rk where no data could pass," he
said "Since UBalready has high level
ft· rena· between a wonn and a virus.
A virus infects individual computers of Internet use, this problem caused
network stoppage."
hy attaching itself to programs and

data files, replicating itself on a hard
dJSk dnve and then daniaging fib
and caus mg system havoc, he ex plamcd. A wonn. on the other hand,
1.~ dt"Signed to infest a network of
~..omputers. moving from computer
to compu tcr within a network and
domg damJge along the \o\'&lt;ly. Nimda
IS by definitio n a worm, but it has a
vtru.s component in which it attaches

Lesniak said that as soon as CIT
knew of the virus/worm, it alerted
system administrators to remove
their computers from the network

and shut th&lt;m down-"literally, pull
the netWOrk plug to prevent further
infection through the internet"
Once the worm was contained for
the majority of infected servers.
CIT's next step was to identify it.

otsclf 10 files to do damage, he said.

Lesniak explained

In fad , the Nim da worm is more
v1ruJentthat other viruses that have
hcen circula ting recently, such as

Since UB's internet con nection
was jammed-an d access to Web
sites fo r companies that identify and

\

provide remediation for worms and
v1ruses, s uch as Symantec and

McAfee. was unavailable-OT staff
pftoned coUeagues at those companies and at other universities to as sess the nature of the NIMDA
worm . By la te evening, Symantec

had published some recommendations for how to remediate the worm
and began to sen d out virus defini tion files for anti-virus programs to
-prevent infection , he said.
Two steps were required to

remedial&lt; each computer, Usr!iak
said: bring the vulnerable software up
to latest patch levds to plug the holes
exploited by the worm, and then to
scan and disinkct the computer using anti-Virus programs with the latest virus definitions to either quarantine or eradicate the infected files.
He noted that VB hasasitelianse
for Norton Anti· Virus, published by
Symantec, that is available to down·
load and install on work and hoine
computers ... No one at UB should
have a computer linked to th e
Internet without this software,.. he

said, adding that it's also distributed
on the Tech Tools 2001 CD for students and faculty to usc.
l.c:sniak strtssed that VB romputer
users continue to be plagued by VI ruses and wonns on a rq;ular basiS.
"For example, today I had two at·
tempts to infect my system with the
SirCam Worm, both detected and
quarantined by the 'ort'On Anti-Vi rus software," he said . .. So, even

though Nimda may have passed,
many viruses/wonns continue. Vigilance is the onl)'4fOSWer."

�October 4.2111/Yi.:13. lo.&amp;

2001 SEFAcampaign.be.gins
Terrorist attacks provide additional context for fund-raising
.,. SUE WUETCHUI

how many ties ihere arc (in West·

6cultyaboorbinga 30 J."'"""'l increase
in their worldoads. Many United Way
~were in the same situation last
wed&lt;, McGtrthy added.
"Over and over again as camV:Ugn
chair, in these past few days! I've
beard business after business tell me
that they didn't know what to do,

RtpOrtrr Editor

&lt;m New York) to New York City and

LTHOUGH the official
theme of this year's Slate
Employees Federated
Appeal (SEFA) cam·
paign is"Rt:cipe for Succcss."the ter·
rorist anacks on the World Trade
Cmter and the l'enlagon provided
an additional context for those at·
tending the campaign's annual kickoff event on Sept. 20.
"As we begin our 200 I campaign
for SEFA. we all think back to last
Tuesday's events and the tragedy,"
Mary Gresham, vice president for
pub~c service and urban alfain, dean
of the Graduate School of Education
and 200 1 SEFA chair, told unitliai·
sons assembled in the Cmter for the
Arts Atrium. "One thing I would like

even to Wasbington, D.C.." she said.
Many other United Way agencies
volunteered their own counselors to
man Crisis Services' phone lines,
"which were Ughting up, and con·
tinueto Ught up," she said. "Daily we
~---~--~~--~ and United Way
age:ncks were there
to help; she said,
urging those who
do not know which
United Way agency

us all to think about. .. is that the
agencies rcpre;ented by the United
Wa)' are agencies that deal with tragedy and distress year round. And in-

McCarthy said
that sinf&lt; Sept. II,

A

to designate their
money to channel it
to the Community
Care Fund, which
provides money to
smaller. lesser·
known agencies.

she•s hetn hearing

people ask what they
can do to help. "I'm
here to tell all you
good people at the
Univmity at Bulfulo
that you were there

deed. this year in particular, they will
need our support much longer than
thiS week, or the end of the year be·
cause people will be grappling with
the resu1t;; for a long time.''
The liaisons-faculty and staff
members who volu ntrer to lead
campaign efforts in their individual

units-ga thered to pick up campaign material s and learn more
about how money raised during the
..::a mpaign makes a difference to lo..:alagencies and organizations suppaned by SEFA and the United Way.
UB's goal this year is $725.000.
The campaign raised $763.979 last
)'ear, more than $60,000 above the
goal of$700.000.
With the terrorist attacks para·
mount in everyone's minds, those
attending the kick ·off t.'vent heard
hm,• Un.ited Way agencies a rc rc·
sponding to suppon those affectl-d
by the tragedies.
Katherine N. Lwebuga · Mukasa,
associate director of Crisis Services,
noted that her agency has been re·
sponding to Western New Yorkers
who have been directly •ffected by
the events of Sept. II. "We forget

to help: you were
receive calls fo r our trauma response
unit to respond to people who arc
unable to get out of their cars to go
into work beca~J.Se they're afraid to

go into a tall building.
.. I want you to remember, as you
dig deep this year, that the needs are

many." she told the liaisons. "' We
have the ongoi ng needs that our
agenci es provide for the people in
o ur community, but we have in·
creasing needs in terms of how we
as a nation begin to address this ter·
rible trauma that has affiided us."
Ann Mc'Canhy, chair of the 200 I
Buffulo and Erie County United Way

Campaign and &amp;rector of consumer
affai" for Wegn1ans. pointed out that
following the terrorist atlacks. Crisis
Serviq5 experienced a 30 percent in·
crease in the nwnber of calls it usu ·
ally receives. and that moot organiza·
lions and businesses would ~ dif.

there to help last
week by vinueof the tremendoussuppon that you as an organization, and
that you as individuals. haY&lt; givplto
the United Way and SEFA campaigns
over the years.•
President William R. Greinerech·
oed McCanhy's remarks about UB's
support to the Unjted Way cam ·
paign, noting that the universit y
leads Erie County and Western New
York in tcnns of its contributions to

the SEFA campaign. UB has the
most leadership givers-161 last
year-among all institutions in
Western New York, is the Jargt.·st
employer·dormr in terms of the to·
tal contributions of its employt."eS.
contributes 38 percent of the SUNY
SEFA campaign, and represents 8
percent of the staj.ewide SEFA cam·
paign, Greiner sajd

"That's what I call leadership from
a leader.;hip institu~oh;' he said.

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PSS to present video series
" How to Listen and Double Your Influence" will be the first pre·
sen tation in the Fall 200 I Brown Bag Video SeriC'S sponsored by the
Professional Staff Senate and its Development Committee.
All presentations in the series will be held at noon at both North
and South Campus sites. The se ne~ 1s co·Sponsored by the Lead er·
ship Development Cen ter.
" How to Listen" will be ~eldon Tucsdar 1n lOOAllen Haii,South Cam ·
pus. and repeated on Oct. I I in 330 Student Union. Nonh Campus.
The 20· minutc video will g1ve simple straightforward lip!'&gt; on h O\~'
to be a better listener.
The second presentation 111 the senes, " Leading on the Crt.'at iVt"
Edge ," will be held on Nov. I in 100 Allen Hall and repea ted on No\ .
6 in 330 Student Union.
This 70·minutc video will show ,;C\'\·ers how to become more ere·
ative and lead theirgroup/o rgani1.ati&lt;m in better and more creative ways.
The final installment i
e series, .. No· Drainers: The Video Guid es

to Life in Public Speaking," will

eldon Nov. 27 in I 00 Allen Hall

and repeated on Nov. 29 in 330 Stu nt Unid'n.
This one· hour video guide will help ease participants' anxiety and
walk them through the fundamentals of public speaking.
Anyone interested in attending should call thr PSS office at 645·
2003 or emai l the office at psscnate@acsu.buffalo.cdu.

Utopian scholars to meet
For thous..nd.s of yean, many of humankind's most brilliant think ·
ers from fields as varied as social philosophy, engineering, art and
science fiction have described "utopias" -visionary societi es whose
inhabitants live in what appear to be perfect conditions. They also
have constructed imaginative "dystop ias" or .. anti-utopias,.. -lmagl ·
nary places in which people live dehumanized, often fearful live!'&gt; .
Many of these idealized and de · idealized.reaJms will be under dt s·
cussio n this weekend when the Society for Utopian Studlell, an m·
ternational , interdisciplinary association devoted to the study ol
utopianism in all its forms, will hold ti S .26th annual mceung m th l·
Hyatt Rcgeney Hotel.
The conference will be (O·Sf&gt;Onsored by the School of :\n.hth."l
turt• and Planning; Lynda Schneckloth, professor of archttt"cture.lll
one of the conferenc e o rganizers . For informati on, co nta ct

Schneeldoth at 883· 4075.

Living Room
Members of the Eager Artists theater group perfonn in the home of Aenid Wright during a
perfonnance last week of The Living Room Project. The group will conclude its four-week
stay at UB with a performance at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Mainstoge in the CFA.

The conference will open at 7 p.m. today with a presentati on b'
Michael Friss;h, professor of history and a senior research scholar Jt
US. His talk, ..An lnsufficient.Jy Utopian Moment," will reflect upon
Buffalo's Pan American Exposition's centen n iaJ celebratiOn and thl·
imaginative uses to which we put history.
SevcraJ other UB faculty members. mduding Bottie Ott and Beth
Tauke, bo th associate professors of architecture, will partiCipate m
sessio ns .

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Ombudsman Office: 645 6154 , Dir&lt;ctor of Athutics:

o,

645-3954

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~B !nnual Secu-

rit y Report is
available to all
current UB students and em -

ployees and

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all prospective

UB students and employees
upon request.
The Annual Security Re port includes:
• Statistics on the number
of on -campus murders, rapes.

Bi5sc11Hall,
or by telephone
(7 16) 645-2230.

This report focuses on university programs, properties
and facilities owned or conlroUed by !he university. UB
has campuses located within
!he City of Buffalo and Town
of Amherst, and each munki·

•

Please nOO: that victims and
witnesses may report a oime
on a wlunwy and oonlidential basis by filing either a
proxy report or a Silent Witness report. Without oompromising !he victim's oonlidentiality, a proxy report can alert
!he campus to !he lilc! !hat an
incident hasocrurred,andcan
assist University Polia in det&lt;cting pattml.S (and prevenling future assaults).
Proxy reports may be filed
online at &lt;www. ubJud -

• Po h tte~ regarding scc uruv. ,lCCt.''' tn ca mpu s resi.1ntl o ther facilitics,J.nd

Jt'llLl~

&lt;.. .lmpus \.n.. enfo rcement
• Pron.·dure~ for reporting
~.. nm es &lt;Inti other eme rgenctC5
• Info rmatio n on ca mpus

'il.'xual a.s.\a uh and rape awarene~ programs. procedures to

gra ms informing the ca mpw.
community abou t alcoho l and
J rug a bu ~· educa tion . crime
preven tion and campus sec u ri ty prac ti (t.'~
Unive rsit y at Buffalo insti tutional data i~ ~v3ilable at the
U.S. Department of Education Office o f Post -Secondary
Education Web site at &lt;http:/
/ www.ope .ed .gov / secu rlty &gt; and the Unii'ersity at

Buffalo Department of Public Safety Web site a! &lt;http:/
/ www.student-•ff•ln.buffalo .edu/pubHc-saf~.

This report is fil ed

as re-

quired by !he federal "Crime
Awareness and Campus Security Act," (hereafter referred 10
as the Campus Safety Acl )
which was last amended in
1998. The purpose of !his re-

port is 10 provide our farulty,
staff and students with campus safety information, in cluding crime· statistics and
procedures to fo Uow to repon
a crime. The annual repon is
prepared by the Depanment
o f Public Safety and is elec tro ni ca ll y available a t
&lt; WWW . p u b l l c
s •fety.buff•lo .edu &gt;. Any
questions regarding this re
pmt should be directed to the..·
dirt.'Ctor of u mversitv J)("'lice, at

North Campu; (llisscll Hall )

Ca mpus (Cleme n! Hall )

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facilitate the repo rt ing. pre vention ami invc..-stigatiOI\ o f
criminal &lt;~Ctl\'itl es and to provide for prompt rcsponSt' to
o ther emergencies.
Member!&gt; o f the academic
i..Oillmunity and visitof'!) to the
Gtmpll.'i an- encouraged to re-

pon crimes to the department's
dispatcher from any campus
tdephone at 2222. Crimes and
emergencies also can be re poned by using one of the campus' 37 "blue ~ghl" telej&gt;hones,
one of 120 campus payphoncs
by dialing "2222, or one of the
17 donn entry phones, all of
which irnmedialllyoonnect !he
caller with Uni=sity Police's
disp&lt;lkher. This oilier operates
24 hours a day, seven days a
week, 365 days a y=, and dispakherpattolstofueandmedicaJ emergencies, and IO reports
of criminal activil)'.
Members of the ca mpus
community also ca n report
criminal incidents to the fol·
lowing offices, which will fa cilitate the reporting of crim e:

Office of Stude"' Life: b45 b 125, Office of Reside"'"' Life:
M S-2 174, Utiii'N'Sit)'Co uttsellrlg Q•r~ tt'T: 645·1720, Swdrr~t
Affmrs: tl4S -1981 . Srudrtl t
Hc·alth ( 'nJtn f(29 -.l316 .

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safety and general crime pre·
vention. Presentations are
made in !he resi&lt;lerxz halls.
at employoc and stpdeot orientation programs. campus
activity &amp;in and for campus
barpining units. To mak.earraogr:ments for a group pte·
~-,...,

mous submission of sus-

and a sub-station on the South

\IO I.JI IO O!'

"In- programs encourage
students and employees 10
sh= responsibility for their
own sa:urity and !he security
of other('- Included is a description of crime prevention
programs available on campus.l!niversity police officrrs

~UnM:r­

sity police officrrs oooduct a
series of campus programs
on topics related to laUal assault. sdf-defense, penooal

pec;l&lt;d criminal activity thai

&lt;rage. and ilk-gal drug&gt;
• A dt.·sc riptio n of pro -

..lrTl'Sl S for weapons possession
.\11d liqu or and drug abuse

· c._....-- ..........

ronductcrime prrimtioo and
awarmess progra!ns for !he
campus, moouraging membenof !heoommunity to take
responsibility for their own
safety.Theyprtsentsaklyvideos; distribute printed materials; discusssafetytopia with
Sludenl, faculty and staff
groups; publish safety alerts,
and participate in campuswi&lt;le safety &lt;Yt:Dts.
The campus has an active
crime pre.mtioo
safety:

Silent Witness is a program
!hal allows for !he anony-

fo llow when a sex offense oc..~..urs. diS\:tplinary act io n p rot.:cdurcs. cou nseling o pportu nitlc~ and no tifica tion to student s th at l 1B will make rea'o nahlc changes of J vict1m's
.lCadcm i&lt; and livm g situation
if the victim so choost•s
• Policlt.~ on lhe use.~­
Mon and sale of alcoholic bcv-

roblx•rics. aggravated assauJ ts,

...,_
rlty,__....,,._
t:mef1lCI1C)I-

lclary . buffalo . edu I
protocol.shtml&gt;.

occurs on either the Main
pality h as law enforcement Sttecl or Amherst campuses.
agencies and maintains crime A Silent Wilness report may
statistics. For informatiofi. on b e
filed
online
at
safcry and crime in the locaJ &lt;'WMip••cl')· . . . . .,
co mmunities, contact Uni - sHentwttness.shtmb.
versity Police. (Consult the · Current campus policies
" Living Off-Campus" bro - concerning security and • ·
chure produced by Co m - cess to campus t.dlltles .nd
muter Se rvi ces · Office of re:sldence halls, and security
conskleraUons In the main·
Stude nt Ac tivities a nd th e
tenance of campus f.cllltJes
Personal Safety Commince ).
T~mpus has a Perwnal
The Uni ve rs it y is co nSafety Comminee that con Cl"rned .1bo ut crime in the
ducts facililies audits from a
..:o mmun iry and works with
safety perspective and iden local law enfo rcement agen tifies and corrects deficien ·
Cies m the investigati o n of
cies. Ca mpu s co mmunit y
c rimes and promotion of
members with security con·
sa fet y-awa reness programs
cems should contact Univeraimed at reducing inciden ts.
sity Police directly.
Cuf'l"ertt c:ampw polkles reMost C.."Ullpus facilities are
!l"f''lng procedures- fadillies for reporting criminal open to the public under exist·
ing can1pus polides, wilh !he
Ktlons and other emergencies occurring on campus. as
exception of residence areas,
well as the lnstttutlon's rewhjch are limited to residents
sponse to wch reports
and gues!S. All residential CX!eThe Universiry Police is the ri or doors a re co ntroll ed
university's law enforcemen t through a card access system.
.1gcncy, with an office on the and rooms all.' -provided With

bu r g larit:s . motor ve hicle
thefts, bia~ - related crimes and

__
_
"'---of any criminal, medical or file

locks and door VJewcrs.
Cu r rent ca mpu s policie s
concerning
(I) law enfon:ement Mrthorttles' working rel•tlonshlp
with st •te and local polke
~nde.s

(II) the encour~ement of

•ccurate and prorn'pt r e·
porting of al_l crimes to University Polke and other appropriate pofke agencies

On Campus
In re-sidence ho/14
In or on a non&lt;ampus building/ property
On

--

oncampus
In residence ha/IJ
In o r on a non-campus building/property
On

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{i) University police offic·

ers have full police status and
the state authority to enforce
and investigate violations of

all Jaws and regulations. The
dq&gt;artmenl is in daily contact
with !he City of Buffalo and
Town of Ambers! polia: departmen!S, !he Erie County
Sheriff's Office, and !he New
York Stale Police. The department maintains 24-hour·a-

day rodio and teletype contact with area law enforcem en t agencies.

In pos!ers. media pub~cityand manybrochu':" (in( ii )

cluding "Safety Awareness,"

'"Living Off Ca mpus" and
" Preventing Acquaintance
Rape"), members of the campus community are directed
to dia112 22 from on -campw
phones, · 2121 from o n -cam pus payphones and 91 1 from
off-campus Inca Lions to report
cnml':S, ~ well a.s in tht~ c..·ve:n t

1. 1998 totals cfid not require the sepv.tte ~ng of inddrents in reWence hafls, fn or on a noncampw buSiding/ property, or on publk property.
Definitions to above:
Rtlidmu hoiiHncii.Jdes all re-sidence halls and ap.rtmenu owned and/or operated by the University
at Suffalo.
Non-&lt;amp&lt;H building/~These are Bethune Hall, Darwin Martin House, Andenon Callery,
Fli&lt;:kinger Apartments, the President's residence, Sutler Maruion, the RegMxlallnstitute on Addktk)n

and Baird Research Part..
On Public Propert)"-StreeU, Wewalks and partung loU adlacent to campus.
Main Stnet Campus (South Campus)
The following Buffalo streets border the campus: Main Street to P.ailey Avenue to Winspear Avenue
back to Main Streel.
AmiMnt Campus (North Campus)

The following Town of Amherst roadways border the campus: Millersport H~ghway to Maple Road to
Sweet H~ Road to Elltcott Creek bike path back to Millersport Highway.
2. The "On Campus" category includes all orH:ampus ind dents. 1ncluding those listed under " In
re1ideoce halb." These categories represent a duplication and are not cumulative. "
J . No occurences of hate crimes were reporte-d for tht- 1000 reporting penod in the categorieS hsted.

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sentation, contact UnMrsity Police
• enforcement of federal and the uni&gt;enity will arr&lt;:St and charge
the accused olfender on campus.
dir&lt;cdy.Information about Univ..-- staudruglaws
The campus complies with stau The accuser and the accused will
sity Pollee aiso is available on the
Internet at &lt;www.pultU (- laws regarding the pooseosioo, sale, have their legal rights maintained,
~.
and consumption af alcolu&lt;*and il- including the same right to have
The 1.lnMrsity at Buffiilo Pmooal legal drup.AII sludentsan: provided othen present during disciplinary
SafttyCommitt« proparesan annual with an annual Drug Free Schools hearings, and both will be informed
report on campus sorurityti&gt;c review. and Community Act rompliance of the outcome of any internal f'd
The task i'ortt,dlaired by the director statement, which details campus emmal proceedings.
• Students are informed that in
af uniw.rsitypolia,ronductsopm 10- policies, treatment and counseling
rums, distriJutrs printt:d infunnatiooJ. prosrams,and education dfurts. Fac- the &lt;Ymt ofa sexual assault, the unironductsbiannuallightingaudit&gt;and ulty and staff m&lt;mbers receive this ..,..;tywill impose maximum disciarranges for appropriate campus statemerutand the campus Drug Free plinary sanctions up to and includsafety-mat«! signOge. ·
Woriq&gt;lact Poliey.
ing dismissal from the university.
In addition, safety and security
For additional copies of these
programs for students are olfered by policies, contact Student Affilirs (542
Residence life and Student life of- · Capen Hall) or Personnel Services
fices. Residential students discuss (108 Crofts Hall).
safety issues at mandatory floor Cawnnt compun policy with re- - - ,.........,...
meetings and are provided with se- gonl to ....... . . UpM!rsityPollcepublishesa..,.(dy
curi ty-rela ted printed materials.
• Thellnivmityconductsanum- listing af ~on campus that deStudent Life conducts orientation beroftrainingandinfomuationpil&gt;- tails the cbte, time, "'¥lion, and ofprogramming on campus, which in- grams to familiarize fuculty, stairand fens&lt; afall campusaiminal incidents.
clude security infor mation in students with the procedures to fol- The listing is circulated to campus ofprinted student guidebooks, distri· low should a sexual assault occur. ficesandissun:unarized"""'"'dYinthe
bution of a personal safety brochure. Programs are conducted by Univer- student newspaper. The Spltmum.
a sexual assault prevention brochure sity Police, University Health SerUniversity Polia also maintains
and rdated presentations on these vices, University Residence Halls, the · a daily log of crimes and incidents
topics. The presentations are con - Offia of Student Activities, and by that occur on campus, which is
ducted by Student Activities, Uni- student groups including the Anti- available for the public to view. This
versity Police, and the University Rape Task Foret and the SexualitY information is recorded by date,
Counseling Center.
Education Center. Resident students time, general location and disposi ~pclicy-'*'!lthoiNri­ attend ~datory floor meetings 0').---"tion of the complainL This daily log
torilng- ........ t l - . g h thiS topuc, which also IS addressed m is available at the University Police,

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Local community law enforcement agencies arc encouraged to
monitor and respond to criminal
activities engaged in by olf-&lt;ampus
studmts and student organizations.
The campw participates in neighborhood advisory boards to moni·
tor student activity in the ara sur-

rounding the South Campus. Law
enforcement personnel and community leaders are invited to meet

annually with student organization
leadership, particularly the campus
fraternities and sororities.

Students are advised if they are
apprehended for a violation of a law,
it is the university's position not to
r~uest or agree to special consideration based ori student status. Stu-

dents who violate a iQCal ordinana
or any law risk the legal penalties
prescribed by civil authorities.
Description df any drug or alcohol abuse education programs and
current campw pOlicies on:

• possession, use and sale of a].
cobolic beverages
• enforcement of state underage

drinking laws
• possession, use and ~e of illegal drugs

Calendar

the univtrsi.ty's orientation sessions.
Info rma t ion co ncerning the

Bissell Hall , by contacting the
director's office {645-2230} during

university's sexual assault protocol

the business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Friday. 1
ln addition, University Police uses
the student newspaper, The Sp«rrum, telephone calls, posters (University Police alerts), and local me-

and preventio n arc available in a
number of university brochures,

which receive wide distribution on
campus. There also is a recorded
sexual assault information line (6453411 ) fur information on ·action..to
take ln the evmt of a sexual assault,
options in reporting {including

anonymous, confidential proxy and
Silent Witness reporting) and resoura:s available to a victim.
• The victim of a sexual assault is
notified of availaf&gt;le counseling.
mental health and other services,
botluoncampusandinthecommunity. He or she also is notified of the
importance of preserving Mdence
for proof of a criminal olfence.
• The university advises the victim of his or her rights to notify law
enforcement authorities and the
university's willingness to assist in
such a notification. University Po-

lice and the University Health Services will provide a Crisis Services
sexual assault .advocate for the victim and female officers are available
to assist at all times.
• Students are notified that victims
have the right to change their academic and living situations and·will
be assisted in doing so if they choose.
• If victims wish to press charges,

dia to communicate more urgent
security..information, and can pro·
vide bulletins to departments and
units on aime activity as warranted.

Pr!pored by:
otbd the 11a"Presidtnlrx Stu.dent Af.

00 arxl I.JrWmitt Policz in CIXr'fllana
MhlheFtdetiSb.lltntllight-«&gt;¥nowarxl

CcnJ&gt;u&gt;Sa:triyAd(Tilltn-cm.."""and CcnJ&gt;u&gt; S«triy). ll9/Z001

footllall
Cenlnl Hlchlpn 16, Ull I
Cemn!Michipn used • pincl-it-ou&lt;
ollenseandan~

defense to hold ell U8, t6-8.., •

Mid-American Conlerence game
S.&lt;unby ni(lut In U8 ScadO.wn.
Cemnl opened "" • 16-0 lead
In the tint IWf on ' l().yvd
touehdown run by Robbie Mixon
and dlnle field pis (+OJ and 19 ·
yanls) by Poulsmch.
Tho &amp;Is made a.,p ~
In the ina! mir1uc:a
ua·. Junior d&amp;fut end Chad

-

cau&amp;ltt. 32-y&gt;rd
pass from quatUri&gt;ad&lt;

-

Joe Freedy wid! 45 seconds left. and
""' two hool&lt;ed "" apln lor ""'
two-point cor'l'l'ei"Sio to cut the
score to 16-8. HoweYer, CMU'
~

UB's onslde kJck and ""'

out ""' clock lor ""' win.

pme r-esdueduled
o;...,... of Atl1iedcs Bob

ArTrry

· ·time af
CIWr the five~CIIIIIa N. •team,

the luis' ·s squad
placed Ralfl!l ln the se.oenteam event. Burrows has"
been the squad's '!JP finisher
in all three meets this season.

Ariceilpane has announced twO
cNnaes to""' Bulb' food&gt;all
schedule In ~ process of
resd!edul;ng the Army game.
pos1jiOned on Sept. IS due to the
tem&gt;rist atucks of Sept. I I .
The Bulb will ..-...1 to w..t Pomt to pby the Bbck Kni&amp;ltts of Army at I
p.m. on No&lt;.tO.UB's game wid! the lJniwf&gt;ity ofAkron.ori&amp;in&gt;Jiy set lor N&lt;W.
I0, has been re:sched\ded b" I p.m. Nov. 17 in UB Scadium.
Tockea lor the ori&amp;i"&gt;l d;uros of bod&gt; pmes will be honored on the
.-.scheduled datos. Questions rex;ornlng the .-.scheduled pmes can be do.-.cted ·
to the UB Tdzt Office at 64S-6666.

Bas~etoallWOMEN'S

Bulls on Academic Top 25 list
The - · basl&lt;ed:oall ...,., has been honored by the Women I Bul&lt;edooll
CoachesAssodatlon (WBCA) lor iu oademk perlomuance durin&amp; doe 200001 school ,....-.Wodo a tmm.,-.Oe-potnt.....,.. of3.22l.the Bulb, placed 23rn
on theWBCA's DMslon I Academic Top 25 Honor llol.
"This honor is a reftection o( our pbrers' comrnkrnent. not ;ust on the
basloa&lt;balt ccutt but In the classroom also," said tlolrd-joear head ccoch Cloeo-,.t
. Dozie&lt;: "The tremendous IUf'I'O" JYSU"i".,.. to..e henou UB put our SbJdentathletes in a position to be: successful. and their ~ vr.orlc and dedicadon dton
made tloot a reality. I'm '"'1' proud of our end.-. team lor lUa2lning a hill' """"
o( academic success."

Soccer
- ·s

Bowline Green I, Ull 0
Nlapra l , Ull 0

The men's soc::artam loa: a 1-0 CNerdme dec:is6on tD MAC rMI: ~ ~
on s..ndor a1u&lt;moon.Tho loss drops t1oe &amp;Is to J-4.1 -.11 and ().21n doe M.'.C.
~~'sTony Malik~ a shot from outside the top of doe booo
"'"'sipped """""' U8 ~ Brian 'Mmoioki hands wid14:t5 loft In the
to &amp;M the folcons tloeir lnt a&gt;nlorenc:e win of the season.
Tho S..lts bepn t h e - by losing. 3-Q..to Niapro In tooa.y ....,_

'"'"""""""period

WOMEN'S

Ull l, llall State 2
Mlami 4, UII I

"'""*""

Sophomore Robin Aporo scored wid! 3: 13 left In
t o p the UB
women's soccer team a 3-2 vktory O¥er Ball Sw:.e in MAC action on Sunday
afWnoon. The S..lb lmproYed to 5-5 own~\ and 4-2 In doe M.'.C.
The Bulls opened the --'&lt;end wid! a lou. Freshman 8telna Mejury scored
her second goal of the season In the 60tlo........., to pull U8 witloin a goal (l-1).
but that was the closest the S..lb would get u they dropped a 4-1 de&lt;isk&gt;&lt;&gt; to
Miami on fridly nlsht-

Volle~oall
Norttuem Illinois l, UB 0
Toledo l , UB 0
The Northern IU- Huskies proYed to be too .-.do lor U8 u they handed
the Bulb tloej, lounto confe.-.nce loud the seuon. 30-15, 30-25. J().ll.ln
DeKalb.Witlo the loss. UB's rect&gt;nl drops to 2-9"""""' and 0-4 In the M.'.C.
UB bepn the weekend by dropping quid&lt; pmes to the Toledo
Rodo:eu. 30-23.3().17. 3().23.

Lrnss count~
The men's 1f'ld W'Cin'W'I's Cf"OSSl-COU'"IO tmrrG "Nere In action ache Red fZh
--bySc.Fo-andsCCJie&amp;o.The&amp;ls_otoe,.,.,i~-27

points. The lJB ....,_,_ witlo 60 polna.pbad sooond In the__,, compedtion.

Iennis
WOMEN' S

UB competes In Nlke Fall Classic
The women's tennis team continued in ia 200 1..02 smson O'lef'" the~ .at
the Nib Fall Cluslc at 5&lt;. Bonavenw.-. ~- UB finished the tlo.-.e-&lt;by.
six-team flighted tou~ with a seconc:J...pbce doub4es win and t¥1'0 thirdplace siflgtes winners.

�8 Reporles October4.Z1101/Vij.33,1o.5

Thursday,
October

=

Helghu s.tety

~~~~

Women 's Soccer

=:t:&amp;r~~~

Free.

Main and Heath sts., Buffalo.

ActMtios aod tho Anti-Rap&lt; Ta&gt;l&lt;
Force. For more information,
Toby Shapiro, 6-IS-6125.

ETC Technology W...Uhops
Advanced Multimedia. 212

~~:~.~~mpus. NoonBk&gt;c:hemlstry Semi...,.
A Proteomk Analysis of

Anaerobk Pseudomonas

f~;;IP~~:-~o::!i'Quorum

~~~~~;;.~~=~f

Novel Drug Targets for Cystk
Fibrosis AJrways Disease.
Daniel Hanett. ~l Molecular
Genetics, BkK.hemtstry &amp;
Microbiolgy, Univ. Cincinnati.
C26 Farber, South Campus.
12:30 p.m. Free.

Wednacbys at 4 PLUS
Poans for the Millennium.
Jerome Rothef1befg. ~38
Clemens, North Campus.
12:30 p .m . Free. For more
informatK&gt;n, 64.5-3810.

Ufe w-.hop
Is This Going to be on the /

=~~~(e~~::
~
Norton, North Campus. 1-2

~~t=·t ~~~~by Office
Activit~ . For more

UB vs. Northern Illinois. RAC
F~ . North Campus. 4 p .m .

Women 's VolleyNI1

~: =~.;~-7~~~-"*
Free.

Men 's Soccer

UB vs. Marshall. RAC Ftekt,
North Campu5. 7 p.m . Free.

Saturday

6
Concert: lklff•lo Chips II
Royol Pitches

:s~~"':.df"'

Amertcon Rod Cn&gt;u. Tho 1l&lt;lt.llo
Chips and 1he Royal Pi1ches. Slee
. Hal. Nor1h Campus. 7:30p.m.

~=~~-:

~n~.~er
for~ Aru,
North Campus. 8 p.m . l 12,
!~~~ ~~~8 UB
1nformauon, 64.5-AATS.

p .m . Free.

Physics Colloquium
,..on-Perturblitlw Effects of
M~netk

Fiekts In Quantum
Reid Theories. VIVian de Ia
lncera, SUNY Fredonia. 422
Fronczak. North Campus. 3:30
p .m . Free.

Biological Sciences Seminar

~;::!::!~~:rn~=-

Paul Gollnkk. Dept. of
Biological Sciences. 225
Natural Scienc~ Complex..
North Campus. 3:4-5 p .m . Free

Rfth Annual Bonnie
....Hough Lectu"'
When 1&gt; Enough, Enough:
Helping Patlen" D&lt;dde about
~.

Pamela S. Hind' dV ..
Nunlng Resean:h. St jude

ll~llng\

pllK~

'

lor ('Vent:!. tak ing

on comptU or fCH"

off campu'

rv~nh

whert!

UB yruup) ore prindpal

'pornon U s-tlngt. arc due
no latl!:f" than noon on

the! Tb unday pre&lt;edlng

publkaUon. Ustlngs are

o nly o&lt;eeptt!d th rough the
e lectronic submlulon fonn
for

th~

online UB Calendar

of Evenh ol &lt;http:/ I

www.buffalo.edu /
calendar/ login &gt; Becau\e
o f s-pace limitations. not a ll
evenlt In th e ele&lt;:tronlc
c~ lt-nd ar

will h4.• lncfucicd
In the Ht'porh:r

Chidn!n's Hoopitll, Memphis.
Center for TOfTIOI'l"'N, North
Campus. 4:30p.m. free, but

reservations art"~~
calling 829-m~.t;::;;:;,; by

=u:~ms.~~-

Art bhlblt Opening
Reception
"fresh, not Pidded: UB Art
FiMldation.s." 84.5 Center for
tho Alb, NoM Campus. !&gt;-7
p.m . f .... Sponsored by Dept
of Art. For more infonnation,
ol Art. 6&lt;15-6878, ""l

\'lro.

Guftar-ca.rlnft-Rute
RodUI- L«ture

..

~ =-~ro.~r~~t~"
Sooth Campus. 7:30p.m .

~==~ ~F~a::~~

Sunday

7
Womt!JI '&amp; Soccer

~~":'"~Ca'm~'?:'~~C
free.

Women's Volleyb.&gt;U
UB vs. Miam i. Alumni Arena,
No rth Campus. 3 p .m . Free.

Monday

8
ETC Technology Wo&lt;l&lt;shop
8&lt;-.g a Cot.ne ln"BBodd&gt;oard
55, Part I. 212 Capon. NoM
c:ampu. Noon-2 p.m. - ·
ETC Technology Wo&lt;l&lt;shop
Web Design &amp; Architecture.
2 12 Capen, North Campus. 34:30 p .m . Free .

Tuesday

9
Blown a.g VIdeoHow to Usten and Double
Your Influence. 100 Al)en,
South Campus. Noon-1 p .m .
f..,.. Sporuored by Professional
Staff Senate and leaden:hip
~ment Center. For more
informaUon, 645-2003 .

Friday

ETC Todtnology - . h o p
lntn&gt;ductlon to HTML 212
Capen, North Campus. Noon- 1

5

HSI.-.hop
Basic MEDLINE. Stewart
Brower, Mrchelle lavote,

Science- Teaching

Conference
Second Annual Conference on

B,~~e:!~~e

Center, North Forest Road.
c.etz..,Re. 8 a.m. S17.5 IOf
students, S250 tor aR othen

~~~~~~~~:cw
FOf more tnf(')l'trlatJon. Nancy
Schdler. 64.5-1947. ext 225

p .m .

Free.

ETC Todtnology - . h o p
Introduction to Photoshop,

~C:m~ ~}~~.;ae::
-.. ·sv~

UB vs. Colgate. Alumni Arena,
North Campus. 7 p.m . Free.

Wednesday

10

Architecture Lecture
Le tchworth Viii~: Assistrd
Uvlng Housing In • MultUevel
(a~ Community Oscar
Seamu ~ Traynor 1 02 (South
Lounge) Goodyear Hall, South

INS Wortuhop: The Boslcs.
Jennifer Cha.zen, intrmational
student advisor; El1on
Dussourd, dir., lnte'l'Ytional
Student and ~ Services;
Ro&gt;emary Meca. intomotional
5e.ho&amp;ar advisor, and MaN

-

f lame Synthesis of

~n:~sPratsrms,

Technology, ETH-Zurich,
Switzerland. 206 Fu~ North
C.mpus. 3:30p.m . Free.

Woclnesclays ot 4 PWS
jones Choir mnch Poetry

=~=~try

Jacques O.rns and Pasalle
Monnier. Scroenlog Room,
Center for the Arts, North
Umpus. 4 p.m. Free. For more
infonnation, 6-ls-3810.

-a.u
~~~~~V:,~onter
Campus. ~7: 30 p.sn. Free. For
more information, Niko&amp;aus
ICa.Opasas, 83+2335.

:::""~

Woc1nesc1aJs ot 4

PLUS
Beck, O.rras and Monnier. In

~~=~~
~:t ~~=-s~Jra~k.

DePaul Univ. Center fOf
Tomorrow, NoM Campus. 8:1S11 :30 a.m. S60. Sponso&lt;ed by
Western New Yori&lt; Tochnology

Campus. 6 p.m. Free. For ITIOf'e

Oevetopment Cente.-. For more
information, 6~3626.

Ufe

1SUw-.hop
Applying for a G.- Card:
Outsbndlng _
,

N ikola~. U8LMng
Well Cente.-. ~tudent

Professor Potltions and

Adjustmont o f - Maria

~~~~:00..,,

Monnier. 930 Clemens, North

information, 645· 3810 .

Wortuhofi

In~~ to

MeditltJon.

Ufe-.hop

~~~i~!,e:!,":a•:7so

Student Union, North Campus.

Noon-1 p .m .

f..,.. Sporuor.d

by Offke of Student Unions &amp;
Activities. For~
Information, 64..5--6125.

ETC Todtnology - . h o p
lntroductJon to Rash. 21 2
Capen, North Campus. Noon--2
p .m . Free.

ETC Todtnology - . h o p
Photoshop for the Web. 212

Capen, North Campus. 2--4
Cognitive Science L.octu...
Mops, Gaps and Trop~
Metophon for UndenUonding
Consdousneu. Rot&gt;ort Van

~~k~~'iv~2~~Jortt,

6mpus. 2-4 p .m . Free. For
more information, Heike jones,
6&lt;15-3794.

HSL Workshop
Advanced MEDLIN£. Stewart
Brower, Renee Bush, Health
Sctences library. Medta
lnstructton Room, Health

:=::.~~~

Scholor SeMces. fa more
information. 64..5-2258.
Uh-.hop

~~~~;

Center. 1040 Norton, North
Campus. 1-2 p .m . f&lt;oe.

~~of~=

infonnation,

6&lt;1~125 .

ETC T-...a.g,-....,.
~:=-~A,
(Mnpus. 2--4 p.m. Free.

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The- of S a l e s , - and

~~.........

Assessne1t. C h i s -.
Dept. ol Geognlphy. 216 Nanni
Sciencos CompieJ&lt;. Nor1h
Campus. 3:3().5 p .m. f ....
Sponso&lt;ed by Maurie• Crook
and Onln foster..-,.,...

=~o.r:-c:.

Physics CcllloqWum
Tunr.g...p o Quoslaystal. julian

~.~""'"''="~

~~~~ byOff~-:J·m.

Campus. 3:30p.m. free.

Student Unions and ActMtie.
For more information, Nikolaus
Karapasas at 834-2335.

lllologluiSdoncu-

and Schola&lt; SeMces. 31 Capon.
Nor1h
Campus.
,._,, - ·
Sponso&lt;ed
by lntomational
Student and Schola&lt; SeMces. fa
rn&lt;n information, 6&lt;1S-22S8.

Roscigliono, ifT&gt;aU9r•tion
speci.Jiist, lntomotional Student
and Scholor S&lt;Mc:es. 148
Oiofendorf, South Campu&gt;.

Buddhist Medn.tJon. Nikolaus

High RCNOd Business
Practkafor

p.m . Free .

Health Sctenees Ubrary. Med'a
InstructiOn Room, Health
Sciences L1brary, Abbott Hall,
South Campus. 2-3 p.m . Free.
For more information, Stewart
Brower. 829- 3900. ext. 11 3

sss-...op

ChomkollnglnHring

For more information, Michael
M. Metzger, 829-2271 .

s.s.

UfeWCHfuhop

Office of Student Unions and
ActMUes. For more
information, 64.5--612.5 .

~~~Uncenter.

ETC Technology - . h o p
Introduction to BLackboArd
212 Capon, North
Campus. Noon-2 p.m . Frft.

A.cademk Success for the

~~~e!,~:
~~-~: ~~~s

510.3097 .

-.leal
Eager Artiru Thealn!
Com~ in ~opple.

Information, 6-4.5-612.5 .

ETC Todtnology Wottuhops
Photoshop: Loyen, Section A,
Part II . iMedia staff . 212
Capen, No rth Umpus. 2-4

Scioncos libr&gt;ry, Abbott Hall,
South Campus. 2-3 p .m . Free
For more information, Stew-an
Brower, 829-3900, ext 11 3

~:..:~

and fun&lt;tion&gt; Shoo-Wei Ding.

Thursday

II
Deportmont of Onl

::r.;uc~
A Cohort Study of Dontol Xroys ~In. P..tlotrlc
Populotlon. Yoly A Gonzolez,

=-~~SofSq~r_
South Campus. 8 a.m. f&lt;oe.

S...lor

Alumni"""'"""

Pon-""-'an bpositlon of
1901 . Kerty S. Grant. vice
provost tor ac.ademic ilffaiD etnd
dean of the Graduate School.
Center f01 Tomorrow, l'b1h
C•mpus. Noon-2 p.m . S1S.

~';';!,~.::.,,
I~

Schwondler, 829-2608.

Blown a.g VIdeo Series
How to Listen .-ld Doub6e Your
~ 3:30 Student lklion.
Nor1h Campus. Noon-1 p.m
f .... Sponso&lt;ed by Pmlessoonal
St61S&lt;natoand~

OeYelopment Center. For more
rnformation, 64.5--2003

~~!t~·~Nattnl Sciences CompieJ&lt;.

~""""~~;;~.
6-IS-3488.
lluffolo Logic~

~~~Dept.
D.wid

~chcod,

ol

~~~~
5:30p.m . f,... Sporuor.d by
Buffalo Logic Colloquium. For
more information, john
Cc:wccnn, 881 -1640 or 64S2444, ext 119.

Lifo - . h o p
Homophobia: I' m Ok. You're
OK. Chril Spicer, eduator,
Planned Parenthood of Buffak:l
and Erie Co. 1451 Student
Union, North Campus. 6-7:30

~~t!:t ~by Otfice
Activities. For men
infOtTY"lation, 64.5-6125

R-.g/ Locturo: Vletnom
C•tflsh and Mondolo: A 2-

~~~~fthe

V.em.m . Anctrew X. Pham.

Sc~ing Room, Center for t~
Att.s. North Campus 7:30 p .m

Conu.-d_,.....,

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Q&amp;A: MicJulel Frisch offers his

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(From left) Dance students
Teal Darkenwald, Angela
Franco and Heather
Dourtain attempt to
comfort each other at the
Remembrance Program for
victims of last week's
terrorist attacks, held Sept.
1 3 in the Center for the
Arts. For more photos and
President William R.
Greiner's remarks at the
service, see page 4.

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UB impt6ves research performance
University ofFlorida stUdy places UB ~thin top 26-50 research universities
aY SUE WUIETctllll
RtpOttl't Editor

T

He university ranks
""""''!thetop26-50public and private iesearch
universities in the country
in a new data-based report by a Univenity of Florida research center.
UB posted improvement in six of
theninemeasuresofperformance
for which accurate and valid data
were available and that "rdlectquality or' research university ~rfor­
mance,.. according to ·rhe Top
American Research Universities,..
the annual report charting the comparative performance of research
institutions by TheCenter at the
University of florida.
The study does not produce a
single ranl&lt;ed list of the top institutions. the report says, because "the
differena separating these top universities is not sufficiently great to

justify making a single, rank-ordered list.•
UB Provost Eliz.abet.b D. Capaldi
noted that UB is"makingstrides in
our quest to become a world-class
university, as indicated by our im -

mana on the nine measures. Major research universities were defined as those with more than S20
million in annual federal research
expenditures iri 1999.
the measures are total research

provernerll

expenditures; fedaaJ research expen-

"We are especiallY pleased by our
gains in total research expenditures
and federal research cxpenditures-

ditures; endowment as&amp;ets; annual
giving; the number of faculty m&lt;mbers in the National Academieo-tbe
National Academy of Sciences, .the
National Academy of Enginemng
and the Institutes of Medicine; faculty awards; the number of docloral
degr= awarded; the number of

criticaJ indicators of competitive·
ness for a major research univer·
siry--as well as improvements in
private support, faculty quality and
advanced training."
In compiling the report-d&lt;ll&lt;'loped as an alternative to what many
in the academic community am·
sider to be the Hawed rankings of
colleges and univerSities by such
entities as U.S. News and World&amp;pon-resean:hen at TheCctter categorized major research universities
into groups based on their perfor-

postdoctoral appointees, and the SAT
scores of entering freshmen.
Institutions in the top group rank
among the nation's top 25 institutions on all nine measures. 'Those in
the seamd group rank in the top 25
on eight measures, and so on. A
similar methodology was used to
categorize institutions that ranl&lt;ed

26-SO. on the same nine measures.
UB scored in the 26-50 range on
three of the nine measures of perforrnancc. total research expenditures. with a national rank of 50, up
from last year's rank of 53; faculty
awards, with a natioml rank of 39,
up from 50 last year, and number of
doctorates 3ward.ed, with a national
rank of 40, up from 471ast year.
Alth6ugh not scoring in the 2650 range, UB posted improvmJent
in its national ranking on three
other mea.sures. The university increased its ranking on federal research expenditures (up to 59 from
64 last year), annual giving (up to
148 from 207 last yea r ) and
pnslCioctoral appointees (up to 52
from 55 last year).
When compared only to other
public research institutions--its
contrOl rank-UB scored·in the top
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McDonough to head Development
aY SUE WUIETCIIU
RlpO(!.,. Edit.o&lt;

B

UFFAW native Jennifer
A. McDonough , vice

president for development

and alumni relations at

the U~tyofVermont, has been
appointed vice president for development and 3Jumni relations at UB.

McDonough's appointmen~ made
by President Wtlliam R. Greiner, will
be effective in mid-November.
• ""Vice President McDonough's
fundraising and management experience will be a treme.ndow asset to
o ur university as We contin ue 10
progress
towa rd
ou r
groundbreaking S250 million goal
for 'The Campaign for UB: Generation to Generation:" Greiner said in
a memo to the university communit y an nouncing McDonough's ap pointment. " Her experience in
.tlumni relations and the va lue sht'

places on the
effective role
of alumni in
UB's future
will further
strengthen

·our current
program. All
told, she has
nearly
20
yean o( &lt;:&lt;perience in the field~
"She also places a high premium
on building strong partnerships
within the academic community,
induding deans, faculty and student
leaders," he continued. "Her a ppointment, in tandem with the suc·
cessfu1 completion of the Campaign
fo r UB. signals a new era for unive r·
sity de\'clopment and alumni rela tionsfor o uruniversity.
"Vice President McDonough's
knowledge. management experi·
cncc, a nd exp ertise in d~\'el oping

and implementing univenity devdopment and alumni relations strategies will serve our interests~ in
~yean ahead-! am confident she
will usher in a brand new chapter
ofachievm!entinthisregardatUB."

stitutions ofhigher education, both
public and private.
She has held positions as director of development at the Artparkl
Natura!HmtageTrustinL&lt;wiston,
the University of Massachusetts

As vice president for development

School of Management and St.

and alumni relations at the University of Vermont (UVM) ,
McDonough led a comprehensive
development program with a professionalstalf of74andannualbudget o~$5 million. Under her leadership, UVM incma.sed fundraising by
30 percent in the past 6scai year, and
she played a significant role in the
creation and jmplemcntation of a
new strategic plan for the university.
Prior to her UVM appointment ,
she worked fo r seve n yea rs as a
man agi ng associate fo r Bentz
Whaley Flessner, a Minneapolisbased -national co nsuhing firm .
where her practice cen tered on in -

Bonaventurt University,andwasdirectorofdevelopmentservicesand
prospectresearchforCa"nisiusCollege.
Born and raised i n Buffalo,
McDonough earned a bachelor's degrtot in arts education and a master's
degree in arts management, both
from Buffalo State College.
Before pursuing a career in philan·
thropy, she served as state ans edu cation consultant for the Ind iana
Department of Public lnstrud ion.
wasanin tem atthc JohnF.Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts and
W;b advertising dif'l'Ctor for the old
PlayhoUSe! Theater in BuffuJo.

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up to a point that has already been
reached. It helps us cope with the

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and to recall another moment of

little or no guidance now. And it
risks distracting w frOm the immense effort of rcflccti~n. imagination and reconnection required
if we-and others around the
world who have been suffering
from terrorism longer than and
with as much pain as we-are to
come together to exclude it.
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High Holidays this week, 111 be
praying for strength, undersianding and a widening serue
of human community in the

lates us from them, that sees our
mutual ·interdepe.ndence as the

face of our collective vulnerability. And I fed that as in all

source of our horrific vulnerability--411d the crucial resource for
our survival.

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fense Donald) Rumsfeld has said,
then I sense we desperately need ! lead us to more introspection, and
to imagine and construct a simi- to a community beyond those catlarly new 21st century patriotism, egories with the most immediate,
one that connects w to people reflexive appeal.
around the world rather than iso-

given courage to mQSI Americans.
This is impo rtan t, but if we face
some profoundly new 2J st century
type of"war," as Secretary {of De-

will

I would like to believe that together with people aroun?" the
world, we all are moving, raPidly,
through stages of comprehension,
digestion and, hopefully, under-

standing. We now confront a landscape that is in one sense profoundly altered. ln another sense,
we're walking around, dazed, in a
~ld that has been there for a
long time, filled with other walkers, but usually seen by Americans
only from the height of our own
twin towers of privilege and safety. 1
Timothy McVeigh was one of" us,"
lasl Tuesday's murderers were evidently "others..-somehow,l pray
that this unwanted, sustained con-

frontation with the face of evil will

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By trying to avoid falling into
questions like this. Does it help
us to ask what kind of Christian
Hitler was? Or Timothy McVeigh?
Is it helpful to invoke a community of"various groups"tbat links
aU pro-life activists to the assassin
of Barnett Slepian? One poten-

tially great cost of our naming this
a "war" is the loss of our capacity
to name and marginalize terrorism as such-and to join in a

worldwide effort to exclude it
from any spectrum of politics, religion or human community.
Wlult do you think Is the most
lm~t thing to keep In
mind ., we try to cope with
the - t s of recent d.ys7

We're all of us over the edge, in
uncharted territory. It's humbling
and terrifying. and I'm impatient
with anyone presuming to monitor or prescribe what anyone else

should think or feel, at least ini-

religions, humility in the face
of terror is a pretty good plaa
to start. I was listening to a fa.
verite old record reandy, and
the foUowing verse from one

song has been coming back to
me, insistently, all this week. It
has, for me, goni:n closer than
anything else I've read or heard
to the core of this dark passage.
I' m finding it important to
touch this fear, since it is what
we aU share, around the world.
And this realization helps me
imagine reaching for ways in
which we can, together, move
through and beyond terror.
"D&lt;ar little animal dark-eyed
and small

Caringfor yowr fur with pointed
paws
This hawk of truth is swift and
flies with a still cry
A smallsweetm&lt;at to the ey&lt;J of

night" •
_.obln WIUI•mson, •Mayo "

Parents' attitudes affect kids' interest in -math
Karwan says their bad attitudes can unwittingly "help" kids pr:rjorm poorly

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By

~

COOlDIIAUM

Contributing Editor

HE alarming shortage of
engineers throughout the
U.S. has spurred numerous proposals on teacher
training, curriculum and special programs, all geared toward boosting the
sagging interest of American schoolchildren in science and mathematics.
But one of the most important
factors in shaping the in terest of

children in science and math-the
attirudes of their pa=~is rarely
mentioned, according to Mark H.
Karwan, and they play a large and

Only 5.4 percent \If the bachelor's
degrees awarded in the United States

have to continue, he added. unless
American parents start to change

art in engineering, compared to
Russia and Japan, for example,
where the figure is nearly 20 percenl
The global average is 13.8 percent.

the attirudes they ha.., toward math.
And that change has to start ear!y
in a child'slife.
Karwan said that nationalsrudies show that up until the fourth
grade, American srudents
can keep pace in math
with those in the rest
of the industrialized world, but

This shortfall in bomegrown engineers-as well as., in
America ns trained in
computer programming and other

fields requiring a
foundation in
mat h ematicshas major implications for the nation's

ability to lead in
"In general, parents are no help innova ti on. To
with this," said Karwan, an indus: compensate for
trial engineer and dean ofthe School it, Congress in
of Engineering and Applied Sci- recent years
ences."All too often, I hear them say, . has gran ted
'Well it's okay if little John or Jane special visas
doesn't do well in math, I was no an nually to
good. at it either: That is a terrible mort than
100,000 forthing for parents to say."
Karwan is a member of th e eign work Cou ncil on Competitiveness and ers in these
t})e Engineering Deans CounciJ of fields that
the American Society of Engineer· allow them
sometimes detrimental role.

ing Education.

"Parents can't dictate what fields
their children should be interested
in," he stressed, "but if at too early an
age a child is allowed to dismiss math
and not to consider it imponant,
then that child is missing out on the

opportunity to go into a whole host
of some of the most rewarding and
lucrative careers in the world."

to work in
the United States.
"Some of the same people who

deplore the fuct that the governmen t
is allowing these foreign workers to

take jobs here in the U.S. don't realize that their own attitudes toward
science and math partly could be responsible." Karwan noted
But the special visa program will

proficiency stans

to decline between
the fourth and eighth
grades, and f~om
there it drops

further.
"Because
scirocc and

engineering
are such demanding

Fields
to
srudy in college , stu dents must

do at least
fairly weU in
these s ub -

jects during
high school if they want to even
consider pursuing them later o n,"
said Karwan.
He added that if by the time a chJd
gets to the eighth grade he or she has
decided that math is a "drag" and is
earning poor grades in the subject,

that child has pretty much eliminated
the possibility of ever becoming a

scientist or engineer.
"It's not that every kid should
grow up wanting to be an engineer,"
said Karwan, "but give your kid a
cha.nce. There should be equal opportunities for all our children. They
shoul~ have equal opportunities
to have rewanling. well-paying ca.-em; eventually, and many of these
happen to req~ su=Ss in math."
What. should parents do to get
their kids int=sted in math?
- Karwan said they might actMiy
begin encouraging their children to
practio:r math, in much the same way
many already~ their children to pr-actioe musical inslrumenft
"How many kids are encouraged .
to start playing an instrument in
the fourth grade?" he aslted. "It's because the parents actively encourage it, often despite resistanoe from
their child."
Karwan noted that while some
children do end up dropping out of
band or orchestra, many~·
which is why there are so many excellent high-school musical groups.
· Parents also need to take an active interest in their children's math
homework and review it with them,
not as drudgery, Karwan said, but
as something in Which they are
genuinely int=sted.
"QUJdren need to be encouraged
to work at math,.. said Karwan.

"Once they begin to do well in it,
they may stut to likt it and then they
will have mo~ c:a.reer opponunities
open to them."

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By SUIE .WUETCHU
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A

STRONAUT
Ellen
Shulman Balo:r, a 1974
graduate of UB, will receive a SUNY honorary
doctor of science degree at the
university1s seventh annual UniversityCorwocation, to be held at 3 p.m.
Oct. 4 in the Mainstage theater in
the Center for the Arts on the North
Campus.
The oonvocation, which will feature remarks from President William
R. Greiner, will honor and reoognize
members of the campus community
for outstanding achievement
Balo:r, who received a bachdor's
degree in geology from UB, was
named a civilian astronaut by NASA
in 1985. She has logged more than
686 hours and nearly 12 million
miles as a mission specialisron three
space shuttle voyages.
In each of these flights, Baker and
her flight partners achieved several
firsts, breaking new ground not only
in tenns of space exploration--on
Baker's second Adantis flight, the
crew we~:s the first group of astronauts to visit the Russian space sta.tion Mir-but as weU in the scien-

tific frontier.; of chemistry, biology,
physics and medicine. The crews
have made valuable contributions to

the study of crystal growth, fluid dynamics and combustion in a low-

gravity envi-

ron.ment.
As a physician specializing in intmtal
medicinesheeamed ber
medical defrom
gree
Cornell University-Baka- hasllevoted a significant portiOn ofber in-flight ..search
to examining the physiological effects of space travel.
As a UB student, BaUr acelled
in athletics, as well as in the classroom. A star swimmer, she became- as a freshman-the first UB
woman to place in a national collegiate athletic championship. That
achievement Jed to her induction
into the UB Alumni Association's
Athletic Hall of Fame u; 1994. That
same year, she served as the main
speaker at the commencement =emony for the Graduate SchooL
The UB oorwocation, which also
willf&lt;atureaper(onnancebypianists
Stephen and Fried. Manes, will open
'with an academic procession oomposed of marching faculty and staff
led by the chair of the Faculty Senate
(Michael Cohen), the chair of the
Professional Staff Senate (H.William
Coles Ill) and the platform party.
The ceremony will rea&gt;gllize UB's
newly named Distinguished Profes-

sors-Sebastian G. Ciancio, SUNY
Distinguished Servia Professor in
. the Department of Periodontics and
Endodonticsi Jam~s B. At:ieson,
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the School of Law, and
Roger W. Mayne, SUNY Di5tinguished Teaching Professor in the
Department of Mechanical and
Aerosj&gt;ace Engineering.
In addition.m:ipimtsofthe SUNY
Clwxdlors Awards will be hooored
Recipients of the Chancellor's
Award fOr Excellence in Teaching an.
K&lt;mpcr E: Lewis, assistant professor
of mechanical and aerospace enginecring; Mi(dza E. Neiders, professor of oral diagnostic,1&lt;iences, and
Athos Petrou, professor of physics.
Nancy Bren.Nuzzo, director of the
Music Library, is the recipient of the
Chancellor's Award for Exallence in
Librarianship.
Recipients of the Chancellor's
Award for Exallence in Professional
Service an. Josephine A. Capuana,
administrative director of the University Honors Program; Shelley
Frederick, assistant vice provost;
Albert "Budd" Tmnin.)ll!lid coach
of the men's swim tear!., and )ames
0. Whidock, associate director of
co mputing services, operational
support services.
Following-the ceremony, Greiner
and ProYOSt Elizabeth D. Caj&gt;aldi will
host a reception in the CFA Atrium.

FSEC discusses absence policy
By SUE WUETCHER
Reporter Editor

there, they will receive an " F" on the
exam, and an .. F.. in the course.
HE Faculty Senate Ex&lt;cu·"That seems to us to be anything
tive Committee has re- but appropriate," Baumer said.
turned a proposed Class
"At least what we'd like to have is
Absen ce Policy to its a clear warning up front that these
Grading Committee for further re- are the policies a course has," that
vision and simplification.
they.be included in a ':Vfitten syllaThe action, taken at the FSEC's bus, and absent ·that, "no faculty
Sept. 12 meeting, oomplies with a member can penalize a student for
request by William"Baumer, chair of failure to attend, including failure to
the Grading Committee and profes- participate in exams."
so r of philosophy, who said the
Dennis Malone, SUNY Distinmove could ad~ concerns about guished Service Professor of Electrithe policy rai5ed by senators at the cal Engineering. noted that an imMay Faculty Senate meeting.
portant Point in the issue is the
The senate did not vote on the pro- question of the syllabus. "That is
posal at that meeting due to a lack of senale policy and I think we should
a quorum. Howevtr, those in atn:n- enforce it ," he said.
dance debated the i5sue, somewhat
In other business, the FSEC also
oontentiou.sly, with manyinsi5tingthe asked the Grading Committee to
policy was too rigid about what an. review the senate's standards for reaconsidered "reasonable" absences.
sonable academic progress to a bacBaumer noted that there are oon- calaureate degree.
llicting sides to the issue. One side is
Baumer oullined for senators the
that the pdlicy should be simpler and history of the current policy used to
briefer. The other side, which he said review students' progress toward the
he and !1)0Sl members of the Grad- degree, which went into effect with
ing Committee a&amp;= with, i5 that the 2000-2001 academic year.
"there is no single and deceht underAccording to the policy, all
standingofwhatconstitutesareason- courses taken, including those with
able absence policy; and therefore it grade of"R" (resigned) or "I" (inis necessary to spell out aU the criteria. complete) are considered as courses
He said that committee member attempted, but not successfully.
Judith Adams-Volpe has revi5ed the completed, and are counted against
way in which some of the criteria are the to til number ofooursis students
stated, .. removing the enumerated · are required to have.
laundry list of faculty responstbilities,
For example, if a student has 30
and turning that i!Jto a briefer, but credit hours, he or she would have
fairly comprehensive paragraph."
been expected to have completed
The revision covers. Baumer said, s uccessfully 50 perce nt of the
" what we have been given to courses attempted. If a freshman
understand .. .are really ~rio us is- attempted 10 courses, but resigned
sues." For example, halfway through from five and had an incomplete in
the co urse an instructor announces the sixth, that student failed to comthere will be an exam on Sunday af- plete the requirement.
ternoon and if stude""re: :u·p nnl
" ~ the q••~tinn that came up

T

was, do we want to enforce rigidly-

the inclusion of both 'Rs' and 'Is' in
the courses-attempted count with
the understanding that they would
then oount as being not successfuUy
oompleted!" Baumer asked.
"The amcem was that if thi5 was
done, we would lose 500-600 undergraduates-about 5 percent-that
would be dismi5sed for unsatisfactory academic progress.•
Baumersaidbewasooncemedbecause the rule requiring these levels
of progress is relatively recrnt So students who began at UB in 1998 expecting to graduate in 2002 "would
have been under the impression for
at least two of the years ...that they
cop]d take 'Rs' in oourses with essentially no risk.
"And worse, they may well have
been advi5ed (by a faculty member)
to take a number of'Rs;" he said
Saunier noted that for this academic year, cou~ in which students have received "Rs" and "Is..
have not been included in the total
number of courses attempted.
But, he said, the policy should be
modified in the future.
"We're going to have to count the
'Rs.'lt can reasonably be argued that
the 'Is' are courses that are still undeterm ined , th~ t these are not ,
therefore, courses that ought to be
considered as not successfully completed," he said. "They should probab ly not be co unted eith er
way ... they're still open."
Charles Fourtner, professor of
biologica l sciences, urged that
courses in which st udents receive
" Rs" not be counted in th e total
number of courses attempted.
Fourtner called " Rs" "a powerful
advising tool" used by faculty members in the hard sciences.

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Clarksons endow second lectUrer
Th..,IU to • $40,gift from Buffalo civic leader William M.E.
Clarkson and his wife, Eliza~th (Nan) Clarkson, the School of Architecture and Planning i5 expanding its Clarkson Vtsiting Chair
program from one to two annual honorees.
The Clarksonsr who endowed tlfe first Clarkson Visiting Chair in
. 1989, wd that like the first gift, thi5 one will pay the honorarium
and fees of a guest lecturer nationally or internationally recognized
for his or her excellence in scholanhip and professional distinction
in architecture, planning or design.
The annual lectures have alternated between the disciplines of an:hitectun: and planning. The new gift will permit the architecture school to
sponsor two annual lectures, one in architecture and one in planning.
Recent Oarkson Chairs have included architecture critic Mark
Wigley; Michael Storper, a UCLA professor of regional and internationiU development; K. Michael Hayes of the Harvard School of Architecture, and Robert D. Yaro, noted urban and regional planner.
Canadian urban historian Alan Artibise, a specialist in urban planning and development, has been named the Fall 200 I Clarkson Vi5iting Chair. Director of the Public Policy Research Cente.r and E.
Des Lee Endowed Professor of Community·Policy at thdJniversity
of Missouri, Artibi5e will lecture at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 9 in 30 I Crosby
Hall, South Campus. Hi5 topic will be sustainable development in
the bi-nati~nal region that embraces southern Canada and the U.S.
The lecture will be free and open to the public.
ln connection with his ap~intment, Artibise will present classroom seminars for UB architecture and planning students.
Clarkson, an adjunct professor in the School of Architecture and
Planning, retired in 1983 from Graphic Controls, where he served
for 13 years as chairman and CEO.
Nan Clarkson, a trustee of the Irish Classical Theatre, has served
for many years as a trustee of the BuffaJo Museum of Science and as
chair of the Buffalo Arts Commission.
Their gift i5 part of UB's 5250 million "campaign.

CAS really cooks (for SEFA)
- - . , - . . _ for four, prepared by chemistry prof&lt;liSOr
Joseph Gardella and delivered to your door, sound! Or exploring Western New York for the "best cheap eats" with Associate Dean Peter Gold!
These culinary adventures will be among those up for grabs this
f~ll as the College of Arts and Sciences holds a "Culinary Raffle" to
benefit the SEFA campaign.
Tickets will be on sale today through Oct. 16. A drawing will be held
at noon Oct. 18 in the Student Union. Ticket are Sl each, or 6 for SS.
Among the IS fabulous prius to be ~warded:
• A private lunch with CAS Interim Dean Charles Stinger amid
the quiet elegance of the Dakota Grill
'
...• An Italian dinner-featuring six cheese lasagna-for four prepared and delivered to your door by associate dean, SEFA liaison
and chemistry professor Joseph Gardella
• An evening for two exploring the "Best Cheap Eats in WNY,"
guided by the legendary expert in inexpensive (and otherwise) cuisine Associate Dean Pet'er Gold
• A rustic winter picnic for four delivered to your office by Reine
Hau~r.of the Dean's Office
• A sushi lunch at Wegmans with Thomas Burkman, director of
the Asian Studies Program
• A Turkish feast for four prepared by Associate Dean Martha
Malamud and Don McGuire, director of student advisement services for the CAS
• A basket of DiCamiUo's cannoli and two tickets to a lecture by
Sarah Vowell, writer and social commentator, donated by Thomas
Burrows, director of the Center for the Arts
Prizes wilJ be arranged at the mutual conveni~nce of the donor
and the winner.
Winners need not be present at the drawing to collect their prius.
To support this worthy cause, call 645-2711 for ticket locations or
go to the booth in the Student Union lobby from noon to 2 p.m. on
Wednesday, Oct. 2 or Oct. II.

Teaching workshop offered

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A one-d•y workshop on Process EducationTM, an «lucational phi-

losophy focusing on improving students' learning skills, will be held
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 29 at Oswego State College.
The workshop i5 being offered through the SUNY Training Center.
The goal of the workshop is to introduce SUNY faculty', staff and
administrators to the Process EducationTM philosophy and provide
faculty development opportunities for improving teaching, learning, curriculum design and assessment processes.
The instructor will be Daniel K. Apple, the founder and president of
Pacific Crest, an educational consulting and publishing oompany. who
is regarded as one of the foremost experts on Process Education not.
For further information and to register for the workshop, go to
the SUNY Training Center Web site at &lt;www.tc.suny.edu &gt; and
dick on .. Register for Academic Classes ...
For further information ~bout Process EducationTN go to the Pacific Crest Web si te at &lt;www.pc:rest .com/deflne.htm&gt;.

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Greiner urges caution jnresponses
RESIDENT William R. diminishes me, btmuse I am irrvolv&lt;d
Greiner has a5ked stu- in rnankirul, and rhD-tfore ,_,.send
dents, faculty and staff to to /mowfor whom the bell tolls; it tollJ
continue to ~ue and pro- fur th«. ('Meditation xvu; Devotect UB's multi-ethnic and multi-re-tions Upon Emergent Occasions)
Tuesday, the wisdom of John
ligious oommunity in their pmonal
responses to last week's terrorist at- Donne was drMn home to us with
tad&lt;son the World Trade Center and numbing and awful effect.
Pentagon.
Oeariy, we Americans are not an
"We on this campus nlust be es- island entire to ourselves; ""are -r
pecially concerned about our re- much a part of the main. We now
sponses to this horror," he said at a sharewbatcitiunsofl!e!&amp;st, Tel Aviv,
Remembrance Program held SepL London, Sarajevo and Srebrtnica,
13 in the Center for the Arts and at- Rwanda and other plaas have expetended by more than 1,500 students riencxd as the result of sectarian or
and faculty and staff members.
ethnic or politically based terrorism.
"We are a community of learn·
In less global terms, all of us in
ers, heavily drawn from New York th~.S., but especially in New York.
State, but having great and broad .ha"" been directly assaulted by these
representation from around the vicious acts. We New Yorlcers have
world, and that even the more in our seen our inteUeaual, cultural and
New York citizenry. since We a~ so commercial capital brutally "f"
cosmopolitan in our makeup. ·
saulted. We at UBha""sbared in this
"We are much richer for being a loss-parents, relatives, friends of
multi-ethnic, multi-religious com- UB sttJdents, staff and faculty are
munity,.. Greiner noted. .. We must among the victims, as are many UB
treasure and protect that aspect of alumni. Our UB family has been
our community."
assaulted by this horror.
When the beU of sorrow and reThe foUOwing are Greiner's remarks at the memorial service:
m~ce toUs. it trulytoUs for all
"I begin with a selection from John of .is, for all of humankind.
What will we do about this! As a
Donn&lt;&gt;-16th century British scholar,
nation, we will first deal with the sufpublic servant and clergyman:
No mat1 is ar1 island, t11rirt of it- fering ofourcitizms, then we will tum
S&lt;/f; &lt;Vl&gt;T)'man is a pieaofthuonti- torestoringourwoundedcityandour
nrnt, a part of tire main. If a clod be wounded psydle. But very soon-inwasirednwaybytl~esea, Europe is the
deed aiJ:.ady--&lt;&gt;ur thoughts will tum
less, as well as if a promontory were, 10 pur&gt;uit of justice, of retribution, of
as well as ifa manor ofthy {rie11ds or revenge, for swdy anger is already
of thine ~ wue: at~y man'$ death seething among us.

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When I talked with students in the
Union on Tuescby,l said to many of
them, "This is your IUrl Harbor." I
am just bonlyold enough to remem~ IUrl Harbor. It wasanevil....,.,t,
but it ultimately led to some enormous good, though at botreodous
COOl- Thm it was simple to respond
to an act ofwar-nations made war,
we went to war with.other nations.
Now, it is not so simple. Now, our
wars are about cultun, religion, languase. ethnicity--&lt;ill roo1 causes of
past wars, but DOW detached from
identifiable nation states.
Pray for our leaders to ha"" the
wisdom to determine how ~ can
and should -...pond to these new re-

alities without doing great injustice
in our search for justia.
We on this campus must be especially concerned about our ~nses
to this honur. \Ve arc a oommunity
ofleamers, heavily drawn from New
York State, but having great and
broad representation from around
the world, and that even the more in
our-New York citizenry since we are
so cosmopolitan in our makrup. We
are much richer for being a multiethnic, multi-religious rommunity.
We must treasure and protect that
aspect of our oommunity.
The suspicion-and perhaps it
n\ay be fact-will b&lt; that these acts
of terror were oommitted by persons
from or connected to what is sometimes cilled the Islamic world. If that
be so. then know that these acts are
also a desecration of Islamic faith

and culture.
The great text of!Jiam, the Koran,
teaches that~ scnants o( the Beneficmt God are they who walk on
the eanb in humbleness, and whm
the ignor.lnt address them, they oay:
Peace" and "Peace is a word from a
merCiful God" (25.63 and 36..58)
We will and must seek justiao, and
that may lead to retribution, but ...
must also seek Peace as our ultimate
good, and we must not allow our anti"•our fear, our horror to cause us to
ISiign guilt byasoociation to tbo&amp;ewho
may share religious oc cultural oc ethnic&lt;Xlllll&lt;dions to whomever may-be
tho perpetraton o( these awful acts.
We are in a new of kind of war,
brought to us from nW,y causes and
requiring manyditlicuh and complex
responses. We are a part of the main;
we are and must be imdved in humankind. even as we deal with this
new kind of war. One of our greattst
leaders addressed similar concrms
near the end ofanArneri= Civil War.
In his second inaugural addrtss. Linooln provided a lelt1 to guide us:
With malice toward none; with

charity for all; with jirmn&lt;n in tht
right, as God giv&lt;J us to,.. the right,
let us strive on to finiJh tk work we
are in; to bind up the nation 's
wounds; Ui call! for him who shall
havt bornt the bottlt. and for his
widow, and 'his orphan-to do all
which may achie~ and cherish a
just. and a lasting peaa. among our-

se/v&lt;S, and with all nations.
--Salam, Shalom, Peace."

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7:30 p.m. 'll'ednesda)l. The&lt;e will
be a charge of ~~ lot Hallwals
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NPR chief to speak
Nallonal Public Radio President
Kevin kJose win discuss
Ameria's premier, non-profit.
news and wtturaJ radio-pre&gt; ..
grammlng servia! at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday In the Allen Han Theatn!
on the South campus. '
"A C~tlon with NPR

President Kevin Klose" wiH be
free ol chorge and open to tho
pYblic. ~ is presented ..,. WBfO
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Seeking.Comfort
About 1,500 members of the UB community gathered at a
memorial service on Sept. 1 3 in the Mainstage theater,
Center for the Arts, to try to cope with the terrorist attacks.
An unidentified student (above) seeks solace in the rear of
the theater. At right. students, faculty and staff line up in
the CFA Atrium to sign a memory book.

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2S on one measure: fuculty awards.
with a rank of22, up from 29last year.
The unn=il)• was in the toP 26-50
on six measures: tota1 research expenditures (rontrol rank of 32, up from
35 last year); federal research expenditures (rontrol rank of 35, up from
39); endowment assets (oontrol rank
of 26); National Academy mcmb&lt;n
(control rank of 50); doctorates
granted (rontrol rank of 27, up from

33last year),and postdoctoral appointees (control rankof29, up from 32).
UB """-~declines in both the national and rontrol ranking; on.only
tlu-l'e measures. Although the university posted an increase in its endowment assets from $438,002,000 in 1999
10$447,322,000 in 2000,other universities outpaced UB in their endowment growth,altlsing UB 10 slip in the
national ranking; from 85 to 95 and

in the rontrol ranking; from 24 to 26.
Moreover, while the number of
UB fuculty members who are National Academy member. remained
unchanged, other universities saw

increases in thrir memberships. resulting in a drop for UB's national
ranking from 81 to 83 and in its control ranking from 48 to 50.
In addition, the SAT scores ofUB's
en tering freshmen had decreased
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from a median score of 1120 in 1998
to 1110 in 1999. As a result, the
unn-.rsity's ranking on this measure
slipped from 344 to 3n nationally
and 76 to 86 in the control rankings.
Howev&lt;r, the SAT scores of UB
freshmen have improved in the succeeding years and the median score
climbed back to 1120 for 2000, acrording to the Officr of Institutional
Analysis.

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Fa®ty comment on attacks

UB faculty members offer perspectives to news media
As soon as the lm'Orist attada on the
World 'frade Center and the Pentagon occurred last week, the news
media was in bot pursuit of oxperts
to comment on the events. UB &amp;culty membendiscussed. wide""'8"
of topics, from America's shattered
smse ofsecurity to roping with grief.
UB's response to the situation as
a univ=ity was noted in USA Today and The Chronicle of Higher
Education.
Among those faculty mem~
v.urlting early with the local, national
and international media were Claude
Welch, SUNY Distinguish«! Service
Professor in the Department of Political Science, whooe interviews included Time magazine and on Voice
of America, and Beth Cohen, clinicalassistant professor and director of ·
the Psychological Services Center.
Samples of comments made by
UB faculty members to the media
included the foUowing items:

Attacks "wefl-exearted"

While many have called the·terrorist
attacks OJ! the World Trade Center
and the Pentagon "cowardly" acts,
l..awrence Cine, an instructor in the
Department of Political Science, descnbes them as"byfar the most brilliant,sopbisticat&lt;d and w&lt;ll-executfd
operations .. he has nn seen.
A military intdligenre offirer and
chief of the Middle East branch of the
. Pentagon until six years ago. Oine
says the attacks were "w&lt;ll-planned,
with excellent security" and "almost
unique in the amount of coordination required."
Cline notes that while Osama Bin
Laden and his group, Al-Qaida, certainlyare responsible for the attacks,
they likely were the result of a much
wider operation. In fact, bin Laden
probably-and deliber~ tel y­
doesn't kn ow himself how many
cells of his organization are ope:roting in the U.S. or elsewhere, he says.
"The way it works," he says, "is
that the word COhlts to them from

the main camp--say, 'let's see what
we can do in Africa: or 'let's do the
U.S. embassies'-then the cells plan
separate operations. As long as they
hit important, ~ igh -visibilitytargets,
they've succeeded. For those fight ing terrorist groups. it's an absolute
nightmare."
Shattered sense of security
As a result of the terrorist attacks,

America ns have bttll"'hit with a

"double shock." according to Paul
Senese, assistant professor of political science and an expert in inter·
national security and conflict pro' cess and American foreign policy.
"The attacks are shocking not
only because of the enormous loss
of life they'"" produred, but because
of how it was done and whtTr it was
done," Senese notes.
"Americans hiStorically have felt
insulated from disasters like this,

however: First, because we've never
experienred such an attack, and second, because we've alway's thought,
despite warnings to theoontrary, that
our security apparatus v.uuldn't let
anything like this happen." he says.
"So we've &lt;xperienred a double
shock. Not only has a monumental
disaster been perpetrat&lt;d by a foreiRn politicaJ group on American

soil, but it occurred completely
without warning. proving that our
sense of security has been bas&lt;d on
false assumptioris."
•

......dsoftheGoopds: 'l..oYe youren emits.' We instituted a Marshall Plan
that indud&lt;d the devastatfd nations
of our wartime enemies. Tod.JI,Germany and )apanarepowerful,d.mc.Rellglous certainty" key
- aaticand.-zfuloountries,andour
Pbilipo5-..,professorofanthro- friends and allies. Now we need to
pology and an eq&gt;ert on the anthro- declare a Manball Plan for the pOOr
~of ~says the power of and disinheritfd people ofthe world,
rdigious belie{ largely has been ig- an,d for the Earth itsdf."
nor&lt;d in discussions so far about the
motivation for suicide bombers.
Coping with grief
-Manycommentaton:havetalked FoUowing the terrorist attacks,
about the many and various reasons Americans "wiil I&gt;e looking at everyfor intense batted against the U.S., thing in their li- through a SCRCn
Stevens notes. "But this element- of apprehension," says Thomas T.
the incredible power of religious Frantz, associateprofessorofcounbelief. not 'belief,' a weak term, seling. school and educational psyrather 'certainty'-is what many chology. "That apPrehension may
analysts are missing."
fade in a oouple days, or it may last
According to one Afghan infor- a week" or longer.
mant featured on "60 Minutes"
•we all have a wbol( variety of
Monday night, "thm are countless problemswe'redealingwithalready,
Muslims ready right now to give so this grid and sadness will mal«
their lives for Allah's great cause," tho"' problems f&lt;el worse." says
Stevens says. "They v.uuld be bon- Frantz. "If you're not getting along
or&lt;d to be chooen, and when their with your wife, it will feel v.urse. If
bereaved families learned, they too you are v.urri&lt;d about a sick child,
would be honored and would be you will feel mor&lt; con"'rned."
Frantz, who has spent 25 years
granted eternal glory for their ~
ingsupport oftheirbravecomrades." v.urking in the areas of grief and bereavement, says that for families and
Bush hits right note as leader
friends of victims, the grief of losing
George W. Bush took a solid first a loved one will be similar to thd grief
step in improving his image as this . surrounding any sudden death.
country's leader when he stepped to
the microphone fast week to oom· A new fear of flying
men t on the terrorist attacks, ac· While the use of hijacked commercording to Ja mes R; Meindl, cial airliners by terrorists to attack
Carmichael Professor of Organiza- the World Trade Center and Pentation and Human Resources in the gon rttay leave many reluctant to
School of Management.
board an airplane, the issue is not
Bush's carefully crafted oomments abou! flying. says Gayle Beck, proto the American people have given the fessor of psychology.
presiden~s leadership persona a boost.
"This had nothing to do with fly"A person's ability to appear de- ing; it had to do with terrorism. This
cisiVe and in control in a crisis situ· was an incredlbly wel1·coordinated
ation is a majoroomponent of what act that circumvented nonnal secumakes him or her appear to be char- rity. The thing to be afraid of isn't
ismatic, or a good leader," says airplanes," says Beck, an expen in
Meindl, an expert in leadership. cha- panic and anxiety disorders and
risma and management styles.
post-traumatic problems.
He sal" that while Bush has done
"'Most everyone directly involved
an exreUent job so fur, he cautions that in this tragedy pettslied, but a subthe coming days will present numer· stantial nwnberof people witnessed
ous opportunities fa r Bush to this, and we know tha) these circumstwnble as a leader.
stances are ripe fields for post -trau"Right now, people's first instinct matic problems. There is a profound
is to get behind their leader, but soon feeling of unrest- This isn't justsituthey will want to see results of Bush's ated around flying. There is a genleadership; they'D want to see evi- eralized feeling that we're unsafe. It
dence of decisive action."
redefines our world and we're not
used to that definition."
"Marshall Plan" urged
The terrorists who used hij~cked Business may move to country
comml!l'cial airlinet'S' to attack the Busi nesses that in rece nt yea rs
World Trade Center and Pentagon flocked to upscale addresses in high"were using death and destruction rise buildings in 1aJge cities now may
to deliver a message," according to be looking for a place in the coun lames M. Lawter; associate profes- try foUowing the terrorist attack that
sor of philosophy.
destroyed the World Trade Center,
"They deliberately chose to attack according to Lawrence Southwick
the most visible symbols of Ameri- Jr.• associate professor of financt'
can we;tlth and military power; says and managerial economics.
Lawler, whose expertise is in social
• Information techn ology now
and political philosophy, "hoping makes it convenient for companies to
that the impoverished majority of be located anywhere and still stayoonmankind would applaud and rally nected with their industry and service
behind them."
their clientele,• Southwick says.
In response to the attack, he says,
He believes that the terrorist at .. we need to declare a 'Marshall tack will have only marginal effects
Plan' for the poor and disinherited on consumer confidence and th e
people of the world, and for the stock market. "The bigger threat to
Earth itself.
the health of the economy is the
"At the end of World War ll, the rippledfect that will result from the
United States did a great and gener- attack's impact on the ·airline and
ous thing, responding to the bard insura n~ industries," he says.

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15

The way America cares-:-

community by community

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11117, ......... - . founded the &lt;llarity Orpnizations Society, the first "Unitfd Way" organization that planned and CDOrdinatfd
local services and conducttd a single fund-raisingc:ampaign for i2 aw;ncies. The first United Way campaign in r::laMr raised $21 ,700.ln the
200().{)1 campaign, more than 1,853 Unitfd Ways across the country
raised $3.9I billion to helpsuP,port health and human sc:rviQ, agencies,
The Unit&lt;d Way of America &lt;http:/;- - . . , ..-.!&gt;
is the national service and training center that supports m&lt;mber Unitfd
Ways by helping them add value to the community and condUct oostdfective, donor-orientfd fund-raising to increase 6nancial resDUI'ClS.
Unitfd Ways across the country bring diverse people and resotJtCa together to address the most urgent issues facing their communities.
The UWA Web site contains the "United Way Community Impact
Agenda," which shows how the United Way is investing our dollars in
five major areas: helping children and youth sucaed, Slmlgtbening and
supporting families, promoting sdf-sufficiency, building vital and safe
· neighborhoods, and supporting vulnerable and aging populations.
United Ways' strategies include identifying ~ building on community strengths and assets, funding programs and initiatives, advocating
for public-policy changes and coUaborating with others in support of
th~ and relatfd issues every day.
The Unit&lt;d Way State of Caring Index &lt;www.unlt..tw•y.org/
st.hofartng/ &gt; is the latest in a long line of useful tools and resources
creatfd by the UWA for helping local Unitfd Ways and others improve
their communities. Updatfd annually, it analyzes social and economic
indicato" at the state and nationallevd.s in the areas of &lt;a&gt;nomic and
6nancial w&lt;ll-being, education, health, voluntarism/charity/civic engagement, safety, natural environment and other factors. You can find out
how New York rompares with other states and the nation by comparing
how social and economic w&lt;ll-being bas increased or decreased over time
and determining areas of strength and opportunities for improvement
The percentage of children and adults who are medically uninsur&lt;d, the
current unemployment rate and public scbool expenditures per pupil
are just three of the 32 social and economic indicators you can chQose.
Locally, there is the United Way of Buffalo &amp; Erie Co unty
In

www.uwttec.org/ ,a volunteer-based, not-for-pro6t organization that

invests in more than 220 community-wide programs and initiatives
ranging from infants to the elderly. Serving Western New York since
191 7, its mission is to work in partnership with others to build a stronger community by developing resources that dfectivdy meet humanservice needs through prevention and interm&gt;tion programs. Their Web
site includes a link to the ·eentral Referral ·Service," which has giV&lt;n
individuals free and confidential referrals to more than 3,000 hwnan
service organizations and more than J~.000 services in \\'estern New

York. Business First and the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County also
have created an annual online "Corporate Caring Calendar" that lists
such fundraising events in Western New York as Halloween Spoolo."tacular
and the Harvest Happening Auction and Wtne Tasting.
SEFA &lt;www.Hf•.sblte.ny.us/ &gt; is the State Employees Federation
Appeal, initiated in 1976. 1! is the annual campaign supported by labor
and management in which employees can contribute to charitable,
nonpro~t organizations that rcndeuerviccs to human heahh, welfare
and recreational programs. HundredsofSEFA-supported organizations
and programs sm•e a diverse population throughout our region.
For information about the UB SEFA campaign, check out its Web
site at &lt;http:/ / wlngs.bufflllo.edu/fii&lt;Uity/ - / 2001 / &gt; or contact
this year's chair, Mary Gresham, vice president for public ~n-ices and
urban affairs and d ean of the Graduate School of Ed ucation, at

&lt;gresham@acsu.buffalo.edu&gt;. Youroontnbution will help fund a multitude of nreded services and useful programs.
-Sue Neumeister and ~ Wlclz.lnslcl, Uniymity UbroM!

BrieD
SPIR funds awarded to firms
The loulbnonch of the Strategic PartnershiP. for Industrial Resurgence

(SPIR), based in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SFAS),
bas awarded grants to six Western New York companies:
• Buffalo Color Corporation, which manufactures indigo d~e
coloring in blue jean&gt;-received $19, 583 in SPIR funds to more effectively recover and re-use plant waste
• Vai-Kro Inc., an industrial metal finisher. r&lt;eeived $2,000 to conduct compliance assessment of its quality system
• OhmCraft lnc., a manufacturer ofline film resistors, received $6,570
to ~uate the performance of its lndium Tm Oxide resistor series
• R&lt;~Jold Inc., a manufacturer of power transmissio~ equipment,
has received $3,456 in SPIR funds to provide training in lean manufacturing and worktt productivity improverrte~ts
• An-Cor Industrial, a plastics manufacturer, has recrived $4,193 to
do industrial "pressuredrop" analysis for current and proposed exhaust
systems at company's power generation plants
· • American Allsafe Inc., which manufactur&lt;s personal protective
equipment, recrived $2,528 to develop ergonomic solutions to improV&lt;
prod ctivity of assemblers in manufacturinR cells.

�A variety of perfonnances are planned to delight audiences of all ages and Interests

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In perhaps its most unique program to date, the CFA has brought
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the Hudson Vagabond Puppets. The
perfonnancr is recommended for
chjldren ages 9 and under.
ArtsPawer National Touring Theatre will bring to life Judy Bluaj.'s
popular novel "Otherwise Known as
Sheila the Great" at 2 p.m. Dec. 9 in'
the Mainstage. This new musical is
about young Sheila Tubman, the
unlikdy but extmndy liktable heroin&lt; whoo&lt; life growing up is always

em NewYorkaudienas. The purpose

of the collaboration of the CFA and
the Eager Artists Theat&lt;r Company
of Durban, South Africa, is to facili.
tate a great&lt;r tmderstanding of ~
performing artists and their 'YOrk
through high quality, intimate experiences for participants. The theat&lt;r
troupe will perform short plays. sing.
dance and tell stories for small audi·
ences in a numberofbomesandcommunitycenters. Following the perfor·
mances, the cast will share a m&lt;al and
convmation with their audiences.
The project will culminate with
the North American premiere of
"Ekhaya Poppie" at 8 p.m. Oct. 6
the Mainstag&lt; theater in the CFA
the North Campus.
Now in its fourth year, the
KeyBank Dane&lt; Series will feature unpredictable. Recommended (or
four dynamic performances, the ages t 2 and under.
first of whiCh is the tough, rooking
Next up on stage will be
theatrical event "Tap Dogs"at 8 p.m. "Pinocchio" at 2 p.m. Feb. 24 in the
Oct. 3 in the Mainstage.
Mainstag&lt;. With a blare of trumpets
The Ballet British Columbia will and a rufDe of drums, the Fanfare
present "The Faerie Queen" at 8 p.m. Theatre Ensemble will parade down
Oct. t2 in the Mainstage.lnnovative the aisle and onto the stage to mal&lt;e
choreographer John Alleyne will take Pinoccltio an unfoJgettable theatri·
the audience into a magical fairyland cal. evmt. The whole family will &lt;n·
world based on Shakespeare's "A joy wat&lt;:hing aU of Pinoccltio's &lt;Sea·
Midsununer Nigh(s Dream~
pades in this original musical RecThe series will con tinue with ommended for ages 8 and under.
world-class dance presented by
"The Peter Rabbit Revue" will be
Bayanihan, the Philippine National performed at 2 p.m. March 23 in the
Danre Company, at 8 !?.:!!'-Oct. 26 in Mainstag&lt;. This show is a fun-filled.
the Mainstage. Bayanihan transfers full-stage musical-featuring the
Filipino dane&lt; and music traditions world renowned Poko Puppets-of
frqD) their ancient origins in the the famous rabbit and the classic
countryside to the confines of the children's tales of "Peter and the
stage without sacrificing authenticity. Wolf." "Tubby the Tuba" and "Peer
Concluding the series will be the Gynt and the Trolls." Recommended
Bill T. Jones/Arni&lt; Zan&lt; Dance for ages 8 and under.
Company, which will perform at 8
The School·Time Adventure Se·
p.m. April20 in the Mainstag&lt;. The
company's work has been described
as a fusion of dance and theater, with
a repe.rtoire highly divet&gt;e in subject matter and visual imagery.
This yea r is the fourth year
KeyBank has sponsored the dance
series in partnership with the Center
for the Arts. Exclusive discount cou·
pons are available one month prior
to each performance at aU West&lt;m
New York KeyBank locations.
. The CFXs Family Adventure Se·
ries will offer wholesome and en·
~ghtming entertainment for the entire family. In a new activity this season, the CFA doors will open one
hour prior to curtain for free activities in the lobby for the entire family.
Based on on&lt; of the best-loved
stories in aU of children's ~terature,
"Ferdinand the Bull." by Munro ries will offer Western New York
Leaf, will be pres&lt;nted at 2 p.m. Oct. teachers and their students the op·
28 in the Mainstage. This is the story portunity to see a wide variety of
of Ferdinand-a little bull who theater, music and dance at affordwould rather just sit and smcU the able priers, with aU seats only $5.
flowers than fight. Children will en·
In additio n to two I0:30a.m. perjoy watching giant puppets that smg formances of "Ferdinand the BuU"
and dance in the latest of an on go· o n Oct. 29 and Oct. -30 in the
ing tradition of"narQted ballets"by Mainstage, the School•Tune Advcn·

ture Series will ind~
• .,_Jack Frost Holiday Revue,"
I 0:30 a.m. Dec. 6 and Dec. 7 in the
Mainstage. Jack Frost will be the host
for a musical extravaganza featur·
ing the black-ligh~ spau-age advmlures of "Little II..! Rodcd Hood"
and a rollioong country-western ·
"'J'hre&lt; Little Pigs." Recommended
for grades Pre-K-3.
• Motus O's "The Little Prince,"
I 0:30 a.m. Jan. 23 and Jan. 24
in the Mainsuge. The Canadian theat&lt;r company MOtus 0
retdJs, through movemen~ the
classic table of a small prince
on a tiny planet who travds to
earth to find out what is really
important in life. Recom -

mended for grades K-4
• "Pinocchio," 10:30 a.m.
Feb. 25 and Feb. 26 in the
Mainstage.
• "The Peter Rabbit ~­
vue," I 0:30 a.m. March 21 and
March 22 in the Mainstage
The CFA also will host a
nqmber of special events

throughout the season.
Comic magicians Penn &amp;
Tdler will malct their lint appear.
ancr in the CFA at 8 p.m. Oct.
17. Penn &amp; Tdler are a couple of
eccentric guys who have learned bow
to do a few cool things. Together since
1975, their award-winning theater
show has been a long-running hit on
and off Broadway and continues to
play to sold-out houses across
North America
Author and social obs&lt;rvu
Sarah Vowell will speak at 8
p.m. Nov. I 0 in the Mainstage.
VoweU is best-known for her
monologues and documenta·

p.m. April 24 in the Mainstage.
The Off Cmter Series, sponsored
by the Student Association, will fea.
ture entertainment that is wiique,
vo:rsatile and progressiv&lt;.
·
The Second City National Touring
Company will peri&gt;rm at 8 p.m. Nov.
9 in the Mainstage. Always original.
daring and hilarious, Second City will
offer an evening of classic scenes,
songs and improvisations.
Scott Thompson, founding member of the comedy series "Kids in the
Hall," will appear at 8 p.m. Nov. 16 in
the Mainstage. Thompson has continued to enjoy suc:xzss after "Kids in
the Hall,"' appearing as a C2Sl member on HBO's "1bo Larry Sanders
Show" for thiee years, as w&lt;ll as in
.....-ailV movies and films.
Rick Miller, star of last season's hit
"Machomer." will bring an aU-new
comic extravaganza to the CFA at
7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. April 26.
"Slightly Bent" will feature MiUer
playing more than ISO characters.
including "Bohemian Rhapsody"
sung by 25 of the most annoying.
voicrs "in the music industry, "The
Simpsons" singing · we Are the

World," the Madonna tribute album
.. Men Do Madonna," and the

"Phantom of the Karaoke Bar."
The Department of Theatre and
Dane&lt; will present dynamic and innovative performances. by talented
young actors, dancers and choreograph&lt;n thro~ghQut the. 200 1·02

ries for public radio's "This·

American Life.•
The CFA:s music series will
feature some of the country's
best musicians.
Medeski Martin &amp; ~the
downtown avant·electric-jazzhip-hop hybrid, will perform at
8 p.m. Oct. 24 in theMainstage.

The Char~&lt; Hunter Quartet
will make a triumphant return
to the CFA at 8 p.m. Nov. 17 in
· the Mainstag&lt;. Combining
elements 'Of jazz. rock and

blues, Hunter plays a unique,
eight-string guitar that aUows
him to simultaneously cover
deep. rich , bass lines with

season.
The schedule will include the
musical"Assassins" at 8 p.m. today,
4 p.m. Saturday and 8 p.m. Sunday,
all iri the Black Box Theatre;
Zodiaque Dance Company Fall
Dance Concrrt, "Wme, Women &amp;
Dance." Oct. 11 · 14 and Oct. 18-2 t,
Drama Theatre; "Otildren of Eden,"
Nov. 8-11 and Nov. 15-18, Drama
Theatre; "Qoud Nine," Nov. 14-18,
Black Box Theatre; Zodiaque Stu·
dio Dance Ensemble, Nov. 29-D&lt;c.
2, Black Box The.atre; Zodiaque

chordal accompaniment and
mdody lines. He will be joined
by Stephen Chop&lt;k (drums),
Chris lDv&lt;joy (percussion) and
John Ellis (saxophone).
The Grammy award-winning group 8&amp; Fleck and the
·Flecktones will appear in -the
CFA for an unprecedented
fourth year. The group, which Dance Company Spring Dance
will perform at 8 p.m. March 4 Concert, Feb. l4-17 and Feb. 21 -24,
in the Mainstage,appeals to funs · Drama Theatre; "Berlin to Broadof pop. funk, jazz. rock, folk, way," Feb. 20-24, Black Box Theatre;
classical and bluegrass. This per· "The Bourgeois Gentleman," April
fonnancr is made possible by 11· 14andApril18·21 , Drama'I'heatre, and Young Choreographers
The llmlicr Poss Memorial Fund
The Distiitguished Speakers Se- Showtllse, April 26· 28, Black Box
ries will feature the great scientist, Theatre.
Tickets for aU events are available
conservationist, teacher and author
Jane Goodall at 8 p.m. Oct. 10 in in the CFA box oflice from noon to 6
Alumni Arena; former Secretary of p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and at
State Madeleine Albright at 8 p.m. aUTICketmasta outlets.
Nov. 15 in Alumni Arena, and eel·

&lt;brated filmmaker Ken Bums at 8

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Prices vary for each show and
series.

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Memorial service for Charles Haynie set for Oct:8
A memorial ocrvice for Charles
Alkinooo Hoynie,aretired UBiocluru
and " " - adrninioltaliYe &lt;XXJI'ilioatorilrlheunM:nily'sleo ThloloyCcllqje. will beheld from~ p.m. Oct.
8 in 280 Park Hall, North Campus.
Hafnie, who tausht at UB for
more than 30 )'1211 before his retirement last year, died July 20 in Hospice Bul&amp;lo afttor a three-year battle
with canCer. He was 65.

Haynie came to UB in 1969 to
teach experimental courses in
Tolstoy Colleg&lt;--&lt;&gt;ne of the
uni&gt;ersity's residential toUeges of
·the 1960s and 197o.--.nd soon became known as a voice of the leftwing~oncampusand in
the Bul&amp;lo area. He was one of the
"Faculty45"-W:ultymembersarrat&lt;d during an anti-war sit-in in
Hayes HaU in 1976--&lt;md was a re-'

form Democratic candidate for the
Buffiolo Common Council in 1979.
A lectum-in 1he Social Scicnas Interdisciplinary Program, Haynie
tausht such &lt;XlWJ&lt;S as "Statistic.s for
Social Sc::icnoes,...Amman l..dt" and
"American R.eactionary Mowments."
He also senod as the progron's
undergraduate adVisor and was an
afli1iatc ofthe Environment and Society Institute.

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Women's Socc:er
UB vs. W SUite. RAC F6ed, North
Campus. Noon. Free.
F~.

Monday, October

· ETC Technology Woo1ullops

lntrodudionto-5.5. 212
capen, North Campus. Nooo-2 p.m. F....

ISSS-shop

~toof&lt;nduatc~~·

lntematioNI""r.:n. ond Sddar

-

Thursday

4
ETC TochnolovJ Woo1ullops
Advonced Multlrnedlo. 212 Capon,
North Campus. Noon·1 :30 p.m. Fl'ft.

ETC TochnolovJ Woo1ullops
Photoshop: Loyon. Section A, Part 11.
;Media ruff. 212 C.pon, North Camf!us.
2-4 p.m. Free.
..

I
31

capen, North Campus. 4

~~~-=WO&lt;mOtioo, 64S.22SB.

Physks CGIIoqulum
Turung...p • Quoskrysul. lufoan

2
~ concwt

Bog Sorles-Concort I. Sle&lt;
Concert Holll.obiJy, North Campus.
Noon. - · Spomcood by Dept. a/ MuOc.
For
r'1'Wn WorTNtion. 645-2921 .

Ubr..,._.....,

UGL IOI : - . . o . Sicllls.EricAcr«.
127 Copen, North Campus. l c2:30 p.m.

~~~~2943, ext. 23S.

ETC Technology Woo1ullops
lntrodudlon to Photoshop, Section B,
Pwt I. iMedia Staff. 212 Capen, North

UB TECH 2001 . Alumni Atela Main
Gym, North Campus. l-6:30 p.m. Free.

. ,...... ...,...._, -

Autumn "

Wont by po1/o.r Jos&lt;ph No&lt;mon bon
dUplay through Oct 28 1n 1he Andenon
Golle&lt;y, Mortlia )adaon Ploc.t, Buffalo.
c.ry hours arr 11 a.m. to 5 p.m..
w.dneodoy ttvough Salutday and lrom
1·5 p.m. on Sunday.

_

_.,._lorthe

pmothouldhold-dcbaand

.........,_;,_

-..._...
lunhor1nfonnodon
oxcNrces once the

The_\_.....,. ... 1'111Mnwbn

CorWonctrMI--

::~~~cz:

iU own

area of~:

• l.odtwood Memorial Ubnl)l, North
~ wiH mount exhibitloru d
vill)li"91hemes. One wHIIocus on 1he
experiences d ~·s ethnic-minorities
and their exporionces allhe Pan
Amoricon Exposlllon; anolhef, "Food,
Orin!&lt; and Eoling •• 1he ·~

~;.\.~~~"'"""

di&gt;lme food and drink served at the

lllologkooi Sdonca - . .

from Canada and latin~. that
~ shown at the Pan Am. It also will

:::.=..c:-~~

Gollnkl&lt;, Dept. a/ BiologOI Scionc&lt;s.
22S Naturol Sdonces Complex. North
C1mpus. 3:45 p.m. Free.
Tole Poems lo&lt;lhe _ . . ,, J«&lt;&gt;m&lt;
~. 438 Clom&lt;ns Hal, North
Campus. 4 p.m. Free. For fnCiif"e
lnfonnation, 645-3810.

Sth---.gh
.._
=~=-~~s.
Hmds, dir. a/ nunlng ...,..rrll, St Jude

650 American artists, as well1s artists

~~U:!:tTtn!"~

contributed to the ewe-an mis m sctnt! of
the Pan Am.

~~~~~

..

. The Chotles B. Sean Uw Ubrny kl
O'Brian Hall. North " " ' - · will
approach· the Pan Arn ~I

~~on

surrounding 1he .,....... lrialond
execution a/ Jl'O'idenlial au.usm Loon
Czol!josz.

::-n;;,g'S'~~~
~~~: 3~':""" lnfonnollon, Sally

• The Science ond Enginoeri"9 Ubnl)l
(SEL) mCopen Hall, North C.mpus, will
pros&lt;nl exhlbiU on 1he ~tollon a/
electricity, chemistry and •rchitecture at

.._

!Khnolagy and indusuy.

........ _

~~~~·
AJion HaM, South Campo$. 7,30 p.m.
Reservatioru required; on WBFO, 829.
6000.

Exhibits

~t,~=~show
• Boch ond Alrian drumming _,.
among the musical entrees at the P,an
Am, ond 111e Music Ubnl)lm aa;ro Han.
North Compus. wil exhi&gt;i!texu and
docurneonts reLated to its extensiYt
musical programs. tt also wnt present _
illostntions of the Pan Am's Temple of
Music and other concert wnues as well.
• A bul~-probing .set drca 1901 is just

one of the items contempc:nneous with

~= 7orc:=::!f:m~~64S·

2231 .

~= ~~r:. ~J~38·p~:: ir·
Weclnescloys •t 4 PI.US
McNulty Chair/ Center for the
A.metials Residency In Celebration of

-- ~In"

=z~::~:=.,

U B I, Detroit I
Sophotnof'es Patrid&lt; 8eddey and M;~o: Geller comb;ned .,. us·, 1ono p1
sa 19 1nto the pme u the Bulls and Detroit plored .., • 1-1 ~
tie Sundzy aftemoon.
Detroit\ Eric Scott opened the scomc with on unUsisted pat the 3~7
marit a/the fi"t half belon! 8eddey sc&lt;&gt;Nld his lirn pi of the season off a
header from Geller to de: the game. The acore stOOd. as nekher team coukt
"""'the bode of the net lor 1he final61 :41.
The Bulls, ..no outshot 1he TIQnl 19- 12. had _,... cpponunities lD end
the pme .. the second extended period u they fitodllve , _ that landed just
wide of the net.
Brian Wozniak had strof1C pme 1n
b-lhe 8uls with twO ......
WOMEH'S

UB l , Kent State I
Sophotnof'es o..on Russell and N;cole Olsuwsld ~ pis I:fYI apan 1n
the second half lD propel US lD a 3-1 victory ,_.. Kent Sou 1n its 11m M.'.C
matdl oflhe rear on Sundzy. UB """"""' lD 2-).4 (I~ M.'.C) on the ...son.
US's &amp;nlly Russell opened the sc~ 1n the 11m half wllon she knocbd a
pou from ....,.. Paula Sinclair post 1he Kent Sate p~oooper: Howe.-. the
Golden Auhes didn\ waste"""'~
Cannd respondod
wilha pi a/ her own 29 seconds laut: The score remained tied undl Emly's
twirHister, o..on. put 1he Bulls on top b- aood a the 64:18 marl&lt;. Olsuwsld.
..no assisted on o..on Russells pl. !hen tadced on ano1her us p1 just.,.....
a mil'll.lte tater to defbte the GokSen Rashes' hopes.
).d&gt;r &amp;nlly COO&lt; had a strof1C pme 1n plb- tho Buls,as she reccrdod '""'"
-.US ouahct Kent S.....I7-IS,and hold a JIW'&lt; ecjp1n comorlddcs (4-2~

.. .........,

Obituaries
A . . . . . - -.Ice held Sunday in the Unitarian Univ=alist
· , a longChurch, 695 Flmwood Ave_, Buffalo, for ILRoy E. (Lee) s~
time BuffiW News editorial writer who ~wsued a serond
a
journalism instructor at UB. Smitl&gt;died SepL 13 at the W&lt;inberg Campus in Amherst after a shon illn&lt;SS. He was 82 .
Smith, whohassufferedastrok&lt;in July,beSan teaching at UBin 1988
afttor retiring from 1M BuffiW News in 1985 after a nearly 40-~ car=. He senod as an advisor to 1M Spearvm, UB's student newsf,aper,
until his "serond" retirement al the end of the Falll999 semester, althousb he officiaUy left the university Dec. 20, 2000, wanting to "go out
with the millennium.•
·
Smith also taught at severnl other Buffalo-area cblleges, including
Rosary Hill-now Daemen CoUeg......OO Canisius College before moving on toUB.
Smith r=ived a bochelor'sdegree. magna rum laude, fiom CityCollqjeof
New York and a master's degree in journalism from Ollumbia UniYersity.
He was a life memberoftbe National Conferenc;., of Editorial Writers,
a past president of the Greater Buffalo Chapter of the Society of Professional journalists (Sigma Delta Chi) and a past vice president of the
Buffalo Newspaper Guild.

Elsie Estrada Pacheco, counselor
Eble Estnd.o P.meco, • retired senior rounsdor with the Center for

~ea;,...~~~rodu~:~::~:?

""""' by Moun Sords, • Romonlan-

~occer
MEN' S

~~~ry~~%~S:t,tth

• The exhibit to be mounted by the

ETC TechnologJ _ . . . . . ,,

-In tNs

~-ofatHecla."Lio:ow...,.....~asa-.-had

- - a n d " " " " " ' ..no-..alloaod dncdybythe....,.. oiSep&lt;.ll ,
and our"""""" and,._.- been wid1 them as wolas 1he victtro."

Evotylhl"9 m ..._..,, Keep; 09 ,..,..
Healthy at the PiVl American
ExpolltJon." tt will focus on the
enormous tiUk faced by Pan Am medtcal
director ~I Park in protecting the
txposttion visitors from contagtous
disea~ food contamination and
unhygienic facilities.

Campus. In its exhibit. •Birth, Death and

Wednesday

T h e - \ - muclles"' ~
Sate andY..._ Sou also_.. ancelod.
'We looldat INs;, 1he
resume ow..-_......,.. the
propor time "' por . . , _ "' ~ or
!J&gt;COd1.' Dkl Bob

LeRoy Smith, Spectrum advisor

Capen Hill wilt present an exhibition
lilled, "land. lust ond Munl&lt;r. N&gt;
~ a/.HO!oric o..ds Done a.u

OUic:tml's HospilJII, Memphis. Center for
Tomorrow, North Campus,. 4:30 p .m.

Gu~Ur- a.--Auto

""""'""' lllxnesterbest"'''"'

Pot

~.::_;ro~..nlha~

Campus. 2"" p.m. Free.

TKhnkal Job F*

1he""" North Campus. Gololy hoo.n . .
10 un.to S p.m. Tuedoy, 10 o.m. to B
p.m. -...doy llwough Fridoy and 11
1.m. to 6 p.m. on .s.ttr'diy.

~=~~~~te
3:30p.m. Free.

- . . . , . .... PLUs

Tuesday

:::~~~~~
Deporlmert Gololy, B4S 1n 1he c.nt...lcr

- . , lleolsltiPg
...,..... p ....~
Exposition"
"Illuminations: Revisiting Buffalo's Pan·
Arnerian Exposition," I series of
cdl.txntM, Of\--site lind on--fine
. . - . produc&lt;d by 1he u~
Ulnrios ond Special Collealons
ilu&gt;!nling 1he wlwral and hislorical
underpinnings d Buffak)'s 1901 Pan
Amoricon Exposltiorj. k on cl!sploy
through Sop!. 30 1n 1he 6b&lt;ari&lt;s 0C10U

30

&lt;ir.

----tNs---

.... ~- poo&lt;poned &lt;niT~ and the UB~_,..cld no&lt;
ponldpoal1n the 01*&gt; ~.._..on Sob.nlop.wltil- c:analod.
Tho women's ~team did not f"'l"'dpdm 1n the lJnl.wWty of
~ c:o...q,Tournornent,nordid the,_\""'""_, lOb

Calendar

Men's Soccer
UB vs. BowNng Green. RAC
North Cllmptn. 2 p.m. frM.

ThoUB-""""'""'1n
rosponso!Othe....-oiSopC.
ll , cldnot...._1nmonyofthe
........ - l o r - Tho UB otlvmfloccW~.
ICMdulodlor Soordor •West
--~Tho two
schools oro~ "'lind on

Queens.. b - .. by Barbatll
S..b Nevorgold ond Poggy Broola
Bertram. and will celebnte the
accomplishments ol AfriG~
WOI'1lefl of Western~ York from the
pos1. f&gt;""::"l ond future.

\

Academic O.Velopmenl Services/Equal Opportunity Program. died Sept
I I in her home after a long battle with diabetes. She was 72.
Her family said she had received more than 70 awards and certificates
of honor as a leader in the Hispanic community. She \o\'Orked in tht
CADS/EOP program for 24 )'":lrs. retiring as a senior counsdor in 1995.
Born Elsie Brimm in Puerto Riro,shelost herparentswhen shewas)&lt;lUllg.
and her grandparents moved ber and her siblings to Buffalo. She married
Antonio Estrnda and settled in Lackawanna, raising,...,., dlildrm.
She studied to becom.a registered nurse, and worked as a surgical nurse
at Children's Hospital for I0 yean before getting another degree. She
worked for Oisis Services for""&gt; yean before joining UB as a rounsdor.

�Bj ~arlaa s.ier21.2111Jfilt33.1o.4
6 p.m. F.... Sponsorod by tho

Thunday,
September

=·&amp;~Alumni

20

Ufe Wortuhop
Roluollon Tochniquos to

--015·

Cent&lt;r '"' Entropronourial
information, 64S-3000.

~of Or..

:=~~riend.

Diagnostic-..

massage th«apist and IKensed

Research

p.m. Fr... Sponsorod by Offoco
of Student Unions &amp; Activities.

Criteria

for TMD: Rei
and
rboch,
Volldlty. Richard
assoc. prof., Dept. ol Oral

~~~~.s{,!lu;re·

Eduutlon Seminar.
lmplkaUoru of Children of
Ofvorce for our EduutJonal

~e:tt~~~~

University Inn and Conference
Corner, North Forost Road,
Getzville. 8:30-10 a.m. S25.
Sponsorod by Urban Education

~~~~~rE::~~

Series.
for more information, Ken

Kraemer, 645-6642, ext 1159.
F•ll 2001

Training~

~~=-:=~·
Bridges Between Roso~ and
Pra&lt;tlco. Nancy Smyth, School
d Social 'Nark. Center for
Tomorrow. North c~

/;'1~! Fc;..m.J/!oo Studies

and Trakltng. For more
infOI'lTiation, 64&gt;6140.

Wednesdays at 4 PLUS
lecture: Pound, Olson and

late Modernist Didactkbm.

Alan Golding. 4 38 Clemens,
North Campus. 12:30 p.m.
Free. For more information,
64S-3810.

ISSS Wortuhop
H-1B VIsas: An Information
Session. Maria Roscigliono,
lntomatlonal Student and
Schotar Servk:es: 31 Capen,
North Campus. 12:30 p.m.
Fr... Sponsorod by
lntematlooal Student and
~ar

Servk.es. For more

infonnation, M.S-2258.

ISSS Wortuhop

=~:;..~~"'

acMsor, International Studelt
· and Scholar Sorvicos. 14SC
SWdont Union, North Campus.

~~:;.~~

. Scholar s.Mces. For """"
information, 64.&gt;2258.

~~~s}':t"t

ETC TKhrtology Worlllhops

~lo .c~l:n"/:"c!',E~~~
1 :~.m. Free.
..... School Meeting
t..w Alumni Board of .

==.;!,~~Jo.
t2:1S p.m. S16. For moro

information, Ilene F~schmann,
64S-2107.

Friday

21

pl&amp;ct: on fampus, or for

off-cDmpus events where
UB groups are prin&lt;.lpal
~wn.

Ustlngs are due

no later than noon on
the Thunday pre&lt;:ctlng

publkatlon. UstJngs are

on ly oc:cepted through the
electronic submlsdon form
for the online UB Calendar
of Evenh at &lt;http:/ I

www.butfalo .edu/

ca lendar/ login:&gt;. Becau'e
of

~p .tc e

limitations, not all

events In the ele-ctronic
cale nci .tr will 1M' Included
In the Rc:rHJTtPI

Campus. 3:30p.m. Free.
lllologluiSdencosChromotln llomodolng ....

~~~P&lt;tmon.

~~~':'.c':~

mor. informatJon, 64.&gt;2982.

Monday

24
UfoWorllshop
~ to Expect at a Job Fair.
~~ Nemeth, senior associate,

Offico ol Caroor Planning and
l'tacomonl H&gt;-£ Studoilt
Union, North Campus. Noon-1

~onhso~ed~h~/t:~ Frei!.

~. 64&gt;-6125 .

·Univ.
:'~~~~~~eno,
of Virginia . 280 Park.

~lo&gt;ophy and Rornanoll Fund.
~/Topology

~IJon In the Brald

Group, Part 2. William
Monasco, Oopl of
Mothematics. 122 Mathematics
Building, North Campus. 3:45

p.m. Free.

.... CIMmlstry
c- .........

~~llorryL

Atwood, Univ. of MissounCotumbia.. 216 Natural
Sdoncos Complex, North

E'so:..1 ~~~'Iii

Loctur:'P'~~er

Women's Tennis
UB vs. C.Olsfus. UB Tennis

Center, North Campus. 4 p.m.
Frei!.

~~,~~~~

For more information, Life

ETC Technology~
2

=~~~ 1&lt;fr

p.m. FrM.

Men's Soccer
UB vs. Nlagan. RAC Field,
North Campus. 7 p.m. Free.

ETC Technology Worllshops
E.unu &amp; Pools In IIIKicboard
4.10. 212 Capen, North
Campus. 21-4 p.m. froo.

:::...~ Speol&amp;ors
Disruptive Consdousneu.
C.rt&gt;leo Schneomann. Student
Union Theatre, North Campus.

~Ot~~~llory.

For moro information, Dept. ol

Art. 64&gt;-6878, ext. 13SO.

bdlolocturo

=e~. WBFO

and WNE!MM. 20S Allen,

p.m. Froo.

=--~~~~.

- - . , . .. .cPLUs

829-6000, ext. S32.

Poolry llu*lg. Cole
Swenson. SCrooning Room,
Contor let tho Arts, North

· Wednesday

c.mpus. 4 p.m. Froo. For moro
Information. 6-4.&gt;3810.

26

Tuesday

25
IJionry Wortuhop
UGL202: Navigating tho Wob
'"' Rosoarch. [onya

~=-~,~~&lt;;:~~
~~~.

l'hyslac......-

ll.rtJngs for events tBing

Und. Ylllem Me-.t llun
Undo Yalem Memorial Run

!SK). Alurmi Mna. 10 a.m. S10

11--'ll.ecture
Consensus, Ethks and Politics

~Me~':~
~.m~.~c~J;.ol

~S:.~~~~~eand

Center for the Arts. North
Campus. 4 p.m. S12 gonoral,
S5 st.udents and senion. For
fT'K)fl! mtormation, 64.S-AATS.

For rT'I()(e information, Ufe

p.m. Free.

Ont.rio. 422 Fronczak. North

-

. o..olopmonl Contor, 64~.

~•.64S-612S .

ETC Technology -shops
"Introduction to HTML 212
. Capen, North Campus. l-4

The llrpo&lt;t&lt;r!"'biW...

For """"
information. Leodonhip
UB studonU.

•

fJic Acroo, 64S-2943, oxl 23S.

._..sloccw
UB vs. Aluon..RAC Field, North
Campus. 7 p.m. F,...

- - . y o lit 4

PlUS
Talk: Isn't the Avant ..c.-de

=..~ond/as

ear-Folr
~&amp;

'--Schoof Fair.

Alurmi Mna. North Campus. 36 p.m.
For"""".,.,...
malion, St&lt;Yo ~. 64&gt;-2231 .

me.

-

~~~~lion.

Butfalo .•8 p.m. Free. For more

ETC Todonologr Worllshops
Wob Design &amp; Archlteduro.
212 Capon, North Campus. 34:30 p.m. Free.

Information, 64.&gt;3810.

l'hysla

~::-"'

Saturday

Using Tlm&lt;-Reso!Yed THz
~~S)to

Troinlng Contor, downtown
8uffalo. 8 o.m.-5 p.m. S260.
. Sc&gt;onsorod by Western Now
Yorl&lt; Tod&gt;nology Dow:lopmont

PhotoconductMty In Bulk

~tho

22

Cent&lt;r. For""""information.
636-3626.

th;~~-

School. 225 Nallnl Sdonces
Complox. North Campus. HS

p - a t tho 5outhom
Tl&gt;otonl'loteoulnforrodfrom

c.rm.a. Gar7iono, Dopt. ol E.arth
&amp; EfflmU. Sciences. Unlv. o!
Rocheste&lt;. 216 Nallnl Sdonces
Complex. North Campus. 3:4&gt;-

~~~.,.

Endowmtnts. For more
information. Dopt. ol Geology.
64S-6800, oxl .610t .

Fos\or C._,..try
Colloquium
Towards Artifidal Antibodies:
Protein Surface Recognitl9n
0)1 Synthotk R..:optors.
Andrev~ 0 . Hamilton, Yale Univ.
20S Natural Sciences ComP'eJI,

~· ~"~~. Rust

Matoriab ond Nanapanklos.
Charles Schmuttonmaor, Oopl

r.=b~~=:. f3o

2

l.w·School ear- Folr
t..w School Career FAir.
O' BNn Hall. North Campus. 9
a.m. Free. For more
information. 6-45· 2056.

- - . , _ . . 4PI.US
Tolle A Hand Writing. Cole
Swensen. 412 Clemens, North

p.,.."'-- Exposition
Centennial Celebration
Pan-Amanla: The Ught
Continues! Center for t~ Aru,
North Campu~ . 10 a .m-9 p.m.

Ufe Wortuhop
Student ActMtles: Problom

Free. For more information,
Michele Gallant, 645-6000,
ext. 1171.

Women 's Tennis
UB vs. St. Francis (PA). UB
Tennis Center, North Campu~.
I 0 a.m. Free.

Reception

Student Leadership
Institute
leadership Conference.
~~~~ UnK&gt;f!._North ? mpus.

CEL Class of 2002 Welcoming
Reception. Fanny'~ Restauranl,
3500 Sheridan Drive, Amherst

P rtndplos ott l.un

~-od

Senolio...

Friday

. p.m. Free.

~o~~~~~O:J:: r;;;

Free.
~mistry and the Foster
lecture Endowment

TDCr.--.._

LlfeWorllshop
Student ActMtles:

Solving. Edward 8rodka, iiSSl

lntorvlowlng

~~t~~~t~~
North Campus. •-s pm Flft.

~~~~.e~~t
information,
64S-612S.

Lif~

Workshops,

Ufo Wortuhop
Student Acttvities:

~n~=~ if~uion

'"'.job. 8ob

=~:...~

S~t Union, North Campu&gt;.
l-4:30 p.m. Froo. Sponsorod by
· Office ol Student Unions &amp;
Activities. For more information,
life Wortcshops. 64&gt;-6 t 2S.

Chemlc.r Engineering

to

~~~n;:'tfa~~a~~:sor,
counselor '

_

28
.

,....

=~~':'~'f3s~.

Semlluor

~~:Cct~~n

Unsolved Problom. Robort H.
PeltM M r • •~p,_ llnio· J.06

· "'"'ir

\

1--Ut..-.turo ond

~d"'~so~

North Campus. Noor&gt;-1 p.m.

Women's Soccer
US vs. Miami. AAC Field,
North Campus. 7 p.m. Free.

Wednesdays at 4 PlUS

~~k, ~.:=tt.~ust

Rodriguo.z. Allen HoD, South
Campus. 8 p.m. S4 memben;
SS students and seniors; 16

~~l ~more mformalion,

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                    <text>Q&amp;A: Ruth Fink discusses
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the Pe.ntagon, providing assistanct
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members affected by the events and
offering sympathy for the victims.
President William R. Greiner can·
celled classes for Thesday afternoon
and declared the rest of the day "a
day of mourning and memorial " for
the victims.
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dead, dying, wounded and their
families.," Greiner said in a memo to
the university community issued

ea rly Tuesday ah~moo n. '"Our stu·
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and shock at th~omen t; some of

us have been very directly affected

ing an end to unconscionable acts

St udents who need assistance,

such as theSe," Greiner said .
Approximately 4,000·studentsone-third of the undergrnduale stu·
dent population-are from the New
York Cit)' area.
The Office ofStudcnt AlTair.; set up
an emergency response center in 210
Student Union on the North Cam·
pus that will remain open from 8:30
a.m. lo 8:30 p.m. through tomorrow
to offer assistance to students and

and faculty and staff members deal·
ing with affected students are en·

othermcm~ofthe~tycom·

munitywhomayha..:fiiendsorf.un·
ily involved in the tragedy.
Counseling is being provided by

to donate blood can visit the Amcri·
can Red Cross blood-donation sites

staff of the Counseling Center, Cam·
pus Ministries and the School of·
Social Work. Telephone communi·
cation links to New York and Wash·
ington, as well as updated informa·
tion o~ the ongoing tragedy and rt' ·
sponses, also are available.

in Squire Hall on the South Cam·
pus-&lt;&gt;pen from II a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday-andin2 10Student Union
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday.
In addition 10 offering counseling.
Campus Ministries held two pra)l&lt;l"
services for member.; of the univer·
sity community )'&lt;Sierday, a Catholic
Mass and an interfuith pr.l)l&lt;l" ~-

couraged to contact the center al

645-INFO or645-612S.
A special hotline for parents of
UB students also was set up to case

access to information on campus
co nditions and responses.

The Counseling Center and the
Student Health Center will remain
open throughout the week to pro·
vide supporL The Couoseling ecO:
ter may be reached at 645· 2720; the
Student Health Center at 829-3316.
Faculty, staffand students wishing

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Television monitors in the Stu·
dent Union and Harriman Hall on

the South Campus will broadcast
network n~ coverage of the at ·
rncks and response throughout the
day for the rest of the ~k.
Dennis Black, vice president for stu·
dent affuirs, said that students '"""'
availing themseMsof the services provided by the re;ponse center, noting
that it':"" busy all day on Tuesday. The

Summit to assess the "digital frontier" m
BY PATIIKIA DONOVAN
Contributing Editor

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by today's anacks;all othhs share in
the ongoing horror that the day has
brought lo this country. Together,
we stand united as a university community on this day, and together~
express our solidarity as AmeriCl!lS
apd as educators dedicated to bring·

He un iversity will spon·

sora major in tematjonal
forum Nov. 2·3 at which

leading figures in medi·
cine, psychology, sociology, physiol·
ogy and technology development
will discuss.theeffectsof digi tal tech·
nol9gies on our lives.

" Digital Frontier: The Buffalo
Summit 200 I " will be convened by
Jaylan S. Thrkkan, vice president for
research , in the Center for the Arts
on the North Camp us.

"All of us-as both user&gt; and ob·
servers of tt'Chnology-arc dazzled
b)' theadv-Jnces in communication~.
media and art in virtually every a... pect of our livcs."Turkkan said."Thl"
Digital !~ ronti er summit will both
cdcbrate these technological achicvt.•ments., and will also .1dd an impor·
tant humanistic context of '\'\!hat
docs it all mcan,and how can it work

best for us as human beings?"
Turkkart noted that the summit
"adds to ongoing e.fforts in Buffalo.
such as Mayor Masiello's IT initia-

U\"e and those of InfoTech Niagara
and the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise
to grow a technology· orientcd
economy in this region.
"UB is a University that is deep in
digital arts. computer and in forma·
tion technology research ," she
added. "By holding a summit , we
will bring national attention to the

talent pool here."
The summit will consider the pros
and cons of technology applications
that enhanc&lt; our health and healing,
ability to learn and communicate, and
experience n.·ality. ewn as they reducl'
ourpt:rsonal i.nter.u.1ions, privacy and
our attraction to tht• "actual."

Plenary sessions and symposia will
focus Of\ our changing cxpectat·ions
and definitions of privacy, the nature
of \'irtual· rcality societies. artists as

researchers/ researcher.; as artists, the
benefits and social ci&gt;st of advances

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Cisco Systems, Verizon Corp., the
American Sociologieal Association,
the American Psychological Associa·

and distance-research oollaborations.
information ovc-Joad and retrieval,
the gender divide in technology ca·
reers, technology and alienation, ar·
tificial intelligence and robots.
The summit also will indudedem·
onstrations of new media, digital arts
productions. wcexpected applications
of adv:mced computing and extrapolations from today's technology to
likely future developments in the field.
The summit will be open to faculty,
staff, students and the public. There
";u be no registration fee for students.
For online registration and detailed
and t1pd1ted information on the pro·
grnm,spcakers.accommodationsand
schedule of events, go to &lt;http://
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Niagara, Hodgson Russ LLP. and
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
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plenary sessions to be held during
the summit They arc:
• Michael Paige, vice presid~·nt
and director of the Xerox Palo Alto

Research Center (PARC), where he
facilitates the transfcroltechnologv
to product·development organizations and the co mmercializa tio n of
Xerox intellectuJI propert y
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UB Trademarks and Licensing is a
support offia: in th&lt; llusincssServicr:s

unit of University Servic.rs. The oflia
dcwioped th&lt; first trademarl&lt; licensingprogram in th&lt;SUNY sysoem and
servias a wide ran!!" of constitu&lt;ncies. Our clients include businesses
that wish to supply products displaying campus-associated names and
markingsfOrcampususe,resaleoruse
in promotions. Approved licensed
products range from your typical tshirts and cnffee mugs, to golf diYots.
bannen and baby rompen. Campus
customers indude campus units and
organ izations that wish to obtain
products that they custom design using campus names and marks. For example, the CoUege of Ans and Sciences may wish to give a portfolio
imprinted with an image of Baird
Point as a gift to cnnference attendees. We would review the proposed
artwork. make sure that the tradernarl&lt;
rights are transferred to UB if original art is used, assist in identifying a
supplier and make sure the proper licensing is oompleted using the licensing a&gt;ntract and trademark provisions required by state and federal

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lndemad&lt; law. We maintain th&lt; lcg;oJ ity products and are used appropriand business o:=rds on our licensed ately. If infrin(ll'm&lt;nt of ~ty
companies. including licensing con- marks is encountered, tJB ll-ade·
trac1S as well as cooporatt, financial marks and Licensing provides relevant data to SUNY Lqa1 Counsel
and insurance data, listings of
proved pooduc13, and trademarl&lt;-use and other appropriak ageDcies to
files. In addition to .,......;.,g licens- res&lt;Jiw, the matter. It's a team effort.
ing. we pro&lt;:aS requests for adding
products throughout the year and ·
licensing . . . . .
conduct annual license rmewaJs to -buchyur7
cnsurethatourdataremainscurnnl
We want to make it easy to a&gt;mply
Why lslt 10 Important to prowith trademark licensing requireteet t1oe UB - • , . 7
ments. So licensing fees and royalty
Today, "branding" hu become a rates have remained low to promote
strategic management tool-used by access to the program by small and ·
universities and CQUeges across the large businesses. In addition, se&gt;&lt;ral
cnuntry. CoUegiak trade names and years ago the university recognized
trademarks are valuable assets of a that good customer service would be
brand and are considered part of an provided if coml'l"'ies could be
institution's intellectual property. granted an cxempti&lt;ln from standard
The campus trade names and trade- royalties if they supplied coUegiak
marks include names, logos. slogans. products to campus units and orgagraphic depictions or markings re- nizatioou that would not be resold or
ferring to the univasity in general used commercially. So the Singleor any of its departments, organi- Order Trademark Licerue process
zations or affiliated entities. An~ust was developed. While the required'
like a Disney"' or NFL Pro~es"', trademark provisions are main it is in the best interest of the uni· tained, no fees are charged to the liversi ty to protect its trademark censed companies and the licensing
rights and help ensure that campus process is expedited. For these reanames and marks appear on qual - sons, and sincz our athlelij: program

tium was foomed to provide czntralized trademarl&lt; licensing to th&lt;
SUNY campuses in Westan New
York. Members of the 4-SUNY
Campus Trad~mark Licensing
Consortium inpude the SUNY
CoUeges of Brockport, Buffalo
Stak and Fredonia. with the Univeosity at Buffalo serving as the
headquaneo&gt; for centralized li&lt;tnsing services. A campus tradernarl&lt;
licensing a&gt;ordinator at each college works with th&lt; UB Oflicr of
Trademarks and Licensing, and
monitors tradernarl&lt; use of their
campus marks and is involved in
compliance activities. My office
provides all th&lt; licensing fonnsand
data on theirliansedsupplienand
products to th&lt; coordinators and
oversees royalty collection.

US's participation in aU non-conference contests scheduled for the
o&lt;st of the week.
"While the events today are tragic
for all Americans, they hit particularly close to home for many members of the university community
and our student s, said Bob
Arkeilpane, athletic director."Out of
respect for those that have been
killed or injur&lt;d, we think that the
postponement of these aaivities is
the most appropriate o&lt;sponse.·
The status of the Mid-American
Conference.,.,.,., .. scheduled for this
weekend-the women's soccer
matches vs. Akron and Kent State,
and the cross-country squad's participation in the Ohio University
Invitational-were to be decided in
a teleconference call with MAC officials yesterday morning.
A decision on whether the UBArmy football game, to be played at
Army on Saturday, was expected to
be made sometime yeskrday.

ordeal, each mem~ of our UB family will display the qualities of char-

acter, compassion and cou'"(ll' that
make the United States of America a
great nation," Greiner said in his
stat&lt;ment to th&lt;campus community.
"We will deal first and foremost
with the wounds of the victims, we
will then tum to the wounds of our
community and of the ~ation, and
together we will heal our university
oommunity, stak and country from
the ravages of this great sin.
"A day such as today underscores
our importancr and our responsibility as teachen and as re:searcheos
as we continue our efforts with our
students and coUeagues to build a
strong and coherent framework of
knowledge and undentanding that
may moV&lt; the world away from this
kind of madness," he said.
..We must work to ensure that
our world will never stop striving
for the triumph of humanity over
such unspeakable ·inhumanity,
both here at home, and in all other
places and societies."

is th&lt; founder of Purple Moon, which
creates int&lt;ractive media fOr girls.
• ·)aron Lanier, chief scientist for
EY"JTlatic.a leading provider of richmedia communication products,
infrastructure solutions and application services
• Internet personality and selfdescribed .. planetary astronomer"
Clifford Stall of the University of
California at Berkeley, who was described by Bill Gates as "the devil's
advocate" of the lnternel. A UB
aJumnus, he is the best-selling author of "Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a
Spy Through the Maze of Computer
Espionage" and "Silicon Snake Oil:
Second Thoughts on the lnforma-

tion Highway; one of the first books
to raise impertinent questions about
the changes wrought by the new information technologies.
Other speakers will indude:
• Philosopher Michael Heim,
who teaches the philosophy of virtual worlds design at California's Art
Center CoUege of Design
• Liss Jeffrey, MarWII Mcl.uhan
scholar and founding director of
byDesign elab 1\ssociates Network
• Resean:h physiologist Michael
Ackerman, assistant director of high
performance computing and communications in the National Library
of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health

• National Science Foundation
panelist Z. Meral OzsoyOglu .
• "Cyborgologist• Chris Hables
Gray, associate professor of the alitural studies of sciencz and technology, as wd1 as of computer science,
at Univasity of Great Falls (Mont. )
• Aliza Sherman, founder of
Cybergrrl
• Psychologist Roberta Klatzky,
professor and chair of the Department· of Psychology at Carnegie
Mellon University
A film festival featuring th&lt; iconic
technology-based films "2001 : A
Space Odyssey,""Biaderunner" and
"The Matrix" will be held during
the summit.

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UB program, in 1995 th&lt; consor-

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effort was repeated in the o&lt;sidence
halls Tuesday nigh~ he added.
"Students were most interested in
· access tothephonesand to see what

kind cif updated information they
could get," he said.
Black noted that as Tuesday
evening went on, students started to
make contact with family and
friends, many of whom wen: only
just getting out of Manhattan or
getting to a telephone.
Hesaidthatanum~offuality

and staff members have come to the
response cc:nter to offer their assistance. "lfs great to ..e," he said.
Black addetf that there was "no
question" that members of the university community have rallied
around those affected by the tragedy.
Based on the activity at the central response ttnter, "I can just imagine the wonderful one-on-one sto-

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Office of Trademarks and Licensing.

ries out there," he said.
The &lt;!Vents ofThesday prompted
the Division of Athletics to cancel

As of Reporter press time, the Student Association and University
Union Activities Board were plan -

ning to stage Fall Fest, acrording to
Maggie Hausbeck, UUAB director.
Planning for the concert was still
ongoing, Hausbeck said, but
changes to the program may be
made, suth as having a moment of
silence to remem~ the victims.
Univasity officials advised that
other non-academic campus events
scheduled through the weekend
may be postponed or rescheduled.
Event sponsors should be contacted
directly for roloie information.
Additional information on UB
prognirns and .events may be obtained from WBFO 88.7 FM or.
through the UB home page at

&lt;www.buff.to.edoo&gt;.
"As Americans, we will go through
a period of pain and shock, but it is
my firm belief that througlwut .this

Summit
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versity ofToronto, best known as the
inventor of the wearable computer
WearComp, and WearCam , an
eyetap camera and reality mediator
• Bomda Laurel, designer, writer,
resean:her, performer and mem~
of the graduate fuality in m«jia design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. For 25 ~ her
work has focused on experience design, interactive story and the intersection of aliture and technology.
Laurel has worked for such companies as Atari, Activision and Apple,
and in 1990co-foundedTelepresence
Research, where she developed technology and applications fOr virtual
reality and remote presence. She also

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13

Naming of.chairs discussed

BrieO

Greiner anticipates issue will come before FSEC this year

MBA enrollment up 40 percent

tion of the school's academic dean.
"I do not get involved in the appointment of chairs unless asked by
the provost," Greiner said. "'Deans
are expected to take primary responsibility and authority for the
appointment. Department chairs
are selected by the provost, acting on
the advice of the deans."
Chairs are appointed for a threeyear tenn, and serve "'at the pleasure
of the college president, which is
delegated to the dean and provost;
and removaJ occurs only with the
agreement of the dean, the provost
arid the president, Greiner said.
" It is rare for us to remove a department chair during the middle
of a term ," he said ..and we don't take
that kind of action without my concurrence."
Administmtive positions do not
utTect the individuaJ'sstatus as a faculty member, Greiner noted.
"On the academic side, officers
responsible for academics have fuc·
ulty rank and tenure. The bulk of
the university's vice presiden ts. pro·
vost, deans and chairs h.ave faculty
appointment and tenure ... A person
may slep down or 1x removed, but
does not relinquish his or her rights
as a faculty member," he said.
However, faculty rights do notalways mesh with administrative re·
sponsibilities, Greiner noted.
.. \\fhen a person holds an academic rank and has tenure and all
the privileges that go along with that,

By CHIIImNl VIDAL
Contributing Editor

RES IDENT William R.
Greiner has asked the Faculty Senate Exec utive
Committee to be.prepared
to take a look at the process involved
in the appointment and dismissal of
departmental chairs, an issue he said
he anticipates may be brought before the body some time this year.
Greiner's request came during his
report at the FSEC's Sept. 5 meet-

P

ing.

"I'd like to make a few com ments
on an issue that may come to the

senate in one form anot her: the appoi ntment and disappointment of
departm en tal chairs," Greiner sa id.
" Th i ~ is a ve ry importa nt issue I
would like th e se nate to cons ider,

.tlthough

i t '~

your call."

Greiner ou tJined the admin istra -

tive-appointment processes. starting
wuh appointmen ts :11 the vice presi -

dl."n ti al level, and noted that at all
.t ppointmentlevels, the process"in·

volves a lot of stakeholders," and is
guided by SUNY policy.
"Ap poi ntment (of viet&gt; presi ·
dents) in the end is left to the presi·
dent Qf the college. and requires no
further approval," with the excep·
uon of salary approval, he said.
A(:ademK: deans, he said, are appointed by the 'Provost with the approva1 of the president. Depart men·
t.tl chai rs also are appointed by the
provost, acting on the n"Commenda-

it gives the faculty member extraordinary latitude for expressing oneself:' h&lt; said.
But when a faculty member Qkts
an administrative position,•some of
that privilege is truncated~
The courts, he added, have made
dear there is a difference between
the rights of a faculty member to
self-expression and the rights of an
academic ch.lir, .. which is a faculty
member of some responsibility~
UB functions in a coUective-bargaining environment, as well as
wi thin the policies of the SUNY
Trust=. Greiner' added.
The bulk of US's administrative
personnel are represented by a bargaining unit, Greiner said. ..A5 chair, assistant 9eaD or associate dean, they don't get much protection from coUective bargaining.
One of the things we need to grapple
with .. .is the effect of coUective bargaining" on administrative ckcisions.
Noting that the issue offacultyvs.
administrati~ responsibility came
up during the past summer, Greiner
said,"atsome point that matter may
come before the Faculty Senate, and
you may want to have a con~·
tion about it."
In other business, the FSEC heard
a presentation on the role of faculty
governance in large university by D.
Bruce J.ohnstone, professor of higher
and continuing education and aCting director of the Comparative and
Global Studies Center.

Malaria focus of $3 million study
By ELLEN &lt;OOLDBAUM

ecology and genetics. and in an "in-

Contributing Editor

sectary" at UB. where he studies the

COLOG IST Guiya n Yan, molecular genetics of mosquito resisassistant profesSor of bio- tance to malaria parasite development
With the NIH grant, Yan, along
logical sciences, has re ceived a $3 million grant with David Mark, UB prof&lt;$0r of
and colleagues from the
geography,
fro m th e Na tio nal Institutes of
Health to determine how m; n-madc Kenya Medical Research Institute,
.:nvi ronm ental changes affect the
trJnsmission of malaria in Africa.
The first-ever study vfits kind, the
project wi ll bl• used to develop
methods of predicting malaria cpi·
demics througho ut Africa and to
identify novel,cost·effcctive maJaria
control strategies that can be used
rc-Jdily in Africa.
:vtalaria has long been a scourge-particularlyof children- in the Car· ~
ibbean, Southeast Asia, India and
nearly all of sub-Saharan Africa. Each w
year it kills between 1.5 million and ~
.3 milHon people around the world
and 95 percent 'Of the deaths occur ~
in infants and young children.
The mysterious re-emergence of
the disease in the highlatids of East
Africa after a six-decade hiatus has will employ a broad rang&lt; of
baflled researchers since the first new multidisci plinary techniques, in·
cases were reported in 1988. Since duding geographic information systhen, malaria, which has caused tem/remote sensing technologies,
thousands of deaths in a region that molecular biology and ecological
had bet.'J1 free of it, has become one models to understand why malaria
of the area's two biggest infectious- has re-emerged in this region.
"Our hypothesis is that the redisease kill&lt;rs. AIDS is the other.
..What we really want to achieve emagence of malaria in the highis to d.velop methods (or predict- lands is related to changes in land use;
ing malaria outbreaks and to iden· global climate changes also may play
tify appropriate land-usc policies an important role; explained Yan.
"The key to malaria control is prethat promote agricultural productivity and reduce infcctiow disease vention," he said, "and knowing
when and where there will be nn
transmission," said Van.
Y..1n conducts research in Kenya. outbreak will help malaria prevenwhere he studies mosquito population tion tremendously. Fewer lives will

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e

be lost iflocal residents and govern·
mentscan be prepared early to combat malaria."
The project is the first to model
the transmission of malaria using a
spatial epidemiological modeling
approach.
"This approach wiU tell not only
whether there may be a
malaria outbreak in an
~ .·ea, which a tradi tional
epidemiological model
can do, but it also will
predict in which particularvillages it may occur,"
said Yan.
Such predictions will
be based on several variables, he explained, including human population distribution and
larid-use changes; the
distribution of suitable
mosquito larval habitats
and adult habitats based
on land-use, topography
and rainl3U,anddistnbution of malaria parasites.
"The eventual outcome will be a
malaria forecasting system that will
allow each nation's Ministry of
H~th to identify areas that are at
high risk for outbreaks; he said.
"Our main objective is to develop
an early warning system for malaria
b:lSed on a thorough understanding
of malaria epidemiology and information on land-usc patterns and
climate."
General methodologies devel oped in the study also may be applied to other so-called vector-borne
diseases, including the West Nile virus and dengue fever, he said.

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tiM School of Management is up40 pen:ent this fall
A total of 258 n&lt;w students have enrolled in th&lt; full-time, Professional and Executive MBA programs in the management school,
comparod to 184 students last fall.
The increase can be attributed largely to the school's rise in national
ranking. complemented f,y its strategic marketing and recruitment ef. forts, says Jerry M. N&lt;wman, interim dean of the School of Management
"'We certainly have benefited by recognition we've received from
The Wall Street foumal and Business Week as one of the world's 'top
busin&lt;SS schools," says Newman, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor. "Not only are we enroUing greater numbers of studen ts, we're
also enroiHng more students who have outstanding academic and
professional backgrounds."
According to Newman, J65 new students have enrolled in th e
school's full-tim&lt; MBA program, an increase of 39 percent from
last year. The students hail from 16 countries and four U.S. states.
Their average score on the Graduate Management Admissions Test
is a very competitive 609.
"We truly have become a global busi ness sc hool, which means
our students play an important role in educating one another about
how business is conducted around the world ," Newman says.
The school's Professional (part-time) MBA program, for managers wi th a,t least OftC year of professional experience, has enrolled 63
new students--aO increase of 65 percent from last year. Possessing
an average of five years of managerial experience, the students are
employed at a host of companies throughout the area, including
M&amp;T Bank, Casino Niagara, HSBC, Rich Products, Tops Markets
and Computer Task Group.
The Executive MBA program fo r high-level managers has enrolled
30 new students-up II percent from last year. PoS5e'ssing an aver·
age of 13.5 yea rs of manageriaJ experience, the students are employed
at Praxair, Niagara Mohawk, EDS, Independent Health, Bison Products, Sterling Fluid Systems and Peerless Environmental, among
other area companies.
In addition to its Buffalo-based MBA programs, the Sehool of Management offers two Exe~ut ive MBA programs in Beijing and anoth er
in Singapore. CoUectively, 353 students areenroUed in those programs.

MBA

Japanese program goes online
A J•IN'nese language/ culture training program for business ex·
ecutives offered by VB has proven so successful that the university

has put it onlin e for the fall semester.
"E- Business Japa nese." a unique version of the popular " Japanese
for Business Executives" co urse, is a 16-week certificate program in
which participants acquire basic conversational skiJJs and develop
the intercultural competence necessary to in teract confidently and
successfull y with Japanese colleagues.
·
The dassroom version of the program is offered at US on a demand basis and in the past year has trai ned employees of Delphi
Automotive Systems; McGard Inc. of Orchard Pa rk, which manufa ctures wheel locks for aut omobiles, and Fujisawa Healthca re Inc.,
of Gra nd Island, which does business wi th Japanese colleagues in
th e U.S. and/or Japan.
The progra m was deve loped by the World Languages lmtitute , ...
( WLI ), a ufti t'o f th e Depa rt ment of Modern Languages and Literatures that specializes in language and cultu ral instruction in 12less
commonl y taught languages. The \VLI promotes global awareness
and inter-cultUral sensitivity and helps local companies become more
competitivt&gt; in international mafkets.
"The E-Business Japanese prog ram is designed to help partici·
pan ts develop practical intercultural and interpersonal skills that
they can use when dealing with Japanese peers, particularly in a
business setting," says WLI director Mark Ash will.
The one-semester course, which began last week, costs 5950 per participant. It will involve 160 hours of coursework and weekly call-in assignments to practice with a native-speaking tutor. 1t also will include
five on-campus instructor-led workshops. The class is limited to 20 participants each and students will have the availability of 24-hour, sevendays· a·week online interaction with their classmates and instructor.
Ashwill says that the fact that the program is mostly online means
it is more nexible and convenient than those held on campus, but
no less rigorous.
" Participants should be able to work independently, be disciplined
and self-motivated, have excellent time-management skills, a strong
commitment to their education and a willingness to stay actively
involved in the course," be says.
·
... We expect to partner with other academic institutions to attract
students from various geographic regions," Ashwill says ... like West·
ern New York students, distance-learning students would take the
course online but we would fly an instructor in to a local learning
site to present the on-campus workshop's."
The course coordinator and instructor is Kciko Kuriyama, the WU
coo rdinator of non-credit japanese programs and a doctoral candidate in linguistics at VB. Kuriyama is a native Japanese· speaker who
worked for several yea rs as a stockbroker in a major U.S. securities
company.

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pioles&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt; d prinomaking and
chair of lhe Department of Art
in lhe College of AtU and Sciences, will exhlbirher wort as
part of an exhibition, •s Studio
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Monday through Cl!:L 261n lhe
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a.ccessible via Web
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search, faculty and civil ser-

vice-both con'l:petitive and
non-competitive-positions can
be acceutd via the Human Resources Services Web site at
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UB archaeologists, engineers virtually "reconstruct" ancient Assyrian

structur~

Palace unearthed With djgital "tools"
By PATRICIA DONOVAN
Contributing Editor
EARLY 2,700 years af·
ter it was buried in the
Mesopotamian earth,
the crumbl ed, plu n·
dered, and now spectacular palace
of the ancient Assyrian King Ashur·
nasir-pal II will within the next year
open its virtual doors to visitors
from amund the world.
·
Upon entering the palace, they will
viewahistoricallyaccurate,complex,
detailed, high-resolu tion virtual
world-an ancient world-through
which they can "walk" at their own
pace, navigating the massive court·
yards, anterooms. throne room and
corridors, going in whatever direction they prefer, turning corners,
touching (and feeling) structural de·
tails and decorative items.
The visi t will be made possible by
archaeologists, engineers and compuler scientists at UBwho have been
digging with digital tools to produce
the next era of instructional devices.
The palace ofAshur-nasir·palisone
of a series of Assyrian palaces whose
virtual"reconstruction" will be pos·
sible because of a change in methods
of archaeological presentation and
publishing being applied at UB.
As functio nal as they are complex,
these muiLi·u.ser, multimedia, realtime virtual realms will be available
for exploration by a diverse audience
through hardware rang ing from
hand -he ld devices to fu ll y
immersive environmen ts. Their
work, say the r~archers, has led to
the production 9f a massive bank of
cducationaJ research resources that
can be used for a variety of educa·
tiona! purposes beyond those on
whi ch they arc focusing.
The project was co nreptual ized
by noted archaeologist and MiddleEast historian Samuel M. Paley, pro·
fessbrOfdassics,and Donald Sanders of Learni ng Si tes Inc. of
Williamstown, Mass., a co mpany
that produces archaeologicaJ visualizations for interactive education
and research purposes.
It involves a team of archaeolo·
gists and archit 01:ts from UB, the

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by linking vario~ sites in the palace to drawings. photographs, de·
script.ive and analytical text, and
nigh-resolution renderings of the
building compi&lt;:US.
Therfsults will be published both
on DVD and on the Internet to a].
low for the integration of live up·
dates, dis\llJlce-education features
and links to new information as they
arise. Ar.cess to Jntemet2 &lt;Uld the
technologi~ of the lmmersaDesk"'
and CAVEnc also are in progress at
UBand demonstrate the benefits of
life-size, virtual-reality applications.
Kesavadas and Paley are design·
ing ways to use hap·
tic tools (i.e., tools related to the sense of
touch) that will enable visitors to "feel"
structural surfaces,
draperies and clothing, giving th em a
more realistic and in·
tuitivewayofunder·
standing artifact and
environment.
To assist visitors,
tant professor of mechanical and the palaces will be ~pulated by in·
aerospa~ ineering; Richard P.
telligent agents-virtual Assyrians
Sobolew/ki of the Polish Center of as ava tars who wiiJ act as site interMediterranean Archaeology at the preters and building "guides," an·
University ofWarsaw,and Alison B. swer visito rs' questions about the
Snyder of the University of Oregon. palaces and instruct them in the use
Prototypes can be seen at http:/ of hap/ic drvices and a virtual ex/ www.claislcs . buffalo.edu /
aminJ.tion toolkit.
htm / UBVIrtuaiSiteMuseum /
Kesavadas points out that comsumm•ryNimnld.htm (UB's Vir· putergraphics,specializedhardware
ll,lal Si te Muse um ) or http:/ I and software, and vi rtual-reality
www . le•rnl ngsltes. com /
technologyhav~ been used byengi·
NWP•IIKe/NWP•I~. html
neers for several years to advance the
Although it will take year,; tofin.ish, state of manufacture and design.
thevirtua!Ashur-nasir-pal palaawill
"Now; he says. "we're using it to
be available in completed sequences bringos'into'physicalenvironments
toofferaglimpseinto theeducational to which we have had limited ac·
possibilities that have arisen liom new cess-the human body, for instance,
information technologies.
or ancient archaeological sites."
Sanders says the palare is being
Paley explains thatthe benefits of
co nstru cted from multi· media, the overall project are enormous,
multi-dimensional knowledge bases not only for the educational com·
that already demonstrate the useful· munity, but also for the research
ness of virtual reality as a coiJabora- comm unity as a whole.
tive tool for in teractive research and
"The palaces have been severely
ed ucation in the social scienc"s. . plundered;' he says, "and the re·
These k&gt;ols will further the educa- moval of hundreds of pieces of bastiona! dimension of the experience relief and sculptural items obstructs

University of Warsaw and the Uni·
versity of Oregon. They are work·
ing in collaboration with Learning
Sites, the Virtua!Reality Laboratory
in the School of Engineering and
Applied Sciences, the Center for
Computational Research and the
New York State Genter for Engineer·
ing Design and Jndustriallnnova·
tion (NYSCEDD) at UB.
The applications are being demonstrated in the project's first phase,
a virtual reconstruction of the
Northwest Palace ofAshur-nasir-pal
II. The effort is being led by Paley;
Thenkurussi Kesavadas, UB assis·

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our und&lt;TStanding of lhe totlll com·
position of the art on their walls.
"This not only impedes scholarly
interpretation that wol'ld help us
understand Assyrian art and palace
construction as it developed in the
Nco-Assyrian period," he says, "but
it prevents us from understanding
the relationShip between inscription
and relief, and how and why there·
Jiefs were created."
In addition, Paley maintains that
the missing materials hinder ide.ntification of the various hands lhat
produced both the design and its ex·
ecution, perhaps even the origin of
the sculptors and the principles of
Assyrian architecture.
This is why, he says, it is neces·
sary-now that it is possible to recreate the original site using digital
archaeology--to bring together all
of the discrete items from the pal·
ace that are scattered across the
globe and, in a sense, pur them back
where they belong.
.. Digital archaeology overcomes
many of the shortcomings of tradi·
tiona! paper-based archaeological
reporting,"Paleysays,citinglimitson
thenumber,typesandsizeofimages;
reliance on prescriptive, static and
linear presentation; difficulty in up·
dating data, ideas and images in the
publication; the expense of production per unit, and packaging, mail·
ingand warehousing costs.
Sanders says the Assyrian palace
projectdemonstratesnewvisualiza·
tion and presentation techniqu es
that incorporate moving images,
sounds and hyperlinks. Java, virtual
reality and compute.; animations, he
adds, all can be seamlessly integrated
into the basic methods of dissemi·
nating atchaeological data.
Projects like this ritake it dear that
digital reconstruction will be the
archaeological presentation stan·
dard within 10-15 years. according
to Sanders and Paley. The method·
ologies used her&lt;:, they say, not only
will offer an accurate look into a
long distant time and place, but also
have additiona(applications. with
implications for schools. museums
and future archaeological research.

UB to "recreate" glory of Pan-Am midway- ta
Panamania to bring llamas, music, food and "presidents" to North Campus
By PATRIOA DONOVAN
Contributing Editor
HE planners call them·
•
selves "Panamaniacs," a
name that expresses their
obsession with Buffalo's
190 1 Pan-American Exposition and
with its centennial celebration.
The Pana m~niacsa t UB have put
together an eponymous two ~ da)'
on-campus festival Sept. 22-23 in
which \risito rs ca n experience the
thrill of the original Pan-Am midW3)' through films, music, foods.
games aJtd memorabilia.
The program of weekend event!!
will be printed in the forma t of a
Mid war Day Program of the origi·
nal Pan-Am. It will be the fifth in a
..,t·ric.·!l of special commemora tive
Mlll\'cnir pro{!ram~ produced at UB
to celeb rat£" the centennial.
Panamania will take place in and
around the Center for the Arts on
tht· North Campu.... On both dars
thc.• t'\'t•nt will feature:

T

r

• Displays and information/ex· numerous vendors will seU Pan-Am day. He was the first U.S. commis·
sionerofimmigration, founder of Ellis .
hibit tables by historical organiza· related items·.
tions and community groups
• A 16x24·foot model of the Island, commissioner general of the
• Peruvian llama games, Argen· original Pan-Am produced by stu· Pan· Am Expo and founding father of
tine"ostrich" races and birds of prey dents from Tonawanda's Riverview the city of Lackawanna.
that will stare visitors down until Elementary School, who will make
• Beat inflation with the "penny
presentations
enlongating machine"'-just like
they give up.
• "The Spirit of Niagara," a Pan· those at the original Pan-Am. Insen
• "TangibleMemories," theUB Art
Gallery exhibition b)•the Pan-Ameri· Am collage project by st udents of the pennies and have them stretched
can Exposition CoUector's society.
Olmsted School based on the origi· and impressed with various popu• Foods of the Americas, as well nal 190 I "Spirit of Niagara" poster lar turn-of-the-last-century images.
as midway-type fare. will be for sale, produced to pro more the exposi tion.
• One of the most popular items
incl udi ng a special UB Pan -Am
• Bicycling demo nstrations by at the original Pan·Am was the life·
cookio-"UBda Cookie," named for the Pedaling History Museum
saving demonstrations presented by
the popular 1901 Uneeda Biscuit.
• Costumed charactm will join lhe the U.S. Coast Guard on Delaware
• Assorted corporate mascots will crowd. They will indude Prcsidenl3 . 1'-Mk Lake. The bo)~ in dark, dark
be on hand to greet the cro,,·d and William McKinley and Theodore blue will be back for Panamania to
sign autographs
Roosevelt, female members of •·Civil meet \\~th the public and demon• A 10-minute\'ideoloopoffilm \Var reenactment group, and fumed strate life-saving techniques at Lake
taken a t the 1901 Pan-Am will be Buff.tlo resident and Pan-Am digni· LaSalle, behind the CFA.
• OlOwdown on popcom popp..--.:1
onvit:w.
tary Col. John B. Weber (William
• Ongoing (: balk-on -sidewalk Tojek) of the 44th Regiment N.Y. Vol· in a circa 1901 popcom machine.
A detailed schedule of Panamania
untary
Jnfuntry.
Weber,
the
)'Oungest
.1rtwork created b)' UB art s tud ent~
on th e plaza outside the CFA.
colonel in the Civil \Yar, was commis· events is available in this Wl-ck's edi·
• "The Ba1. aar," an an.~a similar to . sioned to IC&lt;Jd the 89th United States tion of th e online Rt•po rter at
that at the original expo in wh ich Colored Troops prior to his 21st birth· &lt;www.buffalo.edu/ reporter&gt;.

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�Predicting volcanic flows
UB volcanologists develop map that pinpoints danger areas
we decided we really wanted to male&lt;

manding oomputationaUy.
this forecast. We want tosavtasmany
To chum through aU that data, the
people as possible."
UB researchers use supercomputers
newriskmapthat~
After
Popocatepetl
erupted
last
at
the nniver$ity's Center for Comthe hazards most likdyto
occur in the future on December, Sheridan, along with UB putational Research.
"'This new map is a major refinePopocatepetl-located geology professor Marcw Bursik;
just 60 kilometers from Mexico City Bernard Hubbard, former doctoral mcnt," Sheridan said, in oomparison
and considered the planet's riskiest candidate in the UB Department of to the 1995 hazard map of
110lcano--flas been d&lt;-veloped by UB Geology, and colleagues at UNAM, Popocatepetl that he and UNAM
volcanologist Michael F. Sheridan and. began using newly acquired ·digital researchers developed. "We have
colleagues at UB and the National topography to model the hazards been able to use actual volumes of
the recent activity represents.
Bowing material to dmlonstrate dif.
UniversityofMexioo (UNAM).
Digital topography represents to- ferent levels of damage. based on
The map shows which areas will
pographic
information
by
providhow
violent the eruption is."
be in danger if a catastrophic event
During the past six years,
occurs at Popocatepe~ and allows ingagridofdatapointsthatspecify
civil autho rities in Mexico to make elevation values for each individual Popocatepetl has exhibited intermore in fanned evacuation decisions grid area in the region being stud- minent phases of activity, explosince it mo re precisely forecasts ied. Sheridan explained that the ear- sively_Ejecting' gases and particles,
which areas an eruption's mud nows lierhv.ardmapofPopocat~was and then emitting only an occaand avalanches are likely to reach.
. . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - · - - - , sional steam bursL
But December's aaive
The resea rchers decided to deperiod was different ,
ve lo p the map fo ll owing the
Sheridan said
volcano'S t.Tuption last December, its
"Having red hot rocks
most violent in historic times. Since
thrown miles from the top
then. PopocatcpeU has continued to
BY UUH COOLDSAUM
Contributing Editor

A

oftheYOican~thasn't

experience "sporadic, large erup-

tions," Sheridan said, and Mexican
;wthorities arc watching it closely.
According to Sheridan, Mexican
researchers have state-'Of-the-an systems in place at Popoca tcpetl to
mo nitor significa nt changes in what
has been called the world's most
monitored volcano.
"What 's been missing is an
l'q uall y advanced method of predicting just wh1ch populations acIUally will be in danger." he said.
A more accurate map became a
c~i tical priorit y, Sheridan said, fol lowing Popocatepetl's increased activit y last winter.
"V\'e've constructed these sorts of
models aftcor theC\\!Ilt," said Sheridan.
"But when )'OU do that, people com·
ment that,of oourse, )'OU can oorrectly
adjust the parameters after the event
But could )'OU do it beforehand? So,
from a humanitarian point of view,

based on a grid spacingofhundreds
of meters, a scale that omitted many
important geologic fciuures.
Data points now available and obtained from satellite data provided by
NASA are separated by only 90
meters, a huge improvement ,
Sheridan said. He and'Bursik now are
working on new data points for
Popocatepell and other volcanoes
separated by only tens of meters.
The improved resolution, however, results in a much larger dataset,
making calculation of the Oow paths
and visualization of the data more
time-consuming and far more de-

1,200 years sincr an
eruption that seriously af.
fected human habitation
and that's what makes it a
~ttle scary," said Sheridan."The volcano could go into a more dangerous phase-at any time."
From field studies that include radiocarbon dating of samples taken
from the mountain, scientists now
know that catastrophic eruptions
happen at Popocatepetl about every
1,000 years. The laSt large eruption
that affected a population cehter is
the one that occurred about 1,200
years ago Sheridan said, and products of that wiped out most of the
area now occupied by Pueblo, a city
that is only 40 kilometers a""way, and
is home to about I million people.

Parental training key in coping
By llATltLUN WEAVER
Reporter Contributor

ESEARCHERS at VB's
Research Institute on
Addictions (RIA} have
shown that fartailies ex·
hibit improvements in overall func·
tioning. and in some cases reduced
adolescent substance use, when paren ts receive help and support in
coping with their child'ssubstance·
abuse problem.
Results from a study involving
parents from 22 families showed
that parents of teenage children who
participated in a training program
fOcusing on effective parent coping
skills re~rted improved handling
of problems encountered with their
te en, suggesting real · wo rld im ·
provcment in how parents cope
with their teen's substance usc.
The parents also reported re·
duced depression. anxiety 3nd an ge r, and fewer cO mmuni ca tion
problems with their teen.
'!'hey also reported reductions in
thei r child 's mari juana use.
..Although these preliminary results arc encouraging, they are not
ddinitivc,"s.1id Neil B. McGiUicuddy.
RIA research sdcntist and principal
investigator on the study. The $2.5
million projm to examine interven-

R

tions for parents of substance-abus·
ing teens is funded by the National
Institute on Drug Abuse.
"We haVe more V~Drk ahead of
However. our initia1 results suggest
that parents need not give up; there
are things parents can do which of·
fer hope," he added.
McGillicuddy developed the training program-the primary focus of
which is reducing the distress of par·
ents living with a substance-abusing
teen-in collaboration with Robert
G. Rychtarik, RIA senior research scientist, co-principaJ investigator on
the study and UB research associate
professor of psychology and psychiatry.Their premise was that if the parents were taught effective coping
skills and if their distress was lowered,
then the teen's substance use aJso
might be reduced.
"Many people believe that parenb
are at fault for a teenager's substance
abuse." said McGillicuddy. "For instance, some people may thil"lk that
poor commun ication or famil y arguments may ca use teen substance
usc."
"But consider the alternative. II
could be that some of these comlitions. such as the poor communi cation or famil y arguments, n.-sult
from the teen's usc of drugs or alco-

hoi. It also is likely that the teen's
substance use is contributing ·to
other negative consequences for the
parent and the rest of the family."
"Often, parents and their adolescent get into a vicious cycle of teen
substance""'· followed by ineffective
parental efforts to stop it, followed by
mo~ teen substance use and so on,"
McGillicuddy noted. "Parents feel
increasingly &lt;!&lt;pressed, anxious and
angry at both the adolescent and
themsel\'es. Sometimes, this leads
some parents to give up trying to do
anything. Our research suggests and
encourages parents to not give up."
McGillicuddy and Rychtarik are
conducting a full -scale, follow- up
study that involves comparing the
skill -training intervention to a 12step program, another commonly
employed treatment. In add ition to
surveying parents immediately preceding and following th eir partici pation in the 12·week " Parents of
Teens Program," a~essmen t s an.·
conducted for one year to dct~rmin e
the long- term impact of the programs on the family.
"At the end of this study, we ho}X'
to know more about how parents of
su bstance·abusing teem. w n change
their own and their fami ly's wellbeing," McGillicuddy added.

One of t iM big topics in local news of late· hu been the centennial
celebratio'n of the Pan-American Exposition, held in Buffalo in l901.
If you would like to learn more about the Pan-Am Exposition, there
are a number of Web sites that provide background information onas well as images of-this six-month evrnt that allowed Buffalo to
showcase itself to the world.
fUB is hosting a number of Pan-Am sites. The Pan -A m 2001
~mmittee's site at &lt;hUp:/ / panam2001 .buffalo.edu&gt; is the place
to start. This si te includes background information and a compre·
hensive listing of local events and exhibits celebrating the centennial.
"Uil and th e Pan -American Exposition" &lt;http:/ I
ubpllnam.buffalo.edu&gt; looks at the exposition from the then·University ofBuffa.Jo's ~rspective. Lin.lc to information on ·us Day" and
an article on "UB Students' Wold Night on the Midway." There also is
information on the university's participation in the exposition. specifically the operation ofthe exposition hospital, which provided treatment to President McKinley immediately following his shooting." Doing the Pan" &lt;http://panam1901 .bfn.org &gt; fe:~tures the exposition
from the perspective of the "'fair-goer " and includes lin ks to an interactive map, as well as t.o contemporary newspaper and magazine ar·
tides. Here, Webmaster Sue Eck tries to answer the question .. \\'hat
was it like to be there?"
The University Libraries host "'Illuminations: Revisiting the Buffalo
Pan-American Exposi tion of 190 I" http:/ / ubllb.bufflllo.edu/ llbrarJes/ exhlbiU/ panam, which is an extension of its Pan-Am related exhibits ongoing through Sept. 30. The site looks at the exposition from
topical perspeqives ranging from music to food to McKinley's assassination. Included are digitized documents and numerous images and
essays contributed by Pan-Am experts and researchers. You a1so may
link to a fascinating look at th e Pan-Am from the perspective of people
of color. via the .. Uncrowned Queens Project" Web si te at &lt;http://
wlngs.buffalo.edu/ uncrownedqueens/&gt;.

The Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, the largest repository of Pan-Am related materials, hosts the primary Pan·Am exhibit
site which provides exhibit information and a list of frequently asked
questions &lt;http:/ / www.bechs.org / panam/.panam-frm .html &gt;.
Also providing Pan-Am related information are the "Woman's Pavilio n Pan·Am 200 I" site &lt;http:/ / www.womenspaYUlon2001 .org/
&gt; and the Web site of the Buffalo Histor y Works &lt;http ://
lntote:m.buffnet.net/ bhw/ panamex/&gt;. A great deal of Pan-Am
related research material also maybe found via the"America n Memory
Project" &lt;http:/ / ICweb2.1oc.goY/ amhome.htm f&gt; and at Jim
site,
" Boo ndocks Net.com •
&lt;h tt p :/ I
Zwick's · Web
www.boondoclunet.com/ lndex.html&gt;.

If you do not wish to limit yourself to online sources, be sure to visit
the local Pan-Am exhibits, most of which continue through October.
Besides the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society's extensive display, Pan-Am related exhibits ha.•e been mounted-at the BurchfieldPenner Art Center, the Albright Knox Art Gallery and the Theodore
Roosevelt Inaugural Site. The Universiry Libraries exhibits continue
through Sept. 30 as does the UB Art Gallery's "Tangible Memories"
exhibit, the largest collection of Pan-Am memorabilia ever displayed
in one location. If you haven•t had your fill, ~ sure to join .. Panamania"
on Sept. 22·23, which promises to be the climactic celebration of ev·
erythi ng Pan·Am. For more .. Panamania" infarmation, contact Michele
Gallant at 645-6000, ext.1171.
/
~·

a.ttleson and Austin Booth, Univmity Ubro~

BrieD
Diversity workshop to be held
A worlr.shop program e.ntltled .. Di\'ersity. Soci~ Justice and Ide.~ ·

tity: Possible Campus Solutions• will be held from noo n to 5 p.m.
Oct. I 5 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.
The program is sponso red by the University Committee for the
Promotion of Respect for Diversity.
The workshop will be co nducted by Charles F. Behling, professor of social justice and director of the Intergroup Relations Pro·
gram at th e University o( Michigan . Behling, a former member of
th e UB psychology fa cult y. is a fou nding member o(th e Comm ittee for the Promotion of Respect fo r Diversity. which was created
in 1993 to foster a suppo rtive educa ti onal environment for all facult y. staff and student .
Following Behling's presentation, pa rt icipan ts will break into di~­
cussion groups.
The workshop will conclude with a performance, "A Tango t\lush.
Experien ce," featuring Lorena Guiii L'n and Alejandro Ru tty. The duo
will revive tango as a listening musical pleasure. as it often i:. performed in the nightclubs of Buenos Aires. Guillen will smg-J.ccompanied by Rutty on the piano--songs of th e golden era of Ar·
gentine tango from the 1920s to th e 1950s.
The cost of the work.!thop, which incl ud es lunch and refreshment
breaks, is free for st udents and $5 for faculty and staff.
Seating is limited. To register, co nt act Ellen Ch ristensen at 8292584, or the Office of Studen t Affairs at 645-2982.

�Student club designs and builds. structure that is environmentally friendly ·and efficient
Bullough lecture set
Pamela S Htnds, d irector of
ChUdren') Research Hosprtal in
Memptus and a specialist in
end-of-hfe deosion-maktng for

chi0ren and adolescenu. Wlll
present the frfth annual Bonnte
Bullough Lecture, to be held at
4:30p.m. Oct. 4 in the Center
lor Tomorrow, North Campu!o.
Her lecture will be titled
'When ,, Enough, Enough7 Holplog Patients Decide About Care...
The lecture, named for the
lclte dean of the School of Nlntng, t!o free .md open to the pui&gt;
IK, but reservatiOns are requtred.
Htnds came to the Untven•ty

t1l

Tt&gt;nnes~ee

in 1985 ll.S an assts-

tant t&gt;rolessor 10 the College of
Nurstng and coordtnator of
nur!otng re!&gt;earch at St. Jude
Chtldren\ Research Hosptt.ll
5ht' was promoted to auoctate
prolesM&gt;r tn 1988 and tn 1994
bet:ame a.ssooate dtrec:tor lor
re~earch

m behavtoral medtetne

ell St !Ud(''s
Htnds Wd5 c1ppomted dttel ·
101 nl

nur~tng

rEsearch at the

ho,pttal •n 2000 She also has
served en adjunct facultv at the
Umven.1ty ol Memph1s, the Umver~ty ol Tennessee College of
Nun•ng m Knoxv•lle. and t~
Umvers•ty of Penmytv.m.a College of Nun•ng
She •~ Pnncipal inven•gator
on " S 1,065,090 Nat•onallnst•tut e &lt;M Nursmg Re~arc h gram
to •nveslKJale the effecu of the
drug dexamethasonE! on sll"ep
and fatigu e 1n ch•ldren w•th leukem•a Her re~arch, centered
on trea tment and outcomes of
ped•atnc tancer, has been
funded con\lnuaUy s•nce 1980
a nd h&lt;n rt·~ulted in the pubhca·
lion ol e•ghl book chapters and
I 07 paper'&gt; '" se~enllfic 1oumals
H1nds was echtor of the Journal
ol Ped10rnc Oncology Nunmg from
1992 to 1998 and currently •s a
revte'N'ef f01 tOur prof~/ ,our-

nals
Ftt reseM~horn, call 829-2533

Fall Fest set for Friday
The band 3 Doors Down w11f
headl1ne Fall Fest 2001, ..et lor
Fndc1y 1n the Band Po1nt Amph•·
the.Jtcr on the North Campu'&gt;
Th(' concert wdl be moved
to Alumnt Arena •n the event ol
•ndement weathc1
Spec.t.ltor\ w•ll be adm•tled
beg•nn•ng &lt;~I 3 p.m US students
will be aclmtttt'd for f,cee . ,, llm•ted number of ttckeu for thegeneral puhltc Will be sold on
the day ol the ~w lor \1 ~
In additiOn to 3 Door\
Down, the b.mds Evt&gt;rclt.-Jr,
Ntckelbar k .and Seven Channels
w1Uperlorm
Fall Fet ~~ pre~nted by the

Student AMocaaoon and UniVeD~ty
umon ActMtteS Soard (UUA8), a
~e

of Sub Board 1 Inc.

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Eco-house aims·to serve as model

By JENNIFER LEWANDOWSKI
Reporter Ass•stant Ed•tor

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17

Addressing the issue of departmental "laggards"
To the Editor:
About 30 years ago, when flight at- ficult to distinguish between those
tendants were still stewardesses, who sit and think clever thoughts,
the stewardess who collected my and those who sit and think stupid
ticket stub saw Dr. John Boot, and thoughts. O&gt;ess players. whether they
asked whether I was a Dr. who are smart enough to win· or stupid
looked after patients, a Dr. who enough to lose. both sit and think.
looked after teeth or a Dr. who dia
Wt., the chain, are in the best po"kind-of-nothing.•
sition to try to identify the ftimsies;
Our provost r=ntly sent a no- indted, when writing the annual
tice to deans stating that faculty who reports, it is hard not to id~tify
did, well, kind-of-nothing, ought to · them.Butwbatcuredoweha...,that
earn their keep by teaching more. is better than the disease? Surely not
This is a terse rendering of a text that time;docking, which would destroy
was terse to begin with.
the university as we know iL Surely
I trust we support the notion that not counting research, which would
faculty ought to hOve a full plate. We worsen the substitution of quantity
are, after aU, paid full time. And we forql!"lityand,in any""""t.can too
acknowledge that there are col- readily be manipulated.
leagues who don't pull their weight:
Nor will the simple dictate to
it is not a phantom issue.
"just teach more" fly, what with the
But it is part of the cost of doing union and the appointment letters.
business. If, like accountants, we had It would spawn years of litigation.
to acoount fc;&gt;r our time. we might re- Nobody-not the faculty, not the
du.ce some slack among the under- administration, not the union, nbt
perfollll&lt;n, but we would lose the ser- the university-is served by lawvices of the over-performers who suits where, ultimately. whoever
fieralywrite, experiment. creal£, think wins still loses.
and teach-far too fiero:ly to wast&lt;
Let me suggest two approaches.
time keeping track of time. in a cost- The first is premised on Woody
benefit analysis, the ben¢ts provided Allen's dictum that 80 percent of the
by over-performers handily exceed the job is just showing up. The suggescosts of the under-performers.
tion is to assign to colleagues who
Who, incidentally, are these lag- tend to be absent on non -teaching
gards? It is not easy to distinguish days without much to show for it
between those who sit and think. and two courses, one on aM-W-F schedthosewhojustsit.It is even morrd.if- ule, the other on aT-Th schedule. If

Woody is righ~ this would solve 80
percent of the problem.
As a variation on tbistheme,schedulethedasziesonM-W-F,butone midmorning and one mid-afu:moon.
The other approach would promote teaching on overload This has
been part of the scheme of thing.&gt;
all along. Successful grant-getters
and resean:bers can "buy out" teaching obligations, and those spending
less time and effort on~ can
"buy in" teaching obligations.
In either sanario, it should be
done at the deparLmental level,
where the up-dose-and-personal
knowledge resides, and where one
can, perhaps, .distinguish between
structural and temporal problems.
Inclosing, as an aside, just as there
are under-productive faculty, there
are under-productive administrators-who waste resources, make
useless work for others, duplicate efforts in turf wars, double dip in the
private sector, or who simply are bad
decision -makers.
Wt. have our fair (unfair!) share of
those and they linger forever, being
recycled from failure to failure, or from
failure~ecure,and""'" &amp;om failure to paid pasture, at appreciable salaries and oodles of overhead
j o h n -·
Prof~or and Chair, DepottrMnt
of Ma~~t Sc~~ and Systmu

Investigation of aid for injured athletes urged
To. the Editor:
In the Reporter of Sept. 6, members
of the university community could
read about the football game with
Rutgers. Much of the article was
detailed.
But The Buffalo News also inclutled the foUowing .. real news,"
which the Report&lt;romitted:"Fifthyear tight end Marvin Brereton had
surgery early Friday morning for a
ruptUred patella tendon in his left
knee and is out for the season. If he
elects, Brereton could apply to the
NCAA for a sixth year of eligibility.
Sophomore tight end Jason Smalarz
and junior defensive end Jamie
Guerra both suffered concussions.
Smalarz is questionable for Bowling
Green, while Guerra is dax-to-day
and could return to practicr sometime next week. (head coach Jim)
Holher said."
I wish to skip over the question
of extended eliS~bility to concentrate
on the complex issue of the variety
of costs for Division-! sports.
..
Are the costs of injured athletes'

medical care absorbed by the universityl Will a_player who suffers an
injurybeabletocontinueontuition
waiver or some combination of financial waiver and athletic scholarship? Are these policies set by our
university or by the NCAA? How
many semesters-of continuance do
the players get? Do the costs come
from state funds or from the UB
Foundation? (In the distant past at
another university, injured players
were dropped from the aid programs, and for many financially disadvantaged players, the policies
meant that they had to drop out of
college. The athletes felt that they
had been used and discarded.)
I think that some moderate investiga!Nereportingcouldfindoutabout
this university's past, current and future policies. At the ""'Y least, future
issues of the 11.tportu sbould include
injuries to members of both teams.
Apparently the knowledge· and
attitude toward concussions is now
undergoing change. In the distant

past, coaches or assistant coaches
used to counsel play;rs to say, when
asked "What day is it?" that ~ It ~
Saturday" because then the player
could continue-severe injuries seldom happened on practice days.
I realize that many earnest adults
are in favor of" The Run to Division
!,"but I question whether this decision actually is in the university's
and the individual studen~s longterm best interesL It would be helpful for the uni"""ity community to
learn bow many of our enrolled students actually wnrk for I0 or DlO"'
bours per week and, therefore, probably are wnrking while others are
"playing." Perhaps some effort ro
create a gentrifiCation of the university requires the emphasis on sports.
In some future university, people
may regard football the way many
now regard boxing-as a semi-savage entertainment that actually exacts a heavy toll in human costs.

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D&lt;portmmt of English

Bowline G~n 35, UB 0
The Bulls must hoYe felt like they
_..~uphill the ondre lint
holf atBowfincGroen Sowrday
nl&amp;ftt.lndle end. d1e hill was mud!
too far co dimb.
[The Folcon$, ~elf. 2().13
wlri at Missouri, had six drive sara
inside UB' I -~().yard line In ""' first
holf alone In~~ •28-0

halltime ieod. UB ,...,. ..eco-.d

andfelm0.2ond1eseuon wid!•
35-0 loss in Doyt Pony Stadium
belono 16,183fans.
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The Bulls had three wmovers
lnthefirstholfandthei&lt;•-.ae
drive start was their own 20, whlfe
the Fakons bepn on a vera.p at the
UB &lt;40-yard line .UB managed !&lt;Jst
seYen first downs In the pme.
"It was • thoroucl&gt; del ..t by
our foodlatl team.'" said head coach
Jim Hofher."\Ve didn' t reaUy win in
any phue of d1e pme .While our
defense played valiandy. it's very
crlfficult co del end tNt many poor
drive starts and we were. on the

fiekt far too Jon&amp;. tt's as bad an
offensive perlQI'TnilllCe as I' ve seen in
a longtime ."
The Butts del..,.. played •dmlrabl y throuzjlout. pardcubrly ;n·t;gt&gt;t of &lt;he
Falcons" huge edp .In field pos-. the entir e game. Buffalo stopped Bowt;ng
Green on fourth down tries on three dlft'erent occaskwls, induding a stop at the
twO-yard line late Jn the l:hlrd quarter and at the UB 19-yard line early in the
fourth quartet".

~o~~er
MEN'S

UB I, Central Connecticut 0

UB 4, Siena0
Senior Bill No"'"'"&amp; bluted • pus IT om lunlor Dan w;.techowsld put the
c.lntni Connecticut State U.W enity &amp;oaikeepeo- wld1 6:54lelt In recuDdon to
give US. I.Ovictory OYOrthe Blue DeYils m the first round of the Bulb Fait
Classic at RAC field
·
Bnan Worilk earned the shutout In 1 0&gt;1. rnakio&amp; ei(j&gt;t ""P'· )ellllnJneai
had five saves between the pipes fa&lt; Centnl Connecticut.
The Blue DeYIIs held • ~;gt&gt;t
in shots {I l-12). In a physial pme
on bo&lt;h sides of the ball.
The Bulk (3-1) tool&lt; the final pme of the dusic on Sunda y wld1 • W win
OYOr Siena. Sophomore O.ve Pidgoon's goal9:06 Into the game was all the

•dvan-

c&gt;lensetheButtsneeded.
The victory also mvl&lt;ed the '
win fa&lt; head coach )olviAstud;tlo.
~Uio,in his dllrteenth season at UB, roaw becomes the winnlngest cooch In
UB me11"s soccer history.paulng Sal Esposito , who I'Jided the Bulls to 109
victories (lOS lassos) over 16 seasons (1973-1988).

tom

TheBulls. -.....ofdlr~pmes.alsorecelvedloalsfrom

Woelechowsld.Iunior M;ke Pepi;nskl. and freshinall jeiiGalluuer.
UB senior Kev+n Pttra was named the tournament" s Defense MVP.
WOMEN'S

Falrlield I, UB 0
Boston University 2, UB I
Falrfleld"s )ui;.Anne Forman brob • scoreless de u the 97:5S marl&lt; of the first
cwonime to pve the Sap • 1.0 victory .,_. UB as the Bulls bepn a tw &lt;&gt;match road trip.
Boch teams had se Wtral chances b.te in r ecuiadon and Into the first ( rr~t
minutes d overtime before Forman knocked k'l a r~ for the pme winner.
junior Emily Cox made ei(j&gt;t ,.,..In •11r0&lt;1C ellon: In goal for the Buls. ·
Sophomore Nicole Otszewsldwu the main olfen;n.e "'""'fe&lt;UB, ri&lt;ordlnc
four shots.
tn other action, Cox stopped • ar-n;gt&gt; 18 Boston Univenity shots but
itW&gt;Sil't...,.,., as the Bulls" fe11,2-I.The loss dropped the Bulb tD 1-3 on the
season, their worst start since 1997.

Volle~~all
N- Hampshire l, UB l
Massachusetts l, UB I
Dartmouth l, UB I
UB opened pia y u the Musachus«a In .m.oon.t wld1 •

hard-f.,..,.,._..,..

losstoNew~re . UNHwonthefim.pmebya30-27scoreand~

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drink se'Wd at the exposition.

A third

t...odrNood exhibition will focus on the
works of more than'6SO American
artists, as wetl as artists from Can.da
and Latin Ameria, that were shown dt
the Pan Am. It also will exhibit aspKU of
the exposition's grounds and the woB:
of those who contributed to the overall
mis ~ scerw of the Pan Am.
• The University Archives, Special

Collections and Poetry Collection in
Capen Hall will present an exhibition
titled, "land, Lust and Murder: An
Expose of Historic Deeds Done Circa
1901."

• The Charles 8. Sears law library in
O'Brian Halt North Campul. will
approach the Pan Am from a legal
~-focusing In particular on legal
and legislative proceedings sunoundlng

the arrest. trial and exOOJtion of

Jl'&lt;5idendal """'"" loon Czolgosz.
• The Sdeoc:e and Engineering Ubtary
(SEl) in Capen Hall, North Campus, wilt
present exhibiu on the presentation of
l!lectricity, chemistry and architecture at

~t:e~·t:J~~~ show

technology and industry.

• Bach and African drumming were
among the musical entrftS lit the Pan
Am, and the Musk Ubrary In Baird Hall,
North Campus, will exhibit tleXU and
documents related to its extensive
musical programs, It also will present
Illustrations of the Pan Am's Temple of
Music and other concert venues as well.
• A bullet-probing set circa 1901 Is just
one of the Items contemporaneous with

~~~~~ry~n:tt~!!r~~th

Campus. In its exhibit. •Birth, Death and

=i:!?~s;~~ng People
Exposition.• It will focus on the
enormous task factd by Pan Am mtdical
director Roswell Paric. In protecting the
exposition visitors from contagious
diseases, food contamination and
unhygienic facilities.
• The eJChibit to be mounted by the

~~~~~~~~~=ry

Queens,.. b based In research by Barbara
Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks
Bertr.tm, and will celebr.tte the
accompfishmenu of African-American
women of Western New York from the
past. present and future .

In control of the matth .r- • 30-12 win In pme two. Bulblo f"""" bodt wld1
30-25 and 30-28 wins lnpmes three and four to fo&lt;ce • fifth and doddinc
game,wlllch New Hampshire narrowly won. I S-13.
The Bulb w.,..led by sophomore l..lndsay Matikosh, who posted • tam and
areer-lll&amp;!&gt;2i"kln.-. .417hltdncper~ t3dip. s.n~or.._
l..visA LaCour t&gt;ltled 41 uslsts and tied her ar ..,. hilt&gt; wld1 • team-le&gt;dinc 23
d;p.andsenio&lt;"KeriShieis&gt;dded t3klllstotheBults' effort.
In the toumament"s ftnal day. the Bulb (2-'1) dropped two four-pme
matches. The Bulls lost their open;nc match of the da y to the host
Mlnutowomen. 30-21.25-30. 30.23, 30. IB. and then lost to 0... tmouth in the
nlglltap. 21 -30. 30.21 . 30.28, 30.23.
Matil&lt;osh represented the Bulls on the All-Tou,.,.,.,. Tam Wrie:a&lt;ing the
team wtth o48ldlls, 40 digs and eight service aces in the team' s three JNtches,

~ross ~ount~
Men place second, women third in Tommy Evans Invitational
The men's and women's cross-country squads opened the 2001 season
Saturday at the Tommy Evans lnvitadonal meet in Akron,Otvo.The Bulls' men
finished a dose second to Kent State, 30.28. in a three-team race , while the
women took third tn a four-ca.m field with 68 points.

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U B -'sCiub lnt..-netlonal Committee
September Welcome Plcnk
fOf' New International
Students. UB Women's Club.
Baild -~North Campus. 4-7
p.m . Free, tkkets
required.
'JlOnsor&lt;d by Tops lntematJonal
markets. for more Information,
Kelli Bocock-Natale. 64S-691B.

Thursday,
September

13

are

Department of Oral
Dlagnostk Sdences
Seminar Seties

~~~~~:~!/~ti:g: The
fattening . EliZabeth 0 . Capa)dl,

~~~;SofSq~h and
Umpus. 8 a.m. Free.

ETC Technology Wortc.shops
What's New and Different:
Blackboard 4.10 to
Blackboard S.S. 212 Capen.

North Campus. 2-4 p.m.

Fr~ .

Physics Colloquium
Ddennlnatioo of Spin
Injection Effklency from

Electroluminescence Studies
in Galu/AlGalu Spin Ught

Women,'s Soccer
UB vs. Akron . RAC Fteld, North
Campus. 7 p.m . Free.
Beethoven Festtv•l Slee/

~~::.:!~1. Quart~t
Ying String QuarteL Slee
Concert Hall. North Campus. 8

gym~t~J~~:.~.~r:,e:
1nformat1Qf\ 645-2921.

Musical

~:."siac~x~:.eand
Center for the Arts, North

=-!.l:·~c.'s

~~~~~~~of'~. 422

information, 64S-ARTS.

Fronczak, North Cam pus. 3:30

~·at Noon

p.m. Free.

nssues. Amokf I. Caplan,

Navigation in the Yangtze
ThrH Gorges: Before and
after the Dam. Thomas W.
Burtunan, d ir., Asian Studies
Prog . 2BO Park, North Campus.
Noon-1 p.m. Free. Sponsored

:~~~~~h=and

Burkman,

Blologkal Sciences S«mlnar

7:!'~::e,;a~~~~~~~les
dir., Skele~ Research Cenler,
Case Western Re:serve Univ. 225
Natural Sciences Complex,

~~~~r:n!~~~~re:~
Hollingsworth, 64S·2968.

Buffalo Logk Colloquium

:~i~~l~'c~~~~:.

Jose SagUilto, Univ. of Santiago
de Compost'ela. 141 Park,

~~s Ca~~ t;l~~·
~loquium. For more

~~nf;~~~~s W.
64~ -3 474 .

1S55Workshop
Hiring Scholars: 1· 1 &lt;&gt;&lt; H· 1B?

=kine.~':~=.

Student and Schotar Services.
For more information, 645·
22S8.
Beethoven Festlv.. 51ee/

~~!:!"3 Quartet
Ying String Quartet. Slee
Concert Hall, North Campus. 8

~"6e~~l2J~~!.~~~

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R~rt,..,.

publl\hes

listings for even b ta king
pl~tt

on cam pus. or fOf'

off compu.s events when!

sponson. Urtlng.s a re due
no lata- th an noon on
1he Thu rsday preceding
publkatlon . list ings lire

only accepted through the
e lectronic submlulon form

for lht:! online UB C.alendar
of Ennh ol ·;http·/ I

www.buHalo

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• 11 lh(· dt!'ctrunlt

OpenReheonal
Slee Slnfonietta. Slee Concert
Hall, North Campus. 10 a .m .
12. Sponsor&lt;d by Dept of
Musk. For more Information,
64S·2921 .

Geometry /Topology
.5emlnar
Stabilization in the Braid
Group, Part 1. William
Menasco, Dept. of
· Mathematics.
Mathematics
Bldg .• Noith Campus. 3:45
p.m. Free.

122

~. VA Medical Center. 9
~~:~~~~~

~"'d~~ri~nd

and Sleep Medoclne.

5eptom1Mt- Welcome
Banana festival. Student

Union lobby, North Campus.
Noon-1 :30 p.m ; Free.
·

~tzc=~~=l

lmpUcatlons of Chlkfren of
O+Yort:e fOf' our EducatioNI

~e:tt~~~~

Unjyen,jty Inn and Conference
Center, North Forest Road,
Getzville. B,J0-1 0 a .m. 125.
Sponsored by lht&gt;an Eduation

~~9"'J~~ Series.

FOf' more information, Ken

Kr....,.,.., 64S-6642, "".l 1159.
1555 Wortuhop

=~~~Of

and Training. for""""
infonnalion, 645-6140.

~~~~~

-·

advisor, International Student
and Scholar Services. 145C
Student~ North CampoA.
Scholar Services. for """"

Muskol

1555 Wortuhop

~~-~~~~

more

_

.. 5lee

~~urrlcul.vand
==~:;~.n!nlng.

Comins., international student
advi&gt;on. 31 Capen, North
Campus. 4 p.m. free . Sponsored
by International Student and
SCholar Services. For more
information, 645-2258.

~f}. ~t~hs'1;fr:'.:;,:J'~

Moclltotlon Clou
Buddhbt Meditation. Niko4aus

Sunday

6-7:30 p.m. Free. For more
information, Nikotaus
Kar.~pasas, B34-233S .

more

Dept of Musk. for
information, 645· 2921 .

16
Women 's Soccer
UB vs. Kent State . RAC Ftekj,
North Campus. Noon. Free.

Muskal

·~~::.~~~~~c;xArts,o~~!:e and
Center for the
No rth .
Campus. 2 p.m . S 12 general,
SS students and seniors. For
more information, 645·ARTS.

Musical

Music: Lecture
"Whose Beethoven? The life
of Beethoven in the 20th
Century." M IChael~. Penn
Sta te Univ. 2 11 Baird , North
Campus. 4 p.m. Free. Sponsored
by Dept of Music . For more
1nformat1on, 645-2921

lu'(:;1~~Kufel.

ETC Technology -shops
lntroductlon to HTML 212
Capen, North Campus. 3-4
p.m. Free.

~~=Jrh~tor;;;~t'a~~er
6800. ext 2020

Pulmonary Medicine
Review Conference

Center for the ArU, North
Campus. 2 p.m. I 12 general,
15 students and ~ion. for
more information, 645-ARTS.

Foster Chemistry CoUoqula
Protein Production for
Struciural Geoonlic.s: HighThroughput Structure

~~;!.,~~~~Sa~~ RaH, 64~·

19

~e~~lac~-.~~e and

Men 's Socc:er
UB vs. Detroit Mercy. RAC
Field, North Campus. 2 p.m.
Free.

lnst. 2 16 Na tural Sc1ences
CompJex, North Campus 4

Wednesday

information, 645-2258.

5ertes--Conart1
Slee Slnfonletta. Slee ConCert

14·

Campus. Noon-1 p.m. Free.

ETC Technology Worluhops
Buikfing a Course In
BlackbOord S.S, Part 11. 212
Capen, North Campus. 2-4
p.m. free .

Senlor Alumni Progr•m
Elder law bsues. Anthony H.
Szczygiel, prof .• law School

Friday

ETC Technology Workshops

~e~.f~~~;~~ the

information, 645.6125.

-

Jude Schwendler, 829-260B.

18

Muskol

Noon-1 p.m . Free.

US groups ore prindpal

Tuesday

~~ ~~Pu~~~ 1~r:ro

Center for the ArU, North
Campus. 8 p.m. S1 2 general.
S5 students and senion. For
info rmation, 645-ARTS.

~~~r%c!r~nr=~.

ETC T~hnology Worluhops
Using Ms FrontPage, Section
A, Part II. 212 Capen, North
Campus. Noon-1 :30 p.m Free.

p .m.
free. Sponsored by
Und&lt;t)Jraduat• Ubrary. For
more 1nformation, Eric Acree,
645·2943, exl 23S .

ETC Technology Worluhop•
Introduction to Web Editors

Campus. Noon-2 p.m. 115.

In

~=~~~~~l~~~~r::.

UGL Workshop
UGL101 : Research Skills.

~~!~~~ac~.~~:,e and

~~~~~~=!~~h

ETC Technology Worluhops
Bulkfing a Course

Saturday

infonnatior), 645· 2921 .

~f2nla~~~Ca~:U~~·

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Care

infOrmation, John Corcoran,
B81 -1640 or 64S-2444. exl
119.

~~~~:d~~~:~~e-r·

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=~~~~'n=t~·
yp.nand Scholar Sefvkes.

loqic

1SS5 Wortuhop
Getting lnvotved at UB.
NanK!tte C~n . 31 Capen,

Monday

~~:iB~a~C~xo~~~!:e and

Center
for th(" Arts, North
Campus 8 p m S12 general,
SS student.\ and sen1ors For
more Information, 645-ARTS

~~~$!~~~~=:

ETC Technology wortc.hops
Introduction to Photoshop,
Section A, Part II. iMedia staff.

~~~,;,~Campus.
1555 Workshop
Applying fOf' a Green Card:
Ouutaoding Researcher/
Professor Petitions and
Adjustment of Status. Maria
Rosdglione, immigration
specialist, InternatiOnal Student
and Scholar Services. 4
Diefendorf, South Campus.
5

~=a~~~ ~C:n~n1

Scholar Services. For more
information, 645-2258

Thursday

20
Department of Oral
Diagnostic Sdenc:es
Seminar Series

~;~~: ~~~~f~ic:a~teria
Validity. Richard Ohrbach,
assoc. prof.• Dept. of Oral
Daagnostic Sciences. 355 SqUire,
Souih Campus. 8 a .m. Free.

Physics Colloquium
SNO. Jim!")' law, ~l of
Phy&gt;ics, Unov. of G
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Ontario. 422 Froocza North
Campus. 3:30 p.m . Free.

lleceptlon
CEl Class of 2002 Welcoming
Reception . Fanny's R_91:aurant..
3500 Sheridan Drive, Amhef&gt;t.

~!~ [:'£n=!r the

leaderlhip and the CEl ~umni
Association. For I'TlOf1!
information, 64.S..3000 ..

Exhibits

· - 2 1 0 1 : City&lt;'*

=-a:.:,oln'=~nd

BNno fr=hi, dun emeritus of
the School ol MhitKture and

=:1~2=:.nt

in 2101 bon display through
Oct. 6 in the Second floo&lt;
Gallery of the UB Art Gallery in
the Center for the Arts, North
Campus. Ga~ hours are 11

·a. m. to6~. m . ~

~=~~ntmenl

• -..tee

Sando: Outsider

In"

=~=·~~

~~~!g~

• the United Sta"" IVmy during
WWll, wiH be on display
through Sept. 27 In the Art
Deportment Gallery. 1145 in the
ETC Technology Wortuhops
Center for the Arts, North

~lo.~~,:..~2

:fo";:.m.f ....

1

Law 5chool Meeting
Llw Alumni Board of

~=~~i:~a:.m.

S16. For more information,
Ilene flei&gt;Chmann, 64S-210 7.
Wednesdays ot 4 PLUS
lecture: Pound, Olson and
late Modernist Didacticism.
Alan Golding. 4 38 Clemens,
North Campus. 12:30 p.m.
Free. For more information,
64S-3810.
1555 Workshop
H-1B Visas: An lnfonnation
Session. Maria Rosctglione,
l nt~tional Stodent and
Schotar SeMces. 31 Capen,
North Campus. 12:30 p.m.
free. Sponsored by
International Student and
Scholar Services. for more
information, 645·2258
Fall 2001 Training Schedule

~~=~·=

Bridges Between Re.earch and
Practice. Nancy Smyth. School
of Social 'Mlrk. Center for
TOfT'IOfTOW. North Cam~

~:~~~~ ~m.Jl~ion Stud&gt;e.&lt;

~':'o"5~~=."rr&gt;10

d;~h ~~. to

8

6 p.m. on Satllrday.

· -o:llewlsltloo!if
luffalo's p..,.Ainertan

bposltlon"
" Illuminations: Revisiting

Buffato's Pan-American

~~ie~ C::e'!nd on·
~i;: ~~';'t,t=~ndby

Special Collections illustroting
the cultural and historical
u~nnings of BuftaJo's

~~~di~~Ex~~·

in the libraries across the
ca mpu~. Each library wUI
offer on-site and on·line ·
exhibitions focused on its own
area of expertise:

• Lcx:kwood Memorial library,
North Cam pus, will mount
exhibitions of varying themes.
One will focus on the

~=e:~ ~~Jo's ethniC
experiences of the Pan
American Exposittan; another,
"Food, Drink and Eating at the
Pan-American Exposition:

=s.~~r~the

abundant and diverse food and

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Q&amp;A: Letitia Thomas fills in the
details on Cora P. Maklney College

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when they becomo avoilable.
A meeting ol the luii·Faculty
Senate will be held at 2 p.m.
Tueday In the Center for Tomorrow, North Campos..

Victoria R. (Vicki) Bull has
joined her brother, Victor E.
Bull, as the mascot for UB's
athletic teams. Vicki made ·
her first appearance at a UB
football game at the season
opener against Rutgers on
Au g. 30. For other footballrelated photos, see
www.buffalo.edu/reporter.

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1Sth speaker series
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gram project grant from the National clinical trials in humans. ..
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search a.imed at developing vaccines of clinical samples emanating from
to prevent ear infections in children a chronic obstructive pulmonary disand respiratory tract infections in ease(COPD)studyclinicconducted
adults with chronic lung disease.
at the VA hospital by Murphy and
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three separate but related projects, all of medicine, con tinuously since
geared toward understanding the
1994. It is the longest running study
human immune response to the bac- clinic for CO PO in the United States.
teria that cause these infections-inApproximately 25 million epifonnation that will le-dd directly to sodes of middle ear infections oc- .
the development of vaccines.
cur in children in the U.S. annually
Timothy Murphy, professo r of at an estimated cost of $3 biUion.
"Children who experience recur·
medicine and microbio logy, and
chief of infectious diseases at UB rent ear infections suffer hearing loss
and the VA hospital, will direct the at a time critical for acquiring speech
overall program and head one of the and language." Murphy said ... This
may lead to a delay in language deresearch projects.
Murphy has had along-standing velopment and to learning problems
interest in ear infections and infec- in school. For these reasons, there is
tions in aduJts with chronic lung a strong imerest in devdoping vac·
disease. He holds several patents in- cines to prevent ear infections.
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COPD." Murphy said, "so vaccines
developed for these bacteria would
be tested in both populations."
COPD is the fourth leading ca"""
of death in the U.S anQ is responsible
forancstimatedSII billion in healthcare costs. Bacterial infections in patients with COPD lead to hospitalization, respiratory failure and death.
"Preventing infections in COPD
would have a huge impact on the
course of the disease," Murphy said.
His project consists of experi ments to determine the human an tibody response to the bacterium
Moraxclla cntarrhalis, which is a
common cause of car infections in
children and of lung infections in
~dults with

COPD. This project will

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obtained from the VA COPD study.
A total of II 0 veterans have been
followed in the clinic.
"These samples provide a unique
opportunity to learn about the immune human response to M.
catan-halis; Murphy said. "A variety
of tests will be peifonned to learn
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AnthonyCampagnari,UI!associate
professor of microbiology. each will
direct one of the remaining ptVjects.
Thanavala is an immunologist who
has perfonned groundbrealting research in the development vaccines
for hepatitis. induding the "potato
vaccine" currently undergoing testing
in humans. Her project in-ulves d&lt;tailed studjcs of the P6 protein, a
promising vaccine candidate to protect against infections a1used by H.
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lung infectiom in adults with COPD.
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The signs, they are a changin' at UB
By JENNIFER LEWANOOWSKI
Reporter Assistant Editor

IGNS of improvement arc
cropping up everywhere at

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UB.

After years of planning,
the university finh.lly is gening a new
· look in terms of its exterior signage.

Gone are tho400-odd outdat&lt;-d.drnh
signs of another l.'r.t, and arriving in
front of everybuilding,cntranccwa}'·
parking lot and bcrond are mor~
than 600 uniform, morl' acsthcticall)'
plea ing signs that aim to freshen
UB's look, as well as make n~vigation
of the campuses that much easier.
"The idea is to significantly im-

prove our visual identity.'' says
Asmundur Sveinsson, associate fa cilities program coordinator in Facilitics Planning and Design for
UnivcrsityFacilities,andmanagerof
thecxtcriorsignageprojcct. "Thisi3
J complett.' system- it takes you
from m;.1cm to micro."
The:' nt.'.lrly S3 million prott.•.:t 1s ,1
&lt;:olbborativeetTort involving 1--.~eih tit:s Pl.mning al\d Llc!tign ~nd thl·
Sign.1gc Adv•~oq· Co mrmth."l',
which was t.~ t olbli!thed .tfter the uni ·
versity introduced ib new interlocking UB logo in 1997 and charged
with developing a strategy to im prove exterior signage.

The project could be finished by
the close of the fall semes ter ,
Sveinsson said.
The new signagt&gt; presents a con~i~ trnt im.tgc in ih usc of the
university 's co lors-gray and
blut.'-.tndthcintcrlockingUBlogo.
TO m.1ke"wayiinding"-or navigation -ea!tier, all building signo:1gc
n.·nect s the new quaJmnt system
ht.•ing implemented on the qm pU!'tC!t, with ~ color-coded band
.tcros.s th e top of each building sign.
Th('colorcd bands correspond with
the new standard-issue map of the
campuses. designedbythcOfficcof
Crea tive Services in University

Communications, which designates
areas of the campus by color coding. The North Campus i divided
in to four quadrants-the Ellicott
Complex (green ), the Ac.tdemit.:
Complex (yellow), th e Se n •ices
Complex (purple ) and Arts and
Athletics (or.mge)-whiletheSouth
C1mpus also has four- the Hcm!'tingComplcx (green ), the AcademK
Comple x (yellow ), the Sen icl'!&lt;.
C01nplex (purple: ) and the ~lcd1 ca l
and Dental Complex (blue ).
Locator maps featuring the ncw
quadrant system will be featured in
some 20 small directory vehicular
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Atthltect Osaor S..mus Troyr¥&gt;r
willlliJcuss~Wiage:

Al&gt;lstod lMng Hou1lng In •
MultHeYel Care Communi\)'"
during the Emeritus Center's
forst .-;ng of the acodemic
Y9f. to be held at2 p.m. Tuesday in 102 Goody&lt;ar Hall on
the South Campus.
WinnoJ of the Emeritus
Center's Rose Welnstdn Aword
for 2001 , Troyr¥&gt;r roceiv&lt;d his ·
master's degree in O«hltecture
fromUB.
H~ 13J1&lt;, whkh will featun!.
illustrations from loco! senior
citlun resi&lt;lenas. will focw on

~ opprooches to design·
lngsuchfadlitles.
·Tho prog= Is open to all
mem~ of the UB community.

Women's Club to host

newmelnber~

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Tho U8
Club ... hold.
"""~'~lor&gt; !Or.- members lt 7
p.m. Wodnesdoy In the Cent..- lor
the~ North Campus. Tho

include-

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by
MIN Coburn,. dub preiden1:
Thomas B. Burrows. - o f

the CfA. and Sandra Olson. difec.
to&lt; of the UrWerslty Art Galleries.
A spedlll pn!senllttlon Of "The
living Room Proj«l" will be per·
formed by the Eager ArtisU company from Durban. South Nria.
Relroshments will be seMd.
Anyone Interested in joining the

dub Is enc:ouroged to attend. For
informotion coli Connla
Rao at 63+2549 o.- Marilyn
Pauter at 6~ 18.
The Women's Club's lnl:ei'M-

mon!

tlonal Committee will host a pic·
nic. for new intemltional ~

dentsandthelrhlmiliesfrom4-7
p.m.,Sept. 14 ot Bolrd Point on
the North Campus.

For funhor, coli Meona
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Letftla Thomas has been acting director of Cora P. Maloney College

since July 2000. A UB staff members since 1993, she has served as
coordinator of student services for the Collegiate. Science &amp; Technology Entry Program
.....__ ____, (CSTEP) and as coordinator for the Mil,lority Academic Achievemen( Program (MAAP).
b Cora P. M.loney
College7

Co1'11 P. Maloney College (CPMC),
charttred in 1976, is a unique rollege
that rombines residential and aca·
demic programs to address the needs
and ron=ns ofUB students ofcolor
and residents in the City of Buffalo.
The college is named after Co1'11 P.
Maloney, a Buffalo resident who was
very active in community, educationa! and political affairs. Co1'11 P.
Maloney College·(CPMC) was de·
signed to provide students with aca·
demic experiences from a oommunity perspective. CPMC focuses on
the educational issues of·excellence,
minority achievement. cuJturaVsocia! awareness and scholastic enrich·
men!. Each year, CPMC offers elcc·
tive courses grouped under three
general and interrelated themes: in·
dividuals and their communities,
cultural and ethnic studies, and the
dynamics of creative imagery.

full advantage of CPMC programs

thrivt in a supportive aiJJI&lt;lSph=. re·
alizing their educational, career and
personal goals. Eadl program coor·
dinator offers students advisement
for academic roncems, assists them
inlocatinggraduateschool programs
and financing options, helps with
career planning and any other servitt
requested. Our office works in con·
junction with other advisement units
on campus to provide students with
an additional resource for infonna·
tion and much n""!!.ed services.
Can you describe some of the
Internship, honon and
•chlevement progr•m• within
the c'ollege7

The Public Service Internship Pro·
gram (PSIP) encourageS students to
perform rommunity service in &lt;:x·
change fur academic ae&lt;!it as part of
their regular roursework. Students
get assistance in realizing their career
objectives and are encouraged to be·
come involved in p e that ben·
CPMC Is the last of the resl·
dentlal colleges •t UB. What
efit the communi and improve
were the resldentl•l colleges
their own lives as well. This past aca·
and why were they formed7
demic year, PSIP provided 195 jun·
The residential college system was iors and seniors from all disciplines
formed during the 1960s to provide. the opportunity to gain direct expoUB students with living and learn· sure and practical experience from a
ing environments. Students lived in divmc range of public, private,g&gt;v·
various residence halls with fuculty ernment o r community-service
mentors and participated in a vari- agencies anq businesses. The Colle·
ety of academically and socially rei· giate Achievement Program (CAP)
works with the Office of AdmissiQils
evant learning experiences.
to provide a student-support pro·
Why Is there a need for a program that offers a variety of services
gram suc.h as CPMC at UB7
to assist underrepresented stu How do students beneflt from
dent.T-African· American, Latino/a
being a port of CPMC7
and Native-American-in attaining
CPMC houses a number of student
thei r academic goals. Maj&lt;&gt;r areas of
support-service programs, including service indude academic advisemern,
the Collegiate Af:hicvcment Program monitoring and evaluation, referrals
(CAP}, CoUegiate Science &amp; TechnoI·
to campus offices and specialized
ogy Entry Program (CSTEP), Ronald
workshops. The Collegiate Science &amp;
E. McNair Post- Baccalaureate
Technology Entry Program (CSTEP)
Achievement Program (McNair),
is a student -suppon services and enMinority Academic Achjevement
richment program that assists his·
Program (MAAP),PublicService In· torically underrepresented students
ternship Program (PSlP), Student in pursuing careers in the technical
Support Services PrograriJ (SSS) and and licensed professions. CSTEP of·
State University of New York Louis fers tutoring, internships. and travel
St!tkes Alliance for Minority Partici· to ronferences and workshops. all depation (SUNY l.S AMP). Through signed to assist students in realizing
the collaboJ'lltive efforts of these pro- their goals within technical and
g1'11ms, CPMC sponsors tuto.ring, health· related disciplines that lead to
academic workshops, inspirational state licensur&lt;.such as nursing. medi:
speakers and events for the univer· cine, -engineering, accounting and
sity community. Students who take

law. CSTEP·UB ;,{one of the largest
and most rompn:bensive of the 43
programsinNewYori&lt;Sta~ TheMi·
nority Academic A&lt;;hieYmlellt Program (MAAP) is an individualized
program for academically talented,
Wlderrepresented minority students.
Eadl year in rollaboration with the
admissions office, MAAP selects 20
to 3(,l students fur the program. To
make the experience more personal,
student mentors often are assigned
to these 6rst·y=- students. MAAP
participants also receivo the SUNY
Empire State Minority Honors
Scholarship. preferred housing in the
Go=norsromplcxandaspecialized
university~cncc course. The
SUNY Lo Stokes Alliance fur Mi·
nority Participation (SUNY LS
AMP) is a student-enrichment and
support·servia:sprogramsponsored
by the National Science Foundation.
The goal is to improw: the academic
performance, and retentiOn 'and
graduation rates of historically
underrepresented minority students
in the areas ofengineering.romputer
science, mathematics and the natu·
ral sciences. SUNY l.S AMP offers
programs and setvices at UB and
Buffalo State College during the aca·
demic year and summer sessions.
including internships. a summer re·
search program and tutoring ..,..
vices. The Ronald E. McNair Post·
BaccalaureateAchicvement'Program
is an extensive, two-year academic
and ·summer research scholars pro·
gram named after the pioneering
African-American astronaut who
died in the 1986 Challenger space
shuttle explosion. It is designed to de·
vClop students' analytic and research
skills and ultimately prepare them for
post-graduate study. Additional ben·
efits include GRE preparation; sti·
pcnds; opportunities to conduct re·
search with a fuculty mentor; travel
to local,_state and national conferencesiindgraduateschools;seminar&gt;
and related educational and cultural
activities. The Student Support Ser·
vices Program (SSS) offers academic
assistance to first-generation and
low-income students, and/or students with disabilities. SSS provides
a variety of support services to stu·
dents, induding tutorial services,aca·
demic advising, computer access,

peer and professional mentoring
programs and academic intern·
ships. It also sponsors cultural
evmts.
Wlu&gt;t kinds of worttshops
and semlnan do you offet'7

Our biggest offering fur the fall
will be the statewide Graduate
Awamless Conference on Oct. 20.
The conference is designed for
students of color interested in
graduate study and will feature
workshops. a motivational key·
note speaker and a graduateschool fair with nearly 50 gradu·
ate-school representatives. We
also plan to offer a "Guaranteed
4.0" workshop for our program
students that advises them on
how to get a4.0G.PA by using a
prescribed study plan. A variety
of tutoring services also are of·
feredduring theseJTleSier through
the CSTEP, SSS and SUNY·l.S
AMP programs. The Public Ser·
vice Internship Program (PSIP)
serves as the educational partner
for the Walt Disney World Col·
lege Program Internship Program
and is the primary source of
placements for UB students inter·
ested in performing paid Disney
internships in Orlando, Fla.
What question do you wish
I had ukecl, and would
you have answered lt7

1wish }'&gt;U had asked me who was
Co1'11 P. Maloney? I would have told
you that she was a strong advo-cate of educational equality ~
oa:dlence,and oommunityawareness, becoming the first African·
American woman elected to the
Masten District of the Buffalo
Common Council in 1957. She
was the first Democrat """" to be
elected in the district and the first
African-American to beel~ in
in 20 yeaJS. She was president of
Buffalo lntro-Oub Council for
two year&gt;, as wdl as president of
the Democratic Business and Proft:ssional Women's group. wtrlcb
she founded. Mrs. Maloney's
many acromplishments and the
exemplary way she lived her life
mal&lt;eusproud_to honor her legacy
by attaching her name to our department

Signage
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and pedestrian signs to be erected
on each campus, as weU aS in t.hree
large directory signs on the North
Ca mpus and one on the South
Campus. All signs will be illumi·
nated in the evening for maximUm
visibility.
.
New parking lot, bus stop. and ser·
vice and delivery signs also are part
of the overall plan , as are campus
event boards. and welcome signs.
... We're mo re coord inated than
we've ever been," Sveinsson noted.
Also new to the campuses arc:
entra nceway--or ...ceremonial"signs. Posted at all major entrances
to the camp u ses, the greeting
signs-50me as large as 19 feet tall

by 23 feet wide-serve to clearly
announce the university's presence.

And in keeping with the style of
each campus, the signs on th e
North Campus boast brick pillars,
while those on th e South Campus
feature stone.
The design, i&gt;y Sasaki Associates
of W;ttertown, Mass., is one that
members of UB's signage committee found both user-friendl y and
collegially elegant.
"You realize what type of univer·
sity you're at," said Dean Reinhart.
senior admissions advisor in the Office of Admissions and a member of
the signage committee."The signs an!
now s~g to (rise) to the love! of

what the university is-{they) represent to everyone who we are."
Fromanadmissionsstaildpoin~he

said, ihe signagc "impacts everyone."
••New studen ts--and even current students--&lt;an develop pride in
the school," he said. "There's a rec·
ognition in being on campus."
.. It will also assist \Vestem New
Yorkers who regularly drive through
the campus understand the campus
as a whole and what we have to offer here," he added.
Whereas prior to this project,
US's signage was modest-if not
nonexistent in some pockets of the
campuse~many hope the · new
signage will inspire new confidence

in the university.
"You get the feeling now that
you're on a coUege campus," said
Peter Killian, assistant vice president
of marketing for the Office of Uni·
versity Communicatio"ns. "It's very
defining-we're proud of US."
Killian said the comminee would
Jike to see additional elements
implemented down the road, such
· as pole banners and visitor booths.
But the next step. he said, is to take
the signage initiative inside.
Ann Newman, director of space
planning in the Office of the Provost,
said UB is piloting an interiorsignage
program this fall in the School of
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

�Septe11ber 6. ZOD1/Vul33,lo.Z Rep oriea

Live in ((The Living Room''

BrieD

Unique project blends theater, a meal an4 conversation

Web site ass~ neWemployees CJ

lly SUE WUETCHU
RtpOrttr Editor

A

.unique blend of
thought-pnM&gt;king the~ter,a

meal and convu-

sation will b&lt; offered to
Western New York audiences, !&gt;&lt;ginning on Monday, as th e .. Living
Room Project," presented by the
Center for the Arts, b&lt;gins a four- ·
week engagement.
The theater will b&lt; provided by
the Eager Artists Theatre Company
of Durban, South Africa, a troupe
fo unded in 1993 by director/playwright Jerry Pooe that offers authen -

stories for small audiences assembled by the hosts. After the short
performances, the cast will share a
meal with their hosts and audiences.
And after the meal, they'll tallc about
the performanas.

tic performances, classes and workshops in South African music, dance
.tnd thea ter. The group's visit is be-.
ong funded with a SIOO,OOO grant
.twa rded to the CFA hy the Association of Perfo rming Arts Presenters

·\rts Partner!&gt; Pmgram. lt is the l&lt;~ rg­
t'M gran1 i~ the CFA's history.
r hc food an d con versa ti on wil l
.._omc cou rteS)' of 14 "com munn v
ht •!Its." among them some public and
pm •atc ci t uen~i ncl udin g President
\Villl.tm R.and Mr.t.Greiner-aswell
•~ such co mmun ity organi za ti o ns~

Uiima Tht-atre Company. Junett.'t'nth
Fc-.ti val , African A m ~ ri ca n Cultural
(:Cnt.cr. 1490 Entcrpnses senior citi ~
l en ccrllcr. North lcfferson Public Li -

b rary. YMCA o f G rea ter Buffalo,
L.m g!&gt;ton Hughes Institute and the
Moot Senior Cen ter.
Ml.'mber!l of Eager Art ists will perfo rm sho rt pla)'S.sing, danccand tell

Alth ough so me of these perfornunces will be in private homes. and
thus open by invitation only, other
eventshaveb&lt;en scheduled at various
community centers in BuffaJo. lbe
proie!:t will culminate with the North
Am; rican premiere o f .. Ekhaya
Po ppi e" at 8 p.m . Oc t. 6 in the
Mainstage theatre in theunter for the
Ans. A musical about the involvement
of black Soutl1 Afric ms in the Anglollocr War at the tum o f the 20th century, "Ekhaya Poppie" recounts the
story of Poppie and others that were

1011Ured,killed,rapedandimpri&lt;oned
in oona:ntruion camps.
In addition to the performances,
Eager Artists will lecture and conduct master classes and workshops
for UB students.
Thomas Burrows, CFA director,
calls "The Uving Room Project" a
"' reaJ community outreach pro:
gram" of the center, particularly in
the African, American community.
The projectalsoservrsas"a tremendous vehid&lt; to demonstratrouroommitment to the =hang&lt; of ideas on
an international level; Burrows says.
"The experif!1C&lt; of the Eager Artists company will certainly broaden
the depth of understanding of not
only VB students and faculty, but the
surrounding community a&gt;'WeU."
Burrows pointed out that many of
Eager Artists' works are educatio nany oriented, focusing on such topics as AlDS. the South African Truth
Commission and the oonsequences
of South Africa's apartheid era, as well
as general health, life skills and peace.
The work "deals with rulture in a
very real way," he noted, adding that
.. their stories of racism and Persecution in South Africa during the aJl'!f'heid ern wiU enlighten aU of ~le
emphasizing the importance of viewing the human experience on an international level."
T ickets for "Ekhaya Poppie" are
$ 18, SIS, Sl 2 and S8 for UB stu dents, and are available in the Q n tcr Box Office and at Ticket master.

Pan-Americanism topic of talks m
By PATIIJCIA DONOVAN
Contributing Editor

T

HEgliuering Pan-Ameri -

can Exposition that was

held in the burgeoning
city of Buffalo, New York,
in 1901 was conceived of as marking a turning point in the history of
hemispheric relations.
At the tif!1e, this was no smaJJ
thing, given that in previous years,
the region had seen wars between
th e United States and both Mexico
and Spain. Unfortunately, the ideal
of "pan-Americanism" would continue to be eclipsed by what our geopolitical neighbors saw as the overbea ring U.S. hegemony.
As part of its centennial celebration of the exposition, UB on Sept.
13 will sponsor '' Pan-Amcricanisms.:
Myths and Realities," an international symposium that wiD look at
the myths and realities embodied in
the concept ofJan-Americanism.
The symposium, sponsored by
the College of Arts and Sciences and
its Department of Modern Lan guage and Literatures, will be .tree
of charge and open to the public.
Events will b&lt; held at the Karpeles
Manuscript library Museum, 453
Porter Ave., Buffalo, or in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts
on the North Campus.
Information on lecture times,
topics and speake" can be found at
&lt;http:/ / wlngs.bufflllo.eclu/ cu/
mll/ panam.pclf&gt;. For additional
information contact, the Department of Modem Languages and Lit eratures at645-2191.
The symposium will feature preseJltations by widely published historiographer RicudoQuiza-Moreno,

. currently a research fellow at the
lnstituto de Historia de Cuba in Havana, and Bruce Novoa, professor of
Spanish at the University of California at Irvine, who is the author of four
books on Chicano ijterature A third
speaker, Sara Castro -Klaren , is a
noted author and professot of romance languages and literatures at
The Johns Hopkins University.
They will examine why the nations and the nationless peoples of
the Americas arc no closer to a mutual hemispheric understanding
than they wero-100 years ago.
" It interests us that the 1901 exposition brought to a dose a century
multiple national indemarked
pendence movements in the Ameri cas, under the sign of a new, ostensibly non-national hegemony by the
two American continents," says
Margarita Vargas, associate professor
of Spanish, chair of the Department
of Modern Langu3ges and Literatures and a conference organizer.
The questions to b&lt; addressed by
the symposium are simple ones, she
says. How was the determination
of a .. pan-Americas" arrived at in
1901,and what does the term mean
today? What political, ideological
and mythological work does the
modifier 'p&lt;m'?
"Is it poSllible," she asks, "thi!l the
Americas, in their plurality and singularity, can b&lt; thought about and
imagined only within the framework of 'pan'! Under such an inclusive hemispheric inclusiveness,
who or what is excluded?"
The symposium conveners say
that the 1901 Pan-Am was touted
as an opportunity to launch an era
of peace and progress under a ban-

by

ner of transcontinental unity.
Vargas points out that the political and cultural conditions of the
time did not alJow for a serious exchange of ideas about Pan-Americanism itself.
The 1901 Latin American discourseon the Americas, which dated
to the early 19th century, was fundamentally incompatible with the
U.S. course of "Manifest Destiny"
and the Anglo-Saxon philosophical
pragmatism that propeUed it in the
late 19th century.
In the 13 years that foUowed the
Pan-Am , the U.S. annexed Puerto
Rico, declared its unilateral right to
intervene in Cuban affairs, encouraged Panama's independence from
Colo mbia in order to acquire the
Panama Canal rights, declared itself
in the "Roosevelt Corollary" to b&lt; the
poijceman of the Caribbean, placed
the Dominican Republic under a customs receivership, invaded Nicaragua
(and occupied it until 1933) and
shelled seized parts of the Mexican
city of\leracruz because the Mexicans
refused to salute the U.S. Bag.
"The myths we hold about "panAmericanism" today continue to diverge from transcontinental realities,"
says Vargas,
She noted that most Nortl1 Americans have no idea of the way their
southern neighbors view them, nor
do they understand the expectations
and concernS latin Americans have
about the exclusionist economic
practiced by the United States.
The symposium speakers, all o f
whom have written and spoken eloquently to these question s, are
among the top scholars in the field
of Americanist studies.

Human Resource - e s Nas developed a new Web site that is
designed to help new employees transition to the university and to
Western New York.
The Welcome Web site, which was designed by HRS in conjunction with the Personnel Data Transfer Committee and the Institute
for Administrative Qufty Improvement, offers new employees such
valuable information as how to set up an email account, how to
obtain a UB parking hangtag and a UB Card, and details about on
and off-campus dining facilities, events, campus child care and gen eral UB information,
Roger R. McGill, interim assistant vice
president for human resource services
The site also may assist current employees in re-introducing them
to aspects of the university that they previously may have overlooked,
McGill added.
Thesiu.mayb&lt;vi&lt;W&lt;dat &lt;www.busiMss.bufflllo.eclu/ - . . ./ &gt;.
Any su8gestions about improving the site may be forwarded to
Michele Gliss at &lt; mgliss@business.b u ffalo.edu &gt;.

says

Fulbright crop a varied bunch Cl
Ull's 2001 -02 crop of Fvlbrlght Kholors is off to pursue studies
and conduct research in several European countries on subjects ranging from the attitude of Lithuanian wo men toward marriage w popu ~
lar identity in D)oltch border co mmunities.
Micah An en, \who holds a master's d egree in engi nee ring from
U S, will study and conduct resea rch during th is acad em ic yea r· in
th e Buildings and Energy Department o f Denmark Techni cal Un iversity, nea r Copenh agen. He will takr graduate cou rses in so lar
b uilding d esign and use info rmatio n fro m va rious resea rch pro jects
to create energy simulatio n softwa re for residential s tructures .
Erik Hadley, a doctoral candidate in history, is in Belgium , where
he will explo re the divided nature of the Spanish Neth erlands' bo rder communities in modern-day Belgium and France, th e subject
o f his dissert ation. Througho ut the 18th ce ntury, these co mmuni ~
ti es were subjected to th e fo rces o f m odern natio n-state b uilding.
Hadley's research will expl o re the ways in which fro ntier culture
played a cen!ral role in the evol utio n of local po pular identity and
natio nality on bo th sides o f th e bo rder.
Ca rrie Hooper, wh o recentl y received a master o f arts d egree in
vocal performance from UB, will study vo ice performance at the
Royal University College of Music in Stockholm. Blind from birth,
Hooper is a gifted singer, pianist and lingUist.
Rebecca Morrow, a doctonil candidate in anthropology, is con.. ducting research in Lithuania that explores marriage and family fro m
the perspective of Lithuanian women. Her study will involve women
of marriageable age and their mothers, through whom Morrow
hopes to observe changes wrought by democracy on women's expectations for fam il y life. The ultimate goal of her res(arch is to
publish a non -fiction book on this topic.
Brenna Muldoon graduated in May as a Phi Beta Kappa in German from the Department of Modern languages and Literatures in
the College of Arts and Sciences. Her Fulbright grant will support
her work as a teaching assistant in an upper secondary school , or
gymnasium , in Mannheim, Germany.
Mark Ashwill, director of the Fulbright program at UB, says there
is still time for graduating seniors or graduate students to apply fo r"'
a Fulbrigli't grant for the 2002-03 academic year. Information sessio ns will b&lt; held from noon to I p.m. today and Sept. 13 in 930
Clemens Hall, North Campus. The application deadline is Sept. 2 1.
Fo r further information , call AshwiU at 645-2292, or visit the
program's Web site at http:/ / wlngs.buffalo.edu/ fulbrlght /.

Nineteen named ((innovators"
Nineteen f•culty memben h • ve been selected as .. innovato rs" in
the Upstate Alliance for Innovation, a group of New York education , industry and government partners that aims to generate economic success in the western part o f the state.
The alliance is creating a community o f innovat'ors to act as accelerators for commercialization·of their discoveries and technologies.
UB facuJty members who have been selected as innovato rs are
Alexandridis Pascha.lis, assistant professor of chemical engineering;
Stella Bat3lama, associate professor of electrical engineering; C hris~
tina Bloebaum, professor and chair of the Department of Mechani ~
cal and Aerospace Engineering; Deborah D.L. Chung, Niagara
Mohawk Chair of Materials Research; Mary Flanagan, assistant professor of media study; James Garvey, professor of chemistry.
Also, David Hangauer, associate professor of chemistryi lawrence
Jacobs, professor of neurology; Barry Lieb&lt;r, ~rofessor of mechani cal and aerospace engineering; linda Ludwig, assistant professor of
medicine; Hong Luo, assistant p rofessor of physics; James Mayrose,
research assistant professor of emergency mfdicine.
Also. Timothy Murpby, professor of medicine and microbiology; Paras
Prasad, SUNY Distinguished Professor and dmctor of the lnstituu. for
Lase"' Photonics and Biophotonics; Stephen Rudin, professor of radiology; Surajit Sen, associate professor of physics; Robert Straubinger, associate professor of phannaceutical sciences; Joseph Woelfel, professor of
communication, and Aidong Zhang, associate professor ofcomputer science and engin~ring.

�4111ep ac._

Septelber6.2001~. 33.1o. 2

"Art Across Borders" promotes work of 5 UB artists
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Volunteers needed
for beach sweep
V&lt;Munteers ages 16 and ok:ler

are needed to clean up UB's
portJon ol the Great l.a~es Watenhod, L.ak•L.aSall• and a section of Ellic.ott Creek as part ol
the 11th annual Great

lake~;

s..ch Sweep, to bo held train .
10 a.m. to noon Sept. 15.
Participants will , _ at 9:45
a.m .-rain or shine---near the

entnllnce to JaMs Hall next to
the Furnas Parking Lot on the
North Campu&gt;. Cart&gt;a9e bog&gt;,
gloves and data cards will bo
provided. C•rtllk.ates will bo
awalded to each participant.
It ~ hoped that having participants dean up the loc.al waterway&gt;, rather than the &gt;ho&lt;es ol
lake Erie or Ontllrto, &gt;M1I pr&lt;Mde
a feeling ol stewardship lor students and re&gt;idents who enjoy
tho&gt;e.area on campus. &gt;aid Heltn
Domike. assodato difoctor ol the
Great Lakes PrOgram and New
Vorl&lt; S.. Grant extonslon !pOda~
~ The New VO&lt;k S.. Grant b a

co--

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actMty. designed to Pf1!'0I"" the

C...tl.akeswotonhtd.
Myrx&gt;e interested in joining
the dealwp effort should conlatl
Domske at 645-3610 Of 6452088,or~edu&gt;.

Pan-Am venue for public art display
ay JE-.a LEWANDOWSKI
th6r spouses, th6r sons and daughRtporterAssistant Ed•tor
lerS,th&lt;irsistersandbrolhers,andth&lt;ir
ESTERN New York parents, )'1:1 they don't get any public
artistsanddcvotces recOgnition." said ~rmlndez. who
have conspired to gm. up in Quito, Ecuador, and haf
create an urban re- lived in the United States sincr 193-1.
naissancethatisasmuch about hon- Fem;mdcz, who is on~ this acaoring women as it is about turning d&lt;:mic &gt;""' and will return to UB in
on the masses to the long-siJJJlding ran 2002, said her sculpture "is a eeltradition or public art.
elntioo to those millions or women
Tenareaartists-fiveofthemUB who~ the annyofsupportm or
faculty, staff and stud•nts-have those who dog&lt;t the recognition."
created an ensemble or nine unique
Beatriz Flores, a """"t graduate or
exhibits for " Pan-Am Public Art- the departments of Women's Studies
ArtAtrossBorders," an.initiativeor andMediaStudythroUghtheMaster
theWomen'sPavilionPan-Am2001 of Arts in Huthat heralds the roles, history and manities proachievements of women in Nonh, gramandanac~ complished film
Central and South Americas.
The individual works-a varia- and radiodocution of mural and sculpture-are ment:arian, says
situated throughout downtown and getting women's
North Buffalo, and on the city's East issues-parand West sides. The artists, selected tirularly minorfromsome35applicants,werecom- ity women's ismissionedbytheWomenintheArts sues--on the
focus group. a subcommittee or the agenda often is a
Women's Pavilion-a virtuaJ orga- struggle. But the
ni7.ation dedicated to creating and Pan-Am arts
promoting more than 15 commu- ~afforded
nit}' projects that honor and extend her the chance
trumpet ~::i::."i':::1~==
the progressive spirit of the 1901 to
Women's Board of Managers.
food, which she
Sandra Fernandez, an adjunct pro- calls "one or the
ft.'SSOr in the UB Department of An biggest co ntriwhosl' six- foot-high copper. steel butionsofwomen to society.
mesh and patina scuJpture, .. Ho m"Food is one of the most immeage to the Unknown \-\'oman," is in- diate cultural exchanges we can exstalled at Main Street and Tupper pcrience in this country:· she said,
Aven ue in the Theatre Distritt, says referring to the basis for the painted
the (Oncept of an "unknown" dcvel- mural "On \A/omen's Recipes," on
oped from her initial quest to por- which she'and Sonia Malfu, a VB
tray one personaHty or woman.
master of arts graduate in Ameri" 1 started thinking that there is a can and intercultural studies, 'Qlgrc-,u majority of \\'O men who are Jaborated. The mural is located at
working daily, \ '\."1')' hard, to support the Asarese-Maners Center at Grant

W

r

The Department ol Thea~ and

Dance will prese1t a remount at

Steph&lt;n Sondhelm~ •AssassinsSept. 14-16 and Sept. 22 in the
Black Box Theatre In the Center
IO&lt; the Arts, Nort}, Campus.
• Ass.wins" will bo directed
by Gerald Finnegan. with choreography by Lynne KurdneiFormato and musical direction
by Michod Hake. Performances
will bo held at 8 p.m. Sept. 14,
2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sept. 15-16,
and 4 p.m. Sept. 22. The perlormanc• on Sept. 22 is part ol
UB's •Pan-Amanio• weekend.
T1ckets are l 12 lor the general public and S5 lor UB students and seniors, and may be
' pur&lt;hased from noon to 6 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday at the
Center for the Arts box office
and at a' Tk:ketnvster locations.
For Information. ai645-ARTS.

JOB LISTINGS
UB job listings
accessible via Web
Job lisUngs lor professional, ,..
S9rch, faculty and civil service---both competitive and
non&lt;ompetJ~tions can
bo accessed via the Human Re&lt;http://
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_Web
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sources SeMces
site at

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Th• a ill) of the project is to ·
stimulate community talk about
art-much like last year's "Herd
About Buffalo" blitz did-while
addressing the culttm or aclusivity for women and minorities that
existed I 00 years ago.
"(Th... are) women who have
gotten together, who want 10 malc.e
sure that women hue in Buffalo
have a higher-profile pr&lt;Sena than
the women or 1901; Rosner said
Women and men, that is.
Lawrence F. Kinney. who earned his
bachelor's degree in fine arts from
VBand has completed work toward
a UB MFA, is one of two male art ists involved in "Art Across Borders."
A professional sculptor, Kinney
said research on ind.igenow women
of the past century led him to Mary
G. Ross. an aerospace engineer and
Cherokee-American largely underrecogni zed for her accomplishments. He said he hopes his steambent wood sculpture, "Mary G. Ross:
Scientist. Engineer, CherokeeAmerican." will educate the public
and draw th~m closer to art. It is located on Elmwood Avenue on the
Buffalo State College campus.
.. VtsuaJ art is a creative and important representation or the culture i.t surrounds," he said, .. and it is
worthy or public support."
Other VB artists include Carley
with 2001 in mind-aspiring to
produce an representative of the tre- Jean Hill. whose: concrete and
mendous change that has occurred ea nhen-form, .. Common Knowlin the past centu ry.
edge," is located in Shoshone Park.
"Vle wanted to ... use the Pan-Am Hill is working on her MFA, with a
as a \ten ue to promote publk art, but concentration in sculpture, at UB.
in a way that reflects society now," As well, Julie Elizabeth Silver, the di said Paula Alcala Rosner, co-chair of rector of the VB Casting Institute,
Women in the Arts focus group ancj,. is the creator of "Cast in Time," an
executive director of the Fede ral installation or 12 bronu sculptures
Enterprise Community of Buffal_o. located in Johnson Park.

Pan-Am lecture series to be held at UB
Topics to range from motivation of McKinley assassin to glitz of the midway
By SUE WUETCHER

Theatre and Dance
to present "Assassins"

and Bradley streets.
" II is important 10 recogniz&lt; the
work or women in growing. selectingtheingr&lt;dicntsandtheritualthat
involves the prq&gt;aratioo or a meal,"
said Flores, who this ran will begin
work on her doctorale in American
studies through the Center for the
Americas. "I hope the community
rooognizes itselfin the project because
theprojectisaboutoommunity(and)
diversity, and I hope the work will
inspin positive thoughts, tolerance
(and) respect fur women's work.•
"Art Across Borders" developed

the center of world anention. The
lecture is co-sponsored by the PolASCINATION with th e ish Collection or the VB Libraries.
1901 Pan-American Expo• SepL ll:"Treas.m,dObjectsor
sition will continue at UB Meaningless Trinkets? Collecting
th is ran as the UBI&gt;an-Am World's Fair and lntern,tional ExCommunity Partnership, in con- posi tion Souvenirs," jon B.
junction with the Baird Foundation, Zachman, researcher and cataloguer
present a lectu re series entided .. Thc or the Larry Zim and the Edward J.
Latest and Best Views or the Pan- Orth World's Fair Collections at the
American Exposition."
National Museum of American HisTopics to be addressed will range lory. World's fairs and international
from the motivatiOQS of William expositions have generated a wealth
McKinley assassin !.ron O.Oigosz aod of material cuJture that survives long
the controversy surrounding the Af- after the gates or these ephemeral
rican village at the exposition to the events close. This talk will survey the
titillating midway rides and the so- range or world's fuir collectibles and
cial impact of world's fair souvenirs. · explore their potential meanings.
All lectures in the series, which will
• SepL 20: "The Invincible Eagle
be free or charge and open to the Greets th• Dawn or a New Century:
Music
at the Pan-American Exposipublic, will be held at 7 p.m. in the
Screening Room of the 0.-nt&lt;;r for the tion," Tom Bingham,. free-lance muArts on the orth Campus. For fur- sic journalist and lecturer. Music
ther infonnation, call Michele Gal- played such a significtnt role at the
Pan-Am that an entire building-the
lant at645-6000, e&gt;1. 1171
Temple of Music-was devoted to it.
The schedule:
• SepL8:"The Enigmatic Assas- Bingham "ill discuss the musical life
sin: Anarchist Leon Czolgosz," of the Pan-Am , which Wt."'Tlt far beDa niel Coleman, author of "The rond the temple and included band
Anarchist," which explores the life. concerb. organ recitalli and a mid...,"ay
motivations, political views and psy- filled with stmngc new sounds from
chol&lt;&gt;j,'Y or !.ron O.Olgos7, the assas- around the world.
• Oct. 9: " Midway Pan Am-ania:
sin of President \Villiam McKinley.
Coleman will read from his nm·cl, Thompson &amp; Dundy's New Century
discuss his research and answer Buffalo Babylon oiTedtnology,Tmy
Tots, Thrills, Tom Toms and Titillaques tion ~ about the eve nt that in
September 190 I. plac&lt;d Buffalo at tion." Judith Adams-Vofpe. director
Reporter Editor

F

or un~ty and external relations for that many or these assumptions may
the Central Libraries or the Univer- be too simplistic. This presentation
sity Libraries and author of "The will introduce some of the more reAmerican Amusement Park Indus- cent research findings.
try: A History of Technology and
• Oct. 23: "Nikol~ Tesla and
Thrills." The Pan-Am midway re- N"tagara Falls," ftobert Dischner, diflected American popular culture at rector"Of corporate education and
the tum or the 20th century. Adams- technical training for Ni-agara
Volpe will examine the ca reer of Mohawk Power Corp. At the Oticago
amusement entrepreneurs Thomp- Colombian Exposition in 1893, Presison and Dundy; their use of technol- dent Grover Oevdand pulled a switch
ogy and illusion; the stereotypes and that iUuminated the grounds by
racial attitudes reflected by the mid- means oran altcmatingdeCtrical curway "shows." and the promotion or rent-the product or the ingenuity or
new technologies through the fun George Westinghouse and a vision·
ary immigrant named N~ Tesla.
an&lt;! spectacle or the midway.
• Oct. 18: "ReOections on Africa Tesla and Westinghouse would go on
at the Pan-American Exposition," to harness the Niagara River to proKevin P. Smith, associate curator of duce ~'&lt;lroelectricpower. The life and
anthropology at the Buffalo Mu- inventions o(Tesla will be discussed,
seum or Science. One or the largest with a special emphasis on his interof the midway's installations, "Dark· est in de-.""'tJing iagara Falls and his
est Africa,"' has become its most con· oontroversial polyphase system orallrovcrsial. Darkest Africa was aneth- .temating cu.rrent power generation
• Oct. 25: " Reluct1nt Neighbor:
nological village where 98 Africans
worked and performed for visi tor . Canada at th• Pan-American ExIn recent years, Darkest Africa and position," Kerry S. Grant, vice proother such villages have been inter- vost for academic affairs and dean
preted as human zoos that served to or Grad uate School, and author or
justify the opp~~io n of non-west- "The Rainbow City: Celebrating
ern cultures and ridicule the heri· Light, Color and Architecture at the
tage of African Americans. It has Pan-American Exposition, BuffaJo
been assumed that the Africans who 190 !." This lecture will examine the
lived in these villages were forced to initial resistance to Canadian parperform; that they were vict ims ticipation in the Pan-Am and the
rather than active and creative par- subsequent inclusion of the Dominticipants. Current research suggests ion of Canada in the exposition.

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�Sept!llber l2001/VIi 33.11.2 Rep odaa

Changes in Provost's Office
Capaldi says reorganization wiU enhance service delivery
ay SUE WUETCIIUI
Rq&gt;o~t~ Editor

P

ROVOST Elizabeth D.
Capaldi has announe&lt;d a
number of organizational
changes within the ProYost's
Ofli&lt;r that are designed to ~
service to the campus oommunity
"The primary benefit of these
changes is to align all academic programs together to increase the qual·
ity and effectiveness in our delivtry
of services," said Capaldi. "Likewise,
our changes in the Office of Public
Service and Urban Affairs will allow
for greater coordination of our out-

standing outreach programs. We
remain firmly committed to public
service programs that wiU benefit
the Western New York region. the
state a nd the nation ."
The Office of the Vice President

for Public Service and UrbanAffajrs
has been reorgani1.cd to accommodate Vice President Mar y H .
Grl'Sharn assuming additional responsibilities as dean of the Graduate School of Education.
Gresham, who Ca paldi called"an
acknowledgeCt leader in urban edu(.a tion programs," will continue to
oversee the Institute for Local Governa nce and Regional Growth, the
Unive rsit y Co mmunity Initiative.
the Cen ter for Appli&lt;-d Technologies
Ill Education (CATE), the Office of
Universi ty Preparatory Programs
and the Educational Opportunity
Cl·nter. These initiatives '' fit well
with the G raduate School of

Education's teaching and public service missions," Capaldi said.

Gresham's office now is located in
367 Baldy Hall, North Campus.
John M. Staley, formerly associate vice president for public service
and urban affairs, has been named
associate vice provost for academic
affairs. Staley, who now reports to
Ktrry Grant, vice provost for academ ic affilirs and dean of th e
Graduate School, Will continue to
supervise UB's academic enhancement programs, Capaldi said.
Among these are the Edud.tional
Opponunity Program (EOP) and
Cora P. Maloney CoUege, which includes the CoUegiate Science Technology Enhancement Program, the
Minority Achitvement Program,~
the Collegiate Academic Progralfi,
the SUNY Lewis Stokes Alliince for

tract cour&gt;eS and distance-learning.
MFC Dean Geo'll" Lopos has as~additional duties as associate
vice provost for academic affairs; he
has n10YCd his office from 128 ~
Hall,5outh Campus, to 5498 Capen.
MFC's administrative office will
oontinue to be located in Parker.
Gran~ who has been responsible
forallcurricularmattersrdatedtoundergraduate and graduate programs
andtheadministrationoftheGraduate School since his appointment as
vice provost in March, has n10YCd his
office into the spaa formerly occupied by Gresham in 548 Capen.
Other app_ointments announe&lt;d
by Capaldi include Beth De!Genio
as assistan t vice provost for academ ic affairs; Jeannette Molina as

Minority Participati_o n, and the

associate dir«tor of the Office of

Computer Science, Engineering and Teaching and ~ming R&lt;Sj&gt;Urces,
Mathematics Scholarship Program. and Deborah A. Silverman as'execuMillard Fillmore College, US's tive assistant to the provost.
evening ooUeg&lt; and continuing-eduAmong her duties, De!Genio will
cation division, has transferred its . be responsible for coordinating the
eveningdegreeprograms in manllge- Middle States accreditation effort
ment; engineering, and most of the and student disciplinary proceedarts and sciences, to their respective
ings at the vice provostial level.
academic units. Capaldi said the r:;;,:paldisaidMolina'sappuintment
transfer "places responsibility for of- fulfills her pledge to the Faculty Scnfering conventional courses and de- ate to re-establish an office to support
gree programs in the evening with the improvement of teaching.
the respecti\'e academic departments
Molina also will be responsible for
and colleges, and reaffirms UB as a campus and program assessmen't
comprehensive university serving its a1ld course evaluation.
students with both daytime and
Silverman, formerly assistant to
evening hours."
the president for communications.
She added that MFC will con- serves as Capaldi's communications
tinuc to serve non-tradition.al tu - officer,managingthePro~st'sWeb
denfs with specialized cou~-s and site and e4iting a new· bimonthly
degrees, certifica te programs, con- online newsletter.

Acculturation linked to activity
By LOIS BAllER
Contributing Editor

society, especially those whose main
language is not English,.. C respo
EXI CA N Americans . said. "Adaptation to a new environn the United Siatcs ment by recent immigrants is assowho speak primarily ciated with increased consumption
panish and arc less of saturated fut, smoking and other
..Americanized" are signi6cantly less detrimental behaviors. On the other
acti,•e durin g leis un. tim e th a n hand , our study showed that Mexi Mexican Americans whose main can Americans who were more aclanguage is English, a study headed c ultura ted engaged in about the
same amount of physical-activity
by UB researchers has round.
Physical inactivity is a major risk during leisure time as non-Hispanic
factor for hea rt disease, diabetes and \oJhite Americans."
With little infonnation availabl e
other chron ic diseases that affect
Hispanics disproportionately. Mexi - on the impact of acculturation-the
can Americans arc the largest sub- merging of cultures due to progroup of Hispanics in the United longed contact-on physical activStates and are less active during lei - ity, UB researchers set out to examsure time than non-Hispanic whites, inethe relationship, uSing data from
studies have shown-a difference the Third National Health and N~­
that persists even after considering trition Examination Survey. conducted berween 1988 and 1994.
socioeconomic status.
Bilingual interviewers collected·
Results of this study of the rela tionship between acculturation and information on eight specific leisure-time physicaJ aCtivities during
l ~isure-ti me physical inactivity in
this ethnic group appear in the Au - the survey. Open-ended questions
allowed
participants to include any
gust issue of America" journal of
Public Healtl1. It was cond ucted in addi tional activities. Participants
conj unetion with the fed eral Office also provi.ded information o n their
of Minority Health and The Johns .preferred language at home, place of
birth and how long they ~ad lived
Hopkins University:
Carlos Crespo. UB associate pro- in the Uni ted States.
Results showed that Mexican
fessor of social and preventive medi cine and lead author on the study, Americans over the age of 60, those
said the study confirms that as ide with less than 12 years of schooling
from socio-economic factors, accul - and those ea rning less than $20,000
turation is an important indicator a year were the least active. \Vhiteof a person's willingness to engage coiJar workers were more active during leisure tim e than blue-co ll ar
in a physical activity program.
"Our findings co nfirm the need workers, retirees and homemakers.
"Although blue collars m ay be
to facilitate access to health promo ~
tion programs to all segments of more physically aetivo. during their

M

work," Crespo said, "physical activity
continues to be engineered out of our
jobs, making 'leisure-time physical
aetivity' the primary source 9fenergy
expenditure in our lives. This change
unde(SC()res the need to develop a
habit of lifelong physical aetivity."
Mexican-American women were
less active than men, re&amp;ults showed,
a nd both m en and women who
spoke o nly Spanish or a mix of
Spanish and English at home were
less active than those who spoke
mostly English . Those born in
Mexico and living in the United
States for fewer than five years were
less active during leisure time than
their more acculturated brethren.
The leisure-time aetivity of Mexi can Americans who spoke mainly
English was similar to that of the
general population, results showed.
"We need to do a l-etter job of
making physical activity programs
readily available to all segments of
society, at work, in the community
and in the schools ... Crespo said .
" Educational materials explaining
the benefits of exercise also should
be available in other languages, especially Spanish ,'" he sa id, noting
that th e United States, with more
than 30 million Hi spanics zn its
popula tion, has one of the largest
concentrations of Spanish speakers
in the world.
Ellen Smit of the UB Department
of Social and Preventive Medicine,
Olivia Cartcr-Pokras of the Office of
Minority Health and Ross Andmon
of The Jo hns Hopkins University
also participated in the study.

Remembrance of W ings Past: C1
Buffalo History Online
What were the implications of the Holland Land Purchase of 1792?
What was nightlife like in some of Buffalo's taverns during the heyday of the Erie Canal? How did the grain elevators work, and wby
are so few still active? What circumstances prompted two visits to
·Buffalo by Abraham Lincoln? For anyone who bas enjoyed the city's
superb celebration of the Pan American Exposition centennial (link
to http:/ / www. .,....,m2001 .boiffalo.edu/ for more on that) and
wishes to lea.rn more about the city and region in a larger historical
context, here are a few recent sites of interesL
A good starting point for a su rvey of Buffalo's early history would
be Buffalonet (http:/ / www.buffa-.org/ ). A three-part essay
by J. Henry Priebe traces the city from its 1802 village origins to
1850. Special topics, including the history of Buffalo brewing, War
Memorial Stadium and the Central Terminal, are covered as siteswithin-the-site~ offering visual tours of landmarks with enlightening and frequently amusing text. As a not-for-profit organization,
Buffalonet seeks volunteers to contribute submissions to its site.
The Buffalonian (htt p :/ / www.buffalonlan.com / ), brought
forth by the People's History Coalition , describes itself as "a n evergrowi ng online local history archive." The site, whose home page
visuaJiy resembles a newspaper, consists of fuJI -text artides, photographs, di.iril-s and a calendar of upcoming area history events, and
is updated weekl y. A .. history as news" feature of The Buffalonian
presents a chronology of events as news stories, in the present tense.
The site also offers an email discussion list as a forum for anyone
interested in .. the geneological, military. industrial, social and po litical !'listorY,." of Buffalo, the Niagara region and other areasofWest e rn New York. The archives of the list are searchable online.
Most impressive is Buffalo History Works: History &amp; Culture from
the Queen City of the Lakes (http:/ / bhw.buffnet.n et !). This site is
a collection of multimedia essays covering specific topics of interest,
so me of which include sights
and sounds of Buffalo's rail roads, the lighthouses of the
Erie harbor front , the Erie Canal, the Deco Restaurant fran chise a nd the voices of pioneer
radio and television broadcastecs. The phoiograph collection
i~dudes more than 80 photos
of buildings, street scenes, ac tivities, aerial views and other pictorial evidence of Buffalo in bygone
days. The site also offt!rs links to numerous sites relating to this city's
fascina ting past and enduring legacy.

~In• C.as.clo and

Rkk McRae, Unrm-sity Libra~

BrieD
New master's degree proposed
Th e School of lnform•tl n has proposed a new and unusual
master's-degree program in information and col'tlmunication.
The program, which will require the approval of SUNY and the
State Education Department, was d eveloped with input fTom an extensive survey in which public and private corporations, research
facilities, libraries and industrial and business institutions across New
York State were asked to identify employee competencies they will
require to take fuU advantage of new information technologies and
maintain a competitive edge in their fields.
.
Neil Yerkey, professor in the school's Department of Library ano
Information Studies who will direct the program, said its 36-credithour curriculum emphasizes not only information- technology skills,
b ut also competencies in comm unicatio n, team-building, criticalthinking, organizational culture and organizational stra tegy.
Yerkey said the degree will prepare or enhance the ability of gradua tes to design or manage informa tion s}'stemS in a wide variety of
se ttings. Students will be able to specialize in one of seve ral stud}'
tracks: information science, information architeEture, management
of information centers, system design and implementation and o rganiza ti onal development.
The school also offers a doc toral program in comm un ica tion that
offers a tract for libra ry and information science; a master 's degree
in communica tio n for. those "interested either in career d evelopment
or academic research; a master's degree in library sci~nce; a bachelor's
degree in c~mmunica tion that includes an elective tract in technol ogy or a certifica te in public rela ti ons and advertising, and an adva nced-studies certificate for librarians with an master's degree in
library science.
The UB School of Informatics was formed in 1999 thro ugh a
merger of the Department of Communication in the College of Arts
and Sciences and the School of Information and Library Studies
Individuals interested in the program may call Yerkey at 645-6481 .

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tion Approach to Reducing OW.
Recidivism"' study being conducted by Thomas H.
NochajskJ, RIA research scientist. was named to the "40 Un·
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guished Professor Emeritus In
the Deportment of History, will
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from lhe Un'-'lty ol Richmond during a c...mony In
October. lggets ~ • •

Headllnen for f•ll schedule to l!'lclude Robert Pinsky •nd Jerome Rothen~rg

((Wednesdays at 4 PLU_$" lineup set
lly~UW-SIU
R&lt;poiltr Assi&gt;Unt Ed~"'

ter for the Arts Screening Room on
the North Campus, and will lecture
on .. Poems for the MiUennium" at 4
p.m. Oct. 4 in 438 Oemens HaU,
North Campus.
An acdaimed poet and translator,
andeditorofthegroundbreaking..,.
thologies "Technicians ofthe~·
and"PoemsfortheMillmnium:The
University of California BoOk of
Modern Poetry." Rothenberg is noted
as a pioneer in both performance
poetry and ethnopoetics, having
helped organize the first international symposium on ethnopoetics
in 1975. A prolific author of .more
than 50 books, he Is a professor of
visual arts and literature at the University of California ot San Diego. His
visit will be
sponsored by
the McNult y
Chair/Center
fortheAmeri-

HE fall lineup for the UB's
bi-annual poetry and
prose series, "Wednesdays
at 4 PWS," promises an
eclectic mix of both up-and-coming writers and those entrenched in
the literary scene for decades-a
group whose collective work cuts
across lines of race, cthnicity, gender, language and politics. The series, presented by the Poetics Program, will run from Wednesday
through Nov.
30.
· Among the
featured artists in the series will be
former u.S.
Poet laureate
Robert Pinsky
ond Jerome
Rothl'nbcrg, a litera~y radical and
cas ~idency
considered a major force in Ameriin celebration
ca n poetry.
o f his 70th
Aut horof"Jersey Rain,""The Figbirthday.
ured Wheel: New ond Collected PoThe series
&lt;ms 1966-1996"-which was nomi- will open with a reading by Korean
nated for the Pulitzer Pri1.e-and poet Myung Mi Kim.
"The Wont Bone," Pinsky will givy Autho r of "Under Flag," "The
the Silverman poetry reading at a Bounty"and "Dura,"andconsidered
p.m. Nov. 9 in 250 Baird Hall on the one of the most important voices in
North Campus.
co ntemporary American poetr y,
Pinsky was nam.ed the U.S. Poet Kim will give a poetry reading at 4
lau rea te ond poetry consultant to p.m. Wednesday in the Screenin g
the Library of Congress in 1997. The . Room in the Center for the Arts on
New Jersey native, who teaches in the North Campus. Kim, who came
the grJduate writing program at fromKoreato theUnitedStatcsatthc
Boston University ond is poetryedi- age of9, is acting choir ond on assistor of th e weekly Internet inagazine tant professor of creative writing at
Slate, is the recipient of an Ameri- San Francisco State University.
can Academy of Arts and Letters
Bruci Andrews, an associate proaward, Poetry magazine's Oscar fessor in Fordham University's politiBiumenthol prize ond the William cal science department, will give a
Carlos Williams Award.
poetry reading at 4 p.m. Nov. 28 in
Rothenberg will give a poetry the Center for the Arts Screening
reading ot 4 p.m. Oct. 3 in the Cen- Room, ond host an open conversa-

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·erature at Bard College.Lalll&lt;lbach,
whose column "The Night Sky" has
helped redefine the edginess of appeared regularly in Ameriam Po&gt;
American poetry, is the authorof"Ex &lt;try~. is the author of"Many
Why z.e; "Divesture-A," "I Don't Tunes, But Then,"" Before R«oolecHaveAnyPaperSnShutUp"(or"So- tion,"'"Oamor" and "On a Stair."
cial Romanticism") and "Getting
Among the other highlights of the .
Ready to Have Been Frightened."
series will be a poetry reading Nov.
Luis Rodriguez, author of"Gang 14 and a llllk Nov. 15 by UB poetics
Days in LA.," his memoir of com- . graduate Juliana Spahr, now co-ediing of age in East Los Angeles that tor of Clulin and assistant professor
won a Carl Sandburg Uterary Award of English at the University of Haand a Chiaigo Sun -Times Book waii at Manoa.
Award, will
For a oomplete list of events, visit
give o poetry &lt;http://~/-"&lt;s/
and prose . -/ ,...,l.html&gt;. AU events
reading at 8 will be free and open to the public, unp.m. Sept. 28 less otherwise noted. For more infor.
in Allen Holl mation, call 645-3810 or email
on the Snuth &lt;mdunlap@aau.bul&amp;lo.edu&gt;.
"Wednesdays at 4 PWS" is sponCampus. The
presentation,
sored, in part.
sponsored by
by the Ja mes
Just Buffalo literary center, will co t
H. McNulty
S4 for members, $5 for studeniS ond
Chair. Departseniors, and S6 for the general pubment of Enlic. The.El Poso, Texas-born author,
glish (Dennis
whose works include the memoir
Tedlock ); the
"Always Runnint&lt;= La Vida l..oca"ond
P.
Samuel
poetry books .. Poems Across the
Capen Choir
Pavenient " and .. The Concrete
of Pnetry ond·
River," is the founder ofYouth Strug- the Humanities (Robert Greeley); the
gling for Survival and is a founding David Gray Chair of Poetry am! let·
member of the Leagu-e of Revolu- &lt;=. Deportment of English (Olarks
tionaries for a New America and Bernstein); the Melod.iaJ'. )onesOlair
Rock a Mole, which produces hip- in French. Deportment of Modern
hop, jazz and rap artists, and urban Languages and Uteratures (Gerard
youth arts festivals in Los Angeles.
llucher);Susan Howe, UB English and
In celebration of the publication poetics professor; the Just Buffulo litofherbook"lfin Time: Selected Po- erary center; the Pnetry Society of
ems 1975-2000; Ann Lauterbach America, and Poets and Wrirers, with
will give • poetry reading at 4 p.m. funding through • grant from the
Oct. 17, as well as host a conversa- New York Stlte Council on the Arts.
tion ot 4 p.m. Oct. 18, in the CFA
Support for the sedes also is proScreening Room. The recipient of a vided by the Center for the Arts, the
MacArthur fellowship in 1993, she Department of Media Study, Robis director of the graduate creative ert Bertholf, curator of the Poetry
writing program and a professor in and !tare Books Collection, and
the Division 9f Languages and Ut- Talking Leaves Books.
tion at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 29 in 438

a.!mms HaU. Andrews, whose work

bachek:K"s degree in romance -

UB
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longuoges and litet'ltu&lt;es from
the unlve~ In 19&lt;4~ .

Jeff Morley, clinical associ.lte
professor of restorative den·
tistty, has receiv«&lt; o 2001
Award f"' Outstanding Contri·
bution to Cosmetic Dentistry
from the American Acodemy of

Cosmetic Oe~tistry (MCD).
The award recognizes Morley's
2S years of dedkation to advancing the field of cosmetic
dentistry, in both practice and
communication.

Diane Lee uses her arm to
hide the fact that daughter,
Kate, is wearing a. Syracuse
University T-shirt as she,
Kate and husband, Lester,
enjoy a tailgate picnic
before the US-Rutgers
football game on Aug. 30.

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study-the antibody response.
This is the"next best thing" to inlmunizing people, Murphy said, because the mice make human antibodies. As another port the project,
researchers will collect lymphocytes
from healthy donors ond from
adu iiS with COPD and study the
response of these cells to P6.
"These experiments will reveal
valuable information about how
humans respond to P6, which will

help to detennine its usefulness as a
successful vaccine," Murphy said.
Campagnari is an intemationaUy
recognized authority in studies of
the mechanisms of infection and the
immune response to the bacterium
M. cata"llalis. His project involves
studies of an important molecule on
the surface of the bacterium called
lipooligosacchoride, or LOS. This
molecule is critical to the
bacterium's ability to attach to the

human mucous membranes and tq
callSC' the inflammation seen in the

ears of children and the airways of
oduJIS with COPD during infection.
" Understanding the specific
mechanisms whereby the !.OS molecule does this is the first step in designing novel strategies to prevent
thesedeleteriousefferuofinfection,"
Murphy said. "Dr. Campagnori will
done the genes that ore responsible
for .making LOS and make mutant

bacteria with altered !.OS molecules.
This will aUow him to elucidate the
role of LOS in infections."
In addition, samples from the
COPD study clinic will be used to
study the human imfn~e response
to the LOS molecule. Campagnari
also will collaborate with Howard
Faden, UB professor of pediatrics ot
Children's Hospital of Buffalo, to
study samples obtained from children with ear infections.

�Septea"U001/Vt33,1a2 Repaftai:

ETF assails plan for Skinnersville student housing
To 1M Editor.
The UB Environmental Task Force
· has gone on record opposing the
recent hurried decision to build yet
another student housing complex at
a site--along the south side of
SkinnerMlle Road near the Ellicott
Complex~ ina time frame that
membersbelievureill-adv.ised. The
ETF recently voted to send a statement to Michaei Dupre, director of
facilities, with copies to President
Greiner, Senior Vice President
Wagner and Vice President Black
requesting that this project be delayed in order to elicit true campus
and community input. This is not a

question of whether or not to build
more housing. but .a question of
rush-to-build decisions that:
• Violate campus policies
• Deny genuine input from campus and community publics
• Destroy pastoral areas of the
campus while emulating the worst
aspectS of sprawl
• Contnbutt to the"uglification"
of the campus with all of the resulting quality of life, practical and aesth~tic problems
• May be at aoss purposes with
contracted design pla nn ing by

Stieglitz Snyder Architecture, the firm
UB hired to design a plan for housing
and support facilities along Lee Road
An abridged version of the statement sent by ETF members foUows:
As members of UB's Environ-

mental Task Force (ETF), we strenuously object to the siting of another
student apartment complex along

the south side of Skinnersville Road
near Ellicott Complex.
OUr objections are as follows:
• Master planning. New on-campus student housing might best be
accomplished through the Lee Road
Corridor master-planning process.
Incorporating residential units in
the Lee Road project wiU increase

density and improve the financial
viability of campus oommercial de-

velopment. The Skinnersville
project weakms the Lee Loop proposal.Intertstingly, architects planning the Lee Loop proposal were not
informed about SkinnerMlle.
• Natural areas. The SkinnerMlle
site should be preserved as on( of
the last pleasant pastoral spots on
caJ)Ipus-.The area to the west of
Bizer ~is partiGularly attractive
and senes as a wildli(e habitat. Mak:
ing the campus more aesthetic and
attractive-thus boosting recruitment and ~tion--&lt;an best be accomplished by saving and restoring
remaining natural areas.
• Sprawl. The selected location is
away from the campus anter and
will aacerbate the sprawl problem
on this campus. UB's Protected Natural Areas Policy states that "the university commits itself to an anti·
sprawl policy thaf incorporates considerntion of•.. siting of new buildings within built-upmasofthe campus to create a denser urban core."
As "smart growth" campaigns in the
wider community have demonstrated. sprawl is a major issue.
Sprawling campus ~~ is
socially detrimental to the campus
community and encourages oncampusdrivingbycampusresidents.
• Environmental policies. The decision to proceed with this new~ ­
ment oomplex violates two approved
UB environmental policies that the
ETFiaborodlongandhard to~
the Campus Protected Natural Areas
Policy and the University Facilities
Policy and Procedure for Environmental Review and Public Participation. These are sensible policies and
we insist they be followed Both of the
policies call on the univorsity to conduct a public-participation process.
yet a legitimate pUblic-participation
process could not occur since the an·
nouncement was made only after students and most furulty had left for the
summer. A legitimate participation

process requires that the university
oommunitybeavailable to commml
AdditiooaDy,a legitimate process presumes that final dec:ision¥&gt;n wbother
to build and on siting cobJd be inftuenced by input gathered 6om the participation proass. This presumption
is violated by the apartment plan because these decisions already have
been made and groundbreaking may
be imminent
• Slate regulations. We would like
to caution the univorsityabout oompliance with the Slate Environmental
Quality Review /v;;t (SEQRA). Not
only is the univorsity oblised by state
law to oomply with this act, but the
approved llniYersity Facilities l'olky
and Procedure for Environmental
kview and Public Participation states
that UB "will make every effort to
oomply with the
and spirit of
(SEQRA) ... • (emphasis added).
Since the planned Skinnersville Road
apartment cornpladearlyis now part
ofamuchlaJserUBapartment-buildingplan that in its entirely =-is the
SEQRA "Type I Action" iesidftltial- ·
unit thrtshold of250 uni~ section 617.4(b)(5)(iii}-it reasonably
can be argued that an Environmental
Impact Statement now is required.
Segmentation of projects to reduce
environmental review requirements is
a violation of SEQRA--= section
61 7.4 (b) (iii)). Moreover, UB policy
calls on the univorsity to abide by the
"spirit" or inttnt of SEQRA-which
is full participation and full environmental review. Giving this projet:t a
~negative declaration" in order to expediteconstruction, which is what has
occumxl, is blatantly inconsistent with
this important public oommitmenl
Sincerely,

ftter

Jooeph Wrchl.., Olen

COolclb.uom, COeny llogl.,., Pam
Rene. John Russo, Lynda
Schneeldoth, Walter Simp..,..,
BIH Wachob
Jim Ulrich £nvironmmtol TaJk

Fore~~

Obituaries
Mem9rial service for Spina scheduled for Sept. 13
A memorial service will be held at I
p.m. ~ll3 in 250 Baird Hall, North
Campus, fo r Mary Beth Spina, a
member of the UB News Services
staff for 27 years who died July 8 in
her Clarence home. She was 59.
Spina. who served as radio/tdevision coordinator at UB at the time of
her death, was known throughout
Western New Y~rk-&lt;llld by many
press outlets throughout the oountry-for her writing. professional expertise and ability to "find an expert"
for reporters on virtually any subject
at any hour of the day or night ·
Armed with a sense of humor,

raspy voice and a Southern accent

that became more pronounced the
longer she lived in the Buffalo area,
she was dogged in her pursuit of
press for her "stars"-UB faculty
members whose media savvy and
expertise in pertinent fields kept
Spina hot on their tails.
A native of Johnson City, Tenn.,
Spina earned a bachelor's degree in
journalism from the University of
Tennessee. She worked for.more than
40 years in the fields of journalism
and public relations. including stints
as a reporter for newspapers in Tenness« an d at the former Buffalo

Courier-Express.
Spina joined the staff of the UB Office of News Services in 1974, workingashealth-&lt;cienceseditoruntill982
when she assumed the responsibilities
of radio/television coordinator.
News Services has established a
memorial fund in Spina's honor with
the intention that the funds raised
will be used for an annual priu in
her name to an outstanding UB·student pwsuing a career in journalism
or public relations.
Donations may be made payable
to the UB Foundation, in care of the
Mary Beth Spina Memorial Fund.

Peter Jusczyk; former member of psychology faculty
Peter W. Jusczyk, a former VB re-

University in 1996.

searcher whose pioneering studies
advanced scientists' understanding

Through sophisticated experiments that gauged babies' responses
to verbal
Jusczyk showed that
infants have the ability to recognize
sound patterns and match them to
their meanings long before they begin to babble.
EarlyworkbyJusczykar.doolleague
Peter Eimas at Brown University that
found that month-old babies can perceive subtle dillmnces in sowKis-

of how and when babies develop
language, died of a heart attack Aug.
23 while attending a conference in
California. He was 53.
One of the most prolific and energetic researchers in the field,
Jusczyk was a professor of psychol-

ogy at UB for six years before joining the furulty at The Johns Hopkins

rues,

such as betwem "pa" and "ba"-reinvigorated the fidd and encouraged
others to study infunt language perception and &lt;!Mopmenl
Jusczyk graduated from Brown
University in 1970 . He earned

master's and doctoral degrees from
the University of Pennsylvania.
Survivors include his wife, Ann
Marie, a former UB staff member
who ran his laboratory in the De"
partment of PsYchology.

foot~ al
Rutpnli, UB IS

n

Dennis Thomas rushed 1or 1
yank on 30 carries and 1\uqon
useda~tint­

half tumc:JI'IW'el' ro score a 31 ~ 15
Ylcto&lt;y aver tl1e a.. belon a UB
Sc&gt;dium record crowd af22.6Sil.
The loss spoiled tile ol
, _ head c:oad&gt; Jim Holhor, but
didn' dampon .... c:oad&gt;~ splria.
Thea..tslaalecl!lleSc:ariet
Kt&gt;laiiO al tile B;c East on ....,
tennl~mostaf!llepmo

and d!e contest was a br ay from
US~ 59-0 loss to 1\uqen last ,_-.
The Bulls _,..t .... pmo
....,..,, """" 1\uqon, who rolled
up ~53 yank in last ,_.,. meedn&amp;.
to pun&lt; on thelr lint two
possessions and caused "'"""""
on a next rwo. HoweYer. the
cifletencein!llepmeamewl&gt;en
.... Bulls could not alee advanage
o( those opportllnities.
The tint chance ame wl&gt;en
)unlo&lt; M;ioe Umben inten:ep&lt;ed a
pou by Ry&gt;n Cubit and rewmed k
to the 1\uqon 41 witl17:521eft in
the first quartet". Howo.er. the Bulb
W~n; hurt by a false start and
...........,. punted. On the next
dri\&gt;e, senior Oman Jonlan forced •
fumble by Thomas that was
rec&lt;MrOd by LamarWolcher at the
US ~7.

Alter drivlnc to t11e Ruqen 32-y.nl 1ft, t11e ~ point in t11e fint IWI
came wl&gt;en senior quaruri&gt;od&lt; joe Freedy had his pou fiance all the hands o(
d&amp;f1t end Chad -rich&lt; to
who rewmed ~ 73 yank

Shown-.

lor the~ 1\uqon' san.
Ruqen incteased tl1e load to 23-0 in tl1e third quaner on • +4-y&gt;nl lield
pi by Ry&gt;n Sands. but t11e Bulb ....,. stOpped pbri&lt;c. Senior free S&gt;lety Cn1c
Rolllls put .... Bulb bad&lt; in the he plcbd all a Cubit pou inside his
20-yard .... and ........ his_, down !llelield 82 yank and .... dli~
lnten:epdon return in US histD&lt;y.
The Bulls rwTDWed !lleleadtoJI- 15 witl15:15 ....,..,.._ Freedyhis
junior [hn I.Jndsoy from 16 yank OUt-

Soccer
MEN'S

LehiJh 5, UB 0
UB l, Army I
'The men's soccer team dropped a S..O decision to the Lehi&amp;h Mountain t-bwks
to open the 200 I season on Saturday Wrnoon In the LehO&amp;t&gt;-Anny Soccer
Oassk at Ronald J. Ulrich Rekl.
,
The Bulls tnlled by only one pi at lntennission belon surrenderinc lour
goals In a six-and-a-half minute span early in the second IWI u ~ handed
US Its first open;og &lt;loy loss In fMo years.
Sopllomore 0... Pidgeon and junior jenton Eswonhy scored first-half goals
u t11e Bulls held on fDf" • 2-1 Ylcto&lt;y aver t11e Am1y Bbclc Kn;cms in the
tournament finale.
Pidgeon scored his first plu a Bull29 minutes Into tl1e pme to pve US
!lie lead. Not to be outdone. Eswonhy then allied his first in a US unllonn less
than lour minutes law wl&gt;en he tool&lt; a pou from )unlo&lt; Mi&lt;e PopNnsld and
beatAnny plk.eeperTyler Donl)!:ll to pve t11e Bulls • twO-pia~
US senlon BIH Norberz and Matt Yea teo were named to tl1e AI~
Tournament Tum for their st:f"'nn: pby Jn the tcxnwnent.

WOMEH'S

UB 4, N lopra I
Syracuse 4, UB 0
Ros;e Luzakpve tl1e f'IJrple E.qles al-0 lead 14:-48into thepme.but
US batded back to KOre fou"'stnJchtpls en route to a 4-1 ncMr&lt;or~'le.e.oce
Ylcto&lt;y in tl1e season opener at AAC Rekl.
U8 sophomo&lt;-e Nkolo Olszewski tied the score at 1-1 at t11el7:0l marl&lt;.
scorin&amp; all a feed from Jenny Donnecbr. Senior Paula Sind&gt;lr then scored on •
kq""" from outside the box befoA sophomo&lt;-e slstei-s 0..00 Russel """
Emily Russel added badt-&lt;0-back goals to dose out the scorirc. · tl1e
Bulls dropped a 4-0 dodslon to Syncuse on Labor Day at AAC Reid.
Syncuse sophomo&lt;-e Nina Scalzo was tl1e thorn in tl1e side lor tl1e Bulls. u
she finished witl1 two goals and "' asslst.lw&gt;dinc U8 Its fim loss d the season.
N~~

Volle~~all
UB l , Stony Brook I
St- john's l , UB 0
UB l , Canlolus 0
~by the play o( sophomo&lt;-e Undsoy Madkosh and- Katie Henry. us
put~ out a fou~ win O¥er Stony Brook tn Ia tim match of the 5eaSOR at
tl1e US Morpn Oassk lrMutional.
The Bulls dropped • 30-24 dodslon in pme one. but rebounded ro score
30-28.30-2~ and 30-28 wins in pmes
and lour.The Notional
Assocla-lor Girls andWomeo In Sports (NAGWS) has adop&lt;ed a rally
scOfinc fornv.t for all matches this season. wtm the first four pmes up tO 30
and tho llfth and decldlnc pme up to 15.
MatilcDsh led the Bulls """' matdl-hiah 16 ldlls. nino dip and fMo bkrls.
While Henry tallied II kiHs, nino dip and fMo senlce aces In her first cotiepte
matdl.
Howeter. UB pbyed to a sec~e finish in the tQitJt"'nanlent.losine to St.
john~ by al~ score (30-22. 30-19. ».25) and deleatinc Canislus l~ (»-22.
30-18.30-12) to end .... _....."""' 2-1 reconl.
MatilcDsh and follow Bulls' team Wissa l.aCour ...... named to
!lleAII-TounwnentTeam.St.Johni -.theme wit11 the ""'"'""""'t dde after
postlnc a ]~ reconl.

twO.......,

�Bl Rep a..-. Septellier &amp;.2111/W.33. 1o.Z
Thursday,
September

6
llologkol Sciences Seminar
Protection of EIKtron
Transport In Chloroplasts and
Mitochondria During Stress
by Small Hu t-ShocJ( Proteins:

~~~~t~~~~.
S~u~i~~·
Sci&lt;oces Complex, North

Campo~.

3:45p.m. Free. For

~~=~~·s~'e:~et

Buffalo Logk Colloquium

~~~~~~ra~r~~~ets~n

Corcoran, Dept. of Phik»ophy.
14 1 Park, North Campus. 4·

~~ttat:l~~kCJr::.~::lr
0

more information, John

Corcoran, 881 -1640 or
2444, ext. 119.

~5-

Opening ReceptJon
Maurice Sands: Outsider ln.
Art Department Gallery, 845
Center for the·Arts, North

~~~:~ ~~~d Att. for
more Information, 645-6878,

ext. 1350.
Cooking Class
Learn Bask Cookir:tg Sldll s.
Janice Cochran, Uving Well

2~~~·u~~~~~e~'!r';~orth

Campus. 6--7 p.m . free . for
more information, Janice
Cochran, 6-ot5·2837.

Meditation Cl•ss

~~hct~1u~z~a~~pasas,
Uving W~ Center. Student
Union, North Campus. 7-8
p.m .- free . For more
Information, Nick K.arapasas,
834·2335.

I

Thursday

13

Saturday

8
Men 's Soccer
UB vs. Central Connectkut.
· RAC Field, North Campus. 2:30
p.m. Free.

Sunday

9
~hi!

Rtportn- publbh~

Men's Sot:cer
UB vs. Siena. RAC Fie4d, North
Campus. 2:30p.m. Free.

lhtlng!. for evc.nh taking

,

phKe on campus or for
Qff Cllmptn evenh

when~

UB groups are principal
1.f&gt;On~on

no later thnn noon on

pubhc:atWn. Listings are
only JJccepted thriluCJh th(
eh·ctron ic \UbmiHiou fHrm
''" llh.' unlhu U8 C.t~h·ntlllf
uf [w~nh .H

·http

www.buffalu • d
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II

lhtlngs are due

thf:! Thun.day preceding

,

Tuesday

hH&amp;tn

4f

l:ht.ttl'

II&lt;VI1~ ,11(1\ ...

Ubraryw...tuhop
UGl 101 : Research Skills.
Calmer Chanoo, 127 Capen,
North Campus. 2-3:30 p.m.
Free. Spon50fed by
Undergraduate Ubrary. For
more Information, Eric Acree.
6-ot5·2943, ext. 235.

o.ep....tfttent of Or•l

Wednesday

12
High Road lkllfness
Practkes for
Manufacturing and High
Technology Companies
How to Double the Value of
Your Business in Three Years.
Center for Tomorrow, North
Campus. 8:15· 11 :30 a .m . S60.

~~=~a:=~~t

Center. For more infqrmation,
636-3626.
Wednesd•ys •t 4 PLUS
Poet ~ Reading . Myuri~ Mi

~~the ~i~oo~~~~e~

~~~~k,~~645?38, 0.
Medttatlon Class
Buddhist Meditation. Nikolaus

~r~e~~~~;:'~:

6-7:30 p.m. Free. For more
information, Nikolaus
Karapa.sas, 834·2335 .

Meeting
UB Wome n 's Club New

Member Reception. UB
An:hltecture Lecture
l etdlworth. Villag e : Assisted
living Housing In a Multi-

~~~~~:T~a~~.~~~~~~~r

(South l ounge), South

~:t~~J gy~~~~~s Center

for more .nformatlon. M1chael

Women's Club. Atrium, Center
for the Arts. North Gampus. 7-

~~~~~ ~~~~eock·
Natale. 645-6918.

Me n 's Soccer
UB vs. Canlslus. RAC f1eld,
North Campu!t. 7 p m Free

M Metzger. 829-2271

Beethoven fes-tival
ISSS Workshop
life In the Residence Halls:
Rea lities anp Opportunities
ErK Com1ns, 1nternat1onal
\tudenl advJsor, lnternat1onJI
Student .1nd Scholar ServiCe~
~lmCarr.;· ~or~~';~m~~ 4
lnterndllona\student and
Sc holar ServiCe~. For more
1nformJt10il, 645-2258

Chamber Music Slce Concen

~f~: ~~'\hs c~;fn~r!fb;
Dept ol Mus1c For more
lnform.1t1on. 64 5-2921

Se pte mber Welcome

~~~:~:Utn~~~lft;t~!ke.son
Complex, North Campu!t.. 10
p.m.-mtdn'9ht Free for UB

~\u~t~~~~~7o~~~n~ OtfKe
Activities. For more
1nlormat•on, 64S-6125.

~~es
The Psy&lt;hology of EaUng:
The Good, the Bad &lt;1nd the

Fattening. Elizabeth D.
Capaldi, prof., Dept of
Psy&lt;hology, and provost. 3SS
Squire, South Campus. 8 a .m .
Free.
Blo&amp;ogkal Sciences SemlrYr

:s~~E~~~a;~~:~~j9ies
Tissues. Arnold I. Captan,

~its
·-

Deslno"

: 2101 City of

;,.~:~=-~
Bruno Freschi, dean emeritus

and professor emeritus in the
School of Atchitoctur&lt; and
Planning, will be on display
tomorrow through Oct. 6 1n
the Second Flooi Gallery of the
UB Art Gallery in the Center I&lt;&gt;&lt;
the Arts, North Campus.

~~.,=~ ~~h·~~Jay

and Mondays by appointment.

" Maurice Sands: Outskkr
In"

Yvlort by Maurice Sands, a
Roman'iln·born, self-taught,

:~~r~r:~=:and ~;slyai~=~i=

director of the Skeletal Research
Center, Case Western Reserve
Univ. 225 Natural Sciences
Complu, North Campus. 3:4S
p.m . Free. For more

~~~~~-~~68.
Buffalo Logk Colloquium

~~~~~,~~ic ~~lose 5agillllo, Univ. ~ntiago

de Compostela. 141 Pari&lt;,

~SCam~ t::i~:Logic rorloquium. For more
infOrmation, John Corcoran,
881-1640 or 645-2444, ext.

119.
ISSSWoBJhop
Getting lnvotved at UB.
Nantene Cokman . 31 Capen,

s~~~~~ie~i!,r:f·

Student and Scholar Services.
For more information, 645·

2258.
&amp;.e«:lhoven Festival Slee/

~~~-;,:!~~?Quartet
Ying String Quartet. Slee
Concert Hall, North Campu!t.. 8

gy"De~/ol~~;k s~n:~~
1nfonnatton, 645· 2921
Senior Alumni Program
Elder Law hsuei.. Anthony H.
Szczyg1el, prof., L..nv School

~~~~~~~ f~~T'=~~ra;;h
Campus. Noon-2 p.m . 115.

~~h.'~r ~~,r=.~.

fude Schwendler. 829·2608.

the Untted States lvmy during

~. ·d~~:J:.~~~nt

1

Gallery, 845 in the Center IO&lt;
the Arts. North Campus.

~~,=~.~o !~r:. ~-

r.

5

f~~~,:h;~~.m
on Saturday.

"Illuminations: Rmsltlng
Buff'lllo's Pan·Amerkan

bposltlon"
.. Illuminations: Revisiting
Buffak)'s Pan--American
0

~~ie~ =.e ~nd

on-

~~~lJ~~~ndby

Special Collections illustrating
the cultural and historical

~~r;;=~~tion.

is on display through Sept. 30
in the libraries across the
campuses. Each library will
offer on-site and on-line
exhibitions focused on its own
area of expertise:

• l ockwood Memonal Ubrary,
North Campus, will mount
eJChibitions of varying tht&gt;me)
One wtll focus on the

~~~~e:~ ~~::to's ethnic
expenences of the Pan
American Exposttton; another,
"'~•JOd,
Eat1ng at the
Pan·Amerkan ExpositiOn:

Drink and

~~i.~=r~dthe

abundant and diverse food and
drink 5efVed at the expos1t·on.
A third lockwood exhibitiOn
w1fl focus on the works of more
than 650 Amencan aniru, as
well a.s artists from Canada and
latin America, that ~ shown
at the Pan Am. It also will
exhibit aspects of the

~~=.:.~
to the cweraU mis m sct:rw of
the Pan Am.

• The llnivonity Ar&lt;hivos,

~=~"::?
~\:te~~~~

E&gt;&lt;pose of Historic Deeds Done
Circa 1901 ."
• The Charles 8. Sears Law
lib&lt;ary in O'Brian Hall, North
Campus, win approach the Pan
Am from a legal perspective,
focu~ in particular on ~I
and legislatiVe proceedings
surrounding the arrest, tnat and
execution of presidential
assassin Leon Czolgosz.
• The Sci&lt;oce and Engineering

~g~.~r;=t

~~~~tionof

~an

architecture at the
Am, a
grand industrial show that
celebrated the won&lt;leB of
teclinology and Industry.
• B«h and African drumming

=~~,m~~ndthe

Music lib&lt;ary in Baird Hall,
North Campu~ will exhibit
texts and doq.nnents refated to
its "extensive musical programs.
It abo wit! ~t iHustr.Jtions
of the Pan Am's Temple of
Musk: and other concert
venues a.s well .

~~~~=~~~~

contemporaneous with the Pan
Am to be shown by the Health
Sciences library in Abbott Hall,
South Campus, 1n iU exhibit.
"Buth, ~ath and Evt"fyth•ng in
Betwoen: Keeping People
Healthy at the Pan American
. E.Kposition ." It will focus on the
enormous task liKed by Pan
Am medical d1rector~l
Park 1n pt'Oiect1ng the
expos1t10n VIsitors from
contagtOUs d isease!~.. food
contam1natJOn and unhyg~enK
faCIIII!es.
• The exh1btl to be mounted

:J&gt;'~g~~~~;~;ln

Capen Hall. Utled "The
Uncrowned Queens," ts based
1n research by Barbara Seals

~~~~~~~~he

accomplishments of AfricanAmerican women of Wt!Stem
New Yori&lt; from the pas .
present and future.

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Q&amp;A: Michael Cohen offers insight
into workings of Faculty Senate

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Pharmaceuticals expert named
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P!eicleol'Miilm R. Gr&lt;ioer will
- t h o Annual Report d tho
Prosident at tho meeting d tho
voting fac:utty, to be hetd at 2
p.m. Sept. 11 in tho Cen!&lt;r for
Tomooow on tho North Compus.
All membon cit tho unMnity
community are invited to llttend.

Student Affa~rs staff
members wa1t to place
Plexiglas rM diSks on a g1ant
b1ngo board dunng a game
on Fnday 1n Alumn1Arena
featuring UB triv1a and
information. The bingo
game was part of the
annual September Welcome
activities for incoming
freshmen and transfer
students.

GSE gets grant to help

teacher IT preparation ·

The u.s. Deportment d &amp;aJQ.
tlon hos oworded a S1.3 mlllon
three-year grJI1t to a consortium
c&lt;&gt;r11p0$&lt;d d tho Groduate
School d Eduaolion (GSE), tho
Cen!&lt;r for Applied Technologies
in EducJIIion (CAn). tho luffolo
Public Schools and WNfD-lV.
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Flint Village'Opens doors to students
Complex is third erected on North Campus in 3 years in ambitious housing plan
BY JENNIFU UWAHOOWSKI
Repott~ Assnunt Editor

F

LINT Vi ll age. lhe third
housing complex erected on
'
the No rth Campus since
1999 and pan of an ambi riou.s., ongoing initiativt to cuJtivate a
thriving livmg-as well as learningcommunity at the university, is open
for business and filled to capacity.
The S22.65 million complex situated on 20 acres of la nd off
Augspurger Road as home th1!1 sc.•mester to more than 500 upper-da ·
\'ISion undergraduate and graduatt:
students tn 236 full y fum1shed um~.
w1th two of 1ts rune bualdings ded1 ·
ca ted to new and co ntmumg stu -

dents enrolled in the Law School.

AJyson Wut:z.. a first -year law student and resident of Flint Village's

speciaJ living and lt:aming environ ment, told thOSt attending a dedi cation cn-emony on Aug. 17 that the
complex hdps make..UB's size more
manag~ble . As both a former rest dent and former resident advisor in

UB's residence halls for thrtt years
while earn ing her bachelor's degret&gt;
in history, Wuu said she realizes just
how Important 1t IS to prgv1d e a
nounshtng livmg space.
"They've broken do\'ffl the Mzt&gt;.
and gwen us a great sense of com
mumty," she sa1d.
L&gt;enm!l R. Black. v1cc prcs1dent for

studeht affai~ said UB conunues to
follow 1n th e footsteps o f tt !&gt;
founderS with such worthy endeavors as lhe COil!)tructJon of Flmt Vil lage, named fdr Austin Flint. one of
seve n foundi':lg physicians of the
University of Buffalo m 1846.
Helping garner the necessa..-y
manpower and finances to build a
medical school on Virgima Strttt in
NoV&lt;mber 1849, Flint called !he fin ·
1shed facility "a success worthy of a
noble undert akmg ." Black sa id.
More than I SO yea rs later. he
pomtcd out. Fhnt's worcb nng true
for yet anotherf+u re su cc~."
President Wilt'am R. Gremer emphasized tht· dt•termiJlallon and de-

sare apparent with the builders. planners and designers who pool their
talent for a project lilce Aint Vtllag&lt;.
"Everybody puu the1r couragc:together and says. w~ ·ve got to stan
10 August to open in August' This is
a total team effort." Grein a said.
.. Wa1t till you see what we roll out
next," ht added. alluding to lh&lt; announcement that the university will
break ground this fall on a fifth
project for graduate howing along
Sktnnen.Yi\le Rood. As well, plaru for
housmg and commerciaJ develop·
mcnt along lee Road. which intersects w1th John James Audubon
Parkway, are under way.

UB survey designated as U.S. standard
By LOIS BAXEa
Contributing Editor

HE federal agency responsible for setti ng
medicaJ reimbursement
policy for Medicaid and
Medicare programs has designated
an assessment survey developed at
UB as the nationa1 standard for determining payment for inpatient
medical rehabilitation.
The federal Centers for MediClii&lt;
and Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly called !he Health Care Finane·
ing Adminislration, has clected to use
UB's Functional Independence Measure. or FIM'M instrument, on which
to base its new system of prospective
payment for rehabilitation treatment
provided in hospitals.
In the past. rehabilitation hosp• tals have lx:en rctmhursc..&gt;d haS(.-..d on
a facilit y-spcl' lfit r..Ht.· pt'r disc har~e .
n:gardles..' of tht· numlwr of duy:!o .1
patient rcmumt-d 111 ttll' ho!)plt..tl and
thclt'''t'ltilo...lrt·thl.'p.ll l..:nt rC\.)uart.'ll
Umkr the •ww ~''tem. p.avmt·nt w1ll
lw hnl..l'd 111 tht· ~t·v t· fH \ "' t'.Jt h
pat lt'nt \ th-...thaht\ when .JJnutll'd
"Th1' 1' ,1 111t,1lh IW'' .1ppro.1~h .

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sa td Ca rl (; ranger. professor and
chair of the UB Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and one of the
develope rs of the FIMn.4 instru ment. "It will change rehabilitallon
care as we all know it"
r-or rehabilitation hospitals. the new
system means more equitable pay·
ment for facilities that t:ak the most
severe cases. For UB. the ruling bring;
addi.tionaJ intemationaJ recognition
for its work in rehabilitation saenc.c.
"We are now seen as the experts,"
said Granger. "Our phone has been
ringing off tl'le hook since April.
when it ap~ared the new system
wou ld be based on the FIM rM anstrupu·nt. Everyone wants to talk to
us. It 's an affirmatiOn of the work
that has been accomplished at UR."
M1chad E. Bemardmo. Vllt' pn.-s1
dent of healt h affu1n. .1nddean ot the
:Xhool of .~ lt-JU.Int' .md RIOlllt'dl
..:.11 "-. ltlltn , pr.ll't' d loTolll~t.·r .1nd
otht·r' " 'ho h.tve wo r k~.·J 11n tkw l
t•pmt·nt nl thl' H~l ''' lll'lrtllllt'lll
1111 tlwu .ll.... nmpif,hmt·nt, .md the
n.IIHnl.ll .ll ll t'lli11H1 thn h,l\t'
brt•u~ht h• thl.' un''"-'r''''
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&lt;.:MS JSa testament to the many yean
of hard work by Dr. Granger and hJS
group." Bemardmo satd ... We all t:a.ke
pride in their accomplishment_"
The new payment system IS ex pected to take effect early in 2002.
The FIM ""' inst rument !.San easy- touse assess ment too l that allows
Lrained personnd toasslgn a numen·
cal value-the FIM ratmg- to a
patient's ability to funrt10n, based on
performance of 18 phys1cal and menta1 tasks that represent a basic daily
routine of personal-care activities_
The FlM"' instrument was de&gt;doped at UB I S years ago through a
th.rtt-ycar grant to researchers in rt·
habilitation medicine from the Na uonallnsutute for Disability and Rehabilitation Rt:search. Thetr mandate
was to dt"velop J standard for documentmg the lt·vel of di~bility and
ou11.:o mo of mt-dical rehabilitation.
The effort wa ~ !opur rt· d hy
J\ IC\hC.l rt·':!o i.ko..!SUlll Ill li:IHJ to USc.'
d1a~ntlS I !I rd.th.-d ~roup' II &gt;HG!I t as
the hasJS f(•r rt.•u n bu~·m c:nt for cart'
J•n•v•dcd m dtUit' t..lrt' h~-..sp llals
\l lh, rt'tlllhur~·mt·nt '' J!) not ap·
1•ropn.lll' h1 r P.l' llll'lll lnr rchdhih

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tauon, however, because ~tients are
lreated based on level of disability
as well as on diagnosis_ lacking a
federally accepttti standard comparable to those used by acute-care
hospitab, rehabilitation facilit ies 1n
the past have been reimbursed for
care based on an allowance perca5(,
regardless of the time and resources
expended, Granger noted.
Approxunatdy 80 percent of the
I .I 00 acute-care inpattent medical
rehabilitation facilities m the Umted
Statescun=tly use the AM"" instru
ment to establish a baseline of funcuonaJ limitations for each pattent and
to ~uate outcomes of care. Th~
fuciliues also contract with US's Um ·
fonm Data System for Medrcal Reha
bil1tat10n ( UDS~.01 ) umt to prov1de
penodK performance reports and
benchmarkmg studao . A1. a rt.~ uh .
U DS" 11 now hou ses -\ rmlh n11
n.x:or&lt;h.tompmmg the largest do.~ t o.~
ba.o.t· ol mt'&lt;hcal rehah1htauon tn:Jt
nlCilt OUICOnlt.':'\ Ill tht' \\'or\J
Tht' FIM \, mstrumcnt ho.~_, lx·l·n
tro.~n,l.ttt•J mto tivt' \Jngu .J~l"·md ''
U~t·J tn ·\u,tr.th.t. &lt; .l!l.ldJ.. li1•n~
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BRIEFLY
~care to

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cllcUssed • lUncheon
A.,...._,, guide 1D the Issues
- 1 0 long-lorm .... wil bo
~by

Michael E. Cohen, professor of neurology and pediatrics, began a

-.any H.

two-year term as chair of the Facult y Senate on July I.

s.a,glel, prol&lt;esJor oil-. ot
lhoUIAIIMnniAuodotlon's SeAIIMnnilui1d-. prognm
ll,_, on Sept. 13 In lho c.n,

•torT"""'""""' !he North

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"" expert In the field olel-

dor 1-. ~ b thctof ol
lho low - . Clinial &amp;luu-l'nlgrom.
Cetling oppropriotolong-

term-are liefVk:es It .n IIfordknowing lho
~ toasl&lt; belen and .rtor

-cost"""*"'

lhocore bn&lt;edod.

The popular luncheon prodosigno&lt;l fo&lt; U B and lhei&lt; guests, also
wefcome seniors in the community on a spoce-ovoilable basis.
IJ8 Alumni Assoclo- mombon P"Y $14 and non-mombon
P"Y $16. Call829-2608 fa&lt; ....
ervations and infOfTNition.

Creatlye Craft Center
to offer wortuhops
The O..!M Croft Centor in the
Uirott Complex b offering early
fol WOI1cshops beginning the
ol Sept. 10.
Wotiahops lfe schedu~ in
photogroplly, pottery, woovlng,
quilting. embroide&lt;y, 1&lt;nitting
and crochetJng. beginning and
advonced stoined glass, jewolry
construction and basic drowing.
Y«&gt;rtshops run from 7-10

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p.m. one night • weetc for dx

. and
"1''ttety for Childfen•
will bo held from
10 a.m. to noon on Saturdlys.
"''oU&lt;ryJcx T_,. wil bo held
_from 1·3 p.m. on Sab.lrdoys. •
" - Jft $30 fo&lt; IJB students
and
fo&lt; .. ochen.
For fur1h« lnlormation, call
~Kids"

What do you see •s the m•ln
Issue facing the Faculty Sen ate this coming ac•demlc
ye•r7

A Faculty Senate has been ca ll ed
th e co nsc ience of us un1ver.s1ty.
Wuh th1s m mmd , the Faculty
Se nate 's role IS to address all aspects of umversity life. to pro vide advace when asked , to co m ment co nstru ctively when re qUired and to act as the sound tng boa rd for facu lty concerns
and needs. ls!i ues to be addressed
hr the Fac ult y Se nate thts yea r
Jre the followmg:
• A recent I\' w mpl eted survey o f
law ltv members on th c tr vtews
nf th e UnJ Vt' f S II f
• G radu a te ' lude nt stipend.!.

• The propt'r ro lt· of teachmg

3!i ·

!i l stanl !i

• Th e qu&lt;.illtY of student life
• &lt;.omputt:r htt· r.K\' of student.-.

.111d f..11.uhv
• Pn va~..v on thl' Int ern e!
•

l&gt;t't3113 J V3Cd i1CIC!I

• Tht• deterw ratm g hea lth -care

t'O\'Irtmml'n l a nd wha1 11 m~an !&gt;
10 1he meJJCal school
• The obltg.tuons of the fa cult v
l o 1he general commumt y
• The undl'r!tradu ou e general

ed uca tio n program and mdepen
dent studies program
Wh•t other lnuet do you
deem p•rtlcul•rty lmporUnt1

O ther issues of importance are the
co ncept of shared govrrnance, a.e .,
the roles of the facult y and the ad ministration and where theSt" areas intersect. The senate also will
consid er how the current environ ment acts to promote o r inhibll
faculty crea tivit y a nd incenuve. Do you think the senate h•s
been at effective at It can be 1
O n Nov. 6, Douglas Lederman ,
tf not, what c•n be done to
managing edito r of The Chro ruclt Improve Itt effertlveneu 7
of Hrglln Educarior1 , will be ad dressin g an ope n sess io n of th e An ofte n -hea rd critiCism 1s tha t
se nate. He will discuss many of the senate 1~ a self-flagell atmg, dt' ·
these 1ssues, as well a~ what 11 ... baung soc1et y. Co ntrary to th1 s
o pm1on. many senat e reso lu tmm
means to be a research umverslty
have beco me umvers1t y pohn·
What Is your long-term vision
The senate needs to stay away from
of the tenate7
the tnv1 a and pnmanly addres'!&gt;
The charge of !he senate 3!&gt; found ISS ues of substa nce thai reso nate
m th e senate resolutio ns and char· 1n a s•gn1fi ca nt way w1th LI S co n
tcr IS to com men t on all aspect~ of stituency.
umve rsrtf hfe . but not to make It seems that the senate, par .
pohcy: Hence by lh v~ ry nat ure , tlcularty the Exe&lt;utlve Com the se nat e IS a reac tio nary body. mittee, feature t the same cast
Th1s role 1s an Im portant counter- of characten year after year.
What can be done to attract
balanle to the ohgarch 1c gover
nance sys1ems fo und on man v tomle new blood ?
ca mpuse!t. Alth ough this role ca n
I have sen t 3 letter to the entire
not be abroga ted, I would like to vo t1n g fa c uh ~·. as well as to the

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lJturQv of Holy Spirit

to be"heed Sept. t 6

Th&lt;_C..,.... wil,.,.
""'oponing ol""' 2001-02 """
)'001' with ""'25th annual
ConYocotm and UWrgy ol""'
Hqy sprii.IOboheld at11'30
Lm. Sept. 16 in St. )os&lt;ph Uriwnity o-..m on Main s.... adjaceltiO the IJ8 South Campus.
Dennis Black. vk:e president
for student attail'l, will rec~
the 2001 Newman Award.
All memben or the campus
community are invited to attend. ~

REPORTER
The Reporttr is a campus
community newspaper
published by the Office of New1
Services in the Oiv\sion of
UniYersity Communkatiom,
Univorsityat8ulfolo.
Editorial office a~
located at 330 Crolu Hall,

Buffalo, (716) MS-2626.
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Kristen kowMsld

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Ell&lt;nGoldboum

s. A. Unger

Christine'~
Ann'Mlitd~

Flint Village
Con i &amp;.Moed f rom

see tf e !lenate play a mo re proal
uve rolc_o m th c_o hfe of the umver Sity. l am hopefuJ that the admm istratlon will charge the senate to
prov1dt resol uuons and duect1ons
involving umvers1 ty poliCies and
initiatives. In this way, the senate
becomes a participant m umver
sity policy decisions, rather th an a
reactor to events already put in
place.

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dea ns of each of th e organtz.ed
academiC umts o n th e campus.
describmg the acttvttu!s of the
senate and the abthty of th e
se nate to tmpact sigmfi ca ntly
on th e life of th e umvers1t y
W1th the above m mmd,l have
mvued a nd urged all facult y
members to e1tht'r stand for
d ecu on to the senate or partiCI ·
pate o n 11~ co mmittees. In partJCuJar.l will be askmg all newly
tenured assoCiate professorra!&gt; part of their serv&amp;ee obhga
uon to the umvers!ly-to par·
11Cipate m se nate aCIIVItl e!l.
Why did you want to become chair of the F•culty
Senate?

St'veral of m' lOllt'aguel! 111 the
Schoo l o f MediCIIlt' and 810
mediCal ScJenLt'll .. uggested !hat
smce I have had pnor o~dmm ­
lll tratlvt' t'Xpl'rit' lh:e on th l~
..:a m pus, as wdl as m nai!On..tl
o rgamz a1 1o ns. I ~· ou ld be d
good cand 1datc lo r thl ll 10b.
Upo n then en(Ou rage men t. I
agreed to run Smcc I rece•ved
so methmg likt' 65 percent of
the vote. there must be so me
o ut there who th1nk I .:an do
the JOb.

lercmy M . Jacob~. ( half of lhc UR
Co un cil: Reginald B. ewman II ,
chmr of the UB Founda11on 's Board
of Trustee$ f&gt;avtd 1. Salt..ft. president
of lhe B Alumnr Assoaauon. and
James A. Allen, exccull\'t.' d.trector of
the Amhcrstlndustnall".'""dopmt'nt
Agency
Roht:rt A. ~uv.m n o. pre~ idt· nt of
Gremer th,ulkt"J ~ta t t' St-n. Mal)
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�Rep a .....

Research staff enhanced
NewAVP brings experience in biopharmaceutical industry

::;!:!:CHUl

K

ENNETiiM.Trampooch.

a resea rc her with 20
years experience in the
.,
discovery, development
and project management of new
drugs, has been appointed associa te
vice president for research at UB.effettive Sept. 4.
Tramposch m ost rc;cc ntl y was
president and chief operating officer
of Pi lot Therapeutics Inc., a venturehacked biopharmaceutical company
based in \Vinston Salem , N.C.
ln.his new position, Tra.mposchJ UB graduate with a doctorate in
medicinal chc:mistry-will be re~ pon s ible for" sc ientific programs,
organin&gt;d rt'SC'Mch units and matters
rdating to transfer of technology.
amo ng other duties.
"Dr. Tramposch brings to UB a
wtoahh of experience in commcrciaiJZa ti o n of biomedica l and
biopharm aceu t•ca l research ," said
laylan Turk.kan. vice president for research. •·This will be invaluable to us
~ we plan out the NYSfAR Center
in Drug Discovery, and as we capital·
ize immediately on discoveries aris·
•ng from the Center for Drug Discovery and ExpcrimentaJ Therapeutics
in o ur School ofPhannacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
"As well, Dr. Tramposch is on a
scient ific advisory board at Roswell
Park Ca ncer Institute, and will be
instrumental in furthering o ur resea rch interactions with fac ult y

there,"Twklcansaid.
Pilot Therapeutics was formed in
1998 based on pioneering Functional
LiponomicsTM platform resea rch .
This resear&lt;h identified ~ kq
areas where the dysfunctional r&lt;gulation of bioactive lipids

w.tS

a sig·

in 1999asviupresident,hcworked
at Bristol-My&lt;rs Squ.ibb's Pharmactutial Rcscarch Institute in Buffalo,
joiningtheoompanyassmiorscien~

list for biochemistry research in 1981
and rising through the ranks se-

17

nior director of pharmacology.

nificantcauseofhumand~and

. He also has served as a research

revealed naturaJ and pharmaceutical

chemist in the Medica] Rest-arch
Department of the VA Medical Ceoter. As an adjunct associate professor

therapeutic strategies for treating

those diseases. The company develops ..evidence-based, natural and

''Dr. Tnornposdl brings to 1111

• - o f experlonc:e In

-JAYlAN TURKKAN

pharmaceutical producu" to treat
such chronic conclitions as asthma,

in tpe UB pharmacy school from
1987-99, he &lt;Stablished the cooperative education program between
Bristol-My&lt;rs Squibb and the pharmacy school for iraining master's
students. Since 1999, he has been an
adjunct associate profeo;sorof physiology and pha.-macology at Wake
Forest University School of Medicine.
Tramposch has led large
multidisciplinary, multi -site research teams for several drug-devel opment candidates. One~uch drug
that he invented and developed ,
Solage, recen ~ y won approval from
the Food and Drug Administration.
He has published 45 papers in
scholarly journals and holds nine

hayb-er,coronaryheartdisease,cys- patents in theareasoflipid metaboLic ame and ~cer.
. . /*""' lism , agents for inducing selective
As pres1dent and COO, gene expression and drugs for in Tramposch was responsible for ereating corporate research strategies
targeting inflammation and cancer
therapeutic areas, establishing new
resea rch initiatives and recruiting,
training and retaining world-dass
research-and-development staff.
Prio rtojoiningPilotThernpeutic:s

Oammatory cliseases.
Tramposch is a member and past
dim:torof the Inftammation Rese::arch
Association, and holds membenhips

intheAmericanOiemicaiSociety,the
Society of Investigative Dermatology
and the American Association for the
Advancrment ofSciencc.

Study finds new use for insulin
By L~IS ~Atc.E~

Contnbullng Edrtor

I

NSULI , the hom10ne used w

tn."at diabetes. also may have potential as a tn..""::ltment for he-art
disease, a stud)' conduded by
UU endocrinolog.i:.ts Ita) ~ hown.
Th ~ research shows for the fi rst
tim.: that insul in produces an anti inflamma toq• effect by decreasi ng
co ncen trations of ce rta in pro-i nflamm a to ry com ponent s in th e
bloodstream and incrca."ingconcentra tio ns of components that help
prevent inflammatio n and damage

nitric oxide, a known vasodilator,
and increasing expression of nitric
oxide synthase, the enzym e that
makes nitric oxide.
T.he)' also had shown that
troglitazonc,a :tubstano.• th at makes

blood components. Blood samples
were taken be(!l re the infusion began and at two, four and six hou~
in to the procedure.
Resea rchers were pa.rticularl)' in ·
tercsted in concen tratio ns of a co mponenr ca lled nuclear factor kB

(NfkB), which induces th e production of pro-inHammatorycytokincs,
adhesion molecu1~ and enzymes
th at .generate cell-damagi ng free
raclica1s. They also measured a com-

to cells Lining ~Lood vessels walls.
The study appeared in the July issue of nu· }oumnl of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolis,.
..This is a brand new property of
insulin ," said Parcsh Dandona, associate professo r of medicine and
director of Kaleicht HeaJth's Diabetes-Endocrinology ·Center of Western New Yo rk.
.. It is the first stud)' of insulin's
• anti-inflammatory effect in humans
~ and the results arc clear. Since atherosclerosis is th e result of an inOammat ion of the vessel wall, we
believe insulin will prove to be anti atherosclerotic in the long run.
"At the very least, these resulu
sho uld indicate -to physicians thai
tl1ey should not be reluctant to prescribe insulin when it is indica ted for
fear that it m.1y incrc:asc the risk of
heart .mack. It 4ppeu~ insulin has
just the oppositt' effect. It may reduce the risk of h.:.\rl .ut.11.:l ."
O.mduna .md (o)k.H!UC'' in ~'ill
lil'r l.JborJhln h.1'"·"\ r~·'l\ll ~ h . h.1d
.. hm, n th.Jt 111\llllll hd( ' ' \l· ....t.·l.. tn
~. l i l.u "· h\ llh.rl'.l'ol ll g tlh' , d~,.•,J&lt;ol' c•l

subjects show inc.rcascd inflamma·
tion ) and monitored levels of cc rlain pro- and antj-inflammatoq·

ponent that inhibits NFkB, caUed
lk.B, and cenain other anti-inflammatory components, as weD as concentrations of adhesion molecules

ceUs more sensitive to insulin, has
anti-inflammatory effects, and t,tlat
insulin d~ the expression of
a component call ed int racellular
~dhesion- molecule- I (I CAM- I),
known to promote inflammation in
the lining of the arteries that has
been a.ssociated with an increased

risk of coronary artery disease.
These mulls appeared to suggeo;t
th:!l insulin may help protett against
cardiovascular di:;ase, rather than
contributing to its development, as
ot her researchers have assumed ,
Dandona noted.
S&lt;.'Ch ng to determine if insulin
product'd similar efl~&gt;t: t s in hum.m~ .
().llldO!l.l ,uHI LOJk,IJ;llt'~ lllfU 'tt'J
iJ N IIill in .1 f.hKO' l ..nlutinnl llhl Ill
' ' ''l"x. lll llldi.li k'll\ \llhlllll'\' 1 ~: 11\'l(."t.

and free radicals.
R&lt;sults showed that insulin infusion caustd a fall in NFk.B and an increase in its inhibitor. These changes
began at two hours and peaked at
four hours. Nfk.B returned to normal at six hours, but lkB continued
to increase, even at six hours.
"These change's are consistent
with an acute an ri -innammatory
effect of insulin,• Da ndona said,
"and suggest thai in the lo ng term ,
a ~rsistent effect of this kind would
indicate a potent.ial antiatherogenic
action of this hormone."

Also participating in the reo;earch
were Ahmed AJjada, research assis-·
tant professor of medicinti Priya
Moh&lt;mtv. clinical instructor of
medicine, and Husam Ghanim,
\Vacl Hamoud.t, Ezut Assian Jnd
~haJ..t'd AhlllJd , doctor.U "'tlldl' llb
\, ,,rJ..in~;: with Ll,tndon.J.
rhe \\'ilh.nn t~. ~ kt.~ nw.m Ch:":r,
t.,hl ~.· l und .. uppt~rt l"\l th"· '"u'

BrieO
MOOical, law schools offer
new master's degree programs
The School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the ~w
School will offer three new master's programs this fall.
The medical school is offering a master's program in publk health
( MPH ), as well a.s a law a nd public health program in conjuOction
with the Law School under which recipients wil.l obtain both th~

J.D. a.nd MPH degrees.
In addition, the Law School is joi ning with th e School of
Informatics to offer a co llabOrative program in legal information·
management and analysis th at is o ne of the first programs in the
nation with an emphasis on academic law Jibrarianship. Students in
this program can obtain both a J.D. a nd an MLS degree.

Both the MPH and J.D./MPH programs are being offered through
the medical school's Department of Social and Preventive Medicine.
The MPH program alms a t training professionals to study and
m anage current and e merging com muni ty health issues.
"We think this degree program fills a real need in th is region,"
sa id Dennis Bertram, clinical ass istant professor of socia l and preven tive medicine and program directo r. " People who wan ted an
MPH either had to leave the area or forego the degree.
"The federal govern ment is placing increasing demands on the
states and counties to monito r a nd improve health . The MPH is
seen more a ~d more as the basic training to fill the position s needed

to do that work,.. he added.
St ud ents may choose between two concentrations: hea lth services
administ ratio n or epidemiology and biostatistics.
The MPH prepares people for responsibilities in several areas crit-i ca l to a commu nity's weiJ-being, including primary prevent io n of
disease; monitoring and surveillance of infections, toxic agents and
environmental co ntami nants; targeting hard -to- reach populations
for clinical services and outreach programs, and educating the public about disease risks and preventive measures.
The collaborative program in law and public health, one of seven
in the U.S. and the o nly one offered in New York State, is based o n
the critical interrelationship berween the delivery of health care services, the protection of public health and the legal system. It focuses
on the role of public policy, laws, regUlations and the co urts as tools
in formu lating effective public health interventions.
Sheila Shulman, adjunct associate professor of law and program di -

rettor,said graduates of the J.DJ MPH program will be p...,pared to deal
with the complexities of the current legal and h eaJ~h-care systems and
to appreciate the expanding sources of co nflict between the individual
and the broader community-based health -care needs and interests.
Applican ts must combine an a rea of in terest in the law school
with an MPH emphasis in eithe r epidemiology and biostatistics, or
health services administra tion.
T he program in lega l information ~1anagement and :malysis-a
collabora tive program of the Law School and the Department of
Library and Information Studies in the School of Informatics-offers )o tudcnt s preparation for careers as law libr.1rian~ a nd legal · in·
formation professionals.
Under the direction of lames Milles, associa te dean of the l...Jw
School and di rector of the Law Librar y, the program blcnd'i solid
grou nding in the tech niques of lib.r:a ri anship and knowledge m anagem ent with a critical understaridi ng of legal concepts, information resources and services.
"While our focus in th.e sho rt term i.s on a ca demic law
. librarianship, I believe that the technical and intellectual tnining
that is the basis of this program will in the lo ng term prepare the
best and brightest law students for careers as future leaders in the
legal information profession," said Milles. • Those careers may take
them int.o law librarianship, knowledge manageme.n t, legaJ publish ing, or even into new paths that we can' t yn foreset'."

OxyContin: Potential for niisuse
OxyCOntln, one of the ne-west drugs prescribed for pain, has become a destructive drug of abuse among recreational drug users

obtaining it illegally.
In iu time-release pill form , OxyContin is safe taken as prescribed.
\¥hen abu.sen crush the pill and sniff the powder, they defeat its timerelease function . In this form, the opiod drUg is highly addictive.
Jeffrey Lackner, clinical assistant professor of anesthesiology and
director of the behavio ral medicine clinic at UB, warns that the potential for abuse also is high among patients receiving the drug legitimately if they are not mon;torrd closely by their physicians.
.. Unfortunately. narcotics for chronic pain are--titerally and figu ratively-::a 'presaiption for disaster if tbe physician neglects to con sider a bust potential, historyOf sclf- medicatioll&lt;, ~nd other ~hav­
iorol a nd psycbo1ogical factors that bear on t~e trajec·tory of pain
states." Lackner says.
"Br the s:J~C token. patients who St!'e 'oxv' as a 'cure' for an incur·
able problem without enhancingsclf-carc skills can be. a problem. Thi"'
i!t particularly tme with an:rious pain patients who often mbinterpr~ t
negative cm(ltion" for pain and rJtch"·t up their u~ of drug ~;,
"The pu:,h to pn...~•ibt- 0--:yContin \tJrtcd \\ ith ~...m(c:l' I'\Uil . h ut h.'b
k'.llltn lll t"u ~a nd miSpn."S.YiptJon nfn\:y' fur l'l.:mgn p..iin." l ,~;.: km· r. I \ '·

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Rep a.,. August30.2001/'l'm.3Uo.'l
Discovery comes as UB operates Its first archaeological field school at hlstorlc fort

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IWWd ilt the •ssodation's recent

orniuol meeting.
Calf V. ~.profess&lt;&gt;&lt; and
chaw o1 tho Deportment o1 Rehabilitotion Medicine, has
authored a chapt..- In tho physical ~kine and ~abititation
sectlon d eMedlcine, an online
t;b&lt;o'J' ol cootinuoosly updated
mecrol textbooks that ca~
primarily to medical profeuional~ but provides lnlormation for
consumers as well.
~~ assistant

professor of communication design and illustraUon, and Peter .·
Stoolliii'SOft, formerly visiting
illiistant professor of communication design, have been appointed c&lt;&gt;&lt;hairs of tho Expert
Group for Knowledge Management of the International Institute for lnfonnation Design ~
(1110) in Vtenna Austria. 1110 is a

global research-oriented profes·
sional organization for information designers and fnformaUon

researchers. The Expert Group
for Knowledge Management
will coordinate and develop coJIaboratK&gt;n in both academk

and commercial spheres, operating Within the European
Unfon frameworic of thematic
networu in the Information So--

dety Technologies Program.
Frances Bemsteln, assistant di-

rector of admissions, has received
a Rising Star Award from the Natiooal Association foc College Admission Counseling {NACAQ. '
The Rising Star Awan:l honor&gt;
state and regional affiliates' new
members and progrnrm that exemplify excellence and dedicatK&gt;n
to serving students in the transition from t&gt;gh o:hool to college.

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tho MetallobiochemistJy Study
Section, Cente&lt; rJ Scientific Review, Nationa l ln~tutes of
Heatth for a tour-year term.
Study sections review grant applications submitted to the NIH,
make rKommendations on
these applications to tho appropriate NIH nationai iCMscxy
council or board, and su.....-er the

status of research in their ftefds of
science. Memben are selected
on tho basis ol their demonstrated competence and ad'Uevement in their scientific disdpline

'as evidenced by tho quality at research accomplishments. publi-

cations in scientific ;ou~s and
other significant scientiftc actMUes, achievements and honors.

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Students unearth houses at Ft.Niagara
By PATIKIA DONOVAN
Contributing Editor
TUOENTSinUB'ssummer
archaeological fidd school
at Old Fort Niagara have
unearthed parts of the enlisted men's and officers' guard
houses built by the British around
1768, as wdl as sections of the protective palisade arQund the old
French "castle.•
The studcnt.&gt;--19 undergradu ates and four graduate student&gt;determined that the stone walls that
S«med to sit on top of. the guard
house remains were part of a Brit ish barracks from the War of 1812
and that an ash-filled barrel they
uncovered belonged to a 19th-GeyJ-

S

tury bake house on the site.

tury American historical archaeology, Pt:na is particularly interested

those who owned and used it.
It was customary for officers and
in~logicalevidenccofculture
enlisted men t.o occupy separate
contact, trade and acculturation quarters, Pcna pointed out, so artiduring this period.
facu found "in" and around each
"The history of Fort Niagara as a/ guard house might be expected to
militaryandtradingpostspans300 represent the distinct military stayears,' and involved nations of the tus of the oa:upants. Ultimately, the
Iroquois Confederacy, as wdl as tht material may offer clues as to how
French, British and Americans," she different classes of soldiers lived
said during a recent interview at the while the British· oa:upicd the fort
fort on the escarpment high abov. from 1759 to 1815.
the Niagara River. "That makts it
"Old maps and records of prior
one of the only places in this region digs indicate that this is where we
where we can document cross-cui- migh t expect to find the guard
house remains,.. she
said, pointing to what
had been uncovered
so far-remnants of
several stone walls that
appear to intersect
one another.
"\\lhethcror no;
we're able to definitively identify the
boundaries of each

Thetearnalsodiscoveredbunons.
mu sket balls, ha tpins, gunflints,
pieces of metal, nails, Indian white
clay tobacco pipes, pieces of glass,
ceramic and bone.
The fort excavation is an ongoing
project that was initiated by Doc
guardhouse,"shesaid,
Knight, fonnerdirectorof archaeol" the students are
ogyal Old FortNtagara,and has been • 19th-centut')' boke houJe uneorthed by UB . learning the physical
conducted by different archaeologJ- .. _=:.':e':'c.O:::!:~:':tsu~::~~
req~rementsof a ~roca1teamsovertheyears Thisyearwas
fessiOna l excavation.
the first time VB has operated a field turaJ contact th roughout several They•re also learning how archae·
school at Fort Niagara, but it will not centuries.''
ologists use small pieces of material
be the last , according to Elizabeth
Over the course of its history, the culture to draw conclusions about
Pena, visiting assistant professor of fort has embraced nearly I 00 dis 1 the activities. belief systems and staanthropology .and director of the cr~te buildings. These were raised tus systems of the group that left
and razed by various armies that them behind."
summer field school.
In fact, Pcna said, it is the begin- also altered their fun ctions and conMetal buttons and other items asning of what both institutions hope structed and deconstructed walls, sociated with uniforms dearlyiden-..
will be a long and fruitful relation- foundations, stockades and earthen tify members of the offib!r attd'in-:
ship between this historic site and structures. Although most buildings listed classes. she said, and clues can
have disappeared, the detritus left be found as weU in bits of glass and
the UB archaeology program.
A specialist in 17th and 18th cen · beh ind reveals a good deal about pottery,animalboncsandin the out-

r

.

lines of the structures thcmsdv&lt;s.
"We'd be likdy to find pica:s of
glassware , wine bottles and
stemware, for instance, in and

around an oflian' guard bouse," she
said
"And shards ofchina Oflicmcarricd around their own, often clabo.:Ote, ceramic assemblages as welltea services, cups and saucers, serv-

ing and dinnerware-some of it
quite fine.
.. Enlisted men's quarters. on the

other hand, probably would yidd
the remains ofGillteens, mct!l plates
and cups of metal or leather," Pma
said, noting that such dues ar-e more
rare since leather deteriorates and
damaged metal cups usually were
broken up and reused.
The structures themselves, she
said. yield information about the
size and layout of rooms, the type

of flooring used and number of fireplaces in each room, for instance.
These speak to the quality of
building materials and general romfort level afforded within. Then, as
now, the best accommodations were
reserved for those accorded higher
status in a particular social system.
..The uniform buttons. gun parts,
musket balls and similar items from
the 18th century and the War of

1812 era helped us to date some of
the structures; Pena said.
"'And. in the piles of centuries-old
construction debris, we found what
look li.k:e firepla ce bricks, ston es
froM bOilding foundations and
so me material from the enlisted
men's quarters that tell us its walls

were plastered and painted yellow."

Beethoven festival among music offerings m
All-Bach recital also part of music department's opening concerts for 2001-02
By SUE WUETCHER
Reporter Editor

piano; Roland E. Martin , piano,
a nd Dora O hrenstein , so prano.
The " Beeth ovenesqu e" concert

ta tion for excellence in pe rfo rma nce. The quartet , which has
served a residency at the East man
School of Music, was
the fi rst recipient of a
National Endowment
for the Arts grant to
support chamber music in rural America.
The
mu sic

Beethoven fest ival and
a n a ll - Bach reci tal arc
the offe rings to be presen ted by th e Departmen t o f Music as it opens its 200102 seaso n next month . •
The Beeth ove n festival is pre se nted in an effo rt to help pla ce
Beethove n's life and works in a 0
large mu sica l. biog ra phical and
c ultural context, says Philip E. ~
l~ e h a rd, co n ce rt manage r. AI· ·i
though in th e past UB has pre - ~
se n ted Bc e tho vt! n ~s co mp l e t e~
string qua rtets in a series o f six ~
co ncerts, thi s year the quartets will ~
be presented during two concen- t
trated periods: Sept. I 1, 13 and 14 . The Ylng Strtng Quartet (above) will

A

5

t!!t:;:! :::; put

by the Ying String Qua rtet. and

::~.:"'s!:C~v!!·

Ma y 30-3 1 and Ju-n e I by the
Alexander String Quarlct.
Th e September pe rforman ces

presented by the Department of
Music . The department's season
officially will open on Saturday with ·

.?:

will be o ffer~d as ~art
a
Beethoven festi va l en titled 1 he
Famil iar a·nd Less Familiar," which
~,•ill include an eveni ng of ..ot hcr"
Beethoven c ha mb er mu sic o n
Sep t. 12 and an on; hestra l pro gram of'"Bcethov(.•nesq uc·· mu sic
o n Sep t. I 5. The festiva l also wi ll
feature lectures, panel discussions.
an open rehea rsa l and an exhibit
in th e Music library in Baird Hall.
The chamber music conce rt will
fea ture performances by the Baird
Piano Trio and music depart ment
fa culty membe rs Steehen Manes,

:."a~:~~:.:;:~~!;;!~~:~:~~~~chord. The recital will be held at 8
p .m . In Slee Conce rt Hall, North
Campus.

wi ll featun· th l· Slet: Sinfonietta,
wi th Magnm ~·1iJrtensson.conduc ­
tur, and Manes on piaflo. A pre Wil(t.'rt discussion at 7: 15p.m. wiJI
be modera ted by Christopher H .
Cibbs, assistant professor o f music.
Si nce winning the prestigious
Naumburg C hamber Music Award

in 1993, theYing tringQuartethas
established an international repu -

viola, and Bryal). Eckenrode, violoncell o, in p e rformin g Bach's
"Musical Offering.'' The progra.m
also wiU include 14 recently discovered canons based on the bass
line --'Of the a ri a from Bach ;s
"Goldberg Variations."

The program will be discussed
in a pre-concert lecture at 7:15
p.m . by David Fuller, professor
emeritus of musi c.
Martfn, who teaches organ and
harps ich o rd , ope ned
last yea r's mu sic deparlment seaso n in
similar fashion with a
performance of Bach'S

"The Art of Fugue."
Single ticke ts for
mos t co nce rts spon sored by the Depart 11\e nt of Music ran ge

from S5 to S 12. Discounts are available for
seniors, st udent s a nd

UB faculty, staff and
alumni for the more
expens ive concerts.
T ickets may be obtained at the Slce Hall
box office fro_m noon to

8 p.m. on Sat urd ay in Slee Con cert Ha ll o n the North Campu s
wit h the all-Bach recital featuring
Martin on o rgan and harpsicho rd.
He will be joined in the recital
by Gretchen Rowe. flute; Sarah
Abend Fritz, violin; Mari
Mizutani. violin ; Brian Walnicki ,

5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
from the Center for the Arts box
o rlice from noo n to 5 p.m. lUes-

day thro ugh Frid ay and at all
Ti cketM aster o utlets.

The full slate of Slee Hall conce rts is available online at
&lt;www.slee.buffalo.edu&gt;.

�AUQUSI 311, 100 I/Yil33. lo. I

Bush education plan blasted
Finn says president ignores proven strategy ofsmall class size
By PAT11KIA DONOVAN
Contributing Editor

UB education scholar
has blasted the "test and
punish" edueation plan
put forth by President
George Bush in the White House
report "No Child Left Behind."
Jeremy Finn, professor of counseling, school and educational psychology in the Graduate School of
Education, says that in his eagerness
to restructure funding priorities,
Bush has ignored the imponance of
the one strategy that empirical stud·

A

ies have consistently proven to o p-

timize student lea~ing in virtually
all educational se ttings-s mall
classes in the elementary grades.
l-Ie has replaced it, Finn maintains,
with an intrusive "test and punish"
system that is inconsistent with any
established educational principle.

"It 's ironic, if not surprising." Finn
poin!Sout,"that all the funds allocated

scholar, Finn's most recent work is

"The Endu ring Effects of Small
Classes; a report published in the
prestigious journal Tmchers Colkge
R&lt;cord. He is the editor of "How
Small Classes Help Students Do
Their Best," a collection of major,
previously published class-size studies in several states conducted by
educational r~ch~rs.

·

"The Bush plan," Finn says, "ignores the fact that small class size has
been scientifically proven to offer
most widespread bendiiS of any intervention known to educators today.
"The White House plan would divert funds from programs with
demonstrated effectiveness into
what it calls 'performance- based
g rants to states and localities: In

Nevertheless, u nder the Bush
plan, states that don't show im-

proved test scores will risk a reduction in federal funds, he says, "and
schools whose students 'perform
poorly' will lose resources inst&lt;ad of
reaiving badly needed funding for
things that would actually improve
both learning and test scores.
"Not only does the Whi~ House
plan not put money into programs.
' like class-size reduction," Finn says.
"but its funding priorities are based
on assumptions for which there is
little or no ,denfific basis...

The Bush plan is ftawed in other
areas as well, he notes.

other words, school funding would

.. It insists. fo r instance, that 'states

be awarded on the basis of achievemenHest results.
"Test, test, test is the theme of 'No

will be held acoountable for imp=ing the quality of their teachers,'"
Finn says.
"Certainly we would aU like for
teachers to have the best possible, but
even in this instance, 'No O.ild l..efi
Behind' provides no direction for improving teacher preparation and no

by Bwh to expand state and national

Child J..d't Behind,"according to Finn.
"Ask any teacher and he or she will

assessments--i.e., tests-wiU not go

teiJ you that American students are

to schoolchildren who need hdp, but
into the pockeiS of aduliS invol"t!d in

alreadY. tested to death. Theysaysar-

the testing indwtry."
'
A widely published education

achievmlentt&lt;sting been shown to
improve performance, even when
test results are tied. to funding.

casticaUy, 'We don't need more tests
to teU us how 'bad.l)"' we're doing:"
Nor, says Finn, has increased

medlanism~prioritiesthat

would help ltat&lt;s attaifi that goal"

White

·c oat

john Bodki n, clin ical
assista n t professor of fa m ily
m edicine, he lps Kris
Paolino, a new student in
the School of Medicine and
Biomedical Scien ces, d on
h is white coat d uri ng a
ceremony he ld Aug. 1 3 in
the Cen ter fo r the Arts. The
schools of Den ta l Medicine
and Phannacy and
Pha rm aceutical Sciences
also he ld wh ite coat
cerem o n ies signifying the
new stude n ts' e n tly into the
healing arts.

Newman named interim dean
BY JOHN OELLA CONTRAOA
... Repo11er Contributor

ERRY M. Newman, SUNY

J

Distinguished Teaching Professor in the School of Man·
agcmcnt,has been named in terim dean of the school , eff~ctive Aug. 16.
New m a n s ucceeds
Lewis
Mandell, who res ign ed from the
position to focus on his research into
financialliterac..y, which is pa rt of. a
national campaign to im.prove thl'
pl·rsonal -finan cc skills of American
tt•cn -agers. Mandell took a leave of
absence from the sdlool to pursue
his research and will return in the
spring to teach as a professo r of fi .
nancc and managerial economics.

Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi said
R. Nils Olsen lr., dean of the Law
School, wiJI serve as chair of the
search committee, which im medi-

ately will begin to conduct a national
se~rch for a successor to Mande-ll
In announcing Newman's ap ·
po intment, Capa ldi noted that
" Jerry's Newman's experience in

leading the MBA program and the
respect he is accOrded by his peers
in the School of Management and
at the universi ty will enable him to

keep the school on course during the
interim period."
ewman has served as a faculty
member in the lAj&gt;artmcnt of Organi7..ation and Human Resources since
1974. He has earned Sc.-·veral teaching
hollOTS during his tenure, induding

the School of Management's Distinguished Teaching Award and the

SUNY Chancellor's Award for ExccllenccinTeaching.ln 1999,hewasap-

pointed to the rank of SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, the high est fuculty rank in the SUNY systcn1.

An authority on the management
of human resources, Newman is director and founder of the School of
Management's Center for Team Performance ~nd a charter member of
the Society for Hwnan Resources in '
Buffalo. He is co-author of ..Com pensation," the top textbook in the
field , and has authored or coauth ored numerous chapters in
dozens of o ther texts~
He h.u.chai red the school's MBA
Program Com mittee since 1999and
previously served as chair of the
undergraduate committt'C. He has
taught in th e schoo l's Executive
MBA programs in C hin a a nd
Singapore, and has served as a con sultan t for many art.-a companies.

Newman earned a bachdor's degree from the Uni\'ersity of MidUgan
and master's and doctoral degrees

Repa~

Is

BISON Databases: Getting
Better All the Time
Not only lo .. SON's offering of databases growing (go to http:/1
ubllb.bufflllo.edu and select "Databases by Tide" for a comple~
listing) , those that have been mainstays ofUB's "virtual library"' contin ue tf add coverage and features. Noteworthy new databases added
ov~r

the summer for UB students and researchers include:

• History Resource Center: U.S. (full -text primary and secondary
material on all aspects of United States histof}1
• IEEE Xplore (selected full -text Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers journals. transactions and conference proceedings)

• ProQuest Psychology Journals (fuU -text coverage of 300 scholarly journills)
Three ongoing databases' offerings with significant new features
also have new titles. Di~rtation Abstracts is now Digital Dissuta tions. It includes the actual digitized text of many dissertations com pleted and published from january 1997 to the present including
University at Buffalo titles. Expanded Academic ASAP now is en·
titled InfoTrac One File and covt!'rs nearly twice as many journals as
before - indexing and abstracting 6,000 journal titles, of which
3,000 are fuU - text. Subject coverage ranges from the arts to the sciences and everything in-between.

AP Photo Archive is now AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive (http:/

(u bll b. buf(a I o. e d u / II b r• rl e s I u n ftJ I u g 1/ e -re sources /

photo.html ). Three new databases have been added to the.Archive
in addition to the O!Jgoing Internatio nal and the Eu ro/Asian photo

files:
• AP Audio Database (contains audio dips dating back to th e 19Z0s)
• AP Text Database (contains full -text articles as repo rted by Asso-

ciated Press staffers)
• AP Graphics Database (includes graphics, maps, illustra tions and
logos prepared by the Associated Press)
For uample, type in the topic ..cloned sheep.. in the "what " box
and limit to .. Inti Photos" and retrieve downloadable photographs
of Dolly, Britain's most famous sheep. Perhaps you requjre a graphica.l
illustrAtion depicting use of the drug Ritalin by gender a nd age, type
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yo u need a so und dip fro m th e " I have a dream" speech delivered by
Martin Luther King, )r. in 1963? Type ' I have a dream' in the .. what ..
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H BO hit .. th e Sopranos?"· Type 'The Sop ranos' in the "\-\'hat " box
and limit to .. Text."
Watch thi s col umn for detailed information on BISON's enhancements as the University Libraries develops a rich virtual libra ry for
usc from yo ur desktop. Those requiring immediate informinion o n
.. new and/or improved" BISON databases should contact Mike Lavin,
the Libraries' Electroni c Collectio ns COQrdinato r, at 645-3528 or
mrlavin @acsu.b uffalo.ed u.
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BrieR
Electmnic script key to cutting
illicit prescription drug use
Electronic prescriptions-not fingerprinting of patients at phar·
macies as proposed by so me policymaker~ould help cut a substantial amount of illici t use of medications like OxyContin, a accordin g to a fa culty member in the School of Pharma.cy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
"We're starting to sec prescriptions go el ectro nic," says Karl D.
Fiebelkorn, assistant dean for student affairs and professiona l rela·
tio ns in the pharma cy school and editor of" Phannacy Law," a newslett er covering pharmacy practice laws in ew York published by

Lhe school.
."Already some doctors are writing prescriptions on th eir personal
digital assistants and sending them electronically into pharmacies while
th e patient is still in their office. That gives the doctor a nd the phar·
macist an 'electronic paper trail,' if you will, so that they both know
where the prescription originated and for whom it was written."
Fiebelkorn says the use of personal digi tal assistants such as Palm
Pilots by ph)•sicians to write a script may lead to elimination of the
"paper prescriptio n" that a patient takes to a pharmacy.
.. It 's not o nly goi ng to cut down on abuse, he says, '"it's also going
to cut d own o n transcrip tion errors, such as when a physician or the
person writing it down m akes a mistake, or when the pharmacist
mi sreads what's o n the scri pt."
Fiebelkorn no tes th at as a result of the increased reliance on such
technologies, UB pharmacy students probably will be required to
learn how to use PDAs as part of th e curriculum within the next
two to three years. Already, a student comminee is studyi ng the fea sibility of using PDAs as a standard classroom tool.

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office's ~. "'\JB International, • matting the -40th annt.""""'Y of the Peace Corps.
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Buffalo Film Seminars s~t fall lineup

((L

By SUE WUETCHU

The series began on Tuesday with

RtpOftn- Editor

a screening of the Buster Keaton

liTLE Caesar." the
first great gangster
and
"II
film,
Conformista/The
Conformiot."amsidered bymanytobe
Italian director ll&lt;rnardo Bertolua:i's
best film, head the lineup for the full
200 I edition of"Buffulo Film Seminars:
Com,.,..tions about Great Ft!ms with
Bruer Jackson &amp; Diane Chriotian." the
14-wcek series of

TRANSITIONS
Moving Up
Keith E. Otto, from lecturer, UB
English Languq lnstitutt, to EU

progra.m director for English as a
Second 1..1nguage Progr.om•
Errol Meidinger, professor of law,
to interim director of the Baldy
Center fOf Law and Social Policy.
Kathryn A Foste&lt;, associate professor of planning. to a.uociate

~ '"' undeogr.lduate education
in the Oe(iartment of Plaron&lt;lg.

Moving On

screenings and discussions sponsored
by UBand the Market Arcade Film and

psychological and
erotic depth. louise
Brooks is magnifi cent as Wlu in this
film ba.&lt;ed on two
plays by Franz

~ The screenings
will take place at 7

p.m. on Tuesdays
in the Market

Ar~

cade theater. 639
Main St. in down-

Wedekind . ;ter

town Buffalo.
Each film will be
introdll&lt;l.'d by Jackson, SUNY Distin-

look led to a cdnuc
strip- " Dixie
Dugan .. -and a

fiil····

and Samuel P.

Corlos ,...,, auoclate profeuo&lt;
of family medicine and dir&lt;ctor
of the Center fOf' Uri&gt;on liesearch In Prirrwy CMe, to dlalr

Christian, SUNY Distinguished

of the Department of Fomily

and Community Medicine at
tho UnMnity of Te""' School of
Medicine 1t s.n Antonio
Mllt.Dim, -

prof...., of .•

neurosurgery, to pediatric neurosurgeon and associate professor
of neurosurge&lt;y, Hershey Medical Center, Hmhey, Pa.
Clayton Pelmer, professor of orthopaedic surgety1 to professor
of orthopaedics and anatomy at
North~tem University and

chair of orthopaedics at
Evanston Northwestern Health
Care in Chicago.
John K. Fitzer, program director
for English as a Second lan·
guagt Program~ in the English

Language Institute, to as.sbtant
professor at Fresno City Col~e
in Fresno, Calif.

Retirem en ts
Richard Fly, associate professor,
Department of English
Peter Hare, SUNY Distinguished
Setvk:e ProfesSOf, Department of

Philosophy

,

George Levine, professor, De-

partment of English
UNA Maceda, cKnk::af assistant
professor, Deportment of Anesthoslology
Sylvia Mel«, clert l, Mu&gt;ic li-

brary

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in the VB Department of English, and
Tcaching Professor, also in the English
department.

FoUowing a shon break at the end
of each film, Jackson and Christian
will lead a discussion of the film with
members of the audience.
The screenings arc part of"CpntempoJ1lry Cinema.. {Eng 441 ), an
undergraduate course being taught
l&gt;y the pair. The class was selected as
"Best Film Series" in Arll"'ict's Best
of Huffalo awards. The screenings
~tlso are open to the geneml public.
Admission to each film will bl.'
$6.50 fort he h'&lt;ncrnl public and 54.50
for 'I !Udcnts and senior citi7cns.
The films arc lrec for thoSt.' en·
rollt.•d in the threc-crt.-dit "Contcm·
~&gt;Orary Cinc1na" course. ·nloSl' wbh ing to ~'rn crL·dit in rd;uion tu thl.'
~rics should register for 1he cou r:,l'.
Free monitored pi!.rking will he
.wailable in the M&amp;T lot opposite the
theater's Washington.Street entrance.
At UB, the film se minars arc
sponsored by the Capen Chair in
American Culture, the College of
Arts and Sciences, the Department

of English and WBFO 88.7 FM, US's
National Publjc Radio affiJiate.

tiona) ~ilm R&lt;gistry.
• Oct. 2:"Sullivan's Travds," 1942,
directed by Preston Sturges. This is a
movie about a Holl)'\'&lt;lO&lt;I director
who goes out into the world to find

time gfeat fiJm comedies.
The rest of the semester's lineup, meaning when he finds himself
'Hith film descriptions culled from /blocked on his new movie, "Oh
th e
seminars '
Web
si te , Brother, Where An Thou? ..
www . •cs u . b uff•l o . e du I "Sullivan's Travels," write critic lim
Dirks. "is generally considered one of
- b J • c k s o n I
schedf•ll200111nks.html:
writer/director Preston Sturges'
• SepL 4:"Dic Biichseder Pandora/ greatest dramatic comedies-and a
Pandora's Box,.. satirica l s tatement of his own
1929, dirteted by director's erred. Selected for the Na·
Georg Pabst. Few tional Film Registry.
films come close to
• Oct. 9: " Sunset Boulevard,"
Pandora's Box for
1950, directed by Billy Wilder. •All

AnsCenter.

Tom KoMer, auistant ath~tic d i·
rector tor corporatt sponsorship
and special i!YenU. to associate
director of athietics for external

affairs at BuffalO State· Cof$ege

classic "The General" ( 1927), considered by many to be one of the all-

social craze-flappers. Philip Carli
will provide piano
accompanimenl
• SepL II: "Linle

1930, directed by Mervyn
LeRoy. Edward G. Robinson is superb
as Rico Bandello, a 6ctionalized blend
ofChicago'sAICaponeandBrooklyn's
Buggsy Goldstein, in the first great
gangiter lilfn. This film also has been
selected for the National Film Regist:rJ&lt;
•
Sept. 25:
"Trouble in Para-

dise," 1932, c:Wected
by Ernst Lubitsch.
Considered by many
critics to be the great
Lubit.sch's best film,
.. h is about people
who arc a1most impo:,sibly
adult,"
wrotl.' critic Roger
Ehert. "So suave,
cy nical, sophistica ted, smooth and
sure that a lifetime is
h01rdly long enough
to achieve such polish. They glide."
Herbert Mars h aH and Miriam
Hopkins aren't just suave; the}"rc also
crooks who fall in love. And Ka)'
Francis is a rich widow who would
like to buy a piece of the action and,
failing at that , is content to rent it for
a night or two. Selected for the Na-

right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my
close- up,.. says Gloria Swanson as
faded ftlril star Norma Desmond in
Sunset BouJevard's unforgettable fi nal scene. The film received II Oscar nominations and three Academy
Awards. and was selected for the Na -

tional Film Registry.
• Oct. 16: "Le Salai"' de Ia Peur/
Wages of Fear." 1953, directed by
Henri-Georges Clouzot. William

Friedkin remade this in 1977 as "Sorc=r;"with hugdye:xpensMospecial effects and Roy Scheider for his star, but
he didn't rome close to the astonishing tension created byOouzot'sdin:ction and editing. Armand Thirard's
electrifying cinematography andy""'
Montand's brilliant first film perfor1
11131l&lt;%. Seminar participants will see
the restored vmion.20 percent longer
than the film
J\merican5 """'
permitted to see
when it was re·
leased

here

nearly 50 years
ago.
• Oct. 23:
"The Night of
the

m

• Oct. 30: "Sweet Smdl of Success." 1957, dirteted by Alexander
Mackmdrick-• 'swm Smell of Suecas· is one of those rare films.• wrote
Roger Eben," where you remember
the names of characters because yo~
remember th em-as people, as

as benchmarks." Selected for
the National Film Registry.
irr Nov. 6: "II Gattopardo(fhe
Leopard." 1963, directed by l.uchino

types,

Visconti. The version of this film re·

leased in the United States 40 year.;
ago was badly cut and mangled. This
restored print ofVi.sconti's magnificent epic, shows why th~ fUm has

long been so highly regarded by Eu ropean critics. Bun Lancaster is superb as the princ~ coming to lerms
with Garbaldi 's unification of Italy.

• Nov. 13: " II Conformistafl'he
Conformist," 1970. directed by

Bernardo Benolucci. This film is considered by many to be Bertolua:i's best
effort. Jean-l.Duis Trintignant is superb as Mateello Oerici, the central
charncter of Albeno Momia's novel
about a man who so wants to belong
he manages IO betray everything and
everyon&lt;exapt the &amp;scists,forwhom
he is merely an instrumenL
• Nov. 20: "Don't Look Now."
1973, directed by Nioolas Roeg. Roeg,
cinematographer for Fram;ois
Truffaut's .. Fahr~nheit 451 " and

David J..ean's "Dr. Zhivago," directed
20 films, three of them memorable:
"1ne Man Who Fell to Earth"( 1976).
"Walkabout" ( 1971} and "Don't
Look Now.' This borrific and erotic
film, almost perfectly rnisunder.;tood
by critics when itwasreleased,isnow
regarded as a masterpiece.
• Nov. 27:"DaysofHeaven."l978,
directed by Terrence Matick. Malick
has directed only two other feature
films:"BadiaJxjs" 1973and"Thin Red

Hunter," · line" JQ98. AU three are haunting,

1955, directed

resonant and beautiful. Roger lh:rt

by

describes "DaysofHeavcn" as "oneof
the most bedutiful films ever made."

Charles

Laugh ron .
Roger Eben

calls this"oneof
the greatest of
all American
films." Leonard
Mahin describes it as an ..atmospheric allegory of innocence, evil
a nd hypocrisy." The film credits

writer JaniesAgeewith the script, but
it really was written by Laughton days
before shooting began. It is his only
film behind the eamera_ Selected for
the National Film Registry.

• Dec. 4:"The Adventure of Baron
Munchausen." 1988,directed byl&lt;rry
Gilliam.Gilliam,theAmericanm&lt;mber of Monty Python's Aying Circus,
has woven a delightful rambling narrative about the fantastic baron, and
he has populated it with
charaaers played by, among others, John

gr;.nd

NeviUe, Eric Idle, Uma Thurman ,

Sting and Robin Williams. This is a
grand and hilarious movie, a rollicXingand imaginative end to the fourth
in this series of terri&amp; movies.

UB
.cares
Lia Hallett, senior academic
advisor in the Division of
Undergraduate Academic
Services, reads a story to
~m Ziad during a visit
to the Univer.;ity Heights
Child Care Center in the
9foria Parks Community
Center on the Day of
Caring Aug . 1 5. UB
volunteers worked at sites
near the South Campus.

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Cocaine tied to hemorrhage

UB study finds risk six times greater for African Americans ·
.,LOISIIAIWI
Contributing Editor

Y

OUNG African Americans who use mcaine are
six times more liUiy to
suffer a potentially lethal
episode ofbleeding inside the brain
than non-wen, a case-amtrol study
of major risk facton for intracerebral hemorrhage in this population
conducted by researchen at UB an c)
Emory Universiry has found.
The study, published in a recenl"
issue of Ethnicity and Disease, also
shows twice the incidence of hypertension and fiv~ times the number
of people with hypertension who
weren'ttaking their blood-pressure
medicine among those who had had
an intracerebral hemorrhage compared to healthy, age-matched controls. Alcohol use also was associated
with an increase in risk.
"African-American patiencs expericncea cwo-fold higherriskofintracerebral hemorrhage compared to
white patients," said Adnan L Qureshi,
VB assistant professor of neurosurgery and lead author on the study.
"In the ab~nce of any definitive
treatment for intracerebral hemor;
rhage, significant stress needs to be
placed on primary prevention and

understanding of factors that predispose to a higher risk in young Afri ca n Americans," he said.
Internal bleeding. also known as in-

tracer&lt;bral h&lt;morrl1at!e (ICH), occurs in about 20 out of I 00,000
people, stlltistia show, and can affectanypmon ~of •~~&lt;.sex
or race. but appears to occur morr
frequently in African ·Americans.
The incidena: of intracerebral hemorrhage in African Americans
reaches nearly 50 out of 100,000
pmons. Qureshi noted.
Since there is no effective treatment for ICH,prevention takesO!Jlter stage, but little information has
been available on the factors that
put this population at higher risk.
This study is the first to use a casecontrol approach to tease out these
risks. It assessed health and lifestyle
histories of 122 African Americans
between the ages of 18 and 45 admitted to a public hospital in Atlanta with ICH between Dec. 31,
1997, and Jan. I , 1990. This data was
compared with that from 366 African Americans in the same age
group without the condition who
took pan in the most recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES Ill ).
Researchen included data on hypertension, diabetes, smoking, cocaine usc, alcohol use and stroke or
heart disease from all participants.
as well as the record of prescriptions
for hypertension medication and
compliance with their usc.
Results showed then cocaine usc

was the strongest risk factor associ•ted with ICH in this population,

There
be p1en&lt;y ~on besides~ loocbal at UB~ hcmo cpene.pnst IWqon u.w-slty tonl&amp;t&lt; In U8 Sadkm.!Wqon' ,;,;. ... be &lt;he fint-

even higher than hypertension,
Qureshi said. "While the medw1ism
for this assOciation isn't clear, we

,_. Bulblo _ . b y .

suspect that the sudden elevation in

blood pr&lt;ss~m that occun immediately,after !'Sing cocaine may cause
an existing aneurysm or arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in the
brain to rupture."
HypertensifJn, particularly in
those who had been prescribed
medication but took it irregularly,
also was shown to be an important
high-risk factor for ICH.
·
"'Ln chronic hypertension, the
body develops a certain proi&lt;Ctive
response in an effort to counter high
bloo&lt;f pressure's effects,• he said.
Ta'king blood-presswe medication
intermittently may impair the development of this response and may
make patients more vulnerable to (
blood presswe fluctuations."
The bottom line, Qureshi said, is
that a reduction in the high rate of
death and disability associated with
intracerebral hemorrhage can't occur
without dla:tive pmomtive measures.
"T~~udy demonstrated the
presake of factors in the communiry that easily can be modified to
reduce this risk. These include
avoidancr of Cocaine usc and regular use of blood pressure medication
as preseribed."

Labor law conceutl:atiOit..added
IIY JENNIRII UWAHOOWSIU
Report~

Assistant Editor

T

HElawSchoolhasadded
a new concentratio n in
labor and employment
law to its curriculum for
th.c fall semester in response to increased demand in the job market
for lawyer.; who are knowledgeable
in this burgeoning field.
"Numerous employment and la bor I jobs exist today that didn't
before.lt is a rapidly growing field,"
said Dianne Avery, professor and
vice dean for academic affairs in the
Law School and coordinator of the
new concentration.
The continued maturing of civil
rights laws over the past few decades
has contributed to the eme~gence of
increased individual rights, Avery
sa id. Beginning in the l970s, em ployees began to bring wrongful discharge lawsuits based on novel public-policy grounds. A spate of lawsuits filed during th e 1980s by•

middJe managers who had been
"downsized" also helped stimulate
the field of employment law. Federal laws have expanded employee
rights as well, and now prohibit
sexual harassment and discrimination on the basis of disabiliry.
Avery, an expert in the area of
employment discrimination, said
students who graduate with a con·
~tration in labor and employment
law are exceptionally well prepared
when they hit the job market. They
could work for government agen cies, nongovernmental associations,
in private practice, for labor unions
or as in-house counsel, bringing ex-.
pertise in such areas as employment
discrimination law, public or private
coUective-bargaining law, rights of
individual employees, employee
benefits, sports and entertainment
law, or workers' compensation law.
"They have a level of undentanding and expertise that geneFalists
simply don't have," Avery said. Up-

per-division law studeniS who opt
to take the new concentration can
select from a myn;d of choices for
electives. ranging from civil rights.
civil liberties and discrimination
law, to American labor history and
public-sector collective bargaining.
Although punuing a co_ncentration is not mandatory, Avery said
UB law studencs who choose that
path-whether or not th ey ulti mately commit to that specific area
of law for their career-have "an
edge in that they have learned a particular field in depth." The ski!~ students acquire. she said, are "transferable to other fields."
The concentration compo nent
"has long been recognized oucside
of UB as a strength of our curricu lum," she said_"It helps students find
their niche."
The labor and employment law
concentration is one of nearly a
dozen concent·rations offered by the
Law SchooL

Obituaries
Joseph Shister, former chair of industrial re~ations
A memorial service was held Aug.
10 in Boca Raton , Aa., for Joseph
Shisler, a UB professor of economics and labor relations for more than
30 yean who died Aug. 7 in his home
after a lengthy illness. He w.U 83.
A renowned labor mediator,
Shisler was moderator of th e "Uni versity of Buffalo Round Table;· a
di~cussion program on WBEN ·
AM, WBEN -FM and WBEN -TV,
from 1952-72. He alsoservedasthe
chai r of the former Department of
Industrial Relations in the School
of Management.
Born in the Ukraine, he came to

and studied at the Unh·ersity of
Montreal. Coming to the United

determining wage increases in labor-contract negotiations.
He was a national referee for air-

States in 1939, he.eamed master's
and doctoral degrees from Harvard
University. He taught at Cornell,
Syracuse and Yale universities before
joining the UB faculry in 1949.
Shister was the author or co-au·
thor of more than 50 books and articles on labor economics, industrial
relations and collective bargaining.
He was chosen by the 711&lt; Buffalo
Nt:WS as one of Western New York's
outstanding ci tizens in 1954 after he
devised a cost-of-living formula for

lines and railroads for the National
Mediation Board, chairman of the
New York State Minimum Wage
Board for the amusement and recreation industries, chairman of the
Erie County Grievance Board and a
labor arbitrator in mors than 2,000
cases involving major corporations
and unions.
He continued to serve as a labor
arbi trator for a few years after mov·
ing to Florida following his retirement from UB in 1983.

Montreal with his parencs in 1921

wtl

IIi&amp; East-.....,_

A .....o.r a/~ promodons wllmaloe &lt;he nW1t one to""""""'"' u &lt;he
lkJIIs kid&lt; oil &lt;he 200 I season under , _ hoad coodl J1n&gt; Halher.
Before &lt;he pmo suns. UB~ mas«&lt;-VICtOria S. Bul,a.lt.a Yield. &lt;he
!~star a/ &lt;he
E. Bull-will be incroducoclk wil beVoclcl'o lint
;.,. appeannco. aJdlOU(tl she alfidaly was lncroduced at &lt;he lloddn• !\ally
200 I on Friday.
N. halftime,lans wll p&lt; a chance co ......, &lt;he I
durinc &lt;he "Re&lt;ro
Halfdme Spocacular" .,......_. byAdelp!U and NewTostltos ~.The
halltime petfonnanoe wll be . _ _ b y - reconlinc anisaVIII&amp;e
Pecple. who wll perlonn some a/
hils.~~
sadil.m fworitAI ""ff1U.." They will be )oW&gt;ed on &lt;he field by a poup a/ more
.nan.J00 local children who panidpoted In YMCA amps """"" &lt;he Wesum
NewYoric: area this wnvner.

__...,.voaor

'70s

their,...._

In · -rlvo&gt;J&amp;hout &lt;he come &lt;he&lt;e wfll be special appe=nces by &lt;he
Zoopenun. sponsorod byWNSA and &lt;he Empke Spons Networi&lt;.
As usual at hcmoloodJoll pmes, children will be enunalned before &lt;he
pme at &lt;he 22-foot &amp;!ant sfide and a bounce house. and &lt;he UB nwd1io&amp; band
wil perlonn before &lt;he ........_ k b also Wesum New York Hill&gt; Scl&gt;ool
foo&lt;boll Nil!&gt;&lt; and a pnt firew&lt;&gt;rla wll conclude &lt;he - - ..
5irc'e pmo t1c1cets are avallabtelor S 12 and $ 1o by allln&amp; &lt;he us rod&lt;et
()ft';ce at 645-6666..

~occer
MlH'S
The Bulk will take to dw: road to open the 200 I season with a pair of weebnd
contests u the~ Tournament in Bet:hlehem.Pa. Coach johnAstudilto's
bootors wtn ..- &lt;he host Mounaln Hawta on S.wn!ay and IVmf on Sunday.

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The defend'"&amp; Mid-American Conference "~'"" susan c:twnp;on Bulls. led by
head coach Jean:"- Tassy. will open &lt;he 2001 seuon wkh a pak a/ home
comesu OYOr &lt;he Labor Day woelcend. UB will take on local rMI Nlopra In &lt;he
season opener at 7 p.m. tomorTOW. The Buns will &amp;ce Syracuse On Monday.
~at I p.m. 8oth matches will be played at Alumni Arena's AAC Reid.

Voile~~ all
~d coodl Nadine Ubw&gt;ls will bepl her !Nrd susan ·this woelcend as &lt;he
BuHs host &lt;he annual UB Mo&lt;pn Oass;c~II&lt;WQdonallnAiumniArena.
UB wiH open &lt;he 200 I ampaJ&amp;n ap1nst Stony Brook at 1 p.m. tomorrow. wkh
Canislus meeting St. john~ in &lt;he day's fim matrh at S p.m.

The tournament will condude on Sawnby wkh four macches. CanWus wUI
face Stony Brook at! I a.m., followed by UB ....... St.John~ at If""- St.John~
wfll take on Stony Brook at l p.m. wkh the flnal matrh foawrin( U6 and
Canisius at S p.m.
·

~as~etoall
WOMEN' S

Coach Cheryl DoUet- has announced that Stephanie Schuele&lt; has joined &lt;he
Bulls' coachinc sufl' u an assistant coach, where she: will be.primarity
...sponsible lor on-the-floor coaching wkh ihe Bulb"perimeter~
Individual v.oricauts. &lt;he scoutina of opponentS and fllm exdwl&amp;&lt;. Schuele&lt;
...paces fonner wistant Deborah Forry. who left in june to ako an wistant
cooching posltion at PittSburgh.
"W.'re oiMously excited"' brins in somebody a/ Stephanie; Ol;be,;· said
Dozier."Her credenda.ls and bacqround are second to none, and she hu bach
played and coached at &lt;he hiat-t 1M a/ bl.sl&lt;e&lt;ball. She brinp a tremendous
amount of knowledge. enthustum and new ideas ~ our ~"
Schuefer hu been an assistant coach at Western Illinois UniYersity of the
Mid-Continent Conference for the past three seasons...where she. was
responsible for handHng &lt;he Weste&lt;wind$" traYOI. Khedulm,. scouting ..epons
and academics. as well as assisting with rec:rultlrc and on-the-ftoor coachin&amp;
with the team's guards. Prior ro Joining che 'Nenem Illinois staff. SchueM!r was
an uslst:ant coach at the Unlvenity of Mtuourt during the 1997-98 Season after
rewming from cweneas, where she pbyed professioN.IIy for three yr.an.
Schudt!:r bepn her coaching cat"eer as a 't'Oiunteer assistant coach at her alma
mater. the UniYe:nity of Iowa, In 1991 .
Schueler enjoyed a stellar career at lowa--wtlere she earned a bac:hebr's
degree in phystaJ eduation tn 1992~ for cun-ent Ruqen head coach
C.Vivian Stringer.As a pointguard,shegutded the Hawbyes to a 1~22 record
during her four-year career; including three Big Ten Ownptonships and four
NCAA Tournament ~es. Schueler was a first·teamAfi·Big Ten sefectioo
as: a senior and a second-tUm AJI-Si&amp; Ten seieaion as a junior. and she finished
her career ranked third in both assists and steals on Iowa's all·dme career lisu.
Bqinnlng in 1'19l.Schueler played professionalbl.sl&lt;e&lt;balllorTeam Palma
Ahn a/ t..xembour&amp; and Team flenulle and Centrumbtad a/ Belgium.While
O't'l!:neiS, she also serwed as head coach for the Cadet Belgian NaDonal Team in
Aemalle. Belg;um.

BrieD
Program offers certification
A new online program at UB this fall o ffers an innovative master's
degree in general education that will satisfy the state Department of
Education requirements for permanent teaching certification.
The 33-credit-hour program is unique in that it will be a complete graduate program-includ ing non-education courses--deliVered entirely throUgh the use of interactive video and Web-based
technologies.
The program, a collaborative effort of the Graduate School of Education (GSE) and College of Arts and Sciences, targets provisionally
certified K-8 and special-education teachers in outlying areas of West ern New Yor.k who want to earn permanent New York tate teaching
certification while they continue to teach in their own communities.

�81 llepo..._ Auoust30.20011Vo1.33.1n.1

Park Hall, North Campus . .__

U?at:;~kecJ~=F:
morl!! information, call john
Corcoran at 881-1640 or 645. 2444, exL 119.

Openlnghc..,U....
Maurice Sands: Outsider ln.
Art Deparvnent Gallery, 11-4 ~

Saturday,
September

I

g~c~~~
more 1nfonnation, call 6456878, exl 1350.
Cooking Class

Monday
Th~

Reporter JNJbllshes

listings for events taking

ploce on campus, or for,
off..-campus events where

3
Women's Soccer

~~~·u~~?e~~~7 p.m.

no later than noon on
the Thursday prMedlng

publkatlon. Listings are

Expose of Historic Deeds Done
Ciru1901.•

Medtbdon Class
lntroduct~ Ml!!dltaUon

• The ChMtos 8.
Sears law Ubrary
in O'Brian Hall,

only acce pted through th e
e le-ctronic submlulon form

for the o nline UB Calendar
of Eve nh Dl &lt;hltp:/ I

www.buffalo.edu /
c:ale ndar/ logln&gt;. Beca use
of sp;\ce limitations, not all

events In the

e lec~ronl&lt;

Exhibits
..MMtrke Unck: Outsider
In"

=~~.e~~~ht.

WWII, will bo oo disploy Sepl
6-27 in the Art Department
Galtl!!ry, 845 in the Centef for
the Arts, North Campus.

1

~~~~~.a1rg !~:~· ~o 5

r~~~~m~~~.m.

on Saturday.

Septombor Wokome
A New Yeart A New You!.

Student Unton ~oon-2

·-

=

llnl&gt;ltlng

-··
·-~
· mumihations: Revisiting

~;n~~::~or

more lnfonnation, 645-6125.

:~:.;:~ ~e~nd on~~~~LJ~~~ndby

Student Unk&gt;ns &amp; Activities. For

-...tJonca.u
Buddhist Meditation. Nikotaus

~~~~~~~enter.
. Campus. 6-7:30 p .m . Free. For
more infonnation, Nikolaus

Special Coflections illustrating
cultural and historical

r~rra~n~a~ur:~:ition,

Karapa.sas at 834·2335.

is on display in thl!! libraries
across the campuses. Each

Thursday

line exhibitions focused
own area of expertise:

on

iu

• l ockwood Memorial Ubrary,

North Campus, will mount
e~~:h ibitions of varying themes.
One will focus o n the

~~~~~e;:J ~he'!~lo's ethmc
Buffalo Logk Colloquium

experiences of the Pan

~~;~n~r.~r,:~eLs~~n

American Exposition; another,
"Food, Drink and Eating at the
Pan-American Exposition:

Corcoran, Philosophy, US. 141

legislative
proceedings
surrounding the
arrest. trial and
execution of
presidential
assassin leon

Czolgosz.
• The Science
and Engineering
Ubrary ~SEl) in

Capen HaH,
North Campus,

=~i~tthe
presentation of

electricity,
chemistry and
architecture at
the Pan Am, a

~~~ustrial

industry.

• Bach and
African
drumming~

among the
musical entrees
at the Pan Am,
and the Music
Ubrary in Baird
Hall, North

library will offef on-site and on-

&amp;·

~r:~ncron

wondenof .
technology and

Buffalo's Pan-American

the

North Campus,

will approa&lt;h the
Pan Am from a
legal pe&lt;&gt;pective,
tocu.sl~in

cell!!brated the

bposltlon"

cahmdar will b e Included
In the R•porlrr.

Union, North Campus. 7-8
y.m. frl!!e. For more
Information, Nick Karapasas at
834-2335.

Wednesday

5

~t~e:~~~

Free. For more information,
Janke Cochran at 645-2837.

~~~stya ~=~rur~
the United States Army during

UB groups ore prin&lt;lpiil

sponsors. Ustlngs are due

at the Pan Am. It also will
exhil&gt;it ospecU of the
oxp&lt;&gt;Sition's grounds ond the
wort of thost who contributed
to the overall mis en scene of
thtPanAm.

1
~~~~r~~~~ We11 ~~oli~~~~~

p. m . Fr~ .

US vs. Syr.cuse. RAC Field . 1

abundant and diverse food and
drink served at the exposition.
A third lockwood exhibition 1
will focus on the wortcs of more
than 650 American artists, as
weU as artists from Canada and
Latin America, that were shown

• The Univettity Atchives, ·

~·c~~;u~t~~~s.

UB vs. Canlslus. Alumni Arena.
S p.m. Free.

=·~=~the

Campus, will
exhibit tex:U and
documents
related to its
e~~:tensive

musical

programs. It also

will pr!!!Sent
illustrations of the
Pan Am's Temple
of Music and

othef concert
venues as well .

~~1~,~~~:! ~~

contemporanoous with the Pan
Am to bo shown by the Health
Sciences Ubrary in Abbott Halt,
South Campus, in its exhibit,
· airth, Death and ~ing in
Between: Keeping People
He.atthy·at the Pan American
Exposition.• It will focus on the

l'm~'r:li= ~.:II

::~c~~

contagtous diseases, food
~~tion and unhygienic
• The exhibit to bl!! mounted

tr~~~:~~;.,

Capen Hall, titled "The
Uncrowned Queens, •

~

baled

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UNIVFRSDY STANDARDS
AND
ADMINISTRATIVE
.REGULATIONS

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PAin' I - UNIVUI5ITY STANDAIIDS
Urtiwnity dilaplinary procaJa taU appropruJk

GC·

rion wl!en student conduct dir«tly orul sipijia:t"lly
intnft:m with tlu Uniwrsity's prim~~ry"'l4altio11AI rt·
sporuibility of insurit~f all mem&amp;.trs t:l{ iu community
rht opportunity to curain their t.dwauional obj«tiws
in consommct with tht instit~.~ tiort's m1md11te. These
rtpllJrioru gowming student Mlulvior Mw bun formul4kd to be muonabk fiiUI mUisric for all stwknu.
WMn D stwltnt #u2J bun apprthntdtd for tht YiDIA·
tion ofa lllwofthccommunity, tht stGit, tiT nariort, it u
tlu Uni~sityJ positiort not to rtqwat or Ill'« to spt·
cUd coruidmatiol'f for tht. nudtnt btazust of hiJ or her
student status. It should~ undvltood that tht Urtiwr·
siry is not a lsrw tnforament agt.ncy. At tht SCJmt timt,
tht Univnsity doa not conui~ of iutlf as 11 •Mnctu·
ary• for law brmhrs. Tht Univusity has always bun
and should continue to be conarnt.d th11t whnttver students art in'II'Dl~d in kgal problems they N adequately
Gdviud and rrpr~nted· by qualified counuL
A unMnrl)l.esptda.UyaSt4te Umwrsitysub)«t town·

Jtrtutional rrt~urmnmts. mwst guargnt« uudmu therighu
wluch thr society lltld 1U laW1 prot«~. An A.mt'ric4n univcnrty guarlJI1tM ru studmu thnr nghts on a amrpw..
Sttuhnts who YJOlate a loaU onlinancr, t:rr any law,
ruk thr legal pt:naftitJ prderibtd by nvilauthorities.
Howe~'a'. vrolat1on of law for which thr studtnt pays the
prnalt)' will not ncctsS~J rdy involve a vroWtion of aca·
dnmc stondards or ruin of tht Unrwrnty. 11u Univnsrl)' comrot bt htlil mponsrbk for off-campw oaivrtit!::s
of ru mdivrduol srudtnu but mointoins on rntuEU in oil
bthal•ror, whtthuun oroff-wmpus. which muyatn-mtly
aff«t tht Un n'ffJity. In crun rnvolvmg vwlatrotu of the
ll1w whrch occur off mmpw. rht Um..-erJ1ty may br ron ·
ctTntd with tlu mcrdtniJ whrch, by d1rir rwturr cufvrnd)•
ofTen tht Unn•ernty's trlucatrorull rmuron.
In uny Umwnuy d1Kiplrrutr}' protrdurt ont of rhr
hrg hrst pnonua of tht Umvtwty u to 1U{tg1Ulrd tht
studmr 's rrght to dut&lt; prouss. /Jut Procns u nor un n ·a·
m'4" legal concept but rath.:r s1mpl)' rctturrn the rudimen·
wrydnllt!lllf ofMfmr play"' 1n till tUi11mustrot1vt procttdmg To dus n1d. tr/1 Um~'4"r511f drKiplmury procrdurn
wrll at lt llf l ajf11rd thrrlrfl'ntlant a ckur stotmu~ru ofthl'
rhargrs ami tht" Haturr of tht nmltnct upon whiCh tht'
t"har~s m lbtJJI'II S«rmdly. thl" dt!frrrdam shatl bt gwm
u f01r hNJnng.llf' allo.,..'t'.d to ronfrontand crou-txlmmtt'
wtlrtt'Ud. ;.md prt'Jt"m Ius ur her o ....•n pontlon , t'l'ldtnct'
mul r.xplmmtro1t I.JU II)·· no tii JC!p/wtlry IU'tiOII wtll btw4mam/ru tl.t' cl.r~r~ art" substmltttllrtl b)' tht' rvtdt"'nrt~.
Tl1t' couru hm'f' rrllltl'IIICtl rHur1f tiJt'Sl" mmmrul tlemcnts
of "f.ur pta,. urr {ul{iltt•tl, tht drft"mlam .,. .,/1 haw bern
&lt;~flordeJ tlut" pru&gt;t'U tmdtr tlrr law
In 5ummtlf)', tltr U rtn't"rslly o:ptcb urul tiSb fo r tU
""'mber$ 110 grnu n '" rw lt'SS f rrrtlmrt or illH'rty tharr
;•xuts for ;lllll"t pt'tfllN$ 1n J;l('lt'l)' ·n,. Ulln•rrJtty's pou
M

'""'· tlir"rt'fllrr, u rwt '" "'lflll'St '" tt.'(Ul' 111 sp,·rial ron ·
Slllt'flltt(ln bt'ramt• of thr studt"tlt 's Jill/Us. Thr Unnyrf /1) wrll not ltlt!'rfru Willi law ntjorumt"lll ar~tl otllt't
'' i:'' n l'ttl. As prrrtlll th nlucatumalmmulatt. II wdl be
ulmm Jtwlt'lll rt'htdtrlllmwn ami cmunbu ·
tum' w ntmpu5 mu/ )Ol' lt' ly now uml It/Ill tltr futuu .

w11urnrd

ARTICLE 1: DEFINITIONS
1 . The term
l\uffoalo. Stoate

~u mvc:rsii''M
Um~·e rs 1t y

means 1h e Untver,ttv at
of New York.

2. The trrm Mstudnu" tndudol!U pcnons laklngroursd
at the Uni\'USity, both full time and part-ume, pursumg
undergraduoate, graduate, or professional stud1o .
)A. The term "academic good standiot( mtans:
The University al Buffalo con.sidcrs an undugn.duate who has complctrd two scmesten or more aT the
Univtrsit }' 10 ~in ac~dcm ic good standing only if:
( 1) the student 's cumul•tive gndc point a~·erage
(for work attt'lllptcd both at this univmity and
at ~ny o1her post·s.teondary institutio n thc
student may havt attended) is 2.0 or abO\~, and:
(2) tht student '~ cumulat1vt- gradt pomt average
for work ~nempttd at UB is 2.0 or abovt.
Students who are nd't m good stand ing art on pro·
bation and subjec t to t\'entual dismi ssa l.
J•. The ttrm "Satisfactory and Timtly Progrtss To ·
ward a Oegr« mrans:
Tht University at Buffalo considers an
und.:rgraduate student who has completed a
scmtstc.r o r more at UB to be makins
.u.tisbctory and timdy progress toward a
dq;r« o nly if, m addition to metting the
condition~ for good standing abon:
(1) The student'sgradt point a\'trage for the most
recent .semester is 2.0 or above. and
(2) at least 75% of all crt'tlit ho urs fur which the
student w;as rtgisttrcd in all K"mtstcrs at UB
havt betn completed. If student registers for a
coursc and d~ no1 drop it during the regular
drop and add ptnod early t&lt;~ch K"mtstcr, it
ca nnot lX' considered :as having been
completed untiltht student uhimatdy rcceh·ts
a pass1ng grade in tht course. Thu~. a coui'St'
for wh1ch a student rt"Cetved a grade of"R" or
MI.. (with courst rTquircmtnts not yt&gt;t fulfilled ),
o r a faihng grade of "F" or "'UM mw;t be
cons1dercd as not havmg bc&lt;n compltttd .
(J) A junior or senior i!. making s:uisfactory and
lltncl)' progrcg lo v."llrd a dtgr« onl)' if, in
addttion 10 m« tingcond1t1ons ( I I and (2)
abovt", tht student 1s accepted and enrolled m a
dC"partmcnt or program offen ng a maJOr.
Studcnts who ur found not to be makm ~
~ tisfactOI'}' and timely progress toward a
dq.:rt•t in two or molT co n~c ut in· M"mtsters
arc un :tladcnuc probation and ~ub t cct tn
evcmual dism1ual
Thc Unt\'tr&lt;!ilt )' at Rufblo clas~rli t'~ undt"rgnduah'
~tudt'nt.s as M ~oph o mor~~ " ;.~fte r thl')" have compl(tcd
30 crl'tt lt hours, u Mlun1ori'" afur thty lllmplctt'd 60
crl'&lt;ht h our~. and as MSc: ntur~" after the)' have cum ·
pltttd il l lea ~t 90 credit hour~. until they graduiltt.-.
4 . Tht' term Mfacuh)· member" mean~ anr pe"rson cun

dua.in&amp; c.lusroom activitia at UB.
4 . The UnMnity Polia Offic:en: are appointed under
S. Tht term • univen.ity official• indudts any pcrJOn the Education Law and the Crimlnal Proadure L.tw.
Th~ hi~~ authority to m.U aJTaCJ., -.nd att cmemployed by the UniYttSity ptrfonnin&amp; usiJ.Ord ad ministrativre or profcuionaJ rcsponsibilitits.
• powtrnJ to nUorcc these rqulatioru and aU applicabk
6 . The t.trm "'manbcr of the: Univns.ity community"
llws on campus and oa any propCrtics owned, rented.
indudes any pcr10n who U a studmt, facuJty mem or ~cued by the Univusity. 1M University Polia Of.
bu, University official or anyothtr penon employed
fkm: have lhr autho(ity of polkcmm.. Amon&amp; tbdr
by the University.
powers are tht powtt lO aetuk warranU. the power
7 . Tht term "'University prtmiia•tndudcs aU land, to stop, identify and inttrropu indivtdua.b, and the
buUdinp. facilides, and othtr property in tht poMcspowu to Wut appura.nct tidtrts.
sion of or owned, used, or controlltd by the Uni~r ·
Vktlms 1Ughts

:~y~ea::,~rpniution• means any numlM:r of
perSons who havc: complied with the formal requirt·
mentl for Universit y rec:oanition.
9 . Tht ttrm "judicial body" mtanS any persons authoriud by tht Director of JudiQal Affairs to dttermintwhcthtrutudenthuviolatedcheStudentCode
and to ruommend imposition of unctions.
1 Tht tmn •Appt:lbtc: Board. means
person or
persoris authorized by the Dirt.aor of Judic:W Affairs to
mnsidtr an appeal &amp;om a judicia.l body'I dctcnnination
that a student has violated the Sttxknt Codt or from 1M
sanctions imposed bytht Studmt· Widr: Judiciary.
11 . Tht V'tcr Prnidmt for Student Af&amp;in and the
Dean of Studtntl are the pel'iOns designated by th~
University Pres:ide.ntto be responsible for the admin ·
inration of tbt Student Codt.
12. The ttrm " policy" is defined as the writttn rcgu lations of the: Univc:nity as found in, but not limited
to, the Conduct Standards, Rtsidtnce Lift Handbook.
and Graduatt!Undtrgradilatt Catalogs.
1 ) , Tht ttrm "acadma.ic integrity proceeding" means
th~ process dtfintd in both the Undergraduate and
Graduate: Catalogs for dealing with such matters. (5«
Artidt 3A, Academic Dishontsty).
14. The ttrm "cheat ins" includes. but is not limittd
to: ( I ) use. of any unauthoriud assistance in taking
quizzt'$, 1ests, or examinations; ( 2} dq&gt;tndence upon
the aid of sourc.es beyond those authoriud by tht instructo r in-writing pa~n, preparing reporu, solving
problems, or carryi ng out o ther assignmcntl; or (3)
the acquisition, without permission, of ttsts or othtr
academic material belonging tO a memtM:r of the Univtrsity (acuity o r staff.
15. Tht ttrm "plagiarism" ind udn. but is not lim ·
1tt'd tO, tht use, by p~raphOf(Or dircet quotation , of
the published or unpubli(htd work of anothtr pn·
son without full and dtar acknowltdgment . It also
mcludcs tht' unacknowledged use of materials pre·
pared byanothcr person oragencyr_n g;.gtd m tht' sell·
mg of term papt&gt;rs or ather acadtmic mattnal).
16. Thtterm • rcoognizcdstud~ntgo\'trnmcnt " means
SIUdent Associ&lt;Jtion (SA ), Gr-.ujuatt Studtnt Associa ·
t1o n (GSA). Millud Fillmore Collegt' Studtnt Associa ·
tton {MfCSA ). Polity St udtnt Council, Dental School
S!udent Associalion (DSA). St u~ tnt Bar Associatio n
fSilA ).Gr•duatt Managnntnt Association (GMA) and
o ther studcm goYt.rnments that may be officially r« ·
ugniud by thc UmvtrSity during any year.
17. The term "d•sm1ssal" means that a student IS permanentl)' rtmovt"d , fo r academ iC rtaso~s. from all
pnvilegeJ&gt; offered br a.s)()Cia tio n with lht Universu y.
Appi!C.ltion for reo~dmission ma)' M possiblt'.
18. The h:rm "'suspens ion" n1eoan~ remm·mg from a
student, for disciplinary reasons. some or all privi ltg(") offered by assoc1&lt;.~Uon with tht Untvtnity for a

o.

any

;~;~:~::~~;~:::~.. mtans ~rmantntly rem~:-

1ng from a s1udcn1 all privilcgts offered by assoc1a-

:~ ~teh ~~~;,u..~;;:;s~~d prtstnt dangt'r" means im ·

~t

When appearing or testifrin&amp; before a campus judiclaJ body, tht following principles apply:
• Tht riJht of a victim to havt a person or persons ofhtr or his choice accompa.ny htr or him
throughout tht diJC.iplinary hn.rina.
• Tht risht to remain present during tht entirt
proceeding.
• Tht right, as esu.bllshtd in state: criminal codes.
not to have his or htr irrdtv~nt past iC:XU.al history discussed durins tht hea'ring.
• The right to make a "victim impact statement"'
and to suggest an appropriate: penaJty if the accuscd U found in violation of tht rodt.
• Tht right to M informed immediately of tht
outromt of tht htaring.

S•nctions:
1 . Sanctions shaJI Mat tht discrttion of th~ judicial
body and shall tM: limited only by tM rules governing
tht University disciplinary bodies.. (For a list of specific sanctions which may be invok.td, consult the pro·
ctdutt:S for tach specific Univtnity Disciplinary Body.
Copin of tht procedures of thc Htaring Committ«
for tht Maintenance of Public Ordtr and tht Studmt Wid~udkiary are available in the Office of tht Di r«:t ~of Judicia.l Affaii'J, Room 252 Capen Hall, North
Campus.)
2. Thejud1cia.l bodies have tht power toin.stitutt and/
or rtCOmmtnd· tht following rangt of sanctions:
A. Warnins.
a. Restitution.
C. Counseling
D . Lou of priviltgts.
,
(1) Removal from Univtrtity housing
facilities.
( 2) loss of such pnvileges as may be
consistent w1th tht offtnst committed and the
rehabilitation of the: student .
E. Disciplinary probation with or without the loss
of designated privilegt'S for a dt finit e penod of timt .
The v1olau0(' of the terms of dasciplinary probation
o r the mfract1on of any University rult during tht
ptriod of disciplinary probation ma y ~ grounds for
su~ ptn s i on o r expulsion from the Univcnity.
F. Suspension from tht University for a dt'finite or
1nddini1e ptriod oftimt.•
G. Expulsion from thC" Univtf'!llltt'· •
H . Com munity Service.
1. Such othcr sancuonJ as may be approved by thc
Unaversity's judicial bod It'S.
' Sultja'l to fitwl rrv~Ltvo{thd'raidtnt, a11 ucrwn tlwt u
mundmory if sus~ 1 u 1011 or r:xpulsio" u rtrommrndM.
ARTICLE 3A: UNIVERSITY STANDARDS

~;~~~~u;~~~.':~:~;~t%~~~~~~:~~~~~~:::

deviant sexual bchaVIOt, salt/distribution of alcohol, tiC.

~~~:=a~ ~;~=i:~~~:~~~ rn~:r::t~~~~~

leadership of the University, said in 1935:

~t~;a~~;,~:~:::;~::~a;t~~'::~:~~ ~::;;~od.: ~

an!

a CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER to the Univer·
~•ty Communit and may be suJpendcd lmmtdii!tt'l}'

reOtetion by word of mouth or in writing. before their

r;~: tac;:~~~~r~~~s~gr:t:~~~nc~~~~- of Rult Vio·

be ~summoned~
~~ a,:~7:i~bc6c;,;::r~;~~:~~~n~i~~~~~~~~~
mitt« for the Maintenance of Public Ordcr.Studtnt ·
Wid~ judiciary, Residmct Life, Community Standards

fr« to inwsugate any subject, no rnatttr how much

~~y=;~~~~":~~~i~~a~~~

clllses or

tlsa¥h~ thatlhey arc frte as citizens to tili

~~ ~: :r~~!: :e:~i:,tsio~i~~~i~~

applitd to them no matttr how unpopular they may

!::bl~;~=j=i=z~

may appear to ~ in tPt eyes of mmtbtn and friends of

~;;il~;i:~ 3p~~:~~:~~d~~~~~l: ~~~~i~~~r~~:~~ the institution; that their rontinuantt in office will br in
vtrsity aCademic divi.s~ns.
~~~~~~~:~~=c~~:::u:n!t~es~~

ARTICLE 2:. JUDICIAL AUTHORITY
)urisd ktion of the University
1 . University jurisdiction and disc1pl1nc shall pertam
to conduct which occurs un University prtmikS u r
off-campus and which ad\·trscly affects the Uni,•er·
sit y Communil y, including any of its membtrs, and/
o r tht pursuit of its objtct h·cs.
2. Univen:ityrqulationsand pi"'a'duresshall dt1ermirk
tht composition of JUdioal bodtes and AppcU:ttt Boa riD
and dettrmine &gt;Ail k h judic1al body. Judicial Advisor and
Appellate Board shall be authorittd to hNr tach ase.
• The Director of JudiCi:al Affairs sh:~ll O\'ers« 1ht'
dt·\·dopmcnt of pol icies fqt 1he ad nun1stra11nn
uflht JUdicia l program .and procedur•l rule.s for
lhe conduct of hnn ngs.
• D«:ISIOn( n\3dc hr a JUdicial bod\' .tnd/ur lud1
ciai'Adv1wt Jhall be final. pc-ndmtt thl' no rmal
appeal pmctS).
• A JUdicial body mJy he des•gnatl-d a~ .uh1tcr of
disputes w1thm lh,• ~tudcnt community m c~~
which do no t 1mu lvt' a v1olat1on of thc Student
Codc.AII part 1o mU51 agr«tuoarbltro~uon , and lo
hot bound by thr drcLSiun "',th no nght of appc:-.1l
) . The Vrce Provosts for AcademiC Affa1rs shall ad ·
m•na~ ter lht' judiCI&lt;.~I procedures and poliCI(")o fo r llll
coase~ n l s tud~·nl \' IOI &lt;.~ ti u n of Unl \trs•t y :~ cadt"mrL 1n·
le)trlly stand;.~ rd;.

Th&lt; Stot&lt; UnMnitynus..a t-o odop«d o J10iicy
RaolutioO a3-216l whicb- c~w ;..tcond octioao toward JIUdcnu ond employ.., within lh&lt;SUNY .,....,bobucdm I!Wqwotifi&lt;ations.obmtiosondpri&gt;nnana. Th&lt;n.-'•po&amp;cy-

c-··

ma~u obout

on waydwottituda,proctica_ond ~olin­
dMdu.als that are euenti.alty penonal in natu.te, auch as
private expreuion or sexual orientation, are unrelaud
II&gt; p&lt;rl"ormanc. ond pnwid&lt; no baU fOe judpcn1.
Finolly, it iolh&lt; policy o( 1h&lt; UaiYmdy ot 8uJ&amp;Io 10
proiUbit UMdlouo co._;c.l &lt;titcriminarion booed on
IUCh chanc:tcristia as race, tao scnaal oric:ntatioo. aee.
national origin. n:!ipon. wttnn or marital1tarus ordilobility in allrnancn otr.ctintl cmplormont"' &lt;ducationol
opportunities within tht UnM:nity itld( It is tht 6nn
bdid or 1h&lt; Council, 1h&lt; !oculty. ond 1h&lt; odministntion that judgrncnu about pcnons within the Uniwruty ohould bo bu&lt;d on dW ~ mcriu, """""pliohmenu. optituda. ond bchmo&lt;, ond !hoc invi&lt;tious
co._.;col diocrimwtion ;, wholly inoppn&gt;priale .. m.
~·mission ond volua.Siud&lt;nu wbo riobctdUs
policy shall be subject to sanctions within the Univnsity, up to and indudins expulsion. Any vtabrion of the
rules wtuch is motivated bybW ~my be prosecuted and/
or sanctio!Wd as a more ICrious olftn.K.

Complainu rtprding any violations of nondiscrimination laws or policiH, sexual ha.rusmmt, or
failure to providt reasonable accommodation should
M madt to the Office of Equiry, Divtrsity. and Affirmative Action Administration, 645-2266.
C. PETIT10NS.1NDIV1DUAL - Evuy 01ud&lt;n1lw
tht right to prtition o r dis.stminatt information on
campus. In the residma ~Us, those intending to orculatt petitions must tdmtify themsdvn to tht appropriate Building Director btfo~ any individu.al or pOup
petition is circulated. (Note; Tht intcnt of this rule is
to respect tht privacy of tht residents, and is not m ·
ttnckd to deny tht individu.al's right 10 petition. ) •
St.lt ement on Sexual Assault and Abuse

~~~!;;~n~~~ei:~:~~e:t:~~~f~t~~:~~:~;!~~a~~;~~~

tlon of acadtmic freedom ht implemented during his

lation5 will usually ca use a studmt to

prosecution: or civil pm.altia..

Tht Uruversity at Buffalo will not tolerate sexual as·
s.auh or abuse.
Sexual Assault: any a('tual or attempted non -consensual
so:ual activity indudina.but not limited m., forcibLe anal
o r oral sa:, aunnpc:td inttrcoursc. sexu.altouching. by a
pn"SOn(s) known or unknown to the victim.
fUpe: Tht perp!!tratioo of an act of sauaJ intucouf'JC'
w1th a penon 'against thtir will and rons.t
ether
their will is O\'ttcomt by foret or ftar resulhng from
the threat of force, o r by drugs administtn!d without
conKnt, or wbcn the: ptnan is unconscious or otherwilt physically unabll' to communicate willingness.
Reporting Opt.Kms: lnodtnlli o( saualasAuJt may be
rrported to University Pollet. municipal police, f'CSI dt"nce h.a.ll officials. or Studtnt Htalth Cmttr by a vic·
tim or proxy. lmmediat~ reporting is reco mmmdtd. A
disdplin-ary complaint may also be-tiled with tht Stu·
dent -Widr Judicia.rr for action apinst the a.sNilant if
· they a~ a studmL This may be done in conjuncuon
freedom of Expression
with or instead of criminal pi"'St.CUtion.
A . ACADEMIC FREEDOM . The Untversity sup- ' Anothtr sourct' of assistance. advice, o r intenrmtion is tht staff of tht Office of Equity, Dtvtrsity, and
porlli tht principlc of academic freedom as a con«pt
i'Offirmativt Action Administration, 645-2266. You
may s~ak confidentiallY. to the Affinnativt Action
Officer o r the Associate Dircctor.
!i"pon.sibility oftht members oftht aad~miccommu-

mtdiate serious violence" is expected or
conduct
furnishtd rtuan to bcliC'\'e such cond uct is conttm·

~~·~e;!~1bS:::C~~~:CI~~.~::~;;:ss':~~~ r;r~;~;

tus, or wtctan Jtatu.t. Furthermo~ Go\ra'nor's Ea:·
ecutive Order No. U .l prohibits diacriminaticm on
the 'buia of xxual orientation in em.ploymmt and
provision of scnricaby atiU ~Studmb ahoukl
bt awa~ that anyone who violatts laws proh.ibitina
apeci.fic: forms of diJcrimination m.y lnd to crim1na.l

on thtir scientific rompcttnct and will be in no wayaf-

~::!::=~~i':~~:~p~~;i:~:~o':~:
fret, insofar as the requircmtnuofthr SCYtn.l curricula
permit , to inquire into any sub;«t that imcrt:su them,
toorpnittdiscussiongroupsorstud)·dubsforthcmnsidtration of any sub;tct, and to invite to addrtSS them
any speaker they may choofc: that censorship of studtnt
publkationsshall be ~wed on pm:isety thcsvnc grounds
and shllll utcnd no further than that c.urcisaJ by the
Un111ed Statts Postal Authorities."
B. NONDISCRIMINATION - The Unl\'trslt)· at
Buff;a)o is eomm 1tted to fostcring a positive t"nviron ·
m~nt for lcarning, and to tf\Suring the ufety, righu,
and d 1g 111 ty of ('VC"ry mtmbtr of the University com muntt y. To that end tht Uni\'ersity encouragts tach
;a nJ e\·try mcmbtr of tht acadC"m ic communuy to
.l)sume mdividual responsibility for respecting the
nghts and dignity of 01hers and for htlping to pro·
molt tht' ftt":t" and O)X'n txchangc ofldtaJ in an atmo"Phtrc of mutua.! rcs~t.
Cc: rtam types of discrimination art prohibitt"d by
bv. . For eumplt, ducnmin.ation on tht basis of r.acr
s
cxprnsJy
prohibitcd by both fc:dtnl and statt con1
stltuuonsa ndbya widt rangeoffedtra.landstattstat ~
utn. O ther statt and fedt'rallaws pro hibit particular
forms of d iscrim inat ion ha~ o n such factors as ~ .
rdi~\O n , national origm, age, disability. muitalsta-

Academk Dishonesty
Tht drvdopmmt of intdligc:net and strmgthming of
moral responsibility arc two of tht most important amu
of education. Fundammtal to tht a:ccomplishmtnt of
these pu~ iJ thc duty of thc student to perform all
of his or htr rtquimt work without il1tg.al hdp.
Acadmt.ic lnttgrity at U.B. Meam:
"'lM University ha.~ a respOnsibility to
promott academic honesty and integrity and
to devdbp proctdurn to dtal dft.C'\ivtty with
instances of acadt'lllic dishonesty. Stucknu arc
rtsponsibk forth~ honest completion and
rtproentation of thtir work, for tht
appropriate citation of 10urcrs, and for respect
for others' aadcmk endeavors. By placin&amp;
·
their namt on academic work. students artify
tht origin.a.lity of aU work not bthrrwisc
idcntificd by appropriatt acknowledgmeqts.•
(Adilpt~dfrom Uniwnityof\VlJCOnsitt, "'Stude"'

Disciplirtary Guiddind, • unJ I.Jni'lo'ti'Sity of
Delmwzn. ·Aau~Lm~e Commmt Honesty and
Dis!wn&lt;Sty."I
A. Tht following actK&gt;ns constitute major forms. but
not c:xdusivt::ly ll11 forms, of academic dishonesty among
students: (a) submWion: submitting acadt'llltcally ~
quirtd material that has been prtviousJy submitted in
wholt or in substantial part in anotha courst, witho ut
prior and apresS«t ronst.nt of the instructor. (b) plagiarism: copying or rttttvios material from a source
or sources and submining 1hls materia.! as o nt's own
without acknowledging th~ panicular debu to tbe
source .(quoutio ns. panphrases. basic idcas), or oth·
trwUt rtpn::senting thc work of another as one's own:
(c) chcating: rC'Ccivins informa.tion , orsoliciting infor·
mation, from another student or other unauthorized
source. or giving information to anothcr st udent, with
tht intent to dccrivt while completing an tuminat1on
or individual assignritcnt; (d ) falsificitioo of acadtmiC
materials: fabricating laboratory mattriali. notes. rcports, or any forms of computer dala; forging an
in~truct " '' name o r mit1als; resubmlltmg an o:am1 ·
nation l)f assignment for re-evaluation which has hem
alttred without the instructor's authorU..lltio n; or submitting a report. p;aper. matnials. computer data, or
examination (or any considerable part thcrrof) pre"·
pared by any pcorson othcr than thc student respon ·
sib1t' fo r the a.nignmcnt: (t) pnx:urt'lllmt, d !Stribution

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11hldeat Coadact aw... Ual..nlty Btaadarct. - • Adaalnlstrativ• a._u.u-

1

or acaptana o( c:uminatioN. laboratory results. or
confidmtial acadcmM: mattriak without prior and aprated 00fl5l"nt of the innructOr.
All aUqtd cues of academic dishonesty arc adjud.lated in accordahu with the Disciplinary Proccdum for Academk lnfnctiortJ, which uc ad.minlsltrtd by the Via ProvOst for Academic Affain. The
poHq is printed in lhe Undervadu.atc. CataJos and

the Graduate: School Policies and Procedures or copi t~ of the procedure are available from the Office of
the Vice President for Student Affaiu , Room 542
Capc:n Hall, Npnh Campw.
a. Un];awful Sale ofr&gt;Wertations, Thaa and Tum
Papers

No pe.rson shall , for financial consideration, or the
promiR o f fin ancial coruideration, pupare, offer to
prep&lt;~~. cauK to M prtpa rtd, " II or offer for M.lc to
a ny person a ny wriuen mattrial which the idler
knows, l!i info rmed o r has reuon to bdin'c is intrnded
fo r submission u a d issertation, thesis, term paper,
usay, report o r o ther wriucn as.signn1tnt by a student
tn a un.vusity, collqr, acad ~ my, school o r o ther tducational inst itut ion to such institutio n or to a courst,
sc: mmar o r drgrtt progn.m hrld by such institution.
No person shall sell o r offer fo r sale to any person
cnrolled in thr Un.vruit y at Buffalo. The State Univrrstt y o f Nrw Yo rk any computer assignment, or any
nflstance in the prrpar;at1o n, rncarch,or WTitingof a
computer a.ssi g.nm~:nt intendrd fo r submission in fu).
fillment of any academic rtquirement.

S~xual H•ra.u ;ment
Sr.zual harassment of employtts and students, u de·
fined bt:low. is contrary to Umversity policy and is a
vio latio n of fedenl and state laws and rrgulations.
Un~lcome ~auaJ advances, rrqun:LI for scruaJ fa .
vors, and o ther Yerbal or physical conduct of a scxuaJ
nature amstitute saLW harusmcnt wMD: ( I } submission to such conduct is made either- CJplic:itly or implid dy a term o r conditio n of an individual's employ·
mentor academic advancement; (2) submission to, or
rtjcction of, such conduct by an individual is used u
the basis for c:mployrnmt or academic dccisioru affect·
mg such individual; (3) such conduct has the pW"pC))or
or effect of unreuonabl y in terfe rint with an
individual 's work or academic performance, or creal·
lng an intimidating, hOstile, or offensive cnvironmcnt.
No Univenity employe-r of eithcr KX shall impose
a requirement of suual coopc.ration as a condition
of employment or academic advancmtcnt, or in any
way con tribute. to or support unwc.lcome ph)'lical or
verbal u-zual bt:havior.
Any mrmber of the University community wh -.~
rcquirn: addjtional information, wishn: to make a
complaint, or rtcriw a copy of the Univcniry proct·
dum to be followcd for complainuarisins from matten rclattd to the pol icics outli ntd above should con ·
tact the Office: o( Equity, Divcnity, and Affirmative
Action Administntion , 645 · 2266.

Drugs and N•rcotlcs
Po55CUion without presuiption of any narcotic, barbiturate, dangtTow drug, o r of most so-called "'pep
piliJ" and "tranquiliuu".is contrary to federal and/or
state law. Any student found to be: in illegal possession of drugs must be reported to the appropriate civil
authorities and may also be subject to disciplinary
~action by the University.

Smoking ond Food Stuff
Smoking is prohibited in all Uniwnity facilities except u posted. The posscssion ofbcvcnges-and (ood
stpff is prohibited in all arras so designated by the
conspicuous posting o( appropriate signs. These areas include, but arc notlimittd to all da.urooms,lccturc halls, laboratories, hallways, the Katharine
Com ell Thutcr and all Univenity Libraries. AU trash
and garbasc should bt: dispostd of properly.

-

A.. SolicitAtion in the buildinp. i,nduding raidcna:
halls, or on the grounds is strictly prohibited. No occupant is to usc his or her room, or pnmit his or hcr
room to be used, for any commtrcial purpose: what ·
socwr. Any and all door to' door solicitation is regarded as an unnecessary invasion on the privacy of
the: rc:sidenLI or occupants, and is thttt.fort prohibited. This rcstriction applin: to both commercial and
non-commercial solicitation and to distribution of
written materials as well u personal contact.
B. "No authorization will be Jiven tO private. commercial cnterprlscs to opc.nte o n State University
campuses or in fac.ilitin: furnishtd by the University,
o r in any Rctidencc Hall. other than to provide for
food, legal bcveragcs, campus bookstore, vending,
linen supply, laundry, dry cleaning. banking, barber
and bt:autician scrvicn: and cultural cwnts. This reso. lution shall not be dttmed to apply to Auxiliary Service Corporation activit its approwd by the University."' (~rd ofTrustttS Rn:olution)
Posting
Genenl Universit y bulletin boa rds arc rntrictcd to
campus activities and/or University at Buffa lo relattd
functio ns. Any no t-for-profit organization o utside the
University must have approV&lt;II before posting. Com ·
mercia.! (fo r profit ) pro mo tio nal materials arc no t al-"
lowrd a nd will be remo ved and'discardrd.
• Campus groups. may post o nl' poSier or no tice
ptr even! per buller in boa rd area.
• Poslcrs or fl )'~:rs may no t e:cctfil II mches I 17
inchcs.
• Usc m askm g ta p~: o n!).
• F\&gt;:sr mor fl)'t'1'S3~~ nctC\J to bulkt mbo;ards.(No
pamlc-d surfaces, gLus, p 1ll.u~ counter; or w.Uls. l
• Flyer5 o r posh!rs 1n ano thn l a nguo~ge mu!il have
an Enghsh trarulat10n .
• f-1}'tl'Sor notKb mu.&lt;&gt;l a rr)' lhe name: m logo of the
Umwrsll)' ot lfnl\'tnlty n-blc:dsp«.•n:.onng o rgam 7~t lon ( ~m·cmrnnu , lk1t.trtmc:nt .o ffia.a~:tl'fK)'.dC.. )

• GttlUP' 1t1.n'

IU' I

remuH'

li t

CU\'l'r • u rrent nn ·

tica or po1ktS of other a.mput goups o ut of • ful pkhtinsando&lt;hcrordcrlydcmonstnnions in pubcourtesy and rapcct for othcn.
He .,... of ground and building will not b&lt; intrircd
• BuUct:in boards will be: checbd and dcand of
with. ThQ$C invoMd in pic.Utins and demonstrations
inappropriate mauriaJ throuJhout the weclt.
violaBoards will be strippN or aU posttd materials
late Sunday nis.tn.
In order to afford rnaximwn protectioo to the
(Mrtic:ipants and to the institutional commt.Utity, each
• Sa&amp;c:s.rmtab.cmp&amp;oymcnt and srrvic:a an.nounc::r-Stau-opc:nted institution o{ the State Univm.ity shall
wiD b&lt; ....na.d 10 desi&amp;natcd &lt;V.SSIFIED
prornptlyodoptandpromulpte.and~c:ontinuc
meuag&lt; boords. Announamm.. moy""' aued
5• xa•.
in dfcct u revised from time to time, proccdura approRequest fo r spcc.ial consideration for aaptional
priate to AK.b institution for the giving of reuonable
situations a.ndlor unique: material can be clir~ to
advance: notice to such institution
planned .....
the Student Affair1 office of Student UnWns, I SO Stu sembty, pic:kcting or demonst.ration upon the grounds
dent Union from 8:30a.m. to 5:00p.m. wedtdays.
of suc.h institution, itJ ~ locale and intmded
pui'J"C))It; provided, howevtt, that the giving of such noARTlCl£ 38: RUW OF lliE BOAJID OF TRUSlUS
tice shaJl not be made a Condition prucdcnt to any such
S.uu Uniwmryo{N&lt;w Yorl:
as.scmbty, picketing o r demonstrations and provkltd,
S«tlon 535.1 Stotement of purpose.
furthcr, that this provision.shall not supcnedt nor pred ude the proccduru in effect at such institution fo r ob·
The foUowing rules arc adopted in compliance with
taining permission to usr the facilitics th~f.
section 6450 of the Education Law and shall be fi1cd

:! :thc~ioc:.':r;;=:n~Z
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or anr

with the Commissioner of Education and the U.O..rd of
Regents o n o r bd'orc July 20, 1969, u requirtd by that
section. Said rulcs shall be subject to amendment ot
revision and any amcndmcnts or revisions thertof shall
be filed with the Commissioner of Education and Board
of Regenu within I 0 da)'l after adoption. Nothing
hcrtin is intended, nor shaD it be connrued, to limit or
""riel the frc&lt;dom ofspecciiO&lt; pcacz(ulasacmbly. F=
inquiry and free aprcuion arc indispensable: to the
objectives of a hishc.r educational institution. Similarly,
apcriena hu dmlonstnted that t!K--traditionalautonomy of the: cducational iNtitu\)on (and the accom·
panyinJ institutional rc:sporisibility for the main~

ofoni&lt;T) ~best suited toochiewthcs&lt;~ n....
rula: sha.lJ not be! construed to prevmt or limit communication bctwttn and among faculty, s;tudmts and

administration, or to {dievc the institution of iu special raporuibWty for sclf-regulation in the prcaerva·
tion of public order. lbcir purpose is not to prevmt or
tc$1rain controvcny and dissent but to prevmt abuse
of the rishts of othcn and to maintain that publicordcr appropriate to a coUqe or uniwn.ity campus with ·
out wh.ich there can be no intdkctual freedom and they
shall be interptdcd and applied to that cod.

S35.2 Appllutlon of rules.
Tbcsc rulcs: shall apply to aU Scatc~tcd institutions of the ~te Univn-sity cxapt as jmMded in Part
550 as applk:ab&amp;c to the State Univcnity Ma.ritimt Col-

q.. n.... roles

may b&lt; supplemented by additional
rules for the maintcn..ana of public order hcrttoforc or

hercaftc.r adopted fOr any individual institution, ap·
pnMd and odopted by the St&gt;t&lt;llnn.nitytrust&lt;a and
filed with tfte CorrunisUoner of Education a.nd Board of
Rqmu. but only to the atmt that luch additional rules
arc not inoonsistent herewith. The ruJcs hereby adopted
shall gtMm the conduct of stud&lt;n"' f.oculty and othcstaff, l.icmsea. invilft:S, and all other pcnoos. wbt:t1ler
or not their prcsencc il authoriud, upoo the campus of
any institution to which such ruk:s arc applic:ab&amp;c and
also upon or with rc:sp«t to any other premises or property, under the control of such institutkJn, UJoCd in Jts
ttaching. rararch, administnri~. scrvicc, cuJtunl, (C'C ·
reationa.l, athletic and othc.r prognms and activitics;
pnMdcd, ............ that clwJp against any ltudcnt for
violation of these ruks upon the premises of any such
institution othc.r than the one at whkh he is in attcn·
dana! shall be heard and dctc:rm.i.ntd at the institution
in Which he is enrolled u a student.

53S.3 Prohibited conduct.
No penon. Other singly or in conctrt with others, shall:
(•) willfu.Uycauu- physical injury to anyothc.rpc:rson, nor threaten to do so for the purpose: of compel ·
!ins or inducing such othc.r person to rcfrain &amp;om
any act which he hu a lawful right to do or to do any
act which he has a lawful risht not to do;
(b) ph)'lically rntrain or detain any othcrpc.non,
nor.tmow such penon from any piau when he is
authoriud to rrmain;
(c) willfully damage or destroy property of the
inst itution or under iLl jurisdiction, nor remove or
usc such property without authorization;
(cl) without pcnni.uion, expressed or implitd, rn·
tCT into any private office: of an administratiw offic.rr,
membcr of the faculty or staff membtt;
(e) mteruponand remain in anybuiJdingorfacility
for any purpose olhtrthan its authorized wes or in mch
manner as to obstruct its authoriud we by othtts;
(f) without authorization, rc:main in any building
or facility aftcr it is n'ormaUy closed;
(g) ..ruse to "'"'any building oi fxili1y alia- b&lt;ing
required to do so by an authorized administrative: offic:er:
(h) obstruct the frff mo~mcnt of persons and
vehicles in any place to which these rulcs apply;
(I) dc:liberatcly disrupt or prevent tbe peaceful and
o rdc.riy conduct nf duscs, lectura and meetings or
de:libt:ntcly interfere: with the frccdom of a.ny person
10 express his views, 'including invittd speaken:.
ij) knowingly have in his possession upon any premists to which these rules apply, any ri8e, shotgun,
pistol, rtVolwr, or other fircarm o r weapon witho ut
the written authorization of the chicf adminisrr.Hive
offictr; wh~ther or no t a httnsc 10 possess tht sa m~:
has btt~ issutd to such person;
(k) willfuUy incite o thers to commit any of the acb
hcrein prohibited with spKific mtent 10 procurt them
to d o so; or
(I) take :my actton, create, or pam apatr m tM cr~
auon of, any situatton whKh rcdclcss.l}• or mtenuonally
L't'ldangtts mcnllll or physkal halth o r which tnvoh-o tiltforced consumption of liq uor or drugs fo r th~ purpose of
in11i.a110 n 1ntoor affi1 uuion With anyorg.Mliz.aUOn

535.4 Freedom of speech and assembly; picket Ing and demonstrations.
(•) No studen t. f;acuh y o r lither 'taff me" n l~r or
' 'ISIIor shall be: sul'lJCCt to .anr hmlt3 llon or
so lei)' fo r thr expro.,1o n ut h1\ \ lt'W~ nm for
h.i \ln~ -~ ··" m blc.'J \\Uh utht:r.. lm \lldl purpose. Pea\."(' o~ ut ho n 7xd
pe no~ lty

53S.5 Penalties.
A penon whotball viobuanyofthc provisions of these
rule5 (or of the rulea of any individual inn itution
suppkmenting o r implementing these rules) shall:
(•) If he is a liccnJtt or invitee, have his autho n ution to remain upon the ampw o r o ther property
withdnwn and shaD be directed to leave the premises.
In the C'Vt'nt of hU failure or refusal to do so he sh..U
be- subject to ejection.
(b) If he: ls a trespa.ssc:r or visitor without specific
liccmc or invitation, be sub;cct to c;cction.
(c) lJ he U a ~tudent , bt subject to expulsion or
such leucr disciplinary action u the fllcu of the case
may warrant, indudins swpc.nsion, probation . lou
of ~rivilcg.cs, ~and or warning.

(d)

lfhclsa~tymemberhavingatcrmorcon ­

tinuinsappointment, be guilty of mlscond-'t and be
subject to dinnissal or termination of his employment
or such laser disciplinary action as the facts may warrant including suspension without pay or «ruure.
(e) If he is a staff member in the classified scrvicc
of the civil Kr'Vice, described in K'Ction 75 of the: Civil
Service Law, be: suilty o( miscooduct, and bt: subjcct
to the pc.naltin: prucribcd in aid actiOn.
(f) lfhe is a staff mcmbcrotherthanoncdcscribcd
in subdivisions (d ) and (c) of this K'Ciion, be subject
to dismissal, suspension without pay or censure.

535.6 Pro&lt;eduro.
(•) The chief administratiw officer or his dc:signtt shall inform any licmK"C or invittt who shall violate any provisioru or these ruin (or of the ruin: of
any individual irutitution supplementing or implcmcnting these ruk:s) that his license or invitation is
withdnwn and shall direct him to leave thr campus
or other property o( the institution. In the event of
his failure or rcfusalto do so such officer shall awe:
his cjcction from such campus or propcrty.
(b) In the cue of any other vi,olator, who is nei ther a student nor faculty or other staff mc.mbtr, the
chief administratiw officer or hls dn:igntt: shall in form him that he is not authorized to rc:main on the
campus or othcr property of the institution and direct him to leaw such ·premises. In the event of his
failure or rd'usal to do so luch officer shall cause his
ejection from such campus or propc.rty. Nothing in
this subdivision shall bt: construtd to authorize the
prcstl)CC of any such person at any time prior to such
violation nor to aff«t his liability to prosecution for
trcspass or loitcrins as pnscribtd in the: Penal Law.
(c) In the case of a student, chargn: for violation
of any of these ruln (or of the rulcs of any individual
institution supplementing or implementing thcu
rula: ) shall bt prcscnttd and shall be heard and dctc.rmintd in the manner hereinafter provided in S«·
tion 5)5.9 of this Part.
(d) l n the. cue of a faculty member having a con ·
tinuing or term appointment, charga of mi.Konduct
in violation ofthcsc rula: (or of the: ruksof any indi·
vidual institution supplementing or implcmcntins
these rulcs) shall be made, hcard and dctmnintd in
accordana: with these rula) shall bt: made, heard and
dctetmined in accordance witb title D of Part ))8 of
the policics of the Board ofTrustcu.
(e) In the case of any staff member wbo holds a
position in the classified civil scrvicc, described in
scction 75 of the Civil Se:rvicc Law, chargn: of mis·
conduct in violation ofthcse rules (or of the rules of
any individual irutitution supplcrncntins or implementins these rula) shall be made, heard and determined u prescribed in that S«tion.
(f) Any other faculty or staff member who shall
violate any provision of thc:sc rulcs (or of the rules of
any individual institution supplefncnting or implementing these rulcs) lhall bedismisstd, sw~ndtd or
censured by the appointing authority prescribed in
the policies of the Board ofTrwtees.

S3S.7 Enforcement program.
( • ) Thc chief administratiw officer shall be rcsponsibl( fo r the enfo rcement of these rulcs {or or
the ruin of a ny ind ividual inst itutio n supplementing
o r impl~:ment i ng these ruin:) and shall dn:ignate th~:
o ther admin istrative offi cen who art authorizcd to
take act ion in accorda nce with such ruin: when required o r a ppro priate to carry them into eff«t .
(b) II IS not Intended by any provisio n herein to
curtail the right of students, faculty o r staff to be heard
upon an)· ma tler affecting them in rhci r relatio ns with
the ms11tut10n. In the caSt" of any ap parent viola tion
of these rules (o r of thr ruin: of any individual inst1·
tuuon su pplement ing o r implementmg these ruin )
b\ such ~ rso n s. wh ich , m the 1 ud g m ~: nt of the chief
admuustrauvc-officrr o r his dntgnce, docs not pos.e
a n) rmme,hare thrcou of mjury to person or p ro~ rt y,
,uch ofliccr rna)· make rcasonablr effort to lea. rn the
~.au~ ol thl' conduct m quest ton and to pccsuadr those
c ng&lt;~~ed th~: rem to des1st and to rc~ rt lO perm issible
met hods for •he- resoluuo n o r a ny 1 ~ u r-s whu.:h mo~y
be p rr~n1cd In dntntt so such officrr ' hall warn ~u ch

'11!3 -----

3

penonsofthe~of~mthel'"'"

hibited conduct, indudins dieir cj«tion from 1111
premises of the institution where tbrir continued pra-cna: and conduct is in wiolation or that- ruks (or of
the rules or any ir!&lt;fividuaJ institution suppkmmti.na
or implcmtntios t:heK ru.Jes}.
(c) "'any .... wb&lt;n vioUtion of thcs&lt; roles (0&lt; o{
the roles of ony individual iostitution aupplcmmlina
or implementing thcs&lt; roles) doa not...,. alia- oucb
warnin~ and in otha' caes of willful violation of such
rules. the chid admindtnltM: ollicrr ... his ~
shall cauw the ejection of tht violal.or from uq pre:- •
m lscs which he occupies in such violation and lbaiJ
initiate dilciptinary action as bcmnbdore prorided.
(d ) The chid' administrative offaca o r hls daisott may apply to the public authorities for any ud
which he ~ necasary in c:a.u.sina the c;cction or
a ny violato r ofthcse tWa (o r of the ruin: o( any individual innitution l Upplementing or impkmcnting
these: rules) and he may rcqucst the State University
counst:l to apply to any court o r appropriate jurUdk·
tion for an injunctio n to rcstrain the violation o r
thrtatened viob tion o r such rWcs.

S3S.8 Communkation.
In ma tkrs of the son to which these rulcs arc addrcs.scd, full and prompt communication among aU
componenLI of the: institutional community, faculty,
studenu and administntio n, is highly desirable. To
the extent that time and circumstances permit, such
communica tion should prcccdc the acrcisc of the
authoriry. discretion and rcsponsibilitit:s
ted and
imposed: in these rulcs. To these ends each Stau-opentcd institution of the: Statt: Univcnity shaD employ
such procedures and mcans, fo rmal and informal. as
will promotr such communication.

ann

S3S.9 Notice, hearing and determination of
charges "9"fnst stuclenb.
(a) The tmn chid" adminisauiY&lt; olfiar, as used in
thac rules. shall b&lt; deemed 10 mean and include: any per·
son autboriztd to aerciK the powers of that oftice during • voancy thcr&lt;in"' during the"""""" or m..bitity
of the incumbmt and lOr pwpooa of this oloo include: any deAgnot "'''"'intcd by said olfiar.
(b) Wht:nt:V'tl' a complaint is made to the ch.id' administrative officxr of any Stak-opcrated institution
of the UnjYCrSiry of a violation by a student or students
of the: rula: prescribed in this Part (or of any ru.la
adopted by an individual institutioo oupplcmmti"'O&lt;
implanentina such rules) or wbent:'V't:t he has know! ·
cdge that such a violation may have oc:x:urred. he sbaU
awe an invatiption to be made and tht statements

of the c:omploin"' if any,~ of other pcrtOOS bavios
knowledge of the facti reduced to writins.lfht is utisficd from such inYcstiption and statements that there
is rca.sonab\e ground to bdiew: that there has hem such
a violation. he: shall prt:pare or awe lO be prtpared
charges apinst the studmt or studcnu aUqed to haw
commined such violation which sbaJJ state the: provision ptaen.Dins the offense ~ sba1l spc.dfy the ultimate facts alleged to constitute such offcn.se.
(c) Such cba.rga: shaU bt: in writin&amp; and shall be
·served on the student or studcnu named tbcmn by
dcliwring the same to him or them penonally, if pots.ible, or. if not, by mai.ling a copy of 1ucb charge~ by
rcgistcrcd rpail to such Jtudmt or studtnu at his or
their usual place: or places of abode: while attending
college: and also to hil or their home: addrtss or ad dresscs.,ifdiffttt"nt.
(d) The notice of ctw,p,.......! shall fix • dot&lt;
for hearing tht:mln not lea than 10 or more than 15
days from the: date or scrvia- wtum s.hall be the date of
mailina where oca:uary to effect tcrVice by mail Failure to appear in l"t!'pprlK to the cha.rJes on the dak
fixed for htui.ns. unlea thert: has been a rootiouancc
for sood cause shown, m.D be deemed to Man admission of the: &amp;cu stated in sudl dwsa and sbaJJ warrant such action as may then be appropriate tbem:.n.
Beforr taking RKh action the hearins CXKnmitttt:, herc:inoft.,. ..renc&lt;~ to.m.JJ'"'" no&lt;icrto ""r -~who
hu f'ailtd to appear, in the.IIWlftt:t prescribed in subdivWon (c), of its p..,_.t fiodmp ond ruumm&lt;n·
dations to be submin.td to the chief administntiYe of.

fi&lt;zr and shalloo submit IUCb 6ndinp and n:oommen·
elations I0 days thtrnfter un&amp;cs:a the student bas mcanwhilc shown good cauw for his fUture to appear, in
which case a date for hearins shall bt fixed.
(e) tlpon citmand at any Jimc~orat the bear·
ing. the student cha.rgcd or bis rcpra.cntative, duly
desisnated, shall bt furnished a copy of the statemt:nts
taken by the chief administrativ'C officcr in rdation to
such charges and with the names of any othc.r wit·
ncsscs who wiD be produad at the hearing in sup·
port of the cha.rgcs; providcd, hown-n, that this shall
not preclude. the tntimony or witncsscs who wert
unknown at the time of lUch demand.
(f) The
administr.atM ofijca- may, upon thr

ch.n
..me. of c:lwp. suspend the stud&lt;nt named themn,

from allot pan of the institution's prrmises or facilities.
pmding the htarins a.nd determination thtrmf, ~ ­
evcr, in his judgment, the continued pn:smcc of such
student would ronstitute a ckar danger to him.sc!f or to
the Rfnyof pcnons o r propc=ny o n the prc:mises of the
institution o r woul(l poK an irnma:!iatt threat of duruptivt intcrfettncc with the: normaJ conduct of the
inS1itutton's activities and functions; provM:kd, howcwr.
that ihe chid administrati'T offictT shaU grant an 1m ·
m&lt;dlate hearing o n rtqucst of any student so suspended
with respect to the basis for such suspensiOn.
( g ) Tht:rt shall be constituted :111 each Statc--o~r ­
atcd innilution a hcanng commlll~ ro hear chargn
ag~mst students of violat1on o ( the rules fo r mamlt'·
nancc of public o rder prescribed by or referred 10 1n
this Pan. Such commlttct' sh;a.ll consiSt of thr« mem
bc:rs of the adminlslratiw n a ff and three.' members o t
thr f•culty. desig nared by the ch1cf ad m mi.U~U\'t' of·
ficer. and thrce studenu who shall be des1gnate-d 171· the
mcmbers named by thc ch1ef admm1:.t rat1Vt oftkc."r
E..lch such member llhall ...-n.'t' until h b succn..;or ~~~

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Student Conduct Rul-. Ualvorsity Standards and Acbaiaislrativo Regalations - - - - - ·

replaccrmnt hu been dtf.t&amp;natcd. No rnftnbtt of the
committet shallanw in anye&amp;K when he is a witnrss
or is or hu bem directly involved in the nmts upon
which the charps ~ basal In orckr to provide for
ca.w:s when then: may be such a di.squaJificatton and
for CUd of abstncc or disability, the: chief admininntin officer shall desis.natc an alternate monlxr of the
administntin staff and an alternate member of the:
faculty, and hiJ principaJ designm &amp;hall dnignatc an
alttinate student member, to serw in such cases. Any
fivt memlxn of the comminet may conduct hearings

and ma.kt: findinp 1nd recommendations as hC'Uinaftcr provided. At any institution when the chid' administrative officer detennines that the number of hearings which will ~nquind to be held is, or maybe, ,.a
great that they cannot otherwise be disposed of with
reasonable 5pttd, he may determine that the hearing
committee shall coruist of 1i.J: member~ of the admin ·
isnativt staff and six mtmbe'n of the faculty to be da·
ignated by him and of JU students who lhall be designated by the membas so desisnated by him. In such
tvmt the ch~ administrative officr:r shaH cJaisnatt: ont:
of such mt:m~n as chairman who may divide the
membt:rship of the commilttt into tbrtt divisioru each
to consil:t of two mmtbns of the administnti~ staff,
two faculty membtrs and two studenu and may a.uign
charges among such divisio ns for hearing. Any four
membt:n of each such division may conduct ht:arings
and makr: rt:eo mmmd•tions as ht:rrin•ftt:r provided.
(h) The hnring committtt shall not bt: bound by
the technical rules of rvidc:ncr but may hear or rtttiw
any testimony or t:"vidma which lS relt:"vant and matt·
rial to the iuua p~ntrd by tht: charges and which will
contribute to a full and fair considt:ration thereof and
drtermination thereon. A student 1ga.inst whom tht:"
ch.rges 1rt: made may appear by and with reprn.t:nt•·
tivn of his choia. Ht: may confront and aamine wit ·
nes.ses against him and may produa witnes5rSand docu ·
mentary evidence in his own bt:half. Then m1y bt:
pramtat tht: hearing: tht: studtnt chargrd •nd his rep·
rcs.t:ntativu and witnesses.; otht:r witneues; repramta·
tJve5 of the institutional administration; and, unlas the
student shall request • dosed hearing. such otha members of the irutitutional community or other penon.s.
or both, as may ~ admined by the hearing commin«.
A tnnKript of the proc::rNings shaU bl made.
(I) Within 20 days after thco do~ of a hearing. the
haring committee shall submit a rqH)n of its findinp
of fact and rttommmdations for disposition of the
charges to the chid administrative offic.tr, togcther with
a transcript of the p~ings. and shall at the same
time tnnsm1t a copy of iu report to the student con ct-i-ned or his rcprumtativt. Within 10 da)'l thanfter
the chief administrative offiar shall makt: his &lt;kter·
mination thm:on. Final authority to dismiu the charges
or to dttt:rmint the guilt or those against whom th~

wbmit wrinm findings of fact and m:omrmndations for disposition of the chaJ~e to the
chid' administratiw: offioeT within twmty (20)
days ali&lt;t the dos&lt; of the Marins.
(4) Final authority to dismisl the charges or to
makt: a final dctamination $hall be vested i.n
the chid' administrative offiar. Notice of tht
dcdsion ihall be in writins; shall i.ndude the
rnsoru supportins such decision; and &amp;hall be:
......t on tb&lt; principal olliar of the
orpniution by maO fn the manner described
in puasnph (2} of this subdivision within a
rcuonabk time afttt sudr dccilion is made.
(&lt;) Po:.Wtia.Anyorpnizationwftkhouthorizathe
prohibited conduct daaibed in subdivision ( I) of Section S35.3 of this Pan shall be subject to the raciuion
of permission to opnatt upon tht campus or upon the
proputy oftht Stat.t--opcnkd institution used for educational purposes. The penalty provklcd in this subdivision shaU be in addition to any pcnaltywh.kh may be
imposed pursuant to the Pmal Law and anyothc:rprovision of law, or to any penalty to which an individual
may be: subject punuant to thiJ Put.
(cl) By· la'WI.Scction 6450(1) of the Education Law
rt"quires that the provisions of this Pan which prohibit m:kltu or intentional endangerment to health
or forced consumption of liquor or dnip for the pw·
po~ or initiation into or affiliation with any orpniution shall be: dttmed to be part or the by-laws of aU
orga.niz.ations which opentt: upon the cam put of any
State -operated institution wed for educational pu.r,.posn. The statute further rcquirn that each such, or·
ganiution shall review th~ by-laws annUally with
individuals affi!iated with the orpniution.
(e) Diltribution. Copies of the provisions of thiJ;
P•n which prohibit rttkleu or intentional endanger·
ment to health or forcrd consumptiQn of liquor or
drugs for lbe purposoe: or initiation into or a_fftliation
with any organiz.ation shall bt: givm to all studt:ntJ
enrolled in tach State-operated institution. Filed Oc·
tober 14, 1969 Amended: April 1970 January 1970
September I 980 October I 982

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515.10 Rules f&lt;&gt;&lt; Organl.utlons.
(•) OrganKations. Organiutions which opcorate
upon the c.am pus of any State-operated institution or
upon the property or any Statt·Opt:nted institution
used for educ.ational purposes shaJI ~ prohibited
from autho rizi ng the conduct described in subdivi sion (I} of S«tion 53S.l of this Part.
(b) Procedure. The chief administrative officer at
~ach Statt:·oprr•ted insti tution shall be responsible
for the enforceme nt of this section. and. as used
herrin, the term chief administrati~ officer shall in·
elude any design« appointtd by said officer.
(1) W'henC"Ytt tht chief administr.ttivt officer
has dctmnined on the basis of a complaint or
pcnonal knowledge that tMrt is reuonablt ..
ground to bdi~ that ~has been a violatio n
or this SC'Ciion by any orpnil.ation. tht chid'
administrative officrr shall prep-a~ or Ollust to bt:
p~ writttn charstJ against the orpnil.ation
which shaU state tht: provision proscribing the
conduct and shall spt:cify tht: ultimate facts
alkgtd to constitut~ such violation.
(Z) Such written charges shall})(' strved upon
the principal officer or the organization by
rcogisten:d or «rtified mail, ~urn r«ript
requested, to the organization's current address
and shall ~ accompanied by a notice that the •
"'" organiz.ation may respond in writing to the
chargn within ten (10) days ofrucipt of said
notice. The notia of the charge so SC1"Ved shall
indude a statemtnt that the r.ilun to submit a
.apons&lt; within tm ( 10) days shall b&lt; deemed
to be: an admissivn of the facts sttted in such
charges and shaU warrant the impositio n of the"
penalty descn"bt:d in subdivision (c) or this
section. Thco response sh.all be submitted to tht
chief administrative otf!Cef and shall constitute
the formal dmial or affirmation of the
ultimate facts a1kgtd in the ch.argt:. The chief
administrative officer may allow an extension
of the ttn (I 0) day response period. ·
(J) 1Jpon writttn request, b,: an authoriz.l:d
rcprtSotntativt: of the organiz.ation, the chid
administrative officer shaU provide the
rep~tativt organization an opportunity fo r
a haring. A hearing pant! designated by the
chief administrative officer shall hea r o r
rcaive any testimony or evidence wh1ch l!i
releva nt a nd material to the issut:) prtst:"nttd b)
tht' charge and wh ich will contribute to a ful l
and b 1r cum1dCrat10 R thereof and de termm ::~ ·
tiCin thereon. The orpm u t1 on'~ rt:prescntam ·t'
may confro nt .1nd o:am mr v.•t tn e~ ag:nnst u
.md m ::~)' produce w1t n ~~e~ and documem arr
C"\'ldef}Ct tm t b behalf. The ht"&lt;lnn~ pand )hall

536.6 Pldtetlng ond Detnonru.tlons
( • ) In n:prd to on-campus student actions and
danomtntions that tend to endanger life, public or
private proputyor to violatt loc:al,Statt: or Ft:dcnJ ~
each studmt will tab: tht consequence of his or her
own actions as an individual bc:forc the law, u wd1 as
being rd'errul to tht appropriate uniwnity diJciplin·
ary body. 1bc: cost of any damqe to public or prh'lte
pn&gt;P.&lt;rtr must b&lt; borne by thot&lt;lcplly rapon~ble.
(b) AIJ rmmbt:n of a Univusitycommunity must

oubountially impecle the bwful activities Of o1h&lt;n.
These Jtandarcb do n:&gt;t preclude removal from thco
Un i~ry, or Univcniry housio" i.n .a:orda.na: with

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:;:~:fv::i=~=apttmcnt,

J. A studmt oaused of violotin&amp; unr..nity disciplin ·
ary rqu.latioru may be di\"C:!Ud from the disciplinary
proceua.nd withdtawn in IGCOrda.nc:rwith these~ ·
dards. if tht stucknt, u a result of mmtal dilordu:
(•) loeb the aopoci1y10 nspond 10 pcndinsdisciplinarycbarJes..or
(b) did not know tht nature: or wronafulntM of
the conduct at tbe time: or the offmse.
4 . The Vaa Pruidcnt for Student Affain or design«
may also convme: a Behavior Evaluation Committtt,
out hanumcnt.
to consist of as many of the foUowing u an aopro(&lt;)The SUI&lt; Unr..mtyofNewYorkotBulfolo has priate and avai1abk to sen"C manbcr of Counseling
tnditionolly ouppomd the right of ;u otudmu, (x .
Ccntir professional m.ff, membtt of Student Health
ulty and lUff 10 poocdul J&gt;n&gt;"'L Alwoys U'nplicidy is
Center proft:Uional staff, mmtbcr of Raidcncc Lift:
the unckntanding that dcmonstraton will not inter- profeuional staff (if student is dormitory resident), a
fere with or violalC the ri&amp;htsof ot.bm..lt is the oblip· membtt of Academic Advisement profw.ional sta.ff,
rion of all to uWt in maintaining order and to wun
member of Univcnity Polia proftuional staff, and
courteous ~n of any c:ampus speaker Or visitor.
any othn individual(s) whom the Vk.c Presidmt be:·
• ( cl) The rotlowin&amp; pertains to tM conduct of those
Iina an provide significant input rqarding the stu ·
membcn oftht univtts.itycommunity who fed comdcnL Thco Bc:bavior Evaluation Committtt will meet
pdlcd to aprc:u their d{ssent through pic.kctins and
tor~ the student'• sinia6on and recommend that:
other forms o( dtmonstntion:
(•) no action b&lt; tal=.
(1) Pickdin&amp; one! clemoruuating must b&lt;
(b) advisement of student about serviasan.ilabl~.
orderly at all times and should in no way
on c.ampw or within the community, to rcsol~ psy·
jeopa.rdiu: public order or safety or in\crfc:n:
chologjc.a.l, emotional , or medka.l difficulties.
with the uni'm'lity's prosrams.
(c) advi.semmt of student on voluntary witbdtawaJ
(2) Picketing or dtmonstnting mwt not
from the University and/or residena ha.lls.
intcrf~ with entnn&lt;:es to buildings or the
(d) involuntary administrati~ withdnwal proca:s
normal flow of pedatrian or vdUcu1ar traffic.
be initiattd.
(J) Those invotvt'd ln pick.rtinsor dcmon S. The Va Prt:sidc:nt for Student AJJa.irs or dcsigrxc:
st.n.ting may not intttf~ ~ mingling with
may rUn a studen\ for evaluation by a Univt:n.ity psy·
organiud meetings oro~ assemblies for the
dtiauisl, psytholosist. or other appropriate health cart:
purpose of ha.ru.smcnt, lina this invades tht
pn&gt;f&lt;SSionol if the Vwz Pmld&lt;nt Mdaignc&lt; ......,.bly
rights of othm: to a.ucmblt: and tht rights or
bclines that the student may be suflmns from a psy·
speaktn to free: upraaion.
· chologia.l, anotional, or mcdicaJ condition or disordc:r.
( 4) l'icl&lt;din8 or dcmonstrolins may not
and the studc:nt's behavior poses a cbnscr of causing
obotrud"' pltysially interim: with the integrity
physic:alharm to the student or others, causing property
of the dosan&gt;om. the privacy of the residencr
clamogc, o(impcding thtlawful activities of o1h&lt;n.
ARTICL£ 3C: 5UPPL£MENTAl RUL£5
halls, or the functioning of the physial plane
. 6 . Students
for tva.lu.alion in accordance: with
•536.1 Disruption
536.7 Loitering ond Trespo.sslng on University
this Put shall be: 10 informed in writin~otithn by per·
sonal ddivt:ry or by certified mail, and lhaU be givm a
A person is guilty of disruption when he or she, by ..,..Nroonds Of in UnhfenJty Bulktings
copy of these standards and procedures. Tht evaluaaction, by threat , or otherwisc.
(
(•) Any penon not a student, employ«, guest of a
tion must be: initiated within 6vt busint:u days from
(•) interfem with univeniry activities; or
studmt or an employee, or the parrot or ltpl suard·
the date of the rdc:rnl letter, unless an atension is
(b) obstruru univttlity activities. Univt:nity activi·
ian or a student in attt:oda.na It the uni'Ya'Sity, who
granted by the Vta President or des.ignee in writing.
tic:s include, but art not limited to: teaching. research,
loiten in or about any university bu.i.lding or any part
7 , Any pending disciplinary action ~y be: withhdd
administration, public s.ervice function, or other au·
of uriivenity grounc:U without WTitten permiuion
until the evaluation is compkttd, at the discmion of
thoriz.l:d activity or program on university pmni~tS.
&amp;om the presidmt, custodial or other pchon in chafl(
the
Via Pmidcnt for Studmt Affa.in.
516.2 Un.uthortzed Entry
tPercof, or in violation of posted rules or regulations
I . A Jtudent who fails to compktc: the cnluarion in
govtrninJ the we thenof, shaU be: guilty of trespass.
No penon shall break i.nto or illcplly cnttt any unM:raccordance
with theK standards and proctdwa may
Regulations on tach ca.mpw shall include the man·
sity building or room; nor shall any penon c:nt.er or n:·
be: withdrawn on an intttim basis., or referred for disncr by which campus visitations by non-student.s shall
ciplinary action, or both.
b&lt; dewloped U.oa:ordan.. with.the Pmoi.L&gt;w.

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If he
reJect dit findings of ihe 'hearink cotnmin«
in whole or in pan he shall make new findings which
mwt be b&amp;Kd on substantial evidtn« in the record
and shaJI include them ln the n'otia of his final deta·
mination which shall be strvcd upon the student or
studenu with respect to whom it is made.

ten authorization fro m the University oftk ial em pow·
ertd to giw such authoriz..ation

unh'mityj&gt;n&gt;pcrt)lwitllout theexpr... pmriis'Rorldflh&lt;
persons authoriUd to use or live i.n that room; nor shall
any unauthoriud penon enter or rc:main in any university building or facility at a timt: whm that facility normally is doted o•
the facility has been doted !&gt;&lt;cause of spccia1 or unwual circumst&amp;nca... University fa.
ciliries indud&lt;, but an: no&lt; limited to, the IOIIowing: buildings, parking lots. a~ fidds and aD ampw areas.

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536.3 Theft ond Destruction of Property
(•) No penon QWJ taU,steal,bum,desttoyoroth·
erwisc damage any property nOt his or her own, on the
uni~nlty campus or on any univen.ity propeny.
(b) No penon. i.n anymannerwhatsoe"YCT,shall de·
faa walls or any structurt oftM university, either on the
inside or the ouuide of saki structure. This includes the
use of paints, postm. and advt:rtisanenu a.ffixtd i.n any
areas otht:r than those designated for such purposes.
••(c) No person shall knowingly harbor or pos·
St:$5 stolen property while on or residing at the uni·
venity campus.
"Appro v~d by University Council Sept(J"b~r. 1975
Boord ofTnmus Augwsr l. 1976
• •Appro~d by rht Cou,ril of th~ Star~ UmVt"rsity of
Nnv York at Buffalo on May 28, 1981 and approwd by
rh~ Board ofTrustuJ. &amp;prembtr 2J. 1981 .

SJ6.4 Physical Abuse a nd Harassme nt
A penon is guilty of physicalabusund lwawnmt when:
(•) he or she intentionallt· assauhs, strikes, threat ·
or intimidates any person ; or

~ns,

(b) he or she engages in a counc of conduct, o ver
any period of time, or repeatedly cOmmits acts which
alarm or scriowly annoy another person and which
serve no legitimate purpose; or
(c) he or she creates a condition which unn«cs·
sadly endangtn or threatms the health, safety, or wcllbc:ing of other pttSORS or Of Other property On unj·
vm.ity property.

536.5 Dongen&gt;os Wupons ond EaplosiYes
(•) It is a Violation of New York State Law and/or
University Rqulatioru for a person to possess a rifle,
shotgun, firearms. amm unition. firuracktrs, or tx·
plosives in or upon the buildings or grounds or the
univrnity without appropriate written authoriution
from the appropriatt:llniYCnity official. This includes
roman cmdJcs or sim ilar combwtibles or aplosins.
(b) No person, tither singly or in oonccrt with oth·
tn. shall poueu and carry, on any grounds or i.n an,.building of the univt:rsity, an airgun. or other instru·
mmt or weapon in which thcpropdllng forct: is air, knife,
dirk. stilttto. s.-tbrc, cudgt:l, bludgeon. club. slingshot, o r
o ther thing adaptable to the purpo.st or a Wt:"apon. in·
eluding b:uo ns. canes or simil::lr articles:. excluding onlt•
o rthopedic aids. athlrtic equipmm t, and prot«t o r con·
struction matt"rials and toob o n proof of a prom spc·
cific ust o r purpose o n the day in q ueo;tio n.
( c) No pcono n h i r~d for pu rposts of enforcmg st·
t:unt). whether m lteu of or m o~d diu o n to Univconm·
Pohce officers. may h411\'C m ht) o r her pos.stssion m or
upon the huild1ngs and g rounds l•fthr univerSit y an~
fi rearm t~t otht'r deadh wearun "-"llljOU I spc"C1fic v.·r•l ·

su~!!~~f~;;1~':il~~~~~n~~~~J:;
or she loiters or remains in or about a school, college
or univcsiiybuildlngorarounds. not having any rcason or relationship inYOiving custody of or responsi bility for a pupil or studmt or any spccifie.lqitimate
reason for being th~. and not having written per·
mission from any person authoriud to annt the s.a.me.
(c) Under New York Penal Law, S«tion 140.05, a
person is guilty or tmpa.saing when he or she knowingly mtcn or remains unlawfully in or upon premises. Trespass is a •violation• punishable by a fine,
or im prisonm ent of up to IS da)'l.
(cl) Under New York Pc.nal Law Section 140.10 a
person iJ guilty of criminal trespass in the third de gr« when he or she knowingly t:nten or remains un ·
lawfully in a building or upon real property which is
fencrd or otherwise endoscd in a manner dnigned
10 c:xdudt: intrudt:n. ThiJ is a Class 8 Misdemeanor.

SJ6.8 Sanctlons
The judicial bodies establiJ;htd to consider QKS
mvolving studtnt violations of the provisions stated
in this section an the student -wide judiciary and the
committtt fo r the mainttnance of public o rder. These
judicial bodies ha~ the powc.r to institute• the fol lo wing nngt: o r sanctio ns:
(a) warning;
(b) notation o n record;
(c) rest itution;
(d) loss o r privileges:
(1) denial of usc of an automobile on campw
fo r a designattd time:
(Z) removal from dormitory o r otha
univt:nity howing;
(J) loss of such privileges as may bt: consiJtmt
with the offenst committ.td and the rehabilita·
tion of the student.
(e) disciplinary probation with or without loss of
dnignatcd privilqes for. a definite period of time. The
violation of the terms of disciplinary probation or the
infnction of any university rule during the pniod of
disciplinary probation may ~ grounds for suspension or upulsion from the uni~nity;
(f) 1uspension fro m the Univt:nity for a ddinitr
or indefinite period of time;'
(g) apulsion from thco uni~nity; '
(h) such other sanctions as may bt: approved by
the University's tribunals.
' Subjtct to firud review of rhe pmid~nt, a" oct ion that
is ma,datory if suspension or apulsion is rtrommmdal.
ADM I ISTRATIVE \\1THDRAWAL
1 . A studmt will bt subject to involuntary administrative Withdrawal fro m tht' University, o r fro m Um versity ho using. if it is determined, by dear and c.on·
vm cm g t:'\'ldtnce, thilt the student IS suffering from a
psycholog1al. emo tio nal, o r medical conditio n o r dis·
o rder, and as 11 n:sult:
( • ) enpges, o r threatens tu engage. m behaviOr
wh ich post's a da n ~t:'r of cau51 Ril rh ysical harm to self
nr otht-n,or
(b ) ~ng&gt;~KO-ur thrratms lo rnga~.1n beh:lnor whkh
&lt;A'OUid ClllltSISRifiCI.nt rrnpernd.&amp;m.l~,ordirt(1h.•a nd

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odminlllrotiY&lt; witbclnlwal maybe impl&lt;immedlatdy if • student &amp;its 10 complc1r on
evaluation, as provided by these Jtandards and proc;:c-.
dura.~an interim witbclnwal may be: impkmmted
imrMdiately if the Vn Praidrnt for Studmt Afl'ajn
or design« ddmnina: that a student may be suffering
from a mmtal, psycho1ogica.l, emotional, or mCdicaJ
condition or disorder, and u a result, the ltUdcnt's behavior poses an imm.inmt danser of.
,
(•) cawing serious physical harm to the student
or othen, or.
(lo) causing Jit!nifiaont pn&gt;p&lt;rty damaF· or dUtttly
and substantially impeding the !awful utivities o( othtn.
10. A student subject to an i.ntuim withdrawal shall
be: givm written notia of tht withdrawal t:itbtt by persona] ddiwry or by etttififd mail, and shall be givm a
copy of thest" standards and procedures. Tht student
shall that be: givm an opportunity to appear person·
ally bcfore the VK:e President for Student Af&amp;.in or a
design«. upon request, immcdi•tcly a1kr the interim
withdrawal. in order to m-Xwtht: following issues only:
( •) the reliability or the information concrming
the studmt's behavior;
•
(b) whethe10or not the student's bc:havior poses a
danger or cawing imminmt, serious physical harm
to the student or others. causing significant property
d•magco, or dirtttly and substantially impeding the
lawful activitits of othen;
(&lt;) - o r not thestudtnt has&lt;X&gt;mplttcd antvalu·
arion, in KCOrd.ancc with these standards and procedures.
11 . A studmt suh;ect to interim withdnwU may be u sisud in the appeanna bc:f'tttthcVa Prcsidc:nt for Stu·
dent Al&amp;in by • r.mily m&lt;ml&gt;«, aiKmsed l"}d&gt;ooogist
or psychiatrist. a health care profcuional, or a mcmbc:r
of 1M ampus community: Thc student may be accom·
ponied by l&lt;pl counsd, although the tole of CX&gt;UJtSd will
be limited to providing )c:g:aladvict to the student.
12. An lnformal bearing will be hdd within fivt' bwiness days after tht student has been evaluated by the
appropriate mmtal ht:alth care profeWonal The stu·
dent will remain withdrawn on an interim btiil pend·
ing completion of the informal haring. but will be allowed to mter upon tht campua to attend the hearing.
or foro~ n«:asary purposes. as authoriud in writ·
ing by Vtc:c Presidmt for Studmt Affain or design«.
1) , Students subj«t to an involuntary withdnwal
shall be accorded an informal hearing bc:forc: the Viet
President for Student Affairs, or a designee. The fol lowing guiddincs will be applicable:
(•) Studmu will be informed of the time. date,
and location or the informaJ hearing, in writing. either by pt'f'IORal dt:liw:ry or ctrtified. mail, at lwt hoo'O
busi nes~ days in advance.
(b) Tht:' mtirt cue file, tnduding an evaluation prepared punuant to these 51'4Ul&lt;brds and procrduro, and
the" ra.mes of prospcctM: he-aring paniopants, wtll ~
ava.ilabk for insp«tion by tht" student in the V.ce President fur Student Aff.in off~« durins no rmal bw.int"SS
holn. Tht file. which should bt: available at lt:'UI IWQ
bus111ess d.ys bd'o rc: tht informal hearing. mocd not m·
dude the person:al11nd confidmu.LI not ~ of an}' inslltu·
ttanal o tflcial or paniciP'lllt m the n'aiUllhOn process.
(c) The informal heann~ )h,iJII he romt:'r&gt;o1t1onal

�Sha~eat Coadact Rules, Uaivenlty St-dcmb - • Acbaiaistrative Regalatioas
and non-tdmvrial. Formal ruJcs of ntidc:na will not
apply. The Viet President for Student Affair~ or dcsigntt ahall acrcisc actM: control ovu the proceedings to avoid n«d.ios con,sumption of time and to
achi~ the orderly completion of the hurins. Any
Jk!riOn who disrupu the hearina; m•y be excluckd.
(d) The student ""Y choooe 10 be usimd by 1 fam ily member and aliomsed psychologilt or P')'Chiatrist,
a health can profeuional, or by a mcmbn" of the ampus community. The nudmt may be: aa:ompan~ by
lq.al counsel, although the role of counsel will be limited to providina lcpladvice: to the studmL
(e) Those usistin&amp; the ttudent, uupt for lqal
counsel, will ~ aivm rc.uonabk time tO uk rc:knnt
questions of any individualappearinsat the informal

In conjunction with rhc: Drus Free Schoob: and Com·
munitia Nt Amendments of 1989, the UniVtt&amp;ity at

Sufl'alo. The State UDMnity of New Yorit and the St u ~
dent Health System a.rc committed to dear and Q)O·
cite policies on Jubst.a.nce abus.c: and a strong progam
of c.owuding.. trtat.Jncnt. rehabilitation, and reentry.
Studmus.bould be aware of the foUowins information.:
• Student rules and rqulations prohibit the

hearing, u weU u to pre:tmt rc.lenru evidence.

(f) The informtl hurins may bc: conducted in the
abstnu or a student who faiJJ to appur after proptr
notice.
(g) The hnlth care.profna:ional who prepartd the
oaluation pursuant to these standards and procedura
may bc: cxp«ted to appear at the informaJ hearina.
and to respond to relevant questions, upon rtquest
of any party, aapt for lrpl counsd.
(h) The Viu President for Student Affairs or des·
ignec may permit univenity officials, to appear at the
informal hearing and·to present evi&lt;knce in support
of any withdrawal recommendation, if the Via Presi·
dent o r design« determines that such participalion
is essential to the resol ution of the case.
(I) The informal hearins shall be tape recorded by
the Viet President for Student Affairs or designee. The
tapc(s) shall be kept with the pertinent case file for as
long as the cue fa.le is maintained by the in.stitution.
0) A written decision shaiJ be rendered by the Vice
President for Student Affairs or designee within five: bwi·
ness days after the completion of the infonnal hearing.
The- written decision. wh.k h will be mailed certified or
pcnonaUy ddivtttd to the student, should contain a
statttnent of reaJOns for any determination leading to
involuntary withdrawal. The student should also br: advised as to when a petition for reinstalmlent would be
considc:rrd, along with any conditions for fdnstateme:n L
(k) The decision of the Via President for Stuc;ient
Affairs or designee shall be finaJ and condusive and
not subje-ct to appeal.
14. Reasonable deviations from these procedures will
not invalidate a decision o r proceeding unless signifi·
cant prejudice to a student may re.suh.

ARTICLE 4 : ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COtmiOL LAW
All provisions of the New York State Alcoholic Bever·
ase Cont rol Law and all rules of the State Uquor Au·
thority apply to the University at Buffalo. The State
University of New York.. Special attention should be
paid to the followi ng resulations:
1 . "Any person who miSI'C'prestn ts tht
of a.. pt:r ·~
son 'under the age of twenty-one ,u.rs for the pur·
poK of inducing the: sale of any alcohol ic beverage, u
defi ned in the alcoholic beverage control law, to such
person ~ guilty of an offens.t: and upon conviction
therrof shall be puniJhed by a. fine of not mort than
5200, or by imprisonment fo r not more than five days
or by both such fine and imprisonment." (Alcoholic
fkvcrase Control Law, Section 65-a)
2. •Any penon under the age of~nty ·one years who
presents or offers to any lictnSC'C: under the alcoholic
beverage control law, or to the agent or employtt of
such a licc:nS«, any written evidence of age which is
false , frauduJent or not actually his o r her own-, for '
the pu5p0se of purchasing or attempting to purdtasc:
any alcoholic bnttage, may be arrested or summoned
and be eumined by a magistrate having juri5diction
on a charge of illegally purchuing or attempting to
illegally purchase: any alcoholic beverage. If a dt:tc:r·
mination is made sustairing1uch charge the court or
magistrate shall rdease such person on probatio n for
a period of not exceeding one year, and may in addi ·
tion impose a fine not exettding o ne -hundred dol·
Iars." (Alcoholic Beverage Cont rol law, Section 65-bl
3 . • Except u hereinafter provided, no penon under the
age: of twenty-a~ years shall ~any alcoholic bc:v·
enge, as defined in this chapter, with the intent to con ·
sume such beverage. A penon under the age of rwmty·
one yean nuy possess any alcoholic beftra~ with in·
tent to consume if the alcoholic bc:vtn.ge is given:
(•) to a person wh·o is a studen t in a curriculum
licen.sed or registered by the State Education Depart·
ment and the student iJ required to taste or imbibe
alcoholic bcv«agc:s in courses which art pa rt of the
required curriculum , provided such alcoh4l!lic bevtr·
a ge~ a~ used only for instructional purposes during
class conducted pursuant to .such curriculum; or
(b) to the person under twenty-one years of age by
that person's parent or guardian; (Alcoholic Bcvuage
Control Law, Section 65-c, subdivisions I and 2)
4 . "Whc:nevc'{ a police officer u defined in subdivision
thirty-four of section 1.10 of the criminal procedurt
law shall observe a prnon under the age: of twenty-one
yun of age openly in pouc:ssion of an alcoholic btwT·
age u defmed in thiJ chapter with the intent to con·
SUJTie such bevmlgc: in violation of this section, .said
officer may seize the beverage, and shall ck:livtr it to
the custody of his or her department.• (Alcoholic lkv·
erage Control Law, Scdion 65-c, subdivisionS )
$ . •No penon liccnsc:d to .KII alcoholic beverages shall
suffer or pmnit any gambling on the HcxnKd prc:misc:s.
or suffu or permit such premises to become disorderly.
The use of the licensed prc:misH, or any part therrof.
for 'the We oflonery ticket1, playins-ofbingo or games
of chance, or as a simulcast facility or simulca!t th eat~r
pursuant to the racing, para-mutual wagering and
brttding law, when dUly authorized and lawfull t con·
ductc:d thereon, shall not consti tute gambling withtn
the meaning of this subdivision." (Alcoholic lkverag~
Control Law, S«tion 106, subdiv1s1on 6)

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ARTI CLE S: DRUG FR EE SCHOOLS &amp;: COMMUNITIES ACT

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unlawful poaasion, usc, or distribution of
illicit drug.s and akohol on campus propatic:s
or u part of its .ctivitiel. All provilion• of
State Alc:oholk 8c'm'IJC Conuol Law and all .
rules of the State Uquor Authority apply on
ampui No penon under the: age: of lWmtyone can poucss any ak:oholic bevt:rqc with
the intent to amsume. State and FcdcraJ drus
and narcotic laws arc abo c:nforced on campus:.
Alcobolic bewnga -be.......! on campw
by groups and organizations provided the
bewnga arc not sold and that such servia iJ
1uthoriud by the campw Alcohol Rrnew
Board. For information, contact Student
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Afhin (645-6154).
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Alcohol and other substance abuse c:oumding.
rehabilitation, and reentry programs an
offered in the community. Fttt,•confidcntial
information and asseuinents art available: at
the Wdlness Center in the Student Union by
calling the Student Health 1\a.es&amp; Line (6452837) for an appoint.ment.Rcfcrn.ls will be
made to community treatment ptogr,JDli if
indicated. The: Student Counse:lin' Center
offers a number of prosrams and activities
deiigned to as&amp;ist students. In addition,
chapters of AJcoholjq Anonymous and Adult
Childrm of Alcoholics meet rqularly on
camp!U- Employees~.......! by an Employ«

Assistan&lt;e Program (829-3281 ., 64.5-3166;
645-2398; 645-6019).
The University will impose appropriate
disciplinary sanctioru; on students and
empl~. Studmt conduct violations art
considered by the Student-Wide Judiciary or
the Commince for the Maintenance of Public
Order. Sandions nuy nnge from warnings to
expulsion for violation of univenity ~ds.
• l.ocal, state, and fc:derallawsfor the
possc:Won or distribution of illicit drop and
alcohol arc enforced on ampUl. Thex include
the State Penal Code provisions on the
pouession and sale of controlled substances
and federal controlkd sub5tanae possession
and trafficfj.ng sanctions. Violations of ltate
laws an mult in fines and up to life in prUon.
Fcdcrall&amp;nd.iop are similar.
• The we: and ovmiOK of illicit drugs and
alcohol can l.. d 10 physical and psy&lt;holosieal
dependence, bc:haYioral Changes.. physkaland
~ological dam:ase. and Possible death.
' Even low doses may signi6cantJy impair
· judsemmt and coordination.
A complete copy of the Drug Free Schoob and
Co m munitie~ Act ltatement iJ available for studmt
review. Din:ct inquiries to: Student Health Center, 115
Michael Hall, 829· Hl6.
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.o\RTlCU 6: PAAENTAI,/GUAADIAN NOTIFICIITION/ ALCOHOLANO ORIJ(; VIOlATIONS/ UNIVERSilY AT BUFFALO GUIOEUNES
The Uniwnity at Buffalo ("Uniwnity") may advise
pare nu or guardians of students under the age of
twtttty-oneyean of certain alcohol and drug violations.
Notification may be made for municipal, nate, or
federal alcohol a nd drug violations when the student
violation involve~:
• "dear and present danger" to the student,
other persons, or campus property, and/or
• an arrest and custody of the st udent, and/or
• medical int~tion due to use of alcohol or
drug~. and/or
• possible separation (suspension or expulsion)
of the uudent from the University, programs,
o r f.acilitics (i.e., Residence Halls ).
In general, parental/guardian alcohol and drug vio·
lation notifications will be made by the University in
an dfort to provide support for the individual student's
development, academic succ:cu, and physical well be·
ing. Pa~nt/guardia.n notification will include:
• the type and possible consequences of the
studmt violation,
• campwlcommururY sc:rvla:s ~to address
the llUdmt alcohol or drus ~tion, and
• encouragement to parents/guardians to
contact student and assist them in addressing
any sub5tancc issues and promote use of
ava.ilablescrviccs.
Generally, partntavguardian notifications will be
made by td ephone. In some situations, notice may
be rbade by other methods, indudins mall. •
Alcohol/drug violation parental/pardian notifica·
tions may be made, u appropriate, by:
• Office: of the Vice President of Student Affairs
(Dean ofStudenu),
• Judicial Affairs/Ombudsman , Dirc:ctor,
• R.esidmce Halls and Apanment.s, Director, or
• Univusity Health Service:, Dirtttor.
The Dean of Students will coordinate notification
proccu; app~ pa~ntal notifications (in advance),
maintain appropriate rtcords, and arrange for neccs·
.sary follow-up.

AATIC U 7: STUDENT ORGANIZATION S
RECOGN ITION AND REGISTRATI ON OF STU DENT ORGAN IZATIONS
Studmts interested in establishing an orgamlOIUOn on
campus should in itially inq uire about recognition
through an appropnate studmt g«)\Tmmmt Apphcauoo
fomu and the cntma for recogmt1on ilrt" availabl~ at stu·
dent go~rnment office.. Student of}t.JnizatJons not &lt;11fihattd With o~n apprupnat~Siudcnt (tO\~rnmenl nuv rt--

quest ~tion thn&gt;ugh the Offia of Student Un10tu
and Activit.a ~rauon will be gnntcd to organiza.
tions aiftliakd wJth the uniwniry and qrttins to abide
bycampuJ rules. "S'!iations.stan&lt;Wds.and po1a. li&gt;l:.
gtnaal information .bout student otpnizationl a.nd1he'
ftCOSJUtionlrqistration proceu., contact ,the Offx:c o(
Student Unioru and Activities, 150 Student Union. For
infOrmation on the rcoosnftioo proc:cs.s fOr social fratcr·
naJ organizations, m ntact the Univenity liaison for
G..eb.ll2Student UrUoo. R=snJtionand ..pstntion
pola. and pro&lt;:&lt;dwa will be ckwloped and ;mpi&lt;mentcd by the &lt;&gt;fficx of Student Unions and Activities.

CONDITIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF All STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
A.. When function in&amp; on ~pus, aU rcgistc:mi stu·
dent orpniutions wiD be held responsible by the

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Univc:nity for abidina by federal , Jtate, and loc:a.J laws.
as wdJ as all Uniwnity regulati~s. The UniVttSity
will not become invoiY'Cd in the off-campus conduct
of rcgisttred nw:knt organizations aupt when such
conduct is determined to h.a.~ a 1ubstantiaJJy advcrw
effect on the Univusity or upon in.dividual membeN
of the Univusity community.
a. Any orpnization with ratrictiw membership
clauses which discriminates on the basis of race, rdi ·
gion, sc:x (except as exempted by Federal R.qulation.s),
disability, agc.crttd, National Origin, or vttcnn stat u.s
wiU not obtain or maintain University registration.
C . Only cUJ'T'mtly rqistered studenu shall be eli·
gible for active membership statw in student orpni·
utions. Students may not be. on Academic 'Probation:
• to be a candidak for dected offict
• to Jer'vt: in an appointed office
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to serve throughout one's elected or
appointed term
Rc&lt;:ogniud/rcgistercd pudcnt organizations and gov·
ernmentJ may estab~ additional rrquircments for
office: or mc:mba-Jhip.
0 . The purpoK or purposes of a student organi·
ution must not conftia with the: educational func·
tions or established policies of the: University. It is in ·
cumbmt upon any person presenting objections to
the application for resistration or continuance of an
organization to demonstrate how and in wha.t man·
ncr the rqistration or mntinuanct of thit orpniza·
tion wouJd conflia with the educational functions o r
e~tablished policie~ of the Univusity.
E. Srudeot o rganizations will not be granted nms·
nition or rqistntion status if the recognitionlregistra·
tion unit determines that iu proposed purposes or
functions duplicate those ol an existing student orp ·
niution. Student orpniutio'}' will not be pmnined
to retain rccognition/rqistnuon statw if they do not
ful6ll their stated purpoRS and/or fu.ndions or violate
campus: rules, regulations.. standards.. and policies.
F. RtJUtered studmt organizations nuy not engage
i~ ~~g~acfr1~ J-!~g iJ ¥~~any a~n 01j
Jit'UJ:tioo lha~ or intcotixWiy mda.ngqs tl¥
mental or ph)'Jic::al health or safcry of a .student or that ·
willfully destroys or rtmoves public or J&gt;rivatc: prop·
c:rty for the: purpo6t of initiation or admission into or
affiliation wi~. or u a condition for continued mc:m·
bcrship in, any regis~ .student o rganiz.ation. Hu·
ing includes, but iJ not limited to, any brutal.ity of a
physical nature, such u whipping. beating. branding,
forcc:d caliJthenia, exposure to the dements. forced
consumption of any food, liquor, drug. or other sub·
stance, or any other forced ph)'lical activity that could
advendy ilfect the physical health and safety of the
individual, and shall indude any activity that would
subject the individual to atrcme mental stress, such as
sleep deprivation, forced exdusion from social contact,
forced conduct that could result in extreme embarrass·
mc:nt, or any other forced activity that couJd adversely
affect the: mental health or dignity of the individual, or
any willful destruction or removal of public or private
property. Any acti_vity as destribed in this definition
upon which thlinitiation or admission into or affilia·
tion with or continued mernbenhip in a registered stu·
dent organization Is directly or indirectly conditioned
shall be prt$umc:d to be "forced " activity, the willing·
ness of an individual to participate in spch aCli,·ity
notwithstanding. Any registered student orpnization
that commits hazing is subject to disciplinary action.

RELATION OF THE UNIVERSITY TO STUDENT
ORGANIZATIONS
Registration of nudent organizations shall not be con·
strued as agree.me.nt,suppon,or approval by the Uni·
versity, but only as re-cognition' of ihe rights of the
organization to c.xisl at the UniwNity, subject to the
conditions enumerated herein.
Rights of Studc:.nt Organizations
A. Registered student orpnizations may use the
name of the University in their official tides to indi·
cate location, not endorsement.
I . Rqistered student organizations may use Uni·
wNity bcilitits subject to the duJy esublished writ·
ten rules governing Juch usc.
C. Rtgistered student o rganizat ions may petition
for the we of mandatory student activity fees subject
to University. rrgulations, st udent organization rcgu·
lations and student government manuals.

PAAT I - ADMINISTltAllVE
RfCOUlATIONS
.o\RTlCU 8: ADMINISTJL.t.nvE REGULATION S
1. VIOLATION OF LAW AND UNIVERSITY
DISCIPLI NE
( •) University disciplinary proceedings may be
tnstitutc:d agains1 a student charged with violauon Of
a law which is also a violation of this Student Code,
for example. if both violations result from the same
factual situation, without rqard to the pendency of
( lVII Iitigation in court or cri minal arrest and pros·
ecut1on. Procttdmgs under th is Student Code maybe
carrit"d ou t pnor 10. simultaneously wuh, or followmg civil nr crimir.al proct'tdings off-campus.
( b ) \\'h~n a stud~nt 1:0 charged b)· fedc:.rul , state or

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local authoritin with a violation o( law, the UniVtt·
sity will not nque:st or. agree to special con.sideration
for' that individual because of his or bet status as a
student. If the~ offense U also the: sub~ o( a
proceeding before a judicial body under the Student
Cock, however, the. Uniwnity nyy advise off-cam ·
pus authorities of the niJtmc;:t of the Student Cock
and of bow such matters wiU be handled interoaJly
within the University community. Tb.c 'univusity will
coopcn.te fully with law cnforument aad other -.m·
des in the: enforament of criminal law on campus
and in the: conditions imposed by aiminal courts for
the rehabilitation of studmt violaton..lndividual stu·
dents, faculty and staff members.. IClinJ in tbc:ir per·
sonal capacities. remain frtt to intcna with aovcm·
mentalrcprcse:ntatives: u they dttm appropriate:.

Z- FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND
PRIVACY ACT (FERPA)
(•) The Univttsity at Buffalo. The State Univtr·
Jity of New Yorit compltcs fully with the Family E.du·
cational Rishts and Privacy Act of 1974 in iu trut·
mcnt of student educational recordL This Act wu in·
tended to protect the privacy of educatiooal records,
to esublish the right of students to inspect and review their educational records, and to provide suidc:·
lines for tht correction o r ddetion of inaccurate: or
misJeadins dau throuah informal and forma.l hear·
inp.
This institution's policy statement for the: Famity Edu·
cational IUghts and Privacy Act ofl974 explain&gt;;., &lt;kWI th&lt; pro&lt;:&lt;dwa 10 be f.uow.d by the Uutitution fo&lt;
compli.anc:c: with the provisions of the Act. Ampyof the:
policy is availa.b&amp;c: in the Office of the: Vace Praident for
Student Afft•J S. Room 542 Capen Hall, North Campus.
Records which are maintained by the: University and the
office: in Which they are housed is as followl:
ADMJ SSION5--0ffice of Admissions
CUMUlATIVE ACADEMIG-Records &amp;: Registra·
tion
HEALTH~ntcr for Student Health
RNANCIAL-Student Accounu
PlACEM ENT-Career Planning/Placement
DISCIPLI NARY-Dean of Studenu
(b) FERPA-The Family EducatK&gt;nal R;ghu and
Privacy Act ( FERPA) affords students certain rights
with rupee! to their education records. They arr.
1 . The rigfu to irupect and review the Jtudent's
education m:onls ..;thin 45 days of the &lt;loy the
Univttsity m:civcs a ~ucst for access. Students
shouklaubmh to the rqistrv, cleon, bead of the

acadmUc departmen• .. """' appropriot&lt;
official. wrinen "",_·that Kientify the
m:onl(a) they wUh 10 Uupect_ The univm;ty
official will !1\I.U ~ts for accas and
nOOfy the aludent of the time and plaa when:
the remrds may be inspected. If the: records are
not maintained by the UnMnll}' official 10
wbomthe- Wll aubaUn&lt;d. that official

shall advise the JtUdcnt of the correct official to
whom the «quat ahoukl be addnaae&lt;L

z_ Th&lt;rightiD«qU&lt;SS theammdmmtofthe
otuden(l education r=wda that the srudmt
bd.iews are i.naccunk or misleading..
Students- aalt the llnMriRy 10 amend I
record that thq ~is inaa:uratc: or
~ Th&lt;yahouklwritothe uru..n;ty
official mponsilile ""the ..&lt;or.!. cleariy identify
the pan of the r&lt;aXd they want cbaJleed, and
specify why it is i.naccur-.Ji~ or rni:sleadins1( the: University decides not to &amp;Jm:nd the
record u requcstc:d by the student, the
Uni¥mity will notify the: student of the
decision and advise the student of his or hrr
right to a hearing rqarding the request for
ammdment. Additional information regarding
the hearing proadum will be provided to the
student when notified 1St the riaht to a hearing..
J . The right to consmt to disclosures of
penonaUy idmtiflabk information contained
in the student's education rc:cords.. ~t to
the extent that FERPA autboriu:s diiclosu~
without corucnL
One exception which permiu disclosure
without oon5mt is disclosure to Jchool officials
with legitimate educational intcrats. A schooJ
official is a pc:rson cmploy.:d by the UniVtttity
in an adminiJtnUift, supervitory, acadttnic or
resc:arch, or support staff position (including
law enforcement unit pcnonnd and heallh
staff); a person or company with whom the
Univenity has contracted (1\Kh as an anomey,
auditor, or collection agent); a person 5tn'ing
on the Board ofTrust«S; or a student se:rving
on an officia.l committee, such u disciplinary
or grievance committct, or assisting another
school offici&amp;l in performing his or her wb.
In a dusroom setting. with student
permission, .student name and c:mailaddrc:ss
rNy be made avai1ab&amp;e to da.unutc:s.
A school official has alegjtimate
educational intere~t if the official needs to
review an eduation record in order to fulfill
his or her profes.sional rcsporw"bility.
Upon requm. the Univenity d.isdoles
education records without coruc:nt to officials
of another schooJ in which a Jtudc:nt secb or
intends to enroll.
4 . The right to file a complaint with the U.S.
lkp&amp;rtmmt of Education con«min&amp; alleged
failures by State University to c:omply wnh thf
rcquimncnts of FERPA.
The name and address of the Office that admm1~·
ters FERPA arc:
Family Policy Compliance office
U.S. DqJartment of Education
600 l ndcpc:ockncc Avenue, SW
Wuhington, DC 10201-4605
(c) DIRECTORY INFO RMATION-Unless other·
w1sc notifil!'d in writing. the Univtnit)' has \'OUr ptt·
mission to rcleut" 1he followingdirecton mtunnatJon

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Stadenl Condacl RaJ... University Sl-dards - • Adnlbaldrall,;e Regal4illOM - - - - -

upon 'request: your name, currtnt addreu, tdephont
number, t ·mail addnN. major fidei of study, data of
onmdance, and cJts= and owucb .-...L Th&lt; Univmitywill abo pubiUh yow name,mojc&gt;&lt;fidd of swdy,
and e· riWJ addn:u on its Intcmd·.a:euiblc dirtctory.
If )'OU want to f'r\l'n1le your directory infomu~tion
«leu&lt; d&lt;cision, pinK notify lh&lt; OfllaofR&lt;concb and
Rqistntion at Haya H.U 8 or 232 Captt~ Hall in perJOn or in writing. (You may obtain 1 fonn for this purpose from rithcr Rtcords &amp; R.tgistration office, or from
this websitt: http:l/winp.bu.ffalo.edu/JUY'ku/rurq/fetplform.html.) You may do this at anytime: and
as many times u n«asary. HowtVtt, it is important
that you consider vtTf cartfuUy the consequences of a
decision to withhold "directory information-. Should
you c:l«t to not authuriu release, any and all futu~
requnu for contact information from UB persons (on
non-CSSotntial mattc.n) and from non-institutional per-

&amp;Ons and organiza tions (such as scholarship organiuuo ns: prosp«tivc tmploycrs) will be denied.
Yo u sho uld bt- aware tt}at~~n if you d«:idt' to
prevent release of your dir«tory information--informatio n will be shared withtn the Univnsity fo r edu o u o nal and admmittntive purposes.

J. FREEDO M O F INFORMATION LAW
The Un iverSity complies fully with the New Yo rk State
·Freedo m o f Info rmatio n Law" (Article VI , Public
O ffi cers Law, u amended effectivr January 1. 1978),
wh1ch was enactrd 10 auure publjc accountability of
state agen c1e1 while pro tectjng individuals against
unwarranted invasio ns of penonal privacy. Rrcorcb
uc made avatlablc thro ugh the campw Records Ac
cc5.5 Officer. ~rso ns Sttking acctsS to records main tained by the University are advised to contact:
RK.ords Ac.c:us Officer
Mad i..on LBoyu
Office of the Vice Prttidcnt for Student Affairs
252 Capen HaJJ
64S-6 1S4.
To appeal a campus denial of access. persons lniiY contact:
Mr. Mart in Reid
UniVttSity Relations
State: UniYUJity of New York
State Unlvt.nity Piau
Albany, NY 12246

opportunity to rqistcr for dusa and 1o
compkk lh&lt; work ~ without chupng
the ltudmt a ftt of any kind.
4 , If daua, aam.inations. .rudy, or work
requi.mnents are hdd on Friday after 4:00
p.m.., or anytime on Saturd.y, &amp;imilar or mab
up clastes, c:uminations.study, or work
rcquiremmts shaD br made naibble on othn
cbys whentvtt it is poaiblt' and practtcabk to
do 10. No sp&lt;cial fca shall be dwged to the
student for thot: make up da.ua. cu.minations. study, or 'WOrk requirements.
5 . In dfcctuatinJ the provisions ofthls KCtion.
it shall be the dury or the fi.culty and adminiJ·
t..ra~ officials of each institution of hightr
education to~ the fullat measure of
good &amp;ith. Stud&lt;nts shall riot ~any
advtne or prejudicial dfectJ due to the
utiliz:ation of the provilions of this Jlt'Ction.
. 6 . If any faculty or admini.stratift official fails
to comply in good faith with thc provisions of
this S«tion, the agg.mved student is entitled to
maintain an action or procttding in the
Sup~c Court of Eric County for the
enforarnt&gt;nt of his or hu rights under New
York Slate Education Law, Section 224-a.

8 . ENVIRONMENTAl HEALTH AND SAFEIT

Each stude-nt is ~uir~ to krqJ the Offia: of Rccord.s
and Rqistration informed of his or her official permanent mailing addrcss as wdl as their Buf&amp;io area addrts~. Failu~T to adhere to this rtquirt:mtnt is a violation
triabk before the Studmt WKte Judiciary. In addition,
when charges arT brought against any audcnt, tM judioariesshall usc the address listed in theOffic:e:ofRtcords
ar.d Registration for snvic.c of proc:cs.s. ~ of process for disciplinary purposes shall be dtcmed complete
when notk:t is maUrd to a student at the address fwnished to the Office of R.ec:ords and Rqistntion.

Health related asp«U of the cnvironm~t and mat
tns of pnsonal ~d seneral ufrtyare tht: function of
the Offiu of Environmental Health and Saftty.
1. Assista.noe is ofl«ed and ooncern is
exercised in the areas of: radiation saftty,
laboratory biohaurds. occupationa1 health and
safety, acadtmk programs, cxtracurricula.r
activities. housing, 6re drills. food servKe
sanitation, fi~ protection, qe safety, insect
con~rol, accident investigation, emergency
practices trajni.ng progra.nu. public assemblies
and student Ulemblics.
2. Envitynmcrual Health and Sofety rul&lt;s. Rules
and Rqubtions are not repo6Cd in a sinJit
document, but consist of: policies and
pn&gt;«dwa pn&gt;mulpted by lh&lt; Environmmtal
Health and Sofety Commintt; noks adopted by
the State Univttsity at Buffalo; laWI of Ftdtnl,
State, and ~b-divisions;and
standoncb ~ ptof&lt;Uional and
trchnk:al aoc:ieties wb~ rqmxnt a COJtKnSUS
of nationwide, and often woricl-widc, opinion.
No penons sh.all intentionally tdusc: to
~health and safety proCedures or
rqubtions established for the protection of
pusons or property.
) , Information. AdvK:c:
asaistancr: on mattt:rs
of mvironmcntal health and safety is ovaibble to
allaud&lt;nt.s from the Oflla of Environmmtal
Health and Safety, 302 M;m.d IWL

5 . IDENTIFICATION CARD

9 . USE OF UNIVERSnY NAMEs AND SYMBOLS

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The nudcnt idcnti6cation card (the UB Card) will be
iuucd to • student at the time or his or her 6rst sc
mestcr of enrollment. This Is a permannlt 4-yca.r 10
card that will serve the student u long as he or she is
,. rqistcrcd st_udcnt at the University.
The 10 card serves as official identification as a
State Uni~rsity of New York at Buffalo student and
entitles the owner to a wide-range of services including library privileges, admission to home athletic
tvt'nts, and ampw cultural events., participation in
student -sponsored activities, votinJ in student ~1« ­
tions, acuss to student buildings for ~ich the student is authoriud acca.a, and cat1 also be used as your
dining service and dtdining balance card.. a campus
cash card , an MCI C.Uing Card, a Citibank Debit
Cud, and as a vending machine debit card.
10 cards arc no n · tn~nsfen.blc. Cards that are used
illegally will be confiscated and turned over to the
SUNY Card &lt;&gt;ffic.ton campus. Sinctthccards also carry
a variety o f financial services, theft of a card o r m issuse of a card can lead to charges in the Student -Wide
Judiciary and in civil CO'U rt. Srudmts accused oflmding cards and using another's card will be brought before tM Student-Wide Judiciary and charged with violations of approprilue sections ofthc Student Rules and
Rqularions. ~ tM official idmtifiation of student status, the tO card should be carried at all times. Upon
request by a University official, students are required
to prc:scnt their University 10 card. In the cue ofloss
of the card, a student shoukl obtain a new card by contacting the UB Card office located in Room 101 of The
Commons on the North Campus.. and in Room 101 of
Harriman HaJJ on the South Campus. A $10.00 charge
is made for replacement or tAt card.
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6 .STUDENTREPRESENTATIVETOTHECOUNC!L
Eltetion rules and rqula.tions, punuant to State Education law, shall be provided to the Via President for Stu ·
dent Affia.irs no later than February I of each ~ar. These
rules and rqulations must be mutualty agrttd upon by
\ the various studt'nt govunmems and will saw, u the
guidt&gt; for dwing the sucaeding ynn rqJresmtatM.

7 . ABSENCE DUE TO RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
1 . No pc.rson shall be apclled from or rcfust'd
admusio n 10 an institution of hight"r educatio n
fo r the !n$0n that he or she is unable, due to
rt.ligious belie&amp;. to attend da.sses or partici p;~tc
in any aamination, study, or work rf'Clui~T ·
mmt.s o n a pufkul.ar day or days.
2 . Any student in an institutio n ofhighC"r
educa tio n who is unable to attend da.s.st'5 o n a
p.trucular day or days due to religio us beliefs
shall be: cxc ~ from any C'U.minat1o n. ~ t udy.
01 wmk requirements.
). h !ohall lx the resporuib1l11y of the facu h,J nJ adm1 n1Strat i\'t' o ffi c~a ls of each tnSIIIUtlon
,,f htgher c=ducatio n to make av;ulable 10 each
,tudl·nt an «fuivalrnt o pportunu y to mo~kC' u p
Jn\ c\o~nuno~ tum , s1udy. or work reqw rt'mc:nb
~ht\h he 11r she- may have m1SM"d becaul&gt;C'of
.:ah,t•nu· un .Jn y parucula r day o r do~ y-. Juc tu
rcht:u'u~ be:ht·f~ T ht&gt; m\lituuo n !iha\1 mako:
,IV,ul.ahk h i tht' ~!U d cnt IHI t&gt;q UIV.lklll

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Rrcogniud student orpniutions may we: Univcnity
names and symbols in connection with thdr programs
and activities but the usc must be in ·g~ taste•. Usc
of names and symbols on mc:rchandisc or products is·
prohibited, except by arrangement with the coordi·
nator of Office ofTradem.arU and Ucrnsing.

10. BUILDING HOURS
All univntiry acackmic or reteardl buildings shall be
d&lt;m&gt;&lt;d doo&lt;d at II o30 p.m. unlcs&amp; othnwiJ&lt; ~
Fa&lt;ulty and staff who mnain u. tha&lt; facilities sftcr ~

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Bulfalo Vehkl&lt; Regulotions moy be obloined from
lh&lt; UnMt-s;ty Potioe Deponmen" BWdl Hall, North
Campus or Offia of Campus Parking and Transportation Snvic:a, Didmdod Anne~:, South Campus or
Ellicon Complex, Spauldins Quad., North Campu&amp;.
J . Pc:tmiu. AII facuJty, mffandstudcnuwilJbeissuN
a Vchick Rqiltration Pttmit upon the compktion of
vchidt rqistntion and the payment of the required
(tt(s). The ,Ydticlc Rqistration Pmnit must be affiud
from the riarview mirror. It will be the responsibility
of the motonstto kcc:p the: permit visible. Other permits are to be affixed o r displayed in accordance with
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the: printed instructions i.Jsucd with the pc:rm.Jt.

4 . Handicapped Parking Pcrmiu (permanent). The
University recognizes only state o r munid patity issued handicapped parking permits as valid for u.se in
dnig.nated handicapped parking arus o n campus.
Studc:nts with permant'nt handicapping conditions
should secure munkipal pmniu from their home area
Police Dt:partment or from the New York State: Otpart~nt of Motor Vchidts.
5. HonWcapped
Patrut.s (Tempo"'J'). Stucknu
who ne&lt;d special porltins corWdcration due to • tempo"'Y han&lt;tiapping con&lt;lition must "f'P[y for special per·
mission from the Oflla ofo;,b;Jity livU&gt;gll.eanUng ScrVX...25 Capen Hall, North Campus. A m«tical =tifiation of disability must accompany the application.
6 . Parking Po(jcy. Automobile: parking on the, campus
is oonsidtted to be a privilqe gra.nted by tht' Univrr
sity. The Administration is aware that there may be a
shortage of convmicnt parking spaces during peak periodf'"and is attempting to k«p up with the heavy cit
man\ls of the student and faculty populatKm as dfi
oi~tJy as finances and land permit. In order to make
parkin&amp; IS equitable as pouibk:, an dfon: is made to
k«p parkin! rqulations rei.sonable and strictly enforced. Each student is expected to work out a schc:duk of arrival at the campus which will allow him or
hu timt' to find a kgal parkin! place. lg.nonna: of the
rqubtions is not oonsi4c:rc:d an dCU.st for • violation.
7. Putting is proiUlXted at .U times on lh&lt; roodways (acq&gt;t u posted), sidrwallts, !owns, grounds, lana, and

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L Putting Fines and Pmoltics.A Wlivendyporltinsswn·
mons is i.s&amp;utd t'or any non-movins violation that occun on theampwa of the SUI&lt; UnivmityofNewYork
at Butra1o. Payment of the fine auociatcd with such violation is re~umablt: to the Office of Studmt Accounts
within the time period specified on the summons.
A pin against a university parking summons mwt
be returned in the mannc:r described on the summoru
in orda to request • hearina before a hearing officer.
An appeal of the he-aring officer's decision is made: to
a thrtt member review panel.
9 . Uability. The Univenity acupu no liability for lou
or damasc: to a motor vehiclt' or its contents. This in
eludes any damage: caused by moving or towing.
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ARTICLf 10: OFFICE OF STUDENT FINANCES
AND RECORDS

A. RESIDENCY
Students who pay tuition as non-n:sidcnts of New York
may apply to be rccogniud IS raidc:nu. An appi.K:a.
tion form and a su.tc:mc:nt of the circu.mstanca which
permit • student to be ruopUz.cd IS a rc:sident are available in the Student Accounts Office at 232 Capen Hall
and Haya Anna B. Information and forms are avaiJ
able on the Student Accounts web site at http://
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ing houn must show proper idmti6c:ation 10 Univcr
sity Police offian or a.rea RJpc'Visors wbm rtqucsttd.
Students who mnain tha&lt; faciliticssftcrdooinghoun
must have wrinen authorization from the appropriate
university official ind must provide it upon the-~
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of • UniVttSity Police officer or an area RJpcrvilor.
In the event of • student who has rtteived 6nan
All administrative buildings shall be dttmc:d dosed
cial
aid based on non-resident status, and is then
at the end of normal bwintu houn of the adminissr.anted New· York State rnidmcy, and the: 6nancial
t rat ive offices located in those facili ties. AU other
"aid
rtteived
as • non-resident is greater than the per·
buildings, txcC'pt residence halls, shall be dcc:med
miuiblc amount for a raidtnt studmt, said student
dosed at I I :30 p.m. unless otherwise posted, or o ne-is
obligated
to
return the difTt'fttlcc.
half hour after the complttion of an authoriud·uni·
· • · PlymC"nt of Tuition and Fc:es Regulations
Yenity event, the dosin1 of a library, or the dosing of
The
UniVttSity
hu • student invoicinsl)'tlem which
a food service opention in that buildiriJ. Pft'sons who
provides spm.tk and complete infonnation about all
rc:main in thac fi.cilities afttr the dosing hours mwt
cha.tJCS.
paymmt.s,
and authoriud deferments. It also
haw authorization and must be able to ckmonstntc
displays the variow student ltl.tw information used
such authoriution to a Unive-rsity Polioe offictr or an
to
determine:
the
bill
Highlights of the: system arc ou.t area supervisor when requested.
lincd below:
Anyone mna.ining i.n ~y uniwnity facility afttr the
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Studm~;~ will rucivt up to four statcmc:nts
dosing hour without proptr authorization will be c:sof a«ount each Kmt'Sle'r. ll\c: 6rst statement
rorted out of the building and may be subject to arrest.
will be: mailed to your permanent add.ress
All raidmce halls are locked and only authorized
approximately OM month before the start of
UnMnity penonncl , residents and their gucslJ arc
the
sancstc:r. Tuition, fees and other Univttsity
permitted to enter.
chargts as.scsstd on the tint account statt-mcnt
11 . RESERVATION OF UNIVERSITY SPACE AND
will
be due upon "rrcc:ipt and arc considtrrd
GROUNDS
late if not paid by the penalty date appearing
The ltv't'n recognized stude_n t organizations. the: acao
n
your
stattmC"nt (students who anemP.ttd to
demic departments, affiliated organi.z.atioru and the
rcgi.sta fuJI time, but did not rccc:M all their
administrati~ units of the St2tc University of Nrw
coursn arT still liable for the balance due on
York at Buffalo may reserve grounds or nondcpan
thC' account statcmc:qt). The remaining
mental space for extracurricular activities.
statements will be .sent at approximately oneAadtmic classes sha.ll br scheduled fim in Univusity
mo nth intervals during the St'tnest«.
nondcpartmc:ntal. space, and interc.olltgiatc and i.ntnmu2. Each account statcman will Hst thC' amount
ral athlc:tic C"Ytnts sha.ll haw prioriry usc of athlt:ric space
dur tht' University. Any unpaid charga from
and playing 6tkk. Other nonacadc:mk: related activit;es
the previo us statement will be brought
will be: scheduled o n tht' buis of~ anilabiliry.
fo rward, and additio nal charges. p.~ymrn t.s,
Rt'scrvatio n fo rms a re available from thC' Facilities
and cmlits wiU be shown. The statement will
Coordinator. Ad \-ancC' no tice" of at least ten ( 10) work;~00 mclude in the calculation of tht&gt; amount
ing days iJ rtqu1rrd m writing fo r all rtsef'·a taons.
d u(' any a utho riud deferments. Thdt" ind udr
Further in(o rma uo n can be o btamcd fro m th ~ Faci!aTAP/SUSTA and tuition waivcn. Students
tleS Coordinato r. Office of Cunfcrc:nces and Spn:a.1l
mwt prov1de the Office of Studplt Accounts
Ev~ nt s. S p;~ ce under 1un sdaCI 10 n of Residence Halls u
w1th proof of the rccript of such a n a ~·ard
rc:sn-vcd th rough tht' Resldt'nCC' Hall!i and ApartmC'nU
pnor to the penalty date tn order to dcdua the
O ffi ces.
aw;a rd fro m thelt amo unt d~.
Res1dence Hall 'P.:ICI:' 1s r.:--.ervcd daectlt through
1. Rcturnmgstudcnts that do nut successfully
thl:' O ffi ce of Rc.s1Jc:nct' Hall) oa nd Aputmc nl) Onlr
rcgtstc:r and, thC'reforT, do not ~''"C the first
rc:cogmz«&lt; rt\ ldC'n.:e hall ~roup) a fl.' d 1g1blr to r~SI:'f\ l'
b1ll of a ny semt'Sttt ~· 111 hto charged a S30.00
'uch space".
late p.:a)'mcnt ftT pl us a $30.00 lat(' p roc~i n g
ARTICU 9: PARKING AND TRAFFIC REGUlATIONS
h.'1: for a total of S60.00·in bliC' ft-C'S. Th~ fm
1 . VC'h1cle Rt!gm rauun Ali ta{ ulty, Maff and studr nh
:.rl: nonncgouahl.- and must be paid.
arc a·qunc:d ~~~ r.:-gl,lcr mntm v.-hu.:l.-, o~nnua l h with
4 . A SJO.OO Ute pnJCdStng froc: will l'ot charged tu
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the: Parking Office on the North Campus. All faculty,
staff utd otud&lt;nts shall be bound by the posted and
publi.ahed tn.ffic ngulations.

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SIUdertls indudittiwt.o....,.;,.iooeodmiooioniOthel.lttiomioy.
5. FoWre 10 poythe ...... due brthe penolty
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6 . Students should "f'P[y euly fonny
financial Ud that they apect to ... to poy
thei&lt; UtUvmity bill
7 . I.JnMnny bills'"' .... to the pemionmt
odcbao that ;, nn file with the Oflla &lt;IR&lt;concb
and Rqjsttation.lt;, th&lt;studcnfs ~
to keep the: adclrat c.onut. Bills arc not mailt-d
UtUted Scata (adudU!a c.n.do).
All paymenu should be mack by check or mo~

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ordn payable to the Univ~nity at Buffalo.. Pttsonal
checks arc acuptcd subject to deposit . MasterCard.,
Visa and Di.scow-rCard payments a rc acupted. Students must complete the top portion of the bill if pay
ing by Mastn&lt;:ard, Visa o r Disc:o¥c:rCard. Payments
fo rwarded by mail sho uld br St&gt;nt in the: rc:tum cnYr-lope provi&lt;kd. The top portion of the account sut.e-mmt should br included with your payment to insure ti.m&lt;"ly and proper credit to the studtnt's accou.nL
Studmu should induck their person numbrr o n their
checks. Students arc ursed to pay by·mail in ordu to
avoid lines in the: Office of Stucknt Ac.counts. Postmark date dots: not constitute receipt of ~L
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C. UNIVERSITY AT- BUFFALO TIME PAYMENT
PLAN (UBTP)
The Univmity at Buffalo offers its own time paymmt
plan ca1kd UBTP. The Tune Payment Plan is an ahnna·
tivt method for p;ryins educational costs. Payment c:on
sistsof up to four installmc:nts, which eliminates the: need
to pay the acrount in full at the btginnins of the KmtSter. Installment due dates coinc:idt with rqula.r account
billing data. The l1B11' plan is avallat* t:ithtt the Fall
or Spring oememn (not Summtt Sessions) and lw an
application fee: of S22.SO per scmcsttt. UBTP is 00c a
loan program and the scrvioe is provided inltTCSt- frtt.
Sntdc:nts mUR ~•ppty at the btginninJ o( t"aCb f!.C*
dmUc yoar Cfalll. AppJ;ations'"' ovaibble u.. class
schedule or can be found in the web site: at http-J/
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D. NEW YORK STATE TUmON ASSISTANCE
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PROGRAM AND STATE UNIVERSnY SCHOLARSHIP TUmON ASSISTANCE (SUSTA)
The statc:mmt of aa:ount smt to audmts will indudt
all New Yorlr. State TA.P/SUSTA amounts that a~
known to the Offia: of Student Accounta at the timt"
ofbi.ll.idJ. Tbta amounts will be indulkd in the cal
culation of the amount due. Students rtetiving New
York State TAP/SUSTA awards that do not appear on
their statement of ao::ount must providt: the: Offic::r of
Studmt Accounts with • copy of thrir award certificate. When this is dom, the: student may deduct the
amount of the award &amp;om the amount dut: the Univc:nity. 'I'M combination of all JIUw Yor~talt awards
may not cx.ccc:d the amount of tuition chaf'led, a ccpt in some cases for spc:cial Kholarships. Rt-cipimts
of special New York "State scholanhips who are not
disiblc: for TAP monies must still complc:tt: a TAP
application to be cliJ,iblC' for tht" special Kholanhips.
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. L TUmON' AND FEES COVERW BY WAN·
ERS, GRANTS, OR GOVERNMENTAl AGENCIES
1herc: arc: • variety of tuition wai¥cn: gn.nted by the
University. Tbac: include cmployet: tuition waivc:rs,
Graduate St.Jdmt tuition-tcboLuships, and c.oopen.tiw tcw:hn-tuidoo waiw:n.Arrytuitioo waiwr ~
m""' Oflla of Student A&lt;oounts by ""' billing date

will be rdlectt:d on the statement of Ka&gt;Wlt and will
be included in the: calculation o( the amount due. Onr
type of tuition scbolan.hip. the: Jf*luatc scudmt tu·
itionscholon!Up.~befuDy~ until proof
that the student hu filed for aTh.ition Assistanc:r Program Awud (TAP) ~ prcMded to the Oflla ol Student Accou.nta. Proof of filing ootllista of a TAP Award
Ccrtific:ateor appea.ra.noeOO a TAP to~tcr.1bis rtqtliremmt doa not apply to the: other atesoria of tuition
waiwrL If a student is rcaiYint • tuition waiver and it
doa not appear on the: statt:mt:nt of aa:ou.nt. the student must pt&lt;Mde lh&lt; Oflla of Student Aaount.s with
proof of~ the- tuition waiYc:r btcfcm the tuition
waiwr can be deducted &amp;om the amount due:. Tuition
waMn do not c:o¥a' fca- and thq, tht'rdort, must br
paid by the due date io ordt:r to l¥0ld·a bk Itt.
Students sponsoml by Granta and Govcm~tal
Agmdcs must provide ~ted proof to the (Y.
fia: of Srudcnt Accounts bdo~ do:tuct.ing sponsott:d
amounts from thdr amount due.
Whc:rc: that: art two or more means of rdievi.ng a
graduate student or his or bt'r tuition dwga. tht- uru'
vc:rsitywill always tum to the tuition waiver budgt-t last.
Foraampk, agnduatt: assistant appointed to a research
assistantship is also supported by his or her sponsor. The
Univmity will bill the sponsoo- ...., though litis raeaKh
assistantship position provida a tuition waiver.
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F. STUDENT FEES
The Student Activity Fc:e is a studc:nt a$5CSSt'd man datory Fee. Studt:nt Health Insurance is ma..ndatory
for all fqll -timc students, graduate students carrying
ninC' ho urs o r mo re, and all intnnatio nal students. It
can be: waived by providing proof of adequa te existmg coverage to thC' Stude.nt Hnlth lruurancc Office
prio r to the deadline date.
The Comp~Thcnsive ffl is a con.sol!dauon of c.ampw-required (res, wh1ch suppon thC' following Umvt'rsity scrvtccs (full time rates list«!):
lntermlkpatc athltuc and rtanUon and
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intramu .-al programs (undc:rgnw;tu;uc only): SIS5
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Campus transpon.at10n systems and puktng
lob ut.hud b)' students; S96.7S
• St udent health, coun.sclang. and d1sabtlu)
service'S: $75
• Colltgt' (ce fo r SUNY debt Krvlct; Sil.SO (not
wa1vable:)
• Computmg ~md infnrma1ion tt'"Chnology;
library .autom;num; remote" ndwo rk .t~.:c~

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public computins lites; and studmt automation; S2S3
.,_..,..and r.dlitia that pn&gt;..... lhc
quality of campus lik; $32.75
TO BE EUGIBLE FOR A WAIVER OF THE COMPREHENSIVE FEE, THE FOUDWING CRITERIA
MUST BE MET:
• nudy taka place ouuidc of dw: Uniwnity at
•

•

Buffalo a.rounds&amp;
the student DOES NCYr ha~ an aaM
University compute account &amp;

•

lM ttudmt OOES NOT ha~ a current UB

parkina pcrmiL
Information rq.ardina fcc components, services.
and the waiver procc11 uc available It http:l/
www.atudent affalrJ. buffalo. edu/j udic lal l
compfu.shtml.
Questions oqanlins ...;..,.o(lhcCom~ Fa:
shoUld be dirut&lt;d ID (716) 645-2156,252 Capen Hall,
4

NorthCampusorbyernail compf~u.

c;, TUITION AND CREDIT REFUNDS
Wh~ student

rtgiJ;tcn it it specifically understood

that he or she. will pay in fu.U for all cha.rges assumed
at rqistration. Fa.ilUic or inability to attend dus doa
not cha nge the payment due or entitle the 1tucknt to

a refund. Students who officially resign. change from
full time to parHimc or on a parHimc buis redua
thdr schedule will~ charged on the following buis:

Wuk

Tuition

Fees

1st w«k

....

0%

2nd WHk

30%

IOil'lb

Jrd week

so..

IOil'lb

4th week

7ll'lb

IOil'lb

5th week

IOil'lb

IOil'lb

•StudetiiJ who drop all of tht'ir courm by the end of thr
fim wn-k ofciJJul's, whrch 11 thl' IJJJt day to drop coursa
without financral lrability, wdl not bl' tf•grblt to parfurpale in the Jtudent mt'drcal mjumnu program.
Sc:vrnr.l (.Xceptions to the: prorated rr:fund schedule
do aist . S!Udents who officially resign from cour~
Jnd provrde the documented proof lasted below will
r«ervr a full adJustmc:nt of thf'rr turtion chargn for
th~ cour~ rnvolved.
1. Medical reasons 1hat occur during thf' first half
uf thf' S&lt;"mntc:r wluch prohibit the: studf'nt from com ·
rlc:t1ng the: sc:mf'.St~r. DocumcntC"d proof must be sub·
nulled from a physrcian, on th~ physician·, statlOnf'ry
st&lt;~trng thr begrnnmg done: of illn~ .lnd that thC' stu ·
df'nt lli unable to .lttend claM.
2 . A change in tht' student's work ~hedule during
the first half of the sc.mcstt'r thar ma"s rt rmpouible
for the studC"nt to attend dUSt's. The JOb must bt- onl"
th&lt;~t the1otudent hdd when he or she rc:gJStc:rf'd. A let ·
tcr must !)( submitted from the employc:r OI'J com ·
pan)'o\tationc:ry,stating thr bc-ginmngdatc of employ·
mcnt plus the: date of change in thf' work schedule.
) , Entenn8, utive military service. You must sub·
nut a copy of your military orders.
4 . A documented pn':JttS.\ing c:rror made in any Uni\TTSity office. l.cttcr on University stationery is rt-quim;l..
S. Studenu who have received Title IV Aid and
OFFIC IALLY resign from the Uni\·crsity should ' rc:quest, and refer to, a copy of the Policr. Statcmc:nt for
Ihe Adjustment of Financial Aid· Due to Discontinu·
ance of Study from the Office of Student Accounts.
Students who do not Officially resign are considered

~~ra~1tt;:a~ne:i~o~~~~n~::1t~~~~~~~~~::.'nsible

A student who is entitled to a refund has one ~ar
from the date of the O\':rpi!yment to request the: re·
fund, or it is forfeited.
Nolt: All frr:s and CX[H!HW arc subjdt 10 thaHgt w1th ·
out HOiiu at the dUCTelton of th~ Uni~'t'rsiry.
H . Unpaid University AcQJunts
A stude:m with an unpaid and overdue: uni\'Cflity ac·
count will not be pc:nnitted to register for the follow ing semd"ter. Nor will a .student be entitled to rctti'o"t a
sta tement or transcript of hiJ or her crediu until his or
hc:r tuition, fetS and all other charges authoriud by
the: State University, including but not limited to charges
for damaging Residence Hall property, have been paid.
The: Univc:nity doo not act as a collection agency (or
com mercial outside groups or individuals.
I. Ptnahies
No student is eJigiblc: to r«.eive a degree, certifica te
of accomplishment or honorable: dismissal until all
charges due to thf' Uni\'t'rsity or to any of iu related
divisions arc paid in full and,!llll University proptrty
has bt-en returnc:d in acceptable condition.
The University r~rvCJ the right to change: or add
\ to its fc:es a t any time. Official information concern·
ing tuition and fees and their payments shOuld be:
obtaincd from the Office of Student Finances and
Records (829· 2181 ), the current class Khedulc: or the
web site at http://wings.buffa lo.edu/urvicu/stu·
acdoutuition.html.
If a studen t is dismi.ssc-d from the University or any
of its related dh•isions for CaUSd other than academic
deficiency, all fees paid or to be: paid shall immcdi ·
atdy b«of!'e due and payable.

ARTICLE 11 : SEXUAL ASSAULT COMPLIANCE
STATEMENT
Prepared in compl1ance wrth the federal Student Right
to Know and Campus Security Act (Title II • Cnme
and Awarc:nc:n and Campu.s S«ur ltt·. Scction 668..47
(a) 12) and State Education Law (Section MSO I I ) a ).
1. Prnention

State University of New York at Buffalo Campus
Sexual Assault Prevention Compllanu Statement: 2001 - 2002 Academic Year
As p;tr1 of a continuing Univcrsit)' at 1Juffalo effor1 to

lhc penonol safety o( lhc oaclcmic iommu·
nlty, lhc folbwin&amp; information lw been prepor&lt;d ""
ampus con8dcrotion. Tho information wiD be upcl&amp;led
annually a.nd is avai1ablc to all currmt .studcntl and
emplo)us.uweU u inc:ominanudcnts.lt ia made availablt to prospcct.i¥C studmts and f'mploree$ on fUIUCII

or not you report the uaauJt, you &amp;hould have a mcdi·

cal eumination immcdiatf'ly. The tum is confide:o• tial. Medical pcnonnd will tat for sexually tn.nsmit·

~~fl~~~= ff;:~:Jtr~~

uC:i'!:
sity Police can providetransportation to the hospital
and arranse for a Crisil Servica: sex.ual uuuJt advocate to mttt you there:. You may abo so to the StuCollqt: stude:ntJ are more vulnerabk to saual u&amp;auJt
dent Health Center or all Crisis Services directly. I(
than any other att croup. Nationally, the majority of you choose to so to the hospital without notifyins
reponed victims and offcnckn arc of coUqc age, with
UniverJit Polia or Loc.al police, the hospital can still
the rate of victimization highest apton&amp;l6to 19 yn.r cnll«t physia.l evidma, while protecting your anoo&amp;d.a. The second hiahest victi.miution ratt is aperi- nymity, in case you later decide to proaecutc.
cnad by women bctwttn 20 and 24 ynn of aac- Of.
Seva-al opfion.s exist for reporting a sexual UNulr.
fender populations showt: a aimilar agt distn'butlon.
•
File a report ~lh Univtnity Police o r the local
Ttaditional.ly-aged-coUqc students art vulnerable
police. Reporting the usauJt immediately and
to bring victims of violence. 1"hcy are typically in a
prcscrvins evidena will p you a foundation
new aettina with a variety of environmental strcuon,
for pf'OSC'PJtion. If you Later dccidc not to
and away from direct parental aupervision and put
proaecutc, the rqJOrt may hdp authorities
aupport systans.. They are unde:r peer prcuure, their
identify the ofttndcr and prevmt the
idcntitics arc not ytt firm, their competence is not yet
victimization of othcn.
cstablisbed,and lhcyoften h,.., misul&lt;en beliefs about
• You may file an anonymow proxy report of
their invincibility. They liw: among others who are
tht details of the assauJt with the Couruding
expcrimmtina with new frttdonu. Thus. collqe stuCenter, or Student Hulth Untcr or other
dent~ are a population at risk..
campus units, including the student operated
The most prrvalent form of rape on college am- ,
Anti· Rape Task Forcc/Scx.uality Education
pusa is acquaintance npe. The acquaintance may be
Center. While no polia: action an be t.aken
a date or friend of the victim, or someone the victim
apinlt the assailant. the repon may bdp
knows only casually, from a residena hall, a class, or
tdcntify a multipk as.sailant or other paurrns..
through mutual friends.
You may also fik a complaint with the Student
•
Rcprdleu oflhc relationship bctwem thtm, if one
Judiciary for disciplinary action .against th~
person u~ force to rocrU another into aubmiuins
assailant, if the usailant in an on-campus
to sexual bchavi9rs. or if CORSC'nt is not giw:n by the
incidmt is a student. ThiJ can be doni' in
other party, the act is unlawful. The same criminal
conjunc:tion with criminaJ prosccution, or
laws and penahia apply in cases o( acquaint·a ncc tape
rnsteadofit.
and stranger rape, and othn forms of sexual as.saulu.
M)m you rcpor1 an as.sauh, you have th.: nght:
Many acquaintance npcs involving college students
• \fo haw aJI incident and medical records kept
follow similar patterns. Acqu.aintana r.apcs ofim occonfidential,
cur ill part it'S or in rcsickntial settings. FrcqumtJy, the
• To be treated without prejudice regardins race,
ltudents involved in these assaulu have bttn drink·
academic dus,lifrstyte; scx,se:xual orientation ,
ing hcaviltor using drugs. De1.ailcd UB crime rt!:ports
age, OCCUpilion, rrligiow beHefs, or phys-ical
and pr~ntion information can be obt.Unrd from the
disabilities.
Departmc:nt of Uniw:rsity Police.
• To be made: .awue of and receive medical
There art many suUations on how amp us com·
treatment, psychok&gt;gic.al suppcm, and legal
munity membcn can reduce the risks of sexual ascounseling,
sault, indudins:
To prosecute or nol to prosecute, and
•
•
Walk with confidmct"Abe alert . Assailants
• To an~r only thOSC' questions rtlcvant to th~
au less likely to tars~ a per$0n who appeus
ctirm.
asKniw: and difficuJt to rnti.midate.
University Pohcc and loca1 public prosecutor• work
•
Be aware o( your surrounding.o; and the people
togethn dosdy Ia explort' all options and to obtain
around you.
convictions in sc.xu.al assault cases. UB personnel will
Avoid shrubbery. duk doorways. and othc:r
•
auiJt studentf in notifying authoritics and arranging
plaa.s of concealment while: "'oalking. Shun
for a sexual assault ad\·oc.a te, if rc:qucsted by victim.
shortcuts through poorly lit af"f':as.
Presc:rvr evidence. In order to prtsCrvc the: best
Avoid are;u where- there art few ~pic: .
•
possible evidence, it rs n«.rS.Ury that you not bathe:,
•
Leavt your car in places that will be lighted
douche, comb your hair. change dothins. or dtsturb
when you return at night.
the area in which the crime occurred.
W~lk or run with a friend.
•
Do not blarnoyoundC. 1M as&amp;ai.b.f!t is rcsponhblc
•
Before entering 3 rOom or car. cht"ck to ensurt
for the assauh, not you. People react rn various ways
it is safe: to proceed.
to st'xual assault. 'While 'some rcsist, othc.&gt;r$ do not for
•
Change directions i( you 5t'TlSC you a4c being
reoasons such as fear, self. blame:, or unwillingness to
followed or somf'One su.spicious is n.:111r. Don't
hurt somc:one they know. It is important to note that
be afraid to run or call for help. Go to a store,
any re:action i1 normal and legitimate. Rrmembcr, rape
police or fire station , or a nearby house.
IS a crime committ.:d apinst you, not by you.
•
Wear clothes and shoo that provide for
VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES
frc:edom of movc:ment.
Scxu.a.l assault is a traumatic experience, and it is rccom·
•
Contact th.: Anti Rapt! Tillik Foru IARTF @
mended thai victims .s«k counsclmg. CoU~UoC:Iing sn829-3322) walk &amp; van c:scor1 savicc for hours
vicc:s art: availabl~ through the Counscling Center at64S·
and !oat ions.
2720, the studcnt ·sponsorcd Sexuality Educatton Ccn·
•
USI' personal safety devices and blue light
ttt at829-lS84,and Cruis Scrvicc:s at 834-3131 .
telephoncs which may hdp det·e r VICtimiZation
The University and volunteer student org.aniutions
(devices available through Uniw:rsity Police).
maintain a network of counseli ng and support ser•
Have: first dates in public places. Separate:
vices for the: victims of saual assault. These campus
tran.spor1ation should be considcnd.
programs arc: suppl~mcmcd by other scrvicn a\·ail • Sexual desires and limits should be dearly
able in th.: West~rn New York arc:a.
communicated.. Be cauful to avoid giving or
On campw, the University Police Department
receiving mixed. messages. Remember that
( 2~22) provides tr.ained responsetosuual.assauhcalls.
leaving a party or other social rvent with
"Medical treatment is providW through local hospitals
somf'One you have just mn can be dangerow.
and th~ Studmt Health Unttr. O ther victim suppon
•
Be a wart!: that usc of fora, pressure, or
is available throush the Counsding Cmttt, the Sexu ·
coercion iJ unaa:rptable and can lead to Sf'xu.a.l
ality Education Center, and the Anti-Rape Task Force.
assault chargn.
In the: residtnce halls, profcuional and student staff arf'
Don't taU silence as consent. Respect th.: word
•
trained to provide: immediate support services to vic·
• No." Don't have sa with anyone who u
tims while seeking professional resourus from other
drunk or puKd out. Intercourse with
campm agmcics. Several off campus agencies au also
someone who iJ unable to give consent or is
available to pro"•idc victim support services. See UB
physically helpless is r;apc, as defined by state
"Resporuor to VKtirnsofSaual Assaulu" protocol and
criminal statutes.
auachcd listing o~ on ~nd off campus resources.
• Seck education on rape prt'Vnltion. Attend or
VICTIM ACCOMMODATION
requ.:st workshops and seminars (for both
The University at Buffalo is committed to acxommomeri and womm) that ate available through
dating requested chanses in student academic and !ivUni\ttSity Police, Anci-Rape Task Force, and
ins sit uations after alleged. sex offenses when the
Erie County Citizens Committee: on Rape and
changn art appropriate and reasonably available.
S..ual Assoult (CORSA: 858-7879).
Victim requests (or ·accommodations can be: di• Call the Sexual Assau1t lnfonn.ation Line (645 ·
rected to University Poli«, residence hall olfKials, the
34 I I) for ioformatioD on ~ction to take in the
Student Health Center, Jud1cial Affairs, or other ap·
n-ent of a sexual assault, optioru in repor1ing,
.propriate officcs, 1nduding the lkan of Students.
and l't'50urces available to the victim.
AWARENESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAMMING
•
Ma~y acquaintance rapes invol\'t' alcohol or
The Unh·c:rsit)' is committed to increasing the aca ·
drugs.. Avoid drugs and excnsivr alcohol in a
dcmiC community's awareness on issues related to
dating situation. Judgmc:nt should not be
sexual assault and pre\·ention.
allowed to become: impairtd.
Aw.lrcnCS5 and prt'"Vmtion programming is a kry fc:a ·
•
More than 60% of all rrportW npes occur
tu~ of new studc:nt orientatlon programs. Workshops
bet"''ttn acquaintances and 40% of thesc occur
on pre\'cntion and ~porting au conducttd b)•the: Uni ·
in the home.
' 'cn:1ty Pollee Department, Orientation studmt suff,

Suual Assoults on College CAmpuses

2 . REPORTING

State University of New York at Buff-alo Campus
Sexual Assault l'revc:ntion Compliance Statcm~nt :
200 1-2002 Academic Year

REPORTING OPTIONS
V1ctims of campus sexual ass.ault ~ Jrt' advrsed to:
1. ltq)orttheuuulL Call Un1Vt'rsrty Pollet! at 2212
or, if the a..s.sault occurs off campus. the: Pollee: at 911 .
Female: officcn au availablt' upon requc~t. The Unr·
\'trsity at Buffalo strongly cncour.lgo a5501ult r..-port ·
rng, but rq&gt;artins docs not mean that you mwt pros·
ecute. Call the Uniwrsity Police Department SexuaJ As·
sault Information Unt' (or mfonnation (&amp;45 ·3411 ).
2 . Contact • dose friend or relati~ fo r au pport.
J . See.k medial attention immediately. Whether

and .some" student orpniutions, like the Sub Board I
Playrn. In addnion, KXua1 assauh awa.rrness and p~
\'Clition infbrmation u h1ghlighted in the New Discov·
cnesGuide,which is anitiallydistributed to~students,
and then updated annually for morning students.
Umvc:rsity Polict' provides a v.arrd.y of programs
and publications on sexual lii.SSilult, available through·
out the year. In addition, it sponsor1 a Personal ~fe t y
Task Force: which produces an .annual campus St"CU·
rity report and r«ommends safety improvemcntJ
throughout the ca.mpuSd.. The monthly mf't'tings au
open to the ca.mpus community.
Within rnidenct: halls, an emphasis has been placed
on staff training, including appropriate materials in
manuals, progr;anu, workshops. and publications for
I

the rcsidcna.
Othrr campus units and ocpniutiom provick 1.1'1formation and procramminJ u wdl. 'J'ba,e indu&lt;k
Equity, Dnttaityand Allirnu.~ Action Administration, Commuter and Off-Campus Srudcnt Strvic.cs,
Anti~~ Task Force, the Sau:ality Education Center, Counxlina Center, and nudc.ot SO"Cmmmts.
Other ~""""tion Prosnms iodud&lt; ""'""'safety&amp;. ..
andaSK~run.

Additionally, crime prncntion and awareness
ncwsgroups art!: accaaiblt throuah both the lntcrnct
and WINGS.
.
J .LAWSANDCONDUCT
Stat.ellai....nyolNowYorltotlkdl'oloCampuaSmool
- - C o m p l i o D a t - 1 0 01-1002
A&lt;adcmkY.... t..wsand Conduct~
The 4ni.-enity at Buffalo will not tolerate sexual u -.
sauJt, abuse:, or han..u~t.
All r.:dcral, lUte, and municipol laws apply on cam·
pus and att coru.idtted part of the Univenity at BuftUo
Student Coodua Rulcs,IJniomsity Sw1danls. and Ad·
ministrative R.egul.atioN (Conduct Rules). Tbil indudcs
the New York State" Pmal Law, which details the criminal llatUICS ckalinl with JCX offm5a.. Ac.c:ording to New
York State" mtutes, tbttr arr ~ dcgrtes of sauaJ
ISS;lult. Sexual Assault of any kind iJ a c:rimc.ln compli·
anccwith the: UnMrsityCooduct Rules. any student who
is found to h.avc: committed physical vio&amp;cncc or abuse
(including acqua.inu.ncc rape, vnbal abust, threats, zntimKI.atton, harusmcnt, coercion, andJor other conduct
whKh thrutena or endanp the health or s;dcty of any

dUciPlliw"r

person) is subject to
action.
~assault is any actual or a.ltf'mpted non-&lt;:C:IfUmsual sexual activity indudinl. but not limited to.IOrcib&amp;e
a.naJ or on1 sex. an.cmpttd intm:oune, or ICX.ual touch·
ing. by a pmon(s) known or unknown to the victim.
Rape is an act of se:x.ual intC'tcOUf'Sf' with • person
aga1rut his/her will and consent , whtther his/her will
IS overcome by fora or fear rcsultins from the threat
of force , or by drugs .adminiJtem:l without co n.scnt,
or whc.n, because of mental dc:ficiency, s/he is rnca·
pablc: of consent, or when slhc: iJ bc.low the: arbitrary
age of corucnt. or 'h-hen slhc iJ unconsoous or other·
w1sc: physicaUy unable to communicate willmgnos.
Be aware that hav'ing sa with somf'One who is unable
to giVe const"nt by being mentally mcapadtatc.d or
unconscio us (pa.s.scd out) is rape.
New York State law rrcogn.i.te5 that a mamed woman
can be raped by her husband. t.tarnagr does not necnsarily imply coltknt. Note that the thre;at of force ts
sufficient; tn:~n}' women rt'pOrl (nnng for thdr livrs
C'Vcn when their attacker is not arrymg a weapon.
In determining whethn conduct co nnirutC!i ~ual
harassmc:nt, coiuideration will be gh"tn to the m:ord
as a whole and to th.: totality of circumstances, in ·
eluding the nature ofthe5aua.l advanct'.!i and th.: con·
text in whtcb the incidents O&lt;;C.urrcd.
Certain behavior an be classified assaual hal'llSI·
ment even if a relationship appears voluntary in the
sen.5t that one was not rocfWd into p;trticipating. A
cent rill ~lemc.nt in the ddinift"on of sexual hanusment
is that the behavior is unwelcome

CAMPUS DISCIPI.IN-"RY ACTION
During or upon the completion of an inYC:Stip.hon by
the Univm;ity Police Depar.tment, dctails o( the alleged
assault may be prqvided to Judicial Affairs. This may be
a'.:comJnnied by a recommendation for suspension ,
pending a hc.anng on the matter. I( the alleged perpdra·
tor wuhcs. an immc.diilk' mtttins with the Director of
Judicial Affairs and other appropriate Uniwnity penon·
nd can be arranged. Such a Jric.etingcan be used to cbrify
the proces.scs av;ailabk for resolution of the a.llqations,
including possible .administrative raolutions,. which
rouJd involvr withdrawal from UB or othtt Rnct.iom.
Failing an a.dminiJtrat~ resolution, Student Wade
Judiciary (S\'0 pi"'OC«dings .art instituted.. SWJ can be
ailed mto emergency seuion if nca:ssary. lnitUI .appearance befort SWI is for the purpoK ofarn.ignment.
A plea agrttment can be reached at ~is sugc if aU par·
tics agree: on recommended sanctions. If a plea agrtt·
ment iJ no1 feasible, the individrW may plead Not Responsible as chirged, and this p&amp;ca will resu!t in a hn.r·
ing date in 10 days. or sooner if the individual wishes.
Law student prosccuton and defenders assist in the
presentation of evidence and a defense. This occurs
before a pand of three: student justices.
When appcarins or tcstifying before .a campus JU ·
dicial body, the: following princ.iplc.s apply:
• Th&lt; """""'and th&lt; ~ """'ihc right
a penon or pcnons of their choicr aa:ompany
them throughout disciptinary ~
•
Both haw: t.hc risht to remain presmt durrng
the: entire procttding,
•
Irrelevant put sexual hrstory wiU not be:
d~KUsscd during the hcarins.
• The right to make a "victim imp;~ct statement"
and to suggot an appropriate penalty rf the"
accused is found In violation of the code.
•
Both pania have the right to be informed
•mmcdiatcly or the: outcome o f the: hcarrng.

to"""'

PENALTIES AND ANCTIONS
Under New York's ~ Law, cnmmaJ sa offen)O a~
cbssilkd from O.u.s A Misdemeanors through Class B
Felon~ These offmsd.. indudingKXual abuse, 5aual
misronduct, and njX. arc: puni.\hab&amp;e byscntmca rang·
mg from su: months to 25 years impruonmmt. and fino.
On campus. judicial bodief estabhshcd to ..:ortSldcr
ca.~ involving student violations can irulitute .ll range
of sanctions, including: warnings. not.ltion on l'fi'ttrd.
restitution, mnoval from rc:sidcnce twfu. loss of pnv1
leges as rNY be: ronsistent with tht" offrruc rommlltcd
and th.: rehabilitation of the 1tudent, drsaplin.uy pro·
b.ltion (with or without k»sof designated pnvilcges fnr
a definite: pcriodo(rime),luspcnsion• from the: UnrVtt·
Slty for a definite' or rndefinit.e palOd of ume. or apul·
sian • from the Uni\'n'Sity. Othtt sanctiOns a.s ffia) be
approved by the UmYd"Sity's judicial bodio a.s wc-11.
• Thnf' umcttons, whtn rtaJmmnukd, arr submrntd
for finill rn-•ew 1mplnnenrarion by thl' Prnldl'nr or d1J ·
riplinll')' dntgnn.

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8

Student Conduct Rules, University Standards and A~ve Regulations

INFORMATION ON SECURITY PROCEDURES
1 he ~mpus communlly I! advised and updated on

wfttyandt«urity through a varidyof mdhods. Thcst
mdud~ publu:atJon of the: Annual S«:unt y report,

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In add•non, the UnmmtyPol~ Dcpoln~mn1 widc:ly
distributes other publattoru on S«urity ~ mdud ·
mg ~fct y A\Ot"llreneu, Prcvrnung Acqwmtan« Rape,

o~ nd

PubiK S.:.fcty. Safely and .security ls'lUCS arc also

prommcntly ft'aturcd m the Guide to Rrsickncc Hall
I 1vmg and ~ Disconrics Student Guilk.
Xvcr;llt1m~ each yc;u, University Police and thc
Personal Safety Committu carculatc Gendarme, a
ncwslcncr on campus safety issues and JKriOOnt'l.
NotJI'kat10n is abo made 10 the campua commu ·
mt y, :u appropria te, on specific thrc&lt;~l$ to umpu$
s;afcty 1hrough campus mtdia, publiations, posters,
;md other methods.
The- Umvtntt)' Pnlict Otpartmtnt providu o1
wrdcl y listing of crin~ o'n etmpu,; that details tht datt,
ttmc.l oc:.~tion . and otTtnS( of c:.~mpus 'criminal inci denu. The IL.stmg is c ttc\ll:o~ted to campus offices and
t.!i ~ununan1cd we-ekly m thr campus n~ewsp01per, Thc
Rcpurtrr 01nd the studtnt nt'wspapcr. The Spectrum.
Many a mpus unit.~ partiCtpate 10 tht UnivtrSity'&amp;
~..nmt' prn·cntuln cducauon program. TM Universit y
Polt~o.c lkpartment conduru workshopsanddistributn
..,,ft·t~ mfunnatto n ~guloul )•. The ampus Pcrson:tl ~frt y
l.hl.. hm:t' lllrt'h rcguharly to rc\'tew ca mpus crame~MJi i·
dl" .mJ pn ~~o.ctlurt.., and has msmutc-d o:tn tnlormauon
~.unp.u~ n 111 tit ~ rc.a.~oe.· , ltldcnl aw.arc&gt;ncs.~ 8 tdt student
unl'nl.tfl(lll pn,-.un h..u. .a \~Hr~~h or un ..:rune: .md so.u;a.l
J•-..a uh preH'nt u•n In .addtuo n, the JU-5adr111..-c Ufc pro~ r a m .anJ rna n1 ~ •uJem organt1.•llton ~ conduct tdm.atlun, ' 1.111 tr.umn ~ o~ nd prn·t..nuon pmgr,;un ~.

PART Ill - STUDENT CONDUCT RULES
ARTICLE 12: PROSCRIBED CONDUCT

APPLICABLli..AWS, RULF-Ii AN O REGU LATION!t
•\ II rul~ uf the llt~rd of Trust«~ nf SUNY. ;md all thc&gt;
lluffalo.theTownof Amhmt, theStatc
11f Nl-w York . .tnd the Umtf!d States of Amer.a liiJ)pl)' on
the c;~mp~ and olre cun.sKicrcd p01rt of the !-ltu&lt;knt Ruin
J nJ R..,_:ubttnns. The Stilt~o(Nrw Yo rk bws tnCIU&lt;k, but
.trc no t hmntd to. the N&lt;:W York St;r,tr Pnu.l Uw, tht New
)i&gt;rk St.llt" \'duck and Tr-affic: Law, thc Nrw York St;~te
l-.dua.IKtn Law, and the Alcoholic Bt"\'mlgc Control Law.
r\11 oi the rulc:s and tt"&amp;ulauons m th~ chapters shall
l"l\' con!itdt'rt."d as supplem~nting and 1mpl~men tin g the
.1pprupriatc rules of tht" Board pfTru!itcrs and cit}'. state.
.and federal l01ws. and shall apply 10 a.ll students.
In o~ddu ton , smce studcnts will~ prnum«f to h;wr
done so. studt'nb :.hould famili:.~rizr thc:msd\tS with th~C'
tolluwmg Umvc:rsil}' Rrgulatioru: Acadcnuc &lt;~nd Dcp;irtmcntal, Umvenity Library. Univrrsuy Motor Vchide,
Rcstdcncc: Halls, Univtrsity Health and Safrty, Studcnt
Umon. Compuung &amp; Information TC"Chnology condattons nf usc: statement , and o ther rcgulauons cstablishtd
by Univen.tty units tn pursuu of their mtS.stons.
All non-acadrmic regulations shou ld be submit·
ted an nually to the Vice Prrsident fo r Student Affairs
for r~view for co nsist~ncy and subKquent approval.
Conspicuouro posting a ndfor disscmination to students aff«tcd by tht regulations is the responsibility
of th~ individual issuing de-partment .
, Any o ff~n.sn uising out of any of tht laws men tioned abov~ shall be considered proper mau~rs for
ildjudication beforc the appropriate univ~rsity disci ·
plinary body.
GENERAL CONDUCT RULES AND REGUt.ATIONS
ABy stude-nt found to have committed tht following
mtsconduct is subj«t to disciplinary sanctions;
1. DISHONESTY-Acuof dishonesty, including but
not limited to thr following:
(•) Ch~ating. plagiarism, or o lht'r forms of aca·
d~m i c dishonest y.
(b) Furnishing filbc informalion lo any UnivrrStly official. facuhy membcr, ~mployc.e or offict.
(c) Forgery, ah~ra ti on, or misOK of any Univrr·
s•ty or Official document, r«ord, or innrumc.nt of
tdc.ntiflcation (e.g., driv~n lic~n sc:s and passports).
(d) Tamprring with th~ d«tion nf any University
rc&gt;cugnizc-d student organization.
2 . D ISRUPTION-Disruption or obstruction of
rcachtng. r~liCotrch, administration, disciplinary pro ·
c~ings,oth~r Untv~rsity activities, tncludingats pubhc-scn•icc fun cuons on or off campus, or other authorize-d non · Um\'~rsi t y ac t iviti~. wh~n the &gt;~ct oc ·
curs on Uni\'ct:.tty pr~miscs. l'he Univ~rsi t y reserves
thc right to delcrntine wh~r~ case) of disruption of
public ordrr should be ref~rrc-d .
3 . PHYSICAl VIOLENCE- Ph ystc:o~l vioiC"ncc or
o~h uM" l includ i n~ .1cquamtance rare- ). \~rbal abu!&gt;c,
th reats. inltma do~ tton , h.1rassment , (twrcmn amll1•r
m h~rcunduct "" luch threatens o r l· ndan~c~ th~ health
-, ,, ,,tfl'I\' Uf .!11 \ pcr:.on .
4 . I"RI:..'ifASS/ l , ,\ UTIIORIZJ:-.1&gt; FNTRY- .\ per~ 1 1l
l.. n m\ m~ h· ~nto: r ~ u r rcmams unl.!"lulh• m .1 hmiJ ·
u. l!.utti:c. rc~ht\'fh.t' h.1llroom or a nr olht.•r r rulk't
" ' '' nt the UOih ' ' ' "\ .11 .10\' lllnt' "uhout p e mUl&gt;.\UIIl
"' .authnnl.llton.
S. II!H·I - .\ l'\' t~u n 1' l:UIIt\• nl the!! ~o.· hcn he t.•r
h··· l..no wmj.t J' rnpcrt v nut to hc ht~ ur lwr olh'll, t.lkn
· u~h l' rtlpcrt' 111r tu.-. 111 ha "''n \ht". pk .tMtn•. "'
J'CI'"'-'""'n; .:.t nd thdtuf :.eT\'I,·h
6. IU ..,I liN( , PI H&gt;~o iM , A( J l\' 1111
Am •ud•
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·f' l'rm·l-J ,, nutl\m um ul thrn• d .w~ hc tn re !ht• o;lJt..•ut
lht' oll ii\!IV.
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-!t."H lfll• m.·nt.ll " r piWMlJ I h,·,llth ur ~.II C' t\ u l a 'IU
,lent , Il l \\h llo.h d l.., l fi!H I If f&lt;"ll\11\ t"' f'llh lll o r r rt \.l l o;
l'h 'J'o.:rl\ . lur tlw r u rp&lt;hl' niHHI IJIIun, .ulnu..,•tt•n mtu
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9 . I)()()RS: TAMPERIN G-Dtsabk-mc-nt of a locking m«hanism or blocking opc-:n a door mtendc:d to
bc closat and locked.
10. RUI.F~Vtolation of pubhshc:d Univcrsny polt cin, ruin. or rf1ulatto ns.
11 . lAW~Vtolat10n of f«knl. state nr local law
shall be a viol.ttion of Unive-rsity Condu t Rules and
R.tgulouaons. A findins nf a violation under this rule
does not requite" poof of a wnviction m any non-cam·
pus lep.l pro«eding.
12. SUBSTANCf.S.--lJtc, poucss10n or dt~tnbution of
mi"Ct.lfic or othe-r controlled substanca and/or rc~:lated
puaphc.rnaJQ accpt ;u uprusly pcrmitttd by.law.
lJ.Ai.COHOL
(•) U.K or pouesston of alcohohc Mvrragcs O:·
ctpl as cxprwly pe-rmitted by law, University regula·
tions; and/or public intoxicaticm.
(b) Distribu1ionof alcoholic lxwnges&lt;=p~ucx­
pr~y pcmuncd by law and Univmity rcgu.Jatioru and
prrmi.ssion to scrw alcohol mUR bc obcaincd by appli·
at ion to the AlcohQIIU-vicw Board, 252 Capc.n Hall.
14. IMPAIRED ORJVING-Operatins a motor v~­
hid~ while. und~r the inOucn« of drugs or alcoho l
(Sec S«tion 9 of the Campus Parking and Traffic
Regulations) including but not limitcd to:
(•) o~rating a motor v~bide while his/hc:r ability
to do so is impaircd by the improp&lt;r or illegal usc. of
drugs or the con.sumptton of alcohol; or
(b) operating a motor v-ehiclc while in an intoxi·
catcd condition
15. SMOKING-Pre)hibited in all Universit y owned
;Jnd operatC"d buildings, doorway are~loadtng docks.
l tadiums and outdoor t\"Cnt:.., and tn ::roll vehidcs
owned a nd open ted by thc Umvcrl1ty. (l:.tt Residence
ll:rll regulations also )
16. \\"EAPONS--lllqpl or unauthoriud possession of
lirtanni,a.plosa,u,othcr"'eapons,ordan81=f0USchctni·
wls on Un~-er.-.it y pmnises. (Stt smion 536.5 Suppl~­
mcntal Rules for tht ~l:.~lntenancc of Public Order.)
17. DEMON5l"RAT10N~rticipation in a campus
dmlOnstr.~hon which diSnlpU tM nocmaJ oprnuions of
lh~ Un!\USity and infringes on thc rights of othc:r nlmlbi.TI of the Uni\'a"Sitycommunity; lc::Jdi.ngor incitinsoth·
t•n tn disrupt schc.duics 11nd/or normal acti\'itics within
.m y oampw building or arta; intcntiona.l obstruction
'~h Kh unl"tt'iON.bty int~ with fr«domof rJlOIYCffienl.
18. TRAFFIC-ObstruCtion of the fr«jl.Pw of pe·
d~trian or vehicular traffic on Uni~!'! ptc"miSd
or :11 Umvusity spon.sor~d or supervi$ed functions.
19 .
BICYCLING,
SKATEBOARD I NG,
ROLLER BU.DI NG-Prohibittd operation includes:
(•) operation in any Unive-rsity building or facility
(b). operation in a r«klts.S or unsaft manner
(c) storagr of bicycles within any University build·
mg or facilii)' (scc Rtsidcntt HaU r~ulations also)
20. DISORDERLY CONDUCT-conduct which is
di~rd~rly.ltwd, o r ind~ccn t ; brcach of peace; or aidmg. abetting, or procurins a noth~r person to breach
tht pcacc on Univcrsily prrmisc:s or at functions spon sor~d by, or participated in b)', tht Univtnity.
21 . COMPliTER ABUSE-The-ft o r o thu 01busc. of
( omputer timt, indudins but not limited to:
(•) Unauthorize-d c.ntry mto a filt,IO Uft", rcad,or
change th~ conttnts, or for any other purpo~.
(b) Unauthorized transf~r uf a filt.
(c) U~ of 01 n0 ther individu:o~J 's idtntification and
password.
(d) U!C of computi ng facilitie-s to inttrftre with
th~ work of anothcr student, faculty member or Uni versity Official.
(e) Ust of computing facilities and E-mail to s~n d
obsctne or abusive messages.
(f) Usc of computing facilities to lnterfertwith nor+
-nal operation o( the University computing system.
(g) Any and all computer violations caused by in·
dividuaJ us.lng anothc- srud~nt's idtntification or pass·
word arc the responsibilit-y of thc person who actu·
ally commits the violation and th ~ own~roftht- idtn ·
tification password. Studtnts must takt' steps to in sur~ that no othe r individual has access to th~ir rompu ttrs or University compl{trr account.
All provisions of Artie!~ IS6oftheN.Y.S. PcnaJ Law
COffcnscs Involving Computtn:) apply atth~ University a t Buffalo.
22. INJURY TO LIBRARY PROPERTY-A prrson is
guilty of injury to library property when he or she
injures. ddacrs, or drstroys any property bclonging
to, or deposited in, thc Uni\·crsity Librari~s.
21. DETENTION OF UBRARY PROPERTY-A p&lt;non
is guilt}' of dttain ing libr.try propcrty whcn ht or sht will·
fully detains Univtnity Ubr.uies property for mort th:tn
thirty days following writtcn notice ftom th~ library.
24 . UN I\'ERSil'Y GROUNDS-Ust" of Univcrsil)'
srur and grounds by an org;aniutiun or person withuut rt'SC't\'J.tlon oft he 5pJ.CC" or proper authoritatton.
25. 1UDICIAI. SYSTE.M-Abu.seofth e ludtd.!.l Sp;tem, including hut no t limited to:
(a) Failure to ube'· the summo ns of .tiudu.: tal budy
,,r Unl\'ersit yolli... ,a l.
· (b) Fabifi cou iun , d t~ l n rt m n . • tr m•n cprt!-, en t.ll lun
ut anformai1o n bclort· .a Jw,hno~ l hnch•.
( c ) D1.-.rup11o n ur intc rierenlc \\ ll h !he o rJ nh
umduct of a tuJu..aal rruH·cJm ~
(d) 111\IIIUIIU II Ill J IUdt..:ta) Jln ll.:ccdlll ~ k nul,"ln~ h
II lthUU! (,IU ~e .
(e) Attclllpllll): to J l\um r.l~\' .111 mJ1 \I Ju.tl"•
rru p,;r f'iltl lllr.IUOil Ill , til U ' l" ll l , lite HUIII..\.1) "~h' lll
(f) Allt"lllJ11111): to lnll uen• t· thc tm pJtii.!IU\ ul J
mcml"k'f ul .1111dtu al hn&lt;h prtw In, .111J -ur durmg th..ulu t:-.t• oL 1he luthu;i\ pruu·cd tnt-=.
(g) 1/ar.u ,mc nt l \"erh,tlllt p hv ..,.'-. .ti ! J n~l l nr lllttllll ·
J .UIIIIl lll .1 m cmht•r ul .1 iUJt~t.l l both pru n tu, J ur 111 ~, .1 nJ/ur .attN J tud Kt.il pmn •t•Jtt\}:
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unJ..-r tht "'tutlcnt l nJ t:
(I) lntlut•n, m}: ur .tllt'm pltn!-: 111 tntlut.•nu .tnt•thcr
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dmu Hall ruics and rcgulauo ru for pet tnform&lt;~tiOn ).
27. AMPUFICAllON-UK' of ampltficadonlonxiiOVI·
!Ual cqutpmt'tlt m any of the racrvation facilities must
l""t"'CnYe"a.:h-.u"KC;,approvalfromrhcRom'OltionsOffia-~

af gto~ntcd, ~~ not mtnft"TC" .,-ith any pubhc, oJ.[JCt. li·
br.try, dusroom. or other Unt~ty functton.~UdlS
f1w rl!ductJOntn volume by ~.onssuff and/or desIgn« must brcomplicd wtth upon ~tficatton.
ATIEMPT-A per!On is guilty of an attempt to
violate tht Student Rules and Regulations, or Jocnmm ita cr1mc., when he- or i hr. With intcntto violate or
cnmmtt pmc, cnpges an conduct which tends to c.ffcct the violation of such sludc-nt rule o r regulatiOn
or th~ co mmwto n of such cnme.
29. COMPUCITY-A Jtrson is guilty of complicny
when he or she aids, helpl or ()therwlsc ass.ist.s anothtr
tn \'iolating any ruk- applicabl~ to thc Univcnity.
30. ASSAULT-A person is guilty of auault when h~
or sht slaps.. kicks. shoYO or otherwlst' strike-s another
person.
31 . HARASSMENT- A person is guihy of harass·
ment when h~ or sht
(•) th reoucns or intimidates a person c rt'ating a
rational fearwithin that persOn; or
(b) engages in a course of conduct or rrpeatcdly
c.ummitsacu dtrcded at another person which would
.Knously.annoy a ratiOnal per!On; or
(c) crratc-s a co ndition which ~endangers or threat ·
cn.s the hc;llth, safet y or wdfarc o( :.~nothtr person
(d) physically restrains o r detains any othcr pe-r·
son, or rcmO\'ei any pc:r.son from a ny place ~o~.·herl." hC"
o r shr is authorized to remain
32. SEXUAl. HARASSMt.NT-A penon is gut h)" of
sc-xwl hanssmrnt whe-n h•.s o r her beha\•ior as (.Untrary to Unh•trsity poliq a.s described bclow (baS&lt;d
o n f~ual Employ m~nt Opponuntty Commis.sion and
Office of Civil Rig.Jll:' regulatio ns). Unwdco meKJ:ual
advancn, rt'qun~ fo r ~~u.1 l fJ\'Ors, a nd other \'erb.tl
or physica l conduct nf a 'it'J:Ual nature constitut~
iCXual harassment when:
(•) Submission to or ~ndurinssuch conduct ~o.·hen
rcjcdcd as made either aplicitly or implicilly 11 tcrm
o r condition 'If instruction , employment, or partici ·
pat ion in mh~r Univtrs.ity acth ity: or
( b ) Submtssion to, or rtjc-ction of, such conduct
by an individual used a.sthtbasis for makingacademi(
or pcrsonnd d«i.sions affe-ct ing an individual; or
(c) Such conduct has th~ pur~orc.ff«t of un reasonably inttrf~rang with an individual's perfor·
mancr or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offcn sav~ University environment.
11 . SELF· DEFENSE SPRAY-Consid~r~d phystc,.)

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::hu!td;~:. ~~~~;~~:~fd~i::ej=~~d:hd~is;,:~
ing for thr purpose of disruption of Univtrsity op·
cntions or IC'Vents.
34. STALKING-Rcpeattd coc:rcivr ads or otT~nstS
which taken singly may be non·thrcattning, but c.ol·
lccttvdy instill a fear of physial injury or harm. Such
a paucrn may involw, but is. not limittd to. tht "fol ·
lowing: phon~ nils, physical and/or vc.rbal confron·
tat ions. breaking and cntuing (cars, apartmcnu, lockrrs, etc.), vandalizing,th~ purpost' of which is to at temptto"manipulate or control another penon.
15. ARSON-A person is.liablt i(. by any act, h~ o r
she commits arson by causing a fire or explosion on
any Uniwrsity building or propc.rty.
36. CONVERSION-A penon is guilty of conversion
when he or she. after havins t.wfully obtaintd possession
of •h&lt;1&gt;roP&lt;rtY of .-her, wrongfUlly 1r.uufm, &lt;kWns,
.rub5tantially changa. damages. destroys. or misuses the
property without the permission of the owncr.
17. MISREPRESENTATION-A pc.rson is guilty of
misrepresentation when he or sh~ knowing.ly perve-rts
th~C' truth for pcrsonaJ gain or favor.
18. POSSESSION-A person is guilty of po~ion
whc.n h~ or shc knowingly obtains property, (including abandoned property). without th~ cxplicitautho·
riution of.th·~ rightful own~r.
19. OESTRUCfiON OF PROPERTY-A pe-rson is
gujhy of dntruction of property when he or sht:
(•) destroys, d~faccs, matcrially aJtc-rs or othcrWJsc
damagcs property not his or hrr owp.; or
(b) cr~atcs a condition which endangers orthreOAt·
enj property not his or her own.
40. FALSE REPORTING-A person U. guiltyoffa.lstly
reporting :tn incident \~."hen he or she conv~ys information known to ~ false or without b&gt;tsis to any
University Official, faculty m~mber, or tmployrc.
41. FIRE-Firt alarms and fire fighting ~uipmcnt. in·
duding but not limited to firc atinguishtts. firt hoses.
hC:lt and smokt: dctrc:tors. and sprinkkr syst.nns, _a rt for

lhr prolectoon ofbuildins oauponu. Any lamp&lt;'ring wnh
m~SuSt o( this cquipmmt t1 prohibited and nvy bt
puna.Wbk in the- \JnM:nrty COW1 and m thtappropriatrCivil and/or Crimin.al Coutu. Anyhn"ttt a~ alarm ISK·
uv.i&lt;d, all people ""' r&lt;quii'Cd 10 i&gt;llow lho nacua~;.,
pn&gt;«&lt;&lt;urn 10&lt; lhrir porucuiar buicfin&amp;O=ponu
«&gt;mply with lh&lt; «qUOIUof HouJint! ouft; Un"'muy 1'0hce. 0&lt; """~~"")' pmonnd. Any rolations MD b&lt; ,._
f&lt;rnd 10 .... 'P!'fOpNI&lt; ~""""'civil judlciouy.

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42. REASONABLE REQUEST. OF A UNIVERSITY
OFFIOAL-A penon is &amp;uthy of faUun lO comply
whm ht'-orshe, knowinsor havinsiUSOrt to know that
the requesting penon is a Un~ty offirial, fW to
comply wtth a reasonable rtquest. For d)IC putp05t' of
this sectiOn, a Umvenity off"x:i.aJ shall include, but not
be limited to, an individual instructin&amp; a class. a libnlt·
i:.~n or dcsiJOC't' in a libruy, a Univasity Polia Offiar,
and any Resident Advisor. Rtstdentt HaJJ Dirtc.tor or
student nnplo)ft,'and mnnbmofthc Univcn.itystaff
carrying out their duties a.nd raponsibilrtia.
43 . GAMBLING-No student shall samble for
mon~y or other valuablc:s on Uniw-rsity property or
many University fa.cility.
44 . MISUSE OF UNIVERSITY SUPPLIES OR
DOCUMENTS---A person as gwhy of masusc of Uni·
\'crsny supphes and documents when he or she forges..
11\ten, use5 wnhout authonty, rccctves without author·
aty, or poS.SCS..'itS witho ut autho rity any Untversity sup-phc:s or document) . I Uni,·c-u ity supplies and docu+
menb indudr, bur a r~ no t lamited to, the following:
supphc-), et~uipment . k~. records, fil es. documc::nts.
;lll fu rm) of computer J ata. and other mate-rials.!
45 . f ALSIFY ING UN IVERS IT Y APPU CATIO:-\
C REDENTI A L~ · tud~n a fo und to hnc knowingly
fa l!tlfitd apphca tton mfurmat iun art su b)t•ct to un mt-dt&gt;tte dasmtssal fro m t h ~ Unt\'Crsit y.
46. FAI IFYINGGRAOI~ C HA NG ES-Inaddiuont o
.m y sancuo ns ~o~.'h ich lll:l) be 1mpost"d b' J n ac~cmi c
d~an , other ptnah irs m&lt;~ )' be ;l.ssased :as a rault of a
Studtnt· \\'ldc Judteiary heanng o r pin agrttmenL
47. FALSIFYING GRADES-A person is guilt y of
falsifymg gradc.:s whcn he o r shr.
(•) submib~ falsafic=d Unt\"erS&lt;Ltl gf3de change form
10 the UntVCfSit)"i Of
(b) .submats false groade mfo rmation of any sort to
a Unive-rsity ollie~ or dc:pou tmem, ~mpjoyn, academic
mstitution , ~tc •
(c) alters any acadcmic cou~ork and or eumi nations so as to unjustly aff«t the gradc aw.trdcd to
that assignment.
43. ALTERING A STUDENT'S REGISTRATION OR
STUDENT DATA-Anystudmt who, for purp-oses of
fraud or misrcprcsc:ntation, falsifies. forgcs, dc.fa.«s.
alters. or mutilate-s in any manne-r any officiaJ Uni·
vcr1ity document or rcpracntation thcrcof.
49. LEAVING THE SCENE-attempting to H« or
unlawfully !caving the area of an accidc.nt, crim~. o r
University violation (and/or IJ"'Cas of pottntiala«idmu, crimc:s. o r violations). This includes flttins an
area to avoid bc:ins questioned, apprc:hcndc.d and/or
detained by Univenity Officials, faculty mernbtts, or
employees and/or law enfor«mcnt «ricers.
SO. DISCRIMINATION-Bucd on ncr,~. 'i'o
KJ:ual orientation, rdigion, disability or ~rran status.
ARTICLE 11: APPROVAL

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These: Rules and Regulations h.aw- b«n approved by
tht Council of tht Univasity at Buffalo, Stak Uni·
v-ersiry of New York in April, 201H and can be made
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in thc Offi« of Scrvices to the Handicapped. 25
Samud P. Capen Hall, North Camp!:lJ. These. Ruin
and Rqu.lllltionsshaJI mnain in dfm until supcrwdcd
by legislation or ammded by the Council of the Uni ·
nrsity at Buthlo, Statt Univusity of New York
Questions, commenu and flt yestions r-elated to
Studtnt Conduct RuJc:s. University Standards and
Administrative Rqulations should~ directed to:
The Office of Judicial Affairs/Ombudsman.
252 Capen Hall
Scudcnt Affain
Updaud July 2001

Notice-PHOTOGRAPHS of University evt'nU
and mem~rs of th~ campus community art
regularly tilin and subse-quently displayed depicting the! vitality of U.B. If you do not want
your picture used in this mannt'r, pleuc advise
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Lauded for experience in urban education, ability to lead school into future
By SUE WUETCHER
Reporter Editor

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lie service and urban
affai rs, has been
named dean of the Graduate School
of Education.
Her appoinunent, announced by
Provost Elizabeth D. Ca paldi, is effective May 15.
Gresham will continue to hold the
title of vice president for public service and urban affairs, a post she has
• held since January 1999. She had
served as interim vice president
since August 1997.

As dean,
Gresham sue. cecdsThomas
Frantz, associate professor
of counSeling,
school and
educa t ional
psychology,
who
had
scrvt-.d as interim dean since early this
year. Frantz had succeeded Senior
\ r,cc Provost Kenocth Levy, who became interim dean in April 1999
when then -GSE Dean jacq uelyn
Mitchell wen t on med ical leave.
Mitchell died in May of 1999.

" I am delighted that Dr. Maty
Gresham has a=pted the dc'a!lShip
of the Graduate School ofEducation;·
said Capaldi. "Dr. Gresham ha, a
wealth of experience in urban education, is very weU-known in the education COr1!f11unity,and is recogn17.ed
by all as the person uniquely suited to
lead the Graduate School of Eduwtion in the next period of its devclnp·
ment She was l'l'Commended unammously by the search commi11cc."
President Wilham R. Greiner
called Gresham a "superb choice fo r
this key Jcadcrsnip position:·
"She brings a wealth of experience
to her new role, based on her ye-d r~

of dedicated serviCe to UB c~s our
VlCC president for pubhc scrv'\ce and
urban affilirs.''Greincrsaid. "She h.,.,
keen sense of tht&gt; \\"estern New
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Insurance determines pain control
By LOIS BAKER

Contributing Editor
T H E "Cadillac" of pain
control during labor is
the epidural, an anesthetic injected into the
epidural space surrounding the spinal cord. It eliminates pain, allows
the mother to remain awake !'"d has
no effect on the newborn.
Whether a laboring woman receives an epidural or other pain control, however, depends on her insuranoe type, a UB study has found.
Results of the study, appearing in
the May issue of Journal of Health
Ca.-. for the Poor and Urrderserved,
show that women who are residents
of New York State and covered by
Medicaid are Jess than half as likely
to receive ·an epidural for vaginal
delivery than moth&lt;t"ll with HMO
or private coverage.
Further, Medicaid recipients undergoing cesarean section were
twice as likely as mothers with HMO
or. private coverage to receive general anesthesia, which renders the
mother unconsciow and increases
the risk of adverse effects on the
mother and her baby.

"'The study provides evidence of
differences across New York State in
the availability of obstetrical pain
control which, until now, have not
been well measured," said Thomas E.
Obst, director of the Nurst Ancsthesia Program in the School of Nursing, and lead author. on the study.
"Furthermore, the study points to the
need for a national assessment of the
availability of pain control options
for obstetrical patients."
The study's finding&lt; are based on ~
rcviewofreoordsfor 121,351 women
whO gave birth in 1992 in upstate New
York, which excludes New York City.
The researcher.; also excluded mul tiple births, foro:ps births and reoords
from hosPitals reporting fewer than
six Jive births in 1992.
Of the total women in the study,
all but I percent had insuranre: 51
percent had private coverage, 28 percent Medicaid, 20 percent managed
care and the remaining were characterized as self-pay. Sevent y-five
percent had vaginal deliV&lt;ries (exeluding forceps) and 81 percent re ccived some type of anesthesia.
R&lt;sultsshowedconsiderablev-.uiation among women with vaginal de-

liveries in the use of either no anesthcsia or epidural anesthesia, based on
the type of insuranc&lt;. During vaginal
delivery, 18 percent of women with
HMO ooverage and 21 percent with
private insurance received an epidu·
raJ, oompared to about 9 percent of
Medi&lt;aid mothers.
Among those receiving no ancsthcsia for vaginal delivery, howc\u, Medicaid mothers dominated, with 36
percent compared to 18 percent of
women with HMO oo"""'ge and 22
percent with private inswanre. Forcesarean delivery, nearly 50 percent of
women with private or HMO co~age~ an epidural, oompared to
only 25 percent of those covered by
Medicaid, the majority of whom reccived the riskier general anesthesia.
While the type of insurance had
the most significant bearing on the
type of anesthesia women received,
ethnicity also appeared significant,
Obst said. Results showed that Caucasian mothers were more likely to
receive an epid ural for vaginal delivery and either a spinal or epiduraJ for cesarean delivery than Afria m-American moth ers.
Obst noted that the disparities re-

vealed by this s1udy raJse qut.&gt;stton...
about the reimbursement for and
availability of obstetrical -anesthesia
care that nced answers. "We also
need to understand how much pauent preference and cultura1 mort'S
influence the use of a panicular an esthesia intervention," he said.
The stu dy suggests that these
clinical decisions are based on complex factors that include the mother,
obstetrical-care provider, anesthc ~
sia -care provider and the health care system at large, he said. "One
should not be under the delusion
that pain management, like manr
o th er aspects of th e American
health-care system, is available based
primarily on ethically determine-d
premises," Obst sta ted.
Also participating in the stud\'
""""Eric Naucnberg. formerly at VB.
now at the Toronto Mimstry of
Health and Long-term Care and tht•
Univet&gt;ityofToronto, and Germaine
M. Buck, formerly at VB. now at the
National Institutes of Health.
The study was supported by the
New York State Depart~nt of
Health and the American Hospital
Association.

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..,._ Turlcbn has served as vice president for reseal:Ch since

Oct I. She has an extensive record as an academic researcher
at The Johns Hopkins University School of l).{edicine and a
research administrator at the National Institutes of Health.

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For the first time ever, UB will hoSt
• research festival to celebrate the
accomplishments of its newest
investigators, as well as highlight
state-of-the-art research in drug
discovery and information technology at UB. This iJ the first of
wbat I'm hoping iJ going to be an
annual ....,!. This iJ going to be
a celebratory ·thing. and also a vehicle to transmit actual practical
information that new investigators-or people that are simply
new at UB-can use. We really
value new investigaton at UB-after all, they're the next generation of researchers here. The entire first day iJ going to be devoted
to practical advice and information for new investigaton about,
for example, laboratory animal
facilities-who do you contact,
what can they do for youl The
other thing is intellectual property and computing issues. Who
do you caJI? We're going to bave
booths at the festival for most filcilities at UB that supporf research-the instrumentation
centers, the scanning electron microscope, the supercomputing
center. We're going I'! have speakers from the federal ~gencies talking about career mechanisms and
small business grants and everything else investigators need to
know to get funding for research.
The second day is composed of two
symposia: one having to do with
.. Postgenomics and Bioinformatics,. and the other on information technology and computing-related topics. We're also going to have: poster sessions by new
investigators across aU research
and creative areas. And do all
come!
How much ._sorecl reHan:h

do W...tflllllted ......m..n
now bring In • -

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An interesting question, and a
much more complex quest ion
than one might think. You ask
people in government how much
they're spending in a particular
area, -.nd the joke is, •oo you
want a big number or a small
number?" It depends on how you
look at it. When you say sponsored research, does that mean
how much you're awarded? .How
much you're expending? Government works on an award
model and academia works on
an expenditur~ model. 'Do you
want to know how many awards?
Or do you want to know only at
UB or, for example, UB faculty
also working at Roswell , or in cluding those at the affiliated
hospitals? It's complex. In I 9992000, US-affiliated faculty recorded $I42 million in sponsored-research expendituus.
With our strengths, how
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opportunily to reach out to the
I think we ought to. be thinking local business community and
about doubling our research ex- link them up with our young rependiture between five to seven searchers and get some excite·
·yean from now. It may seem ment going about wbat we do
overly ambitious, but givtn the and what we know. In addition,
incredible breadth and interdis- we're going to have a digital
ciplinary activity that's going on summit Nov. 2-3 on what is
here. as we improve the pro- available and out there todaycesses by which people interact . not only what UB researchers
and learn what each other is do- are doing, but also others
ing, we're going to be able to around the country in terms of
compete for larger and larger high tech, high-performance
computing, and what are the
awards.
implications for the future of
.. tM ..........
these digital tooh. What does
tele:IJ1Cdicine mean for doctorBecause I came from the Johns patiebt communication? What
Hopkins medical school, ther&lt; is distance learning doing for
was a certain level of expectation teacher-student relational What
about how independent you does virtual reality mean for living your life out in virtlul
w~re supposed to be as a researcher. That expectation was space? We're going to invite scithat you were supposed to bring ence-fiction writers and cultural
in all the money you needed to anthropologists. It's not only
bring in to cover your salary, to about the tech and the tools and
cover all the salaries of every· the toys, it's about the implicabody working undu you, and all tions of all of this for our priof the money you needed to do vacy, for "'ll definitions of what
your research. It .was in a way an it means to be a human, what it
entrepreneurial approach to do- means to be part of society ining 1cience. It's like you own a teracting with other people in a
store in a mall and you rise and social network. It's not only an
fall by how well your business excuse to trot out all of our·fun
goes--if you can't sell the stuff stuff, but to get a lot of smart
in your store, you're out the door. people here and talk about these
There's nobody subsidizing you. issues. That's another way I
That's the Hopkins mentality- want to get the word out about
it's the old "rugged individual- UB and what we're doing here.
ism." I thought this was the way
T. . - - tM Seny P.l.
everybody behaved. That (nqPnlfecttion) was ingrained because I
was there for so long-You're on I find that people do not know
your own and don't expect any- how the (funding) agencies opbody to do anythil)g for you. I erate; they think it's a big black
come here and I get this very in~ box. They think they throw their
teresting attitude that people ex- grants into this big black box and
pect the administration to sup- what comes out the other end is
port some of their activities. It's 'almost a crap shoot. They're not
(self-sufficiency) a message confident about a fair process;
they're not used to. That is they're not confident about peer
coupled with an unfortunate low review and they certainly don' t
self-esteem-they (resea rchers ) think they can influence anyfeel like they shouldn't ask the thing about what happens to
government for a lot of money their grant proposal. Which isn't
because they don't dtserve a lot true. Every step of the way, from
the time tliey. get their bright
. of money.
idea to tht time they get their nobthere.it-lltuathat tice of grant award, they can influence what happens to their
We are good enough. I'm start- grant. A lot of ii bas to do with
ing to develop this line of"Who forming relationships with the
knew?" Every time 1 go around people at the institutes and at the
campus, I discover something agencies. It's through those kinds
fascinating, people who are do- of personal relationships that
ing amazing research. I think, you get insider information
• who knew this was here?• The about what's coming down the
SUNY chanceUor came to cam- pike--let's say a special solicitapus recently and he visit&lt;d the tion-that you find out what arsupercomputing center, the eas of expertise are on a particuhandwriting recognition center lar review panel and that the exand the industrial design center, pertise needed to review your
and he kept saying, "who knew grant is not on your review
this was here?• This place is the panel and you'd better get on the
best kept secret in town. Part of phon&lt; to NIH and make sure
my job is to get the word out they have that expert either sitabout all the exciting things that ting at the table or phoning in a
are happening here. How am I review or providing a mail-in regoing to do that? We're soing to view. They (investigators) need
use the research festival as an to know when to start hassling

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the program officers at the institutes after the reviews are
done to influence the outcome of their funding decisions, especially if they got a
borderline score. They have to
get on the phone, and they
bave to send an email lobbying for .t heir grant proposals.
They need to puab their stuff
every step of the way. All of
these decisions influence
whether you get money at the
end of the day. Every agency
hu its own culture and you
need to learn what that culture iJ and you need to network and you need to influence. That's what I'm calling
the Savvy P.I. project-!''!'
trying to go around giving
talks about how you can influence wbat happens to your
grant.

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The biggest challenge is the
temptation to create the perfect breakfast....,.to have the
eggs ready and hot when the
toast pops up just as the coffee
finishes dripping. Everything
has to be piping bot and ready
at the exact same moment. so
the temptation iJ to try .to do
everything at once because you
want to have the perfect brettfast. The reality is that you
can't fix everything at once. I'd
like to fix the centers first at
UB; I'd like to fix and clarify
what our software and royalty
distribution policies are. Once
those are fixed, we'll go on to
the next thing. OHe of the real
challenges htre iJ that people '
seem demora lized, people
seem depressed. You coa.ld
come up with all· the bright
ideas in the world and do
many Savvy P.l. Projects and
lots of research festivals, but if
·people don't believe in their
own· abilities, that's a challenge. So partly what I do-l'm a behavioral scientist-is
cheerlead and get people excited about doing research.
Some people bave said to me,
"Why do you keep empbasizinggrantsl"I hope that's really
not the message. The message
isn't about getting grants so
much as getting back into a
mode that you might remember from childhood-that
you're curious about the
world. And that scientific curiosity is what drives you to
write the grants and to get the
money. That's why we got into
this business to begin with. I
want to reinstili that sense of
curiosity. And by the way, you
can't satisfy your curiosity on
a significant or national level
unless you get a grant.

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FSEC mulls representation
Committee postpones action on issue of25 percent cap
11\'..-~
~.,AsslruntEdltor

that disappoinled
- . 1 faculty IDI!lDbm anxious to set the ball rolling in reexamining representation on
the Faculty Senate-with regard
both to allocation ofsenate seats and
equity among electoral units-the

I

N a

mOY&lt;

Faculty Senate ~Committee
vot&lt;d at its April IS meeting to postpone submittinganypropooal on the
issue to the Bylaws Commit!«.
The senate's charter mandai&lt;$ that
senate seats be reapportioned &lt;""1'
1M y&lt;ars to rdlect the current nwnber and distribution of faculty members, explained Marilyn Kramer,
bead of the cataloging department
fo r University Libraries and chair of
the Eltctions Commirtee. The nwnber of voting faculty cwrently totals

1,759,accordingtost.ailsticsprovided
by Hwnan Rtsowce Services.

At issUe, according to Judith
Hopkins, technical services research
and analysis officer in central technical services of University Libraries
and chair of the Bylaws Committee,
is the fact that while the charter af.
fords no electoral unit more than 25

percent of the senate seats, the

,

'
(

\

charter's formula for achieving that
end "assumes there is only one large
dectoral unit, and in fact, we now
have two"-the School of Medicine
d Biomedical Sciences and the
College ofArts and Sciences. So while
e medical school, with 704 faculty,
IS capped at 25 percent of the senat&lt;
seats, the cwrent formula permits the
CAS, with 440 faculty members, to
exceed the 25 percent quota.
Hopkins appealed to the
tive conunittee to first determine
hoWt to allocate senators for the
200 l-02 academic year and second,

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to offer its susgations on bow to
rewrite the charter to "deal with
muJtiplt, ~electoral units in
a
that is equitable to all units."
This would be the fint re-apportioDID&lt;Dt sincr the charter was revised in 1995.
Hopkins explained that Wider a
formula provided by JamesFaran,aosociate professor of mathematics, all
electoral units would be capped at 25
percen~ with a senate of 100 members. Both the medical school and
CAS would be capped at 25 members
each undo- this formula. in another
alternative~ by Faran to the
Bylaws Committe&lt;, the Senat&lt;would
have one senator for &lt;""1' IS voting
faculty members, with only the medical school g;- a cap.
Given that the bulk of work
handled by the FSEC deals with un dergraduate issues, judith Adams
Volpe, director of Loclcwood Library,suggested that there be no cap
on the CAS.
"I think it's important to have the
full allocation for arts and sciences
becawe so many issues, according to
our charter,1311 into that area," she said
Henry Durand, director of the
Center for Academic Development
Services, expressed concern"""' the
possibility of a cap on the CAS, sithat no cap existed on any of the
individual faculties of Arts and Letters, Narural Sciences and Math ematics, and Social Sciences before
the three entities merged into the
CAS in the late 1990s.
..The fact of the matter is it's an
artificial cap," he said. "When arts

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sue not included on the af!l'l'daFSEC IDI!lDbm wt&lt;d to establish a
~to look into possible
IIIisuR of undergraduate teaching
assislants (VIAs) in the Dq&gt;artment
of Economics. 1he major concern
among some UTAs and faculty
within the department is that sincr
1998, the department has required
VIAs to supervise two sections in stead of one, resulting in a disparate
worldoad between VIAs in miao
economics and macro economics
courses taught by di.ffettnt faculty
memben,c:q&gt;lained John Boot, professor and chair of the Dq&gt;artment
ofManagement Scima and Systems.
While some VIAs are assigned administrative-type tasks, be said, oth-

ers have been g;- more substantial
responsibilities, and so for some
lJTAs, teaching two sections would
be a much more lalring ordeal
"1he students are ""Y wiliappy,"
said Boot, noting that some of the
IJfAs are well supervised. while othen are leftlalgdyto their own devices.
"I'm for using them, not miswing them," he told commirtee mem-

bers.
The issue bas been presented to
the Office of the Provost and the
CAS, through which a formal comminee has been established to look
into the issue, Boot said No formal
grievane&lt; has been filed by students.
The subcommitt~mprised
of)ames Bono, associate professor of
history; Gaspar Farkas, associate professor of physical therapy, and Dennis Malone, SUNY Distinguished
Servia Professor in the Department

and sciences was three specific

ofEiectrical~charged

schools, there was no cap .. .so why,
becawe they're merged. should we
lose representation?"
in other business--&lt;md on an is-

with talking with students to see if
the CUI'mlt practices warrant a recommendation to the FSEC to pwsue the matter further.

UB showcases CCR in D.C.
BY UUN GOLDIIAUM
Contributing Editor

I

T wually isn't feasible to get
members of Congress to come
to campw to see firsthand the
quality of research that goes

on at UB.
So on Tcesday, UB faculty members and administrators brought a
piece ofUB to Capitol Hill.
President Wtlliam R. Greiner and
Mrs. Greiner; Bruct A. Hohn.senior

associate vi~ president for research;
Robert Davies, associate vice president for alumni relations, and UB's
govmunent relations staff made the
trip, accompanied by Russ Miller,
director of the Center for Computational Rtsearch (CCR), and Tom
Fwlani, CCR associate director.
Courtesy of CCR's "virtual reality machine," lawmakers and staff
members were able to take a virtual
walk through CCR. jwt as if they
...,.., risbt on campus, and see some
ofUB's world-class reaearch up dose
andpenonal
It muUd the fint-nu "UB Day
in w..hington," which UB oflicial.s
plan to makl: an annual event.
Modeled after "UB Day in Albany," in which faculty members
and alumni spend a day meeting
with state legislators to inform them
about new developments at the univenity, "UB Day in Washington" was

designed to apprise members of the
New York State delegation about
new initiatives at UB.
UB faculty members and administrators met with Reps. John
l.aFalce and Jack Quinn, and with
staff members from the offices of
Sens. Hillary Roill,arn Ointon and
Charles Schumer. They also met
with staffers from SUNY and Gov.
George Pat.aki's office.
The purpose of the trip was to educate lawmakers about major advancrs the university has mad&lt; in~
bwgeoning fidd of bioinformatics
and to showcase the high -performance computing and visualization
capabilities of CCR, which plays a
central role for research in the fidd
CCR, one of the nation's leading
academic supercomputing centers.
has the large-scale computing and
visualization capabilities and the
staff &lt;&gt;pertise necessary to tackle the
massive computational problems
presented by the dalll in the human

gmome.
.CCR already seno:s as the computational backbone for raearch
undo- a $25 million Nationallnstirutes of Health grant in structural
genomics to a oonsortium of nine
institutions, including UB and the
Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research lnstirute (HWI).
Bioinformatics research projects

now under way at CCR include investigations into protein folding,
molecular-structuredetermination,

data visualization, bioimaging,
pharmacokinetics, and panem discovery and data mining.
In addition to taking a virtual tow
of CCR, members of Congress and
their staff members bad a chance to
view molecules vinually wing SnB,
the software developed by scientists
at UB and HWI, which allows researchers to solve difficult molecular
structures based on X-ray dilfr.lction
data. Using the lmmersaDesk, UB
researchen were able to demonstrate
how viewing a solved molecular
structure as a vinual environment
hdps drug designers develop more

precisely t.argeled pbarmaceuticals.
Legislators also bad the chance to
"walk through" or"fly through" virtual-reality representations of de-

signs that were proposed last spring
for the !'&lt;ace Bridge. The designs

were the result of a partn&lt;nhip last
spring between CCR. IBC ·Di~Jital.
tho Vtrtual ~ Lab in the UB
Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering, and the
Public Bridge Authority.
Equipped with a 4-foot-by-5-foot
angled=. CCR's Fakespacr Systems ImmersaDesk allows wen to
virtually immerse themsdYes in and
"walk through" an environmenl

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Administrative changes
announced in health sciences
r - t - . , D. cap.lcll bas announced an adminisrrative

reorganization in the health sciences.
John R. Wright, formerly dean of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Scien~. will serve as se:n.ior associate vice president for
curricular affairs. Bruce A. Holm, formerly senior associate dean for
research, will assume the position of senior associate vice president
for research.
Wright and Holm will report in their new roles to Michael E. Bernardino, vie&lt; president for health affairs, who also will serve as ex ecutive dean of the medical school.
"One of UB"s main strengths is the presence of all the health sciences schools," Capaldi said. "These administrative changes will al low us to coordinate across the schools so that we can deal most
effectively with the changes in modem health-care delivery. which
require integration of the components of health care."

Four receive Welch awards
Four residence-hall students have been named recipients of the
Nancy Welch Award for developing, implementing or supporting
·imaginative outstanding programs and projects to benefit UB'.s st udent community.
The award is named for the former residential coordina tor of US's
Rachel Carson College.
(
The first-, second- and third -place winners received a cash award
and a plaque.
Noah Brecher won the first -place award for her Middle East Peace
Rally Project designed to increase tolerance and unity between on campus Jewish and Arab comm unities. A sophomore majoring in
anthropology, she lives in Suffern.
Second-place award winners were Valerie Bergeman and Timothy R. Mattbews.
Bergeman was honored for her leadership in promoting school
spirit and encouraging student participation in UB's Thunder of
the East Marching Band, Pep Band and Kappa Psi honorary band
service fraternity. A junior majofing in pharmacy, she lives in
Waterport.
Matthews was honored for his Jcadcorshjp and commitment in
working with students and university administrators to develop and
implement the curren t University Emergency Medical Servi ce
(UEMS), a student team that will provide medical knowledge and
assistance in ~me.rgencies while awaiting medical professionals. A
sophomore majoring in comm unkation , he lives in Gruce.
Jennifer A. Sacks won third place for her UB Vote 2000 Project,
which had a positive effect on student voting habits by emphasizing
the need for students to be informed, active voters. A junior majoring in psychology and sociology, Sacks lives in Seaford.
Receiving a plaqlfe and certificate for honorable mention were
Melissa M. Blain, julio A. Gonzalez and Ch ristine M. Smith for Sabor
Latino, a festive celebration that emphasized Latin culture and combined observation of Hispanic Heritage Month with a theme of al cohol awareness.
Blain is a senior from Queens with a special major in pharmaceutics. Gonzalez.., who is from Brooklyn, is a senio r majoring in account·
ing. Smith, a junior majOring in accounting, is from West Seneca.

Multicultural programming
in residence halls recognized
Nine undergrMiu•te students •t UB have been hono red as 200 I
Residence Halls Multicultural Programming Award winners.
The students, honored Tuesday with a reception in Capen HaU,
were chosen for their promotion- through residence hall and apart ment educational and social programming-of multicultural awareness, respect and appreciation for diversity. The studenls chosen also
demonstrated student leadership and creativity in the planning and
implementation of their programs.
· Juniors }ada Gardner and Mirna Martinez, and sophomores Clara
Fayomi and Stephanie -Keiser took first place for their simulation of
th e game show Jeopardy-"Multicultural Jeopardy" -which in cluded categories on relicion, culture and ethn icity.
Sophomores Natanya Watson and Jodi Morales took second place
for their cration, "Cultra-Rama," a celebration o f multiculturalism
through residents' presentations of culrure, religious beliefs and food
"Multiculrural Food Month ," created by senior and third-place
winner Sadia Raja, encouraged residents to dress in ethnic clothing
and visit area ethnic restaurants.
Sopbomora Urvish Tamakuwala and Alexis Torres both receMd
honorable mention for their rapectiw projects. ~ Henna Tattooing"-which introduced the indian custom of henna tattoos to resident.s---&lt;tnd "Pajarnmamomma Momma"- which combined a pajama m ovie night with a multicultural dinner.
Srudents were awarded cash prius for their efforts.
Shelia E. Pinckney, assistant director of college housing, and Cory
Frans, Residence Hall ~ation hall representative, ~rved as cochairs for the competition.

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Aprii2&amp;.20011Vt3tlo.29
Book by professor of sociology looks at the new culture of air travel

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ShowWe Scbeduled
UB students In the bep.tment
of Thelttol!ld o.na. ... bring
lheirlnnovatlontotheugetNs
- w i t h the Young &lt;:hon&gt;ogrophen - I n the Cen.... for the Arts.
Nowlnlts-)IOI',the
showase
the original-'&lt; of nino student chor&amp;ogr~ I.Wlllergrodu-

will,_

atel!ldone~.

with the support of faaJity ,.,.,.
- . eoch hove deYeloped ~
own piece to culmlnat21n what
showa&gt;e dlrectorT,....
Gorman Qehon called .,
"eclectic" composition.
Contemporaty muilc ,...
tures prominently In the cho&lt;eogrophen'
which lndudes

wort&lt;.

several movement pieces, as
wefla&gt;narr•!Ne pieces on personal struggle, and one In which
a couple Is lrlnsposed from one
time era to another.
Perlorrnonc6, which will be
In the Blad&lt; Box Theatre of the
CFI\, will be at 8 p.m. tomor·

row, 2 and 8 p.m . S.tunloy ind
2 p.m. S..nday. T,ICkets are SS
and can be purchased at the
CFA box office between noon
and 6 p.m. today and tomor-

row.
For more lnfonnotion, call
645-AATS. ,

Earth Day prizes
awarded
Six students won priZes fO&lt;
J&gt;CM:tef and oral presentations at
the Eajth Dly Environmental
Sciences Coi10quium held on
April20. .
Rocognlzod from among

2~

poster presentaiJons wrre post-

ers by:
• James w. Schuetz, Department of Geology. "An Internetbased, lllrtuil Rellity Tutor111
Demonstrating lhe Simulitlon of
Sea5onol CJ&gt;anges In s..m.:e ind
Groor-.6-water -for t.4in'or
Lako, Harnpsl1ire.. lint priZe
• • ll a..mborti. DeSlrucbnl ind

~of c:MI.

EnvironrnenUf ~

"OIIroc:leriatio ind - . g
of Aquofic . . - . · oecond priZe
• )lmio Stroubu&lt;g. Doplrt·
ment of CMI, Strucnnll!ld EnWonmental EngiM8fng. . , .
Effect at lJitJOYiclet Disinfection

on Swimming Pool Water Qual·
lty,. third priZe
Recognized from among
nine O&lt;al, 0&lt; p11t1orm. presenta-

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Gottdiener explores ((Life in the Air"
By JEHNIRII LEWANDOWSKI
Report~ Assistant Editor

lR travel today could be
considered as much a
necessary evil as it is a
necessity. With nearly
700 million passengers Oying domcsticalJy each year, the airport has
btcome a world unto itself, and a
turbulent one at that---ovmlowing
not only with people, but a host of
problems resulting from the demand for air travel that has transformed the once-convenient rnodt
of transportation into a quagmire
of inconvenience.
"Life in the Air: Surviving the
New Culture of Air Travel," the latest book by Mark Gottdiener, professorofsociology,exploresthebevy
of issues invading airport.s--&lt;md air
space--today, from overcrowding
and abusive passengers, to delays,
cancellations and how travelers
spend inordinately long periods of
Lime while waiting to make their

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next connection.

Gottdiener, whose research deals
largely with urban development and
rultural studies, blends the two to view
air t:ravd in a previously unexplored
contat: as an emerging social wodd
in which human behavior is governed
by its immediate SWTOW1&lt;!ings. Airports, heoontends,nowmverymudl
like cities, promulgating their own
rultural identity both on the ground
and in the air.
"The sheer fact that people are
spending so much oftbeirtimein the
air .. .defines a new kind of environment in which people IM," he says.
"Air traYel has become a necessity of
people's lives. But at the same time,
the system has been strained to the
limiL As a ronsequence,air traYel has
become increasingly inronvenienL"
The book-which explores the
airport as a new space, the experiences and behavior of air travelers,
the industry's function and &lt;¥func·
tion, and the eoonomic and political

partment at Chemistry, "Green
Chemistry: An Environmentally

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mernon in the culture of frequent
flying. coupled with the interesting
situations he began to observe, fu.
eled l)is desire to write about what
he was witnessing.
Gottdiener's book incorporales
nam~tives of casual conversations
with Oight passengers, as well as formal interviews be oonducted with
frequent Oyers. His personal aperiences-which he recorded in a
journaJ--..ire included in the book,
which tackles coping with the stress
inberent in air travel.
Although violence is not foreign
to Oigh~ says Gottdiener, pointing
to the persistence of terrorism, air
rage is a new development-&lt;&gt;ne
that is exacerbated, if not often in·
stigated, by alrohol
"Theveryworstthingyoucando
on a plane is drink aloohol," he says.

cellations at the top of the list.
In January 1999, the industry experienced perhaps its worst shutdown ..erwhen inclement we~ther
crippled a nwnber of major ports.
Passengers idled on runways for
upwards of 10 houn without food
or water, whiktbose"ludcy" enough
to be inside an airport were relegated
to wai~ with 119when else to go, for
countless hours-in some cases,
days. Gottdiener says this "outrage,"
more than any other, was responsible for Congress drafting an Airline Passenger Bill of Rights.
Gottdiener, himself a frequent
flyer racking up more than I 00,000
miles of air travel each year, unearthed a wealth of information
about how people rope with jetlag
and manage meals, whether they
suffer any health problems from ex-

to taU flight-with no slowdown on
the horizon.
And while Gottdiener says air
travelers remain at the mercy--both
ofairport architects to create a sense
ofplacrwithinatransientrealmand
the airline industry to inspire pleasurable experiences in flightpeople are the decisive factor.
"By expr&lt;SSing our needs as oonSUIIlerllandenlightenedpublicleaders, ~can transform our travel options from a dissonan~ alien experience to a more bannonious one," be
writes. "In the end, we ... will have to
deal')Yithour!Msin.theairinmucb
the same way as we already deal with
tbose!Mson thegroond-4hrougb
effective environmental planning,
psyt:bologic81 oounseling. arcbitec·
tural design, political vision and
smart oorporate managemeriL"

Work by UB students has led to creation ofat least 1,000 units, with more planned
By MARY B£TH SPINA

phlsms In Humon Cytx&gt;chnllnes
P~SO 1A1 ind 181: lmpUcollons
for Chemical Cordnogensls..

"At i' higher altitude, .you get &lt;asivetravdingandhowtheirperdruriker faster, and the negative ef. sonal livu are inOuenced From
fects on the brain are inlmsified•
eroticism -to boredom, medic:al
Not c:xdusiYdy a problem of in- ~ to dehydration, food
ebriation, much of what oould be and fares, Gottdiener says he atbilled as Oying the unfriendly skies is tempts to address aoy and ....:ry isthe oonsequence of the huge nwnber sue related to air trliYd
of people in'tbe air, Gottdien&lt;r says.
"There's no other bookliU it," be
Fear of Oying is another com- says of his 14th book, which is as
monality--likt air rilge---by which · much a work about air travel as it is ·
most l1'lM!I&lt;r1 frame about bow to cope with the un_t)ieir experiences.
avoidable and unexpected A com"Aying is the saf. plete lad of print material on the
est form oftranspor·
subject forced Gottdiener to look
tation by far." elsewhere for information, and his
Gottdien&lt;rsays."and book relies largdy on information
the fear of Oying is available on the World Wl&lt;k Web.
not justified, com· Online resouJ'C6 provided critical
~
pared to the fear of discourse that helped Gottdiener
~
allsortsofthingsthat shape his book; Cor example, the
happen.to you when author found of particulat val~ a
you fly that arise Websiteestablishedbyaformerairfrom th~ inconve- line attendant of 25 yean addressnienoe of Oying."
ing marry ofthe problems associated
Four yean of 6eld with ftying. as wdlas offering expert
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time and again a set
"The last couple years, the st:rVia
of universal gripes has deteriorated, and complaints
among~
have grown each year; he said. But
govenMCI ..,. Its lmmedloto ,....-..c~~ngs, ·
with delays and can- people still are turning out in droYes

Law school's housing clinic gettingresults

tion

Benign Chemistry," firSt priZe
• Chad M. Vezina, Department at Pharmacology ind
Toxicology, "ldentlficotlon ind
Chirocterization at P&lt;&gt;lymor-

issues unfolding- was borne of
Gottdiener's experience as a bicoastal
travtler some seYen yean ago.
Commuting every two weeks between Los Angeles, where he had
been a professor at the Univenityof
CalifonUa, Riv=ide, and when hif
family still resided, and New York
City, where he had accq&gt;ted a posi·
tion with CUNY, Gottdiener's im- .

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HE Law School is rapidly
earning a national repu·
tation for its program in
affordable-housing and
comm unity-development law.
"Since 1987, our faculty and stu·
dents have been instrumental in
pannering$75 million in public and
private funds with agencies and de·
velopers who build or rehab hous·
ing for the elderly, the disabled and
working poor families," said George
M. Hezel,director of the law school's
Affordable Housing Clinic.
· The clinic's faculty and students
use legal tools at their disposal to
link funding sources and private and
public agencies.
As a result of their efforts, which
are primarily oriented to learning
and teaching law, at least 1,000 housing units exist today in the rommunity that otherwise would not hav.
been available. And more are in the
planning stages.
"A~ apartment romplex.s,
townhouses, row-houses and singlefamily dwdlin&amp;' bav. either been

built or carved out from out-dated
housing projects or residences of
religious orders who came to Buf·
falo at the tum of the 19th century
to serve waves of European immi·
grants." Hezel explained.
The projects have been accomplished working with oommunity
partners such as the Diocese of Buffalo, the Franciscan and Jesuit or·
ders,Poli.sbCommunityCenterand
Delta Development 'ofWestem New
York, a not-for-profit developer.
They have induded Elliron Town
Center, a oompla oftownhouses and
apartments at Michigan and Clinton
streets; a tidy row of townhouses on
Buffalo's East Side that is a haven for
abused spouses and their children; SL
Ann's Apartments at the oorner of
EmslieStreetand Broadway, a former
Jesuit residence that n0w accommodates 19 affordable apartments and
earned a prestigious State Historic
Preservation Award, and Francis
John Apartments, 62 units at Broadway and Memorial Drive located in
two large building&lt; that previously
housed a major furniture store.
Clinic students learn the legal

techniques and strategies involved
from start to finish.
"They begin with the design and
analysis of feasibility studies that
identify the type and location for
housing needed most, do a cost
analysis, write the proposal, apply
for funding and oversee the finished
proposal through operation and
sale," Hezd noted
The second- and third-year law
students in the dink also must rompie)&lt; I 5 credits of related oourscs.
Courses indude tax and real estate
finance law, state and local government law, land use regulation, and
poverty and labor law.
Students also are required to pass
nine credits selected from a "menu"
of an additional\4 courses that include the Community Emnomic
Development Clinic, non-profit
corporations, affordable housing
development and worker-ownership transactions.
Students also are required to write
a paper, which may be preoented at
seminan or clinics and often are
published in the Ameri.can Bar
Association's fourrrm of A/[on:l4ble

Housing and Community Development, housed at the UB Law School.
"We were the unanimous choice
to have the joumal at US, outbidding
20 other law schools to win i~· Hezd
pointed out proudly, adding that "tbe
UB program's growing reputation
brin&amp;'calls from oth&lt;rscboolsacross
the oountry who want to learn bow
we operate our dinic."
It has inspired students who bav.
enrolled.in the active,dynamic"can·
do" clinic to ~ in this fidd
of public-interest law.
"Our students rome to ..., that
public-service lawyers who are dedi·
cated to a goal can inOuence the
amount of decent, affordable housing in the oommunity,• Hezd said.
He predicted the need Cor decent,
affordable housing will grow faster
in the next decade as baby bootnen
get older and are unable to loeep and
live in their own homes.
"More people with disabilities now
are enoJW'08I'd to beac:tMtnembels
of society and either live independently or in group selling&gt; and will
need more options Cor law-coot decent housing too," Hezd DOted

�Allril 26, 2001/Vot 31.11.29

Passage from family violence
~b site aids victims directly,
BY

PATaCIA DONOVAN

Contributing Editor

AMILY violence ocrurs in
many more homes than
rtX*of us =lizr. Forty-two
percent of women mur·
dered every )"3f are killed by members of lhcit bouscholds. VICtims also
indudt cbildrcn, the disabled, the e!d·
erlyand"""' rnen-people)OO know
and may """' know ,..,u, acoording

F

to attorney Suzannt E. Tomkins, director of the Family Violence Law
Oinic in the UB Law School.
A!; brutal as family violence often
is, Tomkins says dOmestic abuse is a
"private crime"-a "secret" kept by
the families who will usually expend
a lot of effort to keep it private.
Tomkins, clinical inStructor in the
Law School, wanted to offer safe
passage to those trying to escape violent homes and to those who aren't
ready to leave but want to minimize
the effect of violence in their lives.
So she created a Web site called R&lt;·
sponse to Violence &lt;http:/ /vlolenc•response.net&gt; that aids victims directly and helps service providers in Western New York coordi·
nate services and commltJlicate
more effectively with one another.
The Web site is a public service of
UB and pan of UB's Western New
York Regional Information Network
. (WNYRIN), a directory of publicservice agencies, infonnation on gov·
ernance and links to regional datll
that is a program of the Institute for
Local G.o vernancc and Regional
Growth. The Response to Violence
sitewasdesignedbyOliviaArditi,opcrations director ofWNYRIN.
The purpose of the site is to assist
users in obtaining aJJ kinds of help
in abso1 ute privacy. It even gives

helps coordinate other services m.

them specific instructions so they
can reduce the chance that the perpetrator can trace their"travels" over
the Internet.
The site provides information
about 24-hour hotlines, emergency
medical services, emergency shelters,supportgroups,counselingservices, legal services and advocacy
groups sponsored by dozens of service agencies, churches, hospitals
and_police departments in the eight
counties of Western New York.
The site· also maintains a com·
munity calendar listing workshops
and conferences on domestic vio·
lence. It links to more than 30agcncies running p=-ention programs
and can a5$ist individuals who want
to volunteer their time to one of the
many groups that offer services.
Arditi says the site, funding for
which was secured by state ~n.
Mary Lou Rath, was developed in
an effort to facilitate rom.munica·
tion among agencies. increase the
visibility of their work to victims of
domestic violence and provide for
these persons a one-stop site for information, suppon and assistance.
Tomkins adds that because fam .
ily violence has an impact on many
areas of life, recovery may involve
different kinds of help--job train ing, counseling for children, famil y
therapy, legal advice and financial or
housing assistance, to name a few.
She said the team now is developing a search engine that will allow
user1i to search by county, service required, age and sex of the victim and
other criteria so they can gain access
to the information and services
n&lt;eded more quickly and easily. They
also are making presentations to
agencies to make them familiar with

the Web site so they use it efficiently.
"I think that ·heightened awareness of this problem has led to tremendous changes over the last 20
ytarS, and especially in the last I 0
ytarS, that benefit Yictims of domestic violence," says Tomkins.
"State and federal laws have been
rewritten and today we s« much
more interdisciplinary organizing.
Police departments now work with
domestic-violenu advocates and
service providers cooperate to help
penple get the many services they
need in these situations."
The problem remains a very serious one, however. A 1997 report of
the U.S. Surgeon General points out
that the debilitating results ofdomestic violence can be seen in decreased
productivity, increased medical oosts,
increasn;g loads on the courts and
criminal justice system, the need for
more police work and lost work
bows.
The Family VIOlence Law Oinic
has worked on this problem with
agencies throughout the region for
the past decade and has developed
resource guides for several WNY
counties. Tomkins says that when
she learned about WNYRIN, she
realized that immediate access to
information and services related to
domestic violence could be offered
to a much larger audience.
"Public edut;~tion is a very important tool in attllcking the problem,"
she says. "and the Response to Violence Web site is an excellent opportwtity to inform families directly and
help professionals learn more about
one another by cornrnuhicating and
sharing information about events,
training and educational opportunities of concern to all of us."

1

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Welcome to the 19th Centuryc:l
Nineteenth-century sources .,.. gradua!Jy migrating to the Web
and BISON &lt;http:/ / ubllb.buffMC&gt;.eclu&gt;, the Libraries' Web site provides the perfect conduit to the pasL For example, HarpWeek &lt;http:/
I u b II b . buff •lo . ed u I If b r • rl e s/ unIts I I m II e - re sou rce'J I
hiWJ&gt;Weell.html&gt;, a digitized version of Harper's Weekly recently has
been added. Harper's Weekly ( 1857-1916) was one of America's most
influential periodicals during the second half of the 19th century. It
was copiously illustrated with the work of Math.-w Brady, Winslow
Homfr and Thomas Nast, and it published serialized novels by Charles
Dickens, Wilkie Collins, and Edward Bulwer-Lytton, as well as the
poetry of Elizabeth Barren Browning and Joh n Greenleaf Whinti&lt;r.
At its height, it commanded a cuculauon estimated at over 100,000
and a readership that may have exceeded 500.000. Through editonaJs, reporting and prost&gt;, it provadcd its readers of the Civil War pe·
riod with remarkable images and explorations of life at homt and on
the battlefield. Every page has been superbly scanned. expertly indexed
and every word has been keyed in. Once located, material may be
viewed either in facsimile or as typed text.
For more than a century, the l.-ssenual index to 19th century Angl oAmerican periodicals has been Walham Frcdenck Poole's Index to
Periodica l Literat ur e ( I 80 2- I 907 ). Pool e's Plu s &lt; http :/ 1
ubllb.buffalo.edu/llbrarles/ e -re5ources/ pooles .html &gt; is the
Web version of this ve nerab le index plus much more. The Bnush
Index to Periodicals ( 1890- 1902 ) Lomp lcmen ts it , as does the Cleve land Public Li brary's Cu mulat •ve Index to a Selected L1st of Pen ·
(odicals ( 1896- 1899). Also included are mdexes such as The New York

Times Index (1863-1905 ), the New Yo rk Daily Tribune Index ( 18761906) and Index to Harper's Magaz•ne ( 1850- 1892 ). lndexmgofThe
New York Times is carri ed beyond that provided by Poole's Plus
with the Historical index to The New York Times, I85 I· I922 &lt;http:/
/ ubllb . buffalo .edu / llbrarles / unlts / lml /e - resources /
nythlst.htm l&gt; . Am ong indexes planned for future mclusion m
Poole's Plus are Nineteenth Century Reade r's Guide to Period1cal
Literature (1890· 1899), Index Medicus ( 1879- 1927). and General
Index to Engi neering Periodicals ( I 888- 1893).
FuiJ-text 19th-century penodicals are also accessible through The
Making of America (MOAI Web si tes: Cornell Umversny's MOA sur
&lt;htip:/ / moa.clt.comell.edu/ moa/ &gt; offers 22 titles and the Uni versity of Michigan's MOA site &lt;http:/ / www.htl.umkh .edu/ m /
m.,.jml/ &gt; offers I I titles. Full-text books with I 9th-centu ry imprinl&gt;
abound on th e On-Line Books Page, J Web site with an ext raordin.try
collection of non -copyrighted titles main tained by the UniVersity o l
Penn sylvani~ library &lt;http:// dlgltal .llbrary.upenn .edu/ books/ &gt;.
O ur own netLib rary &lt;http:/ / ubllb.buff•lo.edu/ llbr•rles/e-resoun::es/ netllbrary.html&gt; collection. ava ilable to all SUNY studen ts
and staff, also includes numerous 19th-century books. Just click on
the .. public e-books" lin k on the main netlibrary homepage.
For more information on these Web resources and many more primary and secondary sources related to the 19th centurY, conta ct Charles
o·Aniello &lt;ldcharl@acsu.buf&amp;lo.edu&gt; or call645·28 I 4 ext. 424.
-Ch•rtes D' Anlello,

H•story sub1ea JpK10I1st. Lockwood Ubrory

Brien
Sophomore Daren Floy
(wearing cap) leads
prospective UB students to
the adm issions office
Saturday during Preview
Day, the spring open house
for accepted students .

Gresham
tiatives ln su~areas as public edu·
cation, urban revitalization, ex:ten·
sion programs for working professionals, new partnerships between
UB and the West&lt;rn New York re·
gion and recruitment and retention
programs for student s from
underrepresented groups.
A.deanoftheGS~chserves

I,230 5\Udents in three academic departments and I0 research renters,
laboratories and special programsGresham will~ the activities of
approximately 350 employees, in·
dueling 52 tenure-track faculty, I 8
secretaries, more than 60 pan-time
faculty memb&lt;rs and dozens of
graduate, teaching. and research as-

sistants. She will have o..,..U respon·
sibility for the development of academic programs, lilcultyrecruitment
and advancement, and fur rnaintainingstandards of teaching.schol=bip
and creative activity in education and
education reSearch.
She also will exercise chief responsibility for the faculty in matters. of
planning and budgeting, and per·
sonnel, and oversee development
activities within the school.
A graduate ofl.eader.bip Bufhlo,
Gresham serves on numerous community corrunittees and boards, in·
dueling the Buf&amp;Jo Urban League,
Pan Am 2001 Women's Pavilion,
Fannie Mae Western and Central

New York Partnership Office Advi·
sory Council, Nationa1 Conference
for Community and Justice, and the
United Way Board of Governance:
Minority and Women Inclusiveness
Project. She is the chair-elect of the
Buffalo Chapter of the American
Red Cross, and a co-chair of the
Policy Board of the GSE's Urban
Education Institute.
Gresham serves as an adjunct 3!.·
sistant professor of African-Ameri·
can studies and of counseling,
school and educational psychology.
She received a bachelor's degree
in philosophy and psychology, and
a doctorate in counseling psychology, both from UB.

Got mud??
Yuh, •nd the,..'ll be lots of It at UB's I 7th Annual Oo7.lest. North
America's largt'St mud-volleyball tournJment, to be held Saturday from
9:30a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in The Mud PH on St. Rltll's Lane behind the Ull
Stadium on the North Camp~.
1t is prese nted by the Umvers1ty Student Alumm RoJrd t USAB ).
the student affiliate of th e UB AJumni Association.
Some 800 serious players on 96 tea ms from universities through out the Northeast and Western Ontario, as well as a few hardy UB
alums, will co mpete in the event, billed as UB studen ts' favor ite tradition in Lisa Birnbaum's .. New and Improved College Handbook."
Spectators who feel the urge to merge with the mud can en ter and
win special prizes in events other than vollc:ybail, including the tug
of war, dizzy bat spin races, a mud obstacle course and a slip-and slide competition.
A new attraction for spectators who "come clean .. and want to
stay that way will be a rock climbing wall from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m ..
courtesy of First USA Bank.
Proceeds from the SI 20 team registration fee will benefit the). Sco11
Fleming Scholarship Awards and other USAB projects for students.
Among the Oozfest competitors will be teams sporting imagtna ·
tive monikers like Start Spreading the Ooze, Madame: Cleo's Mud
Stingers, The Flying Pierogies, and Granimals.
It's the 12th Oozfest for crowd favorite Poached Tro ut m a Whuc
Wine Sauce, a team ofUB alumni from Washington, D.C., Virg1n1 a
and Texas, who have in the past sported creativ-=, if outlandish, um ·
fonns ranging from Santa Claus suits to formal evening wear.
KISS 98.5 will provide giveaways, entertainment, musiC and a dtSI..
jockey from I0 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Oozfest Mud Pit is prepared by University Facilities and wa·
tered down for mud to the max by the Getzville Fire Department.

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Researchers •pplylng DNA .mkrCN~rny technology, • u mining to lnterpnt lntornYdon

Method may help with MS treatments
. , III.UM GOUIL'&lt;UII
Contributing Editor

multidisciplinary t&lt;am
of pharmaceutic:&amp; and
computtr-science researchm at UB---&lt;&gt;oe of
very few teams in the nation applying DNA rnicroamly t&lt;chnology in
studies of multiple sclerosis (MS}has developed a method of interpming the massiv&lt; amount of information that resulu from such
experiments.
The applkation of this method to
genomic data oould bdp researcheis
in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Scienas, the School of
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
and Buffillo Gcner2l Hospital to develop and ultimately pRldict the best
tteatm&lt;nt strategies forMS patients
based on leYd.s of gene e&gt;pr&lt;SSion,
the process by which a gene's ooded
information isoo.......n«&lt; into, or expressed, as proteins in cells.
Rosulu of the work-which involves using duster analysis to diff=ntiate healthy controls, MS patienu and MS patienu being treated
with inteferon-beta based on
microarray data-was pltSCOted recently at the First Society for IndustrialandAppliedMathematicsConf=nce on Data Mining in Ollcago.
The team is led by AidongZbang,
associate professor of oomputt:r science and engineering. and Murali
Ramanathan, associate professor of
pharmaceutical sciences,
"MS is a complex disease and
multiple genes contribute to it,"
Ramanathan explained. In patienu
receiving interferon-beta, the first

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delaying symptoms in high-risk MS
patimts, gene expression is affected
by both the disease and the treatment The use of interfm&gt;n-heta,
now marketed under rthe brand
name Avo~ by Biogtn, was pioneered by Lawrence D. Jacobs. professor of neurology and Irvin and
Rooemary Smith OJair iii Neurol-

"Now "" can get data 011 thousands of genea jusl from • .qJt patient blood llllllple,"huaid. "It'• parallel proclOSiina in hiolosicalterms."
But in any gMn .,.,. ~
pro6le that result~ from miaomay
measurements, Ramanathan explained, the mojorjty o(the genea heingacanneddonotproYide.uodiJiinbmaticn; the challeqje lies in finding thooe that do.
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wbichoftheoe(I!DIS
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which changes rdiohly are wociated
with dioease effects
and which with
treatment effects,"
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computer scientists, or more pre-

ogy in the UB medical school
Microarray
technology,
Ramanathan explained, is responsible for bringing theseikinds of explorations into the realm of possibility because it can measure the expression of thousands of individual
genes caused by drugs or disease.
"Before we had this technology,
we couldn't even have oonsid&lt;red
doing experimenu of this magnitude," be Said,

cisely, data-mining
specialists.
"Data is of little
use without intelligence," said Zhang.
She explained
that data mining is used in a broad
spectrum of organizations, ranging
from oompanies such as banks,
where it is used to model and 'predict credit fraud, to pharmaceutical
firms, which are beginning to use it
to detect potentially effective rompounds as the basis fur new drugs.
"Data mining is the process of extracting valid, previously unknown
and ultimately oomprehmsihle information from large databases and

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look at automated~of pattt:ms and to cleviae rulea ilr interpreting that data, using various
typea of
includiqc • tedlnique called dust.r analyois.
Using • method called "maximum maopy:' Zhang and her oolleagues developed a dust.ring ai«orithm to cWsify the populationa in
Ramanathan's study aa either a
healthy oontrol, an untreated MS
patient or an MS patient being
treated with interferon-beta_
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modd that,...... panan that may
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may~ measured, reYealing potmtially rd&lt;vant cliffering Je.a. of gent;
expression,
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get this information without the
good work of my oolleagues in computer science," said Ramanathan,
who, in addition to Zhang. works
with Raj Acharya. professor and
chair of the Department of Computer Scienoe and ~ affiliated with the College of Arts and
Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Scienoes, who
is a specialist in pattern recognition,
Co-author&gt; on the paper wore
Shumei fJang, Olun Tang and Li
Zhang. aU doctonl studmu in oomputer science and engineering.

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Women's Leadership Conference set
UB faculty, staff, students heavily involved in upcoming Pan Am event
lly [EHMFUI L£WANDOWSIU
Report~ Assistant

Editor

OMEN activisu,
advocates, and
community and
political leaders
from Western New York and across
the world will convene next month
in Buffalo for a three-day dialogue
on the advancement of women's human rights with the Pan Am
Women's Lead=hip Conference.
While paying homage to the past
century of women's accomplishments, "Human Righu for Women:
A Pan American Dialogue"-part of
the Pan American Exposition cen-

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panelists will tr3Yel from Barbados.
Canada, Honduras, Guatemala,

Mexioo, l?m1 and Suriname for the
evtnt, which supporu an agenda
much lilcethat ofthe United Nation's
Fourth World Conference on
Women bdd in Beijing in 1995, and
its 2000 foliow-up, Beijing+ Five.
The cven~s keynote, speaker CQntingent is oomprised of major movers and shakers from across the

globe. They include:
• Olarlotte Bunch, founding director of the Center for Women's
Global Lead=hip at Rutgers Univer&gt;ity and a founder of Quest: A
Feminist Quarterly

tennial celebration-is centered

• Becky Cain, three-term na-

largely arouod women's future empowerment and progress, explains
Patricia Shelly, associate direaor of
US's Institute for Research and Edu-

tional president of the League of
Women Voters and current president of campaign for America, a
nonprofit organization oommirted
to campaign finance reform·
• Jane ·Goodall, world renowned
for her work with wild chimpanues
and founder of the Jane Goodall
Institute
• Nan Johnson, president of the
Frimds ofWomen's Rights National
Park in Sen.ca Falls
• Antoni&amp; C. No....uo, New York
Statt health oommissioner. Na..Jio
previously..,._; .. Slqo&lt;IO general
of the U.S. Public Health Service and
was the first Hispanic and woman to
bold the post.
• Rep. LouiSe Slaughter, D-Rochester, Slaugliter, a bocteriologist, is
involved in numerow women's
health issues,

cation on Women and Gender, and

oo-chair of the oonf=nce.
"The leadership oonference is really focusing on the future-what
women neal to d&lt;&gt;--end also raising the public consciOUSDCS$ and
visibility of human righu here in
But&amp;lo," she said.
The oonf&lt;:rence, which addresses
ilutmajorareuofwomm'•humao
righ~ health, low and
eoonomic empowerment-will ~
held from May 18-20 in the Adam's
Mark Hotel in downtown Buf&amp;Jo.
A multitude of workshops and
pan&lt;! discussions are slated for each
daf, and a gala dinner is planned for
May 19. Speakers. present= and

Sen, Hillary R.odham Ointon also the resoun:es--&lt;&gt;f Buffillo women,
is expected to speak May 19.
the Buffillo community;"
Sn.nl UB faculty and studenu
Others at UBhaY&lt;assistedinoooare making pltSCOtations through- f=nce preparation and publicity,
out the ooofermce_ They are: ,/
including Mary Gresham, vicep=i• Linda Drajem,adoctor.J can- dent fOr public services and urban
didateinAmericanstudies, "SL~&lt;XaS affairs, and Carole Smith Petro, ;uStories: Women Teachers Reshape soaate vice p=ident for university
~in Ethnically Im=e Uroommuoications and a member of
ban Oassrooms"
the amfermce oommittee. lREWG
• Bernadette M, Hoppe, law stu- also has bern instrumentol in ooodent and women's studies graduate, f=nce planning. Shelly added.
"Community Action for Prmaw
"Women seem to~ very hungry
Care"
for this," Shelly noted. "We hope that
• Ruth Meyuowitz, associate all these issues will oome !OfiOther,
professor and department chair, as well as really cr&lt;2ting. a reputaCenttt for the Americas, and ad- lion for Buffalo of lou of good, injunct associate professor, women's tdligent, ~ uppity women that
studies, "Strategies for Women's can organize as well as do good
Economic Empowerment in the work-h&lt; it in organizations,~ in
U.S.: Living Wage and Pay J;quiry" . government, ~ it in resean:h, ~ it
• Bernice Noble, professor of mi- in teaching."
crobiology, "Gender and AutoimThe conference is part of the
Women's Pavilion Pan Am 2001, a
muniry"
• Shirley Tang, doctoral candi- virtual organization devoted to eredate, American studies, "Commu- ating and promoting some 15
nity Development as Public Health- projects that haY&lt; brought lofl'th&lt;r
Public Health as Community o....i- m&lt;rni&gt;en of the Weslml New York
opment"
oommunity &lt;XliiUDitted to bonor• Jean Wactawski-Wende, co- ~ ·extending into the list
piincip&amp;limatiptorofUB'sVan- contury-theprogres~Mtpiritolthe
guud Clinical Center of the 1901 \\Unen's Board of Manop
Women's Health lnitialiYo, "Health that speart-led a number of furl.ssues fur Womm in Later Life"
ward-thinking projects ilrtheexpo"This is a wqthat UB can roW: a sition
oommunity'1CI'ttibutionandtalzit
The registration dadlin&lt; fur the
outside the campus and to !be people oonfemlce is May 7.
wbo liYe t...e.• Shelly said. '"I think
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Activist Elwin Powell, emeritus professor of sociology
-H. ........... emerilusprofesoor in tht Departmmt of Sociology md a ieg,endary figlft on camP"' lOr his 6erce cle&amp;noeofacademic
freedao!l md human rights, died Friday after a&gt;llapsios of alan attad:
in his Buffalo home_ He waa 75.
Pow.u was a member of tht UB
faculty for 38 y&lt;ars md throughout
his cueer, earned a reputation for
his allaltion ro tht effect ofg&lt;Mmment IOCiaJ md political policy on
Amerian participerorydemocracy.
Powell grew up in Plainview,
Teu.s, and attended 'Jbu Technological Collese before serving in tht
U.S. Navy &amp;om i9«-&lt;16. He taught
high school biology in Houston after gnduating &amp;om the UniYersity
of Texas and in 1956 rec:eiv&lt;d his
docrora~ in sociology from Th1aoe
University in 1956.
He joined the UB faculty in 1958
after a short ~rm at the \Jniversity of Thlsa and a year of postdo ctoral work at the London
School of Economics and Political Science. He retired in 1996, but
continued his relationship with
the university by teaching parttime at UB until his-death.
Powdl frequently was asked roaddress off-campus civic, political, academic and religious organizations on
some of the moot oontroY&lt;rSial issues
of the day. He encouraged the public, as he did his students, to attend
to compla IOCiaJ and political issues
and ro speak directly ro local, sta~
and federal gcMmm&lt;Dts, legislaron
and the UB administration thmugh
letttn, public protest and civil disobedience, if necessary.
In fact, usuaUydressed in jeans and
a dashika, the six-foot-three-inch
Ppwdl was present at nearly aU UB

student prot&lt;sts&amp;omthe
19601 thmugh
the 1990s because, one of
his colleagues
said. beloved
the idea ofstudents figbting
fora cauoe. He
alao was a well-known supporter of
the VldDam peace II10IIO!Irimt who
led an aU-nisin UB teach-in on the
VldOam War as early as 1964 and
cOntinued to protest the war until it
ended.
He was a member of the BUffalo
Committee for a Sane Nuclear
Policy and other orgaoizotions caDins for tht enforcement of civil and
human Jisbtslaws here and abroad.
Like other protesters of the era,
Powell was being "officially"
watched. In 1976, he sued the Buffalo police department after repeatedly being denied access ro files he
claimed had been kept on him after
he opened his home on jewett Parkway to war protaten in 1971. In
1996, the Spo:mun. caUing Powdl an
'"antidote to the mainstream; reprin~ some of the citations &amp;om
the65-pagefilethe FBI kept on him
for~ y&lt;ars that described him
as "a utopian idealist" but had little
else of substance ro report.
In 1982,Powdl wis arrested along
with dozens of UB students, over a
refusal ro end a controversial sit-in
in Squm Hall-formerly Norton
Hall--&lt;&gt;n the South Campus.
Powdl had led a much-publidud
"citizen's assembly" ro protest the
UB administration's closing of
Squire, the university's student
union for 20 years.

He spent 12 days in the Wende
Correctional Facility for his trouble.
The sit-in, which orisinaiiY involved
60 students, even tuaUy involved
more than 400 protesters. Squire
HaU was dosed as scheduled and a
secoml, fully functioning student
union was erected on the North
Campus ill 1992.
His affection for pubtic protat
was still intact in 1996, when he participa~ in a Student Associationsponsored "classroom walkout" that
tumedinroUB's laJpstudentprotat on campus in 10 y&lt;ars.
Powdl was the author of." Design
ofDiJcanl: Studies ofAnomie" (Oxford UniYersity Press, 1970, second
edition by1hnsactioo Books, 1988)
and "A Presentation of Stanley
Taylor's'Conceptionsoflostitutions
and the Theory of Knowledge'"
(11-aosaaion Books, 1989).
For~ y&lt;ars he·edited Calflyst: A JOIII7U11 ofPartUipa1my Sodo/Qgyand published many articles in
scholarly joumals. book chapters
and presentations on occupation,
anomie and suicide; civil rights; civil
disobedience, and the conditions
and aires of urban life.
A rom&gt;orial servicr for Powdl will
take place nat month in the Unitarian Universalist Church, 695
Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, the focal
point of many of the anti-war activities -of the 1960s and 70s. The
e:uct date and time will be announced. A reception will follow.
Further details, including eulogies
and "Powdl Tales" by students, colleagues. friends, and &amp;mily, can be
found at &lt;--.-..-.org&gt;.
Memorial contributions may he
made to the Western New York
Peaa:Center.

Playwright Lionel Abel, emeritus professor of English
FunaaiS&lt;rVia:swere held in New York

atY Sunday for Uonol Abel, emerituspr&lt;&gt;kssorin the DeportroentofFnglish and nationaUy regarded play" right, drama critic and translaror.
Abel died April 19 in New York.
Hewas90.
A noteworthy, if cantankerous,
scholar and author, Abel fn,quently
is ci~ in the 'literary company of
Delmore Schwartz, Meyer Schapiro,
Clement Greenberg. Robert Lowdl,
Randall )and!, Uonel1lilling. )ames
Agee, Mary McCarthy, Hannah
An:ndt and Elizabeth Hardwick.
He joined the UB faculty in 1967
and retired in 1979. He earlier waS a
visiting professor of drama at Columbia UniYelsity,Rutp llnMnity
and UB, and a visiting professor of
aestheti&lt;s at the Pratt Institute.
AmonsA.bel's best-known works
of scholarship are "Metatheatre: A
New V~tw of Dramatic Form" (Hill
&amp;Wani 1963),acollectionofhisessays and addresses, and his compilation, "Moderns on 1\-asedy: An Anthology of Modern and Rdevant
Opinions on the Substance and
Meaningoffiasedy" (Fawcrtt, 1967).
Leslie Fiedler, emeritus professor
of EnsJish, knew Abel before and
after his tenure at UB.
" AI; a scholar, Lionel preferred recent drama, that is. 20th century
drama. He was a playwright, but
was more successful as a theater

critic," Fitdler says. ...He was a_man
of many fascinating ideas, but was

not very diplomatic in his way of
selling them. His way of dealing with
people was to put them down. He
was very sure of himself. He sometimes~ with great assurance
about things he had never read," he
says. "Nothing got in his way. Lionel
was a difficult cusronfer.
" He was interested in literature in
French, but also American and EnsJish work. For a long time, he was
a completely independent intellectual who stayed out of universities
because he distrusted them. He refused jobs at other universities, perhaps on the grounds that he
wouldn't belong ro any dub that
would have him," Fiedler says.
"He did not become widely
known, but was vt:ry influential
among those who did know him,"
he adds. "He's a man I would tike to
have in the department with me. I
worked very hard to get him here
and was glad I did. Of coune, the
firs! thing he dld when he got here
was inrult me."
Miles Slatin, emeritus professor of
English, agrees that Abel "had a
reputation as a very rough customer.
He liked ro fight He believtd in the
value of intellectual argument
"In thela~'60sorearly '70s, when
a faculty member wrote a paper. we
would have a meeting at which he or
she would read the paper; Slatin recalls "At one meeting. Angus Fletcher,
a very distinguished Renaissance
scholar who's now at Columbia, read

his new work. A5 he read, Lionel sat
hack beaming and beaming. and listening and listming.
"When Angus sat down, Lionel
stood up and rore the paper apart.
A5 he did, Angus sat there beaming
and beaming and then got up and
tore Lionel's arguments apart. A5
Angus spoke. Lionel sat there"heaming and beaming ... they went on
and on, for the sheer pleasure of arguing. I always tfiought of it as an
=mple ofwhattheintellectualenterprise should he."
Abel's plays included "The Death
-of Odysseus," lint produced in New
York's Amato Theatre in 1953;
"Absalom, "lim produced in New
York at Artist's Theatre in 1956; "The
Pi-etender, • lint produced in New
YorkatCherry Lane Theatre in 1960,
and "The WIVes, • lint produced in
New York in 1965. His plays were
anthologized by )ames Laughlin for
New Directions in 1956 and by
Herbert Machiz for Grove in 1960.
"In his last years here, it was for
me to deal with him," Fiedler says.
.. Lionel had been a Marxist, but
moved to the political far right and
said a lot of things that made no
sense at all I must say, though, that
talking ro Lionel when he was being
irrational was bener than talking to

most people who weren't
"I guess I would conclude by saying that it'seasytosaybad thing5ahout
him, but much more in~g are
the good thing. that are hard to say~

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aplnlt lho Putplo Eacles- . ! h e win
brill one, ulhe Bolo drq&gt;ped a 23-

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"""lho- d o w r q l h e 7-3. 1nlhe--whllelhe
Bobaa U&gt;Oitlho ~26-3 .
But U8 pined • split wkh Ohio
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vlax&gt;&lt;y s...loy oftomocn. k - lhe
lint dmo !hat U8 had beaun a MK

-twta.lnasertesthls
season. U8 Is,_ 9-29 _ . . . ond
4-16 In

leacue ploj&lt;.

~oft~all
Ull drops pmes to Colpte,llowllnc G""'n
UB drq&gt;ped bach ends of a cb.bleheader w vlsltln&amp; Coipte In non-&lt;onlerence
aalon In lhe,UB Sold&gt;d Stadlon co _.!he weo1t. The Bolo lost an 8- 1
doclslon In lhe ~ pme bolore JiW'C up lour "'"' In lhe I Oth lmir&gt;&amp; of
two U&gt; lose lhe '"""- 7-3.
The Bulk had come back tD tie tne score at 3-3 with :a N"l In the boaom d
lho --".The""'"' remained lcnott2d at 3-3 until !he lOth ~ when lhe
Red llalilers exploded wkh lour "'"' on three hits U&gt; put lhe pme out of
read\. Freolwnan )essla Labella hit a two-OUt s01Ife In lhe boaom of lhe I Oth to
&amp;fve lhe Bolo some hope. but lhe Red Ralden held on lor lhe ~
In ocher aalon. 8owiirc Green~ lour unanswered,....,._ two In lhe
fifthondtwoinlhesewnch,wdolatUII,-1-I . In lhe~pmeofadl,....

pme -

at lhe UB Sofdroll Sc&gt;dium.The Falcons outhit lhe Bolo by a 9-4

marz;n ond rocorded six hits In lhe final three lnnircs U&gt; ,_..,.,.,. lhe 1.0 lead

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that Bullaio had bulk In lhe dlini
The Bulls dropped bach ends of a - to 8owiirc Green on
Saturday. 3-0 ond S-1 . blq U&gt; 8-34 awnll and 3- 15 In lhe Mid-Amerian
Conlennce.

Out~oor Ira~
Teams compete In Vlelblalnvltatlonal
The men~ ond women~ trad&lt; and fiold teamS compeud S.wrday In lhe p!kh
and l.eslieV..tJ;c lrwitationol meet hosted by Syrawse ~. There wu no
_ , . . , . . In lhe meet.
Kamau Halim postod a do&lt;ble \'ictory.l&gt;kirc !he men~ lore jUmp u 24-3
(/.39m) and~ jUmp at 49-1 1.75 ( I 5.23m). Mliae ~ brob his own
reo&gt;rdlor lhe second weolt In • """·l&gt;kirc lhe 800 mean In I:5 1.64. Comnisso
ran • 1:51.83 at lhe Sea Roy 1\eio)s In KrcMIIe.Tem..lhe p&lt;-.s weolt.
joe l..olaano also set • ,_school ""-"' wkh his socond-place finish In lhe
shot put.l..olaano broke Adam Smidl's reo&gt;rd wldl a U&gt;SS of 52-2.50 ( 15.91 m).
Olher UB men's winnen indudedTm Giqios In lhe 40Cl'l-..rdles (56.70).
Kdd1 Gentes In lhe hammer dlrow (179-5. 5-1.68m) ond Bryan u...ty In lhe
p.eifl (ln-4, 5-1.06m).The UB men aJso wok lhe 4KI00 (42.35) and 4• 400
(3: 19.09) relays.
The UB women weno led by wong perlonnances frcm 8WJnca McFarland
and Faid!Thompson. McFariand U&gt;Oitlhe ~jUmp at 39-5.75 ( 12.03m).whlle
Thompson won lhe shot put at 41 -7.25 ( 12.68m).
Other ~ ·s wtnnen Included 8emadeae 8osweU i"' the -400 meters
(59. 19). Christina Kock In lhe 800 (2: I 3.73) and Laura Obon In lhe pole vauk
( 10-4. 3. 1Sm). Ouisma M.aahewsand )&lt;nnife• Roseti bod! ~orded 5-3.75
( 1.62m) heigha In lhe high jcmp.

Iennis
MEN "S

Toledo 4, UB 3
Westem Mlchlpn 7, UB 0
Northern Illinois S, Ull 2
The men's teMis team lost. a heard&gt;reakirlg matth. +-l. to HMdo In ia final
home cornpeWon of lhe season.
S«llors 8odi Susanto and 0... Enmovkh pbyod lheir final home matches
of lheO- UB ~Susanto teamed wl1h sophomo&lt;-e ~ Kuiman at firn
doOOies but could not pull out lhe win,
an ~ matd\. Susanto also
dropped a " ' - first-sir-cJes matd\.
~teamed- Junior capain justln Bnlco at second- and
aJso could not produce • win, blliog 8-3. But - . pbyinc lounh """""
noa:hed hit flm_.....,. MAC v1ax&gt;&lt;y apnn Sl&gt;l )ln.2-6. 6-2.6-3.
The Bulb conduded lheir fO&amp;Ubr season wldl a 7.0 loss at Western
Mlchlpn and a S-2 loss at Northern Illinois -.- lhe woelcond.

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Eastent Mlchlpn 7, Ull 0
Toledo 7,UII 0
UB wu swept in ia final two series ol the regubr seuon. &amp;J6in&amp; to Eastern
MI&lt;Npn. 7.0. and Toledo. 7.0. 8od1 matches were pbyod at die UBTenn•
Center.
UB finishes the nogular season at 3- 15 ......-.11and I .S in~ ploj&lt;

~rew
The Bulls won lhe lim SUNY ChamplonsiUps -.- lhe w.el&lt;end at Oweco31 points. one polnc ahead of ~ton. The comt&gt;;nod """'' and
women's squads aJso apwred lhe Chancollor's Cup.~ lhe
at lhe ~~out Bingt&gt;;vnton.

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Thursday, April

26

Educotlon - - , .
Counseling Sldhs for
Eduuton. Susan Davis and

Scott MeK&gt;r, Graduate School
of Education. University Inn
and Conference Center, N.
forest Road, Amhe&lt;St. 8:30
a.m.-noon. S70. Sponsored by
Center for Continuing
Profenional Educaoon. for
more information, 64S-66-42.

SEAS Dean 's Council

~~.~="~a=;-~:.m.

Free. Spomored by the School
of Eng•neenng and Applied
Sciences.

ETC Worl&lt;•hop: Blockboord
Buikting a Course In
Blackboar d. 212 Capen Hall,

Friday

Saturday

27

28

SenlorCelebrotlon
5enk&gt;r Breakfast. Student
Unioo lobby, North Campus.

~~~-5~r~:~-~­

and Activities, undergroduate
Student Association, Alumni

D.nce Petfonnance
Young Choreogroph&lt;n
Showctie. Dept ol Theatre
and Dance. Slack Box Theatre,
Center fo&lt; the Arts. North
Campus. 2 p.m . SS. for mo&lt;e
information, 6-45-ARTS.

~~~ =.~. ~::Tihethe

llble StuciJ

64S·6800, ext. 2020.

ARB. For more information,
Sonia Cinelli, 64S-612S .

insKje Undergraduate Ubrary.
2-4 p.m . free_ Spon&gt;OI&lt;d by
Educational Techrdogy Center.
For more information, 64S7700.
CCR Colloqulol Serle•
Density Functional
Calculations of CatJaytk

~~:'~~a~~ ~~~~e
Columbia Univ. 222 Natural

~=~af=~~more information, BarbaraFor
Raff,
Geology PegNm
Colloquium
The Hudson Valley Thrust
Belt of Eastern New York: A

Foreland Fold and Thrust Belt
In Mlnlatt.~re . Zintars Zadins,

fu~~~~&gt;g=~~.
North Campus. 3:30.S p.m.

Free. Sponsored by Maunce

Crook and Orrin Foster
endowmenu. For more
infOfTTlation, Dept. of Geology,
645-6800, ext. 6100
Biological Sdenc:H Semln or

=~sa~M~~:~Jlle
C n ktarta~al

Mutuallsnu.

Virginia ~.s. ~~- of ZOOogy,
Oregon State Unrv. 201 Natural
Sciences Complex, North
Ca mpus. 3:4S p.m. Free. For
more informahon, Mary Alice
Coffroth, 64S-3380.
The
fi~ting.s

Rt&gt;fJO'f~ publlshc~

for evenu l_.klng

place on c::amptu, or for

off c&lt;tmpus event.s where
UB groupt. are principal

sponson. U.Jtlngs are due
no later than noon on
the Thursday preceding

pubUation. Listings are

only accepted through tttc
e lectronic: submission form

Woruhop

dime Prevention Through

~~~~~~.:.,o.~~ 100

Allen, Sooth Campus. 5:30·9

r,o-:~~nsrc:~tythe
Policing Centtr and the North
Buffalo Zero Tolerance of
VK&gt;Ience, using a grant from
the City of Buffalo Mayor's
N&lt;lghbomood Matching fund .
For more infonnation, Pam
Seal, 829-3520.
Student Eruemble Concert
UB Choir and U8 Choru•. Sl..
Concert Hall, North Campus. 8

F&gt;e~t.F~M~~~~ethe
information, 64S-2921 .

for the online UB Calendar
of Event.s at &lt;http:/ I

Worl&lt;&gt;hop
Hiring Scholars: 1· 1 or H· 187
Rosemary Mecca and Maria
ROSGiglione, International
Student and Scholar Services.
20 Knox, North Campus.

events In the electronic
ule ndar will be Included

2000-01 Dlstlngubhed

SpookonSerles
Doris Keams Goodwtn.
Maimtage Theatre, Center for
the Arts, North c;:.mpus. 8 p.m.
For ticket information, 64SAATS.

rn·~~:x=.s,0-5SS2.

Physlu Semi .....
Transport In Amorphous
Solids. Prof. ~lvador Godoy,
University of Mexko. 14 KnolC
Hall, North Campus. 3:4S p.m
Free.

Wodnesdoy• o t 4 PLUS
Name, Release Party and
Reading. Rust Belt Books, 202
Allen, """' Elmwood, Buffalo. 8
p.m. Ffft. For more
1nfonnation, 64S-3810.

Ufe Woruhop
Tour de UB Bike Path. UB
Outdoor Adventure Club. UB
Bike Path, North cam~s . 4

The Jrd Annual Tzetr.o
- C o n c e r t: Slee/
Vl&gt;ltlng Artbt Seria,
Concert¥

OMsion of Student Affairs. For

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~~=a1 !:~r!d'

~i~~~n~=ActMties,

more information, Sonia
Cinelli, 64S-6125 .

Ex-

Oponlng- Pone!
DIKUUion
The First Institute for Sexual
SCience. CEPA-Gallery, Mart&lt;et
Arcade, 617 Main St., Buffak&gt;.

~l~J:~"'c~~-t~ by

German and Austrian Studies.
the Graduate Group Wl Marxist
Studies, the Center for the
Study ol Psychoanalysis and
Culture, the Comparative
Ut«atu~ GSA and the Art
H~tory GSA.

~-.Jng
~ Meeting . University
Christian fellowship. 317
Student Union, North Campus.
7:30p.m. Free. For more
information, Dalene, 4S9.0231

UB S~. Slee Concert
Hall,
Cam~s. 8 p.m.
free. s~
the Dept
of MuSK. For more
information, 64S-2921 .

o f space limi t ations, not all

Union, North Campus. 4·BO

Scholar Services. For more
information, 64S-22S8.

5

. Student EnHmble Concert

calendar/ login &gt;. Because

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D.-ce Perfor~~~A~Ke
Young Choi.ograpi&gt;on
Showctie. Dept ol Theatre
and Dance. Black Box Theatre,
Cen1er for the Arts, North
Campus. 8 p.m. SS. For more
information, 64S-ARTS.

(pager).

www.buffalo.edu/

In the Reportt!r.

~!~~~~~~by

D-.ce PerfOI"'ftaa'Ke
Young Choreognophers
Showctie. Dept ol Theatre
and Dance. BIKk Box Theatre,
Center for the Arts, North
Campus. 8 p.m. SS . for more
information, 64S-ARTS.

Neurosurgety. 182 fll{bor,
South

Campu~

6 p.m. free.

-StuciJ
lntomatl&lt;&gt;nol Student Bible

~~~~:~~n~mpus.
7:30p.m. f,...

Tuesday, May

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StuciJ/ Folth

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Campus. Noon:l p.m. Free.
~ by Newman Center,
Campus MinistJy. for
""""information, Bedcy, 8336649.

-

UB vs. Brock (DH). Dunn lire

Park. 1 p.m . Free.

~m . S12, S9, IS. Sponsored
the Dept of Music. for
more information, 64S-2921 .

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DMKe PerfOI"m...c:e
Young Choreograpf&gt;en
Showcose. Dept ollh&lt;atre
and Dance. stack Box Theatre,
Center for the Arts, North ·
Campus. 2 p.m . SS. for""""
Information, 6-45-ARTS.

Student Eruemble eonc..t
UB Sax~ Ensemble. Slee
Concert n, North Ca~
p.m. free. Sponsored by
ol Music. for """"
information, 64S-2921 .

_,

Monday

30__

Stotlstkal
Nlegono Choptor
On the Rood to Better 3 0
through Sutlstlcs. Konneth R.
Hoffmann, Toshiba Strol&lt;e
Research Center, Dept of

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Wednesday

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2

Andenon Gallery, Martha

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lntomotloNII Student
Rec:optlon
President's Reception for

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~~~~~=~or

the Arts, North Campus. 4-6
~For '"?"! information,

High -

Exhibits

City photographer and U8
alumnus DOuglas leYere wiR be

DaVIeS, 829-2608.

Sunday

of
the Graduate Sdlool. Contor
for Tomorrow, North Campus.
3 p.m. free. Sponsored by the
Graduate Sdlool. for mo&lt;e
information, jean GrN, 6-456240.

8wlness

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Technology CcimponleS
The Secret-Your Ufe as a

~Eo:.~'f=:·~.G.
~on Ill International, Ud.
Center fo&lt; Tomorrow, North

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3626.

llbleStuciJ
felloWship of Chrbtlan
Athletes. Al8rocarto. 135
football Stad'01m, North
campus. 6 p.m. Free.

-Study
Student Blble Study. Dalene
Guarino. 210 Student Unioo,

Monday throogh friday and
noon to S p .m. Satu'll'y.

"Pet.. ......_, Foclng
Away"
Portraits by Austrian painter
Petor Bald"'9&lt;' will be on

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·- --·
Su'$
p.m. . turday.

Exhibit • •

Wort&lt;bysenlorsn-.tsinthe
Department ol Art will be on
display through
theArt Department
, on
the second floor of the u Art
Gallory and in the atrium ol the
Conter for the Arts. Art

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8

~~ ~~. to

6 p.m . Sa
. UB Art Gallery
hours are 10:3 a.m. to 8 p .m.
Wednesday through Saturday
and ,_, to S p.m. Sunday.

"Pm"
•PEO,• an interactive
instaKation in which visiton

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459.0231 (pager).

the UB Noith Campus,
~from
the UBlorArt
the c.nt.r
the

Thunday

Arts

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june 29. Gallery
0:30 to 8
wednesday through
rday
and noon to S p.m. Sunday.

~- FocultJ -.Jng
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'Q&amp;A: jo freudenheim discusses
diet, nutriticn and disease

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Projects being considered would boost student quality of life on the North Campus
By JENNIFER UWAHDOWSIU
Reporter Assistant Editor ·

Hll.E n"new studtot housing is
slated forconstruc·tion at UB in the
coming academic year, there is an
ambitious building plan on the notso-distant horizon---&lt;&gt;ne that would
build on the relatively untouched
stretch of land along Lee Road between John James Audubon Parkway and the Student Union and
could take as long as a decade to materialize in full.
A student service; building, a recreation center-akin to a commer·
cial health dub----imd a new student
health center that would serve as the
univmity's primary health-care facility all are being considered, says
Oifford B. WLlson, associate vice
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possibilities but, Wilson is quick to
caution, nothing is set in sto~
the eventual construction of additional housing on that parcel
Stieglitz Snyder Architect ure of
Blasdell has been hired to develop a
master plan and already has begun
speaking with various constituencies on campus-student leadership, administrators and other campus grou~o get a feel for what
is desired and needed.
"We really do want a lot of input
from the campus community with
regard to what we build," said Wilson, adding that public hearings on
the development are being planned
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As part of that plan, the university
is considering the possibility of extending Lee Road straight thmugh to
the Ellicott Complex in order to "im-

pro\101cin:ulation ... and begin to connect Ellicott more to the campus,"
said Wilson. He noted that the architecture firm also will look at the logistics of the surmunding infrastructure with an eye to impro.;.u,g parking for The Commons and
reconfiguring roads, while also providing for the possibility that development could extend into the Jarvis
Hall parking lots adjacent to Lee. An
cndosed walkwdy to accommodate
pedestrian traffic between Ellicott
and the spine also may figure in.
The plan , once consensus 1s
reached as to how to proceed, could
take between five and 10 years to
build up, and will be a "significant"
expense to the university, Wilson
said. As for environmental irnpae1
to the land, which Wilson said al ways has been in UB's developmenl
sights, the university has been working with the Environmental Task

Force on the issue.
And while the North Campu&gt; IS
in the midst of a building boom, the
South Campus also is gerting its due.
A BulfuJo firm has been hired Jo
redevelop the high-rise residential
Goodyear Hall, transforming the
roughly 500-bed facility into apartment -style housing. Aynn Battaglia
Architects PC, which. Wilson said.
brought forth the "m= interesung
and original co~cept," should have a
full-blown design ready by January
2002, with construction beginning in
the 2002-03 academic year. The refurbishing will reduce oa:upancy
from 500 to between 300 and 350,
he said, but will significantly upgrade
the quality oPliving there.
As well, WLlson said the university has considered constructing
new apartments on that campus.
between Goodyear and Clement
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Institute to assist non-profit agencies
By CHRJrnN£ VIDAL

.}leporter Contributor

U

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with the community
with the formation of
an institute that will
strengthen the planning and management skills of local not-forprofit agencies.
Funded by a grant of S 190,000
from The John R. Oishei Foundation,
the UB Institute for Non-Profit
Agencies will work with the management oflocal health and human-service agencies to train and certify executives, manager. and staff in program planning, development. management, supervision and evaJuation.
A joint effort by the UB schools
of Social Work and Managemenl,
the institute also will provide individualized consultation services to
selected agencies.

TJ:ie goal is to provide human-service agency =cutives and their staff
with the management skills needed
to successfully meet the needs of
their ·clients, sa id Lawrence
Shulman, dean of the School of Social Work.
"Agencies are facing increasing
demands to fulliU their missions, but
don't always have the infrastructure
or rece ive- th e resources," sa id
Shulman. "Ail rlot -for-profits are
feeling stress, no t just the small.
comrnun iry-based ones."
The Institute for Nonprofit Agencies will serve as a consulting. train·
ing and certificat ion resource to
match health and human-s&lt;rvice organizations with the expertise of UB's
social work and managen&gt;ent faculty.
It will provide training, technical
assistance and certification in areas
such as program planning, develop-

ment and evaluation: fiscal management: management and supervision
skills; grant writing, and the use of the
computer for management functions.
.. Because of the selfless nature of
their work, not-for-profit agencies
sometimes get ovcrlooked in discussions about which sectors of our
economy should be targeted for developmen t," said Lewis Mandell .
dean of the UB School of Management. "By supporting the continued
success of vital, well-managed agenCies, we will help to enhance and
preserve the high quality of life en JO)'&lt;d in Western New. York.''
"We were particular!)' happ)' to
see the collaboration bcrween the
university and community groups,"'
said Thomas E. Baker, executive director of The John R. Oishei Foundation... We believe much more cdn
be accomplished when more hdnds

and heads are involved."
The institute will work \\,th Its
panners, the Not for Profit Resource
Center of the United Way of Buffalo
and Erie County and the CEO Insti tute of the Agency Executives Assoaation, to identify 15 agencies to pdrticipate in the first year of the prolt"l1.
lnsutute staff, as weU as UB fa..ultyand graduate students from tht.&gt;
schools of Social Work and M•n•g,ment, will work with funding agcn ·
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halls near Main StreeL The possibility'remains, also, that the Pritchard,
MacDortald and Scboellkopf residence halls would be phased out as
tiving quarters and made into office
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mvironmcntal fiodors, including
diet and phylial activity, .. ...u
as other &amp;ctoo in the mvironmenL There bas been a decrease
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North Ounpus,a 536-bed apartment
complex that will bting the univorsity's total bed count-including
apartments and residence halls on

ments in any of the complexes cur- its bed total up to Io,!XXI--ilearly half
rently on the North Ounpus.
the totalstudentpopulation-with
"Judgingbythedernand forapan- the nat three to five years. To meet
, - - - - - - -- - - . - - - - , that goal, Wtlson said the
uru..rsity is looking at rveral locations for additiortal
apartment-style bousing:
• Tht- area between
HadleyV"dlageand the Governors Residence Halls,

bo'!hcamp~morethan6,900

for fall 2001,is"right on target,"Wdson said, and already is booked for
fall. Unfuttunatdy.headded, the wti- ments," be said, there seems ID be "a
&gt;USity likdy will turn away betw= real ~· for additional housing.
300 and 400 students sedting apart· 1he ultimate goal is for UB to bring

near Renscb Road
JIThe area framed by flint
and Maple roads, and
Millenport Higbway. proD·
mate to the Balter Oillled
Water.Plant
• Land aloog Skinncmille
Road on the-sideofEitioouo.d&lt;
Of patticular interal is building
bousing dedicated 1D graduate stu·

dents; no residence buildings on either campus currently cater ooldy to
thatgroup. ~Coun, the first
project completed in the current
housing building boom, was built for
graduate and ~ students
but is located Qn Olestnut Ridge
Road, off Sweet Home Road, north_.. of the North Ounpus.
"We bdieYe (building graduate
bousingon campus) will help in ~
auitment and retention of graduate students," be' said, adding th3t
UB will wait to map out funher un·
dergraduate housing Wllil the Lee
plan is in sharper focus.
For more information on-or a
vinuallook at-campus housing.
log onto &lt;lottp://W!!fW~­

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Non-Profit Institute
.... ,...,
program. Individual consultation
with the agencies also will begin in
the fall and continue throughout the
academic year.
Training will include instruction
in skills sucb as revising finaocial
planning and accounting procc·
dures, working with staff on grant
identification and writing skills,
consulting on supervision,~
c..a.....~

ment and human-resoun:e issues,

...roses.

strategic p1annins
deY.Iopment of computerized service

school's community cona:ntr.ltion,
will sene as IICIIdemicdiiector of the
institute, and Ronald J. Krul,
tive director of the Scbool of
Management's Center for Management DeYelopment, will serve as assistant diiector of planning. A fuD.
time program coordinator also will
be named.
The program will be conducted
man-scrvicr~andwillnotbe
restrictal to the 15 oelecU:d ..,a... . at a number of sii.s, including the
Kathleen Kosi, assistant proe..or: United Way's Raouroe Center and
of social work and chair of the UB's Jacobs Eucuti\t D.-loptraclringand reponing systems. and
marlttting plans.
In addition, mini-workshops and
courses that build on the fall &lt;M:r·
view cow.e will be offered ID smior
and other agency staff members beginning in theSpring2002~.
These courses will be open ID staff
from all non-profit health and hu·

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ment Center.
The Jobn R. Oishei Foundation
iscommittedtoenbancingthequality of life for Bu£13lo-area r&lt;Sidents
by supporting medical research,
health care, education and the cultural, social, civic and othet charitable needs of the community. The
foundation was established in I 940
by John R. Oishei, founder olllico
Products Corp.. o"" of the world's
leading manufacturers of windshield wiper systems.

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'Living Room' coming to UB
Grant to.bring South African theater group to CPA
Center for the Arts
received the Jaraat
graot in its history fur a
project that will bring a

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South African theater group to the
center for a month this mil, with performances scheduled 1101 only in the
CFA, but in homes and businesses
in the community.

Cl

"This rq&gt;res&lt;:nts the most significant monctarylllppol't the CFA bas
received since opening the doors of
this mandous facility in 1994," said
CFA Dinctor Thomas Burrows.

UB's College of Aru and Scicnas,
paisod the CFA staff, noting that the
projectandmajoraward"significantly
mhanaosal&lt;q-ltml pi &lt;XtheC&lt;r•ta' lOr the Aru to build relationshipo

"It rdlecu a significant acaleration of continuing progress in pursuit of our full potential as a living
laboratory fur our students and a vi-

with the greatrr Buf131o mmmunity.
"This OU1mlcb project,"he added]

.. The Living Room Projectt
which will involve the Eager Artists
theatre group &amp;om Durban, South
Atria, is being funded by a $100,000
graot awarded by the Association of
Performing Arts Presenters.
CommWlity orgaoiz.ations that
wert partners in the proposal""' the
Aru Council of Buffalo 'and Erie
County, Ujima Theatre Company,
Langston Hughes Center, African
American Center for the Arts, World
of Life Community Church,
Juneteenth Festival and the Paul
Robeson Theatre. The UB Office of
Public Service and Urban Affairs
also was involved in the proposal
The CFA:s proposal was one of
four out of nine submitt&lt;d that received funding under the
association'sAruPartnersProgram
It was one of only two to receive
maximum funding.
The Arts Partners Program receives funding support from the
Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds
and the Doris Duke Charitable
Foundation.

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BrieD

THOMAS BURROWS

tal cultural resource for the large
commWlity."
Funding of "The living Room
Project," he added, "allows us to fully
address the heart of our mandate,
including the eobanczm&lt;:nt and en-

richment of students' education,
oommunity outreach and audiencr
development The shaping and refinement of our ooncept during the

planoing period oould not have been
achieved without the generosity and
wisdom of our~ Buffillo is a
great performing ans oommWlity."
Charles L Stinger, interim dean of

"promises exciting opportunities for
deepening our appreciation of the
work of performing artists."
'"!'he UvingRoom Project," which
will take plaet&amp;om Sept I 0 through
Oct. 7, will center on social cngasemcnts in homes and businesses of
oommWlity hosts in Bu1l3lo. These
engagements will revolve around
sband meals, followed by theater,
danct and music performances.
The project will provide an intimate audieoa experience, as well as
opporrWlities for guests to discuss the
work presmt&lt;d with the performers.
The strongest ooocentration of the
projects engagements will ~e in
Buf131o'sAfrican-American oommuoity. Performances and other residency activities will be offered at the
CFA for project hosts and their
guests, as well as the general public_
The Eager Artist theater group
provides authentic performances,
classes aod workshops in South African music, daoce aod theater. The
company was founded by director/
playwriSbt Jerry Pooe in )995.
I
For more information about "Tbe
livirig Room Project" aod Eager
Artists,
visit
CFA:s Web
at
&lt;http://
_ the___
.....site
odu&gt;.

Study looks at stockbroker.bias
lly JOHN D£UA CONTIIADA
Reporter Contributor

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new study by a UB finance professor bas unoovered a panem of bebavior among financial
analysts that suggests that their stock
~mmendations often conform to
expectations of what will sell, rather
than what stocks will provide better
returns to investors.
Consequently, many financial analysts beoome tk facto
marketing agents for stockbrokers, arming them with
stock reoomlnendations that
will be attractive to individual

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more easily sell those stocks to investors who erroneously associate a
finn's name recognition with its
ability to generate high stock returns, even though lesser-known,
un-rated companies typically provide higher returns.
In his study, Chung analyzed
S&amp;P's stock rating data &amp;om 198596 and comp=d them to the number of analysts who followed each

investors, but less likely to provide high returns, says researcher Kee Chung, M&amp;T
Bank Professor of Finance in
the School of Management
The results of the study,
Chung says, support the belief that financial analysts and
stockbrokers often makerecoOllllelldations based on their
own incrntives rather than the
best interests of investors.
"Exactly what motivates
analysts to follOw the stocks of
certain companies is not often clear;
says Chung. "Thisstudyundmoores
a poss~bleconllicl'ofint&lt;=t between

analysts/brokers and investors. It sug. gests that analysts should be viewed
as working alongside brokers as part
of a brokerage firm's marketing
team."
Chung theorizes that analysts
have incentive to regularly follow
better-known, high-quality firms..as defined by a firm's Standard and
Poor ratin~use brokers can

company, according to data compiled by the Institutional Brokers
Estimate System (JIBIFJS) oontaining analysts' forecasts of corporate
earnings collected &amp;om approximately 400 leading brokerage finns.
He found that S&amp;P-rated stocks
were followed by more analysts than
were un-rated stocks, and highly
rated S&amp;P stocks wert followed by
more analysts than poorly rat&lt;d S&amp;P
stocks. Moreover, he found a significant increase in analyst following

when S&amp;P upgraded a stock, and a
significant decrease in analyst following when S&amp;P downgraded a stock.
The findings, when added to existing research showing that brokers
recommend buying versus selling of
S&amp;Pstocksata4-to-l ratio,areevidence of an S&amp;P bias among analysts/brokers that could be a disservice to investors, Chung says.
He believes that brokers push S&amp;P
stocks more often not o'hly because
they are more sellable, but also because it's less likely that clients will
sue if the stocks produce 1=
" It's
easier for analysts to demonstrate
fiduciary responsibility after recommending S&amp;P stocks," Chung says.
"S&amp;P stocks give analysts a built-in
=use if they fail," he adds. "Analysts
can point to a stock's high rating and
say that the marlcet was to blame, not
the analyst, if a stock performs poorly.
That argument doesn't bold up as well
ifan un-rat&lt;d stock performs poorly~
Based on his findings, Chung cautions investors to be wary of the marketing bias of financial analysts/brokers and suggests that investors oonsider looking beyond the betterknown oompanies when researching
or oonsideriog stock investments.
"To the extent that stocks of
higher-quality companies offer inferior returns to those oflow-quality companies, it is imPQrtant for
investors to guard against the ten dency of analysts/brokers to promote stocks of higher-quality companies," be concludes.
Chung's results were published
recently in FiruJnciol MnruJgement,
the journal of the Financial Management Association International

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UB to offer doctoral program in
Library and Information Studies
The School of lnf-'loft Studies will ppcn a new avenue for

doctor.ol study in library science in the fall· 200 I semester.
The new 72-credit hour Ph.D. degree will be offered jointly by the
school's Department of Library and Information Studies an&lt;l Department of Communication. It will extend the existing communi-.
cation doctoral program by including an optional cognate in library
and information studies.
The program of study will begin with courses required for the
doctorate in communication, followed by a nine credit-hour minor
in library and information studies and 24 credits of electives in
librarianshi'p, communication or related disciplines.
Candidate dissertations will be in an area of library and informa tion studies related to the communication field. The new program's
three-member dissertation committee will be composed of faculty
members from both departments.
Applicants for the program must have a master's degree in library
science. Further information is available at &lt; http:/ I
www.sb.buff•lo.edu/ phd-htm &gt;.

IREWG to hold Celebration of
Scholarship on Women, Gender
The Institute for Rese•~h and Education on Women and Gender
will hold the Fourth Annual Celebration of Scholarship on Women
and Gender from noon to 3 p.m. Friday in the Screening Room of
the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.
Opening remarks will be presented by Pat Swift, a recently retired
Buffalo News reporter and columnist for more than two decades ofthe weekly Womansoope column. Swift, who also has held offices in
the Buffalo Newspaper Guild and served o n the board of the Buffalo Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, will speak on
the role of the medja in disseminating news, research and policy
developments concerning gender issues.
The program also will include presentations by faculty members
who have received IREWG's Curriculum Award for new courses they
developed and taught during the 2000-01 academic year. The award
winners will speak on the contributions their courses have made to
enriching the curricula of their respective departments and to UB's
overalJ coursto offerings. They are Meghan Cope of che Department
ofGeography for her course, "Gender and Geography;" Monica Jardine
of Women's Studies for "Women in the Global System," and Ruth
Meyerowitz of ~ericao Studies for "Women and Public Policy.·
In addition, the program will include poster presentations on topics that include .. Folic Acid Awareness for Women: Health Promotion in the University Community,""'Male Circumcision among the
Soruwe of North Benin," .. L'~gaHt~ des Hommes et des Femmes or
the importance of Feminist Discourse in de Gournay's Writings,"
"Can Behavior be Used to Ses Non-human Primates? A Case Study
of a One-Year-Old Japanese Macaque"' and "'l .atino/as in Education:
A Struggle Beyond Ethnic and Gender Equity~
For more inform ation, call IREWG at 829-3451 .

Performance to benefit the UB E3
Community Pan-Am Pa,rt:nership
The UB Community Pa n -Am Partnenhlp, Irish Classical Theatre
and The Baird Foundation will present Vincent O'Neill in a reading
of "The Importance of Being Oscar" at 7:30 p.m. on May 16 in the
Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.
"The Importance of Being Oscar-Michcil MacLia mm6ir's tribute to the genius of Oscar Wdde-took the theatrical world by storm
during the '60s and '70s. Performance material ranges from Dorian
Gray to De Profimdis, from The Importance of Being Ernest to Reading
Gaol. But it is through the addition of a cornmentary-&lt;unningly disguised as comedy-that "Oscar" wwves a tapestry that reaffirms Wilde
as a master of English letters and the greatest wit of his generation.
The Irish Classical Theatre originally produced "The Importance
of Being Oscar" in 1991. The productio n starred Vincent O'Neill
and was directed by bis brother Chris O'Neill.
The event will be followed by a special reception for those who
purchase a $30 patron ticket Proceeds from this performance will
benefit the UB Community Pan-Am Partnership. Call Michele Gallant at 645-2711 for more information.
The Pan-Am Centennial Celebration 2001 is a grassroots, community-wide initiative commemorating the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. The celebration features tvents and activities high ~
lighting the spirit and legacy of the Pan-American Exposition. as well
as Buffalo's rich history and numerous cultural and architectural trea~
sures. Additional information on the centennial celebration is avail able at the official Web site, &lt;http://www.,.......,2001 .org&gt;.
Tickets for ..The Importance of Being Oscar .. are $30 for patrons,
$15 for the general public and $5 for UB students. Tickets are avail ·
able from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday in the Center for
the Arts bOll: office and at all Ticketmaster locations. For more information, caii645-ARTS.

�Work by Kerry Crant brings to light t he artistic accomplishments of city's finest ..-nent
BRIEFLY
T,.._, Allen NCIIhe
·Emilrtlus Cerar's
WehiSb!ln .-.rds
The EmeriWs Center has Jnsented the 2001 Role Wolnstein
AwardtoO&gt;ar56omus
Trayno&lt;, 1 rtant ~of
the Sd&gt;ool a( An:hlcecWre ond

Plonnlng. for his M.Atch. thesis,

•l..et£hwoith Wlago: Assisted

Living Housing In 1 MultlleYel

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Care Communtty.•

The-.I."'*"CIIrios•
ssoo. wos presented
forT111)'001'sWI&gt;IIr, booed on an
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cash prlzJt a(

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The R o l e - Selection
CorM&gt;ittee . . . - . Cor-

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pfoshment ond • pfta a( S2SO
to ~ Mor1lyn Alen. • candidate In the MAH deglw program I n - ond dlnoo,lor
her community project. "OMIS

T - A Top.Oonce - ITllln Complny l o r - .

The wll be presented
at 2 p.m. on Moy 8 during the
EmeriWs Contor's ....,
monthly - . g. The - . g
agenda ... indudos rocognltiona( RfV.IJP- ond.
,musical pertormonce. AI..-.
logs are 11ft ond _ , ID the
public. For furlhor lnfonniCion,
cal tho anter at 129-2271 .
The"""""'- ... competltlllo ond made In memory a(

Role ~n. who t&gt;ught psydlologf ot UB for """')' _ .
and WIS Olle at the loundors of
the Emeritus Center In 1982.
Announced onnuolly In the faN,
the competition .-ords substantial adlievement by undef.
gnoduate or graduate - b ·
at UB In resean:h In their disci- .
pllnes or artistic ICIMiy relating
to the phenomeno ol humin
aging In a context of social ond
cultural change.

Law panel to examine
cross.border practice
The Canada-U.S. Legol Studies
Center at the UB LM School will

-.panel

disamlon.

"Cross-8order Legol Proctlce: The
U.S..c.n.dian Connection,•
p.m. today In tho .
Low School Faculty lD&lt;.nge. 545
O'Brian Hoi,-~
The panel discussion wllin-

from 3:30-S

dudea_..,..,....d .

aoss-bordor pqcllce ond tho
special pnMsions Chit- to it.
such .. the '1oreign legal consultant dt!ignotJon.. Specllc
proc:tic:Nreo topb wlllndude
Immigration, tilde ond customs,

and corporote Issue. The CUin!nt
and future Impact ol NAFTA abo
wiU be consido&lt;ed.
Panelists will include Gerard
M. Meehan of HodgsOn IWss
llP, Toronto; ·Kathryn 8fyk Friedman o1 Hodgson Russ LIJ'. Bof.
falo; Lou~ RachHn of Kavlnoky
&amp; Cook Ll.l\ Boffalo and
Toronto, and klm Sotir of
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bemsen &amp;
Loewy PC. Buffalo.
For more information, aU
645-2102 or emoll
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Book celebrates Pan-Am EXposition
&amp;Y ~ LlW AHOOWSIU

spend time learning what~ the
community unique. In doing so, he
became aware, through a colleague,
or the ~ significant moments in
Western New York history: the Pan-

SponningiOille 350 ...... tbr Free
executed treatment or architecturt,
Rmaissance-styl buildinp of tbr
landscaping. color and art.
Century ago, the City or
Grant proposed to Simer that a· Pan-Am ........ desip:d to be tan·
Buflialo opened for the
volumeceldntingtbrartistic~ ponry, constructed of plaster and
world the gates to its
plishmentsorthr Pan-Americ:an ... fib.r binder-a material like
"Rainbow City"- a
position Y«&gt;UUd be. fitting ~t a&gt;uld be tom down
sweeping spectacle or color and tight r---------~~~-------.cenmmwpro~~ easily when the exposition d&lt;-.1 six
that defined the Pan-American ExE Bieron orCanisius Cd- months later.
Bu!Wo's RainbowOtybydaywas
position or 190 I.
Jese Pres, himself a PanThen the eighth-largest city in the
Amenthusi:fii,IIOOOame a 6ood or red, blue, grem and gold
nation, Buflialo brought to fruition
into tbr fDid, as did Bud&lt;, hues, and at night, tbt. buildings
an elabOrate display or architecture
who was chosen as the .....,.. transformed into the "City or
and electricity celebrating the embook's designer not only living Lights." At the cmrer or this
nomic and technological prosperity
ror his award-wiooing spectacle was the Electric Tower, a
of the time-to whkb millions
aedentials,butabofDr his symbolic beacon or technological
came to marvel
shared interest in tbr ..- P"""'"' for tbr time, as wdJ as an
aestbrtic triumph tbotloomed men
One hundred yean later-and i
pooition.
once again illuminating Buf&amp;IC&gt;-&lt;1 !
The book-&lt;1 rich tex· than 400 fed aboYe the grounds of
UB administrator has recaptured ~
tual and visual tapestry, tbr exposition.
The &lt;xp&lt;&gt;sition grounds merged
the vibrancy and innovation of tbe
160 pages in lengtbPan-Am in his book;"Tbe Rainbow ~
bringt to ligbt tbr ambi- ·into Debw2ie Park, offering as its
City: Celebrating Light, Color and
tious oolor and an:hitec- entranoe tbr natunl environs of tbr
Architecture at tbe Pan-American ~
schemes that sym- park. OneeYm could ~by gonExposition, Buflialo 190 1."
v
bolicaDydepictedandcel- dola to the &lt;:lp&lt;IOition by way or thr
In lceeping witb the spirit or com- I!
ebrated tbe progras or lalce, Grant noted, infusing tbr eYmt
munity tbat launched the Pan- ~
civilization. A •coffee with a charming romanticism.
"A lot of what Pan•Am was, was
American ~ition, the bookit· : . . - _ . - .:::: '10 ,.__ _ _
table"-style publication,
1 1
tbr book draws on iJnases the fun and spectacle or it," be ..,...
self evolved IntO a collaborallve ~ In - · ·
community project. Authored by
and artifacts &amp;om privm But the book ddYes deeper, touchKerry Grant, vice provost for aca- American Exposition.
collections, as ..dl as tbr historic:al ing not only on the imolvanent of
demi c affairs and dean of th e
Grant, a Pan-Am enthusiast and society. Paintings by artist john Ross technology and an:hitecture in the
Graduate Schoo~ tbe book was de- collector or &lt;:lp&lt;IOition artifacts since Key-which r=tly~restored in exposition, but also the involvesigned by David Bud&lt; or Crowley- acquainting himselr with Buffalo's anticipation of the cenlt:tlnW-ere ment--&lt;Uld adusion-&lt;&gt;f women
Webb and Associates, a Buffalo ad- history, said what intrigued him featured throughout the book. And and people of color.
"Women's rights and ra&lt;ll&gt;-these
vertising agency. William H. Siener, most about the Pan-Am was its.,.. an:hitectural renderings and works
director of tbe Buffalo and Erie traordinaryuseorallorthroughout that new:rbefDre have been displayed issues were clearly important at that
time
for what was going on witb
County Historical Society, provides the &lt;:lp&lt;IOition grounds. But the im- or published-including original
the introduction to the book, which ages Grant came across or the Pan- promotional pieces for tbr Pan Am, botb groups." $3)'$ GranL
The book's formal releaseApril25
was printed by Dual Printing and Am most commonly wtre black and advertisements and parapbernaliapublished byCanisius College Press, white photographs. He began to a)&lt;ocontnbutetothebook's200-plus will be marked witb a public reception and book signing from 5:30with financiaJ suppor1 from th e gather materials that addre&amp;sed the images.
John R. Oishei Foundation.
use of oolor-&lt;luch as guidebooks,
The Pan-Am has been of unwa- 7:30 p.m. in tbe Buffal9 and Erie
After arriving in Buflialo in 1991 periodicals, lithographs and rna~ vering interest to Grant, who sees County Historical Society, located at
as dean or the then-Faculty or Ans as well as provided dues to what he the eYmt as "a very important cul- tbe comer of Elmwood Avenue and
Nottingham Terrace in Buffitlo.
and Letters, Grant said he chose to considered to bean incrediblywdl- tural landmark..
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Recreating.San Francisco's earthquake
UB seismologists simulate aspects ofdestructive ground motion from 1906 temblor
By EUJ:N GOlDBAUM
·Reporter Contributor

N

EARLY a century after
the g~&lt;aii906San Francisco earthquake, Uni-

vmity at Buffalo ..W·
neering seismologists have recreated
ror the first time some aspects or its
most destructiv. ground motions.
The research is being presented
today, on the 95th annivenaryofthe
quake, which measured about7.8 on
the Richter scale, at the annual meeting or the Seismological Society or
America.
The 1906 event, which triggered
the devastating San Francisco fire,
was responsible for killing more
than 3,000 people, destroying
28,000 buildings and making about
225,000 or the city's 400,000 residents homeless.
"The 1906 earthquake is generally
seen as the.first large seismic event in
the world that was documented with
seismic, geologic and geodetic data,"
said George P. Mavroeidis, a doctoral
candidate in the Department orCivil,
Structural and Environmental Engineering in the UB School or Engineering and Applied Scion=. who
presented the n:sean:h.
"'However, since there were no
instruments in the vicinity to record
the ground motions, only qualitative approaches have been applied
tO estimating ground motion mag-

nitude," he said.
The UB simulations provide the
6rst quantitative approach to esti-

S. Papageorgiou, UB professor of
civil, struCtural and errvironmental
engineering. who co-authored the
matinggniundmotionsoftheeven~ research.
which ruptured 470 kilometen, or
"Only with quantitative estimates
29o miles,.or the San An&lt;l=s FaulL or ground motions d~oped by
seismologists can ·engi. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , neers tben take that data
and use tbem as input to
mathematical models of
structures to see if the
struciures could withstand
the shaking ofearthquakes
with comparable magnitudes," he explained
The UB researchers produced ground motion
"snapshots" or low-frequency displacanents and
velocities for an atended
area covering central and
northern CalifOrnia and for
IS selected locations in the
vicinity or th&lt; earthquake,
including downtown San
Francisco, Oaldand, the
Golden Gatt Bridg&lt;, Fort
Bragg and San Jose.
"These 'snapshots' giv&lt;
you an idea of the intensity
or ground motion that was
(By contrast, the destructiv&lt; 1989 experi~ during the earthquake."
Lorna Prieta earthquake ruptured said Mavrot:l'dis.
only about 25 miles or the fault.)
Acmrding to Mavroeidis, the re"For these itinds or Luge eYmts, seart:h was based on acamate slip
models
recentlydeYeloped by USGS
the reoorded ground motion da~
are still_,- scan:e,• said Apostoloo raearchers.

"These slip mOdels, wbich describe
how much one side of the fault
~in relation to tbr other, have
given us tbr """""""Y input to tq&gt;roduce the growxl motion generated
"by the 1906 earthquake and to quantitatiw:lyreoonstruct tbr long-period
andvdocity6eld~byoen­

tral and northern CalifOrnia," he ...
plained.
The research focused 00 long-period motions, wbich are growxl motious that are~ and oorrespond
with seismic waves in wbich tbrre are
fewer oscillations per minutt.
"These large quakes release a lot
or energy in the long-period range."
explained Papageorgiou, "so tbis
range is importanL"
At the same time, be said, certain
structures. such as high-rise buildings and suspension bridges, are
considered long-period· structures
thal "are expected to suffer or to be
more = l y tested during large
events," be explained
The UB researchers plan to ...
pand their models to simulate
ground motions for the 1906 quake
over the entire frequency~ and
to recreate aa:elerations or ground
motions.
These data then will be input into
engineers' models or structur.s to
enable them to design building and
bridges that can better withstand
such destructivt eartbqualtes.

�Aprilll21111Ni.l2.1L 21

Can libraries, Internet co-exist?
Survey sheds light on direction both research tools may be headed
By~liw-SIU

R&lt;porttl' Assistant Editor

ITH
Internet
growth on the rise,
the way people arc
g;.thering infOrmation is shifting away from visiting
the local public library. The overwhelming pace at which tb&lt; lntmJ&lt;t
is inliltrating the consciousness at
large has gM:n way to coocrm about
how, and it; public libraries fit in.
While many Internet serviC.. and
resources appear to compete with
thosoo traditionally offered by public
libraries-information gJcaned from
survey reslllts presented this ,_ by
UB faculty in tb&lt; award-winning research paper, "lmpoctsoftb&lt; Internet
on PubHc Library Use"~ good
news is that Internet use now appears
to co-exist comfortably alongside
public bbrary use. And while it also
sccms,fornow,thattb&lt;publiclibrary
will be able to hold its own in tb&lt; "information franchise" marl&lt;el, it most
likely will have to build on its
strengths as a community institution and adjust its services as consumer preferences change.
George D'Eiia, professor and
director oftb&lt; c&lt;nter for Applied
Research in Library and Information
Science at UB, has been conducting
rescarth on public library services for
more than 20 years. For D'Flia, the
principal irMstigatoron the paperwhich recei.ed the Bohdan Wynar
Research Paper of the Year Award at
the 2001 Annual Conference of the
Association for Library and Information Science Education in Washington, D.C.-the opportunity to conduct a national survey examining
public bbrary and. Internet usc was a
natural outgrowth of ongoing research in the field
"For years now we have been asking. both in our professional press
and discussions with public libraries,
• the persistent question of what is the
role of the public library now that we
have the lntcmet,"be said. And while
the question seems obvious, D'Flia
said he and the paper's co-authors
could find no published evidence of
the relationship between the two.

W

D' Eiia, along with Cori_nne

JOrgensen, UB associate professor of
library and information studies,
Eleanor Jo Rodger, president of the
Urban Libraries Council, and Joseph Woelfel, UB professor of communication, oonducted a landmark

random telephone survey of 3,097
adults in March and April of last

yeac
Funded by a grant from the lnstitu2 for Museum and ubrary Services, the results of that survey, carried out by Goldhabcr Research Associates, have helped shed light on
tb&lt; direction in which trends in both
lntmJ&lt;t and public library usc are
headed, as well as the future of the
institution of the public library.
D'Eiia, who was recruited by UB
in 1995 from the University of
Minnesota's School of Management, said consumers wield the
greatest influence.
"It's the marl&lt;ttplace that's going

to decide where to go for infOrmation, and what criteria it will use to
evaluate information," he said "For
some people, the accuracy, the reli ability, is par.amount. For som e
people, ease of access is paramount."
The public library's "information
franchise"--&lt;1 phrase coined by the
investig;.tors-is what's at risk; D'Eiia
said. Despi"' the fact that public libraries offer a multitude of services
beyood warehousing infurmatior&gt;such as specialized services for children,recent immigrants, senior citizens and young adults, li~cy and
adult education programs, and the
like-the Internet challenges the
public library to maintain its share
of the information franchise. Approximately 45 percent of public librarypatronsrcported that information g;.thcring was their primary rcason for using the bbrary.
"A ~nt of that market is at
risk," D'Flia said "But that lea= 55
percent who will be using other services of the library."
Comparing radio to television,

D'Elia points out that radio did indeed
survive--but by changing its programming. By the same to1=, the library, too, can survive, but with em-

of

pbasison a different menu services.
Given that one of the public
library's grea2St percei.ed values is
the presence of real people, D'Elia
found, human interaction wiU help
s~ the public libraries as vital
within communities.

Based on the fact that lnternft
hasn't yet reached what D'Eiia called
"the Model T Ford stage," predicting
how Internet usc will impact public
bbraries is difficult
For Internet users, its 24-hours-

a-day, Sev.n-days-a-week access is
appealing. D'Elia found, and users
believe that information acquired
via the Internet- die immediateness, also a benefit-is more up-todate~ at the library. The convenience of having the lnternet at
home, as well as the perception of
a grea2r range of resources than at
the library, both come out as advantages as well
As for thosoo wl)o prefer the public library, usen say they enjoy its low
cost and paper-venus digitalmaterials, and trust that rna~
to he more accura2. D'Elia also
found that public librarypatrons
feel greater privacy at the library
than on the Internet, and are
impressed with assistance in

mo~

the form of a librarian over that of a
telephone help line.
And despite the fact that the fi·
brary serves 65 percent of the population, ova- the Internet's 50 percent,

it is difficult to ignore the latter's pervasiveness into daily life.

What is important to keep in fo-

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-Nancy Schiller • nd Will Hepfer, Untverslly Llbrcme1

cus, D'Elia mninds, is the distinction
between~ library functior&gt;--Which

is infonnation management--and

the library as an institution.
"The future of the library as an
institution is in flux," D'Elia said,
"but library function is growing by
leaps and boundS:
.. Everyone now is dealing with
infonnation, and the lssues related
to management of infonnation are

pervasive," he said "And the skills
that bbrarians traditionally have had
are in high demand.",
The baseline data g;.thered fo r the
paper- whichis scheduled fo r publication in the ]oumal of Ammca11
Socitty for lnfomwtion Science and
American Libraries-will serve as
the fowufation for future studies of

the ln"'met-public library relationship, said D'Flia, who hopes to replicate the study in 2003.

UB PsJdtologlcal Services Center sets

tlfte workshops for May

BrieD
College of Arts and Sciences
to honor "top students, in
each academic department
Twenty-five students will he honored for being the outstandtng

graduating senior in departments within the College of Arts and Sciences in a ceremony and reception Wbe held at 2 p.m. May l in the
Screening Room in the Center fo r the Arts on the North Campus.
Each student will receive a medal to be worn at the university's
I 55th general commencement ceremony on May 13.
Two students will receive two medals and be honored for taking
top h onors within two departments.
Todd S. Bindig will he honored as outstanding graduate for th e

departments of History and Philosophy.
Karen A. Kopecky will be honored as top student in the depart ·
ments of E..::onomics and Mathematics.
Other students bei ng honored and their departments are:
Department of African American Studies: Danielle L. BuJiock.
Department of Anthropology: Jeffrey Wescott.
Departme nt of Art: Roseanne Lazar.
Department of Art Hi story: Sarah McLean-Plunkett.
Department of Biology: Damcl Lighthouse.
Ce ntrr for th e Americas: Tra ~..l' Park.
Departmen t of Chemistry: Brendan C. Mort.
Department of Communicative D1sordcrs and Sacnces: AncUlJ Duke.
Department of Computer Sc•ence and Engineering: DaVld G•vont•.

Department of English: Ji · Hyae Pa rk.
Department of Geography: Kcvtn A. Green.
Depa rtment of Geology: Michael Dunlap.
Department of Linguistics: Nicholas Schwartzmycr.
Department of Media Study: Siew· wat Kok.

Department of Modem Languages and Literatures: lennifer Brodenck
Departm ent of Music: Colin A. Renick.
Department of Political Science: Andrew Sreniawsk.i.

Department of Psychology: Micah Geer.
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary: Melissa Shepherd.
Department of Sociology: Scan Nealon.
Special Major Program: Christine Kowalski.
Department of Theatre and Dance: Joseph Cele).
Department of Women's Studies: Christin a Wtlson.

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the educational institution situatal
within that devdopment
-we'rt. in a situation where research is key •. (and) talcing risks is
ofliciaDy mandated," she said. "We'n:
talcing it to task and figuring out the
true parameters."
For stud&lt;nts, the emibit encourages a re-thinlting not only of art,
but the campus spau they inhabit,
and the laiger community ao well.
"It's about qUestioning -.:ything
and upping the ante," obe said, explaining that PED examines the
privilegingofouburl&gt;iaOYerihecity,
and the investment in the suburbs
while the city continues to drain.
The relationship betwoen the two,
sl;&gt;e said, is symbiotic.
"Nothing is isolated," she said.

newspa~ articles, books on wban

that !lie mubit is int.eDde!Jto "ten·

Plannins. music and the like ore in- sitizt students to the issues behind

ISITORS to the latest
cluded in the 1ectuta, narratal by a their education.""
emibit originating from
predominant "character.• Prom
Among the &lt;Xlllaboraton' apecUB's Art Gallery will
blurbs by William S~ and tations is that PED wiD loooen from
rum, to check their preBlji&amp;)o Mayor Anthony Masiello to students and memben of the UB .
conceptions of art at the doorwJ&gt;rc:is of uuMnity ~tatiws, community the notion that art is
along with heavy baggage and disit'oanamalgamoffactandopinion, contained s!rictJy within the instiagreeable footwear, either of which
poetryand prooe,~ and tution, as w.:ll as belp otodents excould impe&lt;k riding a bicycle. To
statesmanship.
plon:thepoosibilitieoofcommunity
begin with, tbe art boused within
"The further you stray (in dis- beyond the North Campus.
the gallery is on the floor-not the
tance), tbe further out you grt in
"'The fact that ~C&gt;~De of my otuwalls. The bulk of what there is to
the psychological; explained dentsdan'tralizleth8tthisisn't Bufsee isn't in the gallery, but outside
Vanouse,addingthatnriousover- falo" is troubling. O&gt;en said, and
of it........JJ around campuo, in fact
laps in thelec:tureocan alter, oren- PEDioobtoexplon:suburbiain the
And in order to view this ·exhibit,
contm of wban dedine.
hance, interpretation.
you'll be needing a bicycle.
"We're trying to focus on the
"We're trying to llllCOY&lt;f the reaNot to worry-they'll provide
viewer themselvos as an agent of oons bebind the city's demise,"
one for you at the gallery.
change: We~re trying to taU advan- 'hnouoesaid."ldon'ttbinkil's justus."
PED-going on now through
tage of the uniqueness of the situaForotodents,aswdl,aoosingbqrJune 29 in the Center for the Artstion," Johnoon said, noting that dero within campus limits is an inis an interactive installation aplor, - - -- - rather than stu- tzgr.U part of the journey. The exingspatial and social issues creatal
dents viewing an hibit attempts to frustrate inadvmby UB asoistmt art professors Millie
emibitallatonce, ent botmdaries aet by otodents and
Chen, Andrew Johnson and Paul
theii approach othero who tmome UB's terninVanouse. A seeming play on the
giv&lt;s way to mul- some literally maywalk the straight
words "pedestrian," ""pedal" and
tipleexplorations, and nauowwitbout dMrging from
"pedagogy"-but better left open
with each trail their intmd.d couroe.
to interpretation, oay its collabora- ~
adding a new layer
"Unless you rum, a definite purtors-the exhibit explodes the ~
of dimension and pooe. you may DCYer see some an:as
framework of artao a paintal land- e;
undemanding.
of campuo,• Johnson oaid.
ocape, hanging on a wall and oepa- 0
Chen said the
PED, which offm up not only an
rate from the viewer, with the ~
emibit-lilo: the informational &lt;:lpOrience, but a senviewer, instead, becoming imtrio's educational sual one, is unl.ilct some couvmmeroed in a landscape he or she can v -. c ' -, - practices-blurs tional arithat may intimidate those
the concopt of "wt" off the..,... of the.-.,..
boundaries be- who fear themselv.s, wdl, too pephysically negotiate.·
On a bicycle, that is.
tween art and evdestrian to understand.
"Bicycles, like education, have Culture, wban planning, neighbor- et)'lay life, art and social and po"Itgetsotherstudentsfromother
changed &lt;&gt;= time," said Vanouse, hoods-the general health of the litical issues, and art and the peda- disciplines to !aU notice," Johnson
noting that recreational bicycle- community, she said-illl an: af- gogical institution.
said. "Youdon'tneedpriortraining."
"We'n:·trying to get a rise out of
riding once represented privilege of fected by the city-suburb ftux. "A lor
0,., said tbe hopes the exbibit
the wealthier classes-as clid educa- of this is critiquilig the suburb-city the auclience,• 0,., oaid. "We tried will draw those folks who normally
lion. "We're playing around with dysfunction.•
to approach theoe Jectw-es not in a wouldn't visit a gallery.
popular access."
Provided in the gallery, the bi- didactic way, (but) in terms of open"Its sole purpbSe is not for decoPED--a manifestation of~ cycles can be taken for a ttst drive ing it up for discussion.•
ra!M embellislun&lt;nt," obe said of
Populist and utopian principles all around several large puzzle pieces
While each of the trails boasts an . contemporary art in general. And
at once---&lt;ets .the exhibit-goer out depicting a map ofUB 5!1 upon the accompanying lecture, the tone and PED clearly shows how art can defy
on one of I 0 marked trails through- Door before heading out onto one identityoftheopeakersvariesacroos conventional wisdom with its
out the North Campuo, a ride ac- of the mapped trails. The bicycles the board, with·each promoting a form--&lt;md function.
companied by a taped lectun: that are equipped with a cassette player "pitch of pemwion" rela!M to the
An opening reception for the exexplores, among other issues, the and speakers, the auclio for which is trail, Chen said. Consider the bibit will be beld from 5 to 7 p.m.
environment, suburban ideals, ur- powered by the rider's pedaling.
choices: safe, natural, comfortable, tomorrow in the gallery. Gallery
ban decay, corporeality, diversity
"We tried to create an inten:oting convenient, controlled, efficient, hours ~e 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
and accessibility.
rhytiun--&lt;ul auclio joum~· Chen opaciouo, div=e, civilized, pleasant Wednesday through Sat:mday, and
"A lotofthisis tongue-in-cheek," from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Johnson oays suburban develop- said of the construction of the 1«:ment-and its repercUssions--is a tures, which range betwoen five and Johnson said. "Much of the lectures
Walking-tour OlJllDgements will
recurring theme in the exhibit, 20 minutes in length. SnippetS from you're meant to question-not ~o be made for those who an: unable
which, Chen adds, attempts to historic documents, town meetings, !aU at faee value," he said, noting to ride the bicycles provided.

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UB to participate in anxiety screening program
By PATRICIA DONOVAN
RtpCHter Contributor

OME of your friends, family and neighbors worry
constantly and find little
peace and joy in life. Some
experience great fear in social situations even to the extent that they
seldom leave the house. Others experience much anguish in terror of
their next panic attack.
You may know people who seem
perperually to feel tired and oad or
"blue." They may be unable to
sleep, feel little pleasure, have clifficulty concentrating or experience heart palpitations, weeping
or frequent headaches apparently
unrelated to a physical cause.
Sometimes they may think they
are literally going crazy.
They ore not alone.
"More than 38 million Americans
a year suffer from an anxiety and!
or depressiV&lt;! disorder," according to
Beth Cohen, director of the UB Psy-

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chologic:al Services Center and clinical assistant professor of psychology.
· And despite the excellent help
available today, she adds, people
often continue to suffer alone with
anxiouo, depressed feelings.
"'The reason some people don't get
help is that sometimes symptoms of
anxiety and depression are mistaken
foranothermedicalillness.Sotheunderlying problem is not diagnosed,"
she says, "or people are ashamed,
afraid or don't know enough about
anxiety and dep~ disorders to
put a name to the feeling&gt; and symptoms they have. National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day is an opportunity for them to finally grt some answers and some help."
As part of National Anxiety Disorders Scn:ening Day on May 2,
free screening and information sessions about the symptoms .~d
treatments for these illnesses.will be
offen:d from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
in the center in 168 Park Hall on

the North Campus.
A brief video featuring·individuals sharing their personal struggles
and triumphs with anxiety and depression will be shown every hour
on the hour and other information
about anxiety disorders and other
psychological problems will be
available. Attendees will have the
opportunity to complete a screening questionnaire and meet inclividually with a center staff member
to review the questionnaire and receive a ..,Cerra) if necessary.
Cohen adds that anxiety disorders
and depression "don't discriminate
onthebasisofage.!n~cJass.
race or income. They affect people
of all backgrounds."
In fact, she oays hundn:ds of brilliant and accomplished historical
6gun:s rum, been aff.cted. Sbe notes
that Robet\ Prost, Albert Einstein
and Eleanor Roosevdt suffered episodes of acu\e social anxiety.
Abraham Lincllin and Wmston

O.urchill, she adds, struggled their
entire lives with episodes of profound depression. And Olarles Darwin suffered such agonizing social
anxiety and agoraphobia that heremoved himself from social life and
concentrated on his scientific work.
"Many highly~ businessmen, war huoes,govmunent leaden and even Hollywood ~ have
been incapacitatal by anxiety and
depression," Cohen oays.
"Some of theoe public figures have
adaxJwledged the enormous sufferingthattheoedisordershaveproduced
in their lives. They have also experien&lt;:Ed the tremendotis benefits of receiving etr.ctiYe treatment," she adds,
"andhaveelecled to publidyadmowledjjetheir&lt;xperien= in thebopetbat
it will OllalUI3&amp;" others to sed&lt; help."
Among them, tbe says, are Naomi
)udd,CarlySimpn, Milz~

Buchwald, Dwight Gooden, Tom
Vtblfe. HarrUon Ford, Dick ea-.
Kim Bas.inger and Betty.Ford.

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Alfredo Matilla, 63, noted Latin-American scholar
AJfrmo Matilla, a scholar, poet and
novelist wbo for 23 years was a professor in the UB Department of
American Studies, died Man:h 29 in
Puerto Rico. He was 63.
A UB fac ulty member from
1972-95 an!! chair of the Department of American Studies from
1991-95, at the time of his death
Matilla was a professor of English
and Spanish at the University of
Puerto Rico.
He was the well-established and
critically recognized Latin-American author of several books, including a historicaUbiographical
chronicle, "Fl EspanoUto y eJ espia,"
cited by Uterary critics as one of the
most important books·of 1999 by a
Latin-American author. At the time
ofhisdeath,hewaswritingasequel.
He also was a nationally known
poet and short-fiction writer and
served as a producer, writer, actor
and consUltant for 15 short independent films.
Among his edited works was a
collection of theater criticism by his
father, Alfred Matilla )irneno, a classical musician who, along with
Picasso and Pablo Casals, W.s a
leading exile from Spain after the
Spanish Civil War. His futher later
became a member of the faculty of
the University of Puerto Rico and

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was a leading
theater critic
Puerto
in
Rico.
Matilla was
the
co-

School of Education.
He had been a member of the
Committee on Hispanic Affaj" in
the Sta"' of New York and Western
New York Hispanic Arts Advisory
Council, co-found-er of the Latin
foun der and Artists• Coalition, con tributing
· sub-d irector writer for the Western New York
of the Na- Spanish-language weekly "EI
tional Center Hispano," director of the Latino
for the Arts in San Juan, Puerto Theater Workshop, a volunteer
Rico; and served on the editorial · weekly lecturer at Attica State Corboard of. several Latino and rectional FaciUty and ·instructor in
Chicano- or Hispano-American the American Studies Master of Arts
Program at Auburn Correctional
literary publications.
Matilla often said be was Spanish FaciUty.
by birth, Puerto Rican by choice. He · Matilla is survived by his wife, Luz
earned his doctora"' in Spanish Ut- Myriarn TU'3do, associa"' professor
erature ""'gna cum Iauth in 1967 of English at the University of
from New York Univenity and held Puerto Rico, and two sons, Alfredo,
a master's &lt;leg= from NYU and a 24, and Diego, 19.
Matilla's life and work will be
bachelor's deg= from the UllMrsity of Puerto Rico, both cum laude. commemorated by poet and playHe joined UBafterteadlingbriefty wright Pedro Pietri in a presentation
at Long Island Univenity, Vas&lt;ar Col- at 2 p.m. on Wednesday in Room
lege, Goucher College and Brooklyn 330 of the Student Union on the
North Campus.
~
He served UB as director of the
Pietri represents one of the most
gradua"' program in Puerto Rican original voices in the Puerto-Rican
studies and the Overseas Academic experien~. Matilla championed
Program in Puerto Rico, chair and his work when it was still considdirector of the graduate program of ered marginal and translated
the Department of American Stud- much of it into Spanish, helping
ies and adjunct professor of the Bi- Pietri develop a wide audience in
lingual Program in the Graduate Puerto Rico.

two

teamS.,

the~.

~d&lt;i&gt;Oirc....., ond"'"

' six. The losses drop "'"
Bulls tol.-23 OYOr&gt;ll
UB fell ro Mioml Unr..&lt;&gt;~ty, 3-1 ,
at Dunn Tn Pvic to begin a·fourpme woebnd scries. Miomi swept
• _ , . f r o m !he Bol~ on
S.wrd&gt;ybyscoresof2-1 ond 17-1.
Ulce""' first th""' pnes of the
series.Sooday's dash started u a
pitcher's duel between UB~ Mori&lt;
McHohon ond Mlomi's Mlchoel
Gonlner. Mlomi ....,wolly took the
by • 9-2 edgo.

Soft~ all
Bulls win doubleheader vs.
Bonnles, lose to Huskies
The softball teami'N'ept:l
~rfromvisitingSt.
~S-1

ond-4-l,rDequol

........ dthe

_ , struck out 11

In recording a complete
game in a 3-1 foss to
defending Mid-American
Conference Tournament
Champion Miami. Dunford
~just- hits and
one walk to pick up his first
complete game of the
season. The 11 strikeouts
._ty doubled his season
total d 1 3 In fot.r- previous
sbr1s this season.
AIMirea S•ge of the
softblll team Wl!flt 2-0 for
the week,
throwing
complete-game victories
~ Sl Bonallenture (4-1 )
and Northern Illinois (6-2).
Sage abYed just tv.o eiltOOd
runs, eiQht hits and one walk,
while tanning _ , in the
tv.o games as opponents hit
just .157 against her. The win
over Northern Illinois was
Sage's first conference win of

;a wi'l martc: from one year :ago to
open !he week. UB dominated bod&gt;
the year.
pnes.out-llittloc the Bonnles by.
17- I 0 morp. ond allowir1c lust one
""'.,the .....,th ""'""ofeull pme.
The Bol~ lost • s;,gge pme Fridoy to Nonhem lninois. 6-0. ond spHt •

doubleheOder whh the Huskies on S.wrcby, oil in UB Soltboll Sadium.The Bulb
got out to an earty tead W1 pme ~and hekt on for :a 6-2 win before the
Huslcles roboooded for • 5-2 vlcto&lt;)' ;, pme two.

~ut~oor Trac~
panlcipoted 01 !he S.. Roy Reloys ;, Knoxville,Tenn.. oplnst wong
around !he coumry.The women~ ~xo!OO reloy tmm of )&gt;nelle
Callondeo; Owlsdna Ked&lt;. Biouna Mcfartond ond Katie Scott set • new sd&gt;ool
record of J:.48J3 "the moe&lt; Mcfartond also pbced 12111 ., the
12.09 mew. ond Scott wu I 4th 01 !he ofOO hutdes ;, 53.21 . Brian Wndy posr.d
olour1t&gt;f&gt;bce finish 01 the py.iin u 195-4. Kamou HalOn wu I 4th ;, !he o;.ie
jump u 14.65 ,_...,Todd l..udden pl&gt;ced 24th 01 10,000 meton (32.'(JQ25),while
Milce Commhto w.as 26th 01 the 800 ,_,.. (1:51 .83).
UB also hosted the UB Open, where the Bulb men ben Conisrus. IOS-6J.
ond the ........, downed the Grifls. I I ~9. Chriuie Matthews ond Fohh
The -

~from

""""jump "

Calendar

..........,
St.-t -ble Concert

Coowenollon llollth A Cllnlcal

UB Concert a.nd. Slee Concert Hall,

Cordlologlst. L1rwn!nce H. Golden.
c.nt.r for TomomlW, North Campu&gt;.

North Campus. 8 p.m. Free. Sponsored
by Dept. of Musk . For more
information, 645-2921 .

r=~·~~~.~~.

::!...~
~~i--

and Dfvorce of Cnldarian-AJgal
Mutuallsms. Virginia Weis, Zooklgy
Dept., Oregon SLltt Unht. 201 Natural
Sciences Complex, North Campus. l :45
p.m. Free. For more information, Mary
Alice Coffroth, 645-3380.

Technology c.nt.r. For""""
infonnatlon, 645-7700.

llfe-...op
Soylng Goodbye~ng with

UB C.....--

~.~.,.~~~Coo.,.:~;

Center, 1&lt;45C Student Un100,

~=~·s,::=i~~;;,7;·
inform~ ,

~i~i=xC~';!~~~
~~uri!~~·~t:·F~
lllologlul Sciences Seminar
Symbk»ls as Marriage: The Wedding

~

Activities. For more
Cinelli, 645-6125.

Geology Pegnun Colloquium
The HIOdson Volley Thnm lett of
Eastern New York: A Foreland Fokt
and Thrust 8ett. In Miniature. ZinLlrs

endowmenU. For more information,
645-6800, ext. 6100.

~~=-Linry. North

Thursday

Sonia

Beginning MS Access (Section B, Part
11). 212 Capen, inside U~rgOOuate
Ubtary. J-&lt;:30 p.m. Free. Sponsored by

~~~~~7~~~er. for

--Lacture

Attenuotlon Cotrodlon 01 Cardiac
SPECT. Jon&gt;than M. Llnl&lt;s, Schoc&gt; ol

~~~r~~~~. 6~~:n~"tt~:n.

Rebecca Goodman, 838-5889.

Snoring and Obstructlvo Sleep Apnea.·

:~nec~u~~ ~~~~~
National Univ., ~~. and visiting auoc.
prof., Dept. of Oral Oiaqnostic Scimces,
UB. 355 Squi~. South Campus. 8 a.m.

Free.

--.......

~~.E=~~·~

of Educ.ation. Univen:ity Inn and
Conr.r.nc. Ctnte&lt;, N!&gt;rth Fens! Road,
Cetzy;tle.

8:30 a.m.-noon. S70.

a...ks u.e

Brion Krinlce, violin, with Robert

Petonon, morlmbo. ond Oovld
of Ron,
Petenoo1, Ysaye ond ProkolleY. WBFO
88.7 FM. Allen Redial Hall, South
Campus. 7 p.m. Flft. For more
infonnatioo, WBFO. 829-6000.

-·--.,.sic
-Study

s..-.. llll&gt;lo SWdly. Daltne Guarino.
2t 0 Student Union, North Campus.
7:30p.m. Frt!e. For more infonnation,
Daltne, 4S9-0231 (page&lt;).

2000-2001 DlsUngulshed
SpeokenSeries

~~~=n~~
Campus. 8 p.m. For
infClflTlatJOn,
~

645-ARTS.

student_.,.. c.....UB Choir and UB Chorus. S~ Concert

Hall, North Campus. 8 p.m. Free.
Sponsored by Dept. d Musk.. For more
information, 645-921.

Exhibits
~~: a-ging New

CCII ColloquW Serios
Density Functlonol Calwlatlons of
Catlaytk Chemistry ot Enzyme Active

~~~~r::;n~i~;lumnus

Sites. Richard A. Friesner, Columbia
Univen:ity. 222 Natural Sciences
North Campus. 2-3:15 p.m.
Free. Sponsored by Conte' f0&lt;
Computational Research. For m&lt;&gt;r"e
Information, Barbara Raff, 645-6800,
rxt. 2020.
Com~

UB 7, Canislus 0
UB 7, St. Lawrence 0
The Bulls picked up a pak of wins to improve their record to 14-3 oven.ll. UB
defeated Canisius. 7.(),followed by a 7.() shutout of St. llwrence.
WOMEN "S

US's women's tennis team dropped a pa1r of MAC matc.hes on the road
weekend.losing 7.() to both Northern IllinoiS and Western MichJg&lt;~n

Charles Leist. 100 Allen, South Campus
5:30-9 p.m. Free. SponSored by UCI

~~~:,tion. For
more lnformatiorl, 645-6642.

MEN' S

Northern Illinois 7, UB 0
Western Michigan 7, UB 0

For more information, Pam
Seal, 829· 3520.

Orol 0'-g...,..k Sciences Semm.r
Series

Tennis

Crime Prevention Through
Environmental Oeslgn (CPTEO).

V~nce.

M-t

Thompson wen! winners for the Bulls. Matthews took the """ jump
ond 100 hurdles.Thompson won the shot put ond iwnmeo' throw compe&lt;itions.

_......,

=~i~IN~~~~7op~~~fo/~~~~; of

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=·opus:

Bulls fall to LeMoyne, Miami
The UB basebaJJ team was swnned
by • pair of__..,..,. home
n.m.fallln&amp; 11~ . . . -..ond
11-9 " l.eMojme "' be&amp;ln "'" week.
;, olll3 home runs""""' hit by !he

Photographs recreating Berenice Abbot's
"Cha~lng New Yori&lt;. 1939" :1/' New

~~5~~~.~~r;J:~~n

Place, Buffafo. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and
noon to 5 p.m. Saturday.

"Peter......_, F-'ng Awr,"
PortraiU by Austrian painter Peter

~ldi~~~~~~~~~

Gair:y, ManN Jackson Place, Buftolo.

Gallery houn are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday and noon to 5
p.m. S.tunlay.

l~t

~oot~all
Blue 14, White 0
Sophomore t&gt;llbock M.o"l"~ Dwane ..., fo.- • ~lgi&gt; 6/J yords ond scon!d •
touChdown as the Blue defeated !he White. 14-0, on the ...,..., spnng looll&gt;all
scrinvnage W1 UB Sodium. The game was a defensN'e stnlgte. with ~r team
scoring until the Blue&amp;&lt;&gt;&lt; • one-yard toudldown ,..._from Tom Shouglv&gt;essy
on the first ploy of the lcunh qu=.e&lt;. Dwara! capped the S&lt;Oring whh 6:20 lelt
on a three-yard cbsh to finish :a six-pby, 2.6-yaro drhoe.. The VV1lic:e team was paced
by ~ ...,.....
Freed)', who w.as 8-lo&lt;--10 for 67 yards. but w.as sadced

toe

by Omori )onion
times. The Blue d&lt;fenselwl fiye soda. incblrc two ondTernnce Dowson. Comeri&gt;ad&lt; ~efT)' hod th....I&gt;Cides ond • forced
fl.mble for the Blue - . . .. The Whit&lt; - " " . . . . . , I&gt;Cides from linebod&lt;e'
Honk Plrowsld ond lour I&gt;Cides from capaln Bob Or.ooldc. D&lt;lonsiYe bock ).).
Gibson hod three I&gt;Cides ond two pass t...lwps lo&lt;- the Whit&lt;.

Men's ~as~et~all
Forword Mori&lt; Bonz. a 6-9. 230-poo..nd natN&lt; ol Commerce Township, M&gt;eh., has

signed a national ~ of Intent to continue his a~ and academk
enc1eaYon u UB. Hb sigrolo&amp; b the Bulb' second commitment lo&lt;- the 2001 -02
season. Point cuard Turner &amp;ale, of Keme&lt;mlle, NC. 01 Nowomber sJgned on
early Setter of intent to attend UB. Bon::z: was listed among the top 30 pbyers in
the state at Class A by the B.askemall Coaches Association of Michigan and was
o first-team AII-Me&lt;ro Nonh o..- selection by the Detroit 1m "'=-

Women's ~occer
The 'NOI"Mfl 's soccer team has amot.need /-4 newcomen: to ra roster br thr
200 I season.. All 14 student~thletes wiM attend UB next season and beg;n
~-the Bulb.,"'" fall.They...., Carolyn Konhal.Anno-L= Calw!n.
v.nessa WoJsh. &amp;in Tambs.Jemy l&gt;anneclcer. Lindsoy Szolr&gt;nsld. Lauren _,_
jessla Ovnn.Ariele ~ Balcer.Suson ~....W. Hitory
Hi&amp;ler.Annle ~ ondjonnifef' Row!ds.

�8 Repartee Aprii19.2001NDI.3l.lo.28

s.---

-.UB vs. Bowing G...., (DH).
. Soltbalf Flotd, North C.mpw. I
p.m. Free.

Chambe&lt; Musk II. Baird
Recital Hall, North Olmpus. 8

l:iT1!:·~ bY DeP,l

Chlldrift 's-.bop

information, 64S-2921.

Buffalo Br'M/ Buffalo Bound:
Artists with a ConnecUon.
Niagara Branch, Buffak:t and
Erie County Pubfic Libr.lry. 1-3

Tuesday

~~~~~~e%UB

24

Coun ty Publk Ubraly and

~::.7:11~=r.:r~~.
Susana Tejada, 64S·28H, ext
456.
I

JobFolr
Toachor Aeaultment Doys.
lkMalo eor-.tion Coni«. F,....

-

Women's Tennis
lJ8 vs. Tofodo. E1icDtt Complex.
Nonh Campus. 1 p.m. Free.

UB vs. Ohio. Dwyer Stadium,
· Batavia. 3 p.m . Free.

-.bop

=~=~··nd
r:',;!; ~~n~~
~tro~tion~~
=.s::
'~

-..s.,. ot 4 PLUS

Spor--.d by Law School
Family lliolerice Clinic, Greater
lJpstllte l..1w Project and
Southom 11e&lt; Legal Services.

....,__

p.m. Free. For more
onformation, 645-3810 .

Woricshop,
l..1w
•
For mbre lnfomlOtion, Baldy
Center, 645-21 02.

19

Campus.
5 p.m. Student
- · Spoo&gt;O&lt;ed
by
International
&amp;
Scholar Services. For more
information, 64.S.22S8.

-.bop

-nescl.ys ot 4 Pl.US

Crime ~tlon Through
Environmental "Dessgn

~~~~ftz'a~~ tt_

(CPnD). Charles L&lt;ISI. 100

9 a.m.·S p.m. Frfl!. For more

Allen Hall, South Campus.
5:30-9 p.m. Free. Sporuorod by

1

Millersport~ighway, Amherst.

lnformalion, 645· 3810

~!J~~;~,:~

LHe-.bop

Buffalo Zero Toterance of

~~~~~~~~~
Center, 1040 Nocton. North
Spoo&gt;O&lt;ed by Student Unions &amp;

8ulfalo Bred/ Buffalo Bound:
Artists with a Connection.

Adviiemelt

Campus. Noon-1 p.m. Free.

~~~~~;1rmatioo·
~~h"=:=;•ochlng
C~rtght

Clinic. Peter Rittner

:he ca~e;~eO~~~Gbr'!"!e ot
~~su~~eraJ~;t;~~~

' North Campus. Noon-1 p. m~
Free. Sponsored by Educational

Technology Center. For more

information, 645 -7700.

lllologkol Sciences Sem....,
Clvomcnomo Spatial Ordeand Dynamla during tho Coli

~~ivo..r
=~~&amp;~~~

Complex. Nonh C.mpus. 3:4S
listing.s for cvenh c.-.klng
place on tdmpt.u. or for
off c:a mpu 1 I..'Venh where

US group s

.:In!

princlpitl

iponson Lbtlngs

BN!

due

no la ter than noon on

the Thund.1y pre&lt;.ed lny
pubHcat lon Listing s 11re
o nly accepted through the
t:lcctronlc submlnlon form
for tht. online UB Calend •.u
uf Evt•nl\ ,,t

http· I

www.buff.:Jio.cdu

\jl•lH' limlt .ltion~

uf

not all

cvcnh In the electronic:
t

alt•nd..r will lk Included
1n thl.' Rtpurtn

~=i.F~~b~formation,

P..,..

Staff, Academk

~~~~~~~tion,
Physics Colloqulo4m
ProtMng the bynamlcs of the

~~~nH~=~~~eo,

~f~~~c~~.

6

Noeth Campus. 3:45 p.m . Free.

Musk l.octuro Series
"Hermeneutic Windows" &amp;
Meaning In Two Romantic

Discussion

=~"'B.'.tr.~
Public library. 6-7:30

Coun~

[';.;:,~e% ~ounty

Publk Ubrary and Hallwalls

~~~~~- For

Tejada. 645-2814, OX!. 4S6.

Wednescloys ot 4 Pl.US

~;~~~:o;!§s ~~~L

Buffa~ . ~ : 30-11 p.m . Free. For
more tnformation, 645· 3810.

Friday

20
lAw -.bop

=so:=r~usm.
545 O' Brian, North C.mpus. B
a.m. SpooSO&lt;od by Baldy
Center and the Feminism Legal
Theory Woricshop, Com&lt;lll..lw
SchoOL For more information,
Baldy Center, 645-2102.

- . y s ot 4

Pl.US
D:Jitltal Poetry Festival.

. 9~m!~-;;t~;~~~hent
~~":::~
a.m.-5 p .m. Free. For more
~~~2~~~~ information, 645-3810.

Campus. 4 p.m. F.... Spoo&gt;O&lt;ed
by Dept of Music. For """"
lnfO&lt;Tnftion, 64S·2921 .

•thcm•tkJ Grlldu•te

Student Semln.w
The Character Variety and
Bounded Essential Surfaces In
Unk Complements. Qi Chen,
Dept. of MathemaUcs. 2SO

~a~h~-a~~-~~~orth
Art Eahlblt O~lng
Reception
SenJor Thesis Show: Exhibit II .
201 and 84S Center for the
Arts (Art Department Gallery
and UB Art Gallery-2nd floor),

~~~~~s~:r;;;~~for

Student Plcnk

~~~~~~~~~etter,

Nonh Campus. 1 1 a.m .-1 p.m.
Fr... Spoo&gt;O&lt;ed by

~~~~.:OO.ot
~ine&lt;ring and

Applied
~~r~~j~m_eenn 9
Sem ......

Regulation of lon Channets in
Muscles: A F~VIewpoint.

~~'cich, anc~- Toxicology.

Ill KlmbaWower, South
Campus. 1 p.m . Free. For more
Information, 829·2941 .

more .information, 645-6878,
ext. 13SO.

Softboll
UB vs. Bowling Green. Softball
Field, North Campus. 3 p.m .

-shop

F.....

~C:.~~~~~~and

..__

lJrWenity at - -

=~:~:::;~.
106 O'Brian, North Compus. 9

, . and

joe Slazal:. Arnorican Automobile
Association. 31 ~ Nonh

=~
~u:~~

UB vs. Ohio (DH). Dwyer
Stadium, Batavia. 1 p.m. Free.

Voal Musk Perforaa.nc:e
lJ8 Dpe&lt;o/Muslc: n-or

Worlahop. Iliad Box-.
Center for the Arts, Nonh

Campus. 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free
f« UB faculty and studenu,

. Thursday, April

~ ·
~=""­

~.

=~~~~
informodon, 645-2921 .

~~'!.,~bring"'

~.~~~,r&amp;'tl

For more Information, Suzanne
Tomkins, 645-2103 .

Campus. 3:45 p.m. Free.
.

~~

~.rid~~
lKture l'i&gt;dowment

Order of the~
Induction Ceremony. 101
Baldy, North C.mpu.s. 5 p.m.
F,... Sporuorod by
En~neering AJumnl Association

blome!ry, Univ. of TexasHouston Health Science Con...-,
School of Public Health. 180
Farber, South Campus. 11 :30
a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free.

-

~~and Applied

Alumni Auodatlon
Celebration of ExceUence

Concert
Gordon Lightfoot Center for
the Arts and UBASE. Malnstage
Theatre, Center for the Arts,

._......_Discussion

information, 645-ARTS .

8ulfalo Bred/Buflafo Bound:
Artists with a Conne&lt;tlon.
Scre.nlng Room. Cent« for the
Arts, North Olmpus. 6-7:30

{-..-bhconcert
UB jon Ensemble. Baird
Recital Hall, North C.mpu.s. 8
l:;T;~·~ by Dopl

~~e%~ty

eampu.. 2.o4 p.m. F,...

~~!,'l;.a~more

-

informaUon, 645-7700.

-----.

UB vs. St llonowntun (DH).
Dunn r .. Parlt. 2 p.m . Free.

Olmpus. 6 p.m. n. For more
information, 645-Aimi.
·

Dinner. Center for Tomorrow.
6 p.m . S60 per penon. For
more infonnation, Judo
Schwendler, 829-2608.

Public Linry and Halwals

ETC -.bop: lllodLboonl
Eums &amp; Pools In Blodcboord.
212 Capen, Inside
Undergraduate Ubrory, North

UB vs. Ohio. Dwyer Stadium,
Batavia. I p.m. Free.

Theotor
Line. Student Theater
Production. Rehearsal Worlcshop,
883 Center for the Arts, Nonh

~~~nd~J

::.-~~~lng
Chon, woe. prof., of

Weny~

Amldes as • Vehicle for

lnwganlc Synthesis.
Christopher C. Cummins, MIT.
205 NaturJI Sciences Complex.
North= 4 p .m. Free.

--

-of~.
Qopt.ofSoclol.

:.t~~~
~t'Dopt of

Physics. 14 Kno&gt;&lt;, North

Sp&lt;lng ;men - .
Ran. Marlo!t Arcade Film &amp; Arts
Centre, 639 Main St., Buffalo. 7

~~"k~~:,~
.

~Sgm~~.mm,

dtizem.

Information, 645-2921 .

~=· For
Tejada, 645-2814, ext. 456.

M~nday

WodfMSdoysot4Pl.US
~Ia! Poetry Festival. Big

23

BuffaloGatw.l1°

~F~. For

more information, 645· 3810.

Pr--.!ng

~~~;.~

Student Union, North C.mpus.
7:30p.m. Free. For more
information, Oalene, 459-0231
. (pager).

Theotet'
Line. Student Theater
Production. Rehear&gt;al Worlcshop,
883 Center'"' the Arts, Nonh

Campus. 8 p.m.

n. For more

information, 645-ARTS.
Vocal Musk Performance
US Dpe&lt;o/Muslc: Thea...Worl&lt;shop. Iliad Box Theater,
Cent&lt;rfO&lt;theArls, Nonh

Campus. 8 p.m. - · Spoo&gt;O&lt;ed
bf
Dept. of Music. For """"
information, 64S-2921 .

Saturday

21
-nescl.ys ot 4 Pl.US

~~~~~=~t.

Millersport,.lghway, Amhem.
F~. For more
information, 645-3810.

9 a.m .·S p.m.

ETC -.bop: lllodlboonl

Wednesday

· ~:'.'d~~:~t~·

25

North~ 2.o4 p.m. Free.

~t=~~
information, 645-7700.
-.bop .

MkrobloiP~

~~rrlculor&amp;

ThlrtMnth Annuolllufholo
Conference on Microbial
Po~ . Anthony A
C."'P.19nari, Dept. of

~ ~'rn=uonal
Student &amp; Scholar Services. For

For more information, Susan
Burkard, 829-3831 .

Optional Pnlctlal Tralnlhg."
)ennifer (hazen, International
Student &amp; Scholar Services.
210 .Student Union, North

~

~~~~s~~~~-

Crftkol Core Medicine
Confonnce

information, 645-2258.

~of

Arts one!

~~

Sdenc:es Lecture
The Sex of Sport Women
Athletes, Sexuality and
Power. Susan Calm, Dept. of

~~;~i~;lH~~·~I

Hospital. 9 a.m. Free.

~.Z~al

~~\"J'f~~~R~

f=': &amp;'!'~.F~iege

Arts

an Sciences. For more

=OI~~~nd
c... and Sleep~.

of

information, 645-2711 .

Settlor Celebration
Come Out and Play: St~
llluk. Student Union lobby,

Bible Study
International Student Bible

~F~~bym-2

~=~~.::s;~~~n~pus.

~tudent Unions &amp; Ac!Mties. For
rnore information, Sonia
Onefl~ 645-6125.

7:30p.m . F....

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Kids'

Day

President William R. Greiner
visits with children from the
UB Child Care Center who
came to Capen Hall on April
5 to celebrate the Week of
the Young Child. The
center's North Campus site
recently was accredited by
the National Association for
the Education of Young
Children.

Management setting its sights on Asia
Mandell tells Faculty Senate WNY demographic spurred school to head overseas
BY JENNIFER UWANDOWSIU
Report~ Assistant

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Editor

N the spirit of a true entrepre-

neur, the School of Management has set its sights on Asia
in an effort to both expand its
market and boost its rankings to
become one of the top 50 schools in
the country.
.
"We realized a few years ago that
the way to gmw, the way to become
better, was to export your product,"
Lewis MandeU, dean of the School
of Managemen~ told members of
the Faculty Senate on Tuesday. Since
that realization, the self-sustaining
SOM has honed in on the Asian
market, building on its foundation
as the first and only accredited "MBA
program in China with subsequent

lgraphic, interst in local market - percent of a roughly S I 3 million
priced programs bas died out. "We'D annual budget, MandeU said, proprobably be largely an Asian busi- viding Asian students with a "verifiable, objectiV&lt;, third-party validaness school as early as 2002."
The school also has been asked by tion of our claims.. is key.
ing on developing one in Belarus.
..Without the Business Week rankMandeU said negotiations under local members of Congress to beway in Thailaud could yield pro- gin a program in Beirut in 2002,and ing, we can't sell product in Asia,..
grams at the three top regional uni- soon wiU launchan"Extreme MBA" he said.
It was only rwo years ago that UB
v=itics there, and he expects to start program in Asia that will immerse
programs in the Indian cities of students in international business. broke back into the rankings after J
Bangalorc and Hyderbad by 2002. And back home-on the No rth 12-year absence,and sin ce then hcu
SOM also has fielded interest from Campus--plans for a new student twtcc rcnlained in the third Licr.
universities in Malar-ria and lndo* cen ter adjoining Ja co b~ Hall are MandeU said he expectS UB to be
ranked in the top 50 in 2002. Bringnesia, and hopes to penetrate the nearing completion.
Sustaining Asian interest largely ing up the school's GMAT s.:ores ha_,
Japanese, Taiwanese and Korean
is the reason that bolstering the helped but, so too, has mcreasmg
markets in the near future.
'"By 2003, we will have more stu- SOM's Bushtess Week ranking-the graduates' starting salaric..--s. Mandell
dents in Asia than here on campus," school's standardized ranking of said the fact that many students
said MandeU, noting that because of choice--is so important. With Asian come)rom Western New York and
the Western New York a~'s demo- programs accounting for nearly 40 Continued on pege 2

programs in Beijing-&lt;&gt;ne each at

Renmin and Motorola universitie&gt;-&lt;Uld in Singapore. It also offers a program in Latvia and is work-

Project aims to improve performance
By SUE WUETCHER
Report~

Editor

NNERSlTY Services
and Student Affairs
have joined for= in a
new venture designed
to improve the quality of administrative functions, processes and services supporting UB's tri-fold mission of teaching, research and serviceThe resulting vehicle is the Institute for Administrative Quality Improvenlent (IAQD, a medlanism for
bringing together different groups
on campus to address quality-improvement issues.
"We wanted to try to get a different look at how we operate," said
Dennis Black, vice president for srudent affairs and a co-&lt;iirector of the
institute with Senior Vice President
Robert J. Wagner. "We wanted to
step back and gather different
groups (of people) from different
settings to make this a better place."
In explaining what may appear to
be an unlikely partnership between
Uni=sity Facili.tics and Srudent Af-

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fairs, Black noted that the idea for

IAQl came about because Wagner's
group was working on a project in
which it needed assistance from Srudent Affairs.
The rationale was, "Instead of University Services pursuing its own
pmjectwitbhelpfmmStudentAffuirs,
and Srudent Affairs pursuing its
projects with help from Uni=sity
Services, wouldn't it be a novel concept to have both groups working together" from the ou~ improving
oollaboration and bringing better and
different thinking to the tabla be said.
IAQl officiaUywasestablished last
July, and while it still is in its formative stages. rwo projects already are
in the works: a new employee transition program that will streamline
the processing and transitioning of
new facuJty and staff members to
the university, and a student-employment program that wiU provide
one-stop shopping for both students
seeking on-campus employment
and for campus entities seeking srudent employees.

The projects were selected from project.IAQl, whose budget is proamong 15 proposals because they vided by contributions from Umwere within the realm of both Uni- versity Services and Student Affairs,
versity Services and Student Af- wiU fund the individual projects.
fair;.-both groups "could get our
Member. of the instiruie for 2000hands around them" easily-and 0 I are Frank Carnevale. interim medibecause it was expected that the cal director, Srudent Health Center;
projects oould make an impact"rela- Elias Eldayrie, a&lt;sociate chief information offie£r; Joanne Aetcher, director
tively quickly."
"We didn't want to spend a year of administrative services. University
forming the instirute and then say, Facilities; Nancy Kielar, assistant vice
'let's try a project;" said Black_ "We president and director,OO adminiswanted to get something done while trative operations; Joe Krakowiak, directorof university residet\ce halls and
we were forming the institute."
Both projects are expected to be apartments; Roger McGill, interim
completed and the new programs in ·assistant vice president for hwnan resource servi=; Jim Nadhrzuch, assisplace by the fail, Black said.
Once that happens. new projects in tant vice president, resource and techthe areas of administrative function nology support services, Srudent Affairs; Barbara Ricotta, associate vice
or structure wiU be solicited, be said.
In addition to the twoa&gt;-&lt;lirectors. president for srudent affuirs and dean
the instirute is composed of II mem- of students; Beth Rogan, director of
bers. who "provide direction and vi- resource planning. processing and desion for the lnstirute," Black said.
velopmen~StudentAfliiirs; Dan Ryan.
The members select projects for director of career planning and plareIAQl and become part of the project ment, and Chris Sauciunac, associate
team, which also includes members director for instructional technology
of units tha wiU be impacted by the services, Academic Services.

�Jose F. lluscagl. .s.lpdo, assistant professor of modem languages
and literatures, is director of the Cuban and Caribbean programs
in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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UB, we are offering students the op·
portunitytostudy the Caribbean on
its. own tmns and gain fint.hapd
~of iu axnpla cultwu
and traditions through on-site in·
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important component&amp; of our
Puerto Rican Studies program,
wbidl ...... its Caribbean focus and
itJ intmWciplinaryorientation. We
want to be good and recognized
nationally
and on a hemispheric
processestbatsbape~ylifein
this fascinating region of the world. . levd, and so we do not want to bik
The program is organized into four off more than we can chew. A$ it is,
our definition of the area is rather
semesten. The lint S&lt;meSter will be
spend at the Univ&lt;nity of IUvana, rompreb&lt;nsive We are looking to
the second at UB. Studmu during expand our ronnections throughthe third semester will """' the op- out the Caribbean, from Brazil and
lion of studying either in Havana or the Guyanas. to the Carolinas.
Buffalo, or at a third participating
university in the Caribbean. Stu·
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University of Havana, but all admis·
sions will be handled through UB
after the applications have been re·
viewed by a joint committee a&gt;m·
posed of three VB and three UH
faculty members.
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Students will receive a master's of
arts in the hum&amp;nities degree, togetber with a special certificate in
"cultural studies of the Caribbean."
The certificate will have the official
seal of both universities.
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We already have begun to recruit
students and have agreed with the
dean in Havana that the first class
Will begin a&gt;unes in Cuba this fall.

be said, nothing could ""-" t-1 ac·
axnplisbed without fintdomonsttat·
ing to tfwe Qlbens that we came in
peaa and without undmlanding.
6nt and fOranoot, tbeirdemond that
any rda1i9oship wi1b tbenlbe baed
on a 6mt oommitment to rapect the
indrptndenrrand~oftbe

OJbon nation. In ]tme 6, 2000, •
more than two years of~
UB and UH agreod to begin. by Septanber 2001, the 6nt, joint. degreegrantingprogrom between a U.S. and
• OJbon unMnity in 43 yars. This
aca&gt;mplisbment is truly a break·
tluougb, not just"in ocademic terms
but also on diplomatic and political
grounds. I bdieoe that this is a mod·
est, though dear. cwnple that rela·
between the U.S. and OJbo can
be based on mutual rapect, and that
they can be~ and benefi.
cia! for the two countries and I« the
Caribbean region as a whole. The
agreement mala!s UB the lint U.S.
univmity to effi!ctiYely establish vi·

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lelld of the Ministry of ffit!b&lt;r
Edu&lt;ation. This provam is, in·
deed, • brealahrough siru:e to
date, no axnpor.obltprogrom de¥&lt;loped by a U.S. unNmity in
QJbo bas~ this &amp;r! R«mdy,
"""""""'Siqlben Dmmett, via
proooot I« int.emaliooll educa·
lion, met in San Frmcisco wi1b
Amt-lor Femmdo Rmlfrez
de&amp;tmaz,cm.!oftheailom In·
terest Section in Washington.
R.emlrcde Eatmoz toldDmmett
that thereaoon ourprosxm~~ bad
~this far was that I was considered bytheailompm!ID&lt;Ill
to be a true frimd of"Oiba. He
added that. ~of this and for
the time being. the UB provam
will be the only major academic
program to be ~ in Ha·
va.na. As you can ~ we are
uniquely positioned to make a
diffennce in the de&gt;dopment of
Cuban-U.S. relations in the im·
mediate future and all eyes are
focused on our modest, but quite
imporwrt. initiatMs. We are very
excited about this news. It is a
great rewanl for all our bard work
and a tribute to the fri&lt;odsbips
that through our interaction""-"
rome to bridse the political di·
vide. ha t&lt;st ofour new relationship the dean of arts and !etten at
UH bas aslr&lt;d us to help him put
tosetber a wod&lt;sbop in Havana
in fall 2001 to address the topic
"Defining the Caribbean." This
would be a big step in launching
the routers in Caribbean studies
program and W9uld help give
graVity and depth to our relationship wi1b Havma, oernenting the
modest ties of work. 6imdship

ing the idea of establishing a study·
abroad provam in Cuba. By May of
that ~. all the arrangements bad
been made and five students were
awaiting final authorization from the
u.s. 1leasury Departrnmt. Four years
and four summer sessions later, more
than 120 studentshave gone to Cuba
through UB. In July 1998, UB and
officials from ·the University of Havana signed an agreement of moperation between the two institutio~ to UH officials, it
was the 6nt of its kind between that
institution and an American uniw;r.
sitysince 1959. The~t called
for the a&gt;ntinuation, developnient
and expansion of the study-abroad
program in Cuba and axnmitted the
univmitiestothe"jointdevdopment
of a Caribbean Studies Prosram for
the purpose of conducting raeanh
and teaching." This was not an easy
agreemmt to broker. Negotiations
lasted for a weelc.until finaDy, a 6fib
draft of the 11!:1:1 was apprtlY&lt;d. 'IhJtb

There are manyunivmities through·
out the UnitedStates that have programs--or want to have a program-with OJbon institutions. UB
bas one of the loop-running programs in Cuba and tour efforu to
break the stalemate in Olbon-U.S. relations through creative eacbange
and a&gt;llaborative programs are pioneeriJJ&amp;. Our tint~-its-kind Caribbean Studios Program bas been approY&lt;d at the decanal and p&lt;esidentiall&lt;'ods by the I.JniYersityofHrvana,
and is awaiting final approval at the

"Here, in the United States, we
may only be the 50tb·ran.k&lt;d busi·
ness school," Mandell said. " In Asia,
they think we're No. I. We don't tell
them any differenL"
And rompared with other presti·
gious ·American universities that
have begun to infiltrate the Asian
!lliiJ"Ut, Mandell said, UB is "eating
thcir luncb" with a quality progrun
at a reasonable price.
Given its success in Asia, the
school is getting ready to launch
what Mandell called an "Extreme
MBA" program-&lt;lue to its.emtic
locatiollS--&lt;lDd will solicit students
from the cream of the domestic
business-school crop.
Students would be on rotation in
A$ia, spending six to ...., weeks in
one location while taking a class and
serving an internship.
"It's met with phenomenal, fan.
tastic approval," he said.
The school's plans to add a new,
stcel-and-glass.atrium-style student
center resulted from the desire to .
build something modern-less
stark in appearance and more

closely resembling the aspirations of
Melvyn Churcbill, professor of
students, Manddl said-where stu· chemistry and a rnemberofthe&lt;Jrad.
dents oould bang out and rdax.
ing Committee, questioned faculty
The throe-story addition to jaaJbs rductance toward altema!M earns.
wouldl;ebuiltinaserni-circular
"I think one &amp;bould ask oneself
design and face Putnam Way.
wbetber we wish to be .....,tiaDy a
Cunstruction rould begin as early student-friendly university, or
as winter 2002.
adversarial under the circumstances,"
In other business, William H. be said. UB, be pointed, out is not a
Baurner,cbairofthesenate'sGrading private a&gt;llege for whom students'
Committee, presented the panel's pare:nts are paying their way. Some
Class Absence Policy, which raised studenuwork2lHOhounperweelc,
questions a&gt;ncerning its rigidity, and and many experience "all soru of
the policy's seeming allegian&lt;r to ath- troubles" that preclude them from
letics aver academics.
always attmding class, be said, rang·
"Academic matter&gt; ought to takr ing from unforeseen work demands
priority over athletics, but this as· to someone's husband being JciJJed.
surnes that it's the other way around,"
Churcbill said giving make-up
said Daisie Radner, associate profes· exams is not only expected, but
sor of philosophy."That is, when....- "quite reasonable.•
there's a a&gt;nllict be~ an exam
Finally, the presentation of a resoand a game. the accommodation bas lution on faculty responsibility from
to be made on the side of the exam," the Tenure and Privileges Commit·
she said, noting that perhaps the Pac· tee was postponed until the rom·
ulty Senate ought to pass a re.olu- mittee bas a chance to meet with
tion stating that students on atbletic Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi
scbolarships shoUld not be penalized
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if they're absent from an athletic ground on the issue was presented
at the rneding.
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after graduation has hurt the
school's ranking in the past.
The school's latest effort in India
is an example of how UB is finding
its way up the chart. M&amp;T Bank ei&lt;·
ewtives in Buffalo have paired with
the school to offer major incentives
to Indian information-technology
graduates in an effort to recruit and
retain the world's top programrnm
in Buffalo.
Ten students from lndia--1!J1tduates of the Indian Institute of Tech·
nology, comparable to the U.S.'s
MIT, and with four to five years of
C++ and JaVaScript programming
already under their belts-will receive a full scholarship to the MBA
program and will be guaranteed a
job at M&amp;T after graduating at a
starting salary of $75,000, about
$20,000 more than the school's average starting salary last ~With a spot among the top 5(}-which would be UB's first appearance in 14 years-the SOM would
be in the top 12 percent of the
rountry's business schools.

�AJillt 211/Vi. 32. 11.17

Protecting library space
FSEC opposes using Capen library space for nonlibrary uses
., _ _ . . L.IWANDOWSIU
Rq&gt;Off&lt;rAsslstont ~
NTI:ED against a pro-

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posal that would see
Capen library space
forfeited for a student
servicacmter-IIIOYtnne pro(essordtscribedu"tbepenchantoftbe
administration to give away library
""""' liU it grows oo trees"- tbe
Fawlty Senate l!ucutM Committee passed a resolution at last week's
meetingopposingtbeweofCa'ptn
library space for any other purpose
than its current one.
The resoluticn. initiated byWiDiam
Baumer, prof&lt;soor of philooophy, ..suited from a discussion on tbedtartb
oflihrary'P""'cunmtlyavailabl&lt;to
houseama5SMow:rflawofprintmaterials and the poosibility of
ing an off-campus storagt site. Curious as to what would become
fRed up by the shift of boob and
journals from the bbraries into storage, smators quiddy found their way
onto the issue of the adrnipist:ration's
tenta!M plans to use the ground and
first Doors of the Oscar A. Silverman
Undergraduate Library to bouse a
studentservictscmter.
Stephen Robtru. associate director of libraries who was on band to
discuss the llllMrsity's interest in
acquiring an off-campus storage fucility, said any plans to use library
space as a front-e&gt;d service desk for
students an .. all very tentative,"
while also acknowledging the divisivmess of the issue.
"There""'thooeofuswbofindthat
(plan) attractive, there""' thooe of us
who find that repugnan~· said Rob-

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be~inlookingattbelibnry'P""'

asv.lklable10 many ponies.
"We do occupy incredibly valua'*' r&lt;al estate at tbe oenter o( tbe
spine," be said "We lur;uisnificant
'spinality' ... and I think that there is
tbe notion right now that perhaps
we can 100\'e some of the library
stuff out ... and ..., can put other
valuable things in that""""'·"
If the plan......, implcmmted,be
added, most of tbecoUection
housed in UGL would be relocated--largelyto I.odcwood and tbe
Science and Engineering libraries.
Discussion at the ~g made
it clear that it is not the stuclentservices center that &amp;culty IDtrllbm
oppose, but rather, thecnep into library space-which one faculty
member pointed out already..,._ '
undergraduates purposefully.
"There'sabsolutdynodoubtinmy
mind that something liU a student
services .,.. is desperately needed,"
said Marilyn Kramer, head of the
cataloging department for tmivmity
bbraries. "But not in my backyanl.
when mybackyardisalsoservingthe
undergraduate students in a very
meaningful and a very direct wa-f.
Rmuning to talk of "spinality,"
James Bono, associate professor of
history, took issue with the book&gt;and bow they figure into the academic IMs of stl!dtnts.
.. I don•t want to see this campus
becomeabook-freezone,onethars
safe for undergraduates to inhabit,"
be said. "If anything ought to be at
the center of the academic spine, it
ought to be the library~

Roberts slwed a numbei of possibilities for the fRed space-which
be said wiD continue to surf:acr also
as the result of inaeasing electronic
tomes-ouch as study space, apaneled cybrary fucilities, ~:use-~
hands-on computerized instruction, on-line test fucilities and ..., 1
classroom space.
Kr.unerpointed out that despite an
increasing emphasis on the digital
form. printed material still is arriving
at UB in full force. and free 'I"""' in
tbe short-term does not guarantee it
won't be .-led at a later date.
"If we clear material into a storage
ana. that
that we fRed up is
not free, irs encumbered. Irs just going to take a few years to set there,"
she said.
Roberts said UB is looking at a
number of potential off-campus
storage sites, including the fnrmer
Service Men:handise store on Maple
Road. thenow-vacant~s
on N'wgara FaDs Boulevard, and the
site for which Roberts said he is most
enthusiastic-the vacant Wegmans
building on Alberta Drive. Outfitted
withooolinganddebumidifyingsystems,and impeded by a zoning limitation that makes it disadvantageous
to business, Roberts expressed his
con6dmcc that the university could
purchase the building at a fair CX&gt;st.
The proposed site not only would
1
bouse UB materials, but would semo
as a clearinghouse for all Western

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Coupled with that, the upgrade currently in progress to a statewide library information system wiD afford
widespread SUNY access. be said.

Ferguson, Toomey take new jobs
aY SU£ WUETCH£11
Repone- Editor

EAN Sullivan, vice proms!

enrollmt:nt and planning.
created two new posins in his office in an effort
to beef up graduate student recruitment efforts across the university, as
well as improve the experience of the
"first-year" student at UB.
Katherine G. Ferguson, administratM director of the MBA Program
and assistant dean in the School of
Management, bas been named associate vice provost fnr graduate student recruitment services. Regina
Toomey, assistant vice provost and
director of admissions, wiD assume
an expanded role and a new titleassociate vice provost for new student recruitment programs.
In appointing Ferguson to her
new position, Sullivan pointed out
that uhtil now, there hasn't been a
.. concerted and coordinated approach to graduate recruitment at
the llllMrsity .. .We needed a real
pro to come in and work with the
deans to de.dop their own recruitment program_s at the graduate
level." be said, praising Ferguson's efforts with the MBA program. "We'd
liU to take her cxpertiK and make
it anilable to the whole univenity."
TheiiiOYt s1m1s, in~ from the
push by PrOYOSt Elizabeth c. Capaldi
to inCrease enrollment at the master's
level. Sullivan noted. UB won't make
its aggr-essM graduate enroUment
targetr-up to 9,400 by 2004-05

from the fall
2000 enroUment
of
8,144--if a focused recruitment effort is
not undertaken,
he
added.
Sullivan said
that
while
some units-speci6cally law
and management-have
proven very
successful at
reriuiting students, there""'.
others with growth potential-including education, engineering and
some units in Arts and Sciences--that
could use some help. "If we can really
truget thooe growth areas, and the way
we approach (potential) students, we
can make a dent in the (enrollment)
figures." he said.
As to Toomey's new position,
Sullivan said she would "step back"
from the day-to-day operations of
the admissions office to focus on
irnpnMnathe UB~forthe
"neW' student-fumt students' first
point of contact with the univenity
through the enrollment process and
through their first year at UB.
"We spend so much time just
managing the annual (recruitment)
cycle that we don't step back and
look at our overall recruitment ef-

fo~· be said "We don't talk to studentsaboutbow...,oomeacross;we
don't do enough research.•
Toomey wiD "start to think about
the whole experience we provide to
the new studen~ to both the prospective student and the student
once they're first here," he.said
Toomey will continu"e to he responsible for the Office of Admissions, as well as the administra!M
and advisement aspects of the University Honors Program. In addition, she wiD assume responsibility
for the Office of ll'ansfer and Articulation Services. and wiD represent Enrollment and Planning "in
new partnerships with Student Affuirs on behalf of first-year undergraduates,• Sullivan said, adding that
she will coordinate the academic
·asp«t of orientation activities.
He noted that although Toomey
will continue to oversee admissions.
a national search wiD he conducted
to hire a new director to manage the~
day-to-day functions of the admissions office.
The new director should have experience in the metro New York and
out·of-state marketplaces-the
main areas where there is growth
potential for U11, as well as in building an alumni recruiting programs.
"I think an untapped resolll'tt for
us bas been our alumni in recruiting. especially in m&lt;tro New York;
we hav. a big alumni base down
there, and we're not tapping them
liU we can," he said

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Flint flagpoles to be replaced
The two ..................... lit Flint Loop will be remm&lt;ed on

Saturday and replacement poles should be in the ground sometime
thls summer.
Lou Scbmi~ director of facilities operations, said one of the flagpoles broke and feU to the ground ..,..,ra) weeks ago. Ar that time~
structural engineering study determined that the two remaining
poles were unsafe, be said.
.
Schmitt said three more poles wiD be purchased, and it may take six
to eight weeks for delivery, as well as additional time for instaUation. ·
The poles should be in the ground and flying flags sometime this
summer, he said.

Blue &amp; White scholarship drive
surpasses $500,000 goal
The Blue lr White Club scholarship fund drive once again ha•
surpassed iu goal, raising more than $500,000 to support athletic
scholarships.
Through volunteer efforts under the leadership of Gary Joseph, funddri-;o chair, and Marshall Wood, co-chair, the Blue &amp; White Oub-the
booster organization ofUB athletics-raised a total of$504,870 during
a six-week period. Funds generated through this etfon are used to offset increased costs associated with athletic scholarships.
"To consider where we started just six years ago with a modest
goal ofSIOO,OOO, to achieve this success is a testament to the incred -

ible support we hav. received from many key alumni across the coun·
try and the great support of our mission here in Western New York,"
said Bob Arkeilpane, director of athletics. " It is even more impres
sive, and imperative to our growth, that we have seen such incred
ible support in our formative years in Division 1 A and tht Mid
Arntrkan Conference."
The Blue &amp; White Oub raised the bar this year an unprecedented
$200,000 after reaching its goal of $300,000 last year. That made this
year 's effort even more impressive, according to Joseph.
"We asked even more of ou r volunteer group and the many supporters of UB athletics this year," he said, ..and it was extremely
gratifying to see not only th e contin ued support of so many, but
the many new faces and first -time contributors who understand
the importance of having a quality Division 1-A athletic program
in Western New York.'"
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SOM receives grant for Belarus
The School of M•nagement has been awarded a $218,000 grant

from the Eurasia Foundation to continue its work developing an
MBA program to be delivered in English at the Yanka Kupala State
University of Grodno (YKSUG) in Belarus.
The grant will aUow the school to bujld on the work begun in
1999 under a Eurasia Foundation project titled "Creating Capacity
in Belarus in Business Education."
Devdoped as a coopera!M effort among four universities-YKSUG,
Riga Business School of Riga Technical University in Latvia, Niagara
University and UB-the project bas as its long-term goal the de.d opment of a self-sustaining, Western-style business school in Belarus.
The proposed MBA program would support Belarus in its efforts
to provide professional managers with-the knowledge and skills nee essa.ry for adapting Western management methods to the specific
requirements of the Belarus economy. In the longer term, this ini
tiative should contribute to market refo rms tharwill enable Belarus
to work more effectively with West ern countries.
The first group of students was admitted to the preparatory, or
pre-M BA program, in February. These students are enroUed in En glish as a Foreign Language classes organized in cooperat ion with
the UB English Language Institute and the English Language Center of Riga Business School.
Pre-MBA coursework also includes introductory courses designed
to prepare students for the MBA coursewo rk that is scheduled to
begin in October.
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"Dersu Uzala" to replace "Ran"
The fln.al Kreenlng for the spring Buffalo Film Seminars series on

April 24 wiD be Akira Kurosawa's 1974 Academy Award-winner "Dersu
Uzala." It replaces the originally scheduled " Ran," also by Kurosawa.
The rarely screened picture, filmed in Russia's Arctic ·north, tells
the story of a friendship between a gold hunter-guide and a Russian
explorer in what film critic Leonard Mahin describes as "a poignant,
poetic examination of contrasting lives ...
Bruce Jackson, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Samuel P.
Capen Professor of American Culture in the Department of English
who is teaching the film seminar with Diane Christian, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, says ofKurosawa's masterpiece, which
won an Oscar for best foreign-language film: "We could teU ynu why
and bow it's good and important, but this is one of those movies the
heart of which exists outside words."
The public is invited to participate in discussion following the
film , which will begin at 7 p.m. in Buffalo's Market Arcade Film and
Arts Centre, 639 Main St., Buffalo.

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Offering options f~r reproduction·
By JlNNIRII UWANOOWSIU
Repon~ Assistant Editor

AN! Burkman is changing

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The Tanner award, granted ·
through the Ofliu or the Viu Presi·
dent ror R&lt;search, provides research
funding for projects related to
health-sciences issues.
Burkman also ju.st received a
$700,000 grant !"rom the Philip Mor·
ris R&lt;search Foundation to rocus on
the effects or nicotine on sperm fer.
tilizing ability.
"We ha.... just shown that ananda·
mide is round in semen and in fentale reproductivt Ouid," she says.
"We're the first tosbowthat irs right
there (in humans) whert it oounts
for fertilization.• Burkman has had
other firsts as welL She ...., tint in

the way couples in West·
ern New York think about
reproduction.
As head or the Andrology Labora·
tory in the Department or Gynecol·
ogy and Obstetrics at Children's
Hospital or Buffalo, established by
Burlanan in 1995 wxler the auspioes
or the VB School or Medicine and
Biomedical Sciencrs, the reproduc·
live physiologist has devoted her re·
search career to helping oouples capi·
taliz.e on their chanu ror conuption-specifically, by setting her
sights on sperm.
Simply put, Burlanan is in the busi·
ness or maximizing semen quality.
But unlike the goal, the research
conducted by the assistant professor or gynecology and obstetrics is
anything but simple. Decades or
dedication to the field or reproduction and discovery upon remarkable
discovery have provided Burkman
with unique insight into the work·
ings or those ntale cell5 whose fore·
most mission can be thwarted by f!
any number or factors.
~
Her most reoent research with col·
laborator Herbert Scbud, professor lOIJ' It Clollokwt's lloopiUI, fOCUMS
or anatomy and cell biology, has ro- maxlonlzlng- qullty.
c used on the effects of ananda - the world to show that human
mide-&lt;o naturally occurring can- sperm have byperactivated swim·
nabinoid·like substance in both men ming-something thought pl'&lt;'Yi·
and wornen--&lt;~S well as 'rHC. one ously to exist only in animalsactive substance found in marijuana, which is required for fertilization.
In sbort: It's all in the swimming.
and how each affects human sperm
function.lbe latrst recipient ofUB's S.perm that demonstratr a vigorous
Moir P. Tanner Award. Burkman- swimming pattern, required to
working with Schue! andAlexandros achi..., capacitatioDT-the ability to
Makryannis or the University or fertiliu-have a greater success rate
Connecticut and Daniele Piomelli or than those with ~ tmdeocies.
In her laboratory, Burkman fothe University of California at
Irvine-plans 1o use the $9,000 grant cuses on those factot1 that inbtbit
to continue her research, which has or stimulate hyperactivation, and
shown that anandamide may have has developed several assays-or
regulatorydltctson the sperm's po· tests-to recognize and remedy the
:entia! ror fertilization.
shortcomings or the sperm.

For example. Burbnan wiD look at
the morphology or a patienrs spmn
sample to dedoce how many """" a
normal shape. Sperm with an aboor·
mal head or tail shapeusuallycan'tier·
tili7ran &lt;!lB-And a swollen spmn cap,
which contains enzymes--the
~preYeD! the spmn
from SllCll'&gt;Sfully penetrating the egg
membrane. Sperm may Wldergo a
wash-aJ!d·incubation prooedure to
see what ptrcentage maint'ain
byperactivized motility aft&lt;r the process. Burlpnan abo may oonduct a
split-ejaculatr t&lt;st-flOting that the
first thin! or the semen usually CX&gt;D·
tainsaD thesp&lt;rm, while the lasl twothirds is fluid oolrto saul!" potmcy.
Burkman is a
"pioneer in motility
software usage as
well, employing
computer-automailed spmn analy·
sisto~accurat.ely

measure the sperm's
moiilityand &gt;docity.
"'There are no
other labs in the re·
ogion that employ
the gamut or tests
001
herthat we do,"
Burkman notes
proudly. "Sta.ndard sperm-testing
laboratories, by limiting tbernseMs
to jukt sperm counts-what percentage arc moving-cannot predict whether the husband is fertile.
"We """" a good bandle on predicting what the future is for those
sperm," sbe s;lyS or the ttchniques,
which range from basic to oomplcx.
"It's awfully nioe that we can try link
things to stimulatr sperm. to maximize the semen quality so that
(oouples) can best """"a chance to
achieve pregnancy.•
As a doctoral student at the Uni=sity of California in the late 1970s.
Burlanan became booked on repro-

ductiYe research, and in 1982. went
to Norfolk, Va., whert the oountry's
first in vitro clinic was started Sht
spent the next cigbt rears studfing
human sperm in tbOt conten.
While in V"ttginia. sbe ~
a new assay in the fidCI.-..an.sbe uses
in hrr laboraiotywodt:todoy-alled
thebemizona-bindingassay. Using a
non-living human egg, reoearchen
split the·egg OOYer in balf and compared the number or sperm that
bound to the outside or the :oonaor egg's surf.ooe coat-from a irtile
man..,...,. that or. man belio.ed to
be infertile. Exciting as it was,
B(lrkrnan says federal funding or
sperm in vitro work was not supported by the Reagan AdJninisln.
tion,which~tiaDyi&gt;aru'!"lgrants

for any ltind or fertility work having
to do with erobryco. .
Ld"t without a research grant,
Burlcman •hifted her course and
eoded up as a oorporate scientist at a
Grand Island research company,
whert sbe spent four y=s deYdopingproducts for fertility laboratories.
In 1995, Burlanan joined forces
with Frank Gonzalez and Kent
Crickard, reproductive endocri·
nologists who ran an in vitro fertili.
zation clinic at Olildrm's Hospital
Shortly thereafter, Burkman
opened the Andrology Labontory,
with a serondary interest in toxcity
testing.
"The timing over the last 20 y=s

bas been very important; sbe says
or the devdopments resulting from
in vitro work.. -we are able, in our
laboratory, to answer specific ·qucs·
tions about bqw the husband's
sperm arc functioning. and to give
specific feedback to the physician as
to what to expect.
"We're a fairjy new laboratory,
an'd we want Western New York
pbysiciansandoouplestolawwthat
there arc '&lt;siS available to give real
answers.·

Architecture and Planning to stay Sou!fl
Reuse ofhistoric Hayes and Crosby halls; school's link to community key in decision
By SUE WUETCHER
Report~r

Editor

ESOLVING an issue that
dates back at least 15
years. the administration
has decided that the
School orArchitecture and Planning
will remain on the South Campus in
renovatrd space in Hayes and Crosby
halls. rather than move into a nC¥1
building on the North Campus.
A oomminee formed to study the
issue had recommended that the
school remain \n its current borne: in
the historic Hayes and Crosby halls.
"The School or Architecture and
Planning is in a great building now,
in ttnns of historic significance, and
with suitable renovation, it wiD""""
wonderful facilities a.od oonsider·
ably mo"' spaoe than we oould real·
istically alford in a new building on
the North Campus," said Provost
Elizabeth D. Capaldi "The school
interacts a lot with the oommunity,
and they arc closer to that oonstitu·
encywhere they arc. And the faculty
wantrd to stay whert they are.
"All of these considerations made
the decision to """" the ICbool stay
on the South Campus a relatiwly

R

easy one," she said.
As the last non-health-sciences
unit left on the South Campus, the
common wisdom over the years, as
well as various long-term master
construction plans, had suggested

finitive decision on the matter
should be maQe. said )obn Sheffer,
director or the Institute for Local
Governance and R&lt;gional Growth
and former interim dean or the architecture school
Sheffer agreed. noting that
the indecision on the issue
bad "caused frustration
and tension" in the school
. A committtt com.. ·.
·.
posed or staJf from Facili·
~
ti~ administrators. and
~
&amp;culty, staJf and students
!!
~ the issue for sev~
eral months last faD, roc·
ommending that the
_ _ . . , _ . . . , . . . _ Crosloy
school remain whert it is,
g;...,n that thecnst orrenohOIIsonthe-~s.
vating Hayes and
that Architecture and Planning Crosby-which would include sul&gt;evmtuallywould move into sbow· stantial infrastructure improvecase quarters to be built on the ments, as weD as work to,_ proNorth Campus. Although fr"e. grammatic needs-likely would
quently talked about, the plan equal that or constructing a "signa·
never had moved beyond that turc" bWiding and that the archit«point, and a new building was not n=-schooloommunityprdi=edto
included in the last five. year capi· remain on South Compos.
Sbe&amp;rpcioled.uthattheadlool's
tal construction cyck.
When Capaldi arriv&lt;d at UB last" prefermc:e for South Campus ....,
summer, she determined that a~ contingent on the .\ovations to

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HayesandCrosbybeing':tealandsui&gt;stantial, and not just oosmetic."
He also noted that Hayes and
Crosby arc historic buildings-the
Hayes docktower is a symbol or the
univmity-tbat arc locatrd in the
city. Moreover, \twas important that
the school not become another entity moving out of the aty of Buf·
falo, he said, adding that no other
use bad bern identified for the
buildings sbould the school leave.
"I belieYe strongly it is a p&gt;d decision to~ the school on the South
Campus. in the city, dim:tly engaged
with the oommunity."be said.
"It's important to get on with it
(renovations) as soon as poss1ble
and do"a really substantial and in·
novative job or "'nowting these
buildings into a 21st oentury School
of Architecture and Planning."
Ann Newman. directOr
spaoe
planning in tbeotlioe the Provost,
said the nat step in the process
would be to bft a consultant to plan
the rmoY111ion wodt:.Sbe saidsbeanticipeus the octual oonsttuction.wodt:
being done as part ol the om five.
J'OII"~crd&lt;
capital projects
that wiD bqpn in 2003.

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E-poetryfestival planned at UB m
ay PATIIICIA DONOYAH
Contributing

Editor

( ' E -POETRY.2001:An
lnt=ati~nal Digital Poetry Fatival,"
the first convocation ofdigital po&lt;15 and arUsls gather«! to focus on the emerging medium,willbehddAprill9-21 atUB.
The festival will bring together
scores of practitioner&gt; from North
America, Europe and utin America
who n...,- before have appear«! together in the same program, and will
focus on works in networked and
programmable media; kinetic/visual work; hypertcct, and multiple
practices in digital media
Organized by poet Loss Pequefio
Glaz&lt;r, director ofthe Electronic Poetry Center (EPC) at UB, the r.stival
is sponsor«! by EPC, the Department of English, the College of Arts
and Sciences, the Poetics Program
and just buffitlo literary center.
It will follow the tradition of great
New Poetry festivals of the past, providing a context for readings, conversations and social interactions,
and a locus for the coming together
in a non-hierarchicaJ manner of the
different views, practices and theories that define this emerging field.
For more information,. visit the fes-

tival Web site tronic editors/publishers to engage
at &lt; http:// in conversatio ns o n crucial. cqnlroepc . buf - versial and for critical questi 0 ns
f•lo .edu/e- about these evolving forms.
poetry /
The festival will be preceded by a
2001 / &gt;.
digital reading and reception begm·
The em- ning Wednesday afternoon. An opphasis will be tional trip to Niagara Falls will be
on presenting offered on April 22.
internationally
"Though digital poetry has been
influential practitionmwhooeoontri- part of other digital conferences,"
butions have)"! to be publicly recog- Glazier sar.s, "'E- POETRY, 2001'
nized in the United States. This will promises to be an historic literary
be the first presentation of works of event since it will be the first festi this ranseand depth in asingleYenue. val devoted exclusively to this
Featured ~ will include such emerging form of literary practice
luminaries as knneth Goldsmith, so crucial to the 21st century. We
Brazil's Giselle Beigudman, hope it will prove a landmark literCanada's John Caley, Australia's ary even~ as well as a com.ing-ofKomninos Zervos and }a'nez age event for the current practice
Strehovtc of Slovenia, as well as of digital poetry."
Open registrations for E-Poetry,
Americans Jennifer uy, Charles
Bernstein and Jim Rosenberg.
200 I no longer are being accepted,
They, along with other partici-. but interested parties may register
pants, will read, perform and exhibit on a space-available basis by sendworks that currently define the state ).ng a message indicating interest to
&lt;epc@acsu.buffalo.edu &gt; wittr
of the art in digital poetries.
The festival will feature three full "REGISTRATION FORE-POETRY
days of morning and afternoon pan- 200 I" in the subject line. Include
els, highlighted by featured readings name, email address and URL for
in the afternoons and evenings. Pan- your work (if applicable), instituels and roundtable discussions will tional affiliation (if any), main area
provide the opportunity for digital of interest in the medium, and city/
practitioners, scholars and eJec- state or city/oountry.

Leaming financial lessons

5

Do any of these look familiar? EiJ
"My name Is BiU Gates. Here at MiCrosoft . we hav~ just compiled
an email tracing program that tracks everyone to whom this message is forwarded to . . ...
· under proposed legislation (Bill 602P) the U.S. Postal Service
will be attempting to bilk email users out of"altemativ&lt; postage fees.'
Bill 602P will permit the federal government to charge five cents
surcharge on every email delivered .....
.. Beware of a ftle called Good Times. There is a
virus on Amenca Online being sent by E-Mail .....

These are aU legendary Internet hoaxes,
usually taking the form of a chain email message. They work because they usually play
o n the recipients' desire to help spread the

word, to do good by letting friends and
famiJy know about a potential threat or
possible reward. The"'email tracing program" letter, fo r example, promises
S 1,000 will be sent to everyone who gets

a copy of the message.
But like most Internet hoaxes, there's no truth to the message what soever. It wasn't sent by Bill Gates. No one as going to give you any
money. There is no such thing as an ..email tracing program."'
Hoaxes, email chain letters and multi-level marketing schemes all
tie up o ur time and vaJuable comp uting resources. Oftentimes, com mon sense will help keep a person from forwarding such emails
along. Odds are. if you receive an email that sounds a little suspi·
cious--"NPR is facin g major cutbacks m funding ... Sign thas peti tion .. -or too good to be true-" Noknt is givang free mobile

phones"-i·t probably is.
SeveraJ key Web sites can help Internet users discern between legitimate em ails and Internet hoaxes:
• HoaxBuster. &lt;http:/ l""""busten.dM.org/ &gt;, !Tom the Com·

puter Incident Advisory Capability arm of the Department of Energy. describing many 'n et hoaxes in detail. and with a history of
hoaxes on the Internet.
• Urbanl.egendsatAbouloom &lt;http://~&gt;.

Mandell offers principles to improve financial literacy ofyouth

David Emory's oomprehensive list of hoaxes, myths and rumors.
• Vmyths.com &lt;www.vmyths.com/&gt;, specifically looking at the

up the importance o(beginning the
learning pmcess as early as possible.
"Indeed, in many respects, improving
basic financial education at the elemenwy and secondary school level
is essentialtl&gt;providinga foundation
forfinancialliteracythatcanbelpprevent younger people from making
poor financial decisions that can take
~to ovm:ome," Greenspan said.
The )ump$tart Coalition's 12
principles:
I) Know your take-home payBefore commhting to significant
expenditures, estimate how much
income likely will be available for
you. Net income, after aU mandatory deductions, is more important
to estimate than gross income before deductions.
2) Pay yourself first-Before paying bills and other financial ohligalions, set aside an affordable amount
each month in accounts designated
for long-range goals and unexpected

proliferation of virus hoaxes o n the Web.
And always remember the h oax buster rule of thumb: "When in
doubt , don't send it out!"'

By JOHN D£U.4. CONT11ADA
Reporter Contrlbutor

WELVE principles ofbasic money management
have been released by a
coalition offinancial-services representatives and educator.
attempting to improve the financial
literacy of American schoolchildren
an~ young adults.
The principles were oonceived by
members of the Washington, D.C.based)ump$tartCoalitionofl&gt;enonal
Financial Literacy in response to "'
nationwid&lt;surveyoonductedlastyear
by Lewis Mandell, dean of the School
of ManagemenL The survey showed
that American high school students
areunequippedforthefinancialoomplexities of adulthood.
Rdeased in conjunction with tax
season, as well~ Financial Literacy
for Youth month in April, the principles are intended to be a tool for
teaching basic financial skills.
" If the next generation of financial-services users abides by these
concepts, it's safe to say that 10 to
20 year. from now, the country will.
have a far greater number of people
who were better prepar&lt;d for retirement, able to manage debts and
avoid bankruptcy," says Mandell,
who recen\ly published "Improving
Financial Uteracy: What Schools
and Parents Can and Cannot Do,"
based on his work with )umpStarL
"Our goal fortheseprinciplesisto
generate discussions in classrooms
throughout the oountry and at the
family dinner table," adds Dara
Duguay, the )ump$tart coalition's
=tive directoL "While the main
audience for these principles is future
adults, present adults should benefit
from these discussions as well."
Alan Gtunspan, chairman of the
Feda-a!Reor:rvelloard-ilJumpSillrt
"' partner--&lt;lelivemlalimilarmessae&lt;
in a m:ent ~ when be brougl&gt;t

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emergencies.

3)Sillrtsavingyoung---Reoognize
that your total savings are· deter-

mined both by the interest you earn
on those savings and the time period
over which you save. The sooner you
startsaving.themorefundsyou'Ube
able to amass over time.
4) Compare interest rate&amp;-Obtain rate information from multiple
financial-services firms to get the
best value for your money.
5) Don't borrow what you can't
repay-'-Be a responsible borrower
who repays as promised, showing
you are worthy of getting credit in
thefutur&lt;-lleforeyouborroW,compare your total payment obligations
with income that you will have available to maJce these payments.
6) Budjp:t -your ~te
anannualbtxJ&amp;ettoidmtifyexpected
inoomeandapenses.indndingsavings. This will serve as a guide to help
you live within your income.

7) Money doubles by the "Rule
of72"-To determine how long it
will take your money to double, di vide the interest rate into 72. For
example, an acoount earning 6 percent interest will double in 12 years
(72 divided by6 equals 12).
8) High returns equal high
risks--Recogniu that no one will
pay you high interest rates on a sure
thing. In most cases, the higher the
interest rate offered to )'bu. the in-

vestor, the higher the risk of losing
some. or all, of the rrioney you in vest. Diversification of assets is the

best protection against risk.
9) Don't expect something for
nothing- Be leery of advertise ments, sales people or other Sources
of financial offers promising any·

- Stew•rt Brower •nd Sus•n•

Tel~ Unrven il y Ltbrones

BrieO
Program to assist elderly
patients of dental clinic
The schools of Soct.l Work and Dental Medicine are collabo rat ing o n a pilot project designed to reach out to older adults who are
patients in UB 's dental clinics and who m3-y need social services.

The prOJect is being supported with a $33.000 grant fro m the Com-

reoord borrowers' histories of repay-

munity Foundation for Greater Buffalo.
More than 3,000 Western New York res1dents o~er age 65 who
would not otherwise have access to affordable dental care are treated
each year in the UB dental clinics. The partnership program will
assist these thousands of high -nsk older adults by providing refer rals and cou nseling, while faci litatmg trainmg and learning for UB
dental and social-work students.
Den tal patients will be surveyed to determme what serv1 ces and
information they would fin d most benefi cial . CoiJaborauve arrangements will be made with commun ll )' agenaes that serve the elderly.
suc h as the Eric County Departmen t of Senior ervices and Meab
on Wheels. to ensure that chmc patients have access to all available
services.
In the second phase, the st udents wiU imegrate health and weUness
screening into routine dental -cl in ic visi ts to identify patients' needs

ing loans. Negative infonnation in

and begin problem-solving.

thing free. Like non-financial oppor·
tunities, if it sounds too good to be
true, it probably is.
I0) Map your financial futureTalc&lt; time to list your financial goals.
along with a realistic plan for achieving them. Yo u can go places you
want to go without a roodmap----but
st!Idom on the first try.

II ) Your credit past is your credit
future-Be aware that credit bureatiS maintain credit reports, which

credit reports can affect your ability
to borrow at a later poinL

12) Stayinsumi--Pwdwe insurance to avoid being wiped out by a
financial loss, such as an iUnes&lt; or accidenL An insurance plan should be
part of every personal financial plan.
Founded in 1997, Jump$ tart is a
non-profit organization whose II 5
partners include federal agencies,
universities, associations, corporations and non-profit organizations..

The coalition's goal is to ensure that
students have skills to be financially
competent upon graduation from
high school.

Deborah Waldrop, assistant professor of social work and co-di -

rector of the project, said that health-care professio nals increasingly
are being taught to assess the complex overlap between o""rall health
and social issues. Patients see oral-health-care professionals for specific complaints, but may be dealing simultaneously with complicated problems related to health and aging that impede their treatmenL Oinic patients often develop personal relationships with oralhealth professionals, and the value of offering additional se.rvices in
the context of this rt:lationship buame the impetus for this innovative program.
"We helit"V&lt; this initiative, whicb integrates both services and education betwttn the professions of social work and dentistry, is the
first of its kind," Waldrop said "The pilot program will serve as a
model for collaborative efforts betwttn other UB schools and also
has the potential for beooming a national model."

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clas&amp;roo.m issues presen ted by the Oassroom Steering
Committee.
Tbe Web site, accessible at
&lt;http://.........,elo.-,fecooll)r/......_&gt;, provides
bide to communicate more dfecIM!ytothec:ampuscommunity"aD
the improY&lt;~DeDts, all the listening
we'"" done" on clas&amp;room issues in
the past S.., or six years. said Sean
Sullivan, via proYOSI for enrollment
andplanning.andchairoftheaa....
room Steering Committee_ "One of
the big ways to get that message out
is to use the Web.•
Added Mark Greenfield. Web~velopment manager, paraphrasing
the Web site: "We want todfectivdy
involve and inform the constituents
of classrooms. So not only do we
want to let the campus know wbat
we're doing. we also want a vdllde
where we can get that kind of feedbackback&amp;omtiu:ulty.•
Aithough those involved in classroom issues ba"" used sud&gt; traditiona! communication .methods as
talking to the Faculty Senate and to
the deans, " I don't think we effectively reach the pe'!ple actually
teaching in thedassrnomsandwbat
theirissuesare."Greenfieldsaid. "So
theideaofthis(Website) istomake
it very easy for wh~r is using
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progress that has been made--4he
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bensive, one-stop aboppins mrany on the lite to allow uas to -cb
information about clum&gt;oms," ibedatlbueoothe~odlodGreen&amp;eid said, ltmling that us- ulecl f!*l"' to obtain AXh infiormaen do not need to know the uni- tiooasbowadMroomiuquippcd.
Yenity hierarchy in order to obtain In addition, the acan:b faturc wiD
information.
allow~ fOr aD criteria in the
The primary audimc:e is faculty dalabMr- That would mablt a facmembers; so:ondary audimc:es in- u1ty member to pinpoint a c1asa-·
dude students. adminislnton and room tbatwiDmeetaDofbisocber
.ervi&lt;lestaffwl)oareresponsiblefilr . -.Is -location, technology and
clas&amp;rooms, such as departmental opace.~said.
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The sill: featmaa wealthofinfilr- wiD~ multimodia. "We Fine to~
marion about classroom takinB still oboes' of the """"""'issues at UB,indudingtbc maries of the dalorooms, proridminutes of the ~g ins 6oor plans and scatins dwts,"
axnmittee'sn-ang.and Gr.enfidd said. "Risbt DOW when
its recommendations fOr I"" go to the specific information
classroom and technology about Knox 20, ,.,Ure getting the
improY&lt;~DeDts, timelines
pbysical attributes and the tedmoiIDr imprmocmmt projects. ogy attributes. Hopefully over the
an overview of the class- summer, we're goins to bt adding
room planningproa:ss.an the 6oorplansandaddingstillsbots
overview of the scbedul- of what the rooms look like."
ins proa:ss. an ~tory
With the Web site, the committee
of pbysica1 and technical is"trying to improYt people'umdcr. attributes of the cmtraDy standing about aD that Wf!re doing."
scheduled clas&amp;rooms and infilrma- Sullivan noted. "For the past S..,
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thesiteisthei!'Jl=)"fr:edbackmrm" we spend our time deYdoping
in which classroom users can regis- ommendations, not sharing wbat
t&lt;roomplaintsandmake~
we'redoinsbroadlywiththepublic.
The committee is int=ed in
"lbopepeopleareobservingthat
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room; Greenfield said.
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Helping kids deal with death of loved ones
UB medical students volunteer with Shelter from the Storm support group
lly~

and effort is focused 00 them..
Th&lt;sechildren---amllbyanger,fear, frustration and guih-&lt;&gt;ftm
are afraid to validate their emotional
tumult,orthejustifisblyCM&lt;Wbdmins threat ofloss. Many in the group
feel isolated-from school, &amp;om
friends who can't--&lt;&gt;r won't-undmtandwbattbcy'regoinstbrougb.
Leonard pointed ouL Being in a
group with others who can ernpathizeiscomfilrtinstothechildrenandcanbelptbcmtd&gt;uildemotiooal
loss through group activities. The
activities, planned by)aoobs. cmter
around art as a way to belp children
.emotionally unwind and release.
So.metimes, Turkovidl said, the activities ~ that p~ther
times, one less complicated.
. "To get them to smile and be a kid,
tha(sa huge thing." be said.

the group. bad been sbifud into !Oot&lt;rcareafiertheparentalrigbtsofhis
motber---..oddng as a 'proStitutb-were ~ His mother DOW
dyins of AIDS, )on was living in a
home for emotionally disturbed
youth when be joined the group.

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group steMs to provide a safe, stal&gt;le
environmmt for Jgds coofrontingill-

HE internal struggle a
child wages when faced
with the possibility of
.
losing a parent or sibling
battling chronic or serious illness
can provoke a tangle of emotions
that makes coping on one's own a
painful, if not impossible, process.
For three UB medical students,
helping children make sense of that
struggle has gi= them new perspectivo on the field of medicine_ In
working with grieving children
through the support group Shelter
from the Storm, the three have
found that while learning about the
clinical course ofa disease is imperative, understanding its effects on
family members is equally essential
Stev. Thrl&lt;avich, Kim Leonard and
Joyce Zmuda--&lt;ill 23 and in their
secqnd year of study in the School of
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences-volunteer as facilitators in the group.
run through the Life Transitions
Cent&lt;r, a !fivision of The Cent&lt;r for
Hosp~ and Pallia~ Care.
"Theyarethreewooderful people."
said Jill Jacobs, coordinator of
childftn's support groupo il&lt; the l.ik
'Dmsitions Centa; notins that the
cbildrcn in the group baot tab:n an
inaedille shine to the trio. "The £oct
that they are ., busy and they ~
tab:n timetooomeanddothis---lbey
are really three - r special poop1e.•
1\Jrkovich, who bepn volunteering for l.ik lransitions during his
sophomore year of college. said the

ness and mortality--&lt;UI environment in which they can talk freely
about the ~ts bappenins in their
~;.., their feeijngs and bow to deal
withthem.Forthesechildrcn-wbo
range in age &amp;om 5 years old to their
~himto~noJDO&lt;echalleng­
late tec:ns--dle loss oft&lt;n is manifold.
ing than other tough kids~ bad
"So, Mom before, who was a noroome across, Turkovid! said the two
mal, healtby sing_le mom, who could
fuund~inarLO...sketd!es
function fine, aD ofsudden who's sick,
of Santa Claus and South Parle carux;n cbaradm, the aspiring pediais having a much more difficult time
raising her kid because she bas to deal
trician said )on really opened up.
with her illness as well; said
"I " - that there to remind me
wbyrminmedicine,"Thrlo:Mchsaid,
Turkovich, outlining a typicllscmario
~thepicturedrownwasthat
in whim an ~tualloss through
of )in's face, crying. ~ )'&gt;UDSIIWl
death is compounded by a loss d attention or time a parent bas !Dr the
sharing persoiial stories while he
drew. "When things get really tough.
child--&lt;&gt;r ~a loss of identity assowhen
things get really bad, I need to
ciated with the parent whoo!: bebavgJOUDdmysdfandsay,'l(sthekmic&lt;mayd!anjjethrougl&gt;outthecourse
The~bytheafliectbat'swbyrmdoinstbis.of an illness, such as brain cana:r.
Unti:&gt;rtunatdy for the three who
"That can ~ w:rf scary to a kid tion in the students' fac&lt;s when they
when Dad is sometimes saying speak of a child who 6naDy mnoved · are entering their third year of med
things that he wouldn't, or doing · ber.coat during the meeting. aDother school nat fall---&lt;lne of the most
things be wouldq't; said Thrkovich, wbo 6naDy crad&lt;ed a smile---clearly cliJiicult-their time commitment
noting' that children can be just as outweigbthefrusttations,particularly to the group will be considerably
adversely affected when a sister or in getting oame to gi&gt;e voicr to those less, a "huge loss" for Jacobs, who ·
emotioos embedded dawn deep. To nonetheless is happy they'D l3ke
brother is ill.
"l(s the parents' natural tm&lt;lency be sure, polimce,bere, is. virtue.
awoy invaluable c:xperimce
•They tend to come out with
"'l'bey'w: got a tmDendous benwhen they baYe a child who's lid to
focus all their energy and attaltioo things when you don't~ c:spcct dit-bowillneso,...nyalliectskids,"
on getting that child better," it," Zmuda said. "And it will ~ )lalbo said. "I think tha(s been a
aornething huge !Dr them-{but) h1130 sift 1D them."
Thrkovich said.
Sbellu &amp;om the Storm meets the
"The (other) kids sometimes get you can't solicit it."
For '1\ulcovich, a drawing that first and third Thursday of each
pushed to the side a little
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Myron Roberts, professor emeritus of orthodontics
MJrooo A.-., a Buffalo orth- .dental scbool, where be taught for
odontist for 45 yean and clinical
professor emeritus of orthodontics
in the School of Dental Medicine,
died Match 25 in Siaun Hospital
after a brid illneu. He was 96.
Robet:ta was a former president
of the UB Alum.ni Aslociation,
which his son, Donald, headed in
1999-2000. The pair u considered
to be the first father and son to
serve as presidenL He also was a
past president o( the UB Dental
Alumni Aslociation, which dedicated ill 69th annual meeting to
him in 1971.
A Buffalo native, Roberti was
president of his dental school~
in 1930. Having completed postgraduate study in orthodontics at
Columbia University in 1933, he
began teaching in 1938 at the UB

nearly 40 years. He was certified
by the American Board of Orthodontics iq 1940.
Roberts was in private practice
for 45 years at 471 Linwood Ave.
at Weat Ferry Sind. practicing initially with his father, the late Jay
G. Roberti.
He was a past president of the
Erie County Dental Aslociation
and the Eighth District Dental
Society. When be became president of the Oental Society of New
York State in 1959, he was the first
dentist tofoUowhiafatherintothe
state presidency.
Rnberts served as international
president of Delta Sigma Delta
dental fraternity in 1954. He also
wu national treasurer of the fraternity for 12 years and the third

Bul!o fall t&gt;o c-ltius; drop

dentist in 90 yean to be made an
honorary member of the group.
He was a former national president of the American Dental In terfraternity Council and served
for more than 20 yean as a delegate to the American Dental Association.

four ~ llowllnc G,_,

cponod""'-

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by-.
Canioiuo In Canioiuo' Dornsb
Complox. U6 was c.onsiclol'ed the
homo _ , lor ""' pme ""'
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T1re Pari&lt;. Aft. bultclnc. 7-31oad.
lhe-leltDiheGrills.S.7, as

Canioiuo pushed across a po;r ol

In addition, Roberts wu a

""" In ""' eW1dr lr1nq.

member of Omicron Kappa Upsilon national honorary dental fraternity for more than 60 years and
was a former president of iu Buffalo clapter.
He held the DUtinguUhed Service Award of the American College of Dentists, Distinguished
Alumni ,\ward ofl'bet2 Oli fraternity, the BiJon Head of UB's Senior
Honor Society and a UBvarsityletter for helping to manage basketball teams at the university.

"""' ""'"'·
....Ohio,
- lor
ua..led
to ~
Gre8l.
•

- . I pow; series apinst""'
- T h e -dropped allour
contests, 16-7. 23-10. 14- 1 and 2413 , wttlllhe-~tohit

2Bhomo ..... lnlhescrios.

UB earns ftnt HAC win
U6 held alia ~ raly byWoswn
Mk:Npn co earn a 6--4 wWt tNer the
Broncos In Kolamazoo. Mich., Ia
first win _ . .. ""' MAC.The Bulls
were led by """"" Kim Lawrence
a n d - Brame Nasti and
Allison 1\oood. who combined lor
nine ol Bufblo's II hla on the
aft.omoc?.-The Bulls .... ~
In chdr ~season., the
toW: in softball.
The Bulls pout to an early 2·
0 ad. scorirc a run in each of the
Hrst and socond 1m01p. Round led
off the pme wtm a waDe. Mld came ai"CU\d to score: on a ~ by Naso.
Round chen do&lt;bled wfth two ouu In 1l&gt;e socond Imine to score sophomorr
jessla l&lt;ensy. who ....ned base on an error. Nasti led off 1l&gt;e Bulls' filth innong
wfth her socond do&lt;ble ol the pme. and crossed 1l&gt;e plate on a songle by
Uwrenc:e alte&lt; aclnndnz to &lt;Nrd on a sacrifice bunt by sophomorr jennde'
Moon!. UB !hen do&lt;bled Ia thretHullead to 6.0 In 1l&gt;e sixth. wtt11 Roood
hittln&amp; a ~ to d,... In l&lt;ensy and Nasti followlna wfth a two-ron home ron.
ber e;rhth r'OU'ld-crippe&lt; ol the season.
The Broncos. who were hekj to just two hits in thetr fim five at-bau.
threatened btelin the pme. scoring t'NO rv'd In the sbah and t'NO n.ns in the
seventh. but the Bulls held on lor the mud&gt;-deseNed victory. Freshman Heather
Robbins _ , the distance on !he m&lt;&gt;U'ld. ollowlna .;,ht hla and eam1nf her
&lt;Nrd win ol""' ~ Round and Nasti bod! finished 3-for.3 fn:&gt;m ""' plate two and three RBis. respectiYety. white l.awrenc:e was ] .fat-.,... wkh one RBI on
the afternoon.
UB splk Ia final two pmes of 1l&gt;e .th.-.e-pme series at Western Michipn.
clropplrw !he opener by a 3-2 sc&lt;n belore wlnnlnc the n~ by a S-4 score.

-TheMail
Arts are overlooked when student fees are allocated
Dear Editor:
I am writing in response to the article in the Reporter about the in crease in student fees. It could be assumed that I am writing to criticize
the institution and iu unnecessary
increases.

However, I do think personnel deserves tO make a decent living, 1
agree I00 percent that technology is
instrumental in moving the student
body in a forward direction and I
also think improving the shunk system within South campus and between the North and South campuses is a great idea--&lt;md a much
needed improvernenL
The increase of fees fur athletics is
what I have a ~nona! problem
witb-mosdy because I new:rU1&lt;the
facilities that an ever-increasing portion of my money here at UB goes

to. Since I enJ'Q(Ied at UB three years
ago. I have been~gcorpu­
lent increases in student fees for the

get from just a few dollars per student
could help the CFA bring life to the
campus, entertain and educate audi-

benefit of"intercollegiate athletics.•
But what, may I ask, about the
aru? The Center for the Arts, which
is in fact pan of the UB campus and
actually houses many art, theater
and dance, and media studenu,stalf.
and ~nne~ is completely overlooked when it comes to allocating
and implementing student fees.
Many non-art studenu ar&lt;'J&gt;IIroDS
of the CFA, and I am sure fill our
3,000-seat house more quicldy than
a stadium-the Dave Matthews
concert, need I say more?
But that success was nearly two
years~ and ""' have bad very little
mooey to book such popular perf'onn&lt;n latdy. The mooey ""' could

ences and, most importantly, bring in
outsideperfunners and artisl5to hold
workshops to broaden our learning
expcrimces as art students.
But instead, ""' are ignored. Last
year, I started a petition ·to get a $! per-student feeinstattd-lcss than the
mst ofabottleofwateraround hereand despite the hundreds of signatwes, letters and emails, the proposal
was denied without even an explana-

Out~oor lrac~

oo~HMall~would~meo~

consider bringing this up in an article
or to"""""""' "high up" on that ladder up there in Capen Halll

Women place second, men tab third In McDonald's lmritational
The &amp;As' o-ad&lt; scpJads met 14&gt; wttll some ol their M.A.C rMis Suurday at Ohio
I.JnMnlty's McDonald's lmlotlonal. The UB""'"""' ~ socond In .. _,field wfth 188.50 points to the host Bebeau' 297.SO.The U6 men wore

Luhlbuto
~smleSre- junior

Dqx:JrtmDJt of TMoln! and Dana

-

119 points. flnishln&amp; behind pow; foes Hlchlpn (273.50) and Ohio (I 54.50).
1Wo U6 ""'"""' nouhed school records at 1l&gt;e n-. bod! ~ on
maria they set eariier this season. llwra Olson brob her pole vault nwi&lt;.
w1nn1nc the . _ , at II ~ (3.51 m). Faith 1horrfoson won the shot put wfth a
tosSof42-IO.SO (13.07m).beaorlnc her school record by more than a loot.
set the p&lt;'O'Iious school records., the~

&lt;Nrd """"" six -

--had

.. ·HolleRhodes
'NOn the 3,000 ~ il boch
Seahawtt
-

Mayor
Mentor

:1 U8 and~ record
timeolll :49.66.
Other wlmen lor the liB""'""'" &lt;J&gt;ris&lt;lna l&lt;odc In the 1.500 .........
(4:52.21 ). Katie 5a&gt;a In the 400 iLnles (I :03.81) and Blaunc:a Mcfattond In the
~"""' (4G-4.25, 12JOm).The 4x400 ...ay-. also tool&lt; lint In 3:51.65.
For !he men. K.mau Hal;m tool&lt; 1l&gt;e ~ J1rr4&gt; wttll a leap ol S0-8.7S
(16.46m).whUe Nooh ~won the loogJ!rr4&gt; at n.aso (6.92m).
Also eam1nf first1'lace finishes wore M;Jco Comm;sso In the 400 """"'
(48.71). Adam Smith In the cfisaJs (ISU, 48.67m), Kelth Gentes In the lwnmer
(17S-2.53.39m) and B.yan Lundy In the t-Jin (184-10.56.34m).

lennis
MEH' S

Buffalo Mayor Anthony
Masiello talks with Nicholas
Masiello (no nilation), a
junior chemical engineering
major, in the mayor's office
in City Hall on April4. The
mayor served as a mentor
for the day to the UB
student as part of the third
annual Leadership
Achievement and
Experience Program (LEAP)
sponsored by the
Leadership Development
Center.

UB 6, St. Francis '!f Pennsylvania I
UB scored :1 6-.l wW'I over St. FfAt\Cis of Pennsytvania in the team's onty :~ction of
the woei&lt;. The oquad now b 12·3 ~ and 0-2 In MAC action. The Bulb took
the fim. second and third singies matches to propet them to the victory.
WOMEH'S

UB S,Akron 2
The UB program cbimed its f\m--ever MAC VK:tOry with a S-2 Win over Akron
In theVttbge: G~ Terw.s Center in WlftWnmlle.The Bulls notched wms at first.
founh, fifth and sixth singtes. and at second and third double;s.
UB won by defautt at third doubles and at sixth JinCes to tart the match
The~
split. Akron's Hm-doubles duo of AnaNu
Rojas-Serpa and IUryn - . . . , defeated sophomorr Koren Maymrd and
junior Stwli AIN:n.H1ghe by a score of9-7.junlors jennifer Wong and Kendra
Pyb secured the doub&amp;es point for the Bulls With :Ill 8-4 vtCtOry ewer San
H;rschy and Melissa Emidl.
After the forfeit at sixth singies. UB dosed out the VK:tOry wtth Wll"'s '"
three ol the five remaining singles matdles.
Maymrd nouhed a 6-4, 6-1 victory ...,. Rojas·Se&lt;po at Hm songies. Akron
dalmed second and third singles. and wfth a 6.0, 6-2 victory at loonh singles.
Wonr recorded UB's firn..,_.lndMdual match win. )l.wllor ~ Panoiow
closed out 1l&gt;e match lor the Bulls wttll a 6-3, 6-4 win at filth singles.

doubles-.-.

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                    <text>PAGE 2

Q&amp;A: Elaitu! Herold dishes the dirt
on the Arc1weo1ogicaJ Survey

Brain Research

PAGE 1

Sandra Olsen named director

ofart gal/edes at UB

Art
Form
Large-scale wooden
sculptures constructed by
freshmen architecture
studenu adom the lobby of
Hayes Hall on the South
Campus. The forms depict
such common, everyday
items as teapou, cfothespins
and fountain pens.

Graduate tuition policy criticized
FSEC disputes new policy requiring grad student tuition to be included in grants
By JENNIFER LEWANDOWSKI

Reporter Assistant ~ditor

EMBERS of the Faculty Senate Executiv&lt;
Committ~ have expressed in no untertain tmDs their overwhelming displeasure with a policy issued by the
administration last December that
requires all researchers to include the
cost of graduate student tuition in
grants.
)aylan S. Turkkan, vice president
for resea rch wh o attended the
FSEC's March 28 meeting to address
the issue, said the policy falls in line
with protocol at other universities.
.. It's very frustrating when you
find out that other uni""rsities have
cleverly been putting the graduatestudent tuitions on their budgets,"
she said, noting that a friend of hen
who is a National Science Founda-

M

tion program officer tokl her that
UB "is a Uttle bit behind the curve."

Frank Gasparini, professor of

physics and vice chair of the College 1
ofAJ:ts and Sciences PoUcy Committee, presented the case -as laid out
by a unanimously agreed-upon
resolution approvod Feb. 28 by the
conuninee--for rescinding the di·
rective, which, he assured senators,
would result 'in a potentially disastrous decline in th e number of
graduate students at UB and a"&gt;«and-rate" reputation to follow.
Under the policy, effective Dec. 14
via a mem to deans from Turkkan,
graduate-student tuition-scholarships that are funded by a line-item
in the SUNY budget that now will
be managed by the Provost's Qf.
fia&gt;-must be included on grant ap·
plications, a provision that can be
waived "only with the ,approval of
the dean and vice president for research,.. the memo states.
But, Gasparini said, including
graduate tuition as a direct cost in a
grant proposal translates to less
money for researchers.

"The reaUty is. things are going to
have to be cut," he said, such as graduate students. supplies and equipment
Another ramification is that the
cosr of graduate students becomes
comparable to the cost of post-d&lt;X ·
roral students or technicians, who
have to be trained less frequently. he
said.
Essentially, the only subsidy researchers receive from the unMrsity
is the tuit ion scholarship, he notOO,
and if that's taken awa)'--'15 weU" a:.
having to "pay through the nose on
overhead (indirect costs )"-rl'·
searchers will find themselves lagging
behind the competition.
uThese are a!J negatives at this
university (that make) us secondrate, relative to what we wou1d like
to compare ourselves to," he said.
Turkkan also cited as part of the
rationale for the new policy Provost
Elizabeth D. Capaldi's tendency to
bring in "best practices from other
sites."

'"She made th1s recomme:ndauon
to me as well--this IS what they've
been doing an (the University ofl
Florida for years,"' she said.
Spe-.Jking as a former Nation.Jl In -

stitutes of licalth "funder" of grant&gt;,
Turkkan said that, with one =:ep·
tion, she never hesitated to award a
grant based on how expensN. it was.
She also noted that modular bud·
gets--which require less detddmake it JOOre difficuh to cui fundmg
from the gr•nt proposal.
Turkkan,whopointed out th.Jt Jf
ter L~uing the policy she m.:ervcd correspondence that resembled hatL'mail, suggested investigator; also
consider ncgotiatmg ~ith program
officers. a tip she received from the
NSP.'
If the cost of tuition IS not covered
through the grant award.~- th&lt;:
universitywoukl foot the bill Turkkan
explained-&lt;llth a determination
of who will and will not be covered

New skin promotes wound healing
By EllEN COI.DIIAUM

first time that a growth factor can
bringaboutsignificantchangesin the
IOENGINEERS at UB three-dimensional organization and
and Shriners Burns Hos- · function of a skin equivalent in vitro.
pital-Boston have created
Stdios T.Andreadis,"assistant proa genetically engineered fessor in the UB Department of
skin that expresses a protein that Cllemical Engineering. director of
promotes wound healing. It is be- the UB Bioengineering laboratory
lievod to be the only artificial tissue and lead author on the paper, said
designed to express keratinocyte the researchers have submitted a
growth factor, KGF.
grant proposal for animal studies
Their rtsearch, pubWhed Sunday aimed at confirming if the artificial
in the FASEB Joumal of the Federa- skin could have a therapeutic ef!ect.
tion of American Societies of ExThe co-a uthors are Karen E.
perimental Biology, suggests that a Hamoen, Martin L Yannush and
skin substitute oould be developed Jeffrey Morgan, all of Massachuthat would accelerate the generation setts General Hospital., Harvard
of new skin foUowing severe inju- Medical School and Shriners Burns
ries or burns. Currently, there is no Hospital-Boston.
FDA-approvod skin substitute for
"Our goal was to create genetically
treating burns.
modified skin equivalenr. that seThe rtsearch demonstrates for the crete keratinocyte growth factor as
Contributing Editor

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a means to accelerate wound heal·
The genetically engineered skin
ing." said Andreadis.
also has high mechanical stability
"We also wanted to create a model and is pliable, important advan·
system to study the effects of this tages over skins made from col·
protein on the development and lagen gels, which, he said, have a
morphogenesis of engineered skin consistencY similar to that of gelatissues."
tin and therefore are much more
Andreadis said the presence of difficu1t to use.
Most imponant , Andreadis exKGF "appears to have profound ef·
fects on wound healing by spurring . plained, the engineered tissue has
the proliferation of skin cells."
good barrier function , preventing
He added that the genetically dehydration and protecting agamst
modified tissue substitute has a nun1· pathogens.
"This is very imponanr for burn
her of advantages that make it a good
candidate for·a skin substitute.
pa tients who have lost a substam1.tl
.. What's significan t about our fraction of their total body surface
substitute is that it contains the base- area and who suffer from excessive
ment membrane--the matrix mol· dehydration and bactenal mfec ecules that the cells of the epider- tions," he said. "Because they are very
mis like to sit on-that retains the much like real skin, the engineered
natural composition and topogra- ceU-based skin equivalents can pro·
phy of skin," be said.
vide these functions."

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of the department We do archaeological surveys for individuals and
institutions that need to have this information collected before they can
go ahead with development of such
projects as subdivisions, shopping
centers. new bridges or widening

c.m..r.,

roads-anything that involves in
some way federal or stat&lt; money.
The law says that anyone that does
this kind of work with federal or

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state money has to have an environ·
mental impact stat&lt;ment
What e.uctly Is cultu,.l resource m• ,.,.ement7

It really involves the collection ofinfonnation ahout any prmous occupation of the property. Any prehistoric archaeological sites or historic
sites, any historic buildings. anything
liU that You have to go through and
record where aU thes&lt; art or where
they were at one time. We make recommendations. It's a three-phase
process: In Phase I, look for sites,
in Phase n we test sites to detmnine
if there is anything significant there,
and in Phase m, we go ahead and do
more intensiw testing and mitigation
of the site. The amount that is done
depends on how the state historic

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office views the site.

Have there been times that
you ta.ve reconunencled tiYt ·
no development of • property
be pumMCI7

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9-llun.

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other cases, we find something. but
it's really not .significant to do anything with. But it's not totally O!lf
decision. All of our reporu ba"" to
go to the state historic preservation
office in Albany. where they are reviewed. Their comments art the final word.

"-do you underUke

the
IU,.,.I7 Do J - use students
or volunteers frotn the communlty7
We have a lot of information (on
sites) on file in the department that

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Most of the stuff is fragmml2rystone.tools from the indians, broken pottt:ry. From historic sites, you
also get broken pottery, fragments
of tools, fragments of buildings,
such as bricl&lt;J. They're aU catalogued
and recorded so they're available to
students in the future who want to
review them or do something more
with them.

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has been accumulated ove.r the That s a hard question-no two
years. There's also information on (surveys) artalike.Itreallydepends
sites in Albany and other pia=-{ on ~hat we're working on. For
wecangetalistofaUthesiteswithin awhile, we wo~ o~ the Cent&lt;r
a2-mileradiusofaprojectarea.And HouseTamn, which JS"':"'"hereat
then ..., go out and look for sites. North Forest Road at Heun Road
We have a crew that we hire, most We bad a lot of stuff out of thatof whom are graduate students. We foundations of an earlier building
dig at usually 50-meter intervals to that p~ the tavern, a lot of
get sho'id tests, and we scrten the pottery, glass. We found a well there.
dirt to make sure there's nothing in " - ciW JOU get . . _ In
it If we find things, then they get this _,.7 AN JOY- - .
recorded an4 analyzed when we get ologlst by tl'lllnlng7
them back here (to the UB lab). Y&lt;jS- And all of my staff are archaeThere are gaps in our knowledge ologists. The program in New York
about the Stat&lt; of New York; the began more than 30~agowhen
State of New York has not been to- Marian White, a well-known artally survqed. Anything we do re- chaeologist in New York State, was
aDy needs a field survey in addition on the faculty here. The program
to what ..., get out of the lit&lt;rature

seart:b. Often there hasn't been any
work in the area. so there really isn't
any information.
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it's~ Anybody who digs
in an arcbaeolosial sit&lt; destroys
thesite-youcan'tdigitupwitbout destroying it. The advant~t~&lt;
of~a CRM pnigram in
stat&lt; is that you record aU this information and you -the things
that you find and recoi'U. Al though the sit&lt; usually can't be
revisit&lt;d, the notes and information about it can. We're leaiQWg
a lot more every day about pre-

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historic and early-historic OCQIpation. The sites writtm up in one
student's dissertation are Native
American sites in
that
we found as a resuh of an area
being de..!oped for housing. So
ifwe hadn't had a CRM program,
...,would\&gt;elost a lot of information ahout bow the Indians were
living and the kinds of tools they
made. In addition, at one of those
sites, we got a lot of infonnation
about what theywere eating from
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what they were eating. ..., also

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addition to the program at UB, there could tell p-r much what time
are others at Binghamton, Stony of the year the sit&lt; was occupied.
Brook and the State Museum in Al- And aU of that would have been
bany.There are other (private) CRM lost if it had been b_uJJdazed off
(cultural resource management ) . into the foundations (of the
firms around ~ and there are houses being built).
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"I don't know," replied Thrkkan.
One of the biggest gripes givm
voice at the meeting was the way in
which thepolicystruckliUa"tightning bolt," as one professor put it

"There was consultation--maybe
not in a form you would prefer,"
Turkkan Ibid FSEC members, ref.rringto initial ~with the deans.
"Consultation occurs before dissemination,"" pointed out Samuel
Schack, professor and chair of the
Department of Mathematics. "The
problem is (faculty) weren't talked
to ahout this ... before there was an
attempt to institute such a policy.
"Policies with this kind of impact

should never come out in a memo.•
he added.
Joseph Mollendorf, professor of
mechanical and aerospace engineering and chair of the senate's Researt:b and Creative Activities Committee, called the policy "another
example of (facully members) not
being asked for any input at all"

Turkkan noted that Capaldi "has
established a process of advice and
information dissemination to the
deans," and that when both she and
Capaldi met with the deans, no one
took issue with the policy. Thrkkan
also noted that as an insurance measure, the policy memo was sent via
&lt;mail to aU faculty writ bad been
presented to the deans.
"I think it's certainly true that if
you communicate with the deans,
that's probably a dead epd," said
John Boot, professor and chair ofthe
Department of Management Science and Systems. "But i(you communicate wi!h the activo research
faculty, I think that's a good point•
Charles Fourtner, professor of
biological sciences, argued that the
graduate student is the "pawn" in
this change of policy.
"The real interest is in generating
more dollars ... for the llllMrsity to
use otherwise," be asserted · rd bate
to think of the administration here
as thinking that the research faculty
are essentially a Bock of sheep that's
going to follow a particular order.
"I don't think you WUit to iWKIIe
us that way," he added.
Turkkan again d efended th e

policy, stating that "if the government aUows us to ask for this kind
of money"-referring to what she
said was an 11th-hour directive issued by President Ointon directing
federalagenciestopaygraduatetuilion included in grants-"I think
it behooves us to he saVYf enough
to ask for it when it is allowed."
That directive actually is a clari6cation· stemming from a 2000
Ointonpolicyandissuedbythefedera! Office of Management and
Budget that supporu the inclusion
of graduate tuition on federal grant
propOsals-but does not guarantee
or mandate the agencies to provide
funding. aa:ording to the Council
on GoYermnental Relations.
Mollendorf questioned what will
happen if the new policy doesn't
work-specifically, if researchers
end up substituting ticbnicians or
post-&lt;locs for graauate students.
"I don' t know what to say,"
Turklcan replied, adding. "I think
partofthemissionofthellllMrsity
is to train graduate students."
"Tbmwhyshootounelvesinthe
foot!" Mallendorf responded.
.
The issue wps refemd to the Researt:b and ~Activities Com-

mittee, which ~asked to come
back with a recommendation.
lnotberbusiness,Schack,chairof
the senate's Tenure and PriviJ.ges
Committee, brought to the FSEC a
resolution drafted by his committee that reinforces faculty suppott of
a policy on faculty responsibility
·~ appi"OI'ed" by the ·
senate in 1993. The resolution is a
response to a November memo circulated to the deans by Capaldi on
faculty workload.
The memo .stated that faculty
memberswboseresearchoutput has
been evaluated as not meeting the
standard for their particu1ir school
or onllege for two coosecutive ~
should he assigned to increased

teadllngand service responsibilities.
"You can fed ..ry confident that
if anybody tries to implmxnt (the
pro'IOSI's) policy," -be told faculty,
• ... there will be a war, it will result
in grievances, it will result in anationa! black eye whose only virtue
would be that it would obscure a
tittle bit our basUtball scandals."
The FSEC passed a slightly
amended resolution, which is slated
for discussion at Thesday's Faculty
Senate IDCding.

�April~ 2001/VQI. 3tlt.Z&amp;

Olsen to head art galleries
Castellani director to lead UB Art Gallery, Anderson Gallery.
ay P'AlWCJA DONOVAN
Contributing Edito&lt;

ANDRA Haller Olsen, diR:dor of th&lt; Castellani Art
useum ofN"Jagm I.Jnivorty, has been named director of the University Art GaUcries
and director of UB's new graduak
program in ~~tusewn studies.
In ber n&lt;wpositioo, Olsen will supervise the University Art Gallery in
the Center for the Arts on the North
Campus and the Anderson Art Gallery on Martha Jaelcson Place near
the South Campus.
Olsen islllkingtheposition vacakd
by former UB Art· Gallery Director
AI Harris, wbo last month becamea&lt;CUIM director of the Bemis Center
ofConternporaiyArt in Omaha,Neh
Sbe will report to Charles Stinger,
interim dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences, who called her "an
outstanding professional with an
outstanding background in museum direction and curatorship." He
added that UB will benefit greatly
from Olsen's leadership in directing
the new museum studies program.
expected to begin in September in
the Department of ~ History in
the College of Arts and Sciences.
As director of the Castellani Art
Muse um since 1979, she has re ceived and administered more than
$2 million in grants and was responsible for the collection, acquisitions,
development and the museum's exhibition schedule. In 1990, she supervised the planning and construction or the new 25,000-square-foot
art museum that repla ced th e
Buscaglia-Castellani Gallery.
Olsen holds master's and doctoral
degrees in art history and a master's
degree in history, all &amp;om Boston
University. She has been an adjund
professor of art history at UB since
1989, and since 1979 has taught
courses in museum studies and art

history at UB,
Niagara University and
Canisius College on such
topics as 19th
century art,
modern art
and history or
printmalting.
Methodologically, she has been at
the forefront of collaboratiye museum practice with public-art
projects like "Stations" (1989-93)
and "Empire State Partnership"
(1 997 -present).
"Stations" commemorakd local
families who sheltered African
Americans during their passage to
freedom to Canada on the Underground Raiimad. 01= direckd and
coordinakd the project with a kim.
that included sculptor Houston
Conwill, pod Estdla Consill Majozo
and architect Joseph de Paoe. The
National Endowment for the Arts
seleckd "Stations" as one of the best
projects in the nation in 1993.
The "Empire Stak Partnership"
project was designed to identify, develop and support best practices in
educational and cultural collaborations focused on achieving the New
York State learning standards
adopted in 1996. The Castellani
Museum project, conduded with
the L&lt;wiston-Porter School Distrid,
was one of four museum/school
partnerships seleckd for inclusion
in "pARTnerships," a PBS documentary film produced by WNET-1V in
New York City and broadcast stak·
wide during the fall of 1999.
Among Olsen's recent and notable curatorial acoomplishments is
"Echoes: Swv.y of a Century," the
current exhibition at the Castellani
of paintings hYArnold Mesches. a
contemporary history painter who
blends realism with surrealism im-

OF)' and contenL

01= also was a member of th&lt;
intmlisciplinary curatorial team for
•Across Borders: Bcadwork in
Iroquois Life," an exhibition by naIM and non-nativ&lt; scholars orga nized and circulated by the
Castellani and Montreal's McCord
Museum of Canadian Art.
During her tenure at the
Castellani, Olsen developed its
highly regarded Folk Arts Program.
which collaborates with local ethnic
and minority communities in preserving and presmting their traditional arts, and locates and documents folk artists often unknown
outside of their own family and
friends. The work then is used in
exhibitions, publications, artist
demonstrations and performances
that bring traditional arts to a wider
audience. The program also has developed a permanent archive of
folk-arts documentation as a re(
source for teachm and scholars.
"Sandra 01= has certainly distinguished hmelf as a museum colleague during her many years at the
Castellani," oa.id Douglas Schultz,
director of the Albright-Knox Art
Gallery.
"I was very pleased to learn that
she will be heading up the David
Anderson Gallery and the University Art Gallery; he said, "and ..ven
more pleased to know that she will
be directing the UB program in museum studies. It is a position for
which she is very well-qualified and
will, I'm sure. offer one more opportunity for her to distinguish herself
in th&lt; field and to&gt;makea major contribution to the region.•
Olsen is a past recipient of the
William Wells Brown Award for outstanding contributions to the preservation ofAfro-American History,
and several Samuel H .~ Foun dation research and travel grants.

Proposal would hike student fees
By SUE WUETCHER
Reporter Editor

ROPOSED changes in the
comprehensive student fee
would increase next year's
fee S6b per year for fulltime undergraduates, raising it to
S I ,250 for 2001-02, according to a
proposal issued by Dennis Black,
vice president for student a.lfain.
Under the proposal, the yearly fee
for graduate and professional students would rise to $30, bringing1t
to S940 for the year
A session in which students can
comment on the proposed fee increase will be held at I p.m. tomorrow in 330 Student Union, North
Campus.
Students also may comment via
email to &lt; compfee@vpsa.b uffalo.edu&gt; before noon April23.
The proposed increase includes
S6 for negotiated perronnel salary/
benefit increases, S12 for technology, S12 for parking/transportation
and S30-undergraduates onlyfor intercollegiate athletics. There
are no increases proposed for the
other components that make up
the comprehensive fee-the SUNY
college fee, student health fee and
campus life fee.
The budget that will go into ef.

P

feet July I will provide additional
funding only for contrad ual cost
increases, Black said But the university m ust continue to invest in programs and services essential to delivering high-quality educational
experiences, while supporting the
increased rusts of ongoing services
and programs, he said
"UB remains committed to providing an educational ~nmen t
fostering student development and
student success." he stressed "To do
this, additional fee revenues for next
year have been proposed through a
modest increase in the student com-

prehensive fee."
Black Pointed out that fees would
continue to be prorated on a credithour basis for part-time students
and the current waiver policy will
be maintained. Individual student
government mandatory activity fees
would continue to be a.sscssed in
addition to the comprehensive fee.
The fee increase for negotiated
salary/benefits resulting &amp;om statewide contract settlements would

help cover the costs of state personnel who work in areas of the unive,.ity funded by student fees that
are not provided fo r in the

university's base budget.
The increase in the technology fee

would provide support for the uni versirf-wide implementati,on of a
successful pilot oourse-management
system, additional electronic ma terials to allow greater student access
to library and research materials,
more educational techn ology en-

hanced classrooms and the replacement of aging equipment in some
existing classrooms.
The parking/transportation increase would provide a new intra-

campus shuttle service for the South
Campus and apanded blue-ligh t
telephone service on bnth campuses.
The increase in the intercollegiate
athletics fee-for undergraduates

only- would provide support for
expansion of women's wrsity sports
to bring them on a par with the
men's sports, as well as additional
support for the student payroll in
Recreation and Intramural Services.
"Comprehensive fee adjusnnents,
if adopted, would be reflected in srudent account statements distribukd
to all returning and new students in
mid-July." Black said "While slightly
increasing the cost of student attendance, UB would remain one of the
nation's best buys in higher education and will continue to be a major
public university and the pcemier
public instirution in the Northeast."

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BrieD
Local art workshop set
"Buff81o Bred/ Buff81o lloutocl: Artists with a Connection," a series

of programs designed to aplore and generak aw.umess oflocal cul tural treasures, will be held Aprill9-21 at various sikl in Buffalo.
The event, which will be free and open to the public, will be presented by the Buffalo and Erie County Public Libra.ry in pannership with UB's Lockwood Memorial Library and Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Centc:r.
Activities will kick off with a panel discussion from 6-7:30 p.m.
L\pril 19 in the Mason 0 . Damon Auditorium of the Central Lib rary
in downtown Buffalo.
Panelists, who will examine how the visual arts contributed to
and/or changed Buffalo's evo lution from the perspective of past

Buffalo artists-residents, will be Charles Oough, a New York City
painter, photographer and sculptor; Charlotta Kotik, curator of contemporary art for the Brooklyn Museum of Art; Milton Rogovin, a
Buffalo photographer, and Claire Schneider, associate curator of the
Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
The discussion will be preceded by a welcoming reception at 5:30p.m.
The event will continue fro m 6-7:30 p.m. April 20 in the Screening Room of the Center for the Arts, Nor th Campus, with a
roundtable discussion featuring Buffalo artists who will share their
views of the area's cultural climate.
Panelists will be Lawrence F. Brose, filmm aker and executive di-

redor of the CEPA Gallery; Patricia Carter, a painkr and printmaker;
Jackie Felix, a painter and printmaker; Caroline Koebel. a~ and
installation artist, and Ted Pietrzak. director of the Burchfield-Fenney
Art Center.
The series will conclude April 21 with a children's workshop scheduled for 1-3 p.m. in the Niagara branch of the Buffalo and Erie
County Public Library.
Designed for children ages 8- 12, the workshop will be led by Lilltan
Mendez, and artist and longtim e art educa to r.
For further information abo ut Buffalo Bred/Buffalo Bound, call
858-7181.

Cornell medical provost to give
· Stockton Kimball Lecture
Antonio M. Gotto. provost fo r medical affairs at Cornell Umversity,
will deliver the annual Stockton Kimball Lecture April 28 as part of
the Medical Alumni Association's 64 th ann ual Spring Clinical Day.
T he even t will begin at 8 a.m . in the Bu ffal o- Niagara Marrio tt.
In addition to his position as provost, Gotto is the Stephen and
Suza nne We iss Dea n and professo r of medicine at the Joan and
Stanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell. The topic of his leaure

at 10: 15 a.m. will be "Perspea ive on the Role of Statins in Health
and Disease."
In keeping with t.h1s yea r's program theme. "The Healthy Heart."
o ther top ics and speakers will bC:
• "Explorin g the Power of Ca rdiac PET in Ma instream Oini cal
Practice: Assessing CAD Reversal of Microcardiac Viability," M1chacl
E. Merh ige, cli nical associate professo r of n uclear medicine and di -

rector of the Nuclear Cardiology Fellowship Program. UB Depart m ent of Nuclear Medicine

• "Intervent ional Cardiology in the Year 2001 ." John C. orbclh.
lipid clime a nd research director, BuffalO Ca rd10logy and Pulmo nary Associates
• " Minimally inva sive Heart Surgery," Paul C. Kerr, cl mtca l 1n ·
structor, UB Departmen t o f Ca rdiothoracic Surgeiy
Gotto, who will receive the Stockton Ki mball Awa rd at the noon
luncheon, and his colleagues were the fi rst to achieve the complete

synthesis of a plasma apolipoprotein (apo C-I), and also de termined
the co mplete eDNA and ami no -acid sequence o f apo B- 100, o ne of
the largest proteins ever sequenced and a key protein in atherosclerosis an d ca rdiovascula r d isease.

Memorial service is planned
for physiologist Blake Reeves
A memorial servke for Robert Blake Reeves, professor ementus
o f physiology a nd a n activist in environme ntal organ izatio ns, will

be held at 2 p.m. May 5 in Amherst Community Church, Washin g·
ton Highway, Snyder.
A reception will follow th e service.
Known as Blake Reeves, Reeves d ied Jan . 31 of prostate can cer m
his Amherst home. He was 70.

A facul ty member in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics
for 28 years. he was an autho ri ty o n the effect of temperature on acid-

base regulation and the kinetics of red blood cell oxygen exchange.
After his retirement from UB in 1995, Reeves became invo lved tn

field botany. .
He had co-founded the Niagara Group of the Sierra O ub in 1967.
and in recent years was committed to the work of the Nat u re Con servancy, for which he served as a t rustee of the Western and Cen -

tral New York chapter.
He also served o n the Erie County Envi ronm en tal Management

Council.

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avoidance, but perform«! worse in lishedtheresearch~in !984,but in the MPOA as rats wmt about
mazes. And here was the fascinating the discovery had little impact on the their normal mating activitiesThese studies could be carried out
CIENTISTS in the late thing: Only the males were affected" licld Another six yean would pass
1970s and early 1980s were
Hull knew that normally males before researchers began tor&lt;a&gt;gnize through~ process called "hisb perattempting to understand rats were better at mazes, a task. re- the inlluencr of biochernicaJs other formanct liquid chromatography
sexual differentiation and quiring a sense of absolute direction, than sexual hormones on sex differ- with electrochemical detection" and
reproduct:ivt behavior in order to and worse at learning active avoi~ ­ entiation_ Meanwhile, Hull began required a capillary chromatograanswer important questions about ance. Now a message Bashed on licr searching for the si~ in the brain pby 5)'Stml, a S&lt;DSitiw and apairesearch radar: PrmaUJl progemrone where dopamine works to inllumce si&gt;e instrument in use in only a few
human reproduction.
laboratories in the world at that
Hormones held the key, they were didn 1t tnake male rats srnartn; it mad.t sexual behavior in adulthooci
Ignoring the main dopamine time_ Hull's labontory was abk tO
sure . .. It's the testosterone, stupid! .. then ""' maiL
was the prtVailing wisdom.
Normally, testosterone produced tracts, Hull once again digressed acquire one in 1993.
Not to Elaine Hull A psychologist by mak fetuses and neonates mas- from con=tional wisdom and set
The instrument aUOW&lt;d the rewho specializes in brain function, she culinizes their brains and genitals_ her sights on the smaU, ancient site searcbcrstoddt&lt;t thepraenoeand
was not convinced and set out to in- The progesterone Hull administered loated behind the eyes at the base amount of dopamine in tiny dropvestigat&lt;. By the end of.the '90s, she apparently had interfered with of the brain called the medial pre- lets of fluid collected from the
and doctoral students in her testosterone's masculinizing effects. optic area, or MPOA- This area was MPOA and several other sitesUsingmicrodialysis, Hull was able
biobehavioral brain research labora- Thisfindingpresentedanotherques- known to be critical for sexual ftmctory at UB had turned the conven- tiorLAD neurons use neurotransmit- tioning in aU mak vertebrates, and to show that dopamine must be retional wisdom on sexual function ters fonxmununication_ Which neu- brain dama~ here had been shown leaxd in the male rat's MPOA for
rotransmitten, Hull wanted to know, to inlnbit mak copulation_ In a se- oopulation 10 occur ~ must conand sex ~tiation on its ear:
Hull had proved that although were used by those neurons affected ries of miaoinjection studies, she tinue for the animal tD ~
introduced minute thetestofa"successCul.copulation_
testosterone remains critical, it is
the rats that
amounts of drugs In other words;
poSSible to affect sa differmtiation
during fetal dc&gt;dopmmtal, as well
known to enhance mowed an increase in dopamine
as the activation of sexual behavior,
ordccreasedopam- were able to copulate; all that
ine activity into the shOW«! no inaease weren'L
without altering the primary mak
MPOA of her mak
Having shown that 1&lt;SIOOteropeis
sex hormone. Neurotransmitters.
the brain's chemical messcnger5,
rats via tiny tubes not the sole arbiter of mak sexual
play a critical role in neuronal reimplanted under behavior, Hull turned ber attmt!on
anesthesia at that back to testosterone to re-euminc
sponse to testosterone, she found
brain site, and ob- its role_ Subsequent studies showed
That seminal discovery and subserved their mating that the hormone appears to prime
sequent accomplishments earned
bthavior.
the brain to respond to sexual
Hull, a professor of psychology, a
The results were stimuli and to promote the release
coveted Independent ScientistAward
from the National Institute of MenreYealing.Adopam- of dopamine, making copulation
ine-enhancing drug possible. The question was, how?
tal Health last September, bringing
induced multiple
Building on results of earlier
her total national research funding to
erections and the work, Hull and oollcagues were able
more than $4.4 million. Her body of
work ultimately could lead tD new iii
mak rats oopulated toddin.a complex int&lt;rplayofhoreasiJy. However, manes and neurotransmitters: test trtalments for sexual dysfunction ~
when injected with osterone increases production of the
and may help to explain the varia- ~
tions in sexual orientation.
l
the dopamine re- enzyme nitric oxide synthase in the
Hull could have gone to medical !;:
ccptor antagonist, MPOA, which produces more nitric
school, could have been a neurolo- !2
male rats were less oode,a potent soluble gas, which in
gist-givt'n her fascination with the
interested in mat- turn promotes the release of
brain-but she chose psychology
ing, had fewererec- d6pamine,both wxlernormaloontlatlon _ , _ _ . . .... - - - tions and couldn't ditions and in sexual situations. Ininstead.
her the ·· lndepenclent Sdentllt AwardWhy! "I became entranced by
copulate effectivdy. creased release of dopamine in
psychology in undergraduate by pre- and neonatal hormones!
"This was ~·says Hull "No- sexual situations then promotes
school," she says. "My psychology
Knowing that L-Dopa treatment body had..., thought tD look in the sexual motivation, genital reflexes
· instructor was my pied piper. I'm for Parkinson's disease frequently MPOA for a dopamine effect. We and oopulation_
In yet another finding. the recurious and l was always interested increased libido and sexual potency we~eablctoshowthatdopamineaciilScience," she adds, "and the work- of male patients, dopamine seemed tivity in the MPOA specifically .fo- ./ searchers showed that serotonin,
ings of the brain are about the most like a reasonable candidate to tar- cuses attention on sexual behavior another neurotransmi- and the
interesting area of science I can get- In th~ .next set of experiments, and also enhanas erectile function_• primary target of the antidepressant
Hull and colleagues administeied a
As a check, the group carried out Prozac, is retea.ed in another area
think of'
Studying the neurochemistry of dopamine antagonist-it drug that .similar experiments in the .of the brain at ejaculation and
mammalian copulation, however, blocks dopamine receptors-which mesolimbic trad, which increases dampenssexualinferesLHull'sfindwas not even a blip on Hull's re- was known tD decrease the number motivation for many different goals. ings eventually could point the W2}'
search radar screen as a graduate of dopamine receptors in adult rats They fotmd that shutting down neu- to devdopment of a drug that would
student in psychology at Indiana when givm prenatally, and to in- raJ activity in the mesolimbic tract restore sexual functioning without
University. Her first serious investi- crease dopamine r«eptors when slowed the male's gendal motor ac- interfering with Prozac's antidepres.
tivity, but did not afr.ct the pm;ent- $i.e activity.
·
gation and the .:V.Otual subject of gi= postnatally.
Meanwhile, Hull's research had
Based on previous evidence, she ageoftrialsonwhichhechosetobe
her doctoral dissertation involvtd
5timulated a rush of interest in the
studying color vision in macaques. reasoned that fewer dopamine re- with the fe:male.
"'These two brain areas, we brain's cbemical messengers.
Arriving at UB in 1967 fresh from ceptors would result in rats with de"More work bas been done on
graduate school, she attempted to creased sexual performance in learned, are like two essential parts
oontinue this line ofresearch, but had adulthood-an outcome Hull of a car; said Hull "Themesolimbic neurotransmitt= in the past""""'
·to abandpn it up for lack of funds. termed '"duds"-while more system is the motor that gets tjle year~ than on hormones,• she said
Searching for a suitable alternative, dopamine receptors would produce male going, but the MPOA is the Hull should know. She has just romHull hit on an intriguing poSSibility "studs"-itdult rats with increased 'steering wbccl' that directs his at- pletedthedefinitiwcbapteronmak
tention tD the receptive female and sexual behaviorfor a three-volume
while working on a project with an sexual capability.
To her surprise, the dopamine focuses it on copulation when he work titled •Hormones, Brain and
undetgraduate honors studenL
gets
to her."
Behavior," to be published by ka"We had tried to develop a rat antagonist made male rats less male
Knowing that the MPOA was the demic Pressmodel to investigate a report that no maner when it was adminis ~
Hull is not slowing down_ With
progesterone (one of the sex hor- tered, and testosterone levels seat of this behavior and that the
mones) administe.red to pregnant weren't affected. It was a defining pr&lt;se~~a or absena of dopamine her Independent lm&gt;estigator Award
playedacriticalrole,Hullandoom- and a new fiv&lt;,-year, $1.5 million
women to pre'Y'Cnt miscarriage re- moment.
"-We had discovered that a pany then ~ their research grant from the National Institute of sulted in better school pcrfo=
of their children," she said. "We dopamine antagonist is a drug that procedure. Instead of injecting Mental Health, she and colleagues
weren't able to find a consistent pat- does not alter hormones but can in- drugs that could manipulate in ber lab are aiming to clarify how
tern through those experiments- fluence sa diff=ntiation; Hull dopamine amcentrations, they be- · testosterone and other sa horthere is no IQ tests for rat..-but""' said "To my knowledge, this was the gan sampling what already was mones influence the release of neunoticed a differmt effect- Rats ex- first report of demascnHnization by there, via a process called rotransmitters in the MroA"I haYe a reallynictsense," she~
pc..J to progesterone in the womb drugs that don't affect steroid hor- microdialysiS- They devised a series
mones either directly or indirectly." of \fl&gt;dies in which they measured "of having oontributed something
we~e better at getting away from unpleasant 5timuli, a task called acti.e
The re.pected joumal.sdma:pub- ~ dopamine ron=trations important to the licld•
By LOIS ..u!U
Contributing Editor

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Clues to the origins of life

From chant to techn-o:- -

UB chemists make novel proteins using 21st amino acid
BY ILLEH COOI..iMIAUM
Contributing Editor

I

NVESTIGATIONS into the
origins of life and the genetic
code have resulted in a

method of developing novel
proteins that has enormous potential for the biotechnology industry
while providing some important
dues to answering th~ question:

"How did life begin?"
The research provides significant
evidencr for the &lt;xistcnce of the socalled "RNA world," believed to be
the evolutionary stage that predates
p~t biological systemS.
It was published Monday by scientists at UB and the University of
Tokyo in EMBO ]ounud (Vol20, no.
7), publication of the European Molecular Biology Olganii:ation.
In evolving new sequences of an
RNA catalyst, the authors also have
developed an efficient method of
creating novel proteins built out of
not just the 20 amino acids found
in nature, but out of additional,~
called non-natural amino acids designed in the lab.
The research demonstrates for the
fim time that a precursor to tiansfer RNA-thC genetic material that
is responsible for synthesizing proleinS-&lt;Ould have acted as the catalyst for reactions that link transfer
RNA (!RNA) to amino acids in a
pre-biological era.
Aminoacylation, as that reaction
is called, is the key step that spurs
translation, o r protein synthesis in
cells, but scie ntists probing how
genes first came to generate life as

we know it have been puzzled about
how that crucial step came to be

taken without a catalyst to trigger it.
"Using an in vitro version of Dar·

winian natural evolution, wt have
evolved this RNA catalyst, which
provides evidencr for support that
RNA may well have served as the
&lt;YOiutionary vehick necessary for
the development of present-day,
DNA-protein-based life forms," said
Hiroaki Suga, lead author and UB
assistant professor of chentistry.
With applications ranging from
proteomicstodrugdesignandnovel
catalysis, the synthesis method de-

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A patent application has been

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filed for select catalytic RNA molecules, a method of constructing
them and a method for identifying
aminoacylating molecules.
Ever since the discovery in 1987
that it was feasible to attach unnal)lral amino acids to proteins,scientJts
have wondered how that tantalizing
possibility with its potential for engineeringproteins with entirely new
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of a different culture, a historic.al period or sty!~ N~ to know the
fundamentals of music?
The most outstanding English-language music encyclopedia,"New
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second edition. The print edition has ballooned to 29 volurnes,-nine
more than the original I 980 edition of "New Grove"-&lt;amprismg
almost 30,000 articles wrinen by more than 6,000 contributors.
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transfer RNA to an unnatural amino
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scientists with a highly potent tool
for engineering brand new-proteins.
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researchers precisely target specific
proteins in living cells. The advantage is that since existing proteins are
designed to "lock onto" only the 20
natural amino acids, an unnatural

amino acid would act as a highly
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The l..iTgloss project was underwriter
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poem, " Ud Podrozy." Unfortu- andl..itcratures.Organizerssayithas
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accurate,
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wlngs.buff.olo.-/ lltgloss&gt;
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"LiTgloss" is an online project deThe goal of ihe proje~t. says
veloped by UB faculty members that Maureen Jameso n, professor of
gives the reader quick access to French language and literature who
worksofliteraryandculturalsignifi- spearheaded the project, is to make
cance written in their originallan- the texts more acassible byprovid' guages---&lt;~S long as that language is ing the reader with semantic and
not En~d then helps him · syntaeti&lt;;al help.
figure out what they say.
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too~ nor is it designed for linguistic
maintain their concentration and
neophytes. A working koowledge 9f trairi of thought while reading,"
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Theater students to present m
seldom-seen play "Interview"

ln some cases, an accompanying
sound program offers pronuncia·
lions in the origina1 tongue. further

"In terview," a segment from the rarely produced play ..America
Hurrah," wiU be presented by students in the Department of Theatre and Dance tonight thro ugh Sunday in the Black Box Theatre m

clarifying the text and helping read -

the Center for the Arts, NorJ.h Campus.
The play will be presented at 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow, 2 p.m.
and 8 p.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday.

constant interruption and distraction of constant reference to gram·

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music of the specific language.
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foundation for the project is the
conviction that American students

of foreign languages should have the
opportunity to read texts written in
the languages they are learning.
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study of the language by offering
a-glimpse of the inteUectual wealth
to which fluency would give them
access," she says.
"LiTgloss is designed to promote
a more meaningful engagement

The first of three segments of the off· Broadway hit ..America Hur·
rah,n a play by Jean-Claude van ItaJlie, winner of th e Vernon Ra ce
Award, "lnterviewn involVes an employment interview treated in a
satirical , imaginatively stylized, mordantly com ic way.
.. This is a rare opportunity for students and faculty to experience

and enjoy a rarely done play, says Saul Elltin, SUNY Distingwshed
Ser:vice Professor in the Departmen t of Theatre and Dance and d1 · ~
rector of the p lay. Elkin calls the play ..one of the most interesting
theater pieces of the turbulent •60s and '70s."'
Tickets for .. interview" are $3 and can be purchased in the Center
for the Arts box office.
For more information , call 645·ARTS or v1s11
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Project transforming lecture hall
ay PA11IICIA DONOVAN
Contributing Editor

T was a medium-larjje, vaguely
grungy classroom crowdtd
with standard-issue deskchairs cin:a 1965, marktd by
poor acoustics and sight lines so
obstructed that some audience
memben had to crane their necks
to see around audio-visual equipment that blocktd the center aisle.
Despite its shortcomings, b&lt;lYintt,
301 Crosby Hall bas for more than
a decade been the principle lecture
baD ustd by the School of Arcbitec·

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at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow during are·
ccption attm&lt;led by faculty, admin·
istrators, pubtic officials, students
and mmJbers of the pubtic.
The reception will fi&gt;Uow a 5:30
p.m l&lt;cture in 148 Diefmdorf HaD
by architects Elizabeth Diller dd
Ricardo Soofidio, special guests of
Atetier 2001, the school's annual
open bouse and showcase evenL
The transformation of 30 I

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tureand Planning.
In that capacity, it bas hooted multimedia presentations, lectwu, debates and discussions by scores of ~
world-class architects, designers and
planners-many of them in~­
_tional stars-nearly always to a ~
:;;;;;,ding-room-only crowd
t
The room will play its traditional
role again this weekend during Aletier, the school's annual exposition
of student and faculty work, during Crosby i5 taking plaa under the diwhich it willllllml its accomptisb- rection of former Hong Kong arcbiments. wdcome new students and t«t Eric Sutherland, assistant visit·
celebrate "University at Buffalo ing professor.
"To lookat the original room,• be
School ofArchitecture and !'Ianning
Day" in the City of BuJ&amp;Jo.
says. "you'd think it would be the
This year, h~. the 70-year· least likely opportunity to do someold 30 I Crosby will be one of the thing creative and instructional with
projects on display.
students, but it tumtd out to boj an
Redesigntd and reconstructtd by ~ent site for us to design and
graduatE students an_d faculty mtm· build a beautiful, functional space.
bers in the school's nascent Design·
"The result will be one gesture
Build Program, the "new" 301 will that bas resulted from the work of
present its sleek, n~ut not yet many minds and the US&lt; of many
cnmpleted--persona to the pubtic materials and technologies. For the

students, this i5 no simple theor&lt;tical 'namttive but an opportunity to
research materials, implement con·
struction techniques and to see a
project through from beginning to
end," be says.
Sutherland describes the proc:as
of tearing off the yean of crude,
catcb-if-ootch-can renovatiow to
the room an&lt;l reduCing the space to"
its bare essentials befure beginning
with one simple element--a raised,
floating, wooden
platform filr seats.
This was fol·
lawtd by an deg;mt
student-designed
acoustical waD that
Sutherland caUs
"very dif6cult to design-a 28' x 10'
"wave" that required
each piece of wood
to be tapertd and
calltd for the de\oel·
opment of a special joint to allow
for lllOYeiDellt.
"The waD i5 fm-sbaped--&lt;maller
on 'the.bottom than on the~
beautiful and functional solution to
the acoustical requirements of the
ball,• be said. A tiny wooden model
of the waD i5 endlessly bscinating
to manipulate, as each wave--sbaptd
section slides in and out of those to
its left and righL
The front of the room seems to
melt and fold into a storage area, also
designed by the students, that holds
a·varietyof tducational-tecbnology

· equipment and accommodata a
specially designed lectern.
The ....u theauelva, says
5ulberlmd,"arec#.asl&lt;ekand betruti·
ful50-year-dd modemistdesip that
set the standard irtbeJatcl.theboD."
The designm abo warued to indude cl&lt;sk space ilr each chair that
would be in keeping wilh the dean
lines they'd establiobed. The IOiutioo•
theyorrived II iso sl&lt;ekcl&lt;skstandalso stud&lt;nt~ curws
up from the floor and i5 made cl. the
sameliomina11!d wood CXliiStrUCticn
as the floor. It is topped by a gleamins. piwtingalwninum writing tablet that can slide iniD a pooitico por·
allel to the slmd wbm not in uoe.
The students not only desigDod,
but abo builtandde!Mred the items
to be installed. The
tluld visuallidd in wbichcurwd walls"'low"
into a floor wbosc sur&amp;ces tDtfl!"
with those of the cl&lt;sk stands and
wbosc gleaming white chairs are rellocted in the soft glow of aluminum
tablet swfaoes.
The Crosby Hall project is a Col·
laborative effort iiM&gt;Iving the ~
partment ofAn:hittx:ture, the Melh·
ods and Materials Shop. and the In·
dusivt Design and Environmental
Access (IDEA) Center, all in the
School of Architecture and Planning, and the Oflice of Computing
and lnfonnation Technology.
Another project incorporating ceramic tile and flora into a ramp for
US&lt; by the disabled i5 the nat De·
sign-Build Project on the drawing
board.

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Auditing energy in Yosemite National Park
Environmental studies students find lessons learned relevant in their own backyard
By JIEHNIFU LfWANOOWSIU
Report~ Assistant Editor

NivERSITY studen ts
who last summer
.
trekktd to California's
Yosemite National Park
to conduct energy audits have found
the fruits of their labor also are rei·
f'Vllnt in their Qwn backyard.
Jeffrey Brennan, whose tducation
at UB bas blendtd environmental
studies and engineering, stressed
that "99.9 percent of what we did
and learnt&lt;! i5 relevant in Buffalo
and in New York State"-particularly in light of skyrocketing energy
costs and blackou!s predicttd for
this summer in the downstate
Brennan and threeofhisclassmates
journeyed to the Sierra Nevada re·
gion for four weeks last August,
along with instructor S. Bruce
Kobm, an adjunct faculty member
in environmental studies, to examine the environmental impact of the
park's buildings-bow they con·
sume and waste electricity and natu·
· raJ gas. bow they consume water and
what of their solid-waste 5tream
could be recycled, Kobm explained.
"The task we ruid was •.• to help
identify bow the National Paik Ser·
vice (NPS) could save money 3nd
protect the environment,• said
Kobm, whose work with the local
branch of the Alliancr to Save En·
ergy on its Green Schools program
ultimately led to the Yosemite
project At the suggestion of the altiance, Kobm apptitd for a grant
with the Univtnity National Park

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area.

Energy Partn..-sbip (UNPEP)- previous audits conducted by proformtd in recent years in response fessional engineering firms hadn't
to an aecutive order from President been implemented.
Ointon that federal agencies find
The group first spent time learnways to reduce their energy costs, ing about the power dynamic of
and as a way to provide universities each entity in the park-NPS and
with tducational opportunities.
Yosemite Concession Services
"Yosemite bad exp..tssed an inter· (YCS), a division of the Buffaloest, and didn't happen to have a part· bast&lt;! Delaware North Companies
ner nearby, so we jumptd in," said Inc., which runs the most buildings
Kobm, who staytd only the first two and uses most of the park's energy,
weeks before leaving his students to Brennan said
their own devices.
Yosemite, Kobm explained, i5 a
Brennan, along with students city unto itself, with 4 million visi·
Kevin Casey, Marisa Hoff and Stacey ton annually and hundreds upon
Vaeth, traintd for Yosemite in July hundreds of buildings housed
with Walter Simpson, UB energy within the park's200 square milesofficer, who belptd guide the team including a court, a prison, a_bospi·
through an energy audit of Buffalo's tal, coundess hotels, museums and
Theodore Rnosevdt Inaugural His- ·three wastewater treatment facilities.
"It's a pretty major plaa and the
torical Site-the Wtlcm Mansionenergy issues are complicated," be
also run by the NP.S.
Comparatively, the Rnosevdt au- said, adding that their work in .
dit took three days. while the group Yosemite is very timely, givm the
spent almost the.entire four weeks C\UT'mt energy ai.sis in California.
And timely for Western New York
in Yosemite auditing-and only
minimally denting the park's as well, since the area has been
socktd with soaring fuel prices. Enmyriad facilities.
"This was such a huge project. that ergy-conservation efforts right now
four weeks wasn't nearly enough to
more cost-dT~ than cvu,
get all the possible opportunities for Kobmsaid
"Sevmty percent of all poUution
energy efficiency ~overed thorbas &lt;n&lt;rg}e as its OO&lt;JJ"ct. Not many
oughly," Brennan said.
places
have accrss to hydroelectric
"Yosemite knew that there were
opportunities to save energy in the power lil&lt;e (in) Nia@;ara Falls. In many
park. and they hadn't implemented places, we bum filssi1 fuel to run our
any of (the prior suggestions}-&lt;&gt;r machines, so it's roaJ or petroleum.
very few," Kobm said, noting that or·oil or natural gas, and wbm we
the students' filcus.,..OtUanysbifted do that, we create pollution.
from tecbnical audits to question·
·~ in Buffalo, we bwn roaJ to
ing why recommendations from create. ~ectri&lt;:ity; he said "'Most

are

people don't recognize that (we) are
oontributing significantly to pollution and global change."
Brennan, who along with his class·
mates still i5 in the process of finish.
ing up the final report on the
.Yosemite audit, said relative to energy
issues in the park, ~good intentions
mot, but follow-through i5 di11icult
for both the NPS.and YCS." He said
the report aims to remedy that besi·
tation in presenting opportunities,
rationale for why their recommen·
dations should be h&lt;eded-fur reasons both environmental and finan~ bow io break down orga·
nizational barrien to implement tbe
recoDliD&lt;Ddations.
While some energy issues at
Yosemite ~ speci6c to the pork,
many of those uncovered are uni=sai, Kobm said, and require only
simple .behavioral and operational
changes to reduce costs, such as
turning off lights and computers
when not in use, iiutaUing higherefficiency tightbulbs, and insulating
buildings and ducts.
Kohm said the group also recommended Yosemite employ an indi·
vidual to......, as its energyollicrrsomeone Who could audit yearround,as well as begin to implement
the suggestions put filrwud by au·
diting agmcies.
"There are plenty of opportuni·
ties for energy conservation and
tducation,"KohmsaidofYosemite,
adding thal •it's conceivable we
could continue to go back there and
doourwork." .

�April UOOl/Yi.32.1a.2S

Rep on.

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Obituaries
J3:111es Ailiriger, dental professor, oldest player in NFL
,_Ai~o.g., a UBalwnnusand

the NFL, which had been founded
retired member of the UB dental only t0ur)"2Beadier. Listed atS feet
school &amp;culty who played ·profes- II and I 85 poun&lt;l5, he played guard
sional football when Red Grange on both offense and defense.
was still a &lt;X&gt;11egian and the forward
Allinger lefi professional football
pass was a llO'.'dty, died March 27 after only one season, turning inin a Rochester hospital. He was 99 stead to a dental career.
and the oldest former National
A native of Buffalo, he practiced
dentistry here until he was in his late
Football League player.
In the aununn of 1924, while in 80s. He was a UB dental school fachis final year of dental school at ultymernherfrom 1937-60.
In addition to his academic and
llll---wbere be had been captain of
the football and baslo:tball teamr- . dental pursuits, he was a ooUege
Ailingerjoined the Buffillo Bisonsof football ofl!cial from the 1920s to

the 1960s, working as a head IIDesman in mott than 400 games by his
estimate, including the Army-Navy
and Harvard -Yale r ivalries. He
sen&gt;ed as prdident of the Eastern
Association of Intercollegiate Football Officials.
He also was general manager of
the Buffalo team in the American
Hockey League during the 1940s.

Ailinger &amp;ad lived in Sout h
Aorida and Ontario in recent years
hefott moving to an assisted -~vin g
facility in Pittsford last year.

Phun

·class

Using a slinky, Richard Berg,
a professor at the University
of Maryland, demonstrates
that physics can be "phun"
during a presentation
March 27 in Knox Hall on
the North Campus. The
presentation was sponsored
by the Department of
Physics. Berg has brought
the award-winning "Physics
is Phun" program-which
airh5 to educate and
entertain using basic,
elementary-physics
concepts-to audiences all
over the country.

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Special Event
Computer Musk. Drama Theater,
Center for the Arts. North Campus. 8

~';'~r:j~fo:,=.'6.~ir. Musk.

Thursday

12
Series
An Integrated ApproACh to the
Trst:ment of Chronk. Orofklal Pain.

louis J. Gok:tberg. dean emeritus and
prof., Dept of Oral Diagnostic Sdenc:os..
355 Squi~. South Campus. 8 a .m. f tft.

~~~%~l0 p.m.
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Advi:se'T1ent Center. 1040 Norton,

BNe Iii Whtte Game. UB St.dium,
North c.mpus. 7 p.m. ffft.

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Stuclont- Study. Dalen&lt; Guarino.
21 0 Sllldent Union, North Camf'"S.
7:30p.m. Free. For more Wonnation,
Dalen&lt;, 45~2 31 (pogO&lt;).

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" Douglas Levere: Changing New
Yortl, 2001 "
Photog101phs recreating Berenic~ Abbot's
" Cho~ing

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architectu~ firm Wende._Duchsc:herer
Architects &amp; Enginefll P.C. wilt be on
display through April l 3 in the James G.
Oyett Gallery in Hayes Hall on the South

"Peter!Wdnger: Facing Away"
Portnlits by Austrian painte r Peter

F,.., Sporuotod by SWdent Urnons &amp;
ActMties. for rT'ICn information, Sonia

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Architects 1r Engineers P.C.
A collage of models. drawings,
photogr.Jplu and sl&lt;etchos by tho local

P(ac~. Buffak:1. Gallery houn are 11 a.m.
to s ·p.m. Monday through Friday and
noon to 5 p.m. Saturday.

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Ken Me)o«, guitM-"!uslc of Britten,
Bonlo, and oChon. WBFO 88.7 FM.

Exhibits
·-by Wendei-Duchscherer

appointment

Oral Diagnostic Sdenc:es Seminar

&amp;eginn!ng}tontln""-'IJHotho Yoga.

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Kent Sute In the lint
,...,.. of their Hld-Amerian
Conloronco - t h e rallied
s...1oy "' ab the finale. 13-5.
The led 7-0 belo&lt;-e the
Golden Flashes dosed the PI&gt; CD 7 ·
5 in the ei&amp;fldl innln&amp;-UB's bau
then went to 'W'Of'k In the nind't.

ollhe trackIINm set a ·new
~ In the discus
It . . Akron Quad

Smllh _,the ewnt
.... d 50.94 meters,

......._the
lft"'ouS
ol 49.11

mark
he set. the weelc

ljr1an Sanchez ~b th;nl
d the season-&lt;o gM! tho Bulb an
8-5 l...t.Jo&lt;Todoro scored on a
wild pitch and Corey Bbk crossed
the pbte on a passed ball co gM!
UB a 10-5 lead
Adrian Daniels.Tin Sov.o and
Bnnclon OK:esar. ..d. folowed
wich nn-~ hies to five Ole Buls
theviaory.
The weekend didn't san. as
woll for the Bulk. - . .. ln
Fricbfs open«. the team
squandend a 7-5 i&lt;:od as Kent
Scate'1 Dan Gutsdvnfdt h rt a three·
run,pme-ending homer for the 8-7
decision.
In Sawrtby's dO&lt;Jblehe.aw , the
Bulb dropped boch ends by
ldendc:al 6-0 scores.

Wore at the Alabama
Ways. Smith .00 finished
JeCOnd in the shOt put with
a loB d 15.01 meters.
Jenelle Callender of the
~IIYm wonthe

1

200-meter dash in 25.16
seconds at the Akron Quad
Meet Callender also placed
second in the 1 00-meter
dash with a time of 12.39
seconds. Callender is the
school record holder in both
events, setting the marks as
a freshman last season.

~oft~ all
Ohio sweeps triplehe.ade r ; Bulls drop one to Akron
The Bulls drcpj&gt;ed all ell...., pmos of a ~de&lt; co Ohio on Saw rtby co
open the home~ of
MAC season.The Bobcats '""'&amp; on
for 2-0 and 3-2 wns in the first two pmes before scorin&amp; sewn Lnanswered

their"""'""'

runs in the mal pme to earn a come-from..behin 7- I victory.
The BobcOa opened pme one with ell...., stnl&amp;ht ""''es- Kelli Bankert's
base hit d""" in Crystal Turner with the fim run of the pme In the top of the
lim lnnln&amp;- Turner then singled with tW'O outS In the second innin&amp; and scored
the only other run of the pmt on a dotble to left center by San. Kraus.
Ohio'sTumer ted ofrthe I«&lt;nd game with a O'iple and co&lt; me Bobats aut
to anocher 1-0 ~ after the fint inning. scoring on a sacrifke fly by Kraus
rr~~any Bolton then d...,.. in two""'"' Ohio .,.,. 1n tho top of the founh
timing with a single up the middle co put Ohio up 3-0. The Bulls answe«d wnh
("NN runs of their own in the bottom of the fourth Inning. but me Bobats hekl
on for the win with solid defonse and SlTO&lt;l&amp; pltdling.
In the final pme of the trlpieheade,, sophomores Kelly Malone and Jennife&lt;
Moore hit badt-t&lt;H&gt;ad&lt; slngjes for tho Bull~ and Malone arne around co s'"'"'
on a wiJd pitch to gee UB out to its first lead of the day. Ohfo. however.
manufactured four runs in the fourth inning and three runs 1'\ the sixth to earn
the 7. J victory.
The Bulls finished theit- woei&lt;Md Wlth a S~ loss ID the Akron Zips on s...ioy.

~ut~oor tracK
Women pla ce third, m e n fourth in Akron meet
The women's team finished thi rd~ the tour uwni at the Akron Quad
Meet whh 146 points.. while the men's squad ~ founh amooc four teamS whh

Calendar
ute-...op

Kent takes 3 of 4 from Bulls
~&gt;Sur~"'

~~=L~:,/:e·

Activities. For men infOfTNtion, Sonia
Gnel6, 6-45-6125.

~~:~~~~~~~

Callery hours are 1 1 a.m. to S p.m.
Monday through Friday and noon to 5

12 1 points.
Bot:h Akron women's and men's squads 'tlri'On the meet with scores of 202
and 189 points. ~.
UB thrower Adam Smith set a new school record in wiY'Iin&amp; the discus
throw with a toSS of 50.94 metei'S. bruJdr1c the .-.cord t.e had set the p«¥¥oos
-'&lt; at the Alabama Relays. US's Bryan Wldy won the l....tin dlrow at 56.54
meters, while Keith Gentes was victorious in the hanvner throw at S6. 14
meters. K.amau Halim aJso posted a first-pbce shol¥ing. taking the triple: jump
with a leap of IS.03 metei'S.
The UB women got a stTOn&amp; eflon from Jenell• Callende&lt;, who won the
2()()..me(er dash In l5.16 seconds whUe also pb.dng second in the I 00 meters tn
ll.39. Biaunca Mcfarland won the triple jump at 11 .&amp;4 meters:

~asKet~all
MEN' S

t.Jn1o&lt; ~ Raben Brown. who led the Bulb in boch sconng and ~g
this season. "" named co the College lnskle,.Com Al~JUCO Team.
To qualify for the team. the I 5 pbyei'S had co ,... u.nsferred from a jun&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;
college and pvticipated in their first season at a four.year school.
Brown arne 1D UB from SdlOOknft t.Jnlo&lt; College ouaicle of 0euon. In
his flm season with the Bulb. the (,..4 ~ .....,..t a twn-l..ding IS.l
points and 5.7 ..bounds and shot 49.7 pen:ent from the floo&lt;.

lennis
MEN ' S

Boll Seate 7, UB 0
UB dropped a 7-0 MAC decision to Ball State last woeek. The Butb now are 11 .3
.,....,..., and 0-2 In the MAC.

p.m. Saturday.

wOMan

" Art Deportment Senior Thesis

Profe&lt;ts--&amp;hlbltlon 1 "

Hiami7,UBO
Harshall7, UB 0

Senior thesis protects by students in the
Otpirtment of Art will be on display
today through April14 in theM.

UB fel m Mbml and ~ by 7-0 SCOtti last 'Nf!ek. The squad now
"""""' and ()..4 In t..,.. ploy.

~~~~mnd~~~m

of the Center for the Arts on the North
Campus. Art Department Gal~ houn:
a~ 10 a.m. to S p.m. T~ fO a.m.

~n:fl";:~~.t~~M

Galtefyhoun are 10:30 • .m. to 8 p.m.
~~h Saturday and nooo

tS

1. 11

LfeW
UB's sprioc ~ season gott.nde&lt;'WOf In ltllaca last-'&lt; as the Bulb
ponidpated In a ,......,_with the Bomben and Mvist. US's l;dltwd&amp;ht etght
squad &lt;merzod ¥lctDrious In its n ee, finlsNr1&amp; the coune In 7:-42-0,IM! se&lt;Dnds
ahead of hNa.

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5

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Assembly

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8uffolo - WP Sp&lt;1ng
Sciences
CNpter,
General

UbrwyWo&lt;ttshop
Job ond CMee&lt; Info on ~
Web f&lt;&gt;&lt; Scl&lt;ntiru and
Englneen. f&lt;t!d Stoss. 127
Capen, Undergraduate Ubrary,
North Campus. Noon-1 p.m.
F,... Sponsort!d by Science and

~=~.~r'~~e

6-15-2947, ext. 226.

ETCWo&lt;ltshop: IIIKkbcNinl

lotto to Blackboard. 212
Capen Hall, inside
Undergraduate Ubrary; North

Campus. 2·3:30 p.m. Free.

Phnia·

~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~::

lllok&gt;gkol Sciences
Distinguished Speaker
Series
Mobile lntrons and lnteins:
Structure, Function,
Evolution'. Marlene Betfort,

~~~~~:;~,~~Jes,

of bents at &lt;http: / I

www.buffalo.edu/
calendar/ login&gt;. Becaus.e
of 1-pace llmJtatlons, not all
evenh In the electronic

calendar will be Included
In the Reporter.

L.ecbwe Sones
Have You Ever Thought

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Musical
Nine . Dept of Theatre &amp;
Dance. Drama Theatre, Center
for the Arts, North Campus. 8

~-~~~~~~ 15,
information, 645-ARTS.

~!~e;'~~~ ~:,re &amp;

Physics Colloquium
Torques a nd Tunneling In
Nanomagne ts . Dantel Ralph,
Dept. of
Cornell Untv.

for the online UB Calendar

"Call-In Show with Presklent
William R. Grelnet- ond Vice
President f&lt;&gt;&lt; Student Afhllrs
Dennis Blodc. On WBFO, 88.7
FM . 7-8 p.m. Free. fo&lt; m&lt;&gt;&lt;e
informabOn, WBFO, 8.29--6000.

Geology Pegn.1m

r.;';;J::Oc::::ra~~

e le ctronic submission form

_,.

WWO's T. . of the

PlAy

Foster endowments. For more
information, ,Dept of GeoSogy,
645-6800, ext 6100.

only accepted through the

Sciences Chapter, UUP. For more
lnfonnation, i.lJcy, 829-2505 .

information, 829-3.S3.S.

Brock Untv., St Catharines. 218
Natural Sciences Complex,
North Campus. 3:30 -.S :30

publkaUon. Listings are

=.J'~tff.;..,~

Muskol

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Drama Theatre,
Center for the Arts,
North Campus. 8
112, general,
S5, students. Fe&gt;&lt; m&lt;&gt;&lt;e
Information, 6-15-AATS.

p.m.

S l o e / - String

Quortot c,-.-e-·vt

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gym~Jt\.!Jc.~
informac. 645-2921 .

7

Wine Terrors: Geological Fact

no later than noon on

~aan':...~.Jtr.~2

WeMe !lrM! at S. F&lt;nst Road,

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Center. For more
information, 8293535 .

Saturday

or Fa ntasy. Simon Haynes,

the Thur:Kfay prec::edlr:g

~~tl::r:so

WBF088.7FM.

Maria Clare, 636-7-495.

Colloquium

sponsors. Listings 11re due

loeb, assoc. scholar,
Center for Ethk.al
leadership, Seattle.
Allen Hall Theatre,
Sooth Ca7r:. 8-

~~~ %~ei~:'m":~n.

~i.'!"ni~tra:=

UB groups are principal

==~In

Conviction In a
Cynlaf Tlme. Paul

Foculty Wo&lt;ttshop
Teaching for Soda!
loeb, assoc. scholar, Center for
Ethical leadership, Seattle. 280
Parle, North Campus. 3-'4:30

or for

p-

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information, 64.S-7700.
lnvolv&lt;ri&gt;ent ond Cltlzeruhip:

campu~o,

l.e&lt;ture,

Disawlon
The Soul olo

The Commons, North
Campus. 7:30p.m . Free.

A Faculty Worluhop. Paul

'

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SWdent lit Sd-oolar SeMcA!s. fo&lt;
more intonnation, 64S-22.SS.

Green, Professional Staff

Urban Affairs, Officr of the VP

piMe on

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GetMroiMembenhfp
Meeting

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The Reporter pubtis.hes

Tu Wori&lt;shop. Steve Ingraham,
lntemal Rev&lt;nue SeMce;
Suzanne Ra&amp;h, New Yorlc State

Leadership, Seattle. Student
Union Theater, North Campus.
8:30-1 0 a.m. Free. Spomort!d
by Se!vice Excellence, US

for Student Affairs. For I'TlOfe
information, 829-3S3S.

listing s for e vent s tat.clng

-

F,.., Sponsort!d by Student
Attain and UB Green. For more ·
Information, S29-3535.

Ax.elrocllnstitute, University at
Albany. 201 Natural Sciences
Complex, North Campus. 3:4.S

~~~:!~~~~~in

Seminar Series. Sponsored by
Ufe Technok)gles Inc.. and

~:g~~~'t~~~.1J'r ~~re
~~~~~~t-~68.
Musk Lecture Series
Musk and the Cinematic
Caesura. Berthold Hoeckner, ·
Univ. of Chicago. 211 Baird,

~=:db;so:;r;;; ~~sic.

For more information, 6452921.

Buffolo Logk Colloquium
John T. Keams, Dept of
Philosophy. 141 Parle. North
Campus. 4-6 p.m. Fret.

~mby~=.,Logk
information, John Corcoran,
881-1640 or 6-15-2444, ext

119.
Art exhibit opening
reaptlon
Art Department Senior Thesis
Project&gt;-Exhlbltlon 1. 845.
Center for the Arts, North

Center for the Arts, North
Campus. 8 p.m .· l3. For more
information, 64.S-ARTS .

Community Wo&lt;ttshop

~~ff~;J';~~

~~~~~-

Center for Ethical Leadership,
Seattle. Amherst Community
Church, 77 W.1hington
Highway, Amherst. "9 a.m.--4:15
~ . m . IS to cover lunch cosu.

(=~~~m&lt;&gt;&lt;e
~:~ac~x ~~t~~ &amp;

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RehabiUtatlon Seminar
The fiM System:
Fundamental Concep u . Car1

~~~~~e~~·~~i~~~·125

Kimball, South Cam~s . 1 p .m.

~~~~~.'terr~ ~nc

Nutrition Sciences. For more
information, 829-2941 .

Dance Concert
Doug Varone and Dancers. The
KeyBank Dance Series.
Mainstage Theatre, Center foe
• the Arts, North Campus. 8 p.m.
J1S, J15, 19; US students, J7.
for more information, 645-ARTS.
Muskol
Nine. DepL of Theatre lit
Dance. Drama Theatre, Center
for the Arts, North Campus. 8

p.m . free.

Wo&lt;ttshoponln-t
Green Campus Workshop.
Paul Loeb, assoc. sc~ar,
Center for Ethical leadership,

~r~e. rr~~~ Roqmr ~e

South~mpus. 2~ p .m .
Free. Sponsort!d by UB Green

~=~~f~:;&gt;Fon:e,

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Contact

information, 829-353.S.

Foster Chemistry Colloqulo
In sku Spectrosc~ at Solkl-

~":~aces
west~tet A

Reserve Univ. 20 5 Natural
Sciences Complex, North

rm~~t;j"O;~~f

~lstry and the Foster

lecture

Endowment

Pr-Meetlng

~J.'il.::'F:~Y;.~~ty

' information, Call 645-ARTS.

~~~~at a
Macfarland, Dept. ol Physics

SOAR: A c.- to

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Center. 104D Norton, North

Campus. 11 a.m.-Noon. free.
Sponsort!d by Student Unioos lit
Activities. for more information,
Sonia OneiU, 6-IS-6125 .
S&lt;rlptun Study/folth

~"1~~~ens.

~=:,~~~~"=

Wednesday

4 Diefendorf, South Campus.
Noon-1 p.m. Free. Sponsored

information, Becky, SH-6649.

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UbrwyWo&lt;ttshop
Researdl Sldlls. Eric Koli l&gt;aee.
127 Capen, North Campus. 12:30 p.m. Free. Sponsored by

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Information, 6-15-AATS.

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PlAy

Colloqulols.tos
'v1rtuol IIHity:ANewMedlum

n.

m&lt;&gt;&lt;e

Monday

9
~Art as a Paradigm of
Abstraction. Cesar Patemosto.

436 Clemens, North Cam pus.

NOon. p.m. Free. For more

II
~~Your
the
Coune on

=..~ear.rr~North

Campus. Noon-1 p.m . Free.

~%,~~
infonnotion, 6-ls-noo.

Ufe-.......

Wo&lt;tdng with Pertectionlsm.

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Acree, 6-15-2943, ext. 235.

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SpdnvZOOISorios
The ,.., Who Would Be King.

ScriJ&gt;!UrO StUdy/ Faith Sharing.

~~~2·~~ 15,

Center for ~ Arts, North
Campus. 6 p.m.
Fe&gt;&lt;
information, 645-ARTS.

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Centre, 639 Main St., Boffalo. 7

Shoring

for more information, 6457700.

Muskol
Nine. Dept of Theatre lit
Dance. Drama Theatre, Center
for the Arts, North Cam pus. 2

=..~~';',";.f

Sciences Complex, North
Campus. 3:45p.m. F,...

. Martcet- Film &amp; Arts

~Jj~~-~=~enter:

8

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=~om~~te

information, Donna, MS-3-422.

assoc. scholar, Center for
Ethical leadership, Seattle.
Assembly Hall, Student Union,
North Campus. 5-6:30 p .m.

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MacchOOi, 64S-2722, ext. 36 .

Ubrary, North Campus. Noon-

PlAy

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more information, Dori

Sunday

Student Leodenhlp Forum
C&lt;&gt;&lt;nmunlty Service and

Campus. 8 p.m. B . For more

14S 'MikesOn QUad, Ellicott
Complex. North Campus. 10
a.m.-3 p.m . Free. Sponsort!d by
Dept of Geogr.lphy lit National

ETCWo&lt;ttshop: Web
Editors

~~ gy~'r';,;

Center for the Arts, North

c--F*
GIS/ Cartogrophy Career Day.

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-nesdoys ot 4 PLUS

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1.0

~~2·~oren~ J5,

Student UniOn, North Campus.
7:30p.m. Free. For more
information, Dalene, -459...0231
(pager).

Art. For
more info rmation, Dept. of Art,
6-15-687S, ext. 1350.

Student Bible

inlormation, 64S-ARTS.

Men's Tennis
UB vs. St. Fran cis. EJikott
Complex. North Campus. 1

lnt~

Tuesday

Center for the Arts, North
(ampus. 8 p.m. S3 . For more
infonnation, 645-ARTS.

Women's Tennis
UB vs. Akron. Blic.on
Complex, North Campus. 1
p.m . free.

645-7700.

~~~~~3g.,pus_

Ploy

6

infonna~.

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7:30p.m. free.

information, 829-3535.

Friday

Campus. 3-4: 3~~

~~ter. fo&lt;more

ol Elqnsslon for Attlsls and •

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Dept. of Media Sfudj and the
Center tor Computational
Research. fo&lt; more Information,
Brenda Sauka. 6-IS-6500.
Hlstooy l.ectuft

Aa!demlc Citizenship and the

Admission ol\lobmen to

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for~ klformation, Sonia
OneiN, 6-IS-6125.

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Campus Ministry. fo&lt; more
infonnation, Becky, 833-6649.

Softboll
UB Yl. SL llonoYentUTe (DH) .
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By JENNIFER UWANDOWSKI

Reporter Assistant Editor

EMBERSoflhe FacultySenate Executive
Committee lasl weCk
attempted to reach
agreement on an updated ver.~ion of
a policy that affects both faculty
members and students: the Class
Absence Policy.
The policy draft, put together by
the Faculty Senate Grading Committee, outlines 10 provisions--from
faculty dearly stating attendance requirements in the syllabus, to what
justifies an excusable absence. In particular, the policy draft preface states
that "students may be absent from
class due to participation in university-sponsored or ettdor.ied activities,
illness or other emergency, religious
observances and a variety of other

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circumstances...
..Our general concern is that faculty should be dear and specific
about their policies," said William H.
Baumer, professor of philosophy
and chair of the Grading Commi t·
tee, at the Mar&lt;h 21 meeting. "J fmd
it a little bit problematic when stu dents come to me and tell me that
they're in a course in which they
cannot miss an exam. That seems to
me to be inexcusabl~ behavior on
the part of the faculty members."
Judith Adams-Volpe, director of
Lockwood Memorial Library, said
while she appreciated that committee was offering a policy "so preme
and well-o rganized ," students
shouldn't be pcnaliz&lt;d far-a spur·
of-the-moment absence, such as a
last-minute invitation to attend UB
Day in Albany, or the recent case of

four UB wrestJers who .tdvanced to
the NCAA finals.
"When they're signing up for a
class, they can't possibly be expected
to know that," sht said, cuing the:
stipulation in the policy th,n notifi ·
cation be made "at least one week
in adva nce."
Volpc-AdanlS a6o suggested sonl&lt;'
of the language lx· removed from
provision No. 2. which leaves room
for the possibility that no alternative
or make-up exam may be effected for
an excused absence ... The policy
should tell faculty that they should
really make an effort to make an aJ.
ternative," she said. "If (the language
is) there, it makes"""'J'facultymem·
ber fed that they can just say that
there's no feasible make-up."
Dennis Malone, SUNY Distin·
guished Service Professor in the 0.-

partmcnt of El&lt;'ltncaJ Engm(."('nng.
cow1tert..&gt;d that faculty member~ CdJl't
make up someth1ng that 's ".tb...olutch
required'" for thcir ..:oursc. Tht.'V t.dn
howcvcr, aJcrt tl1e st udent 10 th..u Jf
the beginning of the ~m~ter.
C hdrle~ Fourtner. profe,~nr ol
biological sciences, took issue wt!ll
a statement at the end of the polK)
that points students to a recourM' of
appeals through universi ty gnc\
ance procedures.
.. , don't Lhink 11 has to be stah.-d
here," Founner said. sincr it dlready
appears in the VB handbook. "" I thmk
students know that if thc..1''ve got J
problem with a faculty member, thcv
can svo their (department ) ch.1 ir."
Volpc-AdanlS coun tered thet per·
haps the remedy is not that sm1ple.
citing as an exanwle a case rclared 1o
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EngiNet produces first graduate
BY JENNIFER LEWANDOWSKI

Reporter Assistant Editor

OR Dave Hultenius, making a nearly six-hour commute from Delhi to VB to
p=e his master's degree
in civil engineering wasn't a possibility. Nor was giving up his fulltime job to come to Buffa lo.
Hultenius eventually found a way to
circumvent circumstance-through
UB's EngiNet distance-learning prop. And this past February, he became the universi ty's first-ever
EngiN,et graduate.
An assistant professor at Delhi State
College ofTcchnology, Hultenius enrolled in the program five yean ago,
taking one course per semester in order to balance school with his other
priorities-work and family.
Hulte:nius' situation somewhat parallels the difficulties his advisor Stuatt
O&gt;en, associate professor of civil engineering. faced years ago.

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Working full-time as an engineer
in New )er.~ey, O&gt;en started working on a graduate program part·
time, commuting 75 minutes each
way to campus twice a week. He
eventually quit his job to attend
school full-time.
"That memory has stuck with me,
and it influenced my willingness to
teach a distance-learning ooUr&gt;e the
first time • was askro," said Chen,
who has invested considerable effort
into "getting a coherent distancelearning program together."
O,en--who has taken to the task
of recruiting oolleagues to participate
in EngiNet since it was established in
1994 as a consortium of engineering
schools at the university centers of
UB,Ston)' Brook and Binghamtonsaid he empathizes with those who
arc at a distance disadvantage.
"There are lots of are-dS within the
state where there's not convenient
access to a graduate program in civil

engineering." said Chen, citing as ex·
an1plcs the Southern Tier or Rochester-residents of which would have
to drive to Bullillo, Ithaca or Syracuse
to flfld a progr.un. EngiNct's read1
extends wcll beyond New York. with
many students coming from such
locations as Georgia, the Dominican
Republic, Califorrtia, Texas, Pennsyl·
vania, lndiana and Nevada. Fifty·
seven students are enroUcd this se·
mcster in the various engineering
disciplines-19 alone in civil, structural and environmental enginecrin~nd another 18 taking an onsite course taught at a local industry.
Master's students are required to
complete 30 hours of coursc.....,vork
10\V"drd their degree. All course~ arc
asynchronolb, Chen explained, to
promote.• an "anytime, an}'\vhcrc"
ed.ucatjon. Some of the vidcotapt..-d
co urses supplement with Web materials, but overall. Chen sa1d, the

ogy mto the mut, for now, .. ,s more:
evolutionary than revolutionary."
The courses arc held in one of two
distance classrooms 1.l.5ed by engineering students and faculty. m Bell
or Baldy halls, and arc recorded by
distance-learning staff who are best
able to capture the lecture's dUdJO
and visual content.
While interactr.~ video wa... US(..,.j on
one occasion so that Hultcmu:) could
pre;cntadassprojcct "live"- tncid..'l!·
tally. the first and only ume hoth
Hulteruus and Olen saw em:h othc.i
during the five )"l'.us-Ch&lt;n ,ud fulh
mrorporating that n'l&lt;Xk-tnh)tht· P"'
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What do the new Buff.Uo-Niag;ara International Airport and your
daughter's wedding ha"" in common? They both moot the simple
dtfinition of a project: complex,
tmique, oonstrain&lt;d resources, budgets, schedules and a knnwn beginning and ending poinL Many work
tasks do not fit neally into a businessas-usual mode. These unique tasks
need the assignment ofpointresponsibility, authority and resources in
ord&lt;r to a~ the intmded goals
and objectives. We call this type of
work a "project," and the penon who
owns the can and feeding of the
project's work team, as wdl as the.
charge to get the job done, a project
manager. The kty attnbute of work
that qualifies it to be tided a project
is its uniqueness and complexity
when .oompared to the routine "!&gt;erational needs of daily work. What
gets managed is time, money and
perfonTI3l1Ce. Project management is
the planned actions of a project's
manager to assure that the requiremenu and expectations of the
project's kty stakeholders are meton time, on budget and at the kvel
of quality expected. e.g., having a catertr promise to p~ chocolateCO'm«&lt;strawberries at an affordable
pria for 3.50 wedding guests is groa~
as long as they are ser..d before the
guests ha.., left the reception halll

the purposeful transformation of a
group of individual c:xpms into an
expert team, willingness to escalate
l1IlR*ll...d conllict immodiatdyup a
notdl to a Je,, of authority that can
mako the decision, the identification
of risk to the project's objectiYes being met and the as!ignm&lt;nt of a person to monitor the risk-&lt;lrivm until
such time as they no Jonserpooea risk,
the ability to more rdiablyestirn:lk the
value of the work mnaining to he
don&lt; at any time in theprojecfs work
and a Jeo.d of comfort to adapt )'lUC
personalstyleofoonflict~

to an approach others on the team
would be morelikdy to rapood to.

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Not infrequenlly, project managers

do not get to select their team mem-

bers.Asa matter of fuel, the very process to select what the nexl project
will be can be a conundrum. Despite
our ability to use complex mathematical models and statistically derive ranking criteria, frequent
project-selection techniques remain:
the ozcutiYo's "sacred row" project,
the"oporatingnecessity"projectand
the"people'sl3vori~&lt;" project. The assignment of a project_manager and
the project's team varies, depending
on the experience and project-nianagement knowledge of the =tive
tilt?
~of projectwho makes that call The desired atE""')'thing; there is nothing about ttibut&lt;S of an effective project manmanaging a project 'that can he ron- ager include aedibility, trustwortbisidered a "silver-bullet" &amp;ctor tor sue- ness, sensitivity to otbeJs, otbia, incess. But if you insist, I can think of tegrity and leadmhip. OK, so I left
two aspects that are attributes of a sue- out~ on water.'" 'The desired atcessful project manager. Be a proac- tnbutes of project team members
tive infonnation gatherer and rapidly indll&lt;k their technical oompetmce.
share it with all teain lll&lt;rl1bm, and smsitivity,problem-solvingorientaget the job done within an imperfect tion,goal orientation and level ofsolfworld-no m;uses. One of the early esteem. And most importantly, this
challenges fOr a project manager is to is the point where the grouJ)-t&lt;&gt;-team
sook understanding of the customer.;' building initiatiYo is to begin. ie., they
and other project stakd!olders' expoc- are led to coUaboratively craft the
tations of the project's outcome. project's mission and team's charter,
"What is it," the project manager asks, identifying what risks or oonstraints
"that is not documented in the project ""' poroeived as barriers to achiev-

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project Is st~~J~nt- - 1tloe

ln order"to assure that a project is
where it ought to be, one has to first
ascertain where it rtally Is. To obtain useful information on this
point. one has to go to the project
team members and a.sk to soo evidence of the progross they wen; DOt
measumnent data, but view the actual work product itself_ Then, go to
the customer and a.sk him how he
~he is beinglistmed to, what
he has soon of the work to date, an&lt;!
his perception of actual progress
made toward the objectiv&lt;s. What
~pporu the eftOrt not&lt;d alxM is
the early development of a project
work plan wherein !he major tasks,
e.g., provide chocolate-covered
strawberries to wedding guests, are
decomposed into still smaller work
breakdown tasks such that the
simple addition of the effort for each
of the individual subtasks delivers
what was ezpected. One last early
step is the preparation of a project
respoll$ibility matrix that lets each
project team member know, for
each task of the project work, what
they can apect &amp;om each other and
what will be apected of them. By
the way, while the documents dis·cussed ""' important. what is more
importmt is the way tho projectplanning process itself will begin the
transformation of the group into a
team. An dfectivt project manager
is a problem-seeker, proactively
soardllng for and oommunicating
what he learns to the customer and
project team members.

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The Project Management Institute,
formed about 1969, has at least
tluoc reasons why you ought to go
to its Woh.site at &lt;www.ponl.org&gt;:
It allows the non -commercial
downloading of the Project Management Book of Knowledge
(PMBOK), it has an open email dis-

cussion and Internet-wide
project managen' listserv and it
hasdeYdopod SIGo-special interest groups-that an small
groups of expcrU that areaa:asible to you for questions.

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What is the most challenging
part of the management of
projects? Of the four major components of project workpeople, procas, t.echnologyand
leadenhip-th&lt; moot challenging is the people. The undcrestimarion of thisoompooent, when
oomhinal with the lack of formal education in subject anas
that would help, forms an •a pJosj..," oompound. Its name is
conflict. The conflict-transformarion approach that is recommended-bwnan systems engi-

n=ing-builds on the work of
Kurt Lewin. It turns out that the
so-called "soft part" of manasementis the bard part! ConBict is
a natural human response of
thinking people. It exists because
people can what they do, bow
they do it and how it will be rocogniz.ed. Kurt Lewin, a social psycbologist. used the ~n B
= f(I,E), to explain this pbenomena, where •a• is the behavior of
an individual or group/team,
is the individual or group and
"I!" is theenvimos the individual
or group/U2m finds tbeonseMs
working within. ifyou a.sk managenwbich of the two variables,
I orE, can managornent diredly
oontrol, they instantly .will respond "E." Then ask them on
which variable does managemont actually spend moot of its
time attemp_9ng to change the
system's outcomes, and they
sheepishly say "L• Seems to me
that the ttansfonnatiOI} of our
senior managornent in industry,
government and education will
not happen spontaneously nor
by accidenL It will happen one
project at a time.

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her of a student fQr whom Passover
confiicts with an ClGlffi. "And i(s not
being resolved that easily; she said.
R&lt;gardless, Fourtner said, the student has rtcourse--as Stated in a
resolution be said was passed by the
Faculty Senate years ago-with the
chair, the dean "and the faculty absolutely hano deal with thaL"
Fourmer said he tells his students
at the start of the semester the dat&lt;S
and times of exams so that otber·ar1111lgements can be made to accommodate planned absences, something with which Baumer took issue.
"What do you do with the student
who is on his way to class and is involved in an automobile aa:ident?"
he questioned. "Or doesn't even get
involved in it. just gets trapped in
- traffic because it's j~ up for
blocks! Now what does the instruc-

tor say to that student? 'You failed
thecoune?'"
Baumer suggested the po!icy
dearly stare that faculty "will provide alterna~.·
"I don't personally ha.., any P.roblem with that." he said, but added, "I
think there may be some problems
enfOrcing iL" As well, Baumer suggested rephrasing the second provision to read to the effect that if a student has"a required activity for which
there is no altematiYo. and a student
misses it for a justified reason, ~
being univmityactivities,oran emergency, (there is) no penalty."
"If the fuculty cannot provide an
altematiYo or a makeup. then the fact
that the student has missed that has
no bearing on the studen(s grade.".
Baumer oontinued. "And that rtally
puts the burden on the faculty~

The issue will be discussed at the
next Faculty Senate mteting on
ApriiiO.
In other business. Kerry Grant,
who assumed the position of vice
provost for academic affairs and
dean of the Graduate School March
I , briefed mculty members on how
his office is progressing. and what
they can apect &amp;om it.
"If there was a timely moment for
this, "" had it," he said of the newly
formed office, which oombi'nes the
dutiesofviczpr&lt;MlSI for Undergraduate education and dean ofthe Graduate School. The o8icr is worlting to
link the wxlergraduate and graduate
enterprises. as well as capi1alize on potential partnerships between theColq. of Arts and Scimcos and UB's

prof&lt;ssional schools. firant said,
With regard to p'blicy coming

&amp;om the graduate school. Grant said
he would l.ilreto roplaa "the appearana of regulations with the practicr of regulations."ln general. however, he said he will be leaving in
piaa many of the decision-making
structures established and policies
e=:t~t&lt;d by his predea:ssoL
Gran\ also announced a chango
in the method of cnmmunication,
with both faculty and students.
"We'r?!seelting to effectuate a change
in the kinds of things the mculty
expressed some irritation aboutthe nature of oommunication they
roaive and in some cases, the receipt
of similar oommunications by students." be said. He added that
changes are imminent at the undergraduate Je,!aswdl, notably in "the
tone and temper" of correspondena relat&lt;d to academic p~

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Former basketball player
pledges $250,000 to UB
Ronald W. Schlenker Sr., a UB alumnus and former basketball
player, has pltdged $250,000 to tho Division of Athlrtics for a scholarship fund for st udent athletes.
Schlenker lived on Lisbon Avc:nue near the 5outh Campus in the
1940s and '50s until the death of his father when he was a teenager,
[ which forced his family to relocate several times ... ThoSt' were some
rough times," remembers Schlenktr.
He credits his former baskttball coach at UB, Len Serfustini, for
securing scholarships and donations that enabled him to attend the
university and play basketball while pursuing a bachelor's degree.
"'Serf' taught us, on the court and off, to havo a high degree of
humility and honesty, which helped me Jearn life lessons and be
successful after graduating," said Schlenker. " Playing basketball
showed me how to work within a team and how to establish reaJ
goals and achieve them.'"
"We are very grateful for Ronald Schlenker ·~ cont muous support
of his alma mater," satd Athlettcs Director Bob Aikeilpane, ..and we
are greatly apprecia tive ofhi!t commatmem to provide young scholar
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athJetes a place to foster th etr academiC and athletic pursui ts."
Schlenker, who played for three years on the universit y's va rsaty
basketball team, received a bachelor 's o f arts degree in geology and

Author to hold workshops for faculty, staff, students, public
BY SUE WUETCHER
Reporter Editor

UTHOR Paul Rogat
Loeb will bring his
recipe for social activism to UB and Buffalo
April 5-7 at the invitation of the UB
Gr«nOffice.
The author of"5oul of a Citizen:
Living with Conviction in a Cynical
Tune•-the blueprint for how ordinary citizens can make their wices
heard and their actions counlLoeb will hold several workshops for
UB faculty, staff and students, as well
as members ofdle public during his
three-day residency.
Loeb's visit is important because
it bring. home tht m&lt;ssage that it's
vital that all members of tht community participate in the process,
says Walter Simpson, UB energy officer and director of the UB Green
Office in University Facititits.
"For many people, citizenship has
become just an abstraction, a topic
last hoard ahout in a junior high
school ~ ivies class. While mos t
people care privately about society,
there is a giant disconnect," Simpson
says."Wt disengage from the public
. sphtre. Fewtr and fewer peopl&lt; wte.
And far fe&gt;m" find a place in their
lives for social aQvocacy and engaged citizenship. This lack of pubtic participation is not good for democracy and the future of our country," he notes.
"Paul Loth's m&lt;ssage in an antidot&lt; to this withdrawal from public life." He speaks of hope and inspiration by sharing stories of ordinary peopl&lt; who stepped up to
th&lt; plate, ovm:am&lt; cynicism and
other barrim to action, and made

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a difference."
"'We can all make a difference in
our communities and here at VB."
Simpson points out. "Just imagine
the improvements we would see at
the university and in our contributions to the wider commun ity if
more of us found our voice and a
way to participate."
Loeb will begin his visit to Buffalo on April5 with se&gt;eral appearances on the North Campus that
will be free and open to all members of the campus community.
They are:
• A presentation on "Making a
Difference on Campus and in the
Community" at 8:30a.m. in the Student Union Theatre. The presentation, an expanded Service Excellence
Assembly, is co-sponsored by University Services, the Faculty Senate,
the Professional Staff Senate, th e
Office of the Vice President for Pubtic Service and Urban Affairs, and
the Office of the Vice President for
Student Affairs.
• "Teaching for Social Involvement and Citizenship-A Faculty
Workshop" at 3 p.m. in 280 Park
HalL The workshop is co-sponsored
by the Environment and Society
Instifute and the Faculty Senate.
• "Community Service and 5ociaiCllange-AStudent Ltadership
Forum" at 5 p.m. in 33. Student
Union. The forum is co-sponsored
byStudentAffilirs.
Loth will continue his visit April
6 with a lecture at 8 p.m. in Allen
Hall on the 5outh Campus. The
lecture, which will be free of
cbarg&lt; and open to the public, also
will be broadcast live on WBFO
88.7 FM, UB's National Public

Radi o affiliate.
The event also will feature a panel
discussio1&gt;-in which Loeb will participate-focusing on the challenges
faced by the Buffalo region and how
those challenges can ~met by citizen involvement.
Other panelists will be Valeria
Cra y-Dihaan, founder of "50
Women with a Vision," a citizen
group ded icated to revitalizing
Buffalo's East Side; Kevin Gaughan,
local attorney and nationaby recognized proponent of regionalism,
government collabora ti o-n a nd
co mmunity
renewal;
Jud y
Robinson, director of the Western
New York Citizens' Environmental
Coalition, and Walter Simpson, UB
energy officer, environmental educator and activist.
Loeb will conclude his appearances in the Buffalo area by leading
a day-long workshop for citizen ac·
tivists. "Creating and Sustaining the
Vision: Effective Citizen Adwcacy as
a Life Calling.• will be held from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. April 7 in An1herst
Community Church, 77 Washington Highway, Amherst. The cost of
the workshop, sponsored by the UB
Green Office, will be S5. Space is linlited. To register or for more information , caJI 829-3535 o r email
&lt;mfuy@facitities.buffalo.edu&gt;.
An associated scholar at Startle's
Center for Ethical Ltadersbip, Loth
has spent 30 y&lt;ars researching and
writing about citizen responsibility
and empowermmt. He has written
se&gt;eral widely praised books, as well
as artides for such publications as
Tht New York Timts and Utnt
Reader, and has lectured at more
than 200 colleges and universities.

geography from UB in 1960. He credits his UB education as betng
instrumen tal in helping him run a successful business for 30 ~rs.
" It is very difficult now for a pe rson to succeed in life without a
coUege education. J wanted to ensure that education for so meo ne
who otherWise might not have received it;• said Schlenker.
With details still to be worked out regarding the qualification erne ria, Schlenker was very dear on the purpose of the Ronald W. Schlenker
Sr. Endowment Scholarship Fund: '" I designed it for student-athletes
because thafs how I made my way through UB. While attendtng the
un iversity, various alumni in the athletics program made my college
education possible through donations and scholarships."
After graduating in 1960 and spending rwo years in Texas, Schlenker
returned to Buffalo to work for Spaulding Fiber Ill Tonawanda. Even·
1 tually, the company transferred him to Minnesota. In 1967, Schlenker
opened his own business, Schlenker and Associates. to represent manu fact urers of printed circuit boards, wire, cable and fiber optic,. In 1997,
Schlenker sold his business to four employees.
Schlenker now lives in Wayzata, Minn .• and Naples. Fla .. enJoyrnt;
retin;ment and consulting part -time.

Virtual dissertation defense
makes headlines in Finland
While not a rare occurrence at UB, defending one's dissertati o n
via the virtual realm is unusual m Finland.
Lcena lestinen, who will receive her doctorate from UB th1s spring.
earned top billing in the dissertations section of the Helsitrgm
Sanomat, FinJand's primary national newspaper, after defending her
dissertation via interactive video linking Finland with VB on Feb. I.
Hank Bromley, associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, agreed to serve as the Finnish student's
advisor after her original advisor left tM university. Having never
met, the two communi ca ted via emaiJ and telephone in the time
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leading up to her defense.
lestinen, whose focus was comparative educat;on, also wa!J assisted by a professor in Finland, who sat in on the defense. Bromley
said defending vi a video seemed the most logical course of action
for the circumstances-particularly since both women would have
had to travel to Buffalo.
"Given that it's very expensive to fl y here from Finland, we de cided to try it this way," he said.
Admittedly, the Feb. I defen se "did not have the same flow and engagement that other defenses have," Bromley said, also noting a sevenhour time difference. The process was impeded somewhat by the lim1·
lations of sound and delivery, he said, adding that it felt labored.
''A one- or two-second delay wreaks havoc with the nat ural c~ ­
change of conversation," he scud.
Bromley said he found himself prQjccting louder... c1s 1f to reach
Finland," which took away from the usual intimc~cy of th e snu.ltlo n.
"' I still think it's a clear second -best,"' he said. compa red wuh on ·
site defenses.
Director of the Center for the Study of Tech nology m Edut.::auon
at VB. Bromley is interested in exploring what technology can and
cannot do to enhance the quality of education. and ca utions that
often it is "more flash than substan ce."
ln that resea rch vein, and as part of the GSE's GSA Research Sym
posium beins held on Saturday in the Universi ty lnn and Conference
Center, two UB students will present a paper on the results of a study
of faculty members' perceptions of interactive video course benefits
and compromises. In panicular. Bromley said, Susana Verdinelli and
Lian Zhao look at "why these facilities W&lt;re established. and 1f the)·
were accomplishing what they W'tt(' supposed to do."
Th(' results are critical, he said, and find that they are "not true tc
educational goals."

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Dancers at 8 p.m. April 7 In the
Mainst.age: Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Camptts.
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HU.E the shortage

of nunes in West·
ern New York has
diminished in recent years, other issues have revealed
themsd,... as problematic in the
field-such as a changing demo·
graphic in which fewer young people
enter the nuning,..,rkf&lt;&gt;re:e while the
aging population of nunesoontinues
to grow, and therela!Mattractivmess
of the profession to newcomers.
Carol Brewer, associate professor
in the School of Nursing, has stud·
ied labor trends in nursing since the
1980s. Fascinated by the workforce
dynamics at the time, Brewer began
work on her doctomte at the Uni·
versity of Michigan in 19S7roughly the same time the oountry
was facing a major nursing short·
age--and with a clinical master's
degree already under her belt, added
a master's in applied economics in
the midst of her doctoral work.
Since joining the UB faculty in
1994, Brewer has investigated nuts·
ing trends in Western New York and
New York Stare, with a desire to push
beyond statistical data and uncover
why certain conditions exist.
Right now, the industry is in the ~
midst of a "baby boom bulge," with
fewer youth ente.ring the workforce,
resulting in a moderate shortagt,
Brewer said.
... We've got basically a smaller

"pWlic·imajjeproblem,'"wilh its qual·
ity of work life on the downslide.
"People ooming in ... loolc at all the
issues around nuning. and they say,
'Why would I want to work as a nunc
when I oould work as a teacher~or a
social worm, or I oould go into lkJsi.
ness or medicine?'" said Bm&lt;U, add·
inS that nuning draws on both new·
and stmnd-areer individuals.
"How do you say, 'Wi~ having a
terrible time in nursing right
noW ... and nurses wouldn't want
tbeir own family member. to go to
the hospital beausetbeydon't think
the care is good!.. she asUd. "How
doyoumakttbosepoints ... andnot
also give nursing a blad eyel"
Brewer,whooeoornmitmenttoher
profession is unflagging. e&gt;plains that

population looking to take care of

ari aging population, and a large
population," she said Given the ...Ja.
tively high avemge age in nursing,
Brewer said that in tenns of a shortage, there are two basic solutions.
"You can change the behavior of
nurses who are partidpating, who
are already licensed and in the
workforce- you can try to get
them to work more," she said . .. Or
you can educate more nurses so
you have a higher volume entering
the workforce."
Increasing the numbers, how.ver,
is a matter ofenticingwould·be nurses
into a profession that's experiencing a

..,.

condltloou-

nunlng .....,esslon.

these are legitimau gripes, but publicizing them can overshadow the
benefits of the_profession.
"Nursing remains a stimulating,
exciting and fascinating profession,
with many career optiollS-&lt;ll1d that
is what gets lost when there is so
much emphasis about working oon·
ditions," she said
Health·care d.ollars drive the
need for nurses, and when that
money began to taper off in the

t;arly 1990.--the result of a~ shecompletedh!:rclocu:Jrmandshe
in managed care-&lt;lownsizing in · never considered not working.
hospital&amp; occurred
"When' I got out of oollese. raid,
"The hospital markd really drives 'rm notgoingtobeasl3y·at·bomt
the n&lt;ed fur nwsing." sht &lt;xplained, mom,'" sbe Aid. "And I actually
noting that in 1996, fur eumple, 60 made I deliberate d&gt;Oice t0 go bad;
percent of nunes _ , working in to nursing after grtting my first'un·
hospitals. The decreased demand fur de!graduar., degree in biology."
nurses was the result o( r..- dollars
Since joining the UB faculty,
fur bealth ~~ Brower oonsistmtly has~
andthus,lessJliOil&lt;YlOpayfurnU~XS.
labortn:nds.llelw&lt;en J996and 1998,
The demand foe nurses iseq&gt;and· she loobdat thedilfmnas between
ing,sheraid,butthegrowthmr.,for bospital·employee nurses V&lt;nus
supply has slowed-with no in· non·hospital-employee nunes in
crease in sight To oombat further WestcmNewYork.Andin 1999,she
loss, employers have increased andacolleagucat~YodtllnMr·
wages. Still, she said, the wages IJe. sity oonducud an aoaJysis of sQr.,
ing offered may not be enough to labor Sbtistics fur nurses, the raults
draw in nuncr-nor rrury the kinds ofwhich_, published in the Janu·
ofjobsbeingofferedat those wages. ary!FdJruary issue o( /'flming Out·
To illustrate: In look. Her latesl effort, for which she
late 1999, a nuts· isseeltingfunding.willlookatlabor
ing·eucu!M told issues on a national~
Brewer the num·
Buildingonamnddusedinturn·
ber of part-time OYerresearch, Br.......plaostoinvespositions at a local tigau retention in the profession
hospital
had anditseffectsontheworkfor~:n,.
doubled, from 30 data will be g;otbered in two pamto 60, and she once at the beginning of the year,
oouldn't fill them. and again at the close of the yearWhat may seem inordertomonitorchanges. "What
lilct a shortage in is it that maJc.. nurses dissatisfied!"
this case, isn't, sbe said "Or if they'~ dissatisfied
Brewer said, not· about something, or satisfied, do
ing that changing · they act on it!"
expectations in the
What has become apparent to her
workforce have over the years is the way nuising has
seen few.r nunes becomeincreasinglydecentr.diz&lt;d-.
wanting part·time an overloading of tasks outside the
work. Once a primary responsibility of patient
strength in tenns ~which, in tum, has led to a
of Oexibility for devaluingofnursesintheprofession.
the majority of the
"The~'s a message ooming out of
w o r k f o r c e - professional nursing organizations
women-part·time work has be· that quality ca~ is a real ooncern,•
come more ofa liability, B~ said sht said, noting, h~. that "we
"(Nurses) expect to be in the havebeenalinkshrill"inairingthat
workforce their whole lifetime; they message. Olaoging the mindset on
expect to be able to work full time," how to SQM problems, sbe added,
she said
won't be easy, givm the oomplexity
Brewer herself illustrates the cur· of issues in nursing.
"I think we have contributed to
rentdemographicofserondcareers
in nursing. Now 50-roughly the _, our own problems in terms of the
average age for nursing faculty perceptions of the profession. And
members, with the aver.Jge age for it's really too bad because nursing is
nunes at #-Brewer was 43 when a great p~fession.•

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Graduate
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question·answer (period)."
In thescherneofthings, Hultenius
said earning his degree via US's
EngiNet program. was more a ben·
efit-than burden-of technology.
"I often felt like I was one of the
other students sitting in class," he
said of the videotapes mailed to him
each week. "I liked the convenience
6f being able to watch the tapes at
my leisure-and being able to rewind and watch over if necessary."
But on the B.ipside, Hulteniussaid
going the distance to get his degree
was more challenging than some
might give it credit.
"I don't think i)'s at all easier," he
said "In fuct, I think it's probably a
little more difficult because I didn't
have the luxury of badgering my in·
structors for help, (and) I didn't have
the luxuryofhavingdassmates who
I oould learn with and get help from."
In defense of the quality of dis·
tance-leaming courses--and as a
note to faculty who question their
value--Chen explains that the vid·
cotaped courses are simply record·

ings of class lectures that would bappen regardless of distance learning.
"We're not doing a separate set of
courses," he said. "The same stan·
dards have to be met, the same as·
signments have to be done."'
And to faculty cynics and skep· ·
tics, Chen r.lises what may seem an
unsettlin~ut ·nonetheless bon·
est-point.
"One of the things I teU my ool·
leagues who have been reluctant to
teach distanoe· leaming courses, is
(that) evm some of the students we
call local are operating as if they're
at a distance--they don't show up
for class, they're relying on picking
up handouts and notes from people,
and dumping material from ooursc
Web pages," he said "So, what's the
difference!"
Funher, he said, some graduate
students end up finishing their degree at a distance anyway. In high
demand by employers, many leave
before completing their final
master's project.
"I think all things oonsidered, it

would be berter to be on campus,
real·time interactive ill the class·
room with a faculty member," Chen
said "That is tlie best of all possible
worlds, and I would not advocate
that distance learning is in e-my way
equal to that.
"But for people who don't have the
luxury of quitting their jobs (and)
going back to school full time, I think
it's a decmt stmnd·best,"beadded.
Hultenius, who nevtr once set foot
on the UB campus, isn't oomplaining.
"I think I re&lt;Zived the same ((!u·
cation as anybody else who attended
in person," he said. The absence of
classmates with whom be could
oonfer on class maners was so~­
times frustrating, he added, "(but) I
don't think it detmcted from the
quality of the education.•
Chen said EngiNet isn't opera!·
ing-and shouldn~ be viewed-as
a money-making enterprise, but
r3ther as a function of the
univ=ity's public·service mission.
·~ofthewaysastateuniver·

sity SfS!em promotes il3elfis by pro-

viding access to higher education.
What we'~ doing is expanding ac·
cess," he said, adding that be would
be surprised if, after the instructors
are paid an additional stipend, and
t&lt;chnical support and staff are paid,
theno's much of a pmfit.
"If (administrators) think this is
a way to makt mo~ money for the
univmity, I would tell them they'~
dreaming," he said
The proof, Chen said, is in the
degree. Hultenius' graduation from
the program is "a real feather in o(lr
cap,• he said, realizing fully the dis·
lance-learning program's potential
"Ther. are still faculty who object
to the notion of students earning a
mast&lt;t's degree entirely from a dis·
tance; be said. "And to those faculty, I
would say, 'Don't tell me it can't be
done. H""''s a guywboalreadydid it.For more information on the
EngiNet program, contact Marge
Hewlett, oorpocare relations ·adJninis.
trator, at &lt;lllhewle~g . buf­
~ trvisiltheEogiNetw.bsitt

at " -·--/&amp;ogiNet&gt;·

�Music sets April concerts

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Cassatt String Quartet to present last concerts of UB residency
a, SUE WU£rCHEII
RtpotttrEditO&lt;

T

HE final concerts of the
Cassatt String Quart&lt;t's
residency at UB and an
appearance by ac·
claimed violinist Elmar Oliveira
with the Slee Sinfonietta wW be
among the highlights of the concert
schedule to be presented by the Department of Music in April
In concluding a 'siJ&lt;aSSful threeyearresidencyat UB, theCassan will
perforro two concerts in Sl« Concert Hall on th North Campus_
The quartet Will perform the final installment of the annual SleeJ
Beethoven String Quartet Cycleincluding0p. I8,No.4,0p. l35and
Op. 59, No. 2-&lt;lt 8 p.m. April6, and
will perform the last concert of this
year's Sloe/Visiting Artist Series at 8
p.m. April28.
Acclai med local pianist and
chamber music aficionado Stephen
Manes will join the Cassan April28
in a performance of Shostakovich's
Piano Quinret in G minor, Op. 57.
Manes, professor and chair of the
Department of MuSic. and the
CassOn have enjoyed a number of
successful collaborations during the
quartet's residence at UB.
During the April 28 concertdesignated as this year's Tretzo Memorial Concert in memory of Basil
Tzetzo, long· timc concert patron

and supporter o f Slee Hall-the
quartet also will perform Mozart's
Quartet in E Major, K. 428 and

Dvorak's famous String Quartet ·in
F Major, Op. 96 ("The American").
The Cassatt String Quartet was
choseit to be the Slee Quartet in
Residence in the spring of 1998 fol lowing a rigorow audition and in-

rerview pro&lt;:ess. It has performed for the Arts; the UB Jazz Ensen)bl&lt;
the Beethoven Cycle each year, as with Sam Falzone, director, at 8 p.m.
well as several VISiting Artist Con- April22 in Baird R&lt;cital Hall; the UB
certs, and made a number of ap- Conremporary Ensemble, Magnus
pearances with the Slee Sinfoniena. Mlrtensson, conductor, at 8 p.m.
While in rtsidenctat UB, thequi.r- April 24 in Slee; UB Concert Band,
tet also visited many Bufl'alo-area Jon Nelson, conductof, at 8 p.m.
sd&gt;ools, pmented two youth CXlrlartS April 25 in Slee, and the UB Choir
at UB and offered several roaster and UB Chorus, Harold
dasoes and open coaching sessions, Rosenbaum, conductor, at 8 p.m.
and visited many dasoes on campus_ April 26 in Slee.
0~ who performed a solo
Rounding out the concert schedrecital on March 24 in Slee, will re- ule will be a faculty recital by the
turn to the concert hall at 8 p.m. Baird Trio, featuring Movses
April 3 to join the Slee Sinfonietta, Pogossian on violin , Jonathan
conducted by_Magnus MJrtmsson, Golove on cello and Manes on piin a performance of Mendelssohn's ano, at 8 p.m. April 18 in Slee; conVJOiinConcertoinE-minor,Op.64. certs of student-performed pieces at
TheSlee Sinfonietta also will per- 8 p.m. April16 and April23 in Baird;
form Fug;t {Ricercatll) a 6 voci {from a performance of the UB Symphony,
"The Musical Olferin~ ) by Bach Mlrtensson, conductor, at 8 p.m.
and on:hestrated by Anton Webern. April27 in Slee and a concert by the
The final piece of the night will be UB Saxophone Ensemble, Harry
Stravinsky's PulcineUa Suite.
Fackelrnan, co~uctor, at 3 p.m.
An open~ of the program April 29 in Slee.
with Oliveira and the Slee
In addition, a special program of
Sinfonietta will be featured as the real -time, interactive, computer ·
music department's Brown Bag music will be performed at 8 p.m.
Concert for April. The rehearsal will April!! in the Drama Theatre in the
be held at noon April 3 in Slee.
Ccnrer for the Arts.
Oliveira has taken his place as one
SingJe tickets for most concerts
of the most conunanding violinists sponsored by the Department of
of our time, with an ur15urpassed Music range from SS to S 12. Dis·
combination of impeccable artistry co unt s are available for seniors,
and old-world elegance. Among his students and UB faculty, staff and
gen!!ration's most honored artists, alumni for the morb expensive
he is the first and only Americail vio- co ncerts.
linist to win the Gold Medal at
Tickets may be obtained at the Slee
Moscow's Tchaikovsky Interna- Hall box office from noon to 5 p.m.
tional Competition.
Monday thro gh Friday, from the
Other performances scheduled for Cenrer for the Arts box office from
April include appearances by the UB . noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Fri·
Opera/Music Theater Workshop, day and at all TicketMaster outlets
with Dora Ohrensrein, director, at 8
The fiill slare of Slee Hall concerts
p.m. April 20 and 2 p.m. April 21 in is available online at &lt;-.51ee.bufthe Black Box Theatre in the Center falo.edu&gt;.

Spring Things
lleaely to greet sprlng and head outside? The Web provides helpful information for Wostern New Yorkas eager to shake that cabin
fever! For example, the 11,000-acre Iroquois National Wtldlife Refuge, midway between Buffalo and Rochester, hosts thousands of geese
and ducks during their spring migration. V'asitoB to the refuge also
can watch and hear bald eagles tending their nests, thanks to video
cameras and microphones strategicaUy placed in the nesting area.
The Great Outdoor Recreation Pages {GORP) &lt;www.gorp.com/
gorp/ resource/ u.s_nwr/ ny_lroqu.htm &gt; has directions and visitor center hours.
The Round the Bend Online Travel Guide to Upstate New York
&lt;www.rounclthebend.com/ &gt; will lead you to a variety of greater
Niagara and Finger l..akeyear-round travel destinations. Fora fun spring
destination, check out the guid&lt;'s listing of maple sugaring sites at
&lt;www.rounclthebend.com/ nyssugr.html&gt;. While most of the list·
ings state that they are open year round, phone numbers are included
for information on the availability of tours and demonstrations.
You don't need a travel guide to find a place to fly a kite tn th1s
breezy area. but you may want some kite-flying tips. Try Kitez.com
&lt;www.kltu..com / &gt;, the Web site that bills itself as the .. laziest way
to find kite sit es." If it's kite-flying infonnarion you need. Kitez.com
wiJilead you to it, including listings of kite festivals, k.He! plans, .. very
easy" kite plans, kite discussion groups, etc.
Who can think about spring without thmking about baseball? And

in Western New York, that 's Buffalo Bisons ba~l1-sorry, Blue Jays

fans. The Bisons' Web sne at &lt;www.b lsons.com &gt; has t1cket mformation for the April 5 opening game of the team's I 16th 'Cason.
Other lin ks on the site in clude the "PreSj Rox ," w1th Bason!.' stattsucs,leam roster, ETC.; " Bisons History;" lmks for "Young Fans;" m ·
forma tion on the ongomg"Thruway Sen~ " nvd1ry. and dnnounLements of upcoming specml events, such as the return of the Beac..h
Boys to sing in the summer Augu'it sunshml' dOd heat.
But that's another season 1
--Gemma DeVI n ney an d Do n H artman , Untvm•ty llbtOflt&gt;\

BrieD
GSA to present film festival
Films from four continents will be featured durmg the Spnng In
ternational Film Festival presented b)' the Grad uate Student A!t!'IO
ciation Tuesday through April 5 m the Student Union Thcatn: on

the North Campus.
All films are free of charge Jnd opC'n to the pubh c.
The festival \'{ill open at 6p.m. on Tuesday with screcn1ngs of thl"
I 996 Korean film '' Farewell, My Oarljng," directed byChoi-Soo Park.
and the I996 Danish film "Pusher," d1rcctcd by NIColas \Vindm g Refn .
The second day's screenmgs wdl feature "Guelwaar," a 1993 Scm-g.t.IC!ol.·
film directed by Ousmane Sembene, and "The Apple." " 1998 film do ·
rected by Iranian Samira Makhmalbaf. The show will begm a! .\ p.m .
The- final day's activities on April 5 will feature a !t~o.recnmg dl b
p.m. of"N ueba Yol," a 1995 Domimcan film d1recled bv Angl·l Mum?.
A reception will follow the film presentation.
In addition to the GSA, the fcstiv-o:tl is spo nsored h)' UUAH. Artvoh.e
and the Korean C ultural ervice.
For furth er information on the f~suval, contact the GSA nlfi'-'-' al

645-2960.

RIA to hold alcohol screenings

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Alcohol problems have m•ny faces . Could yours be one of them ?
Do you question how much you're drinking? Or is the problem how
so meone else's drinking may be affecting your quality of life? Is alcohol use creati ng problems for someone you care about at work,
home or school, o r in dangerous situations IJkc driving a car?
The Research Institut e on Addictions wiU participate in ational Al cohol Screening Day on April 5 with free, confidentiJ.I scn."f'ning from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the insmuu·. 1021 Main St., between Nonh and
Goodrich streets in Buffalo. Educational materials also will be available.
..A simple 10-item questionnaire is avai lable to help in identifying
an alcohol prob~m," acco rding to Paul R. Stasiewicz, director of RlA's
Clinical Resear~f Center. Participants 1n the screen1ngday will com plete the questionnaire wzth one-on -one ass1stanCl~ from an akaholism counselor.
.. In addition , we hope to rdlse publac dwarenes!'l of alco hol -related
issues, alert people to the serviCes avdJiablc an our own community
and encourage some changes an behaVIors thdt may be dbruptmg
people's lives."
Na tional Alcohol Screenmg Uay wall be («mdul.'tcd .u 2. ,000 !'llll''
across the country, includmg hospitals, akohol-tredtm~nt (t'ntl·r~
a nd co lleges. Modeled on the \ 'Cry su.:ccssful NauonJI Dcpre~~1on
Screening Day, the program 1s .timed .u he-lpmg people m a non threatening, easily accessible way.
For more information, stop an at RIA on Apnl ~ or contJCI the
institute at 887-2387.

�Cross-country bike trip to be made on beh•lf of persons.wfth d iNibllltles

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cxganiulions
city and county
offoces will pal1lcipie as "'""""'Among them will bo such communityleadm as&amp;Aialo MI)U
Anthony Ma5l,!llo; WIVS-TV news
anchor Carol Joson; t..oNtd
Lenihan, Erie C:O...ty conwnlssion« for ponomel, and Dam!n
Stricld.lnd, exet\J1iYe director of
Friends oflho Night People.
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and sei«Ud based on their am-

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a success i1 the 8tltllo community. A total of 5S Sludenls wil
take port In this year's LEAP.
The day will bogln when students roport 1o their rpentor's of.

lice at 9 a.m., and will c:ondude
with a receplion hosted~'!' Pmldent and
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at 4:30p.m. in the locobs fxKu.

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For further lnformotlon, condirector of
the l.udenhlp o...iopmenl
.Cenlef, at 645-6469.
tact Frank J•.G&lt;Qo,

Psvdlolocw to present

colloquium series

Domestic OOience wilt bo lht
topic oflho flrst ~ In the
Deportment of~
, 2000.01 Colloquium Series.
scheduled for 2 p.m. Ap!il S In
the Kivl, 101 S.ldy Hall, North

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G~ of lho OOpaltment of

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Information.
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ext. 363.

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Student to make (~Journey of Hope"
BY MAllY fiET1t SPINA
Contributing Editor

t&lt;am will t.ak. the southmt rout£,
while Omans' team will foUow the
OPHOMORE Grayson nort.htm route.
Omaru will be one of 70
The ~will meet Aug. 12 in
Ill&lt;lllbers ofPi Kappa Phi fra. the nation'$ capital
)ourneyofHope cyclists aped to
ternity who wiD pedal crosscountry this summer on a 3,900-mile raise more than $280,000 this sum")oumcy of Hope" to fund projects mer to fund projects selected by the
for people with disabilities.
national frat&lt;mity.
The trip is pan of Pi Kappa Phi's
james Slaiman, advisor for the
national service projeq. Push
America. which is committed 10
raising awareness and funds on behalf of people with diJabilities.
Push America also includes a
shorter, 850-mile bicycle trip, "Gear
Up Florida," that will lea~ Miami
May 12 and end in Tallahassee May
26. Omans' frattrnity brothers
.
Nelson Santana, a se nior, and
sophomore Ben Werernblewski plan
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to ride in Gear Up Florida.
A business major &amp;om Cazmovia,
Omans and his Journey of l:fope
teammates each wiD be backed by
$4,000 in pledges from family, ~
friends, local businesses and other =-~
the
7 001
organizations.
,....,_, of Hope bkJde trip.
Pedaling in the Gear Up Florida
ride, Santana, a neuropsychology
major &amp;om Roosevelt Island, and local chapter's Push America activiWeremblewslci,abusinessmajorfrom ties, rode in the journey of Hope
West Seneca. each must raise $1,500. when he was a student at Stat&lt; UniOmans' 71-day road trip wiD be- ~rnty CoD~ at Brockport.
gin june 7 in San Francisco at the
"We stayed away &amp;om big cities,
Golden Gate Bridge, where the cy- ~the back roads on a pre-declists will split into two teams. One tmnined ro!Jkwith sdleduled ovtr·

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nights and rest stops," he aplained.
Residen'tJ in towns along the way
wdoomed the ttam's visit.
"We felt liU champion athldes
and celebrities when people turned
out to meet us, offering us fOOd and
h~itality," he grinned.
More often than not, they also oollected adanaticn for )oumeyofHope.
The cyclists will be accompanied
by fraternity members who luw
first-aid or bi.kr-repair training,
driving vdlidesequipped with food,
medical supplies and bicycle parts.
Each team wiD avm~ge 75 miles
a day, pedaling through more than
IOOcities.
Taking the northern leg of the trip.
Omans'~ wiD lrlMI through such
states as Nevada, Utab, Nebraska,
Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Maryland.
"The trip gives us a chan.ce to
sbow peopk that fraternity members arm't just 'party animals' only
intt:resl&lt;d in Qaving a good time,"
Omarusaid.
"But,"headded, "wewiDbavefun,
meet lots of nice people, face our
own pertoltal Chauenge to oompl&lt;t&lt;
the journey and do somethiog for
somebody else."
The 36-member UB chapter of Pi
Kappa Phi, founded on campus last
semester, almtdy bas shown its oomJu~ment to others by adopting as its
ongoing service project Buffalo

School 84, attended by 10me 170
studmtJ betMm the . . o( 5 and
2 I who hove Jingle or multiple
pbysical diabilities.
Gail ~projectooordina­
tor at the school, said the education·
the students rea:iYe is designed to
equip them to be mainsllamed into

schools in the CDDUDunity,leam job
skills and, in some cases, earn associat&lt; or undergradua~ degrees.
"Our studentJ look forward to
weddyvisits &amp;om their UB friends,"
Koslowski noted
Scheduling regular visits lo the
scbool around their own dasoscbedules and School 84's programs and
activities. the &amp;mmity Ill&lt;lllbers not
only participate in swimming. art
and reading projec\s. but also act as
"big brothers" to the students.
Plans are under way for the fra .
ternity members to build a~
shelter so that students can participat&lt; in outdoor.activities.
"Our oommitment to School 84
links the university, through our
chapter, with the commtmityto provide a needed, ongoing service;
Omaru point«! out.
"Our members already have
learned to&lt;kvdop creative ideas and
become more smsitM to the .-Is
of people with disabilities," he added.
Anyone int&lt;rested in placing a
pledge for the trip may contact
Omaru at 645-4858.

Alumni association announces awards
Ellis, Carey, Marrone among honorees at annwil dinner and awards ceremony
BY MAllY IIET1t SPINA
Contributing Editor

A

retired,smaU-townphysician who has been an
active UB alumnus, an
internationally known

authority on autism and a leader for
change in his native Nigeria are
. amongthe5e\UlindividualswbowiD
be honored at the Alumni
Association's annual awards dinner in
celebration of =dlence onApril20.
The dinner will be held at 6 p.m.
in the Center for Tomorrow on the
Nortb Campus. Tickets are $60 per
person. For for further information
or to make resen;Jtions, caD 8292608 before April 6.
George M. Ellis Jr., M.D. '45, a
generous and devoted alumnus of
the School of Medicine and Bio·
medical Sciences for half a century,
will receive the Samuel P. Capen
Award, the alumni association's
most prestigious prize.
The award is presented for notable and meritorious contributions
to the university and its family.
A retired physician and surgeon,
Ellis provided quality and personalized medical care in a small, semirurallndiana oommunity.
He established the Geoq:e M. Ellis
Jr.M.D. EndowmentFundfi:&gt;rMedicine, and also donated a tare, first
edition of " De conceptu et
generatione hominus"-written by
jaoob Rueff and published in Zurich
in 1554-to mark the UnM:rsity Ubraries' acquisition of its three-millionth wlume.
The Oifford C. Furnas Manorial
Award will be present«! to Van P.
Carey, M.S. '76, PhD. '81, professor
of mechanical engineering at the

UllMmty of California-Berkeley.
The annual award is present«! to
agraduateoftheSchoolofEngineering and Applied Scimces or within

bringing bonor to the university.
lion of diagnosis and treatment of
Internationally known as a leader the oondition. ·
in the field of heat transfer, Carey's
She is professor and dean of the
research bas led to patents that have · Graduat&lt;Sd&gt;ooiofAppliedandProlriiiiiiiiiiiiii======nl impacted
the design of many c.ssional Psychology and director of
heating. &gt;entilation and air- the Douglass Developmental Disoonditioning systems.
abilities Center at Rutsers l.lniY&lt;nity.
The Walter P. Cooke
Ibecbwukwu C. Madubuike,
Award will be present«! to PhD. 73, is a consultant, scholar,
PauiV.Marrone,retiiedvice educatOr and politician who bas
president of Veridian Engi- t:nade iDlportant oontnbutions to
neering-formerly Cornell his na~ N'tgeria and to UB. ~
1n t9n, he returned to Nigeria,
Amlnautical l.ai1oratory.
The Cooke Award is given w"- beoonducted reseaitb, taught
to ~ non-alumnus who bas African literature and authored lr'·
made notabltand meritorious mtlbooks.
oontributions that have inftu.
1Wo yean later, be was elected to
meed the 1111Mrsity's growth the lmo State Congress and apandimprolle!lle!lt,and stimu- pointed his oountry's first post-mill·
·lat&lt;d others lo show an active tary minis)er of education. He later
int=st in and give material was appoint«! lo the National Constitutional Conference and belped ·
support lo UB.
Marrone is recognized for write a new oonstitution and degiving his time and ezpertise &gt;clop Nigeria's first-heath-care plan.
WilliamA. Nies&lt;,LUl. '61,retired
to help gel funding &amp;om the
National Science Fowxlation last year as vice p~t, general
to bring the National Center &lt;X&gt;Unjdand assistant secretary of the
for .Eartbquake Engineering Tunes Mirror Co. and its primary
Research-now known as the operating unit, The LosAngtles Trrms
He is a longtime leader ui various
Multidisciplinary Center for
Earthquake Engineering ~ organizations iD Los Angeles that
promo~&lt; and improve the oommu·
search-to UB.
Four alumni will rea:iYe nity. An a&lt;:tM member o( the I.Distinguished
Alumni School AhunniAssociation,he also is
Awards lOr their career ac- on the =cutM &lt;X&gt;D1Il1ittJ:e of UB's
complisbments; oommunity Generaticn toGeneriltion Gampoign.
Abbe I. Raven, B.A. '74, who
or uni-msiiy servioe, resean:h
beads the History Olannd, is dedior scholarly activity.
Sandra I. Hurls, Ph.D. cated to the idea that cable program'69, is an internationallym:- ming sbould be i.nstructi&gt;e, as wdl
as entertaining.
ognized aport on autism.
She helped launch and became a
Her research, which bas demonthe disciplines of natural sciences and
mathematics in the College of Arts strat&lt;d that autistic children can be vice president ofA &amp;E, the Arts and
Entertainment
Network, and later
and Sciences who bas distinguished aided bycueful tutoring and behavhimselfor bmdfin a field ofscience, ioral amtro~ ha)changed the dim:- its History&lt;lwmd.

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Norman Corah, pioneer in research on dental stress
L Conh, retired UB elm- mount«! video game that patients
tal edUCIIO&lt;and a pion= in reotareh playtodiotraltthemduringtrtattn&lt;nt.
A native of Kenmore, Corah reon patients' dmtalstress.cliec!March
20 in his Amherst home afu:r. y.ar- cm.d undergraduate and graduate
degrees from UB and briefly taught
long battle with CllllCtt. He was 67.
A reoogni2ed authority on mea- in the Department of Psychology afsuring.evaluating and trtating SlreSS ter graduation.
In 1960, he took a job as an assisrelated todmtal care, Gorab was bestknown for ckvdoping the Corah tant prof&lt;ssor in the Department of
Dental Anxiety Scale. Tht question- Psychology at Washington Unr.oenity
nain, used by researcbm anddmtal in St. Louis, beconting chi&lt;f research
practitioners worldwide, is designed psydlologjst in the Division ofOlild
to measure scientifiallythe lcvds of Psychology and a research assistant
anxiety individuals experienc&lt; wh&lt;n -prof&lt;ssor in medical psyt:bology.
fae&lt;d with a trip to the dmtist.
He returned to UB in 1965 as a
Corah and his UB cOlleagues are faculty member in the Department
well-known for developing various of Behavioral Science in the School
anxiety-reduCing techniques.
of Dental Medicine. He remained a
OneoOUsmostiru'loYatiYeandsuc- memberofthedmtal-school faculty
cessful techniques is the chair- until his rrtirement in 1996.

Corah published extensivelY, in
professional journals on subjects
related to dmtistryand psyt:hology.
He was a member of the Arneri ·
can Psychological Association, the
American Association for the Ad·
vancement of Science, the New York
Academy of Sciences and Sigma Xi.
The recipient of numerous grants
from the National Institute for Dental Research, he was a consultant to
study sections at the Nationallnsti·
tutes of Health.
Corah was a past president of the
Buffalo Health Sciences Chapter of
United UnM:rsity Professions.
An expert on American cut glass,
he was archivist and a former mern·
beroftheboardof~nofthe

American Cut Glass Association.

Paul Lohnes, retired professor in education school

P..,. Loh-.a professor in the
II.

Department of Counseling, School
and Educational Psychology for 30
years. died Feb. 16 in Dover, N.H.,
after a brief illness. He was 72.
Lohnes was noted for his many
contributions to statistics and voca-

tional psyt:hology, as well as his interpersonal warmth, intellectual
depth and serue ofhumor. Since his
retirement from UB in 1993, he and
his wife, Kathleen, had tlaVeled extensively and enjoyed their waterfront home on Colony~ N.H.
Born in Lynn, Mass., Lohnes
completed his undergraduate degree at Yale University and doctoral
studies at Harvard He served in the
U.S. Army from 1952-54 and taught
at N&lt;wton High School in Massachusetts from 1954-56.
In addition to his work at UB,
Lohnes was IBM Rtsearqt Associate at MIT from 1960-62, and served
as a professor and director of guid·
ance-studies for Project Talent-the
tint large-scale, national study of

American · (1962},along with descriptions ofthe
youli&gt;--;tt the statistical proe&lt;dures and computed
University of examples from their research. It was
Pittsburgh the first such textbook in that field (
from 196!Hi7.
During the ne:x!15 years, they pubLohnes lished three more books on various
was author or aspects ofeducational m;earcb, buildco-author of ing upon their early start in computer
eight books, applications and dataanaJr.;is. Lohnes
eight mono- joined Cooley at the Univenity of
graphs and more than 50 journal Pittsburgh, where they worked on
articles,andgavenumerousoational Project Talent and produe&lt;d several
presentations. In the yean prior to monographs dealing with the career
his retirement, he had developed in· development of young adults.
novalive proe&lt;dures for the statistiTo facilitate their work together,
cal analysis of causal models in edu- Cooley bought a summer home
next to Lohnes' on Colony Cove.
cation and psyt:hology.
"Since 1956,Paulwasacenttal fea·
Lohnes enjoyed a longtime professional collaboration with William tureof my career," Cooley says. "It was
Cooley of the Uoivenity of Pitts· ·a great collaboration, stimulated by
burgh, who he had met while they a kind of mutual respect that lew acawere graduate" students at Harvard demics .,..,. experitnce. Even in my
The pair created many of the first retirement, he has had a great inftu·
computer programs for multivariate enceonmylife.Myentirefamilyand
analysis, which they published in I will miss him dearly~
their first book, "Multivariate Proce·
Details of a memorial service to
dures for the Behavioral Sciences" he held at UB will he announced.

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p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
~~~~~-h Friday, and 11 a.m.

infonnation, 645-2258.

• Art Exct..nge: Alfrod ond UB Art

Art exhibit opening reception

Wort by students in the Schoot of An
and Design at AJfred Un~rstty will be
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Paul loeb, assoc. scholar, Center for
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The Bulb hk four home runs In
.,. conust. .. many .. they had hit
In their fim 11 pmes of the you.

lis

Mi&lt;.e Aaheny hk tw0 f"OUlCI.

UWen-lndudioc. ~
gnnd sbm to rporlc the UB"s rally.
Aaheny finished witll • career~
,_, RBis. Brandon DiCesare also
homeced lor the Bulls."• du-ee-run
shot down the left.fleld Une In the
eighth to tie the contest at 13-13.
US collected 18 hits ;, the
contest.

Unloru.nu.ely. &lt;hat was the only
win the 8uls c:ould muster as they
dropped "'""' wid a&gt;nteSU to the

n..Monrc Henl to~ the
weekend ........ Marshal tool&lt;.

--...,.on Sao.nloy. I0.2 and

finished-.

22-a. and
13-10
clechb&gt;lns....doy'sf'oWe.
&amp;ic Huber went 8-for- 18 in the
lour-pme series. SCO&lt;ioC four """·
l+.ber b ridirc • I O.pme hitting
streak and leads the Bulb •
.44 1 baalnp•erace.
lon:ed the postpon&lt;m&lt;nt of the scheduled home Of&gt;&lt;"&lt;'
Marth 21 ap1nst N;apr.. No makoup dato has been announced.

Poor_,.,...

~oft~ all
Bulls swept at kent State
US bepn Its ftm Mid-American Confon.nc:e season on Friday. dropplna both

pmes o( a cb..b&amp;ehuder at Kent SQte, I -0 and 4-1 .
In the opener. the Golden Rashes scored the only run of the pme ., the
boa.om of the fim irv1ing and """"' able to hold on lor the victo&lt;y by I~TWtro&amp;
~ Buffs to just two h;a.
In the nl&amp;f&gt;tap. Kom Sou put twO runs across the plato In the third and

fifth lnnlrcs- wl1lle sophornon jennifer M~ drow ;, freslwnan Br-eanne Nun
witll UB&gt; lone run of the pme In the fourd&gt; 1nninC- Moon. was 2-lor-3 witll"'
RBI. while Nutl was 2-foo.2 witll • lith of the season-ond one
,.,., SCOI"'!Cf to ~d the Bulls atadc.. Freshman Heather Robbins Sb'1.Jdc out four
while
the distance on the mound.
The Bulls also d"'''''"'' the series fWWe at Kom Sou. S-3. Sawrday
.ttomoon. .,..,. cMoc up .., early th.-.e-run lead.

core

lennis
MEN "S

Bowline G,...,n 6, UB I
UB 4,Temple l
St. Bo~enture 5, UB 2
UB ended Ia quest lor • perfect season bst weekend witll losses to Bowlon&amp;
G._ and S&lt; llono&lt;onwre. Howe.er. the Bulls pkl&lt;ed up • victo&lt;y apnn
Temple and~ their record tO 11-2.0.1 ;, the MAC.
In the Bulls' first MAC match of the sea.son, the Bowling Green Fakons
swept the singtes mau:hes and cWmed the dout&gt;$es point with two wins, :at
second and third doubles.
_,
Senk&gt;r Bodi Susanto and sophomore Fery K.aslman pul~ out a 9-8 victory
for UB over Vitek Wikt and Peter Gardouyi at first doubles.Wdd defened
Susanto ~2. 7-S at fim ~tngles.. while Ka.siman km. a three--set match to Ntek
Woxley. 4.0. 6-3 . 6-7 bll"'&amp; 12· I0 on the third-set tlebrealcer.
junior captain Justin BnXc and senior 0.... &amp;nihoYkhlell to the falcons"
duo at ~econd doi..Jb'es. ~J. Bn:ko lon in hts thlrd-singtes matchup. 6-3.6-2.
whH• &amp;n;hovichlost at fifth s;,gtes.l&gt;-2. 6-1 . to Micaell..opezAc...do.
The Bulb rebounded witll a win.,.... the Temple Owls. taking fou, of the
six sin~ matChes and one doubles match for the 4-3 victory.
But in their third match of the weekend. the Bulls dropped a S-2 decisk&gt;n to

the Bonnies.

noon to 5 p .m . Saturday.

WOMEN"S

8.1 State 7, UB 0
Bowtina: G reen 7, UB 0
US swi:ed tts spring season with a ~r of MAC losses over the weekend.The
Bulls. who notched 7-0 losses to &amp;II State and Bowling Green. ~re l-8 on the
season and ()..2 in MAC matches.
The weekend roa.d trip started wtth a 7-0 defeat at Ball Scue Universsty in
Muncie. Ind. The Am-doubles duo of sophornon ·Karen Mayiurd and funlor
Shan I An.....,lnghe was defeated. 8-0. by Libby G&lt;n!mg and Met;... Roach. in
s;ngi&lt;S competition. Genl"'&amp; defeated Moynard. 6-3. 6-0. wh;le Roach defeated
Amanslnghe. 6-0. 6-0.
At second doubles. Susie Miller and Shareen Korvong defeated Junior Anne
Schule and freslwnan lisa Woaman. S.l Schul&lt;! also lost oo singles match. 6-0. 6-

0. ro Korv;na.
The Bulls s::rw much of the same ~tnst Bowfing Green on Sunday. At fim
singles. Moynard lost tO Abby Br.aaon. 6-2.6-3. At second singles.Amarasonghe
was deleated.6-0. 6-0. by EribWullewslcl.A&lt; fim: doubles. Maynard and
Amaruinghe suffered an 8-1 km tO Bn.uon and Wasilewski.

~rew
High water cancels invit:ationaJ

llufflllo L"!Jk C............

i&lt;&gt;lvl T. Keams. Dept. of Phllo.ophv. 141
Pilrlc. North C.mpus. ~~
o.m. Fre&lt;.

Photographs recreating Beremce Abbo !'~
"Chadl;ng New Vorl&lt;. 1939"" by New

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749S.

information, 64S-2921 .

Base~ all
Bull• drop l of 4 to Marsh•l

Architects II Englneen P.C.""
A c!&gt;'lage of models, drawing1,
photographs and sketches by the loul
architecture firm \'Yendei-Duch1Cherrr
ArchitKts &amp; Engineer1 P.C. will be on
display through April 1 3 in the Jam~!) G.
Oyett Gallery in Hayes Hall on the South

=~~esDfstlngulshed

Center/DMd Axetrod Lnstitutr, Univ. at
Albony. 201 Naluf&gt;l Scionc&lt;s Complex.
North Con\pus. 3:4S p.m. Fr&lt;O.

Bepaa....

~wrday's ~

"The GrMiuate Show: Rrst-Yur

s-·

Wof'tt by first-year graduate students in

BuckneR lJni¥enity lrMt2uonal was ance~ due to hl&amp;h
w.aten atong the Susquehatvla RNN.The Bulls will attempt to open thesr spring
season in lthaa this Satui'"Cby wflen they take on Ithaca and Marin.

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29

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Evenu In China: )oumallsm or •

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Communication, Unfv. of

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South Campus. 8 a.m1ree.

Library W-shop
How to use US's Utensture
Databases. Tatiana de Ia Tterra.

Mlnnosota. 280 Part&lt;, North
Campus. Noon-! p .m . F,..,,
W. Burl&lt;man, 64S- ~7~ .

Women's Tennis
UB vs. M iami. Ellicott
Comf&gt;'ex, North Campus. 1
p. m . Fr~.

Dedlutlon Ceremony/

Cr-Openlng

and~~ WNID-lY,

UBvs.

1-40 lower T&lt;rT3CO, Buffalo.

12:30 p.m. Free. For more

~~~~~~"'=

Akron.

Susan Marchione, 882-4333.

Soltbol field,
North
Campus. 3 p.m. Fr...

Job F•lr
CareerfesL Alumni Arena,

SoUB Y&gt;. Ohio. Softball field,
North Campus. 3 P·":'· Free.

~~~~~~:r:JPTa·n~i~

Foster Chemistry
ColloqWum

Management For more

informaUon, Judith Applebaum,
64S-2232, ext. 103, or Mike

~~~~ndent
~~::=~ln.

Paolini, 645-3232.

Coio&lt;ado. 20S Natural Sciences

Eliot and The

and Placement and Career
Resource Center, SchOO of

~=...::..ogrum
Glaclohydraulk Supercooling
as a Mechanism In Glacial
Sediment Entrainment,
Matanuska Glacier, A!Hka .
Edward B. Evemon, lehigh
Univ. 218 Natural Sciences
Complex, North Campus.
H()..4:45 p.m. f,...
Sponsored by Maurice Crook
and Orrin Foster endowments.

6~~~ ~~~x~f1~~

IUologk•l Sdences SemlrYr
Sex and the Schlstosomes: An
interest\ng Blological

:;;.t;rk!~o~~~~fro~de,

DepL of Microbiology. 201
Natural Sciences Com!J'ex,
North Campus. 3:45 p .m . Free.
For more information, Guiyun
Yan, 645-2883.
Lifo WoRshop
Become an Artist lnstan!l)'
wfth Oecoupagef Sonia Cinelli,
Student Unions and Activities.
250 Student Unton. North
Campus. 5:30-7 p.m. Free.
Sponsored
Student Union&gt;
and Activities. For more tnformation, Sonia Cinelli, 64S-6125.

by

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Complox, North Campus. ~
p.m. f,... Sponsored by OepL

~=~~er
F-,Peoformanc:o
Uttlo Rod Riding Hood.

Mainstage Theatre, Certter for

~~~~~w,'!,~f'm.

and under. For rnotl!
lnfoonation, 645-ARTS .

Men's Tennls
UB vs: Sail State. Ellicott

Complex, North Campus. 7
p.m. Free.

Uter•ry Lecture
Davk:t Sedarfs. RockWell Hall,
Buffalo State Col~. 8 p.m.

~~~~!':t"bvbfu:tlo

buffalo Uterary Center, WBFO
88.7 FM, and Buffalo Stat&lt;

~~~8~~=- i~r;;;ation,

Reception •nd Concert

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Center for the Arts, North

a~

due

no later th.ln noon on
the Thurulay preceding

f)Oblkatlon. Listings are
of11y accepted through the

e lectron ic submission form
for the online UB Calendar
of Events a t &lt;http://

Campus. 6:30p.m. Reception,
free; concert. S5 &gt;tudents,
faculty, staff and alumni; J 10,
~ I public. Sporuored by
AppliedofSc~~,:;? and
Engineering Alumni Association.
For more informatiOn, Maria
Drozda, 64S-2768, exL 1110.

~-~~~·~15,

~t't~~~/~f·
Music. For more Information,

64S·2921.

www.buff•lo.edu/

calendnr/ logln&gt;. Because
of space limitations. not •II .

evenh In th e lectronic

Friday

30

ulendar-will b e Included
In the

Mkroblology Semln•r
Chronk Fatigue Syndrome: A
Research Update. Ben
Natelson, New Jersey Fatigue
Center, UMDNJ . G26 Farber,

South Campus. Noon. Free. For
more information, John Hay,
B29-2907 .

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AI-: ~

lmmlgronts. and Mllonnlal
Upltillsm In South Alria.

UB vs. Akron (DH). Softball
field, North Campus. Noon.

--

1.., Comoroff, Univ. of

F.-...

Chicllgo. Sc.-..nlng Room,
Conte&lt; for tho Arts, North

nc-...op:-.-

~ Cy'r;..~Offico,

- =~;.2~,
North~ ~:30

Coliego Of Arts and Scionces.
For rT'IOfe information, Reine
Hause&lt;, 645-2711 .

p.m.

Flee. Sponsored by Educational

~~~~- """"

Life WoRshop
Good E.ltlng: lv11ntroductlon

· ~a~~~lte'and
announced at time of
registration. 6:3().9 p.m . Fr...
Sporuored by Student Union&gt;
and ActMties. For rT'IOfe information, Sonia Oneni, 645-6125.

lllblo Stlldy
International Student Bible
3

~~=~
gmpus
7:30p.m . F.-...

Tuesday

1

Union, North Campus. 4 p.m.

~~~~~
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and Activities. For more information, Sonia OneiH, 645-6125 .

Buffalo Film Seminars
Spring 2001 The French Connection.
Marl&lt;et Atade Film &amp; Arts
Centre, 639 Main SL, Buffalo. 7

Student Ensemble Concert
UB Percussion Ensemble. Slee

~~~~:.~~~~redea;~t~

of Musk. For more
information, 645-2921.

WeciMsdays at 4 PlUS

Poetry Rudlng (Pootty

Committee fiNding) . Donold
Revoll. Screening Room, Conter
for tho Arts, North Campu&gt;. ~

~~~~64~10.

C.._berOfthestnl

Kriya Dhorma C~. HSC
Silidont Union, North Campus.

~~~c~"";n..~WN

t~rtZ::a~by

for men information, Sonia
Qnelli, 645-6125.

C"" We TaR&lt;7 Hoalthy
Communlatlonln
RolatlonsNps. Kristin Rose,
curriculum dfiolopmont
coordinator, Planned
Paronthood of Buffalo and Erie
Co. HSE Student Union. 6-a .

~~n~~-

for """" information, Sonia
Oneill, 64S-6125.

=~s.m.~

)olvlson-Cooper 127 Cac&gt;en.

e::~~l2:30
information,~~-~

Coopor, 645-2943, ext. 2~1.

rt~~~~·~~ 15.

Information, 645-2258.

LlhWoRshop

Lllwwy WoRshop

Musk• I
Nine. Dept of Theatre and
Dance. Drama Theatre, Center
for the Arts, North Campus. j!

r~.;.,~~tand

Scholar Services. For more

~4mJ.~~:iioru.

Roseiii'ChSymposlum
Graduate School of Educatkxl
Research Symposium.

LawDtnner
Barri&gt;t&lt;n Ball. H~tt Regency,
Buffalo. 7 p,m.-midnighL for
more information, Mary
Snyder, 836-1796.

~~~~"rtudent

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School al Ma~\AJumni

Lu-Concort
8town Bag Sor!H-Concort VI.
Slee eonc.rt Hal, North
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Dept. of Music. for""""

byinlonnation,

83~9 .

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~~~~andng.

Center; jol1annes Nitsch&lt;, Dept.

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r;,.~:~ ~~stratton required

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Slee Slnfonletta. Stee
Concort Hall. 8 p.m. SI S,
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information, 645· 2921 .

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~~~~,._,_1
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~~~~
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information, 645-ARTS.

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Campus. 3:_.5 p.m. free.

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Tomorrow, North Campus.
7:30-9 a.m. S25. For rT'IOfe information, S0MAA, 64S-3224.

SoftiNIII
UB vs. Ohio (DH). SOftball f'oeld,
North Campus. 1 p.m. Free.

Slee Conceit HaU,

Los Alamos National

Saturday

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Ap~al.

Monday

Wednesday

Women's Tennis
UB vs. Manhall. Ulk:ott
Complox, North Campw. 1
p.m. Free.

Sax

PhyslaSomDynomlo of Thei'JMI
Explosions. laura Smilowitz.

Brukfutfonlm

Nine. Dept of Theatre and
Dance. Drama Theatre, Center
for the Arts, North Campus. 8
p.m . S1 2, general, SS,
students. For more
information, 64S-ARTS.
AmhontSu~

Softball

infOOTiation, 6-45-ARTS.

Getzville. B a.m.-2:30p.m.

Musk..

men

buffalo, B32-5400.
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Nine. Dept of Theatre and
Dance. Drama Theatre, Center
for tho Arts, North Campu&gt;. B

Dean'; Scholarship

spomoo. Listings

tho
Arts, North
Campus. 2
p.m. S12,
general; S5,
students. for
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informatk&gt;n, 64S-3810.

UB group.s are prindpotl

Drama

Applied Tochnologies in
Education, G&lt;adu.lt• Sd»oo ol

Waste Land : The Use Value of
the Obso~scenL Tan Un. &lt;08

off campus events where

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Buffalo ProfO&gt;Sional
Devdopmont and T«hnooogy

Clemens, North Campus.

plact• on campus, or 'for

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Q&amp;A; Lee Dryden addresses Socia/
Sciences Interdisciplinary Programs

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PAG E 6

Sidney Poitier bedazzles UB
audience with stories ofyouth

Lenten
Feast
The St. joseph's Table
presented on Sunday by the
Italian Student Association
proved to be a popular
event. Alexis Nyhuis (left)
offel'3 Phillip Syskrot a
sampling of the traditional
Sicilian repast.

SIS to change name to informatics
School also announces AT&amp;T grant to support,curriculum development
By SUZANNE CH-IIUl.AIN

Reporter Contributor

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HE School of Information Studies (SIS) will
change its name to the
Schoofof Informatics to
better reflect the School's redefined
areas of growth and development.
The name change, effective july I,
better represents"~the modernization
of the field oflibrarianship, as well as
the digilal convagence of all fonns
of information circulation and mediated hunian communicau"on,.. said

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Thomas L Jacobson, associate professor and acting dean of the SIS.
" It signifies better than the
school's current name precisely
what we see as its major areas of

growth and development, which include information-technoldgy research, education and the kind of
workforce development with which
AT&amp;T is helping us," Jacobson said.

AT&amp;T has awarded the SIS a twoyear,$200,000 grant to support curriculum development for a 36credit-hour interdisciplinary
m3ster's degree in information and
communication that will prepare
students to enter the 'infonnation
workforce by mixing theory with
practical experience.
Representatives of AT&amp;T presented a check for the first installment of the grant on Tuesd.JIY to
President Wtlliam R. Greiner and
Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi.
An initial $50,000 planning grant
from AT&amp;T received last year enabled
UB to conduct interviews and focus
groups with businesses and government agencies to identify the information-technology skills needed to
be sua:essful in today's workplace.
This process laid the groundwork for
the current $200,000 grant for the development of an informatics rurricu-

!urn that blends technical rrain ing

products and scrvteb.

"AT&amp;T's generous g~ft wtll cnabk
us to train a new generation of leaders in information technology, whtlc
also enhancing educational techno!·
ogy at the unMrsity," Greiner nott:d.
"CoUegecampusesacross the coun
ter vice president for government try arc becoming increasingly intc~·
markets . .. It's these graduates that disciplinary, breaking down the bar·
make it possible to dc!M!r informa· ricrs between traditional disciplines in
tion-basedservicesliketheautomatcd fruitful ways. This'support will help
calling card services first mtroduced keep VB at the forefront of these de·
vclopmcnts as ~create ex.Liting ncv.:
by AT&amp;T here in Buffalo in 1980."
The grant will help build and r&lt;· prngr-dtns to meet the needs of a mp
6netheschool'sequipmenl and tech· 1dly transfom1mg \\Urld ..
nical infrastruct ure, including colCapaldi pra1sed AT&amp;T for recog·
laboration software for organizing ntZtng the l e.:~d er~ h ip of SIS ··m d ~:
and building the ncwcurriculun1, in· Slgrungd curnsulum where studenti
class presentation of projects and learn not just dbout tc(hnolo~' · hut
high-speed Internet access. Some of about how hu man bem~ mter J~ 1
the funds will be used for tcchnic.!l with the technology ami wah t.'J~h
and administrative suppon , as wcU other in work.tble S)'Sh?m,:·
··we antiL;pa tc thb will lx• d vcr\
as for a speaker series on topic!'&gt; such
as info nnatio n-technology tre n d~. ContlnYed on ~ 4

with communication and strategy

skills education.
"Devcloping a skilled workforce is
critical to the survival of technologydependent companies like AT&amp;T,"
said Greg Douglas. AT&amp;T sales cen-

UB to re~establish office for teaching
Br JENNIFER LEWANDOWSKI

Reporter Assistant Editor

UCH to the delight
of faculty members
who have campaigned for its return, UB will re-establish an office
of teaching effectiveness, which
could be up and running by this fall.
The announcement, delivered by
Provost Elizl!beth D. Capaldi at the
March 13FacultySenatemecting.was
praised by J. Ronald Gentile, SUNY
Distinguished Teaching Professor·in
the Department of Co unseling,
School and Educational Psychology
andchairofthe FacultySenateTcaching and Learning Committee. Gentile had worked with other faculty
members to draft a proposal fora new
office-one the committee suggested
renaming the Center for Teaching
and Leaming-&lt;hat was submitted to

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the provost last November.
" Thecommitteeis~,you

can't be~cve it," he ~many
people are delighted t(,';.., this moving forward."
The office will faU WKier the purview of Kerry S. Grant, vice provost
for academic alfuin and dean o( the
Graduate School The formal name
has not yet been decided, nor has the
location, although Capaldi has mentioned possibly pairing the new office
with the EduC!tional TechnologyCentcr (.ctc.) ina ncarbysiteinCapen HaiL
Capaldi, who was made aware of
the issue by Gentile shortly after her
arrival at UB, had questioned why
the university did not have an office
for teaching effectiveness and en couraged the committee to put forth
a proposal, Gentile said.
"We do have an office to help with
using technology in teaching,..

Capaldi said of the .et(., ·· but not one
that just suppons te-.tching in gen·
eral." The .e(c., which opened m
spring 1999, dSSJSts faculty members
and instructors in integrating technology into research .md mstruction.
"The office (of teaching cffcctiwncs..~) is needed to give assistanLl' to
faculty who would like to improw
their teachmg, and also to help g1vc
gradu ate studcnb a ~s i s t a n cc in
l c-o~ming how to te-.!Ch," she said.
New fo~c ulty, in panicular. Gentile
said, are eager for guidance.
"The new people arc &lt;-TYing out to
talk about tcaching,"hcsaid "We need
to find ways to encoumge this dJa~t's why wcnced (anoflicc )."

The proposal submitted by the
committee will be taken into con·
sidcration as plans solidify for the
office. Grant said, noting that "although all of the fun~ons may not

take place m the onice as propo')(.~.
(those) su ggc~ tcd certainly have an
appropriate place wnhm th~.· general
effort supported by the provo'! .md
vu:c provost for acddcnu~ JftaJr'.
Gr.m t saKi h ~.· plans to m.xt \"Jth
Gentile .md others withm the 1-.h.-uhv
Scn.1 te "to consider what's prnJX"'-oJ
tn hgh t of the rcsourt:cs ava1 lab l c.~
The goa)1!t to hJw the olfice dt·
fined and strut:tured, d.Od tl3 lt.•.Jd~:r
sh1p identified. bc.•fore tht• c:nd of thl·
acadcnuc }'e".tr or o;umnlt' r, l ,ritnll":\
plaull-d. with the gOd! ol h .wm~ till
offia· open fnr hw.mes.:, hv thl" f.JJI
An mtcrnal sea rch b undn wa\ lm ,1
d1rector. who .llso would work. wtt h
a facuJtyadvisorycommtttt'l", he ...uJ.
Gentile sa1d the old ofti~..c . \\hto..h
provided programming .1 1 J rd.t
tively low cost to the uni VC~Ity. WJ~
phased out some five or six years Jgt \
Contlnuf!d on fN9e 6

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lee Dryden is director of Social Sciences
Interdisciplinary Degree Programs.

pnMd&lt; core to lholr oldotty pM·
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pote In a study by a UB gndumwhois~thelocto&lt;s

that ln!luonce such core.
Nrty Hequembourg. • gr&gt;du-

ate student in tl_l&lt; Depallment ol
Sodology. b conduC1Ing • study
that focuses on the factor&gt; that
Influence how adult- dillldethe~olpro­

vidlng core to their &lt;lde1y par.
ents with their siblings and how
Jhe ~experience cliff...
for oons and daughteB.
HequemiJourg would like to
lnt..WW opposlte-- sibling
pairs-a brother and a sisterwho have a po~t who is 70
years of age or older and lMng
outside an lnnitutlonal sotiOlg.
She Is I n - in hearing stories about the help they pnMd&lt;
to their pa~u, such .. omc&gt;tional support. running errands,
filling out forrm, dispensing
medication, housolooepWig,
home repolr or p&lt;epaMg ,.,..Is.
Anyone willing to partldpole
In the study or wishing to obtain more Information may COI&gt;Illel Hequembourg at 645·
241 7, eJCt. 197, or lit .
&lt;alhs.ICJll.buflalo.edu&gt;.

SOMAA to hold forum
The School d Monagemenl

AlumniAs5odationwil.fPOIISO'a
, forum, •C1obaf Opportunities for
• Western New Vorl&lt; 8usine5Jes.•
on Apri 3 In the Centor lor To-

morrow on the North CMnpus.
The forum will begin with a
brealcfast bulfel ~~7: 30a .m .,
foUowod by a panel discussion
from &amp;.9 a.m.
The forum wtlf be mode&lt;·
ated by Geny Mural&lt; of Murok
&amp; Associates.

u.c.

Pinellstswil1 be Marie
Romolf, canadian consul gen.
erolln Buffalo; Holly Sinnot~ executive director of the WOOd
Trade Center Buffalo Niagara;
1o1m M. Thomas, associate dean
for intemational programs ln the
School of MIMgen&gt;en~ and
Patrick Wha~, division rna~
ager for Fuffitlment System International, a division of UPS ruN
Service Brol&lt;erage Inc.
The cost for the event Is $25.
f're.&lt;og-tlon Is r&lt;quired. Fo&lt;
more information about the forum and to register, contact the
School ol Management Alumni

Association at 645-3224.

REPORTER
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conwnunity n&lt;WSpOper
published by tht"'fftee of News
Services in the Division of
University Communications,

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disciplinary Progr...,s7

The Interdisciplinary D&lt;gree J&gt;ro.
grams (IDP) offer 6 undergraduate
majors: human services (with concentrations in social gerontology, .
community mental health and early
childhood), legal studies. environmental studies (BA and BS), international studies, urban and public
policy studies, and cognitive sciences. Each curriculum is organized
around an interdisciplinary topic
and includes courses from three or
more different departments. In hu·
man services and environmental
studies, the curricula include some
rourses taught by part-time fuculty
with expertise in those areas. The
idea was developed in the mid1970s in the Faculty or Social Sciences. Currtcular elements from
CoUege H (health and human services) and Rachel Canon College
(environmental studies) were incorporated into these programs. Our
office administers the majors. tries
10 maintain the continuity of course
offerings, hires part-time faculty,
and advises and keeps track or the
numerous students. WedothisWith
a core staff of four full-time academic and l='rofessional personnel
and two half-time derical staff.
How nuny students do the
progr•m.s serve7

The programs have proven to be
very popular with students. We have
about 600 majors. Five years ago, we
had more than 1,000. I don't know
whether to hope for that again. I
think some students choose our rnajors because they can relate more
easily to an area or study than to a
discipline. We also try to be friendly
and accessible to students when they
need advisement or other forms of

academic help.

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dents design their own major under filculty supervision. They f'ollow
a structured curriculum, which incorporate&amp; significant student
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Aspects or these topics are addressed I came to UB in 1969 to study phiin different ways by different disci- . losophy and received the Ph.D. in
plines. I think some students chdse 19n. I took a job in College H as
our majors because they can relate academic coordinator. One thing
more easily to an arta of interest has led to another, and now I find
than to a discipline. They have a l'l1)'5&lt;lf writing this. Throughout my
dearer idea or what they are going c:a.ree:r in academic administration.
to be getting into. St"'/ents always I have continued to teach. I teach
want to ... practical applications or •Social and Ethical Values in Medi·
what they havo: learned. We try to cine"in the Department orPhilosorespond to that in our internship phy on a rontinuous basis and lruly
programs. In general, we try to be enjoy the rontact with students on
friendly and accessible to students issuc;s in medical ethics. As a result
when they need advisement or other or my imolvement in that oourse, I
forms or academic help.! think that have become involved in the PreProfessional Health Advisory Comhelps attract students.
mittee, which interviews UB stu·
Describe the Internship
dents interested in being admitted
progr..,..
to health professional schools. I n&lt;l)V
One or the significant academic rea- chair that rommitld. l think traintures otour most popular academic ing in philosophy has encouraged a
programs is the opportunity to par- methodical, analytical approach to
ticipate in an internship placement. problems involved in academic ad We have devoted a lot of energy to ministration. Sina the whole curdeveloping a roster or internship riculurn was based on reading and
placements for students in human writing, one develops verbal skills.
services. environmental studies and Philosophy tends to attract p&lt;(&gt;ple
legal studieS. Students taking intern- with a reflective bent, who seek en·
ship courses with us spend ISO gagement with issues that att im-

portant and suscq&gt;tibli to undenJanding within multiple
&amp;ames or reference. 1 think tbe
ability to deal positively. with
ambiguity bas helped me to administer these programs.

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What have you learned from )'OW'
experien&lt;z? My entire career here
basirMllved wodcingclooelywith
part·timers. Their payis YerJ' low
and they often cOme to tbe university after a long day's work in
their own workplace. So whydo
they do i.J!Moot seem to be motivated by a loYe ror their pror...
sion and a strong desire to rommunicate with young people
about the work they do. Theireagemess to do this work giVI5 me
greater appreciation or my own
professional life. Working with
young people as a tead&gt;er and a
mentor is an honor ind a privilege that people who are too dose
to it often fail to appreciate. Communicating )'OW' discipline and
profession to students cballenges
you to cla&amp;y your thinking and
practia. The shared effort to
~mutual understanding is
pmonaDy fu1611ing fur both porties. When you gd too &lt;2!J81!t up
in careerism, bureaucratic politics, rompetition with peers. i.e.,
the abundant disttactions associ·
ated with work at UB, you can
miss what is rtally meaningful
My work with part-time filculty,
aswellasthededicatedpeoplein
IDPwith whom I have been privileged to be associated, kfeps .....
minding me how desirable are
the opportunities for meaningful work with young people that
are available at this kind or
workpla~.

Publication to provide forum for issues in patent law, copyrights, trademarks
By MARY BETti SPINA

Contributing Editor

wuetche,.wtfalo.edu

Editorial olfia:sare

located at 330 Crofts Hal~
Buffalo, (716) 645-2626.

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hours in the field and fulfiJJ a significant research and reporting
project. They get to see ~ topia
addressed in an academic lttting gd
apressed in the world or work in
the Buf&amp;Jo area. There is nothing
like a placement in a &lt;Iapre oenter
to test, refine or rtject tbe bypothesis that you want to work with
young children. I think our internship program bas a strong attraction
ror students who would like to gn
out and work with their bachelor's
degree. It also p!'OY&lt;S att:rac!M to
some of om more vocationally
minded transfer students from
rommunity colleges in the area.

UB students launch new legal journal
hottest new legal
publicat.ion to hit
the market thi s
year could weU be the Buffalo Intel·
lecruaJ Property lAw /oumal, br•in·
child of an enterprising team of stu-

Universlty at Buffalo.

can • student design/his or
her own nNijor th._h these
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legal profession, as weU as anyone
who cre'dtes intellectual property and
its potentially salable spin-off prod·
uctsin the21st-renturymarketplace
Thebi-annualjoumal,debutingin
April, will provide a multidisciplinary
forum roraddressingissues in patent
law, copyrights, trademarks and re·
lated inteUectual-property areas.
It boasts an editorial staff or some
50 UB law students who ha"" undergraduate and graduate degrees in
areas as diverse as archaeology, music and molecular biology.

The 30-member advisory board
of scie ntists, law professors and
practitioners reflects the interdis-

ciplinary traditions or the study or
law at UB.
The format will feature four ar·
tides written by leading academics
and practitioners. and shorter ones

by law students.
Paul Goldstein, a leading author·
ity on intellectual·property law and
Lillick Professor or Law at Stanford
University, wrote the introduction

ror the 3()(}-page inaugural issue.
Goldstein taught at the UB Law
School from 1967-75.
'"Everyone from inventors to authors, architects, designers. scientists, artists, composers and musi-

cians has always sought to legally
protect and secure their ideas from
those who might try to claim them,"
says Dariush Keyhani, the journal's
rounder and editor-in-chief.
lnteUectual-property law is or interest not only to those who teach it

and members or the legal professi6n,
he points ou~ but also to the "little
guy" whose intellectual property,
design or apression could be sto·

expanded rocus ror the legal rommunity and wider, multidisciplinary

len, as well as to universities and

sor and rtcognized intdlectual-

audiences.

Shubha Ghosh, UB law profes-

rorporations that invest in research

property-law scholar, is the journal's

and development to create new sci-

main advisor.

entific brealcthroughs.
"But often it's the 'linle guys' who
have been the most vulnerable, ending up on the short end or the stick
with little or no monetary reward
for their efforts," Keyhani said.
The journal will inform the legal
community and others or evolving
legal issues affecting emerging technologies and the creative arts.
The aplosion or technology and
the expanding scope of intellectualproperty rights ha"" made inteUectual-property law or increasing im·
portance. in the 21st-century
eronomy, he pointed out
The journal promises to be on the
-'forefront or a new generation of
professional publications with an

Keybani said plans already are in
plaa to ensure that the journal will
continue to thrive and grow. "This
publication is not going to be a 'flash
in the
but one that will expand
and flourish; Keybani says.
The journal is accepting articles
for consideration in future issues.
Theann,ualsuhscription rate is$25.
Additional information about the

pan:

Buffalo lnttllectual Property Law

/oumal is available on its Web site at
&lt; -.wlngs.bufflllo.edu/law/

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Support for the f!nt issue is being provided by Hodgson, RIISS
LJ...P., Buf&amp;Jo's oldest and largest
law firm. Additional support is provided by J..ms..Nexis Publishing.

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Study uncovers peculiar
online-bidding behavior
Consumen bkk:llng for ltenu on e.Bay or other online auction
sites exhibit a peculiar shopping behavior that actually hinders their
ability to get a good deal on a desired item, according to a study of
digital consumer behavior by a School of Management r~rcber.
Paul Dholaltia, assistant professor of marketing, analyzed bids

placed for thousands of items in different product categories on
eBay over a three-week period. He found that consumers tended to
gravitate toward items that have one or more existing bids, wh1le
tgnoring comparable or tven superior .. unbid-for" items from the
same product categories.
Dbolakia attributes the phenomenon to a "herd -behaviOr bias,"
which simply means that b1dders often succumb to a form of online
peer pressure when choosing Hems ro bid on. The behaviOr occu rs.
Dholakia explains, because onhne bidders are unable to thoroughly
evaluate an item as they would at an off-line auction or retail env1·
ronmen t; nor are they able to assess the trustworthiness of a seller
face·to-facc .
So, Jacking kry mform.ltlonal cues about c1.n 1tcm. onhne b1ddcrs
are more prone to be mfluen~..ed by the ~hav1or of other bidders:
They perce1ve existmg bids to be cv1dence of an uem'co quality, makmg it worthy of theu own bid. Dholak1a contendc;.
ln doing so, bidders often overlook nem!'l that.lrr es.'K'ntsdlly iden tical to, or more attractive than . the Item thcv b1d on~\·en though
the unbid · fOr Item LOU1d bl' run:h.t.sed at d lower JULliOO pm.e,
.. The studv illmtrJtt•s tht•lmpo rtant role trust pi d)'\ m the d1gllal
. marketplace.'" Uholakia SdY'· ~when !.elle r!l are md1v1dual s wnhout
recogmzahll' affihauon, a product', name hrand . fct~tu rL'' .mJ pnlt. . . . . . . .~ . arc lc~ important, and the -.cUer·~ tru,tworthlllt'"" J., •• murt· 1m
,1
portant consJdcrallon."
Dholakia believes that dutft&gt;reJ dt&gt;"~~gn nt onl mc auctmn sHe\
also contributes to the herd b~h.n tnr " Moo;;t on hn~ ductaons ovtr
whelm bidders wuh hundrL·(h ol Lho Ke:&gt; 10 a relativeh unorg.•
nized setting," he Sd)':&gt;, "o;;o . . o n~umcrs usc existing b1ds d" a LTih.·
rion for screenmg uems .md ndvlgaung an auction site.'"
The results of the study, to be published 10 a forthcommg JS!! Ut'
of Markermg Lc•turs. point out the dafficulty of bu1ldmg brdnd t&gt;q
uity in the dig1tal marketplace, cspcoally for start-up Internet com
panies engaged pnmarily m &lt;.'·commerce selling, says Dholak1a..

PSS to present "The Cyber UB"
" The Cyber UB," d two· part breakfast scncs detailing the .. who,

TV cited as kids' obesity doubles
By LOIS BAKER
Contributing Editor

vision watching, en e rgy intake,
physical activity and obesity.
F there seem to be a lot more
The children received a physical
fat kids around than, say, 20 exam and answered a number of
years ago, it is not an illusion , questions about their IM:s, including
and it should come as no sur- how much and what kinds of food
prise that television-watching ap- th ey ate during the previo us 24
pears largely to blame.
hours, how many hours of television
A study in the current issue of Ar- they watch&lt;d--OOtained during two
chives of Pediatric and Adolescem interviews---&lt;md how many times a
Metiicine, authored by a US epide- week they we.re active enough to
miologist, found that obesityaroong breathe hard or work up a sweal
children between the ages of 8 and
Analysis of data from this cross
16 has more than doubled in one section of the nation's children reV&lt;aled a number of statistics that
generation.
The findings also showed that have important public-health implichildren who watched the most tele- cations, Crespo said. They are:
vision were the fanesr.
• Nearly half of U.S. children be"'f:here needs to be a national tween theagesof8and 16watch more
campaign to increase the opportu- than two bows of television a day.
nities for boys and girls to partici• Sixty-five peroent of black chilpate in lifetime physical activities," dren and 53 percent of Mexicansaid Carlos Crespo, associate profes- · American children watched more
sor of social and preventive medi- than three hours of1V a day, comcine and first author of the study. "At pared to 37 peroent of white chilthe ·same time, we should have a dren. Seventeen percent of black
national beaJth objective oflimitipg children watched for five hours or
children to two hour&gt; or less of tele- more a day.
vision watching a day."
• The prrvalen"' of obesity in Crespo and oolleagues from The creased as houn of1V watching in Johns Hopkins University, the Na- creased.
tional Cancer Institute (NO) and
• The number of calories conthe Centers for D~ Control sumed increased as the number of
(CDC) analyzed data from 4,069 hours of 1V watching increased,
children who took part in the Third and total calories were higher for
National Heallh and Nutrition Ex- boys than girls.
amination ~urvey oonducted by the
• Only a little more than half of
CDC between 1988 and 1994. Their the children engaged in physical acstudy used da!ll from this survey to tivity five or more days a wo:ek.
The results showed a closer assoassess the rtlationsliip between telo-

I

'

dation betWeen television watching
an d obesi ty than between TV
watching and physica l activ it y.
Crespo said, because it was hard for
child ren to recall accurately how
much exercise they took part in.
"If you ask hpw many hotm they
watch 1V, they can do that quickly;•
Crespo said. "Physical activity is harder
to quantify. NevCrthelcss, if they're
watching TV; they aren't exercising."
Crespo said the lack of physical
activity was particularly evident for
girls between 14 and 16 years old,
when less than one-third are active.
For many girls, particularly those
living in marginal neighborhoods,
he noted, the issue is safety. " Kids in
'bad ' neighborhoods, especia ll y
girls, are told to go directly ho~e
from school and stay there," Crespo
said. "Boys have more freedom to
roam the neighborhood and can be
more active. Many kids are home
alone after school and with little else
to do, theywatch 1V and theyeaL"
Results showed that girls wh o
watched five or m ore hours of1V a
day consumed 175 more calories
daily than girls who watched one
hour or less.
Also participating in the study
were Ellen Smit, Ross E. Anderson
and Su san J. Bartle!l of John s
Hopkin s University; Richard P.
Troiano of the NCI, and Caroline A.
Macera of the CDC.
The study was supported in part
by a grant from the National Institute on Aging.

what, where and why of ctistame le-arning" at the university. w1U he:
held from 8:30-11:30 a.m. March 29 and May 2 in the Holiday Inn
Amherst, 1881 Niagara Falls Blvd.
The series wiJl be pre~nted by~ the Profes,lon.il Staff SenatL'.
Leading the workShops will be Thomas Slomka, mstructmnaJ Jl'·
signe r for Millard Fillmore Co Uege. the unn that O\'ersee!'l dl'.tan~o.c ·
lcarnmg efforts at UB.
At th e March 29 meetmg. Slomka will talk about the t\IH &lt;~p
proach to dt!tlance learnmg; discuss the fans and ficuon dbnut dl!l
tan ce learnmg; comment on the future of dtstance -lcarnmg tl'Lh nology, a nd demonstrate l.OUrscs offered on UBiearns, the onlmc
wursc-managemcnt serviCe ihat allows mstructor~ _.~nd ~tudL~nh
to access course materials, work on projet:ts. do rc~earch , t.1h c.·x
ams and participate in group disCUSSIOns.
The second meetmg on May 2 will feature a panel of staff spc.·cialists who will present examples of distance·le.irnmg programo;;,
online resources for staff and professional training available on
campus or through self-paced learning.
Seating fo r the breakfast series is limited. Those mterested 1n p.irticipating must register by Tuesday with the PSS Office, 543 Capen
Hall. The cost of the series is S 13 for each session or S25 for both
sessions and includes a full breakfast buffet. Checks should be made
payable to UBF-Professional Staff Senate.

SOM to offer MIS degree
The School of M • n ~e m ent will offer a master's degree program
in management information system~ (MIS), beginning in the fall.
The 30-credit-hour program is open to qualifi ed students who have
co mpleted an undergraduate degree in business or a related field.
The MIS program is being added in response to the growing need
for qualified managers in the information-technology field, says
Ram Ramesh , professor-of management science and systems in the
School of Management. The program will provide students with a
solid grounding in both hardware- and software-developmen t con ·
cepts, including how th ose concep ts can be applied to e·busincss.
"The systems analyst of the future needs to be able to identify how_
technology can be used to solv&lt; problems and achieve business goal,:
Ramesh says. "This new graduate program will give students the broad
perspective they need to advance in their managerial careers."
Students pursuing the MIS degree aJso may participate m the
school's highly regarded internship program, wh1ch will offer op·
portunitics in a variety of corporate settings.
The application deadline is July I.

�4 Reporiaa Mardi21.20011Vn1.32.1a.24
UB scholars say sabbatical leaves enrich their mearch and teaching .
BRIEFLY
mounts exhibits

On the road with Ludwig and Welch

A photog&lt;iphic rocD&lt;d of tho

By SUE WUETCHER
Rqx&gt;ner Editor

Anderson Galery

&lt;YOr-&lt;hmging " - Yort Cay
londsapo will be on di&gt;play tomom&gt;W through Moy

s In tho

Moin Gallery of U8's Andonon
Gallery,-,_ Plou.
lkJifolo.
The pholngraphs by Manhatton freelance photogropher
and UB alumnus Douglas
l.evore, •Chonging " - Yort,
2001," ~e shots of"Yort lOken """" than 60 years

%:~-e

-In

l.evore ~ts 30.40-inch
black...-.d-white photographs
'side by side with lmoges made
by
1939. He has spent
muc:ll of tho post four yurs re..orchlng. planning and SCOUt·
l n g - phOtognphs. 'Mth

meticulous- to detoil,

.... has duplicatod tho~
lion ond t«hniques, and ...,..

used Abbott's own lorge-fonnat
camera. Each 5hol was taken 1t
tho"'""' time of Yftl' and tho
""""time of day .. Abbott's-

..., to tho point of Wllitlng for
tho hands on on outdoor dodc
to move to the same minute before releasing tho shutter.
The Anderson can.iy obo Is
displaying in its atrium wotlt by
Austrian ortlst Pe~ Boldinger.
The exhibit, "Peter Boldlnger:
Facing Aw.y," wiN be on disploy
through May S. It is tho second
.exhibition of Baldinge(s wot1t In
'tho United State, foa-ing
•Unidentified" in Woshington,
D.C., in 1999.
Since 1998, Boldinger has
worf&lt;ed on a series of portraits
that are an Interim resutt ot his
ongoing lowestigotion of tho
portTOit IS influenced by ,.,...
~01)011)'1'111ly
~lliiM! icon. He~

ond

picts his subjects In • realistic
w.y, using tho stytlstic- of
~uctlon and I rnonoc:hrorne
blue-ond-groy cokntionln trl·
ditionaJ techniques, such IS WI·
t&lt;r&lt;oloron paper ond oaylic on
canvass. In doing so. he gMs
. his wotlt tho charade&lt; of.
documentation, on olmost arch~

val sensibility.
Both exhibitions will open
with a cha~Tlf&gt;09"0 reception for
tho anists from S:l0-8:30 p.m.

tomorrow.

Callety houB IW II a.m. to
S p.m. Monday through Friday
and from noon to S p.m. Sat:ur'

day.

for furt.her information, COf'lolact tho Anderson Gallery at

834-2579.

Flower sale under way
The us Women's Club annual
flower sole ~ under way, with geroniums, illy ~ium$, pansies
ond Impatiens iMIIable for sole.
The proceeds from the sole
will benefit tho Crace Copen
Acaclemic Award Fund.
The deadline for order\ Is
April19; pickup is scheduled
from noon to S p.m. May 16 at
the Center tor Tomorrow on the
North campus.
For additional infonnation,
or to place an order, contact ,
c,ma Goldberg at 87'7-3241.

JOB LISTINGS
UB Job Hstlngs

accessible vlll Web
Job listings for~. re...rt:h, faculty ond civil ..,.
vi&lt;e-both compelitiYe and
non~ an

be occessed via tho Human
sources~ Web

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site at

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proficiencies .._has been remarkably enhanced"
The pair lefi Geneva at tb&lt; end
of N&lt;Mmber to spend four weeks
in Jndia.-.the birthplacr of Hindu·
ism, Buddhism and Sikhismwiler. visits to saaed sites provided
source material for~ couroes they
teach on comparative rdigiens and
World Civilization,~­
We)ch, wor.king under a U.S. Institute for Peace research grant,
pointed out that fow of~ regular
corps of teachers ofWorld Civ at UB
h~ carried out extensi'IO research
on teaching about India,"despite its

ligjon difficult," Ludwig aid
.She mainuined that. tiH! lilm
HE sabbatical lea'IO may tench to~ in his book.
spent in India affunled her • betltt
Ludwig returned to the U.S. in
be one of the most mls·
grasp of how tb&lt; country cleol$peuonally, politica)ly and pubunderstood aspects of July to spend two weeks at Brawn
academe to those outside University, w~wsen.pasafac·
licly-with its own il&amp;ue$ of reli·
thr academic environment.
ulty-development specialist for
gious pluralism.
But far from being the vacation "Boundaries and Borderlands," a
In addition to gathering material
that many cynics believe, sabbaticals seminar sponsored by~ American
and exp&lt;rienca that would ~""""'
useful in his teaching. 'Wdcb cJdyed
can prove to be even more rigor- Association of Colleges and Univer·
ous-and fti.lfilling-for scholars sitics and focused on the issues of
into tb&lt; human-rights olruP of
than life on campus.
the "Dalita,"thesubject of one cbap· teaching American pluralism.
Just ask longtime faculty members
Also in July, Welch spent three
terofhis book. The term now is used
OaudeWelch and Jeannette Ludwig. weeks in Botswana as a visiting facto describe~ group widely known
Welch, SUNY Distinguished Ser- ulty membel: for the African Center
as tb&lt; "Untouchables."
vice Professor iri the Department of for Security Studies' senior leader·
Whik in tb&lt; coutnry, be also lecPolitical Science, and Ludwig, asso- ship seminar.
size, diVttSity and importance in tured at a varitty of vmues, among
ciate professor of French in the De"We oxpect sevttal visitors in ~ global history. I wanted to help fill them sevttal universitits, tb&lt; Rocary
partment ofModem Languages and spring, but thus far it's been qui&lt;t for this lacuna; be said
Cub of Baroda and a national hu·
Litentures, are in .tht midst of a us," Welch wrote before ~ semes·
Ludwig said w found that ~ man'-rights confem&lt;z.
whirlwind sabbatical in Europe and
time spent in Jndia-..&lt;1
"These contacts with scholars and
Asia that would tax a graduate stu- - - - - - - - - - - - - . , . . , . departure from tb&lt;"lin· human-rights activists turned out to
dent half their ages.
guistic·based reading be extremely important in building
and writing that is OCCU· bridges of trust and understanding."
The husband-and-wife team of
scholars says the sabbatical enriches
pying the bulk of the he aid
sabbatical
year"The pair for the time being is
their teaching and =rch. as well
strengthened her lllldeT- based in the Netherlands, where
as their personal development, wbik
providing valuable, uninterrupted §
standing of religious Welch is serving as visiting scbolar
timefor writing.
!&lt;
practice in tb&lt; subcon- at the School of Human lligbts Re·
tinent and will contrib- search at the University of Utrecht.
In a protracted interview con- ~
ute "immeasurably to He also plans to deliver invited lecducted with the Reporter via email ~
from various locations abroad, ~
her teaching.
tures in Germany and Austria.
Wdcb noted there := countless
"First, being present
Welch and Ludwig provided the de-. ~
tails-to-date of their year-long leave, it
and observing peoP.Ie's benefits to faculty members-as
activity at individual loci well as~ uni&gt;ersity-when scbol·
whic~ started early last June in
Geneva, Switurland
sancti that draw pilgrims ars !aU sabbatical leaves.
be even more rtgorout and ...........,or
from all over tb&lt; world
"It is the onlywzyin which I could
Geneva-the locus of much U.N. Kholan than life on campus.
teacbes'tb&lt;faceoffaith.'"
carry out the necessary extensive
human-rights activity-was the
ideal spot for Welch to begin work ter break. "Not that we " - much sbe wrote. "There is no substitute for field research thata book of this sort
on a new book manuscript that ex- space: Our 'duplex' apartment i$n't circuTnambulating ~great 'pool of r.qu.ira,"be Wrote. "It could not be
amines the effectiveness of human- much larger than our living room (in nectar'atAmritsarwithSilchs,cbant· written without direct contact with
rights organizations like Amnesty Snyder) ... The location is great, for ing the Heart Sutra before the NGO leaders, who need to be spoInternational and Anti-Sia'IOT)' In· tb&lt; village of Ferney·Voltaire is COD· Mahabodi monument at Bodhgaya km with 'on tb&lt; spot.'
temational. The book, he noted, is vtnient to the U.N. part of Geneva with Buddhists, or witnessing the
"It is also possible. through a saba foUow-up to one he wrote on hu- and has all~ serviceso""can want daily bathing and cmnation rituals batical, to !aU time for ~ concen·
• trated writing," be said, pointing out
man-rights non-governmental or- within easy walking distance. Noth- at the ghats ofVaranasi.
ganizations (NGOs} in sub-Saharan ing better than fresh croissants in the
"The second and doubdess most that be sets for himself a regime in
Africa while on his last sabbatical in morning! We do need more space, important aspect of!be venture," she which be does not allow himself
1993-94.
however." he continued, "for it's han! oontinued, "was ongoing and spon· hmch until be has fulfilled a quota of
Ludwig worked on developing to have two 'Type X personalities ta.neous conversations with every- written ....ros. "Not that my practice
material for two new courses, read- with major projects to complete con· day practitioners-from uni&gt;ersity is perfect," Welch noted, "for the
ing what Welch called "some of the tending for the same four square feet faculty to shopkeepers and those rhythm of writing a book goes
who pedal rickshaws, to a Brahmin through cycles, when concentrated
most challenging works either of us of desk area.
has seen" and doing groundwork for
"I spend moot days in the librar· priest and head of a temple who was r&lt;Search is esoentl3l, rather than com·
several scholarly papers.
ies of the United Nations or the simultaneously a professor of civil bined research and writing."
And then, there are !be bookstores.
While in Geneva, they flew twice World Council of Churches-that engineering concerned with water
to England-once fora week in Lon· is, when there are no important hu· quality in the Ganges.
Shops in New Delhi, in particular,
"It
was
an
unparalleled
opportudon, during which Welch inter- man-rights meetings I should atprovided a wealth of tomes not )'"tviewed officers and examined reoords tend," he wrote.
nity to talk directly with people about or not easily-evailable in the U.S.,
of Amnesty International and Anti·
"We both read the Geneva news· how they make choices about their especially in the areas or caste,
Slavery International, and once to papers closely, picking up lots of faith, what specific practices they en· women and socio-religious practice.
"We're filling our already bunt·
Oxford, where he gave a seminar, colloquial expressions along tlie way. gage in and how they raise cbild=
consulted mbrcanti-sla~eryarchives Without question, our Linguistic in a world that sometimes makes re- ing suitcases,"Welch joked.
and interviewed persons from
Oxfam, ano!Mr organization he in-

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SIS
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popular program, and that graduates
with these skills wiU have an easy time
finding jobs in many industries."
Jacobson noted that the grant and
the resulting new program "will add
a whole new dimension to the

school, invigorating faculty mem·
bers with a cross-disciplinary ap·
proach while broadening opportu·

ers, share product-development case
studies, and a representative will sit

on the school's advisory coun~il .
The expanded alliance also will provide an opportunity for coUabora·
tive research projects between the
school and AT&amp;T, as well as create a
ready source of highly trained infor·
mation -technology graduates for

nities for sfudcnts."

recruiting purposes.

Targeted enrollment for the first
year is 25 students, with a projected
enroUment of50-75 students at the
end of five years. As an added rom·
ponent, the school will coUaborate
with US's Office of International
Programs to recruit in Asia for the
new master's-degree program.
AT&amp;T will play an active role in
the. informatics curriculum. The

The school plans to have new
courses available at the undergraduate, doctoral and continuing education levels by the fall of 200 I. This
will include active experimentation
with distance-learning opportuni·
ties, with an emphasis on delivering
portions of the hbrary curriculum
to New York State's Southern Tier
and Rochester areas via fiber-optic

company will provide guest lectur·

networks.

Jacobson noted that incorporat· logical manipulation of informa·
ing "informatics" into the school's .tion, including its generation, transnew name is indicative of "what mission, storage, analysis, managemost schools of information stud· ment, visualization, rognition and
ies already do"-impro'IO the ways impact on society,.. he said
And IU recendy established a
society stores, retrieves, analyz.es,
manages, archives and disseminates School of Wonnatics to educate
students,
according to its mission
information.
Moreover, ~informatics is a field statement, "broadly in ~tecbnical,
in which access to information is psychological and social aspects of
facilitated, whether in art, science or information technology and l!elp
the professions," he said. "That is a them to apply this knowledge to
another chosen discipline."
definition of librarianship."
UB is not trying to mimic either
Jacobson pointed out that simi·
lar efforts := under way at other institution's plans, Jacobson said.
institutions, including the Univer· •sut rather, we conclude with them
sityofCalifomiaat lrvine(UO}and that while information technology
enables all fields, its use requireoa
Indiana University (JU}.
ICI is planning a "heavy infusion widely shared set of skills and
.\.f informatics throughout its pro- knowledge that can sensibly be com·
grams"--defined as the "techno· bined iri a School of Informatics."

�Mani l2. 2001Ni. 31. h 24

5

The virtual library
By EUlN CiOUNIAUM
Contributing Editor

new technique ~l­
oped by UBct.mn.ts that
axnbincs X-ray diffraction with laser excitation
has fundamentally alt=d a widely
held assumption about what happens
to certain types of mol&lt;cules when
they .... pumped with laser light
The t&lt;chniqu&lt; is allowing the ~
searchers to determine the structureS
of normally unstable chemkal species and providing new information
on bow certain nitrous-oxide oompounds, which ~a wide range of
bioJogical functions, bin9 to proteins.
Called pbotoc:ryslallo,itoonsists of using a laser to pump, or excite, a rnolcaJiar aystal whil&lt; the Xray diffractomelo-probes its structure.
"Olemistry often is called the science of molecular change," said
Philip Coppens, SUNY Distin guished Professor in the Department of Olemistry in the College
of Arts and Sciences and principal
investigator. "This tedmique allows
us to probe deeply into that science
at the atomiclevel"
The researchers are extending the
technique to molecules that exist for
just millionths or even billionths of
a second-while one molecule is

A

binding to another-using very in-

tense light sources at the National
Synchrotron Light Source at
Brookhaven National Laboratory
and the Advanced Photon Source at
Argonne National Laboratory.
The tedmique has overturned the
assumption, widely held for the past
qua·rter-ccntury. that the new
chemical states of nitrosyl com-

pound&amp;-compounds where nitric
oxide is bound to a metal atomgenerated by illumination with lasu light were electronically excited
Sillies; that is, they involved orie or
mort of the electrons in the atoms
gaining energy while the molecule
remained essentially the same.
The UB work has found that the
light-generated molecules are not
electronically excited states, but linkage isoplers-meaning they have
differtnt atomic arrangements.
" In short, for a ""'1' brief time,
they beoome different molecules,"
said Coppens.
Using pbotocrystallography,
Coppens and his graduate students
have found that very small, common molecules bind to transition
metal atoms, such as iron and nickel,
in previously unknown ways when
the oompounds ar&lt; irradiated with
Jascr light
"That is significant, as such simple
molecules play a crucial role in body
chemistry, in vasodilation, inlubition of platelet aggregation and in
nerve t:ransmission,.. he said
In the blood, for example, nitric
oxide binds to iron atoms, which ar&lt;
the transition metal atoms in hemoglobin, Coppens explained.
"It isnitricnxidein the blood that
rtgUiates bl.ood pressure by activatirig an enzyme that, in tum, catalyzes a reaction, causing blood vessels to constrict or relax," he said.
Coppens is c;oUaborating with
George B. Richter-Addo, a professor in the Department of Olemis-,
try and Biochemistry at the University of Oklahoma, and Kimberly
Bagley, professor of chemistry at

Buffalo State College, on using
photocrystallography to investigate
light-induced processes in nitrousoxide model compounds for pro·
tcins, such as NO hemoglobin.
Coppens noted thatjlhe technique
also is rtlevant to studying light-induced processes in nitrophorins, a
family of proteins that occurs in the
salivary glands of Cimex lectularius
and Rhodnius prolixus, blood-sudingJ&gt;us'&gt; found in Latin America. Bites
liom these bugo. which are painful
but not fatal, cause these proteins to
transporJ nitric oxide to the blood of
victims, resulting in vasodilation and
reduced blood coagulation.
The work of the UB researchers
is rtlevant fora detailed understanding--&lt;11 the atomic levei--&lt;&gt;f a wide
range of processes, including photosynthesis, which occurs in bacteria and plants. ifhese light-induced
changes may hhe potential for the
design of very high-energy storage
devices since the change induced by
lasu light in a crystal can be highl~
localized and may be reversed by illumination with a ditferent type of
light, Coppens said
He will discuss the tedmique at
several upooming conferences, including the British Crystallographic
Association on April 8, a Gordon
Research Co nference in Mt.
Holyoke, Mass., on July 8 and the
international Conference on the
Organic Solid State in Mainz, Germany, in early AugusL
Funding fi&gt;r the work comes from
the National Science Foundation
and the Department of Energy, and
the Petroleum Research Fund of the
American Chemical Society.

Faculty receive Plesur Awards
By SUE WUETCHER
RepotterEditor
OUR faculty members
have received the 200 1
Milton Plesur Excellence in
Teaching Awards from the
undergraduate Student Association
recognizing their teaching excellence and commitment to students.
The awards honor Plesur, a UB
faculty member who died in 1987.
The Student Association renamed
its Excellence in Teaching Awards for
Piesur~ne ofitsfirst recipients-after his death.
Anationallrrtgardedauthorand
scholar of popular culture and the
American presidency, Plesur delightedgenerationsofstudentswith
his entertaining lectures that mixed
erudition with warmth and humor.
RecipientsofthePlesur~are
student-nominated and selected.
This year 's recipients, who were
honored at a certmony and reception held last Friday, are: .
• Grtgory Baker, assistant profes· sor of geology. A UB faculty member since 1999, Baker also serves as
directorofthegeolngydepartment's
Environmental Geophysics Rc search (EGR ) Laboratory, which
applies the principles and theories
of physics and instrumentation to
examinetheuppcr200metersofthc
Earth's subs urface. He tea ches
courses on global environmental
science, geophysics/tectonics and
environmental geophysics.

F

• Kempet l..cwis, assista nt professor of mechanical and aerospace

engineering. A UB faculty member
since 1996, he is director of the DeSign of Open Engmeermg Systems
(DOES) Research Lab in the Depanment of Mechartical and Aerospace Engineering, which promot~
and advances the state-of-the-an m
multidisciplinary design optimization and modern design theory.

• Tamara Plakins Thornton, professor of histo ry. A specialist in

American cultural and inteUcctual
~ory, Thomt.on is the author of
Handwntmg an Amenta. A Cui tural History," which explo res the
many ways m wbj.ch Amen cans histoncally have ~ hand~ung as
both a lesson m confonruty and a
talisman of individuali ty. A UB faculty member since 1~4 , she also
authored Cult1vatmg
Gentlemen: The Meaning of Coun t ry Life
among the Boston Elite,
1785- 1860," a study of
how 18th- and 19th-century industriali.sts devel oped estates to identitr
themselves with EuroPean aristocracy and off·
set an image as exploiters of the environment
Showing off
and wod.;ng classes.
to tight, •re Jennlf.,. Zlrnhelcl; Cirego&lt;y
• Jennifer Zimheld.
S.ker, Kemper lewis •nd T•m•r• Thornton. a lecturer in the Departl..cwis has received a prestigious Na- ment of Elect rical Engineering. A
tiona! Science Foundation Faculty doctoral student in electrical engiEarly Career Development gran I to neering, Zirnheld has taught in the
apply game theory-the same department since 1996. Among the
theory military strategists use-to courses she teaches are "'Eiectrica1
improve the manufacturing design Devices," "Power Electronics Engiprocess. He teac hes upper-leve l neering I" and "Engineering Solucourses in .. Machines and Mecha· rions." She has been the Bergquist
ni sms II ," " Design Process and Doctoral Fellow in Energy Systems
Methods.""DesignofComplex En - since 1998 and before that was the
gineering Systems," "Advanced De· James Clerk Maxwell Primex Docsign Theory" and "O ptimization Ln toral Fellow and the James Clerk
Engineering Design."
Maxwell Olin Doctoral Fellow. \

Over the JNUt decade, BISON has been transformed from the name
for the University Libraries' onljne cataJog to the moniker for the
Libraries' Web site &lt; http://ubllb.buffoolo.eclu&gt;, which includes the
catalog, as well as a wide va riety of information resolH'ces--i ndud ~

ing databases-that have been highlighted in this column. As more
of these databases have added fuU- text journal articles to their offerings, and as more tradiuonallibrary functions. have been added
to the Web site, such as the ability to renew a book, It has been increasingly commo n to refer to BISON as a "virtual library... The use
of the phrase .. virtual library" to describe' a Web site may have been
somewhat premature-and debatable--but it becomes less and less
of a strained metaphor.
For example, BISON now has Its very own eBook collection as a
result of a subscription to netLibrary &lt; http://ubllb.buff•lo.edu/
llbr•rles/e-raoun::es/netJibr•.ry.html&gt; made available to the UB
community through the SUNYCon nect initiative. Net.Library con~
sists of two collections of electronic versions of books: the .. UB LI brary Collection" and the "Publi c Collection."
The "UB Library Collection" consists at present of 800 books, in cludin g scholarly and profess1onal titles on a wide range of subjects,
such as history, philosophy, comp~ter science and women's studies.
The .. Public Collection" cons1sts of close to 4,000 non-copyrighted
eBooks made available through such digitization projects as ProJect
Gutenberg. Yo u must be a current UB student o r staff member to
use the non-public domain (1.e. copyrighted ) " UB Collect1on." Not
only does netlibrary's eBook collectton allow users the opportumty
to pick cho ice quotes for term papers and other research pro1ects
from the comfo rt of one's home or office compwer, tt proVldes BI SON users with the opportunity to search the collectiOn by key·
word or ph rase. Fo r example. the phrase "h.ue cnmc" appears tn
150 eBooks in the "UB Collection" and yo u actuall)' un ptnpotnt
t.he occu rrence of the phrase tn each tndiVJdual cBook.
And, if you need advtcc on your research , need to know how to
use a particu lar informJ tton re~urce, need a qmck fact or other btt
of library- related mformat10n. don 't trudge over to the librarysend an Instant Message mstead. BISON's Instant Message Refer·
encc Service gives you the opportunit y to ask a quesuon from your
computer withoutleavmg your chai r. BISON has offered ematJ reference se rvice for several yea rs, but now through April 30 you can
ask librarians or library-school students questtons m real-ume m
our .. ublib"' chat room. This .. virtual reference desk" 1s powered bv
AOL Instan t message softwa re, but you do n't need an AOL account
to use its services. Just go to th e Instan t Message Web page a.t &lt; http:/
/ ubllb.buff•Io.eclu / llbr•rles/ help/ refch•t.html &gt; and follow the
simple instructio ns. Hours vary, so be certain to check the hours
posted on the "entrance page." But you generally can co unt on us
from 10 a. m. to II p.m. M9nday through Thursday, from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. FridaY. from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and I- ll p.m. Sun ·
day. How's that for making the virtual library real and casr?
For more rnfomltHIOn on nttLibrary tmd!or lnsrant Message re{eremcservrce, contact Gemma DeVinney, UB Lil,ranes Web roordmatvr at
&lt;libweb@acs u.bJlffalo.edu &gt;.
-Gemma DeVInney and Don Hartman. UmvE"nlty l1branf's

DrieD
Actor, alum donates $100,000
to Theatre and Dance
Actor • nd teacher Ste:lg 0 . Olson ha,:, made a $100,000 bequest 10
UB for the Department of Theatre and Dance m the College of Arts
and Sciences so that others might foiJow the1r stage dreams as he d1d.

The 1948 UB graduate

IS

using his gtft to estabhsh the Ste1g 0.

Olson Endowmen t Fund, a scholarship fund for students enro lled
in UB 's theater prog ram.
'' I have loved the theater ever smce I saw Katharme Hepburn on
tour m Buffalo 111 th e m1d - '40s.'" sa1d Olson ... Now I want to sup port o thers who share my passion."
.
The dean of the CoiJege of Arts and &amp;::1cn c~. Jlo ng w1th lhl· cha1r ol
the Department of Theatre and Dance, will award the annwl scholar·
ship to a student in the theater program who mtend~ to pursue a career
in theater arts. The scholarship rC\:1p1ent must have '"demonstrated a
commitment and ability to succeed tn a theatncal profess1on." Prefe,_
encc will be given to candad.nes who can show financial need.
Kerry S. Grant, vice provost for acadcm1c affa1rs. dean uf the
Graduate School and fo rmer dean of the College of Arts and :X:1 ·
enccs, praised Olson, no tmg that '" h1s g1fi 1s wonderful .md we ap preciate hi s co mmitment to support theater stud cnb Jl UR. It\ all
the more meaningful commg from an c~lumnus who ha~ spl·nt h• ~

life 'on the boards.'
"Th e arts often arc overlooked when donors c~ rt.· prov1dmg ,:,lho l
arship funds, and th1 gtft eleva tes the presence of o ur th edter dl·partment by recogntztng that thest' students. too. ncl-d tinan~o..1a l ~ur ­
po rt," Grant adde-d.

�I&lt;:uoos
-a.....~

•nd chair of tho Doportrnont of

Periodonticslnd E-.c1cs,
has_,_bythoNofth.
oostem Sodolyof-.
to ••coiwtho 2001 Hind1llld
Aw"'!l. lledplents ... rocognire! l'oMhelr contrbrtions to
tho ad\r.lncoment of , . . - . .
tology through dental meardl
and oiluation, their contributions to tho porlodontalllt-.

ture and theil.outstanding ser~
vito to tho society. The award
wllll&gt;e presented at the spring
tM&lt;ting of tho 0f"90'1izltion,
which will be held oo Aprll6 In
NeWYorltOty.
MMta 5. - · associate professor ot thoatte and dance, and
founding director of'the lnternatlonal Artistic and Cuttu.al Exchange Program (LACE): recently received the prestigious

2001 travel gront from Theatre
Communications Group and
the International Theatre lflStl..
tute/U.S.. Center. Home wtll use
the grant to uavet to Krakow,
Poiaod, to partkipate in the rv
Wot1d Theatn~ Congress orga·
nized by the International Uni·
verslty Theatre Association, of
which she ~ vice presideoL The
travel grant recognizes U.S. theater professionals who foster
cultural exchange and artlstk
partnerships with their cOOnter·
parts In Russia and Eastern and
Central Europe.
~D. lloyant. assi&gt;tant
~n in tho School of Architec-

ltlre and Planning. was elected
in December to a two-year term

as chair of the Board of Oirect9rs of tho Community FoundaUon for Greater Buffalo.

Debar"" O.L Chung. professor of mechankat and aero..
spacr engineering and Niagaro
Mohawk Chair of Materials Research, has been named a fellow of tho American Corban Sode~. Chung also has outhora:f
a textbook, •Applied Materials
Science: Applications of Eng~

neering Materials In Structutal,
Electronic, Thennal and Other
tndusfries, • which v.411 be published In June by CRC Press. The

book ~rs structural, electronic, !hermit, electrochemical
and other applications of matr&gt;-

rials in a aoss.discip6inary fashton, due to the mutti-functional-

ity of many materia~ and tho
breadth of tndustrialnoods.
The roleol -

11-.

prolessof and chlir of the o.parttnent of Architecture, In
presetvlng AdeM Loos' IIIIo
Muter In l'rllguo- -.nd In
the FebnJory laue of_.,.,.,

mlgiZlne lnd dll!dln I'MYort Jma on )ln. 9.
pment. ~this month en-

He,.

titled •Arching - · ot tho
Sludy Center ot tho

-

Unlvonlty of Mlchlgoo.

Oscar winner's lecture was Joint Distinguished Speaker-King Commemoration

~e

Poitier captivates with life's stories
yoazs. Poi tier lw bem defined by his
cdebrity, but the stories he told his
HEN Sidney Poirier UB audiencr had mo"' to do with
was born prerna- the man behind the scmes.
tu..,ly on Feb. 20,
"Unlike Dr. King, most famow
1927, in a clap- people are not ·known outside the
board howe in Miami, &lt;"m"yone- frame of their cdebrity," he said.
"""'his mother and a stranger--be- "What, then,...,.. they befo"' celeblieved his chanczs for survival were rity happened by?"
slim. Even his own father, who had
A relaxed Poirier, eyes welling up
lost several children previously, with the memory of his youth, rebrought home a shoebox to"""' as visited the journey from childhood
the tiny boy's casket. His mother, to manhood--one influenced
more indignant than despairing, largely by his mother, Evelyn.
found hope for 50 crnts in a last ,.._
"She was instinctual in her nurson---&lt;~ palm ..,,Oer.
turing, her discipline, her molding,"
Poirier, holding captive ao audi- he said. "I was a restkss boy with a
By JEHNIFU U W AHDOWSIU
Rqxxter Assistant Editor

W

ence of nearly 3,000 in Alumni

Arena on March 14, described the
momentafterwhichalong,uncomfonable silence had passed between
his mother and the woman.

"And then aD at once, her eyes flew
openagain,andshesaid:'Don'tworry
about your son. He will survive and
he will not be a sickly child. He will
travcl to most of the comers of the
earth. He will walk with kin!'.'- He will
be rich and famous Your name will
be carried all over the world:"
One could say that despite the ·
odds stacked against him, Poirier- ·
the first African-American male to
win an Oscar-came into this world
o n his own tenns.

Truly stranger than fiction, and
perhaps more outrageow thao anything Poitier experiencrd in the cinematic world of make-believe, is his
life-according to Poirier himself,
whose lect ure· to commemorate
Martin Luther King Jr. was included,
for the first time in its 25-year history at UB, in the Distinguished
Speakers Series. For 51 of his 74

rutless boy," b~ said.

From the mbment he was born,
and including the cxuptional circumstances of that occasion,
Poirier's life lw bem what he said
he can describe ortly as "weird."
PoitJer, the yoWl{!CSt of eight children, nearly drowncd--&lt;aid tonguein-cheek-at his mother's bands
when he.was just a baby. The "metbod
to her madness," be later undentood,
was teaching him to swiJn---to surviYe,essentially--gjwn their proximity to the ocean. And the bdowd actor who starred in the timdess favorites"ARaisinin the Sun,-rosir, W'llh
IDYe,""Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and "Lilies of the
Field"-for which be
won the Oscar for best
actorin 196&gt;---wasjailed
three times; oncr each in
New York City, Florid;t
and the Caribbean. Left
for a later discussion at
which he never arrived,
Poirier 'intimated, how&lt;"m", that details could be
UI1&lt;XM!Ied in his memoir,
"lhe~ofaMan."

But perhaps the most
endearing story told by
Poirier was how he was
acquainted with what
IIUdlence on Marett 14 that he went to
became his livelihood.
Hollywood "on his ~s. "
Havingjwt moved with
fair amouni of imagination and no his family from the semi-primi!M
common sense. But she never gave Cat Island in the Bahamas to Nassou,
up. It was in her nature, her person- Poirier sald he found himself overwhelmed by a host ofllW)ries be had
ality, to work on me.
"The proof is in the living, the les- never known: electricity, running
sons were in the journey, paid for water, cars, radio, ice cream-end the
each day, each hour of those 74 matinee.
years, while the man that I am was
When his new friends invited the
being built from being inside the 11-year-oldto a"matinee,"Poitierad-

mittt!lly was stumped.
"I had no idea what it meant," be
said. "But I wasn't about to show
them my ignorance.'"
His lim picture, a cowboy film,
put Poitier in fits.
"I (had) no idea haw they got aD
those people and those cows in
(that) little buildiog," be said laughingly of his lim imprasion.
Those boyhood )UI1. Poitier said,
served as the fiJundation on which his
life was buih.And while be may"been without a due, be explained, his
mother's rearing~ him to
got a handle on the big pic:twe

..starS are what I saw,• he said
"And lots of them, too. I was in my
teens befo"' I got the big picture.'"
That big picture brought Poirier to
Hollywood for a careti that would
span nearly606hns. Hisacmmplishments in film speak to a consciousness of; and attmtion to, issues ofrace
and social conflict. And in being selectiYeabout the roles in which be was
cast, Poirier raiSed the bar for other
actors who foDowed. Poirier said he
dung not only to his parents' value
system, but also to the bope that one
day he might command the ..,;pect
and exude the dignity of his two biggrestfilminll~izeand

Paul Robeson.
A lack of (lOI'ft within the industry, hOWO'm', did not detract from
Poirier's acting convictions. "I would
say no to anything that was not favorably rdleded on my values," be said.
And like the day he was bo~
Poirier endured.
" I went to 1-\ollywood." he said.
"This might sound, and it isn't, immodest. I had nothing. But I went
to Hollywood on my terms."

EOC plans open house for technology renter
Program provides urban residents, youth with access to latest technology
By MARY BETH SPINA
Contributing Editor

T

HETEOfnologyWORKS
Resource Center, the first
program of i t~ kind to
provide Buffalo urban
residents access to the information
superhighway through a range of
services and programs, will host an
open house from 5-8 p.m . o n
Wednesclay in the Educational Opporturtity Center (EOC), 465 Washington St., Buffitlo.
• Staff members and community
and bwiness partners will demonstrate services and programs via the
related technology and provide information on the facility.
In addition, "'Pruentatives from
Gateway computers arxi Buffillo.com
will sponsor mini-workshops ,..ted
to computer-technology we.
The EOC is the bub of a 1M-site
partnersliip that includes the King

Urban Life Center, the Buffitlo ACCESS Center, the Buffalo Urban
League aod Bethel Head Stan.
The ruource crnter was fuhded
las t yea r thro ugh a three -year,
$850,499 Community Technology
Centers (Cl'C)'grant from the U.S.
Department of Education.
A unique feature of the
TECHnology WORJCS Resource
Center is the combination of elearning and distance-learning technology in the delivery of programs,
coUrses and service;.
The Federal ere Program funds
projects that create and expand locations in distressed urban and rural
areas where children and adults in
low-income communities can gain
access to computers, the Internet and
educational technology.
EOC Director Sheryl D. Weems
is excited about the new program.
She pointed out that UB and its

Office of Public Service and Urban
A.lliUrs is committed to carrying out
its public-service and urban-education missions to further link higher
education's advanced-technology re-sources to impact positively on the
quality of life. fur Bull3lo's lower-income, urban rtSidents via the EOC
and its community partne!ship.
"Over three )UI1." she said, "the
program's bub and four satdlite locations will provide access and tiaining
to bridge the 'digital divide' .fur 300
families, 100 senior citizens, and an
additionallOOadultsand300childmJ
wxler 9-years-old who live in Federal
Enterprise Community Area 2.
" In addition, up to 600 participaots who work and/or reside outside the targot zone, including forprofit ana nonprofit bwinesses and
organi2ations, will be invited to we
the facilities to introducr new skills
and upgrade the skills of the

workforce," Weems added.
In addition to classes, workshops.
activities aJ]Ii seminars that focw on
wing basic computer accrss and literacy to develop specific academic
skills.and acquire vocational training, participants will be able to open
free email accounts and acctSS 'the
computer labs during the hours the
sites are open.
"The TECH WORKS staff, under
the direction .of Anna Poupalas, is
taknted, innovative and very eager
to extend services and programs to
the community; Weems said.
"With its 30-year history, EOC
lw earned the respect and confidencr of the community and is wellpositioned to deliver this very
unique, technological opporturtity
that will assist in bridging the 'digital divide,'" she said.
.
For further information, call
Weerils at 849-6737, ext. 125.

without her personal invitation to

mentoring and sponsoring profes-

do this," he said.
The cornmittf.,'s proposal outlines
a number of suggested functions for
the officr, among them assuming re-sponsibility for student evaluations
of teaching, establishing a ~ faculty-orientation program, providing

sional-development workshops,

Grant said specific funding for the
office bas not Yet bem identified, but
plans are moving forward.
"There's a ready agr=ent that
this is a campw priority," Grant said.
"It simply needs to be acted on as
soon as we can oonstruct it with the
appropriate guidance from faculty.'"

Teaching effectiveness
when the administration suggested
deans should be responsible for
working with faculty on teaching.
The faculty's concern aD along was
finding a forum in which to talk
about teaching, Gentile said, and be's
pleased with the pnM!SI's ""pDnst.
"This would not have happened

cours&lt;s and conferences. 1be committee also recommends methods for
funding the ollioe, including creating an endowment as part of the
lllliversity's capi~ campaign that
CWTently is under~-

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DleMni'

UfAs widely used at leading research institutions
To the Editor:
I would~ to respond to Professor
John Boot's Letter to the Editor in
last we&lt;k's issue of the &amp;porur regarding the uni..mty's policy on
Undergraduate Teaching Assistants
(UTAs). It would appear that Professor Boot's presumptive claim to
be r&lt;garded as the academic conscion~ of the uni..mty, without
duly informing himself of tither
existing policy or practi~ in this
area, has led him to pro&lt;lt= a misleading diatribe against an honorable and effective pedagogical approach.
·Rather than an irrespoMbk aberration,as Professor Boot contends,
UTAs are, in fact, widely utilized in
.leading research universities. Furthermore, his apparent eagerness to
see intrigue where there is none,
coupled with a penchant for overblown rhetoric, gM:s his letter a particularly strident and disrespectful
tone. In the interests of clarity and
fairness , let me set th e record
straighL
First, Professor Boot is mistakm
in seeing "the administration, specifically deans Grant, Stinger and
Eagles," as respollSible for the existing policies governing the utilization ·
of UTAs. The University's Faculty
Senate in 1996 adopted a general
enabling policy covering their use
(selection, tasks, supervision, etc.).
Individual department&amp; can provide
additional, more detailed, setco of
regulations. ln the one case where

the Dean's Office has becoine in-

valved in this area, it was in response
to a request fiom a department seeking to ensure that its policies were

being consistently implemented by
aD members of its faculty.
Secondly, Professor Boofs unfortunate and callous analogies to repressive labor regimes in the Far East
notwithstanding participants in the
undergraduate UTA aperience (either as TAs or students) routinely
emphasize the high quality of the
learning they gain fiom iL As educators at aD lt'Jds know, there is no
greater incentive to genuinely learn
material than to have to tach it, and
our undergraduate TAs benefit fiom
this. Their experience generates
course credit and proviQes an enriching. bigltly respoMble, careerrelevant aperien~. As for students
served by UTAs, a substantial body
of....ardl onpeerleamingernphasizes the effectiveness of teaching in
the more relaud and casual atmosphere created when the social and
psychological distan ce between
teacher and student is diminished.
In its resolution regarding UTAs,
UB's Faculty Senate makes it clear
that this is a case of educational advantage, not exploitation.
Finally, the CoUege of Arts and
Sciences does have a legitimate interest ·in exploring the UTA issue
and is presently doing 'so. Our consideration wiU include looking at the
practices of other schools utilizing

UTAs. We are examining the experiences of CorneD, Brown, Illinois/
Champaign ·Urbana, Arizo n a,
Maryland, Georgia, Oregon, Stony
Brook, UniversityofCalifornia-Berkeley and Rochester, to 9ame just
some of the highly ranked universities that ha"" adopted this practice.
As an institution, we invite our
undergraduates to share, as fuUy as
possible and together with faculty
. and graduate studmts, in the total
uniYersityexperience. Where appropriate, our best undergraduates are
transformed from consumers to
producers of.knowledge through inYOivement in the ....ardJ process.
By the same token, it would seem
misguided to deny our best undergraduates an opportunity to share
in the challenges of disseminating
knowledge.
Apart fiom the ¥~bstance of this
important issue, I 'atnnot let pass
Professor Boofs characterization of
the CAS administration. For him to
insinuate that the Dean's Office is in
some fashion a rat's hole where administrators hide fiom their respon sibilities is both demeaning and insulting to the dedicated and highly
professional people who work there.
Deans and associate deans are faculty members as weU as administrators, and to dismiss their effons in
such derogatory and insulting terms
is reprehensible.
Ch•rles L Stinger
Interim Dean, CAS

Calendar
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UfeWort.shop

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Become an Artlrt Instantly with
Dec.oupage. Sonia Cinem, St~t

Arts, North Campus. Gallery hours are

Unions and Activitits. 250 Student
Union, North Campus. 5:30-7 p.m .

~:~: ::~~::ih

Student Union, North Campus. Noon-1
p.m. Free. Sponsored by Student Untons
and ActMties. For morf: infol'fmtion,

Sonia Cinelli, 645-6125.

Free.

S~

by Student Unions and

Activities. For more informatiOn, Sonia
Clne!U, 6&lt;S-612S.

Thunday

Dean's Scholanhlp Reception
and Concert

29

Schoo4 of EnglnHring and Applied
Sdenc:es. Atrium, C~ter for the AIU,

Or•l Dlagnostk Sclenc:es Seminar

~~~~-s~;~~~-~~~ff

and alumni; S10, general public.
Sporuored by School of Engineering and

Series

~~=~~r~"::ring

~~:rd~~~~~:~t~~ R.

ext. 1110.

information, Maria Drozda, 6-45-2768,

Pathology, Mohony Medkal College.

355 Squire, South Campus. 8 a.m. Fr~ .
Ubrory-.....p
How to use UB's Uterature Databases.
Tatiana de la rtena. 127 Capen, Non:h

~=:~~·~~~!r~~~~ry
~:~.or~1~~~~':~~ f;~~na de la
Core«fUT
Job Fair for AJI M ~on. Alumni Arena,

Amherst S..xophone Quartet
Sax Appeal. Slee
Concert Hall, North
Campus. 8 p.m. S10.
I S. SponSO&lt;ed by
Dept of Music. .• For
more informat ion.
645-2921

MuJkal
Nine. Dept. of

or Mike Paolini, 645-3232.

llleatre and Dance.
Drama Theatre,
Center for the Arts,
North Campus. 8
p.m. S 12, general;
SS, students. for
more information,
64S-ARTS.

Geok.gy PegNm Colloquium
Gladohydraulk Supercooling as a.
Mechanism In Glacial Sedl~nt

Wednesdays at 4
PlUS

=~brusc;;ee~PTa~~;ee. and
Placement in conjunction wi~ Career
C~t~

in the School of
For more infonnation,
Judith Applebaum, 64S-2232, ext. 103.
Resource

Ma~~t.

EntralnmMl, MaUinuslul Glacier,
Alaska. Edward B. E~ Lehigh Unlv.

Lecture-T.S. Eliot

218 Natural Sciences ComP'ex. North

and The Waste Land:
The Use Val~ of the

foster~ts. ForrTIOfe

Obsofe.scent. Tan lin.
438 Oemens, North
Campus. 12:30 p.m .

Campus. 3:30-4 :&lt;45 p.m. Free.
Sponsored by Maurke Crook and Orrin
information, Dept of Ceoklgy, 6456800, ext. 6100.

lllologkol Sdenc.. Semlnor
Sex and the Schlstosomes: An
lntemting Blologlcollnterplay with
ControllmpliatJons. Phil LoVerde,
Dept. of Microbiology. 20 1 Natu&lt;al
Sdences Complex, North Campus. 3:•5
p.m . free. For mc:tl"e infonnation, Guiyun

Yan, 64S-2883.

Free. For more
information, 6-45-3810.

Exhibits
''The Craduate Show: First-Year
Studonb"

~~~=ta~~~~~e~~~~y

~n~=~~?c~~~r~~~
10 a.m . to 5 p.m . Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 8
Friday, and 11

" Art Exchonge: Alfred ond UB Art
Exchonge"
Woric: by ~ts in the School of An
and Design at Atfred University will be
on display In the Center for the Arts
atrium, beginning Sunday and running
thoough April t.

"Wort. by w'Onclei-Duc:hsctte~
Architects II Engineers P.C. "
A collage of models, drawings,
photog&lt;aphs and sketches by the local
architecture firm Wend~Duchscherer
Architects &amp; Engineers P.C. will be on
d isplay th~h April 13 in the Ja~ G
Oyett Gallery 1n Hayes Hall on ~ South
Campus. Callery hours are 9 a.m to S ;
p.m. Mo nday
through Friday
and by
appointment

"Douglos
Levere:

~::.;~,~Photograph~

recreating
Beren~c;e Abbot '~

;~~~)l.N~
NewYoril: C1ty

~~t~~l~us
Oougt.u Levere
will be on d1splay
March23
through May S in
the Main Gallery
otua·~~n

Gallery, Martha
j&lt;Kkson Place,
Buffalo. Gallery

hours are II a.m
toSp.m.
Monday thoough
Friday and noon to S p.m . Saturday.

UB splits f"""'P"' e series
witt. H t. St. Mary
UB spent the - . d .,
Envnltsbu'J, Md., with alour-pme
series ~ Mt. St. Mary. a team
the Buls had bea..., once dum&amp;
the Florida swln&amp; the p........
week. The Bulls and I'Jouna;neen
split the series. with ea&lt;h sq.ad
pkicJn&amp; up two wiN.
UB rei in the opener on
Sawrday. 12.$, but ..ooooded to
toke the ni&amp;J&gt;-.7-1, on T)'ler
Balentine's three-hitter. On Sunday,
tiM! Bulb dropped an 8-7 dedslon.
but raJJfed In the second conteSt to
win, 7-6,., nine Wlninp.
The lkJIIs opened the first""""

aplnst the Mounw-n slowly...
M&lt; St Mary shelled Bulls' swtinc
pitd&gt;et' Jolw1 Sollivan .. the first
~and Joonped out to. 9-2 lead.
5enK&gt;r Je« Roben&gt;on "'lie&lt;od
Sullivan and _,. the rut of the
wq on the hill. The 8ulb closed the
pp to 'I-ll .. the third innW1g. but
could not pt arry closer.
In the second conteSt. It was all
Balentine as h:e scatter-ed just three
hits., aflowinc the lone score on a
~home run wiWie ruildng
out siX to notCh his flm win of the
year. &amp;Ientine got help oflens.Ydy
from Mike Flaherty, who had a pak
ol RBI~ and Bryan Sandie: and
Bnndon orcesare who had n.Jn·
scoring doubles In the pme.
On Sundoy. the Buls i'Jn'4&gt;ed out
to a 7-I lead in the opener as &amp;1C
Hobet-led t h e - - aa&gt;ck"""
threehitsandapairoiRBis. The
~---. m.db-

""" In the """' and SCD&lt;'ed
four more 1n dle se¥en1h to Wee !he
8-7dedJ;on.
ln the weekend's final conteSt. rt

was the Butts who rall1ed.After spotDfl&amp; the
Moun~ a ~I ~d after t'¥ri'O nN1gs. UB budded down. sconna: once 1n
the third on a DiCesare RSI single and three ames in the sOOn when Rob
Golemba scored on a Sandie: sacrifice fly and joe Todaro doubled. pbang twQ
ruu to mab the score ~S after SIX inni'lesThe BoUs knoaed the contest when pinch-h~tter Scoa Gruver smacked hrs
fim homer of the Jeason. 5Mding the game Wlto extra InningS.
In the top of the ninth. the Bulls pushed acrou the """'"'&amp; run w1&gt;en Adnan
Daniels walkocl and tool&lt; second on Golemta's sacrifice. Sov.o then pbtod Daniels
with the pme-wlnne&lt; on a '"'&amp;le to gr.. the Bulls the 7-6 Ylctory.
Huber led the Bolts' hitnn&amp; aaaci&lt;.p.,g 8-fo&lt;--1 S with lour""" scored and
six Rills. Golemta was 6-fo&lt;-- 15. with ......, """ sca&lt;od from his leadoll position.
For the yoar. Huber. who mmed all ol'the 2000 season with an AClinjury, leads
the Buls with • .&gt;HO battio1g- while riclon&amp;. slx-pme hhllng streak
On the mound. Leslie lowered hts ERA to a team-best 1.17 wtth hts
outJng in Sunday's finale . Roberuon le:a.ds the staff wTth 14 strikeouts. whtle
&amp;Ientine. me team leader ln innings pttched-wtth 17. 1.and Anthony PuccLa
each have I 3 strikeouts.

~ohnall
UB takes third place in B u'c.keye Invitational
UB finished in third place at the Ohio State Buckeye lnvttauonal held 1n
Columbus OYer the weekend, led by sophomore jl!noKer Moore and freshman
8reame Nasti. both of whom were named to the AU-Tournament Team
The: Bulls opened the tournament wkh a 6-0 loss to Otuo State, With
Moo~ accounting for UB's onty hit of the pme--i. s•ng'e m the top of the siXth
tnning. Tht Bulls then dropped a 9-7 dec.ision to C~ Sate after Comtng
back to tie the score at7-7 m the sixth iMirl&amp;. Naso led the UB am.ck wtth a
triple and t'¥ri'O RBis. and sophomore Kelty Mabne hit her fim home run of the
season. Senior Kim lawrence had rwo hits and scored three runs In the loss
The Bulls klst their third game of the tournament to IUPUI. 9-0. w1dl
Moore, laura Gilcrist and Usa Cox "each recordtng a 11ng'e
ln their semifinal matchup. the Bolls lost to Ohio State agatn. dus orne by a
9- 1 score. Freshman Allison Round hit a double. and Malone knocked 1n US's
onty run of the game in the top of the second inning to get the Bulls out to a J.
0 lead. The Buckeyes. ho-tYever.countered wtth 16 hits and 10 runs dul"lflg the
remainder of the game to advance to the dwnptOnstup.
Bufblo faced IUPUI in the consolation game and came ~ With a thtrd·
pbce finish in the tournament. thanks to a 13-2 win. Nasa wmed In a 4-for-S
performance with three doubles and a home run, and Hoo~ was J-for--4
Sen10r Scacee Madden wu 2-for-3 from the pbte. and freshman Heather
Robbins earned her second win of the year on the mound

Wmstlin~
US's four wresders were efimmated from compeuuon 1n the second day of
the NCAA Champk&gt;nsh;ps held In Iowa Coty. Iowa. The Bul~ fin~hed With a J.a
~I tournament record and 3.5 ream ~a
Senior gg,~«go~ clrcppped his OJnSObtion mat&lt;h to Marat TotnaeY from
P&lt;nn Sat&lt; by a 7-4 dedJ;on.lOmaev had delmtod Centnl M;ct-;gon's jonl&gt;n
V&gt;iebstor in the first...,.... ol the wrestlebada to a&lt;Mnce.l«goo tnsned 1-.s season
With a 29-6 rocx&gt;rd and ~ his UB ~with a 59-16 career rocx&gt;rd
Junior CRtoe Guarino dropped a I~ decision to the third s~ at 165
pounds.
8ladclord from Arizona Stat&lt;. Guarino finished the season wnh a
21-1 6I'IICOO'd.while his career record now;, 42-JO. He's UB's only NCAA
qualifler W'ho wil return next season.
5enK&gt;r ~jolwl Esd&gt;etWelclerwas eliminat&lt;d from the toumamon&lt;
with • 3- 1 "'""'""" cledslon tD Jab v.n:.lilrom PurtkJe .. the U.rtl round ol
t h e - - Esd&gt;enfelder hoclclelouod Josh ~from Ednboro.
7-3. tD advance to the third round ol t h e - He cornple&lt;.ed the
season wtth a 21 -S remrd. His U8 c:::areer record is Sl-41.

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Thursday, March

22

mation, john Corcoron, BB 11&amp;40 ot &amp;4S-2«4, ext119.

-

Awards Cenntony
c...-te Student Exceli&lt;nc:e
in Tuchlng Awonh

COMflllfter AWIN"efMSS

C ommuter Bruktasl

f~=:~~mpus.

10-11 :30a.m. F... fofi) B
students. Sponsof&lt;d by
Student Unions and Activities.
For more informaUon, Sonia
Cine!~. &amp;45-6125.

ETC Worl&lt;lhop: 01gJQ1

""-1

.

Photoshop Sef«ttons ond
Chonnels (S«tion 1\ Port II).
Don Trainor. 212 Capen, inside
Undetgroduate Ubraly, North /

Umpus. 2~ p.m. free.

~~~~
information, ~s - noo.
~.._
ke Mlklens ond Alpaus:

~=-~~·
f?ept. ol ~~· 21 B

Grogg.

Phyr.ks Colloquium
Insights into Electrial Spin
injeCtion from Spln·LED
Structures. Berend T. Jonker,
Naval Research lab. 216
Natural Sdences CompfeJt,
North Campus. 3:45p.m. Free.
ETC Worl&lt;lhop: - Biadcboard Clink. 212 Capen
Hail, inside Undetgroduate
UbfOry, North Campus. Noon·

U.K":;i=·T~=~eoter.

For more information, 64 57700.

o\nfy ac.cepted through the

e lectronic su b mlulon fo rm
lor t h e online UB Ca le nda r
of Evenh at &lt;htt p :/ I
www.buffa lo .edu/

ca lenda r / login :.. Bec:au se
of ipace limitation s, not illll
events In the c.!lectronlc
calendar will be In clud ed

In the Rt!portrr.

Technology Center.

ol Music. for """"
inf011'1\ation, 645·2921 .

7700.

l 'ICn

~~fr'..~~~3

for
Information, 645-

~~

Worl&lt;lhop
"DNIIng with the
INS: Myths ond
Reolltk!s."EIIen
Dussourd and

Metal tons bl Moleculitr
Recognition: From

~~~

. g:;m~ol~to.

zot Jik

Hove You Ever Thought
About. .. (;od: Are You In My
Future? Newman Center. Suite
209, The Commons, North
Campus. 7:30 p.m. Free.

~soo&lt;d by the Newman

M~~O,~.~~~tion,
Wednescloys at 4 PLUS
Poetry Reading. Robert

~~·

Student and

ScholarS..VU..

Kno&gt;&lt;. North
Campus. 4 p.m.
Free. Sponsof&lt;d by

Prayer MoetJng

Pra.re!" Meeting. University

Chnstian Fet~ip. 317
~tudent Unk&gt;n, North Campus.
7:30p.m. Free. For more
infonnation, Oalene, 459-0231
(pager).

Faculty lledUI
David Fuller, organ. Slee
Concert Hall, NOrth Campus. B
g;~!t. s~,: by Dept:
information, 645-2921 .
Control of Mammalilln
Chromosomal Replkation:

Vanderbilt Univ. G26 farber,
South Campus. Noon. Free. For
more information, Thomas
Melendy, B29-37B9.

LlfeWorl&lt;shop
How to-Prepare for a Heatth

Saturday

23

-

Commuter Aw•renHS

M ovies a~d Subs. Co mmuter
lounge, 240 Student Union,
Nort~ Campus. 11 a .m.-4;30
~ - m . Free for UB students.

~~soc:~~t~~dcSt~':~er
Unton) and Activities. For

more information, Sonia

Cinelli, 645 -61 25.
Semln~~r

Hypoxk Response In Cultured
Cordlomyocytes. Te-Chung
lee, '""'·
Dept of

prof.,
~~~s!~ g~~~~~~.m­

24
Life Wortu:'J

~~·~~~~~~in·

~~~~~~~

~i~iu~i!,~a~~~~

For more informaUon, Sonia
Cinelli, 645-6125 .
Men's Tennis:

UB vs. Bowll~ Green. EJik:ott

;~~~ Nort Campus. 11
law Dinner

OUTl..AWs Annual Dinner
and Celebration of I&gt;Mnlty
In the Legal Community.

g~~4 ~r ~~tr=.e

~~~ ~~~sJf.~·

gy~~2;,r~~~.sl:',:;:
infOfTT\ation, 645·2921 .

Kriyo llharmo Centre. 14SC
Student Union, North Campus.

Wednesday

Tuesday

28

27
CCR Colloquium
-&amp;Uuctural Genomlcs by NMR.

~;,~·~. prof.,

=~~~:S2.ITf:Xm.

free. 5ponsof&lt;d by Center for
Computational Research. For
more information, B~
Sluka, &amp;45-6SOO.

Physics Seminar
Collectlve Exdtotlons in 20

~~=~nMog~k

211"~

Dept of Physio.
Sciences Compiel&lt;, North

Un........, __ _
Campus. 3:4S p.m. F....

Lecture
How We Tallt about the
-Holocaust. Peter Novick, Univ.

t.:;~~·

Campus. 4

p.m. Free.

~~ ,.%~r!r~~:;.

federotion ol )0\Wh
Philanthropies, and Hille of
Buffalo. For ~ infonnation,
Reine Hauser, &amp;4S-2711.

Center. johannes Nitsche, Dept

Buffoolo Logk Symposium

~'~~~p=~- 141

~"t:::a~!..

Llh Worl&lt;lhop

=:.•~C~tho

lnfocmation, 645--7700.

Wednesdays at 4 PLUS

Slee VIsiting Artjst Series
Elmar Oliveira. violin. Slee
Concert Hall, North Campus. 8

For more infocmation, Sonla
Cinelli, &amp;4S-6125.

-.hop:

ETC
IIIIKiobowd
Ex.anu and Pools In
Blackboard. 212 Capen, Inside
Undetgroduate Ubrary, North
Campus. Noon-2 p.m. Free.

Life Worttlhop

~h';ilm=."l.~~~ ~~

logic Colloquium, the Charles

3

~=.~~h ~~mpus.

7:30p.m. free.

Getzville. 6:30-11 p.m. SIS.
For more infonnauon, Dennis
Fish, 564· 2756.

Poetry Performance . lulte
Patton . St~ Bar, 551 Tri-Main
Bldg., Buffalo. B p.m. S3
donation. For more
information, 645-3810.

NutriUon Sciences. For more
infonnation, 829-2941 .

lndMduol- Assessment in

~~Ded.slons:

South CampUs. 6-7 p.m. f ....

infonnation, Jill Hackenberg,
&amp;4S -29~7. ext. 226.

Friday

-

Statktlul

Bible Study
International Student Bible

~:n~~.s.~n~nning,

=~~~k

..,......_..
_..,

=.,otu..

~~:~~~~nT~It~to~:~' ~~
Pn!Yentive~ . 1B2Fillber,

Stoss. 127 Capen,
Undergraduate Ubrary, North
Campus. Noon-1 p.m. Free.

Advisement Center. 14SA
Student Union, North Campus.
Noon. I p.m. free. Sporuor&lt;d
by Student Unions and
Activities. For more Information,
Sonia Cinelli, &amp;4S-612S.

~~

p.m. Free. for more

mformation, ~5 - 3810.

Microbiology Seminar

UB gmups are principal

publication. Lbtlng s are

~Educa~iby

Elmar Oliveira, violin . Siee

Ubrwy Worl&lt;lhop
Gr.ints in the Sdenees. Fred

~=ng"L~~~~

I he Thu rsday preceding

Martorelau

&amp;45-6800, ext 6100.

Natural Sctences Complex.
North Campus. 3:45 p.m. Free.
For more information, Bruce
Nicholson, &amp;4S-33«.

no latt!r than noon.,.

~t:i.=te
=~~~~~hool Campus.
3-4:30

Association. Foi mo..-e tnror.
mation, )&lt;an Grela, &amp;4S-6240.

ScholarSeMces.
For more information, &amp;4S-225B.

~~-~~ello~io1

\fWnson. Ustlngs arc d u e

/Zi£ 2 Ca'f",

L-...-

~=~:::!,!:roteJn.

wh~

Campus. 3-5 p.m. Free.

~.:::?,.~

(S«tton C, Part

~~== ~ost":urke

Connexln
Mutants ln LMng
Cells? Dale Laird, DepL o1

off campu.\ events

~~~·

~~:

20

lllologlaol Sciences SemiiWir
What Can We leam from

place on campu1. or lor

c:f9

'26

NabJroi Sci&lt;nces Compi&lt;x.

endowments. for more
information, Dept ol Geology,

The Reporter publbh~~

fu~~~~~Ebert.

Professor Emeritus, DepL

Monday

~~~:~f-.
l=~~er

=.,rab=~~m.

llsllttg1. for events taking

t=~~of
Philosophy. for """" inlot.

:o;~.~~~ncing.

r,;;::~~li,

=~~~~·~

and Activities. For more infor.
mation, Sonia Gnem, 645~ 125.

Buffalo- Semlnan
Spoing 2001 The ust Pktu"' Show. Maricet
Arcade Film &amp; Arts Con~. 639
Main Sl, Buffalo. 7 p.m . S6.5~
rn7~~~:t;~50, studenu

~~r~~~

c-- -

Crttlcal
Conhnnca

Infectious Diseases in the ICU

(Part 1!). Joseph Mylotte, De6t.
of Medicille. C&gt;2 Satdlerd H'.n,
Buffalo General Hos~l. 9 a.m .

~':i~~~lol

Sciences, Dept. ol Medicine
and Div. o1 Pulmonary Criticar
Care and Sleep Medicine.

Ubrwy Worl&lt;lhop
Researdl Skills. Eric Kofi Acree.
127 Capen, North Campus. 12:30 p.m. f'"'. Spc&gt;nsoi&lt;d by
Undef:graduote Library. for
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more Information, Eric Kofi
Ac.... &amp;4S-2943, ext. 235.

. ~
Worl&lt;lhop: Digital

~~~2

linly, North CampUs. 2-4 p.m.
free. Sponsor&lt;d by Eru&lt;ationai
Technology Center: for.,....
inlonnation, &amp;4S-7700.

Worl&lt;lhop
"WHUng • Resume.• Karen
Nemeth, Career PlafUling and
Placement 14SC Student
Union, North Campus.·4 p.m.
free. Sponsoo&lt;d by
International Student and
Scholar Setvices. For more
information, 645·2258.

Wednescloys at 4 PLUS
Poetry Reading. Tan Un.
Screening Room, Center fa&lt; the
Arts, Norlh Campus. 4 p.m .
Free. For nl()(f: information,
&amp;45-3810.
Life Worl&lt;lhop
Su. Condoms and

Communk..tion. Susan C.
Mancuso, Student Hea~h
Center. 14SE Student Union.

~.~F:-.:~~=7~0

Student UniOns and Activittes.

for """" inlonniotion. Sonia

Oneli, &amp;45-6125.

~·· Opus: Classics .......

A mhent S.Xophone
Quortet- "Sax Appeal"music ~ Wilson, .Carl. Pecic,
S'-man, Stod&lt; ond Wlonte.
WBFO BB.71'M. Allen Recital

:;. ~~~~

WBI'O, 829-6000.

-Study
Student Bible Study. Dalene
Goarino. 210 Student Union,
North ~: 30 p.m. free.
~~1 (pager)tion, Dalene,

c;-·~
c
Siee Cono!rt

HOI. North

=~~~~
infcrmalion, &amp;4S-2921 .
Ubri&lt;J Worl&lt;lhop
SdFJnder Scholi;r:
Envlronmenul Science and
Haurdous Wastes. Fred

Sloss. 127 Capen,
Undetgroduate Ubraly, North
Campus. Noon--1 p.m . Free.

~ng"L~~~

information, Jill HackMberg,
645--29&lt;4 7, ext. 226.

Mass

=:n~~~.
Noon-1 p.m. free. Sponsoo&lt;d

~=~~~~~

infonmation. Becky, 833-6649.
ETC Worl&lt;lhop: Web
Editors
Using MOCIOn1edia
Dreamweaver (Section B,

~~!:.'-~
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Q&amp;A: E1Jm Dus.suurrJ discusses

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international students and sdwlats

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Deputy Assembly Speaker
Arthur 0 . Eve (left) and
Edward C. Sullivan (right),
chair of the Assembly
Higher Education
Committee, listen to a
question at a recent higher
education " teach-in"
sponsored by the New York
Public Interest Research
Group (NYPIRG) .
See story, page 3.

Nursing school in excellent health
Associate dean outlines new programs during meeting ofFaculty Senate
aY ~ UWAHDOWSIU

R.,arter Assistont Edlto&lt;

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HedeanoftheScbool of
Nursing was unable to
att&lt;nd Thesday's Faculty
Senate meeting-as she
was feeling under the weather-but
Mea:a Cranley insisted her proxy,
Associate Dean Karm Radke, let I!V·
eryone in att&lt;ndance know that the
schoo4 at least, is in excellent health.
"Mecca ~ted metosaythat the
School of Nursing is aiM and it is
well," said Radke, professor of physi·
ology, as wdJ as nursing.
Enrollment, she said, is up to 425
in the school,which offers bachelor's
and master's degrees, and a doctor
of nursing scienre degree-a professional doctorate. In addition to its
standard programs. the school has
launched a number o f new pro-

grams in the past year, Radke said

The first group of students is en·
rolled in the school's new postbachelor's catificate program in case
manageroenL Radke said the demandfurindividualseducated in this
~is gn:l.t in the corporate health·
care world lndeperident Health has
approached UB about a contract to
prepare the health maintenance

organization·s rcgistertd nurses in
case managem"'lt, said Radke, not·
ing that talks""' just beginning.
The nursing school also has added
a post-master's advanred certificate
psychiatric mental health program,
as well as an international nwsingeducation program in Tonola, Brit·
ish V~rgin Wands. ,
"We ""' very proud of this pro·
gram," said Radke, noting that 16
registered nurses in Tortola are

working toward their baccalaureate.
The program is a partnership with

the Ministry of Health, as wdJ as the
community college there, she ex·
plained, noting that the students will
be coming to .BuffAlo this summer
to· rompletC' their final clinical ex·
periences. The program, which, she
said, the school hopes to expand,
focuses on upgrading nursing and
patient care on the islands.
The nursing school also has begun
talks to develop a joint doctor3I pro·
gram in nursing at Chulalongkom
University in Thailand
Other developments in the school
include:
• A federal educational trdining
grant for master of scienCC' degree
programs in acute care nurse prac·
titioner work and geriatric nurse
practitionC'r preparation
• Participation in Kids in Health,
a community-service initiative of
the federal training grant, through

which the school serves Native·
American school children
• A community-service project
that teaches health promotion to
students, principals. faculry and staff
at WindennerC' Elementary School
in Amherst and School 82 and the
King Urban Life Centtr Charter
School in BuffAlo
• f\ partnership with the Visiting
Nurse Association and M&amp;T Bank
to provide flu ·vaccination clinic
throughout the Buffalo area
Radke also praised the school's
graduate nurse anesth~ia program,
which is rankEd sixth in the coun·
try by U.S. N""&gt; and World Report.
·' \"'hil e enrollment is up at the
school, Radke pointed out, Buffalo is
suffering an "acute shortage" of
nurses. But despite the shonagewhich usuaUy keeps nurses m th('

UB leads urban education activities
By PAT11KIA DONOVAN

Contributing

T

Ed~or

HE BuffAlo educational
community is talcing a
long. serious look at the

challenges facing urban·
education systems during Urban
Education Month, a major program
of events being hdd through March
31 and coordinated by the Graduate School of Education (GSE) and
its Urban Education Institute.
The month-long project is a re·
suit of a UB collaboration with the
BuffAlo Public Schools, BuffAlo AI·
fiance for Education, Buffalo Coali·
tion for Urban Education, WNED·
TY, Buffalo Teacher Centtr, Educa·
tion Committee of the BuffaJo
Common Council, Project Respect.
Buffalo Board of Education,
Canisius College, The Osbei Foun·
dation, The Coalition of-Arts Providers fur Childml, The Western
New Yo rk Writers Project, the

Mayo r's Communit y Schools
Project and the YWCA Racial )us·
tice Committee.
Major suppon was provided by
US's Urban Educa tion Institute ,
Gail Paradise Kdly Lecture Fund,
the Herb and Anita Foster Lecture
Fund, Department of Educational
Leadership and Policy, and theCriti·
cal and Cultural Studies in lnforma·
tion Technologies Group.
Featured events will include a
conference on racial justice, a public forum on the state of the Buffalo
schools and a series of free public
discussions with major American
experts in urban education, pro·
vocative advocates for fiscal equity
and racial equality in school fund ·
ing. and award-winning authors in
the field of education.
All events will be open to the public, although some.~uire pre-~­
istration. Theywillbefreeo(charge,
except where noted. For the full

schedule of events, visit the Urban
Education Institute's Web sit e at
&lt;www .g se .buff•lo .edu / dc /
urt..ned/euoftfltprojects.html&gt;.

Thomas Frantz, associate profes·
sor and interim dean of the GSE, sal"
the month-long program reflects the
university's commitment to urban
education and, in particular, work·
ing toward the health and well-be·
ing of the Buffalo schools.
"We have dozens of projects, ph&gt;·
grams and research centers at the
university that continually, with the
City of Buffalo schools, its teachers,
st udents and Superintendent
Marion Canedo, work on every·
thing &amp;om researching the effects of
class size to helping schools and
teachers implement education al
technologies, foster creativity and
independent learning and develop
panent leadership." he said
.. B'ft no urban-education initiative, .6'owtver well -intended, can

m

succeed without a broad bd:o.e ol
suppon, the enthusiasm of teachers..
parents and students. and the lead·
ership provided br all of them," he
says. "'\Vc have that now in Buffalo.
and as an institution that edut:.atC)
teachers, administrators and school
counselors, UB has a responsibility
to rema m involved with the com·
munity and its graduates and other
stakeholders in the success of the
city's public-education system.''
Dunng the month,Canis!us Col·
lege will sponsor the "Young Wnt·
ers Festival: Celebrating the Power
of Words,'" the Buffalo Publ1&lt;
Sc hools will sponsor "Ba'k to
School Day" and "Celebranng Su&lt; ·
ress Week," and UB will present •
fihn festival focused on teaclung and
learning for diversity--a maJor assuC' in education today.
The first event, which was March
l , was a presentation by OC'nms

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The Office of International Student
and Scholar Servicessena intanational students, visiting scholars
and international lioculty members
and researchers. Our services fall
into t:b.r« main areas: immigration,
orientation and cultural programming. We help international students and scholars comply with
immigration regulations and re~ the immigration benefits to
which they are entitled. We also file
immigration petitioOJ with the
Immigration &amp; Naturalization Service so that international faculty
members and researchers can work
at UB. We offer extensive orientation programs for inroming international students. During the weeklong programs. students taJce mandatory tests and register for classes;
taJce care of initial needs, such as
opening bank accounts and getting
Social Security cards, and attend
sessions on housing. car buying.
on-ampus employment, health insurance,academic culture, libraries,
computing services and so on. During the semester, we offer two series of workshops. one for students
and the other for faculty and staff.
The worlishops for students include
such topics as "F-1 Employment
Authorization: Curricular and Optional Practical Training; "How to
Buy and Maintain your Car," "Tax
Workshol"i" and "Meet your INS
Officer.• The workshops for faculty
arid staff include such topics as "H 1B V"ISIS: An Information Session;
"Dealing with the INS: Myths and
Realities" and "Hiring Scholars: J-1
or H- IB!" We also offer some extracurricular activities to enrich
students' lives and help them feel
more -at home in our community.
This year, we organized trips to
Niagara Falls, Letchworth State
Park and a Sabres hockey gsme.

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Our office sena 2,868 students, including m undergraduata, I ,852
graduate students and 292,studenu
on Optional Practical n..iningan off-campus work experienoe for
students on F-1 visas that romplements their studies. In addition, we
&amp;eJVe 427 scholan, including 253
visiting scholars and 174 faculty
members and researcben.

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A number of students and international scholars bring their families with them. Our office does the
immigration paperwork for the
accompanying family members
and provides information about

schooling, day care and so on.
Family members also are welrome
to attend any of our workshops

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and ep:racurricular activities.

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India, the People's Republic of
China and Korea are best represented at UB. There currently are
462 Chinese students,.383 Indian
students and 336 Korean students
at UB. Countries best represented
among the visiting scholars and
international faculty and researchers at UB include tm. People's Republic of China ( I 53), India (59),
Korea (32) and Japan (29).

on WoddAlfain..-.«sa way of,__
ing thisn&lt;ed. ~ol&amp;n
a special discounr.d membenbip to
UB intanational studmtL Th.rousb
this program, st~denu can be
ma~Pled with a host &amp;mily.

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Tbe two greatest challenges we
face are the large numbers of studenu and scholars whom we serw
and the dela}'l in processing at the
Immigration &amp; Naturalization
Service. In May 2000, 1,258 students came to \)Ur office for walkin service; the number was I ,.584
in August 2000. This rompels us
to seek efficiencies wherever we
can in providing the information
and services that students need:
INS proces'sing times fluctuate
greatly and can increase dramatically in a short period-l'vo observed procasing times increase
by 400 percent in a two-month
1 period for a particular type of application. These processing dela}'l
affect students, faculty and researchen whooe studies, careers
and continued stay in the U.S. often depend on INS approval

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Conducting a successful orientation program, workshop or cultural activity alwa}'l is immensely

gratifying. However, an une:tpected email message thanking us
for something we did or
complimenting us o~ a program
or activity is equally rewarding.

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The first step to making international students and scholars feel

welcoine is to greet them in a

friendly manner and to treat
them politdy and mpeafully.
Beyond that, I think it's important not to assume that they

have the same information,
ideas or assumptions and to
provide the necessary background information. Making
an efiOrt to expllin ~~ intentions a little more fully aJao can
go a long way in p,...,nting
misundersUndings and miscommunication.

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opportwUly to live ......... for
eisbt yean. I ·spent my junior
year abrood in France, serwd as
a Peace Corps volunteer in
Cameroon, womd in Japan and
was an exdw&gt;ge Iacher in the
former Soviet Union and a
Fulbright l«turerin Maurilania.
While based in those rountries,
I was able to lraYd to Thailand,
Burma, Mali, Senegol and &lt;llad.

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I woulcllike to introduce oar
staff. A3 our international student advisors, Jennifer Cbaz.en
and Eric .Comins provide service to students on F-1 visas.
Rosemary Mecca, our international scholar advisor, supports
students on J-1 visas, as well as
scholar;. Maria Rosciglione,
our immigration specialist,
files immigration petitions so
that UB depUtinmts can hire
foreign faculty and researchers.
Diane Stolarslci, our secretary,
keeps the office running
smO&lt;IIbly. Our graduate assistants-Laura Arcila, Heather
Ligouri, Jeong-Sub Nam and
Paul Yong-prt&gt;vide front-line
assistan;e to students.

Threats by students must be taken seriously
Ewing says shootings might have been prevented if threats were reported

!If MAllY IIETH SPINA

w~pon to school were alarmed
enough to question him further,
going so far as to frisk him before

Contributing Editor

shooting at a suburban
San Diego high school
last week that left two
students dead and 13 injured might have been prevented if
a teen-ager'&amp; threats bad been taken
seriouslY and reported to authorities, a UB forensic psychologist and
law professor says.
Charles P. Ewing, a nationally
known authority, expert witness
and author of"Kids Who Kill," says
the shooter bad told friends of his
plans before be took the weapon to
schoo~ opened fire and began the
bloody rampage.
"Any threat of harm made by a
student should be taken seriously
and reported"? authorities, who are
in a better position to assess the
.threat," emphasizes E!¥ing. a pmftssor of law and adjunct professor of

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plans before
they act and
they most often confide in peers.
"Had this boy's threat been reported
to school or law enforcement officials, this tragedy likely would have
been avorted," Ewing says.

school began.
But he reportedly reassured them
before'class on Monday that he was
only kidding. Finding no """J'JDS,
they erroneously believed that be
was not serious.
"According to reports," Ewing
says. "the student bad been mercilessly teased, taunted and called a
'nerd' because of his slight build."
He sa}'l that students, teachers
and others who are aware nfbully-

Fifteen-year-old Charles Andrew · ing behavior should talce a proactive
role in addresoi.ng the problem at
school and maloe it dear that this is
not only unaa:eptable. but that it
can lead to often-&lt;leadly results.
"T~ and taunting are often
viewed as ll.,aort of teen-18" 'rik of
p&amp;SSOB&lt;'~liDOII8 young
men. But for aome, it an·and does

Williams bas been charged as an
adult with murder, assault with a
deadly weapon and gun possession,
accordingtoanAsoociatedPressdispatch that quoted San Diego district
attorney Paul P1inpt.
Friends who Williams bad oontided in about his plans t&lt;i brio&amp; a

bacldire," Ewing points out.
He says that although this type of
behavior always bas been around,
"the easy IOOOSSibility of guns today
offen som'e bullying victims an
'equalizer; a weapon that allows
them to retaliate.
"And today," Ewing adds, "kids
. seem more liable to exhibit their
hurt and anger through guns.•
In-school programs aimed at
making students aware of more acaptable ways of dealing with rage
associated with bullyiOg. harassing
and merciless taunting are one way
to appmoch the problem
Limitingaa:ess to guns is another.
•you can kill someone with
other lcinds of weapons, but at
least potential victinu--maJJY of
whom are simply in the wrong
place at the wrong tiJDe..-.woulcl
b.ve a better cbanoe of surviving."
!!wing says.

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FSEC tackles indirect eosts

Capaldi urges faculty to try to cover costs in grant proposals
...,0.. to pay (indiiect) &lt;XlOL

Dlislake of believing that money is
"If! don't have the ii8bts on in my -~money for the university.
To clarify: UB's annual research
DDRESSING the a&gt;m- roomwhenldomy(reoean:h),lan't
pla iuue of indirect """"""" the mod; w poinlled ouL 001ts eu::&lt;ed the amount of money
·r-oy
do
.-1
the
ii8bts."
generated
by indirect costs reimODits It the Fdl. 28 FacIndirect root, she said, ultimatdy bursemmL Calculating only .,porulty SeiUite Eucutive
&lt;;:ommitue ~ l'nMlot Eliza- is negotialled with the r.deralp- tion of the unMrsity's entire reJ,.m,
beth D. eap.Jdi htJpod dec up.,..,. emment "because they .-1 .,..,. budget for 200&lt;Hll-that which
miscollCI!I'Iiom obout the behind- kind of w:rification of what you're Capaldi originally biDed to the indi·
~..,..,.. ODits of n:seard&gt;, and put
rect-costs budget and said she excharging (op~); Capaldi said.
UB's tru&lt;--or actual-indirect pected to be covered by the indiroct
to rat anyiearsfaculty.Mnbm IIlii)'
have bad regarding indudinc tbooe cost is calculalled at 78.49 percmt of roots mn...d by US-totaled more
ODits in fUture grant propoools.
diiect oosts, an audited number all than $22 million.
"It is .. .obviously in our odf-in- uniYersities must"cle:monslra2 to the
That nurnberindudodeq&gt;erues of
t&lt;rest .to get whom:r is giving w r.deral punment !luring negotia- the Oflia of the Vta President for
money to pay the fuD indiiect oosts tionsthatdelmninewhatthe fiOdenl Raearch, the UB Business Alliancz,
because tho.e are indeed costs of government actually will pay;
the Center for Computational
doing research," she told senators.
Capaldi explained.
Raeart:h'sbase costs. utilities, lihrar·
Using her own reseazci&gt;......nUB'sneglltiatedratethrougb)tme ies and facilities. The indiroct costs
ducted in a laboratory with ra~ 200 1-what UB actually can "chargl: generated from reseaiCh for the 200().
as an aarnple, Capaldi drew the dis- to~ 54 percmt, and Uil 01 year totaled nearly $19 million.
tinction betwoen what oonstitutes actually rewoers even less than that,
"This isn't to say"" have a prob·
diiect and indiiect roots.
around 23 per=~ from opcies, !ern," Capaldi said. "I{Jwt means
"I have to buy their feed, and I have .,_ of which are not willing to pay that the uni&gt;msity is afready subsito pay for the litter," she said of the the fuD inditect-cost rate, Capaldi dizing fur indiiect oosts because we
don't fully recover therrL"
rats' provisions. which are necasary said.
to oonduct the researdl and thus are
"Often, we get research grants
In terms of calculating what UB's
from oorporations or fouodations real indiiect oosts are, using 78.49
oon.sidend part of the dim:\ costs.
"H&lt;&gt;W&lt;Y&lt;r, when I do my n:seard&gt;, who say, 'I don't care what your indi- percmt (the true indirect-&lt;XIOI rate),
I'm doing it in a building that has rect cost rate is, rm going to pay 15 that estimated dollar amowot for
lights and electricity," &amp;he said. "I p&lt;rcmtor rm going to pay nothing.'" 2001-02 totals nearly $41 million.
have people who rome and clean the said Capaldi. who stress&lt;d that the
So in actuality, Capaldi ap1ained,
ftoor. (There are) other things that primary reason to apply for grant UB is bringing in less than half of
are there, whether I (am) or noL"
monies is to cover the dmd costs.
what the uni&gt;msity's true inditect
1
Thooe indiroct oosts,sheexplainal,
"One thing you .-1 to know is costs of research are.
As reflected by the numbers. UB
often are eclipsed by the more obvi- all grants are good," she said. "We
ous diiect costs. But faculty engaged don'tsay, 'Ob. well, you won't pay our and the state are paying for a good
in grant writing also must be cogni- indiroct costs. we won't take this.'
deal of the inditect costs, which is
zant of the underlying. indiroct costs.
"From the university's point of fme for a research university,
Capaldi
view,
they're
good
because
you've
said. but she added &amp;he'd
she empbasiu&lt;l--imd.in particular,
not be shy about asking funding brought in money to cover your like Jaeulty to be more aggressive
research."
about asking for full inditect costs
sourczs to pay those costs.
"We should always be on the side
The university and state almost al- to help reduce that burden.
"I think we can do better on the
of asking for the costs and getting waysend up suh&lt;idi2ingiodirect oosts
as much of the oosts as we can," she ofreoeard&gt;,Capaldisaid,pointingout indirect roots," she said "I think we can
said. "It's actually fair to ask the that faculty members often make the have that in mind when we 801 grants."

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Multi-year budget endorsed
B)' SUI WUETCHU
Roporttr Edita&lt;

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HE idea of a multi-year
budget for SUNY was
enthusiastically endorsed
by a panel of prominent
leaders in higher education attending a recent "Higher Education
Teach-In" at UB.
Assemblyman Edward c. Sullivan,
chair of the Assembly Higher Education Committee, in l3ct has proposed that aiM-year budget plan be
adopted for SUNY. 'tbe proposal is
part of the Higher Education andReinv&lt;stment Act (HERA), which is in
the proczss of being drafted.
Sullivan was featured on the panel,
along with Arthur 0. Eve, deputy
~bly speaker; SUNY 1h1stee
Pamela Jacobs; President William R
Greiner; &lt;llristopber Holland, student representative to the SUNY
Board of'Ihlstees, and Blair Homer,
legislative director of the New York
State Public Interest Raeart:h Group
(NYPIRG). NYPIRG sponsored the
forum, which was held on March I
in Pistachio's in the Student Union.
With a five-year budget plan,
Sullivan told teach-in participants,
"colleges such as UB would be able
to plan on a five-year basis as to
what money would be ooming in,"
making it .. more sensible for all
ooncerned."
He said that although a current

legislative body cannot tell future
oolleagues what they can do, "we can
make it difficult for them to
chango--«&gt; cut the "lludljOI."Once the
budget is law, it -..uuld be "politically
difficult" for future legislators to reduce the amount because they would
have to pass a law to that effect.
Homer noted the idea of a multiyear budget is not an "urtheard of
approach to pemance," pointing
out that the Legislature several times
has instituted ·multi-year tax cuts.
"Certainly, there's preCrdent for
the type of long-range, economic
planning that you see on the tax-&lt;:Utting side," he said. "Ct!tainly, we think
it IIlllkos sense to do it on the educational-planning side as well"
Gmner praised the proposal, noting that "you would not find a president in the SUNY system who would
not endorse a multi-year budget."
)aoobs wondered about applying
the multi-year approach to tuition
incnases, pointing out that tuition
has not heeD raised in five years.
"How long do we go!" she asked.
Holland noted that the oonven·
tioual wisdom bolds that students
automaticaUywill he "''!"*d to a tu·
ilion in=&amp;se. But when the fee structure is added to the dynamic-fees
are being imposed because tuition is
not being increased-"students are
for the idea that we should be planning for these things within the tu-

ilion structure so that we can knock
some of these fees out," he said. "If
we bad a rational tuition policy where
we -..uuld he allk to raise the tuition
in increments year after year instead
ofhavirig this plateau and then raising it a oouple ofhundred dollars five
years from now, it would seem more
rational and more realistic."
Sullivan said be thinks there will
rome a time when a predictable way
of raising tuition will be entertained.
"But we're not there yet," he said, because fees on top ofJhe cumnt tu·
ilion "presents too high of a p&lt;rcmtage of the cost ofeducating a student
at many campuses."
"I feel that when we get back to the
point where the student's oontribution--tuition and fees.-...1s at a per·
=tage ~ that is oommensurate
with oolleges around the oountry, or
the history of this oollege, or some
other criterion, then it will be the
right time to start raising tuition in a
planned way"-by the oonsumer
price index or some other indicator.
"I agree that we should not have
this in politica! fits and starts. But 1
think that what ""' want to do is
get back to the point where we're
more or less where we should be,"
Sullivan said. "This is a public university. And it is in the interest of
the public thai the univusity be
aca:ssible to people without reftten~ to financial restrictions.•

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Best Book Buys &lt;http:/~.CCHIII/boolu/&gt; was one
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BrieD
Urban Discovery program set
UB will partklp•te In thl1 year's Urban Discovery University Dis-

trict, to be held from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday in Highgate Heights
Elementary School, 600 Highgate Ave., Buffalo.
Urban Discovery, now in its third year, promotes home own ership and neighborhood pridyin the University District.
The UB Jazz Ensemble will kick off the weekend with an instruc·
tiona! performance at 9:45 a.m. Friday in the school.
In addition, representatives of UB's .University Commumt y lnt tiative and Regional Community Policing Center will be on hand
on Sunday to provide information to pro~ctive residents regarding UB's longstanding commitment to, and efforts in, the neighborhoods surrounding its South Campus.
Other participants-including schools, community-based orga·
nizations, and lending institutions-will be available to discuss the
benefits of home ownership in the Uruversity District.
Also during the event, a list will be available of open houses to be
held from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday at properties throughout the district.
UB will showcase two single-family homes that it recently purchased
and rehabilitated. These properties-31 West Northrup Pia~ and
322 Lisbon Ave .~ on the market for $57,900 and $62,900, re·
spectively. Viewings also can be "1"""'ged by calling 829-3099.

Architects to exhibit work
The School of Ardlltecture •nd Planning will host a spring es·
hibit of work by Wendel-Duchscberer Architects &amp; Engineers P.C.
in the )ames G. Dyett Gallery in Hay&lt;:s Hall on the South Campus.

The exhibit, which will run through Aprill3, will open with are·
ception froin 5-7 p.m. Monday outside the gallery, located in 335
Hay&lt;:s. A conversation about the exhibit will begin at 5:30p.m.
A collage of models, drawings, photographs and sketches, the Q. ·
hibit features recent local work, as well as projects el~here in the
ci&gt;untry, said Mike Chadwick, a project architect with the firm and
UB alurnnw. Among the projects to be showcased in the exhibit arc
Fredonia College's new Steele Hall Natatorium and the additions to
Kenmore-West High School's library and gymnasium.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and by
appointmenL To schedule an appointment or for more information about the exhibit or gallery, call829-3485, aL 120.

�C•mpus visit by consutt.nt C~rlstl•n Menn could .be flnt In series of ~i on ......teet
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UB enters dialogue on Peace Bridge

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mgine&lt;r Ouistian
Menn-who in
Fd&gt;ruarywu iWII&lt;d as the design
oonsult:aot for BuffiUo's Poace Bridtle
proj&lt;ct-was 00 ampus .-..::mtly to
shar&lt; with US students and faculty
hiJ pbilosophi&lt;a_on bridg&lt; building
inwhatcould h&lt;tb&lt;h&lt;ginningofan
ongoing dialogu&lt; ~ the academic community and individuols
inYolw:d in tb&lt; Poace Bridgeproj&lt;ct.

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to time, JII8IPt id&lt;as that the visitors hadn't thou&amp;ht of or hadn't
tbougbl of in quite the same way':
Menn, pcrbops best known for
hiJ concrd&lt;, cable-112yed bridg&lt;
d&lt;sign, was emphatic in pointins
out that "engineering iJ not only
science,andarchit.ctur&lt;iJnotonly
an"-something that r&lt;aonatea
&lt;keply with US faculty.
"H&lt; u not just som&lt;one who
thinks ahouthridp, DOl justaomeone who designs them, but aomeon&lt;whobuildstban,"Jacksoosaid.
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mgin&lt;a:ingandarcbitecturalskills,"
noiOd Rdnhom,adding thatMam's
oft-reptatedwordsscnoeasa"wak&lt;up caD" to tb&lt; two diociplines.
"Pernaps it is time 10 corr.at our
busy and crowded (acado:mic) pn&gt;grams to include aom&lt; of tb&lt; approaches that makr 'great mgjneas'
and'greatan::bil&lt;cts;DOI)Istmgin«ls
or archiu:cu,"h&lt; said.
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of tb&lt; Department of Arc:hit&lt;ctur&lt;,
saidMcnn'svisitSf?"aks10tb&lt;uniYer-

ingandbeingaddr&lt;Ssedbythes&lt;exp&lt;rts," said Vmccnt "Jak&lt;" Lamb,
project manager of tho binational
BridtleOOiliJIMrS)'.Mam's
in!q!ratedmvirolliD&lt;Jltalrevitwh&lt;approach to tho Bo5ton
ing conducted by the Buf&amp;Jo and
bridtleproject-wbiduufFon Eri&lt; Public Bridg&lt; Authority.
imlframwhath&lt;reiem:d
"'uistian Menn iJ .tb&lt; start of it."
to as"mmplicated bound,
Menn was invit&lt;d to join tho
ary conditions"-was
P&lt;ace Bridge team by Liunb, who
homeoftb&lt;sarnecoosidranks him among tb&lt; best available
&lt;rlllion as hiJ &lt;arlier wade
talmt in tb&lt; world. Lamb said tb&lt;
that is, structure b&lt;fore
pr&lt;rni&lt;r bridge builder recogniud
style.
Buf&amp;Jo's struggk toward a solution ~
"The real art of bridge
asa "gratchalknge"andagre&lt;dto
design is to have at tho
participa~. With Menn on hoard,
sam&lt; tim&lt; &lt;mnomy and
Lamb said h&lt; want&lt;d to share him ~
a&lt;sth&lt;tics," h&lt; remark&lt;d,
with th&lt; academic world--ilota far f!
noting that sty!&lt; usually is
str&lt;tch for Menn, who is a prof&lt;ssor 2
a result of Slructuie.
at tho Uni&gt;ersity of Zurich.
It
Andrei R&lt;inhom, proEnt&lt;r B= )ackson, SUNY DiJ- ·
ftssor of civil, structunl
tinguish&lt;d Prof&lt;ssor and Samuel P.
and mviroomental mgiCap&lt;n Prof&lt;ssor of American Cuin«ring.saidMcnn'sreputation of b&lt;ing at tho
tURin th&lt; Department &lt;&gt;f English,
who hu h&lt;m covering th&lt; bridge
"lti&lt;U them h&lt;ar about past and . "high&lt;St «&lt;g&lt; of tho prof&lt;SSion"
GOntroversy in tho weekly publica- cum:nt work from, and uk ques- bod&lt;s well for tho&amp;e at US and in sityasanotural...,utb-~
tion Amoia since it h&lt;gan. Lamb, lions of, som&lt; of tb&lt; world's major tb&lt; community who aspiie to those
•us annol daim 10 h&lt; a worldfamiliar with Jackson in thiJ capac- civil &lt;ngin«rs,public-works ucbi- standards.
dassinstitutiolllmlaoitisCilfiD&lt;Ctal
"Such an &lt;ngineer for whom the towod&lt;klassideasandpractices,"h&lt;
ity,spok&lt;toth&lt; UB proftssorahout t&lt;ctsandmvironmental analystsbringing M&lt;nn to campus.
all of whom will b&lt; mgag&lt;d in tho &lt;ngine&lt;ring solution brinp also an said

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workforu and out of school-US's
master 's~program enrollment has
increased, and its undergradua~ m rollment is solid, R.o&lt;lk&lt; said. UB, sh&lt;
said, iJ doing its pan to assist with
tho workfqrce shortag&lt;. Kaleida
Health System alon&lt; has 250 nwsing pooitiom vacan~sh&lt; said, and UB
is in the process of helping to shrink
that shonage by collaborating with
Kal&lt;ida on a
clinical c:xp&lt;rimce for graduating seniors that
h&lt;nefits both parties im&lt;&gt;Md
Graduating S&lt;itiors who practice
with Kaloida could b&lt;come longterm &lt;mployees with tho organization, and thas&lt; students who rommit to mroll in US's gradua~ pro-

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gram will receive a tuition scholarship and stip&lt;nd. Kaleida and UB
also are working out a junior summ&lt;r clinical ~ce that will""'
20 US studmts Working at Kaleida
thiJ SUilliJl&lt;r, Radko added.
In oth&lt;r busin.,.. at th&lt; Faculty
Sma~ meeting, Provost Elizabeth D.
Capaldi updated m&lt;mh&lt;n on th&lt;
starch that is Ullder way for a n&lt;w
dean for tho Colkg&lt; ofArts and Sci&lt;nces, a position vacat&lt;d by Kerry
S. Grant afttr h&lt; w... nam&lt;d "vice
provost of academic afl3irs and dean
of tho Gradual&lt; School.
"It's obviously a vay import2nt
starch; it's a vay larg&lt; colleg&lt;, so 1·
think all of you should do your best

to try and help us 6nd som&lt;body T&lt;aching and L&lt;aming Committee
good," sht said. Olarks L Stinger, bad push&lt;d for in ra::a&gt;t months.
senior associa~ dean in CAS and
'We're extremdy happy that thiJ
professor of history, iJserving as in-../ iJgoingtn""""ahead." ~~ Rooald
terim dean. Th&lt; g~ noting Gartik,SUNY DistiJ18uished T&lt;achit's possible it will not h&lt; m&lt;t-is to ing Professor in the Department of
.,_ thiJ and otb&lt;r opc:n d&lt;an posts Counsding.School and Educational
· fill&lt;d by tho fall, sh&lt; said.
· Psychology and chair of the T&lt;achUS also u sffiring to fill dan ingandL&lt;amingConunitte&lt;.
posts in tho schools of Health R&lt;Also at tho mooting, senators
lat&lt;d Professions, Dental Medicin&lt;, adopted a resolution tn &lt;Stablish an
Ardlit&lt;cture and Pian11ing. Educa- Acad&lt;mic S..:Ond Chance Policy,
lion and Information Studies.
lint put forward on Feb. 6 by tb&lt;
Capaldi said that in hiJ ntwposi- FacultySma~GradingCommittee,
lion, Grant will ovm&lt;e ass&lt;SSJD&lt;DI chaired by William H. Baumer,pi'Qs
of programs, as well as a re-atab- fessor of philoaopby. Th&lt; resolution
lish&lt;d Offia of ll:aching l!ff.ctM- hu b&lt;en forward&lt;d for action by
ness, something tho Faculty Scnat&lt;'s P=idmt William R. Greiner.

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Carlson,professoranddi=toroftb&lt;
Center for Education and Cultural
Studits at Miami University of Ohio.
Carlson, a not&lt;d author and speal&lt;er,
address«~ aisis tmdenci&lt;s in urban
&lt;ducation, teachers as political actors
and cultural workm, and teachers'
potential for building a d&lt;mOcratic
discotm&lt;: on school r&lt;form. ,
Among tb&lt; other notabk speakers
will h&lt; Pedro Noguera. Dimon Profr:ssor of Communities and Schools
in the Harvaid University Graduate
School of Education, who will gi&gt;oe a
talkon""J1!&lt; Racial~t Gap:
How Can W e Assure an Equity of

~m&lt;S?" at 4 p.m. tomorrow in
th&lt;S=eningRoomintb&lt;Centerfor
the Arts on tho North Campus.
Noguera's research and writing fo,
cuses on th&lt; way urban schools respond to social and &lt;eonomic forces,
issues of youth violence, tb&lt; aisis of
the black malo, improving p&lt;tfnrmance of low-p&lt;tfo"nning schools,
school much&lt;rs and school choicr.
Noguera also will participate in
"Coalition for Urban Education
Stak&lt;holdus Dialogue on Buf&amp;Jo
School R&lt;form," p)lblic forum to h&lt;
held from 9:30a.m. to I p.m. on Saturday in US's Educational Opportu-

nityCenter, 465 w.shington Sl, Buffalo. At tb&lt; forum. parents, teachers,
stud&lt;nts, Jc:gislators, school,bOant
mernhers,administtators,&lt;ducation
scholars and tb&lt; g&lt;ilmll public will
disruss tb&lt; proposal of tb&lt; Council
on Grea_t
Schools to id"orm tb&lt;
Buffalo Public Schools.
Registration for tho forum is r&lt;quired by today by calling 646--6494
or contacting Mary Finn at
&lt;fin@acsu.buf&amp;Jo.tdu&gt;.
On March 27, Greg Farrell, presidmt of Outward Bound/USA Expedi . nary L&lt;aming Program, will
"apeditionary l&lt;arning" in

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City, when: students~ karn&lt;dto
work tog&lt;ther in t&lt;ams to rise: to
st&lt;mingly impossiblt chall&lt;ngts
and thm use tb&lt;ir knowledgo in strvice to ~ oommunity.
J&lt;anni&lt; OakrS, professor and assoda~ dean of tb&lt; UCLA Gradua~
School of Education and author of
tho iof!U&lt;ntial book "Ttaching to
Olang&lt; tho World," will h&lt; in Buffalo on March 30 to disruss ways to
pr&lt;par&lt; new t&lt;ach&lt;rs to provid&lt;
high-level acadmric instruction in
low-incom&lt;, urban schools, while
promoting social justicr.

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Second bacteriwn confirmed
as another cause of tooth decay

Gene transfer is shown

Findings indicate possible pathway for antibiotic resistance
aY LOIS 11A1W1
Contributing Editor

thor on the study.
"Our stu&lt;fies demonstrated ge-

RAL bacteria can exchange genes, raising
the possibility that organisms in the oral cavity can be transformed from harmless to clatructM, and from antibiotic-susceptible to antibiotic-resistant, oral biologjsu in the Scbool of
Dental Malicine ba"" found.
The~tal resean:hers baY. shown
direct experimental evidence that
horizontal gene transfer can oa:ur
betwoen two differentlilmiliesofbacteria commonly found in the mouth.
"We carried out these experimenu to examine the possibility
that bacteria in dental plaque may
exchange genetic information between each other," said Howard K.
Kuramitsu, professor oforal biology
and microbiology, and senior au-

netic exdwlge between two mark-

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edly distinct oral bacteria--«n oral
spirochete and a streptococcus.
Therefore, exchange between two
closely related bact&lt;ria, sucb as the
one responsible for dental an..Streptococcus muta~and the
harmless Streptococcw gordonii is
highly probable."
Kuramiuu and Bingyan Wang. a
post-doctoral researcher, used an
erythromycin-resistant plasmid as a
marker of gene transfer. A plasmid
is an extra-chromosomal self-replicating struc11m found in bacteria
cells that carries genes for a variety
of funetions not essential for cell
growth, sucb as antibiotic resistance.
The resean:hers OJ!tivated SrroptDgordoM in the presence of the
plasmid alone and separ.atdywith the

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~ Treponemadmtirola harbor-

ing the plasmid marl&lt;er. After a period of CJl!tivation, they detected
genes from the marker plasmid
within Sgordonii under both growth
soenarioo. balation of plasmids from
the later strain oould be followed by
transformation into E,dtmdUa coli.
"These findings could be important in the transfer of antibiotic resistance between plaque organisms,
as -'1 as with mo"' harmful bacteria that temporarilyooloniu the oral
cavity,"Kuramiuu said. "In addition,
this process could be important in
understanding the evolu~n of
plaque bacteria and oould txplain
wby some organisms exhibit certain
virulent properties, such as the ability to colonize teeth."
The research was supported by
granu from the National Institutes
ofHealth.

P'TSD patients damaging teeth
BY LOIS tiAIWI
Contributing Editor

s if persons with posttraumatic stress disorder
didn't have enough to
worry about, research
nowsbowstbeirstress-...Jatedsymptoms oould be damaging their teeth.
An oral-health ~ment of pa·
tienu with long-term posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) at the Buffalo VA Medical Cenkr, oooducted
by periodontisu from the School of
Dental Medicine, revealed signifi·
. cant erosion of tooth surfaCes
among PTSD patienu compared to
oontrols.
Thepatienualsobadsignificantly
mo"' tooth plaque and gingivitis, a
form of gum disease.
Tee!hofPTSD patienu showed in·
creased erosion yertically and horizontally~ the gum line, as -'1 as
on biting surfaces, said Sebastian
Ciancio, professor and chair of the
Department of Periodontology in
the School of Dental Medicine and
senior author on the study.
"This wearing away of the tooth

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surface along
the neck of the
tooth where
th e enamel
.,_.the root
surfa ce may
be caused by
bruxism and
&lt;WOOO
clenching,
wbicb is high
in this group of patients," he said
"The increased plaque and gingivitis
suggests that these patients, perhaps
because of their illness, do not carry
out good oral hygiene compa...d to
non-PTSD patients... Bruxism, or
grinding the keth, and clenching are
involuntary actions that occur primarily during sleep.
The study involved 40 patienu at
the VA Medical Center diagnosed
with 100 percent disability due to
PTSD wbo came to the cenkr's dental clinic for """tmenL They we"'
oompared with 40 sequential dental-clinic patienu without PTSD.
The PTSD patients were receiving
standard """tment for their oondition. All participanu received an oral

examination and evaluation df
tooth wear.
Results showed significantly increased wear of tooth surfaces in
three dimensions near the gum
line-vertical, horizontal and
depth-in ,those with PTSD a&gt;mpa...d to oontrols. Erosion vertically
was more than three times greater,
horizontally more than four times
greater and more than 10 times
greater in depth than controls.
These resulu,...... oonsisknt with
documentation of habitual tooth
grinding and clenching among per·
sons with PTSD, Ciancio said
"Dental patients with PTSD need
additional treatment planning to
prevent further loss of tooth surfaces," he said, "ana ileed to work
with their dentist to rehabilitate the
damaged teeth..
Also participating in the study
were Margaret ViteUo, dental hy·
gienist at the Buffalo VA Medical
Cenkr, and Guy Ditursi, clinical in·
structor in the UB Department of
Oral Diagnostic Sciences and Buf·
falo VA Medical Center.

...-......... of tooth decay, one of the
common chronic infectious diseases of mankind, is a primary
goal of dental research=.
One type of bacteria, StreptiJaKCUS mutans, is a known cavity-indue~
ing organism. Investigators at the Un~ity of Connecticut and l1B, in
previous research, suggested that a secood baekrium, StreptiJaKCUS
gordonii, also may cause tooth det:ay, but they didn't know how much
and under what conditions.
The irMstigators now ha.. oonfirmed that StreptiJaKCUS gordonii in·
duces tooth decay in an animal mode~ but that it is less virulent than
Streptococcus mullmS. They also ha.. sbown that Streptococcus gordonir
is equaUydecay-inducing in the presence of either ordinary sugar (su·
erose) or high-fructose com sweekner.
These results are in oontrast to the known activity of the more virulent
Streptococrus mutans, the decay-causing ability of which is strongly augmented by sucrose, but is ......XC.. in the presence of the oom sweetener.
"1bese resulu provide one more piece of information about how tooth
decay occurs." said Jason M. Tanzer, professor of oral diagnosis and bead
of the Division of Oral Medicine in the School of Dental Medicine, Univ-ersity of Connecticut Health Center, and lead researcher on the study.
"E""'f piece of new information about this condition, which costs
the American public more than $58 billion annuaUy for treatment, is
potentiaUy important for the public health."
Frank A. Scannapieco, associate professor of oral biology at the UB
School of Dental Medicine, is co-author of the study.
Tanzer and Scannapieco set out to determine if sucrose is more poknt U1
supporting tooth decay caused by StreptvcDcrw gordonii than another sugar
found e:specially in soft drinks For this study, they chose to i!Mstigate the
...Jationship betwoen high-fructose oom swmener, now used as a suhsli·
ture for sucrose in most """" drinks, and infection by either StreptvcDcrw
gordoniiorStrtptvcDcrwmurans.High-fructosecomswretener,like sucrose,
also is found in many baked goods and other foods.
To assess the cariogenicity (cavity-producing pokntial) of these two sugan, the researcherssupplement&lt;d the drinking water of their study animals
with 10 percent sucrose, 10 percent high-fructose oom swmener, or 10
percent maltodextrin (a caloric, digestible complex carbohydrate) supplemented with an artificial sweetener to msu... comparable taste and caloric
intake. Solicfdieu and nutritional status were the same for aD groups.
· Some of the animals on each regimen were inoculat&lt;d with either
Streptococcus gordonii or Streptococcus mutans, while others remained
uninoculated.
Results showed that uninoculated animals had relatively few cavities,
regardless of the diet sweetener. Inoculated animals developed higher
levels of tooth decay if they drank water Supplemented with either sucrose or high-fructose com swtetener than if they drank water supplemented with the artificial sweetener and maltodextrin.
If the rats were infected with Strq&gt;tococcus mutans, howt"Ver, they
developed the highest decay levels if they drank sucrose, researchers
said In contraSt, in rats infected with Streptococcus gordoni1, decay lev·
els were not as high, and there was no clear distinction between the
effects of sucrose and high-fructose 'o/0 sweetener, findings showed.
"These results suggest that Streptococcus gordonii mwt be consKkred
a possible human decay-causing bacterium," Tanzer said ... They also
suggest that sucrose and high-fructose com swertener appear equaUy
supportiV&lt; of decay indueed by the weaker,decay-causingStreprococcw
gordonii, in contrast to the more virulent Streptococcus mutans, whose
decay-causing ability is strongly augmented by sucrose, but less so by
high-fructose com sweetener...
The research was supported by a grant from the National Institutes
of Health.
ldontlf)'lng the most

Variation in gene for fibrinogen linked to gum disease
BY LOIS BAKER
Contributing Editor

variation in the gene that
expresses fibrinogt:n , a
rotein that aids ooagu·
lion and accumulates
in the blood stream in response to
infection, may help to explain why
some people develop ....,.,gum dis·
ease while others do noL
Oral biologisu from the School of
Dental Medicine have reported that
adults with severe gum disease, or
periodontitis,"""' more likely to ex·
hibit a genotype associated with
high plasma fibrinogen levels than
healthy controls.
Blood -sample analysis also
showed that the periodontitis pa·

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tienu bad significantly higher le..ls
of fibrinogen in their blood than did
persons without gum disease.
"Most diseases, especially infectious diseases, are associated with a
oomplex array of risk factors, anyone
ot which inmases the chances of a
person developing the disease," said
Emesto De Nardin, associak profes·
soroforalbiologyandmicmbiology,
and senior author on the study.
"Persons with the rare form of the
fibrinogen gene would add that risk
filctor to any others associated with the
development of periodontal disease.
They should pay particular attention
to their oral hygiene and perhaps visit
their dentist mo"'often than nonnal"
De Nardin and ooUeagues previ·

ouslydernonstrated that the presence
ofthe rare H2H2 fibrinogen genotype
in persons with periodontal disease
provided one possible explanation for
the known ...Jationship betwoen poor
oral health and heart disease.
Elevated plasma fibrinogen levels
are known to be an independent risk
factor for cardiovascular disease by
increasing the propensity for blood
clots. In the current study, UB oral
biologists took this research further,
studying the incidence of the rarer
fibrinogen genotype in persons with
periodontal disease in an effort to
explain in part the variance of the
disease in adults.
Besides its role in blood cloning,
De Nardin noted, fibrinogen also

can increase inBammation in three
ways: by providing a framework for
the accumulation of inflammatory
cells, promoting the immune response and aiding in bacterial colo·
n.ization, adhesion and invasion.
For this study, the researchers in ·
vestigated the djstribution of the
two abnormal fibrinogen genotypes-termed HI H2 and H2H2and assessed .fibrinogen leY&lt;Is in 79
persons with periodontitis and 75
persons without the disease.
Resulu showed that 5 I percent of
the periodontal patients had one of
the abnormal genotypes, compared
to 30 percent of the healthy controls.
Further, risk of periodontal disease
was fou nd.{o be three times g=ter

in persons with the HI H2 gene and
six times greater in those with the
H2H2 gene, compared to persons
with the normal gene-type.
The amount of fibrinogen in the
blood stream also was about 10 per·
cent higher in the periodontal group
than in the healthy co ntrols, De
Nardin said.
Also contribuung to the research
were S.E. Sahingur, a student re ·
searcher in De Nardin's laboratory;
A. Sharma, assistant pro fesso r ol
o ral biology; Alex l-lo. stausucJan.
and Robert J. Genco, SUNY Orstin·
guished Professor and chdu nf thL·
Department of Oral Brolog&gt;
The study was funded by a gr.m t
from the National lru;titutes ofHealth.

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billion yean, ""' pn&gt;Yiding does to the poaibility oflifie on
the planet, ac:conlins to prdimirw;y ano1ysis by UB seoJogists of
new data from the Man Orbiter
Camera (MOC) and the Man Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), rurrmtly orbiting the planet.
The sci&lt;ntists prescnt&lt;d their results on Monday at the 32nd Lunar
Planetory Science Confm:ncz being ~
held in Houston.
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Locat&lt;d in the southern hemi- ~
spbereofMars, theYDlcmoes,named
Tynbma Paterl"lnd Hadriacal'alen .
because they look like aw:rtum&lt;d
sauczn (paten is Latin for saucer),
still may be active, sW JiacY Gregg.
assistant professor of geology and
principal inYestigator.
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these \'Olcaooes is that they an sur- ~
rounded by channds," said Gregg.
·or all the wicanoeson Man. these
\'Olcanoes hoYo the laqpt and grat~
es! numben of channels associat&lt;d
with them, indicating that there was
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beda, may hove Ell1h. The ocientilll then dowDlo.d
filrmed boca.- the them &amp;Om the Molin Spice Scionae
YDlcmoes, wbicb oct Systems Web site at &lt;llttp:/ I
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energy from the\'01- topopphy, she added.
CIDOel and the liq"When this misaioo is mmplete.
uid water makes M'D know the surface of Marl to
conditinos ripe for within I meter,~ Greg said. '"I'b&lt;n
the ewlution oflifie, are .,.,.. oo Earth we don't know
at least .. ""' under- that wdl,sudlasAntarctica and the
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She added that mission, Greg and ber coll&lt;agues
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for the ewlution of whether or not life has .mted on
bi&lt;Jiosical crgonisms. the red planet.
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Gregg's reoeardl is funded by the
colleogu&lt;sorebasingthe p!diminary Planetary Geology and Geophysics
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Orientation process undergoes refinement
Administrators working to make students' transition even easier than before
BY~LlW-SIU

RtpOifn- Assistant Editor

and fourth phases of m:i&lt;mation.
The pre-registrati_o n modelimplemented last summer-has
pro.ed "multifold" in its advantap,
er:plainedjaninaKaars,assistmtvicz
proYOSt and di=tor of academic affairs. Whereas students in years past
were ghm tit£rallyless than 1M olinIlles to hash out a schedule on-site
with an advisor, she said, the new
method allaws advisor&gt; to look at a
student's high-school
transcript.inta&gt;dedmajor and other rdevanl
information, as_wdl u
contactthestudr:i&gt;tprior
to his or ber visit in order to build a worlcahle
schedule.
"The sooner we hoYo

it's ~wbatit~bea
student at UB.
"We want to make sure that they
Wl&lt;lerStand not only what we OlpeCI
from them, but that they hoYo an
opportunity to ask all of those questions about what... it taUs to be a
successful student," Ricotta said,
noting that the 26 orientation aides
hired each year are an invaluable
resource toward thot end

DMINISTRATORS in\'Olved in UB's orientauon programrmng are
stepping up efforts this
Y= to make the transition for new
students even mqre fluid than before,
with greater emphasis on academic
preparation and responsibility, impro.ed communication between the
univmityanditsstudents,and mal&lt;ing the ovorall wdconting procrss a
more penonal one.
"We've gone from a rather traditiona!, surnmer-ooly program to a
program todaythatliterallybegins as
students accq&gt;t their enrollment at
the univmity and doesn't end until
theyarewdlintotheirclassprogram
here,"DennisBlack,viczpr&lt;Sidcnt for the~open
student affiUrs, told members of the thedoorforfwtherconFacultySenatel!xz:cutMCommittee versationthroughemail
atthegroup'sFeb.28meeting.
andpbooe-wearewd- o......,.ii0iiii8-iiiiiii ,..~ • . . . While UB's program underwent coming~ ~ ~ ll,'uch poou1e of t h e - ~
a substantial O"m"haul for the sum- more personif 'Way;
mer of 2000, administrators have . Kaars said, noting thai the number
And making the mnnection bebeen working ~inez then on anum- ofindividualsoncampusrogistmng tween technology and academics is
ber of erthoncements to the pro- studentshasinaeased1DI:OU8hlY80, paramount to student success,
gram for the aiming summer.
making personal contact that much Ricotta added. "We r.eJ it's~ imBarbara Rimtta,deon of students, """"feasible. The so;d this y&lt;:ar is to portant that before they a.., us in
er:plained that inconting freshmen have all (r&lt;shmm registaed by July July, they know how to !aU adnnare guided through four orientation I, sbe said.
laB" of our tedmologyoo campus."
Orientation staff members also ·
phases that s!rM to help them more
As wdl. new-student anxiety has
easily aa:limate 1D UB. The limdiminishedas&lt;DW&gt;eavailabilityhas are hopin3 to provide new students
pre-orientation-begins with increued, she said, with the goal with both faculty and~· stucompletion of a questionnaire, being that """1' course needed by dentpenpec!Ms in the IOnn ofdiscussion groupo dUring th&lt; summer
whim helps advison form a dearer freshmen be available 19 them.
academic picture when the student
"We want to ..ally lock this clown program, KWs added.
Ricotta said UB also has worted
registers before attending summer so that students are progressing in a
orientation. The second phase- waythattheyshouldedUiCationally," extensM:Iy to revamp its mail mmmunication.
surnmerorienmtioo--now is a one- sbe said
In an dfon to ddiver "one mesand-a-half-dayaflilirinordertoacSummer orientation in July not
commodate incroased planning for only provides students an .Mmew "''ll' in a more tmified way; Ricotta
Openingl&gt;ayw.doend. That .-k- of academic~ aDd an in- saiclnew students now receift only
~ for Aug. 24-26troduction to UB technology four lJIIIil\nP. each of which hu a
and the Septanber Welcome and through hands-&lt;Xl worbbops, but cbecklill t&amp;eycan fallow • they ap. mntinued propamming throttsb- it aloo "'-:bee commoo !int-}'&lt;U 1"'*" the IWt of the liolltemesout the...- comprioe the third issues under the umbrdla of what ter. UB a1oo hu two ...W czntral-

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ized information sources, she said:

the fuit is a Web site &lt;llritp://

--.llooff....-.&gt;, and
thesecoOO:o toll-free number students and their families can call
with my number of questions.
"(The call) comes into the new
student program office in th&lt; Student Union, and from there (the individual) wiD get r&lt;f=ed to the appropriate person who can answer
their question," she said, noting that
a ~· peraon wiD be at the other
end of the line.
New students, she said, also are
part of a czntnliuc!" tracking databue .that moni1nrs the progression
ofincomina freshmm "fromclcposit
through the &amp;r.t day of classa"
Other orientation-programming
erthoncements include a summer
readir!gprograrn 1D ~students the
opportunity 1D.collectMiy reed and
then cliocuso-in UB 101 CXlW'Sis, in
residence-hall programming and
possibly in a forum with the author-d&gt;e various themes of a dx&gt;smwod&lt;. TheuniversityalsowiDof(&lt;r its tnnsfe&lt; students registration
prior to orientation, as well as a
stepped-up, two-day, end-&lt;&gt;f-summer prosram. And retUrning in full
foroethis.,.... wiD be &amp;milyorientation and information sessions,
Ricoaaaaid,notingthatvarious campus ofticzs will be open oo Saturday
duringopetting....s.nd to meet the
greaterinteresti:lartc:mlratedduring
last summer's opening ....a:.nd.
Kaars said greater attention to
orientation programming-and
students' needs during that timeis a pooitM diiectioo for UB.
"We're reacbiJ&gt;t1 aheod in a ~
persooal wr/.' she said. "The more
we beet about the way tllinjiS are
dooe at other inolitulioOI, thewe imohe our ...dents
the better will be our .-.tioo me.•

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Use of tmdergraduate teaching assistants assailed
To the £dltor:

Some counes ~ m extra obour recitation section over and
above the regular three W&lt;ddy clus
bow-. 'I'heoemraac:ctior&gt;s~
are lllaffod by undergnoduate stu·
d&lt;nts calltd Undergraduate Teach·
ingAasistanll (lJTAs).
TheSe lTfAJ regi.rter-«&lt;ld pay
for- tbree&lt;u:dit"OOIII'Ie," and are
paid with oo~ credit, but not in
money. It is not d&lt;ar wbetherthey
m:cive tbis credit for knowledge
obtained or for services renderod.
R«mtly, one department upped the
ante from ~g one ftdtation
section to two if credit w.u to be
given, an indication that services

rendered taU precedenoe a= the
l.Jl'As' leaming and time.
It is possible that the"oourse" amsistsoflittle more than being a glori·
lied office bay or girl Friday. In such
cases,itmight bepcrictlyreasonable
10 require that two sections be COV·
ered, but it would be quite unreasonable 10 give credit for such a "oourse"
with ""'Y little by way of learning.
If the"oowse" is meaty--imolving
class atll!rldana, the recitation section
0

~ pmdcring test questions, pl-

pluates.lt is the laboratory rat wbo

q. ollice boun, """"" administra- rubs shoulders with researd&gt;m.
tion ODd emoi1 ~credit
is richly dr:ooned. But in such a ~
nario, it is quite unwarranted to

double the lood.
The administration, specifically
deans Grant, Stinger and Eagle.,
state that und&lt;r the llN' tqpme. a

lirA wbo ortly """"" one section
fails the oourse. It bas -not come 10
that, but the threat bas been repeat·
edly stated ...ro.Jiy and in writing.
The administration also ada mantly refuses to pay any money to
the IJl'As. This grates the more because the pluate TAsworlting side
by side do get paid. It also grates
because the recitation section mal«s
, itafour-oeditOOIII'Ie,soallstudent$
registered must fork over about
$150 more than otherwise would be
the case in a class of 300, a pretty
$45,000. But nothing for iheliTAs.
Our~ claims that underpluatestud&lt;nts rubshouldmwith
lOp reoearthers. In fact, they nil shoulders with underpaid. und&lt;r-supervised, under-credentialed, under·

Having undergraduates ...-ve as
instructors is a tenuous construction from the word go. The CAS
administration, hiding in a location [
that would give our well-trained rats
a run for their money, is committed
"10 look into the matter~
So m., they have "iiMstigated" in
oontemplation of "disciplinary action" a faculty member wbo objects
10 the nw&gt;-section assignment This
c:ame-&lt;JlOilthslater-{Onothiny;in
particular, it D&lt;Y&lt;r led- to a serious
discussion of the serious subotantive
issues involved. For this ptll'JXl&lt;". •
"study group" js to be formed, but it
is now,again, months later, and nothing bas been formed yet
While we decry labor oonditions
in the Far East, we happily oondone
and even applaud similar si~tions
in our ""'Y backyard.
For all but the rats, it is a sad state
of affairs.
John - t . prot.....,.- chair
DqxJrtrnent of Management Sdence
and Systtms

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Ohio.~........,. hod too
null o11onse for U8 In a HAC pr&amp;quartor11noi plaro«pme, IOI -78, 1n
The ec...o lnAihens. Ohio.

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fram the field 1D o/lset I """'C
liru-l1alf &lt;lion by the Bthln the

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WOMEN' S
Three U8 ,..,.... _.. honor&lt;d
wid! HAC post-season owatds.
Senior Sonia Omp _.red the
...,....,~ DelensiYe f'la)w ol the Year
award. while seniof'Tilany Bell was
named a&gt; the AI-HAC Am Team
and senior Marl McC:Jure was
named to the AU-HAC Second

Team. All of the honon _.. W&gt;ted
on by the ...,....,~ 13 had coaches.
Onllp b the
in U8
hisuJ&lt;y to oam one ol the HAC's

lint,.,.,.

spedal&lt;r awards. She loci ""' wid! 79- tNs ...... (2.93.,...
pme) and dodforthe ~

...........,., a&gt;ealln- hiswrtHerlSI ~-an!dodforthe
~a&gt;eallnsdloolhlswrt-

Bel was named to theA.J..MAC

Arst,...,after ...... theBulls ln

bo!h sex&gt;&lt;rc (18.5 poina .,... pme)

and reboundirc fT .6 r&lt;bounds .,...
pme).She finished the ......... ....,., dod for the
sex&gt;&lt;rclead (1 8.6) wid!
Bd S&lt;ar.e~Taman~ Bowie, and her Sl7 points on the,.....-...,, U8 sir(le-"""'"
reconi She ranb secand ......... In """"at UB wid! I,632 ao....- points.
McClure amed Alf.t1AC recoplidon for the lim lime in her career.
pmerir1&amp;SecondTeam honon after~ 16.1 points.4.0robocnds, 3.8
and 15 steals willie mnfrC all 28 piles this sason. Her .8 19 career

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more infonnation, Donna, 645-3-4 22.

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Free. For more Information, 829-3314 .

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Choosing a Mojo&lt;. Usa Sandqu is~
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Handy, Office d ea~ Planning and
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Campus. 4,30-s,30 p.m.
Sponsored by Student Unions and
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Centre. 14SC StudentUnlon, North
Campus. 6-7'30 p.m. Fn!o. Sponson!d by
Student Unions and Activities. for more
lnfomlatlon. Sonia Coneli, 6o4H12S .

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Photosi)op--

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North Campus. 2--4 p .m . Fn!o. Sponson!d

~=~~~ci:ente&lt; For
llologlcol
Sdonces - What
C., 'Ne Lewn from Imaging
AUO&lt;aCent Protein-Togged
Connexku ond Connexln M utonu In
tMng Cells? Dale Laird, OepL ol
Anatomy and Cell Biology, Univ. ol
Western Ontario. 201 Natural ~es
Complex. North Campus. 3:45 p.m.
Free. For more Information, Bruce
Nicholson, 6o4S-H44.

-Study

Exhibits

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Grants-In the: Sciences. F~ Stou. 117
Capen, Unde!yraduat• Ub&lt;aENorth
Campus. Noon-1 p.m. Free.
by Sdence and Engi,_jng LJ ry. For
more infonnation, Jill HIGkenberg, 6-45·
2947, ext. 226.

information. Sonia Conelli, 6o4S-612S.

UB vs. Niaganl (DH) . Dunn Tire Parte.

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All About -.Iewing. Mld\oel RNen,
Office ol C..... Plonnlng and

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Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Al
Broccuto. 135 UB Stadium . 6 p .m . Frre.

Student Bible Study. Oa~ Guarino.
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7:30 p.m. Free. For rTlOf'!! infOITTlltion,

North Campus. 2--4 p.m . Fn!o. Sponsored

B&amp;.dcboard CUn k. 21 2 Capen, inside

Oyster, Partner, p;jiagara Tradition.
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Sponson!d by International Student and
Scholar Services.. For fT'IIn infonnation,

240 Student Unkwl, North Campus.
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Student Union, North Campus. Noon- t

S!OIJP&lt;d by tho

Moss during LonL 103 [l;&lt;fendorf,

~~:=~t::i-&lt;~tholk

free throw percen&lt;&gt;&amp;e (289-lor-353) is the best In U8 history. McCJu.-. ranks
fifth all-lime In ""'""C at UB with 1,156 career points. She olso was named to
thev.rizonAcademkAil-Oistrict IWomen's Basloe&lt;baiiTeam.

Student Unions and Activities. for more

by School d Med'ldno and Blomedial
Scionce&lt;, Dept. olt.1&lt;dlcino and DMslon

Thunday

22
C..-twAw.,........ WMil

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Lounge. 240 Union. North

Base~all
till 14, Mt. St. Mary's 5
Ull S, St. Bonaventure I
Boston Collep 8, Ull S; llorton College 8, Ull 2
UB played in the Homestead Chanenge in Ronda. wirvlirlg a pair of contests but
droppi1&amp; a doubleheader.
The Bul~ dumped Mt.S&lt; Mary's 14-5 to~ thei• fim win ol the ,..,-.The
11 runs were the most scored by the Bulls .mce their I S.O wi1 OYer Albany last
Apri130.
US fol~ wtth S-1 win OYel"" St. Bonaventure b ter In the c:by. BuHs saner
johnS..IIivan.......this.-..:onl&gt;tl - 1 byspinnlnga~~­
Eariiet- In the week. the Bulls ...... by Boston 'Coltq. 8-5 and 11-2 In
• clay~t do&lt;bleilade•.

~oft~ all
C .....Jhton I, Ull 0
Drabl, UB I

Minnesota 8, Ull I
Nebraska S, Ull 0
The Buls dropped lour ccntem to still cxxnpedOon at the C.-.;ghu&gt;n tn.itation&gt;l.
US loll "'the host ~ 1-0 In the - T h e Buls also _ , defeated by
Dnko,2- I , MimesoG, II- Iand~l7th~S-O. F.-.slvnan

8reanne Nasd homered for the Bois' lone

I'U"'., the loss to Drake.

lrac~ an~ Rei~
Hen and women place second at Seahawk lnvitatio naJ
The Bul~ opened theU- outcloot- u.dt-and-field .....,., .. the s..Nwk
lowbtlonallnWJin\iogton.N.C
The men pbc.ed secand behind host UNC-Wolmlngton wid! 13S points to
the s..t-1&lt;5' 198.The Ciodel (66) was 1111.-d in the 111.-.e-wm ......_The
....,.,..,., squad olso finished- behind the s..t-b. lS3- 197,witi1 The
Ciudel raldr1g tl1lrd with 37 points.
The men's team won 5e't!ln d the 18 events. joe l.oiac::ano tied the school
reconi wir1rq the she&lt; put wid! a IDSS o/ S 1-1 . ()the.- wtmen for the Buls
Included Mila! ea.- In the 400 ............ Ben Moslcel in the 800 ......,.,Todd
Ludden In the I SOO ............Tm Gi&gt;ck&gt;S In the 400 hunles. Marit OJrry in the
"""" """" and Adam Smith In the discus.

The........, won IO ........,wld!t'M&gt;I!Uis.-.csdlool~ in thelim
outxloor- , _ . ol"""' tx&gt;lqlato a.-.en. Faith~ broke~ K.n&gt;eson's
15-)'IAI'Oid she&lt;-put nwic, ....w.q the _,.wid! a IDSS o/41 - 1O. l.aln Olson
tookthepole ...... ~thefirostUBiem&gt;le.....-to.-..d&gt; ll leo&lt;.

lennis
MIN'S
Ull 7, St. joseph's 0
Coach Russ Crispell's squad ~ its .-.cord a&gt; I0-0, wid! a 7-0
St.
joseph's In Orlando .. part ol the team~~-The Bulls' . _ of the ~~ was led by Budi Susanto's 6--4.
at lim ........ Fo.y Kaslman took the second6-0
~ .....a., dr-c Mattt Sp,nynsld. 6-0, 6-3.The duo olso teamed for an 8-

win ,._

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SdRndor Scholor.
8lochomlstry ond Molecular
Biology. Frod Stms. 127c.p.n,
Undetgroduate Ubrwy, North
CampUs. Noon-1 p.m. Fr!e.

Spomored ~For~

f.:f9"00::~.

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6-45-2947, ext. 226.
lllochemlstry
-Protein Interactions
during

Mismatch Repair. Heman
Flores-Rozas, Ludwig Institute
for Cancer Research, UniY. of
Cali1ornia·San Diego. 1348
Farber, South Campus. Noon .
Free. For more information,
Kenneth Blumenthal, 8293890.

Lunchtime Conart
Brown Bag Series. Allen Hall,
Sooth campus. Noon. Froe.

~~%~of
Univenity Community
Initiative.. For~
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Center, 1040 Norton, North
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information, Son~ Cinet~. 6-45 6125.

cca ColloquloiSeries
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Physics Colloquium
Uses of the Transfer Matrix
Formalism In SbltJstkal

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evenh In the electronic:
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Stadium, North Campus. 6

p.m. Free.

p.m. Free.
Biological Sciences Semlnor
What's Mine Is Mine, What's

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Art bhlblt Opening

Reception
The Graduote Show: Ant·
Year Students. 8-45 Center for
the Arts, North campus. 5-7
p .m . Free. Sponsored by Depl
of Art. For more information,
6-45-6878, ext. 1350.

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Yori&lt; State Dept. of TI&gt;&lt;Oijon lnd

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Chemistry arld the Foster
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St:udent Union, NOrth Campus.
7:30p.m. Froe. For more
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Sannlng lmogos. 212 Capen,
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Group WOril Process with
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College. 8:45 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
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The lm~ of Tort Refonn:
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irlormotion, 6-45-2258.

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6878, exl 1350.

p.m. Free.

campus. 4 p.m. Free. Sponsored

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Art Lecture
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SchofiOid, head, Sculpture

BuUdi!)9. North Campus. 4

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MatherNtics
Building.
~
4 p.m.
Free.

the Arts Atrium, North

· W. Burf&lt;man, 6-45-3-474.

Mothemotla Colloquium
Adaptlw Mesh Phase Field
Compuntlons of Dendritic

Univ. of Ponnsylvanla. 250

campus.
5-7 p.m. Free.
, _ __. .... Student Visual

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p.m. Free.

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Art lnterd\onge: Alfred ond
UB Art EJ&lt;d&gt;Orige. Center for

Slno-Amertan.RNtlons In
the Bush &amp;a. Liu
Xuecheng. research prof.,
China lnstltule of International
Stu&lt;foes, Mir\lstry of Fore;gn

Complex, North Campus. 3

Concert

~-.-Ensemble,

Siie"COnc.e-t Hal, North

Friday

2102.

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C'enter. FcJf' more information,
Maria Clore, 636-7495 .

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Van, 6-45-2883.

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complex. No&lt;th campus. 1
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20 1 Natural Sciences Complex,

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Dance, Girl. Dance. Institute
for Reearch and Education on
Women •nd Gender. Marl&lt;et
Alude Theatre, 639 Main Sl,
8uffolo. 7 p.m. S4..SO, students;
S6..SO, general public. For more

Women's Tennis
UB vs. Niagara . Ellicott

Mattis, g;,lof Physics, Univ. of
Utah. 216 Natural SCiences

for the online UB Ca lendar

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lmogety
Photoshop Se4ect.ions and
Channels (Section A. Part 1).
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Undergraduate Ubrary, North

t h e Thunday prcc@dlng

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Research . For
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Campus. 2-4 p.m. Free.

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public; S4..SO, students and
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�T~ GRADUATE ScHOOL oF EDUCATION

Spring
2001

~ University at Buffalo The State University of New York
GSE l~elping Tuscaroran
students explore aspects
of their history and culture

GSE faculty members
conduct research in variety
of educational fields

City Voices, City VISions aims
to prcwide students, teachers
access to technology

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Urb•n Educ•tlo•
P•rnershlps for
Cire•t City Schools -

GSE committed to urban education objectives
Graduate School ofEducation working with partners to take Western New York into 21st century
By PATRICIA DONOVAN
News ServiCes Editor

n 1998, the faculty of the Grad uate
School of Education adopted a mission
statement as a first step toward building a strategtc plan that would put into
act1on the school's comm itment to equality

I

and social justice through service, teaching
.1nd research wilh our urban schools and
through them , With the regional. state and
global commumtics.
At that time, through the leaden;lup provtded by the school's late dean, Jacquelyn
Mu..:heU, and contmut-d by the current ad rmmstratlon. the facul ty emphasized its de tfrnunauon to forward the st rategic plan
developed to suppon H.s new initiatives.
These miuat1vcs called for the school to
1m prove its current standing among the top
'iOschools of education in the United States,
rcconstrud its degree programs, position it ~
self to usc resources more flexibly and meet
new New York State regulations on teacher
education and certification programs, while
mamtaining program quality.
Lmportant1y, the plan caUed as weU for the
school to strengthen programs and concen !rations that co uld make significant con tn butions to new init.iatives in urban education and education technology, with an cyr
to strengthening efforts being conducted by
other un iversi ty ent ities and by the larger
Western New York educational community.
Once it adopted this mission and these
strategies, GSE faculty members moved
~uickly to establish strong collabomtivc bonds
with area urban school districts, particularly
1n the ci ties of Buffalo, Tonawanda and
Niagara Falls. They have \\/Orkcd with their
(:Onupunity partners tO develop nt•w educa-

tiona! opportunities, especially in the areas of
literacy, learning technology and educational
leadership for students, parents, teachen; and
administraton;, as well as for GSE researchen;
and student teachrn.
Cooperative ventures have included community forums; programs that instruct
teachers, students and parents in the uses of
new educational technologies; new forms of
professional training and novel methods of
delivery; research into specific school problems that suggest promising soluti o~ in~n -

"Our two--year-old strategic plan
SpKtfles three maJor arenas In
whkh we will wort&lt; to effect the
transfonnation of pubUc-Khoof
education, urban education,
teacher education and educational
technology."
THOMAS FRANTZ

uve methods of cultural expression and education, the development of new financiaJ
strategies and structuring. and other ventures
too numerous to outline here.
The story of the many shared successes associa ted with this effort is best told through
the variety of related efforts, the nature of
specific collaborations and some of the exCitmg o utcomes experienced during the past
!'wo and a half years.
ItiS a story of change and excitement-supported by de-.tr goals, hard work. commumry

commitment and cooperation among a large
nwnber of discrete groups.. The outcomes so
far have helped illuminate the road by wluch
greater academic success can be produced m
Western New York's urban schools.
Tbisslwed journey continues tosuggc:,;, refomlstrntq9es capable of reinvigorating efforts
to overcome difficulties that sometimes overwhelm students in often·crowded, frequently
under-funded schools. It throws new tight on
the creativity and strength of urban teachers.
who with courage and determination, histon caUy have undertaken the larger community''
most daunting educational mission.
Finally. it proposes the value of coopcra uw effort, communal decision -making. ralproca.l respect and deep involvement on the
pan of a vast network of familial, educational,
governmental and community entities.
The work of the institutes, centers and n.·search detailed in the foUowing pages include
a number of urban -education projects un dertaken by GSE faculty. Among those not
mentioned is a stUdy by Austin Swanson of
the financial policies of urban public schools
Within the context of the policies of schools
at the national, state and regional levels.
Another is new research by Lois Weis bemg conducted within an abstinence-based
sexuality project operated by the Buffalo organization WomenFocus.
There is Maxine SeUer 's research and wrat mg, which reflects her major interests m
school children who are fore1gn-born or the
children of immagrants, the educauon of urban girls and multicultural education.
Research on tht· impact of state-level tesung
on tc-dchers' instructJonal practires isbeingcondua.od by Suzanne Miller. Robo.'Tl St'-"'Cruun and
S.G. Grant, who also ts the outside tv.tlUJtor

on Jim Collins' Targeted Staff Development
project for area school disoicts.
In Buffalo's King Urban Life Center--ooe
of two duster schools in ~em New Yorkteachers, parents, coUeges, universtties, seTV!ce
agencies and busmesses arc cooperating to
demonstra!fthatal/studcntsam learn Among
thost lllVOived in the proJ&lt;Cl is James Hoot. GSE
professor of early childhood education.
This is only the beginning. And 11 1s not
onJy the GSE lhat IS Lnvolved lfl promotmg
enhanced educa uonaJ opportuntues for art:a
'itudcnts. Mary Flanagan, for exa mple.~ nauonal ctward-Wlllnmg assastant professor of
mccha study at UB. la.st year estabhshed a
weekend edu{.auon program WJth Buffalo'!&gt;
Sque-aky \A/heel media center thai mtroducl-d
many pre-adolescent Butfa.lo school guls to
educat10n.U technology-some for the very
first tlm&lt;.'--and to a number of women soenusts, destgners, artists, technologiSts and
rese-d.rchers in several fields who discussed
wtth them how they employ information
technologies in their work..
It 15 only through such continued jotnt efforts that Western New York is likely to develop
a system that promotes educational achievement to carry our children and ow community tnto and through the 21th &lt;en!Ur)', celebrating our differences, achieving difficult
acaderruc goals and proYOking high levels of
personal and professional achievement.
The UB Graduate School of Education 1:&gt;
proud to be engage&lt;' m thlS effort Wlth the
fine teachers, students ,md parents of met ropolitan Buffalo, and espcciaUy proud of i ~&gt;
many successful collaborations wllh th e
hard -work.ingand often hard -pressed urban
. .chool dtstncts tq dlCOmphsh the a c hu~va bl e
god! of establishing truly ~ reut cit y -.ch&lt;x)l!o&gt;.

GSE working to transfonn public, urban and teacher .e ducation
Dear Friends:
For the first time since the post-Sputnik era that began in the late 1950s, education is
We are joining forces with, among others, the Office of the
Vice President for Public Service and Urban Affairs, the Center
the No. 1 issue on the national agenda. It bas beoome a primary focus of the Bush
for Applied Technology in Education, The Buffalo Public
administration and virtually every state and local government Most funding agencies,
ranging from local foundations like Osbei to the National Sciena: Foundation, are in- _
Schools, Ill• Western New York Educational Service Council, the
sisting on proposals that relate to·K-12 education and particuliu:Jy focus on urban eduCoalition for Urban Education, Erie I BOCES and the UB schools
cation, technology and teacher pr:tparation.
of Engineering and Social Work, and the College of Arts and
The Graduate School of Education's three--year-old Mission Statement begins br
Sciences to develop specific on-site programs desi_gned to bring
cutting-edge knowledge to K-12 teachers and their students.
saying. "We beJi..., in the power of education to transform lives and societies --·" Our
two-year-old strategic plan specifies three major arenas in whicb we will work to efOur faculty members are preparing or recently have obtained
grants to fund projects in· technology infusion, literacy educafect the transformation of public-school education, urban education, teacher education, innovative science-a nd-math education and special education, and to study
tion and educational technology.
To breathe life into these foci 1 last year we established the Urban Education Insticlass size, the lives of urban studentS, bilingual development and uses of technology
tute, the Teacher Education Institute and the Center for the Study of Technology in
by urban students. We are developing new certification programs in mentoring and
Education through whicb to build programs that create a bridge !i-om the Univerdiversity, along with a ne_w masters-degree program in educational technology to go
sity at Buffa1o to students. teachers. administrators and counselors in surrounding
with the existing certificate program in technology.
scbool districts and particularly in the Buffalo Public Schools.
Applications from students went up 13 percent over each of the past three years.
We plan to hire eight new faculty members in the coming academic year and have a
AdramaticaUy revitalized faculty~ percent of faculty members were hired within
new provost who is providing the institutional leadership and support to enable the
the past decade-and administration-nearly every department chair, director, assisGraduate School of Education not only to live up to, but significantly improve, its
tant dean. associate dean and even our dean are new within the past three years--are
moving rapidly to participate with local educators in collaborative ventures to trans_ranking as one of the top schools of education in the country.
form our schools into centers in which demonstrable learning takes place based on
Thomas Frantz
A.uociotr Professor -~d lnten·m Dean, Graduate School of Educat ion
research-informed best practices.

�EJSpring 2001

GSE researchers examin~ variety of topics
Ionia F. A1nwi, Ph.D, IISIOCim profaoor,

caregivers in New York and Michigan.
and Marys. Rm.endal, Ph.D, auistmt proWith a $175 ,000 grant from th e
feuor, both in the Doputment oi L&lt;aming
EnonMobil Foundation and tht National
and hutructioo _,.. awarded $828,780 by
Sc:iella Foundation, Clm&gt;ents last year held
tht U.S. Department of : a national Conference oo Standards for P..,Education Office of · school and Kindergartm Mathtmatics EduEduational Res&lt;arch
cation that brought IO!I"ther math.imatics
and
Improvement
experts from nearly every state, as well as psythrough its Field-lniti·
chologists, teachers, parents and
ated Studies Gnnt Propolicymalten, to facilitate efforts by educagram to conduct a
tionalleadas and agencies deomoping maththree-year, longitudinal
ematics standards and cwrirula for young
investigation of stuchildren and reSean:bers in related fields. This
dents' literacy~
historic event was the first to bring IO!I"ther
ment in grades K-3.
such a comprehensive ran!I" ofexperts in tht
The three-year re ~fields relevant to tht creation of edusearch initiativt will ex·
cational standards. The outcome bas already
amine how students
led to a book and to a successful proposal
dovelop oognitively,sofor a joint position statement by tht National
cially and effectively
Council of Teachers of Mathematics
across grade le&gt;ds and
(NCTM) and the National Aslociation for
over time as thty parthe Education ofYoung Children (NAEYC);
ticipate in peer discusClements also bas a $275.000 grant from
sion of texts. five rethe National Sciena FoWldation to conduct
search sites--two urban and two subwban
basic ~ on pre.cbool-ro-grade-6 stusites in Western New York and one rural sit&lt;
dents' understanding of important aspects of
in Tennessee-will participat&lt; in tht investigeomdly, especially within computer envigation. Results will be useful to teachers, adronments. The project, "Technology-En·
ministrato.-., staff-development personnel,
hanced 1.earning ofGeooletry in Elementary
reading specialists and t&lt;acher educators
Schools," is a collabolli!M effon with colseeking to improve elementary students'
leagues at tht UniversityofWISCOnsin-Madireading comprehenSion and aitical thinking.
son and tht Education Development Cent&lt;r.

Elaine 8artlcowiak, Ph.D., a lecturer in the
Department of learning and Instruction

and director of the
Early Childhood Research Cent&lt;r (ECRC),
is conducting clinical
research with grant
support from the
Graduate School of
Education on the use
of American Sign l..an·
gua!I"(ASL)asabnguafranal~usemay

facilitate toddler language acquisition, communication and sociali2.ation, regardless of
the nativt languages of children, teachers and
cafegivers. Her work in the ECRC also sup·
ports UB farulty research in early-childhood
education, special education and mathematical-skills acquisition.

Douglas Cements, Ph.D, professor, and Julie
Sarama,Ph.Dvassistant professor, both in tht
Department of Learningand Instruction, are
working with a $1 million National Science
Foundation grant to

develop and evaluate

Catherine Combleth, a professor in the Department of Learning and Instruction, beads
tht GSE's Ma.mck Teacher Project aimed at
studying tht skills, talents and methods used
by superb education practitionmwho somehow Mana!~" to produce meaningfullearning-'-&lt;:reatively connecting students and subject
matter~ven in less"-

than-ideal circumstances
in their classroom, school
or community. Interviews and classroom observation of such teachers
from Western New York
C-.o&gt;t
schools will help UB's
teacher educators take
constructive action in teacher education, staff
development, and education policy. The
project expects to find ways to distill tht "wisdom of practice" developed by these teach·
ers and with it, help othtrs increase tht p~­
lence of meaningful learning. even under circumstancts that pose considerable con-

straints.

Rodney L. Dorm, Ph.D, a professor in the
Department ofleamingand Instruction, has
received mo"' than $400,000 from tht New

an innovative math-

York State Department ·or Education's

ematicscurriculum for
C1.£MlNTS
early-childbood education (prei&lt;-2). One of
very few "Building Blocks" programs funded
nationally, it incorporates old and new tech·
nologier-Cmm blocks and pumes to multimedia computer programs. Early evaluations
indica!&lt; that the program, which emphasizes
finding tht mathtmatics in, and doveloping
it from, children's every day activities, allows
children to learn and do mo"' mathtmatics
than prrnously as5umed. The program is being field-tested by teachers from numerous
Wtstem New York school districts.
Sarama also ~tly received a $50,000
grant from tht National Science FoWldation
to develop a plan for the professional development of tht teachers and caregivers of preschool children in mathtmatics. The plan
was informed by meetings with leaders in
ea rly-childhood education throughout
Wtstem New York, an eitmsi¥e rmewof tht
lit&lt;rature and a sw-.eyoftbousandsof early. cbildbood administrato,., teachers "1'd

Dwight Eisenhower program to develop and
maintain a statewide network of elementary
and intermediate-level
science-assessment liaisons (SALs). These
liaisons are responsible
for offering workshops in each of their
areas so that each
school building bas at
DOIIAN
least one person pre~ to set up.admin·
ister and sco"' Student-performance assessments in science in a valid, reliable and equitable fashion. These assessments measure
the outcomes from Standard I in the learning Standards for Math, Science and Technology. With a $250,000 grant from tht state
eduation department through its GOALS
2000 Program. Doran-working with sci·
ence teachers throughout tht stale---&lt;llso developed_and validated performance assessments in sc:iencr for use in statewide testing
at tht elementary (JC- 4) and intermediate

levels (grades 5-8). He also received a
$400,000 grant from tht,National Science
Foundation through a sul;contract with tht
state education department, to de&gt;dop and
test-pilot collections of alt&lt;rnativt assessment (performancr) tasks in science.

ler&lt;my D. Finn, Ph.D, a professor in tht Department of Coupsding,
!icbool and Educational
J&gt;sychology, has con -

•lucted extensive r&lt;search
into the effect of class size
un student learning and
retention, especially
among at-risk students.

His results have been used
by many school districts,
states and the federal government as tht ba·
sis for funding class-size ~uction initiatives.
His previow research demonstrated that
small classes in K-3 bave significant academic
benefits in ;U1 subject areas, partirularly for
students ft risk. He recently received
$374.000 from the Spencer Foundation for
a three-year study of the short-term and
long-term effects of ~ucing class size in elementary grades. In conjunction with this
research, Finn bas organized se&gt;mll national
collfermas on thttopic--With "'PQrtsavailabk to the public-and bas evaluated tht
class-size ~uction program in the Buffalo
Public Schools.

James Hoot, Ph.D, a professor in the Department of Learning
and lnstruction, is a
nationally recognized
autpority on earlychildhood education.
A recent $186,233
grant from the United
States Agency for lnt&lt;r·
national Development
(USAID) will support
his project to assist the g&lt;m:rnment ofEthiopia in developing a national program to preP""' teachers of primary-grade childml. In
addition to assisting Ethiopia, the project is
designed to hdp U.S. t&lt;achers respond better to the special needs of American school
cbildren from different ethnic populations.

Raecbde L. Pope, Ed.D, research associate
professor in the Department of Education,
Leadership and Policy, has a vested intettSt
in hdping college campuses identify solu·
tions to problems related to multirulrural
or diversity education:--complex and controversial issues with which higher education bas grappled for almost four decades,
;most intensely since 1990. Her research examines the components of a multirulrural
environment and the ~ncrete strategies,
compet&lt;ncies and practices necessary to
create and maintain such campus environments. She specifically has focused on
multirultural organizational development
in higher education, multirultural competence for student-affairs administrators and
psychosocial development of college students of color. Her~ has been published in such journals as the Journal ofCollege Studmt Dt:velopmen~ Journal ofAmerican College H&lt;tllth and the Journal ofCounseling and Dtvelopment.

Maria Runfula, associate professor in tht Department of Learning and Instruction, and
chair of the music task force&lt;&gt;f tht New York
Stat&lt; o.paitment oi Education Arts Assessment,O....... UB's MusicPiay~ for
infants and toddlers. The p~ based on
an extensive body of music-learning theory

and practical field testing by Edwin E. Gor·
don and others, bas
fOund that achild'a musical ex:perieDca from
birth to "II" 5 bas. particularty profound impact on the atmt ~o
which be or she will be
~to l1ll&lt;lermnd, appreciate and~ in
music as an adult. The
sessions i.rnmerte cbildren in a rich musical environment in which
teachers int&lt;rWea&gt;e children's wcalizations
or mOYmlellts into activities to create a dynamic relationship between music play,
music guidance and music developmenL
The program takes place during the academic year and in four-week summer sessions in the community center of the
Flickin!l"' Court UB stu&lt;l&lt;nt-bousing compia on &lt;l&gt;&lt;stnut Ridge Rood, near tht North
Campus. Parental attmdance is requim1.

Ruth A. W..beBen-y,Ph.D,aoassistant professor in tht Department of Learning and
Instruction, conducts field-based and ethnographic~ in tht cootm of indusiv&lt;
classrooms. Her specific focus is on instruction developed acmrding to tht principles
of universal design, making it appropriate for
general and special-eduation students in
general education classrooms.

Lois Weis, Ph.D, a professor in the Department of Educational
Leadership and Policy,
bas received mo"' than
$1 million from the
Spencer Foundation
over the past eight
years to explore the
poot-bigb school experiences and practices
of white, African ~
American and Latino/
a men and women. Data ga~ in Bufl3lo's
public and parochialscboOis,and in churches
and community centers _,., published in
her latest books, "Beyond Silenced Voices"
and "Working Class Wrthout Work: High
School Students in a De-Industrializing
EcollOID)':' Rocent ~involves tht ~­
tification and analysis of what she calls "ur·
ban spaces of possibility.•Weis also di=ted
tht very well-attended national Urban Girls
Conference held in Buffalo in April 2000.

Many mo"' clinical~ projects are currmtlytmderwayin thtGSE,and most~
input from local students and teachers. Among
them are the Parentl.aldershipA.cad&lt;my,Secood Language Immersion Through Sc:iella
Content Project and tht Ta.slc Faroe oo tht
Education of I.Atino Studmts in tht Public
Schools Project. aD dim:ted by 1..illiam Malave,
professor, Department of Learning and Instruction; Multimedia Composition Project.
dim:ted byTbomas Shudl, professor, Depanment of Counseling, School and Educational
Psycboloilr; Obey-Porter Comp~ensive
School Refunn Demonstntion Project, di~ by Conrad Toept.r, professor emeritus,
D&lt;partment ofleamingand Instruction; Giving Voi&lt;z to Parents Project beaded by Lauri
Johnson, assistant professor, Department of
Educational Leadmbipand Policy; O&gt;anging
Contm oi Special Education Oassilication
Project di=ted Stephen 1hlscott, assistant
profi:ssor,and LeAddle Pbdps, professor, Department of Counseling. School and Educa·
tiona! Psychology, and theA.dminislntor Pro&amp;soiooal De¥elopmmt Project dim:ted by
Stq&gt;ben Jacoboon. profesoor, D&lt;partment of
: . F.ducatiOnal Leadmbip and Policy.

�Spring 200tQ

Project readies kids for age of information
City Voices, City Vtsions initiative provides access and curriculum to integrate technology into learning
.y ~ UWNIDOWSIU

Family Multimedia Technology Oubs.
Run by Will Coggins. training coordinator and technical support specialist for the
WalkwayNodefortheEducationand Information Systems Support Team, the dubs gM
students--&lt;lnd the adults in their li,.._.
chance to interact with tedmology.
The pilot dub, whidl began in December
and wrapped up in February,brought togotber
eight seniors &amp;om McKinley High School who
worl«d cvlloctivelyover nineweeb to produce
two sbon, documentary-style films examining the shortcomings of education.
As preparation for their final film project,
students P.Ut together story boards--&lt;! visual ·
and written outline that tri&lt;s to present what
the video is going to he, what the components will he and how those separate components will come together to tell a story, explains Logan Scott,.directoroftheeducation
node, who has been involved with various

Rtp&lt;&gt;rt., Asslsl3nt Editor

ORhigb school students, Jearnins the
languaae or technology is becoming
as viW to their future as learning English lang.iage arts, mathematia,
Spanish or Frmch. In today's career climate,
the technologically savvy seem to hove endless avenues to sua:as. But for those who are
fon:ed to morse onto life's"Inrormation Higbwa'(' with ~ttle or no priparation, the =ursion can he intimidating--&lt;IJXI &lt;fucouraging.
City Voie&lt;s, City VIsions: The Buffalo Education Partnership for Multimedia and Informa.tion Technology-&lt;~ collahorative vmture based in the Graduate School of Education (GSE)-recognizes the import.ana! not
only or educating students to use technology effectively, but also engaging them in
unique ways of learning through innovative
uses of that tedmology.
The primary aim of this collahoration of
UB, the Bull3lo Pub~c Schnols and the community is to use multimedia technologies to
help students learn in an inquiry-based,
learner-centered and project-oriented ~teracy
curriculum, says Suzanne Miller, associate
dean of the GSE and coordinator of the City
Voias, City VIsions project. Miller emphasizes
that innovitive app~cations of multimedia
technology in schools "can dramatically improve teaching and learning." but points out
that teachers often have ~ttle opporturtity to
learn to use these technologies effectively. Furthermore, she explains, the problem is mu:erbated in financially strapped urban schools,
where both students and teachers may have
limited aocess to these technologies.
The City Voices, City Vosions projectfunded through the Bull3lo Public Schools.
the Bull3lo CityNet and Regional Community Network projects ofUB's Center for Applied Technoiogies in Education (GATE) and
the GS~pports four major initiatives
that strive to maximize teacher effectiveness
and student learning. One initiative is the

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aspects of the City Voices, City Visions
project.
Students, who examined movie trailers
and video conunercials on the World Wide
Web to get a feel for CUITmt trends and styles.
then used Maclnto!h iMavie software to help
create and edit their film.
In one film. recording artist Moby's
techno-pop sounds rumble in the background as the camera pans across a hallway
in which students shufile to and from class.
The camera then cuts to the first of a series of interviews with both students and
teachers during which students probe them
on such issues as resoUrces-Are there

enough?; quality in the classroom--What
makes a good teacher?, and whether or not
students have been adequately prepared to
enter the "real world."
"! thinktheymadequiteastatement with
that," Coggins says, noting that the students
added their own soundtrack and wen responsible for all of the editing. Coggins said
the students worked tirelessly to perfect the
subtle nuances of the film's music, scquenc-

ing, transition and timing each Saturday in
GATE's facilities in the Buder Mansion carriage house in downtoWn Bull3lo.
"There's generally a lot of enthusiasm and
determination," he says.
In this first technology dub, four adult volunteer mentors worked with the MciGnley

Kmsington and McKinley high schools.
The other-initia!Ms under City Voices,
City VJSions speak to the same goals and
practices of the technology dubs:
• The Summer Technology/literacy Institutes prepared urban teachers to bcmme
UB1Bull3lo Public School technology and titeracyfacilitators. The annual institute trains tdldleTS

to use multimedia

technologies and reading
and writing strategies to
meet learning standards
and foster student
acru...mm~ Miller says.
Some =mples of tht
technology-literacy connection are oral history
projects
~

that

use

multicultural literaturt
and community-based

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students, with e-veryone contributing their
own perspective on-o.nd stories of-urban
community, Miller says.
And while the •first group of students
worked with mentors, Miller explains the aim
is to indude the teenagers' parents and guardians in fu~ dubs.
The partnership between adult and student
is an "'?f&lt;'rtant one, both in school and at
home, Coggins says, pointing out that parents
today spend less time with their children.
.. Tile interaction that once was there, now
isn't," says Coggins, whose personal goal is to
see more students working--&lt;IJXI communicating-with their parents. or significam
adults, in these dubs. "It's important to me
that there can be a sharing of V21ues going on."
The dubs, sponsored by the Dean's Office and funded for two years through tht
GSE, will resume March 17 and indudt students from Black Rock Academy, and

documentaries

and

memoirs.

• The Urban Images
Digital Library-which
would contain student-produced documentaries of their communities--will SCT'Vt' as a
resource for curriculum and teacher &lt;b.:lopmen~ and research in urban education.
Archivists also will publish stories on public-access digital television and through the
C ity Voices, City Visions Web site at

&lt;www.gse.buffalo.edu/org/citywices&gt;.
• UB's existing GSE Collaborative Research Network will bring together faculty
and teachers, community members and future teachers interested in enhancing teach·
ing and learning through City Voices, City
Vtsions curricula and other initiati=
With in~ press~ on schools to
meet tougher state Learning Standards, the
City Voices, City Vosions project "supports
the &lt;b.:lopment of teacher technology leaders to create school-community linked
materials_ .. to help students meet these chal -

lenging learning standards,• Miller says.

Students document ''Skarooran Journey''
By PATIIKIA DONOVAN
Contributing Editor

M
,

middle school students at the
Tuscarora Indian School in
the Niagara-Wheatfield
School District have been

working since late September to produce
"Skarooran journey: A Tuscaroran Arlv.nture,"' an educational journey that explores
aspects of the history, language and culture
of these ancient native woodlands people
through a student -designed, multimedia,
CD-ROM program.
The project, undertaken with the assistance of the Graduate School of Education
(GSE), is a complex undertaking that involves not only the exploration of the tnbe's
\ t.raditional practice, but its very identity as a
~ving culture in the 2 !st century. It requires
students to develop important literacy and
technology skills, including the coUection of
oral histories, narrative writing, creation of
interactive learning games, art work; photography, animation, production design and tht
creation Or real-time movies.
The project was originated by )anneke
Bogyo, the technology teacher at the
Tuscarora school and lecturer in learning and
instruction in the GSE, and Robin Sullivan,
GSE instructional design coordinator.
"Skarooran journe'(' involves not only the
middle school students, but teachers, high
school students and UB students Shannon
Carlin, a graduate student in education and
the bumanities--4wo fields married by this
project--&lt;IOd Brenda Styne, an undergradu-

ate in computer art who spends considerable
numbers diminished radically as they moved
northward and today, they number only in
time at the school helping students with the
the several hundreds, most in Western Ntw
overall design of the project and the productiQn of individual works of art to beindll(!ed.
York and southern Ontario.
Carlin says the experience has been eduDespite the incredible hardships imposed
upon them by man, time and nature, the
cational and community-building.
Tuscarorans haY&lt; maintained their cultural
"Since the Tuscaroran ha"" a tradition of
,.....,--.,_;;:-_ identity. Along their migratory
route, they established a number of permanent communities,
and Carlin says that "Skarooran
)oume'(' employs fiV&lt; of them
as tools with which to explore
many aspects or the group's culturallife. These include architectural techniques, social organiiii
zation, family life, agricultural
~
methods, game-playing and
_
spiritual orientation.
The process of cultural &lt;fucov~
ery requires students to record
t '::--::-:--:-::-::
Burning, Rox•nne
oral histories of older members
and .._,... llldtaircl use • computer to edit
their community and to incorYldeo'- they shot depleting the p&lt;oc:ess of moklng of
porate their recollections into the
fried breH, • N•ttve-Amerkan food .
story. The students came up with
a large store of material on historical evmts,
oral history," she says, "the larger tribal group
is a major treasury of cultural information
family histories, music, folklore and explica and history for the students. The larger com·
tions of dan structure, games and sporting,
munity is also the principal audience for
music and recipes.
what they produce here."
Their instructors say the preparation of
these stories has helped the children learn
"Skarooran Journe'(' is constructed around
many things: how to collect first-person narthe 80-y.ar migration in the 18th century of
.;atives; how "truth" is colored deeply by th•
the Tuscaroran people from their home in
perspective of the teller; how ntw technoloNorth Carolina, where they """" settled by
800 AD, northward to Iroquois Nation terrigies can he used to~ ancient aspects of
cui~. and the role played by specific cuia
tories. Originally a group of nearly6,000, their

i

tural traits in helping to maintain group identity !~®ugh time and tremendous adversity.
Tuscarora means .. hemp gatherers .. in
lroquoian, a name that derives from their use
of Indian hemp for fiber and medicine. The
Tuscarora were expert hunt&lt;r.l with a strong

agricuhural bent They depended heavily upon
the cultivation of com, which, with beans and
squash,constitute the "Three Sister Crops" that
today compete with Big Macs and pi= in the
students'·culinary imaginations.
"In investigating the historic relationship or
com to a wide range ofTuscaroran traditions,"
explains Carlin, "th• students haY&lt; learned
thing&lt; like old com-lore and have become fa miliar with the dan=. music and other customs that articulate the importance ofthe com
harvest to the inaintenance of tribal life."
She adds that the students are able to relate traditional practice to current cultural
practices, like com-husking bees. This helps
them to better understand, for instance, the
symbolism attached to the role of the "Keeper
of the Com," a trustworthy member of the
tnbe whose job is to ensure the passing down
of high-&lt;juality com seed from y.ar to y.ar.
"All of this becomes part of the story they
tell," Styne says.
The exploration of so many topics in the
humanities could not he accomplished without technological tools and guidance and in·
struction in their use. GSE students are helring the childreo learn to use digital cameras,
c:amconlers and Maclnto!h iMovie software.
High school students are helping the younger
childreo animate some-of their art work.

�I] Spring 2001

GSE centers concentrate research; programming
Units reflect.concern for urban, professional education; technology; literacy; early-childhOod issues
HE Graduate School oC Education hal three degree-granting
academic dq&gt;artment&gt;: CoWJSeling.School and Educational Psychology; Educational Leadership and Policy,
and Learning and Instruction. The school
also.has a number of cmters, institutes and
ongoing projects that concentrate on research and program d&lt;.dopm&lt;nL
These units rdlect the school'sconcem fur
urban education, professional education,
educational technology, literacy, earJY-childhood education and other issues central to
the local community and to national and international educators.
Under the auspices of th&lt;s&lt; ckpartmmts,
centers and projects, studmts and faculty
construct knowledge about !&lt;aching and
l&lt;aming. hWIW! growth and ~opmen~
and the contexts in which they occur. Much
of this work occurs through ongoing ilr;estigations in key areas of concern to the educational community in Western New York.

T

The Center for Continuing
Professional Education
(CCP£)
Established in 1997, th is cent&lt;r creates opportunities for greater
GSE!school district collaboration, especiaUy in
the area of continuing
professional development;
provides forums for the
dissemination or stud&lt;nt
and faculty research, and
facilitates and supports
faculty outreach activities.
Among its activities is a
monthly ltctur&lt; s&lt;ries that exp\ot&lt;s the latest
devdopm&lt;11ts in such areas as assessment!$ing; urban education; teaching or grammar,
math and educational technology; counsding
skill; school violene&lt;; school leadership; class
size; writingCOil\&lt;!Iltions,and many other subjetts pertinent to today's educators.
&lt;WWW.gse.buffaio.edu/DC/a:p&lt;&gt;
Director: Jim Collins, Ed.D., prof&lt;SSOr, D&lt;pari(Jlent of Learning and Instruction

The Center for Uteracy and

Reading Instruction
The Center for literacy and Reading Instruction is a school and community resource for the diagnosis
and instruction of students
with reading problems, the
education and training of
teachers in the field of remedial reading and research into
new methods and applied
techoologies to assist students and
teachers.. The center operates an on-site, remedial-reading clinic that trains new 113chers to
assist students and a summer remedial-reading program in collaboration with the Niagara
Falls
School
District.
&lt;WWW.readingcmter.buffalo.edu&gt;
Director:' Michael Kibby, Ph.D., professor,
Department of Learning and Instruction

Fisher-Price Endowed Early
Childhood Research Center
(ECRC)
The ECRC philosophy holds that learning is
a deve1opmental
process and that - . children
learn
8
through play. Its
program stresses the
interaction of social, emotional, i.nteUectual
and physical aspects or growth. The center
offers early-childhood educational programs
to 75 children ages 2 to 5 from many different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. It fosters creativity, self esteem, concern for and
acceptance of others, curiosity, autonomy,

ECRC

self-motivation and physical activity. Rtcent
research at the center involves the use or
American Sign Language as a communication tool fur children at different d&lt;.dopmental Slap and oCdiflmnt linguistic backgrounds. &lt;http-J/&lt;=.&lt;helu:om&gt;
Dind&lt;r. Flaine K.llortlrowiok,Ph.D.I&lt;durer,
Department of Learning and Instruction

Center for Applied Technology In E~uc•tlon
(CAT£)
A unit of the UB Office of the Vice Prtsident
for Public Service
and Urban Affairs, GATE was
founded in 1995 by
Donald Jacobs, Ph.D., associate dean or the
GSE.It formerly was bowed at Buffalo State
College. Dedicated to the design and d&lt;.dopment or purpose-drivm technologies to
suppon public-education and community
initiatives, CATE has secured more than
$15.5 million for school and communitybased technology projects since its inception.
Among its roany acromplishmmts is the
design, construction and operation oC a Technologies Staff Developmmt and Research
Center in oonjunction with the Buffalo Public Schools and the u.s. Department or Education, and the d&lt;.dopment and operation
of the Cisco Regionai'Iiaining Academy in
conjunction with the Buffido schools and UB's
Educational Opportunity Center (EOC).
&lt;http://cisco.vppsua.buffalo.edu/cate/
mission.htinl&gt;
Director: Donald Jacobs, Ph.D., associate
dean, Graduate School of Education

The Center for the Study of

recflnology In Edpcatfon
(CSTE)
The Center for the Study of Techoology in
Education is pan of an intell&lt;ctual community that supports GSE students and faculty
in their examination or technology from multiple perspectives. It promotes the d&lt;.dopment or a shared understanding of contnbutions or new technologies to our professional
lives. The CSTE also houses the Data Analysis
Laboratory, which offers consultation for
quantitative and qualitative research projects.
&lt; www.gse.burfalo.edu/DC/CSTE/
index.hbn&gt;
Director: Hank Bromley, Ph.D., associate
professor, Department or Learning and Instruction

The Center for Comparative and Global Studies In
Education (CCGSE)
This center is a GSE-wide umbrella that coordinates courses, graduate programs, visiting scholars and scholarly activities or faculty and students pursuing international
comparative and global studies in education.
&lt;www.gse .buffalo.edu/DC/CCGSE/
~pe.htm&gt;

Director: D. Bruce Johnstone,Ph.D., university prof&lt;SSOr, Department of Educational
Leadership and Policy

The ·Teacher Education
Institute (Ttl)
The institute was founded in 1988 as the Buffalo Research
Institute on 'Jl)1!dlmr~
Education for Teaching (BRIET) in response
to national and statewide education-reform
efforts. Today, the TEl administers and coordinates UB's state-approved teacher-certification programs and makes professional
and instructional strategies available to area
teachers. TEl also collaborates with local
school districts to help student teachers and
promotes a number professional develop-

ment activities. &lt;www.gse.bl!ffaio.edu/DCI
TEI/index.hbn&gt;
Dirulor: ~Terry Gates, Ed.D, asoocialle proi::ssor, Department or Leaming and lnstruclion

The Urban Education

Institute

(

The mission of the Urban Education Institute is to help improve education
in urban settiogs by supponing and promoting research, service, p«&lt;aMcal
and professional activities
that are grounded in the
educational, organizational, political, social and
cultural contexts of urban
schooling.
Among its many current

projects is an evaluation ordass-sizrmluction
rnodds firtbeButEdo PublicSdloolo--e study
with major local and national repen:ussions.
The institute 'lis&lt;&gt; devdoped the Oty Voices,
City VISions digital vid&lt;ograpby auriculuminfusion project in the Butl3lo sdlOOis; the Coalition for Urban Education (CUE), which conducts periodic urban-&lt;ducation stakdloldm'
dialogues; Parent literacy 'MHbhops in Buffalo PublicSchool4,a project oCCliE,and Parents fur Parent JmoolomnenH coalition or
CUE, VOICE Buffalo, Parents for Public
Schools and the Education Fund oC Greater
Buflitlo.
It also operates Program Team 2000, a fiveyear, NSF-funded iq-service project with the
Bulf.lo Museum of Science and the Bulf.lo
Public Schools designed to impmv&lt;: science
teaching in K-8 through workshops in science content and instructional techniques.
The institute works lO identify public...,.vice opportunities in urban·schools fir GSE
facultyanddew!ops wxlergraduateand graduate-edilcation programs for teaching for diversity. &lt;WWW.gse.buffalo.edurbonedi&gt;
Director: Mary Finn, Ph.D., adjunct assistant professor, Department of Learning
an&lt;!, Instruction, and clinical assistant professor, School of Social Work

Collaborative Research
Network (CRN)
The CRN provides suppon fur the collaborative ilr;estigation or any educational issue or
ooncem tO members or a particular school
community. Through partnerships with local
schools, GRN assists teachers and administrators in understanding and imJ?roving teaching
and learning. and the conditions in which they
might best take placr in their school
Twenty-one members of the GSE faculty
currently direct as roany collaborative research projects with Erie·! BOCES; all of the
school districts in the Buffillo metro area; the
Buffalo Board of Education; the Buffalo
schools' Office of Foreign Language and Bilingual Education; the Shoshone Park Enrichment Program; Canisius College; Hispanic Network Community and 55 earlychildhood centers and primary schools
throughout the region.
&lt;WWW.gse.bulfalo.edu!ot'g/CRN&gt;
Co-directors: Suzanne Miller, Ph.D., professor and associate dean, GSE, and Robert
Stevenson, prof&lt;SSOr and chair, Department
or Educational Leadership and Policy

English Language Institute
(Ell)
One of the first and most
widely respected Englishlanguage institutes in the
world, the EIJ has offered
high-quality, English-language training to international swdents, scholars and prof~on­
als here and abroad since 1971.11 is the largest
and most comprehensiVI:p~fits kind
in the State University of New Yei'k system

and has trained ..,.,. 20,000 students from
mon: than 100 countries h&lt;rell UBlind thousands more in its.-.... prosrams. &lt;httyJ/
wings.butf.alo.pt/eli&gt;
Director: Stephen Dunnett, Ph.D, vier proW&gt;St for internarional education

The Methods of Inquiry
Program
The MethodS or Inquiry Program provides
an environment in which UB students learn
to take penonal responsibility fur their education bywodtiog on threem&lt;laalgllitive aspects ofknawledge---Uie declarative, proc:tdural and conditionaL
Director: KdJy Ahuna, Phl&gt;., adjunct assistant prof&lt;SSOr, Department of Learning and
Instruction

Building Blocks Project
The UB Building Blocks Project is one of a
small number of projects nationwide funded
by the National Science Foundation to create curriculum materials in mathematics for
young children. During the nat several
years, the project wiD &lt;nate =mplary math
materials designed to mabie aD young children 10 m«t the new pre-K to grade 2 standards in math education &lt;kvdoped by the
National Council oCTeachers of
Mathematics.
&lt;http://
www.gse.bufrolo.ed
org/buildingblocks/
Principle Investigator:
Douglas Oernents, Ph.D., professor, Depanmmt of Learning and Instruction

City Voices, City VIsions
A partnership between UB,
the Butl3lo Public
Schools and the
community, this
projectuoesmultirnedia technologies g:~
to help students ;=-learn in an inquiry-based, learner-antered,
project-orimted literacy curriculwn. This
methodology bas proY&lt;n vr:rydlictive in mc&gt;tivatingstudents lO pursue bigher-te....lliteracy
and social-studies learning experiences
&lt;WWW.gse.bufliUo.edu/org/city&gt;oias/&gt;
Director: S~ Miller, Ph.D., associate
prof&lt;SSOr and associate dean, GSE

••1

lnternadonal Con.-atfve
Higher Education Finance
and Ac~ ProJect
This three-year project is financed by the
Ford Foundation
to study the worldwide shift in the
burden of paying
for higher education from governments and taxpayers to parents and
students.&lt; www.gse.buffalo.edu /org/
inthigheredfinancei&gt;
Director: D. Bruce Johrutone, Ph.D., university prof&lt;SSOr, Department of Educational
Lead&lt;rship and Policy.

Education and lnfonnatlon
Studies Technology Support
This joint program
of the GSE and the
UB School of Information Studies provides a team of technology specialists to
support the educational, administratiVI: and research objectives
of both sch
including ~ involving
area
pu ic
(
schools.
&lt;WWW.wallcway.b
edtl&gt;
Director: Logan Scon, P . ., Office of the
Vier Provost for Educational Technology

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Task Force on Racial and Ethnic
Diversity nearing end of Wll1'k

.Fashion

·Mavens
Fashion took center stage
last week during an African
Bazaar held as part of US's
celebration of Black History
Month. Modeling, from left
to right, are Sheri Asbie,
)enel Caleb and Ruth
Ogbeab.

Cleanliness of campuses on decline
Dupre tells FSEC budget cuts, downsizing have contributed to lowest levels ever
By~

UWAHDOWSIU
Rep&gt;ner Assistant Editor

T

HE current levels of
cleanliness on the campuses, what bas amtributed to their decline over
tl;le past decade and suggestions as
to what could be done to improve
those levels were discussed at the
Feb. 21 Faculty Senate Executive
Committee meeting.
"The issue of cleanliness on ·campus refers to a number of issues related to cleanliness, which are budgetary in nature," said Peter
N"ldcmon, FSEC chair and director
of the graduate program in pathol-

ogy. "There are issues of j&gt;olicies related to state cleaners""""' conlnlctingout; there ared!oiastobemade."
And while no formal decisions
were made at the meeting. FS.EC
members engaged in a friendly,
sometimes serious, dialogue about
cleanliness, from which a number of
recommendations emerged on how
improve the campuses' condition.
Michael Dupre. associate vice
president for university facilities,
presented to the panel an overview
of campus cleanliness levels--qualifying his assessment with the fact
that"massive budget reductions and
downsizing" have contributed to

"some of the lowest cleaning levels Sl million was sa pped from the
we've ever bad at the university."
Facilities budget.
And over the course of the past
Dupre said while there are "&lt;Stablisbed cleaning levels" at the univer- decade-&lt;luring which Dupre said
sity,levelsstill have declined over the · the Facilities budget either remained
past decade due to budget and static or was reduced-UB opened
wodcforce constraints.
six new buildings, which were either
"We're now in our II th year of "woefully underfunded or not
cuts," Dupre told senators. "Oean- funded at all for maintenance ... so
ing on a scale of I to 5-5 being we had to stretch."
the worst level, no effort, I being
At the same time, Dupresaid his
trigh-profile executive space- staff was "downsiud significantly,"
we're probably cleaning at a level 2 and in the mid-1990s, UB began to
in a lot of areas."
outsourct some cleaning services.:
Dupre said some of the hardest But even then, he said, cleaning levbits came in the 1996-97 and 1997- els continued to erode as the uni98 academic years. Each year, nearly c......._.._...,.6

Linkage creates pharinacology unit
By UUN COOI.DIIAUM
Contributipg Editor

T

HE School of Pharmacy

and Pbarrna=Jtical Sciences bas implemented a
new agreement that establishes a.Oinical Pharmacology
Unit jointly administered by the
pharmacy sd!ool and the University
of Rochester School of M«!icine
and Dentistry.
The new program buikjs on a 14year collaboration between thelnfec•
tious Diseases Unit at the University
of Rochester and the Laboratory for
Antiviral R&lt;search at UB,directf!d by
GeneMorse,associate&lt;lean for clinical education and research, and chair
of the Department of Pharmacy
Practice in the pharmacy sd!ool
The collaboration bas facilitated
numerous 'clinical pharmacology
studies since the beginning of the
NDi-sponsored AIDS Oinical Trials program in the mid - 1980s.
Morse now serves as national chair
of the Adult AIDS Oinical Trials
Group Pharmacology Committee,
Which is part of the NIH program.
The agreement provides for

an

expansion of research capabilities at
UB•s Pharmacotherapy Research
Center (PRC).
Under the agreement, the University of Rochester will provide "significant support" to the pharmacy
school to enable it to expand instrumentation capabilities at the PRC
and to hire additional technicians to
operate itsanalytic;allaboratory. The
PRC, a multicenter collaborative
clinical research program, utilizes
the cenfral analytical laboratory to
measure drug concentrations from
samples collected in human pharmacology studies. The Scliool of
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences already supports clinical research and pharmacy-student education in Clinical Pharmacology
units based at the Erie County
Medical Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, the VA Medical Center, the Dent Neurologic Institute

and Univera Health Care.
The addition of the new clinical
research unit to US's comprehensive
pharmacyl'rogramcomesat a time
when the pharmacy school, like its
peer institutions nationwide, is

completing the transition to making the Pharm.D. degree its sole professional degree.
While many pharmacy practitioners continue to practice in comrnu·
nity and hospital settings, Morse explained, many new career opportunities have evolved in the area of
clinical research, both within the

ceutical Sciences.
"On the one hand, we need to integrate and expand our clinical research programs with other healthcare senings in Western and Central
New York in order to facilitate col-

pharmaceutical

clinical education. This agreement
allows us to do both."
In addition to providing for three
faculty positions witli joint appOintments in the UB Department of
Pharmacy Practice and the University of Rochester sd!ool of medicine,
the program also provides for two
post-doctoral fellowship positions
at the.University of Rochester.
"These faculty also will be involved
in the clinical pharmacology instruction for medical students at the UniversityofRochester and will provide
an opportunity for medical interns
and residents to learn alongside pharmacy students and residents, while
focusing on clinical pharmacology
and therapeutics in Strong Memorial Hospital; said Ander&gt;on.
Morse will lead the effort for UB.

industry,

in

academia and within governmental
agencies like the FDA.
The UB PhannJ). degree requires
40 weeks of full-time, advanced
clinical experiential rotations, while
also providing an opportunity to
emphasize elective courses and experiential rotations in clinical and
laboratory-based research. By contrast, the bachelor ofscience in pharmacy program required only 18
weel&lt;s of clinical training. and the
training often had a different focus.
UB will graduate its last class of
bachelor's-degree students in May.
"The agreement represents an

imponant initiative in regional research and education collaboration,"
said Wayne I( Anderson, dean of the
School of Pharmacy and Ph:kna-

laborations that might not occur

regularly, and we also need to focus
on expanding opportunities fo r

�clinical assistant professor of pharmacy
practice, owrsecs the Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Initiative
in Western New York.

1to1Mrt WMier,

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2010. By the time that generation
bas retired, the number of people
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doublal from the preoent. While demographia is a major impetus, the

duoe~fluid.I-fow~M&lt;,this moy

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make 1010e forms ofurinary incootinence worse. While both drug.s
moybenoa:ssary, itmoyrequirupe·ciJic cfuections as to when to tab
the mediation to IM&gt;id &lt;Detlbating the inoontinmcr problem.

praaiceldlinp"-bolb lb&lt;bxMledge and the confidence in their
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thing that we know about bowdrup
work in the younger population
holds true when applied to older
patients. It is thatspeci6cialowledee
ofbowtouaemedic:atioosdlecliw!y
in older patients that we &amp;daD pbarmacists must haw: an undmlanding of and that tbooe who work in
areas with high eld&lt;rly popubtions
must embrace as their specialty. As

1b&lt; demograpbjcssbow, we haw: less
than a decade to prepare pbarmacists for this.

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should be addrased during a counseling session with a pharmacist:
What the drug is call&lt;d, how to tab
it proptrly and what should be expected &amp;om a therapeutic standpoint, as well as what potential ad_,. dli:cts moy occur and what to
do if they do occur. For an older
patient wl)o moy haw: multiple dis....,. of differmt body systems, ie.
high blood P""'ure. diabetes, arthritis, and therefore moybe...., by
different consultant physicians,
there are some olb&lt;r questions that
should be addressed Specifically,
questions about drug interactions.
These include drugs interacting
with other drugs, including over-

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times do not enjoy beq questico:d
about tbenpi&lt;s that they """" pr&lt;oai&gt;ed. .But if anned with oped6c
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bul advent dli!dl and intleractioos pbarmocistl intobellerpotientadw&gt;haw: shown that they either cauae cat&lt;sand giving 1b&lt;m lb&lt;confidence
mo"' bann than jpJOd, wonen on- in tb&lt;ir obilities to do ao. Additionocher probllm or..., juol plain inef- ally, 1b&lt; of 1b&lt; beoltb-are .,...
fe.::~Min CXlmpCioao to,._..,... , tan isc.usinsadministr..........m.pital administntion and pbmnocy
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I think 1b&lt; cmcept ~a patient clispeDiins ~This is
advocat.e bat deoai&gt;es 1b&lt; kind of mon: profitable in the short run.
phmnocist 1l!ot makes a pel mold&gt; ~this maybe D&gt;lftllllllyin
fur older pCienls. Wit!&gt; 1b&lt; oped6c lh&lt;blsrun.•-boor.ital" • .
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CDIDplete an
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professional e-Leaming solutions all other bargaining units, and 1b&lt; Refor Global2000 oompanies and gov- search Foundation, UB Foundation
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uled for Marth 8 in Capen Hall on slcills,humon-resourcrll1all8gtlll&lt;llt,
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as their time permits, bookmark-the
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Certificates of oompletion will be .
awarded to participants who master
designated courses in ~ skill
areas. For example, an employee can
earn a certificate for completing 1M
specified courses of instruction in
fundamental supervisory skills.
In addition, masttry certificates
are available in professional success
factors and managerial success factors at two ~the manager level
and the cncutive level.
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emplo~ may continue taking
courses during the lint contract
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to noon, 1:30-3 p.m. and }-(;3()p.m.
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Task force work progressitJ_g
Survey offaculty, staff, students to help assess campus dimate
HARGED with aamining and addreuing
divenity at UB, the
Task Force on Racial
and Ethnic Divenity baa opent
nearly two yean ~the collective attitude toward the iuues
of race and ethnicjty through uni...mty policies, proced.....--.nd
the people.
And afta: months ofcomprebmsive document analy1ea and fOcus
groups that~ dialogue on
these issues, the task fi&gt;roe is ready
to~· third method to help
...... the campus climate
The final piece is a survey, which
iJ scheduled for releue to faculty,
S1aff and students by the aemeato"s
end. The most quantitative measure put to use in gauging diversity on campus, the task force
hopes the survey will confirm the

C

qualitative results of its earlier
work, said Henry Durand, director of the Center for Academic
Development S.rvices in the Educational Opportunity Program
and chair of the task force's writ·
ing committee.
"They teU you different things,
but hopefully, they will coincide,
and if, in fact, that's the case, then
you can make fairly strong state·
ments about how the campus
community feels. and also what
recommendations you might
come up with," Durand said.

All faculty and staff members
will he issued the ourwy, .. wiD •
10 percmt random ample of majority (white) atudents and aU of
the racial and ethnic minority Jtudents on c;ampua. Students at both
the uodergraduate and graduate
leYds wiD he included. The conlidentiol IIW'I'tywiD take between 15
and 20 minutes to complete and
will .... the Lib:rt tcale method to
dicit answm to questions of int.enaity, such as "strongly agree; "disagree,""otronglyogree" and the liR.
"The IIW'I'&lt;Y will provide w with
a critical piece of information
about the univmity community
and where it stands with IrSpeCI
to feelings about diversity,~
Durand said.
"We've heard from other constituents, but not from the field directly itself," he said, referring to
the initiol discussion groups that
induded faculty and staff members, many of whom hdd roles of
advocacy or leadership.
"Without thiJ (survey results),
the taskforce will he severdy lading because we'U have opinions
from selected groups," he added.
Durand said the task force feels
a sm.se of urgency in issuing the
survey in a time frame relative to
other data already gathered.
UB's survey is in part modeled
after other institutions that have
implemented similar measures.
such as Ohio Stat&lt; University; Uni ·
versit:f of Pennsylvania and the

Uni...mty of Maryland. Durand
said the task fOrce worked to adapt
some of those survey styles, while
tailoring questions to UB.
But while UB is taking proactive--.nd progr~measures/
to Jtudy and irnprovt conditions
on campw, Durand said, be also
sees disparity in the way diversity
is approached, given that talk
sometimes aceeds the effecting of
change. Diversity at UB, be emphasized, is not jwt about racz and
ethnicity-it's about bringing
value to the institution.
"Everybody...,. diversity is important," he said. "Now, how that
getJ followed up with action is what
wt're tryins to find out. That's the
whole point of the Jtudy."
Durandaridbe~tothinkof

the task force as .running a,.quality-control operation.
\
"We're constantly doing assessment and review in order to make
sure we're offering the best service
that we can ofFer," be said. "It only
makes sense to do that with respect to climate and issues around
diversity because that's become
such a central part of the world
that we're going to have live, work
and recreate in.
"You loo~ around this campul•
you begin to see what the future
looks like," he said.
Durand said the task force is negotiating a rt1ease date for the survey with the Office of Institutional
Analysis.

Ringing found in brain, not ears
By LOIS liAIWI

previously studied tinnitus patients
who have the unusual ability to con·
INNrrus. the disruptive trol the loudness of the ringing by
ringing in the ears that af. clenching their jaws. The researchers
.
fects millions of people, were able to track fluctuations in aoriginates not in the ear rebral blood flow through PET scans
but in the brain, and not even ex- taken while these patients manipudusivdy in the brain's auditory ceo- lated theirsyrilptoms,creatinga map
ten, a new study has shown.
ofthebrainsite ~for
In research published Monday in tinnitus activity.
Neuroh&gt;gy, scientists at UB and the
Their C\liTellt reBuffalo VA Medical Center show search involved a
that so~ people with tinnitus can smaU group
change the ear-ringing by specific people with
eye movements, evidence that one tinnitus who
sensory system can affect another.
can modulate
"These findings show us that in their tinnitw
many cases, tinnitus is noi caused by looking to
by a simple disturbance of brain the far right or
function, but by a combmation of left of center, an
things. induding an abnormal in- unusual condition
teraction between the visual and caUed gaze-evoked
auditory systems," said Alan H. tinnitus, or G.IIT.
l..oodc-...&gt;od, first author on the study.
"About 70 percent of tinniLockwood is professor of neurology. tus Sutrerers have some 'triclc' they've
nuclear medicine, and oommunica- learned that changes the loudness of
tive disorders and sciences and di- tinnitus,"Lockwood said. "In thiJ re·
rects the Center for .Positron Emil- search we concentrated on one smaU
sian tomography (PET), a joint UBI group of' these 'tricksters.' If these
VA venture.
findings generalize to much larger
"ThiJ additionallevd of complex- groups, we wiU show that tinnitus is
ity hdps to &lt;&gt;&lt;plain wbythere hasn't caused by aboonnalities in the ma·
been a simple solution to thiJ prob- jor brain systems."
lem," he said. "There is no dtug that
The study fOcused on eight pais effective for the relief of tinnitus. tients with GET, a condition that
Maybe the system is so complex that may develop afta: surgical removal
no one drug can do the job."
of auditory-nerve tumors. As rt'Lockwood and colleagues ........ the searchers mapped the patients'
first to show that tinnitus sounds brains using PET, they found an un·
originate in the brain, DO( the cochlea, expected imbalance betw.en the au·
as previously thought Loclcwood ditory and visual parts of the brain.
and Richard Salvi, co-director of the
Lateral gaze suppresses auditory
Center for Hearing and Deafness, brain activity in normal subjects,
Contributing Editor

T

Lockwood noted.
"This so-caUed 'cross-modal inhibition' is a meChaniJm that enables the brain to suppress un wanted sensations. By suppressing
hearing during lateral gaze. the brain
is telling us to pay attention with our
eyes. This cross-modal inhibition
was abset&gt;tm GET pa·
tients, indicating a
disruption in nor·
mal ·brain circuitry that may
he at the core of
the tinnitus
phenomenon,"
he said.
Lockwood 's

"tricks" known to influencz
the condition and at how they
influencz brain circuitry.
One such mechanism, caUed residual inhibition, involves brief suppression of tinnitus by overwhelm·
ing the auditory system with a very
loud noise-a power saw, for example, which one of Loclcwood's
patients finds effective in tempo·
rarily stopping tinnitus sounds.
Additional researchers on the
study were Davis S. Wack, Robert F.
Burkard, Mary Lou Coad, Samuel
A. Reyes, SaUy A. Arnold and Salvi,
aU affiliated with UB.
The study was supported by
grants form the National Institute
of Deafness and Communicative
Disorders and the James H.
Cummings Foundation in Buffalo.

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Former Islanders' co-owner
donates $250,000 to athletics
_ , . . . . , _ --.business=tive,formerco-&lt;&gt;wnerand
CEO of the New York Islanders NHL boc:l&lt;ey t.eam--c&gt;d his wife, Janet
B. Walsh, have pledged $250,000 to the Division of Athldia.
A 1966 graduate who got his start as a Will Street trader, W.alsh
has designated that his gift he wed at the "discretion of the director
of athletics with foremost consideration given to the need for capital improvements to facilities for men's and women's ba.skdball.•
Walsh said that. meeting about 1M yean ago with BobArlr.t:ilpane,
now UB's director of athletics, "reminded me of four very important years at.Bulfalo, yean that m.,_j me into a different world and
sports were a very special part of those years.•
Walsh also bas agreed to chair the Athletics Campaign Committee for UB's $250 million campaign. "If you compare the campaign
to politics, the first sign of interest is to vote; the next step iJ to write
a checl:. and the ultimate in financial support is to ask others to write
a checl:.," be &lt;xplained.
· It takes people and money to build a strong athletic program
and we have the people, so I won't rest until! help raiJe the money
to make UB's athletic program as good as its academics."
Arkeilpane prailed the Walsbes for their leadership.
"Steve and Janet are very generous individuals who support their
cawes by donating time and money.
"While Steve is particularly excited by the potential of UB's basketbaU programs; Arkeilpane added, "be also works hard as our
camp.i.ign chair, sharing his enthusiasm with other alumni who want
to boost athletics and ra~ UB's national profile.•

Geology reworks program
for undergraduate students
The Department of (;eology has revamped its undergraduate pro·
gram to provide new opportunities for students interested in the
field but who do not intend on becomjng professional geologists.
Beginning in tht faU , the bachelor of science degree wiU be de·
signed for students interested in a career in the field and in need of
a traditional, technical-science degree, says John Fountain , profes-

sor and chair of the Depanment of Geology. A new bachelor of arts
degree has t&gt;een developed to appeal to students ·interested in scien ce, but who don't want to be technical scientists."
"Sociery now involves so many science- based issues, from the en vironment to computers, that students may view BA science degrees
as an alternative to a liberal arts degree," Fountain says. " By reduc -

ing the number or required geology courses, as well as the level of
math, chemistry and physics, the BA n'?w provides a broadly based
education with a science fOcus."
Fountain says that among the students who might be interested
in the BA degree are those who want to become earth science teach ers; those who plan to attend law or some other graduate school,
since the degree provides a good introduction to environmental law,
and those interested in the outdoors and the environment but who
do not want a career in science, such as science journalists.
The department also is offering a combined five-year BNMA pro·
gram based on the new BA program.

CFA to present production
of((Little Red Riding Hood"
The Center for the Arts will present Fanfare Theatre Ensembles
original musical production of "Little Red Riding Hood" at 7 p.m.
March 30 in the Mainstage Theatre in the CFA, North Campus.
The center's Family Adventure Series is sponsored by Target. Mr·
dia sponsors are Adelphia Media Services and WJYE-FM.
ThiJ production of" Little Red Riding Hood" includes several twists
on the popular tale, induding a funny wolf, tap-dancing Grandma
and plenty of audience panicipation. It is recommended for ages 9 and under.
The musical stars Joan and Evan Thompson. Evan has appeared on television in such
programs as "Law &amp; Order,""Ryan's Hope"
and "Saturday Night Live." Joan has en·
joyed a long stage ca reer, both on and off·
Broadway.
n;e production features an original score
by John Clifton, who has scored several
films and served as music director for Liza
Minelli. The Thompsons and Clifton are
responsible for mort than a dozen musi ·
cals for young audiences.
Fanfare Theatre Ensemble has been en ·
tertaining children for more than 30 years with a wholesome brand
of musical theatrt that captivates the audience.
Tickets for "Little Red Riding Hood" are $12 for adults and $10
for children 12 and under. Tickets are available at the center box
office from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and at all
Ti~tmaster locations. For more information, call 645-ARTS.

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Seotinglslrnilld.wll be modewhon. ~Is ....

aiwd. Chtck&gt;. mode PIYM* to
the UB IM&gt;mon's CU&gt;, must be
moiled to Oortllhy_Soong. 249
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14051 , byMan:h 23.
For further informotion, contxt Irma Kltz it 691-4614 .

lectures on Chinese
art, architecture set
for March 13, 15
Wang Ming&gt;dln. critic ond u -

pert In Chfnese art and architev
ture. wiU detiver two Jectures on
the subject doring 1 visit to UB
In March.
The .... spons&lt;Jf'&lt;d by
the Oepartment o1 Art History
and the Asian Studies l'rogfom.
both in the College ol Ms and
Sdenoes. They will be '"'" ol
chargo and open to the public.
Wang wiH spuk on "The
Multiplicity and Confrontation
In Contomporary~Aid&gt;i­
tect.ure•·'lt 11 a.m. Milrth 13 in
the Scroon1ng ltoom. 112 Center for the Ms. North Clmpus.

Hewllcloam'fromStroa
Mto-M:TheMol
the Rod eu.a o..tng the OJ..
w n l - . 5 p.m. Man:h
15 in the""' Saeer*'911oom.
A reception
the
Morch151octure.
Wang Is chief editor oiAid&gt;itects. • schololly 01inese lrchl-

wll-

lf'ClU"' mogozine one!- ..
deputy choir ol the Committee
ol 01inese ~one!
t.andsupe.
His mojor pubbtions ir&gt;dude ~COOO!r'npcnry

Architec-

wnl QJiture o n e ! - A
Coleclion on 01inese ArchitectlniAosthetlc,.~
aw-M."~wlth

MingkJ.-""""""'

Gao
ol art history. Ul, one! "The Art
History ol the People's Ropublc
ol Chino. 1966-1976," the first
book published about the art ol
the Cult1nl ~-

Creative Craft Center
to offer wortcshops
The CIN!M Croft Center in the
Ellicott Complex is offering
&gt;pring wotlcshops beginning the
-o1March19.

Worlcshops.,. scheduled In
photography, pottory, wuving.
quilting. emb&lt;oide!y, knitting
and crochellng. beginning and
advanced SUNned glass, jewelry

construalon one! bosic .nwing.
- . , . ""'""" 7-10 p.m.

onenighto -lorlix-.
s.s.ions f o r - one!
teens wil be hold on Soturdoys.
ffts .... no 1or UISiudtnts
lnd $60 lor .. olheB.
For further lnlormotlon. aw&gt;lxt the C1NtM Croft Center It

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"Uncrowned Queens."
And thus, the pair began work on
the project. which currently features
the biographies of some ISO "uncrowned qucms."
The ultimate goal for the site,
&lt;http:/ / wlngs.buff•lo.edu/

1M in the community in the past they'd like to work with the Buffiolo
I00 years."Nev.rgold said."'&amp; were Board of EducatiOn in de..Jopinga
going hack to women who were de- curriculum to accompony the Wd&gt;
FRICAN-Americans in
ceased and had left the collective site. And this month, the pair will
Western New York and
m&lt;f'ory. But there was someone present "Uncrowned Queens" to the
beyond are coming towho remembered."
New YOI'k State Social Studiesl.s¥&gt;gether to pay homage to
The late Ann Montgomery, wboo&lt; ciation, whim is holding a day-long
unheralded black women of the past
I 00 years, the unsung fieroines •~,•dlfl...,..&gt;,istocullthe career as a business owner began in seminar on the Pan Am.
whose legacy of self-&lt;letennination names or 1,901 women.
the 191 Os in Buffiolo where her variUltimately, the women hope the
Developed under the auspices or ous enterprises Bourisl}ed as part of site will become an interacti&gt;oe comspeaks to a tradition or effecting
the Women~• Pavilion, Nevergold Little ijarlcm. is among' the women munity resource. Individuals would
change.
"Uncrowned Queens"-a Web notes the importan!'O or recogniz- featured on the site. Eva M. Noles was be able to add the stories or women
site dedicated to recognizing those ing the aa:omplishmentsofAfrican- the tint black nune to train in Buf- who are important to them. And the
unsung heroines-spotlights \he American women who in the past falo, and went on to become direc- ·pair intends to include the stories or
accomplishments of African- were relegated to the background, · tor ornursing at what now is Roswell other undmepresented group.not just blacks.
American worn&lt;n in the region who
"Long after we're finished, the
have remained largely in the shadows over the course of a century, but
community can step forward and
who have in their own significant ·
start to identify the next wa"" of
way contributed to the collective
peopie."!lerttam said. "l~scoosistmt
with out attempt to marry the hi$achievements of the community,
tory or a culture or people with the
and of black history.
use or tedmology to explore that
The ti~e or the site is derMd from
"We think i~s ·an emaordinary
a poem published in 1917 by
Drusilla
Dunjee
Houston,
educational opportunity foe people
"America's Uncrowned Queens."
to say that although Aliican Ameri"She really was speaking to the
cans may luJv. been in the shadows
same kinds of issues that we're speak. in 190l,thispr:oject.thisopportunity,
belatedly fulfills the original mission,
ing to now---that there are Africanwhich was to talk about the contriAmericanwornenwhoarereallytoil- fi
butions of all people." Bertram said.
ing in the background, trying to ~
A century after the Pan Am amake thins&lt; rigb~" said Peggy Brooks
hibits of the "Old Plantation" and
Bertram, an associate for fioculty dethe "African Village"-which did
velopment and grad~te fellowship
little more than offer a stereotypic
programs in the Office of the Vice
President fo r Pub~c Sa-vice and Ur- their history obscured by""""ts that Park Cancer Institute. Also featured and demeaning glimpse into the
sou.ght to exclude-or exploit- OD the site, Noles remains an active lives of African Americans, whose
ban Affaiis and co-chair or the site.
member of the nursing community. triumphs in the years after slavery
"'&amp; derided there were hundreds their ""'Y existence.
or women in the African-Amerian
"When Congress passed the act
"There was a cadre or~lewho and leading up to 1901largelywent
community who had done a lot or that established the Pan Am, the lan- had done all kinds or thing&amp;-the unrecognized-Ber-tram and
community
hair dresser who'd been Nevergold ai-e doing their part to
thing.&lt;M:I'thepa&lt;t &lt;Entury, but hadn't guage said the Plll'J'&lt;l&lt;e of the (expobeen remgnized for i~" said Brooks sition) was to showcase all of the ac- dr=ing hair for 50 years. making ensun: the aa:o!I)plishments or MBertram, who also is an adjWlCI assis- complishments or mankind over the all of us look lovely, but no one ev- rican-American women are celtant professor in the Department or last I00 years. - .in all aspects--&lt;orts, ery gave her an outstanding achieve- ebrated, and heralded.
African-American Studies. "And we industry. education," she aplained ment award," explained Bertram. · 'There's OOt enough out ~ to
were especially ·interested in making "That promise wa.m't fulfilled, as far "Or the woman who was the haby give people a real undentanding of
sitter for everybody's child in the what this cdebration of the tOOth ansure we identified women who you as looking at groups of color.
didn't u&lt;ually see getting aa:olades."
"Our activity comes hack to the neighborhood. or the penon who nr...saryoftbe PanAmis;Ne-.agold
The project began to take shape original goal of the Pan Am--here was the community historian. We said. "Yk focus on the Pan Am as the
initial impetus foe this activity--but
·more than a year ago when Barbara we are, here are the accomplish- luJv. women like that"
She credits UB in helping make itgoesfurbeyond the PanAm,beaust
Seals NeYergold, coordinator or stu- ments, here are the contnbutions
we look .at impacl. we're looking at
dent support services in the Educa- that this group of ~le has Jl)ade posstqle their project
"You can't do this kind of thing community in tmns of. _.history:"
tional Opportunity Center, answered to the community," she said':
The pair turned to community without the support of the univerStill, the Queen City struggles to
a request to participate in th e
Women's Pavilion Pan American 2001 organizations-namely the .Afro sity," Bertram said, lauding Lisa contextualiz.e adequately the strides
lnc., a Web organization serving as a American Historical Association of Francescone,a se:nioradminist:ra~ made by African Americans,
hub for community projectsrelebrat- the Niagara Fronti&lt;r, the Buffalo assistant in PSUA, for her assistance Bertram points out
"This pi&lt;'ce ...,·re doing on 'Uning the achievements of women in Chapter of the National Association in structuring and designing the site.
conjunction with the centennial of the for the Advancement of Colored As well, Bertram received a grant crowned Queens' is really the only
from
UB's
Canadian-American
Pan American Exposition of 1901.At People and the Buffalo Genealogipiece that attempts to make sure that
the time, none of the organization's cal Society or the African Diaspora, StudieS Committ&lt;e top= crosS- communities other than whilt communities an: represented in this secfocus groups were dedicated Solely to Erie County Links Inc. and the Xi border connectioos for the site.
Nevergold said they are pursuing ond thrust of celebrating the City or
examining the achievements of mi- Epsilon Omega Chapter or the Alnority women. Seals Nevergold pha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.--for additional support for future activi- J.Jgh~. she said, which perhaps beg.
sought to fill that need.
nominations, while also coming up ties related to the site, which was herquestion-onethatdlallmgesthe
funded originally through the notion of just bow far we've come.
" I thought about what could pos- with their own slate of nominees.
"Really, how much light shines.
sibly be an activity that focused on
"We'retallcingabout women who Women's Pavilion and several cothe community; said the co-chair of were active back then, or were ac- sponsoring organizations. She said and iLit does, where does it shine!"
UWANOOWSIU

Reporttr Assistant Editor

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Cl*-llonquet
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c..c.. c _ ,"
-'Fund
6 p.n). Aprtl1 in the~
Dude ,_.,~ 11140 Mople

HCIA to hold meeting on health-care issues
By MAllY IIE11t SPINA
Contributing Editor

T

HE UB-based Health
Care Industries Association (HCIA) will celebrate a decade or generatingregionaleconomicgrowthand
development during its I Oth annual
meeting. to be held March 13 in the
Buffalo/Niagara Marriott, 1340
Millmport Highway, Amherst
More than ZOO scientists, healthcare providers and,. representatives
from business, industry, education
and g&lt;M~Dmtnt will attend and participate in 1ecturos. discussions and

panels related to the growing and
ever-&lt;:hanging health-are industry.

Blair OWds, executive vice president for strategic planning and
implementation with Ad~anced
Medical Technology Association
(AdvaMed), will deliver the opening
keynote address at 8 a.m. on "How
Will the New Administratioo AlTect
Your Business!: A w.shington Update." AdvaMed is a national trade
association and the largest me&amp;altedmologyassociation in the world.
Lunch at 12:30 p.m. will r..tun: a
speech by Steven A Spauldislg,
founding executive dir&lt;ctor or the

Louisville (Ky.) Medical Center De- ma'ry Smith Professor of Neurology
in the UB School of Medicine and
wlopment Corporation.
With almost $2 billioo ofbusiness Biomedical Sciences, will re&lt;ZM the
investment and the creation of Western New York Health Care
50,000 oet new jobs in the past three Technology/Discovery Award for
years. Louisville~ been called "a research that has led to improved
treatment of multiple sclerosis.
blueprint for suc:ccss."
Spealting at the awards dinner at
The registration dead.line foe the
6 p.m. will be William F. Allyn. chair- eYent is'fuesday. Thecostis$179for
man and chief executive offia:r of non-HCIA members and $149 for
Welch Allyn Ventures, L.LC., a . members. All UB taculty and staff
world leader and innovator in medi- members are coruidered HCIA
cal and dental ~ostia, veteri- members.
nary medicine, ltgbting, remote viTo register. call829-38l!8, fa 829sual inspection and data collection. 3885oremail~liolo.edu&gt;.
.
Lawrence Jacobo, Irvin and Rose-

�March U001/VIi32.h.Z2

UV ousting chlorine in pool
New way ofcleansing water may help swimmers lower times

a,

I'AIIl, VUOtiO
Rq&gt;cwttt Contributor

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writing her thesi&amp; on the performanct of the UV system, ht says.
When used incorrectly, chlorine-&lt;~ corrosive material--&lt;an ht
dang.erous or e...-. deadly to human
beings, Smeadtr says. Too much or
too tittlt of the chemical in swimming pools can cause water quality

UB swimmtn may even ht able reduce their personal best times and
post higher scores at championship
meets, Termin says.

HE university i&amp; using a
new,
non-chemical
method of sterilizing the
·swimmers consume oxygen
pool in Alwnni Arenawhen they swim," be notes. "That
a method that was used at tht Sum·
oxygtn consumption has~ signifimtr Olympics in Sydnty-that
cantetfect on their overall metabolic
could ·tven help swimmtn lower to suffer and contnbute to numer- power, which correlates to improved
their times.
ous water-borne illnesses.
swimming performance. Breathing
Tht days of constant, high-ltv.!
In addition, chlorine may yellow a cleaner type of air could ht a htnchlorination may ht over for the UB and disoolor wall surfaces at indoor efit to the athletes."
facility.
pools aod corrode metal surfaces, he
Smeaderconcurs, pointing out that
UI1111Violet tight, onct thought of says, noting that thest problems will competitiYe swimmers can sptnd as
as something out of science-fictfon
·
many as four or 1M
stories, is doing the job of dean boon at a time in and
ing-&lt;~ctually sterilizing-the pool
around a pool. breathand i&amp; doing it in a much safer way.
ing chlorine fumes.
The system has been used at UB
. "Oxygen levels
since last spring. thanks to a donaare depleted, and
tion of equipment worth more than
they do not perform
$55,000 from Wedecofldtal Horias well,"' he says.
wns,a Poultnty, VL-basedcompany
Since installing
at the forefront of ultraviolet tecbthe UV system, the
nologyi Environmental Resources
change in water
Management of Pittsford, the conquality has been drasultant for the project, and Final Filmatic, Termin says,
tration Inc. of Amherst.
of lolgh levels of dllot1ne, to
noting that swimThe VB n~tatorium is the only • dean the Aluntnl - '·
mtn can detect the
pool in New York State to use the
slightest difference in
ultraviolet system, says Fred not occur with an.ultraviolet water- the water, whether it is a change in
Smeader, manager of engineeriflg porification system deaningtht pool. temperature or how much or how
support systems for Facilities PlanMoreover, chlorine can change tittle chlorine i&amp; present
ning and Design.
greatly the pH factor and odor of
"Within a couple ofdays ofinstallChlorine still is used in the water, whereas UV does not have ing the system," be says. "my swimAlumni pool, but at the minimum such an effecL
mers were asking me if there was
level required by the New York State
But perhaps the most important something different in the"water."
Department of Health, Smeader benefit of using the UV system
Although the UV system is new
says. He adds that the goal is to could ht on the performanct and to the United States, it i&amp; used widely
document the benefits of the UV health of the swimmers.
throughout Europe, Smeader '!;lys.
system at UB and use that informaBudd Termin, coach of the men's It i&amp; being used at a few American
tion to evmtually override the state swim team, says the UV system pro· universities and competition facili legislation requiring the use of chlo- vides a htalthier environment
ties, including the University of
rine in swimminj; pools. "If you're
"It totally deans up the environ- Maryland-Baltimore County, the
using UV, there's no need to usc ment," says Termin, now in hi&amp; 14th University of Texas, the University
chlorine," he says.
season as htad coach. "Not only for of Minnesota and the Indiana Uni·
Jamie Schlossberg. a graduate stu· our athletes, but also for the recre- versity Natatorium at Indiana Unident in the Depamnent of Civil ational use:s. From a skin-absorption versity-Purdue University-India Engineering who i&amp; working with standpoint, i~s a huge htalth benefit" napotiswhere the U.S. Olympic TriAnd with a chemical-free pool, als were held last summer.
faculty mernhtr )ames N. Jensen, i&amp;

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5

The Invisible Web
According

to

•

studJ

published

by Brightplanet

&lt;www.brtghtpl•net.com&gt;, only a small fraction of the information available on the Web is accessible through search engines. Their

white paper, "The Deep Web: Su rfa cing Hidden Value"
&lt;www.completepl•neLcom/Tutorials/DeepWeb/ lndex.asp&gt;.
reveals that the ..deep.. Web-more commonly referred to as the .. in -

visible" or "hiJiden"Web-is at least 500 times larger than the known
"surface" World Wide Web. Brightplanet believes that "Internet
searching today can ~ compared to dragging a net across the surface of the ocean. There is a wealth of information that is deep, and
therefore missed." Material on the deep Web is missed because most
of the information located there is sto red in datab~ or in formats
such as PDF, Flash and streaming media that generally are inaccessible to the software tha t compile search-engine indexes.

Some key findings from the Bright planet study:
• The deep Web is 400 to 550 times larger than the co mmonl y

defined World Wide Web
• More than an estimated I 00,000 deep Web snes presently ex1st
• The deep Web is the largest growmg category of new mfo rma tio n on the Internet
• Deep Web content is h1ghl y relevant to every inform.ttJon need.
market and domain
• M9fe than half of the deep Web co ntent resi des m toplt spectfk
databaSes
• A full 95 percent of the deep Web is publicly accesstblc mfor·
ma t ion- not subject to fees or subscription s
So how does one gain access to this huge. umndcxed trove of m ·
formation? Brightplanet has developed a partial solution Wlth a prod uct called .. LexiBot... With a si ngle search request, the so ftwc~r c
searches 1he Web pages indexed by traditional sea rch engmes, but 11
also searches more than 600 " hidden" databases simultan eously.

But l..exiBot, even with its additional searching capabilities, only reveals a small portion of the invistble Web, and LexiBot requires patiencea typical search can take 5 to 30 minutes to complete and more complex
requests can \llke more than an hour.l.exiBot also costs S89. 95, bu1 a free.
30-day trial can ht downloaded at &lt;www.lexlbot.com/ lndeJ&lt; ... p&gt;.
Fortunately, there are free Internet sites that provide gu1des to Lhe
thousands of databases that make up the hidden Web. One of the best
site.s, Direct Search &lt; http:/ / gwls2 .c\rc.gwu.edu/ - gprlce /

dlnct.htm&gt;, descrihts itself as "a growing compilation of links to
the search interfaces: of resources that co ntain data not easily or en tirely searchable/accessible from general search tools like Alta Vista,

Google or Hotbot." Direct Search provides annotated links to well
over 1,000 searchable, interactive databases. The site is maintained by
Gary Price, a librarian at George Washington University and the co-

author of the forthcoming book "The Invisible \'{eb" (CyberAse Books,
due out in July). Other sites that provide links to hidden Web data bases include lnvisibleWeb.com &lt;www.lnvlslbleweb.com/ &gt;, The Big
Hub &lt;http:// blghub.com/ &gt;, AlphaSearch &lt;www.ulvln.edu/ llbnory/JMneso/lntemet/as/ &gt; and Lycos Invisible Web Catalog
&lt;http:/ / dlr.lycos.com/ Reference/Surchable_Da..INues/ &gt;.
But for many people, guid~ven well compiled ones-are not
A good replacement for a onc·stop, one-search -box approach to
~arching the Web, so the pressure is on the major searc"'h engines to
.. reveal " more of the .. invisible" or " hidden .. regions of cyberspace.
So me progress is being made . For example , Google
&lt;www.google.com / &gt; recently introduced a new feature that ~~ ­
lows searchers to find information con tained in Adobe Portable
4

Dads' problems impact children
BJ KATHLEEN wtAV£11
HILE there' has

fathers who abused alcohol spoke
less to their child, expressed less
positive involvement and bad more

been considerable
research docu-

fathers.

Report~ Contributor

W

menting the problems of children born to alcohol-

abwing mothers, scientists at UB's
~a rch Institute on Addictions
(RIA) have demonstrated that alcohol abuse, depression and other

problems in the father can also have
a det:rii:nental impact on children's

development
The research-funded by three
succtSSive grants from the National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and AJ.
cohotism for a total of $5.9 million-is being led by Kenneth
Leonard, and Rina Eiden, research
professors in psychiatry and pediatrics, respectively.
In their studies, Leonard and
Eiden have tracked the social, emo-

tional aod cognitive development of
children of alcohol-abusing fathers
and control fathtn as- the children
reached 12,18aod24 months ofage.
At all three ages, the chiJdrm were
observed with each parent in a naturalistic play Betting. In observing the
childrmat 12 months with their fathers, the researchers found that the

negative emotions than did control
Researchers also found that, in

comparison to the control fathers, the
alcohol-abusing fathers generally
were less sensitive in their parenting
and were ~ot aware of, or guided by,
their child's hthavior. In contrast,
mothers married to alcohol-abusing
fathers behaved with their babies in
similar ways as mothers married to
con trol· fathers; ho~ever, the
mother's own alcohol problems and
her level of dtpression were related
to less sensitive parenting.
By 18 months, the,childrm of alcohol-abusing fathers were reported
to ~ more symptoms of anxiety
aod depr&lt;ssioo than control children.
The fathers' alcohol problems also
were relat&lt;d to e:rternalizing problems, such as temper tantrums,

among the 18-month-olds, but only
among f.unilies in which dtpressive

symptoms in the motherwereab&lt;enL
Researchers videotaped the children at 18 and 24 tl)Onths hting
asked by their parents to dean up
theirtoysaftertheplaysessions. Tht
researchers then examined the pro-

portion of time children displayed
whole-hearted committed compliance, resisted parental requests by
saying"no" and defied their parents
by having temper tantrums. Most
children demonstrated increases in
compliance and decreases in non ·
COJllpliance with age. ln contrast,

sons of alcohol-abusing fathers did
not show increases in committed

compliance; instead, they exhibited
increasing levels of resistance. Lower
compliance among these boys at the
earlier ages was "-'SSCia ted with their
fathers' depression and negative
emotions.
" It is important to recognize that

these families often have other problems in addition to the father's
drinking," Leonard emphasizes.

"The alcohol-abusing fathers and
their wives often repon hi&amp;tories of
problem hthaviors, as well as symp·
toms of depression. ln fact, these
dtpressive symptoms may ht largely
responstble for the hthavioral problems observed in the childrerL"
"Tht effects of alcohol abuse in
child development cannot ht considered in isolation," Eiden cautions.
"We have to examine these tfftcts
longitudinally aod seek to di&amp;cover
sourctSof resiliency in these fiuoilies..

Document format (PDF) files. While HTML files make up the bull
of documents o n the Web, PDF files are abundant and many gov ernment agencies and non -profit organizations use PDF as their for·
mat of choice when providing publications on the Internet.
Inevitably, market forces will motivate search engines to unmask
more and more of the Invisible \Veb--lct's hope the data sources that
get exposed are precious nuggets of mformation and not fools ' gold!
-Gemma DeVInney and Don Hartman, Umvers1ty L1brane1

Obituaries
John Huddleston dies at 73
A onemort.1 service- be held June 30 for John V. Huddleston, professor emeritus in the Department of Civil, Structurai and Environmental Engineering. who died Feb. 18 in hi&amp; Wtlliamsville home. He was 73.
A native of Houston, Huddleston earned bachelor's. master's and

doctoral degrees at Columbia, where he received the lliig Medal for
academic achievement. He S!'rved on the UB faculty from 1967-1994.
Tht recipient of two Fulbright fellowships to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
he wrote I0 books on engineering and computer language. He also owned
a Buffalo computer business called Exchange Computing Systems.
An avid outdoorsman and jogger, Huddleston sang bass in anum htr oflocal church choirs, and enjoyed woodworking. golf and travel.
J"he time and location of the memorial service have yet to be decided. The date, hi&amp; wife, the former Martha Hendry, noted, would
have been the couple's 4~ wedding anniversary and the 51st anniversary of the night they met on a blind date.

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and S)'Dtbai&gt;e it so students canl!"' &lt;Xllltnlf, Uliog the vilull datol.e.
Thiumbitious~projectsomething out of it. We want to studenuwiD heabktodosudl tbinp
funded by a $79,520 grant from tht tum it into lessons that not ooly .. impect • _ . . ttiJutarial ODe
National Scimce Fonndatioo oecb teach something. but retain the by one-irom -and dooe upto create a visual databue tor upper- charocter of the reaean:b."
and then CDIIIiDe the cilia 1D c:om~student.. ofh)drology, the study
Wben the project isaliDpiete,IIU- lolt the numben with wbal ~
of tht earth's water syst&lt;:m.
dent.. wiD be obi&lt; to J:DaD&lt;~~Wrabout .m.ll'sa
Toaa:omplisbthis,lledzrandhis in a~ vi1uo1 n:p- ing ...,.. of bydrolosic c:oocepiL
oolleagues an: using research infor- resentation of the Hubbud Broolr. "What we'n: tryiDs ID do is t..e a
marion gathered from the Hubbard wat&lt;nbcd and diclr. 011 iaJos that, ....... orpnic,., ...daillandin(
Brook Expaimental Fon:st in ~ for eumple. geoentte a byclrosnph Ibis dota," lledzr addo.
Hampshire, an ecosystem scientists of bow the stn:amllow rate of a puOne of the challenges of tbe
have studied for nearly 40 yean. ticular brook rapooded to a rainy project is that &lt;Xllllpllla' teclmology
is cbuJsing ao quiddy. "We'n: a Within this database is embedded a sp.nune&lt; or a dry ooe.

I

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tn:mdy ~to Uliog the n,bt
t.eclmolosY. so "'" lr:now it will be
usabk in two yeaza,"lledzresploins.
Tbe buic lanpaee of the oollwan:
is Vutual R&lt;ality Modeling I.an~ which can be read by moot
~ bnwnen Uliog pluc-ina.
Tbem&gt;projec:twiD ~stu­
dent lellin&amp;in thedqionmmt's...,.
16-stalion CXllllpllfft lab and curn:ntly is being uood in • 300-lovel
hydrology . . . ""''bt by Marcus
Bunik. ........ prob"b. «pology and a&gt;-principol imaliptor
on the project.
"I've induded aome of the data
on stream-flow gaup into tbe
ooune ~ Iitie," Bunilr. ..,._ "Tbe
way the IOftWan: W&lt;ll'b, it's £orcin&amp;
students to lr:am howto uae an SQL
(Structured Query Language)
query, .. wtll u bow to aet up the
ua on a p:apb and bow to name
theua comdly.ln a program liloe
F.:u:d, by a&gt;n~ it just automatically does that and 'IOU don't learn
the theory behind iL"

Ripples
Too
Members of the Zodiaque
Dance Company perform a
selection from the troupe's
spring concert last weekend
in the Drama llleatre in the
Center for the Arts.

Cleanliness
~f.-IIN9"1

v=ity struggl~ to secure outside
mntracts.
Citing a loss of emp~ due to
funding cut.o-which have resulted
in a thinly spn:ad stai&lt;Side stall", Facilities' current financial inability to
bring in new contracts and help
compensate for the d iminisbe~
stateside worl&lt;force, and the ill-effects of inllation on Facilities' overall purchasing power throughout
the 1990s, Dupn: said "there's been
a degradillgacross the board-both
in what's delivered via the oontracts
and on stateside."
On the whole, however, "once we
move a facility into contract, the
specifications are fairlyaa:urate,"he
said. ·we keep the cleaning level
pretty static," he said, adding that in
general, less complaints are generated from the oontract buildings.
The personnel situation stai&lt;Side,
he said, can produce what he called
a "rollercoaster effect.•
"We accumulate so much attrition, and gj.en how many people
we've lost and how much money we
have to work with, what may happen-we may get some financial
flcxibility through the attrition, but
-.... may receive a CUL
"This curn:nt ~· we'n: going to

He said as.part of the overaii plan
to improve, a&gt;ntracton n:newing
~cesoftheuniv=ity," besaid
with the university would be gj.en
Dupre said picking up the cost of an elevated set of cleaning specifi·
the new Math Building posed a cbal- cations. At. well, Dupn: explained
lenge. since there was no additional that the university would pump "almost all" of the requested budget
money to offset that expense.
"We went into the year with about adjustment into a&gt;ntract, freeing up
a quarter-million-dollar cut; be the number of state-employed persaid. "The year befon:, we had about sonnel and ina-easing stalling leva half•million cuL We just oouldn't els in other state-cleaned &amp;cilities.
Ageneral air of disa&gt;ntent from
come up with ihe money to engage
another (o;leaning) a&gt;ntracL"
FSF.Cmemhen &lt;M!rcoostnictioo on
Havingoutlinod tht m.tory,Dupn: the South Campus elicited comment
from Dupre oo the issue of =essive
returned to the curn:nt status.
"From my perspective, (we have) dirt, debris and general~
"We'n: doing. from iny perspecsome of the lowest cleaning levels
we've -ever had at the university," tive, too large ofprojects with people
in adjacent occupied an:as,"he said,
Dupre said.
But the upside, he said, is recent referring in particular to ongoing
interest shown by ProYost FJizabeth work at Farber Hall, located nat to
D. Capaldi and SeniorVn Pn:sident Cary Hall. "It's causing grief for a
Robert J. w.goer in investins ip the number ofprincipal investigitonan:as of facilities and maintenance- (and hu) actually contaminated
some of their work.
which erxnmpasses cleaning.
"We don~ have the benefit, either,
Dupre said be first wants to raise
gradually the levels of cleaning on of stopping it," he added, "because
campus. and pair thooe inaeaoed lev- some of these projects an: helping
els with annual~ as the sd&gt;ool recruit principol imestithtdiologueopened withthtFSEC- gaton (and) grants."
In addition ID d&lt;aoliness issues dito address !peCific "--s. He said he
abo is eDCOIJrl!l!ld that "there may be rectly relalllll to stalling. Dupre cited
souit positive~ acljuitments.• a need tor students, £acuity and iliff
r.OOV. a fairly modest cut that is
proportional to the other support

to n:think the campus "culture" in

termsolbCaming ....... oooscicusof
individual contribution to upbep.
Gaspar Farbs,associate professor
of physical therapy, e=cise and
nutrition science, wondered if stu·
dents oouldn't be encouraged to
look after themselves.
"Is there anything in 'lOur bud8"'
to proDIOte students policing themselves," he asked Dupre.
While Dupre said there was not, be
did agn:e that attitude was a a&gt;ntributor to tht&lt;Mrllldeanliness problem
He ...r.ri.d back to two)'03r5ago.
when he said facilities had set aside
ltlOlle)'-in a tight budg&lt;t.no lesrto landscape various an:as of the
campus. Within a week, be said,
cig:an:tte butts and other debris littered the newly gardened an:as.
"How do we change that culturel"
he asked.
Fadcassuggesledtht~l2lo!

a cue from~ Yodt Scm's AdoptA-Higbwoyprogram and implement
something similar on campus.
"Couldn't we have Adopt-ASpace 011 campus!" be asked.
The idea drew a warm response
from Dupn: ..it other oenaton.
The issue W.s refened to the
Bodl!"' Priorities Committee:

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ond Educ.otion on Women ond
G&lt;ndo&lt;.
Moin SL, lkAiolo. 7 p.m. SUO,

students; 56.50, g&lt;n&lt;:nol. For """"
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Exhibits

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Esrtor In d&gt;e - t h e .... - - l n . . . - . 1 0
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rdOd ...... ln
t h e - - - Goliutl 01*&gt;

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6,3«)-lnThoC.....In

UBioot despite ~ 52
porconr.ll&gt; ~~of
the on the rood. ond lordnj:
17 01*&gt; .....,._._

U8._,odlho- ln~

Ar«a wilt. a 78-66 klss to the
lOiodo Rocba.

U8 76,._.,. Green 66
UB 16, Ohio ll
Senior Hori Mc&lt;:lu&lt;-e had 31 points.
..,.. rebounds ond......, assists"'
lood the "' • 7tH.6 win ......
Bowlrc Gr... lnAiurml Antna on

her
from the flU line
(16-of-18). She also WiH
named to the Verlzon
Academic All-District I
Women's Baslce4baU Team.

San.nloy. Tho win ~ UB's
record 10 19-7.,.,... ord IG.S In d&gt;e MAC.
In ocher aaion last weo1c.Tllony Bel (29 points. II rebounds) ond Sonia
" ' - (17 points. 10 ossisa) p o s a l d - "'lood d&gt;e
·. _ - viaD&lt;y
Ohlo,86-83. on 1'«&gt;.21 .
Eariorln the weolc.Mc&lt;:lu&lt;-e- named"' d&gt;e-Aademlc AJI.
Oiarict IWomen\ BosbcbaiToom.as selecald by CoS!~ (Coile&amp;o Sporu
WannadanOV......ol-).

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8uls"'.

Wrestlin~
UB 11 , Cornell If

Wednesday

U8""" II&gt; tnl .............., cbl motd\. cleNotlrc ComeiiUnhwsky on fob.
20 lnAiurml"'-Tho Buls""" d&gt;e firu IMI......n.s.droppirc d&gt;e last 1M"'
d&gt;e 1141 Rod. lor • 21 - 19 vicm&lt;y.
Senior jooiiScauoslosthb motth bybl (5:25). endin&amp; his 17-matdl wlm. .

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The 8uls finished Jbdh out of nine teamS wkh 282 points at the MAC
~holdlastwMcendlnAiurmiAntnaNa.............

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Ohio Unhwsky """ Its second cansewtM MAC tide with 702 points.
Allf&gt;ou&amp;l1 d&gt;e 8u!k did not win ""1 of the 20 ....... " the ..-.us did
hoYe ....,... """'' performances. ).nto. Corrie Qulnlon earned fim-tam.AI~
I1AC honon.- fresl1nWI Heod&gt;er Rocheae earned second-teom nods.
Qulnlon
record In d&gt;e 100 buaerlly p&lt;elmnaries In 56.27 ond
"""' third In d&gt;e flnoJs in 56.50. Qulnbn olso ceomed with Corrie Atmstrong.
T.-acy Coae&lt; ondAbby Delia to estobl;,t, a,_ record of 1:36.49 In the 200
free relay. Quinlan olso founh In the 50 freestyle In 24.03. Rocheae set the
sd1ool record In the 200 buaerlly In the preiWnlnary ro&lt;.Wld with • ume ol
2.-D6.33. She pb&lt;ed . - 1n the finals m2.-D6.73.

Clml&gt;lng the Loddor of Succoss In High

set.-

Heols. PotSheley,_..for_
ord £dua1lon on-....., ord Gonder.

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Compus. ,_,_ 1 p.m. - . Sponlor&lt;d by
Studot11 Unions ord AdMtie. For""""
inlo!motio&lt;1. Sorla
64s.6125.

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The Bulb finished el&amp;ht omong 32 SCOrin&amp; teamS at the ECAC
0\ampk&gt;nshlps In Sewell. N.J. US scored a ootal ol 186 poma. willie M.ryiond·
lloltrnore County """ the ...., c:ompeddon with 617 points.
US senio&lt; jason McUd1bn took • polr offounh-ploce finishes. In !he 500
freestyle. he docked a 4:37.98 oft«~· 4:38.60 In the p&lt;Oimlnories. He
lollowod with • 4:04.-46 ~ In the 400 lndMdual mecley.
Senior jool1 Pl.w&gt;""" the consolotion llnol of the 100 buaerlly In 51 .82.
while Dext.erTon.m wu II thin 52.12.1n !he 200 buaerlly.Tou.n was fifth In
I:55.02. wNie P1.w&gt; W.. sixth In I:55.24. Eric 5&lt;imson took fount&gt; In the I00

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,_,_ 1 p.m. - · Sponlor&lt;d by Student
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Wlform.ltion. Sorla cone~~. 64s.&lt;S125.

bodcstrol&lt;e In 51 .62.
The Bulb' -100 medley relay squod placed sixth In 3:32.22.

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inside Undergraduate Ubf'ary, North
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The men's: indoor track squads took seventh pbce among II turns ;;at the MAC
Ownpionships held in Mt. Aeasant. Mkh~ whiJe tne 'N'Oil'-.en's team pbced

Chomlaol EngiMalng -

Seledlve C~tlon of
Polymofplu on Self-Assembled

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w.dnetdays lit 4 PLUS

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;nfoonotlon.

eighth omong 12 tmms.
5anh Retdler """ her third I1AC tide, w.nn;,g the lG.Ib. weigl&gt;t throw lor
the second consecutive season. Aetcher's toss of 58...6.5 (17.&amp;4m) established a
new UB ~ the one she had set the previous week- and once
ogaln pr'O'Iislonally qualified her lor NCAA etwnp;oilsh;p c:ompeddon.
Kamau Halln1 """' his second I1AC tide and the first of his Indoor career when
he""" the 11'1&gt;1&lt; """"'-.. c.nu.J t1id&gt;lpn- record of5().3.25
(15.32m).
Other top odlletes In the meet Included M;o, Commisso. who took second
In the 800 mecers In I:52.82. ord Christina Ked&lt;. who pb&lt;ed fifth In the
800 mecersln 2:15.06.11iau&gt;::a Mcfariond was fount&gt; In the"""'"""'s 11'1&gt;1&lt; J&lt;.&lt;r4&gt;
ot 39-10.5 (12.15m~Ovlosie Maahew&gt; ded lor fourth In the women's h;gjl J&lt;.&lt;r4&gt;
ot S-6 (1 .68m). Nooh ~ tlnlshed fourth In !he ~ J&lt;.&lt;r4&gt; at 23-1.25
(7.04m).
In the"""'" 22-5 (~).

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U«!Mmmstry-.
Regulotlon of DNA

~ece~r.~~s
Sutton, Dept. of Biology, MrT.
1 J.4B Farber, South Campus.
Noon. Free. For more
informatOO, Kenneth
Blumenthal, 829-3890.

knlor Alumni Progr....
George Kelley Pulp Action

ColleCtion. ~~

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829-2608.

Bren~.

Cornell Unkt. 205
Nawrot 5dences Complex,

North~C:d~*~ Free.
·
Lecture

and the Foster
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Prayer~

Pr.- -.;g. u~

Ubrory Wot1cshop
Sel!rthlng Beilsteln Crossfire.
Fred Stoss. 127 Cap&lt;n,
Undergraduate Ubrary, North
Campus. Noon-1 p.m. Free.

c:hrfstian FelloWship. 317
Student Union, North Campus.
7:30p.m. FrM. For more
information, Dalene, 459..0231
(poget) . .

infOrmation, Jill HKk~berg.
6-IS-2947, ext. 226.

Saturday

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Wednesdays ot 4 PLUS
ConversaUOn. kathleel Fraser.
438 Clemens, North Campus.
12:30 p.m. Free. For more
information, 645-3810.

Physics C...........
The Mlaophyslal Origin of

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Sciences Complex. North
Campus. 3:45p.m. Free.

Philosophy Colloquium
Distinction and JudgmonL
Mariam Thalos, Dept. ol
Philosophy. 141 Pari&lt;, North
Campus. 4 p.m. Free.

p-3

Man.glng a Stand OUt of a
Crisis. Arun Jain, pro!. and
chair, DepL ol Martceting;

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Partnen; Susan Schutte, the
Schu~ Group; Chuck
.
Scothon, Foshef-l'rico. 106
jacobs Management Center,
North Campus. 11 :30 a.m .-2

~~~~~
information, 645-3200.

Tuesday

Job Folr

-Study

HumAn Servk.e Career Fair.
Mike Rivera, Career P\anning
and PlacemenL Social Hall,
Student Unloo, North Campus.

Bible Study with the Navajo.

Placement. For rT'IOf'e
information, Mike Rivera, ~52232, ext. 109.

Men'sa..kdbllll
UB .._ Monhol. Alumni Arena,

BlbkStucly
Fellowship of Christlan
Athletes. AI Broccuto. 1 ~5 UB
Stadium, North Campus. 6

S8, dllldron 12 and under;
free, students with 10.

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Brown Bog Lunch
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Women's Narrative

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february 71. 2001/ti3tlh21
www.buffalo.edu/reponer

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junior engineering major,
makes an adjustment to
"Biaderunner," the robot he
built and sent into battle on
Mond3y
part of
Engineers Week. Team mate
Lenny jacinto (left) looks on .
Polyakov and " Biaderunner"
have appeared on Comedy
Central's " BattleBots."

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Panel provides recommendations to address problems with teaching space
By

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Rep&lt;lfltr Assistant

Edotor
HE Classroom Quality
and Attributes Committee of the Faculty Senate
brought a list of recommen elations to clean up, refurbish,
moderni ze and make safe the
university's teaching space to the
Feb. 14 meeting of the senate's ExecutiveCommittee---&lt;1 project totaling an estimated Sn2,230 for the
2001-02 academic year.
That estimatr also includes techno logy upgrades already slat&lt;d for

T

this summer.
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professor of periodontics and endod ontics, said that after a total of six
meetings-twoofwhichwerewalk-

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with II recommendations to be
implemented, beginning this fall
Those recommendations:

removed from classrooms. As .l.eu,
bulletin boards, which Zambon said
are intended to be used for academic
postings only but are plastered con·
tinuously with non-academic fliers,
would be removed entirely from the
classrooms.
"There is a plethora of broken
desks; extra lecterns, extn chairsa whole bunch of stuff that doesn't
belong in a classroom; Zambon
said, noting that one sweeping aim
of thecommitt&amp; is to prevent classrooms from becoming"a repository
for a lot of junk."

noting the goal is to grndually phase
in the locks, eventually implement ing them university-wide.
• In an effort to equip more classrooms with a basic level of technol·
ogy-56 classrooms on both North
and South campuses have no technology beyond overhead projectorsUB should install 12 video cabinets,
each oonttining a television and VCR,
ala cost of$2,000 per cabineL
• UB should outfit seven medium-si.zed classrooms with educati o na) technology-three in
Diefendorf on the South Campus

• In a move toward improvingse·

and four on the North Campus: one

curity, UB sho uld equ ip classrooms
with swipe-card locks, at a cost of
$500 per device, whil'h would "re·
duce theft and result in cleaner.

each in Park, Talbert, Fillmore and
Clemens halls.
• UB should upgrade its existing
IT equipment, including replacing

neaterclassrQOms... accordingtothe
recommendation. The locks would
opei'ate on a timer-for example,

alllnfocus projectors, adding seven

opening automatically at 7:30 a.m.
and locking again al6 p.m.

materials-in~

"This seems a reasonable way for

eluding broken furnishings, additiona! chairs and desks-should be

the university to protect the invest·
men! that it's made," said Zambon,

• All extraneous

tiveCRTvideoprojectors,rcplacing
visualizers and providing 25 wireless mice and five wireless microphones for classroom s. Zambon
noted this as a recurring expense.
• Oassroom renovations and up·
grades should be scheduled for six

classrooms in O' Brian, o ne in Baldy
and one in Fronczak.
• The university should d o away
with current chalkboards, the surfuces of which arc badly worn and,
in some cases, canno t be erdSed. To
do this, UB should implement a o neyear pilot progrnm, installing two or
three different kinds of boardschalk, dry erase, etc.- in select class·
rooJllS- Based on a surveyofinstructo" who use those rooms through out the oourse of the year. the committee would decide what types of
boards to ilistalt
• As well, the committee recommends rectifying a lack of chalk board space for he-•''Y users. such as
-ihstructors in math , chemistry and
physics, by in stalling additional

chalkboards in one classroom e-dch
in FronczaK, Nonon and Baldy halls.
• ZambonsaidUBshouJdreplace
its"guillotinelectems"-those whose
tops are raised and are held in place
by a wire bracket-as well as desks
thatlacktheadequatespaceonwhich

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UB Council opposes student-fee cap
By SUE WUETCHER
Report.er Editor

T

HE UB Council went on
the record o n Tuesday in
opposing a effort in the
state Legislature to limit

student fees to 15 percent of tuition.
President William R. Greiner said
the cap could cost UB more than
$12 million a yea r in funds used to

support information technology,
athletics. transportation and student
health services-severely hampering the universi ty's ability to provide
these services.
Council members unanimously
approved a resolution opposing
companion bills making their WdY
through the Senate and Assembly
that would .lim it fees at statc-opcr-

ated campuses to J5 percent of tuition. The cap would be phased in
o= three years, with limits of 25
percent being imposed the first year.
20 percent the second year and I 5
percent the third.
With fees for undergraduates totaling $595 per semester for the current
academic year, the legislation, if ap·
pro-ro, would limit the amount UB
could charge undergraduates in fees
to $255 a semester at the current tuitio n rate of $3,400 a )'C'M, according
to figures supplied by IA"'llnis Black,

vice president for student affuirs.
Grcirler told council members
that, "in principle," UB has no particular objection t.o cal?ping fees. "i f
the state was willing to supply an aJ.
tcrnativc source of revenue, but

there is no indication ofthat.., With out the funds genera ted through
student fees, UB ha s ''no visible
means of supporting" these student
services, he said.
Fees charged to students fund a
variety o f support services. indu.ding heaJth services, counseling, di~­
ability serv ices, wcllness, parking
and transpo rtati on, information
technology, student union and ac tivities and athletics, including m tcrcoUegiate athletics, open recre a tion and intramuntl ~pons.
UB ha&lt; increas&lt;.&gt;d the fcc each o l
the past three years-by $80 a S&lt;:mestcr in I 998-99, $72 ..50 a scm~tcr in
1999-2000and $30 in 2000-0 1- pri mdrily to cover the university's investm~ in technology.

ln addition to opposing tht• fee
cap, the resolutio n appro-ro by the
co uncil "reco mmends that the legislature scriousl)' address the issue
of a regular ru1d prcdict.tble tuition
polk]•to ensure the mJ.intc:·naJK(' of
a quality public highl·r education:
S)tStcm for the over .ill~o.·co nomic wcU
being of the StJtc of Nt&gt;w York."
Undcrg r.ldUJ tc tUition h.t-. re -

mdint&gt;d at $.\-tOO for the P·'"' \\:'\
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BRIEFLY
"UB today" sets
, March llnleup
lnt!n4ow&gt; wt1h two vice J&gt;IO'OSIS
wil highlight t h e - of•ua Todoy; the rnontNy
Adelphia Cable , _ progrom showasing U8 focully,
...,, students ond programs.
The show b spo!-.d by
the IJB Alumni Association.
Among the highlights of the
Marth program wll be intorviews wt1h Kerry S. G&lt;an~ r-..wty
named vice provost for aa~
de!i-oic lffalrs and dean of the
Grllduate Schoql, about hb
boolt on the Pam Am ExposiUon, and Stephen C. Dunne«,
vice provost for international
eduatlon, about UB"s inlematlonal eduatlon program.

Abo feaW&lt;ed will be Mitch
...aJtlyo- of the
Faculty Student Association, who
will""" about campus food..,_
vice, a n d - Coach 811
!keene, who will discuss the
t..m and the coming year.
Each new program runs
tluoughoo,rt the month at 6:30
p.m. on Sundays on Ollnnel18
lntlmltional ondChannd lOin
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CFA to present "Anne

of Green G&lt;lbles"
The Center for the Arts will
pn!S&lt;flt the ArtsPowor National
Touring Theatre's production of
•Anne of G&lt;een Gobles" It 1
and 4 P·{"· on Mardl 4 In the

Malnstage Thea~ in ~ CFA
on thf l'lorth Carhpw. .
Baled on Lucy Maud
Montgomery's intornationlfly
popular...,.., this original_rrusical deflgl1ts )lOOng audiences wt1h
lts-ofthe-ol
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ofloYe and 1ML -ldMtios for
chldren wil be prcMded one
""" plio&lt; to each performance.
•Anne of G....., Gablos* has
been perfonned In some of the
leading cultural centen ICn:Jf.S
the United Stites.
The show b part of the Center for the ArtS Family-.
wre series spo!-.d by Target.
Media sponsors ""'Adelphia '
Media Sorlbs and WJYE-fM.
Tldcets a"' 512 for adults
and S10 fO&lt; child"'" 12 and under. They are availabh!! at the
Centor for the Arts box office
from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday
lhroogh Friday, and at al
Tlcketmaster locations. For more
information, call 64S-ARTS.

REPORTER
The Reponerb a campus
community newspapor
published by the Olfke of News
S~ces in-the DMsionof
UniYersity Communications,
UniYenlty at Buffalo.
Editorial offices are
located at 330 .Crolts Halt,
Buffalo, (n 6) 645-2626.

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D•n Ry•n is director of the Office of Career Planning
and Placement.
What's the job - - for
the Cluo of 20017 the

ec:-y sort..., t o d-n, wHig ........... hafta
tougher time flnill"!!a job7
There certainly are sigru that the

economy is slowing-in fact, we
saw it starting last spring as companies that were reauiting on campus were hiring for fewer positions

than the year before. Across the
country, even during good times,
thete always have been more college graduate5 than jobs that req!lire a coUege degree. For the student who knows what he or she is
looking for, and who has done
things like internships or co-ops,
there will be plenty of opportuni-

ties. This is particularly true for
those students in the technical majors and in the sciences and math.
Does the demise of 1n8ftJ
"dot.com" con~panles mean
that computer Klenc:e no
longer Is the " hot" onaJor that
leads to... a guaranteed Job 7

More than anything, the dot.com

shakeup helped underscore our
position that it is always good to
have a broad education. Perhaps
if some of these young entrepreneurs had taken some basic business courses, they stiJl would be in
business. The fact remains, how-

ever, that more and more of what
we do every. day involves comput-

aol " braln draln7"

Unfortunately, I'm afraid f.,L S.:Vers, and we are going.to need more enty five percmt of the po ulation
people to program them, design decline in this region is people
them and fix them than ever be- · from theageof2Q-34. Becawe the
fore. Many students consider com- economk recovery was so late
puter scimce:.•too hard" and as a coming to the area, most local
result, too few students are Choos- employers are not prepand for the
ing this major.
tight labor mark.tt.ln tams of pop
Are cCNaput:er sldlls now crvdal for all job .... no
matter- 'JIM of job
they' re loold"9 for?

Just about every job out there involves a computer in some way.
You don't necessarily ~eed to
know how to program them, but
if your VCR or miaowavt i! con·
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Every three years, SUNY centtal adririnistration sur.eys students about their satisfaction
culture, they are using • Ricky with various student services
Nelson" methods to attract a on campus. In 1997, the resulu
"Ricky MartiJl• workforce-.:...plac- were not very Battering. ~
ing ads in newspapers, asking a great deal of strategic planaround at the country club, etc. We ning, and focused effort on the
need to continue our efforts to . part of the staff, we are proud
better eduate the local human-re- to say that result&amp; from this &amp;II
sources community on bow to show that studenu at UB are
reach our studenu.
the most satisfied of students
at any of the uniVersity cmters.
What's &lt;www.~OioufWe still are striving to improve,
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apicbut it's very heartening that our
tun?
effort&amp; are paying off.

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It is starting to. The university, in What Is " UII 202"7
collaboration with the local office
ll is our exciting new careerof the Empire State Development ,
planning class. It was launched
Corp., bas sent letters to younger
in the fall of 1999 and bas been
alumni who had moved out of
OYmUbsaibed everysemester.1t
state, informing them of the job
is a three-aedit cowse designed
growth in the region. Also,
to help freshman and sophoJobsapalooza, the job fair we hold
mores in their career aploraduring the winter break~ bas attion. Hopefully, we will be
tracted record numbers. Taken tolaunching a new course geared
gether, these effons are helping to
toward seniors in the near future.
increase the communication be-

Music announces March concert schedule m
Performances by violinist Oliveira, soprano Ohrenstein highlight Slee lineup
among the most ~ of any of and Gertrude Stein, and the com- ing Cona:rt v in the~
today's preeminent artists.
posenba...written pi&lt;a!S for an en- String Quartet Cycle at 8 p.m. March
PPEARANCES by. acA prO;digious recording artist, semble of soprano with two clari- 16 in Slee; "Piosion" UB's 8ute enclaimed violinist Elmar Oliveira is a two-time Grammy
nets, viola, crUo and double bass.
semble,p«funning"Byand For RutOliveira and soprano nominee for his CD of the Barber
Ohrenstein and Sequitur pre- isis" at 3 p.m. March 18 in Slee; the
Dora Ohrenstein-the Concerto with Leonard Slatkin and miered the songs in New York City Amherst Saxophone Quartet persolo vocalist of the Philip Glass En- the St. Louis Symphony.
last season, and an recording them fonning"SaxAppeaa" at8 p.m. March
semble who has joined the UB music
The son of Portugese immi- for CRI this season.
29 in Slee,and the UB Percussion En&lt;'
For mol-e . than a decade, semble at 8 p.m. March 31 in Slee.
fuculty-willbeamongthehigblights grants, he was 9 ye-.us old when he
of the Man:h concert schedule prebegan studyOhreostein
Thescbedulealsoindudesfuculty
sented by the Department of Music.
ing violin
was the solo recitals by Helena Bugallo, piano,
qliveira will give the fourth conwith
his
vocalist of the · Jonathan Golove, cello, and )on ·
cert of the Slee/\Tositing Artist Series
Philip Glass Nelson, trumpet, at 8 p.m. March 19
brother, John.
at 8 p.m. March 24 in Slee Concert
He continued
Ensemble, aP- in Slee, and David Fuller, organ, at 8
Hall. He will perfurm selections from
pearing at ma- p.m. March 23 in Sloe.
his studies at
Porgy and Bess, Mozart's Sonata in
the
Hartt
jor halls and
The music dep~ent also will
festivalsacrOss present Brown Bag concerts at
E-Oat Major and Ravel's Tzigane.
College of
Music and
the globe. Her noon on March 13 in the Slee
While at UB, he also will teach a
one-woman, Lobby and at noon on March 15 in
the Manhatmaster class at 3 p.m. March 23, and
will perform with the Slee tan School of Mwic, whe"' he also music-theater production entitled the Allen Hall auditorium on the
"Urban Diva," featuring specially South Campus.
Sinfonietta at 8 p.m April3 in a con- received an honorary doctorate.
cert that will include Mendelssohn's
In her performancr, Ohrenstein commissioned pie= by American
The Allen Hall concert is co-sponViolin Concerto in E minor.
wiU coUaborate with one of New composers.praniered in Amsterdam soredbyWBFO-FM,UB'sNational
Ohrenstein, widely known and . York City's most venturesome and and at Dana Theatre Workshop in Public Radio affiliate, and Uniw:radmired for her colorful renditions accomplished chamber ensembles, New York and was presented at the sity Community Initiative.
of contemporary vocal mwic, will Sequituf, on a program entitled Wailea Arts Center, the Cabrillo FesSingle tickets for most concrrts
perform an evening of cabaret songs "Things That Make the World Go tival and the Spoleto Festival USA
sponsored by the Department of
Her newest solo disc, "Restless Music range from $5 to $12, Disat 8 p.m. March 15 in Slee.
Round (Money and Sex )."The proThe first and only American vio- gram will featurecabaret-stylesongs Spirit," bas just been released on counts are available for seniors, stulinist to win the Gold Medal at by some of the most exciting con- Koch International Classics and dents and UBfuculty.statfand alwnni
MoscoW's Tchaikovsky International temporarycomposen writing today, contains works by Thomas Ades, for the mo"' expetisive conoens.
Tickets D)llybeobtained from the
Competition, Oliveira also was the including An.n e LeBaron, Eve Lee Hoiby, Henry Purcell, William
lim violinist to receive the ooveted Beglariap,l..ewis Spratlan, David Del Boloom and AliC£ Shields.
Slee Hall box officr from noon to 5
Avery Fisher Prize, in addition to cap- Tredici and David Lang.
Ohrenstein began teaching mitt at p.m. Mooday thmugh Friday, from
Conceived by Sequitur's music di- UB last semester, and is director ofthe the Center for the Arts box officr
turing first prius at the Naumburg
International Competition and the rectors-&lt;omposer Harold Meltzer university's opera ·,_.,rkshop, where from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday
G.B. Dealey Competition.
and pianist Sara Laimon-the pro- last semester she did a hilarious pro- through Friday and at all
He has been hailed for his perfor- gram will consist of short pieces fo- duction called"Molart in the Middle.. Tickttmaster outlets.
mances of standard violin literature, cusing on the themes of money and
Rounding out the oonart schedThe full slateofSiee Hall concerts
available
online
as well as his interpretations of the sex. Texts come from such writers ule in Man:h will be appear-an= by is
at
music of our time. His repertoire is as Dorqthy Parker, Djuna Barnes the Cassatt String Quartet perform- &lt;~-slee.buffalo.eclu &gt;.
By SUE WUETCHER
Reporter Editor

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UB .checks out NYPIRG
Groop investigates establishing chapter, hold "teach-in"
to

lly SUE WIIETCHU
Rq&gt;ontr Editor

amount-likdy about $3 per stu-

strumental in the passage of numer-

dent per semester-to fund a

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NYPIRG chapter at UB, she says.
Both the SA Assembly and SA Senate must approve the motion in or~
der for the referendum to appear on
the ballo~ she adds.
As pan of its efforts to give UB
whatS~e-n calls a "taste of what having a real chap~ would be l.ik.e,"
NYPIRG will hold a Higher Eduation Teacb-lo at 7 p.m. on March I
in Pistachio's in the Student Union.
North Campus. Edward Sullivan,
chair of the Assembly's Higher Education C.:.nunittee; SUNY 'fru.me
Pam~ JaCobs; UB President William R. Greiner; SUNY Student
Trustee. Christopher Holland, and
Blair Homer, NYPIRG~ legi.slative
director, are expected to attend and
discuss SUNY funding issues and
state support for higher education.
Founded in 1973, NYPIRG has 19
chapters throughout the state, including one at Buffalo State C.:.llege.
The not-for-profit group lobbies on

ous pieas of legislation, including
the bottle bill, the (l&lt;rleric drug law,
the lemon law, the Freedom of Information Art, and most recently,
the lim safe cigarette law and the
neighbor notification bill for pesticide applications.

HE largest student-directed ruearchond adw&gt;cacyorganization in New
York State i.s looking into
establishing a chap~e- at UB.
The New York Public ln!C'est Research Group (NYPIRG) i.saploring
whether ~ i.s inle'est oo campus
in establishing a chap~e- at UB, the
only SUNY universityoen~e-witbout
a chap~e-, says Michelle Stem. chair
of the NYPIRG statewide board ofdirectors wbo has set up shop in Buffulo for the next kw months to sb&lt;pberd the UB organizing effort.
NYPIRG bad a chapter at UB, but
the group was forad to leave cam. pus in 1982 due to what some have
called "financial reasons."
NYP!RG held a general-interest
meeting on Feb. 13 that attracted
more than 140 stUdents--&lt;iufficient
irit.erest fOr the group to continue its
organizing efforts, Stem says. The
group now i.s working with UB student government to get a referen·
dum on the ballot for the Student
Association elections to be held next
month. The refermdum would ask
students to increase the mandatory
studen t activity fee by a small

suchissuesastheenviro~t.con­

sumer rights, higher education and
health-care reform. Student volonteers work with full-time, professiOJwstaff.
Stem says NYPIRG has been in-

"ANYPIRGchap~e-i.sasignificant

enhant:mlmt ofstudent life and programmatic activities,• Stern says.
"The oervioes that Wf! are able to providr are useful, both for enhancing
students' civic abilities and promoting much-needed policy reform."
She notes that having a NYPIRG
chaple" at UB would bdp in coordinating statt'Wide campaigns, as
wdJ as strengthen local student efforts in cooperation with the active
chapter at Buffi!lo Stlte CD~ege.,
In addition to the Higher Education Teach-In, NYPIRG activities at
UB thi.s semes~e- will include organizing a lobbying trip tO Albany on
March 5 for the group's annual
Higher Education Day in the capital, an educational event crlebrating
the links between hip hop and social activism from 7-10 p.m. March
20 in 210 Student Union and a trip
to Albany March 23-25 for the statewide C.:.nferencr on Student Action.

Pitman applies math to kidney

EUEN GOL~BAU M
Contnbutlng ~dltor
RACTITIONERS of applied mathematics use a
lexicon of numerical equa-

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tions. instead ofletters and

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sentences,toilluminatethesecretsof
the physical world. They use thi.s"foreign language," which seems so abstract to the rest of us, to help sot+.
griny, real-world problems bydeveloping computational models of everything ranging from large, industrial sysle"ns to tiny biological ones. •
UB apptied mathematician Bruce
Pitman does a little of both. Over
the past decade, he has employed
techniques he learned while modeling large industrial systems in order to study the primary functional
unit in the kidney, called the nephron, which measures a mere 20 rnicrons across.
TheairnoftheNationallnstitutes
of Health funded work, a collaboration with researchers at two other
institutions, i.s to enhance the understanding of how kidneys work.
lnthehealthyhumanbody,Pitman
explained, there are about a million
nephrons in each kidney, performing
the aitical job of filtering"from blood
the water, salts and potassium that the
body needs and leaving waste products and urea to be excreted.
"If we understand how the nephron works in healthy animals, it
might give us an indication as to the
causes of renal disease," he said.
Pitman,whoalsoserwsasvicrprovost for educational technology, got
involved with modeling thi.s piece of
the human anatomy quite by~t
He found himself sharing an office at
the C.:.urant Institute at New York
University with Harold Layton, now
a professor of mathematics at Duk&lt;
Univmity, whq had done his graduate work on modeling the kidney.
, "Layton wanted to ~end an ear-

lier model of blood flow in the
nephron, but was unsure how to do
someofthecomputationsinvolved,"
remembered Pitman.

One aftrrnoon over tea, they
started talking.

tiona! models of the nephron in
greater and greater detail.
Experiments have shown that in
animals with normal blooO pressure; the Ouid pressure in the neph ron remains rather constant, and

Pitman had done his graduate oscillations, if they occur, are reguwork on modeling granular behav- Jar, explained Pitman.
ior, such as how and why large par"But in animals with high blood
tides l.ik.e com Oakes fall out of in- pressure, you see complicated oscildustrial hoppers in precisely the way lations and sometimes they are even
that they do---&lt;1 far cry from the ana- chaotic," he said. "The question is,
tornical obsessions ofhis officemate. what causes these chaotic behavior.?"
"But by using the language of
Aa:ording to Pitman, experiments
mathematics, we were able to com- by physiologists have shown that as
municate," said Pitman.
many as half of the nephrons near
I.aytonhadimmersedhimselfthor- the surfacr of the kidney appear in
oughlyinthelanguageofpbysiology, pairs,tripletsorinfours,allofwhich
Pitmanrec:alled,andsocouldskillfully sbareacommonoriginonanartcry.
introduce Pitman to the field.
"This coupling i.s very prevalent,"
"What be didn't have was the he said, "and in aninWs with high
backgrobnd to view hi.s model and blood pressure, the coupling of
its potential in the larger context of nephrons may contribute to the very
applied-mathernaticswork,suchas complicated behavior in the way
how you use math and computa- Ouid Oows through the nephron."
tiona! models to describe fluid
Recent work by Pitman and his
flows," he said.
colleagues suggests tl&gt;at oscillations
Pitman was familiar with these is- in nephron flow may coincide with
sues as a result of his an1lysis of a higher output of salt from the
granular flows.
body, a possible Unk among high
"We spent our first week translat- blood pressure, salt intake and osin g." Pitman recalled."He would tell cillations in renal blood flow.
·
ll1f an idea about the kidney's func" It makes us wonder whether or
tion and I would translate that into noi these complicated oscillations
the language of fluid dynanu'ts. We may occur in order to get rid of cxwould workout each idea so that we cess salt," said Pitman.
both under.tood each other's apQuestions like that send the reproach. By the end of that week, we .searcherS back to their equations,
had two formulations side by side, devising formulas that may be able
whichdidn'llookanythingal.ik.ebut to account for the new behavior.
which were actually the same: one They then adapt the formulas into
written in the language of physiol- computer codes that ultimately will
ogy and one written in the language be used to develop a model that cap·
of fluid dynamics."
tures the new information.
That was in 1987.
"We push the model until it
Since then, the research group, breaks,"saidPitman."lnotherwords,
which now includes physiologist until it doesn't explain something
Leon Moore from the University at that has been seen experimentally.
Stony Brook, has published about a Then we go back and try to find W3)~
dozen paper. developing computa- to incorporate the new behavior."

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BrieD
Retirem~nt program planned

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Hum.., Ruoun:e Senku •nd the Office of Special Events will
offer food for thought for members of the univenity comm unity
on the topic of retirement during a program to be presmted on
March 2 in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.
Similar sessions will be offered from 9 a.m. to noon and from 14 p.m. An information fair will be held throughout the day.
Up to three hours of release time, at the discretion of the supervisor, is available for tho~ in'rrested in attending the free program.
Employees are asked to work with their supervisors to coordinare
times and ensure adequate coverage in their area.

The program will provide faculty and staff mernbers with the op-·
portunity to talk one-on-one with representatives from a wide variery
of a(l&lt;rlcies, companies and financial planners as they contemplate retirement, either as a short-term or long-term issue. The forum will
cover the full range of retirement i.ssues, including financial planning.
estate planning. government services, relocation and traVel, aging dependents, maintaining health and fitness, volunteering and more.
In addition, Human Resource Services will present a series of semj.
nars throughout the day on topics specific to UB's organization and
its diverse linkages to New York State and SUNY benefits, including
short · and long-term financial planiting, retirement -distribu tion
options, assi.sted living, aging, estate planning and tru.st s.
Among the agencies and companies participating in the event wiU

be the New York State Employees' Retirement System, TIAA-CREF, New
York State Deferred ~mpensation, Aetna, MetLife, Morgan Stanley
Dean Witter, TIAA-CitEF's Trust Division, Social Security Admintstration, Amberleigh, Canterbury Woods, Hogan and Wtllig PLLC, the
American Cancer Society, the Emeritus Ointer and REV-UP.
E. Suzy Shallowhorn, personnel associate in Human Resource
Services and an organizer of the event, urges aJJ UB employees .. to
take advantage of this unique opportunity to contemplate impor·
tant decisions about their futures."
"'This type of cooperative programmjng will provide important
information and resources that can uJtimately lead to more productive and enjoyable lives in retirement ," Shallowhorn says ...At
rilinimum, it will be a valuable wake-up caU for some to begin considering important life dedsions."

For further information about the event, including an updated ltst
of participants, visit the event Web site at &lt;www.spedaleven ts.buffak..edu /retlre&gt;. Pre-registration at the Web site is recommended,
bur nor required, to assist Human Resource Services in providing appropriate seating arrangements and ~andouts. .

UB participates in stroke study
UB Is one o f 60 medical centers across the United States and Canada
participating in a major study of a new procedure to prevent stroke.

L. Nelson Hopkins, professor and chair of the Department of
Neurosurgery and director of the Toshiba Stroke Research center,

is the princiflal investigator qf the Buffalo portion of the study that
will compare carotid endar-terectomy, a common operation to prevent stroke, to a new procedure called carotid artery stenting.
The study-called the Carotid RevascuJarization Endarterectomy

Stenting Trial, or CREST-is supported by the National institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke (N INDS) of the Nationallnsti·
tutes of Health.
Buildup of atherosclerosis occurs preferentially at the point where
the carot-d-a main artery th at supplies blood to the brain-divides into the internal and external arteries. If the internal carotid
artery is blocked by atherosclerosis.-a stroke may occur.

During a carotid endarterectomy, physicians dean out and repair the
carotid. With the newcarotidarterystenting.a metal device called a stent
i.s plaad in the narrowed part of the carotid artery to hold it open.
Half of the patients in the study will get acaroid stent, while hal f
will undergo the endarterectomy. A total of2,500 patients will participate in the study, with about 50 co ming from Buffalo.

Exhibit examines war in Colombia
An exhibit explori ng t h e curre~t civil war in Colombia, as well .l.!t
the war being waged against drugs both b)' the United States .md
within Colombia, is on display on the first noor of tht&gt; Oscar A.
Silverman Undergraduate Library in Capen Hall, North Campus.
" Plan Colombia: A War Against Drugs in a Cou ntry at War wtth
Itself," combines a va riety of image!&lt;&gt; and texts dealing with war dnd
drugs in Colombia, including color images from the Associated Press
photography archives and recent articles culled fTom Colombia-pub·
lished newspapers and magazines about .. Plan Colombia" -a S 1.3

million U.S. aid package to help fight the war on drugs in Colombia.
Also included are books explaining the historical origins of the
Colombian war, government documents and books that discuss
United States-Colombia relation s and poetry.
The exhibit a]so will featurr weekly updates to rc:flect changing
conditions and continuing debate.
The exhibit, curated by Tatiana de Ia Tierra, UGL reference li-

brarian, will be on display through April 15.
For more information, call64 5-2943, ex!. 237, or email de Ia Tierra

at &lt;td6@acsu.buffalo.cdu &gt;.

�4 Raporial: february21.,2001/Yei.JUo.21
Priorities of associate director of admissions blend education with community service
BRIErLY
MlnJ..med school
set for spring

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control, and
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inCllnlcoiMecldne.'
Tho c.oune; which runs 11om
7 to 9 p.m. on 1M c.c&gt;nseaJtM
Tueodays, wilt begin Min:n 13
and wrap up April lO.l.ecllltes
for the 1M! sessions will be held
in Butler Auditorium in Farber
Hall on the SOuth c.mpus.
-.nee registration is ~
quirtd lei&lt; the coune, wiJlch wilt
r.. ture talks ronglng 11om "Tho
Human Genome: A Bloeprint lor
Ufeand Medlclnt" to 'EffecU al
Trauma an Chlldnn and Adolesceou,'" as well as "From thekcident Site to the Emergency
Room: Is It Uke What You See
onTelellislonr

The course, a community
servkt program of the School of
Medicine and Blomedic:al Sciences, b spdruored by Eslh..ondOonDavls.
lndMdualslnte'eSttdlnsfgr&gt;lng up may call the~
School at 829-2196 between
8:30 a.rri. and • :30 p.m. Mondoy
lfvough Friday. For more lnlofmotlon. vbit the school's Web w

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~-Nancy Welch
nomr~s sought

OffJ:e

~
al the VIce President
f0&lt; Student Affllin b S&lt;dolng
nominatioru for the 22nd annual Nancy welch kNotd.
The owortl-glven annually
in hono&lt; al the former mlclonllol coqrdlnatM a/Rachel CMson
College--b re50M!d lor under-

grlduate residential students
who ~ made signlflcont contributions to the ...w.rslty community through the dewlapmont al Cl9liw progroms 0&lt;
p&lt;OjociS a n d throughout the academic yeor.
To obulln an oppicotion
packet. oontact CMoflne Puccio
In the Student Affairs office at
645·2982 or eni-.u her at

&lt;cpuc-.rlolo.edu&gt;.

CO&lt;npfettd applicltions
must be recoMd by 5 p.m.
Morth 21.

UB Women's Club
to hold elections
The UB Women's Club will hold
its aOnual Election Meeting .It
noon on Marth 3 In the Center
fO&lt; Tornonow, North c.mpus.
Members will vote on the
following al alfian: preslden~ Marla Coburn; ¥Ice preside(lt and program cNir, Lucile
~; president-eled,
Eugenio Smith;-· Julia
Cohon; recording secreu.y,
Ardis Stewart; and cooespond-

ing secretary, )Oon Ryan.
Aft..-noon ... will b e ond ent.,...lnment wi(l be provided.
. The UB Women's Club is I

ser(ice Of90nlzation open to all

women In the community. Club
activities support the Grace
Copen Academic-·

JOB LISTINGS
UB Job llsdl1gs

acasslble Yilt Web
lob listings "" pn&gt;fesslonol. reseorth, faculty and cMisor¥1co-bolh compelfiiYo and
non~ can
be accessed viii the Resources SeMces Web w ot

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Students focus of Thompson's work

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ityalmrnunity---havc:betn with her
. RtpOtttrAuistont Edotor
for much of her life.
ARMELA Thompson is
While she says her background
neorlyecstaticassheen- wasn'tasdilficultasothmgrowing
gages in conversation up in the innt.r dty, Thompson
about her fruitful, and s~nt her childhood on Buffalo's
surprisingly varied, career at UB, . EastSide. She and her sister were leabout her recent participation in the gaily adopted by her grandparents
Gates Millennium Scholars Program and about her three comically
inoorripble sons. She has much of
which to he proud.
But the lilt in her voice as she unleashes the story of finishing her
doctoral dissertation is unmistakable-the relief is not ebbing but
gushing. She did iL She's done. She's
free to slip back into life.
Thompson, a,.sociatr dinctor of
admissions, recmtlydosed the book
on lier dissertation-which she
pulls from a file cabin&lt;t, staring with
a mix of disbelief and conviction at
the thick pile of white paper that~
marks the celebratory leap over the
finish line-the past four months
her final stretch.
"Nowlfeellikelcanfinallyspend
weekends with my boys; she says,
oontemplating aloud wbat hobbies
of the boys; Who are ages 7, 10 and
12, she might take up.
Thompson. whose doctoral&lt; is in
educationaladministmianwithaooncmtrationinhighereducalion,saidsbe after their mother died when Thfuundthatfinalstrdchmu!arating.But ompson was just 4 years old.
taxing as well-&lt;ls a mother, wife. adRaised by her grandparents, neiministrator and student
·
ther of whom ever c:Ompleted high
"It's tough to stay motivated,' she school, she still grew up in an envisays. "Life gets in the way of a Ph.D." ronment that was very suppor-t:M
And people still n&lt;ed you, she ex- of her educational goals.
plains, laughing at the image rolling
"I've always enjoyed education
through her head and off her tongue. and .-.Iued education; she says. As
" like a husband who doesn't know an African-American woman who
where the light bulbs are after 13 has taken her education to the
yeors," she says. again laughing.
highest leYel, Thompson remgnizes
For the past four months, Thomp- the incredible benefits of graduateson had betn getting up at between Je-;e( education.
And members of the minority2 and 3 a.m. and working straight
through until 6 or 7 p.m. on Satur- community who pursue graduate
days and Sundays. wholly conswned degrees often do so in the field of
by her dissertation.
education.
Her office--&lt;omfortable in ap"I think that speaks again to their
pearance---became her"home away .-.Iue of education and perhaps an
from home.•
interest. in giving back,' she notes.
"! really got focused those last "Within the field of education, -you
four months," she sar.s- " It allowed give back formally and informally-;me to reflect on my own goals and regardless of the setting."
objecti~what my priorities are.•
Her interests in education and the
And her priorities-largely par- minorityoommunityconvergedthis
ticipating in and promoting educa- past summer when sbe was chooen
tion, and contributing to the minor- by the American Association of Col-

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kgiare Registnrs iiild Admissions

canoe in bttring,.,ungleaders. lb-

ompson senoed aran oflic.tr in the
Negro College Fund' (UNCF) to localchapter,andherthreeoonsrurserv&lt; as a reader of applications for rmtlyarunemben. In anolher etbtMGatesMillenniumScboWsPro- nic community, she conlinues,
gram. She was charged with ovalu- "maybeanindividualwouldn'tknaw
ating.OYeraperiodofm..days.oome what)ackandJiDwas."
25,000 ~... for the program,
Whil&lt; she ..ys she wishes the vana privately funded, Sl ous groups of readers would ~
billion initiative aimed betn better integrated, she also was
at reducing the finan- proud to ......, the intmsts of the
cial boniers to a co11qje -youth from her cultunl and ethnic
education.
baclc:grounci
. "I was in awe,'
"'twaswdi&gt;Wlrlbthetime,"sbesays.
she says of the appliAnd for Thompson, whose
cants, most of whom schedule appears seamless as she
w= applying with 4.0 explains it, time is at a pmnium
GPAsoomingfromri@Given Thompson's endless suporoushighschoolpro- ply of motivation fueled byopporgrams. Her esteem for tunities to research and acquire
the progr3m, and for knowledge at UB, even the gaJ&gt;ing
the selection proctss, hole left by her oomplet.ed doqoral
dMloped not only be- work is dosing quickly, the lmlp&lt;&gt;causeofthestellarap- ·rarilydisplacedeffortfastfindingits
plicants, but also be- way into the -facets of career and
cause of what she family. Prom her initial position in
learned along the way admissions as coordinator of miabout cultural and nority recruitment in 1987, to her
educational .-.lues.
position as director of Parking and
At tint, sbe says, '1\-msportation Services, which she
sbe was put olfby the tooltin 1992-&lt;0dmittedly,a deparwaysinwhichthertad- turefromherworkin~
ero-a total of 85 to her cum:nt position, Thompson
members of higher- always has kq&gt;t one thing in mind
educationfacultiandadministration in her work. at UB:"Howcan I take
from aaoss the counlr}'---Were ~ what I know about the university
gionalized by 1ethnic group. For a- and oonvince studmts to come?"
ample. the Na!M-American readm
"At the highest motivationalleYel,
w.re in Denver, while most of the -you want to be all that you can be."
Asian readers w= in California, and she says in earnest, circling back to
the Hispanic and A&amp;ican-AmeriO!Il her dissertation, explaining that this
readm in Washington, D.C.
notion played a role in deciding her
"It created a divisiveness that ap- topic, which &lt;Oiliiitined the relationpeared lliU1eCe5Sa!)'; sbe says.
shipbetw&lt;enleadmhipstyltandjob
Also ~g was the fact that satisfaction, and an individual'sm&lt;&gt;each ethnic group was respoDSible tivationforbec:omingself-actualized.
for reading the applications of stuShe laughs at the fact tjlat she still
dents of the same ethnic back- wakes in the middle of the night,
ground. But logic inter&gt;med, and anxiousabouttheworkshe'salready
Thompson took a tack that made oompleted. Her onlleagues have told
the situation more palatable.
her it will take six months for her
"Once I understood the ratio- doctornte symptoms to dissipate.
nale,' she explains, "it made a little
Then again, who's oounting? Thmoll! sense to me.•
ompson simply bas plunged fullT~ explain, Thompson offers the
throttle back into hd' role as a stueiample of jack and Jill of America dent advocatr.
Inc., a national organization for AI"l~s a wonderful e:rperienoe knowrican-American families that pro- ingthat)'OU\&gt;emadeadilfmna:mthe
motes community service.
lives of students il&lt; wb6m the oo1Jese
"I knowwbat that means in~ searchprocessisamysttr)';'shesays.
African-American oommunity; she
And from that telltale grin on her
explains, noting the group's signifi- facr, it's evident she means it
Ofliars (AACRAO)..,PlbeUnittd

Aqolescent cigarette, alcohol use examined
RIA study finds concurrent use ofalcohol, cigarettes poses serious public-health issue
By r.ATlfLUN WEAVU

Reporter Contributor

ESEARCHERS at theResearch Institute on Addictions have released results of a study showing
that adolescents who use both alooholandcigarettesamat increased risk
of personal and social problems,
poor grades in school and delinquency, compared to adolescents
who do not use both substances.
The study also found that adolescents who art concurrent users of
aloohol and cigarettes have a risk of
illicit drug use and drug problems
that is greater than would be expected based only on their drinking
and smoking separately.
The study, published in Addictive

R

Behaviors,involl!edsecondaryanalysis of data collected in three large
statewide surVeys of7-12th gradm
oonductedinNewYorkStatrin 1983,
1990 and 1994 to oompare characteristics of those adolescents who
both smoked cigarettes and drank
alcohol wiib students who did DOL
The study was oo-authored by Joseph H. Hoffinan, a project director
al'ld statistician at RIA, and John W.
Welte and Graa M. Barnes, RIA senior research scientists. It was funded
by a grant from the National Institute on Akohol Abuse and Aloobolism to Barnes, principal investigator,
and Welte, oo-principal m-tigator.
"The finding of a synergistic, or
greater, effect of the combination of
drinking and smoking on illicit drug

usc appears to be new,.. said
Hoffman, the leod author.
· .cThis means that the effect of
concurm&gt;t use is greater than that
~ue either to driniCing or smoking
alone. The analysis also showed that
this synergistic effect remained constant over the time period of the
three SIU'ie)'S-"
The study found a significant oooccurrence of adolescmt drinking
and smoking in these surveys. The
p~encr of concurrent driniting
and smolting decreased from I~
23 percent-to 1990-19 percentand increased by 1994-22 percenL
This tm1d clooelyparalleled thetmld
in prevalence of current smoking
over tbe same time poin~25 percent, 20 percent and 24 ~~ ~

spectivdy.ln each survey, about one
third of drinkerswerecurrentsmokers, and almost allcunmt smokers
in each survey also drank alcohol
The study also examined differenc&lt;s
in the trmds of ooncurrent use of
alcohol and cigarettes in gender, age
and raciaVethnic groups.
"' Between 1990 -e.nd 1994, we

found that the prevalence ofconcurrent use ofalcohol and cigarettes increased moll! among younger adolescents than among older adolescents, and also increased more
among African Americans, Hispanic
Americans and Asian Americans
than among European Americans;
Hoffman explained. "These increases raise a special concern for
these groups of young people.•

�Fnruart 22.2001/Yo1.3U1.21 Rap a..._

Wright material on the road
Items from VB collection to appear in notable exhibitions
By PATIIICIA DOHOVAH
Conlliboting Editor

ALUABLE items from
the Frank Uoyd Wright
Collection of the UB Archives will hit the road
over the next few months to taler
their place in notable exhibitions of
the architect's work.
One item is a window from the
additio.n to Tok)'&gt;'s magnificent and
legendary Imperial Hotel, designed
by Wright and constructed during
1913-22.11 not only is considered to
be one ofhis most brilliant and fluid
designs, but its survivafof the 1923
Great Kanto earihqu~which

V

Kathleen Del.aniy, assistant archivUt at UB, says the university's
Wright documents, photographs,
memorabilia and architectural elements frequently are requested for
inclusion in world-class exhibitions
here and abroad.

tiful exhibition catalogue produced
by the art-book publisher, Rizzoli,
and in a complete catalogue of
Wright's leaded-glass window designs by the exhibition's curator,
Julie L Sloan."
Tbe Japan Society exhibition will
featureWodcs by Japanese artists col-

lected by Wright, inch&gt;iling screen
paintings, woodblock prints, textiles
and stcnciJs, DeLaneysays. It also will
present Wright's drawings for various architectural projects and examples of the furniture be designed
"The title of the UB photo," she
sa)'S. "is 'Mrs. Darwin D. {Isabel)
Marlin arranging flowers in south

razed large sections of TokyQ--

room of Martin House, Buffalo,

marked the Imperial as a .rare example of the integration of architecture and engineering into a comprehensive, seismic-design strategy.
Another item, also related to the
Wright coUe&lt;;tion, is a photograph
of Isabel Martin, wife of Darwin D.
Martin, for whom Wright designed
the Martin House comple.x on
Jewett Par)&lt;way in Buffalo. She was
a client in her own right and oversaw Wright's design of Graycliff, the
f.unily's summer home on lake Erie.
The Imperial Hotel window is
made of dear and gilded glass and
zinc. It will be on loan to the American Craft Museum in New York City
for the exhibition "Light Screens: The
l.eadedGlassofFranlcUoydWright,"
which will open May 10 in New York
and run through mid-2003 at venues throughout the United States.
The photograph will be part of
the exhibition "The Architect's
Other Passion: Frank Uoyd Wright
and Japan," to be mounted by the
Japan Society from March 22
through July 15 in its headquarters
in New York. '

with l&lt;oryusai pillar print on wall.'
It will be included in the part of the
exhibit .-eser-..,d for period photographs of Wright interiors with

of.._-

This photo
orrM9ng-.s In tho Martin

- .. l n - · b t o b e ...... of
o 1 - Society exhibit.

The "Light Screens" exhibit will
travel to the Grand Rapids Art Museum in Grand Rapids, Mich.; the
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown,
Pa.; Atlanta's High Musewn of Art,
and the Orange County Art Museum in Newport Beach, Calif.
II will dose at the Rmwkk Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute in
Washington.
"This exhibit is an important
one," DeLaney says, "and it has two
significant symposia associated with
il One will taler place in New York
at the American Craft Museum and
Christie's on June 4 and·5. The second will be held in Chicago and in
Grand Rapids Oct. 23-24.
"In addition to that," she sa)'S. "the
window will be featured in a beau-

Asian art, autographed letters, catalogues and Wright's publications on
Japanese prints."
Delaney says this exhibition will
be curated by Julia Meech, independent scholar and former associate
curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, who organized a similar exhibit for the Phoenix Art Museum in 1995.
"Like the American Craft Museum show, the Japan Society e:xlubit will be accompanied by a highquality catalogue. In this case, the
Japan Society and Harry Abrams
Inc., publisher of high-quality art
books, will produce a 300-page, fully
illustrated book,• she says.
"There also will be an ambitious
lecture series associated witJt the

show that will address the far-reaching influence ofWright's interest in
Japan and the influence of)apanese
aesthetics and design on modem
architecture and the visual arts."

Carnival!
"c.mlv•l: • word evoking a thousand and one colorful images of
performing masqueraders, spectacular Boats, O!lll\te costumes and
rhythmic, steel-pan drums. The street theater and dancing sculpture
that is Carnival is an event celebrated throughout the Americas, Europe and the Caribbean-in such far-away places as Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil; Port-of-Spain, Trinidad; Venice, Italy; Veracruz, Mexico, and
New O rleans, or even closer to home in Toronto and Brooklyn.

Carnivaj's ritual pageantry usually takes place on the days leading
up to Len~and culminates o n Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, whkh
will be observed th is year on Feb. 27. Winter, spring and summer
carnivals, however, are not uncommon, as outlined in 2001 Carni val Dates Fi om Around the World &lt;www.tntiJiand.com/othercamtvals.html &gt;.
Although nothin g can repla ce the experience of Carnival itself,
there are a number of online resources worth exploring during this
bacchanal season. The Grove Dictiona ry of Art O nline, for example,
provides a good overview of th e origins, symbolism and modem
development of Carnival &lt;www.groveart.com/tdaonllne/ artldes/lndu:.up71evei:T0141M&gt;, as well as access to articles on
related topi cs ranging from .. Pageant and Festival Arts "
&lt; www . g rove art . com I t daon line/• rt lei es /
lndu.up71evei ~T064S&amp;I &gt; to "Mask and Masquerade in the African Diaspora" &lt;www.grove art.com/td•onllne/•rtlcles/

lndex... p71evei=T0010611rii=10012J941rtype=l ndex&gt;.
Cttrnival Culture &lt;www.humbOidt.edu /- me2 / engl480/
4&amp;0front.html&gt;--a site d evo ted to the musical, verbal and popular arts of Carnival-features a selection of links to carnival, calypso
and steelband resources on th e Web. Real Audjo files to the musi c of
Carnival band competiti on winners, primarily those ofTri nidad and
Tobago, are included here for our listening pleasure.
Ca,rnaval.com &lt;www.camaval.com/m•ln.htm &gt;
offers guides to Carnival celebrations from aro und the
world, with info·r mation on each festival's history, pa rades, entertainment, costumes and more.
And, for a sense of Carnival's past, two exhibits at
the New Orleans Public Library deserve mention-A

Century Old: Carnival Memorabilia from 1900 &amp; 190 I
&lt;http:/ / nutrlos.org /-nopl/exhlblts/ mg2000/
mgr..OO.htm&gt; and Designing Woman: The Carnival
Art ofUda Plauche &lt;http:/ / nutn.s.or-gt-nopl/exhlblts/pl-..che/pJ.uc:he.htm&gt;-both of which honor the
artistic legacy at the heart of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Other Carnival-related materials can be located through th e use of the Guide to
Resources for the St ud y of C arnival in New O rl eans
&lt;www.nutrtas.org/-nopl/ gnoa/ mggukle/ contentl.htm &gt;.
So it's Carnival day, everybody come and celebrate!
-Stewart Brower and

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SmolQng tied to hemorrhage risk-~B_.-._-_eo--.
By LOIS IIAI&lt;ER
Contributing Editor

IGARETfEsmokingincreases the risk of brain

C

hemorrhage, and the
risk persists even after

quitting, evidence from a new study
by UB Stroke researchers shl&gt;ws.
In their case-control study, they
found that both current smoking
and previous smoking were associated with a significantly increased risk of subarachnoid hem-

orrhage-bleeding into the space
between the middle and inner linings of the brain.
The study was presented in Fort
Laucferdale last week at the American Heart Associat~on International Joint Conference on Stroke
a~d Cerebral Circulation.

"People need to be aware that
once they toke up smoking, they
are facing a potentially irreversible
risk for s ubarachnoid hemorrhage," said Adnan I. Qureshi, assistant professor of neurosurgery

and lead author.
"The studyP.,intsout the important role of a potentially modifiable
risk factor for brain hemorrhage.
Unfortunately, the risk does not
appear to change after quitting
cigarette smoking. Therefore, the
only effective way to reduce the risk
is to avoid smoking altogether."

Less common than stroke
caused by blocked arteries , this
type of hemorrhage accounts for
5 percent to 10 percent of strokes.
It may occur without warning and

according to their medipll records.
The average age was 52: this rype

SIS to expand academic menu .

of stroke occurs most often be-

often is fatal .
Qureshi and colleagues affiliated
with UB's Toshiba Stroke Research
Center and Johns Hopkins medical institutions reviewed the medical records of 323 patients admitted to The Johns Hopkins

cont rols showed that current
smokers were twice as likely to ex·
perience a subarachnoid hemorrhage than persons who had
never smoked. The ri sk
for smokers who had
quit wa s similar to
those who were ac-

The School of lnform•tlon Studies (SIS) has announced that it
" will introduce a new undergraduate track in "' informatics," expand
its doctoral program in co mmun ica ti on and Impleme nt a new
master's degree program in September.

University Hospital be-

tween the ages of 35 and 60.
Analysis of data from cases and

tween January 1990 and
June l~withadiagno­

tively smoking.
"Our findings

sis of subarachnoid

support previous
research showing
that smoking in creases the risk of this

hemorr hage. They
compared data on

ri sk factors for .till(··~·~
stroke from these
cases with data

from matched
co ntrols se-

lected from
the Third Na-

type of stroke," Qureshi
said. "It also shows that
the risk persists, even af-

ter people quit. The messageis, of course, that people
should not begin to smoke if
they want to avoid thi s and

trition Examination Survey, a representative sample of the U.S.

.other health risks associated with
smoking.•

population.
Only 93, or 28 percent, of the

Addi tional researchers on th e
study were Abutaher M Yahia, M.

patients were men, an indication
that this brain event is much more
common among women. Forty-six:
percent of the patients were smok-

Fareed K. Suri, Zulligar Ali, Lee R.
Guterman and L Nelson Hopkins,
all of UB, the Toshiba Stroke Research Center and Kaleida Health,
and Rafael J. Tamargo of the Johns

ers at the time of the stroke, while
39 percent had smoked in the past,

Hopkins medical institutions.

Thomas Jacobson, professor and interim dean of SIS, said the school
will add a new undergraduate study track in info rmatics to its existing baccaJaureate program in commun icatio n. Jacobso n describes
"informatics" as a term that o riginated in Europe to refer to the converge nce of digital and networked communication systems. The new
track will joint ·existing communication -Study tracks in mass media,
organizational communication and international communication.
jacobson also said the school would expand its d octoral program
in communication, adding a track with a strengthened research com·
po nent in library and information science with faculty jointly appointed from the SIS departments of Com mun ication and Library
Studies. The program currently offers research concentrations in
mass media, new technologies, organizational cha oge and internatio nal and intercultural communication.
ln addition, he said US has received approval from the New York
State Department o f Education for a new master's degree in informati on technology and communica tion that will begin this fall.
The new program, which was announced last fall, Will offer a 36-credithour graduate degree designed to equip graduates to enter the informa·
tion workforce in a wide variety of fields. Its curriculum is grounded in
a year of extensive research on workforce and education needs.
The program will be unusual in that emphasis will not be only on
technological skills, but aiso on competencies in commun ication,
team -building, critical thinking, organizational culture and organ izational strategy.
Within the new master's-degree program , st udents will speciaLize
in one of several study tracks, including information science, information architecture, management of information centers, system
di!sign and implementation, and organizational developmen t.

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lions, and in the free movement of "It's not just junk and a ~
citizens," Harris e&gt;plaios in his es- ; there's a lot of important iiUormaRTIST James Drake say on the e:rhibiL
tion and mytlu ... expressed in
"This lawlessness reinforus the popular culture. And we need those
spenthisfi&gt;nnativtyean
in Fl Paso, Teas, an in- cowboy/macho culture of the re- myths because they do rdled what
creasingly corporate- . gion, celebrated in snake-oltin boots, we think of oundves and bow we
sponsored metropolis boasting an snake-skin skirts, cock(ights, relate to each other."
amplesubwbia,separated by the Rio gunrack-toting pick-up trul:ks on
Thesdf-a&gt;nsciousnessofDrl!U's
Grande from its imp&lt;lYI'rished M&lt;xi- the U.S. side and an oa:asional rna- work-Iris exploration of the male
can neighbor, JuMez, where adobe .chine-gun &lt;li&lt;CUtion of a drug king- macho ~ulture in particulu-is
dwdlings and tin sha&lt;ks p&lt;pper the pin on the Mexican side."
what brought Hartis back to his
desert expanse. His exhibi~ "Artifidal
In his pi&lt;ce "Snake Skin Engine," work fur a third time.
Life in the Vall&lt;y of the \\brld," cap- I &lt;)94, and again in "Artificial Life in
While 'Critics l!aV&lt;! railed against
the Valley ofthe \\brld,"1994,Dtake Drake for pi&lt;ces that aude the maencases motorqd&lt; and automobile cho in perhaps a disturbing. nonengines, respectivdy, in python skin, politically cornet fashion, Harris
forcing the y;..;.,. to link the art of enjoys the way DrltU adheres 10 an
invmtion to its ancient roots.
honest rtprt:SerJtation of the cultural
"Drake synthesizes animal and climate of his surroundinp.
machine, creating a ~gino, · In "Machine Gun llench;' 1987,
a&gt;njuringthe primitiYeand the mod- for example, Drake situates two
em, the fmilliar and the alien," Har- o.enized machiDe guns facing one
ris writes,sugg&lt;sting"lhat we are not another underneath a large steel
as &amp;r from. our p~ roots as bench. And in "Blue LoV&lt;! Seat,"
the mediation of our d,oom, tech- 1990, Drake features IWO open-sided
steel boxes flanking one another,
nologies might hlM! us bdie.e."
The alubit-Harris'last, as be is with a slightly larger box containleaving UB, along with his wife and ing a motorcycle engine. The backgallery curator, Karen Emenhiser,al drop is a cobalt blue panel framed
lut as cllnctor Oil the ua Art
Gallery.
the end of this month 10 assume the in sled. Harris e&gt;plairu in his essay
position of &lt;li&lt;CU!ive director of the 'that Drl!U's use of this particular
rures the very acute contrast between Bemis Center for Contemporary blue confonns 10 the oolors used 10
the two in its melding of the ancient ArtsinOmaba,Neb.-isacontinu- )l&lt;tinl homes and small businesses in
and thei&lt;Chnological
Thealubit-whiciLinhabitsboth
the First Floor and Lightwell galleries in the &lt;:enter fur the Arts-was.
ch05011 by gallery Director Al Harris
for the way in which Drake, an artist
Harris has known for 30 yean. delves
into our relationship with nai'UJ'e and
our estrangement from it, largely
through modem t&lt;chnology.
"What he's trying 10 do is work
with these really univmal sorts of
ideas, but at the same time, be captures them in the V&lt;!macular of a
RtpOrttr Assistant Editor

specific site or place or environment," Harris said. "I think that's

why the Work is great."
Harris, who grew up in Fl Paso
and, in fact, spmt a good deal of his
life there, says Drake's work is a
unique e&gt;pression of the juxtaposition·of first-world and third-world
oountries.
"(Hisworlt) reflfasalotoflhal port

of the country, and in ways that are
int=sting-not only in some of the
specific subject matter, but also in the
use of materials that reflect a certain
kind of starkness and harshness of
beauty !hal the desert bas,. he said
Snake skin is one such material
the artist uses to depict thr everpresent customs and behaviors of
the environment, in part a certain
lawlessness that-though not necessarily violent-"is based on his.'ory of smuggling, in both direc-

a

ation of the worlc be bas sought to
bring to UB during his sevm yean
here
"I think some of the most interesting art being done is art that ~­
fleets the artist's personal history
and the environment that the artist
comes out or.' he said.
Harris, who fancies himself an
optimist, says be always bas viewed
popular cuii'UJ'e as serving an important purpose in life-and in art.
"I'm interested in artists who en·.
gage popular culture, or whose work
doesn't just critique popular culture,
but also embrnces it," he e&gt;plained.

Paso alongside rectangular
cut from python sltin.

p;.c.s

"1:ba&gt; the.,... of Adam and ~
w= openal and they koew they
were nalted," 2000. the title of which

is takea from the Book.of Ga!&lt;sis,
is comprised of two framed. glas&amp;
ponds. each faturinga pbolognph.
&amp;ch pbocDgrapb. mounted on glass
that is framed in cobra skin, shows
a~upofbantls: oouman's, the
other a womao'J. The original photographs w= videotap&lt;d then ..,.
photosrapbal from the monilor to
procl!.a what Hartis &lt;~&lt;scribes as a
grainy, mediated appeanncemuch 1iJr.e that of the ..,.U s1tin.
The bands-the man's dean and
businesslilcc. the ~. old and
worn--&lt;U'O . . nearly a s&amp;rk contnst
.. the mgine encase&lt;Hn snaU sltin.
Playing off the title of the work.
Harris explains the duality of
Drake's intmL
·
"(The pi&lt;ce bas) an ancient title
and i:eferena; at the same time, you
l!aV&lt;! the man and the woman. )')U
l!aV&lt;! them mediated through technology," he says. "You'~ very much
aware that they'~ very distant."
' Connecting that piece with
Drl!U's earlier works, Harris helps
bridge the seeming g;tp between industryand ancient history, or myth.
"He encases the automobile engine, which is a symbol of the Industrial Rnolution, or the idea that
we create technological atensions
of our own selves-with our bodies, with our skin."
And in the story ofAdam and Eve?
"Wbatbappensafrer God banishes
them from paradise is that God also
then clothes them, and makes (clothing) of animal sJtins..-«&gt;, in a .......
that's also a story about the irMntion of technology. That mediation
between us and nature," be says.
"Which," he adds, "is the really oool
thing about being a bwnan bein~r
but often is seen as this curse.•
Harris, who will assume his new
post March l,saidbeislookingfur../ ward to working in a thriving artthe desert region.
ists' community and is pleas&lt;d with
So while Drake's use of obviously the legacy be leaves at UB.
"'De()(the things I tti&lt;d to do was
!arge,heavy,rawsttd,wdded and riveted,oould be construed as that which . &lt;=te a program that function&lt;d as
· the "macho male sculptor" is able 10 a croosroad for not only the indierect, Harris says Drake "wasn~ just vidual departments that """' interdoingthat-hewasalso relltcting on ested in visual art and cuJtw, but also
to reach outside of that and aeate a
the male macho culture."
Drakt'smostrtcentwork.alsoon aoosroad for pel!ple from tbrougbdisplay in the alubit, is a departure ~ut the~hesaid
The exhibit, which bad 'its furmal
from his sculpted pieces and is reminiscent of the 1994work, "valley of opening reception last Friday, will he
the Wodd," which sets grainy, black- on display through March 9.The galand-whit:eimagesofboththedesti- lery is open from ID-.30a.m. to8 p.m.
tulelandscape of a Mexican neigh- Wednesday through Saturday, and
borhood and modest suburban !'! from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

FSEC
c..u...~t,_,...l

students can use laptop oomputers.
• ln response to maintenance
problems, Zambon said the univer-

sity should employ students to conduct audits of cJassrooms by adhering to a formal checklisL
• Finally, the committee plans to
remedy the problem of IT cabinets
that are "not usable by people in
wheelchairs or people with special
needs," Zambon said In an elTon to
comply with the law, UB is consulting with the School ofArchitecture,
which bas begun developing a pro-

to type for a uru.ersatly accessible IT
cabinet.
Michael Easley, clinical associate
professor of oral biology, raised concern over inad~uate accommoda-

tions on the South Campus.
"Luckily, I quit requiring attendance because if I had everybody
show up, I wouJdnit have room for
them," said Easl&lt;y, referring to his
current classroom in Kimball
Tower.
Zambon said there are plans to
redesign classrooms in both

Kimball and Diefendorf, and.also
lower the capacity of the rooms.
In conjunction ~th the classroom recommendations, M.ark
Greenfield, Web development
manager at UB, presented an overview of a new classrooms· specific
Web site scheduled to go live
March I.
Greenfield said the new site will
eliminate hierarchical confusion
3nd serve as a "one-stop site fur all
of the classroom issues."
~site will include a host offea-

rures and options, such as a schedule of upgrades; digital lecture recordings, which can he posted 10 the
Web at no cost; a classroom-scheduling section; a c!assroom irMntory
providing detailed information
about the classroom spaa and its
contmts, and a custom-search option tO help locate a particular classroom that would aa:ommodate an
instructor•s specific ai~
The site will be able to be accessed
at &lt;wlngs.louffMo.edu/facultyI

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Panel urges faculty to fill out survey on research
~~~

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The purpose of this letter is to encourage participation in a Webbased aunoey of the UB faculty. This
aunoey is being conducted by the
Faculty Senate R&lt;search and Creative A~tivity Committee
(RACAC), whose charge is "to review, report and recommend to the
Faculty Senate matters concerning
university policies, procedures and
actions ~gresearch and creative activity; university facilities
for research and creative activity;
funding for research and creativ.
activity, and responsibilities and liabilities of researchers.•
The purpose of this survey of
the full- and part-time faculty at
UB is to determine issues related

to rtsearch and creative activity,
with a view toward recommending •action iterru:• as part of a final. written report to the Faculty
Senate. Simply put, "What's on the
minds of the faculty regarding research and creative activity?"
• The survey will take about I 0
minute$ and can be accessed "&amp;om

&lt;http://......-....
.,.,,,....,.
__,&gt;.The~-­
results

ofthi.s•urv.ywill be tabulated electronically and discu.ued and intO-preted by the RACAC. Based on the
results, the committee may conduct
"focw-grnup" sessions to probe
more deeply into isoueo. Presently
existing faculty gmup5 may be wed
for this. Electrooic"cbat rooms" also

Bas~et~all
MEN'S

may hewed.
Finally, the RACAC will formulate itsa&gt;ndusionsand recommendations, including specifics, where
pouible. The reoulting report will
he made available to !he faculty. Reopondent.s' confiderttiality will he
preoerved, but the surv.y will not
preclude the option of providing
non-confidential information, if
desired by the respondenL
In view of the ambitious goals
of the provost and viet president
for research, this appears to be a
unique opportunity to have your
voice(sj beard.
joseph C. Mollendof'f, Choir
focllhy Smot&lt; R~rch and
CnotM ltct.Mty Committet

UB 68,

Eastern M khlpn 51

Boll State 59, UB 56

p.ior lorw&gt;nl ~~&lt;&gt;ben Brown
scored 21 poina and snored •
~ 16 rebounds"' lead U6
to a 68-S I wWl O¥er Eastern
l1lchipn on Fob. 12. """~'Pre a 13pme~wul&lt;andeamrc&lt;l&gt;e

Buls their fim Mlci-Americ:an
Conlen:nce wtn ol a.. .....,._
.U6 slowly pulled
In a..
second half alter tnlllrc 24-23 at
- - B r o w n led a.. way by
scorio&amp; I 5 of his poina In &lt;l&gt;e
second half and domlnaq a..
glass. Brown had 16 rebounds. while
a.. entire E2stern Mlchipn team
pulled down jus&lt; 22.
UB's win sueak wmed out w
besllon.-INocl.howoYer.The Bulls

w,.,

- ano&lt;her "'"""' eflcrt f.tll short
asllaltS....helclolf&lt;l&gt;e8ulls.5956. Fob. 14 lnAk.mnl Arena In
anocher MAC prne.

The Buls (3-19. 1-12)• ..no

trailed by I 0 poina at halltrne. watt
bad&lt; and- with
Cardinals,

Calendar

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;monno~~on,

sroa an.~~. 645-6125.

PhJslcsIR H.. Effect In High Temperature
5uf&gt;er&lt;.onclucto john Come, Dept. of
Phy&gt;lcs. 216 Naturol Sciences Complex,
North Campus.. 3:45 p.m. F~.

LHe-...op
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Womon's . _ . onclllonos. Keny

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Student Union. North Campus. 6-7 p.m.
Free. Sporuon!d by 51Udont Unions and
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~~~~~;:&amp;·m.
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Onelli, 645-6125.

lleglnnklg I ~ Hotho Y"9".
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c.ntn:. 1•sc Student Union. North
Campus. 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Sponsor&lt;d by
51Udont Unions and AdMties. for """"

Phllooophy Colloquium

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ActMties. for more infom'\ation, Sonia

Cinelli. 645~125 .

Clauks Live

CMI)ohengon. tenor, oncl Mltthew
Robey, plonc&gt;-muslc ol Hondel.
S&lt;humonn, .._.. Debussy, Hohn six Americon cornposen. WBFO 88.7

T~l~

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For more Information, 645-2921.

·

Wednesday

Student Bible Study. O.lene Guarino.
210 Student Union, North Campus.
7:30 p.m. free . for more infoonation,
Dalene, •s9.{)2l1 (pogor).

-Concert

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2

Campos. 8 p:m. Free. 5poruored by
~~~usic. For more information,

Ctttkol Core Meclklne

Thursday, March

Conference

Dept. of Medlcin&lt;: and PCC&amp;5M.

Jobfolr

~~=~~~~~~~~i~all,

~~f:~!;~~~~~~~ Free.

Placement For rTIOre information.

Racquel White, 645-2232, ext.108.

LHe-shop
Women and Body Image. Carolyn
Benhad, Courueting Center. 1•5c

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Sciences .

CommonSidn

Campus. 8 a.m. frft.

Senior Alumni
Progrom
G""'9&lt; kelley Pulp

Fiction Collection.
Jud;,i) A. Adams-~

dlr., Llxkwood Ubraly.
CenterforTOIJ10'I"OW,
North Campos. Noon-

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i:c"kr,8 ~~§': For more information,
Schwendler, 829-2608.
3
IT Seminar
Open Source Unix Event Matt Stock
and Ken Smith, Dept of Computer
Scimce and Engineering. 120 C~ens.
North Cam~s. 2-4 p.m. Free.
Sponsored
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ConsukinD DCQ. For ~
infofmation, Keni Cabana, 645-3580.

Ubrory-...op
~..-chlng 8ellsteln
Crossflre. F~ Stoss.
127 Capen.
Undergrlduate Utnry,
North Campus. Noon-1
p.m. Free. Sponsored by Sckence and
Engineering Ulnry. for mon!
information, 1111 Hackenberg. 64S-2947,
ext. 226.

78, Aleron 59

Kent State 73 , UB 51
UB""""""" Ia record to 17-7 OYer"all and S.S In a.. MAC with an easy 78-59
win on Satun:by atAkron.SeniorTrfbny W . one of four Bolts tD finish In
double f;&amp;u-led a.. dlarze with 22 poina and 13 rebounds. The doobledol.ble was her fifth of the year and the 22nd of her career.The win was head
coach Cheryt DoVer's 50th career win -u UB.
Earlier In a.. week. The Bulb' throe-pme win streak was snapped with a
73-51 delut at l&lt;ont State.The Golclen Flashes extended a.. nation~ lon&amp;est

. aaM: nome wmln( streak"' 42,..,..

wnn a.. victory.

Wrestlin~

An exhibition of outogr&gt;phs. signed
~phs and histDriat documents o(

that they would-~

EXhibits
distinguOiled Alricon Arn&lt;ricons a.lled
from tho-"""""""~Cofloctlon

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dinial assoc. prof.,
Deplof
Dermatology. 35S
Squire, South

UB

"llMJ, Too, Hod • Drum"

Brocc.uto. 135 Football Stadium, North
Campus. 6 p .m. Free.

;:,~.Potenza

H9d and Neck.
Robert E. Kalb,

WOMEN 'S

Ohio University 23, UB 9
UB drq&gt;p&lt;d Ia final MAC maul&gt; of a.. season. blln( to ONo ~. 23-9.This
was UB~
MAC loss.lolowi-c a F&lt;:O. 10 doioat to Centrall1ithlpn.
The Bulb bepn a.. contest'with. victor-, at 133 po&lt;.nds. Senio&lt; Shawn
Kqel notched • 12-8 dedslon .,.... Anthony C&gt;nizales. Kqel , _ b 26-4 this
season and 3-2 1n MAC~
AAMan ONo victor-, at 141 pounds. US Wiled a win at 149 pounds.p.ior
Bill jacoutot ~ a 11).3 dedslon .,_Andrew Relchenbach.)acoutot . b 22-10 this season wnh al-l MAC record.

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Fellowship ol Christlon Athletes. AJ

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Ash Wednesday Moss. 1•6 [);efendorl,

Pari&lt;,

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RiYenl, C.reer Pianning ~nd Piac:ernent
Student Un6on and Social Hall, North
Carnp.JS. S:30-7 p.m. Free. Sponsored
by Career Planning and PlacemenL For
more Information, Mike Rivera, 6452232, ext. 109.

on Sunday.

Student Unkxl. North Campus. Noon-1
Sonia Cinelli, 645-6125.

Dlstlnctlon oncl Judgml!nl Marlom

midnight Monday lhroogh Thuo&gt;day, 8
a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. on Saturday and noon to midnight

Infectious Diseases In the ICU (Part I).

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Convenotlon. Kathleen lru&lt;r. • 38
Clemens. North Carnp.JS. 12:30 p.m.
Free. For more information, 645-3810.

lnlormallon. Soria Cinoll, 645-6125."

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p.m. SS. Sponsor&lt;d by Depl of Music.

more 1nformation, Kenneth Blumenthal,
829-3890.
.

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829-6000.

with Glenn Elnschlag.

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last seasOn~ MAC~ In
the NCAA Tournament. as the lead
"""""" hands lour times In a.. final
12rnlnula.
UB amounced that a.. time of
a.. pme aplnst ManiWI scheduled lor 3 In Ak.mnl Arena has been
c:har.-d to 2 p.m. from 7 p.m.The time ol a.. prne--che men's final,.......
season pne of the year--was chanced because a ~·s tourT'WMnt pne
likely wiR be S&lt;heduled for" that """""""
.

'Noli froin the

:n=.wlll
=~
lhroogh March 1
in the Art'

~lery~;

Center for the
ArU,North
Campus. Gallery
hours a~ 10
a.m. td 5 p.m .

on Tue&lt;day. 10
a.m. through 8

~nesday

through Friday
il0d11 a.m. to

6p.m.on
Saturday.
" Artlfldol
LHe In the

~-

second"'""""'

The Bobt:aa then roaled olf " ' - ccnseardYe wins. openln( up a

13~

lead

Senior Josh States allied &lt;l&gt;elast UB victo&lt;y of a.. afternoon wnn a 1•-9
dedslon at 1&amp;4 pounds twe[)'lari&lt; Shrout. States ~ his 17th,.., on a
raw and now is 25· 3 OYerall and 1s a perfect S-0 ln MAC compedoon.

~wimmin~
WOMEN 'S

Jo.on!or c.- Quinlan was named &lt;l&gt;e MAC Female Athlete of &lt;l&gt;e Week for &lt;l&gt;e
-'&lt; ending Fob. 13. &lt;l&gt;eleque announced.

Quinlan. a politlcal sdence mojo&lt;; was !nstrurnenalln a.. Bulls" 154-1 . . ,..,
.,.... Cornell on Fob. I0 to dose a.. rqular season. She swam a.. openln( lee
of the meet's .firW event. the 200 freesty$e !'!!by, as the squad took the race in a
season-best time ol I:39.03. She also finished first ln a pa;r of individual
....,..._.,., In season-best tlrnes-wiMing a.. so freestyle. In 14.81 and the
100 butterlly In 5755. Quinlan's 100 butterlly time b a.. third best In a.. MAC
this season. She also ranks 17th In &lt;l&gt;eleque In a.. so freestyle.
Ql.mlan becomes the second UB ad-Jete ro lake the 'NOnlen's swim aw.ard.
Tearnma~Abl&gt;y Delia e&gt;med leque honors last No.errber:
The Bulb finished their ,....... season 9-5 CM:rali and 3-5 In MAC meeu.
UB wt11 host the MACWomen"s 5wlnvnlng and [);vln( CharnpionsNps In Ak.mnl
Arena Notaoorium todoy th""'!!h Sawrcby. Prelminary ...nts w;!l begin at II
a.m. ucn dq. with finals tiking pbce ilt 7 p.m.

ln~oor TracK
The men's :and women) track teamS finished th~r regub.r seuons at the
Cornell Kane InvitationalWhile there was no teilrT1 scoring at the meet. the
Bulb put together some knpressiYe ~
Senior 5anoh AetdM:r pnwisk&gt;nally qualified for a.. NCAA championships
with her fim-pl&gt;c:e finlsh In &lt;l&gt;elo.po...:l wel&amp;ht throw. AetdM:r•..no al,..ady
ha.d qualified lor &lt;l&gt;e ECAC ~In &lt;l&gt;e ~&lt;.established a new
sd&gt;ool record with her toss ol58-l 0 (1 7.93m).The throw broke her .,....&gt;ous
sd&gt;ool record ol ~5 (17.&amp;1m) set at last season"s E2stern Michigan

lnYitatlonai.TheNCM~willbeginMv&lt;h8 1n~le. Arl&lt;.
For the founh time chis season. 8iama Mcfvbnd set &lt;t new UB record in
&lt;l&gt;e tJ'4&gt;Ie Ju-np.Mcfarland tool&lt; &lt;l&gt;e ""'"'wnn a leap of&lt;G-5.5 (12.33mJ.
becoming
a.. first Bull to clear 40 r....
through
Jenelle c:..londer also scored • victor-, In .... 4&lt;XHneterS. wlnnln( In 58. 10.
Match 9 In the UB Art
Kar-. Halim led &lt;l&gt;e UB men~ squad. alcln( &lt;l&gt;elong jump wnh a sd&gt;ool
Gallery;, tho Center for tho ArU. North
Campus. Gallecy.hours ~re 10:30a.m. to
record nw1t ollJ-10 (7.14rn). His jump broke a.. old record of23-S.S (7.1Sm)
8 p.m. Wednesday through Sawrday
set In 1996 byThom Koye.by Smith llnlshed third In a..
the Bulb at
and noon tO 5 p.m. on Sunday.
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are on display

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North campus. 3:45p.m. Free.
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Q&amp;A: Ciccia, Brodka discuss
Leadership Development Center

Autograph Hound

PACES

low students lo •tive &amp; fetun"
in IUW Flint Vr!/age apartments

Quake
Talk
Andre Reinhorn (left), chair
of civil, structural and
environmental engineering,
discusses the new
·earthquake-engineering
facility to be built at UB
with President William R.
Greiner (center) and Rep.
Jack Quinn at a press
conference held Saturday 1n
Ketter Hall .

UB gets $16.5 million for quake work

m

Funds from NSF, New York State, SUNY to be used to build new facility, shake table
By WIN COOLDBAUM
Contributing Editor

T

HE Department of Civil,

Structu.ral and Environ ment~

Engineering ha.o;

been awarded $16.5 million in federal and state funding to de- •
veloptheworld's most versatileearthquak&lt;-engineering research facility
designed to provide testing capabilities that will revolutionize the understanding of how even very large structures behave during earthquakes.
Featuring the only shake table in
the world that can easily be reposi tioned, the new facility will be the
only earthquake-engineering labo-

ratory capable of conducting real time seismic hybrid testing, a form

of testing being pioneered b}' UB
researchers that breaks new ground

in earthquake-engineering research .

In this type of testihg, shake-table
experiments and computer Simula tions are combined in real -time to
provide the most complete picture
ever possible of how powerful earth·

quakes alfect buildings. bridg&lt;:&gt; and
other structures.
The nt'W facitit·y wiU house twin

shake tables capable of testing struc ·
lures up to 120 feet in length .
Announced at a press conference
on Saturday. tht&gt; funding includes
two f!;rants from the National Sci ence Foundation-&lt;me for S4.38
million to construct a large-scale.
high-performance testing facility
and one for $6.16 million for construction of versatile. high -perfor mance shake tabl es.
It also ihdudcs $6 million from the
SUNY construction fund for a nev.·
mfrastructurc to house the new eqwp-

ment. which will include an addioon
to K&lt;tter Hall on the North Campus.
The expanded facility will make
it possible for the first time for earth
quake-engineering researchers to
obtain extremely accurate results on
how very large str01.:tures wiU react
to all kinds of seismic activity, even
when tested to complete fuilure.

In announcing the NSF grants. Rep.
lack Quinn noted that "the UniYcrsity at Buffalo. through this state-ofthe-an testing center, has an expanded
opportunity to put 115 research and
aatdemiCi on the Vo"'rld stage.
" In light of last wcek's tragedy m
India. the upgrade of US's earth·
quake-engineering faciht y prove~
crucial. The center will help SCientists bencr determine the effects on
huildings of thts devastattng natu ral disaster."

President W1lliam R. &lt;;reJner
caUed the fundmg .. stgnal recogm uon of US's leading role 1n th e
world's earthquake -engmeenn~ re
search efforts.''
"This project is great news not onh
for VB, but for regions around the
Vo"'rld that are prone to set.sm1c aL
t1vity,"Gremer sa1d...The recent dev astating earthquake lll western lnd1a
underscoressooety's need to find tm
proved ways to construct huildmp.
bridges and other structures that can
better wtthstand the terrible forct' o l
earthquakes. The cutung-edge re
search that U ~ will be able to per
form will )1eld verv precl.Se mfom1a·
uon on how large structures react to
setsm1c acuvity. which , m turn. \•'&lt;till
save thousands of lJ\e."
Gremeradded: .. Weart• ven gratt•

Grant named to new vice provost post
By CHRISTINE VIDAL
Contributing Editor

ERRY S. Grant, dean of
the College of Arts and
Sciences (CAS) and a r&lt;·
pected music historian
and a nationally known .a dministra-

tor, has been named vice provost for
academic affairs and dean of the

Graduate School, effective March I.
His appointment was announced

by Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi.
Grant came to UB in I99 I as dean
of the Faculty of Arts and Letter&gt;.
In 1998, that academic unit was

merged with the Faculty of Natural
Sciences and Mathematics and the
Faculty of Social Sciencts to form
the College of Arts and Sciences.
As vice provost, Grant will be n:·
sponsible for all curricular matters

related to undergraduate and graduate programs and administering the
Graduate School.
The new position merges the du ties of two positions: vice provost for

undergradu ate education
and dean of
the Graduatt~
Schoo I .
N i co I as
Goodman ,
former VICI.'
provost tor
undcrgradu ·
atc educauon. has returned to the
mathematics fa(u\ry, while l&gt;avtd
Trigglc, dean of the graduate school,
will return to the faculty of the
School of Pharmacy and Pharma
ceu tical Sc1ences.
"TX.·'3 n Grant is um4uelyqualifie-d
for the posit ton. He has 01l'llSI\'Cex periencc with both undergraduate
and graduate education, strong aca
demJC values and is weU-known for
his emphasis on the imponance of
students. l am delighted that we will
benefit from his leadership in aca demic mauerS," said Capaldi.
The appointment of an interim \

dean of CAS is expected to be an
nounced soon.
A.5 dean of Arb a nd ~nencc s.
l ;rant oversee~ 3 1 departments and
a vancty of interdisciplinary cen ters and research institutes.~ well
as the academiC ca re e r~ of more
than 10.000 undergraduates and
1.700 graduate studen ts.
Among his administrative accom plishmentswereintegratingthestaffs
andfunctionsofthethrecformerfav
ulties that made up the college uno a
single administrative suiJcturc supportivr of teaching. research and !oCr
''ICe in the coUege, and tht~ cn-.111on
of faculty governance mechanism..
dSSOciated with the appmntment .
promotion and tenure processes.
~ dean of arts and letters. t;r.mt
wcl.S responsible for mcrea.ses m re-!leal'ch supporr. the expansion of language offerings. induding the devel opment of an Asian -language program; support for an intemauonal
center for Polish studies. and the de -

velopment and expans1on of Korl'3fl
studies. He also made stgnificant ad vances m d1versifymg the faculty.
bnnging 13 outstanding minontv

&gt;eholars to the faculty in rwo )-eaTS.
He parttcipates in a SUNY-wide
n.:v1cw of undergraduate general
education.
In addiuon to serv1a on numerom univcrslt )' and profess1onal
boards. he ha,,. M."rvcd as a member
and chair of the Ene County Cultural
Roources Adv1wry Board, a mcm
lx-rof the An_,.( :nuncil of Buffalo and
l:.ne Clmmy Board of Otrectors and
a mcmbt~ r of Cultural Leader~h1p
(;roup and lt.""aden.h1p Buffalo.
He 15 the authur or ednor oHhrt"\'
bt..10~ H1.\ current hook. "The R.un
bow Cny," cdt-hratl'S the centenmal
of the Pan Amem:an Expos111on. t le
1~ a frequent spe-aker to local orgam
zat1ons and presenter at nat ional
meetings of htgher -edu..:a t1on a.5.Solt
elations. He holds a doctorate from
the Universtry of Cahlonua· Berkdt".

�21 Rap a.-tar fetwuml2001Nol.3tlo.19
BRIEI'LY

llromllr liD . . . .

at Ernefttus C::enter

-·prof&amp;

Hri Btomley,
sor in the Grodulte Sd1ool a1
EdoatJon. wtlldiscuu "The
Bottles al Buffalo: U&lt;bln IIIUIIty
and
in Coty
Planning;" at the monthly meet·
lng al the EmeriWs Center, set
for 2 p.m. on Tuesdoy in the
South Lounge, 102 CoodyHr
Han on the South Gampus.
Btomloy b • member of •

-opment
b the
....-.mlp Center?

cMc group, Cltiuns for Com.
mon Sense. lhat promotes smart·

and resources to encourage students

Fnnk Ckda (left) is director of the Leadership Devdopmenr:Center.
fd llroduo serves as assistant director.

Public '""'*'""*"

growth stralegles for economic

dev&lt;lopment in Buffalo.
Tho program b open ID the

UB community.
for more infoonatioo, can the
Emelltus Cooter atB29·227t. .

Students tour Israel
with Hillel program
A group of 25 UB studenU affili.
at&lt;d with Hillel of Buffalo Yislt&lt;d
lsrool jon. J-1J as part of Hillel's Israel Birthright. • program funded
through Birthright Israel, jewish

-lions

pNianthropists, jewish
and the Israel gowmm&lt;nt.
Hillel of BuffalO b ono of BD
Hillel foundotlons. Which are
compus.based eduational, w~
rural and roflglous e&gt;&lt;ganizations,

selected ID f&gt;O'!IdPate.
L.ocolprogromdrodorjomio
f1eischmlnn coordinot&lt;d the trip.
Tho SIUdentswore~
by Don Lf!Shem, • gradulte st1J.
dent in the Departmont al English.
Highlights of the trip were
tours of•ondellt and modern
~.... including an ard1eologlc.ll
dig at
GtMin; jaffa; a kibbutz
in norjhOm lstoel;.t h e -

¥

(parliOment); Jerusalem. and the
museum and memoriJI of the
Holocaust, Yad Va&gt;horn.

Honorary degree

nominations sought
Tho university-wide Hono&lt;aly
Degree Committee b seelcing
nominations of persons ID be
consldtrod for an t.&gt;norary degree horn SUNY.
Eliglblllty b rostric.'ted ID per·
sons of Stlte, NOon.t or intema·
tionolstoturo. Nominees wl1o
have made~ contributions ID UB will be cqnsldor'ed
nthey have made significant
contributions 1D 119S beyond UB

and Western New York.
Nomination forms moy be
~lned from Unlvorsity Advancement and Developmon~
5Dl Capon Han, North Campus.
Tho deadline b March 9.

REPORTER
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The Leadership Developmenl Cen·
ter, pan of the Division of Student
Affairs, provides programs, services
to recognize the importance oflead·
el'lihip,leam to work effectively with
ot hers and dtvelop and practice
their skills on campus and within
the community. In addition to providi ng programs and workshops,
the center has a variety of books.
videos, tapa and interactive computer progra.ms that students can
usc or borrow. Topics include time
management, communication

skills, public speaking, team-build·
ing, running meetings, c reati ve
problem-solving and more.

wtwot does It,_.., to be •
le-.7

What it means to be a leader is
viewed differently by variow disci·
plines. In the work that we do. we
emphasize the process of .. leader·
ship" more than a person being a

"leader."Typically,a leader is thought
of simply as the person in the group
that tells everyone else what to do,
or someone who is elected to a position or designated the head of an or·
ganization. There is an implkation
that there is only one "leader" and
that a person is ei ther a leader or not.
We view leadership as a process of
people together attempting to accomplish change or make a difference to benefit the common good
We want students to recogniu and
develop their own leadership skills
so that they can contribute to the

groups in which they belong. Group
members may assume any one of a
number of leadership roles. such as
someone who helps keep the group
on the task at hand o r helps listen to
and summarize what others have
said, or resolves confiicts or keeps the

moral of the group positive. Our slogan for the Lndership Center is

"Leadership begins with you." This
means that that before you = "lead"
a group you have ID be able to lead
yourself. Successful leaden""' always
learning. gaining self-~ and
working to imp~ themselves.
Is .............. .-Nng )'Oif're

bom with, or.., JOU -... to
beoleoder1

When talking to a group of students,

we'U ask them to raise th&lt;ir hand if
they feel every person is a "leader.•
Very few hands go up. bur when we
ask them if they think they will need
to ·use leader¥lip skills in their ife,
job or community, almost every
hand goes up. Leadership isn't some
"thing" that you are born with or
you hav. or don't hav.. It involves a
set of skills that you are always de·
veloping. liU anything else, with
practice and trial and enor. We enco urage students to learn to be
"leaden" by getting involved in cam·
pus life, such as dubs or student

gO\'mlment, beoomingan RA,join·
ing their hall council or working as
an orientation aide. These types of
experiences, offered by many differ·
en! offices on campus, help develop
ou r students' leadership skills.
Descrlbo ........ of your_......

The Leadership Development Cen·

tend the Emerging Leaden Forum to
be hdd I'd&gt;. 24. We are accq&gt;tingappUcations for studepts ID participate
in the " Leadership Experience &amp;
Achievement Program (LEAP} on
April 4, a day for students to
"shadow" a leader in the Weskm
New York community. Some of the
50 mentor1 from ~~busi­
nessand non -profits include Bullillo
Mayor Anthony Masiello, Geri
Grossman of Ingram Micro and
Arlene Kaukus from the United Way.
In conjunction with the Ufe Work·
shops program, a leadership work·
shop series is offered with 20.workshops and/or panel discussions that
are open to students,furulty,stalfand
community members. The topics
1'11llg&lt; from tjlne management and

public spealling to "Serving yout
Community as a Leader:" We offer a
"Dynamics of Leadership couf1&lt;
(UBEI02} and hav. a Leadership
Peer Educator Program wh= un·
dergraduate interns present work·
shops and staff the LDC. Any group.
class or organization may stop by the
Leadership Development Center and
request a leadership workshop that
may be rustomized for their group.
Are the progr...U just for students? Or . . . foculty stoff
po&lt;tldpote1

The majority of our programs are
for studenrs. However, the Leader-

ter offers programs designed for a
va riety of students, ranging from

ship Workshop Series is open to stu·
dents, faculty, staff and community
those that hold executive board po.' mem~. A number of faculty and
silions in student dubs to new stu- staff have borrowed leadership
dents who aR not yet involved in books and videos, or have come into
campuslife.Officersofdubsandstu· the center with ideas for icd&gt;reakers
dent government are invited to the and team-building activities. Faculty
Student Leadership Institute, a one· andotaff also can let us know about
day conference in the fall semester. any specific classes or extraturricu·
Students who want to find out how lar activities they would like us to
to get involved on campw or take on make students aware of that could
a leadership role in a group are being improve students' leadership skills.
nominated by faculty and staff to al·

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Stop into 2305tudent lJnion--.dle
Leadership Resource Center is
open from 10 a.m. to4 p.m.-«
our administrative offia in 112
Student Union. For ~ infur.
mation or to register for any ofour
programs, visit our Web site at
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or get on our email list byemailing
us at &lt;leadub4tocsu.buffalo..du&gt;.Orcall64~.

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Why is leadership devdopmcnt
important to our students? We
rea:ndy found results of a survey
by the CoUege Rroew Board that
stated that the No. I quality that
employers look for in r:temt college graduates is leadership abiJ.
ity. Leadership and group skills
also will help students be ~ef·
fectM at UB, wh&lt;ther they have
to do a small group project for a
class, play on a sports team, live
in a re:sidtna hall. serve on a axnmittee or hold a part·tim&lt; job.
Student leaden are respoosible
for a vast number of opportunitiestoimp~thequalityofstu ·

dent life for thousands of other
students on this camP.,.. Ifwo CUl
do anything 10 hdp these indi·
vidual students be mo.., effective
leaders, then they, in tum,Clll im·
provo the UB experience for whoever joins their dubs or goes to
their campw events. Someone

once said: "The single most important ingredient in building a
successful, thriving community is
an investment in its leadership."
We must invest in our campw

community's student leadership.

Earthquake
COII1...._,..'"-apap1

ful to Congressman Quinn, the Na tional Science Foundation and the
State University of New York for their
outstanding suppon."
The NSF grants to UB are a critical piece of t he George E. Brown Jr.

Network for Earthquake Engineer·
ing Simulation "( NEES}, an S81.9
million NSF special project designed

search (MCEER}, will be a key piece
of a nationwide "collaboratory" developed by NEES in which earth·
quake engineetS located at diffem~t
institutions will be able to share ,...
sources &gt;!ld work rog&lt;ther.
"We are going to make a sman installation," said Andrei Reinhorn,

from its current reliance on physical
experiments to investigations based
on integrated models, databases and
modd-based simulation." By install·
ing new technological infrastruct\m,
NEES will male&lt; it possible for engine-en: at UB and elsewhere to more
quickly translate research findings

professor in the UB ~nt of
Civil, Structural and Environmental
Engineering and a senior co-princi·
pal investigator."This new fucility will
allow us to test on the shake tables
real pieces of a struct\m, while com·
putcn will at the same time simulate
its missing parts. And""' CUl do this
while applying fo rces rapidly with
real-time VIbrations."
The funding will support a qua·
drupling of the SEESL in Ketter Hall
from approximately 3,000 square
feet to 13,000 square feet, as well as

to wher in a new era in earthquili
engi neering research.

According to NSF, this network
will act as a catalyst to "transform
earthqu ake-engi neering research

shake table so that it will move in
six different directions
• New dynamic and static actua·
tor&lt; that provide a total capacity of
1.7 million poundsofforuand rna·
jor pow&lt;r capacity to cooduct high·
speed. high-load dynamic testing
• High -definition television
equipment to transmit to other en-

gineering labs both physical and
computational results ofUB tests for
a fully in.tegrated coUaboratory
According to Michel Brun~a u ,
professor of civil, structural and
environmental engineering,

project director and co-principal
investigator, these new capabilities

will allow UB engineers to conduct
unprecedented research, the ulti·
mate benefit of which will be new
technologies that can better pro·
tecl people and property from the
kind of devastation wrought by
major earthqualces, such as the one

into technologies that can make

the addition of new capabilities,

structures safer during earthquakes.
UB's Structural Earthquake Engi·

which will include:

neering

Laborator y

track that can be rapidly re-posi·

that occurred in India on Jan. 26.
In pa rticular, the new facility

(SEESL}, which is the flagship labo·
ratory in the Multidisciplinary Cen·
ter for Earthquake Engineering Re·

tioned to be next to the existing

will offer engineers the lint oppor·

shake table, or as far as 120 feet away

tunity to test full-size structures in
real time.

Systems

• A new shakr table situated o n a

• An upgrade of the existing

"You cannot bring a skyscraper
into a laboratory," said Reinhom.
"But with this new facility and new
technology, we will be able to obtain atrcmelyaccurate infonnation
on how real structtms behav. dur·
ing earthqualces, without having to
make the extraordinary expendi·
tures of resources that would be required to build facilities huge
enough to test whole buildings."
According tO Bruneau, th e

facility's two shake tables provide
another unprecedented opportu·
nity for ....archers.
"The advantage of having two
shake tables is that now~ can move
both tables in different phases." he
aplained. "1llat means wo can w:ry
realistieally simulate earthquake
waves as they trawl, for example,
from one bridge pier to another."
Construction ofthe new UB facility is scheduled for completion in
2004 Wider the guidancr ofMidlael
c Cooswltinou, .,...,r...orand chair
of the JJepartment of Ovil, Strut·
turaJ and Environmental Engineer·
ing and co-principal investigator.

�february 8. 2001/VIl3t No.19 Reporiea

Computer standards urged
Faculty Senate seeks same access for faculty as studeiits
lly SUE WUETCHU
RtpCXtrrEdit.or

desks,ourownchaJk,"shesuggested.

Baum&lt;r said t.lult he wanted to

Samud Schack, professor and

name the policy '"academic bank-

HE Faculty Sena te on
Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution recommending that all fulltime faculty memb&lt;n be provided
with a minimal level of computer
hardware, software and supportthat which is available to students
through the iConnect@UB initiatM:.
The resolution, drafted by the

chair of the Department of Mathematics, noted there are tools that

T

bankruptcy with regard to that initial effort, "and saying, 'yes, I've got
more liabilities than assets, and I really wish t.lult the court would bail

senate's Computer Services Com-

sity tries more and more to inteirate

me out and let me stan over."'

mince and presented by committee

computm into the education ofeach
student, and tries to standardize what

"The central thesis here is that the
student who has botched his or her
first year or so of study... ought to
have the opportunity to come back

impetus for developing the recom mendation came from Chief Infor mation Officer Vo ldemar lnnus,
who had requested help in determining a baseline standard for com puter support for faculty members.
~Dennis Malone, SUNY Distin,
guished Service Pro fesso r in the
Department of Electrical Engineer (

\

The idea behind labeli ng the
policy as such, he said, was that, in
effect, the student was declaring

senate, Peterson pointed out that the

I

mandatory and tools t.lult are optional--items t.lult the tlllM:r&gt;ity provides,suchasanoffice,anditemsthat

fessor of library and information
stucties,alsosuggests that a four-year
replacement cydt: be instituted for
faculty equipment
"Support for fa cult y com puter
use should be clearly o rgani zed
among CIT, the academic nodes, the
librari es and the Educational Technology Center," the resolution states.
"This structure of support and th e
va rio us services should b(' clearly
communicated to faculty."
In introducing the resolution for
a second read ing and vote by the

I

faculty use in their work that are

faculty must provide, Iii« individual
books for research and travel funds.
"But some things are vital," Schack
said "To the extent t.lult the unM:r-

C hair Lorna Peterson, associate pro-

!

ruptcy," but faced some objections
concerning that label within the
com.minee.

ing, acknowledged he was playing
the role of"devil's advocate .. in suggesting that since co mputers arc
"something that are extremely use-

ful to us all." faculty perhaps should
pay for their own computers. " I just
don't see that the case has been made
thnt the university ought to supply
or pay for the equipment," he said.
Peterson said that information

the students are supposed to have,
then I think it_will not be an effective
program if they don't, at the same
time, do it for faculty."
Peterson poimed out that when
other universi ti es have done this
type of initiative, they have staned
first with fuculty."We'reactuallydoing it backwards," she
said.
In other business,
scnators reviewed for the
firsttimeaproposalfrom
th e se n a t e'~ G rading
Committee to give students who have

and do it over and start fresh with o ut that horseshoe around his neck
or her neck," he said.
"This is a complete write-off of.
the previous study-there's no picking or choosing here. If you decide
you want to go thi s
route, all of your previousstudygoes,effectively, in the trash can."
The previous
coursework does stay
o n the record ,
however. The

·!!~E~~i!~~L

withdrawn from
theunive:rsityafter .i
poorpcrformance
an "academic second chance" at UB.
The new policy would replace th e
current "fresh start " policy, said
committee chair William Ba umer.
professo r of philosophy. notin g
therehavebeenconcemsabout ron flicts with the cu rrent procedures.
Under the new plan, any student
whose initial study for a bachelor's
degree at UB was unsuccessful due
to poo r grades o r un comp leted
courses may petition for an "aca~emicsecondchance " andreadmis-

committee be lieves an academic
Iran script ought to be " fuiJ and complete," Baumer sa id.
The proposal states that studen ts
petitioning for an academic second
chance must supply evidence to in dicate they can successfull y pursue
their st udies. Such evidence may
in dude successful study at another
post-secondaryinstitution,workexperience, fuU -time voluntary service
with a charitable organization or
honorable military service.
Student s must provide the rv•dence to a university committ ee.
That comminee would have at least
two-thirdsofits membersappmved

technology has been integrated into

sion to the university. The student
must provide evidence of "significan tly improved abiliry to pursue

life at UB. " If students are to have

batcalaureate study successfully."

by the FSEC to ensure the faculty has

access and the curriculum is based
in teclujology and the use of technology, then faculty should have access
to the technology as )Y&lt;U," she said.
"Maybe we should buy our own

O n ce readmitted to US, n o
course the student attempted during his o r her initial study at UB,
regardless of the grade received,
wouJd cou nt toward satisfying requirements for a degree.

controldetermining"whogctsback
in and who does not," Baumer said.
He warned that students only get
one academic second chance.
" There are no seco nd second
chances," he said.

phones, our own chairs, our own

Early

Spring?
Although Ridge Lea Larry,
the Department of
Geology's weatherforecasting grou ndhog, did
not see his shadow on Feb .
2-or much of anything
else, fo r that matter-does
anyone really think Buffalo is
due for an early spring?
Pictured with Larry at the
annual Groundhog Day
event is M ichael Sheridan
(foreground) and Greg
Baker, both faculty
members in the geology
department.

3

BrieD
National tax moot court set
The Honor•ble Rkhllrd C. Wesley, associate judge on the New
York State Court of Appeals, will be among the experl5 Sitting on
the bench for the final round of competition when law students from
around the nation come to Buffalo Feb. 22-24 to co mpet e 1n the
Law School's national Mugcl Tax Moo t Co un .
Students wlll argue the tax consequences of tra.nsfernng cenain prop
erty pursuant to a divorce decree under the laws of New York State.
Celebrating its 30th annivertary, the Mugel tax competition has
become the largest and Jongest-tunnmg tax moot court in the United
States. Teams from such institution~ a~ Will1am Mitchell Law School ,
Syracuse Universit y, Lou1s1ana Stat e University, Universit y of Balt1
more, Unive rsi ty of Maryland. as well as UB, will compete thts year.
The competition is named 10 honor of Albert R. Mugel. a semor
partn~r in the Buffalo-based law firm of Jaeckle, Fleischmann &amp;
Mugel and a professor of law who has taught tax at UB Law School
for more than SO yea rs.
In additi on to Wesley. Judge Lew1s Ca rluzzo of tht' Un 11ed States
Tax Court also will be a judge in the final round .
"One of the major st rengths ofth1s annual event has been the qual ity of th e judges it attracts from yea r to year." says Stmon A .
Fleischmann, a third -year law student who 1s cha•r of the com pet 1
tion. "Distinguished representatives from the local legal com mun•t y.
as well as na tio nal tax experts. have volunteered their time and expcr
tise to make the competition a success. This yea r is no exception."
Kenneth R. Joyce. SUNY Distinguished Tea ching Professo r 10 tht·
US Law School. serves as ~dviso r to the compet it io n. preparing tht·
problem and bench memorandum. Joyce has been instr umen tal In
the formulation of tax laws in New York State to his capac lt v a!' dJ
rector of the New Yo rk Sta te Law Rcv•sion Commiss1on.
After researchi ng the issues and writing a legal brief. the conic~
tants will meet in downtown Buffalo to take part 10 seve ral round.!!&gt;
of appe ll ate-st yle argument. Proble-ms a1 past competition s hav&lt;"
involved capital gains versus ordinary income-. tax sta tu s of gam
bling debts a nd ca pitalization ve rsus deductions.
"Complex and chall enging problems such as these have hecomt'
the hallmark of the Mugel competi tion and have furthered its repu tation as a rigorous and preeminent competition," Fleischmann say~ .
Those serving as judges may obta1n Continuin g Legal Educat 1on
credit.
For information on th e Mugcl competitiQn, contact S1mon A .
Fleischmann at 645 -2037 or &lt;saf4@b uffalo.edu &gt;.

Law ?Chool plans program
for minority recruitment
As part of Its continuing commi tment to diversity, the Law Sc hool
wiJJ host a visitation program and luncheon for min ority high school
juniors and seniors who wish to learn more about law school.
The program . ll")arking National Minority Law Student Recrull ·
ment Month , will be held from 8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m . Feb. 16 10 th e
Center for Tomorrow on the North Ca mpus.
Lillie Wiley, the schoo l's ass istan t director of adm1ssions and d1
rector of recruitment. says lh&lt;" pu rpose of the program i.!&gt; to expose
promising young scholars to th e field of law.
Ci ting U.S. Census Bureau figures , Wiley notes that only 7 per cent of lawyers in t~ United States are from minority groups: 3
percent are African American . 2 percent Latino and less than I per cent Asian American.
"We want to send a strong message to student s, faculty. admims trators and the legal community: Don 't turn back," she says. ''We've
come too far to let recent assaults on affirmative act ion erode cf·
forts to diversify the legal communit y in America."
National Minorit y Law Recruitment Month at th e Law School as
funded by the Law School Admission Co uncil (LSAC ) to raise awa reness of minority -recruiting iss ues facing law schools. The effort
comes on the heels of se tbacks to affi rmative action 10 major states
like Cali fo rni a and Texas that have vastl y redu ced minority repre sentation in en tering law-sc hool classes.
"The good news is that you see 1n crea~ed numbers of m1n o nt\
student s and minority fa culty a t the natwn 's law sc hool s. although
not c:nough.'' sa id Wiley. "The bad new~ IS that s01ne people bdtC'V('
the tide may be turning aga inst diverS!!)' cfforh.
" In v1ew o f the challenge tn .tffirmallve J(tJOn , we mu st do nHlrl'
In make people of co lo r know th.tt the law ~c honl1., a pi.JCl' fpr ltll·m
.md that we are work in g hard to ach1t'Vt' .1 d1vc-r~e env tronmt' nl on
our ca mpu!ote!oo. The m:gativ it y gcm•ratc.:d In rt·tent lll' W~ .lhllUt Jffir
mallvr .tct Jon (;mnot he allowl·d tn fo~tt·r ,1 pt·r...t'pltnn th.ll l,n,·
-.,choo l!oo have dosn.J tht·lr door' to pl'oplt· of \.O ior.'' !-t hl' !-&gt;J.Id . "ll');!J.l
ed uc lllOil.., too amport&lt;llll hl tl-tt• nghh nl .til .-\mcnt.lll!oo to allo\\
thi~ 11115tOnCt'p!um to C\l~t .'"
Tht" pro~r a m on f-eh _ I h w1ll k.1turl' ,1 t,tiJ... h' \\'lit'\ on ·· Prl· r.1nn ~
fur L1w .S..- h&lt;lol" and .1 llHh.: k d.t!oo' ,m " Ln' .1nd Puhlt~. l:.du~.J.tu)Jl '·
..-ondu..-ted tw \V,tdc Ne,.,•housc . pro(('S!-&gt;O r (ll law, and IJw studl·nt
Ras hondra Jackson. Other prt·~t·ntatlom and panel d•~..-us.s10 n s w1ll
tnclude representatives from va r1ous mtnont y·studt·nt organJzatiOn.\,
mdudmg the Black, Latino and As1an Law Student Associations.
City Co urt Judge Robert T. Russell will pre-sent a keynote addre-~ ~
during lun ch.
\

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UB st•ffer h•s ne•rly 1 ,000 pieces documenting f•mous Afrlc• n Amerlc•ns

l&lt;uoo s

Weekes is smitten with autographs

Joy--

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tho Affordoble Housing Clinic In
tho low 5d1ool, recently WIS
honon!d by tho H&lt;rilq Christian HcHne Inc. for his outstlnd·
lng support of tho agency and
people with 5pOCial needs. Honored at the "9&lt;1'CY's sixth annual dinner, Hezel WJ:S dted for

hblnitia!M IIfld~indo­

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housing ""people with - opment-itlos usingfed&lt;rol
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professor and cNir ot tho Department of Planning In the School ol

Althifecll.ri&gt;and "'""'*'!!. hos
boon appointed by SUNY Chancellor Robort L tong to......, on
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conter.nce honoring Sprinldef.
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tali&lt;. "Kelt's Reboltlon, Histoly
from Belciw and tho Hysterical
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fellowship from tho Sodely for Applied Anthropology's
Envlronmtntal Anthtopology
Project Fellowship Progrlm to
explore "The Role of Interfaith
Councils and Religious Groups
In Superlund Site ldenlification,
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RqJOtttr AnbtJnt Editor

Wed&lt;.s, who grew up in Seattle, was
given his first autograph at tho age of
12 by his friend and mentor, Wmg
I..ukc, who Weekes describ&lt;d as tht
first Asian-American riccud to political office on the West Coast. A year

With nc:arly 6.000 docurn!:nts in his
business invmtory, Weekes considON Weekes has a great
m himself"small-tim." in a pool of
some 500,000 dealers-up from
story.
A writer who has
15,000 20 years ago.
AIDS and is traveling
A5 temporary custodian of many
across the United States finds him- later.~gayehimjohnF.Kenntdy's of thesc: ittms-rost of which ...
self at a tavern in an obscure town, autograph. and he was hool&lt;cd.
sold into private collectionswhere he encounters a man sitting
Weekes e.mtually found his niche Weekes has held in his hands docuat tht bar, crying.
ments from the
The man explains his son has died
Im,lettm written
of AIDS-no small irony there,
by Renaissance-era
w..kes points out-and from his
popes. and even first poclcet pulls a ien&lt;r, which he shares
edition
Ernest
with the writer. Theien&lt;r, from then Hemingway nov President GcorJ!e Bush. was a respons&lt;
els-with lengthy into the father's original missive criticizscriptions. Surely,
ing tht Bush administration's lack of
they all would seem
suppon on the AIDS issut. Enclosed
significant to the out·
in the letter from Bush is a copyoftht
side viewer.
speech he is planning to gM: before
But where pcrsonaJ
the Third World Congress on AIDS.
collections arc con Bush -.uuld like to know the father's
c.erned, what is sigthoughts on his speech.
nificant varies with
In 1993, a year after tho book was
laste--&lt;lnd time.
..As you mature,
published. w~ to the
you begin to nai-row
directorofUB'sCenterfortheAns-~
read "Heartlands: A Gay Man's Odysyour focus and ... be
sey Across America," and was moved
more discerning
by author Darrell Yates Rist's moounabout what .you collect."hesaid. With reter with that father.
So moved. in fact , that he wrote a
gard to his pcrsonaJ
letter to the former president who-- 0
collection, Weekes
again, no small irony here-re- ~
says he's guided by a
sponded in kind.
sense of duty in preThe letter, sent by Bush from •on
• US staffer who hat been In the set'ving history.
Houston--the words "self-typed" at business fiN" 40 yean.
"Signed photos
the to~ead to this effect: "Every in African-American history, having are nice, and it's nice to make the
once in a while, something comes amassed nearly 1,000 documents visual connection, but th ey'r~ not
along that really makes an impact. over the years.
nearly as significant in the great
Your letter was such a happening. I
"ll 's one thing to read about his- schem• of things."
know what was in my hean, and I tory from a theoretical perspectiv.,c,"
What Weekes strives for is rep"'know what I did formycountry.llaat he said . .. It's quite another to actu - sented in his annual display in
you found someone a little kinder ally see a handwritten letter of Lockwood library commemorating
and gen~er means a great deal to me." Frederick Douglass talking about Black History Month. This year's exWeekes--an autograph coUector the struggle for freedom, and to hibit, "They, Too, Had a Dream," inand dealer for 40 ~ys that let· hold it in your hand. You're touch - dudes an autographed manuscript
terspeakstothetruevalueofhistr.tde. ing history.
1'"!1" from Toni Morrison's "Song of
""That's how profoundly poW&lt;rful
"It's just anareaof... historythat in- Solomon," the aforementioned
autograph cnUccting is." says the 51 · terests me, that strikes a chord with Douglass letter, an autographed photo
year-&lt;&gt;ld Weekes, who was a collec· me,"Week&lt;sexplains. "Maybel"..,al- of recently deceased poet Gwmdolyn
torfor20year.;beforetr}inghishand ways been a champion of the disen- Brooks, and an autograph of 1920s
atthe business--specifically his busi- franchised because I identify with entertainer )osephin• Baker, who was
ness. Weekes Autographs. For the them personally on some level. l"V&lt; shunned by the Unittd States until
former entertainmen t writer and overcomealotofoddsinmyownlife." earnillg fame in Paris.
public-relations guru, the au tograph
Autograph collecting began in the
Wtekes, who says he feels nurtured
tradeisaboutmuchmorethanturn - 1800s, Weekes said, and ephemera by libraries. is eager to lure the com·
inga buck. For Weekes--&lt;md to bor· today can indude autographs, pho- munityinto Lockwood-~ arisrow an industry phrase-what he tographs,letters,manuscriptpage&gt;- ing curiosities can be satisfied.
does has ..sentimental vaJue."
any and aU historical documents.
"If we can get them in by show-

R

i

ing them this ahibit; maybt they'll
go to th• shelf and get a book on
Gwendolyn Brooks, or on Patricia
Roberu Harris, who was tht first
black ambassador," ht said.
Overcoming a fear of the un known-what Weekes describes as
taking away the ~ peopk give to
fear through disaimination or not
caring to know aboutsomethingoutsidt personal aperi&lt;noo--is something he has been able to do througll
collecting blad history, and is something he hopes othets will be able to
do througll viewing his ahibit.
"The mo"' you open up. the mo"'
you get to milly know something for
its real .....,.,_what you may uncover may be something beautiful,"
he said.
Weekes chooses exhibit materials
from his privatt stash, the selection
process a strugglt each year dut to
the monnity of his collection.
This year's assorunent also showcases pop cultur&lt; alongside political dout-from RuPaul on a MAC
cosmetics ft.ier to a signature from
Coretta Scott King. But no matter
th• individual, Weekes said, ht's always humbled in his research.
"Whilt some pcopl• might say,
'Oh, what a horriblt cross you had.
oh, isn't that unfortunate ,•.. . for
them, it was a gin in a way, because
it's brought them to whert they are,"
he said. "They turned what we
might consider a tremendous cross
into somdhing very beautiful"
The latt Congresswoman Barbara
Jordan, who~ from 1972-79,
gave keynote speeches at the 1976
and 1992 Democratic convmtions
and spokt at President Richard
Nixon'simpeachmen~battledadver­

sity throughout her life.-frpm her
upbringing in Harlml's slums, to her
2S-year rdationship with a woman,
to her struggk with multipk sdaosis. leuk&lt;mia and diabet&lt;s.
" Look at our lives compared
to ... Barbara Jordan," said Weekes,
pointing to what h• said is a rare
photograph of Jordan in·Ker wheelchair that is pan of Lockwood exhibit. "We don't know adversity~
"They, Too, Had a Dream"will b&lt;
on display through Feb. 28 near tht
circulation desk on the main level
of Lockwood library.

UB researchers find gum-lung disease link
By LOIS BAKU!
Contributing tditor

HRONIC lung-disease
sufferers should be especially fastidious about
brushing and nossing
their teeth. That is the message delivered in a study just published in
the }oumal of Periodontology conducted by VB oral biologists.
The researchers found an associa·
ti on between chronic respiratory
disease and periodontal di~ in
an analysis of data from a large na tional database, the Third National
Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey, known as NHANES Ill.
The results add to a growing
body of evidence that poor oral
health is linked to a number of
chronic djseases.
Frank Scannapieco, associate professor of oral biology in th• School
of Dental Medicine and lead author

C

or the study, said the mechanism
linking oral health and lung disease
isn't dear, but that bacterla in the
mouth likely are to blame.
''Accumulation of disease-causing
o rganisms associated with gum disease may increase the risk for seri ous lower-respiratory-t ract infection in susceptible subjects," said
Scannapieco.
.. It is possible that bacte.ria that
normally stick to the teeth a re
sloughed into the saliva and may b.
breathed into the upper airways,
changi ng rhat environment and
paving the way for other germs to
infect the lower airways. Oral conditions likely work together with
other factors., such as smoking, en·
vironmental pollutants, allergies
and genetics. to make existing lung
problems worse~
Scannapieco's earlier work with
pneumonia in hospitalized patients

suggested a potential association
between respiratory diseases and
poor oral health, and led him to investigate whether such a relation ship exists in the gtneral population. For the analysis, he used data
from 13,79 2 participants in
NHANES lll who w.r• at least 20
years old and had at least six naturalteeth.
Questionnaires completed by
participants included items about
their history of respiratorydistas&lt;.
The physical examination measured each person's forced expiratory volum• (FEV 0), or how much·
air a person can blow out in one
second , a measur&lt; of lung health
and function.
A dtn!al examination assessed
the loss of gum anachment supporting the teeth, amount of gum
bleeding, number of cavities lljld
number of teeth.
.'

Analyzing thesc: two sets of data
for a rdationship, tht researchtrs
found that lung function appeaml
to diminish as tht amount of gumattachmtnt loss increased. R&lt;sults
also showed a decline in respiratary
function as oral health worsened.
"We aren't saying that if you don"t
brush, you'U develop lung disease,"
saicl Scannapieco. "Wt'ruaying that
if you already have hingdisease, taking care of your teeth and gums is
especially important. It's possibl•
that impi"OVI!d oral health is one factor that may hrip prevent progression ofthis disease, which is responsible for 2.2 million deaths a year
worldwide."
Alex W. Ho, oral-biology statistician, was co-author of the study.
The work was supported in part
by grants from the U.S. Health S..vice and the National Institute of
Dental and Craniofacial Research.

�february l2001/Vi.32. 11.19

Living &amp; Learning the law
80 law students to establish community in new Flint Village
By~ UWAHDOWSIII
R.tpOfUI' Assbtant

Edttor

OME August, UB law
stud&lt;nts will have a plaa
to call home.
No, they're not being
uprQOted from their North Campus

C

digs, they're getting new ones-

where, alkr marathon studying, the
late-night crash-pad boasts a bed,
not a lounge sofa, and the con~ ­

first-year students together with up-

Olsen said he's also hoping to pro-

per-division stud~nt.s. said Olsen,

vide aca&lt;Wnics- related services on

who belit"VeS •a blended group of
sludents .. . wiU enable more of a
conununity to develop."
"It pe:rmits the creation of more
of a community of interest-both
socially and academically," he said.
Ja&lt; Krakowiak, director of Uni versity Residence Halls. said mvironm&lt;nts like these help students

the premi.ses---such as tutonng for
first -year students and guest lectur

ers. The Student Bar Association will
play a role to ensure students have a
hand in developing an environment
attracti~ to them . he added.
Oiff Wtlson, associate Vlc.e presi dent for Student Affair&gt;, said the pilot
project is part of US's interest in de-

nient meal needn't co m e from a

integrate more smoothly into the

veloping graduate housing commu-

vending machine. WcU, depending

campus community.

nities that mirtor similar successful

on your pleasures.
l b be sure; many law students will
find themselves just a short walk
away from their fully furnished
apartment in Flint Village, where
two of the nine buildings will be

"We arc aware that these are successful in transitioningstudent.s.lt's

projects at the undergraduate level.

sort of a natural opportunity because th e neighborhood is really
small," he added, noting that the two
buildings designated for the law
school will house roughly 80 beds.
The entire Flint complex will ac commodate 536 students.
Olsen said he envisions the

ber of freshmen who pick the fresh m&lt;n areas," said Wilson, who oversees UB housing. Other special-interest areas indude Spaulding Tower
in the Ellicott Complex-for engi-

project as a major attraction in re-

romingdoctors,lawym and the like\
Academically speaking, he said, stu-

dedicated solely to housing law students.

R. Nils Olsen Jr.. dean of the Law
School, initiated the dialogue responsible for the planned"!iving &amp; l.caming environment for law students in
US's newest housing project, currently under construction.

"It just seemed like a good idea. I
think building the housing is a very
good idea," Olsen said, noting that as
a resuJt, UB seems less a commuter
atmosphere. "'We're very excited

about .. .the univ=ity's willingness to
let us take advantage (of the housing)."
O lsen expla ined that most law

schools, if they do provide housing,
offer dormitory dwelling for stu dents. What UB is doing with apar1 ·
rnent -style housing is unique in Nrw

York State, he said. and UB is perhaps
among only a handful of law schools
in the country that offer such accommodations. The inten t is to bring

cruiting students-appealing to
those looking for both convenience

"We are encouraged by the num -

neCring students--and a pre-professional area in Red Jacket. also in
Fllicott, for students interested in be-

experience. His con-

dents who share classes and
cow&gt;ework can study together, while
students also often engage in similar

fidence in the project stems. in part,
from a survey he circulated to law
students last semester.

social interests. The Aint project for
law students is an extension of those
programs. he said, and is the first sudl

"There will be no problem filling
these rooms-if anything, there'll be
a waiting list," he said of the units.
which he experu to be equipped

clustering in the campus apartments.
..O ne of the challenges in coming
to a strange city is housing. Our
grad uate programs are challenging,

in location and a chance to fortify

their

l~ing

wlth access to law-school databases
through a wireless system .
Krakowiak said he's hoping to

exte nd LEXIS-NEXJS•, popular
with UB's law students. to the Flint
buildings, as well as provide a ..data
drop" for each individuaJ-not jllSt
a single connection per room.

(and this) begins to develop the kind
of comm unity our graduate programs are trying to develop," Wil son said.
He added that the deans of the
schools of management and social
work already have expressed interest in pursuing similar setups.

Brun pledges $1 million to UB
By SUZANNE CHAMBERlAIN
Reporter Contributor

A

N international invest ment advisor who used

his UB degree in social
work to build a $32 billion business, Leslie A. Brun is pledging S I million to the School of Social Work-half as a direct gift and
half as a matched donation .
A 1974 gradu~te, Brun drove a

taxiCib in New York City for about
a year after graduation until realiz.
ing that his social-work education
had taught him that " no matter
what you do, it revolvc..&gt;s around un derstanding people and interpersonal dynam.jcs," an understanding ..
that has proved usefuJ Ln his investment -banking career.
Brun-who was born in Hait i
and moved to New York C ity with
his parents When he was 7-said he
is proud ofhis alma materand wants
o ther minorities to have the kinds
of educational opportunities he en -

joyedat UB.
"State schools arc generally unrecognized for their accomplishments,"
Brun said, "and since· I am a product of a state school and proud of
my .accomplishments, I wanted to
give back to the institution that contributed greatly to my success."
Brun, who is founder, chainnan

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named
in
memory of a
favorite unde.
The m o n ey

ing an initial S100.000 anti has chal
lenged alumni and friends that he
will match gifts of S I,000 or more

will be used to

Explaining why he issued the
chaiJenge, Brun said that he wanted
"others to step up to the plate and
recognize the value of the stare c..xtu
cati onal system and to give some-

recruit a nd
support mi nority stu
dents pursu ing
the1r

graduate degrees in social work, with
the intention that it will " increast the
nwnber of minority Ph.D. graduates

who would be able to obtain faculty
positions in sch~ls of social work.."
The fellowship amount would be at
least $12,000 per student.
President William R. Greiner
praised Srun, noting: "He is an ac-

knowledged leader in the world of
international investment banking
with a kec.n appreciation of his edu cation in US's School of Social
Work. We are very proud of his accomplish m en ts as an investment
advisor; his career is an inspirational

example for today's UB students.
"Les Brun has demonstrated his
loyalty to his alma mater through
these gifts, which wiU enhance educational oppornmities for graduate
students in social work as weU as the

and CEO of Hamilton Lane Advisors
Inc., a privately held, investment-ad-

research Clpability of the School of
Social Work," Greiner added. · we
are most grateful for his generosity."
In addition to the scholarship gift.
Brun has pledged another $500,000

visory and money-management

in matching money to advance and

firm, is giving $500,000 to establish
the Serge 0 . Valme Fellowship,

support the research agenda of the
School of Social Work. Brun is giv ·

.etc. supports educational
technology needs of faculty

Lawrence Sh uJman, dean of the

School of Social Work, said he is confident that alumni will meet the chal lenge and lauded Srun's initiative and
support for such valuable activities.
"l..t."S is an alum who has capitalized
on t.he vaJue of a social-work education, as demonstrated by his imp""'sive profcssionaJ accomplishments.
bold optimism and personal rommit -

mentto philanthropy," said Shulman.
"I look forward to the opportunity
to strengthen our school and to ben efit families, children and co mmu
nities through the work we can now
accomplish because of his do nation."

Shulman said the money will help
underwrite the infr as tru ctu re
needed for pursuing federal, state
and private funding for a vanety of
research projects, including a st ud y
on the impact of alcohol use on
mothers and children, testing pre·
vention models for work with chil dren of alcoholic parents and devel oping a model- in collaboration

with the Buffalo Public Schools and
the BuffaJo and Erie Co unty United
Way-for working with student s
suspended from school for violence.

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-Austin Booth and Bre.nd• S.ttle.son ,

Umwn.tty Ltbront.&gt;&lt;,

Obib.Karies
Robert Blake Reeves dies at 70
Robert Bla k e Reeves, professor cmentus of ph\'s10logy and an .lt
tivist in environmental organii.J.IIOfl!'&gt;, dH:d Jan ll of prO!&gt;tah: tan
cc r in h1s Amhe rst home . He was 70.
Known as Blake Reeve~. he WJ. S born m PhLiadelphia. lh: n:~.-l.'t\L'J
a bachelor 's degree with h1gh honors from Swarthmore ( .ollq;c .md
a doclorate in physiology from IIJrvard lJ n1vc r.;;11\., where ht• \\'J' .t
junior fell o w m the Soc1ety of hllows.
A faculty mt•mbcr in the Departm~nt ofPhys~nlog\ .mJ B1ophv~1u
fo r 28 years. he was an authorit y on thl' effect nf temp~raturc on a&lt;...~J
base regu lation and the kinetiCs ol red blood t dl nxvgc: n cxt h.mgt'
Ht· se rved on the ed it ori.d hoard of the /rmru.l/ ol c (HIIparaow

Pllys1ology B. Bwclleuucal, Sysumu am/

l:m•Jrmmlt' lltal

Pl11·swlct,;\.

and was the 1ournal's Amencan t•dltor formam WJ.f)
After his retirement from UB Ill 191}5, Ren'n hc.:lJ.nll' unnln~J 1n

field botany.
He had co-founded the N1agara t,rnup t)l the !\Jc:rra l-luh 10 l~n:-.
and 1n recent years was com mitt ed to the work &lt;lf th e Natun· &lt; tlll
scrvancy. for which he served as a tru stt't' of tht• Westt•rn J.nd l t'n
tral New York C hapter.
In 1996, he wa5 o ne of thrCl' upponenb of l ogg1n~ 10 Allc~am
Park to receive Environmentalist of the Year honor' fwm l-m•1nln
mental Advocates, a sla tt'wide orgam1.at1on.
He also served on the Erie Count y fnvmmmL·ntJI ManJ.~t' nll" llt
Council.
Details of a memonal servKe wdl be announu•J

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Schlmmlnger, Clarke to rec:elve " Igniting Ideas Leadenhlp Awards"
T RANSITIONS

UB Business Alliance marks·successes

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Contributing Editor

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manager for Quebecor World Buffalo Inc., will be recogniud today
for their leadership in local eco·

logicll Sodely ollkMolo, to -

Moving Up

nomic-developmmt efforts during
the US Business AHiance's 2001
Grand Reception, which. will be

·-LewJ,senlot vicepro.
"""" to Interim deon, School ol
Archlltcture ond Plonning

held from 4-6 p.m. in the Center
for the Arts, North Campus.

. , _ " - IISSOCiote pro.
fesso&lt;, Oeportment ol &lt;;ouruoilng. School ond Educrtlonal Psy·
chology, to Interim dean,
Groduo~ School ol Edocotion

In keeping with the reception 's
theme of .. Igniting Idea s,"
Schimminger and Clarke will re·
ceivC' .. Igniting ldras Leadership
Awards" -Schimminger for the

H.R. a.o, from-~ pro.
f&lt;s!or, to full prolessor. Oeplrtment ol Manogement ScJonu
and Systoms

public sector and Clarke forthe pri·

crship in and helped "ignit&lt; ideas

associate prof.,.., to fuM pro.
fesso&lt;, Deportment ol M an~

for economic development in West ·
ern New York.
The reception also wiU feature a
keynote address by Arvin MueUer,
group vice president of General
Motors Powertrain, who will dis·
cuss his organization's recent deci·
sian to expand operations in West ern New York.
O th er speakers will be Kevin
Donovan, area director, United Auto
Workers Region 9, and Ron Allman,
via president for manufacturing for
the forging division of American

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Department ol Mllnogemenl
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kelilg. t o - · - pre;.
dent o n d - ol mlri&lt;edng.
Univonity Communications

Axle &amp; Manufacturing.
SUNY Chancellor Robert L King
will make opening remarks.
The UB Busin&lt;SS Alliance also will
use the recq&gt;tion as an opportunity

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Funded by New York State, SPIR
grants to businesses cover wp to 50
percent of a project's cost fOr utilizing faculty members, students and
other technically trained personnel,
as well as fees for using sophisticated

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tho Friends Hlstioriclll.lbnry at

tion project with counterparu at

the University of Rochester, Roch·
ester Institute of Technology and
the cities of Rochester and Buffalo
to enrich entrepreneurial dforu in
the region.

Through SPIR and other pro-

shuns it offers, the UB Business AJ.

liance has assisted nearly 60 companies in the past year and a half,
including:
• Technicor, a biotech start-up.
now a tenant in the UB Technology
Incubator of the Business Alliance.
The company benefited from assistance from the UB Dq&gt;artment of
Chemical Engineering. Technicor

tance from chemical engineering

wtth our resean::h

biotech feat.

Industrial design."

• Sonwil, ~hich specializes i"

food and medical storage. The Business Alliance assisted the finn in
achimngl509002 certification (in·
temational standards certification

r&lt;quired for global businesses). With
of the project covered by
Empire State Development aod half
the training costs underwritten by
SPIR, Sonwil was certified, a month
ahead of schedule.
• The Depew plant of Quebecor,
a key facility for the world's largest
~portion

~YLAN

T\JAKKAN

research facilities. such as those

availableat UB.
This year, in response to ..over-

business, lean supply-chain man-

more than 8,000 jobs and the cre·
ation of more than 600 new ones

$600,000 National Science Founda·

nology Transfer and Licensing
(TI1.) division.
"Technology-oriented compa-

nies help drive economic growth,"
said Jerry McGuire, director of the

that information for the economic
good of the region."
The UB Business Alliance was
formed in Novmlber 1998 10 im-

them back into fluids. With assis-

found a way to accomplish this

drug discovery to

proi&gt;erry issues for faculty and local
business people through its Tech-

he wasn•t sure he kn~ how to turn

lntegr•te Industry needs

technologies ranging from

ries of seminars on intellectual-

TIL. "and key to their success is

professors Sriram Neelamegham
and Paschalis Alexandridis, he

cafNObllltles lind

1ianct has taken to strengthen both
the uni&gt;enity's own ability to tum
immtions into coaunaciaJ producu and its capacity for assisting
local and regional firms include
Opt'ning a satellite office in the
Health Care Businesl Center on the
South Campus to increase access for
UB immtors and instituting a se-

President Michael Hacikyan had
invented a way to fundamentally al·
ter the way blood and other fluids
are transported from location to Jo.
cation by turning them into gels. But

UB's new thrust to better

agement, agile manUfacturing that
helps companies be more tesponsive to customers a nd stati stical
process control.
A5 the business outreach ann of
UB, the UB Business Alliance also
will be a key participant in a

Major achievements during the
past 18 months include retention of

venlty ordWtst. to aniDr ol

will be front lind center 1(

partners," SPIR participants were
invited to attend short courses that
are eligible for continuing-educa tion c red its, according to Tim
Mattulke, director of business development for the BuSiness Alli ·
ance. Topics that will be covered
this spring include the new ergonomic standard and its impact on

Moving On

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"TM UB Business Alliance

whelming dema'nd by its business

of the School of Engi neering and
Apptied Sciences.

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tht state economy by promoting
the transfer of knowledge from
university to industry and by providing consultation, technical assis·
tance, research facilities and re ·
sources for in&lt;:lwtrial restructuring.

the past y=- and look ahead to the
future.

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Stony Brook, SP!R aims to bolster

to celebrate its accomplishments of

" In the coming year, the UB
Business Alliance will be front and
center in UB's new thrust to better
integrate industry needs with our
researc h capabiJities and technologies ranging from drug discovery
to industrial design," said Jaylan
Turkkan, via presidenl for research
and co-chair of the UB Business
Alliance with Mark Karwan, dean

Yices.

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similar ones at the SUNY university centers at Binghamton and

vate sec10r-as the individuals who
in the past year demonstrated lead·

- - - -from
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SSEMBLYMAN Robin
Schimminger
and
Kevin C larke , vice
president and general

through the Strategic Partnenrup
for Industrial Resurgence (SPlR).
"SPIR oontinues to be a significant
hdp to local oornponi&lt;s,"said Karwan.
Through the UB program and

commercial printer, Quebecor
World, now undertaking a $15 mil-

knowing how to protect intellect:u.al
property. The aim of these sm&gt;inars is to bolster the university's
protection processes. while sharing

prove the way that businesses acuss
the university and to provide attn·

iral focus for all of UB's economi&lt;:devclopment and industrial-outread! activities.
It combines four cri tical services that the university provides

to industry:
• 'The Center for Industrial Effectivenw (TCIE), which offers training programs, research-and-&lt;levd·
opment assistance. technical assistance aod assessments, aod transla·
Lion services
• Offia of Technology Transfer
aod licensing (TI1.), whichsproalius in patenting aod licensing UB
inventions to the private Stetor.

lion expansion. Through the assis• UB Technology Incubator, optance of li Lin, associate professor erated in cooperatio11 with the Westof industrial engineering. the UB . ern New York Technology DevelopBusiness Alliance is involved in this ment Center, which supports the
major plant expansion and layout, establishment of technology-inten·
as well as implementation of com· sive businesses-many of which are
run by UB faculty, students or
puterized scheduling plans.
• C hemical manufacturer alwnni--&lt;ommercia VB invenCarborundum. Rakesh Nagi, asso- tions aod provides applied-learning
ciate professor in the Department of opportwjities for students
Indu str ial Engi n eeri ng, and
• Heilth Care Business Center, a
ChunmingQiao,associateprofessor partnership with the Health Care
in the Department of Computer lodustri&lt;sAs&amp;ociat:i(m, which brings
Science and Engineering. helped researche.rs, manufacturers and
automate a scheduling system by health-care providers together with
the lliliv&lt;nity to mhance the local
developing customiud software.
Other actions the UB Business AI - health-care industry

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Larissa LaCour (left), a
member of the UB
volleyball team, talks to
fourth- and fifth-9rader.; at
St. Matthew's School earlier
this week as part of National
Girts and Women in Sports
Day. WNBA champ Sheryl
Swoopes took part in a
ceremonial tip-off before
last night's UB women's
basketball game.

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UB should withdraw from Division I-A athletics
Editor:

I write tor=~ that VB withdraw from Division 1-A athletics.
I base much of my argument for
downgrading--at least to the
university's former Division Ill stalus-on the recently published
book. "The Game of ufe," by James
L Shulman and Wdliam G. Bowen
(Princeton University Press). The
authors are officers of the MeUon
Foundation, and Bowen is a former
Princeton University president.
"The Game of Ufe" is an analysis
of the effects ofintcrooUegiatr sporu
al 32 ooUeges at which admission is
"genuindy competitive." Among the
wide range of schools are a number
with which UB would lik&lt; to be compared.among them Midligan, North
Carolina, Stanford and the four
"Ivies." The findings are disturbing.
The authorll describe varsity ath letes forming a distinct society, scparatr from other undergraduat&lt;s. They
rate far below their classmates in academic aptitude and achievement.
Also, they differ strikingly in values.

They often define themscM:s in nonacademic ..jock rulturc"tenns.
Bul whal of the purported benefits
lo the schools of their athletic programs? This studydiscredits the standard litany of claims. II cites, for example, the University of Michigan,
where in the 1998-99 academic year,
the football team drew an average of
JUSI under III ,OOOfanspergameand
won th e Citrus Bowl. The school's
other teams did wcU, too, with the
men's gymnastic team winning the

national championship. But the ath letic departmenl lost S3.8 million tha1
yt.-ar. Imagine the costs to us losers.
Further. at most of lhc schools

studied, recruited at:hJetes do not
increase racial or socioeconomic

di.ersity and athletes do not assum&lt;
leadership roles "after graduation.
And &lt;'ml winning teams do not lead
to greater alumni giving, with many
of the gifu that are rteciv&lt;d designatrd soldy for athletics.
What aboul us at -this university?
Currently, we find ourselves in a
league with distant schools, several
of them not of the academic caliber
to which we aspire. The associal«&lt;
travel costs arc vcrysubstantial.lf we
return to competing with local and
regional schools, we would not only
save monq, but in the process incr~ the attendance, interest and
commitment of both participants.

Consider an alternative use of the
doU... that go into athletics This university supports a fine Honors Program that brings to campus very

bright Sludents. Imagine how much
more that underfunded and underpublicized program could accom plish given the resources currently
focused on athletes.
But what about the university's
al ready large investment in athlet·
ics? Great! Now we have Division IA facilities. We can make these fa ci lities available to scudenu who
meet the academic standards of this
institution-true scholar-athletes.
In the process we can save moneythe salaries and perks of coaches
alone already are at an embarrassing level when compared to those
of other facu lry-and retrieve for
academic purposes facilities taken
over by the athletic department.
I do not offer thi.1i recommcnda ·
tion because of the university's cur-

rent abysmaJ record in a frw ma_tOr
sports. but that poor rerord, 1ogether
with the fact thai we have not y&lt;t generated public support for our pro-

gram,provide a real opportunily thai
will not be open to us later. Consider
in this regard the case of Swarthmore,
which tri&lt;d to downgrade after a long
history of high-level participation.
Nothing doing, responded the
alumni. Thank goodness, we have

noi y&lt;t reached thao soage.
In the larger framework, l-am appalled at the professionatization of
what used to be amateur athletics.

We sec athletic directors leading college presidents a round by their
noses, didatinga litany of rules that
further extend the control of athJet ics within each coUege community.
FinaUy, l
thai I hold no ani mus toward my colleagues inathis
university's Division ofAthletics. During my 36 yea" here, I have known

no"'

many, and those I know I hold in high
regard. In particular, I believe that this
university's current coaching staff,
successful or not, is mo~ than a rut

above those I observe dscwhcre, both
locally and nalionaUy. Also, I like
sports and have written as a former
participan1 in school and ooUege athletics.And I admit that,ovcrthestrung
opposition of re&gt;pected ooUeagues, I
voted ln favor of our "upgrading" to
Division 1-A Now, as I observe the

can=-like growth of professionalized
athletics on campus. I have come to
regret that error.
Gerald R. Rising
Distinguis hed Tea chtng ProfeHOI

Emeritus
Deportment ol Leammg and
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MEH'S
Akron 78, UB 77
Northwestern 79 , UB 61
UB was seconds~ from iu first ever road victory 1n the MAC
It took lUSt tNt k&gt;ng for
Akron's Rashon Brown to ~k
US's heart as ty.e went half the
length of the rbor 1n the bst -1 I
seconds to bank '" the gamewinner as

~

buzzer sounded to

.m. the Zips to a 78-n wtn over UB
on ~wn:by night.
The Bulls, W'ho ~ &lt;40-l I .u
halftime. held off Akron for most of
the second hatf uno\ the fi~l 4
minutes, d'len looked like they h;ad

the pme won in the final S
seconds. Alter ruoo1ng the clock
down. senoorloub Umpb&lt;ll d"""'
&lt;he lane before feeding )a$on
Robinson ., the nght cornet". who
buried a three-pointer with 4 I
seconds left to give UB the lead. n ·
76. and an apparent win

However, Akron"s Brown
caught an inbounds pus ~ar haff·
court. then dribbled tO the twket
before: 9anking in a 5-fooc: Roater

ATHLETES OF
THE WEEK
'"~"-~'-

ofthemen's

Indoor track...-.d-field team
broke his own record in

wirYing the triple jlmpatthe
Ed!m Mict1igan lnWational.
Halim jumped 49-0.25
(14.94m) breaking his old
nwll of 48-10 (14.88m) set
In 1999. Halim.liolds the
BIAs' outdoor records in the
lonq and triple .

llhrt Mcd.:r~t

the

v.o:Jmen'sbasl&lt;etball team led
the Bulls with 18 points,
including 12 in the final 7:24,
pacing the 8uHs to a 62-49
Mid-American Conference
win at MarshalL McClure, a
senior guard, also notched
her 1,000th career point in
the jan. 31 contest against
Northern Illinois and now
has 1,023, placing her 11th
on the all-time scoring list.

as

&lt;he ho&lt;\J sounded.
The 'Week began for the &amp;A wn:h a non-&lt;on~e muchup. as ~
t.JnNoni&lt;y IMd a~ ;,ide game and a b'"£" ceboundong edge to doom UB.
79-61. in ~yan Arena in Evanston

WOMEH "S
UB 62, Manhall .9
Northern Illinois 61 , UB 55

Senk&gt;&lt;- Marl McC1uf"e ICO&lt;"Od 12 of her game-hogh 18 poonu " &lt;he final 7.H of &lt;he
game. and senior Sonia Oruga: recorded her second ~ of the season
wtth II pons and I 0 rebolrods to send UB to a COf1YWlOf"tg 62....9 'Nifl at ManhaA
The Buls and &lt;he Th&lt;.nderin&amp; He&lt;-&lt;! battled back and for &lt;he 1m 20
mi1utes of the pme. With UB ~out CW'I top wtth I sJm 29-lB lead u tWforne
A

three-poin"f by ....,. Tan ~'erne&lt; and et&amp;ht straight points by M&lt;Ou"' P"'

UB ;a fim ~lead of &lt;he game. S2-4l with 5:08 '"""""""· McCiu"' hn
m throws before the firW buzzer. he!ptng the Bulls dose

;uxxher jtntper and two

the pme wtdu 21 -10 nm.
UB opened the week apmst Northern llhno1s. dropp~ng jun 1u
home pme of the year. 6~S

~econd

Wmstlin~
UB 17, Buckne ll II
UB notched a Vlct.Or"y on Suurtby.defeaung Bucknell. 37-ll . ln lew~sburg, PL
Freshman Ube Bbck and sentor Shawn Kegel both ptcked up Wins by bll
Black ( 16-9) pinned Mike Saunders m SS second s. while Kegel (H-3) pmned
Jeremy Weller In 6:)5
Seniors josh States and john Eschenfelder both a.lhed wm~. Sates (22-3)
defeated Bnan Neuman. 7-2, and Eschenfelder ( t 4-2) won hts match by mediCal
forfeit in the third period
With a 16-2 technical-fall Vlaory over Andy Bemroen. Jumor Ry.;an Bentley
upped h1s record to 28-3 . a team-h1gh
Sen+en Bill Jacourot (20-10) and Charhe Voorhet!S both ptcked up wms by
forleiL Voorhees ( 11-7) was selected as lut week'~ MAC Wrestler of the Week
after an 8-6 dec1s10n over Kent Sate"s Brent Thompson. the three-ome
defendmg MAC champtoo and ranked fint ln the conference at I 25.pounds

~wimmin~
WOMEN "S
Eastern Michigan 224, UB 7-4
Miam i (Ohio) 231 , UB 67
UB fell to EaStern M1chipn. 224-7&lt;4 . and

M ~am1. 231-67. 1n a MAC double-dual
meet 1n Oxford. Oi'uo. UB now 1s 8 -S overall and completed 1ts MAC dual
season With a 3-5 n!Cord
The Bulls wen! ~ced by Ume Qumlan, who took second 1n the I00
butterfly In 58.06. Qum~ also fin1shed fourth m the SO freestyle m 2.S 07

MEH "S
Eastern Michigan 10 I , UB 40
Miami (Ohio) 189, UB 52
The Bulls wen! defeated by Eutem M1ch1pn. 201-'40. and Mwn1. I 89 -52. to
conclude their regubr season 2-8 and 0-7 1n the MAC.
Senk&gt;&lt;- Eric Stimoon wu LIB"• top perlonner. aJaog second " &lt;he 200
badcstroke n 1:52.68 while pbcirc seventh n the 200 individual medley ., 157 87

ln~oor lracK
Men place third, women fifth at Eastern Michigan Invitational
The Indoor lnCk squads con,.....t at &lt;he Eut.m Mochopn ......oonal., Ypobna.
Mid&gt;.. with &lt;he ,..,• team pladrc 1hiRI ., &lt;he fauNoam """"""""' =nrc 90 5
poina. wtW the 'iiii'Ofnen's scp.ad was Nth n a she-tum ftekt with 74.50
Men's jump specialist IUma.u Hallm broU h1s awn school record to wm thr
~ jump. Hatlm, the MAC dwnpton in the outdoor tnple JUmp. esa.bhlhed oa
new marit of 49-{).l.S ( 14.94m), breaking his old marit by more dun 2 inches
Shot putter Dan Mlnocchl also esWHimed a nf!'N mark with a toss of 52-0
(1 5.90m) to bn!U.Ac.bm Smkh's ~ord of S0-5.25 (15.J7m) set 1n 2000
Minoc:chi, an offensM lineman with the footmll team. fimmed third '" the event
On the 'WOmen's side. Bleen Rose wu UB's lone viCtOf", along the 3.000
in I0:] I. Laura Olson once again broke her pole vauh. recor-d---the th1 rd
time th1s seuon----with a height"of 10-7 (S.2Jm). bl"ulong the okl mark of 10-6
set at lut Wftk's UB Open. Olson W':l.li wah In the eYenL Jenelle Callender tJed
Tonya Retd's 1994 ~ord in the 6().me(er duh w1th a 7 88 dodung oand fin1shed
fifth in the eYenl

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                    <text>PAGE 2

Q&amp;A: Harvey Ax/erod discusses

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proper. improper use ofemail

Wellness Awareness

PAC.L

o UB poets attend recent festival

of intemalio'!fll artists in Havana

Bit 'o
Spring
Jessica Ranallettt, a
painting major,
concentrates as she
touches up some irise~an
spring be on the horizon?recently in the Center for
the Arts.

UB advocates are heading to Albany
Effort designed to increase legislators' awareness ofuniversity's computing prowess
By J£NNIFU UWANDOWSIII
Rq&gt;Ott~ Assistant Editor

s.

PPORTERS of US's proposed Center o[Excdlcna: in
ioinfonnatics (Informatics)
are headed 10Aibanyon Tuesday to bring lawmakers up to speed
on the weU-deserved reputation UB
has as a heavyweight in computing
technology.
Proponents of the plan-which
aims to bolster Western New York's
economy with the creation of thou ·
sands of new jobs--are eager to advance their aggressive agenda for

this year's "UB Day," which comes
on the heels of Gov. George Pataki's
announcement in his Jan. 3 .. State
of the State" add ress that US is one
of only three sites designated for il
high -tech research center.

"US-Leading Computing Technology for the 21st Century" will b&lt;

the theme or the day. which will see
teams ofsome 60 ad.mi.nistrators, fac •
ulty and staff members, students and
alumni attending nearly 50 l&lt;gislative
appointments. Meetings with Paiaki,
Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno
and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver also are scheduled, and the da)•
will conclude with a 5:30p.m. recep tion in the well of the Legislative Offir£ Building. which between 200 and
300 people are expected to attend.
.. I think it's going to be something
unique in Albany," said Janet Penksa,
associate vice president for univer sity services and director of govern ·
ment affairs, notmg that a maJOr
objective of UB Day is to dimini~h

the distance that existS-both figu ·
ratively and literally-between tht"
university and the capital
.. US needs that senous recogm ·
tion," she said. "People in Albany do

not know what th1s university has
to offer, (and) this is a prime oppor·
tunity to get them to understand
why the govemot chose U B."
The proposed center would pro
vide state-of- the-art facilities and
equipment for the unaversity and ill!
industry panners, w1th an empha SIS on supercomputmg, vJsua liz.'l uon and neuroirnaging as it rdatt.~
to bioinformatics, a sCience con
u:rncd wuh the mterpretat10n ol
vast amounts of Human (and o tht:r
speCies) genome data.
Penksa s.~ud Buffalo Mayor An ·
thony MilsJello and Western New
York business leaden also have
shown interest in promotmg UB's
capahilities and are expected to
travel to Albany. The larger commu ·
nity featurt~ prommently tn the pro
posed center, as UB has for years
collaborated wlth RosweU Park Can

ler Institute ( RPCI J. HauptmJn
Woodward Medical Research lnst1

tutr (H\\'1) and Kaletda Health m
projects that accenlUate US's re strt"ngths in b1omedical so
ence and omputcr sc1ence and en
gmt.-ering. lndiv1duals from RPCI
and HWl also will partiCipate in the
lobbymg process.. Penksa ~;.;ud.
While UB 1s not m direct compe..-11
uon with any of the other sites for do
agnation as a center in btOtnformatJL'gettmg lawmakers to take nouce ol
what's gomg on here ~~ 1mportdnt to
the overall process of obtammg finan
CJa1 suppon . Penksa s.:ud.
"Getting fundmg out of Albam I!'!
made pos.c;ible by a sen~ of e\·ent'
and 1mage-building,'' ~ a d Penksa.
addmg that past alumm parnapauon
··ha.c; ver)' mttch added to pt.'"&lt;lplt.··.,
understandmgofwhat I..' out here ··
~arch

(ont"'-4 011 PA9I 7

Faculty urged to trumpet successes
By JENNIFEII LEWANDOWSKI
Reporter Assistant Editor

B Provost Elizabeth
Capaldi last week en·
couraged
facul! y
members to be less
gun-shy about promoting VB's ac complishments-particularly an
light of the governo r's recent nam ing of UB as one of only three sites
selected to develop a major research
tenter of excellence.
" Maybe we all could get over this
hump that it's the wrong thing to
trumpet ," Capaldi told members of
the Facuhy Senate Execu tive Committee at its Jan. 24 meeting. citing
as the culprit a perceived inferiority
complex at US. " I think it 's hurting
us not to be a little bit more outgoing on our own achi('vements."
Of particular concern to Capald1
is the slow-going--or halted en
tirely-relay of informat ion from
person to person, faculty to admm

U

istration and UB to Albany, M&gt;me·
th1ng OOt' senior faculty me-mber
called "tht&gt; lo ngest-standing com plaint " of which he was awa re.
"When we do a tcrnfi t: confer ence. or we have famous people.
you've got to let us know, so then
we can givt&gt; it to the people who art·
10 Alhany-so that they lan SdV
these thingl&gt;;· C.apald a cxplamt•d .
.. They're kind of at a los~we nt.'Cd
to give them ammunition."
That ammumtion would help
US's rccogmtion at the state level,
she said. and help cou nter what she
Lalled "badmouthing" hy UR's lllll
versity competitors.
Capaldi, who reiterated the de-tailll
of a plan for &lt;1 Center uf Excellence
m Biomformatio (lnformatu:s) at
UB as announced by Gov. George
Pataki m hlS Jan. 3 ..State of the State"
address, also cn tertaaned a bncf
round of suggestions from faculty
members-none of whom wl·rc

aware that such a (enter had het~ n
announced after an an formal pollon how better to da.s...&lt;;emmo~te nt~W!&lt;&gt;.
•· It 's so mt:thmg that we all nn-d
to know."shesaJd of liB 's rbmg -st.t r
&lt;;tJtUll 10 thl' fields of cumputmg.
vJsuala7;.J ti On and h10mcdaone.
An t•nthusiaslic Lapalda, whc}
spt·nt Jan . 22 and 23 111 Alhanv d1-.
lUs..o;;mg plans for the prupo~ (t&gt;n
lt'r w1th lawmakerl&gt;, agam drm't'
home her pomt.
"We rt".t.ll)' art' ternfil Ill thl!&lt;&gt;:· -.hl·
J~aid. "We have a number ol matla
uvcs--tht&gt; center of biomlurmath...'
as o ne .. ,md the &lt;.:urrent plan ,.., J
building downtown th.tt would hJw
a branch of CCR (Center lor Com

pulallonal Research) Jnd NY~EDII
( N(.'\\' York State Center for EnginC'Crmg Des tgn and lndustnal lnnova
ttonl to enable our p.Htnt•o
Hauptman -Woodward (Mcdtcal
Research, Institute ) and RoS\veUPark
(Cancer thstitute),and us to u~ this

while we abo haw at.:o.::.S to rwtlt'llb ..
UB .t.l-"'' 1s m the nudst ol com
plt·ttng 11.5 applKatJon hlr a NYS"I "AR
( New Yorl.. State Office ol XJcn~..l',
Tt~ lhnolog\' J.nd rhJdt·ma..: Rt·
~.trch l grant 111 order tn pur,ut.· n·
't-arch on drug d1~&lt;'H'f\ .md Jru~
thcr.lplt':-.
&lt;·ap.Jida ..aid l lR ban tht.· pmi.t'"
ol ~"'l·k.mg out mdu_,tnal pJrtllt'f'.
111 addat11H1 to tho:-t· aln·a~h 111
''oivt•d. for tht· h1nm t orm.tta~..:- u ·n
tcr-tht· IJtt·&lt;;t d1re. tl\t' trnm tht·
~ovc-rnur ·ll offllt'
AI~~' t•n tht· t-'·d· l .l~t· nd.J . th~·
,t·natt•\ knun· Jnd Pnv1lt'gt" ( ~,111
mlllt't•-wha\.h J&lt;; rt·,pon,Jh!t· ltn
um:.ultang on and rl'' lc..'WIIl~ r ~
portmg and n:uunmt· ndul~ tn tht
'enatt· m.1ttt:r' rqMrdan~ .apr•,,uH
mc-nt. promot1on anJ tt·nurt"l'l l.t•
ult\'. and tacult' nghh .mJ pm 1
legt-s--ht•ard trom F~H mt·m~-r~
On IS.\U(':. Olltlll\.Crll

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tt.rvey Axlerod serves as UB's computer discipline officer, resJ:OOru:ible
for all aspects of computer policy, including enforcement, inVestigation,
education and evaluation. He has been a member of the UB community
...__.____. since 1963, when he enroUed as a freshman.

liJ

ulty memben Bruce Jackson
lind Dione 01llstion wll be
•mong tho topics to be dis-

Does UB have an official

cussed on the februory edl·

policy ng•rdlng use of em•ll7

11on o1

·ua Toc~~y,•

the
Adelphil Coble

monthly
tetevision program .sponsored by
the UB Alumni Assoclltlon.
In ldditlon to )oduon,
SUNY Distinguished ProfOSSO&lt;
ind Slmuel P. c_. Profmor
ol AmeriCin Culture, lind
Christiin, SUNY Distinguished
TeiChing Profe&gt;sor, other
guests wiJ ·be B. Beth Collen,
directo&lt; ol the Psychological
Set'Vices Center, and Sebastian
Cilncio, pmfessor lind chilr ·o1
the Deportment ol
Peridontology.

Each . _ program IWlS
throughout the month It 6:30
p.m. on Sundays on Channell B
lntemationllllnd Channell 0 In
l.onast&lt;r,
Ordlird hr1t
and &amp;na, lind 11 9 p.m. on Mondo)" on Channel 1B lnl&lt;motionll.

a.r.nce.

Zodlaque to oresent
"Ripples T~" ·· ·

Yes, it's contained in the document
.. Computer and Network Usage
Policy" &lt;http:/ / wln.gs.buff•lo .edu / computlng / pollcy /
Com_Net_Ugge.html&gt;. In general, email is conside~ personal
and confidentiaL We don't monitor
email, but we respond to complaints. At a university, freedom of
speech is as vital in email as in any
other form of communication.
What Is considered lnappro-

prl•te use of em•ll? Why7
Well, anything tha(s illegal, such as
harassment, libel, slander or fraud,
is certainly inappropriau:. a.iin lett~rs are a waste of resources. Flooding another ~rson's m1ail inbox is
annoying and harmful. Sending

junk mail (spam) or unwanted mail
is inappropriate. Finally, you havr an

The Deportment of"rheatno lnd
Dance win pment the spring
concert ol the Zodaque Dlnu
Compony, "Ripples Too,• F&lt;!J.

obligation to resped a person's desire not to hear from you. "No"
means "no

lS-18 ind 22-25 In the
Dramo n-tnoln the Center for

What are the pen•ltles for
mlsuse7

the Arts, ~ Clmpw.
Performances witf begin at
8 p.m. on weel&lt;doys and Saturdays; the sliow on Sundiys
wll begin II 2 p.m.
·
,.. "toll&lt;-ba&lt;k seuion" with
the chofeographen wil be
held it 1:4S p.m .. before the
Fril. 18 performance.
"Ripple&lt; Too" wW feotu"'
two distinguished Zodilque
alumni as gu ~t trtists.
Cho&lt;eographer Jody
DoniJrow&gt;ld wll pmont. contempO&lt;&gt;ry wor1&lt; cent&lt;ring on
themes ol c...atlon lind &lt;Mllutlon. Roberto Vllllneuva. choIOogrOpher onc1 "Mr. oance o1

I try to ~an educational approach
as a first step. Most folks either don't
know the ruJes or have a short lapse
of memory or judgment Except in
instances that are criminal or
present a real danger, J prefer to chat
with folks, figure out what happened
and how to deal with it in the fu ture. Call it a counseling session, if
you will. In more severe cases or in
repeat cases, I will file charges
against students with the Student

Wide Judiciary. Faculty or staff
could be subject to disciplinary
measures as wc~:ll. but this never has
been necessary. Criminal cases go
directly to University Polia. They
file charges and talc&lt; it from there.
C•n f~~euttj stolff members we their unlvtnlty em•ll
.ccounts for penonal communlutJon7
Yes. in th~ sam~ sense that we receive
mail and usc our phones for per·
sonal usc.. Our computtr systems-)Juffalo.edu-are, in ~ffect, an

Internet Servia Provider. In fact, th&lt;
IRS was considering taxing the ISP
value of ~mployees as income. f9rtunately, it didn't happen, but I think
it makes my point HOW&lt;V&lt;r, when
&lt;aing email for personal use, you
shouldn't append your university
title. That way, no on~ can think you

spam. Incoming spam is another
question. In general, I suggest you
just delete it and move on.
Are there -1 guldellrM&gt; In
setting up university
llstsenrs7
l.istservs can be set up by university
students, faculty and staff. The topic
must be univenity related. Studentrun listscrvs-such as student
dubs---rtqW.. a faculty or staff advisor who can be contided Jxfon, th&lt;
listserv will be created. For further
details, see the listserv bomepage at
&lt;http:/~---eilu/&gt;.
Should faculty and st.ff con-

skier their em.. l c.......pO...
dence confldent ... 7 Does •
superwlsor h•ve •ny right to
acceu an e111ployee's erilall
mes._?

This is a bit of a trick question. Are
are representing the university in we talking about incoming email, or
your private writings.
sent email? All received email is considered confidential The only curWh•t's the policy on
•1Nmmlng7
rent aaptiqn is when a seaJch warrant is issued by a judge as part of an
First, let's d~ftne spamming: h's th~
investigation, then the email could be
equivalent of junk mail, that is, a
1searched only as described in the
bulk mailing in which you could
warranL A supervisor only can look
expect ihat most recipients wouldn't
into .someone's email in a crisis situ~ int~res ted. For example, email
ation, such as death or long-term illthat offer get-rich schemes are con ness, where the business of the insti·
sidered spam. On the other hand, if
rution is at risiL Supervisors ~ not
the univn-sity administration ~nt
allowed.toaccessanemploy.r'semail
out a bulk mailing to everyone that
for a "fishing expedition" or snoopthe university was dosed due to bad
ing. However, there are circum·
weather, you could assume that alstances where a department needs to
most everyone would be interested.
insure that all email is handlrd
ll's both the quality and quantity of
promptly. In this case, we recom ...
the mailing that count. Having said
mend the establishment of an ad all that, we do not allow UB folks to

ministra!M UB IT name. These
aa:ounts allow ~ people to
aa:&lt;ssthem.Contact th&lt;OT N:count.sOflice at645-3540or &lt;cit~fOr

ITIOT&lt;details. OutPn8 mail is not
confidential, period Once rou
smd it, you have oo control OYer
iL The recipient can save it, forward it, post it to oewsgroupo or
print oopies. ~ I always
r=mmend that all email be ,....
viewed ixfon, being sent with following standard: Is this something 1 would
mr family.
fiicnds or colleagues to read on a
full-page ad in th&lt; newspaper!

want

do,._

Wluot question
wish
I hM uked, -how would

you...,.....weredlt?

What is so special about email
that always seems to make it
problematic? I am always
amazed

at

what outrageous

things people do in email---&lt;md
on mmputen in ge:ncral--under
the banner of the "virtual ""rid."
Email is just a differmt vdllde
for communicating. Somehow,
its traits of bang-bang speed,
shrinking di.stana and perceived
impersonality convince people
that it's somehow not real. They
say things in emaiJ that they
never would say in person, they
trust vinua1 strangers in ways
they never would trust friends
and they type in a sloppy style
that they never ""uld use dsewh=. This, too, shall pass. but
not soon ~nough for me.

1\rnerica 1993," wiU chofeo.

grop/1 '"' the compony and be

i featured perfotmer In i - ·
Tlckets are S12 for the

general public ind SS for seniors and students and are
available It the Center for
the Arts box office from

noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday
through Fri&lt;!oy, and at ill
Ticketmaster locations.

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Physics develops two new degree programs m
Programs in computational physics-appeal to those pursuing nontraditional careers
By SUE ·WUETCHER
Reporter Editor

wo degree programs re·

T

cently developed by the
Department of Physics in
the College of Arts and

Sciences could lead students into
new career paths that a few _years ago
may have seemed rather unusual fOr
a traditional physicist.
The B.S. program in computa-

tional physics and the program that
combines a badtelor's degree in computational physics with a master's
degree iri computationaJ physicsboth interdisciplinary programs tha&lt;
mix computer science, mathematics
and physic;-will appeal to students
interested in pursuing a career designing compu ter games, a burgeoning field for physicists.
According to a recent art ide in nil'
\Vall Srreet /ounmL "game physicists"

P1lrida Dc:lncJvAn

earn from $40,000-$90,000 a year
translating complex laws of nature-those of mass.. energy. speed and re sistance--into formulas that make
compu ter games look real.
Take, for example, a game hkc

Elleo Goldblum
Mary Belh SpiN!
s. A.Ungo&lt;

"Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Chal lenge:· While hitting a golf ball ma)'

Christine~!

S&lt;.-cm si mple to si mulate on a com puter game, changing onr factor-

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such as the angle of a dub, the spin
on the ball or the movemen·t of the

wind-could make the ball Ay into
the sand trap instead of into the cup.
"Companies that produa these
games are often concerned with getting the physics right," said Michael
G. Fuda, professor of physics and
director of undergraduate studies in
the department, noting that advertisements for one golf game boast
that it is a .. true physics model."

"Clearly, companies that produce
such software are interesteil in people
with a physics background who also
have computer skills," Fuda said.
The bachelor's program in computational physics has been in place

dergraduate content as the four-year
B.S. program, but makes it possible
to also oomplete the 30 credits requi~ for the M.S. degr...
Fuda pointed out that the need for
programs in computational physics
has become dear in recent years.
"Computational physics is now an
important sub-fidd of physics," he
said, noting that the Division of
Computational Physics has been part

of the American Physical Society
since 1986. .A.nd while physics in the
past had been thought of as being
divided into two complementary aspects-theoretical and experimental-it now is common among

sitions with comJ&gt;anies that devdop
educational sorr.:.r., including that
for phySics courses, as well ·as positions on Wall Street.
Graduat es employed on Wall
Street work on computer modeling
of the economy, Fuda said. While
there is essentially no physics involved in this kind of work, the
equations used are of a type that is
familiar to physicists, he said.
Physicists with computer skills ar&lt;
in great demand in the job market,
Fudasaid,addingthat manyofUB's
recent physicS graduates have obtained employment as a result of
their computer experience. and with
a more systematic development of

since Fall 1999, while the bachdor's/

"computing enthusiasts" to think of
physics as consisting of three com-

master's program wilJ begin in Fall

ponents: theoretical, experimental

200 I, he said.

and computational, he said.

even greater demand.
The Department of Physics envi sions the program in computational
physics to be an impon·a nt contribution to the education of future

The bachelor's program wiU ap-

peal both to students who wish to
seck employment after graduation,
as weiJ as those who wish to pursue
graduate studies. l11e physics and
co mputer science content of the
program is sufficient for students to
pursue traditional graduate studies
in physics or computational scitnce.
Th(.· fivc-ycar B.S. in Computa tional Physics/M.S. m Physics program t..-sscntially h~ th(.• same un -

Comp utati onal physics deals
wi th the solution of theoretical

problems that cannot be solved by

their computer skills, they will be in

analytical techniques, as well as the
simulation of complex systems that
are difficult to study using experimental techniques.
Fuda noted that besides teaching
and research, many nontraditional
career opponunities are availabl~ to

www. physlcs . buffalo .edu /

graduates wit\ degrees in computational physics. These include po-

www.physlcs . buffalo .edu /
undergrad / cp-bs-ms.html &gt;.

physicists, he added.
Information on the B.S. program
can be found at &lt;http :/ I
undergr..t/ cp.html&gt;.
Information about the B.SJ M.S.
program may be found at &lt;http:/I

�f!bruart1.211Dllilll.32.18.18 Repaa1ar

3

Five to be inducted into
Athletic Hall of Fame

SGI adds to CCR's muscle
By EllEN GOLDBAUM
Conlributing Editor

SGI made the announcement yesterday in New York Ci ty during

CC R director and professor of computer science and engineering... It's
one- third the size of some:.· of o ur
other supercomputers and three
times as powerful "
The cost-effectiveness of a cluster lies in the fact that its component parts, typically commodity
processo rs from companies like
Intel and AMD, are relatively inex·
pensive due to the large penetratio n
in the marketplace. Miller said.
.. The price of supercomputing is

LINUXWorld, a trade show dedi cated to the operating system.

tumbling." said Miller. "And we believe that the SGI LINUX duster is

.. The CCR is at the cutting-edge
of high-pe rforma nce co mputi ng
and we are delighted to be able to

at the forefront of cost-effective
supercomputing."

augment its existing computing environment with this UNUX cl uster

ter together for approximately one-

created by Linu s Torvalds and de velo ped with assistance from pro grammers-around th e world. 1s
free, portable and easy-to - use, t:x ·
plained Matt Jon es, CCR compu
ta t ional scientist.
.. It allows us to build powerful
computing clusters from in expen sive, co mmodit y, o ff - th e-s ht·ll
components thiu can rival the most
powerfu l single servers available

fifth of the cost of some of the

today," )ones said.

A

N SCI-supplied LINVX
SU(XTOOmputing duster,

which provides high perfonnance at low cost and

takes up co m paratively little floor

space, has been instaJJed in the Center for Computational Research, the
only academic bela-test site for the
cluster in the world.

Staff at the UB cen ter put the dus-

cen ter's other supercomputer!&gt;.
According to Miller, the: ~CI
LINUX cluster was up and running
at CCR within days of its instaiJa tjon.solving imponant problems m
computational chemist ry, b1ology

and crystallography.
The LIN UX ope ratmg system.

solutio n," said Jan Silverman, vice

president fo r advanced systems marketing at SGI. "The efficiency and
power of the duster is wcU-suited to
meet the wide range of computa-

tio nal challenges being addressed by
university researchers."
The SG I LINUX • luster is the
ce nter 's most powe rfu l machine,

packing ISO Gigaflops- I50 bilhon
floa ting operatio ns per secondversus existing supercompu ters,
which provide about 64 billion.
But for all its power, the cluster.

made upof761.75-inch-high processors, each containing 2 Pentium

Ill chips. takes up only about 16
square fee t, compared to the 128·
processor SG I O rigin 2000, which
takes up nearly 60 sq uare feet.
According to CC R staff, the small
foo tprin t of a well -engineered cluster allows the machines to be stacked
easily in a rela tively smal l area, a
great benefit to supercomput ing
centers, research laborato ries and
com pan ies that require high -end
computing but arc pressed for space.
"Thi s is a rack 'em , sta ck 'em
supercomputer,'' said Russ Miller,

IBM raises CCR power
iao~.•pi!IIIW*""oliycntlnlheC8111erlar~Reeon:h (CCR).
ispcllillcii*'IUI'l~fdlylar ..... ~growlhbydcnlting

.......,._.._. . . 1640,000.
nte g1lt !ram ...., brings lhe - equipment donation from the corpomlon to lhe CW1b!r to just undtr S2 millon.

nte equ1pne1t ~ induding 14 4-Wll}' 37SMHz Power3 thin
a...., 222MHz - 3 tOgh node, wilt increase lhe power
of CCR's 11M SP superaxnputer llimost threefold, while also significantly ·
lnaa*lg
apdy. .
"We.-. ponnoring . , ... UniYonity at Buffalo to continue building a
world-dim ~IKilllythat Will support the"univenlty'&gt; expanding resoorth _, o u r - projects,• 50id Michael J. Cadigan. vice
pmidenl of l1llnlA&lt;turlng n procurement for lhe ESG ~at IBM •.
"We abo belielle that pnwldlng 16M technology gives us an advantage
when rKJUiling UB's best _, brigh~ students becalM it gives the
stJ&gt;donls • cNna! to use _, become familiar with our products and we
gel • cNna! to know lhe studonts,. Cadigan added.
Ruu ~ CCR &lt;lrednr n professor of oomputer science n engl..-.g_ 5lid lhe '-W"Cio wil "prollide a significant amount of adcltlonal
compulollon_ to our......, porticull&lt;ty those worldng on largo problems in
.... thatlndudt ~chemistry, biology..., fluid dynomics."
"The portrwrihlp -IBM is importJint to the success of CCR,.• Miller
continued. "18M Is ...... in lhe field of high-&lt;!nd coinputing. In oddillontoJIIIMding .......... honlwore..., softw.t, 18M also has critical
research dlvblonlln- o f - to UB, induding ·
ponlolcampullng. ~..., .............
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Two of the most prolific offen sive playe rs 111 UB foo tbaJJ history.
the first 1,000- point scorer and leading rebounder m women's bas ketball and a record-setting sw1m mer comprise the next class t o~
10duCled into the UB Athletic Hall of Fame.
The quartet, as well as a co ntribut or and staunch supporter of the
UB athletics program, will~ honored during a dinner and mduc twn ceremo ny beginning at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in the Center for Tomorro w on the North Campus.
The Hall of Fame IS spon so red by the UB Alumm Association.
Tickets fo r th e dinner and induction ceremony arc SSO and can be
obt.Uned by contacung the Office of AJumm Rdauom at 829 ~2 608 .
Th1s year's Inductees are:
• The Rev. C hn stop hcr D'AmiCo, B.S. '85. a w1de rece1ver for the
football tea m who set seven school records, two of wh1ch still stand
In 1983, D'Ami co set what were then school
records 111 receptions {56). yardage (929) and
to uchdowns { 10). In single-seaso n stausucs,
D'Am1co remams ued for first m TDs.and stan&lt;b
fourth 111 yardage and fifth 111 catc hes.
In addiuon, he ts ued fo r first m ca reer TO re cep ti ons f 19 ) ranks second m career yardage
{2.331 ) and thnd in total receptions ( I 43 I
H1s four TD gra bs agamst Alfred tn 198."\ re
main a sc hool record.
• Alan Bell Jr. , B. A '9i. tht" second leadmg
ca reer rusher m Bulls' gnd1ron h1story. A sta rter
for four vears. Bell also returned punts and lu ck
offs. Statls tt~.:ally. he sta nds tnt he top 10m ."\4
catcgone!&gt; and IS the leade r mthrce: \mglt&gt;"-gamc
rushmg ( 266 vardsl. average gatn per earn m J
single game I I 0. .::! I and kKkoff ya rdage~ 159) Ill
J 'i mgle game Bell ru shed lor 100 yards or morc
111 10 gamt'~ .1nd s tand!~ second 111 carct'r 100
\'ard games
• Ann f\ IJne (,ohkl. f.d .f\1 . 2000. B.A ~4.
who h roke l" lghl l . R wonll·n ·.., '" Jmm111~
rl· ... ord!l from 1991 95 and was a memher ol
the team that won the East Coast Cnnfcren~o..c
( J993 -94J t1tle. She 'it ill matntams tht" L' B marl..
!4:3 1. 28 ) 1n the 400· yard mdividual meJin
Cor.sk1 was a mult1pll· DIVISIOn II All-Amen
can and also earned ho nors wa th1n the 1-.:~,tern
Co llege Athl eti c Co nferen ce.
• Janet Lilley. ,..,ho attended UB from 1~77
R2. a nd became tht.• most prolific rcbounder m
wo men's ba~ketball htstory. Although the n 0
ce nter played 111 o nly 67 ca ree r ga mes, she stand:.
fifth on the all -rime point li st With I, 117 Her
per-game cart:er average of I 6.8 pomt s 1!\ the:
highest m VB women's hasto ry. and her 480 ~...a
rcer field goals rank her second m that calegorv
Lilley al so IS U B's al l- time l{"ad m g rehoundt:·r.
with 982-d.unng her career.
UlUY
• The late Howa rd Tieckelmann . Ph .D '4tl .
who will be presented, posthumously, with the Russell 1. G ugmu
Award for h1s "significant and lo ng-term com mument to athletiC:.."
Tieckclmann, former chaar of the UB Depart men! of Chem1stn.
.se rvt:d o n the Facultv Athlt:tic Co mmitt ee. the pnnCJpal planmng
and oversight hody for V B athletiCS. Ticckclmann and h1s w1ft' , Hell\ ,
were long-t tm e season ticket -holde rs m basketball .md football

Praxair donates $600,000
Praxalr Inc. , a global suppltc r of mdu stnal ga:.cs th at h.t:o.
opc-ra t1nns m Tonawanda, hJs pledged 600,000 to UB--$400,000
for the School of Engmeenng .tnd Applu:d S(iences and $200.000
fo r the School of Management and 1b ~~ Xt'&lt;"Uti\'C' ~1BA Program 1n
C hma . .,avmcnts wdl ht• made ovl·r ,, Pl'rtod o f fi\-t" vcar'
Prax.m ·~ g1f1 to the cnp. 111 e&lt;.·nn~ !&gt;l"hool will 'upport .1 \Jfll'l\ ol
prolt:Cb. mcludmg a Praxa1r se mm.tr "l'fll'" m ... everdl c:nglnl·l·rmg
depar tm e nt~ . a st.·m mar ~ l'fll'!&gt; 111 the l kpartmL'nt ol ( ht:Oll l&gt;tn.lndus trv -Un lver.s lt \' l).tv .md underg.r.tdu.Jil' "tudl•nt ... luh altl\11\t",,
and will :.up pl cment .1 graduJtl'·•a udt·nl tcllow~htp m~,.ht'ml ....lll'n
gmel·r mg. Praxa1r ext:cullvc~ hopt.· that th ...·.st' JdiVItll'' wtll help ..11
trad talent e-d nunont1e:o. to the enganecnng proft&gt;,~lon .
01 the JnnuJI su m , $45.000 ,qJI bl· ml'd to hdp huiiJ 'trc-n~th 111
vJ n ous a rea:. of re.,ea rch pro liuc'ncv. With 1he firq \'t"Jr\ -.upport
lucusmg on th e arcJ of muhtdl~l1pl1nJn' 11pt11lli/..JtHln lc:J h' ( hrb
lloa L. Bloebaum , profe:.~or anJ t.h.m o f tht' lkpJrlllll'lll ''' :O..k·
cha m cal and AerospJce l:.ng mee nng.
Praxair 's g1ft to the managcmcn 1 :.chovl top~ J ll'll~ lu ~ tnn lll 'up
po rt and donataon s. The S200,000 gra nt w1ll go to the '.:h1Kll\ 1-'nu
tive MBA program at Rcnmin Umvers1ty Ill BeJpng. Pra.x..11r has .uJeJ
the school with its educational efforts m C hma smle 11/95, prov1d111}1
funding for the crea tion of the Renmm program and ~.:ontnhu lm ~ to
the upgrade of classroom techno log1es th ere .

�UB faculty takes leading role In field of Int eractive computer music

Lippe scores in computerized music
Tho UB Women's Club W. ' Its 10111 _.,., "YYIondno's
l iSting Porty" It 7:30p.m.
Feb. 91n the Center for Tomorrow on the North Compus.
Presentt:d b y - Liquors,
the potty ......lUre gourmet
· food, a selection of c.lllomlo
wines,dessetandcolteo.

us

Tho cost Is
per person.
Tho-.. for mervations is
Saturdoy.
Proceeds from the ....,t wtn
bonelit the Gtoce

c_, /4a-

demic- Fund.

For resetVatiom or ll'lOfe in-

Contributing Editor

ORT Lippe appears in
his formal photographs
to be the scrious·minded
character h&lt; is-a lead·
ing figure in the international
electro-acoustic music community.

C

He is an assistant professor and di -

rector of the Lejaren Hiller Computer Music Studios in the D~n ­
ment of Music, an internationaJ
nerve center for composition and

acoustique/musique in Paris.
II was at IRCAM that the clandestine and "frightming" sid&lt; of lipp&lt;'s

musical pmonality publidyern&lt;rged.
II was ther&lt; that he met fellow com-

poserlr«earcher Zack S&lt;ttd, with
whom he formed tbe "Convolution
Brothers,.. an electronic music duo
that has appeared in concert in Paris,
Japan and the United States, as well as

That , however, is just pan of his ~ ~~·II!
story.
;

lames ot 741-8740.

New Fulbriqht

program offered
Applicants aro !&gt;eng sought for
the Fulbright Senioc' Specialist
Progr~m, a new fnitlotive of the
Fulbright Schollt'· Progr3m.
Tho Fulbright specialist pro-

grom wiloflor short-term
Fulbright grants of two to six
weob to proYido U.S. focufty ond
prolessioc'llfs with opportunities

to coffaborlte with pnftssionll
couOterp.rts ICIOSS the globe on
curriWium and focufty developlnstitutlonol plonning ond

a vorioty of-IC!Mties.
T h o - Fullright
Scholor Progrom gronts
lor terms ronglng from months to on IClldomlc J"!!ll'.
Marte~ fUbrigl1t It Ull, oo(os thllt the 'IJOdoflst

-..-foc:-

prograinwil
uftyand,_ _
donotOiherwise permit them to _ , c l - period&gt; of tlmo lboold to from • FuiJrigllt .,.,..tonce.
For more inflonnldon, con-t.lct Kriston ~-pro­
g..m officer for the Councl for
International Exchange of

Unlike much of the industrialized,
computerized,"anti-music"' in vogue
today, lipp&lt;'s work &lt;mploys traditiOnal instruments whose sourids

tease, seduce, shock and surprise
through the use of computer intervention. The instrurnmtal sound becomes somdhing else. or~ more

of itself. In one such composition, a
piano snuffles. snorts. cries. whines
like a dog, collapses in dcf.,.t, blasts
into space, hesitates. is terrorized by
what sounds like a T. Rt:x. then feels
its wood split and break as it melts
into a long, slow groan.
That's followed by what sounds
like a burp.
A critically regarded composer,

sound d&lt;signer and·interacti-.-e musician,lipp&lt; cam&lt; to UB after six yean
at the Univ=ity of Tokyo and many
yean before that studying, working
and teaching with leadingcomposcts.

worldwide via live lntan&lt;t broadcast.
A moiew of a Convolution Brothen performance bycr:itic Mark Danks
speaks of tbe tedmical complexity of
their compositions, whidJ featured a
"real-time convolution ofboth sound
files and their own voices using tbe
ISPW (lnt&lt;gratt:d Software Processing Framework). One example that
raised mort than a few ~rows and
laughs was a duet between Mr. lipp&lt;
and Mr. Sette!, using an Otis Redding
songastheconvolutedso~. Th&lt;

to begin tomorrow

niusic utilizing dect.ronics, notably
IRCAM, the world-famous lnstitul

impression they crutcd as they
jumped from on&lt; sound to th&lt; next
was that of M&gt; kids playing. .. their
performance contained moments of
real music and novelty...."
Moments of"rcal music?"
lipp&lt;'s award-winning compositions may sound bizarre and discon certing to the uninfo~ed ear, but
they are nonethdess astonishing and
engaging. His instruments indude
clarinets; Out&lt;; abo&lt;; breath; some
static; a tuba that sounds at times like
a troubled, spitting cow; a triJiing

Tho •A&gt;la at Noon• brown-bag
lecture series will kick off the

d e- rec herc he et coordination

harportwo,andassorted~

Scholars ot (20 2) 686--\000
\ or m email at
&lt;fulspececies.lle.org.&gt;
Mo.. Information about the

program Is avalllii:He at
&lt;http:// -.lle.cwwt
C: lea / spe.c lallats /&gt;.

spring semester with an addms by Olrumo Hiroshi, professor of International relaUons at Selto Unlvenity in To-kyo, at noon tomorrow in 280
Pari&lt; Half, North Compos.
Hiroshi will ·discuss "Japan
and theE"- Convnunity.•

a..,...

Alsoonti!&gt;lortheS&lt;ries&lt;ilrby Tao

w.nhen. ossociate professor of

uw.r.
COf'lli1U1icati at slty in Beijing. ond Dl\lid !Iris, U8
professor of onlhropology.
Wenhenwill_..on"Tho
Internet and ~ of Speech
In Ch!Oo• at noon Feb. 91n 280
Pari&lt; tun. Bonks will discuss
"HeAling fn Borneo"' at noon Feb.

231n 280 Part&lt;.
The "Asia at Noon .. series

is presented by the Asian

Studies l'rogrom in the College ol
Atts and Sciences.

JOB LISTINGS
UB Job Hstlngs
acceJslble via Web
Job listings for prolesslonal, ~
SOIId1, focufty and cMI serv~c......-~and

non-competillve can

SOUia!S-- . . ,

be ocassed via the Human Re-

&lt;lottp:lt-'

I

at
-

~/&gt;.

Austin and G.M. Koenig and Paul
Berg at the Netherlands' lnstituut
voor Sonologi&lt;. He spent three yean
at the Centre d ' Etudes de
Mathematique et Automatique
Mu sicales, directed by brilliant
Gree.k composer I. Xankis. He since
has worked and ta1.1ght at many of

lhe world 's most imponant facili ·

"Asia at Noon" series

lng F&lt;iJruooy

They include American Larry

-

ties in composition and research in

m

His work appears on .a number of witli tbeiryoars of experienu on inCDs. including many on th&lt; CDCM struJnmtsthatbavtoften ~
Computer Music Series on Centaur aver centuries, offer a rich mu.oical
Recor&lt;4. Audio can be found at and cultural resource for me as a
&lt;.mullc.buffolo.odu/llppe/ composer~cn as a composer
INConllngs&gt;.
working with computer technolog)'.
/ In differentiating th&lt; rdationship I work to cr&lt;ate an irlteractM enviofhismwicto thecomputaasmm- ronment that articulates sonic ~
positional tool.liP.J&gt;&lt; points out tbe sign and axnpositional structures in
vari&lt;tyof possibk rdatiooships in tbe .some son of interactive rdationship
world of interactive with live performers."
Earlycomputercomposershadto
tronK: musicand
today.
computer
elec· produce tapes and then drive
..Computer music is them-sometimes hundreds of
a panicular fidd of miles-to a computer lab at
electronic music," ht Princeton or Columbia, wher&lt; they
says. ..and intmu:tiw: could be ronvcneci A$ a result, says
computer music is a lipp&lt;, their task was complicated,
relatively new area enormously time-consuming. athat has grown tre- pensive and very, very difficult.
mendously sine&lt; th&lt; There we:re, in fact. very few comadvent of the per· posers working in the field.
sonal computer.
"Then in th&lt; 70s, we could work
"I was, lOr manyy&lt;alS. on smaller computers in reaJ time,
both an instrumental but had no abilitytodocomplcc al. and electronic music gorithmic computation,· he says.
composer. Th&lt; opponunity to rom- "Mor&lt; useful systems wer&lt; d&lt;vdbin&lt; tbe two il&lt;""' was mad&lt; pos- oped later, but in small nwnbers.
"Today, we work in real time on
sible through the increasing availability and reduced cost of int&lt;netive highly portahl&lt; computtn-1 usucomputer programs. So fOr the last I5 ally compose on a laptop, for instance--that can accommodate
J"'US.I~ been able to pur&gt;ue my creative and research inter&lt;st in inttrac- verycomplcc~ syst&lt;ms. Th&lt;
tMcomputa'musicinvolving live in- chang&lt;isamazing.Musiccomposi' strumentalistsandcomputminper- tion is·available to the masses. It's
formance situations."
produced a lot of n&lt;W work, on&lt;
Lippe says he originally was subset of which is tbe 'anti-perfordrawn to computer music becaust mance' composition that denies the
of his particular interest in design- somatic side of music. lbat's usu ing new sounds-something at ally done by musicians in their lOs,"
which computers= very good. H&lt; he says.
.. There's no movement, no exalso was interested in exploring algorithmic compositional strue1ur&lt;S, pression, one performer-not very
a compositional activity greatly fa- interesting to me. The ability to
cilitated by computer simulation.
freely colltc1 and manipulate sound
"So= romposers US&lt; rompu~ in complex ways has turned up
to model or imitate musicaJ i.nstru ~ some intriguing work, haw&lt;Vtr."
ments," h&lt; says. "Some composers of
Lippe continues his composi electronic music are interested in re- tional work at UB whil&lt; instructing
placing instrumentalists with ma- graduate and undergraduate musicchines by modeling human perfor- composition students in the usc of
mance. I'm not interested in replac- cutting-&lt;dge software developed for
ing either instruments or performers. digit~~~dio and electro-a~ustic
"After aJI," he says, .. musicians, composzuon.

~:~·······
~

r&lt;"Search in the field of interactive
(omputcr music.

loonatloo, cont.lct Helene
CoonOIIy ot 639-7655 or Ttrri

men~

BJ PAT11KtA DONOVAN

Non-fatal heart attack linked to cocaine use
UB study finds no link between cocaine use and stroke in persons under age 45
BJ LOIS BAKER
Contributing Editor

NE quaner of non -fa tal heart attacks among
persons under the age
of 45 in the United
States can be attributed to regular
cocaineuse,scientistsat UB'sToshiba
Strokr Research Center haV&lt; found
The study findings appear in the
January issue of Cirrulntion.
Lead author Adnan I. Qureshi, assistant professor of neurosurgery,
and coUeagues·found an association
bet,.fccn frequent cocaine use and
heart attack in this age group. but
not between cocaine USl' and stroke.
"These findings indicate that
changing behavior surrounding cocaine usc, through public awarenes.s
and education, may reduce the in ·
cidence of cardiovascular diSl'ase in
younger persons." Qureshi said.
Previous researchers had re ported cases of heart attack and
stroke in persons who had used
cocai ne within the previous hour.
Given the increase in cocaine use

0

among young adults in the U.S., th&lt;
UB researchers undertook an extensive investigation of the possible
relationship.
Researchers aren't sure how cocaine might increase the chances of
having a non-fatal heart attack or
strokr, Qureshi said "W&lt; know that
cocaine US&lt; increases th&lt; ~Is of th&lt;
neurotransmitters norepinephrine
and dopamine at nerve terminals,
which in turn increases heart rate,
ventricular contraction and the
heart's demand for oxygen.
.. Cocaine may also constrict
blood vessels and increase platel~t
aggregation.ln addition, it has been
shown to accelerate arteriosclerosis in young patients. Since regular,
but not infrequent, use of cocaine
was associated with an increased
risk in o ur study, our results seem
to support this latter mechanism,"
he said.
The r=archers used data from
th&lt; most r&lt;a:nt National H&lt;alth and
Nutrition Examination Survey
( NHANES Ill) in th&lt;ir analysis.

NHANES Ill was conducted b&lt;tw&lt;en 1988 and I994 by th&lt; Centers for Di.sea.Sl' Control to estimate
the prevalence of chronic disease in
the U.S. population and idcntifyfuctors that place p&lt;rsons at risk of developing chronic h&lt;alth problems.
It involved 40,000 persons two
months of age or older. Forth&lt; first
time since these national surveys
began. participants between the ages
of 18 and 59 W&lt;r&lt; asked about lifetime cocaine USl'.
For their analysis of the association with hean attack and strokr
risk, UB researchers limited their
study population to th&lt; 18-45 age
group, which captured all but 25
cocaine users and resuh&lt;d in a study
base of I0,085. The study group was
divided into thrtt • user groups":
never, infrequent and frequent ,
which indud&lt;d anyone reponing
using the drug from I 0 to mort: than
100 times. Th&lt; survey also conttined
data on prevalence of non-fatal
strokr or hOI\' attack.
Analysis sh~ that 532 persons,

or about J in 20--67 percent of
whom were men-reported using
cocaine rt:gularly. To estimat&lt; th&lt;
impact of th&lt; drug on non-fatal
hean attack or stroke. th&lt; researchers &lt;alculat&lt;d the pera:nt of population-attributable risk-the portion of disease that would be eliminated ifth&lt;aposun:. US&lt; of cocain&lt;
in this case, were removed
In general, regular users of co·
caine were at nearly seven times the
risk of having a non -fatal hcan attack than non-users. results showed
The population-attributable risk
""-as 25 percent, indicating that in
this age group, one in four non -fatal hean attacks would not have occurred if th&lt;re had been no cocaine
US&lt; in th&lt; group.
Thert:was no rdationship between
cocaine US&lt; and non-futal strokr.
Additional researchers on the
study wcr&lt; M. Fareed K. Suri, lce R.
Guterman and L Nelson Hopkins,
all ofth&lt; D&lt;partment ofNrurosurg&lt;ry and th&lt; Toshiba Strok&lt; R&lt;search Center.

�februaJY I. ZOOl/Vot.3t lo.18 Rap arias

Price first guest of series

m

"Clockers" author leads off"Wednesdays at 4 PLUS" offerings ·
ay ~ LEWAHDOWSIU
RtpOfttr Assistlnt Editor

ICHARD Price, author of
such n&lt;Mis as "The Wan der&lt;rs." • Freedomland"
and th e best -selling
"Oockrs;" and a prolific writer of
screenplays-one of which, "The
Color of Money," earned him an Oscar nomination-will bring his ur·
ban sensibilities to UB on Wednes·
day as the first guest in the "Wednesdays at 4 PLUS" literary series.
The spring 200 I lineup for the
popular series also wi.U feature se-

R

nior American poet Kathleen Fraser,
a major figure in the alternative poet ry world, and Charles Altieri, a

fo rmer UB English professor noted
among his contemporaries as a leading critic of 20th-centu ry poetry.
"Wednesdays at 4 PLUS" also will
welcome as part of its .. fl." or Latin
American, poetics series Chilean poet

and David Gray Professor of Poetry
and Utters, says that while Price is
atypical for the seril5-"he exists in
mass culture, whereas most of our
writen are very obscur&lt;"-his participation demonstrates the series'
range of writ -

ers.

la r, will read
from his prose
at 4 p.m. on
Wednesday in
the Center for the Arts Screening

Room, North Campus.
Fraser, whose works indude the essay collection "Translating the Un·
speakabk: Poetry and the Innovative
Necessity" and selected poems "II
Cuore: The Hean," will give a poetry
reading at 4 p.m. Feb. 28 in the CFA

and performance ar tist Cec ili a
Vicufla, a New York City dweller
whose installations have been cxhil&gt;ited m such worldwide venues as the

Screen in g

Room. She
also will speak
at 12:30 p.m.

Whitney M = of American Art
in New York and the Whitech;!pel Art
Gallery in london. Chilean Mapuche
poet Lronel l..ienlaf and Maya poet
and Guatemala native Humberto

Ak'abal-writers of Spanish and the
md1genou s
languages
of
Mapudungun and K'iche: respectively-will round out the n series.

The spring slate also will indude
UB's inaugural digital poetry conference, "E-POETRY, 2001: An lntemauonal Digital Poetry Festival," April
18-2 1, as well as a cross-border ex·
change between Toronto and Buffalo.
"Poetry Acroos the Frontier" (I and !1),
which will culminate in a Canadian
poetry f&lt;5tival April 14 in Buffalo.
Olarles Bernstein, series coordina·
tor,director ofUB's Poetic; Program

Price,

whose tradema rk style is
his deli usc of
the vernacu-

sculplor and poet, .. Words withm
Words," at noon March 19 10 S40
Oemens HaJJ. Via.u1a will screen and

discuss her films "What " Poetry to
You?,....Ooud-net'' and others at R
p.m. March 20 in HallwallsContem·
porary Arts Center, 2495 Mam St ..
Buffalo. And at 4 p.m. March 21. she
will give a poetry reading in the CFA
Screening Room.
Vicuna

is the author of 12 boo~

of poetry, inducting "QUI POem/
The Precarious" and .. Unravelling

Words and the Weaving of Water."'
Altieri, a UB English fuculty mern·
ber from 1968-75, will speak on "Af.
feet and Intention in Robert Crecley's
Poetry During the I%0.s" at 4 p.m.
April II in the CFA Scr&lt;ening Room.
Currently a fucu1ty member in the De·
~~of English at the Univ=ity
of California-Berkeley, Altieri-who
specializes in literature, visual art and
contemporary poetry-is the author
of" Painterly Abstraction in Modern-

March I in

ist American
Poetry" a nd
"Postmodemisms Now: Essays on
Contemporaneity in the Arts."
Other series guests will include

438 Clemens
Hall, Nort h

Michael Gizzi and Gillian McCain,
Feb. 14; Jed Rasula and Darren

Campus.
A major
proponent of
feminist concerns and founding edi-

tor of .. How2"'-an on - lin~ journal

Wershler· Henry, Feb. 21; Fiona

Templeton and Steve McCaffrey, Feb.
24; Robert Aanagan, March 23; Julie
Panon,March 24; Tan Lin, March 28
and 29; Donald Revell, April 4, and

devoted to non -traditional approaches in poetry and scholarship
by women-Fraser has continued to
take a stance on women's issues in
her own writing, while also support -

Michael Basi nski, June 8. De rek

ing the work of mnovative poets
from the early part of the last century up to the present, Bernstein
said.
Vicuila will beat UBforthreesepa·

Buffalo Literary Center:
The complete schedule of events
for the "Wednesdays at 4 PLUS" se·
ries, which wiU continue through
June 8, can be found at &lt;http://

rate events, the ftrst of which will be

epc.buffalo.edu / poetlu/ calendar/ sprlngOl .html &gt;. •

a talk by the filmmaker. painter.

Walcott, winner of the 1992 Nobel
Priz.r for Literature, wiU appear at
Buffalo State College at 8 p.m. May
17 for an event sponsored by Just

PSS to raise wellness awareness m
By SUE WUETCHER
Reporter Editor

D

EMONSTRATIONS of
vegetarian cooking and
exerc ise equipme n t,

and on-si1e blood-pres-

su re, cholesterol and muscular -

strength testing wiU be ilmong the
activities scheduled for the second

an nual WeiJness Awareness Day on
Feb. 9 in Alumni Arena.
The free event, sponsored by the
Professional Staff Senate, will be held
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the dance
st1Jdio and Triple Gym in the arena.
Shuttle buses will run from 9:30
a. m. to 4 p.m. to Alumni Arena from
the Center for "fomorrow parking
lot and from the Oagpole o utsid e

Capen Hall and the Student Union.
H. Wtlliam ~l es Ill, chair of the
PSS a nd associate director of the
Center for Academic Development
Services/Ed ucational O pportunit y
Program. urged fac ult y ·and staff
members to attend the event.
.. We're trying to bring home to
everybody the importance of main -

taining health and wellness," Coles
said. "Especially with all the pres·
sures, the stresses of life, we'vt gorto take responsibility for our own

health and wellncss.•
Among the presentations sched·
uled are an aerobics sampler, chair

eurci..ses to reduce neck and back
problems associated with working
at a desk or computer, muscle-ton ing exercises and a spinn ing indoor

cyding class.
The event a1so wiiJ feature presen tation s on the
" mood- min d con nection ," laser eye

surgery, popular di ets a nd nat uropathic medicine.

.Coles noted there
stiJI are spots open
fo r an exte nsive
reg im en of b lood
testing that is being
done in advance of

wellncss day. Analysis will be done for cho lesterol

(HDULDLratio),triglyccrides.glucose, TSH (thyroid testi ng), PSA
(prostate antigen for males over age

40) and iron level. Results will bt·
available on Feb. 9.
Testing will be done today, to morrow and Monday fro m 7:30-10
a. m . in 1456 Student Union on the

North Campus.
While this type of blood work
usua1Jy costs $300, it will be avail -

able free to the first 300 people to
sign up and at a cost of $50 for all
o thers. Anyone interested shou ld

call 800-234-8888 as soon as pos-

Ek:d.-vuic:Highways
Science news on the Web

Coles called this type of scr&lt;"&lt;mng

of the 228 tndt ·
vidual s who had
th e testing dont'
had "ab n o rmal "
test results. Thirty-eight percent had
elevated cholcsteroVtrigJyccridcs, 11
percen t had an iron deficiency and
6 percent had both elevated chok~
terol and iron deficiency.
Cvneva.le-said the test rcsulb "pomt
to the need for further employet·
health -education programs at UB."
With Wellness AwarenCS!&gt; Dav.
"we're trying to put a littll' Light on
the subject for folks," Cole-s ~ud.
For more information abou t
Wellness Awareness Dar and a de·
tailed schedule of events., check out
the PSS Web si te at &lt;http ://
www.ps.s.buff•lo.edu &gt;.

C1

A genetlaolly engineered monkey with Jelly-fish DNA. Rolling
power blackouLS 111 California.
These are just a few of the recent St:ience-related news stones wnh
the potential for enlivening classroom d•scuss1ons in multiple disci plines. Cutting-edge science reporu are available on numerous Web
sites and many of the topics have legal, philosophical, political. soCial
and economic tmplications that can be applied in many fields of .study
C1f!N's Web page at &lt; http:/ / www.cnn.com/ &gt; IS particularly 1m
proSive for ih up -to-da te features on hot science topto. The left -side
menu prov1des co nvement categonzmg under " Nature," .. Space .. and
"Technology." The Soence Page of The New York Times IS another ex
t.ellent sou rce for the latest sc1ence headlines. h is free to regtstered
users at &lt;http:/ /www. nytlmes .com / p~/ s.c:lenc:e / lndex. . html ...
Coverage recentlY was expanded and rt.-designcd to facilitate aCC~!&lt;. to
cu rrent news about"Earth Scien,e.""&lt;lenetic.s,""Jjfe Scicnce.'''' Phvsi&lt;:al
~lence," " Soc•al Xaencc,""Spacc" and '' Ht:alth "
You can keep abreast of sc•cntlfit and techmc.tl breakthrough!~ at
universities and other n:se.uch 105111UIIons around the world h\' log
gmg on to ScienceDatJy at &lt;http:/ / www.sdenced•lly.com / ~ An
oth er Web sue you t.an usc to kl'ep tahs on sc•cnt ific research dt um
versitit.'s IS UniSe~.com at &lt;http:/ / unlscl .com / &gt;. lts art1clt.--s are wr\
wcll -wntten and the archive ea!~lly IS searchable usmg the UmSet ~arch
engine. Recent scien tific advance3 at UB are reported on the LIB New..
Service's Web si te at &lt;http:/ / www.buffalo.edu/ s.c:rtpt.s/ newnew'/
~ lndex..cgl&gt;. A pull-down menu allows you to view news bv toptc ...
such as ..Arts and Sciences,"" l:ngmeermg" or "Technology."
For envi ron mental news, we h1ghly recommend the En\'lronmcn
tal News Network at &lt;h ttp:/ / enn.com / &gt;. wh1ch provides tn -depth
cove rage and anaJys1s of current-and oftt.•n h1ghly controversialenvironmental topics. from global warm1ng and energy conser\'a
ti on to co ral reefs and genet ica ll y modified crops. We aho sugges1
you check out the companion Web sne to Na t1onal Pubhc Rad1o ~
" Livmg on Earth" &lt; http:/ / www.loe.org / &gt;, whcre you can readand/or listen to-news and commen ta ry on the env1 ronment and
th e earth's resources. While th e stated audience fo r the Unaversuy of
Wisconsin's The WhyFi les: Scit:nce Behind the News at &lt; http:/ 1
whjflles.org/ &gt; is G rades 6 - 12. we really enJOY these t1mely. care
fully researched and congagingly wntten news features. It currentlY
is providing in-dept h coverage of the cris1s 1n the Galapagos. wht:'re
local f1shermen are battling conservationists and research SCienllSt!l
for con trol of th e 1sla nds' uniqu e natural resources.
Finally, f&lt;lr leads and links to ot her resources for sctence new~ .
mduding newspapers and popular sctenct- magaz.mes an tht' ltbraq
collections here at UB as well as curre nt -events da tabase3 you can
search by topic. see the Science &amp; Engineering Lib rary's onltne guidt'
to .. Science 1n the New~·· at &lt;http: / / ubllb.buffalo.edu / llbr•rte.s /
/ units/ sell gener•l / sclnews.html &gt;.
-N•ncy Schiller •nd Will Hepfer,

Umverury Ltbrone)

BrieO

sible to schedule an appointment.
" life-saving," pointing out that Ofk
person who underwent the tt.-sting
last year discovered he had leukemia.
He said that a report on the re
suhs of last year\,
testing by Frank P
Carnevale, interim
director of the Student Health Cen ter.
.. doesn't pcunt a
mce p1cture.
Accordi ng to tht~
report, 59 percent

5

Alliance to mark successes

m

Retention of thous•nds of Western Nt·w York 10b!&gt; anJ ~.r'-·
at1 on of hundreds of new one~ . A $600,000 federally luffdcd part
nersh1p des1gned to hring JOhs and te,hnolog1es to the: reg10n
These an.: JUSt two of the ao.:ompltshment~ that will be celebrat'-•d
•.H the UB BU3Iness AJ iiance's 200 1 &lt;:rand Reccp tion,to be held from
4 -6 p.m. Feb. 8 1n the: Cent er lor the: Arts on the North Campus.
Keynote speaker Arvm Mut"llcr, group vice pre31den1 ol General
Motor!~ Powcrtram. will discuss hill nrganiz:uwn's rt·ccnt deci3iOn
10 expand ope ratiOns m Western!\''-'"' York. Th rough thc Cente r for
lndustnal Effectiveness. the UB Busmc:~s Al hance helped prov1dt'
the technical assistance and tra•n•ng necessary for tht• GM Powert ra1n
Tonawanda Engme Plant to rece1vt' QS 9000 certificatiOn .
Ot her Spl·akers will he KC'VIIl Donovan, area di rector, Llnlll'll Auto
Workers Reg10n 9. and Ron Allman. vi&lt;:e president for manuhKtur
mg for the forgmg d1v1sion of Ameru:an Axle &amp; Manulactunn~ Tht·
L1 H Busme!&gt;!'l Alliance has a long h1ston· of " 'o rkmg w1th Amt'rtt..lfl
Axle to retam tobs by a.ssess1ng, planmng. 3'hedulmg and unple
mcntmgeducation and- tra mmg.se!oSJOm lor lahor dnd mJnagt'llh'nt
dt th e compan}•'s two local plant!-.
Wayne Diesel, SUNY VICt' chant.dlor for husml''!l Jnd •nJlhtfiJ I
rdatiOm, will mak,· ope ning remark!&gt;.
Durin g the rc: ~.:cp!lon, the theme ol h' hl~.h 13 ·· 1gn11111 ~ IJL'.I!o:· t l!W
mdivadual each from the puhlil and pnvalt' .. ecto r !~ will hl· honllrt·J
with awards that recogn ize tht'lr lcadt:'r3hlp m•gnlltng 1Jea~ f111 t·~o
nom 1c development .
Also at th e reception, the Bu!&gt;lfle3!1 All1anu~ wdllaun ... h Ill~ Ill"\\ ,
1m proved Web si te, d~signed to make 11 t'as1er tor huslfll'33t'' 111
quickly find the assistance th er need at UB bv dom~ ~•mple lc\
word searches. The new site, loca ted at th e a lh an~.:e'!ll'X!Stmg L"RI,
&lt;http:/ / www.ublllllance.buff•lo.edu &gt;. also features for the fir !~ I
t1me a .!lea rchable database of technologies availah le lor J.u~ nsmg

�6 Reporier February1,2081/Vol.31.1o.18
Group discovers literary time has not " st opped " for Cuban counterparts
BRIEFLY

ExhlbltJon m.rlcs
Black History Month
"They, Too, HOd a Dream," an
ol autographs, signed
photograph&gt; and hisiDrial
documonts ol ~ Afy;.
can~ wll boon display Feb. 1-28 , _ tho c.lraAtion deslc on tho rnMr) level ol
l.o&lt;:IMood Memorial Llnry on
tho North (Amhenl) Campus.
Tho material -culled from

such- -..a .. Morlan
Andenop a n d Dougla&gt;s to Bil ~

(Bojongles) and AuPaul ...: b
drown from t h o - Manu&gt;Cript Collodion- ill'
Ronald
iceyt&gt;oalddaist In tho Center for tho Arts.
Tbt
wil
commemorate Blick Histcwy
Month, may b o - du&lt;ing
tho normalli&gt;rary hOur&gt; ol 8
a.m. to rnldn;ght Mondoy
through Thundly; 8 1.m. to 9
p.m. on Fridoy. 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. on Sal!Jrday, and noon to
midnight on SUndoy.

c-.

-·which

Swoopes to visit UB
Sheryl Swoope, foor-timt
WNBA champion and 2000
WNBA Most Valuable ~'~oyer, wiH

UB on Wodnesdoy as tho
univmlty marl&lt;s Notional Girts
and Women In Sports Day. ·
Swoopts wiH partidpo~ in a
ceremonial tij&gt;-olf befor. tho
s,.rt ol tho UB women's basketball team's game against Westvis~

em Michigan at 7 p.m. in
Alumni Nona on tho North
Campus.'
Earlier In the day, Swoopes
will attend a reception in the
Center for the Arts and wiH
speak befor. an lrwltod audl·
.OO.inSieeHall.
Todets fe&lt; tho basketbaH
game are available fn the arena

tkket offiCe at a cost of SS for
generol odllli&gt;sion and U fe&lt;
chik:tren 12 and under. TICkets
are tree for students with 10.
Tho first 1,000 fans win n!Ceivo
an autographed photo ol
Swoope.
.
National Girts ond Women In
Sports (My is an annual eYent
honoring women's participation
. in and contributions to sports
around the country and around
the wortd.
A 6-foot fO&lt;Word, Swoope
began her career in tho WNBA
just six weeks after giving birth
to her f!Bt child In 1997 and has
i&lt;d the Houston Comets to four
stroight WNBA titles.
'A 1993 gr.odua~ ol Texas
Toch, she i&lt;d the Red Raiders to
a 58-8 record in two years, ;o..
eluding two Soothwt51 CO&lt;rlermce titles and an NCAA title as
a senior.
She ~. member ollhe u.s.
WOI'T'Ierl's national basketbaU team
that has compiled • 52-Qrecord
since 1994. She won gold medals
... member ollhe u.s. Olympic
team in. 1996 and 2000.

UB poets thrive at Cuban arts'festival
By ltlllmN DYKSTRA
Reponer ContJibutor
EDITOR~ Note Kns1111 Dykstra. a
docwml amdidate in the Department

of E11glish. was one of a group of II
UB graduntt studrnts, alumni and
facult y members who traveled to
Cuba jan. 6- J2 10 participate m an

intemarional cultural festivaL
ANY artidesdescrib·

M

ing travel to Cuba
open with cliched
statements about
how time has supposedly"stoppcd"
on the island But our group of USaffiliated poets and artists discovered
that imagery to be inaccurate o n a
recent trip to Havana.

Sending letters
to the~
The R&lt;paltrwelcomeslettm

from- commenting on its
stories ilhd ~L l&lt;tter&gt;lhould
t&gt;o lmted to aoo words and may
b o - for style and io!lgth. lot·
tm rrust irdldelhe write's
nome. - a n d • daytime tefe.
phonenumberforwrific:oCion. f!o.
cause ol!pOCt! limiUtions, the ~
parerarvn p..dsh al ~...,.
ceNod. They rrust bo rectlwd ill'
9 a.m. Mondoy to bo . . . for JU&gt;icadon in thot _., Issue.
Tho ~pn!lers""'- bo

reaiwdon&lt;l*«--..,. at
&lt; ......... I I +&gt;.

~

Maria~
Rodriguez and prose writer lorge ~

C uban

poC't

Reina

I•.. , ~
-

~

.. I

'I
~

I

need to foUow up, not just by learni'ng a language but by learning a
whole tradition."
We found the Cubans to beatraordinarily interesting-&lt;uld enersetic.
They remained bright-eyed and articulate through marathon stmchcs
of intense r&lt;ading.
In addition to reading their own
work, festival participants took pan
in translation workshops involving
Spanish, English and French materials. The workshops. propos«! by
our group, were an attempt to engage other writers one-on-one, to
encourage the developmertt of personal connections.
Perhaps the best pan of the festival came late in each day, when partiCipants headed out to cafes to continue discussions that had begun
during the translation workshops.
Festival panicip;m ts agreed it
was a unique
rvmt. but now are
tryirlg to determineClOIC!iywhyit
was unique an d
what it means to
have pariicipated.
One interpretation came from
Abel
Prieto, E
Cuba's minister of ~
culture, who vis- ~
ited the Book In- ~
stitute to meet §

just to bad U.S. culture. noting h&lt;
has seen some t&lt;mble U.S. movies.
For some festival participantsand perhaps for some of the orpniurs-there is lingering uncertainty about the long-term meaning of combining a symbol of alternativ&lt; culture wi1hin Cuba, "Reina's
Rooftop,. with the official spoc:es and
printing presses of the govmune:nt.
"We1J see how long this Luts.lt may
not be permanent," Arrufat said
In explaining what the festival bad
meant to her, Rodriguez framed her
rcsponse with personal aamples,
rather than in po~tical ternu. " It
wasn't a cokt encounter, but a wann,
emotional one," she said
Similar sentiments were expressed by visual artists. Brian
Collier, 1993 graduate of us.
showed an art installation in the
nearby
RaUl
Martinez Gallery.
When Collier arrived at the gal lery, he fouod another show al =dy set up in the
next room. He hit
it off with thean ists- C uban
brothers C arlos
and
Omar

a

MiraJles first proposed a cultural :
exchange involving poets and artists g
from Buffalo when they came to ~
read at the university in the spring lto sa AlcalA (left) reads h e r
of 2000. But Rodrfgua later was poetry a s kristin Dykstr•
asked by Cuban officials to broaden 11' t e" 1 •
the foc us of the event and she ing, radical ,experimental.Thatmay
quickly expanded the list of panici- or may not be due to the situation
pants. The daily schedule was on the island, but to me, it seemed
packed with events featuring speak- almost impossible to imagine that
ers, not onl y fro m Cuba and the anywhere else," Alcala said.
United States, but from Nicaragua,
Nick lawrence, another US docArgentina, France, Luxembourg, toral candidate, also disputed that
Norway and Spain. World-famous the Cuban s were isola ted ...One
Estrada.
cuhural figures from Cuba, such a.o;: night at a restaurant , we--a Sroup
"I couldn't have
imagined how inliterary critic Roberto FernAndez o f Cuban poets and so me of the
Retamar and poet Nancy Morej6n, norteamerrcanos-&lt;ame up with
credible this ape·
also were added to the program.
map s of o ur respective poetr y participants and f UB students Nkk Lawrence rience would be,"
Tht" festivaJ, held in the Book lnsti- scenes, which were basically con- celebrate ~e re(left ) •nd Joe l Bettrldge Collier said of the
tute in Havana, WJS entitled .. Encoun- figurations of names. In our case, the . lease of a new
r e i• • o n a t e rrace outs id e artistic and perthe Book Institut e .
ter: First Festival of Language Poetry." map s.tretched back to the New magazine orgasonal connections
This titJe illustrates Rodriguez' and American Poetry-fo r example, nized by Ant 6 n
that h&lt; found with
Miralles' original interest in hosting CharlesOlsonandJackSpicer---and Arrufut, Rodriguez and Miralles. The the~.
an exchan ge speci fically with US, down to our 'Co ntemporaries ," name of the magazine, Azotea.s
Rdlecting on the festival, Omar
wtuch is known for its connections Lawrence recalled. "Carlos Aguilera, (Rooftops), is an exp~cit nf&lt;rrnceto E¥rada noted: "One of the pieces I
to a movement nov.. loosely described a young Cuban poet, recognized a the alternative (non -s,.te)' cultural had made with Carlos for the Haas"languagepoetry."Ananthologyof good 50 percrnt of the names that salon Rodriguez has provided at her vana Biennial (a festival held ear~er
language poetry in translation had we putdown.So,clearly, hehasbeen rooftop home over the past 20 years. in the year) deals with the possibilgone hand to hand around Havana following international trends and
As a way of explaining the un - ity of unily through an because we
in 1999,generatingronversation in in- there was some reversaJ of expecta- precedented cooperation between anticipated meeting other artists
teUectual circles.
tion among us about what the Cu- the Azottas group and the state cul- from around the world during the
With the expansion of the festival bans wouJd or wouJdn't know.
tural institutions-which led both biennial Then Brian arrived and inprogram, however, critical papers
"You couldn't say the same about to the festival and to the pub~cation _,. stalled his work in another space in
addressinglocalandintemationaJ as- their cu ltural nlap and what we of Azotear-Prieto emphasized the the gallery. VtSitors thought it was
pectsofi:u&gt;guagepoetrytookaback knew," he added. "Another young shared values of cultural resistance meant to be part of our show, even
seat to the experience of sharing the Cuban poet, Javier Marim6n, gave and anistic quality.
though dtey were separate. To me,
his sketch of important writers. I
An Argentine poet asked Prieto if that demonstrates that no matter
poetry and art of the participants.
"We saw poets and artist.s in a recognized a few, like lost Lezama the U.S. presence at the festival rep- where you ~ from or what your
count ry that is o ften represented Lima, Virgilio Piiiera and Reina r~nt.ed ..a new openness to U.S. philosophical ideas are, artists have
here as being impoverished-not Marla Rodriguez, but I left feeling culture.• Prieto argued that Cuba has the same soul everywher&lt;. I think
onl)' impoverished economicall y. that I had my work cut out for me. I never been closed to U.S. culture- that an is the languageoftoletance."

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Lecture series offers perspectives on violence
CAS' "University and the World" continues theme oflast semester's program
By SUE WUETCHER

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

but culturally because of u s socalled separation from the rest of the
world," said UB doctoral candidate
Rosa Alcala... Sometimes that's described as a self-impos&lt;d separation,
and sometimes it's explained as a
separation due to the U.S. embfrgo.
But in faa , the art and the poetry
that is being produced there is incredibly invigorating-new, excit-

Reporter Editor

'T

HE College of Art&gt; and
Scien ces' "U niversity and
the World" lecture ~ries
will continue its year-long
explora tion of violence on Tuesday
with a lecture entitled "Risk-Taking.
Inequity and Violence."
The series for 2{XX}-0 I is looking at
the issue of violence from a nwnbcr
of different perspectives featuring
major figures in the fields of anthropology.psychology. history,compara·
tivt-literatures and law. It will include
lectures. as weU as film screenings.
All events are free of charge and
open to the public. u,m,res will take
place at 4 p.m. and screenings at 7
p.m. in the Screening Room in the

Center for the Arts on the North
Campus.

University. ln the lecture, de Wall
will suggest the general idea that

fessor emeritus of history at the

Tuesday's lecture by Martin Daly
and Margo Wilson, both professors
of psychology at McMaster University in O ntario. will consider the role
of r is k ~ taking in behavior---1!Spe·
cially violent interpersonal behavIOr-m mating and parental effort,
and in life hjstories and physiology.
The rest of the schedule for the
spring semester:
• Feb. 12: " How the Law of the
Jungle has Created a eed for Reconciliatio n: Lessons from the Primates," Frans B. M. de Waal, C. H.
Candler Professor of Primate Behavior and director of the Living
Links Center in the Yerk&lt;s Regional
Primate Research Center at Emory

turning off hostility and replacing
it with friendliness-or, at least non hostility-in order to resume cooperative relationships is an old concept--older than humans' appearance on the planet.
• Feb. 20: Screening of the film
" Mr. Death," Errol Morris' awardwinning documentary of execution
specialist and Holocaust denier Fred
Leuchter Jr.
• March 13: Screening of the film
"Seven." in which Morgan Freeman
and Brad Pin starastwopo~aoffic­
mset to work on a baftling and gruesome coUection of serial killings.
• March 27:"HowWeTalkabout
the ~locaust," Peter Novick, pro-

tu re, which was rescheduled from

University of Chicago. In this lecNov. 21, Novick will discuss the way
the Ho locaust Is regarded today
versus the way it was viewed at the
time it took place.

• April 3: "Alien-Nation: Zombies, Immigrants a nd Millennia!
Capitalism in Sou th Africa," Jean

Comaroff, professor of anthropology and social sciences; chair of the
Depanment of Anthropology, and
Bernard E. and Ellen C. Sunny Distinguished Servia Professor at the
University of Chicago. Co maroff
will explore the connections among
seemi ngly exotic issues and the
hard-edged material, cultural and
epistemic realities of our times.

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"We ha~ qh-exl facilities and
staff expertise to build upon," he said
of CCR and NYSCEDn, which spec:ialiu in qh-perfOrmanoe oomputing and high-md visllalization, respc:ctivdy."These qh-ex! resources
are among th&lt; best in th&lt; world"
Elliot H. Wltlel', associate director
of NYSCEDU, said UB is well situated to surge ahead, 001 only because
of its estoblished infnstructure, but
also because of th&lt; trained personnel
who~ been irnmened in this ...noology since CCR was estoblished a
little more than two years ago.:'Those
two components are key," he said.
The flla that UB was chosen as
the site of the proposed Center of

Excellence 1n Bioinformat1cs
(Informatics) over m4ny of the premjer universities in the State should
be all the more reason to trum~

ally being located at Stony Brook on
Long Island and in New York City.

road at Westom Hkhipn. blfing. 90the Broncos on Jan, 24
The Bulls, who shot a seasonhigh 40 frM throws, ~~ hun. by
IS mrsse:s at the c:twity stnpe and
~~ outreboonded 40-ll

Capaldi, addressing the standards
for evaluating scholarship, explained

committee would look "for ways
that we can try to vacate some of.the

WOMEN' S

her take on the matter.
" I met with the deans about it fir.;t,

arbitrariness"" so that one person's

of the Department of Occupational
and Environmental Safety, returned
to the FSEC to present for a seoond
time a proposed campus safety policy
and, for th&lt; tim time, the Eposed
University Facilities Policy and Pro-

ln addition to scheduled ..-ings,
.....,..] ofUB's,....,.,.mcmtm,along
with RPCl and HWI, will set up interacti~ displays in th&lt; Legislative
Oflict Building. including the New
York State Center for Engineering
Design and Industrial Innovation
(NYSCEDH), the Center for Computational Research (CCR) and the
Center of E=llencr for Document
AnalysisandR=gnition(CEDAR).
Russ Miller, director of the CCR,
says it is important to understand
the distinguishing intdlectual and
technological features that are available to enable Buffalo to take a leadership role in the critical field of
bioinfo rmatic.s.

in Albany what's happening here,

Penksa pointed out.
.. This is a once-m-a -lifeume op·
portunity," she said.
UB would be among three Center of Excdlena sites--the mller
two are in Rochester for photonics
and optoelectronics and in AJbany
for nanoelectronics-that would
share a tota1 of$283 million m stat e
funding over five years. The governor eirvisioos other centers eventu -

FSEC

~as~et~all
MEN

Ohio Univenlty 8l, UB 66
Westoem Mlchlpn 90, UB 12

had"""

Ohio~
pbyen ..
double Hl"f''S ond silo&lt; &lt;18 percent
from the fie6d to score M1 83~
HAC vkto&lt;'y .,..,- UB on S.oonloy
in Alumni Arena.
The Bobots outrebounded UB
by a 41 -32 adnna&amp;e and used
different presses to force IS
Wr'f\OIYen by the Bulls.
The BuRs fetl to 2- 14 O¥enN ;and
0-9 in the MAC. losing thetr ninth
straight overall.

UB....udtloewoei&lt;ontloe

n..to

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who thought it was unclear," she said.
"Then I met with your committee on
public service, which turned out to
be the originator ofsome of this, with

the concern being how

app~ed

re-

srarch is evaluated at the PRB
(President's Review Board) level.
"So if a person does app~ed research, we need some way at the

PRB level to evaluate the excellence,"
she said, noting that the criteria and
mechanisms in place for evaluating
service aren't satisfactory.
Among the other issues raised was
th f." sometimes arbitrary nature of
the promotions process.
"My experience chairing commit tees like that and advising people
and acting as an advocate fo r
promotion ... is that the committees
themselves are not properly supervised and charged," sa id Bernice

Noble, professor of microbiology.
.. There's always goi ng to be some
old geezer sitting at the table who
says, 'Well, when I came up for promot io n, nobod y car«! ~bout my
service, and I'm not going to let this

guy get through,"' she said. "And so
there's a negative vote."
Samuel Schack, professor and
chair of the Department of Mathematics and chair of the Tenure and
Privileges Committee, suggested the

opinion "wouldn't just be sitting out
there as a n~tive evaJuation with out definition ...

Capaldi offered her support,
while also noting that UB's standards have changed
"My understanding is I'd also
have an ultimate vote. l can always
be appealed to," she said.
"The difficult thing that has been
raised here is that sometimes stan dards go up," she said. "If you're going to become a better universi ty,

that 's part of what becoming a better university is.
.. That can be very difficult for
people who are caught in that who
were hired at one time with one set
of expectations.
"We have to deal with th ose tran sitions as we go along," she said.

ced ure for Environmental Review

and Public Participation.
Coming out of the Environmen-

tal Task Force, headed by Dupre,
the university facilities policy asserts that both open communica tion and public participation
should be established norms in the
development of campus projectsas examples, building construction,
addi tions and campus master plan ning. The policy also aims to honor
guidelin es put forth by the New
York State Environmental Q uality

Review Act (SEQ RA ).

Olarles Fourtner, professor ofbiological sciences, urged that every faculty member be allowed to have an
advocate, and suggested the advocate
be the PRB. Henry Durand. director

Both policies were endorsed.
Faculty m embers also were apprised o"'f an internal search under
way for the new position of vice provost for academic affa1 rs and dean
of the graduate school. which com ·
hines the positions of v1ce provost
for undergraduate education and

of the Center for Academic Development Services/Educational Oppor ·
tunity Program, requested that perhaps the committee remedy the lack
of consistency across departments as
to the role of an advocate.
In other business. Michael Dupre,
associate vice president for university
facili ties., and louis Henry. d1rector

srud the candidate must lx-a full professor and have administrative ex
pcriencc at the level of depanment
chair o r above. The ( hange reflC'("t!i
Int eg rating undergraduate and
graduate educatittn , a departure
from the mo re outmoded modt:l
that existed previously. she sa1d.

dean of the graduate school. Capaldo

ContJ-.d fnMn fN94! a

Wednes,ct.ys •t 4 PlUS

Bible Study

Prose Reading. Rk hard Price. Screerm.g
Room, Center for the Arts, North

St~t Blbfe Study. Oalene Guanno
210 Student Union, North Campu\ 7 30
p .m . Free. For more iriformat)()n, Oalent&gt;
Guarino, 459.()231 (pager)

Campus. 4 p.m. Free. for morl!!
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Beglnnlng/ Contlnul'!9 HathA Yoga.
Diana Mauone, the knya Dharma
Centre. 14SC Student Union, North
Campus. 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Sponsored
by StuMnt Unions and Activit~ . For
more infcumation, Sonia Cinelli, 645·
6 125

Women's S.dtetHII
UB vs. Western Mkh~an. Alumn•
Arena, North Campo~ . 7 p.m. i S,
general; l3 kids 12 and under; free for
studenu with 10.

WBFO's Opus: Clanks Uve
Redt•l
Erie County Wind E.nsemble--lohn
Maguda. musk director. WBFO Allen
Re&lt;lt:al Hall, South Campus. 7 p m Fr~
For more informatiOn, WBFO. 829-6000

ETC Workshop : Teaching with
Tedlnology
Web AccessibilitY,. 212 Capen, 1nsKje
Undergraduate library, North Campu~
Noon- I p .m . Free. Sponsored by

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Blologkal Sden&lt;:ei Seminar
Functional Genomks and Evolution of
DeveJopment: A View from the: Earty
Nematode Embryo. Fabio P1ano, Dept
of Molecular Biology and Genenn.
Cornell Univ. 20 I Natural Sc.enc~
Complex, North Cam~ 4 p m Free
For more •nformat)()n, Chuck M1tchf'll.
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Geology Pegrvm Colloquium
Gian t Dike Swarm~ on Earth, Venu)
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Exhibits
"The Gr•du•te Show: First -Yea r
Students "
Work by f1r~t · year graduate ~tudenh 1n
the Department of Art w1ll be on
d1~play tomorrow through Feb 8 m
the An Department Gallery. 645
Center tor the Arl~. North Campm
Gdllt&gt;ry houn art' 10 am to S p m
Tue~dah, 10 am to 8 p m Wedne~da -..
~;~~~Jav Fr.day. and I I a m to 6 p m

UB 77, 8ow1ing G~n 74
UB 70, Manhall 63
SeniOr T'ofbny Bell exploded foo- •
pme-high 36 points. inducting five m
overtime. to send UB to a 77-71
win at Bowting Green on Sawrday
The win lmpt"'Yed the Bulb: to 13-S
cwenll and 4-3 in the MAC. cpng
them with the Fakons for second
place in the East Division standings
UB opened doe week by
breaking its three-pme los~ng
streVr: with ;a 70-43 wtn ewer
Marshall on Jan. 24 in Alumnt Arena
Marl McClure and Bell combrned
for Sl poinu to lead the teMn

Wrestlin~

ATHLETES OF
THE WEEK

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-lla:wne UB's all-time

w.tlsladerwilh his'96th
win 111 he defeated Ken(
sc.'sNidt ~A in the
ll+pound bout. He is

...-.eel 13th nationally by
lr1IBINt with a 21-3 overall

mllltand 3-0 Mid-American
Conference record this
- Chal1ie
Voorhees of
the wrestling
team defeated
ltfte.lime MAC defending
champion Brent Thompson
of Kent State, 8-6, in the
125-pound matc!l to lead
the lluls to a 21 -1 0 win over
the (;olden Flashes.
Tlff•IIJ hll of the
women's basltetban teamnamed MAC East Division
Player of the Week&lt;M!ra!Jed 30 points and eight
rebounds to lead the Bulls to
a pair of MAC victories and
snap a three-game losing
streak. Bell, with 1, 441
points, also moved into
second place on the career
scoring list ahead of lynette
Bubel. She also became UB's
all-time leader in career field
goals made (532), passing
Brenna Doty's total of 5 31 .

UB l i ,Kent State 10
UB picked up a btg MAC v1ctory, defeatmg Kent State. li·IO. tnAiummA~
US notched wins in all but three .....eight classes
With his victory at 181 pounds ewer ~m Sate's N1ck Magm.reU1, s.emor
_losh Sates beame US's all-ome career wtns leader
UB mrted the dlal meet with back-to-back Wins by 8tH Jacoutot at 1-49
pounds and L.abe Black at I S7 pounds
After Sates' v1aory. the Bulls were ~d 9 -7,and woukl keep the lead for
good after seniOr' john Eschenfelder notched a 5· 2 dectstan at ~ghL
The Bulls· seuon record is 8-4 oven.ll and 3.() rn the MAC

~wimmin~
WOMEN ' S

UB 182, Northern Illinois 116
Toledo t74, UB 126
UB spltt a pa1r of MAC meeu Saturday afternoon tn Alumnt Aren;a Natuonum,
movmg IU record to 8-3 over.r.JI and l -3 1n league acuon US defeated Northern
llhnOts 182-116butfelltoTcMedo 174-1 26
US 1umped out to Ml early lead as the Bulls· combo of Abby Delta. Grg1
T~a. Unie Q01nbn and Mehssa Schafer apwred the 4QO..medley relay m
-4:00.75. thetr best showing of the ~r
Individually. Delia c:apwred the I 00 backstr"'6te m 59 OS and Qu1nlan earned
a Wlfl m the 100 butterfly at 58.21. her seuon's best rn the eYenL Outnbn also
took second m the SO freestyte 1n 21.87
•
Also VIctOrious for the Bulls was f~hman Heoather Rochette 1n the 200
butterfly m a seuoo-best 1:09 71 . cuttmg more than a full second off her
previous mark. Rochette also~ second rn the 400-rndiVldual medley f-4 36 1-4 )
and th•rd rn the 200 backstroke (2: I0 20)
MEN 'S

N orthern Illinois 164, UB 7S
Toledo 172, UB 6 7
UB concluded its home seuon by droppmg a ~tr of M+d-Amenan Conference
dual meeu Saturday afternoon. The Bulls fell to Nort:hem llltnols, I fA . 7S. and to
Toledo by a 172-67 score With the losses. the Bulls t.all to 2-6 ovenll and 0-.S 1n
MACaroon
In thetr final home meet. semon Enc Somson and Josh Pun """'t're the Bulb
lone wmners on the day. Sumson won the 200 backstroke m I .S I 8 I. wtule Pun
took the 200 butterfly m a seuon-best I S-4 9-4. stuvmg almost a full second off
l·us preYIOUS best.

lnaoor lracK
M en and women de feat Ca.nisiu s
US's mdoor track and field sqw.ds """'t're v~etonous at the UB Open on Fnd:oly m
AlumntArem.as the women defeated Unrs1us 127-)7 while the men downed
the Griffs, 86-61
The WOI"''lf!!n's squad set a p;ur of school records Laura Olson won the pole
va.ult With a marie cA 10-4 ( J 20m). break1ng the old mark of 10-2 (l 10m I set by
te~mmate ~ F1ster lut season Sarah Fletcher was a double wtnner for the
Bulls, serong a new school standard m the shot put With a toss of -4) .9 7S
( 13 35m). breakmg her old rN.rlt of 40-2 ( 12 21m) from last seuon She Jho
won the 20-lb we~ght throw w1th a toss of S 7. I I l.S ( I 7 66m )
In the men's meet. Andre Forde was v1ctonous m both the SS meters
(6 71) and 200 meters (23 H) Pete Otov1c won the 400 mete~ 111 S2 I" and
w.t!. part of the v1ctonous 4 x 400 rel:~y ~quad 1n J 32 20 With R1ch ju~k1ew1Cz
Tom Abbey and M1ke CommiSSO

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of Justice, it's the fi rst software pro
gram des igned to dewlap com
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BRIEFLY
Miles Davis to be topic
of WBFO reading .
Author Ashloy Kohn. author ol
"Kind olllluO: Tho Moldng ol
tho Milos OM Masterpiece. •
will r;.e a reading at 8 p.m. on
TueSday In tho auditorium o1
Allen Hall on tho Soulh campus.
Tho ewnt. to b e j;y, on WIFO 88.7 FM, US's Na·
tional Public Radio affillat&lt;, wil
be''" and open to tho pubic.
Tho reading is ptesented by
WBfO 1n «&gt;q&gt;em~on with r•
lng Leave Books and just bulllllo
Uleratx c.nt.r. A boo&amp;-signlng
will place -tho reading.
Forty-&lt;&gt;1)0 )'0111 since its ...
cording In 1959, "Kind of_.
has sold
and
is consldoted IIi. """ jazz album
......,. !on must own.
In his bool!, Kahn ...... tho
into IIi. studio to witness
tho OHtion of tho Ibm. Using
~ ac:counts and 1-..!y

millions-

-

doa.menU. he traces
Dovis' """"'from bop to modal
jazz. ~tho roawdlng ....
sions Using master~ and f&lt;JI.
lows tho rise ol tho Ibm from its
con~ roceplion to its
transfoonation into
landmallt.

a-

Grafton to lecture

Princeton historian Anlhony

Grafton will discuss "Doctor
Foustus and His Tho Renaissance Mogus in Context.• at
~ p.m.,todoy In 120 a.m.ru
Hall, fiOrth Campus.
. '\helocturo..wllict1willbefroe
ol diii!JO and open to tho public,
is port ala -.uy Wit to U8
by Gllfton lf'O'I5CI"&lt;d by tho U8
CNpter of Phi Bola Kappo
.~ofNewYO!to­

and tho departments a/ CJossia,

English and History lhrt&gt;oq1 -~
Vbiling -Program.
- . Bono, chair of tho
~of English inc! pmlof tho UB CNpter a/ Pill(,
ails Gllfton •one at tho . . -

-t

'famous- of...ty modem

=::b!:.=.u~

llnln ~and particuiMiy
tho~ of JTVIIjc In that period, and tho EuroNnorican encoonter ol tho 16th an1111y.•
He lecturod on "Tho Impact
ol Printing and tho Origins of
tho Renaissance• yeterday In
the Oepartment of Classics and
will speak on "'How to Do History: Lessons from the Holocaust"' at 11 a.m. today ln the
Oepartment oi&gt;H~tory. 532 Park
Hall, North campus.

REPORTER
The Reporttrls a campus
community newspaper
published by the Office of News
Services in the OMsk&gt;n of
University Communications,
Univmity at Buffab.
Editorial offices are
loca~ at 330 Crofts HaM,

Buffalo, (716) 645-2626.
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Ann 'Nhitt:her

L Blount Jr. is the executive director of the
Office of University Preparatory Programs. Before com·
ing to UB last semester, he was director of the UniversitY of Rhode
Jsland!Feinstein College of Continuing Education and a lead researcher
for the University of Rhode Island-Providence Campus Urban Initiative.
&amp;nllnuel

Wh•t Is the mission of the Offlee of University Preparatory
Program• (OUPP)7

Our mission, through coUaboration and partnership with families,
schools, community organizations.,
busin~ and corporations., and
through the larger mission of UB.
is to expand upon the quality and
quantity of preparatory services
and programs by providing for the
students and parents we serv~ such
things as p~rsonal, individual,
group and family counseling; career planning; tutoring in the areas
of math, scienc~ . r~ading skills,
writ ing skills and global studi~s;
employment training and opportunities. and such enrichment activities as cultural div~rsity and
field trips. This will involve the pro·
curement of new funding and the
creation and developm~nt of new
programs to help prepare low-income, fi rst-generation, collegebound, disadvantaged students for
college and university life.
C•n you tell me • little •bout
the different progr•ms th•t
f•ll under the OUPP umbrell•7 How does OUPP fit In
with the unlvenlty's publicservice mlsslon7

OUPP is designed to improve the
ability of students to succeed in
high school and increase th e ac cess to post-secondary education.
Geared to high school students,
this office provides a unique service to the community through
edu cat ion and training. OUPP

also interacts with other universit y
programs and departments, such
as those in the College of Aru and
Sciences, to inc r eas~ access to
higher education, especially for
minority, historically under-represented, at-riSk and economically
disadvantaged st udenu. UB has
formed a unique partnership with
several community-based.organizations and various public and
independent schools to provide an
educational support program for
!)'Iiddle and high school students
at risk of dropping out of school
before graduation. The Liberty
Partnership Program (LPP ) is d~
signed to provide students with \a
broad range of services and activi ties aimed at increasing their motivation and ability to graduate
from high school and go on to col·
lege. The Science and Technology
Enri chment Program-also
known as STEP-is an educational-enrichment program that
p rovides instruction, training and
counseling services to students in
grades 7 through 12 who are his·
toricaiJy under- r~presented in the
scienc~ . t~chnology, health and
health - related professions. Th~
program expands upon activities
that g~nerate the skills and motivation necessary to pursue pr~­
professional or ""professional education program s of study among
minorities and disadvantaged stu dents. The Upward Bound Pro·
gram at U B was established in
1967 as an eight-week hjgh school·

tb-college transitional service for

also have developed the Executive Director Leadership
Team, the Executive Difector
Programs Team and the Ex ecutive Director Administra tive Support Team. The team
approach is an effort to communicate knowledge to serve
the community and university.

low-income and disadvantaged
students. In 1969, the program
expanded its service to include
high school studenu between 13
and 19 years of age. Concq&gt;tually,
the Upward Bound Program at the
university was designed to increase
the number of disadvantaged stu·
d&lt;nu with demonstrated potential
to enroll in and graduate from in stitutions of higher education. The
Upward Bound Math/Science J!e.
gional Center offers a six-week
summer residential program of
intensive study and hands-on research experiences in mathematics and science to students from
New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico
and the Virgin Islands who excel
academically. University faculty
and researcherS collaborate with
the program .to develop curricu lum, instruct courses and direct
internships. The Upward Bound
Math/Science Regional Center
helps participants gain the neces sary academic skills to pursue cal'f!Crs in math and science.

What b the most reward·
lng aspect of your tob7

The most rewarding a5R«t of
the job is the changes being put
in place. such as team work, to
meet the needs of our customers. We are d~veloping new
brochu res for OUPP for mar·
keting purposes. We are going
to offer a series of workshops
for the communities of Buffalo
on such topics as critical thinking, conflict man.agement, time
management. etc. We also are
forming new partn~ships with
units of the university. such as
the School of Management and
its Center for Entreprenurial
Leadership and the School of
Social Work. to name a few.

I undenbnd there.have been
changes •t OUPP. Tell me
a - t them.

What question do you wish
I had asked, - - would
you h•ve •nswered It?

OUPP ha~ established the OUPP
Advisory Board to form linkages

throughout the communities of
Buffalo. The members will be
from all sectors of Buffalo, in cluding businesses and corporations, education and community
groups and organizations . w~

.

l:l~w·do you plan to pay for
aJI these new changes and in n ovations? By securing,
through colla.boration and
partn~rship, more and more
grants and forming more and
more part~~rships.

IREWG to present women's film festival
Screenings ofaward-winningfilms from around world to be held in Market Arcade
BY PAT111CIA DONOVAN
Contributing Editor

( ( C H UTNEY Pop·
corn ," wwner o f
maJor award s at
the 2000 Berlin ,
Oja1, San Francisco, Los Angeles
Out fe-st and the 1999 Newpon film
festivals, will open UB's fifth annual
International Women's Film Festiva l tonight in the Market Arcade
theater, 639 Main St., Buffalo.
· The festival, presented by the In·
Mitute for Research and Education
on Women and Gender (IREWG ).
will screen· films at the Market Arcade every Thursday at 7 p.m .
through March 15, with the exception of March 8 when the university is on spring break.
The Market Arcade was selected
as this year's fes tival venue, say the
organizers, so that the entire com munity can enjoy this unusual series of award -winning films b)'
women di rectors from eastern and
western Europe, Tunisia, Ca nada .
Scotland and the United States.
Tickets are S6.50 for the general
puhlic and $4.50 for students and
can be purchased at the Market Arcade box office on screening nights.
The opening film. "Chutney Pop·
com," is a full -length independent

the Austrian border, forever dreaming of a better job, a visa to another
land or returning home. A touching
portrait of a generation on the run,
the film features two radiant young
actresscs-Edita
Malovcic and Nina
1
Prall Proll went on to
win the Marcell o
Mastroianni Award for
Best New Actress at the
Venice Festival.
On Feb. 8, the
festiva l will present
"Ratcatcher," a film by
Lynne Ramse y th at
explores the terrifying
A Kene from .. Spring of .Life," • fllm by ~ech realm of besieged
director Milan Cleslar tt••t wiH be part of the chi ldhood in a way
lntem•tkMNr Women's Aim Festlv•l.
that no viewer will
edy that offers an unusual and hu - ever forget. Film critic Michael
morous perspective o n the lesbian Atkinson calls it "easily the best di and Indian-American communities rectorial debut of the year and pos·
with its presentation of an interra- sibly the most mature and haunt ing film to ever. come out of
ciallesbian parenting couple.
The series will cominuc Feb. I with Scotland ... a throat -catching mas·
another "indie," " orthern Skirts," a terpiece of lyricism, observation and
co- production by Switzerland Aw- stone-co ld realism."
"The Spring of Life" (" Pramcn
l n a and Germany direct ed b y
Viennese filmmaker Barbara Albert. Zi tova"), which will be screened Feb.
This subdc and realistic film tells the 15, is a Czech production in Polish
stor)' of a group of yo ung refugees and German with English subtitles
from the fo rmer Yugoslav1a who by Marca Aric~eva , directed by
stroll the cafl'S and train stations of Milan Cieslar. It is the love story of
feature by Canadian-born, 1ndian ·
Americah director Nisha Ganatra,
who received critical raves with her
earlier film short, .. Junky Punky
Girlz." It is an eclectic satirical com-

a Czech girl and a Jewish boy, set
against the background of Opera·
tion Lebensbom, tlie Nazi program
that carefi.illy selected young women
as breeding stock and bmught them
together with elite 55 soldier.; to begin th~ creation of an Aryan master
race. In this case. th~ yowlg woman
survives the experience and even
extracts a bit of revenge.
Other films in the s~ries are
"Honey and Ashes" (Feb. 22 ), "Ce·
lestial Clockwork" (March I ) and
the seldom-screened 1940 film .
"Dance. Girl. Dance" (March 15).
Th~ 200 I festival is co-sponsored
by the Capen Professor of Ameri·
can Culture (Bruce Jackson ), the
Center for the Americas and the fol lo\\jng departments or groups: Art
History, Classics, Communicative
Disorder.; and Sciences. Compara·
tive Lit~ratu~. Media Study, Mod ern Languages and Literatures. Phi·
losophy and Women's Studies; the
Graduate Student Association; th~
American Studies Graduate Student
Association; th~ Anthropology
Graduate Student Association; the
Media Study Graduate Student As·
sociation, and the Graduate Group
for Marxist Studies.
For more information, co nta ct
lREWG at 829-3451.

�January 25. 2001/Vul.3t 111.17 Rep aries

DrieD

Obesity-heart attack link
Persistent overeating in obese generates hugefree-·radicalload
By LOIS IIAI&lt;U
Contributing Editor

Dandona and colleagues at the
Diabetes-Endocrinology Center of

the gcncrat1on of fret&gt; radJCah. The
morr than C:,O perce nt fall 10 frt•e

NDOCRJNOLOGISTSat
UB have pinpointed one

E

Western New York at Kaleida

rad1cal

Health, which Dandona heads. set

pamed hv .1 s•gmficant dc.'Crea.se an

of the mechanisms that

out to determine whether the gen
eration of free radicals and othf'r

rnarkc.'r' of ox •dat1vedamage tc1 l1p
td,, proh.''"' and arntno ac•d!"Ttm find1ng '' •rryrortant lw
~.au 'it:' 11 reprc-.ents .J dr~matu. rever

place the obes&lt; at higher

risk of atherosclerosis and subse-

quent heart attack.
Their study. published in the
january issue of The /oJmUJI ofClinical Endocri"ology and Met~boli.sm,
shows that persis1ent overea ting in
1he obese exposes them to excessive
oxidative damage from free ntdicals.
the hyperadive oxygen molecules
that damage arterial walls and ini -

tmte the accumulation of fatty deposits that eventually inhibit o r

block blood flow to the heart.
Moreover, 1~ researchers found
that severely restricting caloric intake
decreased the production of free
radicals by more than .50 percent,
lowering the risk of developing heart
disease without medication.
""Our r=rch has shown for the
first time that the obese carry a massive oxidative load ,.. said Paresh
Dandona. professor of medicine and
primary author on the study. "This

oxidjltive load ca uses the kind of
changes in the bloodstream that make
obese people prone to hean disease.
"We've also shown for the fil'3t time
that diet restriction alone can change
their risk," he said. "Taking a pill is
cas•er. but lifestyle change is just as effective and should be considered."

indicesofoxidativedamagedecrea.sc
as a result of short-term calone re

~..one,_entrallons wa~

acuun

m the ca rdmal procesSt.-~ atfe1.t
•ngatherogenes1s Wlfhout fhe use of
obesenondiabeticmenandwomen
any drug or an110X1dan1,"
who were-taking neither antioxiDandona sa1d ''Des p1tc the
dant vitamins nor medication
wide vanauon m BM I. tht'
for heart disease. Thcir weight
changes were consistent
ranged from 183 lbs. to 360
and therefore are mtnns11..
lbs., with a mean body mass
19 the process of dictarv rt'
index ( BMi j-a ratio of
suiction and weight lo ..s."
weighttoheight-&lt;&gt;f40.7.An
All participants gamed
iJ:&gt;!:iividualwitha BMJ over30
'weightafterthefour-weck m·
isconsideredobcsc.
terventi on, and at lhrL't'
After taking fasting blood .._:OO:Ioillii~ ' months post-study. the consamples, researchers placed th~
centration of free rad1cals and
participants on 1,000-caloriediindices of oxidative damage
ets, consisting of a 200-calorie
were high~ than at its incepcommercial liquid diet drink for
tion. the reSearcher&gt; found.
breakbst and lunch, and a homeAdditional author&gt; on the
cooked 600-calorie dinner. They
study are Ahmad Aljada. reremained on the diet for four weeks, search assistant professor of mecilreturning to the clinic wee:k.Jy to be cine; Richard Browne, research m
weighed and provide fasting blood structor in the Department of Social
samples. Participants "'-'ere asked to and Preventive Medicine. and Priyt:~
maintaintheirnormaJlevelofphysi· Mohanty. Husa m Ghanim, Wacl
cal activity.
Hamouda, Anu Prabhala, Aqeela
At the end of four weeks. partiCt- Aft.al and Rajesh Garg,doctoral stu pants had lost an ave rage of I 0 dents working with Dandona.
pounds. Analy5is of blood samples
The study "-as supp4&gt;ncd m part
showed a marked dt"Crease in both hy the William G. McC.ovr.1n &lt;:han
markers of oxidative damage and table Fund.
strict ion and weight loss.

~

Their study subjects were n1nc

Courtroom near completion
By ILENE FLEISCHMANN

Reporter Contributor

L

A\''1/ students could sec 1he

practice of law played o u1
just down the hall later thi~
s pring as a number of
Western New York judges have expressed interest in holding. sessions
in the new sta te-of· the·a rt court·
room that is nearing completion in
O'Brian Hall.
The opening of the courtroom
will be the culmination of what law
school administrators call the most
exciting capital project in the history
of the school, an event that is ex·
pected to strengthen ties between
' the Law School and the local bar. as
weU as offer invaluable learning opportunities for US students.
.. The court room project should
present several different benefits to
the Law School;" said C.rorge Kannar.
vice dean and professor of law, who
is overseeing the 'Project. "I expect
there to be real synergy between the
academic community and the com·
munityof practice; they benefit from
us. and we benefit from them.
"The response from the legal
co mmunity has been uniformly enthusiastic." Kannar said. "A number
of judges at the state trial, federal
trial and state appellate level have
confirmt"d that the)' will hold sessions in our new facility."
The project. which began in midJuly, involves converting the huge,
ou tdat ed Moot Co urtroom in
O'Brian Hal l into genuinely usable.·.
space. creating a working courtroom.
two 85·seat lecture halls and threr
smaller classrooms. The couruoom
space includes a judge's chambers. a
techn ology· suppo rt room and a
jury·deliberation roo m. The area

. . "If you build it. we Wlll~:ome ," l:u
gene F. Pigott. pres1ding just1ceol the
Appellale Divis1on. Fourth Deparl ·
ment . New York Stale Supremt'
Co urt . sa1d he told Dean R. N d ~
Olsen. "We w11l hethere as soon a.' thedean tells us we arc
welcome.
" It will be vt•ry
gcxx:J for the court.
I am certain it will
benefit the Law
School as well. but
we like to bring the
court to the people
a little bit i we
the new courtroom under conrtruct6on In the
can," Pigott said.
uw School, shown here In •n •rtlst's rendering .
Noted Samuel I..

under construction encompasses
I 1.700 square feet, according to Gordon Love, project cOQrdinator for Fa·
cilities Planning and Design. The
courtroom and classrooms will bt·

able to support the use of computers
during trials and instruruon.
Two of the classrooms were used
ea rlier thi6 month for "br idge"
courses, with the other thrt.-e com ing on line for the stan of the sprmg
semester last week. The courtroom
should be completed lat er m the
spring, Love confirmed.
The project ha!t a price ta g nl
slightly more than S I million.
The case..~ statement for the l..;:t\\
School's capital campaign describe.
the nevo' space as "a well· propo rtioncd. Mission-style, state·of·the·art
courtroom, suitable for both jUT)' tn alsand appellJte arguments ... a ta.~te­
ful and effictenl nc..•w !~pace. There
seems no n..·a~m tn doubt thai thl!l
new courtroom. 111 thrsc nl'\'' surroundings. will qlllckly hel:\ )tnl'a trul'
point of pride and 'ommon f\ )("US h)r
the law School, its alumn1 .md tht&gt;
lcgaJ community as a whok ..
The Western New Yor'-. 1udh. tJI
wmmun ity has exprt'S.'oLoocl !~Uppon
for the project.

3

Green. Appellate Oivis1on judge: "It
is invaluable if you are a law studen t.''
Leslie B. Foschio. federal magiStrate
judge, said that whcnevtr fcasihlt:.
judges wouJd be willing to condu1..1
any type of civil case they have consent jurisdiction for 111 thcoourtrOtlnl.
" I am willing to hold court at thl·
law School as often ao; I have a LJSt'
that is amenable to the program."
l·osc hto sa id. "M&gt;· approach is to l\t~
~ o;upport ive of 1he Law Schoo1.1.!1 I
~...m wtthout 1nterfen ng with our
dulll~S JS magistralt: JUdges. I am J]
rcadv kwkmg .tt. ;tnd disc u s~m~
wuh IJwvt'r ... ~o..l ~l'' th.ll cou ld be
tried tn thf Ill~\\' dlttrtroom"
Barbar&lt;t Howe .•1 ~tdll' Supreme
Co urt juStiCC and l'B .ld JUIKI JSSO ·
nate professor of sooolog,·. Jltllllled
ou t that holding co urt al li B would
be "of great symbolic value:·
" It will be a reminder to .til p.u
tK1pants in the process of th~· &lt;h.a
dt'mic and intellectual roots of .~11
thai we do and the professionalism
that shou ld anend it," she sa.Jd.

Emeritus faculty member
establishes student fellowship
The Sc:hool of Architecture •nd Plannmg has announc~d a new

fellowsh1p grant program establtshed by lbrahtm JammaJ. profe.,
.. o r ementus 1n the r&gt;epartment nf Plannmg. and hts wtfe. V1v1ane
The lam mal Fellowsh1p will prm 1de S4,000 per vear ove r the next
10 years to broaden th e Vb iOn ol. and opportunttles for •. the sch()ol\
~mer11.:an !ttudents ht:yond thL·tr domcsu~ k.nnwledge , and of the
3Chuol 's foretgn student &lt;. htvond thetr cont:ern for the ~pt·Cifil ~ul
tur(•s of thctr mothL•r ~ountne'
f-.rnest Stc.•rnberg. depanment~..ha1r ...av\ lht.· granb wtll help I he
depdrtment fund rc~e.1rch propo~k student research as~tstant,h!p...
schola rh ' 1\ lb. ~..u ll oqu t J and \.Onfercnces geart:d toward graduatt"tudent:.. It aJ..,n wtll prm•1de lor Jn an nual Jam mal Be'it Thes1\ Award
"lernberg !tan tht'\l' ·KliVIttc-s wdl he relau:d to l!t!tUt'\ ut ~lobahza
11on . mterndlumal \tUdic-~ and futurt.'!l ,tudiC!t.
l&lt;~mmal1 s the founder of the IJepartmen t of Plann1ng and sened
on 1b facultv for more than 30 vcars. Sternberg says th e faculty and
students "are thrilled at th1s sag n of Professor lam mal's contmumg
commitment 10. and mvolvement 111 , the program.
"As if all of h1 s former student s and advisees were not alreadv a
wonderful legacy," he adds, "th1s generous award will he a ~..:o ntmu ­
mg remi nder of h1s accomplishments Js Jn t•ducator and a sc holar."
Jammafs teachmg and research has focu~d on long· range plan
mng. forecastmg method~. mternauonal +dt:vdopmenl planntng and
complex problem -solvtn g. He t!t th~ form er dt rector of th e UB Center
for Comparative Studies 111 Development Planntng. a consultant for
USA ID and UN ICE F, cha 1r of the Assoua110n of Collegiate School!~
of Planning Com m1sston on GlohaJ ApproachL.., 10 Plannmg l:duc.:a
li on and VICe presJdcnt of Ruffa lo\; f-ren ch Cultural&lt; t·nt.cr
He holds a masler 's dcgrt't' tn .ITChllt'tiUrt• .md a ma~ter 's dc-grt.'t'
111 cuy plann1ng from the L'nlver,tt\· of Pennsylvania Jnd a ba~o.he-l&lt;lr'
degree 111 archttecturt- from ( Jtro l 1nJvt:r\ll\ , l:grpL

Gift honors late engineering prof
John Z•horJ•n. • Fisher-Price mdu3tnal engmccnng exe~..:ui!Ve ...,.h,,
"retired " to h1s fir 'it love of tta chm~ at l ' B, has heen remt·mhert:d h\

h1 s fam1ly through a S2h0,000 pled~e 10 the O.,&lt;:hnoiPf 1--ngnlct'TIIl~
and Applied Sdt•nce'i.
Hl!t son. lohn /.aboqan. ha., l':.tahilshed the..· l&gt;r John L.thnnan
~tudcnt ~cholarsh 1p l--und rn 'upport studerw. tn the ma5tcr ~ Jt"
~ree program 1n t'ngmeenn~ m.lnagcmt.~nt w1th a ~..om. ~..·nlraiHIO 1ll
prod uct ion mJnJgement .
'' t-.1v fa1hcr 's en,ovm&lt;.•nt of ltfc ..:d mt' from helpmg other&lt;;,'' a It'd
mg re~.apro ca t L'd lw "the scores of former studcnb. fellow t..~~..ult'
prok'lo~JunJ I assoc i ate~ and frirnds '''ho ofT&lt;.·red co ndolenct:' and 1.011
tnbutton ~" toll cnnng h1 s father's death, Lahortan sa1d
" I hat I ha\t· !he great and unu su;al fonum.• to posst~ss tht' me.m'
and thl· des1re toucate thts la!ttlllg shadow of my fath er "duL· t.'n
tm~ lr to the man he \\J!I, .md '0 tn a vcn· real s&lt;.·nse 11 ~ ~ hL· hm1sdf
reachmg out."
The Department of lndu .. tnal t-ngmct'nng e:\.'""Pfd~ to namt: tht· fiN
Zahoqan scholarshtp rcop1ent thl!t vt:ar The endnwm&lt;.•nt w11l prondt'
$1.2.,000 per year to help ...,rft'h tu1t1on and fet.., for the mastn\ progrdm.
enough to fund more than o ne scholarship wmner annuJ!h
Mark H. Kanv-an. dean of the School of Engtnet'Tmg and Applu:d
~c1encts, called the scholarship "a wi:mderful wav to honor a mu..:h
beloved tea chn.
"\\btle a gtft like thts 1..ertamly ~.an ' t replace the leadershap. laluh'
and ~t uderll mentor!&gt;hlp. and humor of our coll eague. n can help U!o
earn' o n h1s legacv of ex~cllence and hts patient pursUit of makmg
t'ngmcenng J practical and daily p;lrt of manufactunng management."
Za hoqan, an adJunct prole'i.sor of mdustrial engtneenng at the llnw
of h1:. dea1h m 1999, re~o.~:I V\.'d the Dean'!~ Award for Eng1neenng
A(h1evement that same vear. bemg rc&lt;..ogmzed for h1s career. 1eachmg
and dcdicauon to adv1smg :-tudent.; 111 the pracllce of t'ngmtenng.
L1 hur jan h&lt;.·gan h1~ ~..;uc..~e r 111 19:;() Jt RCA ..md ~uhsequenth
moved on to Magnavox. f- \\'. :'l~ekle-5 (. ,o., Phdl1p~ {.ontrol Lo rp. Jnd
tht' luhn Oster Co .. part of~u n heam &lt;:orp. ln 19M. ht'IOIOt'd 1--t!oher
Pnn• Toy!l a~ the (ompanv'o; fir.;t licensed profc..·o;!tJOnJI t'ngmeer and
w.l!t n:sponstble for modern171n~ quah t,· ..:ontrol Rl!&gt;l ng through tht•
t•xecullw ranks to O\'erset.• 111.110r expan~ton!t Ill plant oper.ttton ...
Zahonan s111l found tlllll' In earn h1!« dm.toratt·lrom l 'H 111 II.J79
In 1983, he retired at- v1u· pr~.~~d~..·nt o l opcrJtH)n' Jt 1-!.. ht'r - Pn~..e Jnd
ht..--gan an exterbiVt." caret•r as .llnmuhant J.nd ,, t11..uhv memhcr Jt l ' H
In Jdditum to tL'.I~o.hmg. / ...1hnn.m ran tht~ mtt·rmhlp progr.Jill lor
undergraduatf"!llllllldmtnal Cll!-!lll«-'L~rmg, ..o h~o.~lm~ prull.'-b• m.u~..hmt!­
projects to ~tudtn l nt:eds ,md llll'llltlrlng lht' pwgrl'":- llf the !tlttJent'
He also uo;td h1 !1 man,lgt'mt'nl and lnn .. ullln~ c.·:~..perllst&gt; to h.dp
crea te The l.cn ter lor lndustnal Fnci..lt\'t.' IH.'!I!&gt; I n II I .It l "H l ndn
ht!l gu idance. TC it- re.:eived "Pro)&lt;.'ct of th1.• YL·ar" .1wan.h 111 1~1'\"l
.1nd 1991 from the Nat1onal A~snoatwn of ~1JnJgenlt'nl anJ lt•~o. h
meal Assrstance Cen ters.
h1ends and former !ttudents of Jnhn Zahon.1n whtl "1.,h tu .. on
Jrtbute to the scholarship fund mJv co ntM t lhl' SEA~ lkvdupnwnt
Office at 645· 2133. e-xt. 1122. or )lm Seng .11 .. seng@b uffalo.edu

�Gao's experience speaks volumes about cultural change and revolution In Chinese art

The Graduote School of Edoation wiU hold an open hoo1e
from S-7 p.m. Feb. 1 In Baldy
Hall on the North Campus to
prOIIide lnlonnation to thinking of pursing a career in
education &lt;X an advanced degree in the lield.
Current students and foculty
mmlbers wiU be availabtf tD an.
swer questions. Information
about part-time and fulJ..time
study, as well as financial aid,
will be provided.
The Groduate School of Edu-

cation offers master's and doctoral programs in etemenury
and secondary school teaching,
counseling and educaOOnal psychology, and school and highereducatton administration.
Additional information is
available at the school's Web site
at drttp:// WWW.!IM.buf·
folo.edu&gt; &lt;X by calling the
school at 645-2491 .

Wolck to address
Campus Club
Wolf90ng WOld. SUNY Oistinguhhed SerW:e Proleso&lt; Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics, wiH enlighten his audience
on the "Sounds of Our Oty:

Buffalo's People and Their
Speech, • at 4 p.m. f&lt;!&gt;. 6 In 141
Goodyear Hall, South Campus.
' The presentation, part of US's
Campus Club """"ts "" 200001, will untOYOr the of
Willd(s lint SUNOy of Buffalo
•ethnolects"-&lt;X the phenomenon d ;an ethnk KCent In the
conlli11porory English of former
immigrant fan&gt;lies, as coined by
WOkk-whose features in
speech, such as the flat • As" of
the italians &lt;X the hard endings
of the Poles, "" them apart.
WOldt will domonstBte how
these featuros and olhen gradually haY&lt;! been amalgamated
into general "Buffalo EngUsh."
He will explain hOW' this is representative of the integration of
immtgrant groups into main-

stream mickfle..dAss Buffalo, as
well as the destigmatintion and
acceptance of these features as
part of the city's heritage. ·
Y.Jhite not a unique phenomenon to Buffak), WOick's

ethnolect classification originated
here after he arrived In 1970 and
has become an established part
of intenationallinguistic terminology.

Dental alumni elect
officers for 2001
David R. Rke, DOS '94, has been
elected prosident of the UB Dental Alumni A.uodation for 2001 .
Rice practices In East Arr1hem.
Chalfos A. Matlad\ DOS '76,
who practices in Boston. N.Y., has
been selected preident«ct
Richard J . L~. DOS '83,
has been named treasurer. Lynch
has an office in Yli lliamsvi l~.

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Art historian.knows changing China
By PAT111CIA DONOVAN

Contributing Editor

M

INGLU Gao" •n
anist, art histonan ,
curator and author
who was horn and

bred in the poliucaJ and cultural
tumuh of late 20th~century Chma.
Polit1cal circumstances uprooted
ham from a secure urban childhood
.md sent ham off to spend has tC't'n -

,aged years herding ca ule 1n
Mongolia. They later propelled him

artistic and liberal -mmded family m
the large mdustrial city of TiaJ?;jin.
ne-dr Beijing. He still finds n dtfficult
to recount the traumatic events that
followL-.:1. His fam1ly was targeted by
the government as dtssident, hlS fa ther arrested and, over his mother's
desperate and strenuots pleas., 12ye-.ar-old Gao wmt "sent -down .. to the
provmccs like millions of other edu cated Chinese youth . where he W&lt;l!.
expected to learn the virtues of liv-

mg from another college and sa&gt;rmg unusually high grades o~ the na tio nal entrance exam, he was ac cepted into the academy's exceptionally competitive and difficult

program in art history.
In 1he meanlime, Deng Xaio Ping
became the new leader of the

People's Republic. He broughl to his
office the urge to open Otina's doors
to the outside world and a well grounded fear of youth movements.
Both tenden cies wouJd tn fluenceGao.
115 the Cultural Revolu tion wound
down , China
experienced a

mto the cxplosaveChinese art movement of the 1980s, of which he n.·mains the principle documentarian.
lOday a noted curator and assistant professor of an history at UB,
Gao is a man of exceptionaJ intcUcct
and training with unusual insight
•nto his countrymen's ancient artistic traditions. He has ~itnes.scd, as

period of rapid
modernization,
along with eco-

well, their increasing use of Western
concept uaJ forms as they have tried
to come to grips with their ucrased"
his~oricaJ past in an environment of
tremendous economic and social
change, and cultural conflia.
He has curated what remains the
most notable exhibitions of thi s ing like a peasant
work in China and in the United
He spent six isolated, lonely and
States and is about to publish two often brutal years as a cattJeherder
major books that assess the theoreti · on the Mongolian plains--..an ex cal underpinnings of Chinese tra - traordinary experience that changed
ditional an and the imponant Chi- my life," says Gao, whose son, Roy.
nese avant-garde movement of the not coincidentally, i ~ named for
past 20 years. His story of personal American cowboy-hero Roy Rogers.
and professional struggle, survival
The Mongolian philosophy. a
and success, cannot be separated mixture of traditional, nature-cenfro m his nation's recent history and, tered shamanism and Tibetan Budin fact, il.luminares the many way!~ dhism. st resses acceptance of the
in which that history has informed
natural cyde and natural proctsses.
rhr lives of the Ch inese people.
'This was most helpful to him, says
Gao's academic speciali7.at 1on in Gao, in coping with the extreme
the ancient, traditional C hinese art loneliness of his world and the offorms was possihlc only after the end ten life-threatening weather condiof the C ultural Revolution ( 1966· tions in which he worked.
76). 11w. was Mao's last attempt to
Dep_rived of a normal education,
force a spiritual and structural trans- Gao taught himself tradiuonal acaformation of Chinese society by de- demic subjects like math, chemistry
stroying any and all artifacts of pre - and Literature using textbooks sent
n::volutionary Chinese culture. It hy his family.
\\'as a penod marked b)' social upWhen the Cultural Revolution
hc.;aval, personal vendettas, violence, ended, the 19-year-old Gao. who had
massive youth movements and ex · alw.~ys had a gift for artistic expresrreme ideological pressure. when sion , hoped to attend college in
deeply rooted cu ltural assumption!&gt; Beijing. His family was still '"suspect;
and ancient visual traditions were however, so he was not allowed to atunder contulUal attack.
tend his university of choice, Beijing's
When the Cultural Revolution be·
prestigious Ounese Academy ofArts.
gan. ( ;ao w~ a child living with hts
Several yea rs later, after gradual ·

hoped would help bring about
changes.in Otinesc society.
During this extraordinary period
of social and politial Upheaval, Gao
ernaged as a spokesman for O.inese anists documenting this astonishing change.
AlthoughDeng's"opoindoor" wos
still open. Gao recognized the ooming crackdown on "too-~" expression. Neverthel&lt;ss, despite bureaucratic roadblocks, he spearheaded a
complex, years-long coUaborative
effort to mount .. C hina/Avant garde," the seminal exhibition of
contemporary mainland Chinese

art, in F&lt;bruary 1989.
A potitical show with dose tinlu
to C hina's pro-democracy movement, it was dosed down within
hours of its opening.
.. No U- Turn ( the exhibition 's

up" policies initialed by Deng.
like many of his

symbol). originally used to emphastze the ide3 that Ollnese an must
move forward, became a banner for
the pro-d~ movement as a
whole." says Gao. The potitical r&lt;·
pression that foUowed.the confron-

generation, Gao
was exhilarated by the increased free..

tation in Tiananmen Square sent
many artists and intellectuals. in -

dom of expression in 0Una. which
allowed the introduction ofWestem
art and theory in the early 1980s.
Upon receipl of his master'sdegre&lt;
in 1981. Gao became an editor of
Mruhu. Olina's influential official organ ofthefineans.and soon was in-

d ueling Gao. into exile.
Since moving to the United States
m 1991, Jle has worked to ensure

nomic reforms
and .. opening

1994, Aoylk on c-as, 1S0..180
em. Collection of H.onart, Hon!j
Kong

volved with new artists known collectively as the ""85 New w..., Mo~­

that the voices of contempora ry

Chinese artists are heard above the
din of radical worldwide social and
economic change that marUd the

end of the 20th century.
In 1998, while still a doctoral student at Harvard Vni&gt;=ity, hecurated.
"Inside/Out New Otinese An." the
first major international exhibition to
exploo: the impact of these' changes
on artists in the People's Republic of
Olina, Hong Kong. Taiwan and those
of the 1980s Olinese diaspora.
The exhibit, which received much
critical praise for its documentation
of the creative explosion in Chinest
art of the last decade, has tra..,led
10 Au5tralia and Hong Kong.
In keeping with his work in this

ment~

field, Gao has lWO books in prepa·

anti-subjectivity and anti -author-

ration: .. The Century's Utopia," a
comparison of artistic avanr gar41!$
of 20th-century C hina and th e

These artists expressed utopian goals and humanist valu17 and
many worked under the precepts of
ship. Inspired by Dadaist conceptu·
alism and OJan Buddhism. Gao says
the movement attempted to synthesize Western an and theory, and Olin esc tradition , which adherents

w~t .

and "The Myth of 20"' Cen-

tury Art," a more theoretical work
on the study of Chinese art and
how C hinese and Western cri tics
have assessed this work.

Venom shows promise for heart attacks
By LOIS BAKER
Contribu ting Editor

A

specific protein ISOlated

fmmthc..·vcnomof a Chil ean tarantula by UB biophysicists shows promise
as the basis for n('W drugs for prevent ing atriaJ fibrillation, the chaotic lx.oating of the hC3rt that is a major cause

of death foUowing a heart attack.
In a st udy published th is monlh
in Nature, Frederick Sachs, professor
of physiology and biophysics. along
.....-ith researchers from Georgetown
University, report they were able to
prevent atrial fibrillation in rabbit
hearts by an infusion of a peptide lsolated from tarantula venom.
This is the first tim e th at the.·
physiologi cal
function
of'
mechanosensitive ion channels has
hcen demonstrated in the heart.
The work is an example of how

basic research can lead to clinical
payoffs, Sachs stated . "No o ne in
their right mind would have sought
to block atrial fibriJiation with spi·
der spit,'" he said. "We did it backwards. Since we had found venom
worked on single molecules, we predicted it would aJso work on cells.
tissues and organs. And it did.
"This is a first step toward devel ·
oping a new class of drugs that may

called stretch -activated chan nels.
These channels, which derive their
name from the fact that stretching
the ceiJ membrane causes them to
open, are responsible for regulating
the mechanical functioning of cells.
Sachs and colleagues discovered

these channels al UB in 1983 in skeletal muscle cells.
Stretch-activated channels have

result of poor blood perfusion, cdls
swell, stimulating strC'tch-activatcd
channels to open and allowing an
influx of positive ions.. This in8ux is
an excitatory stimulus to the hean
1hat disrupts the electrical balance.
causingthecdls to fire erratically. The

tarantula-&lt;lerived peptide, known as
GsMtx-4, blocks this pro&lt;:&lt;&gt;s.
The next phase of Sachs'.research
involves producing large amounts of
the peptide by reoombinanl DNA
!ethnology and chemical synthesis.

be applied to cardiac pathology and
lo 1he pathology of 01her organs."
Sachs and postdoctoral researcher

been impliaued in functions as diverse
as the senses of touch and hearing.
blood pressure and volume regula tion, and coordination of the wlun -

Tom Suchyna at UB 's Cente r for

tary muscula~ as well as the con -

identifying other potential biolOgi-

Single Molecule Biophysics. along

cal actions on strelCh -activatcd

lating the protein last May. At thai
time, they suggested thai it might
have many uses, based on its ability

lr.lCtion of heart muscle. Composed
of I0 billion excit:lble muscle cells. the
heart cdls must contract in synchrony
in order to pump blood effectively.
When heart tissue becomes stretched
through disease, trouble ensues.
The chambers ofthe heart expand.

to block pores in cell membranes

stretching ceiJs. Furthermore, as a

with coUeagues at the Universiry of
Vi rginia, Michigan State and NPS
Pharmaceutic:als Inc., reported iso-

studying the mechanism of action,

chan nels and coUaborating with a
drug company in turning GsM tx -4
into a clinically useful drug.
The research was funded by

grants from the Nationallnstitules
of Health, U.S. Army Research Office and NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc.

�5

Studying in the workplace
MFC provides on-site education to American Axle workers
By JENNifU UWAHOOWSIU
Rtp011~ Assinant Editor

HEN Millard Fillmort College and
American Axle &amp;
Manufacturing
( AAM) began drafting conceptual
bl ueprints in 1999 for UB's Universi ty Study in the Workplace program-&lt;lesigned to provide AAM
a..~ia t es with tht opponunity for
on·site education- both parties
were relatively certain of one thing:
if such a program were built, people
wou ld come.

W

two year. ago by Mark Hotber, an

educationa.l development counselor
for AAM 's plants who represents
MFC at the company. Hotber was
interested in setting up an on-site
education program for associates

Now in its second semester, the
tnitiati ve scrvcs AAM 's Tonawanda

Forge plant, with more than 800 associates, and the BuffaJo plant, with
roughl y 2,000 associa tes-and
plans are in the works to include
!&gt;O rne I 00 associate s at the
company's newes t faci lit y in
C heektowaga. With enrollment up
to 62 from last semester, the pro- ~

gram has proven anything but for- ~
tuitous in its marriage of industry ~
and university. And while not new
1n higher educati on , the triad ofla hor, m a nagement and universit y is
a singular presen ce in the Buffalo
an:a, says Larry G ingri ch , assistant
dean for co ntinuing education and
summer sessions at MFC. Gingrich,
who drew up the proposal. brings
to the table a host of experiences
111 s u c h partner s hip s, having
worked as director for continuing
c.-. ducation at the Pennsylvania Sta te
Univers it y o n similar p rojects with

Hershey Foods Corp., IBM , AMP
Int. and ot her companies.
Part of AAM 's interest in bringmg UB into its workplace, G ingnch
ex plains, was the product of changmg corporate hands. In 1994, Gen eral Motors sold off what now i.!!
known as AAM 's Tonawotnda Forge
and Buffalo plants. Man)' employ ees who were offered incentive pack ages retired, which in turn, provided
opportunities for employment for
o thers at the plants.
"A lo t of the peopl&lt;' who ca m"'
in to repl ace them were yo un g,"
says Gi n grich. " Peopl e who ca mt·
into th e pl a nt to wo rk the re n cvc..~r
envisio ned working a t a manufac..' t uring plant. But m any of them
have a n interest in furthering the1r
educa tion."
A division of the Office of Pub lic
Service and Urban Affairs, MFC has
hcen able to seize upon the interest
of t h e non - tradition a l s tud ent
through its uniqttt model of com munity outreach--integrating a!! a
major component US's distan celea rning technology, which has
brought coUege-education opportu ni ties to individ uals who o thctvlisc
might not have taken advantage. It
also has proven beneficial for AAM.
among whose in itiatives is to "co n -

tinuall y upg rade th e skills and
knowledge of o ur associateS," ac cording to Marc Farrell, join t activi ti es representative for the United
Au to Workers, which rep resen ts
workers at the plants.
"We're trying to promote lifelong
learning," Farrell says, noting that

AAM felt "M FC would give us Oexibility and s u pport in the short an d long-term" toward achieving

that goal.
Gingrich was approached nearly

tance -learnmg team prov1de.!! on
gomg supporl to assoCiates en
rolled 111 Weh-based courSC"s.
And gtven that each of AAM 's fa
Clh ttes has d1stanu•-learnmg class rCX)m.!l ca pable of ~,.om mum ca tmg
w1th UR. &lt;._; ut~n ch says he
IS eager to roll hut mterat tivr v1dco courses 3.!! well
But perhaps the No. I
driver behmd thiS newlv
form ed partnership 1 ~ ac..
commodating as~O&lt;.IJt(.'"
whose .!!Chcdulc.!! m1ght
very well pn.·clude them
from enrollmg m an on
campus COUr)t' A' ln,tn
Bukowski. lonawJndJ
Forge Skills Ccnt~r ad
mmistrator and lAP .td
visemcnt
tounsdor.
points ou t : " Pt·uplf.· do
move from .\h 1ft to sh 11t
during th c scmes tt.· r,

(while) &amp;.Jsoshuffiong fam tly responsibilities."
UAW locaJ 846 elt.'Ct n
cian Joe Pellegrino ~~ ont·
Axle a -.cturtng's T-...S. Forge
such example, working tht•
third shifl- 11 p .m . to
~af-(IAM)D~90. b
7:30
a . m . -at
lht~
eovolledlnUnlftnlty Study In- Wooi&lt;pAce progrom. Tonawanda Forg(.· plant.
" fk•ing that ( cia.~ 1.s ) there
who, through th&lt; UAW Local 846 makc...'5 11 a lot easier," says Pellegnno,
(Tonawanda Forge) and Local 424 who last S&lt;.mester completc.."&lt;i lntro
( Buffalo) bargai ning agreement, arc ductnry AJgebra. " If I ~ad to go to
eligible for tuition assistance . The take JUSt o ne das~ at a big ca mpu~.
program, called TAP (Tuition Ass is· that wou ld make it tough ." hc adds..
tance P rogram ) - not to be con - l'Xpla1ning that ht" ha~ to m.:commn
fused with the New York State pro · date overtime hour!~. J~&gt; well .1~ .1
gram of th e same n ame---afford)~ changing schedule.
associat ~ $4 ,200 annuaJiy toward
This semf.ostcr, ht•'.!l takmg thdul
furthering their education.
tow-up four-credit co ur~(.', lntermt.~
After extensive planning, wh1 ch d1atc Algebra. Pellegnno !lay!! lw
mduded surveyin g associates 111
hop~ to bu ild up hi!! m ath !iokdl., 111
o rder to best m ee t thc1r need!!,
preparation for ~nglnf.'t'r mg
Universit y Study Ill th e Workpla C{' cou rses--a nd po!oo.. ; ihl v .1 dcgn~t._
arr ived a t AAM last se mester. Thf.· down the lin t..'.
prog r am cnv1sions it s cn ro llt~C.!!
ThrO"ugh tviFL , Amcnt..an Ax !~.·
grad uall)' "stepping up" to a de
asso.:1ates thi~ semester aho lan f.' n
grce-wllh " reward!! and mil e
ro U in lhrec-crt"di t cou rM.":i 111 Wm
stones along the way .. to keep as - 1ng Skills, Microcomputer App i 1L~
soCia tes purs umg th eir eduta
t1ons I o r II . Human Nutnt1nn and
t1on al goals, Gingrich ~ay.!!. l-or
Introductory Psy,h&lt;•log, .
some, that m1ght b e a spena lt )'
"V't/e waQt to makr u J~&gt; ~.onw
((.'rtificatc; for ot hers an associa tt''!l
lliCilt as we possihly ~...m," ( 11n g n~..h
o r bachelor 's degree.
says,"but we don't nit tht•m J hr~o"ak
To help accomphsh that , M FL o n the academi C.!t-lt\ .t!&gt; harc..l.t' 11
offers an tndiv1dualizcd major pro I!! anywhere d.sc."
gram . "( fusocia tcs) can meet with
MFC'.!! rclat1omh1p w1th t\:\~ 1
one of ou r MFC advisors, sit down
al~o serve!! 3.!! a re!oour~.e dunnv,
Jnd design the1r own degree pro - t1mesof unemploym ent . A~l.lt(."'
gram ," Gingrich says, exp laining affected by re~..-c nt tempnr.ln ' J,JYoll '
that in addi ti on to providing in - at the plants now haw theopp(1rtu
struction fOr the asso,iatcs, Mf:C
lilt )' to co ncentrat e on furtht·nn!!
also offers academic support and
their t"duca t1on.
student services.
Cingrich says no mattt'r tlw ur
"O nce they enroll in a cou rse, the)' cum stance, M .. C\ role..• 1~ promnt
become a UB studen t ,"' Gingri ch
mg-and pr(w1dmg----1.-du~.Juon
says of the AAM associates. "And
"Adult s want J plan ,'' Ill· IHltl'!&gt;
they have aU the benefits and ad van - "You've go t to show them J path.
tages of a UB student." Those ben ·
vou've got to deliver
efits include info rmation sessio n ~.
"This I!&gt; not a 1oh rcqum·mf.·nt
admissions processi ng, financial aid
theM' arc IX'Oplt· whu smdl J lutur~..·
and registration-all of which i~ ac
and ,.,rant to go after 11."
complished at the plants.
A., lor bui lding on the Amenc~n
A major piece of the ove rall ('u r
Axle p.trtnersh1p hl mclude othef)
riculum is the incl usion of distance - m tht.• ~.."o mmunll y. G 1n gn~..· h .sars
MH I!&gt; mterf.'Sicd 111 m eetm g thost~
learning technology.
" In dividuals can con tinue thc1r nctxh and filling that n~eh e .
"M illard Fillmore ( :ollege 1s defi education with o ut leaving th e
nltdy mlt'restcd in developing edu
workplace through ou r distance
learning technology- with courSt'!&lt; ~.."a tlonal pilrtnerships with organi zatio ns and expanding its ou treach
on s ite, thro ugh the Internet and
~·rvi(es so that we can offer lifelong
also telecou rses," exp laim Susan
learning to all citizens in \Vestcrn
Marchione, MFC marketmg coor
New York," he says.
di n ator, wh o adds that MFC's d1~ -

plont-·-"'---..eo.ge·.

According to the Informat 1on Please Almanac &lt; http ://
www.lnfoplea.se.com/ lp.. / A0764J53 .html &gt;. approximate.ly 64
million households own compamon pets. Dogs, cats, bmis and horses.
make up tht&gt; top four. With dogs and cats bemg by far the most popu
lar. More than S9 million 1s spent each year canng for pets. much of
that gomg for VISits to the vet. Knowmg how to keep a pe l health'' I\
an mteg ral part uf ca nng for an am mal and. JU~t ac; With human
health , mlnrma tton abound' on the Wch.
There are sevt&gt;ral d1r(."ctory Cillf."S offermg extem.1ve hi.t' of \\ch
pa~es, rang1ng from the general I ctVet I to very spectfac.. (Avian He
mawlogy). J'h e ational Network of l.tbrants of Medu. me I "'-:N
I M ) ha~ created an fnternet ~ampler on Vetennarv Med'iune R~..·
'o urCI.'!i ..- http :/ / www. nnlm . nlm . nlh .gov / pnr/ s .. mplers /
\'etmed.htmf &gt; tha t hsts not onlv \V(.•b ; 1teo;, hut elt•ttronu. ,uurnJJ,
JISI..U.SSIOO il !o tS and fcc - bJ~cd rC\OliTCt.'!o .
Ano ther ex tclh iVt.' li st of \l it'S I!! .IVJdahle from tht· World \\'1dl'
\V(•b Vi rtu al l.tbrary, A111ma l H eallh &amp; DI S.c..',1\t' page · http:/ /
netvet .wusttedu/ vetmed .htm ~. ·J,"'oothn \llt."' with a w1de rangl'
of !Jst m gs a rc Pet Hea lth and \'c..·tennan ~kdiCIIl t"' Lml..ll (" http://
trfn .clpgh .org / .. nlmalfrlends / medlc .. l. html from An1mJI
Fnends On lmc, and Sdc:ca·d \\'d1 "!It'!! for R1omcd1CJI. Pharmauu
t1cal, Vetcnn.1ry and AnmlJI ~tll'llLC' ..- hnp://www.nal.usda .gov/
awlc/ pubs/ •wlc9802.htm In 1m thl' An1mal Welfare lnfnrrn,lllon
( .enter, Na tio nal Agncuhurr l1hr.tn
MJil\' \1 hoob of V(.'IC:T IIl .H\ nll'dil..lnt' ofk r ht'.ihh llllormJtlon to
pet ownt•n. "&gt;omc of the mort· wdl known \Itt'' mdude ( orndl
Un 1vers1t y\ Animal Health page • http://www.vet .eomell .edu/
publlcresources/ .. nlmalhealth / •. lufh l ln1 ve rs1f\ \ chool uf \'t•l
nmary Mcdi Linc:o's. Info rmati On fur Pel Owner .. page &lt;' http://
www.tufts .edu / vet / petlnfo/ ownlnfo.html -· .md Wa \h 1ngttm
Stat e Un1vcrs 1t y Co ll ege of Vc..•tc:nna r v Med1um· \ lnlormJIIOn lnr
An1mal Owner ~ page &lt; http://www.vetmed.wsu .edu i ·
Severalulmmrrctal ve nture,, professiOnal urga nlt allun' .10d pn
vatc Vt"ten na nam offer pel hc..~a lth 1nlurmauun. tU(l Notahlt" \I I"-''
1ndudc..· AltVc:tMcd ~- http :/ / www.altvetmed.com / "&gt;, wh11..h lu
CU.!!c:.!l on t.o mplementan and dltcrnat1ve vetennan med11..IOL',
Pet~mart '!l A~..nll' Pct .com &lt; http:/ / acmepet . petsm .. rt .com /
lndex.html &gt;, the AmenLJn V(.·tennarv MedKal As.soc1a11on ... ( art'
for Pet!&gt; page ,· http://www... vma .org / care4pets/ default .htm
and tht· Amcru.:a n Ammal H o~pltJ I Assoc1a11on\ Pt't &lt; .trr l 1hr.1n
&lt;http://www.healthypet.com/ Library / ..,
All of rht' !!I It.'S !l!&gt;ted Jhow mcludt· hch a' 1vr.tl .J!'o wdl J' phnl t.ll
health mfurmat1on . Man v have ( hat o pt 1om w1th o ther pt·t ov.nt•r ,
.111d V{'t!&gt;, and ofln the c han~..·e to Jsk quc: .. ttom. d1re1..1h to 4U.Ihfit·d
w terman a1b. Access to '(holarh a' well.t ~ popu lar luer~turt· \lll pt·t
health I!! &lt;.'aJ&gt;Ih- attalnahlt· \o\'11h thl' ,ht•c r .unnunt ol 111formaiHHl
Jnd tht· rdJtlvc l'J~(.· m~..rcatmg ,1 \\'d 1 \ltt',l t .tlwa\'' ~ ~ unpo rt.lllt "-')pcn.llh· w1th he.1 hh .!!l ii.'S-Hl i..ht•t..k th l· .wtht.'nllt..ll\, mJk111 ~ ,url'
tht' JnlurmJtlnn and !&gt;porl\orm~ hlld\ I' up t•&gt; date .mJ rt·put.lhk
hn lfl/On11tltl cJ tl O tl tOtllh'tiUI~ Ju till' World \\',,1!- \\'d '
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BrieRy
Recycling of disks, CDs urged
As p .. rt of the university's "' I hmk &lt;ort't·n" ~...nn p .ugn . tht·l'K c .rel·n
1.. lfliu" -lll co nJUIKIInn w1th ( ;(unput1ng and lnformo.~tmn l l·~ hrH1I
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new c..h~k!o .md o ther ltt·m .s.
Anyone wornt·d ahout ~.. &lt;mlidc..·ntl.ll lnlurm.JII~Hl rt'lllJIIllllg onl I) ,
.md d1shtt&lt;.•, can hrmg them to lnlormatulll R6ouru·., 1n llum.w
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l:nn t'al.l, t' ll\'ITOillll('Otal nfut.llor 111 tht• l ' H l ort't'll (. )tfj~..t•, ,,lid
tht' UlliVeT~It)' ~(' I Zt'd upo n th e ft'1..\'1..llnl! lllltl.ltl\l' ,1, pJTI oil(\ '111
going "Thmk C~rcen ~ Lampa1gn . llt'gun Ill 1.111 1'1'1'1. ""h 1,h .um' h•
thwart th e depletion ol na turJI rt:MHJfl..t'' ·
Rcqclt• co ntainers art' lo~..atetl ,11 th t' lullm\ tng 'II"-'' o n tht' :--.:nnh
Ca mpus : Capen C)• hran 111 tht· Under~raduatt· l.1hrJr\'; 1.. ·'l'l'll
Cybra r y in the Scit~nl..'c and ...ngmct•rmg l.1hrar v; I nl·kwood l \h N n
111 Lockwood Library, 2nd Jnd 3rd floor,, 2 1c' &lt; Pmputm~ l~..·nt~..·r .
20 I Capen Library; I 0 I Bdl; Law L1hrarv 111 1.. l'Hnan Hall ,~ I0 lo.~ d 'h' .
1019 Furnas; 139 Hochstetler; 11 0 Natural ~h.lt'n~,.e., t ,lmplt'\.,l nJtt ,
Hall; 215 MFAC and 120 Rc.."&lt;i lad..et, hnth 111 tht· Flll~lllt l o m pit'\ .
and C hnton Hall in the Governor!! rt·Mdc..•l\l..e h.tll.!!
On the South Ca mpu s, req •clmg bms ~..an he: lounJ 111 I W H.nt''·
206 Diefendorf. 2.31 Cary. Squ 1re Hall and 128 C l~..·nwnl

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SEFA

a-t. - . . .
I&lt;uoos

Success

prof....,.. ol low ond odjunct prolesSOf ol psycholoQy, ond
c:.therlne ~ c:liillalln-

strutiO&lt; In tho Fomily VIolence
Clinic In tho low School, will ,._
ceive state' bar aw.rcb during
tho annual ~ng ol tho New
Yori&lt; s.. te Bar Association being
held thb weelc In New Yori&lt; Oty.
Ewing was selecttd by tho
Crimin.il Justiu section to ret~ its "Outstanding Contribution to the F~ of Criminal law
Education'"' award. Ceruli is being recognized with tho "Young
Lawyen Aworrr' from tho Young
Lawyen Section. Now Yori&lt; At·
lomey Generol ~ Spltur
will bi tho featured speaker tomorrow when alumni and
friends ol tho low School hold
their a~nuil Now Yori&lt; City
AJumni Luncheon. The event is
held each year In conjunction
with tho stale bor ~ng .

A new Web-baled roodlng diag·
nostic tool developed by ' -

Scott, Instructional tKhnologlst
anddoctorolandidmln tho
Groduate School ol Eduatlon,
for use by graduate students in
tho school's Deportment ol
Learning and tnstruction, was
featured in the November Issue
o1 rH.E. }oumol, a publication of
T.H.E. (Technological Horizons
In Education), a privately held
publishing and $0Mces company baled in Tustin, Ulif. The
story cites the new Instructional
technology, which teaches and
models skllb used for tho diagn&lt;KUOI~difficultiesln

chikJ~, asV\ ·~ofthe
porentlalin merging Web-baled
material Mth das.sroom instruc-

tion for optimum effect."

-

-

·associate pro-

fesSOf and chair ol tho Deport·
anended tho
39th Triennial Council ol Phi Beta
!Cappa, her foorth such cound
and her third as pmiclenl ol the
UB chapter, Omlcfon. The chief
business ol the conference was
the considerlltion ol new Phi
Beta Kappa chapters.
rnenl ol Engflsh,

A paper by c.nte 'l1nldo
.,._..., assistAnt professor of
, English, en~tled · s~raclal Fie·
tions and the Mendelist Allegory, • wu delivet'ed In absentia
at the annual convention of the
American Stuclles Association.
Her artie~. ""'The Urban Pictur-

esque and the Spectacle of
Americanlzatlor\, • appeors In
the current Issue of Ammt:an

"Beautlfulfabe Things" by
. SUNYOis-

tlngulshed Professor In the Department of English, hu been
awarded Tht Yolt R~s
Smart Family F011ndation Prize
for poetry.

s--1 "Chip" .,.._, pro-•
fesSOf of English, was tho keynote speaker at the Global Humanities 2000 Conference that
Inaugurated Dartmouth
Col(ege's . - Leslie Center fO&lt;
tho ~umanitles. Others who

tool&lt; part Included J.M. Coetzee,
George lM1e, Stephen
Groenblat~ Michael Berube and

Tilottamariajan.

JoB LISTINGS
UB Job Ustlngs

accessible via Web

Job llsUngs for prolesslona1, ,._
seal&lt;h, foculty ond cMI..,- ·

v;c......- competltl\.e ond

~can

be accessed Yio the Humin Re-

sourcoss.Mces-siteot
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Archite~e school bringing stars to·Buffalo
Lectures, exhibitions and teaching fellowships recognizes UB prominence in field
By PATIIIOA DONOVAN

Contributing Editor

T

HE School of Architecture and Planning this
spring will sponsor lectures, exhibitions and

teaching fellowships by some of the
world 's architectural legends, including the brilliant, witty, imaginative architectural team of
MacArthur fellows Elizabeth Diller
and Ricardo Scofidio.
Kent Kleinman, chair of the Department of Architeaure, calls the series ..an op(X&gt;rtunity for Buffalonians
to hear and see the work of some of
the most arresting and e¢ting 6gures
m the fidd of architectw'al design."
"The very presence of these artists
and thinkers. who arc known for
stimulating creativity among people
in many fields, speaks to the esteem
in which the UB school is held in the
intcrnationaJ architectural com mu -

nity," he added "I hope thepub~c will
take advantage of their visits here to
see some extraordinary work...
The series will open on Wednes -

day with ..Architecture in the Public
Realm ," a slide presentation by architect Mehrdad Yazdani, at 6:30
p.m. in the Albright Knox Gallery
Auditorium, 1285 Elmwood Ave.,
Buffalo. The talk is made possible
with suppcn from Cannon Design .
A
design
principal
at

Quortmy.
1....... -

2000 SEFA Chair Lawrence .
Shulman (far left) presents
the new Robert M. Bennett
Cup, awarded to the School
of Social Work for greatest
increase in new dollars, to
. school liaison Charles Syms
(second from left). Wayne
Anderson and Rose Mary
Madejski of Pharmacy hold
the Chair's Cup, awarded for
greatest increase in
participation .

·

CannonDwor.ky Design in Los Angdes, Yazdani has focused on the ere·
ation of a new generation ofstructures

in the public domain. Over tl)&lt;' past
six year&gt;, he has designed mo'* than
20 award·winningstructwes, many of
which feature big, decisive strokes that
carrythecksign. They includ&lt; a m&lt;tro
station in Santa Monica whose stunning entranc:r is monumentalized by
a massive---but elegant--.,Jiiptical
cantil~ canopy that illuminates
a 20,QOO.square-foot plaza.
The series will continue at 5:.30
p.m. Feb. 14 in 148 Diefendorf Hall
on the South Campus with a slide lec·1
lure, ..Space In Between," presented
by Austrian architect Hugo Dworzak.
the Peter Banham Fellow in th e
School of Architecture and Plannii.Jg
for 2000-0 I. Since most information
on o-.,rzak's work is in German, this
presentationWill afford the audience
a ra re opportunit y to familiarize
themselves with his work, which pri·
mariiy involves the design of dwell ings in com plex topographic and
community setti nga. Dwon..ak has
received intemationaJ attention for
his creative interpretation of site and
context, and inventive use of new materials and techniques.
A generous, anonymous donation

will make possible a talk tilled
"Weight Wait" by Princoton·trained
architect Tod W~Iiams, principal in
one of the most talked-about design
studiOs in the country. He will speak
at 5:30p.m. Feb 28 in 148 Diefendort.
Williams' buildings, writings and
teachings are based on the examination of the physical and philo-

sophical natures of construction.
In 1986, Williams co-founded
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Associates
and th e New York-basea studio
si nce has produced a number of
highly acclaimed works, including
the Neuroscience Institute at La
Jolla, Calif.; the Museum of An in
Phoenix, Ariz., and most recently,
the Natatorium at the Cranbrook
Academy of the Arts in Michigan.
Williams was named a fellow of
the American Institu te of Architects

in 1992.
.. Irrational Exuberance" is the title
of a talk to be given by awar&lt;j-winning archi.tyc;t and a rti st tyiark
Robbins at 5:30 ·p.m. March 21 in
148 Diefendorf. Robbins maintains
a practice that encompasses curatorial projects., installations and teaching. Before founding his own prac-

The exciting, ""rid-renowned architectural team of Elizabeth Diller
and Ricardo Sco6dio, the first architect recipients ofa MacArthur Fellow·
ship. will be the special guests at Atelier 2001, the school's annual fundraisingexposition.Atdicrwill bespon- sored by Lauer Manguso Architects
and the BuHalo &lt;hapt&lt;r of the American Institute ofArchitectut&lt;Students.
Their slide address is scheduled to
talc&lt; place at 5:30 p.m.April6 in 148
Diefendorf, but Kleinman says that
if the site is finished, the lectu"' likdy
will christen the school's new lecture
hall in 302 Crosby Hall on the South
CamP!"- The lecture hall's exhilarating and daring design is the product of a team effort by the school's
faculty and students.
The Diller + Scofidio approach to
architecture, wrote critic Aaron
Betsky, "moves beyond traditional

tice in 1986, he worked for the architecture finns ofSOM New York,
Jam es Polshek and Partners, and
Emilio Ambasz.
Robbins' awards include the
Rome Prize ( 1996), the Young Architects Competition ( 1985), three
ACSA Design Excellence Awards
and grants from the National En dowment for the Arts, the Graham
Foundation and the New York State
Council on the Ans. He is an associate professor at the Knowlton
Schooi of Architecture at Ohio State
University and has served as director of design at the National Endo"{·

oblong building that is virtually invisible beneath a constant cloud-

ment for the Arts since 1999.

cover of its own creation.

co ncep'Lions of what buildings

should be, and is the purest form of
modernism we havt today."
The pair's award-winning work
includes a stunning-;md disturbing-«! design for a ballet that incorporates the sensations inherent

in a 9loreographer's schizophn:nia,
an installation that is a troubling
paean to the American lawn, an un romantic robotic installation that
replicates " life" in bu reaucratic
spaces and a wondrous " floating"

�JaOUa/Y 2~ 2001/Yol.3t lo.17 Reporiar

7

Bioinformatics
RPCI and HWI to study genomics,
proteo.mics (the study of protein

structures as related' to furthering
drug design), structural biology and
nauoimaging as they pertain to dis...., modeling and drug discovery.
•
Generation of DNA
Miaoarrays: The DNA microarray
facility, jointly operated by UB and
RPCI, allows scientists to detect
thousands of genes simultaneously
and analyze their expression. By creating custom gene "chips," each of

vides the computing power that is
essentiaJ for any successful
bioinformatics initiative.
"Without CCR, we wouldn't even
be in the game," said Holm. "''ll=

was a reason and vision for developing CCR-it was to recogniz&lt; how
important supercomputing was going to be, both to acadm!.ic science
and to economic development"
And while it is very early, the business community already is starting
to respond. A major firm with strong

"All that 's been found

IS

said ... Now we have to find out what
it means, how it's linked to human

need to be sto red, then analyud.
"With thousands and thousands
of genes, fmding the right patterns
of genes that connect with those that
can cure diseases is an unbelievably

bioinformatics has stated that it is
considering an additional significant
investment in resources in Buffalo,
now that a Center of Exr.ellena in
Bioinformatics has been proposed.
Hobn added that beeause Buffalo
iS 'a very low-overhead place to locate a business, he expects to see ,
more firms become interested in the
area as the center gets going.
"Heads are turned by this kind of

that proteins can fold,"Turkkan said.
"Only with high-end compu til]gare

investment," he said.

scientists going to be able to m'odel

That's also likely to be the response from federal funding agen cies, according to )aylan Turkkan,

and predict what those folds are going to look like. And when you talk

rithm developed by Nobel Laureate

and major support from Albany, all

president. and the shake-and-bake

of these th ings will make us that
much more competitive," she said,
"especially beca use they demon st rate to NIH that recruitment of

algorithm developed by Geo rge
DeTitta, HWJ execu tive director;
Charles W~k.s. senior HW1 research
scientist, and Russ Miller, director of
CCR and professor of computer sci ence and engineering.
"We have the righ~ collect io n of
institutions. individuals and facili ties to make thi s happen ," sa id
M iller, .. Many of us have been working coUaboratively for years."
As one of the top I0 U.S. academiC
supercomputing centers, CCR pro-

top faculty will be much easier."
In addition, Turk.kan noted, the
four participating institutions have
long histories o f collaboration that
indude formaJ memoranda and faculty with joint appointments.
It is the nature of those institu tions themselves and the capabilities they posses that also make it
possible to exploit bioinformatics in

f

potential therapeutics."
To begin with, the Incredible
amounts of data that a re generated

genes, the facility provides a boon
to researchers investigating which of
the 100,000 human genesareactivt
in a given cell or tissue.
• Pharmaceutical Science: Pioneeringwork in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Scknces
led to the development of the field
of pharmacodynamics, which is the
study of how drugs affect cells and
tissues as a function of time and
concentration. Continued work by
the same researchers has resulted in
new techniques using gene arrays to
find markers of pharmacological effect that can be used to optimize
new drugs and therapies.
At the same time, HWJ and UB

He rbert Hauptm a n , now HWI

H lami (Ohio) 74, UB 42
Kent State 58, UB 52
UB had no atlS"'Ner for MQfTII
UnMnity junior Alex Shons ... 74-

disease and how to make hnk&gt; with

ties to the area and an interest in

are horne to the d~elopers of SnB,
the molecular structure-determina tion software based on the algo -

MEH' S

code," he

which can contain up to 20,000

UB vice president for research.
..The federal government wants
to see th at a s tate sup ports a
unjversity's activities," she said.
..When we can show them that we
aJready have a coherent plan for this
center, that we have space identified

~as~et~all

its broadest sense.
According to Holm, the data that
came out of the liuman genome
project are merdy a starting pomt
for the new discipline.

monumental number-c run ching

task." said Turkkan.
Proteomics and structuraJ biol ogy also require mass1ve
supercomputing capabilities.
lhere are 30,000 different ways

about the three-dimensional struc·
ture of molecules, a person aJ most
needs to be immersed in th e struc ·
ture of the molecule to be able to
walk around it and manipulate it."
According to DeTitta, the cu rrent

setup at NYSCEDII allows scientists
to interact with biological data
through visual data-m ining tech - •
niques. But, he said, eventual expansion to a fuUy developed. six- wall

floor and ceiling) "cave"-&lt;&gt;
capability now available at only one
other institution in the nation-will
(walls,

amplify the amount of infonnation

that can be rusPiayed by factors of six
at the very least.
"It will literally be possible to 'walk
through' a compound, evaluate the

fit of a series of drug leads 10 a par·
ticuJar target proteiu and suggest
changes to drug candidates to maxi·
mize their potentiaJ efficacy,'' he said.

42 Mid-American Conferalce lou
on Sarurcby ntght ;, Oxford. Ohio.

Shons connected on ll-of-1 9
shoa from !he field &gt;nd loeyed .....
first-half n.r'l by the R.edH2wics chat
wmed the pme around as Miam
kept UB wr.less In MAC pby.The
Bufls fell to 2-12 and 0-7 in the MAC
The Butts kept tt close
througtlout the first hatf. cumng the
~d to 23 - 19 on a three-point
jumper by Damien Foster With 3·49
rern.U1lfl&amp;. HOW'e'fef. Shorts hit three
stn.lzht mid-n.nge jumpers----&lt;he last
with four seconds leh in the hatfto key an 8-0 run by Mwn1 that sent
the hom to the kxkrr room With a
commanding 31 - 19 lead at halftime
The =end IWf opened Wtth
Miami's jason Gronkemeyer
connecting on a three-pointer. and
the Bulls failed to cut the lead to
sinz'e digits the retna1nder of the

pme.

ATHLETES OF
THE WEEI{
. _ . . co..rl11o of the 1
wrestling tea m won h is
weiqht d a ss at the New
York State Collegiate
Clwnpionships. The 165pound senior finished with
• perfect~ mart., eaming

his first

cateer

toumament

championship . For the
5e11son, Gua nn o is 1 7-9
~and &amp;-'I in d ual-meet

competilion.
s-.11 Fletcher of the
women's indoor track-andfield tellm won two events

at the Comell lnvitatiooal to

lead the Bulls to a secondplace fi n ish . The senior
qualified fo r ECAC competition with a winning toss
of 54-11 .5 (16.75m) in the
20-pound weight throw.
She also placed fi~ in the
shot put with a mark of 424 .75 (12.92m).

The Bulls opened dle ~ With
a 58-52 loss to visiting Kent Sate on
Jan 17.The Bulls committed 19 tumoYen 1n the g;ame and hrt ~ seuon-Jow
three three-pointers while be•ng outscored 28- 17 from the free-throw hne
WOMEN"S

Eastern Mich igan 73 , UB 5 2
UB dropped ItS third stnight pme Sawrday. blhng to Eastern Mteh1pn by~ 7) .
52 u:ore 1n the Eagles" Convoc:ation Center Sen10r Tiffany Bellied the Bulls With
11 points-13•n the first hatf-and 1un10r jana R1cht.1'0Ya grabbed a team-l·ugh

riVe rebounds 10 her first career start.

Rlcht:roYa opened the sconng wrth a I 0-foot IIJI'r4)f!r less than 30 secc:ln&lt;h Into
the prne:. but chat W3S the onty lead dw: Bulls would ent0'1 for the entire contesl.
Eastrm Michigan sccnd dw: next eght potnts. and led by as nuny a.s 19 potnn .,
the first ~.34-15. ~ akanga 41 -27 a~ lf"lto the half-orne brak. The
E:qtes never let dle Bulb get back tn the game ., the second half. leading by as
much as 21 points on three separate ocas10m, tndudJO&amp; the 73-52 final

Wmstlin~
UB fin ish es th ird in N ew York State Colleg iate C hamp ionship s
UB finished thtrd out of 2 I teams at the New York State Collegaate
Championships. heJd jan 19-20 at Nas.gu Com~TV.~mty College. The Bulls fintshed
with 134 points. behind Anrrt ( 172.5 points) ;and Cornell ( 167 po~nts).
Sen~ josh Sates ( 184) and~ Gw.rino ( 165).and runior R)'Vl Bendey
( 141 ) finished first tn theJr respectM weight clu.set.. SeYen out of the etght UB
wresders placed In the top five of the1r weight cbsses.
While UB had more wresders pbce than any ocher teMn. four of the Bulls"
starters did not wresde due to injury. Seniors john Esc~felder and Shawn
Kegel, and sophomores ,loe Downey and Garrett Bontempo did not compete
Sen1or Bill JacoutOt ( 149) and freshrm.n l.abe Bbck ( 157) both fimshed th•rd
in their bnckets. Char1~e~ Voorhees fimshed fourth m ~ 125-pound wetght class
while Ben Cooper- fin1shed fifth at 174 pounds
The Buns· season record 1s 7-'4 overall and 2-0 1n the MAC

~wimmin~
WOMEN' S

UB 155, Bowling G reen 145
Ball State 177. UB 122
UB split a double dw.l WJth Sowtmg Green and Ball State The Bulls earned 01 hard·
fough t I 55-145 dec1s100 over the Falcons. but fell , 177 ·1 21. to the C..rd1nals
The Bulls toOk fi.,e events on the day. w1th Dawn H1ckey and Abby Oeh01
each talong a p;ur HICkey fimshed first 10 the 1,650 freestyle m 17 38.69 as UB
took the top three slots tn the evenL Htekey also posted a wm 1n the SOO
freestyle. cloclong 1n at 5 10 45 Del~a won the 100 backstroke 1n 59 00 and took
the 100 freestyle 1n 53 .68 Came Ou•nlan was the Bulls· other •nd•Vldual wmnt&gt;r
tak1ng the I00 butterll)l m 58 08
M~N " S

Bowl ing Gr-een 12 1, UB 84
Ball Stat e 1•5, UB 60
UB dropped a double-dual de&lt;:1S10n. 121-84. to Bowimg Green otnd 145-60 t o
&amp;II State The Bulls had dlree fir-st-place fimshes m the event. Enc Somson
eamed rwo vlctones. taking the 200 md1v1dual medley m I 56.52 to touch out
Ball Stillte 's josh Jordan by four hundredths of 01 second Somson aptured th~
200 backstroke in I :51 .23. jason McUchlan also wn " top performer for the
Bulls. caking the 500 freestyle m 4 39 )I

ln~oor lra~K
Me n 's and wom e n 's squa ds p lace secon d at C ornell lnviutional
UB's men's and women's 1ndoor tnck squads bodl placed second m the s1x.
team Com ell Invitational 1n Ithaca. Host Cornell woon both the men's and
women's compeutJons.
The Bulls piCked up a couple of school records 1n the men"s meet. Bam
McDonald s~t 01 new school marl&lt; 1n h1s first collegiate track me-et. wannmg th~
60 meter dash in 6.95 seconds. the first UB athlete to breaks~ second!&gt;.
Todd Ludden also was VIctorious m the ).000 meters w1th ;a school-best marie
ofB:o41 .29
For d-Ie women. Sarah Retcher w:u the lone double w1nner of the day The
seniOr took the 20-pound ~Height throw WJth a tou of 54- II S ( 16 7Sm) otnd
qualified for ECAC competition WJth the mark. She also won the shm put at 12
4 75 ( 12.42~ . &amp;aunca McFarland b~ke ~er own school record for the th1rd
ume 1n as mart)- meets. WJnnmg the tnple JUmp m 39- 11 75 ( 12 18m)

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information, lnvnunizalion
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ETC Worl&lt;shop: Dlgtt.l

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Physiology ond Blophysks

Seinl.....
Ele&lt;tromoUIIty of Cell
Membranes-A Study In
Dynamk. AfM. Frederick
Sachs, Dept. of l'tlysiology and
B1ophysio. 108 Sherman,
South Campus. "' p.m . Free
Musk Lecture

Y•~

Unlvonlty
Rhetoric and Music: A
Metah istory. Baird Rec•tal

~r~ ~:;:~~r~b;so!Ct·~f
MusiC. For more information.
6-45 -2921 .

Art Exhibit Oponlng
The Graduate Show: Ant-Year
Student&gt;. 8-45 Cente&lt; for the
ArU, North Ca~. 5-7 p.m .
Free. Sponsored oy Dept of Art.
For more lflformauon. Dept of
M. 645-6878, ext. 13SO.
IRfWG lntenu~tJonal
Women's Fffm Festtval
CHUTNEY POPCORN .

Institute for Research and
Education on Women and
Gender. Market Arcade
Theatef, 639 Main SL, Buffalo.
7 p.m . S4 .50, students; S6 .50,
~eneral public. For more

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Video Dlgitlutlon. 212
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Educational Technok&gt;gy
Center. For more 1nformatton,
6-45- 7700 .

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US YS. Toledo, Northern
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North Campus. 1 p .m . Free.
Bible Study
BIIM Study with the Novajo.
Kevin Bidtah. 378 St~t
Union, North Campus. &lt;-5: 30
p.m . Free. For more
1nf0f1Tlation, Kevin, 510-55S2.

Men's S..sltetMII
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Health Center. Student Umon
Lobby, North Campus. 1 I
a.m .-2 p .m . S5 per shot lor
students, staff and faculty For
more information,
Immunization Dept., 829 ·
3316.

Foster Chemistry Colloquia
Soft X-ray

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P Hitchcock. McMaster Univ.
205 Natural Sc~es

~~~r:;. ~~s~t.
~~~~~1~e~~ Foster
Indoor Track
US 0~ . Alumni Arena.
North Campus. 4 :30p.m
free .

Pr•yet Meeting
P!&lt;1Yer M~ting . University
Chnstian Fellowship, 317
Student Union, North Campu!..
7:30p.m . Free. For more
infOflTlaOOn, Dalene, 459..0231
(pager}.

Saturday

27
Men '• Swimming
UB vs. Toledo, Northern
Illinois. Alumni Arena Poot.

Monday

29
Bible Study
International Student Bible

~~~~Z,~ ~~mpus.

3

7:30p.m . Free.

Biochemistry Semln.r
T-box Cenes tn OeY"elopment
and Cancer. Christine

~.am~~~;r: [r;;,~er

F~tion. ~B

1
Farber,
South Camp.n. Noon. Free. For
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Blumenthal, 829-3890.

~~~nr~~Jet~i~·

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ETC _ h o p, Blockbo.ard
Building a Course In
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Undergraduate Ubrary, North"
Campus. Noon-2 p .m . Free .

ETC

1nlormation, 64S-7700

Ubrary,

A. Portll). 212 Capen, inside

Undefgraduate
North
Campus. Noon· l :30 p.m. Free.

Wednesday

31

Tuesday

30

Chemk:ol Engineering
Semlnor
New VJew on the
Measurement of the kinetics

ETC Wort&lt;•hop: Multi·

Medl• PresenUtlon
Audlo Olgltlutlon . 212
Capen, inside Undergraduate

~~~~-r·:~~,;:s~~ by
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Dept. of Chemical Engineering.
206 Furnas, North Campus.
3:30p.m . Free.

Educational Technology Center.
For more Information, 6457700.

Jonuory Jumprtwt

Library Worl&lt;shop

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Research Sldlls. Eric Kofi Acree .
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more Information, Eric Kofi
. Acree, 645-2943, ext. 235 .

CCII Colloqulol Serle•
AdaptlvoUse&lt;-l.oYel
Midd~are for the Grid.
Francine Berman, Univ. of
Calnomia, Sa~ [);ego. 222
Natural Sc~es Complex . 2·
3:1S p .m . Free. Sponsored by
Center for Computational
Research. For more
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645-6SOO.

~~ra~~· Aiu"t

Wort&lt;mojo: -

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~sand Activities. For more
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Biotechnk.al and Clink.al
laboratory Science, and

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Capen, inside Undergraduate

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Bible Study
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Guarino. 210 Student Union,

Jackson Place, BUffolo. Gallery
hours are 11 a.m . to S p .m .
Monday through Friday.

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fellowship in the School of
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Q&amp;A: Stephen Dunnerr outlines
benefits ofintematUmnl programs

PAGE6

Film seminars

PAGE 4

America Reads program

expands in scope qnd size

Honoring
Millard
Wreaths from President
Clinton and other
organizations adorn the
gravesite of Millard Fillmore,
1 3th president of the
United States and UB's first
chancellor, during the
university's annual
commemoration of
Fillmore's birthday.

HWI, UB receive $3 million in funding
Research to develop new, high-speed methods to find molecular structure ofproteins
By LOIS IIAIWI
Contributing Editor

T

HE Hauptman-Wood ward Medical Resea rch
Institute (HWI ) and UB
have received grants totaling $3.13 million to develop new,
high -speed methods to determine
the molecular structure of proteins.
The funding is pan of a $25 mil lio n center grant awarded to the
Nor theas t Stru-ctural Ge nomi cs
(NESG) U&gt;nson ium composed of

researchers from UB. HWI, U&gt;rnell
Un iversity, Columbia Un iversity.
Yale University, U ni versi t y of
Toronto, O ntario Cancer Institute,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratories and Rutgers University, home
to the principal investigator o n the
project, Gaetan o T. Montelione.
The consortium was established in
response to the National Lnstitutes of
Health's Protein Structure Initiative.

funded through the National lnsti·
tu te of Ge neral Medical Sciences

( NIGMS). The initiative aims to capitalize on discoveries generated by the
Human Genome Project.
The NESG Consorti um is one of

research saentist , will receivc $1.7 )
million over the ncxt five years for
their work in crystal-growth meth ·
ods and techniques. Jt will U9: a newlr

seven pilot research centers in struc-

developed. high-throughpul robol ·

tural gen omics, a ...new field dedi cated to determining gene function
by defining the protein st ructure
encoded in a gene's DNA sequenct'.
The N IH init iative a ims to target
proteins from various model organ isms, including the fruit +ly. yeas!.
roundworm a nd ce rtain hum an
proteins.
The consortium will usc both X
ra y crystall og raphy a nd nuclear
magnetic resonance (N MR ) spec troscopy to determine protein struc ·
tures. Knowing the mo lecular ~rue ·
ture of proteins is essential for de signin g new drugs to treat. p revent
and cure diseasc.
At 1-tauptman-Woodward.Georgl'
Dc Titta, H'NI executive director and

tcs laborator y tha t will a ll ow rc
searchers to obtain crystals for X-rav
struct ural analysis for a large num ber of d1fferent proteins m a short
ume. The new laboratory was establi shed through funding from the
John R..Oishe1 Foundation. making
Hauptman -Woodward setentlsh
among the first to lli&gt;C thts method
of crystal productton.
.. It is proJects like tht.'M' that ex ·
em plify how critical mtttal sup ~&gt;Ort
can be," l&gt;eTttta satd. "The fundm g
from the O ishct f-oundation pro
vtded the tnfrastructurc for the lab
and also gave us another great op
portum ty to wo rk with talented colleagues, includi ng Tom Szypersk1 .11
the Umversity at Buffalo."
Thomas Szyperskl. associate pru·
fcssor of chemistry. and his team will

CEO. who also is a UB research pro
fcsso r. and Joseph Luft, HW1 sem o r

rl'Cf'IVC S l.3R million over the next
five years for research using NM R
!lpcctroscopy to establish protem
structures. Approximately S I mtl
hon was awarded through the NIH
center grant for the UB work. wuh
the additional $385.000 contributed
by the auonaJ Scn:nce Foundauon.
..The center grant suppons thl'
purchasc of a ~) - ca lled cryogenu.
NMR probe, ~hich willtncrease the
sensi tivity of our spect rometer bv a
factor of 3 or more. thus reducmg
measurement time of mo lecular
struct ures about I O· fo ld," Szypersk.J
~td. "Thts will enable us to solve
protein structures by NMR tn an
unprecedented rap1d fashton.
"Su ch mvestmcnts ensure: that
our research group--and thU.!&gt; L' B '~

h1gh -field NMR cenr&lt;r-will su'
ct.&gt;Ssfu ll r paniCipate tn the leadm~­

edge t.•ndeavor of structural
genomics. which will contribute to
lay the foundations of this centurv\
biomedical research." he satd.

.Bioinformatics center proposed
By SUE WUETCHER
Report6 Editor

W

ORK already under

way in numerous
department s an d
research centers at
UB would fo rm the basis of a new

high-technology "Center of Excellence in l\ioinformatics" proposed
by Gov. George E. Pataki as a vehicle
to create jobs and jump-start th e
Western New York economy.
The center would be one of three

across the state suggested by Pataki
in his 200 1 .. State of the State" ad dress as part of an ambi tious S I bil·
~on

high-technology and biotech-

nology p lan in which New York
State would become a worldwlde
leader in university-based research,
job creation and job development.
The three centers-the o th er two

would be loca ted in Alba ny for
nanoelt.-ct ronjcs and Rochester for
p ho to n ics an d optoelect ronicswouJd link universiry researchers di rectl y with private tndustry. Pataki
envisions ot her centers C\'cn tually
being located on long Island and in

New York City.
The governor's plan wo uld ust~
$283 million in state fund-, over thl·
next M years to !~rage more than
S700million in federa1, universitv and
private fun ds to spur high· ttx:h and

biotech job growth thmugh thcsecen
ters of excellence and other injtiatJvcs.
UB admi nistrators said they ex pect more infonnatlonon the"Ccn ·
ters of Excellence" p lan to be in cluded in the governor's 200 1-02
budget, wh.ich was released on Tuo·
day. Details were unavailable to the
Reporter at presstim t&gt;.

"11us will be the largcsl high -lech
economic development initiati"~ in
our State's history," Patak! said of the
..\ ...entm of Excellencc" plan during
his State of file State addr~. "'llle rc·
suJt will be an exploston of mnovalion that will crca1ethousandsofjohs.
Good jobs. High paying jobs. lobs for
the next generation of NC'W Yorkers.
"O ur universities are better prepared now than ever before to help
lea d the way into the high -tech
economy of the new century. Now
l!o the time to take the next step to
bndge the gap between academia
and thc new economy."
SUNY Chancellor Robert L. Kmg
p raised Patak.i's plan, calling it uan
tnvestment that will ass ure New
York's economic future."
The Ce nter of Exce ll ence tn
Bioinfonnatics at Butfulo wouJd CR"-

ate acaderml and mdustna.l partner -

ships between UB. Roswell Park ( :m
cer Institute, the Hauptman -Wood
ward Me&lt;:lical Research lnsmute and
such loca1 companies a.'i Prax:.ur. Ad van ced Refra cto r v Technologte!o
tART }, Eth!Con. Veridtan and ltk
Tech.nologu~':S. Among the LIB un•h
expected to panicipate m the ccn
ter wou ld be the Nt•w Yorl.. :'-tt.ltt'
Center fo r Engmeenng Destgn .md
lndustnal InnovatiOn; thl~ Cl"lllt'r
ior Compu tational Re~earch. tht•
schoob of mt-dicine. pharm ..K\ JnJ
engtneertng: the Department ttl
Cnmputer Soence and Engmet·nng..
the st ructural b•ology progrJm; tht•
DNA M!Croa rrav l-aaillv- locJtt-d
at Roswell but JOllltly t.Jpt•ratt."J l'n
Roswell and US-and the Ccntt~r
for Drug Di.scoverv and F.xpenmen
tal TherapeuttC!I.

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BRIEFLY
"'UB Todlly"...,

IMlUI!IY lineup

Stephen C. Dunnett is vice provost for international education and
professor of foreign language education in the Graduate School of
Education. Founder and director of the world-renowned English Language Institute, he has been a UB faculty member since 1971.

rn...-wlthiJI-..
COKhe Oleryt Dodor ....
Reggio-- highlight
the janulry ecllian al "UU To~.· the monthly~

cableteleYision !l!owJhowcas.

U81oculty, SIOII, students
and p&lt;ograms.
The !how b Sf&gt;O&lt;UOtod by

ing

the

u8 Alumni As!ociotloo.

Dozier, who COKhe the

women's tam. ond
Wlthertpoon, hood cood1 al the .
men's tam. will recop the

teams'sUsonstodole.
Other guests .-e J&lt;&gt;s&lt;pl:1 F.
Atldnson, prolesJor al c:MI,
structurol ond 0!1llironrnon1o
engineering- director al the
Glut Lakes Progrom; Jomes
Leahy, project c:Oonlinoto&lt; In the
Cent.r For AsslsiM! Technology.
who will disaiSs the , _ ·H.y
pump' device lor p&lt;.mplng gos
that- deYoloped .. the antor, ond Edwlld Steinlold, pn&gt;lessor oiii'Chiteclure ond directo&lt; al the Center lor lndusivo
o..ignand EnvlronmettUIN.ces ODEA). and s - ,

Trueodole, r - . ...adlteot

the""""'· who willdisa.ou the
cent.r and the tf-r ol""-·
Sll design.

Each , _ progrom runs

There bu been u:plcnlve
growth In the -- -"lnclust.y"- the

pMt_.._._
-

b fu-

ellng this growth 1

The primary reason is the growing
demand for higher education

worldwide-particularly in Asialargely as the result of two factors:
improvements in secondary-school

foreign students, international student enroUment in the U.S. has

cation Jet'Yices 111 a large part
of the Amertc.n Hf'Yk:e.sector

Women's Club to offer
"Evening of Beauty"

gross national pfoduct. . _
much do Amertc.n unlvenltles bring In ..,. Jelling u.s.
educational products oveneu7

per person and indudes a "super sandwich supper,• will benefit the Grace Capen Aademic
Awlld Fund.
Yoluntet!I'Sirom the IUdlence will porticiplle In demon• strallons oll\olmJU end style,

rna-.

pe&lt;llclft, body sugarIng. !Idol, ITIIIcoup oppliallon
ond pononol color onolysis.

grown rapidly, from 53.107 in 1960
to 514,723 in 2000.
The U.S. Depoortment of Com-

merce ...,kslntenuotJonal.-.

The total economic con tribut ion of

the more than half million international students and their dependents
10

1999-2000 was estimated by

NAFSA : Association of Interna ti ona l Educators to be approxi -

malely S 13.3 billion, up 9 pera:m
from thepreviousyear.ln 1998,educaJion was the Unit~ States' fifth largest service-sector export. New
York State is second only to California in the number of intemationaJ
students it receives-55,085 in

-about numben7._

In Fall 2000, UB enroUed some 2,400
international students--not counting those enrolled in the English U!nguage Institute-or about 9.7 perant of the university's total enrollment. Thirty years ago. UB enrolled
approximately 500 international stu dents.ln 1998-1999, 178 UBstudents
participatedirianovmcasstudyprograrn, up from 169 in !he previous
year. This number is probably underreporting between 25-50 students,
since we haY&lt; no way to track VB stu dents participating in non -SUNY
programs. In 1999-2000, UB sent a
total of260 students abroad, induding students from other institutions.

per student-to the economy of
New York SUite in 1999-2000.
- - . t i n Westem New
Yo.tt71s International education
a llnandlll- to the region?

Changing economic and geopolitical circumstances around the world
have greatly affected the nature and

The lllplt!Orls. -

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in The Buffa)o News conservatively

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scope of international programs.
U.S. programs have moved away
from their Euroct'ntric focus to em-

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Only 30 yean ago, most "International education" programs
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establish an exchange program with
a major Chinese university-the
Beijing Municipal System ofHigher
Educatio!l--i1 program that continues to tJUs day. In 1984, UB was
awarded the contract for the first
MBA program to be offered in
China. UB developed the $15 million Malaysian cooperative-education program in 1986, followed by
other programs in Indonesia and
Taiwan. Mqre recently, UB devel oped EMBA programs in Singapore
andOUna,andispartncringwith
Konan Univtrsityoflapan to deliver

UB, as for many public institutions,
international students art desirable,
both of which have created a de - in part,beauscofthehigher-&lt;&gt;utmand for higher education that can- of-state-4uition they pay. However,
not be met, giveri the limited insti- economic impact is only one of the
tutional capadty in these countries. benefits-and not necessarily the
In addition, the emergence of a glo- · most important-that international
bal marketplace has increased the students bring to UB. International
demand for transnational compe- students are valuable assets in many
tence and international experience. ways. advancing the universi~ reespecially in theprofessioOS.:Despite search and teaching missions, intermajor increases in tuition charges at nationalizing the university comU.S. colleges and universities, and munity, and enriching the cultural
decreases in federal financial aid to and intellectual life of the campus.

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6100 Main SL at Youngs Road
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The...,~ which costs $10

to the Western New
brace vinually the entire globe. ln
York economy to be around SSO / the past 30 years, for example, we
million-an amount that reprc · haY&lt; seen the economic ascendancy
sented "a pocketbook punch more ofAsia and a corresponding increase
significanl that the BuJfalo Bills." In in enrollments of students from that
fact, NAFSA calculates that interna- region. as wdJ as a proliferation of
tional students at UB alone contrib- overseas academic programs in
uted more" than $63 million to the Asian countries. In 1980, UB was
local economy in 1999-2000. For one of the first U.S. universities to

systems and increased affluence,

throughout the month .. 6:30
p.m. s..ndlys on Chonnel18 11&gt;temationll and Chonnel 10 In
~- Clotence,. Ort:hlrd
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present on "Evening al BNuty
II" from 6-3 p.m. Mohdoy In

cign students

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collapse of the Soviet empire in 1989
created opportunities for much
1

greater involvement by UB in &lt;Altral and Eastern Europe. That year
saw the beginning of negotiations
leading to the landmark exchange
agreement with the Jagiellonian

University in Poland. UB had a major role in the SUNY project in Hungary to promote: private-enterprise
development. The university also
was a key player in the development
of the Riga Business School in
Latvia, which offers a Western-style
MBA program.ln the past liV&lt; years,
the university's institutiona1 actiVities in Africa have focused primarily on two exchange programsthe first with the University of the
Western Cape in South Africa, esUtblished in 1995, and the other with
Addis Ababa University (AAU) in
Ethiopia, established in 1999.
Why don 't - have more programs In Latin Ametic.a7

Actually. in recent years UB has become increasingly active in the

Americas. The university has had a
number oflong-standing exchange
programs in the region, such as the
ont with Monterrey Institute of
Technology in Mexico. Several pro-

linkages with institutions in
Latin America. The most visible

new initiative in the region has
been the highly sucassfui progi-am at the Un.ivmityofliavana
(UH), Cuba, which wu developed by Professor Jose Buscaglia
in 1997. Fall 200 I will see the
launch of the new joint master's
degree program in Caribbean
Studies offered by UB and UH.
Whkll--you
most~ of setting up7
Since international education is
by its very nature a collaborative
endeavor and often involves

many persons working together,
I take pride, not in what I have
done alone, but in what the university as a whole has been able
to accomplish in the international area. Some of the pro-

grams that UB can be especially
proud ofjndude our pioneering
and durable exchange program
with the Beijing Municipal Sysiern of Higher Education; the coopuative education program in
Malay:sia; our assistance program
in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the
first organized by an American
university in that country since
the Khmer Rougt takeover in
1975, and our landmark exchange program with the

Jagiellonian University.
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-hadasked.
.-tSon
do you wish I

youhave .... - l t 7

One aspect of international education that your questions did

not touch on has to do with the
university's obligation to P"'P""'
students to meet the challenges
of globalization by giving them
the knowledge, skills and experien'?' they need to be "globally
competent." One of the major
missions of the Office of the Vice
Provost for lntet;national Education is to internationalize the
university and to assist students

in developing global competence. The: univtrsity offers a
wide variety of programs to promot'e the international experience of Students and facUlty.

fessional schools mainlain active

CEOs bring expertise into the classroom
SOM's "CEO-MBA Series" provides students with high-level perspective
B7 JOHN DEU.A CONT11ADA
Report~

Contributor

P

ROMINENT CEOs and

senior executives from
various business sectors,

school's full-time MBA and Professional MBA programs.
Although that course was offered
during the students' winter break, it

instruction on conglomeration,
modernization and internationaliza-

financial-services industry.
The course induded presenUttions
from seV&lt;ral senior industry executives, including Mark Rtmington,
executive via: presiden~ Citigroup;
Joseph Wolfson, presiden~ Cartel
WorldNet; Barbara Walter, senior
vice presiden~ J;ederal Reserve Bank
of New York; Michael Pinto, CFO/
00. M&amp;T Bank; Robert Zack. CEO,
Merchants Insurance, and Randy
LM!y, CEO, American Financial Services Association.
The CEO-MBA Series was initiated by management Dean Lewis
Mandell, wh\last year team-taught

tion initiatives within the changing

a course ori city economics with

generated tremendous interest.

including baniling and in-

Forty-five students enrolled in the

formation technology, are signing
on to teach graduate-level bwiness
courses in the School of Management as part of the school's new

course, which was held in the

CEO-MBA Series.
Malcolm Burnett, former CEO of
HSBCBank,kickedolftheserieswith
a one-week, three-credit course,

"Marketing Financial Servi=." that
was offered earlier this month as an
elective to students enrolled in the

school's Jacobs E=:utive Development Center located in the Butler
Mansion at the comer of Delaware

Aventlt and North Street in Buffalo.
Cu rrently serving as CEO of

BNKR. financial-services oonsulting
firm. Burnett provided students with

BuJfalo Mayor Anthony·Masiello.
"The idea is to giV&lt; students the
cpportunity 10 - through the eyes
of top CllCUtives whose derisions impactiarge,oomplex organi72tions and
whole industries." explains Mandell
He noted that the CEO-MBA series is scheduJed to continue in May
with the three-credit course, "HighTech Start Ups,"to be taught by UB
MBA alumnus Ajit Pendse.
Pend.se: is founder and former

CEO of efusion, an Internet service
company that rea:ntly was acquired
for $52 million by ITXC. one of the
world's largest providers oflntemet
voice technologies.

�January 18.2001/Yoi.J1.1o 16 Rep aries

3

BrieBy
RERC begins research project
on benefits of universal design
The Aehablllt•tlon Engineering Ruurch Center ( RERC ) cJn l ln1
ver!tal Des1gn has be~un d four -vear research project a1med ill Villi
datmg the da1med bent."fits of un1versal -des1gn pnnc1ples
rhe Rl-.1{( on Un iversal Design. b.J!&gt;C:d Ill the School of Archll~t
ture anq Planmng. IS funded h~ the National Institute on l&gt;1sahtht\
.Jnd ReUahdu auon Rl'!&gt;t"arch ( N IDRR I 111 the l '-" Dep.utmt·nt ol
l·.ducat1ori
fhe proJect. funded lor Sl00,000 , 1~ d1rc~.:ted by environmental P''
~..hol&lt;&gt;g i SI ( raq· SLott I &gt;an ford. profes!&gt;tH ()f design. It s purpt)!&gt;C. he ~v ...
IS to mt:asurt." the extent to wh11.:h uscro, actuall}' rcaltu the henefi"
dauned tor uniVersal -designed bu&amp;ldtnp
To accomp lish th1s, the pro1el:t team will l:onduct ,, L,b(' o, t uth ol
such bu ddmgs cu rrentl y m usc.• to detcrmme 1f the' JduaiJy mct:'t
the crttena set forth by tht· N JL&gt;RR and 1f the:'' funct1on ht'nt·r th.1n
bulidmgs de:!&gt;Jgned to be "au.t:ssihlc.•" to the d1s.ablt.·d
In theor y. umver!&gt;allv des1gned hulld 1ng' and produ~.h hh
''Su re{jnp" household producb- .Jrt' those who:!&gt;c.- u .. r 1.1. equJtablt'
flexible. Simple. easy to p('-rce1ve , tolerant ol error. les!l demJnd1ng
of phys1cal effort than n on un1versall) des1gned Jtem!l w11h the ~~me
function , and Sized and arranged to acl.ommodate all u .. en. whetht·r
or not they have physJCalJmpalrment s.
rfach case study will mvolvc !tt'Ver.tl tmltlJtur!t ol the buddm~ ,
US3biilty: a guided tOUr.lntervlt'Wt, and observatumltl d ... )('~-, tht' pt'f
cep llons of individual consum('r!l. d' well J\ an a!t!tt....!tlllt'nt ol funl
tiona] performance.
The first building to be studted wdl ht· Lighthouse lntt'rfhllltmal'
headquarters buildmg 10 New Vorl.. Cit}' I Mllchdi /(,JUrgola Arlhl
tects ), wh ose assessme nt 1s !tchcdul ed to beg.m 111 Ma\
Danford says researche rs a nt iCipate that the !ttudv ~\· 11! vJhd.ltt'
the claimed benefi ts of un1versall\• de!tJgnt·d hudd1ng' rdJtl\t' tn
equ 1valent non-universall)· des1gned hut "a~.~..e:!&gt;S i ble" hu1ld1ng..
The da ta s hould prove veq• u:!&gt;cful m promotmg the com:ept ol
" umver.\al des1gn'' as a preferable alternative to "accesstblt: dt' .. lgn . ·
he saysl'and contribute to the development of rC!lt:'drch -ba .. t•d &lt;;~an
dards and gUJdelmcs for umversal dc.·s1gn "

Environmental safety plan
University Facilities developing campuswide policy
By JENNIFER LEWANDOWSKI
Reporter As.sistant Editor

T

HE universi ty is o ne of
thousands of public and
private higher-educa tio n
institutions thro ugho ut

the cou nt ry facing possible mspectJon by the U.S. Environ mental Proteq_Jon Agency-an announcement
that, in part. has ca taJyzed efforts to
develop and institute a campuswide
envi ronmental safety policy.

The possible visit is "our most recent rationale to pursue all measu res
that will yield positive improve ments." said Michael Dupre, associ-

ate vice president for univmiity facili-

ucs, which houses the Department of
Occupatio nal and Environmental
Safety. Charged with ensuring safe
and environmentally sound practices
throughout thecampus,OESisat the
forefront of fa cilitating dialo gue

abo ut th e prOposed policy. said
Dupre, who, along with OES Director Lou Henry, is soliciting panicipatlon from the campus community.
"We are trying to achieve a consen·

sus-based, overarching campus safety
policy," said Henry, emphasizing that
the policy also will help define the
roles of university commur\ity members in upholding safety standards.
The policy, as outlined by Dupr&lt;
and Henry, should detail the r«ponsibilities of supervisors, principal in·

vestigators and employees, and "Uuld
indude informing new employees o f
safety and health protocol; ensuring
proper equipment and protecti~de·
vices are provided, maintained and
used; promptly reporting unsafe acts
or conditions; providing proper tratn·
ing; coordinating and conducting in temaJ inspections to determine com pliance with rurrent safety and environ mental standards, and providing
or acquiring necessary resources for
health and safety equipment, mate·
nals and facili ties.
\Vhile devotin g the proper atten tiOn to safety takes tim e "away from
o ur principaJ mi ss ion of teaching
and research" and requires thought ful spending oflimi ted financiaJ resources, Henry said , it can~ done.

"My goal (is) to get everybody to
d o it as well as some do it," he said,
citing as an example the Department
of Chemistry, which h as its own

safety committee comprised of fuc-

ulty and staff members that performs
inspections. "They're just as resourcrstarved as ..cryone els&lt; ... and they've
fo und a way to do it right."
While UB follows state and fed eral regu1ati o ns fo r safety, it currently h as no un ivers ity·specifi c
policies in place. Dupre and Henry
have been working to rem edy that
with "a !01 of o ld ·fashio ned walking around n- literally knocking o n
dassroom and laboratory d oors in
search of suggestio ns and concerns
from p rincipaJ investigators and re·
searchers about workplace safety.

"Safety professionals have this challenge of trying to keep people mindful of things."said Dupre, citing com·

provide perspective "on ou r facili ties and ou r programs, feedback
o n ... areas we could improvc,n in
addition to getting a feel for the in ~
spection process, Henry said.
"We could wait for th e EPA to get
here, fix whatever they tell us to fu:
or we could start building a better
program from the ground up." he
said ... T he policy isn't a magic pill to
dea l with the EPA inspection. We
want to be safer and in better com pliance--that's th~ goal."

meet safety challenges.
Still. both Dupre and Henry agree

SUNYwide, self-disclosure agree -

the possibility of an inspection gives
credence to their crusade.
" It's as good a time as any to start
building a quality program," Henry
said, Ooting the two alread y have
bro ught their proposal to both tht"
Professional Staff and Faculty senates in hopes the bodies ultimately
will endorse the policy. He said he
and Dupre will revisi t the Facuh )'
Senate this month .
"O nce the policy is endorsed. we

..;u begin a dialogu&lt; with stakeholders," added Dupr.e, who is hopi ng to
submit a policy draft to UB's top
adm in istr.Ji o rs for approvaJ follow mg that dialogue.
A major cha!Jenge in achieving
compliance at UB, Henry said, is in
developing bette r system s lO track
the acquisition, storage. use and disposa l o f hazardous m aterials. To·
ward that end. the university in December hired the environment al
engineering firm URS G rein er
Woodward C lyde to conduct a
mock inspection of the campus and

h1nd a S 100,000 g1ft from
Ve n zon to a collaborative ht
e racy project of the Cente r for
Appllt'd Technologies 1n Ed uta

Rico and the Virgin lslanc:J..-said the

aggressiveness," he said. emphasiz·
ing that Pls have a responsibilityin spite of constraints--to invest the
necessa r y time and resources to

ing what you do ... and day-to-day

Reading made easy through
technology- that's the plan be

ers New York, New JerseY. Puerto
initiative aimed at higher-ed ucation
institutions was lau n ched "la rgely
because we were seeing some very
d istinct problems with environmciJ tal compliance."
Habi b Spencer sa id the EPA 1s
encou ragi n g schoo ls to cond uct
vol untary in terna1 a udit s. the rt" sults of which could mean substan tial reductio n in civil fin:m ciaJ pen alties-betwee n 75 and 100 per
n·nt- for disclosure a nd prompt
co rrect ion of violations.
Negotiations are under war between SUNY counsel in Albany and

placency as the No. I o ffe nd er.
...lbere's room for improvem ent"
Henr y ag reed. n o ting that de ·
partmental disparity is not due to
indifference.
'Tve never met a prine~paJ investigator that didn't care about safety.
It's a question o f how rigorous you
are and how weU you are document ·

Gift to improve early literacy

Nina Habib Spencer, spokesperson
fo r the EPA's Region 2-which cov-

11011

Lo mputer!l for
t'h1 ldrcn and EP IC ( Fven· Per

the EPA in hopes of hashing out a
mcnL

And while an internal audit would
not preclude the EPA from mspeo ing UB. Habib Spencer said the potential ag reemen t-w hi ch could
cover most, if not all, schools m the
system-\\'Quld put an lnstitutKJn "on
d schedule for fixing VJolallom that
h.1ve been 1dcntified, and whilt• thl'~
improvements ,1 re taking plact•, Wt'
wouldn't a te tht.· St:imol a second t1111t'
for the violations." Tht• EPA's stand
mg policy of rl'\,Jumng supplemmtal
cnvtronmental pro1~cb lol\owmg
self-disclosure, wh1ch entaJiup.Jatmg
or replaang cqmpmcnt. often -.erw
in heu of pa)'lng a fim•. ~he smd
The EPA aJready has "'L"Itt--d scwraJ
SUNY schools. While Hahih Spt·n(t:r
could not disclosewhtch mstllut iOib
were visited, she did say that",ul\' 111spectJOns we h ave done o l ~UNY
schools gives lL" a lx1ter VJ('\\' of the
state of envuonmentaJ affairs m the

SUNY system and an edge when II
comes to verifying any problems the
schools might identify themselves."

ICATE J at UB. the Buffalo

Pubh~. ~c hool s,

1

son Infl uences C h ildren).
Mary G resham, VICe president lor pubiK servu..c and urban .Jffath,
whose o ffice houses CATE, and Donald Jacobs, d1rector of CAT!-,, were
amo ng those acceptmg the g1f1 durmg a cen."mom· on Dec 20
T he proJt'Ct a1ms to 1mprove the early literacY of Buffalo Puhh~.
Sch ool stude nts b)' prov idin g them Wit h (Omputen. m tht.·lr home!t
and DSI Int erne t access, a nd bui lding an onhnr support svstt'm for
parenh and teache rs. sa1d Vcn10 n G roup Pres1dc:nt Paul Croll\'
T h e pilot pro tet.·t wi ll provtde up to 70 desktop (ompu tt.• rs fur tht·
teachers and students m four classrooms at School 27- HIIIarv Parl..
Academy-to use at home . ~tudents Will keep the co mputers while
enrolled at H 1llar y Park.
The not -fo r-profit Comp uters lor Ch1ldren Will help rl'furbtsh the
co mput ers for home use. Buffalo h1gh sc hool studen ts lcarnmg com p utc:r sk J!I s at C1sco Regional Trat nm g Academy will hdp mau11a1n
th e co mputer!&lt;. In add1t 1o n. the LI.S. lkpartment of Edu~.Jt l on will
dona te t'X I ra co mputers fur tht• ,eJected classroom!&gt;
LATl:. '"Ill prov •de trammg to all studt·n ts. parent~ Jnd tt'.Jtht·r ..
Buffalo cu rrent!\' ha!&gt; the: lm..•t·~t le\'d of l1t eracv m t''' Ynrl.. \t,ltt'
a~ measured tw .. ~.ores on the fourth -grddt· 1-ngll';;;h 1.1n~u.1~e .-\rh
! FLA I .J.\o!tc..'.sMnent dntl th.1t\ .. nmt.·thmg BuffJI11 ...,~,.honJ, ...,upt'rln
tt·ndent M.1r10n ( .Jnedo wanh 10 ch.lll~c..'
" \'\'t' ,lrt• 'o pleast·d With Vt•nton\ •n~·l•,tml'nt 111 Bu!IJin.' ,,11d
l ,Jnt:do. "ht•(,lliM' 11 J llu\\'' u' to .tuompl"h thn.•e thm~ ...11 ttlllt'
lllLrc:a~t· studt· nt al.ll'S!&gt; to com putt·r ... pnwldt· lnmmunlt\ - \\'IJt· .. up
purt ICJlh1ng read mg. and 1mprovr p.nt·nt Hlvt'h't'nlt'nl w11h th~.• u
child ren ·... tea chers."
ld whs sa1d more g1th llkt• Vamm\ Mt' nt·edcd 1t1 hdp tht·lnna._'
prott'd rl'aLh It !&gt; goal-prov1d111g h1gh tjllolilt\ "UJljl(lfl ltl.Jtt'fl,ll' 1111
,,~,.ontmuous h&lt;biS 10 the hnmt·, hhranc::- Jnd u)mmunlt\ lt' lltt'r''o parents cJn p lay a more actJVt' .md 111lornwd rolt• 111 tht•lr ~,.hdJ rt·n ..
t'Jrlv hlc: racv devclopmt•nt.
"The overarching goal of this prUit."tl b to develop ..1nJ unplc
lllt'llt tt'chno log1cs that can dcll\'l'r cnth:allv tmportan t hter.t~.' 111
formation to teachers, student!&gt; and fam 1ilt'!t an vwht·rc, anvtllllt' "
Plans are to reach all teachers m kindergarten thro ugh fourth gradt•
m Buffa lo and o ther area schoo l~ by creating an o nlmt· ~upport sv'
tem for teachmg literacy with lnt ernet~based resou rces

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UB students are In the trenches helping school children Improve their reading skills

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America Reads program expands
By JEHNUO

~AHDOWSilt

through sixth-grade dassroomsreccivos financial support from th•

RtpOfttr As.sistJint Editor

G

RADUATE

student

U.S. Department of Education,
which employs college students

Fechner Stecker offers
the appearance of a

through its work-study program.
Elfreda Blue, an assistant ptofessor in Buffalo St3t•CoUoge's Departmont of Elementary Education and
Reading. CUTlO on as program CQOrdinator in October 1999. With the
number of tutors stagnant, she enlimd the help of UB's Financial Aid

gentle giant-at least to
the antsy third-graders at Buffalo's
School 6 who coUoct at his feet this
December day seeking his hdp---&lt;llld
his approval Stecker, an America
Reads tutor, wo;ks slowly through
the maze of children, entertaining
questions--and even jabs.
"You mik too fast," 5COids on• girl,
shaking her head. frus!ratod over a languagee:mcisc. He leans down to whisper a few words of ~t.
she fights a smile. but all is forgiven.
"He's reaUy dose with the kids,"

Office.
" Jask&lt;d (Advisor Kevin Ryan ) to
start identifying work-study students who wore eligible for our program," Blu• said. "We grew, by the

said third ·grade teacher Joann

Biggie, watching him from the hallway outside her classroom ... 1 sec
that they do need him."
Stecker, now in his second year
tutoring at School 6, has the wei-

more than a contribution," said

many of whom come from single·
parent homes-.. he's a very good

example."
Stecker, who is studying urban

planning in the School of Architec·
t-ure and Planning, is one of scveraJ
dozen UB tutors in the educationaJ

Blue, who earned a doctorate in
spocial education at UB, said tutors
must oomplete 12
hours of training.
which com- such
topics as forging

like to tell you what they needthey're ashamed."
Struggles. hOW&lt;"m", arm't always
rooted in academics.
St«Ur-who divides his time
among two fifth-grad&lt; classes and
on• third -grad• dass-nys ·his
greatest challenge is confronting
childrm with fnctured family liv&lt;s.
"Some of the kids shulllearound"
from parent to grandparmt, home
to homo, h• says. "They're absent a
lot. When you 6naJJy start readring
(them) ...they're not in the moe!&lt; to
pay attention. (School) is just passing time for them."
Still, "' it~s a fun experience,"' he
says.
read on tho future

~itive relation ·

A

~

ships with pupils
and teachers, and
literacy trends.
"We' re hoping
that when they go
(in to
the
schools) ... they
can go right to
work." Blue said.

Beginning this semestor, America
Reads tutors will assist struggling
first-grad•rs through a reading-recovery program in the Buffalo
schools. UB tutors will work with

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(left) IIINI Denell kott as part of the America
Reods progr-.

end of the year, to 70 (or) 80 stu ·
dents."

•

John Staley, associate vice presi ·
dent for the Otlia! of Public Service
and Urban Affairs, which houses
America Reads, knows Blue was a
rare find.

trenches helping children master

"The program has expanded un·
der her to ... double the number of

reading skills. Serving I0 Buffalo
and Amherst schools, as well as th,...

students who are helping and the
number of schools we're serving,"

after·school

UB's

said Staley. "That's why she's such a

America Reads program is expand·
ing, both in scope and siu.

jewel. We were most fortunate to

programs,

Expectations

"Some stu&lt;knts jusl bond right
a-r."sheexplains.but"~don't

~

come habit of being accossibl•. He ~
eats lunch with his pupils in their e;
cafeteria and often stays past the 0
time he's sc.hedul«l.
~
"Just his presence-he's making
fifth-grade teacher Judy I.afonara,
noting that particularly for the African -American malesinherclass-

College.
" I think it's so important for kids
to have accoss (to th• program),"
says Blue, whose interest in teach·
inggrewout of a des~toompowtt.
" I didn't have a problem with
learning," she said, "(but) I had a Jot
of coUeagues and friends and pttn
who were not able to do t.haL"' ·
She said she battkd with the notion that "there's a codo (oflt:aming)
that poopl• ar• not g&lt;tting." and was
determined to crack that cock.

stumble upofl Elfreda Blue."
Lik&lt; retired principal Jacqueline
Braswell-Woodbeck, who coordinated the program in its first two

The "trenches"

Senior Dani.Ue Bullock said she
sticks to on• rui• of thumb:"Encourage them to say they can !so better."
Th• double major in psychology
and African-American studies is one
of I0 UB tutors who work at the afte r·school program in Buffalo's
Bethesda Full Gospel church.
On a! short of help. the Bethesda
program-run by Buffalo special·
education teacher Vicki Baxternow is thriving.
" I shou ted my shoes ·off," said
Baxter, recalling her conversation

students to augment the reading

support they receive at ho~
America Reads tutors also participat• in the after-school program at
School 36. the Bilingual Early Otildhood Centor, which teachesbolh pupils and parents literacy strategies to
employ at home.
But despite UB's "long arms." Blue
says the number of helping hands
never socms enough.
..We have so many places that are
asking for tutors, and wr just can't
send them," she said, explaining that
UB last year maxed out its allotment
for w-ork-study tutors, and most

likdy will this year, too.
Also stretched, Blue remainsJik. her tutors-&lt;ommined.
"I want to knowif(things they do)
really makt a differm~," sh• says.
noting that childrm must bo motivated and engaged in order to thrive.
"Every day there's a challenge."
says Blue."(But) I foe! like I'm mak-

read independently by the end of

years, Blue boasts a strong back·
ground in education, having taught
at the elementary and secondary

third grade. The program-which
maintains a presence in preschool

levels, as well as'at Brockport State

with Blue about bringing in tutors.
"It's Jsoen a blessing."
A miud blessing for some-but
rewarding nonetheless.
"It's hard at first." said Bullock of
Lrying to engage almost 20 pupils.-- ing a contribution to somebody's
ranging in age from 5 to 16. '"You child-they at least have an avc:nue

Co ll ege and Monroe Commu nity

get discouraged.

History
The goal of the America Reads

Challenge. a I996 Ctinton Administration initiative, is for children to

for success."

Study links cancer risk to insulin resistance
Breast-cancer risk also related to higher-than-normal sex hormones in bloodstream
By LOIS BAllER
Contributing

Edil~H

U

NIVERSITY research-

ers have confi rmed a
sig nifi cant link be tween breaSt · ca.ncer
risk and physical charactcrist ics of
insulin resistance and highcr· than normaJ male and female sex hormones in a woman's bloodstream .

The study, lead by Paola Muti, associate professor of social and preven·
tive medicine. appeared in a recent issue of Cancer Gmses and Comrols.
It is the first major investigat ion
of the association of these charac·
teristics and risk of breast cancer.
Results showed that women with
their body fat cen tcred around the
abdomen- a physical attribute associated with insulin resistanceand women with oily skin and excess lxxly hair (hirsutism )-signs of
higher·than -no rmal male sexual
hormones in the bloodstreamwere at greater risk of developing
breast cancer than women wit hout

sors to breast cancer is more com·

to-hip measurement, is considered

The findings also indicated that

plex that we thought." Muti said.

the associations differed in pre· and
postmenopausal women. Premeno·
pausal women wi th the h ighest
waist · to-hip ratio (a measure of abdominaJ · fat tissue called abdomi·

"Then arc futors that make insu·
lin a relevant risk factor for younger
women, and factors that makt- an·

an indicator of insulin resistance.
In per,.&gt;ns with insulin resistance.
a!lls do not respond to the role of
insulin in promotingpassag•ofglu-

those attributes.

drogen and estrogen important risk
factors for older women. Now we are
trying to find out why this is so."

cose and other essentiaJ molecules
across cell membranes. This rcsis·

have dcveJoped breast cancer than
cont rols, bu t there was no relation·
ship with sebum production or hir·
su tism. After adjusting for body·
mass index, a measure of obesity, the
breast · cancer risk related to ab·
dominal adiposity was confined to
thinner women. researchers found.

Insulin resistance and elevated
levels of androgens often coexist in
women, Muti said. Higher levels of
steroid hormones, in turn , result in
excess body hair and increased out -

and insulin in the bloodstream, and

put from sebaceous glands.
This study and earlier research con~

Among postmenopausal women,
sebum production and hirsutism, but
not abdominal adiposity, we~ asso-

from an ongoing prospective study of
breast -&lt;ancer risk in Northern Italy
called ORDET-HORmone and
Diet ETiologyofBr&lt;ast Can=, which
involved I0,786 women between the
ages of 35 and 69.
Muti was intuested in assessing
these physical markers and their as-

study. They also eva luated the
amount of body hair at nine areas
and assessed the amount of sebum
production. AI 5.5 years after the ~

nal adiposity) were twice as likely to

aated with an increased risk ofbreast

cancer. Those with the highest levels
of sebum and body hair wore at twice
the risk, compared to controls.
"These results tell us that our
model for describing how insulin
induces increased production of
androgens and estrogens as precur·

ducted by Muti are based on data

sociption with breast ·cancer risk. A
mor~entralized body-fat distribu-

tion, reflected by the ratio of waist·

tancc results in a buildup of glucose
can lead to full-blown diabetes.
Researchers took waist and hip
measurements of aU partidpa.nts

when they enroUed in the ORDET

study began. the ORDET file was
linked with local cancer registries.
which showed I 44 cases of cancer
among the s1udy participants.

Comparing these cases with data
on the physical indicators of insu lin resistance and excess ste:roid hor·
mones produced the associations
with breast cancer and the different
effects depending on age.

�5

Meeting industry demand

m
The "Calendar Zone"

UB offers nation's first course in combinatorial chemistry
ayw.EN~

Contributing EdiiD&lt;

N!VERS11Y scientists
""' fond of saying that
the students they teach
benefit from the re~arch they do since research requires professorS to stay current in
their fields.
Just how current varies., of course.
from professor to professor.
AI UB,oneprofeSsor'sresearchled
him to de..!op and teach last semester~ world's first aadcmic course
in a new technique called combinatorial chemistry that has taken the
pharmaceutical industry by storm.
Co mbinatorial chemistry is a
chemical-synthesis technique where
hundreds or even thousands of new

U

chemical compounds are synthesized at once. Compared to traditional methods, it allows medicinaJ
chemists to discover new drugs at

what seems like warp speed.
That kind of speed is particularly
imponant, say scientists, in Ught of
the many new drug targets envisioned now that the human genome
has been sequenced.
But a major stumbUng blockthe lack of chemists trained to }X'rform the technique-is preventing
companies from fully exploiting it.
According to David Hangauer,
professor o( medicinal chemistry in

the Dcparunent of Chemistry in the
Co llege of Arts and Sciences, the
technique is so new that most chemISts learn it on the job, and few aca demic scientists are familiar enough
with it to teach a who le course.
Hangauer ca me to know that
from the research he was doing with
some key companies.
"Thro ughout the pharmaceutical
and biotech indust ries. it has be·
com e increasingly dear in recent
years that there just aren't enough
chemists trained in combinatorial
chemistr y," sa id Hangauer, who
worked at Merck &amp; Co. for 10 years
prior to joining the UB faculty.
" I know of one major pharma ceutical firm that actually built a

new building to fill with people who
could do combinato rial chemistry
' and they just couldn't hire enough

skilled people;· he said.
Another major firm had begun its

((

• 1

own in·house
tutorial session for its
chemists. but
that turn ed
out to be a n
extremely ex·
pen sive
proposi ti o n ,

as well as a temporary dragon com·
pany prod~ctivity.
"Oearly, it was time for academia
to start turning out chemistry graduates with these Pills."said Hangauer.
But an intensive search on the
Web and conversations with various
colleagues in industry and at universities revealed that there werm't
any courses out there in combina·
torial chemistry.
"Even institutions that had organized their own research cc:nters in
combinatorial chemistry had not

opted to stan leaching courses in it,"
he said.
So Hangauer, who describes him self as particularly interested in the
synergies between research and

teaching, staned his own.
Because th e course trul y is

groundbreaking, the Camille and"
Henry Dreyfus Special Grant Pro·
gram in the C hemical Sciences

awarded Hangauer a $50,000 grant
to establish a training laboratory for

the course. An additional $15,000 in
matching funds was provided by the
Office of the Provost.
According to the te rm s o (
Hangauer's Dreyfus grant, he is required to disseminate information
o n the co urse t o o ther fa c ult y
thro ugh articles in the Journal of
Chemical Education and through
extensive posting of course material
o n the Web. The aim: to encourage
other universities to begin teach mg
similar courses.
At UB, both undergraduate and
graduate sect io ns quickly tilled to
capacity.
.. Demand for the course is as high
as we can handle," said Hangauer.

who noted that he and other UB fac·
ulty members have several research
agreements in place with phaml3CCU·
tical and bio tech companies wh ere
they are using the technique to develop libraries of new compounds.
"As the need accelerates. both un -

dergraduates and graduate student.o.

at UB that have had both the lee
tu re cour~ and the lab 1.11 combma ·
torial chemistry shouJd be very at
tractive potential employees (or the
pharmaceutical and biotech industries," he said.
[
A related course. "Struaure-based
Design of Ligands and Combinatorial Libraries."that Hangauerteaches

provides an intensive theoretical
foundation in combinatoriaJ chem·
istry.lt, too. is beli.,e&lt;f to be the Imt
offered by an academic institution.
.. The two courses go hand - m hand ," said Hanga ue r... The first
teaches you how to design the com -

binatoriallibraries. while the second
teaches you how to synthesize the
libraries."

The availability of these cou rses
at UB couJd translate into regional
economic benefits fo r Western New
Yo rk as weU.
(

"We hope that by offering these
courses to our students and in developing a locally trained workforce
with this unique set of skills, West·
em New York will become an even
more attractive locatio n fo r phJrmaceutical and biotech startups,"
Hangauer said.
The availability of these courses
at UB, in addition tO"a rap1dJy growmg r~a rch program in combinatorial chemist ry, also has put the
university in a strong position as it
competes for state and federal do llars allocated to exploit the new in formatio n revealed by tht· human
genome project and ot her advances
in mo lecu lar and struct ural biology.
And. in a related move, VB has
moved its medicinal chemistry di vision. formerly part of the School
of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sc1enccs, in to the Department o(
ChemiStry as a way to strengthen
w nnections with resea rchers d01ng
basiC chemistry.
"U B IS the fi rst umverSII )' 111 the
U,:-,, to establish a formal med•cmal
chcmistrydivJSIOil in Its departmt·nt
of chem istry," said Hangauer.
More in"formation on the co m binatorial -chemJ!Itry initiative at
UB is available a t &lt; http :/ I
wlngs. buffalo.edu / academ·lc /
department/ pharmacy / mch /
publk_html/ combkhem.html &gt;.

• )) • HanOI•
Service earmng m

By PA1111CIA DONOVAN

Contributing Edito"r

T

HE university this spring
will offer a unique "ser·

vicc · lca rning" abroad
program in which ~ to ­
dents and non ·students alike will
live and work (or o ne month in
Hanoi, Vietnam's capital.

"Service learning" is an educational
concept that holds that learning is
easier when it is rooted in practical

experience, and that experience itself
is enriched when it is linked directly
to learning. in this case by bringing
partkipants into contact with other
cu1tures and other ways of being.

day, Monday through Friday, with a

According to the tenets o( servtce
learning, living in ano ther culture is
the best way t o prepare youn (!
people (or the multicultural and ~\o­
balized wo rld of today and tomo r
row. Students who have such expr
riences are better able to deal wuh
the world o( work, and tend to be
more mature and more employable,

Hanoi host organization, agency or

says Mark Ashwill, dirmor of thr

company selected on the basis of each
student"s interests, skills and language
proficiency.The point of the program
is to make the experience relevant and
mutually beneficial to both the intern

directo r o f the World Language ...
Institute ( \.VLI } at UB, wh1ch offer...
Vietnamese· language instru cti On
and develo ped the program 1n co
operation with the untve r.'&gt; lty '_..
.Study Abroad Program s o ffi ce-.

The program will run from May
23 to June 15. Participants can earn
slx UB credjts or select the no n-credit
op"tion. Program developers say this
will bea ushort but intense introduction to Vietnam .''
Panicipants will work five hours a

and the organization.

1'!11
...

Ashwill adds lhat Hanot was !;C
lected as the site for the programUB's first service- learning-abroad
program-no t onlr because it is tht'
capital ofVietnam,but because of the
,.,;despread availability of o rganizationsandcompameseager to hoststu
dent intern~ ITum thl.' United Stat ~.
Whil (• l• v•n g .l nd wo rhi ng In
Hano•.part iopants\vill take..· a cuurM.'
cntitJed "Viet name..~· SoCIC't)' &amp; Cui ·
ture" that will he t.mght bv (acu h\·
mcmhcr~n(\'it.'tn.Jm Na tional Um·
vt·n.lt\ ( \ 'N l' l, whllh will admuu'
tcr the pro~ram With LIR.

F~t.•ld t n p~ and mterper ... un.lll..'\
pcru~·ncc ... Will ht' tnh:t-:fJ.It:J 1011 '

Whether or not you enJoyed the debate over when the new mil ·
lenn1um actually arrived-this New Year's Eve or last-n 's like:ly that
yo u
will
find
th e
Ca lendar
Zo nr- ·&lt; http: //
www.calendarzone.com &gt; amusing and intriguing.
Th is Web site, .. a comprehensive, categorized calendar catalog
currently containing countless co rrelating con nections a nd cab.one
rec ipes" ( yes, ca lzon e recipes) a tt empts to b rin g o rder out of
"calen dn ca l chaos." The sHe features listin gs o ( celestial cale nda rs,
event calendars, hi sto ri c calendars. holiday calendars, religious cal
enda rs, even time- and calendar-related qu o tes ( .. I've been-on a cal endar, bu t never on time."-Ma ril yn Monroe )
The enormous number of calendar links trul y ts amazmg. Look m g for a listing of beer fest1vals? Cu nous what day 11 as toda y on the
Aztec calendar? Need a calendar to find out when street cleaning 1s
scheduled to bc suspended 111 New York Cit y thts yea r?
After explonng the Calendar Zone, you thmk you've hll the last
calendrical front ier only to go to Yahoo's Calendar links &lt; http:/ 1
dtr.yahoo .com/reference/ calendan/ &gt; a nd discover o ther calen dar-related sit es abound . You'll find an internationa l election calen da r at electi o nguide .o rg &lt; http:/ / www. lfes . org / egulde /
elec:gulde.htm &gt; . as well as an mtcrnati o naJ listing of bank ho li days &lt; http:/ / www.natlonal-holldays .com / &gt;. Leap Day babies0.0684 percent of th e wo rld 's popu lat io n- have the o ppo rtunit y to
jo in The Ho no r Sooetv of Leap Dav Bab1es &lt; http : / 1
www.leapdaybables.com/ &gt;. whtch proudly an nounces hav1ng one
se t o( tripleH and 29 sets o( twm s. And forgetful peopl e can go to
Yahoo's listing of remmder serviCes &lt;http:/ / dlr.yahoo.com/ Ref.
erence/ Calendars / Remlnder _Services/ &gt; to s•gn up with one of
mo rc than a dozen se rvices, '&gt;uch as the Internet Elephant ($7 a vear l
or th e Tim e Cavc..~ ((ree J. and nevc..·r (orgc..·t that spcc•al~r not so
spec1al-somcone's b1rthda~
And . of cou rse.•!'~ no t JUSt mornmg Dh who en1oy birthday ltst ·
mgs o ( famous pt'oplc. Yahot&gt;\ "Th 1s Da y m H1 storv" Web lml..
&lt; http: I I d I r . yahoo . com I Art s / Human ltles / H t story I
Thls_Day_ln_History/ &gt; has bmhdaysa nd morc. l-or example. ched,
ou t " Mathemati cians' Anmvers:.u1es throughout the Yca r,""Th•~ rlav
1n Anc •ent Hi sto ry," "Today 1n Rad1cal H1story,""On th• ~ l&gt;av: La
nad1an Highli ghts," "Th1s Dav 111 Automotl v(" H1c;ton·" .1nd tht' 1r
reverent " Today in Rott en Ha ston·.''
Last, but not k·ast, for those who a rc.• ··calendar ( ra7y." &lt;.ALNllR
I . an unm o derated ema il fo rum "(or d1scuss •o n of soct.tl. htston~o.al
a nd philosophiCal dim enswm o( ca le nda rs and lim e reckonmg "
beckon~. Subsc ript ion info rm at1 on IS found at the " Home Page fo r
(:a!endar Reform" at &lt; http:/ / personal.ec:u.edu/ mccartyr/ calen dar-reform .htmt &gt;
-Gemma DeVInney and Don Hartm•n. Umven1ty

Libror~e s

Brien
Gift honors alum and pilot
lt 't •

metter of honor for the lamt i)' of Yong H. Let·,

wh ~t..h

ha'

remembered the 1981 LIB graduate wJth an &lt;'ndowed scholar.,.htp 111
the Sc hoo l of Engineering a nd App li ed Sctences
The l.ec famil y has given mo re th3n $43,000, bnngtng the tntJim
the fund to $50.000 Jnd co mpl et mg what da~m.Jte~ ..mJ fnt'nd!l
hegan as a memo rial fund for t he heli copte r pi lo t who dtcd m \9q(\
m a crash dunng th e initial test fltg.ht of a milit a n • he l ~~.:op t er
Mark H . Karwan, dea n of the Sc hool of Engmeenng and Applied
.. demonstratesacon fidence m o ur school and a lt'\·d of financmJ support that 1.!1 vital to our

~~..,ence~.thanked thefamily.not •ngthatusgsft

program. provtdmg us with the abality to mcrease o ur margm of excel ~
lcnt:r by alt ract mg or retammg st udents wtth supcno r quahficat 1om.''
T he Yong H. Lee Endm,,.eJ Sc ho larsh•p Fund will assist a ~tuden t m
the Department of Mechan1cal and Ac..·rospace Eng•nt•enngdunng h 1 ~
or her IUOior a nd se mo r vear~. The two -year \ChcJia r, hlp wi ll bt.· g.1ven
t·vc:rv two year). loa student ha~ed o n factors mdudmg financaal need .
The firs t Yo ng H. Let- S( ho lar w1ll be ~el ec t ed hv September 200 1.
t\ftc..•r grJduatJOn I rom Ull.l.ec..~ hecamc .1 ~:tarml" and went through
fl1ght schOt)l. ew ntuall )' rel:c:wmg th e rJnk ,,j ~o.apt.u n hl.' lorc..• transh:r
nng tn th c..•l'.~. NJw 111 I ~89 and ht.·ccunmg a lieu tenant commJnder
Durm g h1 )o t mu· 1 ~1 thc..· Navv, l ee servc..•d 111 the..· { ;ul( \\'Jr .1nJ l.!tc..'l
fln~· hc:hwp tc..·r - rd tl'f m•~~•Oib lor J..:urJ.,h rc..·lugc..·c,
In 191-J-4 . he wa, ~t at • nnt·J tn 1t.1h " 'hen ~lkur,J..\ . J ~,.omp.Jn\ th.ll
lllJnula..:ture~ and tesb hchu&gt;plt'r!&lt;. 1m thl' l ' "' :\.rmc..·d l-nru'' · 1 \tc..~n
tlficd hu11 as J pc..·rll'd ~and•datt' to hc..•u,mc..• .1 prc..~.~&gt; t i~IOU~ tc..•,t p 1!111
lr1na Lee..·-{ ;l.~u,c..·r. l.ec\ ,1stcr. !&lt;&gt;a id her hrothc..·r tnol.. the..· 1nh hc..· . . :w ..t '
"11 gaw hm1 the..· o pportu nu v to J.~\1.~&gt; 1 the..· J~·,•~na., 111 mal-111~ lh,·
am:raft o;;afer and more l'ffin ent lor mlilfJn u ..c..· ••1nJ 11 wnuld hnn~
hm1 clo~{'r to home- and paren b "
Yong wa . . one o( four p(.'rStln~ kil le-d wht·n J hrJnd llt'" l I i ., ; J
(["d~hed during it !I test fltght on Ma&gt; 9, l'Nfl . 111 l (1111lc..'dll ut
C lass m ates and fnends Wl~hmg to donate to the I C(' t"lldtl\\'mc..·nt
fund ca n call th e SEAS Developme nt l)ffin· .11 M=' ~ 1.n. t ..&lt;t II ~2 .

the program.
For r(.""giStration dOd turther Ill lOr
malion, conta..:t the- Study AbroJ.d
645 9 12
· -'
Programs office at
or
.;. studyabroiid@b uffalo.edu &gt; ur
v1s1t It s Web site at &lt; http :/ I
www.buffalo-edu/ studyabroad&gt;. \,__
"_r _co_n_t_ac_t_l'_"_' _se_n_g_a_t _&lt;_se_n_g_@
_b_u_rr_a_lo_.e_d_u_'_

�6 Repo...._ January18.2001/Vol.31.1o 16
Offerings range from Japanese epic " Ran " to
BRIErLY
~huds

engineering alumni
lhoodoro A. Myon.. 1981
gradlla~ ol the Sthool ol Engineering ond Applied Sdences
(SfAS),
prosident olthe UB ~
AluiTWll Assodotlon.
An Offllronment»&gt; engineer

hos-.-

with the New Yof1c State Depart.
ment ol En«gy Coruetvotlon,
DMslon ol Wote&lt;, Myon ioceived a bachek&gt;r's degree kl

civil ongo-Ing.
Othe&lt; olficen are Andy
Sarontapoulo~ B.S. '98, on eng;.
,_with Pro&gt;calr Inc.., vlce prosi-~ Stephen Buech~ B.S. '93,
M.Eng. '95, U.S. Ivmy Ca&lt;p5 ol
~tre...,rer;t.ouisA.

Pkdano, B.S. '65, secr&lt;U~y, ond
Robert E: flames, M.S. '76,
Ph.D. 'M, wodo~ deon, SEAS,
schoollilison.

Kt!Mn P. Ujoie, B.S. :o1,
president ol the UB Engw-tng
SUJdent Assodotion, wu norned
10 the engineering alumni
board.
Also elected 10 the board

were Craig M. Forget. B.S. '92,
M.S. '96, U.S. Ivmy CO&lt;p5 ol
Englnem; 0 . Koczajo.
B.S. '70, Erie County Heolth Departmen~

john ). )ondle, M.S.

'69; Anthony MorWt, B.S. '79,
u.s. Postal SeMce; Richord Rinlr, .
B.S. '80, New Yof1c State Department ol Environmental Coruorvotlon, DMslon ol w.ter; )lmes
J. Devoid, B.S. ' 70, ~
County Heolth Departmen~ ond
Michele Rhodes, B.S. '99, U.S.
tvmy Ca&lt;p5 ol ~
Wso, Stephen J. Golysld, B.S.
'73, M:S. 'B1, U.S. Ivmy CO&lt;p5
ol ~; Alln J. Zytlmld,
B.S. 'B9, M.Eng. '9-4, New Yof1c
sta.. Deportmen\ o1 EnWonment»&gt; Comervodon, DMslon ol
Air. )onothon E. Kolbe-, B.S. '72,
M.S. '7~. U.S. Ivmy CO&lt;p5 ol
Engl,_., Fred Moll, B.S. '76;
)ames 0 . Boyle. B.S. '7B, U.S.
lvmy CO&lt;p5 ol ~ ond
joseph S. Testa, B.S. '57.

Art department

to otter wortahops

The Oepo&lt;tment ol Art ... offer
• series o l - - rnony beginning later this month, for
memben ol the pubic.

,._....,.._by

the ort ~Enrichment
Plogrom In Art. ..., daigned to
prtMde ..nou. high schooiJW.
dents, t - ' - Colony discipline), .......... ond ortlsls ol lll
ages the _,.wnlty t o wlth~fromUB.

, . _ _ ... be ol·

lered ln • Ylriely ol , . - . Including Computer grophia.
drawing. painting. SC\IIpt1n,

printmoldng ond pholography.
Sessions wll take pllce ln the

Center lor the~ North CompuL
•
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register, contact NNKy Thlyer
at ~ S-'6878, ext. 1236.

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FilnnsennUGarssetsprUngschedude
By SU£ WUETCHlR
Reporttr Editor

rcmastered vers1on of
the )apane5&lt; epic" Ran"
and th~ classic horro r
masterpiect' .. The Bride
of Frankenstein " are among the
ftlms on tap for the spring edition
of" Buffalo Film Seminars: Conversa tion s about Great Films with
Diane Christian and Bruce Jackson,"
the 14-week series ofscrttnings and
discussions sponsored by UB and
the Market Arcade Film and Arts
C...entre.
The screenings will takr place at
7 p.m. on Tuesdays-a change from
last semester, when the screenings
were held on Wednesday nigh15•n the Market Arcade theater, 639
Main St in downtown Buffalo. ·
Each film will be introduced by
Christian, SUNY Distinguished
Teaching Professor in the Department of English, and Jackson, SUNY
Distinguished Prof&lt;SSOr and Samuel
P. Capen Prof&lt;SSOr of American Culture, also in the English department
Following a shon break at the end
of each film, Christian and Jackson
will lead a discussion of the film with
members of the audience.
The screenings are part of .. Contemporary Cinema" (Eng 442 ), an
undergraduate course being taught
by the pair. The screenings also are
open to the general publk.
Admission to each film will be
$6.50 for the general public and
S4.50 for students and senior citj.
zens. Reduced-price tickets for the
ent ire series ca n be purc ha sed
through Tuesday at the theater.
The films are free for those en ro Ued in the three-credit .. Contc:m poraryCinema" course. Those wish ing to earn credit in relation to the
series should register for the course.
Free monitored parking will be
available in the M&amp;T lot opposite
the theater's Washington Street en trance.
At UB, the film se minars are
sponsored by the Capen Chair in
American C ulture, the Co llege of
Arts and Sciences, the Department
of English and WBFO 88.7, UB's
National Public Radio affiliate.
The series began on Tuesday with
a screening of the silent-fUm classic, "The Big Parade" ( 1925), di rected by King Vidor. which has
been caJied the first great realistic
war movie and John Gilbert's great est starring role.
The rest of the semester's lineup,
with film descriptions culled from
the seminars' Web site, &lt; http:/I
www . ac:su. buff•lo . edu /
- bf..:luon/ schedspr2001 .html&gt;:
• Jan. 23: "Gold Diggers of 1933:
1933, di rected by Mervyn LeRoy.
This film fea tures great chorus girls
(Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Gi nger
Rogers), the G reat Depression
( played by itsel f), great so ng s
("We're In the Money"),great Busby
Berkeley numbers. the great Dick
Powell, Guy Kibbee and Ned Sparks.
and, at the end, a sou~on of realit y.
A great movie.
• Jan. 30: " Bridr of Frankenstein:
1935, directed by James Whale. Star·
ring Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester
(great as Mary Shelley and the sil·
ver-haired bride) and Colin Clive,
the macabre film .. is generally con -

A

stdercd o ne of th e greatest horror
films of all time-a spee1acular. b1·
zarre, high-camp, excessive, humo rous. farcacal and surrealisti c film ,"
writes critic Tim Dirks.

• Feb. 6: "Exterminatin~gel."
1962, directed by Luis Bunuel. This
grand bourgeois dinner party was
concdved by the greatest surrealist
filmmaker during his second selfimposed c:xile &amp;om Franco's Spain.
He cooked it up between two other
great films: "Vtridiana" (1960) and
"Belle de Jour" ( 1967). Christian
and Jackson call this film their "fa vorite among the four great films
about dinner"-the others bein!
"I.e Grand Bouffe,"" Babette's Feast
and .. My Dinner with Andre:."
• Feb. 13: Spring Double Feature
Night with " lvan the Terrible, Pan
I"( 1943) and " Jvan theT&lt;rrible,Pan
lJ" ( 1946), both directed by Sergei
Eisenstein. Well, so maybe: not a real
double featu re. While Eisenstein
conceived these two films as a whole,
he experienced a three-year hiatus
between the two parts and Stalin's
displeasure at the portrayal oflvan's
secret police held l!p public release
of Pan U for another 12 years. " Ivan
the Terrible" is, as Leonard Maltin
puts it , "film spectacle of the highest order."

• Feb. 20: • Bicycle Thieves,"
1947, directed by Vittorio de Sica.
A poo r Ita lian spends long days
seeking work. A job turns up for
someone with a bicycle. He's got a
bike, he gets the job, he rejoices. The
bike is stolen. With his young son,
he spends his Roman weekend looking for it. Simple, huh? It'll break
your heart. When "Bicycle Thieves"
came out, the Academy of Motio n
Picture Arts and Sciences had no
category for best foreign film, so it
gave this film a special Academy
Awa rd . Long on Sight 6- Sound's
greatest-films-of-all-time list, this
masterpiece of Italian neorealism

was re-released last year, which is
why it has been included in thesen es. The film often is referred to as
" The Bicycle Thief," but that's a
mistranslation of the Italian title
("l.adri di bicidette" ) and obscures
what the movie is aJJ about.
• Feb. 27 "Les Enfants du
paradis," 1945, directed by Marcel
Ca rn t. One of the greatest films
about theater ever made. A.nd alsout
Jove triangles. The title usually is
translated "Children of Paradise:
but more properly i ~s "Children of
the Gods," the people who occupy
the worst seats in the theater, the segment of the audienu most vocal in
its praise or displeasure. A "timeless
maS\&lt;rpiece of filmmaking (and
storytelling) ; writes Leonard
Maltin, focusing on a rough-andtumble theatrical troupe in 19th«ntury France. Barrault plays the

hopelessness."

• March 20: "Once Upon aTune
in the West." 1968,directed by
Leone. The so -called "spaghetti
westerns" didn't just revive a genre
that was then moribund in Ainerica;
they also helped the rest of us ~­
derstand what westerns were all
about. No European filmmaker un derstood them better than Sergio .
Leone, first with his Oint Eastwood
man -with-no-name triJogy and
then with "Once Upon a Tune in the
W&lt;!&gt;t," which some critics consider
not only Leone's masterpiece but
also one of the greatest ....wns &lt;&gt;&lt;r
made.
• March 27: "The Last Picture
Show," 1971, directed by Peter
Bogdanovich. This is ..American
Graffiti " set in Larry McMurtry's
West Texas hometown, with a lot Jess
rock and roll and a lot more insight
and soul. · ~ Last Picrure Show"
probably is Bogdanovich's best film.
The picture received eighi Academy
Award nominations and garnered
two wins.
• April 3: "The French Conn«:
tion ," 1971. directed by William
Fried.ltin. This film received eight
Oscar nominations and recorded
wins for best actor, director, editing,
picture and screenplay. Based on a
real -life, New York City narcotics
~.this picture is one of filmdom's
great cops-and-bad-guys films. and
features one of the two all -timegreat film car chases-the other was
in Peter Yates' .. Bullitt"
• April 10: " The Man Who
mime whose unfulfilled passion for Would be King," 1975, directed by
the free -spirited Arletty dominates John Huston. Huston was the most
his life, even when he achieves great literary of American film directors,
fame on stage. Filming began in with "Treasure of the Sierra Madn,"
1943 in Nazi-occupied France .but "The Maltese Falcon,""Moby Dick"
wasn't complete untill945.Accord- and his last film, "The Dead"ing to Tht Washington Post, " Many based on James Joyce's sbon storyof the ' Paradise' actors were mem- being only a few of the li,.rary masbers of the Resistance and, in fact, a terpieces be brought to the screen.
cenain Monsieur Roben I.e Vigan When he started trying to make this
(later replaced in the movie by Pierre film in the 1950s, he wanted to star
Renoir) was reponedly a Nazi col - Oar) Gable and Humphrey Bogan
laboraior and disappeared under Tune passed and so did Gable and
mysterious circumstances."
Bogan, so when he finally did get to
• March 6: No screening-US make it, Daniel Drav6t and Peaches
Carnahan were portr11yed by Sean
spring break.
• March 13: ·Kiss Me Deadly," Connery and Michael Caine .
1955, directed by Roben Aldrich. They're fabulous, as is this gorgeous
Ralph Meeker plays Mickey and brilliantly achieved movie.
Spillane's Mike Hammer in this no• April 17: " KillerofSbeep," I9n,
big-name-star film noir classic. directed by Chari&lt;!&gt; Burnett A suCritic Tim Dirks calls it "the defini - perb fiCtion film about life in Soulh
tive, apocalyptic nihilistic film noir Central Los A.ngele5 that looks and
of all time. lt has all the.elements of feels like a documentary. Burnett
made this as his graduate film in the
UClA film school for about SI 0,000
when he was 23 years old. The ac ·
tors are people he knew in his own
Watts neighborhood.
• Apiil24: "Ran," 1985, directed
by Akira Kurosawa. Kurosawa's version of Shakespeare's " King Lear," set
.in medieval Japan, is one of the aU time great film epics. Critic Roger
Ebert calls it .. a great , glorious
achievement." The film was pulled
from circulation .several years ago
and was unavailable until last sum ~
mer, when five new prints with a
remast~~ soundtrack and newly
translated and more readable subtitles WttC made available for distribution. This screening will be the
first
time the new version of
fatales, low-life gangsters, expressionistically lit nighttime scenes, a Kurosawa's masterpiece has been
vengeful qud( and a dark mood of shown in the Buffalo area.

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B y - y R . COAUAQIU
R&lt;port" Contributor

T

HE D&lt;partment of Music
willkickoff2001 with tho
Third Annual Choral and
Organ Extravaganza, as
well as prosont sevoral divers&lt; faculty rocitals.
Tho fim concon of tho Now Yoar
will b&lt; "Quartotto duetti." a faculty
rocital to b&lt; held at 8 p.m. Thcsday
in Sloe Concort Hall. Saxophonist
Susan Fancher and friends will
prosont an ovening of duos foaturlng saxophone in combination with
Aute, piano, cello and saxaphone.
Joining Fancher will be Mark
Engebretson on .saxophone,
Jonathan Golove on collo, Stephen
Manes on piano and Cheryl
Gobbetti Hoffman on flute.
The music department will prosont
the Third Annual Clloral and Organ
Extravaganza at 8 p.m. F&lt;b. 2 in Slee,
featuring the Choir of Holy Trinity
Lutheran Clmrch. St Paul'sCathedral
Girls' Choir and the Westminster
Clloir from Westminster Presbytman
Clmrch. Thechoinwillperformmusic from such composers as Bach,
Swedinck and Bruckner, along with

a combined performance of Britten's
Rejoice in the Lamb.
These outstanding church choirs
and their directors have a long history of performances and tours lo-

cally, nationally and abroad. The
Westminster Choir has performed
with the Buffalo Philhannonic Orchestra, as weiJ as in Wales, England

terbury. Clloinnaster and organist
DaJe Adelmann was awarded a
Fulbright fellowshlp in 1987 to study
Anglican choral wonhip at tho University of Cambridge, England,
where he was tho fim American to
sing in the renowned Choir of St.
John's College.
The music department's Organ
Recital Series will continue at 8 p.m.
Feb. 23 in Sloe with a performance
by David Blazer. The prog=n will

contain works by such composers as
Buxtehude and Hindemith, along
with the difficult pedal work of
Bach's Toccata and Fugue in F Major.

Blazer has studied organ at the
Conservatory of Music of Oberlin
CoUege, and has prepared choU. for
numerous major works, induding a
spocial Italian Festival of Choirs at
Carnegie Hall in New York. His previous church choir sang during Mass

ganist Thomas Swan, who has
served as music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus since
1979, has a reputation for program ming large. ~arely performed choral works to rave reviews.
The HolyTrinityChoir has toured
Poland and Gf'illlany, and was the

The St. Paul's Ca thedq&gt;l Girls'
Choir has traveled to Britain three
times, most recently in 1998 when
members performed for the

Lambeth Co nference, the decade's
gathering of tho bishops of the worldwide Anglican Communion at Can-

ociting coUaborauon between the
departments of TheatrT and Dance
andMus1c.

Several other faculty rocitals and
collaborations will round out the Slee
Hall schedule in February. Flutist
Cheryl Gobbetti Hoffman and
friends will present a sumptuous and
evocative ensemble program offering
music set for flute, viola and harp at
3 p.m. Feb. 4 in Sloe. The program
will feature Claude Debussy's Sonata,
Bernard Rands'".. .sons voix panni Jes
voix.. .," Hoffmeister's Duo Ill and
others. Hoffman will b&lt; joined by
harpist Suzanne Thomas and violist

Jesse !.eviDe.

and Scotland. Choirmaster and o r-

first American choir to tour Poland
with one of thr state o rchestras.
Choirmaster and organist James
Bigham was an organ student at the
highly selective Curtis Institute of
Music. as well as a student of renowned organist Frederick Swann.

combination of contemporary dance,
traditional Italian song and dance.
and piecc5 for percuss1on marks an

Stephen Manes, professor and
chair of the Department of Music.
will present an aU-Brahms program
featuring Brahms' Handel Variations
and Sonata No. 3 in F minor, among
others, at 8 p.m. F&lt;b. 24 in Slec.
The Buffah&gt; News has called Manes
"a routinely fine pianist who occasionally converses with thr musical
gods."
The last fuculty rocital of the month
will b&lt; "Tremani!" featuring clarinetist John Fullam at 8 p.m. Feb. 27 in
Slcc. Fullam will be joined by Glenn
Einschlag on ~nand Don Rebic
on piano for a program of works by
Glinka. Mendelssohn and Poulenc.
Completing the music depart ment 's February schedu le will be
concerts by its resident ensembles.
The Cassa tt String Quahet will
present the fourth concert of the

Slec/Bcethovcn String Quartet Cycle
at 8 p.m. Feb. 9 in Slcc, while the
Amherst Saxophone Quartet will
p~nt

a concc:rt featuring campo~

ers from Buffalo at 8 p.m. Feb. 22,
also in Slee.
Single ti cket·s for most conce rts
at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and the
Salzburg Cathedral in Austria.
The music department wiU co ntinue its tradition of diverse and en tertaining facuJty recitals at 8 p.m.
Feb. 3 in Slec with a performance
by percussionist Anthony Miranda,

who will b&lt; joined by guest artists
Alessandra BcUon~ne of onl}' a
handful of tambourine virtuosi in
the world-and the Zodiaque

Dance Company.
This program featuring an unusual

spo nso red by the Department o f
Mus1c range from $5 to S 12. Oascounts are available for semors.. stu ~
dents and UB facuhy/stafflalumm for
the more expensive conccrb.
Tickets may be obtained from the

Slec Hall box office Monday through
Friday from noon to 5 p.m., from the
Center for the Arts box office Tut.~
day through Frida}' from noon to 5
p.m. or at TicketMaster outJets.
The full slate of Slee Hall concerts
is available online at &lt; http:/ I
Www.sJee.buffalo.edu &gt;.

7

MEH' S
The Buls p

of!" to a slow stan and

had•roungfinbh.,......c.nu.l
Mic::hipn on Satuniay.but it wu

not

enough tD OVO&lt;Ulme !he Chippewu
as UBEflled in ia a~ at the first
MAC .m of !he season. ~a~t;ng86-n
U8fell to 2-10 c:wen.ll on the season
..-dG-SinlheMAC
The week started wKh a 'ftSft to
Bowlinz G.- on pn. tO.The
Fakons were lclokin&amp; to mn. a new
home-court. winmng streak after
""""' lflej, 2().g&gt;me roW&lt; '"'PI'""
fo.K days belo.t by Cemni Mocrnpn
UB diO"''t want to rnakt! n: easy for

BGSU. but couacr.·t tung on as che
Falcons used ho&lt; shooang .. !he
second half feN- a 90-75 MAC w1n

The Bulls got some deva.saong
news prior to che road tnp when
1unior forward jason Robinson was
declared aademialty meligibH! for
the second semester, accord1ng to
coach R~e Witherspoon.
Robinson did not accompany the

~n:;! ':~~~~=

wu UB's second-leading scor-er
through 10 games at IS: I pomts per
game. and his 6. 1 rebounds per
pme led the Bulls. Robinson. a
jun~r. an condnoe to pncuce With
the team. and wfth satishct.Ory
aademK: progress. wfll .be eligible
for competition next fall .

ATHLETES OF
THE WEEK

...

.

wn..ng tam was 2-0 at
141 paunds at the VIrginia

011.&amp;.

Bentley d efeated

opponents from Pennsyl-

.,.. ·Jhichwasrankedas
~•111111 in the lntermat
~ West Virginia in
the Bulls' two matches.
Berilley for the season is 101 in dull-meet competition
IOCI21-3 &lt;M!t'all, tied for the
mostownll wins this season.
. . . . . . . . . .ldcwfer of
the women's basltelball team
set career h ighs with 16
points lOCI 10 rebounds liS.
kent Slat2 and recorded her
first double-doub le. She
followed that with 15 points
andfivereboundsatbhio.l n
the Bulls' last tot. contests, all
Mid-American Conference
games, the freshman fO&lt;Ward
is averaging 11.3 points and
5.5 rebounds per contest.

WOMEH ' S

The Bulls dropped their second-straight MAC pme and fourth pme of the
season. 82· 70, at Oh~ Universrty on Saturday UB
t 1--4 overall and 2-2 m
the MAC. The Bulls got a tearn-hrgh I 5 potnts from freshman jess1ca
Koctwendorler and a areer-hrgh 13 points from freshman Vrrpua jmmngs The
Bobcats (4·11. 1-3 MAC) outscored the Bulls by a 26-3 margtn at the foul hne
and they shot S8 percent from the fioor for the pme
Sen10r Son.a On.ep was ejKted from the pme W1th 35 seconds remamrng
after commrtting a flagrant. 1nt.enoonal deadball foul. She W1lt sn. out the team ·~

now"

n~twocontests

The Bulls began !:herr week W1th Kochendorfer recordtng her first career
dou~ wM a~r highs of 16 pomu and I 0 rebounds and Tiffany Bet/
adding a team-high 19 pomu. as the Bulls dropped thetr first game ~t home thr~
season. 68-60. to VISiting Kent Sate The Golden Fb.shes (8-.S OYerall. 3-0 MAC)
dominated the gtass, outreboundmg the Bulls by a 38-26 margrn Kent also shot
47 percent from the floor. mdudrng 4-4 percent from three-pornt range.to eam
Its fifth str.ught victory

Wmstlin~
UB dropped t.o 7-4 overall on the season wrth a palr of loss~ at cheV1rgrn.a
Duals hosted by the Unrversrty of Virgmra on Fnday
The Bulls dropped a 26-9 dedston in the day·s first match to the Un1Vf:Mit)'
of Pennsy*vama. ~nked 23rd by the Natrona IWresd•ng Coaches Assooaoon th1~
week Vld as l"ugh as 16th by ~ Wresdng Mal
The lone W1nnen for UB were Ryan Bentley. josh States and john
Eschenfelder Ben dey shut out Max Galla at t -41 pounds by a 1-0 score. States
posted a 6-3 W1n over Marcus Schontube at 184 pounds. and Eschenfelder
nrpped Michael Faust. 2·1 . at heavywe1ght.
In the second match of the day. the Bulls lost narrowty to West Vrrgm~a by a
19· I6 score. Once again, Ben dey, So.tes and Eschenfelder posted rm~s1ve
W105 and were JOined m the wmner·s orcle by Charlre 'Voorhees at 12.5 pound~
and Bill-y Jacoutot at 149 pounds
VoorheeJ began the match W1th an rmpness1ve 13 -J W1n over Gregory
White. while Bendey (7-1 W1n at t-41 pounds) and jacoutot (3-1 wm at 149
pounds) helped the Bulls to an earty lead as UB won three of the first four
matches
However. the Mounameen. got key W1ns at I S7. 165 Vld 174 before Sates
broke through wtth a 7-0 whn.ewuh of Jon Foster HO"W"eY'er.WVU dtnched the
match by wrnnrng at 197 pounds before Eschenfelder c~sed the match With a
-4- t W1n over Ryan Kehler

~wimmin~
Wmters bring unique challenges for parking
To the University Cbrnmunity:
Winters in Western New York bring
some unique challenges for winter

parking at UB. I am providing the
following information and askmg
that all members of the university
community be cognizant of winter
overnight-parking restrictions.

Here are some tips that may assist
you. Pleast" share this infonnation
widely with students, fucultyand stalf
• Provide yourself enougb time
for an early arrival on campw to aJlow for road conditions and find ing a parking space in the lots.
• When parking your vehicle, be
a~e of the vehicles that already
are parked there. Do not create a
third row.

• When Public Safety receives
co mplaints of vehicles being

blocked duo to triple parking, a
parking summons will be issued and
a .. mini-tow" wilf be initiated to
move the offending vehicle and aJ ·

low the trapped vehicle to get out.
The vehicle that is towed will be put
bOck into the spaces.
• Plowing of lots is an important aspect of parking. Lots are
plowed when there is 2 inches or
more of snow. All overnight -park ing areas have been designated to
assist plowing. Please use these
spaces appropriately.

double travel lane from your vehidc.
This wiJJ aid in plowing during th e
day, plus allow for emergency-vt: ·
hide access when needed.
• Most people park in almost the
same space on a daily bas1s. PICk a
familiar la ndmark , i.e., signs. lot
en tran ce, tree, etc .. to gauge where
you parked so you can approximate
the distance to park when lots are
snow coven.-d.
Report problems to the Parking
Department at 645 -3943. ~or snow
removal, call Customer Servtce at 7 1
from any campus phone.

• When you are the first person

john M. Grea., DtredO&lt;

in a lot, please park allowing a

Deportmenr of Publk Safety

WOMEN' S

n.

U B did not lose a s.ngte ~t as the 8u11s domrnated CamsiUS. 2D-41n acuon
at AJumnl Anna Natatonum on Sawrday.The wm completes a season swoeep of
the Big Four, as the Bulls defeated both St. Bonavenrure and Nrapra earlrer thrs
season. With the vtetory. the Bulls rmproved to 6- 1 1n dual meets. wtu~
Canisius fell to 1-8.
junfor distance speoalist 07Nn H1ckey led the Bulls wrth a pa.rr of Vlctones.
taking the I000 freestyte in I0:3 7.76 and capwnng the SOo freestyle 1n 5 I 3 4 3
Freshman pile Pun also won a patr of mdMduat eYenU. Pun won the 200
butterfly in 2:13.02 over fellow freshnw-r Heather Roc:hette. who docked a
2:13.38. Pun euity won the 200 backstr'Oke m £12.73 and was pan. of the Bulls
winning 200 freest)1e relay 5quad. along with Rochette. Knnen Zimmerman and
LJg 8oettrich. whkh finished In I:&lt;tS. I I.
Freshman diver Kristi Reynolds was VlCtonous 1n both the one-meter
(194.2.5) and three--meter (220.43) competitions Her three-meter perforTnance
also marbd her ~-best: SCOfin&amp; effort.
JunK&gt;r breutstroker Katie Engtish swept both the I00 ( I I0 .60) and 200

(:UUS) yard ....., .._
Other wmners for the Bulls lnduded }eni Brodenck in the 200 frees~
(2.'lltl.07), 8oeari&lt;n In the I00 t&gt;.ckstrcloe ( t :0 t .09). C.me Quont.n ., !he 50
freostyle (25. t 8). Sacey Zlmmemwo ln !he t 00 freostyle (58.81 ), Nocole
DiUrlo ;n the 100 buaorlly (t:OO.tS) ..-d MdW&gt; S&lt;Nr..-in !he 200 "'""""""
medley ~ t 8.20).
Annstron&amp;. Eni!Oh. o;c.no m Qu;nbn m.,
!he 200 ~ rebr In t :52.58.

coonbined"'-

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Thunday, January

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: ~~ : RicNrd E. Hall, prof. and chair,
Dept. of Oral and MaJcillolaclal
. Surgery. 355 5quir&lt;, South
Campus. 8 a.m. Free.

.

Popular Culture, Pedagogy
and Urban Youth. Greg

Dimitriadis, Graduate School of
Education. University Inn k
Conference Center, 2401 North
Forest Road, Getzville. 8:30-10
a.m. S25. ~by Center
{()( Contlnu 1 ~ Professional
Education, Grllduate School of
Education . For mort

infonnation, 645-6642.

Biological Sciences SemiDevelopment and Evolution
. of Dtosophlla \Ning Melanin

Patterns. John TNe, Dept. of

~ts!:~~a~-B2~~t~~~Y" of
Sciences Complex, North

Campus. 4 p.m. Free. For more
infor-mation, Jim Berry, 6-453-488.
ETC -.t.op: Digital
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Fostet' Chemistry Colloqulo
Supramoleo.dar Dendrimer
Chemistry. Steven C.
Zimmerman, Univ. of Illinois.
205 Natural Sciences Complex.

~o~~~~b:$:~i Free.

~emistry and the Foster
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Monday

ETCWMuhop: IIIKkboord
lntro to Blackboard. 212
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""""information. 64$-2921 .

Tuesday

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Technology Center. For'"""'
infOfTTlation, 6-45-7700.

College of Arts ond
Sciences Lecture
Gender and Autoimmunity:
Past Frustrations and Future
Prospects. Bemke Noble.
!:lessor, Dept. of

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~~~~~:~ &amp;~~.F~iege of
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Media Stre.tmlng on the
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Applied M•thematks

S tochastic Equations:

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Perturbations. Brian Has.sard,

Wednesday

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Crttlaol Clore Medic....
Conf..-.nc:e
Hemat~ Problems In

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Dept of Medicine. D ,
Scatchard Hall, Buffalo General
HospitaL 9 a.m. Free.
Sponsored by School of
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North Campus. 7 p.m. S5,
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645-2921.

Recital
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Recital Hall, South Campus. 7
p.m. Free. For~
•nformation, WBFO, 829-6000.

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Q&amp;A; Beth Cohen talks about
Psydwlogica1 Services Center

PAGES

Vitale Entertains

PA.G£ 6

Market-research project wins first
Panasci entrepreneurial award

University at Buffalo

Play

Time
Emma Hobika blows some
massive bubbles during the
Early Childhood Research
Center's Festival of Children .
The pur~se of the festival
was to help adults learn to
play w ith their children .

CCR to test next-generation chip
SGI selects UB as one of three sites to participate in "next wave ofsupercomputing"
By EUDI &amp;OlDBAUM
Contributing Editor

A

new era in supercom -

puting has arrived at VB.
one of just three sites in

the world selected by

SG ito beta-test Intel's next -gen eration chip, the new Itanium processor. T he o ther sites are the O h io
Supercomputing Center in Colum bus and the Univel"6ity of Manch ~ ­
ter in the United Kingdom.
"This is the next wave of
superco mputing," said Russ Miller.
professor of romputer'Science and en-

gineering. and director of the Center
for Computational R&lt;scarch (CCR).
CCR is conducti n g the tests in
dose cooperat.ion with SG l, which

has integrated the Itaniwn processors

into a PC-Imed system; CCR scientists are netWOrking the PCs together
to create a small dwtcr-based systtrn.
.. The ltanium, Intel's next -generation chip, represents not just a dramat.ically more powerful chip even -

tually etpable of performing compu-

tations almost an order of magnitude
faster than the current Pentium Ill,"

said Miller,"but it also is the first time
that mass-marketed chips. known as
commodity processors. will be wed
in su percomputers."
The ltanium is expected ult imate ly to displace the current
Penti um processor in a wide range
of computing applications.
"Eventually, this is going to drive
the costs of supercomputing way
down," said Miller... Unlike previous
supercomputers that were expensive

due to proprietary, special -purpose
hardwart' and software, these systems
will rcly on commodity processors.
commodity software and new gen erations of hardware and software to
connect these processors."
The choice of UB as one of on ly
three beta-sites worldwide refl ects

the breadth and depth of CCR'&gt; r&lt; ·
search focus, part.icularly in modem
structural biology, said MiiJer.
It also reflects the center's cxten sivc experience with cluster rom pu t·

ing, where scientists duster together
anywhere from a few to m any rom
modity~based computers in order to
achieve--or surpass--the power of
a singk superoomputer at s.ignificant
cost savings. CCR scicntiru have cre-

ated dusters ba5ed on Alpha proctssors. Pentium processors and Spare
processors. among others, connected
with a variety of netWOrks.
A key test for the new ltanium

technology at a:R will be how it perfonns with SnB, the protein -structure software of choice used by more
than SOO drug-design-and -rest.&lt;lrch

labs that was d&lt;."Veloped by sc.enusts
at CCR and Hauptman-Woodw.~rd
Medical Research Institute.
Sn B. based on the "S hake-a nd -

Bake" algorithm developed by Nobel
laureate Herbcn Hauptman, has lx··
l:ome a critical tool fo r determining
atomic or near-atomic structun.cos for
hiomedicallyimponant mok-cuJcs.lt
IS expected to gain even wider use
now that the human genom&lt;.&gt; ha~
tx-en sequenccri and sat·nusts havc

millions of gene s~ructures to solve.
"SoB is a computationally in ten ~
sive p rogram that has been tailored

to run on a wide variety of plat forms." said Miller. "Therefore. we

arc able to use the program to evaluate the relative power of many different computer platforms."
Miller said CCR is ..stressing" the

ltanium-based system in order to
evaJuate the performance of univer

sity-developed codes and to evaluate
S(~r·s Fortran and Crompilen. which
takr codes wrinen by computer SCI ·

cnt1.!.15 and translate them into lan guag~

machmes Gtn understand.
"An lntel ltanium cluster proVldo
amazing potential in terms of providirl$ supcrcumput•ng capab ilitll~
at a significantly reduced pnce," scud
Miller. '' It will prov1dl' smalllabora
ton es with the opuon of obtrunmg
cost -effective computing solutiOnSte l
problems that may be scaled to large
systems in a relatively SC'.J.mlt.'SS fa.sh
1011 . Building lhl'Se ..:vstems on top ol

CATE links WNY, Costa Rican schools
By JENNIFU UWANDOWSIU
Report~ A;Uistant Editor

project, dubbed Project Loop. is the
firstofit.skindboth for VB and Cen-

reac h-is about creating "a new
learning community" through th ~
use of technology.
"We are n ow in a pl ace whc rt•
we've got enough techno logy . . . to
have developed pilot course\vork,''
he said, add ing that most significant
about th e project's Sep tember
launch is "having pulled the tech nology together-successfu lly con necung o ur orgamzau ons
In celebration of Project Loop's
first successful semester, Jacobs and
Christine Chelw.. manager of tech nology application development for

tral America. and the on ly program
as such currently taking place in the
United States.

CATE. will be in Costa Rica tomorrow to participate in a ribbon-aming
ceremony that will take place live at

CATE Director Donald ). Jacobs

8:30 a. m . Students and facult y at

said the project-i n line with the
center's mission of education o ut -

Buffalo's City Honors High School
and Clarence High School, as well as

T

HE Cen ter for Applied

Techn ologies i~ Ed uca tio n (CATE ) o nce again
h as proven that where
there's technology, there's a way. successfu ll y execu t ing th e gro un d breaking semester of a cuhuraJ -ex change program three years in the
making that links-via interactive
vid~omiary students in \'lest ern New York and Costa Rica. The

sites at four separate high 3Lhools 111
C'..osta Rica and with guests in B.aJd,,
HaJI 's d istance-learning clas.snlOm.
wiU panicipate sim uhaneously 111 thl·
ceremony that is open to thl· puhhc
Thrt-e separate courses werl· part
of the pilot project. and al l told. 160
st udents-including hi gh -school
age students as well as teacher~
were enrolled. The first - an ad
vanced Span ish co u ~.entirely con versa tional and focustng on Latm
American cu ltu re--was taught l"aCh
Monday evening from Costa R.!cJ.'!&gt;
Lincoln School, a priv at~ h1gh
school in San Jose. by Ll'onardn
Sanch o to students at C it)' Honor:-.
and Clarence high schools.
"There'sa tremendous mter~ l un
the part of h igh schools to hecome
a part of thi s," Jacobs said. "a nd

thcrl•\ J trt'nll'ndous lllt l~re:;;t till thl'
pari ot un iVf:r~ltll~ In look tor Ill'\\
olUdl~n(l~ ."

' li.'-'O ot her course.. also were pan
of th1:-. cxpl'rllllen tal semcsll'r ot
lcarnmg: " Enghsh ib .1 Sc..:ond L.dn
gua~e ," taught ea(h TuCMtay evemn~
bv Grovc:r Cleveland High S(hool
tea(herSuk.J Kim.and "Current Edu ca tional Trends," a profes.sionJ.l dt'vdopmem coun-t• for h1gh - ~honl
tl'ache~ m Cos ta Rica thJ.t wa.s team
taught every other Monday n1ght h\
~tevc Ludw•g. directoroftechnolog'l
for &lt;.]arence Cen tral Sch&lt;X&gt;lo; and Jd 1Uill1 instrm..1or m UB'~ Graduatl'
Sc hool of Education , .md Lmda
Hammert on - Morns. a Span1!&gt;h
teacher at Clarence High School.
"Certain ly, the broader purpose

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Psychologist B. Beth Cohen assumed the ~sition of
director of the Psychological Services Center (PSC)
in August. She was a member of the faculty of the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology in the Graduate School of Education for three years before accepting her new position.

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are developing psycbo-eduational
workshops on depression, anxiety,
anger rnanagemen~ relaxation and
communication skills. We abo offer psychological testing.ass&lt;SSllleJ1t
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treatrnenL This is because the Psychological Services U..ter is staffed
by psychologists and psychologistsin-training who don't have prescription privileges. At this time, we don't
deal with alex&gt;hol aod drug ab~ or
dependency, or with psychosis, a severe thought disorder whose symptoms iqclude auditory or visual hallucinations. Our services are evolvirig. however, and at some point we
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serve as clinicians here in the PSC.
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where they likely woUld be
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of conarn and are for our clients'
wdl being. We~ ao excdlent otalf
of clinicians who are up-to-&lt;late on
the latest research ori the best and
most ·effective therapies available.
We call help people promptly and
efficiently, yd we place no limit on
the number of therapy sessions a
client can have. We're conValiently
located in the heart of the Amherst
Campus. There's free parking. we're
reachable by public transportation
and currently there's no waiting list.

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All fees are based on a sliding scale.

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the same as or less than the oost of
the insurance 'co-pay required by
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industry analysts. lagging sales
and consumer doubt$ about

the ability of e-rrtailen to deliver orders in time for Otristrnas have put
many Web rrtailers on the ropes.
But amid speculation about the
fate of eToys, Amazon.com and
Priceline.com, one prominent toy

manufacturer quietly has staked a
claim on the Internet, arousing the
suspicion of the big bricks-and mortar retail•rs. says Arun K. Jain,
Samuel P. Capen Professor of Marketing Research and chair of the
Department of Mark&lt;ting.
Mattei, the nation's largest toy
manufacturer, has begun selling
many of its Barbie products over the
Internet. at Barbie.com, and is evm
producing direct-mail cataloguesinitiatives that Jain says puts the company in direct competition with its
four bigsest rrtail partnen: Wai-Mart,
Toys "R" Us, K-Mart and Target.
"In a way, Mattei's move toward
e-&lt;emmerceanddilect-mail selling
is a challenge to the very hand that

feeds it," says Jain, an expert on retail strategy."It's definitely raised the
eyebrows of the toy industry's 'four
sisters,' who account fora lion's share
of the volume in the toy industry."

adds. "To them, a toy is a toy as long
as it generates profiL They have no
hesitation in walking over th• backs
of individual brands if it serves
their purpose."

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to Jain, Mattei's
e-co mmerce

and grow its
brand equity,

and

Jain

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mail strategy is
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that Mattei is
wise to continue develop-

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ingitslntc:met

entry into toy
manufacturing. Each of
the 'four sis-

strategy. The
Web. he says.
enables the
toyrnaker to

ters,'

Jain

points out, has begun to manufacture
toys in the Far East under its own
brand name at bargain -basement

The move is likely 10 gtnerate
huge profits for the retailers, while
shrinking profits for Mate! and other
manufacturers, he says.
"Without any R&amp;D and trad itional marketing-related expense,
the retailers can dramatically· improve their bottom line," says Jain.
"Most retailers have little commitrnent to individual brands," he
cost.

showcase its

fuU raoge of products, gather research for design of popular new toys
and re-oonnect withoonsumers who
prefer the convenience of Internet
shopping to traditional shopping.
But, he cautions, Matte.! must
communicate clnrly its Internet
strntegy to retailers, assuring them
·that it ~n't intend to offer discount pricing or aggressively circumvent the retailers. Otherwise,
Jain says, the ~ers could "punish" the toy mak&lt;r by offering it less

shelf space, understoclting its products or by not featuring Mattei products in sales promotions.
"'Mattei should never compete
with the retailers on price, that
would be Suicidal:: says Jain. "But
there is great potential for Mattei
and other manufacturers to use the
Web to sell their products.
"'The challenge is to assign the
Web a correct strategic role that
doesn't undermine traditional
channels of distribution," he says,
"For manufacturers, the Web is best
used as a vehicle for communication, rdationship building and serving hard-to-reach segments."
In the future, Jain envisions that
Mattei and other manufactur&lt;:rs will
use the Web as a simulated play area
to launch toys that require effort on
the part of the consumer to appreciate the toy's full entertainment value.
"By using the Web ID demonstrate
toys in vivid colors .and sounds,
manu&amp;cturmwill be mating opportunities to develop one-&lt;&gt;n-one relationships with CUSIOIIll:rs, which will
makr it easier for them ID aoos-sell
other products and. possibly, """"
with tbeoonsumcrsas they got older."

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Aci~-rain potency e~ed
UB chemzsts find pollutant more potent than thought to be
IIJIIU.IH~
Contributing Editor

HEMISTS at UB have
found that nitric oxide,
a oommon air pollutant
and one of the components of acid rain, is highly =elM
with ethanol, pocmtially making the
chemical an even more insidious
pollutant than bas been thought.
The U8 team abo found. that the
reactive site between a nitric oxide
ation (a positively charged atom)
and an alcohol wiU vary greatly depmding on the extent of solvation,
that is, how many solvent molecules
surround the reactants, a fundamentl! finding that wiU help chemists better tailOr chemical .-.actions in the lab.
The research was published in
yesterday's issue of the/oumal ofthe
Ammcan Chemical Society.
Two years ago, the UB team was
the first to djscover that reactions
occurring between nitric oxide and
methanol within gas-phase dusters
probably are creating hannful pollutants in the upper atmosphere.
"This new research shows thai
there abo is 4 class of aerosol reac-

C

lions oocurring between nitric oxide
and ethanol," said James F. Garvey,
professor of cbemistry, and ro-author on the paper with Dong Nam
Shin and Robert L DeLeon, abo of
the Department of Owmistry in the
College of Aru and Scieooes.
The finclinSs inclicakthat because
nitric oxide is reactive with the
broad range of alcohols, it potentially is more potent than scientists
bad believed previously.
..It turns out nitric oxide is insidious because it engages in more than
simple bimolecular reactions. It hM
its own unique chemistry insick of
gas-phase clusters," said Garvey,

"and that may be something environmental regulators will need to
take into account"'
He noted that the UB studies ;,.,y
provide a new direction for atmospheric field studies, where scientists
identify and test pollutants in the
upper atmosphere.
Garvey explained that in the upper atmosphere, pollutants are gen·
erated when the nitric oxide/etha-

I'!-Ser light to generate mixed 845·
phase dusters of nitric oxide/ethanol and used mass spectrometry to
confirm that photochemical
tions were occurring.

r~c .

In fundamentl! terms, the find4lgs
abo provide chemists with ad.kd
insight into how solvation an affect
the oourse of a chemical reaction.
.. Cllemists want to be able to con·
trol where the chemistry occurs," explained Garvey. "These results provide us with a new way to do just
thaL It turns out that subtle changes
in the solvent 'cage' around the re·

actants bring about huge changes in
how and where the reaction occurs.
As the number of solvent mol&lt;cules
increases. we saw a direct change in
where the reaction 'HaS occurring on

the ethanol."
The team was able to observe this
by performing a labeling 91"'riment
in which they replaced solne of the
hydrogens on ethanol with a different form of hydrogen, known asdeu terium , allowing th em to follow

nol dusters r~ct with sunlight. In

doscty the course of the r~cti on .
The research was funded by the

the laboratory, the UB team used

NationaJ Science Foundation.

Digital poetry festival planned
By PAm&lt;IA DONOVAN
Contributing Editor

( 'E·POETRY

2oo1: An
International Digital

readings. conversations and socia1
interactions~" he says, "and a locus
for the coming together in a non -

and exhibit works that define the

state of the art in digital poetrie$. An
emphasis will be made on present ·

Poetry Festival," the

lng internationally influential prac·
titioners whose contributions have

first &lt;onvocation to
focus on the state of the an of digi·

yet to be publicly recognized in the
United States. This will be the first

tal poetry, wiU be held at UB April

presentatjon of such works in this
range and depth in a single venue.

19 +21, with special pre·festival

events scheduled for April 18.
The festival-the first of its kind
1n the world--is expected to draw
participants from Europe, Japan and
Australia, as weD 45 Canada and the
United States. It wiU focus on kinetid

The festival wiD include morning
and afternoon panels highlighted by
featured readings in the afternoons
and evenings. The panels and

roundtabledisa&amp;ions will provide the
opportWlity for digitaJ practinonc~

scholars and electronic editorYpublishers to engage in conver.N~Uons o n
cruaaJ, controversial and/or critica1
questions about these evotvmg fomlS.

visuaJ poetic works produced in net +

worked and programmable media,
hypertext and multiple practices.
Loss Glazier, conference coordinator and director of the Electronic

Poetry Center (EPC) at UB,expects
the festival to follow the tradition of
" New Poetry" festivals of the past.
"We +"3nt to provide a context for

hierarchicaJ manner of the different
views. practices and theories that

define this emerging field."
Featured poets will read, perform

In addition to the E1ectromc Poetry Center, sponsOrs include JUSt
buffalo ~terary center, rhe PoetiCS Pro-

gram in the Department of English
and the CoUege of Aru ru1d Saenccs.

WLI puts Japanese course online
By PATaiCIA DONOVAN
Contributing Editor

T

HE World Lan~uages Institute (WLI) liM devel oped a unique online ver-

sion of" Japanese for Ex-

ecutives," its popular certificate pro+
s ram in Japanese language and
cross-cultural training.

World Languages lnstitute, say~ the
online course may_be the only o ne
of its kind in the country.
"Since most of the course is Webbased and therefore not constrained
by time and physical space, partici pants theoretically can come from
anywhere in the country," Ashwill
s:iys...Our initial focus., however, will

The 16-week program, "E-Business Japanese," is scheduled to begin in early MarCh. It wiU enable par-

be regional and limited to 20."

ticipants to acquire basic conversa+
tionaJ skills and develop the intercultural competence necessary for
business executives to interact suc-

in pursuit of its learning objectives.
It uses a state-of·the-art, online
course-delivery system (i.e., Black-

cessfully with Japanese colleagues
here and in Japan.
Although this program will be
online, the institute hM for years of-

interactive, as weU as a proven tele phone-tutoringsystem that requires
participants to complete ..call-in" as+
signments on a weekly basis.

He says the course combines the

best of low- and high-tech features

board) that is both multimedia and

fered on-site language and cross-

The program abo will make ex-

cultural training to employees oflocal oompanies, most recently Delphi

tensive use of the Lntemet as a re-source, a means of disseminating
information in text and digitl! form.
and a forum for communication.
Participants will devote an esti -

Automotive Systems in Lockport

and McGard Inc. in Orchard Park.
Mark A. AshwiU, director of the

mated 160hourstotherourse,hesay~.•
mduding ume spent working online.
re-dding. completmg "'caU-in.. assign ment\ and attending work.c;hops.
While most of the work will be
done on line, participants will meet
in workshops held on -campus at the
beginning and end of the program,
as well as during the program after
each unit of study is completed. In
addition to a language textbook
with accompanying software, the
program will use business culture
and generaJ cultural texts.
The primar y instructor will be
Keiko Kuriyama, thc Wll coordina+
tor of non-credit Japanese prog.rarru
and a doctoraJ student m the De+
partmcnt of Linguistics. Kuriyama
will be assisted by Kimio Tanahara.
a doctoral candidate in linguistics.
and Shiho lgano..an undergraduate
major in computer science.
Mitsuak.i Shimojo. assistant professor of Japanese, will serve as the
project's faculty advisor.

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BrieD
de Russy, Jacobs reappointed
The New Yof'll Sute Senate has confirmed Gov. George E. Pataki's
re-appointment of Candau de Ru.uy and Pamela Jacobs as a mem -

bers of the SUNY Board of Trustees.
De Russy chairs the board 's Academic Standards Committee and

serve~ on the Executive, Health Sciences and Hospitals committees.
the Committee on Charter Schools and the Subcommittee on Gen eral Education.
First appointed by Patalo 10 1995 to a term that expires th is yC'ar.
de Russy now wiU fill a SCVC'n -year term expiring in 2007.
Jacobs also was appointed to the Board ofTrustttS by
Pataki in 1995. Her re-appointmC'nt is for a seven -year term.
She ch-airs the board 's Student life Committee and serves on the
Investment and University Affairs commi ttees, as well as the Com mitt~ on Charter Schools. In 1995, she served on the Rethinking
SUNY Operating Revenues/Tuition Committtt and also has served
on the Chancellor 's SC'arch Committee.

Math welcomed to spine
Noting that the " basic makeup " of the North Cam pus now 1s
.. com plete,.. President William R. Grei ner.other university adm101s
trators. faculty and staff on Nov. 30 officially wel co med the Depart ment of Mathematics to the North C_.a mpu s at the dedication of th e
new Mathematics Building.
"The campus IS made whole hy your presence here," Gremer to ld
math department faculty m e mber~ and student.'i among a crowd of
nea-rly ISO gathered m a hallway of the adjacent Natural Sciences Com
plex. Faculty and staff "exhibtted a great deal of courage. tenac 1t y and
patience" in watting o ut a move that took place 38 yea rs after the pn
vale Universi ty of Buffalo was merged 1nto the SUNY system. he !klld
"The Math Depa rtment should've been here a long lime ago."
Provost Elizabeth D. Ca pald1 agreed , calling mathematiCs uo ne of
the co re disciplines of the liberal arts."
"We are reall y happy to have the people that d o math up here
with the rest of the College (of Arts and Saence-s )." she sa1d.
The department had been loca tc.-d tn Diefendorf Hall o n the So uth
Ca mpus until thi s past summer. when the new S7.3 million Math
ematics Building was completed. The building features an under
graduate tutoring lab an d a colloquiUm room equipped with such
technological enhancements as co mputers. ethernet connects. v1d et1
equipment, a visualizer and a htgh -resolution projector.
It also includes four seminar roo ms, two computer rooms and
space for more than 60 facult y and gradua te student offices. each
outfi tted with the mfrastructurr req Uired for modern research dod
InStruction 111 mathematics.
Karen Kopecky, a senior maJonng 111 mathema tics and eco nom
tcs. pointed out that the -new building provides a .. co mfortabl e place
fo r students to study and rel ax," and has made faculty member.,
" mo re accessib le ," since th ey now have offices on the mam campu.,
where most undergraduates have their classes.
''I'm happy that more undergraduate math ma1ors will enJOV be
ing part of such a co mmunu v,'' she satd.
Samuel D. Schack. profi.$50r of mathematiCS a nd depanment chan.
asserted that mathematics is tht• oldest of th e at:ademic d1sctphne ....
o ne that is the " vi tal foundati o n" fo r man y o ther fields of stud&gt;··
"It IS en tirely approp ri ate that the department sta nds at one of
the thresholds of th1 s campu:&lt;~," he s.11d, reCernng to the bulid1n~ \
location at the west end of the acade mtc sp an«.'.
Kerr y G ra nt, dean of the t:ollegt.' of Arts and Sne n c~. noted th.tt
man y tndl vtduals played a part 111 bringtng the math departm ent to
tht' North Ca mpus. He smgl ed out m parti cular Sca n Sullivan, v11..~
provosl for acadcmtt plann1ngand tnfo rmation.and Michael Duprt.',
assoCiate VICe pres ident for Ulli VCrsi tv facilities.

"Bullmobile" finishes third
UB students took third place mthe annua l C hern · ~.- Ca r Co mpe ti tion held last mo nth at the Amt.·nca n Institute of C he m iCa l Fng1
nce rs" national convention 111 Los Angeles .
US's entq•, the " Bullmo btl e,'' lompetcd agams t II o ther team ...
from arou nd the nation .
The competition stipulated
that a ca r. powered solely by a
chemical react iOn and designed
wtthin certain c riteri a. w&lt;\s to
travel a g iven distance while carrying a given load . The distance
and load wen: rand omly determined within preset ranges just
prior to the sta rt of the compe - team show off their entry.
tition . Teams also were judged on
a poster presentation and lhe sa fet y merits of each entry.
The UB team had gained the right to participale m th e n.m o nah
by winning the AIChE's regional malch hosted by the u111verstt v la.. t
sp ring.
Members of the .. Bullmobile " team are Larry Lenz. M a rk
Przybylski, Scott Boyle, Gary Gorniak. Jo hannes Remamdcr. M l(hael
W&lt;\bert, ]anine Horn and Luong Luu .

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BESITY in children has
reached epidemic pro·
ponions in the, United
States, a fact that has
motivated researchers to discover
how best to tr&lt;at overweight chi!dren, as weU as prev&lt;nt th&lt;m from
becoming so in the first place.
"Today, on&lt; out·offour children
is considered clinically obesedouble th&lt; number 20 years ago."
explains L&lt;onard H. Epst&lt;in,professor of pediatrics and psychology,
and one ofth&lt; country's leading&lt;:&gt;:p&lt;rts on childhood obesity.
Epstein, who has studied obesity
for the past two d«:ad&lt;s, is head of
UB's Childhood Weight Coqtrol
Program, a res&lt;arch program that
combines di&lt;t, &lt;xercis&lt; and behavior modification to help children
reduce their weight and maintain a
normal weight 1b&lt; com&lt;rston&lt; of
this program is the Stoplight Di&lt;t,
which was dev&lt;lop&lt;d by Epstein in
the 1970s and is used widely today
by pediatricians across the country.
Th&lt; diet teaches children proper
nutrition by linking foods to th&lt;
three signals on a traffic tight high·
ealori&lt; foods ar&lt; red and should be
&lt;at&lt;n rarely; moderate-calorie foods
are yellow and can be eaten in moderation, and low-ealorie foods are
grem and can be eaten fr«ly.
Epstein says obesity carries the
sarne risks for children as it does for
adults: an increase in health probIems that in dud&lt; diabetes mellitus,
hypenension and high cholesterol.
Obese children ar&lt; at higher risk of
becoming obese ad ults.
"Obese children who become
obese adults have a very difficult
time losing weight and maintaining
a normal weight; only a very small
p&lt;rcentage are successful over the
long run. So most researchers fed
the best hop&lt; is to catch kids early
and try to pr&lt;v&lt;nt th&lt;m from becoming overweight adults," he says.

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As pan of their ongoing effon to
devise ways to "catch kids early,"
Epstein and his group are conduct·
ing a study aimed at better understanding how sedentary behaviors
can br modiMd to tr~t and preven1
obesity in children. In work fu~ed
by aS 1,050,688 grant from the Na tiona! Institute of Child Health and
Human Devdopment (NICHHD)
of the NationallnstitutesofHea\th,
the rcs&lt;arch&lt;rSar&lt; int&lt;r&lt;stedsp&lt;cilicaUy in discovering ways to modify
sedentary behaviors that are esp&lt;cially popular among children :
watching television, playing video
games and surfing th&lt; lnt&lt;mCL
In describing th&lt; stair-step ap·
proach h&lt; and his group have tal=
over the past 20 years to arrive at
their current focus on sedentary
behaviors, Epst&lt;in explains that the
team's first studi~ in the
&lt;arly 1980sat th&lt; Uru-sltyofPinsbutgh--&lt;lemonsted tbe dlicacy
of treating a child ond his or her
family together, versus just treating
th&lt; child separately.
From there, Epstein's group foCUS&lt;d its attention on trying to un·
derstand th&lt; role of pbysieal activity in treating obesity. A review of
the titeratur&lt; suggested that lots of
people wbo begin exercise programs
do not maintain than, he says, As a
result, his group develop«! th&lt; idea
of" lifestyle &lt;:xercis&lt;."
Instead of trying to g&lt;t people to
adher&lt; to a very high-intensity=cis&lt; program, lif&lt;Styl&lt; aercis&lt; en·
courages changes in everyday behaviors, suCh as parking fanher from a
store entrance arid walking. In the
early 1980s, Epstein's group completed the first randomiud study
done on a lif&lt;Style-=:rcis&lt; program
and danonstraJed that this approach
works better than traditional exerris&lt;.
By the mid-1980s, Epstein's re·
search had resulted in the creation
ofinnovativeaercis&lt;anddictmodelssp&lt;cilicallygeared totrntingobesity in the pediatric population.

"About that tim&lt;, however, we
startedtom:ogniuthat&lt;vl:llthough
lif&lt;St)'l&lt; aercis&lt; and di&lt;t were =r
useful, lots of kids still pr&lt;fm-ed being sedentary, so then we started to
look at the competition-and the
competition, of OOUrK, was te~Ni·
sion," recounts Epstein.
This realization was based on ~
ne&lt;ringworkbeingoonducttdatthal
time by two Harvard raearch&lt;rS,
Wtlliam H. Di&lt;tz )r. and Steven L
Gortmal=, wbo "were thdint to &lt;ff&lt;Ctivelyarguethatsedentarybehav·
iors-&lt;el&lt;visionvi&lt;wing.inparticuJar-wen: a risk factor in th&lt; d&lt;Vd opment of obesity," he says.
Based on Di&lt;tz and Gortmaker's
studi&lt;S, F.pstt:in becam&lt; int&lt;rested in
th&lt; idea of behavior-choice theory,
and in the &lt;arly 1990s, h&lt; and his
group began a S&lt;tiesofstudi&lt;s aimed
atbetterunckrstandinghowsedentary behaviors can be mndifi&lt;d
within the contcn of this theory to
treat and praomt childhood ob&lt;sity.
Again. th&lt; sedentary behavior th&lt; r&lt;searcher. were particularly int.&lt;rested
in studying was television vi&lt;wing.
"Behavioral-choice throryr&lt;eogniles that kids have a choice bdw«n
two incompatibi&lt; behaviors-they
can either be active, or they can be
sedentary," &lt;:xplains Epstein. "Th&lt;r&lt;·
for&lt;, we started to look at understanding how people allocate
choice-how they decide to do
things-&lt;md in working with behavioral-choic&lt; throry, on&lt; of the
obvious things suggest«! by it is that
if two things ar&lt; incompatible. you
can either reinforce the on&lt; you
want, or you can reduce a = to it"
Subsequently, Epstein S&lt;t up a
studycomparingweightlossbetw&lt;m
thr« groups: on&lt; r&lt;infoi'Cell fur an
increas&lt; in &lt;:xetcise; a second for a
decrease in sedentary activity, and a
third for a combined approach. To
reinforcebchavior,contractsweresct
up betw&lt;en th&lt; childn:n and their
parmts thai enabl&lt;d thechildn::n to
earn points toward rewards thai were

activity-based,as,oppooedtomoney
orfood;for&lt;llllllpi&lt;,gllingtodxzoo.
'ib&lt;resultsofdxstudy,publiibed
in Htalrh Psychology in 1995 ,
sbow.d that the childn:n wbo wen:
reinforced for being lesS seden·
tary--c.g., less television and less
computer games-had a bigg&lt;r
weight loss than th&lt; cbildrm wbo
wen: reinforadfo&lt; i.ocreasing their
pbysicaJ activity.
This study, wbicb was the first to
manipula,. acc&lt;ss to tdevision.suggest&lt;d "that at least this was analt&lt;mativupproochtotryingtowori&lt;
on g&lt;tting kids to be more actiY&lt;,"
says Epst&lt;in.Jn an effort to replica,.
th&lt;se findings and better understand how the childn:n made their
choices, F.pstt:in ond his group recentlycompl&lt;t&lt;dastudytitled"Ex&lt;rOse in th&lt; Long-Tmn Control of
ChildhoodObesity."Participontsin
this study were randomized to.;.
dxr increax physical activity orr&lt;dua sedentary behavior.
"We found thai the group th:!t r&lt;due&lt;d sed&lt;ntary behaviO£ had substantial decr&lt;ases in weight loss and
improv&lt;m&lt;nts in fitn&lt;ss that ,;.er&lt;
maintain«! over the """ years we
foUowed them. W. also found that
in the kids wbo reduced their sed&lt;ntary behavior, about on&lt;- third of
th&lt; time they substituted tbebehavior with pbysical activity, which is
&lt;:xactly what we want«!.'
Epstein &lt;mphasius that the children were not told what they had to
do; instead, they were ITW3l'd&lt;d for
choie&lt;s that freed up tim&lt; fur th&lt;m
to fiU any way they chOS&lt;.
In 1997, Epstein and his group
conducted a study that confirmed
thissu~ition:"W&lt;gotmuchbet ­

to. results for reinforcing children's
behavior than restricting it," he says.
Two years ago. with th&lt;se pr&lt;liminary resu.lts in hand, they began
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UB research shows that abusing marijuana may overload system, inhibit fertility
cellular-signaling sys~
tern that responds to
TH C, -the active sub stance in marijuana, as
well as to anandamide, a cannabinoid -like molecule normally produced in the body, may regulate
sperm functions required for f&lt;rtili zation in humans. a study headed
by UB scient ists has fou nd.
In addition, the findings suggest
that men and women who abuse
marijuana could overload this natu ral cannabinoid-signaling system
that regulates sperm structure, vigor
and fertility.
Herbert Schu e), professor of
anatomy and ccU biology and lead
author, will present results of theresearch on Tuesday at th e annual
me&lt;ting of the American Society for
CeUBiology in San Francisco.
Collaborating on the research
were !.ani Burkman and jack uppes
ofUB and coUeagues from the Uni·
versityofConnecticut, Eastern Virginia M&lt;dieal School and Univer.;ity
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The study presents the first evi dence that anandamide exists in
human seminaJ plasma, mid-cycle
oviductal fluid and follicular fluid,
and can regulate directly the human
sperm's ability to feniliu an egg.
"Th&lt;se findings suggest that defects in the cannabinoid receptorsignaling system could account for
certain typ&lt;s of infertility," Schuel
said . ..'A bcner understanding of
th&lt;se mechanisms might lead to the
development of drugs usefuJ in reproductive medicine. For heavy
marijuana users, the results raise the
possibility they ar&lt; jeopardizing fertility by overloading this system."
A receptor for cannabinoids was
found in the human brain in the late
1980s. Thislindingsuggestedthatthe
body must produce its own ch&lt;mical version oflliC to activate thest
receptors, and a substance called
anandamide was found to ~ that
chemieal. Schue! and collaborators
were the first to report cannabinoid
n=ptors in sperm. using sea urchins
as a mod&lt;!, and that anandamide also
activated thOS&lt; n=ptors.
The r&lt;gulatory m&lt;chanisms that

prepare sperm to f&lt;rtilize"l!S' remain,
for the most pan, a scimtific mystery.
Human spenn are bathed in male
reproductivt"-tract secretions whm
they are ejaculated into the female's
vagina, and are not irnrn&lt;diately capable of f&lt;rtilizing eggs. However,
once exposed for several hours to S&lt;·
crctionswithin th&lt; female reproductive tract, sperm become "capacitated" and can fertiliu "l!S'·
Capacitated sperm exhibit a pattern of vigorous swimming called
hyperactivated motility. When they
bind to a specific protein in th&lt; egg's
surface coat, spenn can be stimulated to secret&lt; enzymes that mabie
them to penetrate the egg coat during fertilization, a secretory process
calJed the acrosome reaction.
"We know that sperm capacitation and fertilizing potential are
tightly r&lt;gulated within th&lt; female
reproductive tract," Schue! said. "We
also know that the cannabinoid receptor found in th&lt; human brain is
express«! in th&lt; human testis, and
that "''andamid&lt; is produced in the
testi s.'and uterus of mammals.
Within the uterus, anandamide

r&lt;gulates early development of the
fertiliud egg. and d&lt;tmnines wbere
the embryo will implant to initiate
pregnancy. Cannabinoids also affect
this process,• h&lt; not&lt;d.
Now, Schuel and collaborators
have the first evidence that
anandamide can regulate directly
human spmn's ability to f&lt;rtiliz&lt; an
egg. Using a syntbetir: equival&lt;nt of
na~ anandamidc caU&lt;d AM -356
and THC. th&lt; substance r&lt;Sp&lt;&gt;nsibl&lt;
for the "high"produced by marijuana
smok&lt;, the researChers showed that
both ch&lt;micals r&lt;gulat&lt; in vitro capacitation and f&lt;rtilizing potential of
human sperm in thn:e ways:
• AM-356 produc.s opposite &lt;f.
fects on hyp&lt;nctivated sperm swimming,dep&lt;ndingondxarnount Too
mudl inhibits swimming while a
lower doS&lt; stimulates swimming.
• BothAM-356andTHCinhibit
structural changes over the
acrosome. The structural integrity
of the aaosom&lt; during capacitation
is known to lx a criticaJ factor in the
spmn's ability to fertiliz&lt; eggs.
• AM-356 significantly inhibits
spenn binding. to th&lt; egg coaL

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Legendary sports analyst reveals his "softer side" during talk

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OLDING court like
the S&lt;aSOned pro he is,
Dick Vitale shook the
rafters at UB'sAJumni
Arena on Monday night, shooting
from the hip with his characteristic-and often times self-dcprecatmg--one-linc:rs.
"Anyti me you get fired in the
NBA, you're excited to be invited
anywhere." said Vitale, referring to
his brief stint as coach of the Detroit Pistons from 1978-79.
The boisterous Vital&lt;--&lt;learly
not in need of a microphone--took
a time-out from talk of basketball,
revealing his softef side as he shared
some ofthe .. imponant essentials to
try to make it in life...
" Have a passion and love for wha t
you're doing,'' he sajd, "and a great
work ethic...
A virtu al one -man pep rally
warming up the crowd for the UB
Bulls-Duquesne Dukes game followingthe Distinguished Speakers Series
portion of the bill, Vitale said his life
was blessed from the beginning.
"J thank God for giving me the
greatest mother and father a person
couJd ever have," he said.
"I came from a very loving home,..
said an impassioned Vitale. crediting
h1s supportive and hard -working
parentswithmakingpossiblehisca·
rcer ~from a sixth-grade teacher
in East Rutherford, N.J .• to a hoUS&lt;"hold name in sports personaJities.
Some .30 years removed from his
days as a schoolteacher. Vitale still
recalls with teeming nostalgia how
he would wri te letters to famous
basketbaJI coaches, asking them:
"\A/hilt makes you so spcciaJ? "
His said his belief that " if you
think you're special, you'll be specia!"-wisdom he said he always
imparted to his two daughters and

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in his travels on the road-hdp&lt;d
him map out ..a journey that's ex C«d&lt;danydrcun 1'.,...,. had"
Vitale, whose lyrial rantings and
predictions can be found at &lt;http:/
/ www.espn.go.com/dkkvttale&gt;,
said he's enthralled with his new
playground.
"I'm Uke a little kid with a new
toy," he said in a press conference at
the Marriott hotel in Amherst preceding his talk at UB. "This Web
site--il's unbelievable the informa tion you can get on it."
Commanding and entertaining,
lh&lt;volume-frimdlyVitalerecounl&lt;d
to reporters his most memorable
stint at the Riley Center at St.
Bonaventure University in Olean
while b-ba.U coach for the University
of Detroit during the mid-70s.
With only seconds left to play, he
said, and the legendary Pete Pavia
officiating, Vitale was markedly hot
undertheoollarafterhisguysmissed
the free throw.
" I ren1&lt;0mb&lt;rstandingupinfront
of the bench," he said, recalling how
the other team snatched away the
ball on rebound and drove it down
coun to make the shot. Only it was
after the buzzer.
With no time to lose, Vitale
marched his team into the locker
room, then started .. screaming at
Pavia.''
Therewas .. nodoubt," hesaid,the
ball cu t through the hoop after the
buzzer.
The hjghlight was seeing Pavia's
arms outst retch«!. ruling a .. no ·
goaJ,"Vitale said, the decibels rising
as he narrated only one of count ·
less precious moments in his career.
"lt's bcenajourney,man," hesaid.
sounding more like a teen -ager than
a grown man. Which 1s fin e for
Vitale, for whom the wild ride IS like
a youth elixir.
.. That's why I act 12 instead of 6 1,"

"'Tw•• the month before Chns&lt;mas, and all through the store,
he quipped.
each department was dripptng wllh Yuletided&lt;eor." (&lt;xe&lt;rpted from
Pondering the UB Bulls recent
.- http :/ / www.geoc.ltles.com / N•paV•Uey/ 2049/ nb4 .htm111&gt;.
step up to the Mid -Amencan con
Yes,themerchantsaregearingupforanoth&lt;ry&lt;2Cofholidaysaks,bo&lt;h
ference level-what he SaJd ~ one
at the malls and online. And whether thts year's shoppm navigat&lt; toward
of the most underrated conferences
the1r retail destinations using a strtnng wheel or a moux. it is necessary
in the country-Vitale offered hi~.
thqt they remam caut iou.o; and aware of their rights as consumers. The
this time, solicited advtce.
w/,t, can assiSt m making sensible and safe purdtascs for this&gt;""'·
The .. first step," he sa 1d, "1s to
Rated "best consumer advice sue" by Yahoo lnternet Ufe. Consumer
achieve."
World &lt;http://www.&lt;on..,merworid.org / &gt; IS a
..{UB) is in a quality basketball
~
consumer's 1deal metasite. Hundrrdsof product rc·
conference,"' he sajd, 'There are no
~ • ..
ports. rev~ews and pnce comparisons, consumer
easy spots in that leagu e.
g ,. -.. agenCio at all levels. newsletters and other con ·
3
.. What Buffalo has to do as find a "- Q
' t
sumcr rC'M)urces are linked from its main pages.
way," he said, interrupting himself 1 ~
'
( ~; t At the nauonallevel, Consumer.gov &lt;http:/ I
to interject-.. Basketball is unique
~~' .. .J ~ ~·
www.consumer.gew/ &gt; leads you to federal
in that you don't need 14 or 15 hot 1
~~,. 1 onfonnauon resources. Oicking on the Prod·
players." he said, resuming. UB, he
...
@'~I.,. I" uct Safety 1con wiU lead you to reports on rc·
said,ne&lt;dsto"get2or3qualityplay'"' ;.. •
calls. test results and alens about dangerous or
e:rs (and ) build off that."
n..sky produru. hom the s1te you also can acces.s con Of course. he said, turning comi tact tnfonnauon for more than 200 federal agencies.
caJ o~ce again-it 's not easy when,
The Federal Trade Comm1ss1on offers tips on holiday shoppmg
like his days at the University of
&lt; http : 1 / www . ftc: . gov 1 be p 1 c:o n II n e 1 pubs 1 •l er t s 1
Detroit, you're working within lim shop•lrt.htm &gt;. These common ·sensc tips apply to shoppmg tn
ited means_
stores, by phone or mail. or online. A similar article at the Web s1te
"Mkhigan's phone budget was
for the National Consumers League's auonal Fraud InformatiOn
bigger than mycoachingbudg&lt;t,"he
Center &amp; Intern et Fraud Watch entuled " Ho-Ho- Holiday Shoppmg
cracked.
on the Int ernet" &lt; http://www.fr•ud .org/ new&gt;/ 1998/ no¥98/
"Bask&lt;tball in New York State is
112798.htm &gt; offers addttional ad voce on online shoppmg.
pretty good," he said, and .. Syracuse
If yo u wish. to complain about an unacceptable product or st&gt;r (University) is not going to get
vice,or would like to investagate a company before purchasmg, check
them all."
with the Better Business Bureau &lt; http:/ / www.bbb.org / &gt;. hs Web
The author of six books--more
site offers information and adv1ce for shoppers, hoth before and afthan he's ever read, Vitale joktdter purchases, and the "onhne compla1nt system .. a.ss1sb consumers
and with 22 yean of commcntating
toward holding unscrupulous busanes.se~ accountable for their prac
under his belt at fSPN, and another
ti.ces. C urrently, the BBB is comp1lmg a database of reports. expected
10 at ABC. be's living proofthatlifl·
to come online 10 2001 .
isaboutamsciousdecisions.
The New York State Co nsumer Protection Board &lt; http://
" It 's up to you to enjoy," said
www.c:onsumer.st•te.ny.us/ &gt; 1s the state's pnnopal co nsumer ad
Vitale, who noted that his career
vocacy organizat ion. The Web site mdudes a Consumer Law Help
exp loiiS have seem ed more like
Manual. press releases, o nline t·umplamt fo rm and lmks to agenc1es
"stealing money" than work.
and o th e-r ~ 1 tes of consumer mterest.
Ending on mu~ch the sa me
~inally. 1f you are shopp1ng for children 's presenb, 11 would be
hounce with which he began. a
hdpful to n.'\' 1ew the U.S. Co nsumer Product Safety Co mmission 's
noshed, visibly swea tmg VitaleToy Hazard Recalls &lt;http:/ / www.c:p5c:.gov/ c:pKpub/ prere.l/ c•tperhaps reminiscent of his coachegory/ toy.html &gt; before scoopmg up that toy xylophone or spin ·
mg days strutting up and down the:
ning-ride tn}' you maght havf.' been t:yt.'lng. The ~PSC as~emb les re ·
fouJ line--said,"Jfit can h~pen to
ports on all reca ll s at thi :, s1ll', whi..:h is updated co ntmually. Th1 s
me-ugly, no talent and violates
and the: other ton~umcr · fnendl r Web Sit es will ensure vou will en every rule in television-it can hap
10 y yo ur hohda\ free of shoppmg p1tfall~.
pen to you
-Nina Cat.do and Rk k McRae:, Unrvrntry Llbronf&gt;s

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2001 Commencement Schedule

BrieD
Center for the Arts

3:30 PM
5:30PM

School of Social Work

ofNuning
School of Information Studies

9:00AM .

Alumni Arena

9:00AM

Center for the Arts

9:00AM

Slee Concert Hall
Theatre, Student Union

tO :OO AM

of Engineering ond Applied Sciences
Law Scljool

Sdences

Slee Concert Hall
Center for the ArU

1:00PM

Alumni Arena

1:00PM

Center for the ArU

. 1:00PM

Slee Concert Hall

School of Architecture and Pla nning

2:00PM

Lawn, Hayes Hall

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Graduate School of Education

S:OO PM

Alumni mna
Center for the Aru

School of Pharmacy and l'toonnacartical

Genkin Philharmonic to play
The Genkln Phllh•nnonk, Jn t'l~ht p1t'lt', clectro-acoustll (han1her
t'nsemble darec1ed hr two
faculty m ember~ m tht&gt; Department of MusK and fea turing sume of the tint"st
studen ts 10 the dl·pJrt ment. wall pt.'rform at 8
p.m . todav m 1-t... ll walls
(:On temporary Ans Center
m the Tn -Mam Building,
2495 Mam ~t.. Buffalo.
Adnuss10n I.!. free. wuh a sugg\.'Sted donation of $J.
Tht· group--directed hy Jon NdMJn, a~M.!.lant prok~~or ol mu Sil .
Jnd Jonathan (..;olovc, a lecturt'r 111 thedcpartment - prl'!&gt;-Cill!i a unaqut'
take on the ,JVant -mck composltlonll of Frank Zappa. Jum Hendnx.
Capt am Bedheart and Kmg Cnm1oon. the claS..\Kal modern plt't.:t' !i of
Sergf' Prokofiev and Charles Jves. and works bv sut.":h lwmg Ament an
composers as Vi nnie Golia. Frank I ondon and N1ck 01dkovsk) .
The Genkm features Nelson on lrumpet, vocab and Jr rangemenb;
(.;olove on electric cello; Ken PasCiak on dectn.~ gUitar; Mark Karwan
nn bass; Co lin Renick on aho ~ax; Stt'Vt' Ba..:z.kowskt o n lenor and
llanton e saxes; Satoshi Takagi on manmha. vibt•s .md perc ult ~ IUn ,
and Andrt&gt;w Wcndzikowski on drum~ .
In its first year, Genkin w.b featured m performan(Cll 10 Slet' ll.ill.
tht' Cal uml"t Arts Cafe and the Hallwalls Black-n-Biue Theatre. Htgh
lights of the cu rrent season include a tour of t.he Madwest and a fea
ture concert at the lnternat10naJ Trumpet Gui ld Ann ual Conferenle
The group's first compact disc IS tn production. and memhers have
begun preparations for a second .

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Market-research group wins first annual Henry A. Panasd Jr. Entrepreneunhlp Award

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Amln, Mdissa Burgio and Anna
Klimaszewsb e a c h - a
certlfta1to and a SSOO check.
The award, nomed for.
tanner executille director of the
Office ol Alumni Relltlons, is
pr_,tod by the lJnlomslty Student Alumni -.!. student Ill·
fillato ol /t,. olumni....M:Iation.
Amin, • -majoring lri
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and Spanish, with a minor In Po'~
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Team and Modo! United Notions.
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Sonno Podell. Oinl Shofey and

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tho fruits of a team effort.
"Wo want to gy, in the md, this is
a VB-borne idea," he said • Docs that
mean VB gets an equity stak.o? No,"
he said laughingly. •But we'D admit
that VB was a great piau to start."
In part, tho thrust of the award is
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Weisman grow up in the area-pals
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Students show entrepreneurial stuff

BRIEFLY

WENTY-four-year-old&gt;
Eric Reich and Michaol
Weisman were ecstatic
when a tittle more than a
y.. r ago, on a lark, th•y hatched
what theycon.idorod to be the•pcrfoct" business idea And then they
came up with ano1her idea--one
that ultimately may seJ"Ye as insur·
anco against th• first going. as they
say in the biz world, beUy up.
· There's boon this notion the last
couple of years, that when (stu·
dents) get a good id.. for business,
they just dropout and go fori~" said
Reich , wh&lt;&gt;--&lt;llong with teammates
and feUow MBA students Weisman,
Karen Woodman and Matthew
Worden-clinched the top priz&lt; of
S25,000 in the first Henry A. Panasci
Jr. Entrepreneurship Awards Com·
petition at VB on Monday night.
"We ha"" a different philosophy,"
said Reich, who also is pursuing a law
degree at VB. "Wecallit 'droppingin:"
Ratherthan eschew univ&lt;rsity life
m order join the ranks of the "real
world," Reich said they decided to
tap into resources at their immedi·
ate disposal while still mapping out
their idea.
.. We've gone around to n-ery de·
panment at school," said Reich, explaining that they consulted professors in various departments--from
computer science, to engineering. to
marketing and law-for everything
fTOm technical minutiae to a review
of their co mprehen sive business
plan. "" We've utilized what the university has to offer, instead of leav mg the universit y.
.. Literally, we would drop into
poople's offices:• Reich said. "So that
was the cxpression-'dropping in.'"
Already showing signs of the sawy
businessman, Reich points out: ..A
professor's advice is free. The minute
we drop out, it's $100 an hour."
Lest anyone think the group is
trying to exploit the university's resources, Reich explains the aim is lO

comes with it."

Woodman, too, W3S visibly lllOYOd
by Monday's announa:mmt.
"We're a link awestruck," silo said,
noting that despite plans to procced-mon_ey__~rt. no money-the
group was tluiJJ&lt;;I to be th• rocipi ent of the genm&gt;us award.
Reich said the group-planning
to formally roU out the businoss in
September 20Cll-is bent oo protocting th• integrity of the award.
"We're going to act fast to make
sure w• get th• job done," h• said,
noting plans to begin
canvassing campuses
for a &gt;tries of trial-run
surveys this spring. •But
we're not golng to do it
in a way that we run out
of money in a month.
"We're the pioneer,"
said, and by virtue of
that fact, "we're going to
get judged. We want to
make sure we're using
(the money ) in the
most strategic fashion

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from Boston, the group ls committed to making it happen here.
uwe all have a vested lntert:St in
Buffalo," Reich said. "Wo're going to
be a success story."
A timely-and costly-underraking, to be sure, the teammates of
Triad College Market Resea"rch
Group agree that their idoa--&lt;~ marketing research company that supplies corporate clients with information about college consumers
through the use of hand-held toch nology, or personal digital assistants--is too good to rush.
" We're the first winners of the
award: said a smiling Worden, 24,
whose pa rent s drove in from
Honeyoye Falls for the competition.
"There's a lot of responsibility that

Th• i~e brainchild of Reich and
Weisman-&lt;!lready was
in development stages
when th• two enroUed
this fall in VB'~ entrcprcncunhip
cour.;e, taught by John Hannon. a visiting associate professor in the School
of Management. It was there the
group's chemistry blossomed
"It was love at first sigh~" Reich
said of Woodman's and Worden's
enthusiasm for the business plan.
"Wo were so lucky (that ) everything
feU into placo."
Hannon, who was on-hand Mon·
day night to shar&lt; in the colebratory
~tmosphere.said the team dynamicthe unique characteristics of each
member-was what sealed the deal
"The level of professionalism that
these students demonstrate, I would
match against any other student
group--Harvard University, The
Wharton School (at the University

Now m ore comfortable with the
techno logy and in curri cular exchange, Jacobs said the center is
hoping to offer courses for credit in
the spring. Students who were part
of the inaugurytl semester partici pa ted on a strictly volunteer basis.
" We felt it was pretty high stakes
to put students and teachers in
an ... alien technology environment.
(But ) we're ready to now roll this
o ut , with some credit -bearing
cou rsework," sajd Jacobs, adding
that the center wiJJ continue work·
ing closely with Millard FiUmore
CoUege's Distanco L&lt;arning Otlico.
He noted that Verizon was in charge
of engin..ring for tho project.
Next semester, CATE plans to offer a course on conOid resolution ,
taught both in English and Spanish
to Costa Rican students, as well as a
course taught by Costa Ricans who
have worked in the region 's
rainforests. called " Rainforest Experience," O.clus saicl lhat cour.;e, silo
said, will be offorcd primarily to students interested in the environment,
biology or sciencr in general.
The idea of sharing a ..common

educational experience" through
technology, Jacobs said, began with
a conversation in 1997 between
CATE and Costa Rica's then-minister of education.
"We were invited to talk with ad ministration of the Lincoln School,"
he said, keeping in mind the thrust
of the project would be using "advanced telecommunication tech·
nologies to detivor primarily educa tion and social-services training."
"The notion," he said, .. was to
connect high schools and coUeges
and universities in Western New
York with the Lincoln School.
"Certainly, from the standpoint of
students and teachers in Buffalo.
there was terrific interest in Costa
Rica-it has a lot of panache, havinga great tradition of"grcen" to\lfism and environmentally friendly
policy," ho said.
A similar project is in the works
with educators in E1 Salvador, and
discussion. also aro undor way with
thoso i,n Guatomala, Jacobs saicl
Jacobs, who in 1995 founded
CATE-form•rly known ~ the
Center for Applied Research 1n In-

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of Pmnsylvania) and the like,. he
said. ·rm elated for thcso studmts.
They really put their minds to something and accomplished th• goal

they set out for."
The competition, admini.stered
by the Center for Entrqxmourial
Leadmhip in the School of Managomen~ culminated in p......,tations modo by the final 1M of 18
original teams, which _, judsod
by a panel of tight local entrepreneur&gt; who previously had reviewed
each group's business plan.
A socood-plau priz&lt; of $15,000
was award&lt;d to Vertical Grocer, an
on-line service provi&lt;kr for th• grocory industry. Kristen Maher, an
MBA student and mcimbcr of the
V•rtical Grocer ~gorial team,
said the group will CQntinuo to """"'
forward with its business plans.
Panasci, who was unabk to attend
Mondaf.scompetition,isa VB alumnus and chairman of Cygnus Management Group. Panasci has said the
competition, mad. possible through
his S I million endowm•nt to the
university, is a way to encourage new
business growth in upstato New York.
"The future depends on entrepreneurs, and we need to support th•ir
efforts.• he said in 1999 when the
contest was established
Panasci, a 1948 gradliato of VB's
chemistry department and a 1952
graduate of the School of Pharmacy,
also served as chairman and CEO of
Fay's Inc., which he and his father,
Henry A. Panasci ~.• alsq a VB~­
macy graduate, ro-foundod in 1958.
Other finalists ...,.. Applied C.-

ramics Tcchnologics Inc., specializing
in production of ettamic-grinding
media, bearings, ballthr.. &lt;U and
other mac;:hine tool• parts;
RingUpParts.co m LLC, a virtual
company looking to boost the autoparts industry by featuring an onlin.c
"ref&lt;mll ring" for vendors, and Web
Cash, a company striving to eliminate
onlin• theft through the usc of individual purchasing accounts that prevent reloase of pononaJiriformation.

CATE
Conttnu.d fnMn ..... 1

here is to begin to connect the kids
and the communities and teach ers-for th e purposes of creating
some international (a nd ) cultural
exchange," Jacobs said.
"This puts UB out in the front of
developing technologies," he said of
the program. " UB has a very strong
and prominent nationaJ role in the
use of educational technologies," he
noted, and has assumed ..a leader·
ship role in developing !hese tech·
nologies to provide technical assistance training education in the developing world."
Courses--a combination of syn chronous and asynchronous tech·
nologies-are comprised of about
one-third real-time videoconfer·
encing and approximately twothirds W•b-based, or online, work,
according to C helus.
The enterprise, a "c ross ·
pollinization of thoughts" between
the United States and Costa Ria.some 3,000 miles apart-is "wholly
unique in Central Ame:rica and to
VB as wcU," Jacobs saicl
"( W• are) the only group in the
country doing this kind of project."

teractiV&lt; Technologies-has worked
in Centra!Amorica,Africa and Eastem Europe for nine ycus toward the
ond of reaching and mriching th•
developing world through technology. Th• goal, he said, is to "make
stronge:r connections between our
country and other countries in the
spirit of crating a more global student base."
Jacobs said he "most definitely"
sees this kind of partnoring not only
as feasible, but trend-setting for the
future of education.
• Particularly with some new tochnologies, but through other {acad•mic) departments. working on
some innova!M technologies, {and)
using th• lnt&lt;met as a backbone,
(the mod• will bccom•) very cost effocti~· h• said.

Tho project-scheduled to run
through the cod ofApril-is funded
primarily through aS 140,000 Costa
Rican USA {CRUSA) Foundation
grantro-writtmbyCATEandCosta
Rican •ducators. Supplem•ntal
funds WCI'C provided through CAn.
a unit of UB's Offico of Public Servia and Urban Affairs.

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Oec21Z7.21111\\l32.11.15 Rep a..._

LackofEuropean-historyprogram mars UB
After 35 years of service. at UB, I
would liU to reOect on the development in this time period of the
uniYtnity in general and specifically
of the history department, of which
I was a member.
I came to the university in 1965
at a time of great excitement and
expectation. UB had just become a
part of the new SUNY system, New
York's attempt to establish a major
pubtic univmity. Departments_,
built up with national and international reputations, such as English,
Philosophy and Psychology. The
history department offered nationally recognized doctoral progranu
in Modem European. American and
East Asian history.
In the 1970s, the tum camewhich Mark Sbedtner in a .-..:ent article in In. Buffalo News described as
thedismantlingofUB, which also was
the dismantling of the SUNY system.
While New York Slate in the 1960s
was near the top among the 50 states
in terms of the proportion of tax
money going to higher education, by
the late 19905, it was in 50th place.
Within UB, the administration
shifted resources from the liberal
arts to schools and d&lt;partments that
generated money. Between 1972 and
2000, the full-time history staff was
reduced from 38to 19. \',lbole fields
were elintinated. Only two fields retained sufficient strength to offer
meaningful doctoral programs:
namely, American and modern European history.
Between 1990and 2000,the mod em European field-within which

German and Central European his- tory-it continues m the hard satory enjoyed an international repu- ences-was effectively destroyed by
tation-was dismantled. All three the UB administration three yean
British historians now~ retired; ago when it decided that UB stu ·
a search has b&lt;m authorized for a dents going to Darmstadt would
tenure-track assistant professor to have to pay full tuition at VB while
away-incidentally, without the tu ·
replacr them.
Similarly, the German field. with ilion waiver for which they would
my retirement in 1997 and William have been etigible had they re ·
S.AIIen's retirement in 2000, has b&lt;m mained as TAs in Buffalo.
But the department, too, bean; a
reduced to one assistant professor yet
without tenure. Neither 6dd will be good deal of responsibility for the
able to train doctoral candidates. The destruction of the modern EuroGerman language-and-literature pean progi-am. Of the 10 appointprogram that was essential to our ments made since the late J980s.
graduate program in Central Euro- only one on the junior level Wil5 in
modern European history; the othpean history has b&lt;m dissoMd
An important part or the doctoral ers were in American history or in
program in German history was the pre-modem cultural studies, the latsupport it rea:iYed from institutions ter an ana with few students and few
and fu nding agencies in Germany. possibilities of jobs.
A cooperative arrangement was es- · One offer actually was made two
tablished in 1974 with the history years ago to a senior German histod&lt;partment at the Technical Unim-- rian, who turned it down . ,Jhe
sity of Darmstadt, which enabled search has not been reopened.\
On the other hand, the placement
our graduate students to spend a semester or a full year in Darmstadt record for doctoral students in Gerbefore they began their dissertation man history has been good.
research. Darmstadt charged no tuI always ha"" been an outspoken
ition and &lt;Ven provided a modest ad&gt;ocateoftheexpansion of history
rost-of-living stipend. Our doctoral from traditional Euro- (and Ameri students at the dissutation stage can) centric perspectiv&lt;s to critical
regularly succeeded in obtaining the comprehensive approaches, indudcompetitive feUowships from the ing the non-Western world. NeverGerman Academic Exchange Ser- theless, the European tradition is an
vice. In 1999-2000, we had four doc- integral part of this world and no ,
toral students in·Germany funded ~tythatlacksabroadprograrn
by German agencies; at present. we in European history can provide a sehave two students in Germany. rious education to its students.
There will be none in the foreseelOeorg ... lggen
able futu re. The Darmstadt ex -

change

program as it affected

his-

Di:UinguilMd Proi~UtJr fmerituJ
DqxJrtment of History

ltanium chip
c-~,.._,.... ,

" Further, if these processors are
available at a reduced cost co m ·

administrators to tune the systems

our Beta SGI Itaniurn cluster, it appears that the pre release IA -64
( ltanium ) processors al ready are

for their specific needs."
. According to Miller, the results of

competitive with high-end processors." said Miller.

CC R's tests wi th the pre release
ltanium chips bode weU for their
performance in supercomputen.

"We anticipate that for SnB. these
processors will outperform many of
the high-end processors when fi .
nally released.

the ability to deliver quick turn around time for computationally
inten sive programs like SnB at low
cost will be enhanced greatJy," he
said. "This is cenainly good news
for the genomics community."

linux. an open-source operating sys' tern, allO'NS scientists. engineers and

"In evaluating the SnB system on

pared to high-end processors, then

Calendar
C..u...cl , _ , . . . e

Wednesday,
January

3
_ .,...._,
UB vs. Akron. Alumni Arena, ~
Cam pus. 7 p.m. S1 2 for Blue, Sl O for
Or;~nge/Bleac~. S8 for chik:l~ ages
12 and under, free for students with 10.

Saturday

6
Women's Basketb.al

have been reproduced from a book
publiShed 1n 1863 owned by t~ Roben
l. Srown Htstory of Medicine CollectiOn
The exhibit was made possible through

Saturday

13

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Medical Historical Society

Women., Swimming

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UB vs.
tstu s. Alumn1 Ar~ pool,
North Campus. 1 p.m . Free

artist's roots in the Great Plains, a~ on
display through Dec. 1 S in the fi~t-floo r
gallery in the Center tor the ArU on the
North Campus. The paintings. the
majority of which were created

Wednesday

17

;~~~O:.,~~~r!t~~ue

usually reserved for sculpbng. Callery
hourl are from 10:30 a .m . to 8 p.m
~nesday through Friday, and noon to
S p.m . Sunday.

lnformotlon Seillon
EMBA Mld PMBA Informa tion Session

10&lt; Proopedi¥&lt; Student&gt;. t 06 )acot»

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Wednesday

UB vs. Ke n t State . Alumni Arena, North
Campus. 7 p.m . S12 for Blue, 11 0 for
Onlnge/~Khen, S8 for chiktrtn ages
12 and under, he for students with 10

UB vs. Akron. Alumni Arena, North
With 10.

10
Women's aukedMII
UB vs. Kent Sblte. Alun'vli Arrna, North

~mr::~~~~ ?:.:~t~~~~

with 10.

You~ "'

3200.

Exhibits
"1 - Century llotanlcol Prlnu "
The fnt art exhibit of the Health
Sciences library will be on diiplay

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the South C.ITif"!'. The print&gt;-&lt;mages
of plants wtth medicinal properties-

.. UB P•lnt en"

~~ rn":e~~~~r~u:~
~~~~~~~-~~~~enter

of the Arts on the North Campus.
Callery houn are from 1 0 a.m . to 5 p.m
Tuesda~ 10 a .m . to 8 p.m . Wednesday

~::~'/nday and 11 a.m. to 6 p .m

~~!1"' Painting• of
" Ave American Print M..ken ..
'NoB by artist ~n IJoolty and pnnt
makers lim Dine, Tony Fitzpatrick. Robert
~ffankSt&lt;llaandMa"

Tobey are on display through Jan. 31 in
UB's Anderson Galt«y, ManN )ackson
Place, Buffalo. Cattery hourl are 11 a.m.
to S p.m. Monday through friday.

~as~et~all
MEN ' S

C anlsius 80, UB 78
Hodari Mallory ~Cored olf an
oflonsM rebound will&gt; leu dan I
second rema1n1oc on the dock "'
O¥ertime to eM Canisius an 8().. 78
win O¥et" US on Nov. 30, dr-oppin&amp;
the Bulls to 0-3
The last-oecond shot copped olf
an oxdtinlpneloo- the 2.31 I fans
in AJurmf AnN who saw UB hit a
tlv-oe-pomer at the end ol
rqubtion to tie the pme at 64-64
and send It into overtime
WOMEN' S

UB 71 ,Aibany 56
UB 81 ,W isc.onsin-H itwaukee

52
UB kept its unblemished record
Intact with a pair ofvic:tories. UB. SO. opened the weel&lt;with a 71 -56
win O¥et" vfsltin&amp; Aabany on ~ 2CJ
The BlAis oever-o-ailed in the
pne.and ted by .. many .. 2&lt;
poina .. the second hall. UB
stnJggted at times. both olfensNety
and delensMiy. comm«ting 18
tumc:J\'en and a8owinc the Great
Dane&lt; to shoot an~ &lt;15
pen:ent from the tloor and SCO&lt;O 56
poina

us; ro~~any Belt ~eored , camehi&amp;!&gt; 23 po;na and 1rabbed eizht

.-.bounds.
Four. Bulb scored

in~

fi&amp;ures on Sarun!oy as UB held
WJ:SCOflU1-Mitwaube t0 just six
field pis .. the second half. doleating the P2nthen. 81 -Sl.Jo.- thek fiftto
vk:tory of the season. Mari Mc.Oure led ;dl scorers wit:h 18 poina.. Bulls
outscored UWM, +1-22. .. the flnaJ 20 mlnute1 ol play.

nno&amp;t&gt;t

Wrest! in~
UB des for 21st place in Cliff Keen L.u Veps Invitatio nal
UB toOk pan. in Ia second tnvitational of the season tan ~ u It ~ed
to the prestip&gt;us Ctill Keen t.a. "-las lrwiUtlonal. The &amp;Us tied with Cal l'l:&gt;ty.
for 21n pbce amona the 52 teams with 38 points.IMinois won the event wktt
t S6 po;na. Us&lt; season. the Bull&gt; pbced 27th with 20 poina.
· Senio&lt;- Shawn Kegel was the Suit.• tone wres1ler to place. fini"""&amp; thud • 6- t ~ .. the t ))-pound bnd&lt;et.
2.0. Kegel lost hb
quarurfirW match to Oregon's Brian Waaon. the Pm"~tual second-pb.c~ fintsher

Aft6"'""

He bounced ~ck with four stn,jght wins to c:b.im third pb.c~. defeating some of
the tounwnent's top-nnked gr-Wen along the ~. In the fifth wresdeback. he
defeated Pttuburgtl's Rob Loper, the tournament's top seed~ this season's
No. 2-f'V'ked wrestler 1n the Ntion In preseason polls.

~wimmin~
MEH' S

UB pl ilces fo u rth in N ittany Lio n lnvft:a.do nilf
UB finished fourth of four sqmds u the NltQn)' Uon lnvitatl()Nj last WM'keod
Host ~

20th-~nked ~n

Sace won the

dl~

meet.
1

~aci~~~~,::~pm~~~~~=~c~ch~ :;:;:~i~ ~iteome
best of 4:03.33. wt.l~ teammate Erk Stimson was fourth In 4:09.99.
McU.chlan also pbced s&amp;ond 1n the 1650 freestyle 1n another lifetime best
ol 16:0&lt;.&lt;9.
Sdmson finished second lf'l the 200 backstroke in 1.51 .3 7 He also was part of
the 200 medley .-.by squad. a1ons M;toe Szyprowslu. Pe.... Zeitleo- and Tony
tmuck&gt;s. that placed sbnh .. t :38.92.

WOMEH ·s

UB plilces fi fth in Piltrio t lnvitation aJ
UB took fifth pbce MnOOg I ] teams at the PatnOt lnYfa{)()fU!

10 faJrbx. Va.
Washington Sate won the ove~ll team CompetWOil.
UB freshman joU~ Pun pbced fourth 1t1 the 200 f~ tn I :55.61
Abby OeiQ finished fourth 10 the 200 ~dcstroke In 2:07.00 and seventh 1n
the 100 ~ckstroke in 59:43. She also toOk seventh in the 50 freestyle In 24.80
;uld eighth in the 100 butterfly in 59.36.The 800 freestyle-relay squad of Dawn
Hklc.ey. He.ather Roch~tte. Katrina Sincb.ir and Jeni Broderick finished sixth 10
7:57:46. Hickey~ Sincb.ir pbced sixth and eighth. respecovely, m the 1650
freestyie with times of 17:42.18 and 17·4S. IS

ln~oor lracK an~ fiel~
H e n ~d women w in at Ka ti e AIm eter MemoriallnvitationaJ
The men's and "NNmen's track-and-field squads opened thetr seasons on
Sawrday with convincing wms at Colgate's K.atieAJmeter Mernorul lnvrauona.l
The men scored 1+4 poinD to finiih ahead of Colgate (100.5) and Caru~us
(68.5) in the tn-meet. The Bulls had a pair o( double-winnen 1n the field evenu,
as Adam Smith took the shot put and 35-pound weight throw. wt.ile Kamau
Halim won the long jump and triple jump. Dan Simpson (pole vault). Pete
Otovic: (400 meters), Rick jus:zkiewicz {800 meten) ~M ike Commisso (1000
meten) aJso were victorious for the Bolts.
The 'N'Oii'len's squ:ad was impressive as well, scon n&amp; 163 pomu to eu1ty
outdisance Colgate (I 0 I) and Canisius (61 ). UB set four school records 1n the
meec. induding a pair by freshmen in their first c~legiate compedoon. Freshman
U.ura Olson took the pc:Me -nutt with a leap of 10-3 and Faith Thompson won
the shot put with a toss ol &lt; I -2. Biaunco Mchrland (38-2. tnple Jump) and
Christina K.edt (2:.55.9'1, 1000 meterS) also set school sandards. KKk ~ified
for the ECAC Ownpionships with her showin&amp; in the I000 meten. Jenelle
Callender and llemadett. Bo.well regisarod double wV&gt;s. ..n;1e Christ&gt;na
Matthews, Sarah Aea:her and Katie Scoa 'NOf'l individual e¥ena.

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State of Region update shows progress
By BEVERLY SANFORD
Reporter Contributor

T

H E Buffalo-Niagara re gion h;15experienccd defi n ite, if inc reme n tal .
prog ress ove r the past
year, according to an analysis by the
Institut e for LocaJ Governance and
Regional Growt h.
The UB institute released. the first
progress repon of its State of the Rc·
gion project, as promised a year ago.
yesterday d uring a conference at the
Hyatt Regency in down town Buffalo.
O ne of the areas in which the
progress repo rt notes several im·
provements is crime, with Western

N&lt;·w York e:~pc n cn cmg a decline Ill
vtolent cnme. as wel l as a drop 111
property crime, ,uvenilc arrest !'I. drug
arrest~ and the first rt."glOnal dcdmt.'
in domestic ''iolence since 199.'\.
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hccn marked tmpm,•ement tn Wl't
em N("W York during the past ~'C:lr ar1.."
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�2 Repoa-ter November 30. Z0011flo l. ~2. No14

BRIEFLY

Robert 0 . Davies has been assistant vice presi ~
dent for alumni relations in the Office of the Vii:e
President for University Advancement and Development since August. He previously was director of alumni rela ~
tions at Boise State University in Boise, ldaho, and executive director of
the Boise State University Alumni Association.

AIDS Coalition to -host
World AIDS Day
will host World AJOS
Day from 10 a.m . to 2

p .m . tomorrow in the

Student Union Lobby.
The theme

thi~

year for the intemaIJOnal event will be

smaller.-

" Men! Make • Differ-

ence." Memben of lhe uni\lefllty community are enc:ourto support the

clged to wear red

event.
Those attending will have
the"'o pportunity to make T-shirts
and ornaments, as well as vieoN

dtsplays from

ill

Boi.se State Is, In some respects,
• Hmllar Institution to UB,
though
..-e the
points of com"""""lty that will
help you In your new posltlon7

variety of com-

munity organizations, indudlng
Hispanics United. of Buffalo,

AIDS Community Services, Talktng leaves Bookstore and
Benedkt House.
The UB French Club and Art
History Club also will have d is.-

plil}".
For further information, con-

tact Health Education and Human Services at 829-2584 .

Book sale set
Lockwood Ubrary will hokf a
book sale from 10 a.m. to 5

p .m . Dec.. 7 and 8 in the
Friend's Room on the second
floor of the library near ~
cybrary.
Buy«s should enter the
room through the doot- facing
the corridor leading to Clemens
Hall.
Hardcoven will be sold for

S2; paperbacks will go IOf S1.
Cash only will be accepted . All

sales are final.

"Squp's On" luncheon
planned for Dec. 7
The UB Women's Oub will

Boi5eState, like UB, is an institution
that has many links and connections
to thl' community. The communit y
partnerships are a strong element to
the dynamics of bmh insti tutions.
Understanding and working within
those links can structure a strong
alumn i-relation s program. Addi -

tionally. the geographic makeup of
the alumni base of each institution
1 ~ very simila r. An ove rwhelming
majoriry of the alumni base lives
within a sho rt drive of the institu uo n. However, a growing segment of
the alumni base is moving away from
the area. Therefore, to have a balance
of regionaJ programs and activities
is cruciaJ to those that occu r in the
Buffalo area. The history of the two
instirutionsalso is very similar. Boise
State University started as a private
mstitution and then , over history.
had four different names and governing bodies.

At Boise, you were • key figure
In the acquisition •nd ~efop­
ment of • 7 ,000-sqWire-foot
alumni center, due to open this
month. What are some points
of comparison with that
project and UB's planned
Alumni House?

present its annual •Soup's On"

hr ~l

luncheon at 11 :30 a.m . Dec. 7

I louse. or Center. I ~ a tremcndow. &lt;b·
o;et tn any campu:.. lt serves as a con -

in the Center for Tomorrow on
the North Campus.

t1ofiday punch, three soups,
assorted breads and biscuits will
be served at a cost of 112 per

person. Reservations will be ac cepted until Saturday and can
be made by calling Maria
Coburn at 688-6772.

Po insettia plant and holiday
wreath arden will be d istributed
at the luncheon . Orden also will
be available tor pkkup from 10

a.m. to 3 p.m.
Proceeds from the luncheon
and poinsettia and wreath sales
will benefit the Grace Capen
Academk Awards. '

REPORTER
The Reporter ~ a campus

community newspaper
published by the Office of News
Services in the Division of

University Communications,
Unlvenity at B&lt;Jffato.
Ed'ltorial offices are
locllted ill 330 Crofts Hall,
Buffalo, (716) 64S-2626.
wuetcherebuffato.edu
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Director of Newt

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Contria-dng Yton
lois ~~a""
Patridl Oonovm
Ellen Goldboum

Mary Beth Spina
s. A. Ung«
Christlne\idal
Ann Whitcher

and for&lt;.·nwst. an Alumn1

tmuaJ renunder of the importance of
~1lumn i and the1r role in the future
oft he university. It is not just a physlt..ll building. hut one that ~ymboli 7.f::!l
the umvcrs1ty's commitment to the
past &lt;b wdl as the future. Not o nly
J ~ it serve alumni , hut it also will
he a symbo l to the current studen ts
that thei r role d ocs not conclude at
graduation. They have an opportu nity, if not a duty, to remain involved
and connected to their alma mater.
The Janet and Boh Rich Alum n i
House will servediroo ly in this role.

Are there spedfk w• ys that
alumni c.wn foster the unl·
venlty's missions of teaching,
resean:h and public service1

Yes. Alumni relations, in the new
generation, is an acuve and proactive venue to involve alumni in the
life of an institution. It is not purcl)'
a "social club," as it may have com monly been perceived in the past.
Speci ficall y, teaching is an ongoing
process. The alumni can foster and
promote this in severaJ ways. One,
alumni themselves can be used to
"teach" not only cu~nt students
but also alumni. For example, last
s pring, the University Student

Alumni Board (USAB ) put on a
program called • Reality Check" in
whi ch alumni came back a n d

worked with students and discussed
with them issues they will face after
graduation. The research mission is
a bit ·harder, but not impossible. At
Boise State, we worked very closely
with several departments to provide
assistance and resources. Addition ally, we were able to connect depart ments with alumni that were conducting live research and bring it
into the classroom. A service component also is an important part of
o ur work and also is a \Ya Y to involve alumni. For example. our New
York City C hapter participates each
year in "New York Ca res." At Boise
Stat e, we also took ~ rvi ce to man)'
extreme~ by o n ce raising a tremen d o u ~ amount o f resources for area
food banks, Habitat for Humanit y
and many other ca uses. All of these
activities arc d o ne in the name of
universit )'.

opportunit ies. I thmk our biggest
hurdlf is that we are fai rly new at
thi s game. Many of th e people I
talked with are just staning to hear
from us. They are grateful that we
are there, but wonder where we have

been for the past few decades. Therefo re, o ur biggest chaJlenge and opportunity is to go out and ~eintro­
duce ourselves. To re-establish the
line of communication and demonstrate our commhment to the en ~
tire VB family of alumni is critical.

President Greiner has de-

whkh--

sert- the c.mf&gt;Mgn for UB,
Oct. 20, .. . ...
lllumnl-drtven" effort. What Is
the role of- the Office of

tJUumnl--

luumnl AsS«iiottonln the
ensuring
the campaign's success?

This will be my secOnd capital cam ~
paign and from my previous experi ~
ence, l can tell you a campaign is not
only about raising r'noney. lt is about
raising expectations. commitment,

visibility and the standards of an

in ~

stitu tion. The success of the cam paign, as measured in the press, will

be dollars, but the true impact will
be felt in every area of the institu tio n and it also will be a lasting impact. Specifica.lly, our role is to assist
in the development process by creating an environment that wiU bring
attention to the campaign .in the eyes
of aJumni. This indudcs ..getting UB
o ut " to the alumni through our re·
gio nal and internationaJ efforts. Additionally, we will serve as a conduit
for alumni and the development officers and ca mpaign staff.

is the best and most appropriate

way. For c:xample, my goal is 1101
to increase the UBAA at the expense o( a partirular school That
would be rounter-produaive. My
goal is to get more alumni involved. Period. To accomplish this,
it is imperative that the VB M and
the constituent alumni groups

""'"'together. For ClOlrrtpl&lt;.l think
homecoming is a prime opportu~
nity. By utili7ing one umbrella for
the individual constituent alumni
groups to have celebrations that
demonstrate the greatne:;s oftheir
school There are many other times
of the year in which we can collaborate, espeOally by using our
regio naJ and intemationaJ out reach effo rts. At the.same rime.
there are times and 'mlues when

it is totally appropriate for the con ~
stituent alumni groups to do their
own and separate functions. I
firmly undrntand that and suppan it Again, we are here to increase the entire 1~1 o f aJumni
suppon and involvement
You, your wife and new
baby Just traveled across the
country to take this Job.
What do you like most
about your new city and
unlvenlty?

What is there not to like! I am
amazed by the scope of VB. I
think that is o ne of the truly en ~

tieing elements of this position. To
work with so many different

people with such varying back~
grou nds is truly challenging. Ad -

You have stated your desJre to
visit extensively with alumni,
both locally and with chopten
around the country. Is this
golng7

How will the general Alumni
Association work with UB's
constituent •lumnl groups
(Law Alumni Assodatlon, Management Alumni Association,
etc.) under your leadership1

dilionally, !like the academic emphasis that we can work with in
the alumni-relations area. Having
a newborn also is so exciling. As I
look around, I think of all the opportunities Katie will have to learn
and experience that she may not

My travel s and co mmunicati,pns
have been very fruitful. I have had
the opportunity to mee t man y
alumni and fri ends of UB and di cuss with them our challenges and

I think your questio n hits it on the
mark. We aim to work with the constituent alumni groups. We are not in
competition. My goal is to raise the
entire level of lJB's alumni effons. It

have bad in &amp;ise.l also must admit that I was truly inspired by
the changing of the leaves this fall.
It was incredible. Then, of course,
there is the "beef on week!"

Election ballots should be user-friendly
Bisantz urges use ofhuman-factors principles in design ofpaper, machine ballots
By ELLEN GOLDBAUM
Con tributing Editor

T

HE same principles that
ensure user-friendly designs in products ranging
from refrigerato rs to
comp uters to dashboards o n auto-

mobiles should be applied to the de~
sign of bot h paper a nd m ach in e
election ballots, according to a UB
p rofessor of ind ustrial engineering.
"No matter wh at the system is, you

need to apply good design principles
to it," said An n Bisantz,assistant professor of industrial engineering.
ln the wake of the experience of
Florida voters wh o complained
about ballots used in some counties
in this year's presidential election, she
said that "some have charged that
voters d idn't pay sufficient al'tention
while they were casting their ballots.
that maybe it 's aU just hu man error."

Fi nd ing the root cause of h u man
errors in a specific system is the fo cus of human -factors professionals

like Bisantz.
" If human

the military.
H uman-factors research focuses
o n h elping wo rkers make better decisions in high- risk sectors.
Application o f the same prin -

e rrors can
h a ppen in a
co m p lex system like an
aircraft w ith a

ciples to the voting process, including a detailed testing of the design,

highly skilled
individual like

systems contin ually revise their de~

an airli ne pi -

lot," she noted, "they certainly can
happen in a voting booth with a
person who vot es once every four
years or even less often."
Bisantz rece nt ly rece ived a
$300,000 grant from the Natio nal
Science Foundat ion to st udy hu man dec ision ~ making in complex
environments. such as manufacturing. aviat ion. transportation and

would have n umerou benefits. according to Bisantz.

Skilled designers of products and
signs based on feedback they receive
from tests conducted with potential,
she poin ted out.
"There are systematic ways to do
these tests," she said. "To develop a
good voting system, for example,
you would test it with a good crosssection of voters in the country."

She explained that a basic human ~
factors principle is that a good d e-

sign should let

the~rson

who is

in teracti ng with the p roduct or sys-

tern identify and correct an error he
or sh e has made before it becomes
critical.

"For example, a computerized sys ~
tern could ask a voter who had not
cast a ballot for a specific office if they
really had intended to leave that
blank. Maybe it would ask, "You baV&lt;
not C35\ a vote for president; did you
intend to vote for a president?"
In addition to cognitive issues, she
ad ded, with some voters there also

may be physical challenges because
both paper ballots and voting machines assume a cer tain level of
manual dexterity.
"You need to test the users," she
stressed. "The issue of whether or
not a ballot or voting madtine is easy
to use is not a matter of opinion.
This is something about which d ata
can be collected. It can be empiri-

cally tested and measured."

�November 30.20illl!Ynt 32.No.1( Repo&amp;'tea

Photonics institute gets gift
$100,000 donation from alum to fund new design concept
BySUZANNlCHAMauauuN
Reporter Contributor

T

djrector of the lnstitute for Lasers,

ELEVISION and computer screens that would

be lighter. brighter and

thinner-that'' the goal
behind a $100,000 donation to the
Institute for Lasers, Photonics and
Biophotonics from AKT Inc., the

world 's leading supplier of CVD systems. processes and services to the
flat -panel -display manufacturing
mdustry.
The company, a subsidia r y of
Applied Materials. has earmarked
the money for research in the area
of electroluminescence displays usmg nanophosphors, for a new deSign concept that would provide
h1g.her resolution and a more-effi Cient display mechanism.
Kam law, pres1dent of AKT and
~orpo rate v1ao president of applied
materials, bdit.-vcs US's cuttmg-cdgt&gt;
rrse-drch IS cnucaJ for the multi -bilho n-dollar mdu~try as 11 searches for
more cost -cffecuve ways of produc •
mg the flat-panel displays th&lt;u arc
usOO m notebook computer~. ca m
eras, ca r-nav1gauon panels, desktop
monatoo and TVs.
"With the expan~ivc re~o ur ce:.
and mno vatlull!t of UB and AKT'.!&gt;
dlrl'Ct uwulvcmt.'nt m th e va iU l'
dlam of the display mark,·t, fruuful
- rt.~ ult s can be antiCipated from th l.!l
part nersh1p," s&lt;ud Law.

1'..,-a, Prasad. SUNY lJIStmgU!shed
Professor in the depa rtm ent s of
t :hcnustry and Phys1cs in the College
ol Art.!&gt; c1nd Sciences and e.xecuuw

Photonics and Biophotonics, praised
both AKT and Law for their foresight
in funding innovative research.
"This gift is symbolic for two reasons," PrMad noted. It provides 'upport for an entirely new direction of
research for this ind ustry, an invest ment that could pay offhandsomely
in this multi-billion-dollar industry.
It also may serve to catal)'7..e other
industrial collaborations of philanthropic suppon for the institute."

A motivating fora behind the donation to UB, Law earned his doc torate in physical chemistry from

UB in 1981 with a thesis that dealt
with excitation dynamics in nonlinear optical and multi -molecular

harness the power of light. Appbca
tions range from telecommumu
tJOOS to can~r therapy.
Prasad feels bas1c research alon£'
lS

not enough and IS acttvdy collaho

rating with business and mdustrv.
The efforts arc taking the product
and technology from fundament al

research through prototype fabnca
Lion and into the marketplace.
In addit1on to the research on
high -re&gt;Oiution flat -display panel,.
the institute is movlng several other
technologies to market. One is a plastic infiltration technology that allows
for coloted dyes and coatings to be
infused into many kinds of plastic
products after they have been manu factured, a potentially enormous

organic crystals. He holds more than

cost ~ savings

30 patents in the field of semiconductor process technology and is the
au thor of more than 30 technical
publications.
Before joming Apphed Materials
m 1984, he was a research fellow at
the Condensed Maner Laboratory
at Colorado State University at Fort

currendy must dye the plastic dur

Collins. At Applied Materials, Law
!ooervcd a5 a process engmtering director and m anager, general man-

ager of the Global Product Organi7.atJon at AKl and sen io r vice presi dent of AKT responsible for all bus ines.o. and product operatio ns before
hccommg president in late I 999.

Estabhshed in 1999. the UB Ln:.t1tute for La se rs, Photoni cs and
B1ophotonics is a mu lt idiscipli nary
mstitutet hat conducts research and
development o f n.e-w products that

to manufacturers who

ing the manufacturing process.
Another technology invo lves a
new generatio n of highl y secu re
identificatio n cards w1th high-d en sity information storage. A tamperproof ca rd . it cou ld have applica tions ranging from government and
military uses to mcdJcaii D.
Other promising tl-chno log1es 10 •
dude the o ptical storage of data on
high-capacity C Os 10 layers less than
o ne-tenth o f the thiCkn ~ of a hu man hair, optical amplifiers fo r telccommumca tiom a nd trackmg of
selectively targetl-d chcm o thempeu IIC agents through new flu o rescent
dyes that when attached to t-uologlcal ea rners, such as drugs, can proVIcll· h1gh - resoluuon, rea l-tune 1m
ugmg of hvmg cells and tt:.sue!i.

Senior drug management urged
By ELLEN GOLDBAUM
Contributing Ed1tor

EN

lOR c1t1zem m1ght be a
lot happier- not to men tion healthi er and maybe
even a littl e wealthier- if
health-care providers and insurers
stopped focu.sing exdwively on costs
of prescriptions and instead looked
closely at why pa tients take so many
ml.-d icat ions in the first place.
T his a pproach to managmg a
patient 's drug reg imen-called
pharmaceu tical ther~py manage ment--could cu t health·care costs
and lead to sen iors living indepen dent ly for lo nger periods of time,
accordi ng to Wayne K. Anderson,
dean of the School of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Pharmaceutical therapy manage·
men! is the foundation of a new prt)·
gram in geriatric pharmacotherapy
m the pharmacy school d esigned to
1mprove pharmaceutical m anage
ment uf senior\ hy tramm g new
pha rmacist&lt;; who would be uwo lv(.'(l
cxd us ivcl)' in the health Ldrt'of o lder
patients and conducting rest.oar~h on
how phumlacotherapy can t'n hann·
.1nd extend the lives of o lder patient!-..
"O ur goal is to develop programs
that allow ind ependen t senior ci ti zens to continu e to live indepen dt.•nt ly, e-ven though they have a
number of medical conditions and
a~ a consequence take a good num
bcr of dr ugs," Anderson said.
According to Anderson. seni or
citizens in the United States age 65
and older take an average of six to

S

4

eight prescription drugs daily.
"That's probably too many." he

said." Proper pharmaceutical thempy
management probably could cut m
half the number of drugs most se
mor citlZCns now are taking so the
amount of money they are spending
is reduced and th e qualit y of thc-1r
lives is much improved."
Anderson said thatlllOSl ~1or 1.. 1 t1
zens see several doctors. each of whom

mar prescribe a medicauon ha.&lt;;c.-.,1 nn
s"mptoms the patient iscxpenencmg.
" Different physicians U5c.'diffc-rcnt
drug.' to trl':ll different conditions,"
he said. "and so m e of these dn1g:. in teract, in some cases exacerbating the
side effects of o ther drugs that are
being taken for o ther oondit1ons."
Statistically. a person taking eight
drugs can cxpcd at least o ne drug
interaction that will have a ne-gative
effect o n his health , Anderson sa1d.
These o utcomes not only com p romise the patient 's health , but
may lead to much high er health -

ca re \."O)'ol!i that arl' entirely avOJdabk .
lklld Anderso n.
He noted that national data from
the Amencan A-.socmtion of t:on!&gt; Uitant PharmaCists suggest that 2S
percent o f admissions to nurs m g
hurnt.'!&gt; rl-su h from failed drug regi m ens, no nco mplmnce by patients.
d rug mter action s, Inappropriate
med!ca11ons bemg presc ribed for
certam co nd itiOns and th t.· lack Of
good therapeutiC monitonng.
"There often IS no smglt.· phys1
c1an who LS looking at the patient '!!
enure health pldUrt' dnd who can
ask. 'Why is th1s p{·rson takmg ~o
many drugs?"' he expla m ed.
That 's where pharm aC I!-&gt; IS ...w
makt~ an mvaluahlc cnntnhutum .
~;ud Anderson .
" Pharm&lt;ll.· isb dfl' un1qud\ pm1
t1oncd to lun ct Jon .~:. .1 p.111cnt \ dru~
advolatc ," h(· npl.11 nl·d " \\' 1th
p rn pt.'r ph.1rma ... ~..·ut1~..a l thl'fJj'\
management . thl· ph.mn.lu't. hi
gt~ther \'lith th e pJtll..'lll .md the ph\
SII. J,In . ...-uuld r~..·-e xamllll' till' d ru~
that WJ' prcs~.." nlwd fm till' 111111.11
~..o nd111 nn to :.l't' 11 .1 11 .11t...-rual\\l'
drug tlr \tlllll' \.Uillhl ll.ltltll\ 111 tllht•r
dru g!&gt; ....·ouiJ han· ,1 ' lmli.~r tha.l
pt'UIJ ( cfle(t \\'lthn ut .ld\'t.'r"&gt;(.·h J.l
fe("tlllg thl' palll'Ot ." !oo..Hll Ander,on
" II that ':. puss ibk then .1\1 hu1 o1w
of the drug.!t prt.~nht·J 111 th.11 'u'
nano were completdv unnl'"-"':...ln ..
This typf' o f pharman• mdnJ.gl'
men! will be a mam pr11K1rlc of th l'
traimng o f pharmacists 111 the lll'W
program 111 ge n atn( pharmaco
therapy. graduates of whiCh Will
prad.icc in hospitals, nursmg ho m es
and communi!)' pharmac1es.

3

DrieD
. y
UB to offer first doctoral degree
in physical therapy in SUNY
UB In 2001 will loin an elit e group of umvers1llt'S 111 the Unned
" la tes o ffenn g a doc t ora t t~ m phvsiCal therapv {DPT ).
The U B doctoral program w ill be thf' first Wlthm the SUNY wo;
tem . There 15 o nl y one other DPT program 111 New Yo rk ~tate and
u n~ 12m the nauon. although o thers a re pend m g.
B will phase uut 1ts bachelor's degree 111 phys1cal t herapv
" I'hJ) doc tural program fits w1th the umversny's VISion." said Frank
Cern)', cha 1r of th e Department of Physical Ther apv, Exe rc1se and
Nu tnt 1on S' J e n~,._ e~ ( PTE NSI m the Sc hoo l of H ealth Related Profe)
'i Jo ns, through whiCh th e degree will be offered.
" It places UB m the va nguard of . .- urn( ulum development Ill phv!&gt;J ca ltherapv a t th e h1gh est lt&gt;vd"
~usan Bennett , clnllca l a.ssoc1a te professo r of PTENS. chn 1Lal a ..
SIStant professo r uf neuro logy a nd director of th e new program , ~~~j
the docto ral degree IS defimtd v the path t ht&gt; phv'iJcal -therapv pro
fess10n is ta k1n g.
"Ours IS a n extrem ely n gornuo; and 1nnovat1\'e ... urru.ulum. de
!&gt; lg ned to prepare grad uates to pr.lltJ ... e and diagno)t' autonumouo;.h ,
without referra l from a phy.!&gt;K ia n,'' Hen nett :.J 1d "Th1" rvpe of pra~..
tJCe IS permmed m 32 sta tl'5, .tlth o ug.h nul m Ne" Yorl..." &lt;;;he Jdded
th at sc.~ve ral um vt' rMtl t"S have t."Xp re.,,t·d llllt'H''t 1n U\ln~ l "H\ prn
.- g ram as a m odel.
Stru ctured as a"'\ t _\" progrJm. 11 d~mrn't'' thrt'l "'-·'...it'llll~
\'t.'Jrs- twoof gem• rJJ unJergr.ldU.l lt' l'ft'fl'I.JU I,Ih:'\ .:JIId (lnt'l)j l'\l'T
CJse-SC iell Le l'dul.aiJOn - lnllowed h\ thrt•t• ~..all·ndar Vl'Jr' ol Ju~
to ral-lt•vcl stud v. mdud1n l! .t totJiol ;x \\'l't'k' " ' d Hli LJI1nt&lt;:rn,h1p'
111 va rio us setti n g&gt;. Tlw pr"~r ,un I' .~~ ... ~..T t lll~ .1ppi1\,IIJH1l ' lur o1r1
August 2001 ,t,Jr!Up
.;;tuden b llltl'ft'&lt;.,(c.•d Ill trJn,krnn!lllliP lht· dP ... tnrdl prngrJm llHI'I
haw co m pll"ted the CI.JUI\'aknt ol l 1 f\\ _,I ~..rt•Ju C\l'ru,t· '~ lt'lllt' ~..ur
n Lul um hcfort' he1ng ..:ons1Jl'fed !11r tht· thrt·c \C,Jr d111,\1lf,ll pn1~rJ!ll

P?UA to present teleconference
The second In a four -part 'l'CIC!oo ul IIH·, natum.sl tdl·... onkrl·n~..n
Oil fal. UJI\ i ~)'o Ul'\ In OlliJilt' lt'Jflllllg_ Will hdd frnlll ~ \0- 4 rIll Jlt·~
7 111 120 Clemens Hall on th e Nor th Ca mpu '
'/h e 1&gt;t·:.s lon.t·nrllled "\\'llh J J 111k f ldp Irom fll\ l·ni;C' nth. Jrnpll·
nwntlllf.! ln lunti,I IHJO J ·t·( hn oltl~\ 1rllo fht' ( Uffi1..Ulum," w 11l Jddrl'"
,u ... h 1:-sun J' tht' ~md!&gt; ol !&gt;upport la ... uln mt.&gt;mht.&gt;r' ntt.'d to \111l~
gratt' 1'1 IIllO th t'lf l l'J~o. hm g_; hm, la~..uhv 1..dll ll!&gt;l'IT I n !iUpporl, ratht'r
than dJ(tJil', thl· t.' du ~d tl on,d proLt.'!&gt;,; tht' mflul'fll..l' of earl~ adop t
t'f'l on ... ulll'.lg_ut.'!t, J n d J!&gt;!&gt;t.'~!&gt;l11ent nf tht·lwnelib rd at 1w to the ( Oo;t ,_
l.imltnl o;eat m g 1' ava 1!Jhll· Ht.')'oervJiltHl!&gt; lllil\ he made tw ~..J ilm g
h-IS - 209i . Thu't.' attending )hould plan tu arnvc b&lt; 2. 15 p.m
Tht' ,t: n c' 1'!. pre)'ot'nted h~- the PB~ Adult LcJ rnm g. ~erv 1 u' It 1'
.. ponso red Jt UR lw thl· Ofti,_t' of th1..• \ '1u· Prl'!ild(·nt for Pubh~,. ~er
vKe and Urhan Affa1r' 111 tO IIJ.horat 1on w1th tht~ Offiu•nlthe C h 1l'l
Informati On Ofti ..·a Jnd tlw 1-.J.. ult v ~t' ll.lte

Hillel to honor Jewish professors
Eighteen Jewish SUNY Di sting u ished Profenon Jnd .1 Nohd l.w
reate w dl he ho norl·d h\· Hillel ol Ruffa lo at .l tL' fl'IHO il\' and rt.'le p
110 11 !rum 'i: '\(1 7· \0 p m I uc,d;n Ill thl· ( t' lltc:r fu r th e Arh
rh t" tal ult\' m~..·mher' \\'Iii hl· prt':.l•nt(.•d \~llh tht.' Aki;J Awdrd.
named for lht· 't.'ltlnd -lt.'ll!Un r.1hh1. '·'l!l'. lalmud1 t .;;cholar, pat not
phdoo;opht•r .tnd nM!&gt;ter tl'Jl her
ll onon·l'' Jre Han·e' t\r('\'t.' rm .ln, I )J'~ImgUJs hl·d Professor 111 th t·
I kpanmcnt ol Art: l l.mlld Hroth . I )J!tllngul:.ht.•d l eJ ch1ng Prok'
,n r l· mentu' m thl· llt·p.nt ml•n t 111 Ana tom JI.."al ~llt'llLt'\; Ph11ip
I u ppl·m, ll l,ll llj;.UI,hed Pnlh''"lf 111 the lkpJrtml'lll nl Llll'rnl'
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p.trtml' lll tll j\IJ ... rohlulog\' ; Nurm.m ~ l t1hl.l &gt;1\llll~UI,hni Jln lll''"H
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lll!&gt;llnguJsht·d *(Ca ching Prnfes:.ur 111 tht·lkp.lrllllt'llltll Pl'fltLdt•n
1nlogy: Ell Ru cken .stein, Pi stmguJ !&gt;hl·d Prufe:.-,or mthl· I )l'pJrtnwnl
nl C hl'mlt.. al F.ngmcering; lrvm g Sham t'!t. Dl!tllllgul,hl'li ' lc.Khu\~
Professo r E:.mentu s m the Sch ool of Engult'enng and App il t•d Sll
etKe!t, a nd Norman So lkoff. DIStmguJ!thed ~crvJ(t" Prole-!&gt;sor t- nwn
tus in the r&gt;epartment of Psvchology.

�4 Repories lovember 30. 2000/Yol. 3t 111.14
Lisa Stephens' aim Is to make technology " as transparent as possible" In Instruction
BRIEFLY
Poko Puppets to star
In Jack Frost Revue .
Performances ol The lode Frost
Holidoy R"""" wil be held at 11
•.m. •nd 2 p.m. Dec. 9 in the
MainJtege Theatre in the CenU!( for the Ms on the North

Compos.
The lad&lt; Frost Review wil f...
Pol&lt;o Pup-

"""thepots In • ,.,... extravoganu ol
the bladt.Jight. ~ I&lt;Mnture oi"Littlo Rod Rodcet Hood"
and • coonuy-western '"Thrft
Uttle Pigs." A larger~

"Frosty the Snowmon" and fuM

compaoy in a sptetacular "MaJ&lt;h
ol the Toy Soldien" wiU cei&lt;brot&lt;
the holiday S&lt;iO&gt;Ofl.
The show, I1!COill(l10f1d ""

age 10andi.Wlder, ispartolthe
Cent« for the~ Family_,_

wre Series~ by Tatge!.
TM:kets for The Jack Frost
Holtday Revue are S12 for adutu
and S10 for chUdren 12 •nd under. Attendees are encouraged
to bring a flOO-j)Orishablt food

doflatk&gt;n to the performance.
Tkkets are availal&gt;Je at the
Center for the ArU box offK.e
from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday

through Friday and at all
Td:etmaster locations.. For l1lOf'f:
informatioil, call 645-AATS.

UB offers studyP-W
abroad program ' 1oio1
in Singapore
UB now offers all students the
opportunity to &gt;tudy at Nanyang
Tedlnological Unlvonity In Sing-

apore through a new exchange
ag,...,..,t with the $Chao~ .
The exchange, formerly a
School ol Management program, now ts open to all us students for one .semester or lor the
academic year.
NTU offen academic pro-

grams In acrountancy and tJusj.
ness, am. communication studie&gt;,
and education and &gt;dena!, ..

well a!~ programs In

~~~wmput&lt;rmech..,;.
cal and production, and materials.
All coune are t&gt;ught In fngtish .
For more Information or to
obtain-an application, contact
the Offtc:e o1 Study Abroad Pro-

grams at 645-3912. via emait at
a tudyabroacMtbuffa6o.edU&gt; or
the Web site at &lt;http://

vi~t

www.butfolo.-

/

s t u d y - -.

ESI to award
fellowships
The Environment and Society In·
stitut&lt; will award 5ell&lt;l1ll /ellow&gt;hips to outstanding applbnll
to UB gradual&lt; programs fu&lt; the

2001-2002 ac.&gt;demlc year.
Redpienll ol the fellowships.
wl&gt;ch "txlp off" at ss,ooo, ......
p«tod to enroll in at loo5l one lo-

terdiocipllnal}' envirorvnen1&gt;l
seminar per year and participat&lt;
lnthe . . olthelnstit!Jie
Aflpiations submlttod by
Feb. 1
fullest oomlderation, ancl'sludents who have
done no preW:Ius gradual&lt; worit
at UB iikely wil ...:eM! pr&lt;ier·

will...-

ence. as the program b de&gt;lgnod
to attr.Kt studenll who o&lt;herwise
might enrol in other univenity
groduat&lt; programs.

JOB LISTINGS
UB job listings
accessible via Web
Job listings for prol~l. ....
seaJ&lt;h, fadJity and dvil .....
vice-both competiiM! and
non-competftive--postions can
be occessed via the Human Resources SeMces Web site at .
&lt;h t t p : / / - -·
olo.- / h r l / -/&gt;.

UB's distance-learning maven shines
By JfHNifU LEWANDOWSKI
Rqxx!tr Assistant Edrtor

L

ISA Stephens doesn't strike

you as the type who 's
frazzled easily. A former
technical dir«tor for ABC-

lV in Chicago. Stepheru-now as·
sociatedir«torfordist:ance-leaming
operationsat US-is weU·v=ed in
pressure situations of an immediate
nature, and understands the kind of
be!Und-the-=ncs mentality ne&lt;dod
to stay out of the fray while keeping
operations as seamless as possible.
"I'-. never had that happen before,"
Stephens says. smiling about a glitch
rn setting up for the library and Infomlation Studies class that was to
begin in less than 15 minutes in 200
Baldy Hall-one of three distance·
learning classrooms at UB and a pre·
mit-re classroom in New York State.
Operations run smoothly in this
mass conglomeration of technology
that Stephens built with engineermg colleagues a few years ago, for
this Monday afternoon class as well
as all others. OveraU, she says. "we
haven't had many breakdowns."
Employed for nearly a decade at
AIIC. Stephens was baptized by fire
mto the frenetic media, working on
live production in the nation's most
competitive news market, as well as
on ) how s such as "T he Oprah
\Vinfrcy Show," "Good Morning
Amer~t:a " and "Nightline.''
It's no wonder, then , that she's
wmposcd at the first signs of a flare up.''Sometimes it's like that," she says
of t.he short burst of chaos that had
emued jUSt a few minutes earlier.
··· mat 's why we set up a little earlyto avmd losing any instructional
t1me.'' She's in her office down t.he
hall, while one of her graduate assi!) tants pn:xtuces !.he class from the con I rol room. Managing 17 classes this
semester along with Instru ctional
Tec hn ology
Specialist
Beth
l'ellendorf, the only other full -time
staff member supporting North
( :.am pus operations, Stephens is re
~po nsible for nearly 850 hours of
classroom time--roughly 74 hour~
per week. This includes overseeing
distance· learning interactive video
operations, as weU as provirung training and instructionaJ suppon for faculry and staff members, and those
who occasionaJJycontract from outside the university. Stephens says 27
distance-learning classes are slated for
next semester, induding thost' held
j n distance-learning classrooms in
Abbott Hall on the South Campus
and in !leU Hall on the North Cam pus through the School of Engineer·
ing and Applied Sciences.
"The demand has been growing at
an incredible pace," she says. noting
that in fall 1999. classes and special
events-such as hosting a guest
speaker via live vid~otaled about
46 hours weekly: next semester, that
number will more t.han double and

come dose to maximizing the capacity of th&lt; Baldy classroom.
lntq;rating technology shouldn·t

network, or through digital tele ·
phone syst&lt;mS.
"( UB ) can go anywhere in the

throw off the instructional baJance,
Stephens says. and her aim as to

world" with ~of lSD N--or lntegrated Systnns Digital Network-

The session begins with a guest lecturer from N'oagara University, who
=perhaps a bit unnem:dbyth&lt;
profusion of televisions and equip-

ment surrounding him.
"So much depends on the char·
acter of the faculty and the charact&lt;r of the students," Stephens says.
noting that rnostg&lt;'l uscdtoth&lt;stylc
of teadring required for that envi ronmenl But with inkractM! video,
you can't simply expea human na·

ture to cue in naturally. Nuances-

u.. Stephons (left), o s - e -or~dlstance
·
tlons, w•tches as MFC .,..._. assllt.-t Mercedes Joshi mMU the
controls of the dbtMKe- leamlng d ... , _ , In 200 llarldy Hal.
make technology"as transparent as
possible~

.. Faculty are here to teach-we
take care of the distance-learning
connections for them," she explains.
.. We try to minimize any distrac tions imposed by t.he technology on
faculty and students."
Distance learning is nothing new
to the university, nor to Stephens.
who joined UB in 1996 as an instructional support specialist in the
School of Engineering and Applied

Science's distance-learning network..
EngiNe!.
"A Jot of people d o n't realize that
SEAS faculty were on the cutting
edge of distance learning more than
25 yea rs ago on a sys tem called
GEMS-NET." she says.
"University interest was growmg,"
says Stephens., who earned a master's
degree in television, radio and fUm
from Syracuse University's S.l.
Newhouse School of Public Com munications before working as assistant executive direc tor of
Lockport Community Televisaon
and serving as an adjund instructor at Niagara University. Wanting
to expand distance learning's focus
to a wider academic community, UB
in 1997 charged Millard Fillmore
College with developing UB's distance -learning program. Stephens
came on board in 1998.
"We have considerable expertise
with distance learning at Millard
Fillmo re College to help depart ·
ments," she says, explaining the fa cilities and services are muJti -modaJity. The video operation is only
part of the M FC Distance Learning
Team ~ffon; the online learning operation is based in Parker Hall on
the South Campus. "We can reach
st udents on a local, regional or global level through vidrotape, computer networks. a high-quality West·
ern New York regional fiber-optic

lines, she says as she works on securing a connection with a site in
Manitoba. A student in the Depart ment of Social and·Preventive Medi·
cine is scheduled to begin a video
interview with a prospective em ployer in the Canadian province
momentarily.
" UB truly is ' breaking ground '"
with 1its u ~ of new technology that
allows high -qua lit y videocon ferencing over lnternet 2, a non public, high -speed network shared
by universities, she says.
Internet 2 _is a cost -effective way
to communicate, versus using ISDN.
which nets a recurring long-distance
charge, she says.
''With the Internet , you don't have
the costs. but the quality is not quite
as predictable-it 's an emerging
technology that many profc=&gt;rs ar&lt;
willing to try," she adds.
The best quality transmission for
interactive video classes is found on
the Western New York Distance
Learning fiber-optic system that's
available in elementary and secondary schools. as well as BOCES cen·
ters. But it's limited to regional sites
connected only through Verizon.
.. It's a great solution for students
who want to attend VB classes but
can't get out of work fast enough to
make it to late·aftemoon classes,..
she says. "We've received a lot of high
marks from students, particularly in
the Department of library and In formation Studies and the Gradu ate School of Education.
" library students from the Roch ester area are thrilled they can receive their classes in Batavia," she
says, ..and we hope to secure a site
in Rochester that will attract stu dents further east of the area."
For the Monday class, UB was
connected to a site in Elmira using
ISDN and one at Frewsburg Cen tral School via the fiber network.

many of them not so obvious to the
first-time user-an affect dramatically the classroom dynamic. For
aample, Stephens encourages instructors to look into the mounted
vidro camera-not the monitorif true eye contact is to be made with
students at remote sites.
"Some strategies for gaining and
keeping student attention at a remote site can ~ borrowed from
teaching in lecture halls, looking
into t.he camera and calling on a stu dent by name is ""ry helpful I think
there's a fundamental difference in
how a remotely situated student
feels ' individual' as a result."
Stephens-originally from Wil ·
son and now re-srttled in the area
with her husband-is enjoying her·
self, even "during days where the
pace is just unreal."
" I really enjoy working with my
distance-learning colleagues. the fac·
ulty and the students at this university-there's never a dull moment.
..A lot of our success is the result
of some creative coUaboration with
folks both o n and off campus." says
Stephens. who also is a student at
UB. She's begun work on her dis·
sertation and hopes to complete her
doctorate in higher education administration next spring. She says
UB's .. growing pains"' regarding
technology are similar almost everywhere.
" I had a wonderful opportunity
to talk with facuJty at an international conference in Taiwan this past
summer. 114 always reassuring to
fmd out that we're not alone in the
challenges and r&lt;Watds that distance
learning presents.
" We're poised to expand pro·
grams. but are faced with limited
resources-what is a particular
piece of equipment's useful life? Can
we effectively support it? It makes
for a delicate balance where expansion is concerned," she says.
Even if the technology kinks aren't
completely ironed out, the human
learning curvecertUnly is improving.
"We're getting =y good at this,•

she said. "We'n:getting=yefficient"
The students also are much less
tentative with technology.
" It makes aU the effort worth it
when I seestudcntscarryingonaconversation as if there were no distance
between thcm,"Stephens sar-c "It's fun
to
those relationships develop."

=

�5

Advisors for Greeks sought m
Advising part ofeffort to revitalize Greek system, FSEC told
By JENNIRJI LlWAHDOWSIU
Rtpart~r Assist.nt Editor

U

S'S liaison for Greek
affairs urged members

of the Faculty Senate

Executive Com m ittee
at the body's Nov. IS meeting to
co nsider serving as advisors to
Greek sociaJ organizations as part of
a larger pwh to revita.liz.e the Greek
system and "accentuate the positive."
"We'd like the Sluden!s lobe able
to have involvement with the faculty
that they spend so much time in the
dassroom with, in other ways." said
Pam Stephens-Jackson. "The advi sory role is ... someone who'd be
there to provide them some sound
advice, hopefuiJy gurde them do wn
!he righ t path."
Madison Boyce, university o m hudsman, explained that supervision
of the "Greeks"-as fraternities and
~oro rities are co mmonly know n
around campus--has been moved
from theOfficeofStudent Life to the
Office of !he Ombudsman.
'''Nhat I thought needed to hap pen was to do some assessment of
what has been happening with th e
G reeks . and what kind of help
the ... groups had ," Boyce told th e
L&lt;nnmittec members. "( We ) nced~..-d
to establish some goals, so we could
~et started th1s fall w1th ... makmg
- w mc accomplishments.
~ I thmk that we've made some
progress that way," !Wlid Boyce, who
.llsoserv~a~directoroftheStudent

Judiciary. commending the office
for"kccpmga ught rem on ho w thi.'
L reek.s are domg. I'm happy to :,ay,
we haven't had any ncgativt• tnl..l dents th is semt.-stcr," he said.
The Greek Affairs Advisory Board
ha.' prepared a list of goals for 200001. which mcludes improving tht•
uveraJI academic standing of Greeks

and increasing membership from its
amen! siu of 450 lo roughly 550.
During !he early 1990s, Slepheru)aduonsaid,UBboaSiednearly 1.200
Greeks.
She said the move toward revitaJization is imponant because Greeks
"tend to be much more involved in

college and campus life" than non·
Greeks and also "tend to be bigger
givers in terms of giving back to the
institution after they leave."
.
Some fucully memben said they
were reluaant to serve in an advisory
capacily for reasoru of responsibili1y.
" Hazing obviously is an issue o(
concern," said G. Scott Danford, assoc iate professor of architecture
who served as an advisor to a UB
Greck organization for five years. He
noted that many facuJty members
"are hesitan t to get involved because
of the liability issue."
Stephens-Jackson assured senators that serving as an advisor i.s "not
an assumption that you are rc:spon sib le for (the G reeks') actions."
Dennis Malone, SUNY Disti n guished Service P rofessor in the
Department of Electrical Engineermg, shared his frustrations in havmg served as a fraternit y advisor.
In regard to academics, he said he
"used to talk to the guys about time
management," noting it was "pretty
dear they didn't want to hear that."
Stephens- Jackson said new mem hers mu~ t attend workshops on ha1 tng and academic performan e.
'They d o n't want to hear II , but yes.
they do n(.-cd to hear it," she agreed .
Notmg that the G reek system had
atrophu:d over th e pa st decade.
Oanford asked what was being donl'
to "foster growth and development."
Stephens· Jackson said her o ffi ce 1~
wodung on aLademic recognition
and sociaJ programs, as well as build

ing cohesiveness among the scpar.nc
Greek organizations lhrough !he In
1er-Greek Council, !he umbrella or
ganiza1ion for all soctal fraternal
groups al UB; !he l'anhdlenll As&gt;&lt;&gt;
ciation (sororities ),and the Lnter- l~ r.1
temityCouncil.A forum wtU be held
soon to promote the Greek system
a!

a whole, she satd.

In other busmess, !he FSH.. dt&gt;
cussed the universny's guidelines on
custody, maintenano: and retention
of research da~a,available at &lt;http:/

/ www.research.buff•lo .edu /
polkles/ datapolkygulde.htm&gt;.
Noting a .. dramatic rise in the
number of controversies between
student.s and facuJry. among faculty
and between outsiders ... and fac uhy," Dale Landi, vice president for
special projects and programs, sa1d
the university adopted the policy
both to infom1 research participants
and curb the "di sproportionate
amount of... time and resources"
used in dealing with such disputes.
FSEC members also received an
update on the implementa tion of
OASI5---aSUNY-wideundertaking
to replace the Research Foundation's
cur rent business sys tem-hy
Leonard Snyder, sen10 r asso(Jate
vice president 1n the Office of tht·
Controller.
The FSEC also heard a repon tmm
Provost El!7..abcth Capald1 about tht'
pu~ibihty of UB wt1rklng wnh tfw
Ruffalo Niagara Enterpnsc to m.tr
ket the uniVersity's b!omt.•thcal ~ •
enccs and techno/&lt;~')'
\Vith UU\ "gre-dt Ulh.'rt.~l m anJ
cap.1bility ( for ) drug .!1.-.ccwery,'' d.'l
weUasu:,computcr·sct(.1Keresean.:h.
.m d the rC)ourCD. of the School ol
Pharm.u:y and Pharmaceutical $(1
l'nc~ and Roswell Park (:ancer In
~tltu t e,t hcun •ve rsnyofl"ersgn."atpo

tent1alto Industry, ( .o.~paJdi sa1d.

((Queen of Suspense" has the gift
By JENNIFER llWAHDOWSKI
Reporter

Assistant Editor

YSTERY novel iSI
Mary Higgins lark
says she was always
"yearning, churning,
burning to learn how to be a professional wri ter," b ut considers her
success a sort o flu ck of the drnw.
" It 's decided fo r you," she to ld the
roughly I ,000 people in !he Mainslage
llteatre in lheCenlcr for !he Arts who
cmte to hear hcrspeakNov.ll&gt;-;&gt;erhaps to take some of the mystery out
of the woman known the world over
as "!he Q ueen of Susperue."
" I do believe that at our crad l ~.
the legendarK godmothers come
Jnd they give us a gift. Now. some
people get so many they don't know
what to do. And oth ers get just onC'.''
Desp ite years of rejection .md
crit icism from publishers and edi tors, incl uding one memorable slam
that her writing was" light, slight and
trite," Higgins Clar k kept on.
" I' ve been wri ting since I could
hold a penci l," said the diminutive.
degant1y dressed au thor, the second
s peake r in UB's Disti n guished
Speakers Series. She couldn 't si ng,
cou ldn ' t dam:e a n d certainly
cou ldn't sew. she said, recalling with
wry h umor he r daught ers' school
uniforms, th e hems of which were
fastened with Scotch tape. "But the

M

one
god
moth er who
s h owed up
said, 'You ::.hall
be J s to r v
teller."'
And so 11 wa.5.
for H1ggm s
Clark, who be·
gan writ in g sh on stories.
"T he writer has the need to gc:-t
it down on paper," she said. "Yo u
observe something, you feel it ai.d
if's somethi n g th at you m ust lei
out."
A self-proclaimed, natural -born
storyteUcr--the gift, she said,ofher
Irish heritage-Higgins C lark left
little to her audience's imagination
as sh e wove togethe r ta les of her
ch ild hood and adul t life !hat provided fodder for her writing.
A writer for whom the " huntmg
and gat h eri-n g" of life experience I.'&gt;
essen t ia l. Higgins C lark litnallv
jumped on board the first oppor
tuni ty she had to bear witrll'~S Ill
the wor ld-as a Pan t\mt•n ..:.tn
flight hostess.
T he first salable short story sht·
ever wrote-fi nally published aht·r
six years--wru. inspired br her 1our
ney into Prague aboard the last flight
to By into Czechoslovakia bcfort· the
Iron Cunain fell.
landing at !he airport !here lo ptck

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up !&gt;t'Wil Amen..:an~ dunng a ~lVIt.'t
.ur shoh', l-l!ggm~ Clark was strud
hv tht.• 1nnedihk dyn,tmll. .
"( )ne uf thl' men w;l\ wc.:cpmg.. j' It•
" uJ. 'There\ no o ne:- m that cru\.,_,J
who would not ~\Ve half ol tht' rL'SI
o l h1 ~ hfe to lw on th1s p\Jnc:-."'
The wheds of a ~m pen.M: ston·
turnmg.
Cl.trk sa1d she bt.·
gan plottmg: "~ uppo.;;e th e tlighl
hast es~ gt.'IS hack to thC' plam• first
Supptl!&gt;t' then·\ an 18-vear -old kid
trying to h1de; he's a member of the
undt·rground ." \Vith ::.('a rch c rew~
nearby and headed towa rd the
plane, he bt.-,;s for h~..·r help.
"And she knuws sht· ha:, to.''
H1ggms Clark sa1d of her self-m
sp1red charal1er.
The lx~t ,,d,~cL' ~ he:- t•vl·r rt.'lX.'Ivedfrom a professor at Nt•w Ynrk lln• ver::.llv- wa ... to "J iwavs U.'&gt;C rnur
b;h:kground " and to .tsl.. JUM two
quest1om to put a lit·tlw spm on .:a
.. ltUJt l &lt;m:"~up po!W:?"and"Wha iJP "
'T w hct·n dmn~ th.tt t'Vt'r ~lllu.•."
.;;ht• !&gt;J!d.
Fm1.,hrd \.,..llh hl'l httt.-.,.t protctt .
" Drt'l.. thl' Hall:. " .1 no\'d u\
authort.-d wnh ht·r daughter. Carol.
.tl.!&gt;o a mptt:rv wnta- ll•ggm ll
Clark IS penmng her next hoo k. "On
The St rcet \oVhert&gt; You Live.'' due out
Ln Apnl 200 I. 'llte book. she saLJ.
was msptrcd b)' a home she reet•nth·
purchased m Spring Lake. N.J.

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dent. "To re&lt;.ount o r not to re~.:ount .. that appears to be the questiOn
a~ l e~a l eagle~ hattie to mtcrprt't .tnd define established electiOn law
on both .!&gt; Ia!(• and loul levels. ~mcc the popu lar vote m each sta te
de-termmc.!&gt;tht' numhe r o f clt:Liural votes awarded to a cand1date b)
that state. dO au urate volt." &lt;..nunt IS very 1mpo rtant. Because a &lt;.an
d1date may wm lht.· uffice of the pres1dency by electoral votes wtth
nut holdmg a ma,ontv 111 the: national popular vote , the Electoral
Co llege htston&lt;..all)' ha.!&gt; hecn c;; ub)e~o: t to cntJC! Sm m tc:-rm~ of 11\ VJ
hd11v and fa1rnes s.
lo l'ducate and mform , the 1-cderal 1-ll'l
lion ( .omnH~Mon ma1ntams an " Eit·ctoral &lt;.o l
lege .. page "' http :// www. fec . gov / pages /
ec:menu2.htm &gt; that de::.tnbrs how the F.lt.'t
to ral Lollt'gt' work\ and g1ves a bnef h1stor) ol
the "cl t.·dmal " pm ce~s. The " l:lcctoral l.ollt.•gt:
Homcpagt:··· &lt;: http :// www. nara . gov / fed~ /
elctcoll / lndex.html &gt; ma1nta1ned h~· Tht." NJ
tiona! Ar\.h1vec;; Jnd Rnord.'l Adm1nbtrat1on
( NARA) not onh· link_.. to gl'nt:ral!nlormat•on but .tho outline.!&gt; tht.·
hlstoncaltmpal..l of cle(tordl Hltlllg liere. u::.t:r~ ~..an lool.. Jt ~,,Pro
cedural Cu 1de to tht.• l·.le~otor.Jl &lt; .ollt:ge." d ~ wdl d\ tht' "Rdt:va nl Pro
vts1ons of the Lomtltut•on anJ 1-t.·deral I a...,,_.. An 1nh:rest1ng it'Jturt'
" of th1s o; l( e 1.!&gt; th c "E it·doral Co ll ege Box ~tore.," &lt;" http ://
www.nara .gov / fedreg / elctcoll / edront.html • general ·. wh1\.h
tabulates the clcctor.ll and popular vote result s of all L' ~ pre-.1den
11al clect1on~ I ook at tht.· tahlc-. tor the 1800, I R24. IR70 and IXXh
dc:-Lt•ons to ~ee th .tt tht.· Hush/ t.o rt' hattie 1\ not tht.· fir~ILontrm• t·r
SJ:JI d ect1on 111 l '· \. h1:,torv
C nti C.'l h,tvt.• charged thai th e- f· lelloral &lt; ollq~e t~ Jr\.hJtt dnJ 111
IH.' t'J of rl'form. fur mformattun on popuiJr opm um rd.Ht"d h1 tilt'
current poltt! cal whtrlwmd , ~t·c tht· Gallup ( lrgam7at~nn ·~ "Po ll Kt·
led~t'!'t .. Si l l' at &lt; http://www.gallup.com / poll / releas;es /
-\I
th oug h tht ::. ~J i c featurt•s pull rt·~ult ~ on llldll\ topt~..~ . 11 ..:urn:ntl\ 1'
h•ghhghtm~ reports that "A mt.' fl l..olll' HJ\(' II!-.WfltJII)' 1-.tvorL·d
C hangm~ \\'av Pre\1drnr.. .:trl·l kt tt.·d " and th.tt
"A mefl\.dll' l.uel P.wmg ( lo-.t· Ath' lltlon to
l-lt.•dion ( .ont ruvt'rw.''
Recent lcg.-.latJVL' J\.llvtt~ . tnLiud•ng ht.·anng~
.tnJ rt'VIt'W' o l tht• l-kttor.tl ( 111/t'gt• pro&lt;.e~.!l.
1..J11 ht• Jttl.'.,st•d th rough tht· "\ I~ Index " .;;e\.
11011 ol &lt; . ungr~..·s~ • on.tl L..:n!Vt'r~t·. l ' H studenb.
l.t\.Uitv and ,t.lft lolll .ltl..l'" th1" databJM.• at
· http:// web . lex:ls -nexls .com / congcomp /
•. A \ Ubtt.'l l M'iHLh -.pannmg all a'adable d.ttt.''l
nn tht' tt·rm ''del tordl~..ulkgc" will rl·::.ult tn a Its ling o l tht· p1..·ndm~
lcg1slatton. lw.tnng~ . bill\, l'h ., m both hnus~..·!io ol Congre\.'l
On d l!ghtt.·r nOll' . l:lt·dlon 2000 ha:, g•"cn pohtu.:al humon-.t.. a
'l'l'llllngly t•ndlt·-.:, ~upph· of m.llt' rtal . 1-nr ~om 1 c perspett!VC!'t on Hlp
It'' rangtng.lrom the dc~..tur,il ~.:o lk gc:- to !lldJv!duJI pany pl.tthmn~ .
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"(o mmen11n~ " on politit\ m 1-lond.t J ru.J ht&gt;v&lt;md . h·a ture~ mdudt·
.u1 ~ t-=lc:-~..·tnral llv-.funtt1nn 1000 t.}u11" ,md '' th,&amp;.· -.kuHn" on " II'"'
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nu t he ahle to dearlv ldeniJ ~·thL'Ilt.' \1 pro1dent tur some tunt." . the ~..t1n
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-Bre nda Battleson and Aus;tln Booth, Umwm,ry L1brane)

Services for Wayne Robinson,
public safety, held Friday
Services for Wayne A. Robi nson , J"l~t.lnt thr~..·., 1t11 1)1 puhl1l -..1kl\
UB for 14 vcah. wcrl· hdd on I nd.H 111 l 1rh.lll BnHht·r .. 1-unn .ll
llumt• Ill l::.bt Amh~..·r~t. Hunal "J' 111 t . larl·n~ t· I illmnrl· l l'lllt'll'r'
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tal.tftt'r a -.hort illnt.·'ll
:\ llJIJVe ot O~dcn~hurt-!. Kohllt'l•ll t',Hllnl hilt''! I\ lk~Tt't'' lr"m
l'.llll ~m1th \.ollegt.&gt; .tnJ lh t· l 'nl\t'T'It\ ol ,\ l.t",J~h tt~t·ft-.
lie n·t1reJ trum l ' H 111 1~44 an.l \...1, ,,.,\ Ill~ .1~ t\t·" '"'"- '1.11'
rqJrt.·sentat!vc lor C.:a1rn ~tudll\,, .1 dl'llll'.tll\t.' .lrl ul mp.lm 111 ''\rth
t .Jrolma. dl the tlnll' ofh l!! dt.".tth
R ob1 n ~on .11 ont.' time.' h.1J h een J p.urolm.ul "'' thl· -\mhl·r-.1 1'.1
l!le Deparlmt.·nt. .tnd .:a.hn h.td t.tl..cn ~..· l .t'~t·, .11 thl· ·\mtwr~t Pt1l1u
and FBI a~..adt.·mlt'~ 1k had hc.•t•n an l-agk ~lout \.. lth thn:t' p.:alm~ anJ a \ 'it!,d mt·mht•J
of tht· Order ol Arrow~ .
I fe enJOVt-d hunt1ng and hnwltng., .md wa:- a Ian til NA~l .AR r.ttllll!

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�6 Repories November 30. 2Dliii/Yol.Jt lo.14
Tunes tapped out on stone tools suggest more social Paleolithic man than eartler·assumed

award nQmlnatlons

Zubrow analyzes'~music of the spcirrs'm

The Emeritus Center Is -ng

By PATIUCIA DONOVAN
Contributing Editor

BRIEFLY
Emeritus Center: seeks

nominotlons lor lb Weinstein kNatd rocognizmg
the achiewment of an undergradulte Of groduato student In
discipllnaty murch or artistic
iiCtivlty ..tat.d to the topic of
human 9lQin a context of social and cu1tun1 chango.
Nominations for the SSOO
awan:t may bo made by tho studen~ or by a department chai&lt; •
or program director. They must
include:
• A brief letter of support
from the clepartmentol chair or
director of.graduate or undergfiKfuatestucfies
• Mol&lt;rialevll!enc:e of the
studenrs accofnpashments ;,.
voMng human aging. such asbut not limited't.c&gt;-o term paper, a dlssenation absb'act, a
completod dissertation, an ortworlt portfolio, a musical score
or recording. a video of a
or
dance performance
· • A brief letter from the candidate that de:sc.ribes the scope
of his or her project. as well as
defines what has been ach~
within the parameten and
through -the methods Involved
Nominations shouk:J be sent
by feb . 12, 2001 to Michael M.
Metzger, Emeriht5 CMter, South
Lounge, Goodyeor Hall, South
Campus. They will bo evaluated
based on the project's significance and qua~ty of execution.
The Winner will be announced
May' 1.

mm

fOI' more information, email

Metzger It
~oau.bulfalo.edu&gt; .

T

HE melodies are eent'
and arcane but immedi-

ately engaging-a tiny
marimba band ebbs and
flows to the throb of a beating drum.
Syncopated footfall melds into the
high-pitched crack of stick on stick.
swne on stone.
In fact, these multi-tonal qystal line songs are being tapped out on
flint tools---&lt;pear heads, blades and
burins-vinually identical to cut·
ting, gouging and incising instruments ca rved by people living
30,000-40,000 years ago during the
Upper Paleolithic era
The production of proto-Paleolithic tools and their analysis as
possible musical instruments are

part of a multi-year project by UB,

of~ computer science.

~ dinicol assodate professor ond di&lt;ector of tho
Physical Therapy Progam In tho
Department of Physial Therapy,

Exen:ile and Nutrition Sciences,
has been norned one of Kaleida
Heatth's W:&gt;men in Medldne
award winners lor 2000. Bennett
also was honored r&lt;eently at tho
22nd annual ~ Sclerosis
Dinner of Champions.
All aJticle written b y -

- . . . professor ol ontllropology, entitled "Marijo
Gimbutas: Sofne Observations
about her Early Years. 1921--44."
about the weU-known Lithuanian
archaeologist and feminist. wiU
bo published in the December
i5SUe of Antiquity.

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Sending letters
to the Repotter
The REJX1f1..-welcomes letten
from reader1 commenting on its
stories and content Letters shouk:t
bo limited to 800 words and may
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name. - a n d a daytime telephone l1l.mbor lorvenficatlon. ~
cause of space lirnitotions, tho ~
-~p&lt;J&gt;l!halltttm ~
coived. They must bo ri!Coived by
9 a.m. Monday to bo ccnsidered
for~ In thlt _.,laue.
The Roporte-pn!lon thlt- bo
ri!Coived on &lt;I* or eledronialy II
~sdnerittr+tc....tu&gt;.

terized for historical and geologjc
accuracy.
N~ the team set out to deter-

mine if the prototypical blades
could bt used to produce music.
Music stude_nts from Y:mbridge

W&lt;re enlisted to "play" the blades to
determine if, by percussion or any
other kind of action ,

they could produce
what they and the team
would consider to be
mu~icaJ

separated Homo sapu!m sapiens from
Homo sapiem NeaflderthalensisNe-Jderthal man.
Ezro Zubrow.professorof anthropology, is one the project's principle
mvestigators, along with Jan C ross.
lectun:r m music at Cambridge, and
Frank Cowan, curator of the Ci ncinnati Museum Center.
They determined that the rela tionship between the origins of mu !&lt;&gt;ic and the origim o( cognition

nid evolutionary cha nge or, con versely, that human evolutionary
change produced music.
The question o( music's role as
an evolutionary determinant is not
a trivial one. Zub rcw says. He
pomts out that one o( the prevail -

In january. The journal publ'ohe&gt;
origiN! resean:h from Ill ..,...

sured and its composition cha.rac ·

ish Academy designed to study the

could be cl•rified if it could be determined that music caused homi -

" - f ol Computing S)OI&lt;ms

To test this hypothesis, the team deSigned an experiment.
With the help of Cowan, an experf flintknapper, the researchers
produced 200 experimental prototypes of Paleolithic flint tooLs using
Upper Paleolithic technology, i.e.,
stone chipping. Each blade. core and
flake (specimen) was classified. mea-

relationship between music and
cognition.
"!be specific project aim is to detcmlinc:.· if music is the catalyst that

Kuoos
of

phone produced by replacing piano
strings with tuned stones that then
were struck by the hammers. Conkmporary musicians, particularly
peicussionists, have played music on

olithic pmpJe might have manipulated other items 10 produce mu ·
sic-their stone tools. for instanct.

Cambridge University, the Cincinnati Museum Center and the Brit-

.u.n -...., professor of
computer science and engineeri'\9, will assume the editorship

sodaJ and artistic group. Th1s con tradicts widely held suppositions
that violent , aggressive behavior as
mankind 's .. natural " state.
Although using stones to produce
music may seem an odd idea to
many o( us, such instruments arc
common to many cultures. Zubrow
cites African and Peruvian stone
belLs and the piar1 ch'r1g. or Chinese
stone gong, as but a few examples
o( traditional ancient stone musical
instruments.
.. In more recent times, we have
the 'geological piano' o( Victorian
vintage," he says ... It was a litho-

ing views of humankind held by socia l and cultural anthropologists is
that we are essentially "wild, Hobbesian, warfare-loving animals who
came slowly and relatively recently
to civi lization."
I( music can be proven to have ex isted as a cultural trait from the Paleolithic era, then it is likely, Zubrow
says, that the species we call Homo
stlpiem sapien.r---anatomicaJJy modern humans--was, even in its first
days, actually a rclativdy civ!lized,

!""'-,,-,'""'
used by ~n:hen to study the rei•tionshlp
between music •nd cognltlon.
I

stones o r rock.. and composers have
written music specifically to be
played on stones. There is a stone
percussion section of Karl O rff's
opera 'Carmina Burana,' (or in ·
stance."
So fur. the earliest suspected mu ·
sica) instrument is a Neanderthal
flute dating to 43,000 years ago that
'HaS found in Slovenia. It is a very
controversiaJ find, howevcf. The earliest item generally agreed to be a
musical instrument is a 36,000 year·
old bone pipe fou nd near
Wurtemberg, Germany.
"We suspect that music was made
much earlier than that ," Zubrow
says, .. but if the instrument; used
were, like the pipe, made o( organic
materiaJ, they would have disinte-

grated quickly. So we weren't likely
to prove our hypothesis by search·
ing (or Paleolithic instruments of
bone, horn , skin, ivory, antler or

wood."
The team postulated that Pale-

sounds.

Paleolithic period. (The audiotape
can be heard at &lt;http://
www. buff•lo .edu/scrlpts/
e w
•
w
I
lnclex.cgl7-·~13 &gt;.)

• Although it is impossible at
this point to prove that Upper Paleolithic man did product music, be
could have don• 50 by striking his
stone blades, gouging tools, spear
heads and other items in a rhyth ·
micpanern.

• The process of "playing" the
stones produced on each of them a
distinctive pattern of st:l'iU marks
that experts say cannot bo made in
any way other than repeated, even
rhythmic striking.
• Pla}'\'rs' dilftrent playing styles
that can be deteani~ both awally
and by =mination of the unique
wear pa«ernsthat their playing produced on the stones.
If Paleolithic peopltdid play their
tools, the researchers knew that the
unique strike patterns produced on

The blades were
played, analyzed and
recorded during three

experimental tools should be visible

periods: a practice pe·

To that end. the researchen examined hundreds of flint tooLs in the

riod ( 120 percussions
struck), an initial period (600 percussions)
and a performance pe·
riod (600 percussions)
using acoustic equip ment and a nal ysis

software.

Each blade w•s ph01ographed
and measured before and after play
using binocular microscopes and
material-analysis software.
Part one of the study produced
the foUowing conclusions:

• Upper Paleolithic bl•dcs are
similar in shape and acoustic properties to marimba bars. I( struck cor·

rectly, they produce an acoustically
pure sound.
• Different nodes on the stone
blades produce different notes when
struck and that blades ca n be

on the original stone items upon
microscopic examination.

Cambridge University Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology that

date from the Paleolithic period.
They found that while most did
bear the strike marks found on
e~rimental tools. a few from
the famous French site at C ro
Magnan did present them .
.. This concurs with expert opin ion that strike marks or surface con·

tlot

the

ing produced .by 'playing' the tools
does not occur through normal use

of the tool." Zubrow says. " It indicates that even if some Paleolithic
stone tools '1ere used to produce
·music, not all were used for such a

purpose."
"The Cambridge sample is very
small, however," Zubrow says... Our
next step is to cod• and analyze use-

rhythmic and multi-tonal, but also

wear patterns on thousands of
specimens of flint tools excavated
from maj6r European Paleolithic
sites ...Again, we' U be looking for
strike marks like those produced

quite meUifluow. An audiotape of
the results indicates that at least in
co memporary terms, the sounds

from rhythmic play:
"This is a huge job." he says. "but
upon its completion,'"" may be able

produced are "musical." Researchers
added the rhythmic beating of •
wooden "drum" of a type that might
have been used during the Upper

to draw condwions about the ori·
gins of human musicality and its

"tuned" by chipping.
• When "played." the stones produced music that was not only

temporal relationship to the dev&lt;l opment of human cognition."

Study
lime
Nigena Livingston (left) and
Virginia Almendarez,
students in the Department
of Theatre and Dance, grab
an opportunity to study
during the hectic, final days
of the semester. The last day
of classes is Dec. 8, with
final exams set to begin on

Dec. ll.

�November 30. 211111/VoLJt No. 14

Rep IW'Ia

7

State of the Region
~~,...1

the region and mixed resuJts on a
series of specific performance indi·

cators over the past year.
The year 2000 report looks at 44
mdicators, or regional performance
measures, across II key areas-economy, education, enviro nment,

equity, government, health, human
serv ices, planning and land usc,
public safety, regional assets, and
technology a nd information.
Thirty-six of the 44 are updates of

performance indicators identified in
the 1999 baseline report, while eight
mdicators are new or revised .
Also featured are snapshots of

how the region is approaching these
assue amt.S and what challenges lie
ahead in these major dimensions of
the Buffalo-Niagara community.
"Progress Repon 2000 is a picture
of incremental change and growing
innovation," said John B. Sheffer II ,
institute directo r. " It is a fundam en tall y e n co uraging upda te o n the

progress of the region, but also dem o nstrates continu ing and substa n llal ch a llenges. The repo rt a lso
shows the overwhelming need for
co nstant, careful m o nitoring. O ur
continuing theme is, you can't man age what you can't measure.
..As to regional activity...and atten tiOn to improved efficiency. it's clear
m VlrtuaiJy every o ne of the II 1ssue
areas that Buffalo-Niagara perceives
a. nct-d for cross-sector, cross-border
collaboration. with good exa mpl ~
of that kind of cooperation now
under way. When we look not JU!&gt;I
.It m eas urem ent but also at m anagemen t, we see som e n.-ally encourag
mg thmgs starting to happen."
Included m the update are four
lll'W indicators over and above the
98 mdicators that were a part of tht.•
ha.~;elin e report last year. N('w md•
ca t or~ are focused o n adult litcran',
residential S&lt;..'grcgation, radon and
r.1il costs. For a new ind icator to tx·
1nduded, it must beoutcom c-ba.:,c:.-J.
valid and reliable, understandable to
an info rmed citizen , bias-free. rou tmcly measured, conducive to goal setting and actio n , and relevant to
the Buffalo-N iagara regio n.
The new indicators s how that

Buffalo- Niagara has a h1gh regional

rnan(.t'

literacy. exapt in the urban areas;

m&lt;.-a~urement . The United Way alsO

high )rn,Js of residential segregation;

has reall)' been a leader m pressmg
for better networkmg and cooperallon among thC"(' organ•zat 1ono;,
.. It's cxcitmg to see th~ wmmu
nity diggmg mto these km&lt;b of wl
laborative possJbiluu:s and starling
to move forw-Jrd," said lkJycr.
During the past 12 month!&gt;, more
than 100 busmcsses, nut -for -profit
agencies, CIV I C organtzallon~ and
other groups have been engaged m
the follow~up effort to the onginal
State of the Region report. It al~ i~

lack of compet itiveness in commercial rail-shipment costs, and a na-d
for monitoring radon in hom~. t.~ ­
pccially in thC' Southern Tier.
The 36 indicators updated from

the baseline report were chosen based
on new data that the State-of-the-Region team was able to access over the
past year. As compared to the goals
established for each indica.tor in 1999,
18 of the 36 showed progress to"ward
the goals, five showed slippage and
thC' remaining 13 demonstrated no
change or mixed progress.
Of the II issue areas included in
the State o f the Region baseline re-

port, two have demonstrated extraordinary cooperation and activity over

the past year. The Human Servic.s
and Health areas, although pur1uing
very ditfC"rent approaches to thC' indicators and related goals, stand out
as models of regional initiative.
.. We were delighted that the
health indicators quickly spurred a
collaborative community follow-

up," said Kathryn A. Foster, professo r of planning and one of the two
project dirC"ctors ... Kaleida Health ,
the Well ness Institute~ county health
departments and a number of other

stakeholders pulled together to create a Regional Wellncss Summit that
focused on extendi ng the State of
the Region health indkators.
" lt 'svery much the kind of model
we hoped for," said Foster. '"'The Uni versity, as a public service. can and
~hou l d provide analysis and facili tate follow -up. h ut leadership really
lies in the commu nity's hands. And
more and more, n:gJOnal lcadershlp
c.tlls for cros~ · M"ct or collahorattnn .
Wt· beli eve the summit approa..:h
se t~ a great precedent.''
Barry B. Buyer, prof~sor ul 1,1\\
and the o th er State of the R&lt;.-gmn
project di ret.1or, no ted: "The Un11 cJ
\o\1ay of Buffalo and Erie ( :Ounty ~1l so
took the baseline report and ran
w1th it. They've used the State of the
Rc..-gion indicators to encourage the
region's human -services orga n11..1
li o ns to start focu sing on perfor

a~~~ll:,mcnt

and uutcOffle

being supported financiall y by UB,
the Bajrd Foundation and the New
York State Senate. In addition, tht'
Joh n R. Oishei Founda tio n recentJ y
issued a challenge grant in su pport

of the update phase of the project.
Nearly 400 indi viduals have at tended instjtute sem inars and re ·
Ia ted meetings o n the project as weU.
" We are extremely pleased with
this kind o f participation,'' sa id
Sheffer. "We have said many time,

that the State of the Region project
and report were absolutely not worth
doing unless there is a very deliberate and aggressjve follow-up effort.
year after year.TIUs is not a study for
the shelf, but an action plan on a series of specifi c, important perfor mance indicators for the region ."
The project h as received Wide spread attention and support. indud mg rwo awards from the reg•ona1 and
upsta te sectiom of the Amt:rican
Plannmg Assoc1ation, &lt;b well a.-. mterc~t from the cities o f Boston, Chi ·
rugo, Austin. Rochester, Edmonton.
Washmgton. fl.C. and 5t. l.ou•~"The region's rcspnnSl' ,,, thc..~d
forts a:,a11the murt' notcworth\· when
~t.·en from a broader n.H10nal per
'Pl'LIJvc," lklld l·ostcr. ~..urre n tlv on
~abhau~..a l ,1., .1 Vhlllng fe ll ow a1
Harvard l ln lvt·r.,Ltv ·, A Alfrt~d
·tauhm.m Cc:ntt.·r for '\t,ltl' .t nJ I ocal
(;ovcrn m('nt. "A ~rt·.u many llt Je.,,
rq~1om and \ta ll.., h.Jve done ~t ud1 c:.
to mca..,urt· pt·rfnrmanu•, hut wn
kw haw -.('("n a perform;m~c llll'a
surl'mt·nt lllJtlatJ\T Jnve Ill"\\' mod
eb of leadt·r~h • p and wllahor.JtJon.
•'-' J!oo hJppenlllg 111 ButlJio-N!agara. ..

Calendar ,
Continued ,.,_ ,_... I

ETC Technology Woriuhops
Photoshop, Sectk&gt;n B, Part 2. Donald

Men's Swfmmlng
UB vs. Niagara. Alumm Arena Pool.

~:;~si~e:a~J ~~~r:;. North

North

Thursday

7

Campu~ .

6 p.m free

International Student •nd
SclloAr Senkes Fall 2000
W«kshop

..g~!z':~\~~~~~ln!~~;~":~~~~fel
Scholar Servkes. 145C Student Umon,
North Campus. 6:30-7: 30 p.m free

Concert
.. Soup's OnH~uncheon
UB Women's Club. Poinsettia piCkup.
Center for TomcNTow. 11 :30 a.m .
Sponsored by US Women's Club. For
more information, 64.5-3286.

Musk lecture Series
Counting Pairs that Match or Differ

~n~~~~~h~~~~!.~S:~~rity

Recital Hall, Rm. 250 Baird: North
Campus. 4 p.m. Free. Sponsored by
Dept. of Musk. For nlOf"f: information,

... S-2921.

Physics Colloquium
Extreme ~ttw S.ndgap Bowing In
Dilute 111-V-Nltrogen Altoys: A Slight
Reversal of Nature. Bernard Weinstein,
Dept. of Physfo. 215 Natural Sciences
Complex. North Campus. 4 p.m . Free

BlologkaJ Sciences Seminar
Development and St:atMHty of a CoraiAtgal SymtMosis. Mary Alke Coffroth,
Dept. of Biologkal Scienc~. 114
Hochstetler, No rth Campus. 4 p.m . free

US Choir and UB Chorus. S~ Concrrt
Hall, North Campus. 8 p.m . Free
Sponsored by Dept. of Mus1c. for more
Information, 645-2921 .

the generous support of the Fnencb ot
the Health Sc1ences L1brary and the
Me&lt;hcal Htstoncal Soc1ety

" What You See"

~='f~~~~;'::rby

the
art1st's roou 1n the Great f&gt;ta1m, are on
diSplay through Dec. 1 S m thr f1rst -floo1
gallery 10 the Center for the Arts on the
Nonh Campus The pamtings. the
ma;ority of wtuch were created
specifkally for the US exhibit. were
fashioned wtth a reductivist techmque
usually reserved for sculpt1ng. Gallery
hours are from 10:30 a.m . to 8 p .m
Wednesday through Friday, and noon to
S p.m . Sunday.

ETC Schol&lt;or&gt; ' W«kshops

" UB Palnten"

~~~ ~~k,~n.~::r:' lt:"

WOO by unde1graduate and graduate
students in the Department of Art 1s on

~~7J.~~Ed~~:libern,
Technology Center. 212 Capen, North
Campus. Noon-1 p.m . Free.

~~~~o:G~~~-~~ ~~~:'cente1

of the Arts on the North Campus

Exhibits

~~~f!:;~, a;~ f;~ ~0 :;mto s
Wednesday through Fnday and !rom 1 1
a.m . to 6 p.m . Saturday

" 19th Century Botankal Prinb"

=!MP•Intlngsof

The first art eKhibit of the Health
Sctenees Library will be on display

!~:~~~~=t~~~~fa~! ~~~:~:~:!~ ~

the South Campu1. The pnntl-lmage~
ol ptanu with mechc.nal propert~es­
have been reproduced from a book
publ~ in 1863 OtNf'led by the Robert
l. Brown History of Med1c1ne Coll«tlon
The eJChiblt was made posSible through

1

''Five American Prtnt Malcen "
Wor'lr. by art1st Brendan Dooley and pnnl

makers j1m 01ne, Tony f1tzpatnd.,

~a~;~scat;!"o~:?.~;~~;~h~:!!;ha~~
31 1n UB's Anderson Gallery, Martha
tacOOn Place, Buffalo Gallery hours aft"

:~ Ja;"a~ ~~\:~e~~ ~~~d:Y

1

Fa.lrieigh Dickinson 74, UB 68
Uonel ~ko scored 11 of tus 17
potna ., the fim tuH' Mld Fa~rietgtl
Otdonson connected on t 4 more
free throws to hcHd off US H-68 tn

~~!7"~:e7 1 ~w~~y 1n
WM the Kntghu lead1ng -43-32
u halftime. UB mounted 01 secondM.tf COJ"(M!:b.ilck behmd the pby of
JUniOf' Roben Brown and sen10r
Dam~en Foster Brown and Foster
combmed for I 3 po1nu u the Bulls
(0-2)wemona 17- IOruntoopen
the second half and cut !he lead to
53 -5 I wtth 13 19 rema•nmg
However, FOU (2-1) held
Buft.llo Without a basket unol the
8·45 rmrk. ;and although the Bulls
would get w•th•n three pomu rw1ce
more 1n the game, they never were
able to make up the lead
Brown led the way for US w1th
20 po~nu. wh1le Fost.er had I 7
Jumor Jason Robmson added 13
potnu. while LoUts Campbell had I I
points and a can!er-best 1-4
rebounds aJ wefl as SIX HSISU
Sentor Maliso Ubom1 had a
career-ben SeYen rebounds off the
bench for the Bulls UB got only
SeYer\ minutes from startmg pomt
guard Gabe Ca.gwm. who continues
to be hobbled by a bruised foot.
WOMEN' S

UB 73 , Canisius 59

UB 72, Niagara 6 7

won
matches in the wrestling
team's double dual victories
over Mid-American Conference rivals Ea stern
Michigan and Northern
Illinois. Wrestling at 1 84
pounds, States won a 3-1
decision over NIU's Dav1d
Potter, last year's MAC
champion, to g ive UB
enough points to take the
team victory and followed
that by p;..-.ning EMU's Dave
Occarelli in 1;12. A national
qualifier last season, States
is a perfect 6 -0 m
competition this season .
Tiffany Bell led the
women's basketball team to
victories over Big 4
opponents Niagara (72-67)
and Canisius (73-59),
scoring 36 points, pulling
down 28 rebounds and
adding four blocl&lt;s in the two
contests while shooting 14ol-28 (50 percent). Bell, with
1,1 79 points, moved into
third place on UB's career
scoring lis~ passing Charissa
Gardner (94-98). For the
season, Bell is averaging 21 .3
points and a team-besl 11 . 7
rebounds per contest.

Sen1or Tiffany Sell posted her
second stnight double-double With
a game-h1gh 21 pomu and 12 rebounds, 01nd semor Man McClure scored I 9
pomts to pace UB to a 7l -59 wm over Can1sJUS on S.uun:by m Alumn1Arena
Wtth her 21 pomu, Bell moved Into th1ro pbce all-ome 1n sconng at UB w1th
1.179 career po~nts The Win was the Bulls· th1n:l stntght th1s season
The Bulk jt.mped OUt to an early le:ad. sconng the first 12 potna of the game
en rout.e to a 13-20 twfame lead that !he Gnfk..pb:ymg n thetr season opener
coukl not OYen::~ . 8ufWo shot sbghdy better from the 1\oor- 27-for-63
COII"''p3f'@d to 21-for-67 for Ut\ISkJS-.lnd out-rebounded the Gnffs" by .. -49.....0
ma'l"l. US seniOr Sorua Ortega tJed her career high With a pme--htgh 13 rebounds
;and freshnUn Jesso Kochendorfer grabbed mne boards Ortega also added etght
potnts. soc US~Sts and rwo stuls Ten different pbyen scof'@d for the Bulls. and the
team made 9-ol- 10 free th~ 111 the final mmute of the game. mdudtng five by
1untor Jana RKhtrov-a and four by sophomore Roslyn Oomlf\ICO to secun:o: the Win
The Bulls on Nov 22 squeaked out a 72-67 wm at N1a.gara McClure ~cored
a. game-h1gh 22 po1nts and Bell recorded her first double-double of the season
and the 18th of her career w1th 1S potnu 01nd a. game-h1~ 16 rebounds
NLagara came out llymg m ru home opener and led for most of the first ha.H
The Purple Eagles scored the first s1x potnu of the game 01nd led by as many as
seven potnts before sophomore Colleen Tabor and semor Tan Pemer came off
the bench to spark lhe Bulls Tabor htt 01 three-pomter at the 7 57 mark to ue
the score at 18-18. and Perner followed w1th a. dnvmg layup to g1ve Buffalo JU
first lead of the game, 20-18 Perner scored mne of her I 2 pomts to key 01 19-1 2
UB run to dose the first half N ~aga.ra. erased Buffalo·s 37-30 halftime lead With a.
I S-8 run to open the second half. and two free throws by Amy Geunan oed the
score at 15--45 With 13:35 left. The Bulls countered that c:omeb.Oick wtth 10
unanswered po1nts. SIX stnlght by McClure , to uke thetr largest lead of the
n1ghL 55~5. w1th II 17 remammg The Purple Eagles cononued battlmg. however
and led by one potnt on two sepante occastons late 1n the game 65-64 w1th
2:28 remaining and 67-66 wtth I i)7 rem;un1ng A Jumper and rwoj ree throw,;
by McClure gave US the lead back both umes. and she h1t five of her s1x free .
throw 01ttempu in the final minute of play to secure the Bulls' Win
McClure fin1shed the n1ght shooong I0-of- 13 from the foul hne. ;and added
five rebounds. four ass1su and three steals Ortega 01dded seven points and
seven rebounds. while Kochendorfer contnbuted nme points off the bench
Off the court.. McClure was named M1d-Amencan Conference East Ptayer
of the Week after leadmg the Bulls to a 95-89 upset wm ov-er naoonally ranked
North Carohna 1n the season opener on Nov 17 After undergomg an MRI scan
the day before. McClure played a team-h1gh 38 mmutes. s.conng 15 potntsseven points higher than her preY10US career h1gh of 28 pomts
The Bulls also recerved two votes 1n the Associated Press Top 2.5 poll
rel~ed on Nov. 20 follOWing theLr Win over North Carolina. mar&amp;ong the first
ome evef' m the1r h1story that the Bulls rece1ved votes m 01 nauonal poll

Wrestlin~
UB ll, Eastern Michigan 9
UB 19, Northern Illinois IS
The wresdmg team ptcked up two b1g w 1n~ to san the M1d-Amencan
Conference season, record1ng dual meet Wins over Northem llhnOJs and
Eastem M ich~gV~ on Su~ m AJumn1Arena
UB dominated &amp;stem Mk:higan. along th.u contest J 1-9 The Sufis recorded
three wins by fall1n that match. the first commg at 119 pounds from Tom Palad1no.
a doutMe winner on the day for US..l.abe Bb.ck foHowed that up wnh a. wm by fall
1n 1:21 at the 157-pound weight dus.The last fall arne at 184 pounds when josh
States pinned his opponent Ill l:ll.Sivwn Kegel recorded a ~r deciSIOn at I]]
pounds. wtnnlflg 17--4 tn hts match, and Ryan Bendey pulled out a sudden-death
victory, Winning 6-S at 111 pounds. 02\l,d Guanno Mld john Eschenfclder bolh
took wms by decisK&gt;ns, Mld boch recorded double wtns on the day for !he Bulls
In the first match of the &lt;by. UB and Northern llllnotS Nttled down to the last
match. with the Bulls coming awq With a 19- 15 wtn. Eschenfe~r too« ;an 8-4 wm
to start dungs off for UB. but NIU orne b.Oick to win the next twa we1ght daues
for a 7-3 lead. The Bulk got a key mator decrslon Win by Bentley over Steven
Bradley at 141 pounds.wtnnJng 12--4,and then got a 1-2 wtn from Pa.bd1noat 1-49
pounds to give US a 10-71ead.The Husloe:sgot map-deciSIOnS at 157 and 17-4
pounds to lead I 5- 13 with twO ....-etght dasses to go. States go( a btg wm OYer

~~~:,:~ ~n~o.. ~Sm;~!bt~;;=~~;t;:~~~~~~aory

�8 Repadea Nmber:IJ.21Dl/Vol.31Jo.14

Thursday,
November

30

--

Orol Dlagnortk klen&lt;es

~~~::::~and

chaor, Dept. of Radiology, f.ne
County Medkal Center. 355
Squire, South Campus. 8 a.m .
Free.
Center-for CompuUtlonal
Reseorch Colloqulol Series
Computen and Medkioe:
Togeth ~ a Heatthy Future.
Kenneth Hoffmann, Dept. of

~~~~~rc~ ~:, ~~~~
2-l:fs p.m . Free.

Campus.

~~~~~af~~~~- For

more information, Brenda L
Sauka, 645-6500, ext. 501
&lt;;eology Peg"'m
Colloquium
Practical and SdentlfK

Apptkations of Sequence

~~~~!:&gt;;:~(:

~=:·c~;~~~~~tural
Campus.. 3:30p.m . Free.
Sponsored by Maurice Crook
and Orrin Foster endowments.

~a;,~~ ~~~ex~1t~~
IOeometry /Topology
Seminar
Convexity of Coven of
AJgeb rak VarietJei. Mohan
Ramachandran, Dept. of
Mathematics. 250 MathematiCS
Bkjg ., North Ca mpus 3·4 5
p .m . Free
Buffalo Logk Coltoqulum

Rld k u lous l ogluol
Tennlnok&gt;gy .nd Dictionary
Entries. John Corcoran and
others, DepL of Philosophy
141 Par1t. North Campus. 4-

~~~f:;~~~(Jt:,~~ Ftz

more infonnation, tohn
Corcoran, 881 -1640 Of 64 S2«4. ext. 119

Physics Colloquium

=.::s f?'oa ~~e:~~ellum

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Ttu• RepotU.T publhhct.
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UB gro.tps

or~ princlp&lt;~l

Rhode Island . 225 Natural
Science Complex, North
Campus. 4 p.m. Free.

Bk»&gt;ogkal Sden&lt;:es Seminar
E. Coli RNA Po~e rue: The

~~~~~~~ ~~-r~?on.

Mk:robiok&gt;gy. 114 Hochstetler,

~
~=~~!te;~·~r~ee.

-

ilefry, 645 -3488.

Physiology -

rm lah.'f' than noon on
I he Thunrlay p rec.eding
puhUc:i\tion Lr~thHJt. "rl'

o nly a u:epted through the
c lct tronic \uhmiuinn form
fo r thl'

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o f hcnh 111 • http ,

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u f \pM e limitation.\ not all
l'venh In the electronic:

c4J ie nrlar will be induded
10

the Rt' porter

Biophysics

~~~and

Migration. Moh Dembo,
Boston Univ. 108 Sherman,
South Campus. 4 p.m . Free.

Men's Basketball
UB vs Canls.itJS: Alumni Arena,
North Campus. 7 p.m. S12 for
Blue, 11 0 fO&lt; Orange/Bleachers,
SB for kids 12 and under, free
for students with ID.

Dance Per:Jormance
StudioWerits Dance
En~ble. Dept. of Theatre
and Dance. ~ack Box llleatre,
Center for the Arts, North
Campus. 8 p.m. 13. For more
infoonation, 645-ARTS.

~=~=~~ :~alion

Friday, December

I
Environmental Engineering
and Sdenc:e Seminar
A Model o f PCB Fate,
Transport and
Bloaccumulation In the Upper
Hudson River. Kevin T. Russell,
Quantitative Environmental
Analysb, UC. 140 Ketter, North
Campus. 1Q-.11 :30a.m . Free.
Sponsored by Dept. of Civil,
Structural and Environmental ~

~=.ra.1;:a~!:a~
Waste Management and
Sevenson Emironmental
Servkes Inc. For more
•nfoonation, Manka ~ko.
645· 2088, ext 2ll8.

Musk lecture/
Demonstration
R~ Moog o n Theremiru,
Synthesizers and EJectronk
Musk. Sk!e Concert Hall. 10
a.m .-noon . Free. Sponsored by
the Birge-Cary Chair in Music.
For more information, 6452921.

Fall Seminar Series:
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for education in organ donation to
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received a S783,(X)()grant in Septembcr 1999 from the same agency to
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proving living con ditions in South cast Asia, Nila T.
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lamilu..... IP talk ahnut Jnnauon \VIth
thcar luwd onl~.J.nd hllnform them
thJ.t thcv art' talkmg ahout ~pvmg
life, not a!:lout JL·ath,'' :-.1mon nnteJ
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portumty for profe,.sionall} tra1nnl
staff from Ul\1'11''Stol-ducatt'!&gt;ludent-.
.1hout the un1x,rtann· of organ ,md
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and how tndiSl,:U.'-~ tht· LSSueWlth thl'lt
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ages students to discuss the issut&gt;
with their families in hopes they will
arrive at an understanding of L-ach
family member's attitude about organ donation .
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"Two of the major factors attributing to the low donation rate are
lack of awareness of the critaca1 need
and lack of prior family discussion
about th e ISsue," said Judith
Tamburlin.co-principal investigator
on the project.
Tamburlin is a rest:arch as.stst;mt
professor in the department s of
Biotochnical and ClinicaJ Labora tory Sciences. and Anatomy and (.ell
B1ology. Mark Simon, chief cxecu
tive officer of UNITS. also 1~ coprincipal investigator.

gan donatton, and that whtlt: ~ lgn ­
mg it donm ca rd I!&gt; an tmport.mt
&lt;;tr:p. 11 tsn't enough to guarantct
donJ.llon . "The fai\urc of fam1h
members ro talk WJih ont' .morht•r
.tbout end -of-hfc ISSues IS a stgmfi
cant harner to organ donatiOn." c;he
~•ud. "We J.re L.onfident thts pmtf'\.1
w1ll hdp overcome that harner.''
~anna Thompson and Oehur;;:ah
Waldrop•• both a.!&gt;St!itant prof('S._~)r'
111 tht: Xhool of ~ tal Work .•tl!&gt;t'
willlx· mvolved m the pm1e.:-1
Meanwhile, UB med1cal studl'llb
have formed an Org.m Ounatmn
~p«lal lnterest Cro up and have tl'
u:·l\'ed $2,000 111 grants from :-.uh
HnarJ l. thc:.· student -owm-d .tnd op
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to ~..1rn out campm and o.ummu
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ministrativ&lt; and clerking jobs. When
not studying, she was traveling,le-.ml·
ing about the world firsthand
A visit to an orphanage in Thai ·
land was pivo tal in Gnamm's think -

mg. It strengt h ened her des1re to
help countries with poor economi~.
Living conditions and resulted 111 her
decision to support global rt-scarch
through a bequest tu her alma mater
for its APEC Study Center.
" I am more content now, know
ing that when I am no longer here.
something good will come of it" She
added: "I can on ly hope that this
kind of research will promote more
global mteraction and encourage
our gentler human nature."
( ; namm believes U B's center ..:.111
make a difference because "educa
tton anJ r~arc h can make us bet ter world CIIIZL'Il!&gt; 1f the research I!&gt;
.!&gt;harlxl wtth pol !C)' makers who face
~u..:h challcngl~ 3.'1 world hunger, low
v.•ag~ and gcncraJiy poor L'COnOmli..
l•v•ng condit ion ~."
(; namm's lxo.quest comm ilmcnt

wtll estabhsh thl· N1la ·1. (;namm
lunior Faculty Resea rr.:h fund for
UB's APEL Stud y Center. The (en
tt'r. devdopcd 111 1994 by D. Allan
Gdenht"ad, profcs:.or of chemt~trv,
wa~ onl' of the ongmal APfC s ll!d}
cente r!&gt; m the United S t all~ - Tht'rl'
now arc :! I such academK center~
m Amcnca and As1a that support
research on trade and t.'l'onomh.
policy J SSul~~ for APfC memlx·r!&gt;,
\VhJCh are coun tri ~ bordcnng the
Pacific Occ:.-an.
G namm's donation a1so will ht·
used for scholarships or fellowship !&gt;
to hdp UB graduate students from
Southeast As1a whose dis.sertatton s
focus on quahty-of-life ISSues 111
thc1r home countnes.
Jess it: Poon. associate profl-ssor of

geography and director of the UB
APEC St~)' Center, pratsed

C namm ·~ gt&gt;nero~U} .

"Thh 1~ a \'ery cxCl tlllg g_1h thJ.t
w1ll hdpput L' Ron,themapht.'\:;;:au~·
not manv of thl' otht'r APFl n·n
ta... rl'll' IYC mnnev for rl...,l'ittCh on
MXIOl'(OIIUOlli. IS.!&gt;Ul'' Ill \&lt;luthe,l.-&gt;1
A\la," ,hl'.!&gt;aJd.
ThomJ.S W. Burk.m.m.Jirl'\.tt•r 11!
LIB'!&gt; A.\1an Stud ll"!' Program. o.Pn
t:urred m hb gratitude tor thl' ~1h
"Th1!&gt; I!&gt; the tirst maJor pm all' g1f1
that A.!&gt;t&lt;tn :-.tudles h.L!t rt.Xl'\Vl'li .ul'H
J.nd we fed 11 ts extrl'llleh llllp&lt;•r
t.mt Ill thl' dt'vclopmenl nl our ,11,,1
dl'lnll program, wh1t:h b wn .llll\ t'
111 hoth daMroom cduo..JIIon .1nd
-.cholarly research."
Burkman als.1 pra1M"d Poon 1m
her wJdelv recogn11cd rl~'drlh t•n
tradt&gt; and lahar JS.!&gt;U~ 111 !\uuthl· ... ,l
Asm: '" Tht~ 1s a great eno.ouragl'nll'lll

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BRIEFLY

The Holiday Print S.lenelit
wil be held from 11 a.m. to 6
p.m. tomom&gt;w In the Atrium d
the Center for the Arts on the
North Campus.
Prints by student alurml ond
patticiponu In U8's ..,.nmen,.1 Print 1mlging Center (ei'IC)
Cornmuni!y PMUhop wll be on
display for flUid-. PrOCftds
from the . . w i l - the
Printmaking l'rogrom and ePIC.
TheMntb~by ·

the D&lt;partmenl d M ond tho

PrlntrnaiOOg Program.
Cash Of checks wiN be IC·
cepted.

Theatre and Dance
to present "lhe Visit"
and "Assassins"
The U8 D&lt;partlneflt ol Theotn
and Da~ wiR present friedrich
DiirTMmatt's "The vos~~• In the
Drama Theatre ond s~
Sondhelm's "Assusins"' In the
8lodl Box Theon Both produc:tlom will be performed through
Sunday In the Center for the
Arts on the U8 North Campus.
"The Visit" Is the-, da
wealthy womon who retums to
herdebt.fidden hometown and
allen to help out the people
tl1en! with • , _ money than
they haYe OYer irNglned. But
tl1en! Is a condition: she wonu
the life ol I village&lt; who )'NI1
ago hod caused her to be ...

pelled """' the town in di&gt;groce.
"Tholo1sit,._by
IWimiez 8laun. wll fooun an
ai-5W&lt;Ientcast. I'Orforrnaru
times ... 8 p.m.IDday, Friday
ond SaU.&lt;doy, ond 2 p.m.,s-lay.
.Nsassim" with music ond
lyricsbyS~Sondhelm.ls

based on the boot by IOhn

- on stage
· rmes
ond places collide
as assassins
tadde
the datk 5ide ol Ainerican politics, Alnerican OJ!Un ond the
Alnerican DrNm.
.Asswins" will be diroctl!d
by Gerold Finnegan, with choreography by Lynne KurdzielFormato ond musical direction

by Michael Halce. Pe&lt;fomlante
times ar• 8 p.m. today and tomorrow, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 6 p.m. SUnday.
Tlckets for "The Visit" ... s12
gener&gt;ladtnission and S5 for
stoo.nu Tlckets for·-..·
are S5. Tlckel&gt;'may be puodlased
at the Center Box Offlce (noon
to 6 p.m. Tuesday.friday) ond all
rocJ&lt;etMast&lt;rlocatlons. for""'"'
inlormallon, coii645-AIUS.

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Reggie Witherspoon joined UB in December 1999 as interim head
men's basketball coach. He was named head coach in March fol lowing a three-month national search. The men's and women's basketball teams open their seasons tomorrow in Alumni Arena.
How Is this year~s team shapIng up7

about the upcoming se•son7
The biggest concern is whetheJ
we can get the guys prepared in
the short period of time that we
have. That 's our biggest chal·
lenge-to get all the new faces
prepared for the season and find ·
ing enough time during the day
to get done what we need to get
done in practice.

This team is shaping up pretty
good. We're getting better everyday, and that's the biggest thing we
have to focus on right now. I think
this will be a fun team to watch ,
and people will be proud to see

this team represent US.
What excites you most •bout
the upcoming Mason7

Wbat do you consider to be
the blggtit challenge to UB's

That ~ have guys who are excited
and enthused about competing and
playing, and who show up to play
hard everyday. That's exciting to me.
It's exciting that guys are enthused
to be here and to represent UB.

INuketiNIII program?

The short -term challenge is to get
the players prepared and to make
up for the time we lost getting
started . The long-term go~ is to
improve the image of ou't pro-

What 's your greatest concern

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gram, ou r entire department, and ketbell t - do you Hke
the university and community tow-7
that we represent. It's not that the I don't got a chance to watch a
image is terrible, but I think in . lot of t&lt;ams, but the ana that
some cases there just isn't an lin- will keep my interest would be
age and it doesn't show up on teams that play a more agsrespeople's radar.
sM: style, lik&lt; a Dukt or a Florida.
I also watch teams that have
When dlcl you ....In that you
friends of mine who...., coaches
loved INosketiNIII"" mudt you
wanted to make a career out
in those programs, lik&lt; Texas.
of lt7
Who do you coeslcler to be
I guess I realized that at a pretty co~~ege-·san­
young age, when I was about 7 tlme grutut coach7
yean; o ld. Then I forgot about doJohn Wooden. I think be's the
ing that for a Jong time and it came all-time greatest coach. I think
back to me again in my earlier 20s that not only for what he acI gues5 .
co mplished on the floor, but
Besides UB, what college ...,,._
what he stood for off the Ooor
with his morals and character.

Speaking in the language of silence
Master mime Marcel Marceau articulates, gesticulates and thrills his UB audience
By JEHNIFDI LEWANDOWSKI

dience-whose expression changes
from deranged to docile in a matter
of moments.
Speaking to the audierJCe-&lt;e~­
tif!leS in mid -" mime," evenMarceau explained that the "rudi menu" of the art-think tug-of-war
and walldng up and down stair&gt;-&lt;lr&lt;

Reporter Assistant Editor

NE cannot help using
words to describe tht'
man known as the mas·
ter of mime, Marcel
Marceau. But even the masta himself could not elude speech Tuesday
during a visit to UB, articulatlngand, of course, gesticulating-"the
strong grammar" of mime, which he
describes as singing in silence.
"With the breathing of the emotion, you create thought," explained
the French-born artist, who spoke
to some 400 people from the university and public in the Drama
Theatre in the Center for the Arts
on UB's North Campus. " Breathing
is ... poetry-how to sing inside,the
strea m of life, the feeling of life.
"When you speak words. you create an image, and when you are silent, the attitude of the moment ere·
ates image," he said.
Imagine the facial expressionsor some of what Marceau calls the
"conventions of character"--of indifference, dreaming, melancholy,
courage, sadness and despair.
"These attitudes would be the
grammatical attitude to express,"
Marceou told the pocked house, while
depicting each not in his usual white
face makeup and body costume, but
in a beige jacket and ivory slacks. his
grnying hair m ussed in Einstein-like ·
flyaway.Mirnes, hesaid,"leamtheattitude which reveals emotion."
~
What began as a discussion about
thehistoryofmime--andMarceau's E.
foray into the art-quickly evolved ~
i~to a st~g of vignrttes in which,
among them, the 77-year-old was f
perched, anms crossed, over the rail
of a cruise ship--swa)cing to and fro.
a fare mla:tive of both giddy pleasure and ~nausea; tore a man's
heart out of his chest in a fit of un abated rage, and struggled to walk
against the wind--perhaps one of his
most familiar " moves," which
Marceau said was the inspiration for
Michael Jackson's "moonwalk."
The contrast in scenarios is no accident, but a gift of the artist-who
appeared happy to indulge the au-

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about makingthevisibleinvisible,and
the invisible visible. Creating the attitude--disdain,oompassioo, pity-or
the c l ~ment-air, water, fire or
earth--has to come from within
"The grammar is the substance,"
he said "You learn to play inside to
understand ...
Mastering the invisible is in ac·
knowledging that which is not there:

"You are always somehow moved by
ghosts," be said
Moved, in childhood, by the likes
of si lent sc reen artists C harli e
Olaplin and Buster Keaton, Marceau
in I944 enrolled in Olarles Oullin's
School of Dramatic Art in the Sarah
Bernhardt Theatre in Paris, wher&lt; he
studiec! under Etienne
Oecroux, considered a
master of his time.
"When you have a
master, you can beoome
a master," Marceau said.
And so the story was
written for Marc~au,
who in 1947"decided to
become a proficient
man myself." introducing the highly recognizable character, Bip, a
tribute to 19th-antury
pantomime performer
Jean Gaspard Deburau's
character, Pierror.
. , carried the whitt

Marceau's North American debut
at the Stratford Festival in Ontario
was the prelude to his first U.S. tour,
in 1955 and 1956,an incredible sucC&lt;SS that set the prolific perfonnana
trend that ensued over the next 40
yean of Marceau's career.
Still, lik&lt; the sometimes fleeting a -

pressioru a:nd l!ltitudes of. tbe mime:,

Marceau seans endeared to bappiness much the same way.
" I am not unhappy," he explained,
pointing out, however, that " happiness is only a mome:ntJI that comes
and goes. and comes again. And
though silence does not truly exist,
he said. mime--a metaphor for, or
"certain poetry about," reality-&lt;lffords respite from present conditions, such as hate and war, that
weigh heavy on him.
" [It is! so wonderful to liv&lt; in silen'Cc.-there is such noise in the
world!" he cxdaimed, gesturing with
his hands--the toolsofhis livdihood
that besaidm"so irnpomnt"-and
faa not because I played filling his pause with a crescendo of
lik&lt; Pierret in the I 9th sound emulating"no~...
Emotional and animated ,
century, but I wanted ...
people to understand Marceau's speech circles back always
that every art form has a to the"sound" ofsil&lt;oo&gt;-thegesture.
"The sound reveals the rhythm ,
tradition,"he said, noting
that mime-in many the gesture Ireveals J inside of man,"
ways. the foundation for he said, his preference to quidly bear
what is the essence of humanity, or
acting and dancing"has been oonsidered the "the weight of the soul."
"Words are words. but actions are
essen&lt;r of theater."
He also shared with much stronger."
The .VWt was presented by the
the audience the origin
of his character's name. Irish C lassical Theatre Company
and
UB's Center for the Arts, in asBip, he said, is derived
from Pip, the hopeful sociation with UB's Department of
protagonist in Charles. Theatre and Dance, as well as made
Oickms' classic, "Great possible by one of the founden of
the Irish C lassical Theatre and
Expectations."
"At 20 yean old," he former student of Marceau 's,
said of himself, "you Vincent O"Neill
.. The reason he's here ... is h«.ause
have great expectations."
And he did much to fulfill his. ln ... the Irish Classical Theatre Com1948, the same year he received the pany presented Marc~l Marceau
renowned Deburau prize, he with a Career LifetimeAchitvm~ent
formed the only pantomime com- Award for his extraordinary contri pony in the world at the time, the bution to the art ofthe theater, and
Co mpagnie de Mime Marcel to the art of mime; remarked
Marceau , and was performing in O ' Neill , who told the crowd
Paris, ad~ throughout Europe, Marce.a u would be back in the
spring to perform in Buffalo.
Canada a:nd South America

�lovember16.211111/Vut 3Uo.13 Rape...._

3

SUNYConnect to link libraries

BrieD

New initiative will create largest library collection in world

Study of aleohol-abuse recovery
to focus on AA, spirituality

ay SUI WUETCHEII
RtpOrttr Editor
B is one of the first
SUNY institutions to
take advantage of the
SUNYConnect oppor·
tunity, a groundbreaking initiative
to link aU of the libraries in the 64campus system, creating the largest
librarycoUectionofany publicuniversityintheworld.
Benefits of the linkage will include
a common ma.nagement system for
aUSUNYlibraries,aswellasimproved
savices for SUNYs373,&lt;XXlstucJents.
A joint initiativ~ of Lh~ SUNY
Provost's Office of Library and Info rmation Services and the libraraes in the system, SUNYConnect will

terials, aUowing for searches of aU
SUNY library coUections cotaJing
more than 18 milJjon volumes

to initial~ a borrowing rtquest &amp;om

th~m

a library on another SUNY campus
andrec.e:ivethebookwithintwodays.
"SUNYConnect will integrate the

lure Resource Cent er offering fuJI.
ary criticism.

integrate the newest technologyhased library and information systerns with more traditional library
resources to provide an extensive,

newest technology-bas«! library
and information system.with more
traditional library resources.'" said
Chancellor Robert L. King....With

" Linking our libraries with th1s
new computer-management system
will give our students and facult y
access to more books and periodi -

U

• A WorkiWideWebgatewayin·

tegrating access to many essential
library resources
• Cost efficiencies made possible
by a common library management
system.
ALEPH 500 should be operationaJ at some campuses by June
2001. All campuses should have the
system installed by 2004.
Once in place, the system will al low a student at one SUNY campus

tion between SUNY and CUNY an
the future, which would allow us 10
do more fo r New Yo rk State stu
dents and residents."

Judith Adams- Volpe. darector of
Lockwood Library, noted that many
electronic prod ucts, sue~ as data bases and full -text resoOrces. that
UB presently offers on the Libraries' Web site now will be funded
thro ugh SUN YCo nn ec t via a
SUNY-wide license. Among them
a re the Associ at ed Press Ph o to

Archive; anexpanded academte in
dex of journal articles. ma ny of
full -ta t, and th ~ Gale Li tera

text author info rmation and liter-

up-to-date teaching-and-learning

SUNYConnect, students through-

caJs than those hqosed at the best

environment~eating a virtual li-

out the State University-from the

libraries in the coUntry," said Peter

brary for SUNY.
UB will be among the first SUNY

smaUest colleges to the largest research universities-will have access

mstitutions to in stall the ALEPH

tothecntireStateUniversity library

chancellor of academic affairs.
"SUNYCo nn ec t wi ll e nh a nce

500TM bbrarymanagementsoftwar&lt;
fromExLibris (USA), thefirststepin
amplementingSUNYConnect.
Other campuses that are pan of

collection around the dock."
TheALEPHSOOcomputersystem
alsowillorganizeandhighlightjournals and dati available from online

academic excellence by bri ngi ng the
tremendous reso urces of all th e
State University's lib raries to ou r
373,000 students."

D. Salins. SUNY provost and vice

the first wave of SUNYConnect are

sources provided through the SUNY

Stony Brook. Binghamton. Fredonia,

Oflia of Library and Information

ALEPH System, other projected rea-

Oswego and Tompkin s-Cortl and
C'..ornmunity College.
Barbara von Wahlde,associatevice
president fo r universit y libraries,
ca lled UB 's participatio n in
SUNYConn«t"a great opportunity."
"W&lt;' re really delighted to be participating in SUNYCo nnect," she
~id...This has been a long time commg for statewide SUNY services. A
ft.W ytars ago. we ourselves looked for
a new Hbrary management system.
hut when we learned that this wJS in
the work.\. decided that this is what
we needed. This is great for u.~."
O nce iruta.llcd,theALEPH SOOsoft warewillprovide the institutions with:
• A common circulation system,
enabling students to-access and bor
row materi a ls di rec tl y fro m an y
SUNY library
• A union catalog o f librar y ma-

Services.SUNYConnectwillidentify
other resources from the World Wide
Web and will catalog and provide
access to hundreds of online journals
now available at SUNY libraries.
There are many advantages to

tures o f SU NYConnect incl ude a
co mprehensive collectHbn of full
text . full -im age a nd mulllm ed ia
digital publications and services that
will be available at a nytim e and
from anywhere, a Web-based, infor-

partici pating in SUNYConnect. von

mation-literacy course, and shared

Wahldc noted, but among Lhe most
attraaive are sharing a management
system with other SUNY institu tions.
In addit ion. she said. " Regio nal
sto rage is a priority in Western New
York, so the fact that u's part of the
project is itppcaling to us."
Potential future applications also
hold a great deal of appcal ,she said .
"The City University of New Yo rk
system also is hu yi ng same system,
so New York State will be sa turated
with one very effective library system. Th is could lead to collabora-

r~ional storage and p reserva ti On
f;cilities that will case space prcssures in indj vidual librarics, al low1ng SUl\rv tu avoid-or postpone in
many cases-the t.:osts of new o r
expanded locallibraq· faci il tlt'3.
The E.l Libris A I.EPH system 1 ~
bt.~i n g used by 3 milli on u.-.ers at 530
sites in 4 1 countnes. Systems s1m 1
Jar Lo the one be1ng installed \'llth1n
SUNY exist in O hio as O hio l.mk
and as the GaJiloo system m Geargia. f:.x Libris is a mult i-na tio nal
compa ny "~ h offi ces and custom
ers located around the world.

In addition to installation of the

Student talents to be showcased m
Magnus M ~ rt e nsso n . and the UB
Chorus wiU combine their talents for

composer himself. All of the dialogue
is taken from aauallettcrs translated

of its students during its
Dc..·ccmber concert series.

a performance of"Schicksalslied" hy
Johannes Brahms Dec. 5. The symphony will jo~n the choir and chorus
111 their Dec. 7 co ncert.

The UJI Choir at'id the UB Choru s, co ndu cted by Ha ro ld
Rosenbaum, will perform favorites by

The UB O pera/ Mu sic T hea ter
Workshop will present " Mozart m
the Middle," a serio-comic look at

such composers as Mozart
and Bach at ·8
p.m. on Dec. 7
in Slee Concen

W o ff g H g

fro m the o riginal German hy Emily
Anderson.
T he UB O per a / Mu ~il T hea te r
Wo r ks ho p 1s diredt~ d h v Oora
&lt;) hrcnstein.
Sin gle tickets for th e Decem ber
concert series range in price from $5
to $ 12. M o~ t
stud e nt en
sembl e con certs arc frre of
charge. For the
mo re expen sive concert.!.,
discounts a re
availabl e fo r
seni o rs. stu dents and faculty/staff/alumni. Tick-

By IUMIIEIU.Y GALlAGHER

Reporter Contributor

T

H E Department of Music

will showcase the talents

Am a deu s
Moza rt 's life
and work, at 8

p.m . Dec. 8
and Dec. 9 in
the Black Box

Hall on th e
No rth Ca mpus.
The UB

Theatre in the
Center for the
Ar ts o n th e

Co ntempo-

rary Ensemble, directed by Jonathan
Golove, (Dec. 2). Saxophone En·

North Campus.

se mble , co ndu c ted by Harr y
Fackelman (Dec. 3), Jazz Ensemble,

though sev.rdy abridged. series of
Mozart operas will feature scenes.
plot summaries, psychoanalytic interpretation--why was Mozart oh·
sessed by the themes of betrayal.
sexual infidelity and Hawed father figures? - that will update, backdate
and include a possible visit by the

directed by Sam Falwne (Dec. 3)
and Concert Band, conducted by
Jon Nelson (Dec. 6) will perform
works ranging from the Baroque to
swing jazz to contemporary.

The UB Symphony, conducted by

This presentation of the complete,

ets may be obtained in the Slee Hall
box office Monday through Friday
from noon to 5 p.m.. in the UB Center fo r the Arts box office Tuesday
through Friday from noon to S p.m.
or at aiiTickrtMaster outlets.
The fuU concen sdtedulc is available
on
the Sie&lt;
site at
&lt;http:/
, _ Concert
__ _Hall
_ Web_edu&gt;.

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The Impact of participation In Alcohohcs Anonymou {AA ) and
spiritualit y o n recovery fro m alcohol abuR is th e fO&lt;us of a new
st udy at th e Resea rch Institu te on Add1ctions (RIA).
RJ A Direc10r Gera rd J. Con nors has received a $308,000 gran t
from the National Insti tut e on Alcohol Ab use and Alcoholism to
resea rch the top1c, a subject of increasing interest to clinicians and
researchers over the past decade.
"Relatively li ttle em pirical atten tio n has been placed on spmtuaJ •t y," sa id Co nn ors. " In th 1s s1udy, we pla n to assess th e relat1onsh1p
between AA pa rticipa tion and sp irituality. wh1ch we define as a sense
of li fe purpose, seren it y and rehg1osity."
Conno rs explained that partiCipants for the research protocol w1ll
be 1dcntified at the New Yo rk State Ma rgaret A. Stutzman Addiction
Treatment Center in Buffa lo. Pat1cnts who volunteer for the study will
be assessed th ree t1mes: as they enter the residential treatment pro
gra m, at the timc of d1scha rge and at stx month s fo llowmg treatment
"We also wil l look at the role of sp1ntuali ty as the fo rce of change
beh ind AA p&lt;~ rtJ C i pallon," exp la1 ncd Ki m berl y S. Wahtze r. deputy
director of RIA. who wi ll se rve a~ co-1nvest1ga to r Wit h Connors on
t he p rOJCCI. "We wdn t to look at how the development of a spmtual
li fe in flu ences peo pl e m their efforts to stop abusmg alcohol."
Steven Schwartz, d1 rector of the Stu tzman center, noted:"Th1s re
~ea rc h will be ex tremel y releva nt to o ur treat ment in th at we make
ass umptions th dt AA m vo lveme nt 1mproves our chent outcome!'.
We loo k for ward to wo rki ng w1th RIA on th1s pro1ect."

Event to look at Wen Ho Lee case
A sym posium ex•mln lng "The Wen Ho Lee Case: National Secu
rit y or Racial Profil ing" wi ll be held fro m 7-9:30 p.m. tomorrow 1n
120 Clemens Hall o n th e No rth ( ·am pus
~. th e former l..osAlamossc.·lcnt •sl who pleaded gUJllv toont."o&gt;unt
of m lshand!JngdassJfit-d 1nfo rma1 1on. 1~ be1ng In vestigated for allegeJ
breach of secu nt y at the national laboratory m New Mexaco.
Pnor to th t ~ympos mm , a legallm efin g on the case will be g1ven tn
Sin Yen Ling, a lawyc.-r Wit h the Asmn American Legal Defense and l:.du carion Fund. L1n g will d1sc uss'' Raoal Sterroryp ingand tht• We n Ho J.ee
Case" from noon to I p.m. tomorrc.1\\' 111 280 Pa rk Hall, North Campu~.
as pa rr of rht· Asu1 ar Noo n sen t·'·
Th e evening's prese nta tiOn will hegm Wi th a ..cret&gt;nm~ of a re
lated sy mpos JU m-"We n Ho Let: ~ An l:xa mm at iOil of Race and Nall o nal Scc urn y"-held rece ntly m th e Chma ln stlt ule 1n New Yo rk
Cit y. T he scrcen 1ng wi ll fea ture excerpts oftalh g1ven bv Paul Moore.
dirt."Cto r of a n a l ys1~. Centre..· lor Cnunten ntd ll gencc and ~t:lllrlt\
~tudu:~ ; (;l•orge }\oo, d1rei.Wrt1f the Committee of \00. d nat1on;~l
nrgamL&lt;ItJOil ol Chmese Ame n t.ans; Robert Vrooman. opera! Hill'
ma nage r fo r th e Spec tru m Lah a t Mon tana Statt· l 1mver .. Jt\ ,,nd
forml'r (hid of ~,; ou n u.·nn t d h gence at l.os Al;~mm Naunn.Jil ahtHa
torv.•tnd Rn an Sun. an .u to rnq · With the fi rm l)'Nc..·dl. l v~dght &amp;
~un. who 1!1 n: pre,cn t mg l.ee and h1s farm lv
Lmg dnd Kogt•r Dt"' 1-org.l"). LIH .1~1ate prok"'!'&gt;Or of h1stnn. will
ll~ad an open d J~uss 1on followmg tht' pn:sentatJon. Refrc.:·shment" ''"~ll
ht· prov1dt:"d b~· t he t :h1 nesef:luh t\r \Vest ern N(•w York. The &lt;.&gt;venl 1., .,,,
.. po nsorcd by the Asian Amcncan l...1" Student A~~lX:I atiOil. tht· A,1,1n
Amen ca n St uden t Unum. thl· A.\1an "tt~d i l~ Program. the Rakh { cnh:r
tor La w a.nd ~m l Po hey. the Ch m e~l' Cl uh ol 'Wt.~tl·rn Nc" York tht·
Ch1neM· Student Asso(1&lt;1tmn and tht· l kpartmentof I h~ltln

Workshop to focus on
family business strategies
Re n owned family -business con sultant Drew ~ kndn7.1, pn:~1dcnt
of th(' Family Bus1 nes., Consullmg Group 1n ChiCago. will g1vt.· .i
two -day pre!tent atlon later th1s mo nt h on ~t r atq; 1 e~ lor succes~1on
pla nmn g and bu dd mg ,i stronger fa nulv b usmcss.
O rgamzed hy the Family B u s m ~' Cen ter m the !xhool or Managl'·
ment . the event will he held from ~-6 p.m. No, . 19 and from 7:30· 11
.t.m. Nov. JO in tht.· Buffalo Marnott , 1.'\40 ~hller.~port I Ughwav.Amhen.t.
Mend oza wi ll offt r solutions for p roblems ty p ~eally encountered
hr fa mil y - hu ~ in ess ow n e r~ when tra nsfe rn ng ownersh1p of ;1 hus1 ·
ness to a fami ly me m be r. He also will d 1scuss ~t r ateg1c-s fo r selt:"(tmg
and preparing a fa mily me m be r fo r own ershi p of a h u sme~.!&gt; .
"Th1 s h1ghl}' mte raCti ve program hy one of t he nat i on·~ most re
spected expe rts on .,uccess1u n plannmg will he lp fa mil y b u smc~~l~
e nsure that th eir bu s in es~ rema1ns in the familv," savs Manannt•
Sullivan . director o f th e Fa mily Busin ess Ce nter.
Mendoza is fo unding duector of the Loyola Un 1vers1tv 1-am ll\' 8 Uto 1
ness Center, recognized a~ a lead mg thmk ta nk on 1ssues un1que to
business-owning families. He s pt.xiaJi ze~ in wodung w1th ad ult ·sihling and cousin teams of famil y- busin ess ow nt:n. and has presented

throughout the United States and appeared on CNN. PBS and CN BC.
Cost of the event is S99 per person and $39 for each add itional per
son in a group. For more info rmation or to register, call 645 -3000
Mendoza's presentation is sponsored by M&amp;T Bank. Trust Department:
\ Hodgson Russ Andrews Woods &amp; Goodyea r LLP. and Raw ness Farst

�4 Reporias lm111ber 16. 2101/Yol.3t lo.13
For the Royal Pitches, Buffalo Chips, singing Is about more than music
BRIEFLY
#Green bulldlrtgs"
to be topic of lecture

..:;peen Buildings ond Bi!yond,.
• loct1n on onvironmentolly ~
sponsillo "greeHJuilding do&gt;sign,• win Ul&lt;e place at 7 p.m.
today In 1~ 7 Oiefondo&lt;f Hall on
tho SOuth Campus.
Tho lecturo wiM be giYen by
'l'lllllam Reed, • prxticlng atdlll«tlor 20 l"'M' ond one of tho
notion'Jieoding experu on
groen-bulldlng design. Hb firm,
Nawnllogic Inc. "'a-y
a-. Mel., b dedicotedliY&lt;Iy to green building bsueJ.
Tho lecturo. wNch wiM be !roe
"' chalge ond open to tho pullic.
b ~ bythoAmel1an lnstl!WoiAtdlitectlnStudent&gt;,
Dyma.don Student Orgonlz&gt;tion,
tho ~ond 5odoty In· the~ol
l«lln,
the ErMronmonQIAldllNetwort, the ErMronmonQI Task
Fon:e, the U6 Qoen Olfico ond
tho School"'~ ond

Appl'oed Sdonces.
For further Information, contoe! tho UB Groon Offic.e
3S3S.

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Group to serenade
Tho Roy&gt;l s.r.naden Malt Cho1\JJ will perform at 6 p.m. Sooday in Site Concert Hal on tho
Notth Campus.
Otganlzod by tho'lour Mathb
brothers In 19-46, tho chorus is
ltd by fooOO« Roy A MothiJ,

choir director"' Plgrim-St. Wee
UMed Chu&lt;tt&gt; "' OWl.
Tho Royols.r.naden will be
joined in tho concert by tho
Arnher.t Bel Canto Choir, under
tho di&lt;eclof
Fly Allen.
T h o - ropertolro
Includes Jpirituols, gospeb. on1homl ond,......
way lllUJiaiL
Fot tid&lt;ot inlotmallon, (01&gt;tact Derridc Byrd ot 897-3029 0&lt;
Roy Mathis at 83+670S.

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Wooten to perfonn
Victo&lt; Wooten, tho outrogeow
ban playor lor II&amp; Fled&lt; ond
tho RedttoneJ, loll ptrfonn at 8
p.m. Dec. Sin tho MoinJt&gt;ge
Theatre In the Center lor the
Alb on tho North UrnpuJ.
Wooten..aiY&lt;dhisll1in:t
·aass Pily&lt;r o1 tho
aword
from Sass Pily&lt;r Magazine In
199~ only bassist to have
received tho award th""' time&gt;and was named one of the .,.op
I 0 Bass lnf'lO'VatOG of the '90s"
by tho ....... publication.
Vwlooten W0\1 his second

Y_.

Grammy in 1998, and Down

Beat magazine voted him "Tal·
ent Most o..erv;ng Wide&lt; Recognition ... He uses his doYm
time from the Ftecktones to tour

as a solo artisl
His most recent sok&gt; r~ease,
"Yln-Yang, .. has met with criUcal

acclaim, including a Grammy
nomination for best contemporary jazz performance.
r~c:kets for VICtor Wooten are
S16 for tho general poblic and
s 13 for U8 studenu. They are
available In the Center for the
Arts box office from noon to 6

p.m. Tuesday through Friday,
and at all TK.ketMaster locations.
For ~ information, call
~S-AATS.

JOB LISTINGS

UB Job Hstlngs
accessible via Web
Job llstingl for prol6sional, ~

Sharing their harmonious passion
By AHN WHITCHEII

!NG!NG a cappella is a like

S

driving down the street
without signs or lane markings. Sans instrumental ac ·
compani ment, the singer must locate the pitch unerringJy. The en semble work must bt- deft-any individual mistake can drive the car

studies from Rochester.

offcampus and for majorcnnceru this
month. They draw their membership
from many academic disciplineswhat unites them is their love of singmg and their delight in doing their
own arrnngemenu of oontcmporary
music. Both gmups use sound effect&gt;
to mimic missing instruments.
Rehearsing in the third floor organ
room 3t Baird Hall one recent evening.
mcmbm of the femak Royal Pildles
talk excitedly, but determinedly, about
set design plans for their Nov. 30 cnncert, at 8 p.m., in the Center for the

Beyond the musical satisfaction,
membership in the Pitches can en-

rich the liV&lt;S of these busy UB stu-

(http:/ / chlps.buffolo.eclu) are

rhythm, etc., oro oompletdy depen-

busily preparing for their major

dent upon each other," he says.
..There is no instrument thar is sim-

concert, "Fall Jam," 10 be held Saturday at 8 p.m. in Slee Conc;,n Hall.
Their voices blend affectingly with
the percussion sounds they create.
lhese singers are. contemplative

during reheanal, but laugh and joke
easily when they brealc. to discuss
where the. song is going. or for one
singer to apologize for a vocal miscue. Beginning a song that starts

with the plaintive, "Walk down that
lonesome road all by yourself," they
seem to be in unison, but break off
to correct mistakes. The leader challenges them "to listen for breath,"

dents. " J am involved in a

lot at UB and when I can
go to rch~rsa1 and sing. it
makes me. relaxed,.. says

GeUerL "If I wasn't in this
group , a part of me.

wouldn't be complete."
Auditions conducted at
the stan of the fall s&lt;m&lt;St&lt;r
help establish one's suitability for the group. "F'.m we

Arts Drama Theater. "What is our

had to sing any song we

ply in tune to rely on, though some
of us do have near-perfect pitch."
"I am excited and energiud to
sing," adds Brian David Anger, of
Liverpool. a junior major in &lt;XltllpUit2"
engineering. "The larger and more
respon5Mthe CllJO&gt;d, the better I r..l."
In addition to performing on
campus and in the community, the
Olips also have been active in vocal
competition, taking tim place last
February in the tim round of tbe
National Championship of Collegiate A Cappella held at Bryn Mawr
College; they b.= applied 10 participate in the 200 I competition. Likr
the Pitches, they specialize in the
contemporary repertoire, which can
range from Aerosmith and Billy Joel
to songs from the most re.ce.nt radio
playlists. According to baritone John
Taylor, a biology/premed freshman
from Rome, theOUps' roster of academic majors indudes "a couple of
premeds, computer science, com munications, math. the list goes on."
Likr the Pitches, a lot of emphasis is placed on vocal sound effects,
mimicking the instrumental songs
in a way "that will be interesting for
an audience 10 hear," explains bass
Jim Resig,an aerospace engineering
major from Fayetteville. The choic;,
of repenoire?. Anything that will get
us girls," one. member jokes. Of
course, singing a cappdla i.s almost

wanted, [but[ not a show
tune," recalls Newdorf, who
is hopeful of a Broadway carrer someday. "'Then we wer-e
called back and learned a
song from the original girls.
We had to sing it and mix
with other people. This was
Tht" banter subsides when the to se&lt; if we oould blend wdJ
group begins its warm up with "Sea- together. We had two nights
_,•. . , . _..
sons of Love" by Jonathon larson. of call-bath-it was a te- Chips...,. _ ___
~~war~ p~ec-~r~o-~~- sar,~ -r.~r.lor:
-Youngs. ~----They begin,.stop and stan again. Fi- dious process."
otaymg m tune-not gomg flat or
lm......._... for perfect pitch.
..We've. had a ~ot of tal nally Fraas plays a chord on the pisharp. Also, sometirnd just finding
ano to locate the pitch and they pro- ented girls audition, but sometimes that is, to try 10 breathe without the notes-it's a lot harder to do withceed . April Newdorf, a freshman their voices stood out too much," audience hearing an intake of air.
out a piano there to help you."
musical theater major from East DeMeritt explains. "We need to be
According to Ronald E Veiders,
High tenor Eric Fosbury says i~s
Meadow, Long Island, has a lovely able 10 blend together-this is a now retired from the group but one , "an escape" from his work as a math
so lo. Fraas, a senio r vocal perfor- group, not a bunch of soloists. We of the original memben, the Chips major, a valuableopponunity,hesays,
mance major, adds a gorgeous flour- also like girls' personalitres to blend had their beginnings in Spring 1995. 10 get together with a btmch of friends
with ours so there's no tension."
Ish to finish the piece.
"We had a talent show to mal« money and have a good ti{ne. Reluctantly
Founded in 1997, the Pitches are
The Pitches &lt;http:// wlngs.buf- for the UB Oloir's trip to ltlly. F'rve leaving at the end of the academic
primarily undergraduates who repguys got together year after five years with the Olips.
resent a bevy of academic majors,
and sang'Good- Foobury says, wistfully, that he would
including music, women's st udies,
night Sweetheart' love to be. moving on to a career in
drama, bu siness and archi tecture.
and ' For th e music. ·'Titis is as good as it gets for
Longest Tm1e' at me [in singing]."
Several are hoping for careers in singing, especially Fraas, for whom "op- ~
the show. One of
Just beginning h~ career with the
era rules," and Erin Gellert, a sopho- ~
the guys, Mike Chips is Eugene lubliner of Miller
more from Syracuse who would like ~
Burrows. saw an Place, Long Island, a communic3·
interest in us to tions and psychology major. · 1 had
to combine singing with a ca reer in
the professions. " Most of us just love t;;
do more as a my own vocal [g roup ) in high
to sing and that's the beauty or the 0
group, so we school, but it was nothing compared
formed what was to what I have here. It 's a total esknown as 'Ca- cape to get tb come here." Auditions
dence' for the rest are held at the beginning of the fall
a cappella. Emily DeMeritt. a gradu- women'1 a cappella organlutlon, focu1 on group,
budget for ... set design? .. asks one

member."Small," r&lt;Sponds oodircctor
Angje Fraas, smiling. Thoro are practical details to attend to, such as appropriate concert attire. No slit skirts
please, or as Fraas puts it, "We don't
want leg." Her comment is greeted
with laughter.

i

cn~kt~i::s~·~~~~;~~~h:~;~~~of ~

·-·

ate student in mu sic theory from
c:orning,sa)'S. " It i:adifficuJ t to sray in
tunc a lot of the timc. Lfthc pitch goes

ai well as mulk:al, harmony.
flllo.edu/sa/rp&gt; have had out-of-

from area barlxnhopgroupsand had

semester, and are done in two stages
to first assess musical ability, vocal
technique, etc.• then to screen fo r

flat, or sharp. sometimes the high and
low parts have 3 hard time reaching

towfl-gi[1.' induding those in Rochester. Pittsburgh and at Vassar College
and haY&lt; panicipated in several vocal

vocal clinics, which helped us improve
tremendously. Around Fall 1995, ""

after inviting finalists to rehearse

their notes. Another problem is that
we work hard to stay in tempo. Sometimes W(' aren'tlistening 10 t:ach other
and we get off tempo."

Singing a cappe!Ja is particularly
difficuh;says Fraas. beousc, for one
thing. "a person has no external key
to push, or string to bow, when want ing an A to rome out. There is nothing to base our pitch on in the middle
of a song except our own internal
senses. Because of this, the dynamic
of the ensemble has to be in tune. I

mean, if peop1&lt; aren't grtting along. it
ruins the focus of the group dynamic
and makes things more difficult .
lbat's why it's so important to know

sourteJ - 1 - '&lt;tonp:/
' ... ot.....,_
._"*lion/---.;&gt;.

thin!'.' faster and mal« better music."
lllc Pitches' repertoire has run thrgamut from Richard Strauss to Melissa Etheridge, but primarily it centers on "pop/rock songs, typically
performed by femak artists." according to codirector Md.is.sa Kozakiewia., a senior majoring in women's

nght off the road.
At UB, two groups--&lt;&gt;ne femak,

Jeorth, faculty ond cMI ..,_

be occeued ... the Humon Re-

working environment-we can learn

one male--rehearse several times a
week, preparing for gigs both on and

- - - competitiYe ond

~con

at the begiruung of each rehc:arsal, so
that &lt;v&lt;ryone knows wher&lt; each p&lt;~­
son is 'coming from' that day. In my
opinion, this makes for a hannoruous

Contributlng EdltO&lt;

the people you're worlqng with in this
kind of situation. We.havea 'check-in'

of the year. We

got some help

co mpetitions. COs issued include

"Ufe'sa Pitch" and"Quitcherpitchin ~
Recruitment, when needed. is accomplished via fiy= and email.
Tickets for the Nov. 30 Royal
Pitches concert , with its theme of
"Starry Winter Night" are $4, a dollar
of which will go to support Harvest
House. Tickets are available a! the
Center for the Arts Box Office.

Kaufmann's, TickrtMaster and Movies Plus. They also will be sold in the
Student Union. After the performance. the Pitches will stan pn:par-

ing for an appearana in BuffiUo's f't_tSI
Night New Year's Eve cdebration.
AI 227 Baird one recent Thur&gt;day
evening, the male Buffalo Chips

cha nged our name to the Buffalo

OUps. left our barlxnhop backing.
and began what is seen today, with
between sevm and nine guys."
For Matthew Shelton, Olips business manager and a third-year management infonnation systems r;na-

jor from Greece, the feeling of singing is"amazing."' He adds: .. It's a rush
to get up o n a stage and have every·
o ne cheering, and you are simply

doing what you do best. I'm rarely
nervous--thls is something I love to
do, and am good at, so 1 sh= my
talent with whomever I can."

For Shelton, the challenges of
singing a cappella center on the in -

terdependence of\t1e fonn.•All control of pitch, le.mpo, sense of

vocal and personality compatibility
with the Chips for a couple of weeks.
Says Resig: "11 makes the learning
process easier a nd raster if you're
friends and so not arguing."

The Chips harbor no feelinl'.' of
rivalry toward the distaff side of a
cappella singing, the Pitches; the
gmups remain mutually supportiv&lt;
but oonsciousoftheirdistinct identi -

ties. Says Shelton: "Most ofeach gmup
are. definite attendees at e&lt;Jch other's

shows. There's always a little friendly
a cappella banter, but never anything
much. Most of us oro friendr-we aU
share a similar passion."
Tickets for the OUps' concert on
Saturday oro $3, general admission.
They are available at the Slee Hall
box office and at the door.'

�Meeting economic dep:1and
Program shows students real-world applications of theory
By JE-.r UWAHOOWSIU
R~n- Assistant

N

Editor

ow

in its third year,

UB's master's program
in applied economics
has tripled its enroll-

ment--drawing, in particular, a
large international student contin-

gent-and by all accounts, seems to
be ftlling a niche both for student
and market dell)and.
"We had no idea it would be so
successful:' said Isaac Ehrlich, leading professor and chair of the Department of Economics and Melvin H.
Baker professor of American Enterpri s~. The program combines a
master's degree in eoonomics with an
advanced certificate in applied economics. A student earns the certificate through coursework in one of
five areas of specialization-financial
economics; international economics;
economics of health services; economics of law and regulation, and

urban and regional economics. And
Lhc degree itself rests upon completion of the core courses-or basicsof micro- and macroeconomics, and
econometrics. Ehrlich prefers to app~ch the degree and certificate as
one in the same.

The program brin&amp;&lt; into the fold
fuculty from the School of Management, the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the School of Law,
and the Geography and Mathematics
departments who teach courses for
the various specializations.

, Wlwe,!i&gt;i&gt; wuld b,e.=stru«! as

symptomatic of UB's economics de-

partment-the smallest among tho
four SUNY cen ters, according to
Ehrlich, and lacking in the faculty
n=ry to teach to aU five specializations-- the comprehensive nature
of VB is what "tumt"Ci out to be an
anchor" for the program. Ehrlich said
"It 's a unique program-many
eco nom ic programs strive to d o
what we've done but don't quite do
it ," he said.
The program's primary fo cu!,,
Ehrlich said, is the "creation of un -

derlying knowlcdgr and skills that
would make our product a better
catch fo r employers," citing the pro·

gram as an altt:rnative to both the
uadltionalMBA aswell asa doctor
ate in economics.
Investment banking. consuJtmg
firms, the government, WalJ Strttt.

and health--care agencies and hospitals aU "rely heavily on princi ple;
in economjcs.,.. Ehrlich said.
The program is set up so that all
students--no matter their chosen
specialization-learn how to conduct this business-type research.
"( We're) emphasizing informatio n
and skill as the No. I criteria for the
content of the program ... he said.
The department at one time offered an evening master's degree
program, but it was not considered
an tnd in itsdf, such as the

department's doctoral degree. With
this program's emphasis on economics as an applied science--one

"that deals with real -world issues,"
Ehrlich said-the master's degree
option could potentially expand the
pool of economics students sin ce
not everyone is interested in pursuing economics at the doctorate level.
The program hopes to add by fall

be enrolled for fall. Hav mg more
than one perspect1 ve, he added,.,
Important to the p rogram's success
And knowmg the way Uungs 3f('
dont' tn other countnes as pan of the
program's mtcrnatioral draw.
intemauonally. Ehr~ich 5ald, work ·
ing as an econo m iSt 15 prestigious,

and job opportunities are abundant.
And while many students are grooming themselves for a career in their

natM: country,"a fraction would lilct
to stay in the United States," Ehrlich
said, adding that knowledge of foreign markets and culture could be
appealing to domatic industries.
As weU, individuals who work a.'
instructors in foreign coumrics often can become professors with a
master's d egree, and many havt'
joined US's program for that rea -

son. For these students. Ehrlich sa1d.
it's the u fulfi.~nt of a life's dream.''
Ehrlich, who said he would love
to Stt international students remain

in the United States once gradu:ued
from the program, remai ns globall)'
minded."VJe like Ian I intemationJJ
economy," he said ... We love to think
of ourselves as an exporting coun ·

2001 a sixth specialization-Information and Internet Economics. for try. if they want to go back, thry give
which the economics department us international presence."
would partner with the Department
Ehrlich conceived of the program
of Management Information Systems in 1996, when he assumed respon in the School of Management and the sibility for the econOm1 cs depart
Department of Computer Science ment , he sai d , a t1me whe n th e
and Engineering in the School of En- d~partment' s fac ult y h ad been
scaled back to almost half of wh:11 it
gineering and Applied Sciences.
This specialization, Ehrlich said, was in the late I 980s. Trusting h1!)
would be particularly key for em- instlncts and hoping for suftjCient
ployment with ..dot.com compa· demand, Ehrlich set out to develop
nies. all of whom need to rely on ~ a program that would .. increase the:
economic analysis to determine the interaction among ccononush m
several units at the umversit y."
direction of their business."
Currently, international students
The program. fundin g fo r whh..h
make up mo re than 50 percent of is scant, Ehrlich said, is strong mit!.
the nearly 80 stude nts enrolled. own rjght. In addition to solid faccoming from North and South ulty support- in particular. from
America, Europe. Africa and Asia, Michael Gort . the program's current
with the bulk of students coming director, and Tom Romans. a pn.•v1
from People's Republic of China , ous director, both of who m Ehrlich
credits with the program 's con tin Thailand, Taiwan and India.
..A big strength is th~ divenity of ued success-the student!, add to
the program," said Chris Co nnor, the progr.tm\ richness.
"The y' re ve ry good ," ht• sa 1d .
coo rdinator of the master's degree
program, noting that he expects " Maybe that 's th e grtatt::-.1 rcw.ud
about 100 in -residence students to we've had so far."

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tng tn stru ctiOn!) and l.'nough rt'l..lpl'!) for a venta hlc feast. e\en tf vou
om 1t the b1rd. Th~..·rt· also art• Thank.o;g•vmg· themt'd !&gt;lie~ from o nlm~·
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datmg vegetanam and dJabt.'tll..!&gt;. n:Lommendmg food :.afcty tiP' and
adv1smg abou t what w1n~· to liC rve wtth turkcv. Several on lin e e~"'a' ·'
and children's stont'\ offer fittmg remmdcr'i nf how mu ..:h wr h.nt·
to be thankful for.
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BrieBy
Controversial Holocaust author
to present lecture in "University
and the World" series
Peter Novick , historian and

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Bequest
Con"'"'-1 '""" ~ 1

to Poo n for her rest-a rch and for UB
as it deals with this dynamic part of
the \\'orld ."
Althoug h G n'am m 's goal had
been to attend college right after
high sc hool. tht• Depre" s~ ion
changed her plans and she st.1rted
her working career as a co u.nh.'r J;irl
at Love's Candies on Main Street in
Buffa lo. However, she never los t
sight of her education goal~. even
whil e worki ng a variety of secre-

1985 . Along th e way, Gnamrn
ea rnt:d he[ bachelor's degn't' from

tarial, clerical and bookk.ccpiog jobs
throughout the Western New York
area. She took man)' jobs-skills related courses and, in addition , en·
roUed at UB as a non·t radjti onal
student, often modifying her work
schedule to accommodate her uni ·
vcrsity classes.
ln 195I.Gnammwcnttoworkfor
the City of Buffalo starting with a
position in the Board of Education
offices and moving to the Buffalo
Police Depanment in 1957, where
she stayed until her retirement in

UB in 1968 and her master 's dt..-gn.'l.'
from UB's Graduate School of Edu -

cation in 1971.

Gnamm kept on le:1 rning. evt'n
after retirement. Shc took tap dan~.
mg at a :.enior (enu•r, chal lenged her
computer in bridgt~ and has travdt&gt;d
all over th(.' world. mdudmg tnp!l hi
Eng land , Thailand. Hong Ko ng.
South America, lndoncsm, r-.IL'&gt;..I u~.
Eastern Europe. Russta, Egypt,&lt; :hm.1
and two lengthy world CniiSt.~
Gnamm lives 111 ~nydl' r.
Gnam m's gift 1s part of UB's S2SO
million campa1gn . tht' largest ewr
co nduct ~..·d hy a pubhL uOI\'cr~•t' 111
N(.'w York anJ Nt•w England . AI
though It 's the fifth ma,ur fund ·ra i'
ing ca mpaign conJ.UI:h..'l.! by UH. If \
the fi rst nationaVI nh.·rnatJon.tl (,lfll
paign, the first uni Vt..'fM tv-wide l31ll
pa agn a nJ the first to n~· alumm
driven w1 th ca mpa1gn vo lunt e~~r
leaders from all over th l' countn
hmds ra1sed will be used to t.&gt;nrtlh
academiC program), support stu dents rangmg from undergraduatt..~
to post -doctoral students and to en·
hance university life.

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wh11.h th~·' tn11~ pl.1u·
Il k. 111 h1' ~,.nntrowr ....ll hm1\.. I ht• I h,l ,,i..,Hl'l Ill Aml'Tit.lll
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spl'ctl ve ol vmlt'Thl' ,md hum.ulJt v through .1 \\Ld~· r.1ngt· 111 d., ... ,
pl•nc:~ . Jndu dmg .1nth ro p olog\ . pwchnlo~\ . hJ,Itlf\ , ~o.t'mp.trJII\t' ltt
crature and law
Allle~ture~ ,r r&lt;.' free a nd tlp~·n 10 the puhh~
Th&lt;.· sencs, whKh run!&gt;. throu gh t\ lav, • ~ ~ptll\!&gt;.llr~·J h\ 1h~· dt·.ln ut
th&lt;.· LIB College uf Arts and ~l..len~~·:-. . Jnd 111 p.1rtiH th(· hlmunJ H
Butl&lt;.·r ChaH and th t'" Thoma. . B ILKk\\'ooJ l :harr 111 Amt.·n~..Jn H1'
tory. both at UB.
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�6 Rep arts. lovembei16.21DIIVU.3tl1l.13
Book by UB sociologist look$ at the unique characteristics of New York's Lower East Side
B RIEFLY

Studlowwtls DINe
EnWmbie to perfoml

will.,........-

The ~ol11-.eand
Donee
Donee Em«nbbe Nov. 30 to
Dec. 3 in lhe 8lock .... in lhe c........ lor lhe Arts an lhe
North Compus.
Perloonanc:e time .... 8
p.m. Thundoy, Frlc:loy and Saturdly, and 2 p.m. on s..nday.

Comprised oiiJI students,

s.-

Donee Em«nbbe b
diroctod b y - E. Thomas.
The perlotiTIOnce.wiK show'""' 17 ollhe deplrtmenrs
mutti-tMent:ed dancen In • w,riety ol donee &gt;ty!os. The mixed
rope&lt;IOiy prognm will

include

music ranging from up tempo
c:.ribbeon to beoutilul bolads
by Dionne Fenis. The cho«ograpfiy wiD explore such themes
· as the joy ol moYing through
space and the lOnging fa&lt; !eM.
T1dcets for Studiowor1&lt;S
Dance Ensemble are SS Mld an
be purdwed In the Centof fa&lt;
the Arts box office from 0000 to
6 p.m. T\Jesdoy through Friday,

and at ad r-..llef locations.
Fa&lt; ma&lt;e Information, call
6-4S-AATS.

I&lt;uoos
a....,....-.c~roc,.

tor ol the U8 Mhlws, roceM!d
lhe Owen 8. Aug5pl.rgorol the lluff&gt;lo and Erie County
Hlstorial Society at Its 138th Mnual Meeting a n d - Program. Jlerumo&lt;e wos hono&lt;ed
fa&lt; his wort as ~ historian ol the
N~ra Frontier. He is the author
ol a number ol highly regarded
boola and journal · - 00
Qual&lt;er hlsto&lt;y, the women's
rights '"""""'""t and Iroquois
hbte&gt;ty in New Yorl&lt; State.

Ubrarian --..,._

UB Arch;,-.s. wid mal!e a presentation, "The Legacy ol the ........
Canal in New Vorl&lt; State's EJw&gt;.
ronmental Histooy: The loYe ClO-

Neat, sanitized and ready for sale
By PAT111CIA DONOVAN
Contributing Editor

OR more than a century,
N~w Yo rk's Low~r Eas t
Side has been hom e to
hundr&lt;ds of thousands of
working-class and poor immigrants
from across the glob&lt;. It also has
been the n&lt;Sting place of painters,
poets. writers, musicians and othu
artists; radicaJ socialists and communists; union activists. and other
pioneers of counterculture.
Cultural divmityand political radicalism continue todefin&lt;of the Low.r
East Sid&lt;. What is striking today, however, is that real-estate developers.
media c:=utives and others have coopted these characteristics as mark&lt;!ing tools fo r residential and !Dmmercial redevclopment.
In his new book, "Selling the Lower
East Side: Culture, Real Estate and
Resistance in New York City" (University of Min nesota Press. 2000),
Ouistopher Mcle,assistant professor
of sociology, examines the phmomenon in which real-estate developen
and city officials exploit images of
social difference as a means to lure
middle-class renters to the historically working-dass district.
The neighborhood's CUlTO'lt situa·
tio~xpensivc rentals cheek-byjowl with the few remaining

F

unrenovated tenemenLS--is characterized by Mcle as a"symbolic middledassembrap:oftherultural practico
of the poor and disenfranchised."
He points to the usc of architet... ruraJ themes and signage, the abun dance o f new and upscale restau rants, stores. coffee shops and apart ments as a gesture toward the area's

radicaJ and vibrant past.
"The effect; Mele says. " 15 to sug·
gest that boundaries do not exJ.St between the neighborhood 's increasing exclusivity and privilege. and its
remainin~ poe~ of ~vfrty and
community resiStance.
This rappon between cultural differenu, political radicalism and ur-

ban development is relatively new.
.. Until recently," Mele points out,
"the Lower East Side remained stubbornly peculiar-the last holdout of
difference surrounded by an in creasingly homogeneous, middleclass Manhanan."
1
This, despite the fact that during
most of the neighborhood 's history,
develope rs and city officials have
sought instead to rid the Lower East
Side of its association with difference--to "'reinvent " it as a middle:
claSs residentia l co mmunit ymostly failed effons traced by Mele
in the early chapters of his book.

"Selling the Lower East Side"
takes us back to the late 19th century and weaves together......J.historical narratives that deepen the
reader's understanding of the area's
complc:x mixture of art, politics and
real estate.
On the theme of urban politics and
policies, for inslancc, the author explores more than a century of housing and social rdOnns, government
intervmtion in rebuildiog efforts, urban renewal, cynicism and decline. H&lt;
also traces the succession of immigrant enclaves on the Low.r East Side.
His examination of the past introduces, as wc:U, the multifaceted
roles playtd by bohemians, beatniks,
hippies and punks in the cotme of
struggles between tenement dwellers, developers and urban officials
eager to eradicate the area's working-class and ethnic identity.
While most of them were of
middle-class background. these individuals identified with the politics and
culture of the immigrant and the disenfranchised. Although their subcultures aligned thernselv&lt;s with locals,
Mele argues that their romanticization
of the "other" often reprodue&lt;d the
very same neighborhood images that
locals had long sought to resist.
He says the influence that these
assoned subcultures had on the area's
devdopmentrepresentsaucial,postWorldWar n changes in the production, distribution and consumption
of popular culture, which slowly incorporated the Lower East Side and
turned it into a ..site of social ciilrerences" whose mixture of exotic, artistic, marginal, radical and historic
elements could b&lt; marketed

nal Archives Project. • in Albany
tomom&gt;w as part ol "Researching New Vorl&lt; 2000: Penpectiv&lt;!s
on Empire State History," a COO:
terence sponsored by the Histe&gt;ty
Departmen~ SUNY Albany.

Enol--.
co..-..

and Biomedial Sclenc&lt;s, and A.
Scott · professor ol dvil,
structural and environmental engineering and executive diroctor
ollhe New Yorl&lt; State Centof lor

Hazardous Waste~~
receM!d awards from John E.
Vena, ESI direct&lt;&gt;&lt; and professo&lt;
of social and prevontive modi-

Send I~=

to the

The Repotlf&lt;welcomeslotlm
lromreadorsCDI'IYilOf'IIOlanits

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be linll!d to aoo- and may
be tdt!dlor st)le and l!r&gt;glh. Letters rrust fncble lhe _ ,

namt.-

and. da}'llme-

phaneiUYlberlor-~

auseol space ........... the flo.
pcmrcana pullloh al _ , ~

Thoy rrust b e - by
9 a.m. MandoytDbe...for piA&gt;IIallan in thll _.. .....
The . . .polont--be
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nificant sOcial, .economic and .cultural issues at their core and rq)lacc
them with neat, sanitized versions.
all wrapped up and ready for sale."

Melanie Glatman plays
Claire Zachanassian, a
wealthy woman who offer5
to help her debt-ridden
home town on one
condition-the l~e of a
villager who wronged herin "The Visit," to be
performed at UB through
Sunday.

professor of chemistly; M. Marte. professor of geography; H. I.Oft'lllno Oolo. associate dean, Sd&gt;ool of Medicine

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

tities as a means of accumulating
profus in the local real- marktt.
Today visitors can sign up !Or a $10.
four-hour "radical walking tour" of
sites connected to various 19!b and
20th century activists. Th&lt;ycan visit
tM interactivt t.enement museum to
"rn&lt;et" the destitute fumilies that OC·
cupied these structures and "learn
about all f3ats of the immigrant C:X·
perimce" through videotaped oral
histories and photographic exhibits.
For Melc, this stage in thr
neighborhood's history means new
and daunting challenges to. the tra·
ditional means of local resistance !Or
residents and community groups.
"After all." he says. "much of the
Lower East Side's cultural and po·
liticaJ identity was borne in the
struggles bctwc:en tenants and landlords, workers and factory bossesbanles over issues of who CK:cupi.
.. Recent efforts to commodify
these difference threatm to swallow
up those ~~tions, igno';t t1'l&lt; 'Sig-

The
Visit

F'rYe UB fKulty and staff~
bers were recognized by UB's Environment and Sodety Institute
for their service on its steering
committee.
past diroctor o1 ESt and profes&gt;o&lt;
of low; joMplt A.

em..

Mete aigUa that today's Lower
East Side is cbaoging ~the infonnation-based,symboliceccnomy
bas produe&lt;d new opportunities for
its exploitation by )&gt;laa entnpn:·
llCilB."lnstt:ad ofdisplacing the ......s
long-held "ollbeat" or rogue reputa·
lions, t:hescmttq&gt;rmeur&gt;--O{t do~finding new ways to
put associated images of di.ffe:rmu
and diversity to profitable use.
'I'hm effons to "movent" neighborhoods nowirlvoMapptopi~
packaging and JTiall&lt;ding their iden-

Conference to look at depiction of Iroquois life
By PATRICIA DONOVAN

Contributing Editor

T

HE Department of Art
History, in co njuncti on

with the Castellani An
Mu se um at Niagara
Un iversity, will present a
mu ltidisciplinary conference, .. Reimagining lroquoia: A Cross -Dis ciplinary Examination of Indig·
enous Representation and Mu seum Practice," tomorrow and
Saturday in the Cen ter for the Arts
o n the North Ca mpus.
The conference was inspired by
th e curatorial process initiated in
a C astellani ex hibiti on titled

.. Across Borders: Beadwork in representation.
Iroquois Life." For the
Participant s
will include Gerald
exhibition, o n display
through tomorrow,
McMasters, deputy
assis_tant director of
the cura tors consid·
the National Museum
ered issues in visual
of American Indian,
culture, gender equity
Smithsonian lnstituand po lit ical eEonotion i John Mohawk,
mies.
director of the IndigDuring the conferenous Studies Pro ence, leading artists,
gram at UB and co·
an historians, anthropo logists, curators, L.Jijji~e~~~ directoroftheCe.nter
for the Americas;
et hnologists, political I
Taiaiake Alfred, direchistorians and phi losophers will consider the inter- tor \if the Indigenous Gov&lt;mance
section of indigenous thought and PrOgram at the University of

Victoria, British Columbia; Sandra
Olsen, director of the Castellani
Art Museum; Yvonne Dion-Buffalo of the UB Indigenous Studies
Program, and Jolene Rickard, UB
assistant professor of art history.
In addition to the Department
of Art History and the Castellani·
Art Museum, conference sponsors
are the Canadian Embassy. the
New York State Council for th e
Humanities, and the Modern Mu seum Studies Program, the Department of Art, the Center for the
Americas and the Institute on Research for Women and Gender
(!REWG), all at UB.

�Nnlleri6.21111JVull2.•.ll Rep: ._

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Calendar
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Frlct.y .

24

Sponsored by UCI Regional Communrty

Oral Dtagnortk Sdenc:es Seminar

Poidng Cent«. For mOtt 1nforma00n.
Pomela Beol, 829-3520.

Series
Hod and Neck ImAging. Angeto M
Oef~lso. prof and cha1r, Oepl of
I'Qdiology, Ene County ~l(.al C~ter
35S Squire, South C..mpll\ 8 am Free

ETC T-.ology Wor1uhops

=jo~C.~~mpus
Noon-2 p .m . Free.

....,_--.,

Meeting.
31 7 Student
Union,"Nonh
Unltod
Chrisdon
Felow1hlp
C.~s . 7:30p.m. frH. Sponsol&lt;d by
UCF. Fo&lt; more infonnation. )olln

Aytwa&lt;d, 645-1859.

-..s.y.at41"LUS

~s~~Pu.~~;""'
Nonh C.mpus. 12:30 p.m. Fr... Fo&lt;
~information,

Saturday

25

29'

Geology hgrum Colloquium
Practical .nd Sde:ntifK AppfUUons of

cosdy penalties ond b..- """""'"
Quanori&gt;Kk Joe Freedy
•trogied d1""""""' !he pme. He
comple&lt;od fust 9 ol26 poues foo-

lostia~~Sedto

~ Su.t~go-ophy. Longhorn&lt;

Smith, New York State Museum,
Albany. 216 Natural Scterlces Comp+e~.

=~ed"tsM!~%~-2;~r:t Ornn

Foster Endowmenu. For ~
1nformation, Dept. of Geology 6-4 56800, tXL 6100.

1nfonnatlon, KevinBkftah, 510-5552

Physks Colloquium

~~tn)r~~~==~ian
N~.
Ph~.

s p.m. ss. general; n. children

12 and under. free for students wkh 10.

--Colloquium

~~~=!}:"==e~

HetnwlJfliv. 250 Mathematics Bldg .,
North Umpcn.. 4 p .m . Frtoe.

--..ysat4PI.US
ReMiing and Talk. Arakawa and

Mitdeline Glm. Screening Room. Center
for the Arts, North Camptn. 4 p .m .

27

eid&gt;tsolosrops.wt-.aesenoo.linebadter ~reus Cole had four scMo
n.ops Mld his fim career-~­

lllotogkill Sciences Set{lln.r

Redshirt freshrnJn Umar Wtk:her
tad d'uft addes for loss

-tk

E. Coli RNA Po4ymer•se:
Unleashing of the Dragon. J•m
Hernandez, Dept. of M icrobdogy 114
Hochstetter, North Campus. 4 p m
Free. For more infQm\ation, )1m Beny,

645-3-488.

lkrff•lo Logk Colloquium
Rklkulous Logial Terminology and

Women's Basketball
UB VI. Albany. Alumni Arena, North
Campus. 7 p .m . 15, general; S 3,
children 12 and under, frte lor UB
students with 10.

DktJonMy Entries. John Corcoran and
othen, Dept. of Philosophy. 141 Park,
North Cam~s- 4-5:30 p .m . Free
Sponsored
Buffalo logiC CofloqUium
For more in- ormation, fohn Corcoran,
881 -16-40 or 6-45-24._., ext 119

WIIJO's Opu.: Claula Live
Cluskal Musk Recital. WBFO. Allen

~:~4~=~~:~m. Free

Men 's B.uketb.JI
UB VI. C.-nlslus. Alumm Arena, North
Campus. 7 p .m . S12, Blue; S10,
Ora~achen;

S8, chikhn 12 and
under: free lor studenu With 10

Bible Study

Bible Study

~~~~~=t~~~~~u7~0

Student Bible Study. Dalene Guanno
210 Student Union, North Campus
7;30 p .m . Frte. Sponsored by Umvers1ty
Christian Feflowsh1p. For r1'lOrt
Information, Dalene Guanr10, 459023l(paqer).

Bible Study

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ETC Te&lt;hnolog)'Woriuhops

...

Uslng MS FrontPage, Part 2. 212
Capen, North Campus Noon- I 10 p m

,

Exhibits

Focvhy RedUII
Baird Trio. 5~ Concert Hall, North
Campus. 8 p .m . S5 . Sponsored by Dept
of Music. For more 1nformat10n, 64 5·

Brcxcuto, 645-9451 .

2921.

ETC khobln' Woriuhops

ETC Technology Wo&lt;l&lt;shops

Plagtarism: UB Policy and Resoort~.
Rld Feem, di&lt;. o1 c~ ond
Comp.Jting. Dept. o1 English. 212 C.pen,
North CatT"~ptA. Noon-1 p .m Free

2~=s~~~--i~~,;ar:,

" 19th Century Botllnk•l Prints"

~!rs~~~th~h~~~~

fall semester m the admini5tration a~a of
the library on the South Carnpo.o. The

=-~=~~~::

Photoshop, Section B. Part 1 Donald

North

a book publiShed in 1863 owned by the
Robert L Brown HIStory of Medione
CoKect100. The exhibrt was made: pos.Sib'e
through ""' generou&gt; suppon ol ""'

Tuesday

eM.,~

a
163yan:lls on 24

loss at
redshirt freshIIWl's 100-yard effort was
the tNrd time that UB has

hid • lUSher go aver 100

yards in •

~as

the Bulls

flllhed for 243 yards on the
game-their second-best
e«on ollhe season.
AWty Della of the

~s swim team was a
dcdlle wirvler in the Bulls'
185-11 S win aver SL BonaVI!nture, the first time UB has
~ lhe Bonnies since
1989. Delia, who transferred
from St! Bonaventure prior
to the season, took the 100
backstroke in 58.53 and the
100 freestyle in .54.27, and
was part of both of UB's
winning relay squads.

S haulhnessy. Pruce H ab
Academic Team
Senlon Bnndon SNugnnessy ond o...d PnKe ""' been nomed """'"'"" cllhe
23-pbrerVeriz.on 0tscnct I FocxbaBAa.demKAfi..A.mencan team.Stuughnessy. ~
history nujor with 1 3.24 gnde point ~ · currendy hu aught ;a pus 1n I I
straight pmes vtd ranks fourth on the te~m With 21 receptions for HO yirds
(I 1.4 per catch). Of his 21 receptions th1s ye;ar. t I ha~ gone for first downs
Pruce hu eoamed a spot on the OISt n ct I team for the second time A poiluo.l
sdence major with a 353 GPA. he 1s ~ member of US's T~urus Aureus (Golden
Bull) Society. for UB ad-lletes wtt:h a cumubu¥e J S GPA or h1gher wtule eam.ng
a 'lllrsity letter Pruce has ran:ed ~ t.eam-h1gh 3S stnight gvnes for the Bull!&gt; ;and
dus year has ~ped US average 3 t 0 J y:anb of offense per game

~asKetoall
MEN ' S
Men's held basketball coach Rewe W1therspoon hu mnounced the Slgflmg of
Turner Saute of Kernersville . N.C.. to the men's buketmtl program. BanJe no an
early signee and wdlattend US beglnnmg In fa/1200/ A 6-l, /7S-pound potnt
guard who led his telm to a conference champtonsh.p b.st season. Baaie
~raged 17 pcMnts. frve rebounds and frve uslsts per pme. and p.artkapated tn
the Ad1du ABCD Summer Ump. He also has pbyed for the tuppa M~ AAU
team ~nd led the team to a se¥enth-pbce f11ush 1n the ~oonal tourTWT'Ient.

WOMEN' S
UB 93 , Syracuse AAU 80
The women's basketballteoam used a combm~uon of a balmced scormg ;atQ.ck
~nd domi~tion on the boards to defeat Syncuse AAU. 93-80, m a No¥ I 2
exhtb•tion pme 1n Alumni Arena. Senior Mari McOure led US With ~ telm·h•gh
21 points, sue rebounds and s1x us1sts Sen1or Tiffany Belt sc:~ I 7 pomu and ;a
pme-h1gh t 0 rebounds ~nd ~tor S.oru~ Ortep fin• shed With 12 potnu. s1x
rebounds, seven us1sts ~nd four stells

~wimmin~
WOMEN' S

28
LHe Woriuhops
Test-Taki ng Skills. AudemK
Advisement Center staff. 10..0 Norton.
North Ca~ . 1-2 p.m. Fr~ .
Sponsored
the Offtce of Student
Unions and
tivities. For tn()(e
1nlormation, Sonia Onelli, 645-6 115.

ETC Te&lt;hnology Woriuhops
Compare &amp; Contrast. 212 'Capen,
North Campus. 3-4 p .m. Free
Campus Club Event
A look .-t Russia. Charles H.V. Ebert.
SUNY Distingui~haj Teach1ng Professor,
'~- Dept. of Geography. 141 Goodyear,
~th Campus. 4-5: 30 p .m . free . For
mort information, Reb«:ca Goodman,

838-5889.
Physk.J Semln•r
The Sun and Climate Ch ange. M IChael
Ram, ~t. of Physics. 225 Natural
Sc~es CompM!ox, North Campus. 4

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pion from 1999, Is on dbplay In the UB Art Gllllety through Dec:. 1 S.

p.m. Frte.

Thursday

Ufe Wortuhops

~!f:i~~~~ ~~~~ft~Y
union, North eamm . S-6

100 yards and wu sacked three
times.. Senior tight end Brandon
Shaughnessy had three receptions
for 4-4 yJrds. The UB runnmz gvne
wu led by redsh1rt freshman
MarquiS Owa.rte . who had H
carries for 163 y:ards
The UB delon&gt;e wu poced by
""""' sofety Tc&gt;&lt;y Smilh, who hod

A.
Dept. of
Unrv ol
Rhode ls1and. 225 Natural Scltfl(es
Complex, North Campus. 4 p .m . free

fr~.

for more information, 6-45-3810.

317
p .m . f~. Sponsored by Univen1ty
Chnstian Fellowship. For ~
1nlormat10n. john Aytward, 64 5- 1859

..-... "' ... ..,., from I!Ublo.

Wednesday

Women's Basketball
UB vs. Unbkn.. .AJumni ~. North

Monday

1

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head cood&gt; Cnic Oi&gt;us. .. !he """'

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UB v~ . Falrieigh Dkkinson. Alumni
Arena, North Campus. 7 p .m. S12, Blue;
s 1a. Orange.ltMe~; sa. chKdren 12
iJnd u~ fr~ fOf students with ID

~:~~~g2. ~~~ 2

14 """'Y Satutdoy In Akron
The BUb pb)ood b..sarten ior most o( the pme and
Akron . - advona&amp;o ol fint-llof

:~~~~~~:a~~/~~rt

Campus. -4 p.m. Free. For more

Men'sBasketboll

Computen Uld Medicine: Together •
Healthy Future. ~ Hoffmann,

6500, v:t. SOl

-Study

Ca~.

advona&amp;o
"'' cloploted ond
frustrated UB team m scc:w-ed 1 -49-

Center for Compuu.tlonol
llaearch Colloqul.ol Series

3:15 p .m . Free. Sponsored by

645-3810.

Akron 49 , UB 14
oiAI&lt;ron . -

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information, 5on6a Cinelli, 6-45-612 5
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additional person 1n a group. Sporuored
by School of Man~gement 's Family
Business Center. For more informatiOn.
Marianne Sullivan, 645-3000

Frirrldl of the Health S.oence-s Lbrary and
the Medical Hcstonc.al S.ooety
" HOfna9e to Conlon Nancarrow "
Phot~raphs from the penonal
collectiOn of Juergen Hocker, btographer
ol com~ Conlon Nancarrow, are on
d1splay through Nov. 1 7 10 the MuSK
Ubnlry '" Baud Hall on the North
Campw Hou11 a~ Pv\onday th~ h
Thunday from 9 a.m . to 9 p.m.. friday
from 9 a.m . to 5 p .m. and Sunday from
2 p m. to 9 p .m The library ~~ dosed on
5.sturday except dunng finah weefo;

" Wh..t You See"
Work by )oe Andoe will be on d1sptly
through Dec 1 5 1n the UB Art Gallery

UB 185 , S t . Bo nave nture II S
The women's swvn team neY"er trailed en route to ~ · 185-115 VICtOr)' NO¥ II 0\lef
St. BoNven~ . markrlg the firu orne the Bulls haYe belt the 8onrnes snce 1989
US toOk 12 of the 16 e¥ents Sophomore Abby Oeha. who swam for the
Sonn•es last season before tnnsfemng to US. took first 1n the I 00 backstroke
(58.53) and 100 freestyle (51.27). Sophomore Lrsa Boettnch won the 100
breaststroke m \-()9 71 ~nd the 200 breuuuoke 1n 2;28.2.5. Freshman Heuher
Rochette won the 200 butterfly (2 ·10.82) and 200 IM {2:1 J.S-4). Freshnun }aile
Pun cook first 1n the 200 freestyle (I .SS 00) and S.OO freestyie (S:06.22) Jumor
Came Qu1nlan won the S.O freestyle (25 I 2) and I00 butterfly (58 99)

Volle~oall
Syrac u se l, UB 1
Akron 3, UB I

H ushall3, UB 0
The women 's 'IOIIeyball team lost to the ¥1smng Syncuse Or.mgewomen on
N ov B.droppmg the match IS-1, IS-11 . 9 - IS. . 9-I S.. IS- 12
The Onngewomen seemed 1n control of the much ;after oJong the opemng
two g:ames. but the Bulls came bade to oe the match In game four. BufWo broke
m S-8 tie by outsconng the Onnge 7 - I for the I S-9 "•aory chat forced a fifth
pme.A k.dt by Linds.ay ~okosh gave Bufblo a 7-0 ~d '" the final game. but
Syracuse slowty pulled zwzy u ~ ~It of ill combnaoon ollolb and US error\
Mid the Onngewomen toOk the pme and the march With ~ I S- 12 wm
The Bulls k:ISt a four-game match to the VMJn&amp;Akron Zips 1n Ak.mnl ~on
fnr;by. The Sufis also lost to l'"b.rshallnA.luTn.Anna. 11-IS, 11 - IS., 1-IS.. on
Sawrday.The Buls' record fW to 4-26 oYerliA and 0-17 ., the MAC

~ross ~ount~
~w.ds completed the~r 2000 seuon1
Sawrday at the NCAA Northeast Crou Country RegtoNI Ch1mp!Of'lsh1ps
The Bulls' wome.n finished 15th in a 16-t.eam field With -482 potnt!. The US
men pbced 27th tn the 34-team competitton wtth 747 potnts US's women
were led by Melissa BufTOW'S who fintshed 81 st •ndMduaJty out ol 229 runner\
1n 22:.17.5. Eileen Rose wu 88th in 22;47 I and Oan1efte Mo~l took 94th 1n
ll\ 2.1 For the men, Todd Ludden wu the Butts' top fimsher 1n 33·-48 1

The men's and women's cross country

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infOIT"Ilition, Daniel Kosman.

Center for the Aru, North

829-2842 .

C•mpus. 8 p.m. S12, genenl;

ETC Technology -...ot»

•nfotl'Ntion, 645-ARTS.

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S5, st:udents. For more

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O..ol Dlagnostk Sden&lt;..

c .diovoswlar DNgs ond
Monogem&lt;nt d tho Dontol
Poli&lt;nt. 8atly C. Boyd, out.

Noon-1 :30 p .m . Free
~ot4Pl.US

UB vs. Nlagaf11i. Alumrn Arena,

="~~~:~,2.

Tatk.: Toute: Arrive:: Mallarme
and Monet. [)oo"Onique
Foorcade. 438 Oemem. North
Campus. 12:30 p .m . Free. For
more informaUon, 645 -3810

~~of 0ro1 ~s Squ...

~m. Free.

South Campus.

~~S~s Ntdy

~~H.V.

Teaching Professor, Dept. of
c;eogr.phy. Cento1 Ia&lt;

17

lduu-Semlnar

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Global Worming: CNmotk
Ebert, SUNY Oistingu1~

Friday

The Emotions d Teaching

S8, chiklren 12 and under;
5tudents free with 10

Tomorrow. Nooo-2 p .m . S15.

For more infotl'Ntion, Jude
Schwendief, 829-2608.

l&gt;epM'tmOntol-

HargrNves, Un;v, of Toronto.

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Performance EnMncefnent

Continuing Professional

Through EmotJonol
lnt~e:. Kent Bath..

sso. Sponsored by Center lor

Education, Graduate School of

Education. For more
infOf'TTlation, 645-6642.

lHe-.hops

~~C:,'1i.nning
and Placement Office, 145C
Student Union, North Campus.

~!~~~~=-.er

ActMties. For more information.
Sonia Cinelli, 645-6125 .

Clanks and Ar&lt;hoeology
l.ectwe
Gold, Griffins, Greeks~
Geography. WOlf W. Rudolf,

~;~~n~3~~il~~
Fillmofe Academk Complex,
Ellicott Compte., North

~so:J ~mth!r::~

Professorship of Classk.s.

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wtSTAT. 182

Daemon College. 8:4S o.m.-4

Fort&gt;or, South

r.u':l~:r~~~udies

Campus. 12:301:30p.m.lfte.
For...,..
information, Morcia
IM&gt;ppOrer, 829-297S.

and Training. For more
information, 6o45-614t0.

Print bhlblt Fund-roiMr
Holiday Print Sole Benefit.
Atrium, Center for the Arts,

~.:."seompus.d ~ ~-6J m

Art's

~lling and ePIC

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Physics Colloquium

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~~~~ted

EnWt&gt;nmentll s.Mces
~~~~l~~s~: s.vemon
Inc.. For more information,
Univ. 225 Natural Sc;ences
Compk-x. 4 p .m . Free.

~-Biophysics

Foster ChemlsUy Colloquia

KJna.ses and ZJppers.: ~r

Electro- lonfzotlon Moss
Spectrometry tor APPiicJitlon
In Blomedklne. T~ \-Yood,

~~~ld~~la~:nd
~t~;ivc~~~~~
108 Sherman, South Campus.
4 p .m free.

lllologlcol Sciences Semi.,...
Tropllk Changes ave&lt; Tlm&lt; In
the Lowef Grot Ukes. Murray

lt~t.nq!t for t&gt;venh totklng

plan• on campu\ or for
oft (tunpu\

~'11enU wh~~

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thl' Th urufay prrced ing

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only de&lt;l' p h !fl thrn ugh th e

i or 1 h e on line UB Cale ndar
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&lt;&lt;ll('n d a r w ill be Included
In the Reporte1

~ c~~s~io~.m. Free .

C'try arld the Foster
lecture Endowment

Mothemotks Colloqlllum

2898.

Campus. 4 p .m . Free.

2000-2001 Dtstlngulshed

lntenMtion81 Student and
Scholar Senkes Fall 2000
-hops
'

Mary Higgins Clark.
Mainstage Theatre, Center for
the Arts, North Campus.. 8 p .m .
Prices vary. For more
information, 645-ARTS.

Slngul~tions of Stokes

Flow. N~av Uron, Technion.

2SO Mathematics Bldg .• North

OpUonal Practkal Tralnlng.
Jennifer Chazen, International
Student and Scholar Setvkes.
145A Student Union, North
Campus. 4-5 p .m . Free.

Amherst suophone
Qu•rtet Sertet-Conc:Ht II

Women's Basketball

"Dance!'' Slee Concert Hall,

UB

Music. For more 1nformauon.

~n~~=-~ ~n;;t.s~r

Ploy
The Visit. Dept. of Theatre and
Dance. Drama Theatre, Center
Ia&lt; the Arts, North Campus. 8

r;:;,!!;·;~i!: :.~~Musk•l

clcctru n lt U l bmlul on t o rm

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64S-2921
"''lat er t h an noon on

MlnUituriuUon of

Chariton, National Water
Research Institute, Burtington.
Canada . 114 Hochstetler, North
Campus. 4 p .m. Free. for more
information, Ken Stewart. 645-

Spe•kers Serla

Tht.- Rtporf.-r- ~·blh.h~

Manka Moshenko. 64S.2088.

~!~~i~~~-xo~ae:!:e and
Center for the Arts, North

Campus. 8 p.m. S12, genenl;

vs. North Carolina. Alumm

lllo&lt;hemlsUy Seminar
Zinc Senson and Cellot¥
Metal ton Homeostasis. DaVK:t
1. Eide, Dept. d Nutritional
Sctences and Bfoc:hemtslfY.
Univ. of Mlssouri-Cofumb4a.
G26 Farbef, South Campus.
Noon. Free. For more

Stadium, North Campus. 1
p.m. S12, S10, S8, free to US
students with 10.

Musical

~S::.~~x~~e and
Center for th!--AIU, North

Campus. 2 p.m. S12. gene&lt;&gt;l;
SS, students. For more
Information, 6-4S·ARTS.

Ploy
The Visit. Dept of Theatre and

Dance. Drama Theatre. Center
klr the Arts, North Campus. 2

Campus. 2 p.m. S12, general;
SS, students. For mol&lt;
information, 645-ARTS.

Rute Concert
•Pfoslon" (UB's Flute
Ensemble). 250 &amp;o;rd, North

Physlcs-

~~SH%of~~

~$.
_,

Campus. l p.m. Free.

information, 64S-2921 .
Solo Aute ltedtal
Robert Dick, flute. 250 Baird,
North Campus. 5 p.m . S10.

~~~.,.:~:
information, 645-2921 . •

r:;.!!;·=~ ~~ Monday
A Tour of . . _ . Foils
Festtval of lights. Rec:reaUon
and Intramural Services, The

~~~~::~~!\~:~~~~~~e

20

Arts Loop, North Campus. 310:30 p.m . S5 . Sponsored by
The Natur.1l H'gh Committee.
For more: information, Paul
Bittar, 6-45-3320.

__ _

Towords SlructUnll Biology 1n

North Campus. 4 p.m. Free.

l.ectwe
How W. Talk About tho
HoloaWt. P&lt;ter NoYid&lt;,

=::~~of

Screening Room, Center klr the

~. ~"t;'"o!!:"
~~~~~~ .
~~H=andthe
Philanthropies. For more
information, 645-2711 .

ETC Tedvlology -.hops
Upgrades &amp; Plugins. 212
Copen, North Campus. Noon-1
p.m. Free.

Bible Study
Sible Study with tho Navajo.
Kevin 8idtah. 378 Student

LHe-.hops
Study Slcllls. Aca&lt;lerNc
A&lt;MsementCentofstaff. 1040
Norton, North Campus. Noon-

~:.F:e~r~~:m.

Mic~!T-~'Z.ct
Activities. For more mttwmation.

Kevin Bidtah, 510-5552.

.....yer Meeting

Froe.

Wednesday

Ploy
The VIsit. Dept of Theatre and
Dance. Drama Theatre, Center
klr tho Arts, North Campus. 8
p.m. S12. genml; S5, students.
For """"" ir1formotion. 645-AI!TS.

22

Un~~7~1p

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Aylward, 645-1859.

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The VIsit. Dept. of Theatre and
Dance. Drama Theatre, Cente-for the Arts, North Campus. 8

~l~~~·~~ ss.
Dance Pe:rfonnanc:e
Altey 11. The KeySink Dance

Free. Sponsored by Organ
Donation Interest Group/
Pofity-School of Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences.

Football
UB vS. Miami (OH) . UB

A.uass.ins. Dept. of Theatre and
Dance:. Baack Box Theatre,
Center for the AtU, North

students free with 10.

Tr..........tl.octun

~=Aud~.::.'~~-11.
South Campus. Noon-1 p .m

21
Musical

-·sv...,....

information, 645-ARTS.

Renal TranspllntaUon. J.

11 09C, VA Medical Center. 9
a.m . Free. Sponsored by School
of Medicine and 8lomedica1
SCiences, OepL of Medicine &amp;
PCC&amp;SM.

~~:, fi~~s~~~k

SS, students. For more
information, 645-ARTS .

Organ---

Tuesday

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CcinferooKe
P~. Undo
Wild, Dept. of Pathology. Room

2=errc:i~~~=·

Campus. 8 p .m . .S18. S15, S9;
UB students, S7 . For more
1nformation, 645-ARTS.
AU Peralsslon Concert
UB Percussion Erue:mble. Slee

~~fr:.aJ=~~f:p~

of Musk.. For more:

Information, 645-2921 .

Sonia Conelli, 645-6125.

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Rheumotologlcollssues 1n the

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Medidne and Bioinedical

19

Sc;ences, DepL of Medicine.
PCC&amp;SM.

- ·""""Classics ......

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·[ruemble)
· (UB's
. 250 Flute
Baird. North
~ 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 5ee
individual event

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Crttkol

Sunday

Forof
64S.2921 .

Mastercto..
Robert Dick, fltJte. 250 Boird,
North Campus. 11 a.m . Free.

~~SH~:;::

information. 645-29~

Classkol Musk Re&lt;IQI. W8fO

Bible Study
International Student Bible
Study. 317 Student Union,
North Co~7:30 p.m. Fr«.
Sponsored
Univenlty
Christion f
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information, )ohn Aylward,
645-18S9.

Allen Recit&gt;l HaH, South
•
Campus. 7 p .m. Free. For~
infOIT"I\ition, 829-6000.

-Study
Student Bible Study. Dalene
Guarino. 210 Student Union,
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459~231(poger).

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                    <text>PAGE 2

Q&amp;A: Ron Stein discusses details

PAC.E 4

af$250 million cnpital cnmpaign

Climate Change

•.r&gt;r ''

Sociologist's book finds college
governing boards "too powerful"

University at Buffalo .

Pas de
Trois
Stephen Katz, w1th cello,
and BJ Goodwin entertain
Saturday in the Center for
the Arts. The duo, which
performs as Seen &amp; Heard,
merges choreography,
dramatiC charactenzations
and multi-tracked cello
scores 1nto theatre that

$1 million bequest to endow chair
Gift from Ann Riwchun in memoryofher husband to benefit Ophthalmology
By SUZANNE·CHAMIIUUUN
Rqx&gt;rtn- Contributor

T

H E univer si ty ha s re ceived a S1 million gift 10

Presadent William R. Gremc r.
who had ce lebrated w1t h Ann
Riwchun when told of he r mtt:n
t1ons last year, praised the wcU-n:·

and Biomedical Sciences in memory
of internationally known ophthal -

mologist. eye surgeon and UB alum nus Meyer H. Riwchun .

The gift-a beques t from
R.iwchun's wife. Ann ~ - R1 wchun,
who d1ed in 1999-will fund 1he

Meyer H. Riwchun Professorship of
O phthalmology in the.· Depart ment

spccted couple who held UR 111 SUlh

of Ophlhalmology.
Ann Riwchun made the lx-que5t
to recognize and continue the wor~
that her husband had pursued as a

"Meyer and Ann Rlwi..hun wert·
mt"mbers, no t o nly of the l ' B
faimlr. but the larger Westt&gt;rn Nt-v.
York wmmun ity as well." (;remer
noted ... Tht·tr work on he half ol tht·
hlmd wa3 llUI:,tandmg
" Dr Rl"-'L hun wa:, .1 h1~hh r,·
~.udt·d nphthalmu l n~J~I and l ' B

t'Sh:em .
~t t· Uar

\'{lUll~

ph)'\IU,ms llm dotre

lO

rc.-

pdV tulmlna tc.•d vears later m h1"
dt·uston to donate part of ht:, nt..ttt·

to

to the umvt:rsaty. a d~trt' th.u . . . a~
ultJmarcly carnt'd our bv ht... \,·tk ~
l&gt;equest"IV'JSbaum added
An earlier ~oft to Umverstt\ Ar
thtv(."''. tncludcd hooks. professton.ll
and pcr,nnal memorat·uha. dtpl1\

CIVIC

act iVItli"!., andudmg thl'

presidency of rhe Buffalo As.sooa
110n for the Blind," he addt'd
"[)u nng thcar lavrs, tht•y made a
re-.JJ ditTeren(e m the quahrv of life.·
for Western Nt"\\• York rcs1denb ..tnd
thev are co01mumg to do so through
th a:, gent·nm~ g1ft to li B\ mt-dKal

endow a professorship in
its Schoo l of Medicine

professor in the UB mNhcal school.
1n h1s pnvate practice and a...-. hcaJ
of t&gt;ye servtc~ tnr the U.!:.. Arnwd
Forces durmg World War II

graduate who t"lliOVt"d a long and
Larecr 1n meJu.me.
while hl!lo wdt" was equally dediCatt'd

dL~ttngu1shed

"-h()(•l"
Tht• Rl""'\. hlln, · long tum.· fnend
.mJ Jttnrnc' \·\ ';n llt' \\'t.-.haum . J
~·n 1or p.irlllt'T .11 K.wtnnk\ &amp; ( :.o ok.

ma:., dwarth. pht\IOgraph.!! and pt·r
ttnoot ;.orrc:-.pnndentt' that th\lU
ment the hk ul Mevl'r Rrwlhun
John R. Wnght.dcan ol the '-h'~~.,t
of Medaune and Rumlt:"dt ... Jl \~ 1
t'nt~. hailed RJwthun .b "a lt~..tdt'T 11 1

...ud "The UI1!Vt.'r\tl\ hdd a 'Jll'\.1.11

the lidd of eve ~are. "''ht·ther ht· ........ ,

platt' Tn tht'H ht·.uh . JnJ llr
Rtwchun alway:.. mau11.1meJ dn,t'
uc.•:o. wuh LIH through ht' tt'.llhin~

Lblng

mt·ntonng and o;;pcaktn~
'' ()r l{!w(."hun ielt 11 ,,..~...,wn

tnnovattvc,urgK.li lt"\.hnt&lt;..~Ut"'

m c.-.Jutdtmg nl&lt;'dll..tl o;;tudt·nh .1nd
the g.ent:'ral puhltl .il'l&lt;,utthc t~lil"' ,,,
~otitlc.·w \. .Ut'

1111

purtant to gtve h.1tlo. 111 ht:, a/mol
mc ltr r .1nd In provak tr.IHllng It •

'lllt\V,lltwtll.illl'"'l Hh,~o~rn''"
thJ.t lq~..tl' ;,llc:o~Jm~ t'\ij!t' t"liU\..Jthl\1
ConUnued ..., p.-goe 7

Faculty Senate told King supports UB
By JlNNIFlll LEWANDOWSKI
Reporter Assistant

Editor

W

ITH the advc.-nt ul
new lcadersh tp tn

SUNY central, UB

should find itsdf
poised for progress m .. a m o re sup
port:ive envlfonment," Pres1den1 Wil ·
liam Cremer told membt.·rs of the

Faculty Scnatt· at Tu~y's meeting.
Referring to SUNY C han cellor
Robert L. King. C remer attributrd
the increased su pport tn Kmg's thu.~
far headstro ng leadt•rshtp. " Hl·'
done an outstanding JOb nl hnn~
ing a whole new levd ol encr~'
and ... q uality of pt.'Oplc Wlth hun hl
central office," he smd. "And I thm~
it 's a very different central offiCl· n&lt;1\,
than 11 was a year ago.
"V,le a re an insti tuti on mu lh
more led by a chancellor than "''t'
have hecn for some period of ttmc.
and I thmk on balance, that is a ven.
very good thing for us."

l;rt.'tnt'r abo laudt•J the.·

.:h.tn~.-t·l

lor for hh pu:,h- m :,\11;, wuh l ' H',
rc.:ent $250 million ;,dp tta llalll
pa1gn announ..::t&gt;me•lt - tmvnrd Lll

depcndrn..::t· . rathc.·r th ;m depL·n
dena· on th .: annual Sl 1NY hudget
"l-or tht~ war ahead. I thmk ht·

gtves us gooJ advu.e ~1nd good &lt;II
rect1on wht·n ht· )3\'!lo wt· must nut
let ourse!Vt."!io tX" define."&lt;! 'n rnud1 ,b
we.• have- m tht' past hv the hudgl' t."
&lt;.~remer saad.
He touted th(· ch..'\0\.'eil(u \ aJvo...JlY
,,j the state's funding nf l~Ontractual
UltTr:aSCS.. a... \\-"eU as hJS push tnr finan
ltal rt"(OF,nition from (. ;ov. l;t&gt;orge
Patak! nl llR's growth m Sj.Xlrl-•;nrL"ll

program allWII)' .md cnrollmeOI. IIt•
,JdJ(·J th.1t Ill mamtammg enroll
lllt'lll\ t~nd aug-men trng tuition tn
. . nn1l', l ' H wuJd find itsclf in a prn-1
!Jon tht!&gt; \'Car to strengthen recruit
nwnt .md program deveJopmenL
t ,remer also pointed ou t that the
two ~rt·.uc ... t r haJiengcs King fa..-:cs

thl'

Vt',H .lrt• \Vlth tht· \l 't" Y hmp1
I ht· fiN \.hdllt·ngt' , ht· "'11d, ~~ tn
fl'p.m "tlw lll.11or hok tntht· \l ' ~"'
ha:.t•" l hudget J ;,.Ju,ed 1-l\ lund . .
takt·n lrom \l 1 NY hmpttJ(, !111
\l' N' '11 Hhnme lun,t

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"T h.u '' ntH

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thmg on

\\'h1 .. h In he.• restm~ tht· tot .ll bud~t'l
PI the "--ta It' Un tvt'r'lt' ... ( .rc:•m·r ...ud
noun~ the

hmp11ab' 'trugglc to ~t·n

t'rdtl' Jntomt' The lh.m..--dlor. hl·
,.:ud, 1:, cxp~!t.'Ci to a,,j.. P;H akt to put
.~ .... Jc

mont'\' to ad1u:,ttht• k'Ni · than

lUnt rihutJOJl1i of the.• htl\
pttal' ovt'f tht' pa~l two In thrn·
Vt'&lt;H" - rt·touped dollar~ that to uld
.unou nt h) d.' much a:, $200 million
l'hl· '.c..'\.ond challenge.· Km~ la\.t''·
l .remt'r ~td, a:, m acln'tt.Jtmg tht•
mstly St:parat!on ofhosp1tal finan(t'\
!rom ~UNY '5 mamhn(' budget. "an
other SIOO mtll aon or so pmhlcm "
\.Vhile a "b1g ask'"' m Albany. &lt;..;ret ncr
satd the cft(•t.1 SUNY·w1dc would he
"all to r(lt' gooJ for evcrvone."
e\":pt.Y1t'll

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rwtt'd th.n

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travc.•h Jnd l)thcr llllJUlflt" ht··, nMdt•
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three vt·,ar!lo, c:x plammg th.u .1Jd1
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BRIEFLY
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to llddreu students
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RONikl Stein is vice president for university advancement and development. He oversees "The Campaign for UB: Generation to Generation," the university's $250 million capital campaign.

R.Kulner,

lhemon._for delolopment
ondlu&gt;cha/Cenenl _ , . ,

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gies, will """' his Insights with

M8Astudontsfrom2:30-3 :30
p.m. U&gt;dly In lhe Sa-*&gt;g
Room In lhe
for lhe Arts

c..on lhe North a...&gt;us.

y--.

IWiner abowl behona!ed
lot« IO&lt;Iofwllhlhe Sc;hool a/
~·linl-AUTnJs

ollhe
5:30p.m. in
lhe Hyatt lloglncy ......
r~ 1\IJtnO(s lnoights on ' - CM
Is tronsforTring -for lhe , _
economy .... be~
to OIM' studeniJ, JI'OIIIIIng I .....
glimpse iniDihe "'*!!ie
~ond~&lt;lll­
bft a/ one a/ AmeriQ's grwot

corpomionr, • • laM
Mondo~.- a l l h e - a/
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emorilus a/
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b.r)'~• ll-.y

Thomo" otlhe rnaniHy ..-og
ollhe~Cenlllr, to behold
at 2 p.m. T.-11)1 In 102 Good,_- Holoolhe Soulh ' The program Is open to ..

~lhe~
tact lhe &amp;nerilus C&lt;nt&lt;r It 8292271.

GSA offers film festival
The Graduate Sb..len),Auod•

tlon will pmenl I "16iryTO lnt&lt;r· .
n.Jtioool Film FtitlYol" TU&lt;Sdoy,

Wednesday and.not.lllursdly
in lhe Sa-*&gt;g Room in lhe
Center for the Arts.
The &gt;e.....Vngs will be ,_
and open to lhe public.
A roaption open to atten&lt;lees ol ony ollhe KJftllings will
be held from 8:31).9:30 p.m. af.
tor lhe last film on Nov. 16 In lhe
Atrium ollhe Cent« for lhe Ms.

schedule:
• Nov. 14: "ShaN We
Dancer(Japan, 1997), s-7
The

p.m.; •A Dly Whit• Seoson"
(U.S., 1989), 7-9 p.m.
• Nov. 1S: "Monster" ~taly.
1994), 6:36-7:30 p.m.; "Kiss 0&lt;
Kill" (Australia, 1997), 7:3().9:30
p.m.
.
• Nov. 16: •eu.ntanomera•
(Cubo, 1997), 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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Christine \'Idol

Why l.s It 50 lmport•nt to give
to • publk unlvenlty7

not only 111 Western N~ York. but
throughout the countly and the

There's a cliche ~ usc in th~ business: for public un.M:rsities., the state
pays for good; it doesn't pay for excdlcna:. So any conversation about
public unM:rsities has to begin by acknowledging and appreciating the
1.-...1 of state support that we get. It is
substantial. but the truth today is that
ifyou're WJing to comp&lt;te for the very
b&lt;s1 faculty,then you have to be able
to offer th&lt;m endowed doairs and if
you are going to be abkto rmin your
very h&lt;sl faculty &amp;om heing raided
by other universities, you have to be
able to offer them those extra incentives that other univas.ities are offering them ThiS campaign will begin
to level the playing 6dd for UB to
allow us to comp&lt;te and rmin the
veryh&lt;sl faculty. And the same thing's
true for students. We need to have endowed fellowships to attract and retain the very h&lt;sl gnoduate students
and we need to have endowed scholar.hips to attract the very h&lt;sl students. The case has been made beCiwe the Distinguished Honors Program, which is the result of a gift we
rea:ived anonymously &amp;om a donor,
has brought to the university 99 students whose average SAT score is
1513 and average high -school average is 98. Many people argue that
those students would not be here if

world And they want to be reconnected-there's this thing called
alumni spirit. They'n: mad at us because we have not embraced th&lt;m as
members of the university fumiJy for
30yean.

it wasn't for the endowed Distin·

guished Honors Scholarships. lloat 's
why this campaign is important. The
other thing that the Clffipalgn docs.
wh1ch tS not financtal, ts that it ha!!
reconnected th e umverstty to Its
alumm-.1 oonnecuon that was bro·
ken when we became a public um vcrs-tty m t%2. And for the first time,
wt''re reconnectmg to o ur alumn1,

What Is unique about this
campalgn7
In preparing for this campaign, I
wont back and loob:d at aD the Clffi·

grams an: the programs for which we
an: raising money. That's different
than in the past campaigns wben the

C3tt1paigns"""" run primarily bythe
pn:sident and a small gr00p of volunteers &amp;om Buffiolo, most ofwhom
were not even UB alums. What rve
described is the first for UB, but very
typical for Clmpaigns for other public unM:rsities. One ofthe roasons it's
taken a tittle extra time to II" this
campaign going is that we had to
build the infrastructure to allow for
this broad-based Clmpaign.

paigns the unM:rsity has conducted
through the years. both when we
were a public institition in 1986, as Wh.otrohwUI--t-.
wdJ as the tlo= major campaigns,... play 111 MM!oog this campaign
• success?
conducted whm ,... """" a private
institution in !92(), 1929 and 1955. The major rolt of giving tbemsdves
As far as I can tell, this is the first time at the leadenhip 1.-...1, and asking
ever that the campaign has been . others to give at the leadersbip level.
alumni-driven-that is, the cam- l~s a diffen:nt conversation when a
paign chair of every Clmpaign com- staffpenon talks to an alum and says,
mitt« aapt for one is a UB alum; "I'd liU you to give to the university;"
most of the members of the cam- than someone who's an alum who
paign committees are UB alums. So says, " I believe in UB so much that
the volunteer leadership is UB alums. rve given a gift tha~s stretched me.
Secondly, this is the 6rst national But I believe in UB and I'd liU you
Clmpaign. E'ml in the Clmpaign of to believe in UB and join with me in
'8&amp;-which was
in raising giving a gift." That's a conversation
$56 rnillion-theytall:&lt;d to only one that I think is best done by a volun person outside of Buffiolo when they teer. That's why major campaigns,
did the feasibility study, and that was public and private, are volunlec:r·
somebody in Rochester. Most of our driven and staff-supported.
gifts (for the current =paign) an: How do you deflne a 5UCcess·
coming in from California, from ful carnpa'gn, other than
' Aorida, from New York City. So it's achieving the goal7
the 6rst truly national Clffipaign fur
First of all, the intangible success is
the university. And~ of those gifts
re-engaging the alumni in theuniverare coming from alumni. And the
sit y-&lt;Ommunicating with them,
third thing that's important is that
crc:ating that " warn) and fuzzy feelthis is the 6rst federated =paign.
mg" and a sense of passion fur the uni In
words, this is a C~mpaign inversity. That's an important outcome
volving ~ne in the universityof this C~mpaign. Another is not only
every faculty member, every staff perthe money you raiseduringtheC!mson, ~cry department. every propaign. but what that has done to your
gram,evcrydecanalarea. Thosepm-

sua:esfW

other

level of fund-raisin~ post-ampoign.lisnot alwaysllppllimtbat
one of the goals of the ampaign
istx&gt;~inaea5eannual

fund l'2ising at the post-arnj&gt;aign
J&lt;v.l We went into this carnpoign
with a giving bd of about $10
million. It is our hope to r2ioe this
on anannu.J basis IX&gt; at !least $2SS30million. That'swhatunMnities do-doey we the campaigns
to build the madoine!y. tx&gt;sharpaJ
the tools and to =ate a habit of
giving on the pan of alwns that
.w-ntially inaeas&lt;sannual gifts
to the university. And then of
course you'Ye got thekgacyar.ct.
That is, this will - be our last
campaign. We hope to put in place
a structure of people and proasses to allow the na1 pmident
and vice president and uoiwnity
communitytolaundoaampaign
atthebiDion-&lt;lollaricYd. That'sfor

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someone else to do.

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be dolsog7

you -

When I was vice president for
unM:rsity re1atioos, I wed to look

at )oeMans6dd(aformer&lt;X&lt;OJtive director of the UB Foundation ) and say; "I'Ye got theh&lt;sl job
at UB. rm in charge of PR, and
press and media, and we'Ye got all
this good news at UB. I could
never ask ~pic for money.
That's got to be the worst job in
the world, sitting in somconc's
kitchen at 4 in the afternoon and
m~ng

nice talk.. How in the

world could you do it?" And I "'"
tell you (now) that I i&lt;Mthisjob
beC!use you actually lll3k things
happen. You lll3k a differencr.

Study finds link between stroke, gum disease
Relationship found to be even stronger than between gum disease and heart disease
By LOIS BAKlll

disease in all groups."

Contributing Editor

EOPLE with severe gum
disease arc at twice the nsk
of suffering a strokt than
rhose wJth good ora l
health, UB researchers have shown
m the first national, populatio n ·

P

based cohort study of periodontal
d.i.sease and cerebrovascular disease.
The increased risk was found only
for stroke caused by blocked arter·
ies, the most common type of stroke.
There was no relationship between
ora1· hea1th status and stroke caused
by hemorrhage inside tht' brain.
Results of the study appear in the
October issue of Arclrivrs o[lnrt•mal

Maiicme.
'"This~ the first

The cohort for this study com ·

prised 9,962 adults between the ages
of 25 and 75 who took part in the
first National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (NHANES 1),

disease and heart disease, he noted.
Recent studies, lnduding several
conducted at VB, have found that
mfcction appears to be associated

with increases in risk of heart disease,
and periodontal disease is one of the
most common human infections.

However, tittle is known about the r&lt;·
lationship between periodontaJ disease and cerebrovascular disease.
Wu said periodontal disease i~
tho ught to increase the risk of stroke
tn much the same way it increases
the risk of heart attack.
"Bacleria. endotoxms and o ther

maJOr study to loo~

haL1&lt;,al products from gum pockets

at this question," sard lead author
Tiejian Wu, research assistant profo
sor of social and preventive medi~,n e
''There have been a fe-w other Vl'n
!muted studies. but the number ol
subJet1.5 was small and drawn from
restricted populations. Ttus study
also looked at subgroups-men,
women, blacks and non · blacks. Pe -

enter the arcuJation and may pro·
mote an mflarnmatory~caus­
ong a:lls to proliferate in the blood vessels and the liver to increase produc-

riodontal disease was associated with
an increased risk for cerebrovascular

dotting," he said.

lloe relationship betwttn gum disease and stroke was even stronger
than the apparent link between gum

conducted from J 971-74, and its

follow-up, completed in 1992.
The participants' oral-health sta·
tus, assessed as part of the NHANES
survey, was placed in one of four
categories: no periodontal disease,
gingivitis. periodontitis or toothless.
Gingivitis is an inflammation of the
gums and is considered a relatively
mild form of periodontal disease.
Periodontitis is a severe infection in volving the gums, membranes at the

base of the teeth and the support ·
mgbone.
Wuand colleagues compiled tnformation on the occurrence:- of stroke

event and was associated with a two-fold incr&lt;ase in risk for non-hemorrhagic strok&lt;. The study found no
association between periodontal disease and hemorrhagic ~"While mort: studies are needed
for a rondusive statement about the
cau~·and-effcct association. the
consistency of the findings in different g&lt;nder and racial groups. and the
strength of the association between
two chronic conditions prevalent in
the adult population may have important implications for individual
and public health," Wu said
Also participating in this study
were Maurizio Tr~isan , professor

and chall- of the Department of Social and PrC'Ventive Medicine, and
departmental faculty members

a whole and of non ·hemorrhagtc

Christopher Sempos. associate professor. Joan P. Dom, assistani pm
fessor, and Karen L Falkner, research
assistant professor, and Roben ).
Genco, professor and chair of th&lt;
Department of Oral Biology in the
School of Dental Medicine.

and hemorrhagic strok&lt;.
Results showed that perindontius
gation and may promote plaque for-\ was a significant and independent
mation that can cause blockages and risk factor for any cerebrovascular

grants &amp;om the National Institutes
of Health and by a Bus....ll Fellowship &amp;om the UB medical school.

uon of dorung factors. Bacteria also
mar attack the =sc:llining and dantage endothelial cells," he explained.
"F urther, several periodontal
pathogens can induce platdet aggre·

among participants by checking hospital reamls and death cen:ifiCites on
the follow-up survey. They assessed
the nsk of cerebrovascular events as

The study was supported by

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DrieD
Law, Pharmacy increase tuition
The Law School and the Sehoul of Pharm.Ky and Pha rma(.eUII(d l

'-.uelll..l'!'l hdvc 1ncreased tu1t1on for the academiC yea r 10 ordc.-r to
1..0Sb a~soCta ted With 1rnplementmg a new curnculum and
re!&gt;truuunng the doctoraJ program. resJXctlvd v
'I he Law \chuol ha ~ mc..rcd \c..·d tu1tum hv S700 a V("ar for hoth Ne"'
York ~tate and out of -)&gt;tate rt'!&lt;&gt; ldcnb ln -!'l tat e res1dent s nuw p.n
S9 ,1 50 a vc:ar. With t'ut of ~ tat e res1denb pa ymg S/4,700.
Tht· m~..rc:cbc:d tUitiOn w1ll hdp wver the cost of tmplernt•ntlnl!
th e new ~..u rriCulum that law -'&gt;(. hool admm1strators say prov1dn t1
more 1n tens1ve legal -trammg ex pfneni.':C" and wall plate LIB I J\\
\t.hool tn a natumal lcadersh1p pos•t•o n. lnaddlt1on, about 30txfu'Tll
of Uw revenue: ~ncrca.sc will he: lL~'llto enh.anct' finanoal cud to student"
In the pham1..1cy SLht:x-Jl. the U)St of tultton ~ mcrea.sed hv S 1,(0) lur
New York State rt51dcnb .rnd SlJXXl for out -ol -~ta te rt=Sidents. Tile wst ot
Jttcndmg the K"hool ~ now S8.90U for In -state res1dents and Sl b...~c;() for
those rcs1dmg outMde N("\o\1 York ~tak
Money genc..'r.l l t~d hv th e tul tiOilllll..ft:cbt' will he u .. ed 1t1 fun d aJ
d 11 10na l I..U\ t\ .t!l!'&gt;OI..Iatcd w11h unplt'mt·ntlng the r e~ l ru..tu r nf
Pharm.D program /'h(' nc.' \\ , c.·ntrv lt·vcl dot.toral program '" dt·
!llgncd to produ (C gradu dt t·" whn " 'II ~ pend far mort" tun t' on pii
t1ent ~.arc managemc.·nt than th n \&lt;.'I ll nn di.)penMng Jrug!&gt; I he nc.'"
deg ree 1!'1 111 lu1t' wllh .1 dJTt'c..IJH' I rom th e Amer11..1n Ac;!&lt;o(IU.ttlull t il
Co ll ege..~.) of Pharm.h " .!pprcl v tn~ the"'" vt:u r Pharm I) J' tht· l•dd '
on ly profc~!'&gt; IOil.!l Jq~rt't' l'H '' pha!'&gt;lng out''' h.t\hdnr, pro~r.un
Ahout \() peru·nt ol tht' IUIIIIIO ln\.rc.·a .. t• ,tl .. n wdl ht ln\ntt:J tn
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ETC to host ed-tech presentations
The Educational Te&lt;hnology Center will ho't .1 ,t·nc..·, ul prt''-t·n

on proJ("Cb and IS!'&gt;UC'\ rddt t·d to cdu~o.dtlondltn. hnnlo~' "I'
phcatlom and re!'loUr(c' at l 1K
The Scholar" Works hop ... ' 'l't'n 111 t ' H 1.1., ult' .tnd .. r.1fl mcnlbt·r ,
will bt• held from noon tn I p m u1 th~· I I ( ~I: I .lpc.·n t 1.111 '•n tl11
No rth Campu !o
hn further mlo l rn.ltl•lll ,t•, n•.•~t I /( .11 h 4 ; -~ ou
The: -.chedult• Nov 13 The 1\dk' Pulp fid1on ( ollcd1un . lc:xt and l&gt;•gtt.d
lud n h Adamo; Volpe. dm·&lt;.tor. I nd.wood Me m(lnal L1bran
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t·nas libranan , ~ut•n ce and Fng.net'nng Libran
• Nm 27· Plag•an &lt;;m L1 R Pol1n and Resou r&lt;t·s. H1d:. h .•rrn. d1
fi."( IOt of ~.umposlllon and ~o.ompu11ng. Department of English
• De1.. 7: J'here's Magu. m the.· Weh of It : llsmg Fd Tech m a ';tan
dard Shake!tpcare ( nu ro;e; Duv1d Wi ll hcrn . profes.\oor of F.nghsh Jn J
d1recto r. FTC
• Dec. II ~tudc:nts ' \ ' l t~ws ot lt't hnol9p L'...c 10 the1r l .our't'"
I homa!'l Shuell. professor o f ~o.oun.\o('hng and edu1..attonal psvcholo~'
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UBjoins alliance to aid economy

T

HE umve rsit y ha.'lljm nc.-d

a new al liance o f upstate
Nt:w Yo rk edu catio n, in
dust ry and go vernm ent
partners aimed at generating eco-

nbmic success in the western ·pa rt
o f the state.
The Upstate Alliance fo r Educa -

tion--made up of UB, the Roche,
tcr lnorituteofTechnology (RIT). the
University o f Roch ester (U R). tht·

mayors' offices in Rochester and Buffalo. High Tech of Rochester ( HTR ).
the Western New York Technology
Development Cente r (T DC) a nd
IP.com- has received a $600,000
National Science f'Oundation grant
for a two-year project to enrich entrepreneurial efforts in the n-gion.
.
The universities will lend cxpt'f·
11se and track records m techno logy
develo pme nt ; the m ayo rs will pro vide leadership in t h ecomm u niti e~ :
th r state agcn c ic$- HTR a nd
TDC---wlll co nn ect to techno logy
mcubators and the private SC'Ctor.
a nd sta rt -up co mpan y IP.com ,
housed in HTR's technology incu

hator, will focm on ~..onun eru al 11
ing new products.
The mam out come of the alh.uKe
w1U be a region "m-thc· know," ex ·
cited abo ut mn ovat io n and md1
vidu als' ro les 111 expandin g th e
eco no my. says Donald Boyd, asso ciate provost for outreach programs
and director of RITs f: irst in Class
Ini tiative and principal1nves.tigator
of the NS F-funded proposal.
" Vle arc all committed to th•s syn
crgistic project," says Boyd. noung the
partnership is one part of a greater
plan for the whole upstate reg1on.
"The alliance focuses on the importance of growing the high -tech joh
base in Western New York--cspe
emily in terms of in tellectual propi."rty and tech- b usin~ &lt;;tart ups. By
"'ork.i ng together, we wdl ~· Jblc to
combinr our strengths 111 hn n ~ 1n
more fc..-deral do lla~&lt; 1Li aht 1ra t1&lt;111.
we all rc....JJ ize. IS key."
Th(' miSSIOn of the Jl h.mu·. tht·
part ner" say. IS to crea tt· a n..-~u-,n.tl
l.."omm un lty of inn ova t o~ tn .KI .I!&gt;
acccl("ra10 rs for co mm erl.."laht..tt lon

of tht•t r d iM. ove n c..·~ .m d li."lhn olo
g1c.-. -s.. thcrchy cnergtzmg upstate Nc''
Yclrk and stren gth enm ~t 1ts l"'Cono rm
through the creatiOn of ne"W wealth
The alliance wi.ll create a cohes1vl."
gro up of 100 innovato rs fro m .til
scgmi." lll 'i of the commumt v who
will be~.o rn e expe-rt m the •n nova
tt on process. rnteUectuaJ propt'rl\'
methods and st rategu.·s. husmt•s..
start · up models. and c..om mumt v
and priva te sector ec_u no mh. dt·vd
opment resources.
"All ia nce m n ova t or~ shou ld he.·
nsk -takers the msel v~. m thc1 r rt'
sea rch. m thei r teachi ng, and m the1r
mt era~.·t • ons wath the priva te St"Ctor.''
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11 ~ for hund.lmgand l• . . cn~ • nl! tt·~o.h
nologtt.-:-. to crea te nt'&gt;vlirm!'i

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University ServiCes
Pharmacy ..

UB Foundauon .
Management

�" American Pluralism" pioneer spreading the word about multicultural education

Diversity defines Meacham's teaching
The Region~~ CorntTutlty PolicIng Center (liCK), port of tho
unlwnky CorntTutlty-.

wll hold its first communily-&lt;wgonizing forum from 7-8:30
p.m. Nov. 28 In 101 Allen Hoi
on tho South Compus.
The k&gt;Mn.enlided "Whot . .
)OU doing to in1pnM tho "'*t
of . . In )'OUr~.·
wll bring IDgdhe- cornrTlldy
leoden todiowu- they •
lormedthoir~ond
business~ ·~

ay JEHNIF£11 L£WAHDOWSJII

TEEPED in d1versny and

pri.concert disc.us.sion •nd re-

ception at 6 p .m. ~ by a
concert at 7 p.m.
The -..t ts free of chorgo
and open to tho puDic ••
Fe&lt; further inlormotiQn, col
WBFO at 829-6000.
1~1~

Din~ lO benefit
scholarship fund

Pll)"ic::l thotopist Allod T.
catfiero, a role modetfor .....
dents, OOAty. pllien1J ond friends
- . b being- for his life.
t m t - - by tho School
ofH&lt;althlldltedPnllesions.
Univenity odmlnistnttors
plan to announce the ..ublishmont of tho Alfrod T. Caffien&gt;
Endowed Scholal1hip Fond fe&lt;
physical thefapy students It •
dinner honoring him .. 6:30
p.m. Slturdoy In tho lJnlwnity
Inn &amp;: Conference 'Center, 2401
NO&lt;th Forest Road, Getzville.
' ... dinlallnsliUCtDr in tho
School of Hellth Relatod Professions and a physico~ theraplsi
who has practkod for""""
than 40 )'OMS In Western New
YO&lt;f&lt;, Caffleto has treatod hundreds of patients. He abo has
mento&lt;ed dozens at US physical

ther&gt;py students. •
TICket3 for the dinner recep-

tis&gt;&lt;!A'" SSO, with tho entire

alnaint going to the schollnhlp
fund. Tteket&gt;moy be pun:t1asod

ers at a I 0 -day institute held at

Brown University.
Most recerttly, Meacham was the

fes.sor and chair o f thf" Department
of Psychology. it was an exciting
t1me, and one that naturall y propelled him into his current trajectory as diversity co nsultant, educa to r and speaker.

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be acaued ....... Humin Re-

~t-''
- ·
~&gt;-

but from that point on, it's students'

choice whe1her they take additional
courses ... having to do with race and
gender,· Meacham says. "My guess
is the:~ are huge differences in how
people graduate as seniors."
·

keynote speaker at the Michael

Ttlford Cooferenceon Diversity and
Multiculturalism sponsored by the
Kansas State Board of Regents and
the Kansas Council of Chief Aca-

g

'"Sixty-two percent of colleges and !

demic Officas.

He also devdopod an assessment
instrument to gauge the qUauty of

i

Plur.ilism"s pioneen--Bill Fischer.
now an emeritus professor of En gl ish. and Elizabeth Kenned y.
founder of the Women's Studies Program at UB--.. were way ahead of
their ume,'' Meacham says., crediting
a core group of a d01..m or so faculty
members with piloting what would
hecome a nat1onal model fo r diver·
stt y courses that broached the topics
of race, gender,ethnicity,dass and rt" ·
hgion.
"Wo men undcrgrads who dcct tn
take a course m women's studies--thai's different from having a re ·
qum.·t! course where you've got all
sorts of students on campus who
may be very antithetical to anything
having to do with race or gender,"
says Meacham, who also is an ad
junct professor in the Department

general-education programs.
.. 1gave that to AACU-it's one of

their biggest sellers." be said. While
he doesn't make a penny off their
profit, Meacham appreciates the
says. "Campuses have a responsibil 11)' to prepare students to go o ut into
American society as it is."
And as it is. the United States' demography is changing rapidly.

"By the y&lt;ar 2020. one out of three
Americans will be a person of color,"

Meacham says. adding that in the
same year, students of color-at the
elementary and secondary levelswill make liP 50 percent ofthe stu ·
dent population. already the case in
New York State.
While ..coUeges have a lo ng way to
go to get the diversity ... that is in the

elementary and secondary schools.'"
Meacham says multicultural ism is
much more tAan a token phrase at
h1gher-education institutions.
"('..ourses on multiculturalism and
dtversity are important because of

The importancr of that one &lt;:&lt;&gt;tm&lt;.
howrn:r, is that it doesn't "permit undergraduate student&gt; to dodge issues
of race and gender," he says.
Unlike othe:r campuses--&lt;he University of California at Berkeley, for

impad of his investment.
"1 helped, indirectly, to shape the
framework of gen-ed programs on
dozens, if not hundreds, of cam·
puses across the United States." he
said "It aJf reflects my involvement
in UB's gen-ed program. and what!
leamodhere.•
Meacham also has adaptod the
curriculum to suit his psychology

example-that allow students to
choose- from some 20 or 30 courses
that may focus only on one issue. UB
mandates students take: one course · courses. but more importantly, his

that coven all the issues. "Berkdey's
poliC)' lets students who are racist
not take a course about race; (it ) lets
st udents who are sexist not take a
course about gender," he says.
" My role here is to support the
students in their educational and
personal and career goals... and how
they relate to diversity, he says... It 's
pan of US's mission statement"
Meacham takes this m ission ~ry

pedagogy as a whole.
"1 spent ~or four yean oomplete!ytransforming (Devdopmental
Psychology) to get a lot mo"' mate·
rial on race and gender into the

cowse,"he said. "And then 1deYe1oped
a new oourse, on racrand racism, that

r"" been teaching preny regularly.
"What it did for me was change
the n'!ture of all the rest of my teach ing," he says.

Geologist links lava flows to extinctions
Research by Elisabeth Parfitt finds that heat from lava flows caused climate change
By EUfH GOLDBAUM

tmction of many spec1cs.

show how massive sheets of lava

200 kilometers. or 130 miles long-

Comribut1ng Editor

A UB geologist has re-aaminod
the 1ssue and shown that it 1s very
likely that huge flood basalt eruptions
cause dramatic, global-scale climate

producod by flood basalt eruptions

generated by these eruptions would
have given off such intense heat d!ft
they would have caused particls
and gases to reach the upper atmosphere, where their effects on cli mate would have been substantial .
..According to ou r models. these
lava flows. wh1ch could be as hot as

CIENTISTS have long he

S

lieved that m ass cxtmctton:-.

ar&lt;caused by sudden glohal

have been capabk of thrusting go=

lllc~~lnd
~can

" It's tremendously important to
have diversity in the classroom," he

promote wo men and minorities,

they're simply not going to survive ~
Student&gt;' survival, howeYer.Jarsdy
depends on their willingness U? pur·
sue diversity in their own education_
...What UB f«~uires i.s one course,

umversiti es no w have a diversity ~
course or art" developing a diversity
course," says Meacham, citing statis- l
lies from a report released by the As- 5:
sociatio n of American Colleges and ~
Universities (AACU) in October. f
"Ten years ago, the number wo uld
have been ( nearl y) zero."

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hopes will better pr&lt;pare them for
life beyond college.

1s on1y pan.
A littJe more than 10 years ago.
UB was pan of a national dialogue
o n whether courses about race and

selfth, 10cu1ty ond cMI ser-

Caffleto Endowed Sdlol.lnl1ip
Fund can be sent to the School of
Health Relatod Professions, 435
Kimbal Tower, South Campus.
Ched&lt;s &gt;hould be made payoble
to the UB Foundation loc

Meacham has devotod himsdf to
these students. trying to provide an
unbiased perspective on issues he

UB as a collecuve effort of which he

changes m climate.
Some.· of these event\, like the o ne
o nginall y assumed to have wiped
out th e dtnosaurs . occ urred at
around the sam&lt;.· time as tremt"n ·
dous volcanic eruptions called flood
basalt eruptions.
For that rea!.«)ll, sc ientists have
speculat ed tha t mass f"Xt mct ton:-.
might be precipitated hv thi.'Se vol ·
canic eruptions.
But in order for those erupUotb
to have had an effect on chmate.and
therefore to have caused thtst mass
extinctions. they would have had to

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as.

gender should be taught at oolleges

cus o n multicultural education at

a

been involved in promoting the

and unive rsi ties. For Mea cham ,

decidedly modest, preferring to fo·

The Opus ClalSia series ~
sentod by WBFO 88.7 FM, the
Natic&gt;NI Public Rodio offtliate
openotod by UB, wHisllc&gt;wco&gt;o
the Amh&lt;m Sl~ophono Qulrtet
fe&lt; an ....Wng ofiTMic, discussion lnd food on Wodnoodly In
Allen Hoi on tho South Clmpus.
TM'~ wfll begin with

seriously. From th&lt; beginning. be's

tern work," he said, adding that "corporations and bu.sinesses know that
,f they can't recruit, train, retain and

SUNY DtStinguishod Teaching Pro-

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for~ olloctMiy

WBFO to present
saxophone quartet

,OOS. because of car...-.. because of
making the American economic sy&gt;·

American Pluralism model
general education course ¥KKth emulating at campuses nationwide.
ln addition to teadWig the oourse
at UB for several y.ars, M&lt;iacham
has takm the idea on the road aw:r
the past d&lt;ade. He's presented at
oonfermas and seminars throughout the early I 990s sponsored by
groups such as the AACU and the
University of OUcago National [n.
stitutes on lssues in Teaching and
Lcaming. He's also served as a national consultant on divcnity in the
classroom. This past summer, he
and ~ l..udwig. associate professor of French. were seminar lead-

multicultural f'rlucation for
more than a decade,n 'sdif·
6cuh for Jack Meacham to
charad erize his academic life any
o ther way. Yet, despite havtng been
a p1oneer of the ..American PJurarlsm" curriculum at VB, and later,
througho ut the country, he rmu.ins

omongiN!t1bonond_.....
dewlop&lt;d to in1pnM ~Cf.ll/lky
of . . ln thoir 'oeighboohooch.
L •h fOr ITlOf'e information., c.aH
tho RCPC_
It 829-3520
&lt;Wings.
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_ vilit
_
the UCI Web site at
The RCPC is a a=-jurisdic·
tionol collaboration among pollee
and public safety departments
throughout w.st.... New YOI1&lt;
that aims, in wa1dng with .....
dent&gt; and other community
stal«hooden. to ,.,..,
and security thnlughout tho ......

of Afncan Amencan Studtes..
" It rnakcs you worry about stu dents whose expenences are .so hm 1ted-l mean, how are they gomg to
get jobs, how are they going to sur·
vtve in the workplace, how f.re they
going to be responsible citizens m
theu communities 1f they've grown
up only with people like them selves?" he asks.

Rqxxtn Assistant Editor

and particles up into the strata
sphere where they could block o ut
the sun. That would cause coohng
significant enough to lead to the
collapsf' of ecosystems and the ex

millions of years ago generated such
mtense heat that they functio ned as
a secondary heat event , which can
cause gases and fine ash
to be carried in to the
upper atmosphere.
Surprismgly, her result s s ho w that th e
eruptio
ns themselves
~
may not generaJ.e suffi ~
cient heat to cause the
eruption cloud to reach
high eno ugh mto the
at m osphere to t" ffcc t
Heot
KJiauea volcano, Hawaii. have been found by the global climate.
Elisabeth Parfitt to cause climate Jhttu.
" lkcause o nly erupshifts and mass exunctions, even

tions which erupt lava very rapidly

when lava is erupted relatively slowly.
Flisabeth Partin, assistant profes·
&gt;OT of geology, will describe the re-

could have allowed volcanic plumes

suJts of her research o n Nov. 16 in
Reno. Nev., at the annual merting of
th&lt; Geological Society of America
Parfi" 's models are th e first to

local or regional at best." she said.

to reach the stratosphere, any im pacts on climate would have been
However. her model demon s~tes for the first time that
s~ sheets oflava--some as

mas-

large as

1.200 degrees Centigrad&lt; when thev
are first erupted, could push ash and
gas up to heights of 30 kilometer.
above the volcamc vent," said Parfitt
.. Som etimes volcanic eruptions
don't form a mountam,'' shf" n plained. "Instead. the magma shoots

straight up through the earth"s c:ruSt
and is erupted from a crack. ¥oiuch
might be as much as I 00 kilometers

long.
"These flood basalt eruptions of·
ten produced these massM sheets

of lava, which can be as much as 100
or 200 kilometer. (65 miles or 130
miles) long and they gaV&lt; off a huge
amoun1 of heat."

�Dissection option criticized
FSEC members take harsh view ofalternative to dissection
ay JENNiRa UWANDOWSIU
RtpOrttr Assimnt Editor

student who brought to
the Faculty Senate Executive Committee a
proposal to modify the
univ&lt;nity's animal-dissection policy
met with fiert:e r&lt;Sistance from faculty members across several disciplin'" who objected both to waiving
the requirement-as a matter of
"academic freedom" --&lt;Uld setting
policy on an issue that many agreed
should be a departmental derision.
~hawn Deleo, a second-year sen7or, pr...nted his argument to the
co mmin~ at its Nov. I meeting.

A

Deleo implored members to consi der a resolution unanimously

passed by the Student Association
Assembly in December 1999 stating
that ..students may request aJtema tives to participating in dissection if

they are opposed to dissection because of religious or ethicaJ reasons,
or if the process is repulsive and offensive to the student."
The College of Arts and Scienc..'

has responded to the SA resolution
stating that "no student is obligated
to kill animals or dissect euthaniz.ed
animals, but no student is excused

from participating in the .,...blished
exercises and experiments."
Deleo, who told FSEC members
that being in a room in which a dis·
sect ion is taking place ..goes against
what I stand for," ~,them to consider a policy that would give students alternatives-&lt;hosen by the
instructor--outside tt?1e laboratory.
Several faculty members were
o utraged at the suggestion.
"You cannot have an effective uni-

versity if teachers cannot decide what
is relevant and important to their

subjects," said Samuel Schack, pro·
fessor and chair of the Depanment
of Mathematics... If you cannot con¥i.n&lt;%the people who are runni.Jtg the

program that those things are indeed
irrelevant, then you are more likely

to be wrong than they.''
C ha rles Fourtner, professor of

biological scienc.. who declared the
issue was"not a debate for the Fac-

ulty Senate,• expressed an over-

whelming dissatisf.oction with studena' lack of understanding.
' "You don't separate out a particular group of animals or organisms
and say, 'I have an ethical consideration about th.,..,' and forget about
the rat of them," he said. "If you're
willing to sit down at dinner and eat
a live carrot because it doesn't bother
you, rve got a problem with that
"What we need to do is to get
more students understanding what

the whole system is about and not
take the position that 'I don't want
to do a dissection because I can't eat
that particular animal, therefore I
shouldn't have to work on it,"' he

said "It's a bias I find that occurs to
a great extent out of ignorance."
Judith Adams-Volpe, director of·
Lockwood Memorial Library, suggest«&lt; it may be time to re-evaJuate
the current policy.
"I can't imagine that there are not
simulations available that could possibly be substituted-like an
online ... virtual kind of dissection,"
she said . .. Times do change, and

maybe it's not totally out of line that
in certain disciplines ... using technology could be considered"
Bernice Noble, prof...or of mi crobiology, said computer simulatfon is available in the School of
Medicine and Bi~medica.l Sciences.
.. We are moving in that direc tion-1 know that there are mru{y,

many programs available," she said.
The suggestion of using vir.tuaJ

reality, however, set off another wave
of concerns on the issue.

John Boot, prof...or and chair of
the Department of Management
Science and Systems, pointed out
that virtual reality is"neverquite the
same" as that which it intends to represent, as it 's ..a very different thing
to do it and see it"

"If you have those strongly held
beliefs,''besaid ofstudents, "you probably should opt for another career."
Discussion of the resolution was

tabled.
In other business, the FSEC received the fall report from Susan

HamJe:n, chair of the senatr'~ Budget Priorities Comm itt ee, who
shared information on UB's budget
dynamics, as well as suggestions to
improve the Oow of mformatmn.

Regarding budget activities during 1999-2000, Hamlen reported on
.. two major investment5'" at the um versity--athletics and information

technology.
"Wr concluded the IT iruuatiV(' u
very well-managed under (Chief in·
formation-Officer) Voldemar Inn us.
and VB has made great strides in IT
with limited resources," she said.
"We (also) provided significant
input to the Faculty Senate Athlet ics and Recreation Com mittee on iu
report on athJetics.'" she said, noting
the two major issues weR "whether

the benefits of the program justify
the costs" and "why, in the past, the
athletics program (has been) allowed to accumulate a budget(ileficit without being held responsible
for paying it off."
Theathleticsdeficit,sheexplained,
was a sensitive issue since the CoUege
of Arts and Scion= was going to be
required to pay off its deficit in the
next three years. The issue was re solved, however, with Provost Eliza.
beth D. Capaldi's decision that the
CAS deficit wo4k! be paid back with
general university funds, Hamlen said.
Athletics is scheduled to begin pay·'
ing back its deficit this year.
Hamlen cited improved commu·
nication as among the most important issues for 2000-2001.
"We need to talk." she said. "Wl·
mentioned earlier that the facuhy
often don't know what's going on
with respect to budget issues be cause they stop at the dean's office.
And the faculty need s to be IO ·
formed " in order to provide input.
Jack Meacham,-5UNY Distin guished Teaching Professor and

chair of the Depanment of Psychol ogy, suggested a once-a-year. all
funds budget report be made ava iJ able as a point of reference.

Ca paldi respo nded that she and
Se ni o r Vice Presiden) Rohe rt I.
Wagnt.T are workmg on such a report .

Drinking in bar risky for women
By KATHLEEN WEAVER
Reporter Contributor

IFTY -sc:vcn percent of the
women who participated
in a recent study at U6.'s Research Institute on Addie·

F

tions (RIA ) reported experiencing at
least one incident of vcrbaJ o r physi-

cal aggression while drinking in a bar.
Mbst of the aggression the women
experienced was verbal, according to

Kathleen A. Parks, principal investigatoron th ~study, who said incidents
of physical aggression included be-

ity when responding to others.
" When aggression occurred,"
Parks explained, "the women n: ·
ported having consumed more al ·
cohoI in a shoncr period of time and
fee lin g m o re intoxi ca ted. The
women a1so reported that aJcohol
changed their own behaviors. such
as becoming more aggressive, care·
less or not being in control , during

half of th e incidents."
In order to be eligible for the
study, the women had to have been
drinking in bars one or more times

ing threa tened with a n objec t,

per week during the preceding three

touched sexu;illy, pushed, slapped or

months and were not abstaining

threatened with a weapon.
"As a preventive measure, women

from alcohol.

should be informed of the relationship between going to bars and the
risk for aggression ," Parks said.

"They also should be aware of their
own risky behaviors that can anract

The aggressors were descrilx-d a~
men who persisted in buying them

drinks, talking to them and asking
them to engage in sexuaJ relations
with linle or no encouragement.
"Consistent with findings fro m
previous studies,.. Parks noted. "aJ cohol consumption appears to in -

mispercepuon of a woman's tnrndh
behavior as sexual intent, rt.•mfon: ·
ing stereotypes of the drinking
woman as more sex ually availahll·
and decreasing a wom an's ability 10
co rrect these mtSpc rcc.'p tl on~ :·
It appears that th l~ har cm•tron
men t, o ther patrons 10 the har and
the woman's hehaviCtr interact tn a
co mpl ex manner to detcrrnml'
wheth er aggrt."Sl&gt;ion ()(lUr~ on anv
given night, shl· sa id.
Futurl' studies at RIA \\1llmwrporate l&gt;ystema t•L assessmc:nb ol
bars in which aggression occurs. as
well as in terv1e~ with bar s-ta ff to
get a richer descript1on of the envi ro nmental characteristics of the: bar
that influence aggression, sut.:h a~
criminal activi ties. drug use a nd
d ru g sales, patron characterist il"!!&gt;
and frequency of aggression .

Parks' research was funded by th&lt;

or escalate aggression from others
in a bar, such as greater alcohol oonsumption and intoxication, drug use

crease the likelihood of sexual as·

Alcoho lic Beverage Medical Re sea rch Foundation {S85,300 ) and
the National Institute o n Alcohol

and increased or decreased reactiv-

sa ult by enhancing a m an's

Abuse and Alcoholism (SS04.540).

The month of November brings thoughts of political elections, vrt erans, Thanksgiving turkry and holiday shopping. November 2000

aJso 1s NauonaJ Family Careg1vers Month. Family caregivers are persons who provide ca re for a lovC"d one who is chronically ill, disabled .
or frat!. T hey provtde approximately 90 percent of aJI Iong-term care
se rvices m America and can be found m every communiry. Thr num bers of caregivers in Amenca is increasing as our population ages and
as medical science continu es to find ways to preserve and extend life,
but support and education for family caregivers is lagging behind.
Th1s month is an opportunity to raiSe awareness and to honor, thank.
support , 3SSI.!tt, educatt' and celebrate our nation's more than 25 mil lion family caregivers. It aJso is an opportunity to help family caregJVC'rs
mcrease their self-esteem and provide education and services for them
111 commu mu es across the country.
.. Shart• the Canng" i ~ the theme of the Nauo nal Family Lareg1vers
AS.!tOC iat• o n &lt;http:/ / www.nfcacares.org / &gt;. acknowledgi nsth at
ca rcgivi ng IS more than just a one -pe rson job. The NFCA's Web site
offers suggested actl\'llic:s to help tndiv•duals and organi7.ations It-t
famil)• '--areg1vers know tht')' arc valued and appreciated, and r;u st
public awarenes~ about caregJ\' IIlg •~sues that afft-ct all of us. A mt
dJa -communtcatlons kit •ndud1ng posters. but tom and educat1 o nal
matenals supporlt ng the Sharl' tht.• C.anng theme ha s bec.•n devd
oped by the assoc1at 1on to help orgamzatlons enhanle the1r plan
ning actJV It telt. There also IS a gu1dc lor l ongrega t1ono; ol all fa1th i to
help support carcg1ving famli1c'
The Family Ca reg1ver Alhan(t' &lt;http:/ / www.cAregiver.org/ ·
IS a support organization addre lt~•ng the needs of fa mille' and fru:nd~
providing long -term ca re bv dcvdopmg servu..es, advoLatmg fo r
public and pnva tc support, londul."tmg research and eduLatmg th e
publi c. The Web site feature~ speCiaht.ed mformat10n on AlzhcJmer·l&gt;
disease, st ro ke , trau mati C bram 101ury. Park inson 's d1sease. AL!:-1 ·
{a m yotroph ic lateral sclcros1s. al1&gt;o known as Lou Gehng's da s\· a~l· 1
a nd ot her disorders and long - term care conarm for famllll''l.
caregivers, professionals, pohcr makers and the med1a.
The ..Clearingho use" provtdes res~arch findmgs and trend.!&gt;, Ill
formation on spec ifiC dtagnosas of cogm tiVt.' d1sorders. stattst1cs on
long-term ca re, recommended readmgs and a fu ll listmg of FCA
publica tions, fact shee ts and the J-C A's quarterly newsletter. The
"News Bureau " is an o nline resou rce to help repo rterl&gt; wtth bad..
gro und mat erials and interv1ews for sto n es. The " Inte rview " sec
tion provides monthly conversations that focus o n th e latest trend lt
aqd dJscovenes wuh leaders 10 tht fields of ca regiving. cl uHcal pral ·
t1ce, resea rch, law, et h1 cs a nd public policy. Practical. hands -o n in formation for ca regiVers can be found in the " Rcsource Cen ter .. sec tion, whtch provides on lin e interactJvt serviCes mcluding a support
group for ca regivers, problem solvi ng co nsultauon and "Ask FCA."
Ca rc.·There &lt;http://c•rethere.com / &gt; is anoth er useful orga n• ·
la ll on-fou nd cd in \999- that provideS various tools and serVIC\'.!t
th at mamtammdependent function a nd promote healt hy li vmg. ln
"Get Info rmed :· you can find medical, financial and legal resourlt'!l
to help an!lwcr quest1on s you may have . You can learn how to crea te
a suppo rt network 111 the " Fmd ~upport " section. Addn•onallv, rou
can lea rn ~peCifica ll y wha t ynu -.:an do to improve your and vour
loved one·s health and mdependence in "Ta ke Act1on ."
l-o r more sties on family ca rcgiving,.eheck out the Carcgtvn Health
L1nks at &lt;http:/ / www-hsl. mcmaster.ca/ t omflem/caregtver.html "
prov1ded bv Tom Flemmmg, head of public services Ill the McMa.~ lt·r
Un JversltY HeaJth Sc1enct~ Library 111 Hamilton, 0ntano
- Sue Neumeister and Lori Wldz.lnskl, Umvpt\ ltt Llbtaf''-''

BrieD
UB adds 2 nutrition programs
Two new programl In n ut rition have lwen approved Jl l ·B, bt.·
g mnmg th1s academtc \'Car
Roth progr.tm s, a five - ~·t"ar h.h..hclur ·!l&gt;/ Jlla~ter '~ dl·~rl' (' 1n l'Xl'rll't"
nutr111on Jnd a dietc:th. mtern!!&gt;hlp. ar(' heang ofkred through thl·
l &gt;epa rtmc:nt nf PhyJoiCal Tht·rapy. l-~ xc:rl a ~c and Nutnt1nn '-l~..•c:nu• , tn
t he Sd wo l of Hea lth Rela ted Prnfcs:o.hHb
Tht'l':\.aLI~C nutnt1 on optmn LOmbult'' J n undergrJduJit' Jl·grl·l·
1n exerCiltt.' 'llenu• with a m.tstcr\dl·grt.·e 111 nulntton . h:ml-1 . ( erm .
cha1r of thl· dt·p;trtment. pred~-.:tl"J 11 w11l bl· .1 popular 11pt1o n
"The study oftht" ro le of nutntum llll'Xernse ~ -.: 1enn• ha_.. hl· ~o. n m l'
maeasmgly important as we lc:arn more aOout how nutnti O il.ti~..orn
ponl·nb affect cell function ... (. t'rn) !!&gt;ald. ~ The lntcral tUlll hl·twl·l' ll
nutnt10n and exe rCISl' 111 wd ln t'~.!t .tnd d1~c::a~e prom l!!&gt;t.'' mam rl·
sea rch a nd 10b opportullltJC:l&gt; lor o ur ~tude n b ."
Peter Ho rvath , assoCiate professor of nutnt10n Jnd phv,•nlng\ ,
will direl"l the program. whiCh will bcgm m sp rin g !001
The dietetic in ternship program will provide students who han.• J
bachelor's degree in nutrit1o n placement in settings when· the\ -.:an
complete th e required 928 h ou r~ of supen•1sed practKe nc:eded to
qualify for the registered dietitian's exam.
The internship program will begin 10 August 200 1. Man· Platek
clinical instructor in the department , will be th e dm·..:tor

�Study by sociologist Lionel Lewis focuses on events at Adelphi
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Americon politics, Americon ClJI.
llJfe and 1he Americon On!am.
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who tri«&lt;-&lt;ome successf\JII)'10 killlhe pmldent""' . using Americon n1U5ial styles
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Gerald Finnegan•.)'lith chottognophy by lynne IWrdziel.formll
and IT1Uiial dftcllon by Michael
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Satll&lt;tlay and Sunday.
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mailed by New. 1s to tho Ollice
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For furthtr lnlormation, call
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

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·Book is critical of college governance
Byi'A~ DONOVAH

Contllbuting Edrtor
nc:w, book-lmgth case
study of tho &lt;XL"rcist of
powtr in U.S. lllli&gt;=i·
ti&lt;S and oollegos is highly
crilical of tht stlf· ptrpttuating gov·
trning boards that ltgally control
Amtrica's 3,6()()..plus institutions of
hightt learning. calling thtm "too
poworful and compltttly out of
their depth."
·
"Whtn Powtr Corrupts" (Trans·
action Publishas, Now Brunswick
and London, 2000), a nc:w book by
lionel S. Lewis, &lt;merit us prof&lt;SSOr
of sociology, is equally critical of
board·appointtd coUtgt and uni·
versity administrators who, tho
studyfound,"havtrartlyestahlished
thomselves as scholars, restarchtrs

A

calls "tho sdf·ptrpttuating lay gov·
orning boards, with at most, Unle or
no und&lt;ntanding of acadnnic cui·
lure, who have compl&lt;t&lt; aulhority
ov&lt;r ill5litutional poUcy."
Tht strond art tht administraton
they appoin~ whom, ht says, are h&lt;·
holdm to no on&lt;, particularly in pri·
vale oolltg&lt;:s and uoivenities, lxaUS&lt;
theyofttncaninlluenconewappoint·
ments to the board of trustees that
ovtr&gt;t&lt; them and thOr institutions.
"1llt Adelphi cas&lt; was an atreme
aamplt and its ftrociousntSS unusual,"saysl.twis,"but in terms~
the systan works, it isn't at all Wliqut.
"In spit&lt; of thtir frequent claims
to tho contrary;ho says, "tho power

orleachers and offer no evidence of
&lt;Specially good judgment as man·
agcrs or leaders."
'
Although tho public usually is
unaware of it, says lewis, "Conllicts
over governanct too ofton takt pro-

cedence over academic work on
American campuses, and its impU·
cations for higher education are
negativt and profound."
The study focuses on national is·
sues of academic governance that
cmergtd in the shadow of tho very
public and nearly catastrophic
events that took place from 1985·
%at Adelphi University in Garden
City, N.Y.
Lewis, who also is adjunct profes·
sor of higher tducation, calls the
Addphi cast"a disgrae&lt;, not only to
the school but to the entire hightr·
tducation community."
The study condudes that in in·
stitutionsofhightreducation in the
Unittd States, most of the power resides not with faculty-&lt;lS many &lt;rroneously ass um e-bu t in two
largely nonacademic entities with
enormous influence over the fo r·
tune of the institurjon, its programs,
faculty and students.
lbe first of these are what Lewis

of gov&lt;rning boards and academic
administrators is unlimittd. They
can basically do whatever they want
for or to a program, disciplinoe, dt·
panmont or faculty m&lt;mhtr."
l..c:wis' condusions.au bastd on a
cauful analysis of a noarly 8,000page transcript of htarings on tho
AddphialfairconductedbythtNtw
York State Board of Rtgmts, intttviews and II volumes of ahibits
and hundreds of docum&lt;nt$ from
law firms and othtt parti&lt;S involvtd
in the investigation.
The conflict began when the
Adelphi lruste&lt;s hired Peter
Diamandopoulos,despittwhat Lewis

calls "his alarmij!g reaxd as tht polarizing presid&lt;nt of California Slat&lt;
University al Sonoma. Tht board
member who chairtd tht oommitt«
thatrteruitldDiarnandcpouloskntw
that ht had bec:n foraxl to resign from
So~ State but dtclined to look
into tht matter."
Having vtsttd authority in
Diamandopoulos, tho board proceeded to giv&lt; him unquestiontd
suppon during his dispu~tious II ·
year administration, which Lewis
says htgan with mostly suptrficial
improvtmrnts that &lt;Stahlishtd tho
prt&lt;idmt in tho minds of his suppon&lt;B as "Addphi's savior" and •a
sag&lt; who could do no wrong."
Whtn,asartSultofthtpresident's
policits, Adtlphi's &lt;nrollmtnt
steadily d&lt;er&lt;astd, distnchantmtnt
and strife rose, civility eroded
throughout tht nnivenityand com·
Plaints by faculty mtmbc:rs and stu·
dents htgan to mounL
Concuo was "'Pr&lt;SS&lt;:d OVtt tho
fact that limittd 'finincial r&lt;SOur=
werebeingdivertedtononac:admllc
punuits, Lewis says, such as rd'ur·
bishing administrative: offices. fi.
oancing administrative juol&lt;ets and
upgrading athletic faciliti&lt;S.
..As opposition grew. the admin istration txpresstd considtrable
con!Cmptforthe&amp;rulty," I..c:wissays.
"DiamandopouloscutthtFaculty
Senate's oporations hudgd; temporarify cut tdq&gt;hoot stJVia: to the office of tho faculty union, which ht
also attempted to dtttrtify; with his
wifoe, mad&lt; tlveatming phone calls
to faculty rntrnhtrs, and lhmltcntd
filcultyandstudmtswithdefiunation
lawsuitswhentheycomplaintdtotht
prtSS." htsaid.Htalsohaltedthtpromotion and tmure proces.-in &lt;ffeet, fired faculty mtmbc:rs who had
bten put forward by faculty and
deans fort&lt;nure and promotion.
While thi s was going o n , the
Adelphi
trustees
increased
Diamandopoulos' salary and fringt
benefits to more than $800,()()(}-.Qn

..,.....-400pen:mtiiiO&lt;I!thanthat
of uniYmity praidmts in similar in·
stitutiono--mad &lt;IJ&gt;'Il'ivt bowing

oonoessioos oo tht .,...adml's bthalf
andOYerloolo:dhismisappmp:ioliou
of tmivmity funds for gifts and po-

liticai&lt;Xllllri&gt;utions This;..,..,., IIIO&lt;I!
shocking, says Lewis, givtn that
Addphi'sendowmentfuodCilDI3io!d

onlySIOmillionatitshigbostpoinL
Thtboard itsdfhad conllicttd in·
terests. Among Diamoodoupoloo'

greatest advocates on the board was
John Silber, the controm1ial praidmt of Booton University. He !Ji!ll
bec:n Diamandopouk&gt;s' mmtor i1JK1
after the praidmt was fired, saw to
it that Boston Univnsity hind him.
Tht board chair owntd an insur·
anct company that rtceivtd tho
Adelphi insu= aocolint without

the bmdit of a bidding pnx:ess.
"Despite smous and loog-standing abuses of board and administta·
tivepowor;l..c:wissays, "it tookntarly
a dtc~dt for tht Nc:w York Stat&lt;
Board of Regmts, which controls all
oftbestate'soolltg&lt;:saodu.niYersities,
to stq&gt; in and dismiss tho trustees and
appoint a new~ which then
fired Diamandopoulos.
"As tho Addphi cast maices very
dear; he says, ·unless administrators do something particularlyegregious," ht says, "tho fa.;ade rmuins
intact, whatcvtrthtconscqum=to
tho institution, its studmts, &amp;culty
and othtr trnploye&lt;s."
Lewis nokHhacalthough coUe·
gial forms of gov=&gt;an&lt;:r once pre·
vailtd inAmmcan ~lies, floculty input into adrninismtivtdtci·
sions has diminishtd considerably
ovuthtyears.
"Tho notion of faculty· shartd
govtrnanct aod spteiaJ privilegt is
a myth that~ various adminis·
trative mds," Lewis says. "Endi&lt;SS
facultycommill« work V&lt;ils the fact
that faculty members actually have
control only over students and the
academic rcquirtm&lt;nts of d~
programs. And that's about iL"

Course teaches basics of entrepreneurShip
Goal ofclass in MBA program is to help students g~t a business offthe ground
By JOHN DEU.A CONTL\DA
Reporter Contributor
AN a business school re·
ally teach a subject as
intangible as " how to ht
an entrepreneur?" ·
• John Hannon, a faculty member
in the School of Management,
thinks so, as do the 31 MBA studonts
enroUed in his new entrepreneur·
ship course, which began this fall.
The students, organized into
teams. arc working into the night on
business plans that could lead to the
launch of th e e-commerce
industry's next ..dot-com" stan·up
or Buffalo'S newest small business.
Completion of a viable business
plan willaccounl for60 percent of the
students' grades in the thret·credit
course, and studmts are required to
read and~ cast studies on en treprmeurialsuccessesand fiWures,as
wcll as attend classes taught by local
entrq&gt;reneun and vmturc: capitalists.
"Tho main goal of tho cours&lt; is
to help students get a business off
tho ground," says Hannon, associate professor of organization and
human resources. " It wouJdn't sur·

C

prise me if a third of th e class
launchtd a business by the end of
the semester, and we might even see
a few of the students take a leave of
ahsmct from tho MBA program in
order to launch their business.
·We're encouraging the students
to think big."
According to Hannon, courses in
entreprmrurship don't fit seamlessly
into MBA programs, which tradi·
tionally havt prq&gt;ared studmts for
managtrnent positions at establishtd
companies. Over the past fc:w ~
however, entrepreneurship rourses
and programs havt sprouttd up at
busin&lt;SS schools nationwidt, inOu enced by the much-puhUcized suc·
cesses of "dot-com" companies,
which has piqutd entreprmeurial in·
tcrest among students.
.. The response of students here
has been overwhelming," Hannon
says. "The cowse seems to have attracted some of theM BA program's
more eccentric and crea tive
proplc-people who are calculattd
risk takers."
.
Students Matthew Wcisman, Eric
Reich, Karen Woodman and Mat·

thew Wordm, for instance, have bec:n
working late hours on thtir business
plan, diligmtly communicating thtir
progress to each other via Palm Pi·
lots,cdl phones and postings on thOr
company's Wtb site.
Thtir team, in essmce,already has
launchtd a business, with each stu·
dent assigned very specific roles:
CEO. chief ltgal officer, director of
marketing and information systems,
and chitf financial offia:r. Though
cartful not to divulgt too many dt·
tails about thtir lnt&lt;rnet· bastd vm·
tur&lt;, the studmts art confidont that
they'rt p;,tmtially on to something
very big.
OXWe're attempting to revolutionize the way companies gather con·
sumer research and consumer preferences," says Reich.
..We're not going to rush into it,"
cautions teammate Woodman, who
prior to enrolling at UB was a senior manager at a New York City
promotional marketing firm. "We're
going to think it through and do it
the right way. Wt havo much to
learn, and our id"''._ is too good to
wast&lt; by not preparmg thoroughly."

Othtr busin&lt;SS&lt;S hting planntd
by tho students indudt a Buffalobastd gift importer, a softwaR str·
vice provider and a manufacturer of
a ntw medical product.
But even if some---or most.......of
tho studmts' plans don't mattrial·
ize into adual businesses, the coune
is giving thtm a valuable i&lt;SSOn on
the naturr and practice of cntrq&gt;renturship. Hannon says.
Wtekly sominars conducttd by
local entrepreneurs, such as Lori
Northup of Toolsourcc.com, joe
Wolfson of CaneiWorldNet, Lyn
Oyster of Gencyte and George
Chamoun of Chek.com. provid&lt;
students with a glimp~ into • the
good, bad and ugly a!ptcts of run ·
ning a business," he says.
"Students are getting a realistic
preview of two universa.J themes
that txist in all business: competi·
lion and conllict. Whether they one
day own a business or work as an
executive at someone else's com·
pany, they11 hendit from learning
first-hand how to lead teams of
proploe, think er&lt;ativdy and manage
a projtct from stan to finish.•

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7

Faculty members urged to submit grades on time
To the Faculty:
The Faculty Senate Executive Committee discussed reccndy the problem of late reporting of grades. A£cording to the regi.stnr,late reporting of grades is a significant problem: 2A6 late course grades for
Spring 2000,....., of which still had
not been rouived as of Oct. 2.
It is the responsibility of the faculty
10 asoesstheacadanic progressclstudents in a timely fAshion. The Faculty
Senate passed a resolution in 1987
stipulating a deadline of four working days after the end of the 6naJ examination period for the submission
ot'j!rades in undergraduate oourses.

Latt reporting of grades has a significant and negative eff&lt;ct upon our
students. Students seckingjobooradmission 10 other academic programs
need to havecxxnplct.e grades 50 that
transcripts can be issued.
Most of our students participate
in programs for financial aid and
timely reporting of grades is essential for them to continue rtaiving
this support.
Students _rtaiving fiilling grades
in courses that are prerequisites for
other oounes may need to adjust
their academic courseload 50 that
they can obtain mastery of the rna-

terial by repeating the course.
For all of these reasons, students
need a timely assessmenl of their
academic performance.
I strongly urge aU memben of the
faculty 10 submit their grades on time.
Deans, department chairs and the department r&lt;presentative 10 whom the
grades are distributed also should en·
sure timely submission of grades
It is our responsibility as members of the faculty at UB 10 reduc.
the number of late submissions of
grades.

lieuten~nt

colonel assigned as chief

of eye services at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C.
Along with maintaining a private
practice, Riwchun taught at UB as a
clinical professor in surgery and
ophthalmology, and was chair of the
Department of Ophthalmology.
Riwchun was a diplomate of the
American Board of Ophthalmology
and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American
Academy of Ophthalmology and
Otolaryngology.
He volunteered with the United
Way, the United Jewish Fund, the
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies and UB's Annual Participating

Fund for Medical Education.
Ano Riwchun was equally rommined to the community and
WISbaurn praised her as "a strong
woman, a dedicated mother and
wife. and active civic leader." She was
the first woman to..,..,. as pr&lt;Sident
of the Buffalo Association for the
Blind, chaired the women's division
c( the United Way and was on the
boards of the Foundation for Jewish
Philanthropies and the Jewish Federation of Bulfalo. She also served as
president of the Women's Committee of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and president of the Sister·
hood of Temple Beth Zion.

vice president for health affuirs, will
develop plans to address space and

Faculty Senate
~,.,_,...,1

reposition more favorably th e Col-

effectiveness. faculty development

lege of Arts and Sciences. as well as
the professional schools.

and the cuhure of teaching, students'

In other business, the senate ap proved a series of six resolutionsthe Assessments of Instructional
Effec t iveness~in troduced by J.
Ronald Gen til e, SUNY Distin guished Teaching Professor in the
Department of &lt;;o unseling and

culture of learning, development of

Educational Psychology, on behalf

would be funded is in the works.
Pmvost Elizabeth D. Capaldi announced the hiring of Ann Newman

of the ~nate's Teaching and Learn-

ing Committee, which he chairs.
The resolutions--which outline
criteria for course syUabi and poli cies. documentation ofinstructionaJ

academ ic responsibilities and the
academic skills and faculty-student
clia.logue-suppon greater anention
to theculturcofteachingand learn mg. and the re·establishment of an
Office of Teaching Effectiveness.
A proposal for how that office

as dire ctor of space planning.
Newman, who will report to both

Capaldi and Michael E. Bernardino,

renovation needs.
~
CapaJdi expressed concern that
the university's .. mechanism for

planning and keeping classrooms up
to snuff., is in need of improvement.
and asked faculty members to work
with the committees that already are
in place to evaluate the qualiry and
tcchnologicaJ capabilities of class·
rooms to provide a better picture of
the current situation.
Capaldi noted, VB is conSidcnng

implementing standard technology in
each classroom.

Calendar
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Thursday

16
Onl D!.gnostk Sdenceo Seminar
C•n!lovasculor Drugs Jlfld

~~~~ :!s~prof~~~~~l

MuskaJ
Assassins. DepL of Theatre and Dance.
Black Box Theatre, Center for the Arts,
North Campus. 8 p.m. S1 2, general; SS,
students. For more information, 64S·

ARTS.

2000-200&gt;1 Distinguished
Spo..... Series

~::.~!':erc:~~::.~h

and MaXillofacial Surgery. 355 Squire.
South Campus. 8 a.m . F~.

Campus. 8 p.m . TKkd prices vary. For
more information, 645-ARTS.

EduatlonSemlnar
The Emotions of T..,chlng Jlfld
Le.,.,lng: Beyond Subjects and
Standards. ~ Harg~aves. Univ. of

Saxophone Quartot
s.ne.-concertll

~~~~i~~t~~~fa~~ ~~~.:7:!~ ~

the South Campus The pnnts--image
of plants wtth medicinal propertin ha~ been rep!'oduced from a book

pu~Wled in 1863 owned by the Raben
L Brown History of Medic1ne Collecoon
The exhibit was made possible through
the generous support of the Friends of
the Heatth Sciences Ubrary and the
Medical Historical Society.

" Homage to Conlon Nanc.IT'Ow"
Phot~raphs from the pe~l

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display through Nov. 17 in the Mus•c
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Ca mpus. Hours are Monday thr~h
Thursday from 9 a.m . to 9 p .m ., Friday
from 9 a.m. to S p .m . and Sunday from
2 p.m . to 9 p .m . The library •s dosed on
Saturday except during finals week

information, 645--6642.

Using MS frontPilqt!, Part 1. 212
Capen, North Campus. N&lt;&gt;Ofl-- 1: 30 p.m .

" [..,)looming: Inside outs •

Biologic-' Sciences SemlnM'

Fr~ .

Trophk Chonges &lt;&gt;Yti' 1lme In the

w.dnesdoys ot 4 PLUS

Centann~,

TaJk: Toute Arrive: Mala.rme and
Manet. Dominique Fourcade. 438
Clemens, North Campus. 12:30 p.m .
FrM. For more information, 645-3810.

2000
Rurmey

Toronto. Univmity Inn. 8:30.1 0:00
a.m. SSO. SponsOred by Center fOf

§~dti~~~1c~~~~~::.'~· more

Lower Gre1t UkM. Murray Charlton,
National Water Research Institute,
Burlington, Canada. 114 Hochstettrr,

~~~~4ft~~~~~~e
Pl.y
The Visit. Dept. of Theatre and Dance.
Dmna Theatre, Center for the Arts,
North Campus. 8 p.m. S12, general; S5,
students. For more lnfonnation, 64S·

ARTS.

follow;na !he

contnct. woukJ not be renewed
Saturcby, ...,_._,!he only emotion
they fett wu ebOon :after cb.iming
the first cwertWne victory in school

=~~s!J~ ~~Kent
Th:r.t the Bulls dtd k once a,pin
., come-from.behkld fuhion pro"''ed
tobeewn~uUB~

to 2·7 ownl md 2--4 in the MAC.

Lh UB's adler W'in--&lt;an tdential
2()...1 7 victory oYef" Bowling
Green--dlis one featured a
comeback In the fitW two mmut.e:S.
5enioo' lddcor Scott IC.eler's 22·
yard field pi on !he Mal pby a/
.........- wu tipped by •Kent Seote

.,., ""'-' ""' "P'iil&gt;ts to de !he

.... 1

in ophthalmology," Wright added.
He said he expects the Riwchun
Professor to be named by September 2001.
Riwchun, who died in 1998 at the
age of 95, earned his medical degree
from UB in 1927, and then tr.tined
with specialists in Austria before returning to Western New York for a
long career. He maintained a private
practice from 1929-85, also serving
as head of the departments of Ophthalmology at The Buffalo General
Hospital and at Olildren's Hospital
of Buffalo during the 1960s.
During World War 11, he was a

ernociom lhls -

news that head coach Craig Orbus"

~butsdl"""'l"'ftoMdks

Riwchun
~,._

UB 10, Kent State I 7

---•"'""'tt&gt;"""Y

"Dance!'· Sleoe Concert Hall, North

Campu&gt;. 8 p.m. SlO, SS. SponsOred by
Dept. ol Music. For more information,
645-2921.

Exhibits
" 19th Centwy Bot.nkaJ Prfnts"
The flfSt art exhibit of the He;lllth
Sdeoces Ubnry will be on display

= - r--..r:::=&gt;

--by

""""'

Awaro

~­

wilbt on
d;,piay
Naif. 2-10 in theM~ Gaiety on
the lower level of the Center for the Am on

~~~~~

day ttvo.q1 friday from 10 a.m . to B p .m
and Saturday from 11 a.m . to 6 p.m

pme at J7.t7..AUr IC.eAer" kicbd :r.
38-yvd field pi to p.. ""' Bulls !he
lead .. .,_,_,!he nc&gt;nn&gt;ly -

O....I'Md&gt;'s21 -yardfieldplhit
- - ----!he l&lt;lt uprigttt. and aromed lwmlessly to !he groc&lt;&gt;d

~occer
MEH'S

UB l,Akron I
Bowlin&amp; Green I, UB 0
UB senior Tim Sonpt- ~the Buns to :r. 2-1 wtn O¥et" third-seeded Akron m the
quarterfinals of the MACTou.mament hetd :r.t UB.
The Buh,._., couldn\ puH out another vkto&lt;)' """'top-seeded
Bowtir1&amp; Green falcons used an early pi and then held off !he But ~ to "'" I .0
in the semifinal matchup.UB ended its season :r.t ~IO..l.
Fa&lt; !heir pby "'""' toumamencjoe ~and M;ke PepUnskJ ...,...
named to the MAC'sAJI.Toumament squ:r.d. Ea.rller- in the ¥rl'eek. senior
mkffieldef" Brian McCallion wu hon&lt;&gt;f""'ed with AJI.MAC Am Team recognruon
WOMEH ' S

Miami (Ohio) 2, UB 0
UB 2, Toledo 0
UB saw its hopes of Wlnmng a MAC Ownptonsh1p come to an end wrth a 2-0
loss to visiting Mi&lt;amt (OH) .,._the semifin.als d the MAC Tournament at UB's
P.AC Reid. The Bulls came Into the game u the tournament's top seed :r.fterwiMing the MAC's regular s~ tide. They had :advanced co the semifina1s
with a 2...0 Win OYet"" Toledo m :r. qu:r.rterlin.al much earlier m the W'eek. Mlam1,
the tournament's fourth seed. went on to win dle tounwnent tide :r.nd :advance
to the NCAA Toum:r.ment.
Nicole Olu.ewskl and Elizabeth Pfeffer were N~med to the MAC's All Tournament team. Earlier In the week. head c~ch .Jean·A. Tusy w:r.s mrned the
MAC Coach of the Year. In addruon. three pbye~ula l.Jstnm. Unn:r.ea
OiNaHo and Pfeffer were named to the All-MAC An:t Team :r.nd Chen! R.oger"\
w:r.s n.vned lO the :all--conference second team

Volle~nall
Miami (OH ) l , UB 0
Ohio l , UBI
Comelll, UBO
The ~1~11 team wn shut out by the Vls•ung M•am• (OH) R.ed~ . I S-1 .
.,I S·l. I S· ll . in Alumn1Art'na. The loss w:r.s UB"s 14th In a row :r.nl•ts I Sth •n
le~ play thts season. F~rnan Undsay Maukosh cononued her produrove
rookie o.mp:r.lgn With a m:r.tch·high 14 kills
In other action lan week. the Bulls fell to Oh•o. I S-8, 13- 1S. I S- 13. I S-3. a"d
to Cornell. I S·9. I S-8. I S- 11

~wimmin~
MEN

Ohio 112, UB I 08
The men's swunm.ng team opened 1U MAC schedule Sawnby. dropptng :r. I 32108 deosion to Ohio In Athens. Senior Josh Pun cook the men's 200 free m
I:"S.5S. Sentors Enc Stimson and Jason McUchlan also were dou~ winnen for
the Bulls. Stimson took the 200 back in I :S4.29 :r.nd 200 brust 1n :r. lifeome best
2:13.38. Mcl.:r.chlan S'Nept the distance freestyles. caktng the SOO in 4·49.31 :r.nd
1000 in IO:IS.5S

WOMEN ' S

UB ll6,Akn&gt;n I 07
Ohio 141 , UB 100
The women"s swimrrung team opened

1U MAC defeaung Akron 136--107 but
falling to the defending MAC ch:r.mptons and host Oh10 Bobau 1"1 - 100 m the
ui-meet. UB is now 4-1 in dual meet compedt:Jon and 1-1 tn MAC :r.cuon.
Fn!shman joloe Pun led !he wz; lo&lt; !he Bulls cru,g !he 200 freestyle '" 155.60
and 500 freest)'te In S:09.36 ~ng a second off her~ best perlonnances .,.,
bod&gt; .....u. The Bulls""' toOk !he 800 fn:enyle ..by" 7·S3 43

lenni~
MEN ' S

Senior Budt Susanto and freshm:r.n Fery ~•man fimshed With 01 VIctOry and 01
loss in doubles competioon at the Intercollegiate TenntSAsSOCQtion Rolex
Regional Ctwnpionships atVi'"l'ni;a Tech. In the4r fin:Hound match. Susanto and
~iman defeated senior Josh Hamilton and junior Bryan Rowbnd from Towwn
Univen:ity.8-4. HO'W'eYef". th:r.t was u far as the UB duo :advanced u they fell to
IOdHeeded Francis Huot and AndrewVu ofVlrJini;a Tech in the round of 32
Susanto and Kask"nan were not u successful in the singles br:r.dcet. however.
u both dropped their fim·round and consobuon matches.

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                    <text>PAG E 2

Q&amp;A: foe Atkinson discusses role,
evolution of Great LAkes Program

Palm Pilot Project

P A&lt;.I '

FSEC examines issue of email
securiry, confiden tialiry

Battle
Lines
Lisa Rubin (left) takes on
Kristy Dyer during Fun Fest,
held Friday night in Alum n1
Arena to provide student5
w ith an alternative to barhopping. It was cosponsored by Recreat1on
and Intramural Services,
Residential Life. Student
Life, the Wellness Center
and the Student

$1 million pledged to engineering
Alumnus, chairman of Data Card to honor wife with endowed professorship
By SUZAHNE CHAMIIElllAlN
Reporter Contributor

lOBAL b usin~ lcad t'r

G

nd engineer Hatim A.
ya bji , c h ai rm a n of

O.taCard. has pledged a

S I millio n beq uest to US in honor
o f his wi fe.

Tyabj i, who earned his master\

degree in electrical engineenng from
U.B in 1969, is &lt;.'Stablishing an end owed fund fo r an e ngineeri ng professorsh ip, the D u rriya H . TyabJI

Professor of Co mputer SCience and
Engineering in the School of F.ng1
neering and Applied Sciences.
Tyabji said thai for him , th&lt; g&lt;ft

"represents a very personal statement
on the paramo unt unponance of the

family," and attrib uted tht• s u cc~
that he has achi&lt;.oved. to the suppon
that he has received from his wtfc and

then snns, Abizcr and SaJun .
He sa1d h1s wife has b«n "the an
chor thro ughout my pcrw naJ and
p ro fessio nal fjfe" an d tht· c ndo w{'d
professorship lS a tribute to hl't " Lft·
lo ng&gt; mt erest in the achu.·vemcn t ol
cXld lem.c: t hrough education "
Dur n ya Tyabj1 current ly b pur..,u
mg a docto rate m art h 1~tnry
" I am ho no red by H a tl m·s~ • lt ,md
cxnted by its potent•al fur UB," smJ
Durn ya Tyihji. "Student !&lt;. Wil l Ot.~n
efi t from the research .md k·adcr:-.htp
that such a p ro fessor wd l hnn~ 1t1
the engm eermg school."
Added Hatim Ty.1hJ1 "Just il!&gt; t.•n

gmt-en ng blends education wllh .1~1
plica tion , th1s gift blends 111}' bu:.,
n e~ suo.:es.s With an n p ptlr1umtv 111
endow th e fu tu re ."

Prt'S idt•n! Wil ham ~ { rrC int'T
pra lst•d l v.1h11 for lhuo-.lllJ! " to

honor h1~ wife m .1 UJHqut· JnJ ~Pt'

c-1al way wllh this cxlc:puonal ~1h .
wh.Kh will grcat.l y enhanu.· the aLa
dem K offcnngs and n.'M."'drth lap.J
hilit 1es nf our Xhool of l:ng.nl"l'r
mg and Appht--d "X 1en;.n thruu~h
tht·leadersh •r that suth a profes.."'n
....••11 rrovidt"
"A pmnet·r m the fidJ ol wm·
less dat.J tcthnolo~\ . Mr 'lvah11 ,..,
.ln lnnov.I!J\'C hus1ncs~ ll'ader anJ
out s tJndm~ ro le: model for l'H\
:-.tudt"nh .'. (,n·•ner ,.lid "\\'e art&gt;
proud o! h1 s lllJil\ .lu.ompl!..,h
mt"ntll and dd!~htt·d 1h.11 ht" h,1,
JC4.1dt•d IO rcnH·rnh~:l hi" cJimtJ

dlmpulcr Jouc._~ n.:e p rogr.tm ,,, "t
-.tnvc lor h:admg-cdgt' t'X4.dlt'llll' 111
the list century."
Born m Bomb.w. lndia . m /"i4 "l vah11 came to the l in1tt-d "latt"S m
I I.Jh ~ Ill' holds a ha~,.helor ~ dl'grl't'
!rom the &lt;.oll~l' ol ~. ngmeenng 111
Pm,no~ . lnd~a . a ma ster \ dcgret"
!rom l ' l'\.an MBA m •nh.'rnauonal
. huliHlc-.s from 'na ... u-.t·l 'nl\er-.11\
and 1:. d graduatt' nl tht· \t,lnlt~~ J
rxt.'lUIIVt' Program

lvahtlt!o both

,1 curpo r.ltt· n.c~.u

tJvt· and entrepf(·ncu r ll 1:.

~. an·~..· r

ful g1f1 that wiUprovide t'Ven greatt"r

ht'gan Jt Spt·rn Co rp.. " 'hat' ht
worl...ed for 13 yean Ln vanous man
a~cment pos 1t100S , last ~rvmg .1 '
j'rt'Stdent of the lnlorma11on '""
terns Pmdu ... Ill and /('(hnnl&lt;lgtt•,
t ,n,up ul tht• mcrgt•d '-lpcrr' and
BurttlUgh:.(lrgJn17atton,, ...,.h,~,.h h.b

-.trength to our t&gt;ng1nccnng and

(_-u..-..~-,..,.. 1

mara m th 1 ~ mannc:r "
Mark H. Karwan . JeJn ul thl'
"w..:hool of Engml'ermg and Appht·d
X1 enn~.

noted : "Th is 1s a wonder

UB to work with suspended kids
By CHtUmNE ¥1DAL
Contributing Editor

T

HE School ofSoctai Wor~

has anno unced the open·
lng o f a new center aimed
at meet in g the edu ca tional , emoti o n aJ and behavio ral
needs of students who have hcen Sill
pcnded from school fo r disrupt ive
behavior and acts o f violence.
The p rogram is bein g o ffered m
collaboration with th&lt; Buffalo Pub lic Sch ools ahern ati vt" · cd u cat io n

program.
The Vi sio n , lntegnt y, Structure
and Accountabili ty (V. I. S.A.) C:en ·
tcr fo r Ch ild ren Suspended fro m
School for Vio len ce will provide
Buffalo Public Schools students m
grades 7- 10 with a sho n -term as sessment and interventio n program
to help them successfull y return to
their regular schools.
The fim univmity and school-sys·
tern collaboration of its kind in the

nation, the:.· ct•ntt"T wtUo ff er up to .'\0
'ituden ts and thetr fami l 1 ~ an m ten
program that wtiJ111
d ude academ iC work and wu nsel
mg. It will he loc'ated m the Achoon
Annex on the- South Lamp us.
Th e cent er expc'('b to work wtth
a.~ m any as 500 stude nt s nver th e
m ursc o f the 2000-0 I acadl'mll year
PartiCipation in the p rogram will Ot.·
voluntary, and must be agrt't.-d !tl
suspended st udenl'i and tht•n par
cnts. T h e p rogram wLIJ begm sen
m g studt'nts on No v. IS.
T he cent e r IS fi nan ced
a Nt''-'
York St a l t' l.cg ts latJ Ve l nt tla tJ ve
( .ra nt of $700.000 funded by sta te
Asst"mhl )' Dep ul)' Speakcr Art hu r
l) Fvc: a nd Assemh l\· Speaker
~ h cldo n Silver.
Fvc described the vcnt u rt" as "an
•m~&gt;O rtant pilot proJect d ealing wtth
a lTUCiaJ issue facing o ur school-. a nd
o ur child ren .
"We are ho ping," Eve added. "tha t
!11\'C, IWO· Weck

o,

o,,

th1s wi ll he a model lor a statc -'"'dl'
p r~ ram Jdd ressmg the tSSuc(JI Vll'
lt' nt·e m our !&gt;Lhools."
Lawrence Sh ulman. dean ol thl'
'-lchool of Soda! Wo r l... , 'a td the
\ '. 1.!-I.A. Center Will target studelll!&gt;
w ht&gt; have Oeen !&gt;USpt"ndeJ !rom
l&gt;(h ool for \'tulent.e, thrcab ol \'HI
ll·nce, weapons po~um o r other

d JsruptlVC al1um~
Betwee n ~ep t cmhe r 1"19i Jnd
la n ua rv 2000. the Bufla lo Puhh ...
Schools suspendOO 1.\29 stuJt·nh
for VJolentmctdent3. And that num
her ISexpected to gn.1""' as a rt'Suh l'l
ret:cnt state legtslatJon I'~ 111 rt&gt;
J~· t1 on to th e ovt&gt;rall lllt.reast· 111
!l('hool vio lence- that gtvc:.~ tc-Jchl·rs
the authon ty to c~:pel students from
the dassroom.
By law, students suspended lmm
JoChool must rece1ve two hou rs of 111
h o m e mstruct io n each day. \Vh dt"
ti"\e instruct io n helps them keep ur
wi'th their school work. it does no th

1ng lo adJrel&gt;!&gt; tht· ht•hav•or th.u
hrought .1hout the ~uspt:nsJon
A v11al component of tht• \ ' !SA
( l'ntt.•r \ program wtll he an .1S..\l'~
mcnt of md!vtdual ~rudent ncnb
" I ht· heh .n ' tol that gut them
thwwn lllll of &lt;K:hl&gt;OI • ~ a ~ornmu
l\11.d ll tlH , hut nu ont• hd..-. a.!~hd what
that bt•ha\'HH W,l~ &lt;,a\ Ill~. " 'did
'-lhu lman
r-.to~n' lll thl· ~tuJt·nt.., th.H thl'

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BRIEF'LY

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Joseph AtlcJnwn, professor of civil, struaural and environmental

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engineering, serves as director of the Great Lakes Program.

lng the (nu C o p e n -

-Fund.

What Ia the min ion of the
Great Ukes Program 1

commen:ialfishing. However,despite
their size, the Great Lakei ar&lt;--&lt;md
Aa:ording to our literature, the rrus- have ~blc to changes
sion of the Great Lakei Program is induced by human activity. The ecoto "d&lt;Vdop, evaluate and synth&lt;Siz&lt; nomic impact of the lake&lt;, alone, arscientific and technical knowledge on gues for the neal to better undcntand
piKe.,
· coniKt Romoino:
Rustum at- 691.{Jl8o4.
the Great Lakei ecosystem in support and manage the resources available,
Lecture to address
of public alucation and policy for· and this is a primary motivation for
feminism, salsa musk
marion.• This translates into three studying the lal=.ltalso is completely
major focus areas: research, outreach consistent with the univmity's misFnonces Aplfido, ollatln
(or tedmology transfer) and aluca- sion that UB should cnamtain a leadAmeriCin ond Lodno Stuclles It
tion. Our aim is to facilitate and carry ership role in rcs&lt;ard! on the lal=.
the UniYenily "' ..... CNcogo,
... ~ "U Lupe,
out multidisciplinary rcs&lt;ard! on the Then: is a wealth of rcs&lt;ard! topics
ond Ceil: Toward
Gelake&lt;, S« that results of rcs&lt;ard!, both available, from hydrodynamics to
nealogy ol s.lss Music" In the
ours and that of othen, is available . human health, and many of these
second ledl.n at the 2000
in a format &lt;asily aCC&lt;SSlblc for all topics are best addrtsscd within a
l.otlno/Lodnl Speoloer Series.
The ledl.n will be hold at
stakeholders, and pr&lt;S&lt;nt aluca- multidisciplinar&amp;am.work. UB can
4:1 S p.m. Monday In the Stutional programs forteach&lt;rsand stu- and sbould provide leadership !D fadent Union ~ Hoi,
cilitate rcs&lt;ard! and ooordinatlon of
d&lt;nts.
~ 330 In the Sludoni. Unlon
efforts in each of th&lt;S&lt; areas.
on t h e - Compus.
Why Is It ImportAnt fOf' U8 to
It Is """ at chlrvo ond _ ,
be lnvolvecl In the study of
- - t h e focus of the proto the fU&gt;IIc ond ... be ~ the Gre•t l.a...s 7
gram ......... 0- the re•n7
lowed by o reception In the StuThen: ar&lt; a number of reasons CO&lt; UB The program was founded in 1985
dent Union Sodlf Hoi.
The
by the
to be: irtYoMd in the study ofthe Great as a project of then-New York State
~ -_,
l..ak&lt;s. First, and obviously, the Great Sen. John BSheffer II and AssemblyLodno~-­
Lakei are a very significant physical man William B. HoyL who believed
tion,the~at­
P"""""" for Now York, as well as sev- that the futurccnviroorncntal,sociot..,_ond l..llnllnl, ond
eral other states and Canadian prov- cconomic,induslrial and r&lt;a&lt;:ational
the ~lortheinct:S. The Great Lakei system con- development of the Western New
HUBT~sets
1
tains nearly 20 percent of the fresh . York region was tied to the resources
NcM!miMir lneup
water """""' of the world; only the of the Great i..ak&lt;s.Joining with thenpolar ice caps contain more freshwa. US Provost William R Greiner, they
Lewis~- olthe
d Mlnloglrlwll.
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ter than the lal=. About one third of plannal the dcvdopment of a West,_
New York's entire border is fonnal ern New York Center for Great Lakei
by components of the Great Lakei Rcsour=, which became the Great
11oft ol 'W 'l'odll&lt;" ... mantl\ly
system-tal« Eric, the N'&amp;agara RM:r, Lakei Program. The original purpooc
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tal« Ontario and the SL l.awmle&lt; of the center was to function as a
lligl1¥clng Ul ~. .... dents ond , _ , . .
Seaway. Although one&lt; largely taken clearinghouse and resource e&lt;nter for
Thef'IO!PIIIIIIIpaland
for granted, the availability of usable information related to the Great
bytheUIAbml-.
water is becoming a critical issue for l..ak&lt;s. Public outreach and education
Other guests . . be- s.
development
and even survival in have mnainal an integral part of the
Did!, -~atmor­
-.g, whowll clsaa the IWW
some parts of the world, and we are program, and these activities are
' prilltlogslplostlc"cord!;Frri
fortunate to be: "water-ridl" here.The largely carrial out by the program's
Fontauzzt. -~of
lakes provide shipping aa:ess tooth- associate director, Helen Domske.
arthilettlft. who ...... erwis&lt; inland areas and have played a who also holds an appointment as a
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significant role in thedevelopm&lt;nt of New York Sea Grant education spe.pubic""' o n d - - . dln!ctor ol the c.nc.tor ~
many cities, including Buffalo. In ad - cialisL H""""", the program also has
tional-lt Ul.
dition, the lakes provide for recreation gainal much more of a r&lt;S&lt;ardl foEadl..w_.., .....
and tourism, as well as sport and cus, largely through ihe efforts of
T h e - for arden b
Nov. 27. Onion can be pldced
up DOt. 7 at the c.nter lor Tomonow on t h e - Compus.
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former directors Ralph Rumer

! (1985-91)

and, especially, Joseph
DePinto (1991-2000). Specifically,
the Great 1.akcs Program began to
add multidisciplinary and &lt;=ystern-basal Great Lakei rcs&lt;ard! facilitation and direction to its role
within the llllMrsity and to "'""out
a new niche within the Great Lakei
comrnurtity. Cumntly, the three mission ar&lt;as of roscarch, education and
outreach arc considered to be of
equal importance.
Wh_. types of lldiYitlesls the
_.-mlnvolveclln7

The program &lt;MrS«S efforts in all
ihree mission areas. Exarn{'!es of current rcs&lt;ard! topics include modeling the fate and transport of toxic
substances in tal« Ontario and contaminated:scdiment modeling and
evaluation of dissolved oxygen dynamics in several Great Lakei tnbutarics. Th&lt;'prograrn co-sponsors and
organizes the environmental engineering seminar series and helps organiu the annual Great Lakei Beach
Sweep and Scicnoc Exploration Days
on campus. The program also publishes a regular newsletter, "P=pcctives." and co-publishes the Grent
1Akt:s Research &amp;view, along with the
Great Lakei Rcseardl Consortium.
This publication provides a means of
reporting rcs&lt;ard! results on a given
topic to legislators and the general
public. Primarily through the efforts
of the associate director, the program
reantly produe&lt;d aNew York Coalition ofl..owttGreat Lakei LegWators
Data Base, wltidJ serves as a referc:ncc
tool for legislators to &lt;asily access information to assist them in under·
standing the players and policies that
influence Great I..akes management
issues. Domskcalso is imolved in numerous teaching activities.

What Is your vision for the fu.

thraugl1out t h e - . 6:30

lure of the _....., 7 Wh•t
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Having only recently talccn """'
\he directorship. my vision for
the program is still taking shape.
How&lt;ver, I agree Wgdy with the
current vision statement, whidJ
is· .. .to become one of the top
three Great Lakei research and
education academic centers in
the basin (and) to be: pcraiYal
as a primary soure&lt; of knowlalgc necessary to support the
ecosystem approach and sustainable d&lt;Vdopmmt cooccpt.s for
stcwanlship of the Great Lakts."
We are =mining possible collaborative efforts with other
SUNY schools to dcvdop a major r&lt;S&lt;ardl ·institute for stu&lt;lies
on the lowe!- Great Lakei (Lakei
Erie and Ontario). I also am
looking into possible ways of involving faculty affiliates marc directly in the program, including
development of a strongu researdl portfolio. I believe that if
the program is to sur-viw and
grow, there ncals to be: a stronger base of external support, and
that ncals to be done through
further research dcvdoprncnl

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I would just lilcc to conclude by
saying that I hope people do not
think of the Grc~t Lakei as being
"great" simply bc:causc of their
size. They ... pbysically beautiful, ~plex ccosystcrns that require proper stewardship to
maintain their health and presence as an incomparable n50llrtt
for the region and for New York
in particular: Given our location,
it is natural to expect that UB
shotlld play a lead role for studies
relata! to the lal=.

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Fish oil, vitamin E help arthritis symptoms
Nutritional supplements shown to be promising therapies for symptoms ofdisease
By LOIS IIAKUI
Contributing Editor

W

tial therapies for those suffering
from rheumatoid arthritis.
"This mouse modd for arthritis

development of autoimmune dis-

HILE scientists
po nder potential

displays symptoms very similar to

characterized by cartilage destruction, known to be caused,

new treatments for
rheumatoid arthri tis at the American CoUege of Rheu -

matology meeting in Philadelphia,
they 'should not overlook potential
nutritional approaches.

A study lead by Jaya Venkatraman,
associate professor in the Depart-

ment of Physical Therapy, Exercise
and Nutrition Sciences, has shown
that in a mouse model, a combina·
tion of 6sh oil and vitamin E ralua:d
the levels ofinHammation-inducing

what happen s in hum ans,"
she said. "The combination
of fish oil, with its
omega -3 fany ac ids, and vitamin
E appears to

help restore (,

and anu -m nammatory
cytokines.

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"It probably can't
arthritis, but it may delay symptoms

the mouse model show that fish oil
and vitamin E are promising poten-

has been invadal by for-

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eign proteins and fight to
destroy them .

Clinical trials in humans
and laboratory researdl with

animals have shown that dierary

joint swclling, pain and tenderness
characteristic of this disease.
That study, publishal in the }our·

per of the year this Octobc:r by the

in part, by an abnormal
production of pro-i n flammatory proteins that
act as though cartiJage

I

berween .p~o-

prevent development of rheumatoid

American CoUcge of Nutrition.
Venkatraman said results using

tis and lupus. These djseases are

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the balance

cytokincs, proteins that cause th e

nal ofthe American Coliegto[Nutntl Ot!, was named best scientific pa·

oases, including rheumatoid arthri-

and allow a reduction in other medi -

cation. People who nonnally had to
take 10 aspirins a day, for example,
may be able to take five. This therapy
also seems to improve function."
In this study, Venkatraman usa!
mice that over-express the lpr gene
that causes fast aging, immuon ological abnormalities and induces

su pplementation with omega -3

fatty acids found in fish oil provides
significant benefits, but the mechanism behind this action isn't well
known, Venkatraman said.
By fealing some of these genetically altered mice a diet that in-

dudal fish oil plus vitamin E and
giving others a regular diet ,

Vcnkatrarnan was able to compare
conccntl'\tions of pro- and anti-in-

tlammatoi'y cytokines in the blood
serum of both groups.

Her analysis sbowed that the gcncti~y alteral mie&lt; h;KI higher levels of pro-inflammatory cytokincs
in their serum, and that mice fal6sh
oil and vitamin E had significantly
lower I&lt;Vds of th&lt;S&lt; inflammationinducing proteins.
..It is dear from our observations
that fish oil and vitamin E are beneficial in modulating I&lt;Vds of specific cytokines and thereby may affect the immune system and the
onset of autoimmunity," she said.
"These observations may form
the basis for future studies on selec: ·
rive nutritional interventions based

on spccilic fatty acids and antioxidants in delaying the progress of
autoimmune diseases, particularly
in rheumatoid arthritis patients."
Also participating in this r&lt;S&lt;ardl
was Wei&lt;hia Olu, a graduate student and rccipient of a Mark Diamond research grant for graduate
research. The study was fundal by
the National Institute of Arthritis
and Musculoskeletal and Skin Dis·
orders (NlAMS).

�November t ZOOO/Vol. Jt Ia 11 llepo;rtJes

3

BrieBy
Kutner, Brady to be honored
HArold R. Kutner, vact" p resadent for worldwtde , - - -- -- .

FSEC discusses email privacy
By JEHNIFU UWANDOWSIU
Rqxxttr Assistant Editor

A

document dearly out lining UB's stance on the
confidentiality, privacy
and se c urity o f ele c -

tronic mail and containing policy

said that the sheer volume of email
the univmity proa:sses--&lt;1 half-million pieces per day-virtually pre·
dudes the university from keeping
tabo on the e&lt;ntral email servers.
Rittner called the very thought of
monitoring so much mail .. ridicu -

recommendations toward that end

lous" and said that despite its tech -

currently is being drafted , Pete r
Rinner, assistant to Chief Informa tio n Officer Voledmar lnnus, told

nical feasibility, the operati o n
"would be enormously expensive."
As a maner of policy, Rittner aJso
sajd VB wilJ not install-if asked to

members of the Faculty Senate Ex ecutive Comminee at the group's
Oct. 25 meeting.
Rittner, along with Harvey
AxJerod, un~rsity computer disci-

pline of!ie&lt;r; Inspector Danid Jay of
Universit y Police, and Suven
Sturman , instructional design specialist, have been working on "an

email privacy position paper" in
which the group "detail s the
urliversity's stance with regard to

do so-- Lhe FBI 's Carnivore pro gram, which allows the agency to
tntercept and rollect electronic com munication directed by coun order.
.. We have taken a publi c
position ... that we will refuse to in-

stall it," Rittner said of the program,
noting that the FBI has approadled
other Internet servia providers about
" installing Carnivore preemptively."
Rittner also expressed concern

email privacy and also offers some

over the lack of dearly defined pro·

background information about per·
tine('!t laws and policies, both at the
federal and state levels." The group
is drafting the document for the 17-

cedures fo r obtaining email under
"exigent circumstances."
If a faculty member, for example.
was engaged in imponant busines."
at the university and was '' involved
m an accident and m a coma an d
unavailable, and that cmaU needs to
be gotten soon," n o search warrant
as needed , he said. but the umve rsiry still must d~elop a protocol for
such situations.

member Confidentiality and Pri -

vacy Work Group, part of the Security, Confid~ntiality and Privacy
Subgroup of the Information Technology Coordination Committee.
"We thought th e document
would be just a kpresentation of the
facts, but we've uncovered a num ber of areas that we consider fulZ)',"
Rittner said.

He explained that UB's policy in
the making-a culmination of fed eral and state eavesdropping and
wimappinglaws,andaSUNY co,;.
puler-use policy-essentially will
guarantee that one's email is private.
"It cannot be looked at by anybody
a! the uni\'=ity,ex&lt;rpt wxler crrtain
circumstances." he said, noting that
those circumstances would be necessitated bysu~poenasand S&lt;ard! warfl11lts directed against emaiL
"If those subpoenas and search
warrants indude email, then there
is a procedure for looking at
the .. .affected email and filtering out
those pieces of email that satisfy the
subpoena or search warrant .''
Rittner explained.
He assured FSEC membe" that
only the targeted pieces of mail could
be used as l'Vidence, and that "nothing else . .. seen in the process ... is
used for any purpos&lt; whatsoev&lt;r."
R&lt;sponding to inquiries from sena·
tors about monitoring email, Rittner

He also rebuked department heads
or managers who. on occasion, have
sol.tcited the services of IT professionals to tap into the system to monito r

abuse of email and Web privileges.
" J don 't know of a single IJTI
professional ... who has any d esire
to fulfill any such request," he said ,
noting that the university is look ing to adopt a policy to protect
those IT professionals from poten tial consequences-Rinner cited
possible denial of raises and promotions as two examples-----a( d edining such a request
He said such monitonng wo uld
prove fruitless in substantiating a
claim o f Web abuse-as the in fo r
mation most likely would have been
gathered illegally-and s uggested
managers examine ..other critena "
fo r gauging work perfo rmance.
Some FSEC members cxpresst-d
l'tm cern that the university's emaal
IS backed up on a central system
before it is discarded entirely. Rmm·r
responded that there are competm ~
forces that warrant such backup.
"If a faculty member inadvert -

ently ddetes an email that he des·
peratdy needs. and it's not availabl&lt;,
then we haven't met that person's

need," he said.
Ram Sridhar, assocaate professor
o f computer science and engineering, suggested the university con sider "auto matic mo nito ring of cer
tain kinds o f actiVities ... that couJd
be dangero us or could be fo r-pro fit
o r could be terrorist act ivities"such as viruses, for example---b u t

"done withm the legal bo unds."
Rittner sa1d the umversny d oes
comply with legal standards for issues of this nature, and suggested
that VB bt- mo re proact ive where
''iruses are concerned. He d arifi ed
eye OUt fo r VI
that in keeping
ruses. UB looks fo r a set of charac
teris tics o r m arkers-like fin ger prints--not at co ntent dm~al y. He
ca!led a po li cy of m o nit o ringwhich he d escribed to tbe com1mt
tee as "a n interventio n where- you
actually mtercept email. (a nd I look
at it ., -&lt;ounterproductlve.
" lthmk 11 wo uld have a tremen do us ly n e~a t ave- amp ao on
everyhody 'o;; se nse of sel'u n tv .mJ
mo rale," he lNlld .
T he universit y, he sa ad, dl.so I!&gt; d(·
te rmanm g wh eth e r emad IS an
el uded under the l·ret"dom of In
fo rma tio n Act.
The draft poliCy o n p nvacy. ex

an

pected to be finiShed by mtd· No
vembcr, must go through a revlCW ·
and -revtSio n pi"'C(S.o;; before 11 can be
adopted by the IT Steenng Comma!
tee. Rittner said.
In other busmess. Lorna Peterson.
associate professo r of library and
mformatio n studies and chaar of the
senate's Computer Servaces Co m mitt ee, pre se nt ed h e r panf'i \
baseline report. whach fo und that
"all full -time facult y sho uld mml mally have what students havc.-"the hardware. softwar e a nd support
available to student s th ro ugh tht.·
aConnect @U B !Oittattvt·.
E. Bruce Pitman, VICe provost h' r
educatJo naJ techno logy. satd that al

though he ha; allocated $200.000 tor
faculty comput er upgrades. there stUI
art&gt; a number of"vmtagt:· mach ant~

that can't handle. fo r exam ple. tht'
M ICrosoft software recently madt·
.w-ailahil'IOfuculty.!&gt;1afl and studen t'~.

"Two-hundred (thousand dollan. l
I!&gt; no t goang to answer th~ problem
that 's o ut there," he .sa~d ... It 's a small
anempt at starting the process."

puh:ha_g tng at CencraJ Moton Corp.. and Robert
r Brady, chairman and CI:.O of Moog Inc.. wtll be
honored b'' the Xhool of Management at ab an
nual alumm assoua tum dwa rds hanquct No' 9
Ku t ner w all re"-CIVt' th t" &lt;,t.hool 's fint -eve r
,Ai u mm of the Year .1ward. prt:M.' nted to alumni
'who!&gt;e "-areer alh ac.-vements have .s tgnJficantlv and
pos lt Jvdv tm pacted tht.'ar bu!&gt;anc.-ss and tndustrv
Brady will be the S I st rectpaent of the N tagara
1-ronttcr l::.xec utJvc of the Yea r Awa rd . whiCh hono rs a resadent of tht'
Naagara 1-ronl!er who has dJStmgutshed htmself o r herself 10 a career
marked h, executiVe success. a proven wdlmgness to assume d leadt'r
sh tp role 10 oval affa1r1o and a dcmonstra tton of h1gh personalmtegnt'
Past ho no rees have 1nduded Robe rt 1- . Ru:h Sr. , Paul I ~nvdt•r .
Rohe rt 1:.. Rich Jr .. le rcm\' •'-1 Jau&gt;hs ~r.. Sal. H . Alfiero and Regma.ld
H. Newman II Last Vt'an rt.'l tpaen t was Lu az F. Kahl
As grou p vace p rt:'l ldent 111 {harge of wo rl dwtdt" purchasmg and
North Arnen can p rod ud aon co n t ro l a nd log1s tats. Kutner IS an cha rge
o f GM 's bus tn ess -to -husaness e -commercc stra tegy He led d&lt;'veiop
me nt of the CM TradeX c hange . the auto
tndu st q •\ first online lom m erce- Site l mkan~
ca rma kers and part Y~ supp li ers He wa5 mst r u
m en tal m th e launc h of CovJSifll. an onhne- au
to m o tl ve -parts exch ange formed bv a strate-gH.
a llia n ce be twee n Bt g fh ree automahrs (,M
Fo rd a nd Da aml er/Chr ysler.
Named th t.s vear lw Busmrs5 Wed cl5 one (II
the- 1S m ost mflu ent tal prople an c -Lommcr"-e
Kutm:r as leadt ng developmen t of (,M'!&gt; on lmt.·
"o rder- to -d elive r y" sys tem- targe!ed for lau nch m 200.1-enab la ng
custo mers to o rder custo mazed ( rM ca rs for ddaverv tn 10 lo 12 dav'
A na tJVe of Bu ffalo, h e g raduated from rhe ~hool of Mana~t'
m ent an 1963 and began h as { ,M la recr t hai vear 1n th e fi n ance de
pa rtm ent at Ha rnso n Radiato r I ) I VIS IOn 1n Lockport. He was elel"ted
to has cu rrent pos at1on at G M tn 1994.
Kutn er IS a m em ber o f th e boards of th t" Na ta ona1 M monrv Sup
p la er Develo pm ent Council , Oakla nd Unavers1t y an d tbe Bovs &amp; (;trb.
C lubs o f So utheastern M Kht ga n .
Brad y began hts career at M oog 10 \ 968 as m anufac t u n ng m an
ager fo r th e aerospact d avas10n . He was na m ed [he co mpany'.!. p re51
d ent an d chaef executave o ffi ce r m 1988 a nd was el ec ted ch a1rma n tn
1996. Under has \eadershap. Moog's profits have n se n every qua rt er
fo r sut stra1ght yea rs sm ce th t' Elm a aerospace co m pa n y und erwe n t
a m aJOr restructunn g fo llowmg the sharp d rop m d efense spe ndtn ~
aft e r the &lt;'nd o f the Cold Wa r a decade ago
A Buffalo nati vt, Brad y ea rn ed a bachelor·; d eg ree from Mil and
dn MBA fro m thf' H a rva rd Busa nt'S!&gt; S' hoo l. He se rves o n th e boa rd
of a number of co rpo rations, tn d udin g Sen eca Foods, M&amp;T Bank
and Na tio n al fuel Ga.!. C.o . He se rves as a trustee fo r the VB Fo und a
tto n In c. and is cha irma n o f th e Buffal o Ntagara Partners hip .

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Club continues Rustgi's volunteerism
By JEHNIFU UWANDOWSIU
Rtp011~ Anistant Editor

T

HOSE who scoff at the
notion that the Untted

Stites is ind«d "the land
of opponunity"""'uld do
weU to ha~ a chat with UB Women ':&lt;~
Club President Meena Rustgi.
Rustgi. who came from India to the
UnitOO Stlt&lt;s in her early 20r-speaking not one ""'rd ofEnglish-&lt;ought
to capit.ali1..c on the emotional, rather
than material. riches of a country for
which she has endless affection.
" I think people bring their best
when they do volunteff work," said
Rustgi, whose affability and chann
arc nothing shon of infectious.

falo to be nearer to family. Once
settled. Rust19 began teachmg cooktng at the YWC A. an activtty she
shted away from m lndJa-at her
mother's s uggest100.
f
"'I never cooked," she sa/d. notmg
that she has tiught classes in French .
Chinese, Mc:xican and evrn Indian
cuisine. "My mother says after you're

her native country and a grad uate

of both Erie Community and Buffalo State colleges. " I liked the
women's activities. and I'm involved
in almost all the activities now. I like
to do voluntur work."
Rustgi is no stranger to donating
her time. After living ln Los Ange-

les, her 6rst U.S. residence and where
her husband-now a physics professor at Buffalo Stite College-was
working, the couple moved to Buf-

Rustg&gt;---&lt;ilong with her childrmJO&amp;ned the Cooperative Extension

ther&lt;. She abo initiated a Hindu religion class that met ona: a W&lt;Ck.
"It was a V&lt;ry good experienct'that's where I found out how importlnt family is," she said
Family, for R.ustgi. is a relative
tenn. In a city she's rruuk: h~ own
through education, work and
voluntttrism, Rustgi is surroun&amp;d

by the likes of family through
friendr-namcl y the member&gt; of
the Ull Women's Oub. who afford
her a sense of togetherness.

India's strongly patriarchal cui·
ture seems to have done well in ma.k
ing a matriarch out of Rustgi.
As president of the Women 's
Club this year, Rustgi is overcome
. by the desire to grow the member-

Rounding out a decade of membership with the dub thi s yea r,
Rustgi-who has served in various
capacities, from publicity chair, to

member-at -large, to vice president- remembers fondly how she
first became involved. Her friend.
Norma Rubin, also a long- ti me
member of the dub, took her along
to an event at which Channel4 news
anchor Carol Jasen was speaking,
and Rustgi was hooked.
" I'm telling you. I enjoyed the
girls." said Rustgi,a Hindi scholar m

and whik on a one~ year sabbaticaJ
wtth her husband in Nebraska ,

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married, you will cook all your tife.
So I did other things."
But cooking-whatever its pre ~
marital taboo--eventually helped
Rustgi 6nd her confidene&lt;.
"That's where I learned I could
comm unicate, and people (could )
understllnd me," she said of her three
years at the "Y;' admitting that abow
a)l, learning English was the bigiest
intimidator in coming to America

She became involved in the Hindu
Culture Center in Gcttville. for which
she served as president for two years.

The group. nearly sinu. its inception 55 years ago, has sponsored the
annual Grace Capen Academic
Awards for UB students and abo
spends a great deal ofits time fundraising toward that end wiih yearly
events such as intm&gt;ational dinners,
luncheons and ~ tasting.&gt;. The
group abo hao provided a wdcoming environment for UB's international students who oftm struggle
to acclimate, not only to the u!lMrsity but to the oountry.
"J know-1 empathiu with them,
everything is new; Rustgi said "And
just to see somebody tike time to
understand you" rnak&lt;s the transition that much easier.
Rustgi, who three years ago first

ship and keep that faction of her
"family" strong.
"It's open to anybody (UB-affiliatedor not ) who is interested in en -

sought out grant money for international student brunches. now enJOys a standing approbation of
S 1,000 for the recurring series.
Further promoting a " home away· from -home" atmosphere at
the university, the Women's Club
conducts on a regular basis conver-

couraging the aaivities of the" uni

sational English classes for interna-

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~~&lt;r.&gt;ity," she said, noting that the dub

tional students. Run by various

surpassed its expectations this year
with some 260 members . ..They're

member. of the dub. the infonnal
m&lt;rtings--«&gt;me of a shared cone&lt;m betw=t Rustgi and Stephen C.
Dunnrtt, vice provost for interna tional educ:atio~ students the
opportunity to hear and be heard.
something Rustgi always has found

very well -educated women . You
learn a lot-it's a challenging kind

of thing. it's not like a gossiping dub.
"I believe member.hip matters,"
she says. adding it's imJX)rtant not
only to be among people of com-

to be a sourct of fulfillmen t.

"You Jearn by social interactior&gt;-

mon interests, but common goals.
The club caters to the interests of
its members with a theater group.

that's my thing. you know?" says
Rustgi, for whom m~otional satis-

book and bridge dubs, cooking instruction and an an history group.
but abo extends a charitlble hand
to the UB community.

faction through volunteering alwaJ"
will rival chasing a bud.
"That's why I love A!nericapeople really takt time to listen to you."

Engineers receive NSF CAREER awards
Early Career Development awards are prestigious recognition for young faculty
By JEHNIFU L£WANDOWS1tl
Reporttr Assistant Editor

T

HREE fuculty member. m
the School of Engineering
and Apptied Sciences havt'

received National Science
Foundation Faculty Early Ca reer

Development (CAREER) awards.
The CAREER award is NSF's most
prestigious honor for junior facu lty
members. Aw.mls range in amount
from $200.000 to SSOO.OOO. and in
duration from four to five years.
Stelios T. And read is. assistan t professor of chemical engineering; Ann
M. Bisantz, assistant professor of mdustrial engineering, and Ash1m
Ga rg, assistant professor of com puter science and engineering, have
received awards totaling ncarl)'
three-quarters of a million dollars.
Bisantz, who will receive $300,000
over four years. will co nduct re search on understanding, modeling
and supporting hu man decisiO nmaking in complex situations-a
to pic she has investigated in the past.
A UB al umnu s-she received
bachelor's and master's degrees in
industrial engineerin g-Bisantz

joined the UB faculty in 1997.
"I'm looking at how people make
decisions in situations where they
need to think. about uncertain information-and in cases where they
haY&lt; to make thooedecisions quiddy."

she said "They can't always wait for
the uncertainty to resoM itsdf'

A medical diagnosis, she noted,

$200,000 NSF award to study gene

one such example in which indi
vi duals often have to make snap
JUdgments.
"Thi nk about an e m erge n cy
room-people have to make deci sions about
what 's wrong
with people
and how to
t ak~ ca re of
th ~m
very

therapy.
Although "several technologie; for

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quickly." she
said.

"And

they might
not be able to
tell from all of the available information what specifically is wrong
with someone."
Bisantz said she will ronduc.1 her
research through interaaive. compute r-sim u lated experi ments .. in
which participants will make deci -

sions in complex environments," such
as manufacturing. aviation, transportation and military situations.
Her""""""'· for which she will cull
subjects from the university. will tike
placr in a laboratory environment.

gene transfe r exist, recombinant

retroviruses ...., used in the majority
of gene-therapy clinical trials," he said.
But

ge:n~

ing of bum traumas or injunes."
Andreadis said his research will
focus on deY-eloping methods to increase the transduction dlicie:ncy of
the keratinocyte stem cdJs, the e&lt;lls

with the highest potential for tissue
regeneration.

therapy is not
bei ng im ple-

Garg. who
has been a fac-

mented rap -

ulty member
since 1997, re-

idly,Andreadis
explained, doe
to the low efficiency of gene
t ransfer cur·
ren tly attain able with recombinant rrtroviruses.
ln "identifying rate-limiting steps of
ret roviraJ transd uction---Ule transfer

of genetic material from one ceU to

another by means of a viru.r-and
production by virus producer cdls."
and designing experiments to overromethelimititions.Andreadissaid
"the dliciency of transduction to the
levels r&lt;quired for deli=y into hu man cdJs and most importantly stem
cdJs" will increase.
The thrust of his research, he 5ald,
is to "transfer genes to keratinocytes,
the ulls of the epidermis. which are
used to prq&gt;are three-dimensional
skin substitutes."

she added.
Bisantz said sh~ hopes once the ~·
search is completed, she can use the
dati to develop computer displays.
These engineered tissues then
decision aids and training methods,
all of which •can lead to improved could be "applied clinically to treat
decision-malcing performanc:e."
'-ienetic diseases of the skin, or as
A UB faculty member sina 1998,
protein factories to synthesiu and
Andreadis wiU u~ his four-yHr, stem&lt; proteins ... to promote heal-

ceived a four. year, $200.000
grant to con duct information visualization research and education. Thegnal
of his research, he said "is to develop
more effective techniques for visualtzing information and helping in infor mation-processing tasks." His
project specifically will develop techniques to help ronstruct better graph
visualizations., detect dusters in adatabase using visualization, oonstruct
visualizations with greater speed us·
ing pre-visualization methods. and
oompress three-dimensional models.
Garg said he hopes his r&lt;Search
evmtually results in the~ment
of software that ""'uld benefit us=
of data mining. computer graphics
and interactive visualization application. He said he abo plans to teach a
oour.;e on information visualization.
~CXltTCSj&gt;ODding coune material and f.omiliarizr stud&lt;nts with research in the field

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Piloting Palm technology
Engineering cklss project beneficial for company, students
lly ~ UWAHD0-1
Rrpotttr Asslstlnt Editor

The project is unique to UB.
.. Every university is frtt to choose
applications germane to their area
of interest," Schneider said.
And students dearly are anx1ous
to succeed.
"We're ki nd of p1o neering the

OST people know
the Palm Pilot as a
hand -held computing devia that has
revolu tionized the conttpt of the
daily planner. But electrical engi·
netting students at UB are busy piloting other uses for the mobile
machine as part of a inaugural research project for Palm Inc. that
partners universities nationwide
with the company.
UB is among the first academic
d uster-Carnegie MeUon, Pennsyl-

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PDA field." said Tim Martin, a se
nior in the class. "Most times, you
learn about old technology-du.s ts
something new."
'That's plenty of mot.JvatJOn to
work hard at it," said senior Rud1
june, who touted his research during a recent job interview. The
project, it seems, is somewhat of a

hot tickd into the industry.

vania State, Princrto n and Stanford
univmities.and the Georgia Institute

of Technology also were selectedto work cooperatively with Palm. For
the research, Palm has provided each
student in the class with one of its
pe=nal digital assistants. or PDAs.

"From an enginttring point of

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t.on busmes.'i development manager.

satd Schnoder happened to approach
ham aboUI coUaOOraung at a ume
when he w.l!l trymg to liObat poten

uaJ partlapant.s for the program
"What he was lookmg to do 't"'-' a
good match fa&lt; our program.'' ht'sald.
And now that UB has da11T1ed a
h1ghly coveted spot wath Palm ,
Schne1der ts loolong to pursue tht·
vent ure m a grea ter capaCity
" We expect to show tu Palm a
mu c h - la rger VISIOn of wh at wt·
would like to do (and ) cun tmue to
build on it ~ery sem t.'ster to work
this into a much more comprehcn
sive system for usmg Palm for gen
cral data acqmsJllOn," he sa1d.
Con ne c t1ng w1t h
Palm , Schne1der o;oud. 1'
an ideal sit uation for ev
eryone involved.
" It's very mdJcauve ot

The collective class project at UB ;

what is taking plae&lt; he
tween academia and m

entails studen ts in the Electronic ~
Instrumentation Design class de- ~"'

velopi ng .. a smaJJ sensor module
that will interface to the Palm

!hand-held ) using an infrared link."
sa id Jo hn K. Schneider, adju nct
professor in the Department of
Electrical Engineering who is co-

f!
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De--.
- · CuteiiMol, . . - ., with their
personal dlgltalaubtMI-As.

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teaching the class this semester with

IJarold C. WobschaU, associate pro-

view. (the projecl ) gives them a

fessor of electrical engineering.
"These instrumentation modules
that W&lt; wiU develop can be used to
.:ollect a variety of sensor data, and
that data can be transferred to the
P-alm on rommand through a custom

knowledge base they have not yet
been exposed to in our department."
Schneid&lt;r said of the students. who
are senjors and graduate students.
"From a Palm point of view, it opens

sofTware program (that wiU utilize the
infrared links) that we wiU write as
part or this class project." he said.
The module, roughly the size of a
decl&lt; or playing cards, will be able to
take temperature and humidit y
readings. from which th e Palm
wo uld captu re the infonnation and
st.ore it until it could be downloaded
o nto a PC. The real -life application
might invo lve, for example, using a
Palm in a fadory to monito r the
temperature of a mo tor.

up new applications for their orga nizers. This may open up a whole tt&lt;'W
market area for engineer.; and people
who want to do data ilCC)uisition."'
The class mix o f both indus try
engineers and students involved m
theoretical rese.lfch and the thrust
toward "applied versus raw research
in o ur lo ng -term plan" was what
made UB attractive to Palm , sa1d
Schneider, wh o was the pnmarv
force behind getting UB on board
with the company
Brian Fitzgibbons, Palm's edua

dustry today," he- sa1d
"Academia conunues to
be-our sole source of theo
retiad research, but I ndU&gt;
try has mo re than ever
begun to tum to aGldem"'

for apptied research."

Quoting IBM stat iStics. Fitzgibbons said that withm the
next five years. more than 80 percent of new corporate applicatiom

wiU be designed fur non- PC d&lt;VK&lt;&gt; .

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HE unaver)lfy. Fa nn1 c
Mae Corp. and the Glon a
J. Park s Co mmunit y
Ce nter ((; JPCC) hav t.&gt;

10ined

for ces to d eve lop J
that
includes incentives to encourage UH
emplo yees to bu y h omes m th e
neighborhood s surro und in g th e
universit y's South Campus.
Tht' project is part of the Umwr
sity Community Initiative ( UCI ), a
major public-service initiative of US.
The program will offer a series of
se minars to US employees who
want to assess their hom ebu yer
n:actiness. who have limited or n o
major financiaJ barriers and wh o
want to qualify for home-buyer ash omebuyer - educa t ion~project

sistance programs availabl&lt; through
various financial institutions.

The sernin""- led by GJPCC staff.
wiU be offered on Saturdays in the
community center, located at 3082

Main St., Buffalo. The registration
fee is $25 per person, with the remaining oosts to be underwritten by
the Office of Pub tic Service and Ur ban Affain.

UB employees mterested 111 uh
taining further info nnauon ahout
the program sho uld caU the com
munity center at 832 - 10 10
"This new project will allow us to
build o n o ur panncrship ....mh tom
munit y agenc ies and draw upon
their considerable expenence 3.'1 ol
provider o fh o mebuyt.•r education.''

says Danis J. G&lt;hl , UCI proJect do
rc:ctor. " It 's o ur way of cncouragmg
UB employees to look at the ne1gh
horhood around the So uth Ca m pusn when buying a ho m e.
In addition to receiving a certifi cate that can be used to satisfy the
homebuyer-education requirement
to receive ass istanct fro m variou ...
local lenders, each employee com
pleting the sessio n will receiVe:
• A certifi cate aUowing SIOO to
be waived from the mortgage ong1
nation fee by M&amp;T Bank for quah ·
fied buyers purc ha sing a h ouse

within the UC! project area

• Acoupon that , when present ed
with an executed purchase agret'
ment, can be redeemed fo r a d1.~
count on a prr- purchasc home m ·
spection for any holi.S( withm the
UCI project area

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Uncle Sam on the Web
The new FlntC.o.,. Web site &lt; http:/ / www.flrstgow.go• &gt; attempts
to "prov1de the public with easy, one -stop actts5 to all onltne U.S
ft'deral govern men! re ... ources " The challe nge of developmg
h rst(,ov - taken on hy F.nc Rrewer of the lnktom1 Corp lUSt a few
months ago--1.'1 to prov1de- sean.he r!. Wlth mfo rmat1on by subJt"(l.
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lederal government provtdes vast amounts of mformat1on (ln a buge
range of ... ub1ect.!t, hut we do not alwav!. know wh1ch agenne~ d1)
'em mate mforma110n on wha1 topu..-"
hrst&lt; rov subtc."t.l mailer mdudes agncultu re. the aru, bu.smess and
t'(OnOilll(.'t, ~..ono;umensm, envtronment and energy. federal benefit.,
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vile opportuniiiC.'t, rnreat1on and travel, SCience and technology. and
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resource) Jl.'t(l will want 1t1 ~.ons1der &lt;.oogle L'ncle ...am .... http:/ 1
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70 federal agcn~..lcs '\tatlstlcal Umvt·r...e . a BI~ON databa....e limned to
to rrent UB student s and stafl .; http://ubllb .buffalo.edu/ llbf'ar
ies/ unlb/ lml/ e -resources/ natunlv.html "' 1s a \t"l'Ond optum lor
ret n ev mg government stat iSt h .. -"
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tools? Ltbranan .. m I odwotxi l1hrarv' " Hu5Jness &amp; (,overnmt'nt
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retnevmg government 1nformat1on

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such as pagers. mobile phones and

PDAs.
Schneider sees the proJC"CC a... mu
tually...beneficial.
'" The purpose of th1s (OUT)e-from the class p01nt of vu.·w- 15 to
ed ucate studenLo; on the latestt l"Ch mques on PDAs and the1r use for
data acquisiuon ," he s.oud.
The purpose of the course lrom
Palm's point of vu.·w i... to graduate
cngmeers conversant 10 PaJm hard
wa re and software. Schne1der saJCI.
add 1ng that being well versed 111
POA techno logy can crea te.• ,1 mort·
marketable student

Homebuyer-ed project planhed m
lly Sill WUETCHER

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• SSO toward a family mc.·mhc.·r
shtp for &lt;.; luna). Park.\ ( onllllUI\It'
(.en ter
• A "Nt:Jg.hhorhnod lli:-~..OVt'T\ "
palkage of UHlpon5 for va nou ~
~nods and '"-'~'llt'' I rom IH~..aJ t"''tab
h. . hment...
"We want to thanJ.. the l-ann1e
Mac.· HuffaJo Pa rtnership ( )ffilt' h1r
1b J.'t.'tiSt an(e m devdopmg thl \
pru1crt." addffi Marv H . &lt;~n.-sham .
VICe pres1dentlor puhill ~rv11..e JnJ
urban affa1rs.
Alt h o u ~ h thl-" program 1.'1 ~!('art•d
~ flt'C ifi call r to LIB cmployt't."'), thl're
are s1milar program s avai lahlc.: 111
memben of th e gt.•n e ral puhhl
through thet;lona 1. Parks ( ~ m1mu
ntty Center and Kensmgton -Baile\
Neighborhood Hous mg ~t· r v l u'!&lt;&gt;,
c;ehl pomts out.
LIC I unit ~p ubl1 c andpnvate-!l.t:\.
tor stakeho lders m the City ol Rut
falo and the towns of Amherst ,
Cheektow.tg;J and lbnawanda. as wdl
as US. m efforu to stabi.l.i.u and n:'Vl

taliz&lt; the neighborhoods surround tng the univ=ity's South Campus.
For more information aboUI UCI ,
v1s1 t the initiative's Web si te at
&lt;http:// wlngs.bufblo. ..../ ud&gt;.

BrieD
Doyle to receive Jaeckle Award
State Supreme Court fustke Vmce nt l:.. Dovle
ad mmistrat1ve Judge for the Eigh th Jud1uaJ Ill\
tn ct. will reLef"Vc the )aeckle Award, the.· ha~hnt
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a m ze or h01ld new .. ourt fa(tli tl e)
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Co ll ege from 19';0 S"\ and was JdmllteJ wl l H Law \,htwl dunn~.
h1s thtrd year of co llege. He gradua ted from tht' Ia .... :-.chno l tn I ~r..to
and was ad mm ed to the bar the same yc:ar
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lion he held until 1959, when he establishe-d has own law firm Bt•
fore his election to Supre me Co urt , he was one of the natwn's top
cnmtnal defense lawye rs. H1s m ore t han rwo dr-cadcs of mal work
mcluded som e o f Western New Yo rk 's maJor cnmmal cases
' The jurist has be-en an tnstructo r m the Law School SJOle 1974

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"' managemenc Jdenu and systems. hos . , nomed to the ....
lectlon pone! "" the Nationol Scie n c e - FoaMy e.ty

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joolor lowlty memben.ronge in amount 11om S200,000
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relations and pubic flnlnce. Tho
center also is ccncemed with issues o f - · · poltlal and
institutionolloldenhlp,tionand~of­

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t«hnooogy to pubic rnonagement problems.

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place In t h e - for
Computing Machinery (foCM)
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had developed about how technol-

course a reality.

Contributing lditor

ogy has altered percepuons of the

"What made this so c:xating was
that n was bicoastal," says Stephens.
"and thequalityoftheconnectional-

I

N their most ha rn ed mo
ments, fa culty members t.ry-

ing to balance the demands of
t&lt;aching, research and famil y

sometimes may feel that the only
solution to thrir overloaded schedules is to be in two placa at once.
And now- fo r better or worsethey can.
Advanas in Internet v1deocon·
ferencing pioneered, in pan, at UB
hav~ mad~ it poss ibl~ for two fac ·
uhy members to t~ach ~mater·
lo ng courses in classrooms separated by thousands of miles; th~y

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Literatures. Wegenstein wondered if
there was a way she could still coteach the course in the spring semes-

ter from Buffalo using the Web.

versities puUed it off. While new

technical difficulties ~umily sur-

declares James Whitlock, associate •

director of computing services and ~
a key player in UB 's Internet ~
videoconferencing efforts.
2
Three of the conference's 13 pr~- g
sen tations featured UB faculty ~
members as lead presenters or maJOr participants.

While many large univenities and
institutions have attempted
videoconferencing over lntemetl
for special, one-time rvents, UB is
one of a handful in the world that
has succeeded in using it for regu·

larly scheduled cl=, a fact that
served the institution well during
the MegaconferenQ.

"The quality of the video and au ·
dio com ing from Buffalo was the

best I saw in our rehearsals,"saysArif
Khan, nerwork engineer for OARnet
Network Operations. which coordinated the conference.
Adds Lisa Stephens, associate di rector for distance learning opera tions in UB's Millard Fillmore Col lege: "We have proven that UB can
accommodate classes reliably
through Internet 2. We know it
works and we know it saves money;
now it's a question of who can we
reach where."
UB's experience with Intern et
vidroconferencing began years ago
when a group of individ uals in

Computing and Information Tech·
nology, Jed by Whitlock, began to""'
.how it could make the technology

staff, combined with the real-world
needs of the university 's faculty
members.

&lt;XIIImll!llng an 1&gt;

Slaiosand-~­

partment of Modem Languages and

The bandwidth available on Internet
2 is what rnak&lt;s this possible-"
Despite the fact that such a grand
experiment was in a lot of ways just
that-an experiment-the two uni-

ti~nts in rural areas r~motdy, using
an inexpensive, wireless hookup.
Each of thes~ experiences was
showca sed Tu~sday during
Megaconference II &lt; http:/ I
www . mega - net . net/
megKonfe&lt;ence/ &gt;, billed as "the
world's first totally online confaence on the uR of teleconferencing
in research and education."
"'This is the future coming at us,"

rise garnered by the UB technical

from -

EggJ.nton, also a humanities prbres·
sor. accepted a position in the De -

lowed students and instructors to
engage in spontaneous conversation.

also have permitted a third faculty
member in the School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences to treat pa-

workforUB.
The presentations at Megacon ference were the result of the exper·

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human body.
But last faJI , JUSt as Wegenstem
wasantiapaung the birth of her first
child, her husband , Willjam

"Bodyworlu"
Perhaps no one had a better reason
to emb race this new technology
than Bernadette Wegenstein. visit·
ing professor of comparative literature. As a visiting scholar at Stanford
University, she had planned to coteach with Timothy Lenoir, a pro·
fessor of the history of science at

Stanford, a groundbreaking cour"'
entitled " Bodyworks., that Lenoir

She- approached staff members

at Millard Fillmore College, who
made contact with their Stanford
counterparts.
At first, no one was thinking
about using Internet 2.
"When w~ first started talking

with Stanford, the plan was to US&lt;
the regular Internet with a video
link," recalls Stephens. "That gives
you a connection, but the images are
pretty choppy and low-quality. Then
while we were talking about it, one
of the people at ~tan ford said: 'You
know, I've been trying to work on

this H.323 stuff' and I just burst out
laughing. I told them they had just
fallen into a hotbed of people workmg on th.is stuff."'

According to Stephens, Whitlock
and his colleagues bad been experi menting with this technology for
years before other institutions be ~
came interested

"Had we not been positioned by
Jim's earlier efforts, we could not

have taken advantage of this technology for 'Bodyworks:" Stephens
exp lains. "We just bruised our
knuckles o n this bdort a lot of other

people did"
In addition to the live, interactive
nature of the classes, Internet
videoconferenci ng for distance
learning at UB also involves e.xten·
sive online discussion groups, Webbased resou rces and curriculum
materials and digitiud video clips.
For "Bodyworks," in particular,
there was an extensive amount of
such material.
But the biggest hurdle remained
connecting th e two classes and
keeping them connected through
the semester.
Th~ technical staffs at the two
universities started working to·
gether immediately to make the

faced, they only caused one cancellation of the class.
"Bodyworks"was an especially interesting course to do this way.
Wegenstrin notes.
..The pr~nce of the medium

that we were actually analyzing benefited the students," she explains,
"because we were looking at issues

of reality and virtuality."
In addition to the kind of almost
awe· inspiring sm.se of connection
students in th e two classes [elt,
Wegenstein points out that the ex ·
pericnce allowed them to come to a

new way of understanding the Web
and its possibilities.
.. There was a kind of concretization of the Internet itself," she notes.
"Usually Internet experiences are
ones you have while you an sitting
by yourself at your computer. But

here, it suddenly became a social
medium."

"Turbulence"
At about the same time that UB and
Stanford were working together to
prepare for"Bodyworks,"William K.
George, former professor of me·
chanical and aerospace engineering,
was trying to figure out how to par·
ticipate in a National Science Foun·
dation program at the Institute for
Theoretical Physics at the University
of California-Santa Barbara while
continuing to teach his graduate
course on turbulence at UB.
The tesult was a cooperative ef.

m

According to the studenu, the
guest interviews, which ne..r ¥jOU)d
haY&lt; been part of a rogular course,

were the highlighL
ln a paper about the~ that
was delivered at the lnternatiQDa)
Conference of Engineering Education in Taiwan in August. the UB instructors and technical staff noted:
"The students received an e:xposure
to ideas far beyond the scope of a
nonnal course. Many of the top researchers in the area are now famil.
iar C.C..to them. This both insp~
them and should facilitate their entry into the technical arena."
Telemedldne applicaltlons
While UB's early interest in Internet
vi~nferencing allowed the institution to find solutions to the
purdy logistical difficulties of SOlD"
individual faculty members, it also
bas allowed UB to support efforts
of othen to determine solutions for
specific applications.
At the Megaconferena:, David
Ellis, assistant professor of emergency medicine and associate directorofemergencyservices at ECMC.
discussed how be and colleagues developed a wireless tekm&lt;dicine system that they say is unprecedented.
"Your standard telemedicine system is cumbenome and difficult to
move around," says Jim Mayrose. research assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine.
"Tha(s a problem for, say, a rural hospital where the emergency depanment is quito small -and where you
might want to maY&lt; it from room to
room. We have developed a wir&lt;less
tdemedicine system on a portal&gt;le
cart that allows us to transmit fullmotion video through our hospital
network and out to the rest of the
world using IP and H.323 standards."
Mayrose says the system includes
a personal computer, cameras.. amicrophone and speakers.
"This system has enabled us to
bring the technology to the
patient's bedside. rather than hav·
ing to bring the technology to the
patient,". he says.
Sudl sysmns can realize huge oost
savings for the health-care industry.
since they may rnak&lt; unnecessary
emergency transport of some pa·
tients from small rural facilities to
larger ones where they can be

treated
This system already is in use, allowing ECMCstaffto diagnose and
treat patients in prison hospitals
throughout Western New York_
"P&lt;ople might wonder if doctors
can actually see what they need to
see over the Internet," Mayrose says.
"but actually, with our system and
the quality of equipment we usc. the
imag~ we receive allow for ac.curat~
diagnosis and treatment"
To those who have done it, teaching classes and communicating over
Internet 2 is an idea whose time has
come, even if the technical d.iflicuJ.
ties are still qujte substantial

institutions-including UB and
UCSB-pa rti ci pating. For two

During the next year. staff from
Millard Fillmore College, which administers UB'sdistance-learning op-

houn each week. George lectured
live to students from the participat-

erations, and instructors from all
over the university and Western

ing universities; other faculty mem·

New York will be working together
to find opportunities that might

fort with faculty memben from five

ben and guest lecturen researching
turb~« at the Institute ofTheoreti.;ru Physics also participated.

benefit from the u~ of Internet

videoconf&lt;mlcing.

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replacement for had foodlall coach

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coach to be in pbce by early
December tO ensure a smooth
tnnsition and ~ in recrurong flY

next )'Oa'
Athletic. Olreaor Bob
MoOipone announced on Mond.y
dlat Cirbus """"' not MYe hts contJ"Xt
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competition in the Mid-Amenan
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Tyabji
~"- IM'P 1

sina: become Unisys Corp.
From 1986-98, he was chairman,
president and CEO ofV&lt;riFone, negotiating the merger of that company
with Hewlett-Packard in 1997. In
1998, Tyabji launched Saraide, a
company designed to drive the convergence-of the lnt:emet and wireless
telecommunications. A )'!2[ later, as
chairman and CEO. Tyabji negotiated the sale of the company to
lnfoSpace.com, merging all of the
wireless assets of lnfoSpace.com into

Saraide, from which he retired as
chairman and CEO earlier this year.
Tyabji continues to be an active'
business leader serving on the
boards of Ariba, Best Buy, "eFunds,
lmpnesse, lnfineer and SmartDisk.
He also serves on the Dean's Advisory Council for the UB School of
Engineering and Applied Sciences.
In 1995, he received the Engineering Dean's Award.
Tyabji's leadership gin is part of
UB's $250 million campaign, the

largest ever conducted by a pubbc
university in New York and New

wilbe~tolntr:rviewallc:J

England. Although it's the fifth ma jor fund-raising campaign con ducted by UB, it's the 6rst national/

Ort.u." .......... rood&gt;es "" poui&gt;l&lt;
~.._. he wil 00( be
~&lt;Oho.-.'"follhom

international campaign, the first

Northe rn Illinois 73 , UB I 0

university-wide camJ!.aign and the
6rst to bealumni-dri~en, with campaign volunteer leaders from all
over the country. Funds raised will
be used to enrich academic programs, support students and en hance university life.

If~

~the outcome, rt

Sawrday afternoon

kids," Shulman said. They will be
assisted by a full -time teacher's aide.
In addition to their academiC
work, students will receivt psycho social assessment, anger-management and conflict -resolution train -

ing. psychological testing and. where
appropriate, individual, family and
group counseling cond ucted by two
fuU-Lime social workers and gradu -

pu"""" bright
yorch.

spot wu JWUOI" fullback Alben Grundy. .....t\o had a COII'Mr-h•gh
U B's
173 yards on 18 ames to pace the US offense

ate students in the School of SociaJ
Work. A psychologist also will be
available for assessments.
"The goal is to help thesestudents
to develop the skills they need, to
help them l=p up academically and
to see themselves as potentially more
successful than they thought they
were," said Shulman ...The program
provides the kind of structure we

think will help free these kids. so
they'U believe they're important and
that we're invested in them ."
Students participating in the pro
gram will rtt.eive bus passes to takt-

thern from their neighborhoods to
Main Street. where a dedicated bus

wiU pick up students and transport
rhem directly to Acheson Annex. Stu dents will have to pass through a
metal deteaor to enter the bujldmg,
which will be staffed by a securn v
guard. This screening is destgned to
guarantee to students. parents and

~occer

staff that the center is a safe area.
Once students have completed
the two-week program at the center, the goal is to offer ..conlinuity of

MEH' S
8owlln1 G reen l , UB 0

care," Shulman said, by identifying

Wright State l , UB 0

a re -entry person at the students'
schools to help with their transition
back into the regular classroom. In
addition, the center will refer SIU ·
dcrtts and their famihes to soctal service agencies, as necessary. The

The men's soccer tum lost.l-0, to confereoce fOf! Bowhng GrMn
The fim h;a)f wu a defensrte batde.. u neither team could find the net.. US
rnanqed fun two shots in dw half and Bowling Green reg~nered the only shot
on go;aJ.The second ~ started out ., the wne futuon befo~ the Fakons
found the net m the 62.nd minute. Bowhng G~ added to the lead 'Mth a p i
•n the Blrd mmute . and scored the final goal 'Mth leu than a mmute to pby for
the l-0 win
The Bulls atso km a 3-0 pme at Wnght Sate on Sunday afternoon The
pme conducted the Buns · regular susan Khedule u US now will host me

School of Social Work also " look mg into providing mentonng and
job training for students.
Sheila McGowan, a Buffalo Pub be
Schools sOCial wo rker. \\-ill servt" as
o n-site director; Charles Syllb, dm1
cal assistant professor of SOCial work.
will St."'TVe as program dtra.."'lor, and
Mark Cameron. asststant profes..'iOr of
.sociaJ work. will serve as research director. E!ZJe Hsher. pnnctpal at Bu f
faJo Altemattv~ High School. will 1-x:
the superviStng prmc1pal.

MAC tounwnent. beglnmng tomoiT'OW
Wnght Sate wuted no orne gettiOg on the K~rd. newng 10 firn goal
me 1.25 mar*. WSU added a goal btrr ., the~ to tab 1 2..0 halfome lead
Wright Sate fin•shed off the sconng 1n the 79th minute to ensure the: wm

at

WOMEH"S

UB l , SL Bonave ntur-e 0
In the last regubr-seuon game before d-Ie MAC
Bona~wre .

flu Shot CHnk
Flu Shot Clink . Student Health Center.
Student Un ion lobby, North Campu).
11 a .m .· 1 p .m . Cost of ViKdnation. for
more information, 829-33 16 .

Loan bit Counseling Session

~~~~~~~~~~~ Financlal
Campus. 3_.. p .m . Free. Sponsored by
OffiCe of Fioanclal Aid. For more
information; 8 29-372-4 .

Geology f'e9rvm Colloquium
An AnomAb.Js CAibon•te bent In the
OeYonYn Fortiand Basin: Buin

DyNmks .net F.unallncursions
Associated with Tully Formotlon
Deposition. Gordon Baird, Dept of
Geok»gy, SUNY-F~ia . 21 6 Natural
Sdenc.es Compte.. North Campus. 3: 30
p .m . Free. Spon~ by M.urice Crook
and Orrin Foster Endowments. For more
1nfonnatlon, Dept. of Geology. &amp;4 S-

6800, ext. 6 100.
Buffolo Logk Colloquium
The Proof. John lynch, producer. 8rit11h

~~~:io~~~~1~~h

by Buff31o Logic CoUoquium. For ~
information, )ohn Corcoran. 881 -1 6-40
or MS-24«. ext. 119 .

Awards Dinner

1 1

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~ : 30

p .m . 180. For more
lohn Shellum. MS-322-4

mfo~t iOn,

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Campus. 6 : 30 p .m . Free

-.......s.,. ot 4 PLUS

==dela
roem. Roberto LDpez

Rust Belt Boolu, 202 Allen
St. Buffalo. 8 p .m . Free
For f'T'IOfe ird'ormaoon,

Exhibits
H19th Century lotankal Prints "
The first art exhibit of the Health
Sclel'lCes Ubfary will be on d1splay

Lro~~ Lount~

biographer of composer
Conk&gt;n Nancarrow, are on
· d~ through Nov 1 7 m

Men pl ace I Oth, women I I th in MAC c h ampio n sh ips

~A~~U~·c.~~~
Houn are Monday
through Thunday from 9

;·:;~~t~ ~-;.~F~ from

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on Saturd.ly excep1 du nng
finahwrek

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JuniOr l.anssa U.Cour posted I 2 OISSISU 1n the YOII~H 1eam s IS I I S-8 I ) -6
Jon to Westem MKh1pn. movtng he r tn to seotenth pbce all-time 1n c.a rt~er
USISts'Mth 1.057
The Bulls finished the1r weekend w1th ;a four-game loss ;a! Kent Sta te I ) -9
I S- 11, I S- 11. IS- I J

Photograph) from the
penonal collectiOn o1

Drama Theatre, Center for

ETC Technology Wotl&lt;shop•

W e stern M ic h ig an l , UB 0
Ke nt Stat e l, UB I

1""'90" Hock«.

the Arts. NorthCampu1 8
K'lformation, 64S-ARTS

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" Hom.-ge to ConkMl Nanurrow"

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" [un]teamlng: lns.lde oub"
Work by Kansa Centanm, 2000 Rum )e y
Award Winner, will be on dl)play NO'II
l - 10 1n lhe Art Departmenl Gallery on
the lower level of the- Center for the
Am on the North Campus An open1 ng
re&lt;eptJOn wm be held from 30· 7 ] 0
p m on Nov 2 G•11ery houfl are:
Tuesday hom 10 a .m . to S p m .

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645-3810

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2-0

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the Bonnlt!:S 8-3 UB did not aptthze on ru dwxes until bte 1n the second t\atf
when Paub l.Jnnn• Kom off an amst fmm N~eole Otsz~kl u 71:06 for a 1..0
US tmd. The Bulls added to fhat lad wnh lms than four minuteS to pby .......t'!en
Kelty Damon Kored her first career collegs;ate goal at the 87 {)2 nuril; oft an ass•st
from Theresa Potenn for the 2..0 UB wm
The Bulls 1mpro...-ed the1r record to 13 -S- 1 ove:rall. and already have choched
the MAC regubr-se.uon otle wn:h an 8-2 - 1 marX

Calendar

9

1 5~ four-blodt night at
Kent State. She leads the Bulls
in digs with 222 (2.64 per
game) and is second in kills
with 191 (2.27 per game).

Huolcleo.73-10
Mc:Careins fimshed the pme 'f1fYth 10 recepuons for IS I yards and 27S ;all

c~tr-,... a

Thursday

arne

Huskte

'-'&gt; had teamand cigs in losses
to 'Westl!m Mil:higan and
Kent Stlte. Matikosh had
selll!l'lldls and_, digs at
Western Michiga n and
followed that ....;_til a 14-lcill,

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' " three
' " " 'cackles
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McCareins
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ers. We want them to believe they
cansu~..
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teachers from the Buffalo Public
Schools. who will provide tbe students with two hours of classroom
instruction each day. All ar-e cerufied teachers who havt volunt~red
to be reassigned to the center from
their regular classroom duties and
.. are invested in working with these

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to break the cycle," Shulman said.
.. Self-esteem is a big part of it We
don't want them to think they're los-

the fim plz)l of a ptm

24th in lhe
field . Lud den
~ lhe 8-kilometer
- I n 25:26 and the Bulls
lnlllled 10th cl 12 teams.
t.Min's lime was his best
Gf1be-. betterinq his
aulpUl .t the Paul Snort
by 14 seconds.
,.,._

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The men's and women's cross -country squads h;;ad d•sappOtntlng shOWing)"'
me MAC ChampK&gt;nships held In IU.Iamuoo. M+eh The men placed I Oth In I
field of I 2. wh•le the women were I I th of I l
Todd Ludden wu the Bulls' top rmle fimsher pb.c•ng H th among 100
runnen compleung the 8-klklme:ter course 1n a season-best 25 26 hste m
M~ehipn won the team champK&gt;nshep
Mel!SSOI 8ui'TO'W5 wu US's top female fimsher. along J9tt1 among the 9 5

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2.S miles. US pbced eighth of 16 entn.nu 1n the 'NOmen.\ I'IOVICe 8 rac:e 1n
I S:&lt;41 .93 after sa.rtmg from che 12th poseoon Purdue won the race 1n 14 ()4 2 7
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27 cwen.ll entrana 1n 14: 19.&lt;4l.The 8 team was 12th 1n 1-4 2l sq and the C
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Photoshop,
2.
Donald Trainor, - . 212
Capen, North Campus. 2-4
p.m. Free.

--

ua vs. Ohio. Alumni Arona,

Nortl1 Campus. 7 p .m . free .

. Seen&amp;:- (Cdo

' =-'~l;,~
Thea~

Center for tho Arts,

~once~~r:;,m

19 ;,

~onnance. For I'T'IOre

infonnalion, 645-ARTS.

Wednesday
· Sunday

:5

·--t; -

• UB Women's Club. Tilndoori's
• hfm,..77~ 0 Transit Rd.,

. 64S-3286.

~;::?;.~­

. Jim Bridunan. Presented by
. the Center for the Arts and UB

. M11etics. Mo;nstoge Theatre,
Center for tho Arb, North

~"Ytf!rP~:~~~lton,

. 645-AilTS.

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Opening Reception f.w Art
Exhibit

Play

Salivaty Glond Dysfun&lt;llon
Affredo A:guirre, Dept of Oral
DiagnostK. Sdences. 355 Squtre,
South Campu~. 8 a.m Free

~~~~~t"l~s:~·A~;:

~Sdencos UIH'ory

Online and Off: An
Introduction to Ubrary
Research . Heather Munger
fht- Rl-pot't£T, publis~

lhtmg' for

~cnh

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pl&lt;tn• o n t ilmpus or for
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t: l~ctronlc

\ubmiulon form

for the onllnt! UB Calendar
or h e nh at • http I
www.butlalo .ed u /

calendar login ,. Be&lt;.auseo

uf

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limitations. not all

e vent!. in the elect ronic
l.aiNirl;tr

w ill br Included
in tht• Rt•porlf!r

Media lnstn.Jction Room,
Health Sctences Ubrary, South

Campus. 11 a.m.-noon. free.
Open only to U8 students,
faculty and staN . For more

infonnation, Stewart Brower.
819-3900, vet. 113.

Envln&gt;nment.l Engineering
and Sdenc:e- Series

~~: ~~'1~~1ng
~~of~~'.'JI: J~~~",';!';,{,J
Environmental Engineering.
1 40 Ketter, North Cam pus. 1.
2:30p.m. free . Sporuored by
Dept. of Crvil, Structural and

~~~~~~~~~or

Integrated Waste MaNgement
and Sevenson Environmental
Servk:es Inc. For more
lnformatton, Monka
Moshenko, 645-2088

winner. Art Dept. Gallery, B4S
Center for the Arts, North

Campus. S:30-7:30 p.m . Free
SponSO&lt;l!d by Dept. of Art. f&lt;&gt;&lt;
more information, Dept of Art.
6o4S-6878, exL 13SO.
fall Faculty Lecture Series

lecture Endowment.

-

MacHomer. Oft Center Senes.
Atrium, Cent~ for the Arb,

North Campus. 7:30p.m. and
10 p.m. S9 in advance, S 11

~~~~iRirmore
All ll«h Rectul l

645-2921 .

~~~t~~~·~:~

~~~3~~ ~;:~rrore

information, Marcia Wopperef,
829-2975.

Saturday

~~~·~

4

=~~~~r;:j:f(;.
fTC Technology Worluhops

~~~~~~
Campus. Noon ·

ITo p.m. Fret&gt;.

Friday

3
~n

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c----

=t'Jn~~ndo
250 Mathematics BuiJding,
North Campus. 4 p.m. F~

Forter CIMmlstry Colloquia
Tho Geometries of Simple

-

Undergroduate Ubrory. 127

Capen, North Campus. 5-6:30

e~~ryby~

Art Jecture/ praentadon

lnt......-student~aF. . 2000

more inform.ltion, OepL of Art,.

6o4S-6878, ext 13SO.
lnlonnatlon Session

PMBAond EMBA
Information Session for
Prospe&lt;tM Studenu . Jacobs

~:i~~~ as the

Butler Mansion, comer of

IM1tlng a Stotement of
Purpose_ Karen Nemeth, c.....
Plann;ng ond Pla&lt;emen~ and
El&lt;r1 Dussourd, lnl&lt;mltional
Student and Scholar Services.
17 Norton HaN, North Campus.
S-6 p.m. FrM.

--l..o&lt;tllre

=-~~l:l..ro.
long I~ Jewish Med~
Cent~.

117 P~rteor Hall, South
Campus. 6-7:30 p.m. Ffft.
SponSO&lt;l!d by Dept ol Nuclea&lt;

Medicine. For more
information. Rebecca
Goodman, 838·S889

For r1"'If'e information and

rese&lt;Vatioru, 829-2202.

UB vs. Kent SUite . UB

St«tium, North Campw. 1
p .m . I 1 2, I 10, 18 and free to
students with UB 10 .

Tuesday

-

·sVofhyboll

~: ~~~p.m
F....

Flu Shot Clink
Flu Shot Clink . Student Heatth
Center. Student Union lobby,
North Campus. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Cost of vKcination. For more

information, 829-3316.

~tellbnry

Anding Art/Rim Information.
Glondciro Johnson-Cooper,
Undergraduate Ubrory. 127
Ca pen. North Campus. 2-3

P;~bytho
u
te Libraly. for
""""

a..- u...

C1oulul Musk Redtal. WBFO.
Allerl Recital Hall, South
Campus. 7 p.m. Free. For fl'lOI'l'
information, 829-6000.

.7

College. Career Plam;ng &amp;
MacemenL 222 Natura!
Sdoncos Complex. North
Campus. 10 a.m.-noon. Free.

IJbraty

Research Skills. Eric Acree,

more 10formation, Eric Acree,
64S-29H , ext 235.

Assoc. member&gt;, J7S I&lt;&gt;&lt;
others. For more Information,
liMe Fleischmaoo, 645-2107 .

Students. Millard FiUrnore
Variations and

=.t............

- · Opus!

t.w A.lumnl Convocation and
Jaedde :llward Luncheon.

~~~~=~~.m

Screening Room, Center for the
Arb, North Campus. 4 p.m.
Free. For rnor-r information,
64S-3810.

Adva nced Courwlnfo. 21 2
Capen, North Campus. 3. 5
p.m. Fret-.

Information, 6o4S-3204 .

Career Seminar ond
Information Session for Adull

Anolytk ConUnuotlon In
Boundoly-Valuo ond frft-

-.t.ops

Detawart Ave. and North SL,
Buffalo. 6 p.m. Free. For more

•..-Sesslon

Mo-tks Colloquium

ETC Technology

~~~~ ~lF;,eeM. For

~~~~toM'%~~

Wednesdaysot4PLUS
Prose Reading ln French of

Professor Emerinu, Dept. ol
Engl;,t,. 9 30 Clemens, North

Arthrs Slide TaiiL Larry Bell.

~=
~T~~.v;rt~~~ ~:=~~
15. SponSO&lt;l!d by Dept ol
~=~·~~ r,rcenter
MU5ic. For more information,
o.p.nm.ntal Seminar
Tho Global Burdon of OISNS&lt;:
~Pestilence ond Publk

Sciences. Screening Room,
Center for the Arts, North
Campus. S:30 p.m. Sponsored
by Institute for Research and
Education on Women and
Gender. For more information,
Pat Shelly, 829 - 3~S1.

_ , . .. 4PLUS

Flu Shot Clink
Flu Shot Clink . Student Health
Center. Student Union lobby,
North Campus. 11 a.m.-1 p.rh.
Cost of vaccinatfon. For more
information, 829-3316.

~,~rr~~.:O::-e::;:.':r~n

the Form ~ Soviet Union.
Barbara Tedlock, prof., Dept.

3:30p.m. Free.

6

~~try and tho foste&lt;

635 -39~ 7

Flu Shot anJc:
Au Shot Clinic. Studeflt Health
Center. Student Union L.obby,
North Call\f)US. 11 a.m.· 1 p.m
Cost of vaccination . For f1"'(;fto
information, 829-3316 .
ETC Technology Worluhops

Monday

more information, Dept. of Art.
6-45-6878, exL 13SO.

~~~~for

more information, Canirt
Meyer,

. Concert

~~reJ gym~~Ot Art . For

Hotel, Buffolo. 8 :15 a.m.-5

H;'Iih~~=tof

· Free.

:::u.~~

Schroeder,-

congresswoman. Adam's Mar\

·· \lollo)'ball
.. -UB vs.. M&amp;.ml
(OH) . Alumni
· Arona, North Campus. 3 p .m .

Aeflguring. Evan Penny. B13.
Center for the Arts, North

WNY Hulth C.. fonlm

"Finding Solutions Through
Collabonltlon."Sam
DoNidson; A8C News
c:orrosponden~ Potricia

. =-by6J:i~ .•

. dub. For more information,

lno&lt;gonlc-llodlng Up Opinions wtlh
Hard Dato. Ronald See,
Indiana UnW. of Pa. 20S
Nawr•l Sdoncos CompleJ&lt;.

s

lion,EricA=e,

64S-29•13, ext 235 .

Concert of StudentGnoduote Composer's ConcetSiee Concert Hall. Nortl1
Campus. 8 p.rn free. Sponsored
by Oopl of Music. for """"

"""""'tion. 645-2921 .

R - Portl Staff Semi, _
Etto&lt;e Appelll. ch;et,

Chern~1ry

=~·~t.~~ell

Institute. Gaylord-Caty Room,
Reseorch Stu&lt;fies Center,
Roswell Pari&lt; Cancer lnst., Elm
and Cartton sb., Buffolo. 12:30

r.::-=.~~

Edge, 114S-5789 .

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Repotttr Contributor

ENTUREstrategist and
sc ie nti st John N .
Kap oor-fo und er,
chajrman and CEO of
E. ). Financial Enterpnses, Jnc.-ha.s
g~ven SS million to UB.
Kapoor 's generosu r w1ll help
strengthen the School of Pharrnacv
and Pharma ceutical Soences' rt~
.s&lt;.-arch core, provtde rc.'Mlun:es to nt'
ate a s tat e - o f- th e ~ art instrumenta
tion cent er and fo rt1.fy the pharma
ccutical ·sc1ence facu lty.
The gift will tx· g~ve n over a pt·nod
of fivt: years and b considcrt.-d a lead ership gift m UB'~ SlSO million cam
paign--the university's first nauonalintemational campaign. the first um
versity-wide campaign and the first
to be alumni -driven, with campaign
volunteer leaders from all over the

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h1s undergrdduate d~rt't' m
pharm.tq•from Bombav Umwr-., 11\
a nd dn:a mt:d o f v{)ffilllg In tht·
Umted States for graduate work. h
nannal support from UB cn.thlt·J
hun to earn h1!\ dnoor:uc from tht·
School o f Pharmaq' and Ph.Jrnhl
ceuucal ~ue n ces m I ~72 .
" I've got a very strongattachnwnt
w1 th the .l&gt;Chool and 1\'c stayed 1n
touch wuh everyone, especiallv lcrt'
Solo and \.Va)'"'-' Anderson. I fe-el hkt.·
they havt· excellent idea...;; to build the
ll'!Vt'd

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hdp that I fed ho nored:· K.arli.M )r &lt;i&lt;ud
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prcrlt'u r .tnJ Vt!\lcmar. lt'&lt;ldt·r m the
pha rnldlt'tiiLL.tl Lnt.fu,tn K.:1ldnt~
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hi ~ generos1I V, whiCh wtll enh.J.nu·
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Rich gift to benefit alumni house
a,. SUZANNE CHAMBIJtl..AIN
ReporttrContributor

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BERT E. RICh Jr. and

David A. Rich , togetht~ r
with their families, haw

!edged a significant giti
to UB for an alumni building named
in honor of their pa rents, Janet and
Robert E. Rich Sr. foun der of Rich
Products Corporation, the pnvatdy
held , multi -billion -dollar food products co nglomerate th at bear!\
the famil y name .
The 24,000-squarl'· footlanl't and
Robert Rich Alumni Houst· will bt.·
located o n the sho n.~ of l...ake l..aSalll'
on the North Ca mpu ~ .
In an nounci ng the g1ft ,11 ,, prt'.l&gt;!\
confcrenct: l-riday. Koberl l:.. Rich Ill .
president of Extra M1le Tr&lt;~.mport,,
tion, and Ted RICh. regtonal ~a le -.,
managl' r, R ICh '~ Fuodservll.t' I ll\' 1
sion, representing the Rich fa rmh .
spokt• of the1r grand father\ fund
ness for UH. wht'ft' he t'.trned hb

bac helo r'!&gt; degree m 1~ 35. brough1
thespothghttocolk-ge wrestling .md
ca ptamed the UB football learn for
d then -unpn.'Cedcntcd two ve.u' m

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October 16. 1000/Vol.31.lo.IO

I

BRIEFLY
Women's Club tp feast
The UB Women's Club wtl hold
iU fourth onnuolln..,.t!oNf
Feast at6 p.m. NoY. Sin
Tandootl's Palm -.n~

77-40 Transit Rood, IMffilnuvlle.
The f.., this yeN will btan
Indian davat. a 12-course, sitdooNn dinner.
The cost b S2S por penon,
w;u, proceeds benefiting the
Grace Capen AademicFund and the ln..,.tionll Commnt.e o( the Women's Club.
Meena Rustgi and Norma
Rubin are CO&lt;hain of the event
For further infonnation or to
make reserwtions, conttct
Austgi at 6~2-5768 or Rubin at
688-7062.

School of Nursing

to hold open house
The School ol Nuning wiN hold
an open howe from 4-6 p.m.
Wednesday In 825 KlmbaU
Tower on lhe Soulh Campus.
Faculty rnernbets and students wHI be availatM: to talk to
those interested fn the school's
Ncc.llaureatr, master's and
doct001l programs; R.N. to boculaureatt program; R.N. to
master's program; lhe post-bocalaureate award certiflcllte pro-

gram in case manqrnent,. and
the post-maste""s advanced certificate programs.
The schocl olfen master'..O..

gree pr&lt;&gt;gRIITllin • varioly d •-

eas, lndudlng adult health ,...._

~ ...... pnoctitioner, d1ild

nooing1&gt;edlalri
""""
p&lt;a&lt;tiddnor,
family~
nun&lt; pnoctitioner, matomal and
women's health .-..ning&lt;notema
and-'Shoolthnunepracti-

nurse..--.

tioner and
. For further lnlormalion. """
laCllhe Clf!Uo(Studen!Afbinln
the nursing school at 829-3 314.

Fun Fest planned .
Fun F&lt;st 2000, an eYe1tdeslgn&lt;d
to ,..,...;de us students w;u, an
altomative to bor-hopping. wl be
held from 6 p.m. to midnight""
monow In Alurmi MN.

AdiYitie wllnci.lde ....,._

ball,~-.

yogo.•massage. soei:e', • rockc:tmJing wol and"""" W!OIIIIng.
The ..... ~ free and open to
membtn of lhe U8 community, is sponsored by Recreation

and Intramural Services, ResJdentiallffe, Student

Lif~

the

Wellness Center and the Student Association .

for more infoqnation, call
645-2286.

Paul Senese is assistant professor of political science. He conducts
research and teaches in the areas of international security and conflict
processes, American foreign policy and international relations theory.
Wh•t spedflc•Uy triggered
this latest series of dashes between the Israelis and the Pal estinians?
And Sharon , the leader of the op
pos1t1on party m Israel, vtSited some
holy ~i t es . The vi.s1t and the lead -up
to the VISII were very controversial
and many Palestimans took offense,
mamly because of th e liming.
Sharon has been a strong critic of
the peace process. Tbe Palestinians
were a b1t surprised that the prime
mimster, Ehud Barak, acquiesced
and let Sharon rnakt this con troverSial vtsit to the peace sites. That was
the proximate event The more un derlymg cause for what 's been gologon 15 that thissummerthcycarne
closer to a peact solution than they
ever have before. I know there are
groups wtthin israel and within thr
Arab population-the Palestinians
and the non - Palestinian Arabswho fear th1s. They don't want peace
w1th lsr.tel. ~ I think that some of
that brc:-wed up m this lull period
smce th t: end of the Camp Dav1d
talks th1 ~ summer. So there was a
short -term ca use and there was
more of an underlying cause. When t."ver you have a pea ce settlement
between two s1des that have been
f~ for a long, long time, there are
certam elements on both sides that
IUS! fear this thing when il gctsclo.k".
I thmk that's part of It, too.

Israeli Prtme Mlnl5ter Ehud
B•r•k h•J ded•red • " time
out " In the pe•c:e effortJ.
Wh•t does thl5 me•n 1 Will •
suspension of t•lks le•d to an
esc•l•tion of vlolence7
There are two reasons why he wouJd
ask for a t1me out. One would be to
sausfy !lome of his domestiC con ·
Stltucn(lr:,-.those Israelis who may

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the oppostnon pany. Some people
have noted thai perhaps Barak

Can Arafat be an effectJye
l~er ond leod the P•lesttn-

lans to peace 7

would ask the opposttion leaderSharon-to join him in a unified ,
coaliuon leadership party. I thmk
that he felt that if he kept negotiat mg while the Arabs were talking
trash, so to speak. about him, that
would make him look bad. The
other reason is because of the Arab
League meeting over the weekend.
Some tough talk came out of that

My first thought would h&lt;, well, who
else? It's almost impossible to think
or anybody else because he's been
their leader for so long. My answer
would b&lt; that I wouldn't pul anything past tlus guy because he's done
so much and he's evolv&lt;d so muchhe's such an amazing. amazing figure. l don't think there's anything inherent about him that will p~t
meeting. So it 's pretty much ~xpeace. But of course, it's the forces
pected, based on what came out of surrounding him and his ronstituthe 'Arab !.&lt;ague meeting, that you encies. Then: are a lot of Palestinian
would expect that Barak would do eliteswhoaremuchmoreanti-Jsrael
something. or suspend talks, or just , right now than Arafat is.
sort of step bad for awhile.
be closer to pe1Ke
In the - l e Eut If bbln
Will Arafat's responM to
hod not been assauln•tec17
Barak's tlme out-'"go to
hell " -just further fuel the
No. Barak is from the same party as
fln!7
Rabin was. Barak is within the IsMy guess is that it won't fuel the fire
raeli political spectrum consider«~
that much for Barak, but it will fuel
to b&lt;"dove-like" compared to many
the fir&lt; for those people within Is- Israeli politicians. In fact whe:n he
rael who don't want peace. It's dear won the election last year, people

-lei-

Arafat made that statement because
he was at an Arab League meeting
and he was surrounded by leaders
of Arab countries. Besides Egypt,
Jordan and Morocco, there are
strong elements within these other
Arab cou ntries that despise Israel.
He's surrounded by this and he
needs the support of those Arab

leaders. especially

the Arab leaders

with money. It makes sense that he
sa1d what he said. These things have
happened before; he says one thing
o ut of one side of his mouth to the
Israelis and then he says_another
thmg out of the other s1de of h1s
mouth to his Arab constituenclt.'S
He has a tough position. He has to

sausfy a lot of people.

wtre dancing in the strttts thinking

this will bring pea« because the previoUs prime ministe:r, Netenyahu ,

was really no friend of the pea« process. In fact, I would argue that he

did almost everything he rould do
to slow down the peace proass .

Will we see peace In the
Middle East In our llfet.lme 1
I think it will become more and
more peaceful ove:r time . But it's
going to take time. We're always go·
ing to have little eruptions. At a ba sic human levd, n's going to take a
lot of time for Arabs, Palestinians
and Muslims to not onJy co-exist,
but to actually like Israelis and Jews.
We've seen incredible progress over
the past seven ~- If we can get

OV&lt;r tlus penod of retrenduncn~

you might call i~ we can get bad
on track with tlus thing. I tend
to be- &lt;:&gt;Ptimistic.
Whlll question do ,._ wbh
I heel ... ed. - - would

you have •ouwered lt7

I think people should k&lt;ep in
mind the longer-term currents of
this whole thing. as opposed to
the shorter-term cvtnts that we
see every day-the rock throwing and rubber bullets. We should
keep in mind the longer-term
progression. We've made tremendous progress since 1993
and I don't think we should forget about that just ~cause of
these short-term periods of violence. Some of the progress that's
been made is still there, it's still
in place. It hasn't been eliminated
because of wha~s happened in
the past thr.. weeks. l~s still sitting there, waiting to ~ built
upon. When Israel made peace
with Egypt and Jordan, those
peact scnlements were easier because, although there was a lot of
animosity between the two sides.
they could rome to a !"""" agre&lt;ment and then go back to their
own countries. With the Palestinians and the Israelis. they're gomg to ha"" to put toge!h&lt;r a peace
where they then share the same
territory. They're going to ~

dealing with each other every day.
Tha1 makes it a very, very difficult thing to do, in addition to the
other factors. But all in all, I am
still optimistic that, within the
next few years. we will see further
progress that builds on the substantial advances achieved over
the previous 5n'el1 yean.

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sa1d MyUB still is in its infancy.
" It 's not '1f we're going to go next .
1t's 'where' can we go next ," sh e said.
noting that technology-assisted service at the university is constantly
evolving in the way it supports

teaching. learning and Uving at VB.
"The look of the product that
rolled out (tlus yeall_ is dramatically
different than what was used last

year." Bernstein said. "The content
grew stronger, and the look. feel and
design are utterly different."

The essence of MyUII---&lt;he o ng~ ·
nal vision of its architects, Rob
Wright and Jim Gonnan-remam~

"a list oftinksand a d)'namic personalized portal that is focused to (the
student ) as an indiv1dual," she smd.
The largest user base remam s
freshmen, with a more than 60 per·
cent current penetration rate. while

roughly 40 percent of sophomore.--many of whom were involved in thl'

tmttallaunch of MyUB-are taking
advantage of thr service, according
to Wright , the pro;ea·s coordinator
In the first week of school alone .
MyUB recordOO about 2.500 umquc

logins. he said.
M for juniors and seniors, MyUB

is promoted through the university's
SOAR (Student Online Access 10
Records) system and by word of
mouth through offie&lt;s such as the
registrar and academic advising. And
larger efforts to market MyUB still
are in the planning stages. as a rollout
to graduate students is on tap for the
near future.

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Turkkan outlines research plans
By J!NNIFER LEWANDOWSKI
Reportt't Al~l)tant Ed1tor

A

RJ\·IED w1th

" an t'lltll

mous amount of

Ill lor

matmn about how to
wntt· grant)., get gran!!.

l anJ ) gt:t mont'y." laylan Turkkan .

l 1B's new Vll"t' prl-sldcnt for rese-dfch,
'•u thnt'd her ~oals to catapult tht·
UniVCTSII\'

hal.k

Lil lO

the

lOp tl('f

of

rt·sc:ar"-h m !itill.lllnns atlhe O t1 ll'l
llll"Ctmg nf the 1--.Kuhv St·nate h
~'(U IIVl' ( .O!nlllllh.'l.'

Hatlmg from the r~carch - mt l'n
'i1ve Nat1orml lnstltUtf.."S ofHeaJth and

rhc John~ Hopkms Xhooluf Mc.·&lt;ll
\.ffiCrt&gt; thtrt"t:XL&lt;.;t uC'nOfOl(IWi e\
)&gt;t.'\.lat l&lt;lll!i Jhout ... rcsearch Jnd ~x­
mg savvy abou t how onc.· goc., .abouT

l lnC.

~t' ll 111g fu n d •n g for you • 1dc.'•'' ,'
lurkkan vowed to put UB hJd (lfl
the map by mfusing the umven~lt\
\\'lth tht: )C'nsc that " \Ve are rtk--arch.'
"Thl' potent !alt!&gt; ubv1ously then·.
.anJ weh· already do:ng stuff m th~­
top t1cr," ~he sa1d. noting thJt th~·
fa( uhy's m llcctivc thmking need~ to
... hift more toward that di rectiOn " I
ca n't do allthas a lone."
H er multi-themed plan largely fo
._uses on groom ing UB's investigators
.md inventors- new and o ld - to
ht.xomc more knowledgeable mthear
:.oi!Citation of research dolla~ Jnd
. .proen..:ouragesa morecoopcrat!vc
••\.1Jvt.' atmosphere at the university.
TowJrd tha t end. Jos eph
1\ lo llcndorf, professor of m echa n1 .. a1 and aer~space engineeri ng and
\,_ hair of the Faculty Senate Conuntt ·
ll't' un Research and C reative Activ
1t y. announced his p lan to condun
a ~urvey " to find out what's on tht&gt;
mmds of the researchers."
"What I hope to do with this committee is to try to be a conduit be
1-ween the researchers and the rest
of the university," he said.
Working
with
Turkkan ,

'

MoUendorf said he hoped to "gcn·
crate some ligh t" with the su rvey.
''I'm looki ng for somethi ng th at

wtll rcaUv have the researcher~ en gaged and !&gt;&lt;If what '' on t.hetr m1nd:·
he satd . " lthmk th.u '!; KC'I tu he tht•
rtr ~ l step . to
st.·e what can
(lt"JOill' ..
Turkkan ln
cu.st.-d first on
the need for
true.• mtcrd• ~
Clphnary 'i Up ~
po n
(om
panng dt~tl
plmcs to dt·mt:nt!-&gt; nl J lava lamr~-­
"l theyl Lome logcthl·r. llll'rgc, ttl.!
Joce, fragment . split off . th1., I!&gt; the
\VilY SCit'llll' work.., .. _ ,he ~nJ loop
tT.111vc Vl'nlllrl-... ca n he.• ~hakv m that
d1 ... ct plm e~ "umiJ hl' proc.luctJ vc h
work111g togcthl'r, and Lhl·rc .m.•n't t.hl.'
... trm1un~ there th.lt ~ uppun lhat."
"Some Vl~rs ago . organm.·J re
'l"Jrt.h un1ts hkc cen te r!&gt; .md lll.... tl
lull..., I wcn:l formed .lll'B," ' hl· ... ttd
" I do nerd .1lot offt·cdhack .•thou!
how we.• can make sure that they'rt'
hotbeds of c utting-t."dge, interdtSCI ·
pltnary synthesis and mt egratton •
and ultimately, that they support
their own opera tions."
Apo logizing for her " Hopk m s
men ta lit y," T u rkkan dasmissed the
tdea of substdi7..cd ce nters, sa)' tng
research entities at UB must be able
to hold their own .
"The hcst sc ience I!&gt; not ... uh:.t
dm:d," she said. "' If you i.an"t ~ up ­
port the work. then 11\ nnl vJ!u~·d
by your peers."
Rohert Rater, proks~nr of ur.tl dt
,t ~nOSIIC ~(lc.'llCe S, Jgrt·c d With
Turkkan\ asscs.&lt;,;ment.
"There's nothing to apo\ugu..c (fo r 1
w1th regard to the John s- I topkm~
at titudt'-that'swhat wt•'rc mass1ng.."
he sa~d. " Then.•'s no ri.-ason why we
can't do--and he fun ded for - top
shelf research. We JUS! haven 't Oe-t-n
running an efficient shop."
Turkkan also said she wanb In
em phasize new rcsearchen. .11 LlR.
" I think Lher'rcour uwestmcnt 1n

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he nurtured, mcntort-d wt· nt'ni It ,
&lt;;tart thmkmg aboul tht&gt; next ~l·n
cra tmn .md reallY loMenn~ tht&gt;ll
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"~ JVV\ P.l. Pro)elt ' - unde,...~•'rl'"
the.· need for researthl·r, to nl.lslt'T
thl' grant -wntmg prO\&lt;."'~
"No! IU.\.1 new lllVC\Il~Jhlr ,, hut
.dl ol \ 'O U , I '11.'3111 tu mfU'ot" \''11 h ,1
\t'll~l· of' I know the -.core:·· -.ht· ...ud
" I don't w.:r.nt anvone hert· tn nnt ~~·•­
.1 grant heca ust' tht'V d1dn '1 knm~
how Ito I mfluen1..c the prou..,, •·
~he pomted to pro gram' ,11
Rt)Swd l 1-'arl...Lanccr lnstliUit',l!ld tht·
Roe;.~r..:h lll:'lttuteonAdd!dhln .. th,u
jliLk upthl'lO~ t Ol Jgrant prt· ft"\ lt'h
and o.. tlt down on tunc .md d(liJtlr,
losl.bC'Xamples L1B nughtlnll\1\~ \ht·
.d~o &lt;,; pokt· of lll3111UIInV, d llll"lllllr
prugram , like &lt;me she helpc.-J dl·vd.lp
,11 the N il i. v.•hen· Ill'" 111\"t...,ttg.Jtnr...
wou ld he lmkt-d wnh I ~Kultv mcm
ht.'f3 JUSt above thc.&gt;1r r,mk.
Turkkan a1su ~ hart·d hl'r pla n ... 111
tcndmg to the busmcs.., e nd of n·
3carch. Announcmg that 'he " ' til
serve 3!&gt; co-chair oft hr..&gt; LIB Ru:.tnl·....,
A ll1 an ce along w1th Mark H
Karwan, dean of tht• ~h\w.ll nf !·.n

gineermg and Appht'd ~llt'nlt''
Turkkan sa1d she w1lllo.. u ... on " th~
applied snenu:. th r m.arkt·ttn~ - PI
what \wdn."
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4 Repodea Octner 26. 21IJ/Yol.37.11.10

Homecoming
Last weekend was Family and Homecoming Weekend at
UB and festivities ranged from a football game and carnival
to the announcement of a S250 million capital campaign.

c-

w.,...-. ......

-a.

Uti
l'nslclont Jeremy IKobs (for right)of t h e - o f . . . _ _
..................•• ... _..., ........ . . . . . _ , . $5 -""'-~..._.John
" - u l n K e - (far left), chair of the~ school's ........... - Greiner lootl on.

a.rt.n Tse and llrianna Sly¥er were crowned

Angela Fruy and the Royal Pttchu • capella group
entertain at the Alumni A.ssocYtion tent

homecoming

~·

Wluot would • homecoming
game be without cheerie..ten7

A climber Kales the lnflatllbltl wall In the dtadow of hlrd Point
during the Friday ntght umiYal.

A member of the Women 's ltugby dub Is the target of a pie In tiM face at the club's booth at Friday's
carnival.

king-_...

\

Vlrvlnla

,.....,ngs ..._.

her 1111 spirit. .

�OClober Z!i.2000Nol.32. 111! 10 llepolrtea

King focuses on fundillg
Chancellor says attracting funds will help system raise ranking
By SUl WUlTCHllt
Report~

Editor

TUDENTS m the Master's
Program in Applied Economics learned how their
subject matter is related to the

S

administration of higher education

when SUNY Chancdlor Robert l.
King mad&lt; ao appcarancr Friday in
the program's VISiting Speak&lt;rs'Series.
King--on campus to attend a
press conferencr announcing UB's

S250 miJii on capital campaigntold st udents that as the:: SUNY system more aggressively pursues ft.-d cral research grants, as well as pn vate money, he expects the system
to fare much be tt er in national
rankings like those published by
U.S. Nnvs and World Repon.

"Running a university is very depend ent on money," King said, not mg that funds are net.-dcd to attract
the best faculty and obtain the best

eqUipment and facilities.
But the SUNY system trndioonally
has limited its fund -raisingeffons to
the state legislature, whose gencrostty can vary from year to year.
"\o\'hat I'm saytng to o ur ca mpus
presidents--the r~n I'm here {a t

Ul\) today, by the way-IS that we
have to stop being captive to the state
legtslature,"he sa1d."Rut we have no t
heen very good as an ms titution 111
g_l'tllng alumm support. corporate
;;upport , 10 bnnging m federal rc
~rch dolla rs."'
He pOin ted o ut that New York
'-ltate IS the .l&gt;t.'Cnnd o r third largest
..,t;He Lll the cou ntry a nd has more

superb umversllles.-both publu.
and private--than any other state
Yet it is eight h 111 tht" amount of
money it r«.eiv(S 10 research mone\
from the federal government
Californ ia receives S l4 .5 bill1on ,
while New York receives only S2.9
billion, across all public and private
institutions, he satd... But Ca.lifom1a
is not five times bigger than us. and
they're certainJy not five times bet ter than us.," he said .
A more telling example, he soud,
is the State of Georgia, which ranks
fourth on the list of federal research
money.
.. You cannot teU me that there's
justification to support m o re m o ney
going to the Stat&lt; of Georgia than
comes to New York. Tbe problem
here is that we have not been aggres Sive in going after federaJ research

doUars," he said.
Tohelpcon-ect that problem, King
said. he has hired the pr~ lobbying firm in Washington to help SUNY
"go after federal research dollars."
Moreover, he said. he came to UB
to show support for the university's
dfons to rai se $250 million "to
make sure this university is no
longer so dependent on whatever
the state legislatu re docs that it can't
grow and can't make th e kinds of
investments that we need to make.
"So I am very confident that as " 't'
mcrease the amount of federal rt'
search do llars commg 111 to suppon
our efforts. as we stan to ra1se our
own money, that we will do very well
mall these rankings," he sa1d .

.. M, hope:' ' th.Jt wc: WJII he.' -.ct·n
111

tht: next dn.adt• as tht· Numlwr I

puhht Ulli\'Cf\11\
take munn '

Hut 11 '~~~~~'~ •••

K.m~

nolt'd It!&gt; .JI~o IITll"'rt.Jnt 111
establish rdat1onsh•!~ Wl th the hu.!&gt;f
Ill.'!» &lt;.:ommunlt\ .. Vt/c 1-rave to gtvt·
lhem the ... nntidt·nlt.' Ln u~ that tht·'
h1re out gradudlt'll dnd that tht· ..
support u' findnualh•." ht• !&gt;.lid.
lo that end, Kmg s.ud that ~UNY
has created .m Offilc ol lndustnal
and Rusmess Rclallom '" to make tht·
whole of the untvers!Ty avai labl e to
businbSCS across the state."
There current ly IS no mecham!&gt;m
for rclaytng to busmo...;;(."S acros.s the
state mformat 1on on st udent\ ' JOh
skill s, training program s and re
search efforts at the va nous SUNY
campuses, he sa1d. The Office of In
dustrial and Business Relattons will
have a system-w1Qt- database of th1s
mformat1on so busm~ eastly can
ftnd the mformation they need.
King added lhat the top pnonty
in the next legislative sesston for tht•
New York State Busmt~ Coun ... tJI,
investment m h1gher edu ...a t•on
" It's not becaulot' they Ioveali t)l ll'
so much; thelf own tnt crests -..:~vlo It 1
them ' we m't.-d people J.nd wt• llt"t·d
people wtth a h1¢l lcvd of 'i~ IIJ , ··
Busml·s.ses arc turmn~ down "I'
ptJrtUilltiCS because they1J11 n{)\ h.l\'l"
1he employees thev nced , ht· (,;ud
·· no no despa~r ," he urt!I..'J ' tu
dt"nt.s who .:-qJrc-ssed Lon ... ern dht Hit
a stagnant tob markt•t 111 up.,l.Jtr
NC"\\' York. " I' m tdlm~ vou 1ht· ~'f'
~Jr1Un lllt.""'i are there "'

November concert schedule set m
By KIMBERLY GALLAGHER

Reponer Contnbutor

T

HI:. lkpartmcnt of Mu
will present a drv&lt;·r"-

Sl&lt;

«-lecuon of conn·rb nt·xt
month featunng th&lt;.· VII
tuoso sounds of flut bo. pcrcu.l&gt;Sion
a nd violin .
V1olimst Movselo Pogo!&gt;S1an w11l
perform the third concert m the ~I cc
Visiting Artis! Series-an all - Bach
solo recital- at 8 p.m. Nov. 3 in S!t~c
Concert HaJJ.
Pogossian was the youngt.-st -t.·vcr
first -p rize winner 111 the seventh ali U.S.S. R. National Violin \..ompN• IIon m 1985. He made his critically
acclaimed American debut with the
BaSion Pops in 1990.
Sin(e bein g invi ted to perform in
the Slcc Visiting Artist Series this
wJr. hr has joined the UB music facul ty all a visiting a rtist teacher.
" Pantasmagoria," a day of p rcsen ·
ta11ons devoted to the Outc and flut ISts 111 the 2 I st cen tury, will begin at
II a.m . Nov. 19 in Ba ird Recit al Ha ll
on the No rth Ca mp\1..\.
The presCntation.s, wh~eh will run
until 7 p.m .. will mclude a master
dilS!i and rt'Cital condu cted hr Roh
crt Dick. an imprO\'ISOr. composer,
•1uthor, teacher and tnventor kn own
wnrldw1de for rt.'lldining the Outc.
t-hs r&lt;."Ci tal. set for 5 p.m .• will fea turework ..:om posed by Dick. indud
•ng the world prcrnien: of' Paint Your
Mammouth," a piece for five impru
vtsing flutists: Dick. Joanna BaSS('tL
Michael Colquhoun. Anne Thomp·

son aod C.heryl Gobbetti -Hoffman.
"Pantasmago ria.. a lso will feature
a perfom1ance by P\osion. US's flut e

t"nse mhle d1rrctt'd tw Gobh(."tll
Hoffm.1n
The exqur.l&gt;lll" !&gt;OUill.h ul the \'IH
hn , cello and pta no W1lllw heard 111
tandem m Slee Nov 2~ ,l., the Ha1rd
rno pre~nt.s a pro{!ram mdudmg
M~.·mld sso hn '~

Tno No . 2m {

1111

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tht· cell o and S t c phl~ll Ma nD&gt; p lav
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�6 Reporter October Z6.1UOO/Yol. Jl.No 10
Band member works with original composer to restore words to UB VIctory March

TRANSITIONS
Moving On

Retirements
Wolter W.

~.

uphol-

nerer, ReideotW Trades
,...... M . c.uerdo, mlk'lte-

nance supervisor 1, Residtontial
Trades
Bonnie L Hall, secr.,.ry 2, Of.
flee of the Senior Va President
fdwonl H. Holmtd, iostructional support technk.~n, Animal facilities
- - . P. Hanlon, oulstant
dean, School of Nuning
-

P. " - " " '• as&gt;o&lt;Jate

profeuor, Set~ of Nursing

Chwtos A.~. ltctu,.,,
Social SC~ces lnterdtsdpUnary
Program

Pollyanna Henneberger, janotor, facilities Operatiom

Alfred P. ~terpin, electricaan,
Facilities Operations
Bertha L Hll, cakulations
clerl&lt; 2, State Payroll Services

Patrkla A.

ttoen.. clinical assis-

tant professor, SChool of Nul')ing

Bart..ro A . - . as&gt;istant
directoc' for communrty retat.ioru,
College of Arts and Science&gt;

R - . P. Hunt, professor,
Department of Physics
Gonnlove ........... "'!lior
histology tec:l1riclan, Deparunent
of Anatomy and Cell Biology

Mwllyn D. Johnson. dinical
assistant professor, School of
NursJng
- - .. Jay, keyboard~
~ Department of Oral Biology

N-.cy A. Rac.la, secretary 2,

Human Resources Servkes
David V.

K~

Marching band is singing victory
nn1 wnle them and du.l not have
'-opu.·~:· 7..aepfel explamed
Pres umed lost forever, Mol~ se1
upon the task of craftmg a punchv
nt"w set of l y n c~ for the march

By JENNIFER LEWANDOWSk i

malnte-

nanc:e supet"'isof 1, Facilities
O~ations

Julie Uluoto.. medical Wlustrata&lt;-photogropher, Department

of Physiology and Biopllyslo
Don.ad i.-son, profe&lt;sor, Department of Biological Sciences
jMnes 11. Lee, professor, Department of Medicine

Reporter AsSI.stant Ed•tor

T

H L'ND£R ul the t..."UB ~ marchmg band- t'
finallv !&gt; tngm~ \ ' II. I&lt; lTV
·1 ht· VH: tor v Marl h .

tha11s.
Worcb IU the UIUVl'rSIIy's offi cial
fight song, lmt tor wme 11me, have
Oeen restored by the (otnpose r of
thc: o ngmal ma rch aftt·r one band
member dcc1ded 11 wa~ t1me to ro
ura-ct word~ to tht&gt; fa1Lhful tune.
&lt; omputer "uc.' nu~ maJOr John
/.depfel , who plays tuba w1th th e
march1ng hand.soud he '~ a l ways been
tn h.&gt; rcsted tn band hlStory at UB. And
.J 1ah from Sporu Illustrated columnasl Rtck Re dl y- "even Buffa lo
J~n '1 know tht" lync.s to BuffaJo's
I light song)"
tdn't cxaaly hurt his
l.dU~. Clther. A former member of
UB'.\ pep band and now a member
of the marching hand~mce its rctu rn .tfter a nearly-30-year hiatus-/ ...u:pte/'~ mteres t led htm to the
march's composer, Robert Mol.s. ~'4:N. Idtc proft~-.or cmcntus of mus1c..
" I kmd of got cunous. went into
the .Hch1ve. found a lot of in forma ·
t1on on the alma mater. but nothing
on 'VICtory,"' smd Zaepfel, an admtt ·
led school -spmt fanatic who IS comp letmg h1s final semester at UB. " I
dcod&lt;.-d to talk to (the ) com poser."
And so Mol&gt;. who tn 1953 helped
t•s tahli.\ h - along wath Ca meron
Hat rd anJ Hcrbt•rt Seattle- the
Departmt•n t of Mu sil .11 UB, wa~
l_a lk-d upon hy /.aepfd to wntt.• a
new set of word~ for tht· ll1US IC ht•
to mpt•!&gt;t..·J 111 II.J 5h.
'" l k wid me tht·n• were t)ngtndl
wor&amp;.. to 'V1dorv.' but that he d1d

the full -blown fanfare of UB's old \Chool marchmg band, Pride of the

half-t.J.JlY and throughout the game.

Easl, re-emergr undrr a new name.
Th1.~ year, 11 has a new song.

of singns. so it's pretty much sing it
the best wr can," hr said.·
The real kicker ofthr story. however, IS what happened when the
marchmg band presented the new
words to President Wiiliam R.
( ;retner at his home this summer.
As luck would haw it. somco~
lUst happ&lt;n«&lt; to have wru;t they
were looking for all along.
'" President G reiner's wife ... saJd
these are much bt"tter words than
thr onginal," Mols said, laughing
o verthe1ronythatofaUpeoplewho
should have the old lyrics, it was the
Wife of the man to whom the n~
Iynes were presented.
No matter for Mols. who was d&lt;"
hght&lt;d to update the song-a d ectded detour from his yean of das
s1cal-mus1c instruruon.
"I
enjoyC'd
putting
tt
together . (it's) good enough,sohd
e nough- ( the words ) h1t home,
they hit all of the points.
" Now, it's up to thr Bulls to mili
some pomts," he said, partakmg m
a little more of that good-_natured
humo r.

.. It was easy- I remrmlxrrd a
couple of the punch
lines-'Victory,' and
'Go Bulls.,"'MolssaJd,
admitting he did take
into account the
Bulls' record and af.
forded himself a dash
of good-natured fun.
.. I got a co uple

linJerucksinthere," he
said.
so m ewhat
sheepishl y. "The
band. they do a bangup job. At least if the

game tS a IQS5.. you see
a good half- time
show," he quipped.
;

J'hey keep it going all

~

through the game."
Zaepfel said while
the band always
played the stnctJy inst:rumental ~n of

~

~

5
i

=::w~"::~~~':.;,~=ber,
" I've been retired fo r 17 yea rs. so
I was thrilled to ... do the job. Writ
mg the lyrics was no big deal-11
was fun ," sa.td Mols, who during h i..s
career at US actuaJJy conducted the
ma rchmg band for th ree yea rs.
I hat wa s befo re the umvers1ty
dropped D1vts1on I· A football m
1':170. The band. cu t off from fund ·
1ng. cx1ted m 1972. And while foot ·
ha ll returned m 1977 at the D1v1·
!!lOR III lcvel , a formal marchmg
hand d1d not. ot unullast yea r did

thernardl,atnowdoes
to an a capella rendition
of the song during

.. We're not a Vtty talented group

VIctory Maadi (Fight

s-.&gt;

Ftghl.llght for IIAialo, be pooud Ill light far,... . . So Hll 'em ljgh! Hll 'em lowt

ond While.

nv- 'em Nghl nv- ' om lowt

Fight for,... . . ad ..... Hoitl
'
So play the game as best you c.w1 for the f/tot:y dour .-~~A~a~ot

Web sites increase students' interactions

Murray levine, SUNY Distin-

Use of technology by social work professor links Buffalo, Corning, jamestown classes

guished Sefvice Professor,
partment of Psychology

By JENNIFER LEWANDOWSKI
Reporter A!.~•~tant Ed•tor

[)e..

June E.. lkence.. department
adm inistrator, Department of
· History
Sharon C. Un. librarian, Untversity Ubraries Technical Services

Beb:ora F. LOYett. associate
professor, Educational Opportu-

nity Center

¥khellna R. Mauone, data
entry rNChine operator, OffKe
of Alumni RelaUoru

Chartene S. McKaig. clinical
associate professor, School of
N~rsing

c-,.. P. Md.eMI, senior
programmer/analyst. SciM&lt;:e
and Engineering ~
D... D. MweciHio, professor,
Department of Civil, Structural
and Environmeotal Engineering

J.D. Ml!ler, mason and pla&gt;lerer, Facilities Operations
Eugene Monacell, manager,

hazardous materials and chemical hygtene, Occupational and
Environmental Safety Servkes

JOB LISTINGS
UB job listings
accessible via Web
Job lbtings Ia&lt; professional,

l .ltlnu·wht'O(nmput
er' .llt' lll,tkmg les.o:; work
lor -.oml' pt·urlt'. Dt·m~t·
Krau se !I nth hcr-.df l.1
I~ Ifill~ now llltlft' lhan t'Vt' r w·rth tht·
llllt•grallon of\\"d) h.'l.hlltl\n~v rnh1
hl"lltlllf\('\
l-or her. th1~ ., .1 go••tltl un~.
f"he dmK •.d ..I..\M!lt31lt ptOIC»&gt;r Ill
tht· ~hoo l ol ~tOC J al \.York IS putun~
,dmo't tripl e tht· work Int o hn
l_ la~e~ these d ay' w1th the add111on
of thrc:t• mtetactlvt' Web s ll ~ .
"' I t '~ not a runt· -,aver lw anr
mean~ :· ;;ht• ~u d, "hut the payoff 1!1
-.n· mg studenb mtt."grat e thl· mate
nai- l! makes 1tmore fun to tead1."
rhe Mh::-~ hJV(.' ht.'Wmt' t"~M'nti&lt;IJ
I.CllllJXlllen t!l of tht• Slltdcnts" learn
mg cxpcncnu·)o Then· • ~ one for
Krau!&gt;c:\ gradu.ttc (O Ur~ . " lntc:rwn
uons wnh ( 11iJJrcn and Adolo..:t'nts.'"
taught 111 two !lt.'l:llo m. that hnk
through the Wch s11c: Jnother for a
\t.'Ct lnd graduate (OUr.sc. "Theunl~ '''
Organt7..atumallkhavtor and !level
opment ," that hnk.s th rt"t" 'eparalt'
~ Ion s taugh t hy lhret· ;;cpa rate rn
strudors . .1.nd a th1rd fur her under

A

~;:raduatt'
~

search, fac:utty and cMI servicl&gt;-both CO&lt;npeti""" and
l'lOf'K:&lt;&gt;mpe~c.an

be accessed via the Human Re-

&lt;http://
_web
_
_
sources
Service
site_
at

olo.-/lln/ v . . -/ &gt;.

!!Oual

~ur lh t')o u•ur~e.

"Child Mental Health .""
1-...ach site afford~ student... th t" or
portunll\' to t:ngage Ill d1alogue
ahnut edul.a110nal and prutt_-ssJonal
1~u~ rarscd huth 111 and out ol (-Ia!&gt;.,
through a d iSC USS IOn board. O n tht·
" lnterventum" Sill'. -.tudent-. actuall v

lumpletr the1r final team pro1e&lt;.1.. a
trcatml'nt plan,onlme. llle student\
,dso tompletc Jabs onlmc and ~ toc l..
the .M il' Wt th hnk.s releva nt to tht·
~ou r'&gt;t'\'lo"l lfl. For examplc,a studt•nt
Wt1rk.Jng on a treatment plan for .1
~h 1 ld wnhAneOt10n Defi"tl liypcr
.ll.ll\ ltY Dtsordercan lmk .m AD HI )
, uc to the l.OUrse Weh site. &lt;lnd am·
'tuJent m the cia~ \...tn u~ tht· lmk
d' d ft'!&gt;OUrl.t"
"" I h t•rt'l~ a dtftt.·rc:nu· ( 111 usmg the
\o\-t·h !ll te.\ ) - th e rc: \ an ene rg y
.tround 1t, a greater mten~t in course
matenal ." she said. 'There's so much
ou t there. (and ) thrs pushes them to
know how to get to 11."
Tht· 1dt"a to facilitate coursework
through a Web ~ite came on the heels
of a dLo:;tance-learning course Krause
t.tug.ht m the faJI of 1999 in which
stude nt.'&gt; wt·re tclecommuni..:a tmg
from l..ornmg. Jamt.'SlOwn and Buf
1.1ln \'1&lt;:1thrt't'-Yorar vtdro.
'" The student.'&gt; w~:ren "t mnnectln);:
wt th c-a("h o ther," she ~u d. d rc-ahz.a
11on that promptt'\.1 her to '-nns•dc:r
.111 .t hrrn.lltw
'" II \Vt' lOUJd J o d \'\'eh \ Itt·:· \ ht•
...ud sht• thought dt tht' tllllt', "then
,lllden l' would r.t~ mtc ractiVt' wnh
t".llh other "'
Anti ") Krau ... c mt~l wtth ~tevc
'-l turm,m . .tn mstructronal de~ngncr
1n tht· Xhool o f Soclill Work. to ere
.tit' the .\IIC .
\\'orlmg w11.h fa(uhy rnemben to
tlllt.-grate technology mto tht.1r classo.
~tunnan says his primary goalu to

help m.structors"grvc tht.'U" students a
Jearnmg expenence- they couJd not
achu:vc 111 a traditio nal course."
l )nu? a sttr IS up and runmng.
~turman offers both instru ctio nal
.1nd tech meal support.
Tht· Sltt' for the " I nterventtom "
l.OUrS&lt;'-taught a.-. both a distance
learn•ng and on -campuscourse that
rcqut re~ ... tudent s to collabora te
online to create a comprehensive
treatment plan for a problem associated with childr'tn or adoles cents----debuted last summe-r. The
site allows s tuden ts to view o ne
another's treatment plans throughout their development.
"Our thinking was, if students can
acct"ss each others ' ( treatment
p lans), then they can give each other
feedback," she said.
And for the distance-learning pan.
rather than individ uals driving m
from, say. Ripley. Jamestown and
Rochester-which was the case tJus
J'&lt;'-'1 summer--students met online
and completed thc1r treatment plano:;
without ever s1tting m the same room.
Krause\ higgest undertaking yet
will be next spnng's "Interventions
If'' course. which will link VI a the
Web seven sections of studentsfour at UBand ont"each from Corn ·
mg, Jamesto wn and Rochester- all
taught by different instructors.
While some might argue that
mg and communicating on the Web
IS imp&lt;rsonal and isolationist, Krause
said ~e benefits of the site&gt;-eoupled

""rk·

With the lr.Klitional da&lt;sroom fo rmat
of face- to-faa d.iscussion-far out
weigh the disadvantages.
"As they're connecung {v1a tht&gt;
Web Sltr- ), they're getting more com fortable trusting each other," she satd
Despi te the fact that studenb
"m1ss o ut on the nonverbal" c u ~
and "d~on't always work on confhct
the same way" whitt· conversmg and
workmg onlme. some studcn~ find
the experience less anxlety- mdut mg, Krause said.
"Students tend to say thmgs m
writing that they wouldn't say 111
class." she said, noting that Web dis cussions have led to a more open
dialogue in class---and Krause srud
she frequently carries over Web disCUSSions tnto her regular classroom.
"There are so many layers to thLS."
sht' said of the Web discussions and
a~s 1gnm ents, thro ugh whJCh s tu ·
dents relay personal work ex:pt.•n
t•ncr and broach topacs such as t~thl
c.a.l dilemmas and diversny. And be
ca use of the sensU1ve nature of wha1
IS dascussed, thc .. lnterven ttons" Site.
.u well as the other rwo., art' p~
wo rd -protected .
Krause satd mtera(!lo n and wn
nectedness are extremely Important
m th e soc1al -work profcss1on. and a
tool su ch as the Web allows for
greater conversation o verall.
.. Even with the extra work," sht'
sa1d, "' J can't see myself trachmg
these courses without a Web ~1te 1f
the technology lS available."

...

�October 18. ZOOONol. 3l. h.10 Repaa-tes

7

TheMail
Nourish UB by contributing to capital campaign
To the University Community:
When we conlribute to our alma
mater, we contribute to our nour·
ashmg mother: the college that re·
mmds us of a most enjoyable period
mourlife.
UB is an alma mater in its awn
nght,a nounshing mother for many
generations of students past, present

and future. In a more unusual sense,
11 1s a nourishmg mother for us: UB
provtdes us with a civilized environ ment, an adequate paycheck. generous retirement ~ncfitlli and respect .

Th1s respect-for the university
and th~ who make the university
what it1s--1sshown tn staundi sup-

port from the communi ty, o ur
alumm/alumnae and other friends.

Ba.U Sa.te 4o4, UB JS

other benefactors that WE suppon
THEll!. support with OUR support.
This support can ~ d1rected to
specific purposes: some departme-n l
or classroom equipment, nowcr
beds, sp&lt;aker funds, scholarshlp&lt;you name it (as long as you don't
name a dedicated parking spot J
In this once-every-decade--his
toric.al1y, once every 50 year.;--en deavor, don't think income: after tu
ition, orthodontists and ailing parents, there may not be much left.
Think assets, think capital.
Many of us are millionaires. al beit retirement millionaires: whole

books have been written on that. It

Our umversity JS now launching
an ''etght -zero" carnpa.~gn. Thiscam-

is quite incongruent to plead poverty in such circumstancrs. Onr
may not have the wherewithal to

pa.tgn not only deserves. but requires
our support. lt deserves our suppon

fork over much .. moolah" here and
now, but thinking longer term , one

for what we are. and even more for

readily can contemplate arrange ments where some assets are transferred in the future, without
crampang one's style or sho rt -

what we could be. given more 6nanc•al maneuvering room. It requires
our support, to give a clear signal to

&lt;..hangmg onr 11 Lh1 ldrcn You m;tv
be su rpn ~ed how vou Lan hdp
vour~lf by helpmg L1 B. ta:x r~~u
)atJOOlo ht'mg whal thl'\ cHt'
Th1.s 111 not an annuJI reqrc:ot L J )
11 likel )' ,.., from vour owra alma
mater. It lOffit'lo dl J feJJt.IIOU.:ot IIITil'
ou r umom have negotiated tdlm g
mcreasc~. the markt:t" h.wt' bet•n
behavmg, a new provost know-,
what to do and how to go abou1

domg H. and we have entered no!
JUSt a new year, n01 )USI a new de
cade, not JUSt a new u:ntury, but .s
new you-know-what.
Go for 11 ~ Thmk "four 7£r0t:!i" 1f
normally you th1nk three, thmk
"three-uroes"1f you normally t.h1nk
two. Our other benefaaors will take
note. And as for us, 11 1S su rely true
that by helping UB we helpourselv&lt;.,_
Go for n! Nounsh vur nounsh
mg mother
John C. G. Boot
Profeuor and Cho1r. D~ponmem
of Management Soencf' and System~

Kapoor
fur Lyphomed, a umt of ~ t one Con
tamer Corp. He was named president
ofthedivis1on 1n 1980,andin 1981
he bough• the company for $2.7 mil·
lion--becoming chairman. presi dent and C EO. and renaming the
fim1 Lyphomed Inc.
During hi s years managmg
Lyptlomed, Kapoor increased sales
to S 172 millio n from S4 million . He
sold Lyphomed and uS&lt;.'&lt;i $40 m1l ·
lion of the profits to form l:.J. h nanciaJ Enterpnses Inc.• which m
vests m health -care stanups.
E.) . Financml Entcrpnses IS m

Vl'Sted mat least two dozen compa nies whose products range from

opthalmics to experimental gene
therapies fo r cancer and AIDS.
Among these are Option Care lnL.,
the nation's largest publicly traded
franchiser of ho me health · care and
drug-therapy servtccs; Strudural
Bioinformatics Inc., wh1ch uses
gene-seq uence data fordrugd iscov
cry and design process. and Tech In
d1a Ventur~ Inc.. in h1s nat1ve India, a pharmaceutica l marketmg

and diStribution company.
Kapoor also JS a partner m the

Texas B1omedteal lk velopmt'nl
Partners ( TBDP ). formed to prov1Jt·
funding and commercia1LZat Jon rt·
sources for selected bJomOOtcaltiXh
nolog1cs wllhm the Umvcro; lt v ol
Texas System.
In 1987. he established tht.' John
Kapoor Graduate Fellowsh1p m Mt·
dJCinal C hem1 s1ry found 1n th ~
School of Pharmacy and Pharnu
tt:ul;cal Sc1cnco, and rt•Ce!vl-d tht•
UHI hstJngu1shed Alumnu:t A\.\•ard
He was awa rded a ~L'NY honor;ln
doctorate m st. lenu· durmg l "B'..
Lo mmt:ncemcnt last ~ \.n

Alumni House
A long-tJmcdom1r to L1B,lnd .. up
for the Office of Alumn1 Rdat1om. board-'&gt;, mdud1ng C ihralt ar S1ccl
Beverly Foit-Aibert, a UB alumna Corp.• the formcr Manne Midland JX-,ner of 1~ athk&gt;tK -.ch&lt; llan.lu~-. pn'
and leader of the Foit-AJbcn As.scxl - Hank, Buffalo General Hospital and ~ram&amp;. Rohcn 1- RKh ~r h.t., '-C."rvt"li
ates architectural team that crcatt.'ll Albright -Knox Arl Gallery. Several on the UB&lt;:Oun'til,,t.;o,d tru~tl't"l)l!ht
UR 1--ounJallnn .111J ,1,
the concept, sajd those working on
president ol tlw -\lunHH
tht.&gt; project were inspired hy the stone.
A.~.clatJnn I k h,,, "'-'f' l'll
umber and high. vauhed ccilmgs of
as honoran ~h.ur IPr 'l"'
an Ad irondack lodge and thry hope
the building design re H cct~ the ar.:ot·
eral uruvt-r'll' lund r..U'&gt;l ll ~
thetK Virtue of frank IJoyd Wnght.
campal~lh nh.ludm~ thl
Path,\•an ( .unp.u~n. tht
Rolx·rt E. RJCh Sr.. founder and
L-halflnan oft he board of Rich PrcxlNCAA l&gt;l\l!ol"n\11 \\'rt·'
lll"b ( :Orp.,theoountry's largl.'SI Iam·
tlin~ {:h.Hnpu'n'h•p .md
the lllrrt·nt I lw ( .1111
dv ·owned, frozcn-foo...d manufac
p ..ugn lt.1r l ' H I ,~,.-"~,.·r.llh•n
t u rer. ha..'&gt; earned many honors fnr hlS
tuloc:nl'f.IIHII\ ,.
professional and civic lc.sda~h1p .
new
Rt•(t•ntly named one nf the (cnt ury ·~ honor of Janet and Robert E: Rkh Sr.
lndu~.h·J r11111th~..· l 'H
:\thlt"lll tl ,tiJttf J· ,tOl t' Ill
top- I 0 business personalities hy 11u·
Hufl-alo N~ws for 111 - ,--- - - - - - - -- - - - - -- - , 19M. he rtXt"J\'L-J .J ...,t "f'Y h~tnM.Il \
Jo~..· !nralt" 111 l.t\\ rn ]4~- .uh.l thr
ve nting Rteh '~ «~
Ulll\"l.' r'''' \ flHl:tl prt',ti~H'll' ,1w.1rd
Whip Topping "
tht• ( ' h,m~o-dlor ( h.1rk' I' '\.tlrl••n
non -da1rr toppwg
and founding Rich
Mffial.m I'N&lt;'
lant'l \\ K.11..h. ,,·hu drt·d rn ]t.j~~
J&gt;roducts, he also
, ...1.1~ J,1.JYt' lll ht'l hu,h.uuJ-. hu .. rn~..· .. ,
earned the Herbert
alTair,, m.m.sgm~:- tht• ofl i ~..t· &lt;'I tht·
Hoover Award from
the Food Distribu - l,-~=::;:;="'=='::;=:~!:'7~~;=.._..,.,,--,--,--J .. mall dalf\" 111 tht· mu..i I"l \()... .mJ t-.t·
.._o nung ,1 ' 'h.t' pre,rdt:nt JnJ mt·m
tors International in
ht~r 11f tht•1.orp1• r.llt' hlMrJ ul J1r~.· ..
llj97, was included
tor~ when R...:h PrnJu~. b ~"gan 111
in to the Frozen
Foods 1-lall of Fame 10 1990. was chantablr o rgamzatlons haw hun
1~-41\ A leatkr ot prawr da~ and
R1hlr grnup~. :oth ..· al:.tl wa~ a~.11vt' 1n
named Western New Yorker of the ored him, including the Buffalo Rt·
Year by the Buffalo Chamber of naissance Foundation, th e Buffalo tht.' ~,_·ommu nlt )' and ~rvt:d on m.1m
C.omm=in 1981 andCitizrnofthe and Erie Counry Histoncal S&lt;x·1eh·. hoard) , 1nclud1ng thoo;e o l
Children's Hosp1tal of Buffalo. lht•
Year in 1977 by The BuffaiD News.
the National Conference of C hns
Buffalo Philharmollll On.: hestra
ln addition, he has served on nu - tians and Jews, and Jumor Ach1evc
and Bnstol Home.
merous busi ness and professional ment of Western Nt'W York.

UB nearly pulled off .a homecomtng
m11·adt: S.awrday .afternoon .ap1nst
'o'ISitJI'\&amp;&amp;11 State bef~ 13.064 fvts
1n UB Stadium
The Bulls (1-6. 1-J 1n dle MAC I
\potted tht! Urd1N.is ~ J S-7
h~me lead before nukmg .an
lnC~Ible Comeback tO tnll JUSt o4 I
lS With 6 40 rerrwn•ne; 10 the game
Howevet". fUSt when the Bulls
~ppea~ po1sed to pull off the
greatest comeback 1n school h1story.
W State (l-'4 , J-1) put together .a
I J-pby dnYe---all on the ground-ilnd M1ke Langford kKked ;a p.mechnchmg fiekl goal With I I I
r-ema1nmg to ho4d off UB. &lt;H -lS

~occer
MEN ' S

UB l, N ia.gara 2

ATHLETES OF
THE WEEK
Cnli ..... recon:led a
~-best 15 taddes and
reaMI'ed two flmbles in the

U8 football team's 44-35 loss
ID Bal Slate. The jLilior safety

rTlOII'ed into a sixth-place lie
with fou r other players by
collecting his fifth fumble
rectNer'f d his career.
,....... Keefe scored a
goal lW&gt;d added an assist in
the women'ssoccerteam's 31 victory over Toledo on
Sulday. The win cinched the
Mid-American Conference
~ular-season title, the fir&lt;~
UB team in any sport to do
so since UB joined the MAC

US l, W est ern Michiga.n 2
N o rthern Illi n ois 1, UB I
UB went 1- 1- I for the week and eamed 1u first MAC v1ctory of the se.uon
The week opened With a 2-2 ue at N~n. The Purple~ opened thto
sconng JUst 1.50 1nto the match M1ke ~mslo oed the conten fOf' the Bulls at
the 10 32 nurlc and dle teams went 1nto dle half knotted at 1-1
The Bulls toe* a 2- I lead 10 the second half u Snan McC.MitOO scored at
60-58 It would be short-l~. however.a.s N.apn scored the equajaer l'i)o41ater
The Bulls recorded the~r first MAC Win of the seuon on Fnday wtth ;a l -2
'o'lct.Ory OYf!f" Westem MIChlg:Jn
The Bulls arne out charg~ng, record1ng e1gtn shots before the Bron&lt;:os got
off their first shot. The Bulls got on dle board 1n dle 18th m1nute on .a p from
Chns Vmc1 Westem M1ch1p.n arne buk tn the 24dl mtnute ;as Tre-vor GamM&gt;O
scored off a pen&lt;~lty lock to ue the gvne n 1- I
TNt \core would not b . n long u McUIIIOfl \Cored the ,go-&lt;~he.ad ~~ a I~
m1nutes ln.,- McUihon scored &lt;~g.~tn m~ through the second half for a l -1
UB lead Western M1ch1pn added ;a late p for the l -2 firul
UB ended the week wtth ;r hean-bre&lt;1k1ng lou to Nor-them llh001s 2 I 1r'l
double overtJmto
WOMEN ' S

UB I, Bowl ing Green I
UB 1, To le d o I
The women's soccer tum became dle first UB team to Win a MAC regular
s.euon championsh1p u the Bulls ued 8owhng Green and defe..ted To'edo to
push dle.r le;ague m;u1c to 8-2-1 &lt;~nd dle~r overall r-Kord w 12-S - I
In UB's I· I ue wtdl Bowtmg Green on Fnday. ill dle sconng arne 1n a
three-minute sp&lt;~n late 10 the second half. ~dl Bowhng Green findtng the net
f1rst.
UB came b&lt;lck qu,ckly. though. u N.cole Olszewski got the b&lt;lfl 1n the
mtddle of the box Vld p&lt;~ssed to the left s1de. wtlere Ehubeth Pfeffer htt ;r sh01
from ;a tOUgh ;angfe and found the net. cnn&amp; the game at I -I at the 82 I 2 mario.
Both te&lt;~ms had cham:es but failed to scor-e 1n the overtime penod
The Bulls sewed up the regubr·se.uon ode and the number.oOne seed m the
upcommg MAC tournament wtth ;a ).f wtn oYer Toledo Sun&lt;by &lt;lhemoon
UB got dle sconng started early 1n the pme as Chene Rogen scored off ~
p&lt;~n from Paula l.Jsu-am at the 14·42 mark. The score r-enwned 1-0 mto the
\econd half befon! Heather Collins scored to grve the Bulls the1r second go,;al
Toledo cut the lead to 2- I . but Ustnm agam found tht. open teammate
turong }enncf.,- Keefe who scored the th1rd UB goal to secun! dle v1ctory

~oll e~oall
Kent S ta.te 1, UB 0
O hio Un iversity 3, UB 0
Ma.rshall l, UB I
The Bull, dropped th~e MAC rrutche' last week UB now 4 18 overall anC 0
I I 1n the conference . na_, loSt 1u last ntnto muche'
The Bulls opened the week With ;a I S-9 I S-9 IS· 7 lou At home to Kem
Sure UB was led by freshrrun l.Jnds.ay Mattkosh who h;rd II k1lts and 10 d1g)
The Bulls dropped three games to the Ohto Untvers11:y Bobc&lt;1u I S I 0 I S. 2
I S--4 1n Athens to open thetr weekend roadtnp jun1or Ken Sh1efs led the Bull\
w1th I 0 k1lls wh1le Maukosh recorded ;a te.1m-h1gh sue; d1g\
In dle weekend finale. 1umor }ess1a Redd1ng poSted ;a at'E'er-h1gh I S d1~ and
Lmna UCour added I 3 dt~ .and 4S awsu. but tt ~not enough to push the
Bun~ to a wtn &lt;It Marshall Tht' Thundenng Herd (l-20 over-aU. 1-9 MACi ended .a
I S-match los.1ng su-t!alc wtth .a IS-7 IS- I0 9-1 S I S- I 0 wm aver dle Bulb

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UB d efeats N iagara U nivenity
UB opened cu 2000-01 \e;uon on Fnd;~t w1th ;r 182 98 vonor~ over N~n ,,
dle Alumn1Nu:;r,tonum
UB saw a strong debut perlonnanu• from freshm;a" He.~ther Rochene who
took a pa1r of evenu--the 200 butterfly m 2 I I I0 and lhe 200 b&lt;~clutroke 1n
2 I I 29 Her 100 md1v1dual medley ume of 2 I J S7 also WJS the fastest 111 that
L"Vent. but UB's swuTvnen exh1b1ttoned dle firul four e¥enU of the evenmg
Anodler freshman . Jo11e Pun. also took a p&lt;11r of eYenb lor dle Bulls. wmnmg
the 200 freestyle 1n I S6 76 and SOO freestyie 1n S 10 4S Sophomore Abby Deha
was ;a double wmner ;u welt takmg the 100 b;rclutroke •n 59 78 ~nd 100
freestyle 10 S-4 lO

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Alba.ny 9, UB 0
UB concluded IU btl schedule S.uunby with a 9-0 lou at Alb.J,tl)' The Bulls
fintshed 2-6 tn dual m.ud\es for the fall senon .and Will cononue MAC pby 1n
the spnng

�Thursday,
October

26
SUA llaffle Auction
SEFA Raffle Auction. ~ irst

~·h~~~, ;.~~:·p m

~~- Fo r more information,
Betty Schaertol, 6-0S-6600.

Center for C~tton.l
Research ColloquW Settes

~~~xsr,;so~" by
Groundwat~

FlOw. Igor

~~~~~~~~r~ DepL of
EnVIronmental Engtneenng
222 Natural Scu~nces
Com plex. North Campui . 21 10 p .m Free Sponsored by
Cem er for ComputatK&gt;nal
Research and Dep t. of Civil.
Structural and Enviro nmental
Engtneenng . for mofe
1nformaoon, Brenda Sauka.
645-6500. ext 50 1
Geology Pegrum
Colloquium
Uve Thin Sections: Movies of
Mkrostructural
Development and Rode
Analogs. Win Means, Dept of
Earth and Atmospheric
$cl('nce, Untv. at Albany. 2 16
Natural ScH!nces Comp~.

Arts. Atrium, Center For The
Arts, North Cam~. 6 p .m .midnight 1100
penon;
tAbles d 10 iiVai ble. For more
information, 64 S-6774.

~:hs~~~ t:~·~nee

Monday

Crook and Omn Foster
Endowmenu. Fo r IT\Ofe
onfonnatlon, DepL of Geology,
645.o6800, ext 6100

30

Brakj Groups. Thang Le,
Dept. of Mathematic. 250

~~~5~~~;-~:orth

lluffolo logk Colloquium
Universals Assertions. John T
Keams. Dept . of Philosophy.
141 Par1t, North Campus. 4-

~~0~~~-~~k2·J~~~f~

Univ.~rytand. 114

Hoch.netter, North Campus 4
p .m . free. After-seminar
meeting sponsored by
Graduate Student Anoc wtll
be tn 109 Cooke.
RefreshmenU will be iefVed
For more infonnatK&gt;n, Mary
B•uon. 64 5- 2550

~!'!u~ the Worid
The Poet's Mother. The Cases
of Sytvla Ploth ond Charles
Baudolaln!. Baobar;J[.
Johnson. Frederic 'Nertham
pfac:e on cotmpu' or for

UB group ' ore prin cipnl

~~~.~t~t~~~~
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~~~~~7:~~0f

p .m . F...,. Spon&gt;&lt;nd by O..n,

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IT"IOCf information 645-2711

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In t h(• declro n ic

Carlo Methods. Michael Evans.
()epL of Statistics, Univ. of
Toronto. 250 Mathematia
Building, North Campus. 4
p .m . Free

Foster Chembtry Colloqulo
An Overview of
Chloroakunlnate lonk

=~a~~ sia~~~·
Natural Sciences Complex,

~ort~~~~~ ~

Free.

~isUy and the Foster
lecture Endowment

Fun Fest 2000
Survival of the funnestl

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Ufe, Student Ufe, the Weftness
Center and the Student Assoc.

~~~~h~~~~~e

information, 645-2286.

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LfnUr -ond Orgonlullonof
to l.ongitudinaf
Studios
Effects. Yaw-WIJ BiH 'MJ, School
of Nul"ling. 1"82 Farber, South
Campus. 6 p.m . Free.

o..nberTrio Phoenix. Sloe Concen
HaH. 8 p.m.I12, 19, 1S.
Sponsored by DepL of MUSK
and the Birge Cary Chair In
Music . For more Information,
6-0S-2921.
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Using Moaomodlo

Dreom-, Port 1. 212
fa~~Compus. Noon-

Cossott String QuMtot. Slee

Tuesday

127 Capen, North Campus.
Noon--1 :30 p .m . Free.
Spon&gt;&lt;nd by Undergraduate
Ubrary. For more information,
Eric Acree, 645-2941, ext. 235

Concert Hall. 8 p .m . 11 2, 19,
I S. Sponsored by DepL of
Music. For more information,
6-0S-2921 .

31

Intra to KTML. 21 2 Capen,
North Campus. Noon- 1 p .m
Free .

Friday

27
Foil 2000 -.toop Settes

~~.:~~~

Adolescenu. Tedd Habberfield,
private practitioner. Busine:s.s
and Commerce Building,

~~~~
Proles&gt;of Emeritus, Dept. of

Wednesday,
November

English. 930 Clemons. S:30

Prose Reodlng I n - of

p.m . Fn!o. For""""
tnformation, 645--3810.

ETC Tedlnology-........
Design &amp; Atdlltoctu"'.
212 Copen, North Campus.
Noon-1:30 p .m . Free..

Yf21a~~~;::u~. i.

Metallk Behavior and Related
Phenomena In Two
Dimensions. S«gey
kravchenko, DepL of Physoa.
Nonheastem Unrv. 422
fronaak. North Campus. 4:15
p .m . Free.

Resean:h Slolls. MaiJl~ Welb.

nf \polcc&gt; lhnltotl un\ n o t all

c dlendar will tx• lndud{'d

Mothemotks Colloquium

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Cydo

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-..says ot 4 PUIS

p.m . Free.

1

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di,., UndergOlduate Ub&lt;My.

~~~
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North Campus. Noon-1 :30

ETC Tedonology-........
Physla Colloquium

Biofogk•l Sclenc:es

~rvesti~ ~:'th ~a~~nu

-.tlop/ Redtol
Trio Phoenix. Baird R&lt;dtal Hall,
2SO Baird HaD, North Campus.
4 :30p.m . Fn!o. ~by
DepL of Music and tho Birge
Cary Chair in Music.. For more
information, 645-2921 .

I

more information, John
Corcoran. 881 · 1640 or 64 52444 , ext 11 9

Relatedness of Ught-

f"rlOre

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Semlnor
Structural and Phytogenetk

Clemens. 4 p .m . Fr~ . For
information, 645-3810

Quartet-in-Residence. ~

Depw'lmenU.I Semln11r

~~::~~-~= ~rrby.

a.uodate profes.sot", ~-L-~f

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School. 181 Farber, South
Campus. 12:3()...1 :30 p .m . Free
For ~ information. Marc~
YVopperer, B19-297 5

Saturday

28
Speclol bent
The Masquende Ball. The
Friends of the Center For The

1:30 p .m . Free.

Study Abrood Programs

:~~~~~

Campus. 4 p.m. Free. For lllOfe
information, 64S-3912 .

Open House

from 11 11.m. to 6 p.m.

;:~......., llotonkol

=:~~UtvRa~ished

The first art exhibit of the

Proles&gt;of Emeritus, D&lt;pL of
English. laftning Room,
Cent« to.. tho Ms, North
C.mpus. 4 p .m . Free. fOf more
information, 645-3810.

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p.m. Free.

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2

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The Art Tax Act of 2000.
Char1es Gute, Patricia Sweetow
Galkry, San Francisco. 112
Center for the Arts. North

more information, 645-6878,
ext . 1350.
Loctu"': The Imaginary
Museum of~ Beckett.
Raymond Fed&lt;nnan, SUNY

Distinguished Proles.soOf
Emeritus, Dept of English. 9 30

Campus. ~ houB.,.

~~~·N~by

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212

~~~~~~.:..

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North Campus. Noon- 1 p .m .

ETCT~-......,.

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~~~~
10 a.m . 10 8 p .m. and Salu&lt;day

Audio Dlgltlution. 212 Capon.

Donald Trainor, iMedia.
Capen, North Campus. 2-4

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p .m . Frof:. Sponsot.d by DepL
of Musk:. For """"
information, 645-2921 .

Photoshop, Section A, Port 1.

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Orol ~ Sden«s

Soltv..y Gland Dysfunction.
AJlum. o.pt. ot 0..1
Diagnostic Sciences. 355 Squ•re.
South Campus. 8 a.m . Free.

Online ond Off: An
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lnst~tion

Room, Health

Health Sdences Ubrary wiU be

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Monday through Thunday from
9 a.m. 10 9 p .m ., Friday from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. and SlWlday from
2 p .m . to 9 p.m. The library rs
c~ on Saturday ~ept
during finals 'nftk.
" (un)luntlng: Inside -u·
Wori&lt; by Karisa Centanni. 2000
Rumsey NNard wirvle", will be
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8 p .m. and Saruntay from 1 1
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BRIEFLY
PSSto. give away
football tkkets
Tho Profes5ional Stoff Senate ~»•
50 tro. tid&lt;ets fO&lt; tho us football game ~inst Kent State on
Nov. 4.
Mombon ol tho profes5ional
5toffiO.....tod in obbliniog tideu 1bo must attend 1lailgate
port)' f0&lt; tho game tNt tho P5S
wtl co-host with tho Blue and
v.l&gt;iteCiub.
Tho llilglte ten~ 1D be locatod fmide tho ticket gote on
tho north end ol US Stldlum,
will open 1t 11 :30 a.m. fO&lt; the 1
p.m . ~.

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purdwo 1t 1 cost ol S2 for
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and S2 fO&lt; beer.
Anyone inter&lt;st&lt;d in obtlin'"9 tid&lt;ets "' attending tho
tlilglter 5hould emai Anna

Mor11Kedzienloilt
ps...,.teeaou.buffalo.edu by
noon on Oct. 27.
T1doe1s must be pldoed up by
noon on Nov. 1 from the P5S
Offia!, S-43 Capen Hall, North

Campus.

PSS sets meeting
A Profe»onaa Staff Senate...,._
tors' meeting wtl be held at 8
a.m. Oct. 26 in the Center for Tomorrow on the Norlh C1mpu5.
faylon Turldc.ln, UB'• new
vke ~t for research, will
'f"!''k.
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for fUrther inf0f1llltion, COO·
t1ct tho P5S Office at 645-2003.

GSE J)lans roundtable
with fontle!'_Aeans
fononer delrn ol tho Craduote
SChool ol Education will , _ to
Ufl!S

rotrospective ol their tenand shire fond memories

at tho fnt o.ar..· Roundtable.
to be held from 3-S p.m. tomorrow in 280 Park HaH on the
North Campus.
The event will featu~ forrnef
dean• Robert S. fi5lc, Rollo
Handy and Hugh Petrie, and
former interim deans Ro)'
Callihan and Stlnley Crame&lt;.
fononer Dean Walter ~ty.
who 15 unable to make tho trip
to UB from hb horne in Roger&gt;,
Ark., will proYide hb cO&lt;nments
via an audio tlpe.
A reception honoring tho
former M1m will be hdd im~
d"'tely alter tho rouncltablo.

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REPORTER
Tho R&lt;parterb a campu•
community newspaper
publbhed by tho Offk• of New.
Services in the OMsion o4
Univenity Communk:Atiom,
lJnivenity at Buffalo.
Editorial office are
located at 330 Crolu Half,
Buffalo, (716) 645-2626.

Shubha Ghosh JOilled the U.w xhool thi&gt; &gt;emester ""a VISiting asso-

ciate professor. He prevwusly held a fao:ulty positiOn m the Georgia
State Un iverslly College of l.aw
The ele&lt;tronlc: revolution
prompts new legalluues ev ery day. Why Is the law not
quicker to anticipate these
kinds of technological advances?

Ne1thcr 1udges nor IC"gJslators are fortune tellcn. They do not havt' lxtter
knowledge aboul lcchnological ad ·
vances than members of industry or
consumers. Even though Congr~
often makes use of scientific findings
and pohcv studu:s from the NatJonal

Academy of Science, the informauon
has often IS no better than what the

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top researchers m um~rsity and mdustry have. Furtht'fmore, scientific

adv.mccs often occur without consideration of how the market or soaety
will make usc of the advance. Finally.
legal msurutions are reacuve, rather
than proactwe. Whether in the fonn
of JUdiaaJ decisions or legislation, law
rearu to solve actual, realized proh
letru. rather than antJapated o n~.

Is e-law breaking any new
ground? Or do the legal rule1
of the " real" world •pply7
Should, for ex•mple, sl•nder
or fr•ud committed vi• the
Internet be h•ndled leg•lly
the s•me w•y •s sl•nder or
fr•ud committed vi• the tele·
phone or sn•ll m•ll7

rhc ba!&lt;ll.. pnnapl~ of law-that ·~
tt•n.contrad and property--are not
ahered by the mtroduct.Jon o( tht•
Internet. There are some new prob·
lcnu;, su(h as how to handle lmkmg
or pnvacy 1:)..'\:UCS 111 the.• vutual world,
hut these arc perenmal problems 111
new tC\:hnologJcal pad.agcs llle llc.."w
chaJic:ngC"S ra1!of'd hv the ln temc..·t arc
nnr5 of t)\&lt;\'llC'rshlp and accountab11
II\" Fnr example. one IS:,Ut' raL~ bv
the lntemet IS that ol thc habilJf)' of
an I nterne..~! ~rvu.:c prov1der ( ISPJ for
thi..' .KtJOm ol a sub)o(.·riber or otht"r
u~r ol an lntemt·t "t'rvKe. Although
th1s -.ct'mll hkt~ a new problem. tht'
lq~al ISMIC ral!tt':o. la1rlv traditiOnal
lJUCStion:-. o( agt.~nn· law; that ~~who
15 actmg on whoSe: hchalf and who
should ht~ au.nuntable. Thcchallen~
mg l t:gallJut~StiOtll.'o how to adapt old
prulCipk-:o. tone\\' lactud! sJt uallon!'l
11-lt' answer rob m understanding
the poht..-v tustJficat •om dnd h1stun
\..al h.1L'k~rnund nl thl' nld pnnuplt·,

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h there c•.se l•w yet In this
•ru7 Wh•t kinds of c•ses will
you use to teM:h your stu·
dents •bout e -law7

Therr an• st'Vera.J cases m the are"J of
Internet law and I could not ad ·
equately addr~ them aU here. An
importam new casebook r=ntly ha,
been published in the area by a maJOr
law-book publisher ond authored by
several leadingsdlolars on the areas of
mtellectual property and computer
law. Internet -law cases have entered
my cour.;ework in~ ways. I ha"'
laugh! in three principal areas: Jon law,
intellectual properly ~titrust.ln
the last two areas, In•en\cl-law cases
are pervasive and offer important
challenges to inteUectual propeny,
such as what constitutes f.ur usc. and
to antitrust, such as what are perrrussible agreements among co mpeoto~
m the area of busmess-to-busmess
commerce. Ton law, a turlytr.oditional
fidd dealmg with habilily for hanm
and lni UTIO IO tlurd pan.1es., also has
been expanded by the lmernet. There
are '&gt;Orne very interestmg recent case."':-&gt;
ahout liabilnvfor"spammmg"under
thctrad.Juonaltor1 theoryof't:respas!'l
10 chanels." wtuch deals woth physocal
damage to pmonal properly. Several
spamm~ haw bt:."t."n found I.J able for
tre~pass to chattel s when thetr
spam;.,mg ac.11Vlt)' caused harmusually hy sJowmg down or causmg
~rvers to crash. These cases illustrate
how old pnnaples are applied to fll"''
lat..1 snualiom.
Is e -l•w thE ~pe&lt;l•lty that the

s•vvy l•w student should pursue? Will the lob m•rllet be
wide open for these students 7

I am not here h)gJVC t.:arttr ad111ce. A
!&gt;lllart law student wdl studv broad!\
aaos.s d1fferent an.-as and perhap!&gt;
~.:ont..cntr.Jtl" m orie or two an"a!t that
an• of pcrsonaJ or profc..~ l onalmtt·r
est. Internet law or (Omputer Ia"' or
~ntcllet..1Ua1 · propertv law would hi..· J
pan of that program ~m u.· thl· •~ul~
,lfl' perva!'l! Vt' a~. roll~ k~al tidlh A
sn1.1rt student should not h:x:u!o. nar
fl)\..•lv on ,uw one field Wllhout l'X
plonng a., manv area.:-. dS p0~ 1 hlt·.
whKh IS what law M.hool.' should lw

dc.."-":o&gt;lgned to allc1w and enoourage
Prtv•cy •Ppe.a!" to be • crucial
Issue on the Internet. A good
portion of the em•ll we recetve ls unsolklted Junk. How
do these e -entrepreneun get
our em•ll add~ues so
quickly? How un we protect
ourselves from thh spa;m 7

The sam~ way they find our "' re-.11
world" addresso through mailmg
hsts and phone dtreaones. You can
bmn th1s problem by not g1vmg out
your email address readilv or by us
ing filte rs available on most i.Om
mon email program:,
Right now It •ppe•n the
Internet Is tot•IIJ unregu l•ted. Should the feder•l government step In to protect
consumen7

The federal government has tnter
vened to protect consumers m .severaJ ways. and emtmg laws do ex
tend to Internet transallton:,
Whether there should be ~pccial ft-d
eral leg1slati on to deal with ~.on
surner fraud on the Internet 1 ~ a d1f
ficuh quest1on. R1ght now, there
does not appear to be a nc;·ed smce
most ex1stmg (ederaJ sta tutes cou ld
work. It also IS wrong to say that the.'
Internet •~ totaJiy unregulated. Most
eXlStmg law would apply to act1V1
ttes on 1he lmernet, th o ugh of
(OUrse there are complications. such
ib ISSU~ of JUflsd!CtiOn and proof.
C•n you e:~:pl•ln the whole
N•pster lssue7

The ISSUe b one ol hO\"' mUSI\ W1IJ
he dt5tributro to the consumer. The
muSIC mdust ry has evolved through
:K'VeraJ familw means of d1stribut
mg musiC: l'Onccrts, record and en
sal~. rad1o, jukebox~ and hcensmg
ol perfo rmance nghts to different
hands or to mov1em' producers.
AlMJ famil1ar to many LS the under
ground w-&lt;.~y tn wh.1ch musK has bee11
distributed: shanng of records and
&lt;:1&amp;. rea&gt;rdingof concerts ( unqucstJonahly iUqta.IJ, makmg of tape re
~..o rdmWt. etL Thest&gt; two metho&lt;b ol
dastributton have (Ome tnto wnfl l\1
on a massive Sl:ale m the Napster ..:ase
The file -shanng tedlnology offereti
lw Napstcr creatt."!'' a fa1rly efft'\.IJve
•tnd !tUbstant •al distribution n1&lt;~cha -

msm for musiC that aJiows the
consumer an end -run around
traditional distribution outlet~ .
The lechnology abo allows con sumers tO rq&gt;ack.age mUSIC. f-or
exa mpl e. consu mers through
Napster can download and ac .
quire one song wtthoUl having to
buy the album on whoch the de ~
s1red song IS bundJed with othCT
songs. Th1s unbundling is pat·
urularly dcsuable ond abo th=1
mong 10 lh&lt; industry. Napster abo
allows the dlstribuuon o( musH.
thai may not be profilabk to mar
ke1 through uadiuonal distribu tion channels.. such as musiC from
other coumnes and old songs and
p1eus o( music that are available
onJy on vmyt beca~ 11 was not
cost -effective to transfer them to
CDs. The Napster lechnology "
too valuable to vamsh through
law or other means. Most Likdv,
the 1cchnology will be subsumed
hv the Recordmg Industry Mso·
\ 1at ton of Amr-nca . enher
through outnght purchase or
through a licensmg mechamsm.
such as what exJSts under Broad
..:ast MuS!( lnternauonaUArnen
(an Sooety for Composer!~.. An
tst:, and Performer:, , or thr
mec.hamsm that extSts for hcemmg performanct' nght.s on 1ukr
OOxes. That lS what I predla "",ll
be lh&lt; resull; how we will get th""'
&amp;s something that I do not feel
comfortable m predictmg.
Wh•t

q~tion

do you wbh

l·hH uked, •nd how would

you h•ve •nsweNCI It 7

b the Internet and the mterest m
thelawo(the Lntemeta fad? Man\"
people thtnk so or hope so. bu1 the
Intemet and lntemet law IS more
than the"llavorof the month." Al though I do not dunk that th&lt;'
technology rad1cally alte~ ou r legal world V I ("\&lt;\' m d11}' way. u dOt':'!
challenge the wav 111 wtuch wt as
a SOCiety fashion our means ol
commumcation and d1stributum
o l mtormauon and entertam
ment. The fun and challengmg
questton I.) adaptmg legal pnn apk'S and 1dcas to the n("W S()(.Jal
and economiC arrangemen~.

Piano duo to pay homage to Nancarrow
By SUE WUETCHER

Reponer E.d1tor

ONLON Natharro''·
'vho devoted mort· than
40 year!. of h1 .s life tn
co mposmg mu sl\ for
the player pmno. will be the suhtC\.1
of a special concert and photo ex
hibit sponso red br tht' llepanmt'nt
of Music.
"Homage to Lonlon Nancarrow,"
With wo rk s by Nan~arrow , Igor
Stravmsky and l;yorgy Ltgett pt.~r
lorn1ed by the Bugallo-Williams P1
ano Duo. wiUbe presentro at Rp.m
~ turd ay m Slc..'t' ( A:mccr1 Hall on the
Nort h C.ampus.
A compamon photo exhibit lc..&gt;:a
tu nng photos from the pen,onal \..OI
lection of Nancarruw'!t h1ogrnpher,

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-......-,rwuetch~olo.edu

A.uodllt• Ylw ............ for

and tht' \ urrent net."'.b and prohlcm!'l
nlbc."d hv the ne"' ta~..1ual SJtuafloll!&gt;

luergen Hocker, prt:sldl'nl ol the lrc..-r
man A._,•••ooauon fur Mt"Lhanu.:al ln
'itrumcnl\, will be on display through
f\iov. 17 m thr Mus!\ Lihrarv 111 Ba1rd
Hall on the North (...ampu!t dunn~
regular library houn..
The exh ibit IS curated by Helena
Bugallo. a lecturer 111 tht• Department
of MusK and memhcr of the BugaJioWi.lltams Pa.ano Iluo along with Anw
\ViltiamsofNonhwt*Stem Uruvers1ty.
and coordmated by John Bt•wley.
musK-library arch.JVtSl.
A trumpet player devoted to J3Z1
tn h1 ~ early yt&gt;ars. Nancarrow stud
1c..-d m Boston, then cnhsted m 1937
to fight agamst Franco m the Span
t~h CIV&amp; I War. H1 s SOCialist behef!t
mJdt~ h1m una cce ptable 111 the
U111tN St11tc..'S upon h1~ ret urn . so he

moved to MexKo Catv and turneJ
h1" ta1l'nt!'l to the plaver pmno.
Why pay homage to Nan au row ~
"Nancarrow •~ a vcrv 1mportan1
mus1cal figure of the second half of
the 20th century--both extremely
ongmal and mfluen11al." Bugallo
savs. " H1s musiC, however. 15 not often perfom1ed m concern be..:au..sc
most of it was wntten for the player
p1ano, an mstrument that muS!l
halls simply do not have."
Nancarrow was one o( tht' first
composers writing specifically (or
the player piano, whiCh beca mt'
popu lar dunng the 1920s. she says.
Mo reovt'r, " he was devoted only
to the player paano for more than
40 '{a r!t , which IS absoluteh
un1quc." Bugallo point~ out .

" He expl01te-J tht• pott'ntlalnu."'i
l•f th1s med1um thorough!)'. some
how mventmg lt .'o own partlt..'ular
ld !Oill."
Bugallo not~ that tn the I~S&lt;h.
the late p1antst Yvar MLkhashoff. UH
professor o( muslt... arranged soml·
&lt;•f Nancarrow 's plavcr· p1ano work\
for mLXc..-d mstrumental ensemble
"Our (planO duo's) mvolvement
wuh Nancarrow descends from
Mikhashoff's intUallvc:." she says.
.. Why Nancarrow?" she asks." Be
cause hlS fa.ntasuc muSIC deservc.'S to
be heard and cdebraled."
The BugaUo-WiJijams P1ano lJuo
also will perform .. Homage to
Conlon N. mcarrow ·· m Ch1cago on
Monday and m Buenm Au~. AI·
gent ina. on Nov. 28.

�October 19.1DOO/Vol JZ.No 9

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3

BrieBy
Irvine G. Reinig named
"Engineer of the Year"
requinod IIJtlf to imuft odequote

..mce duriDt! Ibis time period.
I!DaJr aliiiUIIIpCion -

re-

ducod dariog cur18llmenL The

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-viaviDp-'&gt;,yar-•

6maiaD. in pori. cl II.. ......
......-durinc !hot period.

Wllb ... uniomilyopm.energy
...... wiD be reduad.ln Iicht
cl UB'e CXIOIDiilmalt to conser.......JIIIIIIded ........ ..a..the odmiailtrotioo;, asking the Environmental Task
Par
llllil will ' - ' Fcca to c:amiDe how- the uni. . . . . . lll _ _ cHieiMicl wnily ~ dr.ct energy savings
..... nqailed to JIID'idt ..moo during the entire yrar, and to
todleunMnily~ ..... lllllloeftCIOIIlii&gt;&lt;IIC that will
niziDc ......... ..._ clldivily be rm.w.d and consid&lt;ml for
pmbolllrwil.- iD ...... ,...
implemmtation.
This DOtioe;, being published
Thoft wil be ............ 10
t h e - clthe omkalbef pro- DOW 10 ollow adequatt time for
vide IIIII the~ omed. will oil o6:a to plan Crw the ddivtry
- lido lldirity durln8 lbil time. cl...-.iczoat~leYd
MiDimliiD· •taffuig sbould be and 6.&gt;r individuols 10 plan tbe
plaoaed. Tbit cbaoae ilill tboald uoe cl tboirvacation credits.
For !his yar. the university will
aJKkld: Manlp!n wiD oeedtocle- be closed Oil both Olristmas Day
termine vacolion ,... as they ..., and New Year's Day.

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pamii¥KIIioo_..,.._,....,.

Job outlook bright for pharmacy
By ELLEN GOLDBAUM

ol

o;hllrtaF.t'? Accordm~ to Andc:r.,on ,
11\ a ~.om bmat1on offa&lt;.·tors. t )ne ot
the most Important._, tht· o;tcep n~·

$7\.0&lt;Jil p&lt;r "''"'· hd"
··,,gn1ng htlllU:-.c.·~. " l'\t' n
t&gt;xpemiVl" lurc1~n l•ln,-

m the number ol prcscnpt1om ht·
mg. fill ed b) Amcnc.m~ t'ach ye.u
"As bab)' boomer' age and a,

lth th&lt;."'"' 111i1) not he.·
ur~o..ommon m tht· te~o.hnolugy set
tnr. hut tht'Y no"' .m· ht•mg offered
r., \'our fnenJh n&lt;'lt!hhurhood
pharm a~. \', too
rtw profD.S ion--unu· di!!~ldragcJ
tl\ tht• d ~np t• on "count, pour, ltd
.ull..i slld" - l!i. expcorJc.'nCI ng J severe
.~~ho nagt&gt; throughout the nallon, at.
curdmg to Wayne K. Andcrson.de-.tn
ol the School of Pharmac y and
PharmaCl·uucaJ Sc1ences. The short
age ha.s caused sa laries and benefit~

more drug3 (Omt• to tht' market Jc
!&gt;tgned to trt-aton .111 outpatient I·M
&lt;.J!&gt; ... o ndat1ons that u!-oed to requart·
hu~pllall7.at•on . the volume nl pre
&lt;.&lt;.n ptt on' ha~ llllft'a!&gt;ed dramJtt
~. •.lily.'' ....uJ Ander..tm
l 1 "! ~ pc:nJmg for prt':o.lnptlnll

Contnbut1ng Edl!Of

f\' I R) kvd

E

~.ildflc.''

t.'ll iKcmcnt!l

for pharmacists to skyrocket. while
hoostmg cnrollml•nt a! pharman
prog ram~ .

At LIR, Anderson ~•ud.gr.tduatmg
\tudenL'i repttrt o;tartlngsalancs m the
Ruffalo area of around $75.000 pt.·r
war. 1nhs th.tt IUS! .1 few vcar~ aF-n
\\-'Wl' Jdvt:ni!o('ll at $.'0.000 nr I~
" I know o l lll'W drugstore:-. th.11
h.we ev~o:n had to postponl' openmg
then door~ l&gt;l''t.:ause thn cannot find
e nough quaiLfied pharmdC ISts," sauJ
Anderson. Som;e cha1n.s reporl hav
1ng to curla1lthc ar hour~ due to tht·
.. hortage
llc addt'll th.n 111 30 illl' e~reas til
the ... ountry wherl' thl' o;ho rtagt• ''
nwo;t o;even.•, drugs10re ch.uns are
rldWrl l3111g ent ry -level pos Ltlom tor
pharmansts J.t $ I 00,000 or h1ghc1
"~a i.Hit' S arc gtHng "''•' Y up ."
Atu..lcrson !.&lt;lid , "hu l 11\ noiiU3\ !\ala
m·:-.." Ht~ noted th.11 'tuden ts haw
lound compames nff&lt;.·rmg ~ u c h an
du ..:c: mentsa.s repaymc:nt ol studt•ru
l0.m:., frt"t' fore ign ca rs, movmg and
living expcnst~s. and "s tgn m g" htl

nuse-s. AllorJ m g to a re-t.:ent SUT\'t"'
hv Plum,wn·\\t·d.. , ,1 nataonal phar
Jll&lt;.ICISt!&gt; ' l'rnp(&lt;Willt'll l puh\1(,111011 ,
\tgnang honu'l'' nl more th an
$10,000 wt·re rq)(lrlni tw I) percent
ol pharmJciMS; thl .tvt~ rd~t· honu!&gt;
W'd!-1 $S,i27
\\'h .1t · ~ fut·l•ng tht' ph.tfllldll!'lt

dru~ wa.'&gt; $9 1 billion 111 l'f':IX, .~~

cordmg to the K.11St:r t--amdy t--oun
dauon . mmc than douhlmg .. m ... t·
1'-;J'XI. And from lll9l 9X. the nurn
lwr ol prescnpt1ons pu rl ha!&lt;!ed 111
ue.bed .\7 percent . trom I 9 h llll&lt;ln
tn .!.b hi lhon .
Tht• Nat tona l t .llllllllUJHt\' Ph.u
mau~h ihsona tJUn . whKh Tl'prt·

da.Jhl•le, , All&gt;"! .1nJ ... Jnu·r

I ht

"\oliiH . puur. IKk Jnd &lt;illlk' "p,lrltll

!ht' ll&gt;h h:L,, 1n mo~t ....i.-.o.l\t"t."ll g.t\t'Jl
(ll ll'lhlltUJil.\ ..0 th,ll ph.HOl.i\.1'\ '
~-&lt;Ill !&gt;h.trt' the1r expcrt l-.c.' \\lth .. 11n
'urnns throug.h Lndavadual p.ltlt:nt
\.( 1TISuhatJon and lhrough sc.~nlul.lr'
.mJ das..~ thatlClllllllUnll\' ph..ITI!l.t
( It'S Jre l"x1!1nlllllg to pnw1Jt·
" Pharma ... a~t s .ut' ht.'ltlmlllg dru~
thl'Tapv .Uld dtst'a!&gt;t' · ~ tat c m.tn.Jgt•r,,
t'xpert3 111 managm~ lh&lt;' ~umplc\
pha rmJ ~o.t'U ilc al lOmpont'nt ul J
p.ttlent '~ treatment. and workm~ Ill
~. los&lt;'~ ... ooperauon wtth phvo;KJan'
and other health -care proVlders.." smd
K.trl f1ebdkom . asslStant dean lm
sludent affa1rs and professional reid
11om at the pharmacy 31. hnol Jnd
damc.tl assistant profe~"'H " Thi'
lh:UlF.t' 111 the rolt· ol tht"' ph.1rmala~1
,1l\O h33 hc:.'t'n spu rrt-d tw tht· nC\\ , MX
vear Ph.trm.D. dc:grcr that 1!&lt;1 l'llll'r~
mg a.o; the ~ta ndard dt:grt'l' t11r ph.u
tmlCISIJ., pnw1ding .;tudl·nt' \\'Jth .m
mtenstvt· t--du(atJOil thJt ha' .111 111
. . rca!)(.•J ....Imt..:al emph.t."" .tn...l wludl
'lrt':'&gt;S(.":o. dru ~- t hcr.lpv man..l~cmt·nt ·
o\\lurd•n~ ((I hl·hdkorn . tht·
\hurt,Jgt' W:.l3l'X.Ilt'rh.ltt&gt;d (w thl' t.t~ I
thJt,ln !&gt;tlffit' Gl!K~.~ tud t·nb dd.Jvt'll
the1r graJu,ltJOn h\ ,1 war an nrdt' l
lo .;witch to the ,1). · \'t'ar pro~ram
"Atl tK. "''hen ''-'t''''t'nt fnuat J ti\t"
\t',H H \ progr.Hll to .1 'J\ \t',ll
Ph.trnl.i) pn1~rJm . " 't' dntdt·J tn
put 111 ,1 thlt't' vt~ar tr.HNiion.tlj't'

'cnh L!ldt•pc:ndent pharmau'" ·
ltlll!\l'rVJ II Vd\ t'!&gt; \11113!('\ thJt prf
'~ npt1011 volurnl' ma\' t'XH·cJ llHlrt'
thdn 2.X hillton pn.-~cnptiOm .m d
~t·ncrJit' more thJn S 12~ billion m
33 le!&gt; tw vt·.tr\ l'nd. \omt· l~'iltlll.J i l'
prt'M.npt•on vnlunlt' to 'urpa:o..' tht·
4-hlihun n1.1r~ h\ tht· ve.u .."!004
l"ht· ITt' lll('JH.hlU3 ~rowth Ill thl'
numhl'r .1nJ . . omplt-.-..: 1 1\ o l drug'
th.ll h.t\l' ~olllt' 111 the market. ...ud
:\nlkr~m . h.t., ... au.'&gt;t-d phM! ll.tCl'ib \tl
IJ.~t' ,111 111\.rt'J~IIlgl\ &lt;KI!\'(' rnlt• Ill

flt)LI dunng \\'hllh t':\l\tl tl~ B.'-. ''u
Jl·nt:o. ... ouiJ t'lthl'l o;t.l\ wath their fiw
\'l',\1 Jt"g.TC\'&lt; Iftf,llj._ UliOtht' 'l.:\ \"C,/1
progr.un . tlwrdw ,JIJ U\,· tn~ ..1 lOll
ltnu.a.l•ntlu:.. &lt;'14u.UJtit-d ph.trm.t . . t~l.\
Lllhltht· nurkt·t~JI,I ... l' ," ht· "'11d "' It ~,.1..,
.1 \''•1\ Ill \.ll,hhlfl tht· Llllpad ot tht'

m.tlldl!tn~ p.llll'llb Ph.trnl.lll\h J. Tl'
partal·ul.1rlv 111\'0I\'t-d wtth thll\l'ltlll
d i!Jons wht~rt• multtpk Jrug' .1rc tht·
norm,.;u..:h .t!'l h\1'1l'rll'll31tlll, .tslhr n.J ,

tim kwl until wf 't't' thc: ,hona~t'
ltllll ll\g undn umtrol." he: .tdJeJ
l"ht· nl.lrJ..t·l t' dem.mdmg mort'

"' ll lh \tilht· IW\' dl"~Tt't.' ..
·\1 tht• ,,ll ll t' llllll'. ht• ....~~J . tht•
xhii(Jiuhrl'&lt;L-.c."\llt!'l ennll lmt·ntlnlflt
.IIll lUI ~1 1\ lr~l pt'T .._(,L'-' hl 105, j'..Jrth
111 tlft,,·t the l'X I't'ltt•d !&lt; h ()ft,l~t·
" \Vl~ pl.m to kl'l.~p t'nn,llment Jt

~r.Jduate~ "

Irvine G. Reinig II, an engmt-cnng '-om ultant and graduate" of th~

\chool of t--. ngmC"cnng and Applied ~o~nces . w1ll rece1vt" th~ L'B
f-ngmeer olthe Ytar Award .11 tht" f'ng1nee-nng al umm dmnC'r bemg
hdd tomorrow n1ght
fhe dinner a(so wdJ honor thf' cngmeenng SLhool 's g raduating
da.sse~ of I 9SO. I 97~ and I 1.190
Kr1mg ha.!&gt; hec.·n a pnvatf' com uh.Jnt and an assistant professor of
eng1nernng soen&lt;.e a t hte &lt;.u mmun1tv College s m ce 1996 H e
earned a bachelors degree 111 l'~ t:&gt;4 and a ma!&gt;tt'n degree 111 I 970 m
cng1neenng. both from l ' B
The award ts pre.senteJ annualh lu a l ' R engmeermg alumnu ~
who ha.!&gt; d1~ ttngu 1shrd h•m~ell or he-rsdf Ln alumn1. ln mmunnv
hu311lf!&gt;., and professional aliiVtlle~
Rcmag '" we!l known fnr ht~ pr&lt;lfes \ IOnal lO nlrthuu ons. and
a~.hlt'vement\ , "' wdl a~ tor hi!&gt; t•fforo. to acquamt and ent.ourage

voung. pcnplt' to pur .. ue t'dUlitliOil and ~oa reen 111 the fteld of enga
neerm~ through tht' l:ngmn:rm~ t--xprr~..aon' and the f-ngmeermg
()pportunLtle' program'
H1!&gt;contnhut1nm to .... ommt·r~o.i.t..l prtllt'll' mdudt· the ~t.'Otn--hntw.l de
"'1!n lor the N1Jrstar hutldtnF., tht· Huft.1h1( .eneral I h)&lt;;:pltaVKale~da Health
'w.;tem., towt·r. l Junn I Lrr Par~ .tnU tht· Ruffalo dlrp&lt;lrt t':&lt;pamton
In add1t1on . ht \\tJrJ..t·J nn J numh ...·r til t'll\ lrttnmental proJelh
mdudm~ tht" KatJ\ 1.1 l.1ndlill tht· "tuJrt 1 JIJ\t'r Holt1 \upcrfund 'It t'
the l ovr f .JnJ! drt·dg,~d m.1to:raal \.tl rt\J.anmt~nt ta...aht\ and tht" (1d
'Pill ...tlnt.lllllllt"nl dt"'lt!n ' at thl· :"a.JgarJ ~,,]1, .11r hJ,t'
~fil11l! hq~Jil ht\ \. Jft'ff Ill I '-;J-0 3\ J . _ L\ Ll Cll~ llle't'f With tht' r-..t•\&lt;o
lurk "'t.llt' I lt•pJrl llll'lllof I r.Jn, pnrt.Jtl on Jllti !rom 14-1 X(J ownnl
J gt·tHt· ... h"'"".JI Ln,trument.ttulll hu .. mt'"
fi t' .I I'll W,l, d gt'tllf'~ hni ... .Jl t'n~Lilt' l'r ' pfllll'\.1 !ll,lli.Jt::t'! \&lt;o Jlh thl' l "
-\Till\ ( IITJ" (If n~tllt't'f\ , Hutt a ltl JJ,Ifl• I .hid gt'tllt'lhna ... JI t'll~
llt't•r \\llh I h&lt;1nl't'll :h,n ... t.ltt'' t mptrl' ""d' lrl\t''llg_.Jtton' Ill tIt
, hJTJ P.1rk.. JnJ 'l' OIOI prt,lt'll !ll.Jild~t·r .tnd hu.1rd mrmht·r ..._llh
l o/ .-\ lot'lllll\tfll/llllt'llt.l l til,,.\, )tlfi-

r

Rel111j? h .. , rt·u•nnl tht "''"'' JJ.IJ•IIllll l n d I ngant"t' T\ Hurl.tln...,e ..
lnm -\w.HJ anJ thl' HutiJin .Ht",t I n~lntTTIII~ -\\\JTt'!lt"'" l11 r \hnn r
IH:' • Hl.-\~1 pro~r.tm ,J\qrd

SEFA auction scheduled
Operational Support Services In CIT ,,dJ h11JJ

d r.1fllt- .tu...tl!Hll •'
hfndlt th e "t- t--A '-amp.u~n trom ~ J .m to 4 I'm t lt 1 ~('I u n tht• ftr ,t
llotlr nl th t' l Pmputm~ l t'Oil'l. :".nrth l Jmpu-.
I hnl' wdl ht· ,1 .,..,,J e v,Jflt'l' ul11rm' ratflcd . rJn~Ln~ lrtllll rt''IJu
nmt lt'rll li~.lh:'' 111 .1 hutd geiJ~'..J\ to liuffJlo "!ahre' tl~o.i...t' l' Jilnl
\,ht ... h hJ\ t' h('en Jonatcd h\ art'a hU,IIlt'\3l'' and 't'nJor' 1ht Lh'm'
r.Hlgt· 111 \,llt~t· !rom$~ to $100
lt~o.ket ~ lo1 iht• rJffle ... an he pur ~.ha~t·J dunn~ tht' dUd Hill hour'
on l)...t 2tJ Ln lOb ltlmputmg (l·ntt•r
lh&lt;' drawing .. \\Ill ,far! Jl 4 'll rIll P.lrllllpJnt~ Ot't"d not ht•
pre~ent tn ~· 1n
f-or further Lnlorm.ltum . ,.,,nt.l ... t Kt·tt\ "'~.haertt·l Jt 04 S- b000

Management
Information Studtes
Health Related ProfesSion ~

Un1verstty SeMces
Architecture and Planntng
UB foundat1 on
Ementu\ (('n!er

�Volunteers across campuses raise money for SEFA campaign through variety of events

TRANSITIONS
Moving Up
JOMph F. A -. prolesi&lt;Jf
ol cMI, structurol ond - -

monl&gt;l~andlnteml

dlroctor, Glut Lakes Progr&gt;m, to
d irectof, Great ~.Be Progrlnl.

Moving On
-

Houtedltoshlnsky,

associate Jibririan and head of
tho An:hitecruro and Planning
Utnry, to heod ol tho An:hitec·
ture and Envirorvnental Design
library at AriZON Stat~ Univer-

sity In Tempe.

Retirements
John C. A...,......, prolesi&lt;Jf,
Deportment ol Microbiology

~A.A&lt;Ar..prolesor,
Deportment ol PharmKOiogy
and ToJUcology

1 - A. A...hnon, auoclate
fOf' lnstruc:~ resources,
Millard F~lmore Coll&lt;ge

• .._..;s.

MchordJ. -

;ng paint«, fodlities Operations
11ettye E. 1Jrown. senior ste-nographer, School ol Oontal

Medicine
AntoNn.. M . Canaul., ani!r
tantto the chair, Oepartme'lt of
Gynecology.Qbstelrics

Margaret D. Cannizzaro, circulation desk supervisor, Gen-

eral Ubraties Access Sef\'kes
Mak:olrn

J. t:.rter Sr., associ-

ate professor, Department of Restorative Dentktry
-F. ~.

manage.-

of distribu_J.ed servkes and U"aining, Computing and Information Technology
lorTOine Conwy, BISON bill-

ing/ reserve offtee supervisor.
General Ubraries Access Sefvk~
watter D. Conw"Y, associate
professor,

~rtment

of Phar-

maceulk.a/ Sciences
Jesse D•Yis, cleaner, Facilit~
Operation•
MkhHf L D•y, seniof accoun-

tant. Computing and Informa-

tiOn Technok&gt;gy
E.ll.ubeth A. Dlmmk:k, coordinator, recreational instruction,
Dlvi•lon of Alhlelio
Pottklll A. Doelng. keyboa&lt;d
&gt;pedalis~ School of Engineering
and Appfted Sciences
Alan J. Drt....,..., SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Oral Diag nostic
Sciences
Soroh N. tun, keyboa&lt;dcla[ISl, Deportment of Occupational Therapy ,
LooR.-. prolesS&lt;Jfandar

.OO.te dean, School ol Pharmacy
and Pharrnac.outica Sciences
C.
profesor
of English, vice provost for fac-

Wll...,. R-.
ulty~!

DWM T. Fontit, ..cretary 1,
Departl'nent of Comparative lit·

erature
~G .

FrMKOVIIIo, chief

information t.echnok&gt;gy archi-

tea, Technical Services

-

1'.-cN. prolesS&lt;Jf, De-

partment of An:hitecrure

K. George ..... proles""· Deportment ol Mechanical

and Aerospace Engineering

.. . , _ J. Glngrtclo. heod account clerlc, Slate Payroll Services

JOB LISTINGS
UB job listings

accessible via Web
Job listings tor prolessionac ro..a~&lt;h, faculty and cMI ,...
vice-both compelilM! and
non-competl~ltlons can
be acceued via the Human Resources Servkes Web site at

&lt;h t t p : / / - . - -olo.- / h n / Y - /&gt;.

SEFA full-year effort for some at UB
By JEHNIFEII UWAHOOWSKI
Reporter

A.sSIStanl Ed1tor

P

ARTH . I PAN ·I ~

on 1h"
year'~ ;:,tale 1-.mplovtt l"'l'"d
&lt;."rated Appc.tl -..dmp.11gn
are "steppmg up'' to the
challenge wrth co ntnhun on' th.Jt
tmn e not only from the poO~.t.·thool
hut frum the hc:a n
Whdt• \I- 1-A ' .~. " ~ t cp prn g l ' p '
tht·mt· entourag~ empl oye~ tu tn
dea~t· thelf do llar donattom, or
l ttnsrdc.·r gtvtng 1! th ey haven't be
fore , tht•re 1s yet Jnother meMagt·
mht·rent to emp loyee!!. tampu\
w1 J e~ ttmc l.!l g1vmg, too.
Workers from numeruw; depart
ment . . and offic~ across the cam
pu.'l~ arc pullmg together to :o.upport
"U·A not only dur ing th e ca m
pa1gn- wh 1 ~h rum from Sept. 12
thr ough &lt;kt :.1 th1 .1. vear-but
throu~huut the yea r with a muh•
tude o l fund -ra1.se rs that henefit
both "J-J·A and the UB com munitv
"Ytlu ~-. . tn grw of )'Our ume. your
trea!lurt· anJ vour talen t- wh1ch 1s
wh.11 we do." •..u d l..tnda Amabile,
whtl Wl lrl.. _., Ill tht' ( )fli~o.t' ~lfthe(.Oil ·
trolkr .mJ 1:- l U ..:ha.ar of the SEl-A
~onunlltt't' lm Uruver:o.1ty Busrnt'!&gt;ll
\ervllt' . . . ,,f the vanous fund ·rarser\
the lUilH nlllct' sponso r.~. throughout
tht• vedf '" f\ \ 'e 're l .:r gmup that rt~
.rlh t'11tm•:. wnrk mg tugetht•r. anJ
th.u ':. cl h1g p.trl ol our llUI..le:O.!I."
In ,,dJ111on to p 11.:1.a, L.rndr .:rnJ h.. t'
~ f"l'.Hil ...._lit•:., hot dog rool..SI!I, f-.nter
t.lln nt cn t Boo\... ....llt.'!t, ~ 111 ba:.kt·t
t.tll\t""-.l.n J mo~t rc~o.e nll y.a hook.&lt; :t I
.md .1ud1tJ/ \ ,Jt•ot.tpt' :..1/t-. t:mplo\
t ' C' .lht• h.lvt· "adoptl'll"' larndlt'"
thrtiU~h(lll t l ht• htlhd.IV .:.C.' .I)Oil,l(ltl
tnhut1 11 ~ me.:rl:o.. ,.J~,tht' " · tov . . .tlld
t.'vt.·n hunw lunu:o.hm~:o.
''.\ lntnl . .tall Jon.Jit"\.llht.·ll tt\&lt;.'n
J'l'f"l'"·ll ltt.·rn . . :· -...1 1J !lawn \to~rl...t·.
tht· 11tlll'r ~..~~ ~..h.11 1 (II tht· l lnlver!lll'
Hu:o.mt'"" \t·n 1\..t':- \ I· I .-\ ul mmltlt'l',
.1 th l 1n~ th.1 t "ht' l!&gt; " .1 l w-o~v" . . urpn!&gt;«:d.
plt".bant l)·. tw the gcncrosuv .rnd h1g
hcartt't.lnt.~._ ·· l ,f the petlpk 1nvolveJ
J"ht• ( rtlft!l ll.1ll group-- \vhrch
rt' prc~t·nb tht· t lll llrollt·r . . ( lffiu·.

PrOt.urenu~nt "c:rvH.. t'-!1, !Iuman Kt·
'&gt;ou rc&lt;.· XrviCo, hnannal \en••u....
( .ontmuous l)uaht v lmprovt·ment
and &lt;.ampu:. \er' !t.e . . . &lt;&amp; ... wdl a . .
lt&gt;chnolog\ ~e rvlo.l' " ---t'd l h Vt'dr
Tdi.!.O lllOfl('V tu hcndittwo ll flt.'llfl ~
dgt"n(lt')
llus Yt'&lt;ll . thn.!lt' agelllll'&lt;. votetl
on b\ ~:mployec:.~are the Au tism
\oc it.'t )· of Wt.-stcrn New York and
!be ·Iaurette ~yndro m e 1\s..•iocw.Uon
of Western Nt&gt;W York. The IOurettr
\vndromc a.ssocrauo n holds a per ~onal connection for the group. 3..!1
LOmmlttt..-e member Rudi In nus' son
ha.'i Tourette Synd rome.
Th1s September, as IS the case t:v
erv year. speakt-rs on behalf of
hoth agenCies v1s1ted
UB to g1vc em ployeeS a m o re per so nal look o~t
what they do.
Hea rm g It
from someo ne
who knowswhether
a
speaker or one
of theiTOWil" makes people
more tomp~tona tc .'' potnted
ou t Starke. who works m the Of
tier o l Lo nt1nuou s (Jua llt\' lm
prowmen t and &lt;..ampu!! Serv1ct.~
"There\ nothmg like: 11." :.a 1d
o.omm1ttee memhcr ~hawn I l1ehl.
\.-\'ho work..\ m hnanoal ~rv l l~
( )thcr group . . arnunJ l.lmpu.s art'
t·xpcn t·nun g tht· '&gt;a me pOllltl\'t&gt;
~.. har~c ont· gt~b from makm~ a p&lt;""r
"1111,1/ IIWt'!'&gt; lment
Tht' I ltv!SIOn nl- ~tudenlll Afta!T . .
o. un t mu~ to p lo~ v a vnal pa n m kt-t•p
1ng " r.rA m tht&gt; nund:o. of tht· l ' B
\.Ommunlt'
"( )w:rtht• Cll llrt' vear.t.·vc nt~ rJnl!t'
!rom npcmtmgthc.·com.C:!.SJUn stanili
.H l ' R :o.pon m~ t'VC!lb, a- \U111mt'r
p1 ~..nit
raffles and adoptmg .Jgt·n
'-ll':~.: · ~ud lames Nadzbruch, a mcm
~r of th1.s vea r'~ SEI-A 1Cam fm 1-.n
h.1n..::cd Perfi1m1ance ( ~TEP I and d!l
~t.stant v~ecprestdent ft~r rcsou ru •JnJ
h:·1.:hno l~v !tuppon S&lt;'T\'tle":o.

Nddzbruch pomted oulthat SF I-A
"1._ pan o l the \tudt&gt;nt Affa irs cui
tU T(''
·· ~ 1 am md1v1duJ.Is m Student AI
la1 h are a I\.I I volunteer!!. m Sl- I-AI
l ntte-d War agrnut'"~." he u1d
"I Afld J dS a group, w(' partiCipate Ill
the \alvat10n Army '.:. holrday pro
gram , wh1 ch dtstnhutes dothmg
and tnys to famrl1e-s m nt.'"et.i.
" Th ~ acttvJUes are our way of
hav mg the en t!Te Student Affatrll
family g1vt' o,tJmeth m~ back to the
com mum!)
Tht~ weekend '~ perfo rmanLt' hv
..:o m edu~ nn e Janeanc Ga rofalo tn
Alumni Arena IS o ne suc h ex
ampie--Wlth proceeds ben
efiung SE~A .
"Any tim e UB
can demonstratt·
to 11...\own com
mun1t y thai
lund of ca nng
and ou treach
helps
us ,
added Conntt"
Ho lo man . as
s1stant to th e
prordcnt fo r umver
s1t y relatron.s and V!tt'
c ha H of th1s year" .~. ~ 1-l- A
wmpa1gn.
Hdp1ng a.ss1s1 people t)u tsrde thl'
L' B tummumrr I&gt; a untfvmg t:Xpt'"
rlt'ncc . f loloman !&gt;&lt;ltd.
"One ul the thmg:o. thai depan
mt'nts find 1!-. tha t It ·.~. a real team
Ouildmg opportunlt\' ft1r them." sht·
lo.lld , notmg that '&gt; uch proJC'C1...'&gt; ofT.:r
Jll opportlol lliiV to t h o~ who pet
h.tp!~ L.an 't make a monetary donJ ·
tum to mstt""Jd lontnhute thetr tllnc
1\..nd the fund -ra1smg and volun trt'r
mg " help!! tht.·m und ersrand hettt'r
to what ( ~o.iiUM'I t hc•r \I· I-A dollar'
.1re gnm~ "
I OU I!I -'.hmllt. d!rel11H ol fa ~.. d.
nc:. . orx·rallom for llruwrs1tv t·aCII!
llt."'S, l&gt;3!d he'!&gt; .-.een )('Vt' r al mltlatr ve~
takt' . . hape arou nd campu~ cwcr
tun c. .t.ll of wh~t:h .~.t nve "to makr
\ I· I A a more pe-rsonal r~ue than d
onu·· J ·Vt·a r dnvc "

Th&lt; hahue&gt; group holds an an
nual sprmg hot -dog roast. and

con-

ducts a full food drive. with rollecuon&gt;
gomg to th&lt; Western New York Food
flank and other area soup kilehms
Preferrmg to focus on a sp«ific or
g;uuzatoon each year, lh&lt; group 11m
year r.us&lt;d more than S3,000 for Ha.
poe&lt;. And lik&lt; the Crofts group, Fa cdHI('S employtes enJOY knowmg
more about the orgamzat1on for
wtuch th")''« "working."
"(We've ) tned to persona..l.t.u the
campa1gn by havmg th&lt; ... agenao
come het"e' and vt.SJt us." Schm.in scud.
'"There arc lots of neM.s out thtrt,"
he sa1d, addmg that tht group tnes
to promote the mmd.set that em
ployees "need to do smnethmg to
St:rvKe those needs."
O th er groups on t..ampu ~ have
h&lt;"eded 1ha1 call "-' well
The OffiL.e &lt;tf the Provost SJXHI
\Ored two Monday -mommg hagel
hr&lt;:akfasts and a Julv hot-dog lunch.
a nd helped to organ11c anoth er
roast 111 August. Jam~ Ros~o. SEJ-A
event coordmator for the School ul
Mt.&gt;dlune and Blom~chcal St1enct.'!l,
sponsored the school'!!. thJTd annual
\eptemht·r ho1 -dog cookout. wh1ch
ra1sc-d more than S500 for Sf- fA
And the St-.FA comm1flt'C tn the ()I
fiLl· o i the \'tel' Provost for Under
g.rad u.ttt' l .du~..at l lm re(entJv hosteJ
.a t.11l~a t e part\' Jt whu.:h the,· rafficd
oft Buffalo Bill\ llt.kt't&gt; Man
{ .•tm1lle ~: hwmdler. a degree .1ud1
tnr m Record.~. Jnd Reg1stratton who
1.:. mvolved 10 the \' llt" provost
o.umm 1n ~ ·s dfo n s. also facr lnatnl
the UBQuilt Prowct tn ratse monl'\
lnr tht· Amt.'ncan Cancer Scx..1etv
" It b rm ~ u.s doser together.'' 'iald
\lhW1ndlcr of plan n1ng and pull1ng
11ft the prOit.'"(J.s
That k.md of doscm-ss r~ n a t("'i
w1th Sta rke. who, along w1th her
tom mlltet' tohorts, fee ls the cama
radrru.•. And a lm of life's luck. too
" It gJVl'!l me a good fedmg to he
111volved .'' she sa td . "Coun t vour
ble~mgs and g1vt" someth mg ha-..1...
to "'mront• else less fonunate "

Estrogen metabolism linked to cancer risk
Study finds that way body breaks down hormone an indicator of breast-cancer risk
By LOIS BAKER
Contnbuttng EdttOf

R

f.Sh\RU II- R&gt; "' l ' H
haw !(lund that tht· dt.,•cl
opmt.·nt ol hrt.'a.lll ~a n a·r
appt'a r:. to N rd.llt'll to
h~J"' th e hodv hrc-ah dttwn ot n~t.·n
In unl y the seco nd prmpectiVt'
._!lid)' In lllVt.'St lgollt' lht• roll' of l'!'&gt;
trugt'll mctahohsm .1.!1 a prcdKtor of
hrea.st (a nccr, tht.· resca rc ht.·r.~. found
th.Jt premenopausal women show ,-t
40 -perce nt lowt.•r n sk ol tht' d!.sea. . t·
1f thc1r prt."dommant pathwav of CS·
trogen metaboh:o.m produ t.c:o. hv
products \•l ith ltttl r h1olog!C a(tl\'
it )'. rather than tw -products th.11 .1n·
highl)'rea('tlw.
Re)u lts of the stud y appe.tr 111 lht·
Nove mber rssue 111 Eprdmrwlog\
Tht' research 1.:. hasrd on data from
I0. 786 wonu-n who took part m .1
pm))X'\:tlve stud \'ofhrea.st~o.ann· r 111
lraly callt.'d the H ormon~ .1nd I ht•r
111 the l-. t1 o l o~w of Breast La me r
t l )RJ &gt;t-T l study. Paola Mut1 , as..-.o;.·, .
ate proft.'S.."'r of soc1al and pn·venttvt·
mt't.hcmc m the School of Mt.'dKII1t'
and Biomtxlr..:al Scienct-s. \\lli pn n

1.. 1pal mvt.'SI Igatnr on that st\u.h
htrngen mu!l t ht• e liml nJtt~ d
trnm the hod,, &lt;m..:t' 11 ha.... pt:rlorn wd
II!&lt;&gt; t~s.t~ nll al hormonal dut lt'!l l l1gh
ll'vd~ of (.")trogt·n are knm,•n In he J
mk f&lt;tt10r for t:a nu'r and too mu ..:h
.tbo up:-.(.'1:-. tht' OoJv's dd1L.1tc hor ·
monal balance. In order to he dum
nJted from the hvdv, l'Stro~l'n llll
dergnes a pn~!!-.'1 Lalled hrdrox~· l a
11011. These hvdrnxvlatrd estrogem.
~..a l kd es troge n m(·tahohle!O. t.an
travel ea.stl r m the hltK Ki stream and
N.· eltmrnated th rough the unne
"btrogen hydroxy la tion take:-.
plat:e at two primarv Sltt'S l m the t'!l
t~en mnlt't.·uJ r.de&lt;i l ~natt"(la... . t.ht•l
."! po:-.111nn and tht· ( ·- 16 pu.:.1t1on."
l\1utt srud. "1-.arher R'::&gt;t-an:h ha.\ \htlWTl
th.Jt hvdnu:vlalJon at thet .-2 pO!-Itl&lt;lll
prodl!lo mctabnbt t":o. \Vlth httlc: nr ntl
t'St rogt.'nl o. al11VIIV .tnd thu!'l m1g.ht ht·
......."'x.latnl wnh dtXn"aSt"Ci hn.-a'it ·Gln
~ ,~, n:o.k.. ( ~mversel y. h\·droxviat•on at
tht· l Ill pos1t1on prnJucrs metabohtt~ w1 th h1~h otrogt.' llk. at.11Vlty,and
nught he .t..;.,.t;;(.Jt:latt...J Wlth ml re'.t..sed
hrt"'.t."t c.an ~.-er nsk.
" \Ve "l'l out to tkternu nc II there

" 'a:o. .tn a..;.,.'&gt;&lt;Kiat 1on betwt.'t."n later dt•
vdopmcnt uf mva.\rvc hrrast 1..tnlt.'T
.1nd th e rat 1n ol ( 2 to ( Ill lw
proJucl.s prt-M·nt 111 women ht•fort·
tant:er J t&gt;vdttp&lt;'d ."
Re!!t.'an.:hen ~..olle~ tcd lH1 1lt'
....1m pi~ from all partKipJnt:o. wht.·n
thev enrolled 111 the study and froze
tht·m lor latr ranah-Si!!. Womt.'n \VIth
J h!llton• of ..:a ncer and those w1th
&lt;'thcr relevant w ndtt1o ns had h&lt;.-en
dumnatnl from tht· stud)'. After ap
prox1matd y five yea rs. researcher. .
Jt~termmt."d that 144 women had dt··
vdllpt-d hreast 1..'anccr. a nd thev M '
lct:trd fo ur times that numl:tcr ol
wumen from the st ud\• who had not
dcvdopt.~ l31llt"r to 'it'T\'e ~ o.on
trob . Resc.·arLht'rs th en analyzed th e
unnc sa mpl ~ from both cases and
~..t mlrols 10 dctermrne tht• prt-dom• nant t."5trogen-mctabolism path..va\'
Rt-sults showed that the premeno
p.wsal women wh o dt:,•elopt•d
hrea ..;:t ..::an..:er had a higher perct:nt Jgt' of tht." hrghly active hy -produd.s
ot t"Stmgen metabohsm (produced
h\' the C - l h pa ~ w ay ) . than tw
prndu ch from the C -2 pathwav

\\'omen " 'lth predommateh { ~
p.1thwav bv prod lKb- tho:o.t' with
l m~ Jl"tl\' lt v-were 40 percent le . .. .
hkelv to have Jcvdoped hreast ~..dn
ll'T dun ng tho...r five vear..
"The wav tu cha ngt· from ont&gt;
pathwa\ tn the o ther 1' throu gh
l han~es 111 htes tvle," . . a1d Mut1
"PhysKa.l a~..·u v •tv and t.'attng ,, d•t·t
low 111 tat and h1gh m -.. ructlerou'
\'t.f,~ahlcs ..:an sh1ft e5trt¥t"tl metah....1
J. .,m !rom hrgh -nsk to low -rL. . k."
Mu11 and \."olleaguo wtl.l conllnut·
hi mvesu~ate wh~· one pa thwa\ 1n
lrt'.t.M'~ hreJ.st la n-..n n.1.k and the
other dOt-s not
Also partt~..lpii tm g 111 the ~tud'
Wt'rt' lo I 1-n·uJcnhclm . Holgcr
~t:hunemann. lu n Yang .1nd
M.tunzroTre-vlSallofthe L' B l kpan
mt'n t ol Soc1al and PreventiVe Mt'lil
u nc: H. Leon Bradlow and Ilan td W
~km•1 c of the ~trang Lancer Rt'
St......trch Labor.Jtorv 111 Nl"\'1· York {:11\ .
And..rea M 1chch. \'ittono Krogh anJ
Frant:o lkrnno of the National Tu
mor lnst 1tu1e 111 Milan . lt alv, and
Ma rtin Stanu ll a of the Mt'dltJI
S&lt;:.hnol of Hannovt"r. ( ;cm1arw

�October 19. ZDOOI'I1ll 3Z.Io 9 Reporiea

Dopamine, addiction linked

ElectronicHighwaars
Celebrate Archives Month
EiJ
With a Virtual Visit to NARA

Bozarth to address conference on reward deficiency syndro"mc
By PATRICIA DONOVAN
Contnbutmg [ dltor

S

CIENllSTS postulatr that a
b • olog~caJ

condition known
as "reward defic1ency syn
d rome" may prt''C.hspose up
In HS m1 lhon indlvJduals 10 the.·
lln1tt:d ~tates to addiction and/or
tllht-'1'

psychn-pathologtcal hehav10~.

Ihe syndrome IS defined byabnor
mo~.h h es rn hram -rc\'o'3Jd proc(~'K~

mvt)IVlng SJX'Cific neuraJ J7dthways.lt
'' suspec1t:d 111 somr cases to haw a
gt:netiC component that may predis-

pose somr mdP; tduals
l ion-

to

addh.

not onlv 10 st rong stunulant~

hkt· o p1a l t."S bul to weaker Stimulant\
ltk£ a.kohol, nKotlnc, gamhlmg. !IC).,
v•nlcnce, Lannah~ and food.
Mu.:had lknarth, a!'I~)(Jatt&gt; pro
k"'"''' ol JlSVt..hology. was among .1
,m,JII numhc1 of !1\.. l l'n tJ st s who!!c

ft''t'.trlh

lions to add tcu on
AJthough Bozarth'o; re!tt'drth dot'!'&gt;
not mvolvr the study ot genettt!l, 11
md icates that dopamme pia~ a roltm addiction to oplatl'!., ~ u .. h a ...
he ro 1n and morphtlll' Ht .'&gt; wor~
contnhuted sigmficantlv to thl' l:Ut
rent vu:w that different addh..11om .
&lt;b well as psycho-patholog1t...al he.·
haVJors hke- problem gamhlmg, ma'
mvulvc a common neu ral subst rate
Pnor to th is find m g, .sCJent!Sb had
assumed that dtfferrnt mechantStll!o
wert' responsible for vanou!o ')Uh
o;tance-abu.'l&lt;' disorders.
&amp;u.arth pom15 o ut that m healt hy
mdtv Jdu a ls. norm aJ life act!V tliell
provoke the release of dopammc,
wh 1ch evokes fee lin gs of p leasu rc. lt
IS p resu m ed that in some individu ,J..b•• hoWl""Ver. this reward system m
h ra m l5 not working properly.

on~1nally ~uggcs t c:d

an
rdat1omh1p hetwt'ell the
ncurot rall\llllttt·r dopamme. wh1ch
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Reporier Octobet i9. ZOOO/Vo13Z. No 9
Former senator relates stories about space flights, urges audience to make a difference

'BRIEFLY
Alley II to perform
The Center lot 111e Am will
pr....,t tht in...,.tlonalfy koown
dance troup&lt; Nley llos lhe first
porfonnonce in the 2000.()1
Koyt!anlo Doric• S&lt;rie.
A prolesionaf dance compony t N t - the spirit lnd
ono&lt;gy of the coon!Jy'• bost
yoong talent with the poulon
and emotive .tsion of todoy'•
most ouUUnding omergtng
chor&lt;ogrophorl, Ailoy II wtlf portorm at 8 p.m. Nov. 1 71n thr
Malrutago The•~ in the c.ntor
for the Arts on the North &lt;Am-

pu•.
In 1974, Alvin Ailoy bfgan 1

wortuhop compri5ed of the
most promising &gt;ChofJI1hip ""'
dents from hls American Dance
Cmter, the offldll school of the
AMn Ai~ American Dance The-""'· Thb hlnd-pO:kod group of
dancers beame the original
mernbon of the Alvin Ailoy Ropertory Ensernble-oow known
as Ailey II. The eruemble, whk h
emphaslle$ a balance of repertOire, lK:hnlque and· performance, has grown into ont of
the most popular and critic:alty

ttcclaimed dance c.ompantes in
the United States, and its performance last year at UB played to
a sok:J-out crOYt'd .
The 2000-01 KeySank Dance
Senes will continue with performances by Margfe Gillis on Feb
13 and Doug Varone and Daneen; on "ffril 7.
TICkets for Ailey II are S18,
11 5 and 19 fa&lt; tho gonoral public and S7 for UB students. Di!&gt;-

count coupons are available at
all a rea KeySank locations. TKkeu are available in the c~ ter
lor the Arts box office from
noon to 6 p.m. TueKiay
through Friday. and all
r~e kelma ster locations. For more
1nformation, call 645-ARTS.

Clariuon chair
to deliver lectures
Mark W.gley, director-of advanced studie5 at the Columbia
Univenlty School of Architec·
ture. win detiver two pubf.c ~­
tures on ""'The Archrtecture of
Prosthetics"" when he vislts UB

next ....t&lt; as Fall 2000 Clarlcson
Vo&gt;iting Choir In the School of
Architecture and Planning.
T'he '«ture will be held at
5:30p.m. w.dnosday and at
5:30p.m. Oct. 27, both In 148
Diefondorf Hall, South Campus.
Tho Clarklon Vo&gt;itlng Chair is
an endOwed visiting position

that is awarded annually to a
dtstinguished scholar or professional in the discipUnes of architecture, ~anning and design.
Prior to joining the Columbia

faculty, WtgJey wa.s director of

graduate studies In archftecture
at Princeton University.
He has published numerous
books and Mtkles on modem architecture and contempcnry
thoory.

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Sending letters
to the Reporla'
Tho Rqn-rer welcorroe letter&gt;
lrom readeD conY'Jlef"'ting on its
stc:Wie and content Letters shoukt
be limitod to 800 word5 and may
be .Otod '"' .tyto and length. letten must inckJde the IM'iter's
name, addres5 and • daytimo tolepron. number"" verific.ation. Socause of space limitations. the Repon..-annot pubfilh allettm receNod. They rrust be roceNod by
9 a.m. Monday to be comlder&lt;d
""~tion in that-· iwe.
Tho IILparr6 """"" that lettm be
" " - " " &lt;is!&lt;"' oloctronicaly at
&lt; wutt~ .

John Glenn mesmerizes UB audience

By JENNIF£. U WANDOWSIU
Reponer Au1stant E.d1tor

A

Sl RllNAU'I and four
term U.S. s~n . John
Glenn--the" first Amen
can to orbn thr Earth m

1961-remamed true to his lifdong

p~1om

m h•s v1sit to UB last week.
paymg homage to the "enormous
~ h .ll1gcs that have been wrought by
the cun ous.. quesung sparit that we
have," while implonngAmcncans to
n~· above the cynu:tsm and apa thy
that LS rampant in the country today.
" lt"s excitmg to tx ahve," said the
7Y vear -old Glenn, who marveled at
tht· fat.1 that he's hvcd through nearly
tlflt•- thlrd of the country's entire histon "r Rut ) all 1s not completely
hr 1 ~ht 1n the piCture for the fu ture."
Wearmg a pat n otlc ensemble of
hila 'lUll. while sh1rt and red necktit' . l .lcn n ruM' to the ot.ca.sion of
lw1n~ tht· first 'peaker 10 the 1000(1 I t• ~..ht•on of the DtstJngu•shed
"pt·.tkt·r., \n1C'S. appe-.mng befo re a
~..rt 1wJ tll mort· than 4.00010 Alumni
·\n·n.t till ( l(t II
-\ Jown -to ·e.Jrth ( ,Jenn tnked
\\'Hh lht• audlt'flu.' about hill pt.·r
u't' t•J lnh\ qatuJo, explauung that
h.., w1k. Ann1c. '" kcep.,thtngs on .10
''I .._j,,n't g.t·t up cwrv mormngand
lm ,1 ht•u,:· ht· •.a ad .It .1 pre"
&lt;ll flkrl"lh_t' e.Jrllt'T Ill thl' CYe!l l n~
· \\e IU'&gt;I trvtog.et upt•vt·n· d,l\ .md
dtl h'h,ll we thank,, nl!lll ·
l.ltln~..hmt! 11110 a t.ctp,uk tl\'l"T
\I t '\\ td hi' I ~4X 'P.l&lt;.t: \'ti\'J ~t·
.1hn.1rJ lht· 'P.Ju· ,hunk I &gt;1Jo&lt;.OYCf\',
( rlt'l11l 'h.Jred IJ ]t'' of tht• 1111lt"-di1\'
llli'&gt;.!&gt;IOII, dllllplt'tl' h'lth vtdeu takt·n
I" "hp&lt;5tl .. k ~..amt-ra.o;, "-rn ughlv the
'&gt;lit' of one., thumh- fTom til '&gt;Ilk.
.tnd IIUt!&gt; tJt', tht~ \.Taft
" I'

"Spate flight I!&gt; a great personaJ
expenence. (but ! you go up ther(' 10
do bas1c research," he- sa1d. notmg
tha t the seven -member crew wa!&gt;
ass1gned 83 research proJeCt~. 1n
dueling aging studaes done on L;ienn
that he sa.~d he hopes will msp1rc
further research and prov1de a
meanmgful database of mforma11on
to help com bat the efforu of agmg.
" I hope WC' lea rn eno ugh that
maybe- we can cut out some of the

mght!&gt; !and da ~ l last roughly 4Ci
nunu to due to the rotauonaJ speed
Vo.'hale much of the space dt.\Cus
'1un iu~..u sed on h1s recen t tnp,
&lt;,[enn entertamed listeners w1th
what It ~first like bemg launched
an to space aboard FmylCishap 7
cb

" I don 't meantomahtightofnbeca~..LSt:

at 's not !tOmethmg you make
light of, your hfe 15 on the hn~ut
you tram so much for that," he scud
of th• mission, wluch lasted nearly
five hours. "You're

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sometimes favors:
.. How d o you
think you'd feel on
Metfndli ltarwan, ct.ughtft' of englnMring Dean
top of 2 million
Marll llarwan (center) before his 'PftCh.
parts built by the
frai lt 1es o f old age right he re on lowest bidder nn the government
earth," he said. noting the night re - con tract? "
search mcluded st ud•cs on os
All kidding as1de, Glenn-a n
teoporom•. th e Immune svstem . American 11..on, to be sure--pledged
d rug and nutnent absorpt ion, and h1s aJieg1ance to the Un ned Stato
sleep patterns
throughout the cvcmng, urgmg othl ;Jcnn~"i'n m the Yldt.'(l "h1gh
t•rs to JOIIl him m ht!&gt; a usa de..· to
livmg" hts crew mc:mhen onu· 111 make a difference
orhll-narratcd th(" finer, and tun
" It rea.lly huru me wht'n people drt.'
n1t·r. potn ts of the..· foo tage ( .rc\\ '&gt;l-' q111cal J.nd apatht·tK about am'
members. mdudmg t;lcnn , wc rtc thmg to do w1th governmt·nt and
fiJmeti ..:onductmg rt~arch . excrns
pnhtJCs," he saJd. "lome, th iS counmg, eatmg, shampomng the1r haar
In' IS nothi ng short of amazmg."
(;!enn-a former contender for
and ~o.r.tw l ing Into slcer \.Ompart
menl~n.-•rmn!SU"nt of a hody lockrr
the 1984 pr~tdt'nllaJ nommallonat tht· mtlrgut'----1:nmplcte with tt"th
LOiltmstcd the t:urrcnt poll Ileal s1 tu
a~..·d slt't·pmg hag and slidmg door.
al ton ""'' tth a more tradit ional \'It'\\

of public servJC(&gt;
"When l was growmg up a-; a lud.
11 was a ume penod when tht:re wa.o.
a far dtffer(!nt arutude toward pub
he ~Ia and runnmg for office,"
he sa1d.
"To me. po!J ucs IS the JXrsonnel
department for th(&gt; Constitution,"
Glenn sa1d, calling the Consutut1on
"the greatest document on governancr ever put forward m human
history."
UWe're tendmg back to the dar.&gt;
of Kmg Georg&lt;:--&lt;&gt;ligarchy-that's
what it means to not pamcipate," he
said, noting 1hat of the roughly 4 7
pe rcent of the co untry 's votmg
populauon, a mere 13 percent w11l
end up electmg the ncXl pres1dent .
Glenn also stressed the need for
1mproved ed ucauon.
" By tugh school. our luds rank al most last out of ... 26 nations,.. he saKi
ClUng results of a recent study...That
does not bode well for the future "
Refern ng to .. Bcfore Jt's Too La te,''
a report he authored while m the
Senate. Glenn scud that one-quarter
of teachers of math and SCicn~o.e
nt"Ver maJored m those subtects.. and
that one-third of teachers leave the1r
1obs Wlthm the first thrt't' vears
"We're !nerally puttmg our nat1on
at rtsk tf we don't nsc to tlu.s paru~.. u
Jar challenge," he sa1d, addmg that the
nation's tobs will be lost to education
.ally supenor natiOnS.-!&gt;n methm ~
that 's already happe-nm~f we don t
addre~ the problem.
In a countrv where libenv ol up
portumty-"the likes of " 'h1Ch no
ot her nauon m thl!&gt; world has ever
had "-abou n d~. Glenn challenged
the audience to embrace "a brand
newumc m the world .. both fngh1
en1ng and cxhila ratmg."

Campaign
ContkMMd 1 . -

~

I

htghcr educauon," l:.gan s.ud.
t; ret ncr sa 1d that mmc than .1
J m.t·n donors have taken the 1111t m
uvc t."a' rly 1n the campaign wnh gifb
ul S I mi!Jion ur morr !'K)me gave
for ~tude n t
sc holars h tps.
such as John J.
and Janet H .
Su ng , who!!ot'
g1ft \\'ent to
the Xhool of
Mc:."&lt;hcme and
B1nmrdte.tl
~c.. 1en"- t.' ' .
wh1 k .Ul .monynlOU!I donor's mul
t•plt· g•fts, tota lm g mnrc than S5.n
m1llto n. estahltshed and con tmue tll
'&gt; Upport the Dt'&gt;tmglllshcJ Honors
'X h(ll.tr' Prngroun.
In .tddiuon 11 1 schol arship!~, Cc..·..:al
and \'itllt'l NC\,1on fu ndetl The t k nl
.J ntJ \ "•olct Newto n Ccntt• r for In
q ruc..1 1011.11 T{'Chnnlogy 111 th~._· ~hrxJl
nl Phar macv .tnd Pha rm;tc..eullt..tl
~l l CilCt'!&gt; . An anonymnu!l donor to
Lbe Xhool of MedJt::mt•and B1omcd1
,.,] ~ICillt'!&gt; has &lt;.'S tabL.sht'1..1 a muh 1
m1 llu m -dollar chantahlc rc maJndt·r
un ll rmtto ffil't.'l m.strm-tiOnJI nt·t.xh
'-tHne dnnor1o hoped {(l cnhanu'
the k.trt llrt f_o pJ~Irt u mti O . I k n rv A
P,l llcL'&gt;lt. lr .tskcd that h11o g1ft ht.· u~,J
l11r .1 lompt'tl lltlll lot·ntnuragt· "''u
dt· nt~ to ht'lOlllt' en treprt•ncu r'
I l,w,d K Andl'f ...nn don,ut•d h1!&gt; ~.1l
kn hmldmg .md lll.Jil\' of the .JTI
" 't'rk...ttl thc&lt;:ol lt--gt' tlf Arts .1nti 'x•
t"llll"'&gt; , whtth plan.• 10 uo;,~._· 11 .1' ,,

sprmghoard for a museum and cu
ratona1 stud aes program. The g•ft
from lt' remr M . Jacobs Sr. created a
u na que se tt mg for students: the
School of Managemt"nt 1s usmg the
Jacohs E.xecu tave Managt"
m ent (t" n ter-the land ·
ma r k Me.td .
McK1m a nd
V./ h li t' d (' stg ncd man
s1on at I &gt;cia
\\'ate Avenue
.1nd No rt h ~ t rect ow ned h\
Jacobs--for tht• o ngomg tra mmg o l
executavesand high -level manager'&gt;.
The hst of gifts s u rpa.i;.~; •n g S I m•lhon also indud~ gifts from ulfJ"'
ra tlom such '" losh1ha Ame-r t~..J
Mc(l! cal ~ys t c..• m s for the Tus ht ha
.)trokc:.· Rc..-sear..:h Cen ter, B1ogcn fur
tht· endowed lrvm anJ RosemJ.n
~mith ( :hru r m Neurology and,, grant
tmm the VJ.M. Kcck Fou nda tion for
h1omedKaJ r~arch Tht· C.c..•mcr lor
( :omputaUon.tl Resc-ar ·
-:otJ.hh!&gt;h
mg llB ;.lo;,ont'tllthe tup- IO.Kademl\
computlngMtt-:o 111 dw lllUntn- \\'".1.'
\.ft"att't.i th rou!;!h w llabnr.ttiVt' ~·' 111~
1Hl\-1tomt-J wu h ~Lh w n (,rarhll'&gt;,
\un MllrtiS\~tt·m~ . :O.l ll") .md tht
Nauon.1l X1cnu· I ound1t1t 111 It 1 \ rt·
.I tt' thl!&gt; world - d.l~ I.Ktlll\
( trC\11\'1 ....ud th(• lollll J'.ll~ll . \\"hiLh
w1ll run through hnw :!Otl \ , t:- Ulll"-lll"-.
m marw wav~ . h 11o the fir,ttru h nil
tl(lflJ.I -Intt' m alltlllotll &lt;llllPalgnol tht•

~ts totaJ morr than S438 million.
Gremer noted that they are welllx-low those of other top public umver
s1 t1es UB uses for benchmarking.
Like many other state·owned and
~ommillet'
-suppon ed un iversities. such as the
and school - University of Virginia, the Umvcr
based ,·om - suy of Iowa and the Univers•t)' of
m itt ec cha~rs North Carolina-Chapel Hill. UB re who are pro· lies on the state for on ly a part of 1t.1r
fess•onals and opcratmg budget.
husmess lead(;remer noted that New York St;.tle
ers
from has been cxccptlonally generous Ill
ltKH
across
th~..·
fundmg constructton and m sur
portmg recent cap1tal tn ltJa tJvcs--COUillr)'·
fina ll y. the ca mpa1gn goals and .~ruch as tht~ Cen ter for Compu ta·
nh1C\..··uves are umversity-wtde. as ts Ilona! Research and 43 technologv
the commitment from fucu lt)' and t-qu apped classrooms---hut less than
,t_afT demonst rated hy those !&gt;Chool' .1 th1rd of the universitv's all-fund.~r
that .Ll read\' have completc..-d thear Ill · operatmg budget currenth· comt"'&gt;
tcrnaJ campmgns. Some notahle ln
from the sta tc- . The remdttldt·r
d1V1duaJ gtft.s from fuc uh'v members ~..omc..-s from tu1t1on and fees; other
h1date tncludea S l mili.Jondonataon mcome. tndudmg sponsored re
lrnm Pcter H.trr. ~l' NY l&gt;lsttn - -.eart:h; the rnc..-d1caJ 54:hool's prac-tKt'
guashed St·rvJCe ProlesJoOr 111 tht• I k
plan; Jll.'(daarv st'f\' I(C'!o and s.tlt'!!o ot
partnu·nt nf Ph alosophy.
'\t"rVIC~ and endowment. tndudm~
(,r~..·tner cxp la•m·d th.tt mont'\
pnvate g1fb. t•ndowment m..:ome
r,mt'd 111 the campa1g.n will ht~ used Jnd non -governmental grant.'!
{;remer sa1d thc untwrstt ,·\ Jon~
to t'llTI\.h academll program!~ . 3Up·
~~~rt &lt;~tudents fromtht~ undt·rgradu
term goal1s to expand greath• sup
port for LIB from non - ~ta t r &gt;Ouru·,
.lit'~ !hrough po~t - dodoral lcvd,
through t•Oorts ilkt· the Ca mp;ugn
.111d t'nhan..:c un •YCrJoiiV li fe
In .uidltlllll Ill .;;pt't:lfK nhtel11V~
lor L1 R.
...unp.ug.n leaders haw dctermmed
"The (:..ampa~gn lor LIB: &lt;;cncr.~
uon tn ( ;cnt:rataon" began ItS "4u1c..'!
three go.Us: to mcrcase .mnuaJ g1v
tng through lar~t·r g1 hs dnti greater ph3S('" Ill IIJWJ wht.."Tl umver-;11\ ad
mm astmtors started ffif'Ctmg Wtth
~"J.r1h,..1pJ.non, tu b't'nemte t.-.:tpitaJ sup
port ,md In m..:rcase the umversity's\ J.lu mm to solicit cunpa~gn voluntc..'t.'l'
t•nJ(Jwmcnt. While l/ R's endo" 1llent and to outlme goals and obit"ct1vt.~.

fi,·e &lt;:.ampa tgns conducted hy UB
smce 1ts foundmg in 1846. It 15 the
first alu mn1-driven campaign, bemg
k-d by a steering committee compn scd
an executive campaign

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To the Editor:

l'H 1:. upda11ng l b policy regardmg
mfnrmauun rel ease and directory
•nformat1on , eflect1ve with the Fall
1000 M::ffif:'Ster. The most sigmf1r...ant
r.. hangcs m the polt()' ar~
• Tht• defimt10n uf dm::c..· tuq• m
lormat1o n now w1ll mclude cma1l
.td dr~~

• We w dl ass ume that .all stu

dents pnmlt the release of thclf d1
rt'llory mformat1on un le-ss th ey

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lion '' lurm 'I ht&gt; form t.a n he
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ddtvt·red or mailed to th t· Rt·L ord~
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uffiLt'' 111 1l~

t .tpt•n m I bvt·., Annn B It

.a! ..u

may I&gt;&lt; faxed to 829 2215
lhe conseq uen ~ of a decJSion tu

thev need to ... umpl{'tf

not authonze rdease of d1rector. m
formation are as fo llows

lor Non - Rdea~ ot I )lfl•t1on lnlur
mat to n" f11rm

• Requ ests for conta ct mform.J
tum fro m UB persom on non - c~ ­
!&gt;enttaJ matters and from non -LIB
r)(rSOns will he demed.
• Requests for venficat1on of m aJor. date::. o f attendance and degrco
and awarcb recetved wtll Oe demed.
t•ve n whl·n asked by prospec ti ve
emp loyers, scholarshtp o rga111 1..d
lions and the like.
• Name, mator field of stud y and
email addr~ no longer will be avml
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Jo•nne M . Plunkett
Umveruty Reg11Uar

Microsoft

The 8uth were tdle last weekend UB
retum~ to ltctJOf\ on »w.-my for the
ltfVluai homecomtng pme , beglnntng
u I p m '" UB SadiUfTI The Bulls will
b ee dw &amp;11 Su.te Urdtrull

MUM¥1-1
llcll Stew8rt ol the men's

U B firulty gor to ~~ on IU home
field after opemng With I 0 stn.1gh1
ga~ on lhe rmd But lhe horne
f.eld ;r,dvanu.ge wasn "t enough lor the
Buill u Kenwcky scored early ;r,nd
held on for a I -0 w 1n
The WddOIU rook adlr.lnuge
early agamst the Butl i for me game\
onty goat tlkka J;r,nru iertl a pus
down ~ left s1de lhat got by the UB
defense Chn~ McOamel took the
ball to lhe bo11 ;r,nd ~hot 11 put UB
go;r,lkeeper Bnan Woznt;r,k ;r,t dw 3 16
marit to gtw Kentucky d-te I -0 teaCl
That lead would hold throughout the
re;n of r;he game

cross-country team wa s
among UB's top finishers at
the U8 Invitational. Stewart
was one of three Bulls to
cross the finish line of the
eight-kilometer race in the
identical time of. 26:10 7,
second overall behind an
unattached runner. The Bulls
earned a tie for the team title
with Cornell in the meet.
Jaime Adams of the
women's soccer team
eamed the shutout in goal,
needing only two saves as
the Bolls defl!ated Ball State,
2-0, in Muncie, Ind . The
shutout was the fourth by
Adams this season and the
seventh by the Bulls She
now has 21 shutou~ 1n her

WOMEN ' S

four· year career

MEN ' S
Kentucky I , UB 0

Miami (Otiio ) 1, UB I
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Thursday

ETC Tec:hnology Worluhops
lntro to HTML 1 I Z Capen North

26

( dmpm Noon I p m

~o flwarl'lor la . . ult\ dnd 'taft .ll.\o
1,&lt;,•dl he ava tlahle through th t· 1.11m

putt"r nodt..,

The women's soccer team entered tU gamco wtth Mtam1 rn first place 1n th~ M1d
Amenc:an Conference. a full game &lt;~head of the Red H~ ;r,nd loolong to
extend r;he ;r,dvvlage M.amt h;r,d other planl howt!Yer defeaung the Bults 2 I
;r,nd forcmg ;r, ue atop the conference st2ndmg~
The Bulls got on the board fi ~t ltl Paull! Unram c:onu nued her .uuuh on
lhe UB r-Kord books Usvan1 scored on ;r,n ;ustn from Heather Colltns ltl the
6 33 marit to ake an early advantage UB would hold dut lead mto tulfume
M~1 ame OUt qutddy 1n the ~e&lt;ond half, With the Red Hawlu sc:onng 1n thl'
firs~ five mtnutes on lt goal by Dantelle Berkemeter ltl the &lt;49 1&lt;4 marlc tO knot thE'
«:ore at 1-1 Maatn~ would stnke ap•n tn the S6th rrnnute n Andrea Cunnrngtwn
ltte MACs le:adtng K~r netted a goat p;ut US goa.ht! Emtly Coll for the go-~Cl
goat Th2.t score would sand u the Red Hawk!. arne away With the 2-1 wtn
The Bulls ~ed strongly after Fnchy ·~ km n M~1 and took ;r,nother
~d Wln behtnd the pby of Ustn.ru. defeaung &amp; It Sate . 2-0. on Sun&lt;by afterf'IOOI'I
Unnn1 got the Butt~ on the boltrd fi~t Wlth ;r, go;r,l m the H th m1nute of the
ftrst h;r,tf_ht!r 12th of the ~eason and +&lt;4th of her c.areer lt new U B record
The Buil l ;r,dded to thltt 1-0 lead l;r,te 1n lhe second half ;r, ~ L•su-..m d1shed
the bait to Ntco\e 0\newskt who notched her fifth go;r,l of the ye;r,r to l'"'e UB
the 2-0 Wln

~olle~oall

Calendar
Cont'"-'d t..... ,.,. a

ETC Technology Worluhops
u~lng M S fro ntPage, Part 2 l l l
( apt&gt;n North Campu~ l 3 30 p m J-rpp
Cognitive kle:nc::e

UB 2, B~ I'State 0

lectu~

~r=~:::;~~~~~~~e~~~d~~~lt

Abilitle~

and How ~llangua~ fit
In ? lo an Sussman, Dept of
( ommunKat•Vf' Drwrdtn and X1enc f' ~
}80 Park. North Campm 1· l 10 p m
I ree SponwrW by Center for Cogmtrvt'
';.( lf"nrf' ~or more 1nlormat10n He1lo.t'
tonf'\ 64 S 1794

Seminar
UnrcJVeUng Catalytk Kinetio vta
OetaUed Me&lt;hanirtk ~ing and
Computational Chemistry Lmda J
BrO&lt;tdbelt. Nort~tem Unrv 106 J-umd\
I-! all Nonh Campti~ 3 10 p m I rt't'
'

We:dneul•ys at 4 PLUS
An Implicit Poet in The tn k.s .m d theil
Delcendanll Brutt' Mannhetm. Unrv ol
Mrchagan X.reen.ng Room. Centt&gt;r lOt
the Art~. Nonh Campu~ 4 p m f rl"t'
ror mort" 1nlormatton. M.:tnlyn Ounl.tp
64S -l810

Nucle•r Me:dldnc lKture:

Center for Comput•tlonal
Rese•rch Colloqul•l Series
Transverse Dispersion by Adve&lt;:tive

~~~~~~~~~t!~e~~~;:r~Y~~

l:nVlronmf"n till Eng1neenng ZZZ Ncnur.t
Sctencei Complex. North C a mpu~ 1
3 30 p m fre1' Sponsored by CentN tor
Computat iOnal Re)earch and Dept ut
(lVII, Structural .tnd lnvttomnent.tl
lng1neenng For more mtormatton
Brenda Sauka, 64S-6 SOO ""-' SO t

Geology Pegrum Colloquium
live Thin Sections: Moviel o f
Microstructu ral Deve lopment .tnd
Rock Analog~ W1n Meiln~ . Ot'pt ol
f anh and Almosphe n&lt; Sn Un1v otl
Albany 116 Natural Xaence\ Comj.&gt;lt· •
North Cilmpu\ 1 30 p m fret&gt;
Sponwrt'd by Maunet• Crook anc1 Or111
F o~u~r E.ndowmenl.!. For more 1ntor
mat1on. 64 5-6800. e~~; t 6100

Re~arth Sldlh M,lfgtf' Welh. du
Undergraduate library 117 C.tpen
North Campo~ Noon- 1 30 p m I rt:1'
Spon wre&lt;t by the Undergladuatf"
ltbrary For mort' rnlormatiQn l:nc
.vree 645-104 3 f'lll 135

Exh.ibits

Brown-Bag VIdeo Series
..Who Mov~ My Cheese r 106 )atab\.
North Campu\ Noon Free Spomorf'd
by Proleu100al Staff Senate ~or more
1nlormat1on, Anna Kedt1enk1, 645 1003

Sll Wotiuhop
lob and Career Info on the Web for
SdentbU and Engineers ~red Stou,

0~~~~r:~~a~~g~~~:'N~~~'ld~:u~
2

Noon- 1 p m fn"t Open only to UB
\tudenu, la&lt;ulty and staff f Of more
mto rmoltiOn. ltll Ha&lt;kenberg. 645-194 7
t'll.l 116

Roswetl Parll St•ff Semln•r
Wahk. S EI·Oetry, Unrv of Pennsytvdnl.t
~chool of Med1one Gaylord-Cary
Meelmg Room . Re\earch Stud ~ Cent('r
Rmwetl Pa rk Cancer tnstttute. Elm and
t drlton \U 11 lOp m free Spomored
b)' RP( I For more mform,won (h.trle\
Wennt'r 84 5 1261

Buffalo Logk Colloquium
Un iversal Aue rtion ) tohn T Kedrn ~
Dept o l PhiiO\Ophy 14 t Park. Nonh

"'The Gr•du•t e Show : Se-cond

~~;~~~~~:2:~~ ;, ,;~ \'c::~lf"VI"I
7

ur tllf" Cente r lor thf" Art \ on thf' Nonh
t~mOU\ G.tlll'ry hour\ &lt;H t' lut'\day
10 am 10 S p m Wf'dne~d\
through Frtd.:ty I rom 10 a m to !! p n
.tnd ~dturda~ !rom I 1 d "' to() fl n•

(

tr()rn

'" 19th Century Botankal Prints "'
I ht' 11"1 an e~~;hlbtl ot the Hl'.tlth

1
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l.Jbrary

Will

be on dl\pl.t\

thf" South Campo\ The pnnb

1n1&lt;tql''

Campu) 4 5 lO p m J-rt'f" Sponwrffi
by Buffalo logtt ColloqUium For more
ontormatton, lohn Corcor.tn 881 1640
or 645 -1 444 , e11t I 19

of planu wtth med1Cnlal propertlt'\
h.tve been reptodU(ed !rom d boolo.
publ!~hed'" 1863 owned by the Robf",
I Brown Ht~!Ory ot Mf'dtCIOf" (ofiNIInf'

Unlve:nlty •nd the Worfd lecture:
Series

!two Health

The Poet's Mo ther The Ca~l o l
Sytvia Plath and Charles Baudelaire
Barbara E. jo hnso n. Frederx Wenham
Prof ol lilw and Ptych tatry 1n Sont-ty.
Harvard Unrv X~mng Room, Center

" Bo Bartlett: Paintings from the
Se:• Se:rie:s"
Work by p.tmter Bo Sartle\1 wt11 bf" on

~~~~~-b~::n~~~~e ~r~~ ~;:
X. •ence s and the E:dmund H Sutlpr

~7~~0:~. ~ ~1~~~

For morf'

Blologlul klences Semln•r
Structural and Phyklogeneti&lt;
of light -Harvestin g
Systems in Planu &amp; Algae EltLal&gt;f't h
Gantt, Un1v ot Maryland 1 14
Hochstetler 4 p m Frt&gt;f" Aher \t'nWl,u
mt"f"ttng spomorf'd by tht Graou.-rl f'
StudenT A.~wc wdl be 1" I 09 (ookf'
Relreshmenh w11l tM!' \t'rvf'd For fnOlt'
onlonniii!Wl M.try BoHOn 64) ZSSO
Relat~ne u

The volleyb;r,ll te;r,m·s ~d woes conunued w1th ;r, thr~-g;r,me lou u Mtd·
Amenan Confer-ence opponent Bowttng Greefl by I S-&lt;4 IS 7 I S-7 sco~·
The Bulb returned home on Sunday to face Toledo Although 1un1or Ameha
l 1ddle posted ;r, ureer-h1gh I) kt11s and ;r,dded four bloclu 11 was f'IOt enough lt)
UB lost a four-g;r,me m;r,tch The Bull\ ~lhed tO e;r,m a t 5- 11 won 1n game one
before dropptng thrt't"-stntght game~ 1S I] I !:1 -7 1S I I

M en tie for fi rst, women place second in UB Invitational

Ye•r Students ''
Worl by \NOnd yE'dt gr.tctuate \IUOt'nh
111 lhf' Df'panment ot An w1ll bf" on

\clt'f'IC M

Radioimmuno therapy o l Non
Hodgkin · ~ lymph oma Andrew
leleneu, 117 Parker, South C.~mpu' 6
7 10 p m Free Spomored b y 0tp1 ot
1\/ucledr Mf'diCtne for more rniOf
rndtiOn, Rt&gt;bf&gt;( ca Goodman, 818.-S889

~rf"t'

~;:~u•te llbr•ry

Bowling Green l , UB 0
Tol e do • . U8 I

Thl' e11htb1\ wa\ m&lt;tdf" pos11ble throuqt1
the generous support ol the f.nf'nc:h ot
Sctt'ne~ L1bfary dnc1 tht'
Mf"d•cal Htstonul Soclf"ty

The'fTlen ·~ ;r,nd women·~ cro ~l ·COuntry teltm~ conctudcod the1r regulltr ~e.nom
Satu rday afterflOOn ltl lhe UB lnv1uuorul
The men~ squad oed for top honor\ wtth C ornell at 1 ~ ~o. apteee wtule tne
women Kored -&lt;46 poano. ~ntY"Itng second behtnd Come!\ wtudl posted )) j)OinU
Una ruched runner jeram1e Sitek WOfl the mens B-k1lomete~ nee 1n a ume
o f 2S 5) 7 He wa1 followl'd by thr~ UB runner~ R1clt Stewar-t Todd Ludden
and Tony Q;r,v1d ·WtlO e,;r,ch umed 26 I 0 7
W:nertoa \ Debb1e Buhlen blitzed the f1eld to t.ake the women\ )
lulometer race tn 18 I 1 S U B s Eileen Rose and M ell~la BurroW\ placed th..-!1
and fourth relpecuvely 1n 19 )0 5 otnd 19 39 8 Cornell runnen took thl' nt- • T
seven spou Cfl~unng the lowest \COr I:' to w1n the team utle

lenm~
MEN ' S

U8 7 , Youngstown Stat e 0
The mens tenm\ team completed IU t.r.11 scheduk wtth :t 7-0 Win ewer
Youngswwn Sate on Sundar 1n ltte UB Tenn1~ Center The Wln ~ the leventh or
the season for the Buill . but more 1mporunt:ty. n gave U B a perfect 7.0 t.r.ll r-ec:oro
UB mned o ff the day strong by sweep•ng ;r,JI lhree double\ p:t1nngl
The Bulb then movtd on to smgles compeuuon where they sweo1 otll ~~ ·
matchel '" two ~eu never losmg mo~ than three g;t.me\
WOMEN "S

Youngstown State 7 , UB 0

~~~~~ ~~~g~n~V':,ll~y"~~~~~~s:n ~~~

The women·, tenms teltm drnpped a non-conference fT\41tch on Sunaa)' to
Youngstown Sate rn the U B Tennl) Cemer 7-0 m the f1n;r,l tlomt' compem1or
for UB for the fa11 \euon

(f"nter for tht' Art\ on the North
Campu\ Gallery hour'\ are \.Vt&gt;drwM~d\
through Sdturd.ty hom 10 }0 a m to 8
p m and Sunddy lrom noon to S p ,.,

[rew

"Wend• Gu-Gre•t W•ll of the
Millennium "
'Norlo. by Wendd C.u l\ on di\pla\
through De&lt; IS 1n lhf' L•ghtwt-11 (.aUt&gt;"
1n the UnJVf"f"\1\Y G&lt;JIIt'f\ 1n thf' C P"'"'
tor thf' Arh 011 lht' Nortl, ( d"'Pul
l..t11f"ry hOuf\ arp Wt"'nf'~dd\ thmuql
~turdily hom 10 10 a m I&lt;• 8 11 m .tHd
~unda.,. Iron, noon ro S p ..,

WOMEN ' S
The women\ c ~ squ;r,d ...,..l 1n l!Ct•On lut weekend compeung on S...turd.l) '"
the Head of the Ntagan Repru. hosted by the West S1de Rowtng Club .t.no
pltrttCipatmg 1n the Stonehu~t RegJtQ m Roche ster on Sunday
At the Stonehurn Repru. the Bulb fimshed second of fou r emne\ rn the
hghrwe1ght e •ghu behind Men:ytturSl Two U B entne s fin1she&lt;t 111 tne
hewywe1ght e1ghu ltl UB"s A squ;r,d wa) 1~th wtnfe the 8 te;r,rn w;u Hth Thl'
two entnes from the he;r,vywe1ghr !our\ wert&gt; scratched pnor to the r;r,ce

�Bj Reporier Oc1obe1 19.20001'1111 32. No g

Thursday,
October

North Camptn 8 p .m S J For
645-ARTS

more •nformc~llOn,

Bloc:hemJstry Semln.v
Proteins wtth Nearly ld~tkal

19

Native Structures C.1n Have

Folding lntennediates with
Dlffrf"ent Propert.Jes Ira)
Ropson, Dept of BIOChemJstty

~~e~~~!!er~:henn

~~':.,mk:"and

Campus Noon Free For mou•

"-omedklne
Current Advances In
Biophotonks and

•niOtmaOOn, Kennelh
Blumenthal, 819- 3890

Nanomedklne 8uftalo
N•agara Mamott. 1 J.40

Friday

~~~F~,r,':::;~e~e~a
S250, studenu, HO. per-day

;~~·~~~~en~ t!~.s~~~~ by
and B•ophotontes and the
School of MediCine and

B•omechul

Sc~n

For

ITIOfE'

~~~~~~x~~~~~km\le•n.
Software Demonstration

Bibliogra phic Software
Un1vers•ty

Bookslore, North C.unpu\ I 0
am -4pm fret&gt;
Workshop
Using the Web for Research
1dtlanc1 Ck' La Tterra. Il l
(apen, North (ampu~ 10
1 I lOa m Free ~pomored by
thf" UndergraduatE' Library For
more •nformat~on , [nc At..ree.
645 ·1943, ext 135

D•nce

f=~rrt,~~;. ~~~~~ne

(

~~~;n ~~ c1mpu~
Geomeuy/Topology
Seminar
Pro blem~
3 · spher~After A

for the

n'8~~~~·~n~~~~~~m

North Campu1 3

~0

p m f r('f'

Phydology •nd Blophyslc:s
Semlru.r
Latin Tune1. from Corti''
Organ: Outer Hair Celh Can
Mambo! Jo,eph S.ilntos-Sacchl
Y()le Unr... 108 Sherm.m Hall
South ( dmpul 4 p m f.ree

BJologlcal Sciences Semln•r
Insect Pest Control In
Tram.genk Crops: from GenE'
Discovery to Commercial
Products Terry Meyer, Ploneet
H1 Bred lnternat.anal, )ohmton
Iowa 114 Hochstetler 4 p m
Free After · ~em1nar nlet'tlng
spon)Ored by the Graduate
Student A!..s.oc: WJ/1 be •n 109
Cooke Aefre-shmenu W1il be
served For more 1nformatton
Paul GollniCk, 645 · 2887

Physks Colloquium

rho /\,,,,.,,, ., pullll\h('\
11\ I IOQ\ " " l'Vt.' l11\

t&lt;'l l..tng

The Meson Spectrum :
Searching for Glue . )arne\
Napolita no, Renuelat'f
Polytt&gt;Chmc lnst•tute 115
Natural Soences Complex
4 15 pm Free

UUAB f11ll Films 2000
•ff • .otnpu• •-• ··nt \ wht

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r+

fh 11n•1• ,.,, riut.

•••· t,, ,,, th,,n

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The Perfect Storm Student
Un1on Thea trf 7 and 9 30
p m S2 SO, studenu. S4.
9eneral public For morE'
1nforma11on, B1nu Paulose, b4 S
l9H

lecture
When Broken Gl"'a)) Floats

~~~~rnR!,~eU~~~n~~~y H1m .
•tlh -1•

C&lt;

plt·d lhn•uqh lh •

•-kc I run tc \uhm l\\lun lurnl

uf I

\t•ll l' ilt

hltp

)cn.•en1ng Room, Centt'f for the
Artl, North Campu~ 7 30-9
p m Fret&gt; Sponsored by
Center lor the Amencas, As1an

~!~~~~:;~~:t~~~~~ern
~~~u~~l~~~o~~e~~~e~

Sponsored by Office of Utemal
AHau·), Schoof of Engtneenng
and Applied Sc1ence1 For more
\",'~;matJOn, 645 -1768, ext
Women 'sSoc.:caUB vs. 8owting Green RAC
Ft~d. Nort.h Campus 4 p m

..

==~~Mfling

,,

~='=)~~'
Stadium. North Campo&gt;. School

For

Perfonn.~~nce

Zodiaque Fall Dance Concert
Dept. of Theatrt and Dance
Drama Theatre, Center for the
ArU, North Campw, 8 p .m S1O,
general; SS, UB students. For
more 1nformaoon. 645-ARTS
Wednudllys 11t 4 PlUS

~~~';3~sa~~~~. r:~i~t
Books, 102 Alien St., Buffalo 8
p m Fret&gt; For more
tnlormatton, 645 · 3810

Ploy
Cotton Cirb/ Overtones Dept
of Theatre and Dance Black
Box Theatre. Centt'f for the ArU,

oHng~

UB vs. Wertem Michigan
RAC Field, North Campus 7
pm free

and Applo.d

=e~Ex~~·~

UUAB Fall FUnu 2000

~:.~·. rr68~ ~~~i

The Perfect Storm . Student
Un•on Theatre, North Campus
7, 9 30 and 11 ·45 p .m S2 50,
studenu; S4, general publiC
For more tnformatton, Binu
Paulose. 645-2957

FootiNoll
UB vs. Ball State UB Stad1um
North C ampu~ 1 p m S 11, '
S I 0, S8 and fret:' to studenu
With UB 10

Dance

Men 's Tennis

Perfonn~tnce

UB vs. SL Francis UB lenn•s
Center, EliJcott Complex., North
Campus 1 p m Fr(&gt;t&gt;

American BaHet Theatre

~~~~~e~~:'::~lOf~;n~~e
North Campu1 8 p .m S 18,
SI S, S9, U8 studenu, S7 For
more 1nlormal!on, 645 ·ARTS

Family Weekend
Comedienne laneaM
Garofalo Ma1n Gym, AJumn•
Arena, North Campus B p .m
Tid&lt;eu lor U8 students are S 10
(must show UB card) nckeu
purchased at the door w1ll txS 11 Sponsored by Offke of
Student Umons and ActMtlf!)
For more •nfOfmallon, Son1a
C1nelh, 64 S-6125

Ploy
Cotton Girls/ Overtones Dept
ol Theatre and Dance Black
Box Theatre, Center lor the Am,
North Campu1 8 p m B For
mort' •nformat100. 64S.AR1 S

D11nce Perfonn..nc:e
Zodiaque Fall Dance Con&lt;:ert
Dept of Theatre and Dance
Drama Theatre, Center for the
AtU, North Campu~ 8 p m S 1o.
general, S5, UB students For
more •nlormaoon, 645-ARTS
~~~~

Prtrn.ry Can!!

~~~~:~ ~d~~c:::~:,

Ploy
Cotton Girls/ OvertOnes Dept
of Theatre and Dance Black
Box Theatre, Center IOf the Arts,
North Campus. 8 p .m S 3 For
n~ 1nformatJon, ~5-ARTS

D•nce Perlonn~tnce
?o&lt;fiaque Fall Dance Concert

Dependency ~M. Ene Count)'
Medical Center Butler
Aud1tonum, South Campus
Noon. ) p.m Free Sponsored

Dept of Theatre and Dance
Drama Theatrt, Center f91' the
Arts, North Campw,. 8 p .m S 1O,
general; S5, UB students FOf
mort' ~nformaliOn. 64 5·ARTS

g&gt;;~;;~~d~~:~'; ~~':;~~b

Duo Plano Recital

Oepartment•l Semln•r
VaUdatlon of BMI Utilizing
Dual Energy X-ray

~b:~~=~Wc,:;;:,.o~altE'r
twanenko, Dept of Soctal and
Preventive Medic-me 181
r arber, ~uth Campus 11 10
p m Free For mort'
1nformat1on, Marc•a Wopperer.
819 ·197;

Saturday

2 I

Ashwdl, 645 -2291

D•nce

•• I 'fJ•' ((' linlil cl tlf•ll\ nnt &lt;lll

!~jtl.~t.!~·~, ~~~~~~d
Falb Btvd .• Amherst
ReservattOfu reqwred

Men 's Soc.:c:er

Perfonn~~nce

The Blessing Dance-A
Cambodian Claukal Dance

AKognitlon

Engineering Alumni

:.:~~0:: :::~of
1990. Holiday Inn, N•agara

Demonst ration lSI
R~ar&lt;hJoOft

20

Bn•kfast---£nglne-ering
Cl•ss of 1950
Holiday Inn, Ntagara Falls Blvd ,
Amherst. Reservation~ reqwred
Sponsored by Offke of E.xternal
Atfatrs, School of Eng1neenng
.tnd Applied ScienCe\ For morE'
Information. 645 ·1768, ext
1111
Homecoming
UB Alumni Auodatton Pre
Game Party .. 8~Wh1te Tent ..

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BRIEFLY
Bank offlcJaJ to spea~
Peter Rittner, assistant to the CIO (chief information officer), has 25
years experience as an information-technology professional, developing software and applications. consulting to the private and public sector, and working for universities.

~IWr• Witter, senior vice preldont and bnlnch- ol

lh&lt;fedefioiR&lt;se&lt;vellonl&lt;oiNew
YOfi&lt;. Buffalo Bronch, will &gt;peak
·on •current Woes in Central
Banking" at 1 p.m. tomorrow in
11 c.p.n Han oo ""' North
Campus.
The l&lt;ctu"' b sponiOI'l!d by
the Department ol Economio In
""'College ol Arts-and~-joined the fie.
serve Bank in 1971 as a resorc.h

assi&gt;tant ;wigned to tho Clonletic Research Departmenl She

has held a number ol po5illons ot
the bank In a variety of areas, in·
dueling Bani&lt; E&gt;caminatiohs, for.
eign Banking Appllatlons, O.to
Processing, Open Martc.l Operations, and Credit and Risk Managemont. She also has served as
a»istant to the presk:tent
lnApril 199o4, Walter was
named vke ~t of theRe-~arch and Market Analysis
Group, with tho responsibility
for regional economics and the
Research Support Function.
In Marth 2000, she was promoted to senk&gt;r vk:e president
and manager of the Buffalo
Branch.
Walter bon tho board ol tho
financial Women's Assodation of
New Yori&lt; and is a member o1 the
Science Education Committee ()f
tho New Yori&lt; Academy of Sdenc~. She recently was e4ected
to the board of the Niagara Inter-

national Tlitde Council.

lermaine Richardson and
Mahoganey Jackson, both of
Buffalo, have been named reclpienU of 8eulah ~nder
Memorial Scholarships in Social
Sciences at US.
Rk:hard.son, a graduate of

Hutchinson Central Technical
High Schoot, Is planning to mae~ten:ise

science, whie
gradtlate ol the Buf.
falo Academy fa&lt; tho Visual and
Performing Arts, intends to major in nursing. 8oth are fresh...
men atUB.
The scholarships for outstanding African-Amerian students from w.stem New Yori&lt;
·~ funded through • gilt to the
College of Arts and Sdences by
alurmus Beuline Crawford in
honor of her mother.
Rlchanlson and jadoon wil
r.uiYe $1 ,000 per )'91" for up to
lour yoan. oslong os ~ nonaln
in academic good stancA1g.
Jackson,~

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community newspaper
published by the Offoce ol Nows
Services in the OMsion of
Univer&gt;ity SorAces, Stote Univenity
of New Yori&lt; at Buffalo.
Editorial offices are
located at Hll Crotts Hall.
-~ (716) 645-2626.

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Mhu.- Pogo
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lf...,.ur Allht.Mt Editor
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Desi9n Asllrtant

Contrtbut'ing Edlton
lobBalttr
Patricill Donovan
EllonGoldbaum

...,. klh Spina
S. A Unger
ChristineVda.l
Ann Wtchef

"'nll w1th d1sabilit1t.'S havt" access to
u1torma11on-v1a the World Wide
Wdl--wh1ch 1s eq01vaJent to that
;na1lahle to persons without disabili·
t1cs ... As 1t.s standard, lhe state has

adopted the WJ&lt; : (World Wide Web
( .onsoruum ) Weh Content AccessJ·
bll1ty
Gu1d el1ne!l
&lt; http:/ I
www . w 3 . org / TR / WAI WEBCONTUIT/ &gt;. The WJC has as
ont" of 11s three long-tenn goals to
"make the Web accessible to all by
promotmg technolog1es that take
mt11 account the vast differences m
whure, education. ability, matenal
n.~mrcc.~ .md physiCal hmnations of
u!'t'fs nn aJI wn t1nents."Theconccpt
undt'rlymg that goal IS known a~
"unlvt·rsal Jccessibalny."
How do these guidelines •f-

· scholarships awarded

Assoc:Yte Vk•

OnSc:pt.30,1999,the New York State
Office for Technology issued Po~cy
'19-3, entitled Universal Acce&lt;sibility
for N.-w York State Web Sites &lt;http:/
/ www.lnn.n.te.ny.us/ polky/ 99J.htm &gt;, which requires that ..per.

fect UB7

Soclijl sdences

jor in

C•n you define the Web •ccesslblllty luue7

'\l'NY WSh.'lll adnllllllltratiOil ha_.,
Jctt.·rmmt.--d that - at least for tht'
purpoll-e... o f Pol~&lt;.-v99 - 3----SUNY m.. ututlon~ uc.; stat&lt;.' agenc1es and
lllUllt , therefore, comply 1 have bt.'t'n
J&lt;.~s lgnJt&lt;.-d th&lt;.· per.;;on responsible
lor nnplementmg the pohcy at UB
l lur plan IS to make steady progn-s:.
h)ward t( Ullplmnce. ln order to makt.·
th..tt poss1hle. we rormed the Web
Access ~uhgroup, wh1ch I cha1r, and
lhargt"d It With leadmg th&lt;.'
umversny's eflorts to make unlvt"r·
\JI Jut:'!oslhllll)' an InStitUtiOnal
norm . The subgroup has., 111 turn ,
formed thn.•(' work group~ respon sible tor 1nformatJon and educat1on.

techmcal standards and mstrumen
tation, and conwltat1on, respectively.
Most of the members of the work
groups are not drawn from the subgroup. Altogether, we have about 30
faculty and staff members contributing to our efforu.

Will the university meet the
state's deHIIne7
Po~cy99- 3 allowed stat&lt; agencies one
year to apply the W3C guidelinc:s to
all affected Web sites. If posstble, we
would have met the deadline-Sept.
30, 2000-but it wasn't feasible.
There are iuleast I50,000 catalogued
pages on university Web sites and an
estimated 300,000 other pagc:s. We
couldn't have ascertained the accc:ssibility of even a fraction of those
pages m the year~ were givt:n, mud!

less reconfigured the inaccessible
ones. This is one of those unfunded
mandates that we hear so much
about. Everything we've accom plished so far has been the product
of the voluntary efforts of informa tion -technology professionals and
other interested and concerned
members of the unjversity cornmu ·
nity who already carry considerable
workloads. Our strategy IS to lay
down a foundation of knowledge.
ms1ght and technical expertise on
wh1ch we can build widespread commitment to the pnnaplcs o( umversal acO!'SSibilit)'. \\'e'rr convinced that
once university faculty and staff
memben. who sponsor and develop
Web s1le:s undemand the need for,
and benefits of, umversal accessibil It-y, they will work hard to comply

w1th the state's policy-;:specialt)&lt; if
Y.'("

offer them technkal assistance 111

the fonn of tools, guidelines and prototypes. We've aJready developed
some of those resources and are

m

workmg on others.

Wh•t II Jhe gain In complying
with the mandate 7
The principles of universaJ accessi bility serve more than the needs of
persons with disabilities. For ex ample, a universally accessible Web
site can be read and comprehended
by a person who may not speak or

understand fluently the language in
which it is written or by someone
using an emerging technology such

as handhdd Internet devices. What's
more, attention to

universa!-acc~CS ·

sibility dc:sign principles helps developers focus on the primary purpose of most Web sites: effective and
effi~ent information exchange.
How far down docs the re-

sponslblllty go 7 Are. penon a I
Web pages afferted7
Becaust there are so many pages on
umversity Web sites, we've taken the
approach that the responsibiHty belongs to the university faculty and
staff members who sponsor and develop Web sites. Realistically, only

they can and should respond to the
state's policy. It's not practical to have

a single designated group of information -technology professionals at ·
tempt to address the accessibility of
all of the university's Web sites. Aside
from the sheer magnitude of such an
undertaking. it wOuldn't work from
a service perspective. Only the spon ·
sors and developers of the sites un derstand the information needs_the
sites arr intended to fulfill. Only the
sponsors and developers can and

should modify the sites. if necessary.
to make them accessible. Personal
Web pages are not affected-if you
mean those pages that serve no edu cat ionaJ or administrative purpose.

What Is the University doIng to help depa-tJ
ancllncllvlduals meet the
m•nd•te7

Appropriatdy, weve launched a
Web
site
&lt;http:/ I
wlngs.buffoolo.edu/lt/oc:cess&gt;
that comprises infOrmation about
our univ=al acc&lt;SS~bility initial!V&lt;, links to tools and other useful r=urces, training schedules
and rdevant news it= The Web
site will be continually enhanced
and updated. Mark Gr&lt;enfield of
err (Computing and lnformauon Technology) and Stacy Person ofthe ETC (Educational Technology Center) are offering a total of fiV&lt; Web-aa:c:ssibility workshops during the Fall2000 S&lt;m&lt;Stt.T. We expect to continue offering training opportunities for the
foreseeable future. One of ou r
work groups is documenting a
prototype site-development

project that illustJates the ease and
advantages of accessible Web design. Once it's done, the narrative
will be added to our Web site. It's
taken sometime. but we've developed-and will continue to develop--a substantial set of rc
sources that will hdp departments
Jnd individual users meet the

mandate.
What question do you wish
I hH asked, and how would
you have answered lt 7

I wished you'd asked whether
there is any way your readers can
participate in our wOrk. My an swer would have been, 'If you're
interested in this issue and want
to advance- the ca~ of universal accessibility, plea~ contact

me at &lt;prittner@bulfalo.edu&gt;.

Convocation
c-u...crr-...,....1

b}' a procession of faculty and staff guished Servtce Professor.
members, and administrators dad
Six faculty membe"' two librarians
m caps and academic gowns. The
and four professionaJ staff members
abbrC'Viated procession-inclement
were honored as recipients of the
weather forced the group to march
o nly thro ugh the Alrium of the Cen - .
ter for the Arts into the Mainstage,
rather than from Founder's Plazawas accompanied by students carrying banners representing campus
orgamzations. The procession was •
led hy macebearer Peter Nickerson, ~
cha1r of the Faculty Senate.
11o:
Among those honored du ring~
tht" co nvocation were Mary 0
Randolph. a former member of the ~

UBCouncil.and John N. Walsh Ill.
vKt' cha1r of the UB Foundation,
Inc, both of whom received the UB
President's Medal from President
\·Villiam R. G rein er.
Also recognized were Jam&lt;.'ll 1- .
McCo nnell of the Department o t
&lt;. .oography and Wilham 1. Rat&gt; of the
llc:p..trtmcnt of Mechanh.al and
tkruspacc Engin&lt;."t'nng. lxlth naJll&lt;."\.1
.1 SL' NY !11st mgut shed Tealhnlg
Pmlel&gt;wr. .tnd Norman 0 . Mohl ol
tht~ 11epartnu~n t of Oral Dmgnosth.
'\(lt'llu:~ . narnt'd .1 SUNY Ol!otm

ChanccUor's Awards for Excellence.
Recogmzed as recip1ent.s of the
ChaJlcellor 's Award ror Excellence m
Tl'&lt;lching were Frank V. Bnght. pro
lt'~sor of chem1str\' ; Todd M
Hennessy,as.so..:mte profCSl!Or ofh 1 ~,
logical !&gt;Ct&lt;.'nces; lll'ldre Lrnch, assol'iate prnft.'Ssor of F.nghsh; Roger W.
Mayne, proft.'SS&lt;lr of mt:(hamcal dnd
aaospact' l'ngme&lt;.·rmg.; Alfred D
Pm.e, asst.Km te professor of plan
nm~. and Brrnard A Wemstem .

professor of phystcs.
Susan Davis Bartl, associate librar.

ian and head of the Periodicals Section, U:ntr.tl Technical Services, and
. Deborah Husted
Koshi nsky, former
associate librarian
and head of the Ar-

!flltecture and Planning Libra ry, were
honored as recipi ents
of
the
Chancellor's Award
for Exce ll ence in
Ubrarianship.
Lawrence
E.
Chlebowy, manager
of architectural and
cons tru ction services ; Roger R.
McGill , assistant viCe president for
umtinuous quality improvement
and ca mpus st'rvKes; Barbara I.
Ricotta , associate v1ce president for
student affairs and dean of srudents,
and Regina S. Toomey, assistant vtct'
provost for undergraduate educa tiOn and director of admissions,
were recogmzed &lt;b recipients of the
Chancellor's Award for Ex:cellem:e m
Proft."SSional Service. \

For the second year, Greiner hon ·
o red recipients of the "UB Stars"
award, a sp«iaJ award given tor«·

ognize member. of the UB community who "have done something
speciaJ" but who might not otherwise lx noted
The recipients were Rebecca A.
Bemstc:in,direaor ofcrea!::M services

and Web Tc:am leader, and James T.
Gonnan and Robert M. Wright. both
managers of administrat:M romput ing services. who were honored for
MyUB. a customized ponal, or Web
site. for each undergraduate srudent
that provides him or her ,.;th myriad
infonnation about UB via Web links
and announcements.
Honored for the1r contribuuon!t
as membas of the design, ronstrul
tion, supervision and management
team for UB's new stUdent housmg

were Don L Erb. residential facili ties manager in University Residence
Halls; Joseph J. Krako,.iak, director
of residential life; Gordon A. LoY&lt;.
facilities program cooidinator in

Facilities Planning and Design, and
Kevin M. Thompson, director of Facilities Planning and Design.

�Otlobel ll ZOOOIV1ll 31. No 8

Enrollment data reviewed
Capaldi tells UB Council university becoming more selective
By SUE WU£rCH8
Reporter Editor

T

within Western New York, the number coming from elsewhere in New
York State, as well as from out of
state and ou t of the country, 1s n smg. " We wan t to become a more
national institution, not just a re·

HE university has roam tamed its enrollment thts

faJI while increasing ~ ­
"lectivi ty, Provost Eliz.a bcth D. C_.apaldi told members ofthe
UB Council Tuesday.

gional one," Capaldi said.
• While the number of enrolled
freshmen declined to 3, 123 from
the 3,26S that e ntered the umversity in fall 1999. the number is right
on track with the num ber of 3.000
c ited in the Memorandum of Un derstanding with the SUNY cen t raJ
administra tion.
• The acceptance rate fo r enroUed
freshmen has decl ined from 82.4
percent m fall I 999 to 75.5 percent
for fall 2000, an indicau on UB has
become more selective.

La p ald 1 s hared wtth co un c1 l

members-met&gt;t mg for th e first
lime this sem ester in the commu nity room of the n ew South Lake

Village studen t housing project-a
!&lt;&gt;U rn mary of the enrollment pictu re
at UB for the fall semester.

Among the h1ghlights:
• FulJ -IJ mc undergraduate and
g.mduatefprofessional enroUment has
nsen over fall1999 figures. US's total
mrollment for fall 2000 is 24,830, up

from 24.257 last fall.
• The univers ity's enrollment

• The profile of the freshman da&gt;s

ment; 32 percent grad uate and pro
fc:."S.StonaJ enrollment.

ts tmprovln g, with the SAT com pos·
ne score for enroUed freshmen ru:·
mg to 1, 1SO this falJ , compared to
t,IJ7 fo r fall 1999. The score is the

• UB 15 tmprovmg Its recrwtment

h1ghe&gt;1 m the past five years, Capald1

IS

6B pt" rccn t undergraduate e nro ll -

~d.

students frnm ou ts1de Westt'rn
Nl'w York. Altho ugh nearly 13.500
nf UB's 24,830-student hody re.idt·

addin g tha t .. we're workmg to
ra1se that" score even more.
In response to a questiOn from

11f

council member jonathan I )ande~ .
Capaldi noted that while the SAl
composite score of enroUed fn..,h
rn.en at Banghamton UntverMI\' I '
qUJtea bn higher than UB---at 12111
or 1220---UB's score t!t comparable
to that at AJbany and tiubstan t1allv
h1gher than that at Stony Brook_
Prestdt:nt Wilham R (,reJner
added that UB's score 1s 111 .. th&lt;'
m1ddle of the pack" among •nstJtU ·
uoris in the p resug~ous As.sooauon
of Amencan UmvcrsitiCS, of wh1ch
UB IS a member.
Capaldi pomted out that such
public AAU members a.o; the Umver.
snyofV~rginia, the UniversityofCaiJ-

fornia at Berkeley and the University

of Michigan achieve composite SAT
scores of around I,300. But the key
to attracting the. top students is of-

fering substantial scholarship money.
she said, noting that com petition is

stiff for the brightest student&gt;.
In o the r business. the council
unanimously approved a resolution
honoring Erl a nd E. Kailbourne .
who retired this year from the SUNY
Boa rd of Trustees.

Lake-ice data appears in Science
By ELLEN GOLDBAUM

would help dctcrmme how a par·
tlcular region wi ll fare as a result of
chmate change.
'" 11-edicting fu ture d 1ma tc change
1s caster to do on a global scale than
on a local or regiona l bas1s," he said.
"We need a fa r more detailed look
a t the phenomenon ."
lromcally, Stewart.like some of h.Js
lO· authors on the Scrence paper. re
ce!Ves no fu nding to conduct hlS re ·
search. In the past, funding agenCie.
have said that lake -ice dates do not
demonstrate global dimate change;
hopefully. th e SnenCl' paper will
prompt those agenoes w reconMder.

Contributing Editor

E

VERY wm ter and spnng

s m ce th e late 1960s,
Kenton Stewart , professor
ofb1ological sciences, has
hc:t•n making calls a nd sending out
pmacards to peoplt· who live o n the
"'hores o f hundreds of lakes 111 th e
llmted Stat es, lakes w1th names like
( l ne1da o r Ca2.enov1a m New York
r1nd Mooselookmeguntic in Mai ne.
Every yea r, he asks them to tell him
\\'hen their lake f~eezes m the fall o r
"'mt er and when 11 opens or breaks
up m the sprin g.
Last m on th . some o f that da ta, as
well as data from I} o ther scie ntists
from arounJ thC' wo rld , was pub·
lashed m a paper m the JOUrnal Scr·
t'Uet' to draw th e fi rst global picture
of tre nds in the formation and dis ·
"'olution of:ce on lakes and rive rs in
tht· northern hemisphere during the
past I SO years. The paper prompted
nt"wspaper headlines like "Ch4Hing
h 1dence of Global Wa m1ing."
"Some of the lakes that I monitor
m the states of New Yo rk. M aine.
Minnesota and Wisconsin havr been ~
)howmg f."vlde nce of global warming ~
for decades," sa 1d Stewa n . who ~
tl·acht'S hmnology, tht' science ofbod ·

£
c

•es of fresh water, ~ t UB. " I thought
tha t th e s~mt&gt; thing was probably
h.tppemnF- at o ther lakes around tht•
world, hut wa_.,n't sure until all nl U&lt;ii
hrought our data tngcth~r."
~tt·wart "uspects th at he m omtor.,
lrc-c7c/tha\v (.)'l'lt'!&lt;t in more lakc5t han
.uw nther l!CI('Ili!St m the world. Hl·
mav h~v&lt;.· the ! J r~rst M J('lltllit uwcn
1nn til bkt• ILl' tlal t'!'t 111 North
·\rnt'Th...1, 1.0\'t'rmg mort· than ,;!&lt;;()
l,tkt'll Ill Nt·w York and 'ievera l hun
Jn·d m tither 'ita ! ~ .
"llllt~ the la te 196(h, Stewart h,L.,
hl'l'n 'itudym~ lakt·· ile da te)! of an
mcreas1ng numhl'r of lakes to see
\\' ht•thcr thl'\' ~...m "'l'TVt' as proxy 111
d1cators of c hma te ( hange.
Now th at the pomt has been
proven , S t e-.~ rt would like to focm
Ius wo rk o n how these data com part· within a specific reg ion . Th1 ~

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H)

To gather tht•data , Stewa n ha.&lt;ii for
years rdit"CJ on a loyal ad lwr net

~o•.:or J...

oi hundrl·d" of lakeside ul'l

w1th who m he mak~ (&lt;.111
w,tr to oh tain lakt'-ltt'
J.l k'!-., and mmt 0f whom he h.t,
m·vermct .
''Pl'Ople who hvc on th .... J.tkt~l'nrt...,
no tiCe let' cwn ts but Vt"rv few peoplr
rt'lnrd them .'' !'&gt;at d S t l~\,' ;trt. wh1•
noll'tilhat finding .md mamtmntn~
.._on i&lt;K1 w1th pt"'ple who wi ll rl'\onl
tht·m. e.pt'\:Jall v 111 rem&lt;'ll' Ml&lt;b, .,
partiCularlv ( halleng1ng.
"Pl·orll· move. tht''' ~o south t111
the WJiltt·r a nd Wt 1r:-t nl .tiL thl'' dtt•,"
'&gt;(.'fVCT"i

t.h.t

t'Vt'T\'

.,,ud~tcw;lrt.

\\'hen trv111g to 1Jl·ntth umta~.h
on a new lakl', Stc\vartmav tn a lo
(aJ sr orting-goods store. th e town
ha ll or the local poi!Ct' sta llon . !It'

often IS referred from o ne perl!On In
anoth er.
Not long ago. one of ~tewart ·~
phone calls seemed to be headed for
a dead end: tht' man on the phone
told Stt&gt;wart that he didn't have anv
records on the lake, nor d1d he know
o ( anybody who d1d.
"Then, while he w&lt;U. still on th r
phone With me. he I urns to h1~ w1fe
and says. 'You don't know anvone
who keeps lake-ICe fl"COrds, do you~ '
Well, 11 turned out she had been
kc epm~ that 111formatmn m hl·r d1
arv for 18 vean. ...
Stewart eva luah:., the gt'nl·rJI
trustworthmess of the data h.: get~
brcompan ng It w1th what he know&lt;.
ahoutthe depth and o;urfale area of
the lake. a.!&gt; well as othe r d.t!J hl· ha_,
J:nmp1led on neartw lake.,
"ome of h1s \:orre'i j)('tflJl'lll\ p ro
v1de excellem deta1l , "a.., "'-.l('n t.tl .. ,,,
vou (an Jlllaglnc."\tewart ..., .J, ··.t nd
I ask a lot of qurstJorb. hkt· what del
tht·v S&lt;"C o ut tht•tr wmdow. '' there
\IWWtlllthr 1((', dfl" tht'rt' Ill' fi~ht•t
mt•n nut !hcrt·, ~.an vcnJ 't't' .un
\\';\\'(')!;"
Asked whether ht· lhPu~ht he
wou ld ewr rl'pla..:t~ tht~ phonl· ~..aJJ,
and postcard~ With em~ul a!&gt; J \~·;n
c1f l"Omptbn g hl!&lt;idata.Stt.'\\',IT( thmk.,
11 wouldn'1 work. Altht•ugh he ~..on
tacts peoplt· t•f all a~t.., , ht~ tind~ 1hat
tht• unt"" who m.unt,un rt"\.t •rJ!'&gt; m n.,l
IJtthfullv .ITt' nldt•r .llld tend tllll tn
t1WI1 ~..nrnputcr'
1
\'\ hde 'lllllt" tl l ll~t· , nrrnpt~n
dl'll~l' u~.~.ur' "' m.u\. "''t'\\,lrl ,,ud
~~honm~ I' ~·,t
" ~ )n tht' phunt•. l ~.ll\,l'k .1 huth.h
nl qut''lltlll' 111 .1 hurn .ul\l m.un
t.un tilt' l't'r,tm,al •t1 11 t.1~ 1 th.lt hl'IJ''
kt•t'!' pt'tlj'll' lllll'rl''ll' d ,\lld h:l!\1111~
tel rt'l1l,JIII p.lTt ell tht l,lkt· IH' net
wtlrk .'' ht· ...ud
" l 'nhkl' tho~:t llll' ,,fin hH· llltd.l
11vch l.mdltk.kn.l.trt'.h. l,lkt· rt._,l,lcnt '
,Jft' p.lrll~\11,\TI\ .lltlllk'ti Il l tht· d.Ht''
\\'ht·n thC'u l.ll..t·' lrl'l"7t' &lt;Hld thJ\, ,
"'tt·wart ntlll"li' ' Rl~.Jrdlt')l...,tll tht·wl
t•nd'lr d.tlt' for lhl· stan til '11nllf!. tor
rt-,;:ldt'nts around a lakt•. .;pnng.dtk.'Sn't
"'tart until the lake Kt' t!'&gt; ~one "

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The P,.ofeulon•l Staff Senate anJ thl· I t•adt"r~h•r lkvdopmt."nl
I t•nter will prest•nl .1 Fttll 2000 Hrt &gt;\.\'11 B.t~ \ ' tdeo "en.:' Jt'\l~ned lo
hdp pdrtl~.lpttnt)l Kel &lt;1 leg up on \eader.,h1p
I ht· 't' flt"\ wd l kH.J.. ufl wnh " \\'hu Mm·t'd ~h ( ht'C'!It''" Th~: lt11..ll'
nl th~: unt' hour prn~ram 'lht·dult"J lnr noon on ( )d 24 1n '"'\fl
f...lmhJI!Inwt·r,\outhl dlllf'll., , dnJagatn&lt;~l noflnon{kt ~)miOt&gt;
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111 Your I 1fe .'' b bd.!&gt;t'd on lht.· bt''t )d ilng houk ul the o;;ame name h'
~pem. er Johmon anJ '' uM-d ll\ ~orrnra t t' gt.mt' "ulh ao;; .A.T&amp;l 1 (k..t
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After each v1dco presentJtlon , f-d Brodk.a. aS\I'iit,mt dJrt'ttor \II tht
Leadersh ip Dcvdopmt."nt ( t"lllt'r, will ta .. dlt.Ht' .Ul opt'n J., .. u"ltlll
All p,rograms art' free. but Tl')t'T\JIIon s .Jrt· r.:yul'.,tt·d I hn l&lt;lll ht
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Friends of Center for the Arts
to hold Masquerade Bait
The Frien ds of the Cente,. fo,. the Arts "'" prt',l'lll tht ,t' .. und
JnnuaJ Ma.squcrade Ball from h pIll to rmdntg.ht nn t )\ 1 ~I' 111 lht
Atnum o f the Ct' nll'r fo r 1he Art' on tht· "Jonh \ .unpu.,
rhe th eme for th e ball IS "Memorahk i\1omcnh Ill Mm It'\ . I h\
Lt'n ter's Atnum will ht• 1rans lormeJ mto J mm'lt' so und .. tagl· w1th
thcatncal hght.!&gt; and ~ets (,ue~h Jrt' cnu1urJ~eJ to ~.ome J)l then
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maslu Costunlt'' Will h(' tudged fur pr17l'' rht• evemng Jbo will
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&lt;; rudwWerks n.• n .. t• Fnscmhlt·. ft-.trunnJ.! 'ruJt~nr' fnHn rhe /)l·p.trl
ment of Theatre .Jnd I )dn1..e
Dmncr lor the event will ht' t.-lft:'n·J h' Daffodil s fhn·ve mng wdl
hcgtn 111 the &lt; 1-A Art (,JIIen with Jn open har featunng hor..
d 'oe uvre .. l'hl' "'• t · down dmnn . 1\liW ~t'Tved m the At num . wtll1n
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�4 Repa...._ Ottober12.2B'Vi.32. 1o.B
Cook's helper In Governor's draws Inspiration from his blue-collar Job

McPeek works to perfect his poetry

BRIEFLY
2 shows to hlghlght
Off Center Series

By ANN -.TCHU

The Center lor lho Ms wl
p&lt;....-.1 -lriqJt pelor-

In-.

Contnbuting Editor

Mocllorner and SOon &amp;
HNrd,
portal
The Off Center Sories ol _.,..
olf«ed v.ith studonlsln mind.
MicHome-wlll bepe&lt;fonned at7:30 and 10 p.m.
Nov. 3 in lho Conti&lt; lor the Ms
-

E

ACH morrung before leav -

ing for work. Tim McPeek
pushes. prods and struggles
to perfect his poetic apre.-

Allium on the Compus.
Described .. "The Slmpoom do

SIOn . He is a serious,commincd pod
who is employ&lt;d as a rook's helper
10 (~uve rnor 's; he aJso ~rvcs as a
C.S.E.A. umon steward. Far from

manYOUI~­

shnnking &amp;om the blue-collar world
he inhabits,~ seizes upon d: as a con-

... cne-

Madlelh.. _

and pefolmod by Ride Miler,

that feat\lres ~ than SO
'o'Oice1 from TVs fi'YOrite dysfomlly in. hilorioo&gt;
perloonance ol Shokespeare's
bloodiest tragedy. More than
lOO hand-painted sftdes and an
original music.al score, both by
Miller, accompany the show,
whkh stars Homer Simpson as·
~1

MacHomer and Marge as lady
MacHamer.
Seen &amp; Heard will pet1orm
at 8 p .m . Nov. 4 in the Black
Box Theatre in the Center for
the ArU. Described .. "Uiy
Tomlin meets VK:tor Borge, ..
Seen &amp; Heard is the gen~­

bendmg collaboratioo betweon
celli&gt;t/cOITlp!l...- Stephen Katz
and dancer/ lluthsayor BJ
Goodwin. Th&lt;y merge choreography, dromaticdlaroctorizatlo
and mutti-lt&gt;d&lt;ed celo 5C&lt;IIe
into theater that borden on
clowning. Fonneriy known as
Cello M&lt;Mmont Thea~. this
win be the doo's second appearance in }he Center 10&lt; the ArU.
NoW In Its foorth year, The
Off Center Sories ~ progr&gt;mmed speclfocolly with students In mind. Each pe&lt;fo&lt;mance is un\que, venitile and
prograsivo. Tld&lt;ols are kept ot
afford.tble·pric., roc students.
Tid&lt;eU lor Mocllorner and
SOon &amp; Heon:t are S9 in IICMonce
and s11 doy ol pertonnonce_
Ttd&lt;eU ""'-altho c.ent.r
box office from noon to 6 p.m.
Tuosdoy through friday. and It al
llc:l&lt;otrnlster locallom. For """"
inloonation, cal64s.N!TS.

Brickman to perform
Romontic pionlst ~ llrid&lt;mon
wl petlorm 111. 8 p.m. Nov. 5 in
lho Mainstoge Theatre in the
Center 10&lt; the ArU.

"Jim Briclunon--UYe In Concert" abo will feal!Jn! YOCafist
Anne Cochnln and electronic
&gt;iolinlst Trocy Scott SliYermon.
.llrid&lt;mon's hugelY successful
hit song "V&gt;&gt;mttne.•• duet \
with ,by counlry.music:
- Mortlna Mc!rido, - him as one o1 the fiBt lnslnJmental ort1sts in decades to
.,.. his rnaril on contompot'lly
radio. That cNrt hit- fol-

IDle"-_....,.,.___

by "The Gilt" tollln
Ra)!e and Susan Alhton, "Your
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Wlight
and
"Mrs All~ YOMS"
with his
~-.-.-Cochraft.
I.M-.~-ns,sn

and $19.50. Th&lt;y .... . . . . _

It the c.nter

lor"'"

Arts box

ollice from noon to 6 p.m. Tues-

~=..,~•td
For more info&lt;matlon, aft
645-MTS.

JOB LISTINGS
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accessible via Web
Job listings 10&lt; professioN~ ~
....-ch, faculty and dill Je&lt;vice-Ooth competitM! ond

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be aa:esoed "" the Human Rl&gt;-

&lt;lottp:/l-'
_ _/ I n , _
1_
I /&gt;.
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umtted way of supporting my po-

etry, not havtng gon~ to college, not
having other skills."'

But, says McPeek. thts was an enurdy conscious d«islon. Dunng all
these yean, he r&lt;rnatned tightly focuscd on achievemmt in an. specificallyinpoetry.lnthatsens&lt;:,h&lt;views
his job as cook's helper as wonhy an
occupation as any, to suppon a life
'" poetry. "There are almost no poets who can suppon thernselv&lt;s on
poetry alone," he asserts. "Bring a
professor of English at VB can be

tmuing sou ra of inspiration, aJong
wnh studying the JX)Ctic cannon, ob..ervmg the world in a thoughtful .
..omeumes trenchant, manner.
The 42 -yea r -old O rchard Park
lf•gh Xhool graduate began writ Ing while Still an elementary-school
o;;t uden t. "When I was in high school,
lrm·t MIChael C. Flan1gan,whowas
pn&lt;:t -lll rC'S1dence at Buffalo State
&lt; _ ,, IJ egt~ a number of years ago. Aflt'r ~ raJua t10 g from high school, I
.. pen I two ve-J.r!l hvmg wllh him and
h1' fam dv, ..crv m g an apprent.Jcc'hlp . •r you will . It was a valuable, ;
lorm.ttiVe expcn ence ."
....
'-It ill , McPeek cons1ders h1mself'a
latr b loom er because such a long
g~tat1on penod is required to becom e a poet." Before arrivmg at u~
he worked for 18 yea rs as a home
frw hb P"VJ from hh day Job
health care a1de. first m Buffalo, later as • cook 's helper In the
Governor's residence halll .
1n Bosto n , where the o pportunity t o
J~l~t elderly R u ~ •an - C m1gre clients
cn n ched hl!l art , as he listened to
viewed as a job that supports poetry,
the1r sto n es Jnd t"Ven piCked up ser
JUSt likt being a cook's assistant. For
me , the issues are: How are you
vKeablc Russ1an m the process.
But fur McPeek, any job, no mat
working with the fuct that you must
tcr how well-n-spected, i.s mcrdy the support your poetry in somC' way?
vd1Jdctosupport h1s life's work.. HJs
How do you make your day job th&lt;
positiOn at UB allows h1m to work
best possible resource for your m fuJI -time. yet have mornings free for atiYe commitment, for your respon wnung. Because of h1s academiC..
sibilities as a poet?"
year appomtmcnt, th e s ummer~ arc
\o\'hilc mopping the floor of the
open for ta ckhng lo nger poetll
Governo r's basement kitchen each
lunn ..., o r for cnnch mg h1mM'll 10
even mg, McPeek o ften reflects on
thl· o ther art!&gt;, such as fUm .
the nature o f poetic creation. His
McPeck acknow ledges that hl l&gt;
poetry has not gone unrecognized:
lack o f h 1 gh~reducat1on has its diSIn 1997. he was named one of four
advantages, but it ca n never be a
writers- in -residence at the Just Bufbarrier to serious art ... Certainly, I
falo Literary Center. For a presentawould like a better alignmen t be- tion at the Buffalo and Eric County
tween m)' poetic activity, m y art acPubbc Library as pan of this resi tivity and this large-time commit - dency, he drew on his background
m ent to a full -time job. Art is so d e- 1n Russian to better explicate
manding and entails a serious effon . untranslated passages in Jennifer
l.n an ideal situation, I would ~'an t
Baines's critical st udy of the Russian
to have a great deal of freedom to
poet Osip Mandelstam, who sufaccompany my writing, to be able
fered greatly during the Stalinist era.
to lavish time on it . Becaust of my Such arc McPeek's contributions to
background. however, I haYe a very
the academic world that he only pe-

npheraliy tnhablls. He frankly
WIShes there were more .. reciproc uy" among poets of dissimilar backgrounds. He has never been 1nvited

to read on campus.. for example.
Even so, McPeek gratefully ac ·
lcnowtedges the suppon he Ius r&lt;ceived'" the university's Poetry/
Rare Books Collection, wher&lt; staff
assistant Sue Michel !us cheerliilly
welcomed him and ·put him at ....,
about delving into, and studying. the
rich 20th-century holdings. "Associate curator Michael D. Basinski Ius
been extremely helpful in terms of
bringing work to my attention that
l might be in1er&lt;Sted in, and also in
being supponive of my own work."
McPeek says. Basinski put him in
touch with William Sylvester, UB
emeritus professor of English and
editor of Buffalo Vona. which this
year published an excerpt of
McPeek's - ~Ioria." Especially gratifying are the simple messages of
sllppon from several UB students,
who ha~ expressa::l interest io his
work. even mounting a few McPeek
poems on one student homepagc.
While his situation in life entails
both limitation and opportunity,

McPeek prd'ers to dwell on the laner.
"I app=iate the blue-collar world

the difficult and slow dev&lt;lopmm1 of
quality in my wori&lt;. Wl\at really matters to mt' is that I have an inner sen.sr
of my poetry-learning, groping,
struggling. failing, trying to honor poetry and the human oondition."
As for future directions, McPeek
would like to pursue a natural affinity for the univ&lt;tsity's highly praised
Poetics Prosram. wh""' founding
dinaot- is the distin&amp;uish«l Ameri Cllll poet RDbert C=ley."I haY. b&lt;nefit&lt;d ""'J' much &amp;om the Poetics
Program on campus; it Ius a wdldeserved reputation for experilmntation, for innoYation ... He also
would like to pUISue longer poetic
works o n a consistent basis and to
work with artists in other spheres on
murually engaging projects.
McPeek offers a lesson in learn mg that he has found instructive m
forging his art. While working with
Russian chcnts in Boston, he was
struck by their dramatic accounts of
sometimes-bitter life experiences. " I
learned Russtan wnhout a formal
course, and so not with the accomplishment that a p e rson m1 ght
achieve through formal study or
time spent abroad. But there in Bos-

10n.l talked to people who had wtl ·
nessed the blockade of Leningrad.

that is ""'Y differmt &amp;om the world who had served on the front."\Vhile
of tenure and sabbaticals," he says. m o pping the floor one day, he heard
"The positions in ~e kitchen arc pre- o ne Ru ss ian -speaking cli e nt talk
carious, even for people who'~ been about her parents .. who had died of
there for a long time. I haY. the dlana
hunger." "You d o n 't h ear that 10
America," says McPeek. "That's what
to have an impact. to talk about. to
bring 10 tight, whole iU&lt;3S of essen- being aJive-being a poet-IS all
tial exp&lt;rienc&lt;s that don't get much about. learning from everyone and
attention otherwise.lbat1s-what I live, everything around you. And it hapthat's what! see on my jot&gt;"
pens in the kitchen, too."
As for his day- , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .
1&lt;Hiay life in poetry, " It 's a tre mendousamount

of work. All of us

3re struggling to
acromplish something of value. It's
v&lt;ry difficult to
write a poemthe sta ndard is

verr !,Ugh. Butfail~an enriching

=

aspect. Awards,

publications. etc.
are not indicative-in and of
themselves-{)(

poetic quality. My
responsibility is ,__ _

_...L..- - - - - --------'

Atlantic Brass Quintet to serve residency
By - Y III.UM
ReporterContributOf
HE Atlantic Brass Quintet, one of the finest en-

T

sembles intheworld,will
come to U B tomorrow
for a dynam1 c five -day residency.
Fo unded in 198 5, the AB Q
launchcd its career with a phenom enal string of competitio n victo ries.
including the coveted First Prize at
the International Brass Competitio n
o f Narbonne. France. T he group
performs a unique reperto ire span n ing five centuries of mus ic, and in
dudes ethnic music from the streets
of Brazil , Cuba . the Ba lkans and
New Orleans. Its distinctive sound,
impcccableenscmble.stunningvirtuos ir y and warm , inviting stage
presence have won the quintet praistfrom critics and scores of admirers.

The ABQ's residency activities in

Buffulo will enoompass both oducationa! and performing venues.
Clarence High School wiD be the b&lt;neficiary tomorrow o f a morning of
mastcrdassesandworkshops..
lntemationaUy recognized trumpeter Jon Nelson wilJ join the ABQ
for a recital at 8 p.m. Saturday in Slee
Concert Hal] on the North Campus.
T he performance will feature mu SIC ranging from Renaissance com pose r William Byrd to wo rks by
Frank Zappa. A variet)' of p1eccs by
Lutoslawski, Bach, Alvin Etler. us ·~
David Felder and Oscar Boehm e
will ro und out the program.
The ABQ will hold a master d3..)...,
for UB band students al 4:30p.m.
Monday in ZSO Baird Hall. The class
is free and open to the public.
O n Tuesday. the ABQ will join the

m

Slee Sinfuoieua at 8 p.m. for a roncert
foaturingwodtsbyfelderand\larese,
as wdl as oomposcr Kurt Weill's rich
and'beautiful v-.olin Concmo.

winds and brass.
Speaking for the quintet, tuba
player John Manning said the group
is "thriH&lt;d to be able to perfonn on

TheroncertwilJcelebratethecentenary ofthC' birth of Weill with a
performan cr of hi s powerful, but
rarely heard, Violin Concerto. The
soloist will be the multi-award -win nmg, Russian -born violinist Movses
Pogoss1an. who, due to the overwhelming respo nse to his all - Bach
solo violm recital last year. will be
completing the Bach set on Nov. 3.
The remainder of th e program
will include Felder 's La dura fria
hora-wnh a nod to poet Pablo
Neruda for the title, and arranged
fo r b r ass by lon Nelson- and
Deserts by French composer Edgard
Varese. This unique Sinfonietta con cc rt wiJ I be made up entire!" o f

sud! a prestigious wnue as SUNY
Buffalo. whi ch has such a widely
known reputation for perfo rmmg
contemporary mwic. We arc d o u bly excited to be joining trumpeter
Jo n Nelson. who was a m ember of
o ur group last year."
Regarding the residency actw111es.
ABQtrombonist John Faictaadded:
"\\'hen \ vt' to ur,~ al\\'3ys try to fo cus on working with youn g asp•r
ing musicians in the communityit helps keep aliYe the art."
Single tickets for both concerts an:
Sll general admission , $9 for seni o rs and U B facult y, st aff a nd
alumni, and $5 for any student with
a valid ID. For tickets, call 645-292 1.

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Homecoming activities set

Football game, bonfire, Garopw concert to highlight weekend
By MAllY IIEl1f SP'INA

Activities, and
the Umvers1ty
Umon ActiVI ti es Board .
Doors will
open at 7 p.m.
Tickets are

Contributing Editor

AMILY and Homecoming
Weekend, set for Oct. 20-

F

22, promises fun and ac-

tivities for C'veryone and
will indudc the traditional football
game and half-time festivities, an
t."Vening with ~U-known comedienne Janeane Garofalo, cultu ral

rvents and a bonfire" and carnival.
There also will be a bus tour of
Niagara Falls, the fall oonccrt by the
i'..oc:Haque Dance Company, a fam•l y dmncr and brunch, men's and
women's soccer matches and a mght
ill lhe ITIOVICS.

All t•vcnts will be held on the
No nh Campus, unle~ ntherw1se
•nd1cated.
l·vcnl~ on ( kt. ll w1ll cent(' J
.tround tht&gt; homecoming game between the UB Bulls and the Ball State

! .ardinals. w1th lock-off scheduled for

I p.m. u1 UB Stad.Jum.
l la1f tmu·lot1V1Ues will feature the
. . rowmng of the- homecommg kmg
.md queen , .tnd a rousing perfor
mance by tht' "'lhunder of the East"
marchmg hand.
ramdy -rnembl'f game tu:ketl.,
'~h1ch w1ll mcludc a talig;Jtc partv
hcgmn•n~atll : JOa.m .. arl·SI1.per
person.
The UB AJumn1 AS!ioCJatlon w1ll
lw~t a free pre-game party from II
J 111 . to I :30 p.m., w1th food, face
pamtmg and pn 1.cs for alumn1.stu
dents. parent\, and faculty and staff
members under the whtte tent at
thl' corner nf Augspcrgcr and &lt;:ov
c:nt ry road!~ .
NatiOnall y known comcdJenn l'
faneane Garofa lo Will pccse nt an
cve mn g o t conu·dy at 1'1 p.m . 111
A.lum m An:na.
The performance 1s spon!tt.m:d hy
the Office of Student Un1ons and

SIO for UB
st ud ents a nd
$11 for the
genera l public and ar~ avai lable
through Tickets.Com outlt'ts, Tops
marktt:s, &lt;www.tk·keb.com &gt; or
by calling 888-4000.
Th~ traditional carmval w1th
games of chance, food and the light
mg of the bonfire will be held from
b p.m. to midnight on Oct. 20 on
the shores of Lake LaSalle.
Other events on Oct. 20 w1ll 1n ·
dude:
• Women ·~ soccer, UB vs. Bowl•ng Green, 4 p.m., RAC Field.
• Hillel Shabbat serviCe and dm ner, 6 p.m. Call Hillel at 639-836 1
for location and reservations. Din
ner uckcts art' SIOfor non -U R stu dents.
• Family dmncr. 6:30 p.m., Student Union, sponsored by the Office of Student Unions and Activi ties. Reservations arc required; tiCk ets are $16.
• Friday Night at the Mov1cs w1U
featur~ showmgs of "The Pcrfec..t
~torm " a! 7 and 9:30p.m. m Lh(.· Stu
dent Un1on Theatre. Sponsored by
tht• Un1vers1ty Unu&gt;n ActiV JtJCS
Hoard. T1ckets art' Sl.SO.
• Men's soccer. UB vs. W~tern
MJClugan, 7 p.m .. RAC ~1eld .
• Zod iaque- Oan cc Company ·~
fall concert, 8 p.m .. Drama Theatre.
t :C:ntcr for the Arb. featunng light .
da.s."J( contempora ry, narrative and
ahstract wo rks . Ment1on Fam1h
Weekend and the tKket wtll he$ ::.,
• Conon(;tr!s/Ovc:rtnncs,Hpm..

Black Box Theatre,

L~ntcr

for lht·

Ans, featunng two warm &lt;~nd

Wllt\

one-act ~rformance5 bv UR slu
dents sponsored by the I &gt;cpanmt"nl
of Thea tre and l&gt;ao\.t~ Ment1on
Family Weekend and lh..k(.'l\ wdlllt
.\3 at the door.
In addlnon to the footha.ll gaml'.
othcractJVItle&gt;onOcL 21 will tndude·
• Bus tou r of Ntagara raJJ... 7 I;
a.m . to noon . w1th pH. k up un
Putnam Way 111 fron t ofth(' ~tudenl
Umon. Cost of the IOUI 1~ S I 3 Pl'l
person and wdl mclud r a .. Wah·
Rattle 'N' Rolr' &lt;.on tmcntal hrcal..
fast 1n the Hard Rock Cafe and .1
VJ5JI to Cas1no N1agara. Br1ng Hjl·n
tlfica tion to cross mto Ca nada and
return to the U.S Seating IS limited
and registraiJon IS requ1red at thl'
c he~k · m for Famtlv dnd Home
co m1ng Weekend an the ~tudt"nt
Un ion Lobby from 4-7 p.m. Oct
20. Presented by the Office of Stu
drnt Umons and Activities.
• Tour of the Multtd.isuplmarv
Center for Earthquake Engineenn~
Research (MCEER) a! 10:30 and II
a.m., featuring UB's "shake tabl(· "
that si mu lates earrhquakes 111 the
laboratory. Space is limited and lll.k
cts will be available on a first-CUffil'.
first -served basi !~. No children un
der ll admttted
Schl-duled on ( kt 12 arl'
• N('"'ol.•man ( ..t.'nlt'r ~'-1a."'"'· X: "\0 .UlJ
10:30 a.m ., .)t. lo~eph UnJvt:r,ll\
Church. Mam ~treet ncar thl· \outh
(.a mp us. and at 10~ 30 a.m Ill :! I :;,
\fudent Umon. Nonh Cam pu \
• Sundaybrun\.h, IOa.m.hl 12:."\tJ
p.m .. P1sta..:hto's . .) tud(·nt Ll n1on
( ost 1S $11 .50 per ' pcr~n and ad
van'"·c re.:,e rva t1nn ~ are requtred .
• \Vomen ''ISO\.i..t"I ,U Rv' l&lt;llcJ, •.
I I d.m . I{A( F1cld
• Men\ ~h.Lt'r. LIB V!! :\lorthnn
111mnl5.1 p.m .. RA&lt; held_

Study debunks iron-heart link
By LOIS BAKER

years on thca.'iSOClallon belwt•cn d1.,

Contributing Editor

t.J.k.t:n al tht"' hegtnn •ng uf tht.· 'tuJ\

easesoftheheartando rculaton ~"'
tem. and mca~urcs of hodv 1ron
stores. only a ((.'W of wh1ch showl'\.l

\t.·rum

T

H E questiOn of whether
too much iron mcreases
the n sk of dying from
heart di~ has received
another "no" answer via a popuJallon-based, long-'term, follow -up
st udy conducted by UB researchers.
The study. appearing in the Oc tober issue of ArmaiJ of Epulemrology. found no asso&lt;:iation bet\YC't'n
"high -nonnal" iro n stores and risk
of death du&lt;.&gt; to cardiovascular dis ·
t.-ase,coronary hea n disease or heart attack, or between iron levels and
nsk of death from any ca use.

"Sound clinical guidancr and public· health l'l'(Dmmcndations must br
based on reasonably solid cviden..:c
that what IS being recommended ~~
hoth safe and effecti\11:," soud Chnstophtr ScmpOs, as.sociat(' professor ol
social and preventive medicine and
lead au thor on the stud)'.
"Currently ava ilable data do not
:,upport radicaJ changes in dietary
rt.-commendations for iron intake or
screening by physic ians to de tect
high-nonnal levelsof serum ferritin .
Nor do they support the need fnr
large-scale randomized triahof di etary restricti on o r phlebotomy ,1,:, d
means of lowering iron stores."
The:r~ have been mOrt' than two
Jou:n studies conducted 111 recent

positive findings.Sempos nohxt. Still.
subje...l remains con troversaal
The current study was based un
data collected from panictpants m
the second National Health and Nu
triti o n Examination Su rve'
th ~

" Curftntly .,..._ &lt;Uta.do
not , . _ t ..-... ct...ga
ln ddary~

for Iron-., or Kfte&gt;lng
by phy&gt;lcYns t.o detect high-

"""""'levels of serum
ferritin."

CHRISTOPHER

SEMPO )

( NJIANE!-1 II ) bctwt:t:n IY ib 1'(0.
and an analp • ~ nf death rl•umJ,
through[)(.'\. . "\I, 1992. The 'IU~h
sample conSISU-d of 1,604 pt'r..tHI'128 b lack men and I 00 hi.•'" 1..
women ; 658 wh1tt· men and 7 1~
wh1te women--hcrwet"n agl":'&gt; 4:; ..,4
Iron status wa!l ha~cd on ~o.on . . cn
trat1ons of fcrrllm , o ne of the i..h •cl
lorms 111 whiCh 1ron •~ stored tn tht·
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�6 Reparier October 1UOOO/Vo132.1o.8
UB researcher In forefront of establishing return-to-play guidelines for amateur sports

BRIEFLY
Sympo~um to look
at biOpllotonlcs,

Willer takes lead in concussion wars
By l . A. UN&lt;;U

nanomedldne

Contnbut•ng Edttor

The School oiMedidno and 8jo.

ORJ&lt;wttha&lt;.ana
dian bram -mJur y
assoa.auon, as well
as the msptratton of
the father of two hockey players who
ha"" suffered concUSSlOn, has brought
a UB faculty member into the fore
front of mter-nanonaJ effons to establish return · to-playguid&lt;lines foUow·
mg concussion in amateur sports.
Those guidelines, patnstakingly
crafted by Barry Wtller, an apert 1.n
traumatic bram inJury and a professor of psychology in the School
of Med1cme and Biomedical Setences. with the assistance of John
Leddy, associate professor of clinical orthopaedics and associate director of the university's Sports Medinne Institute, have been adopted by
the Canadian Hockey Association
(CHA) and the International Ice
Hockey Federation. They also were
used by the medical committee of
the Sydney O lympics.
\\'iller says that getting the return to-play gutdelines adopted by the
&lt;.:HA was a very significant step forw-.ud he-cause ''the association governs all amateur hockey in Canada,
wh1ch makes tt the first bona fide
sports o rganization to have adopted
gutdelines regarding concussion."
Will&lt;T. who has been involved with
hockey as a player and coach for most
of his life, says he agreed to focus his
efforts on hockey not only because
he loves the sport, but because he felt
11 would be an effective conduit for
mtroducing return-to- play guidelines in other amateur sports.
"Hockey was born and bred m
( .anada, so the international sport •ngcommuniry still looks to Canada
and thcCHA for leadership." he says.
nottng that the adopt to n of th e
gu tdelincs by the International Ice
Hockey Federation was the dtrect
rt"Suh of the C HA act ton .
Willer points o ut that the tmtlaJ
ampetu~ for t."Stabhshmg return -to
play gutdeltnes ca me from tht•
Ame n can Academy of Neurologv
IAAN). but emphasm;.·~ that theM'
gu idelines. while groundbreakmg. do
not translate weU to the realities of
amateur athlet1cs. '"Pnor to the AAN
.m noum.mg th t~ H gu1delmes and
publishing them m the loumal ol
Neurology. there were no really au
thoritativeguidelincsanywhere. Thr
problem, howt"Ver, wa..'l that the AAN
gUidelines were ba.su:aJiy written fnr
proh:ss•onaJ sports or other enVlron
mems where a qualified t.raJner 1son
s1tc &lt;1nd thr athletes' h1sto n es of con -

medial Scionce, In~
with tho lnstiWte for Loom,
Photonics and lllophoco&lt;ja. will
pmentltllroo-&lt;layS)'I'I1P&lt;&gt;'Un
on

·cunon~-...:.sln

Biopho&lt;onia and Nanomeciclne"
00..19·211nthoMIITtottHotel,
13-40 Mil1mport Hig1wly.
T h e - wil fuluro.
host ol distingulsh&lt;d spealcors
from UB, as well as tho aa&lt;k&lt;ri&lt;· and industrill-sdence
c~otlotgo. IO-...,

tho up-ond&lt;oming fields ol
bioimaglng. lrtiflciiJ vision,
modicalloson, nanomedidne,
~blood and photodynamic thmpy.
Legendlry West&lt;m New

Yorit inimltor and researcher
v.llson Gre.ltbatdl, pern0ps
mo&lt;t notable for tho deYolopment ol the pocomtb&lt;, will bo
the keynote &gt;peaker ot tho OcL
20 dinner.
AdmissioniOthoS)'I'I1P&lt;&gt;'Un
is 1200 f&lt;&gt;(tho ful mnr.r.nc., ex
1250- OcL 20, with,.,.
tion limitod to 250. Admission for
stJJdents is 150, and • per-day
roteoU100is- TICkets for
tho Oct 19 dlnroer only ... 135.
For further lnfonnation or to

register for thesymposium, con·
toct Amy Eglowstdn ot tho irutJ.
tute at 64s..6800, ext 2105.

NYU lawyer to speak

LfN

"When
Goes Pop: The-bhlng IJne- ~
Populo&lt; Culnn" wil bo tho
topic ol • lecture by Richard
Sh&lt;rwin, prolooor olllw .. New
YO&lt;I&lt; UnlYenlty, 1o bo held It 2
p.m. Oct 20 In 306 Clornem
Hall on tho Notth Compus.
The lecture is sporuo«d by
tho S.ldy Centtr for ~ and
Sociil Policy, tho'Center f&lt;&gt;&lt; tho
Amer1as and tho On lit·
erature and Society.
In tho ledln, tho title ol
which is also tho title ol
Shelwln's new bool&lt;, Shelwln
will onolyz2tho jury system In
our rnedio-sotlntfd oge. ...,..
lning tho role olvivid storytelling
In successful 6tigotion while coutioning against misusing that opportunlt)' 10 seduce ex "ifocitly
persuade" juries.
Oting the ~ia drcu.s sur·
rounding such notorious trials as
the Menendez brothen 1nd o.r.
Simpson. Sherwin will argue

""'!.

that an fttome)' has a professional obligation to 11Jnctlon os •
brake on popular passions and
prejudices in court. not to feed
into the tendency to inflame the
audience with techniques that
the media uses.
Otherwise, he says, lawyen
risk undermining sod~s c~­

t.inued trust in the jury system.
A profess&lt;&gt;&lt; It NYU ~nee
1988, Sl1erwin also has wori&lt;ed
as an assistant district attorney.

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Sending Letters

to the Reporter
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from reade&lt;s.ocxnmentlng on its
stories and content Letters shoukt
be fmited 10 800 words and may
bo edted for~ and length. let·
tefl must lrrl.Jde the writer's
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porterannot publish II letters receNed. They I11USt be received by
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for pubbtlon in tNt....,...., issue.
The RepMerpmm.that letters be
received on dsk ex eloctmrllcoly ot
~.

W

cusston are available; m other words..
thr..1' a.\S\Jme that there ~someone on
the benc~tlher a phys~aan or a
profe-.stonal I ramer- who can tm
mechately appr&lt;ru.e an athlete's con
dttton and determme tfhe or she can
return to play at that ume or not"
Willer )otned the effort at the urgf
tog of Carl Undros, whose younger
&gt;On. Brett, had withdrawn from professtonal hockey after suffering stv eral concussions. Lindros' o lder son,
Philadelphia Ayers star Eric lindros.
also battles with concussion. Carl
l.1ndros had suggested to Wilierboth men were involved with the
Ontario Brain Injury Association

modificataons to the AAN guidelines. In addition to providing wordmg that be11er helps inaperienad
tra1ners 1dentify a concussion when
11 occurs, they recommend that aU
wncu.ssed athletes be asked to .s«
theu phystctan before they return to
play...Also. given the substantial in ~
creaSf' m nsk for irreversible darnage due to repeated concussions. if
an athlete has three concussions m
the same year, it is recommended
that he or she rest away from the
sport for the remainder of the playing season," explains Wtller.
"These guidelines help mili sure
nobody goes back to playing sports

m&lt;nd thal playm ... their physi cian b&lt;for&lt; returning to play. Willer
and Leddy also ha"" been working
to provid&lt; physicians with educa·
nonal material about concussion in
an effort to help them brtt&lt;r assess

when it's safe to allow a child to return to playing sports.
"Most family doctors, intmusu

and pediatricians probably don't see
enough of these head injuries to re·
ally be very comfortable with treat ·

mg them, and it's not something
they 're taught about in medical
school; notes Leddy. "I think most
physicians need more education
about how to identify what a concussion has occurred, as weU as how
to identify and treat symptoms of
post -concussM syndrome."
Furthermore, he cautions, ..~
injuries can be difficult to diagnose,

at best There are a lot of symptorm
that mimic other things; also, ath ·
letcsare prone to minimizing symptoms or downright denying them to
the doctor."
Toward 1M goal of educating physicians, Waller is ~ing an edu ·

cational package that includes the
return -to-play guidelines, infonna:

guidelines following concussion In •nNiteur sports •t the urging of
Cart Undros (left), whose sons bllttle the effectJ of concuuJon.

( OB!A)--that the UB professor ap·
ply his expertist and infl uence toward helping establish guidelines of
a similar nature in amateur .sports.
Willer and his coUaborators began by going to the CHA and meet ·
ing with the individuaJs within th~
associa t ion who develop educa tional programs for tramers.
"What ensued was a debate that
cen te.rcd on thequ,.estioru, What can
we realislically apect from the vol unteer trainer/coach on the s•deline
who IS just somebody's mom o r dad
and who has little or no medical
background? What kmds of dect ~•ons can we expect him or her to
make about a player:S conditJon~"
explams Willer.
Out of th1s discusston evolved the
guidelines that were adopted by the
C HA, wh1ch. accordmg to Willer,
have been worded in such a way that
thry"not on ly make sense medicaUy.
hut Jre presen ted tn a format that
enables mom -the -team -tramer to
readi ly understand them- m om.
that IS, whose occupation may he
dLCOunung. not medicine."
Essentially, the gUidelines adopted
hv the C HA involve three basiC

until they've fully recovered from
symptoms of a head injury," notes
Leddy, who. as a team physician for
intercollegiat~ a th letics at US,
knows firsthand about the dangers
of concussive injuries in amateur
competition. " I teU the players, when
you 'sprain your brain' it's a bigger
deal than spraining your kntt or
ankle. If you play on a bum kn~ or
live with a bum knee. that's o ne
thing. But if you don't come back
fully from a brain injury. it's different. You may be left with a signifi cant decline in mentaJ funaioning."'
Despite the apparent simplicity of
the modifications made to the AAN
guidelines, they required a long senes of discussions with the CHA.
with final wording changes taking
place as late as December of 1999.
Lmdros feels Willer's role was cru
naJ to making the project a success.
'"Oue to hts scientific expertise and
aedibiliry. he ( Willer) was able to
facilitate the whole process and gain
the complete support of Canadian
amateur hockey through the CHA.
He brought order and coheston to
the effort."
Because the gutdelines re..:orn -

tion on symptoms of roncussion and
assessment procedures for concussed
athletes. Through his affiliation with
the OB!A, he also is working to organiu a medical advisory commit tee on concussions that, in addition
to establishing a amsmsus on postconcu.ssM symptoms. will sponsor
educational conferences for heatth care professionals. .. ln the longrun,..
he says, "the goal is to hdp physicians
be a linJe more astute at pidci.ng up
symptoms and a little mo~ aware of
the long-term ro~uenccs of conrussians themsdvts."
Lindros commends this comprehensive approach to education becaust he feds it can lead to prot.ec tion for all children, not just those
involved in sports.. "These guidelines.
and the awareness they help create.
apply to everyone, including parents
who~ their child fall off the swing
sei .a nd hit their head They aren't just
for sports, but for life in general .
What they r~ind all of us is that
the dock doesn't start ticking-a
child or an athlete doesn't go back
to play-until he or she issymptom free at rest and with exertion for an
appropriate period of time.
.. Esstntially what we're saymg IS.
'Let's have greater respect for the
body and things we do to the head.'
\&gt;\'hen the body isn't treated with respect, a mmor concussion can lead
tosignificant,long-lastingprobiems.."

Khmer Rouge survivor to speak, dance at UB
By JENNIFER LEWANDOWSKI

Reporter Assistant Editor

C

AMBOI&gt;IAN Amencan
Jut hot
t. "h&lt;lnrlth\
I flnl-\Vhosechildh&lt;xxl
was shaped O)' the brut;tl
Khmer Rouge reg1ml" thai wa~ rt•
..ponsihlc for nearly Zmtllton Jeath~
due to murder,di..o;c...""t~ . .;;tarvation and
\ 1\'t'l"\\'m k- will share her O.T•t:nen;,l.!'l
wtth l'BJucliencesonOr.."'' 19and !0
t. )nly 'J years old when tht:' Khnll'r
Rouge t:amc mto power 111 197'i,
I lim spent the next four y&lt;"an.until the Vietnamese in\ras10n ol
Cambodta led to thr overthrow oi
the Khmer Rouge tn 1979--strug-

~ling. to rndure the tcrronst re1gn nt
leader Pol Pot. At the age of 16. H1m
l'mtgratt.-d to the Una ted States
"\Vhen Broken (;Ja:t~ Float\,"
I lim's memotr. "t~ tht.• ultimatr hif&gt;
tnrv lesson told from tht' per!tpa
t1ve ol a .. urv•vor who t~ trur to ht·r
prnmtsc tu ht' worthy of the suffer lllg that 'hr..• endured as a child,"l&gt;..ud
/\.lark A. Ashwill. dtrector of the
\\'orld Languages Institute.
Htm will give two lecturl"S hased
on her memoir. The first, schedu led
fm 7:30p.m.on0ct. l9mtht'Scn"e11 mg Room of the Center for the Arts
on the North Campus. will be a for·
mal talk, fo llowed by a nook signing.

rill' =*'Cond ledure, pan of the "As•a
dt Noon"' l&gt;t'ne~ sponsorrd bv the
N.tan Studies Program.as scheduled
lor noon on OC1. !0 10 280 Park 1-l.t.ll
on the North Campus.
Htm also wiU perfonn the n.llt\l'
"Biessmgl}.tnCe"at 10:30a.monf)ct
19 m the Katharine C..ornell lllcatre
mthe ElJjcott Complex on the North
C.. :am pus. A question -and -a nswer~
ston will follow the- dance, which will
he presented by the International Ar
tistic &amp; Cultural Exchange.
AU events are free and open to the
public.
Him's ~tsit to UB i5 co-sponsored
by the Ce?tter for the Americas, the

Astan Studi~ Program , th&lt;.• CoUr..-gc.&gt;
of Arts and Sciences. the Depart
mem of Modem Languages and !Jt
erat urcs. the World Languagcs ln "'IIUil". the Oepanmenl of Theatre
Jnd Dant.:e and the U . ~ -lndochma
1-.ducauonal Foundatton, Inc., a Rut
falo-ba!!ot:d non -profit foundatton
that brings .studenLS from South&lt;.-a-"1
Asta to study m the Umted Stat~ .
Him's story,satd A.~t.h"rill. who aiSt l
se rve s as director of th r l l \
lndochtna Educ:attonal FoundatiOn.
1s one of"lost innocence. shanen:d
ltves, and the destruction of culture,
as well as a harrowing tale of sur
vival and redempt.ion."

�October11.21100fl'oi.3Z.h.8 Repariea

7

I SporlsRecap
Arthur Schaefer, clinical professor of ophthalmology
footnall
ATHLETES O F
Arthur J. Schadw. clinical profes- clinic specializing in eydid surgery
mumtv. ).("rv.ng
m

Obituaries

iL' d ~.-o ns ultant

sor of ophthalmology and a clinical
assistant prof~r of otolaryngology, died Oct. 4 in Hospicz Buffalo,
Cheektowaga, after a brief illness. He
was 77.
A 1947 graduate of the UB School
of Medicine, Schaefer was regarded
as a pioneer in his field, setting up
Buffalo's first oculoplastic surgery
E.). Meyer Memorial Hospital, now
Erie County Medical Center. Schaefer,
first introduced 10 the field during the
1950s in postwar Korea, where he
worked as a captain in the Army
Medical Corps and chief of ophthalmology in the I21st Evac Hospttal,

Schader, who in 1995 was the first
Buffalonian to rKeJw UB's l.J.JCtan
Howe Award for contributions 10 the
field of ophthalmology, most recenuv
was involved in pnvate pradlct" m
Snyder with his son Dantel, and als"
served with him as co-director of the
oculoplastic cliniC at ECML
A graduate of St. Joseph's Co!leg~&lt;~te
Institute and alumnus of Canis1us
College, Schaef&lt;r later rewved an
honorary doctorate from the college,
where he and his wife estabiJShed the
Dr. Arthur). '43 and Elt1.abeth A.
Schaefer Scholarship Fund for pre
med students.
Schaeferwa5anactwememberof

later returned to BuffaJo to set up his

Western New York's medical com

dinicinthcearly 1960sat thefonner

ophthalmolugv at numerous hosp•
tals and m ophthalmiC plasuc and
rl"Const ruC1JVl' ~ urgc ry at the lohn
M I ore lr M I&gt; Head and Nt»d
( .en1er at "l1ster~ llo.!&gt;pltal

l-Ie !ioervcd

.b

dm.'t.1or ementU!&gt; of

the ophthalmology sef·viCe at both

~LSters Hosp1tal and St: l~ph Hu'

pttal an &lt;::heektowag;t,a nd ab..J.!~Crved
as d~rector of ophlhalmtL plastu. and
reconstru ctive surge rv at Buffalo
&lt;.eneral Hospital and l:.CM&lt;

!xhaefer. d feUow of tht: AnwnL.lil
College of ~urgeon.'i and the Amen
Lan n,ety of OphthalmiC ~urgen.

also was a past prestdcnt of the
Amcncan $0("tety of OphthalmtL
PlastJL

and ReconstrUL1.1Vt' :-,ur~t·n

Snow

Go

Adam Echter, a senior
mechan ical-engineering
major, takes UB's "clean
snowmobile" out for a test
run near the Ellicqtt
Complex. The machtne
won last year's inaugural
Clean Snowmobile
Challenge and will be
entered in the 2001 contest
• this coming winter

Calendar
Chemical Engineering Seminar

Roswell Park Staff Seminar

Protein Interaction~ at the So ltd·
SoluUon lnterl.c:e with Partk.utar
Refe rence to Blood. john l. Brash,
McMaster Un iv. 206 Fu mas, North
Campus. 3:30 p .m free

Regulation of C. Pro tein S~naling in
Human lymphocYt e~ John H Kehri,
NatiOnal lnstitut~ of Health GaylordCary Meeting Room. Research S1ud1t&gt;1o
Center, Elm and Carlton su .. Buffalo
1 l · 30 p m j:l"ff Spoi1SOI"a1 by Ros~\1
Partr; Cancer Institute For more
InformatiOn, Charle~ Wennf'r 8H 3261

~adua!te: Ubrary
Research Skill~. Tatiana Delal~e"a. 117
Capen, North Campu~. -4 -5 :30 p .m
free Sponsored by the Undergraduate
library. For fT'I()re informatiOn, Enc
Acree, 6-45-29-43, e~t l. 235

Wednesdays at 4 PLUS
Poetry Reading. Adrienne RICh,
Screening Room, Center lor the ArU,
North Ca m pus. -4 p .m . Free for mort&gt;
onlormatoo. 645· 3810

International Student and
Scholar Servkes Fall 2000
Worltshops
Optional Practkai'Tralning Jennifer
Chazen, lntematiOI'lal Student and
Scholar Sefw:es 1-450 Student Umon,
North Campus. 5. 30-6: 30 p m Free
UUAB Fall Rims 2000
The Pe rfect Storm Student Unoo
Theater, North Campu1o. 7 p m . and
9 30 p m . S2 SO, student.!, S4, ~eneral
public For more 1nformat1on, 81nu
Pauloie, 64S·2957

Women 's Volleyball
UB vs Kent State . Alumn1Arena Nonh
Campu~ 7 p .m F!"ff
Classics and Archaeology lecture

THURSDAY

D•nce Perfonnance

Oanc:e Perfonnance

The Blessing Dance-A Cam bodian
Clau kal Dance lntemallonal ArtiSt I(
and Cultur.il Exchange Kathanne
Cornell Theatre, Ellicott Complex. Nonh
Campu1o I O· 30 a m f!"ff

Zodlaq ue Fall Dance Concert Dept or
Theatre and Dance Drama Theatre
Center lor the AtU. North C&lt;lmpu\ 8
p m J I 0. general publiC . J S. UB
\t udt&gt;n h for morE' lnlorm&lt;~tton. 64 ')
ARTS

Biological Sciences Seminar

Physlu Colloquium
The Meson Spectrum: Searching for
G lue )arTie$ Napolitano, Remwolaer
Polyte&lt;hmc Institute 225 Natural
SC1ence1o Comple10., North ( ampu ~ 4 1 S
p m ~ree

ETC Technology Wortuhops

lecture

Using NeUca pe Com po~er 21 2
Capen. North Campu1o Noon I p m

Whe n Broken C.lau Floah Grow.ng

UUAB Fall Films 2000

~~a~~~ ~~~-KS~~~~~~~u~~m

. . , . ...,... of the men's
touchdowns and quarterbild:
OII5S country team fi nished
Dontrell J.ickson had 14 Cl1Tlt!:5 for
I ]9 Y.irds H Oh~ rolled to .i -42 -20
25th in a field of more than
Mtd-Amenan Conference VIctory
250 runners· at t he Paul
over US.
Short lnvitati&lt;;lnal at Lehi9h
After Otuo opened the sconng.
University. David
UB's
the Bulls tied the conteSt at 7•7
top
fi nisher in the eightwhen joe Freed)- hooked up wn:h
kilometer
race
with
a
time
sophomore And~ Forde for a 6 I .
of 25 :17. 3 7. The Bull s
yonl IOUChdown
placed 14th of 36 scoring
The Bobcau ~ the le.id
teams with 4 36 point&gt;.
for- good. 14· ] , early In 0\e second
quuur when Jamel Pan~
Paula Llstranl of the
sco~d oo .i five-yard touChdown
~'s soccerteam scored
run Rqnald ~ .idded a 20-yard
two goals, &lt;nclud ing the
TO run With 96 ~onds ldt 1n the
~.and assisted on
tulf for a 14-poont bulge
third goal in 4-0 win CNer
Bnnker donunued the tturd
Northern Illinois. She also
quarter w1th touchdown runs ot
scored the game-winner in a
frve yards and one yard 1n .i s1x
1-0 double 01/'ertime victory
mmute s~n for ;a lS-7 cushiOn
at Western MIChigan, setting
Backup quarte~ck Freddy ~.,
the school record for career
fired a )9-yard ~conng pass to
Raynald R;ry e.irty tn the fourth for a
points with 103. She nc:m "
lS-potnt lead
one goal shy of the UB career
The Bulls scored a pow of
goals record of 4 3 held by
touchdowns •n the fourth qu.iner
Nora Bender (1985-8 7)
to close the pp Albert Gn.mdy
scored h1s fir1t coller-ue
touchdown on a four-yard run uppong ~ 20·play ~2 -(2rd dnve dut consumt"Cl
more than 7 I '2 m1nutes The 8ull1o t;~Cked on cheor f1N ITO wtth tust 28
second~ remamtng 1n the game as f~dy h1t TheronWalk.er for a 1.1• y;arCl ~c or-t'
closmg .:.n I I -pl;~y dnve

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MEN

Duke 4, UB 0
UB 2, R a dford I
Tht&gt; mens ~occer team was out.m.uched agamst the nauoru.Uy ranked Duke
Blue Oev1h losmg 10. thord str.ugtu game 4-0 on Ourtu.m N C ro t&gt;q:on a twO
match non-confe~nce road swmg
After thre-e str.ugtu ihutout loslie\ the Bulls broke the1r los1ng litre.l~ anc:
\cored .ill the goah they would need •n le1os tl'lan J m tnute of pby to re&lt;ord J ~
I won ;u R..idford

WOMEN

UB 4, N orth ern Ill in ois 0
UB I , W e ste rn Mich igan 0
The womens soccer team suned o ff 1u four-g.me roa.d stretch 1n pertect
bstuon. record1ng a -4-0 wm a.t Northern ltlinoos '" MAC pi~ The Bulb wert'
led by Paula ltstnno 's rwo goah And ~n au!SL W'h1ch moved her pa.st the I 00
areer potnt mark
In the week.end fin.ile 1n IU.Ianuzoo. l":och 11: was a b;ltrle betwe:en twO of
the top te.ims 1n the MAC. and It' came down to L1stn.no s re&lt;:ord·serung goat "
the second o~rtJme penod tO arry UB tO a 1-0 Win at Western M1ch1pn
W1th the game-wmn•ng goal. Ltstnm re&lt;orded her IO]rd areer po1nl, serung
the UB school record for most oreer po•nU

Volle~oall
Akron l , UB 0
Miam i l , UB I
Ball State 3, UB 0
The women's voUqb.ill team lost

two qutek games and couiCl not come b.acl
IOSIOJ: to the Akron Z•ps, I S-2. IS-S. I S-IQ:.to open the week. The Ztp\
commtued JUSt nme erron. dunng the eno~ match. compared to UB s 2 I a"d
Akron 's )81 h1rung percenQge propelled them to voctory
UB conunued tU road tnp m Oxford. Oh10. falling to Mwn• tn four gvnes
The Bulb e.imed a I S-8 Win 1n the openmg game of the ma.tc.h but then
dropped three games 1n a row to lost" the much
The Bulls conduded their weekend wtth a three-game MAC lou at &amp;!I Sate
I S-1. I S-1 I S-9 With the Witt the Card1nm rema•n undefl!::ued tn the conference
With J 6-0 re&lt;:ord. whtie Bufblo f:llls to 0-6 1n the cooference .ind -4+ I 1 oven.n

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Wome n place II th, m en 14 th at Le h igh University P a u l Sho rt. Run

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Crop s: From Gene DiK o very to
Commercial Producu Terry Meyer
Pooneer H1 Bred lntemaliOnal, )ohmton
Iowa 114 Hochstetter, North Campu'
4 p m F!"ff After·sem1nar meet•ng
1oponwred by the Graduate Studenl
Assoc Will be 1n 109 Cooke
Refreshment.! Will be served fo1 mort'
•nlormatiOn, Paul Go lind•. 64 S 188 7

The Pe rfect Sto rm Student U•uo••
Theater. North Campm 7 p m .tf'ICI
9 10 p m H SO studt&gt;nh, \4 9t"llt&gt;fd
publiC for mOrt' onlormatoon B•nu
PauiO)t&gt; 64S 29S7

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Wednesdays •t 4 PLUS
Bilingual poetry reading LOuldt"~
Vazquez. R'tlst Belt Books. 102 A.Jit•n \1
Buffalo 8 p m Free Fo• mort"
1nformat10n 645 1810

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Cottoo Glrl.s/ Ovenonei Dept o1
Thea~ and Dance Bl.Kk Bo:o. Theatre
Cente-r 101' thto Arts. North C•mpu~ 8 r m
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Beyond Vltruvius: Earty Roman
Imperial Harbor Engineering In the
Eastern Mediterranean. Robert
Hohllelder, Unw of Colorado Screemng
Room, Center for the ArU, North
Campu~ 8 p .m Free Sponsored by
Western New Yotic Chapter of tht'
Archaeok&gt;g~&lt;:allnstltute of Amenc.a and
tht' Parlt Profe1ownh1p .n Clas1.K~

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F-ree Sponwred by Center fo1 tht'
Amenc.as, ~1an 5tud.es Progr.tm !Joi0"0
Language~ lmt•tute and Modem
Languagei and Literature-~ For mort'
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THE WEEK

Oh io 42, UB 10
Chad Bnnker- ran fOt" two

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"The Graduate Show: SecondYear Student~ "
Work by ~econd·yedr graduate studt•nt '
on thE&gt; Depat1ment ot Art will bto on

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Both the mefl's otnd women's crou-countT)' te.ims competed 011 the 27th omnuat
letugh Umven.1ty Paul Short Run 1n Bethlehem P3 The men·~ tNm pbced l-4tto
;unong 36 sconng team\ wtnle the women we~ I I t:h m a li~ of )-4

lennis
MEN ' S

of thf' Center for thE' M~ on the Nonh
( ctmpu ~ G.tliery how drE' Tue\ 10 d m

UB 7, S t . Peter's 0

:~o~pl ;;'d :~on~~a~ tt;~t~~;~a~~

The mens tenn1~ program moved one step dose~ to goong undefeated on 10 tall
schedule w1th a 7-0 wm over 5-atnt Peten n''l the UB Tenn•~ Center
UB Started off strong w1t11 wons from rwo of •u three doubles p.ilnng~
The Bull~ then moved on tO ~ ~ngle s compet•uon w-here the)' ~ wep1 .1ll \1~
m:uches

11om 11 am to6pm
" 19th Century Botanical Prinh "

fht&gt; hnl em t"~thtbl! ot the Hedlth
~nPOCe\ L1boary Will bt&gt; on d•\~d\
through thE' t&gt;nd of the ~ .. u \emt'\IE'I '"
lhf' adm1n1\tra11on &lt;~red of tht' l1brM\· un
ll'lf' South (ampm Thf' pnnn 1mdljt'\
nt pldnt\ w1th mE'd~t•nal propertw'
ll.tVe bf'oen reprodurt"d from d boot..
publl~hed m 1863 owned by lht" RoOt'n
1 Brown H1~1ory of ME'd1C1ne Colle&lt; tlof\
fht' t-:o.h1b1t wa\ madt' po1o\lblt' through
tht' !]enerOU\ \uppon of tht' fnen&lt;:h of
tl'E' Health 5(1ence\ Library and tht'
Mf.'d1ral H1\IOf1Lill Soc1e1v

~asKet~all
WOMEN ' S
Semor T11bny Bell has been cho~en to the 2000 Pre~c.non ~11-MA( Wo"'e"
Basketball Team. the league off1ce hu announced Bell JOim Chery! Bowle1 ot
Akron. Knsun Koeu1er o (Wenem M1chog.in Franone Moiler ·:Jf Sowi•ng Gn:-er
and Stephanoe Sm•ley of b.stem M1chtpn Of' the r,.,.e-penor 1c.1n• ~elt-&lt;ted b,
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MK:hael Carnell.

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Kimball, South
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free. fOf more
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UB on Kentucky
RAC Foeld NoM

Campus 3 p.m
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l.od~ F11U Dance Con&lt;.ert
OepL of Theatre IOd Dance
Drama Thealle, Center fOf the
AIU, North C.mJlU'. 8 p.m
110, general public; 15, U8
students. fOf rTlOI't
1nformation. 6-t.S-ART S

the Alamentou• 1'Ng&lt;
Gonoml. Oebo&lt;oh Steege,

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ln 109 Cooke. Refreshments
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Transcriptional Control of

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Molecular Bidogy, Umv. of
Texas Southwestern MedKal
Center at Dallas. Butler
Auditonum. Farber Hall, South
Campu~. 4 p.m . RecepUoo

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Oral Dlagnostk Sclenc:es
Semln,ar Series

Dept. of Phys1ology and
81ophysta For more
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Physlu CoUoqulum

Quantum Computation and
Information . HOt-Kwong lo.
MagtQ Te&lt;:t\nologies. l2S
Natural SCiences CompleK,
North C ampu~ 4 1 S p m f reE"
Research Skill~ Port1a D1a.z ·
Martin, 109 Lockwood library,

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Zodlaque Fall Oanc.e Concert
Dept. of Theatre and Dance
Drama Theatre, Center for the
ArU, North Campu~ . 8 p.m
s 1O, general publiC; S5, UB
students For more
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Skily Carla Antonacoo .
Wesleyan Umversity 328
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UUAB Fall Films 2000
Me, Myself, and Irene
Student UniOn Theater, North
Campt.n 7 p.m S2.50,
nudenu, H . general publiC
for more mtormat10n, ~1nu
Paulose. 64S -29S7

120 Clemen~. North Campus
2 30---4 p.m Free. but seat1'(jk1~

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Health Sclenc:e llbr,uy
Worttshop
Online .a nd Off: An
lntroducUon to Ubrary
Research Heather Munger.
Med1a lnSti'\JCtlon Room.
Health Sc.ences library, South
C ampu~ 2-3 p.m Free Open

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Publ•~roadcasting System.

J'luhlic.ltlon ll\tln(]' ,,u

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Buff•to Logk Colloquium
Aristotle's logkal
Methodology in Prior

~:.ri~~~r~~n~~rC~~e
14 1 Park. North Campus 4-

~u3tt0a~ ~o;~J~~~ f~
more 1nformauon, John
Corcoran. 881 -1640 or o4 5
1444, ext 119
Blologkal Sdenc:es Seminar
Emerging Features of mRNA
De&lt;ay In Bacteria Revealed by

Afro-German Conferenc:e

Not So Plain as Black and
WMo: A Multld bdplioal'y
Euminatk&gt;n of the AfroGerman Experience. film.

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Center. 149S Main St., Buffalo
8 p.m. Conference will continue
Oct I 3 1n 180 Parit and 120
C lemen~. North Campus. 9

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SeMCe. 1lle Conferenc es •n the
O.sc1phnes and the Graduate
Group tor German and Austnan
Studies. For more •nformaoon.
Hetdi Lechner. 831-S966
UUAB Fall Fllnu 2000
American Pimp. Student
Un1on Theater, North Campu~
9 · 30 p m \ 2.50, students, 14.
general public for more inlor
matton, 81nu Paulose, 64S 19~7

SEL Workshop
Grants In the Sdenc:e:~ fred
Ston, Sc1ence and Eng1neenng
library 127 UndergriKiuate
Library. North Campus. Noon1 p m free Open onty to UB
students. faculty and stdft For
more tnlormatiOO, lill
Hackenberg, 64S-1947. ext
Z26

Tom~lndustty/

Women's Tennis

vs Youngstown State UB

UB

~~Foster
lecture

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UUAII Foil Rims 2000
American Pimp: Student
UnK&gt;n Theater, North Caml?l:J~
7 p.m. and 11 :30 p.m . S2.SO,
students; 14, general public
For more information, Binu
Pauk»e, 64S.29's7

O&lt;ganRodu1
Eastma n Organists Day. S1ee
Concert Hall, North Campus. 8

~~u1s~. s~~e: by Dept.
1nformation. 64S-192 1

c'o ncert
Charlie Hunter Trio
Ma.nstage Theatre, Center for

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p.m. free.
Men's Tennis
UB vs Youngstown State UB
Tennis Center, EUkott
Complex. North Campus 1

p.m. Free.
Dance Perfonnan&lt;e
~FaMDwxeC~ert

Dept. of Theatre and Danc.e,
Drama Theatre, Ce-~ter for the
Aru, North Campus. 2 p.m
110, generol public; 15, UB
students. For more
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Medical CMter at Dallas 108
Sherman, South Campus
Noon free

Senior Alumni Luncheon
Friday the 13th. J&lt;&gt;&lt; Nickell,
senior research fellow of the
Committee for the SctentifK
Investigation of Cla1ms of the
Par.tnormal. Center for
Tomorrow, North Campul
Noon-2 p.m. t 1S per penon
For more informatiOn, Jude
S&lt;:hwondfe,, 829-1608
o.portmental Semlno•
West NUe VIrus: Ecology and
Spread. jac.ques Berlin, assoc
rrof .• Dept. of Social and
reventive Medkine 181
farber, South Campus 11 30I 30 p.m Free

Saturday

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Cross CCMantry
UB Invitational UB Stadtum.
North Campus 10 a.m Free
Open House
Open House for- Prospect.iw
Grad Students at Roswell
Parlt. Research Studies Center.
Roswell Parit Cancer Institute
11 a.m.-3 p.m. free . For more

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Spomo&lt;ed by Dept of CMI,
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14SC Student Union, North
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Sponsored by Career ~nmng
and Pl.acement and TeKher
Education Institute. for more
Information, ludith Apph!baum
64S-2232, ext. 103

D•nce Pa'fonnance
Zodlaque Fall Dance Concert
Dept. of The:atrr and Dance
Drama Theatre, Center lor the
Aru, North Campus. 8 p.m
S10, general public; ~ ~- US
students. For more
mformation, &amp;45-ARTS
Me, Myself, aod Irene
Student Umon Theater, North
Campus. 9:30p.m. 12.50,
studenu, 14, general publiC
for more tnformat1on. 81nu
Paulose, 64S-29S7

lJnrvoefSit)' Center for

8iosurlaces. 140 Kott&lt;r, North

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students. For more
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UUAB Fall Films 2000

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ETC Technology _,hops
6uUdlng a Course in
Blackboard Courselnfo. 212
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l'hJIIolo!D'
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Biochemistry Seminar
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                    <text>PAGE 2

Q&amp;A: Nigel Marriner extols virtues
of UB 101 course for freshmen

Schubert Biography

PAGE ..

PAGf l

Premature birth poses riJk for
educatlOnal underachrevement

Taste

of Asia
justin Srdik, a member of
the lndonesran Student
Association, prepares
chicken satay on Saturday
during the first Taste of Asra
event held by Asran student
associatrons at the Ellrcott
Complex

Capaldi delivers "State of University"
UB's plan for fUture is to increase enrollment of master's students, hire morc(lzculty
By SUE WUETCHER
Reporter E'ditor

T

URa l!'o(l h,h,
m thr!'!l,ltt' crl

Ill: untwrsttr"s plan for
the fu ture ill. to mcreasc its
c.·nro llment

at

master'~- dcgrcc

New York. "·•
state who hob
given u' th~·
opponun\1\ to

the

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the tt'P 1uh) wht'llt'\t'l

o rder to fund the htnng of new fa c-

m O'\'t' aht•JJ

~.umpeun~ fur

ulty members who "-ill help impmvc
thcqualiryofthe institution , l&gt;rovost
8tzabeth Capaldi told membe~ ul
the Faruhy Sen:Ut' on Tuesc:L1\'.
LIR has Hall the dcmt:n t_...,__mc.'\.h

and

'&gt;U-..u..-cd.'

tht•rci!'.J Tl»hllpt•nmt-:tn,l Ulll\t'r!&gt;ll\

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unt' , engmeermg, law. p harmal \',

dentistry. a large. sohd. aru and set
a1ces cor('---{ hat you n&lt;.'C'd to lX' a top.
comprehensive n..'St'arch university:·
Capa1di said in opening her "Aca
dcmic State of the Universit y Ad
drt.'SS."Thc future of rese-•.uch un1ver
sities, she stressed. lic..-s in u1terdisc1
plinary work. citing as an example tlll'
joint effort of medical and pharma~..-v
schools in drug discovery.

add

1ng th.tl tht·
'ilatc, tht· \l! 'Y ... vstem and L'R .til

wamthc samt' thmg: for t•A h\ hxu'
.rnd gruduate t"ducatihn,
tn 1m prove the quahh• of Uu- under
graduate sfudent bcxiv and to he J
h1ghJy ratt'\.1 research umwrs1t\
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Anti-plagiarism software revealed
By SUE WUETCHER

Reporrer Editor

HEATER&gt; beware' Th,·
E.duGitlon~ Tcchnolob"'
Cen ter (ETC) ha~ a~.. ­
quired a new tool in the
fight against aGJdcmic plagiansm .
David Willbem. director of the
ETC. told members of the Faculty
Senate Exccutivl' Committee on
Sept. l7 that the cen ter has obtalnt.-d
an anti -plagiarism so ftware pro gram, Essay Verification Engine
(more com monly known as Evt&gt; ),
that can compare a written paper
with all papers on the Internet.
Th e software won 't find dll
sources of plagiarism, WiiJbem Cdll
tioned, noting it won't check sou rcl"'\
in the library, or sources that do nt.ll
have files online and send them to
students ei th er enc rypted or h'
"snail mail"
" It can't consult those ' h1dden'
documents. but thcre is so much o ut

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thert'---there are hterallv dm:em anJ
dozem of paper-null Sltt'" on tht·

http://www.etc: .buffalo.edu /
eve/ lndex.html •

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Tht· !&gt;Ohware has be('n t('&lt;;led '"
the fTC on papt.·rs au thort-d lor .1
world CIVlhzauon course. and fnunJ
plagiansm "in a mal1(.'t nl .1 few mm
utes." Willbern sou d .
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erything.u will find what vnu L.in 't.
and will save a \01 of lime," ht' \:.Ud
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hcense o n the software for thc en
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~.:an come to the center."'' at J t.om
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these rt'l'OUKC:. Jre a\'~ulahle . We "~.tnt
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UUP meeting set .
The 8ullllo c..wer Ollpl« d
United .___,. Pn&gt;lessions,

tho union ,._xing SUNY
faallly ll1d ~
members, w l l - I moMJer·
ship mooting Tueodly In
Plslxhlo'sln tho-Union
on tho Cl!npus.
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5:1&gt;5:~5 p.m., folowed by I
buffet dinner. The business por·
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made tDdoy bya6&gt;g 64&gt;2013.

Art ctep.tment

to offer workshops

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College at Arts aild Sciences wfb
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tho art deparlmont's Enrldwnent
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Nigel Marriner joined the Office of Student Affairs in june as first-year
experience coordinator. He previously worked at SUNY-Geneseo, where
.____.-.---" he assisted in developing the coUege's First Year Experience Program.
What Is ua 101 7

VB 101 is typically identified a.s a
first · year transition course. It is

designed and implemented to assist students in making the transiti on to higher education by giving
them a small, interactive, classroom environment that focuses on
providing resources and fostering
peer relationships. We cover a wide
range o f topics, such as time man agement , study skills, personal
well ness, computer technology, library and campus tours , and
money management, as well as
whatever else the instructors deem
important to cover in their classes.
I drew an analogy during Orien tation of US I 0 I being similar to

a Swiss Army knife. Through VB
I 0 I, students will receive a variety

of "tools.· Some of these tools they
may use everyday, such as time
management and study skills, and
others they may use only sporadi cally, such as registration information or counseling issues. However. all these tools are important
to have in their pocket should they
ever need them.

what ,_aft'-

of--

.C..Ior1htMICin h -

- d a n Is taldng- . - . .7

'--

Of the 3,100 students that make
up the fres h man class, we had
I ,368 srudents, or « .1 percent, en rolled in sections of VB 10 I.

·n......-........
Air-..----. .....
........__..course set

What a .. tiM -ant.ges o f
lt...._ts takl"9 dau7

Ul . . _ _ _ _ al

One of the greatest advantages of

Oct. 16.

lid r-,.n.,or·~

tot.12l6.

til art- Oct. 19

tha s class 1s the fa c t th at 11 1s the plann ing and implementation
taught in a small -classroom en · of tiJ dass lesson plan. This has
vironment. Most o f the UB I01
been a very successful component
studenrs are part o f block sched - of the overall program, as the TA
uling, which allows a cohort of is able to form a different bond
students to have the same set of with the students.
classes.
When
this
is
Wh•t 'a new with tiM program
complimented with UB 101 , stu · for this ye• r7
dents are able to share more
closely some of their experiences This year we initiated a reading
with other members of their class. program based on Sen. John
Most of their other classes are in Glenn's memoirs. This was to
large classrooms and UB 101 al - compliment Glenn's scheduled
lows them the opportunity to appearance on campus Oct. II as
part of the Distinguished Speak·
wor~ and interact with each other
in a smaller and more intimate ers Series. All students in VB 101
environment. They are able to have the opportunity to attend.
share more deeply in each other 's Glenn's experiences are very insuccesses and to see more clearly \ spirational and we hope that by
that others share their challenges, sharing more of~ life with our

especially when they all share the
same classes .

students, they waU better understand the opportunities and po·

tential that awaits them. In addi·
The instructors for this class cover
a wide range of individuals from
across campus. We have a quite a

tion, this year we have incorporated "scrvic:;e ltarning• into the
course curriculum . Grad uate stu-

dents from the Office of Student

few professionals that teach the

Activities compiled an extensive

class from ar~ such as academic
advising, athletics, ad m iss ions,
computing and marketing, as weU
as Student Affairs. In addition, we
have a num ber of doctoral and
graduate students who an: partici-

database of agencies in the Buf·
falo comm u n ity with whom o ur
instructors and students may
choose to interact. This is another
way in which we are h oping to
foster relationship s for o u r first-

pating. One of the key elements of

year students, as well as help them

UB JOJ isthatwealsohaveanundergraduate teaehi n g assistant
(TA) in each dass. This TA is avail·
able to share some of their life C:X·
pe-riences with the class and to act
a.s a mentor. They participate in

to undcrst~d the wid.e r commu·

nity and the wider world of which
t hey are a pan.

u.-.-u·--,___._7!Nft-'
-last,.....
ttu ua 101

....,.... a role In that ln-

creue1
I believe that VB 101 has
played a significant role in re·
tentiorl over the past year. In
our analysis of the sophomore
class, we have found that stu -

dents who participated in VB
10 I were 7 percent morelikely
to continue with their studies

than non -VB 101 students. UB
101 provides the hands ~ on
tools and resources and foster
the peer relationships which

help our students succeed and
which lead to heightened re·

---do,_
·---.------lt7
tention rates.

wish

I wish you would have asked
"What is the lcq to VB 101?" I

would have responded that the
lcq is "relatiot:Uhips." We give
students the chance to form re·
lationships and it is thooe reJa.
tionships that help them
through the dlallenges of higher
education. We have caring and
purposeful volunteer instructors, we have caring and in volved upper-&lt;lass TAs,..., pro-

vide the opportunity to form re·
lationships through rommunity
service. Moot importantly, how·
ever, is that - give students an
opportunity to form relation·
ships with other fint·)'QI' stu·
dents and to learn and to

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many faculty members," she said.
While VB is considered big within
the SUNY system, it is considered
small nationally, she said
One ofUB's highest priorities, she
said, is "to grow faculty size." The
university wants to hire the best fac ulty,..giving us a tremendous oppor·
tunity to improve in quality as we
grow in slz.e," she added.
Since the state is willing to fund

graduate-levd enroUment growth-

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and since doctoral p rograms are
• expensi~ .. it's graduate growth at
the master's level that gives us our
opportunity to move forward.
"We make money on master's stu ·

dents." she said bluntly, pointing out
that the state funding and tuition VB
recei\&gt;TS for a master's student is less
that the cost to teach that student.
Master's students will produce the
master's-educated citizens the state
needs, she said, noting that the
master's degree has become the en -

try degree in may fields.
.. It 's our mission to do th1s; our
is to produce cducauon at
both the undergrad and grad level...
Becau se UB can gro\.\' a t th e
master's level, '"that will give us the
mi~1on

funding to htr&lt; the addttional f.tcultv
and also to attrad the terrific doctoral students that we need." she said.
Capaldi also briefed senators on
a reorga nu.ation of the budget pro
cess that UB plans to have fully

implemented by next year.
Universities have a complicated

budget process-with money com·
ing fro m many different souicesand the traditional fund aa:ounting
system that is taught in business
schools is, quite &amp;ankly, "useless" in
this context, she said
"It doesn't say, 'Did )'lU do a good
job with the money; Did )'lU spend
it on teaching? Did you teach well?
Did you produce any research with
that money?
.. You need some kind of measurement of output ... so you know you
spent it in the best place.
"There shouldn't be any secrets
here; we have the money, how it was
spent, and whether we got goodness for it " --teaching and research,
she said.

"Our purpose in life ts not to make
monty. our purpose in life is to do
teaching and research, and to do a
terrific job in teaching and research.
"That means you have to measure
how yo u did in teaching and re·
search; you havt to have somr kmd
of output measures here to say ' here
is the money, this is the teaching we
produced. how much; this is th~ rt-search we produced. how much; this
IS the teachmg, how good: this is the
research, how good.'
"Then you have a mechanlsm to
5c.."'t' how you clid and also to show
how you improved," she said.

Besides clarifying a complicated
prouss, the new system provides a

better idea "wher-e it spent its money
and what it got for it."
It also provides a better apiana·
tion to the public of how the uni·
versity spends its money, she: added.
The aim of the prouss, she said,
is "to get a global budget, to lllti·
mately get output measures so that
we then can see wherr ~are investing our money and measure im provement"
She shared with senators several
"principles for budget manage ment," sOme of which already have

been implemented:
• The univer.ity has a global, all·
funds budget, including all income
and expenditures.

• The budget expresses the aca·
demic values and mission of the
university. lhe first value we used
this year was that the academic side
of the university was the most im portant. To the extent we could, we
put all of the ne-w money into the
academic side of the university ; remember, that's what we're here

for-teaching and research.
• When marginal funds are avail·
able, both improvement and high
levels of quality and productivity

should be rewarded. Quality and
productivity are evaluated by com·
parison to the ~~ programs in the
nation in public'tesea.rch unjversi-

ties. Capaldi noted that the indi·
vidual schools are working on that
now, to be.in place by ncn Y='·
• Deantralized 6nancial tnanaj!&lt;mcnt principles have been adopted.
Authority has been g;...., to the deans
"to make their prtl8I'IJTIS terrific and
to run their budgets." she: said
• The university is responsible for
the cosu of university-wide programs, "the common-good kind of
things that the univenity must do."
• The university provides incm·
rives for marginal growth in enroU·
ment and indirect -cost generation.
Specifically this year, VB was able
to eliminate the structural imbalancr
"because we had enough money"
due tO tuition returned to the cam pus and monetary incentives for
VB's increa.sed enrollment, she said.
ln addition, "every unit contributed
something" to help offset the imbal·
anci, ~ther by taking less of an in ·
crease or by taking a cut.
The administration also funded
fully the teaching and suppon COS!5
in the CoUege of Ans and Science.."the coUegc:didn't ov=pcnd; the col·
lege was underfunded"-&lt;tS well as
the merit scholarship prognun: met
all commitments made by p~ous
provosts, and funded oosts associated
with approved fee: increases. increased
enrollment to the units. the libraries'
acquisition prier increases and the
university-wide priorities..

�Reparlall

School performance studied I :.::~~erfonn

Chtldren born prematurely more ltkely to be underachtevers .
By LOIS aAIWt
N~ Services Editor

HILDREN born extremely prrmaturely are
three to four times more
likely to b&lt; &lt;ducational
underachievcn than children born
at or near fuiJ-term , a study by UB
researchers has shown.
The study. which appears in the
Octobe:r issue of Paediazric and PtritJatal Epidemiology, found a significant incr~ in risk of grade repdi uon, placement in sp«ia] education
&lt;11ld use of additional school-based
serv1 ces for children born at lt-SS
than 28 weeks gCstation compared
to full -term children.
The results held after cont rolling

C

as.sns the impact of atreme prema turity on three general outcome
measures of school performan ce:
grade repetition , special -ed ucation

plac&lt;ment and use of school-bas«!
services. The children-1 08 born
prematurely and 219 born full-t&lt;rm
at The Children's Hospital of Buffodo--were lxtween the ages of 9
and l 0 at the time of the study.
Parents completed a survey_on
the health and development of

their children, including the ques -

Child Health and Human ~elop­

tions on school performance.
Repeating one or more
grades for any reason
co unted as g rade
repetition .
S pecial
education
was de fined as
placemen t
an a class room having
one teacher for
12 or fewer children
and a modified curriculum.
Use of school-~ services re-

ment , who conducted the study
while at UB.

assistanct in reading. spelling, math,

rur age, race, maternal education
and foster -care placement
"These findings suggest that de-

spite tmproved survival, children
horn at the extremes of gestation
remam at risk for educational un derachievement," said Germaine
M. Buck, branch chid of epidemi ology at the National Institute of

ferr&lt;d to a child's ne&lt;d for teacher

"These children may bendit from

handwriting, speech and language

targeted educational -intervention
p rograms aimed at maximizing
their academic potentiaL"
Much information is available on
handicapping conditions-such a.\
{_erebral palsy and mental retarda tion--among c,hildren who survive
extreme prematurity due to the use
nf lung surfactant and other biomedical advances. But less data ex1st o n co gnitive, behavioral or
school- related difficulties, particu larly among children in recent cohonsof extremely premature barths.
The purpose of th1s st udy was to

problems, or for occupational or

physical therapy.
Results showed th at children
with pre -term birth were in lower
grades than the full - term children,
wath 33 percent of the former
group having repn.ted one o r more
grades compa red to 18 percent of
tht latter group.
Twenty percent of pre -term children received specaal-education reso urces, compared to 5 percent of
fu ll -term children . The figures for
use of school-based reso urces b"
pre-term and full - term children

were 16 percent and b percent re
spectively, and for rehabilitatiOn
therapies, 47 percent and I~ per
cent
In add1taon. Buck and u)lleague'
found that havmg Mtdll.ald nr "' )
health msurance pu8 .5
hildren at tw1ce the nsk for grade
repetition compa red to chald ren
with private health insurance, and
that boys were more likelv to repeat
grades than girls.
.. Thest&gt; findings suggest that Ml
cia! factors, in add itio n to biOmedical factors such ~ preterm delivery, also are Im portant in pred1cting
children's academic

co n s1dered
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Initiative designed to train primary-care faculty in genetics
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their training an gt"netics ISSUes.
David Newberger and Robert a

HE Department of Fam·
ily M&lt;dicine is one of 20

Gebhard of the Department of fam .
ily Meclicine are co-leaders of UB's

universifY-based groups
ch ose n by the federal

Genetics in Primary Care project.
"The purpose- of the proJeCt ,"
said Newberger, "ts to enable fa c·
ulty from the discipbnes of family

Health Resources and Services Ad-

ministration ( HRSA) to participate
in a new facuJty-development initia-

tive called Genetics in Primary Care.
The department will receive a
S I 0,000 grant to develop a
multidisciplinary training program
intended to train primary -c are
medical faculty in genetics. The nt&gt;W
program is part of a S 1.6 million

project sponsor«! by several f&lt;deral
agencies and the Societ)• of Teachers of Family Meclicine.
"The Human Genome PrOJect
ushers in a wh~le new era of medicine, changing forever traditio nal

primary health-care delivery," said
Claude Earl Fox, administrator of

the HRSA. "With this program, we
will help physicians to begin thinking genetically so we can ben&lt;r serve
millions of individuals and families
who are wailing and hoping for n&lt;W
cures and tn:aunmts.
A study publish&lt;d in a recent issue of Gm&lt;tics in Mt!dicinefound that
fewer than 10 pe=nt of health profi:ssionals~ wmconfident in

IISMn In a whole,_ en of

CLAUDE EARL F-OX.

medicm e, general internal medi cine and general pediatrics to m ·
co rporate informati o n about
med.icaJ genetics into their teach ing interactions with medical stu ·
de.nts and primary-care residents."

Gebhard will lead a live-person core
team composed of faculty members
from internal medicine, pediatrics

and bKx:hemical gmetics. in addition
to family medicine. These faculty
memben will attend two national
training sessions and will, in rum,

m

Comedienne Janeone (;arofalo, who has affecttonatdy been referred to as "the patron samt of
alternative ~..omedv." wtl l perform on (kt 11 as part
of L1B\ J-amdy and HomcLmmng Weekend 2000.
'-lhc: wJil .tppc.-ar o~t 8 p m 111 Alumn1 Arena o n
tht' Nonh &lt;.ampu~ l&gt;oor' will open .Jt 7 p.m
I he )lhO'-' Will he ~pomorcd hv the llffi...:e of
\nfdc.-nt l "111on)l and Alii\ Jtlt'"l Jnd the L' nlver , 11\ Un aon A~.tiVIt l t'' Ht1ard
I ,arolalo has mo~de ht'r mark on tdt'\"i!.lon Jnd
m the mo"1cs wlth a de.1.dp.u1 't\·le that o ne HltcrvJe"-·er noted -es
~..hew!&gt; the \etup -and pur11..h l1ne mt'thod for the o;hu· -ot life on wry~
\he wa.!&gt; .t leo~tured player o n "\atu rday N1ght l.1ve " and " The Ben
\taller Show; " rlaved Paula the talent hooker on HBO ... '"l..ar rv and
t• rs Show:· .1nd ha!o h11Sit'J ( omedy &lt;.cntral\ "( .omedv Product"
Her mov1e roles have mduded Wmona Rvder ·... tnend and room
ma tt" 1n '"Rea lu y B1te._·· Jnd Randv Qua 1d'!&gt; date -from -hell 111 '" Bve
Bye Love " She also port raved the tall-.. o;ho"' vt:tennanan wuh a selfesteem problem m the romanth. ~omc:d\· .. Tht rruth About Cah
and Dog~." and had featured role!&gt; 1n " The&lt; ahle &lt; •U' " c1nd "Romv
and M1chele 's H1 gh Sehoul Reun1on '
T ickets for Carofalo 's pertorman"t' .;~n: SIO lur l ' H 'lt udcnt "l and
$ 11 fo r th e general pub li c There \..·til ht" genc.-ral sea tmg
T1ck.ets may be purchasc:d at the Alumn1 Arena Box l )ffiLt' or the
Sub Board I T1ckt"t Office. Rnom 21. I 10 the ~tude-nt L'mon on the
North Ca mpus. Tickt"tS also ma\ bt' purcha~d through r.~..k.ets .( .om
o utlets tn Tops market.!&gt; or Jt ~ www. tkkets . com &gt; o r h\ {_aJhng8884000. They also wdl be sold at the dour while sca ts remam avatlahlc

Moritz lecture set for Oct. 23
vising in tervention pro grams for at-nsk children."
Additional researchers on th e
study were Michael E. Msa ll, for merly of the UB Department of Pe diatrics, now at Brown University
School of Medicine. and Ennque
Schisterm an. formerly of the UB
Department of Social and Preven ~
tive Mec:licine, now at Cffiars Smai
Medical Center.
Also contributmg were Na n~.--y
Lyons, pediatnc nurSf' pract1t1oner.
and Brian Rodgers of the UB Oe
partment ofPediatncs and the Rnh
en Warner Rehabilitatio n Center ol
Children's Hospital.

UB to join in teaching plari
BY LOIS IIAJ&lt;U

3

tram members of a 10-person t"X
tended faculty -development t e-~
The tramed fa culry wtU develop
curnculum matenals and prese111
JOIIlt Primary Care GenetiCS Grand
Rounds and a four -part workshop
senes of case -ha.sed genetics teach

tog session~ .
lnformataon and expenence trom
UB and the o ther partlctpant5mthe
Geneh cs m Prunary Ca re inittaLJvt'
wiiJ be used to develop a natton wide, lo ng-term faculty-development plan for incorporatmg ge-net ICS tnto pnmary-ca re teachmg and
curriculum development .
Members of the core t~am. 1n
addition to Gebhard, and the1r dJ!' ·
c iplines are Jos eph Oc!ame!'
Maldonado. fan1ily medKme; Janet
Sunquest , general mternal medi Cine; Heather Kaufman, ped1atrKs.
and Geo rg1rene Vladutlu . h10 ·
chem1cal genetics.
Members of tht: extended facult'
development team . m addat10n to
Newberger. and thetr dtsctplines are
Roseanne Berger. Dav1d Holmes,
Judy Shtpengrover and Martin
Mahoney, family meclicme; Man1u
Ceylony, general mtemal medicine;

Gail Goodman, p&lt;diatrics, and RJ ·
chard Erbe , Laurie Sadler and
Luther Robinson. genetics.

.. Women M•ke t he Difference: l "momsm . A~.tiVt!&gt;m and th&lt;- Role
o f Women" will be the- to p11. of the maugural Jama I Mont7 I el
ture. to be presented at 4 p.m l)Lt 21. 10 the '-l("retnm~ Room of rht'
Center for the Arts on the North Campus
Labor-relations speoa hst J am~.t' Montz "-'Ill ddrver the lecture ,
"'tuch was estab lis hed 111 her hnnnr to eduL.l iC o ther' on the pnn oplcs of labo r management
The lecture. whach wall be frt·e anJ o pt·n 10 the puhhl.i-" presented
by the in st itute for Research and i:.ducat1on on Women and Lender
!lR.EWti J and tht" Jam ce L. Mont7 Le1.1uresh 1p Fund A reception
wdl follow the lecture
Dunng th e lecture. Mont7 Will outlme how today "s generation t)l
wnmen press for nght s and represe nt a u on on Elt:ctlon Oa,-, ,n othe-r
poht 1ca l forum!i . 111 thc1r unum s and 10 soc1et\· at largt·
Mor117 recenth· ret 1rtd after mort" than 10 vears a:. alabor-rdauon'
"Pt'C iahst w1th Ne\' Y~&gt; rk ~ lat e Llnned Teac he r~. ass1gned to l ln1kJ
Umver!l lt V Profes.,o,,on .... the un1on that rcpreM:ntS' SUNY facull\ and
prulessaonal -staff memhc:r" '-lht• hdpt&gt;d members negotiate contra~,.
tual nght.s and w;t~ Jn adVOLJ te 10 Lases regardmg employmtnt and
promot ton. w1th dozen.., ol favorable dei..":IS&amp;om for umon membt-r!i
Montz I!I an act&amp;\ ast for women . o;upportm g qualafied women fur
d eoed (, ffi ct' Jnd orgamzm~ p rog.rams o n diVl'rSII' tn 1he wurk
piJle !&gt;t."xual hara~sment. t"duLatmn. tamdv v1olence and heahh ~are
1-nr turtht·r 1nformatu)n on the !\ tor111 lt&gt;dure ... c~JI IRI-V..'(, Jt
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Classics schedules falllectpres
Ancient Greek c::olonles In Sicily. Roman engtneerlll!t and m..n1
t une archaeo logv wdl he tht"' top iL!i ol \'JSHIOg leourt'' spomort&gt;d
th 1s !·all by the Department l'f ( ' l as~ !C.!&gt;
!'he first le..:turt·. "T he ArLh.teologv ot Lolun17.at 1on 1-thntl ldc:n
tltv and An.::hac:nlogv 111 An~lt'nt ~ I C il Y.~ wtll take plate at 4 p.m . ()n
12 10 ."\28 M1llard Ftllmore ALadenm ( ' omple). 1n the Flhco tt t tim
plex on the North Co~mpus
T he talk, spo nso red bv tht' Park Professo rship 111 ( laSSIL)I, wtll he
delivered bv Carla Alllona&lt;.CIO. prolessor and chalf ol the- nepo~rt
mtnt of ClaS.!&gt; I(. .tl ~tudrc~ a1 Co nnecticut ·~ \Veslf:'van l lmversltv i·d1
tor o f tht• ~Jid World Ar..::haeologr Newslett er. Antona .. ~o.~o 's pnn
nple areas of \tudv a re the Greek Iron Agc: and Archa1l pc:nod ...
(;rn ·k hero cult . ..::olo nl z.at lon and laterature
The se\:ond talk , "Beyond \ 'ttruv1us ," wdl be an Illustrated ledun
on ea rh· Roman harbor engmeenng prow..::ts 1n the ea.!&gt; te rn Med1
terrane-an . It w1ll take pla~..eat8 p.m Od l 8 1ntht• ~cree n 1ng Rcwm
Room Ill of the Ce nter fo r the Art s on the North Campu~
T h e speaker \\' Ill bt• Robt'rl Ho hlfdder, professor of .t.nllt'llt ht,
ton• and dass1cs a t the LlniVersltV of l:oloradn. Bouldt·r. and Jn un
derwat er archaeologist ,md hastnnan of a nnent Rumt• f"he tall.. " ''II
he spo nsored by the Western New York Chapter of th e Archaeolo~1
ca l Institute of America and the Park Professo rsh tp 111 t 'ktSSIO
Ho hlfelder IS the author or ed itor o l five books and !t'-nres of .tr
tides, rev1ews and abstraCt !i o n anCient manttm e hiSf(lrv. mannt'
archat'ology and ancient num1smata cs.
In thi s lecture, he will draw on the results ol has own excavatiOn,,
as well as an ancient architectural manual, to explore how Ro m an
harbor-builders overcame naturaJ and l&lt;&gt;g~s11caJ problems that would
be daunting even for today's engineers.

�UB muskologlst challenges both light and dark versions of classical c.o mposer

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Gibbs writes Schubert ''antibiography''
of on-

thropology II the Nllionll lJnO.

vorslly of so_.. wll 'Pfok II
the "Aaa ~~--.bog
locllnsertes!Dbeholdfrom
,_, ID 1 p.m. lUedoy in 280
Plft Hal on the North c.mpus.
y- wlldbcuss "Gender
ond Migmjon i n - Asio.
• Asio II Noon" Is spo&lt;-.d
by the AsiMI Studies Program.
Fo&lt; '"""' lnfonnotlon, all
6o4S-l474.
.

Worlishop to offer
MOl strategies
A foaolly~l-*"
&gt;hop entitled • Methods of Inquiry: Appllcollons lor Your

Courses,"witlbeholdfrom
12:30-&lt;1 p.m. Oct. 20 in S67
Copen Hill. North Compus.
The woricshop wll be condUeled by kelly Ahunl. of the Methods oflnquOy progrom. •nd Suson Sdloplto,
IO&lt;TnO&lt;poogramdRcto&lt;.
The imtructDn ... suggest
prKticol octMtles for bculty
rnemben of oil disdplines ID Indude in !heir courses lhot moy
"'Pfllrr the critic:ol-llolnldng
stratogles !ought ID stupents OS
port of Methods oflnqtk.
The woricshop Is spo&lt;-.d
by the Focully Senm, the
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Con1rnltW. o n d - Eliza-

beth Qopoldl.
Anj&lt;&gt;ne in-ed i n lng should respond by Oct. 13
1D ft.. Foculty Senole'OIIIce ot
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Bulfolo host lor the fifth annuol

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Insights from some of the
WOI1d's , _ inspiring leadtn.
The ...m ... toke ploce
Nov. 1S in the Hyatt Regency
Bufllllo.

Among t h e - who wiU
appetr are Nobel Pelce Prize
winner Nelson Mondola ond
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CEO of Martha Stewort tMng
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by fnends who d&lt;rued or dtsCOunled
manyofhuless-attractivequalilles.

scanry historical &lt;Vidcna:."
'"It was a difficult task thm, to
weed through th&lt; various all&lt;ga-

Or n=ly IWOcmtunes. th&lt; "Uponlh&lt;poslhumousdlSCOV&lt;f)'of
life and character of Fram hi.s malUre symphomes and sona· t1ons and .. first-hand"' accounts of
Schubert, one of the" most
tas.opereb. mas.ser-an astontshmg his life and ascertain what informa brillian1,accomplished and output," L1bbs says-Syhubert 's tion can be trusted and what aspopular of the European classiCal reputation as a stmple sor\g Meister sumptions can be drawn from ofcomposers, havt been variously
:;:t:::;:::;-.:,..,.l!n 1m-inaccurate material,..
sketched in treacle and brimstone by
Gibbs say&gt;.
one b1ographer after another.
Among the con The Schubert thai &lt;merged is one
dwions he has drawn lS
bu ndle of contradictions after an that Sc hubert was not
other. This short, squal. b&lt;sp&lt;clded
critically unknown or
gemus of melody is variously re ·
unheralded in his life.
ported lo have b«n charming. detime. Indeed, much of
pressiV&lt;.jolly.morbid.hard-working.
the book is devoted to
dissolute, lonely, surrounded by
charting the course of
friends, hcterosexua1, homosexual,
Schubert's professional
asexual-in short, history seems to
car«"r as he sought ways
have manufactured a FranzSchuben girt Clwtst..,.._ , ..... , . _ - ••
to fame in Beethoven's
Schubert's
for every taste.
Vimna Schub&lt;rt's work
rec:eiYed crttiul acd:Mfn.
In a new, critically acclaimed bi was publicly ack.nowl ography of the compo~r. Christo&lt;dged, ev&lt;n if mostly in
pher Gibbs, assistant professor of was r('Vised as if bf'prociamation.
and around Vienna, and as his mort
music and a Schubert scholar of in" It was embellished-wi thout maiUr&lt; work becam&lt; known, h&lt; crrternational reputation, presents a far supporting evidmcr-into thai of an ·lainlywould """'b«n more
more balanced and empathetic por- und&lt;r-appreciated 'hc:avm-S&lt;DI' clas- famous. popular and crititr3Jt of the man and his carett than Sical genius whose hundreds of com- cally acclaimed, a fael h&lt;
has been previously available.
positions poured forth 'naturally,' may havt stnS&lt;d as th&lt;
The book is "Th&lt; lif&lt; of which is 10 say, withoul effort." Gibbs mdofhislif&lt;~n&lt;ar.
Schubert .. (Cambridge University says. adding thai tho« who longed
Gibbs also mainPress. 2000). a concis&lt;, hislorically to know more about him came to
precise work wrinen in an elegant. project more and more of their own
highl y readable style. II cartfull y ass umptions onto the composer,
culls two c~ntu ries of anecdote and "cxmSiructing" a Schubc!rt thai had
allegation to arrive at what a cri uc little in oommon with the original.
composer's pen
for TI•e Nt!W York Times has called
short
An example of this process. Gibbs gives
··an even-handed effon that deals m explains, was th&lt; extraordinary influ- shrift
to
a straightforward manner with dis ~ &lt;no: of Das Dreimiiderlluws." a 191 6 Schubert's
tortions on both sides of the b10- Vi&lt;nn= op&lt;r&lt;tta drawn from popu- mtdlectand
graph1caJ aisle...
~r conceptions of the composer's.life
diligence:.
Because the prevailing postmor- and charael&lt;r thai had b«n depieled
"All hough
tem persona of Schuben 1s a senti · m 'Schwammcrl." a b&lt;si-S&lt;Uing 1912 (hiS I musical gifts W&lt;re obmental and romantic little " Prince novel about Schubert.
vious early in life," Gibbs says. .. the
ofSong:'Gibhssays hi s"isa darker,
'"Both novel and musical pro- &lt;Vidence: indicales thai he didn'l rely
moted the popular, but d1stoned , on intuitive musicianship alone, but
more emotio nally troubhng por
tra it oft he composer than many ex - perception of Schubert as a simpl e, worked hard to hone his composi pected or want."
charmingly wiSiful figure who, de- tional skills. in part, by studyi ng the
.. Issues su rroundmg Schuber!"s spHe stunning musical g.ift·s, lived work of other composers, notably
life have been difficult to n.'solve," o ut his short, rather dull, life in the Beethoven, whom he deeply ad l~ihbs explains, "beca use there as
Austria n provinces," Gibbs says. mired ...
lmle reliable historical documenta - "'The operett a was translated in to
Good Schub&lt;rt or bad Schub&lt;rt?
tion related to his life and to the many languages. frequent.ly pro - He was not the innocent some oChis
physical and psychologocal circum· duced and hccame the bas1s for sev- ardent fans want him to be, but he
stances 10 which he worked."
eral popular films."
doesn't stack up as the prince of
Unlike ~orne other
darkness. either.
great composers. such , - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - .
"Evideno:ofSchubert's occasional
3!1
Beethoven and
heavy drinking comes from reliable
Brahms. Schub&lt;n doed
contemporary souru:s and that was
lal&lt;r amplitied---&lt;:&gt;r defensively disyo un g. at age 31, in
1828 , hefore he had
miss&lt;d-in friends' m&lt;moirs." Gibbs
much of an aud ience
claims.
H&lt; mainlains thai th&lt;com-poS&lt;f's
ouU1de Btedermeie r
brighl, mgaging side S«&lt;TlS 10 have
Vienna.
coexisted with a morbid d&lt;pres.sive
At the tim e of h 1s
asp&lt;et, a d«p spiritual S&lt;llSe--aldeath. he was known
though nol religious orthodoxyprincipa iJy for having
and profound loneliness coupled
S&lt;t hundr&lt;ds G&lt;rmany's
with a craving for intimacy. Th&lt;S&lt;
moSI b&lt;autiful and brilblog......., offon • mon ...._.ed . - o f
contradictions, Gibbs says. are reliant poems to music. the enlgnMtk musk.. genius.
H&lt;Cied in his music. on&lt; of th&lt; things
ther&lt;by raising the Ger"lbis romanticized Schub&lt;rt lived thai makes il so moving.
man song or lied to an artistic levcl
.. It is intriguing to see how some
that n('Ver has been surpassed.
on in th&lt; public imagination through
Many of Schubert's finest works, the !940s."Gibbssays. "although mu- in his circle fell thai Schub&lt;rt had a
unpub~shed and never p&lt;rformed.
sicians and scholars"""' long known ·dual nature,' poss6Sed 'a black languished in trunks and cupboards that there was much more to him winged d&lt;mon of sorrow and melancholy,' was a ' hedonist' who i n ~
for years after his death, unknown than the romantic ~ion allowed
"Revisionist examinations were duJged in 'sensual living,'"' Gibbs
e-ven to fami ly and friends.
Unlike many of his contem porar- long overdue by then and we now says.
·A nocenl biograph&lt;r, Elizabeth
have specu lations about Schubert's
Jl-s., Schubert se.ldom traveled and
Norman McKay, claims Schub&lt;rt
ldt behind few leners, a few diary excesses. neuroses and possible howas mildly manic-depressive, but
pages. no essays or critical writings. mosexuality.
"'They no doubl conlain a good wh&lt;ther or nol thai was truc."Gibbs
com pounding the evidentiary difficulty. As a result, popular conc&lt;p- deal more 1ruth than lh&lt; past S&lt;Dti- says. "stark oontrasts of mood are
t.ions of Schubert the man and com· m&lt;nlal imag&lt;S," Gibbs writ&lt;S. "still, found in his most significan1 letters.
poser wert constructed long aflcr his som&lt; of th&lt;S&lt; ~thai threalen to which oft&lt;n juxtapose lam&lt;niS of
death from scanem:l recollections lxrome a neworthoda:ly rest on my 'misery' with buoyant lalkoffri&lt;nds.

F

.......

_..,

..

_

..,..._In"'-"",_

musical ~fe and compooing."
Whil&lt; it has b«n suggested .a.where thai Schub&lt;rt mor'"""' b«n
homosaual, Gibbs finds little coocrete evidence to support a claim,
although h&lt; da&lt;s nol dismiss th&lt;
possibility.
"It is true that Schubert's life is
missing 00,., and oxlurins relation ships with wom&lt;n." Gibbs s3ys. bu1
h&lt; poinu ou1 thai h&lt; was ill with th&lt;
primary symp10ms of syphilis early
in his 20s and th&lt; naiUr&lt; of his illn&lt;SS and his conlinu&lt;d ill-health
would hav. rmd=d him unaca:pt abl&lt; for courtship and marriag&lt;.
"Wh&lt;n no1 composing. he sp&lt;nl
most of his time in the company of
mm, but that wasn't unusual among
young m&lt;n ofhis.era,"h&lt; say&gt;.
"Biographical allusions 10 his S&lt;D sualiry and hedonism-including
allegations of his invoiv&lt;ment·with
prostitu~&lt; 1anlalizing." Gibbs
says. "bu1 they lack specificity. Th&lt;

=·

wildcsl claims 10 &lt;m&lt;rgc in
years. thai Schub&lt;rt was aped a nd that he
smoked
opium, sim-

ply cannol b&lt;
suppor1ed by
the historical
evidenct."
In the end.
Schuben-loverscan
b&lt; gral&lt;ful 10 Gibbs
for having teased out
the !angled skeins from
which the composer's
co mp~ c:lled legends have

been woven. Musicologists
may never arrive at an
agreed-upon , definitive

Schuber1. Gibbs' portrait illumo ·
nates not only many faulty assumptions. but also the reasons for them.
Having «filed "Th&lt; Cambridge
Companion to Schubert " (Cam
bridge, 1997) and strved as musi·
cological direclor of the acclaimed
Schub&lt;rliad&lt; a1 N&lt;W York City's
92nd Sl:r«&lt;O Y, th&lt; Schub&lt;rt Festival
al Camegi&lt; Hall in 1997 and 1he
Bard Music Festival in 2000, theau thQr knows wh&lt;reof h&lt; speaks.
An active and award-winning
critic. lecturer and program anno-

lalor, Gibbs' curr&lt;nl project. a book
on Beethoven and Schubert and
thei r connections in and around

death, giv&lt;s him furth&lt;r ckpth as a
critic and biographer of one of his
favorite composers.
H&lt;wrii&lt;S for many scholarly and
general-intera t publications, in ·
elud ing 19th Centur y Musi c,

Schub&lt;rt durch di&lt; Brill&lt;. Culm11
Musicology. Th&lt; Op&lt;ra Quarterly
and

Journal of the Arnold

Schomberg lnstitul&lt;.
.. We may never know any more

aboul Schub&lt;rt than we know now."
he admits. "and we can only marvel
a1 how Schub&lt;rt and his music haV&lt;
generated so many interpretations
and accommodated such a variety
of appropriations ove.r time."
.. Instead of reg retting thai we
know so ~ttl&lt; and so.lh&lt;r&lt;for&lt;, haV&lt;
invmted so mudt,.. Gibbs suggests..

"we migh1 rath&lt;r cd&lt;brat&lt; th&lt;rang&lt;
and &lt;mationald&lt;pth thai Schub&lt;rt's
art &lt;ncompasscs. th&lt; breadth of r&lt;spon.se and interpretation it evokes
and thai givtS such div&lt;n&lt; feelings
of pain and pl&lt;aSUre."

�October UIDIN!i 32.18.7

Baldy Center marks 25th

m

Program noted for interdisciplinary study of legaL social issues
By MAllY KTH SPINA
News Servk.es Editor

T

HE Baldy Cmt&lt;r for Law

and Social Policy, which
began at the UB law
. School as a program in the
law and social sciences., is celebrating
its 25th anniversary as one of tht top
academic institutions internationally
rtoognized for interdisciplinary study
of law and legal institutions.
Fueled by a bequest from Ouistoph&lt;r Baldy. a 1910 UB law graduate
and prominent Buffalo attorney, the

CC"nter's activities are geared to adapt
to theever-dtangingdynamicsoflaw
and society here and abroad.
"Our activities make us more VIS·
1ble th roughout th e country and

around the world and help us to
draw outstanding students and fa cuJry members to our campus," says
ce nter d1rector and law professor

DaVId M. Engd.
"Today. the program at UB is
mentioned in the same broth with
programs at Berkeley, Wisconsin,

N{'W York University and Oxford."
The broad outline of an interdisci plinary program took root under
then law -school dean Richard D.

Schwartz. becoming the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy in 1978
under the deanship of Thomas E.

Ht..drick, SUNY Distinguished Scrv~ee

Professor. Barry B. Boyer, pro
fCSM&gt;r of law, served as director for
14 )'ears befort.• becommg law
school dean in 1992.
Today, the center prov1des a fn
rum for more than I 00 affiliated UB
faculty members and interested stu dents to discuss and coUaborate on
"'"'--arch dealing with legal and social issues here and abroad. Interest!.
and ex pe r tise inte rsec t through
mOre than a dozen disciplines in the

Law School, School of Social Work,
School of Management. College of
Ans '!nd Sciences and the Librarie,
The Baldy Center sponsors fa c
ulty -level sociolegal research , lectures an d instruction within five
broad research p rograms:

• Children, Families and the Law.
Members of th is p rogram explore

how law and policy deal with children
as legal subjCCU, victim~, witnesses

and as p&lt;rpetrato" of 11legal acts.
Studies have addressed such topics as

parental and medical perceptions of
child abuse, the veracity and credibility of child witnesses in legal proceedings. prosecution of child abuse homicides, child protective services P"';

assing of cases, and adoi&lt;SCCrtt delinquency and substanc&lt; abuse. The
program is directed by Murray

I.Lvinc,SUNY Distinguished Scrvt«
Prof&lt;SSOr in the D&lt;partment of Psy
chology, and Susan Mangold, a.&lt;;SOCl auo professor of law.
• Community and Identi ty. Re

search in this program investigates
the processes of law and social
change that operate within commu ·
nities to include some persons and
groups while excluding others. It
examines the role of law in creating
norms or perceptions through
which groups attempt to define
themselves as do minant and others
as subordi nate or deviant. It also
examines the capacity of law to
transform orr~ these processes
o f exclusion and subo rdinatio n.
St udies in this program have focused on such groups as the poor,
racial and ethnic minorities. persons
with disabilities. prisoners, women
in the labor movement and th~ iob
market, the working classes gener ~

ally and the dderly. The program is
directed by a steering committee

that includes Meghan Cop&lt;, assistant professor of georgraphy; David
Gerber, professor of history; Bruce

Jockson. SUNY Distinguished Prof&lt;SSOr in the Department of English.
and Frank Munger, professor oflaw.
• Gender, Law and Social Polocy.
.RcseaJ-ch in this program explores the
Intersections of legal, social and political constructions of gender and
gender· rclatcd issues. One group of
st udies addresses issues related to re
productive rights, such as I{"(('~ mterpretations of reproduaive injury and

pain (DES litigation),abortion-rights
activism and reproductivf' technology. A second groupaddrt~ issuL~
related to \YQmen of color, su~h .b
African · Amenca n womt.•n m th e
military and public- mtcrest advocacv
for women of color. A th1rd group
explores women's partic1pallon ul lht·
paJd labor force and the ISSue-. the1r
pa rti ci pation has raised for

policymokers. judges. arbitrator.; and
union act ivists. A fourth group 1!'1
engaged m commumty -hascd re
search o n various issues rda tmg to
violence against women. The program is direCled by law prof~or
Lucinda Finl ey.
•International and Comparative

Legal Studies. The Program on In temational and Comparativ&lt; Legal
Studies fosters and mcourages inter-

disciplinary research and scholar.;hip

1n

the rapidly apandmg fields of on

Research 10 this program explore:. the
purpose of government and th e
policy methods chosen to unplemcnt
.social goals. Several members are 111
terested in the politica.J economy and

political philosophy of the welfore

0~

state. Other members are mterested
in ,organization theory as applied to
regulation. Examples of cu rrent re
search projects include a philosoph• ·
caJ inquiry mto the justificauon o(
progressive taxation and i~ relation
to collective decisiOn-making. and an
examination of changes in U.S. work·

l·em101:.t Ma,orlt \' l oundJ IIon
Women and t,1rb 111 !-.port!! page
&lt;http:/ / www.fem-lnlst .org / g•te.
w•y/ sp _execl.html &gt; posts a 1!.)1 ol
lmernet Resources with a femm1.st r.;lant
And don't he put nffby the lttUrnJII\IIl
·· r ook~ of Sport' for Wnmcn ~.om

' http J/ www.sport sforwo men . com / content • /
lndex . htm l&gt; It t.nntalll.!&gt; not

ers' compensation systems. Program
co-dir&lt;cto" are Martha McCiusk&lt;v.

01 ymp'cs
I

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J Lhat room, arl!dt!o on tram1ng_.
and top se llm g honks
Popular Ill'"'' .. JnJ !o lllrl &lt;."' .trt·
rt.·prL"!'Il'nteJ " 'lth unhne ~·t'n1nn' 111 two d&lt;1:.:. 1 ~ pnn1 puhl!t..diHifh
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BrieBy
I

York State Death Penalty and "( .ol
laborat1ve Interventions m t-amih
Violence t :a.ses m Westt.'TTl Nc:-w York."
The center 's thn.·t·-memhc-r. hill
ume staff ts headed by asscx:.ate d1
rector Laura Mangan

Sign
Post
The first of several
"gateway" signs-part of
the S2.5 million program to
improve signage on both
campuses-----is under
construction at the Webster
Entrance to the North
Campus.

Women's Sports on the Web Eil
The Sydney Olympics celebrated th(' centenary of women ·~ par
11upa11un 10 the modern game!) Wh1lt• onlv o n~ - th1rd of all alhlete~
.11 the game.; were women , their strong presence was a welcome :.1gh1
and a rdln.t10n of the growmg populant) of women 's spo rt .,
About ... om g:u1dt' Kare-n I (,ould hc1!'1 a n e.;sav on l)h'mpl c wome-n
w1th .. 1-amou!l I 1r\h .. .md " f-un ( and not ·S&lt;l fun ) F-acts" &lt;http://
womenslssue s.•bout .com/ llbr•ry / weekly I u082J00a .htm
Now that the- ~arne-\ dft' over. the Web IS full of mfo rmau ve SIIC\ 111
'J..eep tntert.''i l 1n womt.•n\ &lt;iport:. at an all -t1me h1gh
'-tpeak1ng ul AhouL ... cHn. '" ',port!. and Women page ..- http:/ I
womensl u ue s . • bout . co m / newslssue s / wom e ns lss ue s / c s /
sport s / lndex .h t m · h'l\ hn~.) tn d w1dr vanetv of women., ~porh
1!-o .. ue~o lwm "\\omen . lntu rlt'' and lra1nlflg:" to '" Anna Kourml-..o\ d
( owr O.,wrv .. \'\\-\'\\omen re.J ... hlll~ women . whiLh hdb 1t~lf a"" I ht
Pn:m1t: 1 \ear.._h f&gt;lrl'dun lor \-\'omt'n Online·· pre~enh on lh
"Wo mt·n, '-lporh ·· pd~l' • http :/ / wwwomen .c om / cat e g o r y /
sports l .htm l • J l1~t c1f1nJt\ 1duc1l ~port .. thJtlead .. lt) extt·n&lt;il\t' J1
n:ctonn w1th1n e.Jth 'P~'rt
l-or a J tffrrt'nl approalh to the
trad!lumal h.;t ol lnt crnt'llollt''· I ht'

ternational and comparative law
Members of thLS prugram LOndu&lt;.1
research on the na11onal ..md
transnauonal ar~ where Ja.,.. and
policy impact c:.-ach other to g,enera tt
social phenomena and praruco. t .o
directors of the program are {.laudt'
f_ Welch, SUNY DJSunguJShed Ser
vice Professor m lhe Depan mcnt ol
Political Saenet&gt;. and law prof{'S.',( 'r
Makau Mutua.
• Regulallon and Pubi!L P(ll!n

assoc iate professo r of law : and
Govind Hariharan. assistant profcs
sor of finance and managt.·naJ reo
norrucs.
Although it does not drrectly lund
research projects, the center prn
v1des seed money for selected pro
posals from affiliated fa cultr and
fun~ suppon serv1ces for studenl
research asstscams. and rcsean:h n·
lated travel and other expen5e"ii
It regula rl )' pub!Jshcs tht· " Bald'
Bulletm," whKh ltst!. news llt.' m!-&gt;. and
upcommg ccn tt.·r: spon~(lred rvenh
and activttles.
The center \ "Workmg Papc.·r \c
u es" publisht.•:. result!. of l,tlUit\
members' research. Tht• cen ter al!'l('
serves as the home for l.1~w &amp; Polin ,
Jn mterdisciphnarv ltturn.ll ol Ia''
and socml sctl'I'ILt.'
Each fall. tht· Short t .(lurse \ent...,
•s taught hr distmg:Uished Vl!'llhJr'
who have included two amha:.!h1
dors to the Um tcd Nc1t1on.s ,md nne
nf the most mflucnt1al authort ll t''
on wome-n and the law
Conferen~ also havr bct...n 'pon
sored on "Povert y, Low-Wage Lahor
and 5&lt;x:ial Retrenchment."'"Jbe Nt'W

5

1

CCSIT to present lecture
D•vld Hakken, prof essor of dllthrupo lo~v anJ ~l(.llllog\ .mJ Jtrt.'l
111r ol tht.· Poll("\&lt; .entc:.•r .11 thl· \l 'i':Y ln :.III UH' nl Tnhnolo~\ .lt l 'tiL.I
Rtllllt', \\'Ill d!MU:.-'&gt; "Prohlt:m.Jtl71ng · ~no.,..• k·J~t· ~OI.tt.•tv · '\n l·thJ ut
gr.Jph• ... Appn)alh to 1\.nt)W!t.·dgt&gt; Te..:hnologie 111 (lrganii..11Htlh.' .J/4
p m tnmorrm' 111 210 \tudt'nl l'mon on tht• Nor1h \·.JilljHI'
l'ht' lt·~ture Ill .; pon:.ornl b\ l r111 ... al dnd Lultural \tud lt'"' til In
formatiOn lt.·..:hnologv ( &lt; ( \ I I \. It "''Ill he preu:dt.·d bv .tn •nh,rm.tl
rt.'t.Cptlun begmnmg ,u \ JO p m
·· 1\.nowledgt'" re~.e-nth h.1~ li~urt~d more prommenth 111 popular
.Jnd at."aderm ... ta lk Jhout t urrt.·nt sot."tallorm~ .md thl"tr future . .t:. 111
phra:.t':. hk.e " Knn"'ll"dge ~ouet\' .. or the talk ahout an orgamzatum'
knowledgt• as 11 :-. ..:h1el clSst:t or " mlelledual t"ap!tal "
Hillen sav~ that 11 IS no t a1 all clear whtLh aspect!. ol 1he k.nn.,..•l
t•dg.e/sooety rdat1omh1p, tl any, actuallv drL~ (hangmg sub:.tJnt1alh .
hut th.lt fidd research 111 o rgam 7at!Oillo attemptmg to "t' ngmet.·r ·· 111
" manage·· knowledge w1th mformat1on lrt.hnolog•e-~ offer r.; uh:.tan
11al prorm:.e of helpu1g us figure 11 o ut
In th •.o; presentation. he will d!)LUS!'I hn"" he JpproaLheJ th&lt;.· :.tuJ\
~) f knowledge a~ an ethnographer . .J.l&gt; well some ol tht• •m pht..JIItm'
ol h1 :. t.urrent studtes of k.nowl"dge networkmg m orgam1at1on'
IIJkkt.-n reLentlv wJ:. named th e fi r.st rt't..1p1en1 of tht• Af1lt'fi1.Jil
Anthro ptll oglt."al As.:.ocmt •o n \ lextor Pr11e lor ~- x .. dle-nLt'ln o\nt1.._1
pat orr Ant hropology. htr h1.., book "t vhorg:-.(!.1 ~.- vht&gt;rspau· } An t th
no~rapher Lool..s to the 1-uturt· " Ht:-. h.b ll. a·searlh m...JuJe, tht' '1u~.h
ol da ... s and ..:ump utm g Ill Shefficld.l-nglanJ .•mJ mmpar&lt;~ll\'t' \tuJ\
tll th&lt;-· ... ultural~.onstnl..:tlon nl ttm1pu1m~ 111 'l'ver.ll 'i.Jord1l ~11un
tflt'lo, whtlt• h1:. appl1 ed Wt.H~ 1:. to... ust•d \lll lnlnrmalulll tt·.. hnt,ltl~\
'lldal .serv~t.:(' and d1:.ah1hty 1n tht• Unu c:.·d ~taCt"'
lie rs the reup•ent ol St'\'l' ral National ~nl'nLt' htunJathln gr ,tnt'
mdudmg one:.· for h1 s &lt;.· urrt•nt reflex1ve prott"d nil mtt·rndttt..tn.tl
knowledge networkmg among ethnov.rapht.•r, ~tuJvm~ ,,r~an11.1
uunal knowledge netwo rkmg
!·o r more tnfo rmatton on the ledUrl- . llllll.t..t tl.m~ lin,mlt'\ .ll
M S 2155 or &lt; h bro ml ey@bu ffalo.edu ~

�Ott*r~2111/Va1. 31.11.7

6 Repadaa

loeb and door V1t"Wt:n.

c - t . _ polkla
concernl•g l•w enforce- -· - l n g
with St.telocal p o k e - - the ....
c:oura,.,..nt of .ccur•te
of ..
crimes to c:ampus pollc:e
o - _..,..tate ~
l k • - ' " &lt;·

..a.-..,.

..."

...

..

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41

...

•

hght "" tel&lt; ·

Of

T

ill\
rt.1Jort u filed as rl'

Lllllrrd hv the fed cral''C :nmC"Aware

n~.mdt...ml pUS~-untvAd,' '

' ht.·rt"after rderrt."'CJ to a~ the
whiCh ""'a."

1 ..tmpw .)afm· At..1)

l.~t

:unemkt.l1n 1998.lhe pur
thu report u to pruv•dc-

po~· ol

''u' faculrv. staff and studenb
"'lth

Lampu.!J s.tfcty tnforma -

tlun

mcludmg.

tT une ~ta l l5IIC5

.md p nll..t:du r~ to follow to rt"

fllln acnme. The annual report
Cl l' repared hy thl" l)epanmen1
ol Public ~afety and ts ele,;trul llcally available at &lt;http:/
/ www . p u b l l c
••fety.buff•lo.edu &gt;. Any

pho ne s o r a

c.mpus payphone by dialing
• 2222. both of wh1ch imm&lt;·
d1atdy connect the caller with
Umverslly Pohce"s dispatch offa.e Thts office o perates 24
houn a day, seven days a week
.md dispatches patrols to fire
.tnd medacal emergency calls
and to reporu of criminal acuvuy.
Memht· r ~ of the ca mpus
co mmun1ty can also report
t. nmanal mc1dents to the folloWlng offices whach will fa .., \nate Lhe reporting of crime:

O{fic. of Sruderu Lrf.: b45·
bl25. OlficeofResrdwct Life:
MS -1 174, U11 iv~rs iry Coun -

qut!Stlons regardmg this rqx&gt;rt

st'itng Cemer: 645-2720.Stu-

..houkJ he directed to the Dl

tlt•rtr A/fatrs: 645 -2982. Stu -

n."t.1or o f

Unrvcrs1ty Police,

at

fi1sse ll Hall. or bv telephone

1716 1645· 22.10.
. ThiS report focuses on Um -

\ rrs 1ty prog rams, propert1~
anJ facihttt:~ owned or con
tm\led by the Ull!vers •ty. UB
h.1.~ ~ mpuses loca ted withm
the 1 ~ try of Buffalo and To wn

' '' Amhen;:t , a nd each muma -

p.di ty has law enforcement
o..~gc:nc•o and mamtams LTime
-.ta tiStJcs. t--or mformauon o n

-...lletv and cnme m the loc.aJ
~oo mmumNe!l , co ntact L'm \'t: rstty PoliCe. t&lt;.onsult the
" \rv mg Off-Ld mpu s .. hro .. hurt' produ ce d hy Co m muter Serv •(e!&gt;-O ffi ce of
'-ltudent Adtv tl iC!&gt; an d the
Persona l Safcrv &lt;:Ommtttcc ).

flu." Umvt:r.iiiYIS concernt-d
..1hout crim e in the community
,md work... with local law enlon.:ement agena(S 111 Lhe 111 vo11gat1on of Lntlles and the
promouon of safety-awareness
pmgrams aimt&gt;d at reducing
the number of incidenLS.
Current c:ampus potktes , .
goordlngfor
-'•
dillies
reporting
crlm~
nAI Ktions or other emer-

gencies occurrtng on c:•mpus and the ..,stltutlon's ,.._
sponse to such reports..

dent Health Ce t~t er: 829 .B 16, O mbudsman Office:
645-6 154, Director of Athletrcs · b45 -J954 .
Please note that Vlctims and
\VI tnesscs may repon a crime
o n a vo luntary and confiden tial bas ts b y filing ctther a
proxy report o r a Silent Witness report. Wilhout compro-mising the v1ctim's confidenuality. a proxy rq&gt;art can alert
the campus to Lhe fa ct Lhat an
anctdent has occurred and can
assiSt Universtt)' Police m detc.•ctlng patterns {and prcvent mg futu rt' assaults). lt may be
subm1tted online at &lt;http:/
/ www
ub I udlc l•ry. buff •lo . edu /
protocol.shtml&gt;.
Silent Witnt'SS 1s a program
th at all ows for th e ano ny m o us s ubmi ss ion of s us pected criminal activity that
occ urs on etther the Matn
Stre~t o r Amherst Campuses.
A Silent Witness rcpor1 may
be filed online at &lt;http: / I
www . p u b l l c s•fety _buff •I o . ed u /
sllentwltnesuhtml&gt;.
Current c:•mpus policies
c:onc:ernlng iea.rfty ..xl K to campus fedlttles IM'Id

-_.....reporting

(i) Univcnity PoliceOf!ic=

have full poli« starus and the
statr authority to mfora and

mvestigate violations of all laws
and regulations. The Depart.
mcnt is in dailymntact with the
City of -Buffalo and Town of
Amherst policr departments.
the Erie County Sheriff's Of.
fice and the New York State
Police. The D&lt;partment maintains 24-hour-a-day radio and
t&lt;letyp&lt; contact with area law

D&lt;partmen~s dispatcher from

any campus tdq&gt;honc at2222

Crimes and ~cs can
also be reported by using on&lt;
of the campu«&lt;s' 29 "blue

rior doors are controlled

through • card rtadcr syslm1
and I"OOim
provided with

=

org•nb.•tlons. ll•dudlng

--~

~- ..... 7

share responsibility for their
own security and th(! security,
of o thers. Jnduded is a de"-·
scription of c:rinx pmrention

programs available on earn·
pus. Univrnity Polia:Offia:rs
conduct crime prt'Vt'ntion and
awa reness programs for the
cam pus encouraging merri'ber.; of the community to take

responsibility fo r their own

safety. They present safety videos; distnbute printed mate-

rials; discuss safety topics with
s tud ent , facult y. and staff
groups; publish safety alerts.
and participate in campuswide safety events.
The campus has an active

crime prevention and safety·
awareness progr.un. Univmity
Police Officers conduct a series
of campus programs on topics

related to sexual assault, self.
defens&lt;. personal safety. and
general crime pmrention. Pre·
smtations are made in the residence: halls. at employ&lt;:&lt;: and
student orientation programs.

Safe t y C ommittee, which
co nducts facilities audi t s

Member&gt; of the academic

student gwdebooks, distnbLuon of a p&lt;r&gt;&lt;&gt;nal safety brochu~ a sexual assault pr&lt;V&lt;n·

_..... ... ..,ua-.
-doll)o_......,..,~
pwtldpMing In -

students and employees to

North Campus (Bissell Hall )

community and visitors to Lhe
campw are encouraged to report
c rimes
to
th e

en tation programmmg on
campus. which mdude secunty mformation m printed

engaged in by off-campus
students and student organi·
zations. The campus partici·
pates in neighborhood advi·
sory boards to monitor stu·
dent activity in the am~ surrounding the South Campus.

and priKtk:u.
These programs encourage

campus activity fairs. and for

versity Police directly.
Most campus fucilitics are
open to thepublicunderc:xist·
ing campus policies, with the
aa-ption of residence areas,
which """ limited to rcsidmts
and guests. All rcsidmtial ......

the-.....---_
of _ loul _
_,
lng _
through
pollee

•19-

campw bargaining units. To
make arrange ments for a
group presentation, call Uni-

iden tifies and corrects deficie ncies . Campus commu nity members with security
concerns should contact Uni-

CAmpou polky concenolng

local community law &lt;n·
forcemcnt agencies arc enco ~ to monitor and r&lt;·
spond to criminal activities

C•mpus progr•ms de to lnfonn s-onts
ond employees.-.: campus security procedures

....- . - · - MCUrity
consldentlomlnthetenance of campus fec:Wtles.

from a safety p&lt;rspective and

cunty-rdated printed maten-

ili. Student Ufe conducts on-

;::.:r-ca-•-....,

(i i) In poster&gt;, media publicity,and manybrod\UrCS (in·
duding th&lt; "Safety Aware·
ness," "'Living Off Campus."
and"PrevmtingAajuaintlner
Rap&lt;" brochures), members
of thecampusc:ommunity=
dir&lt;cted to dial 2222 on campus and 911 off campus to r&lt;·
por1 crimes or in the ~t of
any criminal, medical or fire
emergency.

T he University Police is the
University's law enforcement
agency, with an offitt" on the

The campus has a Personal

lion brodlure.and rdated presentations on these topics. Th&lt;
presentations an: conducted
by Student Activities, lJniv&lt;r.
sity Polt~ the Univcnity
Counseling Center.

enforcm&gt;ent 3j!mCics.

CtSJ

a nd a sub -s ta ti on o n the
So uth Ca mpu s (C lement
Hall ) to facilitate the reportmg. prevention , and investigation of criminal act ivities
and to provide for promp t ~ ­
spo n~ to other emergencies.

nty prognms for students an:
offered by R&lt;:sidmoe llir and
Student life offices. Rtstdcn·
tial sru«nts dikuss safety issues at mandatory Boor mttt'"8' and are pt"OVJded with«·

vcnity Potier directly. Worma·
lion about Univmity Police is
also available o n the internet at
&lt; http:/ / www. publlc ..tety.bufflolo.....&gt;.
The Ca mpus Perso nal

Safety Task Force prepares an
annual report on campus ~­
curity for review. The task

force, chaired by the Director
of Univ&lt;rsity Police, conducts
open forums . distributes

printed information, conducts
biannual lightiog audits, and
arranges for appropriate campus sakty-rdated signage.
lnadditiol_l,~ands&lt;cu·

Note:
1. 1997 and 1998 totals did not require the separate reporting of incident5 in midence halls, in
or on 1 non-campus building/propet't)'. or on pubfk. property.
2. The .. On Campus• categof)' indudes aH on-campus lnddenu, including those listed under •tn
restdence halls." These ategories represent a dupnauon and are not cumulative. "
Definitions to above:
Residmct holl.s-hxJude all ~e halls and apirtmenU owned and/or opet'ilted by the
University at Buffiilo.
Non&lt;omp&lt;n building/property-The&gt;&lt; •~ BethunO HaM, Darwin Martin House. Andeooo Gallery,
Flkldnge&lt; Apartments, the Prosidtnrs mldonce, Butler Mansion, the Reg;onallnstiMo ""
Addiction, and Baird ResN.rch Part.
On Public /'ropffl)'-StrMts, sidow•lks, ond parting lots odjacontto compus.

--c_.(-t_.)
bordo&lt; the compus: Main Stroetto llailoy Avonuo to W I Avenue bKk to MM1 Street.
c _ . (llertlt c_.)
The following Town ol Amhont ,_.,.. bordo&lt; the ampus: Millonport HighWay to Maplo
Rood to S-.t Homo Rood to Elicott Croel&lt;
bodt to~~·
The following Bulfolo -

�OctD!Jer ~ 2101/W. 31. Ia 7

7

Plagiarism

~oot~all

~,_ ,... ,

eral, student&lt; go to the student judiciary, they l!laU a big fuss and the
faculty member never comes out
OK," she said, adding that she has
redesigned h..- course "so I didn't
run the risk of having plagiarized
material off..-ed to me."
Black said that the majority of
plagiarism caS&lt;S are handled directly
by instructors in their classrooms,
and th~ outcomes are not questioned, challenged or appealed But
this method of handling these situations results in a .. lack of central reporting." so then: is tittle sense ofthe
extent of the problem and indi vidual instructors' responses to it, he
added.
Black stressed that several years
ago. UB adopted a statement on academic inttgrity, and there are .. very
definitive" academic dishonesty
policies, proadures and committees
at the undergraduat&lt;, graduate and
professional-school levels.
When there is a challenge to an
mstructor's decision regarding a~
of cheating, and on those rare instances when there is a recommendation that the sanction extend be-

yond the dassroo~uch as the menu. One of the reasons that th•~
marking of a t:rarucript (grade of"F" kind of Intern~ paper ffidl ~ ~ po.,
due to academic dishonesty), sus- sible is that a lot of faculry membtro•
pension or expulsion from the uni - gjve boilerplate assagnments," such
...-sity, "these matters tnOVe into an- as asking students to dlSCUSS thC' role
other level of review ... an acadrnuc of nature in Wordswonh 's portry. or
review within undergradua te, discuss the ongins of World War I
gradual&lt; or professional education," from a Marxist perspect1vt .
"To give a paper top•c hkc that
he said.
N"ma Kaars. assistant vi~ provost you·~ actually just mv1tmg the stu for undergraduate education, said dents to go out and find lot s of
that SUNY counsd has advised the sampltS that have been wntten on
university to be" careful to follow much of the same top1cs. Gsve verv
proadures in these cases. In such specific assignments ... if ynur as5'8"·
cases where students decide to sue a menu are specific. it's highly unlik&lt;lv
university, the coun for the most that you're going to find that manv
part will side with the university if papers out there that you can borrow
it has foUowed its published policies, from. If 6tculty are more creative and
nlOI"r i.nvolvtd in the process of giVshe added
She suggesttd that the Faculty ing assignments., (we ) can aUev1ate
this
(cheating) to some extenL•
Senate encourage departments to
Willbern noted that Rick F&lt;ero.
ru... their faculty membm include
the university's statement on aca- an instructor in the Composition
demic integrity in their cou= syl- · Program in the Department of Enlabi. "It's a verjgnod idea to put stu- glish, has developed a Web site dedent&lt; on al..-.: she said.
voted to plagiarism. Feero wiU ,give
CllarlesSmith,associat&lt;professor a workshop on his Web site and the
of music, recommended that the issue of plagiarism. and conduct a
senate encourage faculty membm demonstration of the Eve software
'"to be more creative in their assign- at noon on Nov. 27 m the ETC

US took on the best ., the 1"'\td..Amenan Conference on Saa.JnDy ~ ~ rt
took Marshal ~·l best m dae:at me tucrY BuMs.
In the u:cond hatf, the: T'hundenn&amp; He:n:t (2-l. 1..0 1n the MAC) had to putl
out ru ~A" pme to pull 'Wnf from a 17-14 haHtime: lad and but U8. 47- 14.
befoA 29,019 bns In MarshaJI SadA.m Quan.etttack Byron LAftwM:h complete:ct
254-36 passes for a aneer-..t\t#l 372 yard:l and dlrft touChdowns as the
Thunde:rin&amp; Herd tHw open 111 dou
game bte In the fhlrd quarter
The Herd took control of the
game With rwro touChdowns 1t1 a
~ penod b.te In me tturd
quarter- Marshall d~ SS pnis on
"""ptay.!D ...... )I-I&lt; lead On
the fii"'R pby d U8i next pos.s.es.sM:II'
AII-Amona ~"'Danny
Domcaa ~. P"-" by Joe
Freedy and f"'eWmed it IIIU the wry to
the UB d'w'ee-yard line.. Two pbyl
bter.LeftwKh hit Urlle:f"Wuhtngton
WTth 111 three-yard score d'gt ended
UB's kopes ;and m~~de: It )8.14 on

!

.,. Mal pby al .,. '"''" qua.-UB ( I ..... 1-1) had 111 chance to
get back in the pme ., the fourth
quarter, but t'ooiiO pbylwmmed up
me u:cond haH. jt.nior l~cker
Duane Wllliaml lnterupted 111
Leftwich pus and ~turned 1t 53
yards to the Manhall frve-yard hne
befor-e beln&amp; sttipp&lt;d al !he ball.
whkh roled thf'OUih the end zone
for a touehbKk.~r- ManhaJI COt
111e ball back.~ quaneroack
Steve GaJbni'Ctl hit Wuhington on a
9()..yv'd pass for a muchdown on a
lhird-an&lt;!-20 pby

~OCCBf

Security Report

MEN' S

Law enforcement personnel and
community leaders an invited to
meet annuaUy with student organization leadership, particularly the
campw fraternities and sororities.
Studenu are advised if they are
apprehended for a violation of a law
it is the Univnsity's position not to
request or agret' ro special consideration based on student status. Stu·
dents who violate a local ordinana

or any law risk the legal penalties
prescribed by civil authorities.
Description of any drug or alcollol abuse education programs and
current campus polici~ on:
• possession, use, and sale of al coholic beverages
Cl mforcrment of state underage
drinking laws
• possession. use, and sale of illegal drugs
• enforcement of federal and
state drug laws
The campus complies with state
laws regarding the poss&lt;SSion, sale.
and consumplion of alcohol and illegal drugs. All studcnu are provided
with an annual Drug Free Schools
and Community Act compliance
statement, which details campus
policies, treaunent and counseling
programs, and education dfurts. Faculty and staff members reaive tl=us
statement and the campus Drug Free

Workplace Policy.
For additional cop1es of these

polici.,;. contact Student Affairs (S4l
Ca~n Hall) or Personnel Serv1ct..~
( 108 Crofts Hall).
Current campus policy with re gard to sexual as.PtUtu.
The University conducts a num ber of training and information pro-

grams to familiar\ze faculty, staff.
and students with the procedures to
follow shouJd a sexual assault occu r.
Programs are conducted by University Police, University Health Services. University Residence Halls. tht•
Office of Student Activities, and by
st udent groups including the Anll
Rape Task Force and the Sexualit y
Education Cente.r. Resident studenL'i
attend mandatory floor meetings o n

this topic, which is also addressed
in the University's orientation sessions. Information concerning the

University's sexual assault protocol
and prevention are available in a
nu mMr of University b rochures,
which receive wide distribution on
campus. The~ is also a recorded
sexual assault information tine (6453411 ), for information on action to
take in the event of a sexual assault,
options in reporting (including
anonymous, confidential proxy and
Silent Witness reporting). and resources available to a victim.
The victim of a sexual assauh tS
notified of available counseling,
mental health. and other services.
both on campus and in the commu nity. He or she is also notified of the
importancr of preserving evidence
for proof of a criminal offence.
The University advises the victim
of his or her righu to notify law enforcement authorities and th e
University's wiUingness to assist tn
such a notification. University Police and the University Health Services will provide a Crisis Serv1ces
Sexual Assault Advocate for the vLC •
tim and femaJe officers are avaiJablc
to assist at all times.
Students a« notified that v1ct1ms
have the right to change the1r aca demic and living situations and will
be assisted in doing so if they choose
If victims wish to press charges.
the University will arrest and charge
the accused offender on cam pus.

that may indicat&lt; a potential threat
to other student&lt; or employees.
University Police publishes a
weekly listing of crime on campus
that details the date, time, location,
and offense of all campus criminal
incidents. The Listing is circulated to
campus offices and is summariz.t.d
wttk..ly ln the student newspaper.

US dropped its second scra.gt&gt;t MAC game. ""'"' J.() at H.nhaJI.
tt wu a scoreless first haf and boch tarm buded most d the seccnd hal
wOt-cut ~The 1l-undorirc Herd p
tam ., d&gt;e second hal(~
In the final 17 rni'u:.esand~ the8uls txlfUSl t'oo!IOshoal"'ltle half
UB I, C entral Hlchlpn 0
UB l, Eastern H lchlpn t

UB sc:ored In the lim thnee mhlu!s af the pme and etten used a l"tt)'
defensiw: e&amp;n. to hold on b' 111 1..0 MAC win over Cencnl MM:Npn.
The brob , _ .. d1e ev1y """' al d1e game "' pt d1e pl. 0.....
Ropn brob """"'" d1e middle .,. &lt;hipped a pas&gt; ....- d1e Centnl Mkhipn
delonden. The CMU P'"' hedpd 1D come out lor d1e ball "'owtna US's Emily
RuueU to ret to the ball and 5CCN"'e the pme--wtnnln&amp; p i at the 2:&lt;Mo ~
On Suncby, the Bulb won their thk"d-.stra.l&amp;ht pme ......,th a 3-1 wtn ~
~MAC c:lwnplo&lt;&gt; E2=m Mkhipn.
The Bub controlled most of the first haH of action. and capitaUud on 1t ..,
the 3 I st minute when Binbeth Pfeffer toOk a ball from the ~ skte and sent n
Into the box 'cllthere ~ Russell Kored on a header. UB added to that lead 111
few minutes later u Paub Ustnnl hit Ill free kick to P'tefter. 'Nho shot it put
b&amp;tes' p6ie Sarah Wllk at the 35:28 mv1c: for a 2.{) UB la.d at hatftWne_
tn d1e second half. US p an ev1y p i when L..ndsay Mislln brob " - fo&lt;
hor 1m=- pl. E2=m M&lt;Npn k.,x d1e ~"'on .,. finally co&lt; on
the scoreboard b.te in the pme

The University Police also main tain a daily log of crimes and inci dents that occur on campus that LS
available for the public to view. llus

mformation is recorded by dat e.
time and genm loca,rion, and dis-

position of the complaint. This daily
log is available at the University Police, BisseU HaU, by contacting the
Director's office (645-2230) during
the business hours of 8:30 AM to
5:00 PM. Monday through Friday.
In addition, University Ihlice uses
the student newspaper, Thr Spec rrum, telephone calls, posters (Umvcrsity Police alerts ) and local m('-

Volle~~all
UB l , Canl-'us 0
Eutem Hlchlpn l , UB 0

c.n.s.u.

dia to communicate more urgent se-

curity infonnation and can provide
bulletins to departments and umts
on crime activity as warranted.
Prepared by:
OffiCe of the Vice President for Srudenr Affairs and University Police
m compliance with the leclerol Student Right-to-Know and Campus
Security Act (Title II - Crime Awareness and Campus Security). 9/ 00

I

I
Glib, . . . . . . .

Glib.,..........
64~125

........,
• :c.nt.r
64S-21n

cu

645-2720
Studllltlllf*s
645-2982

.._...s.mc..
645-2646
.

zcrc

ctv.r:ats

WOMEH ' S

The Spoctrum.

The accuser and the accus'-d will

have their legal rights maintained.
including the same right to have
others present during disciplinary
hearings. and both will be informed
of the outcome of any internal and
external proceedings.
Students are informed that m the
&lt;.'vent of a sexual a.ssauh. the Umversiry will impose maximum disciplinary sanctions up to and mdudlllg
disnussal from the umversJt)'.
UB's campus poltcy on t1mdy rc:
ports 10 the campu~ rommuruty on
crimes (reported. to Univt'rsJty Pnhcc:
or local Ia\\' enforcement a~enOt""))

Hanhalll, Ull 0

The ""leyball ,_., swept d1e
Colleze Golden Gnfli&lt;u. ).(). ID 01""
the week's pby. Junior Hother Barfuss ~ the Buas' atack WTth etzht Iotts and
1unlor Uriua LaCour posted 23 ilUISU and a team-hlgtl SeYen digs
The Butts dominated pby m the: first and second pmes. scorin&amp; easy I S-C
and I S-5 wins. The Griffs thrutene:d 1n the: third pme. but US he:ld on for 111 IS12 win to break its cwo-match loPn&amp; streak. Freshman IJndsay Hatik.olh and
juntor Suha Courbat conuibuted lfX and fhoe kills. f"fipectrvety. and ruruor
Amtiia Uddle led the: Bulls' defense wtth three bloclu
The Bulls returned to the: MAC w.an Fnday mght. los1ng a three:--pme
match at Eastern MIChigan to WI to 4-10 ovenll and 0-3 1n the MAC The Ea.gle~
pulled out a 15-10 wtn 1n the opemng game of the m~~tch. before domuuong the
Bulls 1n pme:l t'W'O and th~ . ......,nn1n1 by scort"S of I S-3 and IS-1

LfO~~ Lount~
Wom en p lace I Oth, men 14th at La.kefront

lnvi~tiona.J

The men'l and women's crou-country team~ were among the huge firkl
competing 111t Loyola: UnM!rslty's Lakefront lnvlatJ&lt;&gt;na! last weekend The
women pbced IOth 1n the 46-tum WOfTM!n 's nee wtth ]J I pomu. while the
men'l tum wu 14th of 41 squadl The Un~rs1ty of H1ssoun won both the
men'l and women's team compeooons
Eileen Rou wn the top Bulls" fimlher 1n the women s nee cron1ng the
finiSh hne m 22 ·44 Rose pbced 29th among the "96 nmnef"i who entered U'le
frve kilometer nee In the men 's e:1ght kilometer nee Tony DaVld w;u 17th of
the 4+4 ncen 1n 26-{)()

lenni~
MEN
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US. News ranki11gs

September 28. 2000/ Vol.3·2. No.6
www.buffalo.edu/reporter

University at_Buffalo

Yalem

Run

Runners line up for the start
of the 1 1th annual Linda
Yalem Memorial Run on
Sunday. This year's run
attracted 1,150 participants.

High-school relations strengthened
Office ofAdmissions strategy t,zims to get UB on prospective students' "radar screens"
BY SUE WUETCHER
Reporter Editor
HE Office of Admissions
has put into place severnJ
initi atives designed to
strengthen relatio nships
with high ~school guidancerounsdors
and sharpen their image--and that
of prospective students---about UB.
This effort indudessuch things as
having key staff members assume
leadership ro les in p rofess io nal
counsellngorganizations, providing
professional-development o pport u niti cs fo r counselo rs and pursuin g
a regional approach to recruitmen t.
Counselors can play a major role
in high -school student s' college d e·
c i s i on~ma kin g, note s Re gina

T

Toomey. director of admission s.
While co unselors are not as in flu entia! once a student h as been ad mitted ami is m~ ng the decision
where to attend, they often are con suited by students at the beginning
of their college search , when d evel opi ng a list of potential campuses.
Toomey points o ut. .. So we want to
be sure that wt• are on as many of
these 'colleges to be serio usly con siderediexplored ' lists as possible.
- " We know from o ur research that
many counselors have old o r insuffi cient understandings of VB. and that
they have less and less time to galn an
up~ to-date impression,'' she says. "So.
we have to supply this info rmation
lil ayroy that is readily digestible.

"We know that if we can get on a
st udent's init ial radar scrttn , we have
openedthe doortoalotofmforma
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geted, focused mailings. mvttatJOn.!&gt;
to campus and, in many caso.sch,,J .
arships for !iitmng studt:n L\," .;;he ~ay\.
"We kno ..... thts process of intluenc mg choKe among a c~.:e pt t:d appb
cants i.!o working. Our adm1ttt..-d stt.:
dent yield ha.-. nsen about 5 percent
over the past 5 )'t'an•. ~~. what wt·
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Amon g th e Ll'lltlatL v l~ ~ 1m pic
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students' "radar screens":
• Staff meml"l(· r~ art· takmg lt.·ad

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Statt: A~iat 1on for C.ollege Ad rm~'\lOilSCounsehng,anorgamzauonm
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also have coordinated state.,.,ride profc!lsional development forum s, in
dud mg one held at UB.
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... trongprofessu.mal rdaLJonslups h'lth
..choolluunst:l,ns. manvnl whomdll'
h1ghlv recogntzt-d for tht.•lr leadt~rsh LI~
roh."S," ~~"i &lt;:armda ThomJ"t:Km. a. . :.octate dtr{'\.1or of .! dnu~.. LOth.
contlnu&lt;ed on page 1

MS drug shown to delay symptoms
BY LOIS BAKER
News Services Editor

A

study inthis wcek'sNew

Englmul joumal ofMedicine lead by Lawrence
Jacobs, Irvin and Rosemary Smith Professor of Neurology
at UB. has shown that early treaunent
with one of the drugs used to con trol multiple sclerosis (MS ) can sig-

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guideli n es for treating pat1ents who
have experienced a single MS -Iike
attack, but who have not yet devel oped clinicall y d efinite MS." Jacobs
said. "This study is important beca use it indica ted that initiatin g
therapy \vlth interferon beta ~ I a at
th e first indication that a patient
may have MS can sign ifi cantly de ·
lay develo pment of the disease.''

nificantly reduce the rate at which

Jacobs and colleagues urged phy-

people at high risk develop fuJI .
blown symptoms of the disease.

sicians to use MRl scans to iden ti fy
patients at high risk of MS so th at
this early treatment can be consid ered as an option to avoid further
nerve damage. Jacohs heads the lk
partment of Neurology at Kaleida
Health's Buffalo General Hospit al
and is chid of the Ba trd Multiple
Scl eros is Re search C enter a t
Kaleida's Milla rd Fillmore Hospital.
MS is a ch ro nic di.seaM.· of the ccn ·
tral nervous !lystt•m that afft"('ts approximately 3;(),000 AmeriGJns and
about I million people worldwidc. ll
strikes primarily young women tx-tween the ages of 20 and 40 yea rs.
Symptoms include visio n problems.

"The results of this study demon strated that treatment with inter·
feron bcta - 1a reduced the rate of
development of clinicall y d efi nit e
MS for these high -risk individuals
by44 percent versus treatment with
placebo," Jacobs said .
The stud)' involved 50 medi ca l
centers in the United Sta tes a n d

Canada. and was halted early bccaust:
the resuhs were so stro ng. Research ers believe th e results could help
tho usands of patients who currently
don't get treatment until they have
substantiaJ brain or nerve damage.
.. To d ate, there are no accepted

Jossofbalane&lt;. numbness. weaknt\:i:&lt;,

difficulty 't\'3lkJng and para\ys1:-,.
The cond1t 10 11 IS thought to ht'
ca usetl by an unmune atta(k o n
m yelin , tht· fatty t1ssu e that ~ or ­
ro und s and p ro telts Lc nt ral -ner
vo u s~sys tem nerve fihers and fallh taR-s th e flow of nerve im pul se~ to
and from the brain. The los:-. of nw
d in disrupts this flow anti pnxlul.'t':.
the symptoms of MS.
The current trial sought tn d etermine th e effect of treatment w1 th
mterfcron beta - ! a 1n indiVtdu ab
who had experienced the fi rst symp(()ffi~ nf nerve damage, such as VI ·
sua! loss 111 onl~ eye.and whose MRI
:-,\._· an ~ showed bram ahnorma lit u~s
.ndicating they were at high risk for
the second clinical attack o r the d iagnosis o f clinically defin itive MS.
Cur rent gu idel ines for d iagnosis of
din ica ll y definitive MS stipulate
the re m ust be at least two separate
dim cal attacks at least one m o nth
apa rt and m o re than o n e area of
ce ntr a l- n e rvo us-sys tem m ye lin
damage. Jacobs said.
The study involved 383 pa tie nt ~
determined to have a high probabi l ~

1tv of dt~eloping ~·I S hased on sy-mp·
tom!'&gt; associated with the di~"a.:.e and
hrain changes seen on M Rl S(aJb .
Participants received wt"Ck!y mu ~u ­
lar inJections of either the active drug
o r placeho. Results showed:
• The ra te of deve lo pmt.·nt ll l
d tll! cally d1agnost.-d M S '"a" 44 pt:r
(e nt lower 111 the drug-trt·ated group
than m thr p laleho ~roup
• The volume ofhratn le-slOil!&gt; wa.....
91 pc:r&lt;.. ent ln ....•er m the treatt.J p.1
Ut:nlS than in the non -tre-J.tcd pa11enb
• Bra.in MRb can1dentif\•person...
at risk and should lx~ taken at the earILt.'Sl S)'111ptoms of poten tial M~ .
Ja(ohs wa.' the first AmerKa n rl'
sea n: her to test a fo ml of beta mtc r
f&lt;"ron , a natu rally oclurnng ,utf-'
stance 111 the hod)'. Ill thl· trt·a tmenl
of MS. He has lead !ll'Wral \!Ud1n
using mtcrferon heta - la. a gent'tl
cally engmee rcd fo rm of het:1 111 \t.'r
feron. His work ha~ shown th.u the
drug. approvt:d by the Federalllru~
Adminastrat1on, slows the a~.:cumu
lation of physicaJ d1sabil ity and dc:.·crcascs the freque ncy o f flare ~ ups m
patients with relapsing forms of MS.

�2 Repo. tea September 28. 2000/Vul.3t No.6

BRIEFLY
HUB Todlly" sets
October lneup

Susan Hough has been assistant vice president for human resource services_sin~ January. She is responsible for all aspects of Human Resource

"'"'"' E. &lt;:ampbol. ,..,.._"'
polltlcolsdence lnd • opeclolst

on Amorican -.sind c-.
paigns, will offer his -.on
the upc&lt;&gt;rT1klg presldentill-tlon on the~_, o1

·us Todoy, • the monthly

Adotphll Coble- show
highlighting UB faculty, stall,
students lnd pn&gt;groms.
The.pn&gt;gram Is~
by the UB Alumni Assodotlon.
Other guests on the show
will ndude Robert 0. DoYle,
new mlstant .tee pmldont for
alumni relations; UB alurmus
B&lt;mord A. Tolbert, M.S.W. '73,
B.S. '71, FBI spociaJ ogtnt in
charge ol the Buffalo offlco, ond
AI Harris, din!cto&lt; ol the UB M
Gollefy.

Each new program runs
throughoot the month at6:30
p.m. Sundays on thannel18 International and Chlnnel1 0 in

Lanaster, aarenc:e, Orchard
Park and Elma., and at 9 p.m.
Mondays on Chonnel1 B
lnt.emationa

Brown bag concert set
Clarinetist Pouline femlgia will
play the music ol Francois More
ot noon on Tuadoy in the lobby
ol Slee Holt during the first concert ol t h e - ol the

Brown Bog Coricert - The series, which will be
held on the first Tuadoy of the
month during the acodemlc

yoor, Is pmented by the Doport"'"!'lol Music.
further /nformotlon, cal
the Doportment oiMusic at64S.

;For

2921.

HSL st¥JWS flnt exhibit
"19th CentlHy Bolanlcll Prints, •
the flrst art exhibit of the Heolth
Sciences Ubnwy, will be on display through the end "' the .f ..
semester in the administratiOn
"""' a/ the Ubroly on the South

·campus.

Modo~ through

the

generous support ol the a/ the Sciences Ltnry
ond t h e - Historicol Sod- .
ety, the exhl&gt;lt Is the first ala,...
ries~ bytheM inthe

Ubroly Cornrnittft.
The exhibit futures """"'
ductions a/ botanic.al print from
a book publbhed In 1863 that ~
owned by the Robert L Brown
Histofy a/ Medicine Collection.
Copies a/ the 19th century
botan/col prints will be ovliloble
fa&lt; order. Contoct Linda Lohr,
manager ol the Robert L Brown
' Histofy a1 Medicine c~.
11829-3900, ext. 136, fa&lt; more

infonnotlon.

REPORTER
The illpllflrls. campus
communitypublbhed by the Office a/ News
SOfVicos In the OMsion ol
Un/vonity SeMces, St.tte Unl\lenily
ol Now- at lklflolo.
Edltoriola/lioos . .. .
/Qcotl!cl at 330 Crofts Hall,
Amhenl.. (716) 64$-2626.
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Services, mduding the SUNY R.:search Foundation Payroll and Personnel, State Payroll, and Personnel and Employee Relations operations.
Tell me about the change•
you' ve lmplemeftted In Human Resources to Improve
customer sentce.

We've implemented a number of
changes in Human Resowt:e Servic.es

(HRS) this past yoar.Onoofour most
challenging changes was the merger
of State Personnel, State Payroll, Research Foundation Personnel and
Research Foundation Payroll into
one organization- Human Re ~
source Services-;md relocating all
organizations to the first floor of
C rofts Hall. The purpose of this
merger and relocation was to im ~
prove service to our customers by
streamlining proccsses. minimizing
redundancies, improving internal
communications and cross-training
staff to be able to respond the customer inquiries more fully and efficiently. We also established a Customer Service Center on the first
floor directly across the lobby from
the front door&gt; to Crofts. Staff in our
Customer Servia: Center assist walkin customers and direct phone calls
to specific human -resources staff
members who can provid&lt; responses
to questions about benefits. immigration maners, payroll and the like.
The phone number for our Cus tomer Service Center is 645-7n7.
Much of our outreach to customers
has focused on three areas: customer
training, the development of internal HRS protocols focused on responsiveness to customers and obtaining customer input on our activities through surveys and consultation. We have provided training to
our customers in benefits eligibility
and administration, in the changes
to the ne'W" agreement between the
State of NC'W" York and United University Professions, 1-9 processing,
business rules for State ~ appoint ­
ments processing and other business
processes. perfonnance evaluations,
foreign ~ national tax matters, sickleave exchange program, cyberlaw
and training on the prevention of
sexual ~ harnssment complaints. Soon,
HRS Research Foundation staff will
be training campus customers on
OASIS. an Ornde-based suite ofbusiness applications to support project
directors in thdr sponsored -pro-

gram activities. To better assist our
customers in connecting with spc~
cilic HRS staff, we have developed
intomal HRS protoools, including a
division-wid&lt;calendar,sign-out and
call-in procedures and standards for
phon&lt;: and email turnaround times.
To ensure""' are mduding the views
of campus customers in the services
we provide, we havo_conduellld S&lt;Yeral surveys. including one on the future disposition of the Renaissana
system, which is used to facilitate the
State-appointments process. and another on the employment practicrs
of campus departments with respect
to the recruitment and hiring procedures for UUP part-time faculty.
Likewise, many HRS staff haY&lt; begun visiting customers at their work
location tc(oonsult on a variety of
human resource issues.
Why open an office on the
South Campu•7

Feedback that I received from a
number of faculty, staff and administrators on the South Campus suggested there was a need for a Human Resources presence on the
South Campus, a presence that
could facilitate problem resolution,
increase communication, e:xpedite
transaction processing and assist
with other human-resource matters.
Because emp l oyee~rdations concerns were prOminent among
South -Campus priorities, I ar~
ranged for Jennifer Boweri from our
Employee Relations unit to work
two days a week on the South Campus, beginning July 27. In addition ,
beginning last w..k. Liz Dundon,
our manager ofbenefits administratig_n, is on the South Campus one
day a w.. k. Research Foundation
human -resources staff members
continue to be on the South Cam ~
pus from II :30 a.m. until2 p.m. on
Wednesdays. Jennifer, Liz and RF
human-resources staff members
have llt~ir office in 16 Diefendorf
Annex and may be reached at 8292037. In addition to having a presence on the South Campus, we have
established the South Campus Ad visory Council to provide a forum
in which representatives from South
Campus schools and departments

can raise issues, provide feedback
and input and otherwise: focus on
their specific needs and concerns.

many .....,....,... unit• -

- " 9 •--ces7

Among the many challenges ...
face is the fair, coruistont and.
timely delivery of a V3St array of
human -resource . services to
nearly 11,000 UB employees.
l~s quite a long list. Jim Jarvis (6455000, at. 1287) oveneos our Em- Moot, though not all, UB employployee: Relations unit that provides ees are union -represented and
support to the campus in the fonn of their terms and oonditionsofemadvia androunseling. investigations. ployment are goy&lt;med by agreebearing!. contract interpretation, dis- ments berwot:n the State of~
cipline and oontlict resolution. Jerry York and the specific union. 'The
Linder (at. 1262) heads the unit re- unions are Tho Civil Servia: Emsponsible for issues pertaining to job ployees Association, Inc., Local
classification, recruitmont and salary 602; The Graduate Student Emadministration. Both discretionary ployees Union, CWA, Local1188;
and negotiated salary increases are 'The Public Employees Federation
pro=sed through Jerry's unit. Liz AFL-C10; ~York State CorDundon (at. l266) leads the unit re- rection Officer Polia: ll&lt;nevolent
sponsible for benefits administration Association; Council 82 (~
and time and attendance:. 'The rocent Supervisor&gt;); United Univonity
Retirement In=tive Program was Professions, Center Olapter, and
administered through Liz's unit. Sue United University Professions,
Krzystoliak (at. 1211) manages the Health Sciencrs Olapter. CollecState Employment Servic.es unit that .tive -bargaining . agreements,
is responsible for State payroli, State- many policies, such as the Poliappointments processing and the cies of the Board of Trustees, and
Foreign NationaJ Tax unit. Lynn the rules and regulations ofother
Zednik (at. 1004) ov=ees Research stateontities,such as the Civil SerFoundation appointments and pay- via: Commission, the Governor's
roD, while Brian Hines(at. 1265)and OfficeofEmployoc: ~lions, the
Joyce Mcintosh (at. 1024) servo as Office of State ControUer and
RF testers and trainm for tho imple- SUNY System Administration,
mentation of0AS1S. Bertha Hill (ext. govern how Human Resourcr
I0 10) managesourCustomorServicr Servic.esdoesits business. 'The kUnit that provides human-I&lt;SOurce sean:h Foundation has its own set
servicrs to employees who come to of rules that applies to RF emCrofts Hall as walk-ins. The unit also ployees. We also muSt comply
handles or directs phone calls to •t&gt;- with relevant state and fed&lt;rai
propriate human~resources staff. laws that apply to the workplace.
OuisSalem (at. 1279) heads our In- HRS staff are required to have a
formation Resources unit that pro- substantial amount of detailed
vides technology support to other knowledge about ooUective-barWh•t •re some of the servk:e1
Hum.,. lte:soun:u proY1c1es to
the c•mpus7
.

HRS units, assists the campus rommunity on a number of distnbuted
employoc:-based systems (e.g.. Renaissance, our Website, BARS) and, to the
extent possible, provides employoc: report generation to various campus
customers. Lee Baker (829-2271 )
leads our REV-UP program that provides retired employees with many opportunities to volunteer at UB.
Wh•t •re the ch.. ltnges Involved In handling human-resource MrYkes for •n entity
., b'g •s ua, whkh coven so

gainingagreemonts, policies, rules

and regulations. and state and

federal laws to best serve the~
of our many employee: populations. Each campus dePartment
has a different structure or protocol for handling human resource: matters. Our challenge is
to be responsive to a particular
department's need, within their
structure or protoa&gt;~ while complying with the tenns of roUecn-bargainingagreemonts,policies,laws and regulations.

2~~ design m.-aterials to be developed
News Sennces Editor

W

ASSIMJabi , ass1s.

tan t . professor of
archttecture m. the
_School ofArchitecture and Plannang, has rece1ved a
Sl20,000 U.S. Department ofEducation ( DOE) sub. -grant thr.o ug h
the Center f~r Uruversal. Des~gn at
N~h Caroli~ Sdtaed
te Umver&gt;tty. ..
. e grant, n
by the DOEs
Nauonallnstitute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research: will support
.
• three -yeard~'~~~uve pro~~.o
d eve1op an W»Caawaate umvo~ design education materials online.
Universalddesign
od
. is the design
tha of
pr ucts an envtronments
t can
be used to the greatest extent possible by all people, regardless of age

or phystcal ability, wtthout the need
for adaptatton.
U B f acui ty members in the
School of Architecture and Planning
helped to de·-lop
the concept and
"
were among the fir&gt;t in the world to
promote its use. Universal design
has since been adopted and pro mot edby governments, funding organ.izations and design researchers
throughout the world.
[abi co-directs the school's Center for Virtual Architecture. In addition to-publishing t-chm
~ · g mat•'
rials online, he says his project will
involve the development of threedimensional computer models of
universal designs for commercial
products 100: appliances, tools and
other kinds of equipment. He says
that such models will make it easier

\

for design researdlers and manufacturer.; to evaluate the extent to which
· d~1gns
.
~eu
promote case of rnamp ulallon by users of different
·
st ren gthsan d abill' ues.
The project team alsowill&amp;velop
three-dim(:nsionaloomputermodels of environments to pellJiit the
evaluation of universal-designs for
kitchens, bathrooms, ramps and
other physical spaces before building or renovation is undertaken.
This will reduce the need for revi· o f such constructed spaces, ofSJon
fering the potential foroonsiderable
cost-saving.
"As part of the project, we also will
·
create an access•'ble and mteractive
Web site to servo tho needs of univcrsal-design resean:bers throughout the world," says )abi. " It also will

be of groat assistance: to those who
use these products d t buildin
an o
practitionerswhousethedesigns
ing
their buildin ."
·
· permit Jabi
Fmally.
thegsgrant will
and his team to create an on-line
joumalanddiscussiongroupsinth~

field 0 f 'versald ·
uru will !X'
estgn.
The project
undertaken in
oollaboration with two other mem~
bers of the faculty of the School of
Architecture and PJannin Edwan:l •
S einfold, roli
· g:
t
essor, Design
directorand
of Enthe
Center
furp1ndusivo
vironmental Af:a:ss (IDEA Center)
and of the Rehabili - and
·
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Tauke, associate
fessor of arthit&lt;cture and
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13

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Capen Humanities Lecture

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Samuel P. Cape n Lecture tn th t&gt; Humanttlcs at 4 p.m Oct S 111 thL·
Scrcemng Roo m 1n the Ct'"nt er for th e Arts on the North Lampu~
The lecturt" , entitled "The Cun and th e Wch: F1t~ and Mtsfib m J
C hanging World ," will be a dt ~c u ~s ton of the underl ytng ~..ultural
shift that is powcnng change!&gt; m ever ythmg from tht• cnmomv to

no IDift in favor ollhe rankiogs
than l'ablic. Gerbanl Caspar,
pmidenl ofSimfard, boo been a
porticulady-=al ailic"l am a tremdy sloopcic:al tblt !be quality
of a~ more than
the quality of a raopzine-&lt;an
be measured ltalistially. Howcnr. ewm if it can, the producers
of the u.s. Jibs rankiogs mnain
lirfam~themctbod"

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ollhe -prestisious IIJlivmi •
dain the counttyvisit.ed the editon of U.S. News to compi.Un

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lllille8ddlcpublicud ~1111 ...,W..e rnpondcd th'at
dlil- !heir "nrimluit" issue
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This is an CliiZIIontioslitutioo. W&lt;
urthecaJrpulrlic lllftllber of the
pratisiouaAmlricao Association
of Unmnitics (AAU) in New
York Uld New England. That

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=dll:nt
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foculty
the highest
levclo in their discipline. Your
doooes arc laDght by these =d-

leat faculty; you hav&lt; the opportunity if you want to work with
them on their rescatcll, therd&gt;y
participating in the most sciting
part of univmity lif.: the creation
of new knowledge. ·
.
UB is a top-tier school by objective measures and the national
competition. U.S. News wants to
..U magazinet-&lt;lon't be foo.led
by them.

Here
It

Comes
A student taki ng advan tage
of a sun ny day gets ready
fo r a back-ha nd return
during a ten nis match on
the North Campus.

gender ro les to scientific theory to popular cuhure
Slater is best known for "The Pursuit of Loneltnes.!.: Amt•r~t.:.an (.ul
ture at the Breaking Point" ( 1970. rev ed. 1976, new ed. 1990 ) and
"The Glory of Hera: Greek Mythology and the Creek Famah•""f i96R 1
Although controverSial among dass Jcal scholar~ for 1ts 1nterpre
tat ion of Greek family relationships. "The: G lory of Hera'' has ea rned
critical p raise for its com parison of anoent narciss1sm w11h that o t
contemporary middle · class AmeriCa .
Some of Slater's other books a re " M 1crocosm : ~truct ural. Psvdw
logical and Religious Evolutions m G ro ups .. ( 1966), .. The Tempo ran
Society: What is Happening to Bus mess and Fam1h• Lift' tn A men t.;~
Under the Impact of Acceleral1ng C hange" (With Warren Bcnn1s. I 90S.
new edition 1998 ). " Earthwalk'" I 1974 ). "Wealth Addtctton·· 119XOJ
and ..A Dream Deferred ( 1991 ). He also is the au thor of a nt)\fd , " Ht'"
I Saved the World " I 1985) and five produced play&gt;.
Slater ta ught sociology at Ha rvard U111ve rs1t y a nd at B r .tnd(·l~
University, where he was chair of the soCiology department until he
resigned to devote hamself to writing 10 197 1. In recent yea r ~. he ha~
taught playwriting at Universit y of Califorma. ~ant a C ru1 . In 19 A~.
MS magazine named h im one of 11s "male heroes."
The annual Capen Lectures 111 th e Hum anities a re sponsored hv
the Samuel P. Capen C hair in Amencan Culture and th e Co ll ege nf
Arts and Sciences. They art' free and open to the public.
For further information contact Bru ce Jackson, SUNY Dt stm
guished Professor and Samuel P. Cape n in American C uhure. bo th
in the UB in the Department of English, at &lt; bjackson@buffalo.edu '

9th Hermann Rahn lecture
to be presented Oct. 12
"Transcriptional Control of Cardiac Hypertrophy " will be the
topic of the ninth annual Hermann Rahn Memorial Lec ture . lObe
held a t 4 p.m . Oct . 11 in Butler Auditorium m Farber Hall 0 11 tht'
South Campu~ .
The lecture will be gtven by Em N . ()lso n. chatr of thl· Department
of Molecular Biology 10 the Hamo n &lt;...:Cnter for BasiC Ca ncer Research
at the Universit y of Texas Southwestern MediCal Center 111 Dallas.
Olson has gained international recogniti On for hts scm mal stud
1es that he lped define th e mol('cular t· vcnt ~ that determme th t· de:-.
tiny of a cell . He ha s received w1de.sprrad acda tm for h1s d1 scove n e~
of th e genes that co ntrol th e dl·velo pment nfhcart - musd e Jnd ~kd
eta! - muscle cells.
In h1s must recent genet It n.·st·art.:h , he mc.'d 1mmun osuppre~~ant
drugs to prevent the format to n of tard 1ac hvpertrophy 111 genet!
call y engmt·ered miCe that o rdmard y would develop ca rd ia( hvpt·r
trophy, heart failure and d eath. I li s d a ta ..,uggcst a potentJallv novel
therapeutiC st rategy to !'le used 111 th l' treatml·nt of Gtr&lt;ha ~ hvpe r
trophy a nd heart fai lure .
Tht· LI B lecture , presented tw tht· ~lhoul of M~dt ( lll~' .and lito
mediCal St.. lcncc!&gt;,IS named lor the.' l..ttt• Hermann Rahn , form er ~L'N l
D1st1nguashed Profe!ISOr .md 1.. hmr of th e Dep.trtmt'nt o f PhVl&gt; lulug'
at UB. Rahn wa:-. J prt'Sidc nt of the Amencan PhysJologJCal ~OCICI\
and a mcmht'r o f the: Na tu111 ~1l 1\~,.adcm v of Sc u:nn."S and the: lm.t1
tutcofM(•dKmt· .
A recep tion will lw hc:ld foii\IW II\ g the lellurc: Ill the I 1pp ~hutt
Room in th e Biomcdl(i!l Educ;~t10n Build mg.

SUNY system posts highest
enrollment in 5 years
SUNY enrollment grew for the fourth I..OilSt'I.. Utlvc yea r to J;'_~,Q(K)
students, the highest level sin ce 1995, accordmg to prehm1n a rv d.!tJ
released Tuesday b y C hancellor Robert L Kmg.
Fal l enro ll m e nt at the staH··o perated ( ampu~e-s IS up ((l 1~2.Cl4f'r .
an m crease of 1,900 students compa red with b st fall .
The number of full -t1me fres hmJn en te-nng SUNY schooh 111
creased for th e fifth co nsecutlYt' y&lt;-·ar to a lmost bO,OOO. the h1gh t·\l
level of cntt·nng freshman s mct' 1989 and an mc reasc o l m nrc th.m
S,OOO stud ents- more than 9 percent - :-.mcc 1996.
Fu\1 - ttme gradual&lt;.' enro llmt· nt - morc than 18,000--rcprc!lt'llt'
the highl·st level Ill SUNY h istor y.
At SUNY co mmunit y co lleges. full lime: l·nro llmcnt tn~.real&gt;~·d In
\.)90 student s, enterin g freshm a n mnea~cd by R6 3 ~ tud t'n t .!&gt; ,lfld
tull ~ t1mc transfer students inncascd by 438 over last fall
"Th1s long-term pattern of cnro llm t'nt g ro wth demom. tratt•s tht·
excellence a nd value offered by tht' 64 superb ca mpuses of the Statt•
Unive rsit y of New York." said King. " ew Yorkers contmuc to look
to the stall' unive rsit y to gain the kno wledge they need to 1m prove
t heir lives."

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Former UB chancellor, president ran In finals of 5000-meters In 1920 Games In Antwerp
BRIEFLY
Emeritus Center
sets October meeting
fohn A. Edwanb. prolmor
omoritus of medicine. wll discuss recent developments In the
ttutmentof
during
• meeting
ol ·
the Emeritus Cent.e&lt;at 2 p.m. Oct. 10 In
102 Goodyear HaR on the
South C.mpu!.
The meeting is open tD ""
membeB ol the UB community.
For """" Information, all
the Emeritus Cl!flter at 829-

2271 .

f&gt;arty for International

students scheduled
The International Cbmmittee af
the us 'Nomen's Club will host
an October Welcome Porty for
lnt&lt;mltloNJ students and their
famlfoes from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Oct. 17 In Room 210 ol the Student Union on the North campus.
The party, which wiU feature
a brunch, is designed tD help
int&lt;mltlanal students make

,_friondsandleommore
about the lkJifolo area and
Amerian customs.
Students a"' wged to sign
up for on English COIWOI&gt;ation
group.
F,.,. pat1dng and shuttiM&gt;us
.....tee will be available at the
Center for TomorTOW ond
Alumni Arena pat1dng lots.
For more Information, all
Billie 1&lt;0n Cotes at 7~1-392~ o&lt;
lJsho Mohan It 689-4025

Tlleatre and Dance

pllms productions

The Deportment ol Theatre and
·Donee wi! pment "Cotton
Clr1s" and "Ovortones" Oct. 1922 In the Blade Box Theolr&lt; In
the Cent..- fo&lt; the Arts on the
NorthComplls.

Perfo&lt;monces will be held at
8 p.m. on Thursdoy, Fridoy ond
Saturday, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

"Cotton Clt1s" and •o-to&lt;oes" will r..w... al.f..-nale
student casts and wil. be directed by liocodc-Nmie.
"Cotton Cll1s,. by Scott

Tobin, is a comedy aboUt th,.,.
girls spending their gnduotion
night SWd&lt; on a F..-r1s wheel.
S.t In 1959, the Dream Wheel
breaks down with Miss, 8eny
and Colleen at the v«y !Dp.
The girts are forced Into states
of sheer terro&lt; and ..tf..-.ftec.
lion as they t1y to make the
most ol their last night ol high
5Chool.
"Overto&lt;oes," written by
Alice Centenberg, is a onNCt
drama that tells the sto&lt;y ol a
brief meeting_, Harriet
and Margaret. two refined ladies. Their emotions and
thoughts come tD life In Hettie
and Maggie. This ploy ~

the chancters as they tD
be. and as they ac:tually are.
Tickets fo&lt; "Cotton Girls"
and "Overto&lt;oes" ..,. n ond
can be purchosed It the Center
lo&lt; the Arts box olficelrom
noon to 6 p.'m. Tuesday
through Fridoy, and It all
Ticketmost..-locations.
For """" lnformotlon, call

M5-AATS.

JOB LISTINGS
UB job Dstlngs
accessible vii Web
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seorth, loculty and cMJservic~ competltlw and
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Furnas' _Olympic history revealed
BY ANN WHITCHEa

Reporttr Contributor

IGHTY years ago thiS
week, a young collegian
from Indiana was settling
back into campus life after spending the summer as an
Olympic athlete and competitor in
post -Olympic events overseas.
The 19-year-old Purdue undergradual&lt; was Clifford C. Furnas
( 1900-69), who went on to a distinguished career as scientist, author
and chancellor-of the University of
Buffalo from 1954-62, and from
1962-66,asthefirstpresidentofthe
State University of New York at Buffalo, following UB's merger with
SUNY. Furnas was among the final ists to run the 5,000-meters in the
1920 Olympics-or the Seventh
Olympiad-which took place in
Antwerp, Belgium. His Olympic run
followed successes at intercollegiate
competitions throughout the Mid-(
west, and impressive showings in the
Olympic tryouts in Chicago and a
final meet at Harvard University.
Olympic memorabilia, including
a photograph album, scrapbook,
track uniform, insignia and nbbons,
are on display as part of the Clifford
C. Furnas Memorial CoUection, established by Furnas's wife, the late
Sparkle M. Furnas. The Furnas ColJection is housed in the University
Archives, 420 Capen Hall. The
photo album and scrapbook. in particular, bring to life the spirit and
drivc of a young runner preparing
to take on the world.
Furnas' Olympic scrapbook contains a newspaper photograph of
him and other Olympic-bound U.S.
athletes ch .. ring as they pass the
Statue of Liberty aboard the " Princcss Ma1oika" en route for Anlwerp.

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A souvenir ship program reveals
that the American Olymp•ans were
enlertainedduringtheirvoyageand
treated to a fareweU dinner, but ath !&lt;tic preparation wasn't neglected.
"We trained daily on board ship,"
Furnas later wrote in Tht Pmdut'
Alumnus, .. the sprinters on the
promenade deck, the other track
men on the deck below ... the wres·
tlers,boun and weight men on the
forward weU deck and the swim mers in a temporary tank on the aft
well deck. ... Altogether, three 16pound shots. two
medicine balls and
one discus wen: contribuled 10 1he fish

Belgium had been devastated in
WorldWarl,andAntwerp,witheconomk woes of its own,_had had insufficient time to clear wartime
rubble and construa new facilities
for the Games. The stadium was unfinished at thestartoftheOiympics;
athleles were housed in crowded
rooms furnished with folded cots.

But Furnas and his compatriots
checrfu!Jy overcame thes&lt; difficul ties,althoughFumaslaterwrotethat
the poorac.corruncxlations adversely
affected their amditioning.
More than 2,500 athletes participated in the Antwerp Games. The
field represented 29 countries.
However, the defeated nations of
World War 1---Cmnany, Austria,
Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkeywere not invited, and the new Soviet Union chose not to attend. The
Olympic flag, with its intersecting
rings, was introduced
during these games.
On Aug. I 4, the Ameri an athletes took pan in
ceremonies formally
opening the stadium ... It
gave me quil&lt; a thrill to
stand there among the
ranks of athletes and see
the line of 26 flags ,"
Furnas wrote, .. each
backed by personal repr=ntativesofthe nation
it represented. It was a
oongressof nations. which I am sure
exerted considerable influence in
bringing about good feeling among
the nations of the world."
In carefully preserved oorrespondence with his parents, Furnas
voiced keen disappointment at the
Americans~ showing in the distance
runs, yet he expres.sed pride at having been among the best in the
world in his event. ln the 5,000ll!eter, Paavo Nurmi of Finlandwho won the 10,000-meterand two
other gold medals at these Olympies-finished second to Joseph
Guillemot of France, a war veteran
who had taken up running as
therapy forlungsdarnaged by mustard gas. Erik Backman of Sweden

took third place. The Americans
turned in the best overall team performance, however, winning a total
of41 gold medals, including nine for
track and field
Before Furnas returned home, he
enjoyed a kind of European athletic
tour, participating in several postOlympic meets. At "the Ownpionships of Northern Fl'2llce, held Aug.
29 in ' Lille, Furnas won the 1,500meter. "We weer thert as an added
attraction to the meet," Furnas recalled, "for the Amerian shield on a
track suit attracted the admiration
and respea of every Frenchman."
The French also admired traditional
Amerian good-naturedness, especially the ability to lose graciously
during thai summer of competition.
"You Americans arc: good sports," a
Frenchman told Furnas. "You laugh
if you win and you laugh if you lose."
Furnas and other American athletes then traveled 10 London to
compete against a spccially selected
British team in a meet held Sept. 4
at the Queen's Oub, where the fu ture UB president captured first
place in the two-mile run. "Wonderful si&gt;ortsmanship was displayed by
the member. of the teams," Furnas
wrote, "and when ..., 6naiiy parted
for the various paris of the globe, w.
aU felt that we were leaving a fine
bunch of sportsmen and true

friends."
On Sept. 9, 1920, Furnas set sail
from Southampton on .. the
l..aP.laod.~ arriving i~ the United
States on Sept. 18. "I received a little
thrill wh&lt;n I again set foot on Amerian soil,.but I had a feeling of regret
when I realized that the most worthwhile athletic trip which a person
can ever hope to takr was almost at
an end."

Music announces October concert schedule· m
Atlantic Brass Quintet to headline program offering wide variety ofartists
BY KIMBERLY GALLAGHEa
Reporter Contributor

orchestra-will be joined by violinist Moses Pogossian under the direction of Magnus M~ensson in a performance of Kurt Weill's Co11certofor

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HE Department of MusiC
in October will continue
its tradition of offering
programs appealing to a
wide variety of audiences.
The Atlant ic Brass Quintet will
present an eclectic program a18 p.m.
Oa. 14 in Slee Concert Hall featur·
ing pieces ranging from Bach's Prelude am/ Fugue in E minor to Frank
Zappa's Big Swifty.
Widely acclaimed as one of the
world's finest brass rnscmbles, the
Atlantic Brass Quintet has perform&lt;!~ in 48 of the United Stales
and more than a dozen countries
across four continent·s. The group's
reperto ry spans Dufay, Gesualdo
and Bach; Babbitt, Ellinglon and
Zappa, and ethnic music from the
streets of Brazil, Cuba, lhe Balkans
and New Orleans.
Founded in 1985, th e quintel
soon won six major competitions.
including First Prize of the Interna ti onal Brass Competition of
Narbonne, France, the pre-eminent
competition of its kind. Fa11Jarr
Magazit~e has called the Atlantic
Brass Quin tet "an award-winning
quintet whose technique is Oawless
and musicianship impeccable."
Al 8 p.m. on Oct. 17 in Slee Hall,
the Slee Sinfonictta-UB's chamber

Violin mill Wind Orchesrrn, Opus 12.
lltis year is the anniver&gt;ary year of
both Weill's birth ( 1900) and death
( 1950),and as a resuh there has been

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a resurgence of interest in his music.
This piece. while not characteristic of
Weill 's concert work. is rich in character and beauty, and makes a strong
argument for the importance of his
work. The Sinfonietta also will perform contemporary piece&lt; by Edgard
Varese and David Felder, UB professor of music and a member of the
Composition Program faculty.
The Buffalo News has written of the
Slee Sinfonietta, ".. .it fills the need for
both a 1eadting ..:hide and an orchestra fur talented professionals rommit ted to induding
and/or 20th·

n\.

century works in their portfolio."
Slee's Quartet-in-Residence, the
Cassatt String Quartet, will perform
the second concert in UB's annuaJ
cycle of romplete Beethoven.String
Quartets a1 8 p.m. OCt. 27 in Slee.
This will be the 45th year of the Slee
Beethoven String Quartet Cycle.
The Houston l'ost has called the
Cassatt String Quartet's performances "... passionate, colorful..
beautifully controlled and bril liantly performed interpretations."
The Department of Music also
will pr~nt two distinctive recitals
by talented faculty member..
Cheryl Gobbttti-Hoffman will
perform Ancient Voices ... Contem porary Settings for solo flute at 3
p.m. Sunday in Sl ...
In recognition of Breast Cancer
Awareness Month, GobbettiHoffman will dedicate her voice to
those who have not survived
"Voice" is an astonishing, complex and precise instrument wi...d
10 heart, mind and soul The flu1e
houses one of the most ancient and
profound of these voices, and functions as a major playa in celebrations of life.
Faculty member. Amy Williams
and Helena Bugall&lt;&gt;--the BugalloWillianu Piano Du&lt;&gt;-will perform
at 8 p.m. Oct. 21 in Sloe.
The duet traditionally has been a

favori te medium for transcriptions.
Its pedagogical uses. orchestral possibililies and potential for dissemi nating music to the public all have
defined its popularity.
No1 by chance, the duets in this
program are aU transcriptions. Included in the performance will be
three duets by Conlon Nancarrow,
whose music will be featured on the
Bugallo-W'illiams Piano Duo debu1
CD tha1 will be recorded this year.
Two mini-residencies also will add
exci1ement to the October programs.
Trio Phoenix will perform a rona:rt
with pieces for fiute, cello and piano
at 8 p.m . Oa. 30 in Sl ... Champ
d 'Action will perform works by
Femeyhough, S1odthausen, Vmtockt
and UB'sown Erik Oi\a at 8 p.m. Oct.
24 in Slee.
In addition to the concerts, each
of these groups will perform a less
formal concert of works by UB
graduate composers.
Single tick&lt;ts for the music series
are priced from S5 10• Sl2. lick&lt;ts
may be obtained at the Slee Hall box
office Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., the UB Center for the Arts box office Tuesday
through Friday between noon and 5
p.m. or at aU TicketMaster outlets.
A fuU schedule of concerts can be

oblained from the Slee Hall Web site
at &lt; h t t p : / / - - - " ' &gt;.

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Conference to honor Hare

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Philosophers to gather to discuss pragmatic naturalism
By PATIIKIA DONOVAN
News Servk:es'Editor

American Philosophy, the Samuel P.
Capen Olair in Philosophy, and the
UB Department of Philosophy.
For further information, go to the
coUoquium Web site at &lt;http:/ I
www.pr.gm•tlsm.org/ conferences / futu re _ of _pr•g m • tlsm_progrwn.htm&gt;.
The conference will engage the
question of reality as it has evolved
within the American philosophical
school known as pragmatic naturalism, an amalgam ofthe two separate.
but eventually rdated, philosophies
of naturalism and pragmatism.
Naturalism d&lt;Veloped in the late
19th century out of th~ principles
and methods of naturaJ science, especially the Darwinian view that
nature is in principle completely
knowable, regular, united and
whole. Naturalism asserts that there
is nothing"real" beyond nature and
accepts no evidence of .. ~pmlatu- .
raJ" effect that cannot be l:onfinned
by scientific methodology.
Pragmatism, on the other hand,
holds that the merit of an idea, policy,
value or proposal must be determined by its usd'ulness or workability-that is, its consequenres in the
real world--and not by the scientific
infallibility of its claims.
Pragmatic naturalism developed
out of the work of late 19th and early
20th century American naturalistic
humanists like Charles Peirce, W~l ­
iam James and John Dewey. In dif-

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HE Department of Philosophy will present an
international conferena
Oct. 20·21 in honor of
Peter Hare, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor and former chair of the
UB Department of Philosophy.
The conference, ti~ed"The Future
of R£alism in the American Tradition
of Pragmatic Naturalism," will take
place in the Center for Inquiry, 1310
Sweet Home Road, Amherst It will
feature- presentations by scholars
from the school of pragmatic natu ralism, to which Hare has dedicated
much of his career.
A member of the UB faculty since
I %2, Hare is the author of several
books in the field of philosophical
pragmatism and has, for more than
25 years, edited 71~e Transaction.s of
rhe C.S. Peirce Society. an important
journal in American philosophy.
Among the notable guests at the
conference will be Murray Murphey
of the University of Pennsylvania,
one of the foremost living scholars
o n the history of pragmatism; Sami
Pihlstrom of the University of
Helsinki, and UB al umnus Chin Chun Chiu, professor of philosophy
at Taiwan's National Tsing Huo Uni vcrsity.
The conference will be sponsored
by the Marvin Farber Memorial Fund,
the Charles S. Peirce Professor&gt;hip in

fcrent ways they each posed a mar·
riage of naturalism'.!. dediCa tiOn to
scientific method and pragmausm·5

rational approach to the problems we
face as individuals and social beings.
During the first half of the 20th
century, pragmatic naturalism was at
the center of important controvcrsio
across the disciplines of metaphysics. epistemology, philosophy of SCIence, ethical theory and aesthetics.
John Shook of the University of
Oklahoma Department of Philosophy, one of the conveners of the UB
conferen ce, says pragmatic natural ·
ism is enjoying a res urge nce of
popularity and co mroversy today
l&gt;Kause it offers many resources for
the resolution of both perennial and
novel intellectual problems.
" It works with the natural and social sciences toward a view of the
generaJ nature of things and an un ~
derstanding of the ope rati ons of
human knowledge ... b)' taking a
naturaJistic stance o n the world, (it)

finds' that the sciences and the1r
methodologies are superior to other
modes of inquiry in to the human
environment," he says.

While acknowledging that pragmatic naturalism is form ulated to
adva nce inqui ry into all areas of
human concern, Shook says the UB
conference specifically aims to illu minate one topic that presently ant ·
mates aU of mainstream philosophy:
the future of reali5m .

Quilters raise money for SEFA
By JENNIFER UWANDOWSKI
Reporter Contributor

and so m e peop le (se wed) big
squares," she said, adding that the

ME UBstaff members in ·
ved in this yea r's State
ployee Federated Appeal
( EFA ) campaign have quite
literally stitched together a whol e

skills of those participating run the

new fund- raising idea.

SEFA committee of the Office of the

The UB Quilt Project is an effort
to rai se money to help pay for
mammograms for women who cannot otherwise afford them, with pro·
ceeds going to the- American Cancer
Society, a SEFA-United Way agency.
Mary Camille Schwindler, a degree
auditor in the Office of Records and
Registration who's heading up the
effort. said she was inspired to piece

gamut, from having no experience
to being quite proficient.

Schwindlcr said employees in the
depa rtments tftat are part of th e

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together the q uilt project by an 18ycar·old quiltcr from Ind iana who iE
became involved in the "Yes Mam! .,

border will be added

challenge, a nonprofit project establi shed in 1990 that encourages
q uilunakcrs to create quilLS for the

purpose of fund-raising.
Schwindler read about the young
wo man in America n Patchwork &amp;
Quilting magazine and wanted to

adopt the idea at UB th rough the
SEFA campaign.
" We ' re in pi eces right now,"

Schwindler said laughingly of the
unfin ished quilt , the pattern for
which is an exploding star. "We're
sell ing sq uares to commemorate
someone who has had and over·
co me~ or someone who has lost the

fight with cancer."
Schwindler and her 14-person YOI unteer crew have been busy stitch·
ing their way to a finished quilt.
"I thought it might be a way to
get people in terested o r involved ,"

she said of the project."Some people
cut fabric, some people laid out (the
fabric pieces) or did sim ple sewing

and, for those who desm·. J nH.'
men to.
Schwindler sa id the daughter of
a bus driver who lost h1s hattie with
cancer requ~tt.-d that a school bus
be placed on the square as well a.&lt;o
her father 's name. for one of th e1r
own-a woma n who o nce worked
in Schwmd ler's of.
fice and who lost her
battle with cancerthe square will fea ture a ngels, wh Kh
she co llected. and
her favorue colors.
Once
com pleted, the quilt will
mea sure 46 inc h c~
by 46 inches. but
Sc h windl er said a

Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education-Student Accounts. Record~
and Registration, FinanciaJ Aid, Ad missions and Advisement-are not
o nly interested in putting together
the q uilt, but also are interested 111 remembering a lo ved one.
.. Itjwt astonishes me how so many

people have been touched by (cancer)," she said, noting that roughly 26
people have purchased squares th U5

far, and plans are in the works to promote the q uilt project outside th e
university in the hopes of generating
more interest and money.

Schwindler said the proJect. whKh
began in September and will run

through the beginning of November,
will be fea tured at the American Can·
cer Society's "Making Strides" walk

to extend the quilt as
more namt.'S arc submitted. In addition to mo ney raised th ro ugh the
p urchase of quilt sq uares. the
proJect-th rough thr "Yc..-:s Mam!'.
challenge---couJd bn ng back to the
Western New York chapter of the
Am erican Cancer Society as much
as $ 1,500 if the quilt wins the non ·
jun ed competition at the an nu al
Q uilt America show, be111g held 111
Indianapolis in Jul y.
''I'm hoping we'll wm somethmg
next yea r," she said, addi ng that after tht• competition the quilt will be
raffled off locall y, with the mo ney
raised from that event aJso going to
the cancer society.
"I t's a campus project, bu t a com munity effort ," she said, adding that

she's grateful for all who have helped

for breast cancer on Sunday.
The .. squares," which are offered
in three different shapes and sell for

make this stitch in UB history.
For further information, or to
buy a square, contact Schwindler at

$5,$10 and S15, will contain a name

829-362;::.

Electronic Word Sleuthing

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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), considered by many to be
the ultamate authority on the English la nguage. is now available on
the Web &lt; http:/ / dlctlon•ry.oed.com/ &gt; to UB students and 5taff.
A5 many know, the OED· not only define5 words, at record5 thf'""ear ilest known use of a word. so each ent ry shows not only the current
meanmg of a word, but also a citation to a quote establishing lis first
documemed use. In the pa!it, the dicuonary'1; editors had to exam me thousands of book.!. an·d penodacals searching for word ongm1;.
But now, thanks to the wonderful world' of compu ter technology.
the drudgery of turnmg millions of pages as over.
Elect rom e word 5h:uthmg· prov!des etymo l ogas t.~ with fert1le new
te rntory to explon.• mtheir quest to get as close a1; possible to a word\
true o ngm . l·or example. I-red Shaparo, a libranan and legal resejlrch
lecturer at Yale Umversll y Law Xhool, has been usmg JSTOR &lt;http:/
/ www.Jstor.org &gt; to track down the ongim of new words and ex
prf'ssaons. jSTOH ~o.ont.tms the full text, 111 facs1m1le form. of the com plete back files of more than 150 Important scholarly journals and ,
like the OEI&gt;. a l~o I.'&gt; available to UB student s and staff. Shap1ro. with
financial ~upport from the Andrew\'\' Mellon fooundat 1on,l5 ched, mg the earhest u~age of term~ m JSTOR a~aanst the earliest usage ol
the same terms an the OED. Thl.' t•tvmulog\ of manv words will he
rewritten based on h1s resc:arch
For exampk. th e OED h.!oh 19)0 d.!. the fir5t appea rance ol tht·
ph rase ''blu e collar:· but Sh.tplrn·s 'c:archang of JSTO R found that
t he ph rase wa.!. U.!.ed 10 Jn art1tk from the Amencan Socaologtcal
Rt'view an 1942. fhe '-''Ord ··po5tmodern"ts documented bv the OED
to have first appeared m 1949, hut JSTOR can trace the word '5 on
gm back to 19.ltl. The phrase "douhle sta ndard " appeared m a 191 2
issue of Tl11· Ama•rtm Polwwl .)nt'tlfC' RHJt'W, 39 years before the
quoted source m tht· OED. A lengthy hstmg of )STOR antedattngs
ca n be found on the OED site at &lt; http:/ / www.Oflf.com/ publlc: /
news/ 9901 _2 .htm "'&gt;
Shap1ro's finding~ are bemg in ~..or purated an to tht· OED 's revtslon
program. Has resea r ~h will JOm tht• work of the dJCt lonarr 's staff of
120 scho lan&gt;, research assts tants. sy5tt&gt;ms eng1neers and proJed man
ager~. and 200 specia list consultants and readers, most of whom have
been workmg on the project Sin ce 1993. 1n addnion , sc holars from
around the wo rld send 111, on 1ndex ca rd5-and more recently on
emaal--documen tat 1on of a word·.!. u~age. Millions or these co ntn
bu t ions are filed 111 the OEn·s oflices and are rev aewed dunng the
revis1on process. All thl.'&gt; work will concl ude m 2010 when tht' d1c
tlonarv will have bc.&gt;en comp letely re-edited. Th1s h1stonc even! w1ll
mark a new chap tc:r in the undentandmg of th&lt;' development and
h a5tory of the English language.
A dJCtlonar}' tour &lt; http:/ / oed.com/ publlc / tour/ &gt; I!"&gt; avadahlt•
lor those intere ~ tc:d m learning ho"' to search the OED. Anvone need
tng assastance an search tng )STOR can find help at &lt;'" http:/ I
www.lstor.org / h elp/ search.html ""&gt;.
/-or

to tht· \Vorld W~tJ,· Web l'lfl l 'R t t1mpurn
tht• (.omp utwg (.(·uter Hdp nesk Ill 6-15 15-1.?

tlSslStatJ(t' nmm•ctmg

(i(f0Wil5, COtl taa

--Gemm• DeVInney and Don H• rtman, Umvt-nll)'

L tbram.&gt;~

BrieDy
Bbegrass performers to appear
in Mainstage Theatre Oct. 6
Grammy Award-winning h l uegras~ rnusJCt.Ul
Ailwn Krau.!..'l Jnd her hand, Umon Station, \"Ill
.1ppear Jt X p.m Oct b 111 the Mamstage Theatre
m tht· C('nter lor the Art~ on the North Campu.!.
KrJm ' hL·~an tJltn g d.t.!..!.ICal v10hn le!&lt;!'&gt;t&gt;n'
when '\h~· w.b S. At 8. shc hegJn pbymg hlut'
gra.s.!&lt;o Jnd \Oon wa~ pla\'ang 111 hlut~gra5.'&gt; ft."!'&gt;ll
vab and '"'llllllnf. fiddl(.· ~.nmpctlt!Oil.'&gt; around
KRAUSS
the (ountrv \Vlule she 11111lalh rt'(l"l\'t~d J(da1m
J5 .tn mstrumt·ntahst, ht•r vn11.t' 'non (aptlvatt'd
pt•op k '~ Jt1ent10n d.!i wdl.
Her debut album ... .IOo I att" "lu l rv··, w.a~ rdt'.l!&gt;l'J " 'ht:n ,ht· wa.!.
JU~t 16. By age 18, sht' hJJ t•arnt·d her f1rlit l.r;mmn nomm.1t1on lor
"Two Highways" and a war later W(lll ht•r first ol 10 l~rammv' lor
'Tve Got That Old f&lt;·e lmg." In 1~9 .\. Krau.'&gt;S 10111ed the ~.Jst ol tht·
Grand O le Opry. '"he re sht· ~till rcm;un~ the \'Oungt".!.l 1.d..!.l nH·mht·r
Her com mercaal breakthrough (a Inc tn 1995 when she rdeaseJ "t-.:tH\.
Tha t I've Found You: A Co ll ectwn.'' '".rh!Ch'"tw:nt Jouble piJtmum.
.!oe llin g more than 1 million cnptt'.!o.
Krauss ' ba nd, U111on StatiOn. katures 'ome ol the lint·~t hluq:r.N•
musiCians on tht• scene today. mdudmg: Barn· B.Jit'!'&gt; t ha!&gt;!&gt; ). Run
Bloc k (banjo, gu 1tar J, Jerry I lnugla~ !dohnl ) .uhll &gt;.ln l vmans lt ~ ~ut
tar, mandolin ).
Tickets for Alison Krau~:. Jnd Unum ~tat tOn an• 5.1 7 .SO and Jrt'
avai lable 111 the CFA box offin· from noon to 6 p.m . TueMiav.!. through
Fridays and all Ticket ma ster ln~...Haons . For mor&lt;' mlorma11on. call
645·A RTS.

�6 ~ September 28.20111/VIli.3~No. 6
UB, historical society Join to explore Wright's working relationship with Polivka
BRIEFLY
VIsitor lnfonnatlon

booth Is relocated
to Fronczak lot
The Offoce ofC.mpos Potting
and Tronsportotion is reminding the compos community
that the visitor information
booth on the North Campos
has be&lt;n relocoted to the
Fronczak pori&lt;Jng lot
formeriy loated in the
Ce!1ter for Tomom&gt;w lot. the
Fronczak Information booth of.
fen visitors the same services
that were av.Jiillble in the ptev~.
ous loation, including maps
and dlr«tlons. In additlpn, per·
sons invited to UB by a specific
department or &lt;&gt;&lt;ganlzation are
eligible for ' - guest permits,
which must be dated. and are
valid In facufty/s1311 and Sill·
dent lots, as \IYd as in visitor
paidi&gt;Jrlcing ares. Guest per·
mlts should be obl3ined in advance from the inviting department and in advance of arrival
oo campos. VISitor Information
centm may OW. guest per·
miU, but only when the lnvit·
ing department b r-=l1ed to
confirm the invitation. ~
who do not ...... guest permit may part in the f roncz;ok
lot lor a fee. orallll)'ofthe

university's parting metm.
Vositors to the unlvmity obo
may use the Ce!1ter for Tornor·
raw tot, which now serves u a
,_pari&lt;- lot lor 1111)'ooe who vblts UB.

The booth ~~
into effoct ., llnulry "beause
ofthe low lewlofoctivity" at
tht! Cent« fer Tomonow booth,

~ to john Gn!la.-

of public safety who obo &lt;NO&lt;•

sees an..,... parfcOtg and tronsportotion. ..,.,. .. the
number o f - they sent to .
the Fronczolc fotand dedded to
elimina~ ~of &lt;~fort. •

The univenity has upgroded
signage dlrocting visltorl to the
froncz;ok lot. and further)m·
pnwornents .... planned, Q.to
said. The , _ loation obo will
benefit vfsitoB coming to campus when the&gt;Office of Admis-

sions relocotes to the new Student SeMces Building In the fu.
tu_re, he added.

Creative Craft Center
to offer worilshops
The Creotive Craft C.,ter in the
EUicott Complex is offering fall
WQr1&lt;shops beginning the week
of Oct. 30.
Worfcshops are &gt;&lt;hedufed In
photo9raf&gt;hy. pottefy, wuvlng.
quilting. Brazilian embroidery.
knitting and crochetJng. beginning and advanced stained
gia&gt;S, jewefoy construction and
basic drawing.
Worfcshops will run fniffl 710 p.m. ooe night a week for

six -

.

for further Information. con-

tact the Creotive Craft Ce!1ter at

645-2434.

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Wright partnership topic of exhibit
By PATRICIA DONOVAN •

Nem Servkes Ed•tor
ESTERN
New
Yorkers 1his fall will
have an o pportu nity to visit an architectura1 exhibition that will employ new technologies, including
virtual reality, to examine a littlt:known but significant working relationship in the career of architect
Frank Uoyd WrighL
"Engineering the Organic The
Partnership of).[. Polivka and Frank
Lloyd Wright," an exhibition designed and organized by UB and the
Buffalo and Erie County Historical
Society, will open on Saturday in the
Historical Society, 28 Nottingham
1Crrace, Buffalo.
It will explore Wright's profes·
sional co llaborat ion with noted
· Czech-American structural engineer Jaroslav Joseph Poliv~ who
introduced a number of daring)nnovations to the field of struct1ual
design, particularly in the use of pre·
cast and pre-stressed concrete.
Their partnership resulted in the
design of the Guggenheim Museum
in New York City and the Jolmson
Research Tower in Racine. Wise.,
two of Wright 's best -known and
most highly regarded buildings.
The two also produced functional
designs for several unrealized-but
spectacular-structures. including

W

the San Francisco Butterfly· wing
Bridge, the Belmont Racetrack Pavi lion and "Seadiff," a dramatic ,
cliff-hugging home designed for the
Morris family of San Francisco.
The exhibit , which will run
through Jan. 7, was organized by the
UB Archives, the School of Archi-

lecture and Planning, the Depart·
ment of Media Study, Lockwood
Memorial Library and the Histori·
cal Society. The official Web site for
the exhi~it can be found at &lt;http:/
/ polhrluo.bufflllo.edu&gt; .
Organizers say the exhibits will
employ computer and interactive
displays that will permil visitors to
e.xplore and "experience.. Wright's
1

work in new and unique ways. It also
will allow viewers to consider such
fundamental issues as space geometry and proportion in a manner far .
superior to reliance on stiU photographyand video.
Catalogues for the exhibit will be
produced in both Web-based and
print formats.
A public sym·
posium that
will be held
from 9:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m.
Oct.I4willfea·
ture Wright
scholar Jack
Quinan, UB
professorofart
history. Mat·

Puff and Cl&gt;ris Paa of the School of
Architecture and Planning.
"Our purpose: here is to more
fully revoal the synergy of art and
science that shaped Wright's unique
structures,"saysObien. "Several ex·
hibits will employ inter.!Gtive archi·
. tectural-engineering displays and
other tools cbdoped by the School
of Architecture and Planning, and
the Department of Media Study in
the College of Arts and Sciences.•
The exlubit also will feature rna·
tcrial from the atmsive oollection
ofWrightdocuments,~pho-.

tographs, plans and other materials
from the UB Archives, including its
collection of Polivka's paJ&gt;i'rs.
" Our purpose here to help
peopleofallagestounderstandthe

thew Drutt.as-

basic structural principles of

sociate curator
of
the

Wright's architecture,'" Obien says..
"and to appreciate the bold engi·

Guggenheim
Museum, will
present a leelure on Nov. 12
on the exhibition in the historical
society at a time to be announced
The exhibition was designed and
coordinated by Rodney Gorme
Obien, senior staff assistant. UB Archives; Jean La Marche, assistant
professor, School of Architeaure
and Planning; Susana Tejada, arl
and art history specialist. Lockwood
Memorial ubrary, and students Dan

id..S a· reality."
"By making the exhibit available
over the World WKie Web, we will
demon.stratewaysofintegratingn&lt;w
tedmologies, like virtual reality, into
exlubition design; Obien says.
· "The Web also is toolfor the dis·
semination of scholarship devel oped and presented here in Buffalo
and rnak.s it possible for us to offer
a unique educational opportunity to
students-and Wright aficiona·
dos-all over the world."

n~ring

innovations that made his

Look before you leap_into body art m
UB physician offers advice to Life Workshop participants on piercing, tattoos
By JEHNIF£R UWAHDOWSkl

Reporter Contributor

W

HILE
body
piercings and tat toos may be the lat est c raze among
young adults, UB physician Jody
Snyder has a few piecesOf advice for
anyone con templating body art.
"Make sure the facility you choose
to go to looks like yo ur dentist's
office . .. in terms of clean liness,"
Snyder, who works in the Student
Health Cenler, !old those attending
a recent Life Workshop session on
.. Tattoos and Body Piercing 101 ."
Her second rule of thumb was
reminiscent of the familiar adage.
"U&gt;ok before you leap."
"Body piercings can be removedtattoos cannot," she stressed, remind ing students that should the time
come to, for example, join corporate
~merica, an eyebrow ring can be removed much more easily than a tat·
too in a conspicuow place.
Snyder said she firn became interested in body piercing when she
arrived at the university in 1994.
.. 1experienced a patient who had
an in fected umbilical ring and I
dido'! know how 10 !real (the pa·
tient ),"' she said. As a result of that
encounter, Snyder took an active
interest in body piercing, researching its history and current trends.
Although it may seem a fairly new
trend, body piercing is really a lost
art, Snyder explained.
"None of these a rts are newthey've been revived ,"' she said of
both body piercing and tattooing.
While body piercing was brought
into vogue arou nd 1979 in San
Francisco, its roots stretch back
much further.

Anci~nt Egyptians pierced their
navels, as well as the Mayans and
Aztecs, who also pierced their noses
and lips, Snyder said. Nipple piercing was believed to be popular
among the Roman Centuriansspecifically to support the capes
worn in that time-Snyder said.
History aside, Snyder concen trated on aiding students in making informed decisions about where
to go and how to care for piercings
and tattoos.
She suggested thai for those con·
sidering getting pierced, touring
area saJons first is the most reasoned
approach.
"Visit salons. and not in an altered
state of mind," she quipped. "There
should not be any opposition to
looking in the back (where the piercing talces place) and asking about
cleanliness."
Further, autoclave sterilization of
the instruments involved in the
piercing process is a m ust, and a
good piercer will not make a move
without first asking for proper
identification, as a person must be
older than age 18 10 get pierced,
Snyder said. Piercers always should
wear new latex gloves for each client, and above all, needles should
be sterile and disposed of after each
use, she said.
Since there are virtualJy no requirements in place in the United
States for an individual to become
trained as a profussional body
piercer, researching sa.Jons is a must.
"You really need to be a smart
consumer, here," Snyder said, adding that in the case of tattoo artists.
a certificate is required. In Erie
County, tattoo artists' certificates are
renewed each year after a visit from

\

the county Departmenl of Health.
"(They) need to demonstrate they
know the code for safety," she explained, adding that it's important
to realize that safety compliance is
not reflective of talent.
"The certification does not tell
you anything about their skill level,"
she a9vised, noting that individuals

interested in getting a tattoo should
ask to see a book of the artist's work.
115 forthedo-it-you=lf method,
Snyder strongly warned against it,
as inexperienced piucers risk nerve
damage and psychological trauma.
In addition, salons use special,
larger-gauge needles through which
the jewelry is threaded into the desired area. and the use of improperly
sized needles can result in evmtual
closure of the hole. Snyder said a
piercing gun should never be used,
save on the ear lobe, as agun can damage cartilage and cannot be sterilized.
The Hepatitis B virus---the great·
es1 inf&lt;ctious risk of piercing--is likdy
to be transmitted with a piercing gun
or through "something used by the
piero:r thai bas been used before.•
since the virus "can be spread by
minute amoUnts ofblood," she said.

She also stressed the importance
of using appropriate jewelry. Surgical stainless steel, 14-karnt or 18·
karat solid gold, titanium or niobium are the only suitable metals for
piercing, she said.
·
Infection is common with
piercings, given the invasive nature
of the procedure, said Snyder, who
emphasized the need for proper care.
Piercings should be treated with
warm water, antibacterial soap or, in
the case of the tongue,. an antimicrobial alcohol-free rinse, and
should be rotated during the cleaning process.
If signs of irritation, such as redness, swelling, pain and discharge,
persist after the appropriate healing
time-which varies with each type
of piercing-.-Snyder recommended
increased cleaning as the lim step.
The next course of action, she
said, would be to visit a physician.
Keloids, or scar tissue fonnations.
also are common with picrcings,
Snyder said. But the problem with
keloids; is that once formed. they
cont.i.Oue to grow in size.
" If they're still soft, they can be
injected with cortisone to break up
the tissue, but usually you have to
have ·(the keloid) surgically re ·
moved," she said.
While the body may be forgiving
of such procedu=.:, society isn't aJ.
ways.
"Unfortunately, society is not all
that accepting of tattoos and
piercings," she said, which is why
taking time to research and reason
body art is necessary before doing
the deed, especially in the case of tat·
toos, whic:h--.ave painful, lengthy
and costly procedures to remoV&lt;
th..,.._...., forever.

�Septembel Z8.1UOO!Vol.32.18.6 Reporter

Pig
Skin
Play

7

foot~all
UB 10, Bowlln1 G,.,en 17

Shin lburi, 21, a senior from
White Plains majoring in
cultural anthropology and
international business, looks
like he's ready to score the
winning touchdown during
an early-tall game on the
North Campus.

UB O¥et'alne three tllrT'IOYef"S and a
sec.ond-luK deficit when redshlrt
freshman P1arquis Dwatu: raced In
from 27 yards out with t :27
remainWl&amp; as the Bolls cbrmed a 2017 vktory OYer Mki-Amerian
Conference rtvaj Bowling Gref!fl
The win was hCstoric in many ways
for BufWo: It was the fim~ Mid·
American Conference win for the
Bults in their second season 1n the
MAC. ksnappechn 18-pme lams
sO"eak cbtin&amp; back co 1998 when
UB beat Canistus, -47-0. It was the
first win oYer a OMsion 1-A
opponent since the Bulls beat Hoty
Cross. 13-0, on October 3 i, 1970
To wtn. the Bulh ( 1-l . 1-0 in the
MAC) relied on a defense that
allowed jun 175 toaJ yards.
indudinz Just 7S ah.e:r intermJSSH:IIl Then the Bulk' offense had to make: a pmewtnnirts 80-yard di"TV'I!! With under four m1nutes to go 1n reguboon. Quart.erback
Joe Fn!edy, who compM!:t.ed 2-4--of-38 passes for 183 yards and was sacked thnee
times, S2\led hts: best for last.
A/u.r an I 1-yard pass to JUn1or Dahnel Smgfield, It wu left to Dwan.e. who
subbed for injured stan.e:r Bam McDonald. to steal the show Dwaru took a
pitch left. made one cut and than broke cwo arm ackles to race 27 yards for
the g~&gt;i.head score.
Bowling Gref!fl had one last chance, but JUntor linebacker C&gt;uiDe: Willwm
sacked backup quarterback RJdcy Schneider on second-and-! 0, forong 011 fumble
that the Falcons fell on at their own II On o41h-md-28,Williams seai«J the
game with h1s school-record fourth sack of the pme

~OCCBf
Counselors

MEN ' S

Akron l,UB 0

~"-IN9"1

• UB ha s hosted num erous
school-counselor conferences and
meetings, such as the Fall 1999

SUNY Operation Inform, the 1999
Western New York Counseling Association business meeting and the
Spring 2000 Western New York Suburban Counselor's Association busi -

ness meeting.
• UB has established a Western
New York school-counse:lor advtsory board composed of cou nselors
from private, pub~ c, urban and suburban schools throughout Erie and
Niagara counties. "input from the
membership has proven helpful to
us in the areas of market research
and improved und!!rstandingof the
professional needs of counselo rs,"
Thompson says, adding that creating the board has allowed the uni versity to "showcase" many of its fa cilities and student services.
Notes Toomey: "We need guidance from these key stakehofdersso the information pipeline, in this
case, needs to works in the reverse.
Our advisory council helps us stay
up-to-date on student , pan~nt and
counselor needs."
• The admissions staff has been

organiz&lt;d into regional teams for all
recruitment activities, induding visit&gt; to schools,app~cation «View and
scholarship recommendations.
"While this should be helpful to applicants, it is great fo r counselors,

1

and, ultimately, prospective student&gt;.
"It is not so much making sure
the counselor knows the process of
applying to UB or what majo" we
offer-although those are important. The focus here is on creating

who should always know who to call
at UB Admissions, no maner what

the understanding that this is the

point the student is at in the appli cation or enroUment process."
• ln conjunction with the Department of Counseling and Edu -

"And that means that they should
hear great things about us along
many dimensions. For example,
when they consider graduate edu cation for themselves, do they en ·

cational Psychology (CEP) in the
Gradu ate Schoo l of Educa t ion.
Frances Bernstein, assistan t director
of admissions, developed and cotaught a graduate -leV"el course en -

titled "Applied Counseling Problems."The course, the fi"t of it&gt; kind
at UB. was developed to address the
lack of fonnal college-admissions
training among students enroUed in

the CEP School Counsc;iing Program, many of whom are entry-level
counselors at UB's feeder schools,
Thompson says.
\-Vh.ile these initiatives are pan of
the overall admissions recruitment

strategy, Toomey says the bigger issue is how to influence the image or
perception ofUB among counselors

place to be," she says.

roU in UB? Do they see this as a place
that will give them a leg up o n get ting that prime counselor job in a
desired district? " she asks.
"When they need he lp with a
problem, do they see us as experts?
When they need an expert to ad dress their administration, students
o r parents. does UB jump to mind
as the sou rce for expert help? When
they read their alumni magazine or
talk with their students who are UB

grads, do they hear good things?
"These are just examples o( ways
1n whkh we can influence anitudes.,"
she adds. "So. the 'overall recruit ment strategy' is really a pan of the
larger' image-enhancement ' effort."

Calendar
~"-p..-1

Openklg re&lt;ept1on for uhlblt
The Graduate Show: Second--Year
Stucfents. 645 Center for the Arts. 5-7

r:;!':ir~~.'Z.~~ '!.."'i.s.

6878, ext 1 350,

sa.-...op
Envlron~t

Online. fred Ston,

Science and Engineering Ubrary. 127
Unde~OOuate Ubra~. Noon-1 p.m .

i:C:~ity r~ ~~~- t~o~ rn:~denu,

informatlon, Jill Hackenberg, 645 29-47, ext . 226.

-,sot4PLUS
lecture: Sl~e 11nd a Hum.n Voice :
Vital Material for a Future. Nicole
Brossird, 08 Om'len.s. 12:30 p.m. free .
For more information, 645-3810.

Exhibits

the Art Oepartmtnt Gallery m the
Cent~ for the Arts on the North

!:S~. ~~; ~*F~a~m.

from 10 a.m . to 8 p .m .
and Saturday from 11
a.m . to 6 p.m .
~te
~y­
s~ ·

Hfhe

Photog,.phic "'1" by C.mbodlan

refugee and UB alumnus Hel Han Khlan
will &amp;e on dbptay through tomorrow in

~~~ho~h~~~7:~s~f~: ~~:~~

, - - -- -- - - ,

and the Medical
Historical Soc1ety,
the exhibit~~ the fi rst
of a series developed
~theAnmthe

Show:

Ubrary Commtttee
~ boumcai pnnt
was reproduced
from a book
publtshed 1n 1861
owned by the Roben
L Brown Htstory ol
Medicme Coliect1on
.. Oarsteliung und
SeKhreibung
)lmmtticher in der
Pharmacopoea

WOOc. by second-year

~~~~·~~~~

on display Oct. 5 through
Oct. 27 in the Art De-

~~f;~~ r~t;:r

lor the Arts on the Nonh
Campus. Gallefy hour are
Tues. 10 a .m . to 5 p .m .,
'A'ednesday through Friday Irom 10 a.m .
to 8 p .m . and Saturd.JY from 11 a .m . to
6p.m .

" 19th Century Botank•l Prints"

"Spoce"

the adm1n1Strat1on area of the library on
the South Campus. Made possible

1M first art exhibit of the Health
Sciences Ubrary will be on display
through the eod of the fall semester in

.

go~~~:e~~~=~;:;,~:~ nellen
(Presenution and DeKriptton ol all
OffiCtal Planu Usted 1n the Book
Pharmacopoea Borusska ... ) conta1m
images of planu with medicinal
properties listed in another book
entitled .. Pharmacopoe:a Boruuica,
also owned by the h istory coliect1on .
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\

The Bolls opened their Mid-American Conference season at Akron and fell J-0.
the 11m time: UB has been shut out chis seuon.
The Zips JOt on the board halfw&gt;y through the fi.-.t half on • goal by
Chnster Larsen at the 27:36 marie.. Just before the end of the twr. Larun
scored his second goal of the game otr a pass from Chns Garett at the
+4:00 mark. Akron would add to that 2-0 lead in the second half u Man
Borftoetl scored off a pass from Will Kletzien at the 70:38 mark for the 3-0 fiN.!

WOMEN' S

Oh;o 2, UB I; UB 2, Ma.nhalt 0
The Bulls lose chefr first Mid--American Confrf"enc~ gvne of the s~nd
the se&lt;:ond-st:raight game ove~fter a 2- 1 loss to OhK&gt; Fnday nighL
Both turns battled for posse:sstOO early on. as neither could get many shots
off. Late 1n the first half a UB shot wu deflected out by an Oh10 defender. but
UB's Darnh Gramno was there to collect the ball and put it pan the Bobcats
kMper, giving the Bulls a 1-0 lead at the 3S:SO mark.
The Bobcau tted the score JUst before the end of the hatf.
In the second half. Ohio took the lead 1n the S7th minute and wh1ie the
Bulls had many opportunities to tie, they all fell short..
The Bulls bounced back. though. and used the foot of Paub l.Jst.rant to
defeat Marshall, 2-0. on Sund;ty and improve to 2- 1 1n the MAC

Volle~~all
Central Mkh;gon l, UB 0 ( I S- 12, I S-1 0 , t S-1 2)
North em Illinois l , UB 0 ( 15-6, 15-0, 15· 5)
US lost its first MAC match of the season. 3-0. to visrung Centnl Mtchtpn The
Chtppewas e.amed I S- 12 wms in the first &lt;~~nd thu'd pmes of the match and
held off a Bulls' comeback anempt in the second pme for a I 5- i 0 wm
The following afternoon. the Bulls lost a 3-0 match to the top team 1n the
Hid-American Conference. Northern Illinois. tn Alumnt Arena. The Husloes
en~ the match With a league-best 10-2 record and qu1cldy earned the1r i lth
Victory of the season by scores of I S-6. I S-0. IS-S over the Bulls

~ross ~ount~
H en finished fourth, women finish e d fifth in Western Ontario
Invitational H en finish fifth in C ardinal Cla.ssic
The men's and women 's cross-country teams raced n the 26thAnnuaiWestem
Ontario Invitational in london. Ont:ano.
The men's team llni.shed fourth 1n the 10-ldlometer race With I J-4
total points.West Virginia. the only ocher U.S. school 1n the field . toOk
the champkMlship with 12 points. UB's women placed fifth W1th 126 p&lt;Mnts.
trailing champion West VlrginEOII who toaled -42 points
The men's squad also pb.ced fifth in an !I-team field at the 2000
Cardinal Classic. held at St. John Asher College in Rochester

lennis
MEN

Competed in Northeast Intercollegiate Championships; no
team scoring
The team pa.rticipued at the Northeast lnte:n:ollegtate Ownptonshtps 1n
Pn;Mdence, Rl.There wu no team sconng In the event.
_
UB'$ top single$ pbyer, ~ry IUsiman. ruched the quan:erfinals m the A
flight, winning three rmtches: before falling
WOMEN

UB 5, Canisius 2
Cleveland State 5, UB 2
Niapra 4, UB 0
St. Bonaventure 7, UB 0
The team pbyed four matches at the St. ~wrr FaJt Cb.ssK. along a S·2
win oYer Untsk.ls. but falling to CleYebnd Sene (S-2). Nia.pra (4-0) and the
""" Bonnles (1-0).

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September 28. 2UOONol. JZ lo.6

Thunday

5

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64&gt;2943, ext. 23S.

. Empire State f1lm Festival.
· Et-npn StOle film ~1. 112
· ~Room. Center f0&lt; the
Ms. 3-5 p.m . f,.. for students.
· Sporuo&lt;ed by Depl of Media
· Study. For more infOI'Tnation,
: ~.Snyder. 64S-6902.- ext.

Tochnlcltljobfalr
Ul TKH 2000. Alumni Arona

:~.=
. ~~~:.::/,..
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Brown

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Series, Sloe Hall

=~~t;i-1~%:"-

more information, 645·2921 .

. Wednesday

4
StudJAbroadFalr

Tradltlonlll kore•n Musk
PotfomMince
Performance and lecture on

~~':n]fn·~l.~~

~i::d.~~~~~n

Sunday, October

ArU and Sc.tenees. For more
tnformation, Thomas Buriunan,
645-:1-474 .

Wednesdays at -4 PlUS

Syste mk Medicat ions.
Sebastian Ciancio. prof. and
Chajr, Dept. of Periodontics
and Endodontia. 355 Squire . 8

a.m. Free.
The Rtpurlt•r publbh&lt;!1
lhttng\ lor t.'VCnh tJJking
pi&lt;1U. on

Ci\n1ptJ:\

or for

oH ci'lmpu.!o cvcnh where

Ufe Workshops
How to Land the Perfect
After Graduation . Steve

Harvey, Career Manning and
ptacement. 14SA Student
Union . 2·3 ~m . Free.

no l.ater than noon on
the Thuru1ay
puhlkatlon

prec~lng

li~otlng'

.-tre

Colloquium
Enhanced Bloremedlatlon of
A ChtoriNited VOC Site. Sue

~N~~~ ~~:~~~ex.

information, Dept. of Ceo~.
645-6800, ext 6100.

ca lendAr/ login &gt; Be&lt;.Ru.Je
of \p.u:e limitation' not all
event~

In the electronic

calpnfiar will be Included
In tht! Rt!porter

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6125.
CAology Pegrum

elec t ronic 1oubmlulon form

www.buff.tto . ~ du /

Searching Beibtein Crossfire.
Fred Stoss, Science and
Engineering Library. 127

~~~enberg, 6-45-2947, ext.

l :lO p .m . free. Sponsored by
Maunce Crook and Orrin Foster
endowments. For more

of Event\ at • htiJl .l

sn-.tuhop

students, faculty and staff. For
more information, fill

only accept cd through the

for thl' o nllnt: UB Calendar

p.m. Free. For more

rn~--k~~~~~~

informatk&gt;n, Sonia Cinelli, 645\potnon listing' are due

Poelly Reading . Peter Ram&lt;»,
Roberto Tejada . Rust Selt
Boolu. 202 Allen St. Buffalo. 8
tnformation, 645-3810.

Job

Life Workshops
Gender Vlolence Prevention .
Michael Mannix, University
Residence Halls and
Apartments. 14SD Student
Unk&gt;n. 4-S f:_~ · Free.

~~~vk~:S~~:=

information, Sonia Cinelli, 6456125.

Biological Sciences Semi,....
Bacterial Virutence Facton

and Host Immune Functions.
Eric Harvetl, OepL of

~':rs~ :~~~~~~ter. 4
p.m. free. For more

~~"~~~:rs-~68.

UB vs Central M ichigan . RAC
Field. North Campus. 7 p.m.

Free.

Room, Center for the Arts~:30

Oral Man ifestations of

Women's Soc::cer

Wednesdoys at -4 PlUS
Talk: Boundary of Theory.
Nick Piombino. 438 Oernem.
12:30 p.m. Free. for more
lnlormation. 64S- l810.

Study Abroad Fair. Student
Union ~ HaH. 11 a.m.-2
p.m . f,... Spon&gt;On!d by Study
Abroad Programs. FO&lt; rt)Ofl!

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Coaoqula

TOWitd o Theo&lt;y of Artifacts

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information, Hetke )ones, 6451794.

Wotnen 's Soccer
UB vs Eastern Mk higan. RAC
Fiek::l. North Campus. 1 p.m.
Free.
Solo Flute Redtal
Cheryl Gobbetti-Hoffman,

~~~~;'~~:: ~-m
Music. For more information.
645-2921 .

~ Con¥0altlon

UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION

2000. Keynote speak..- will be
Elizabeth D. Capald' provost
and prof. psychology.
Amher&gt;t Sax&lt;&gt;phone QUartet
• Slee Saxopltone Quart&lt;t-i~&gt;­
Rosidence, will perform.
Malnstage Theatre, Center for
the Arts. 3 p.m. Free. For more

of

-

information, Pat Staebell, 6456147, ext226.

Monday

2

Cari&gt;on Nonotubes,

flucllylwtls, Ropesond a
Untvenal Grophl!l&lt; Potentlol.
Loob A. Girifalco, Univ.

of
Pennsytvania. 206 Furnas Han.

~,!';,i~%

=-~Lecture In
The Gun and the Web: Fits
and Misfits In a Changing
Wofld. Philip Slater, Scroenlng
Room. Center for the Ms. 42.,30

Po:J':~ by

Friday

-....says at -4 PlUS
Poetry Reading. Nicole

Cu~ and Cent~ for Sn.Kfies:
In American Cutture.

29

Brossard. Scteening Room,
Center for the Arts . _. p.m.

Physics colloquium

--lecture
Free. For more information,
645-3810.

Foster Chembuy Colloquia

Ethla ond Legal Aspects of
Telemedldne. Susan Kayser,
At&lt;nt fox Kintner Plotkin &amp;

~:~J;';'~~'!J M etal
lntermedtates as
Unlmole&lt;ular Biological
Reogents. jeffrey M. Z.lesld.

lnd"iana Univ. 205 Natural

Sciences Compl6. _. p.m. Free.

=--Thor-

~~~ ~~~~~ecture

~ lnfonnatlonal
M ..tlng . Diano M . Goyles.

Mathematks Colloquium

Studies. 108 Kimball Tower. _.~.S
p .m . free. Sporuo&lt;ed by Dept

Endowment.

ThrM Dimenskmll Manifo ld

=".Th:t~~iso
~~~~~-~~;~

CoordUlatO&lt;

of Professional

~~~:~~~~-:::
Gayles, 829-3141 , ext. 1S1 .

Kahn. 117 P.n..... 6-7:10 p .m.
f,... Spomo&lt;ed by Dept. of

Nudear Medicine. For more
information, Rebecca
Goodman. 818-5889.

Comedy Lecture
Evening Aim Series Featuring
Alan ZWolbel. Alan

Z,.;t,e~.

Silly RoiMn Productioru.

~~: f:~ndfor the
open to the public. Sponsored
by Depl ol Med"10 Study. for

~~~t=;~~=~

HumanlUitlan Demlnlng.
james

M. Sabalief, Notionol

~~olfor~ndAcoustia,
Astronomy, Univ. of Mississippi.
225 Naturol Sciences Complex.

_.:15 p.m. Free.

..._...__

-4thilfonualllonnle
The Impact of CUnlcal
P'rKtice GuideMnes on P~tJrent
Outcomes and Cost. Ada

Jacox. prof. and associate dean
for research, w~ State
University. Center for

Nursing.

~- ,... ,

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'"""' •nformation. Beth Snyd..-,
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                    <text>PAGE 2

Q&amp;A: LatTy Shulman discusses
UB's SEFA mmpaign

Telling Stories

PAGI l

Schoo/ofM_anagetnmtojfers
online MBA program

·University at Buffalo

Books

at
Baird

A student takes advantage
of a sunny, late-summer day
to do some reading at Baird
Point.

UB posts highest enrollment in 6 years
University exceeds u~dergrad target by 4 percent, narrowly misses grad projection
lly SUE WUETCHUI
Reporttr Editor

T

HE university has posted
its highest enrollm(:nt in

almost six yn rs, with
nearly 25,000 students
enroUed for the FaU semester, ac •
cording to US's official enrotiment status report.
VB exceeded its enrollment targets at the undergraduate level by
about 4 percent, while narrowl y
missing the graduate rarget
Based on an enroiJment "snap ·
shot" taken on Sept 15, the actual
headcount at UB for Fall 2000 totals
24,830,537 students over the 24,293student target set by SUNY and 573
more students than FaU 1999.
The number of full · ti~e fresh ·
men enrolled is 3,059, 59 over the
SUNY target; the number of new,
full-time graduate studen ts is 2.044.
34 under target.
Sean Sullivan, vice provost fo r en-

rollment management, no ted that

But all in aU, UB's undergraduate

after reaching a low point in enroll ~
ment in 1996. 1997 and 1998, UB

enrollments "'a re very hc-.1hhy anJ
co ntinue to grow," he said.
Moreover, the quaJity of the en -

sta.ned to turn things around last
fall, when the universit)• broke the
24,000--student mark. ..\\'e started to
come out of that (decline) last year
and really are progressi ng tOY.'i1rd
that 2;.000-student goal aggres sively," he said.
The fall enrollment status report.
shows growth in the number of full time transfer students, from 1.365
last yL"a r to 1.50 I in 1000-an II
percent increase---and in the num
ber of continuing/returnin g stu
dent s, from 9,569 in fall 1999 to
10,052 this fall , an increase of about
5 percent. The report d oes, however,
indicate a dedine Ln the number of
parl · time undergraduat e~. from
2, 129 in fall 1999 to 2,07 1 th1&gt; fall.
The decline in part · time students
are pan of what Sullivan called "a
continuing trend .~

tering freshman class ha.-. improved
substantiall y.
.. This class IS sigmficantly a bet ter class than last year and than the

last several yt.-ars." Sullivan satd .
li e polO ted out that the enrolled
h1gh -sc hool ave rage this fall is 90.
..:ompJred to 89 last fa ll . The mean
~..umpo~lte ~A- 1 M.orc of thl!&gt; year'!&gt;

das.s of II SO 1565 vc rhal. 586 math )
IS an lmprovcnu·nt ove-r IJSI rear\
da.s.s compo.) lt t' of II '7 t SS7 ver bdl, 580 math ). The la~t tmw the
freshman dass had a lughcr ~AI
composite wa.) 1n 1995, when only
ahou t 1.500 .stude nt" wt·re ;uimll tcd, he !!o.:u d .
"We're findmg th e y1dd percent age at the htghestt.•nd of tht• app!J~an t pool IS improvmg:· ht· sa1d.
noting it 's quitc.· iln diXOmplishmcnt

with a much larger dass this year to
have students who are as good or
better than those from the smaJier
1995 fr&lt;Shman class.
Srress mg that UB's ~creasmg en
roll ment "•s not JUSt a one· year pht:
nomenon," Sullivan attributed the
growth-and higher profile of tht•
freshman class--to a co mbination
of factors.
UB has m ade a number or 11Wc:o.t
mcnts in the recruitment infrastruc
turc , a~ well as imtlatcd a "m uch
more aggrcss1vc" dircct · maal GJm
paagn. The consultancy wnh od
Lev117 h..L~ provided man y s uggc:~ ­
tlo ns from the finn on 1mprovm~
rcc. rullmen t. including an auto
mJted syMc m to be tter mana ge
LO illiTIUill L3 1101l With Studcnb
"from the pomt of mqutrY ,,II tht·
way to the pomt of enrollment"
The revenue mcent1ves bUilt mhl
the hudget modcl-m wtuch tutUon

Greiner addresses the voting faculty
By ANN WHITCHER

Reporter Contributor

I

n a talk that was by turns expansive and detailed, President
William R. Greiner addressed
the university's voting faculty

at its annual meeting Tuesday in the
Center for Tomorrow.
Following an introduction b)' Fac·

ulty Senate Chair Peter A. Nickcr.;on,
Greiner showed a slide of the
~ty's logo and signature. Their

consistent use, he said, is part of an
effort to make the university better
known nationally and internationally
through a dear visual-identity system. much as UCU. is recognized everywhere and r.udy oonfused with
any other institution bcctuse of a
profusion of logos or sobriqueu.
On the topic of " Faculty Milestones,"he noted the passings of Boris
Albini of Microbiology. James C.

Ha nse n
of
Co un se lin g
and Educa ·

ttonal Science Foundation Ca reer
G rant ), C arl Denms of Engli sh

tional Psychology, David

LJ. Gi lbert of Med1a Studv
( Rockefell e r Foundation and
MacArthur Founda ti o n 1-c ll ow
ships ) and Susan Howe of F.n g!Jsh
(American Academy of Poets' Board
of Chancellors designation ).
Also, Th oma~£. Kierstead of H •~ ­
tory ( National Humanities Center

Benenso n of

E1ectricaJ En·
gineering and

lohnZahorrm
of Industrial Engineering. He then
pointed to a list of 66 faculty oolleague&lt;
who retired or resigned in the past!='·
Poi nting out th at UB's facult y
hire.. in the past year are "high -cnli·
her" individual~ Greiner went on to
enumerate faculty promotions to
full and associate professor. He then
turned to fac ulty awards of note,
adding that this necessarily selective
list no netheless demonstrates the
scholarly vitality that exists across
the disciplines . Singled out were

Meghan Co~~ Geography (Na-

(Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize ), Charlcn&lt;

Fellow); George C. Lee of Engmeer ·
ing (American Society of Engineers·

Newmark Medal), Deidrc Lynch of
English IModern Language Assooation Prize for a First Book. also a
National Humanities Center Fel lowship ) and PatriCia O htake of

Physical Therap)' (O utstandmg
New Member, American Physical
Therapy Association ).
Recent " leadership appoint ·
ments," the president said, indude

those of Eh1.aheth n.&lt;:..paid' "" pro
vost a nd professor of psvchologv.
Jnd layla n S. Turkkan as VICC pr61 Jcnt for research , whose .tppomt
mt&gt;ntwillheeffectJvetkt.l Hc:dt•
M:rtlx-d Dale M. l_.and• \ nc:w role .b
val'e prc:s1dent fo r speCial prou:·~o. t!&gt;
and programs.addmg thattht· unt
ve rsltv ve rv much needs ht\ \pt'(-ldl
ski ll~ and " wL&lt;;e hand." Of !tpeClaJ 'lg
mfi(a nce. G remt·r added . Jre th t"
decanal se-.uchcs now under w~n 111
five schools: A rch~tt.-cture .mJ Plan
ning, Graduate School of l-.duca tum.
Hea lth Rela ted Profess ions, lk nt.t l
Mcdacmt· and In formation ~tudtt"
l; remer then offered " ~..ap!luk
summarv of the J99Ch Jt l iB. AI
though the decade hrought "'hoth
good and bad news." tt d1d v1dd
many outstanding faculty appotnt
ments over the decade, nearly 600.

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a.-renee Shulman is dean of the School of Social Work. He
also serves as chair of the 2000 SEFA campaign.

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Cooslontino,- oiJiudont
unions end ICIMIIos, wil !taM
!he Ul Alumni-·
Focutty and 5Uff "'"""""'- .
odmlnistnt&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;, students and
family memben may rnllth in ·
!he ocadomlc pro&lt;e!Sion.lo·
garb Is encouraged.
Those wishing to march
should coll636-7495.

Alum funds minority

student fellowship
A "'tired Cenenol Electric vice
president lw matched money
with his fonnor employer to
provide • S20,000 fellowship foc
School of Engl.-ing ond Applied Sdences (SEAS).
Henty Stone, who received •
degree in mechonicol engineer·
lng in 1949, ;ulcod that his gift
be u50&lt;1 to benefrt a groduate
student In engl.-ing who Is •
member of• minority group ()(
an 'immlgrv.t ttke himself.
•1 wanted to hetp·somec&gt;ne
get an education, so I 'put UB on
my gift lis~ • sold Stone.
"As part of one o( iu first
grociJatlng dasles In eng~.-.
log, 1t just malces me feel good
to see that UB Is growing, • he
noted, •and so proud !hit the
~school is becoming
natlonolly recognized.•
Hashim Muhammad, se..
lected as the Henty Stone
GrociJat.e -~ said he is
grateful to Stone fo&lt; helping
him continUe hiS education.
MuNrnmod, from • family ol
nine In Horlem, Is woridng on
his master's degree In ciYI engl,_;ng...otha~ln

structurll engiMet(lg end c:onstruction ...._,...m. His gaol

lsto.,..,lflrmlhlt-deslgns and builds SlrUCIUI'e.
Marte l(arwan, dean olthe
SEAS, noted that t..luhlrMlld
"!'lOW' Cilfl focus on his studies
without ! h e - -.cia~
pteSSUIOS oil~ ~te

progrwn.
•A scholanhlp like this en.
honces our~ fo&lt;•

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Off.ce ol News
SeMc:esln the-DMsion ol
UnNenity 5eMces, s...e UrWenit)'
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of New Yortc It BU!alo.
Edltorlolalfices...,
located It 330 Crolu Hill,
Amherst, (716) 645-2626.

-lsSEFA7
SEFA stands for the State Employee
Federated Appeal. It is the single
campaign supported by labor and
management .i n which state employees can contribute to qualified
voluntary, non-profit charitable or-

ganizations providing services to
human health, we:lfa~ and recreational progra.ms. At UB, all uni verSity employees can participate
through payroll deduction.

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What types of
g•llzatlons benefit from SEFA7

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ernployoes and UB units will step up
to a new 1M of participation. The
first step is simply to tum in the response card If employEes have not
oontribirted before, this is the year we
hope they will step up ~ make a
contribution. If they have oontnbuted, we are asking them to step up

by increasing their contributjon.
Even a small increase in their payroll
deduction will make adilferena. The
campaign also has introduced a new
category of contribution called "UB

Gold" We want to reoogniuall ernploy=, at any level of salary, who
providing services to persons contribute I percent of their salary
throughout the whole range of the as "leader&gt;hip" gM:rs. Finally, we have
life-cycle, from infants to the elderly. \ ur continuing leadership levels of
SOOto$990 (l"acrsetter) and$1,000
Services are offered in the areas of
health and wellness, children and or more (lndership). l.ndenhip
families, basic needs and youth ser- gifts rna1&lt;e up a large percentage of
vices, among other. It's important to our total oontnbutions. With many
note that UBemployees cmchose to facul ty retiring. it is crucial for those
designate their contributions to spe· who em give at this level to step up
cific SEFA-affiliated organizations in to a leadership level or UB Gold.
SEFA funds help to support hun d reds of agencies and organizations

their locaJ communities. A directory
is included in SEFA packets.
What's new about the cam·
palgn this yeor7

"-long Is the c..,.J&gt;Mgn7
The SEFA 2000 campaign held its
kick-off event on Sept 12 and will
continue to Oct. 27. We are asking all

contributors to wear proudly their
UB stepping up buttons during this
period as sign of their annmitmenL

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g&lt;NI7

This year's goal is $700,000. However, we are hoping to blow right by
this goal and to set a new UB SEFA
reoord.lf everyone steps up. each in
their own way, we should be able to
meet and exued the campaign goal.

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Many units have discovered that it
can be fun, positive for employee
morale and serve as a way to bring
all ,members of a unit -together to
oonduct their own events through-

out the year. We welcome these,
since they keep a SEFA consciousness and the idea of giving back to
the oornmuoityaliveall year and not
just at campaign time. Deans, ad ministrators, faculty and staff have
cooked hot dogs for their employe&lt;s as an example of the SEFA spirit.
How on mernben of the cam·

pus community contribute to
SEfA7

The easiest way is to complete
their oontribution card aod to
chedr: off payroll deductions. In
the 1999 campaign, ~7
percent-&lt;Ontributed through
payroll &lt;!eduction. with an ...,._
age pledge siu: of $244. They also
can contribute by d!&lt;d&lt; or ash
or a ~-time payroll deduction.

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Perhaps the most important

question is, "Why should I give?"
We surwyed a number ofleadership gi&gt;= and asked them what
was their motivation. Some bad
made use of community services
or knew people.who had. Haw-

ever, the most-often-cited response was that it was important
for UB employoes to giYe something back to !he oommunitythat
has given UB so much. As dean
of o ur_School of Social Work. I
have seen first-hand the importance of the services provided by
th~ community agencies and
organizations. I will be stepping
up this year and I invite the UB
community to step up with me.

Educational anthropologist to speak at UB
john Ogbu, expert in minority-group school performance, to give Acer.lecture
By PATliiOA DONOVAN
News

Services Editor

J

OHN U. Ogbu, Chancellor's
Professor of Anthropology at

the University of California at
Berkeley and one of the ~rid's
leading educational anthro·
pologists, will present the 2000
Charlotte C. Acer Colloquium on
Urban Education.
The colloquium, sponsored by
the Graduate School of Education,
will be presented from 4-6 p.m .
O ct. 6 in 250 Baird Hall on the
North Campus. It was endowed by
Acer, an alumna of the school, to
facilitate informative and provocative lectures. discussions and analy·
ses that address complex issues in
urban education.
It is free of charge and open to the
public.
In his lecture, Ogbu-a leading
researcher in the field of minority -

group school performance-will
present data from his ethnographic
research of differential academic
performance by immigrant--or
voluntary-and non-immigrantor involuntary--minorities.
The major theoretical issue he will
address is why some minorities are
relatively successful in academic
terms, in spite of differences be·
tween theirs and the dominant cui·
ture, language, cognitive styles, and
other minorities with similar differ·
ences are less successful.
He also will discuss the relation ship between collective identity and
rejection of .. white behaviors"
among black students and within
the African· American community.
Ogbu currently is working in
th~ research areas: minority sta·
tus and schooling in urban industrial societies, collective identity, and
culture and intdligence. His com-

parative research explores the inftu ence of culture and culture change

on cognitive skills or .. intdligcncc."
His recent fieJdstudieswerecon ·
ducted in Oakland and Union City,
Calif., on African Americans, Chinese Americans and . Mexican
Americans. and in an affluent suburban oommuoity in Ohio.
He is interested as well in the relationship between collective identity and culturaVIanguage buundarics. His focus is on the sense of
" we-feeling" and "belot)gingn·ess"
within cultural minority groups.
Ogbu notes that oollective identity may not be less important to
members of individualistic mainstream U.S. and western European
societies--or to anthropologists
from these societies, for that matt~r.
He maintains, however, that collective identity has much g=ter import to minority groups in contem-

porary U.S., Canada, Japan and
other urban industrial societies, as
well as to various ethnic groups in
Bosnia, Indonesia, Maioo, Nigerill,
Sri Lanka and other nations. .
Ogbu is the author of several
books and more than 90 articles on
these issues and is widely referenced
and quoted by academic scbolan
working in the fields of education
and educational anthropology.
Among his recent publications
are " Voluntary and Involuntary
Minorities: A Cultural-Ecological
Theory of School Per(ormanoe" in

Anthropology and Eduathon Qiutrterly and a chapter on "Speech,
Community, Language Identity
and Language Boundaries in " Language and Environment: A Cul·
tural Approach to Education for
Minority and Migrant Students,"
edited by A_ Sjogren (Stockholm:
Botkyrka, l997 ).

$250,000 gift to fund.football scholarship
By SUZANNE CHAMIIliii.AIN

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The theme for this year's campaign
is "Stepping Up." We hope that UB

Rt"pOiterContributor

loyal fri e nd of UB is

making a major gift to

the Division of Athletics for an end o wed
football scholarship.
The $250,000 donation fro m
Kathleen M . Shepard is being
given in memory of her late husband, Richard, a loyal UB alum nus, who, she noted, believed that
"a high-profile athletics program,
particularly a successful football
team, brings prestige and plays an
important role in the offerings of
great universities."

Shepard said she simply is completing the plan· started together
with her husband, who died before
they could make the scholarship
donation that would share their
good fortune with deserving student -athletes.
G rateful for the gift a nd the
Shepards'long-time support , Bob
Arkeilpane, director of ·athletics,
remembered Richard Shepard as
"a generous individual who em bodied the spirit of our loyal fans.
" Both Richard and Kathleen
long recognized the importance of
combining academics and atbletics and the role that such endeav-

ors play within the university
community and Western New
York," noted Arkeilpaoe, "and we
value their leadership irr helping
us build our football program.·
Richard C. Shepard, who died in
February 1999, earned hi s
bachelor's degree from UB in
1948. His professional career ineluded 25 years at WKBW- TV/
Capital Cities, from which he retired in 1988 as general sales man ager ofChannel7/Buffalo and vice
presidentofthebroadcastdivision
of Cap Cities.
Kathleen Shepard, who also attended UB,said her husband never

lost his love for football, nourished

by his high· school coach. the late
Dick Offenhamer, who later became a weU - respected coach at
UB. An avid Buffalo Bills fan ,
Shepard worked with the Bills'
management to schedule annual
pre-seaSon games for telecast on
WKBW-TV,Channel7.
ln addition to donating annu ally to UB's Blue and White
Club-which supports student
athletes-Shepard served as presidentoftheGeneralAlumniBoard
of th·e UB Alumni Association
from 1965-66 and as president of
the UB Bulls booster dub.

�September 11.21JOOI'IIlt3t lo.5 Rep ana.

SOM
to
offer
online
MBA
m
Program is one offew that can be completed entirely online
ay JOHN DU..LA CotmiADA
R~n Contributor

T

HE School of Management and the Institute for
Entrepreneurship"" have
launched an Online

"Together we have developed a
top-notch MBA program for entrepreneurs and executives who have
littlt or no time to attend classes or
meet with fellow students, as is re·
quired by most traditional MBA
programs and by many online MBA
programs," StreveU said
Noted Rath: "The Online MBA
program redefines the concepts of
education and learning. The attainm&lt;'nt of a high-qualiry MBA now will
be based solely on skills and.knowledge, and not incumbent upon the
abiliry of a student to physicaUy sit
in a classroom-which can be very
dillicuJt in our fast paced world.
"I am very proud to be part of this
successful partnership with the Univmiry at Buffalo's School of Management and the Institute for Entrepreneurship. The Online MBA will establish Western New York as a world
leader in the international education
and bwiness communities."

MBA program designed for busy
entrepreneurs and executives.
DevelopedbytheSchoolofManagement in conjunction with the AJbany-based Institute for EntrepreneurshjpSM, the 48-credit, degree-granting Online MBA program features a Web-based curriculum designed to be compatible with
the busy schedules of entrepreneurs
and executives.
The program, which is supported
by $200,000 in state funding arranged.by Sen. Mary Lou Rath, is one
of the few MBA programs in the nation that can be completed entirely
online. The program is also the first
of its kind within the SUNY system.
.. This program is ideal for the
growing population of execu tiv~
road warriors, dot-com kids, global
managers and others whose educational needs and lifesryles are not
served by traditional, on-campus
MBA programs." said Lewis Mandell,
dean of the School of Management.
"It is particularly suited for people
employed in today's frenetic '24/7'
business environment because it en-

open to qualified applicants worldwide and can be completed within
rwo to five years, depending on the
pace of the stlfdent At the conclusion of the program, students will
be required to pass a comprehensive
exam at a secured test site, after
which they will have earned an MBA
degree fmm UB.

ables them to begin and complete

Tuition for the entire program is

courses and assignments 'anywhere

$10.200 for New York State residents
and $16,832 for others, making it
one of the most competitively priced
MBA programs in the world.

at anytime,' via personal computer
or laptop."

J. FdixStrevt:ll,chairmanand CEO
of the Institute for Entrepreneurship.
said the institute is proud to partner
with the School of Management to
offer this innovative program.

The Online MBA program is

Mandell said the program will be
"open for business" in January and
expects 100 students to be enrolled
by next June. He projected that the

R

ESEARCHERS can see
the fu ture in the blood
vessels of children with a

parent who ha s had a
premature heart attack and the piclure is not pretty.

A study in this week's issue of the
New England journal ofMedicine reports that ultrasound images showed
st'ructural and functional abnormali ties known to lead to atherosclerosis
in children as young as 6 years.
"The parent's MI was already re·

Occted in the kids," said Maurizio
Trevisan, senior author and professor and chair of the Department of
Social aod ~ventive Medicine.
Resulls showed that participants
with a paren t who had a hea rt at tack before age 60 had vessel layers
that were 11 percent thicker, and
their vessels were 55 percent' less re·
active than blood vessels in children
with no parental h istory.
'This ~ not a measurement of

clinical disease."Tn:visan said "These
were noninvasive, direci measure-

or

ments vessel structure and function. Our findings showed thicken ing in the interior layers of the carotid artery and a malfunction of the
endothelium, the lining of the vessel
Both these abnormalities""' indicators of 'pnxlinical disease; disease
that doesn't y&lt;t have symptoms."
It has been known for some time
that persons with a parmtal history
of premature coronary disease ""'

them selves a t high risk. This research set out to determine if it was
possible to see structural and fun ctional changes in the arteries of these
persons at an early age.
The study involved recruit ·
ment of children and young
adults with and without
parentaJ hi stor y o f
myocardial infarction,
and was conducted by
Trevisan a nd col -

leagues in Naples, Italy.
Forty healthy subj ects
between the ages of 6 and
30 years with a paren tal
history Of premature heart at tack were compared with 40 persons
with no family history of heart disease, matched for age and gender.

Researchers took blood-pressure
readings, fasting biood sa mples,
high-resolution ultrasound images

number of enroUed students wiJJ

climb to 1,000 by the end of 200 I.

A Klentlst with the Research Institute on Addictions (RIA ) has em -

The program's curriculum con·
sists of 16 courses developed by
School of Management fa c ult y,
which require completion of online
assignments and exams. participa tion in online group projects and
regular email correspondence with
professors. Included are courses of
particular interest to entrepreneurs
and overseas executives, such a:;
courses in e -commer~ and international business.
The academic rigor and admis·
sion requirements for the Online

barked on the first comprehensive examination of ihe multidimensional
effects of couples therapy with married o r cohabiting individ uals who
m1suse drugs other than alcohol.
The st udy by William Fals-Stewart, who recently Joined RlA as a St" ·
nior research scientist. is funded by a S2 million grant from tht&gt; J-Ja tJonallnstitute on Drug Abuse (NIDAl.
Fats-Stewart says that couples therapy involves working with issues that
play a pan in the relationship between a man and worrian: the individual
satisfaction of the two partners. violence that may be occurring between

MBA program are identical to those
of the campus-based MBA programs and are consistent with the
standards of nationally ranked business schools. The prerequisites for
admission include previous profes sional work aperiencc. a competi·
tivescore(n the Graduate Management Admissions Test and a minimum score on a test of Englis~ lan guage for international students.
For more information about the
Online MBA program, visit the
School of Management Web site at

&lt;www.mgt.buff•lo.edu &gt;.
The Institut e for En tre pre -

neurship"" is a SOI (c)(3) organiza-

study," Fals-Stewan explains ... With other drug-abusing patients and
their partners, an equally intensive, individual -based treatment and in tensive psychoeducational approach will be used."
One of the secondary goals of the study is to determine whether ust"
of BCf is more cost-beneficial and cost -effective than the other treat ·
ments provided.
Fals-Stewa rt joined RIA from Old Domamon University. A dimcal
psychologist, his research interests include marital and famil y therapy
with drug-a busing patients, lo ng- term o utcom es of substance-abuse
treatment and psychological and neuropsychological assessments w1th
drug-abusing patients.
He received a bachelor's degree fro m Co rnell Unive~sity and a master 's
degree in experimental psychology from Cortland State College. He com·
pleted a second master's degree and a doctorate in clinical psycho logy
fTom the California School of Professio nal Psychology in San Daego.

wide through partnerships with col-

by the School of H&lt;'&lt;llth Related Professtons.
T he lecture , named for the fo unding dean of the
School of Health Related Professions from 1966
until his ret irement in 1977, will be held at 4 p.m .
Oc t. 6 in the Screenin g Room in th e Center for
the Arts on the No rth Ca mpu s. It is free and open to the public
Bregman, who serves o n th e soen tific advisory boa.rd for th e Chri~
topher Reeve Paral ysis Foundation. for the past 20 years has conducted
basic research in spinal -co rd regenerauo n that has bro ught her inter·
national recognition.
After ca rnmg a bach elor 's degn:e 111 physiCal therapy fro m Russell
~age Coll ege. Bregman received a mastl'T 'l&gt; degree 111 anatomy from
110\'-'ilrd Unwersity and a d octo rate tn anatonw from the.· Medical Colh:ge of Pt•nmylva nia. She has heen at (;eo r~e t ow n Untversatv ~ h '-)()] of
Mc:xiln nesmcc 19Rtl .
·
Tht· long-ra ngt' g1MI ol ht·r t,;eorgetown labo ratorY 1!. to 1denttfy the
req uirements of d~·vdopmg m&lt;~turt· L"entral-nervous -system neuron!&lt;&gt;
tur !&lt;&gt;UrvTval and rcge nt•ratiOil aftt·r llllurv. and to Iden tify ways to cn hancr rcgcneratto n and rt'dlVt.'T\ 111 lunL'th m a fter spinal -co rd in1urv at
birth 1hrough m atunt y.
She t:o principal mvesl!ga tur on two N.J!IOil.ll hl$litutes for Health
( IH ) research gra n Is: o ne stuJ ~' III g cen tral -nervou.s -,.ystem rcgt.·nera
t1o n in m·o nataJ and adult m ammals that h.t!&gt; ht·en act 1vc SHKe \983 .
and a !&gt;Ccond . studym g recovery and fum.110n aft er .;p!nJ1 cord •murv.
that has been activt.• smce 1989.
She aJso is pnnCipaJ mvest 1gator on a gram from the lntt'rnJtTonJI
Spinal Resea rch Trust in Gre-.11 Bri tam to study cdlular and molecular
mcchantsms of collatt'ral sprouting and axona l regeneration after ·Kll l t~
and chronic spinal -co rd inJury.

sbowed that offspring of coronary patients had decreased artery reactivit y.
assessed by measuring blood now '"
the arm before and afte r usi ng a
blood -pressure cuff. Blood
flow increa.sei after the ~.-1.1ff L'l

deflated in healthy ancr
ies because thearteno
read quickly in an ef·
fort to restore no rmal
Oow. Oecrcast:d rca~ ­
Livity, a risk l~ctor for
hardenin g of tht· arteries, wa!i noted in off
spring of coronary p~ tients, but not in con

trols.
Ultrasound analysis al~u
showed thickened ca ro tid -a rtery
walls in offspring of coronary pa ·
tients, but not in controls.
Trevisan said few studies have
looked at the association between

family history of hean disease and

on videotape and were analyzed by
one expert reader who was unaware
of the participants' family histories.
Results showed no significant dif.

said, "and need to be further explored

tal history of heart disease had a
worse blood-lipid profile than those
without such a history.
Analysis of the ultrasound images

alcohol problem.
"Behavioral couples therapy ( BCf) will be employed with more tra·
d itional, individually based interventio ns with som e participants in the

leges and universities.

both blood-vessel stru ct ure and
function. "These resuJts could have
important clinical implications.." he

ing. The participants with a paren -

"This project will look at drug-using behavior and the adjustment of
the partners in the relationship as a means of treating a drug· abuse
problem," he says. Previous studies have o nly looked at couples with an

S.rtt.ra Bregm.n, professor and chmr of the De-

family history of coronary-artery
disease of all participants.
Ultrasound images were recorded

disease risk: blood pressure, cholesterollevels, rei glycerides and smok-

them and the hasic stabiliry of the relationship itself.

tion that serves entrepreneurs from
the United States and worldwide. Its
mission is to bridg exceUence to en trepreneurs of aU ages through edu cation, innovation and access to
capital, worldwide. Headquartered
in Albany. the institute provides
Web-based degree and ce rtifi ca te
programs to entrepreneurs wo rld -

and a survey of lifesryle habits and

ferences between the two groups in
the traditional measures of heart -

Brie
RIA scientist to focus research
on effects of couples therapy

Blood vessels reflect future health
By LOIS IIAIIEJI
News Services Editor

3

so we can beuer understand th e
causes and disease path of coronaryhea.rt disease, and plan early-intervention strategies that may save ~ves."

A team of physicians from the A.
Cardarelli Hospital, Federico II University and S. Maria di Loreto Hos-

pital in Naples; and M. Gene Bond,
director of the Division of Vascular
Ultrasound Research at Walce Forest
Universiry ·Baptist Medical Center.
wen major oontributors to this

studrz

Expert on spinal-cord injury
to give ]. Warren Perry Lecture
partment of Neuroscience at Georgetown University Medical Center, will discuss "Regeneratio n and
Recovery of Function After Spinal C.ord In jury" at
the 12th an nual J. Warren Perry Lecture, sponsored

Distance-learning talk set
The flnt UB Distance Learning Brow n Bag ta lk of the semester wall
he held from noon to I p.m . Tu esday in 200-G Baldy Hall o n th e
North Campus.
Barbara Rinner, associate professor of soctal work, and Steve Sturman. •
instructional support techni cian in the Office of the Vice Provost for
Educational Technology, will speak on "Using Digital Video and Power
Po int to Enhance a Distance Learning Environment." The pair will provide an overview of the teaching objectives and benefits of usin g diga tal · video and power· poim technologies, as well as a look at the procts.\
used to create the course content.
For further details on the brown bag series or to suggest a future
topic or presentation co nt act Lisa Stephens at 645 ~ 6511 o r
&lt;stephens@buffalo..~u&gt; . or Stt"Ve Stunnan at &lt;sturman@acsu.buf-

falo.edu&gt;.

�41 IIepa...._ Septl!lber21.21111/Vol.32.1o5
Assistant professor of media study says documentary filmmaking b her "calling"
BRIEFLY

Gilbert uses film to tell her stories

A &gt;Ciftring ol "The Yllds," a

By JEHHIFUUWANDOWSIU

film produced o n d - ~
Mi&lt;aml.&lt; Rms, lhe nalionaly leo
~ chomplon ol indepen-

Rtportrr Conttiblltor

d&lt;ntond-dnomac;o.
founded ~ one-limo Ullstudenl
H.wwy Weinstein. wit be held at
3 p.m. Tuesdlly in lhe c.nt.r for
. lhe Arts Saeoning Room.

SOftning ollhe film, dw.rud
~lanes Cny ond slltMg Milt&lt;

WOI1IJorg. "'""'"' Phoenix.
Olorbe Thon:ln, fl)'t " " ' -·
Elen llurst)n ond lanes Uan. b
open to lhe public.
Weinstein, lhe Mlromax
Films co-chilrmon who goth~

stait In lhe enterUinment indtJstry 30 yoors ogo ~promoting
rock concerts at UB, wUI receive
an honorary SUNY Doctonte ol
Humane Letters from UB at a
luncheon on Tue&gt;diy.
The luncheon wiH be preceded~

alectufl! ~Weinstein

at 1 1 a.m. In the Center for the
Arts

Scll!enlng Room. The lee·

ture will be open to the pubtic.

PSS to meet Sept. 28
The ProfenOOal Staff Senate will
hold its first general membership meeting ollhe oademic
year at 3 p.m. Sept. 28 in the
Center for Tomorrow on the
North Compos.
Provost Elizabeth Capak:ti wih
speak.
For further fnformation, call

the PSS otfou at 645-2003.

Career session
aln,ed at pluggl~
lodll "braln draln
The Olfou ol Career Planning

and P\xement his announc:ed a
pn&gt;gr&gt;m IJ) help local human-

resource prote:ss;onAis increue
their success fn recruiting col·
lege SllJdents.
The program, "R«rulting
lhe 21st Century Studen~" wiU
be held from 9 a.m. m ~ p.m.
Wednesday In lhe Student
Union on lhe North Campus.
It willfeoWil! panel pmenl&gt;.tlons ~loa! college ond UnMr•
5ity ~-seMOes olllc2S ond
graduating college students. as
wo11 as a bestiJ&lt;Odlce pano1 ol
rocruiten ond a pmenWion. "I
am Buffolo Niagora." ~a ll!presentat!Ye ollhe Buffolo Niogar.l
Enterprise. The program wil conclude with a networking ll!C&lt;ptlon with studentS. .
Daniel J. Ryan, directo&lt; ol ca·
reer planning and

placement:

called the effort •a major step
toward plugging the local 'brain
drain.••

Zodiaque to present
fall concert "Ripples"
The Department of Theatre and

Dance will present "Ripples, •
the fall concert of the Zodiaque

Dance Company, Oct. 12'1 S
and 19·22 in the Drama Theatre
in the Center for the Arts on the

North Campus.

·

Performances will be ~d at
8 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays, and at 2 p.m. on Sundays.

"Rippk!!s, .. •an evening of
creative energy that ripples and

radiates the landscape upon
which we I'1"'IVe, • wiU feature
p~oc..

c:holl!ographed

~

larulty

memben in the Department ol
Theatre ~ Dance, as weft as

guest c:holl!ographer SWan E.
Andefson, dill!dor of donee at
the Univenity.oiSouth Carolina.

rockets. at 110 for lhe genot&gt;l
public ond I S for UB students,
are avaUab&amp;e m the Center tOr
the Arts boK offlce from noon to

6 p.m. Tuesdays through fri.
days, and at all TICJ&lt;etmaster locations.

For more Information, catl
645-ARTS.

ing
as
America 's

think-tank for

HARLENEGilb&lt;rt had a
gut feeling growing up
that she wanted to b&lt; a
storytdler. Sh&lt; had a pen·
chant for what she r&lt;fc:rs to as "the
life of the mind," reading voraciously
and constantly daydreaming.

C

It seems only natural, then, that
what she considers "an organic part

of growing up" manifested its&lt;lf in
her career calling as an independent.
documentary filmmaker.

Which isn't to say that Gilbert, an
assistant professor in the Depart ·

ment of Media Study, didn't struggle
to settJe into her niche.

Originally drawn to Yale-where
she earned her bachelor's degree in
English-Cilbert soon learned that
wasn't the medium through which
she wanted to tell stories. She took
up studies in economics and political science, and exp).ored the field of

women . .. We

had a really in·
t.eresting conversation and

he ... really
convinced me

that UB was the pia&lt;:&lt; to b&lt; as an art·
ist and a teacher."
Gilbert joined the UB faculty in
I998,and two years later found her·
self in the spotlight with the release
of"Homeooming," a mm that reso·
nates on a personal level for Gilb&lt;rt.
The film was broadcast nationally
earlier this year by the Public Broad·
casting System. A companion vol ume to the PBS documentary.

"Homecoming: The Story of Afri.
can-American Fannm,"isscheduled
to b&lt; published Nov. 20 by Il&lt;acon
Press. It is co-authored by Quinn Eli.

South)," sh&lt; says.
Gilbert was takm aback by the
staggering amount of land 10$1 over
the tim&lt; pmod. The story also hit
her on a more personal leveJ-.-her
grandfather had ~ a farmer and
her uncle was facing the threat of
having his land taken from him.
"For me, the best way to address
the issue was for me to do a film,..
she says.
Her oousin, Warren Jame;,""' on&lt;
of the youngest farrn&lt;n in the oountry at the time, and served to uplift
the film's uns&lt;ttling revelations.
"I didn't want it to I:&gt;&lt; simply a sorrow song; I wanted it to be a story
al&gt;out hoping-to contrast history

The project is in its earliest stages.
"I'm doing a lot of reading. I'm
spending a lot of tim&lt; in the library,
doing a lot of pre-ioterviows, trying
to get a·bandl&lt; on the story and the
issu..; she aplaios. "The film may
take some interesting shapes-rm
thinking it may b&lt; a multimedia
pt'Oject-it may exist as both a film
and an interactive Wei&gt; site (or as)
an installation piece. It could b&lt; a
feature-length docurn&lt;ntary film, it
oould b&lt; a short."

with the presence of this modern

takes a long time to raise mohey to
fund the ~n&lt; to thre&lt; years
to raise the money and research the
proj&lt;et and develop the oortcept,"
says Gilbert, who received $35,000
in funding through the Rockefeller

fanner going forward, despite obstacles," she says.
In contrast with that project,

Gilb&lt;rt's latest endeavor-a dOC\J·
mentary film on Henrietta Lacks-

Whatever it turns o·ut to be,
chances are Gilbert and the public
won't know for at least a few years.
"JiecaUS&lt; documentary fi1n!s are
not profit-making endeavors, it

and MacArthur foundations ,

which awarded her a film/video/
media fellowship.
•
"And then you can sp&lt;nd a year

journalism , interrling at both the

Philadelphia Enquirer and "MacNeiV
Lehrer Newshour." These experiences. in part, helped to seal her fate

in production, and then another

as a documentarian, she says.
Her largest and most ambitious
film project to dat~ " Homecom ~
ing: Sometimes I am haunted by
memories of red dirt and clay"- 0
was in the midst of production ~
when she received the phone call

• flekl on h is Georgla

c;_., gr-•-· Fftcl H. Mllthls, Sr., (right) dhpUys

that ultimately brought ~er to UB.

farm.

Roy Roussel , interim chair of the

some of his f•nn goods •t • county f• lr.

Department of Media Study.

Born in Montezuma,Ga.,Gilb&lt;rt

promisestob&lt;somethingverydiffer-

tracked her down at th e remote
shooting location-a farmh ouse
tucked deep in rural Georgia-to

returned there 30 years later to ereate a fi.Jm duoniding the loss of 14
million acres of land by African -

ent. both in journey and completion.
ThefiJrnwilladdresslssuesofbioethics and the history of the Hel..a

encourage her to apply for a posi·
tion as an assistant professor.

American fanners between 1910and
the early 1990s.Sheexplainsthat the

ceiJs-..ruunedforAfrican-American
Henrietta Lacks. who died in 1951.

" I remember being particularly

land was, in some cases. stolen out-

impressed because he had my num·
ber and I was living in this small
farmhouse;' says Gilbert from her of·

right by the government; fanners also
weretrickedoutoftheirlandthrough
"quasi-legal" methods and excluded

The immortal cd.lline originated
in Lacks and was used in medical

fice at Harvard University, where she
wiU spend" the academic year working at th e Radcliffe Insti tute as a
Bunting Fellow. The Bunting Fellowship program at Radcliffe, which
hosts between 30 and 40 fellows an nually,carriesthereputationofserv-

from the very federal programs
meant to assist them.
" It was an amazing accomplishment that freed Africans were able
to acq uire IS million ac res of
land ... in some of the most difficuJt
and dangerous times in ( the

researcb longafterherdeath. Twenty
yea,; passed b&lt;fore her family m&lt;m·
bers were privy to that information.
"Consent is one issue--the story
allows me to look at the larger contemporary issues around bioethics
and patenting of human genes and
some of the questions that are beingraisedbynewbiotechnologies."

year in post·productio~ting
and shaping the story." she explains.
Ttme is needed as wdl to ensure
people see the film. Gilbert estimates
between one to th= years can b&lt;
spent S&lt;CUring proper distribution.
Gilb&lt;rt, who says she feels abso·
lutely blessed for this past year's tri·
umphs, is passionate about her
work. and is oommitted to effecting
chang&lt; through h&lt;r films.
"I'm very much interested in work
that has. an impact on the
world ... Through my work. I am

helping to emote dialogue al&gt;out is·

sues. and through thatdialogue. posi·
tiv&lt; chang&lt; and action; says Gilbert,
whose smaller film proj&lt;cts haV&lt; fo.
cused on gend&lt;r issues, pow.r dy·
namics in gender relationships and
the image-making process.
"I wouldn't b&lt; doing it if I didn't
think I would make that kind of im·
pact," she says. "l~sm ycalling,andl
feel that it is a real privilege to do
this-making films I want to make."

Conference to explore Afro-German life

m

Multidisciplinary sessions to address issues ofrace, identity and belonging
By PATRICIA OOHOVAN
News Services Editor

Hall walls Contemporary Arts Center,
2495 Main St., Buffalo.

T

films will follow from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Oct. 13 in Park Hall on the North
Campus. "An Angel Strikes Back," a

HE existence of Afro Germans is unknown to
most Americans, a lthough man y of the
500.000 Afro-Germans in German)'
todar arc of American C. I. pareJU ag(' and distinguished African
Americans like educa tor and writer
W.E.B. DuBois a nd abolitionist
Frederick Do uglass had notable tics
to Germany and Germans.
The social and cultural issues that
Afro-Germans face today and how
their experiences can enrich our un derstandingofhistoricalandoontem-

porary racial issues will be explored
Oct. l2- 13at UBataconferencrtitled
"Not So .Plain a.&lt; Black and White: A
Multidisciplinary-Examination of the
Afro-German Experience."
The conference will be free and
open to the public.

It will begin with "Everything Will
Bt· Fine," an award-winning comedy
about Afro-Germans today, whjch
will be shown at 8 p.m. Oct. 12 in

A full day of presentations and

film about multiculturalism in Ger·
many today. \viii be shown at 8 p.m.

in Hallwalls.
Patricia Mazon, UB assistant professor of German history, and
Reinhild Stcingrover-McRae of the
Humanities Department at th e
Eastman School of Music, are joint
conference coordinators. Jt is spon -

sored by the UB Graduate Group for
German and Austrian Studies, the
SUNY Conferences in the Disciplines and the German Academic

Exchange Service.
Mazon points out that thousands

of Africans &lt;migrated to Germany
during the past 500 &gt;"""" many of
whom~ brought to Gennany as
"living curiosities.. or as slaves. The

establishment of German colonies in
Africa at the end ofth&lt; 19th century
in~ the number of encounters

between Africans and Germans, but
prior to World War II, their numbers
were small. Many of them fell victim to the Third Reich's raci;ll theo·
ries and its resulting qllllpaign of
forced sterilization and murder.
With the American occupation of
Germany after World War II , Afro Germany was reborn from relation ships b&lt;tween black American Gls
and German women. Their ranks
sweUed further as many thousands
of immigrant wo rkers from
Mozambique, Angola and Namibia
were imported to deal with East
Germany's chronic lal&gt;or shortage.
African students and refug= who
settled in Germany have brought
additional d&lt;pth and b=dth to the
Afro-C,nnan tultural mix.
"One of the r&lt;asons that Afro·
Germans ha~ captumllhe interest
of scholars across the humanities,"
Mazon says. "is because looking at
their experiences allows us to s«
another dimension of the 19th· and
early 20th-century ideas of race that
led to th&lt; Holocaust.

"The experiences of Afro-Ger-

mans in today's Gennany off&lt;r in·
sight into the transformation of that
nation-willing or not-in to a

multiculturnl society," Mazon says.
"Our discussion is especially timely
in lightofth&lt;waveof violence against
foreigners and persons seen as such
in Germany since its reunification."

She says this conference will bring
the subject of Afro-Germans out of
German studies and into a broader
arena, where many areas of specialization can be brought to bear.
..German and non -German specialists have much to learn from
each other in terms ofhow.,race and

ethnicity are represented and lived
in Ge~any, Africa and the United
States." Mazon says.
Information regarding the con·
f&lt;rence can b&lt; found at &lt;http:/I
w lngs. b uff• lo.edu /ui/ m ll /
lu n z / g gg • • • l
GGGAAASAfn&gt;Conhrence.htm&gt;

or by contacting Heidi Lechner at
832-5966, or &lt;lechn&lt;r@acsu.bufr.Jo.tdu&gt;.

�Septelbe! Zl. 2111VD1.3t lo.5 Rap ae"tea

30 years of sharing science

Forum continues to help local educators .improve teaching
8f ~ L£WAHDOWSIU

January, is open to the general public, as wdl as teadlers.

RtpOittr Contributor

N 1970, George NancoUas,
then a young professor in the
Department of Chemistry
and provost of the former fac.
ulty of Natural Sciencrs and Mathematics, took his idea to improve interoction between the univemty and
educators throughout the area and
developed a progr.un that catered to
sharing now devdopments in science,
t&lt;ehnology and mathematiC&gt;.
NancoUas recognized a need to
expose high -school teachers in the

I

natural sciences and mathematics to

a host of new and exciting developments in their fields.
Thirty years later, Nancotlas

is a

SUNY Distinguished Professor and
tnternationally known for his re-

search on th e physical chemistry of
the interface between solids and liquids, and the mechanis m of crystal
growth and dissolution . But

NancoUas, who also holds the larkin
Chair in the Department of Chem-

istry, seems to have only one question concerning the lengthy run of
the W~tern New York Science and
Technology Forum:
Why mess with a good thing?

"lhe reason I put it together was
that I thought there should be much
better relationships between tht' uni -

versity and the teachers. The idea W&lt;b
to mount a pmgr.un about talks and
visits, and so on, that wou ld expose
the teachers to state-of- the-art devel opmen ts in scien ces that they then
could pass on to their students,'' says
Nanco lias. who has remained direc tor of the forum since its inception.
" I felt that something was needL-d,
and we had nothing in place."
The program, Nancollas points
o ut, is about educating and enticing the teach ers, who, h e sa id ,
sh o uldn't have to know a lot about
a subject in order to enjoy it. A3 an

added benefit, the forum falls into
line with th e current New York State
teaching cu rricuJum, which encourages t~chers to reach outside their
areas of expertise for a broader per·
spcctivc, he s.1ys.
The se ri es, whi ch run s eac h

Wednesday from September through

"It's easy to blind people with science, and that's a complete waste of
time," he notes.

If th e programs aren't

easy to foUow,
be says, "you've
lost themthey're not going t o listen
anyway, be -

cause they've been teaching aU day.
and they're tired."
Recognizing this, NancoUas each
yea r looks for 16 speakers who can,

rates--as ls common m past yearlt-thc soda.! sciences and issues of public and regional interest A Nov. I
talk is planned on .. The Develop ment ofBuffalo'sCanaJ Distnct,"to
be given by Ttm Tielman , executivt"
director of the Preservation CoaJition in Buffalo. Later in the month .

child psychologist Kenneth
CondreU wiU address "School Discipline and School Safety."
.. It's varied," Nancollas says of the
program, which in the past has
taken educators on a trip to the lo-

cal morgue, the Buffalo Museum of

Science. the Butterfly Conservatory
in Ontario and the Buffalo Brew
over the oourse of the rwo-hour time mg Co. In add ition, participant s
slot aUotted, bring something use- have viewed a film of an autopsy
ful and interesting to the forum.
and listened to talks on such diverse
"Teachers are exposed to lots of issues as landmines, animaJ clon speakers-man y of who are from
ing, bird behavior, electrotherapy
the university, and many who come and DNA eviden ce.
from o utside sources, such as indus- \ The number of teach er part I Ll ! ry," he says.
pan ts has increased ove r the 30
This year's 16-wcek Horizons of the
years-the program initial!}' was
Sciences series-as the forum is open tosecondaryeducatorsonly hut
caUed in less formal circles--kicked' has been extended to indudedcmt.noff with a talk on global wam1ing tary teachen as wdl Nancollas can't
and its potentiaJ dfects on weather
remember a time ·when the forum
by Charles H.V. Eben, SUNY Dis- wasn't weU-recejved_

tinguished Teaching Professor in the
UB Departmen t of Geography.
Ebert, a steady fixture in the Hori zons series, is oneofthe several fac·
ulty m embers NancoUas says have
remai ned faithfully enthu s ias ti c
about the program.

"lt'saU based on the goodwill of the
speaker.;.," NancoUas says. "11mt's tll l~
strength.lt could easily die" if not for
the sustained enthusiasm of the fac -

ulty and teachers involved, he adds.
In its seco nd week, the forum

brought UB faculty members and

He says he has remained as d1rC\
tor because "You've got to have
someone who really believes in 11
and doggedJy organizes it so that 11
becOJhcs a success.
He is assisted by devoted faculty
members -for the past ftve years,
biology professor Stephen Free and

geology professor Charles Mitchell
have served as .the forum 's co-direc tors. a trend begun early on that h ~
drawn a host of faculty members
into the forum . Forum l!&gt;ec reta r y
Barbara Raff, who sends out be tween 200 and 300 leners each year
publicizing the forum. i.s indispensable 10 its success. Nancollas says.
Teachers help plan the forum in tht.•
summer months.

area teachers to the Niagara Parks
School of Horticulture in Niagara
Falls, O ntario. Field trips .are as
much a part of the series as its talks.
.. It's not just seeing th(' garden ,"
Nancollas points o ut-al th ough
participants did get a tour- no ting
that the talk was about the science
of running and maintaining a garden. " It exposes them to varitrus
o utside areas of expertise in a way

or for good.

that they understand."
This year's progr.un also incorpo-

" It 's nice to do things when you·rc
appreciated," he says.

laughingly calling himself a ma; ochist for taking on multiple responsibili t ies, Nancolla s says he
n eve r co n s id e red giving up h1 s
" baby" to anyone else's directio n-

Media Study to host Zwelbel, screenings
The Deportment of Media Study next month wll host two noteworthy ovents: a visit t,y
Alon ZW&lt;!Ibel, a UB alumnus and one ol the origlnll writers for •s.turday Night Uve:
and a scnenlng ol se~l fii"'S as pan oldie Empft State Film Festival.
• ZW&lt;!Ibel wifllectun! about his arftr In show business from 7:30-9 p.m. Oct. 4 in the
5crftning R"!'f'l, Room 112 of the C - far the Arb on the North Campus.
The event wifl free and open to the pubic.
Oft Oct. 3, 10 16-mm films wll bl! screened as pan of the traveling Empln! Stllte Aim
festival. The UB screening wil bl! hokUrom .}-5 p.m. in the Scr~lng Room in the
Center for the Arts. It wift bl! free of charge- open to the publk.
The flms to be weened- "Naby." Unl1ied States; "Bobcho: lmel; "Bound, • Australio.
"Rghllng Eddie,· u.s.. "UngrNii'sv.atol u.s.; "Mia Doa!mber, ·u.s~ "My Molhoro.-n.
.
d1o s.n•s Disciples In ,_Yaott.• u.s~ ~Momon~&gt;;.· u.s~ -ro~onnce.• u.s., and "The Windigo, • u.s.
The fostlvll also wiN ....., .... In....,_,, Saratoga Springs and llhla.
A 1972~ate o1 ~ Zlleibolbeglnhlsc.llftrbyWrittngone-linen IN\ he sold for S7 apiece to Catskifl
cocnellllns.• He was ~ by ~ Michiels. who gaw him a job as one ol the origlnll writers of
"SIIurdly Night live..
Since lhon, he has- 1M Emrny. six Ia and two Wriler's Guld - l o r his WO&lt;t, in television, which
olso Includes "Grot P8formlncos" on PIS and "'t's CMry Slwdng's st-, • which he c&lt;&gt;&lt;rO!ed and
protiltlcld.
.
ttrpllys,
Conlic Dialogue" and ...... Iunny" ........ critially occlalmed olf-8roodwly
..... his fiction ..... ....-odIn such . . . . .,..._.. .. Uod mag.zlne. 1M~ lMK and 1M

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Allaollc.
ttr hllure 11m cndiU lndudo "Ontgnot.• """" he ~ wllh 0«1 Aykroyd; !lob Reiner's "North, •
wl*llloe adlpbd tram Ills own 1'101101, oncl "1he 5lor)' at Us, • which he....- ond produced.
CUINnlly, hals lldapllng his .......... boafr. ......, Iunny:
Sort ollcwo Stcwy,• Into •
leliure 11m lor w.nw lnlllws. He lho Is ~ a lellaft lim, "Teddy, • for Miromu - CJ8ting o

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·5

Music Promotion or Piracy?: C1
The Napster and MP3.com cases
T'he sec.ond of two significant court rvUngs on online music lradmg was handed down earlier this mOnth. MP3.com, Inc. &lt;http:/ 1
www.mpJ.com &gt; was found guilty of copyright infringement. possibly facing up to S250 million in damages 10 Universal Music. Th.is comes
on the h ee ls o f July's verdict against Napste r &lt; http:/ 1
www.napster.com &gt;. The two cases have fueled intense debate among
mus1cians. record company execu tives and fans. Here 3re a few links
related to these cases, as weU as some of thei r tmplicattons for shanng
of cop ynghted informarion over the lnteinet.
For case documents and related matenal on the Napster case. connect

to The UCU\ Online Institute for Cyberspace law and Policy &lt;http://
www.g.els.uda.edu/ klp/ hp.html &gt; and click on "A&amp;M Records "·
Napster." You will n:trieve all court documenrs, including expert wit no.~
testimony. These also are availahlc, along wlth the legal documents of the
MP3.com case. at 1he Web site of the Recording Lndustry ~muon of
Amenca &lt;http:/ / www.rt.a.com/ legal.cfm &gt;. RlAA also presenl!l 11.\
vtews o n protecting a rtists' rights in the online domam.
The E.lectronic Front ier Foundatton holds a hefty archlvt• of filfl!&gt; anJ
lmks relating to "Intellectual Property-Audio and MP3" .--http:/ 1
www.eff .org/ pub/ lntellectual_property I Audio/ &gt; These conta1n
mfo rmatio n on botJ1 cases, with statements by artists, legal scholar.\ anJ
the EFF iL..elf. which presen ts a pohcy Matement argumg agamst mdu'
tq• litigat1on and m favor of free and open infom'latton exchangt&gt;.
Policy.(om &lt;http:/ / www.polky.com &gt; mdudcs paJX-n. rdlecttngl!&gt;l...,
era! pomts of view regarding the online shanng of musiC files; &lt;.&gt;mer Napstl'T
or MP3 1n the search box to locate these. ( &gt;f courl!&gt;C. tht· ote ~ mtcral.1.t\e,
welcom1ng reader feedback. Stgruficant l\ an arttde ent ttlt:d " I W.mt ~ 1 \
M P3," spotlighting musicians on OOth s1dC'l!&gt; of the tssu&lt;.&gt;: the rock group
Metalltca-principals m the Napstc.~r ~~nd rap group Publtc l-..nem\
Other mustc ian s have formed Artist s Agamst P1rJcv &lt; http:/ 1
www.ertlstsag.instpir-=y.com/ html/ maln.htm &gt; and havt.·launcht."d
.t public· awareness campaign for rCSp!'\.1tng mtdlectuaJ propc.TI).
The Web site for a conf&lt;.&gt;rence co -sponsored bv the EFJ- and the
l:k·rkman Center for hll ernet &amp; !xx'tety entlllt.-d "Stgnal or notse~ The
future of musiC on the net" &lt; http:/ / cybe:r.law.h•rv•rd.edu/ events/
netmuslc .html &gt; features a hnefi ng book, along with ReaJPiayer audio
and video fil es of the proCl't'dings. which features legal and musK schol
ars, record producers and mus i cmn~ .
Nt•ws sro rii.'S invoh'mg both thl· Napsll't and MPJ.com cases con tmuf.' to break. Additionally. there I!&gt; a pc.•ndmg lawsUit agamst ~our.
In c. &lt;http:/ / www.scour.com &gt;. Jnothcr !&gt;Ou rce of downloadablt.·
musiC files. Yo u can kL-ep up-to-dau· by consulting severaJ onJi ne data bases on the UB Libranes Web :!i.lte to access current art icle'), such a.s
Dow Jo n es lnt&lt;."ractive, Lcxls -Ncxt!&gt; AcademiC Umverse , The lnt erna ttonallndex to Mus1c P&lt;."nodicab or the Mustc Index.

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groups. She alsu !'ti ts on the hoard of d1rettor:l. of the ~ 11tht~n L.tntl"l
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She is C0-111\'t'l!&gt;llg.uor o n a SJ.S milium Nat 1on.tl hNIIUh...., td lkahh
grant lo study health of o lder AtTican Amencam
Jacox holds a bachelor '!!&gt; dt-grt"(' m nun.mg t.-du ....thun I rum { ltlumhtJ
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Proposals address aspects of "Interactive cultures of teaching and teaming"

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at the group's Sepl 13 meeting.
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detailed report p~ted to the Faculty Smatelast spring by its Teaching and L&lt;arning Committee, said
committee Chair ). Ronald Gentile,
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology.
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outline recommendations for the
assessment of instructional effectiveness an d how to implement
those recommendations.
The resolutions are based on the
six recommendations in the report,

although they were revis$nd expanded after discussions 'with the
FSEC last Aprill9 and a first reading before the full Faculty Senate
on May 2.
A "preamble" atlached to the
resolutions states that although the
tripartite mission of most large universities is research, teaching and
service. research is weighed far more
heavily in promotion-and-tenure
decisions than teaching and service.
"To maximize instructional effectiveness," the institution must ensure
that faculty teaching accomplishments are encouraged, nurtured and

rewarded as are research accomplish-

ments, the prearnbk says.

Moreover, "'just as a 'culture of
teaching' needs to be nourished and

expected of the faculty and administration,sotoodoesa'culnu.ofleaming' need to beoome integral to the
cxp&lt;rier&gt;U of being a student." Although the responsibility for learning rests with students, faculty members have an important role to play
in helping students sua:eed, it adds.
The first resolution requjres that
a syllabus be published for each
course that addr~ such issues

as general goals for the course, specific objectives that m
be
achieved to demonstrate mastery,
how students will be evaluated, attendance policies and what additional help is available for students.
Another resolution asks that the
deans be responsibl~ for ensuring
that teaching portfolios be part of
promotion-and-tenure decisions,
and that portfolios include, for each
course taught, a course syiJabus;
student evaluations ofimtruction;

instructor self-evaluations of their
teaching philosophy, methods and
effectiveness; evidenu of the effectiveness of instruction, and procedures for identifying students having difficulties and what is done to
help them.
Other resolutions ask thai the provost, in collaboration with the deans,
initiate and fund a "professional development effort" for faculty to expand and improve their .. instructional repertoires;" that the provost

and deans develop a list of"student

academic responsibilities," such as
understanding and following the
course syllabus; knowing and following the urtiversity policy rq;arding drop-add dates, making up inoomplete grades, etc.. and requesting from the instructor the need for
extra ~on an assignment or

topic, and that the Methods of Inquiry (MOl) program be maintained and strengtbe:ned.
Samuel Shaclr., professor and
chair of the Department of Mathematics, pointed out that the term
syllabus is ·misused• in the first
resolution, and that the wording
should be changed to "course description" to better rdlect the content of the resolution. He added that
the resolution docs not spell out

when the syllabus should be distributed to students, suggesting that it
indicate syllabi must be handed out
within the first week of dass, or
some other stated time frame.
William Baumer, professor of

philosopby, proposed that the word• ing on the resolution be changed to
"syllabus and oourse policies."
"It's appropriate to spell out what
the f!i]es are," he said, • ... and that
should be in a document that indudes the syllabus."
Baumer added that he "would not
be oontent" to have the syllabus and
course policies available within the
first week. "That should be a handout, that ought to be the first thing
you give out in class," he said.
Charles Fourtner, professor of

biological sciences, said he was oon-

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traffic passing on the spiral
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By PATRICIA DONOVAN

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resolutions requiring that instructors idmtify students who are having difficulty.
"Every one of the students in my
course ha~dillicultywith it; it's intended that way," he said.
"I don't know how I am suppo&lt;ed
to draw tile tine as to wbo is having
difficulty at the level they're having
difficulty that I havo to do something
about,"besaid. "Ifwe're talking about
students wbo are &amp;iling the cow:se.
perhapo it's best that they f.W."
Fourtner also""""'=~ if. in light
of the resolution asking the provost
to ~lop a program to belp &amp;culty improve their teaching. there
was any interest in re-estlblishing
the Oflia ofTeaching Effectivmess.
Gentile replied that there had
been much discussion during the '
May Faculty Smate !l)OO!ing about
the need to reinstate the office. He
said he then approached Provost
Elizabeth Capaldi about the idea.
She asked why that was not being
considered, and "I took that as a big
encouragement," Gentile said.
He said his committee was ~rk­
ing on two workshops-one scheduled for Oct. 20 on applying t&lt;d!niques from the Methods of Inquiry
oourse to other courses,and.anotber
for the spring on othes issues associated with teaching effectiveness.
But, thanks to Capaldi's comments, "we're being encouraged to
think more broadly about it (teaching effectiveness) than just a couple
of workshops," he said.

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rector of graduate stud ies in the Department of

Mndem Languages and Literatures
in the Q:~Uege of Arts and Sciences,
has been appointed to a three-year
term as senior editor of the !Ati11
American literury Revi&lt;w, one of the

leading journals in the field.
The reviow has published scholarly essays and book I'&lt;'Views on the
literatures of Spanish America and
Brazil since 1972.
Feal (pronounced fail) also has
been namedro-editorof LruinAmc'iam and Iberian Thought and Cultur&lt;,
the SUNY Press series edited by Jorge
).E. Gracia. SUNY Distinguished Pro-

Modem Hispanic Tats," co-authored

fessor and Samuel P. Capen Clair in
th~ Departm'lltofPhilosophyin the
UB College of Arts and Scien=.
A Buffalo native, Feal received a
doctorate in Spanish from VB in
I984andwasamemberofthefac-

sis, feminism, philosophy and

Jowship at the Humanities lnsti -

semiotics to examine late 19th- and
20th-centurySpanishandSpanish-

lute at SUNY-Stony Brook in 1997
and in 1998 was appoin ted to a

ulty of the University of Rochester

American lilerature in relation to

three-year term on the Modern

from 1986 until joining the VB faculty in january, 1999.
She specializ&lt;s in Caribbean and
Spanish-American literature, ineluding Afro-Hispanic studies and
feminist criticism. An upcoming
book, "Erotica en Espano~ Womeo
Writing Sex Beyond Borders," examines the rca:nt rise of erotic literature written by female authors from
Spain and Latin America.
In 1995,SUNY Press published her
critically esteemed "Painting on the
Page: lnt~ Approaches to the

painting. and to larger questions of
art theory and literary history.
Deborah L Madsen's recmt book,
"Postcolonial uteratures: Expanding the Canon" (Lo ndon and
Stirling VA: Pluto Press, 1999) indudes a chaptes by Feal titled "AfroHispanic uterature and Feminist
Theories: Thinking Ethics."
She also is the author of "Novd
Lives: The Fictional Autobiographies of Guillermo Cabrera Infante
and Mario Varps Uosa" (&lt;llapel
Hill: Univmity of North Carolina

Language Association's (M LA )
Committee on the Status of
Women in the Profession.
The MLA committee addresses
such issues a!"academic leadership,
salary equity, work and child care,
saual harassment, areer patterns
for women and the status of women
ofoolorinthefield. Tothisoommittee, she applied hes scholarly and
teaching interests in gender studies
and lesbian studies as they relate to
Latin America, the Caribbean and
the United States.

by Carlos Feal, UBpmfessorofSpanish. The book employs psythoanaly-

Studies in the Romance Languages
and uteratures, 1986).
Feal was awarded a resident fei -

�Septetllber Zl. ZIDiffti 32. le. 5 Rep D ......

Information on athletes' injuri~ should be reported
To the Editor:
I suggest that the &amp;porter m~ a
policy of reporting, with some
medical p=ision, about the injuries suffered by or inflicted upon the
student-athletes.
The student-athletes~ an energetic and difficult time competing
every week, and there may be some
sort of accidental or unintentional
conspiracy of silence.
When valued, experienced athletes or earnest, beginnirig athletes
become injured, they usually just

drop out of the local news coverage.
It would be IDOl'&lt; human and humane to publish information about
the seriousness of the injury, the diagnosis, the progress and. I hope. the
cures. The policy. should include
pre-season tryouts.
The number of severe sprains,
breaks, ligament tears. joint damage
and spinal-cord injuries should be
recognized and respected. For the
university to become anything like
a genuine community, we must

learn the names of the student-ath letes who become either short · or
long-term casualties.
Urtainly, the conventional wisdom wouJd say that even major injuries are "just part of the game," or
that "the young heal quickly," but
within a university, some sensible or
experienced people should insist
that the human costs be registered.
Cordially,
VktorDoyno
Professor of English

Voting faculty
in fact. During this time, as weiJ ,
more than 80 Centers for Excellence
were established. The interdiscipli -

nary quality of such efforts as the
·roshiba Stroke Research Center and
the Institute for Lasers, Photonics
and Biophotonics, is a good indica tor of faculty vitality, he said.
Tracing the ebbs and flows of en rollment during the 1990s. Greiner
praised the Office of Admissions for
its succcssfuJ campaigns of late. In

particular, he cited Web-based appli cations, the opening of a New York
City admis.'iions office, the establish ment of fall Pre,•icw Day, the launch mg of a marketing campa ign and
merit scholarships as factors instru mental in achieving these targets.
Retention of students also has
1mproved substantia ll y in recent
years. the president asserted. He:
citt.'C.i''UB 101 " (a single-credit elective course to help fi rst-year students
learn more about a vast institution ).
Web-based academic services, im proved academic counseling and
advisement procedures, a wider vari ety of housing options and en hanced athletic and recreation programs as having made the difference
at a critical juncture.
The 1990s saw "extremely gener·
ous" state support for such capital

ment and also improving the quality of student life is the high priority being placed on technology and
technology development. "Technol.ogy is highly featured here;' Greiner
said, adding that two-thirds ofUB's
students now arrive with a COfilputer in hand; the university makes
an effort to help the remaining third
procure a PC, thus ensuring them
access to the technology required for
their academic success. He c ited
Yahoo's rating of UB as tied with

UCLA for the lOth "most wired"
school honors. Added to this technological fabric are su ch phenom ena as the cybraries and the: Center
for Computational Research, which
has ..opened a world of possibilities"
to so many in so many disciplines.
The downside to these auspicious
developments. Greiner said. is the
diminished sta te tax support, with
tuition increases and philanthropy
largely making up the difference, but
not without a cost to the institution.
Regrettably, in G reiner's view, thf.·
university overly depended on tu ition to mitigate the diminished
state tax support. Student fees were
a mainstay during this period,

Greiner reported. Against this back·
drop, sponsored research was rather
flat during the decade; this is " wor-

projects as the Center for the Arts, the
Biomedical Research Building. the
Natural Sciences Complex. UB Stadium and the Math Building-pan

risome" to the president.
Turning to the university of 2000
a nd beyond, Greiner noted that
"we're a comprehensive u11,iversity

of a total state investment for capital

with a big College of Arts and Sci·
ences and a full panoply of profes-

initiatives of more than $200 million.
Parallel with this development,
Greiner said, were the privately financed projects of the decade, such as
lbe Commons and especially the extensivt&gt;--and popular-new student
housing(FlickingerCourt,HadleyVdlage and South Lake Vtllage).
Co mplementing this develop -

sional schools." In terms of enroll ment, UB is still relatively small
given the scope and range of programs offered. It is imperative, he
said, that the university maintain
excellence both in the professional
schools, where conditions are generaiJy favorable. and in the human i-

ties, where some thoughtful redefi nition may be needed. The School
of Engineering and Applied Science&lt;;
is ripe for expansion; information
science and social sciences net:'d development, too, he said.
As for improving graduate edu
cation, it will be important to Im prove graduate-assistant stipends
and to attract·students "by red efin ing the master's degree &lt;b a honor·
able goal ." Collaboration &lt;Kross the
sciences will .continue to bl' a !...e)'
element of s u cces~. he sa1d, cspe ·
cially in drug discovery and bi o medical initiative~. UB is in gooJ
position to capitah1.c on its strength
as a re sidential unive rsit y w1th
y1idwestern qualities, whilt.• i.. On ·
tinuing to develop distance-learnmg
mitiatives, such as the recenlly an nounced online MBA program of
fcn~d by the School of Management .
While individual research will
continue· to be important, research
at UB-to be trul y su ccess ful must empha size ccntt.·r - and
project-related efforts, such as digital arts, which could promise fund ing opportunities across the disci plines.
The universiry, Greiner said. will
be much more aggressive ln pursuing research-funding opportunities

at both the state and federal levels.
'Ibe university also must enhance
technology-transfer efforts, he said,
as weU as emphasize its standing as
an lnteUcctual and a financial engine
for the region.
Also covered in the president 's ad dress were plans for a new Student

Services Building, philanthropic op·
portunities and discussion of a Lee
Road project. which, Greiner said,
would collapse "the psychologi cal
distance" between the spine and the

Ellico« Complex.

Enrollment
C-u.-d " - ,..,. 1

revenues stay on the campus"havc had an impact on school performance," he says.
In addition, a cumulative investment of $3.5 milli on in hono rs

cant1y from last fall. Sullivan said.
The headcount for graduate/ professional students totals 8.14 7, short

way" in, increasing the yield of

of the target of8,318 but higher than
the Fall1999 headcount of7.998.
Sullivan pointed out that SUNY
had increased the graduate target 5

higher-quality students, as wcll as

percent-from 8,000 to 8.318-

improving retention.

Sullivan credited fuculty and staff

from Fall 1999 to Fall 2000.
He noted that Provost Elizabeth

with "working harder at recruiting
better students, especially the Office
of Admissions and the advisement
staffs, and lauded the efforts of
Nicolas Goodman, former vice provost for undergraduate education.

Capaldi is working with the deans
to increase enrollment at the
mastcr's-program level."We believe
there's a market out there and we
can tap into it," he said.
As for individual professional

scholarships ··is paying off in a big

m~

DMslon ~A "'=&lt;)' .. 30 yean.
The Bulls pbyed .;~
Connecdcut on even terT1ls: but saw
cwo key second-hatf turTIO'f'ef"'S and a
lew """""' mbtakes keep them
from ..upping • 17 -game losing
streU. UB fell to 0-3 on the season.
The Bulls had CWO cosdy
turnovers: in the second haH and dug
them,.._ a 2+ I l deficit wkh
under eight minutes remaining tn the
game. But ~ rallied behind great
special-teams pby and gritty defense
and nearly p4.1lled off the mirade.
After a ~rti&lt;tlly blocked punt.
Bulls drove 41 yards in eight
plays. capped when qua,...rnad Jo&lt;
Freedy hrt split end Andre Forde
With a three-yard scoring strike.
Freedy then hit freshman flanker
Zeke McK1ne with the two-potnt
conversion. cvttuig the lead to 24-2 t
with 2:20 left.
Aher Ute Bulls blocked a lock.
sen1or Scott Keller's S8-yard try fell
short. gtving the Huskies the w1n

me

Conu-.d , _ , . . . 1

Although UB did not

~ootball
Connecticut 24, UB 21
A fe¥ precious rni:sakes were the
only ~ sepandns UB from ;a lint

enroUmeot target at the graduate

its

programs, he said the School of
Dental Medicine has maintained a

level, the numbers are up signifi-

~ fixed

class si:u" for the entering

class; the Law School d;w has m creased slightl y, reflecting a dccision by the school to "grow that
class sligh tly," and thc School of
Medicine and Biomedical Scien(t'~
class is six student s abovc It s ta rget

of 135.
Sullivan added that th e entenng

dass in the School of Pharmacy has
increased dramatically to more than
160, reflecting the phasing out of the
bachelor's prog ram in favor of a
new, entry-level doctoral program.
The effort i.'i in line wi th a directive
from the American Association of

Colleges of Pharmacy approving the
six-year Pharm.D., or doctorate of
pharmacy, as the field's only profes\
sional degree.

~occer

of the
scored two

tllli:t.alowtns in UB's 24-21
loss to Connectic.ut on

s.tunt.v.

Forde recorded

·career-highs with six
nap11ons for 95 yards. His
two touchdown catches
equal his 1999 total when
he played in aU 11 games.
He is averaging 12.2 yards
per reception this season,
second on the team.
.... 5hk!ls ol the volleyball
team earned All-Tournament
honors at the Northwestern
Wildcat Oassic as the Bulls
compiled a 1-2 mark at the
tournament. Shiels tallied 35
kills, 22 cftgs and three service
aces in three matches. This
season; she leads the team
with 93 kills (2.82 per game)
and is second in digs with 67
(2.03 per game).

MEN

UBI , Sienil I
UB 2, Long lslilnd University I
UB fought to ~ 1-1 oe wtth S4ena Fnday mght to open a .....eekend road SWM"tg The
Bulls grabbed the earty lead but could not hokl on as S.ena oed It 1n the second
half and both teams went scoreless 1n the two I S-m1nute OYef"time penods
The Bulls bounced back to record a 2- 1 w1n at Long island Umvers1cy It was
the second-st.r.11ght year the Bulls have defeated Ute Bbckb1rds

WOMEN
UB 4, Kent State 2

UB 2, Stony Broo k 0
Jacksonville 4 , UB l
After los~ng to Kent Sate 1n an overtime game each of the past cwo yean.. UB
finally got iu n!"ofenge. defeating the Golden Rashes -4-2 to open the MldAmencan Conference poruon of Ute suson. US scored [W)(e lf"l each h.ltf. an d
wu led by freshman N1cole Olsz~ki. who scored two goals in the game
The Bulls men tr'"aVcled to the Stony Brook Holiday IM Express Toui'TW"nel"lt.
where they downed the host Sea-wolves 1n the opener. 2-0. but fell m the
champiOnShip match to Jaduonvil~. 4-J

Volle~oall
Cleveland State l,UB 0 (16-14, 16- 14, 15-5)
Northwestern l,UB I (15-12,15-4,12-15 , 15-2)
UB 4,Towson State I (1 5-l, 12-15,15-11 , 15-9)
Buffalo finished with a I -2 record at the North.......enem Wildcat Classte.
losing to OeYeland Sate and Northwestern bef~ defeating Towson Sate
Freshman Undsay Matikosh had team highs of nine kills and nine d.gs, and
JUnior ~rissa UCour ~ 39 assiStS. a a.reer-high s~ kills. seven digs and
th~ blocks to lead the Bulls apinst Cleveland Sate.
Junior Ken Shiels pa.ced the Bulls against Northwestern wsdl 12 kills and a
team-high seven digs.
Shiels posted a match-h1gh 19 kills and I I digs and JUmor Sasha Courbat
added 12 kills and-tO digs to lead the Bulls over Towson.

The women's and men's cross-country teanu pb.ced thtrd and fourth .
respectivety. in Sawrda.y's Ram Cross Country lnviaoona.l hosted by Fordham
University and held in Van Cortbndt Park in the Bronx.
The women scored 93 points to pl-a.ce third behind a pa1r of Ivy-League
squads- Yale. with a winning total of 17. and Com~l Wldl 38. UB finished ahead
of Fordham (123) . Columbia (127) and Long Island ( 188)
The men's squad scored IQ.4 poinu. eamlng fourth pb.ce and tn.ihng
Cornell (IS) and Ute second-place oe between Fordham and Rutgers (87 each)
US placed in front of Southern Connecticut at I t 7 a.nd Conn«&lt;cut at 122

lenni~
MEN

UB 4, Marist l
The men's tennis program began ru season wsdl an 1mpressrve ~- J VIctory over
downsate-nval Marist Sunday In the US Tenms Center
UB began the match sluggiShly. dropping 1ts first and second doubles
matches. 8-1 , and 8-5 respectfulty.The dlu'd-dout»es andem of sophomore
Brent Persia and Junior Tim Powell notched an 8-2 VIctory over iu opponents
The Bulls domiNted the smgies competition. capwnng four of the seven
matches
~

WOMEN

Hvi st 4, UB l
UB 5 . C anislus 2
The women's ~nis team opened its season by splirong a pa..r of home matches
UB fell to Marin on Saturday. 4-3. but bounced back on Sunday to defeat local
rivaiCanisius,S-2.
Against Marin, US was~ by~ fim·. fourth- and sixth-s1ngies players.. Also
aJtying a win for- UB was me numbe~three doubles duo.
~ UnisUs.lhe &amp;Is satt.ed slowly.~ ooly one,;,., doubles
~- U8 bounced bod&lt;., sirps pbr.losOw ooly one mauh

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Q&amp;A: Bruce Pitman ttuldes
educational technology issues

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American Ballet Theatre Studio
t-Ompany to serve UB residency

University .at Buffalo

Fall
Fest
Studen ts (from left) Ma ry
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Kestenbaum share a laugh
Saturday at Fall Fest, UB's
annual rite of the season
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UB to continue enrollment growth
til

FSEC told SUNY prefers smaller UB, but is not willing to offset financial costs
By SUE WUETCHER
Reporter Editor

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tinu e to gradually ex
pand its e nroJJmt&gt;nl.
eventually raising the total headcoun t to 28,()(X)-and pos -

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mstitution with a totaJ head,ou nt nf
arou nd 24.000, memhe ~or thr Fal ulty Senate ExccUiive l:om mHt~c
were told at thetr first nwet1n~ nf tht·
acadt&gt;mic year on Sept. tt.
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a "fi sca l cost" that SUNY appear'

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unwilling to addrt&gt;:SS, smd Prt&gt;sJdcnl
Wilham R. G rei ner dunng a c.il ~ u !-

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from the mission - rev i~· process.
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program, iconnect@UB. For
iconnect@UB to wori&lt;, many different parts of the university must
work together. Most of CIT is involved m one way or anothcr--.academic services provides a great deal
of support, while the networking
group wires the residence halls and
makes sure all that infrastructure is
working right CIT provides support
ranging from student training aqd
consulting to email. At the other end
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mernberswanttrainingtobringinteresting technology into the class·
room. Enter the Educational Technology Center (e.t.c.). To make use
ofthosetechnologicaltools...,need
labs and pubtic-access sites, and
wired lecture halls. Moreover, the
distributed IT service nodes need to
work with faculty members to develop departmen talinfras tructur~
so they can develop those course
modules and make sure they are
available to students as planned.

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the distributed IT service nodes on
initiatives in instructi9n, in building labs and developingtechnological infrastructure. N senior vice
provost for educational technology,
Joe Tulariello made great progress
in getting departmmts and individual faculty members involved
with using technology in lo..,.-division courses. As we begin to plan
fornextyear,thatfirstAccess99dass
will be taking upper-division
courses and we now need to be prepared for them. Anothh personal
interest is research computingwhat technologies are needed in the
different' settings of research and
scholarship across campus.

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UB's commitment to t&lt;dmology uJ..
timat&lt;lyrneans 13cultycommitment.
Certainly aver the past ...-a! years,
the university has made a significant
investment in tcdmology. in networking. labs and public facilities,
desktop equipment. But when it
comes down to it, for UB to be
among the leaders in using technology in higher education, the &amp;cu1ty
nlust be willing to accept the cballenge. And many &amp;cu1ty members
aredoingjusttha~&lt;MIIM!yintegr.~t­

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and graduate courses, into research
and scholanbip.As a prokssorin the
math department, I tried U, do some
of those things. maybe with limited
success. Although not a "t.mie,"I am
pretty conifortable with computers.
And although I am not an expert. I
have a basic understanding of the
strmglhsand -.kn&lt;ssesof technology. I think that perspectiYe-&lt;m instructor and researcher who lcnows
a bit about IT thingr-will be useful
in trying to help in the planning. coordinating and communication of
technological initiatives at UB.

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priorities for
thee-mg.,..,?

For me, the overriding "near-term"
priority is to assist in the building
of a curriculum that uses k&lt;:hnology in creative ways. In May 2003,
the Access99 class will graduate, the
first class with the studmt-access requirement At that time, we as a univ=ity need to have developed a curriculum, ranging from large intro
courses to smaU upper-division
seminars and graduate courses, that
integrates technology in appropriatewaysandchallengesstudents. We
won't have the whole thing done by
'03. We can't_,11 be learning and
revising all along the way. But we do
need the basic structure in place.
Technology can provide a path of
inquiry that students could not experienCe in any other way. But it is
very hard for instructors io develop
materials that give students this kind

dumpofbits and bytes isvr:rydiffm:nt than useful information.
And learning
keystrokes to
initiate a dala dump is far re·
IDCMCI from cleYdoping an un. derstanding of subject material.
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education?"! doo'tknow. not .
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tecbnology provides a dilkrent
way to learn, a way that can be as
entightening as more tnditional
approaches to teaching. I have
seen t&lt;dmology aeatea wooderful environment for student discovery.Atthesametime,technology can also "get in the yta'(' of
learning and the introduction of
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ironnect@UB program impties are- need to train students in using
sponsibility on the part of the uni- · technology because those skills
versitytoprovide a wide range ofser- are necessary for getting a job.
vices and infrastructure. And, as I said And there Is a valid point in stateearlier, aver the past ...-a! years, UB ments tike that. But bc)und the
has made i vr:ry large investment in simple utilitarianargumen4 I see
technology. But New York State and technology making a fuodamen.
budg&lt;t difliculties seem to go hand- tal impact oo the way we live. In·
in-hand. And that means funding creasingly,to be ronsidcred titercballenges for SUNY and for UB. If ate _and educated requires not
you thinlcabouttheiT~ only an ability to read and to rea·
oo campus, then&lt;twod&lt;ing, the com- 5011obutalsoan ability to use computer hardware, the oeed for rq&gt;lace- puters. Technology.aJiows.--&lt;&gt;r
ments and upgrades, the needs ofin- ~thecoc:tectverbshould be
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you see how big a pm of the uni- Folks of my~atleastin
v=ity bodget goes to IT. That is a the sciences and engineering.
reality ofbighei education. I am en· think about computers and comcouraged that UB is recognizing its puting in a ca1aio way. Thepcommitment to technology and is eration of kids now in high
working to provide resourt'e5 appro- school, growing up with
Gameboys and Pl:lyStations,
priate to that cOmmitment.
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to see vr:ry interesting developWhether I believe all the hype about ments. So whether or not I believe
technology and its impact on learn- all the tech hype, the impact of
ing.! am an advocate furt&lt;dmology, technology oo the WliY .., think
but I tty to retain what I hope is a and learn and discover makes me
healthy dose of skepticism. I know want to understand, to learn, to
how technology can make the acqui- teach, who! it is all about
sition of data much easier. But a data

of e&gt;p&lt;rience. We don't want to do
technology for technology's saic.e, to
"compute:rize" a da.ss just because·
we can. It maybe that not all courses
would benefit from t&lt;dmology. Cer. tainiy there are many different Iciods
of technology that might be used
profitably. I would ask the departments to look at the students they
teach-the servia teaching, the
majors, the grad studmts--&lt;wd to
consider what Iciods of curriculum
development make sense. Let's build
a program that touches each of these
groups of students in meaoingful
ways, that provides a range of uses
of technology and helPs develop
skills and unclentanding.

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riety of techniques," including relying more on transfer and out-ofstate students, he added
While system admin~tion prefers Plan A, it has expressed no will·
ingness to enrich UB's funding to
offset the expected financial implications of the plan, Greiner said.
... We're not willing to sign a
memorandum of understanding
that would have us make financial
concessions that they'n: (SUNY) not
willing to support," he said, pointing out that an MOU "should have
some element of mutuatity."
"We're suggesTing to them that
we're on Plan Band the mernoran·
dum of understanding had best reHect that
"As a result of pursuing Plan B. we
have essentially hailed ourselVes out

of a 10-year (budget) bole by a lot tional mission-review money in the
of hard work from faculty and staff curmit budget, it was not enough
who have helped us raise our enroll- to offset the kinds of cuts UB would
ment and maintain the general lace under Plan A.
"Ifyou cutyourenrollrnent by the
quality profile of our entering freshman class, maintain graduate enroll- numbers they're talking, we would
ment... and put us in a position lose $7-8 million in .recurring
where ...,generate a lot of additional (money) and for that they gave us
revenue which we then use to pay $2.3 million non-recurring ...
off our debts and stabilize our bud- Capaldi noted. "This is not a deal
get and lay the foundation for the anyone would take, and so we'n: not
going to reduce our numbers. .. and
coming decade.
.. ln our conversations with cen- instead will sub~t another protral office, we're going to say we don't posal just on inaeasing 'selectivity."
think the sysrem can afford for us
On another issue regarding the
to try to be a smaller major pubtic MOU, John Boot, professor and
institution," Greiner said. '"It runs chair of the D&lt;partment oi'Managecounter to a lot of aspirations the ment Science and Systems, wondered bow UB would address the
campus has always had"
Provost Elizabeth Capaldi noted issue ofassessment ofprognuns an(!
that_although UB I"eOOved addi- . student learning. since the MOU

describes the university's efforts in
these areas as ladting.
Capaldi respooded that UB definitely would evaluate its programs.
"but i(s a matter of bow and what
and where," noting that the process
can be"compticatedand contradictory" if not done right
·Jn many instances, it would be
"silly" to evaluate programs because
they already are evaluated·routinely
byaccediting~sbesaid,call·

ing assessment more of an "arts and
sciences" issue sincE there is no acaeditingagencyforthoseprograms.
She pointed out that the assessment issue is one that has been included in the MOUs for all SUNY
institutions because many do not
even solicit outside reviewers in the
promotion and tenure process.

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CPA to host ballet company
SUite funding makes ABT Studio OJmpany residency possible
. , llllU IOCOCJt-MATAI..l
RtpOftt&lt; Contributor

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HE Studio Compaoy of
the American Ball&lt;t Theatre, one of a handfuJ of
great classical ballet
compaoies in the world, will be in
residence in the Center for the Arts
from Oct. 1-21.
The ABT Studio Company, a
highly specialized training progr11IT1
to prepare yo\lllg dance-s to entrr
the American Ballet Theatre (AJ!l)
and ABT's principal outreach arm,
was founded in 1995. It has nemperformed in Western New York.
The last time the ABT performed in
Buffalo was in 1981.
The ABT Studio Compaoy's residency at UB will be its lint with a
campus in SUNY.
While in residence at UB,iheABT
Studio Company's 13 dancen are
scheduled to offer lectures-demonstrations, workshops for UB dana:
students, master classes for danars
from UB and the community, and
performances for school children.
The compaoy will perform in sem-al
area high schools, as weD as present a
public dancr concert at 8 p.m. Oct.
20 in !he Mainstage Theatre of the
CFA on the North Campus.
The residency and cultural opportunity for the Western New York
community will be made possible
through state funding arranged by
Assemblyman Paul A. Tokasz of
Cheektowaga, fhairman of the Assembly Tourism, Arts and Sports
Development Committee, and As-

sembly Speaker Shddon Silver.
• Bringing some of the world's finest dancers to Western New York will
not only enhance the quality of life
for our residents, but will also attract
dancers and baUctlovers from aaoss
the region ," Tokasz said.
"I want to thank Assembly Speaker
Shddon Silver for his support and assistance in bringing the American
Balle! Theatre to Western New York."
he added "We are pleased to bring
this world-renowned baUct troupe to
the Univmityat Bufl3lo. marking the

company's lint visit to Weslml New
Yorit."
President William R. Greiner
praised both Silver and Tokasz for
their efforts.
-rh.Asoembly'ssupport will~
it possible to bring one of the nation's
finest baiict troupes to UB, benefit-

Ailey II, Doug Varone and Dane=;
and dana soloist Margie Gillis (S«
related story, page 6).
The CFA each year progr11IT1s a
dana: residency to benefit not only
the university's students. but the
Western NCW' York community as
wdl. The residency progr11IT1 is designed to bring to·
gether danect stu -

dents, students of related performing
and fine-arts disci plioes, st udents in

local dance companies and schools, as
....U as the larger arts

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communities and
new community audiences. Residency
activities and master

CFA,-AaT-

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~

ingnotonly~ebttrandstaH;

but the larger Western New York
community as ~"Greiner said
"We appreciate the Assembly's fi nancial assistance, and we are delighted to welcome the American
Balle! Theatre back to Buffalo after
an absence of nearly 20 years.•
As Western New York's premier
presentrrofdance, theCentrr for the
Arts is the perfect venue for AliT's
Studio Compaoy, acnording,to CFA
Director Thomas B. Burrows.
"Not only has Assemblyman
Tolcasz given us our most impresSM and comp~ dancr season thus far, his effort makes it posSible for us to double the number of ·
students touched by our oommu-

nity-school outreach progr11IT1 and
to increase the professional artists
residency aperience for UB's dance
students by 100 percent. The center
is extremely _grateful."

Among the dance companies that
haY&lt; perfonned in the !=FA are Ailey
II, The Parsons Dance Company,
The Paul Taylor Dance Company
and the Martha Graham Dana: Ense mble. The center's 2000/200 I
KeyBank Dance .Series will include

classes are provided
al no cost to under-

served area schools.
The outreach activities reach more
than I,000 Western New York school
children em-y year.
Establisbed in Octob&lt;rof 1995, the
American Ballet Theatre's Stud io

Company is a srnaU classical dance
company of 13 young dancers of
outstanding potential. The ABT Studio Company was created to prepare
young dancers to enter American
Balle! Theatre and provides opportunities for now and established choreographers and romposers.
In keeping with its reputation as
a "'dancers' oompany;"' the American

Ballct Theatre continually drnws the
finest dancers from the United States
and th&lt; rest of the world.
The company has been home to
such legendary perfonners as Carla
Fr.ia:i, Nora Kaye. Alicia Alonso, Eric
Bruhn, Mikhail Baryshnikov and
Gdsey Kirkland
lickel prices for th&lt; public performance on Oct. 20 are $18. S 15.
$9, and $7 for UB students. Tickets
are available at the CFA box ofliao
from noo n to 6 p.m . Tuesday
through Friday and alllickelmaster
locations. For more information.
call 645-ARTS.

Verizon funding "Web walk''
By SUZAM« CHAMBUII.AIN
Reporttr Contributor

I

T will be a walk on the "Web
side' when a 20th -century

Frank Uoyd Wright masterpiece goes virtual through a
grant to the Center for Virtual Architecture in the School ofArchitecture and Planning.

arts and culture, and

neighborhood
programs.
Jean LaMarche, assistant profes-

and build architectural models that
bring history to life in 3-D.
He said there are many educa-

sorintheSchoolofArdt.itectureand
Planning and manager o n the

tional opponunities for advanced
architecture students to assist with

project,saidthegrantwillenablethe
university to use its strong technological capabilities and educational
experience on behalf of an aciting

the development of th e Martin
House complex modeL
He and other scholars will be able
to use the virtual model to analyze

Bell Atlantic) has given a sso;ooo
grant to the center to build a digital
model of the Barton House, part of
the Darwin D. Martin House Complex in Buffalo.
Maureen Rasp-Close, community
affain director for Verizon Foundation, said the partnership "demon-

architectural treasure.
"UB will be involved in laying the
groundwork for new ways of test ing spatial and movement theories
in architecture," said La Marche,
"while additionally studying and
preServing architectural history in
an interactive manner appropriate
for the 21st century...

strates our commitment to using

He explained that the project will

technology to showcase the brilliance of Frank Uoyd Wright to our
worldwidecustomenandcncourage
them to view these architectural
wonders in Western New York.•
Rasp-Giose said that because of
its oommitment to tM oomrnunity,
the Verizon Foundation invests in
technology projects that lllrgel education, health and human services,

produce animations in CD-ROM

includescreatingvirtuai3-Dmod-

and Wcb-aCC&lt;SSible formats so that
viewers-both scholars and a genera) audience---can "'walk i.nsidt" the
Barton Houseaslln'el'bcfo~tocx ­
plor&lt; Wright's work.
La March&lt; sees the project as the
beginning of a long-range multidisciplinary effort that will result in
a lab of computen able to design

els for demolished buildings that

Verizon Foundation (formerly

and test some of the commonly ac-

cepted theories about Wright's intentionsregacdingthevisualandexperientialaspectsofhisarchitcctu rc.

Workas involved in the mult iphase reconstruction of th e Martin complex have more practical
plans. such as using the computer
model to solve construction prob-

lems in a virtual environment. This

no longer aist at the site before
attempting an~ bricks-and-mortar version.

La March&lt; said he plans to dernonstnlte the digital model, or the
work in progress. at the 2001 Centennial Ce lebration of the Pan
~ Exposition in Buffalo.

PSUA seeks service initiatives III
The Offke of Publk Servke and Urban Affairs will publish the
third volume of its compendium of faculty - dir«t~ public-SC"rvice
mitiatives undertaken at UB.
Faculty mem~rs a~r needed to assist in completing thi; mven-

tory of public-service activities. Th&lt; 2001 publication will highlight
and report o n the ex-pertise and scholarship that VB faculty mem ·
hers have applied to public needs since 1998.
It is important that pUblic higher edl}cation emphasize 1ts involvement in, and commitment to, both thr -commun ity and the societ y
m which we Live. This is the primary goal of the 200 I compendium.
Public servicr is servi~e that is based on scholarship and con tributes to thr overall miss ion of the university. It includes activi ties that represent sustained cont ributio ns that can create new
k.nowlrdge, train others in the discipline or area of expertise, aggregate and in terpret kno wledge so as to make it undersiandable
and useful, o r disseminate the knowledge to the appropriate usr r
o r audience .
The compendium also will indude an expanded section on US's
service- learning initiatives. Se:rvice-leammg initiatives foster student
learning and career devdopment and are integrated into the academic
curriculum so that students are provided with faculty-supervised
opportunities to apply skiUs and knowledge in real-life situations.
A survey and a memo asking for a description of public-service
andlor scrvicr-leaming projects have been mailed to mrmbers of
the campus community.
Copies of the survey forms aJso are available at the PSUA Web Si t~
at &lt;wlngt.buffa lo.edu/ psua &gt;. The deadline for returning the survey forms is Oct. I. Questions ca n be directed to the compendium
project manager. L1sa C. Francesco ne, at 645-2097.

1,600 expected for 11th annualm
Linda Yalem Run on Sept. 24
More t ha n 1,600 indjviduals are expected to race, run . jog. stro ll
or walk as part of US's II th Annual Linda Yalem Mem on al Run . to
begin at 10 a.m. Sept. 24 o n the North Ca mpus.
The SK U.S.A. Track and Field certified cour&gt;e. part of The Buffalo
News Runner of the Year Series, will start and finish near Alumni Arena.
Held in memory of a UB student who was assaulted and mur·
de red while jogging on a bike path nea r the North Campus. the event
promotes personal-safety awareness and su pports
campus-based, c rim e-preVention programs.
Advance registration is S 13 per
pe rson if postmarked by Wednes day. Registration on race day ~ ~
S 16. The cost for students is S I0.
Checks should be made payable,

in U.S. funds only, to the UB
Foundation. Inc.
Pre-registra tion application forms and

race packets wiD be available from 4-7:30 p.m.
Sept. 22 in Alumn i Arena, and participants will rec~ive a vo ucher
for two tickets to the UB Bulls vs. Bowling Green football game to
be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 23. Packets also may be p icked up at the arena
from 8-9 a.m . on race day.
Registration forms also will be available on the North Campus m
350 Student Union, at the lobby counter oft he union , in 130Alumm
Are~a and in 270 Farber Hall on the So uth Cam pus. In addjtio n ,
they will be available in residence-hall officrs o n both campuses.
Customtee Active Wear will provide each pa rticipant with a free
lo ng·sleeve, mock- neck tee-shirt. Finisher~ also will receive a free
safety item.
Awards will be given to the overa ll male and female finishe rs in
the o pen division, the top- three male and female finishers in fiveyear age and wheelchair ca tegories, the to p race walkers and the top
UB male, female, faculty/s taff, student a nd residence -hall finishers.
There also wiU be a drawing for two trips for two and finish -line
u ckets to the New York City Maratho n . plus o th er prizes. includin g
merchandise and gift certificates.
Fo ll owi ng the award ceremony. a kads' dash will be held.
For more in forma tio n, ca ll 64 5-2982 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. week·
days , o r visi t th e Web ~ li t" at &lt; h tt p :/ / www. st ud ent -

affaln .buffalo.edu/lyr/ &gt;.
Finish-line results will be prov1ded by Emery Fishe r Race Cre-w
and Don Mitchell Runtim e ServiCes. Results will be posted onhne.
UB sponsors are the Bulls, th e Office of Student Affairs, th e Ant1
Rape Task Force·Sub-Board 1 In c., the Student Association and the
Faculty Student Assoc.iatio n.
Community sponso rs are Mrs. T's Pierog1es. Tops Friendly Mar

kets, New York Road Runners Club Inc., WJYE 96.1 . Montana Mil l&gt;
Bread, Century Printing and G raphics Inc., Wend y's, Chek.com
Internet Services and Orville's Ho me Appliances.
Run su pponers a re Starbucks Co ffre, Customtee Acllvewear,

Anderson's Custard and Roast Beef, Gordon Highlanders Pipe Band
and Color G uard, Wo mrn 's Health In itiative, Niagara Walkers.
Runner's World, Dick's Sporting Goods, New Era, Runner's Roost,
PowerAde, US Airways and New York Army National Guard.

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WBFO CJII.Iri Show

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being aired .. 7 p.m. Mondiy
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UB wrestlers j.C. Montroy
(left), a English major from
Walworth, and josh States,
a geology major from
lockport. do some situps in
front of the new South lake
Village student-housing
complex. States qualified for

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on topiaoi_ID,_
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Ust&lt;ners con aslt_.;ons

the 2000 NCAA Wrestling

by colling 829-6000.

Championship.

Women's Club to hold
Fall Luncheon
The U8 ~··Club

.... hold

ill annual F.M Membership lur&gt;cl-.at 11:15 Lm. Sept. 231n
Fanny's -~ Sheridan

DTM, Amhent.

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Pa"t' at 634-25-49.

~an virtuoso,
composer to perform
UB wlltal a porlolrnaon 1«ture on u.diUoNII ~ musk:
by virtuoso performer and composerKlmJinHiat7:30p.m.
Sept. 281n the Sa-*ig Room
In the Center lor the Ails on the
North Compus.

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ECRC begiJ:Js sign-language program
By PAT111CIA DOHOVAN
News s.M&lt;es Edotor

T

H E Early Childh ood
Education Research Center (ECRC) has begun a
projectlo explore the use
of American Sign language (ASL)
as a common medium of commu ni ca tion among multilingual!
multi cultural preschool

throush the use of words and symbois," she says,·..., can apec1 that
it will help the children improve
theirabilitytospeakEnglish. ltalso
will facilit1.te their socializ.ation by

the two," Bartkowiak says.
'"This may be beause a particular
child speaks a language other than
English at home or, in thec:aseof an
English-speakingchild,thathisorber

helping them to initiate play interaction.&lt; otherwise made difficult by
language restrictions.
..Communication ~ children and caregivers also is often impeded in preschool situations by the
I'~_ckof a common language between

language development cannot yet
handle such communication."
If the UB oisean:h reveals that ASL
leads to an increased use of signs or
words, then it indicates that a critical element in a child's early developm~nt-communication with

childr~n

whose English-language developmen! often is impeded by the language barrier.

A pilot.-study funded by the
Graduate School of Education will
introd ua ASL to children enroUed
for the Fall semesoer in the ECRC
preschool, where 30 percent of the
2-5 year olds speak a total of 12 different native languages at home.
Elaine Bartkowiak, associate di rector of the ECRC, explains that re-

search= hypothesize thai the introduction of ASL will lead to an increased use of linguistic symbol&gt;signs or words-by children whose
native language i~ not English, as
weU as by children diagnosed as developmentally delayed
"If our research reveals thai ASL
leads to increased communi01tion

caregivers---&lt;: take piace despite
language barriers. It will P"""' that
ASL can serve :u the lingw frat=

in a multilingual/multicultural
school environmenL
This summer, the qnter's staff
cqllected baselintdala on thedcvdopmental levels and communication skills of children partic;ipating
in the study. They also prepared
training videos to be given to parents of children enrolled in the center programs for the Fall semester
to ensure that parents, teachers and
children all are using the same signs
to communicate. l..t:e Dray, coordinator of the ASL program for the
World Languages Institute, is serv- ·
ing as a consullarit to the project.
Upon completion of llie study, researchers will evaluate the effectivenessofthe intervention by comparing outcomes for experimental and
control groups.
If the resuliS offer demonstrable
evidence of increased oommunicatio n and/or better socialization
through the use oflinguisticsymbols,
the project will be sent to sevtral urban multilingual/multi-cultural preschool sites for further study.

"Buena VISta" performer to appear at UB
lly PATRKIA DONOVAN
New! Services Editor

HOSE wh o loved !he
speaacular African-Cuban rhythms of the film
"Buena VOSla Social Oub"
will thrill to the sounds of one of
the film's featured performers, Pio
Levya, who, with his band. La Fuerza
Brava. will give .a short. free public
.. informance" at noon Oct. 5 in
Baird Recital Hall, Room 250 Baird

T

Hall, on the North Campus.
Levya, a diminutive octogenarian
virtuaUy unknown to American audieoces before his film appearance,
has been towing Europe and Africa
for yean and has a strong foUowing
in West Africa, where the Afro-Cuban tradition is rooted..
Although his music is stylistically
similar to th~ music heard in th~
film. the wildly energetic Levya has
a·contagious styl~ of his own, per-

formed in a

voic~ that is at once
raspy and guttural, sweet and melodic.
One critic likened it to that of
Louis Armstrong. noting thai Levya
gives "a poignant edge to romantic
chestnuiS like 'Dos Gardenias,' while
his energy and vitality mal« show
stoppers like 'La Candela' particularly exciting."
Th~ quint~t La Fu~rza Brava,
headed by adept and versatile trum-

peter Nestor Suarez, is augmented by
-sultry young singers and has the
sound of a 12-piece orchestra. The
group is nott:d for such nwnbert as
"Eiubs Chango," whose pulsating,
percussive beat so beautifully represents the Afro-Cuban style, and
"Habana Del Este," a lush, melodious
paean to a part of Cuba's 01pioal city
La Fuerza Brava will perform Oct.
6 in Rockwell Hall on the campus
of Buffalo Slate CoUege.

" T h ~ co nseque nce," Luo says,
.. will be a fundamental change in
the concept of electronic device design resulting not only in higher
computing spttd, but in great irn ~
provements in such fie ld~ as
photonics and data transmission
and communication."

information, creating gateways for
electrons. Such materials might allow spins pointing in on~ direction
to pass, for instance, while spins
pointing in the opposite di=tion
might be turned away.
Mc:Combe explains that the VB
project aims to develop magnetic
conducting materi~cally
tho se made of ferromagn~tic
heterostruclures l ln(Mn }As/
Ga(M n )S b/ AI ( Mn }SbJ-and
novel devices from these materials.
This group of materials has great

potential for electronic devices and
for optical devices to produce and
detect infrared and far infrared signals (useful for, e.g., heal senjing
and night vision ).
"The funding to the VB consortiwn iqnser&gt;IS roughly 10 perte?l
of the presendy projected funding in
this DARPA program; Mc:Combe
says. "Other agencies, such as th&lt;
National Science Fowldatioo. have
recently begun to put substantial
aioouniS of reseatd! ru;..ding into
this new area.•

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According to Luo. if spin can be
manipulated, electrons will be able lo
perform new functions in data processing and storage. In lilct. dala processing and storage could be merged
in th~ same basic oomponcnt
This would mal« il possible to
prod uce, among o ther things,
"quantum computers" that would
not haY&lt; to relay on binary digiiS (I
or 0) but could encode information
in different spin states-up. down
or any of an infinite number of possibilities involving a mixture of both.

lno~t o align o rothenvisema­

nipuJate the orientation of spin,
however, structures of metals or

semiconduaors must be developed
that .fe 01pable of sensing electron
spin direction and, based-~ this

�September 1Uil00/Vot32Jo.( Rep arlell"

Stu~y focuses on lung status
Research shows relationship between lung function, longevity
lly LOIS BAitU
News Services Editor

H

ow

well your lungs
function may predict
how long you live.
This finding is the
result of a nearly 30-year follow-up

of the association belwecn impaired pulmonary function ~d aU
causes of mortality, conducted by
UB researchers.
Results of the study appear in the
September issue of Chest.
The UB researchers found that
the 20 percent of men with the poorest lung function when the study began were more than twice as likely
to have died during follow-up than
men with the best lung function .
Women in the lowest group were
more than I 1/2 times more likely
to have died.

women and men between the ages
of 15 and 96. Researchers collected
informationonlifestylefactorsand
health status, induding pulmonary
function .!n 1990, a follow-up study
determined which participants had
died and their cause of death.

Thepurposeofthecurrcntstudy
was to investigate the association
between pulmonary function and
mortality for periods that extended
past 2-5 years, the limit of pmrious
st udies. SchUncmann and _col leaguesalsowantedtodeterminefor
howolong pulmonary function is a
significant predictor of mortality.
After excluding those with in complete lung-function data and
participantswhowereyoungerthan
20 at baseline, SchOnemann and colleagues ended up,with 1, 119 subjects--641 women and 554 men.

.. This observation suggests that
those with lower lung-function lev-

They co mpared one measure of
pulmonary function-the volume

els may need to pay particular at tention to avoid negative effects,
such as smoking, on their lungs,"
said Holger SchOnemann, research
assistant professor in the Depart ment of Social andPrcventive Medicine and lead author on the study.
He also suggested that physicians
conduct a simple lung-function test
as pan of a routine physical cxami nation.
SchOnemannandcoUeaguesana+
lyzed data from the Buffalo Blood
Pressure/Erie County Air Pollution Pulmonary Function Study collected during 1960 and 1961. The
origi nal study enro lled 2,273

ofairexhaledjnonesecond (forced
expiratoryvolumeorFEVl}--with
death records.
Results showed that lung function
was a significant predictor of Jon+
gevity in the whole group for the full
29 years of follow-up.
" It is important to note that the
risk of death was increased for participants with moderately impaired
lung function, not merely those in
the lowest quintile,.. Schilnemann
said . " This suggests that the in creased risk isn't confined to a small
fraction of the population with severdy impaired lung function ...
The reasons lung functi on may

predict mortality are no t clear.
Schunemann said. noting that '"
creased risk is found in persons who
never smoked, as well as among
smokers.
"The lung is a primary defense or-

ganism against environmental toxins.
It could be that impaired pulmonary
function could lead to decreased to Ierana: against these toxins. Research·
ers also have speculated that de creased pulmonary function could
underlie an increase in oxidative

stress from free radicals, and we know
that oxidative stressf&gt;lays a role in the
dcvclopment of many diseases."
SchOnemann said the fuct that a
relationship does exist betwttn lung
function and risk of death should
motivate physicians to screen pa tients for pulmonary functi on, even
if more research is needed to determine why.
" It is surprising that this simple
measurement has not gained more
importance as a general health-as sessment tool," he noted.
Also participating in the research
were Joan Dom,assistant professor,
and Maurizio Trevisan, professor
and chair, Depanment of Social and
Preventive Medicine; Brydon Gran t,
professor of medicine and physiology, and Warren Winkdstein , for+
merly of UB. now professor emeri tus of the School of Public Health ,
University of California+Berkeley.
The National Heart . Lung and
Blood Institute and the Ge rman
Research Foundation (DFG) suppaned the study.

Units asked to "step up" for SEFA
Erie-BOCES I and co -chatr of the
2000 Buffalo and Erie Co unt y
United Way Campaign , told the liHE Zodiaque Dance
aisons that the United Way will deCompany joined unit liaipend heavOy on UB to help it raoc
sons fo r t he State Em it s "very ambitious" goal of more
ployee Federated Appeal
than $19 million, noting that UB's
(SEFA) in their efforts to help UB
can1paign is the "exemplar for fund "step u p for SEFA" du ring the
raising campaigns."'
cam paign's a nnual kickoff event
The United Way is making an ef+
Tuesday in the Center for Tomorrow.
fort to' ensure that Wrstern New
The liaisons-faculty and staff
York has the highest quality of life
mem bers who volunteer to lead
anywhere in the country, she said.
campaign efforts in their individual
"And with partners like UB. we're
units--m unched on "movie-thesure to be able to do that."
ater" snacks and watched dancers
Roben Bennett, o ;.
fro m Zodiaque perform as they
ocutive directo r of the
heard how SEFA and the United
United Way of Buffalo
Way make a diffe rence for local
and Erie Co unty, sa id
community organizations.
that not o nl y is US's
Lawrence Shulman, dean of the
SEFA ca mp aign th t·
School of SoQal Work and chair of
model for such fund the 2000 SEFA campaign, told the
raising campaigns. but
volunteers that in order to achieve
also cal led UB th e
this year 's campaign goal of~
model universit y for
$700,000-the largest goal ever for l
community invol vt•
the university-the theme of"Step- ·
ment.
ping Up" has been adopted.
" Here is where ex "We're going to be asking units to
--~-aftthe
ample after exa mpl e.
step up and respond if they haven't
retiring
whether it 's in famil )'
before; we're going to be asking in - executlw diNdOI' of the UnltOd Way.
violence, drug and al+
dividuals to step up and contribute
"And I truly do believe that one co hol . elder care. early-ch ildhood
if they haven't contributed. If you
have contributed, we're goin g to ask more time our fa culty, our staff. our education. any issue affecting fam
you to step up and contribute even students -the whole UB commu - ily life, you can look to the univer nity-wiU show how much it val - sity for help and get it , and gt•t it at
more," Shulman said.
He noted that the campaign has ues the suppon that it receives from the highest levd," Bennett said.
Shulm an and Greiner honored
established a new ca tegory, " UB the Western New York community,
Go ld ," a leadership position for and that all of us will step up and Bennett, who will reti re from th e
th()S(!willingtocontribute I (Xrcent say to this community. 'we suppon United Way at the end of the yea r,
by unveiling the new Robert Bennet!
you as well.'
of their salary.
"And there's no better way for us Cup, which will be awarded annu +
President William R. Greiner
ally to the UB unit with the highest
pointed out that despite lean eco+ to show that than through SEFA."
nomic times during the past decade,
Jane Ogilvie, regional director of increase in contributions.
By SUE WUETCHER

Reporter Editor

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UB "managed to rise aboV&lt; the adversity it fuced."Now,at the beginning
of a nt."¥1 millennium, he said, UB is
moouraged "about the way the state
has turned the oomer in t·erms of the
way it's valuing higher education.
"And so I hope that in this envi ronment,onemore time we will step
up and be the leader in Western New
York that we have been. That can
happen only if you put out the kind
of effon you have in the pasl l know
that you are committed to this en terprise and that you will do that."
Greiner said.

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On your mark. ..get set...click!
Tomorrow the summer Olympk games begin in Syd ney, Austra lta. Despite the 15-ho ur ttme dtfference between Buffalo and Sydney.
fa ns can find up-to· the -mmute results v1a the Web. The first place
to stop for th e latest news a nd comprehenSIVe mformat1o n ts th e
official Sydney ZOOO sHe, &lt;h ttp :/ / www.olympks.com/eng &gt;. From
th e top-bar menu , choose .. Sports," and then select a particular Olym pic spo rt in order to get current res ults, as well as hi sto ry, ru les and
sc hedules. An ot he r compre hensive s1te is NBC's· si te &lt; http:/ I
www.nbcolymplcs. com &gt;. The sit e fea tures a .. Choose a Sport "
pull-down menu under wh1ch a re resu lts, as weU as biogra +
phies. of I he athletes co mpet ing. O the r hnk.s
on rhe N BC sile snclude ..Athl ete's Votce."
which lead s 10 audio-file mterviews wath se
Jected athl etes. and "About This Sport," whtch
provid es rul es, history and a ha nd y glossary
of terms for each Ol&gt;•mpic sport.
For those mterested m the pohttcs of the
O lymptcs , there are seve ral useful stanang
poants. See the Australtan Broadcastan g Cor·
poration O lympi cs News sit e, &lt;htt p :/ / www.• bc.n et.• u / news/
olympks&gt;, for a local , Australian perspective o n the soc aoecono rn te
impact of Sydney 2000. The International O lympa c\..ommitt ee ( IO&lt; :J
site &lt;http:/ / www.olymplc.org &gt; presents anternational press cov
erage of the games under "Sydney 2000 World News." The IOC site
also lin ks to natio nal Olympic co mmittees, international sports fed
erations a nd the O lympic Museum. which features a virtual gallery.
Britannica .co m 's article o n th e O lymp ic Ga m es &lt; http :/ I
www.brttannk•.com / &gt; provides a history of both the summer and
winter games and includes images, a bibliograph}' and additional links.
Britannica.com's site for the 2000 O lympic games includes two fun li nk.s:
.. Best Moves," which is an animated primer on various O lympiC sports.
and " For the Record." wh1ch promises a medal-winners databa.sc with
real-time updates from Sydney. O n the ancient O lympic garncs,se&lt;"Thc
Ancient Olympics" &lt;http:/ / www.peneus.tufts.edu/ Oiympks&gt; and
the Ancient O lymp ic Ga m es Vir tu a l Mu se um &lt; http:/ I
devl•b.d • rtmouth .edu/ o lymplc &gt;. "The Ancient Olympics" IS an
online exhibit that compares an cien t and modern Olympi c sports. and
includl"S a virt ual to ur of th e site of O lympia. The Ancient O lym ptc
Games Virtual Museum 1s a good start ing place for students--it provides a history of the ancient gam~ . an interactive map that shoW!. win ners by ci ty-sta te, and a scholars' foru m.
It ts not hard to imagine O lympiC competit iOn w1thm a stone's throw
of Buffalo. Nearby Toro nto recently madf' the short list of potential sum mer games hosts. C:heck out our Canadian neaghbor's bid fo r the 2008
summer games at &lt;http:/ / www.torontos.ummugunes.com / &gt;
- Austin Boot h • nd Brend• Battleson , Umvefljfy Ubronl'1

DrieD
Urban Design Project focuses
on Chautauqua County issues
A second round o f community pla nning meetings designed and
facilitated by UB and Fredonia State College at the req uest of the
Chautauqua Co unty government e nd ed this summer with c nthu s1
astic support from participants.
UAnalysis of the res ults of tht· live public me-etmgs in the s.ec.:ond sen es of Cha utauqua County communit y su mmits is still very prelim1 +
nary," says County Exeruttve Mark Thomas, .. but the meetings 1dcn +
tify increasing economic optim1sm 111 the cou nry and public mtcrest
in enhancing the environment in conccn with economic development:·
He no tes that the second se ri es also identified st rong public '-On +
cern abo ut Iss ues facmg the co unty's youth a nd a dcs1re by Clti ll'n
groups and co mmunity-based o rgamza.tton:. to takl' a grcatt"r roll·
m devcloptng and implementing plans for the coun ty':. fu ture
Th e ..::om munit\' summal s were reco mm ended 1n 1998 h) the
Chautauqua Coun~ y Planmng Transition Team. a group of commu
nit y leader~ ..::ommiss ao ned by Thoma.s to design a plannmg proc~ for
the coun t-y. The tea m indicatt-d it wan ted all the coun ty's co mmumtl l~
to be mvolved m estahlishmg a uniform vision and rn.i~i o n for the count v
legtslaturc to use 111 adoptmg goals and objecti ves.
In reJtponse to th at need. th e su mmit process \\f3!&gt; dt'ltlgnt·d and I!&gt;
bemg facilatated b}' th e Urhan Design Pro1ect m thl· L:R Sl. hool ol
Archit ec ture a nd Plannm g tn partnership With Ce nt er for Rur .tl
Regi o nal Development anti Govf'rn ancc at Fredo nia Stat e Coll ege
The firltt se n es of th e Chautauqua summ1ts was compll·tcJ laJtt November. A senelt of five meetings we re held this ~ umml'r .md .-1
th1rd se n e~ 1:, planned for May 2001.
So far. Thomas says, the summit s have gont• a long way tn e n ~ag
tog ci ti ze n tntercst and consensus tn the 1df' nllficat1on of ~ h arl"tt t'u'
nom iC and soc1al concern s.
He sa}'S th ey aJso have helped dt"vd op publ tc understandmg and
support for co unt y initiatives designed to improve pubhc and pn ·
vate lnvt.•stment, industrial infrastructure. the cnvJro nmen t. govt.·rn ·
me nt efficiency a nd quality of life.

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H£ Center for the Arts
has announced its 2000-

01 season, which includes
a broad spectrum of programs ranging from cutting~g•
dance companies and distinguished
speakm, to compelling theater, fam.
ily entertainment and unique mu-

sical concerts.
The KeyBank Dance Series will
feature three dance performances,
including
U! at 8 p.m. Nov. 17
in the Mainstage Theatre. This professional dance company, which

Ailey

children and have r=rded 15 gold
and platinum albums. Their signa·
ture family sing-along show has
played to capacity crowds in major
concert halls and summer festival in
Canada and the United States. In
addition to con=ts, millioos have
enjoyed their television seri&lt;s, which
1Y Guide rated as No. 2 of the top10-quality programs for children.
This performance i:; r=mmended
for children ages 9 and under.
Also back by popular demand will
be the Jack Frost Hciliday Rrvue at
11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Dec. 9 in the
Mainstage. The performance will in·
elude the world-renown POKO
Puppets in a holiday mwical a l.ravaganza that will ftaturt the
black-light, space-age advmtures of
"little Red Rocket Hood" and a rollicking country-western "'Three
little Pigs," as well as a sing-along
with Jack and a cuddly Rudolph the
Red-No.sed Rein deer, a larger than
life ·Frosty the
Snowman .. and
the full company
in •March of the
·Toy Soldiers." This

performed to a sold-out howe at
UB last season, merges the spirit and
energy of the country's best young
talent with the passion and vision
of today's most outstanding ernergi~g choreograph•"·
The series will continue with Margie
Gillis, whose riveting solo concerts
have been ap plauded by audiences
and praised by critip
around the world.
She_will bring her
one-of- a - kind
dancing to UB at 8
p.m. Feb. 23 in the
- - . . . . , , _ . Gables, a musical
Mainstage.
Knownforthcirraw
1
based on Lucy Maud
physicality, Doug Varone and Dane- Montgomery's classic novd, will be
ers will perform at 8 p.m. April 7 in performed at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
the Mainstage. The group has March 4 in the Mainstage.lt is the
emerged as a powerful force and one story of Anne Shirley, a young orof the most =:iting dance compa- phaned girl with trernendow spirit
nies in the country, with music that and an
greater imagination
ranges from rock to classical, and who is sent to Prince Edward Island
movements from poignant tension to live with the Cuthbertsto playfulness and sheer fun. The Mathew and his sister, Marillacompany also will be in residence at who had requested a boy to hdp
UB during April, and the Center for them with their chores around the
theArtswillofferaserieso{outreach farm. Anne strives to gain the love
activitiestoareaschoolsandcnmmu- and trust oftheCuthberts by provnity centers. For more information ing her worth and making Avonlea
on resident activities, call645-6921.
her home. This performance is recThis will be the third season that ommended for ages 8-13.
KeyBank has sponsored the dance
Families and students are invited
series inpartnershipwiththeCenter to join Little Red Riding Hood ,
fo r the Arts. Exclusive discoun~cou - Grandmaandthe Wolfat !0:30 a.m.
pons are available one month prior March 29and !0:30a.m. and 7 p.m.
to each performance at all Western March 30 in the Mainstage for a roJ.
New York KeyBank locations.
ticking. froli4ing. fun-filled hour of
The season also will include a spe- action, laughter and bright music.
cial dance performance by th e The performance of "'Little Red
American Ballet Theatre Studio RidingHood"willbeprtStlltedwith
Company at 8 p.m. on Oct. 20 in the eye-atchingsetsand rostumes,polMainst.age. This classical dance com- ished professional perfonnm.a witty
pany will feature 13 young and po- script and hummable music. lbere's
tentially outstanding dance" per- even a happy ending for the wolf!
forming works by new and estab- R=mmended for ages 9 and under.
lished choreographers. This perforThe School-Time Adventure Semance is made possible by New York ries offers Western New York teachState Assemblyman Paul A. Tokasz, ers and their students the opportuchair of the Tourism, Arts and nity to S« a wide variety of theater,
Sports Development CommiHee, music and dance at affordable
and Sheldon Silver, New York State prices, with all seats only $5. This
Assemblyspcalcer(seestory, page 3). series is sponsored by Target.
In addition to the 10:30 a.m. perParents and children will have the
opportunity to journey into their formances of "Little Red Riding
imaginations with CFA's Family Ad- Hood," the School-Time Advmture
venture Series, a program that offers
Series will include:
affordable and age-appropriate pro• Sharon, Bram &amp; Friends will
ductions with child-friendly curtain entertain children and teachers with
times. This series is sponsored by their musical concerts at I 0:30 a.m.
Target.
Nov. 9 and 10·.30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
The whole family is invited to sing Nov. 10 in the Mainstage. R=malong with Sharon, Bram &amp; Friends mended for grades PreK-4.
at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 in the Mainstage.
• The Kennedy Center will
Entertaining children and families present •Aiaander and the Torsince 1978, Sharon and Bram create rible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad
quality, award-winning music for Day" at JOa.m.and ~: IS p.m. Dec.

even

7 in the Mainstage. From the moment he wak&lt;s up with gum in his
hair, things just do not go
Alexander's way! Recommended
for grades K-4 .
• A brand new musical adaptation of the classic fairy tak "Jack and
the Beaostalk," featuring song and
dance, good humor, wholesome values and a magical beanstalk that
grows before your eyes, will be per·
fonned at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 7 in the
Mainst.age. This performance is recommended for grades PreK-3.
• "Come Back, Amelia Beddia"
will be performed at 10:30 \.m.
Match 5 and 6 in the Mainstage. The
Omaha Theatre Company has
adapted this favorite written by
Peggy Parish about a charmin&amp;but extremely lit~ral-minded­
maid who has been malcing children
laugh for more than 35 years. Recommended for grades K-4.
CFA also will host a number of
speciaiOYmts throughout the season.
Metropolitan Entertainment
Group will prtStllt Alison Krauss &amp;
Union Station at 8 p.m. Oct. 6 in the
Mainstag&lt;. At
the age of 16,
Krauss released her de-

but recording
as a bluegrass
fiddle player.
By age 18, she
earned her
first Grammy
nomination, and a year later won her
first of lOGrammies. HOWOYOI',it was
her beautiful singing voice that led
to her commercial breakthrough in
1995 wben she released "Now That
I've Found You: A Collection," which
went double platinum.
Bale Fold6rico da Bahia will perform "Carnival 2000" at 8 p.m. on
Oct. 24 in the Mainstage. The only
professional folk dance company in
Brazil, the company's inany national
and international tours have earned
it a prestigious reputation around
the world. The 32-mernber ttoupe
of dancers, musicians, and singers
performs a repertory based on
"Bahian" folkloric dances ofAfrican
origin and include{ copoeira {a
form of martial arts), samba and
th= that celebrate Camiv2l.
Jazz guitarist Olarlie Hunter returns to the UB at 8 p.m. on Oct. 13
in the Mainstage. CombiniDg dements of jazz, rock and blues,
Hunter plays a unique eight-string
guitar that allows him to"""" deep
rich bass lines simultaneously with
chordal accompaniment and singlenote melody lines.
Solo piano player Jim Brickman
will perform at 8 p.m. on Nov. 5 in
the Mainstage. Considered one of
the most remarkable success stories
of the 1990s, he is a staple of adultcontemporary, pop, country and
smooth jazz radio and his live performances are noted for their eloquence and expressiveness. Co-presented by UB Department of Ath-

letics.
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

will return to UB at 8 p.m. on
March 13 in the Mainstage for an
unprecedented third year. Appealing to fans of pop. funk, jazz, rock,
folk, classical and bluegrass, this
unique and talented group is noted
for its incredible 1M performances.

The performance is made possible
by The Bernice Poss Me.morial
Fund.
The Distinguished Speakers Series will feature former' U.S. Senator
and astronaut John Glenn, 8 p.m.
Oct. II , Alumni Arenai Mary

Higgins Clark; besl-oellingautho&lt; of
13 suspense novels. 8 p.m. Nov. 16,
Mainstage, and Pulitzer Prize-winning autho&lt; Doris Karns Goodwin,
April26.
The Off Center Seri&lt;s, which offers unique, wnatile and progressive entertainment, will feature
MacHamer at 7:30 p.m. and 10
p= Nov. 3 in the Center (or the
Arts Atrium. Best described as "The
Simpsom do MacBeth" and written and performed by Rick Miller,
this one-man vocal spectacular features more than 50 voices from
1V's favorite dysfunctional family
in a hilarious performance of
Shakespeare's bloodiest tragedy.
More than 300 hand-painted slides
and an original musical score, both
by Miller, aecompany the show,
which stars Homer Simpson as
MacHomer and Marge as Lady

MacHomer.
Seen &amp; Heard (Cello Movement
Theatre) will perform at 8 p.m. on
Nov. 4 in the Black Box Theatre.
Described as • Lily Tomlin meets
Victor Borge," Seen &amp; Heard is the
genre-bending collaboration between cellist/composer Stephen
Katz and dancer/truthsayer BJ
Goodwin- They merge cA&lt;&gt;reography, dramatic characterization and
multi-tracked cello scores'i nto th&lt;ater that borders on clowning.
The Department of Theatre and
Dana will present dynamic and innovative performances by talented
young actors, dancers and d:lor&lt;ographers throughout the 2000-01

season.
Performances will include
Zodiaque Fall Dana Concert, Oct.
12-15 and 19-22, Drama Theatre;
Friedrich Duernnmatt's"The VISit,•
Nov. 9- 12 and 16-19, Drama Theatre; "Assassins" by Stephen
Sondheim and John Weidman, Nov.
15- 19, Black Box Theatre;
StudioWcrks Dana En.sernble, Nov.
30-Dec. 3, Black Box Theatre;
Zndiaque Spring Dance Concert,
Feb. 15-18 and 22-25, Drama Theatre; "Nine book" by Arthur Kopit
and music/lyrics by Maury Yeston,
Mar. 29-Apr. 1 and S-3, Drama The.

atre;"America

Hurrah• by
Jean -Claude
Van ltallie,
April 4-8,
Black Box
Theatre, and
YoungO.oreographers
Showcase,
April27-29, Black Box Theatre.
lickds are on sale and prices vary
for each sbowand/o.- series. Student
discounts and group r;lles are available. Tickets are available at the
Center's Box Oflice from noon to 6
p.m. Tuesday through Friday and at
all Tlck&lt;tmaster outlds. To charge.
call852-5000; for information, call
645-Aiirs; for group information,
call 645-6n t. Information also is
.v.iilable on the.C&lt;nter for the Arts
Web site: &lt;Imp:/1-------

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TheMail
Why are faculty opinions of the_ PRB so at odds?
To the Editor.
I have just compldtd time wonderful years as' a member of the

President's Rrnew Board. I say wonderful because the activity of serving on the board W2S intellectually
stimulating. the company insightful
and the sense I have acquired of the
breadth and quality of faculty at this

university a bit of a revelation.
However, ! would be remiss were
I not to recognize that my experience is wholly contrary to .what I as
a faculty member thought of the
PRB. Indeed, the board is almost
universally feared and reviled by
both faculty. departments and
schools in this university. It is seen
as a group of nit -pickingformalists,
out of touch with the realities that
departments face and generally unable to appreciate scholarly norms
outslde (or as others see it, inside)

between the departments and the
PRB, the majo&lt;question that is posed
in any case is simple: Are we being
fiim -tlammed? As any department
has every reason to engage in dimflam in order to pro1ect its autonomy,
the PRB's question is a reasonable
one. Sri11, if the PRB is asking a reasonable question. why does it seem
to the dq&gt;irtments that the PRB's actions= little more than fty-speck·
ing a candidate's record in punuit of
an enfotud, ~rmed formalism?
The reason is simple. Depart-

Why are these two views of the
PRB so at odds? The reasons are
structural. While in form the PRB
passes on the appointment and pro-

ments routinely present their cases
with opaque files, files that do not
speak in language that even reasonably well-intentioned outsiders can
understand When presented with
an opaque file. almost aU that the
l?oard can do to decide whether it is
being fiim-Oammed is to poke and
prod at the edges, then engage in Byspecking. Such a response may seer'
to be irrelevant to the case, but, given
the records that the PRB has to work
with, it is the best that the board can

motion of individual scholars to

do. So, if the departments and

tenure and/or full professorship,
giveo that the board sees very few
negative departmental or decanal
recommendations. what it does is
review the actions of departments,
and &amp;om a position that is generally outside of the rtlevant disciplin ary norms. Such a postUR means
that the PRB usuaUy is attempting
to protect the university from the
actions of its departments. though
occasionally attempting to protect
an individual scholar from the actions of his or her department No
departmenr wants even the dean's
nose in its bwincss, much less that

schools want less annoying work
from the PRB. assembling more
understandable, more transparent
files is how to get those results.
On the basis of my service on the
PRB, I would offer time rules that
might aid in preparing such files:
• RULE I. Fess up. Occasionally
there aresupem.an among us. How-

the sciences.

of an omrubus coUKtion of university busybodies.
Giveo the structural relationship

ever, most of our colleagues are
good, though not superstar, teach-

ers and researchers. Hiding that fact ,
or any other adw:rse fact, may work
in a single case, but if discovered will
hann not just the candidate in question, but other possibly even moredeserving candi
whose cases
are presented to'the.t&gt;o"
ereafter. The PRB has a sutprising 1 ·-

tutional memory; a reputation that
a department can't be trusted lasts a
long time and impacts the careers
of many candidates.
• RULE 2. Explain. A candidate

who fits into a department 's program for delivering on its teaching,
research and service obligations will
have more credibility than one who
seems to be a Martian, landed ran ·
domly among the earthlings. That
means that the difference between
being really useful and being sim ply one of the "good ole boys" is crucial to convincing the PRB that a
departmental decision is worthy of
being trusted
• RULE 3. Put your best foot for ward. Presenting a disorganized CV
is the equivalent of showing up for
one's thesis defen.se in jeans and a
tom t -shirt. And presenting a puffed
up CV is the equivalent of showing
up for the same event in formal at tire. Either presentation of the self
raises disturbing questions of judgment at a time 'when such questions
cannot possibly be helpful to the
candidate. Strive for the maximum
of order with the minimum of fluff.
This means that types of scholar-

ship--books, articles, conference
proceedings. etc.; peer-reviewed and
unreviewed-need be sensibly categorized; teaching load and grant
participation, where present, rea sonably detailed, and professional,
commun.ity, university and depart ment activities limited to items of
some significance.
I have sent three pages of more detailed recoinmendations to the chair.;
of aU departments. If individuals
wish copes, I will be pleased to supply them.
john Henry Schlegel
ProftSSOr of Law

~oot~all
Rutsen 59 , UB 0
The- b..d out .... Saord&gt;y
""'~ loo&lt;bolp......,.,\
&lt;&gt;«k.osd&gt;ea..ls(l!-2)....-..dd&gt;ebol
times a1d s:/NII serwenl

CNer' b.r

spod;lkeoms - - "' • 59-0
- . . . , . , Ruqon (2-0).

The -

-

nearly. art&gt;on

copy ol their sort at Syracuse u
quoruti&gt;od&lt; Joe Freedy wu ..cbd
and fumb6ed on the int drive, •din&amp;
·to • 7-0 lead fcx- 1\uqen.
The- hod""""'"' awtrc
~ba!:rathefnthafwt.-.a

by Freedy wu ~ ...t

pas$

rewmod "' ""' BUblo 20. Ruqon
would go on to post the ftftDtlt.

Freedy fini.t&gt;ed ""' game 24-ol45 fcx-.

=--"'&amp;hill ~but

wu Ad&lt;ed four - . Freedy·s
faotortte ~ ~ IR:shnwl sprt.
end Zeb MciGne. ,..,.,. tigl&gt;t end
Bnndon Sha~ ond
~-d&lt;

Bam McDonald.

Mci&lt;O&gt;e aU(IK '"'" puso5 fcx- 58

Canisius. Ludden
completed the eightkilometer ause in 26:02.4.
The time was a career-best
for the sophomore. improving on his 26:10 best last
season.
win -

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The defense wu poced by senior 01ris Grq ond ITeslvnan ~Wilcher
Grq hod...,. tocldes.indudiog one fcx-loss.wflieWilche&lt; hod.....,"*' ""1"indudio&amp; one Jo.-loss. Sophomore Mib Umben hod four addes ond •lun-ble
~- - senior c.no. Spenc..- hod four - """' ...t • fon:ed lun-ble.

~occer

MEH

Cal-State Fullerton 4, UB I; UC Irvine l, UB I; UB 1, Canisius I
The men's soccer team found out Suncby wtJy C».Sw:e MAerton G ranked II'\ dw:
oop-20 .. ""'r.., -.ct us. +I . ., ""' uc ;,.,..,.lOumey.
n..
early
n..n p~. """'-~by. second p~.,..
l&gt;elored&gt;e ..-.dofd&gt;etimhallkx-• 2-0ioad.The &amp;Is pen d&gt;eboanltat. In the
second half as MauYeates scored his first pi ofdle season to make k 2- 1. But
Fullenon ended"'' hopes ot. Bulb upset
two"""' pis .. ""' final 10
-.us~ Bri&gt;nWomiok reo&gt;nled""" ..... ., ""'pne.
In the rounwnent opener on Frid&gt;y. the &amp;Jits up a plln 1M lint

saorrc-

with.

with

In""'

minute ot ploy......o.a~ly losio&amp;"' uc .......
second hall. john SNnnon
scored on an assist from Brian McCaUton. cuWn&amp; the ~ to 2· 1. UC Irvine
soored &gt;pin Jo.- &lt;1&gt;e 3-t Rna!.Wozniak recorded sb&lt; ...., 1M game. but P"" up
the lhree pis. Mom Wenh pbyed 1M final It minutes ond up no pis.
Ovis Vnd was rhe hero tr dte Buls. scori"W an c:werci'ne p m ,;te US a 2- 1
wfn O¥er Unlsb.UBi Tim Sorcer- SCDn!d his lirst p ol the )""21" on 2tCJ'tJSS 6-om
joe PepinskL Canlsius: tied the ~ at 1- 1 u haJf.drne. Neilher t2am scored In the
second hall,
...t
upVind fcx- his ~pl.
Wo:znbk recorded t¥110 ~ and ~ his first pi d the season In the wW\

fortin&amp;""',_..,.,

som-e

WOMEN

Rutl&lt;'n 2, UB I; Syracuse 1, UB 0
The women's soccer team dropped both its contests at the Syracuse onhge
Cb.ssic, 2~ to Syraruse in the opener and 2- 1 to Rutgers. in O'f"er'time ll:l the

concludin&amp; match.

Against Ruqers. US's Paub l.Jstnni connected with the back of the net at
!he 14:20 marl&lt; to ,;... UB d&gt;e early lead Nicole Olszewsld usGt.d Ustrani. The
Scarlet Knights woo~ come back b.ter in the haH' to de the game. 1-1. ;n hatf.
time.The game remained tied In the second hatf. ln sodden death oYitf'time.
Ruqen broko lhrough d&gt;e UB defense 10 ,.;n !he game. 2-1 UB goaNe Emily
Cox recorded six saves on the &lt;by.
A.pmn the Or¥1cewomen. Syracuse scored a goal W'l each half.The second
hatf wu a defenstve batde. with each team only to get off a combined seven
shou until Syncuw sealed t:he victory. UB goalkeeper jaime Adams recorded
five saves in the game and aftowed her fin:t twO goals of the season. Olszewoslo
Ned the UB offensrw: atack wtth four of Bufb~'s eight shoa on goat

Calendar
ANiyst (Sl-4)-Health
Prdes.sioru IT Partnet'ltup,
Posting IP-0096. Web Design
Arch~«! (SL-3}-Hea~h

Profession&gt; IT PannenNp,
Posting tP-0097. Exeootlve
Assbt&gt;nt ond Budget

Coorc:fiNtor (Sl-2)-0ff~ee for
Ur&gt;Mnity Prq&gt;ar.oto&lt;y
Progr.orns, Posting •1'-0098.
Asdst.nt Dlroctor (MP-4}-

FKUity

=~~~·
ot CMI,

Vtsitlng Assodlte Professor (lour
positions)-Schoof of Law, Posting n .
0072. Au.lst.nt Professor-Department

Engineering. Posting ••.()101 .

~~~~=~::·

(Sl-2}-0&lt;paM-.ent
Structural and Environmental

21 In Sloe.

Amhent Saxophone Q&lt;wteL Sloe
Concert HoM. 8 p.m. F.... 5ponso«d by

Web Prog......,... (SL-3}Reoun:e and Tochnology
~ s.Mces, Division ot

otill. Assbt&gt;nt ~~
~-~~
Departmont of Histll&lt;y, Posting IP-OtOS

Profeuor/CUnkal AuJstant Profeuof/
C&amp;nk:lll Auodat:e Professor (two
positioru)-Ooportment of Su'9"')1.
Posting IF-0073.

~ Cl.uslf1ecl Civil

""' Dept. ot MU$ic. Fo&lt; """"

Keybowd SpecWist I (SG~)-Oimcal

Exhibits

Oentiruy, Une 125484. Keyboard
Spedollst I (SG-6)-0oportment of
Radiation Oncology, Roswell Part
Cancer Institute, Une 123-455 .
Keyboard Speclollst I (SG-0) (80

information, aJI 64S..2921 .

"SpKe"
Pho&lt;ograplllc wort&lt; by C.mbodian
refuQee and ua alufTVlUJ Hei Han khian
will &amp;e on display through Sept. 29 in
""' Art Deportment C.llefy in ""'
Center fortht Arts on the North
Campus. Gllttty hours lrt Tues. 10 a.m.

:~~·~;-~.~~
from 11 a .m . to 6 p .m.

Jobs

rz~~~~~~~&gt;

(two pmitlons)-l'rocu«ment s.Mces,
Accounts Payable, Une 13&lt;4079,

130785.

Volle~oall
Southern Illinois), UB 0 (IS-8, 15- 11, IS-6)
Syracuse 3 , UB 0 (I S-11, I S-11, I S-7)

o

Fonlham l , UB (15·11 , 1s-s, 15-4)
Maryland-BoltimoreCountyl , UB I (IS -9,16-14,15-&lt;4,15-2)
UBi women's ~I team went 0-4 hl the Or.mge Cb.sste. a ~team
inviational held at Syracuse l.Jniv.ersity.
The BuRs 6ost three nnlght pmes to Southern Illinois. 15-8., I 5· 1 I, 15-6
Junior Wendy Ryder led UB
dght kllls on 18 '"""f'U ond twe blodu
FreshrT\V\ Undsay Madkosh tu:d a team-high six dip. one bk&gt;ck and twO kHis.
and junior AmeiQ Uddle had chrM bkxks..
The Bulb dn&gt;pped !h.-.. pmes to d&gt;e host Onngewomen. 15- 11. I S- 11 .
15-7.junklr l&lt;eriShtels led 8ufblo with 13 kills on 25 anempa, while ilia adding
eight digs. Ryder chipped in eight kills. one bkxk and one service ace .

with

Thea.ls~~-&lt;D~...t~~""'

folowin&amp; cloy.Uiwrr.r.d •

15-11 . 15-S. I~ lou to~ despt&lt; • .......U.

~ perlormonce from-~ Urissa t..Cour cono'b.Ked 3 3 BufbJo appeared to rebound from the lou to fonlwn wht!n it scored a

~~tlwe/Ubor Cl.uslf1ecl

15-9 win OYer Marytand-Battimore County in t:he opening game of the match.
before ktsing to the Retr"ie¥en: 16-14. 15-4 and I 5-2 Junior Suha Courbat :and
~ Emily Oilb each recorded eight kiHs In the match, and Matikosh

Muon/Plasterer (SG-12)-Univen.rty

posted • motch-hizh eigl&gt;&lt; digs.

Facilities, Line 04$47. Matntenance
Aubtant (SG-9)-Univenity Residence
Halls and Apartmenb, Une 131373.
a ..,.,. (SG· S) (SO pen:ent) (two
vacancies)-Univenity ~e Halts
and Apartments, Une 143060,14308 1.

To obfoin tr'IOf1!' informotion on jobs listtd
a~ concoct~ SlMces ' lcu

~r,;-:.:;::.~:1.

ob&lt;oOI............., on RD«&gt;t&lt;h jobs.
conroa Sponsoml Pn&gt;gtonu l'monnd.
&lt;16Crolu.

\

Men·~ an~ Women'~ ~ro~~ ~ount~
The men's and women's cross-c:oootry teams opened the 2000 season ...mtt
wins Sawrday at home as the men's team defeated Canisius. 15-.50. and the
women downed
by 15-SO.
SeNor Been Rose took the women's race. ~ the 5K course 111
19-_20.1. Danielle ond Christina l&lt;odt ..... finished under 20 ......_
times of 19:37.6 ond 19-.38.9. ~.The men --.led by~
Todd L..udden,who the 8K race i126:02..4.Rick Stewart and Tom Swart were
UB~ next finlshon In 27:21.8 ond 28:14.8.

o..,..,

with

�Thursday,
September

14

-_..,._
Squire. 8 a.m. Free.

(;enetJc

Sdences

~Produces

... AnteriOr/POsterior
Rop&lt;essor Gr.lent In

DoYeloplng v.rtebnote Limb.
Or. 8aolin Wang. Dopt. of
Molecular BiolOgy ond G&lt;netlcs,
johns Hopl&lt;ins Uilivenity. 1 3&lt;18
Farber. Noon. Free.

SU.-.toop
Chemistry Online. fn!d Stoss,
Science and Engineering
Library. 127 Underg&lt;oduate

Ufe-...ops
Register to Vote: It's • Group
Thing. Ed Brodka, UB
lndenhip o.v.lopment
Center, l45E Student Unton .

~f~m~~~.

~e of Student Unions and
Activities, DMsion of Student
Affairs. For more information,
Sonia Onelli at 645.6125.

-

llologi&lt;M Sdences

· Ch4!morepel~t Rec::epton In
the ORates P.-amedum and
Tetrahymena. Todd
Hennessey, Assoc. Prof., OepL
of B~ ical Sciences. 1 14
Hochstetter. 4 p.m. Free.

Physiology -

Biophysics

Gene Regulation In Cerebral

ischemia and Hemorrhage,Frank Sharp, Univ. of
Cindnnati. 108 Sherman. 4
p.m . Free.

PerforTnMKe
The· Secret Ute Of Roses.
Center for the Arts, Black Box

Theatre. North Campus. 7: 30

\f)(H'1SOn lis ti ng~ arc d ue

no later than noon on
the Thun.dd)' preceding

poblkatlon. lhtlngs are
onl)' occ:eptcd th roug h the
e lu lronlc submiulun form

for lhe online UB Calendar
of

h~nh

ol &lt;http :/ I

www.buffalo.edu /
calendar/ login &gt; Because
of 1pace limitations not all

event s. In the electronic
calenrlar will b e Included

In the

Rt!port~r.

p.m. free. Sponsored by Dept.

==.
~::~=~:
Hall. 8 p·
.m . S6, SS studen~ S-4

~~~~~~Geoiogy

UB groupi art! prindpal

~~~~~~~~s

Reconstructing the Sequence
of Species Origination and

Record. Prof. Peter Sad~.
Univ. of California. 216 Natural
Sciences Comp4e'c. North Cam·
~s . 3:30p.m . Free. For more

where

--~~
Prot...,..._

Tailor-Mode
Structures and New
Functions. Lars Boltre,

Geology hgNm l.edure

Extinction Events from •

e~r~~enh

Reseordl Institute on

Addktions, 1021 Main SL 1:30
p.m. Free.

-..ysot4PI.US

ContR&lt;foctOf)' Stnollgrophk

pldct' on cam pus or for

end Abuse: A BeNMorol
Penpe&lt;tlve. Matthew
K. McGue, Prolossor ond Chair
of the Dept. of l's)d10iogy at
the UnW. of Minnesc&gt;U.

-·

s-.

off campo\

~~~~­
Adoles«nt SUbstonc:e Use

(Kulty and stiff). For mort
information, Jill Hackenberg at
,;,iS-2947 ext. 226.

P~·=-Lg~ts.

R£-pottN puhtishe1

~.~~E.~~~.s~~tee.

F·--:

~tk

=~~~r.;1.~~'5?·

Th~

SUA Event
Book Sale. Student Union
Lobby. North ClWTlj&gt;US. 9 a.m.·

The Diffonntlal Dlognosls of
o..lgla. )ool M . Bernstein,
M.D., Ph.D., Clinicol Prof.,

Onl

lhling' for evenh laking

15

p.m . H

Friday

~~tt;-Foste&lt;

The Secret Ute Of Roses.
Center for the Arts, Blad: Box
Theall&lt;. 7:30p.m. S3.

member. For l'1'lOre infonnation,
&amp;4S-3810.
Quwtet Cycle

-

~0:::,~~~- 8
gym~Jt\J~.s~

information, caii64S..2921 .

Saturday

16
OIM--IIun
Dr. Alan J. Gross Memorial
Denblf Dash Qne.MIIer.

-·

~Sdonce. f«

students with UB ID.

&amp;4&gt;2n1 .

The Seaet Ute Of Roses.
Center for the Arts, Black Box
Theall&lt;. 7:30p.m. H

Sunday

17

19

UB vs Canlskls. UB Tennis
Center, Elli&lt;ott Complex. 10
a.m. Free.

Sept---

a.m .-4 p.m. free. Sponsored by
t.eadership o.v.!opment
Center. For more Information,
Ed Brodka at &amp;4S-6469.

Women's Tennis
UB vs M arin. UB Tennis
.. Center, Ellicott Complex. 3
p.m. Free.
FootiNIII

UB vs Connectkut. UB
Stadium. North Campu1. 7
p.m. S1 2, S10, SBandfr.. to

-..;~,.:~

.

~ andYetertnory

"'*""· Pre-

~~~=
a::::t""n..atl&lt;. 6:45 ~ree.

~~~theond~ties.

DMsion of Student Affairs. f«
more information, Sonia Cinetti
at &amp;4S-61 2S .

AI About~- Bob
Ononge. c..... Plannii1g ond
Placement. HSE Sludent

AdMtie, DM!ion o f A/bits. f« men iriolmation.
Sonia Clnelli it &amp;4H 12S .

...,_....,...

.... _.....,.

~~f:).mti.e~of
s~ Unions

Resume and eo-- Lett..-

~
&amp;11::.
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""""

DMsion of

ond AciMties.

Studont- fo&lt;

~n~onno-. Sonia Oneil
•t &amp;4S-61 2S.

-.,.-..

~~.%~. of

Wednesdoys ot 4 PLUS. tolei-

at &amp;4s-612S.

e;m. F-.fol'moA!
formation. &amp;4&gt;381 0.

Division of Sludent- f«
"""" information. Sonia C...ui
Study,.,..._......,_

~Spedol

AciMties. DMsion of Sludent

~~~

Placemen~

IS

StuclentUnioo. Noon-1 ~

~~.:::

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f«""""
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it &amp;4s-612S.

Med1dne. -

1 sc-

Monday

~Jo""·

=..:~·C!-.
14SC SbJdont U!Dl. Noon-1

~==~~for

.... _.....,.

~~==
~~4 p.m. Free. For more
Komi N&lt;meth. c.....

C~mpus.

How to Work wtth Post·
ln&lt;:Of&lt;enlted Clients:

Trutment and Agency Issues.

~!fi~s.st

B.l~. l45 a.m .•
~~~by

Western,

Eduaotion Deportment ond The
lnstiMe
Addktions Studies
and Training. For more
information, Rosemarie Goi at
64S-6140.

for

lnfonnation, s~ Abroad
Prog&lt;orm. &amp;4&gt;3 12. .

-

Planning ond Placemen~ HSE
s~ Union. s-.~ : 30 ~

~~2~.,:tfor~

Allairs. f« """" lnlonnotion,
Sonia Oneill at &amp;4HI2S.

lnfonna-. )ocqueline Simon
at &amp;45-6878, ext. 1364.

~~~~

Art Locboro/-

~'"t~by.:::

Ms. 4 p.m . froe. Sponsorod by
Deportment of Alt. f« """"

PIOJ

ActMiies. DMsion of Sludent

PIOJ
theAtts.~i"""""""'
(Room 883). 8 p.m. free.

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Sden&lt;o l.lbn&lt;y
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lnt.......tlonol ~~ lr
smoa.r - e s Foil :11100

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Prof&gt;orlng lor. c.- In

Men'tTennb
UB vs Maist. UB TMnis
Center, EHicott Complex. 1:00
p.m. free.

Simmonds at 875·5767.
Student t.. .denhip Institute.

.

~..":"..~.=..~'ru'
~~~
829-2608.

...,_........

Women's Tennis

_....,... .

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)OmesE.~

Tuesday

School of Oentoi Me&lt;fidne.
Meet outside Squif!! Hall. 9
a.m. S12 prior to roce day, S1S
day of race. Sponsored by UB
Dental A!umni Assodation, Voss
Dental labs, Genco's Tooth

l.e-.sblp Conference

Ms.-"""""""'

the
(Room
883). 8 p.m . froe.

Onlne and Off: An
1ntJoductlon to Ubrary
R -. Heother Monge&lt;,
Media lnsttuctJon Room.
Health Sciences Ubrary. 1~ 11
a.m. Free="::!l'toUB
students.
•
stall).
more lnfonnation, Stewart
Brower at 829-3900 ext. 1 13.

FKtory, Benc.o, Marco's OeU.
for mort information. Jamie

PIOJ

~~~~t

tol. je&amp;ry 1.4odor, toi.D. UB. VA

.c.nc..; Rocm 1109C.
:;!~~~by

the Arts. Rehe"""l"""""""'

(Room 883). 8 p.m. Free.

fof 20

lnt....,.tlonal Student
Discussion Group. )Mnifer
Chazen, International Student
and Scholar Services. 145(
Student Union. Noon-- 1 p.m.
f .....

~~Delightful. Delldoos,

~~~
J&lt;orstney&lt;r, Department of
Pllila!ophY. U8~ofRoom,
Arts
ond Sclences.
Center for the Arts. 7:
p.m.
free. Sponson!d by Dean.

Wednesday

------

T . - - - COrtof: A Series

with Spedol........-.

~-the~ll

~th Sl&lt;mny, Ke
Presiden~
ransitJons
Center. Daemen Coljege-8usiness and C&lt;&gt;&lt;n&lt;neree &amp;Jilding.

8:4S a.m.-3:30 p.m. S60.
SJlOiuor!d by SodoiWo&lt;t Con-

~~i~~~~~~t::

Studies and Training. For more
information, Rosemarie Goi at
&amp;4p.6140.

"""'--Y ~

aev~eweom-

Control of BrNthing (Port 1).

Thursday

2 I

--

Prindples and Standonls f..SchooiMothemo~ NCTM's
Bold Standonls 21100. Douglas
Clements. G&lt;aduate School of
Eduaotion. Univ&lt;isity Inn. 8:3010 a.m. S2S. Sponsorod by

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""""lnfonna-. &amp;4S-6642.

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Science and Engineering
. Ub&lt;ary. 1 271Jro0e&lt;gradUite
i.Jb&lt;aiY. Noon-Lg.m. me
=~to
students,
stall). I'« more
lnfonna-. liD Had&lt;enberg it
&amp;4&gt;2947 ext. 226.

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z Q&amp;A: Jim Meindl rates candidates
on the charisma scale

UB Carpenters Shine

PAGI 4

Vince Ebert officially refires,
but remains active at UB

BRIEFLY
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LaSalle
Sunset

'

Labod-Day-Weekend
activities for student
Danie lle Schoen included
p hotographtng a ptcturepostcard sunset over Lake
LaSa lle at Bai rd Potnt

Nlli's Turkkan named VP for research
Former johns Hopkins med school faculty member to head UB's research efforts
Science Work
in g Gro u p at
th e Na t iona l

AYl.AN S. Turkkan, who has

J

an extensive record as an academic researcher at The johns
Hopkins Univ=ity Sdlool of
Medicine and a research ad·
ministrator at the Natio nal institutes
of Health (NIH ) and related agen·
cics, has been namM vice president
for research at UB. effective Oct. I.
Turkkan has .erved since 1994 as
chief of the Behavioral Scienc&lt;S Re·
search Branch o f the Division of
Neuroscience and Behavioral Research and as chair o f the Behavioral

Institut e on
Dru g Ab use
(NIDA 1. She

~

formerly was
an assoctate
p rofessor of

behavioraJ b io logy m the Depart
m e nt of Psychiatry and Bchav&gt;oral
Saences at The Johns Hopkms Um -

vw:rsity School of Medicine, where she
was a faculty member from I'J81 -"N
Turkkan succeeds DaJe M Lanth ,
who will become US's VJCt' president

for c;pcoaJ pro1tx."l.) and p rogram~ .
effect JVt' Oct. I. Land1 tomt:d UB ib
VICe prestdent fo r sponsored programs in 1987 and was named vice
presiden t for research m l992. ln h15
new posttJon. he .,..rjiJ represent the
umverstrv m Lhe development of co
operative arran~cments w1th other
uniVe rsities. government agenCit."),
nonprofit COTJXlraUon..'l., and husm~
and mdustnal assoaattOib.and ~rve
a.-. Pres1dmt Wtli.Jam R. Gremcr ''i rt"prt."Sentatlw to local and statt" Uldus tnal -dl"vclopment lJrgaruzauon~ .
Turkkan' appomtmt'nt wa:o. an
n&lt;1um.ed l"w (;reme-r and Pro vos1

r.l».abcth IJ. ( .apaldo.
" Professor Tur kkan ·'i appo1111
menl." he noted, "s1gnab a renewl-d
c mphas 1~ on UB's research m•ss•on
a1 a lime when the mcrcasmg ~.:om
pt.&gt;tlllon for federal fun&lt;b re-qum. ~ a
'it rateg.JC o~pproac h .
" Her knowledge of the federal re
search enterpn se. combmed. w1th
her e:cpertl.S(' as an academ1c sc1en
liSt , will c;erve o ur 101 e rest~ wdl m
the ve-Jr) ahead."
L 1pald1 .tJded: "I am Jehghted
that Dr 1 urkkan ""'til be tommg u~
Ht'r demonstrated ahdJt\ 11 1 put
ContlnuMI on ,.... 1

Weinstein to receive honorary doctorate
By PATRICIA DONOVAN
News Services Editor

M

[ RAMAJ(

Film;

len('e _. (that I
co nti n u e-s to
broaden and
dive- rs1fv th c-

CO·

ch a irm an H arve-y
Wein stei n , who got
his start in the enter·
tainment industry 30 years ago by
promoting rock conc~rts at U S, will
rec~ivt an honorary SUNY Docto rate o f Humane Len~rs fro m VB o n

field ofAmen

~

can film bv
pr ovid 1ng a
niche for provocative a nd
ind e p en dent

Sept. 26.

films ... (and ) enlarging the American

The d~gree will be co nfe rred
upon Weinstein by President William R. Greiner on b ehalf o f th e

audience for fo reign cinema."
He noted, "Weinstein's influence
has led to the development of ah ernative production divisio ns in la rge
studios and to an expanded d efi m uo n of the popular film .
" H e r es ha pes the face of t h e
Am erican film indust ry with each
n e \o\' offe r in g fro m Mir a m ax,"
G reiner said , .. and h as sh own th e
world that m ovies have the power
to t ran sform lives in une.x~cted
ways lo ng after their audiences de-pa n fro m the theater."
G rei ner added: .. U B will ho nor
Harvey Weinstein not o nly in rec ·
ognitio n o f the- d egree ht&gt; p ursued
h ere 30 yea rs ago. but as a tribu te
to hi s extra o rdinar y efforts to
broaden the ho rizons o f fil m aud1 ·

Board of Trustees of the State Uni ·
versity of New York at a noon lun ·
cheon in his honor to~ held in th t&gt;
University Art G aUery, Center for
the Arts, on the Nonh Campus.

The luncheon will be preceded by
a lecture by Weinstein at 11 a.m . in
the Center for the Arts Screening

Room and foUowed by a ser&lt;ening
of a film produced and distributed

by Miramax Films, the natio nally renowned champio n of independent
and alternative cinema co-founded
by Weinstein .
In nominating him for this honor,

Greiner spoke to Weinstein's "extraor·
dinary boldness, drive and instinctiv&lt;
eyt for cutting-edge creative excel·

ences~rywhere."

..o r 10 vear!l, Wt."lllStl'lll has been
at the ce-~ter ol a rt•vo lutlo n that
hrought the .'\mencan film mdus
tn· mto tht' renewed sta te oi mno' '3t Jon and d iVt'rSII\' II t'n]O)'S toda~
~~om m Q u l'ens. he atu nded UR
as an Enghsh ma,or from 1969-73
.md was very acuve- Wi th the school'li
mdependent UmversJt)' Un1on Ac
tJVlUes Board , wh.Jch fu nded a broad
vanerv of student act J Vtlt~ . mdud mg rock (Oncerts
l&gt;unng that t1me. he anJ fello.....,
LIB srud ent Ho race "Corky " Burger
hcgan to p rod uce sho ws o n the •r
own , The firs t wa.'i a h ugely success ful 1972 Stephen Stills concert that
led to the fo und ing of Harvt"y and
( :Or kv Prod uct io ns. whJCh qUJckJv
became a fix t u re on the- Buffalo
m usic sce ne.
They recruited Wemst.ein's brother
Bob, then a student SUNY CoUege
at Fredo n ia, as a Lhird partner and
th&lt; company began to develop m10
the- p rototype for Miramax, nam ed
after the b rothers' parents. M m am
a nd M ax Wein s t ein . M iramax
opened its o ffi ces m 1979 in Bu ffalo's
o ld Memo rial Auditorium.
T he co m pany has si n ce u nder go ne a r adi cal tra ns fo rma ti o n m

anJ power. but thl' brother'
redefimng Cl n
ematu. boundanes has rema1ned
unchanged . In add1t1on to the-1r d1s
tnbut 1on of qu 1rkv and o ften p m vocatiVC mdependent and fore1gn
film s. the- Wcln Stl·ms wt:nt o n to
produce t he kmd of unco n ven tional and arusucally darmg work
often avo1ded bv established pru duct lnn compan1es.
To thts day. tht"V both art· mvulved
With the pmducnon. edmng and mar
keung of md1Vld ua1 Mmun ax filrru
and rctaJJ1 sole authonrv over the sc:.·lectmn of the filnts tht"V distribute.
The M1ramax roster ha_, mduded
many notable produ,·uons. mdud
'"~ - "The C tder House Rule)," " Jl
Postmo."" My left Foot,""Lt_kt- Watcl
tor Chocolate," "(:merna ParadLSO."

'&gt;ILt'

~..o mm 1 tm e nt In

"The ~gGame."" Tramspotung."
"Pulp FJCtlon.'"'The Thm Blue Lme:·

"The Ptano." "The Enghsh Pau&lt;&gt;n:
"Shakespeare m l..ove" .md "{ " th(.·
Beloved CountT\' ..
M tramax ha.,o, rt"(elvt'li 14~ A~..aJ
emy Award n ommat1ons o~nd 4 2
wms d unng the past 1.:! ve--df') The
company has been ho nored w1 th a
Best Ptcru re nommauon for the past
I0 consecu tive vea r!l

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September 7, 2011U/VuJ.Jt lo.3

BRIEFLY
Tech tnnsfer opens
South Campus office

"'mes Meindl is Carmichael Professor of Organization and Human
Resources in the School of Management. His research inter~ are in
the social psychological processes involved in organizing and managing, and lie has published numerous
articles and book chapters in such areas as leadership and decision making, and power and influenCe.

Tht UB Bwl,_ AlliAnu Technology Tronster and I.Jc:eming
offlcel•n opened a
satellite office on the South

campus.

Located in 139 CMy Hill, the
office will """" spoce with the
H..tth ea... tnduruies Association, which &gt;uppot'IS end devolops the regional health&lt;&amp;"' industJy through nelw&lt;?O&lt;ing; pro.

grams and servkes.
The Technology Transfer ilnd
lken~ng offlce spoclallzes in licensing the university's patent
portfolio to the prival1! sector.
UB technologies generate now
products, lfTlll"'"' processes
and help busi~ses grow and
become ~ profitable. Tht
partn..-shlp with the Health

Care Industries Association enhances the~ of theregional health-ca.., industJy by
bringing together .......men,
manutacnn.n and providers of
health"'"' with the uniifenity,
according to ICimbet1y A.
Rohling of Technology Tronsler
and lkenstng.
An open house will be held
from 9 a.m. to • p.m. Sept. 19

in 139 Cary Hall.
Tht offlce maintains fuU....-.
vice capabitities. The office in
Suite 200 Tht Commons remains in full operation.

Tedlock kicks off
"Asia at Noon" series
Barbara Tedkxk, associate
dean tOr undergraduate education in the College of Arts and
Sciences and professor of anthropology, w\U spea~ on ·
'"Shamanism in Mongolia" at
noon SepL TS in 280 Part Hall
on the North campus in the
first!'.Asia at Noon'" · ~re of
the fall senlester.
• Asia at Noon" is an ongoing serli!s of hour-long. brownbag q&gt;eet~ngs &lt;hot proYide lllcutty members and graduate
studen"'- well as visiting
scholan-the opportunity to
share their ~arch with the
Aslanl5t community of students
end fKtJity.
Tht series prOIIi&lt;les • setting
for interdisdpllnlry excNnge of
ideas and interaction among
persons interes~ In Alii. Pre-sentations usoally last from 1520 minutes, followed by """
discussion.
FOt' further Information on
the series, contact Thomas
Burlunan, director of the Asian
Studies Program, it 645-3474

or - o l o . -.

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going to change much, and certain His heroic past is legendaryi hjs 1f they . . . ch-....7
character issues will be fixed. Never- straight-talk express connected ...n · No, charisma doesn't necessarThere are many, many definitions of theless, there is much that can be with people and tbe media; be was ily win elec;tions. Though
leadership, and just· as many ideas learned about behaviors and aaions, convincingly passionate about his vi- McCain had cbarismaticappeal,
about the qualities that leaders must and about the philosophies and prin- . sion focthe futwe. Bradley, Bush and · he still lost the primary l'ace to
possess. You might be disappointed, ciples that can guide your practices. Gore paled by comparison, though his opponent. Olarismatic leadbut probably not surprised, to know Mo=,sonwofthedeepest learn- each had some of the right stuff. ers tend to be most sought after
that no simple recipe for effective ings aboutlea&lt;lership are about self- I would have to say that neither Bush during times of crisis. The
leadership exists, especially if you're discovery-clarifying values, know- nor Gore has great charismatic ap- economy is pretty good right
looking for a laundry list of person- ihg your strengths, etc.-&lt;ather that peal Neither have in their biogra- now and we are not at war. Perality or character traits. In the end, learning how to be like Jolin F. phies the heroic struggles and tri- haps some see crises in our eduit's all about followers uniting to Kennedy or Marrin Luther King, Jr. umphs over advmity that McCain cational system, in oui healthachieve some common purpose. All And while these charismatic leaders could lay claim to, although each care system, others see a crisis
leaders have followers: if you have no were perhaps graced with special tried to elevate their biographic past of morality. Those who are
followers. then you are not a leada! leadership gifts, the rest of us can during the Rq&gt;ublican and Demo- alarmed tend to be drawn to
So the question really becomes, what learn many skills useful to leadership cratic conventions. I think Gore, at charismatic leaders who display
makes people like you and me will- through hard work and detennina- one time labeled as "c:harismatically passion and commitment to
ing to follow someone else~ lead? tjon. I would also add. that what challenged," has been improving a important causes. In general,
What seems to matter mos~ in the sieems to come "naturally" for others great deaL He has made some bold, though, when political cammodern definition of leadership is is often the resuh of practicr and ex- eveir dramatic, decisions during the paigns highlight charismatically
that people are inspired by some up- perienc~. The things that make couneof the campaign and his man- appealing candidates, people are
lifting vision of the future, are com- people good learners generally ap- nerisms, physical presence and ora- more likely to take an active inmitted and empowered to work to- plies to learning leadership as wdl: tory have been improving. His char- terest and participate. Even
ward that vision, and sec their leader IQ coun..; b\11 so does EQ--dle abil- ismatic appeal; though not based on without crisis. most of us preas a symbol of the values they hold ity tel understand, express and-con- a Hollywood-star personality, is go-- fer ro be inspired by our elected
ing up and that results in more posi- leaders. In a dose race, voter esdear, as well as an instrument for trol emotion, passion and drive.
tive leadership ratings. What cha- timation's of candidal1!'s characachieving collective goals.
How dlo the .-Jciates for ofrisma Bush possesses emanates from ter, gravit:as and leadership '!l&gt;ilCan le-.shlp be le.med, or 1s Ike measure up- the &lt;hawhat some see is his down-home, ity- in short, charismatic aplt something you're bom wlth7 rlsma scale? Gore_..., Bcnh7
Uebennan venu• Cloeney7
easy interpersonal style. A5 with the peaJ-&lt;an matter erloUgb ·to
Leadership is a special kind of rei~- Clint- venu• Lulo7
top of the tickm, neitherO.eney nor make the difference between
tionship that develops between The biggest myth ;d&gt;out charisma is Lieberman are great charismatic fig- winning and losing. Media covpeople. The potential for leadenhip that it is a fixed attribute ofone's per- ures, though Lieberman, with his erage has probably irlcreased the
to emerge is created out of the inter- sonality. Person;ilitycounts,putsodo engaging sense of humor and mor;al importancr of charismatic apsection of the leader, the followers other things. 1ba~s why the charis- mission, may have an edge. ln the peal. But it's a dolrtile-edged
and the context in which they are em- malic appeal ofany leader-can change NC'W York Senate race, Lazio appears sword: it can either amplify the
bedded. Thjs means lhat no one is over time. It is very much an eye-of- to have some of the interpersonal . charisma of a candidate or it can
born with leadership in them; lead- the-beholder concept, in1Juenced by style and mannerisms that could in- expose a lack of it. Ih
ership emerges from ume-to-ume, situation and circumstance behav- crease his.charisma potential, while way, some reporters and politiand in certain situations. as a part of - iors and decisions, infonnation and Hillary Ointon has the star-power cal pundits. help to elevate the . ·
the relationship we establish with one reputation. }\ p;,;.; of ~ is ·• · reputation that could provide a basis charismatic stature: of a candianother: Now_so':" people, by brrth beauty contest, related to superficial for great charismatic appeal These date, while others a:r~ working
and soaai!ZatJon, develop the moo- charm and physical attraction, sirni- two senatorial candidates, ~. to expose his/her "ftet-of..cJay."
vatmn and some of the skiUs that m- lartothat of movie stars. But it is also have yet to build or benefit much Also, the media stands between
crease the chances that they will be- a measure of deeper things, an infer- from other fuctors that might cause candidates and voters, leaving
~~e leaders m many ~f the s1tua- ence regarding 3 candidate's charac- them to be seen as charismatic lead- room for the manipulation of
uons they encounter wrth many of ter, personality and leadership abil-• ers in the eyes of more voterS.
images, charisma being a potenthe relauonshrps they establrsh wrth ity. During the party primaries, Sen. In this age of In-your-face metially important part of the
others. By the trmc ~ost of us reach John McCain was by far the most dia coverage o f - cam"marketing" of a candidate.
adulthood, our personalrnes are not charismatically appealing candidate. paigns, are .-..sates doomed

11ft the key qualities thllt
•ny true leader must possess7

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ihe same

Study is first to link diabeteS, hypothyroidism
By LOIS BAKER

docrine failure. Clearly, more re-

Results of the record -review

News Services Editor

search is needed to find out what is
behind the link." Michalek also is
dean of the Graduate Division and

showed that the prevalence of diag-

director of education affairs at
Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
Michalek and colleagues conducted their research at the request

status. The researchers identified

U

B re searchers have
demonstrated for the
first time a dose asso~
dation between hy -

pothyroidism and diabetes mellitus

in an American -indian tribe, and
found diabetic women to be particularly at risk.

The study, published in the July issue of the ]ournnl of Family Pmcrice,
found that in this tribal population,
women with diabetes were more than
twia as likely to have hypothyroidism as non-diabetic \\!Omen .
"It's been more or less known that

people with diabetes are more likely
to also have ponr thyroid function,"
said Arthur Michalek, UB professor
of social and preventive medicine,
and lead author on the study. "But
the relationship has never been dem onstrated in American Indian populations, which are known to have the
highest diabetes rates iri the world.
"We really don't know why this relationshipexists,"hesaid. "lberemay
be some inherent susapubility to en-

of the Passamaquoddy tribe, the
" People of the Dawn," at their tribal
health center in Eastport, Maine.
They reviewed the clinical records
of 892 people-415 men and 4 77
women-eligible for clinical services during 1998, and ide ntified
those with a diagnosis of cliabetes or

hypothyroidism.
Hypothyroidism is a condition in
which the thyroid produces too tittle
of the hormones tJwoxin, tri.iodothyronineandcalcitonin, which regulate the body's metabolism. Symptoms include fa~gue, lethargy and
weight gain, which also are symptoms of diabetes. Because symptoms
of the two diseases are similar, physicians pften don't explore the possibility ~!\thyroid disfunction once
they find diabetes, Michalek said.

noted. The incidence of diabetes differs depending on etlmicity, ranging

nosed hypothyroidism varied

fro~6percentamongnon-Hispanic

greatly by age, gender and diabetes

whites, 7.7 percmt among Hispanics, 9 percmt among African.Americans, and about 18 percmt among
Native Americans. However, the incidencr among the Puma Indians of
Arizona reaches approximately 70
percent in those between the ages of
55 and 64, Michalek said.
"Our'lindings support the need
for further investigatinn of the association between diabetes and hypothyroidism in American-Indian
populations, particularly among
those with known high rates of diabetes,• he i'id.
"1be ability to diagnose and treat
unsuspected hypothyroidism in
these populations could greatly enhance quality of life."
Also participa_ting in the study
were Martin C. Mahoney. UB assistant professor of family medicine
anlf director ofscreening services at
RPCI, and Donald Calebaugh, director of the Pleasant Point Health
Center in Eastport, Maine.

156 cases of diabetes, an incidence
of 17.5 per&lt;ent, and 25 cases of hypothyroidism, or an incidence of2.8
percent, in the total study population. Among women, 2 J.4 percent

had diabetes and 5 percent had hypothyroidism, which accounted for
all but one case. The prevalence
among men was 13 percent and .2

percrnt respectively. The one man
who had hypothyroidism also had
diabetes,_results showed.
The prevalenceofbypothyroidism
among diabeticwor:nen ranged from
5 percent among women WKier 60
years old, ro 21 percmt of women
over60. ln non-diabetic women, the
prevalence by age was 3.7 percent and
9 percmt, respectively.
The annual incidence of hypothyroidism in the general population
ranges from .08 percent to .2 percent,
is more common in women than
men and inatas&lt;swith age, Michalek

�S!p!Wer 7.2IDI/Vul. 32.18.3 Rep a ._

3

BrieD
UB biophysicists selected
to participate in collaborative
project with Japanese
Biophysks re~arc.hers •t UB h•ve ~en selected by rhe Japan Science and Technology Ministry to be its internatjooaJ collaborator
on a SJO million research project aimed at understanding the me·
chani ca! sensitiv it y of cells.
Frederick SachS. professor of physiology and b1ophysical sc•ences,
will lead the UB project, estimalcd to mvolve about $500,000 over
five years. UB and MIT are the only U.S. un iversities srlected by the
Japanese Ministry ·for o ngoin g collaborative proJeCts.
The researchers will study the physiological proces,) by which the
mechanical deformation of a cell is transformed into,electricaJ and
chemical responses. For example, mechanical transduction, more
sensitive than VIS IOn, occurs when the mov6llent of cells in them
ner ear generate nerve 1mpulses that result in the sense of hearing.
Sachs and has co llabora tors at UB discovered the first mechanical
transducers in 1983 and , sincr: then , their lab has been a world cen
ter for work on biological mechamcal sensitivity.
'"In addjtion to providing thl· 't:'nse of hearing, mechanical trans ·
duct ion also 1s involved 111 touch, the measurement of JOint pos• uon, muscle t{'n.) lon, hone growth, blood-pressure reguiauon. fill mg of the hladder an d mtestines, and the regu lati on of cell, tissue
and orgamsm vo lum e and size," ~achs said.
"Although it ts an essential sensory process, mechamcal transduc tiOn also can produce pa thologr Ca rdta c fibrillation- the uncoor
dinated con t raction of the heart -can be mlllatcd by mc!hamcal
st ress, and failure of the heart I!~ the most common cause of death
wo rldwide. Understandmg the fundamental mechanism:!!&gt; of me chanical transd~ctton Will enable sctentists to develop rational thera pies for disease."
The work will be earned out m collaboration with Masah1ro
Sokabe, cha1 r of the Department of Physiology at Nagoya Med1..._aJ
Sc hoo l, who i::. head mg the protect and who :!!&gt;pen! a sabba t1 cal vear
in Sachs' laboratory at UB.

SIS to offer new graduate program

An MBA for entrepreneurs m
Management offers new non-credit MBA certificate program
By JOHN D£UA CONTIIADA
Reporter Contributor

T doan't have the same cachet as a fuU-fledged MBA
degree, but who needs a credential when you're your own
boss? And who has time for class-

I

room instruction when you're the

company's CEO; CFO and CIO aU
roUed into one?
Targeted to busy entrepreneurs
a nd wo uld - be ~ ntrepreneur s
worldwide, an Online Micro- MBA
in Entrepreneurial Studies- believed to be the first of its kind-is
being offered jointly by the VB
School of Manage ment and The
In stitut e for Entrepren eurship,

based in Albany.
The non -credit certificate program provides an overview of topics
commonly covered by credit-bearing
MBA programs, with an emphasis on
real-world business applications and
strategies useful to the entrepreneur
or business mru1ager.
All instruction for the 27-module
program is delivered ove r th e
Internet via the student's personal
computer and ca n be completed
anywhere at anytime. Topics covered

indude.business-plan development,
marketing, entrepreneurial roles, eco mmerce, supply and demand ,
budge tin g and family -business
management.
VB School of Management fuc-

ult y and staff developed the
program's content and technology.
" Many entrepreneurs have little
forma1 busi ness training; much of
their bu si ness knowledge comes
fro m instinct. experience or trial and
crro;r, which can amount to a pretty

steep tuition," says Lewis Mandell,
dean of the School of Management.
"The Micro-MBA in Entrepreneurial Studies offers entrepreneurs a
more comprehensive understanding of the business applications they
use everyday, and it builds knowl-

edge of skills they'U need to better
manage their enterprises."
"To our knowledge no other uni versity offers this type of program for
entrepreneurs," says J. Felix Strevell,
chairman and CEO of The Institute
for Entrepreneurship." \Ve are proud
to be pan of the new learning revolution with such a great program."
Tuition for the program is S995
per student. There are no degr\ rc-

quirements and new students can.
enroll at anytime. Graduates receive
a certificate of completion from the
UB School of Management .
For a demonstration of the pro~
gram.
go
to
&lt;http ://
www.mgt.buffalo.edu/ onllne/
mkro/stte&gt; For more infonnation,

call 716-645-3200.
The Institute for Entrepreneurshipserves entrepreneurs through ·
out the U.S. and worldwide. Its mis sion is to bri ng exceUence to entr{··
preneurs of all ages through educatio n, innovation and access to capital worldwide. It p rovides Webbased degree and cert ificate pro·
grams to en trepreneurs t hro ugh
partnerships with colleges and un i·
vers itics. For m ore information
about the institute. go to &lt;http:/ I
www.nyle.org &gt;.

The VB School of Management
is ranked by Business \o\~d: as one of
the top business schools in th(• country. It annually enrolls more than
2,500 students in undergraduate
and graduate degree programs and
offers a variety of professional-development courses through its Cen·
ter for Management Development.

The School of lnfonn•tlon Studies (S IS ) has announced that by
September 200 \ it expects to im?\ement a new master's dev,ree m
informa tion and communicatiOn.
The new graduate program wiiJ sa tisfy the demand by pubhc - and
p rivate-secto r organjzations for mfofmation-technology specJahsb
also co mpeten t in com munication, team -bui lding, critical -thmk
ing, organizational culture and organizational strat egy.
Tho mas Jacobson, professor and interim dean of the school, sav~
the process of registe ring the new degree wi th the New York State
Education Department has begun and is-expected be completed tw
th e end of next summer.
The p rogra m wi ll be unusualm that emphasis will be not only on
technological skills. but on th ose competenci es identified by N{·w
York Sta te businesses and private· and public -sector leaders as cru cia l if their organizations are to take full advantage of ne\v mforma
t1on technologies.
Like other new undergradua tl" and graduate programs being de
vdoped by SIS, its design is grou nd ed in a year ot ex tcnstvc resc..~arch
on workfo rce and education needs.
Jacobson sa id the resea rch ac tiVItieS incl uded mterview!l. with a
numhe r of key individuals inside and outSide the university, focus
groups involving leaders in the public and private sectors, a nd a surVC)' of wo rkforce needs among 300 companies in New York State .
" VIt: learned that the new school a nd its basic mission represent
an exci ting and much-needed university initiative," Jacobson says.
"We found o ut , too, that whi le technological ski lls are imponant.
there are other skills of equal importance--wha t the planning group
ca me to refer to as 'organizatio nal competencies:' team building.
co mmunication , knowledge of organizational goals and sensitivit\'
to orgamzat 10na l culture ...
As a result of that research, Jacob,)on sa\'\ a program has been
de.)1gned for a 36-credit hou r gr;~duate degree to train students for
entry int o the information workforn· m a w1de vanet)' of fields.
T he program, a mastcT's dc.-grc:e m mforma t1on a nd commu mca
tio n. will employ a lore settut·n~..{· of M""ven courses in the orgamza ttonal competencu~s cited abow. ~tudcnts sub,)ettuentlv will speoal
ize in one of several separate studv tracks. mcludmg mfonnat1on ~· ·
ence, informati on archttecture. management of mformatton centcr"'.
sy!!.tem de,)ign and implem(•ntauon, and orgamzallonal devdopment.
jacobson stresses that courses will not substitute for tc~hm cal skill:-..
but by emphasizing practtc.V. np{'flence and th eory, will offer an
other dimensio n to tradi tional skills m information technologv. ~tu
dents withou t field expenence will be strongh urged to complt·tl'
Internships.
The pl anning process, whtch ended th1s lunt· . WJ.) fundl·d m pJrl
through a grant from AT&amp;T. It mvolved a study of andustnal trend,)
and rela ted ed ucational programs and an e.xamtnat 1on of currenl
and anticipated market needs in commumcatJOn, technolog~eal and
organizational ski lls.

�After 46 yean of service to UB, Charles H.V. Ebert. enten a n - phase of his _c aNer

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Coundl on the Arts and

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Arts. Tlcl&lt;eU ore n and moy be
purchased 11 the Center lor the
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IREWG plans reception
The third annual •Qicj c.owNew
Glib" Rec&lt;plion wll be hold from

:1-S p.m. - i n the u..-.
lily Gollory In the Center lor the
Arts on theNonh ~
~ Clplldi will
welcome new__, faculty
rnemben.

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FTER 46 y..rs of teaching at UB, Charles H.V.
"Vmce" Ebertmiredlast
june. But for this energetic, emeritus professor of physical geography. it is a technical retirement only.
Ebert, 76, is teaching four courses
at UB this~ ("almost double the
loadofmycoll..gues," hesays.mischievously). " I do it ... because I enjoy it so much. And then I'll be off
in the spring semester and the summcrdoingwriting, research and try·
ing to slowdown a little bit, but it's
very hard for me." Ebert plans to
.co nt inue this pattern, at least
through the 2002-03 academic year.
"Time off" for the peripatetic
professor means activities l~e
climbing Sicily's Mt. Etna, whidi he
did last May, or researching a major
article correlating the Biblical story
ofthepartingoftheRedS..tonatu·
raJ events in the ancient world, per·
haps the gigantic seismic sea waves
that flooded the Nile delta more
than 3,000 years ago. And it means
continued worldwide travels with
his wife, Use, and more visits to Baltimore to see the couple's daughter,
Monica, and grandson, Kyle.
Over his long car..r, Ebert has
done field work in Russia, China,
Taiwan, Central and South America
and Iceland. He also participated in
archaeological excavations in Israel,
and was the tint UB faculty mernber to take part in an exchange program with the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.
Ebert's career spans five UB presidents-from Oifford Furnas toW~ -

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welcome reception
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30.000 students who have heard him
le&lt;:ttmonallthingsgeographic.from
acid r.Un and 1,..,.., Canal, to world
oonftictsand asteroids.

Born in Hamburg. Germany, to

Americanparen~J.Ebertspentmost

of his youth inSwiturland. His fa.
!her, an export manager for a New
York firm, would invite
his young son on trips
abroad as a reward for
good schoolwork. Ebert
was considering a career
asaglobetrottingjoumal·
ist and photographer
when World War II, "a
major break" in his life.
intervened. He served
four years in the U.S.
Annybeforepursuinghis
bachelor's, master's and
doctoral degrees at, the
UniversityofNorth Caro!ina at~ Hill
"lwasfirstinterestedin
political science and !anguages. but I intmediately
dmpped out of that program because it did not
satisfy my interest in sci·
ence," he says. "Then l
VInet
!:oiKZlltrated in geology
the-w, . . . . - . , ......... aftd and soil science and
Training Conter on DeH&lt;tHkatlon Control physical geography. I
thinkthatgeography,parHe joined the UB faculty in 1954 ticularly in the past, rep=tted a
1 and became the rounding chair of go·
link between the physical world and
ography following the 1962 merger humanity. Being strictly ageologist
with SUNY. While serving as dean of did not satisfy my curiosity about
undergraduateeduattion from 1970- people. On the other hand, being a
n, he oontinued to teach full time. social scientist would not have sat·
He published numerous artides on isfied my interest in hard science."
soil prOblems, land development and
When Ebert teaches, he bnngs to
environmental hazanls. But teaching the fore his travels and scientific in·
was always his lop priority, and in vestigations, along with his fermi1989, he was llllilled a SUNY Distin- dable language skills-he speaks
guished Teaching Professor, in addi- French, Russian and Spanish in adlion to having received five.awards fQr clition to German.

students always II"' a big1cid&lt; ooit of
it when I use a word. irid thm explain what it really means," be says.
"I thlnk the secret of good teadlirig is to be human, so that the stu·
dents see as you a_
human being of
interest to them."
Once, while teaching a section of
his long-rttnning aod popular undergraduate course on "Disaskrs"
(subject also of a fourth edition of
his textbook issued last month un·
der the new title, Disasters: An
Analysis ofNatural and Humnn-Jndwad Hazards), Ebert spolie of the
impact of war-its inherent destructivepower,andhowmonstrous
actionsareol'tenviewedone-sidedly.
"I talked about the firestorm in
Hamburg, Germany, on July 27,
1943, in which more than 50,000
people wtre killed in a few hours.
Then I stopped for a few minutes,
and said, 'Let's look at the other side
of the coin-the Bataan Death
MarchofApril1942 when the Japanese killed tJJousands of American
and Filipi.Oo prisone,. of war. Or
look at the Holocaust and (think
about) what the Nazis did.'"
At this poini,Ebert recalls, ~was
overcome with emotion and had to
halt the lecture before 400 students
in Kilo&lt; Hall. "All-of a sudden, severa! students came up and hugged
me. It was an irJcredjb/L Cxperience,
and it had nothing to do with the
rewards of t..ching. it had to do
with sharing a human emotion.
~Over many years of teaching,
there were many highligh!J, many
moments of tension.• he says. "but
more good moments than bad ones.
They were aJI.part of the ~ory."·

CAS faculty to present ·armuallecture series
.Topics to range from toxic sites to "Dr. Castro's Island" to 1901 Pan Am ExpositWn
By PATIIICIA DONOVAN

News Services Editor

T

HE College of Arts and
Sciences (CAS ) will
present quite a (east over

the next eight months. It is
a series of free pubUc lectures by CAS
faculty members that will explore a
variety of subjects from an affection
fur the rotting smdl of "high" meat
(Sept 18) toaclvan= in the treatment
of auto-intmune diseases (Jan. 22).
The series, which will run SepL ISApril 23, also will feature tales from
inside "Dr.Castro's Island" (Nov. 13)
and an examination of several of
Western New York's toxic sites now
in the news (Oct. 16). Spring events
will include a visit to the 190 I Pan
Americm Exposition (March 19), a
look at sports as a fe'minist issue
(April 23) .and a discussion of the
"fate of stories" (Feb. 26).
Lecturers will include senior CAS
faculty members from the departments of Philosophy, English,
Chemistry, Modem Languages and
literatures, Microbiology and Sociology. All talks will be held at 7:30
p.m. in the Screening Room, Room
11 2, of the Center for the Arts on
the North Campus. For additional
more information, call 645-2711
Schedule of E'tlmts
• SepL 18
"Delightful, Delicious, Disgusting:
Eating Sublime and Terrible"
Carolyn Korsmeyer, profeSsor of

philosophy
How did something like a snail, a
slimy dot offish eggs or an animal's
brain ever end up on a dinner plate?
What persuades someone to over·
come the rotting smell of decay and
cultivate a taste for .. high"' meat?
Korsmeyer, author of .. Making
Sense OfTaste: Food And Philosophy" (Cornell Univ. Press, 1999)
knows the answers.
Those who attempt to understand sophisticated eating and the
"art" of cuisine usually approach the
subject by oonsidering the pleasures
of taste. Some of the most profound
pleasures of the table, however, are
actually disgusting on first exposure.
They' re repulsive, rather than
tempting. The desire to eat certain
kinds of particularly difficult foods
Ues not in the search for pleasure,
but in the thrill of extreme and dif.
ficult emotions. a phenomenon that
ties eating with the sublime. This
lecture wiU explore some examples
of terrible eating and traverses the
borderline between the revolting
and the tasty, the disgusting and the
delicious, revealing that it is slim.
• Oct. 16
"Not Love Canal: Environmental
Problems in WNY"
Joseph A. Gardella, Jr., professor of
chemistry; CAS associate dean for

externaJ.;ffili,.

In the zo'years since the~,..,.., Canal disaster, environmental problems

have arisen in· other Western New
York communities. Erie Co unty
oounts 150 known toxic dump sites
that indude the large PCohl Brothers
dump site on Aqo Drive off Transit
Road, former industrial areas on
Buffalo's south side and, most recently, a quarry in Cheektowaga used
for years as a toxic dump.
nus lecture will =iew the current situation in two South Buffalo
communities: the Seneea-Babcock
and Hickory Woods neighbarhoods, both of which border the
Buffalo River and are ""ry dose to
chemical plants and former steelmill and coke-mill sites.
Gardella will look at the lessons
learned about oommunityactivism,
the way the media reports these stories, the purpose of chemical analy·
sisand thcroleofgovmunentagen·
cies in the designation of brownfield
and Superfund dean-up sites
• Nov. 13
"Inside Cuba Today: The Last of the
Caudillos: A Vit!W from the Inside
of Dr. Castro's Island"
Jose F. Buscaglia-Salgado, professor
of Spanish and oompara~ literature; ~or of Cuban and Canb·
bean programs
Fidel Castro is the last and ~­
haps the most acoomplished in a
long succession of Caribbean
strongmen or •caudillos" who have
rut.d their oountries lhrough terror
while posing as the great benefac·

tors of the fatherland.
Over the past five years, Buscaglia
has spent oonsideral&gt;le time in Cuba,
where he has found an economy of
complicity far more complex than
the simple manichaean visions that
friends aod detractors of the regime
alike would have us believe.
Buscaglia will present a candid
view of a country that for most of
its recent history has been poorly
understood by those on tl!eoutside.
In the process, he will point to the
ramifications of an economy of
oompUcity that extends well beyond
the shores of this Caribbean island.
Preview of Spring '2001 CAS
Lectures:
• Jan. 22
"Advances in the Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases..
Bernice Noble. professor of biology
.;,d microbiology
• Feb. 26

"The Fate of Stories"
Bruce Jackson..SUNY Distinguished
Professor and Samuel P. Capen Professor of American Culture in the
Department of English
• March 19
"The Pan-American Exposition of
1901"
K&lt;rry S. Grant, professor and dean
of the College of Arts and Sciences
•April 23
"Sports as a Feminist Issue"
Susan Cahn, associate. prokssor of
history

�The
house that UB built
Crew from Facilities steps up to finish Day-of-Caring project
., ~VIDAl
News 5oM&lt;es Editor
HIS is the hoUS&lt; that Jack
built. And Fred and Ken
and Craig and Don and
Kevin.
And this is thestory of how they
and II others built that house,
which now sits on the South Campus at the liB Child Care Centor.
It all started as part of the United
Way/Day of Caring, said Dave
Ballard, associate director for stu·
dent life and team leader for the
project that eventually would turn
into an eight-by-10-foot wood
children's playhouse.
Ballard and his Day of Caring
team-Dawn Whited, Johnny
Garcia, Cindy Halm, Phyllis Aorio
and Fran Ciccia, all of the Student
Unions; Matt Deck of Dental Medicine; Rob Sugtia of Athletics; Joe
HalfcrofPhysia,and JutieSmithand
Ed Brodka of the Leadership Ceoter-wereassignedasoneoflOteams
that each would build a playhouse.
But when they got downtown to
Lafayette Square at 9 a.m. on Aug.
16, Ballard said, it was apparent that
this wasn't quite going to be what
they anticipated. Instead of finding
the construction kit they expected
and the tools needed to put it together,thecrewfoundtwo-hy-fours,
roofing materials and sheets of

and by 11:30 un., they had con·
structed the base and two and a half
walls of their playhouse--&lt;llld run
out of lumber. Around noon, since
no plans had been made to provide
the crew with lunch on-site, Ballanl
sent them to grab a bi~ to eat, be said.
Somewhat discouraged, Ballanl,
who previously served as assistant
director of facilities for maoy years,
made a call to Mike Dupre, associ·
ate via' president for University
Facilities.

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Arrivingat !:30p.m.,"they jumped
right in, and had everything together
in a coup!&lt; of hours." he added
"It was a great team effort. This is
really what state-university employ.,.. are all about. This is a tremendo us group of guys. I can't express
how great I felt. The vast majority
of Facilities people are like that. The
only reason those guys stopped at
5:30p.m. was because Home Depot
said the (playhouse) unit had to go
on the truck."
Nearly complete, the playhouse
was taken-along with the other
nino----to Home Depot's Elmwood
Avenue store for safekeep ing.
Ballanl said. The next morning, he
andthesixfacilitiesemployeeswent
tothestoretowrapup romeofthe
playhoUS&lt;'s small unfinished details,
like trim and a window box.
And last week, the playhouse was
delivered to the South Campus. Parents of children at the daycare center plan lo gather at some point to
stain the playhouse and do a few
more small things to it, Ballard said.
In• the meantime, he has high
praise for everyone who contributed
to the effort.
Although inexperienced, his
original crew of 10 did a great job
of getting things started. But the
help he received from University

wood. Worse yet, the nine other
teams had arrived very early, scavenged materials from the UB pile
and liad brought tools such as genera tors, power saws and scaffolding

.. Get some carpenters," Ballard
told his former boss...We can't let
the university down."
Dupre contacted Ken Tarbox. Facilities program coordinator, who
rounded up five of the university's

Facilitieswentaboveandbeyondthe
call of duty, he said.
"Mike Dupre was the guy who
jumped on fi('!it" to lend extra support to theeffon , Ballard said. "We've
got the greatest people around. Our

that the UB team didn't have, but
needed, to complete its playhouse.
Toaddinsulttoinjury,eightofthe

ca rpenters-Fred Menth, Jack
White. Craig Sautter, Don Jakubczak
and Kevin Hayden-who with

teams were professional builders

Tarboxcamedowntownwithpower

from Home Depot, which had provided ma~als for the playhouses.
Undeterred, the UB team dug in,

saws, extension cords, ladders, "all
the equipment we needed to do the
job." Ballard said.

trades people are the best. Look at
that thing-it's gorgeous:·
And how about next year~
.. If they 'Watlt to do it next year,
we're prepared. And I'll recruit the
same six, and they're all more than
willing to do it."

Lavvschoolapplicationssurge
. , MAllY IIETit SPINA

News Services Editor

TUDENTS are applying in
record numbers to the UB
Law School, thanks to a per-

S

sonalized team approach

for marketing a first -rate quality
education.

Applications to the Law School
were up 40 percent this year-from
844 in !999to 1,178 in 2000-the
second-highest increase of the 182
American Bar Association -accred-

ited law schools. according to figures
available to the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC).
According to Edward Haggerty, a
SpOkesperson for the !.SAC. liB Law
School enjoyed the highest increase
in applicati~ns of all the established
ABA Jaw schools. topped only by the
newly accredited Florida Coastal
Law School in Jacksonville, Fla.
"It's a remarkable increase in applications, well ahead of the national
average." said Haggerty.
Nationally, the total number of applicants is up 3.4 percent. Nine law
schools had an application increase
of 30 percent or more; 117 schools
had an increase; 61 had a decline, and
the rertlllin&lt;kr had no change.
Though applications to UB Law
School have increased greatly, the
size of the first-year class this fall is
237,just5 more than last year's 232.

As a result, the law school has become more selective.
The median grade:point av•rage

of the incoming class has moved up,
from 3.18 last yearto 3.31 this year.
So has the median LSAT score, from
!53 to 154.
"We're spreading the word that
liB is the place to be for a quality,
personaliud. diverse and affordable
legal education," says Jack Cox, associate dean and director of admissions and financial aid.
Cox and Lillie V. Wdey, assistant
director of admissions. will be taking their ..show~ on the road for the
second year this fall, traveling for
three months coast to coast, to career fairs and recruiting events.
When weighing the pluses and
minuses of potential graduate and
professional schools, "It's a buyer's
market." says Wdey. Potential applicants can afford to be choosy, and
choosy they are. "Family ties or obligations, by chance or choice, often
limit where students apply," Wdey
notes. But UB holds a "fuJI house"
of drawing cards.
The law school's culture and curriculum is rich with opportunities for
dual degrees and interdisciplinary
study that can be tailored to fit the
applicants' interests and career goals.
lnterdisciptinary programs enable
students to obtain both the J.D. de-

Case Studies in Science: On Ill
the Web and in the Classroom
Although the c•se method .h•s been u~ for years to teach law,
business, and medicine, it is not as common in science. That's chang-,.
ing, however, thanks to a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts,
which funded the establishment of the National Center for
Case Study Teaching .in Science here at UB. A joint effort
between the Coll ege of Arts and Scifnces and the University Libraries, the Center has fostered·sevcraJ projects and
initiatives, including its "Case Studies in Science" Web site at
&lt;http:/ / ubllb.buffalo .edu/ llbrarles / projects / cases /
case.html &gt;.
More than 45 cases in biology, chemistry, ecology, geology, physics. medicine and psychology now are available in the .. UB Ca~ Studies in Science Collection" at &lt;http:/ / ubllb.buffalo.edu/ llbraries";
projects/cases/ ubcase.htm&gt;. Case topics include AIDS, human
cloni ng, global warming, food irradiation and the deforestation of
the Amazon. Each case has teaching notes covering the type of course
it was developed for, its learning objee1ives. the maJor concepts and
issues, and how to present it effectively in th e classroom.
Many of the cases were written by science
fac ult y from around the country who have
an ended the cent er's five-day summer work shops. On Oct. 6 and 7, the ce nter will sponsor its first co nference on using case studi es
to teach science at the University Inn &amp; Conference Cen ter. Sessions will cover writing
cases, using cooperative learning techniques.
facilitating case discussion, developing and
teaching data -in tensive and-experimental/lab case studies. and
troubleshooting small groups.
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Clyde F. Herreid will tx
the conference leader. Featured speakers willinclude P. K. Rangachan.
professor of medicine at McMaster University, where problem-cased
learning first took root in the late 1960s; William M. Welty, director
of the Ce nter for Case Studies in Education at Pace University and a
recognized expert in the discussion method of
teaching cases; and Deborah AJien, director of
undergraduate programs in the Depa rt ment of Biological Sciences at the University of Delaware, where she and other SCI ence faculty began ir1 1992 to adapt
problem-based learning to their intro ductory cou rses. UB professors Joseph
Gardella , Mary Anne Rokitka , and
Michael Hudecki also are on the program.
Conference details and an registratton form
are available online at &lt;http:/ / ubllb.buffalo.
ed u I II bra rl e sIp ro Jec t sIc ase 1I conference I
conference.html &gt;.
-Haney Schiller and Will Hepfer Umvers1ty IJbrarws

gree and a Ph.D.. MBA or M.S.W. A
new M.P.H. degree is being planned.
"Law graduates who have com·
bination degrees are in demand and
often can write their own ticket with

BrieD

law firms. corporations and govern ments who need lawyers with backgrounds in engineering, medicine,
insurance, gov~rnment in a con-

MBA students plan yearlong
series of volunteer activities

stantly changing global economy,"
Wdey points out.
Unlike most other law schools. UB
Law School offers complex clinical
work in transactional, litigation and
J&gt;9licy contexts. and an innovative
mix of theory and practice in diverse

course offerings. A flexible program
enables students to select from 10 established curricular concentrations.
incl uding affordable housing and
community development, civil litigation, criminal law, environmental
law, family law, finance transactions.
health law, international law, law and
social justice, or state and local government law.
Altemati,•cly. many students design their own sequence of courses.
drawing on UB's curricular strengths
in information technology, intellec-

tual prnpcrty,labor and employment
law, and constitutional Jaw.
Other pluses offered at UB are
high-quality faculty members. many
of wh~ have doctorates in addition to·law degrees.

MBA students typically are more interested in acts of commerce
than acts of charity. But this weekend. about 50 full-time MBA stu dents from the School of Management will begin a yea rlong series
of volunteer activitiC"s that they believe should be an important part
of any business-school cur riculum.
" It 's very important for business students to develop a sense of
the ro le th ey can play in improving their community, from both a
business and a personal standpoint," says Quen ti n Lilley. a secondyear MBA studen t and an o rganize r of the activi ties.
The vo lu nteering kicks off from 9 a.m. to I p.m. Saturday with
" MBAs Make a Difference Day." One group of MBAs will begin re habilit at io n of a ho use at 31 Hoffman St. in North Buffalo. in cooperation with Habitat for Humanity, while another group will pe rform general maint ena nce and landscaping at the Gloria J. Parks
Co mmunit y Ce nter at 3242 Main St.
According to Lilley. the students' volunteer work \\'ill conunue
each month with new activi ties-such as a 1:1alloween partv for k&amp;ds,
food and clothing drives for Thanksgiving and Chri stmas. a spa
ghetti dinner and a community health fair-at th e Clona 1. Par~
Communit y Center.
Sponsored by M&amp;T Bank and organized b}· US's G raduate Man agement Association, the UB MBA volunteer program is an 1ts SC'( ·
ond year. More than 30 students participated in last year's activitaes.
UB's full-time MBA program is a two-year graduate business program , offering a choice of I 0 busi ness concentrations. Busrness Week
magazine has ranked the program as one of t.h e best in the coun try.

�6 Repories September 7. 2000/Vol.Jt h.3

.SEFA

BRIEFLY
Baldy Center offers

short courses, lectures
"Giobol Jwtice in 1M New c.n.
t\Jty, • the Foil 2000 edition of
the Baldy Center's Visiting
Schol.m and Short Courses ....
ries, wiU open Sept. 1S-22 with
a c.ourw entitled "'law 1nd De-

Roast

velopment."
The COUtSe wiD bo taught by
Mohan Gopll. chief COI.WlS&lt;I.
Eost and Padlic. for the legol ~
pattment of t h e - - ond
odjunct professor of low ot the
~ UnM!nlty Low Center. ~will Womine global justice
issues r&lt;lated to pdlides ~

Members of the campus
community turned out in
droves last week on a warm ·
summer .day for a hot-&lt;log
roast to benefit SEFA.
President Willian;~ R. Greiner
(top) supervises the grill.
(Far left) jason George
(right) and William Mitchell
enjoy their lunch, as does
Shavonne Kegler (near left).

noted by International fonanclal
instiw-~ 5UCh., the v.llrid
Bank, and a~tiv&lt; Indigenous
models of devotopmenL

C9pal also win lecture at 3
p.m. Sept. 21 In SAS O'Brian
Hall on the North Campus.
The series wiH continue Ocl
2-6 with a course entitled '"Gbbollution ond Human Rights.•
1. Olob.Qnyango, dean of the
fKulty qf law at Makerefe Un;venity in Kampala, Uganda.
The cour&gt;e wtll exomlne globa~
~lotion of rnar1&lt;ets ond its effects
on the sootus and rights of particular soclol groups. Including
minority populoilons.
The third doss session on
Oct. 6 wiD bi. public oollc&gt;qulum In whlth Olob.Qnyango,
along with Celestine NyJroo of
the Low SChool ond
llronda Yeoh of the Natlonol Univenityof~ wila:ldms
the lmpoct of globolmion on
partiaJior societies and peoples
theyhaveobs&lt;Md.
The loll series wtl &lt;:or10Jde
with a c.oune entitled "Notions,
Religions ond Law.. whlth wll

ProJect first In series using multimedia t r hnologles to combat learning problems

CATE holds summer literacy institute

((c

By PAlltiCIA DONOVAN
News ServK~ Ed1t0f

m Voices. Cit y
Vtsions." a broad
partnership in -

rriglous practice and doctrino, and the role of low In c:MI
society and the YOriely of opproachos ond.beliof&gt; conoernlng
S«Uarity, religiosity and justicL
It will bo taught by Rebecca
Redwood ff'ench, professor of
low and anthropology at the
Unlvenlty of Colooldo.

volving UB, th&lt;
Buffalo Public Schools and the communit y, is attacking the learning
problem.&lt; faced by Buffalo students
by applying multimedia technologies
in ways never used before.
The panner.ihip's initial projecta Summer Technology/Literacy Institute--was he\d this summer, the first
of what is expcctro to bt an annual
surruner institute designed to instructBulfalo teachers in how to use digital
video technologies to improve lit eracy and social-studies learning.
The "City Voices, City YlSions"auriculum teaches the use of multimedia technologies and reading/writing

Fn!nch also wllldeliYef a

strategies to help schools meet state

e&gt;qllorethegrowlng~

-of the ~bo-

-

public lecture on Oct. 26.
To enroll In any of the
courses or obtain times and locations for the public lectiJre5,
coo tad the Baldy Center for Low
and Sodal Policy at 645-2102.

UB Chtld Care Center

offers pre-k dass
The UB Child Care CentEr b collaborating with the 8uftalo Public Schook to offer a universal
~klndergorten doss.
The center has one spot
open In the pre-lc program at
the South c.tnpus site for a 4year-old child who IM$ ID the
Buffalo school district.
Anyone lntemted should

coni3Ct GIIHon Henry at 829·
2226, e.L 11, or TlfT\I!
Jacobson at 829-2226, oxt. 13.

LETTERS T O
THE EDITOR

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learning standards and to foster stu dent achievement in innovative ways.
The teachers attending the annual institute not only wiiJ use their new
skills in the classroom, but also will
become US/Buffalo school district
technology/literacy facilitators.
Among the activities sponsored
by the program are oral-history
projects using multicultural literature, modeling successful academic
writing and the production of community-based video documentaries
and memoirs.
To help them do their jobs, each
teacher participating in the first institute received a digital movie camera, and each two-teacher schOol
team received an iMac computer
loaded with iMOVIE software and
a lV-VCR setup with software to
translate analog video signals to
digital signals.
Suzanne Miller, director of the
summer institute and associate dean
of the Graduate School of Education
(GSE), sa~ education research has
proven that the innovative use of
multimedia technology in schools
can improvo leaching and learning
dramatically. All students benefit
from the skilled use of critical technologies, with particularly impressive
results among low-achieving stu dents with ~teracy problem.&lt;.
"Unfortunately," she sa~, "teach ers in financially strained urban districts and under-funded schools-the very teachers who need help

most-have few opportunities to
learn the dfectiveuseofthese tech nologies. Access to advanced tech nologies is severely limited, as is
training in their wise use in literacy
and subject -matter learning."
Miller says the summer institute
provides teachers with a new means
to help studmts learn in an inquirybased (hands-on), learner-centered,
project-oriented ~terncy atrriculum.
This method , which involves
video and written documentation of
community-based experiences, has
been shown to be very effective in
spurring students on to pursue
higher-level ~teracy and social studies learning, she adds.
While other such programs frequently target teachers in Buffalo's
magnet high scllools. the pilot institute focused instead on teachers
from a grammar school, a voca tional high school and two other
non -magnet high schools.
The program, which ran from
July 24 through Aug. 4, involved
teams of one Eng.tlsh teacher and
one social-studies teacher from
South Park. McKinley and
Kensington high schools and from
Black Rock Academy. The teachers
were taught how to use the new iMOVIE software from Macintosh,
which they used to produce original videos about Buffalo, its schools.
students and community issues.
The state-of-the-art software
makes it easy to produce high-&lt;juality videos in very little time that art
posted on the institute Web site,
&lt;http:/ / www.gse. buff• lo.edu/
org/ dtyYokes/&gt;.
The training and equipment
make it possible .for the teachers to
share immediately their new skills
with middle-and high -school students, local teaching coUeagues and
teachers statewide through distancelearning events and Web-based, professional-development modules.
They also will help their students
study and document their own
communities through research, in terviews, writing and recording on
videotape. These activities will help
students develop skills and slr.ltegies
to assist them in meeting new
higher-level state learning standards
in literacy, social science and other
school subjects.
The teachers' new skills also wiU

be promulgated through the community-based UB/Buffalo School
Districi Family Technology Clubs,
in which parents and students will
work collaborativtly to analyu media and information, and use complex technologies to communicate
family and community stories.
Using these stories, the"GtyVoias,
CityVISions" project team will create
an Urban Images Digital Library that
will be a rich r=ura: for rurriculum
development, teacher development
and research in urban education. The
team also will publish selected stories
on public-IIC&lt;rSS digital tei&lt;vision and
through a Web site.
Milles says the ongoing project also
will oontinue to fOSkr oollaborations
between univmity faculty and groupo
of teachers, community members
and future teachers through the GSE
Collaborative Research Network. The
network supports collaborative inquiries on improving teaching and
learning through use of the "City
Voices, Cit y Visions" curricular
projects and video products.

"As far as we know, the multimedia technology described has never
before been used for the purposes
outlined here," says Miller. "Our
purpose is to build a strong, collaborative program to foster student
achievement and enhance their
prospects for success.•
The project is co-sponsored by
the Buffalo Pub~c Schools and the
GSE. the Urban Education Institute,
the Collaborative Research Network
and the Center for App~ed Technologies in Education (CATE), all at
UB. CATE, dincted by Don Jacobs,
is a program of the Division ofPub~c Servi.ce and Urban Affairs that
serves as a liaison between the university and the Buffalo Public
Schools Technology Initiative.
UB faculty members involved in
the "City Voices, City VISions" part·
nership are· from the GSE and the
departments of Media Study, History
and American Studies, all in·the College of Arts and Sciences, and from
the Department of library Studies in
the School of Information Studies.

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at 64S-2107.

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Orientation
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The Reporter publishes
listing' for evenh taking
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VIsiting OrientAtion. O'Brian.
11 a.m. Free. For more
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645-6223.

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Q&amp;A: Lana Ortman tliscusses

PACE

what's up at UB's dental clinics

Keeping tradition

PACE

s Study suggests insulin may help
protect against heart~

Giant·
puzzle
Incoming freshmen got a
chance to get acquainted
with UB and each other
Friday by piecing together a
giant puzzle map of the
North Campus in Alumni
Arena . For more opening
weekend photos, see pages
4, 5 and 6.

Policy to guide classroom conduct
Greiner approves document designed to help faculty handle student disruption
By SUE WUETCHER

Reponer Editor
ACULTY members now
have specific guidelines to

F

help them deal with Stu·
dent disruption in the

classroom.
President William R. Greiner has
approved a policy on student con du ct in the classroom that was

lines be developed to help instructors deal with escalating incidents of
disruptive behavior by students in
the classroom. Black told commit·
tee members that instructors were
not sure how to handle these situa tions since the university had no
published rules or regulations T("·
garding student behavior.

Black's comme nts triggered an

drafted at the end of last semester

outpo uring by FSEC members re-

by the Faculry Senate.

gard ing incidents they had experi enced in thei r classrooms. ranging
from students using cell phones,

ln a memo distributed recently

to deans, department chairs '3nd
program unit heads, Grdner called
the policy "an eminently sensible
document which o ffers sound

having food delivered to them during class, kissing in the back of the
classroom, reading newspapers

guidelines to instructors and st·u -

and co ming to class late and leav-

dents alike on dealing with disrup·

ing early.

tions to the classroom."

The new policy, which was ap -

The policy, which is effective this

proved by the full Faculry Senate in

semester. stems from a request by

May, defines classroom disruption
as "behavior that a reasonable person would view as substantially or

Dennis Black. vice president·for stu·
dent a.lfui~. to the Faculry Senate
Executive Committee that guide·

repeatedly interfering with the con -

duct of a class." Examples could m·
dude persistently speaking without
being recognized, continui ng with
conversations distracting the dass
or. in extreme cases, resorting to
physical threats or personal ins ult .s.
The document notes. however,
that " lawful. civil exp res.~ion of dis·
agreement with tht· mstruct o r or
other studen ts is not in itself 'disruptive behavior"' anJ 1~ nnt pro hibited under .thl.' regulatio ns.
The policy s tat e!~ that f.llultv
members are rt.-spo nsiblc for effec ·
tive management of the classroom
environment to pro mote conditions
that will enhance student learning.

Accordingly, instructor should set
reasonable rules for classroom behavior and must provide these rules.
in writing, to the students at the stan
of the semester.
\\fhen a student 15 disruptive. fac ulty members are to follow a spe cific course of action, beginning

with a w.trning. preferably an pn
vate . If the disrupt..ive behavior con tinues, the faculty member is au tho·
ri1.ed to ask the student to \cave the
da)Sroom.
If a .;;tuc..lcnt refuses to leave, tht:
"tudt•nt should be mformed th1s rt·tusal 1s a separate violat1on subject
to additional penalties.
If the behavior creates a ~fety risk
or makes it impossible to con tinue
clas.\, the anstructor should contact
Public Safety to assist in removing
the student and/or may dismiSS clas:,
for that day.
A studen t may be diSmissed from
the courS(.· for the remamdcr of the
semester. subJect to Student Con·
d uct Regulations and due process
p roceedings. as appropriate.
The policy includes some "classroom etiquette expectations" for
students, such as attending classes
a.nd paying attention. not comi ng to
ConUnued

Oft , . . . .

7

Auerbach receives $2.7 million award
ay LOIS BAJWI.
News SeMc~ Editor

B

OPHYSICIST Anthony

Auerbach has been seected to recdve a Jacob
Javits Neuroscience loves·

tigator Award totaling $2.7 million
over seven ~ from the National
Institute for Neurological Disordm
and Stroke (NINDS), an arm of the
National Institutes of Health
Auerbach, prof&lt;SSOr of physiology
and biophysics, has conducted highly
regarded research in cell communi·
cation and synapses for 12 yea~.
Javits awardees, limited to 12 a
year, are selected annually by the

NINDS Advisory Cou ncil based on
their research history and productiviry. They may not apply for the honor.
The NIH's description of the award
states: "The ( Javits award) is made to
distinguished investigators who haw

a record of scientific exceUence and
productivity, who are actively pursu-

ing an area of research of strategic
importance, and who can be ex·
pected to continue to be highly pro·
ductive for a seven-year period."
Auerbach's research under this
award will focus on acetylcholine
receptors. Acetylcholine is a neu rotransmitter involved in carrying
chemical messages across certain
brainsynapsesandacrossaU human
ncrvc·muscle synapses. Acetylcholine receptors--proteins o n the cells
receivi ng the message-hi nd the
neurotransmitter and set in motion
a surge of molecular activity that
results in thought or motion .
" Before the receptors come mto
contact with the transm itter mol ecules, they are very, very quiet, but
after they bind acetylcholine, they
jump into action," Auerbach s.,id. " In

less than a thousandth of a second, a

is the rea-p tor so quiet before it comC&lt;o

receptor opens up a pore (a hole) in
itself, which allows certain electrically
charged ions nomtally present in ou r
body fluids to move through there-

into contact with the transmitter?
What makes the transmitter so spe-

ceptor protein, across the membrane
and into the muscle cell This ion
movement, in rum, triggers a whole
cascade of events that eventually
leads to muscle con traction.
.. In the brain, neurons communi cating with other neurons communicating with still other neurons is.Ihe

physical basis of thoughts, emotions
and behaviors. Synapses are the key
struaures for infomtation processing
in the brain.lt is likely that many dis·
t."3.Sl"S will be traced to a fu.ilure of some
aspect of synaptic communication.
"Our joh is to understaJld the molecular and atomic events that underlie this behavior-that is.. the machin

cry nf the brain," Aucrb."h said. "V&gt;'hy

cial? Exactly how does that hole open
up? Why do only some ions cross
though the hole, while others don't?
What makes the ho le close up again?

"I think this research is leading the
way w understanding receptors 1n
generaJ," Auerbach said. "Once W\.'
understand mtL&lt;ide acetylcholine re ceptors. we will be much better able
to understand o ther receptors in the
brain which may play a more d1r£'-'1
role in the generation of di.sca.'&lt;.·.''
Auerhach also holds a scpar.llt'
$94 7.000 NIH grant to studv a lhf
fercnt rl"Ceptor protein , and I" .1 l~l
anvesttgator on a $1 ,925.000 NIH
gmnt and a S I mill1on J.\"'ard fmm
the Keck Foundation forth&lt;' .malvsis of ion (han ncb. and th~ dcvrlop
111CI11 of analy.si., mftwa rl'.

�Lance F. Ortman is an associate professor in the Departn]ent of
Restorative Dentistry in the School of Dental Medkine, as well as
associate dean of clinical affairs.

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applied physic&gt; .. Columbil Uni~ ond odjunct physic&gt; direcID&lt; lor 8&lt;!1 Labs, Lucent Ttchnoiogles,- shared the
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Is the purpose of the dentAl school's clnkAII progr...,7

The D.D.S. program at the School
of Dental Medicine has both didactic and clinical components, as well
as a service component. The educational mission of the clinical program at the school is t.o provide the
necessary clinical exp;erience to our
students so that they become competent general dentists. The publicservice mission of the clinical program is to provide high-quality oral
health care to our patients and the
community. The advanced degree
programs have similar missions, but
are focu~ on training residents in
their chosen dental specialty and
meeting the more complex needs of
our patients.

How does It fit Into the dental students' educational program?

The dental students' participation in
our clinical program increases as
they progress through the four-year
D.D.S. curriculum. The first -year
students are introduced to the dini-

cal program and , under careful
guidance of faculty, provide limited
patient
The patient contact and
responsibility increase over the next
three years to the point where the
majority of the fourth-year students'
Lime is spent in the clinic. The
fourth-year students also are under
the guidance of our faculty, but are
expected to provide comprehensive
oral-health ca re for our patients.
The students also rotate to off-site
dental clinia; at the local affiliated
hospitals for additional experience
during their third and fourth years.

car.:

How many cOnks are there 7

There is one large general denti&lt;try
clinic (about200 dental operatories)
and several smaller supporting clinics.\The Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryOinic, as well as the Orthodontic Oinic, Pedodontic &lt;;:tinic and Xray Clinic, is separated from the
main clinic for the safety and comfort of the patients. In addition,
there are separate diniCs for our advanced degree programs.

Are the clinics open to the
publk7 Wh•t's the cosl1

jNillentln the School of
l!!tnhll -klfte7

The clinics offer a full spectrum of
comprehensive oral health care and
are available to the public through
Patient Admissions/Screening Office and then by scheduled appointment. The school receives about
10,000 r&lt;quests each year for patient
information/admission packets and
provides dental care to approximately 6,000 patients per year with
the great majority of patients coming from Buffitlo -and Erie County.
Although the clinic is not free. the
fees that are charged at the school
clinic are reduced from 30·peroent
to 60 percent as compared to the
average private dental office fee.
These ttduced fees for oral health
care provides approximately $9 million in dental treatment' at a cost of
only $3 million to the people in
WestemNewYork.Asthist.reatment
is provided by students, the time it
takes is generally longer than in a
private dental office.

Anyone iiJterested in becoming
a patient should eall the £at:ient
Admissions/Screening Oflice at
829-2732 . They will receive a
patient information and admissions packd, which will explain
the patientadmission/saeening
process. how the clinia operate
and a pre-admission form to be
filled out and returned to the
school The school will, upon
receipt of the pre-admission
form, contact the applicant to set
up a saeening appointmenL

How does a person become a

What .,.. the University
DenUIIAssodates7

The University Dental Associates
representthefucultyOftheSchool
of Dental Medicine who have
chosen to participate in the SUNY
Qinical Practice Miutagement
Plan. These fuculty provide oralhealth care to their patients oo a
private Fee-for-service basis approximately one day per week at
the school and affiliated hospitals.

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UB epidemiologist finds no economic hazards as a result ofsmoking restrictions
By LOIS llAJ(ER

quences typieallyare flawed, "'lying
on survey data or anecdotal reports,"
ESTRICTING smoking Hyland said. "Our analysis shows
in restaurants has not that the restaurant business remains
been a recipe for eco- healthyaftersmoke-freediningpolinomic disaster in the res- cies are implemented."
Hyland, who conducts his retaurant business., despite predictions
to the contrary, a review of existing search at RosweU Park Cancer Indata by a VB epidemiologist pas stitute in Buffalo, considered pubfound.
lished studies examining taxable
ln results presented last week at sales, consumer and restaurateur
the International Society for Envi- surveys, restaurant-employment
ronmental Epidemiology meeting, statistics and complaint reports.
Andrew Hyland, research assistant
A review of taxable sales showed
professor of social and preventive no effect on sales from smoking ,.,.
medicine, reponed that "virtually.. strictionsinrestaurantsindozensof
all" published studies on the issue communities in New York. Califorshow no adverse effect in restau ~ nia, Colorado, Massachusetts, Arirants, hotels and bacs, regardless of zona, and Texas, he found. In addithe study method used.
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smoking was restricted in those establishments, results showed.
Conswner surveys conducted in
New York City at five months and 18
monthsafu:rpassageoftheNewYork
City aean Air Act indiated that the
vastmajorityofconsumersdinedout
as olien after the law as before.
Surveysofrestaurateursl8months
after..the New York City law took ef.
feet indicated there WdS no relationship between reported business decreases and the law, and business
owners were able to comply with the
law with relative ease, Hyland found
"Analyses of restaurant-employment statistics indicated that more
restaurant jobs were added in New
YorkCitytwoyearsafu:rthelawwent
into effect than in the rest of New
York State where smoking was still

permitted," be said. "Per-capita restaurant emploYment in Erie County,
N.Y., increased &amp;ster than in siX of
seven surrounding counties where
smoking was pennitied, 12 months
afu:r a oounty law went into c:ffi:ct.
.. Furthermor(. few people are
complaining about the law," Hyland
said He found that the number of
official complaints about smoking
logged in Erie County was at the
same. level as before the law and
there were fewer oomplaints logged
in New York City two years lifter
smoking was banned completely.
"'Secondhand smob is a serious
public health issue," Hyland said.
"Polic:ymakers need to understand
thatadverseeconomicdaimsresulting from smoU-freclegislation are
unsubstantiated."

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Banning smoking no bane to restaurants

Seryices Editor
HE messenger matters as
_muchasthemessagewhen
it comes to conveying important information.
That was the general finding of a
study by UB epidemiologists designed to determine why minority
groups are less inclined than nonminorities to comply with official
advisories on how many and how
olienfishcaughtinchemicallycontaminated waters can be eaten safely.
Their results, presented last week
at the annual meeting of the International Society for Environmental
Epidemiology (ISEE), showed that
African-Americans anglers follow
advice from friends and family,
rather the printed state advisories,
when choosing safe fishing waters.
UBhostedhostingtheamference,
which this year was held in Buffalo.
New&gt;

anglers believe they can teU by sight
and smeU if water is contaminated.
Theyactivelyavoidedfishinginpolluted waters, but weren't aware that
pollution from such chemicals as
PCBs and dioxins is invisible.
"African-Americ;m anglers have a
comprehensive understanding of the
natural environment." said Gregory
Beehler, a medical anthropologist and research
associate in the Department of Social
and Preventive Medicine. "We need to work
with what they know al- ·
ready, and to incorporate
some of what we know as scientists
into that knowledge.
"They really prefer to hear about
this from other anglers. so I advocate that we train known andrespected anglers from _the commu-

cates for the official fish-consumption advisories."
Beehler gathered his information
through four focus groups coordinated by a local African-American
healthorganizationanda,&gt;oductedby
trained African-American moderators. A total of39 participants were recruited into one of
four groups: men
and women ages
40and&lt;Mr;mcn
40 and over; men under
40 and women under 40.
In addition to the principal findings, the data defined a
number of culturt-based attitudes
regarding sport fishin8;
• These African-American an glm fish for fun and relaxation, not
specifically to put food on the table.
• Exposure to contamination
from chemicals in the environment

• Knowkdge on how and where
to fish is passed down through generations,ishighlyprized.andisconcemed mainly with improving skills
and"knowingthewater,"notknowing about chemical pollution
• Local water and fish were considered polluted but not ne=sarily
hazardous
•EffortstQavoideatingpolluted
fish included avoiding scaw:ngers,
such as sheephead and carp; discarding fish that looked unheal.thy,
and eating only smaller fish.
Bridg&lt;t M. McGuinness, UB
project coordinator of the New York
StateAnglerCohortStudy,and)obn
E. Vena, professor of social and preventivemedicine,alsoassisted in the
research. The study was supported
by the-Agency for Toxic Substance
andDiseaseRegistry,whichisfunding the Angler Cohort Study.

�August 3UIDI/Yol32.1D.Z

DrieD
Capaldi to address University
Convocation on Oct. 4
in Center for the Arts
The unlwenlty will ho~or and recogalze members of the c~m ­
pus community at the sixth annual Convocation at 3 p.m. Oct. 4
in the Cen ter for the Arts Mainstage.
The convocation will open with an academic
process ion com posed o( marchmg fac.ulty and
staff led by the chair of th,- l·ac uh )' Senate, the
chair of the Professional Sta_ff Senate and the plat·
form party.
Featured speaker will be Elizabeth IJ. Capaldi,
provost and professor of p~yl_holugy , \·~tho will
present an address. '"Compct1ng w•th the Best...
CAPALDI
In addition, r{'Cipients of the SUI'!Y c:hancellor 's
Awards - Frank Y. Bright , profe~sur of chemi stry ; Todd M
ll cnnessey, assoCiate profcs::-.or ol tuolo~pcal ~Cience\: Detdrt· Lymh .
associate professor of English : Rngt·r \\'. Mavne. professor of me
chanica! and aerospace eng••wa•ng: Alhert I&gt; Pru:e . .ts'\ooate
fesso r of planning, dnd Bcrn.•nl A. \\'etn,tt'ln , professor of phv'\ll. '
- and facuhy memben lldll1l'll to the SUNY Dtstingu•shcd Pro
fessor ranks - James 1-.. Me( .unndl protcs:.or of g~:ography and
Wi ll iam J. Rae. p rofessor of mt·chamcal and aerospace engmccr
ing - will be honored.
A reception will follow in the Lentt:r for the Arh atrium .
Members of the campus commun1ty who arc mtcrestcd tn
march in g in th e convoca tiOn should contact Pat Staebell. convo
ca ti on coo rdinat o r, at 645-6147. ext. 226 or by email at
&lt; staebell@buffalo.edu &gt; by Sept. II.

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Mini-Medical School to focus
on latest medical advances
The l• test adw• nces In g e netics, surgery and chemo therapy will

A Fulbright, thanks to Kung Fu m
By P'ArmcaA DONOVAN

News Services Editor
HANKS in part to the inspiration of actor and
martial- art s superstar
Bruce Lee, Nicholas
Logue, a May graduate of the Department of Theatre and Dance, is
one of only two graduating seniors
or master's-degree candidates to receive a 2000-0 l Fulbright fellowship
to study and teach in China.
After y&lt;ars of preparation in Chinese martial arts, theater and culture, Nicholas Logue will spend the
next I 0 months at the Beijing China
Drama University studying classical
formsofChinesetheater,specifically
the movement techniques of the
Chinese opera. He also will ieach
courses in modern western drama
to Chinese theater students.
In explaining his fascination with
explications of "movement" in the
Ghinese culture, Logue notes that
"the movement techniques utilized
in Chinese drama are so strong that
the executiOn of a single action may
take several minutes to perform, and
J"'l the audience is enraptured by the
performer for e-very second.
" ln essenel!, no moment exists
that is not filled With physical presence and a magnitude of energy.
Physical training that creates a presence this powerful is difficult to find
in America."
,
Logue, who previously had studied the Chinese martial arts ofHong
Quan. )eel Kune Do and Judo, spent
his fourth undergraduate year in

T

China studying Mandarin Chinese,
Long Hand Kung Fu, Taiji, sword
technique and'"Bo staff technique.
These~

acting and physical theater, includ ingmasktechnique. Healsootes the
encouragement of two of his UB

he says. have greatly facili -

mentors-Constantine Tung, asso-

tated his theater studies.
" I have often felt that the physical
training offered to western actors is
not nearly as strong as the vocal and
text-bascdtrainin&amp;."!Oys Logue,son
of Gerald Logue, vice chair of the
Departmel)t of Medicine in the
School of Medicine- and Biomedical Sciences ... In the coming year, I
hope to combine my two life-long
interests and strengthen myself as an
artist by gaining exposure to another

ciateprofessorof Chinese language,
and Roger Desforges, associate pro-

fessor of Chinese history. whom
Logue calls ..an amazing guy."
Upon his return to the United
States, Logue will begin graduate
study in Chinese theater at the Uni versity of Hawaii, which has a master-of-fine-arts program in Asian
performance that he says is the best
in the world.
" Ultimately, I wo uld like to forge

physical theater tradition."

a new technique of acting that in-

Logue says several childhood in Ouences, including Bruce Lee and
Asian pop cinema, provoked his in terest in Asian culture and led to his
boyhood study of Kung Fu. His fascination with the culture of that
martial art was so great that at age
12 he attempted to "devour" massive texts op Chinese history in order to gain insight into the homelandof Kung Fu.
He continued his quest at US
where, as a theater and dance rnajor, he enroUed in several classes that
fed his craving for knowledge about
China . In fact, by the end of his
sophomore year, h e had logged
more credit houn in Chinese history, philosophy, literature and ianguage than he had in theater.
Logue credits his academic sue cess with the quality of his theater
classes, particularly those that
helped him be-come proficient in

corporales the strengthS of both theater traditions," he says.
"Art has always been a method of
social change," he adds, "and I'd like
to use it to furth er peaceful understanding and international friendship between the People's Republic
of C hina and the United States."
Fulbright program adviser Mark
Ashwillsaysthereis stilltimefor students to apply for a Fulbright grant
Lnthe2001 -02competitioncydefor
post-baccalaureatestudyorresearch
abroad in academic fields, and fo r
professional training in the crea tive
and performing arts. The deadline
for receipt of applications is Sept. 22.
Forinformationontheseandother
Fulbright grants and feiiowships.contactAshwillat645-2292,orviae-mail
at &lt;asbwill@acsu.buffaio.edu&gt;. UB's
Fulbright Program Web site address
is &lt;http:/ / wlng•. buff•lo.eclu/
fulbrtght&gt;.

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be among the topics presented in the next sess ton of UB's Mint ·
Medical School, which will begm Sept. Jl.
Designed for the general public, th e course will be held in But ·
ler Auditorium in 150 Farber Hall on th e Sou th Ca mpus.
The new five-session cou rse taught by UB facu\ty members wi\\
be h eld from 7-9 p.m. Tuesda ys from Sept. 12 th rough Oct. 10.
Topics and speakers will be:
• Sept. 12: " Infectio n. Inflammation and Heart Disease," Rob ert J. Ge nco, SUNY Distinguished Professor and chair of the De
pa rtm cn t of O ral Biology in the School of Dental Medicine, and
"New Concepts Challenging the Lipid Hypothesis," Sebastian G.
Ciancio, professor and chair of the Departm ent of PeriodontiCS
and Endodontics in the dental school.
• Sept. 19: .. Vaccines in the 21st Ce ntur y," Ti":loth y E Murphy,
professor of med ici ne and microbiology, and .. New Advances in
Ge ne Therapy." John Hay, professor an d chair of the Departmem
of Microbiology and associate professor for resea rch
• Sept. 26: "Assuring the Breaths of life: New Treatment fo r lung
Disease," Bruce A. Holm , se nio r associate dean of the School of
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and associate professor of phar·
maceutics and pediat rics
• Oct. 3: " History and Recent Advances in the Treatment of Multiple ~clerosis," Lawre nce D. Jacobs , M.D., professo r of neurology
• Oct. l 0: "The Latest in Research and Treatment of Digestive
Diso rders," Peter Lance. associate professor of medicine.
The cost o f th e course is S30 fo r individuals, $45 for couples,
$25 for se nior citizens, $40 for senior couples and SlO for st ud ents.
A mini -graduation and certifica te ce remony will be held at the
end of the course.
The registration deadline is Sept. 8.
For mo re information or to register, ca11829-2 196.

No "butts" about it: Residence
halls now are smoke-free
UB h•• extended Its 1mo ke- free policy to the ..:ampus res1dence

halk according to a memorandum from Dennis Black, v1ce presiden t for studen t affai rs.
Under a policy effective in August 1994, smoking had been p ro·
hibited in aJJ university-owned and -operated buildings-and vehicles,
with the exception of private living quarters in residence halls. That
exceptio n now is eliminated.
..Research conti nu es to ptesent indisputable evtdence th at smok·
ing no t only poses a significant health ha010rd to smokers, but that
exposure to second-hand smoke also is harmful to th~ health of non ·
smokers. Increasing concerns about the effects of second- hand smoke
and complaints over compliance problems near many building en trances and in loading areas led to review of the policy... ," according
to the memorandum.
New signage reflecting the extension of UB's smoke-free pohq
wiU be placed this fall in the entry areas and loading areas of some
buildings and facili ties.

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II :4S a.m. to I :IS p.m. IDdoy
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C.mpus.
The hot.dog roast Is open to
the univotsity community and

will olfer. the foculty, stiff and
student&gt; the opportunity to

Incoming freshmen received an enthusiastic introduction to UB
Friday with a full day of activities, including the arinuai freshman
picnic, right Below, Dan Booke of Rochester places the final piece
in the giant "welcome map" constructed in Alumni Arena. And the
campus got -its first look at the Bulls at "Rockin' Rally 2000, • a pep
rally for the football team's season opener against Syracuse.

, _ President -

G&lt;einer
and l'rollost EJiabeth capaldl
A hot dog. lemonade, chips • .
and • coolcie will be ovailable for
S2, with al proceods benolitlng
the 2000 SEfA campolgn. SUpplies for the hot dog roast boon donated, 1n part. by""'~»

ratofriondslhot indudo\llendy'~
Solen'~ ICol.tmann's Bolcey and
US's Faculty Student Associotion.

Emeritus Center to
meet on Sept. 12
MembOB of the Emeritus Centor
will...- at 2 p.m. Sept. 121n
the South Lounge of Gclc&gt;dyor
Hoi on the South Compus.
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UB, Jane Goodall Institute launch International online environmental-education proJect

Bringing a great v9ice to new audiences
Verizon: "This is a wonderful way to in East Africa and today involves
News Services Ed•to.use technology to communicate to more than 1,800 registered student
HE university has our global customers the value of re- groups in 58 nations. The prognun
launched a major, online, specting life and our planet."
fosters student devdopment ofamenvironmental-educaJacobs explains that the project structive,locallybasedenviJOnmention project with the Jane will use high-speed d.igital-rommu· tal projects that help them to underGoodall Institute and its founder,
primatologiM Jane Goodall
The project, "Taking Gombe to
the World Thrpugh Technology:' is
a joint venture of Verizon Found~­
tion (fonnerly Bell Atlantic Corporation), Norte! Networks, the Jane
Goodall Institute and UB's Center
for Applied Technologies in Education (CATE), which will provide
expertise in the application of educational technologies.
~
The project was developed in con·
nection with the 40th anniv=ary of
Goodall's internationally regarded
primate research project in Tanzania's
Gombe s.,.,;., National Park.
Goodall was at UB Aug. II to accept $75,000 from the Verizon
Foundation, Norte! Networks and
the uniV&lt;nity to fund the first phase
of the project.
nication technologies to expand stand how individual behavior afDonald Jacobs, director of CATE, Goodall's mission of environmen- fects their local communities and
calls the project "a unique opportu- tal and humanitarian awareness and the environment as a whole.
nity to bring one of the great voices action through community service.
The larger mission of"Roots and
of our times to new audiences of
The first phase of the project will Shoois," says Jacobs, is to foster relearners through advanced tech - link Internet-based content docu· spect and compassion fur all living
nologies. We are thrilled to be work- menting Goodall's 40 years of work thinp. It promotes under.;tand.ing
ing with Dr. Goodall and w&lt;'re arne· in Africa with "Roots and Shoots," of different cultures and their beliefs,
ious to expand her reach to students her weU-est~btished international he says, and has inspired manythouacross New York State using our ex- educational initiative for K-univer- sand.s of individuals to makr the
pertise in educational technologies." sity students.
world a better place for animals, the
"Roots and Shoots" began nine natural environment and the hu'
Added Maureen Rasp- Giose,
com munit y-affairs director for ~ago with one group of students man community.
By PATIIlCIA DONOYAH

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The secood phase of the "Taking
Gombe to tbe World• project will
be launched in October in Germany
at the second international Youth
Summit of Roots and Shoots
projects. At that time, Christine
Chdus, manager of technology ap~atiomd~mentfur~

will provide summit participants
wilb on-sile training in 1be ox of
digital storytelling and Web-based
tools-tools they can share with
their individuai"Roots and Sboob"

groups. ""-Using these tools, the students'
fieldwork will sene as the foundation fur an ongoing dialogue that
will allow oommunities of learners throughout the world to share
their experiences using the
Internet as a primary medium of
communication.
The third and final aspect of the
project will invoiYe the esl3blislunent
of high-speed videocnnferencing
links in Africa, the United States and
Germany.
Among iu other outcomes. the
links will allow students across New
York State to interact directly with
·~and Shoou" groups across the
globe. New "Roots and Shoots"
groups will be established in New
York, Jacobs says, and CATE will
wad&lt; with Western NewYork schools
to invoiYe them in the project.
Jacobs says fun&lt;iillj! for the second and third phases of the project
will be secured from a variety ofcor·
porate. public and private solli'C&lt;S.

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BISON's Head Start for
Students Doing Research

It's a big place
A new student and his father attending •university Welcome" get their bearings Friday in front of
the Student Union as they prepare to navigate the North Campus.

Rethinking insulin's effect

Study suggests itl$Ulin may help protect against heart disease
By LOIS 11A1W1
News Servkes Editor

E

XCESS insulin in the
bloodstream does not appear to contribute to ath-

erosclerosis or arterial
clogging, despi~ the known association ofl'ype 2 diabetes with cardiovascular disease, a study by UB en-

docrinologists has shown.
The study, published in the July

issue of 71ze journal of O inicnl Endocrillology a11d MeJabolism, showed
that insulin reduced the expression

of a molecule that promotes inflammation and dogging of arteries.

Paresh Dandona, professor of
medicine, direaor of the Division
of Endocrinology, Diabetes and
Metabo lism for UB and Kaleida
Healih, and sen·ior author on the

study, said the results indicate insulin may inhibit, rather than promote, dogged arteries.
"These are the lint real findings
showing that insulin may have an
antiatherosderotic role,.. Dandona
said. " It turns the whole thinking
about insulin upside down."
Type 2 diabetes, also known as

ad ult-onset diabetes, has been
linked to an increased risk of heart
disease, but th~ precise nature of that

link or links has eluded scientists.
Persons with Type 2 dia~ usually produce sufficient in~ulin to

bloodstream ofiCAM-1, which is expressed by the endothelium. the cell

metabo~ sugar they consume, but

known to promote inflammation in
the linirtg of the arteries, has been
associated with increased risk of
coronary artery disease. The researchers set out to see if insulin may

their cells do not respond to insulin's
action, creating a condition called
insulin resistance. 11lis results in increased sugar, in the form of glucose,
in the bloodstream that, in tum, sig-

nals the body to produce even more
insulin to lower glucose levels.
Resea rch ers have speculated that
this excess insulin , a condition
called hyperinsulinemia, may coil tribute to vascular disease in diabetics, but no direct causal mechanism has been found. Dandona and
colleagues earlier had shown insu -

lin helps vessels to dilate by increasing release of nitric oxide, a known

vasodilator, and increasing expression · of nitric oxide synthase, the
enzyme that makes nitrous oxide.
These results suggested that insu lin may help pro~ct against cardiovascular disease,Jather than con tributing to its development.
To further assess insulin's poten tial as a protectant, Dandona and colleagues studied its role in the expres-

sion of a component called intracellular adhesion moleeule- 1 (ICAM -

1). Increased concerrtr.itions in the

layer lining blood vessels, and is

inhibit expression of! CAM-I.
Using human aorta endothelial
cells, and exposing them to increasing amounts of insulin, the researchers were able to show that insulin
decreased the expression of ICAM I and increased the expression of
nitric oxide synthase and nitric oxide. To determine if the reaction was
related directly to insulin's ability to
increase nitric' oxide, the researcherS exposed the cells to a compound
known to inhibit its production.
They found that when the production of nitric oxide was inhibited, the
abilityofinsulintostop!CAM-1 production also was impaired.
Also participating in the research
were Ahmed Aljada, research assistant professor of medicine, and
Rana Saadeh, Ezzat Assian and
Husam Ghanirn, doctoral students
working with Dandona.
TheWilliamG. McGowanChari table Fund, Inc. supported the work.

Sugar: bad for teeth and arteries
. , LOIS 11A1W1
News Services EditO&lt;
UGARY foods. notoriously
bad for your teeth, also may
be bad for your blood vessels and many othe~ areas
of the body, UB endocrinologists
have found.
Their study, published in the August issue of The journal of Cliniml

S

Errdocrinology and Metabolism,
shows that excess sugar in the bloodstream stimulates the generation of
free radicals, the oxygen moleeules
known to carnage cells lining blood
vessels and many other organs. ·
"We've known for some time that
eating certain foods, particularly
those containing the antioxidant vitamins A, E and C. ain help protect
against damage from free radicals,"
said Paresh Dandona, UB professor
of medicine, director of the Division
of Endocrinology, Diabetes and
Metabolism for UB and Kaleida
Health, and senior author on the
study. "Ibis is the lint time anyone
has shown that nutrition has a role

in generating free radicals."
Type U diabetes, a major researcll
interest ofDandona and colleagues.
is associated with an increase in freeradica.lgeneration,resultingindam age to fats, proteins and DNA. In
earlier preliminary research, they
hadshownthatwhenobesesubjects
lost weight. there was a commensurate drop in free radicals. This lindingraisedthepossib\]itythatcertain
typeS of food may be involved in
producing free radicals.
To test his hypo~esis, Dandona
and colleagues selected glucose, the
nutrient with the most direct impact
on diabetics. They gave 14 healthy
men and women who had fasted for
12 hours a drink composed of 75
grams of glucose-the simpl est
form of s ugar~issolved in 300
milliliters of water-a little more
than one cup. This amount of glucose is roughly equivalent to the
sugar content in two cans of a cola
drink. Dandona said. Another six
participants. who served as controls,
drank a water-saccharin solution.

R&lt;searchers took blood samples
from all participants before the glucose_s:hallenge and at one, two and
three hours after.
Results showed there was no
change in free-radical generation in
samples taken from controls. However, in samples from subjects who
drank the sugar water, free-radical
generation increased significandy at
one hour and more than doubled
at two hours. Th e analysis al so
showed an increase in the key protein component of an enzyme that
promotes free-radical generation.
At the same time, levels of a-tocopherol , theactiveform ofvitamin
E and a powerful antioxidant , fell
about 4 percent by hour two and
remained depressed at hour three.
Alsocontnbutingtothestudywerc
Priya Mohanty, Wael Hamoud a,
Rajesh Gargand Husam Ghanirn,all
doctoral students working with
Dandona, and Ahmed Aljada, UB researchassistantprofessorofmedicine.
The Wdliam G. McGowan Chari table Fund supported this research.

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Now that d•nes have begun, students will, no do ubt, start not ing the research projects listed on their course syllabi. A great source
for time-saving tips on the information gathering process is "Gev
ting Started" &lt;http:/ /ubUb.buffalo.edu/ flbrarles. / e-resources/
qulck•tort.html &gt; on BISON. the UB Libraries' Web site. This page
provides the best basic resources for selecti ng a topic, as well as find ·
ing articles, books and Web sft es.
For example, for assistance on select1ng a topic , The CQ Researcher
I!&gt; a good place to start. This resource covers weekly in -depth re ports on the major.controversial1ssues of today with complet e sum maries and bibliographies. Students can browse through articles m
the current iss ue o r sea rch for past articles using keywords such as
"d rug policy,""chiJd poverty," " human genome,'"' gay rights," '"d1g1 ·
tal divide," .. W(&gt;rld t rade." etc. Another resource to help jump-start
the research process is St udentAdvantage.com. There one will find
a browsable list of subject areas that assists with topic se lection in
va ri ous academic discipli nes and an online reference cOll ection that
includes Britannica.com. Si te visi tors can eve n download QNotes,
an easy-to- use tool for taking, o rganizing and usi ng electronic notes.
The"Getting Started"page also includes Expanded Academic ASAP
and PA R"esearch II , which are great databases for finding journal ar·
tides on one's chosen topic. Both provide access to scholarly JOUrnals,
magazines and newspapers, many of which are full text with images.
Academic Universe and Dow Iones also can be used to find additional
newspaper anicles. The page li sts the UB Libraries Ca talog, of course,
as the source fo r finding books on cam pus, as well as The On · Lme
Books Page, which contains links to elect ronic books.
Fo r the statistical information one needs to bolste r a research
paper's content , A Matter of Fact and Table Base are listed as well. A
Matter of Fa ct is a database ·of full -text statistical information on
current social, eco nomic, politi cal. env ironmental and health 1s:;;ues.
TableBase prm•ides useful summary statistics from a wide vanetv of
reso urce~. such a~ '"Report on Salary Survey," "'Women 10 H1ghcr
Education" and "Wo rld Hea lth Report."
For students still confu:-.ed about the library resea rch process. the
Research Ass istant provides a stcp ~ h y - s t ep g01de to conducting li b rar y-based resea rch and wri ting a term pape r . lt ~ "ladder'" provide:o.
information on how to evaluate and cite n .'Sou rces. as well as information on how to outline a paper and fin alize a bibliography. And
for those who are stumped, eve n afte r using the '"Getting Started'"
page. referen ce librarians an~ always happy to prov.ide pe rsonalized
assistance. Ju st ask!
-Sue Neumeister •nd Lori Wktdnskl. UmversJty Ubrar~e~

BrieD
Artvoice names WBFO
"best radio station, in Buffalo
WllfO 88.7 FM, a National Public Ra-

dio affiliate and a maj or public scr· ~
vice of UB, was named Buffalo's best
1/
radio station in the Jul y 27 issue of
Arrvoice~the Buffalo-based weekly alterna~
tive newspaper.
Noting that in com mercia l radi o, formats seem to changt
with th e seasons, the article cites WBFO's consistent programming
as one of its greatest strengths.
"' Publi c radio - or at least it s local incarnation on WBFO changes little frotn year to year. Its m ix of jazz and classical music.
public affairs programming, cultural com mentary and quirky syn dicated shows ... arc always exactly wh ere a li stener expects them t o
be on th e left of th e dial." the article notes.
"Maybe this is what inspires such loyalty in BFO listeners. In a world
always lookin g for 'the next big thing,' public radio is a constant, clas sical source of reliable informa tion and eclect ic ente rtainment ."

Senior Alumni Program
to look at 2000 presidential
candidates, issues and voters
The 2000 presldentl•l c•mp•lgn will be the focus of the Sen1o r
Alumni Luncheon Program to be held at nMln on Sept. 20 10 the
Center fo r To morrow o n the North Camp us.
Ja mes E. Campbell, professor of political science and a spccta list
in America n electio ns an d campaigns. as well as the scie nce of elec tion forecasting, will discuss the candidates. the issues and the vut
ing groups that will determi ne the election 's outcome.
Th e cost of the luncheon, de-signed for UB senior alumni. tht•1r
spouses and guests, wiJI be $15 per person. For more information
or to make reservations, call 829·2608.

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East, performed Friday in University Stadium, as did rocker

Retirements:

Eddie Money. And it was literally a three-ring circus

Norman ~Met, associate professor d history
James
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ponment d Music
Judlth.Dud&gt;on, prof"""' ol
commt~nicat.ive disorden and
sciences
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Arthur Efron, """"""' ol English
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lessor ol theatn! and dance
Ann Hasl&lt;d, """"""'ol English
Gary Hosldn, anociato prof.,.
SO&lt; of political sclonU
Chotrlos Kol, professor of

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Sllvennan's book on Polish-American folklore gives a broad culturar view

Keeping her ethnic traditions alive
By JEHNIFU UWANDOWSIII
Reporter Contributor

OR Deborah Anders
Silverman-author of the
recently p~btished book
"Polish American Folkl or~" -success has come with an
ironic twisL

F

Her first foray into folkJor~ was

while working as pubtic relations director at SUNY Fredonia in February I978. Rifling through a stack of
annOWlCelllmts about the latest faculty

res~arch

projects,

Silv~rman

stumbled upon the curriculum vitae
of professor Ronaldl\rnbrosctti. who.
along with professor Dennis Pr&lt;ston,
had re&lt;Zived a federal grant to conduct research on ethnic folklore. Fascinated. she assigned a student intern
a timely

piec~

says Silvmnan,a former reporter for
the Dunkirk Obs.,.,. and former
radio news writer. •r.., always been

ment of English and Samuel Capen
Professor of American Culture;
Chartie Keil, former professor of

int~rested

AmeriCa n studies, and Dennis

in doing community-

based research, and folklore research,
if nothing else, is community based
I feel tike I know Western New York's
people so much better.•
. Silverman-of pure Potish ancestry-began the interview proctSS for
her book in her hometown of
Dunkirk, talking with nearly 55
people. The lint interviewee was her
uncle, and from 11-. the numbers
grew quite natur.tlly.

Tedlock. professor of English and
McNulty chair--Silvorman pumsed
her cow:sework in American titeralure while conducting fieldwork to
build on her previous research.
"WWterev.r I could, 1-..ookl talk to
people," she says, noting that she not
oolyvisitedindividualhomes,butalso
attmded a host ofl&lt;stivals and rommunity events cent&lt;red around various aspects of the Polish culture. Not
,....,--~------~.-, only did she track
down
Polish
Americans from

different parts of
the coUntry at Jo.
caJ ........u, she also
tried to cnsur~ a

on the folklore of

Valentine's Day, which became an
immectiat~ hit and was picked up
worldwide by the Associated Press.

fair cross-section

of Potish Americans, interviewing

Her interest suffici~ntly piqued,

Silverman eventually joined up as a
junior colleague: with Ambrosetti
and Preston on their research, and
enrolled in a graduate course in ethnic folklore:.
"I liked the work so well that I
decided after that course that I

wanted to make Potish folklore my
master's thesis topic," sh~ says.
One of her greatest pubtic relations successes., she: conteilds, was
maneuv.ring that story and subsequently uncovering-literally-a
topic for her thesis, which would
later evolve into her book. That fa.
vorite:.moment--certainly not for·

gotten but perhaps now overshadowed by her most recent successis a source of humor for Silverman,
who finds it ironic that she should
still be doing public relations work
on folklore. The twist is that lately,
it's for her own cause.
.. Here 1am, now, at the: other end,
in my 40s, and guess what! I helped
!the University] of Iltinois Press
writ~ th~ press

rdeaK on my own

immigrants and

descendants from

~ij;;;ijji;r,==~==
~
==..-"A lot of fotidorists start out inter·
viewing people they may know, and
then from there it usually proceeds
something along the lines of. 'Gee,
Debbie, you should interview soand-so because he knows a lot about
songs, or she knows a lot about cooking. or he's a wonderful storytellet:'
And so it progresses, and one referralleads to another, and prttty soon,
you h:M: an entire network."
Silverman completed her 257page thesi! in the summer of 1979,
but dismissed it as a potential book
until more than I0 years later, when
she enrolled at UB to work on her
doctoral degree.
" I decided to take my master's thesis and apand that into my disserta·
tion," she says. "Surprisingly, in that
. . . I0 years, no one had written a
book on Polish American folldoro."
Working with three UB profes..

book,'" says the senior staff writer to
UB President William R Greiner,
so~ce}ackson,SUNYDistin­
laughing heartily.
"Irs been a natural niche for m&lt;\ guisbed Professor in tho Depart.

different
social
classes.

"Stereotypically,
Potish Americans
are identified as blue collar, they all
Jo"" polka musi~ and they all drink
beer, and it's not true,• she says emphatically. "There are these various
layers of Potish American cultu"'

was abundant not only in homes of
Potish descendants, but in the tra·
ditions that 3Iso w~rt kept by
spouses of a differmt ethnic heritage and by other individuals who
stumbled, one: way or another. into
the cultUre and fell in love.
Herbool&lt;, which was rae-! to the
public Aug. 7, outlines the history of
migration and the establishment of
Polish immigrant communities
throughout the United States. She
delves into the spoci6c customs and
traditions oi the Polish people in subsequent chapters, from holiday celebrations,'to rites of~
deaths and ....Jding&gt;-tostorytelling,
folk rdigjoo, folk medicine, folk music-includingfolksoogs,polkamusic and Polish folkclancing--m lOods
and, 6nally, r.stivaJs.
Her "labor of love," as she affectionately refers to her book. affixds a
broad view ofthe Polish culture here
in Western New York, representa!M
of nearly aD Polish communities in
thecountry;shesays,from Cormedi·
cut to Califumia. Yet. despite noblo
attempts to weave togelher so mud!

information, Silverman says ber
work is but •a snapshot in time."
"Now, as we speak. there are more
changes taking place. Irs constantly
evolving; she says of tradjtion
within the Polish culture.
So with all this evolution, is there
working simultaneously, and I potential for another book!
wanted to make V&lt;rj'dearthat that's
Of course, she offers, citing a maswhat I was trying to track down."
sive list of niches within the folklore
Conduclingherr&lt;Search,from 1990 realm. For now, though, Silvmnan
through 1996, Silverman focused on seems more than content to em·
the group oi immigrants who came brace the sometimes-overwhelming
to the UnitedSbtes betwe&lt;n 1870and N~d~tromes
1914 and their descendants.
with the book.
Estimated to be tholaigest group
The mayor of Dunkirk-whose
ofimmignnts,descaxlantsoftbese Potish population played a large
post-Civil War Poles eventually • pan in the foundation of her respreadoutinthecommunity,break- search--necently declared Aug. 13.
ing typical geognaphic boundaries Potish American Folldo"' Day in
of the immigrant community, booor of the book. Dizzy from the
Silverman says.
response, but markedly humble,
But such ~from the East Silverman pauses a mom&lt;nt to conSide ofBuffillo to O.edrtowogo, for sider the haody effects it's hiving on
example-&lt;lo n&lt;it necessarily mean readen--and on herself.
the culture is left behind, she Says.
"Irs taken ooalikofitsown," she
Silverman discovered the culrur. says.

�A!Jgust 31,2000/Vol. Jtlo.2

Repodas

7

A different look at violence
Year-long conference to examine our concept ofhumanity

By PAT DONOVAN

News Services Editor

T

HIS fall, the CoUege of
Arts and Sciences "University and the World"
lecture series will begin a

year·lo ng exploration of violence
from a number of different perspec-

tives that will feature major figures
in the fields of anthropology, psychology, history, comparative literatures and law.
·
"The topiC was chosen because

violence has shaped not only the
entire history of the human condition , but our conceptions of hu·
manity itself," says James Bono, UB
profc!ssor of history who helped coordinate the program.
UViolence is simultaneously offensive and fascinating," he notes,
"and this paradox, which has been
exploited in literature for centuries,
continues to trouble and engage us

toclay.
"Although a serious threat to social
order, hardly a society exists that does
not maintain some level of chronic
violence," he adds. "lt saturates our
world from the playgmund to the
battlefield and itS causes and effects
are the subject of contentious policy
debates thmughout our society~
The university can and should
inform this debate, he says, and help
the larger community develop new
perspectives on a subject of universal interest and concern.

The series wiU run !Tom Septem ber through May. Among the issues
to be addressed are personal and
state-sponsored violence; the evolutionary aspects of violem:e; how
such behavior is perceived by individuals and social groups, and how
self-censorship and official censorship is used to .. remake.. violence in
an effort to redefine reality.
All events will be free and open
to the public and will take place at 4
p.m. in the Screening Room in the
Center for the Arts on the UB North
Campus.
• The series will open Sept. 12
with a roundtable discussion titled,
"Why Violence? The University and
the Problem ofViolence."
Roundtable participants will be
VB f.tculty experts on the subject of
violence who will map out the basic
dimensions of the subject of violence
as a disturbing template on which
every form ofhuman interaction and

• On Oct. 26, Barbara E. Johnson,
Frederic Wertham Professor of Law
and Psydtiatry in Society, Department of Comparativr Literature,
Harvard University, will present a

lecture titled "The Poet's Mother:
The Cases of Sylvia Plath and
Charles Baudelaire."
Besides an early death, the poets
shared a heightened sense of morbidity, an obsession with "the abyss;'
late poetry noted for dissonant harmonies and barely contained fury,
and censorious mothers.
"What could be more antithetical to the notion of violence than the

the way !hose events are regarded

UB 7 , C anisius I

viewed at the time they took place.
Novick is the author of the in -

UB I, Duquesne 0

sightful and controversial book

"'The Holocaast in American Life''
(1999, Houghton Mifflin Co.), a
trenchant ana1ysis of the ways in

which the Holocaust has been interpreted in America In it, Novick
argues for the importance of understanding such events in historical
context and questions whether the
continued preoccupation with the
Holocaust is the ..good thing" it is

commonly held to be.

notion of motherhood?" Johnson

Contemporary consciousness is

asks."That very antithesis may contain its own violence, however. in
this lecture, I will look at the work
of two poetS renowned for their hostility toward theit own mothers and

deeply lodged in political condi-

should be studied-not to extract
lessons, but to appreciate their com-

at the position of 'mother' which

plexities and contradictions.

their rage presupposes."

Novick is also the author of"The
Resistance ys. Vichy: The Purge of
CoUaborators in Liberated France."
The series will return to the sub-

''VIoloiKe

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JAMES BONO

Bono says, "Clearly Jo hn so n is

dealing with the paradoxical position
of the 'mother' in our culture and its
relation to violence and to creativity.
"To my mind, this is an important topic to address, since it is all
too easy to dismiss violence as a

negative force and undesirable phenomenon in society, without real-

izing just how deeply implicated in,
and dependent on, violence our cui·
tu re is," he adds. " In addition, the
description seems to suggest that the

arbitrary (gendered) dichotomiesmotherh ood vs. violence-en shrined in our culture is itself per-

haps a kind of violence."
John so n

is the author of

"Defigurations du Iangage poetique,"
"The Critical Difference" and "A

World ofDiffercnce."She edited "The

tions, Novick says. He maintains
that such events as the Holocaust

ject of state-sponsored violenCe in

the spring semester with a lecture by
University of Chicago anthropologist Jean Comaroff, who has 'conducted fieldwork in southern Africa
and will discuss the impact of South
Africa's coven state violence and the
response of those subjected to re~

pression. She also will reflect upon
the larger significance of violence
revealed by the series as a whole.
Because it is a universal and ubiquitous an aspect of human life, Bono
says that violence appears to many

to be hardwired into the human species by the evolutionary process.
Also in the spring se'mester. the
series will enter this discussion with
a joint lecture by researchers Margo
Wilson and Martin Daly of
Ontario's McMaster University, who
~lladdress

the topic !Tom the per-

spectives of evolutionary psycho!.:
ogy. Their work includes a number

of epidemiological analyses of patterns of risk of lethal and nonlethal
violence in different categories of
relationships, especially marital and
pareitt ~offspring relationships.
The final lecture will be pre sented by re nown ed Dutch pr imate-behavior specialist Frans de
Waal , C. H . Candler Professor o f
Primate Behavior at Emory University, whose research suggests that
evidence from ou r closest evolu tionary rel atives that violence is
innate is far from clear.

expression has been shaped.
Panelists will be Robert K. Dentan,
professor, Department ofAnthropol-

quences of Theory" (with Jonathan
Arne) and "Freedom and Interpreta-

ogy; Charles P. Ewing, professor,

tion: Oxford Amnesty Lect ures,

series is sponsored by the Dean of

School of Law and Department of
Psychology, CoUege of Arts and Sciences; Elizabeth Grosz, professor,
Dcpartmen~ of English, and IsabeUe
Marcus, professor, School of Law and
co-director, Institute for Research on
Womeri and Gender.

1992." Her most recent book is "The
Wake of Deconstruction."

the UB CoUege of Arts and Sciences,
and in part by the Edmund H. But ·
ler Chair (Johnson! and the Thomas B. Lockwood Chair in Ameri can History, both at UB- Novick's
talk is sponsored by the Federation
of Jewish Philanthropies.

Pedagogical Imperative, Conse-

• On Nov. 21, historian Peter
Novick, professor emeritus, Univer-

sity of Chicago, will present a lecture titled "How We Talk About the
Holocaust" in which he will discuss

"The University and the World "

Student conduct
class late or leaving early, not talk-

ing with other classmates while the

m inimize classroom disruptions
include serving as a role model of

instructor or another student is

the conduct expected of students,

speaking, not eating and drinking

offering a general word of caution,

during class time and t urning off

rather than singling out particular
students, speaking with individual
students after class and directing a

electronics, including ceU phones,
pagers and beeper watches.
Some strategies suggested in the

policy to help faculty members

student who persists in disrupting
a class to leave the classroom for the

WOMEN

today versus the way they were

remainder of the class period.
Faculty members can obtain fur ther information on the policy by
co ntacting the Office of the Vice
Provost for Undergrad uate Educa tion ; Myron A. Thompson Ill , ex ec uti ve di rector of the Graduate
School, or Madison L. Boyce, judicial affairs ombudsman.

\

k wu over ~lmost u soon u tt
began as the UB women's wccer

==:~=~wins

8ufllalo ;lnviltatic&gt;nal. UB
team scored in the first three
minutes of the game lplnst
cb11111E!d C:antsius. 7-1, in the
Cantsius IDd cruised to ,. 7 -I Win tn
-son opener and followed
the fim day of &lt;1Ction at the UB
with a 1 -0· win over
lnvit:atiot'W.
Duquesne. Collins, a senior, ·
The Bulls got on the ~ni
led a defense that allowed
~rty as Binbeth Pfeffer scored u
just
1M! shots al)d one goal
the 3:-46 mark for the 1-0 lead. Ust
in the two contests,
year"s team scoring l~der. Paub
including
holding{)uq
Ustrani, followed up with her fim
to one
goal of the new season at the 11:08
mark for a 2..0 lead.Then it was
when the Dukes were tlying
dme for the UB fn!Shmen to get
to rally from a 1.() defidt.
Into the scoring act. &amp;nily Russell
scored her fim career goal at lS:JO
on an assist from l.istr-3ni, and leu
than two minutes beer. freshnw1 Robm ~ro scOf'ed for a 4..() UB lead The
Bulls would add one more goal in the first half u OeYOO Russell. twin stster of
Emily, would score her first career goal at the -40:-47 muk and US went tnto
hatf-time with a S-0 lead.
ln the second half. the BuUs again~ no time, ou lilNa Di~lo scored
three minutes duo the haJf to make it 6-0. Emify Russe!l ttl«~ converted her
second goal d the pme df an .,;, from r.llow fnoshman Nkole ()!,uw,lu, he&lt;'
second assist of the game. Canisius would spoil the US hopes b' ;a shutout on a
goal from )en Gwizdowski at the 7H8 """' foo' the 7-1 final W&gt;n!.
The Bulls ootShot: Canlsius -40-3 tn the pme and had 10 comer kicks to the
Golden Griffins one u UB controlled the ptM throughout. Sophomore
goalkeeper Emily Cox recorded cwo saves in the game while gtving up one gooli
The Bulls defeated Duquesne, 1-0. to wrap up the Bufbk&gt; Invitational. UB
wu on the amck early and it paid off mthe first nine minutes. Pfeffer took the
~II and drove into the box. where she was taken down by a Duquesne
d~er, resulting in a penaky kkk. Ustnnl rook the kick and shot it put the
goalkeeper on the right for a 1-0 Buffa~ ~d. That lead wou'd hokl for the r-est
of the game. despite numerous aa:empa by UB at a second goal. The Bulls
outshot Duques:ne, 23-2.on the game, and had many near mis.ses in the second
hatf. Ustnni toOk a pass from Olszewski in front of the goal. but her shot went
just wide and another UB shot later in the half hit off the left cro.s.s ~r. The
Bulls defense held rough and prevented the Dukes from gettiog any clear looks
at the goal. Jaime Adams recorded her first shutOUt of the season in the wm.
recording one save in the process..

second-half~~

A total of 60 UB athletes In I I different sporu have been named to the MidAmerican Conference's Schobr·Athlete list for the recendy completed 2000
spring semester: Criteria for the league's list Includes a ) .()(X) grade point
avenge or higher and mclusion on the team roster: The women's swimming
progn.m placed I 3 members of the squad on the list. the most of any UB team
The team also recently earned the College Swimming Coaches. Association of
America's award for the top GPA in the nation.
UB' S MAC SCHOLAR-ATHUTU ARE'
Baseball: Brian Ayn.ult. Rob GcHemba. Frank Occhiogross.o. Charlie Smilimch
H en's Basketball: Jon Kleidon.Afex Vasiliev
Women's Basketball: Tiffany Bell. Mari McClure. Soma Ortega.Tan Pemer
Softball: Jamie Adams.Tina Breakell, Stacee Madden
H en's Swimmin g: Jared Chmpell. Dan Hkkey.,lohn Nilles. P:atrick Quinlan.
cnvid Sofrr. Eric Stinson
Women's Swim m ing: M1chelte Bricknell. Jennri'er Brodenck. Tracy Coa:er,
Ariana Duke. Katie Engfish, Dawn Hickey. Ca.me Quinlan. Inger Rooneem. Yvette
Smetana., Gigi Tapia, Kim Theeqe. Kristen Zimmerman. Stacey Zimmerman
Hen's Te nnis.: Man Albert. loui5 Bystnok. Tim Powell
Women's Te nnis: Abby Graham. Nad1a Malik. Kendra Pyke. Kns.Van
Schoonhoven, Jennifer Wong
H en's Trac k &amp; Field: Spencer Bell. Brendan Brady, Sam Burroughs. Enc Cohen.
Eric Czubaj. Ben Moskel. Peter Otcwic. Ken Sansone.Tom Stuart. Bnan Williams
W omen's Track &amp; F tel~: Sarah Retcher. Jennifer l.Mkln, Katie Love. M;~ne
Macander: Nicole O 'Neill. Eileen Rose. Melissa Ryan. Casey Spenc-er
W restling: Ryan Bentley. Mike Garofolo

BrieD
Better TMD coursework urged
A..- dental educator has urged dcntaJ schools to increase their effo rt ~
to teach students how to interpret and evaluate results of rest:arch, espe·

ciaUy in the area of temporomandibular diseases and disorders (TMD l.
Norman D. Mohl, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor and chair ol
the Department of Oral Diagnostics, said that despite the growing n.·
search published during the past 25 years, too many clinicians continu t'
to base their diagnosis and treatment for T MD on anecdotal "evlden(e."
Speaking at a conference on the diagnosis.. treatment and immunologic issues ofTMD sponsored earlier this month by the Ernest Wi(ebsky
Center for Immunology, Mohl said that a lack of scien (ific-bascd n.·search on TMD prior to_the 1970s led many practitioners to turn to
anecdotal materiaJ for guidance.
""
TMD not only is a significant oraJ -health problem, but also mdudes
a group of dinical problems involving jaw muscles or joints. Mohl sa1d.
A differential diagnosis is especiaUy imponant, he noted, since TMD's
primary symptom--acute or chronic pain in the oral, fucial or head -and-

neck areas--&lt;!lso may be symptomatic of unrelated diseases and disorders.
Mohl emphasized that scientifically based studies now allow clint ·
cians to pinpoint more accurately the diagnosis and appropriatl' treat
ment of not only TMD, but other dentaJ problem~ as well.

�&amp;j Repadaa

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Thursday, August

-31
Art lecture
Arboreal ProJKt.s . Reinhard

~~~Ve~:~~i&amp;e~~~~~~~s~s1t;nt

Center for the Arts. 5 p.m.
Free . Sponsored by Dept. of
Art. For more information,

645-6878.

Biochemistry Semln•r
Purely Academic? Role of

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• Muscle AfpM· Actln Gene

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Dept. of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, Mayo
Foundation . Farber G26.
Noon . Free .

Friday, September

I
Law School Orientation
law School Orientation for
Class of 2003 . Student Union
Theatre, Room 201 , Student
Union . North Campus. 8:15
a.m . Free. For more
information, Melinda Saran,
645 -660l.

Women 's Volleyball
US vs Bucknell. Alumni
Arena . North Campus. 7 p.m .
Free.

· snwort&lt;shop
Se:an::hlng In Biochemistry
. and Mol.ecul•r Biology:

Saturday

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The Reponcr publbh&lt;!s.
lls.Ungs for events- Laking

place on campus. or for
off campus e"'enu whet"c
UB groups ore principal

s.ponsors. Listings are due
nn L1ter than noon on
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publkatJon. Llsting.s are
only accepted through the
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~~~~~:iag~~Zy ~o~~facu lty and staff. For

Women 's VolleyHII
UB vs Providence. Alumn i
Arena . North Campus. 3 p.m.
Free.
Women 's Volleyball
UB vs Canlslus. Alumni
Arena . North Campus . 7:30
p.m . Free.

Wednesday

6
Wednesdays at 4 PlUS
Poetry Reading. Jorie
Graham, Screening Room,
Center for the Arts. 4 p.m .
Free. For more information,
645· l .8 10.

of bents at &lt;http:/ I
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calendar/ login &gt;. Because

of space limll atlons. not all

Thursday

School Orlentotlon
Law School UM
Orientation. 545 O ' Brian. 9
a.m . Free. For more
information, Johanna
Oreskovic, 6-45-2527.
Law School Orientation
la)N School Transfer and
VIsiting Student
Orientation . .S45 O'Brian . 11
a. m. Free. For more
information, Melinda Saran at
645-622l .

Study AbnJad l'rogroms

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645-l912.
~opening

7
fall 2000 Training

in the Rt!porlt!r.

. " Space"
~w

Free. For more informatiOn,

e venh in the e lectronic
ca le ndar will be Included

more information, Jill
: HKkenberg, 645-2947, ext.
226.

Announcement

Aueument of Consent for
Sexual Contact In Persons

~11~a;,~:;~~a'~e~rments.
College-Bus•ness and
CQmmerce Build ing . B:45

reception

Space. Hel Han Khlang, Art
Department Gallery, &amp;45
Center for the.Arts . .S p .m .
Free. Sponsored by Dept of
Art. For more informatiOn,
645-6878, ext. 1l50.
Law School Wekome

Porty
UB law Alumni Welcome
Reception for the Class of
2001. Center For Tomorrow.
5:30-7:00 g.m . Free.

~~~;;r~~-T~~ institute for !r~~~~~n. fo~~~,'"; Alumni
Addictions Studies and
0

Training. For more
information, Rosemarie Goi,
645 -6140.

infonnation, Ilene
Fleischmann , 645-2 107.

Photographic won&lt;by

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on display Sept. 7-29 in the
Art Department Gallery in the
Center for the Arts on the

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Wednesday throygh Friday
from 10 a.m . tc78 p.m. and
Saturday from 11 a.m . to 6
p.m.

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SnmENT CoNDUCf

·RuLES

UNIVERSI1Y STANDARDS
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PART I • UNtVUISITY STANOAIIDS

anployod by !he Uniwnity per{ornUnc.,.;pcd odministro!M or~ rapcllllibiliti
6. Th&lt;l&lt;nn . rncrnb«oflh&lt;UniwnitycommaMy'"in·

Prumble
Uniwnity dir;p/m.ry prr1USSG .... . , . . , . ... """"'
wllm Jrud&lt;nr """""" dimrly ...t ,;p;fiaurtly "'"'fms
Un/wnity'• primary-- ~cf
'""'""' .U rnmrbm cf ;u ...........uy
anam thDr educt~tiorW objtctiws in~ wid! tN

- m.

1M.,.,........,,.

•ruritution~ ~ Thtx ~JWm~ingstudetrr
bn.M&lt;w"""'b&lt;mfi&gt;nnut.rtdmb&lt;"""'""'*..dmW"' furalluudma

Whatasrauknr luubtm~fortitevioWWm

IDw oft~ communi~ tM stQfL, or ru~rion, il d tlv
UnMnity's position not 10 rtqUDI or
1o sp«iaa con·
ndmltion for tht uwknr b«Dwt ofhisor M:r sttuknr $UJrw. It should be urulmtood tkat the Univmiry is rsm "
law mforr.mtLt~t agt'ncy. At the samt rime, the Unn.mity
dots not co~ of itsdf tU 111 "sanc:tw~ry" for law &amp;m.ktrs. 11tt UnWmity luu gJwoys baJt and sMwld corrrin~
to be conur'Mtl rluJr wfsmnorr stau:lmu art i~ in Jr...
gol pn&gt;bknu rhq be &lt;Ukquardy OdvUtd and npmenr&lt;d
by qualified a&gt;urud.
A univtml)l.tsptrimlyaSttJtt lh uvmrtysubjm loalfl·
nrrul1m1Q/ rr.quimnmrs, miiSt parunt«snu::lmts tht righu
wluch thi" JDOny and IU law! protta.. An Amtriam unr·
~ry ,rwuunrm iu studmts t~ ngk.u on" a~mpau..
Sruclmts who ~tea local onlintma, ort11rylaw. risk rht.
/,gP/pmalrw&gt;pmcrib&lt;dby&lt;Miaurharirier. ""-&lt;-.
non &lt;flaw few .4tod&gt; IMJrud&lt;nri"'Y' rhtpooaltywUI nor
""""'rilr"""""•"""-&lt;faa&gt;dmUc~ ... nrlts
of rlw Uniwmty. Tht Unnorrsit)l autnor bt hdd rtSpOI'tSib4t
for ofl-aunpus acrMrits of its indMd/M!l students tau mairttauu ll1l mkrtSI in Gil bthavior, whdM on or cf!-azmpus.
"""" may adw7&gt;dy aff&lt;a rh&lt; Unn.mty. In"""
of~

arr«

ma·

....,....g

"""""""' cf rht law ""ldr ""'" aff- rht Unn.n;,y
'ruiY ~ ronamtd with tlw inddmt:J which, by thtir rv:tturr
adw7&gt;dy aff&lt;a the u.n.n;,y; ..tuamonal""'"""'
lntmyUrfn.mitydOOplinaryprrxtJiurrDMo{thehighpnoritw.s of r~ Uniwnity is to J4ftgl.umi the studtntS
ngfu to due proan Dut: Proass i$ not on nv.siw lqGI amapt but rothn !imply rrquim the rudimntttrrydemma of
..fair p~ay • man admirristrorn..e proaaling, To thd tnd,liiJ
r:Jt

u..,.,;rydUdp/inaryproadumwU/atl=raffonirh&lt;d&lt;of the duugrs and W I'WVn' of

fmdltnt a OO:rr Jtattmmt

'"' &lt;VUi&lt;n&lt;r upon .4ridr the dwny;ts ""' Sta&gt;ndl)&lt;
thr chfrndant shall lw gnm 11 frw Msutng. ~ G!lowt.d to
rorrfrontllndcrosJ-aamm.rwirnt:SSa,llndpmmthisorhn
own pos~oon, tvidnta and aplananon. lAslfy, no disci·
plmD.ryaction willlw k1km unlas rMdulrgts~JJEsubsurnti·
atttl by tM Mdma. The a nu1S hln&lt;r indialttd tluJt if~
mJrrirrud dmtma of ..foir play" arr fu/jille#. tN dLfrrvlsmt
w1l1 haw bMI aflordtJ dut proa::ss urukr tM law.
In summa~ th.r Univmitytxp«ts11ndas.bfor ia mt'm ·
bm no grmtn or no leu frmJom or libmy tluln aists for
othnpmorumsociay. Tht Urtivmity'sposirion. thmfore. is
notlora)utSioragrttiOsptrili~bt.c:a~Mrf~
uutknr'sSiatw. Th£ Univmitywill not inkrjr:rcwith lllwb!·

forrrmmt and 01116 agmtit:s.. Asparr cfits rrluauionnJ mandaft'., it will IN aJI1af'TJft1 about student rthabilitlllion and
amtribunon toaunpwand .JOOt1ynowandhlto rMfoturr..
ARTICLE 1: DEFINITIONS

1. The term "University" means the Univenity at Buf·
falo. State University of New York.
2. 11K tmn "studmt.. indudcs aU paxms Wtingcounes
at the Uni\lltl'sity, both full time: and parHime, puBUin&amp;
undtrg.nduate, g.nduate, or professional studies.
JA. Th&lt;""" "ro&lt;:a&lt;laruc: l!""d &gt;tan&lt;ling" moons:
"11le Univnsity at Buffalo ronsidcrs an un~uate
who tw completed two sm1atrrs or rTl&lt;m at the UniVtt~ity to be in aadcmic good standing only if:.
(1) the student's cumulative grade: point~
(for work attrmptcd both at this unMrsity and at
anyother~instituboothesrudmtmay

havot attended) is 2.0'or above, and;
(2) the stUdent's cumulativt' grade point :~vn-age
for work attempted at UB is 2.0 or above..
Studtnts who lrt not in good standing arc on probation and subject to eventual dismiual.
k The: term ·Satisfactory and Tundy Progress Toward
a DtgJu maru:
The UniY"trSity at Buffalo considcn an u~u ­
atc: student who has completed a scmcstc'r or more at
UB to be making satisfactory and timely progress toward a degree only if, in addition to mctting the conditions for good standing a~
(1) The nudmt's grade point avuage for the
most rccmt semester is 2.0 or abovt, and
(2) at least 75% of a11 atdit hours £or which tht
studmt was registered in all tcmt::lkn at.UB hzY't
b«n romplcttd. 1fwdmt registm forac:ourxand
docs not drop ;, during lh&lt; tq!Uiar- drop .00 add
pniod early each semester, it cannoc: be CXlnSidtred
a.s h.lving b«n compktcd until the student u1timatdy rec:rives a passing~ in the course. Thus,
a course for which a student rco:M!d a grade of"R"
or ·r (with courx nquimnent.s not yet fulfilled),
or a failing grade of"F" or\)" must bt consKLercd
as noc h3ving b«n compltUd.
-(3) AjuniororKOiorismakingsatisfactoryand
timdy progrus toWard a dqrtt only if, in addi·
tKm to mcnin&amp; ronditions (I) and (2) above. the
student is ac:ccpttd and cn.rol1cd in a departmmt
or program offtting a major. Studmts who are
found not to be making satisfactory and timely
progress toWard 1 dqrtt in two or mort consccu •
tiY't scmcstm:arcon aadmlic probation and subject to cvmtual dismissal.
1bt- Uniwrsityat Buffalodas:&amp;ilia undtrgradualr stu·
dents as "Sophomore1t after they have completed 30
credit hours, as "Junion" after they complcttd 60 credit
kours. and as •Seniors" after they havot rompltttd It least

90 cm:lit hour5, until they graduate.
4. "l"he term "C.culty mm1bcr" means any penon conducting classroom activities at UB.
S. The term "Univrility official" indu~ omy pe:rson

dudes
any penon who ;, a - · fKuhy ·
uru,...;ty al5daJ or any Olhtt penon anployod by dx
Uniwnity.
7. Thr tmD "University pmn.iaa" includes all land.
bWidiop. &amp;cilitics, and Olhtt property in lh&lt; pooa&lt;Oo( or owned, uJtd. or a&gt;nlrOIIcd by lh&lt; UnMnity
oraffiliara

a. The term "orpnization" rne:ant any number ol per·
who ~ romplicd with the formal rcquimnmtl
fOrUnivenityl'tOJI".irion.

IOflJ

9 . Th&lt; lam •;udidal body'".....,. any p&lt;n&lt;&gt;n&lt; authoriud by lh&lt; OUe&lt;lo&lt; o( Judicial Nfain lO cklennine
whether a studmt hu violated the Srudau Code and 10
~mend impolition ol sanctions.
10. Tho l&lt;nD "Appdla&lt;t Boord• mana any penon"'
p&lt;n&lt;&gt;n&lt; aulhorizcd by lh&lt; OU.C.... of Judicial Alfain 10
cx&gt;rWdcr an appal !rom a jurlicial body'acklennination
lhar arrwden&lt; lw riolar&lt;d U.. S&lt;udml Code or !rom dx
~ impoocd by lh&lt;S&lt;udml-Wode Jucl;ciuy.
11. Th&lt; Voa: l'raWiml loo- SuoderuAifain and lh&lt; D&lt;an
ofSwdcnlS ... !h&lt;pononsdaipar&lt;d by lh&lt; Uniwnity
- · l O b &lt; _... foo-d&gt;&lt; odministntion o(U,.
SludmtCode.
12. Th&lt; ......, ·polky"';, ddin&lt;d ulh&lt; wrinm regulations of W Unnocnity u found in, but not limited 10,
lh&lt; Conduct SWiduds. J1aOima l.iX Haodbook. and
GndualCIIJndcryoduat&lt; CaWop.
1 J. Tho ......, •&amp;adem;., in&lt;qtUy procr&lt;dUll" mana
the process ddi.ned in both the Undcrgnduatc and
cr..t .... eau~oss adcolinswithouch manen &lt;... abo
Anidc S: 13).
14. Thcurm ..chettinfindudc:s.butisoocli.mited ux
(I ) useofanyun~u~in takin&amp;quizus,

t.esu, or aaminations; {2) ckpcodence upon the aid of
beyond thoR authorized by tbt inltruclor in

IOurta

writing papers. pr&lt;pOrins rq&gt;arU. ooMns ~"'
arryincout otbc:taaipunmu;or (3) the: .cquisition.
without pcrmislion.of 1eiU or other aadonic nwaial
bdonainlw 1 manbcrof the Un.rm.ity fatuity or staff.
1 s . Tho ..... ' pla&amp;iarism. includes, but ~ not linjiud
lO,lhe ""'· by panpluue ... dlr.ct quo&lt;atioo, ofdx pul&gt;l;.b&lt;d or unpubiW&gt;&lt;d """'o( anod&gt;&lt;&gt;- penon wilhoul
fuU and de..- ~L ll abo includes !heW&gt;·
acknowlcdw:d UK o( INleriaJs prepami by IJ&gt;Olha- pc&lt;·
ton or agc:ncy mgaaed in the K1lina of term papers or
othu ac:adcmic materiak.
16. The term •recognized ltudcnt ~mmt" means
Studtnt Association (SA}, Gr.dualt StudmtAs1ociation
(GSA ), Millard Fillmore Collqe Student Association
(MFCSA), Polity Stud&lt;nl Council, Om&lt;al School Slu·
&lt;kn&lt; A.uociation (DSA), Studcn1 Bar Aooociation (SBA),
Graduate Management Association {GMA) and other
student ~u that may be officially recognized
by tht Uni\lltl'lity durifll any year.
17. ~term '"dism:UsaJ• means that a student is pcrmant"ndy removed, for academic reuons. &amp;om all privil&lt;g&lt;s off&lt;ftd by wociation wilh lh&lt; UnMnity. AppUcation for readmislion m.y be pouible.
1 a. The term "susp::nsion" means mnoving from a stu- ~
dent. for disciplinary reasons, some or al1 privi1qes of.
rem:~ by association with tht Univomity &amp;:w • specified
period of time.
19. The tcnn.='apul.sion'" means permanently mnoving from a student all privileges offm:d by association
with the Univom:ity.
ZO. The term "dear and pramt danger" means irnme·
diatt sc:rious violmtt is cxp«tt.d or past conduct furnishN reuon to bdint: such conduct is rontmJplatcd;
aho. potential of immediate future rcpdition of prohibited conduct, i.c.,salc/poqcaion of drup,dcviantscxu.al
behavior, salcldistrib4tion of alcohol, etc.
21 . The tmn "ttmPorarysuspmsion" means under err·
tain circwnstanca 1 student m~y be deemed to be •
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER 10 lh&lt; Univns;ty
Community and may"be suspended immed.iatdy pend·
ing a timdy hearing on the c:harJcs.
Z.Z. Thetmn"hearings"meansincidentsofRukV"IOia·
tions will usually cause: 1 student 10 be "summoned" to
answer before a Univmity sanction«! Judicial Body or
Ju&lt;licial Offi=. Sanctioned bodleo include Commina:
£or the M&amp;intmanaofPublic:Ordcr, Studcnt-Wtde Judiciary, Residence Ufe,Community Standards Plnd. any
authoriud Greek letter Pand., Arbitntion/Mtdi.ation
Pands, and authorized bod~ within University acadanicdivisiona.

ARTICLE 2: JUDICIAL AUTHORITY
Jurisdiction of the Unlv&lt;nlty

1 . UniY"trSity jurlsd.iction and discipline: shall pertain 10
conduct which oCcurs on UniYn'lity prttniscs or offcampus and whX:h a&lt;kn&lt;lyaffeciS lh&lt; Unw.ni&lt;yCom·
muniry, including any of its mcmbm, ~or the pursuitofitsobjecti:.'c$.
2. UniYmityregulationsand proccdu.ressballdctamint
tOr composition of judicial bodies and Appellate: Boards
ond dcltnnin&lt;whkh judkial body, Jud;a.! Advioor and
Appdlate Board shall be authoriud to hear each case.
• The OirC'CtOr of Judtcia.l Affairs shall ovt:rS« 1M
devdopmmt of policies for the administration of
the judicial program and procedural rules for the
conduct of hearings.

• D«isions made by a judicial body and/or Judicia{
Advisor shall be final, pn~ding the normal appal
procaa.
• Aju&lt;licialbodymayb&lt;cJ..;I""l&lt;dUWl&lt;rOfdo·

putc:swithin thtltudmt oommunity in cases whkh
do not i llYOtY't 1 violation of 1M Student C".ode. Ali
parties must avec: to arbitration. and tD be bound
by lh&lt; de&lt;Won wilh no rish&lt; of appal.
3. The V"10e Provosts for Undergraduate and Graduatt
Education aha1l administer lhc: judlcial proadum and

=i~;n~ca;::!~' violation of Un~ty

... Th&lt; Public Sokty- ... appoior&lt;d pea&lt;&gt;&lt; offic,.
en uncb U.. Education lAw and U.. Criminal Prooodun: lAw. They hawlh&lt; aulhority ........ ...-.and
an: empowered 10 cnfon:r lh&lt;x .........,.and all appiW:ablc laws on campus and"" any propatico1&gt;wrl&lt;d,
renl&lt;d, or loosed by U.. UaMnity. Tho Pubtir: Soktyoffianhawaintilaraulhorityoodtatofpoiamm.Arnonl
their added pawns are the pOwer 10 aec:ulle wamo~
lh&lt; pow&lt;&gt; .. """ kl&lt;rtlify and in......... inc!Mduala,
a.nd the power co iaut appqra.nct tichtL

V1ctlms Rights
When apparina orleltifyins ""'"a campus ju&lt;licial
body, lh&lt; followiD&amp; principlca apply:
• The riaht of a victim 10 ~ 1 penon or pcnons
o( her or his choice accompany her or him
............. lh&lt; dlsdplinary bc:uins.
• Thr ri&amp;ht 10 mnain pnxnt durina; tbc mtirt pro-

....W.C.

• The ript, • established in stilt aimiDa1 codes,
no&lt; to haw his or he. imlcnn&lt; pa11....U histor)'~ durin&amp; dx hcarin&amp;• Th&lt;ripl&lt;oomair&lt;a'v;aimimpact...-and
. , _ anapproprialtpcr&gt;alty iflh&lt;.....aecl Ia

n&amp;boobooedoaoud!-. • ..._......,-....,.;.
P . . • d i o a b i l i c r · - - o r - - F u r·

""'-&lt;.Goo&lt;man-Onllr No. 21.1 poobtill

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-oalhe_ol..,....-;..,..
_ _ b&lt;_lbao_who _ _ _
piormaltond ......... o( .......

. . . . . . . - - - o ( - - l a d ..
aiminal.,._.....ordripoaaloia.

n.- -

Th&lt; UaMnity
arlapood • poticy
mmtloboulond
_
___ .....,...
(l)ulw'l
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U-216)
dlaa ;.q.

within !he

SUNY_. b. booed on &lt;heir..--.,

-apcri:JrmaDr:&lt;. Th&lt;n..."apoticy-oall&gt;
..,. " " " -pnair:a. and.,....._.. o( iDdMclov

... """ ... -m.~~ypcnaoo~;, - -• .,._

_

_...;ooor....uariauadoa,... .. pcr:~oo-­
....,.ond""""'oo-loo-judpaalt.
FiDJIIy. • •
poticy of dx UnMntrr .. Bu&amp;lo"'

me

a..i&lt;til&gt;ua-"&gt;1- baaorloa

... ...........,._..............

probi&gt;it

such~- r.:t:.a.ICIIMI orita&amp;llion. . .

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nabooaloripl....,...-.nor-*1-orcfio.

apportuairlcJ within

me 1.JnMn1rr illcl(llia dx &amp;rm

dxir---.. . ,. . . ._

IOund in riolation o( u.. a&gt;de.

bd;d o( dx Cow!dl, dx faculty. and dx........,......

u.. hcarin&amp;-

aptdurks.mdbcloorior,a
_ _ _..cfio.
1&gt;&lt;
booed ...

• n.. ri&amp;b&lt; "'t,. informed immcdilldyor me ou&lt;"""" o(

....~---me~-

Sanctions
aimioation Ia wbolly . _ . . , ., dx l.lnMaity'a
1.Sanalonloballb&lt;a!U..cliJcn6ooo(lheju&lt;licialbody -and.-.SOodaulwbo.-lhlopoticylball
andoballb&lt;limilodoalybydxrulcJ ......... dx u.;.
be IOlbjott .. - - within lh&lt; ~liP .. md
...,;ty diJciplinar)'lboctics. (Fur aliJl o( spedfic saneiDdudiotl apulsioa.luq........., of rulcJ wbid&gt; is
tionswbid&gt; moyb&lt;inoolred,CCJOr&gt;tlltlh&lt;procOdures 1oo- """"'-!by bY&amp; rrwyb&lt; ~and/or ...........S
cadupediic UniwnityDiociplinaryBody.Cupiaoflh&lt; ' •u rroeroerioulo6cnae.
procodwu o( dx Harin&amp; Commln&lt;e
!-lain~
Complaioli....,..U..anyriolationso(~
nan« of Public Order and dx S&lt;udmt-Wode Ju&amp;iuy natioo !awl or polidcs,....U ...._...!,or f.aun: 10
... available in lh&lt;OIIia:o(lhe OU.C....o(JudiciaiAf- .,....xk -~don ll&gt;oold b&lt; made ..
fain. Room 40S Capen Hall, North Campu$.)
lh&lt; Ollia: o( EqWty. DMnity, and Aflinnalho Action
2. Tho ju&lt;licial bodleopow&lt;&gt;"'- and/
Admiaiotratioo, ~:1266.
"'~·lh&lt; followiD&amp;""'" of.....,..,..,
C. mm&lt;&gt;NS.INDMDUAL· e..r,IIUdornboodx

me

""u..

u..

A.
·
• • ::::::,.,_
C. UJurudin&amp;
D.Lcoa o( privilcses.

(1) ~from Unw.nityhowing

facilities.
(Z) Lcoa of sud&gt; prMJ&lt;p as may b&lt;
consisttnt with the ofl"aut committed and the
rdlabilit:ation of the studml
L DiJciplinary probation with or without the: loll
of desig.nalfd privilqa: for 1 dd""utite period of dme.
The violation of the tmns of disciplinary probation
or the infraction of any Uni'm'sity rule durins the:
period of dilciplinary probation may be: grounds for
suspension or apulsion from the Univc:nity.
F. Suspension from the Univcnity for a ddinite or
indefinite period of time. •
· G. ExpulJion from the Unlvenity. •
H . Community Service.
I. Such other unctions as may be approved by the
Univn'sity's judicial bodin.
•Subject ID jiM1 ~o{fN Pmidmt, 1M acrion tJuu is
rr&amp;andGrory if suspmsion or c:rpadsion is r«:ommtnded.

AR'TlCLE 3A: UNMRSITY STANDARDS

Ffftdom of Exp&lt;aslon
A. ACADEMIC FREEDOM • Tho UaMnity suppotU lh&lt; principle o( aadmUc freedom ... a cnncq&gt;l
inlriruic: .,lh&lt; adUcwrncn&lt; of n. inltitutiooal p1s. nu.
principle impt;a a UUil in u.. in&lt;qtUyand responsibility of the mc:mbm:oltht tadcmkcommunity.Samud
P. Capcn, fonncr- O..nallor o( U.. UnM:nity o( Buf·
&amp;Jo, who is mmmbtrcd fOr the tradftioo of acadanic
freedom h&lt; implcmcnl&lt;d durin&amp; his ladcnhip of lh&lt;
Uni¥crsity,said ln 1935:
•Aa:q&gt;lanc&lt; by an inltiwllon o(lh&lt; principles ofaca-

demic &amp;ccdom implies that tra&lt;:hcn in that,institution
aJ"e 6ft to i:matiptc: any IUb;cct. no matter bow much
it may b&lt; hcdacd aboul by labocia; !hal !bey ... r... lO
...... known lh&lt; rcsuflS o( ...... u.-;ption and ......
rr6rction by word ol mouth or in writin&amp;. bcfi:n their
cbsses or~ that they Itt free u citm!ru to take
part in any public contJ'O"'n''Y OUllidc: the institution;
thai no rep~ measures, dirttt or indirect, will be
applied &lt;olhcm noman.rhowunpopulorlhey"'"'b&lt;,
come """""' oppooins powerful in~aaU or joatlinc
~ projudm.and no mauerhow misbkm they
moy 'I'P'O'lD b&lt; in U..cyesof members and lrimdsof
the institution; that tbtiroontinuanc:tin offiawillbtin
all insl&gt;nas 1!0""""1 by lh&lt; p....Jiins rulcJ o( .......
and""'' ...... oadcmk acMnamcnl will b&lt;dcpendcnl
on their scientific cmnpctcnoe and will bt in no way If.
fccrM by lh&lt; popularity"' unpopularity o( ...... opin·
ions or uneranccs; that studt:nu in the' institution Itt
fJU, inso&amp;.r u the requirements of the SC"'Cr''l curricula
permit. to inquiR into any subject that intc:rats them.
to organize di.Jc.uuion group5 or lludy dub&amp; for the con·sideration of any subjca, and 10 invite: to add.rt:a them
any~lheymaychootc;lhalocnsoniUpo(lludcnl

pubOOttions oball b&lt; hosed on precisely lh&lt; same grounds
and shall CXlald no further !han !hal ....a...! by lh&lt;
United Scates Postal Authorities.•
L NONDISCRIMINATION · Th&lt; Uniwnityal Buf.
fa1o is oommitud co liostains a pOiitM cnviropmmt for
lcaming, and lO cnsurina dx akty, riplll. and~Oi
"""f rncrnb« o( lh&lt; Uniwnitycommunity. To !hal end
lh&lt; llnMnity"""""""'car:b and"""' rncmbcroflhe
ro&lt;:a&lt;laruc: conununlty.,......,. indMdual respoosibil;ty"" r-cspc&lt;tin&amp; lh&lt; rishll and~ o( Olhcn and""
helping., prornoo:lh&lt; ,.. and opal """"""o( icku
in an atmolphm: of mutual rap«t.
c.n.in typcsofdiscriminabon ... prohi&gt;ir&lt;dbylaw.

For es:amplc. ditaimination on the basis ol raa is a ·
preuly probibil&lt;d by bolh lrdcnl and ..... and by a wide ranee ol ftdml and lUte: ~tutel. Other
..... and lrdcnl lows prol1i&gt;it parUcuJar bms o(dio:rinU-

rill&gt;&lt; IOpeo;tioo or-....inbm&amp;Doa oa campt11.
In l h &lt; - balla.- inorDrtio&amp; .. pditionslDUIIM!ealifylhcrnJcMs .. lbe""""""""in&amp; Direao&lt; bdott any lndMdual or poup peo;tioo ;,
r:in:ulmd.(Nooo:Th&lt;in""'oflhlonrl&lt;iloo""'"&lt;l dx

privacy o( dx .-...and Ia 001 - - .. d&lt;ny dx
indMdual's rill&gt;&lt; lO permcn)
Statement on StxUIII Asllult .net Abuse

but--..

Th&lt;Uniwnltya&lt; Buflilowilloo&lt;-scmal..ukor

- . ScxuaJ-..h: arrraaual..- ~ semua~ ..... aaMty indudin&amp;.
li&gt;n:.
iblcanal oronl..._rOicmpll:din-,scmal tood&gt;in&amp;o by·a pcmo(s) "'-nor unknown 10 U..-riaim.
Rape Th&lt; p&lt;rpetnlion o( an "" o( scsual in.......,..
with a pcnonapinst IIWwi&amp;andconsmt, wbctherlho:U
willio.,...,.,.byfon:e&lt;~&lt;ar rcsuftins&amp;om lbelhrtat
o( r...:., or by clrup adminislm!d without a&gt;nscnl,"'
when d x - 11..-orotft!nriooph)oQ/Iy
unable ., &lt;DMumkatr wiJiin&amp;r&gt;ea
/!q&gt;ortin&amp; optiona:Incid"'uo( scsual.-uk ""'l' b&lt;
...,...... ., D&lt;partmcot l!{ Pubtir: -,.. ...,..;cipal police,-hallofficialo.orStnclattlkalthea-bya
vktim oi prmy. ~ rqJOrtin&amp; iii"CO:IIIUDCIWJe
A disdpliDary complainl rrwy abo be &amp;lod with U.. SludcD&lt;-Wode Judidaryloo-aaiooapinol dx-iflhcy
~ attudmt. Thilmay be: cblc in mn;.maioa wim or

inolad o(
...... -

criminal......,...._ . . . .

o(_

... -·dx-ofrto&lt;OIIia:of

Equlty.on.nity,ondAffirrr&gt;a!MA&lt;donAdminisuation.
64S-2266. You - spa/t am&amp;deotially., dx Affinna.
M&lt;\&lt;liMClffi&lt;orordx.._Direao&lt;.

-~
Tho
.tc.dopmcnl o( intdlipcr and~ of
monl ~ ... lWOoflhe ..... imponantaims
of education. Fundamcn&lt;al&lt;o dx ......pislunall of
lhcoeputpOJCS islh&lt;dutyoflh&lt;modenl .. pcrbm all o(

his or b&lt;r r&lt;qWrcd ...X wilbou&lt; illopl bdp.
Tho Uniwni&lt;ydcmic hoocaty and """'""'and .. do..q, prooodura
rodcal c&amp;aM!ywith-.... ofaadomic dal!ooaty.
Slwlcnu.,. n:spt&gt;OSible foo-d&gt;&lt; hooclt &lt;XllllplcOon and

a.............., .. -..,..

.-cprcacotalioaofdiei.-work.loo-U..""""""""citation
o ( - a n d loo-""'"&lt;lloo-Olhcn'aadomic-

.... By placin&amp; ...... IW1l&lt; "" aadomic worl&lt;.rrwdenb
crn;ty lbe~o( all ...X- ocberwiJe - by approprial&lt; acbiOWiodplC!lL
(Adapoed from Uniwnity o(Wiaa!nsin."Sludcnl Disciplinary ~· andllni\ondy o( Ddaware. ·-dcmic C'.ommcul lloaaty and DUboncJty.")
A. The illlowin&amp; - -.. major fonns. bul
DOl erdusiw!y all fonns.of aadomic dishooatysrudcnu: (a) submiaion: submittin8 acadcmica1Jy ,..
quircd maleriallhal lw hem prcriously rrubrruttcd in
who&amp;e or in sublwttial put in another roune, without
prior and - " " " """""' o( lh&lt; irutructDr, (b) plagia·
rism: mpfinJ or rcaiving material from 1 IOUJ'CX' or
JOU.I'CI'S and submittinJ this material u one's own with·
OUI ~ tbr: partialJ&amp;r debts 10 the tourOe
(qUOlalioas. pUapluua. bUc ideas), orocberwile rq&gt;n:scnt:iQI the work of anoth« uom's orwn; (c) cheating:
........ inlonnation,orll!licitinginlonnation, from an·
odlcrstudmtorochcrunau.t.borimi~orJMn&amp;in ·
formation to another INdent. with tbr: i.dlmt 10 dea:iW'

eDDtinatioo or iDctividuala&amp;icnD!Cflt (d) falsifir:ation o( raderNc awaiaJs; fabricating
lolx!mo&lt;y......W.,......,rq&gt;arU.orarrr-ofcompula" data; forJing an instructor's nan:~~t or initials; rc--

whilr~ an

submittin&amp; an cuminatioo oraaipunmt for~ ­
tion wbicb bas been lltmd. without tbc instructor's aulhorizalioo;orarbmiain&amp;atq10&lt;1,papcr,rnalCrialo,axnpuler da&lt;a. or cuminatioo (or any coosid&lt;nbl&lt; pu1
lhcrcol) prtparcd by any pcntlll"""' !han lh&lt; - ·
raponsiblc loo-dx.........,t (c) procuranm•&lt;tislri·

butione&gt;&lt;""""""'ofCIIU!tinationo,labon&lt;oryor a:mfidcntiaiiCidmUc materials without prior and cxpresscdconom&lt;oflh&lt;insttuclor.AIIaiJc&amp;cd...,.ofaa-

�- - - - - ....... CoadiiCII BalM, UalYenlly IHaDdards - d AclmiDislrative Regulations
dankdilbooaly ... odjuctiafalln ~with lht
[);odplbwy Procodwa lor Al:o&lt;latUc b&gt;hctions, which
""'oclmiruotaod bylht v... - l o r Undapaduale
and GncJu. ~The poliqio prinRd .. lbelh&gt;~ Caulos and lht ~ Schooll'bticiet
and-&lt;&gt;&lt;""""' o(lht pnlClOdw. ... from lhtaffia o( lht v... Praidcnt lor Student Allain,
Room 542 Copen Hall, Nonh ComptJL
• • UNUIWFIJL SALE Of DISSERTATIONS, THESES AND TERM PAPERS
No penon oNJJ. i&gt;rlinandol cnnsldcntion,O&lt; lhtprom·
lse of 6nanciaJ mnsMim.tion. Pfq*rc. offer to prepare.
causr to bt prqJ&amp;ftd, ICIJ or o«cr fOr talc to any penon
any written makrial which lhetdler knows. it informed
or has lftJOCl to~ is intcnckd for submission u a
di.uerution, thesis, tt:rm t-ptt, aay, report or other
writttn . .ignmcnt by a student in a unMnity, c:oJlqt.
acadmty, school or othtt tduation&amp;l institution to such
institution or to 1 oounc:, tcminar or dq:ru program

hdd by such institution.
No pmon abaU Jd1 or otfrr for aak to any penon
mrolled in the Stitt UniYmityofNtWYork at Bufl'aio
any computer Ulipunmt.or anyas&amp;iDDat in tbr ~·
ration, rucarch, or writina o( a computer aaign.mmt
intrndcd for submission in fulfillmc:nt of any academic
rcquimncnt.

Sekual tt.rassment
Saual harwmentol an~and Jtudcnts,udcfined
bdow, il contrary 10 Univrmity polky and iJ a violation

of fed&lt;nl and ..... -

and f&lt;!Uiatiotu.

l!nwdcx&gt;m&lt;oauol-- -loroauoliM&gt;n.
and other YCrbll or physiad CDOduct o( aiCIWII nat~ mo.stitut.r xwal harulmmt when: ( I) IUbmiasion to such
conduct is madt either apljcitly or impOOtly a tam or
ooncJroon o( an indMduol'ocmploymatt 0&lt; OCI&lt;ImU&lt; od·
Y'llJlC%rnO"'t; (2) .submislion to. or rejcdioo o(, JUCh ronduct by an individual il used • ltv basis for anploymcrn
"'OCI&lt;ImU&lt;- affr&lt;ting oud&gt; indMdual: (3) ouch
a&gt;nduatt..lhtpwpoo&lt;&lt;&gt;&lt;d!Oaoi~mtaf.t-·
ins with an indMdual's work or .cadcmic pcrfOrmaoce. or
creatinsanin~holtilr.,oroli:nliveenvironmcnl
No Univttsity cmpk»ytt o( rithtr sa shall impose a
r~uirnnmt of acmaJ c:oopcration as a condition of
nnp&amp;oymmt or acadmtic advanc:mlcnt, or in any way
contnbutc to or support unwdcornc: physical or vnba.l
saualbcbavtor.
Any manba of tM Univn'sity community who requuu additional in(ormation, wishes to ~a com·
plaint, or ~a copy o( the Univtn:ity pi"'Cedures to
bt roUowcd for complaints arising from rnanm relat~
to the polkies oudinrd a~ should contact the Offttt
of Equity, Diversity, and Affirmatiw Action Admini.s·

tration.64S..l266.

Drugs and Narcotics
Po.sscuion without pmcription or any narootic. twbhu·
rate, daoeeroos dfll8.or of m01t $CKalled "pep pil~" and

Mtranquiliz.m," is a:mtnry to rcdmll and/or state law, Any
student round to be miUepl possession of drugs m ust bt
rqxxted to the appropriate civil authorities and may abo
bt: sub;ect to disciplinary action by the Univnsiry.
Smoldng ond Food Stuff
SmokinB is prohibited in all Uniomsity &amp;cilities onpt
u posted. The possession o( bcYtnp and rood stuff is
prohibited in all amu: 10 qnated by the oonspkuow
postinll o r appropriatt.llgns. Tboc arus inc!ude, but
are not limited to all classroonu.lecture halls, laboratorio, hallways. the KattwineComdl Theater and aU Uni·...,.;ty l.ib&lt;lrics. All tnsh and gubaJI&lt; should be dis·

posed olprop&lt;rly.
Solicitation
A. Solicitation in the buildings. including rcsidena
h.alls,or o n the grounds is strictly prohibited. No occu·
pant is to u.st h is or herroom,orpmnit his or her room
to tx: wed, rorany conunercial pu rpose whaUOCYtt.Any
and aU door to door 10licitation is regarded u an unnecr:ssary invasion o n the privacy of the resMients or occupants. and is thercfo~ prohibit~. nm restriction
applies to both oom mercial and non-co~ solici·
tation and to distribution or written materials as wd1 as
pmonal contact
B. "No authorization will be given to privatt commercia) enterprises to opcntt on State University campu.scs or in facilities fu.rnUhed by tht Uoivttsity, or in
any Rt:sidenu Hall. olhn' than to providt for rood, 1epl
lxvttages. c:a.mpus bookstore, vending. linen supply,
laundry, dry cleaning. banking. barber and beauticWl
~and cultural t\'COLS. This raolution shaU not be
dttmed to apply to Auxiliary Service Corporation activities approm:i by the UnMn.ity." (Board or Trustees
Resolution)
Posting Policies

Gcnttal Univmitybullttin boards an restricted to cam pw activities and/or University at Buffalo related functions, Any not-ror-profit organization outside t~ Uni-

Vft'Sity mwt haw aQproval bd'ore posting. Commercial
((or profit) promotiona1 materials art not allowfli and
will be removed and discarded.
• Campus groups may post one poster o r notice per
t\'0\t pt:r bulktin board area.
• Postm or flytri may not cx.crN II mches x 17
inches.
• Ux masking tapt only.
• Postmo or flytn art restricted to bulletin boards.
(No painted surfaCt"S. gla.u. pillan. counten or
walb.)

• Ayers or postm in another language mwt ha''t'
an English tnnslation.
• RyttS or notices must carry the na.mt or logo or
the Univtrsityor Univtrsity rdattd sponsoring organiution (governmtnt, depart m tnt, office,
agency, etc.)
• Groups may not rcmOYe or COVC" currmt notica
or posters o( other campw groups out of courtesy

a n d - lorotbon.
• Bullnin boonlo will be d1&lt;Cired and cJeaml o( ;,.

:r:8ti~~~:!:..'7!=.dsy
.-v

niahL

• s.lcs.rmt:ak.cmploymauandlla"YicaanllOUI\CZmmllwillberatridedtodaicnawdOASSJFifD

........ boordo. ~.. may not &lt;=rei
s· .. r. Forms IYI.ilabkat Capen information.
Rtqutst (or special constdctadon (or t:xerptionaJ
situations and/or 1.1niqut matttial can be directed to
thtStudentAfflirsoffiuo(Studcnt Unions, ISO Stu·
dmt Union from 8:30a.m. to S:OO p.m . weckdaYJ.

ARTlCU 38: RUW Of THE BOARD Of ntuSTEES

SIQu Unim'sityoftkw York

' 35.4 frftdom of opH&lt;h ond • ssembly; p!Qetlng ond demorutnotlons.
(a ) Nostudtnt.facuttyorothcrstaffmcmberorauthoriud visitor lhalJ be sub;cct to any limitation or pma.lty JOidy (or tht o:prcsUon of his views nor fur having
a5101lbkd with others for such purpo~t- Pncrful pickctingand other orderfyckmonstnttons 1n publK aras
o( puund and buiJdin8 will not be mt&lt;rln«&lt; wnh.""""'
imoMdin picUtinganddanonstntionsmaynot.how·
('\oU, mpte in specific conduct 1n VIOiatX,n of the provisions of the preading aection.
(b) tn orde:r lO afford maximum protecttOn to the
pa.rticipanu and to tht institutional community, each
State-operated institution of the: State Uniwn.ity lha.1J
prompdyadopland promulgate, and thttaftttrontin~

Section 535.1 SUitement of purpose.

;:ec~u~:;K&gt;~o~rn;~;::ur::.~:

1be foDowing rules are adopted in compliance with
section64.50ofthe Education Lawandsballbefikdwith
the Commissioner of Education and the 8o&amp;rd of Regents on orbtf0rt:Juty20, J969,u rrquired by that section. s.id rules shall ~ sub;ect to amend.mtnt or revision and atJr amcndmcnu or rniaiool thereof shall ~
filed with theComrn.iaionerofEduation and Board or
Rqmt1 within 10 da)'l afttr adoption. NothinB httrin
is intended, nor shaU it be' mnstrucd, lO limit or ratrict

advance noriu to IUch institutK&gt;n of any pl.ann«&lt; as·
sembly, pidctting or dt:monstrat~ upon the grounds
of such institution, iu proposed loak and intended
purpose; provided. hownu. that the grvingor such notict' sh:a.ll not be' madt a condition prec.edcnt to any such
assembly, pic.kt1inB or dmKmstrations and provided.
further, that this provision sha.ll not supersedt nor pre·
dude the proctduns in effect at such institution ror obtaining pmnission to we the £acUities t.hcreor.

~~~.:~~.j,.-~

SlS.SPenoltle&gt;.
of a b..lsha'educational institution. Similarty,apaie:ocr .
A penon who sha.ll violate any of the provWons or
has demonstrated that the tnditionaJ auionomy or the
these ruk:s (or of the ruk:s of any individual instituuon
educational institution (and the tce:ompanying institu·
supplemmting or impLemmting these rules) shall
tiona] respomibilityfOrthemaintcnanc:rofordc:r) is best
(•) I( ht is alk.c:nsee or invitee, h.aYe his authoriz.a·
suited to~ thelt objectiYa.. 'J'bes,e rules shall not
tiontorema.inupont.hec:ampworothcrpropenywith btc:onstrued 10 pmocntorlimitcommuniarion bc1wm1 drawn and stWI be directed to leaw the premises. In th~
and amon1 faculty, srudmtli and administration, or to
eventorhisfailurtorrtfu.QJ todosohtsh.all besubj«t
~theinstitutionofitsspccialraponsibilityfortt:lftoejection.
(b) I( he is a trespasstt or visitor without sp«~fic
regulation in the prescrvatK&gt;n or )SUbHc order. Their
purpoK is not to pm"mt or resm'tn controveny and
licmst or invitation, bt subjeato e,ection.
dissent but to pm'ttlt abuse of the f'ishts of others and
(c) lfht is a student, be subject to expulsion or such
tomaintainthatpublicorderappropriatetoacollegt:or
lcssrr disciplinary action as t.ht &amp;cts of·the QlS(' may
univttsity campus without which there can be no inteJWarrant, including suspmsion, probation. lou of priVlkduaJ rrttdom and they shaD be interpreted and apleges. rtprimand or warning.
plied tothatmd.
(d) Jfheisa &amp;culty member having a ttrm or conS3S.2Applkation of rules.
"l'hest rules shall apply 10 all Statt--operated institurions of the State Univenity ocrpt u provided in Pan
SSOuapplicab&amp;e to theStau Univrrsity MaritimtCol·
kgt. Thcst rules may be supplemented by additiona1
rules ror the maintmanaor public ordtt heretofort or
he:reaher adopted ror any individual institution. approwdandadoptcdbyWStateUniven.it)'ltrusteesand

filed with theCommissiooerorFAucation and Boardo(
~ts,butonlyto the extent that such additiona1 ruJes
are not inconsistent herrwith. The rWes hereby adopted
shall govern the conduct or Students, &amp;culty and other
staff, l.icensecs, invitees. .00 all othn pcnons. whether

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or such le:sier disciplinary action as the £acts may war
nnt including suspmsion without pay or muul't'.
(e) lfhe lsastaffmmlber in thtdassif~s.nv!cr of
thccivil.service,de:sc:ribt:d inKCt1011 7Softhc-CIVil SC'r·
vice Uw, tx: guilty or misconduct,and bt sub1ect to th~
pmaltia prescribed in aid s«tion.
(f) 1£~ is a .wffmtmbtrother than ont described
in subdivisions (d) and (t) or this section. be sub;c.ct to
dismissal. suspension without pay or censure
535.6 Procedure .

or not thrir presmoe ilaulborizcd. upon thec:ampwor
any irutitution to which such rules art' applic:abk and
also upon or with respect to anyothtr premises or property, under the control or such institution, used in its
teaching, raearch. adminiitratiw, servk.t, cuhural, rec·
reational, athletic and other progranu and activities;
provided, howevn, that charges against any student ror

(•) The chief adminlstntM: officer or hli designee
sha!l inform anyl.iaru«orinvit«whoshalJ violate-an)'
provisions of these ruks {or oft~ ruJc:s or any md• ·
vidual institution supplmlmting or impltmenting these
rules) thathis:lic.crueorinvitation is withdnwn and shall
direct him to kaw the campw or other propnty or the
institution. In the: nmt or his failure or rtfusal to do so
such offictr shall cause his e,mion from such campus

violation of thes.t rules upon the premises of any such
institution other than t.ht one: at which ht is in atw~·
dance shall be heard and detnmincd at the institution

or property.
(b) In t.htcaseo(anyo~nVlOlator,who u; nenhera
studau nor faculty or other staff mnnbet, the chid ad ·

in whkh ht is enrolkl"as a studenL
535.3 Prohlbited conduct.
Nopmon,cithersingtyorinconartwithothm.shall:
(•) willfully cause physical injury to any o ther
person, nor threaten to do so (or tht purpose or
compdling or inducing such other penon to refrain
from any act which he has a lawful right to do or to
do any act which he haJ a ~wful right not to do;
(b) physically restnin or detain any other
person, nor removt such pt:rSOn from any plaa
when he isaulhoriud to ~main ;
(c) willfuUy damase or ckstroy proptrty of theinstitutK&gt;n or undtr its jurisdiction, nor rtmow or
UJe such propnty without autho rization;
(d) without permission, expressed or imphed.
enter into any private office or an administntiw
officer, mnnbe:r or the faculty or staff membn;
(e) tnter upon and ~main in any building or
facility (or any purpose other than its authoriud UKS
or in such manner as to obstruct iu authorized USt'
by others;
(f) without authorit.ation, remam 1n any building
or facility after it is normally dosed
(g) refuse to leave any building or facility aft~r
be-ing required to do 50 by an authorixtd adminastra ·
tiW officer;
(h) obstruct the frtt mowment of person~ and
vt-hicles in any place to which thesC' rules apply;
(I) dtliberately d isrupt or prrYcnt thC' peaceful
and orderly conduct or cliUSeS,Itctures and mtttmg.s
or deliberately imedtre with the frttdom or any
person to express his views. including invited
s~rs;

(J) knowingly ha''t' in his posst:SSion upon am
premises to which th~ rules apply, any rille,
shotgun, pistol. revol,~r. o r o ther firnrm o r wc;apon
without the written iluthorixation or the- chic(
administratiw office-r; wh~thtr or not aliaiUC' 10
po.ssas the sune has b«n iuued to such person,
(k) willfully incite others to commit any or theacu herrin prohibited with spedfic 1ntentto procurr
them to do .so; or
(I) takt any action, crY:nc-, or partiapate tn the
creation or, any situation wh1ch reckk:ssly or
inttntionaUy endangm, mental or physical health o r
which involves the forad consumption or l)quor or
drugs for the purpose or mitaation into or affiliation
with any organization.

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property or the institution and darect him to kaw

such

prtrnises. In the evmt of his &amp;ilure o r rtfusal&amp;o do $0
such officer shall c:aus.t his ej«tion from such campw
or propa-ty. Nothing in this subdivision shall be con·
strued to authoriu: tht presmcr or any such person at
any time prior to such violation nor to affect hiS liability
to pi'OS«ution (or trnpa.u o r loitC'ring as prescribed in
the ~nal Law.
(c) In the case of a student. charges (or violation of
anyoftheserukslorofthe rules or any individual iruutution supplemc=nting or implementing thor rules) shall
be presented and shall be hnrd and determined m thC'
ll'W1ntr hel't'inaft.er provided in secuon 535.9or this Part.
(d) In the- case or a faculty mcmbn havmg a con·
tinuing or tmn appointment, charges or misconduct m
viOlation or these rulcs(ororthc ruksor any individual
institution suppkmnningor implementing these ruk:s )
shall be 0141de, heard and determined in accordance- wuh
these rules} shaU be made, heard and dc-tcrmmed mac·
rorda.nce with titJe D or Part 338 or the pohciei or theBoard o(Trustta.
(e) In thec:a.srofany5tatfmtrnber who hokt5a position in thC' classified civil service, described in sectmn
75 of the Civil Snvice Uw, chargl!l or misconduct m
VIOlation o( these ruk$ (or or thC' rules o( any Individual
mstitution supplementing or implementing these rule$ )
shall be made-. heard and dctC'rmintd as preKTibed m
that sectiOn.
(f) Anyorhc-r faculty or staff member who s.hall ''tolaiC' any provision or~ rules (or of the rules or any
mdiv1dual mstituuon supplemC'ntmg or tmplc-mentmg
rhCSC' rules ) shall be diSnHSSt'd. sus~ded or cauurcd
b\· th('~ppomungauthorityprocribtd m the pohcatsof
the Board o!Ttustt'CS.
535.7 Enfon::ement program.
( • ) Th~ chK( admmisuati~officn shall be rcspon~tbl~ for tbc- en(orammt of these rules (or o(the ruin
of anr mdi,·adual •nstitution supple:mmting or impkmenung these ruks ) and shall designate thf other administr.lllvr officm who uc- authoriz~ to tab- aClH)n
in accordance wuh such ruks whm requu'C'd or appro·
priate to carry them mto df«t.
(b) It is not mttnded by any provLSK&gt;n herem to cur~ tht right or S'udcna. faculty or staff to be ho.rd upon
any matter affecting thnn in their relations with the institutKm. In the case of any apparmt vioblion or these
rule$ (oro(therulcs o(any individual instituttOn supple-

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mmttng"' implanmtins tha&lt; ntks) by ouch paoona.
wlu&lt;h, ;, tit&lt; judpl&lt;nt o( lht dUd adminiotnoM o(.
6=a&lt;hisdcsip&gt;«.doano&lt;paocanyittuncdiao:o( injury to pmoo or proptrty, such c6cr mar makt
rr:asonab&amp;e effort lO am tht caWit o1 tht CDDdua in

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sist and to raort 10 pemuslib&amp;e mtthods b the n:IOluuon of any t.ues which may tx: prestnud.. 1n doin&amp; .10
such offic.cr shall warn such pcnoru ol the c::onsequmca
or persistmct in t.ht prohibtted conduct. induclint their
ejections from any prmtises o( the institution whcft their
continued presmct and conduct is in violatioQ. of thtx
ruies (or or the ruJesor any individual institution~
menting or impkmenting these rules).
(c ) In any case where violation o( thrx rules (or ol
the rules of any indiv.tdual instituuon supplemmtingor
1mplemtnting that rula: ) doa not cpJe after ruch
warning and Ill other ~ of willful violation of JUCh
ruJe:s.thechida.dmmdtrallwoffic.ttorhis ~shall

the C'jection of the violator rrom any pmnises
whtch he occuptes 1n such violation and sha.ll tnitiawdiSOplinary action as hemnbdore providrd.
(d) The chid adrmnistn.tiw offica' or hts ~
may~ lO the public authonties ror any aid which he
decrru n«.c:aary m causing thtq:ction ol any viobror ol
these ruies (oro( the rules of any andmchW institution
suppkmcnting or imp&amp;mw:nung thtx rules) and ht may
~the Stau Univnsitycounsd toapply&amp;oanyooun
o( appropriate 1umd.iction for an mJUOCOOn to restrain
the viobuon or threatmtd V!Oiauon o{ .wdl rules.
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535.8 Communkatlon.
In matters oftlw son to wtuch thcst rWa are addla.xd.
full and prompt communiOltion among all romponc:nu
of the institutional commumty, £acuity, studmtl and admimstration, is htghty desiratMe.. To the extent that time
and circumstanca prrmit. such communW::alloc'l should
prteede the aercbe of the authority, discl't'tion and rrsponsibilitie:s granted and imposed in tbcst- rules. To thestmdseach State-operated mstitutton of the Stau Uni¥er·
s.ity shall nnpk,y such proccdum and means. formaJ and

m!Onnal. as wi1l promot~ such commuOJc:ation..
S35.9 Notice, hearin g and det ermination of
charges against students.
(a ) 'Ilk tnm c:tUef a.dminiStr.ltJ~ offic.rr, as usaJ m
~rules. shaJI bed«med to mean and Lndudt any person authonzcd to~ the powtts of that officr dw·
mg a vacancy therein Of dunng the absmce or ctmbtlity
or the ancumbent and ror purpo50 of thu: S«ttiO"' shall
abo tndutk any designee appomttd by saKi officn.
(b) Whcncvl"r a complaint IS~ 10 the ch;d ad ·
ministratM: officer or any State-operated institutK&gt;n of
the- Univttsity o( a VIOlation by a student or studmu o(
tht rulesprescnlxd in this Part (oro( any rules adopted
by an individual institution supplemtnring or imp4ementin&amp;such ndes) or whc:never he has know\edge that
such a violation may ha~ occurred. he- shall awe an
tnvesugation to be made and thc-sutemn~tsofthe com ·
plaints. if any. and o( other pcnons having know\edgr
or tht faru reduced to writing. I( ~ is satisfied from
such mvestiption and statemcnu that thert is reuon ·
able ground to bd~ that then has been such a violanon, ht shall prepare or caust to be prepam1 dwgo
against the studan or uudents alleged to have comm•t·
ted such violation which shall state tht provtsKm p~ ·
scribing thC' offtfl5oC' and shall sp«ify the: ultunatC' taro,
aUeged to constitute such offense.
(c) Such c1wJ!&lt;S Wll be;, writing and Wll be""""
on thC'studrnt or ~udmu named themn byddNning
the- samt to hun or them pn10nally, i( possibk:. or. if
tlOt, by mailing a copy or such charges by registered mail
to ~uch studmt or students at hii or th6r wua.l plaa or
places or abode while attending ooll¥ and a.l$0 to has
or the~r hom~ addres.s or add resses.. if diffcm'll.
(d) The notice of chaflts so served shall fu. a date
for hearing th~n not kss than 10 or more than 15
days from the date of SCf'VIcr whtch shall be the date of
mailing whert ncassary to effttt sevier by mail Fail ·
urt to appear in response to tht charges on tht date fiud
for hearing. unk:u tbcrc ha.. been a cominuancr ror good
GIUK shown, shall be tfttmed tO be an admission o( the:
(aru state-d tn such cha.rga and shall warrant such ac uon as may then be approprYte thereon. Bd'ore taking
such action the- heanng committee, hereinafter rtferrtd
to..slull gTVf' notice to any stu~ t . who has failed to appal. in the mannn prescribed m subdivis1011 (c), of 1U
proposed findang.s and rtrommc.ndatK&gt;ns to be subrnu
ted to tht chad' admlniStnuw officer and shall $0 submit such findings and recommendations JOdays the-re
after llDlcss the student has nl&lt;anwhile shown good Clwt'
(or his failurt tO:tppC'ar, In whtch ca.~ I date- (or hann~

shallhc-fixC'd
(e ) Upon demand at an) umc- tKfort or ilt tht hear
mg. the stude:nl durged ur hb rq&gt;resent;Ut\'t', duh des
•gnated, shaU be fum !Shed a copy or the statcmeniS tilin
by thr ch1tr admm\Strauw officer 111 rfiatton It&gt; )ULh
ch.arges and With the- n;~mn of any Other watn~ who
will be produc!Ni .11 the he:mng m support of the- chilr~o.
proVIded. hOY&gt;T\'t'r, that tht~ shall not preclud~ the- resu
mont• o( wttncsso who ...,.c-rt unl..nown a1 the- umr ul
.. uch de-mand
(f) The- chtd" .tdmmtstrauvc- office-r rtU \ , Uf.._," the:
SoC'rvicc- o( charges. swpcnd the- stude-nt namN thc-rtm
from all or ~rt of the- uUtltUtlon's prt~ or ta..:1IH1n
pC'ndmg the- hcanng and dt&lt;ttrmuuuon therml . ....·he-n
C''"Cr. •n hJS tudgmcnt. the contmucd prt"sen!..t ol ~u..:h
siUtknt would coruututc- a dear da.ngc-r to hurudf or 10
the saftty o( pC'nDru or propnt' on the prC'nu~ ot tho:
mstitution ur would pmt an 1mmed1ate thrat of d1'
ruptiw inter(C'rtnu wuh the- normal conduct 01 thr
uutitution's activ1Uts and functiOns: pruvadcd. ~'t"\Tr.
that thC' chid admmistrauw Offii.V shall gr.tnt .m am mediate hearing on request of any stu~t $0 suspt"ndcd
with res.:pect to the- basis fur such suspms1on.
(g) Thtrt shall be constituted at each StatC'-opcr~tt:d
tnSiiturion a hearing comm1ttt"t' to hear chargn agounst

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Shuleal Coadac:l Raletl,

stucknts of viobtM&gt;n o( tM ru&amp;es fOr m.intcna.ncc or
public cxdcr proaibrd by or rdttred to in this Part.
Such committee shall conWt ol thrtt membtn of ttw
administratiw staff and three membm of lhr faculty,
dtsignated by the chid' administratiYe offiur, and three
~ud&lt;nto who ohoJJ b&lt; dcsipt&lt;d by th&lt; members rwn&lt;d
by tht chtd adminiscntiw ofti«r. Each such mnnbn
~hall ~ until his sucaaor or rcpbammt hal hem
designated. No rm:mbn of the c:ommitt« lhall ~ in
any~ whnr h(' is a witness or is or hu brm directly
mvolvnt in thrcvmuupon which tht:charp:sartbased..
In o rder to providt for cut~ whne there may bt such 1
dLSqualific:ation and for cases of abscntt or disability, the
ch1d administntiYe offic.rr shall designate an altem.lltc
mr:mbn of the adminismuivt sllff and an alttrnate
mnnber of tht: facuhy. and his principal dcsignea shall
&lt;ksig.nak an al~.ernatt student mm~bn,toKT"Yt in such
cases. Any~ mmtbns of thc committee may conduct
hearings and makt findings and r«&lt;mmendations u
~nafter provided. At any institution where tht ch~
admini.sttativt offictr detnmines that lht numbrr of
hearings which will bt ~uircd to bt hdd is. or may bt,
so great that tMy cannot othttwiK bt disposed o( with
rc:asona~c speed. M may detmninc: that the hearins
committee shall consist of six membm of tht administratiw: staff and sil mm~bm of the faculty to bt designated by him and of ill students who shall br desiJnatrd by the members so designated by him. In IUCh
~t the chief administnti~ offKrr lhall dcsignatt ont
of such mm1bcnas dtainnan who maydividt the rnml baship of the committet into thrtt divilions each 10
consist of two mmlbien of the administn.ti~ ltall', two
faculty mtmbt:rs and two students and may auicn
charges among such divisions for hearing. Any four
mnnbcn of each such divlsK&gt;n may conduct hearings
and IT1ab rttornmcnd.ations as hcreinafttt provided_
(h) The hearing committtt shall not~ bound by
tht ttchnicaJ rules of cvidcncc but m.ay hear or r~
any tcslimony or cvidcna wbich is rckvant and mattrial 10 the isaues presented by the charges and which will
contn'butt to a full and fair consideration thereof and
dcterminatkm thereon. A ttudnu against whom thr
charges an madt may appear by and with rqnacntalives of his cbotce. He may confront and examine witnessc:sagainst him and may product witnes.JeS and docu mentuy evidence- in his own bdulf. "I'M~ may be
present at the hearing: tht student charged and his reprcscntatiYcs and witnascs; other witnascs; rcpracntativcs of the institutional administration; and. unless the
siUdent shall rrqucst a dosed hearing. such other mcm bcn of tm institutional community or other pcnoru.,
or both, as may be admitted by the hearing committ«.
A transcript of the procttdinp shall be made.
(I) Within 20 days aM the dose of a hearing. the
hearing rommittec shall submit a report of its findings
or £act and rttommcndations £or disposition of the
~to the- chid administratiw: offieft", togtthC'r with
a transcript of the proccnfings. and shall at thc samcumc- transmit a ropy of its rqx&gt;rt 10 the student conc.crned or his rcpresentnivt'. Within 10 daYJ thereafter
the chief administrati~ officer shall make his dcwmination thcrron. Final authority to dismiss the charges
orto~minctheguiltoftho«ap.instwhomtheya~

made and tocx:pd, wspnld, orotherwiscdi.Kipline: them
~hall be vested in the chid" administratr.T offKn. If ~
shall re}t-ct the findings o£ the hearing committee in
whole or in p;a.rt ~ shalJ maU new findings which must
be based on wbstantial evidence in the rtCOrd and shall
mdudt thml in the notice or hii final dctc:rmination
which shall be scrvn1 upon the stucknt or students with
rnpcct to whom it is maOC
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535. 10 Rules for Organizations.
(•) Organizations. Organizations which operate
upon th~ campus of any State-operated institutK&gt;n or
upon the property of anyState-optttted institution used
for educationa1 purposes shall ~ prohibited from au-

~r;:nn~3~ :;~~~~bed in subdivision ( 1) of
(b) Proccdu~. 'IlK chM!f administrative officer at
each Statt-opcnted irutitution shall ~ responsible for
the enformncnt of this S«tion, and, u used hCT"rin, the
term chief administrati~ offict:r shall indudc any &lt;Soignee appoin~ by said offioer.
( 1) Whc.nC'YU th~ chief administrative officer
has determined on the basis of a complaint or
pt:nonal knowledge that there is rU$0nable
grouncfto ~that there has bc.m t
violation of this S«tion by any orpniution,
the chic( administntift officer sh.a1l prcpa~ or
caux to bt prq&gt;arcd written charges against
the organiution which sh.a1l state the
provisiori proscribing the conduct and shall
specify the ultimate facu allqed to constitute
such violation.
(l:) Such written charges shall bt scrwd upon
th~ principal officcr of th~ organiu.tion by
rqistertd or cc-rtifted mail, mum ru:cipt
requested, to the orp.niu.don's current address
and shall be accompanied by a notice that the
organization may respond in writing to the
charges within tc.n ( 10) days of r«e.ipt of said
notia. 11lt notia of th~ charge so scrvtd ~U
indude a statc.m~nt that the failure to submit a
response within ten (10) dayish.all be deemed
to be an admission of th~ facts stated in such
charges and shall warrant the imposition of the
penalty dncnbcd in subdivision (c} of this
S«tion. The rc.spoNC &amp;hall ~submitted to the
chief administnttivc offtett and shall constitute
the fonnal denial or affirmatK&gt;n of the
uhimatc= faru alleged in the charge. The chief
administratiw offi&lt;:u may allow an otension
of the ten (IQ} day raponac. period.
(J) Upon written request, by an authoriud
rcprescntati~ of the organization, ihe chief

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.dministntiw officer shaJ.I provide the
rcpraentativt orpniurion.an opponunity for
a hctrin1- A herrin&amp; pond dcsipt&lt;d by th&lt;
chid ad.minlm-atM offK:Cr ahaU beat or
rca:iw any leltimony or n1ckncc wMch is
relevant and malftial to the iauc.s prest:hted by
th&lt; chus&lt; and whkh wfiJ COOiribukiO a full
and &amp;ir coru.idttttion tbc.mK and ddmnination thttton. 11lt orpnization'1 rc.pramtatiw
may confront and cumi~ witnc.aa: api.nst it
and may produce- witncucs and d«umcnwy
&lt;Vickna on ;u behalf. Th&lt; hearina pond ohoJJ
submit writtm findinp of &amp;ct and ruommendattons for diapolition of the charsc 10 the
ch~ admini.strativt off'tecr within twnny (20)
&lt;by&gt; aher th&lt; cioo&lt; of th&lt; hearing.
(4) Final authority to dismla: the dw-aa or to
mab a final dcumtination shaD be wstcd in
the chid administntiw: officer. Notice o( the
d«Uion lhaU be in writinJi shaD include the
reason• supportinc such decision; and sbaJJ be
served on the principal officer of the
orpnization by mail in the nuDDtt clacr'Ud
in pa"'l"pb (2)ofthluubdmsion within a
reasonable time
1uch dccWon is made.
(c) Pmalties. Any orp.niz.ation which authorizes
the prohibited conduct described in subdivision ( 1)
of Section SlS.l of this Part shall bt aub;ect to the
rescission of permission to oputk upon the campus
or upon the p~ of the Sllt.H)peratcd irutitu·
lion used for educational putpOICI. T'hc ptn&amp;lty provided in this subd.iviJion &amp;haD be in ~t:ion to any
penalty which maybe impotc.d pursuant to the Ptnal
Law and any other provis:ion'oflaw,or to any penalty
to which an individual may be subject purmant to
thisParL
(
(d) By-laws. Scdion 6450( I) of the Eduation Law
requires that the provisions of thil Pan wbicb prohibit reckless or intmtional mdanscnnmt to health
or forced conaumption ofliquorordtup for the purpose of initiation into or affiliation with any orpniz.ation shall be dmncd to be: pu1 of thiby-laws of all
orpniz.ations which opnat~ upon the campus of any
State-operated institution wed for educational purposes. The statute further requires that each auch organiution shall mriew t~ by-laws annually with
individuals afftliat.cd with the orpniution.
(e) Distribution. Copies of the: provisions of this
Pan which prohibit recklcu or intentional endanger·
ment to health or forc:td consumption of liquor or
drugs for the j1Urposc: of initiation into or affiliation 1
with any organization shall be givm 10 all students
enrolled in each State-operated institution. Filed Qc.
tobtt 14, 1969Amc.ndcd:April1970 January 1970Scpt(mbcr 1980 October 1982
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•s36.t DlstUpllon
A person is guilty of disruption whm he or she, by ac-

tion, by threat, or otherwi$c-:
(•) intr:rfer~ with university activities; or
(b) obstructs uniYC:nity activities. UnNm.ity activities indude, but ~ not limited to; teaching. research,
administration, public service function,orothcr authorized activity or program on univnsity pmnises.
536.2 Unauthorized Enlly
•
Nopcnonshallbreakintooril1cgallyc.ntr:ranyunivmity
buikfinsot room; nor shall any penon enter or remain in
any private room Ot officr of any student, bculty manbcr, administrative officer, or other penon on univtr'Sity
property without the cxpres.s pcrm.is.sion of tlv pcnons
authorized to ~or liYc in that room; nor shal1 aoy WliiU ·
thorizcd pmon enter or rtmain in any univosity building or bcil.ity at a time when that facility no;m.u,. as dosr:d
or after the facility has brm dosed beca~ of special or
unusual circwnJtanca. Univrrsitjt facilities indude, but
at( not limited to. the (oUowing: buildings. parking lou.
athletic fields and all campus areas.
536.3 Theft And Destruction Of Property
(•) No J&gt;&lt;nOII ohoJJ tal&lt;e,lle!l.bum.destroyoroth·
crwiJc damaac any property not his or htt own, on the
univm.ity campus or on any uni¥eni.ty property.
(b) No J&gt;&lt;nOII· in any mann&lt;!" whaiJocYer. ohoJJ de-

fa« walb: of any structurtofthe unhusity,cithnon the
insidt or the outside of said structure. Thil includes the
~of painu, poltc:rS, and advmiJcmmts affixed in any
arns other than thoK designated lOr sum purposa.
-(c) Nc&gt;pmon ohoJJ knowinJiyharborocpou&lt;aiiDicn
property what on or residinJ 11 the unrwnity campus.
• ApprfwJby u.rn.mityC.unril s.pr...w.r, 1975 Boom/
/976
•• Apprrw&lt;d by th&lt; C:O.nri/ ofthe Stat&lt; UnMn;tyofN&lt;w
YorkatBuffoiotmMay18, /911/and..,.,..mbyrhe/loonl
ofT...,_ s.p....J,&lt;, 2J. 1!1111.

.,.,.._..._I,

536.4 PhyslcoiAbwe And HMlwment

A pu10n is guilty of physical abuse and harusmc.nt

""""'

(•) he or sbr: intentionally UNults, st:rikcs.. threat·

cru. or intimKiates any pcr50n; or

(b) he or she engages in a c:ow-sc of ronduct. over
any period of time, or repcakdly rommita acts which
a1ann orteriouslyannoyanother person and whKn acrw
no lqitima.tr pul"ppSSC; or
(c) ht or ahc acaa a condition whid:t unnca:ssarily
md.nJ!m 0&lt; duatms the health, sakty. 0&lt; wdl-being oi
other pcnons or oi other propr:ny on wtM:nity propr:ny.
536.5 Dongorous Weopons And Explosives
(•) It is a violation of New York State Law and/or
UniW"rsity Regulations for a penon to poucu a ri.Oe,
~ fuunns. rnununitioo. fiftcnd&lt;m, or aplosiva in or upon the buiklinp or grounds of the u.nivft-.

sitywitbout appropriate written authorizatioa from the
appropriate univnsity official. This includes roman

c:andlesor limilarcombultibla or~
{b) No penon. cdher linsJy .. in &lt;DOCa1 with othc:n, shall poaa1 and carry, on any ~ or in any
buadina ol thr unM:nity, an airpn, or other insuummt or weapon in which thepropcUincba: ilair, knife,
dirk. stiktlo.sabre.cud,.t. bludecon.dub.dinpbol. or
other lhina adaptabk 10 th&lt; purpooo: oi a ...._., ;n.
dudina ba.- """0&lt; oinillar anX:Irr, &lt;rd~Jdin&amp; only
orthopedic aicls.athlcticequipmmt,and projca or construction materials and tool&amp; on proof of a proper specific UIC or purpotr on the day in queation.
(c) No pmon him! lor purpooa of enforcin&amp; I&lt;CUrity, wbethc.t in lieu af or in addition to drpartmc.nt o(
public aakty offi&lt;zn, may ...,_ in hls oc her pouaoion
in or upon the buiklinp and grounds of the uniYcmty
any firea.nn or othc:r deadly weapon without specific
wrinm authorization &amp;om the Uniftnity official empowered 10 &amp;iw auch.authoriutioo
536.6 Pldtetlng And D&lt;monstrolllom

&lt;•l

to"""""'

In rcprd 1000-atnpwlludau actiaosanddml·
lik, public 0&lt; pmak
property 0&lt; 10 ..... local. Swc 0&lt; F&lt;d&lt;n1 lows.studcnl wiD takr tht ~of his or ber own actions u an indMdual bclorc the law, u wdl u bOna
rdCrnd 10 th&lt; appropriak UDMrUIJ' disciplirwy body.
,.. o( any rlamaa&lt; 10 public 0&lt; privrl&lt; property

........... that lmd

mustb&lt;bonxiJrthoo&lt;leplly~

(It) AD members ol a Uniwnllf IIIIIUDunity must
shut tht rcspooaibility for maintainins a dimatc: id
whim~ ~an bceqnaaed freely and without
~l

{&lt;) Th&lt;&amp;ak u.......,.ofNcwYookatlluffitlohu
tnditianally aupporud dt&lt; risftt oi iu ... fxulty
andaaft"to pooocfui-Aiwoys impticitlyia th&lt; Wldcnlanclin&amp; t h a t - WilliiOI in....r... with
orvW!r:dt&lt; ricftuolotbin.llls dt&lt;obliption oi all10
.... in mainllioinJ onitt and to UIW'C COUlUOUS tt&lt;q&gt;Qon of any campus opcokr:roc viaitor.
(d),.. - . . . pauins 10th&lt; a&gt;oduct o i mcnbm: of tbc univasity community who
compdled 10 cxpraa lhdr m-tt duouah piclr.etina and
other J0nno ol danorutntion: (I) l'i&lt;idioa and dml·
on~tntins nn:ist be ordalr at aD times and lhouJd in no
Wl'f jeoponliz&lt; public onlft or aar.ty or inom... with
th&lt; WIMnity"l P"''JVDL (2) l'i&lt;idioa 0&lt; demorutnt·
ins mwt DOC intttferc: witb au.ranccs to buildinp oc the
normalllow ofpedestrian or &gt;dUcuJu lr!llic. (3) Thooe
involved in pidz1ins or dcmonstratins may not interr... by minslin« with "'Jf'Uud lll«&lt;inp or other ...
scmbties for the purpoK of harasanent, sinae this invades th&lt; risftu of othcn 10 Ulallblc and th&lt; ri&amp;hts of
spctlcastofn:o_....;on.(4)Piclr.ninaocdanorutnt·
ing may oot obmuct or physicallyintcrf"tn with the in"Brilf of th&lt;daatoom. th&lt; privacy of th&lt; ..sidcnoe halls,
or th&lt; functiofling of th&lt; ph)osial plrnc
536.7 Loitering Arid T~ On Unlvenlty
(;rounds Or In UtWenlty ~·
(•) Any J&gt;&lt;nOIIIIOiallud&lt;nt, r:mplo)"'. guest of a
student or an cmplo)u, or the parent or q.l guardian
of a student in atttndanoc at the unMmty, who loitm
in or about any unnusity buiLdins or any pan of university groundJ without wriucn permission from the
praidcnt, custodial or Olhcr person in c;harF tba-eof,
or in violation of po&amp;ted rules or regulations governing
th&lt; UJ&lt; them&gt;(. ohoJJ b&lt; guillf of 1rapaA. R&lt;gulations
on each campus shall include the manner by which campus vU.itations bynon-studcntasha.U be dcvdoped in ac:·
amlana: with th&lt; Pmall.aw.
(b) Under New York Pmal Law, Section 2403S,subdivl$ion 5, a person il sulltr of loiterins when he or she
loiters or remains in or about a school, mUcgc or university buildins or lf'OWKI$. not having any reason or
rdatioruh;p imolving cwtody of or responsibility lor a
pupil or student or any specific, legitimate reason for
being thc:rr,and not having written ~Wion from any
penon authorized to grant the AIM.
(c) UndcrNcwYook Pmall.aw.I&lt;Ctioo 140.05.aper·
son ;, gUillf of~ what he or she knowinsJy
cntm or remains unbwfuUy in or upon pmnisa. Trapas.s is a "violation" punishab&amp;c by a fine, or imprisonment of up to IS days.
(d) UndcrN&lt;wYook PuW Law Section 140.10apcr·
... is suiilfol aiminaluespus in th&lt; third d&lt;zr«what
he or abe knowingly cntm or remains: unbwfuUy in a
buiklingor upon real property which is fmccd or othttwiac endoled in. mannc:r desianed to Cldudc intruders. This is a aa. 8 Misdemeanor.

em

536.8 Sonctlons
The judicial bodies established to consider asc.s involvinsltudcnt viol.ation.softbc provisioru:ttated m lhistc.erion an the swdcnt·wide judiciary and thc committee
forth&lt; main~&lt;nan&lt;rof public order. Thea&lt; juctidal bod·
acs haft-the powu to instiNtc• the foDowins range of

sarictk&gt;ns:
(•) warning;
(b) nol&gt;liononr=rd;
(c) ratitution:
(d) Jog of privilep:E
(1) deniaJ ofuxofan automobile on campw
for a designated time;
(l:) mnoval from dormitory or othu
WINasiiJ'~

(:J) lou of such privilqcs as may be amsistcnl
with the oftcnae committed and thc rehabilitation of the ltucknL
(.) dUcipli&lt;wy probation with 0&lt; without Jog" cbignatcd privileges b a definite period o( time. The violation of the tmns of disc:iplirw'y probalioa or the infraction of any unr.asllf rui&lt; durins th&lt; period of dis·
ciplinrrr. probation mry b&lt; grounds lor swpcnsion oc
apulsioo from the unMniry;
(f) IUSp&lt;rllion from the u.u..m.,. 1or. defin;.. oc
indc.finile ~ ol time;
(g) ~ from th&lt; WIMrUI)':

. (lt) JU&lt;ilo&lt;hcr--llmoyb&lt;"Pf"'"&lt;dbrdt&lt;
llniwnil)"uri•••ala.
•

"Saltjoct•leol-oll&amp;o....-.---·

.-,v--.....-•..-.
ADMINISTRATIVE wmiDRAWAL
1 . A llud&lt;nt will b&lt; oubjca IAl imdunwy admistllln·
.... wilhdrowol from th&lt; UnMnity. 0&lt; from

u........,.

houslnt. ;r it ia d&lt;tmnincd. br c1oat and """""""c m-

dcnc&lt;.lhat lh&lt;llud&lt;ntla ouff&lt;rin&amp;from. poyddoaia1.

c.rnotional. or medial condition or dilordcr, and u a
...We
(•) -oclhma_IO_inbdlavio&lt;whid&gt;
- a dans« oi alliin&amp; pbysiallwm 10 o:lf oc othm,or
(b) _
.. tlualmo 10 ..... in bdlavio&lt; whid&gt;
would .... Jianifiant propertyrlamrJit. 0&lt; dir&lt;cdy and
subotantially impede th&lt; lawful actMbos oi otbcn.
z. Thea&lt; IW1danls do - ptt&gt;lude ,..,.,...) from th&lt;
Univenity, or tJMomity bousi..rJ&amp; in 'liCXOI'daruz with
provision~ oi th&lt; ..sidcnoe ball oocupancy _ . .
or other u.......,.rulr:s 0 &lt; - J.A~ oivlolatin&amp;U.......,.disciplin ·

ary ........... - b&lt; diwncd from dt&lt; ditciplinary
,....... and wilhdnwn in aa&gt;r&gt;n!ao« with lheoc .....
dania. ;r the lludtn~ as r ruuh c&lt; mental cliaonkr:
dt&lt; apacity., rapond 10 pmdina disci·
plintry cna..., or
(It) did - - th&lt; ....... 0&lt; WIOIIIfu1naa "the
a&gt;odua .. dt&lt; time: oi dt&lt; o6auc.
.... ,.. V"aa; Pmirlent it&lt; 5a&amp;dcnt AJ&amp;in 0&lt; ~
may alto mmocota 8chmor &amp;a1uatioo Coauninr.c.to
a&gt;naiatoi• "'""'"
a n d - 10.....: o( Coattrdinc Cenlcr

&lt;•l -

m&lt;-.. ..... _..

proforaionri&amp;Odl;-olS&lt;udmtHald&gt;Ccm.r,.,..
r..ionai&amp;Odl;- o f - Lifo probaiontl

lUff (if rrwdent ia donnitory raidcnt). I manbcr o{
AadatUc AdftaemcDt ~ llfll; manb&lt;r of
Public Saftty profutiooal .sta:ff, and any other
indivlrlutl(s)whomtheV"&amp;OtPmirlentbdio¥os..,.,.,..
ridr:Jianifiant input repnlina dt&lt;rrwdenl,.. lldltv·
ior E'lll:1.11tioa Committee will mttt to reYinr the
studmt'a aitullioo and runmmmd that:
(•) no action b&lt; lllltm.

{b) advixmmt of rrwdent -"""""' awilablc,
on campua or within the community. to raolw psychological, cmotiona1, 0&lt; malial dil6cullios.
(c) advixmmtofatudanoo....,wywithdnwal
from th&lt;
and/oc raidma: halls,
(d) m..lunwy admlnillniM wilhdnw.alprocao
be initiated.. S. The V.a President for Student At&amp;i.rs or

u.......,.

~moyrtfuarrwdentlortvoluarioniJral.inMr·

sity p&lt;JdUatrisl,~ocother tppn&gt;prialo hcrlth
are pro(eaional if the Vn President or daiptt reasonahlybdio¥os that
11ud&lt;ntmoyb&lt; IUf!ains from
a psycholop2l. anotional, or medical condition or disonler.and th&lt;rrwden(o bd&gt;avior -•c!ans«oi aUJingpbysiallwm 10 th&lt;ltudmtorothm.ausingpropmyclarnqe. or impeding th&lt; i&amp;wfulactivitiosof othm.
6. Sc.udcntJ rtfcrnd for evaluation in"aa:ordanct: with
this Part shall be 10 informed in writin&amp; cithet by personal ddi&gt;ay or by r:ortificd mail. and ohoJJ b&lt; giYm a
"""'o( lheoc wndrn!Jand proceilura. Th&lt;...Juation
mUll. be initiated within fMbusincsdayl from tbt dak
of the rderraJ letter, uhlcM an c.xtenUoo as granted by
the Vsa Prc:sidcnt oc- dcsisn« in writi.nJ.
7. Anypcndingdirciplinoryaction ...,.,. wilhhdd Wlbl
t:he.naluatioo il comp&amp;ncd.at the cUamoo of the V.a
Ptaiddltlor StudentAI&amp;iu.
a. Aaudcnt who &amp;ill to compkte the rvalua.tion in accordance with these andards and procedures may be
withdnwn on an interim basis,orrdc.trtd b-disciplinary action. or both.
9 . An intmm admi.nistra!M withdnwal may be i.mpkmc.nted immediatdy if a studmt fi.i1s to com~ an
evaluation, u provided by these standards and procrdurcs. Alto. an inltrim withdrawal may~ implemented
imrncd41dy ;r th&lt; V"&amp;Ot P!uidattlor Student Al&amp;in or
dcsign«d&lt;tmninesthottrrwdentlll!fb&lt;sufltrio&amp;from
a mental, poyddoaia1. cmotiona1, or malial coodi·
lion or dilordcr, and as a rault, the student's behavior
poses an inuninmt danp of:
(•) ausins J&lt;rious physicallwm 10 dt&lt; ltudmt or
othcn,or•
(It) ausing sisnffiant propr:ny r1amrJ1t. oc dir&lt;cdy
and subotanliallyfmpeding the J.wful activities of otbcn.
10, A ltudc.nttubjcct lOan iottrim withdrawal sball be
giYm writtm notiaoithewithdnwal cilherbypaoooal
ddi&gt;ayoc byr:ortificd mail. and shall b&lt; giYm a mpyoi
thcoe IW1danls and proadura. Tho rrwdent ohoJJ then
b&lt; giYm an oppottunily 10 appear personally l&gt;d'on th&lt;
Vn Praidatt for Studmt A1fain: or a desipee. upon
r&lt;qUCII. immcdiatdy .rt.r dt&lt; intaim wilhdnwal. in
orda" to rmrw me bllowins islua only.
th&lt; tdiabililfolth&lt;inlormatioo amcmting th&lt;
student's behavior;
(b) whether or not the ltlldmt's behavior poses a
danfer o( a.usio&amp; imminent. xrious physia1 harm 10
th&lt; rrwdent orothcn,ausingJiani(iant property dam·
age.ordir&lt;cdyand subotantially impeding th&lt; lawful ac·
tMties oi othen:
(c) Wbdbet or not the student has comp&amp;cttd an
evaluation. in acxorcianoc with tbac su.odards and procolura.
•
11 . A sfudcnt sub;«t to inurim witbdnwal m.ay be asQst&lt;d in th&lt;appcaranoo l&gt;d'onlbe
Ptaidmt it&lt; Student AJ&amp;in by a family manbtt, I licatxd poychologist
or pqchiatrill,a health care profcslional.or a rncmbc.r of

u..

&lt;•&gt;

v...

th&lt; campus a&gt;mmunily. The rrwdentmoy b&lt; ·
nicd by lcpl aJIIIlSd, allt&gt;ouF the role" counsel will be
limit&lt;d 10 pnMrling lcpladviae., the lllldmt.
12. An informal bcarin&amp; will b&lt; bclrl within 1M: bus;nca&lt;by&gt;tfkrdt&lt;rrwdentbUbomtvoluatalbyth&lt;rppropria~&lt; mental hctllh an: pror..ional. Th&lt; rrwdent
will mnain withdrawn on an interim buis pcndins
mmplction of th&lt; informal hcarina. but will b&lt; allow&lt;d

�tO enter upon tht campus to •tccnd tbt hcarin&amp;. or for
other nuaoary purpooa. u authorized in writing br

Voce Praidauliw Student AJWn or dcaipx&lt;.
1) . Srudcntloubjcct to . . imolunury wlthdrawallhall
b&lt; aca&gt;nlod an infomW hearing bdon tht v., J&gt;rai.
denr liw Student AlDin, or a desi&amp;n«· Tho following
guiddina will b&lt;~
(o) Studmu will b&lt; inionned of tht tim&lt;. elm. and
Joar;.. of tht infomW batin&amp;o in writinJ, ftthcr' br
paoonal ddi¥ery or certi6cd mail, at leu&lt; ,_ busineM
da)&gt;inad&gt;ancz.
(b) Th&lt;mW.cur fil&lt;, including an evaluorioo pn·
pam! pu....... t t o - - and pnocedum, and
tht names of p~ hearing putlcipants, will b&lt;
availal* for inspcc:tioa by the: R\Kknt i.n dw V"n Pta.ident for Student Af&amp;in office durin1 normal buRnt:sl
houl'l. Tht file. which ahoukl be nailabk •t lcut two
buRn&lt;sa daysbdo« tht infomW batin&amp;o noed not in·
dock tht paoonal and &lt;XJOiidauiolnottsof anyinsrltu·
tiona! ollicW or p&amp;rtic:ipant i.n die ewluation procr:a

·no!~~~~=:w~~

ply. Tho Voce Praidcnt for Student Af&amp;in oc: daigrre&lt;
shall tJia'Cile actiw control ow:r the prooecdinp to IY'Oid
needleu &lt;X&gt;n~U~nption o( time and to adUcvoe the orderly
completion oftht hearing.Anypaaon wbodisrupu tht

hearing may b&lt; aduded.
(oi) Th&lt;atuclentmay-tob&lt;-bra!un·

ily mcmb«and alicmood paydlolopt or poyt!Uatriot. a
h&lt;alth '""' pro6osoional. or bra member of the campus
a&gt;mmuruty. Tho atuclent may b&lt; aaompan;.d br lcpl
&lt;OUNC!. altbou&amp;f&gt; the role of rowud will b&lt; limit&lt;d to
providina ~cp~..ma: to the atudenl '

&lt;•&gt;

'""*"""'""

the atudentcxrq&gt;t forlcpl a&gt;Ull·

o&lt;l. will b&lt; gj'm&gt; r&lt;aiODable tim&lt; to . . &lt;dnant Qu&lt;$tioru of ury individ.UIJ. -wcarin1•t tht informal hearing. u wdlu to presmt rdcvant f'ridmce.
(f) TheinfomW~mayb&lt;&lt;XJOdurudintheal&gt;­

scnad •ltUdcnt wbo &amp;.ils 10 tppear afber proper noci«..
(I) Tho halth '""' pro{&lt;aiooal who pnpaml the
rYlliWition pursuant 10 thrte stancbrds md procedures
m.~y b&lt; cxpcaed to appcu at tht infomW batin&amp;o and
to respond 10 l"dewnt question&amp;. upon I'Uiucst of my
party, cxrq&gt;t tu..lcpl &lt;OUNC!.

(h) Tho Voce Praidcnt &amp;&gt;&lt;Student Af&amp;inor d&lt;sig·
the informa] hearin1 and to present mdmc:t in auppon of
any wit.hcinwal Z'm)mmmd.tion, if the V"aa ~t
or design«" dtterminc:s that such participation is es.smtialtO tht ~ution of tht cue.
(I) The informal h&lt;aringlhall b&lt; tip&lt; r=nW by
tht Vn Pruident for Student Affairs or ~· ~
tapc{s) shall bt kept with tht pertinent cur fik for as
long u the:~ fik is maintained by the irutitotion.
(J) A written decis.ion shall be rmckrtd by the Vu:e
President for SrudcntAff.Ursor designee within fi¥t business cbys after the completion of the informal hearing.
The written ckdsion, which wilfbe mailed ccrt.i.6ed or
prnonally dd~ to the studmt, 5houkf contain a
nte may pmnit u.niw:nityofficials.to •ppcar at

stattment of reasons for any dettrmination leadin1 to
involuntary withdn.wal. The student shouJd abo be ad ·
vUed u to whm a petition for rrinstatemmt \llo'Ould be
consideml,alongwithanya:mditionsforrrinsutcmc:nl.
(k) The dttision of the Vu:r President for Studmt
Affairs or designee shall be final and rondusiw: and not
subject to appeal. 14. ~nablt deviations from the.w
proctdurcs will noc invalicbtt 1 d«Won or proceeding
wdess Jignifiant pttjudict to 11tudcnt may resuiL

ARTICLE 4: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, ALCOHOUC BEVtRAGE CONTROL lAW
All provisioru of the New York State Alcoholic Bevmtgr
Control Llw and all rulesoftht Statt Liquor Authori1y
apply to the Sw.c: UniYO"Sity of New York a.t Buffalo. Spct cWittmtionshoWdbeJWdtothcfoUowingrqulations:
1. "Any person who mis.rtpre5ertts the age of a person
under the age of twenty-one: yean for the pul'pOSI= of
inducing the sale of a.ny akoholic bevmtge, as ddin«&lt;
in the ak:oholic: beYcragt rootrollaw. to such penon. is
guilty of an otrenx and u pon conviction ~(shall
be puniihcd by • fine of noc morr than S200. or by irn·
prisonment for ooc mort than fiw: days or by both such
fine and imprisonmmL• (Alcoholic Bevttagr Control
Law, Section 65-1)
2. "Anypmon undtt theageoftwmty-om yean who
pr~u or offm to lll1Y licc:nJCC under lhe alcoholic
bcYcrasr: control law, or to the asmt or em~ of such
1 licauce, any written rndma: of • wtuch is false,
fnudu&amp;c:nt or not actually his or her·own. for the pur·
pose: of purchasing or 1ttcmpting to purch.ax any alroholic ~ may b&lt; amat&lt;d 01' ownmoncd and bo:
camincd by a magistnl&lt; bovingjuriadiction on o dw&amp;&lt;
ofilkpllypun:buingor ananp&lt;ina to ill&lt;plly purdw&lt;
any alcoholic beYetqe. If I determination is made SW·
ta.ining such chargr the court or magistrate Jball rdea.sr
such pmon on probation for a period of not o:c.ccding
one year, and mq in addition impo~e • fine not ac:ced·
ing one hundred dollars.• (Alcoholic ~Control
Law, Section 6S-b}
J . "Exoepc. as htteinafkr providfti. no pmon under 1M
ase of twenty-one years lhall poaess any alcoholic bev·
crage, u defined in this chaptcr, with the intent to consume such ~A pmon u.tm" the IF of twmty·
one yean may possess any alcoholic bnuage with in·
tent to consume if w·alcoholic~ is g.ivm:
(a) to 1 person who is a student in a curricuJum
licenKd or registered by the Sta t ~ Educ1tion Depart·
mcnt and the st ud~nt is required to tute or imbibe
alcoholic bevenges in courses which are ~rt of the
required curriculum, provided such aJcoholic bevttqes are UIC'd only for instructionaJ purposes during
dass amducted pursuant to such curricuJum; or
(b) to the penon under twenty-one years of age by
that person's parent or guardian." (Alcoholic Bcvn-age
Control Law, Section 6S-c., subdivisioru I and 2)
4 . " Wh~nl'Vtr a pe-ace office.r as defined in su bdivi-

aion thirty-thrM of JKI:ion 1.20 of the crimioaJ pro·
cedurc law or police officer u Mined in tubdivWon
thiny-four of J«tion 1.20 of the criminaJ procedurt
law ihaJJ obJ.ervt: 1 pn-$0n under the
of twenty·
one ynn of •It openly in poueuion of •n alcoholic
bnenae u do;fined in this dlapttt with the intent to
c:ontume such ~. in violatkm of this JCCtion.
uid officer may srizr the bevel'• •and lha.ll deliver it
to the custody of his ot htt dcparunenL (Alcoholic
8cYt:rqt Control Law, Su:tion 65-c,subdivisioo 5)
S. •No pcnon licmood rosdl almholic ~shall
JUfRr or permit any pmblin1on the liarued premisa.
or sufkror permit .web premises to become disordm.y.
The UJe of the litensed prmliscs. or any part theuof,
for tht We of lottery tic:keu, playing ofbinao or games
of chance, ora• simulcut &amp;cilityorsimulc:ut theater
pursuant to the ruing. par•· mutual wagttins and
breeding law, when duly authorized and lawfully conducted thereon, shall DOt mnstitutr pmbJins within
the meanin1 of this subdivisiQn: (Aicuholic ~
Control Law, Section 106, subdivision 6)

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AIIT1CU S: DRUG FREE SCHOOU &amp; COMMUNmESACT
In cnnjunction with the Drug Frtt Schook and Communities Jv:t Ammd.mc:nu of 19891 the: Uni¥m.ity a1
Bu1&amp;lo and the: Student Health System aK O)mmiued
10 dear and CDDC:ilc poticieJ on substanoe abwc and a
stron&amp;J"'Ol'UDof~U&lt;atmcntrchabilitation.

and ....uy. Srudcntl tbould b&lt; awan: of the following
information:
• Srudcnt rulca and .qubtions pro!Ul&gt;;t the unlaw·
ful pooocuion, uoc. or distributioo of illicit dru@il
and alcohol on campus proptrties or u put of ill
aaivitics. All pnMsiom of Star. Aia&gt;holic il&lt;Y«... Control t - and all rulca of tht Star.liqoor
Authority appjr.on campw. No penon undo:rc the

•

oftwarty'f&gt;ne can poua1 any aia&gt;l&gt;oJic bev-

er-.: with the intent to consume. Statr and Fed-

eral drug and -

brws' arr: aho mforc&lt;d

00

campua.

• Aia&gt;holic ~ may b&lt; ll&lt;n&lt;d on campus br
- a n d orpnizations prov;dcd the~
aK not told and that such servKe is authorimi by
the campus Akohol Review Board For inf"omution, contact Studmt Af&amp;in: (MS-2982).

• Aia&gt;hol and other IIUbotanr:&lt; abw&lt; couruding. n:habtli~tion, md runtry prosra.ms ~offered in
the community. free, confidential inf"onmtion and
I.S5eW11Cfltl

are availabk a.t lhe Student Health

Cenltr in Michael HaJJ by calling the Student
Haith 1o1:&lt;xs Lin&lt;: Car-'-2789) to.. an appointmcnL
Rdernls will be madt to community t~tmmt

P'f'OV'ImJ if indicated. The Student Counseling
Center offers • number of programs and activities
designed to assist students. In addition, chapters
of Akoholics Anonymous and Mu.lt O.ildrm of
Alc.ohOOa rnefl rqu1arly on campus. Emplo)tt:S
arr ~ by an Emplo}ft ~istanu Progn~m
{829-2 155 or64S-3166}.
• Th~ Unim-sity will impose appropriate disciplin·
ary unctions on st:udenu and employtts. Student
conduct violations are consideml by the StudentWide Judiciary or the Commit Itt for the Mainttnancr of Public Order. Sanctions may ran~ from
warnings to expulsion for violatk&gt;n of uniV'I:I'Sily

....c~an~s.

• Weal, uate, and federal Laws for the unlawful pos·
session or distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol
are enfon::td on campus. Thest include the Statt
~nal Code provisions on the posxssion and salt
of controlled substances and fedual con1roJIW
substance possasion and trafficking gnction).
Violatioru of state laws can result in fines and up
to life in prison. Federal sanctioru are similar.
• Thto u.st211d oYttdost of illicit drugs and alcohol
an kad 10 physial and J")'Chooogiaa d&lt;ptnd&lt;n«.
behavioral chanp. phya:ical •nd psychological
damage. and po$511* death. Even low doses may
significantly impair judgement and coordination.
A complete copy of the Drug Free Schools and
Communities Act s~tement is available for student
review. Direct inquiries to: Student Health Center, 215
Michul HaJI, 829-1316.

ARTlCLE 6: Sl\JDENT ORGANIZATIONS
RECOGNT110N AND REGISTIIATION OF STUDENT
ORGANIZATIONS
Studenll inttrested in establishing an organization on
campus should initially iNjulr&lt;abour =&gt;snitioo rluough
an appropriate student gowmmenL Application fonru
and the aitml. b- mDgRition aft a\'1ilab&amp;e at studmt
offia:s. Studmt orpnizations not afliliat~
with an appropriatestudmtaovemmcnt may request rqistration through the Offic:r of Studmt Unions and Ac·
tivitics. Rqistration will be pntcd 10 orpniz:ations af.
filiattd with the unM:nityand agrtting to abide by Olltl·
""' rules, r.gubtions, standanh. and policies. For ga&gt;&lt;rol
infonna.Uon about student orpnizatioru and tM rrros·
nition/rqistration process. contact the OffKr of Student
Unions and Activities, 150 Student Union. For information on the recognition proa::a for JOCiaJ fraternal orp·
niz:atiotu, contact the Univnsity 1.Wson for Grt'Cks. 150
Student Union.~Ua)gnitioo and rqistr.~tion policies and
prooedun:s will b&lt; cbdop&lt;d and impl&lt;mcnl&lt;d by tht
OffioeofStudmt Unions and Activities.

sow:mment

CONDITI9NS FOR REGISTRATION OF ALL
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
A. When functioning on campus. all registered studnn organizations will be hdd rc:sponsibk by the Um·
versityforabKiing by fcdttal.su.te.and kxalla~ as ~u
as all University regulations. 1lK' UniYen.ity will not become in\'Oiwd in the off-campus conduct of rq.istcrN
student orpniuttons except when such conduct is de·
ln'mined to haw a substantially adYe:rse: dfrct on lht
University or upon individual mnnbcn of the Uni~r·
sity community.

\

B. Alty Df'J""Wuion witlt ra;tric:tiw m.mt.btrMip
.wa;.,;...,.,on dv iHuU ofrau. m;ron.
~(crupt .. cumpr.dl&gt;yFo.J6.1~). 41MhU·
~..Oido

iry. ap, trftll, NllrioMI Orifin. orwtmtn ltilnu will not
oblllin or mainfltin. ~tyrtfillrtltion.
C. Only currently registered students shall bt disibk
for act1vt mnnbr:ntup mtw in student orpnlz.atioru..
Students may not be on A.c:admlK Probauorr
• to be a c:ancHdate for d«ted offi«
• to 5n'V't' man appointed offiu
a to senT throughout onc'idec:kd ur appmntcd lft1ll
~iztditegislertd student orga.mzauocu and govnn
menli may establish additional requuernents for offict
or rnembenhip.
D. 11v porpcx.e or putp06CS of a student orpmzaoon
must not oontlict with thr educational f\mc:uons01 CSQb..
li!hed policies of tht lhtMnity. It is incumbrnt upon any
penon prew:ntins ob;eaions to thr a.pplialiOO for ~ ­
tmion or continuana of an orpntzation to danonstn~lC'
heM and in what rmnner the rqisttation or oontinuana
di thot orpnizatioo would aJn4;a .nth the o:ducaoonal
functions 01' atabli.n.d poticio:&lt; of the IJMomity.
E. Student orpnintions will not br: ~r.~nt~ recognition or rqistntion status if the rrcognitionlrqistra·
tion unit determines that iu pi'OJI'C*'d purpoKS or func ·
tions duplKatt those of an aisting atudent organiu·
tion. Student organizations will not be permitted to rr·
ta:in rccopition/regiltration stat\15 if they do not fulfill
their stated purposea and/or functions or violate am·
pus rules, .qubtions, otandards, and poJici&lt;s.
F. ~ student orga.niJ:alions may not engagt
in haz:ing activities. Huing is defined as any action or
situation that rcckleaty or intentionally c:ndan~ tht
mental or physical hraJth or ufrty of a student or that
willfully destroys or removes public or private property
forthepurpoteofiniti.ationoradmission into or affih·
ation with. or u • condition for continued mcmbenhip
in, any rq.istered student orpniution. H.az.ing includes,
but is not limited to, any brutality of • phya:ic:al natu~.
such ill whippins. beating. branding. forced c:alisthenics,aposuretothcdcmcnts.foradronsumptionofany
food. liquor, drug. or other substanct. or any other forced
physial activity thar a&gt;Uid ~Y aft'«t the physial
health and safety of the individual, and shall indude any
activity thAt would subject the individual to n:t~me
mental stres5, such as sleep deprivation, forced adusion from social contact. forced conduct that could ~
suit in e:nmne embarrassment. or 1ny other forced ac·
tivity that could advnsdy affect the mental health ot
diJnity of the individual, or any willful destruction or
mnovaJ of pubhc or privak property. Arty activny n
described in this ddinitton upon which the imt~tion or
admission into or affil~tion ..,_,;th or continued mem
bnship in a rcgistttcd student organizouion li dirKtly
or indirectly conditioned shall br: p resumed to be
"forced"" aaivity. tht willingness of an individual to p;uticipatt in such activity notwithstanding. Any rega~tered
s-1udent org;aniuuon that commns- hazmK IS suhJ«t to
disctptinary action.
RELATION OF THI: UN IVERS ill' TO STUDHtl

ORGANIZATIONS
Rqistr.~tion of stuckm orga.nwttoru st\4111 n01 bt con strued as agrMment, suppon, or approval by tht Um
\Trsny, but o nly as recognitaon of~ right~ of tht org.a
nazoation to exist a1 tht UniV'trsny, s-ubject to the cundt
tions mumerat~ herein.
RJGHTS OF STUDENT OR(.;ANIZATIONS
A. Rqistertd student org;mi:zauoru may we the name
of tht Univnsity tn thetr offictal title~ to tndtcatt lu..it
tion, not endorsement (see Artade 6, Section VIII ).
B. Registered student organuataons may Wt" Um\Tr
sity facili ties subJ«t to the duly t"Stabhshed wnuen ruin
gow:mmg §uch ust.
C. Rq.isttted studaat organiz.ataons may petitiOn for
tht we of mandatory stucknt activity fees subft.'\., to Una
vrrsity rqulattons.student o rgamulton rrgula1aons and
stucknt go~rnmen1 manuals.

PAJrT II · ADMIHIST11AT1Vl
R£GULAT10NS
ARTICLE 7: AOM INISTliATIVE REGUlATIONS
1. VIOLATION OF LAW AND UNIVERSin' DISCIPUNE
(a) University cfucipHnary proct'tdinp ma)· bt in·
stituttd against a studmt chargN with violatio n of a law
which is abo a violation of this Stu&lt;kn1 Code, fo r ex·
ample. if .b oth violations result from the samt factual
situation, without regard to the pmdtncy of civillitigoa·
lion in court or criminal arrC51. and proxcutton. Proettdings under this Student Code may be earned out
prior to.sirnulWleOUSiywith.. or following civil o r crimi ·
nal pi"OO!ftlings off-campus..
(b) Whaa a student is charged by fl!drral , state or
local authorities with a violation of law, the Umversaty
will not request or agl"ft to .sp«ia1 considention for t~t
indivW:Iual beau.se of his or her status as a student. If tht
alleged offe:n.se is also the subject of a procetding bdort
a judicial body under the Student Code, hownn, the
University may advise- off-cunpw authoritks of the a ·
Wma of tht Student Code and of how such matten
will be handkd intcrnally within the Univrrs.ity com ·
munity. Tht Uniwnity will roopera~ full y with law en ·
forarntnt and other agencies in the enforcement of
criminal law on campus and in the conditioru ampostd
by crim inaJ couru for the re-habilitation of studml vio·
La1ors. Individual stucknLS. faculty and staff mnnbers,
acting in thcir personal capacities., remain frtt to inler·
act with governmental rq&gt;resentati\-es as they dttm ap·
propriate.
2. FAMILY EDUCAllONAL RJGHTS AND PRIVACY

ACT (FERPAl
A. 1lK' St.att University of New York al Bulb.lo cum·
pia fully with tht FomilyEducuional l!iW&gt;Uand Pmacy
Aa o/1974 in itsuutmentof srudmt educational ranrds.
This Act was intended to prottrt 1M privacy of educational JM.)rds..to establish Wright of students to inSJlt\:t

andi&lt;Yitwthcireducabonalr=nlo.and .. pn,.;d&lt;pDd&lt;-

lina b the O)f"TeCtion or ddcdon of inac:cu.nlt or- m•

i&lt;odini c1au rJu-ouP mfonNI and fonNI hcarinp.
This inlritution's policystaaernmt fot the Famity Educational Risflu and Privacy AD. of 1974 apWru: in
tail tM proa:durcs 10 be followed by the imtirution for
compHanct with the promions of the Act. A copyol tlw
policy is availablt in the Offia of the V~er Pruidmt for
Studmr Allaus. Room 542 Copen Hall. Nonh Compw.
Ra7Drds wtUc:h an maintained t,. the Uruwnity and the
offirr in whach they arr housed: is a follows:
ADMISSIONS· Offaceof Admissions
CUMULATIVE ACADEMIC - .Rcwrds &amp; RqutratJOn
HEALTH · Centn" for Studmt Health
FINANCIAL · Student Accounu
PLACEMENT · U.rrcr Pla.nnmgtPUcenlc:n1
[)ISCIPUNARY · Dean of Students

ae.

B. FERPA

•

The- Family EducabOnal. Rights and Pnvacy Act (FERPA}
affords-studentsc:rrtaul nlhts with respect totheiredu ·
catJOn records. They are:
1 . The right to atup«t and revirw the
student's eduation ra:ords within 4S d.lys of
thr day the Univnsity f"C'Cef"V'I:S a request for
access. St~nu should submit to the registrar,
cka.n. head of the academic dqJaftment, or'
o the:r appropriate officia.l, written requau that
adnuify the recon:l(s) they wish 10 insp«t. Tht
university official will mak.e arrutsrmc:nu for
acau and notify tM student of the time and
piau whn-r the rrmrds may be insp«ted.. If
the records arr not maintained by the
Univusity official to whom the request was
submittrd, that official shall advise the Jtucknt
of the corrn:t official to whom the request
should be addrcsKd
2. The right to requat the amendment of the
student's education records that the student
bd~ arr inaccuratt or misleading.
Studmu may ask the Uniwnlty to amend
a record that they bdn is inaccurate or
miskading. They shoukl writr the UnrYttS~ty
official responsibk for the ra:ord. dearly
1dentify the put of the remrd they want
· chansed. and specify why it l5 inaccur:ue o r
misleading.
If the Unavrrsity deades not w amend the
record as requested by tht student. the
Un i~mty will notify the stude-nt of the
d«uaon and adviK the student of h as o r her
right to a heanng rqarding the request for
amendment. AddittOnaJ informauon reprdang
the hearmg procedures will be provided to the
student when notified of the right to a heanng
J . The right to consm11o disdosura of
penonally identif.able anforma1ton contaaned
an the student's education reaJrds, o.cq&gt;1to
tht extef\1 that FERPA aulhonzo: dudusure
wathout conKnL
Ont acepuon whteh pe-rmau duoclosu~
wnhout con§eflt u di5dosu~ to Khool offic~b
wnh lqtllmate educational interest$. A school
officu.l u a penon emplo~ by the Unavrnat)
man adman~St ra ttve. su~rvisory, academK or
rtsc:u ch. or suppon staff posuion (and udan ~
Ia"'· enforcemtnt unit ~rsonrt'l'l and health
staff ): a1~rson or company with whom the
Umvenny has contr.~cted (such as an anorne) .
audator, or colltcuon agmt ); a person sc.-:rvmg
on 1he Bo.Jrd of Trusters; or a studtnt KTVtn~
on an offia~l com matter, such as dt~1phnao
or gntvance commllt~. or assastmg another
school officaalan performang ht~ or h~r ta.Jolu
A school offacta.l ~a legntmatr
Wucauonal interest if tht offiaal needs to
n•vtew an edu01tion r«&lt;rd m o rder 10 fulfill hb
or htr professional responsibihty. Upon ~u~t .
lhe Univnsny discloses Wuauon r~rch
wathout consent to officials of anot.he:r school m
whach a studrm smts or mtends to enroll
4. The right to file a complaint with tk U.S.
Depanmmt of Education conc.enung allegW
failures by State University to compty wtth the
requaremenu of FERPA.
The nalll(" and addrtSI of the Office that admimsten

FERPAare:
Family l'oli&lt;y O&gt;mplianu ollia
U.S. tkpartmc:nt of Education
600 Indepmdencr Avmue. SW
Wuhington. DC 20202-4605
C. Direnory Information Upon request. the Unavnsity will rdeasr the foUowing dim:tory tnformatK&gt;n: the
studem's name, cur~nt addreu. tdephone number,
maJOr fidd of Rudy, cbtes of attendana, drgru:s. and
awards. Tht University will re:lea..se tht abovr mforma·
tion only if the studenl indicates on hu or her latest stu·
dent data form, under the appropriate item , that ht or
shr W"i..sho to bt listed in the student dim:tory. lOt studem may at any ttmt rescind hts or her pem1lS!&gt;ton for
therdel.scof dlJU"torytnformauon bynoufymg.an wnt ing. the Office of Records and Rtgt.Str.lltaon
J. FREEDOM OF INFORJ.tATION lAW
Tht Uni\oei""Sity compiJeS fully with 1he Ntw York ~tout
~ Frredom of Info rmation Law" (Arudr VI. Puhhc ()f.
fieft"S Law. asam~ective January I, 1978), whach
was cnactn:i toa..uu.re pubhc accountability of stale agen
oo whik prot«tmg mdiVJduab agatrut unwarnnted
inva.stons o f personal pnvacy. Rn.un:b are made avail
able through the 01mpw Records Acet'S!i OfflCCT ~r
sons serking access to ~rch n.amtamW bv the Um
versity are advised to con~Kt

Re&lt;onls """" Of!ia,r
MadUon l. 8oyu
Offia: di Judicial Affain
40S Copen Hall
64.5-615-4.

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-----•"t:J!I Stadeat Coaulact Rill.., UaiYenlty st-danls _ . ~ .........._ - - - - -

To appeal a wnpw cScnW of aa:ca, ptnOnS may oontact
M&lt;. Martin Rad
Uniwnity Relations
Statt Unmnity of New York
State Uniwniry Piau
Albany, NY 122-46
4 . CHANGE OF ADDRESS
Each student il required to krq&gt; tht Office o( R.tc.ord5
and Rqastr~tion informed o( his or her offic:ia1 pnma·
n~nt mailing addraa as wdl u their Buffalo arr:a ad·
dreM. Failure! to adhttr to this rcquiremmt iJ a violation
tnabk before t~ Studcnt-WKit Judkiuy. In addition,
when charges •~ brought againlt any student, the judioar ~a shall \UC' tht: addres~ Listed in the Off.a of R.tcon:b
and Registralion for SotrViu of procaa. Srrvia of proens for disctplmary purpmes shall be deemed compkk
whm OOIIU is mailed 10 l Student II the addrr:u fur·
m.shcd to tht Offic.r of Rtoords and Rrgistration.
S. IDENTIFICATION CARD
Tt\C' J'udent ic:kntificuion oud (tht UB Cud) will be
w ued 10 a .stuckm atthttamt of h~or ha 6mxmester
uf cnrollmrnt. llus is a ptrmanmt 4-ynr ID a.rd that
will Krvc tht stuMnt as Long u ht or sht ., a rqisttted
.studC'nl at tht University.
The Jl) card 2rw:s a:s officaal ldmtification as a Stau
Umvcnity ofN~ York at Buffalo student and entitles the
owner 10 a wtdr· r.tngt' of KTVia:s including laxvy privilcgo.admw*on to home athleticrw:nls.and campus cuJ.
tural ~IS. ~rtiapation in studmt·sporuorul activities.
votmg 1n student dectioru. aca:ss to student buildinp for
wtuch UK student IS authoriud aca::ss. and can abo br
w;aJ aJ&gt; your dintng ~e and drdining brilancc Gard. a
c.&amp;mpUl C25h card, an MCI Calling Card, a Citibank Debit
Lard , and u a vending machiM dd&gt;it card
Ill can:h arr non - transfe~blc. Cards that arr Word il lrgally wtlllw confucatrd and turntd over to the SUNY
Lard O fflcr on campus. Sintt the" cards also carry a varirtv of fi nanoaJ ~rvkc:s. thdt of a card or mi»-~ of a
card can lead to charges in tM Studt:nt-Widt Judiciary
and tn ovtl court. Studmts accused oficnding ards and
wmg ano ther's card wilJ br brought bdo~ thr Stu&lt;knt·
Widr ludtciary and chargrd with violations of appropnatr SC'Clions of the Stucknt RuJo and Regulations. As
the o fficial Kirntific.a.tion of student status. the 10 card
should br carrird at alltimo. Upon request by a Uni~r ·
51t y offietal, studcnu art requirrd to presmt thrir Univr~ny ID card. In the casr of !OM of the card, a student
should obtain a ntw card by contacting the UB Card
offiu locatrd in Room 130 of thr S~t Union on the
North Campus, Jnd m Room I 0 I o f Ha.rrinun Ha.ll on
tht ~u th Campw. A SIO.OO chatgc" is madr fo r tq)litt·
mc.nt of the card
6. STU DENT REPRF.SENTATIVE TO THE COUNCIL
FJ«tton rulo and rqulations. pursuant to St.atr Educauon l3w, shall be provided to the Vitt President for Stu drnt Affairs no later than February I of eacb ynr. Thesr
rulo and rrgulations must lw mutually agrttd upon by
thr vanow srudrnt governmrnls and will Kn"r a1 Uwgutdt' for elcccing tht' sucettding years rrpresmtatiw.

7. ABSENCE DUE TO REUGIOUS BWEFS
1 . No penon shall br r~:pdlrd from or refusrd
admission to an institution of higher
rducation for the rcason that hr o r she U
unable, dur to religious bdi~fs.to attend
clowrs or participate in any rumination ,
study, or work requirements on a particular
day o r days.
2 . Any studt:nt in an institution of highc'r
rducation who is unable to attend cb.sses on a
particular day or days dur to n.ligious belids
shaD br riCUSfti from any examination, stui!y.
o r work requirements.
J . It shall br thr responsibility of thr faculty
and adm in ist~ tivr officials of nch institution
of higher rducation to make availablr to each
student an ~uivalent opportunity to make up
any oamination, study, or work requirements
which ht' or sh~ may haw missrd bra.USot' of
absrntt on any particular day or days dO&lt; to
religious brlirh. Tht institution shall makr
available. to the student an rquivaltnt
o pportunity 10 rtgistrr for dassa and to
complttt' the work rr:quirrd without charging
thr studtnt a ftt of any kind.
4 . If classes. o:aminations. study. o r work
n-qu ircmenu a r~ held on Friday after 4:00
p.m., or anytime on Saturday, similar ot make
up dii.S$CS,.tuminations. study, or work
rrquirtmenu shall be made available on other
days wht'new:r it is possibl~ and practicablt to
do so. No special fteS shall br charged to th~
studrnt for thest make up classes. o:aminau o ns, study, or work rcquiremenu..
S . I~ eff«tuating the provisions of this S«~ion.
it shall br thr duty of thr facuhy and adminis·
Irati~ officials of rach institution of higher
rducation to o:m:isc the fulkst mrasurr of
good faith. Studmu shall not apcrinltt any
fdvnst or prejudicial effects dO&lt; to thr
utilization of the provisions of this section.
6 . If any faculty or administ~tiw: official f.tih
to comply in good faith with the provisions of
this section, the aggrievrd studt'nt is rntitlrd to
maintain an action or proceeding in th~
Supreme Court of Erir County for the
rnforcement of h is or htr righu undrr Nrw
York Stair Education Law, Stction 224-a.
8 . £1'..'VIRONMENTAL HEALTI-1 AND SAfEll'
Hra.lth rdatcd aspccu of thr environment and maum
o f personal and general safety af't' the function of the
Offict' of Environmrntal Health and Saft't)'.
1. Assistantt is offerrd and concrrn is
ar.rcLKd in tht areas of. n~dlation safety,
laboratory biohazard.&amp;. occupational htalth and
safety, academic programs, o:tracurrirular
activities, housing, tirt drills. food $t'T'Vi«

sanitation, ti~ prot«tion, ~ Afrty, insect
control, ,.ccidmt invatiption, ant'f'JCDCY
pnctica trainins ~public assmtblics
and student URmblies.
2. Environmcntalflealtb and Safety rules.
Rules and RtJulatiom art not ~ ln a
single doc:umult. but consist o f. polkics and
proccdu.ra promulpud. by the Environmental
Hn.lth and s.fety Comminer. nda adopted
by the Statr University It BufWo; laws of
Fedcnl. Scatr, and GoYtmmnttaiiUbdivisions; and stand.arck publdhed by
professional and tfihn»cal sodetics which
rrprrsrnt a consensus of nattonwide, and often
world-wide, opinion . No ptnons shall
intentionally rdusr to obsetvt health and
safety procedura or regulations established for
the prot«tion of pm.ons or property.
) . Information. AcMa and assist:ana on
mattrn of mvironmcntaJ bealth and safety is
available to all studmts &amp;om the Oflicc of
Environmental Health and Safety, 302 Mkhad

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9 . USE OF UN!YERSI1Y NAMES lk SYMBOLS
~ogniud n udnn organizatioN may usr Univrrsity
names and symbols in connection with their programs
and activities but the~ must br in •JOOCI tasU': Utt of
names and symbols on mrrdwxfisr or products is pro-hibikd, arcpt by arrangement with tbt coordlnator of
Off"' of Trademarks and Li=sin&amp;10. BUILDING HOURS
All unMnity academic or raearch buildinp siWl br
d«mrd dosed at 11:30 p.m. unless Olhctwilt posted.
Facu1ty and staff who remain in these £acilitlcs after c:lo5ing hours m~ show proper idcnti6c:ation to Public
Safety officers or arta su~ when requested. Students who remain in tilde radlities after doling hours
mwt ha~ writtm authorization from the appropriatr
uni~itr offKial and mwt providr it upon thr rrq~
of a PubUc Safety oflica or an area supavisot.
AU adminlstratiw buildlnp shall br dmncd cbcd
at thc md ol normal business houn of the .dministn·
tivcofficalocatrd in tho5cfadlitics.Allothrrbuildings.

o:apt rc:sidmoe halb:. shall be d«mcd dosed at 11 ;30
p.m. unkss otherwise posted, or one-half hour aftrr thc
completion of an authoriz.rd unifti'Sity nocnt, the dosing of a libn.ry, or the dosing of 1 food servicr opera·
tion in that buiklin&amp;- Ptnoru who remain in thew fa .
cilitirs after the do5ing houn must baw authorintion
and must bt' able to drmonstratr such authorization to
a Publk Safety offittr o r an ana sJpcrvisor when rc-qU&lt;Slm
Anyone remaining in any univm:ity facility a.fkr the
dosing hour without proper authorization wiU br esconrd out of thr building and may br subj«t 10 arrm.
All rcsidmce halls are locked and only authorized Univn-sityprnonnrl. rnidrnts and thrir guesuartpennit·
rtdtomrn-.

11 . RESERVATION OF UNIVERSITY SPACE AND
GROUNDS
Thr snm rrcosnittd student organizations, thr aca·
dtmic departmmts, affiJiatrd orpnlzations and thr ad·
ministrative uniuof thr State Un.ivenityofNcwYork at
Buffalo may raervt grounds or nondepartmental spatt
foratracurricularactivities.
A.cademic dasw:s shaU be schrdulrd first in Un.iYmity
nondepartmental spa.cr.and intt:rcollcgjatr and intn.mu·
raltthktic:C'VCltsshall~priorityusc:ofath&amp;ctic:spac:r:

and pbying fidds. Othrr nonacademic rdatrd activities
will b&lt; scheduled on the basis of spoa avail&amp;bility.
R.rxrvation fOrms are availabJc from the hcilities Coordinator. Adn.ntt notKr of at lrast tm ( 10) working
days is required in writing for aU reservations. Furthrr
informatio n can br obtaintd from the Facilitlc:s Coordi·
nator, Oflic:c of Confermces and ~ Evmts. Spaa
under jurisdktion ofRoidcncr: Halls is rt:Ser"Ytd lhrough
thr Ra.idcnct Ufr Officr.
Rcsickna Hall spa.c~ is~ dim:tly through the
Offia of RaKI&lt;na Life. Only ""'!''iud =idencr hall
groups arc eligible: to~ such spac:t.

ARTICLE 8 :
REGULATIONS

PARK ING

AND

TRAFFIC

1 . V~hklr Rtgistration. All faculty, staff and students
an: required 10 rcgist.tr motor vehicles annually with the
Parlcing Officto on the North Campus. All faculry, staff
and ~udenu ohall b&lt; bound by the pos&lt;ed and published
traffic regulations.
2. A copy o f the compktt State Univusity of New York
at Buf&amp;lo Vehicle lqulatioru may br obtained from the
lkpartmmt of Public Safety, Bisldl Hall, North Cam·
pw o r Officr of Campw Parking and nansporution
Services. [);cfendor( Annex, South Campw or Fllicou
Com pia, Spaulding Quad., North Campus.
) . Permits. All fitculty,staffandstudmtswill b(,issurd a
Vt'hic:lc Registration Permit upon the compktion of whick rqistntion llhd the paymtnt of thr required ftt(s).
Thr Vehicle Rcgi.stntion Permit must br affixN from
th~ rr:arvkw mirror. It will be thr responsibiliry of thr
motorist to kcorp thr pnmit visibk. O thn permits a~ 10
1M affiird or displaym in accordancr with the printrd
instructK&gt;ns issutd with the permit.
4 . Handicapped Parking Fumits (pernunrnt ). Tht' Um·
vrrsity m:ogniusonlystate or mWlkipality bsuc.d handi·
capped parking permits as valid for ~ in dcsignato:t
handicapped parking areas on campus. Sntdents with ptr·
manent handicapping conditions shouJd srru~ municipal pc:rmiu from their hotnt' area Polk:c Drpartmmt or
from the New York Stn~ Drput:ment of Motor Vehidrs.
S. HandK&gt;apped Pukmg Fmniu (Temporuy). Sn&gt;de&lt;ns
who need speciol porlcing oonsX!ention due 10 • &lt;emporary handic:appins mndition must appty for sprcial pc:r·
mdoion from the Offia: o! Disability lMn8fl.ean\ing Ser·
"'=- 2&gt; c.pen Hill, North Campus. A medKal cmifia.
tion of disability must accompany the application. _

6. Parking Poocy.A»&lt;omabile parl&lt;ing on the camp~

ooruidend 10 be • privilqpe pnt&lt;d by d)e lJnho&lt;ndy.
Thr Administration is~ that thrrt may br. ahon."8' of conwn;m, parl:ins _ . . durin&amp; peolt p&lt;riocb
and;, •nemp&lt;ins 10 k&lt;q&gt; up with the havy demand&amp; of
the 1tudern and &amp;culty population u effi&lt;iendy u fi.
nanccs mel land permit. ln order to lDIIkl' pukins u
equn.ble u ~. ,.effort il mode 10 k&lt;q&gt; parl&lt;ins
&lt;egUblions rtOIOIW&gt;Ie and ltriCdy enforced. Eoch ltU·
dent is crpccud to worit OUt a JChrduJc of arrival al the
campus which will allow him or htt timr: to find a lqaJ
parkina p~o«. lgnonnce of the &lt;egUbtions il not coosidcred an o:cUit' for a violation.
7. PMI:ins il prohibiled" .U rima on the ....tw.yo (a ·
apt u pos&lt;ed), ,;dew,l4 bwno, grounds, lana, and
lluoughways o( porlcing"""'" The lJoiomJUy I N ) ' -

S&lt;udeniS ... "'F'i .. ...,. by mail io orde- ..
.-.aid linaintheOffia:o(Sludent-cbt&lt;doa not..,..;.... nouiptcl'-

illepllyparlled..rudei~""'Y"theownm"''"""­

demic,....

L Parlcina rUleS and Pen.lti&lt;1 AuniYenity parl&lt;ins'""'"
mons is isfucd for any noo-movins viobtion that occursoa thccampuaa of the~ UniwnityofNcwYork
at Buffaio.. Paymmt of the: fine utadattd withJUCh violation is rctumabJ,r: to the Officr of Student A.a:ounts
..;thin the time period ..,.afied on the IW1UilON. A pleo
apirut a unMnity parking summons mua be returned
in lhr ~ described on the summons in order to
requat a hearing bdorr a hearing offia:r. An appeal of
the hcarinsoffictr's dccWoo ts made to a threr rnrmbcr
&lt;niewpand.
9 .1.iobility. The UnMn;ty ""'1)!1 no u.bility 10&lt; loa
or darn:afc: to a mowr vmidr or iu (I)Qk:ntl. This in·
dudes "'1' domqe a used by lllOYin&amp; "!-"&gt;a.
AR11CU 9: OffiCf Of STUDfNT RNAHClS AND
RECORDS

A. RESIDENCY
Students who pay tuition as non·raidcntl of Nrw York
IN)' owlY 10 be ~ u residenu. An oppliation
form and a statement o( the cim.unsu.nca which pmnit

a stUdent tobc~uaruidr:nt~~intht
S&lt;udenl Aa:ouniS Offia: a1 232 Capen HaU and ...,...
Annex B.lnbmationand IOnnsa.rcavailabkon the Stu-

dent Aocou.ntl web sitt: at htqrJ~~
vic:alltu«:drcsidcnt.html
In thct"''mt o( a student who has m:dved financial aid
based on non-resident status. and is tbm snntcd New
York Statr n:sidmcy, and the financial lid reczi'vu1 as a
non-residmt ispattt chan thc: prrmis5iblr: amount for a
resident ll\ldmt.. said swdent is obl.iptrd to mum the

cliflamce.
II. PAYMENT OF rumoN AND FEES
REGULATIONS
The llniwnity hast sruderu invoicina S')"Slml wbicb pro-v;des opecific and a&gt;mplelo information obout dwJes,
paymrntl. and authorized deferments. It abo ciispUyl the
various atudern status information used to dctcnninc: thr
bill H;yilighu of the lf$letn an: outlined l&gt;doo&gt;o
1. Students will~ up to four sutcmmts
of ac:cou.nt CKh semeslcr. Thr lint su.tanrnt
will br mailed to your pmna.nmt address
approximatdy one month bcfon the start of
thr snnrstrr. Tuitioo, ka and other Univusity
charges asseacd on tbr first aooount statement
will be due upon rcttipt and art mosidcrcd
latr: if not paid by the pmalty date appearing

.u

on your stJtcment (Rudmts wbo attempted to
rqistrr fuU time, but did not rcttive all their
courxs arc still Liable for thr balanct due on
the account statement). Tilt' remainin&amp;
statements will be sent at approximattly onc-month intttvals during the JCJllCStc:r.
2. Each aca)Wlt statmlaJt will list the amount
due the University. Any unpaid dwgcs &amp;om
the previous natemmt will be brought
forward, and additional charges. payments.
and credits will be shown. Tht s&amp;atmtent will
a4o include in the calculatioo of the amount
due any authorized dt:fmnmts. Thc:se indudcTAP/SUSTA and tuition wa.iva's. Students
must provide the Offic:t of Studc:nt Actounu
with proof o( the rca:ipt of-such an award
prior to thr penalty da~ in order to deduct the
award &amp;om thrir amount due.
J . Rrtumlns studtnts that do not successfully
rcgistrr and, thertfore, do not rtttivr lhr fint
bill of any aancstc:'r will be charJrd t $30.00
lat~ payment ftc phu a $30.00 late processing
ftt for a total of $60.00 in latr fees.
fees
art nonnCJOriablc and must be paid.
4 . A $30.00 late procasins ftt will br charged
to any new or transfer student attempting to
regiltrr for the lim time on or after the: first
day of daSKS. This ftc will applr to all students
including lhosr who rrcriw: bte admission to
the Uniw:nity.
S . Failurt tO pay the amount due hy thr
penalty datr will result in the automatic
a.ssessment of alate paymtnt fee of S.30.00 r:ach
time the account is billed This fee is
no nnegotiable and must be paid.
6. Studenu should apply rarly for an y financial
aid that they apc:ct 10 use to pay thtit
University bill.
7 . University bills art Jalt to thr pcrmanrnt
add~ that is on fik with the Office of
R«ord.s and Registn.tion. It is thr student's
raponsibility to keep thr addrt'SS coi'Tt'Ct.
All paymrnts shoukl br madt by check or rnonry or~
&lt;kr payab~ 10 the State Univnsity of New York at Buf.
falo. Pttsonal checks art: acapted subject to deposit
MasterCard, VlSa and Discow:rCa.rd payments art accrptrd.. Srudrnu must comp&amp;cte the top porcioo of the

n.ar

bill if paying by MuterCard. v ... 0&lt; DiJoo¥erCanl. Payments IOrwardcd by mail sbouJd be scru in tbr mum
cnvdopc provided The top portion of the acxount stattmmt should be included with your paymutt to insurt
timdy and proper cmlit 10 the studrnt's aa:ounL Stu·
drnts should include their penon number on tbrir

c. UNIVERSITY AT BUFFAID TIME PAYMENT
PL\N(UBTP)

Thr Uniwnity at 8uJI'Uo oBim its OWD time J*YIDC:Ilt
plmalled UBTP. TheTm&gt;ePaymmt PloD ioonobematn. method lorpoyioaaboarioaoiCDIII.Piymmt .....

lilbdup .. four--ta,wllid&gt;diminnetlheDeOII
to ~thciCCQUnt in fuUat!bc~dtbctano­
=~tduedotaa&gt;inddewUh....-OOIDUilt

bffiins dota. The UBTP plm io ...a.ble eiiher !be Fell

"'Sprina........,. (riot Summac Saoiona) and . . .
application &amp;t: of S22.SO per acmc:ster. UBTP if not a
loon prosrun and !he ....... il prarided lnlaat·free.
S&lt;udenu mUll ,..owlY at the befiruUnl of oodl oca(Fall). Applialiom ........... ill th&lt; do.
schrdule or can br found in the Mb U at httyJ/

winp.bu&amp;lo.ala/-......Wubop.llbol
D. NEW YORK STATE TIImON ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM AND STATE UNIVERSI1Y SCHOlAR·
SHIP 11JITION ASSISTANCE (SUSTAI
The IU.tmlent ol acmunttctrt to ltudmbwill irictude all
New Yotk Scare TAP/SUSTA 1m0UDtJ t:t.1 aR: known 1D
theOffia:ofS&lt;uden!AaouniSot lhetimeofbillina.

n-

amountJwilJ be included in tbralculaionoltbeamoum
dut.. Studmu rtt.mina New York Stat.e TAPISUSTA
award&amp; that do oot IIJlPCW on tbc:ir stala'Dalt ol8cmu:nt
mUit pnMde the Offia:ofSludentAa:ounu with • mpy
ofthar- a:rtiliaiC. When
theiiUIIent

!his·-

the-

-deduct the amount o(
from t h e dued)el!Mmity.The_of.. Newbi&lt;Sin:
" " " " ' IN)' 1101 .......! the omount o( tuition dwJed,
=PI in som&lt; . _ 10&lt; speciol o:holmhipa. R«ipionu
of specW New York State~ who ... riot eJ;.
gible lor TAP monies mUit ,.;n a&gt;mplne a TAP apptiao·
tion ID b&lt; d;p,ie lor the .p.a.! o:holmhipa.

L rum ON AND FEES COVERED BY WAIVERS,
GRANTS, OR GOVERNMENTAL AGENOES
Thcrt arc t varidy o( tuition wai¥m pntcd by the
Univtts.ity. Tbcsc include emptoytt tuitioa waivers.
Gr.duarc Student tuition sc:ho&amp;anhipl. aod c:ooprntiw
~tuition waiw:n.. Arrr tuition waiwr ~in
the OffiaofStudm&lt; Aa:ounu bylbcbiDinacbt&lt; will be
rdlrctcd 00 the stat.emrnt o(acmunt and wiD be indudrd
in the caku.lation of the amount due. One type of tu ~
ilion scbolatWp. the pduaze audcnt Nition tcholar·
.rup, cannot b&lt; fully pmc&lt;a&lt;d \lntil proof thai .... "'!·
den&lt; b.. filed 10&lt; alWtioa........,.. ~Award
(TAP) u pr&lt;Mded 1D the Offia: d Student AaounU.
Proof of filins consisu of a TAP Award Ccrtificatr or
appca.ranot' on a TAP roster. This rcquinmcnt does not
apply to the other catt'JOria of tuitioa waivm.lf a stu·
dent is iu:dvinsa tuirlon waiver and it docs noc. appear
on the stattmalt of ICQ)Wlt, the studmt must provide
the Offia of S&lt;uden&lt; Aa:ounu ..;u. proof of r«&lt;Mna
the tuition wai¥t'r ~ the tuition wai¥u can be cJr..
ductrd from the amount due. 1\.Ution liGiwn do DOl
arver r... and they, """""" mUll be paid by the due
dlt.e in order to nold a late fee
Studenu ~by Granu and GoYemmcntal
~mUll proridedocummled proof U&gt; the Offia:
of Student A«ounts brfore dcductios sponsored
amounts from their amount due. Where thcrt- are two
or more means of rdievins t padualt' student b( his or
her IWtion charps, the UnMnity will always tum U&gt;
the tuition waiw:r bodFt 1ut. For t'IWD~ • p-aduatr
assistant appointed 10 a raearch usistantship if ailo supponed by hil 0&lt; her sponsor. The lJnho&lt;nRy will bill the
_
..... tbou&amp;blhil- ........&lt;shippooition
providrs a tuition waiver.
F. STIIDENT FEES
The Srudmt Aaivity Ftc is a student IISICIIUI mandaaory
Fee. S&lt;uden&lt;lblth buunnce is nwxla&lt;ory 10&lt; .u full.
time students, grtduatr ltUdcnu c:anyina nine hours or
~and aD intcmationaJ students. It can be waMd by
proridiog proof o( adoquate&lt;Dtina_ .. the Student Heallh lnlurona: Offia:pria&lt;., t h e - doOe.
The Comprd&gt;mliYe I'« (Comp I'«) •• CI&gt;NOIMJa.
tion of ampus--'red r... wiUd!IUppon the follow.
ing 1.1rtmnity JerYica:
• lnlenx&gt;liePIO Alhktic program~ (unclerpdua«

only)
• Campus porlcing lou ulillm! by studenu and bw
systems

• Genenl fund of SUNY
• Student heakh can:.IX&gt;UNdinsand d;,.bil;ty..rna:.
• TrdtnoiOsr needs in romputins and information
aa::ta, library automation, mnotr: ne!WCrb, public computer site upgadrsand rftnot.raca.. rcsidenoe hall-u, pub&amp; computina uppcia.
printing. and automation of audmt mica
• New campus lift initiativa and im~ts in
child care. student xrvic:r facilities, major speakers series. aru. prosramming and c:atttr planning
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A WAIVER OF THE COM·
PREHENSIVE FEE. THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA
MUST BE MET:
• Study takrs placr outside of the: University at Buf.
f.alogroundl
• AND the Jrudmt does oot h2w an activt Univer·
sity computer acmunt
• AND does not haw a UB parking prnniL
The oollqje fe&lt;componen&lt;
fund of SUNY) of
thr Itt cannot br waNed under any circumstances.
Students who bel~ thry meet the waivc:r clig.ibility
requirrmcnu may c;:omplctt and submil a waiver form.
WaMn can br proc:t:Acd on~line at: http://www.ub-

(Pni

judiciory.~ulwaiYer.html.l"heo:fonnlu.•vail ·

obleoo theComp&lt;theruM Fftwd&gt;.U.: hltp"J /www.ubjudiciory.bufr.lo.edu/a&gt;mpr...html"' lhrvu@b the Stu·
dent Aa:ouniS wd&gt; lilt. bnyJhrinp.buffalo.eduJ....
Yic:alsiu~accJONiuitioa.html ~tions reprdins
woMr o( the Comp!d&gt;CnsWe Fft sbouJd b&lt; dU.rted ID
716-64&gt;-28&gt;6, 40&gt; c.pen H.U. North Campus ore-mail
com~

�Shuleat c:o.utact Bales, Ualverdty staadG'ds and Acbalalstrcrtive Regulations
CO.nJmONANDCREDITRP.FUNDS
When aaudcnt ...p.m it ioopccifiallyundcntood that
t.. or lh&lt; will poyin full for aD c:buJoo auumed at rep..
tntion.FallurtO&lt;InabilityiOatta&gt;dduodoeonota.a....

the P.'rman due or entitle thr student to a rUund.. Stu·
denuwboofficially ...... &lt;~Jonwt &amp;om full lin&gt;&lt; to puttime or on a puHimt t.il rulUtt their Khcduk will
br charpd on the followina bosi&lt;

--lll:wtek

•()%

2nd ....X
3td4tb5tb-

30'11&gt;

10%

100%

0%
100%
100%
100%
100%

._..,...,.,.Uoftlt&lt;IT.......,bylloonoloflloo
{mt-ofd.wa,-illloolut,., .. ..,., ........
&gt;ritlumtfo-&lt;WIMirilit)&lt;ril ..tl&gt;&lt;.a,ibk .. ,.maIMSIUAmt ~ ill.sunl:n« proff'fl1fl.
s...nl =options ID the prontod r&lt;fund &gt;&lt;h&lt;dul&lt;
do eWt. Studen" wboofficially raign from""""" and
provid&lt; th&lt; docum&lt;ntod proof IW&lt;I below will r=i,.
a full adjustment of thOr tuition chatga for the Couna
involved.
1. McdicaJ rtUOn s that occur during the 6n:t
half of the ~m~tsttt which prohibit the nudent
from completing the scmest:rr. Docummta:l
proof mwt be JUbmittcd from a physician, on
the physician's stationery stating the: beginning
datr of illness and that the: student is unable to

p4k in

attmddus..

2 . A change in the student's work schedule
during the first half of tht smJelter that makts
it impossible for tM student to attmd classes.
Tht job must lx one that the studrnt held
whrn he or W rqiskrM. A letter must br
submitted from the employtt" on company
stationery. stating the beginning datr of

....._ They ... under peer .,........, their klentitics ...
finn, their oompetmer ; , - , . . csubliohod. and
they ofim lwM: miouken bdidi about their invincibility.
TheriMamonaothen wboan:cxperimcntin&amp;-~ Th.us,aillqpe.Jludentl are a population at risk.
Tit&lt;""* pr&lt;Valcnt form of rape on a&gt;llqje campuses
il acquaintance rape. The acquainta.ncz
a ~tc or
friend of the victim. or klfnCIOnt ~ victim knows onJy
cuuallr•&amp;om a raXIena: hall,aclaa,or throush mutual
fricndL
Rqardleu of the relationship between them. if one
~D wes force to c:om:e aootber into submit:tins to
ocwal bchavion, or umrucnt ;, not aMn by the other
patty, the att ;, unlawful Tit&lt; arne aiminal i.1w1 and
patalries opply in cues ofacquainW&gt;a rape and stronl!"
rape. and ocher romu of tcnaalasaulu.

• You may file an anonymous proxy rtport of the
details of the asNult with the Couruding Centtr.
or Student Health Cmtcr or adler ca.mpw units,
indudinj. the student operated Anti-Rape Task
ForcdSaual.ity Education Centa. While no poticc action can br taken against the assailant, dK
report may hdp identify a multiple assailant or
other panrms.
• You may also file a compbrnt with the Student
Judiciary £or disciplinary acuon ~nst the a.uailant, if the assailant in an on-campus incident is •
student. ThiJ can br done in con junction with
oiminal pro5«Ution , or instead of it.
When you report an assa ult, you havt' the- righ t:
• To have all incident and mtdica.l records kept con ·

Many aQJuaintana rapes lnYofvina coUese students

• To be treatrd without prejudia: ~ding race:.~ ­
dem.ic dass..li!rstyk.sex. ser.ual orientation, age. cx ·
cupation. religious bclids, or physK:al disabilities.,
• To be made a\Oo'al"t of and rc-criw: medicaltrot mmt, prycholosicalsuppon, and Legal couruding,
• To prosecute or not to prosecute:, and
• To answer only -those questioru relevant to the

not,..

may.,;

folkrw limilar patterns. Ac:quaintana n.pn often occur
at parties or in residcntia.lxttinp. Frequently, tht: stu·
deniJ imolw:d in theo: .............. bc&lt;n drinking heavily
or Ulins drugs. Detailed UB crimo: reporu and pmonttion information can be: obtained from the Department
of University POOa.
~ a~ many suggeltions on how campus community members can reduct the risks of JaUal assault,
including:

• Walk with con.6dcn« and be alert. Assailanu arr
less l.ikdy to target a penon who apparr asscrtiYe
and difficuh to intimidate:.
• lk awart of your surrou.nding.s and the peoplr
around you.
• A&gt;&lt;&gt;KI shtubbrry, dark doorway&gt;, and other pl=s
of conualm~t while walking. Shun shortcuts
throUgh poorty lit areas.
• Avoid areas where there art few pmple.
• l..eaw )'OUf ar in placa that will be lighted when

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work schedule.

) . Entc:rins active military .scrvicc. You mwt
submit a copy of your military orders.
4. A. documented processing error made in any
Uni~rsity offiet:. Letter o n University
stationery is lftluind.
5. Students who have r«eived Tille rv Aid
and OFFIC IALLY resign from the University
should request, and reftt to. a copy of tht
Policy Statement for thr Adjustmrm of
Financial Aid Due to Discontinuance of SIUdy
from the Office of Stude01 Accounts. Students
who do not officially resign a~ considered in
attendance for that scmesta and a~
raponsible for aU academic and finan cial
rrsponsibiliti~ A. student who i.s entitled to a
refund has o ne year from thr: date of tht
overpayment to request the rdUnd, o r it i.s
fo rfeited.
Note A.U ftt~ and apctSl!f arr subFt ro change w1thout
notttt at the discrttior1 of W Unil'Cf'f.iry.

H. UNPAID UNIVERSm' ACCOUNTS
A student with an unpaid and ovndue univcnity account will not br pcrmitkd to rqisttt for thr followin g
semester. Nor will a student be entitled to rcceivt a statemnn or transcript of his or ha credits until hi.s or her
tuition, feu and all other charges authorizrd bythr Stak
UniYc:rsity, indudingbut not limited to charges for damaging Raidc:nce Hall property, have been paid. Thr University does not act as a coUection agency for commercial outside groups or individuah.

I. PENAIIIES
No student b: tligiblr to

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• Befo~ entering a room o r a r, chedc to en.sutt it is

employmn'lt plw the date of change in the

oafi: ID proc«d.
• Owlgt: dim:tions if you lotti5C you are: being fol lowed or someone suspiciow is near. Don't be

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afn.Mito run or call for hdp. Go to a sto~. polic~
or fi~ station, or a nearby house.
Weu clothes and shoes that provide for freedom
ofmQVCmcnt.
Contact 1M Anti Rape Task Forcr ( ARTF ~ 8293322) wa11c. &amp; van escon service fo r hours and locations.
Usc pcnona1 safety devices and blur light telephones which may help dtter viaimtt.atio n (devices available through University Police).
Ha~ first dates in public places. Separate- trans·
portation shOuld be considertd.
Saual desi~ and limits dlo uld be clearly communicated. Be ca.rdul to avoid giving o r receiving
mixed messages. Rmlember lhat leaving a party
or other JOcial evmt with somMnC' rou ha~ just
met can be dangerous.
Be awarc that usc of forcr, pressure-, or coercion is
unaccrptabLc and can lead toscxual assault charges.
Don't ta1ct: silmct as con.5CIIL Respe-ct the word
" NO." Don't haYe so: with anyone who is drunk
or passed out. Intercourse with .som eonr who is
unable to gi~ consent or iJ physically helpless is
rape, as ddined by wtr criminal wtutcs..
Sttk eduation on rape prevtnrio n. Attmd o r ~­
quest workshops and seminars (for both men and
women) that art: available through UniYCTSity Polia:, Anti-Rape Task Force, and Eric County Citi·
u.ns Committ« o n Rape and Sexual Assa ult

(CORSk 851-7879).
m:civt' a &lt;kptt, certificate of

acoompl~nt or honorablrdi.smi.ssal un til aU charges

due to the University or to any of its rdated divisions a~
paid in full and all Univnsity property has been mumcd
in acuptable oondition.
The Univenity ~the right to change or add to
its feu at any time. Official infonnation conaming tu·
ition and fres and their payments should be obtained
from the: Office of Studmt Finances and R.rc:ords (829218 1), the rurrmt class schedule o r tht: wtb site at hn p:/
lwinp.buffalo.edulltnica/stu-acdosatuition.html
If a student b: dismissed from the: Univusity or any
of its relakd divisions for causes other than academic
deficiency, all fra paid or to br paid shall immediately
become d ue and payable.

ARTICL£ 10: SEXUAL ASSAULT COMPUANCE
STATtMENl'

Prepared ln complian« with tht federal Student Righ t
to Know and Campus Security Act (Tilk II -Crime and
Awareneuand Campus Security. Section 668.47 (a) 12)
and State Education Law (Section 6450 (I) a).

1 . PREVEN110N
Stak Univmity of New York at ·ouffalo Campus Saual
Assault Prew:ntion Complianct Statement 1999-2000
Acadmlic Yeu &amp; part of a continuing Un~ty at Buffalo rffort to promotr the personal safrty of the academic
commwtity, the following information has hem prepam1
for camptu consideration. 11lt information will be: updatrd annually and isavai.la61e to all current students and
employta, as wd.l as incomingstudmts.lt is made available to prosp«tivt students and employr:es on mtuest

SEXUAL ASSAULTS ON COllEGE CAMPUSES
CoUqe students art m~ vul.nenble to sexual as.sault
than any other ase group. Nationally, rM majority of rcportM victims and offenders~ of college age, with the
rate of victimization highest among 16 to 19 year olds.
The second highest victimi.tation rate i.s experienced by
women bttwecn 20 and 24 )Uti of age. Offender populations shows a similar ase distribution.
ltaditionally-asi!d-&lt;:olkge students are vulntrablc to
being victims of violence. They~ typically in a~ 51tt·
ting with a variety of environmental suessors, and away
from dirta pa.m1tal supervisKm and past support sys·

Saual Assault Information Unr (6453411) for information on action totalc.e in thrt'YC'fll
o f a saual assault, options in rtponing, and resources availab&amp;r to the victim.
• Many acquaintance rapes in~lvc alcohol o r drugs.
Avoid drugs and cxcc:ssivc aloohol in a dating situ ation. Judgment should not be: allowed to bcoomr
impaimi.
• More than 60% of all reported rapes occur betwen1
acquaintances and 40%ofthcscoccur in the' ho~TK.
• Call the

2. REPORTING
StatcUniwnityofNcwYorkat BuffaloCa.mpusSaua.l
Assault Prevention Compliance Statement 1999-2000
A.c:ademic Year

REPORTING OPTIONS
VKiims o( campus sc:rual assaults art advised to:
1.
the wauh. Call Public Safety at 2222 or, if
W assault occurs off campUi, the Police at 911. ~male
offia:rsa.:tavailableupon request. The University at Buffalo strongly cncourages assault reponing. but reponing does nOt mean that you must prosccute. CaJJ thcnq,arunent of Public Safety Sexual As.saultlnfonnation
line for infonnation (645-34 11 ).
2. Con tact a dose &amp;imd or relative for s upport.
) . Seck medial anrntioo immediately. Whet.her or
not you rqJOrt the assault, )OU shoWd Mvc a medical ex·
amination irntn«&lt;iatdy. 1be enm is confidential Medical p.cnonnel will tesl for 5Ciually tn.nsmined disc:lses..
look for physicaJ injuries, and coUect physical evidence. If
)'OU rqx&gt;rt the assault, Public Safety or the polia: can pro·
vide transportation to the hospital and arrange for a Cnsis Servic:cs scxualasguJt ad~tc to m«t yo u there. You
may abo go to the Student Health Center o r call Crisl\
Scrvias dirtttly. lf )'OU choose to go to the hospital wtth·
out notifying Public Safety or the polia:, the hospital can
still colkct physical evKJ,ence, while protrcting ~u r anonymity, in case- you late- decide to prtl5COlte.
Seven.] options ai.st Cor reponing a K:X.ual assault:
• File a report with Public Safety or thC' local polia:.
Reporting the assault i.mmediatdy and preserving
e-vidence will gi~ you a foundation for proscru·
rion. If you later decide- not to prosecute-, the' re-port may help authorities identify thr offender and
prnTnt the victim ization of othr:n..

RePort

6dential.

oirne.
Public Safety and local public pt05otCUtors work togdhtt dosc:ty to nplo~ all options and to obtain convictions in sc:ma.l assault cases. U B penonnd will assist
students in notifying authorities and arranging for a

saual asuult adYocatc. if requested by victim.
Pracrvc n'idcna.. In order to prc:scr-vc the best possible evidcna. it is necessary that you not bathe, douche,
comb your hair, change clothing. or disturb ~ area in
which W crime occurred
Do not blame yourself. Thr assailant is responsible
for the assault. no t you. Ptoplc: react in various ways to
saual assault While IOillc- resist, othr:rs do not for-rea sons such as feu, self-blame, o r unwillingnas to hun
someonetheyknow. Jt b: important lO note that any rt·
action is riormal and legitimate. Rmlember. rape: is •
airnt: CDmmitted against you, not by you.

VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES
Sexuala.ssauh is a traumaticcxpcricncr,and IllS recom mended that victinu ~ttk courucling. Counseling scrvice:sart availabLe through theCourudingCentcr at 645·
2720, the Jt udent-spon.sored Sexuality Education Cen·
ter at 829-258-4. and Crisis Scrvic.es at834·3 131 .
Thr Univn-sity and voluntre:r student organiz.attom
maintain a netWOrk of coun.seling and support services
for the victims ofsexual as.s.ault.lbesc campus programs
are supplemented by other services available in the Wtst ~n New York am.
On campus. the Department of Public ~ft'lf ! 2221)
provides trained response to 5Clu.al as.sauh ca.lls. Medi·
ca1 treatment is provKicd through local hospitals and the'
Student Health Center. Othtr victim sup port is avail able through the Counseling Center, tht' Sexuality F..duc:adon Ce:nter,and thcAnti-R.apeTask Force. l n theresi&amp;:na halls, profcssion,al and sruderu staff a t (' trainrd to
providr. immc-diatr support services 10 victims whileseeking professional resources from other campus agc-n·
des. Seven.! off campus agencies arr also avail&lt;1ble to
provide- victim support savices. See UB M~ponsc to
Victims of Sexual Assaults" protocol and attached list ·
ing of on and off campus resources.
VICTIM ACCOMMODATION
Thr Uni~n.ity at Buffa.lo is commuted to ~ccommodat ­
ing requested changes in studr.nt academic and lrvmg
situations after allrgc-d sn: offenstS whr:n the- changes
a~ appropriate' and rnsonahlyavailablr. Victim rtquC'SIS
for accommodations can be directed to Public Safety,
residmu hall offi cia~ thr Studcm Health Ct'ntrr,Judicial Affairs, or other appropriate- officC"S. mcluding tht&gt;
Dean of Studen ts.
AWARENESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAMMING
l1le Univ-ersity is commined to increasing thr acadt:m!C
community•s awan:ncss on issues related lo ~ual assault and prC'YCnlion.
Awarenrss and p~TVt:ntion pf"Ollrammmg is a key fc-a
turr of new student orientation programs. Wo rlc.sho~
on p~tion and reporting art conducted by thr [)(:.
partment of Public Safety. Orimtatton student sttff,and
some studmt organizations. like the Sub Board I Play·
C"rs. In addition, sexual assault awa reness and prC"VCntion informauon rs highlighted in the New Di5covtries
Guidt, whkh is initially distributed to new students. and
the-n updated annually fo r returni ng students.
.-oblic Safety provides a variet yoC programs and publications on scxual assault, available: throughout~ year.
In addition, it sponson a Pl:rsonal Safety Task Foret
which produa:s an annual campus security tq&gt;Ort and
rerornmt'nds safety improvt:mffits throughout the cam·
pusc:s. The- momhly meetings, arc- open lo thr camplll
community.
Within residrna- halls, an ('Tl}phasis has lx-en placed
o n staff training, includi ng app ro priate: matC"rials in
manuals. programs. workshops. and publications for theresidents.
Other campus umb and organi.tations provide in formation and programming as wdl. These indudC' Af.
fi rmativc Action. Commuter and Off-Camplll StudC"nl
Servico. Anti- Rape- Task Force, thr Sexuality Education
Cema. C.ounsding Ccntn. and studC" nt gO\-emments..
Other prC'VC".ntion programs indudr an nual safe-ty fam
and a 5K aware-ness run.
Addlltona ll y, crim r prcvrnuon and awareness
nC"WSgrou1-.sarc- accessible through both tht Internet and
W INGS.
1 . U.WS AND CONDUCT
S1.o.n Utonvf:RSITY m Nt..,.' Yo11K AT B llfl'AW Cu.ti'IJS Stxu.-tJ
A.~ll" PIIEVEr.'llON CoMI'IJANO' STAI"f.MENT: 1999-2000

At.ADt:MIC YEAR ~'II'S AND 0"\l'ffil.l(.i R£Gl!lA110~
The' Univnsit}' at Buffalo wiU not tolerate- sauaJ as·
.sault, abu..se, or harassment. All federal , stair. and municipallaws apply on camp us and arc: coru;idcml pan of
the Un iversity at Buffalo Student Conduct RuLes. Um vt'TSity Standanls, and Administrati~ ~tions {Con-

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duct Rules}. This includes tht New York State Pmallaw,
which deuils the criminal aarutes deaJ.ins wtth sex offenses. According to New York Statt Jtatulcs, there att

"'}'ina dqruo of ocwalusault. Sr:mai.W.ult of any

kind is a crime. In compliance with the University Conduct Rulc:s, any student who is found to have commit1ft! physical vioLence or abuse (indudjng acquaintancr
rape, vub.a.l abuse, threats, intimidation. harusrnmt,
wcrdon. and/or other conduct whKh threatens or endangm the health o r safety of any penon ) ls subject to
disciplinary action.
Ser:u:a.l asault is any actual or ·antm~ non-oon5cn5Ual sexual activity including. but 001: limilfti to. fon:: ible anal or oral sa. anemplft! intercOunt, or sexual
touching, by a per.son(s) known or unknown to tht VlC tim.
Rape is an act of sexual intcrcoUne with a penon
against h.islha will and consent. whether hiilhcr will t1
overcome by fora or fear ruulti.ng from the threat of
force , or by drugs ad m inistered watflout consent, or
when, becaus.e of mental deficiency, slhe is tnapable of
consent, or when $/he is bdow the arbitrary agtof con ·
sent. or whm s/hr is unconscious or otherwise physa ca.lly unabl~ to communicate willingnesa;. lk aware that
having sex with .somrooe who is unable to gl\1~ consent
by being mffitally incapacitated or unCOIUCIOW ( pa.utd
out) is rape.
N~ York Stak law m::ogniu:s that a married woman
can be raped by her husband Marnage does not necessarily 1mply consent. Note that the' thre-at of fora- is sufficient; many women report fearing for thtar hvu ("VCfl
when their .1ttacka is not carrying a weapon.
In dtterminmg whethn conduct constitutes sexual
har.usm~t, considnation wiU be givm to the record as
a wholr and to the totality of circumstances.. induding
thr nat ure of the saual advances and thr contat m
which the inciderttJ oc.curred.
Certain behavior can be cb.uified as saual harassment rvm if a relatiOnship appears voluntary m the scnst:
that one was not coerced into snrucipating. A a:mral.
~lement in 1M dd""mition of scx.uaJ harassme-nt IS that
the behavior is unwelcomeCAMPUS DISCIPLINARY ACfiON
During or upon the complt1ion of an mvcsugauon b}·
the (kpanment of Public Safety, de-tails of the' alleged
assa ult may be provided to ludacial Affiain. ThiS fl"LIY ~
accompanie-d by a recommendation for suspe-nsion.
pending a hearing on thc matter. If thr allege-d perpetra tor wishes. an immediate- m«ting wtth ~ Dira:tor of
judkial Affairs and othn approprU tr UnMmty pcrsonndcanbearranged. Such a meeting can be used to clarify
tht' procc:ssa available- for resolution of thc allegations.
mduding pos.sihlc- ad ministrative- resolutions, wh1ch
could in~lvr withdra~ from UB or otha sanctions.
Failing an administnti~rcsol.ution ,Studcnt Wtde ludictary (S\'IJ ) procttdingsareinstitukd. SWI mens each
wttk, but can be ailed into emctgcnc:y session if n«c:s·
sary. Initial apparance bC'forr- SWI is for the- p urpDS(' of
:arra1gnment. A plt'a agrttment can be' tC'"ached at th.Js
stage if all patties agrtt on recommended sanctiOns. If a
plea agrttment ts not feasible. thr individual may plead
Not ~poruible as ch~. and this plea will result in a
hearingdatr in IOdays.orsooncr if the individual wishes.
t.aw student prosecutors and defenders as.siJiit in the prt·
scntatton of cvidena: and a deferuc. This occurs before
a panel of thrtt srudC'm Justices.. When appearing or totlfyt ng before: a campus judicial body. the £oUowing pnn ·
ciplesapply:
• The accuse-r and the- accused have- thr right to ha~·c
a ~rson o r persons of thetr choice accompany
tht'm throughout disciplinary hearings.
• Roth ha~ thr right to ~mam present during thr
C"ntirc procre:ding,
• lrrclrvant past sexual history will not be' d 1scussed
du nng thr haring.
• ~right tomilia "victimimpactn.atcment· and
to suggest an appropriate pmalty if tht&gt; accused as
found in "'1olation of the- CO&lt;k.
• Beth parties have the right to bC' mformed tmmediatcly of thr outcome of tht' hearing.
PENALTIES A..t'IJD SANCTIONS
Under New York·s Pc-nall..aw, crimmal sex offt'rucs .ur
dassific-d from Class A Misdemeanors through Oass 8
Fdonies. ThCSC' offenses. induding sauaJ abust", sexual
miscondu(.1., and rape. are p unishable by scntC"nco rang·
mg from six months to 25 years imprisonment, and finb.
On campus. judicial bodies rstabli.shed to consider~
mvolvi ng student vlolationscan institu te' a range of sanetions, mcluding: warnings. notation on rt'COrd. r~titu ·
tion, re-moval from rrsidrnce halls. loss of privileges as
may be consistent with thr offense committed and thr
rdlabilitation of thr student,discip!ina.rrprohation ( wath
or without loss of designated privileges for adrfin itr pc' nod of time). suspension· from thr Umversity for a ddinitc or inddinitc- period of tune. o r expulsion· from thC"
U m~rsity. Othe-r sanct1ons as may be- approved br the'
Uni\"n"Sity·s judicial bodies as well
• Th~ sanctioru, whtn ruummentkd, an- submmal for
finlll rn'inv implnnrmtarion b)• thr PTt'Sid~nt or discr·
plinury dnignu.
INFORMATION ON SECURITI PROCEIJURE:.'•,
1ltc- campus community IS ad\·LSC'd and updated on safetv
and S«urity through a vatJC't}' of me-thods. These- m dudc- publication of the- Annual Secunty rqJOrt. which
focu.scs on crime: awa~ncss and personal safC"ty. The- ,._
port is pri nted mnnuallyin campus ne-wspapers. In oadd1
tion,thc Department of Public Safety widely dutributo
othrr publications on security 1ssuo. mcluding Stlfcry
A.warrnrss. Pr~wntmg A.cqumnrurru Ra(M', and Pub/,,
St.frty. Saftty and sccunt)· ISSues arr also prommt'nth·
fea turcd in the- Guide to Res.Kknct' HallltVJngand Nrw
Oi.sco~rirs Studtnt Guult.
Sc-.-c-ral timorach year.Pubhc Saft1yand the' Pl=rsoiUI
Saft'ty Committ« Circulate' Gmdannt', a nt\Oo-sltnt'r on
campw safct)' issue-s and pcrsonnd.
Notifica1ion is also made' to the' campu.' rommunlt}'.

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Student Condact RDI... UDI•erdty Standm'ds and JldaiDlsboatl- ..........._. - - - - -

•~ appropnal~, on s~ci fic threats 10 campw ufdy
1hruugh carnpw rmd1a, pubhc:atiom, posters, and othn
mtthods. The ~rtmmt of PubiK Safety provides a
~&lt;~"ttldy hstins of crlmc o n ounpw tNt drWI.s t.ht datt.
trlllt', kK:ation.and offtmc of campus criminal inadmts.
fht listing il e~rcubtrd to campw offica and i.s sum
m:uil.cd Wttkly in the campus new'J)apn. ~ Rq:lorter
and the s1ulknt ncwspapn, TheSptarum.
Many campus units p&lt;~rticipatt in tht UniYU'Sity's
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wmC' prevmtion tducation prognun.llle Oq&gt;artmmt
ol Pubhc Safet y conducts workshops and distributes
.._.ret)' mformataon rcgub.rly.lbtcampus Puw:tnaJ Safety
Iask t-oru m«ts rqululy to rev.ewcampwcrunc poli·
c1n &lt;~nd prt&gt;Udurn and has irutituttd an information
u mpaiSJl 10 mcreoaK •tudem awarena;s. F..ach 1tudtm
tJO('fltaUo n prog~am ha.s a workshop on crink'and.taual
.u.sauh pre~nuan. In addition, the Resklcntt LifC' pro·
gram and many studtnl organiz:auom conduct tduca·
uon , staff tnmmg and prtvmtion program~ Offi« of
tht' Vu.t' Presadelu for Studtnt Affilirs

PART Ill - STUDENT CONDUCT RULES
ARTICLE 11 : PROSCRIBED CONDUCT
APPIICAHJI· LAWS, RULE5 AND REGULATIONS
All rulo of t.hC' hoard ufTrustet5 of SUNY, and all thr
law' of tht Uty o( Buffalo, thr lOwn of Amhtm. th~
')tate of Nc.·w York, •nd tht Umtt:d Stato of AmCTica appl~ ''" the.· c.ampw. .and arr consukred p;~rt of the Student Ruld and Rc-gulauon~. l"ht- SLat~ofNtow York laws
mdudc. hut .ut not lunued to. tht- N~ York Sutr Pn1al
(,.,.. , tiK :-Jew York ~t ;atcVC'hidr;andTr.tffic Law, ttK Ntw
'ur~ \ tatr Fdu.:;allon Law, and tht Alcohohc lkvuagt
t untrol Law.
All nl thC' rule'\ and fC'gUtlt•on~ m thnech:aptrrsshall
lw ..ons1dcred as ~u ppl~me nting and 1m plen~nting thr
.1.pprupnatt' rulc-s of the Roard ofTrtJ6;teo and city, state,
.md f«irral b Y&gt;'S. ;md §hillll .1pply to all stu~nts.
In .add111on, smcc studtnu will lx pr~umed to havt
Jmll' 'iO, studenu ~hould famill&lt;ilm.(' thcmsdves with tht
I!JI\owm._: Umvtnmy Rq;ulauon.s: Acadmuc and lkpart·
111\'lll al , U mvl'r~ •t y Lihrary. Un•vtrsity Motor VC"hidr,
H.c.... i Jt'n~o.t !!all~. U m~rsn y Health and Safety, Student
l 'mo11, L.omputmg &amp; InformatiOn Technolog)• COndi tlum olltS(' sLatemrnt. and othn rcgubt10ns est;ahhsht'd
h\ l 'm\·rrstty umu m pursuit ofthrir m i»M&gt;ru.
All non-academic rtgulattons should bC' w.bmmt'd
.JOIIua.ily to thC' Vier r•r~tdcnt for Suuknt Affiurs for rr\ ' ll'W for cQnstStrncy and .subsC'qumt approval. ConspiCu ·
( ll!.'l postmg and/or dis.s.rmination to uudrnu afTmed
h) du· rtgulatioru u thr responsibility b
pruca.'dmS'-otha Umversity activibcS.mdudmg 1lS pub''' )('fVIO!' funct10ru on Of o ff arnpu.s, or othn autho·
nz.cd non-Um~rsny ac11vitteS. what the- act &lt;Xcurs on
Un•vrrstt)' p~miscs. Thr UmVt"nity rcsc:rva the right to
dC'tc rnunc where cases of disrupuon of public order
!ohould be ~ft'ff-N.
). PHl'SICAl VIOLENCE Phrs•cal vtoknce or abu.sc-

(tndudtngacqua.intanu ra~J. \"erbal ab~.thr.:ats. mumidauon, hara.s.vnc:m, c.ocroon and/or othcr conduct
whtch thr~tcn.s or endangers the h~lth or safC'ty of anr
~rson.

4 . TRESPASS/UNAUTHORlZEO ENTRY · A person
knowmgly enters or remains unlawfullr m a building.
office. r~idcncc hall room or any otht-r p~tes of
tht' untvcrsity at anyttmr without ~rm wion or autho·
tWtlOn.
S . THEI-T - A pt":fSOn is guilty of fhtoft when hr or she,
knowing pro~rty not to lx his or 00 own, takes such
property for his or htt own use, p\ca.surr,or pow;ssion;
and,thcfto£.Krvices.
6. RUSH ING/PLEDGING AcrJVmES · Any sUch acuvitics t.U.ing place in the~ Halls must be approved a minimum of thrtt days bcforr the date o£ the
activity.
7. HAZING - Hazing, defined as an act which endangtts the mc:ntal or physical health or safetyof a student,
or which destroys or tmlOYtS publk or private proputy, for the purpoK of initiation, adrniuion in~ affiliation with, or as a condition for continutd mcrnbnship
in, a group or organization.
S. KEYS/ACCESS CARDS· Unauthoriud possession,
duplication or we of keys to any UnivtrSiry premises or
unauthoriud nttry 10 or ust of Univusity prmti.srs.
9 . DOORS-TAMPERING - Dioablemcnt of o locking

mr-c:hanism or blocktng • " 1 door mtmdtd to lx
cloo&lt;d and iod«d.
10. RULES · VIOlation of published UnMnity poiKX$o
rules, or regulations.
II . LAWS- VJOlatJOn of ftda-al. SbW' or local bw on
Uni~ty prmUsa or 11 UnlYersity ipODIOred or su~istd activities WU be a viobtioo ofUniva'SityConduct Rula and Rq;ulations. A finding of 1 viob1K&gt;n
unckr thiJ rWt doCI noc rrquirt proof of a conviction m
a oon·ampw lcpJ procft'ding.
12. SUBSTANCES - llsc_. possession or diwibution of
narcotic or other conli'OUtd substanc::a and/or rdatrd
P""Ph&lt;nW~ =I" u ap&lt;Utly pcmHttcd by low.
1). ALCOHOL · lhc.poiSCSSK&gt;n.orcfutributionofalcoholic ~ cxapl u cxp&lt;Utly pmnitt&lt;d by the
law and University rqulatioru. or public. intoxication.
Pttmislion lO xrw ~ must be obtai.ntd by application to the Akohol Rtvicw brd, 405 Capen HalL
14.1MPAIRED DRIVING - Opttatio«o""""'..rudr
whik under the influcnaof druporakohot(SctSec·
tion 9 of thr Campus Parking and 1Rffic: Rqubtions)
mduding but not limited to: A- ~atins a motor" w hick whi.lc- his/her ability to do so is imparr.d by the
tmpropu or i1kpl w.t of drug.s or the consumption of
alcohol; or B. oprntinJ a motor vehicle whilt in an intox.icattd oondition
15. SMOKING · Prohibitfd in all UnMn.ityowncdand
opcrattd buildings. doorway areas, loading doc:b, stadiunls and outdoorcvmts. and in all vthidesowned and
opn;~tcd by the Uniwnity. (S« Residma Hall rqulatK&gt;nsabo)
16. WEAPONS - Ilk-pi or unauthoriztd possession of
firearms,cxplosives,otherweapons.or~dlmti­

cals on University premises. (Scot SC"C\K&gt;n 536.5 Supplemental Rul~ for ttK Maintcnancr of Public Order.)
17.-DEMONSTRATIONS- ~tion in a campus
dm\onstration whkh disrupts ~ ~~ opcmioos of
tJv Un•vm:ityand int'rinfpon tht rights of other mcm ·
bmofthc Univmitycommunity; leadingorincifinsoth·
tn to dl5fUpt scfx.dulcs and/or normal activities within
any ampus building or am; intentional obstruction
whiCh unmoonably inttrfc:ro with freedom of ~l
18. TRAFFIC - Obstruction of the frtt DoW of ptdestnan or vdlKu.lar traffK on Univusity premises or at
Umvcrsity sponsorrd or supcrvistd functM&gt;ns.
19. BICYCLING, SKATEBOARDING, ROLLERBLADING - Prohibittd opnatM&gt;n includes:
A. opt't3.tion in any Univnsity building or facihty
B. DpC'fation in a redcless or unsafr mmntt
C. SlOtagr of bicydcs within 'lilY University buikling
or &amp;cility (so: RtsKimcc HaD ngulationsaJ.to)
20. DISORDERLY CONDUCT - Condud which;, W..onkrly, lewd. or 1nckttnt breach of peace:; or aiding.
abtning. or procuring anothtr penon 10 breach the peace
on U ni~n:ity pmniscs or at functions sponsoml by, or
parucipa~ in by, the University.
21 . COMPlTIUABUSE - Theft orothtrabwc o£ computer time:, mduding bul not limilrd lo:
A. Unauthoriud entry into a file, 10 we, rt2ci or
change the contents. or for any other purpoo.sr.
B. Unauthoriud tnnsftt of a file.
C. Unauthoriud usMif anothu individual's identification and password
0 . Usr of computing facilities to inttrf~ with the
work of another student, faculty mnnba or University
Official
l . UK of computin1, facilities and E-mail to smd ob-scene or abusiw! messap.
F. Usc of computing facilities to interfttt with nornul ~lion o£ the Univm.ity computing system. All
provisions of Artidt 1.56 of lht N.Y.S. Pmal Law (Offemes Involving Computers) apply at the UnMnity at

Bulfolo.
:U. INIURY TO UBRARY PROPERTI - A penon is
guilty of injury to library groprny when ht or she intcntiona11y injurcs.ddact:s. or destroys any property bck&gt;nging to. or dtpol.itrd in, thc University Libraries.
23. DETEmlON OF UBRAA.Y PROPERTY - A pn-son is guilty or d&lt;Wninglibnty property whm h&lt; "'
w willfully detoins Univmity ulnria property l'or
""'"'lhm thirtydoys following writtm- &amp;om the
librvy.
.
2A. UN1VERS11Y GROUNDS- U.. ofUnivmity spaoe
and grounds by an orpniution or pmon without rcsrrv~tion of the space: or propu authorization.

2S.·JUDJC1ALSYSTEM - Abwcorthe ludiciol Symm,
including bUt not limited to:
A. Ftihm 10ob&lt;y the IW1ln10N or a judidol body"'
Univmity olfocial.
B. Falsifiation_. ddtortion. or-misrepresentation of
information bdort a judicial body.
C. DiuuptM&gt;n or tntnfcrmct with the ordttty conduct o( a judMia.J procmhn&amp;0 . Lnstitution of • judicial proceeding knowinaJ:y
wtthout caUK.
E. Attempting to di.scoura&amp;e an individual's pn:l'pn
participation in, or usc of, tht judicial S)'lttm.
F.Alttmptins to inftuma the impartiality of a mcmbn of a judicial body prior to. and/or durina the Q)UtSr
of, lht judicial proc:ft'ding.
«;. Harawnent (Yerbal or physical) and/or intimidation of a member of a judicial body prior to. durinAo
and/"' ofta- a judicial ,.......ting.
H. ,Failure to comply with the .sanction(s} impoecd
under the Stud&lt;nt Cod&lt;.
I. lnftuencinsoratternpting 10 inftumctanotberJ'ft"son to commit an abuse of the judicial syacm.
26. ANIMALS - Animals are not pcrnUucd in any uni·
vcrsity building at any timt, anpt laboratory anitm.ls
or animals trained 10 Ulist the d.isabkd (rct'a- to Rrsidtna Hall rules and regulations £or pet information).
'D. AMPUFICATION - Us&lt; err amplifiattion/oudiovisual equipment in any o( tht rrserv.tion &amp;cilitics must
=Modonna:""'""" from the RaervotionsClffi«and.
if srantcd. must not inltrfttt with any public. officr,library, cbo1mom, &lt;&gt;&lt; other Univmity functioa. R&lt;qu&lt;sts
b rcdPCtion in wlumc: by Reservations staffandlor des~must be oomplied with upon ootifiation.
·
21.AlTEMPT · A penon isguiJryofanatlmlpt to violate the Student Rules and Rqulations, or to commit a
cri!TIC, whm ht or Abe. with intent 10 ..,jobtt or oommit
same. mpFI in conduct which tends to effect the violation of such studmt ndcor resuJation or th.t a&gt;mnli5Aon o( such aime.
29. COMPUCrn' - A pnson ls guilty of complicity
whm he Of she aids, helps or otherwiK :wists anolhcr
in vM&gt;Iating any ru)t applicab1t to the University.
JO. ASSAULT - A penon isguiltyofassaultwbtn he or
.she intentionally slaps. lcida.shovuor othnwisot strikes
another penon.
)1 . HARASSMFNT - A person LSguiltyofharaamcnt
when he or she inttntionally
A.. threatens or intimkbtc:s 1 penon crating a rational fear within that person; or
B.~ in acourvof oonduct orrtpeatcdlycommits acu dirtcttd at another penon which would seriously annoy a rational pmon; or
C. antes a condition whtch endangers or thrntens
th~ health. safety or wdfarc of another person
D. physicaDy restrains or detains any othe-r per10n.
or rc:~any penon from any place whert tv or W is
authoril.cd to remain
32. S£iF..DEFENSESPRAY - Consid&lt;ru!physiaf.,..uh
when c:i.rcwnstmcrs do not justify~ w.r of such • ~
vic&lt;. Other IOmu or misuoc indud&lt; dispensing fO&lt; the
pwJJO.ttof disruption of University operations orcvmts.
))_. STALKING - Reyeattd ~ acts or offenses
which taken singly maybe non·threatming, but c:oUcctivdy instill a fc:ar of phys.iaJ injury or harm. Such a pattern may involve. but is ~ limhtd to, th.t foUowins:
phone alb.physiafandie&gt;&lt;Y&lt;rbofa&gt;nfrootarions,bttaking and entering (cars. apartma:~Ls. kKhn. &amp;.), van·
dalizing, tbr pt1lJ)05t of which is 10 artempt 10 mmipulate or control another penon.
:U. ARSON - A penon is liabic U, by any act. hr or she
commits arson by causing a fire or cxpDion on any
Univcnity building or property.
JS. CONVERSION - A paooo is guilty err CXHMnion
wh&lt;n h&lt; e&gt;&lt;sh&lt;,ofttt bavinaiowfullyobuin&lt;d _.;on
or the property or anotba', wro"8fuuly tronsfm. c1&lt;tom..
substantially chang&lt;s. clomop. deslroys."' misuxs the
propaty without tbt pmnisaion o( the awntr.
J6. MISREPR£SE&gt;(£A'I'10N - A ,....,. is guilty err nois~tltioo wbm be or she puwrts ~truth for per·
JOnol pin or &amp;.or.
J7. POSSESSION - ~propcny known bypooseuor to be sto&amp;cn for his or her own usc, benefit or riea·
su.rr, or 10 im~ tht: rtCOYCtY by tbt owner.
Ja. DESTRUCI10N OF PROPERTY - A penon is
guilty err dcsuucticm err propcny- h&lt; ouh&lt; intm-

tionolly: A. dostroys.-. mo..nolly , _ o r -witt dafna8es property' not hia or her own; or B. aaus
• a&gt;ndrtion which mdon&amp;&lt;n or thtatoms propcny DOl
hisorhuown.
19. FALSE R£POKI1NG - A penoo isguiltyerrlobdy
..,....,. on inc:idau when h&lt;or ohe......,. inilrmation known 10 bt &amp;be"' ony U"""""r OfficiaL
40. FIRE - F;n:olomuand Ji..dlp&lt;iDCequipmon•in-

cludiDC but not limit&lt;d 10 fin: ............... fin: '-so
heal andiii&gt;Oir&lt;cletoaoa,ond oprinldu- ore fO&lt;
the pro&lt;e&lt;tioo errbuiltlinc o=pan"' Any tomp&lt;rinc
with or miswt of th&amp;sc:quipme:Dt it prohibited-and rMy
h&lt; punloltoble in the UniYenity"""" .... in the .,.,....
priateCMiand/ct&lt;Criminol Courts.Anytimu 6n:olorm
is ac:tivoted, oil people on: n:quirod "'k&gt;llowllte..ocuolion proadun:s fO&lt;theirportiatkr building. Oocupan11
muJl axnply with the n:quesu oi tJouains 111ft', Pubic
Sai!typenorutd.&lt;&gt;&lt;-penorutd.Any.-..
wUI h &lt; - " ' the"""""""' ..u..rsityandiO&lt;cml
judiciory.
41 . REASONABLE REQUEST OFA UNlVERSrrYOFFlCL\L - A,.....,;, guiltyerrr.ilun: 10complywhcn h&lt;
or she, knowing or havin&amp; reuon to know that dw: ~
q-mg penoo il o Univmity oftldol, foils"' a&gt;mply
with a~ request. For tht purpo1r of chis IC'C.tion. a Uniw:nity offidll shaD indudr, but not be limited to. an individual insuuctins a dua. a librarian or
design« in , library, , Public s.r..., Oflioer, and any
Resident AdvUor, Residmct Hall Director or atudmt
emplo)'c&lt;, anclmattbonerr lite UniYenityst&gt;lf anying
out their duties and mponsibilitieL
41 GAM BUNG - No otudmt sltollpmble fO&lt; mooey
or othcrYllluabltson Unhomityproputyor iD any U!U.....;tyr.cility.
41. MISUSE OF UN1VERS11Y SUPPUES OR DOCUMENTS - A pmon il guilty err misuoeerrllnMnitysupplies and documenu whm be or w l'orp. olters.....,
without authority, receiYes without authority, or pos-sesses without authority any Uni¥mity supptics or docu~T~Cnts. (UniVttSity supplies and docummu include, but
arc: not limited to, the following: supplies. ~uipmmt,
key~. rc:rords, flles. documents. all forms of compu~tt
data, and ot:hrr materials.)
44. FALSIFYING UN1VERS11Y APPUCATION CREDENTIALS - Stucknts found 10 Ito.. folsified opplicotion infOrmation art sub;cct to inuncdiated:ismissal &amp;om
the UnMrsity.
45. FALSIFYING GRADE CHANGI"S- In oddition 10
any sanctions which may bt impoetd by an ac:adml ic
dean, otbtr peoaltits marlxUSCSKd as a rt:SUlt of a Stu·
d&lt;nt-W'ode ludiciaryheuingO&lt; plea
46. AlnRJNG A STUDENT'S REGISTRATION OR
STUDENT DATA - Any Jtudcru who. fOr JKli'PC*S of
froud or rttion:pn:lmtation, l'alsffies,l'orp.-. alters, or mutilates in any manner arrf official University
document or rcprescntltton thm:o(
ARTICLE 12: APPROVAL
n.... Rul&lt;s and ResubtioN Ito.. been "PP"""'' by the
Council or the Univmity 11 BuJrolo,StarellnMnity err
l'kw York on April J999 and can be madt available on
casse~....,.. 10&lt;..,. visually im'paired in the omc. or
Services to the Handicopped. 2S Somud P. Capt:o Hall,
North Campus. n.... Rul&lt;s and Resu~otions sltoll ,._
main in dr..t untilsupen&lt;ded byiepotionor omendcd
by the Council of the Uniwnity at Buf&amp;lo, State: \JiU.
vn-sity o( New York.
•
Questions. CDttUrtGt!l and sugestioos rdat&lt;dto Stud&lt;nt Conduct RWes, UnMnity Swtclmlo and Administntive R&lt;gulotions oltould h&lt; direct&lt;d ""
The Ofllceerr Judicio! Affoin/Otobodomaa.

..,...,....L

405Copa&gt;Hall.
Studatt Allain

llp&lt;latal/lm&lt;2000
Netb- PHOTOGRAPHS ofUnivulitycvmu
· and me:mbcn of the campus oommunity an
rqularly ......, ond subtequattly display«! dopic:tinJ the vitality of U.B. If )IOU do not want
your pictu.n wed in this manner, p~ adviK
the pho101ntph&lt;rl
_ _ ...,_2000

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instructor in the UB Casting
Institute, pour5 molten
bronze into molds for a
public art project for the City
of Buffalo. Story, page 6.

South lake Village opens its doors
Apartment-style complex is third phase in long-term residential housing plan
By SUE WUETCHER
Reporter Editor

ties include central air conditioning,
laundry facilities. access to a commuOUTH Lake Vill age, the nity building, connections to the
third phas&lt; in a long-term university's telephone and com put·
plan to provide housing for ing systems. and a mple parking.
Itwill be fully occupied with a mix
students and improve their.
quality oflife, opened Aug. IS with of graduate and undergraduate n:si a ceremony at the complex on the dents when the Fall semester gets
under way Monday.
North Campus.
The second apartment -st yle
South L.ake Village is another step
housing compi&lt;X to he built on the toward US's goal of "turning the
North Campus, South Lake Village (North ) campus into what it was in features niAe two-story buildings tended to be-a residential campus,
and seven three-story buildings with where students not only work but

S

a capacity to house 552 students in

studio, one-. two- and four-bedroom apartments. The complex is
located on the south shore of Lake
LaSalle, considered to be one of the
most scenic stxJts'on campus.
Each fully furnished unit features
a full kitchen with all appliances, ind ueling a dishwasher. Other ameni-

where they live," said President \Vii Ham R Greiner.

The project. which COS I $22.9 mil lion, is sponsored by the UB Foun dation , lnc.,and the UB Alumni Assc&gt;ciation. It was designed by Fait Albert Associates o f Buffalo and

built by ADF U&gt;ns1ruction C.orp. of
Amherst.

The public land o n the North
Campus was made available for pri vate housing development due to a
clause in state education law that
allows SUNY trustees to work witl1
alumn1 associa tion s to develop
housing on SUNY campuses.
G reiner called So uth Lake Village
an "ext raordinary pannership of the
public and private sector." emphasizing that the prowct was financed
entirely with private mon&lt;."y.
Dennis Black, v1ce president for
student affai rs, echoed the pannership concept in his opening remarks.
Noting that an eight -person rowmg shell-once used by one of UB's
rowing teams--hangs from the ceiling of the South Lake Village com munit y building as pa ri o f the
project 's waterfront theme. Black
recalle@ a recent conversation he had
v.ith a crew coach that focused on

the keys to rowing success.
"The success of So uth Lak£· \'il
lage is based on these same kev fac ·
tors," he said:
• A good "vehid&lt;."--statt• OOuGJ
t1011 law and the power!~ of thl"
SUNY trustCes to make land lcase5"
• ""l'ea.mwork- the coordinated
and enthusiastic effons" of the UB
Foundation, Alumni Associauon.
Amherst Industrial Dt&gt;v~lopmcnt
Agency. "many on this campu.~ and
in Albany. and the talent of the archi tect and dedication of the contrador"
• "Trai ning"- bui lding on the
success of previous US housing con
st ruction projects
• "Spirit- the ongoang student
interest a.nd exl" itt"m ent m these
projects"
• "Good coachin g- .1 campu!&gt;
leader committed to 1mprovmg the
Coftt--.d-~ 1

UB to welcome incoming freshmen
By SUI WUITCHU

~tpOrttr Editor
LT HOUG H classes
.
don't start until Monday,
the fall semester fori~ coming freshmen and
transfer students will begin tomorrow as UB holds its first -ever "University Welcome" and concludes an
expanded orientation program for
the campus newcomers.
Theuniversiry has received depos·
its from 3,200 freshmen, 400 more
than expected, said Nina Kaa.rs., assistant vice provost for undergradu·
ate education. Of those 3,200, all but
200 were preregistered d uring the
firstphaseofthe·o rientationproccss
in the spring and early summer,
Kaars said. In fu1..1, she added, many
students received their fall class
schedules from UB before they actu ally graduated from high school.
Kaa.rs called th~ preregistration
cfJon "a daring experiment to try"

A

with such a large number of incom ing freshmen. But advisors worked
hard to "connect with students" via
email and telephone calls. "They

knocked themselves out," she said.
"We were determined to do this" to
combat the reputation UB has that
students can't get the courses they
need and to ease students' anxiety.
Kaars noted that most freshmen
have been registered in blocks. or
.. learni ng communities," in which
groups of students share the same
schedule. The concept is designed to
help students., particularly commut ers, "connect" with other students.
thereby helping to in crease reten ·
tion. she said , noting that the suecess of the program will be evident
"when we sc..-e retention numbers in
a year and rwo years from now."

about 400 students each were de~

~ty,'' she said.

signed to "get students socially acdimated to campus" and to "reduce

Students will receiV&lt; a bright-blue
canvas bag stuffed with pertinent in-

jitters.," Kaars said.
The third phase-the University
Welcome--will takt-placefrom 8-10
a.m. tomorrow in the main gym in
Alumni Arena. During the session,
freshmen and transfer students and
their parents will hear remarks from
President William R Greiner, Pmvrn1
Elizabeth Capa1di and Dennis Bl1ck.
vice president for stud ent affairs.
Thcyal.so will assemble a special jig·
saw pu u J e of thl· North Campm
{See story. page 7).
The session is imponant symboli cally,Kaarssa.id,bccau.seitwillbethe
first and last time a]J members of the
freshman class will be together in one
group until they graduate.

formation, including a UB acade.rnic

planneranda CDROMstockedwith
tools to enable all students to con nect easily to IT resources and the
Internet.
Following the welcome, students
will be divided mto groups for aca
demic overviews. facu lty presenta tions and tours of campus.
The traditiona1 new student ph.
nil \"i ll be held from 5-7 p.m. 111 tht"
t"ourtyard of the Student Umun on
the f\Wnh Campu:.. At 7 p.m .. the
"Rockin' Rally l()(X)...-a pep ralh tnr
the Bulls' Sep1. ~ season o pent"r
ag."linst Syracuse Univer..ttv f&lt;."atunng
the ma rching band. chel'rkader!l.
football team and rockt· r Edd1e

The second phase of the orien1ation process consisted of two-day,

"We hope that the message gw
thro ugh that the challenges ahead

Money-will be held in UB Stadium.
The final phase of onen&lt;auon-

on-campus s~ssions held during
mid-summer. The seven sessions of

are both academic and social, and
that they identify with the univer·

September Welcomt"--gets under
c~- paoge 1

�2 Rep ana. Auaust24.2000/Vol.31. lo.l

BRIEFLY
UB to offer c:toctonl
degree in audiology

Elaine Bartkowl•k is associate director of the Early Childhood Research Center. She was assisted in her responses by Alison Caputy,
principal of Pine Hill Elementary School in the Cheektowaga Central School District, and other Cheektowaga teachers.

UB hos recelvod _ . . t o of.
doctor ol oudioiogy degroe
(Ail .D.), one olles thon 10
the United
beginning

f..-.

in

s-.

with the fll 2000 -

·
The program will b o -

through the Ooplrtment ol

Communlcallve Disorders one!
Sciences In the College of" Arts
one! Sciences.
The ArnolicMl Spoec!H.anguogtond HeoringAuociatlon,
the pto/es:lionlf . _ . -

thlt certiflosiiUdiofogists. hos

moodotsl"thlt by the )'0112007
penons opj,lylog for cerllfbtion must -

• doctonol de-

Al.dologlsts---

9'"" In lhe flofd.

for lhe cilgnalil o n d don ol t..ing ...............

T'""*'!! for lhe doctonol degroe

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Includes
ond ~ollhe....,.
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thologles ollhe -.lpMdl ......
ceplionondondacousdcs.
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ric ond lndullrlll Ollllalogy;

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rotrolr*1g

thoropy, ~ poten-

tlob; otoleoustlt I!ITIIssions ond

vosllbulor tellrtg.

Simon gift to fund
SOM ted11101ogy
Dovtd F. Simon. on llumous ol
lhe SciJool ol ~~ hos
given SlOO,OOO to lhe school
to fund lhe purchase ond development ol imtructlonol
to&lt;h~.

A 197~ honorS grooa.."' ol
the school. ..-lhe gift
In recognition ol the ~ lnfloonce ol his porelts, Mluriu
and SUsan Simon, ond In appreciation ol the school's role In his

areer success.
"Technology ills been.on Interest ol mine since on ..ny age
and I'YO _ , firsthlnd how Jrn..

pon:ant to&lt;hnology b In busi-

ness.. SI)'S Simon. '1 f..t tt-'s
a real ne&lt;d for studonts to bo
able to use technology during
their studies they get a
good head st&gt;rt wthey learn how
to opera... In lhe mode thlt the
business world
tn.•
Lewis Mandell, deon ol the
School of ManogOITien~ Slid
thlt Simon's gift will bo used for
ocquisition ond ITIIIntenlnce ol
equipment and soltw¥e In the
school's comput« lob and for
pw&lt;hooe olinttfadMcilssroom l«hoooogges.

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REPORTER
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CIII1WTAritypublished by ..... Ollla! ol News
• Services In the [l;;lolon ol
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younger
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to be sUrtlng lOt •

things have influenced the kindergarl&lt;nsof2000

Is kindergarten different now
th-. say 20, JO or 40 yeoon
ago?

In your opinion, what skills
should children possess befon theJ go off to school fCH"
theflnttlnoe7

Early childhood educational practices hav&lt; continued co develop and
change since the lint half of the 20th
century. John Dewey was one of the
lint Americans whose theories had
a major impact on American education. His"child-centcred curriculum"
mntinues to influence educational
practice. The major points: the realities of everyday life should be the
basis for all cla5sroom activities;
children's inter&lt;sts should be tipped
by providing opportunities to engage
in daily living activi~ or occupations; children's sociai interest and
interactions with others should be
incorporated into daily classroom
life; participation in play activity contributes to children's intellectual and
social c!cvclopment,and thetead!er's
role is that of a facilillllor who encourages social skills by providing
opportunities to practice them. in the
early '60s, every kindergarten classroom had a piano. paint easels. unit
blocks, housekeeping areas aqd other
props thai facililllled social and dramatic play.The launching of the Russian satellite Sputnik was key in focusing public attention on the importance of science and mathematics in
education. Many classrooms went to ·
teacher-centered activities involving
math books arid worksheets instead
of exposing children 10 personal science- and math-related interests and
hands-on activities. Theorists such as
B.F. Skinner focused on the shaping
of behavior through operant condi tioning. Programmed instruaion beca m e visible in o ur kindergarten

classrooms during the 70s. Kindergartens began 10 address the high in cidence of poverty and the problems
of disadvanmg&lt;;d ·children's lack of
school success. The Ready to Learn
Act of 1992 and the Goals 2000 Bill
of 1993 laid the framework for academic achievement expected of all

American students and school s
through voluntary national standards, tests and goals. AU of these

HE Department of M~­
sic will open its 2000-0 I
season with an organ re·
cital by faculty member
Roland E. Martin featuring Johann
Sebastian Bach's finai--&lt;IJld incomplet&lt;&gt;-work, The Art of rhe Fugue.
The recital will be held al 8 p.m.
Sept I in Sloe Concert Hall. David

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the program at 7: IS p.m.
Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht states
in the preface of his book o n this
subject that " Bach's TI~e Art of rhe
Fugue is hdd in great awe, an d
scarcely any other work in the his·

lob-

tory of mwic suggests so many artistic possibilities. At the same time,

-Cioldboum

however, this cycle of fugues and
canons has thoroughly mystified

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Clvtstlno\1dol

Will ehlkiNn be playing
catch-up If theJ cloft't know
their '"A&amp;Cs" or c•n't" tie their
shoed
There are many more activities rel evant to children's learning and

school success than rote memory of

ABCs and tying shoes. Children
need many experiences with books.
such as being read to, library experiences and an awareness of the let·
ter-to-word association. Manual
dateriry· is important [0 the writ ing process and many school and life
experienca are ~tter developed
through stringing beads, puzzle play
and day or play dough experiences
than drill practice in shoe tying.

How c•n you encour.ge
young kids to develop •n H ·
venturesome splrtt7
By encouraging children to th ink
about and interact with the world
around them. Provide concrete experiences that require the usc o f the
senses. This process begins early in

a child's life since children from their
birth are interested in the world
around them. Placing interesting

mobiles over cribs and toddler play
areas extends their natural behaviors
and lets them playfully interact with
their environment. Hands-on expe-

l;enenlly, do you find that
... who.._. ...... In ..
day~/--~

ere better.....,..... to go to
school, socially _ ,....
ac-mlcally7

If you define an organized day-card
preschool setting as one that has National Association for the Education
ofl'OUJ!80&gt;ildren (NAEYC) aa:reditltion, then my answer is "yes." The

deYelopmentllly ~guidelines for auriculum ale based on the
belief that high-&lt;juality, early-&lt;hildhood programs provide a sak and
nurturing tnvironment that promotes the physical, socW. emoeional
and ~tivedeYelopmenl of young
children while considering a child's
gender, cultural badcgrouod, ability
and family. Research involving children who attend developmenlally
appropriate preschools ha"" documented long-term school rua:ess.

Children attending academic.
teacher-centered preschool pro-

grams may experience only shortterm success in school.
Aft orientation sessions helpful for child,_ who ""' ..,.

terlng • - sett.l.........,.
school or ~...-for
tiM flnt time 1

Yes, well-organized, child-centered
orientltions are very helpfuJ for children. First experiences in strange
places and with large number&gt; of
adults and children are intimidating
and often frightful for children. Trial
runs-be they on the school bus or
a visit to their new school---help prepare the child for the real lint day.
Ho.;., c•n p•rents prepare
their children for the flnt day
of school?

Parents can prepare their children by
talking about school in a positive
fashion. Telling a child "Wait until
you get co school, you'll see what the
teacher will do" when your child is
misbehaving is councerproductM:.
Saying things like "I can't wait until

you go to school" when you t.r..
been emotionally drained can result in your child having separll·
tion anxiety.There azesomeddi~

lhinll5 parm15 cando,indud-

ing beginning a bedtime routine,
such as washing up, brushing
teeth and reading. bedtimesrory
Stlrtingdosertothe time thai will
allow young children ac least I0
hours of si«p. SleeP deprivation
has CDnsiderable ~ df.cts
on school perfonnana. Computer use should stop at least two
hours before bedtime. The
brightness of the sc:reen and the
;,...,.ity of the conoentration .
t.r.. been shown toaiTcct the ....
and relaxation neeiled to fall into
a detp sleq&gt;. lelevision viewin3
should be better monitored so as
to decrease the amount of violence witnessed befo~ bedtime.
Become involved with reading to
your child. tell him or her stories
and listen to their COilC&lt;I'TIS. Parentsplayan imponanl role in get·
ling their children ready for
school.
Alty tips on trMsltlonlng
older children back to
school?

Teens often t.r.. si«p habits that
do not coincide with school
schedules. if scientific reports ale
correct about the brain of teen·
ag·e rs not being awake unt il
around IOa.m.and not going into
the sl«p cycle until later in the
evening, parents may need co encourage• change in the teens' activities. Sl«p deprivation has severe effects on roncmtration and
learning. En Courage teens to
modify their activity levels at least
two weeks before the beginning
of school. Just as sports practice

begins befo~ the lint game. so
should preparation for learning
activity: Sensible eating habits also
may be needed. Hopefully, teens
respect their parents' sound advitt.Actions do speak louder than
words. We adults should practia
what we preach IO our dUJdrm,
especiallf IO our teens.

Music schedule to open with organ recital

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AU children ale born able to learn. It
is up to the individuals responsible
for children's g10W!h and devdopmenlto provide the healthy learning
mvironments that promote school
success. Primary to a child's suazss
in school is the child having a positive self-image School should be regarded by children and their famj .
lies as a place where they can learn to
be sua:essfuJ in life. OUJdren should
be in good health aod be able to see,
hear and speak. If their senses are impaired, resources to assist them in the
communicative processes oeed to be
idq!tified early and provided to assist them in the learning proass.

rience. together with conversations

about what is occurring, is the best
method of fostering science processing skills.

Fuller, professor emeritus of music.
will present a pre·concert lecture on

many . .

Martin, professor of organ and
harpsichord. will be joined by members of the SUNY-Fredonia brass
faculty, who will perform brass
quintet arrangements of se lect
fugues from the cycle.
On Sept 12, the Sloe Sinfonietta.
UB's chamber orchestra, will be
joined by soprano Elizabeth
Fa rnum under the direction of
Magnus Mlrtensson in a perfor·
mane&lt; of Mahler's Symphony No. 4
in G Major. The performance will

take place al 8 p.m. in Sloe.
Symphorry No. 4 in G Major("Ode
to Heavenly Joy") is probably
Mahler's most -loved symphony,
thought co express in its charming
melodies his admiration for the

great composer Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart.
- ~specialist in contemporary

music, Farnum comes to UB with

many credentials. the most notable
being her touring activity with the
renowned Waverly Consort and.-...
cen.t performances as a featured
singer with Riverdance.
The first piece in the Sinfonietta
program will be Silbury Air by
Harrison Birtwistle. Birtwistle's Style
has been compared co the music of
Igor Sttavinsky.
Christopher Gibbs. professor of
music. will prt$mt a pre-concert leelure on the program al 7:15p.m.
The Cassatt String Quartet, the
Slee Quartet-in- Residen ce. will

open the 45th annual cycle of complete Beethoven string quartets with
a concert at 8 p.m. SepL IS in Sloe.
The Cassau will perform
Beethoven's Quartet in E-Oac Major,
Op. 127,QuartetinFMajor,Op. 18.

No.I , and Quartet in C Major, Op.
59, No. 3.
UB's other resident chamber eosemble, the Amherst Saxophone
Quartet, will kick off its season with
a program entitled "A Tribute 10
Marcel Mule" al 8 p.m. SepL 21 in
Sloe.
Mule was the founder of th e

famed Paris Saxophone Quartet, the
ensemble that inspired composers
to wcite so much great music for
these instruments.

During the concert, the Amherst
Saxophone Quartet will perform
masterpieces composed by Alfred
Desencios, Gabriel Pierne a nd
Alexander Glazunov.
For further information, including ticU! prices, ron tact the ooncert
office at 645-2921 or at &lt;http://

-.slee.bufflllo.-&gt;.

�Augusl24.2UOO/Vul. 3~ No.1

Literary series sets schedule m
Wednesdays at 4 PLUS features star-studded program for fall
By PAlliiCIA DONOVAN
N~ Services Editor
EARI NG the patina burnished by
repeated major nationa! recognition,
the " Wednesdays at 4 PWS" series
presented by the Poetics Program in
the DepartmentofEnglishwill,with
its typical panache, present a star~tudded program of readings and
literary performances this fall
The series' glitterati will include
genre-twisting novelists David Foster Wallace and Samuel Delany, as
well as several current and former
chancellor&gt;oftheAaldemyofAmerican Poets-Adrienne Rich,jorieGraham and Carolyn Kizer. Kizer will
present the annual OScar Silverman
Memorial Reading on Nov. I 0. ,
A series o f bilingual readings in
Spa nish/English a nd French/ En glish by visiting guests like poet Meimei Berssenbrugge and poet Alice
Notley, whose feminist epic "The

lowship.
• Dynamic and intellectuallydazzling, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
)orie Graham (SepL 6) "shu ns the
fashionable literary postures of irony and fiivolous d espair to sp eak
without embarrassment
of poetry as a moral and
spiritual undertaking. an
instrUment of discovery and awakening." wrote one critic.
The author of seven books of poetry, Graham received the Pulitzer in
1!/96 for "The Dream of the Unified
Field: Selected Poems 1974-1994."
Boylston Professor of Rhetoric
and Oratory at Harvard Univer&gt;ity,
Grahamalsodirectsthepoetryprogram in the University of Iowa's
famed Writer&gt;' Worksho11- In 1997,
she was elected chan cel'lor o f the
Academy of American Poets.

en ce · fic t ion n ovelist Sa mu el
"Chip" Delany (Oct. I I ), a mem be r of the UB Poeti cs
Prog ra m facu lt y, is an
influential author of scien ce-fic tion, wh ich is
surprising given his outsider status as a gay man
and an African American . In the
pas·t few yea rs, he h as ga rn ered
much critical acclaim as a memo i~ist as well, and it is in that genre that
his current interest lies.
Delany's first novel was "Tho Iewels of Aptor." By age 26, he had won
four Nebula Awards before briefl y
bowing out in the late '60s to explore
a musical ca reer. He returned to
write an intellect uafly challengi ng
series of books that included one of
his most famous and critically appl a uded nove ls, " Da hl gren ." a n
a pocalyptic tale who se b isex ual
theme reflected the concerns of the
author's private life.
• The"velvetand off-the- hookge-

Descent of Alette" has earned much

Graham's many honors include a

nius,.. novelist David Foster Wallace

critical attention, will be featured,
aJong with presentatio ns by artists,
US poetics students and dist in guished UB faculty.
A few of the highlights:
• Adrienne Rich (Oct. 18) has

MacArthur Fellowship.
• Pulitze r Prize- winning poet
CarolynKizer (Nov. lO) isthe author
of seven books of poetry,
includin g " Yin" - fo r
which sh e wo n th e
Pulitzer in 1984--several
books of essays and the
anthologies " 100 &lt;; reat
PocmsbyWomen" (l995) and "The
Essential Clare" (1992). She is the
founderandformereditorofthejournalfl:&gt;&lt;rryNorthweslandservedasthe
first director of the National Endowment for the Arts uterature Program
AforrnerrhanceUorofTheAcademy of American Poets, Kizer has
received an American Academy of
Arts and utter&gt; Award, the Frost
Medal, the John Masefidd Memo-

(Se pt. 15) has a la rge
popular and cult following. The 34-year-old sa vant, wh o has received
mostly positive but sometimes frosry criticism, fre-

W

been an inspiration al
force in American poetry
for mo re than 40 years.
A cultural icon and
well -known , longtime
""'"
political activist, Rich is
the author of20 books of poetry,
many of which reflect political and
feminist themes and stylistic experimentation.
In 1999,she received the Lifetime
Achievement Award from the
Lannan Foundation and was elected
a chancellor of the Acaden'!Y of
American Poets. Her previous
awarrls include the American Academy of Poets Fellowship, the Ruth

Lill y Poetry Prize, the Len o re

Marshall Poetry Prize. the National
Book Award and a MacArthur Fe!-

rial Award a_nd the Theodore
Roethke M&lt;mOrial Poetry Award.
• Popular memoirist and sci-

WJWAa

quently is compared to Uterary superstar&gt; Thomas Pynchon and WtUiam Gaddis.
Wallace is perhaps best -known
fo rhisidiosyncraticand darkly bril liant 1996 grunge nove), " In fin ite
jes t," 1,000-plus p ages o f wha t
Newsweek critic David Gates called
"epic preposterousness ... (fuU of)
salted dues and interlinked motifs
with white-knuckle suspense and
gross- out violen ce right o ut o f
Stephen King."
ThefuUschedulefortheseriescan
be viewed online at &lt;htt p :/ I
epc.buffalo.edu/ poetks/ca lenct./faiiOO.html&gt;.

CAS appoints three new deans
By SUE WUETCH£11
RqKKter Editor

ERRY Gran~ dean of the
College or Arts and Sciences, has appointed
three new associate
deans for the college.
Bruce D. McCombe, professor of
physics. has been named associate
dean fo r research and sponsored
programs; Barbara Tedlock, professor and chair of the Departm~nt of
Anthropology, has been named associate dean for undergraduate education, and Munroe Eagles, asSociate professor of political science, has
been named associate dea n for
graduate studies.
In additio n , Grant has created an
"administrative cabinet" to administer the collegCand advise the dean.
The group is composed of Grant;
Senior Associ a te D ean C h a rles
Stinger; McCombe; Tedlock; Eagles;
Martha Barton, c;hief financial officer for the college, and Suzanne
Gale, director of personnel.
As associate dean for research and
sponsored programs, McCombe is
responsible for coordinating aU aspectS of sponsored-program activity throughout the coUege. He replaces John Ho, who n:turns to the
faculty.

K

McCombe joined the UB physics
department facul!f in 1978 and has
served in a variety of administrative
posts, including associate chair and
chair of the physics department, cocl.irector of the Center for FJectronic
and Electro-Optic Materials and
deputy director for the New York

A UB facultymembersince 1987,
Tedlock is a nationaUy known specialist in psychological, symbo lic
and cognitive anthropology, the anthropology of art and aesthetics. and
elhnomedkine in the Ame rican
Southwest and Mesoamerica.
A past editor of American Anthropo/qgist. she will publish her fourth
book, "The Woman in the Shaman's
Body: Reclaiming the Fentinine in
Religion and Medicine," in 200 I.
Eagles has assumed responsibiliry
fo r all ac tivities co nnected wit h

Institute on Superconductivity.
He currently is director for the Center for Advanced Photonic and Electronic Materials (CAPEM ).
A feUow of the American Physical Society, his research interests are
in semiconductor physics, particu larly infrared and far infrared spec trosco p y o f se mi co ndu cto r
nanostructurcs.
In her new positio n, Tedlock assumes responsibility fo r aU undergraduate education in the arts and
sciences, including curricular development and the prom otio n oflearn ing experiences distinctive to a researc h uni ve rsit y. She replac es
Deborah Walters, who will spend
2000-0 I as a fellow of. the American
Council on Education (ACE ).

graduate study in thecoUege. including curricular review, su p po rt fo r
departmental- recruitment effo rts
and fellowship and award programs.

He joined the UB political science
faculry in 1989, and also serves as an
adjunct associate professor in the Department of Geography. He ~ a coinvestigator with the UB site of the
National Center for Geographic Lnfonnat:ion and Analysis.
He served as associate dean fo r
graduate stucties and research for t.he
fo rmer Facult)' of SociaJ Sciences.
Eagles' research interests include
Canadian politics. comparative politics of advanced industrial societ ies-es p ec ia ll y Brita in a nd
Canada--geographic info rmatio n
systems and political behavior.

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13

BRIEFLY

UBF to sell Pfeifer Theatre
The UB Foundation is selling
th e Pfeifer Theatre i n th e
d o wnt o wn Buffa lo Th eatr e
Dist ricL
UB has declined to re new its lease of t he bu ild ·
ing from the UBF when it
expires at the end of th is .
month , says Kerry Gran I.
dea n o f the Co llege of Arts
.md Sciences. The unive rsll yqm not continu e to pa y th e th eat re'!.
$50,000 ann uaJ mamtcnan ce cost m
the current cos t-conscto us cli ma te, he

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sa~nd

smce the UBF can o nly o pe ra te fa cthtt e-s
and prog rams that be ne fi t U B, 11 serves no purpose fo r the fo u ndatio n to own th e butldm g, says Ed
ward Sch neider, execu ti ve directo r of the UBF.
UB bo ught the Pfei fer--o nct" ho mt" to th e Town Casi no restau ran t-n ightclub and th e Stud io Arena- 111 1986. It :.erved as th e m a jor venue fo r produ ct io ns o fth t&gt; Depa rtment of T heatre a nd Dance ..
But once the Ce nter fo r th e Art s was built 10 1994, most UB· pro duced even ts we re rel oca ted to one of the center '.;; fou r performa nce
stages. UB produ ctio ns a lso a re '\taged m the Ka tha n nc Cornell The
at re in th e Elli co ll Complex.
The Pfeifer hal&gt; been scrv m g a~ th(' home of t wo f(') Jdc nt wmpd
nies-Curtai n t:a ll ProductiOns a nd Shakespea re tn J)dawa re Park as well as an occdsio nal .;eco nd .; tage fo r scvcra l lompa m c,, md ud ing Stu dio Arena Theatre, th e Iris h ('J.asstl .ll Thca trl' Jnd '-.um m erfa rc
Th eatre, now kn o wn as My s 1 ..:a i~Me .

Gebbie supports WBFO
WBFO 88.7 FM , a Nat io na l Pu bli c Rad 10 a ffi!J a tl~ and

..1 ma1or pu h
lie service of UB. has received a $75.000 g ran t fro m tht.• 0ebb 1e .. oun ·
datio n, Inc., to suppo rt the ex pa nswn a nd unprovem ent of the stg·
nal o f WUBJ 88. 1 FM , its repea ter ~ta ll o n "t.' rvm g th e peopl e o f
Jamestown and Chautauq ua Count y.
T he Gebbie Fou nda t io n grant is the la rgest o f fo ur- to ta li ng
$ 130,000--rcceivcd in su pport of the S \ 33,000 project .
T he sta tion previo usly recei ved a $25,000 grant fro m the Ralph C.
Sheldo n Fo undation , a $20,000 g rant from th e Hultq u ist Fo unda ·
t ion and a $ 10,000 gra nt fro m t he Johnson Fouitdation.
T he project to expand its signal will involve movi ng the WUBJ
tran smitter to a m o re central location-from Gerry to a tower at
Ellery Center o wned by the Cha utauqua Co unty Sheri ff 's Officeand increas ing its po wer approximately seven -fo ld .
The signal wil1 be extended to reach a po tential audience of90,000
in Mayv ille, C hautauqua, Cassad aga , Sincla irviJi e, Brocto n and
Pana m a in New Yo rk and Suga r Grove and o th er a reas in no rth western Penn sylvani a.
The signal strength will impro ve th ro ug ho ut the present se rvice
area in and aro und Jam estown, wi th im provements pa rti cula rly no ticeable aro und C hautauqu a Lake. T here wiiJ be a g reatly im p roved
signal in the area al o ng Lake Erie fro m Westfie ld to Fredonia, which
wilJ receive a seconda ry area signal fo r the fi rst time .

Course in combinatorial
chemistry to be offered this fall
The De p a rtme nt o f Chemistry this fa ll is offe ring the fi rst co urse
of its kind at an y university o n co mbin ato rial ch emistry, a new tech nology that is revolut io nizing d r ug discovery.
T he depa nment has received a SSO,OOO gran t fro m T he Ca m ill e
and Henry Dreyfus Special G rant Program in th e C hemi cal Sci ences- alo ng wi th S 15,000 in matching fund s fro m the U B Provost's
O ffice-to establi sh a train ing labor atory in combin ato r ia l chemistry as pa rt of the new cou rse.
Combi natorial chemi stry 1s a nt"w tt"chn o logy thatts cha nging ra pid ly th e way d rugs are d iscoven ·d Ill the pharm ace uti ca l and biO tech no logy ind ustri es. \.Vh ile chemtsts used to synthesize nc''' co m
po un ds om· at a time for subsequent testtn g as pott.·nttal drugs. com binatorial chemist ry a ll ows chemi sts to svnthes tze hundred s o r m o re
co mpo unds in th e same am o un t o f tlln e, thl·reh,· .Kcd erat m g tht·
d ru g-d iscovery p rOCt'SS, says Dav1J Ha nga uer. as~oc1 at e pro fesso r o l
med icina l chemistry and chemtstr y. who \VIII ll'a .. h hoth gr~t d u..tll'
and u nderg raduate sec ti o ns of th e co urse.
Ha ngauc r no tes tha t th js prod uctivit y en h.ttKc m ent t!o p.trtKu
la rl y im port an t now tha t the human gent unt· h .b be&lt;.'n scqu t·n .. t·d
and m a ny new targets fo r drugs a rc bem g Ji ~ClWC rt•d r.J p1dl y.
Co nsequently, chem ists wi th cxpen cnce m &lt;.: u mbm..tto n a l chem
istry a re in very high demand in the pha rm au.&gt;utt ca l and I11Ptl'l h
no logy indust ries, he add s.
T he new course w iU be offe red as MC H ·L!7 for und t•rgrJ du .:lll'l&gt;
and MC H 527 fo r gradu ate studen ts.
Fo r furth er info r ma ti o n , con tac t Ha ngau e r a t 64 5-6299 or
&lt;hangauer@acsu.buffalo.edu &gt;.

�Unique project to blend geography and education In Buffalo urban dassrooms

Cope receives NSF career grarit

BRIEFLY
Ebert to lelld off
selena! series
Challes H.V. Eben. SUNYIJistin.

gubhedT-'Wlg , _
Emeritus in tho Deportment of
Geogrlphy, ............,.,
ANiysB of Globol Wam*lg lnd
Potentill Ellectsan ar.-.n:t

- . . . - - . . - ... Sept.
6Mtho-..-lntho

:Z000.01- - - Sd·
enu
lnd Technology Forum
loctlft serielor ... - ..
W1lh tho ..apdon of two
field trips, tho prog&lt;ams will be
held on Wedneodly ....w.gs
lhrougli )an. 1 o on tho North

campus.

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Spubn from...,.-

lions lnd industries, os wellos
UB, will provldeinlonnidon on

new, OJ&lt;dling JCionlific doloolopments thot.,., be incorpofltod
into tho c:Uo.troom.
T h e - - begun in
1969 by IUdirector, ~H .
Nlncolas, SUNY Ddtlnguished
l'rolessorln tho Deportment ol
ChemistJy in tho College ol Ails
and Sciences.~..,.
Stophen ~ proleuor ol biological sciences, lnd CNries
Mitchell, proleuor ol geology.
fo&lt; further inlonnidon or to
register lor tho series, contact
S.lba,. Rolf ot 64S~. exL
2020.

Baldy Center to host
philOsophy wortshop
The 8.ldy Center lor lAw lnd
Soclol f'OIIcy ln tho School ol
lAw wll

'-a wo&lt;tahop on

•f.in\ Prindples ol Colloc:tM Declslon t.uldng in Public Con- .
texiS" tomom&gt;Wind Saturday
In tho lAw School Focully
1.ou&lt;1ge. 5-4s O'Bclan t1111 on tho
NorthCitrf&gt;uS. .
P.,., will be giYon by le«&lt;i n g - in tho field ol tho
philo5ophy ollow, Including
a.tbano Fried of Stanford, o..id
Gauthier of tho UrWonlty ol
Pittsburgh, Robert Goodin ol
tho Australion Nationoll!nM!fsity, Michool Meuror a/Boston
Unillonity. MANm Thalos ol UB
lnd jeremy- ()("Columbia. Theywllladdreu such topIcs as dellbenliYe democnocy,
hypotheticlll tax borgolns in
Hobbesian conf1aCIUoism, cooperoliYe game tf-r lnd fair
division, the mojority prlnclplo
and tho dignitlOs lnd indignities
of collectivo rotionollty.

A panel discussion Involving.
all JnSOf'leS wll be held from
•:30-6 p.m. Saturday.
Regislrltion lor tho wori&lt;·
shop Is Sill open. fo&lt; further Information, contact the S.ldy
Center ot 645-2102.

Creative Craft Center
to offer worlcshops
The CtNwO Croft C.i.terln the
Ellicott Cornple&gt;c b offering early
fall wori&lt;Shops beginning the
o/Sopt. 11 .
Worlcshops .... scheduled in
photognophy, pottery. weaving,
quilting, Btazilian ernbroidefy,
knitting and crocheting, beginning and advanced stained
glass, jewelry construction and
bask drawing.

-

Woricshops run from 7-10
week for six

p.m. one nJght a
-..
fOf

Pottery
Children and Creative Kids classes-mixed media
for children-will be held from
10 a.m. to nOon on Saturdays.
Pottery for teens will be held

from 1-3 p.m. on Saturdays.
Fees •~ S30 lor UB students
and S60 for all othef1.
fo&lt; further Information, con·
tact the C'"liYe C..ft Center at
645-20• from 1-S p.m. Monday through Fridi!y, or from 7·
10 p.m. Monday through
Tho~.

By JEHHIRII LEWANDOWSKI
Rqxxt~ Contributor

N

0 one was more sur

4

prised than Meghan
Cope to l&lt;arn she had
received a National

Sciene&lt; Foundation (NSF) CA·
REER Program Grant to carry out
her life's work-a unique project

that blends geography an.d educa·
tion in urban classrooms.
The grant, an award of $230,525

over four yoars with a possible fifth.
year extension, will fund a project
whose goal,Cope says. is to help give
a voice to those individuals outside
society's mainstream-in this c.a.K
minority students, the majority
population in the schools with

which she will be working-while
also raising awareness in the community-at-large of the importance
of geography.
An assistant p,Yfessor in the Department of Geography in the Col·
lege of Arts and Sciences, Cope has
put the project, originally slated to
begin this june, on hold for a year
to accommodate a potential sabbati-

The following year, Cope plans to
teach a service-learning course for
both undergraduate and graduate
students at US. particularly_for stu·
social-servi~ organizations in the
area inftumce the labor market, pri· dents in the disciplines of geogramarily at the lower-income level. phy and education.
"The idea wilh the.. .course is that
This year, she says. will be dedicated
to not only firming up plans for her geography students will I!&lt;' expooutt
grant project, but also analyzing~­ to some education principl&lt;sand poovious research compiled from inter- sibly think about elementary or secondary edl~Qtion
, . . - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - - - , as a job option,
and education
students will get
expooutt to geography in a waythat
goes beyond what
people typically
think ofas geogra·
phy,- which is
metOOrizingplace
Colorado at Boulder five yoars ago,
has focused her work on issues of
welfare reform in Buffalo and how

her project-once a pipe dreamin motion.
" I was really surprised to get a
grant." she says, noting !hat in 1998,

for example, the NSF granted approximately 340 career awards, only
three of which were given for
projects in the social sciences. The
hard sciences play a much larger part

in attracting the NSF grants, and for
that reason, Cope says, she was extremely skeptical of her chances.
"Once I saw that , I figured,
' There's no chance I'm getting one

of these,"' she says. "Of course, I'm
thrillaho have it."
Cope, who has been a UB faculty
member since she completed her
doctoraJ degree at the University of

names and that
kind of thing." she
says. bemoaning.

tongue-in-check,

lntemet activities as well.

c:no.m

hasn't diminished the feelings of awe
and gratitude Cope has for setting

wayinfiuena," she

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g,_, CO..-t-41 .-.Mtyfw a oodal - . . - t o
study geogrophy
classrooms.

views with sociaJ-services workers
from 1997~99. Anxious to get the
ball .rolling. Cope provided a preview of the four-year endeavor that
looks specifically at how inner-city
third-graders conceptualize urban
space.

The first year, she says, entails
"background researth,literature reviews, setting up procedures, contacting the schools that I'm going to
be working with ... doing mainly
ground work.n

UBfor SEFA
Although the SEFA campaign doesn't kick off officially until
next month, members of the UB community have been
spending their summer working on SEFA events. Provost ·
Elizabeth Capaldi (right) cooks hot dogs during a roast held
on July 26 to benefit the campaign. The offices of the
Provost and the President will hold another roast on Aug.
31 . UB also was well-represented at Day of Caring events
o n Aug. 16. Kathy Lenda of the UB Foundation staff helps
Martha Niedziel of the Episcopal Church Home keep track
of her bingo card .

For example, one assignment

would entail third-grad&lt;n using a
disposable camera to I]OCOrd a day
in their lives ~d the spaces they
encounter along the way-home,
the park. the playground, the groc:&lt;ry store. Students also will b&lt; en·
couraged to l«q&gt; a journal of their
lives in and out of the classroomfor example, "Where I went today
and who I saw."
Cope's project is multimedia ori·
ented, with plans for video and

the perception
some have of ber
field
'" It 's very purposely structured
IO have this IWO-

cal. This postponement, however,

lems," she says. pointing out that
despite the CUTTCill economic boom,
"there are neighborhoocjs aU aver
the country that an: not necessarily
experiencing that boom."
"We're using this (n:sean:h) to see
if we can bdp kids learn more about
"'aod also draw &amp;om aisting percq&gt;t;ons; sbe says. noting that students definitely will play an actM
role in the project.

says, explaining

that in addition to
regular dasswork
at VB, students

will be ..ooang in
several Buffalo

classrooms--she declined to say
which sdlools just yet-«~ variousac-

tivitiesthatrevealthestudents'takeoo
urban space.
.
"How do they think of differen.t
spaces in the city! Do they per-ceive

somespaasassafe.othersasdangerous! Some as fun. others as boring!"
she asks, throwing out eJWnples of
what she's interested in finding OUL
" Respecting that kids are very
saVvy, these are times in which we
are less-focused on urban prob-

The tangible results of UU.re·
search, Cope says. will be the development of curriculum materials

based on the activities, which she

will be sharing with the Buffalo
schools and the larger teaching oommunity, with plans to publish the
·materials in pamphlets and online.
The ultimate gOal, Cope says. is
"to giveth... children an additiooal
avenue of interest and confidence(to show them) that someone really
cares what they think."
The research, which incorporates
issues of class, race and gender, embraces ~·s overall career com·
mitment, which, she says. is simply
"listening to people ... and letting
them know there are people who
care a.b out what's happening to
them and who'd like to see things
change for the better."
Cope: is slated to receive additional funding for the project
through UB's Equipment Challenge
Grant Program.

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Buffalo Film Seminars set

m

Jean Renoir's classic film "The Grand fllusion" to open series
of each film, the""" will lead discuSNews Sorvicos Editor
sioos about the films with UB stuHE restored version of dents and memb&lt;rsofthepubtic.
Jean Renoir's 1937 dasAdmission to each film will be
sic film "The Grand lliu- S6.50(generalpublic)andS4.50 (stu sion," starring Jean dcntsand .s mion62andolder).SeGabin and Eri&lt;: von Stroheim, will ries tid&lt;dJ offering 14 screenings for
open the Fall 2000 Buffalo Film the price of 12 may be purSeminars, the popular 14-wed&lt;series chased at all Dipson
ofscreeningsanddiscussioosofgreat bnx offices for $78 (general
films sponsored by UB and the Marpublic) and $54 (students and
ket Arcade Film and Arts Cen)J'e.
seniors aver 62).
The fall series indudes outstandFree parking for film paingfilms produced from 1937-98 in troos will be available in the
a broad range of genres. Screening lotdirectlyopposite theMartime is 7 p.m. Wednesdays.
ketArcade'sWashingbeginningAug. 30 and run- r::-:-=:-----:--, ton Street entrance.
ning thmugh Dec. 6, in the
The seminars also have an
academic compo~ent. The
Market Arcade Film and
Arts Centre, 639 Main SL,
screenings are part of a .
Buffalo. There will be no
graduau:seminar,"Realities"
screening Nov. 22.
(Eng 655), being taught by
Films will be introduced
Jackson and "Contemporary
Cinema" (Eng 442), an unby Bruce Jackson, SUNY
DistinguishedProfessorand
dergraduate course being(
Samuel P. Capen
taught by Christian.
Arnerican allture in the Department
Jackson says the seminars are based
of English in the College of Arts and on three ideas about watching film.
Sciences, and DianeOuistian,SUNY
"One," hesays,"isthatthebest way
Distinguished Teaching Professor, to watch a good film 'is projected on
also in the English departmenL
a good screen in a dar~ room in
Follnwingashortbreakattheend thepresenceofotherpeople.Watchay PAliiiOA DONOVAN

T

ing a good film on TV or videotape
islikercadingagood novel in"Oiff'&gt;
Notes"or"Oassic Comics": you get
the oontour, but you don't have the
real experience of the thing.
"Thesecondisthatoneofthebest
~to understand your reaction to
a film you've just seen is
by talking about it with
people who have also
seen it and who areas in tereSted in it as you are,"
Jackson say5.
'lhird, is that it is not
only possibl&lt; for such a
discussiontoinvolvestudents and non-students,
younger people and older people,
people who are passionate about
filmingeneralandpeoplewhohappen to be interested in the specific
movie underooosideration,butthat
the discussion acruallybenefits from
such a mixture of sensibilities."

Further information about the
films and their oontexts, the directors, actors and other crew, and notices of any last--minute changes in
sc hedul e are available on th e
seminar's Web sites: &lt; http://
_
_buff--...-..._com&gt;
or&lt;http://-.- - . o r g&gt;.

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Web White &amp; Blue 2000

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With the ..tvent of c..m.,.lgn 2000, Lockwood Library's govern ment documents librarian, Ed Herman, has puUed together a variety
of links re lated to the presidential election at &lt; http:/ I
ubllb.buffalo.edu / llbrarles / unlts / lrnl / govdocsubj /
electlon2000.html&gt; .
For example, Herman highlights the home pages of tbc Demo·
cratic National Committee, the G reen Party, the Reform Party and
the Republican Party, as well as a metasite of third-party pages. He
also indudes an interesting and fun section entitled, .. \'Vho best re·
fl eets my views?" Here he lists two sites--dectionguid e2000 and
S peakOu t. com-that· offer unde *
cided volers--or decided voters who
are curious-the option of complet ing an on lin e questionnaire. The
questionnaire provides the
opportu nit y to delin eate
one's
views on such topics as abortion, gun cont ro l,
the death penalty, campaign reform. social secu*
rity and foreign policy. The site then rates the
presidential can dida tes according to how closely
they do and d o n.ot share one's opmions.
Herman also features Web White &amp; Blue
&lt;http:/ / www.webwhlteblue.org&gt;, a non-parti san, not-for-profit site sponsored by the Markle Foundatton that pro·
vides high -qualit y, Web-based po li tical information with the goal of
en hancing voter participation this election season. The centerpiece
of the site . .. The Rolling Cyber Debate," will com
"lence on Oct. I and continue through Election
Day. Although not directly affiliated with the
Commis ion on Presidential Debates, the aim
~
"
of the "cyber tlebate " ts to serve as a comple 0
:nt to the traditional televised debates. It will
,able each candidate's campatgn staff to have an
. . . pportunity to con t inue debating. a.s well as to m ·
traduce new topics to thrash oul.
In the meantime, Web White &amp; Blue 2000 offers plenty of elecuon
coverage by highlighting news and commentary from its 17 chart er
sites, including ABCnews.com, CNN.co m /allpolitics , NetNoir,
NYTimes.co m , PBS.Online a nd USAToday.com.lt also features hnks
to non -profi t agencies with an interest in getting out the vote, in ·
eluding YVote2000, Rock th e Vote. Generation Net and The Vanish ing Voter Project, as well as links to live chats on election -related
topi cs.
Ce rtai nl y, it never has been more effortless to follow a presidential
election. Or, as th e creato rs of the Web White &amp; Blue 2000 proclaim.
"Democracy just got easier."

. .ue

-Gemma DeVInney and Don Hartman, Umveflll)l t.JbrOfle'

Obituaries
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of electrical engineering

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David M. Bene.nson, professor of electrical engineering, died July I
in his Williamsv"i!Je home. He was 73.
A UB faculty member since 1963, Benenson
served as chair of the Department of Electrical and
Compu ter Enginee ring from 1983-89 and as direi..' tor of graduate studies from \995 -99. He .,...as active
in the Cooperative Engineering Education Program.
serving as its director from 1996-99.
His resea rch interests included fluid dynamtc::..
electrical a rcs. plasmas. plasma chem tst ry. turbulence. power Circ uit breakers and plasma proce::.::. ing. He was the author or co -author of 114 technica l papers. and
held vanous editori al positiom \\lith journals relate-d to gaseou s dci..' ·
Ironies and plasma science.
lknenson holds-with UB ..:o ll eague~ - t wo patent~. hoth \ll wh11:h
involve work relating to " Method and Appar . Hu~ ft,r D1agno-.~ng. the
State of J t\ lachinc."
He w3:. ,\ memhcr of ~1gma X1 , ,md ~,.3, ,1 'L'Ill ur mt·mhl·r ol th t·
Institute tll Electrical and Eleltmn~~... ~ l· n~mt.· cr' .
He earned a ba c helor '~ d~.-·gret· 111 .lt'TOIMUih...tl L' ll~on n·t lfl ~ !rom
/\ tiT and master's and doctoral JcgrL"e::. Jn .H:· ronJull l.. ' from tht· { .•111
fornia Institute of "!Cchnology.
Benenson wa::. active in the Facultv ~cn3te . scrvmg :.mo..t' t l:l~h u n J
va riety of comm ittee::.. including the Exc(Utt ve L omnuttet•. tht· l ' n1
versity Governan ce Committee and tht· ht~.ultv Tenure J.nJ Pm 1
lege~ Committee .
A scholarsh ip fund in Bcncnson's name ha::. bet•n L'S tabh s hL~J With
the UB Foundation , in c. Checks should be made out to the UB Foun dation, with "Dr. David M. Benenson Memorial Scho larship" ""'Til
ten in the memo line.

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Sculptural " bronze book" to chronicle events and benchmarks In history of Buffalo
TRA NSITIONS
Moving In:
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and obstetrics, to clinicolossistant proleuor cl gynecology
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By PATRICIA DONOVAN

News

S~kes

Editor

year-long, multi-disciplinary research-andconstruction project by
UB will product a new
form of public art that was designed
spcci!ically for the City of Buffalo but
which can serve as a modd for cities
seeking to reclaim their histories.
. lt is a massive,24-page, scuJptura1
book comprised of two-dimen-

A

ten exists in a vacuum, however, and
tends to project a utopian image of
a city in sculptural terms that SfiVes
a purely monumental purpo~

were identified and catalogued by the
project team. The team began to design a public work based on conctpU.

referring only to itself or existing as
part of corporate dkor.

principles that might aid Buffalo in
its process of self-reflection and the

models, conventions and design

sional historical and conceptual

maps, buildings, icons and other visual historical data-all cast in
bronze-that will articulate sign.i6-

Murt.l Andenon, from man.
~ger of student services k1 the
School of Management Cartel'

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Exposition and highlight contributions and events associated with the
City of Buffalo," Fantall22i says.
The book's bronze frame already
has hem cast, as haw: a number of
page elements, such as low-relief architectural models, maps and historical narratives. Casting will continue into the fall.
The cover will be a bronze representation of Buffalo's city hall from
a photograph of the half-completed
building taken at the half-way point

history of Buffalo.
The project employs concepts,
models, conventions and design that
creators hope can aid BuffaJo in its
process of self-refl('(tion and thereiteration of its identity as it nears the
tOOth anniversary of the t90t Pan
American Exposition. a defining

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methods under discussion in the disciplines of architecturt~ planning. art

and the social scienc&lt;s, the $20,775
project was developed by the School
of Architecture and Planning in con-

in its 1929-}l construction. The

image suggests that the city is either
on its wayup or deconstructing.
"We don't know, do we?" asks

junction with the art department's

Sculpture Program in the College of
Arts and Sciences. It is funded by the

Fantauzzi. "Buffalo is at a crit.ical

juncture in its history and we want
to reflect that fact in this work.•
Fantauzzi and his team also have
completed the casting of douns of
bronze"tiles"produa:d from 3"x3"
maps of Buffalo--spontaneous

UB Muhidi sciplinary Research

Project Program and di=ted by architect Frank Fantauzzi, assistant
professor in the School of Architecture and Planning.
When Op&lt;!n, the bronze book will
be 66" high and 72" wide. It will be
instalJed on a cast -bronze stand at a
site to be determined by the City of
Buffalo.
The project began in the summer
of 1999 and is expected to be completed by late fall.
It started with cttensiv&lt; resean:h regarding the role of public art in
American society, Fantall22i says. with
the focal point becoming the character, history and utility of public and
private art in Buffalo and its role in
defining the city's civic identity.
"Public art as a component of the
urban public space can be a critical
means by which to improve the
qualityoftheurbanexperience;he
says. " It can express the identity of a
city and play a significant part in
reclaiming cities~
Fantall22inotesthatpublicartof-

The book, still underconsuuction,
will be dedicated and installed this
fall at a public site tied to the historic
Pan American Expooition that was .
held in Buffalo in 1901 at the height
ofthe city's national importance.
Although the site has not hem selected, Fantall22i says it will attempt
to JUa1J the location and urban"inOuenas of the original Pan Am site,
with the goal of reinstating an important historical condition that has
hem aU but erased over time.
"The work will address the very
dramatic transformations that haw:
occurred since the Pan American

cant events and benchmarks in the

moment in BuffaJo history.
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something else, he says. It wanted to
explore new roles and agendas for
publicart,indudinganexamination
of what defines civic space and what
functions civic art serves beyond the
decorative or representationaL
~Since so many cities stand, like
lluffalo, at an important crossroad
between understanding its heritage
and charting its future, it was our
intention to arrive at .a set oftransferable ideas and methods that
could be used by other North
American cities," Fantauni says.

A broad array of social, economic
and cultural indicators of Buffalo

re-identification of its identity.
A selected set of this information
was synthesized into a series of
maps. historic newspaper banners,
drawings, iconic symbols and lowreli&lt;f models of significant buildings
and sites.

These items au being cast in
bronze for assembly as a massive
work of public art that will constitute what project designers aill "a
rich world of new mappings and
profiles of the city, a factual docu mentation that maybe of considerable interest to the lay p&lt;!rson by
helping them build a mental picture
of the city in which they live."

space-produced by school chil- ·
dren, people on ihe 51~ UB students, internationally acclaimed

architects and planners. elected officials and a host of others. Each
artist is dearly identified by name,
age and/or title at the base of his or
her tile. The tiles will be assembled
into one of the book's pages.
An animated, virtufl-=lity version of the finished book and additional visual materials can be viewed
at &lt;hnp:/1----•lo.edu/
salpb/-!IR*Lcvl&gt;.
The project participants are
Shahin Vassigh, assistant professor,
School ofArchitecture and Planning;
Anthony Dong and David Siel.inslci,
both adjunct faculty members in the
School ofArdlitedUreandPianning,
and Julie Silver, technical instructor,
VB Casting Institute.

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Lorraine Hope (left), Kate
Sullivan (center) and Laura
. Jackson paint over graffit i on
a storefront along Bailey
Avenue during the National
Night Out Defeat Graffiti
Wal~ Aug. 1. The walk was
sponsored by the Regional
Community Policing Center,
part of UB's University
Community Initiative.

�August 24. 2000/Vnl.Jt Mo.1

7

Welcome
~tt-,...1

way Saturday under the auspices of
the Student IT Lit=cyCommittee.
Various programs and workshops
will be offered on Saturday and Sunday for students on such infonnatio n ~ tech.nology issues as how to set
up computers in the residence halls,
how to use the libraries and how to
sd up an email accounL
The idea behind the intensive IT
sessions is to "level the playing field,"
said Sandra Peters, associat&lt; director
for Aademic Computing Services.
"There are students who come

here with a lot of knowledge and
expertise, and there are some who
come in and they haven't owned a
computer or used one for their
schoolwork.• Peters said, noting that
UB has become an extremely
"wired"' campus with many re sources available online. "We really
want to ma.ke sure everyone starts
out with the IT tools they need and
the knowledge they need. We want
to give everybody the best start."
Activities on Saturday will cond ude with "UB Under the Big Top"

from 8- 11 p.m. in ihe field adjacent
to the University Bookstore on the
North Campus. The event Wi)J feature a bonfire, music. circus entertainment and carnival attractions.
Kaars stressed the coUaborative
effort between the administration,
farulty, libraries and CIT that was
cru cial in putting together th e
weekend's events. She noted that an
internal evaluati on of the four-

Women'~ oa~~etoall team ~o~t~ J-1 mcor~
in ~ummer tour of ~~a in an~ france
The women's basketball team returned tO the United Sates on Aug. 16
wc.cessful I().day European tOUr during ......tlkh tt posted a 3-1
record playinc ap.inst teams made up o( dub, uniYenity and professional pbyen
In Spain and Frvtee . Not one of the ntne rewmrng Bulls wu disappointed about
che early end tO sunvner, a.s five days of doutHe;&gt;nctice sessions were gtadty
exchanpd for the chance to tr'aY'el a..brmd and experience another country.
both on and off the bukec:ball court.
k was a tremendous experience from both a bastcetball and a cutrunl
st&gt;ndpoKl&lt; said d&gt; ird-~ he.1d cooch Cheryl Dover
World Sports Exchange should be ~
d&gt;e"
great 't'IIOf'k; !:hey put together a 'fii'Onderful trip for our
croup.We also have to !:hank the UB adminlstntion for
aJ~ us to take a trip like this. We we~ able to
indude many boosten. parenp and support saff. and
It was a zrea,t experience for ~ :·
The Bulls arrived in IWulona. Spain on Aug. 6
and after just one cby d rest. evned t'l¥0 wW"Is in dlrM
pmes owr the next three days. Senion: ~ri McClure
and Sonb. Ortega led the UB atack apinst CB Ma1gn.t 1n
the tou,. opener; KOrifla IS and I .. pc*lts, respec:tivety, in a
75-38 ¥ictoty.
The Bulls" only loss ol &lt;he trip ame in their second pme ag&gt;inst d&gt;e
UnNonlty ol&amp;.ulona. • team conslstin&amp; entirely ol prolesslonal pbyers.
Sophomore Colleen Tabor led &lt;he team with 18 polna and 1M rebounds. and
McClure andllfbny Bell also scored in double-figu..., with 13 and 10 poinu.
respocdvoly. UB held a 62~ load with I:39 remain'"&amp; in &lt;he pme before &lt;he
UnNonlty ol Ban:elona boalecl back
69.01 wWl.
The 8ofls rebounded wtth a 6)-61 win over the Univ-enity ofValenda
beNnd a 14-point: performa.nce from sophomore ~tie Blnewski McClure
fintshed wjth I) points. while Bef added II and Ortega and senio,. Tara Pemer
chipped in 10 apiece.
Following their second win. the Bulls left on an overnight train for Pans.
where they finished their tour with an 81 -38 win over Avenir de Rennes on Aug
IS. Ortep scored a pne-high 24 points. nine rebounds and six nea.ls, and Bell
added 20 points, four rebounds and three steals. Tabor dtshed out nine asslSts to
contribute to the win.
These exhibition pmes gave Oozier the opportunity to give pbytng ume to
every member of !:he team, and ~ expectS !:he younger players especlalty to
benefit from !:he experience.
wrt to check the progress !:he athletes made over
"This trip was a
the Summet", and there were some very bright spoa.'' said Oozier
The BuNs adjusted well to the Eui"''peln styte ol pby. whkh is much more
fast-paced with shorter stoppages in play.They played with either a 24-second
shot dock o,. a 30-sec:ond shot clock. with a b r-ger basketball and In quarters
instead of' halves.The opposldon ranged In age from IS to 33 years old.
''I'm proud of how the team handled the differences," said Oozier. "They
wwe put in situations tNt wiU help tm.kr them .str'Otlpt" once the season saru
We had an opportunity to sec a lot of different offenses and defenses, ~nd we
tried different lineups and combinations on !:he floor.
"Being togethf!,. for 10 days wu also a grut bond1ng expenence and a. great
wq to learn to understand and tolerate each other.That Will definite+)' help us
during !:he season."
The Bulls will open the 2000..0 I season on Nov. 17 when they host the
Uni~rsity of North Carohna In Alumni Arena..
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South Lake Village
quality of campus life
" But on the water, when rowing
for your school, or on the waterfront when crea ting a school resi ·
dential com munit y, what rea ll y
leads to success is everyone pulling
together," Black stressed.

UB's residential housing plan also the Parcel B-Lee Loop area. The sit&lt;
includes the conversion of tbuJ:a- . could include not only student how..
ditional dormjtory-styJe roomS in ing, but also univ=ity-related and
Goodyear Hall into two-bedroom mail services as well, Black said.
The university will begin a masapartments, as well as a full upgrade

unive rsit y's long -term sluden l-

ter-planning process
next month , holding
public consultation and
stakeholder meetings in
an effort_ to determine

housi ng plan. The first phase of the
p)an was completed in Fall 1998
with tht&gt; ope nin g of Flickinger
Court. townhouses for 230 gradu-

exactly what type of de·
velopment should be located at the site, he said.
Also speaking at the

ate and professional stude.nts lo -

ceremony opening South
Lake Village wer e
Randall Bcndcrson, a U B
Foundation trustee representing the fo u nda tion's Properties and Finance com-

.

The opening of South Lake Village marks the third phase of th e

cated at Chestnut Ridge and Sweet
Home roads, adjacent to the North
Campus.

The second phase was completed
in Fall 1999 with the opening of
Hadley Village, the first new student
housing built on the UB campus in
25 years and the university's first
apartment-style housing for undergraduates.

The university broke ground on
the fourth phase-Gateway¥"~
two woeks ago at a site at Flint and
Augspurger roads, adjacent to the old
UB stadium. (See relat&lt;d story.)

of Clement Hall, maintaining the
building as a traditional dormilory.

Both residence halls are located on
the South Campus. Work on both
buildings is expected to be completed by 2004.
Also in the works is a plan to develop the area between The Com-·
mons, the University Bookstore, the
Student Union and the Fllicott Com- .
pice on the North Campus-&lt;lubbed

mittees; Donald Roberts, past presi·
dent of the UB Alumni Association;
)e~y Goettel, vice president of the

Residence HaU Association; Beverly
Foit-Aiben, president of Foit-Alben
Associates; Samuel Savarino of ADF
Construction Corp., and James
Allen , executive direc tor of the
Amherst Industrial Develo pment

Agency.

~enior~ name~ ca~tain~ for ~~ ~arne
He~d football coach Cra1g C1rbus a.nd h1s staff tapped oght end Br.tndon
Shaughnessy as offensive apta1n. Carlos Spencer as the defens1ve c.apt11n and
defensiVe: end joe McKoy and kicker Scott Keller as
spec:iaJ-teams captilins for the game at Syracuse
Unrversity on Sept. 2 in the Carner Dome
"The critena was based on dechcaoon and
effort throughout the off-season," S&lt;lld C1rbus
of hiS first group of weekly c.apta1ns "They are a
grut r-epresenatlon of !:he thorough
commiunent that was made by th1s football te~m 1n
the off-season.A capa1n 1s one dut you would hope the •
team looks up to, and based on !:heir efforu ~nd other players like them. It was
an eny choice to make.
"There was such strong leadersh1p from this senior dass that we as a
~ching stilft' felt we should select weekly apains.like woe did 1n 1996, and then
pennanent apa.ins at !:he conclusion of the season," sakt Orbus.
Spencer wu a apain a.s a junior last seuon, whUe Shaughnessy. McKoy and
Keller have been appointed for the first time. The Bulls will continue thei,. twoa-day practices through Sawrtby.

~ull~' ~arne~ to DB nroa~cast onWb~. ww~~
The OMston of Athletics has reached a r:wo-year ~ent With Entercom
Radio to broadcast Bulls' fool:ball and basketball games on both WGR-A.M (SSO)
andWWKS.AM (1520).
The deal will mOYe US football games to WGR Sports R.ad1o 55, Buff.llo's
onty 24.-hour sports sation. ln addition.WWKB-A.M will air ~ery Bulls' men 's
buketball game again this season, a.s woeil as a schedule of I0 UB women's
ba.s~l:ball games. including possible tournament games.
'We an!: very happy to continue our partne~ip With Ent~om Radio,"
said Bob Ar*etlpane, directOr of athletics. "MOVIng our football
pmes over to the only sports sauon 1n tcwm should
prove beneficW as our program continues to evol've In
~ddition, woe are exdted to add ~ comprehensive
women 's-buketball package to our agreement on
WWKB. We look forward to ~ very successful
partnership between US Athletics and Entercom
Radfo."
The footbal l bn»dcast re.a.m witt coru1st of RICk
Maloney. who has spent the past five years on the Bulls'
broadcast team. on play-by- pi~)' andWGR's Chns Brown
on cok),. commenary. ln addition, UB's footba.ll bi"'&lt;ldcut
will Include a half-hour pre·pme show. a.s 'Neil as l1ve postpme COfT\lnellts from coa.ches and pbyers.
The men's bulu!d:JaU brwdasts ~will feawre Jim Rosenhaus on pbyby·pb:y, while Chris Brown will twldle call of the women's games

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UB scientists give D.C. politicians

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Romantic Chemistry

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s Ewing urges "zem tolerance" of
abuse at kids' sporting events

University at Buffalo

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Holes cut to provide
residents with a view of the
world punctuate the
plastic-being used to
contain dust as workers
restore masonry-&lt;overing
the Ellicott Complex this

summer.

Women's athletics receives $800,000
State budget earmark will allow program to keep pace with other Division I schools
By PAUL VECCHIO
Report~ Contributor

T

HE women's athletic progoanu at UB will we a
$800,000 "earmark" re-

ceived as part of the
2000-01 N.w York State budget to
continue efforts to keep pace with
other Division I institutions and further balance the opportunities for
the university"s student-athletes.
The earmark-included in the
budget at the urging of Assembly
Speaker Sheldon Silv&lt;r and
Cheektowaga Assemblyman Paul
Tokasz and with the suppon of the
Western New York legislative delegation-brings to $1.6 million the total the UB Division of Athletics has
received in the pall two years in suppan of gender-equity effons.
UB is ·the only SUNY school to
receive this suppOn from the state

legislature, which comes on the heels
of the university's move to Division
1-A and the addition of 22 scholarships to the football program. While
that reclassification raised UB to the
fUghest l'evel of intercollegiate competition in the nation, it also chaJIenged the university's equity situation, which had been on balance.
"This is an amazing show of support for what we are trying to ac ·
oomplish in terms of a complete and

bly Tourism,Ans and Spons Development Committee, noted that the
fundingcreatesaprecedent inestab·
\ishing gender equity in collegiate
sports throughout the state...Cer·
tainly, this is an important step and
proves that New York State is dedi cated to gender equity in all areas,"
he said." I am extremely pleased that
this funding wiU make a difference
in the quality of women's athletics
at the university...

balancrd Division I ·A program,"

Added Silver: "This funding is a

said BobArkeilpane,director of ath·

con tinuation of our commitment to
the University at Buffalo and its ef·
fort to promote and enhance its
women's athletic program. By making these investments, we send a
strong message regarding the im·
portance of gender equity in every
facet of life, especial ly in education
and athletics."

Jetics... We were incredibly apprecia·
tive of the first gift last year and are
even more excited by the legislature's
continued efforts. It indicates to us
how supportive New York State is
in the area of gender equity and fu r·
ther validates the exciting future of

UB athletics."
Tokasz. chairman of the Asscm ·

UB h3s spent ne• rl y $400,000

from the first $800,000 earma rk on
a variery of initia6ves to benefit female athletes, including the pur·
chast' of strength and conditioning
equipment for thr varsity weight
room, the pnly work-o ut facilit y
available for female athletes and
men in non-revenue-producing
spo rt s; additional locker room

space; a marketingstudyof women's
athletics, and upgraded equipment

and facilities for ihe track-and-field,
softball, soccer and swimming programs. In addition, a female athlet1c
trainer was hired in February to
work with seve1al of the "''Omen's
teams.
Funding also was used to purchase three eight -seat boats, two
four·seat boats and a two-seat boat.
known as a pair, for the crew team,
which started competing at the D•-

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Three named SUNY distinguished profs
By MAllY BETH SPINA
News Setvic:es Editor

HREE UB faculty members have joined the ranks
of distinguished professors appoin ted by the
State University of New York Board
of Trustees.
)ames E. McConnell, professor of
geography, was appointed a SUNY
Distinguished Teaching Professor.
Norman· D. Mohl, professor and
chair of oral diagnostics, has been

T

named Distinguished Service Pro-

fessor.
William f. Rae, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering,

has been named Distinguished

Teaching Professor.
The rank of distinguished profes.
sor, the hiShest faculty rank in the
SUNY system, is an order above full
professorship and has three co-equal
designations: distinguished professor,
distinguished service professor and

teaching professor.
McConnell sern:s

industry policy
for declining in du stries, pros -

as coordinator of

peru for a West .

th e geography

ern Hemisphere

department 's
graduate and un dergraduate programs in international trade and associate director of
the Canada-U.S. Trade Center, aresearch center housed in the depart ment. He was director of the trade
center from 1988-95 and chair of the
department from 1983 -88 and
1994-99.
A UB faculty membersince 1968,
McConnell's teaching and research
interests arc in the areas of interna tional business, industrial location

free - trade area,
and exports from
U.S. metropolitan
areas and eco no mic impad on related firms and
city-regions.
He has received mo re than S 1.44
million in research grants and/or
contracts from such entities as the
National Science Foundation, the
Small Business Administration , the
Economic Development Adminis·
tration , the U.S. departments of
Com merce and Education, and the
Canadian government , as well as
private- and public-sector firms and
agencies within New York State.
He has authored or co-authored
numerous books, book chapters,
monographs and articles for schol-

distinguished

and regional growth and development. Thefocusofhiscurrcnt work
includes regional economic-developmrnt strategies for international
border areas., government trade and

•rly journals, and
presented lectu res
and papers at
professional
meetings.
McCo nnell re ceived a bachelor's

degree from Slip·
pcry Rock State
College. a master 's degree from MI ami Universlty{Ohio) and J doctor·
ate from The Ohio State Umvcrsnv.
Mo hl is widely rca&gt;gmzed. as a pioneering clinical investigator and den
tal educator. A specialist m the dtagnosis jf\&lt;J treatment of temporoman-

dibular joint disorde"' fT MD I. he
has chan1pioncd quabty pat1cnt CJrt&gt;
through hiS outspoken cfforb tu en courage members of the proics..~•on
tocondua , publish and use ~,entlfi ·
cally based information to diagnose
and treat TM D and othl-r oral· ht:alth

problems.

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.,. LOIS UIWI
News s.rvtas Editor

c:aDcer, which an take several years
to dew:lop. Repmductiw: endpoints

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Lake Ontario,
known to be contaminatedwithPC&amp;andotherhormone-disrupting chemicals, maybe
about 25 percent 'less likely to become pregnant than women who do
not, UB researchers haw: found
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· fish taken from Lake Ontario appears to have no relationship to a
couple's time to pregnancy or the
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the July issue of Epidemiok&gt;gy. The
study was directed by Germaine M.
Buck, professor of social and preventive medicine.
"These findings suggest that re·
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they support the 1-t ilr continuing to advise ...,.,.., of c:hilclbearing. not toeatanyfish from Lolrz
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Growth cited as factor in quake devastation
MCEER report finds rapid ,development in Turkey led to unregulated construction
By DOfiAI.D GOtiAUIU
Repon&lt;r Contributor

population
growth and resulting development in Turkey's
Kocaeli province were
the main factors in the large-scale
devastation and loss of life in last
year's earthquake, according to areport by the Multidisciplinary Cen·
ter for Earthquili Engineering Research (MCEER) .
The finding und&lt;tSCOres the in_fluence of societal factors on the
implementation of effective earthquake-engineering and construction principles.
The Aug. 17 earthquake killed
more than 17,000 people and in·

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jured almost 44,000. It damaged
214,000 residential units and 30,500
business units, displacing more than
250,000 people, aa:onlingto official
Turkish go=nment estimates,
Estimatesofpropertylossesrange
from $3 to $6.5 billion, the equivalent of 1.5 to 3.3 pera:nt ofTurkey's
Gross National Product.
Population in the earthquake region grew by 26 percent from 199097, resulting in an upsurge in constructionandunregulatedbuilding,
says the itport.
"Rapid development in the
Marmara region overwhelmed the
government's ability to monitor
construction and led to unregulated
,building,resultingininadequatelat-

eral-forasystemsinbuildings."says earthqua2and its impact, indudQwies Scawthom ofEQE lnterna- ing the seismology of the region;
tional,lnc., the report's editor. This. geotecbnical &amp;ilures; damage to inhe says. occurred in spite of1\ulcey's dustrial;oommercial and residential
"=ymodem"building oode, which structures; damage to electrical. gas.
contains requirements for earth- water and transportation systmU;
quaU-resistive construction.
emergenCy-response and searchThe 190-page report, titled "The and-rescue operation$, and postMarmara, Turkey Earthquake of earthquake restoratioo efforts.
August 17, 1999: R=~ce
It also features a section tided
R&lt;port;, details findings from field "The Marmara Earthquake: AView
investigationsby5ellmllMCEERre- fromSpact."detailinghigb-l..dreseard&gt;ers following the magoitude connaissanainvostigationsaplor7.4 earthquake. It represents an in- ing the use of such adv.nced tech- ·
terim earthquake-engineering as- nologies as satdl.i~ imagery, differsessmeot of the natural, built and ""tial ~obal positioning systems
social environments following the and in-field GPS-GJS interfaces for
earthquake.
post-earthqua.U damage assessIt contains observations on the mentanddisastermanagement.

Baier warns of shortages of implant devices
Bad publicity, costly litigation making some companies ''gun shy," VB scientist says

implants threatens to erea~ a growing shortage of
devices ranging from heart valves to

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less willing to market the pmducts,
noted Baier, who also holds positions as professor ofbiophysics and
mechanical engineering.
Companies are also becoming
even less inclined to actively explore
or d..dop new materials and pmd-

joint replacements. an internation-

ucts for human implants, he

ally known authority on implants at
UBwarns.
Robert E. Baier, executive direc·
tor of the Industry/University Co-

pointed out.
Although it's long been requlrecl

By MAllY IIETtl SPINA

News Services Editor

AD publicity and costly

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and time-to-pregnancy.
Estimates ot1lolr£ Ontario 6sh CXlD·
sumedwereboaedon participants'.,.
necessarily have a long latency pe- ports of eating the most h&lt;mly CXlD·
taminated 1m sport fish: laltz, rainriod following exposure."
The study was based on female bow and brown trout; coho and
participants in The New York Sta~ chinook salmon; calfish, aDd carp.
The researc:hers measured conAngler Cohort Study who were amsidering pregnancy between 1991- sumption in three ways: the number
94. The angler study was undertaken of meals per month involving any of
in 1991 to~thehealthcon ­ 12 specific fish in 1991; the numsequences of ;.ting fish from Lake ber of years of eating fish from
Ontario, known to be the most. pol· LakeOntuiobetw.eo 195S-91,
and the PCB inda. calculated
luted of the Great Lakes.
The study has assembled a popu- from the frequency, type aod
lation-based cohort of licensed an- amount of fish eaten. Eating
glers and their spouses or partners amtaminated fish is reported
from 16 counties surrounding Lake to deliver a dose of PCBs
Ontario, inwlving 10,517 men and much higher than back7,4nwomenwhowerebetweenthe · ground exposure through
ages of 18 and 40 when the study drinlting water or inhalation.
Results sbowod that women·
began.
The sample for this investigation who had eaten Lake Ontario
comprised 575 couples from the ~fOr 3-6 years. and tllot!ewbo
coho(i who had a planned preg- had more than one meal ofsuch
nancy between 1991-93 and who fish ~tOOOthin 1991. ~one­
could sta~ how long they had been fourth less lik.dy to become pregtrying to become pregnant without nant each month than women
birth control Buck and colleagues who didn't eat fish from that lalr.e.
also had complete infonnation on However, all women in this study
both partner's fi.sh ~ collsumption eventually did COilaiw:. Buck noted.

an be studied earlier and do not

litigation involving some

operative Resea rch Center for

Biosurfaces and professor of oral
diagnostic sciences in the School of
Dental Medicine, rec:mtly told colleagues attending the Sixth World
· Biomaterials Congress meeting in
Hawaii that companies in the im·
plant industry-from designers and
manufacturers to pmducers of materials used in the devi~ getting ..gun shy• and withdrawing

their commodities from the market.
Even companies whose materials
have been proven "safe" after years
of use and laboratory analysis are

that new drugs m.e ct stringent

guiddines requited by the U.S. Food
and Drug Adrilinistration in onler
to be admitted to the marketplace,
the same rules do not govern implants, Baier emphasizes.
"It was only in 1976thatCongress
passed legislation giving the FDA the
authority to regulate these pmducts,"hesaid
·
Even so. the law allowed existing
pmducts to be 'grandfathered' in
and new ones still are not subjected
to the strict and leogthyprocess that
took years for a promising medication to make the journey from laboratory to market.

But, Baier said, there's a light on the
Baier noted that the implantatioo
horizon for the future of implants.
field developed and grew quickly
"Physicians. scientists, inqustry . following World
representatives and government
For ClWDple, physicians obsc:nled
agencies, including the FDA and that pilots bit with ftying shards of
the National Institutes of Health, polymethylmethaaylate-"&lt;o Q&gt;mnow are working together to estab- mon plastic with manytnlde names,
lish databases and systems to test including Plexiglas, Lucile and
and evaluate implants and bio· Perspex. that was used in airplane
medical materials before implanta- windows--&lt;lid not appear to suffer
immune system problems or haw:
tion." he.said
He predicts that this aggressive, their bodies reject the material.
concerted. systematic approach ul- · Later, other artificial materials
timately will lead to pmducts that gradually_, introduced to tepba
are safer and more effective.
damaged or diseased body parts.
"Nowi~s estimated that one in 25
"Knowing that there are standard·
ized, scientific guidelines governing people ha*e a implant, the majority
admission of implants to the t:narket ofwhom have benefited fronran inwill be reassuring to physicianswho creased length .and quality of life,"
find them a treatment of choice for he said
their patients," Baier oontinued.
But strict iuidelines. backed by
Moreover, establishment of these irnprowdscientificevidmoe sr:-nguidelines, based-on soiKl data cnl- ing the appropriate use of materials
lection and analysis. will encourage and i1esign of implants, is a medical
companies to explore new materi- '!must" to ensure the safety of existals and devices to expand their va- ing devices aod encounge d&lt;ve!Opment of new ones, he emphasized.
riety and availability.

warn.

�July 20. 2B'Yit31. 11.33

Politicians eye virtual reality

UB part ofScience Day consortium that showcased research
:t.,~~
padcage that virtuallycksigns large- lion data. Using the lmm&lt;naD&lt;sk,

scalemanufacturingplants.
UB~showtdhow~g
ARD-boiled Beltway
"'ur software can provide manu- the solved structwus a virtual enviinsiders proboblythink factwm with tools that enable them ronment lielps drug designer. oome
they know all there is to model befure they build, to simu- up with 1110Kpreciselytargrud pharabout just how "vir- late befure they produoe and antici- maceuticals.
tual" reality can geL
pate and solve production problems
"Many biologjcaUy important proBut on July 12 in the Cannon befuretheyocx:ur,allofw!Mchhasthe Ieins..., so large you can't view the
Building on Capitol Hill, members pott:ntial to lead to significant cost entire image in any meaningful way
of Congress got the chana to truly savings." said T. (K&lt;sh) Kesavadas, on a screen," said Russ Miller, proexperiena virtual worlds, oourt&lt;sy assistant professor ofmechanical and . fcssor of oomputer sciena and engiof UB exhibit on virtual reality.
""""P"'Z engineering and director neering. director of CCR and a deThe exlnbit was
of Sciena
. veloper of SnB. "So
what you want to do
Day, sponsored by the Sciena Coalition, which showcased the work of
is move around in UB, along with that of the Uni,.,rside of the molecule
sity of Illinois, Tufts University, the
50 you can view por·
University of Minnesota and the
tions ofit at 3 time.
UniversityofGeorgia.
~
"Fo r example,
AspartofScienaDayactivities, ~
you can't make
President William R Greiner and~
muchsenseofallthe
other presidents of major research ':
bonds and oonnecunivmities participated in a White
tions in a molecule
House meeting about the impor- ~
that has 2,000 atoms
tana of funding basic scientific re,_~(loft)-in it when you sec it
scarch.TheymetwithJohnPedasto,
on a sc ree n all a t
White House chief of staff; Gene
.
once. But if you can
Sperling. President Clinton's eco- ofUB's VIrtUal Reality laboratory.
zoom in and look at portions of the
nomicadvisor;JaekLew,directorof
" UB VR-Factl allows individuals molecule up dose in three dimen theOfficeofManagementandBud- to immerse·themsclvcs in or ' fly sions, you don't get the distortions
get; Neil Lane, Clinton's sciena ad- thmugh' an environment and vir- that ,ou get in two dimensions," he
visor; Tom Kalil, a member of the tually rearrange machines, equip- explained."Thisallowsyouto verify
National Economic Council, and ment and other objects j ust by what exactly is in the molecule and
David Beier, Via President AI Gore's pointing and dragging." he said. " It therefore do rational drug design."
chief domestic policy advisor.
beoomes very intuiU,.,."
Along with Miller and Kfsavadas,
At the UB exhibit, members of
Using the same machine, mern- Tom Furlani, associate director of
Congress were able to step inside bers of Congress were able to "st~ CCR,and Brua Pitman, professor of
molecules of tomorrow's most po· irisid~" vancomycin, the ..antibiotic mathematics and CCR director of
tent drugs and redesign state-of-the- of last resort," the 3D structure of outn:a&lt;:h, also were present at the exart factories with the click of a which was determined using soft- hibiLDuringtheday,'Millcrmetwith
mouse, u si ng 3D goggles and ware d.,.,loped by scientists at UB numerous memben of Congress,
Fakespacc Systems' lmmmaDesk, and the Hauptman -Woodward l inc;ludingSen.OwiesSchumerand
the "virtual reality" machine of the Medical Research Institute.
congressmen John LaFalce, Jack
Center for Computational Research
This software, called SoB, allows Quinn,Amo Houghton, Rick Lazio,
(CCR). They learned how easy it is ~tosolvedifficultmolecu- Tom Reynolds, Gregory Meeks,
to usc the world's first software Jar structures based on X-raydiffrac- James Walsh and Maurice Hinchey.

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Anthropologist gets fellowships
By SUE WUETCHUI
Repontr Editor
LTHOUGHUBanthmpologist Ana Mariella
Bacigalupo has had her
doctorate for o nly six
years,herwork with the Mapuchean indigenous people ofOille--already has received reoognition from
two major foundations.
An assistant professor al UB,
Bacigalupo will spend the 2000-01
academic year as a Roclcdeller Resident Fellow at the Institute for RescarchonWomcnatRutgmuru,.,..
sity. While there, she will oomplete
"Shamans of the Cinnamon T~.
Priestesses of the Moon: Geoder and
Healing Amo ng · the Chilean
Mapuche," an ethnography that explores the role of gender in the ethnic identity, lives and ritual practices
of Mapuchc shamans, or machi, as
they interact with local. Oillean nationa! and ~obal processes.
Bacigalu po will use a Latin
American and Caribbean Fellowship awarded from the John Simon
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
during 2001,-02 to fin is h the
enthography and edit a volume
written by Mapuchc authors.
She says her study will challenge
much of the oonventional wisdom
about the nature of shamanism, and
willotr.rncwwaysofthinkingabout
shifting gendered identities in relation to shamanic practice, ethnic

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identit y nationalism, tran s·nationalism and feminist disoourse.
Machi , Bacigalupo notes, a re
women or feminized, cross-dressed
men who assume multiple aoss-gender and co-gender identities for the
purpose of healing. lvt.chi "beoome"
men, both ynuogandold,tocxnrcize
illness, bad thoughts and suffering
from their patients' bodies. They "become"'\YOillell,again both young and
old, to heal and reintegrate their patients baek into their oommwlities.
Theyalsoernbodythefouraspects
of the deity Ngunechen-rnale, female, young and old-in order to
transcend gender and "beoome divine" to create new world orders and
gain spiritual power. she says. Gender is one of the metaphors used by
machi to mark polarizations, boundaries and tensions between local and
national histories, as well as a way to
express integratio n and crrate
broader undmtandings of humanity, health and healing. she adds.
Bacigalupo notes that as the local
political power held by Mapuche
men wanes and they gain prestige as
external intermediaries with the
Chileanstate, machihavet:aken over
local male political functions, she
says. Machi now are a "legitimizing
factor in local and national politics,"
she adds. with some participating acU,.,ly in local Mapuchc m"""ments
that oppose the Chileap government, while others accept invitations

to the national palace
Bacigalupo says he; goal is to "ex·
amine such complex linkages between the Mapuche machi and the
multiple worlds in which they practice in order to offer a more ad equate portrayal of Mapuche shamanism than currently exists and to
contribute to a more profound undemanding of shamanism and its
relationship to local, nationaJ and
global contexts and feminism discourse."
The study also will oontribute to
the existing literature on transnationalism, globalization, post -oolonialism and gender studies, she
notes. " Mapuche shamans juggle
different worlds, identities and gen ders, and in doing so, question traditional constructions of sclllother,
center/periphery and the notion of
the boundedness of culture, identity
and gender," she says.
"Current studies have drawn at tention to the notion thatthe world
is become a singular rationalized,
modernized and highly industrialized place on the one hand, while
notingtheincrtasingimportanceof
nationalism.. inter-ethnic hostility
and competing cultural meanings
on the other.
"This study on Mapuche shamans
will demonstrate that local practices
rdlectadivmityof popular, local and
national disoourses that resist and
play back systematicity and order."

IIepa . _

BrieD
Clark appointed to UB Council
Randall L C'-11, chairman of the board of Dunn
Tire Corp., has been appointed to the 10-mernber UB
Council, the univenity's local governing oou~cil, by
Gov. George Patalci. He su~ Frank N. Cuomo.
Clark began his career in the tire industry in 1%8
with the B. F. Goodrich Co., holding variow positions
in advertis ing, retail-store marketing and product
management. He joined DunJop in 1973 as director
of marketing at the company's Buffalo head&lt;jllarters. ClMK
Two years later, he was named vice president of marketing of th~
tir~ division, and was promoted to vice president of marketing and
sales in 1977. Clark became presid~nt of Dunlop's tire division in
1980, and was appoin ted to the board of directors three years later.
H~ was named president and chief executive officer of the corporation in 1984, and was one of scvm chief executives of operating compa nies appointed to the group management board of Dunlop Holdings,
pic. The next year, he was elected chairman of the board after leading a
management buyout of Dunlop Ttrc Corp. from its European holding
company. After Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. purchased oontrolling interest in the company in 1986, Oa rk served as chairman of th~
board and CEO, responsible for all operations in North America.
Clark resigned as chairman and CEO in 1991 . He co ntinued to
serve as a consult ant to Dunlop. and ~ngaged in private investment
interests with the firm of Buffalo Ventures, Inc.
In 1992, he joined Pratt &amp; Lambert as executive vice president
and chief operating officer. He left th~ com pany after it was bought
out by Sherwin Williams, and rejoined BuffaJo Ventures.
Aft~r leading the buyout of Dunn Ti r~ Corp. in 1996. he took ov~r
as chairman of the board. He r~mains a managing director and a
principal of Buffalo Ventur~s .
Clark holds leadership positions in a number oflocal and regional
organizations. He is a directo r of the Western New York AAA, Acme
Elect ric. Taylor Devices, the Amherst Industrial Development Agency
and HSBC Bank, Western Region, and serves as chairman of the
board o f Merchants Mutual Insurance Company.

Saleh elected alumni president
DIIVId J. Saleh, a 1978 graduate of the UB Law School, has been elected
to a one-year term as president of the UB Alumni Association.
Sale.h, who also received an undergradua.tr degree from UB in 1975.
is a partner in the Batavia law firm of OshJag &amp; Saleh .
O ther officers elected for the 2000-01 year are Margaret W. Parosk.J,
M.D. '80, medical director of the Erie County Medi cal Center and an associate clinical professo r of
neurology in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, president -elect; Richard L. Friend. B.S.
' 68, M.B.A. '70, supervisory compliance officer with
the National Labor Relations Board, vite president
of athletics; John T. Kocie la, B.S. '68, director of en vironmental health for the Erie County Department
of Health, vice president of const ituents; Thomas
A. Palmer, J.D. '78, M.B.A. '7 1, managing partn er with Ja eckle.
Fleischmann &amp; Mugel, vice president o f fmance; Robert A. Evans,
B.S. ' 63, M.B.A. '71 , a management consuhant, vice president of
membership, and Jennifer B. Wisniewski, B.A. '92 , M.B.A. '96, TOPS
Markets, Inc.• vice president of student relations.
New executive com min~ members are Ro~rt N. Convissar, B.A.
' 73, J.D. ':!7, an attorney with Cohen &amp; Lombardo, P.C., and Dia ne
M. LaVallee, B.A. '80, J.D. ' 83, an attorney with the New York State
Attorney General's Office.
Newly elected members of the board of directors are Paul Quebral,
B.A. '88, M.B.A. '92, real estate director for Reid Petroleum Corp.;
• Sylvia R W~liarns, B.A. '98, a surgical technologist for Kaleida HealthBuffalo General Division; James M. MiliteUo, B.A. '79, a sportscaster
for the Associated Press, and George H. Stege, M.B.A. ' 86, president
of Ford Gum &amp; Machine Co.
Also, Frederick P. Mdi, B.S. '76, a reti red civil engineer; Darren
James Ascone, B.A. '98, founder of C hek, In c.; Robert A. Sa nders,
M.A. '86, director of technical services fo r Foit-Albert Associates,
P.C., and Kelly P. Sahner, B.A. '91, Ed.M. '93, manager of Integrated
Spo rts InternationaL

Future scientists attend SRI
A future sdentlst who will develop a non +polluting inexpensive
fuel sou rce or a vaccine to prevent the common co ld may~ among
nine local high -school student participan ts in this summer's Sci ence Resea rch Instit ute (SRI) at UB.
The students, recommended by their teachers and chosen for the1r
academic achievements, are conducting rese.rtch with volunteer UB
faculty mentors working in th e fields of biosurfaces, biological SC I·
ences, biochemical pharmacology and chemistry.
T he students also are lea rnin g how to use library- research tools,
present research findings, learn laboratory safety procedures and
use computers in research projects.
They will present oral repo rts at a poster session Aug. 4.
Many of the students who participate in the Science Research Institute later enroll in science-oriented degree programs at UB.

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Ju~20. 21Dll'lul.31. 1o.33

UB professor lends his expertise as consultant-to author of romantic novel

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NeM. Services Editor

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OE Gardella's zeal for bring-

ingsciena literacy to 1M general public has found him
playing some unique roles:

sometimes as a translator of

IUghly technical documents for local community groups. other times
as a mediator ~twer:n neighborhoods and local chemical oompanics.
A professor of ch=Ustry, Garddla
recently took on his most novel role
as interpreter of science for the
masses when he became a science
consultant to a writer of Harlequin
romances.
The assignment sternrncd from an
email message that author Day
l.edairc-who was writing a book
with a woman chemist as its heroine
who was developing a n&lt;W perfume
based on pheromones--sent to a
number of chemists she fou nd
through a Wd&gt;~l..edairewanted
todescribcaccur.ltdythcwoman'slab
and her work, so she sought help from
professional sci&lt;ntisls.
Gardella, whose lab conducts research in analytical chemistry, surfaa science and biomaterials, described his initial reaction to the
message as a .. kneejcrk response" to
any query he =eMs from someone outside of academia. "As someone who put up a Web site &lt;http:/
/ www.•csu . buff•lo .edu /
-g.orclella&gt; designed to attract in-

quirics,l feel that I have a responsibility to respond," he said..
Was he cspccially intrigued by the
Harlequin connection~ "Of course!
I thought it was a great thing. knowing the incredible popularity of
those boob, and I thought an author who was this concerned about
being-accurate on these details
should be rewarded and supported.
" Reading anything is good, so
supporting readers, including young
girls who read much of
this genre, is a
good thing." said
Gardella, whose
own tastes lean
more tdward 1950s
science fiction.
lt wasforthatreason, he recalled, that
he was particularly
interested in Ledaire's
query.
-rhe:rc arca number of projccts--likc
the Josie True video
game by UB fac ulty
member Mary Flanagan
and an email pen-pal dub for teen
girls run by a chemistry professor
at Lehigh Univ=ity--{hat aim to
demystify science as a career track
for girls," he said. "I saw answering
this message as a small way to assist
in that kind of effort."
The information Gardella provided helped Leclaire develop a

charactcrUation of Jane Dearly, who
would tum out to be 1M heroine: of
"The Perfect Solution," published in
April. More information on the
book is available at &lt; http://
www . daylectal re . com /
perfect.htln&gt;.

Accooding ID the author, the heroinc is a chemist who hopes to dcvdop
and patent a working pheromone
perfume that would prow: her worth
as a sci&lt;ntist. But her three unclesall rmowned chemistshave decided that Jane's
m:essivcdcvotion to her
work has kept her from
malting progress. both
pmona1Jy and prof...
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to •buy" an unsuspecting young man
named Flyon at a
bachelor auction.
The uncles think he
is a pot&lt;ntially ~­
feet loYeinurest fu&lt;
Jane, while Jane
decides he's the
ideal man to usc as a test case: fu&lt; her
pheromone perfumes, an idea that
Aynn finds abhorrent. .
According to Leclaire, Gardella
was atmnely helpful
"I don't think I a&gt;uld have written this book without his input," she
said."At least it would have hem a trmoely diffirult."
Through cmails and phoru: calls,

Gardella explained to Ledairethc inncr worltings of a chemistry lab and ·
answered general questions about
chemistry and~ of
which helped her decide wherr she
would go with the story.
"As with all romances, the relationship betw= the hero and heroinc is ofkcy importance and the primary focus of the book," said
Leclaire. "The scicna in 1M story
provides 1M background or setting
that can sometimes act like a secondary cloaracter. Certainly in this
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drive the story and contribute significantly to 1M con11ict.•
For people who haven't dipped
into a r o = novel lately and may
be surprised to 6nd a chemist as a
heroine, Leclaire points out that as
society has changed, so have romance novels.
•
"The obj&lt;ct was to sM a flavor
or tone to the story, not to educate,.•
she &lt;&gt;plained.
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portion to beasaa:uratcas poosiblc."
she said, "and to gM people a taste
of a profeosion with which they may
be unfamiliar and find interesting, as
as entertaining."
Gardella is included in 1M book's
acknowledgements.

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officially will kick off on Sept. 14. Team members are, from left to right. julie Klas, Provost's Office; Lou Schm itt. University
Services; Tim Murphy, Controller's Office; Reine Hauser, Arts and Sciences; John Shellum, Management; Ruth Bryant.
Architecture and Planning; Connie Holoman, President's Office; Ondy Schlabach, Provost's Office, and Lany Schulman,
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By JOHN DEllA COHTRADA
Rt'JlO'fer Contributor

N honor. program for
exceptionalWldcrgraduate students enroUed in
the School of Management has been established in memory
of Joseph T.J. Stewart, a prominent
Buffalo-area businessman and piUlanthropist who passed away last year.
Funded by a $315,000 bequest
from the Stewart estate, the Joseph
T.J. Stewart Management Honors
Program will provide special academic progranuning to outstanding
students enroUed in the business ad-

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ministration program in the School
of Management.
The four-year program will augment the students' regular
coursework with a seminar on current business issues, field trips to
Wall Street and New York City rutturalsitcs,mcntorsiUpswithfarulty
and students, and placement in
!Ugh-level internships.
A 1948 honor.; graduate of the
management school, Stewart en·
joyed a very successful career as a
stockbroker, retiring in 1999asvicc
president at Advest of Buffalo. He
was part of the original investment

group that founded the Buffalo Sabres and served many years as Sabres treasurer.
" UB, in many ways, represents a
oombination ofwhat was imponant
to my father: education, youth and
values," said Stewart's son, Thoroas
W. Stewart, president of Stewart
Holding.s.Inc.
"Dad always~ that UB was
!Mbasisfu&lt;bisbusinesssu=.He
felt it was important to help young
people achieve their own goals
througheducation,whileimpmsing
on them the importance of mainl2iningtbcirvalues and oommitment

to their oommunity~
Nineteen students have hem selected, to date, for 1M honor.; program, which will begin this fall with
a seminar on using 1M WaD Strtn
Journal as a tool for understanding
the world's business environment.
l.ewisManddl,dcanofthcSchoolof
Management, will teach the seminar.
"Cration of the honor.; program
will help ensure that Mr. Stewart's
legacy of individual achievement,
bala.nccd by a oommitmeot to the
common good, lives on in future
generations of business students,"
Mandell said.

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''Zero to1erance".IS urged

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UB sports medicine opens
second clinic in Lockport

News s.Mces Editor

The Sports Medklne ln•tlbrt• h•• opened actinic at 5875 South

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Transit Road in -l..Qckport to serve individuals and athletj.c teams in
Western New York's northern communities.
University Sports Medicine is a division of the Department of
Orthopaedic Surgery in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Its mission is three-fold: to provide the most modern and
effective sports-medicine services t.o the Western New York athletic
community; to educate physicians, physical therapists and athletic
trainers, and to conduct sports medicine-related r~arch .
Two fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeons head the clinic, one
specializing in spinaJ problems, the other in sports medjcine. A nurse

Ewing says philosophy is effective deterrent to "sports rage"
policy of zero tolerance
is an effective deterrent
against abusive, out-ofcontrol behavior by parents at yt&gt;uth sporting events, says
Charles Patrick Ewing, a nationally
known UB law professor and forensic psychologist.
A volunteer coach or player's par-

mtforthe~IO~Ewingis~

too familiar with the fairly predict-.
able and often pr&lt;ventable consequen&lt;:es of"youth-sports rage."
The author of"Battered Wome!)
Who Kill." "Kids Who Kill" aod
"Murderous Families," Ewing is a

frequent legal consultant and expert
witness in high-profile cases of murder committed by family members
in the home, at work and school.
Although there still is relatively
little scientific data available on rage
behavior at kids' and teens' sport·
ing events, he says that stating and
enforcing a zero-tolerance policy
against violent and abusive behavior appears to work.
Addressing the recent spate of
outbursts and rage over action on

the playing field that has left one father dead and others injured, Ewing
says disturbing numbers of par-

ents-primarily fathers---often unrealistically push their kids to excel
and to win.

"They lose sight of the fact the
games are designed to teach kids
sports skills, have fun and learn to
compete." he emphasizes.
Some leagues have parents sign or
take an oath that they will comply
with a zero-tolerance policy.
Others havt! the coach or manager
meet with parents to reinforce rules

practitioner, certified athletic trainer and certified strt'ngth-and conditioning specialist complete the staff.
.
University Sports Medicine offers a full array of services between

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that already are understood by the privately or publicly because of ofplayers, coaches and wripir&lt;s.
ten unrealistic expectations;"' acAmong the more common prob- cording to Ewing.
lems on the p~ field that Ewing
But it's a good idea for playen and
personally bas encountered are par- their parents to get the message early
ents who loudly criticiu their own on that unsportsmanlik&lt; behavior
kids' performancr, boo or scream at · on or off the playing field will not
umpires or verbally attack coaches. be tolerated. Ewing says.
"In many leagues, such as the ones
Too often "compete to win at any
I'm involved with, the umpires are cost" becomes the primary goal in
teen-agen well-acquainted with the sporting events.
rules of the game," says Ewing. In
In today's competitive, fast-paced
others, umpires may be former ath· and rapidly changing society; losing
letes or retired coaches.
is associated with "failure" and "win Only once bas he seen an umpire ning" with success. But there's al tell a parent to leave al game, and ways a "winner" and a "loser" in any
Ewing had to tell another to either competition-from getting a job or
"cool itn or leave when he yeUed promotion, to winning an election
loudly from the stands at an umpire. or making the highest test score.
"Parents don't get involved in the Ewing notes.
fint place if they aren't interested in
"Aihletic competition is a good
·
their kids," he points out.
way for kids to learn early in life
"The greatest emotional damage that they will not always ' win"or aJ.
to kids ocrun when parents try to ways ' lose' but to always give you r
live out their dreams through their best effort in whatever you at ·
kids, or berate or humiliate them tempt." he says.

Fertility not linked to lifestyle
By LOIS IIAIWI
News Services Editor

R

ESOLVED infertility, de-

fined as co nceiv in g a

child only after a year or
more of trying. can bring

anxiety and etnotional pain to a

couple wishing to be parents, and
can cause them to wonder if they are
to blame.
However, UB researchers have
found that a woman's biologyspecifically age at first menstruation and at first live birth-was the
major predictor of resolved fertility, not lifestyle habits ·she or her
partner may have adopted.
The results were preseltted at
the annual meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, held recently in Se·
attl e.
•· The message from this
study is that We need to reassess how we view fertility as a
whole," said Danelle T. Lobdell, doctoral student in the Department of
Social and Preventiv. Medicine in
the School of Medicine and Bio·
medical Sciences and lead author on
the study.
.. When we assume a ce rtain
group of women is fertile, we need
to understand that fertility is experienced in different ways and that
biological determinants are important in pred icting fertility-related

impairments."'

The women were part of a study

Interested in learning what facton
influence this failure of some fertile

cohort of 3,303 women aged 17-44
years who underwent tubal steriliza-

women to conceive promptly,
Lobdell and CQUeagues studied the
ferti lit y hi;tories of a group of
worn~ who underwent tubal sterilization in Western New York after

tion in Western New York and were
part of a larger multicenter nationa1

study of the health effects of tubal
ligation.
Overall, 18 percent of the fertile
women among this group were estimated to have had resolved infer-

tility. Using data collected through
a follow-up questionnaire, LobdeiJ

assessed the relationship of several
lifestyle and biological factors to the
time it took to conceive.

None of the lifestyle
variables studied-=igarette smoking, alcohol
consumption, coffee con·
swnption or regular exercise-had any effea on

the prevalence of fertil ·
ity-related impairments,

the analysis showed.
However, women
were older than 30 at the time

completing their families.
The study involved 126 women
who reported taking more than 12
months to conceive their first pregnancies that ended in a live birth,
and 252 women who conceived
within 12 months who served as
controls.

of their fint!M: birth were th,..,.
times more Likely to take longer
than a year to conceive. Those who
began menstruating before they were
11.5 years old were nearly twice as
likely to have delayed conception.
Also invotvOO in this research were
Chao -Ju Chen, doctoral student,
and Germaine M. Buck. associate

professor, both in the Department
of Social and Preventive Medicine.

the Lockport and UB South Campuses offices. These include bracing,
orthotics, casting, x-ray, knee-ligament arthrometer testing and Biodex
isokcnetic testing, as weU as physical therapy and rehabilitation.
Appointments at both offices can be made by calling 829-2070.

Urban Design Project plans
second forum on "Rethinking
the Niagara Frontier"
The Urban Design Project (UDP), a national award-winning i)I"Ogram of the School of Architecture and Planning, has announced plans
for a November 2000 U.S.-Canadian forum on issues reJevant to the

development of the region defined by both sides of the Niagara River.
Funded by a $50,000 grant from the Margaret L Wendt Founda·
tion , the conference will be the second in the UDP's Rethinking th e
Niagara Frontier Project.
Like the first conference. held March 30-3 1, this one will involve rep·
resentatives of dozens of government, business. citizen, philanthropic
and educational group. Its goaJ will be to stimulate concrete bi- na~
tional projects in five areas: heritage and cultural tourism, brown fields
redevelopment, improvements in the built and natural environment,
trade and transportation and knowledge-based industries.

The Urban Design Project was founded and directed by Robert
Shibley, UB professor of architecture.• and a national figure in the
field of urban planning as a teaching resource focused o n issues of
community development and urban revitalization, and fostering
intellectual exploration of architecture and planning.
From 1994 -98, the project led the five -year public .. visioning .. pro·
cess for downtown Buffalo and its council districts. It also oversaw
the master planning and conceptual design development for the fa cilities suppon ing the Bosque Etemo de los Ntnos and lnstitut o de
Monteverde in Costa Rica. To date, the Monteverde project has en gaged seven faculty and hundreds of students an graduat e st udio,
community design service, as weU as professional
UDP recently received an award from the American Planning As·
sociatio n for excellence in comprehensive planning. This year, Shibley
received the Joan K. Bozer Award from Women for Down town for
his " long-term commitment and sign ifica nt contribution to th e im ·
provement of downtown Buffalo."'
For information on the November conference, contact Brad Hovey
~t

829-3485, e&lt;l. 218.

Jazz Dance World Congress ED
to be held at UB Aug. 2-6
Jazz Dance World Congress 2000, the annual jazz-dance event that
attracts dance enthusiast s from across the globe. will be held Aug. 2-6
in the Ce nter for the Arts on the Nonh Campus.
The event, whi ch is being held at UB fo r the second con secutive yea r, will feature four showcase
concerts, as well as performan ces by other
noteworthy dance companies and perfo rm ~
ers; master classes; pa nel discussions; ex hibit s of the latest in dan cewear accessorie~
and related merchandise, and a specia l Sl'C·
tion, Kids Jazz Dance. specifically for you ng
dancers ages 10· I 2.
The showcase co nc er ts wall fl·aturl·
Philadanco!, the Philad elphia Dance Co mpany ;
Les Ballets Jazz de Mo ntreal; Japan 's Masa~h•
Action Machme; Ital y's Danza Prospettlva; G u~
Giordano )au r&gt;ancc Chicago, the host per
forming company; Instincts L1ve Med1a Dancl"
Co mpany from Los Angeles; Odyssev Dancl"
Utah; Seattle's Spectrum Dance Theate r, and \Vil liam Robertson's Global Dance Works from Canad a.
For information about the jazz-dance concert pro~
grams and tickets, call the Center for th e Art s box office a t 645 -ARTS or visit the center's Web sit e a t &lt; http:/ 1
www.arts.buffalo.edu &gt;.

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News Services Editor

FfER years of limited
access to students, higher
education in the Caribbean received a major
boost this=when UB put the
region's first distance-learning
Webl!oazd online at the University
of the W&lt;st Indies (UWJ).
The new Web application, which
was provided free of charge, is a
highly differentiated, distancelearning software package marked
by its simplicity and -ability to link
messages under a topic so that all
related communication can take
place.
The new WebBoard places UWl
in a position to increase vastly the
number and quality of its distana:learning programs. This is critically
irnporuuit for the university, which
serves the higher education needs of
15 English-speaking Caribbean nations scattered over 2,600 miles.
Distance-learning pioneer John
Ellison, UB professor of information and library studies, is =ponsible for the ongoing development
of the new application. He Currently
is a Fulbright fellow at UWl, where
he supervised the installation of the
new software and is instructing faculty in its use.
"In general, lUsher education for
Caribbean residents has been ..-:ly
limited bydistana and financial a&gt;nstraints posed by oourse fees, expen-

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Ellison says. "Pr-ogranu----paicularly apensM ones like engineering---ere DOl always duplicated at tht
three UWl campuses on Jamaica,
Barbados and llioidadfrobago, so
Caribbean students otien must traYd
great distances to a campu5 that offm tht program of their cboioe.
"A oollqjl! education is highly valued and not takm for granted here.
Because p&lt;l'YUty is endemic to the
region. families often must sacrifia
greatly to permit a child to attend
the university and students oommonly share books, food and housing," be says.
"As a result, only 2 percent of
high-school graduates in the Caribbean attend oollege, oompared to
20-30 percent of graduates in developed oountries, a situation that has
serious, negative, long-term implications for the region's efforts to
oompete in the world economy~
~ison says that because of its
vested interest in making higher
education more accessible, UWl established the UWl Distance Learning Centre and 27 receiving sites
throughout the Caribbean where
students can "attend• distancelearning oourses originating at one
of UWJ's three campuses
But the number, variety and availability of these oourses had been severely ~cted because the university had to depend upon technical
support from fomgn universities to

get courses online and deliver them
to students.
As a result of the new WebBoard,
this is no
the case. UWl C.Culty now can easily produce a luge
number of varied distana:-leaming
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been oontinually tweaked and improved by UB education instructional technology specialists Logan
Scott and Robert Perini The basic
board, familiar to most Internet users and certainly to today's oollege
students, consists of Web pages
dedicated to a specific class that
present oourse curriculum, instructions and reading lists.
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Industries fail to use appropriate comparisons, create innate bias, UB researcher says
ay LOIS IIAIWI
News Services Editor

MPLOYEES should be
skeptical of any report
boasting that their health
as a group is better than
that of the general population, a UB
occupational epidemiologist warns.
Such a oomparison always will
make the group and the oompany
look good, said GreggS. Wilkinson,
professor of social and preventive
medicine, because of an innate bias
called the "healthy-worker effect."
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nuclear-weapons workers, pre-

sented recently at the annual meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic
Research, illustrated a robust ex-

ample of the healthy-worker effect.
well-known among male \'lOckers

but studjed far less frequently
among female worke:rs.

"The healthy-worker effect curls
its influence whm fewer deaths are
observed for worlctts in an industry, compared to the U.S. popula-

tion," Willcinson said "The understanding is that people must have at
least a minimpmlevel of health to
hold down a job, whereas the general population includes every-

one-----healthy and sick."
Wilkinson oompared death statistics for female worltm at 12 nuclearweapons sites with the number of
deaths expected to occur in the female population of the United
States. The study covered a total of
67,976 women who had worked at
any of the sites before Jan. I, 1980.
It was one of the largest analyses to
date of female worlctts.
Results showed that at all of the
sites, the number of deaths was either similar to or lower than that of
the female population at large.
"Industries teed to use such findings to show how well they'.-. doing,"
Wilkinson said "Butifyouaregoing
to get the right.._ you have to
use appropriate oomparisons. An
appropriate oomparison would be
worlctts who are similar. either un-

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e:xposed workers in the .;.,., plan~
or worltm who are similar but work
in another plant where the exposure
of interost does not exist."
However, the healthy-worker effeet also can skew results of bealth
studies involving workers within the
same factory. Wilkinson rompared
death statistics for female nuclearweapons worlctts who wore badges
to monitor radiation exj,osun, with
deaths of women who did not wear
badgesbecausetheyw.n:n'te:xposed
to radiation.
These results showed that there
w.tt 25 per=t more deaths from
all causes and 17 percent more
deaths from aD cancers among the
unbadged workers. Wilkinson said
this oounterintuitive result may exist either because less robust workers "self-select" themselves out of
jobs that involve exposun to radiation, or because department beads
make those selectioos thernseh..s.
Wbatever the cause, W.ucioson
said the study suggests that the

healthy-worker effect also exists for
female worlctts and must be takm
into aax&gt;unt in any studies of occupational health.
"Studies of radiation effects
among nuclear workers must be restricted to those worlctts who are
monitored for radiation aposures,"
be stated "Indusionofwunoniton:d
workers will intn&gt;clua a bias and give
an inaccurate result."
Additional researchers on the
study were Roger L. Priore and
Michael Fries of the UB Department
of Social and Preventive Medicine,
and Robin Graham and B. Lauren
Young of the UB Department of

Family Medicine.
Also Norman Trieff, Jennifer
Jones and Laura Ray of the tJni&gt;c-sity of Texas Medical Branch,
Galveston, and Jeanne Loughlin of
the Epidemiology Research Institute
in Newton l..owo:r Falls, Mass.
The_ study was funded by the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health.

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OIJiluaries
William R Johnson, MCEER busiriess manager
. . . . . . .. business and
contracts manager for the
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
(MCEER)andalong-timemember
of the UB community, died June 17
in Millard Fillmore Hospital. He
was62.

A UB graduate, Johnson joined
the university's professional staff in
1961 as an assistant purchasing
agent. He later was named assistant
to the vice president for finance, and
in 1968, was appointed director of
the capital equipment division of
the Office of Facilities Planning. •
Johnson was responsible for rna·
jor equipment acquisitions during
the construction and early development of the North·Campus. He also
was instrumental in the purchase of
the $1.5 million seismic simulator for
the Deportment of Civil Engineering.
In 1972, Johnson was appointed
secretary of a New York State task

eowlcil on School Construction.

force to establish
the value of all assets for the SUNY

A resident of Lockport. Johnson
was one of the founders of the
Lockport Community Cable Commission, w!Uch franchised the first
cable-television service for the City
and Town of Lockport in the mid·
1970s. He was instrumental in writing the first franchise agreement and
continued to serve as secretary-treasurer of the cable commission at the
time of his death.
Johnson also served as secretary
of the City of Lockport Emergency
Response Planning Committee and
the Niagara County SARA Tide ll1
Emergency Response Planning
Committee, where he assisted in
writing a plan for the management
of toxic and hazardous materials
spills for the City of Lockport.
Johnson enjoyed classical music,
literature and Civil War history, and
volunteered with Lockport little
League
for many years.

system.

In 1986, he was
recruited
by
former UB President Robert L.
Ketter to serve as
business manager and develop the
physical facilities for what is now
MCEER.
Johnson was well known throughout the UB community and the
SUNY system, having served on the
Professional Staff Senate Executive
Committee and as a member of the
SUNY·Purchasing Association. He
was a cmified materials """"'l!"' and
a certified professional purchasing
manager.
He was a meJVber of the National
Association of Educational Buyers.
the National Association of Purchasing Managers and the National

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Women's athletics
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vision I level two years ago with only
two boats. The team recognized the
efforts ofSilver :md Tokasz by christening a boat in tach of the
assemblymen's names.
The university will use the latest
$800.000 earmark to increase the
number of scholarships for women
athletes, as well as to marlcet all of

play and will join the other UB
sports in the Mid-American Conference next season.
Harvey added that six ofUB's top
women athletes went to Albany last
Februaryto attend SUNY Day ac-

will benefit a generation of women
athletes at us.·
The athletes that attended the

event were a "Who's Who" of UB

women's athletia: swimmer Inger
Rooneem, crew member Adrien
Walker, soccer and

softball standout
laimeAdams. trackand-field· team
member Shelly
Hamilton, basketball star Catherine
Jacob an~ volleyball
standout Rebecca
Ashare.

the women's athletics programs to·

the community.
"Gender equity is based on three
factors: participation opportunity,
scholarship levels and program areas," said Nan Harvey,assc&gt;fiate athletic director and senior woman administrator...Our participation opportunities have equated well to our
overall student enrollment, but if
there is an area we've been laggmg
in, it has been scholarship opportu·
nities for women. This support will
help bring equity to that situation
as well."
Harvey noted that with the latest
$800,000 earmark. UB will bring both
its women's basketball (14 scholar·
ships) and volleybaU programs (10)
to full scholarship numbers, with soccer (12 scholarships), swimming
,(1 1.5), track and field (II), softball
(8), crew (6) and tennis (2) also rettiving significant upgrades.
The softball program just com·
pleted its first seasoa of Division I

Rooneem is a

three-time MAC
champion in swimIMwatfthe
ming. Walker is a
---for~p-y-._
captain of the crew
who wasiMtlattMhlln getting special Stllte

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tivities, and their presence there may
have made a difference.
"Once the legislators had a chan&lt;:&lt;
to meet with many of the student·
athletes being direcdy impacted by
this kind of support, their eyes really opened," she said. "The university had some of its best and bright·
est there, and it was a wonderful experience for everyone. I know that
this type of support is unprecedented among SUNY schools and

The- Yorll Sute Department of Education has approved UB's
new bachelor of science degr« in environmental engineering, the
first and only one of its kind at a public institution in the state.
Environmental engineers work to apply engineering principles to
the protection of human health and ecosystems. Graduates with a
bachelor's degree in environmental engineering find jobs with private consulti ng firms, industry and government agencies. They also
have the skills and, in most cases, the academic background to pUr·
sue a variety of other careers or graduate degrees in engineering,
law, medicine,· management, computer science or Other fields that
have an environmental component.
"This new degree, offered by US's Department of Civil, Struc ·
tural and Environmental Engineering, provides students with an opportunity to gain a comprehensive education that will prepare them
for sociaJJy conscious careers in a rapidly expanding, high-technol ogy field," said AJan J. Rabideau , associate professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering and degree coordinator.
Rabideau notes that there always will be a stable demand for environmental engineers to manage society's infrastructure for water
supply and waste management
"For several years now," he added , "the local demand here in Western New York has exceeded the supply of qualified graduates and
the national job market is strong as welL Furthermore, as federal
and state environmental programs evolve in response to the global
economy's impact on public health and the environment, new opportunities are continually emerging for env ironmental engineers."
The UB curriculum is designed to meet all requirements of the Ac -

creditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and it prepares students academically for licensing as professional engineers.
" It was certainly time to establish an environm-ental engineering
curriculum at UB," said Mark Karwan, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. "This new degree program will enrich our undergraduate curriculum offe rings and make UB more
attractive to a subset of prospective students who previously would

have had to go elsewhere."
Rabideau said that in addition to traditional water and wastewa ter management , environmental engineers address problems related
to air-pollution control, industrial hygiene, radiation protection, hazardous-waste management, toxic-materials control, storm-water
management , solid-waste disposal, public health and ecosystem
management. "To address such problems, they must acquire tools
fro m business, information technology and the natural sciences, in
addi tion to tradjtional engineering methods," he added.
Interested applicants should check out &lt; http :/ I
wtngs.buffolo.edu/ ees&gt;, orcontact Rabideau at645-2 114,ext. 2327.

UB to host global conference
on environmental health

of the Student Ath·

Experts In environmental health from around the gJobe will con -

Jete Advisory Committee. Adams
was a second-team All-MAC selec·

tion in soccer and two-sport participanl Hamilton was UB's first female
Division I All-American in the high
jump in 1998. Jacob was a two-time
All-Conference selection and threetime GTE Academic District All American, while Ashare is a member of the University Honors Program member and starte r on the

volleyball team.

Distinguished profs
organizations and has servtd as a
consultant to the American Dental
Association, the National Institute
for Dental Health and the U.S. Food
&amp; Drug Administration.
Rae has received many honors
and awards for his love of teaching
and dedication to educating engi·
neering students.
He joined UB's Department ofMechanieal and Aerospace Engineering
in 1983 .rter a 30-ytar career as aresearCh scientist and key engineer with
the forme r Cornell Aeronautical
laboratory, later the Arvin/Calspan
Advanced Technology Center.
In 1993, he received the SUNY
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in
Teaching and was selected by UB's
Student Association as one of 27
professors to be included in the "best

UB to offer new degree
ED
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For more than 30 yean. Mohl has
published his research findings in
the Journnl of the American Dental
Association, the Journal of Dental
Education, and the Journal of
OrofaciJJ.I Pain.
He also has published in and
served on the e&lt;1itorial review board
of the Journal ofProsthetic Dentistry
and co-edited texts 1ncluding "A
Textbook of Occlusion" and "Tern·
poromandibular Joint and Masticatory Muscle Disorders.•
A UB graduate, Mohl became a
part-time member of the dental fac·
ulty in 1959 while in private prnc·
lice. He became a full-time faculty
member in 1968.
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Active on numerow university
and professional committees. he is
a member of many national dental

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professo"" section of the 1991 -92
"User's Guide to UB."
Rae is the recipient of the Most

Helpful Teacher Award from the UB
student chapter of the American In·
stitute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIM). as weU as the Carl Naish
Award from the Students Association
ofMillard Fillmore College for his unselfish dedication to MFC students.
Formerly associate dean of en gineering for graduate affairs, he
has served on many universi t y
committees, most recently the unjversity-wide undergraduate curriculum committee. He currently
is chair of the mechanical-engi -

vene in Buffalo for 10 days in August to present the latest research in
the field and to assess the worldwide disease burden caused by environmental problems.
The primary venue for the I 2th conference of the International

Society for Environmental Epidemiology, to be held Aug. 19-23, will
be the Adam's Mark Hotel and Resort in downtown Buffalo. The
US Department of Social arid Preventive Medicine is th e conference host.
Titled .. Environmental Epidemiology in Pan America and the
World: Building Connections," the conference came to Buffalo to
commemorate the centennial of the Pan-American Exposition .
Mauricio Pardon-Ojeda, director of the Division of Heahh and
Environment , Pan American Health Organization, will be the keynote speaker. More than 500 research papers and posters are scheduled for presentation.
John Vena, professor and associate chair of the Department of
Social and Preventive Medicine. is conference chair.
Immediately following the conference, the World Health Organization (WHO} will hold a two-day invitation -only .. expert consul tation" on how to assess th e burden of disease on the public health
resulting from environmenral problems. The United States will be
represented by experts from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Also attending will be representatives from the Center of Research in

Environment Health, United Kingdom; the National Institute of Health,
Epidemiology and Microbiology, Cuba; National Institute of Public
Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; the London School of

Hygien~ and Tropical Medicine; WHO headquarters in Geneva, Swi~­

zerland, and its regional office for Europe. plus experts from UB. University of California-Berkeley and University of South Carolina.
Prior to the conference, the Inter American Network of Health in
Housing Centers will meet for a three-day symposium. The netv..'Ork

neering undergraduate committee

is organized and sponsored by the Pan American Health Organiza-

and has served on the board of the
Catholic Campus Ministry Foun·
dation.

tion, with the goal of fostering collaboration among centers throughout the Americans that address disease resulting from substandard
housing. UB administers one of the 10 Health in Housing Centers.

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(Professional and support staff must arrange with supervisors for approved
leave from job responsibilities.)
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submit all their forms in one packet, with one form per team member.
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Susan Howe is named to prestigious
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Research Results

PAGE 6

UB to house Pat Brown's archive
of Love Canal documents

UBin
Bloom
Thanks to the efforts of
grounds workers, campus
landscapes this summer are
punctuated by clumps of
bright flowers, like these
flourishing near Alumni
Arena and the Center for
the Arts on the North
Campus.

Social Work receives·NIAAA grant
$2.9 million grant to fund program to help families break cycle ofsubstance abuse
By CIUIImNE VIDAL
News Services Editor

ESEARCHERS at UB
ha~~e received a five-year,

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tionally-;-for families 1of children
ages 9-12 conducted over a 14-week
period. Families will be identified
from parents currently or recently

$2.9 million grant to con-

receiving aJcohol treatment The goal

duct an international

is to provide parent training, as well

project aimed at helping childrm of
alcohol-&lt;lependent parents avoid becoming substance abusers themselves.

as individual and f.unily-skills training, for children of alcohol- and other
drug-&lt;lependent parents.
Families will participate in weekJy.
three-hour meetings that be will be

The Strengthening Families Pro-

gram (SFP) will be conducted by the
Center for Research on Urban Social Work Practice in the School of
Social Work. in collaboration with
Canada's Centre for Addictions and
Mental Health (CAM H). Brenda
Miller, professor of social work and
director of the center, is principal
investigator of the project.

divided into three segments. The
first hour will consist" of separa te
classes for parents and children fo cusing on a particular to pic, such as
communication skills. ln the second
hour, parents and children practice
together the skill s they have just
lea rned. The third hour wiJJ be a

The project will consist of a highly
structured, skills-building pro gram-which has been tested in various settings na6onally and intema-

A comparison group of families
will be provided a more standard
form of family intervention to test

family-foe\~~&lt;(!

social period.

the effectiveness of the SFP.
A total of 720 families from West em New York and the Toronto area
will be selected to participate in the
research. The program, which is ex pected to begin in September, wilJ

community and recognizing the ex pertise of people in the community
in creating partnerships," noted
Miller. " ln addition to being a research projea , it also will be an opportunity for students in the School

be foUowed by booster sessions held

of Social Work to have direct, hands -

six months and one year after the
program has been completed.
The Strengthening Families Program will be conducted in partnership with communi(7' agencies and
drug-and -akohol agenCies m Buffalo and Toronto, and m each ci ty '~
surrounding communitle3. E..Kh
agency will work with two groups
of no more than 12 families wllhm
any given year. with some fami lie-5
receiving full -blown intervention
and others receiving a standard in tervention program.
"Thjs is an excellent example of
the university partnering with the

on experience in a prevention intervention model.
"\\'hat makes this project unique
is that it'san international effon and
we'll be able to compare how the cul tural oon text and environmental set ting support or hinder prevention
efforts for these families," she said.
The gran: is funded by the National
Lnstitutcs on Akoholism and Alrohoi Abuse. Co- principal investigate~
are Andrew Safyer. UB associate professor of soc ial work, and David
Dewit, of Canada's CAMH. Eugem·

Maguin ofUBandScottMacDonald
of CAM H are co· investigators.

State funding bolsters institute's work
By ELLEN COOLDBAUM

into productive partnerships with

News Services Editor

local industry.
Prasad said the funding will be of
great value in readying these technologies for the marketplace, result-

ROSPECTS for an emerging laser and photonics industry in Western New York
have brightened, thanks to
a $500,000 allocation from New York
State, sponsored by Sen. Mary Lou
Rath, to the UB lnstitutdor lasers,

P

Photonics and Biophotonics..

A significant portion of the funding will be used to target technologies that will positively impact regionaJ economic growth, said Paras
Prasad, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the departments of Chemistry and Physics in the College of Arts
and Sciences and executive director
of the Institute for Lasers, Photonics
and Biophotonics.
This will involve taking them
from the fundamental research and-development stage, through
prototype fabrication, scale-up
strategies and cost optimization and

ing in the creation of new high -tech

jobs. The funds also will provide the
institute with resources to cooperate

and collaborate with local companies
in ways that will enhance their com petitive advantage in lasers. telecom munications, nanotechno logy and

biotechnology.
'We are extremely grateful to Sen.
Rath for her strong support of our
institute as a means of enhancing
this new high -technology industry
in Western New York," said Prasad.

"With this suppon, she has demonstrated her vision for a Western New
York region that generates economic

growth through the development of
high-paying, high-technology opponunities."
Noted Rath: "The work that Dr.

Prasad and his colleagues do is con sidered among the best in the world.
I feel privileged to be able to assist
them as they continue to make
progress in so many vital areas. The
institute is a tremendous asset to
Western New York, both economi cally and as a leader in sea rching for
medical cures."
VB President Wimam R. Greiner

called Rath "a tireless and highly effective advocate in the state legisla ture for UB. Her support for the institute is just the latest example of
her commitment to higher education--and to partnerships that promote economic growth in Western

dyes and coatings to be infused into
many kinds of plastic products after
they have been manufactured. a potentially enom1ous cost-savings to
manufacturers who cu rrently must
dye the plastic during the manufuc ruring process. Potential applications
include eyeglasses. contact lenses.
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New York."

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dictions (RIA) have be·
gun a five-year project,
funded by a $3.5 million grant from
the National Institutes of Health, to
study infant and child development
and the factors that influence
patenting skills.
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play with the father and in a dcvd·
opmental-testing session.
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Leonard added, "showed that par·
ents with their OWD penonaJ pfOb..
lems, such as feelings of depression
or heavy drinking, also reponed
feeling mo"' aggravated with infants
than parents without issues of dcpr..sion or drinking. When ob·
served with the infants, theS&lt; par·
cots ttnded to be less sensitive to the
child's cues, displayed more negative
emotions toward the child and"""'

less verbal with the child..
When th ~ child reaches 18
months of age, these same factor.
come into play. "Parco" with per·
sonal problems begin to rqx&gt;rt their
children as having behavior problems." Leonard said. "Fathers who
indicate that they have depressive
feelings al.!o report that their child
has intcrnalizJed problems, such as
anxiousness and fears, as well as ox·
temalizing behavior problems, such
as tantrums or distuptive activities.•
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al.!o reported more externalizing
problems among their childrm.

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child interactions and later OUICX&gt;mes

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other card.akcr.. The de&gt;dopmen·
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interacting with peers. sharing a
similar experience lllld functioning
ln asocial context., in addition to examining parent-child interactions.•
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Cocaine withdrawal called not as traumatic
Still not plmsant, but study shows symptoms diminish steadily over time
By LOIS IIAIWI

News Services Editor

W

I TH 0 RAW A L

drawal may be somewhat unplcas·
ant, you11 live through it"
Previous studies ofcocaine with·

from cocaine is flo

drawal involved inpatients, and
they found relatively mild with ·
drawal symptoms, especiaUy when
has shown that it may not involve compared to Other drugs of abuse,
the wrenching ups and downs and such as alcohol or heroin. One criti·
intense cravings that specialists in cism of these studies. Coffey said,
the field have considered the norm. was that the patients weren't cxScon Coffey, assistant professor of ' posed to their normal cues for CO·
psychiatry and a specialist in drug
craving in substance-dependent
persons. reports in the current issue
"W e - been tnlned to
ofDrugandAla&gt;lwiDependmathat
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craving is rrlatively mild during CO·
caine withdrawal compared to other
~
drugs of abuse, and that cocaine
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withdrawal symptoms decrease
steadily over time.
Morcover,lllllikc earlier inpatient
studies of cocaine withdrawal and
research on alcohol Withdrawal,
these paticots did not report signifi·
cant disruptions in sleep.
The restilts are important for two
SCOTT COFfEY
reasons, Coffey noted: They convey
a hopeful message to persons con·. caine use. Common cues would incemed about their ability to quit clude a crack pipe, encountering
cocaine, and they definespecific dif. the dealer or seeing acquaintances
ferences between cocaine with - who use cocaine.
"To address this criticism, we ox·
drawal and withdrawal from other
amined cocaine-dependent paaddictive drugs.
"We have been trained to think tients in an outpatient setting,..
of withdrawal as a general condi· Coffey said, "and we found similar
lion," he said "But we are fioding mild withdrawal symptomS, even
that each substance has a different when they we"' exposed to usual
set of symptoms and requires a dif. cues. Given the accumulating evi·
ferent approach to detoxification dence, we believe the CtliTt:llt charand treabncot. For example, a per· acterization of rocaine withdrawal
son can die from alcohol with· shotild be questioned"
Coffey conducted his research at
d rawal, and while cocaine withpicnic, but a st udy
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the Medical Uoivcrsity of South
Carolina in Charleston, wlierc he
previously was a research associate.
Study participants, who were all dependent on cocaine or both cocaine
and alcohol, we"' rcquimr to ab·
stain from cocaine use for 28 con·
secutive days. Twenty· four pe=ns
completed the study.
Drug status was monitored via
urine analysis and Breathalyzer on
day 2 (48 hours after the beginning
of abstinence) and approximately
every five days thereafter. During
these clinic visits, a trained inter·

ticnts w= sleeping in mo"' famil.
iar surroundings.

Defining the specific symptoms
of cocaine withdrawl is essential for
proper treatment, Coffey said "The
description of cocaine withdrawal
we've given in the past warned of
intenSe cravings that come and go,
depending on the..phase of with·
drawal the paticot is experiencing;•
he added "Instead, we found that
cravings deaeasc in a linear fashion.
"If we k&lt;ep hammering away at
inlcnse cravings and patients aren't
experiencing intense cravings, the
treatment won't make sense. we·ve
~administeredscwral sWldard
questionnairtstod&lt;tt:mrinepaticnts' said the same thing about sleep dur·
pb}mcal, emotional and psychologi· ing cocaine witbdrawal. We've told
cal withdrawal symptoms
· people they would be skeping fioe
To determine if symptoms de· at times, but tbeymaynot sleepwdl
creased gradually, or increased and during a different withdrawal phase.
decreased in phases as previously Instead. we found that outpatients
reported, Coffey grouped his results reponed satisfactory sleep during
into tha&lt; time bl~ roughly or cocaine withdrawal
inciding with those phases: days 2
"When we tell patients that with·
and 5; 10 and 14; and 21 and 28.
drawalsymptomswill start and stop
Analysis showed that patients ox· and start again, and this is not what
perienced significant reductioos in the patient experiences, it paints a
depreSsion and anxiety, and that the chaotic picture.
improvm~ents oc.curred in a linear
"Now we an provide patients
fashion rather than in phases. Pa· with a mo"' predictable samrio,"
ticnts al.!o reported matively mild Coffey said "Now we can tell pa·
craving. significantly fewer psychi· ticnts, 'You are going to SOl better
atric symptoms than early in ~­ over time. Things will definitely be
better tomorrow as long as you am·
ncn~ and an increase in energy and
ability to think clearly.
tinue to absWn.' It provides a -r
In contrast to findings reported positive message..
in inpatient studies, sleep patterns
This study is part of a Jors&lt;r iJMs.
w= stlll!le and satisfactory follow. ligation directed by Boonie S.Densky
ing cocaine witbdrawal. This dilftt. of the Medial University of South
cnce was attributed to the asrump- Carolina, and was fundedby the Na·
tioo that, lll1likc mpaticnts, outpa· tiona! Institute 00 ~Abuse.

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"Business Days 2000" scheduled

Poets academy taps Howe
English professor's work recognized bj eminent group
By PADKIA -VAN
News Servkes Editor

IKE a prophet in her own
co untry, Susan Howe 's
reputation as a distinguished a nd pioneering
poet and literary theorist is virtually
unknown 10 most of her suburban
WestemNewYorkneighbor&gt;andher
colleagues at UB. where she has been
a member of the faculty since 1989.
l.ast month, at the height of a career distinguished by stunning tit -

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erary achi evement. Howe was
elected by some of the most tionized figures in American literature
to the Academy of American Poets'

Board of CllaoceUors, the academy's
advisory body of entinent poets.
She will join such luminaries as
Louise Gluck, Lucille Clifton, W.S.
Merwin, Adrienne Rich, Richard
Howard, Charles Wright and UB
colleague Robert Greeley, as well as
other current members of the board
Previous members have included
W.H. Auden, Marianne Moore, Ezra
Pound, Robert Frost, William Carlos
Williams, Gwendo lyn Brooks ,
Denise Levertov, Jay Wright and
Robert Hayden.
Howe was elected, along with pocts Philip Levine and Charles Sirnic,
to succeed board members John
Ashbery, John Hollander and David
Wagoner, whose terms ended in
November.
The author of 13 books of pomts
and \WO volumes of criticism, most
recently"Pierce Arrow" (New Directions, 1999). Howe is widely known

as the author of the groundbr&lt;aking.

spective writen, such as poet Emily
1985book"MyEmilyDiclcimon"and Dickinson and American philoso1990's "Europe of Trusts."
pher Charles Sander&gt; Peirce, fueled
She has recdved two American herownpo&lt;ticmaking."Bonosays.
Book Awards from the &amp;fore Co- "Her students come for the heat."
Jumbus Foundation, a 1996
!iteraryscholarSusanSchultzdeGuggenh eim Fellowship and in scribes Howe's unorthodox work as
1998, was named a Dismelding and altering
tinguished FeUow at the
genres and performStanford University lnstiing typographical exlute of the Humanities.
periments that chalA brilliant and intense
Jenge idds about
write r, scholar and
whatthewrittenword
teacher, she is recognized
is,howitoperatesaod
intern ationall y for her
how it can be operpath-breaking work in
ated upon . Howe's
the field of poetics. The reason for books. in fact, sometimes have to be
this, says Barbara Bono, chair of the ' turned upside-down or sideways in
UB Department of English, is that order to be read--as intended-as
Howe is "a strong poet and critic both picrure and text. Nevertheless,
working in the sinew and bone of "despite her distinctly avant-garde
poeticcreation----tl)eactual makrial surfaces," Schult z says, .. Howe
being of the poem, its image and straddles the tines between modern
inscription.
and postmodern poetries.
"She's the real thing." Bono con"She may be postmodernist in
tinu~. "For Susan Howe, writing is her m;thod, but her intentions ofa physical act. Her beginnings were ten appear to be tho5e of a last modas a visual artist and she brings this ernist. Her fragments are every bit
sense of the physical process of ereas artful as Eliot's, and her desire to
ativity to her explication and mod - make them cohere (in literary and
eting of poetry."
religious terms) is equal10 that of
Bono says Howe's most success- Eliot, Pound or Han Crane."
ful graduate students have becom&lt;;_
Schultz writes that if poems exist
editors and textual artists with a in order to communicate meaning,
deep understanding of the holo- as Howe-unlike her UB colleague,
graphic or handwritten process of poet a nd theo ri st C harles
making. Their emphasis. she says. is Bernstein-maintains, "then the
not on the narrative aspects of the radical nature of her texts reOect
poem, but on the point at which the nothing so much as the difficulty of
poem comes into being.
'omm unica ting new meanings.
"Howe's study of deeply intro- new histories."

Computing program approved
By EU.£N GOlDIIAUM
News Services Editor

N advanc~ -certificate
program tn computa tional science designed to
train science-and-engineeringograduate students at UB in
scientific computing has been approved by the New York State Education Department and the Chanctllor
of the Stite University of New York.
The program, a cooperative effort
between UB's Center for Computational Rfsearch (CCR) and participating UB ·departments, is available to
students pur&gt;Uing master's and doctoral degrees in mathematics, physics, chemical engineering and mechanical and aerospace engineering.
"'The certificate program will
make these students a lot more marketable to prospective employers,"
said E. Bruce Pitman, chair of education, outreach and training programs at CCR and a professor of

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mathematics.
The program, one in a series of
certificate programs recently ap-

proved at VB, strengthens UB's mission to provide graduates with training within traditiona1 degree programs that is consistent with the
changing needs of the industries in
which they eventually will work.
Pitman explained that onu rking in
the emerging field of computational
scie nce reqUires a stro n g background in a panicul~r discipline o r
application, along with training in
high-performance computing. A
multidisciplinary field that unites
computer technology with many
kinds of disciplinary research, com·
putational science often is called the
.. th ird science,"' complementing
theoretical and laboratory science.
In addition to high-technology,
fields that require this kind of ex pertise include the investment community, where advanced computing
is used to develop new financ ial
products; advanced engineering and
design firms for the automotive and
aerospace industries. and national
laboratories, where scientists use
scientific computing to do every-

thing from predicting the weather
to designing new chemical catalysts.
"This certificate is a valuable ad dition to US's growing inventory of
certificate programs, which are designed to provide students with the
advantage of a credentia1 certifyi ng
that they have obtained education
and training targeted to a specific
area of expertise," said Myron A.
Thompson, associate provost , ex·
ecutive director of the Graduate
School and interim vice provost for
graduate education.
Students in the certificate pro gram must take a total of 15 hours
of approved graduatecourseworkusually five courses--i ncludin g a
two-semester course in high-performance computing offered by CCR
in collaboration with the depart ments of Chemical Engineering,
Mathematics, Physics and Mechani cal and Aerospace Engineering. Stu dents select the re maining nine
hour&gt; from computing and applications courses offered by each of
the participating departrn~ts.

UB fa&lt;ulty •nd st•ff memben can learn the .. 10 Steps to a Happier, Healthier Life" by attending '" Business Days 2000"Tuesday and
Wednesday in the Ce nter for the Arts on the North Campus .
.. Business Days 2000,"pr~nted by University Business Services,
will provide participants with the opportunity to learn about changes
in business procedures, sharpen their skills and
find our what 's new within the
university.
Sessions will be offered
from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. both
days and will address such topics as performance evaluations,
income fund reimbursable
(IFR) accounts and affirma tive-action search procedures.
Tou-rs of the Campus Mail
center, the C:t'nter for the Arts
and Alumni Arena will be offered.
Among the highlights
will be the keynote presentation, "10 Steps to a Hap·
pier, Healthier Life," to begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday. The
speaker will be Ten a M.
Garas, a registered nurse wh o
specializes in teaching people the art of turnmg negarives into
posit ives, relearning their sense of hum or and understanding the
physical and psychological benefits of laughter.
The "' Business Days" program also will feature a presentation
on OAS IS, the new Research Foundation business system , at I I a.m.
Wednesday. The session will focus on project definition and status,
training and transition, calendar of events and the impact on de·
partment administration and projed directors.
A hot dog/hamburge r roast to benefit SEFA will be served at
noon each day on the upper bakony of the Mainstage Theatre and
on the patio overlooki ng Lake LaSalle.
All presentations and tou rs will be free and open to aU faculty
and staff members. Registration is encouragro and can be done via
the " Business Days " Web site at &lt; www. busfness.buff•lo.edu/
buslne.ssd•ys &gt; or by calling Joan Thompson at 645-SOOO, ext. 1315.

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fait, wilh. proceeds going 10 tho SUA campoign. Your colloagues at UB ore •Jiepplng up• lor SEM 1n pilnning these events and
your portidpation Is wolcome and encouraged!
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• Today: Ice Cream Soclll and Roast. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m ..
outside H~ c. South campus. Sponscnd by the Ollice of tho '&lt;Ice
ProYostlor Undefgnldulte £ducatJon/fnrolt t.tonagemont; lor information: Mlfy-Umille, 829-2361
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Campus. Sponscnd by tho Ollice ol tho Controller and tho FK\J,ty/
StudentAssociation; lor lnlormatlon: Dawn Sllllt&lt;e, 64S.SOOO, ext. 1187
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chemistry; Todd M.Hennes.sey,associate professor of biological sciences; Deidre Shauoa Lynch, asso·
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Mayne,professorofmechanicaland
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professor of physics.
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Deidre Shauna Lynch joined the
English department faculty in 1990.
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awards and feDowships. including
the sixth annual Mod&lt;rn Language
Association of America (Ml.A) Prize
for a First BOOk for her book "The
Economy of Cha racter: Novels,
Market Culture and the Business of
lnnerMeaning"( 1998,UnNmityof
Chicago Press).
Lynch also has received the Whiting and MeDow fellowships in the
humanities,andreoentlywasnanled
a feDowofthe National Humanities
Center, one of the gieatest distinctions in the humanities field.
Sbe is an hooo!'3'Y niember ofthe
Golden Key National Honor Soci-

tor of admissions.
The Chancellor's Award for Ex·
cellence in Librarianship recognizes
"skill in librariansliip; service to the
campus, the university and to the
field; schoiarship and professional

growth, and major professional
achievements." Rtcipientsare Susan
Davis Bartl, associate hbrarian and
head of the periodicals section in
Univemty ubraries Central Tedmica l Services, and Deborah H .
Koshinsky, associate librarian and
head of the Architecture and Plan·
ning Library.
Fcank V. Bright joined the Departmenl of Chemistry f.oculty in
1987.His~inteTestsarein the

areas of biomolecule dynamics at
and in surfaces, developing new·
generation biosensors,supercritical
Ouid science and technology, and
advanced laser-hased chemical in·
strumentation.
Theauthor ofmorethan lSOsci·
entific publications, Bright last year
received the Buck· Whimey Award of
the Eastern New York section of the
American Olemical Society for"oulstandingcontributionstochemistry."
Bright, who also serves as associate chair of the Department of
Ch emistry, rece ived th e Dean's
Award for Excellence in Teaching in
1998.
A UB f.ocultymembersince 1985,
Todd M. Hennessey specializes in
membrane biochemistry and cell
physiology. His current resean:h fo·
cuses on the chemorepellenl recep·
tors and chemosensory adaptation
in Paramecium and Tetrahymena. in
~ddition 10 his faculty position at
~· he has been a visiting scientist
at sev&lt;ral institutions.
He n nessey has p ub lis h ed 70
chapters, articles and abstracts, and

ety for excellence in undergraduate
teaching.
She has p u blished nu merous
scholarly articles, reviews and contributions to edited collections. She
currendyiseditingaoollection en·
tided "Janeites: Austen's Disciples
and Devotees," to be published this
year by Princeton University Press.
Roger W. Mayne, who joined the
UB engineering faculty in 1970, was
chair of the Department of MechanicalandA&lt;raspace Engineering
from 1986-89 and from 1995-98.
His areas of research interest are
systems, design optimization and
mechanical design.
A fellow of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers, Mayne
was named Educator of the Year in
1992 by the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Graduate Student As.sociation.
Hero-authored a text,"lntroduction 10 Engineering." and co-edited
"Progress in EngineeringOptimiza·
tion," published by the American
Society_o( Mechanical Engineers.

Mayne has ser..d as a consultant
for many companies, as wdl as for
the U.S. Postal ·Service and the
United Nations Development Program.
Alfr&lt;d D. Price joined the ~ty
of the School of Architectun and
Environmental Design-now the
School of Architecture and Planning-in 19n.ln addition tofacultypoots,behasbddnumemusadministrative positions within the
school, including chair of the Departmenl of Planning and Design,
and assistant, associate and acting
dean of the school
Price is a co-principal investigator on "The Govanance Project for
Buf&amp;lo and Erie County," a planning
analysis of Western New York's politicaleconomyaimedatassisringregional deciSion·rrtaken in evaluating local govemaooe options.
He also has developed numerous
other planning documents, induding those onhousing.publicart,an
·
urban cultural part
and community
renewal.

Complex.

A rn&lt;mberoftbe UB professional
staff since 1968, Roger R. McGill
O'la1eOS tbe Campw Mail Service
andtJniYersityPrintServia:departmarts. He's also rosponsible for es·
tablishiog a amtinUOilJ quality impi'OVmleol unit wi1hin University
Business Servias.
HepreviOuslyservedasassistant
vice president for pind:oasing and
campus services, interim assistant
vice presidmt for human resour&lt;r
services, ru=r of the state pilrchasingdq&gt;artmeot,di[ectoro(the
~ servias pun:hasing department and dim:tor of campus bus
service.
He has received numerous Servia:
Excelkoce Awards. and has served
on many Faculty Senate, Professional Staff Senate and U!li'm'sity- ·
wide committees. He is a rn&lt;mber
of the university's Environmental
Task Force.
llarbaraJ.Rioot!a,wbojoinedthe
UB professional staff in 1984, has
servedasdirectorofstudentlife,associate dim:tor of student life and
assistant to the director of student
information services.
As dean of students, she's responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of a wide
range of student-services Uniu.
Regina S. Toomey has worked in
a variety of positions in the UB Office of Admissions sinoe joining the
university staff in 19n. She previously served as assistant to the disince rector for registration, associate director for appli~tion processing
con - andassociatedirectorofadmissions.
ducts research in ·
S~ D. Bartl, who joined the
high-pressure and UB Libraries stall'in 1984,hasserved
optical properties as head of the Periodicals Section in
oftetrahedralcrys- Central Teehnical Services since
tallinc scmicon - 1988.
A nationaUy reeognized expert
on serials management topics, Bartl
has held theopresidmcy and other
offices in the North American Se·
rialslnterestGroup,andisro-chair
of its Program Planning Commit·
tee. She is vice chair/chair-elect of
the Serials Section of the Associalion for Library Collections and
Technical Services, American Library Association.
Bartl has p ublish~ numerous
tosemiconductorpltysicsand&lt;ocperi- articles in refereed journals and comental studies of the effects of pres- autho red the revised edition of
sure on vibration al, optical and "GuideforHaodlingl..lbraryOrders
ph ase-transition p_henomena in for Serials and Periodicals~
semiconductors.
Debonh H. KDshinsky has been
He has authored more than 80 an associate librarian at UB since
scientific publications and has given 1991 and head of the Architecture
numerous talks at national and in- and Planning Llbnory since 1995.
temational scientific conferences.
She also is an adjuoa associate
Lawren ce E. Chlebowy joined professor in the School of ArchitecUB in 1971 as a senior draftsman.' lure and Planning; is seni.o r editor
He also has worked as an assistant of the school's academic journal.
and associate f.ocilities program co- Jni&lt;TSigh~and isathesisandproject
ordinator.
advisor for graduate students.
Oolebowy has coordinated design
Koshinsky organized a project 10
services and provided project man - catalog and develop extensive al&gt;agemenl for a variety of construe· stracts for the entries in the Rudy
tion projects across the campus, in- Bruner Award for Urban E.xcdlenoe
eluding the conversion of a dining and organ!Ud the school's 1998
haU into a high-ptrformance oom- CoUoquium on Frank Uoyd Wright
puler-research f.ocility, the conver- in Western New York. She is work·
sian of a library into a teaching! ing on a virtual Wright exlubit and
trai n ing center for technology a monographic guide to local archinodes, the upgrading of labs in the tectural treasures.
School of Medicine and Biomedi·
She is the author of numerous
cal Sciences and the move of the publications, including bibliogradepartmentsofOiemistryandGe- phi&lt;SofthearchitectureofBuf&amp;lo
ology into the Natural Sciences and Toronto.

�June 21.. 2000/Vol.31.1o. 32

Mti1 who dewlop testkuloor aonc:er father fewer children and are

Tarantula
venom
examined
Chemical could aid treatment ofheart attack, UB study finds
11J LOIS 11A1W1
News~

Editor

OPHYSICISTS at UB
have identified a oompoent ofvmom from a very
large, very hairy Cllilean
tarantula that blocks the action of
ion channels that an: responsible for
cellular mechanical responses-the
cell's ability to feel.
These channels or pores in the cell

B

membrane-called stretch-acti-

vated channels because stretching
the membrane causes them tB open

and doS&lt;'---have been implicated in
functions as diverse as the senses of
touch and hearing. muscle oontraction and coordination, and blood
pressure and volume regulation.

This is the first report of a substance--in this case a small pro -

tein-that specifically blocks
stretch-activated channels. Until
now, it has been difficult to associate these channels with particular
functions because there were no
chemical compounds known spe-

cifically to block them.
Results of the research, a collaboration with scimtists from the University of Virginia, Michigan State
University and NPS Pharmaceuticals, appeared in the May issue of
the }oumal of Geneml PhysioiDgy.
The newly identified peptide
toxin could have several clinical applications related to cell mechanics,

said Frederick Sachs, UB professor
of physiology and biophysics, and
senior researcher on the project.

"For &lt;xample, cells swell during
congestive heart failure. The peptide
interferes with that process. We also
know from earlier work that stretchingthe heart can initiate fibrillation.

If we can block the stretch-activated
channels, we may be able to block
fibrillation, a major cause of death
following heart attacks."
Addressing another area, Sachs
said tumor invasion of brain tissue

produces a deformation of the surrounding normal cells, causing

them to release growth factors that
may facilitate or accderate tumor
growth. Stretch-activated channels
may be the signal for nonnal cells
to release growth factors.
"This peptide blocks those channels and may aid in the treabnent
of brain tumors," he said "Stretchactivated channels ~play a role
in the successful transibon of newborns from the placental oxygen
supply to using their own lungs.•
Having developed a method to
observe stretch-activated channels
in the laboratory, Sachs and Thomas
Suchyna, postdoctoral fellow working with him, set out to find a compound that would block them.
"Basically we went on a fishing
expedition, screening things we

cause it is a big spider that produces
large: amounts of venom."
The scientists then began a painstaking process of separating. or fractionating.Jberawvenomintoits 100150 different romponents and test ing them to identify the most active
component This turned out to be a
35-amino-acid peptide the research erslabeled GsMTx-4. N&lt;xt, to rule out
the possibility of a hidden contaminant in thefinal fraction,Suchyna was
able to induce a strain of bacteria to
express the pure peptide.
The recombinant pep- t i d e

blocked the channels as
well as the peptide that
came directly from
the spider, their
research showed.

Sachs said this re-

that require large amounts of

oms from companies that keep and

volve identifying other biological

"milk" spiders of all types for research purposes and began screening blindly. -

actions and finding a drug oompany

R

EGULAR exercise helps

aging muscles retain

their flexibility and protects them from injury,
one of the few studies of the effect
of exercise training on muscle function in aging animals has found.

,.Results of the UB study appeared
in the April issue of

the journal ofApplied
PhysioiDgy.
Luc E. Gosselin, asSistant professor in
the Department of

Physicallberapy,Exercise and Nutrition
Sciences in the

School of Health Re~
lated Professions who
authored the study,
said the results have
important implications for aging hu man populations.
"The amount of money spent on
maintaining the elderly in nursing
homes is enormous.. and many eld -

erly end up there because of frailty.
We can postpone frailty by getting

seniors involved in exercise programs," Gosselin said.
"Seniors have two problems to
contend witk They are more suscepnble to muscle injury during exercise.
and once injured, they need moretime to repair. H~r. if seniors stay
active, they are less susceptible to injury than if they are sedentary."
Gosselin's study, using rats as an
animal model .
concentrated on
the soleus, a small
inusde beneaththe
calf. His purpose
was two -fold : to
· detennine to what
extent endurance
training improves
fun c tion,
and
whether young and
old rats training at
a comparable, rela ·
tive exercise inten sity would derive
similar protection from injury.
"Aging affects muscles used for locomotion in a number of ways,"
Gosselin stated. "These include re·
duced work capacity,loss of muscle
mass, increase in connective tissue

In this current study, men with an eventl!aldiagnosisoftesticularcancer were found to be two-thirds less likely to have ever fathered a liv&lt;
infant. and to be nine times more likely to have been diagnosed as infer-

tile than healthy men.
.
Julie Baker, a doctoral student in the Department of Social and Preven·
tive Medicine and lead author on both studies, said the new results &lt;dlect
a larger number of cases from a state-wide, rather than regional, database. The pr&lt;Vious study was done at Roswell Park Cancer lhstitute (RPO).
a regional cancer center that treats some of the area's sickest patients and
may not rtpresent the experiences of men with less-aggressive cancers or
men in the general population, she said. The current study involved cancer cases identified through the New York State Cancer Registry.
It also used healthy men as controls. while the previous study used
men who had otha: types of non-hormonal cancers. "'VV.'e had no reasoJl
to believe that fertility would be affected in men with non -hormonal cancers," Baker said, "and we didn't see a difference between the two
groups of men. There is alw.tys the possibility that both groups of
men an: impaired in the same way. probably either because of the
pathology of their diseases or something about men that
end up being treated at RPCJ. However, we don't know
enough about how fertility relates to subsequent cancer to be
able to explain why the groups were so similar.
" In the current study, all mm in Upstate Ne-w York
who ~ere diagnosed with testicular cancer over a
three-year period were elig&gt;ble for the study, so the
men we interviewed probably are more representative of men
with this diagnosis. Also, the use of healthy neighborhood controls may make the experiences of the comparison group more

peptide, such as determining

to turn the peptide into clinically

useful drugs.
The research was funded by the
National Institutes of Health, the

United States Army Research Office
and NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Exer0se benefits-aging muscles
By LOIS BAKU
News Services Editor

ticular cancer.

its three-dimensional struc-

ture, that would aid in the
thought might work," said Sachs. design of new drugs.
"Eventually, we started looking at
It also facilit'ates studies that
the venom of poisonous insects. We would look at the effect of the pepdidn't know why any bug would tide on many cells at once or on
possibly make such a thing, but whole organs and tissues. Stretch. activated channels are in almost all
thought it was worth a try."
They first tested scorpion ven- cells, Sachs noted, giving this pep·
oms, but those didn't work. They tide potentially wide applications.
The next research phase will inthen ordered up various spider ven-

"The venom of two or three spiders had some effect," Sachs said.
" One was a tarantula known as
Chile Rose. It was a good choice be-

more likely to have been diagnosed with infertility prior to their can""r
diagnosis than healthy oontrols, a UB study has found
The research results, presented at the annual .meeting of the SOciety
for Epidemiologic Research,contradict earlier findings that showed no
relationship between a man's fertility and an eventual diagnosis of tes -

and muscle stiffness, and increased
healing time after injury.
"Endurance exercise training has
been shown to ameliorate oxidative
capacity and muscle stiffness due to
age. However, the extent to which
long-tenn endurance training protects muscle from injury was not
previously known, especially with
aging," he noted.
Bothyoungandoldstudyanimals
were assigned to either an exercise
group or a sedentary control group.
The exercise group trained for 10
weeks on a treadmill
Gosselin then injured the soleus
muscles of all animals a nd then
compared their residual strength.
Results showed the trained musd~:S
were more resistant to injury than
those from sedentary animals, and
that old muscles benefited as much
from the training as young muscles.
Gos.sdin said the study needs to
be repeated in hwnans, but he ex·
pects similar results.
The resea rch wa s funded by
American Federatio n for Aging
Research and the National Inst itute of Ch.ild Healt11 and Human
Development.

to those of men in the general population. Together, this
should give us a better picture of whether the groups have simi·
lar fertility histories."

Chubby kids risk heart disease
UB reseudlers have det"""lned that children with a high body mil»
index (BM I), a measure of obesity, are likely to have high levels of triglyc·
&lt;rides and low levels of protective cholesterol in childhood, dyslipidemia
conditions that contribute to heart disease in adulthood.
The st udy ruled out low birth weigh t-also thought to be associated
with an increased ri sk of heart disease in adulthood-as a risk factor
for dyslipidemia in children.

"We think that one's lipid proftle in adulthood ltlay be directly re·
Ia ted to the profile in childhood," said Iian Liu, a doctoral st udent in the
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine and lead author on the
study. 'There may be some genetic factors that influence lipid proftles.
but most of the influ ence comes from lifestyle factors.
"This study shows it is more important to look ar body mass index than

birth weight when assessing the potential for dyslipidemia in children."
Every child should get plenty of exercise to maintain a healthy BMI,

h&lt; added.
Liu. and coUeagues used data from the Third National Health and
Nutrition Examination Survey conducted in the United States from
1988-94 in their analysis.

Study assesses oral-health status
African Amertc.ns lllld Mexican Amenc.n. have significantly poorer
oral health than non- Hispanic whites in the United States, and men
have more periodontaJ disease than women, a study of nationaJ data by
UB epidemiologists has shown.
The findings oome on the heels of the U.S. surgeon general's first re·

port on the nation's oral health, which called dental and oral diseases a
"silent epidemic" in the U.S., with the burden falling heavily on certain
population groups. There is growing cviden~me developed by UB
farulty-that oral infections may be a risk factor for he-.lrt disea.o;e, stroke.
diabetes and other chronic conditions.
Analysis of data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted from 1988-94 showed that dose to half of
African -American men and one-thi rd of African -American ~'Omen in
the survey had periodontal dist."ase.
For white&gt;, the incidence was approximately one-quarter and onesixth for men and women, respectively. Incidence of penodontal d1:-.
e-ase in Mexican Americans fell between tht'k two group~ at approxi mately one-third of men and one-fourth of women .
Tiejian Wu, research assistant professor in the Department of Stx1al
and Preventive Medicine and lead author on the study, SaJd the rea.-.on!l
for the significant differences between whites and AfriCan ,.o\,mcn~an::o
remain a mystery.
" It could be a matter of less use of dental services, cspeciaUy preven tative dental care, due either to perceptions regarding the need for den ·
tal care or limited access to it. Ethnic groups also may have different

�6 Reporias June 22,21DJ.t'Vg_Jl.lo.32
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T the time of her death
last year at theageof60,
Patricia A. Brown was
virtually unknown to
the thousands of men, women and
children whose lives she will continue to affect for decades to come
as a result of her environmental activism regarding the Love Canal
toxic contamination disaster.
But last week. members of the UB
community and Riverside Salem
United 010rch of Christ, as well as
family and friends of Brown, gathered at UB to dedicate the Patricia
A. Brown Lmc Canal Collection of
the UB Archives.
The ~nt honored the memory
andworkofBrown, who left behind
her two deep and well-developed
collections of documentary material--one organizational, one per-~
sonal-related to Love Car¢.
These compilations constJ\ute the
I-n&lt;&gt;- part Lmc Canal Collcction ofthe ~
archives: The Eauncnical Task Force ~
of the
Frontier, Inc., Love
Canal Collcction and the Patricia A. ·
Brown Love Canal Collection.
Brown was a longtime resident of cal, state and national entities for
Niagara FaDs' Love Canal neighbor- years in order to bring the full scope
hood when it was disaM:rtd in 1978 of the Love Canal aisis to the forethat the area had been polluted for front of the national consciousness.
decades by highly toxic contamiAsmanagcroftheETFsrcsouru
nants from the nearby Hookh unter, she developed and directed
Chemical planL
theagcncy'slibraryandacatedoutln the face of this discov&lt;ry and standingcollectionsofphotographs,
the govccnmcnt and corporate re- scientific reports, medical surveys,
sponses that followed, Brown mo- financial records, bulletins, court
bilized her resources and became records,slides,newslctters.lcgaltesoneofthefirst members of the Ecu- tinlony, clippinll" and other matemcnical Task of the Niagara Fron- rials that closely document the cvoticr,lnc.(ETF).Theactivist,cnviron- lutionoftheLoveCanaltoxic-waste
mental organization was founded in disaster-material that now constiMarch 1979 by the intcrfu.ith com- tutestheETFLoveCanalCoUection.
munity of Western New York in reThe Patricia Brown CoUection,
sponse to the Lovc.Canal hazardous however, contains her personal pawaste crisis. Its objectives were to pers as well. These document
provide direct aid to Lov.Canal resi - Brown's work in several important

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public speaker, community organiur and member of goycmmcnt
and citiuns' committ.ces that participatedinhcarin8"andcooducted
surveys and health research.
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scntativcs,"headds, •andconlllinan
enormous number of newspaper
clippinp and photographs that
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day-10-doy Low:Canal experience.
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uscfultorcscardlcnformanyyo:ars
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Pat Brown's ·wnrlt will oontinue to
)la.., a profound impea on intanationa! understanding of and reto indwtrial and cbemial

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Librarian Kathl&lt;m Ddancy, Lmc
Canal project an:hivist sinu I 997,
says the importance d these materials cannot be uodcnistimated
·Not only is it an important ~
gional historical collection, but it

offers major documentation of the
beginnings of an important chapterintheenvironmcntaiii'&gt;OYmlCDL
'WIIhout this mmrial," she says,
"it would take a racan:her litelaDy
thousands of hours to WXX&gt;Yer the

ricb troYcofhighlydetailed,chrono-

1osicallrorganized informatioo pro-

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chivists. Selected portions of the
Patricia Brown Collcction arc being
digitized and will be linlced to the
online ETF LoYe Canal at &lt;Jottp:/
/ultlllt.IMoffalo.-/llltrarles/

prafecb,__&gt;.
ArdUvist Ouistophcr Dcnsmorc
saysthel.oYeCanalcollectionsdcvdoped by Brown arc broad and deep.
"They document extensive research done on hazardous-waste
sites and materials. as well as health
and environmental studies on Love
Canal prq&gt;arcd by scientists and
consultants," he says.
"They preserve legislative and
court records, and testimony and
statements by Love Canal resi&lt;knts,
Hooker Chemical employees. and
municipal, state and federal rep..-

vided by the news dippiogs aJooc.
"We often thinkonlyof the tragic
aspectsofLoveCanal;shcsays, "bUt
what this collcction documents is
the fact that what happened in that
community also should be 'I soun:c
of enormous pride for this region.
• Brown's work," says Delancy,
"lcavesusarichlydctailednarratiw:
dcscnbing how this tragedy un folded-.-howthissmaDcommunity,
which was so tmibly strickco, rallied, fought back and 6naUy came
to shine in the world's eyes as a
.modclforrcsponsctoenvironmcn-

tal disaster.
"ltalso illuminatesdebateswithin
the community itself; for instance,
those that arose amopg Hooker
Chemical employees who lived in
Love Canal over cohllicting conurns about health and oontinued
employment."

$600,000 gift supports mini-medical school
Cumulative. gifts to UB reach $1 million for Donald L. and Esther Davis
By SUZANNE CHAMBERLAIN
Reporter Contribotor

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ETIRED business exec utive and Western
New York community
leader Donald L Davis
and his wife, Esther, are building a
healthie r communily through a
$600,000 gift to UB for its mini medical school , a highly popular,
public-service program presented
by the School of Medicine and Bio·

medical Sciences.

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

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the religious community on bcbalf
of the residents, inform religious
communiticsoftheissu&lt;s,andwork
toward long-range solutions to the
chemical waste problems. both locally and throughout the country.
A distinguished and relentless
advocate for her community, Brown
was among many task-fora mcmbcrs who bauled resistance &amp;om lo- ·

Long-time benefi\ctors of the
university, the Davises have reached
the $1 million mark in their support of UB with their most-recent
pledged gift.
"The mini-medical school fits our
guidelines for benefiting the community as weU as the university; said
Esther Davis. " It has a very good format, builds on the strengths of the

university and extends t.hat knowledge to the community."
"The university is the greatest
thing that has happened to our area."
said Don Davis. "We wanted to do
something that would benefit the
entire community.•
President William R. Greiner
praised the Daviscs' long-time and

ongoing support of the university.
" EstherandDonDavuaretwoof
UB's-most outstandingscpponers."
Greiner said. "Their dedication to
the university's community~cduca­
tion programming over the years is
reflected in their support of our Distinguished Speakers Series, WBFO
and now, the mini-medical school.
"This latest gift will enable UB's
mini -medical school to ~ducate
thousands of additional Western
New York residents during the next
I 0 years," he added. "We arc most
grateful to them for their extraordinary generosity."
The Esther and Don Davis Fund
will sponsor US's mini -medical
schooH program that already has
enjoyed much success with more
than 2.000 ..graduates" since its
launch by the medical school in
1997-for the next 10 years. The
mini-medical school-one of 66
such p~ nationwide--&lt;&gt;tfers
about six programs a year. Each program is a series of lectures dealing
with subjects traditionally CD'm'ed in
medical school but geared to a general audicncr and based on the concept of helping people understand
the scicnoe.~ the medicine.

Harry Suitt, dean emeritus of the
School of Health Rdated ProfessionS. professor emeritus of social
and preventive medicine and director of the mini-medical school, is
grateful for the donation . "The
Davises are wonderful people whose
ethical prcupts and integrity led to
their business succtSS and now lead
to this gift for community education," Sultz said.
"This gift will give us greater visibility in the community, while cosuring that the mini-medical school
remains a public service with no 6~
nancial barriers for anyone wishing
to attend."
While aD faculty lecturers donate
their services, there arc general administratiw: costs for devdoping the
materials, publicizing the programs
and registering participants. Sultz
said this gift, alpng with continued
support &amp;om the university and a
$25 tuition fee, "will guarantee our
long-tenn future.•
This summer, the mini-medical
school ofliccs arc relocating to the
front of the medical ocbool to make

for easier public aooeso. Sultz is m:iUxl
about the chan(!&lt; and about upcoming programs. many acated "in re-

sponse to our audience, which drives
us into new ventures and newplac&lt;s."
Prior gifts to UB &amp;om Esther and
Don Davis also focused on the
community's interests. In I 996, the
Donald L Davis Foundation created
an cndowmcot fund for WBFO 88.7
FM, the National Public Radio af.
filiate operated by the university.
Income &amp;om that gift already has
made a difference through Ut&gt;graded broadcast and production
equipment for impr'oved sound
quality, as well as providing support
for locally produced public-affairs
and arts programming.
In I 988, Davis established the
Don Davis Auto World Endowment
Lectureship Fund to sponsor UB's
Distinguished Speaker Series, helping the univ=ity bring nationally
prominen~SJ!Pkers to Buf&amp;Jo in a
public forum on topics of national
importance. Over the years, this
popular series has brought in a variety ofwell-known political ligures,
media celebrities, authors and
newsmakcrs, including former
presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald
Ford and George.Bush. astronomer
Carl Sagan and Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison.

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Boris Albini, 57, professor of microbiology
to kidney c!isWe.

4--.-loehddat
I I a.m. tomorrow in St. Joseph's
Univtmty Orurcb, 3269 Main St.,
Buffalo, for Boris Albini, professor
of microbiology and resean:h professor of medicine. who died Tuesday in his Williamsville home aJkr
a long illness. He was 57.
A native of.zagreb, Yugoslavia,
Albini came to UB in 1974 &amp;om the
Univtmty ofVi&lt;nna as a Max Kade
fellow to study immunopatbo!Qgy.
In I 975, be was named a Buswell
fellow and a year later joined the fac.
ulty of the Department of Microbiology an assistant professor.
Much ofAlbini's research focused
on a wide range of autoimmune diseases, including lupus erthymatosus,
systemic chroniC serum sickness,
Crohn's Disease and others related

oommunityservice.inoneyearaJone

Hewasnam~a

Fulbright scholar in
1991 , and taught and
conducted research in
the Department of Experimenllll Pathology at the tJni=.
sity of Jnnsbruck, Austria.
Aoompassionate,gentleandgenerous man who was ever-mindful of
victims of the ongoing oonllict in the
Balkans, Albini traveled to Bosnia
th= Y.,.,. ago under the auspia:s
of the International Medical Relief
of Western New.York.
His mission included oontinuing
the otganization's efforts to improve
medical care and education, and to
gather information critical in obtaining funds for the program.
Albini devoted many hours to

as

volunteering more than 900 hours
working for various community,
university and international groups.
His service to UB included membership on the medical school's admissions committee and Facuhy
Council, and the Faculty Senate.
He was author or co-author of
some I 40 scientific publications and
served as an associate editor or
member of the editorial boards of
several peer-reviewed journals.
A graduate of'the University of
Vienna, Albini had degrees in medicine and music. He also studied romance languages and the history of
theater. He was an accomplished
pianist, painter and playwright, and
had done journalistic writing in
Austria.

Elizabeth Harvey, former dean of School of Social Work
El~

Cohen

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for.Relarded Olildren foe manyyear&gt;.

and was a senior medical s~al
worker at Roswdl Park Cancer Jnsti.
tute when she joined the UB socialwork faculty in 1964 as an assistant

dean of the School of Social Work,
died June 15 in Erie Count}' Medical Center after a short illness. She
was80.
A native of Coatesville, Pa., Harvey
came to Bulfalo in 1957 aJkr earning a bachelor's degree &amp;om Bryn
Mawr College and a master's degree
&amp;om the UnivmityofPennsylvania.
She worked with the Association

prof&lt;ssor and supervisor of a 6eldwork unit. She Was promoted to associate profr:ssor in 1967---(heschool
at the time was known as the School
ofSocialPolicyaodCommunityService5--&lt;llld was named director of

field work instruction for the school.
She was named associate dean in
1973, and at the time became the
highest-ranjcing female administrator at the university, outside the
School of Nursing.
She. was appointed dean of the
school in I 982 after serving for two
years as acting dean.
Harvey retired in 1983 and was
named dean emeritus in the 1990s.

Photonics

glass, are. produced by a laser.
Other institute advances that will
tak.e longer to commercialize but
will have a major impact in their
respective fields include:
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with Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
better bonding agents for dental res• Tracking of selectivdy targettd torations to visualizations of living
chemotherapeutic agents: In oollabo- cells invaded by pathogenic microration with Nobd laurrate Andrew organi~ms.
Schally of Tulane University and the
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formed or
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Cutters of Western New York; Great
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Physics of Rochester.

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Poetry/Rare Books to host
conference on Graves
The Poetry/R•re Books Collection will host
a conference on poet and novelist Robert
Graves, the .. Graves Confererice 2000," today
through Saturday in 420 Ca pen Hall on th&lt;

North Campus.
Featured speakers wiU include Robert Creeley,

SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Depart-.
ment of English and Samuel P. Capen Professor .

c.&amp;AYEJ

of Poetry and the Humanities at UB, and Graves
scholars Kevin Tierney and Norm3n Austin.

In addition, a meeting of the Robert Graves Society will be held
tomorrow.
Graves, an English poet, novelist, classicist, mythographer and lec turer, lived from 1895- 1985. He first was admired for the poems he ·
wrote from the front as a combatant in World War I. He later became recognized as one of the finest love poets writing in the En -

glish language.
The Poetry and Rare Books Coll ection is the ho me of th e Robert
Graves Collection, a collection of more than 275 publications by
Graves, excluding anthol~gies, pe riodical ap~arances and broad sides. The collection includes the scarce early pamphlets "Over the
Brazier" ( 1916), " Fairies and Fusiliers" (1917 ) and "Treasure Box"
{1919), as well as a signed and numbered copy of .. The Marmosite's
Miscellany" ( 1925 )-which Graves wrote under the name of John
Doyle-the first and second states of" Good-bye to All That " ( 1929).
"Poems 1926-30" (1931 ) and "No More Ghosts" {1940), and various states and editions of the popular novels .. ,, Claudius"( 1934)
and "Claudius the God" ( 1934 ).
Books and manuscripts from the co llection will be exhjbited m
420 Capen during the conferencC.
The oonference is supported by a grant from The Baird Foundation.

ELI conducts summer program
for educators from Haiti, Africa
The English L•nguage Institute (ELI ) at UB this summer is conducting a speciaJ, six-week program for 18 educators from Hai ti and
10 sub-Saharan African countries.
Participants in the summer institute, which began }une 5 and runs
through July 14, incl ude high-school principals and headmasters,
inspectors of seco ndary -education systems and ministry of education officials, directors of English-language programs and regional
teacher advisors and teacher trai ners. They represent Haiti and the
African countries of Angola, Benin, Bu rkina Faso, C6te d'lvoire.
Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda and SenegaL
The program is funded by a gran t from the Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs in th e U.S. Department of State. Jani ce A.
Nersinger, director of overseas and customized programS for ELI , is
coo rdinating_ th e program.
The goal of th e summer institute is to strengthen E nglish - as~a - For~
eign Language (EFL) programs in secondary schools in the partici pants' ho me countries by enhancing their management and o rgani zational skills; familiarizing them with ema il and the Internet; broadening their understanding of U.S. institutions and cu lture, and assist ·
ing them in identifying, analyzing and solvin g the practical problems
they face in the administration ofEFL programs in their home cou ntries. The fo~r major topidskill areas being addressed are managing
teaching staff, student development, managing resources and computer ski lls for pro fessional networking and development.
ln addit ion to the live-week academic component at UB, partici pants will travel to New York City and Washington. D.C.. for a week·
long tou r of relevant cultural and educational sites.

Conference on TMJ, TMJD set
The E.mest Wftebsky Center for Immunology at UB will sponsor
on Aug. 4-6 one of the first scientific conferences to address the combined issues of diagnosis, treatment and the body's immune response
to implants for temporomandibular jaw (TMJ) and joint disorders

(TMJD)
Attending the conference, to be held in the Airport Radisson Hotel
and Suites, 4243 Genesee St., Cheektowaga, will be physicians, dentists, immunologists, pain -management specialists and patients with
TMJD.
The TMJ refers t.o the joints that enable movement of the lower
jaw. There are a variety of treatments for TMJD when the condi ti on
leads to heada ches, muscle pain and impaired jaw function . Among
these are implants for partial and total joint replecement.s.
Paul J. Friday, author of"Friday's Laws: How to Beco me Normal
When You're Not and How to Stay Normal When You Are," will be
the keynote speaker at the opening session at 8:15p.m. Aug. 4.
Chief of the Non -Invasive Division of the University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center-Shadyside Multidisciplinary Pain Program, Friday also
will speak on the psychological effects of TMJD at 2:15 p.m. Aug. 6
For more information or to register for the conference, ca118292848. The cost of the program is $50 before Aug. I and S55 after.

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(Professional and support staff must arrange with supe!Visors for approved
leave from job responsibilities.)
UB has a limited number of volunteer slots for this year's Day of Caring,
so sign up now! Please retunt'the fonn at right as soon as possible to
the attention of nm Murphy, 420 Crofts Hall, North C11111pus (Jill- 645sooo. ext. 1332; fax 645-1701). Teams that wish 'to work together should
submit all their forms in one packet, with one form per team member.
Volunteers will be contacted with additional information by earty August.
Day of C.,.ng Scheclllle: A half-day .c ommitment is all that is needed.
8 a.m .: Registration, continental breakfast and send-off rally at the HSBC
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z Q&amp;A: Pat Staebell, Bill Regan relate
stories of U8 commencements

Identifying Hybrids

PAGE J

Anonymous donor continues
funding honors sdwlarships

Elvis
Lives!
Elvis (lee Stevens) " marries"
students Andrea Cleveland
and Dave Stolzberg during
recent Senior Celebration
activities in the Student
Union. Elvis also entertained
the crowd with a couple of
sets.

State budget recognizes UB mission
Numerous "earmarks" bolster institution's research and public service
By SU£ WU£TCH£R
Reporttr Editor

pete its m issio n-review funding.
The campus expects to have its fi-

educatio n costs and $475,000 for the
Institute for LocaJ Governance and

for their outstanding support of UB.

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nancial plan in place by July I, the
stan of the fiscal year.
Sp«ific aUocatjons to UB indude
$~million for the UB-RosweUCcn-

Regional Growth.
While the final budget bills still are
being analyzed, it is anticipated they
wiU include $350,000 for the Barran

standing contribution of UB faculty
members to these centers for acdlence," Greiner sai~. "Oearly, the state

The budget includes fuU funding
for negotiated salary increases, fund-

terforAdvancedMedicaJTechnologies-S I millio n in reappropriation
from 1999-2000 and $1 million in
new funding for 2000-200 I.

gram in the School of Social Work,
$85,000 for the Western New York

ing for mission review and funding

Another $1 milli on ha s bee n

for enroUment and sponsored-program growth, although it includes no
specific funding for inflationary costs.
said Janet Penksa.associate vice presi-

awarded to establ ish the New York

dent for university services respon-

million being so ught through a
"post -budget" allocation p rocess.

HE university fares weU in
t h e recently approved
sta te budge t, including
some ..earmarks" for US
that recognize the institution's rescarch and public -~rvice mission.

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Penksa stressed that specific budget allocations fo r U B are not yet

available. Now thatth'e legislature has
approved th e appropriation s fo r
SUNY, system ad min istratio n will
prepare its financial plan usi ng the

Cen ter for Engin eering Design and
Indu s tri a l Inn ova ti o n (NYS -

CED II ), with an addit ional S 1.5

Other"earmarks" include $800,000
fo r the Division of AthJetics' gender
equity compliance, SSOO.OCXl for thl·
New Yo rk State Center fo r Ha7,.ard ·
ous VVaste Management, $500,000 for
the Institute for I...ascrs, Photonics and

performance-based, budget allocation process (SAP), she said, adding

Biophotonics. $500,000 through the

that it is anticipated that system administration will act quickly to com-

School of Medicine and Biomedical

Health Ca re Reform Ac t fo r th e
Sciences to cover graduate medical-

Assessm en t and Co unseling Pro-

Family Violence Cli nic and Regional
ResourceCeuter tn the School ofl.a\,,,
and additional funds for the New
York State Institute for l:.ntrcprenrurshlp to a.'i.StSt 111 the development of
UB's online MBA program.
"Th is budget con tams great Ill' ~
fur UB, partit.-ularly in research and
development fundi ng for our cen ters o f excellence, such as the lnstl ·
lute for Lasers. Ph o t on 1rs an d
BiophotonJCs and the newly CTC"a tl-d
New York Sf:"\tc Ccn t&lt;.•r for Engincermg I&gt;cs1gn .and lndustriaJ lnnov.-a ·
uon." ~a 1 d Prt:S!dcnt William R.
l~re1ner. "\'\'e'rc very grateful to the
m ember!-&gt; of the Western New Yo rk
state legls lat! Vt' de legal ion. Gov.

Pataki, Speaker Silver and Sen. Bruno

"We'd also like to recognilo.e the out-

is responding to their great work."
The budget also enhances the Tu
ttio n Assistance Program by mcreas·
ing the maximum award to SS,OOO
from $4 , 125 for freshmen and

sophomores, with all classes fully
phased in next year; eliminatmg.
over a two·year pcnod, the proviSIOn that restn cts the maxtmum
.Jward to90 percent of tuiti on costs;
1ncrcasing the minimum awa rd tu
s;oo from $250; reduong the " up
per cut"' reduction for JUniors and
~niors to SIOO from $200,and rat~
tng thL· m comc eltgtbilit\' Ct..' lhn g

from $50,500 to $80,000.
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By SUE WU£TCHER
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T

HE hiring by early fal l of

a chief finan cial officer for

the College of Arts and

Sciences sh ould begin to

address the financial problems in the
coUege, Provost David I. Triggle smd
at the May 3 meeting of the Facu lty
Senate Executive Commitu.oe.

Speaking to FSEC members and
members of the CAS Policy Committee. Triggle acknowledged that
the merger two years ago o f th e
fo rmer faculties of Arts and Letters,
Natural Sciences and Mathematics.

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and Social Sciences had been "very
badly handled." The merger took

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three different financial cultures-Arts and utters, which n:ceives most

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of its money through the state bud-

get, NaturaJ Sciences., which rece1vcs
substantial sums o f m o ney through
resea rch grant s, IFR and fed eral
gra nts, and Social Sciences, wh ich
falls "so mewhat in betwccn"-and
comhined them "without the rcal i7..,tmn that these streams of money
ca me from different sources" a nd
\\.'eren·t au tomaticallv renewable or
unerchangcable.
Tht' Faculry Senate Budget Prio ri ·
ties Committee has reponed that th('
collegt· faces a shonfall of more than
S4.8 million by tht' e nd of the current fiscal year "unless decisive mea·
sures were taken." Dean Kerry Grant
has limited hiring in the college into
the 200 1 academic yea r.
In retrospect, prior to the m erger

of the three faculties, audits should
have l]een cond ucted of the three

separat e faculttes. the thrl'C scparatc
fina nc.:tal systems should h.JVl' been
merged and a CFO recruited. Triggk
said. Had this been done 111 advan-.:c.
"we would not be Silting here with
the angst th.1t we have now," he noteJ.
contending that inJd&lt;."quatc under
standing of the financial operauon
had led to theovcrcxpcndlture,;, 111 the

college.
" If we co uld do it all over agam.
we'd do it very differentJy," he satd
of the merger.
For the past three o r four monlhs,
staff m embers fr om the Provost's
Office have been working through
the coUcge's books, reconciling th e
budget, putting paperwork in o rder
"and. frankl y, trying to trace a very
complex and often poorly managed
stream of financial o pera t ion s.''

lnggl&lt;.· ~ud.
Th1"- work IS n:pl"l·k'J to be.· lOill plctedh\ Juh l .a nd .t&lt; J~Ownh!!tg
ntfi l"an t tnJna~l·nal.tnd .JL ~ounttn~
cxpe n ence .;hould hl· 111 plal"t' h\
early tall , he &gt;.11d
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les.sor of ht!!ton and v1u ' LhJtr ,,, thl·
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glad" th ere are l"ha ng~ Ill tht' work,

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to·"trJn!!
mtt " to the adnumstrat1un '"thl· "l"n:o.c.·
the faculty has that thl!\ a.s not hus1
ness as usua1 thiS year."' lhat thb .. two
yt"ar slide" -with a h1nng freeH' and
stipends for graduate studen~ tha1
remain at an uncompelitivc level-

"could really signal somethmg of •
death blow for the College of Arts and

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w..nt hgan is director of the Ofli~ of Conferences and Special Events. P.trklll StMbel is q&gt;rmnencement
coordinator. This year will mark Staebell's 16th commencement-the second as commencement coordinator.
Regan has worked on 10 commencement ~remonies.

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mllSI be attended to. We start with
the hasiG-when and where Each
year. there are enough linle changes
made to the commencement sched·
ule so as to require a very diligent &lt;ffort at accommodating our 14 cer·
emonics,plwthePhiBetaKappaln·
duction Ceremony and the Univer·
sity Honors Convocation. Each ceremony has a commen&lt;=~mt coor·
dinator; after communicatinf via
email during the f.ill semester, we
meet at the hcginning of the spring
semester to rtview the schedule and
other "global" logistic issues and
needs. We work dosely with each of
these coordinators throughout the
entire process. but the assigned coordinator basically manages each in·
dividual ceremony. There also is a
litany of logistical elements that require constant planning. tweaking
and implementation, all according to
a strict tirneline: recruiting faculty
andotafl;ordcringacadcmicapparel;
publications; tacilities; services; mak.
ing contact with all eligible students;
adding the special program elements
of~ and awards; adding new
wrinkles, such as video projection,
and-in thecaseofUniversityCom·
mene&lt;ment-&lt;Onstantly striving to
make our largest =emonya person·
aliz.ed tnbu.te to each ofgraduate and
his or her families and-guests.

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dared, err rnp-.to be "graduated" their seats, etc. Hopefully, this will · Lama. Martin Luther. King, Jr,
To sec 1,000 young people erupt in make everyone's morning a bit any of the
past U.S.
an euphoric response is phenom· caim&lt;r and smoothtt
presiden15-Fillmore, Kmoedy.
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dience during t1iis same time is also
on.
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allycamedose1Honestly,forthepast - - y o u
parents, everybody smiling ear-to·
15 years--Our coUective experiear. We get a real kick knowing that,
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ence--&lt;Dmmenament has gone off in some small way, we are a part of
without any major snafus. Our big· We start early in the f.ill semesthis milestone for each and every at·
gest concerns going into a com- tercoordinaringthe~
tendee. It is very rewarding.
mencement exercise are how long ment schedule with the admio·
. What's - most difficult P"rl our speak= will talk, or how long istration, divisional coorclinamrs
of c - - - t 7
the procession will take. With a and faciliti_eslservice managers.
The communication process with jammed, packed program such as It does not let up from there
students and parents during the UnivenityCommencemen~it is im- What- you ........ng to
months preceding rommencement portant that all the pie= fit SIIU8lY do Oft Mil)' 157
is tough. Cmlting awareness, moni- inside~&gt;w&gt; hours. Ifsomeone rambles
toring and managing the registra· on for too long. we start stroking out We11 be !I= bopefully patting
owselves on the back. We11 also
lions, answering numerow emails Do you ....,. • t ...ortte combesayingthanlcsto~who
and phone calls--d happening at a mencen.ent story7
. helped make the weeic.nd pospoint wh~ th= is so much plan·
President.Sample was annoyed one sible. We owe our success to, in
ning detail taking place. Yet answer.;
year bcca\ISe the undergraduates got no particu.Iar order, Uni=sity
need to be handled rontinu.ally and
a little rambunctious-throwing Facilities; u~ Pl:llice; In·
without delar-most of the rmun
beach halls, etc. He actually repri· structionai 1ldJDology; ~
calls and emails are done in the
mandcd the "kids" in the middle of University Bookstore; Student
evening from the "office" at home.
the program! Poor Barb Ricotta was Health Centc; R.u.ral Metro Amthwleavingthedayhoorstorondu.ct
1
assigned to "beach-ball duty" the bulance; managers of Alumni
thelogistical setups. The morning of
following year. We also like the re- Amla, Slee HaD and Center for
rommen=nent is also tough, as the
1,000-plu.sstu.dcnts,facultyandstaff action we get when we parade half theArts;eachofthedivisiooal CDour graduates through the men's ordinators; uni&gt;msity admioisgather in the Thple Gym to check in
locker room as we move fiom the tration; our u.nivenity manbal;
and fonn the pro&lt;eSSioo. Th= is
such a ~buzz." it's a true romedy of liiple Gym to the main arena fur the the faculty and staff ·members
processional entry. Nothing like be- who comprise the awsbai team;
efforts to get the students' att&lt;ntion
to tdJ them what to do. Last year we ing greeted by"Pomp and Circum- assistant niarsbals; associate marstance"' as you.e:xit the bathroom!
shals; student marshals; registra·
tried a bullhorn-that didn't work;
tion marshals; marching faculty
this year, we11 trychmybombo! Our If you could han _,._ In
had&lt;-up plan, however, is to llW ad-. thewortd,dudorMiwrspuk and staff, etc. Last, but ~
not least, we could not end this
vantageofnewtechnologies. We will •t W commenc-t, who
would It be?
interview without mentioning
email the entire participation list
prior to Sunday morning. telling our We're of two minds. One says. 'No Dick Baldwin, the retired rom·
rnencm&gt;ent roordinator,who set
~toolonglThcother
candidatesfur~whattheyneed
to do when they first arrive in the sa}'St "someone of vision and wis- the high standard for our proTriple Gym, what they need to do dom,like Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson grams and traditions. He was our
oncr they check in, where they find Mandela, Mother Teresa, the Dalai best teacher!

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Sciences. We feel as if we've reached
a tipping point beyond which it will
be very difficult to recover.•
Thornton; CAS PolicyComminee
Chair James Bunn, professor of En·
glish, and Lewis Coburn, professor
of mathematics and chair of the CAS
Budget Committee, asked for the
FSEC's assistancr in monitoring what
Bu.nn called the college's"pf&lt;!gr&lt;SS or
regress" in the coming year.
Bu.nn distributed copies of the
college's bylaws and two resolutions
that were approved overwhelmingly
by CAS faculty members last month.
Thornton pointed out that the
resolutions focus on the "particular
policies ... the particular issues that
we feel are leading to a decline--and
a rapid decline-in the college.•
One resolution asked that the UB
and CAS administrations:
• Lift the CAS hiring freeu by the
end of this academic year
• Increase all stipends for teach·
ing and graduate assistants in the
college to nationally competitive

levels by next year
• Remove immediately the automatic requirement that all CAS un dergraduate courses enroll at least
IS students
• Provide the CAS Budget Com·
mittee with such information as the
number of faculty members at the
time of merger, present losses ·and
locations of part-time instructors
The second resolution states that
the administrations' plans to cope
with the CAS budget crisis were
adopted without significant faculty
participation, and th=fore, do not
have the confidence and support of
the faculty.
Charles Smith, associate professor
of mwic, noted that, contrary to the
way the situation w:as portrayed in
the media, he did not consider the
vote on the resolutions by the CAS
faculty to be vote of no ronfidcnce
in President Wrlliam R Greiner. "This
wasvaymuchanissueofsomemmplaints about the way the College of
Arts and Sciences was being run; he

-\

said, adding that he rtgrets that the
no-confidence issue has served as a
kind of "smoktscrecn that has obscured what the real concerris are."
Nirolas Goodman, vice provost
for undergraduate education, took
exception to the sentence in the preamble to the resolutions that maintains that the caliber of UB undergraduates has declined
""There are no data that will sup·
port that claim and making that
claim publicly does considerable
damage to the university and to our
fut:we. ...l really challenge you. to find
data to 5\lpport these claims."
Thornton disputed that conten·
lion, noting that she has had qumer·
ous convt:rsations with colleagues
about thededininaqualityofstudents
over the past few years. "'ur data are
our dassroom experience." she said.
Charles Pou.rtner, professor of
biological sciences, emphasiud that
the problem in CAS is not strictly a
budgetary problem, citing the poor
communication between the de-

partments and the Dean's Office, as
well as between offices within the
Dean's Office.
Greiner noted that while it origi·
nally had been thought that the rna·
jor problem associated with the
merger would be the "dash of dif.
ferent faculty cultures," the roajor is5\les instad have come fiom the dif.
ferent"administra!M:cultu.resofthe
three faculties that ru;.., come home
to roost."

Once a new management system
is es~blished for the college this
summer,...then we ought to be looking forwanl, and doing it in a way
where everybody gets to..., the data
that describes the cellege, the quantitative data. ...lt's a good place to
start the conversation; he said
The president added that th=
should be an open organizationai
scheme in which budget informa·
tion and departmental rosters are
available to all "Then; be said, "we
dispel the kind of cloud that comes
fiom lack of information."

�May 11.2tiDUNol. 31.1o.31

Scholarships set precedent
Anonymous donor continues funding ofhonors scholars
ay su~ CHAMBUlAJN
RtpOrter Contributor

T

HE Distinguished Honors Scholars Program will
graduate its largest group
of honors scholars23-this month, thanks to an
anonymous donor whose scholar-

ship gifts are setting a precedent.
The anof:lymous donor, whose

latest cash gift of$800,000 brings the
total the donor bas given over the
past six years to $5.6 million, is
pleased that UB alumni and friends
are joining in the effon.
" I continue to be happy with the
quality of students named as Distinguished Honors Scholars. and
am especially pleased that

Millonzi Distinguished Honors
Scholarship for the Creative and Performing Arts, now in its second year.
Two additional donors are looking to
the future of Western New York and
are 6na1izing details that will specify
their support for Buffalo-area honors students who are committed to
staying in this region.
"We are immensely grateful to the
anonymous donor for initial and
continued gifts and the additional
support those gifts arc engendering
because this program has done phenomertal things for the students,"
said Josephine A. Capuana, administrative director

for

th e

other generous individuals
recognize the val ue of

su pporting these top
students and have
begun to make ad-

guished Honors Scholars Program."
While the donor remains anonymous, the donor's intentions are
clear: "The primary goal of renew·
ing this gift is to support bright stu·
dents for whom coUoge might not
otherwise be affordable and to en·
courage other donors to support
this important priority."
Capuana said the strategy is working. "lbcgreatest satisfaction for me."
she said,"is seeing the huge differene&lt;
in the way these students view their
lives and their education. all made
possible by the anonymous donor."
Begun in 1995 with 10 students
who graduated last year and
an initial $1.6 million dol tar gift from th e anonym ous dono r, the program

has 23 graduating seniors, 18
junioi"St 23 sophomores and II
freshmen.
Capuana said most of the
seniors plan to continue their education; six will remain at US in the
professional schools, while oth-

ditional contributions." the donor

said.
This generosity,
in turn, has helped to

mOtivate gifts and
pledges, such as a

$365,000 bequest commitment by 'SO and '53 alumnus
Burton Greenstein and an
anonymous S I 50,000 charitable remainder trust gift from a 1949 UB
graduate. In addition, UB Council
Chair Jeremy M. Jacobs, Sr. has designated a portioh of his an nual
$100,000 gift to UB for honors
scholarships.
The late Eleanor Millonzi was an
early supporter of the program, creating the Robert I. and Eleanor V.

ent research experiences or studyabroad situations that they would
not have had without the Distin-

ers are enrolling in graduate
programs across the country.

University Honors Program.
"It's enabled them to take their
-studies very seriously and not worry

about how to pay for their under·
gradua te ed u cation," Ca puan a

noted. "It also has afforded ·them
wonderful opportunities for differ-

She said a few are swapping
classrooms for careers. with
1 one headed for the National
Instit utes of Health in biomedical research, another becoming an engineer with General
Electric and a third joining Proctor
and Gamble as a chemjQJ engineer.
Ca puana ·said 15-18 incoming
freshmen will become the newest
scholar&gt; to join the UB Distinguished
Honors Scholars Program in the fall.

Lee to receive Newmark Medal
By El.UN GOlDBAUM

News SerVices Editor

HE American Society of
Civil Engineers has chose n George C. Lee,
Samuel P. Capen Professor of Engineering and director of
the Multidisciplinary Ce nter fW"
Earthquake Engineering Research
(MCEER) at UB,toreceivetheprestigious Nathan M. Newmark Medal
for 2000.
Lee will receive the award later this
month at the 14th Engineering Mechanics Conferene&lt; being held in
Austin, Texas.
The national medal, sponsored by
the ASCE's Engineering Mechanics
Division and its Structural Engineering Institute, is given to an
ASCE member who, through contributions in structural mechanics,
has helped · substantially to
strengthen the scientific base of
structural enginearing.
Lee is cited for his achievements
in both resqrch, where be has made
major contributions to the study
and practice of making steel buildings safer during earthquakes, and
education, where he was an early
player in the move to build a program in earthquake engineering at
UB, now one of the nation's most
acclaimed.
In research, Lee is honored "for
his work on plastic analysis of structures and his research and leadership
in aseismic design of structural and

T

mechanical systems."
Among the original contributions
ASCE cites are those to the field of
steel structures, including stability
and design of
thin -wall str uctural memb'ers;
inelastic behavior
of structural steel
· under cyclic and
nonproportional
dynamic loading;
a two-surface
plasticity modeli post -buckling
strength; low cycle futigue and darnage accumulation of thin-walled
steel structural mernbe" under dynamic and earthquake loading con·
ditions, and form ulation of principles and guidelines for the seismic
retrofit of steel buildings with a&lt;)ded
passive and semi-active vibrationreduction technologies. Lee also is
recognized for the development of
a state-of-the-art, semi-active, vibration- reduction system-&lt;onceived
from human body-motion control
behavior-resulting in an invention
developed with coUeagues Z. Liang
and M. Tong that was lie&lt;nsed by
Enidine,lnc.
The citation credits Lee with being a prime mover in the drive to
establish earthq uake-engineering
education and research programs at
UB, beginning in the 1970s.
"Convinced of the need of civil
engineers in the eastern U.S. to be
knowledgeable in earthquake engi-

neering, he overcame many objections to pursue this development as
department chair and, subsequently,
as dean of engineering, until the
ea rthquake-engineering resea rch
laboratory with an ea rthqu ake
ground-motion simulator was completed in 1981 by the Stale of New
York." the dtation states.
As a result. the programs that
were developed at UB in earthquake
engineering "enabled UB to become
the first NSF-sponsored national
center of earthquake engineering research, which (Lee) presently serves
as the center director."
A member of the UB fuculty since
1961, Lee served as dean of the
School of Engineering and Applied
Sciences from 1977-95.
In addition to fostering research
and educational advancements in
engineering, Lee has been active in
condu cting outreach programs fo r
students and the business community. He directed the university's
Greater Regional Industrial Technology program. designed to help
area businesses develop new products. He also founded the Engineering Career Institute. a s~mmer program designed to supplement the
technical education of UB engineering st uden ts.
He launched the Buffalo Engineering Awareness for Minoritit·s.
a major effort to encourage minority students to pursue careers in engineering.
\

RepaiL"tez

3

Dental faculty to test mouthwash
that aims to deter smoking
Smo ken who w ant to q uit but rfaJiy enjoy the taste of a cigaretu.·
may soon have a new weapon at their disposal. And if it works, it
would be as easy to use as mouthwash.
In fact , it is mouthwash.
Facult y members from the School o f Dental Medicine soon will
begin a pilot study of a mouth rinse that claims t~ make smoking
taste terrible.
· Sebastian Ciancio, professor and chai r of the Department of
Peridontology who has conducted hundred s of product trials and
will head this one, said he has seen the product's
formula and it looks promising on several fronts.
" It could discourage people from smoking,"
Ciancio said, "b ut is also seems to have the poten tial to decrease plaque and gingiv itis. h also
ma y reduce tartar."
Ciancio will begin a small pilot
study involvi ng 20 smokers within the
next two months to test the product 's
safety. If it proves to be safe. he will
co nduct a larger stu dy to determint'
its effectiveness as a smoking deterrent
and as a preventive for plaque and gum
disease.
The new mouth rinse is a prod
uct of the same creative m ind that de veloped the first Xe rox copy paper.
C iancio said. The produd 's data sheer
descr ibes· it as a breath -freshening.
germ -killing liquid that works like
any normal mouthwash with one
notable exceptio n: For 5-8 hou rs after using it, "the taste of ciga rette
smoke is distorted to the point where th e perso n will not
smoke past the first puff."
The mouth rinse doesn't affect the taste o f anything but tobacco
smoke, the inventor asserts, which makes it a useful long-term de terrent should former smokers be tempted to relapse. The inventor
also notes that his product doesn' t involve nicotine or any other drug.
"This is especially important for persons who are pregnanr or wh o
have undergone heart bypass surgery and can't use any of the currently
approved smoking deterrents to help them quit," the inventor notes.
In the never-ending sea rch for better dental products, companies
also have co ntracted with the Department of Periodontology to test a
new kind of dental floss, which initially will involve a small pilot study,
and to condu ct larger studies of two new toothpaste formulations.
Persons interested in volunteering for the smoking-det~rrent
mouth -rinse study o r any of the o thers may call th e dental school at

829-3850.

Ciccia and Sams receive PSS
Outstanding Service Awards
Frank J. Ciccia and Sally A. Sams have been selected to receive Out standing Service Awards from the Professional Staff Senate.
Ciccia and Sams· will receive their awa rds during the PSS' annual
awards luncheo n, to be held at noon Tuesday in the Center for Tomo rrow on the North Campus.
The Outstanding Service Award is given each year to members of
US's professional staff who are making outstanding communityse rvice co ntribut ions. Winners receive a cash award and a ceniti cate of recognition.
A UB professional staff member since 1986, Ciccia is direc[Or of
the Leadership Develop ment Program in the Office of Student Development. He also has held positions in the Office of Student Life
as assistan t director of st uden t life/coordinator of G reek affairs, area
coo rdinator, program coordinator and residence hall director.
Ciccia is a founder and chair of the Western New York Leadership
Educators ConsOrtium, chair for the Student Leadership Network for
Region 2 of the National Association of St udent Personnel Admims-

trators and a member of the Class of 2000 of Leadership Buffalo.
He also is a board member for Gilda's Club of Western New York. a
volunt eer with Kevin Guest House. a member of the race committee
for the Linda YaJem Memorial Run and a US admissions ambassador.
Sams, wh o has worked at VB si nce 1973, is a55istant [0 the dean
for alumni and public relation s in the School of Nursig,g. She also
has served as an administrative a55istant in the Living Well Ce nter.
th e Office of Ca reer Planning and Placement and th e Office of Stu
dent Life.
Sams is active in the Western New York Chapter of the Arthnt llo
Founda tion, serv ing on th e board of director and chairing numl"r o us fund -raisi ng activities.
In addition , she has been ac tivt• fo r many years as a member of
the Lcbro's FaU Classic SK Run-serving as a race director the past
two year-and as a vo lunteer with th e Checkers/Nike- Dow nt own
Dash Running Race.

�41

Reporiea llay11, 21DJ~.31. 1c. 31
Memben both excited and sad about moving Into new chapter In their lives

BRIEFLY
workshop on sucxes
"Bridges to Sucooss: Dofir*'!l
Prulosslonll ond .......... Succes" ... be the topic d. y.

Class _o f 2000 prepares to leave UB
ay ~ LIWAHDCIWSIU

working every day, then it will hit
me that I really lefi UB, and now I
amanadult." shesays.
Ouis Fedor=k, who will rcaive
a bachelor's degree in media study.
is torn in more ways than oneabout
leaving behind "the college life."
"I'm happy because I've finished
with college. going to do more excitingthings.butsadbecauseldobave.
so many great memories of thi s

R&lt;port&lt;r Contributor

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dly~june131nthe

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held from 8:15a.m. to~ p.m.,
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which b to encoungeto erw1dl their liYos In d
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per!Onllly lnviling being prolessionllly lnviling ond being p&lt;Oiosslondy
lnviling- others.
Slogll, the fir&gt;t woman to
hudaninstitutionlntheGeorgla uniYonity system, hu
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to itsa.nent~-..s
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and SOu~ and ·
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Wind Bod&lt;' ln Your Soil: Motlvltion fo&lt; Chango.. "Using mont to Novig* Stress: Se!f-

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Poetry contest
winners announced
~ pootryln c:ompelitions sponsorm by the unlwnlty Llbnrios ond the Depart·
mont d English In the Cologe
o f - ond Sdoncos ' - .

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sophclfn&lt;n who pions to mojor
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d Amorbn Poets Poelry"""'
of SlOO.
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mention -.1 to KM&gt; Graulce,
• g&lt;oduate student In English.

Tho compedtlon - sponsorm
by the UniYonity l.lnrios.
Robin F. 8rox. 1 junio&lt; English
mojor, oomedfir&gt;t~l

s100 ~ the Friends of the
Univonity Ubnwies l.lndergradu... Poelry Competition.
Honorable mention and 'a
citatk:tn went to Tsao.
Brox abo won the S100
Scribblers ~ sponsored by
the English department. The
prize WIS esUbllshed in 1939 by
the Scribbl«'s Club, which organized in 1893 to oncourago

locol women writers, as 1 countefpllt to the ....... Club, which
was not open to ¥101'1'1eR.
Kim Chmlelowia. • gnduating - I n t h e - -

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LL good things must
come to an end.
So it goes for the students of the Class of
2000, who will culminate their tenure at UB this weckmd byparticipating in commencement c.eromonics.
Having reached a crossroad at
which lives veer off in different directions. members of the Class of
2000-whose lives the &amp;porter bas
followedsinatheyenteredUBinthe
fall semester of 1!196--ilre at o nce
nostalgic, dated. rdkved and bittersweet about leaving the university.
Somean:findingithardtobdieve
their time is up at UB. that graduation signifies the beginning of an
adventure into uncharted territory.
" I just realized about a month ago
that I have been in school fo r the
past 17 yean of my life." sa~ Susan ~
Dcacon, who after gradua(on will
work as a designer at an arc:hitec· ~
turnl firm in Ithaca. She plans to !aU ~
a year or two off from school before
enrolling in a graduate program. " I
am looking forward to working and school and this place." he says. And
I know I will enjoy graduate school while his prospectsforcontinuinghis
even more after that, but being in education are promising-he has
school is all that I know."
been accepted into the master of fine
Jennifer Abbata, who will recciV&lt; artsprogramincomputeranimation
a degree in communication and at the Academy of Art College in San
plans to stay and work in Bulli!lo,
Francisco for the fall-Fedorczak
none too happy to leaY&lt; a lifestyle that says he's scared because he's not sure
has just begun to feel comfortable.
where his life is headed
" It's ve ry depressing that you
"I have a lot of thinking and deci-

In spite of all thewann and fuzzy
rerniniscmces of the Class of 2000,
manystudent.&lt;agreethatsome.aspectsofUBwill be bettor left behind.
such as too-large classrooms and
feeling like a number, TheSp«trum,
driving in the city and riding tl)e
Blue Bird buses, a lade of things to
do and, of course, the mow.
Morrover,somestudent.&lt;an:tak-.
ing to task the quality of the educa-

J

F

worktoestab\ishyoursclfwithyour

sion-makinginthenearfuture," says

friendsandlife,andwhenyouthink,
' Hey, this isn't so bad now; then all
of a sudden four years (are) up and
you have to find a job that may or
may not he around your friends."
she says . ..Change is a painful process and I am not too fond of it."
A popu lar sen t iment among
members of the gt-aduating class.
Jennifer Cotignola, who will return
to her hometown of Brooklyn to

theaspiringcomputeranirnator.
Feelings of nostalgia linger for
Sean Webb, who will receive a
bachelor's degree in history. Despite
plans to attend D'Youville College
to pursue a master's degree in secondary education, he's reluct311t to
say good -bye.
" I really don't wantto be finished.
mainly because I really have enjoyed
the time I have spent with my
friends,"' he says ... It really hit
me .. .when my fraternity had its formal and I realized that was the last
one I would he going to."

work after receiving a bachelor's
degree in business, also is a bit anxious about her new role in life.
"1 think once I get a (o() and start

tion they received at UB.
"UB faculty don't seen to care
aboutstudents,"saysKayaGerberich,
who will recciV&lt; a bachelor's degree
inpsychology."Oncrinwhil&lt;yousee
an ex&lt;tption, but in general, they're
all here to make a buck. They don't
care about the future of the university or the lives of the students they
teach. It's sad."
And Deacon says that while she
has had some great professors, " I
baY&lt; also had some real doozies."
However, not everyone was critical of the faculty.
Abbata, whose bone of contention with UB was that classes weu
too large for any quality personal
attention, enjoyed a smaller classroom setting.
" I have always found the faculty
of the smaller classes to be a lot

friendlier and personable, where
there was an effort made to know
your name." she says.
While academics certainly played

a significant role: in theunivenity ..perimce, mernben of the Class of
2000say,withoutquestion,thatth9r

fiimds madethegmtt&lt;stimpresoioos
on them during their time at UB.
"One of my greatest memories
(is ) staying up all night with three
friends f.-eshmen year; says
Cotignola.. "They were trying to
study for a final and we all just
started tallcing about our lives and
futures .. .lt was really niu."
But Cotignola is taking a realiSt
approach to parting from ljer
friends.
" I say we will try to keep in touch,
but then again, I said the same thing
in high school, and that did not
work." she says. "lhopethatmydose
friends will all try to keep in touch

as much as possible...
Getberich worries about "not havingmybestfriendsnextdoortohelp
me tl;uough the bad times and cri cbrate with mt in the good times...
For Deacon, making new friends
is an exciting prospect.
"I am looking forward to moving
on and malting new friends." she
says. " I took a job in a piau where I
know no one.! am looking forward
to experiencing it."
The adage claims that the college
yea" an: the best yean of life. But is
college truly as good as it gets?
" I see college as a whole lot of
work and stress," Abbata says. "I can't
see myself looking back too much
and saying how much I miss it."
Cotignola a,;d Fedorcza,k say
their college yean definitely mea sured up to the~- But Deacon and Gerberich say it's hard to
know just yet.
"Sofar, lguessyoucouldsaythese
years arr the best in my adult life,
but then again, they are the lim four
yearsinmyadultlifeofmanymore
yean to come; Deacon says.
Gerberich. who's hopeful of the
future,saysit'sgoingtotakesomestiff
oompetition to replace her years at
UBasthebestandmostmemorable.
"Theyweredamngood."shesays.
"It will be hard to top them."

Jacobs continues his commitment to UB
Annual $100,000 gift brings recent total to $400,000, mostly for general fund
By SUZAHNE CHAMIIOU.AJN
Reporter Contributor

do thaL Education is a sound invtstment in the future of o ur society."

EREMY M. jacobs, Sr., chairman and CEO of Delaware
North Companies, Inc.-a $1
billion-plus diversified international holding company
owned by Jacobs--continues his
long-standing commitment to UB
with an annual $100,000 gifi.
jacobs-a UB alumnus-and his
family have a long history of giving

President William R. Greiner
praised Jacobs' philanthropic lead ership. " For many years, jeremy
Jacobs has generously shared his
time and talents with his alma tna.ter
through his outstanding service to
the University at Buffalo Foundation , US's Board of Visitors. the
School of Management, and most
recently, the UB Council, which he
chairs. This annual gift- just. a few
months after he made the ButJcr
Mansion available to our School of
Management as an Executive Education Center-is the latest ~pie
of his generosity.
" His gift will enhance UB's effort.&lt;
to provide scholarships to outstanding students, benefiting our female
student -athletes and Distinguished
Honors Scholars, and enable UB to
fund special needs and Opportunities as they arise," Greiner added. "We
greatly appreciate all that Jeremy bas
done, and continues to do, for UB."
Of the !at~ $100,000 gifi, a por-

J

to the university, with his recent an nual gifts from 1997-2000 totaling
$400,000 primarily going to the
university's genernl fund, allowing
the university to earmark the money
to areas where it is most needed.
" I am extremely proud of what
the University at Buffulo bas accom plished, and I want to see it continue
its climb to the top among our
nation's public universities," said
Jacobs. "One of the best ways to do
that is to attract highly motivated
students from all walks of life. and
it is my hope that this contribution
will enable the leadership at UB to

tion will support female studentathletes in ho nor of jacobs' wife,
Margaret " Peggy" pavis jacobs, and
Distinguished Honors 'Scholars in
the name of Jeremy Jacobs. The ~e­
mainder will go to the general fund.
In the past, jacobs' gifts and charitable activities have focused on UB's
School of Management. In january,
it was anno unced that t~• school
cou.ld use the architecturnl landmark ButJer Mansion, with its easy
access to the downtown Buffalo
business oommunity, for continuing
education and training.
Jacobs acquired the Stanford
White-designed mansion in 1979
and spent mo~ than $6 million restoring it, using it as his company's
headquarters in the 1980s before
selling it to Varity Corporation in
1991. Jacobs reacquired the mansion
in 1999 to protect its integrity and
preserve its historical significana
for decades to come.
ln addition, Jacobs gave more
than $1 million to help fund two
academic chairs and wist with the

School ofManagemen~s Otina program in the mid 1980s.
The sch ool's building on the
North Campus bears the Jacobs
family name, in honor of his longterm generosity.
As chairman and CEO of Delaware North, Jacobs o~ a companythat has grown under his lead·
ership into a $1 billion-plus privatr
holding company with principal
subsidiaries in food service, retail,
sports-facility ownership and management, airpon services, hospitality and parks-services industries and
pari-mutuel operations.
jacobs chairs the UB Council, thr
local govemiril:'council of the uni versity. He also has served the UB
Foundation, lnc., as a trustee and
director from 1972-96, and as foundation chairman from 1980-87.
Since 1995, Jacobs bas chaired the
UB Board ofV&amp;sitors,a group ofintemationalleaders that advises the
university on strategic issues.
He received a SUNY honorary
DoctorattofHumane Letters in 1996.

�110111.ZIIIIIIIVIi 31.18.31

Mixed
news
on
research
Dollars flat, but time is good seek new fUnding, Triggle says
to

•1 EUlH eoolWAUM
News Services Editor

T

HE bad news is that US's
research dollars have

been essentially flat for
the past few years; the

good news is that it is an c:xceUent
time now to be seeking new funding opportunities.
Those were the messages pre·

sented to the UB Council on May 3
by Pro~ David). Triggle; lain Hay,
associat.r provost for research arid
professor of microbiology, and
Bruce A. Holm , senior associate

dean of medicine and professor of
pediatrics and pharmacology.
Triggle referred to UB's .. ex ·

tremely ambitious" goal of doubling
its research support over the n at
five years.
'
"Fortunately, this i.s a felicito us
time to be ramping up our efforts,"
said Triggle, pointing to a spate of
anno uncements about increased research funding fro m traditionaJ

sources, including an expected dou bling of funding from the National
Institutes of Health over the next few
years. as weU as increased funds from

Computational R&lt;search,"theoverall bottom line is that our sponsored-program volume is not going
up and that of our competitors is.
We are losing this race at a time of
comparatively generous availabitity
of research funding."
UB's sponsored program expenditures totaled $80.5 million in
1999-2000, a slight decline from the
$81.6 million in 1994-95.
Triggk proposed creating immediatdy an int&lt;mal venture-capital
fund of at least $1 millioD-which
should be increased quickly to $5
million-in addition to the seed funding programs already in place.
The purpose of such a fund, he
said, would be to launch new initiatives in the areas the university has defined in its Mission Review Statement
• Molecular and biomedical sci·
ences
• Computer~ience and information technologies including
bioinformatics and media
• Materials science
• Environment and infrastruc-

cine and Biomedjcal Sciences and

ture
In addition, "the cheapest thing
we can do is to keep good people
here," Hay said, noting that UB has
been criticized for not making vigorous efforts to main faculty.
He pointed to rea;nt examples
where faculty mernbm who were being recruited by the University of
Florida and the UniversityofOlicago
accepted packages from UB to stay.
In response to a complaint among
faculty members that they needed
to be more a pan of the research
decisions-that are made throughout

the establishment of the Center for

the university, a Faculty Research

the private sector.

The provost cited the efforts of the
offices of State and Federal Relations
as being extremely effm.ive in working with governmental bodies.
Triggle distributed to co uncil
members a memo he wrote th is
spring outli nin g US's sponsored

programs and researchsuppon. The
memo noted that, despite some very
real successes, such as the Howard

Hughes grant to the School ofMedi·

Advisory Committee has been es -

tablished, chaired by Hay.
Hay also noted that UB has been
having increasing success in attract ing key researchers from other topranked institutions.

Hay added that UB must make
greater use of its developm ent office in seeking new opportu nities.
He pointed to three recent successes generated in conjunct ion
with that office: S I million from the

Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust
for research on infectious diseases,

$1 million from the Keck Foundation to conduct research on cell
protein studi es implica ted in diseases, and S4 million from the
Howard Hughes Foundation toes·

tablish a Center for Single-Mol ecule Biophysics and a Center for
Geno mi cs and Proteomics.
The push for boosting research
support also has prompted what
Holm called ...a strategic change m

faculty demographics."
He explained that "productivity
profiles" had been completed of all
medieal-school faculty members.
Holm estimated that if75 new fac·
ulty hires were added in place of
those current faculty members who
were contributing neither to the
institution's teaching or research
missions, and each of the 75 gener·
ated a "reaso nabl e average" of

$275,000 in research funds, the
medicaJ school's level of support

would be boosted by $20 million.
"The more successful we become
in generating indirect costs, the
more successful we'U be in knock-

ing down the need for state support:'
he said.

Biologist Tayl9r wins NSF grant
By EUlH c;OlDBAUM
News Services Editor

T

HERE'S a new invader in

Lake Erie, though you
wouldn't know it to look
at it.

It's a hybridized water flea, there-

sult of an invader European species
mating with the native species. and

according to Derek Taylor, assistant
professor of biological sciences, it
may replace the native water flea
species in Lake Erie.
"The problem is, the

...We need to know how to make
these distinctions because the hybrids
can take over," said Taylor. "And because they are harder to detect, the
hybrids can be more insidious, so we

ci~s and some infamous pestssuch as the so-called killer bees-are
hybrids.

have to use genetic markers to see

answers to one of the most basic

their berets-arid mustaches."

questions of human survival: \Vhere
did everything come from&gt;
"Every culture has its crea ti on
myth, which is how we try to describe
how the sp&lt;eies formed," said Taylor.

These m arkers, whi c h Taylor
searches for in organisms that live in
the waters of the Great Lakes and
Arctic ponds, help scientists determine the outcome of hybridization.
" By combining ge-

netic markers with lake
sediment analysis, we
can reconstruct the past
ina way that wasn't pos·

European water fl ea

doesn't have any identifying characteristics." ·
Taylor explained, "so, if
it got carried over by a
ship from France, say,
it's not going to be
wearing a beret and
mustache," Taylo r explained. " It looks just
like the native. species."

farthest reaches of the
Arctic-is Taylor's life work and it
forms part of the basis of the r=t
$478,000 Faculty Early Career DeveJ.
opment Grant he recently r&lt;ttived
from the National Science Foundation. Th: .Marcis reoognize)')Uog fuc.
u.lty members who have demonstnlted outstanding potential as sci ence and engineering investigators
and educators.

He illustrates his lectures with the

Arctic story ofSedna, the Inuit god·
dess whose fingers. it is believed. froze
in icy water&gt; and then feU off. each
one spawning a brand new species.
Taylor. who looks at that question

sible before we had this
technology," said Taylor.
Water Oea embryos

from the scientific perspective, has
chosen the fresh\'13.ter ponds and

that a re entombed in
the sediment are iden-

among the m ost threatened habitats

tified through the use of
genetic analysis and
polymerase chain rcac ·

Studying the ou t- UnNke the one In this
grophk, on Invader
comes of animal hy- w•ter flea In Uke Erie
bridization- whether clotsn't readily reve•l
in I...ake Erie or in the Its European roots.

The purpose of Taylor's work tn
the polar regio ns is to find possible

tion (PCR), which am-

plifies genetic infonnation . The sediments
contain in their layers
hundred s of years of
live embryos of organisms that provide an important insight into how
their genes have changed over tim ~ .
According to Taylor, an ~volu ­

tionary biologist, hybridization is of
particular interest because it can
lead to the transfer of adaptations
from one sptcieS to another or even
to the formation of a new species.

Many agriculturally important spe-

lakes of thi part of th e w·orldon the planet-to study beca use of
its relative youth and because it •~ il
showcase for speciation.
This summer, Taylor ,..;!I lead an
expedition of graduate students to
northwestern Alaska. a pilot for ne.'&lt;t
year's course that will be geared to·

ward undergraduates, and which will
take students to an area called Reso·
lute. just south of the North Pole.
Supported by the education com ·

ponent of the NSF Career Award,
the course will be the only High Arc·
tic-literaUy, the topofthe worldco urse in North Ameri ca that
teaches the use of molecular tools.
The two-week course wiU expose
S{udmts to a region that that few
hlhnans have ever observed.

BrieD
UB seeks members for its
«Corporate Challenge" team
It '• time for the 24th running of the wild-and-crary Chase Cor·

porate Challenge. Wild because 13,00o people of all running abih·
ties take part, and crazy because 13,000 people of all running
ab ilities ... You get the idea.
The race will be held June 24 in Delaware Park. The starting gun
for the 3.5-mile race wiJl go off .it 6:45p.m.
Last year. UB fielded a " team" of 120 faculty and staff runners and
walkers. Thanks to ihe organizational skills of Dave Smith, recentl y
retired from administrative comp uting services. UB in recent years
has had its own tent and post~race party, like the hundreds of other
organizations that take part in this annual fitness -and-fun event.
A S20 fee covers the entry fee for the rac~which includes a Corporate ChaJienge T-sh1rt- as well as a UB T-shirt.tent rental , and
food and drink during th e post-raa gathenng.
To be part oft he UB team or to obtain more tnfo rmauon, co ntact
Smith at &lt; dsmith@buffaJo.edu &gt; and include your depart men! and
campus location . Smith is handling on ly faculty and staff

Science Expo to be held
A sp•ce-sclence lecture by former NASA astronaut .md l.o\..kport
native Wi lham Gregory and presentations on topiCs rangmg from
natural dts.tsters to weather forecasting usmg statc -of- tht' art tech nology will be pan of the 17t h annual Science ExploratiOn Da'\,rro
gram betng held Monday on the North Campus.
The event, whtch wtll be held from 9 a.m. to I :30 p.m .. ... c.i&lt;.·s tgned
to .. turn on" high -school students to science through hvelv demon stration s, lectures and cxhibtts.
More than
students from pubhc and paroch~al schools m
t..n e, N1agara. Cattaraugus and C hautauqua count1es art expectt:d
to attend .
Gregoq·. a graduate of Lockpon Semor Htgh School and the- U . ~
Air Force Academy, will present a space -sc1ence lecture demonstra tion at 9: 15 a.m., 10: 15 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. in the Wold man Theatrein Norton Hall.
Seven large-g roup presentatmm. " ·ill be held at II : 15 a.m . and
I 1:45 a.m. m Coo ke and Knox halls and m the Natural Soences
Co mplex.
Som e 35 o ther speakers and hand -on exhibi ts also will be tea
lUred during the event.
Rodney L. Doran. professor of learning and instructiOn.~~ ~..am ­
pus coordinator for the annual event. Bob Sorenson, science dt:part
ment chai r at Springville-G riffith Institu te and Central School. 1s
program coordinator.
Sponso rs for the event are the N1agara Front1er SCience Supcrv1
sors Association, Western Secuon of Science Teachers Assoc1at1on
of New York State, New York Sea Grant , Wilson Greatbatch, Ltd
and West Valley Nuclear Services-Wesunghouse.
UB sponsors mclude the College of Arts and Soences, Graduatl~
School of Education, School of Engmeenng and Applied Sc1ence.!i
and the Grea t Lakes Program.

l,ooO

UB conference to launch bipolar
treatment program
•UB h•J been selected as one of 20 clinical sitc:s anoss the United
States to provide a specialized treatment program for persons with
bipolar disorder, known in lar terms as manic -depression .
Five hundred people from Western New York will be eligible for
the treatment.
Ur iel Halbreich. professor of psychiatry, w1ll head th e project.
which is funded by the National Institute of Mental Heahh ( NIMH) .
An aU-day symposium on the d1agnos1s and management of bi polar disorder. to be held June 9 m the Albright Knox Art Ga llen·
auditorium, will launch the clinical effort.
The sym posi um will featur(" maJOr !~pc,aahst.!i m the field. mdud
mg Robcn Post. chief of the BJOlog~Cal Psychiatry Branch of Nltvlll :
Cdry Sachs. aSSIStant professor of psych1atry at Harvard Medu.:al
School; Michael Tha.;;c:, professor of ps)'chmtry at the lJn JvCr!ll t \' ol
Pittsbu rgh S..::hool of Medicu1 e, and LydHt Lew1,, d1rr:ctor u t the N.t
tiona! Manic - Dcprt•ssivt.• Association.
The afternoon will he devoted to worbhop~ on dutiGtl mand~t.·
men! of the disease .•md the mvolvcmcnt ul f&lt;1m1h .mJ lncnJ., m
treatment.
The treatment program, wh 1ch will hq;m t:nrolhng pa tu:nb 'lhHl
after the symposium. will be a struotured reg1men 111\'0I\'111{! lj t ~lll'
of-the art medications. combined w1th psychotht:rap'
Halbreich said bipolar disorder ts poorly d1agnosed anJ wh ..·n 11
is diagnosed, is often not treated p roperly.
"The consequences of misdiagnosis and m1sgu1dt&gt;d treatment t.an
be dramatic, " he said, .. and may have a long-term lmpa lt on thl'
well-being and quality of lift&gt; of patients and famil)•."
Persons interested in the treatment program may ca ll 898 -431.! .
Those interested in attending the symposium may ca.JJ th(&gt; De partment of Psychiatry at 898-5940.
Registration deadline is June 2.

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By PAT1UCIA DONOVAN
News Services Editor

E!DRE Shauna Lynch,
an award-winning associate professor of English
widdy regard&lt;d .. an innovative literary &gt;eholar, ha. been
named a fellow of the National Humanities Center, one of the greatest
distinctions in the humanities 6ekl
Lynch is one of 41 international
fellows named by the center this
yt:ar. She will work at NHC, based
in the Research Triangle in RaleighDurham, N.C., from September
through May 200 I on a new book
that will explore the cultural history

She notes that prior to the mid18th century, the term "literature"
embraced virtually the entire body
of written work.
"In the mid-1700s, a transitional
period between the rationalism of the
Enlightenment and the Romantic
period, literacy increased,"..,.. Lynch.
"and the modem category of'literature' came into being to refer to a special canon of work comidered par·
ticularly valuable or imaginative.
"Love of literature-and of particular kinds of literature-became
an indication of strong moral character, cia$$ and caste. Readers began
to identify with and devdop strong

of what it means to love--rather
than ~ instructal or moved byliterature.

personal affection for individual
authors or fictional characters.
..Today, when some of us are

Lynch says this topic is particu-

moving away from literary studies
and toward cultural studies, we often hear that we don't love literatur&lt;

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larly illuminating today, when our
historicaUy strong identification
with works of literature seems to be
reversing itself and giving wayover much protest-to the cultur.(f

study of how literature de6nes and
is de6ned by prevailing value systems and cultural categories like

gender, race, and ethnicity.

anymore--a value judgment ex-

pressed in terms that date back to
the 18th century.
"Those who continue to identify
with literature in this way are upset
by the impenonality of this new cultural-studies approach, which a -

amines literature not only as a work
of art, but .. a tool for cultunl sta·

of an author Of to identify with the
values and &gt;ensibi1ities of irxlividual
characters or writen.
"To go overboard and become
obs.ssive about an author, point of
view or work is euasiYi: and is dir
dained," she soys, "To eschew that
approach -and tum instead to the
e:umination of literatim .. a cultunltool is ~disdained .. a
devaluation of literature itsd£
"It's a great debate," me soys, adding that she hopes her new book wiD
throw some light on the IUstxlryoftbis

sis or change."
At the same time, Lynch soys, Ira·
ditional literature lovers often apress antipathy toward those who
"go over the edge• with their love.
"A contemporary aaJllple of this
attitude," she soys, "is &gt;eholarly attitude toward the phenomenon of the
Janeites, societies of jane Austen lovers. They are devoted to her ""ric;
they dress up in period rostume, take
quizzes on her novds, organize balls
1iU those described in her stories.
Most of the Austen movies of late are
sort of a janeite phenomenon."
Lynch is, in lilct, editing a coUec-

identificatioo prooe5L She """""' to
have the reseaich and mud! of. the
writing of the book completed by the
end of the 2000-2001 ac:ademic y=;
Lynch, a native of
Jaw,
Saskatchewan, is one of two members of the UB faculty to be named
a feUow of the NHC for the coming
Y"''· The second is her husband,
Thomas Keirstead, professor Qfhistory, who will study how and why
the Japanese culture developed a
&gt;ense of a national and Europeanlike "medieval" historical ~riod
long after the years that embraced
such an era had passed

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that will be pubwhed this Y""' by
Princeton University Press.
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culture that developed out of the
Enlightenmen~" she explains, • is
that it is valuable to love literatim
to the extent that a differentiation is
made between 'it' and writing of
lower status, and fine to become
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Project educates community about stroke
Message ofscreening program, educational video is that stroke is treatable disease
By LOIS IIAIWI
News Services Editor

NLY a few years ago,
baving a stroke brought
disability .. surely as
sunrise brought dawn.
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neuroswgeons and others now can
""""stroke patients from certain disability using new dot-busting drugs
and new drug delivery methods. They
speak of stroke as a "brain attack." If
patients know the symptoms and get
to the hospital soon enough, they can
avoid the ofi.en-dehilitating damage
an untreated stroke can cause.
The problem ha. been getting that
message to the public.

In May 1997-May has been designated "stroke mon th" -Lee

Guterman, UB associate professor of
neurosurgery, and his departmental
roUeagues decided to begin a project
to help educate the public about
stroke's symptoms and risk factors.

The project had particular resonancr
in Buff.alo and environs, where stroke
risk is higher than the nationalav&lt;l'age. The result Wll!l the Western New
York Stroke Screening Program.
"The purpose of the screening
program, despite its name, was not
so much to identify people at risk,
which we do, but to get the word out
about tlie signs and symptoms of
stroke," Guterman said
..The main message we want to

get across to people is that stroke is
a treatable disease.lf they recognize
the symptoms and get help quickly,
there is a good chance to reverse the
stroke."

The first screening was held in a
booth in the Boulevard Mall A team
of physicians. nu=s, dietitians, ultrasound operators and support staff
took heart-rate anQ blood-pressure
readings

and

adminis tered

sonograms of the carotid artery to
find out if there was any blockage.
They offered the National Stroke
Association's risk fad or assessment.

provided nutrition counseling and
presented a video on stroke's warn-

ing signs. The final step wa&gt; a brief
evaluation of all data by a neurosurgeon or neurologisL All services
wen: provided free of charge.
People stood in line for hours waiting to be screened: Still. more than
200 had to be turned away. The team
s=med 1,000 people over lime days
at a second mall evmt but tbe process was chaotic. Members decided
to target senior-citizen centers.
Over the foUowing two years. they
held event,s at eight centers and one
corporatio n. To date, they have

screened 3.200 people.
Letters have been sent to physicians of those found to be at high
risk of stroke. Thirty percent of participants had "reportable" disease.
Incidence of stroke is high in the
Westan New York population at large
for several reasons, including a long
history ofsmoking, unhealthy eating
habits and obesity. he said
The project began as a solely volunteer effort, but has since received
monetary support from Independent Health, Kaliecla Health and the
Women's Board at Millard Fillmore

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Hospital Acuson Corporation and
Hewletl Padwd bave donated the
ultrasound equipment.
The group now is producing an
educational video and also is planning to bring the screening program
into load compa.nies-they already
have ""rked with the Buffialo Police
Department and Ainep Corporation-&lt;md to enroU people 'at high
risk in education claMes on-site to
encourage changes in lifestyles that
promote stroke.
Their database of liCI'eened patients also will provide rich potential for research, Guterman said Tbe
group presented the results of its
first study based on data from those
screened at a recent professional
meeting. The s~showed that ul-

trasound scr&lt;ening of the carotid
artery is a reliable and cost-effect
way to identify people with a condition called a.ymptomatic carotid
artery stenosis, a significant stroke
riskf.Jctor.
That study was headed by Adnan
I. Qureshi, clinical instructor in the
Department of Neurosurgery.

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Patrons thanked for donating to ·tree-planting fund
To the Editor,

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This semester, Psi
the national
honor society in psychology at UB,
askod for donations from our oommunity to purchase and plant trees
on the North Campus. The memwould like to acbers of Psi
knowledge and thank the following
patron5: Brenda Battleson, Mary

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Bisson, Hank Bromley, Lynn

Magdol-Hewlett. John Meacham,
Kinten and !.mer Milbrath, Sharon
Murphy. Diane Randall, the Student
Association, the Undergradum Psychology Association, the Department of Psychology and the Offia
of the President.
Also. a special thank you for the
help and advia of Bill Marshall,

grounds supervisor.
The Tree Planting Project has culminated with 15 new beautiful trees
on North Campus. beside Park Hall
Thanks for the aesthetic oontnbution to our campus and for helping
combat environmental degradation.
Y-Hocl
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, _ . . . , _.,25111

-...y

New Yorl&lt; New Music En....- 2. Sle&lt;
Concert Hoi. 8

p.m. l5. Sponoot&lt;d by

~~rusk. For fT'IOff! inforTMtion.

Friday

Saturday

10
Thursday

Sunday

In....,...,., 25111
-...y
A l'n&gt;gnlm of Worta by Emotglng
Compooen. Ba;rd Rodtal Hall. HO p.m.
F.... Sporuored by Dept. of Music. For
ll'IOf"e information, 645-2921.

Exhibits
•. _ - Munlng: Five

cont._., Chinese Artists"
=byXu~""cf..~,Su·

Monday

~n:'

ShenQtion
on cfoplay throogh
June lOj;; ;;,g.~ olthe UB M
Gall&lt;ly m the Cent..- for the Ms. Notth
Campos. Gall&lt;fy hoors a"' Wed. throogh

12

Sat., 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sun. from
noontoSp.m

In....,...,., 25th

"""'-7

" Senior 1bab ~Ions 2000"

The~

Thesis work from 60 candidat~ for
bac:hek&gt;r of fine arts degrft:S are ~ng
exhibited at various sites on the North
Campus and In downtown Buffalo. Woric
will be on display in the Center for

SoloisU. UB Art Galio&lt;y. 8

~;,!;e~~t;~2'l MusK.

Tuesday

~~~~8~~-~-~:srsp~~-

Woril: abo Will be on disptay in the Ellicon

13

~~ ~~~~i~= Buffalo

JobS

)o.-ln....,...,'s25tll

"""'-7
An Evening wfth Steve Rekh. Drama
Theatre, Center for the M.s. 8 p.m. S16,
lS. Sporuored by D&lt;pt. of Music. For
more information, 645-2?21 .

·

Wednesday

14
)wM

In ....,...,., 25th

"""'-7

Music of llomotd Ronds, Augurt.l
Rood Thomas ond Roger Reynold~
Slee Concert Hall. 8 p .m. l12. l9, l5.
Sporuored by D&lt;pt. of Music. For """"
inform~tion,

645-2921 .

CanlsJus I 0, UB 1
Stony 81'00k 9, UB 3
Stony 81'00k 9, UB 5
Stony 81'00k 4, UB l
The BuUs completed their 2000
season dlis past week. dropptng .a
three-pme series with Stony Brook
u Dunn Tire Park. The Seahawks
swept ;a doubleheader on S.turday,
seven runs
9-3 ond 9 -5. ond tool&lt; • single pme
double,
on Sund&gt;y.4-3 .
triple,
run and
In the doubleheader. Adrian
acrifi fly 011er the week.
Daniels was nea.rty perfect ;;at the
In the Boubleheader with
pbre,pn, 6-lor-7 with six"'"'
Stony Brool&lt; on Saturday,
scored on the cby. He fotlowed du.t
o.n· el~was 6-of-7, scoring
up with ;;a 2-for-3 performa.nc.e on
sill
UB's eight rurn.
SundOy. jeff Roberuon pitched •
complete pme on Suncby. despite
lillllonewent5-ofthe loss. He Yl'ent 9.0 Innings, and
10
two home runs
gave up four runs, three earned. on
and sill RBis in the women's
II hla.The Bulb' defense pbyod
softblll team's tripleheader
well behind Roberuon. u the
aqainst Youngstown State.
Infield UJmed ;;a total ol sbt double
Malone hit a first-inning
~
grand slam in the opener
In other ;;action from b.n ~
as the Bulls downed the
the Bul~ splk • doublehe&gt;der with
Penguins, 4-2. She also had
Nl&gt;g&gt;r&gt; on Moy 2.1osin&amp; the fim
a seventh-inning solo shot
pme. 2.0, ond winnln&amp; the ni&amp;f&gt;"""
7-2.1n the second pme. D&gt;niels
in the second game, UB
Yl'ent 3-for-'1 and knocked In four
fell to YSU, 2-1 .
RBb, induding ;;a home run. Kevin
Neneruk 'tlll'!l!flt 3-for-3, wtth two
runs scored. john SuUivvl was the
w;nning pitcher with ;;a c~te pme. grvtng up twO I)JI"'S on five tuu OYer
seven innings.
On Moy 3. UB pbyod"
Can isM and lost I0-2 to the
Golden Griffins. Krvin Brown
and Mike Flaherty boch hOld two
hta on the day and bod\ scored ;a

AssodateJ(ul Ptofeuor-Depal't.ment
ol Bioch&lt;misby. PoRing lf.0032.

~===~~

Assistant/Auodate ProfessorDepartment of Pharmacy Practice,

Posting IF-()()37. Clinical AssiSUint
Professor- Depa~nt of Pharmacy
Practice, Posting lf.0038. Clinical
Assist.llnt Professor-Department of
Pharmac:y PrJCtice, Posting IF-0039.
Clink&amp;~ Assistant Profeuor~rtment of Pharmacy Pt"Ktice,
Posting tf-0040. Clinkal Assistant

Professor-Department of Pharmacy
Practic:e, Posting ff-0041 . Assistant
"Professor/ Auodate Professor, Clinical
Assistant Profenor/ CJinlcal Associate
Professor (four positions avalt.ble)School of Nursing, Posting lf-()().42.
Assodate Professor-Department of
Pharmacy Practice, Posting lf..004..4 .

~s:St~~":r~o:t~'7nt ot
AuistanV Associate ProfessorDepartment of Surgery, Posting Iff.
0046. Asslst.nt Professor f(K EOC
( two positions aYililabte; one In
m.~thematks, one mwriting-

~~~~~~r.~;~~~~~essorDepartment of Medicine, Diviston of
Infectious Diseases, Posting •F-.()(M8.

Assoclilte Professor/ ProfessorDepartment of Medicine, Division of

Infectious Diseases, Posting •F-OG49.

~~:~r=~~~~~.

~otto all
N lapra 8, UB 0
NJ-.ara 9, UB 7

UB 4,Youngstown State 2
Youngstown State 2, UB I
Younptown State 9. UB 2
The Bulls pbyed a nre trlpleheader Suurday
.afternoon as they hosted Youngswwn State to compH!te
the seuon. A fim-;nnlng gr&gt;nd sbm by Kelly H&gt;lone held
up as the SuUs defea.ted the ~ins. 4·2. in pne one.
pitd&gt;er Jessica Kensy p;d&lt;ed up the wkl, getting out
of ;;a f;;am in the top of the seventh w+th ;a p;air of runners on
and the go-ahead run u dle pla.te.
US dropped game two. 2-l,u a Bulls seventh-inning n.lly fell short. Malone
connected on her second home run of che day and stxth of the season for the
lone UB run. Strong pitching by Andru Sage. who did not aflow ;an earned run.
;;and a strong defense forced Youngstown to suuw:l 12 runnen in the conteSt.
leaving the bues ~ded In the fifth and sixth Innings.
US's defense W1S iu downfall in the fiml pme of the day. ;;as the Bulls
convnltted nine errors In the 9-2 loss. All nine runs m the conteSt were
unearned. YoungstoWn State sent I I b;aners to the pbte In ;a seven-run fourth
Inning dut saw UB commit five errors. The Bulls led. 2-0,after the first inning. ;as
D;anlelle Haynes scored on ;a 'O'ild pitch .and M~ got jennifer Moore home

5artki&amp;

on ;an REM groundout.
Earlier In the week. che Bulls were swept by NQ,gan.. S-0 ;and 9-7 . on May 2
In the second pme. UB toOk ;a 7-'1 le;ad heading into the boaom of the sixth,
dunks to a three-run double by Moore. Ni;;apn n.llled for five runs of its own
In the bottom of the inning. ;as Brooke Bndbum pbted the winning run WJth ;an
RBi slngte.

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MEN ' S TtAM PARnCIPATU IN UB OPEN
WOMEN ' S TtAM PARnCIPATES IN UB OPEN

In the lut home m~t for UB before the Mid-Amerian Conference
Ctwnpfonships on Hay 18-20. the tnck~-field tum set some school records
during the UB Open. held chis past

DMsion of Infectious Diseases, Posting
• F-0050. Cllniul Associate Professor-

Department of PhanTaaCy Practice,

Senior Alumni Luncheon
Tllldng ~of Your Sldn. Stophan;e H.
PinaJ&lt;, dlalr, Dept. ol Dennatology.
Cente' for Tomorrow. Noon-2 p.m. S1 2.

For"""" lntolmation, Jude 829-2608.

~~%~~tof

cnn~structor-Department o4
Pharmacy PriK:tic.e, Posting tF--00~ .
Cllnkallnstructor-Depart.ment of
Pharmacy Practice, Posting lff~3S .
Cllnial Assbt.nt Profeuor (two

)wM

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Faallty

~ '"=c::~ting"'7"'~3

11

Baseoall
Niagara 2, UB 0
UB 7, Nlapra 2

as

16

22

7

Posting IF-0051.
~tltlve Cl.osslfled

Clvtl

~~lil~i~~~)~~an 'i
App1ied Sciences, Une •23763
Keyboard Specialist (SG-6)·

Department of Ac.ildemic InformatiOn
and Planning, Une •30345.

WH:~.

On the women's side, jenelle Callender won
both the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash,
setting .J. school ~rd in both eotents. She fin1shed with
;a time o( 11 .98 in the 100-meter .J.nd ;a dme of 2&lt;4.49 in
the 2()()...me(er. ln addition, S;arAh Kranzier set ;a
school record m the hepachlpn, fimshmg With
-4,6S3 points-good for ;a second-pbce finiSh
In the men's events, K.amoau
H;alim set ;a person;al best in the
II 0-meter high hurdles, ploacing first
in th;;at event with ;a time of IS .OO. In tt.e

~~
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~~~~~~~~~~1~6~o~ of:Aiollllli:~~~
To obtain ~ informotKJn on jobJ listtd
obcwr. contact PmonneiStMces ' fox

~sr;;~u:=f~:~Z!:%

obtain information on Rf'Sftlrch ;obs.

conrixT Sponund Programs Pmonnel,
416 Crofts.

\

mark this spring. Steve Esler took first ·
pla.ce honors In the dec.athlon
with a. tota.l score of 6.048
points. also sewng ;a new UB
school record.

�a

Repo.ote. MavlUroJflloi.Jl.lo.Jl

Thunday, May

II

Friday

12
UB Commencement--GS
Graduate Schoof
Commencem~L Center for
the ArU Mains~e Theatre. 1

~~- / 0b~~5~4a~K&gt;n,

CommftK:ement Activity ,

~~~=n~~e: ~:n~~~all
3:30 p .m. For more

informatton, Barbara Bono,

UBCommei"'Cef'fMftt
Un~G.....-al

commencement. Ak.Jmni

Arena. 10 1.m . For more
information, Patricia M.

Staebell, 645-6147.
US Commencement- SDM
S&lt;hool of Oonul Medidne
Commencement. Center for

~~~~~~~.. 2
Sheryl A. Harvey, 829-2836.
Law School

Commencement
Law School Commencement.

=Uge (

645· 2575, ext. 1020.

~~!~~o; ~~

Comrnenc:ernent Activity

645 -6223.

University Honors Convo·

cation. Center for the Aru
Mainstage Theatre. 5:30p.m.
For more infomlation, Joseph1ne
A. Capuana, 64 5-3020 .

Saturday

information, Melinda Saran,

Monday

15

13
ua Commencement-SON
School of Nunlng ComSlee Concert Hall.
9 a.m . fOf more information,

menc~t.

William P. Harden, 829· 2.537 .

U8 Commencement-SSW
"School of Sodol Worl&lt;
.Commencement. Center for

. ~~~"W~~- 9
Ali&gt;on L Mohammed, 64S·
3381 . ext230.

ua commenc:emem--HRP
School of Hea~h Related
Profenions Commencement.
AJumnl Anona . 9 a.m . For more
informatiQn, Veronica Young.
829· 3-434, exL 418.
UB Commencement- SIS
School Of Information Studies
Commencem~t.

Student

Union Theatre. 10 a.m . For
more information, Neil Yerttey,
645 ·2~12 .

Tht' Rcpot1tT
lhting~

publlshe~

lor evenh laking

}llt~u.• on c.tmpu~ or for

UB Commencement- SOP

~~t;.,~c~~ee

Concert
Hall. 1 p.m. For more informa·
tion, Kart Fiebefkom, 645·2824 .

off campus evcnh wht!re

Friday

Wednesday

19

17
Seminar
Growth Through Acquisition .
Center for TOO"'IfT''W. 8 :15·
11 :30 a.m . S60. For more
information, Western New York

~~~6-~nt

:u~==·Nosocomlal Pneumonla.
Sanjay Sethi, Dept of
Medicine. VA Medical Center.

~~~~- t:dk~~~~

Medicine and PCCM .

:r

UB Commencement- SEAS

School of Engineering and
Applied Sciences Com·
menc:ement. AJumni Arena . 1
nu ldter than noon on
tht.· fhunrla.y pn.-ceding

JK.Ihlk.ttion Lhtings are

~o~~~~e's~ ~5-T:~t'·
UB Commencement-SAP

School of Architecture and
Planning Commencement.

only accepted through the

~:i~f~~~n~ ~~~ ~~r

electronic 1ubminion fornl

Bryant. 829.-6485, ext. 120.

fur tht• onllnl' UB

C~lcndo1r

nl henh at .- http I

www.buffalo.edu
c ttlt•ndar login • Bec:aule
of 'PACe limita ti ons not all
t'VIlnh in the ~~~c:lronic
t.alenri &lt;~r

will be lnduded
In the RepMtl!r.

. Grltduatlon Ceremony
Hlstoty DOpartment
Graduation and Roception.
Woldman Theatn!, Norton Hall.
2 p.m. F,... Sponsored by

~=~::~~~·t~=l
information, 645--~81, ext. S40.
UB Commencement--GSE.
Graduate School of Education
Commencement. Center for

t~~~~~~; 5
Fenifer Lawrence, 645·6640.

U8 Commencem.nt- SOM
School of Manog&lt;ITie"t
information, John. H. S~lum,
645 - 322~ .

.... COiiWINiKetnellt
Medldne and lliomedkal
Sciences Commencement.
Center for the Arts Mainstage
Theatre. 2 p.m. For more
Information, Dennts A. Nadler,
829-2802.

Saturday

20

Thursday

IS

Rooer L Prioro, Dept of Social

Monday

Farber. 6 p.m. Free.

Tuesday

5

23

Ann~Y&lt;nory

c-. stee

ConcortHali. 8_p.m. S16, SS.
Sponsored by Dopl of Music.
For"""" lnfi&gt;rmatioo, 645-2921.

106 Jacobs Hall. Noon. Freo.
Sponsored by Profossional Stiff
Senate. For more infonnation,
Anna Maria Kedzierskl, 6-CS·
2003.

Tuesday

How to Usten and Dooble
Your Influence with Others.

Wednesday

6

24
CrltJcal Care Medicine
Confonnce

~·~u=~,!:!~~t

of Surgery. 02, Scotcherd Hall,

8uffal0 Gonerol Hospital. 9-10

of Medkine, OepL of Medicine

and PCCM.

lluslnessWortuhop

June
In - ··· 2Sth
AnnlvenorJ
The 25th june In - . . ,

Brvwn-a.g Vlcloo -

a.m. Freo. Sponsored by School

Wednesday

7
_
_,
In-···

-...a.g Vlcloo -

June

2Sth

~..::i!..:!"ed~ning

How to Ust~ and Double
Your Influence with Others.
730 Kimball Tower. Noon-1

Empire State Development

~~~~~~For

An E""ni~ with Philip Glass.
Student Umon Theatre. 1 p.m.
S18, S7. Sponsored by Dept of
Music. For more information,

rn&lt;&gt;re information, 645·2003.

645-2921 .

Friday, June

Thunday

Principles of Leon

Center, 27S Oak St, llufllolo. 8
a.m.-5 p.m. $250. Sponsored by

COfP. For more information,

==~~t!r~6
Education Seminar
Caught In the Middle: A
RatiOnole for Improving
Middle School Prac:tko.
Conrad Toepfer, Jr., Dept of
le~mifl$l and Instruction.

Monday

22

public. Sponsored

a·

AniiMnMy

bY the

New Yortt New Musk

Ensemble 6r Friends. Sloo

~:l'fd~~:~~~ate

School of Educotion. For mo&lt;e
information, 645--6642.

2

June In Buffolo's 25th

~ro~~: ~lsa-~rr:-

Law~

:!'~t!::C"'
Assodlllbl _ . . . ,

UB Law Board of DirKtors

Lies My To~ Tought Mo.

Commencement. Alumni

Arena. 5 p.m. For more

ua Commencement
Medial Honon Program.
Center for the Arts DrarN
Theatre. 10 a.m. For more
informatbn, Dennis A Nadler,
829-2802.

...a PreYentive Medicine. 182

~~ ~t~ t~.!t ~""""information, 645-2921 .

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                    <text>PAGE 2

Q&amp;A: Tim Mattulke reports
on sua:e:ss ofSPIR program

PAGE6

PAG!

s Joseph Jzzo authors advisory
that redefines hypertension

CN.N

atUB
First Lady Hillary Rodham
Clinton speaks to an
.audience at UB during a live
town meeting aired on
CNN and hosted by Woij
Blit2er (left) about her views
as a candidate in the U.S.
Senate race in New York
State (see photo collage on
page 3).

Senate hears athletics budget report
Committee finds concern about athletics sapping academic resources "unfounded"
I

McGINNIS

By MAltA

gan preparing it.

Reporter Assistant Editor

T

HE widespread
about athletics
resources from
demi c units

concern
sappi ng
the aca''see ms

largely unfounded" since only S4.4
million of the athletics S10.2 million
budget comes fro m the state and
most of it is returned indirectly to
the campus through division-gen·
crated grants-i n -aid, a Faculty Senate committee reported at a meet ing of the full Senate on Tuesday.
Frank Cerny, professor and chair
of the Department of Physical
Therapy, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, and chair of the senate's Committee o n Athletics and Recreation ,
presented the report, noting that he
had been a' .. skeptic" before he be-

"I coached in the Big 10 and saw
the corruption that went on there,"
said Cern y. "J didn 't want to set" UD
develop that mentality."
But after meeting with admim!)·
trators 10 the Division of Athletic~
(DOA ). Cerny said he was con ·
vi nced that UB's move to Division
1- A was a realistic, affordable initiative and that the un iversiry couiJ
compete at that level.
HOweve r, he did note th at the
DOA must "do a better job ol com
municating with its va riow publics."
The report s tat e~ that "continu ed
openness in the budgetary proces~
should be sufficient to satisfy all but
the most zealous skeptics."
Cerny added that interprctmg the

funding of athleti cs by simply add-

ing the categories in the budget can
be mislead ing. Thirty-five percent
($3.2 million} of the revenue sencrated by DOA comes from studL·nr
fees, while 25 p~rcent (S2.5 mill•on )
IS ge nerated through program n:v
•.:nue, mainly corpora te sponsorsh1ps ($730,000) and ticket sale~
($48.l.OOO J The~ revenues, wh1 ch
co nstnutt&gt; 60 pcn.·ent of the total
budget. dre non · tran,ferahle to
other campu~ umh.
In tht•• n.ogard. thl· rcpon argu~
the IXJA 1!&lt;- no lhfferent from J1.J ·
Jcnm: umt-. acros.' the campu!o n:
~ pon si bk for g~.·m:ratmg !&gt;uflil'll'llt
resource:-. to JU.Sttfy 1ts sta te allocat1on
llowC\·e r, the rt·port also n:veah
that tht· OOA tn(urrl'll ,m accumu
latl•d ddiCJ t of apprmamatelv $J.5
milium during the transiuon fmm

D1vision Ill to Div ision I ( 19922000 ). Senior V1ce President Rl)ben
Wagner explained that this deficit was
made up with univt"rsity income
fund reimbursable (JFR ) money and
d1d not affect the university's aca dem1 c operating budget. Wagner
addedthat"thebasicinvestmcnthas
been made" m athletics and that he
will begin a process to reimburse the
IFR accou nt over a period of ye3rs..
beginning on 2000-200 I.
Wagner addt"d that the u seo ii~R
mo ne v was a co n ~ idcrauon hudt
mto tht: dt•velopmcnt of the athlet ~~..~ progr.tm from the hcgin nmg.
''\Vc kill'\'. Wt' wcrl' gomg to have lf:R
ddicm. l'h.lt wa!!lthc game plan wc
hcg.1n With, .1nd th at I !' tht• game
plan we fnllnwcll:·
.Contl.......cton~

7

Grant to fund undergraduate research
By PATRICIA DONOVAN
News Services Editor

EBORAH Walters and
joseph Gardella, Jr. of
the College of Ans and
Sciences (CAS) have
been awarded aS 150,000 grant from
the William and Flora Hewletl
Foundation to develop a commu nity- linked interdi scipli nar y re search (CUR) program for undergraduate students at UB.
UB will match the Hewlett Foundation grant , making a to tal of
$300,000 available to fund the new
initiative, say \Va1ters, associate professor of computer science and associate dean for undergraduate edu cation, and Gardella, professor of
chemistry and associate dean for
external affai~.
The goal of the program, accord ing to Walters and Gardella, is to
involve nearly all undergraduates in
multi-semester. interdisciplinary
research activities.
Projects will be developed and

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co nductt"d under the di rection of
both faculty members and the personnel of fo r-profit and non-profit
corporations and agencies in \&lt;Vestern New York. TheywiU be designed
to enhance undergraduate learning
and benefit the research needs of a
broad range of community group~.
\·\laltcrs sa)'S the program will he
strudured to operate without incurring additional costs. Parti cipating
for-profit co rp orations that will
benefit from the sc n ·icc: will he
charged a fee, , ..:hich \viii be ust"d tn
cover the cost ofthl· program.
The program is one of I 0 tx·mg
funded thi s yea r by the Hewll'll
Foundation through an mit iatJ vc
whosepur:pose i.s toenhanccgener.tlcdurntion programs at research un1 vcrsities. UB already offers a numht:r
of research-based courses on thl~ un dergraduate level in C '\S, as well as
in many of the university's professional schools. But the Hewlett grant
will pcmllt the development of many

thl' mvolvemcnt ol Sc:\'t'r,,J thousand
undcrgraduall· 'tudcnt~.
W.1her~ JnJ G.trddla SJ.~ thl· p rt ~
gram has ut hl·r bcndit!o a!&gt; wdl. It
wi ll pl·r mlt pa rti cipa ting fa~.ult,·
member!&gt; to spend more timt' super
vi..; in g studi..·nt resf.•;m:h withou t in
. : reasing tht:lr own '"orkJuad. And
11 can serve a~ a rccruitmt:nt tool.
"We know fro m past c:xpencn..::c
th.ll .J..: tJ ve lea rning throu gh re.tl world rcsc&lt;lrch has ah V&lt;t)"o enncht·J
the edu~.atlun of pa rticipating 1\t u
dents. rcga rdJes.o.; uf wh1ch ~ool ur
departments sponsor the projel·t:·
Wa hl'rs sar~ "UB Jlrt.'ady conducts ..::ummu nlt)'· ba!&gt;ed rl·sea rch programs
through o ur G radua te School of
Educa tio n and the schools of Medi ci ne and Biomedical Sciences, Nursing. Pharmacy, Health Related P~ofess ions, Engineering and Applied
Sciences, lnfonnation Studies, Social Work, Architecture and Planning, and other professional schools.
more such programs and ultimately. \
"Although these may be more vis-

thle and more lam!l1dr to the puhhl
than thO!ol' cunJ ucted h) thr: hu ·
mJilltl~ dcpJrtment!'o 111 CA~. wt·
5p&lt;lfh(lf m.Jny(ommunll\' rt"C'&lt;trlh
p rogram~ as wd l," shl· !MIY:&gt;.
Walter. citl'S e•Wimnmcntal aud11.'
lo nducted on ht·half of Ultnmunll\
l'ntltl&lt;.':l hy tht· ( :AS lnterdt ~lp ltnan
Program in tht· ~&gt;etJI ~ll'IKe, , .b
well .1~ the hbtOf)' dep.trtmcnt '~ Ln
dustnal hcntagt.• and mam or.U ·hl!\
tory projt"Cts that colk1.·t Jnd .:a1.1
luguc primarv hlloiUfh.~ al rt·sr:arlh
matcnals.
O nlint&gt; chtldhood cancc1 edu.:a ·
t1on-and*mformat1on prnJt:C'-" Ini ti ated b)' the L&gt;epartment of Arl wuh
the Graduate School of Educat1on,
Kaleida Health's Children's Hospual
and Roswell Park Cancer lnstnut t.'
and maintained by UB continue- to
help hundreds of child cancer pa
tients, their families. schools and
friends understand and artiCu lat e
their feelings about dealing with the
disease and its treatment.

�BRIEFLY

tunqw.ldl-..
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11m Mattulke, director of business development for the UB Business

Doniell.~ ... first-ploce honOI'IIn "'" 21•

Alliance, serves as project manager for the local branch of the Strategic
Partnership for Industrial Resurgence (SPIR). SPIR is based in the Scbool of Engineering and Applied Sciences and administered by the UB Business Alliance.

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lriY&lt;!nlty """"""*¥ during "'"

What Is SPIR7

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The SPIR program was established
by the State of New York in 1994
to assist small and medium-sized
manufacturing companies. SPIR
funding is available to qualifying
companies for projects that need

organized ~for""""'*
motely 2,so0 residenu halldents and faculty members

research-and -development suppan and technological depth ,such
as new-product development,
product redesign/enhancement,

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Tho IGidemlcgMn
In honor a/"'" Nlncy Welch,

"'"Iormorcoordlnoa/ CMson

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COiege.

tor

Sondberg- honon!d for
effort to educ.to rosidonuhall
oboUt sexually

through his wort With lhe UB

Aids Coolitlon.
Tied for second-ploce han-

round-

on ~ Morie L Bolfo..- for her
"Experience Jopan"
discussion between Americon
students who ' - studied in

Japan and J - students
studying It UB, ond Toldyoh N.
Amln ond Winter Wilson for
their "Bruklng lhe 8orriers:
Deconstructing Roce in
America"~.

-

Douglos ond Rk:hord

third-flloce hantheir._

Porcaro -

on for
progrom
ror young trid&lt;-&lt;&gt;r.-tonln
Clement Hoi.
monlion wall to
julie M. Fahey for her~
preentotion "!)~.

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"Business Days 2000"
to be held In June
"Business Ooys 2000," sponsored by lJrMnlt)ls.Mce. ... be held tune 27
and 211n 11w c..- for 111e
Arts on lhe aompus.
Higllll91tJ a/ the two&lt;lly

prognom ... preoro.
tions on cumnt business topics,
•

guest~ odlhsllng

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mor In the~
motion -~by...:h

charged with providing o utreach to
industry as a portion of the SPIR
program, on behalf of the UB ~gi ­
neering school Established 13 years
ago, TCIE, now a pan of the UB
Business Alliance, acts as the pri·
mary point of access through which
industry can access UB resources.
TCIE provides contracted services,
including business translation,
R&amp;D, testing, ISO/QS9000, plant
layout, ergonomics, marketing,
strategic planning and training and
workforce developmenL

program has assisted '!'Ore than
250 local companies with more
than 250 projects and is respon·
sible for creating more th,an 1,500
jobs and retaining more than 6,500
in the Western New York ai'ea.

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Over the past six years, a variety
of projects have been funded
through the SPlR program that
and/or process-improvement achave allowed the u.oiversity to
tivities. The local projects funded
showcase the expertise of various
by SPIR have been overwhelmingly
departments within the UB engi·
successful due to the knowledge "-does SPIR fit In -.o US's
neering school. Among the
and resources driving the projects. publk-senke mission?
projects is work by Wayne AnderSPIR resou rces include fa.culty, This program provides an oppor· son of the Department of Electri·
staff, facilities .{d students of the tunity for a small to medium-sized
cal Engineering with ObmCraft.
UB School of Engineering and manufacturer to supplement its
·Inc. That project helped
Applied Sciences. Qualifying com· . R&amp;D capabilities with the exper·
OhmCraft to espand its current
panies can receive up to 50 percent lise ofUB's engineering resources. production line, improve produce
of the cost of the UB personnel and The mission.Pfthe UB Business AI·
tion and better evaluate the perfacilities involved in the project liana&gt;-which administers SPIRformance of its products. With
and must meet at least one of the ·
is to motivate and assist industry nearly $1,000 in supp&lt;irt from the
following criteria. A5 a direct result to develop people, introduce and SPIR team headed by Anderson,
of SPIR assistance, a company utilize new technologies, improve
OhmCraft was able to create 10
must experience retention of business practices, and modernize new jobs, retain 25 other jobs and
manufacturing jobs, creatjon of product, process and facilities. We
realize a sales increase of
manufacturing jobs or an increase believe that the UB Business' Alii· $500,000. For its work on this
in sales over the next lliree years.
ance can provide a critical engine project, SPIR received a "Project
" - Is SPIR dlffeRJ~t from The for improved economic health and of the Year" award in the area of
Center for lndustrlal Effectiveprosperity in Western New York, technical transfer from the Naness?
resulting in a world-class base of tional Association of Management and Technjcal Assistance
SP1R is a state-funded program business.
Centers {NAMTAC).
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the success of this reg.ion .
Rebecca Landy. chief operating
officer for the UB Business AJ.
fiance, reports a Dgniiicant "uptick" in industry in Western
New York. Coinpani.S such as
Quebecor, American Axle &amp;
Manufacturing and OhmCraft,
among others, are examples of
industry investing in Western
New York, both in terms of
capital and espanded employmenL The allianu has been in·
valved with.thtse companies
over the past six years and has
actively supponed their transi·
tion from previously tenuou:
employment situations to the
strong, vibrant industry that
these companies have transformed to. Areas l.iko the Silicon Valley and Boston are
closely linked to their major re. search unjversities and those
universities are dearly pan of
the regional economic devdopment engine. UB can and will
be able to do this for New York.
Through the resources of thqse
four SUNY engineering pro·
grams, SPIR can assist in the revitalization and redirection of
New York State industry by
moving it toward an economy
based on technical knowledge
and the development of new
technologies.

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Bernstein's new book attracts critical a€daim m
Publishers Review calls the language poet's latest work one of"outstanding quality"
By PATRICIA DONOVAN

News SefVlces Editor

A

new book of old work

Qy Charles Bernstein,

David GrayChairofPoetry and one of the great
irony producers of our age, is get·
ting rave reviews from the national
literary community.
No surprise here. For those whose
peculiar avocation it is to smack
units of meaning around like croquet balls, Bernstein is patron saint
and leader of the band.
Bernstein is dangerous, culturally
speaking. because he challenges
some of our most basic and deeply
held assumptions, the ones that hold
together the massive assumptions
most of us hold about what is good,
what we really value and the roots
of that knowing.
He is a subversive who "always
manages to find the furthest reaches
of any norms of'good taste,' creating a poetics that reveals the social
codes hirung behind all the poetry's
tropes and forms... writes an admiring critic, citing the famous 1990
Bernstein collection whose title is
one of the most engagingly sardonic
in postmodemity: "The Absent Fa·
ther in 'Dwribo:"
Lately, however, it is Bernstein's
"Republics of Reality: 1975-199S"\
that is attracting critical attention.

-_....of the....._-""

America, his lingo 20th·
century American. It
ranges from advenising
cant and technobabble to
high prose, sales pitch
and TV dialogue.
Bernstein once
was called "an irnaginatM
mensch who fruitfuUy
complicates poetry." For
· reasons having to do with
his complications, he stars
among amni-garrk writers, but remains an dusive
figure among the unbaptiied. In fact, Bernstein·

the-poet could tum the
average joe into a selfA collection of his ~lings that have doubting bead-scratcher adrift in a
not appeared in any of his previous sea of black tunlenecks, something
break-through volumes, it recently Bernstein-the-person rarely does.
was published by Sun &amp; Moon Press
For language poets ~ost every·
and was called, in the March 27 is· thing i.s, in some sense, a coded
sue of Publishers Review, a book of poem and Bernstein burrows into
"outstanding quality."
the cultural strata at a deeply subThe unattribu~ed review calls terranean level, cracking our cryp""Bernstein "at once the most para- tic semiotic system of symbols and
doxically controversial and popular, bringing them into the light where
accessible and most difficult of the they make us gasp or gag.
To many of those who know him
L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets. "He
is also.." it continues, "the writer of at UB, Bernstein is soft-spoken,
that group who strove early on to hard-working, to!ally dependable
experiment with the extremes of its New York-Buffalo commuter,. de·
voted to family and cause, and
newly minted methods."
Comic and bleak in turn, blessed with a dark and sparkly
Bernstein's tenain is 20th-century senseofhumor. For someone as self·
ftnlal

dfaciilg as he is in his collegial life,
his influence is amazingly wide, and
of a kind that inspires original and
fonunate prose in those who write
abouthim.
·
"I find these roiJa,d-genre essays
to be stimulating. energizing, dismantling, inventive, taking the
grounds of •a poetics' into a
newfoundland of play, risk, and sty·
listie mixture," writes untttbered literati Rob Wilson of a Bernstein col·
lection in one of his 31 unrequited
reviews for Amazon.com.
Wilson continues: "Sinatra did it
'my
Chrles Bernstein {lik&lt;
a zanier Bob Dylan watching a Marx
Brothers movie while reading
Deleuze and composing the Greenwidl Village Joe Hill Blues on a used
mouth harp} did it his, and "official
""""'culture" in the United States will
never be the smug same old poesy
again. Not for those whose version
.s.&gt;f pastoral is still made of petunia
Bowers, tylanol {sic) and sheep."
To read eu:erpts from many of
Bernstein's published poetry and
essays, as well as critical analysis of
his work, and to listen to his public
performancu and hear interviews
with the writer taped at various venues, connect to the Electronic fu.
etryCenter sitedewted to Bernstein
at &lt;http://wloop.-alo.- /

war: aoo

opc/~/loenomlft/&gt;.

�May 4,11HII/Yol Jl.lo.30

Faculty gets the big picture
Greiner reports to FSEC on fUture· budget and priorities
By MAliA ~s
R&lt;pOrtrr Assistant Ect;tor

ances by eliminating the saviJl&amp;&lt; factor previously required of all units.

He showed that in 1994, the student/
faculty ratio was about 13.38 and that

( ( RE-ESTABLISH ING the primacy
ofourreoearchand
graduate-education mission" is an "w-gent priority"
fortheuni-..rsity,I'RsidentWilliam
R. Greiner told the Faculty Senate
ExecutiveCommitteeatitsApril26

Greinernotedthattore-establish
research and graduate-education
missions,theunivmitywillhaveto
focus on quality-rather than the
quantity-when it comes to doctoral programs, and focus on in creasing sponsored-program funding and increasing enrollment in
master's-degree programs.
Dennis Malone, SUNY DistinguishedSpviceProfessorin the Departmmt of Electrical Engineering.
told Greiner that he agreed with the
initiativetoincreasesponsoredprograms. but asked how it was possible
without hiring new " bright-eyed,
bushy-tailed faculty."
" It can't all he done with new fac ulty," said Greiner, adding that the
universitymustgenerateinvestment
funds to achieve budget stability.
He also outlined some* issues
about the financial realities that have
facedtheunivmityinthelast IOycus.
beginning with the change in the
SUNY and UB revenue mix. He a plained that in 1988-89, tuitioo made
up9pen:mtnfSUNY'si'I'Yellue. while
tax support counted for 53 pen:mL
But by 1998-99-10 years later-tax
support had decnased to 34 pen:mt,
while tuition revenue increased to 12
percent, which, Greiner said, shows
how student funding of the operl.tingcostsofthecampushasinaeased..
Using graphs, Greiner also explained that faculty FrE growth has
followed the changes in enrollment

it increased to 13.92 in 1999. Hew....-, the lOI3l number of faculty has
declined slightly in that time. from
1,58310 1,537.
He also touched on the changing
facultymix;shawingasignificaotincrease in non-tenure-track fuculty
comparedtoadecnasingnumberof ·
tenured and tenure-track faculty
since199&amp;-&lt;!trend,henoted, thatis
not unique to UB. He also demonstrated that in the past I 0 years. the
only two units that have seen an increase in faculty FTE are the Law
School and theSchoolnfSocial'M&gt;rk.
Everyotherunithaslostberweenzero
and 93 faculty members. The CoUegc
ofArts and Sciences, according to the
chart, declined by a lOI3l of 17 faculty FTE between 1989 and 1999,
while the School of Medicine and
BiomedicaJ Sciences is down 93.
He also indicated thatthe university overaU has hired a total of 603
new tenured or tenure-track faculty
members since 1989.
Greiner noted some strategic in·
vestments in the past decade made
possibleduetothestatecapital-program initiatives. Among these are
the Center for the Arts, Biomedical
Research Building. Natural Sciences
Complex, new faculty research setups, Mathematics Building. Center
for Comp utational Research, 43
technology-equipped classrooms,
the cybraries,and the Toshiba Stroke
Research Center.

meeting.

.

lnapresentationdesignedtoprovidefacultywitha"big-picturt-" overview of the status of the univmity
and to m'iew the key financial issues
ofthclastdecade,Greinerexplained
some of the priorities driving recent
financial decisions and said he was
optimistic about the 2000-2001 projected budget.
Greiner told FSEC members tliat
thcprojectedbudgetwouldincrease
US's budget by $12.3 million over
last year's to give the university a
total appropriation uf $246.7 milli on for 2000-200 1. This increase
would be made up of a $5.3 million
increase in state tax support and $7
million in additional revenue genera ted by the univer.;ity. He said he
hopesthethespendingplanandallocations will be approved before the
fiscal year begins July I.
The projected budget would fund
fully faculty and staff salary in c reases, whil~ offering a modest
growth in tax support, saidGreiner.
He added that the budget would allow the univer.;ity to begin efforts
to reduce existing structural.imbal-

Grant to help kids stay in school
By C-mNE VIDAL

News Services Editor

T

HE School of Social
Work has received a
$100,000 grant from the
state Education Department to establish with the Buffalo
School Dlstrict a program aimed at
curbing student violence and hdping students stay in school.
The Extended School Day/School
Violence Prevention Program is directed toward students in grades 712 who have been suspended. And
students in middle and high school
are considered to be in the most
danger of being suspended from
school for behavior-management
problems. said Cha.rles Syrns, clinical assistant professor of social work
and director of the program.
Calling it a "useful tool that provides a continuum of care and a
continuum of intervention for atrisk students," Syms said the program is intended to hdp students
wlio have difficulties with their relationships with peer.; and adults.
"This is (or kids who have behavior-management problems. or who
we see st3rting to devdop them, students who are insubordinate to instructors, are defiant, who are threatening or buUying their peers and who
have such a small repertoire of responses that physical means are the
only way they know how to deal with
peer conflict," he said.
The Extended School Day/School
Violence Prevention Program will
be held in Lincoln Academy-School
44, Kensington High School and
Buffalo Alternative High School,
and is open to aU students in the Buf-

falo School District. Schools will
identify and recommend students
teachers and administrators believe
could benefit from the program; participation will bi' voluntary.
The program will be offered in
conjunction with partner agencies
that include the Buffalo Schools. the
Boys and Girls Club of Buffulo and
Erie County, the Bob l.anier Center
and Project Respect. .,set to begin on
Monday, the program will be held
from 3:30-6:30 p.m. weekdays
thmugh the end of the school year,
and is expected to enroll up to60students.
The program has two components: Students in grades 5 and 6 at
Lincoln and high -school students
at Kensington who are identified as
"at ri.slt' for suspension will receive
primary and secondary prevention
int~tion. The Buffalo Alternative site will work with students who
already have been suspended for
violence or violence-related violations of the Buffalo Public School's
Student Code of Conduct.
Intervention will focus on aca dcmicand social skills. Students will
rece:ive either individual tutoring or
instruction in the four co re academic requirements-reading.
math, science and history-and an
ho ur of group counseling focusing
on violence preventio n, mentoring,
social skills, anger management ,
peer-support-group development ,
character and leadership development, educational and career development, and health and life skills.
The program also wiU offer activities to connect the student to community resources that wiU provide

a continuity of care for the student
and family after a return to school
lnstruction and counselin~ will
be provided by Buffalo Board of
Education teachers and social
workers and/or in collaboration
with one of the partner agencies.
Although student violen ce in
school involves a smaU number of
students. Syms said, it is on the in crease, as are student suspensions.
Between September 1997 a nd
}anuaty 2000, the Buffalo School District r&lt;eonled204 incidents ofviolena
and assault by students in all grade
levels against teachers. administrator.; and other adults in the schools.
During the same time period, I J29
formal suspensions occurred
ln particular, suspensions are up
among students in grades 7-9, where
8.9 percent of that age gmup has been
suspended for serious offenses. such
as fighting, physical coin act with
school personnd, threatening school
personnel or possession or use of a
knife or weapon.
The Extended School Day/School
Violence Prevention Program provides students with a break from
problems that provoked their suspension, as well as instruction in
other methods of dealing with their
frustrations, Syms said.
It also provides a more appealing
way of keeping up with their school work. Currently. suspended students
receive two hours of in -home in struction daily. which can add to
feelings of isolation.
The program allows students to
continue to have contact with other
st udents and teach ers ... It just
makes ~ore sense," Syms said.

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CISP formalizes grant
application process

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The Council on lntem•tlonal Studies and Programs (CISP ), a
committee of fa culty memt&gt;ers that advises th~ provost on intern&lt;ftional activities and programs at UB, has annou nced the introduc·
tion of new procedures that will formalize and regularize the C ISP
competitive grants program for the academic year 2000-200 1.
The council will provide gr3nts of up to S5QO to supplement fund ing received from the primary sponsor of an event, activity, pro·
gram or project that supports &lt;?n-c.ampus international events and
activities to take place during the 2000-2001.
John Wood, council secretary, Engljsh Language Institute, says the
council expects to make awards for the 2000-200 1 grant cycle in September, February and April. Grants may not be used retroactively.
Events and activities eligible for the grants indude o n -campus
international cultural even ts; vis iting speakers who present in a public fo rum on an international topic o f broad interest, and international con fere nces, semma rs or coll oquia and research prOJects with
a significant international dtmension .
Recent UB activities that received funding suppo rt from C ISP
grants indude th e Conference on African Art. R11ual and Relig1o n ;
master classes and perfo rm a nces of Indian dass1cal dance by Pandlt
Jagd ish Gangani ; UB Women's C lub Interna ti onal Committee ac tivities on behalf of international stud ents; the mternational con
fcrence .. C rossing Bo undaries: Ge rman and American Experience'
with the Exclusion and Inclusion of Minorities,"' and the interna tional film festival ..About Women ...
Applica tions must be complete. meet stated en lena and mclude a
line-item budget, and mu st be recc:1ved by the deadline st ipulated
for each funding period-Sept. I , 2000 and Feb. I and April t , 200 I .
Fu rther informatio n and an application form are available at &lt; h ttp: /
/ wlngs.buft.lo.edu/ academ lc / provost / lntl/dspgr ant.htm l&gt;
o r in the Office of Int ernational Education, 411 Ca pen Hall. Ques ·
tions ma y be directed t o John Wood at 645 -2077 o r
&lt;jjwood@buffalo.edu &gt;.

Foundations support signal
expansion of WBFO repeater
WBFO &amp;8.7 FM. a National Public Radio affiliat~ and a major pub·
lie service of UB, has received g rants totaling $55,000 from three
foundations to support the expansion and improvement of the sig nal of WUBJ 88.1 FM , its repeater station serv ing the people of
Jamestown and C ha utauqua County.
The stati on has received a $25.000 grant from the Ralph C.
Sheldon Foundation, a S20,000 grant from the Hultquist Foun·
dation and a $10,000 g rant from the Johnson Foundation.
~ "These generous grants wiiJ help us bring guality radio to
•i
a much larger segment of the people of Jam estown and
"~ Chautauqua County, and will further ~nhance the cultural va ·
~~ tality of this great region of the state," said Carole Smith Petro.
~~ associate vice president for universit y services and WBFO 's
t. ) acting gene ral manager.
V
The station is in the process of seeking additional commu
nit y and foundation suppo rt to finan ce the $133,000 project.
which could be comp leted by late fall if sufficient funds are raised.
The JlfOjcct to expand its signal will involve moving the WUBI
transmitter to a more centra l locatio n and increa!ting it s power ap ·
proximately seven -fold.
The signal will be extended to reach a potential audience of 90,000
in Mayville , Chautauqua , Cassa daga, Sinclairville, Brocton and
Panama in New York and Sugar Grove and o ther areas in north ·
western Pennsylvania.
The signal strength will improve throughout the present sen•1cc
area in and aro und Jamestow n, with im provements particularly noticeable around C hautauqua Lake. There will be a greatly improved
signal in the area along Lake Erie from Westfield to Fredonia, which
will receive a secondary area signal for the.· first time .

{j

Emeritus Center to recognize
93 member for 3,400 hours
of volunteer service to UB
Ninety-t h ree m embe rs of the Emeritus Cent er will be recoglli Zt'd
for more than 3,400 hours of volunteer university service performed
during the past year during the lOth annual Retired Employee Vol
unteers-U niversity Program ( REV- UP ) rec.gnition ce remonv anJ
reception , to be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
The event wiU be held during a meeting of Ementus Center mc.· m
bcrs in the South Lounge of Goodyear Hall on the South Ca mpu ~
Since the start of the REV-UP program in 1990. Emeritus (~ c.·n tc.·r vol
unteers have provided more than 30,000 ho urs of umvers1tv ~rv11..e
The recognition ceremony. which will feature remarks hy Su~an
M. Hough , ass istant vice president for Human Resource Sc-rvKe!t.
will include representatives of the 27 university departmenb that
have benefited from REV-UP.

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UB was a hotbed of activity lui. . _ t as the ..-sky '-eel 1 ~ town
meeting with First Lldy IOd U.S. Senate ~ Hlllry Rodhlm Clinton on
April 26.

The meeting, "The New York SeNte bee: A. Ute Editlo&lt;) Town Meeting, • was
moderated by CNN "Ute EditiOn• host IOd UB olumnus Wolllllitzer.
A CNN Uf!W descended on the Ellicott Complex on April24. The )AM Keeler
Room became the networi&lt;'s base of operations lor thlft days os creN members-with much help from the UB Office of Conferences and Special Events ond
the Division of Student Affairs-prepared the Katharine Cornett The•tre lor the
hour-tong broadcast.
Reporters from all three ol the Nf!W York Oty dally newspapers attended the
meeting, as ~I as writers from such national news or~s as The Wash·
ington Post, The Boston G~. Reuters and the Associoted Press.
Clinton tool&lt; questions from the audience, which wos comprised ol·registered
New York Stolt voters, including UB students, IKulty and staff, and member&gt; o1
the Western Nf!W York community.
Although the broadust ended at 11 p .m., Clinton continued to toke questions
from the audience lor another 40 minutes.
Photos w.re token by Fronk Ml/lff, photographer in the Office of Publications.

(Top) CNN penonnel conduct a rehearsal hours before the actual town meeting. (- ) llrhty
Faulhaber, a freshman moJoo1ng In technical theater, adjusts the lighting In the c...- Theatre.

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CNN staffen prepoo,. to Iuong the CNH ond
(top). The pnss room In Fllf9o Lounge
were traveling with Clinton (•boYe) .

u• logos ln. the theatre

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(Left) Hillary Clinton

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befo.. the

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ckntng the town nlfttlng. Associated Press photographer Jim McKnight records the K ene (right).

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Hypertension rede~ed
Izzo urges using systolic reading rather than diastolic
By LOIS 11A1W1
News Services Editor

YSTOLIC blood pressure,
1M first-or higher-number in a blood-press ure
reading, is the important
factor in determining whether a person has hypertension, experts state
in a new National Insti tut es of
Health-sponsored dinical advisory
statement· released today.
Traditionally, diastoUc blood pressure, the second or lower number,
was thought to be more imponanL
Joseph 1zzo, UB professor of medicine and pharmacology, and vice
d1air of research for the Department
of Meilicine, is the primary author
of the advisory, which appears in the
May issue of Hypertension.
The document was developed by
the coordinating comminee of the
National High Blood Pressure Education Program, which is part of the
Na tional Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute.
Making systolic blood pressure
the major criterion for diagnosis,
staging and therapeutic manage-

S

ment of hypertension, particularly
in middle-aged and o lder Ameri -

cans, represents "a major paradigm
shift,"the advisory states.'It also calls
fo r more 'rigorous control efforts
and for abolishing the u5e~oof ageadjusted blood -pressure targets.
" Thi ~ shift a ffec ts 25 milli o n
people in th e United States whose
live s can be improv~d by th('
change," Jzzo said.
Specifically, th(' new r(.'C()mmcndations are:

• Systolic blood pressure should
become the prindpal clinicaJ end point for detection, t"Valuation and

treatment ofhypertcnsion,especially
in middle-aged and older Americans.

• Blood pressure should be maintained below 140/90 mmHg
throughout one's lifetime; above this
level, early therapy is essential to
prot&lt;ct against organ damage.
• More stringent blood-pressure
control is necessary in persons with
high-risk conditions: hypertensive
patients with diabetes should keep
their blood below 135/85 mmHg
and persons with renal or heart fail ure should reduce their bl&lt;J!XI pressure to the lowest level possible.

kidney failure. It is dear that lowering systolic pressuu is associated
with better outcomes in cardiovascular and renal disease.
..Systolic hypertension interacts
with other ·major risk factors, such
as high cholesterol and diabetes,
which also incr('ase with age. to

ampUfy the age-related risk of car·
diovascular events."'
Isolated systolic hypertension is
the most common form of hyper·
t~nsion and is present in about twothirds of people over the age of 60

with diagnosed high blood pressure,
he said. Isolated systolic hypertension is defined as systolic pressure
at or above 140 mm/Hg and diastoUc under 90 mm/Hg.
Treating isolated systoUc hypertension reduces the incidence of

stroU, heart attack, heart failure and
kidney failure, as well as reducing
overall b rdiovascular disea.R-re·

• Age-adjusted blood-pressure
targets are inappropriate, including
the unsubstantiated but persistent
clinical folklore that " 100-+-yourage" is an acceptable systolic bloodpressure level
SystoUc blood pressure represents
the maximum force exerted by the
heart against the blood vessels during the heart's pumping phase. Diastolic pres.~ ure is the resting pressure during th e..· heart's relaxation

phase. The defining systolic number
is 140: A higher measurement indi cates a need for blood-pressu re re·
duction through drugs o r lifesty le

change.
lzzo said much evidence points to
systolic pressure as the critical factor in determining the risk of hea rt

disease. "For example. systolic hypen·ension is the most prevalen t risk
fa ctor in heart failure, stroke and_

lated sickness and death.
Using diastoUc blood pressure to
define hypertensio n in persons

middle-aged and older actually misrepresents the risk of poten!ial heart
problems, lzzo said. ·s~toUc blood
pressure increases steadily with age
in industrialized Western societies,
whereas diastolic blood pressure in ~
creases until abou t age 55 and th en
declines. So if1 older persons, diastolic blood prl"SSure i) inverS('Iy related to ca rdiovascular risk."
Additional authors on the stud}
are Daniel Levy, directo r of the
Framingham Heart Study o f th e
National Hea rt , Lung and Blood
Institute, and Henry R. Black, Roberts Professor and chair of the Department of Preventive Med icine,
and associate vice-president for research at Rush - Presb)• terian -St.
Luke's MedicaJ Center in Chicago.

Grant
Conu.-..1 ~pap 1

"Our departm~ntal community

research programs in anthropology,
geology and archaeology have ex plored the physical and cultural history of our region, ascenained the
importance of our physical artifacts,
our geology and geography, and
applied current science in ways that
have assisted Western New York
community entities from police departments and native tribal groups
to preservationist and environmen tal org:nizations." Walters says.

"These programs deeply enrich
the educational experience of many
UB students and, we hope, will encourage more students to enroU in
research universities I~ ours. which
are the only institutions of higher
education able to offer programs of

this kind."
She emphasizes that the CUR
projects wiJI be or:ganiz.ed as courses

"taught" as part of faculty members'
no rmal instructio nal load, adding
that this should increase the num·
ber of faculty able to participate in
the program. Supervisory assistance
by communit }' participants and
graduate students will free fucuhy
members to pursue grea ter and
more direct instructional contact
with students.
Walters points out that since un dergraduates will participate for
mort than one semester, retUrning

students will be able to coach and
mentor new participants.
And through research projects df-

Buffalo News. Another idea that has

undergraduate courses.
'' In fact," she says, " in so me w.tys,
Jhis initiative may have broader ap·
peal to industry and com mun it)'
groups than do interruhi ps because
they invo lve lower person nel costs
than do imernships that req uire
one-on-one supervision. C UR pro·
grams aJso may allay employer mi ~­
givings tha t , in som e cases, th e
length of an internship is too short
for maximum educational impact.

been proposed, Walters says. in·
volves a vast coUection of stereotypi-

"In th e CUR programs. we' ll
lengthen the learning curve by involv-

cal Civil War images held in the col-

ing teams of students, incl uding rt~ ­
sea rch-experien ced graduatt' stu ·
dents. over the course of several sc
mestcrs. Th is approach.'' explains
\Valters. '' will provide studenl!t wi th
lengthier. on-site rxpent.•nccs and en ·
able them to learn to work effc.x1.1vd v
as m e mbc~ of a work group, t'"\'en a."
they devdop practi..:al, cost-df«tl\'t'
so lut ion~ to rral-"';orld p rohlc m ~."
Wo rking wit h un iversit)' t ea m ~
and m c mh~: rll- of the communll v.
she sars. al!:&gt;tl wd l rt~quire st uden t'
to devt'lo p profiut.·nt.\' m wn tt t·n
and nr.1 l LOmm un~o.:a tHlll .
racu lt }. s tudt.·n t ~. statf .tnd rltcm
ht.'r) of tht• commu111t y m.l)' suggt.--st
projects to the C UR team via email
to &lt;. walt e r s@buffalo.edu &gt; or
&lt; gardella@ac su.buffal o .edu &gt;.

fiUated with local service organiutions, stud~nts will participate in

scholarly iJMStigations that have puhUc-policy impUcations, she explains.
Gardella notes that one project already being planned involves stu ·
dents assisting in the development
of BuffaJo.com, the Web site of n1 t&gt;

lection of the form er Viewmaster
Corp. , now owned by Fisher Price.

"These need to be made available
for use by historians, art historians
an d media artists, among o thers,
and this offers o ur studen ts an important object lesson in identi fyi ng
and cataloguing primary histo rical
research materials.
"The class ics depa rtment ," she
adds, " is interested in its student!»
helping to asses.~ and catalogue the

Roman art holdings of the Buffalo
and Erie Counl'y Historical Sociel)'
and the suggestions have just begun
to come in.
"These research projects will tlot
be the same as internships. and we

need to darify that point," Walters
says. "They will be supervised research programs anached to specific

Write "CLI R Project Proposal"in the
subject line.
\

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Summer fun on the Web

Cl

As the spring semester doses , W(' look forward to another summer rich with Western N~w York events and festiva1s. Last year's Elec tronic Highwa ys co lu mn "S ummer C lick s In " &lt; http :/ 1
www.buffalo.edu / reporter/ Yoi)0/ Yol10n-JO/ eh .html &gt; d is c u s~d some of th ~ area's cultural happenings and insti tutio ns. The
addresses fo r the Web sites mentioned 111 that column are still va lid
as of thi s writ ing; here a re some addi ti o nal Sites to help yo u choO!tt'
you r su mmer's worth o f activities.
Buffa1o.com &lt; http:/ / www.buffalo.com/ Arts_Entertalnment/
FestivalsEYenb_17.asp&gt; provides links to some of th e mo re pronu
nent regional evenb and a ttract10m. One connt."Ctlo n. A Taste of
Buffalo &lt;http:/ / TASTEOFBUFFALO .com / &gt; . being held July 8-9,"
th e second -largest food festi va l in the United States. More th an 150
restau rants offer samples of th e1r c u1~1ne t hroughoUithe downtown
a r~a. alo ng with staged e nt~rtamm ent and children ·s act1vuies. The
ho mepage includes dc:scriptio ns and piCtu res of th e festival, and a
more deta iled sc hedule for th1s year will be forth commg. Also. the
Canal Fest of the Tonawandas will take pl ace July 16-.2.3 1n North
Tonawanda. Its Web site &lt; http:/ / www.CANALFE.ST.org / &gt; fea turt.·s
a schedule and history of th e (estlv.JI, which draws up tu 300,000
people every y('ar.
If yo u connect to I Love New York &lt; http:/ / lloYeny.state.ny.tu •.
cl ick first o n .. Evenh·· on th e menu un th e left of the )!C reen, .1nJ
th en check on " Fai rs/hs uvals"'-Qr any of th e 28 t h o1ce~ on the h ~t
Nar row the sea rch reg1onall y b)' choosing "G reater Niaga ra " from
the pu lld own menu below. You w11l ret neve dates and bnef de~(np
tions of upco ming even ts, such as th e Juneteenth Fc~tJvai.Jnd ~(01
tish Festival, and co ntact info rm ation for each .
From the opening page of the Ya hoo Entertainment &lt;. ~u1de &lt;http:/
/ gulde.yahoo .com &gt; you can type .. Buffalo" 111 the box la helcd "Z1r
Code o r Ci ty" and retrieve a weekly hstmg of· loc.tl actiVIties a nd
(.'vent s. Thi s site is an idea l one to bookma rk for future rrfaence to
.Jctivilles thro ughout t he upcomi ng months-a handy up -to dat e
events ca lendar for another enjoya ble summer in \\·b tern N&lt;·w YnrJ...
l-or ciSSI:ltWIC£' m mle( t ntj! to tilt· \ Vorld \Vult' \Vd1 \'Ill L'B compuu•r

accouuts, conttJCI tlrf' Complltmg t.(·tltcr Help IJesJ.. nt 6-15-35-12.

-Deborah

Hu~ted

Koshlnsky and Richard McRae. Umvf'rStty

Vbror~es

BrieO
Students receive art awards
Eight students in the Department of Art have received 1999-2000
depa rtment al awards for their work.
Kari sa Ce nt annt, a IUillor m th e photography BFA prog ram , wa:.
selec ted br t ht~ art depa rt ment to rec~ive the Rumsey Awa rd .
Estahl1 shi..· d throu gh th e genaoll it y o f Buffalo pai nter Evelrn
Rumser Lord. the aw.~rd 1s to be used fo r travel for art isti c and per
~o nal enrichment or for tuition a:.:.lllt.Jnce for a summer stu dio art
prog ram o utsldt• UR.
Centanni will use the S2.500 .1wa rJ tn return tu Rus:-1a, where she
spen t two semestc..·r) Ia ~ I year.
Ro~ea nn e Laza r, a jun io r m the patntm~ (O nccn t rauon , ha.""t rl'·
ccived the Sally Hoskin s Potenza Mt.·morial Sc holars h1p. Th e Potenl.J
sc ho la rship was cstahlishf.d by tht• famil r o f Sall y Potl"n 7a. \\•ho \\'3~
.1 prom1sing yo un g pamter pursumg graduate stud 1es 111 tht• UB an
department at the t1me of her d ea th .
Ma tth c.·. w QUirk, a BI·A ca ndt da tc 111 the pamtmg. concentrall on.
was )elected to rl"(t:IW th e Philip C and Virginia C uthht.-rl Elli o tt
P.unt1ng Scholarslup.
T ht• sch o larshtp was established \\'tth .1 gr.1nt from \'1rg1n1.t
l. uthbc rt Elliott . Slw and her l.ue husband , Ph ilip &lt;... El lio tt. )(' f\'t'd
lor 30 yea rs 3) art 1sb .m d ;ut educa tor:. m Western Nt.•w York.
Hrianna Sy lver. a Jllmo r Ill th e communu.. a t! Oil deMgn program, 1.,
tht ) )'C"a r') rc:ci pH:nt of the )uliu!l Bloom ~1rmon a l ~cho l a r~hip for
exccll(.•nce 111 typographh. studv.
Toby Bloom ~chod lko pl C)ltahhllht·d tht· Blo . .,m ~\."hnl.Jr)htp m
ml"moq· of her fa th er. who worked lor )!Cveral ,...-c ii -J...nown pnntmg
(o mpan ies, had a l1fdlHl g lnt ert'l&gt;l lll th e tvpograph1 1.. art ...tnd hdpt~J
orga nl zt• the fi r)l tntanatumal .. onfnt.'nl.c llf t vpogr.tph~t... a l .1rh 111
tht• m1d 1960s.
Tull1) J o hn ~o n .1nJ ~.tr.th ~ l ortt'Jt-.tm. huth ~lt \\•hom will ~ r.1 Ju
.J ie th1:. month . art.• th e rl"c iple llt .!&gt; ol tht~ l· u~ cnt' L &lt;. oalt.' J" Pnntmakm~
Aw.mh t.'Stabli sht.•d l.l:-1 war h~· l;all'l'. Ll l~ proft•"'nr l"nll'ntu" o!l.Ollll
'dmg and t.•ducatnmal p.-.rcholog,·.
Jo n Nll chad Hall o . . k. lr .. ..1 IUillor 111 tht• pnntm.JJ...m~ prol{-;Jm . 1'
thl' rl"clpient o l the Eu~t.'llt' L.. t o.ll t.'r 1-.,.l·dll"n .. t· m l&gt;r.1w1n~ Aw.1rJ
1"1ffan}' St.trJ... ..1 BFA .. a nd1d.1te 111 thl· p.Jmtmg pn,~r.lm rl'u·nnl
the Carl E. a nd \'i rgm1.t \\'. Sl' nt t ~ l emnn.1l Aw.ud
Kenn et h (fa rce, a ju n1o r pur)lllll£ ..1 BFA Ill ~ompult.'l ,art . rl-._l" l\ t.•d
th e Dennis Domkowskl Memon.tl s~ho lar !&gt; hip, aw.Jrdt.•d l l) IUI\Iur ..
Ill the co mmun ica tion design o r computt•r art program who )lhn\\
excell ent po tt.·nti al for design. Tht• awa rd was l'Stabhshcd hv Proh.·llsional Co mmuni c ator!~ of Western Nt.·w York.

�6 Reportaa llay4,21DI/Vol31.1tr.Jtl
UB develops virtual-reality glove allowing doctors to store what they feel In patient exam

l&lt; uoos
.Joseph Moslng. """"""

omerituS of psychology, will be

honored by the Americ:on Psychoanalytic Association 1t the
group'111nnuat meeting In Chi-cago May 12. MIJ!Ing has

signed a contrKt with the
American Psychological Auoclatlon forthe 10th Y&lt;&gt;lumo In
the &gt;Ories •Empirical Stud~ of
Psychoonalytlc Theories." Vol·
umo nino of the sorio&gt;-•Psychodynamlc Stucfoos on Sick·
ness and Ho-·-hos just
boon published.

Research goes beyond doctor's
touch
manY

By EllDI .C~UM

Nows Servkes Edotor

doctor's hands are two
of the most important
diagnostic tools he or she
has, allowing the physician to detect subtle signs of disease
or injury just by touching a patienL
Exercising thai expertise has aiways
required the presence of two indi·
viduals in the same physical space al

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the same time: doctor and patient.
Arthur ' -· director of the
Office of New&gt; SeMces, luis
been etected comniuniatiom
chair on the boord of directors
of District II, Council for Ad·

vancement and Support of

Education.
Six momben of the faculty and
professional staff have been
IWildtd honoraJy membenhlp
In the UB Bulls Chopter of the
Natlonal Residence Hall Honorary. NRHH is the honor society
for the top 1 poteen! of res!- ·
donee-hall leaders in the United
Slates and Canada. lloncnry
memben are faculty and Slaff
memben who have contributed
time and effort to the mlclenco
halls ot UB. Six neW honorary
' memben ft
Rtd

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ager. -

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Senate.
tclwoo&lt;IW. -. ~

athletic director a/ recrNilon
and 1ntn1muro1 progmns, and
~otridl Lyons. lntetlm cirwctor
a/ the Office of Ananclol Aid,
received the Friends ol EOI'
Award II the Educotlonll Op-

Until now.
UB researchers arc developing a
system that will allow physicians
to use a new form of virtual reality, called physically based VR.
to store information about what
they are feeling during an exam
and to go back and review it
later after the patient has gone.

With this .. Virtual Human

Model for Medical Applications," physicians will wear a
customized virtual-reality glove
during the patient examination
that collects data on what the

physician is feeling through sen·
sors located in the glove'&gt; fin.
gertips. James Mayrose, doc-

toral candidate in the Department

two to three years to have a device

of mechanical and aerospace engi -

in use that will allow a physician to

neering, a senior designer of the
glove and co-investigator on the
project, is carrying out studies of it
with human subjects at the Erie
County Medical Center.
Thenkurussi Kesavadas, assistant
professor of mechanical and aero-

space engineering, director of UB's

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assislant prot.,...., "Bruno
Schulz: New Documenu and
lnterprmtlens" and

Morgorito VIrgos, aS50Ciate
professor and chair, " LAtin
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VR Lab and lead investigator, explained thai right now, there is no

way that a physician at a second site
· can share in the experience without
personally examining the patienL In
very serious cases. particularly when
a patient has been diagnosed at a

"Our big contnbution is that'""
are writing algorithms to model
how soft tissue Morms as a real
mass, rather than just as a surface.
which is what many groups are cur·
rendy doing. No one els&lt;o is doing
this in real time," said kevin Dlugh,
a doctoral student in mechanical
and aerospace engineering. who is
a co-author on the rese2rch.
"We will be able to touch the
model with a haptic thimble (the
physically based VR counterpart of
a computer mowc) on the screen,
apply the "force,• using a
'haptics' feedback system and
show how it de(omu and then
bounces back when the force is
withdrawn."
The; work is based on a

physicians in a remote location.
They will report on the
progress of their work in July at
the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering in Chicago.

portunity Progrlm's 25th an-

partment of Modem Lonand I.Jto&lt;otures recently
publbhed boob.
Hye-- Chol, oulstont professor, • Optimizing s~
In Conlelrt: Scramblng lnd in,.
formation Structure;" c.rtos
Feof, professor,·y nar(ltlw de Pedro Sollnas, • and
Morfo lleno Cutlbru, assislantJ&gt;&lt;ofessor, •Afborto

As is the cast with
other virtual-reality appUcations for medi·
cine, UB's V'trtual Human Modd
will be rel&lt;vant for training physi·
cians as well.
The UB group rurrently is mod·
eUng on the computer the soft tissue and organs of the human abdomen, using atomic-uni) type modeling that breaks up human tissue
into pieces that each measure no
more than 8mm.
·
The system talo:s as its raw material the V'wble Human Data Set de-

or to share it with consulting

nual- program lnd han·
ors &lt;:OrniOCltlon held April 28.
FiKlllty membefs in the De-

small, rural hospital, for example,
the patient may have to be airlifted
to a more comprd!cnsive medical
facility where he or she can be examined in person.
The VR system under dcvdopmenl al UB could make some of
those costly-not to mention traumatiG-&lt;lirlifts unne&lt;:esSatY·
"Using our customized da1a-collectiongloveandthedt1ailedunder·
standing we are developing about
the physics behind a doctor's touch
during an exam, we expect within

use medical palpation virtually and
in real-time," said Kesavadas

The UB work represents a departure from the usual rout&lt; taken by
researchers studying VR for use in
medical situations, he added.
"Just about everyone who is looking;ll virtual medicine right now is
interested in surgical applications,"
he said.
But those appUcations are many
years away from being realized.
For his part, Kesavadas sees no
reason to wait to reap the benefits

ofVR fOr diagnostics.

veloped by the National Institutes of
Health, which makes available lo
researchers oomplete digitized data
sets of the human body.
Using a very powerful graphics
comp ut er,
the
researchers
"supenample" smaller and smaller
sections of the data set for a given
body part or organ, which enables
them 10 get more and more detailed
pictures of each one, developing increasingly complex equations about
how each tiny section will respond
to applied forces. They then create
layers of these sections, gradually
building the oollection of samples
up into the complete organ.

solid understanding of the
physics behind what happens
when pressure is applied todiffm:nt parU of the human body.
"While the physician is
doing a palpation on a patient,
the computer-through the
VRglove-is picking up all the
information about what anatomic force chaiacteristics the
doctor's finger is feeling," said
Kesavadas.
According to Kesavadas,
only a handful of groups in the
United States are doingatomicunil modeling for an inll!rac·
tive VR environment
"The advantage of our system is
that the physician can store data that
describe and quantify the sensation
he is feeling in his fingers while he is
examining a patient: said
Kesavadas. "He can leU through
touch if there are any diseased organs, if they are enlarged, or hard or
soft, and if there are tumors presenL"
The system will hav&lt; application
with emergency services in the 6dd,
as well as military and battlefield applications.
The project is being funded
through the Center for Transportation Injury Research ofCUBRC. the
Calspan-UB Research Center.

Five faculty receive Milton Plesur award
Award presented by SA recognizes teaching excellence, honors late UB scholar
By MARA McCINNIS
Reporter Assistant Editor

lYE UB faculty members
have received 2000 Millon
Plesur Ex~ellence in Teaching Awards from the Stu-

F

dent Association recognizing their
teaching excellence and commit ment to students.
The former Student Association

Excellence in Teaching Awards were
renamed to honor Plesur, a nationally regarded author and scholar of
popular culture and the American
presidency, who died in 1987. Plesur
was so highly regarded that in 1984 a
group.of his fonner students established a scholarship
fund in his name.
Recipients of the
Plesur award are
student-nominated

and selected. This
year's recipients are:

ing. Mook also is

search interests involve the synthesis
and prop&lt;rties of infrared-absorbing
dyes, synthetic enzymes· and redox
catalysts,

new

routes

to

director of international educa·

2·

azetidinones and taxol sidcchain derivatives. and new registration sys·
terns for biosensing appheations. A
faculty member since 1995, Detty
came to UB after a career as a research
chemist al Eastman Kodak Co.
• !!rick Duchesne, assistan t professor of poUtical science. Duchesne,
w h o join ed t he

UB faculty in
1998, teaches and
ronducts research
in the areas of international political
econom y,
trade negotia ·
tions ,
game

theory and Canadian politics. He is working on a
comparative political economy

analysis of trade strategies in Canada
• Michael R.
Dctty,associatepro- _...__ ......,..., and the United States.
fessor of chemistry DnTY
• Joseph D. Mook, professor of
and medicinal chemistry. Detty's re- mechanical and aerospace engineer-

-

tion in the Depart·
ment of Mechanical and Aerospaa:
Engineering in the
School of Engineering and Ap·

pliedSciences.Mook'sareasofinterest include controls, dynamics, sys·
tern identification, estimation theory,
modeling and nonlinear and chaotic
dynamic systems. He has authored
or co-authored several papers and
publications

in

scholarly journals.
•
Phillips
Stevens, J r. ,~ ­
ate professor of an·

thropology. Internationally promi·
nent in his field,
Stevens has spent snvua
nearly 30 years

studying and teaching about cultural anthropology, social organiza·
tian, religion and cultural chang&lt;,

and has conducted field research in
West Africa and the Caribbean. He
has been a member of the UB faculty sina: 1971.
• David P. Willbern, professor of
English and associat&lt; vier provost for
educational tech ·

nology. Willbern,
who has been a UB
faculty member
since 1973, also is

directQr of the Educational Technol-

ogy

Center.

A

Shakespearean ...._...
scholar, Willbern

teachescounes in American and En·
glish Rmaissance Uterature, Elizabe-•
than and Jaoobean drama, modem
poetry and literary eriticism. He has
published several articles in literary
journals and a book titled "Poetic
Will: Shakespeare and the Play of
language (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997). He is working on
an essay collection titled "Acu of
Hypocriticism" and a book on postWnrld War ll American best sellers.

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Walker closes speakers series
Author of"The Color Purple" tells audience to "interbe"
11J ~ L£WAHDOWSIU
Rtperltr Contributor

UCE Wallcer, the author
perhaps best-known for
her novel, "The Color
Purple," enlightened the
audience in the Mainstage Theatre
April 26 with her words of poetic
justice when she said, "You cannot
just he yourself alone. You have to
' interbe:•
These sentiments, taken from her
poem "lntcrbeing," reflected the
tone of Walker's conversation with
the audience as she wove together
the narrative of her own childhood
memories, the histories of AfricanAmericans living in a racist South
and stories of ber own struggles.
largely through poetry, in an effort
to emphasize harmony with nature
and with each other.
The final speaker of the Distinguished Speakers Series for 19992000,Walker talked of hearing Martin Luther King , Jr.'s " I Have A
Dream" speech during the "March
on :Washington" in 1964-when she
w3.s in her late teens-and his request for those individuals from the
South to return home.
"He said, 'Go hack to Georgia, go
hack to Mississippi;" she said. "And
I had not thought I would go hack
to the South. And he said go back.
and so I went back."

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When Walker re turned. she

Joined the Friends of the Children
of Mississippi, an organization dedi·
cated to teaching children. The lack

of history books available to the children was staggering, and so she set
out to acquire a history through the
written autobiographies of people
living in the South.

She recounted several histories
given to her to share with children:
one man talked at length of repeat·
edly witnessing the savage killings of
African-Americans by law enforce·
mcnt officers; one woman spoke of
how her home was bombed severaJ
times by the Ku Klux Klan; another
man questioned"how he feels abou t
the country his son wiU have to grow
upm.
Spurred on by such stories. a softspoken Walker asked members of
the audience to engage in a dialogue
with themselves and with each other
about severaJ major issues swirling

tweeo each breath."
in today's mainstream.
"I want you to think about Elian
"Let the feminine live if you are
Gonzalez, I want you to think about to he as beautiful as you can he," she
freedom,( want you to think about said, calling the ways in which the
the meaning of democracy, and I feminine has been slighted in the
want you to think about &lt;;uba, world "'one of the major crimes
- - - - - - , against ourselves~
Remaining true to her
"'wol)lanism." a phrase
coined by Walker to describe her approach to
feminism, she touched on
the frequent disappointment and disregard rampant in today's world.
"When you live in a society th at crushes you,
and a society that is ignorant of the fact that it is
crushing itself, what do
you do? How do you
live?" she asked.
Her response again
came in the form of a
poem she wrote~ "'Expect
Nothing, Live Frugally on
Surprise," through which
she told the audience to
"Stop short of the urge to
bleed," "Tame wild disapand ... lndia .. .l want you to think pointment" and "Discovu the reason
about all of those things." she said.
why so tiny human giant. .. exists at
.. We are living in a time that is so all, so scared, so unwise."
frightening ... so wondrous, and I
Walker, who recited several more
wanted to share with you some of of her poems throughout the
the things I've been thinking evening, turned her focus from poabout ... because or what is happen - etry to activism, sharing with the
ing in our world, in our communi · audience excerpts from a letter writ ties," Walker said.
ten to her by an individual involved
She used her poetry as a vehicle in the protests agajnst the World
to convey some of her thoughts on Trade Organization in Seattle. She
th e world, reOecting often on her also talked abou t Mumia Abu own struggles.
Jamal, the former Black Panther and
"In the face of all of this, as we set writer who remains on death row
out to do in Mississippi-among in Philadelphia. A long -time sup·
other things, I was interracially mar- porter of Abu-Jamal-whom she
ried--there was poetry, which was likened to Frederick Douglass and
such a help," she said, dedicating the Malcolm X-Walker recently fin first poem she would read to "all th e ished writing the preface to his latwomen here, and all of the men who est book.
Walker rem inded the aud1ence
love them, and all of the men who
love the feminine in themselves."
that we all "walk quite alone-and
The poem, "A Woman Is Not A there is the coming to term!) with
Potted Plant," pays homage to a that." But, she said, Wl' all need en ·
growth unheeded by domesticity, by couragemcnt.
sex, in its lines: ..A woman is not a
She urged members of the audipotted plant, her roots bound to the ence to heed the advice of the Hopi
confines of her house._. her leaves Indians who believe that "all that we
trimmed to the contours of her do must be done in a sacred man ·
sex ... A woman is wilderness un- ner and in celebration. We arl' tht&gt;
bounded, holding the future be· ones we've been waiting for."

7

Base~al~
UB S, LeMoyne 4
LeMoyne IO,UB I
Albany 8, UB S
Albany 6,UB I
Albany 11 , UB 4
UB I S, Albany 0
AM.r loslna; the first three games of a four-game
weekend $erie~ ;u Albany, the Bulk arne aiMe at
""' pbto Sul&lt;by tD ""' fino! pme .pmt the
Danes IS.O in a c~ shutout for
lmhm&gt;n Tyle&lt; &amp;lenDn&lt;.

Bryan Sanchez led the Bulk' hiuinc aaack.gotng
3-for-"4 with four runs scored. two R~s and two
home runs.. Those two home n..ns pve Sanchez I 0
on the season,seaiflg a new UB schoof record fcK
homen in a ~ season.
In earlier weeb:nd pmes. the Danes swept the
Bolls in a ».wniay doubleheader. winntng those
two games 8-S and 6-I .Adrian Dan~s coUected
twO hiu In each pme. ln the first game of the
doote header on Suncby,AJbany used a seven run
fourth inning t.o urn a II_.. victory.
In other action iut ~the Bulls split a
doubleheader with LeMoyne on April 27m Dunn
Tire Park. UB won the opening game m a lhriller.
5-'l.butlostthenlglltapl().l.
shirting shortstop.
In the fim pme. UB trailed 3-1 when Mike
Aahe:rty hk. a t'NO-tWl homer to de. the score.Wrth the pme tied again at 4--4 m
the final tnr.;ng. the 8Uk led off w;th a slrcle by ~&lt;em Nest.e.-uk.A sacrifke bunt
mo¥0&lt;1 hWn to second and Aaheny go&lt; a bose hit to rigllt liekl. scoring Bnan
Zebsko who tw:1 come in m pinch run Jor the wiri1g nn

Fruhman Adrian
Daftlels Is the team 's

~oftoall
Cleveland

S~te

7, UB 0

Cleveland State S, UB 0
Syracuse II, UB 0
Syracuse 6, UB 2

St. Bonaventure 8, UB 0
St. Bonaventure 9, UB 0
+Ibany 5, UB 4
Albany 12,UB 2
ComeiiS, UB I
UBS , Comelll
US snapped an I I -game losing

string by wiMing the scteond pme
of a doub(eheader at Cornell S-2

Sunday afternoon In Ithaca.. The
Bulls scored three runs In the first
on a bases-loaded double by Kelly
Malone. UB picked up a ~ir of

become

~·-~~~~n
after hitting four
last

to give him a

season IDtlll d 10. He went
7-of-16 (.438) for the week,
scorin\l seven runs and
driving Ill six. His two-homer
game-lifted the Bulls to a 150 vlcto&lt;y ove&lt; Albany in the
second game of a
doubleheader on Sunday.
Sarah Fletcher of the
track-and -field team won
the hammer throw at the
prestigious Penn Relays in
Philadelphia.

insurance runs in the final inmng.
lnduding a run-scoring lln~e by
Kim Sudakow. The Bulls rmnaged to
hokt off a seventh-inning Cornell rally u Andrea Sage earned the victory, her
second of the year. UB dropped the opener S- I. wilh Sage account:ing for the
only RBI.
In other action last wee~d. the Bulls dropped a Sa.runby doubleheader to
Altwly. S--4 and 12-l. 1n UB Softball Stadium
In the opener. Albany's Stacy K.ow-al knocked 1n the winning ron WJlh a
bases·loaded sacrifice fty In the top of the seventh mnmg. sconng Kan
Faraone.
In the nightcap. the Great Danes erupted for three runs 1n lhe fin:t on
K.ow-al's bases-loaded double.Aibany also cashed 1n with twO runs 1n the second.
three in the fourth and four in the fifth.The Bulls scored sin~ runs 1n the second
and third innings. A ~ to right by Jessta Kensy scored Kim Uwrmce. wh1te
Moore accounted fot- the other RBI wilh a double. scormg Cox 10 lhe third
The week began with the Bulls dropping doubleheaders at Cleveland Seite
and St. Bonaventure, with a sweep by Syracuse sandwiched in between. The
Bulls were no-hit by Cleveland State's Cusie Pittman, S-0, 1n the second game
of the twinbill on April H . and Syncuse's Tan OiM;r,_gg~o threw a perfect game
on the Bulls in the opener of a doubleheader on April 25

lenni~

Faculty Senate
c-u....c~,_,....l

Samuel D. Schack, professor of·
mathematics, exp ressed co ncern
about the "remarkable oontrast"hetween the sit uation in athletics,
which he defined as a "secondary
mission a( best" of the university,
and the state of the College of Arts
and Sciences, a un!t he described as
serving the "primary interests of the
university" and one that has been
"severely degraded."
President Wt.lliam. R. Greiner explained that the debt situation in
athletics differs tremendoUsly from
the deficit in CAS because the CAS
debt is an accumulated and a cumulative one, whereas the deficit in athletics was a single, one-time debt.
The report also notes that SOOstudents participate directly in the
university's athletic programs. 190 of
whom are on scholarships supported
by non-state funds. generating about

Repoater

S2.S million in tuition "give-back."
Cerny reported that "a bigger issue than the (athletics) budget" is
gender equity. In fiscal year 1998-99,
men's sports accounted for 47 percent of the total budget, while
women's sports accounted for 22
percent. A three-year plan calls for
a 9 percent increase in the number
of men's scholarships and a 50 percen t increase in the number of
women's scholarships.
According to the report. the DOA
reduced its budget at the beginning
of the 1999-2000 academic year, as
did the rest of the university. How·
ever, the cut was somewhat balanced
by a state legislative initiative that
allocated $800,000 to public insti·
tutions competing at the Division IA level to help attain gender equity.
In other business. the senate passed
a resolution outlining policies for

oOstruction or disruption by students
in the classroom, behavioral expe&lt;:tations-to be published as part of
the student rules and regulations-and strategies for instructors for deal·
ing with distractions in the classroom.
The sena te also considered rec ommendations on assessments of
instructional effectiveness prepared
by the Teaching and Learning Committee. One recommendation-to
establish a substantial developmen t
cffon for faculty members to ex pand and improve their instruction-prompted some to suggest reestablishing the Office of Teaching
Effectiveness, which helped faculry
members improve their teaching
skills. But committee members said
they thought the same goals could
be reached by coordinating with the
Ed ucational Technology Center,
rather than creating a new entity.

WOMEN

Northern Illinois 4, UB 0
The Bulls completed lhe1r s~son With a 4-{) loss to Northern Illinois .n the
opening round of lhe M1d-Amencan Conference Tournament m ~lamuoo.
Mich. UB fimshed the sNSOO S- 16 overall.
Northern llh001s toOk the rmtc:h qu.ddy. WJnmng 6-{). 6-a dects1ons 10 three
matches before bemg declared lhe winner
MEN

Bowt ing Green 4, UB 0
UB wu e/imiru.ted by Bowhng Green 4-0 1n lhe openmg round of the M•d Amencan Conference Tournament held at the Umven:tty ofToledo Tenn1s
Courts onA.pri127
The seventh-seeded Bulls fimsh the season 8- 14

lm~K anu fielu
Men 's and women's teams competed in Penn Relays
Men's and wom e n's teams competed in Cornell lnvita.tionaJ
Junior Sarah Fletcher became US's first-ever dwnpionship winner at the
compeotive Penn Relays as she won lhe hammer throw with a toss of 176-6 ··
Also at the Penn Rebys. Melina Ryan set a llf!N US necord in the I~».
meter hurdles wk:h a time of :I-4.07.The "NOmen's 4x100, 1xl00 and 4x200
~ay squads also set llf!N UB records.
Adam Smith set a llf!N rmrk and pLaced fim in the d iscus throw (I S9-S·l at
the Comell~nvitational. He also won the shot put (18-S 112·1.

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Specl•l Seminar
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Lou~ . 2-3:4 p.m . Free. For
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UB to celebrate 154th commencement
Wels, Denman to receive UB's highest award, the Chancellor Charles Norton Medal
•1 MAD llnll SPINA
News Services Ed itor

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HECbaoallbr Charles P.
Norton Medal, UB's
highest awa rd, will be
given to Philip B. Wels, a
VB alumow and respected surgeon
long active in community and uni versity affairs, and posthumowly to
the late Hon. M. Dolores Denman,
a VB Law School graduate and
noted jurist, during UB's I 54th general commencement, to be--held at

AnJ on the North Campus.
UB pharmacy alumnw John N.
Kapoor, president of the health-care
conglomerate EJ Financial Enterprises and chid" e:uculiYe officer of
Ak.orn, lnc., a pharmaceutical com-

pany, will receive the SUNY honorary Doctor of Science degree at the

School of Pharmacy commencement at I p.m . May 13 in SI~Con ccn Hall on the North Campus.
U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer will

The State University of New York
honorary Doctor of Laws degree

deliver the general commencement
address. Other speakers will be
President William R. Greiner and
Betty Voltaire, recipient of the Division of Student Affairs Senior Lead -

wlll be conferred on The Hon. Tho-

ership Award.

mas Buergenthal ,a former member

Schumer, who is servi ng his first
term in the Senate and is a member
of the Com mitt ee on Ba nkin g.
Housing and Urban Affairs; the lu diciary Commi n ee. and the: Rules
Committee, is a powerful advocate

IOa.m.May l4inAlumniArenaon

the North Campus.

of the UB law faculty and U.S. lepresentative on the International
Coun of Justice: at the Hague, at the
UB Law School commencement at

5 p.m. May 14 in the Center for the

of anti-violence measures that guard
against domestic abuse. hate crimes
and terrorism .

Among the speakers at uB·s 13
o ther commencemenr ceremonies
will be David Satcher. U.S. surgron
general and assistant secretary for

health, who will address the School
of Medicine and Biomedical Sci cnct~commencemcnlat2p. m.May

19 in the Center for the Arts.
Wels has long servo:f UB as one
of the community's most visionary
and dedicatl"t... benefactors of time.
energy.1deasand key funding. Chair
erne rit u~ of the UB Cou ncil and
professor emeritus of surgery. he 1s
a uniVersity founder and trustee of
the UB Fo und a tion, In ~.. He h.l ~
heen the recipient of many awanh
from UB. including .the 01SIIn
g01shed Alumni Award. thl.' Dean ·~
Award 111 the School of Medicmt'
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ment Award, the Chancellor Capen
Award and the President's Medal.
D~nman was the first woman in
sta te his tory to SC'rve as a prt:"Siding
1ustice of one of the stat~'s fOur Appellace Divisions. Throughout her
career, she served as a role model
for other women pursing legal ca reers, rising through the ranks from
assistant district attorney to Buffillo

City Court judge and then to Supreme Court judge to the Appellate Division. Most recently, she had

been the Fourth Department's presiding justice.
Recipient of the SUNY honoran
I )octor of Laws degree. Buergenthal
has been a primary fore~ in the glo
bal human -rights movement and b
the first Amt·ncan appointed as .1
JUdge on the Inter-American Court
uf Human R1ghts. A survivor of

FSEC hears report on judging teaching
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Re~er Assistant Editor

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those recommendations.
Under the first recommendation,

prepared by the · all course syUabi sho uld co ntain

Faculty Senate Teaching

and Learning Committee says that the universitymustencourage,nunureandreward facu lty teaching accomplish ments just as it does with research
accomplishments in order to maxi mize instructional effectiveness.
The detailed report was presented
at the April J9 meet ing of the Fa1. ·
ulty Senate ExecutiveComminee hy
Ronald Ge ntile , SUNY Distsn guished ·reaching Professor in tht"
Department of Counse.ling and
Educational Psychology, and chair
of the senate's Teaching and Learning Committee.
The purpose of the report was to
ou tline recom mendations for th~
assessment of instru ctional effect ive ness and how to imp lemen t

general goals for the course; specific
objective; that must be achi eved to
demonscratc sufficient m astery of
the co nte nt to receive a passing
grade; how attainment of goaJs and
objectives will be evaluated: what
additional sup port, tut o ri al
reml"diat ion. etc .. is ava ilab le and
hO\\' to access it; attendan ce policies;
what dse is rcq uin.-d. in tht• course
and how 11 will be eval uated. and thr
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hr ll'Sponsible for assurin g
that all promot 1on and -tenure dt'cisions induJr I C~h.:h in g portfolio~
(in accordance \\'llh UB's adopted
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Prepared after September 2000•1
and that those portfolios indudc for
each course taught: \.
dean ~

• course syUabus
• student evaluations ol mstruc·
tion (in accordance with the Faculty
Senate resolution on Student Evalu ations of lnstru010n adoptl'Ci Feb. IS )
• instructor self-evaJua uom. nl
their teachi ng philmophy, metho&lt;b
and ctft'('tivent"S.!.
• evitlena.· of the cffectiVf'flCS..'i; of
mstruct10n , o r how students who
passed th(' cour.;e henefited from the
instrudion. f-o r example. prt•-tcst and
post - test gains , type of student
projects produo..-d,studcnt tes:1imon1
als on spt'cific effects of th~·coun.c.-.~.1~...
• information on course pohcy
and procedures for idcnt1fy1ng stu
dents havi ng difficultit'S and what • ~
done to provide them with oppor·
tunities to remediate those diffkul
ties and pass the course
Thirdly, the d ocum ent says that
the provost, in co llaboratio n with
the deans, ini tiate a nd fund a high-

profile. long-range. :,ystematll JnJ
m mprehensive proft-ssional -de,,cl
opment effurt for facultv tn l·on
tlll Ut.' ex pand 1ng and unprm' lll~
thl.'lr lll StnKtJOilal r~pertolrt.'!'&gt; .
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new l-..ducatumal Tcchnolng' ( .t.·n
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members pomt~d outthJt .1 \!ITIII.1r
unl t- tht· Offiu· o( kJ~hmg Hft.·l
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report reco~lliZC'o that m.tn\ fa~ult\
percl'l\'l' that "UB'~ .ldnunt:.tr.ltltlll
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Environment and Development Clinic urges UB to recognize " moral responsibilities"

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HUB Toct.y" schedules
May television lineup
Tho Ml)' edition o1111e ·ue Todo)"" toleYblon show tNt lin on
Adelphio able wtU ~otun! Information about • voriety o1 program~ and actMties that~~ dfer.d at UB.
Tho lineup includes Interviews with J. Gayle ll«k, pro(es"" ol psychology, on US's Motllf Vehicle Accident Oinlc; head

women's baskgball coaCh

Chefyf Dozier ond wresUing

coach Jim Boichner on US's
wmmer sports camps; Judith
Adams-Volpe, director ol
lockwood Ub&lt;oty, and KOthleen
QulnleYon. Kelley gront cOO&lt;dinator, on !he GeolgO Kelley Pulp
FICtion Collodion It lockwood,
ond US swim coach Doni
Roynolds, on !he women's

team, which WOS ocadernialfy
ranked seCond in the Ntion.

Co-host&gt; ollhe 30;mlnutA!
program are Wlfflom J. ~US
IIUIMI rea.tions executive directllf, and J u d i t h -· asslstantdi&lt;octDr.
A , _ "US Todoy" program
airs NCh month at 6:30p.m.
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tlonll; Chonnell 0 In t.anwter,
O.rence. Ordwd Pill&lt; and
Elmo, ond 9 p.m. t.tondlys on
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HE un_iversity's poli~ies
govemmg transportation
have damaged the campus' quality oflife and its
environment, and UB needs to develop and implement a coordinated,
T

sustainable transportation plan in

order to correct the mistakes of the
past and help preserve the future,
according to a report prestnted last

week to the Land u;e Committec of
US's Environmental Task Force.
Titled "Past Failures and Future
Opportunities: The Need for UB to
Adequately Plan for its Sustainable
Transportltion Need," the report calls
for the university to .. m:ogniz.e its legal and moral responsibilities to ensure that current and future transportation needs and options are fully
explored. Failu.-. to do so will mean
that the university will continue to
suffer the consequences of an inefficien t and envi ronmen tall y un friendly transportltion policy which
diminishes the attractiven6S and

quality of life on the campus for students, faculty, staff and visitor&gt;."
The report was prepared at the
request of the Environmental Task
Force by the Environment and Development Oinic in the Law School.
Among its recommendations. the
report calls for UB to take a leadership role in a proposal that would
extend Metro Rail serviC. from the
South Campus station to the North
Campus, to integrate a sustainable
transportation plan into the Landscape Master Plan and to take gr&lt;ater
advantage of funding available from
th&lt; federal government fortransportation planning and implementation.
The report, compiled by Robert
Berger, professor oflaw, and law students Jason Stanek and Matthew
Yusick, looks at commuter travel to
and from the campuses, as well as
travel betwem the North aod South
campuses and travel within the
North Campus.
Calling the original, 1960s proposal for the North Campus "grand."
the report de$cribes an alrn ost

Disney-like univ=ity of the future:

a campus of 45,000 students with
shoppingcent.en; residences for faculty and administraton, as well as
students; a monorail system of transport between the Ellicott Complex
and the academic spine, and twostory underground parking Jots that
would prevent the campus"from appearing liU a sea of can."
~Ultimately," th&lt; report not£5, "th&lt;
monorail and othtr transportation
plans were quietly forgonen as
shrinking funds were redirtcted to
other .oonstruction projects." a reality that began to emerge even befo.-.
the North Campus' groundbreaking
in 1968.
The report also draws on th&lt; 1995
UB Environmental Audit, which
called UB "a monument to the
wasteful, polluting and inconvenient
institution of private-vehicle rommuting" whose drivers "'-demand
even more parking lots, which
spread out further and ~er, increasing storm wat&lt;r runo and decreasing greenspace.... (S) tudents,
faculty and staff are atomized and
diffused, leaving little sense of
meaningful community."
Among th&lt; problems facing US's
transportation needs, acrording to
the report, is the lack of a single person or department with the authority to pull together a transportation
policy. Noting that the Office of
Campus Parking and Transponation recently was organiud under
the supervision of the chief of Uni-versity Police., it notes that the office
lacks the resources to become the
central planning office for sustainable transportation policies.
Butmo.-.criticajjsth&lt;unimsily's
failur&lt;toobtain input from the campus community on transportation

neesls.-"Decisions on vital transportation-r&amp;tedissuesusuallyaremade
with little or no iBput from or explanation to the larger univmity community," an omission that not only
shows "poor planning" and "ineffeclive environmentalstewardship,"but
one that might be against state Jaw
as well, the report nota.
_ Qthc;rtransportab&lt;'n problems are
related directly to the nature of the

institution, particularly th&lt; number
of students who live off campus.
"Futur&lt; planning should recognile that students will continue to
drive themselves to campus if the
university provides no reasonable
alternatives," ti1e report states.
One of those alternatives is public
transportation, a little-used option
because service to th&lt; North Campus is limited, with only one bus routt
to campus operating on a weekdayonly sdled~ The public-transportation problem is compounded by
th&lt; duplicatA! service offered by Blue
Bird buses between the campuses.
At a cost to students of $13 million for the 1999-2000 academic
year, Blue Biid buses are criticized
as providing "inadequa~ and unpredictable" servia: using buses that
are 20 years old, and neither fuelefficient nor economically friendly.
"We question why t!&gt;e univmity
continues to renewth.is million-dolJar contract ~thtr than aplore alternatives," the report statu. '"The
S13 mlllion in student fees that is
paid aonuallyon this contract might
be used toward the purchas&lt;: and
operation of ~. fud~tand
reduced-emission alternative-fuel
buses or could be used to bdp cov.r
the operating costs of a light-rail extmsion between the campuses."
The report also encourages the
univenity to take another look at
extending the Metro Rail to the
North ea.$us.
~UB is in a position to make a dif.
ferena.. The university must recogJl.i!,e the enormous benefits as5!&gt;Ciated with linking the isolated North
Campus with the rest of the city. It
is easy to envision thedaywben students and resideots could travel
quickly downtown ... and campus
commu ters and visitors Wo uld

worry less about finding a parking
space." It's also posSible that a direct
link betwem campuses rould serve
as a substitute for some or all of the
Blue Bird bus transportation, acrording to the report.
Transportation on the campus~self also could use- improvement,
says the report.

Although th&lt; new apartment-sty!&lt;
housing being built is =dtingin less
commut&lt;r traffic, it points to a growiog need for •an environmentally
friendly and ener-gy-efficient intracampus transportation system.•
Student input on traruportation
issues is vital, especially since '"'the
transportation component of the

comprehensive fee. which is charged
to students in addition to tuition~
provides the funds to support the
surfacing of new parking lots, the
campus shuttle service and the Blue
Bird buses."
The North Campus shuttle scrvice needs to be r&lt;-examined with
respect to the "aging Beet of vans"
that ru;., a continuous loop around
campus and to th&lt; various housing
complexes, including Flickinger
Court. The contract with' Blue Bird
that provides buses fueled by rompressed natural gas (CNG) to shuttle
betwem the Ellirott Complex and
the Student Unioo also should be...,..
examined in light of the 33 percent
premium UB pays forth&lt; low-emission buses compared to cooven-

tiona! diesel buses, especially since
CNG costs less that gasoline.

The low shuttle ridership volume
also is ao issue, and the report recommmds the university increase
ridership by restricting the parking
privileges of students living on campus to disrourage them from taking their cars from their campus
housing to class. The univenity also
needs to take.stq&gt;s10 encourage pedestrian and bicy&lt;:k traJil&lt;.
Calling ·a n energy-dlicient campus transportation system "the pro~Nenonnat~~r~ti~

around the country," the report says
UB must step up its efforts to obtain funding on both the state and
federal levels.
The report also enrourages UB to
incorporate its transportation efforts into tlie Campus Landscape
Master Plan to form a plan "encompassing an-entirdrameworl&lt; for the
long-tmn development of th&lt; campus," including the circulation of
pedestrian and ~ehicular traffic
around the campuses:

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Report outlin~ transportation-needs
By CHIIISnNE VIDAl.
News Services Editor

ing skills, acco rding to Gen tile,
would include gradual&lt; roii!SOS 011
teaching and learning, instructional
technology, mentoring and supervision, innovative teaching and test-

ing strategies, etc., which rould I?&lt;
audited or taken for crodit; workshops. spea!&lt;er&gt; and other programs,
with follow-up discussions and r~­
flcctions. and advertising and encouragement for faculty to partici pate in both intradisciplinary and
interdisciplinary programs.
. In regarOto students and the cu lture ofleaming, the commince said

UB should promote the foUowing
list of possible student academic responsibilities:
• knowing and following university po~cy regarding drop-add dat&lt;-s.
making up incomplete grades, etc.
• understandjng and following
each course syllabus
• preparing for and participating
in class
• informing the instructor, in ad-

about assignments be aske&lt;l .befoli tionai effectiveness, s·pecifically
· · • · • ··
. tf. o"' regac~· ·rouDe syllabi;
· Iii m..ti,;g with ~th.,'..:studentslo ' since h'e and sori\e other law'prodiscuss the
material
aod perhaps
r&lt;- fessors prefer not to use syllabi. He
1"'"_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ · questing
that
the instructor
help set
said he thinkS if such uniform
vance if possible, if for any reason a
deadline annot be met or a class
must be missed

If ......... lt....t.rds ... to

be -.!opted .. polcy thee
.-tobea "~

it~due&gt; ·

u,p extra-curric ul ar

dis~ussion

groups.
Furthermore, the committee

added as a recommendation that the
Methods of Inquiry program be

consultlltlon process with

maintained, strengthened, better

-of the units allowing

publicized and placed high on the

u-nto come up with their

own gWdellnes ...._,sng
these issues."
LOUIS SWARTZ

• requesting of the instructor the
need for extra help as soon as pos-

sible
• understanding that not all topics in a course will be of interest or
immediate use, but that questions

list of cou rses recommended by
undergraduate advisors.
The final recommendation caJls
fo r th e provost , in collaboration
with the deans. to initiate discussio ns with the various campus student organizations to obtain their
input about issues related to assessmen ts of instructional effective-

standards are to be adopted as

policy ther&lt; needs to be "systematic consultation process with each
of the unjiS allowing them to come
up with their own guidelines r~­
garding these issues ...
Senate Chair Peter Nickerson assured the group that deans would
receive this document and would

be asked to consuJt with their fac ulty about it before the various rec ommendations are voted on as
resolutions.

The faculty, however, noted that
the extent to which the deans consult their faculty varies enor-

ness.

mously and Swartz added that

Louis Swa rtz, associate professo r of law, expressed concerns
abou t such an abstrac t, general
approa5 h to assess in g instruc-

there- may be a more syste matic
way to handle the consultation
process regarding these issues and
recommendations.

�ADri127.20001V111. 31. lo.zg

Rehab outcomes stored at UB
Database could set the standard for Medicare reimbUrsement
By LOIS BAIU.R
N~ ~~~Editor

small suite of offices in a
nondescript building on
the University of Buffalo
South Campus holds 4
million records comprising the largest dalllbase of medical rehabilitation
1reatmcnt ou tcomes in the world.
Called the Uniform Data System
for Medical
Rehabilitation
( UDSMR), this mother lode of information came to reside in this place

A

because of a whimsical -sounding

item called the .. FJ_MTMinstrument."
However, there is nothing whimsi-

cal about its purpose.
The FJM,or Functionallndependcn~c

Measure, instrument is an assessment method developed at UB
to quantify the ability of patients to

care for themM"Ives when they enter
rehabilitation treatment and to
chart the1r progress (or lack of it)
until di~harge into the communit y
o r to anoth er facility.
Fifteen years after facuJty members
tn the UB Department of Rehabilt tat:.ion Medicine created the FIM in sli'Ument, they are now involved with

the federal -Health Care Financing
Administration (HCFA ) in developing an instnuncnt to be used by re habilitation hospitals and other rehabilitation uni ts as the basis for
Medicare prospective payment.

"HCFA has come to realize the
importance of functional status as

the common denominator among
rehabilitationpatients.andhowimprovements in functional status as
the result of rehabilitation intervention could serve as a measure of the
success of that hospital stay." stated
Carl Granger, M.D., professor and
chair of the UB Department ofRehabilillltionMedicineandoneofthe
developers of the FIM instrument
The effort to devdop a standard
formeasuringrd!abilillltion'seffecliveness was spurred by Median's
m&lt;&gt;Yr in 1983 to use diaposis-~
latedgroupc(DRGo)asthebaisfor
reimbuncmcnt fur acute-""" hospitaJs, Granp said
Sincep•timtudmitted furr&lt;habilitation.,.. treatednoc only by eliagnosis but allo by leYd of clisobility, the DRG reimbun&lt;mmt sys1at1
wasnot~Lidtingastan-

dard c:ompanble to the acute-are

hospital, rthabilitation facilities
have, until now, been reimbursed for
cart based on an allowance per case

discharged, regardless of the time
and resources expended.
Realiz.ing the need to get in step
with the rest of the health-care industry,theAmeric:anCongressofRehabilimtion Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilimtion formed a national
task force to preSs for development

of a standard for documenting the
level of disability and outcomes of
mcdjcaJ rehabilitation.
UB received a three-year grant in
1984 from the Nationallnstitute for
Disability and Rehabilitation Resea rch to develop such a standard.
Gra nger, along with By ro n
Hamilto n, a lecturer in the lkpa.rt ment of Rehabilitat ion Medkin c,

hroded the effort, and the UDSMR,
the FIM instrument , and UDSMR's
data -management service are the rc
suit. Rehabilitation fuciJities began
using the data service in 1987.
The FIM instrument and UDS.'-tM
was embraced by the industry with
an enthusiasm that surprised even
its creators. Granger said.
More than 4 million patients 111
I ,400 facilities covering all 50 states
and the District of Columbia have
been assessed since its introduction.

The Veterans Affilirs Medical System
subscribes to the FIM instrument
and UDSMR. The measurement in -

strument also has been translated
into five languages. and is used in
A\!Stralia, Canada, Hong Kong, )apan, Finland and Swede:n.
The FIM instrurnmt is an easy-touse assessment that allows trained
penonndtoassignanurnericalvalue
toapetimt'sabilitytofunction,based
on periimnancz of 18 physical and
mentaldomainsthatrtpresentatypicaldailyroutine.By....ssingpeti&lt;nts
throughout their treatment and
when they are disd!arJiocl, a facility
an tollowtheir~chart their
outcomcs,and~thepatimt's

~lothe&lt;Xlltof-.

UOS...'s 1,400 subtcrilen in the
UDital Scala and c.n.dlt---incWq 80 pen:mt of currmt ocute r&lt;habililllion liocilitieo---o their FIM
dalll to UB and reaiYe quartaly ~
ports.Then:portsincblesa&lt;Xll1fidontial oomporison of the subocriber's

outcomes with others in their region
and the nation. UB maintains the database and has permission to use the
dal3 for sci&lt;ntific research.
The FlM instrument is not the
only tool avaiJable for assessing re habilitation treatment and ou t comes, but it provides the basis for
a common language that has been

aa:epted by rehabilitation clinicians
around the world, said Richard
Linn, associate director of UDSMR
and assistant professor of rehabili tation medicine and psychiatry.
A majority of acute rehabilitation
hospitals and rehabilita tion units m

the U.S. have adopted it, Linn said.
because it is easy to usc and reliable.
because a patient's score at discharg&lt;·
has been shown to be an accurJte
indicator of how much care the pa tient will need upo n return to tht•
home.
"This allows us to te.Q the famil}'
what their care needs will be for any
type of impairmen t, which makes the
FIM Systt'llls.M very prncticaJ," he said.
Facilities feel that they can rel y
upon the accuracy of the data due
to the emphasis UDSMR places upon
training and credentialing, he said,
and also because of UDSMR's status
a.!&gt; a not -for-profit located on a uni V(.'rsity campus.
In developing the payment sys-

tem for rehabilitation, HCFA !cloked
to the Minimum Data Set (MDS ),
an instrumen t that was developed

for payment of nursing-home services. The resulting instrument, the
MDS-PostAruteCare (M DS-PAC),
currently is under refinement, and
may lndude clements of the FIM instrument. According to MedPAC,
the Medicare Payment Advisory
Commission, HCFA and the rehabilitation community have longslllndingclisagl'=nents over the extent to which various iterations of
the MDS--PAC have incorporated
the FIM instrument
Granger said that the new instrument would bt oompet:ibk enough
with the FIM instrument to allow
oomporison ~new dal3 and
"legacy"dalllaccumulatedk&gt;rnearly
two deades. •uos..., rogardl&lt;ss of
the'underlying instrumen~ will oontinueto serw the rd!abilillltion 6cld
as a proYider of outaJmes and nationol bendunarks." bt stated.

Rep arias

3

.BrieO
EOP to hold first reunion
The Educ•tlonaJ Opportuntty Progr•m •t US wiU celebra te m Ftrst
Annual Reumon to mo rrow with a program that indudes the 25th an nual awards program and honors co nvocation and a reunion dinner.
Mort than 250 EOP students. graduates and staff a re exp~cted to
attend the reumon, which Will beg10 w1th a tour of the North Cam ·
pus at 11:30 a.m .. followed b}' a luncheon at 12 :30 p.m. in P1stach1o\
m the Student Un1 on.
The a nnual awa rds program and honor.!&gt; convocation Will b~ held
at 2 p.m. 1n the Student Union Thea tre . The a lumm dmner and danu·
will be held at 7 p.m. in Samue l '~ (.ran de Manor, 8750 Matn Stn.'l'l
in C larence. For reg1stratto~ mfurmatmn or reservations for the dtn
ner, call EOP at 645 -3072.
In addi tion to the reumon, an l:.OP alumm a~soc1at ton orgam..w
t1 o nal meeting and contin&lt;:ntal breakfast wi ll be.- held at 9 a.m. Satur
day in the Butler Mansion, 672 Delaware Ave .. wmer of North Stn:ct
The EOP Center for Academic IJevelopmcnt ServKC.!&gt; provtde~ aca
demJC support and financ1al asststan(e for d1sadvantaged New York
State students who show potenliJI fur mastcnng college -level work
Speakers at the ccremo n1 e~ and co nvocation will ht..• FOP gradual
ing se ni o rs Rod.lens ~au phtn, who w·dl rece1w J degree 111 mdnJgt..'
ment and financt·, and Ioyce Figueroa, ,,•ho wi ll rt'Ct'l\t' J dt..·grt..•c 111
planning, destgn, and urban planning, a., wd J .t, EOP .tlumnu' JnJ
chemistry doctoral student Jose Miguel Cintron.
The Honor3bl c Arthur 0. Fw. dcput)' .!&gt;peah·r ut tht..• !':t..~ ,, Yorj.,
State Assembly, will pre"'-erlt the Arthur 0. bt· and Pt•rt..\ ~utton
Awards. EOP sen tor counselor lame!&gt; Lout.!&gt; R.tmse) w tll prt'.!&gt;t..'nt tht·
F.ricnds o f EOP aw3rds and H. \Villiam Coles Ill . J3"1-0ctate d1rntor
of EOP. will give the Mentor Recognition Award3.
The awards program will honor 411 stud ent:. who h.1d J qu.1ht \
pomt average (QPA) of 3.0 or h1gher, tndudmg IJS ' tud enh h/Ht
had QPA~ of 3.5 o r htgh er. The program also wtll honor 160 ~t..'~Jor'
graduating with a QPA of J.O or htght..•r and 2R FOP s tudcnts lt stt•d
111 Wlw's Who Among SrutlcnlS "' Anu.•nm.

Symposium to explore forming
a health ministry at UB
Luther•n C•mpus Ministry will sponsor a Health Min1stries Sym
posium to be held from 11 a.m. to I p.m. Tuesday in the Student
Union Theatre on the UB North Campus.
The s.yinposi um will be geared toward starting ar UB a campus health ministry, a growing trend in community-health programs
across the natio n.

Keynote speaker will be Robb Burlage, director of Health Justice
Ministries at the Natio nal Council of Churches, who will discuss
the con cept of h ealth ministries and how they help communities.
O ther spe:aktrs will include Michelle HoweU, a registered nurse

and project coordinator of the Howard County Health Ministries
G rant Program, a rural hea.Jth initiative in Fayette, Mo. She will dis·
cuss her campus health ministry and how it has helped health-care
providers reach a more holi stic awareness of their practicr and the
students they serve.

Also speaking will bt Serena C. Kaplan, a senior in the UB School
of Nursing and a p«r minister for Lutheran Campus Ministries.

Coordinator of the syn;posium, she will p~nt her findings from a
community-health assessment of the UB commun ity and suggested
interventions.
The symposium will bt followed by a lunch reception from 1-l p.m.
in 145 Student Union. Admission to the symposium and lunch is C...,
although donations will bt accep1ed to belp defray costs the event
For more information or to maU a reservation , ca.ll688-4064.

Greiner endorses pesticide report prepared by ETF

IN

.,.EUIN~

N&lt;wo Se!vk:os Editor

response to the findings of a
Pesticide Report prepared for
him by the Environmental Task
Force, a university-wide envi-

ronmental group. President William
R. Greiner has endorsed the group's
recommendation that the university

explore altemativts to chemical herbicides as part of an integrated pcsticide man3gement program.
T h e president 's endorsement

means that MECAMINE-D,a broadleaf herbicide used to kill dandeli ons along campus entranaways and
near AJumni Arena last yea r for
Commencement Weekend, will not

be applied to campus lawns this year.
"President Greiner has supported
the spirit of the ETF request and he
has met us more than halfway," said
Mike Dupre. associate vice president

for university facilities and 'ETF
chair.
Greiner's decisions were oommu -

nicated to the ETF after a meeting
he held last week with Dupre.
... In

~nee,

we are returning to

the practices that have been followed
since 1991 when the use of broadleaf herbicides was suspended until
their use again just prior to last year's
commencement," Dupre stated in a
memo to ETF members.

The ETF report was prepared in
response to G rein er,s challenge to

the group last year that it provide
him with both scientific informarion discussing the dangers and risks
of pesticide use and data regarding
"de mon strated res ults" on n on·
chemical alternatives.

Earlier this month, the ETF presented Greiner and SeniorV~ee Ptesident Robert ).Wagner with the report,

which called fur immediate eliminalion of all broadleaf weed rontro~ establishmentofan in ~&lt;grated pesticide
management program and dev.lopment of an educational program on
the environmental and public-health
risks pooed by pesticide use.
.. Based on the work that was done
in the ETF, Mike's reoommendation
wasthatwedolawncontrolclifferently
than we have been doing and I said
OK-let's see what "~ can do," said
Greiner. "What we had here was a very
symbolic and emotional issue and we
have come to a very emotionally sat·

isfying point. There's a good, solid intellectual foundation to this. We'U sec
how it works.''
Written by Stacey Vaeth, a 2000
gradua te of UB's Envi ronmen tal
Studies program and an ETF mem ber, the report discusses the docu men ted dangers of each of the pes-

ticides currently used on campus.

(The report is available at http:/I
wlngs.buffalo.eclu/ ../ uben )
The repon recommends that the
UB Grounds Departmen~ in oollaboration with the ETF. work to develop
a comprehensive integrated campus
pest management (IPM) program.

The report includes sections on
other universities that take an IPM
approach to la\.,.n·care, such as the
University of Rochester. which no t
only docs not cut its dandelions. it
celebrat.es them by having the d3n delion as the university flower.
The report also mentions how
UB's "green" efforts can p lay a key
role in its environmental portfolio.
cn.·a ting 3n attractive marketing
opportun ity for the university.

While broadleafherbicides.such as
MEC AMINE-D. will not be applied
to kiU ~ande l ions on lawns and

entrancrways. Roundup. another herbidde, will continue to be used for the
forseeab le future on cracks and
around signposts on campus..
According to Greiner, athletiC
playing fields also will continue 10
be treated with herbicides, because
of concerns about potential injunei
to athletes. But the ETF is explonng
ahernatives for these areas as well.
Dupre noted that such efforts will
require additional staff resources, as
weU as additional fund mg.
To reduce the presence of da.ndch ·
ons during th e next two weeks.

grounds staff will be doing additional.
intense mowing during evenings and
just prior to commencement actwt ·

ties. Ground&lt; staff report that the use
of overtime staffing and gasoline to

do the additional mowing will cost
approximately the same as what the
pesticide applic uioru cost.

�4 Rapall"'tatz Aprii27.2IDIIYIII.31.1o.29
Ta5k force recommend$ Blackboard Counelnfo for electronic coune management

I&lt;uoos
and choir of the Ooplrtment of

Trial run of CMS to begin in the fall

Periodontics and Endodontics,

By SUE WUlTCHUI

~a-»,

proltuor

was honot-ed .-.cent!y by the
U.S. Pharmacopeia for his more
than 20 yean of contributions
10 the USP.

Blackboard, another CMS or none
at all, Willbern added.
By having Blackboard as the standard CMS supported centrally by
the university, depanments could
have access to the software at no
charge, he noted.
A CMS distributes instructional

-ln

materials for viewing using the World
Wtde Web. It provides many benefits

Family, • is ID be pul&gt;2001 by Pm1Jge

to students and instructors, said
Wtllbem, who also serves as director
of the Educational Technology Cen ter. Faculty members can provide
course materials for asynchronous.

Books. New Delhi.

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best fl!l"-lictlon bookS of 1999
and Is a finalist for thts year's
Lambda Ute&lt;ory NNard In the
category of gay nonfiction.

Sham6hu ). Upodhyoyo, associate professor of computer scieru and engineering. ha recl!i\led a SSO,OOO grant from the
.u.s. Alt Foote 10 conduct reseor&lt;h on computer security. He
also rKI!i\led a S2.SOO grant

. """' the Molorola Foundot!on

1D .....,.-osh schalanhlpo for the

tqpstudentsinthe~

lnd~-of

"CSf4S2/SS2: 111.51 Testing."

review online notes, documents,

graphsorevena"PowerPoint"presentation or video lecture, he pointed out
The system allows instructors to
divide classes into collaborative

groupsthatworkonlineStudentscan
communicate via email, discussion
boards and real-time chat rooms.
Online testing is possible. he said. and
ungrnded surveys can be posted to
hdp prepare students for in-class tests
or exams. Grnd&lt;s can be posted tn the
CMS so that students can check their
progress throughout the=-.
In addition, students

W create

their own Web pages and note-talcing areas. And dectrOnic files of vari-

looked at a number of exter-

nal products, as well as some
US-generated products, induding MyUB from Administrative
Computing. Web-0-Matic from the
Walkway Node and such UB Wtngs
applications as email, listservs and
discussion boards.
demoostratcd their
products on cunpus, and some UB
f3adty membrn,induding Willban,
tt:stcd variousCMSsoliwarepodcages.
In addition, some task-force

Some""""""'

members attended a conference at

Wake Forest University where academic users of three CMS products
demonstrated and discussed their
chosen applications.
The choice, Willbem says. came
down to n-o packages: sla'ckbo3rd
andWebCf.
..All these course-manasement

cially about Blackboard Cours&lt;Wo
is its academic origin. Like WebCf,
it was invented on a coUege cam-

pur-at ComeU and by a student.
"Beyondspecificapplications,the
main idea is tn provide a variety of
course materials-texts, leaures,

primary documents. images, audio
and videa-.to our students in

readily accessible form. The CMS
allows UB faculty and instructors to
take fuU advantage of our sudden
'most-wired' status. without having
to retrain in IT expertise. Blackboard really is easy to use."
Willbem added that MFC already
has switched from TopCiass
to Blackboard, and CIT
personnd have been impressed by its performance.
Moreover, SUNY central
administration is oonsidering entering into a licensing arrangement

with Blackboard, "so it made sense
to go with that (software), he says.
JoAnn Oluzzi, associate director of
academic services for CIT, stJesscd
that iltbougb the task force has recommended that UB usc Blackboard
as the standard CMS. CIT will pilot
the syslm1 with targeted classes for
the fall semester to test the capability of the system.
"UB is a big. dive"" plaa:; IUuzzi
said "We w.i.nt to be careful, test it
(Biackboardi', ~It and try to get

f~back.~fro~r~r· ·.

. But, she add.&amp;t Cfris ~optimis­
Bladdioar.rCours&lt;Wo is
the "product of the future."
tic" that

The most annoying disruptions come from ceU phones, pagers and beeping watches
•y-~s

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SUNY Dlld pll¥7

"anytime, any place" access, such as
syllabi, lecture notes. scanned documents o r images. library reserve materials, Web links. ev&lt;n audio and
video tiles, he said. No special knowledge ofHTMLcodingor image manipUlation is required. he added, not ·

perimce,"Wtllbem said. Students who
miss classes can review material later,
at their own pace and oo~ence.
Moreover, students whoattdxlcd class
but did not urt&lt;lmtand a Je&lt;:nu., can

systems have similar structures and
features." he said. "What I lik&lt; espe-

FSEC looks at classroom conduct policies

I -

by--.-of Englllh. h a - pul&gt;llshedby-l'lels.
, ,

task force composed of
faculty members, librarians and IT support staff
has recommended thai
UB use Blackboard Counelnfo as its
standard electronic course-management system (CMS).
Blackboard will be piloted in a few
target classes in the fall semester to

The task force was convened last
fall to investigate the possibility of
using a standard CMS at UB,
Willbem said. The search foraCMS
also was prompted
by a general dissat isfaction
with
TopCiass, a prodc
uct that has been
used for the past
two years by
Millard Fillmore
. College distancelearning courses
and a few UB faculty members, according the task
force's final report.
The group

associa te vice provost for educational technology and chair of the
Co urse rflanagemcnt Systems Task
Force. Instructors are free to .use

1..-.nce on •New Cultural Perspoctlves In the New Millennium.• He wtll JnSent a reading
of his new work also in M&gt;y It
the Mid-Manhatt&gt;n Ubrary in
New York Coty. Hls 11th bool:,
" Mourning l.eUers for my F•
!her. The Story of on Arnerialn ·

ous types can be transferred between students and instructors.

of an institution as large and diverse
as UB. CIT officials say.
Although uS&lt; of Blackboard has
been recom mended , the choice is
not a mandate, s;ajd David Willbem,

Howonl Wolf, profOSSOf of En-

. - ; . , ·

allows for easy

ens ure the software-mects the needs

glish, wtU travel 10 Turiley In
M&gt;y to colebrlte the Fulbright
Program's 50th )'Nr in Turkey.
Wolf ser-1 IS a Fulbright .
scholar ot Ankara tJnt;enity In
1983-114. 'Nhile in the coonby,
he also wtll participate In a con-

lfjp poem by

sys1m1

updating of announcements. assign-

ments. and oou...., calendan; addition of new material and modificationofaistingmaterial.
A CMS "enhantts the in-class ex-

A

Throe artist wtth ties to Uti will
rep....nt the U.S. at the lnb!rnatlonal Print Triennial In POland
i~ September. Evon Summer,
who r&lt;el!i\led a BFA from UB,
Endl Poskowic, who rKI!i\led on
MFA from UB, and H.wvoy
llrownnln, SUNY Oistin- .
gu[sh&lt;d Pro(....,.. In the Deportment of Art, each will exhibit
....,.1 woria in the show.

ing that the

Repon~r Editor

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Rqx&gt;rtrr Assistant Editor

T

HEFaadtySenateExecu·
live Committee considered a draft of classroom
conduct policies and stntegies that would outline how faculty
should deal with studerit obstruction
or disruption in the classroom at the
group's April I9 meeting.
The FSEC and Dennis Black. vice
president for student affairs, discussed the issue in February when
faculty members said they were not
sure how to deal with disruptive students since the university had no
published rules or regulations· r!'garding classroom behavior.
ln response to those concerns, the
FSEC's Student Life Committee,
chaired by Jeannette Ludwig. associalo professor of modem languages
and literatures. drafted a set of policies on the course of action for deal ing wilh disruptive dassroom behav·
ior and strategies for faculty to prevent and respond to such behavior.
Ludwig told the FSEC that the
committee believed a document
that outlined class room "etiquette"
expectations would help eliminate
some of the low-level distractions
such as students having unauthorized discussions, coming late, and
leaving early during class .
The document says that facult)'
member.; should clarify class conduct standards by giving students a
list of specific classroom-etiquette

expectations that spell out what students should and should
not do during class.
"The committee hopes
that these policies and strategies will be made~ of the
university's rules Wd regulations so that _faculty members
could be free to refer to them in
a sytlabus or bring them to the
fore at the beginning of the semester so that it is clear to everyone that certain behaviors are disruptive or distracting to others,"
said Ludwig.
.. There is a growing

sense that faculty
need to be aware of
what their rights are
and have a body of
regulations that
would back them up."
she added.
The policy defines
"classroom disruption"
as behavior that a reasonable person would
view as substantially o r
repeatedly inteJfering with
the conduct of a class.

John Celock, a student
member of the committee,
said that the most annoying
disruption for students in the
classroom are the electronic
devices: cell phones. pagers, and

beeping watches. "(Students)
wan I them turned off; he said.
According to the document,

when a student is disruptive, faculty
members are to follow a specific

oours&lt; of action beginning with a
warning. pref=bly in private. If tlte
disrup!M behavior continues. the
facultymember is authorized to ask
the student tn leave the site, while
lon!!er suspensions are subject to the
Stulimt Conduct Regulations and
due process pr&lt;&gt;acdings.
If the student refuses to lea""
the area. he or she should be informed that his or her refusal
is a separatnoolarion subject
to additional penalties. according to the policy. If the
behavior cn:ates a safety risk
or makes it impossible to
oontinue class. the instructor should oontact Public Safety to assist in removal of the student

and/or dismiss class for
that day.
Some suggested
strategies for faculty
members to help
minimize classroom disruptions
listed in the
policy: clarify

sidcr giving general warnings rather
than siogliDg out particular students, speak with disruptive students after class. speak to students
about their behavior in a linn and
friendly manna and direct a pemstently disruptive students to leave
the classroom fur.the remainder of
the period.'
Louis Swartz, usociate professor
of law, pointal out that such advicr
may be problematic if a faculty
member uses his or her own judgment and doesn't fuUow it exactly
artakesadil!iireotapproach to dealing with disruption than the one
stated in the policy.
"I'm ooncemed that the (sugges·
lions and advice) may be used against
the faculty members who-for whatever reason--fail to follow them.
These bits of sound advice shouldn't
be interpreted as a set of rules that
must be foUowed." Swartz said.
Samuel Schack, professo r of

mathematics, advised that the sug·
gestions be prefaced by " It may be
more effective to . .."
Barb Ricotta, dean of students. said
she hopes to inoorporate classroom
etiquette expectations and the poli-

standards for
conduct
in

cies regarding disruptive behavior
into the student orientation program

class,~asa

andUB IOI,theintroductotyoollege
experience oours&lt; for fr&lt;sbmcn.
"We make assumptions that students understand (classroom expectations}, but the reality is that they
don·~· said Riootta.

role modd for
the cond uct

expected
from stu dents, con-

�April Z7. ZOOO/Vol. 31. lo.Z9

Misery isJl great instructo~ m
Delphonse's new apppach to teaching typing is "revolutionary"
ay PATIIICIA DONOVAN
News Setvk.. Editor
N 1995, Joseph B. Delphonse,
a Haitian-bam doctoral student at UB, developed a revolutionary approach to typing

I

instruction that cut learning time in

half and produced an accuracy rate
of 98 percenL
Th&lt;: SUCC&lt;SS of his patented learning methnd, called "conceptual effects."has !&gt;.en bom out by the statistical resultsof6eld studies(see http:/
/ www.Jo-l&gt;ls.com/ feq.htm ).
The Conceptual Effects Typing
Methnd (CETM), an application of
"conceptual effects," first was used by
Delphonsc; in 1995 to teach typing
to students in several Buffalo-area
post-secondary schools. To do so, he
employed a software package developed by Simon and Schuster Interactive, a division ofViaoom, lnc.
The results oonvinced Simon and

Schuster to work with Delphonse to
prndua:andmark&lt;ta 1998CD-ROM
typing tutorial based on CETM that
now is used in schools worldwide.
Delphonse is about to market an
advanced version of the tuto ri al

through his own company, JoeBis
{his middl~ name is Bismarc). h soon
will b. on the market under a new
name, to b. announced later this year.
He also is negotiating with MIT and
other institutions to expand his research in learning methodology.
Delphonse says'that since the oonceptual effects learning m&lt;fhnd already has proven ~0 be an extremely
powerful instructional tool for children and adults who know nothing
of the typing keyboard, he expects
it to b. equally powerful in teaching
mu sical instr umen tatio n, whi ch
ca ll s for the same kind of
neuro linguistic digital training.

It is likely to help students learn the
piano ke)boanl,for instance, not only
accurately, but in record time, an ex-

periencedifferent from his childhood
teachers' tortueed attempts to teach
Delphonse to play an instrument.
The spur for Delphonse's work
was his experience as a schoolboy in
Haiti, where: he was force-fed different academic subjects, including
muslcaJ instrumentation, by in -

structors who employed standard
teaching methods with little success.

"I'd Iii« to write a book about that

tion-a cognitive relationship b.IW«nleaming elements of which he
is not necessarily conscious.
The traditional methnd of typing
instruction, he explains, trains the
mind to type specific words and to
remernoo the k.&lt;)'s associated with
commonly used diphthongs. vowel
and letter groups: "t-h-e," for in stance,or"i-n-g,""d-H,""o-t,""o-w."
anentiontothe leaming~in ·
CETM instead uses word forms
volvedandtooonsiderapplyingam- that are not actually words to drill
ceptual effects to learning bosic skills each finger relentlessly until it not
"The purpose of conceptual effects only "knows" the location of every
is not to develop speed for speed's letter and symbol for which it is "resake," Delpho_nse says. "The idea is sponsible" on the keyboard, but
that once basic skills are learned, stu- knows how each of these k.&lt;)'s relate
dents are able to artfully apply them to one another spatially.
to their writing or to the interpretaByrepeatedlytypingthese"words,"
tion and p~rformance of music.. he says, students recall the keys as·
Tha(sthepurposeforwhichwelearn signed to a particular finger, make
those skills in the first place."
accurate judgments about their loHe explains the conceptual effects cation, form mental images ¢' the
method differs from conventionaJ kqs'positionsrelat:Mtoonean'other
teaching/learning methnds in that it and then visualiu how far to extend
derives &amp;om an understanding of the or not to extend each finger on the
architecture of knowledge and the keyboard It b.oomes an automatic
nature of human learning It involves process, much less prone to error
processes of which most students are than the traditional method
completely unaware but that are at the
Conceptual effects is just one of
heartofwhyandhowweleam.
the novel approaches to problem
.. Cognitivr scientists would call solving to come o ut of studies in
these processes ' subset s of cognitive science. an interdisciplimetaoognition;'oognitive proc&lt;ssing; nary field in which many disciplines
'oontextual-regulation' or'oontextual- are informed by one another's prin-1
rule thinking.'" he says, " but they can ciples and methodologies. Those
b. more easily understand by a lay disciplines,&amp;ompsycbology,educaaudience as 'muscle memory,' 'asso- tion and brain science to linguistics
aationa13&lt;Xjuisition,'disaimination.' and philosophy, have thus far pro'motor coordination' and so on.''
duced an astonishing array of new
He first applied his understanding discoveries over the last 20 years.
of these processes to his teaching in
CETM, for instance, reflects not
1995 while pursuing a doctorate in only Delphonse's study of commu oommunication with an interdisci - nication and philosophy, but of neu plinary track in cognitive science.
raJ physiology, statistical mechanics,
aspect of my life," he laughs. "'The ex-

perience was so miserable that I knew
intuitively that there must b. a fuster
and more enjoyable way to learn."
Later,hebecameproficientonsevera! musical instruments and his undcrstanding of how and why he was
ableto learn easilywhatheoouldnot
learn -in school led him to pay more

It began, Delphonse says, with
oonsidered examination of the cog-

computer scienceandotherfieldsof
inquiry that consti tute the basis fo r

nitive process involved in typing a
key. 1his information was used by
him to assess the process by which
an individual b.oomes a proficient

his interdisciplinary studies.
He says the principles of the conceptual effects learning method are
based in a specific set of attitudes and

typisL From this understanding

values toward life, nature and soci-

came his "conceptual effects" and
CETM, which led to the 1998 marketing arrangement with Simon and
Schuster Interactive.
Usingthismethod,h&lt;explains,as
a student learns he or she develops
a distinct neurolinguistic connection for every aspect of the opera-

ety that Delphonse says have roots in
Asian and Western philosophical
thoughL In developing the process.
he says he focused on both analytic
philosophy-the logical study of
ooncepts and synth&lt;tic philosophyand a unified philosophical system
based on arrangements of concepts.

$20,000 toOCI housing project
- - " " "· lwal111111U1td .,.........,szo,oooto""" the~CG~n~ntn~y-(UCJ) continuo
.... Is """*.a aQ1IIIIIIIDn. .,........ . . . . . . P"'P"In the~~~ oftuffolo.
- - t e p i &amp; i - ~fl'-*" I &lt;Md&lt;to Prmfenl ~ R. Qftlor ond Donis Gehi, UCl
prof«t dhaor.
.
Fonnll! t.t., olarlgwllh the IJrMnlty •lo6lo Falndollon, lnc, funded thelnllilltlfte.llouse plot program.
The lnt """"' fYd&gt;IIOd ond ~ -.gil the pn&gt;gram. locilled • ll W. ~ Place. Is on the
morbt. UCI hos contrac1s pend01g wfth propet1y _,.,.on W. ~ ~ ond lisbon lwf!ooe for the purc!*o of the list - hauses In the plot program. Gehl SI)'S.
In • raoted clowlopmenl. ua has s14,000 from the Community Foundltion to support a collaborative Neigltborhond ~ Martel PIOject to help community meinbon lncruse their knowtedge base,
idontiiY audiences they wont to INch iUld to "tell the sto&lt;y" of Unillersity Heights-the neighbomood surrounding the U8 South campus.
fU port of the pnljecl.. "neighborhood-building teams" will b.~ in at leosl three keys sectors of University Heights, says Gehl. Each team wilt~~ loal businesses.~ schools. gove&lt;JVnen~ community-based organizations and hou~ed partners. UB wil act 1&lt; a convenor, fadlitator and partner, she
adds.
Professional marlteting ond design consultants will be hired to help team members learn how to pn!Sellt a more
accurate iUld promising inloge of the community ond to assist In developing a multi-media resource system for
ongoing community use. sl\e says.
The ~ resource system would describe ond ~ neighborhood assets, Gehl says, and could
inclUde such tools ... -lite. photos. dlgilal-irNgo bonk .... pres III'CIWe.
Community members willelm to identfy ond . . . . , _ , _ mortet segments olresidents, business owners
o n d - - ~ ond aNte ond Implement t!IIKiivoo communlation stroteg1es to INch these audlonces. 1 ' - strol&lt;gies wt1 be based on existing community assets, such as the wide price of availlble housing and
proximity 10 Ul, lftd pqoa,.d now or chlnglng assets, Inducing ~ activities and educatlonlllftd ~ lnlliiiM!s.
~.......,..,. wtlr-"e lrM*1g so they c:.t uoe elleaMiy the UCI neighborhood assets resource
~GIItiSI)'S. .

5

From Edward Abbey
to Paul Zindel: The
Literature Resource Center
The Gale group has played to its stren gth s in p rod ucing tht' l1t
e r a tu r&lt;~
Reso ur ce
C e nt er
( LR C)
&lt; http : / I
www. galenet . com / ~ervlet/ LitRC / &gt;, a gateway to entries
fro m many of 1ts hterar y sta p les. contempo ra ry a utho rs,
the d iCtio nary o fht erary b1og rap hy and selecti o ns fro m 1ts
many se n es o f cnttcJsm (co ntempo rary lit era r y cnuctSm ,
po etry criticism , etc. ).
/
Geared towards u ndergraduates, the l.RC t::. an electron ~e .
m ostly fuU -text versio n of Gale publicatio ns, makmg it a one-stop r.
source for informatio n o n autho rs and th eir wo rks. LRC con ta ms full text biographical, bibliographical and crit ical info rmati o n , as well as
current, full -text critical material fro m m o re than 30 literary Juurnalll.
including Americn" Poetry Rrvrt"lv, Crwcrsm. MELUS. Revtew of Con
temporary Fictio11 , and Work/ Lrtcrarure Today. LRC also prov1des mure
than 4,000 plot synopses and lin ks to mo re th an 5,000 Weh Sll l'5 on
major 2Utho rs and thei r wo rks. In additi o n . the LRC co n ta ms th e
'' Mernam -Webster Encyclo ped ta of L•tera t ure"- wh ich covers literar y fi gures an d
genres, criti cal terms. mytho log•cal ti g ure~
and lit erary pri zes-and a usefu l gUide t o
writing a litera ry resea rch paper, mcl ud 1ng
how to cite the vario us types of mforma t ion o ne fin ds m LRC.
LRC has a ge n ero us sea rch capab1 ht )·;
yo u ca n sea rch b y a utho r an d title , o r you
can design yo ur own custo m search o r d o
a full -text sea rch . The informati o n in LR&lt;: .
varies from autho r to auth o r. About 2.500
authors have been selected- fro m th e I00.000 the database coversas the m ost -studied autho rs in a n underg raduate curri culum . For
these" authors, LRC pro vid es in -d epth coverage, including links to
documents containing biographical , criti cal a nd bibliog raphic mfo rmat ion; p lo t o vervi ews; Internet reso urces, and full -text art icl es
from scholarly journal s. Fo r other authors. biographical and bibli o graphical information is given . as well as links to curre nt journal
articles. You can also search fo r autho rs and works assoc iated with
various th emf'S , fro m the afterlift&gt; to Zio nis m . genres fro m anti sla very literature to " yellow journal is m ,"' and lit erar y m ovemenrs/timtpCriods from Afro-Cubanism to th t- Victo rian period.
The o nly drawback to LRC is that tht&gt; entire databast- is no t regularly
updated , so bibli ographies may no t
mdude the autho r's m ost recent
works. This produ ces unusual
results: For example, the bib-

'I

liography provided for lane

,

Smiley does n o t li st her
m ost recent novel, .. Ho rsr

Heaven," although LRC does provide full -text book revi~s for the novel.
Future plans for LRC include adding in depth coverage fo r more autho rs. mtegrating full -text
con tent from the Sc ribner Wr it ers and Twayn e Author series, updating bio graphies and bibliographies, incorporating onlin e
discussio n groups and p roviding links to locaJ Library ho ldings.

DrieD
Lecture to address ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ( ADH D I wd l be t he
to pi c o f th e fin al lecture of th e sem ester o f th e Co llege of Art " a nd
Sc i e n c~ s Lect ure Sc rie.!!-, In be h eld at 7:]0 p.m . on M av I =' 111 tht•
Screening Roo m in tht• Cen ter fo r the Art s o n th e No rt h C.unpw..
T he lecturt' w ill b t• given bv W ilham E. Pelh am , lr., p ro fessor .md
dircc10r of the ADHD Prog ram Ill th e Uq &gt;.trtm t·nt of Psv..: h o l u~w in
th ~ Co ll ege o f Arb JtH.I Scic r11:es.
Pdha m I!'&gt; o nt• ol th t· lc-dd ing rt·search cr' 111 ADJ-11 ) 10 the ll n ltt·d
:-, ta tc-s . In add tt HIIl to d1 rt'l t1n g LIH ·s AI l H D prog ra m , he l ondud !~ .1
h1gh h ' ' ".:"-'('.!1-!'&gt;ful ht·h.lvlnr · m&lt;Kh fi..:auon 'ummcr p ro~ram Jl tht· un1
wr!'&gt;J iv lor -..h dd rt•n w1t h A() II D.
AD ! i ll ' ' the mo:.t uunmo nl } th.lgnowd J1 s ord~r l ) l~..h d dhouJ .
a fft•ct mg m on· l hi\J ren- 3 -5 p t• rt.c: nt nf tlw popula t um - th .1n Jm
u tht·r l hildh o &lt;'d p ro blem. in recent n ·ar!'&gt; , liu·rt' h a.!!- been m lu.:h con
lrover.!!- V .t bou t A D HD - p ar tt c ul .~r l v l o n~..er n•n ~ p o~.!!-lhlt~
twc- rdJdg no, l:t and t rea tment w ith m cd~eat u m . wh1 ch IS !he prunJn
fo rm of 1ntc rwnt1u n used \\'Jth children .
In hi ~ talk , Pel ha m will a d d re~ th e m yth .! - and m&amp;.!!-I.Un-..cp twn"'
that abo u n d 111 the m ed iJ and in the .!1-cientific commum ty regard
ing ADHD. He will re\'tcw tht~ sc ient ifi c literature o n th e d aagn o &lt;;b ,
nature , causes a nd trr.~ tment o f ADHD, payi ng pa rt icul a r att enti o n
to di spellin g th e m yths and misco nceptio ns.

�61 Rap

Dl:'tea April 27. 21IOOIVol. 31.111.29

Hippity-hoppity

l&lt;:uoo s
The Olllcavl~ I&amp;
cendy..u~Yed-Accollde

Awllds from Dillrict. ollhe
Council ol Advoncement and

Neither rain, nor mud nor soggy leaves could keep these intrepid chocolate sleuths from
hunting down the elusive candy egg and other goodies at the CSEA Easter Egg Hunt held
Saturday in the Cooke-Hochstetter lots. Right, jessica Geary won one of the
first prizes in the 4-6-year-old category for her chalk Easter egg d rawing.
From left, Brittany Mazierski, Katie Mazierski, Dean
May and Michael Mazierski show off the rewards
of their search. Bottom, Amanda Lennox, left,
and Lacey Hicks leave no leaf untumed in
their quest for candy.

Support ol EduaiJon (CASE). It
roceMd a gold awlfd in !he
Fund-Ral&gt;ing Publications Pack·
ages c.otegory for Its- in
producing •campaign for UB:
Generation to Generation" piDar

cards. k also·earned a ~lvor
award In !he lndMdual Special
Public Relations Ptoj«&lt;s categ:xy for its '"IWaleness progrom

....

p~ec

Rd&gt;ecca Fomham, art dirKtor,
and Krysll Klj; copyedltor, o1
the. Office ol Publications roc~ an ExceDeoce Award in
the recruitment ategory from
UCDA tor
Surnrner s...
sioru.• The olf&gt;Ce also receMd

·us

..,_.IAccofado!YNardsfrom
[);strict II ol the Council ol Advancement and Support of Edu-

cation (CASE). They were: ~
award, visual design in print.,
'"UB Summer Sessions'" post~.
Rebecca Farnham, art director,
KJysia 1&lt;1~ copyoditor; bronu

award, college gonerallntore&gt;t
magazines, UB Today, Ann
Whttcher, editor, Rebecca
Farnham, art director; bronze
award, Individual photography,
"The Eng"-ing and Appt;ed
Sdenc.. Web ~te Bridge Page.
Frank Mlfter, pllotogrophef.

Mlcllotl Wley, UBdncoii5SOCJ.
ate """"""' ol """ biology and
on expert In water fluoridation,
has boon named ""' 2000 rodplentof the P!osklenrs Spec:lof R«~Awlfdii'OmlheAssodo­

lloo ol State and Tenltorfal Denial
~ Easley wil

teaM""'

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May 1

Nltionll

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Conll!nnCie

at""'bolng holdOral

""'a._ .-a~o-.

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_c.wtr .........

154th Commencement
c.-...... ... ,...,
Auschwitz, h&lt; has fought tirelessly
for the end ofhWlWl-rights abuses
and is the founder of ..von~ inter·
national human-ri(!hts prosram. including one at UB.
Kapoor, who will receive the
SUNY honorary Doctor of Sci&lt;na
dqJree. isaYisionary lmderand briJ.
liant enttq&gt;ren&lt;ur in the phatmac:eUtical industry. He came to the
United Stales from Bombay, India.
to pursue his doctoral studies in
medicinal chemistry at UB. N"me
yoars after earning his doctorate, h&lt;
built LymphoMed, the first of a ,..
rits of successful and innovative

pcrtorar.Q pltll!h .. - . ,..

vmiUICS, into a multimillion-dollar
pharmaceutical comP...,y. A philanthropist, he is particularly committed to supporting pharmaceutical
edu cation at UB th ro ugh th e
Kapoor Fellowship in Medicinal
Chemistry. He received the UB Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1987.
The general rommencement ceremony also will recognize some outstanding students. Receiv ing
Chancellor's Awards for Student Excdlencewill be Daniel J. Heims, communication; Michael G. Patterson,
business administration, and Nicole
Piotrowski, business administration.
lkcipients of the CoUege of Arts
and Sciences Dean's Outstanding

-

Theymullbe-by
9 a.m. Mondo)IID b e lorpubblion In ... _ . . .....
,.....pllllors ... -.be

Senior Awards will be Jess ica K.

...-oncllkO&lt;~ at

behavioral sciences, and Srinivas

~-

Raghu, physics and chemistry.

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

::~
Tho~-­
II'Om-~onlb
-and-1.-.shcUd
be limllod "'aoo- and moy
be - l o r !lyll! and longlh.lettfnmulllncblotht"""""
--andadoylme ...
phone-lor..-. ...
C&amp;!Oeollpl&lt;e-..lhe ~

Tho

•

Cavano, arts; Shari A. Salisbury, hu manities; Wmg Leong Teo. social and

Inaddilion,30.mdentswill be hooorcd .. the Collqje ;,. Arts and Sci-

ences 20000ulstaodins~
Student wcalist will be Jennifer
Koiack.
About5,00011Udmtswillbecandidatcs to ~ cJesrecs dllfinB
general commencement and 13
other commmcanent Cftm&gt;Onies
to be bdd durins tbe w&lt;d;end:
• Gncl.- School, 2 p.m.. May
12, c..- ilr tbe Arts. Thtspalr.en

will h&lt; David M. fosucs
and Anna L Furguiele,
president and vier president, respectively, of the

• SdlQCll of lnformatioo Studies,
IOun., May ll,Studont Union~
~North Compu&amp;. Thtrpeol«rwill
be GoifSiaincs, l:liiOCUIM diroctot of
the 'l'tatan New York Lilnry Jl.e.
ooun:aCobncii.KmyS.Gnnt.deon
of tbe Collqje of Arts and Scionas,

wiBOlllfe&lt;dopcs.

• Schiiai of EnP-inc and AppiodSQaxa.rp.m.Miyll,Abmi
Arena. 'Tho ..,..m. wil be 1iiale
and Mark H. ltllrwon, dean of tbe

tfj.i,;iiii:ll!!l!l••

Graduak StudentAssocia·

tion. ProYOSt David Trigsle
will confer degr=.
• Health Related Professions, 9 a.m., May 13,
Alumni Arena The spealtor
will be J. Warren Perry, the
school's founding dean and
professor emeritus. Mkbael
E. B&lt;mardino, vice presi·
dent for health all3irs, will
confer degrees.
• School of Social ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - " " '
Work. 9a.m.,May 13,Centerforthe school. Trigsle will oonfer degr=.
• School of Pharmacy, I p.m.,
Arts. The Hon. E. Jeannette Ogdm,
Buffalo City Court judge, will speak. May 13, Slee Concert Hall. The
speaker will h&lt; pharmacy Dean
Greiner will confer degrees.
• School of Nursing. 9 a.m., May Wayne K. Anderson. Greiner will
13, Slee Concert Hall. The speaker confer degrftS.
• School ofArchitecture apd Planwill h&lt; B&lt;rnadene Melnyk. associ·
ate dean for research and associate ning, 2 p.m., May 13, Hayes Hall
professor at the University of Roch- Lawn, South Campus. The spealtor
will h&lt; P&lt;ter D. Sa1ins. SUNY provost
ester.l{iggle will confer degrees.

and vice cbancdJor lOr academic af.
lain. K.enndh ). Levy, UB senior vice
pnMlll. wiD &lt;Xlllfo&lt; dopes.
• School ofMaJJoeemml, 5 p.m.
May 13, Alumni Arena. Management Dean Lnris Mandell and
o.nid Pmbertby, wbo wil reaM
tbe eucu!M muter's d&lt;pu in
""*-lltlminillnlion wiD speak.
GreinerwiiOlllfe&lt; dopes.
·~SchoolofF.duc.lioo,

5 p.m., May 13, c..- ilr the Arts.
The speaker will be D. Bruce
}obnstmJe. former SUNY Olancdlor and UB professor ofhigber edu·
cation and oompora!M education.
1ligle will confer degr=.
• School of 0.0121 Medicine, 2
p.m.. May 14, Center for the Arts.
Major Gen. Patrick D. Sculley. deputy
surgeon general , U.S. Army Dent!l
Corps and chi&lt;f of staff of the U.S.
ArmyMedical Command, will speak.
Bernardino will conftr degrees.
• Law School, 5 p.m., May 14,
Center for the Arts. The speakers will
be law Dean R. Nils Olsen, Jr.;
Greiner; law professor Elizabeth B.
Mensch. and graduating student
Anthony Pendergrass. Greiner will
confer degrftS.
• School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 2 p.m., May 19,
Center for the Arts. The speaker will
be David Satcher, the 16th U.S. surgeon general and assistant secrrtary
for health. lliggk. Bernardino and
John Wrigh~ dean of the medical
school, will confer degrftS.

�ADn117.1nOO/Yol.31.1n.1S

RepCIIriea

Inpatient care still important
Outpatient alcoholism treatment doesn't work for everyone
B7 KATHLUN WL\VU
RtpOtltr Contributor

......, sdleduled for an admtional six

months of outpatient aftercare folstudy of treatment set- lowing their assigned treatment and
tings for persons withal- were followed by the researchers
cohol-abuse problems acrtl5S 18 months post-treatment
has shown that while
"Averaged acrtl5S client characteroutpatient care can help many, inpa- istics, we found significant improvetient programs may be the preferred ment among clients in all treat ·
treatment setting for individuals with ments, but no overall difference bemore severe aloohol problems and/ tween inpatients, intensi~ outpatients or standard outpatients," acor oognitive impairment
Acoording to Robert G. Rychtarik. cording to Rychtarik.
"'However, when we took indiefforts to rut health-care oosts and
prior research suggesting no differ- vidwil client characteristics into acences between inpatient and outpa- count, clients with more ~vere
tient treatment have resulted in a drinking problems were found to
sharp reduction in the availability of have a higher percentage of days of
inpatient alcoholism treatment and voluntarily abstinent-abstinent
an incr~ in outpatient care for days not restricted due to hospitalization or incarceration---end to avth&lt;R with drinking problems.
ButastudyoonductedbyRydltarik, erage lower amounts of alcohol ooowho headed a team of
at sumption per drinking day when
UB's Research Institute on Addictions treated as inpatients than when
studying treatment settings for per- treated as either intensivyor ~sons with aloohol problems and evalu- dard outpatients.
\
"On the other hand, th&lt;R low in
ating which individuals benefit most
from them, shows there still is a place drinking-problem ...mty benefited
for inpatient treatment
most from outpatient care. regardless
Rychtarik's research was funded of intensity. Oients in the mid-range
with $788,000 in grants from the of problem ...mty benefited equally
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse well across the three treatments."
and Alcoholism.
The research also suggested that
ln a report published in the April individuals with oognitive impairissueofthe/ournalofConsrdtingand ment----.howing signs of potential
CliniCJJI Psychology, Rychtarik and brain damage-benefited more
colleagues randomly assigned groups from inpatient than outpatient c,are.
of alcoho~cs -to 28 days of either in- )'hose in the mid- to high-range of
patient, intensive outpatient. or less- cognitive funct ion ing benefited
intensive standard outpatient treat- equally well from the three settings.
ment Oients in all treatmen~ ,_.-!'.A~ linding." Rjdltarik

A

research.;..

said, "was that while general drinking
outcomes were similar across setting&lt;.

during the follow-up inpatients spent
fewer days incarcerated and/or in residential substance-abust treatment
combined than either intensive or
standard outpatients. The finding suggests that cost savings from outpatient
care may be offset to some extent by
higher oosts of readmissions and in,carcerations following treatment"
Rychtarik also noted that, "the
two outpatjtnt settings were similar on all the outcome measures and
did not vary according to either client problem severity or cognitive
functioning, furthering support for
the notion that intensity of outpatient treatment may be less important than once thought."
The results of this research may
be helpful to alcoholism treatment
professionals who make decisions
about clients' level of care, and to
po~c:ymalc= responsible for establishing clinical-care guidelines for al coholism treatmenL The research ers noted that future research needs
to aa.mine the cost -effectiveness of
alcoholism-treatment settings replicate the findings across different
sites, explore factors accounting for
the current results and examine the
findings when newer

m~ications

for relapse prevention are part of the
treatment plan.

Ge rard J. Connors, Robert B.
Whitney, Neil B. McGillicuddy,
)ames M. Fitterling and Philip W.
Wirtz also contributed to the.study.

"Mother Hen" a supplement, not substitute, for regular class
To the

R~port~r.

Prof. Michael Ram of the Physics
Department (in the &amp;porta; April
19) slams the rurrent "Mother Hen"
project, a Web supplement provided
to VB calculus students. He says tha\
small classes are tho key to success
in math and physics l_ea.Ching.
The VB Departmen~Qf Mathematics agrees tha~s'll'ill-dasses are
vital Unlike tqe Department '?~ .
Phy,sil", the mathematJ&lt;;s depart_.,
ment already tea~;ill , its lowerdivisioq classes in si= qf ~or'*·
We would be delighted if they were

smaller. At the same time, the mathematics department remains open
to new approaches that reacb students. "Mother Hen" is certainly one
of those, serving more than 3,000
users so far this ~esler, many of
who!ll have told us that they find it
valuable. It is not intended to be a
substitu te for. rekU}ar class, but
only a supplement, which is availableofot tl,looe ,who ...W,. to \15&lt; it.·.
Prof. Ram 5eefi!S ups_et 1\&gt;~t SI)JdeJ.!!' avight be iD~ il1 seeil)g

a

ing video segment of a math lecture.
Would he be upset if students chose
to read over and over again a page or
two of a calculus textbook? ln neither
case is the experience comparable to
an interchange between student and
instructor of the type Prof. Rap! so
rightly values. But we are pleased that
so many UBstudentscho&lt;R to watch
a bit of a math lecture, many of them
in hours after midnight.
lllcMniE.Vesley
Und&lt;rgrodua!e Dired01

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Calendar
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lnst:ructor-e&gt;ep.rtment of Pharmacy
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P..ake. Posting U-0036. AssbUnt/
Auodate Professor-Department of

~~~te~;~r;:;~~nt

of Pharmacy Practice, Posting lfF.0038.
CllnOI Assistant Professor-Depart~nt
of Pharmacy Practice, Posting 1~39.
CHnical Assistant Professor-Department
of Pharmacy PractK.e, Posting Nf.()().40.
Clinkal Aulstant Professor-Oepan.mem
of PhallllaC)' Practice, Posting ltF.Q041

Assistant Professor/ Auodate
Profeuor, Clink.al Assistant Professor/
CJinkaJ Associate Profeuor (four
positions availab~)-School of Nut'Sing,
Posting 41F-~l .

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Duquesne 7, UB 2
UB 6. Duquesne 5
Canlsius l . UB 0

Canlslus 8, UB 5
TheBulssplit•~­

rrn

Duquesne April 18 ., m.;r
pmes this....., ;n 0uv&gt; r ... Pari&lt;
The Dui&lt;es took the "'"'f'f" 7-2 and
us took the nl&amp;f&gt;tap 6-5, ""•"' .

"". two-nJn home
run to spari( a Bulk comeback. Marie
Esposito p; the - ., .-.lief, piuNog
~ .0 in&lt;W1p and &amp;iW'C up just one hk
to pick up his fim career vk:tory.
Canislus . . _ the April 19
8&lt;yan -

~inDt.n-IT~rePark.The

Golden GriiMs won the lint game. 30. be/*'&lt;1.
SQning
pitd&gt;er Mvi&lt;'Nest. K.eW&gt; Brown p;
twO of the I!&lt;Jis'lour tm.ln the
second pme. us p; out to "' early
load with Scott Mnxzek's second
home ru-. d the seuon. Canisius
\'lfiOUd come back to win 8-5.

"""""'from

lBnni~

.._. Esposito of the
baebll tl!am picked up lf
W:tory in relief as the Bulls
defeli!d Duquesne, 6-5, for
!heir tint win in Dunn lire
Park. The freshman righthandet pitched four inni~,
aiQwing just one hit to cla1m
his first career win. Trailing
«l, Esposito held the Dukes
in check as the Bulls
motJf'tkd a comeback rally
to Ulte the win.
·
Melissa Ryan of th.e
women's track and field
team was a double winner
in the UB Invitational,
leading the Bulls to a 35511 B wtn over Canisius. Ryan
took first place in both the
100 high hurdles (14.21)
and the 400 intermediate
hurdles (1 :02.67).

MEN

St. Francis 4, UB I
The Bulls men's tennis squad ~ iu regular season Apri1 19 W1th a 4-1 loss
atScmnas (Po.).The
B-13 """""'and Q.6 ;n MKI-Amenan
Conference play. Only 1M&gt; ,;,gte. matrl&gt;&lt;S ~ pbyed to compleoon and the
clouOies matrl&gt;&lt;S ~ canceled.The lone ,;,gte. vktory fo&lt; the Sulk wu by Fery
Kasman, who defeated Isreal Gutierrez. 6-2.6-l.at number t¥oO. ~ tS 11-5
O'+"ee"a' and).) tpinst MAC c:ompetition. T'NO other nur.ches were decided.,
~~Number one Sud; Su.anro fell6-4.5-7. 74. to Matt Goweo-.
while nunbe&lt;' d&gt;&lt;ft justin Bnl&lt;o lost 6-2.6-7. 7 4. to Zach H""'"'

&amp;JUs"",._

WOMEN

Northern Illinois 6, UB I
Western Michigan 7, UB 0
The BuUs dosed out their regular season wtth a pa1r of MAC losses

i.t

home

UB fell to Northern Ulinois. 6-1. on Friday and Western Mkhipn. 7-0. on
Sawrday. Due to rain, both matches 'ft'ere he.ld indoors at the Villqe Glen Tenms
Club. US conduded the regular seuon S·IS OYtnll and 0-9 in league pby.
In US's loss to the Huskies, the Bulls' kxle win wu an injury-default VIctory

by Anne Schule.. Senior Gloria Rodriguez fell to Ashley Brunk at number six. 6-4.
... 6-.l. Against Western Michigan. the SuUs dKS not win a set.droppln&amp; four
matches.'-'&gt;. 6-0. Rodriguez. at numbrr six. fell to Mindy Ownpion. 6-1 . 6-),
whfle. top seed Michelle Men::er dropped a 6-1 , 6-1 d«i:sioo to Cyra Halik.

~ohoall
Mother Nature Strikes Again
US's weekand road uip to face Siena and Albany wu wuhed out by a steady r21n
tNt soaked the NOI"lfleut. No makeup dateS were atW'IOI..WKed fof' either contest..
The Sufis haw lost sbt pmes this seuon due to inclement oweat:her:

lrac~ ano ~iBio
UB men and women post wins over ~istus
The UB men's and WOI'Tien's track~ teams hosted Uni:s1us. U!Yfnl
DMWn Ill schook and unatDChed COITlpedton in their f'lm home outt:kxw' meet
d2000.The men downed Canisius. J~IIS .and the UB ~ 'NOO. JSS-118
Muttlple fim-pbce finishers for the men's team lnduded KMNu ~lim (long
jump---6.93 meters, triple Jump--15.40 meters), Steve Esler (iave!Jo-..-.40 meters,
pole vauk-1 34.).Ste.e Hoskins (100 rneun-: 11 .17. 200 meten-,22.38),
Brian Wdtiams (II 0 high hurdles _, 16.06, 400 nt&lt;nnediat&lt; hurdles-~.22) .
and Adam Smith (shot put-1 ~- 93 meters. discus--47.52 meten).
WiMer'S for the women's squad~ Sanh Fletcher (cfiscus..--o43 meters.
~30. 1 8 meters. hammer mrow-51.84 meuon), Biauna McfarUnd (100
me&lt;er&gt;-:12.78, tripletuml&gt;-11 .73 meten). 5.nh Knnrler (200 rneun,ZS,65,1onc jump-5.25 meters),and Melissa Ryan (100 high hurdles-, 14.21.
-400 intermediate hurdles- I :02...67).

~ootoall
Blue Rallies Past White, 24-23, in Spring Scrimmage
The Blue team raHied with cwo rouchdowns in the fourth quarter to defeat the
White, 24-23, in the ~ UB spnng football W'irr'lmage at UB Sodtum Sarurcby
Redshlrt frHhrmn Demetrius Aust.rum pve the White tum a 23-10 lead
late In the third quarter when he rewmed an lnterceptioo 25 yards for a
toud}down before the Blue roared back. Sophomore callback Sam McDonald
scored on a I0-yard run to cut the lead to 23-17 early In the fou rth quarter
and junior running b;ack Derrick Gordon gave the Blue Its Wlnnmg touchdown
The White. behind the passing of juntOr Mike Gaydosz. moved the ball to
the Blue ll ~fore a SO..yard field~ by recist'un freshman Dallas Petz m1ssed
on die last play of regulation. Gaydos;t finrshed the day 11-of-23 for 118 yard~
and a touchdown. The Blue opened the sconng wtth a I ) -play march on the1r
first possession. capped by a thr-ee-yard pass from quarterback M1ke Taytor to
Oahnel Singfield Tqior fimshed 14-&lt;&gt;f-19 for 160 y..rcls pass1ng, wh1le S1ngfield
led aU receivers with e1ght catches for S8 y.ards
The White ~ wtth three defenslv.e ~oreMO ake the le.3d Jumor Chn~
Shelly picked up a fl.mble and spn1trd 22 yards for a score to make n 16-7 11'1 bYOI'
of the White. Blue locker' Scott ~let' cut the le1.d ro 16- I0 wrth a 4 2·y;lf'd field goo!
beforeAustrum's interception n!Wm for a SCOI"e g;r.-e dleWhrte a lJ-10 lead
McDoruld k!d the 8AJe ceam With 31 yards rushing whde sophomore Andre
Forde N.d three catrlles for 59 yards. The Blue defense was led by Mark Graham
who N.d s.eYen addes. Chris Gray added five caddes. while D.wle WrUaams hJd two
~ck gcks m ,. pass bre.akup. For me Wh~tt: . seotOf' Theron Walker nad 33
yards rushing. white redshirt frestvTwiAbn Stetnman hOld three catches for 27 yarth
Defen.sively, the White was led by sophomore Youdbl"t Marcellus' etght tackles. wtule
linebacker Brandon Jordan had SlX tackles. Sophomon! comer Mike L..unben. had :a
37-yard inten:eption rerum; Lorenzo jones had two sacks.

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ter for the Arts. 8 p.m. B. fo&lt;
more information, 645-ARTS.

and Gender. Thuan Oao,
prof., Dept of Clinical
Sciences, faculty of Dentistty,
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tor TOfT'IOfTOW. 8 a.m~m.

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place on campus, or ior

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Student Preparedness and

. Motivation. Frank
Scannapieco, alSOC. prof.,
Dept ol Oral 8~. &lt;SO Pari&lt;.

off cRm pus events. where

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Senior Celebration
Senio&lt; lkealcfast. lobby,
Student Union. 9-11 a.m. Free.

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Physiology. 220 Natural Sciences
Complex. HS p.m. free. fo&lt;

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lllochemlstry Seminar
Applied Genomlcs: from 8AC
An'ays to Mlcroarr~ Norma
J. Nowak. Dept of Cancer Ge~­

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Law Dinner
Students of CokJr

ell'ctronlc su bmiulon form

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111 Kimball Tower. Noon. Free.
Sponsored by Dept. Ph)'&gt;lcal
Therapy, Exercise ~ Nutri_tion

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princltHII

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no later than noon on
the Thursd,,y pn.•ceding
publication. llulngl

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for the online UB Calendar

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Mathematics Colloquium
Phase field models of alloy
solidification Including
hydrodynamics. Robert F.

alendar will be included
In tht.• Reportcr.

Delaware Ave., Buffalo •.S p.m.2 a.m. For~ lnformaUon,
Angela jones, 838-9139.

~StudenU
How to Buy and Maintain Your

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225 Nawral Sciences Complex.

fn~~t~by

Scholar Services. For more infor·
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History of Medicine
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When Did Modem Medicine
~ln7 GertH . 8~er, prof.

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Dept ol Music. fo&lt; """"
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29
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Biological Sdences Seminar

~877-3&lt;98.

etk.s, Roswell Paril: Cancer lnsutute. 1348 Farber. Noon . Free.

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8311-3999.

UB vs. Albony (DH) . U8
Softball Stadium. 1 p .m. free .

D.nce-e
Points of Balance-Young

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Dance, Black Box Theatre, Center for the Arts. 2 p .m . S3 . For
more information, 645-ARTS.

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ter for'the Arts. 8 p.m. S3. for
more information, 645-ARTS.

Foster Chemistry Colloqulo
Probing the Mechanism of
Beta-Carbonk Anhydrase
with Slte-Dire&lt;ted

Biack Box Theatre,
Center fO&lt; the Arts. 2 p.m. S3.
For more information, 645-A.RTS.

lluf'lolo

Chips-·

The Send-off Spring Shows.
The lkJft.olo Chips and guests,
Katharine Comell Theatno. 7:30
p.m. S5 . Sponsored by Center

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Sunday

Loon Counseling Seulon
Loan Counseling Information
Session. Offte.~ of Financial Aid
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more information, Shelaine
Rigby, 829-3724 .

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Q&amp;A: jean Dickson describes

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holdings ofthe Polish Room

} Passion for ((Peeps"

PAGE

s Chemist develops m-oolutionary
method ofsynthesizing drugs

Dance

Fever

Mary Ford-Sussman, a
dancer with the Limon
Dance Company, adjusts
the posture of a student
.during a master class in the
Center for the Arts. The
company was in residence
at UB March 2 7 through
AprillS .

Schumer to speak at commencement
junior senator from New York to address graduates at UB's 154th commencement
By SUE WUETCHER

diciary Commit-

Reporter Editor

U

tee and the Rules

Committee.
Prior to his eleccion to the Senare,
Schumer served
nine terms in the
House of Repre-

NITED States Sen.
Charles Schumer will

deliver the address at
UB's 154th general
commencement ceremony, to be
held May 14 in Alumni Arena.
Schumer, 48, is in his first term
representing New York State in the
Senate after defeating Alfonse
D"Amato in 1998-one of only
two Democrats elected to the Senate that year. He serves as a inember of the Banking, Housing and
Urban Affairs Committee, the Ju -

sentatives, representing the Ninth Congressio nal

District in Brooklyn and Queens.
A native of New York City, he
graduated from Harvard College
and Harvard Law SchooL He was
eleded to the New York State Assemblyat age23----oneoftheyoung-

est members s1nce Theod o rt&gt;
Roosevelt.
As a member of Co ngrt&gt; ss,

Schumer sponsored and helped pass
th~ Brady BW, which required a fiveday waiting period for the purchase
of a handgun. The foUowing year,

he helped pass the Assault Weapon&gt;
Ban, which outlawed 19 automatic
weapons.
That same year, he sponsored and

heiJ?ed pass the Omnibus Crime Bill
ofl994,whichput IOO,OOOnewpolice officers nn the street, enforced
uthree -strikes-and -you're-out"sen ·
tencing and created after-schoo l

programs.
Strongly pro -choiCe , Schuma

authored and helped pass legislation
making it a federal crime to infringe
on a wom~n 's right to choose b y
blockading famdy-planning clinics.

He also authored and helped pass
the Violence Against Women Act.
the first federal legislation protect ing women from domestic abuse.
He was the sponsor of the Hate
Crimes Statistics Ad, which organized data on crimes of bigotry, as
weU as the Hate Crimes Prevention
Act, which wouJd allow federaJ au thorities to prosecute these offenses.

UB jumps to 11th on Yahoo! wired list m
By EUfN COOLDBAUM
News Services Editor

ROM nowhere to the top

F

50 to the top I5.
That's the story of UB's

remarkable track record in
tech nology in just the past three
yea rs, according to the closely

watched"wiredschools"arbiter, Yahoo! lmernet Life_ Magazi11e.
In i hi s week's issue , Yahoo!

Internet Life ranks UB II th out of
the "50 Most Wired Universities
and Research Schools" &lt;http:/I
www.wlredc:ollegeuom &gt; in the

information technology, "and our

students should be proud to be at UB,
which by this measure--a currently
releva nt one to be su re- has
achieved top status.
"T his ranking recognizes

UB's farsighted
investmen t of

the studen t techno logy fee in
providing access
to computers for
all students ;" he
continued.
He no ted that

nation in the magazine's annual UB has paid parranking, a closely watched barom- •ticuJar attention to

eter of who leads the pack in technology on campus.

The magazine broke the top I00
into two groups: the "50 Most Wired
CoUeges," which are mostly baccalau reate institutions, and the USO
Most Wired Universities and Re+

search Schools," UB's category.
UB is the only public university
in New York State that made either

of the magazine's rankings this year.
"We are pleased to havt: created an
IT-rich environment for our stu ·
dents," said Hinrich Martens, associ ate vice president for computing and

resi dence
Web-based access to grades, regis·
tration and financial accounts. and
the increasing infusion of educational technology in th~ teachingand-learning process.
The article that accompanies the
listi ngs men tio ns that advances
come so fas t in the wired world that
what was pioneering last year--or

even last month--is already old hat,
making the cffon to stay ahead even

more of a chaUengc.
Added to that is the fact that Ya hoo! Internet Life condUcted more
vigorous outreach this year, result ing in 1.300 institutions participating, nearly three times
as many as last yea r.
In th e "Notes
and Comments" se&lt; tion for UB, the ar ·
tid e highlights a
project conducted
with Stanfo rd University in which the
two institutions are
"developing the
world 's firs t "h icoastal' clcusroom."
This revolution ary
videocon ferencing system
was developed by specialists in the
Office of Co mputing and Informa tion Technology at UB. It uses
Internet 2, with its greater bandwidth and enhanced. video quality,
to allow instructors at both institutions to team-teach the same comparative literature course to their
students in real-time.
The same technology is being
used to develop another bicoastal

dassmom. this time for an engineermg course being taught si multa neously at UB and at the University
of California at Santa Barbara.
According to the magazine, US's

high ranking also was based on:
• The percentage of public computers (50) that were purchased in
the past rwo years
• The fact that all of UB's dorm~
arc wired
• The availability of UB's elec tronic application form
• Online and telephone registra tion for courses and drop/add
• Online transcript!. and wurSt:
M:hedules
• The amount of network file
space and \Veb spact&gt; { 11 -23MB
each) guaranteed for all students
Other positive aspects n ott~ m
the ranking for UB indudt" lihran·
resources that allow sru~ent.s to rt'·
serve and check the status of book!.
electronically, the availability of
more than one free institutiOn ·
hosted email account or alias per
student, free printing from campus
computers, one-on -one tech support, an Internet -o rientation re quirement and computer equip-

ment designed for the disabled.

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Aprii21J. 2101JVo1.3l.la.28

BRIEFLY

Mindel to . . tips

....,. Dkbon is curator of the Polish Collection ancl subjec:t st:lCCialislt for· 1

-rho 10 Wont Flrw&gt;dol .....
ning Tips" wll b e - by
._.. Mondol,- of tho
SdlOOI of~ 11 Ul's
Senior Alumni "'""'-&gt; on
Moy10.
The progrom wtll be held at
noon In the Center for Tomor,_ on the Naflh c.mpUs.
Mondo~.

on.- and,._

oeorther In the -

of llnlnce,

,_, "Your--.· a-.y
.coll-in

""""-.g"""'

7-8
p.m. on s.turdoyJ on WNfD.
AM. The pmgrom b designed
for~and-.

who own or.,. coruldorlng
starting I omall busineu.

Cost of the "'""'-&gt;. designed for UB senior alumni,
their ~ and spoute, b S12

i&gt;o&lt; penon. For"""" lnlormatlon or to make reervat1ons, call
the ue Office of Alumni Relotlons at 829-2608.

Earth Flrstlllctlvlst
to discuss bombing
Flrstl actMst Alida
Uttletrft wll dbcuss the unsoiYod 1990 murder lllrlnpl on
ludl 8ari, the .............,_
who fought against d:!e logging
of CAlifornia . . - by
big timber corporotfons, ol 2
p.m. In 330~
Union on the Naflh Campus.

Lltlletree wll bethe ftnal
s,-ofthe--.~ - The

tali&lt;, '"'Mio-JudiBarir
wll be'frft and to the
public.

Sari and ......... o.ryt

~. - driW&gt;g In Ool&lt;-

·lond, cw.-·fi!Pe-

. . . . the.,. aplodod.
Sari and c;:Mney ........... but
~-by tho Fll and
dlllged wllh trlnlpOiting . . . .

- - The pair-·~
lowsuit against the FBI ond the
~Police~

Although Sari- of -

modern lanSuases and literatures in Lockwood Library. A UB librarian
since 1986, she is respollSlble for collection development for French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Rllssian and
Spanish literatures and languages, in addition to providing both general and~ reference service.

EiJ

Wh•t .,.., the origins of the
Polish collection 7
ln 1955 the American Council ofl'olish Cultural Oubo had its conv&lt;ntion
in Bulf.tlo, which at the time had a
thriving Polish neighborhood concentrated oo the East Side. The Buf.
falo host organization was the Polish

Arts Club, whose president was
Aleksander )anta-Polczynski,a Polish
journalist-in-aile, writer, bibliophile.

to the new coU&lt;etion. Thtsc are &lt;!&lt;scribed bridlyandhav&lt; been scanned
into the Polish Room Web site
&lt;http://-~­

les/ unlts / lml/pollsh-room /
lndu.html&gt;.
Wh•t Is In the collectlon7

The books number about 11 ,000
volumes, while journal volumes""'
less than half tha~ so that we really

and apparmtly an effective leader. are crowding the room now. The
Janla-&lt;lS he was known-worked Polish Room is all shelving and
out a deal with the University of Buf- books now-no space for reading
falo, then still a private institution, and or contemplating. I'm sorry to say.
its presiden~ Oifford Furnas, to dedi- The major areas in which I have
cue a room in Lockwood Library been selecting books are history and
(then, of coune, on the South Cam- c:urrmt social scien= ofl&gt;oland and
pus in what has since become the Polish language and literature. There
Health Sciena:s Library} to Polish a(Xl also is a fair representation ofbooks
Polish-American books, manuscripts on Polish art, history of Polish
and objets d'art. The two leaders ac- Americans, and a few books on
tually signed an agreement that in- other subjects, such as philosophy
dueled the provision of furniture and and music. Most of the books I orstained-gla&lt;s panel! to be provided by der are in Polish, but a significant
the Polish community and the space minority, are in English. Other
and shelving provided by the univer- Lockwood librarians are careful to
sity. Joseph Mazur, the artist who de- order books from United States
signed and decorated the interiors of presses that addr&lt;ss Polish history,
many Buffalo churches, gave four society and arts, when they encounstained-g13ss panels portraying ter them. In recent years, I have
promiocnt Polish cultural figures. in- added about 50 videotapes of feadudingthepoetsJuliuszSlowackiand ture films and educational films.
Adam Mickiewicz, pianist and com- which are accessible through the UB
Libraries online catalog and probpo5&lt;T Ignace Paden:wski, and comably are the
h~vily used catpo5&lt;T Frederick 010pin. l.ocal cabinetmakers donated handcrafted dis- egory ofrnaterials iii the coUection.
play cases. a table and other furnish- H - II the collection used
ings. The most unusual and precious •ndbywhom7
donation probably was the set of Pol- The coUection has a diverse group of
ish royal documents that the Sattler's users, induding faculty members
department ston: purchased and pre- here and from other academic instisented as a manuscript cornerstone

most

tutions in the region, students of Polish desant, indepmdent resean:bers,
genealogists and high-school students. There has been a Polish Studies program at UB, run by Professor
Czeslaw Prokopcxyk, that has
sparked a lot of use, too.
--.collection
cuntordo7
I spend a lot of time sorting through
catalogs, both print and online, try·
ing to deci&lt;k what to order for the
coUection. I also get email correspondence from people all over the
place who are looking for information or materials that they think....,
might be able to provide. However,
being the curator of the Polish Collection is only one part of my job,
so I am oot able to devote all my
time to such pursuits.

Why •rw such . - I m pot'Unt7 .. Jtot')'7 llter.tu~7

l think the Polish CoUection is particularly important as a long-term
commitmentbetw&lt;mtbeuniversity
and the local community. It is unusual because there are very few
..nhnic" coUect:ions in American
univ=ities that are dedicated to one
nation or nationality. There are
many Slavic collections or East European collections, but ....ryfew Polish coUections in the U.S. The relatively narrow focus of this collection
allows us to provide quite good=·
erage of the field.
Wh•t .,.. the molt unusual,
r.,. and w•luable Items In the
collection 7

As I mentioned earlier, the docu-

meots of the Polish kings are
unique. We also have a few letters from the 20-antury writers
Stefan Zeronu.ki, Maria
Konopoicka and Maria
Dabrowska. And, ... have two
rare books. ln general. though,
..., currenlly collect only books
and journals. since we have no
archival space available.
- I J t h e c -7
-~-•spect.lcol-

lectlott,_7

l(s located in 51 7 I..odwood, in
the southeast comer of the fifib
Boor, on the mmer of Putnam
and Putnam!
Do you spulo Poi1Jh7

Tak. ale oit dobru! l can speak
some Polish, but for the most
part, I can claim only reading
knowledge of Polish.
In this er• of tJwht - gets, ... the ........
q-esforthe-7
l am ....ry con=ned about the
Polish Collection aod all the

oon-Eoglish-language books ·
and journals. Many people assume that all the "important"
stuff has been translated into English. so we don't really need all
of these materials, bu~ in fact,
only a small fnction is translated.
ln addition, of course, much is
lost in any translation of a literary Work. I think much of the
depth of a irni-.ity coUection
~ides on its multilingual material, especially in the humanities
and social sciences.

concer In 1997, Utllelne,
Chorney, and-"""' the
RedWood 5&lt;Jmmer
Project haw &lt;ontinued to pursue the cMktghts lawsuiL
Lltlletree ...... about what

iusda

she soys I&gt; tho .,. ~ corporate timber and the Flll1n
framing Sari and Cherney lor
the bornl*&gt;g. • .. the ...

cents-In tho use of
force against ....... oneotoi OC•

livlsts KlOSS the country.

Six to receive UB Law Alumni awards May 3
Honorees to include fivegraduates, one longtime Law School faadty member
By MAllY BETH SPINA
Nem Services Editor

lVE graduates of the Law
School will receive DistinguiShed Alumni Awards at
the Law Alumni A.ssocia-

F

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awards dinner, to be held at5:30 p.m.
May 3 in the Hyatt Regency Bulf.tlo.
The awards, established by the
association's board of directors in
i 963, recognize the valuable contributions that Law School alumni
h:ave made to their profession and
community.
In addition, Paul Ivan Birzon, a
panner with Birzon &amp; Davis. P.C.,
and longtime faculty member in the
Law School, will be honored for
outstanding ~rvia to the community by a non-alumnus.
Awards will be pr=nted to:
• The Hon. Rose H. Sconiers, '73,
who in 1993 became the first African-American woman elected a justice of the New York State Supreme
Court's Eighth judicial District, "for
her conscientious and diligent performance in the judiciary."
Sconiers and a panel of 12 advisors have been named to lead a com·
muoity-outreach program to. imP"""' confidence in the fairness of the
court system. She is a former mem-

her of the UB Council.
• Kenneth B. Forrest, '76, an assigning partner in the litigation department of the New York City law
finn of WachteU, Lipton, Rosen &amp;
Katz, "for his leadership by example
as a private practitioner.•
A specialist in commercial litigation, Forrest has had a leading role
in the nationwide effort to get judicial approval fur a $200 billion settlement betw&lt;m various states and the
tobacco industry. He is a member
of the Law School Dean's Advisory
Council.
• Howard R. Relin, '68, Monroe
County district attorney, "for his
corru:t;~itm·ent to public service."
Relin is nationally known as a legal innovator for his efforts in prosecutions involving drugs. domestic
violence, guns and elder abuse.
Through his leadership, Rochester
was the first city in NewYorkSiate to
have a Drug Treatment Court, the
second city in the. nation to have a
combined federal and local task forcr
to prosecute illegal-guo possession
and distnbution, and the first upotate
New York community to haY&lt; a specialized elder-abuse prosecutor.
• lrvi n·g M. Shuman, '54, a
founding partner of the law finn of
Gross. Shum"'\"ri2dle &amp; Gilfillan,

P.C., "for his many contributions to
the betterment of our community."
Shuman has been active as a community leader in Btlffalo, particularly
in thejewishcooununity. Heisapast
p~ident and vice president of the
Jewish Federation of Greater Bulf.tlo
and a past general chair of the United
Jewish Fund Campaign. He"""" 00
the Jewish federation's executive
committee and has been chairmao .
of sneral of its committees. including those dealing with Russian resettkment aod govornance.
• John J. Nasca, ' 46, a partner
with Nasca &amp; Nasca, "fur his =mplary performance in business."
Nasca, whose law practice is in
Bulfalo, is a director ofJoscph Naples
&amp; Associates, Inc.; Los-G=o, Inc.;
the Community Council Western
New York P~ rtnership aod the
Kaleida Health System Council. He
is a past director of, and has =-1
fur 25 years oo, the E=utive Committee of Fleet Bank.
·
• Paul lvao Birzon of Attica, a
partnerofBirzon &amp; Davis, P.C., "for
outstanding service to the community by a non-aluroous."
Anassociateprofessorofevidence
in the Law School and graduate of ·
Columbia University Law School,
Birzorrisa nationally known special-

ist in matrimonial and &amp;miJy law. He
is a fuuoding member of the United
States Chapter of the International
Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
and the Western New York Association of Matrimonial Lawyers.

�Aprii2Q 2flllll/Yol.31, lo.28

Repall'las

Pharmacist Singh to deliver
first junior scholars lecture
Satpal Singh, anoc:late professor of biochemical pharmacology,
will deliver the first leclure in the Junior Scholars Distinguished ln u-rdisciplinary Lecture Series at 4:30p.m. o n May 3 in 120 C lefnens

Hall on the No rth Campus.
The lecture and awards cere mony will be preceded by a reception
at 4 p.m.
Singh won a competitiOn among recently promoted associate pro~
fessors to deliver the leclure, which is spOnsored by the Office of the
Provost and the Provost 's Junior Faculty Advisory Committee. His
lecture, enti tl ed .. From Mo[ecules to Mind: Frontiers of Ignorance,"
will discuss whether complete understanding of the brain requires
the discovery o f some new fundamental laws of nature, or if ,there
are aspects that may~ intrinsically beyond comprehension.
A UB faculty member since 1989, Singh's areas of expertise in cl ude electrophysiological, pharmacological and genetic analysis of
ion channels and their regulation in Drosophila.
He cu rrently serves as principal investigator on two fede ral grants:
a $530,000 gran t from the National Institutes of HeaJth to stud y
"Regulation of Calcium Currents in Drosophila, " and a $330.000
grant from the National Science Foundation to study .. Mutational
Analysis of Potassium Cu rrent s in Drosophila."
'
He received bachelor's and master's degrees in phys1cs from Punjab
University in C handiga rh , India, and a doctorate in molecular biology from the Tata Institut e of Fundamen tal Research in Bombay.
He served as a postdoctoral assoCiate and an associate resea rch SCI entist in neurogcnetics 01 t the Umversity of Iowa.

Spring Clinical Day set
• Roofreplocemenl. asbestos removal in Wende and Bed&lt; halls, mid-May: Recoating of the roof of Clark
Gym. The exterior of Wende wl be repainted and masonry work wil done, scheduled to begin in late July and
be completed llj' mid-September. The exterior of Crosby Hall also wi8 be repainted and masonry work done

from early June through late August.
'
• Repain to stone steps outside of cary, farber, Shennan, Michael, Crosby. HaJ"S and Parker
· halls. Work at Cory. farber and Shefma!l is scheduled for )&lt;B&gt;e through September, work at remaining buildings scheduled to begin this month and continue through September.
• Elevator rehab In Patker Hall.
I
• Rel\ab of Harriman Hall, including replacement and asbestos obatOjnellt of all windows, rehab of the buement and first.ftoor spaces for SI1Jdent allain, extended food service and construction of an eleYotorln the cen~ for the~· .c~ is OXP,O&lt;ted to begin in June and
run -.gh July 200-1,
.
·
• Abatement of asbestos in,plaster ceilings and floor bles In oil corridors in every
. noor of cary, farber and Sherman halls. Buildings will receive._ floor tiles,. new
. ceilings and . _ lighting.

• Demolition, Main Street (mathematics) Ubrory, J~. Area will be returned to green space.

Polyps unaffected by healthy diet
By LOIS IIAKER
News Services Editor

DOPTING a diet low in
fat and high in fruits and
vegetab les may have
many hea lth benefits,
but lowering the risk of developing
recurrent colon polyps. precursors
of colon cancer, does not appear to
be one of them.
Investigators from UB and the
seven other centers involved in the
five-year national Polyp Prevention
Trial report in today's issue of The
New England Journal of Medicine
that there was no difference in the
recurrence of polyps between the

A

diet intervention group and

acon-

trol group that didn't change diets.
The stud y was spo nsored by the
National Cancer Institute.
Peter Lance, associate professor of
medicine and physiology, and principal investigator on UB's portion of
the trial, said he was disappointed
but not altogether surprised by the
negative results.
"The study is consistent with the
findings of previous smaller trials
and of another large trial (Wheat
Bran Fiber Study) published in the
same issue. Clearly, dietary change
does not ntake you less likely to develop new polyps after you'V&lt; had
all existing polyps removed.
"What the study does not address,"
he noted, "and was not designed to
address, is what the environment of
the colon should be to reduce the

likelihood thai small, innocent pol·
yps will grow to become cancers."
Fifty percent or more of people
over the age of 55 will develop at

least one polyp of the colon during
their lifetime, but only a very small
number of these {"'lyps progress to
cancer, Lance said. " It remains to be
seen whether, or at what stage, aJ .
tering the diet keeps people from
developing colon cancer," he said.
"We followed these participants
only for four years, and cancer develops over a number of decades.
Perhaps intervening ea rli er in life
would result in a different outcome."
The PPT trial in volved I, 905
people, all of whom had had benign
colon polyps removed within the
previous six months. UB contributed 262 participants. or about 12.5
percent of the total.

Although few polyps-abnormal
growt h s of t h e co lon liningprogress to cancer, cancer develops

only when polyps are present. The
PPT trial was designed to determine
if eating a diet composed of 20 per·
cent or less of total caJories from fa t,
at least 18 grams of dietary fiber for
every 1,000 ca1ories consumed, and

lots of fruits and vegetables could
prevent polyps from growing hack
after they were removed.
Participants were assigned ran ·

domly to one of two groups: an in·
tervention group, which received
intensive counseling on adopting

the n&lt;W diet; and a control group.

which received a standard brochure
on healthy eating. All und erwent
colonoscopy at one and four years
after randomization, and all com pleted food-frequency question naires throughout the study.
Based on these questionnaires, the
intervention was rema rkably successful in changing ea ti ng habits:
Participants in that group cu t their
fa t in take by about one-third, in creased their fiber consumption by
nearly 75 percent, and ate about
two-t hirds more fruits and veg etables than before the study. In con trast, participants in the contro l
group made only small changes in
these three diet components.
However. the percentage of pa rticipants who developed at least one
recu rren t polyp during the study
was nearly identicaJ in both groups:

39.7 percent (intervention) and 39.5
percent (controls). In addition, there
was no di ffere nce between the
groups in the mean number of recurrent polyps per person, nor in
their size or degree of progression.
The researchers noted that despite
these findings. the idea that a healthy
diet may lower the risk of colon cancer should not be discarded entirely.
Several fac to rs, incl udin g stud y
length and potential reporting errors,
could have influenced this study's
findings. Lance said. In addition, such
a diet in known to have a favorable
impact on cardiovascular disease and
other chronic conditions.

Maxine ttayes, • UB med ical-school graduate and
nationally known advoca te for programs that pro
mote ch ildren's health, will deliver the annual Stock ton Kimball Lt.·ctur&lt;" at II a.m. Ap ril 29 as part of
th&lt;" Medu.: al Alumm A!&gt;socia tion's 63rd an nu a l
Spring Clinical Day.
The event will be hel d from 8 a.m. to I p.m. mth e
Buffalo/ Niagara Marriott.
Hayes, who graduated from the School of Med1
cine and Biomedical Sciences u1 1973. is assistant secret ary of com munit y and family health for th e Washington State Department of
Health. The topic of her lecture wi ll be "The Future of C hJ/dren ':Hea lth in the New Millennium: Opportunities"and Challenges."
In keeping with this year's program theme, "Children's Health b sues," other topics and speakers will be:
• " Prenatal Screening for Co ngenital Heart Disease," Bruce D.
Rodge rs. associate professo r of clinical gynecology and obstetncs.
a nd director of the Division of Maternal -Fetal Medicine
• "G rowt h Hormone : Then and Now," Margarc:;:t H. MacGillivray,
professor of pediatrics and head of the Division of Endocrinology
and Diabetes
• To Ea t or No t to Eat," Dalinda Con dino. medical director of tht.·
Teen ~ Tots Program and the Grover Cleveland High School Linked
Program. and assistant professor of clinical pedia t rics
Hayes, who wi ll receive the Stockton Kimball Award at the noon
luncheon, has received many ho no rs and awa rds for her work m
developi ng and pro moting heaJth program s for children and women
in ruta l and urban areas and fo r those who a re inca rcera ted .
She is co nsidered an expert in maternal-child health policy issues
.md bui ld ing culturally competent, family -centered ca re-~crvice sy3·
tt'ms. She has a master's degree in public health from Harvard Um vc rsit y and a bachelor's degree from Spelman College.
Hayes is an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of
Was hington School of Medicine in Seattle and associate professor and
a member of the maternal -child health faculty at the university's School
of Public Health and School of Puhl ic and Communi ty Medicine.
Four medica l 3lumni also will be honored a t th e lun cheon for
lifet ime achievement. They 3rC RIChard H . Adler, '45; D. Jackson
Coleman, '60; N. Lynn Eckert , '70. and A nil B. Mukheqee, '75.

Jain to discuss "sucker potential"
The late showman P.T. Barnum IS quoted as saying. "there's a sucker
born eve ry minute," and proved 1t with hi s traveling shows.
UB marketing maven A run K. ):1in will discuss the "sucker paten
tiaJ"in his lecture en tided "MfK!ern Barn urns and the Suckers Among
Us" May 3 at the ''U B at Sunrise" co mmunity breakfast.
The program, which will begin at 7:30a.m. and includes a fuU break fast, will be held in the Center for Tomorrow on the Nonh Campus.
Jain is Samuel P. Capen Professor of Mal'keting Resea rch and cha1r
of the Depart ment of Marketing in the School of Management.
Tickets fo r the program areS 12 fo r UB Alumni Associat ion mem bers an d UB staff and faculty, and SIS for all others. For mforma tion and reservations, call 829-2608. Visa and MasterCard are ac -

cepted by phone.
The "UB at Sunrise" communiry breakfast series is presented by the
Alumni Association and supported by the offices of Univernry Development, News Services, Publications, and Public Service and Urban Affair.;.

�Al!ril20,210liVot. 3l,lo.28
Archivist Kathleen Delaney has overcome devastating Infestation to continue collection

UB librarian has passion for "peeps"·

__T-_ E

ClodlonoMr, ciNciDr of
the ltlppopool FoMiyl o r - l n t h e - Sdenc:es of the
1&lt;&gt;st!Me of Technology In .-_

"""""'

ByMAIIA~S

Kathleen Delaney because
it isreminiscentofherfirst

candy creatures, which are made of
what she calls "the disgusting sticky
substance (llllllShmallow)." This is
probably why her collection grew
year after year ever since that fateful

introduction to marsh·

lntrcxluction mireland.

R~potUr Aslist:Jnt

Editor

ASTER is a special time for

brlel,.wti--Miy4
and511UIIIplltofo,_bl-

Fronllon In Sdenc.t and Technology."
The lecl&amp;ns ore IpOftiOrOd
by the...,.._ ofloolcroiJI.
&lt;&gt;logy and llalaglal Sdonoes

mallow Peeps.
Some might say she took her historical passion a bit too far, but the
VB librarian and archivist has been
collecling these mmhmallow Eas-

andUieT~Inc.

ter treats for more than 25

-

lecl&amp;nswll diocuD

"The~Sys­

tem: From Ce!Uorfunctlons to
Humon Olstolsos .•
The lecture on Mly 4 wll be
hold ot 4 p.m. in 2 2 0 Sdonoes ~on the North
Compus. The Moy 5 lecture will
be hold II ; _ , in G26 Fatbor
Holl on the Sooth C.mpus.

IT career session set
The Olflce of c.,.., Pllnnlng
and Placomont wiN'- a netWO!Iclng eYent from 11 :30 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in 210
Student Union on the North
Campus to Introduce loal colloge students interested in lnfOfmotlon-technofogy careers to
some c:omponles thot moke up
lnfotecn Nlogara and Buffalo's
•sy~e Belt..
lnfotedl Nlogara Is-a trado
groop olloal componfes In the
IT bu$1ness. The Byte Belt b on
economic~t-"""'ln

down\I'W"
Buflolo wner. -...
uT companies.,..~sp..~&lt;ers wiN include ~

sentatlws from Adotphla, Reciprocal, ChoiceOnel£&lt;lgt and
Chek.com. Thoro also wiH be a
video on the Byte Belt.
The eYOflt wtl be free and
open to the public. .
For more infotm.itlon or to
registe&lt;, conaict Mefisso
RuggleiO It 645-6860.

Architecture "friends"

to sponsor tours
The Friends of !he Scmol oflvchlteclure and Plomng ... span""walclng tours o f lklflllo by Rolm lklflllo from
April29 tiYou!1&gt; Oct. 28.

Tours of the downtown Lanclmatlc Dbtrict wll begin II 2 p.m.
Tuesdays and tours d the,_..
and Banldng Dbtrict wll begin II
2 p.m. Thurtdlyl. ~
tours wt1 begin ot 10 a.m. Soturdays and Sundays. TOUil wtllast
appmximltdy on hour and a hill
and cost 55 per penon.
Two-hour troley tours will
be hold at 10:30 a.m. Saturdays
and cost 520 per penon. Reservations are suggested.

All tours begin at the
Arade, 617 Moln SL

Mari&lt;et

fOf """" lnfOfmotlon, call

Bl¢3543.

years and has even endured
a fateful tragedy in the
process.

Delaney claims that her
collection of the .. sq uishy

chickies," as she calls them, started
byaccidenL

It all began in Easter 1974,sheexplains. when, while studying in Ireland, a dear old friend asked an
American friend to bring some Peeps
over to Dublin for the Easter season.
"I was lucky enough to get a package," she says with a hint of sarcasm.
"Yellow ones. With age they did tum
a dusky mustard color, not unlike
Grey Poupon."

Despite her hobby, the collector
admits a passionate dislike for the

that tragedy is indeed the good
stuff of stories," says
Delaney. " It's·true,
my Peeps collection was tragically
destroyed by an infestation of ants or
worms or sugar mites. The

ravages of time and trans-Atlantic
voyages did nothing to them. But a
warm Williamsville closet did.
Nothing came dose to the horror of
the worm-hole riddled, squinched
up, '))"'· pecked lxms of dead pink
and )'ellow Peeps.
"Because I am a bbrarian," she adds,
"ynu must know that ldiligmtlycat~­
loged the boxes. Each was archivally
labeled with the date on the endcap.
with a small annotation pf where acquired, or if so, gifted by whom."

that caused their d&lt;misc.
Delaney should have visited the
Peeps. of cowse, an not just for
"Bunny Survival Tests" Web page Easter anymon:. They come in all
&lt;--.pcola.gulf.net/- lrvlng/ shapes and sizes, including Hallow·
..._,les/&gt;, which boasts the
een pumpkins. gboots. and
results of"exhaustively re- , - - - -.. spookycau;~trees,
searched tolerances of ·
and strawberry hearts.
"It !lid become: necessary
marshmallowbunnies'abilities to withstand certain
' toburythcearlyeditioosin
conditions."
a plastic garl&gt;age bag," she
1his and other Web sites
aplains, but once she noprovethatDelaneyisootaloneinher ticed some squirn:ls dragging two
obsession.Ontheofficial!'eq&gt;s'page beheaded Peeps through her yard,
&lt;~llu::'*wr t C'"'ll&gt;,
she realiz.cd they would have to ac·
aficionados can join the Peeps fan tua11y roast the poor manhmallows.
dubortakeavirtualtourofthel'eeps
Delaney says her current Peeps
factory at Just Born in Bethlehm!, Pa. stash is labeled and =ides under her
The most interesting, however, art bod in an archival box when: she can
the fun Peeps facts. For example, keep a better eye on them and rest
some strange things people ~to do assured that they are safe from hann.
with Peeps an eat them stale, micro-Peeps contributions to Delaney's
wave them, fn:eze them, roast them collection are wclcome, but be adand use them as pizza topping.
vised that she "prefers chicks beThese days. Delaney says she is cause chicks rule." Take her seriously,
mysteriously receiving Peeps in as rumor in the Univf!Sity Archives
brown-paper wrappers from sym- suggests that innocent blue bunny
pathetic colleagues. A fellow librar- Peeps recendy were squished and
ian helped her in the "rebuilding" thumbta~ to a bulletin hoard by
after the 1995 tragedy by contnbut- the Peep collector henelf.

Program on May 1 to include session on rules and regulations ofpatent process
I

By SUE WUETCHER

Reponer Editor

INETEEN VB inventors will be honored at
a workshop and awards
present~tion to be held
from 2-5:30 p.m. May I in the Uni-

N

versity Inn and Conference Center,

2401 N. Forest Road,Amhent.
The event is presented by the VB
Business Alliance Office ofTechnology Transfer &amp; licensing. Co·spon·
sors are the Erie County Industrial
Development Agency and Empire
State Development Corp.

venton are David W. Dyer, fonnerly
of the Department of Microbiology,
and M. Bud Nelson of Columbus,
Ohio. Campagnari also was named
on a patent for an outer-membrane
proteinofthebacteriumthatcauses
middle-ear infections.
• Linda Hall, professor emeritus
of biochemical pharmacology, who
isolatcdandsequencedfromDrosopl•ila a full-length eDNA clone encoding a novel protein required for
insect sodium channel expression.
Co-inventor is Guoping Feng, formerly of the Department of Bio-

The workshop will explore the chemical Pharmacology.
creative process, the lmportance of
• Marie-Louise Hammarskjold,
documenting inventions and the fonncrly of the Department of Biolatest rules and regulations regard· .. chemistry, who invented a DNA seing protecting inventions through qucnceinwhich theoodefortheREV
the patent process. It is geared to- gene of H!V has been deleted. Coward inventors and engineers in invmlors are David Rei&lt;osh, fonnerly
small and large compani~ univer- professor of biochemistry; Molly
si ty and government researchers, Burton,
fonnerly of the Departtechnology managers and students. ment of Biochemistry, and Eric
Following the workshop, an Hunter of the University of Alabama.
awards presentation will be held to
• Thomas I. K;Uman, professor of
recognize the inventors named on medicinal chemistry and binchemithe 22 pat.c nts issued to The Re- cal pharmacology, who invented a
search Foundation of State Univcr· chemical method for malting novel
sity of New York in 1999. The inventers are:

The UB Speech Llnguoge and
Hearing Clinic will provi&lt;lo all

sor of chemistry, who invented a
method offubricatingorganic·inorganic hybrid materials based on
silica.
• Hugh Van Liew, professo r

Tosting will be &lt;!one on a
lim-come. firsl-...wblsisand
no appointmont is nec...-y.
Th... will be "' opportunity for
thoso! being t..ud to oslc quos..
dons a n d - wtl be provided about~ '-log dis- a n d communltysoMces.
T h e - b beingon the Nolionll Oly of Heorlng
Testing. when more 1hln 2.000
Mwlng- .,._....,.,
~ countrywll-totesl
IS many poopfe IS,.,.-. .

"Only those fortunate enough to
carry the burden ofbeing Irish know

inghedim"whitechids"andtben
even presenting her with some
Peeps snowmen last fall

UB inventors to be honored at workshop

Free hearing testing
scheduled ror May 6
mombers olthe unlvenity community with a free hooting
scrHnlng from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Moy6 on the ground floor ol
the Biomedical Eduatlon BuildIng on the Soutl\ Compus.

Then one day in 1995, disaster
struck.

Still, the defenseless Peeps
couldn't acapC the hungry critters

• Luis A. Colon, associate profes-

emeritus of physiology, who devel oped a liquid pernuorocarbon
emllbion that is used as an effective

prodrug forms of important drugs
that are used to treat viral infections,
such as AIDS and hepatitis.
• Dennis C. Policastro. formerly
ofErieCountyMedicaJ Center,who

developed a device that provides a
simple and inexpensive aid to the
physician in estimating the pn:ssure
in the jugular vein. Co-inventon are
Robert E. Mates, professor emeritus
of mechanical and aerospace cngi-

artificial blood substitute. Co-inven-

neering, and Kenneth Peebles., en -

tors are Mark Burkard, formerly of

gineering design assistant in the engineeringschool.
• Ping-Chin Cheng, professor of
electrical engineering, who has invented an iterative process for conebeam tomography. Co-inventonarc:
Donald Snyder of Oayton, Mo.; Joseph O'Sullivan of St. Louis; Ge
Wang of Iowa City, and Michael
Vannler of Alton, Ill. ·

the Department of Physiology and
Biophysics; Oaes Lundgren, professor of physiology, and lngvald
Tyssebotn, professor of physiology.
• Anthony Campagnari, associate professor of microbiology, who
invented a new method for detect·

ing the presence or absence of amplificd nucleic acid products. Co-in-

• Paras Prasad, executive director of the Institute for Research in
lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics.
who developed styryl dyes and rnaterials and their applications. Co-inventon are Jayant Bhawalkar, formerly research assistant professor of
chemistry; Guang S. He, senior research scientist in the Department
of Chemistry; Chan E. Zhao. Raz
Gvishi,Gary E. Ruland and Jaroslaw
Zieba, all fonnerly of the Departmem of Chemistry; Ping-Chin
Cheng, professor of electrical engineering,andShanJenPanoftheDepartment of Electrical Engin«ring.
• Linda B. Ludwig, assistant professor of medicine, who developed
a method that mimics a mechanism
used by HJV to down regulate gene
expression, a process that n_lay be
utilized for HIV-gene therapy.
• Donald D. Hick.:y, research assistant professor of physiology, who
invented a method used to deter·
mine mean left atrial transmural
pressure from the esophageal balloon placed adjacent to the left
atrium.
• Tunothy F. Murphy, professor
of medicine and microbiology, who
was granted two patents for twodifferent surface proteins on the bactcrium Moraxella cararrllalis-the
third · most·common ~ause of
middle-ear infections in childrenwhich may ~ used as vaccines to
prevent these infections.
• Jeffrey Higginbotham, associate professor of communicative diso&lt;dm and sciences, who invented
a device that allows individuals a
fast and effective means of speaking
through a computer using natural

language utterances. Co-inventor is
David P. Wtlkins of the Max Plank
Institute in the Netherlands.
• RichardT. Evans, associate professor of oral biology and miaobiology,whod&lt;Vdopednewdrugsto
treat gingivitis and periodontal diseases, and which also may be useful

in other acute and chronic inftam.
matory infectious diseases. Co-inventors an: Robert Genco, SUNY
Distinguished Professor and chair of
the Depattment of Oral Biology;
Robert Coburn, professor of medicinal chemistiy; and Joseph Dunn
ofTherex, Inc.
• Eli Ruckenstein, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, who
invented a new method to prepare
composites with high toughness by
exploitingtheincompanbilityofthe
polymers. Co-inventor is Li
Hangquan. Ruckenstein also was
named as the inventor on a patent
for creating a method of preparing
chltosan macroporous membranes
with controlled porosity. His co-inventor is Xianfang Zeng of the Department of Chemical Engineering.
M Andrew J. Wand, research assistant in the Department of Chemistry, who designed a self-sealing.
high-pressure cell for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance imaging. Co-invroton are Mark R. Ehrhardt and Jeffrey L Urbauer of the Department
of Chemistry.
• Wayne A. Ander&gt;on, professor
of electrical engineering, who invented a thin-film capacitor that can
be used to improve the memory in
computerapplications.Co-invrntor

is Lin Huang Chang of the Department of Electrical Engineering.
• Deborah [).L OJUng, professor
of mechanical and aerospace engineering and Niagara Mohawk Chair
of Materials Research, who invented
a mesoporous carbon, whicR- has a
larger pore size: allowing for a wider
rangeofapplications..Co-inventoris
Wieming Lu, a doctoral student in
the Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering.
• Joseph W. Vilani, clinical assistant profl'SS&lt;lr of nuclear medicine,
whodevdopedaqualitycontroltest
pattern to be used in nuclear medieine clinics.

�Aori12D. Z11001'11i 31. Ia 111

Drug synthesis simplified
Revolutionary method reduces steps in producing Ritalin
ayu.t.EN GOlDaAUM
NeM SeMces Editor

A

revolutio nary method
for synthesizing spe-

antlyreducestbenumbcrofpotential steps involved in producing
pharrnaautical agents." said Davies.

.. For example, the traditional
method for asymmetric synthesis of
cia ll y pharmaceuti- Ritalin takes eightiO 10 steps; ours
c:al5--dlat makes it possibk to acti- takes only three."
vate the normally unreactive car·
UB is seeking a Ucensing partner
bon-hydrogen bonds in organic for this synthesis method for Ritalin,
molecules has been developed by a whidl .;.._, described in more detail
team of UB chemists.
in an earlier paper by Davies. A patmt
The ~ findings demonstrate an appUcation on it has been filed
extremely robust and practical
Accordj.ng to Davies, the sdect:ive
method for synthesizing new, com- activation o f carbon-hydrogen
plex chemicals from cheap bulk bonds by metal complexes that leads
chemicals. The ~ method is sig- 10 the direct formation of carbonnificant because it generates-catalytic carbon bonds has been sought for
r&lt;actions and allows for control of the decades. For such reactions 10 be
resulting three-dinnensional struc- useful in industry, the amount of
ture, features that rom it extremely metal complex must be used in catauseful for industrial appUcations. It , lytic (i.e., minute) amounts.
Davies explained that the strategy
is •pplicable to the synthesis of • wide
range of specialty chemicals.
traditionally followed by other
The research was pubwhed this groups involves activation o(..-carmonth in the Journal of tilt Amtri· bon-hydrogen bonds through the
can Chemicnl Society ( VoL 122, No. use of a special high-energy metal
13, pp. 3063-3070) and authored by complex, but because it is very dif.
Huw M.L Davies and Melvyn Ro- ficult to regenerate the high-energy
wen Churchill, both professors of com plex, a catalytic cycle cannot be
chemistry, and Tore Hansen, a doc- achieved.
toral candidate in the Department
"Our approach circumvents these
of Chemistry in the College of Arts problems by starting with a nice,
cialty

chenti~pe­

and Sciences.
The method marks a new milestone in the search for what is often

called the "holy grail" of organometallic chemistry: the catalytic activa -

tion of corbon-hydrogen bonds.
In the paper, the UB scientists
highlight the method's effectiveness
in synthesizing two very importan t
pharmaceuticals: Ritalin , the treat ·
ment for children with attention deficit disorders, and sertraline, the
commo nly prescribed antidepres-

sant marketed as Zoloft.
"Our method of synthesissignifi -

stable rhodium complex that can
catalyze the decomposition of • class

Because it regenerates the catalyst,
the UB method requires the USl' of
onJy a minute amount of catalyst;

the catalytic cycle is repeated easily

'"This transienf high-energy com·
plex does the carbon-hydrogen acti vation, which generates the product
you want, but it also regenerates thr
catalyst, creating a natural catalytic
cycle. With oil the other methods,
scientists have st ruggled with the
catalytic cycle; here it's automatic."

News Services Editor

A

DULTSolllicted with inca pa cita tin g muscle
weakness and pain may
be suffering from an

easily treatable vitamin D deficiency.
UB endocrinologists have found.

The report, the first to describe
cases in the United States of severe
myopathy due to a lack of vitamin
D. will appear in the April 24 issue
of Archives of hrternal Mcdicir~e.
Paresh Dandona, professor of
medicine and director of the Divi-

sion of Endocrinology, Diabetes ond
Metabolism for UB and Kaleido
Health, reporrs that five patients
confined to wheelchairs because of
severe ,n uscle weakness regained
normal muscle strength after four
to six weeks of vitamin D supplementation. He has treated another
five since the report was written .
V~tamin D is produced by the
liver in the presence of sufficient calcium and su nlight. Dandona said

thot myopothy due to vitamin D deficiency has been described for some
time in the UK and Nort hern Eu ·
rope, owing to the lack of sunshine
in those regions.
.. Immigrant co mmunit ies are

particularly vulnerable to this condition because of their limited exposure to the sun, their pigmented
skin and vegetarian diel," Dandona

said. " In addition to osteomalacia

(softening of the bones), myopothy
is a well - recognized feature of this
cond ition in these regions.
"In the United States,'vitamin D

deficiency has only recently been appreciated. especially in the northern
areas bordering Conoda We see vitamin D deficiency in the hospital
setting ond in the community at large
during the winter months, but in this
country, there are no reports of incapacitating muscle weakness asso~

cioted with vitamin D deficiency~
There is no data on how wide~
spread this syndrome is in the U.S.,

but Dandono said it is likely quite
common in the northern U.S. in persons who, for whatever reason, have
littl e expos ure t o sunl ight, and
among those who live where there arc

long winter.; and limited sunUght.
The five cases Dandona describes
involve a 37-year-old woman with
diabetes, a man :md woman in their
70s,a67·year-old woman with can cer, and a 46-year~ o l d woman with
a history of psoriasis, joint pain and
anorexia nervosa.
All patients were wheelchair·
bound and complained of severe
muscle pain, weakness and bone
tenderness. In each case, the weak·

ness had been anributed 10 other
causes: old age, problems associoted
with diobetes ond general debility.
"The diagnosis in these cases was

Several Web sites offer lnfonn•tkH1 about our neck of the woods.
but the Western New York Regi&lt;;Jnallnformation Network at &lt;http:/

/ rtn .buffalo.edu / &gt; is especially laudable for being so well organized and comprehensive. The RIN , as it's called, is a servia: of UB's
Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth &lt; http:/ / reglon•l -lnstltute.buff•lo.edu/ .&gt;, with links to myriad public service and governana: Web pages. The homepag~ has a dickable map
of Western New York's eight counties, plus four puJJ-down menus
labeled "Wes tern New York," .. Choou a Public Service," "Choose a

pounds they had developed could

Jurisdi ction" and "Choose a RIN Service."

generateacontroUable. high-energy
The first menu covers categories of information spanning Allegany.
intermediate that co uld , in turn ,
Cattaraugus. C hautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyocause the activation of carbon·hy- r'-;;;;;;;;;;;;o---c=,.,.,--=~ ming counti es. and leads to lists of reports.
drogen bonds.
maps and sta te and federal databaSes con .'
" It turned out that the com·
taining useful sta tistical and demographic
pounds we had created combined
data. The " Job Oppo rtuniti es" page. for ex withourowndassofchira1catalyst:s
ample, has online employment listings for
beautifuUy; said Davies.
the en t1re reg1on .
Accordjng to Davies, the wo rk
The pubhc serviCes pull·down menu ofa lso rtpresenls the first general
fers Information on a Wlde range of topiC.!&gt;,
asymmetric activation of carbonincludin g economic development, in frastruc .
hydrogen bonds. That means that
ture, environment and housing. Under .. l11t"
due to the addition of the ch iral
&amp; Com munit y," you can find a listing of mort' than SO muM"ums or
catalyst developed by Davies, the
search for national , state, county and mumnpal parks hy chdmg o n
three-dimmsional structure of the
a map of the c1ght counties.
resuJt:ingprtxluct:scan becontroUecl
Tht' third menu allows you to c:hck on the namt' of a spe, 1fit Cit\ ,
The reaction is therefore capable of
town, viJiage o r reservation and br1ng up&lt;~ page lank1ng to spettfit
produdngasingle isomer of a mol ~
directories and hsts of mun• c•pa l. econom• c. educauon. heahh ,111 d
ecule and ·not its mirror image, a
critical advance, especially fo r syn·
thesis of pharmaceutical agents.
C hiral, or .. handed," molecules

can exist in rwo different fornlS that

nies prefer to develop new chiral
drugs as singJe isomers in order to
avoid possible negative interactions
of the inactive mirror-i mage s tru C' ~
ture, as well as extremely expensive
t"Oxiciiy studies of such mixtures.
Ritalin, for example, is still sold
as a mixture of two isomers and a
big push is on to develop its purt'
single isomer, which could reduce
the dosage required and side effect~ .

Vitamin D, weak muscles linked
By LOIS BAIIEII

Information on region
is J. ust a click away

anywhere from 100 to 1,000 times.
It was during experiments on syn·
thesizing potential medications for
treatment of cocaine addiction that
DaviesandhiscoUeaguesdi.scovued
that these more stable, diazo com-

of compounds known as diazo are mirror images of each o ther.
compounds. These compounds lose 1 DaVles cxplained,and drug compa nitrogen and, in turn, generate a
transient, high -energy complex with
the cotalyst," he said.

Rep ana.

either masked by the presencr of
neuro logical disease or had been
totally unrecognized because of It!&gt;
insidious onset," Dandona noted .
His suspicions were raised when
patient~ showed weakn ~ in sho uJ -

human se rv iCes.
The fourth menu announces o;erv •cc" 'uch as Internet/ I ITMI
workshops avai labl e from KIN and hnb to Weh s1te:. promotmg
governmenta l innovation.
For a broader perspective. check out Lockwood Memonal Lihran·\
..Other Governments and lnter-{.;overnment OrganJzatJOn&lt;ii .. Wt.&gt;b pai!t'
&lt; http : I I u bll b. buffalo . ed u I II bra rl e s 1 unIts 1 I m I 1
Government_Doc/ othergov.html &gt;. which was created by lhe Bu!&gt;l ·
ness and Government Documents Reference Cen ter. Therc.&gt;'s a link to
the RIN and selected local sites, of course. but additional site~ cnlargl'
the scope of coverage to worldwide ... Other Cities/Count•es"tndude&lt;ii
the United States Department of J-f ousmg and Urba n Development\
co mpilati o n of commu n1t y plans &lt; http://wwW. hud .gov /
states.html &gt; and ··statc Governments" references the Library of Con
gress'lnternct resource page &lt;http:/ / www.loc.gov/ gJobal/ st•te/
stategov.html &gt; of mf'la-indexes for stat e and local government m
formation .
For a glohal per~pective. you can browse two further ca tegont•:-.:
"O th ~.r National Governments" and " Inter -Government Organ1ZJ
11ons
Whatt:ver your definition of"regJOnal," tht"re's bound to he a \\'eh
sit e that en(ompa~Se!l 1t.
- Will Hepfer •nd N•ncy Sc.hlller, Untvf'r11fY Ltbrane'

BrieD

der ond hip-girdle muscles, but nm
in the limb mu scles, a condition
known as proximal myopathy. Further tests revealed long·standing \.; .
tamin Ddeficiencyinall five patients.
After vitamin D the rapy. four pa·
ticnts regained muscle strenb&gt;th and
were able to walk without support.
The fifth--the patient with anorexia
nervosa-was able to stop using a
whedchair and walk ...,,nh support.
Dandona li sted the fnllnw1ng
conditions that sho uld pomt to a
severe vitamin D deficiency:
• A region with prolo nged wm ters, relative lack of sunshme and
limited exposure nf the patten I
• Bod)' aches and pams. es~k"'\:iall\
in the shi ns and ribs
• tmprurcd absorption of nutrirnb
• Malnutritio n. mcludmg anor·
eria nervosa
• Wearing dark clothmg lor ~.n ­
cial o r religious reasons
• Chronic laver disease.
"The smgle m ost important message of this paper is that severe myopathy due to vitamin D deficiency
is relatively common. is insidious in
onset and once cliagnosed, is easy to
treat," Dand~a said.

David Leach to deliver
D.W. Harrington Lecture
The annual D.W . Harrington Lecture will high light the third an nua l RC'sidrnt Scho larh- Ext:hang&lt;.·
Day, to be held Ap ril l7 tn tht' School of Med1nne
and Biomed•cal Sncnce!l.
David C. Leach, execut iVe d irt"t:tor of the Au.. rcdt
tat ion Counol for (;raduatt' Mt..-dtcall:.du(atton. wtll
deliver the Harnnbrton l...ecture,utled ..Aitgmng t-.h:dt
cal Ed ucatiO n with the Future of Health Carr." .11 4
LEACH
p.m. 10 Butler Audito rium in Farhrr IIJII on tht•
South C..ampu , .
Med1cal rt'Stdent~ will be on hand to th!&gt;tU!&gt;!&gt; thc•r md!v!du.tl rt·
!&gt;carch from II :30 a.m . to 4 p.m . 1n the lipp!&gt;Chutz Room J!ld Atnum
of the BtomrdKall:duLatton Bu1ldu1g. TopiC!&lt;&gt; wdlmdudt· rt'!&gt;t'Jn.h
on ennrnnmental lnt&lt;.&gt;rVt'IHton:-. and mnl.'r ~ otv bthm.lttt,, lo \\'t'r
bad mjune!l and human org.tn donation program ....
Leach IS recognized for h1~ tt:'a(hmg and re!learch 111 s u~..h .Hl.'.l!&gt; ,1,
m anaged carr a nd rndocnnology, and h1 ~ mtt'rrst1n t"h.1 nrd1t nrgan1
zat ions-balancing c:;haos and order-to cfft'ctlvcly respond to Lhangt·
He is a fo rm er assistant dean at the Um vc rMt)' of MiChigan Mt.•dit.ll
School and director of mc..-dical educatton and program d•rt'( ll)r nltht•
Transitional Rt.-sidcncy Program at Henry fo rd Hosp11aJ m l&gt;t'trOit
In 1993, he received the Good Samantan Award lrum M~~:h1g.1n
Gov. John Engler for two decades of serv tce at the: C&lt;~hnm Clmlt 111
Detroit.
A nativ~ of Elmira. Leach recc1ved a mediCal degree from thl' Un1
versity of Rochester School of MediCmc and Dentistry 111 1909.

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K.ard• uses directive te•chlng with computen to Improve scores of School 40 students

Joss

New method aids language-arts tests
By PATIIICIA DONOVAN
N~

Servk.es Editor

N

EW York State's new

English Language Arts
Test requires a rela tively high l&lt;v&lt;l of language proficiency, and thousands of
students and teachers across the
state are having difficulty achi&lt;ving
the nrw writing standards required
to pass the test.
Working with the students ancl
tr:ach&lt;r at Public School40 in the 0ty
of Buffalo, Tun Karda,adoctoralstudent in educational psychology at
UB, may have developed a solutioo
to the difliculty faced t.y student&gt;esp&lt;cially at-risk stud.:nts-end their
teachers in this rew.rd.
It is a combinJtion of dire ;tive
teaching m&lt;tho Js and student US&lt;:
of computers tl.at, in a preliminary
study, signific .ntly improved students' writinr. skills.
In Januarf, Karda completed a
writing-irro,&gt;rovm1ent pr 1ject with
fourth-gr•de students '.t School40
in prepa .-ation for that m Jlflth's Language I .rts Test.
He ~ad used dirccti·~e and nondirecth e teaching mtthods, both
with anG without COIOputers.to assist thcstt.. ient:s.Aft...'f'Watds.,heconducted a preliminary study to determine the in pact of the various
methodologit 3 on student performa nee on srJndardized tests..

"At the md of the proj&lt;ct," he
says,"the ' tudents in theexperiiDental grou tJ. which employed com-

puter uso ·along with dir-cdM! teaching methods. achieved significantly
higher s.:oreson ast:andard.i:zed Jan -

__

to teach students, but to tr:ach Bufflllo public school tr:ach&lt;rs the successful techniques for !&lt;aching childrm to write well that wer&lt;deY&lt;lop&lt;d
through this project," said Karda, who
is s&lt;cking funding ror his work.
"An upgraded lab also could be
used for an after-school program to
h&lt;lp prepare School 40's fourthgraders for the state's january 2001
"Weooly~tber&lt;Sultsofapi English l.anguag&lt; Arts T~ It could
,--O!IIr:::ll!'l~----------, be a state-of-the-art.
&lt;lementary-l&lt;vd writing research center
and a modd for
schools and corporations interested in improving the writing
skills of el&lt;rn&lt;ntaryschool students."
guage-art.' "test conducted by me
than did t:Wdassnwcs---&lt;&gt;n •~­
age. 20 p&lt; rcmt higher.•
Enco~&gt; -.god by the pr&lt;liminary
results, K.onla hopes tn US&lt; the colorful, rch tiwly bish-tech Writing
lnstructio.l Labontory he put tog&lt;th&lt;r at Scbool40 to conduct furth&lt;r ...wk with Bulf:alo school students and teacbas.

Karda's experi-

mental group was
comprised offourthgraders whose scores
u n earlier standard-

ized tests were measurably lower than
those of their classroomp«rs.

Two days a week
from
November
through january,
Karda taught them to
lit School-tO to tl')' to .......... their ocons on
plan and r&lt;vise their
U.e st•te's new English Unguage Arts test.
writing with the help
of donated computJut proj&lt;ct sn far," he 9ys, "and al- ers-some of them his own-that
though they look very promising, he had refurbished and installed at
we need to carry out a larger re- School40 on his own time.
search project to confirm or deny
He used several combinations of
the initial findings.
teaching methodologies and found
"We also need to update the labo- that directive teaching-in which
r•tory so that it can be used not just teachers provide direct guidance

and guidelines--in conjunction
with US&lt; of word proc.esson resulted
in a significant increase in test scores
by the experimental_group on a
standardized test be cooducted.
Karda bas a particular i n - in
improving the performance of childrm who faa the grr:at.estdifliculty
achieving the high..- language-arts
standards.
He points out that whenkids don't
write wdl, their grasp of the oomplexities and beauty of language is
severely limited Written language
thm, is less useful ror th&lt;rn as a tool
of expressiveness, logical thinlting
and communication in~ 6dd of
eodeavo~ academic and otherwise.
Th..-earemanywaystoapproach
a child's writing deficit and tum it
arouod, some of which have d&lt;veloped from word-proassing technology, he says. Not aD have b«n
tested against one another in the
fi&lt;ld, hnw&lt;v&lt;r, and in many school
districts, large class size and oth&lt;r
issues collude to make controlled
studies by the tr:achers themselves
difficult, if not impossible.
"That's where UB's Graduate
School of Education can be very
h&lt;lpful," he says. "We want to conduct studies to discover the best possible tr:aching methods with different students in various content areas. and the teachers themselves
need this information in order to
improve results in the classroom.
"Projects like this, marked by
school district-university cooperation, have been very successful in
finding innovative solutions to academic problems," Karda says.

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felt it
best this year to modify
our past summer approach and to
add a full day of programming at
summer's end."
Nina Kaars. assistant vice provost

was

ONCERNS among various campus constituencies about the focus of
UB's freshman-orientation progr.un has prompted the university to revise again the structure
of orientation.
The new changes to the program
will include a mid-summer session,
as well as an end-of-summer event
to addr&lt;SS the importance of both
academic and student-life issues for ~
incoming students.
J:
Earlier this year, the administration §
had announced that the program g
would be changed to a s_ingle, twn- ~
and-a-half-day program at the rod of
summer for all 3,000 freshmen.
In past yr:ars,orimtatiori had consisted of a series of two-and-a-half- for undergraduate education and
day sessions offered to small groups director of advisement, explained
of incoming freshmen throughout that the finalized reorganization will
include a oomplex four-phase apthe summer.
" In an effort to improve new stu- proach to the orientation process
dent transition to the university, we that takes into account concerns of
have det&lt;rmined that a different ap- all univnsity entities. .
The program will begin with r:arly
proach is desirable for S=er 2000
orientation programming." said Pro- course registration as Phase I. So far,
vost David Triggle. "As a result, we student and parent response to the
now are commined to providing early registratiol\ proc&lt;ss has b«n
both an improved s~Lmm&lt;r experi- very positive, explained Kaars, who
ence and an expanded opening-day noted that allowing students to register early will reduce their anxiety
program for aD n&lt;w students.
"Beginning late last yr:ar, we at- about schedules and g&lt;ning into the
t&lt;rnpted to d&lt;v&lt;lop an 'end-of-sum- right oourses. It also will allow ample
mer-only' program for our o&lt;west time for the university t o = that
students," explained Triggle. "Whiie enough courses are being olfm:d,
there may be some merit in pursu- aa:ording to Kaars.

C

She added that studmt.s have b«n
asked to fill out a new registrationactivation form so that Undergraduate Education can determine
the appropriate advisor to match
with individual students. Advisors
will personally communicate with students to help them
register.
Advisors also
will try to regist&lt;r all
incoming students in
blocks, or "learning
communities," in
which groups of
abo.ut 24 students
share the same schedule, according to
Kaars. This yr:ar, only
half of freshmen were
block-registered.
Phase U will be made up of S&lt;ven
overnight summer sessions, with
about 400 students in each session,
that will have a focus on student life
and student-transition issues. Students will stay in the residence halls,
attend a safety presentation, set up
their email accounts and obtain
their UB Cards. The summ&lt;r sessions, coordinated by Student Affairs; will be short&lt;r than the twonight program in 'past yr:ars. since
the early-registration pbase eliminates the need for the registration/
advisement componcnL
Transfer-student orientation will
continue to be held separately on
selected dates in the swnmer.

The third phase will take place on
Aug. 25, the Friday b&lt;fo"' classes
begin. It will kickoff with a first~r
Freshmen Convocation in which all
incoming freshmen will gath&lt;r in
Alumni Arena. Parents are invited
and the &lt;vent will be hosted by President and Mrs. William R. Greiner.
Following the convocation, studenls will break into their learning
communities for academic-overview presentations, followed by faculty presentations that will allow departments the opponunity to showcase their programs, explained
Kaars. The faculty programs will be
followed bysj,ecial programming by
various advisement Units on such
topics as how to choose a major,
study abroad and cou=-plaa:menL
The day will conclude with the
traditional pimic for new students
apd their families and a concen,
sponsored by Student Affairs.
Phase IV will take place during
September W&lt;lcome W&lt;ekmd,Aug.
26-27, when various programs and
workshops will be offered for students on suclrinformation-technology issues as how to set up compulers in the residence halls and computer-fraud. aware.ncss. Students
also will be introduced to the UB
Libraries, which now are largely
computer-based.
Kaars added that th&lt;re will be an
assessment aft..- this yr:ar's phased
approach to ddermine how the orientation program will be structured
in future years.

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RIA targets repeat offenders

Researcher urges modification ofappraisals ofDWI cases
By IIAntt.UH WEAVER
Rqx&gt;rttr Contributor

T

HE assessment of OWl

offenders needs to be
modified to focus on
identifying characteristics
of those most likdy to be repeat offender&gt; and whether treatment addressing their alcohol and drug use
is necessary, a UB research~ reoommended at the "Lifesaven 2000 National Conference on Highway Safety
Priorities" held recenrly in Atlanta.
"We need to re-evaluate how we
assess and treat OWl offenders," said
T homas H. Nochajski. a principal
investigator with the Research Insti -

tute on Addictions. "Recent research
Indicates that the type of assessment
can impact on DWI recidjvism and
retention in treatment.
"There are certain characteristics

that appear to have utility in identi fying po tential DW I recidivists,"

Nochajski noted.
"Th ose characte risti cs in cl ud e

higher levels of depression and anxiety, a high number of crashes and
moving violations, a criminal history of crimes other than OWI,and
a family history of alcoholism or
drug problems, including having a
family member arrested for OWl.
Rq&gt;eat OWl offenders also are more
likdy than first-time OWl offend·
ers to be diagnosed with severe dependency or multiple diagnoses for
alcohol and drug addiction. Other
potential identifiers i'ndude a propensity to take risks and using driving as a tension reliever."
Nochajski said assess ment of
OWl offenders should elicit from
them the criticaJ information necessary to determine whether treatment is necessary.
"Furthermore," he added, "the assessments should allow for indi'vidual treatment planning that can
help motivate the individual to engage in the treatment process and
increase the likelihood that the in-

TheMnil

dividual will completothetreatment
program."
Nochajski recently was awarded
a grant of $2.6 million from the
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism to study techniques
that have proven useful with other
populations, but have not been tried
in the criminal-justia area.
Through the use of motivat ional
techniques, participants will be encouraged to evaluate their indi vidual "pros and cons" of alcohol use
and to ~ an infonned decision
about their future use of alcohol. A
.. harm -reduction" approach also
will be introduced as a means of
changi ng the behaviors of clients
who may not want, or currently be
able, to make the move toward total
abstinence, a reason many give for
having dropped out oft.-.atment in
the past. A pilot study showed that
these methods, used in conjunction,
proved successful in getting~ents
to engage in the treatment process.

Smaller classes seen as alternative to ''MotherHen"
To the Editor:
Just like in schools aUover the country, some at our university believe
that computers are the solution to
all our teaching problems. Computers are great and are changing the
world, but one has to be aware of
their limitations.
Computers can calculate at unbelievable speeds, but they ca nn ot
think for us. In physics and mathematics. thinking analytically is of
crucial importance. Unfortunately,
many school systems are not doing
eno ugh to devel op this skill and
memorization is emphasized ove r
understandi ng.
Thus, for example, many students
do not always comprehend what it
means when a physics instructor
tells them to "think" and "understand" the material they are taught.
·rncse two words, aU too often, do
not seem to connect. Just reading the
material over and over without
some deep thinking simply does not
work in physics. You cannot solve
problems by just plugging numbers
into a formula, a co'mmon misconception. You must know precisely
what each formula means and, quite
often, have to bring together several
formulas-and concepts-to get
the correct solution. By practici ng
and solving many problems propc.r ly-and not just searching fur a

fo rmula to substitute data intoand thinking analytically, you can
learn to do this.
..Operation Mother Hen," as it was
described to us, allows studen ts to
access a site where they can see ..over
and over again" material that was
presented in class The idea-;u least
one-is that repetition will hdp. That
may be true when you arc learning a
song. bUt physics and mathematics
are not singing. I always urge students
to talk to me at the end of a class or
during my office hours if they have
problems with the material I presented. In smaller classes of less than
50 students, I ask students to inter·
rupt me if they have questions. After
listening to a qu~tion and understanding where the difficulty lies, I
usually can refonnulate things in a
way that will hdp the student A com·
puter--even rhe .. Moth er Hen"
bran~not do this.
Regarding the comment that Operation Mother Hen might free the
student from taking notes and allow
him/her to give their complete at·
tcntion to the words of the instruc·
tor, that is also counterproductive.
Students must learn to take notes
and distill the essentials. A good
teacher has to keep an eye on the
class and note if students are keeping up with things, and slow down

when necessary. ln smaller classes.
an instructor should periodically
poll the class and ask if there are
questions. Questions also will help
slow the pace of a fast class.
Thking notes in class is extremely
important, since it keeps the student
focused on the material that is being
presented. One of the dangers of
Operation Mother Hen is that it may
lead students to skip classes and treat
the course as a correspondence class.
Rather than Mother Hen (Par·
rot}-type operations, our university
should strive for smaller classes that
give the instructor the opponunity
fo r give-and-take with stud ents. My
recommendation: Do away with all
th&lt;' intimidating. auditorium-siu
classes and limit all classes to ap·
proximately 50 students.
I teach the sam&lt;' in troductory.
non-calculus, physics course to both
day- about 250 st ude nts-a nd
night-about 40 students---&lt;lasses
and the results art' significantly bet ·
ter-as much as 5 percent on the
average--in the smaller class.
Just imagine how such a policy
would enhance US's image as an
institution really interested in pro·
viding its stud ents with a quality
education.
Mkh.eiRam
Professor of Physics

Math department suffers from lack of hiring
To the Editor:
The cymmunity may appreciate a
viewofthe impact,at thedepartmentallevel,ofthe management problems
in the CoUege of Arts and Sciences
(CAS). Here is a picture of the situation in Mathematics, one of the few
VB departments to place in the top
half of the most recent rankin&amp;' by the
National Research Council (NRC).
last year, long before the CAS hir·
ing freeze, the UB administration
failed to honor an explicit written
commitment, made by the previous

dean and provost, to hire in MathematicS-this in the face of the recent I 0 percent decline in our faculty
size and the oonsequent strain on our
course offerings. Since then, the depar\)nent has ·received little support
for its mission from thr CAS leadership. As a resuJt, our present chair,
who also is the leader of one of our
two focus areas, has been disheart ·
ened to the point that he is unwilling
to serve a second term. Worse, he has
sought outside offers., one of which

he is poised to accept. Another distinguished colleague has taken a
much-too·carly retirement.
The negative impact of all these
departures on our research -and teaching programs is quite severe.
Thus, in just two years, major dam age has been done to a suca.'SSfuJ program and department,damage it will
take serious time and effort to repau.
And, no repairs being in sight, the
department'sstatureand future NRC
rankin&amp;' are in jeopardy.
Qtfford 0. Bloom, Stephen R. C•vlor, Ching Chou, Lewts A. Cobum, Michael J. Cowen, Thomas
Cusick, Jon Dimock, John Duskln. J•mes J. F••n, v . Irwin Guttman. Brtan Has.Yrd. Eugene Kleinberg,

Jon ltr... s, Tluong Le, A.D. MkGIIHvrey, lt.D. Magill, Wllllom W . Menosco, S. Mrowb, Cotherlne L.
Olsen, Ann Plo&lt;h, Mohon llomochond111n, Junes Reineck, John lllnglond, Genhon Sogeev, Somuel D.
SchKk, Stephen Sch•nuel, Rkh•rd E. Vesley, Yleh-Hel W•n, Scott W . Wllll•ms •nd Xlng111 Zh•ng
Deportment of Mothemati&lt;l

LeMoyne 9, UB l; LeMoyne
IO, UB I
Albany 7, UB S;Aibany 9, UB 8
TheBullsweresweptln•palrof
doubWleadet1 chis past week. losing

"' t..Moyne and Albany.

U8 had an a.rty 2· 1 lead in the

flrn pme apnst t..Moyne on April
ll, but the Dolphin&gt; arne back and
scored sbt runs In rwo Innings to win
9-l .
In the socond pme, the
Dolphins' pltd1lng Wmlted the Bulb'
hitters to just two hits and just one
run In the pme. UB gave up eight
runs in the fim three lnnfn&amp;s and
.,...rled.losircby•l().l final.
Over the -.ken&lt;~, the Botb
hosted Albany for a doubleheader
that wu pbyed Saturday at Frontier
Field In Rodlester, where the BuRs
were once: :again swept. In the first
pme. the Great Danes Jumped on
UB eM'fy. hitting two. two-run
homers in the Rm: inning and

Jur1"1f*11: out to a 6.() ~d after t¥wO. UB fought back and scored five

I"Uns 1n the

sixth, but fell shon u Albany took the firn pme. 7-5 ,
In the second game. UB jumped out to an urty lea~7-2-after three
Innings. Bot Albany carne back. scoring two runs In the fourth and s•xth. and one
In the .seotenth to fon:e extra II'Vlinp. The Danes added two in the top of the
eighth, and the Bulls' ralty In the bottom half of the: Inning fell Ulan. as they lost
d&gt;e nlghtap. 9-8.

~oh~all
Syrac,..se 9, UB 0; UB l , Syracuse I
N lacara 8, UB 0; N iagara II , UB 0.
The tong drought ended for the Bulls as UB posted a 2-1 wm at Syncuse on
Friday in the second game of a doubleheader to bre...k a 19-gvne losing struk
Freshman jessica York went the distance, aJiowtng just three hits and one
run to dalm the victory. UB picked up just two hits off Syn.cu~ starter Tara
DiMagio. but one was a home run by junior a.tcher Kim ~ce that pve
the Bulls a 2-0 edge after two innings.
York's only bJerntsh was a sok&gt; homer by jackie Henmn •n the fourth 1nmng
The Bolls dropped the opener of the doubleheader, 9.(1. It had origm•lly
been scheduled for AprM 12 but tnOYed to Friday due to the we:ather.
The Bulls were shutout In bodl games of Sawrcby's doubleheader agamst
N~ 8-0 and 11-0. In the fim pmes in the new UB So~U Sa.dium.

!ennis
WOMEN

Akron 7, UB 0
The Bulls dropped a Mid-American Conference ma.tch Sa.turcby u Akron. 7-0
The Bulls are now S-1 3 cwe.rall and 0-7 In the MAC. Fifth singles ~ayer Anne
Schule lost a three-set match to Marti Conner, winning the first set. 6-3. but
dropping the next two. 7-S. 6-2. Rrst singles pbyer Michelle Mercer was
defe:ated by Annlken Andersen. 6-4 , 6-l . ln the doubles competition, the number·
one team of Nicole Sargent and Karen MayNrd lost a heartbreaking 9-8
dedsion toAnniken Andersen andAnanna Roj:as·Serpa.The pro-set match went
to a 17th pme tie-breaker. won by the Z1ps. 7-4.

~ootoall
AU-time receiving le;ader Drew Haddad became the third UB player drafted
into the NFL when he wu chosen by the Bufblo Bills In the seventh round of
Sunday·s NFL dn.h.. Haddad follows Ed Ellis ('97. chosen 1n the fourth round by
New Engtand) as NFL d~ftees 1n head coa.ch Cn.ig OrbuS· tenure.
Haddad will tuve a fo nner te~mma.te to keep him company m Orttiard
Parle. Fullback Josh Roth wu signed ;as a free agent by the Bills. Roth •s a threeyear sa.rter who led ButraJo in rushing the past two seasons
In addition, four-year starter Joe Hattendorf was signed to a free-agent
contn.a by the Cincinruti Bengals. Hattendorf allowed just one sack at left
tackle In his final twO seasons with the Bulls.

lrac~ an~ ~iel~
Men place fint in Albany lnvitadonaJ
Women place fint in Albany Invitational
The men·s and women's track and fi~d teams both placed first at the Albany
lnviational this past weekend.The men totaled 2 I 3 poinu to win over AJ~ny.
C~gate . Holy Cross and Bfngtwnton. while the women scored 120 pomu for

the win.
Two more UB records fell this past weekend u Ad:~ m Smith set a new marie
and placed first In dle shot put with a toss of 19· 2-112". S t~ Esler won the
high jump and set a new personal best and school record with a jump of 6 c;

The women ·s varsity and nov•ce crews ~d the.r best showing of the season .:u
they rowed against Mercyhurst at Rnley Lake. N .Y.. d-us past weekend
The highlight of the reg;am was the novice e1ght race.Taking control of the
race at SOO meters. UB pulled ~.leading by eight seconds at 1.000 meters.
The Bulls won. the race by fiVe lengths.
The varsity eight put in a strong performance over the 1()()().meter course
Rowing eoten for much of the first 600 meters. the Mercyhurst crew began to
a.ke over the lead and pulled ~ In the last 1.000 meters to finish I J seconds
ahe;ad of the second-place Bulls.
In the varsity-four race. Merqhurst le;ad from the sa.rt and outroWed
Buffalo to fin ish several lengths ahead.
In the novice-four race. the Bulls began to pull even mi~ through the
~ce and both crews rowed eYen to the fintsh. Mercyhurst was ~rded the
VIctory by a mere nine-tenths of a second.

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�University at Buffalo
The State University of New York

Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures
Published as an Insert to the Reporter
APRIL 20, 2000

Table Of Contents
Unt w• r s lty et Buff a lo
Un ivtni t y of Ntw \'or .It

T l1~ S tn lt

I. Purpose .....

............................. 1

II. Definitio ns

.................. ........ ... 1

Sexual Harassment ..

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Sexual Harassment Com plaint

... I

Sexual Harassm ent Advisors ...

I

I

Ill. General Policy Statem ent
March 14, 2000

Assignment of Responsibility .......

... 2

Educatio n ............................. .......

... 2

Protection from Retaliation for

M EMOII ANDUM

Complaining Party and Witnesses .......... 2
To:

The Un ivers ity at Bullalo Community

Charged Party: Protection fro m

f-ro m :

William R. G reinc.@_---Presic.J ent

Confidentiali ty ......... ..... .. .. ....... .....

Re.

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Bad Faith Complaints ....

.. ......... 2
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TV. Complaint Procedures

Harassment Po li cy nnrl Procedurt!s

...2

Complaint Reporting .

Informal Complaint Resolu tion ........... 2
The Un ive rs ity at OuHalo is pleased to pro m u lga te its o wn in te rn al policy
a nd proccJures regardi ng sexua l h a r as! m ent. As we know from dall y nc"w s·

re p o rt s and o ther re putalJic sources, sexual harassment is a serious iss ue in
Am erica n socie ty at large. as w ell as w ithin the ha lls.or academe. I co mmend
thi s po licy s tat e m en t, as we ll as th e e nclosed Ale rt fo r Ins tructio na l S taf£, to al l
me m be rs o £ the Univ e rs it y a t nuHal o commun ity . Please g iv e these doc um ents
yo u r full a tte nt io n il nd acce pt th e m as a reaHirmi'llion of o ur co mm u nit y's
co mmitme nt to p rov it.li ng a snh~ n n d s up po rt ive e n vi ron m e nt wit h in which a ll
can rea lize the 1r full po ten tial.

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Provos t David 1. T rigg le
Se ni or Vice Pres id e n t Robert I \'V il J!.nC r
Ms. Loyce Stew Mt

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Equity, Diversity,
Affirmative Action Admini\tration
Office of the President
Februa ry. 2000

Phone: 645 2266
E mo1il : .1a divcrsity G.' 1 Buff.llo.cdu

I. Purpose

A. Sexual Ha rassme nt

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For lnform.1tion :
Loyc e Stewart . Director

Enclos u re

Sexual harassment is dcmc~ming, degrading, and illegal. h
affects an ind ividual's self-este-em, and ca n have- a nega tivl'
1m pact o n an individual's work or academ ic pe rformance.
This document states the policy of !.he State Universiry of
New York at Buffalo {UB) on sexual harassment and desc ribes thc options and resources available to all persons
who participate in universit y program!~ and act ivities for
resolution of sex ual harassment problems. It includes pro·
l:cd ures for UB officials to follow in receiving. reporting.
dnd referring complain ts and identifies exist ing policies lor
un1vers1ty discipline/co rrective action that apply in 1113t te rs of sexual harassment. Th is po licy reflects UB's deter·
mina tlon to deal firmly and fai rl y with all occ urrr n cc~
thro ugh the framework of local reponing proccdu rl':. and
tht• .1pplic.ttion of exjsting polic1c:..

Formal Complaint Resolutio n
Disciplinary Action .

term or cond1t1on ot mstruct•on, em pl ovl1lt'lll.
or part iCipating in other Umvrrsi t•· activttv; or
~ubrnission to or rejection nl such conduct bv
an indiv idual i!&gt; u:.ed as a basts for eval uatton m
making academtcor pt.•rsonnd d~.·cisions affect ing an individuaJ; or
·'·

Suc h conduct has the purpO!&lt;~l' or cffed of unreaso nably interfering \•l ith an individual's pl'r
formance or creating an intimidating. host dl',
or offemivl' Umversit y env1ronment.

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consideration will be £1\'l'll to th~.· n:..:ord a5 a whole and ttl
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against a person of the- same or opposite sex. Harassment
that is sexua l in content is always actionable regardless of
thc harasSl·r's sex, sexual onent atio n or motivations.
bam pies of sexual harassment may include but are not
hmitt.•d to:
St"'{'king sexual fa von or rcl3t10nsh1ps in rt•turn
for the pronusc of a favorah le grade or other
academic oppon unity; or
l :onditlonmg an c-mp lnvment -rdatcd altiOil
(such 3!\ h1ring, promotion. salarv in,rea.~oc , o r
pl'rfornMn..:t.~ appraisal) on a sex ual fa vor or rt'
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Sexual
Harrassment
Policy and Proce~ures

and by University poliey. Retaliation is also prohibited to·
ward an individual on the basis or his/her 61ing a complaint of sexuaJ harassment. It is the intention and respo~ ­
sibility or the Univenity to prevent, correct, and, if neees·
sary,discipline behavior that violates this poliey. Discipline
may include suspension or termination where appropriate. Programmatically the University will provide appropriate education and training with respect to the meaning.
significance and impact of sexuaJ harassment for all Univenity f.tculty, staff, and students.

reasonable person would find abusive. (This explanation
or "hostile environment" sexual harassment is based on
U.S. Supreme Court decisions. See, e.g., Meritor Savings A Assignment of Responsibility
Bank,FSBvVinson4n U.S. 57,67 ( 1986)).
I.
President, Provost, Senior Vice President, Vice
Isolated instan=, e.g., a sexual &lt;m:rtuie, comment, or
Presidents, Deans, Directors, Department
;o~ ordinarily will not constitute sexual harassment un·
Heads, Supervisors and Managers.
less the circumstances are egregious. Nor does such sexual
behavior constitute harassment if it is welcomed (i.e., vola. It is the responsibility or these oflicials to preuntary and consmsual).
YeD! sexual harassment if JlOSSil!le and corSpeech occurring in an instructional or research conrect it where it occurs. This respoDSlbility in·
tat is covered by academic freedom principles. Aademic
dudes taking disciplinary and/or corrective
freedom is protected in both the Policies or the Board or
action when appropriate.
Trustees (l'b~U:U!s, Article XI, Tide I) and the State-UUP
b. It is the responsibility orthese officials to proAgreement ( 1995-1999 J\grmtrm4 Article 9). Both provi·
vide inli&gt;rmation to tbeir ernplorees, staff, facsions speak or and protect the right or faculty to "without
ulty, and students regarding tbe procedures
limitation, discuss their own subject in the classroom."
and resources described in this document
However, the right is not without limitation, as speech, that
Because or the serious and sensitive nature or
has no relation to the subject being taught and does not
se:rualharassmentand tbedeYelopingcaselaw
advance any valid educational objec~Ms would not be held
in this area, persons with inquiries or comto be protected by academic freedom. The question or
plaints should be referred to the EDAAA Of.
whether particular speech" meets that standard must be
lice. When issues n:latingto se:rualharassment
decided on a case by case basis.
are brought to tbeir attention, University ofEmployees and students who believe they are being sau·
ficials should refer to" this policy and call the
ally harassed are encouraged to refer to Office or Equity, (
EDAAA Office for assistance.
Divenity and Affirmative Action Administration (EDAAA)
2.
The Director of EDAAA has overall responsibrochures on sexual harassment for additional informa·
bility for the administration of these policies, for
tion and definitions.

investigation of allegations or sexuaJ harassment,
for the conduct or formal sexual harassment
resolution proceedings, and for supervision or
the activities or the Sexual Harassment Inro·rmation Advisors. The EDAAA Director and the
EDAAA Associates are available at all times to
assist in handling complaints.

B. Sexual Harassment Complaint
A sexual harassment complaint shall be defined as any
meeting or discussion between the complainant and a
University official (see below), the purpose of which is to
inform the University that sexual harassment may be oc·
curring and to provide information sufficient to identify

the accused. Once this meeting or discussion has occurred,
the University is considered by law to be "on notice" and
may be required to investigate such a complaint.
A complaint is an allegation of a violation of University
policy Until an investigation process has been completed,
no inferences can be d~wn as to the truth or falsity of the

allegation.
A University official is any person charged with theresponsibility for preventing, investigating, resolving o r reporting sexual harassment complaints (e.g., The Director, Associate and Assistant Directors of the Office of
Equity, Diversity and Affirmative Action Administration

(EDAAA), Saual Harassment Information Advisor, Employee Relations Specialist, Supervisor, DepartmcnrHead,
Dean, Vice President).

C. Sexual Harassment Information
Advisors
Saual Harassment Infonnation Advisors are university

personnd who have received extensive sexual harassment
training, conducted by the Director of EDAAA, to act'as
educators and trainers on sexual harassment.
Vice Presidents, Deans and Senior Administrative Of·
ficers will designate an individual to serve as the Sexual
Harassment lnfonnation Advisor in their respective areas
to provide general information to anyone with concerns

regarding sexual harassment.
The primary responsibilities of the Sexual Harassment
lnfonnation Advisor are information d.issemination and

education; to act as a resource for faculty, staff and students on issues of sexual harassmen~ to provide informa·
tion regarding questions or concerns about sexuaJ harassmen~ and to direct individuals to the EDAAA office for a
more in-depth assessment of si tuation s or concerns

brought to their attention.
Sexual Harassment Wormation Advisors' activities arc
supervised by the Director of the Office of Equity, Diversity and Affirmative Action Administration (EDAAA).
Sexual Harassment Infurmation Adviso'" are not authorized to conduct investigations, nor will they maintain
records or confidential discussions.

Ill. (;eneral Polley Statement
The University at Buffalo is committed to creating and
maintaining a community in which all persons who par·
ticipate in University programs and activities can work together in an atmosphere &amp;.e or all forms of harassment,
exploitation, or intimidation. including sexual. Specilically,
every member or tbe University community obould be
,._,.,that tbe Uniwnity is ltrorJ8Iy opp.-1 to sexual harassment and that such behovioc is prohibited bach by brw

B. Education
I

Promoting awareness of the definition and consequences

or sexual harassment is an essential element or this policy.
Programs will be developed and implemented to educate
memb65- of the UB community to the: nature and seriousness of this offense; to promote awareness and prevention;
and to identify appropriate procedural processes to address
sexual harassment offenses. The intent or the policy is to
inform all persons who participate in University programs
and activities about their right to file a harassment com-

plaint and the procedures for doing so if there is an in·
fringement upon that right.
The Director of EDAAA shall develop, coordinate and
implement training for Sexual Harassment Information
Advisors and other persons involved in counseling. inves·
tigating or adjudicating sexuaJ harassment complaints

under this policy.

C. Protection from Retaliation for Com-

plaining Party and Witnesses
Federal and State law and Univenity policy prohibits any
form or retaliation against a person who filesadiscrimina·
tion complaint •. including a charge or sexual harassment.
It is the responsibility of the Director and designated Investigators from EDAAA to state dearly to the charged party
that any form or retaliation against a person for having
filed a complaint is expressly prohibited and will result in
serious disciplinary sanctions. This protection from retali ation similarly applies to persons who participate as witnesses in discrimination investigations or adjudicatory

proceedings.

D. Charged Party: Protection from Bad
Faith Complaints
In the interest or protecting charged parties from bad faith
complaints, if the investigation by the Di=tor of EDAAA
(or designated Investigators or the Office ofEDAAA or the
Investigation Pand which are conducted under the auspices of the Director ofEDAAA) reveals that the complaint
is malicious, or knowingly false, or fundamentally frivolous, the Director of EDAAA shall dismiss such charges
and the investigation will be prompdy terminated. As with
any complaint brought in bad faith, the aggrieved party
may resort to any applicable griev:mce procedure. In addition, the administration i.ser... the right to consider and
ultimately commence disciplinary action against anyone
who egregiously misuses the process.

E. Confidentiality
All individuals who are~ in the complaint report·
·ins. iniOnnal resolutions and invatiptiYt proa:a are ....

quired to maintain confidentialitY. or the proaiedings and
not reveal any infon:nation that they 1eam in the coune or
these proceeding&gt;.
Persons seeking information 011 a situation or behavior that may constitute sexual harassmenubould be,._,.,
or the following: If the person malting the inquiry wishes
to ensure that the discussion remains completely confi.
dential and that no action is takm unless he/she wishes
to PI!RUe the matter, it is essential that the inquiry or
request for information remain non-&lt;pecific and the person making the
not disclose information suffi. '
cient to identify the acrused. This is necasary because
the University is Iega11y obligated to investigate, even witb out the inquirer's consent, onct it is informed that harassment may be ocCurring.
•
Once the penon disdooes informatioo sufficieot to identify the OIXUsed, be/she will be considered to IYM filed a
complaint with the tfuivmity. Tbe confidentiolity or the
information received, the privacy or the individuals involved, and the wishes or the complainant regarding action by the Univenity cannot be gwuanteed, but will be
protected to as great a deg= as is 1egally possible. While ·
the expressed wishes or the complainant regarding confidentiality will be considered, they must be weighed against
the respc&gt;DSibility of the Univenity to act upon tbe infor.
mation and the right or the charged party to naive information about the allegations.
When a complainant requests an informal review, the
names or the involved individuals and units must be identified to the EDAAA Investigator. If a decision is made to
go forward with an informal review, the charged party
has a right to the name or the complainant and the charge.
Non-complaining parties, e.g., witnesses, will not be disdosed and the privacy interests. of these non-complaining parties will be protected. If a formal grievance is later
filed,acoess to documents is governed by law and by regulations established p_ursuant to the specific procedure
being implemented.

-,.,qwry

IV. Complaint Procedures
Employees and students may seek resolution through·the
Office of EDAM. Employees and students are also encouraged to seek information from any Sexual Harassment In·
formation Advisor, their Supervisors, Department Olairs,
or other Univenity officials. Employees and students also
retain the right to seek resolution through external alter·
natives such as agencies or the federal or state government
or, for those to whom they are applicable, the sexual harassment procedures of the Graduate Medi~ and Dental
Education Consortium of Buffalo.

A. Complaint Reporting
Any faculty member, staffemployee, or student who believes
she/he has been victimized by sexual harassment is·encouraged to prompdy confer with a Sexual Harassment lnfurmation Advisor or directly contact the EDAAA Office.
In the event a situation occurs that warrants immediate
action during non-business hours (w&lt;:ekt:nds,evenings and
at night) the complainant should contact Public Safety for
assistance (645-2222).
The Di=tor of EDAAA reports to the President and is
charged with the implementation of the Univenity's nondiscrimination obligations. The Director has the primary
~nsibility or accepting and processing discrimination
complaints, including complaints cha!ging a faculty member, staff employee or student with sexual harassment
Complaints initially made to other University officers or
personnd must be reported by the official or personnd to
the Director or EDAM. Efforts to resolve complaints
through infonnal intervention, mediation or investigation
will be undertaken impartially and in as prompt and as
confidential a manner as possible.
In the event an informal or fonnal complaint is filed
against the Provost, Sr. Vice President, or a Vice President,
the Director of EDAM will conduct an investiption,consult with SUNY Counsel and report the findings to the
. President
In the event an informal complaint is filed against the
President, the Director of EDAAA will conduct an inves·
ligation and consult with SUNY Counsel for a resolu·
tion. If a formal complaint is filed against the President,
the Director of EDAAA and SUNY Counsel will conduct
an investigation and Chairperson or UB Council will be
notified.
c-tion: Complaints will ordinarily btlnvest:igated only
when the complaining party so elects. in extraordinary circumstances, howiMr, tbe Di=tor or EDAAA may deter·
mine to investigate serious allegations brought to his/her
attention, even when tbe a1J.cted party is reluctant to pursue such dwga. Pmding completion or the investigation.
tbe Director oi EDAAA may olro r&lt;aliiUDel&gt;d to the appropriate lJnMnity officiol such intaim ~~~ep~as deemed
necessary to proUd tbe safety. well beins. arid tbe prMq

�of the complainan~ the accused and any other member of
the University community that may be directly or indirectly involved in the inv.stigatioa
If the alleged harassment is deemed to be criminal behavior, the Director or Associates o(EDAAA will notify
the Director of Public Safety of the situation and request
Public Safety's assistance and imolvemenL Jw1s4iction of
the case may then bJI under the auspices of Public Safery
and not the EDAAA Office. The role of the Direaor or
AssociatesofEDAAA will be one ofcoUaboration and support if warranted.
Tune Period for FiJins a Complaint
Prompt reporting of a complain~ before the behavior becomes severe or pervasive, is strongly encouraged. This will
allow for a rapid response to and resolution of the objectionable behavior. Ordinarily, complaints should be filed
with the Director of EDAAA within one year after the last
act occurred. In instances involving a student complaint
against a faculty member charging harassing behavior that
occurred in the context of a subordinate-supervisor academic relationship (e.g., teaching, advising, thesis or dissertation supervision, coaching, or clinical medical supervision ), the time period maybe extended until one (I) year
after the student is no longer under the faculty member's
academic or clinical medical supervision or three (3) years
from the date the most rea:nt alleged harassing behavior
occurred, whichever is earlier.
Caution: Absent aceptional circums1ances, the complaining party's failure to file a complaint within the relevant limitltion period will lead to dismissal of the complaint.
Election to Fde IntmWiy Versus l!.xtmWiy
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The Direaor of EDAAA is the Univer1ity official responsible for accepting and handling complaints of discrimination , including sexual harassment. The complaining
party is encouraged to have the complaint inv.stigated and
mediated internally in accordance with these procedures.
Once notified, the Univer1ity will take immediate and appropriate corrective action when it determines that harassment has occurred. The complaining party is free at any
time (before or after the filing of a complaint with the Director of EDAAA) to file a charge or institute formal proceedings before a Federal or State agency authorized by 1
law to investigate such claims. If a formal proceeding befo re a FederaJ o r State agency is instituted or a lawsuit is
filed, the Director of EDAAA will proceed in the manner

4.

a. The complainant determines that the issue
has been resolved satisfactorily; or .
b. Either the complainant or the EDAAA Investigator feels that efforts to resolve the
complaint by informal means are no longer
desirable or productive;.or
c. The EDAAA Investigator determines that the
complaint involves conduct that does not
meet the definition of sexual harassment
(e.g., involves conduct of a completely nonsexual nature) and thus is not appropriate
for resolution under these procedures; or
d. The EDAAA Inv.stigator's decision results
in a factual determination that sexual harassment has not occurred (a "no cause" finding). The decision will include, if appropriate, reasonable steps to restore the reputation of the accused party, such as
expungement of records, and unless the
charged party otherwise requests, notification to per10ns who participated in the investigation of the complainL
lithe inv.stigation reveals that the complaint is
malicious, or knowingly false, or fimdamentally
frivolo% the EDAAA Direaor or designated
EDAAA Inv.stigator shall dismiss such charges
and the investigation will be prompdy terminated (see page 2, D: Protection from Bad Faith
Complaints).

Sexual
Harrassment
Policy and Procedures

2.

3.

C. Formal Complaint Resolution

If either party is dissatisfied with the outcome of the informal complaint resolution process, or if either party
elects to p;oceed directly to the formal complaint investigation process, then the Director of EDAAA initiates
that process. Electing this process does not preclude resorting at ihis stage or later to other remedies external to
this procedure.
All parties to a complaint will be assured of their right to
due process.
This formal complaint process differ.; from the informal process in several respects: The investigation reports,
documentation and written records summarizing the statements of lhe complaining party, charged party, and any
witnesses may be used as documentation for the fo rmal
investigation and for any corrective actions recommended
most appropriate under the circum stances, understandto the appropriate. Universi ty official. Involuntary clisciplining that the University's role m ay be altered from indepenary
sanctions may result.
dent investigato r to a respondent o r defendant.
Final adjudication for a "cause" finding in a formal com ·
B. Informal Complaint Resolution
plaint of sexually harassing or threatening behavior by an
Sexual harassment complainants have the option of pur- undergraduate student or grad uate student that is non·
suing informal complaint resolution through the Office of employment related will be processed in accordance with
EDAAA. The Sexual Harassment Information Advisor or the student conduct rules and proced ures. However, stu the University official who received the sexual harassment dent complaints related to the coOd uct of their particular
complaint must refer all complaints to tFie Director of graduate or undergraduate teaching or research assistants,
EDAAA for disposition. The informal sexual harassment arising in the performance of assigned academic duties,
complaint resolution process is limited to voluntary reso- will be processed in accordance with the employee procedures set forth in this document.
lution of complaints agreed to by both parties.
I.
Purpose and Scope of Investigation
The procedures for informal complaint resolution are
The formal complaint resolution process begins
as follows:
with an investigation into the facts. A three-per·
I.
Ideally the inforrnal review should be q&gt;mpleted
son panel selected in accordance with procewithin I 5 days. The Director of EDAAA may
dures
described below will conduct the fact -findextend that period due to extenuating circum·
ing process. This formal co mplaint process
stances or if the Director believes that giVen adshould be conducted and completed as expediditional time, a resolution can be achieved.
tiously as possible, preferably within 30 cal en·
2.
The EDAAAstaffinv.stigator will interview pardar days from the initiation of the formal comties relevant to the complaint (complainant, acplaint. The co-investigators will preside over and
cused, witnesses if any, other third party perdetermine the scope ·of an investigation. The
sons who can provide information pertinent to
purpose of the investigation is to make a reathe complaint); coUect and review information;
sonable determination as to the merits of the
record results of their preliminary review; offer
sexual harassment allegations. In making their
information and advice. and attempt to achieve
determination, the co-investigators will apply
voluntary resolution of complaints. Voluntary
the conventiona1 .. preponderance of the evi~
resolution rriay include, but is not limited to:
dence" standard - proof which leads the finder
a. Counseling and training of the accused and/
of fact to find that the existence of the contc;sted
or complainant if appropriate;
fact is more probable than its nonexistence.
b. Apology by the accused, if appropriate;
The investigation process will not be open to the
c. Academic or non-academic reassignment to
public. During the proceedings the charged
ntinimiu contact berween the parties (asparty will have the right to confront and crosssignment to another section, course, acaexamine adverse witnesses. The complaining
demic advisor, work supervisor, dormitory,
and charged parties will be provided records of
work aiQ, supervisor, etc.);
the informal inv.stigation upon requesL The
d. In the event that inappropriate behavior has
complaining and charged parties are free to seek
been deemed to exist, solicitation of assurthe advice of advisors (including attorneys,
ances that the inappropriate behavior will
union "'J&gt;resetltltiv.s and/or student advocates)
cease.
throughout the inv.stigative process. Such rep3.
The review is completed when the Direaor of
resentatives may accompany their clients or
EDAAA or the designated EDAAA Associate
advisees during the inv.stigation process; howsends written confirmation to the complainant
ever, they may not address the inv.stigation
and the aa:used that informal efforts to resoM:
panel. If required by the relevant union
the oomplaint ~been concluded.
contracts[ s] and desired by the persons imoM:d,
This will ocxur wben:

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the complaining and charged parties' union representatives, if any, will be notified of the initiation of proceedings under this subsection.
In addition to interviewing the parties, the coinv.stigator1 may interview witnesses and gather
whalever additional information, such as records
and documents, they.deem necessary to present
their findings aod recommendations in the investigative reporL
lmatigaton
In the &lt;Vent the parties to the complaint are from
different segments of the University community,
e.g., faculty/staff v. students or Student v. faculty/staff, the investigative pand will be selected
from the standing committee of the accused
party's peer group (e.g., if the accused is a faculty/staff member, the pand will be drawn from
the faculty/staff standing committee).
Employees including Graduate and Teaching
Assistants.
In aa:ordance with SUNY policy: RevisLd Grievana Procedur&lt; for &amp;view of Alltgation of Discrimination, The Presiden~s Equal Opportunity
and Affirmative Action Committee is respon- .,
sible for forming and maintlining a pre-selected
standing committee of faculty, staff, and gradu·
ate students to serve as the pool from which a
three-person panel is selected to conduct investigations of discrimination. The committee will
receive extensive training regarding sexual harassment laws, investigations and resolution processes. Training will be conducted by the Director of the Office of EDAAA or a consultant.
Student Investigators

4.

5.

Student Investigators wiU be selected from ten
members of the Student \Vide Judiciary who
have completed the sexual harassment training
program conducted bylhe DirectorofEDAAA.
Membership will include representation from
both Gr"duate and Undergraduate students.
The Director or an Associate from the Office of
EDAAA wiU sit as a liaison to the three-member
student investigation panel. The liaison will not
have voting privileges.
Selection of Co-Investigators
The three-person panel that conducts the investigation and prepares the investigation repon
wiU be comprised of a staff member from the
Office of EDAAA and two members of the
standing committee.
Each party to the complaint may select three (3)
nominees from the list of persons serving on
the standing committee. The Provost (if the
charged party is a member of the faculty or a
GAtTA) or Senior Vice President (if the charged
party is a staff employee) shall select one person
from each party's list to serve as investigators.
Student Co-Investigators
Three student investigator1 will be selected from
ten mernber1 of the Student Wide Judiciary who
have completed the sexual harassment training
program conducted by the Director of EDAAA.
Membership will include representltion from
both Graduate and Undergraduate students.
Each party to the complaint may select three (3)
nominees from the list of persons serving on
the standing committee. The Vice President for
Student Affair.; shall select one per10n from each
party's list to serve as lnvestigators and appoint
the third member from the SWJ me10ber.; who
were not nominated by either party.
Both complainant and accused may challenge a
nominee for cause.
OWlengeforCausc •
The complainant aod the accused may challenge
a nominee for cause. In the event either party
has a justifiable reason for opposing the selection of a particular inv.stigator, they may submit a rationale for the opposition to the selecting party (Provost or Sr. Via! Pr&lt;sident) for review and reconsideration. In consultation with
the Director of EDAAA. a decision will be rendered as to whether the reason provided justi-

�4

6.

Sexual
Harrassment
Policy and Procedures

6es a change.
Example of a justi6able reason to challenge a
selection:
The complainant or the accused and the selected
investigator are known to be closely associat&lt;d;
thus a fair and impartial investigation may not
be rendered.
Consultation

findina; and the recommended corrective
action(s), the l'nmlol, Senior Va President, or
Vn President ilr Student Affliin rmy dekrmine
to aazpl the report and notify the parties that
.the complaint resolution is coricluded (subject
to implementation of and compliance with the
coructive actions).
The ProvoSt, Senior VJC&lt; President or Vtce President for Student Affairs rmy accept an uncontested "cause" 6nding, but may suggest modifications to the recommended sanction(s) to the
Panel.

II .

A formal investigation procedure may result in
disciplinary or coructive action that may entitle the accused party to invoke personnel or
student grievance policies and procedures or
collective bargaining agreement grievance procedures. Additional information is available
from designat&lt;d staff in the Human Resources
Services offices on campus, Office of the Provost, Office of Faculty and Professional Staff
Senate, the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, and the Union Offices.

Whenever an investigation is conducted. the

7.

Provost, Senior Vice President, Vice President for
Student Affairs and the Univenity Counsel may
be consult&lt;d, as necessary.
lmatigation Rq&gt;ort
At the conclusion of the lnvestigation, the coinvestigators will prepare a written report ex-

plaining the scope of the investigation and render a determination as to the merits of the
sexual harassment allegations. In the event of
split decisions, a majority vote of two (2) shall
constitute the official determination. The coinvestigators' determination must be based on
preponderance of the evidence-proof, which
leads the 6nder of fact to 6nd that the existence of the contest«~ fact is more probable than
its nonexistence.
The Director of EDAM will forward the investigation report in con6dence to the Provost (if a
faculty member is the charged party), Senior
Vice President (if a staff employee is the charged
party), or Vice President for Student Affairs (if a
student is the charged party). The Provost, Sr.
Vice President or Vice President for Student Affairs may also have access to the entire record
on which the investigation report is based.
If the investigation results in a factual determination that the sexual harassment allegations
have merit (a .. cause" finding), then the repon
wiU include recommendations roncerning corrective actio ns or disciplinary sanctions to be
taken against t~ e charged party and specific

make-whole provisions for the benefit of th e
complaining party where approp ria te.
8.
Disposition of Complaint
After receiving the repon of the investigation.
the Provost, Senior Vice President, or Vice President fo r Student Affai rs may accept the findings
as reported, or may request further investigation into the allegation.
Prior to making a decision with respect to find ings or recommendi\tions in the report , the Provost, Senior Vice President or Vice President for
Student Affairs must first forward the report to
the complaining party and the charged party,
and provide both parties a reasonable opportunity to submit written comments (within ten
calendar days). The Provost, Senior Vice President or Vice President for Student Affairs shou1d
complete their review and determination within
ten ( 10) calendar days of receiving any such
written comments.
The Provost, Senior Vice President or Vice President for Student Affairs may also confidentially
consult with the University Counsel concernirtg the sufficiency of the investigation, the factual6ndings. and the related recommendations
(if any); and with the charged party's supervisor or department head if disciplinary actions
are recommended. The final disposition will
depend upon th"e nature of the findings in the
investigation report and the employment stat·us
of the charged party, as explained below.
9.
"No Cause" Finding
If the decision of the Provost, Senior Vice President or Vice President for Student Affairs affirms
a factual determination that sexual harassment
has not occurred, the University's internal complaint resolu tion process is concl uded. The
charged party and the complainant will be in ·
formed of the determination. The complaining
• party will be informed of his or her rights with
regard to other external avenues of complaint
processing.
"Cause" Finding-Uncontested
10.
If the charged party does not con test a "cause"

"Cauae" Flll&lt;lintt--O&gt;ntat&lt;d

o_ Disciplinary Action

I.

-ot1m

3.

Following appropriate procedURS as provided by University policies, and pursuant to tbe app ropr iate
administrator's authority for disciplinary actions, the responsible administrative authority may initiate disciplinary action against the acplSed.
Disciplinary andlor\corrective action taken agAinst
Univer.;ity employees will be in acrordance with the applicable personnel policies and procedures or collective
bargaining agreement. If discipline/corrective action is
taktn, the person disciplined bas the right to file a grievance under the procedure appropriate to.his/her status
alleging that the discipline/corrective action was unreasonable under the circumstances or that applicable policies or contractual provisions were violated.
Disciplinary and/or corrective action taken against
University students will be in acrord with the applicable
UB Student Conduct Rules U~iver.;ity Standards and Administrative Regulations.

V. Records

2.

of its agents and 10pervisory ernployea with
respect to "'xual harassment rqardless of
whether the specific acts complained of were
authoriZed or ..a~ fmbidden by the employer,
and regardless of whether the employer knew
or should have known of their occurm&gt;ce. They
also state that "an employer is responsible for
acts ofsexual har.assmmt in the...mq,lacewbere
the ernp. (or its agents or supervisory employ&lt;es) knows or should have known of the
cooduct, uriless it can show that it took immediate and appropriate administrative action."
The EEOC will examine the circumstances of
the particular employment relationship and the
job functions performed by the individual in determining whether an individual acts in either a
supervisory or agency capacity. Supe:rvison and
·other University officials are responsible for
knowing these regulations and being informed
of the procedURS to be used when acts of sex
discrimination or sexual har.assmmt are alleged.
These standards are also applied as they relate
to TrdeiX ...,.,r.mo.uo{dv&amp;blani&lt;mAmmdwhich prohibit discrimination in
any Fedenlly funded higher education program.
1lte New Yori: l:ltmolm Ripll ~ NY 1!uc.
Law ~301 (1 982 6- Svpp. 1991) prohibits
discrimination ih employmmt based on sex. The
law also prohibits any employer, labor organization, employment agency or person from discriminating or retaliating against an individual
because that individual has opposed any practice forbidden under the law or because the individual has filed a complaint, testi6ed or assisted in any proceeding concerning an unlawful practice under the law.

4.

5.

New YorlcEualtw.Orrkr No.19 (Milf 31,1983)
directs the heads of each department, agency,
commission, board, or other state entity to takt

preven!M affirma!M action against sexual harassment, which is de6ned as uowtlrome sexual
advances, r&lt;quest for sexual favors, and sexually
motivated physical conduct or other verbal or
physical conduct of a sexual nature.
New Yorlc CLS Peruzl L11w 24().25 prohibits harassment on the basis of sex. race, national origin, color, creed, marital status or disability.

A file, containing investigative reports and other
documents relevant to complaints, both "inforVII. Related Policies
mal and formal, will be mairitained by the Director of the Office of EDAAA. These Iiles will
1.
SUNY Grievance Procedures for Review of Albe main.tained sepa rately from other employee
legations of Discrimination
personnel files.
2.
UB Faculty/Staff Handbook
2.
When the complainant chooses not to identify
3.
Research Foundation Procedures for Resolving
herself/himself or others, or not to request the
Allegations of Discrimination
assistance of the University in resolving the is4.
Research Foundation Sexual Harassment Policy
sue, the only document maintained will be the
5.
Graduate Medical and Dental Education Consorinformation/situation report, which will be retium ofBuffulo, Policy Against Sexual Harassment
tained for three years.
and Internal Complaint and Resolution l'rocess
3.
Records of investigated complaints in which
6.
VB Student Handbook
sexual harassment is factuaUy determined not
7.
EEOC Guidelines on Discrimination Because of
to have occurred (i.e., "no cause" 6ndings) will
Sex, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations 29, Part
be conficn,ntially maintained for a period of
1604.11 Sexual Harassment, 1989
three years, or until the conclusion of any external agency investigation or legal action.
r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- ---,
4.
Records of complaints which, following investigation, resulted in a factual determination that sexual harassment had occurred
(i.e., "cause" findings) will be maintained
.,. ~
Su.re Uniwni&lt;y ofNew Ye&gt;&lt;k
permanently.
Access to such records is strictly lirriited to University officials directly involved in the investigation, adjudication or implementation of the complaint resolution process.
ALERT FOR !NS'J'RUCI!ONAL SIAFF

.

-

VI. Resources And References
Education and training programs for faculty,staff, students, medical residents, department heads, supervisors and managers can be arranged by.contacting the
EDAAA office or the appropriate Sexual Harassment
Advisor.;. Information regarding the policy and a list
of Sexual Harassment Information Advisor.; are avail·
able in departments or through the EDAAA office.
Questions may be directed to the Office of EDAAA
(645-2266).

Federal and State Regulations
Sexual harassment is prohibited by law and by governmental agency regulations. These regulations are
rigorous and subject the University to substantiaJ liability if it fails to take positive action to prevent and
resolve such behavior.
I.
EEOC Title VT1 regulationsstatethat an employer is responsible for its acts and_those

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Jean Wactawski- Wende provides
update of Women's Health Initiative

Financial Failure

PAGE •

Hinni Martens' career spanned
IT revolution at UB

Meet
UB
Courtney Bolents (lett) and
Mandy Kou hang out with a
cardboard cutout of
President William R. Greiner
at Preview Day, held
Saturday to introduce
accepted students to UB
academics, resources and
people.

Psychologist Capaldi named provost
Former University ofFlorida provost to take reigns as UB's chiefacademic officer
By SUE WUfTCHER
Reporter Editor

SYCHOLOGIST Elizabeth
DeutsCh Capaldi, formerly
provost at the University of
florida, has ban named
VB provost.
The appointment, effective July I,
was announced by President Wtlliam R. Greiner.
"Elizabeth Capaldi possesses a rare
blend of qualities that are essential for
this position: she is an accomplished
scholar who is nationally renowned
in her field-psychology-and s~e is
a seasoned academic administrator
with experience at a major research
university," said Greiner. "She comes
to UB highly recommended by her

P

Her research interests lie in th e
areas of mo tivation and learn ing.
Her current work is o n incentives
and preference learning, using both
animal and human subjects.
She has a utho red o r co-au tho red
nearly 50 artidcs in scholarly jo urnals, co-autho red an int roductOry
psychology textbook, now in its

joining us as a faculty member and
adminis\ra tor."
A member of the University of

Aorida faculty since 1988, Capaldi
was provost from 1996-99. She currently serves as president o( the
American Psychological Society, a
15,000-member -organization devoted to promoting, protecting and
advancing the interests of scientifi-

fourth edition, and edited two books
on the psychology of eating.

cally oriented psychology in research,
application, and the improvement of
human welfare. Its members cover
the entire spectrum of basic and ap-

plied psychological science.
While at Florida, Ca paldi also

served as special assistant to the
president for th e Florida Quality
Evaluation Project., an internal planpeers at the University of Florida, ning and evaluation project that
where she was an important leader measured all aspect!' of the univerduring a decade in which that uni-" sity, and as di rector of the Office of
versity rose to national prominence Institutional Research.
In addition , s ht' head ed th t•
in its sponsored-program aetivity.
" Her scholarly and administra- university's self-study for reaffirma ·
tive achievements will be tremen - ti o n of it s accredi tat ion by th e
dous assets to UB," he said. "We are Southern Association of ( :o lleges
absolutely delighted that she will be and Schools in 1991.

CAPAlDI

Prior to imning the Uruvers ity of
Florida faculty. she was a professor
of psycho logy at Purdu e University,
chairing the Department of Psych{'logicaJ Sciences and serving a~ o.b
sistant dean of the ( ~ra duate School
at tht' un iversit y.
A n at ive of Ne \\' Yor_k t :if\·,
c:.a paldi receivt.'tt a bachelor's degrct~
m ps-ychology from the University
of Rochester and a doctora te in ex perimen tal psyc ho logy from the
Universit y of Texas at Austin .

She has served as associate editor
of Psychonomic Bulletin &amp; Revn•w ·
and a consulting editor for /oumal
of Experimental Psychology: Anlmtll

8l'l1avior Processes.
Capaldi is a fellow of th e Ameri .;a n Psycho logical Associa tio n. th t'
America n PsychologicaJ Sociery and
th e American Association for the
Advancemt.'nt of Science, and served
.1~ president of th e Midwestern Psv(hological As!&gt;Dciatio n.
Ca paldi will ~UCCI.'cd SUNY Disttngui she d Pro fe sso r Dav id 1.
Triggle, wh o is stepping do wn a!!
provost to co ntinue as dean of the

Graduate School.

Sungs give $1 million for scholarships
By SUZANNE CHAMBERLAIN
Reporter Contributor

A

Western New York en·
trepreneurial coup le
who have worked stead -

fastly to improve health
care in Western New York are givinga S1 million cash sd)olarship gift
to the School of Medicine and Bio·
medical Sciences.
John J. Sung, CEO of Windsong
Medical Park. and his wife, Janet H.
Sung. founder and president of four
radiological practices, incl udi ng

arships for UB medical-school stu dents who have good grades, ne-ed
the money and demonstrate soundness of character, induding a genu ine, caring attitude, generosi t y of
spirit and leadership potentia1?"

Janet Sung concurred that the gift
to the university " has made us very

happy because my husband is finally
realizing a dream that began when
he was a coUege student in Korea,
working his way through school and
depending also on scholatships."
"Besides," John Sun g added ,

Windsong Radiology, P.C .. made
their mark and their money in Westem New York and wanted to reinvest
the proceeds of their su=ss locally.

"these scholarship students might
become the ve.ry doctors who help
us fulfill the rest of o ur dream--to

"What better way to show our
gratitude and appreciation," said

brings national recognition to West er:n New York."
Pres ide nt William R. Greiner
\

John Sung. "than to provide schol-

have a clinic lik&lt; the Mayo clinic that

praised the Sungs at a news conferenct' held at tht~ universit y to an ·
nounce their $1 million gift.
"\·Ve an: ex tremely gra teful to
Jo hn and Janet Su ng for their gift,
which will enable bright. deserving
students to realize their dreams of
completing medical school and es+
tablishing exciting careers in medi cine," Greiner said.
"We an: so pleased," he added.
"that the Sungs chose to invest in the
Western New York community in
this manner. Their gift is a sign of
confidence in US's ongoing efforts
to provide a world-class education
for its students. We're grateful to the

Sungs for their support and for serving as such wonderful entrepreneurial role models for our students."

John R Wright, dean of the medi-

cal school, added: "We are pleased
and dt:eply grntified by th is generou:support for student schola rshtps.
There is aJ\\'3)'5 a need in this area anJ

the Sung gift will beputtogood use."
All students in the school will lx·
eligible for the scholarship m o n1 e~.
which will be distributed beginnmg
in September 200 I.
The Sungs' story began in Korea
where both were born and attended
college. They moved to th .. United
States as a newly married couple in
1972, arriving in New Jersey with

only $200 in their pockets. Whi le
Janet Sung did her residency, Jo hn

Sung earned his MBA from Seton
Hall University, completed his CPA
training and then worked for the accounting finn of Hauser, O'Connor

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UB became a vanguard unter in
1993 after writing an exten5M application. We bad the collaboration
of scientists from across the medical school led by Maurizio 'fuvisan
(PI) and myself (co-PO. The dean
of the medical school and many
members of the greater Western
New York community also gave
their support. Forty centers from
across the oountry now participate.

The Women's Health Initiative is a
P2-year study to inv&lt;stigate the major causes of diSease and death in
postmenopausal women. It includes
both a randomized clinical trial
(RCf) and an observational study.
The RCf includes three studies:
• A trial of hormone replacen&gt;ent
therapy (HRT) versus placebo that
will determine ifHKf reduca heart
disease, osteoporotic fractun:s and
co?on cancer. It also will assess po· Whet -Ia! questlofts wiR
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tential risks, including breast cancer
WHI will tel? us the risks and benand thrombic &lt;Vents.
• A 'trial of dietary fat reduction efits of hormone replacement
versus usual diet to see if reduction therapy, dietary-fat reduction and
supp?ementation in post·
in fat will result in a reduction in
enopausal women after an· averheart disease, breast can= and coage of about nine years of use. The
Jon cancer.
• A trial of calcium and vitamin goal is to belp women make mono
D (CaD) venus placebo todctmnine informed choices regarding these
if CaD will reduce osteoporotic frac. therapies as they ...,.ch menopause.
tures and colon cancer.
Why hel the v,ut noaforlty of
The observational study records a
variety of factors, intlkes and activi- only ...... Alllfects7 Wh8t
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health outoomes. A total of P60,000 There are many reasons tor involvewomen have joined the study nation- ment qf primarily male subjects in
ally. Nearly 4,QOO women joined the medical research. Some resean:bers
Buffalo clinical center.
bdieYed women would be unrdiable
subjects in research trials or would be
How d?cl U8 become one of
dillicult to ..auit. Oth&lt;n wen: fear-

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learning to be~ adYoates fur
their own bealth. demmdins better
inlOrmation on which to t-theirdecisioos. Manyofourparticipootshave
joined this study to provide much
needed infurmation fur future generatioosofwomen.to rome, namely their
daught:as and granddaughters.

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that the Bull3lo dinicwas the fint
in the nation to meet its recruitment goals and we also OliiCI!eded
enrolJment goals by 26 pera:nl
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about their medical choices con&lt;:em·
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using reliable scientific evidencr is
how"" should aD base our medical
decisions. Unfortunately, this information is not .ilways available.
What h.ve we te.rned so far7
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been started as a result ofWHI?
Several ancillary.studies have
been added to WH1 since the
start. We are conducting a study
of the rQPe ofHKr in p~tion
of Alzheimer's disease, We also
are looking at HRT's role in ~
vmtion or delay of~ degeneration. A third study"" have
started is looking at the role of
osteoporosis in periodontal disease. WHI has allowed us to oonduct a variety ofother studies. As
you can see our clinical center is
extrem&lt;!y busy!

EMBA students embark on tour of China
Participants to meet with executives from state-owned and private finns
By JOH'I DEllA COHTWADA .
RtpO&lt;ttr Contributor

to "go places and meet peopk that · University in Beijing.
ordinarily would be beyond the reach
Aa:ording to Walsh, aD of the US
of most American business people.'" students participating in the tour are
saysCourtneyw.Ish,=tiYedi=- top managers from Western New
toroftheEMBAprogram.
York companies-such as
The one-week tour, which began Outokumpu American Brass,
Friday and will run through Satur- Praxair,Delphi Harrison, Tops Marday, featun:s meetings with top ex- kets, Delaware North and HSBCecutives from Olinese state-owned that either have operations in Q)ina,
enterprises, privately owned Chi- areplanningtoexpandtOOtina,or
nese businesses,. international joint which currently export products or
ventures and American companies

services to OUna.

based in China, including HSBC,
Praxair and Rich Products, all of
which also operate in Buffalo.
Also planiled is a bird's-eye tour
of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
and visits with Chinese students
enrolled in the School of
Management's MBA programs at
Renmin University and Motorola

"Our students have learned techniquesforoperatinginaglobalbusi·
ne6s environment," Walsh says.
"This is an opportunity for them to
see first hand how business is ron·
ducted in a very diffenont culture
and eronomy, and then apply what
they have learned for the benefit of
their career and their employer.•

John Thomas, ...ooate dean for
international programs in the
School of Management and a vet·
eran of more than 50 nips to Otina,
..Y. the students will be surprised
by the entrepreneurial spirit of the
Olinese.
"'The motivation of China's
young managers is very impressive,"
Thomas says. "They are atremely
focused on learning U.S.-sty?e managementpractices. This is globalization at the ground level"
Although the students' participation in the tour this spring is voluntary, nat Y""'" it will be a requirement of the 22-month EMBA pro·
gram, Walsh says. The management
achoo? also plans to bring students
from its Beijing MBA programs to
Buffalo for a study tour this fall

ogy P.C, which opened in a oonverted
&amp;Hylind.
In 1977, they moved to Buffalo Pizza Hut building in 1987.
where Janet Sung held positions in
Her focus since then has been on
radiology with area hospitals. John oombining the Patest technology and
Sung worked first for the account· hands-on, compassionate medical
ing firm Peat Marwick Mitchell, care in efforts to use mammograthen taught at Daemen College and phy to detect breast cana.r in its earbad his own office befono working liest and most easily treated stages.
Now the SW!fi&lt; operate Wmdsong
full-time with his wife.
Wben Janet Sung wanted to pur- Radiology, which has mono than 120
sue ber "patient-cmtered radiologi· employees and is the only fi&lt;e.standcal practicz."ber hwbondenoouraged ing clinic in Western New York with
her and the r-esu?t was five employees . full diagnostic accreditation from the
and a new business, Harlem Radio!- American College o~Radiology. The

Sungs attribute their growth to three
things: putting the patient first, buy·
ingand working with the Palest medical technologies, and continual training for staff members using this cutting-edgeequipment
Others also ba"" recognized the
success of the Sung&gt;.
General Electric uses Wmdsong
as a site to demonstrate its imaging
equipmenL
Janet Sung is quoted often by the
news media as an apert in the fight
against breast cancer. She has givm

numerous .presentations to professional and rommunity groups. and
has been featured as a su=ful female practitioner in "Vocational Biogra·phies• in 1989- and in
c..r..rWOMANin Spring 199!.1n
1992, she r&lt;CieiYed the Community
University Citation for outstanding
achievement from the US Medical
Alumni Association.
In 1998, the Sung&gt; were named
Entrq&gt;reneun of ~ Year tor Upstate New York in the bealth-oore
categOry by Ernst and Young.

RAWING upon an ac·cumulated wea!th of
"guanxi,.. 17 Executive
MBA(EMBA)students
from the School of Management
have embarked on a study tour b(
China. gaining access to the highest
b •els of business in that rountry.
Guanxi is a Olinese term that has
no dir&lt;ct English translation, but it's
best described as the influence a person commands. based upon their
network of contacts and personal
relationships.
For the FMBA students, the School
of Management's substantial
guanxi--&lt;la:rued from 20 years as
one of the only American business
schools in China-is enabling them

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Repair"'-

13

Med school audit discussed

Faculty Senate told response will require enormous effort
ay MAliA ~5
R&lt;pO&lt;IIIf As&gt;inant Editor
ICHAEL Bernardino, viu president
for health affiUrs, told
the Faculty Senate
Tuesday that the federal audit currentlyfacingtheSchoolofMedicine
and Biomedical Scienus is "quite
sweepinginitsscope"andthat it will
cost the school between $500,000 to
Sl million· just to respond to the
subpoena, regardless of the l~aJ
outcome.
The document, which Bernar·
dino called .. massive," specifically
named five to seven departments in
the medical school and some faculty
members to be investigated, he said.
However, he said he believes that by

this in the future," he said However,
of those approximately 40 schools,
only three have emerged penalty
free, according to Bernardino. The
rest haY&lt; incurred peoalties ranging
from $10 to $20 million.
Bernardino attributed the inV&lt;Sligations to an attempt by the federalgoV&lt;mmenttodecreasethe&lt;X&gt;Sl
of health care and its obligation to
Medicare and the state's obligation
to Medicaid in the future. He also
noted ..draconian" reductions in
funding to the teaching hospitals
over the past few years and the
government's tendency to consis~
tentlychange the rules of how medical personnel can bill for services.
"There is an assumption here that
there is a rational process that takes

derstanding of romp lex five-, six·
and seven-digit billing rodes that
oftenhaV&lt;rorrespondingrulesand
regulations and are different for
each departmenL "This has nothing
to do with the practiu of medicine,
yet this is what we are being held to."
He noted that while the UniversityofPennsylvania incurred aninitial peoalty of $3Q million, the ongoing romplianu program now
costs them an additional $3.7
million annually.
"(The coding practice) does not
contribute to teaching and it dctractsfrompaticntc::are,"'said,Jerome
Yates, professor and associate director for clinical affitirs at Roswell Park
Cancer Institute. " It is preposterous
and is a step backwards in terms of

the end of the process the entire
school will undergo investigation.

place. I don't want you to leave this
room thinking the government is

the quality of American medicine."
Bernardino noted that the com-

" No department wi ll be left
unlooked at," he said.
Il will take enormous effort on the
part of the medical school to respond

rational. I think that is very, verydifficult for academic faculty to understand," he said in response to faculty
concerns. "This is not a fair process."

plexity of the rompliance program
is compo(nded by the fact that every health-care facility has different
rul.s for each rode and thai the fed-

to the subpoe na, which asks the
school to supply the names of all the
residents it has trained over the past

Most of the penalties other
schools are paying have been attributed to the miscodingofbills. which

eral government changes the rules
for the codes about every six
months.

three years, their present location,
their signatures and the names of
their attending faculty. It also asks for

Bernardino said is the result of"the

Bernardino said thai SUNY Slony

government taking portions of bills

Brook and Brooklyn are undergo-

and then applying what they believe - ing similar audi!S.

meeting notes from all the depanmcnts from 1992 to present.
He added that it will beat least one
to two more years at least until the
school can gather the infom1ation.
Bernardino told senators that this
type of investigation is the norm
a mong private practices today and
that 40 to SO percent of medical
schools have undergone such an audit. "We can expect to see more of

the ruJ es a re."
"This isn't something you negotiate or discuss (wi th the govern ment )," he added.
But Bernardino said what worries
him most is the permanent compli ance penalty, or consent decree, that
medical schools must fuce if brought
up on charges. The compliance pen aJty. he explained, is an ongoi ng cost
that requires the training and un -

M

He added that the medical school

also is attempting to improve upon
its consorti um asreement with aflili-

;ned locaJ hospitAls and bring its vari ous practice plans into compliance.
In o ther business, th e se nat e
passed the resolution drafted by the
Computer Services Committee that
calls for the assessment of compu ting and technology su pport for fac ulty areas of responsibility.

Plan would hike student fees $82
By MAltA McGINNIS

Reporttr Assistant Editor

ROPOSEO changes in the
mprehensive student fee
o uJd increase next year's

e $82 a year for full-time
undergraduates, raising it to $ 1,212

for2000-2001 from$1 ,130thisyear,
according to a proposal issued by
Dennis Black, vice president for stu ~
dent affiu'Ts.
• The proposed increase includes
S10 for negotiated personnel salary/
benefits increases, $30 for technology, $10 for transportation and $32
for campus life.
There are no proposed increases
in the SUNY coUege fee ($12.50),
health fee J $75) or intercoUegiate
athletic fee ($140) for full-time undergraduates.
"UB remains strongly committed

said Black. " However, the university
needs to continue to invest in programs and services essential to de-

livering a high-quality educational
experience."
This year, comprehensive fee -increase proposals are being made in
advance of the semester's end and

already have been reviewed with student leaders, Black explained. A student-comment 56Sion will be held

Stadium parking lot, as well as construction of a new student parking

lo1 and sidewalks from South Lake
Village to The Commons.
Black explained that the new student parking lot, proposed for co n·
st ruction this summer north of
Alumni Arena nea r the UB Child

Care Center, also could be reserved

ment and success," Black explained.

"The state enters into the contracts,

some evenings for special events
held in Alumni Arena or the Center
for the Arts.
The increase in the campus-life
fee would maintain current services
and provide for enhanced careerplanning-a nd -placement services.
including new interview rooms,
improved student lobby areas, an
expanded resource libr a ry, en hanced electronic-testing services
and bener credential strvices.
"Comprehensive fee adjusunents
would be reflected in student-ac count statements distributed to aU
returning and new students in mid ~

"To maintain that commitment in

but does not provide the support

July. While they will slightly increase

times of liniited state support, additional fee reV&lt;Oues have been proposed through a modest increase in
the student comprehensive fee."
If adopted, the increases would
raise the comprehensive fee 7 percent for undergraduates and IOper-

needed to implement them. This

the cost of student attendance, UB
still remains one of the nation's best
buys in higher education ," said
Black. "With increased investments
in technology and campus life, UB
will continue to be a major public
university and the premier public
institution in the Northeast."

at noon tomorrow in 145C Student
Union for students to express the.ir
opinions. concerns and questions

about the proposed fee increases.
The fee increase for negotiated salarylhenefits resulting from statewide
contract settlements would help
cover the additional costs of state

personnel who work in areas of the
university funded by student fees.
"State negotiated adjustments for

to providing an educational environment fostering student develop-

ered by the state," Black explained.

cent for graduate and professional

students. while raising the total rost
of attendana for UB students by less
than I percent, according to Black.
"Nat year's state and SUNY budgets,apparentlyclose to being finalized, do not anticipate major financial changes in UB state support,"

workers on fee accounts are not cov-

cost must then be included in fee
assessments...

The increase in the technology fee
would

provide

support

for

Microsoft Office Premier Edition licenses and upgrades for student use,
50 new email terminals to be located
in kiosks across campus, a new 50seat technology classroom and a 25seat public computing lab on the
South Campus.
The transportation/parking increase would help pay for paving,
lighting and security phones in the

Black noted that fees will continue
to be prorated on a credit-hour basis
for part-time students and the cur-

renl waiver policy will be maintained.
Individual student-government

mandatory activity fees are assessed
in addition to thecompreh~ee.

"Urb•n Girts: Entering a New Millenni~m ," the conference
to take place tomorrow and Saturday in the Adam's
..__ _ '"'" '~ Hotel in downtown Buffalo, has anracted a
number of very distinguished speakers, according to
conference director Lois Weis, prof~r of education.

Even!S will begin at 7 p.m. tnday at 91 Allen .St.,
Buffalo, with a private reception forthe .. Urban Girls..
exhibition at El Museo Francisq, OUer y Diego
Rivera, a not -for-profit visual arts organization
dedicated to the exhibition fine arts by Latino.
African American and other artists of color. In
this case, all the artists are women .
A full schedule of programs, panel discussions, talks
and other events can be found at &lt;www.sped.tevents.buffalo.edu/
urban&gt;.

The conference has been expanded to mdude "Teen Saturday.- a
day-long series of events designed to enhance the participation of
young women. T hese will include discussions with five -time Olym pian Willye White; presentations by Red C ross and Planned Parent ·
hood theater groups. a speak-out by student athletes and a d1al o~ut.'
with yo ung women.
Panels will include those on academiC and technologiCal issues;
athletics and young women; legal issues affecting girls; pregnancy,
mothering and adolescence; iss ue.s in sexuality; mner~ city clubs for
girls; immigrant and refugee gtrls; 1ss ues pertaining to lesb1an and
trans -gendered health and well ness; drug u.se; expenences of Asmn
girls and Latinas; violence and domestJc VIOlence towa rd young
women: women in scientific and techmcal profc~s1om; the polltJC .s
of femininity; the co ntributions of roung women to the1r commu nities. and other issues.
Speakers will indudedistingu1shed sonologasts: cllmcal, socml and
sports psychologists ; educaton.; athletes: health professionals. and
communi ty .. action -researchers." Featured presenter.s will be:
• Award -winning teacher, legal scholar and author Lani Gum1er,
professor of law at Harvard University, who has devoted maJor efforh
to revitali7ing public disco urse on multiracial citizen problem solving
• Sociologist Assata Zerai, a se nior research associate of the Center for Policy Research ar Syracust&gt; Uni\•crsiry. whose scho larship fo cuses on the ways that the mterlockin g spheres of race, d.tss and
ge nder arc reflected in maternal a nd child hea lth care and women's
health activism
• Olympian Willye White , who p1oneered the development of
communit y-based programs using sport and physical activity as psy chological and educational tools to enhance the lives of urban girls
• Lois \Veis, UB professor of the sociology of ed uca tion and au
thor of many books, studies and articles on the subject of soc1al
class, race, gender and schooling.
• Barbara Bennett Woodhouse, a member of the fa c ult y of the
University o( Pennsylvania Law School, fo rmer board member of
the Co lumbia Law Review and a highly published expert on co nsti tutional and international pro1ections for family right ~.

"Green" snowmobile
wins contest
The cleanest, meanest, most economical snowmobile machine isn't yet
avai lable in a store nearyo u.lt 's at UB.
A used Polaris, redesigned and retooled by a team of engineering stu denrs, last week beat out competitors
from six other schools at the Inaugu ral Clea n Snowmobile Challenge at

Ja ckso n Hole, Wyo.
Bringing home S 17,000 in pn ze
money for their school, the team captured top honors in four of the fi ve
major categories, including categories
o flow emissions and noise level s, best
design a nd fuel economy.
Each of the seven teams from colleges and u111versuies had stx
months to redesign and retool hand -me-down Polaris snow ma chines as their entries. The competition was sponso red by the Son ety of Automotive Engineers; a co -spo nsor was the National Park
Service.
The competition, aimed a1 promoting cleaner, quieter snow rrr.t chines, took a more serious turn since there's a distinct possibilit y
that snowmobiles eventually may be banned from national park.s
because of noise a nd pollution concerns.
US's four-stroke engine machine had a vinually undetectable read ~
mg in hydrocarbon emissions. It also featured fuel inJection and a
special catalytic co nverter.
It was quieter, thanks to foam padding lining the hood of th e en gine. And it got 27.3 miles per gallon, or about double that of oth er
machines.

�41 Reparte. Aprii13.21DIND1.31.h.27
Associate vice president made "computers for all" UB's·IT philosophy
BRIEFLY

IKobson to discuss

c:NIIenges qt rr
Thomos L Joe-.. octing

deon ond associate~ In
the Sd&gt;ool of lnlonnltion 5tu6les, wtldiKuss "Comfnunb.
tion Tedwlologios In the New
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Martens to retire after 38 years at DB
By w.EH IOOLDIIAUM
News Services Ed• tor
SK Hinni Martens, UB's
associate vice president
for computing and infor·
mal ion technology.
about the downside of technologyonthis.theoccasionofhisretirement
after 38 years at UIJ.......;md the nor·
mally expansive stotesman of UB's
wired world, grows suddenly quiet.
"That's a hard one; he says.
" I'm pr$bly the wrof!g person
to ask. I don't see a downside."
People who know him probably ~

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military equipmen~ all of which became great treasures for Martens.
"lliktdtoscavmgethings,mostly
radios, batteries and other dectronic
pans." he says.
He found a good usc for them.
"We were having a lot of brown-

Faculty of Engineering and Applied
"Hinni Manens is a pioneer and
Scienees and a year later rteeived the a leader; says Senior Vice Prmdent
Olanccllor'sAwardforExcellencein Robert J. Wagner. "He also is a baJ.
Teaching.
· ancer: he has had o~ of the moot
Throughout his tenure, Martens difficult jobs in the univorsity, baJ.
has believed strongly in the power ancing exploding demands for,....
technology holds for aU the aca- vice with modest rtSOUrees.
demic
disci ·
"He has always had a 'we' not a
plines,evmwhen 'me' attitude," Wagner adds. "In the
computers were best sense, I hav. always -., him
so new in some as a citizen of the university~
a=.s that he of·
Martens is leaving UB just as the
ten was the target university has completed one of its
of skepticism.
most ambitious initiatives designed
Forexample,one for students-the Access99 pro·

would agree that Manens doesn't ...
sec a downside to a lot of things.
A facul ty member in the depart·
ments of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering.andEiectricaiEngine&lt;r·
. ingsince 1962,andin his present post
for 19 years, Martens has presided
over the equivalent of several life·
times of technological change in esiuCJtion. And he's all for it.
I
From room -sized mainframes
and analog computers to desktop
PCs and the ubiquity of the World
Wide Web, Martens has watched in·
formation technologies undergo
quantum change.
Most importantly, he has seen
people change their perceptions that
computers are the proprietary responsibility of mathematicians and
engineers to a belief that computers
can play some role in nearly
everyone's life. Martens often was
the main driver behind that change
in perception at UB.
" I'm an advocate for, and apostle
of, information technologies,.. he
says. " I only see how they suppon
the needs, desires and expectations
of people."
His characteristic enthusiasm for
the potential of technology and its
life-enhancing powe~ was evident
even when he was a boy, growing up
in Luebcck, Germany, a city east of
Hamburg. during World War II.
After the war, Martens began to
develop his passion for all things
mechanical. The aftermath of com·
bat had turned Luebe'k into a
strange landscape of abandoned

of the very first
oomputer labs he

outs, and there were times each day
when there was no power," he says.
Martens, then 12,tookthebatt&lt;r·
ies he had foWJd on abandoned air·
craft and converted them into a
supplementary lighting system that

he wired directly into the house
where his family lived so, even during blackouts, they could use the
electricity.
" Mywiringd.idn'tpassanycodes,"
he adds, smiling. "but I had a lot of
1 customers in the neighborhood.
Theywereveryappreciative."
In 1952,Martens,hismotherand
three sisters emigrated to the United
States. He earned bachelo r's and
master's degrees in mechanical en·
gineerlng from the University of
Rochester, and a doctorate in systerns science &amp;om Michigan Stote
University. He joined the UB faculty
as an assistant professor in 1962.
Notlongaft.orcomingtoUB,Mar,
tensbecameanactivememberofthe
univer.;ity's BedglingComputer Advisory Committee. ln the early '70s,
he was named chair, in part, he
thinks, "because I might have said
one too many things about how we
had to do boner in technology."
In 1973, he received a Distinguished Faculty Award from the

set up for stU ·
dents was in
Clemens Hall
· with the Depart·
ment of English
back in 1982.
"Although it was still very primi·
tive,lwasstartingtoseethewooderful apabilities that oomput.ors had
for word prooessing," he recalls.
"People wanted to know why I
was doing this for English and not
cngineertn~·hc

says.

But the lab was a big hit with stu·
dents, and it wasn't long before the
skeptics turned into be.l ieven.
Martens continued to work with
academic units, both within and
beyond the sciences and engineering,toinstitutemorestudentlabs.
In 1981. he became director of
University Computing Service; and
in 1985 was named to his current
~where he hasovm;een the plao·
ning and delivery of all computing.
telecommunications and instructional-technologyservieesat UB.su·
pervisinga staff of 190 and administering a budget of S 15 million.
lnthemid-'80s, hechairedacon sortium charged with purchasing
mainframesforalloftheSUNYuni·
versity cmter.; aod SUNY central.
Martens also is a founding member
of NYSERNET, the oonsortium of
institutions in New York Stote that
are constructing the very-high·
speed-backbone network designed
for supercomputers.

gram--where computer acuss is
required for all freslunen.
According to Joseph J. TufarieHo.
who headed up the program as senior vice provost for educational
technology, Martens played a large
role in that program's suceess.
"Hinnithrewtheentireweightof
CIT behind Aceess99," TufarieUo
recalls. "supporting everything &amp;om
trainingCDsandsoftw.oretotrain·
ing sessions for students. All of these
things were supported right down
the line. At=ss99 always was a top

priority for Hinni~
Asked about his most important
achievanentsat US. Martens points
to two things: that he provided
steady,incr~cntal growth for IT at
UB, and that he ~oped an out·
standing technical staff.
Thechallengesthatremainmakr
itharderforhimtoleave,beadmits.
for they are challenges that he still
wouldliketotakeacrackatsolving.
But he looks toward to retirement.
He will spend more time with his
wife and their six children and 11
(soon to be 13) grandchildren.
Martens also will ha"' a chance to
spend more time on his music--&lt;1
string bass player, he on« was a
member of the Amherst Symphony
andplayedinajazzgroup.whikastudent at the University of Rochester.
His favorite tunes!
Two classics sung by Louis
Armstrong: "On the Sunny Side of
the Street" and "What a Wonderful
World."
Weare not surprised.

Conference to honor retiring classics scholar
Colleagues to recognize Peradotto's contributions to the field ofHomeric studies EiJ
By PATRICIA DONOVAN
News Services Editor
REEK dassicist John) .
Peradotto. SUNY Dis·
ti n guished Teaching
Professor in the Depart·
ment of Classics, is the immediate
past Andrew V.V. Raymond Chair
and an internationally diStinguished
Homeric scholar.
He is about to retire from UB with
a shine on his shoes and a melody
in his heart, on his tongue and aJJ
over his Web site-in the last instance, Rossini's"Largoal Factotem"
(which means, he says. "make way
for the guy who will do anything" ).
It is dear he will not go quietly.
This weekend, Peradotto will be
honored by his colleagues with a
conference titled "Epos and Mythos:
A Conference on Homer" that will
feature presentotions by several no·
toble Homeric scholars.
The conference, which will be free
of charge and open to the public, will
be held &amp;om 2-5 p.m. tomorrow and

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9 a_m. to 5 p.m. on Satunlay in the
Screening Room of the Center for the
Arts on the North Campus.
The oonferenre is sponsored by the
classics journal Arethusa, which
Peradptto co-founded and edited for
20 years; the Department of Classics;
the Andrew V.V. Raymond Chair of
Classics (Roger Woodard ), SUNY
Conferences in the Disciplines and
the CoUege of Arts and Scienus.
Peradotto also was recognized recently with the publication of a book
of essays in his honor by some of the
most distinguished voice; in his 6dd.
Its title is "Contextual.izing the
Classics: Ideology. Performance and
Dialogue, Essays in honor of John
}. Peradotto" ( Rowman and
Little6eld, 1999).
The essays were selected &amp;om the
proceedings of a 1997 conference,
"lnterdisciplinarity and the Classics,"hddat the UnivenityofGror·
gia, in recognition of Peradotto's 20
yean as editor of 1\mhUSQ.
Under h1s1~ditorial leadership,

Aretlu"" came to explore theoretical
insights derived from other disciplines
that might be applied tosttidies in the
dassics.lmportant worl&lt; published in
the journal undertook this venture
using theory and research methods
from the 6elds ofsemiotics, comparative literatures, feminist theory. per·
formancetheory,folldore,anthropology, cultural Studies and art history,
among others. Arethwa m ntinues to
be edited at UB by Martha Malamud,
associate professor of classics.
Peradono's vie de joit. have induded the production of four nearly
identical daughten-&lt;ome of whose
weddings hav. been blessed by the
Ave MnrUl rendered in the Peradotto
tenor-&lt;Utd an early discovery of
Internet thrills that sent him dashing into the IT race before most of
his colleagues bad tied their Nil=
Other thrills over the past 30 years
hav. included his pr&lt;Sidency of the
American Philological Association,
the occasional one~Manhattan
lw1ches at the late (dark) "Den of

Thieves," teaching Greek literature
and history totravderson S&lt;Veralextensive Smithsonian Institution
Greek Island cruises, and a pletltor.l
offootraces-indudiS&lt;Veral marathons-completed in excellent time

for someone who eats anchovies.
Speaking of which, if so inclined,
you can 6nd Pmldotto's race log. progarlic recipes. weird family photos
and a hell-mouth (for those who hate
anchovies) on his top-of-the-line
Web site at &lt;http:/ / www.a&lt;su .
bufrlllo.edu/ -pendottl&gt;.
~radotto came to UB in 1966,
chaired the Department of Classics
from 1974-n, and served as dean
of undergraduate education &amp;om
1978-82. In 1975, he received the
SUNY Olancdlor's Award for Ex·
ceUence in Teaching, and in 1990
was named a SUNY Distinguished
Teaching Professor.
He ocxupied the Raymond Chair
from 1984-99, and twice was
awarded grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Students flunk·finance test

Study finds that high-school students? knowledge is lacking
By JOHN DUJ.A COHTIIADA
RtpOrttr Contributor

HEN it comes to
such p~rso~al fi nance toptcs as
paying taxes, using
a credit card or saving toward retirement, today's high -school seniors
know less than their colleagues did
three yurs ago, according to survey
results compiled by L&lt;wis Mandell,
dean of the School of Management.
The survey, sponsored by th e
)umpStart Coalition for Personal Financial Uteracy, measured the personal-finance knowledge of723 12th
graders in public schools across the
United States and compared the results with those from a similar survey
conducted in 1997 by the coalition.
MandeU announced his results ai
a news conference held last week at
the Federal Reserve Building in
Washington, D.C. The survey is a
pan of an effon by )umpStart to

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raise awareness about the necessity
of including personal-finance

courses within all U.S. high schools.
On average, participants in the
2(X)() survey answered 51.9 percent
of the questions correctly--a failing
grade based upon the typical grade
scale used by schools (90- 100 percent =A,80-89percent =B. etc.) The
average score in the 1997 survey was
57.3 percent.
The students' worsening perfor·

mance on the survey, MandcU believes, can be attributed partly to
increased pressure placed on high
schools to focus on courses that will
help students pass basic exit aams,
at the exclusion of more progressive
courses, such as personal finance.
.. We certainly should have empa·
thy for the challenges confronting
our nation's high·school teachers
and administrators, but we also
m~ recognize the disastrous effects
of not properly preparing our teen·
agers for the financial realiti es of
modem life," Mandell says.

"We are sending young adulu
into the world where they'll have to
rnai&lt;e financial decisions more complex than ever before, in pan because there are so many choi~ out
there, and they are just so poorly informed and equipped to make key
decisions," he says.
Since 1997, personal finanQ has
been incorporated into the curriculum standards of only a handful of
states, including idaho, Ulinois and
Pennsylvania. according to Mandell.
The low number is alarming, he
says, considering that half of highschool graduates directly enter the
workplace rather than go on to college, with the number even higher
among minority students.
Mandell believes, how.:ver, that the
issue is not just availability of personal-finanQ cour&gt;es, but how the
information is taught, noting that the
survey results showed some hisl!&lt;r
knowledge levels among studedts
with interactive classroom training.
A quarter of the survey respon ·
dents, Mandell points out, had participated in th e .. Stock Market
Game," where students invest a hy·
pathetical $100,000 during a 10week simulation ofWall Street trad ing. Jn response to a question about
where to invest money for lo ngterm growth, 23.4 percent of the students in the latest survey correctly
answered "stocks" as the most likely
financial instrument to have the
highest return, versus 14.7 perant
in the 1997 survey.
In addition, students who participated in a high-school stock-market
game scored better on the survey
(55. 1 percent) than did students who
completed an entire course in money
management (5 1.4 percent) or an
entire course in economics (5 1.0).
"Knowledge of personal finance
is not something students can develop by memorizing term s and
phrases." he says. "It's a skill that stu·
dents learn when given the oppor-

tunity to apply concepts and practices as part of a thoughtfully designed rurriculum."
Other findings from the survey:
• 1beaveragescorefor Caucasian
students was 54.5 percent, compared with 53.6 percent for Asian
Americans,45.3 percent for Hispanics. 47 percent for African Americans and 38.6 percent for Native
AmeriCUI5. Males averaged slightly
higher scores (52.2 percent) than
females (5 1.6 percent).
8 Students demonstrated an im·
proved appreciation for the value of
college, compared·to the results of
the 1997 survey. Fifty-two percent .
(comparedwith9.9percentin 1997)
said that they would expect to cam •
about 70 percent more money as

college graduates than they would
as high-school graduates.
Students' knowledge of taxes decreased: Just 38.3 percent ofthe stu dents (compared with 49.2 percent
in 1997) correctly answerfii that
their federaJ income tax would at
least double if their annual income
grew from $15,000 to $30,000.
8 Students whose parents often
discuss money matters in front of
them scored only slightly better on
the survey (52.6 percent) than did
students whose parents sometimes
(52.5 percent) or rarely (52.4 percent) discuss money matters in front
of them. However, students whose
parents never discuss money matters in front of them achieved a score
of 42.5 percent.
"For students to improve Lhe1r
knowledge of personal finance, we
need to recognize that high school is
lhe appropriate place to give meaningful, interactive and fun instruction
in personal fma.nce," Mandell says.
"Until that happens. we can expect
students to contin ually S(Ore poorly
on personal-finance exams and that
they will con tinue to make poor fi nancial decisions and encounter fi nancial difficuhio as adu lts."

Fibrinogen linked to gum disease
By LOIS-BAKEJI
at potential risk for heart disease.
News Services Editor
Elevated plasma fibrin ogen levels
RAL biologists at UB are known to be an independent risk
have found increased factor for cardiovascular disease by
levels of the blood-dot - increasing the propensity for blood
ting factor fibrinogen clots. In addition, De Nardin said,
in persons with periodontitis, illu· there is a relationship between car·
minating one pathway for the rela· diovascular disease and a polymortionsh.ip between poor oral health .phism in the gene for fibrinogen .
and hean disease.
Therealsoisardationshipbetween
The study also established that periodontal disease and risk of carpersons with periodontal disease are diovascular disease, and some studmore likely to have a rare form of ies have suggested that levels of the
the gene responsible for fibrinogen dottingfactorareelevated inpatients
exp ressiOn than persons with no with periodontaldiscasc, he noted.
periodontal disease.
The UB researchers set out to deS.£. Sahingur, a student in the fine the possible fibrinogen -periSchool of Dental Medicine, pre- odontaldisease-hean disease link by
sented the findings last week at the measuring plasma fibrinogen levels
ann~ meeting of the International in four groups: those with periodonAssociation for Dental Research.
tal disease, with heart cliseasc, with
"This study provides another po- both diseases and with neither. Retential link between chronic infec- suits showed fibrinogen levels to be
tions,suchasperiodontaldisease,and significantly higher in persons who
atherosclerotic hean disease," said had periodontal disease but no hean
Emesto De Nardin, associate profes- d.isease,oompamltoallot:hergroups.
soroforalbiologyandmicrobiology,
In the second pan of the study.
and senior author on the study. He 24 participants with periodontal
noted also that the findings present disease and 26 healthy patients were
the possibility of using these measurtS analyzed for the presence of the rare
asadiagnostictooltoidentifypeople form (H2H2 ) of the fibrinogen

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gene. These results showed that 16
percent of the periodo nt al·discase
group had the rare form. compared
to none of the healthy participants.
The analysis also found higher
levelsoftibrinogeninthosewiththe
H2H2 gene, and in those with th&lt;.·
heterozygous form (HI H2). compared to those with the frequent
HI HI form.
"Elevated fibrinogen levels have
been implicated as a risk factor for
heart disease," De Nardin said, ..and
people-with the rare form of the fa b rinogcn gene ( H2H 2) produ ce
higher levels of fibrinogen than subjects with the mort"-common gene.
"Since the production of fibrinogen can be sti mulated by an inf&lt;'C·
tion, people with the rare gene who
also have a chronic infection such
as periodontal disease may produce
higher levels of the clotting factor.
thus putting themselves at even
higher risk for hean disease."
Additional researchers o n the
study were Ashu Sharma, assistant
professor of oral biology, and Roben ). Genco, SUNY Distinguished
Professor and chair of the Depan ·
ment of Oral Biology.

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Livinginternet.com serves
Cl
as "Internet on the Internet"
Although m•ny of us hawe been using the Internet for quite some
lime, there are always those gaps i~ o ur Net knowledge that we don't
confess-not even to our dosest friends! Enter Livingloternet.com
&lt;http://www.ltvlnglntemet.com &gt;, .. the Internet on the Internet."
This resource, a useful compendium of Net history, tidbits and ad vice, is obviously a labor of love for !ts creator, BiiJ Stewart. His "b1o ..
reads: .. Bill's day job is current!)' chief engineer o( an information
technology system-integration program for a large aerospace contractor, where he also has held JObs ;u a system architect, software
lead and system engineer. Other jobs Bill has held include co mput
ing·ccnter manager, computer-sc1ence instructor, egg grader and
assistant magician."
The site, th ough not ght7y, IS well -organized, w1th 1ts mam ~.:at ­
egories (The lntern(.·t . World Wide Web, l:.lec
troni c Mall . Internet Relar C hat , Csenet
Ncwsgroups. Malhng LISh and M uns I
each ancludmg the followmg hnks·
• How It Was lnvc:nted
• How 1t \Vor~
j~~!~~~~~
• How to U5t.' It
• Advanced Usagr:
• Why It 's Important
• Se-curity Issues

• Help
• More InformatiOn
Surf Livinglnternet.com to find out how to get an Jnu.'rnet do main name, read about the first Internet varus (it was actually d
worm ), learn what error messages, such as"404 fi le not found,"' mean.
discover the difference between th$: Listserv and Majordomo mail
ing lists, ger instructions on how to avoid getting spam when post
ing to a newsgroup, see a listing of free email reminder serv1ce:. (never
forget to change your engine oil agam}, read what other people are
sea rchin g for in real time on the Magellan's sea rch engine "voyeur
page" (and find out that Web searchers can't spell!) and mu ch more.
The livinglnternet.com site also has a useful listing of eight
Internet news sites, induding the Ya hoo Internet Report &lt;http: / I
dallynews.yahoo.com / h / tc &gt;. which contains full reports on such
importanllnternct -re\ated topics as the''digital divide," cybcrcrime
and th e futUH' of high · speed Intern et access. Finallv.
Livinglntcrnct.com has a sectwn ca ll ed "Myths, Hoaxes and leg
eods .. that h1ghhghts the famous "Neiman Marcus $250 Cookll'
Recipe" myth , the " D1sney Giveaway" hoax and various false virm
alerts. This sect 1on also provides a link entitled ''U rban Legend Referen ce Pages," that leads to th e fascinating "lnboxer Rebellion" ~ltl'
at &lt;http://www.snopes.com / lnboxer&gt;. The goal of thi s pagr 1!:1
to help Int ernet user) determine whether that piece of email they've
received 1.!:1 a hoax , the truth or someth ing in between~
-Gemma DeVInney and Don Hartman, Umvi'nJty Librone-s

DrieD
Telemedicine to be topic
of April 28 conference
The challenges of new technology and tts incrca.s·
ing role in helping hea lth -care providers make their
services more accessible to patients will be the topic
of an all· day conference to be hdd on April 28 at UB.
The conferen ce, "Telemcdici ne: Evolving Legal and
Regulatory Issues for the Health Professions," will be
held from 7:30a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Cen ter for To- GOl..DitDtG
morrow on th e North Campus.
In its broadest se nse, telemedaonc: IS the delivery of health \..afl' at
a distance and is of growing importance lor health -care prov1der!l
and thei r patients wh o encounter difficulties 111 getting nec.-dt~d
health · related information, tests and services.
Bosto n attorney Alan S. Goldberg. who has published extcns1veh
on health -law issues and tel ecommu n ications technology. wall dt liver the keynote address at 8:30a.m . on "Telemedicine: Patu~ nt cen ­
tricity Co mes of Age."
The lun cheon speaker will be John Bcnuvogho, speCial counsd
for health -care fraud and chief privacy officer with the U.S. Depart ment of Justice. His topi c wiH be ''Telemedicine: Don 't Let the Bc:n
efits Blind You to Powe rful Anti - Fraud Llws." Program sessions will address such issues as ...A Telemedi~1ne Dem onstration: Issues and Problems in the MedicaJ Practice Envuonment,'.
..A Survey of Legal Issues" and "Legislative and Regulatory Issues."
The deadline for registration is April 20. Call645-5984 for morl'
information. The program, including lunch. is free to studen ts from
the law, pharmacy and medical schoo ls, and $75 to all others.

The program is sponsored by the schools of Law, Pharmacy and
Medicine and BiomedicaJ Sciences.

�Mini-

Jo ns

Med
School
Frank Mendel, interim chair
of the Department of
Anatomy and Cell Biology,
wes a horse skull box to
illustrate a point during a
recent session of the
popular M ini-Medical

School.

Initiative alms to make freshman year easier to manage academically, emotionally

Engineering students offered a lifeline
By EU.fN COOLDBAUM
News Servkf!S Editor

A

SK a freshman engineering student at any uni -

versity in the nation how
things are going and
you'IJ get an earful~ instructors who

zi p through complex problems in

seconds, hours spent studying long
anto the night and, worst of all, a
deep-sea ted insecuri ty th at the
school's main object ive is to weed
out the weak performers.
But now the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has
launched th e Student Excellence
Initiatives, implemented under the
su pervision o( Asso ciate Dean
Michael Ryan, that ajms to make
freshman year for engineering students easier to manage academically

LETTERS TO
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and less emotionally agonizi ng.
The results of this unique effort,
now in its second year, have been remarkable:Ofthosewhoparticipated
in the initiative's small study groups.
90 percent returned to SEAS for
their sophomore year, versus only 63
percent of those who did not participate in the groups.
Further, at least half-and sometimes as many as three-quarters-of the studenl5 in these groups felt
that their participation had helped
increase their overall grade in the
subject by a letter grade or more.
The transition from high school to
roUege is tough, regardless of what
rourses a student takes. But for the
freshman engineering student, extremely demanding coursework often is coupled with an WlSpOken sense
that only a select few will make it.
"Manystudenl5 felt like they were
being thrown up against this steep
cliff and the idea was, whoever
hadn't faUen off at the end of four
years would be an engineer," remembered William G. Wild, Jr., a
1982 graduate of SEAS.
Wdd has returned to UB, where he
also earned master's d"l!J""S in English and engineering. as director of
special student programs to launch
the Student ExceUence Initiatives.
He said· the program goes much
farther than simply helping to improve grade outcomes in certain
conrses.lt's about effecting a cultun
change in engineering «iucation, he
stressed, moving away from a
"weed-them-out mentality" to a
program that strives to help each
student reach his or her potential.
"In this scenario," said Wdd, "all

the fit and willing survive, and not
merely a select(Percentage."
The idea was not to ~the academics any less rigorous on the stu·
dents, he pointed ouL
"If you watered down the engineering curriculum, then our buildings would shake and planes woutd
faU from theskies.The climb is necessary, but it should be a much dif-

• A !JW!datory introductory engineering roune, "Case Studies in
Engin«ring." designed to aJlSW&lt;r the
questions manyfieshmen hoM about
the different engineering disciplines
and to introduce them to the exciting paths an engineer can take
• A program that ronnects freshmen with SEAS faculty mentors who
help students navigate the transition

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ferent process; it should be a structureddimb."
Wdd ahd Ryan work with both
SEAS and CoUege of Arts and Sciences faculty members to continually evolve courses and support services to meet student needs without
sacrificing academic rigor.
Acrording to Wdd, the Student
Excellence Initiatives give students
both the academic and nonacademic tools they need to have a fair
chance at success.
The program includes five major
pans:
• An "opening-day., ~nt at orientation,_designed to encourage a
speciaJ sense of community and
team spirit among all freshmen engineering studenl5 and with SEAS
faculty
• Identification of academically
underprepared students from the
time of acceptanc;, providing them
with academic suppon. advisement
and individualiz.ed career counseling
to help students find their interesl5
within, or even beyond, engineering
• Small study groups in calculus,
physics and chemistry-&lt;&gt;pen to all
engineering students-that meet
weekly under the guidance of an
SEAS staff member to work on
cour~ materi3.1., problems and engineering study skills

to the university and to learn mou
about engineering as a profession
The effort begins long before students arrive on campw in the fall
Based on dellliled studies Wdd undertook last summer, SEAS 'now
knows that a student's scores on the
New York State Regen15 exams in
math, chemistry and physics are
important-but underutilizedpred.ictors of his or her success in
engineering school
"It's not a question of not being
good enough," said Wdd, "but engineering is a building block profession. If you don't hoM the lim block,
then everything else will be shaky."
Si nc e incorporating Regents
scores into engineering admissions
decisions, the school is rejecting
about 8 percent more of the applicants than it did before.
But that doesn't mean that students
who hoM low scores on some of the
criteria can't get into SEAS; it simply
means that now, if they are accepted
into SEAs, they will be required to
tili special skill-building steps.
"The philosophy behind these
initiatives is that we'u saying to students, 'Your goal is not to get into
SEAS; your goal is to get out with a
degree,'" be said.
After just one semester, the number of studenl5 enrolled in the small

study groups doubled, and by now,
Wdd estimates, one in """'1' three
or four freshmen bas enrolled in at
least one group.
In fact, the groups are filled to capacity, even though they are purely
voluntary and are not taken for
credit.
·
"'Study-skills courses are not ~;
said Wtld, "but they are not typically
designed to address the issues engineering studenu face. The question
for us was, how rould we make it
relevant to engineering?.,
Taught by Wild and Richard
Dutton, senior programmer in Science and Engineering .Node Services, and assisted by student tutors.
the groups are highly interac!M: and
have a student-teacher ratio that
doesn't exceed I0: I. The objectiv&lt;s
are to help students understand how
to approach course -material
through "'concept maps" of textbooks and "thoughtful practice" of
problems, while facilitating the critical transition from learning as highsChool students to learning as rollege freshmen. The experience also
drives home an essential point that
students are not alone.
Referring to the"dimb" that is the
engineering curriculum, Wild
noted: "Nobody climbs alone here,
unless by choice."
The "opening day" event that occurs before classes begin also is designed to make that point dear to
students. Students are assigned to
groups that work together on a fun
engineering project, and spend the
day discussing social and academic
issues with faculty mentors. upperclass student leaders and representatives of SEAS student dubs.
"These activities stan to foster a
sense among students that they are
all in this together and that everybody is working together for the students' success," said Wdd.
JrooicaDy, the Student Excellence
Initiatives program wassputred by an
interest in boosting mention of students. However, Wdd has found it
sometimes works best for the students when it works against retention.
"'ccasionally, we've found, we actually hoM to work against mention,"
he said. "You can keep some students
in engineering in order to keep your
numbers up. or you can teU the student the truth. which sometimes is
'this is not the p1acr (or you.' The only
thing we are aiming for here is the
welf:ue of the studenL•

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Story printed in Buffalo New,s contains iru:Orrect statement
To the Editor.

'

The recent story about UB in 1M
Buffalo N.ws authored by Professor Mark Shechner contains a statement associated with my name that
is incorrect.
Professor Shechner wrote: "In

January, RoQert ). Wagner, UB's via
president for finance, issued a report
detailing the deterioration of the
budget for libraries, oomputer services, business servias and informatio n technology. among other
things.Sintt I m9J, the budget for
those servias has been reduced by
24 perant."

The report he is referring to,
which was circulated to vice presidents, deans, Facuity Senate Budget
Prioritjes Committee and others,

notes that University Facilities sustained a total reduction of24.2 peranl This was aeombination ofbase
allocation reductions, savings factol1 aod the additional oosts related
to new facilities on both campuses.
Nowhere in the report does it state
that all the servias noted by Professor Shechner were reduced by 24
perant. It is not true. In fact, areas
listed in the artide eadude fa~ties
and that is the one area in University Servias that has had the most
significant reduction. The impression left with the reader, however, is
that all the servias units listed were
reduced by this amount.
I knO\Y that this is a "story" and is
identified as such, but I find it un -

acaptable when data are used inaccu rately. I wo uld have been

pleased to correct this inaccuracy if
asked I was not.
Most disturbing to me is that this
type of "story telling" goes on frequently, it is often inaccurate, it i.s
stated as faa and there is not ad equate effon made to secure the cor·
rect information. On occasion when
the official information is provided,
it is ignored
Disagreement on the information
sources or the analysis is part of the
process. I support that, but reporting information falsdy is not. It diminishes the value of the discourse.
R-.:J. Wogner
5enior VIC~ Pr~ident

Obituaries
Dorothy Haas, director ofNorton Hall student union
Dorothy M. Haas, long-time student-activities coordinator and student union director of Norton Hall
on the South Campus, died March
26 in Cape Coral, Fla. She was 91.
A Buffalo native, Haas earned a
bachelor's degree from UB in 1932
and began her career two years later
as a secretary at Norton Hall, at the
then-private University of Buffalo.
Later, she became assistant director and director of the student

union. In 1957,she eaf'ledamaster's
degree at UB.
\
When the new student unionlater renovated as Squire Hall-

opened in 1962, she was honored for
her dedication and contribution to
student lire. In 1965,hereffortseamed
her the Samuel P. Capen Award &amp;om
the UB Alumni Association.
Haas helped design the then-new
student union , which housed a
soundproof music listening room,

Calendar
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Medii Study, Center for the Arts

lmmunogtobulin Closs SWitching.
Anti-Concer Vocdnes ond tho
lmmunochip. Matthias lomlz., National
Cancer Institute. 182 farber. "' p.m .
frft . For I'T'IC:n information, L.uAnn
Karte, 829-3630, ext. 108.

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Services. 31 C.pen. 4-S p .m . free .

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Concert
CO.aduate Composers Conart. Slee
Concert Holl. 8 p.m.
by
~~rosie. For I'T'IC;n i
tion.

Concert

Wednesday

Computer M u~ . Black Box Theatre,
Center for the Aru. 8 p.m. free .
Sponsored by Dept. of Music. For more
information, 645-2921 .

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Thursday

20

~~Community Acquired Pneumonia.
Brydon J.8. """~ ~- of Medicine

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and PCCM.

Wednesdoys of Lent Mus
Wednesdays of Lent Mass. 2SS
Harriman. Noon. frft. Sponsored by the
Newman Center. For more information,

.

833-0298.

information, 64S-22S8.

Eduai--

Understandlng the Global Economy
a nd Its EffKts on Public Education.
Lynn lion, asst. prof., Dept. of
Educational Leadership and Policy.
University Inn. 8:30-10 a.m . $10
students, $25 general. Sponsored by
Center for Continuing Professional
Education, Graduate School of Education. For more information, 6-'45-

6642.
lntemotlonAIStudent~

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(video). Corl&lt;y Brunskill and Michelle

l ntem~~tJonal Student Di.scussk:Ml
Group. EReo A. Dussourd. International
Student and Scholar Services, Sung-Eun
IGm, Counsetiog Center. l&lt;4SA Student

Chan, Science and Engineering Node
Services ." 2 1 2Ca~ . Noon-1 p.m . free .
for more information, 645-7700.

International Student and Scho&amp;ar Services. For I'T'IC:n information, 64S-2258.

~ Tuchlng Center

Semi....

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s..rrn tm.~ . Capen 127,

Unde~uate

Ubr.uy. 2-H O p.m.

Free.
only to UB students, faculty
and sta . For I'T'IC:n information, Unda

Ralh, 645-3528.

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Unoo. Noon-1 p.m. free . Sporuored by

Spatial and Environme ntal

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of Mathematical Sciffices, King's

~~rart!~~~P~~ottand.
Sponsored by DMsion of Biostatistics
and Medical Informatics, Dept of Social
and Preventive Medicine.

UB vs Canllius (DH) . Dunn Tire Park. 2
p.m . free .

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~Lectuns,Portl

UB Lltw Bowd o f Directors Meeting.
Hyatt Regency, Buffalo. ll:lS p.m . $16.
For more information, Ilene
Fleischmann, 645-2107.

Tree l.Mtk:n . Hyman Bass. Univ. of
Michigan at Ann Albor. 1&lt;46 Diefendorf.
&lt;4 p.m . Free.

-..,.at4PI.US
Aim Screening. Tony Conrad, Dept. ol

-

UB YS Binghamton (OH). Dunn Tire
Park. 1 p.m . Ffft.

crafts workshop, bookstore, library,

WBFO-FM, four food-service operations, student-organization of-

fioes and a ballroom.
In 1970,she resigned from the directorship and worked for three

years in what is now the Office of
Career Planning and Placement, retiring in 1973.
A service celebrating her life will
be held in Buffalo next month. Time
and location will be announced.

~oft~all
Two &amp;tts pmeredAJI-Tounwnem
honors at tile Colgate kMwional.
Junk&gt;&lt; seccnd baseman Socee
Madden and junior catcher Kim
Lown:nce _.. among thO I ~
players named to the team.
Hadden. hitting tNrd In ""'
lineup much of the tournament.
'NMt 7-tor-n at the plate lndudiing
a double. coUected four R8fs and
scored three times. She ..!so hit
safety In the first fr.oe contests of the

six-game tourney.

.

~e . batting fifth in coach
Mvie Curnn's lineup. was 4-of-20
widl two R81s ;and two runs scored
durinz the tournament. Defensively.
she collected 21 putouts from he•
catcher's position.
As a team. the Bulls are hitting
.27 1 on tile season. Danlelle Haynes
leads the: team with a .382 average
and 261rits. Kelly Malone stiH leads
UB In homen (~) and has 12 RBis
aJthou&amp;tl she has missed tile last I~
games.With her four RBis In the
Colgate: lrwitadona!, Madden has
---taken C1'lef" the team ~d with 13 and also hH fiw doubles. She also had a fiw
game hitting streak broken in the
last game of""' tourney.
HJynes is 6-for-6 In stolen
base attempts and has
scored a team-high I5 runs.
The Bulb' pitching holds a team earned run
average of 6.47 this season.
)eulca Yoric leads tile squad at 4.75
with a 1--4 record )eulca Kensy
kJwered her ERA to 5.89 ..net Is naw
2-7.Andrea Sa£e b 1- 11 on tile hHI with
a 7.85 mark and a team-ben 22
strilcoouts.

~ase~all
Toledo I 0, UB 7
Toledo 15, UB 6

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Reguloted Tromlotlon In ChloropWU.
Stephen Moylield, Scripps lnst. 220
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~ lectures. Port 2
Tree lAttices (coot' d) . Hyman Bass,
Univ. of Michtgan at Ann Arbor. 1&lt;46
Otefendorf. "' p.m . Free.

liB FII&lt;Uity Pnsent
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Chonll Concert
UB Chorus. Harold Rosenbaum,
conductor. S~ Concert. Halt. 8 p.m.
Frft. Sponsored by Dept. of Music. for
more information, 645-2921.

Exhibits
-- - -nlng:
Five
ContempotW"Y
Chinese
Artists"
Works by Xu Bi~~Pu, Gu Wenda.

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d~"?t,~~h

are on
June
in
of·tht! uB Art
Gallery in the Center for the Arts, North
Campus. Gal~ hours are Wed.
ru~!nSa~ ~!osap~~-to 8 p .m . and

~0 all~

" From Revolution to Reform "
Propaganda post~rs produced in the
Peopte's Republic of China from 196282--representing efforts by both the
Mao Zedong and Deng x;..,p;ng
governments to mobllizto the masses

~ru=~~~~~n~~Y

through April 30 in the reference section
of Lockwood Ubrary, North Campus, on
the library's second Hoor.

" Senior Thesis Exhibitions 2000"
Thesis wort. from 60 candidates for
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Campus and in downtown Buffalo.
Work will be .on display in the Art
Department Gallery and other locations
in the Center for the Arts through May
3. Callery hours are Tues., 10 a.m. to S
p.m .; Wed. through Fri., 10 a.m . to 8
p .m ., and Sat. from 11 a.m . to 6 p .m .
Work will be on display in the Center fo r
Tomom&gt;W lh"'"9h April 20, and April

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also will be on display in the Ellicott

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In tile Bulb only games last week. UB dropped a
doubleheader at Toledo. the second MAC team UB has
playedtllb .....,.,_
In the first game, UB jumped out to a 5-1 lead going to
the bottom of the fourth. The Bulls scored three runS in the
seccnd. h;ghl;ghted by a twtHVn home.- by 8.-.ndon D;Cesare.
Brian
Zeb.sko knocked in the other run that inning with ;an RBI singte. TcMedo "'''''Ukj
respond with a &amp;te-run fourth irvl.lrc. :u each of the first four batten reached
base. UB tied tile score mtile 1X&gt;p of tile sixtl1 but tile Rockea came badt with
four runs in the bottom hatf of the kvlin&amp; to sea.Jre the ~d.
The second game start.ed out the same ~. :u UB got ;an earty lead with
two runs in the third int•ing and three in the fourth. In the third, Mike Aaherty
lcnocked In two runs with a ba.ses.-&amp;oaded double. In the- fourth innin&amp; a base hit
and two walks loaded tile bases aptn, and tl1is time Harlt \bpi deiMo-ed a
triple that d...-.d tile bases and P"' tile Bulb a 5-1 lead. Apt&gt;. tile bottom of
tile foor-th wu tile downfall lor UB. The Rockots &lt;&gt;q&gt;lotled fo, a t 0-run ltw&gt;fn&amp;.
as UB walked four batten and at one point gave up fiWl straight hrts In the
lnnirlg.
Toledo was the second MAC opponent the Bulls faced this season. having
played at ~lng Green earUer this ye.v: UB went 0-S In chose games.
junto.- Kovm Brown continue&gt; to lead tile Bulb from tile plat&lt;. hitting .329 (2S.
for-8S) on the ~· His 28 hta are a team-high :u 'l'o'ell. 0\;artle Smilinich and
Mike Fbherty have a team-hi!h five doubles each and Krvin Brown and Ad rUn
Da,rliels have two triples each.
Bryan Sanchez leads the team in power, :u he has collected five home runs
on the season and leads the team with 16 RBis as weal. His five homers put. hUn
one shy of IOth place for home runs in a season In the UB record books. The
suson record Is nine, set by three pbyen;. UB has I 3 home runs as a team,
with eight different players going long this seuon.
Freshman rigtn. twujerTyter Balentine leads the UB pitching saff this
season in wins and eam~ run avenge. &amp;Ientine currendy has a perfect 3-0
record. and is tied with Tom
Januchowski for the team high
with three wins. Balentine
also leads the Bulls in
earned run Z'ler"a.ge at 228.
having given up six e.amed
runs over 23.2 innings. He
has one complete game to
his credit this year ;and has
struck out nine batters.

Womens lennis
Marshall 7, UB 0
Miami (Ohio) 7, UB 0
The Bulls women·s tennis team fell to 5· 12 over;all ;and 0-6 in
MicJ.American Conference pby with conference losses at Miami
(Ohio) and Marshall over the ......eekend.
Aplnst Miami, freshman Karen Maynard proved to be the top
performer for the Bulls. Pbying at number three singles. Maynard won
three games over the two sea but k&gt;st. to Catherine Dilley 6-2.6-1
Sophomore Kris Yan Schoonhoven won a pair of games against Erica Echko

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a~ l, 6-lloss.

The Bulls won just three games a.plnn a strong Marshall team that now
leads tile MAC with a 6-0 reconl and Is 16-S overall. Sophomore fifth singtes
Shanl Anw-asmghe lost. 6- t. 6-0. to Karolina 1'1..-l&lt;o wh;le Maynarn dropped a 61, 6-0 decision to KeOy ~fer at third singles. The doubles team of Maynard and
N icole Sargena.lso won one pme hJiiog to Anna Mfdna and Ana Cen!!tte 8-1 .

�81 Reporte. Anri113. 2000/Vol. 31,1o.Z7
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· Centor for the Arts. 6 ' 30 p.m.
Free. SJ&gt;OO'O'ed by Office of

Mooing Off Compus. 145A
Sludent Union. 5-6 p .m. free.
Sponsored by Commuter Off.
Campus Services, Office of
Student ActMties. For ITl&lt;n

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Communlcotlon Ted!nofogies
In the Mllennlum:

DoWI.,_, &lt;&gt;&lt;gon. Slee
Concert Hall. 8 p.m. SS.

. Sponsored by Dept. of Music.
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For more Information, RMe
Hauser, 645-6000, ext. 11 « .

Tuesday

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Law SchOol Open House

Thursday, April

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280 Pari&lt;. Noon-1 p.m. Free.

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U.. SoteiHte Event
Designing Classrooms for

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Diefendorf. 4 p.m . Free.

Clinical Laborotory Science
Semlnor
Approaches to Identify
CandkUte Genes InvOlved in
Prostate, Ovarian a nd Breas.t
Carcinoma. Raj Kandpal,
Temple Univ. Schoof of Medicine. 182 Farber. 4 p.m. Free.
For more information, LuAnn
Kaite, 829-3630, ext. 108.

Exhibition benlng
Reception

ETC kholo"' Wortuhops

Senior Thesis Exhlbitlons 2000.

Using Maps In Your Teach ing .
Ernie Woodson and David
Bertuca, Science and
Engineering Library. 212

Capen. Noon-1 p.m. Free. For

more infomlation, 645-7700.

Bo.....ll

~d:sb!:~:~~ ~~~-Free.
bhlbltlon Aftemoon
Reception
Senior Thesis Exhibitions
2000. Center for Tomorrow.

3'30-5 ~ .m. Free. Sponsored by
Dept. of Art. For more
information, Dept. of Art, 6456878, ext. 1 350.

Biological Sciences Seminar
RegulaUon of Bacterial
Genes. Robert Switz&lt;r,

~~~~~tryN~tf~r ~nc&lt;!

Complex.. 3:45 p.m. Free. For
more information, Paul
Gollnick. 645·2887.

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P~ram . For more
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Information Session. Mark
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Noon . Free.
U8 Cybnrles T-'tlng

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84

Free. Sponsored by Dept. of Art.

For more intormaoon, Dept of
Art. 645-6878, ext. 1350.

Concert
UB Choir, Harold Rosenbaum,
conductor. Slee Concert Hall. 8

~i~~~. sl:.""rn: by Dept.
information, 645-2921.

Musical
Stannltes. Dept. of Theatre
and Dance, Center for the Arts
Drama Theatre. 8 p.m. SlO

-·
information,

Jack Cox.

645-2907.

to UB for Fall2000 O asses.

· College of Arts and Sc1ences.

piKe on campus, or 10&lt;

advisor, 145C Student Union. 4

rnot"e

Allo otNoon

a .m.-12:30 p .m. Free.

The . , . . _ . pubMsMs

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information, Unda Rath,
645-3528.

UB vs. Nlogan (DH). UB
Softball Stadium. 1 p .m. Free.

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Ecfloes of Ukraine. Ukrainian

SA. 1OS Harriman Hall, Grand
Ballroom. 2 p.m. S5 students;
S7gener.ol.

The a.,._ Donee Series
Um6n Dance Com~y.
Center for the 6(U. 8 p.m. S18,
S1S, S9; students S7.
Sponsored by Keyllank. For

more information, 645-ARTS .

-Concert

UB Symphony, Magnus

Manensson, condUctor, wtth
Mary Artmann, cetto. Slee

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;,~~ ~~ gi~.!~. ~more information, 645-2921.

S tannttes. Dept of Theatre
and Dance, Center for the Arts
Drama Theatre. 8 p.m. S 10

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I1'IOfl!

Classics Conference
Epos and Mytho" Language
and NarrotiYe In the Homeric
~· A Conference In Honor

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Dept of Classics. Center for the

Musical

Free. Sponsored by The
Andrew V.V. Raymond Cha;, ol
Classics, Conferences in the

Starmites. Dept of Theatre
and Dance, Center for the Arts
Drama Theatre. 2 p.m. SlO

Arts Screening Room. 2-5 p.m.
Disciplines, CAS Dean's OffiCe,
Arethwo, Classics Graduate

Pn:}t~.s~~~~ more
MemorW Concert

Friday

Mathen\otlcs Colloquium
Mathematics o f Quantum

~~~-~by Dept.

DH!fendotf. 4 p.m . Free.

Foster CIMmlmy Colloqulo
New Anolytlal TOots for
Studying themlcal Dynamics

r,:~~~ to
Kennedy, Unlv. of Florido. 216
Natural Sciences Complex. 4
p.m. Free. Sponsored by Dept.

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Using the Wei&gt; f o r - ·

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OOJity and staff. For more lnfor.
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Noon.

Free. Sponsored by
International Student and
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QcM; Kent Kleinman provides
glimpse ofarchi!J!Cture gems

Hen

PACE 4

Sociologist offers Las Vegas as
example for urban growth

Space

Punk

Leah Russo (left), as Eleanor,
and Nathan Sackett, as
Space Punk, Starmites
captain, perform a number
during a dress rehearsal of
the musical "Starmites,"
opening tonight in the
Drama Theatre in the
Center for the Arts.

Panel supports Women's Studies
FSEC recommends transforming Womens Studies from program to department
By MARA McGINNIS
Reporter Assistant Editor

A

FrE.Rnearlytwomonths
of co nsiderat ion, the
Faculty Senate ~tive
Committee at its March
29 mcctingapproved the transforma-

tion of the Women's Studies Program
inthc CoUegeof Arts of Sciences into
a full-fledged department.
The issue first came to the FSEC
in ea rl y Februa ry when Claude

Welch, SUNY Distinguished Seovice
Professor in the Dcpanment of Political Science and chair of the senate's

Academic Planning Committee, submitted an interim repon announc ing that while Women's Studies has
been functioning as a department, it
never officially was gran ted departmental status by the university.
Isabel Marcus, professor of law.

sybmitted to the APC an 18-page

repon on Women's Studies, which
prompted the comminee to recommend to lh c FSEC its formal accepta nce of departmental statu s.
Marcus had been appointed chair of
the proposed department by form"r
Provost Thomas Headrick.
However, when the APC recom m ended approvi n g thl· proposal
based on Marcus ' report , FSEC
members still had concerns. such as
the small number of full -time fac ulty in the program, the question nf
whether this change would cost the
CAS anything, and co nfus ion about
what appeared to be a change in the
trend from consolidating or dissolv ing small programs at the university.

Marcus told the FSEC that the
p rog ram fun ctions hased on a
model sipl ilar to that of comparative literature by utilizi ng adjunct
faculty to supplement the core full -

time faculty members. She listed in
her report the nam es of more than
20 full - time UB faculty members
se rving as adjuncts in \-\'omen's
Stud i~s. She also noted thdt rhi~
model is common among the approximately 13 doctoral program!&lt;!
111 women's studies nationwide.
She ~1d ded that . aside from onl'
faculty appointment promised by
Headrick but post~&gt;Oned due to the
CAS hirmg fre~le , there \•.'auld lx·
nt'lothercost incurred in making the
program a department.
FSEC members assun:d Marcu!l
that th(')' did not question the qu.:~l ­
ity or rigor of the program. but
rather wanted to kno w why makl·
the program a department. rather
than 1:naintainin g it as a program.
Both CAS Dean Kerry G rant and
Marcus said that if it is no t a depart ·
ment, the program is perceived by

graduate students and other umver
sities as being lc~ competi ti ve.
Lou Sw.trtz, p rofessor nf l.:~w ,
noted that it was"unusual to sc:c th1.,
universi ty forming new depart
ments,'' adding that tht' numhcr or
lOrl' faculty would "probably nut
grow w a cri tical mass" to be con Sidered on a national level.
I ie submittl-d a ne-.:~rl y tv.·o-pagl'
document yuestioning the propo'\011
111 terms of tht", un1versity's "pnon
Ill'!' .. and pos&lt;"d thf questiOn ; Arc
departments to ht' merg&lt;.-d 111 !!Oilll'
sel-tors of the umvc rsuy.on ground.,
ol cffic1ency .md effect1ven~ mthl'
manageml'nl ol rcMJurcC'S. whill~ .11
the same time new departllll'nt.l&lt;! .:~rt·
to be form ed with nn apparent rt·
gard to the S.111ll' cntc na ?
A mot1on propo3t'd by Swaru In
refer thl!l matter to the new gm·&lt;'r· .
nanc" body 111 tht· CAS was defeated

Architects get $3 million DOE grant
By PATRI ~IA D~NOVAN
News Services Ed•tor

T

he Center for Inclu sive
De5ign and Environmen·

taiAcas;(IDEACenter)
in the School of Architecture and Planning has been awarded
a five-year. $3 million grant from the
United States Department 'of Education through the Natio nal lnsti·
tute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research .

The grant will establis.h at UB one
of three Rehabilitation Engineering

Research Centm (RERC) that will
st udyunivmal design in partnership
with representatives of the design and
disability comm unities nationwide.

The new RERCs at UB and North
Ca ro lina State University will be
devoted to the study of un iversal
design and the built environm~nt.
The third , a collaboratio n between
Gallaudet University and the University of Wisconsin's Trace Cttlter,

will study universal design and telecommun ications access.
The new ce nter makes UB the
o nly university in the nation with
three federally funded RERCs. The
o th er two conduct re searc h on
assistive d evices for o lder persons
and techno logy transfer involving
assistive d evices.
The new UB RERC will be headed
by award-winning architect Edward
Steinfc.ld, professor of architect ure,
director of the IDEA Cen ter a nd
nationally recognized as one ofthe
early d evelopers of the co ncept of
universal design.
Un iversal design refers to envi ron mental, strudural and product
design that not o nly provides access
for those with d isabilit ies beyond
th at required by law, but ma kes
products and places easier to use,
more enjoyable and more market able to all members of a commu nity o r market base.

"The establishment of this center
will further UB'sstatusasa national
resourceon advancedandaccessihle
design," Steinfeld says.
"Ourgoalistoasslstinbuildingthe
universal-design communiry nation
wide. We'll help develop resources for
universal-design practice throughout
the country and facilita te a dio1logue
on its practice and delivery."
Steinfeld sa}'S th e center will take
a "sou p-to-nuts" app roach to uni versa! design through nmc project~
that fall in to five ca tcgories-rl'·
search. development, training, tech nical assistance and disscmin.:~tion
of information.
The projects will 1nvolve collab&lt;' ration among several flll•mlx·r-. ''I
the faculty of thl· tJij Department
of Architecture, as well •b maJor In
..:al and national agenc~t.-s, corpora tions.design firms and consuhanl!l.
The major research initiatiw. thl·
Prow type An th ro pometric Data -

\

base Project , \\•ill be co -directed h,Steinfeld &lt;md Vidor Paquet. ass1~
tan t proft'ssor of ind ustrial en~l necring. It will establish p reCise pa
rameters for use when designmg
spaces and products for people who
use wheelchair.;,
The Visitabili ty Initiative, CO· dl
re~o-1.ed by Steinfeld and involving col lab&lt;xation with vlsitabilit)' advocatl'
Co ncrete C hange of Atlanta. wtll
&lt;iponsort ramingandaction-n..oo;carch
111 five citlf'.!. to develop VJSitabilny
demunstr ~llton protects, !&lt;ouch a ~
ground-floor entries and bathroom
.tcc.:ess for peopk· with disabilit10.
The Buildings-m- Use ProJC(t. tn
he d1rected by environmental p!o\'·
(hologist Gary Scott Danford. asso
~.: mte professor of architectun· and
research associate at the IDEA Cl·n
ter, will demonstmte the advantag~
of un iversal design by companng
and contrasting existing access in
contktved on

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�Kent ~. chair of the Department of Architecture, has been a UB
farulty member since Fa!II999. A designer with an international reputation in architectural design and theory, he previously was on the farulty at
the University of Michigan College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

The 16111 ........

·Oozfet"--

.. the 11rgost. conIJnuous.flloy,
~
ll&gt;umlmont in
North
~
bo held April 29
in the Mud Pit

behind U8 Stadium oil St. Rita's
l.ano on the
North Oompus.
UB's onnual
rite of spring.
which will bo held
from 10 a.m. to 3

p.m, is ......,ted
by the un~Vonity
Student Alumni Boord.

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the- nonprofit student affiliate
organization of the UB Alumni
Association.
Deodline '"' team sign-up Is
5 p.m. tomorrow In the UB
Alumni Relotions offic•ln Allen
IUQ on the South CampUs. Registnltiort forms are available on
the Oozfet Web site at &lt;Imp:/

,........-.....-

~&gt;.

The regislrltion t.. of S11 0

prOIIides portlciponiS with com-

prognms, specialty
Oesigned
tee shirts, • team ph&lt;&gt;togtopll, food and.bMroges.
Each loal tum's copQin
and co-apt&gt;ln must attend a
mandatoly, pre-toun'IO!nent
~ /lt~

p.IJ'I. Apri126 in

i 45 ~'unionon ihe ·

~c::""..;.n OoifeSt ~
efit the 1- Scott Aoming Scholars!&gt;IPfund. which honpn 1\Udents who . _ demomlrated
p&gt;SitM leadership quolltles at

us.

Volunteers~

for Senior Breakfast

·

The 'Office of Student ActiYities

b looldng lor faculty .00 volunteers to greel liludents lnd
cook.OO ..... brealdast otlhis
yeor's Senlor ~ Bruk­

hlst. to bo held from 9 -11 o.m.

•

April 28 in the Student Union
Lobby on the North Compus.
The -Celebration
Breolcfost is 1 unM!nlty tradition
during which faculty .00 staff
c:ongratulat&lt; UB's grodulting
seniofs by cooking .00 ser;tng a
brealcfast In their honor.

To sign up a a ¥0kmteer,
contact Sonia Cinelli at

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community . _
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Architecture is both an academic
pursuitwithscholarlytraditionsand
theoretical pre&lt;epiS-a disciplineand an activity with codified standards and procedures subject to stat&lt;
ovenight and licensure-a profession. How.....,-, let m• emphasize that
not only is architecture both a profession and a discipline, but, most importantly, it is necessarily both. It is a
common misperception that
academia and professional practice
havedistinaagendasorthatonepre«des the other. But th• words "professor" and "professional" have a
common root practicing architec-

Do you consider younetf a
preseo,.t'-1st7

Let me be provocative and answer

"no:' primarily because th• term
"preservation" has beoome oonflated
inpopularusagewiththeterm"restoratioo,• and restored artifucts tmd
tobebraclc&amp;doutoftheftuxofdaily
lif• in a way that is inherently antithetical to archit&lt;cture. This topic is
very oomplaand vitally important
Oftentimes, preservation debates are
loaded with words beginning with
th• prefix"re:" recreate, re-establish,
restore, and so on. When th• Berlin
Wall cam• down, the German populationwasmobil.izedbyth•prospect
of"reunifying" Germany. This was a

ture and theorizing architecture are rnistake;atstakewastbeissueofuniboth acts of "professing." One can- ( fication, not reunification. Th• prenot build without assuming a thea- fix distraaed people into thinking
rctical stance, and building is what they were going pack to something

one theorizes about.
How would you ducrlbe the
,..l•tlonshlp betw.e en the City
of Buffelo, the sunoundlng

that once was, when in fucttheywere
mterin_g something quit&lt; new. More
locally, for cwople, if"Front Park"
is to beoome' a vital urban oompo-

towns and suburbs, and the

nent, one should debate how it

School of Architecture end
Planning? What can be done
to Improve that relationship 1
What might-...suit ....., th•t7

should be created, not assum• that it
should or oould be recreated.
You've established two year-

10f!9 fellowships

~t

ulty and outside aperts selecting
the finalists. Th• applicant-pool for
this inaugural year was nothing
short of remarkabl•. and I am currently finalizing th• d•tails with
two individuals who, if all goes
well, will be joining th• department in Fall 2000.
Tell me • l i t t l e - the
"C&gt;Natllronze-of
Buffelo's Hlstorlcel Archltec·tun.. "

Shahin Vassigb and Frank Fantauzzi
received a multidisciplinary grant
from th• university lasty.:ar to work
on a project entitled "Th• Public
Casting of Cities." Any description
of th• scope and quality of th• work
will be woefully inadequate: Essentially it involves creating douru of
low-relief models ·o f Buffi!lo's great
and minor icons. casting them in
bronze and compiling them into a
large, 12-leaf, book-like structure
made of miUed-bronu stock and
bronze oountdweights. Th• casting
is being don• in th• Cen1&lt;r for the
Arts, and the structure will be installed in Buffi!lo at a sit• yet to be
d•termined.

will

Whet's thet big thing going
Much of the scholarly work of the bring dbtlngulshed figures In
up behind Crosby !1-117
architectu·rc faculty is deeply in- the field to ua to te.ch.
volved with issues of the city and the Who's coming nut year?
For the past few years, the entire junregion, and I believe that the same
The fellowships are an attempt to ior-l&lt;Vel studio---70-plus students
can be said of the Department of
build on th• extraordinary legacy this year-has collaborated on a
Planning. 1 personally see the city
of two farmer faculty: Peter single construction project. This
and region as an indispensable
Reyner Banham and Magda (and ·y.:ar•s effort-th• Negotiated' Conteaching and research resource. I
john) McHale. The Banharn and struction Project-was h..ded by
hope that the school is understood
McHale f•llows will be in resi- Professor Lynda Schneekloth, workby local communities to be equally
dence for one year to teach, con- ing with faculty members Kevin
indispensable. But we certainly
duct research and interact with Connors, Ken MacKay and P•ter
could improve our visibility and offaculty and students. The program Murad The assignment represents a
fer our students a unique-perspecis structured as an annual interna- fairly dramatic shift in architectural
tive if we had a more direct presence
tional competition, with a distin- pedagogy and highlights a particuin downtown Buffalo, perhaps in the
guish•d jury composed of UB fac- lar strength of the dePartment Our
form of a satellite studio.
students are not merely producing

models and drawings of proposed designs. but they .... 0011structing them at full scale, using
actual marm.Isand OOnstruction
t&lt;chniques. The outaime is not a
building. but neither is it a modd.
By mOYing back and fonh between scalar representatioos and
mataial oonstructions, students
come to appreciate the conse- .
qu•nc:es of seemingly innocmt

lines on paper, and Ieam toquestion individual authorship as ·a
privileged mode of design.
Tbe School of Architecture
endPIMinloog-hold

"A t - -," lts""nual

st-.,t-

uhlloltloR of
fMUity .-,this weekend. - " " " those wbo
•ttendse.there7

Atelier is the annual opmhoUS&lt;
of the School of Architecture and
Planning. The opening .....,t is a
lecture by th• architect Daniel
l..ibtslrind at ~:30 p.m. tomorrow
in I 46 Diefendorf Hall. followed
by a reception iD Crosby Hall.
Crosby Hall will be transformed
intoa~ofpastandprosent

work. All th• design studios there
will be open and students will be
ovailabJe to describe ongoing architecture and planning projects.
The"PublicCastingsofCities," the
"Negotiated Construction Project," de~igns for improving
Crosby Hall and"""""" other installations also will be on display.
On Friday and Saturday,tti. ~
AlA will host a workshop on
teaching architecture and ~
to grade-school students in 30i
Crosby. last but certainly not least,
th• school Win US&lt; this opportunity to wd&lt;X&gt;m&lt; the Fall2000 inooming class of students to UB.

Mohawk book examines road to utopia
American studies faculty member finds that good intentions often leave tragic legacies
By MAllY Bn1t SPINA
News Services Editor

HE road to utopia
throughout Western civilization all too often has
begun with what appeared to be someone's good intentiozis only to lead to tragic, shameful legacies that endure for generations, a UB faculty members says.
In his new book, "Utopian Legacies: A History of Conquest and Oppression in the Western World,"
John C. Mohawk, associate professor of American studies, uwunt.s
the continuing, all-too-familiar and
often-bloody saga of man's inhumanity in the pursuit of utopia.
This trngic legacy of war, hunger,
poverty, injustice, ethnic d ..nsing
and wholesale murder will continue,
Mohawk predicts, as long as roankind stubbornly refuses to embrace
diversity and respect for others.
The well known history and events
covered in the book span from ancient-Greek times to the present
But Mohawk tdls th• story in the
context of utopian social movements, pursuit of the ideal existence

T

and historical record.
"The Garden of Eden, the Republic, the Workers' Paradise and similar utopian visions have existed since
antiquity in most-if not all---of the
world's cUltures, and bave played
a very important
role in the history
of Western civilization;· says Mohawk,
a member of the
Seneca Nation.
Indeed, they hav•
played a very important role in the history of Western civilization, particularly
during some of its
darkest moments
when people have been confro nted with ideas they found enormously appealing.
' "But th... powerfully attractive
id..s propelled people into adventures that brought them into conflict with others and a too-oftentragic result of annihilation or near
annihilation ·of the other, or of
themselves," he observes.
Throughout histl(,ry, untold num-

hers of the '4,000-5,000 identified
cultures have, at one time or another, sought to create their own version of a utopia-a word that literally means "no place"~r an ideal
society.
But most have had little
impact on Western civilization because they cr.. ted
their vision for themselves,
disinclined to aggressively
force it on others, Mohawk
writes.
He points out
that utopian ideologies
propose that there "has
existed now, exists somewhere or could exist in
the future a perfect
society ... in which all human needs
are satisfied, all problerps are solved
and everyone's life is fulfilJed."
Pursuit of utopian goals, which
require material and non-material
resources. and their achievement is
"such a splendid objective" that followers are inclined to believe that
nothing should stand in th• way of
acquiring th• necessary resources.
Toward this end, Mohawk paints

a picture of abrutaJ·parad•throughout Western civilization----of indigenous peoples driven "from their
lands or captured and forced into
slavery, of oppon•nts who disappear. nn-er to be seen again or later
turn up in mass graves.
"Th~ is no reason to doubt that
people are capable of embracing an
imaginary perfect world-a utopia,"
says Mobawk, ' whil• pursuing materialistic objectives."
The utopian vision is primary; the
methods to gain necessary resources
to achieve utopia are secondary-a
means to an md, he says.
West~rn utopianism should be
viewed in the context of Western
history and culttm, and not as isolated movertlf!rtt5 that can be dismissc:d as aberratio~ h• explains.
"They are not aberrations--these
movements are so wovm into the
fabric of th• culture that to oonsfder
them in isolation from the oonditions that produced them would not
only diminish their importance, but
deprive us of information Critical to
an understanding of th• world ....,
inh.n~· be explains.

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UB offers virtual viewbook m
Prospective students get real look at UB through eyes ofpeers
llyMUAM&lt;GReport~ Auistant Editor

ORGETtheprettycampus
pictures. Forget the tradi-

F

tional rccruitmmt jargon.

f-orget th&lt; brngging rights to
ccleb13ted UB faculty and alumni.
Instead of the traditional oollege
viewbook, prospective students
from now on will get a real look at
what university ~fe is ~ through
the eyes of actual st udents in "My
~feat UB." a multimedia project that
combines an innovative university
viewbook and a oorresponding Web
site featuring actual video c.ljps from
a day in the life of UB students.
Inspi red by MTV's "The Real
World," the project involved giving

stillsande:xplanationsbasedonone-on-oneintcviewswithth&lt;studtnts.
Killian ootesthat the Website, which
createsakindofvirtual viewbookin
additiontotheprintvmion,oomplements each of the students' stories
with selected digital-video clips.
Computer-mouse irons throughout the vitwbook refer viewers to
the Web-based ·video clips and to
keywords that will show more information on specific topics on UB's

Ashley, a freshman

and aspiring Broadway performer.

nine undergraduates digitaJ-vidro
ca meras to record thcir days.
Viewers are introduced to US stu-

dents Karen, Mike, Molly, Lucinda,
Ashley, Eric, Amy, Leah and Man.
Through the videos each st udent
shares his or her own interests. goals,
wisdom and insights about life at
UB and what is most important to
him or her.
"My life at UB" is a unique, long·
term positioning strategy to show
prospective studmts and visitors to
UB's Web site the university e.xperi·
ence ch ro nicled by th e students
themselves, says .Peter Killian , UB
marketing director.
According to Killian, the project
demonstrates how US's diverse stu -

dents take ownership of their ~ves to
create a place for themselves to 1&lt;2Tn,
~ve and grow. He explains that in formulating the idea, the univmity was
trying to figure out how to reach students through several means of oommunication and, at the same time,
link all of these tools together with
one theme--one that lets students

know that UB belongs to them and
allows them the opportunities to be·
come who

they want to be.
Each of the uncensored stories is
presented in the viewbook with video

communication maJor, Mike
reveals that he never thought he
would find hisw.ryarowxl UB. "I also
thought I'd never be able to go out
when it mowed," he says. "But once
you walk around, UB becomes very
familiar~ Viewen can visit the Web
to see footage of Mike and his team
giving a markrting presmtation or
hanging out in the Student Union.
Other video clips on the Web indude a public piano recital being held
inAllen HaD anencled
by Molly, the UB Gospel Choir taped by
Lucinda and a dance
reb&lt;:anal captured by
A

Eric reveals his
messy apartment in

Hadley Village and
on UB'1 Web version of " My IKe at \.tB...
an inside look at the
\
editorial offices of
The
Sp&lt;arum.
Web site.
Amy,
a
senior
and member of the
Killian says that when the stu ·
Univenity Honoo; Program. explains
dents were sent out with the cam·
eras, they were given no real instruc· that she is studying to be a veterinartions, except to record their day. ian and takes viewers into her dass
Those coordinating the project had with a video clip of Joyce Sirianni,
no idea what to expect when they SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Anthrofirst watched the videos.
"We took a bit of a risk," he said pology, teaching primate anatomy.
Mait, another HonOrS PrOgram
"But what we got back was nine dis·
tinctly different stories that touched schol'lf, tells viewers that his favoron so many
of'what UB h.ts ite place on campus iS the newCen ·
ter for Computational Research beto offer."
Viewers get to know the students cause he is passionate about com in both the print and Web versions puters and new and improving tech -

asPectS

by seeing them go to dass, study, eat,
meet friends, participate in activi ties reflective of their interests and

hang out in the residence halls.
Karen , an international·studi es
major, introduces viewers to all of
the friends she's met in her four
years at UB. She says her ad_yicc to
incoming freshmen is. .. Be yourself
and have fun! The great times at UB

will Oy by in a flash. Enjoy every
moment you have here."

nology. A member of the Buffalo
Chips. Man elm be heard reheao;ing with the all-male a capelln group
in one of the online video clips.
To visit "My life at UB" online, go
to &lt;http://www.buffalo.edu/lldmlulom&gt;.
The project is an ongoing effort

coordinated by the Office of Admissions. Office of Marketing, the Of·
fice of Publications and the UB Web
Team.

X-rays shown to be warning sign
By LOIS IIAKEII

author on the study."It is a verysig·

News Services Editor

nificartt step in that direction . How·
ever, we need more of this type of

VERYONE knows that
dogged arteries increase the

E

stroke. Unfortunately, most
people don't know they have dogged

research in a general population."
In a 1997 study published in the
Journal of the American Dental As·
sociarion, Carter showed that pan -

arteries until they actually have a
heart attack or some other serious

frontal images taken to establish the

risk of a heart a tt ack or

oramicdental X-rays-wide-angle

cardiovascular event. By that time,
;he damage may already be done.

baseline condition of teeth and sur-

Evidence is mounting, however,

calcium deposits present in theca·
rotid arteries. These are the large
vessels on either side of the neck
that carry blood from the heart to
the brain and back. The study in volved 2,700 new patients in UB's
dental clinics.
Carter and colleagues conducted
the curren~ research among the

that inforrnation gleaned from a rou·
tine dentaJ X-ray may serve as an ac-

curate early-warning system of risk
of dying from heart attack or stroke.
Researchers from the School'of
Dental Mcd.icinereported Tuesday at
the International A$sociation for

Dental Research that calcilicationo in
the carotid arteries, Which show up
on standard panoramic X-rays. can
serve as significant prcdict.oo; ofdeath
from cardiovascular disease. The

study was oonductcd in a population
with a high incidence of diabetes.
.. Results of this study move us
closer to the use of panoramic den·

tal radiog13phs as a screening tool
for all cardiovascular disease," said
Laurie Carter, associate professor of
oral diagnostic sciences and senior

rounding bone-also revealed any

ety of data, including regular dental
X·rays. wa.scoUected from the group
during an epidemiologic study con ducted from 1983- 1990. Death sta·
tisticsal.soareavailablethrough 1998.
T he UB researchers eva luat ed
baseline panoramic dental X-rays
for calcified plaque in the carotid

arteries from 818 participants. They
found ca!cification in 7.5 percent of
the study group. Calcified plaque is
found in only about 3 percent of the
general population, Carter said.
Co mparing calcification with
cause of death, they found that
people with plaque in the carotid
arteries were twice as likely to die
from heart attack or stroke than
those with no plaque.
Also involved in the research wcre

Pima Indians of the Gila River In·

WiUiam Wordworth, UB dental stu-

dian Community in ArizOna. These
Indians are distinctive because they
have one of the world's highest in·
cidence of Type- 2 diabetes, known
as aduh·onsct or non-insulin·de·
pendent diabetes, and a low inci·
dence of cigarette smoking.
This relative homogeneity renders

dent; Robert J. Genco, SUNY Distinguished Professor and chair of
the Department of OraJ Biology;
William Knowler, DaviO Pettin and
Marc Shl ossman of the Public
Health Serv1ce in Arizona; Robert
Dunford. UB senior programmer,

and John Duthie, UBdental student.
the group particularly useful for
The study was support by grants
studying risk factoo; forcardiovascu-· from UB and the National Institutes
lar disease, Carter said- A wide vari- of Health.

\

3

Kudos
The. following faculty and staff members completed

30 and 40 years of service to VB in the calendar year !999
and will be honored April 27 at a reception in the
President's Residence hosted by President and Mrs. Wuliam R. Greiner.

Nathan Back, BiochemicaJ Pharmacology; Cat herin e Bajer. Math
ematics, and Joseph Kite, Jr., Microbiology

Peter Avery, Geology; Norman Baker, HistOr)': Davad Banks, Anthro·
pology; Gai l Berti, Mathematics; Ca ro lyn Boron, Chem istry; Bertha
Boston. African -American Stud1es: Evelyn Bradley, FSA -Food and
Vending Services; Michael Brill, Architecture; lames Bunn, i:ngl ish:
Marif Calhoun, Accounting and Budget Services: Wesley Carter, lr.,
African -American St udi es; Bradley Chase. Health !:&gt;cience!l Library;
Karen Connolly. Einstein Cha1r: Robert Dentan, Amencan Stud ies;
Ro bert Dieckman , FSA -food and Vending Serv ice!&lt;&gt;; Louase
Dochstader, Aiumni Relati&lt;ms; Rodney Doran, Lcarnangand lnstruc
ti on; Ch ristin t Duggleby. Anthropology; Sa ul Elkin , Theatre and
Dance, a nd Joseph Emhof, Internal Audit.
Also. Murra}' Ell inger, Biochemistry; Carlos Feal. Modern L.1.nguag("!)
and Literatures (Spanish }: Linda Felski, Research Foundation Accoun ts

Payable; John Fisher, Pathology; Richard Fly. English; Howa rd Foster.
O rganization and Human Resou rces; Michael Frisch. Amerac.1n Studies; J. Ronald Gentile, Co unseling and EducatlonJI Psychology ;
Rossman Giese, Jr., Geology; Peter C;old, Arts and SciCnces Undergradu ate Academic Programs and Servic~ Nacholas Goodman, Undergradu ate Ed ucation; Anthony Graziano, Psychology; Mary Gresham , Publ1c
Service and Urban Affairs; Ida Harris, Research Foundation Employ ment Services; Elizabeth Hayden , Medicine and Biomedical Sciences;
Charles Haynie, Interdisciplinary Degree Programs·Social Scaences;
Linda Hokten,OraJ Biology; Charles Hyland. University Pnnt Services;
John lsbeU, Mathematics, and Anasla5ia Johnson , Anthropology.
AJso, Kristint Johnson, Computing and Information Technologr:
David Krawczyk. University Facilities; Jerald Kuhn, Radiologr :
Kathleen LaPlante, Psychology; Lorra ine Lanning, Sociology; Karen
Lewis, Ed ucati o n; Nancy MacDo nald , Academic Services; )ames
M clve-r,Jr. , Chem istry; Eleftherios Mermigas, Parhology; Claude Miller,
Physiology; Mar)' Miller, Law Library; Stanislaw Mrowka, Math~mat ­
ics; Ca rol Nichy, Pharmacy; Carol Nikel, Student AccoU nts; Robert
Ogle. Restorative Dentistry; James Pappa5, African~Americ~n Studies; Maryann Premielewski. law; David Rader, University Facilities:
Homer Reynolds, O ral Biology, and Diane Richards, Orthodontics.
Also, Maria Runfola, Music; Kathryn Sawner, Universi ty Publi cations: Janice Sehl, Mathematics; Katrina Shaver, Health Sciences Ll·
brary: )ames Sheeha n, Ill. University Facilities; John Shellum, Man ageme nt ; Marcia Sickau, Health Related Professions; Murray Stinson.
Mi crobiology ; Jacqueline Thompso n, Nursing; Christine Tona, State
Purchasing; Linda Typer, Pharmaceutics; Stephen W'aJIJce, Academ1c
Services to Athletes: Do naJd Watkins. Academic Services; GL~rard
Wieczkowski, Jr.. Restorative Dentistry. and lacquelinc Wilson , C:o mputing and In formation Technology.

Brieft
Courses offered for librarians Ei1
The Dep•rtment of Llbr•ry •nd Information Studies in the School
of Info rmation Studies is offering two workshops to librarians and
othe r resea rchers--delivered entirdy via th e Internet-o n the ba
sics of legislation and regulation s.
The session o n " laws," to be held April 24-30, will teach studenb
how to locate federal laws, bills and legislative histories and the1r
accompanying documentation. Step-hy -step techn1ques will include
an introduction to the United States Code, Statut es at Large, tht• St·
rial Set and the THOMAS and GPO Access databases. Tht&gt; sess1om
also wi ll offer tips for selecting the best resnura for particular need!\
and finding full text of legislati ve branch documents on the Web .
The session on " Regu lations ,'' to bt&gt; held May 1-7, will introdu cestudents to federal rule· making and teach them how to d 1stmgutsh
between la\'IIS and regulations. locate regulations from law citJtlom
and find up · tO· the -minute regulations for topics or ci tatio ns. Stepby-step techniques for searching the free Internet Federal Rcg1stc r
and Code of Federal Regulation s will be included.
Participants must have access to a computer w1th Internet JCCess
and a Web browser. Course modules will be posted on the World
Wide Web and accessed via a password se nt to students. Question!!
will be fielded by the instructor on a Web bulletin board during thl'
week each course is active.
The cost is $45 per course.
For more information and registration. set the workshops' Web page
at &lt; http ://www.llb.buff•lo.edu / f•cult.y / robln son/ce /
togohome.htm &gt;.

�Book by sociologist Gottd lener shows h ow "sin citY" often model for development
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Las Vegas is example for urban growth

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BJ PATWKIA DONOVAN
News Se!vices EdltO&lt;

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Jeffrey M. ~. -~ elirecto&lt; lor educotlon In "'" Of.
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poetry since her first book was
published In 1969. Since then,
she has produced 14 books Of
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cuss our regional problems as if
they belong only to the city-an
entity with limited geographic
bound a ries -are making (big
mistake," he says. " In faa, they're
shooting themstlves in the fooL

where in the midd le of what is

history, Gottdiener demonstrates

Gottdicneralsoisanauthorityon

The concept that cities 'end ' at

widely con.sidered one of the wor.st
deserts in the world.
Nevertheless. with its vast nron
landscape and desert sprawl,
today's las Vegas is synony-

how the growth of this sunbelt oasis can inform our understanding of
contemporary ur-

ca.sino gambling and iu socilll effects, and is conducting research on
tM actual and potential
effects of casino gam b ling on the Niagara
frontier. Whilt Las Vegas
offer.s a possible model
of urban development,
hesaystheissueoflegaliud gambling must be
approached with great
caution because it often
crea~ major financial
and social p roblem s
that are Seldom dis -

their municipal borders has been
out of d.!~ among sociologisu and
urban planners for many years.
The city's problems are those of its
suburbs and neighboring towns,

mous in the public mind
with 24-7 gambling, chorus
lines, Elvis impersonators
and drive-up weddings.
lnhisnew, criticallypraised
book, "las Vegas: The Social
Production of an Ali-American City," urban sociologist,
semiotician and theorist Mark
Gottdiener gives us the rest of
the story.
Professor an d chair of the
DepartmentofSociolos(anda
nationally recognized expert in
urban&lt;kvdopment,Gottdiener
tells the untold tale of historical,
political and economic growth
that replaces the "sin city" of
popular imagination with the
economic boomtown that is
home to more than I million
people.
Gondiener 's book has been
p restigious award.s presented by
the American Sociological As.sociat io n: t h e C. Wr igh t M ill s
Award for the beS1 book written
about social issues in the past two
years and the Robert E. Park Award
for the best book in urban sociology in the past y_ear.
The popular image of las Vegas,
says Gottdiener, is one ~rpetuated
by the mass media and by the 3.5
million tourists who cycle in and out
every year. H"i''intJ out that most
visitorsstay2.5days onaveragcand
never are exposed t.o the community that exists beyond the strip's
elaborate themed hotels and casinos. However, he says, las Vegas is
the fastest -growing metro polita n

cussed.
Las Vegas can
teach us somethi ng
there and in other areas as well, he says.
• Bu ffalo has a
negativo image, just as
Las Vega.s did for a

ban growth far bet~r than

can the study of older urban areas.

.This knowl~ge, he says, has important implications for the developmen t of met ropoli tan regio n s
throughout the country, inCluding
the Niagara Frontier.
"las Vegas demonstrates more reant patterns of rapid urbari growth
than do traditional urban models,"
he explains, "and the issues it ha.s
dealt with successfully are the same
ones that confront older cities today-the decline of the urban core
and the increas ing importance of
tourism and casino gambling in ur-

and via versa. They are not. mu tually exclusive.
" Unfortunately,...,.,today. Western New Yorlc: is less than the sum
ofiuparts," hesays. "The region has
enormous po~tlal that continues
to be unused, undeveloped and of.
ten simply ignored
"A lot of people in this area whose
job it is to promote the region seeffi
not to fully understand the oomplex
phenomenon at play here.
" In this day and age, it is para chial to assume that any of us benefit from the isolation of the •
region'ssuburbs, towns and cities,
but we .suffer from the resulu of
that kind of thinking in Western

very long tiipe,"

New York.

Gottdiener poi n ts
ouL
• Las
Vegas
turned iu bad repu-

" Publicly, how~. and perhaps
privatdy a.s well, there s=n.s to be
no adequate conaptuafuation of
how the mutual exploitation of our

tation

resources will produce enormow
bendiu for the towns and cities that
make up this region.•

around

thro u gh vigorous
and sophi'sticated
m arketing techniques," he says. " In fact, las Vegas
is now synonymous with se:lf-promotion. The city has benefited
gready from tirelessly thrusting itself into the national spotlight for
the laSt 56 years."
The Las Vegas experience proves,
he says, that the image of a cityincluding iu fantasy aspt&lt;U-is as
important as its reality in detmniningfuturegrowthanddevelopmenL
Buffalo can do this, he says. if it devdopsanorganlzed,sustained,wdlthough t-out effort to combat its
negative image.
" Western New Yorkers who d is-

Such notedsociologistsasDavid
Boje have said Gottdiener's study

of Las Vegas offers new insights
into pos.sible pJan.s that metropolitan regionslikeBufl'alohavetodevdop if they expec1 to move into
the 21st unttlrj a5 thriving; coinpetitive entities.
"las Vegas is bec:oming more of
a typical American city, While the
rest of the country is chahging in
waysthatmakeitmorelikelasVegas , and that includes us,"
Gottdiener says. "If that 's where
we're going, we might as well learn
from the dty that's been there and
done that."

Deborah Walters is named ACE fellow
By PATliJCIA DONOVAN

two-week SIUdy tour offtlond,
july 11-28. .....,_. ofllw

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rity I 00 miles from no -

ban development strategies." So, he
says the success of the Las Vegas
economy can beuseda.sa modd for
metropolitan area.s attempting to
discover new, non-industrial strat·
egies for growth.

Computer scientist, CAS associate dean to study technology as lever for change

TheWofld~lnslltute

(WU) will
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latedprovision.s cen~rand

nominated for two of the most

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area in the United States, and u.s a evelopment a.s a major regional \ron derland, while unlikdy on the faa
ofit, isnotaccidentalandhasbroad
cultural significance.
By looking deeply into the city's

News Services Editor

EBORAH K. Walters,
associate professor of
computer science an d
engineering, associate
dean of the College of Arts and Scienas and codirector of IDEAS, the
college's arts and technology center, has been named a fellow of the
American Council on Education
(ACE )for the 2000-200 1 academic
year.
The ACE Fellows Program is designed to strengthen institutions
and leadenhip in American higher
education by identifying and preparing promising faculty and senior
administrators for respon.sible positions in college and university ad ministration. Walters is one of 33
fellows nominated by the presidents
of their institution.s and selected this
year in a national competition a nd
o ne o f onl y fi ve wh o received
$62,000 in additional grant money
from an anonymous source to sup-

D

po rt their fellowship.
Kerry Grant, dean of the College
ofArts and Sciences, said ofWalters:
··often when announcements of
special opportunities cross the desk,
you rack your brain hoping to think
of someone who has the qualifications sought by the program.
"When the American Council on
Education request arrived, Deborah
Walters carne immediatdy to mind,"
he said. "She is keenly analytical,
with a strong intuitive sense of the
integration of the implication.s data
and actual academic activities. She
has been a key member of the academic administrativo leadership of
the College of Arts anll Sciences.
" I simultaneously wish her well
and shudder a bit at the thought of
losing her contribution next year,"
he added.
Like other ACE fellows, Walters
will focus on an issue of particular
concern to her nominating institu tion: the use of technology as a lev•or for~ge. She will undertake

this analysis d uring the next academic year as she \Wlrk.s with a university president and other senior
officers at a designated host institution, yet to be named.
In this capacity, she will participate in the highest level of institutional decision-making, participate
in administrative activities and cootribute to a learning group focused
on the designated i.ssue of concern
to UB. The process will begin this
summer when Walters attend.s three
week-long seminarson higheredu'
cation organized by ACE.
D uri ng her fe Uowshi p yea r,
Walters abo will spend. significant
time sludo_wing a corporation executivo whose \Wlik is related to the
technology/~i.ssuethatwill be

the focus of her fellowmip year.
Among the corporation.s under discussion an: Hewlett Packard, Sony
and Microsoft Corp.
Walters says this is an especially interesting time to taU pari in the program because of the many challenges

faad by research univ=ities today.
"We an: being pressured to contain costs while in=a.sing educational quality," she said. "We're experiencing a virtual explosion of
knowledge from within and without academia, but there is still a need
to explain to the public the relevana:
of the research university in today's
society," she said.
"The pervasive impact of technology has created an opportunity to~
=mine our mission and goals a.s the
university evolves, and I look forw.up to learning how other institution.s an: addrossing these and other
key issu~in higher education."
Marlme Ross, director of the ACE
Fdlows Program, says that previous
fellows have taken major position.s
in academic administration. Of the
1.248 fellows who ba.., participated
in the program sincr it was established in 1964, more than 250 have
bec:ome chief e=utivo oflicas and
~ 1,000 ha.., become provosts,
via: pre.sidenu or deans.

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Operation Mother Hen
cleared the biggest hurdle: getting
News Servkes Editor
accepted by students. Since its debut
For dccadcs, in Septmtber, the number of hits on
been the bane of fresh - the site has grown from a total of 600
year, reputed to be in the fall semester to an average of
the make-or-brcakcoursc: 200 a week so far this spring.
The site, which is publicized in all
for science and engineering majors.
Although perhaps unintentional, calculus 141/142 classes, features
that reputation is not entirely un - streaming video clips of key con cepts and illustrative examples from
deserved.
"Onrollcg&lt;campu.scseverywher&lt;, each class. TheclipsshowPiechtalkbrtween 30 and 40 perC&lt;nt of' intro- . ing her way through each problem
to-calculus' students typically either as she works through it on a Wolf
fail or drop out of the course: every Visualittr, an electronic projection
semester," said Ann Piech, professor system that allows students in class
to see what Piech is writing, and also
of mathematics.
It was a situation faculty had been records what she writes so that it can
unhappy about for years, but there be seen later on the Web site.
Just hours after each class meets,
seemed to be no way to rectify it
without altering the subject matter. the video clips are available on the
Now, Piech has teamed up with Website.
A key advantage that the site ofScience and Engineering Node Services staff to develop "Operation fers students is that they get to actu Mother Hen," a Web-based review ally listen in class, instead of madly
tool that has virtually banished the scribbling notes which, more often
old survival -of-the-fittest mentality than not, may be completely incomfor " Introduction to Calculus" at prehensible when they look at them
UB.ln its place is a system that acts again that nighL
"Some kids don't take things in
like a nurturing "mother hen," rescuing and supporting students who the first time around," said Piech.
" With the site, they can watch me
are struggling with the material.
Initially targeted to at-risk students solve the problems again, exactly the
taking Calculus 141/142. theproject's way I did it in class.
"Math isn't a spectator sport,"
creators have opened it up to all stu continued Piech. " With Oper:ation
dents. And, because the site &lt;http:/
/ mothertoen.eng.bufflllo.edu&gt; is Mother Hen, they are privy to my
free and available to the public, it be- thought processes as I figure the
ing used by calculus classes outside answer out."
An additionaJ component avail of UB, including some at the high able through the site, called "Ask
schoollevel.
ln existence only since the fall, Op- Isaac." features a teaching assistant
eration Mother Hen already has who communicates live online with

a

uws.

siudents three nights a week. Stu ·
dents email questions and .. Isaac ..
works with them right online. That
process occurs through an agree ment with Prentice- Hall, the publiSher of the course text.
Operation Mother Hen was developed in response to a broad effort in the School of Engineering
and Applied Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences to make the
undergraduate ~rience in key
courses more productive and, if possible, less, well, terrifying.
" Our whole philoso ph y ha s
changed," said Corky Brunskill, di rector of Science and Engineering
Node Services and a co-creator of
Operation Mother Hen with Piech
and Michelle Olao, UB eduatio nal
technology specialisL " It's no longer
an atmosphere of who can survive
and who can't-it 's about helping
studptts succeed because you've
helpCd them make the extra effort."
The decision to do something
about calculw was no accident.
"Calculus has been our Achilles
heel ," Brunskill said. " Math is a
building block: Without.it, you can't
do the physics or chemistry or other
disciplines in science or engin eering . .. Without proper knowledge
of calculus, nothing else works."
The suc;cess of the site has
prompted \)per-arion Mother Hen to
take flight in other departments, too.
The departments of chemistry, physics and computer science and engineering are developing their own
Mother Hen sites. with an eyt' toward
having them in place this fall.

Stephanopoulos speaks at UB
By JfNNIFU LEWANDOWSKI
Reporter Contributor
EORGEStephanopoulos
threw his political analysis into high gear on
March 29, as he took
members of the audience ofUB's DistinguishedSpeakcr-sSeriesonawhirlwind tou r o f mainstream poHtics,
speaking candidly about President
Ointon,thecurrcntpresidentialcampaign and the need for "an America
that's not just better off, but better."
Greeted by a nearly full house in
the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, the former White
House advisor to Qinton and current political analyst for ABC television paid homage to his religious
beliefs and how they have shaped his
politi~ convictio ns.
"My political beliefs are rooted in
my religious principles," sa id
Stephanopoulos, who is Greek O rthodox. "I think we bave a duty to
love o ne another. as we love ourselves, to take responsibility for ourselves and our oommuniries to the
limits of our ability. And to never
forget that we all also have responsibility to help care for those, who
through no fault of their own, an not care for themselves."
Stephanopoulos joked that his
decision not to pursue the family occupationofthepriesthood hasbeen
a cause of consternation , "as someone said something went terribly
wrong because I spent the bulk of
my career so far in politics."
But politics, he admitted, is in his
blood.

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" I am Greek, and we G reeks eight years after the bulk of the Bill
like to think we invented politics, Clinton presidency, the cou ntr y
we invented dem oc ra cy." said wouldbedoingsowell,"hesaid."Not
Stephanopoulos, who is a visiting only could I not have fo..seen that
professorintheSchoolofPublicand
Bill Clinton would get elected not
International Affairs at once but rwice; not onJy could I not
Columbia University. "ln have foreseen that the country would
fact, the very word poli- be doing so well under his stewardtics is Greek. It comes ship; but I could have never dreamed
from the G reek root 'in a million years that he would be
.....aa.Ma ' poly,' which mean s
the first elected American president
many, and "tics." which arc blood- to be impeached.""
sucking insects."
Clinton's "reckless ness" will a)Stephanopoulos, whose humor ways cast a shadow over his achievewas evident throughout the evening, ments as president, he said, but extumedserious whenspeakingofthe pressed no doubt C linton will
true definition of politics. He re- "never stop working for the job he
called the words spoken by the first was elected for eight years ago.""
elected democratic president of the
Switching gears to the current
new Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel, battle between candidates for the
who said, " Politics can't just be the presidency, Stephanopoulosemphaart of the possible; it must also be sized theimportan&lt;Zofthe first presithe art of the impossible, trying to dential election of the millennium.
change people's lives for the better."
" I think this is shaping up to be
Stephanopoulos said he believes one of the biggest and most impormost individuals are involved in the tant presidential elections of o ur
public life for the greater good.
lifetime," he said, pointing out that
"After spending the first IS years not only will the next president likely
of my career in politics and public carry both the House of Represen life, I still believe that most people tatives and the Senate, but also will
most of the time-Democrats, Re- have the opportunity to fill as many
publicans and independents alike- as three seats on the Supreme Court.
who get involved in ... public service,
"Whoever picks the next two or
do so out of that same fundamental three choices will shift the ideQiogi desire" to change things forthe bet - cal balance of the court for a gen ter, hesaid.
eration," he said, noting the "very
The Clinton years have produced dose 5-4 moderat e-con servative
su ch change for the better. majority in the court." The future
Stephanopoulos said, acknowledg- court, hesaid,willdeterminethefate
ing that most of what has transpired of such landmark cases as Roe vs.
was unexpected.
Wade, as well as such issues as affir"I tleV&lt;'I"rouldhavedr&lt;amed ... that marive action and prayer in~ools.

Web accessibility design: Is
Your Web site Bobby approved?
For those unfamlll•r wfth •ccesslblllty issues pertaining to Web
page design , consider that many users may be operating in situa tio ns very different from your own. They may not be able to see or
hea r. or may have difficulty reading o r comprehending text. They
may not be able to use a keyboard or mouse. They may have a text only screen, a smaiJ screen, an ea rl y version-of a browser or a slow
Interne t connection. They may not speak or understand flul:ntl y the
language in which the document 1s written. Content developers mu st
co nsider these different si tu ations when designing Web pages.
The World Wide Web Co nsortium's ( W JC) Web Content Accesso bility Guidelines &lt;http:/ / www.wJ.org/T11/ WAI -WEBCONT£NT I
&gt; explain how to make Web conten t accessible to people with dis abilities. The primary goal of these guidelines is to promote accessi bility and they 3re intended for page authors. site designers and de velopers of aut ho rin g tools. These guidelines do not d1scourage con tent developers from using images, video, etc .. but rat her explain how
to make multimedia content more accessible to a wide audience. Web
Cont ent Accessibility Guidelines is part of a series of accessibi lity gu•delines published by the Web Accessibility Initiative ( WAI ) that includes
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines a nd Authoring Tool Access ibilit y
Guidelines.
One Web-based tool that analyzes Web pages for their access ibility
to people with disabilities is Bobby &lt;http:/ / www.ust.org/ bobby/
&gt;. The Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST ) offers Bobby
as a free public service to further its missio n to expand opportunities
for peoplt with disabilities through th e innovative uses of computer
technology. CAST developed the idea of a helpful '"dctectove"-a Webbased entity that would expose barriers. encourage compliance with
existing guidelines and teach Web des•gners &lt;fbout accessibility.
To anaJyu your Website, just type in the URL of the page that you
want Bobby to examine. Bobby will display a report indteating any
accessibility andior browser compatibilit y errors found on the page.
Based on Web Content Accessibility Guideli nes, Bobby will tell you 1f
you provide text eq uivalents for imagl"S, animations, audio and video;
if you provide summaries of graphs and charts, and if you ensu re that
aU informati on conveyed in color also is avai lable without color.
For additional resources on Web accessibility des ign, try WebABLE!
&lt;http://www.webable.com/ &gt; a nd the AWARE Cen ter &lt;http://
•w•re.hwg.org/ &gt;. WebABLE! lists hundreds of Jnt ern et-based resources, such as Web access ibilit y authoring and publishing suppon,
se rvices. tools. utilities and browsers. The AWARE Center (Accessible
Web Authoring Resources and Education ) began a year ago as a special project of the HTML Writers Guild with a focus on the importance of designing for universal accessibilit y and serves as a central
resource for Web authoh.
UB's Information Technology Coordination Committee has formed
a \Veb Access subgroup with a charge to facilitate the university's com pliance with the Web Content Accessibilit y Guidelines. The subgroup
is looking for members for both the main subgro up a nd the stand ing
work groups. Conlact Peter Rittner &lt;prittner@buffalo.edu &gt; if you'd
like to vo lunl eer. The Action Pl an is available a t &lt; http :/ I
www. d cc. buff a Io . edu I current / E&amp; ec u tl veBoa rd I coo rd I
ITCCWebAccessSubgroupActPian.html &gt;.
Making the Web more access ibl e for users with vano us disabi li
t1cs is to a grea t extent a mattt•r of using HTML tht· way it wa~ m
tended: to encode meani-ng, r:llhc:r than appea ran ce.
- Sue Neumeister and Lori W1dz.ln1kl, Umven11y Llbron~s

DrieD
"Out Loud and Proud" to be £3
held at UB April 14-16
The UB Lesbian Gay Blse.xual Alliance ( LGBA) will hold 1ts fourth
annual "Out Loud and Proud" conference Ap ril 14· 16 o n the South
Campus to ed uca te and promote understanding of gay issues in the
UB communi ty, the City of Buffalo and beyond.
This year's conference. "Out Loud and Proud 2000: Redainun g
O ur Past," will mark 30 years of serious gay movement in Buffalo
and nationwide. according to Liz Holland, LGBA past president
Holland said LGBA founder Ri ck Landman will return to UB to
speak on the organization's history.
O ther speakers will include Wilso n Cru z from MTV's " My So
Called Life:" L&lt;slea Newman , author of the children's book " Heather
Has Two Mommies;" Masani Alexis DeVeaux, author and UB visit ing assistant professor of American studies; Tatianna de Ia Tierra.
author and poet, and Paddy Kilrain, a lesbian singer and songwrite r.
Other events will include a talent show at 8 p.m. o n April 14, a
banquet at 7:30p.m. on April 15, a drag workshop at 1:30 p.m. on
April 16, and panels on safe sex and bisexuality.
For more information or to register, visit the conferenct Web site at
&lt;http:/ / wlngs.buff•lo.edu/ .. /lgblo/confHence&gt;.

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RERC

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eight buildings nationwide. There·
suits will include research tools for
designers across the country.
Through the Product Develop·

rectcd by graphic designer Beth
1aulc&lt;, associate professor of architrcfure and research associate with

pllclng him """"'9 the wqttd's
most prominent phlrmlceuliell

with the national design community

the IDEA Center.
One of the principal ainu of the
VB RERC is to educate the public

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,_;ng ol the American Sddety
for wer Medicine and SU&lt;gecy.
Mang also rn&lt;&gt;d&lt;rotod an exp&lt;rt
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honorod for his eflons to foster

reationships wi1h the New vm

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shop oo toe Strosberg's method
ICilng for the school's g&lt;aduote
and undergroduote students.
Homo, founding diro&lt;tof ol the

target cities.
The Publications and
Videos Project will pr&lt;&gt;duce video programs

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a model curr iculum for multidis~
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saldesign,beginningwith "' Design ing for the 21st Certtur}r ll," to be

design within the schools of Archi-

held june 14-18 in Providence, R.I.

and design communities and access

lecture and Planning, Engineering

A5 part of that proj«t, the ceo-

and Applied Sciences, and Health
Related Professions. jt \Oill be di -

ter also bas acqwred the rights to
reproduce "Unlimited by Design ~

to a network of U.S. experts in universal-design philosophy and prac·
tice through a toO-free hotline op-

erated by the UB Center for AssistiYe
Technology. I..evine will d.ira:t thtt
program as wdL
Among the &lt;&gt;&lt;ganizations and individuals who will be key collabora·
tors in the RERC'sactiviti&lt;s =AdapIM Environments, tbe lead agenty
in promoting the practice of universal design; Aztech, lnc., which began
as part of the RERC on Technology
Transfer at UB aod is now ah independent oorporation that speci.!;zes
in rnarl&lt;ds for-older Americans aod
pooplcwith disabilities. and the Ceo·
ter for Assistive Technology, a team
of professionals that serves as an in·
formation clearinghouse and evaluation center on assistivc technology.
Other collaborators are Concrete
Change in Atlanta, which promotes
the mnoval of physical barrien to
social contact by those with disabili·
ties; Cooper Hewitt National Design
Museum i Formosa Design, which
consults in ergonomic research and
design (interface. product design,
development of product criteria aod
information design); Hannah Design, beaded by Bruce Hannah, one
of the original curators of the "Unlimited by Design" exhibition; Roebuck Research and Consulting, a
human factOrs data consulting finn
on productivity, safety. health and
convmience, and Universal Design·
ers and Consultants, publishers of
UniVCJal Design N.wsktto.

TheMail
Setbacks prompt call for UB to show its commitment to environment
A Message to the
Community:

Unl~erslty

nificant progress developmg and

laration,adding UB's narnctoandite
international list of250 colleges and

implementing policies and programs
that promote campus environmen-

universities committed to environmentaJ sustainability in education,

tal responsibility and stewardship.
Many examples can be cited.
...
Building on a nationally recognized

as well as campus operations.

campus energy-coOSC'rvation program, UB has developed an effccti""
rccyding program thai now rccydcs
more than 30 percent of th e
university's solid -waste stream. UB
has an active Environmental Task ~

needs to be given to campus programs so that progress can expand
Central to success are both the ethic
of environmental sustainability and
a commitment to consultation with
informed groups, such as the ETF.

FQrce (ETF) drawn from all major
parts of the university community, a
network of I70 building conservation
contacts representing most campus
ollicesanddepartmcnts,and numerous excdlent campus environmental

During I999, UB's environmental·
stewardship program suffered anumber of setbacks. pos51bly as a result of
limited oonsultation. In May, berbicides were sprayed to kill dandelions
in selccted areas prior to springgraduation, despite a I0-year moratorium
against this type of activity. While
there is widespread support for the
construction of student apartments
on campus. careful siting is a critical
issue. Student apar1menlS under construction on the North Campus unfortunatelywere locatedonthesouth
shoreof!.ake l.aSalle,asitcthatadded
to campus beauty with many trees.
The housing siting decision raised
questions about compliance with the
2025CampuslandUsePianandwith
the New York State Environmental
Quality Review Act. Thepesticideand
housing decisions"""' made without
publicparticipatioofromthecampus
or wider community. Nor was the
ETFconsulted.despitcitsadvisorypo-

ronmental protection. In June of

11e ...

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information on this

subject. It will be di -

research associate with the IDEA
Center.
Finally, the new RERC will offer a
fee-based Technical Assistance Pro·
gram that will provide fee-based
consulting services to· the business

........... -the""""'

potfltTarwd ........ - . . .

ested in state-of-the-art
Ablr ~ ...._. .. a "'"'-rNIJ.4jllltJift
I N - of his ...... - - . Product De•elopment 1n1t1attYe of.the gnnt.

benefits of universal d&lt;.ign.
To this end, the Conferroa:s and
Exhibit Project,diw:tedbyMullick,
will develop conferences on univer-

- a n d - Leaonsllould
b e - tD 800-and moy
be
style and llngth.IJ!t·

....,.. -and·cl¥fme-

and consumers inter-

~

..commercialization package" to help
bring each prototype to market.
In the training realm, the Cur·
riculum Models Project will develop

bringing a variety of perspectives to
bear on issues important both arn·
demically and practically.
In some important respects. UB
has gone beyond wbal is required by
state, federal or local laws for envi-

-lor
phono_l
or_llespooe....-..

UniVCJal Design N&lt;WSlntn; a national forum
for architects. designers

~

its multi -disciplinary foundation

from . - . conwnonting on Its

quarterly column in

~

large, and the development of a

policies. Waste reduction has been

&lt; w:tdwM ·p rk&gt;.

onstration projects in

with the IDEA Center.
Mullick also will direct a related
initiative, the Product Evaluation and
lesting Process. Through this pro·
cess, the center, with assistance from
the VB RERC on Technology EvaluJtion and li"ansfcr and the Western
N..-w York Independent Living Cen1er, wiU aUoW for the evaluation and
testing of the above-mentioned pro1orypes. as well as others solkited at

made a priority and nearly all paper
used on campus has rccyded oonten~
nearly half of the paper is I00 perc&lt;nt
post-ronsumer recycled. Efforts have
been mack tp protect natural areas on
campus and promote natural regeneration though the 2025 Campus
Land Use Plan. The Environment and
Society Institule has been established,

aureol

design and support the
development of dem -

architecture and research associate

lntemotioniiArtistlc and Cu~

_...,......
~

ies across the country to gmerate
interest in universal

ment of new prototypes for inno-

tunof Elcchonge Program at UB,
troveled to Tlfllnn, Estonia, as
part ol the u.s. Oeportmont of
s~·s American CUltural specialists Program.

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

universally designed products de·
veloped by Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. RERC staff
will accompany the exhibit to cit-

vative products d&lt;.igned according
to the principles of univc.rsal design.
The initiative will be directed by industrial designer and urban planner
Abir Mullick, associate professor of

In the past JOyears. UBhas made sig·

roclofd the FllnilyCinlc. will be hono!ed by the
Cltiz!ns' Commltllee on Rlpo.

-

ment Initiative, thecmtcrwill work

a multimedia exhibition of more
than 300 exemplary examples of

1999, Prcsidenl William Greiner
signed the prestigious Talloire:s Dec-

research anlpublic-service missions.
Nonetheless, continuous attention

sition to the senior administration.

Both events have sbakm con6dence
in the fuiJ oommitment ofUB to envirolliJI&lt;Iltal rtSponsibilityand stewardship, and to meaniogfulconsulta·
tioo witi,J groups ofliciallyronstituted
as environmental advisors.
In light of these developments.
we, the undersigned, call on theuni versity to:
I. Rrinforcc its compliance with
university environmental policies

and strengthen the ETF as a campus
environmental advocate. In order to
maintain our reputation as a oationaJ
leader in the green -campus _move-

ment. UB should un&lt;krtaU a process of re-committing itsdf to its excellent campus environmental poli·
des and programs. A revitalized,

empowered ETF can lead this process of recommitment, which needs
to occur on all levels. If recommil·
ment can be accomplishtd successfully, UB should consider the recruitmcnt aod retention benefits of markding itselfas a green-campus leader.
2. Comply with environmental
laws and implement a more efli:ctM

participation process. UB Should rig·
orously follow and oomply with stale
and federal environmental laws. UB
should follow tbe spirit ofthe law and
arndemic collegiality, and thus re·
search and document environmental impacts in detail while support·
ing extensi~ consultation and public participation on all newoonstruct:ion and other actions that impaa
the natural environment. Relevant

paperwork associated w.ith legal

compliance should be shared with
the ETF aod the campus community
as it is being developed
3. Protect and restore campus

natural areas. UB should protect remaining natural areas on campus in ·
keeping with the 20251aod use plan,
which should be periodically re·
viewed. UB should adopt a tree-protection policy that restricts tree removal pending a careful m-icw process, aod develop programs to restore
existing natural areas on campus.

One step in this direction would be
to enhance existing natural regeneration areas by developing a program
10 accelerate

natural succession.
4. Restrict use of pesticide.. UB

should significantly reduce its use of
pesticides-including herbicidesand implement an .integrated pest
management program. The ~ of

herbicide. to kill weeds on campus
lawns can and should be eliminated
by a combination of imprmed landscaping design, lawn-management
techniques, mvironmental educa-

tion and cultural change.
We believe these are goals aod procedun:s fully appropriate to a world·
class university that is rommined to
environrncotal.sustainabilityaodsig·
nificant consultation with relevant,

informed groups as it examines and
applies its policies. We look fprward
to working effcctivdy with the senior
administration and others in their
implementation.

Sincerely.

Dennis Andnlko, Atrhitecture; Robert ....,.., Jaw; au.,. ...,..., Law; Chwles ~ G«&gt;gn&gt;p//y; Joseph co..-.,
Ch.,.,i5try; s-dy ~. Sociol 5ci&lt;11c'l (EnWr&gt;nmentai Studies);
Law (fm&lt;ritus); . _ . j8cboft. Eng/i&gt;/1; Robert
J&lt;Kobl. Geology; Env1 Melcllnger, Law; lAs ~ Political Sd&lt;na (Emoritw); a-teo - - - Geology;- - . . o ,

Social and Pr._,t;.. Medicin¢ Psychiatry;-

u- c-.
r.,., Planning;-·-· Ptrysiology (Emtritus); , . _ , - . G&lt;ology

(Emeritus); Lynda~ Atrhllecturt; MwpNt S h - . Low; Univtnit)' Fodlit~; C......_ w.kh, Political Scimce

.\

Shlloloy, Archltectur&lt;; W - ~•

�Allrii6,Z1HIIl/Vi.31,1o.21i Repariar

7

Chancellor's failure to discloSe remuneration deserves an "F"
To the Editor.

We are of one mind that SUNY is an
important resoura for aD New Yorkers, and for many outsidt. our statt
as well It is a visible, far-flung enterprise, much in the news because what
happens is of interest to many.
The university is also an institu·
tion that prospers with openness
and clarity, with the sharing of information and knowledge.
It is, thus, distressing to learn that
the very first statement issued un der a new chancellor, the very an-

nouncement of his appointment,

was flawed by creating a vastly erroneous impression as to the remu-

neration imojved.
It shows a contempt for the truth
that embarrasses us aD, most of aD
the cbancdlor himsdf. On top of a
suspect provmance, we now have to
deal with a half-truth, worse than a
whole lie.
What is thecbancdlor's response?
So~e mumblings about it aD being
perfectly legal? Even if legal, it is far
from perfect! Hiding behind the
hapless staff? Intimations that the
ehan&lt;l'Uor was not aware ofthe generous secondary labor amditions?
Or are we going to hear a dear,
loud, apology about a blunder

made, and regrets about the shadow
it casts on SUNY?

Don't trivialiu the issue by point ·
e~ere: The more
trivial the issue, the more insane to
be dishonest about it. It is not the

ing to salaries

triviality of the amount or the
unacceptability of the substantive
result It is the distrust it sows and

the shabbiness of conduct it displays.
Worse than a C for clueless, an F
for falsehood. A grim start.
John c_ G . Boot.
Cho1r and Prolnsor
Deportment of Management
Science and S)'Stems

Calendar
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IP-0036. User Support Technician (Sl3)-l.aw School, Posting IP-0037.

Men's Tennis

lnt..,..tlonal Student - s h o p

UB vs Caniskn. UB Tenms C~W". 1

Optional Practlall Training. )e!ln~..-1Cha.zen. Ind. student .dvisor,~SC
Student Union. 4 p.m. Free.
sored
by International S~t and hotar
Services. for more information, 64S2258.

A.ulstant Vke President for Alumni
Rdatloru (Sl...)-Office of Alumni

•nformation,

Cha~

'A'enner, 845-3261.

p . m . Fr~.

Concert
UB Choir, H..-o&amp;d Rosenbaum,
conductor. SSte Concen HaU. 8 p .m .
13. Sporuo&lt;ed by Dept. of Music. for

UB Foculty Preoent
Present.dons of EduatkNlal
Te&lt;h~~- Cape:n_212. 4-6
~l~~~ tnformaoon, 645-

Wednesdays at 4 PLUS
Bllingu.l Poetry Re.dlng. Retna Mana
Rodriguez. CMlet' for the ArU Sc.ree-ntng
Room. -4 p .m. Fr~ . For more
tnformation, 645-3810.

AnAlysis s.mlnar
Localtutlon Opcerators on the Weyl-

~:~~n~fo~r~J~~~t~·
CamPus. 4 p.m. Frtoc!.

GuostSpeakor
Your NatkHlal Archtves. Ted Hull,

archivist, Center for Electronic Records,
National Arthtves and Record5
Administnltion. 104 Knox. 5-6:15 p.m .
''""· Spotuored by iudith Robimon's US
567 dass/UB's ALA Student Chapter. For
more Information, Charles Keyes, 834-

5767.

Thursday

Ma~nt

(Sl-3)0epal'tnlent of International Education,
Posting IP-0039. Supervisor of
Counselon (SL""")-Eduutional
Opportunity Center, Posting lfP....I)()41 .
Managm-.ent lnfOf'YNtion Specialist
( Sl-3)-Procuremmt Services, Posting
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more information, 645-2921 .

Resean::h

Musical

Programmer/ Analyst 11-0epanment of

Starmites. Dept. of Theatre and Dance.
Center for the Arts Drama Theatre. 8

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I

Exhibits
--and~ :

Flft

Contemponory CNnese Artists"
Worts by Xu Sino. Tsong Pu, Gu Wenda,
Zhong H~:u
, thou Changjiang and
ShenQtian
are on display through

MaylOinall
. oflMUBArt
Gatlery in tht Centtr fQf the Aru, North
Campus. Galle')' houn are \Yed. through
Sat., 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sun. from
noon to S p.m.
" From Revolution to Aefonn ..

~S:~rm~:=i:t

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Psythok&gt;gy, Posting IR-20037. Nurse
PrKtltloner-Women's Heatth lnibative,
Department of Sodal and Preventive'

=~~~~F:~;ooJ!f~~tary
Posting IR·20039. Clerical S~llst II·
Department of family Medicine, PostHlQ
fR.20().40. Research Technkian fl.
Oepanment of Medicine, Division ol
lntectious Diseases, Posting IR-20041
Research Technician 11-Hearing
Research Center, Posting MR-21)0.42

Faculty
AssisUnt/Assodate Professor·
Department of OccupatJonal Therapy,
Posting ff...0021 .

Propaganda porten
produced in the People's Republic of
China from 1962-82representing efforu by
both lhe Mao Zedong
and Oeng Xiaoping

govemmeou to
mobilize the masses

1

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•nformatiOO, 645-7700.

,

P8S Adult Le• mlng Servke Uve
S.telltte Event
Designing Classrooms for Technology
lntegr~~tion and Accessibility. 200G
Baldy. Noon-2 p.m. Free. For mort
information, Kerri Cabana, 64.S..3568.

Geology Pegnom Lecture Series

!rv~6t.f~~:::.uards
Bernard Hubbanl, O.pt. ol Geology.
228 Natural Sdences Complex. 3:-45-S

~e;:~~~~Fo~~i~=~·n,

Dept. ol Geology, 645-6800, exL 6 100.

Blologlul Sdences s.mlnar
of Bacterial Genes. Robert

SWitzr:r, Bkx:hemistry Dept, Univ. of
Illinois. 220 Natural Sctenc:es Complex.

:~~~ ~~~~64rr2~~ infonnation,

Lockwood Ubrary,

rrierence section of
North Campus, on the

library's second floor

~~~~~o!:~t':~~

lor the M5 through May 3. Gallefy hoo"

~~ :~.1~~;;.~ ~~~~~L
display in the Center for Tomorrow

~~~rs~~~~~~h

~~~s&amp;~~~tsoau~~i~:
downtown Buffalo during regular
bu5ine55 hour&gt;.

Jobs

defeated B&lt;l&amp;lwnron s-2 and W on
Sundoy. behind some vea&lt; pit.chlng.
In the first pne.Tyler s.ntine

pme and
~his record to a perfect ).(I
on the s:euon. Ba)entine went 7.0
inninp.&amp;fvina: up two runs--one
e.arne&lt;f--.1nd just four hits.
In the second game. US senior
piu:hed • complete

Tom januchowtld aJmost made
history as he pitched a compete
game. one-hit shutout Mld carried a
no-hitter into dlf: firW inning.
Janochowsk.i went 7.0 innings. giving
up no runs and one hit while
striking ~ 5e't'ef\.. He toOk a nohrtter into the top of dlf: seYenth
before gMng up a le.ad-off single in

that final innklg.

prope~u~~

over
the
Colonials.
Janud)owllti had a nc&gt;hitter
gding lintl giving up the
lOne hit to the ti'st batter of
the seventh inning. He also
finished with seven strikeouts. Januchowski also
pidled up a win in relief
the wee~&lt; as the BlAis
'*-'ed Pittsburgh 3-2. .

ener.,

-.lllcf..t.nd )NOO
the triple jump at the Ohio
University Invitational.
McFarland's jump of 38' 1 1
112• also set a new school
record in the event. breaking
Alyda Croak's 1999 marl&lt; of
38' 9 3/4. • McFarland
helped earned the Bulls a
third-place team finish in the
seven-team meet

The previous 'N't!ek. the Bulls
had traVeled tD PittSburgh for a
coup4e of dou~ehe.aders, dropp~ng
both games with Duquesne by •
sco... ol3.0. and splitting with Pittsbu&lt;Jh
At Duquesne on March 29.jeff Roberuon took .a loss to f.ali tO 0-3 on the
year and Pete: Selden fell to I · I
Apinst Pittsburgh on Man:h 30. UB lost the first game 8-3 .as Matt R.opn
toOk the bu. In the second pme.&amp;.ndon DICesare 'ed the team to .a 3-2 WW1 .as
he went 2-br-J from the pbte with two runs scored. Scott Mroczek knocked'"
the winning run in the last ~nn~ng u J.anuchowskl ptdc.ed up the win in relief

~ohoall
Canisius 6, UB I ; Canisius 8, UB 0
St. Bonav~nture 12, UB 5; Colgate 5, UB l ; Columbia 9, UB -4
Stony Brook l , UB 2; Outmouth t 4, UB l; Hanhatun 9, UB 3
The Bulls played their first games m Bufblo in 14 years on March JO, traVeling
down Main Street to Canlsius for- a dou~e.ader. UB dropped both pmes to
the Griffins. 6- I and 8..(1. Sacee Madden had the Bulls lone RBI in pme one
The Bulls then headed to .Umikon on Fnday for the Cotpte: lnvitation.al
UB dropped .aJI six games .and are now 4-n on the season. ·
In the opener ~nn St. Bonavenwre. the Bulls jumped out to .a 3-1 le.ad m
the fim inning when Kim Lawrence coued .a bues-'oaded walk tD swt the
n.lty. Howew:!r, the Bonnles erupted for six n.ms In dlf: fourth off st:atUr Andre.a
S.age to Clke the 12-5 win.
Against the host Red R.aiders, UB dropped a S-3 dedsOO. W1th Hadden
knocking in a pa1r of rum .and Jennifer M~ .also picking up .an ~81 .
The Bulls collected JUSt four hits in their 9-4 los.s to CohJIT\bia on Sawrday
Moore was 2-for-3 at the plate .and scored a run. Madden. Lawrence and Jessu::a
Kensy e.ach had .an RBI
AA exua-iMing contest .against Stony Brook was UB's best shot at snapping
ra losing streak. In the mtemational tiebreaker systen"' that is used 1n college
wft:b.aJI to determine .a wmner. .a runner is pbced at second bas~ to begin the
1nning.Aft.er UB fai~ to push the run Kross in dlf: top d the eighth. Stony Brook
scored the game winner for the 3-2 demton.
Eight em&gt;~ wmed out to be the Bulls' downfall tn the.r 14-3 lou to

the Bulls

.ag:~in

lm~k

·

wtth seven ~m&gt;~ '" the contest.

WOMEN

"Senior Thesis
Exhibitions 2000"
Thesis wcrl from 60

are Tues., 10a.m. to S p.m.; Wed.

Bin&amp;lwnt&lt;&gt;n· us exunded its
winnln&amp; s:O"'eak to three pmes. UB

Stnfly ID

to a doublieheader sweep

The tournament ended with 3 9-) loss to M.anhatun, u the fieidmg bug btt

April30int~

candidates for bachelor
of fine arU degrees a~ be;ng
exhibited at various sites on the North
Campus and in downtown Buffalo. Worlc.

P ittsburch 8, UB l ; UB l ,
Pittsburch 2
With a dootHheader sweep at

Daronouth.

revolutionary virtueare on display through

ETC S&lt;holan' Wortuhops

R~ut.tion

=~~n~:.::!n~~sistant to
Enrollment

UB 5, Blnfhamton University
2; UB 4, Blnct&gt;amton 0
Duquesne l , UB Oi Duquesne
l , UBO
.

Placed third in McDonald's Invitational
MEN

Placed fourth in McDonald 's Invitatio nal
Assistant/ Associate or Clinical
Assistant/Clinical Assoc:late Professor·
Department of Phytical Therapy,
Exercise and Nutntion Sciences, Pe»tulg
tf-0022 . Auistant/Assoc:late
Professor-Division of Allergy,
Immunology and Rhumat~IOQy.
Department of MediCine, Posttng •F·
0023. Assistant/Associate Profe»ar·

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Associate Professor-Department of

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Posting lf-0027. full Professor·

~rs~t of P'sychi.atry, Posting trf: .

Non-Compethtve Clustfled Ctvll
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Cllnlcalt.borata&lt;y Science
Semk&gt;ar
Approaches to ldentlly Candidate

Un~

Genes trwotved In Prostate, Ovarian
and Breast cardnoma. Raj Kandpal.
Temple Univ. School of Med-icine. 181
Farber. 4 p.m. Frft. For more
information, LuAnn Kafte, 829-3630,
ext. 108.

ol
Dental Medicine, line •.0792 . Dental
Assistant (SG-7)-School d Dental
Medicine, une -...oao2.

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contact Sponsortd Programs PmontYI,
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The men 's .and women·s tnck-and-field te:ams faced M1d-Amencan Conference
competitors 10 the McDonald's lrlY!tauon.al Track Meet hosted by Ohto
University this past weekend. The women placed thtrd out of seYen teams wnh
I") po~nts. Ohio 'NOO wtth 199 pomts
The men placed fourth out of field of etght With 9&lt;4 pomts Eastern Michigan
h.ad 218 points to cla1m the tnviauonal.
UB set new school n!Cords for the fourth consecuove week of compeuoon
for the women ·s te.am. sernor Udo Okeke set a new school marl!. •n the
-400 meters (:SS.89) .and fM.aced second '" that ~L Freshman S.;llunca
McFarland set .a new UB record m the tnple 1ump. placmg fi~t With .a leap of 38'
II · IQ"
Frt&gt;m the men's sqw.d. ~u Hahm set .a new tnple-tump record for the
second week 10 .a row With hts fi~t-pl.ace jUmp Of so· 3-) /.. ..

lennis
WOMEN

Bait State 7, UB 0
Bowling G reen 7 , UB 0
The Bulls suffered a pair of Mtd-Amencan Conference losses .at home Fnd:ty
.and Sawrday. UB is now S- 10 0\l'en.JI .and 0-4 tn league contests
On Friday. S.U Sate defeated !he Sui~ 7.0. US wu buoyed by !he play of
~ ShaniAm.aruinghe .and K.aren Mayn.ard.Aman.s1nghe heki her own
before falling tO Shelly Brizendine 6-4. 6-l. Maynard took thr-H first-set games
from Darcy Poulos, but lost her match 6-3.6-0.
On Sa.wn:by, Bowting Green de:a.tt UB ano&lt;her 7 ..0 loss on .a breezy
.afternoon that s.aw rTWl)' shoes on both stdes of the net knocked dow-n by the
gusty winds.

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~ Auditoriom. 7:30-9 p.m.

Free. Sporuo&lt;ed by the Ernest
Witebsky Center for
Immunology and the Dept. of
Microbiology. Fof more
Information, 829-2901 .

Cuttural

Aware~s

Wotbhop. Mary Ann Jezewski,

Patricia Sarche~ Arrry lyons,
UB. Roswell Pari&lt; Distance

Learning Room, Health
Sciences Ubrary. 8:30 a.m.-5

p.m. S 10 for studonts, S20 for
memben of Western New Yort&lt;
Health Sciences Ubrarians, S25
for non-members. Sponsored
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829-3900, .... 119.

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library. 10-11 a.m. Free . Open

~::i"s~t¥.~~~:i~t;,~lty
mation, linda Rath, 0-45-3528.
S~

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of Music. For more
information, 645·2921 .

IUologk.al Sciences Seminar
Gene Therapy Using
Recombinant Retroviruses:
Kinetic Studies and
AppUatJon in TlUUe
E~ l neering of the Skin.

Natural Sciences Complex.
3:45 p.m . Free. For more
information, Bn.Jce Nicholson,
64S -ll44 .
The Rt'Porfer puhtlsl~1
lit. lings for cvenh taking
place on c.,mptn or for
off campu-' event\ where

....Students

no Ltter than noon on
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publkaHon. ll'ti"9' are
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or Events Dt &lt;http:/ I

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evenh in the electronic
calendar will bl" induded

In the Reportu.

Anthony Mlnonda,

David J. Triggle, Univenity

~~~~~ter for~~· 3
Gradua te Sc~nd the
Gradua te Student Association.
For mOre information, jean
Grela, 645-62~0.

~~£rr~~c~:::

Cambridge. 280 Pari&lt;. 4 p.m.

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principal. Newnham CoUege,

Cambridge. 280 Pali&lt;. 4 p.m.
Free. For more information,
645·24~~.

ext. 132.

Nuclur Moclklne Meeting

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Road,

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of Medk:ine and Biomedical
Sciences. For r1"'IO"! information,
Rebecca Goodman, 838-5889.
The 30th Annual Emert

Wltebsky Lecture

~~u=~~ress
and future Dtrectloru. Ernst
H. Beutner, professor emeritus.

Cusker, Academic AdvUement
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Free. Sponsored by

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information, 645·2921 ·

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Drama Theatre. 8 p .m. S10

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Phi~ the PhHipplnes.
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Zhang and osimo
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Manila, respectiyety. Center for
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Ursula-Oppens, piano. Slee
Concert Hall. 8 p.m. S1 2, S9,
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Philosophy In East Asia

famJ:c!~~~~Ot
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lecture &amp;tdowment.

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Drama Theatre. 2 p.m. S10

M.othemotks ColloquJwn

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M&amp; T contribution helps UCI
move forward with housing plan

In the

Hunt

Jessica Hall, a senior
international business
major, talks with Don
Palacios of the U.S. Border
Patrol Tuesday during
Career Fest 2000. The job
fair was sponsored by
Career Planning and
Placement.

Cuts pose challenges for libraries
von Wahlde tells FSEC that UB has slipped out oftop 50 in research library rankings
ByMAIIAMC~S

R~er Assistant Editor

T

HE serious impact of
UB's budget shortfall bas
the University Ll'braries

fucing a challenging fu ture, Barbara von Wahlde, associate
vice president for University Librar·
ies, told the Faculty Senate Executive Committee at the group's March
22 meeting.
A major indication of the nega·
tive impact of recent budget problems, she reported, is that over the
past few years, UB has slipped con-

1

siderably in the rankings of the Association of Research Libraries
(ARL), an organization of 120 institutions across the United States
and Canada.
The libraries dropped from num ber 43'in 1993-94 to 55 in 1997-98
due to declines in gross-added vol·
umes, current serials and the num -

ber of professional and support staff
as a result of budgetary constraints.
Before this y~r. von Wahl de e"plained, the libraries could position
themselves as one of the top 50 collections and information service ar-

eas in No nh America, a descriptio n
that she says n o w is "cl ea rl y a
stretch."
She reminded the FSEC that neither the SUNY Board of Trustees
no r the state legi slature recom mended inflationary increases for
the SUNY li braries in thi s year's
budget. Furtherm o re, she added ,
nothing wa s d o ne mt e rna ll y to
counter the defi ciency.
"Since the vario us catl-gon es of
research materials we purchase in creased in average price fro m hetween 6 to 10 percent, tht: absence

o f thi s i ncrea se decrea sed o ur
spending po wer by an estimated

$500,000, or nearly I0 percent."
in addition, she noted, UB im posed a baM cut o($232,000, to "fur·
ther and permanently" erOOe the l.i braries' budget.
"We ho pe there will be an infla
tionary increase next year in the

SUNY budget, but that is yet to be
determined," she added ... It is clear
to those of us who have d8VOted seriou s portions of our careers to
building the libraries that the mis-

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Students tackle Hickory Woods issue
Chemistry students aim to clear the air between residents, government
BY EllEN GOLDIIAUM
News Sefvk.es Editor

A

UB scientist whose un dergraduate chemistry

Woods could have implications for
other brownfields sites throughout
the United States, according to Joseph A. Gardella, Jr., professor of

class is analyzing air and

chemist ry and the instructor of

soil samples in South

Chemistry 470, "Analytical Chern ·
istry of Pollutants."
Gardella will speak tonight at a
public meeting to which he and his

Buffalo's Hickory Woods subdivi-

sion, a former stttl company site,

says he hopes that the university's

efforts can help bridge the communication gap dividing the commu-

nity from the government and regulatory agencies in charge of investi -

gating the site.
Descrtbed as "another Love Ca nal" by activist Lois Gibbs, who visited Hickory Woods earlier th is
month, the subdivision consists of

about 60 city-subsidized homes that
were built in the late 1980s and early
1990s. Construction of new homes
was stopped in the late 1990s when
developers found industrial wastes
in the soil and sampl ing revealed
high rates of carcinogenic contami nation. Since then, residents have
complained of severe birth defects
in children conceived and born to
resident famili t~. and of a high incidence of cancer.
The issue' ra ist•d at Hid.;,or y

students were invited by officials of
the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency and Hickory Woods residents. The meeting will focus on the
EPA's soil sampling plan for the

neighborhood, scheduled to begin
in April.
With funding from UB's Environment and Society Institute, Gardella
has for several years been working
with students, communities., corporations and local government on
public service projects that combine
environmental analysis with strong
efforts aimed at dearly and accu rately communicating the result s to
residen ts.
"The model of commumcatio n
and community input that Wt&gt; have
developed shows how commun ities
can get a handle on their environments. draw attention to potential

environmental problems or get background data to help answer some of
their questions ,'' said Gardella.
"'When we are invi ted by a commu nity to come in, we ask what their
concerns are, and then we design an

analytical chemistry project that ad dresses those concerns that also can
be completed in a semester."
He added, however, that once stu dents start working o n o ne of these
projects, they often continu e int o
the summer, past the time when the
course is complete.
"They do it because they get so
involved and so motivatl-d by their
interactions with the co mmunity,"
he said.

eca -Babcock restdents.
" Erie County had actually gtven
the company a certificate fo r lowering its organic chemistry emissions."

said Gardella, "but the company had
no way to demonstrate to residents

that they actually had."
After extensive meetings held last
year with local residents and with
officials at Buffalo Color, GardeUa

du~tri a llandfill .

and hts student -chemists distributed to residents badges With senso rs to detect co ntaminants m the
air. alo ng with instructi ons about
when and how to wear them . \'\'hen
the badges were returned to students
and analyzed, no ne of the targeted
contaminants were detected.
"The resident's knew they had not
been exposed because they collecteJ
the data themselves," Gardella sa1d.
"The u psho t i,uhat by working Wit h
both the co mpan y and Wtt h re"t
dent s, we helped build a bndgt' he
f\o.•ccn people m the(t)m m untt\' anJ
t he co mpa nv. Pt·op le \ a tlt llh.k "
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\vlth the Seneca-Babcock neighborhoo d, where residents were con cerned about emissio ns and odors
from the Buffalo Co lo r Co rp. In
1997, student s a naly-ted sa mples
from Stachowski Park, wherl' neigh bon. were coi1cerm:d about an ad ,act· nt undevelo ped pa red of land
that as a fo rmer municipal and in

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on "both sides" as an attorn~ a defense attorney and
as a special assistant attorney general for the New York State Departm,eiit
of Law in the Office of the Special Prosecuto.r. As a member of the Offiee of
the Special Prosecutor, he prosecuted corruption cases in New York City.

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abound This mak&lt;s it dif6cult to
know whether the incidents are oo
theina-easeorwbethertbespe&lt;d with
which ""'set the information and the
detailed nature of the information
rnai&lt;.s it appear that the number of
incidents is on the risc.Onethingdoes
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My reaction was mo"' disappointment than surprise. My years as a
prosecutor of corruption crimes

raught me that it is always difficult to
convict police officers, judges and
lawyers. Perhaps it has something ta
do with the jury feeling invested in
those groups as a line between lawful behavior and the fear ofunbridled
lawlessness. Part of it may also be a
misUlfurmed fear that crime is ram panl I call it misinformed because
there is reason to believe that crime
is actually de=asing. but we hear so
much about particular crimes that
much of society may have the impression that crime is on the rise.
The Judge In the"DUUio use
has been ec:cuMCI of Hsl•nt·

lng" the Jury In fsvor of the
pollee. II that possible1
As a lawyer for more than 20 yean. I
have always thought that jury in-

structions we"' the most difficult
part of a trial to understand. In an
effort to give a jury guidance in the
application of the law to the facts in
the case, we aaualJy may do more to
confuse than eolightm. ~on
both sides ba... an opportunity to
prepare and SIJI!&amp;&lt;St a chars&lt; to the
judge and should alw.Jys takesdvan• of that opportunity. The judge
may decide toddMranolhcr ordiffem~t chars&lt; be or she r..ls is superior, moremmprehensiye. or easier
to undersl2ud. In the ...m there is
..asoo to belie.ea judge has~
in an effort to slant the c1wJe, it al.._ oertainlywould bocQmea matter to be raised on appeal in the case
of a conviction. When a case results
in an acquittal, like the DiAno cise.
there is no opportunity for an appeal. In sum a case, 1 would ezpect
the
to be reported to the
Commission on Judicial Conduct.

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It is true that as a society we ba...
moved from zip guns to machine
guns. resulting in a heightened sense
of fear that what might ba... been a
m~ltter of some injury yean ago
might mean death toclay. We are not,
however, better served by a=pting
the notion of "shoot first and ask
questions Ia~.· Jbdieve,in the1ong
run,...., will be better served as a society ifwe insist that polia: adhere to
jol&gt;-descriptioo limitations that authorize investigation and apprehension, leaving to another mmponcnt
the job of deciding guilt, detern]ining and eucuting punisbmenl .
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polioeus.Onethingseemsdear.our mnemberthatwedon'tsoanydrug policy is a monummtol f2ilure. place special to set police. lawFor more than 20 years, ,., ' - ' yon or judses. They oorne to the
wat&lt;hodourprisoo population BlOW job with the same human frailin almost geometric proportions. ties one finds in society at Wge.
The ow:rwhdming majority of that Beawe society has cbarised 10
growth is a result of drug-law pros- much in terms of the kind and
etUiiom. Theaiminal-justicrsymm
is lit&lt;ralJy ...ding from tbe weisbt quantity of violena: ...., esperiplaced on ~courts and oomc- =""'may be better served by
lions facilities. Stiffer sental&lt;ZS ' - ' instituting grea~ safeguards.
There has been talk about rolatdooe little to deur pe&lt;lllle from eo- ing police of1ia!n out of hightering the enterprise of drug crime. intmSity and undt:rcover units
ltappears~ooceadealeror""""' afttt three yean. 1 favor doing
is arrested, or a drug house is cb«&lt;. more byoonsie!eriJil! alimitatioo
anolhcr actor or property is waiting on the nilmber ofyears a pe!SOD
in thewinp. Whatever one's spin on is alJowod to do police 'WOrk. It
where"':" eiiOrts to become a drug- may no longer be the kind ofjob
free soaety should be headtd. &gt;« • a penon should do for 20-plus
must face the realitythat int&lt;rdiction yean. A~ that offered paid
and incarceration ' - ' failed, and lea..,
three years so an of6oiled miserably. Perhaps a OOtch to 6cer cnuld get education pr
treatmentandeducabon might pro- training in a new field should be
vide .mo.., productive ...Wts. Edu- c:xplored. There ~d should
catiOn and treatment rq&gt;resent a new be--considerable resistance to
rur.ction: one....,co~takewithout the idea that local police and
abandorung the desire to promotl! prosecutors can adequately inand become a drug-free soaety.
vestigate themselves and ooeanHpw.., A f r l u n - .
other. The.. is rqson to believe,
-'"'~with
based on recent incidents, that
pollee with -lilncb of
this effort is unworlc.able and
lncldants goleg 0017
does little to inspire confidence
The truth is that none of us can feel in the justi&lt;le system. We need to
comfortable when there is a sense c:xplo"' the establishmc:nt of inthat law-enforcement behavior is dependent/special p~ton
out of control or over the line. It is toimestigatl!andprosecuteeo&lt;wrongtothiokthatif,.,acceptthe ruption aimes. The'aiminalstatu.s qaw ~police brutol- justice system should be cnnity, it will ..main confined to be- c:emed that citiuns ba... confiing a minority-community P.rob- dence in the process and the
!em. Lawlessness tends to feed on people that implement and exitself and, like a toothache, it is not ecutl! the proc&lt;ss.

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McCall rips state for underfunding education
Comptroller urges UB audience to exert presiure on legislators for education issues
By SUE WUETCHU
RqxxtB Editor

T

HE first question that
stall! ComptroUer H. Carl

McCall fielded during a
March 23 appearance at
UB was the inevitable one: Does he
ba... other political aspirations?
M&lt;Call, thest!te'schief6scal ofliar
since I 993 and the leading contender
rorthe Democratic nomination in the
next gubernatorial election, was
somewhat coy in his response.
"I'm planning. I'm looking at it,
I've not made a final decision; it's
kind of early," be told a small but
enthusiastic aowd gathered in the
Student Union Assembly Hall
McCall said be wants to concentrate his political efforts on helping
Vice President AI Go"' and First
Lady Hillary Rodham Ointoo get
dected,and wiii'Jnalc&lt; an announcement about his own political future
after the November dections.
But McCall-who at one point
prdaced a comment with "when I
become g&lt;WmlOr"- gave the gmup

a traditional stump
specdl, stressing his commitment to education
and blasting the current
administration in Albany
for what he called a lack
of vision and investment in the issue.
• 1 feel that the leaders in the stall!
doo'tsbaremycommitmenttoeducation and don't value an education
the way that I do," be said, noting
that education "really made a difference" in his life.
He pointed out that the
sovemor's&lt;D:CUtivebudget "shortchanges" educatioo, allotting only
$12 billion of a totol $78 billion
spending plan to eduatiOn, and dedining to fund programs already enacted into law by the legislatwe He
spoke in particular of the "Ladder"
program, the essential dements of
which, he said. will "ntake a difference in education at the primary
and seconclary levels" by mlucing
class size, bringing technology into
the classroom and ptly expanding p~ programs.

At the higher-education level, cause the people on the campuses
Gov. George Pataki has worked to havm't been active, and don't make
cut funding fur SUNY, increase tu- this an issue; he said
ition and cut the Tuition Assistancr
He cited the political pressure exProgram. McCall said, and the ,leg- erted in Washington that led to the
islature has "ruisted" these efforts.
recent bill allowing penons to main"New York Stall! is the only state tain full Social Security benefits,
in the nation over the last 10 years to even if they oootinue to work and
mluce its 6nancial commitment to earn mo"' than $17,000 a year.
higberiduatioo."be said, calling the
"This is what happens when
dfort"sbort-sighted"inaneconomy pe&lt;lllle settngetber and put pressure
that is becoming increasiJWyglobal. on, and legislators know what they
"We ba... to ntake sure """'f"De (the ..,ten) want," he said
gets a first-class education, and in
Students, faculty and staff must
particular a college eduation," be &lt;lo the same with higher eduation.
-nte point ...., ba... to make to
said. "1~s unfortunate that the governor and the legislative leaders people is that education is DOt just
don't really understand this.
anolhcrapense. Education is sn in"We can't si.t back and say, 'too v.stmeot, sn-tiMStment in the fubad,'" he added. "You as students, ture and SD investment that .... w.lnt
faculty and st:affba... a responsibil- them (legislators) to make," he said.
ity to do something about that."
He stressed that decisions made
McCall pointed out that in a po- in Albany are "political decisions
litical envirotUDlint. decisions .,. and you ba... the ability to inlluencr
made based on politicalp~
those decisions by being beard, by
"I believe the reason ...., w.v.n•t being organiud and by reaching out
seen the political and 6nancial com- and sj&gt;eaking to tbe people that you
mitment to higher education is be- dect."

�Uarcll30. 2000/Vol. 31.111.25

M&amp;T contributes to UCI
Bank's donation allows housing program to move forward
., SUI WU£1'CHUI
"This initia!M will stabilize resid&lt;n- mcnt of Housing and Urban O.V.lRtpOI'ttr Ed;tor
tial property values, invigorate opment. The ho~ underwent ex·
contributionof$31,000 nearby commercial districts and tens:ive interior and exterior rcnoayearfortwoyeanfrom strengthena&gt;mmunityinstitutions. vation.
"M&amp;T Bank is pleas«! to join
Now that the three-house pilot
M&amp;T Bank will allow
theUniversityCommu- with the University at Buffalo and projectiswellunderway,UCiwould
nity Initiative (UCJ) to move for- Fannie Mae as a partner in the Uni- like to "mo..,forwardand execute a
ward with its housing acquisition, versity Community Initiative."
fuller version of the project." Gehl
rehabilitation and resale program in
says, adding that the
the University Heights neighborcontribution from
hood of Buffulo.
M&amp;T will go into the
The first house purchased and
fund to purchase and
renovated through theprogram,lorehabilitate addi cated at 31 West Northrup Place,
tiona! homes.
was put on the market at the end of;
Sbe notes that
last month. Mor~r. UO has mn- ..
the hawing program
is based on the contracts pending with property owners on West Northrup Place and
cept of the block as
Lisbon Avenue for the purchase of
the .. unit of developthe other two houses in the initial
ment." Based on this
three-house pilot program, says ~
~
concept, UCI has beDan is Gehl, UCI project director.
tured.,. D..W · MWr .tee pnsldent;
gun its "block-foFannie Mae Corp. and the Uni- D...U COehl &lt;-right), UCI profect director,
cused activity." meetversity at Buffalo Foundation, Inc., . - Mwy
(f• ...,..,),
presling with community
are funding the pilot program. The dent few public
llff.tn.
stakeholders about

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service--W,.

co...-

law firm of Magavern, Magavem

and Grimm, LLP, is providing pro
bono legal services.
"We're encouraged by the confiden~ in this project that M&amp;T is
showing through its two-year contribution." Gehl says. "We look forward to working with them and are
pleased to have them join UBF and
Fannie Mae in this venture."
The UCI housing program will
benefit greatly the neighborhoods
around UB's South Campus, noted
James ). Beardi, president of M&amp;T
Mortgage Corporation.
"By acquiring, rehabilitating and
reselling homes on targeted blocks
within our urb3n communities,
UCI will have a posi!M impact on
those neighborhoods," said Beardi.

Asenvisioned,theprogramwould
stabiliu housing---41ld thus renew
the "university community" around
the South Campu.r-by attracting
younghouseholds,indudingrenters,
and baby boomers to University
Heights, the most visible and inlluentia! neighborhood in the an2 surrounding the South Campus.
A marketing study commissioned
by UCJ and funded with a 530,000
contribution from Fleet Bank determined that such a housing-rehabilitation project is feasible and would
have a positive impact that would
be "unparalleled in the region."
The house at 31 West Northrup
Place, a 1- 1/2-story, four-bedroom,
single-family home, was purcruised
in October from the federal Depart-

the hou se at 31 West Northrup

Place, she says.
ua plans to coordinate the efforts
of other community partners. ineluding financial-service agencies,
community-based organizations,
residents and the City of Buffulo, to
try to put together a package of resourus that would be available to
property owners, as wdl as other activities that could enhance the value
and aesthetics of the block, Gehl says.
The housing project is one of sev..-al projects ofUCI, a collaborative
partnership led by UB, the City o(
Buffalo and the towns of Amherst,
Tonawanda and Cheektowaga to
stabilize, rebuild and revitalize the
neighborhoods surrounding th e
South Campus.

Obesity-gum diseas~ link found
BY LOtS 11A1W1
News Services Editor
ESEARCHERS from the
School of Dental Medicine~ found that obesity is significantly related
to periodontal disease through the
pathway of insulin resistance.
Using data from the Third NationaJ Health and Nutrition Examination (NHANES Ill), they have
shown that overweight people with
the highest levels of insulin r~i s­
tance were 50 percent more likely to

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have severe periodontal disease,
co mpared to overweight people
with low insulin resistance
• Results of the study will be pre-

sented April 8 at the annual meeting of the International Association

for Dental Research, being held in
Washington, D,C.
"This study suggests yet another
way bacteria in the mouth are substantial sources of systemic chal-

rates among American adults, juveniles and children. Recent research
had hinted at a possible relationship
between periodontal disease and
obesity, Grossi noted, but no systematic studies have been published. To
investigate this question morcfull)l
Grossi and coUeagues at the Periodontal Disease Research

Center analyzed data on periodontal Sllltus, body mass index (BMJ), fastinginsulinand •
fasting glucose from 10,836
participants who took part in
NHANESW.
Persons with diabetes and

thosebaving fewer than six teeth
were excluded Persons with a
BMI of more than 27 were con-

sidered overweighL BMI is an index
that represents the ratio of a person's
weight to heighL It is determined by
dividing the weight in kilograms by
the height in meters squar«l. Periodontal disease was assessed as'havingan average loss ofgum anachment
from teeth of more than 1.5 mm.

lenge," said Sara Grossi, clinical assistant professor of ofaJ biology, diAn index of insulin resistance---a
rector of the UB Periodontal Disease
Research Center and lead author
condition in which the body
of th e study. "The ~
doesnotrespondweUtotheacmechanism that in creases insulin resistance is possibly an-

5=-

other pathway that ex-

tion of insulin-was deter - ¢ mined by multiplying th e
amount of fasting insulin by

the an1ount of fasting glucose.

plains how bacteria from periodon-

Grossi's analysis found that over-

tal disease affects the risk Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. They are all
different parts of the puzzle."
Obesity is increasing at alarming

weight people with an insulin-resistance index in the top quartile were
nearly 50 percent more likely to have
severe periodontal disease, com-

pared to those with a high BMI and
low insulin resistance.
..Acute infections cause metabolic

disturbances and periodontal disease
is one of humankind's most common chronic infections," Grossi said.
"In this case, we think bacteria from
gum disease may interfere with
fat metabolism, leading to elevated LDL cholesterol and
total cholesterol This has been
shown in small case-control
· studies and animal studies.
" Now we see a relation -

ship between obesity, insulin resistance and periodontal disease
in a large, population-based cohon. This relationship is significant bectuse obesity is an im-

portant risk factor for Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. It is possible
that periodontal disease contributes
to increased mor bidit y in overweight or obese individuals.
"Physicians once thought that the
damage from periodontaJ infection
was limited to the teeth and gums.
We now know that oraJ health must

be watched much more closely."
Grossi said molecular biology
studies are needed to unravel the
actual mechanism and biological

basis of the obesity-periodontal disease relationship.
Alex W. Ho, statistician in the Department of Oral Biology, also contributed to the study. The research

was funded by a grant from the U.S.
Public Health Service.

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DrieD
Information sessions set
on grad student Fulbrights
Information

~e~slons

Eil

for griMiuate students intn-ested in apply-

ing for Fulbright grants for 2001-02 will be held from noon to I p.m.
on April 12 and Aprill4 in 930 Clemens Hall on the North Campus.
The grants, sponsored by the U.S. State Department under the
legislative mandate of Congress, are for graduate study o r-research
abroad in academ ic fields and for practical training in the creative
and performing arts.
Approximately 900 grants will be available to graduate students
in mo·re than I00 countries.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens at the time of application and
hold a bachelor's degree o r its equivalent by the beginning date of
the grant. Creative and performing artists are not required to have a
bachelor's degree, but must have four years of relevant training or
study. Candidates in medicine must have an M.D.or equivalent (e.g ..
D.D.S., O.D., etc.) at the time of application.
All applicants are required to have sufficient profic1ency m the lan guage of the host country to carry out their proposed study or research.
Fulbright full grants provide round-t rip international travel , maiO ·
tenance for the durat~on of the grant and tuition waivers. if applicable.
Fulbright travel grants prov1de round-trip travel to the cou mrv
where the student will pursue study or research. They are intended to
supplement maintenance awards from other sources that do not provide funds for international travel or an applicant 's personal funds.
Anyone planning to attend an information session should con tact Mark As hwill , Fulbright program adviser, at 645-2292 or &lt; ubwli@acsu.buffalo.edu &gt;. Information also may be obtained from the
UB Fulbright Program homepage at &lt;http:/ / wlngs .buffalo.edu /

fulbrlght &gt;.

Limon Dance Company comes
to UB for residency, performance
The Center for the Arts will present the in ternationally famous

Lim6n Dance Company at 8 p.m. Aprill5 in the MainstageTheatre
on the North Campus. It is the third performance in the center's
1999/2000 KeyBank Dance Series.
The renowned dance company currently is in residence in the Center for the Ans until April 15. The residency includes master classes
for studenrs in the Department of Theatre and Dance, as weU as
activities for several elementary, middle and high schools in the area.
In continuous operation since 1946, the Lim6n Dance Company
is recognized as America's oldest modern-dance repenory company.
It is the living embodiment of the movement, techniqu e and philosophy of theater developed by Jose Lim6n and his mentors. The
company's mission is to produce vitaJ, exciting dance theater of th,e
quality to be at the vanguard of the international dance scene and to
provide a home for modern-dance masterpieces.
The Lim6n Dance Company was the first American modern-dance
company to perform in Europe in 1950 and the first dance troupe to
perform in Lincoln Center in 1963. The company performed during
every American Dance Festival season from 1948-73, and has had the
honor of appearing twice at the White House.
Tickets for the April IS performance are $18, SIS and $9 for the
general public and $7 for st udents. Discount coupons are avai lable
at all area KeyBank locations. Tickets are available at the Center for
the Arts box office fTom noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and
at all Ticket master loca tions. For more information, cali645-ARTS.
For more informati on on the Lim6n Dance Com pany in residence
at the Ce nter for the Arts, caJI 645-692 J.

Alumna funds scholarships
Alumna Adele M. &lt;Oottscholk. M.D. '67, has given a 5225.000 g•ft
to suppo rt scholarships for studL~nts Ill th e School o( Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences.
The Adele M. Gottschalk Scholarship Endowment Fund will pro·
vide a renewable tuiti on scholarship for at least one ll tudent Ill each
incoming fres hm an clas~ "who demonstrates need and IS morall~·
fit ." The size of the scho larship a mount will be bt.•twecn lS percent
and 100 pe rcent of tuition, as determined by the dean and tht.• dol lars available to be spent from the Jccount.
For Gottscha lk, it was a simple decision. " J am grateful for the
ed ucational opportuni ties that I had and for the whole S\'Stl"m that
allowed me to take advantage of them ," shl· sa1d. " I wanted tu hdp
o thers who need s1milar assistance:·
Gottschalk, who grew up in New York Cllv, SJH..I her father d1ed
when she was II and her mother told her: " If you waQI an edu(a
tion , you will have to pay for it.~ Gottschalk said she worked hard to
earn her education during a period when state s(hoo ls awarded
sc holarships based on merit and need thro ugh thl~ (;ovcrnor
Rockefeller Sc holarship Incentive Award program.
She completed her undergraduate degree at City Un ivcrs1ry of Ne"
York in Queens and came to Buffalo for medi cal school.
GottschaJk continued to earn scholarships that covered virtually
all of her tuition for medical school.

�Electronic Poetry Center offerings prove th•t April Is not the cruelest month

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. , PATIIICIA DONOVAN
News Services Editor
PRIL is National Poetry
Month and what better
place to bebold a gallery
ofdaringnew'ft'Orkthan
the Electronic PoetryCen~&lt;r (EPC),
theddiniU.., Web-based, worldwide
resourcefordigitalpoetryandanexample of ways in which information
tedmologyassiststboc:xplorationof
the humanities.
In honor of the·
first poetry month
of the new miUennium, the center is
presenting .. Poetry
for April," a special
collection of new
digital works for and
about ·April, at
&lt;httpo/ / epc.buffelo.edu/ &gt;.
What is digital poetry, anyway?
Poet Loss Pequeilo Glazier, librarian
and director of EPC. describes it as
"poetry that cannot occur on paper~
That means, he says, that the work
has movement or programming
qualities that allow for forms of experimentation that wouldn't even
occur to the writer of print poetry.
It is poetry that moves, sings. talks,
hopsaround,changes,interactswith
the reader, is performed (or per·
forms itself), allows readers to rnanipulateor even change it, or pushes
the ~terary envelope in other provocative and novel ways.
Since it was founded, the EPC has
been a groundbreaking innovation
in the worJdofthe Web, since jt provi des an edited collection of primary
literary texts. It is one of the first sites
ever to provide a collaboration between a university and the in novati ve writing community and has set
a standard fo r electronic
librarianship and a national model
for mining the possibilities of a true
online archive on the lntemct.
"EPC presents tomorrow's poetry
today,... says Glazier. " It introduces
p i oneering~terary artists and makes
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'ways of making' a poem, methods
unheard of until recently."
EPC is the largest poetry Web sil&lt;
in the world and has been on the
scene since 1994-when the Web
was small, non-commercial and
principally of interest to those in
tecbnical fields. Last year, the center
entertained more than 175,000
reader t:raqsactions, bringing its to-

Green Fluoresance Protein. The
result? A glowing
dog Wlth a
ftuon:sa:n&lt;% emission spectrum that
peaks at 510 nm. Download the
glowing green mutt!
• &lt; http:/ / www.ekac..org /
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Telep resence art: "Darker than
Night," an Edward Kac literary/visual art woddint shown in
a bat caw: at the Blijdorp
Zoological Gard ens in
Rotterdam.Jtc:xploresthe
hwnan-robot-animal interface as a means of med.iatibg relations of empathy. The participants area
telerobotic bat ('bathon
and more than 300 Egyptian Fruit Bat5 who sharucaw:and
becomeawareoftheirmuiualpresenc&lt; through sonar emissions.
• &lt; http:/ /home .ptd.net /
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Oick poetry and other work by
David Knoebel integrating words,
image and sound)

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879.859 from more than 90 countries sina: it went online.
(What these visitors have found
there is fun, weird, odd-duck, per·
plexing and beautiful. This is poetry
that soothes with sound, color,
shape and movement; provokes
consideration of complex issues or
walks right up and pi&gt;kes you in the
mind for apparently no reason at aU.
For a peek at what's available, check
out some of EPCs current digital
poetry exhibits:
• &lt;http:// wtngs.bufflllo.edu/
e p c./ c!: z.J n es I deluxe / two I
p..tdle.html&gt;
(Kin etic poetrr- " Paddle" by Neil
Hennessey
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epc / ez.lnes./ deluze / two /
puddle.html&gt;
(Kinetic poetryo " Puddle" by Neil
Hennessey
• &lt;http:/ / www.eastgate.com/
Dlsposseulon/Welcome.html&gt;
{Hypertextpoetry:" Dispos.session"
by Robert KendaU
• &lt;http:/ / www.ek•c.org /
transgenk.html&gt;
Transgenic art: Eduardo Kac is a
brilliant poet in a variety of media
This is his prose "proposal" for the
development of a transgenic canine
whose DNA is laced with the GFP-

Another of Kac'• works
"Uirapuru," cdebrate5 and cnen.h
the myth of a magical Amazonian
birdthatwillsingtoyouat &lt;htqr./
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ulrapuru.htnll &gt;. This co.mpJex
aod fascinating project incorporates the writer's personal mythologyintotherealmofthertinforest
and, in tho process, tran.sforms the bird into a
tderobotic flying 6sb that
canbemanipulatedbythe
reader. ·uirapuru• was
namedoneofthetopthm:
artwo r ks in Japan's
InterCommunication .
Center's 1999 Biennale.
The Electronic Poetry
Center is a central gateway
'toresoun:esinelearonicpoetryand
poetics produced at UB and elsewhereon the lntemet. lt is produced
and supported by. the Poetics Program, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences, and the
University Libraries.

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her South Vietnam
village with her arms outstretched
in terror-her body burned by napalm-whose unforgettable photo
captured the horror of war.
Today, 28 years later, Kim Phuc is
a C.madian citizen who travels the
world, meeting and talking wi th
people about peace as a Goodwill
Ambassador for the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO).
Phuc will speak at UB as part of a
program titled "The Odyssey of Kim
Phuc" to be held from 6o30-8 o30
p.m. Wednesday in 110 Knox HaJJ
on the North Campus. The program
will begin with a screening of SheUy
SayweU's 1997 documentary film,
"Kim's Story," foUowed by a talk by
Phuc about her life and mission.
The event is free and open to the
public. Major sponsornre the Asian
American Student Union and Alpha
Kappa Delta Phi, an Asian-interest so-

rority, both at UB. and Vietnamese, struggling to get
Phucsurvived 14 aboard the last helicopter&gt; leaving
months of painful
r e h abilitation
from the third-degree b u rns that
covered more than
half of her body
and has sin a:.lived
though years of recovery from her
wounds, invPiuntary use by the Vietnamese government as a propaganda
tool, marriage, motherhoOd, and an
escape to the West.
The suffering of the young Phuc
in Nick Ut's photograph has been
seared into the coUective memory of ~
the American people. This and other ~
photos memorialized t he long §

AmericanwarinVietnam: aself-immolation by a Buddhist monk in
1963; a warwearyArnericansoldier
burying his face in his hands in 1965;
the execution of a Viet Cong soldier
in 1968; a girl Screaming ~ the
body of a slai n classmate at Kent
StateUniv=ity in 19~, andstmuns
of frightened civililllls, Americans

participating adul~ but rather an innocent child: a 9-year-old casualty

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Saigon in 1975.
of war.
However, the Pulitzer Prize-winFor more information about
ning photo of Phuc, taken on June Phuc's visit to tJB, contact Charles
8, 19n,isarguablythemoststirring Bland at 645-n40 or Jessica Otiang
as it shows neither a oombatant or a at645-9201.

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Clinic treats accident victims
Anxieties ofvictims of motor-vehicle accidents addressed

D

riving. Most of us have
accepted it as part of our
daily lives, whether or

not we're behind the
wheel. Few of us, however-when

we leave our homes to go to work,
the grocery store or school-expect
to be involved in a motor-vebideaccident that will change the rourse of
our lives in an instant. .
5o says Gayle Beck, a professor of
psychology at UB who has been
evaluating and treating victims of
motor-vehide accidents for several
years. Beck, whose area of expertise

people have been assessed through
the clinic and, of those, 25 have been
offered treatment, she added.
While both physical and psychological implications follow a crash,
explains Beck, her primary focus is
treatiog individuals who, after a severe crash, develop post-traumatic
stress disorckr.

"l(s a bit like having trouble emotionally digesting what happened to
you," she says ofPTSD. Some rommoo symptoms of PTSD include a
fear of driving, intrusive thoughts
about the accident in which the individual has been involved and becoming physically wound up or
is anxiety disorders, is reaching out jumpy, Beck says.
to members of the commwlity who
"We focus on providing clinical
have been involved in a major acci · andpsydliatricanalysis,"shesays. "Are
dent to help them work through the· there specific mental-health disorders
"aftennath of trauma ...
that the person is curmuly havirig?
Her motor-vehicle-accident clinic And specifically, are they having
caters to individuals who have been PTSD problems that are
reinvolved in seriow wrecks-not mi· lated to the motor-vehideaccident?"
nor fender -benders--in which a
The treatment Beck uses in her
victim suffered major injuries, ex- clinic is modeled after an approach
perienced a threat of death, or in the described by Edward Blanchard in
worst cases, a fatality or fatalities oc- his book, "After the Crash: Assesscurred. Beck says the term .. motor- ment and Treatment of Motor Vevehicle accident n is used mainly be- hicle Accident Survivors."
cause victims often are pedestrians
"We scrupulously read through
or bicyclists and can indude motor- this book, and developed a treatment
cyclists as well-not simply those manuaJ that follows the treatment
behind the wheel or riding in an au · approach that (Blanchard) describes
tomobile.
in more general terms," she says. "And 1
"One of the reasons that I wanted the treatment focuses on what we call
to do this was that we... spend a lot cognitive behavior therapy."
Cognitive behavior therapy, Beck
o f time studying very specific kinds

&lt;iirecW

of trauma ; combat and rnpe otrc.perhaps the two most studied," she says.
" It seems to me that we have ignored
a very common trauma that is ac·
tually more prevalent than rape or
combat, and that is serious motorvehide accidents.

"When you look at the number of
terrible accidents that happen every

year, it's preny st~ggering," she says.
The project, which began as a
relatively small operation, Beck says.
has since grown. More than I 00

says. focuses on "the here and now"
and examines four components:
a Behavioral- .. , don't like or
want to drive"
• Physiologicai-.. My h eart
races every time I hear about a ca r
accident ..
• Cogniti ve-scary thought s
about the dangers ef driving

• Emotional-general feelings of
depression or fear
" It focusesaround specificaspects
of the problem behavior-in this m-

stance. we're talking about PTSD."

she says.
Accident victim s often are re ·
ferred to the clinic by emergencyroom physicians or other heaJth -

care pl&lt;T(iders who are familiar with
the treatment program. Individuals
interested in the program first are
interviewed and evaluated, and if a
diagnosis of PTSD is reached, an
individual will be admi!led into a
I0-week treatment program, with
additional follow-up, Beck says.
The treatment, which originally
began as one-on·one, now is a

small-group format ofbetween four
and six individuals in an effort to be
more responsive to treatment needs,
Beck says.
While the program has been immensely helpful to the participants.
Beck points out that symptoms of
PTSD can diminish quickly for
some, but persist at length for others, who may need additional psychiatric treatmenL
For llecli, the most important aspect of the program is its unique

service. Often, she says. victims are
referred by a physician to a chiro·
praetor, massage therapist or physi ·
cal therapist without taking into ac·
count an accident victim's mental

health following a crash.
.. We've heard numerous stories
from some of our folks who say.
' You 're the first person who understands this.' .. she says.
"People often feel very alone and
fed a sense of shame or embarrass·
men! about the (act that they're not
coping bcner," she says.

Beck says she is delighted to be
able to offer treatment to accident
victims who a re struggling with
their trauma.
''Theft' aren't too many services in
this area that are designed to address
PTSD specifically in people who havr
been in car crashes," she says... We
really are offering a service to the
comm unity and are filling a need."

Architect Libeskind to lecture
By PATRICIA DONOVAN

News Services Editor

( ( V EssEL. for a

natton s
re morse ,.. " the
museum with out an exi~""well of quietude ... ,""the
presence ofabsenr:£'-these are some

profound sense of the ineffable.
Kent Kleinman, professor and

chair of the Department of Architecture, notes th at Libesk ind has
emerged in the past five years as one
of the most prominent architects in

the world and, although relatively

Victoria and Albert Museum and
other major projects in the U.S .. Ger·

many, Israel, Spain and Mexico.
He has taught and lectured at um vers ities worldwide and has held

many distinguished endowed and/or
visiting professorships. He currently
is a professor at the

of the terms that have described the
experiential and daring architectur.i.l
works of Daniel Libeskind, the brillian~ iconoclastic and often rontro'
venial figure in international architectural practice and urban design.
Lil&gt;eskind will present a slide lec-

Hochschule fur Gestaltung,

ture, .. Space of Encoun ter," at the

and Letters and the
Akademie der Kunst. He has
won many major architec tural awards for his work. in cluding the 1996 American
Academy of Arts and l.enm Award
for Architecture and the 1996 Berlin

School ofArchitecture and Planning
at 5:30 p.m.April7 in 1% Diefendorf
Hall on the South Campus.
· Libeskind has been referred to as
the "architect of silence"because he
considers architecture to be a spiri·
tual domain, ..a realm that cannot
be visualized, an area of invisible
presence since it deals with the un ·
speakable." Without spiritual rontent and without a contribution to
a deeper understanding of our be-

ing, he says, there can be no significance in anybuilding. lt is what Eliot
would call the "lucid stillness" of
Libeskind's work that produces a

Karlsruhe, Gennany; Louis

Kahn Professor at Yale University and the Cret Chair at
the University of Pennsylva ·
nia. He is a member of the

European Academy of Arts

young himself, "his ideas have influenced a new generation of architects
and those interested in the future
development of cities and culture."
l..ibeskind's practice extends from
building major cultural institutions to
roncert halls, landscape and urban
projects, stag&lt; design, installations and
exhibitions. Among his prominent
works are Berlin's strange and cel-

ebrated Jewish Museum, ihe muchdebated Spiral Extension to london's

Reparte.

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April is National Poetry Month,
for better or verse...
m
The mention of April usually brings to mind fools and tax dead ·
lines. But April is also .. National. Poetry Month .. and the Internet is a ,
treasure trove of pOdry and poetry-related resourCH for budding
bards, professio nal poets and the occasionall y ode-obsessed alike.
The Academy of American Poets Web site's National Poetry Month
(NPM ) page &lt;http://www.poets.org / npm/ npmfrmst.htm &gt;
lists a variety of NPM resources, including tip.!ht:ets, graphics and
useful poetry contacts, online and off. Also asseinbled arc links to
poetry-related journals and magaines. databases and indices, poet ry exhibits and major funding and arts advocacy organizations.
An interesting feature of this site is the Listening Booth, where users
actually can listen to authors read their poems aloud .
"Robert Pinsky, the 39th poet laureate of the United States, believes.
that poetry is a vocaJ art , an art meant to be r~d aloud... This statement opens the .. Welcome" page of the Favorite Poem Project &lt;http:/
/ www.bu.edu/ f•vorftepoem /lndex9.html&gt; . Sponsored by the Li brary of Congress in partnership with Boston University and the New
England Foundation for the Arts, this mitiative will .. create a tum -ofthe-millennium ( poetry ) arch1ve that captures American voices. faces
and choices, and represents people fro m every state and with varying
regional accents, ages, profess ions, kinds of educa ti on and back·
grounds." The site includes samplings of the archive's poems. as well as
information on the project, its sponsors and how to host a reading.
UB's Electronic Poet ry Ce nter (EPC) &lt;http://wlngs.buff•lo.edu/
epc/ &gt; is a gateway to the growmg field of poetic works in digital media.
Among o ther things. this si te has a gallery of visual poetry, an aud1o
archive and a section devoted entirely to .. E-Poetry." See &lt;http://
epc.buff•lo.edu/ e -poetry/ &gt; for listings of kinetic. hypertext and
computer-generated poetry (for more details about EPC, s~ story on
page 4 ). Because such work requires software that VlSually alters tra diti onal text, EPC also links to tools like Burning Press' TextWorx
Toolshed &lt;http://www.bumlngpreu.org/ toolbox/ lndex.html&gt;
This site allows users to dOwn load programs and resources for the
"disassembly, n.--organ1 1.ation and reassembly of langu age ... hopefuJI~·
useful for writers and experimentalists who want to jump -start tht:lr
crea tivity, or othe rwise wreck havoc upon an unsuspecting text."
To round off your couplelcraving, plan to at tend one of the install ·
mcnts of tht: "Wedncsdays at 4 PLUS" poetics series. The Spring 2000
schedule can bl· vit:wOO a1 &lt;http:// epc.buff•lo.edu/ poetlcs/ calend•r/ sprfngOO.html &gt;. And don 't fo rget a visit 10 th.e UB Librarit·s'
Poetry and Rare Books C:ollt:ct iOn &lt;http://ubllb.buff•lo.edu/ ll·
brartes/ unlts/ pl/ '&gt; , whach has extensive holdings-more than 90,000
vol umes-i n 20th -cen tury poetry in English and English tran~latum,
as well a~ poet~ · nnh:bno~. l e n c rs and manuscripts, and a Wid&lt;" VJrl·
etr of literary m agaz 1n ~. Tht• Poetry and Rare Books Collecuon, open
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., ~tonday through Friday, is located m ~t20 Capen
Hall . For more mformJtaon . co ntact Robe rt Bertholf o r M1 chael
Basinski at 645 -29 17
For tlSSISimrct&gt; m lomwcr.rrg lei rlrt' \Vorld \Vide Web vra UB rompu rt·r
tl(CO UtltS, co rrttrct th e Co mputw~ Lentrr Help De.)k Ill 645 ·3542
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ESI seeks EMAP proposals

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The Environment and Society Institute is seeking propo~s for
projects 1o be funded by its Environmental Manage ment Alterna tivt&gt;s Progra m ( EMAP ).
EMAP provides seed funding for mterd.isci plinary research and anaJySIS on environmental problems rel evant to the regional community
All UB facu lt )' mt&gt;mbers are eligible to apply for funding. Inter
disciplinary tc3ms a rc en couraged to apply.
ProJects can be up to 11 months in durJt 1on. '"''th 3 start 1ng date
of luly I.
Proposals must be n.·cc1vcd no later than 4 p.m. on June 2. All
submissions shou ld bt' in digital form, preferably as word - proces~ ­
ing tiles attached to ema il messages, sent to ESI Co- din:c tor ~ Jo hn
Vena at &lt; jvena @buffalo.edu &gt; or Errol Mcidmger at
&lt;eemeid@buffalo.edu&gt;. Floppy disks may be mailed o r delivered
to th e in stitute at 7 19 O'Br ian Hall, North CJ.mpu ~.
For further information, contact the mstitutc at 645 -1 1S'J or &lt; ubesi@acs u .b uffalo.ed u &gt; or visrt th e Web ~ li e at &lt; http :/ /
www.buff•lo.edu/ esl:&gt; .

Cultural Prize.
Further information on his archi -

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tectural work. theoretical writings
and cr~en t ial s can be found at
&lt; http:/ / www.g•llnsky.com /
bulldlngs / Jewlshmuseum /
lndex.htm&gt;. Photos of Libeskind
projects also are at &lt; http:/ I
www.•rchltecturem•g.com /

Michael M•son, •ulst•nt specl•l agent m cha rge of the Buffalo
office of the Federal Bureau of Inve-stigatio n. will addr('s~ the Apnl
II meeting of the Emeritus Center.
Mason willdiscuss .. The X-File:svs. an EquaUy lnterestmg Reality" at 1

M!pllll/~/llbe.asp&gt; .

p.m. in the South lounge, 102 Goodyear Hall on the South Campus.
The program is open to all members of the UB commu nit y.
For further informati on. call the Eme ritus Center at 829·217 1.

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discuss the program will be held at concerts with a perfonnana to be
7:15p.m. with~ composers and held at S p.m.Aprill9 in the Black
conductor Magnus Martensson. Box Theatre in the Center for the
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at S p.m. Aprill4
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The UB Symas an organ Mass in the style of phonic Band, conducted by )on
comic opera.
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The UB Symphony will perform guest tuba soloist Raymond Strwart
selections that include Cello Con- atS p.m. April26 in Slee. Admission

urto in A minor, Ptlleas and
Melisaruk and Ocho por Rmlio at S
p.m. Aprill5 in Slee. Tickets are $3.
Remembering Leo Smit 19221999: A Memorial Concert will be
held at3 p.m. Aprill6 in Baird Recital Hall on the North Campus.
Featuring a complete program of
Smit's music, performed by the
Amherst Suophone Quartet, pianist Oaudia Hoca, pianists Stephen
andFreidaManes,sopranoRO&lt;iland
Rtes, soprano Elaint Knecht, oboist
Philip West and pianist Nils
Vigeland, admission is free.
Work by UB's graduate composition students will be featured in the
Graduate Composers' Concert to be
held at S p.m. April IS in Slee. The
concert will reflect the music
department's focus on artistic free-

is free.
The Cassan String Quartet will
perform the Concert VI in the Sleet
Beethoven String Quartet Cycle_at
S p.m. April 28 in Slee. The performance will include Quartet in C
Minor, Op. IS, No. 4; Quartet in F.
Major, Op. 135, and Quartet in E
minor,Op.59,No.5.Ttdcetsare$12,
59 and $5.
~ UB Pen:ussion Ensemble, directed by Anthony Miranda, will
perfprm at S p.m. April 29 in Slee.
Admission is free.
The UP Suopbone Ensemble,
directed by Harry Fadcdman, will
perform at 3 p.m. April 30 in Slee.
Admission is free.
'
The UB Jazz Ensemble will perform at S p.m. April 30 in Baird.
Admission is free.

Hickory Woods

Spldol ~-

fowlhlaarfi~Hol ...

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HEDcpartmmtofMusic traditional Balinese music and a
will offer a diverse sdec- work wrinen for film by Caspar
tion of concerts as pan of Johannes Walter.
itsApril concert schedule.
April's Brown Bag Concert will be
Highly acclaimed pianist Ursula held at 12:05 p.m. Thesday in the
Oppcrts will return to UB on April Slee lobby. The free program will
7topresentaprogramof8eethoven featuremusicforsolotrumpet,fiute
sonatas, as well as pieces by well- quartet and voicewithpianO,aswell
known contemporary composers as a recap of Stephen Manes perCharles Wuorinen, Elliott Carter forming Beethoven's beloved
and louis Andriessen.
"Moonlight" sonata.
In addition, French flutist PierrePianist Ursula Oppcrts will offer
Yves Artaud, first -prize winner in a master class at 3. p.m. April 6 in
flut e and chamber music from the Slee. Designed to help young piaParis Conservatoire who has per- nists improve their technical and
formed worldwide with such noted musical skills, the class is free and
conductors as Pierre Boulez, O&gt;arles open to the public.
Dutoit, Lawrence Foster and ).C.
Oppens also
Casadesus, will appear in a unique
will perform at S
master class to be held AprilS and
p.m . April 7 as
aga in as a so loist with the Slee
pan of UB's Sleet
.Sinfonictta on April I I.
Visiting Artist SeOther highlights of the schedule
ries. Tickets are
$12,$9 and $5 for
include an organ recital by UB Professor Emeritus David Fuller ~n OPPBIS
the p~ that
Aprill4 featuring rarely performed
will include Blue
organmasterpiecesandtwoperfor- Bamboula, TwoDivmionsforPiano
mances by the Cassan String Quar- and /magedeMortau,as well as four
tel, UB's Slee Quartet-in-Residence. Beethoven sonatas.
In addition , the music department
Flutist Pierre-Yves Artaud will
will honor the memory of former present a master class titled '"The
faculty member and composer Leo Polyphonic Aute" at9 a.m. AprilS in
Sntit during a memorial concert to Slee. As pan of the class, he will perbe held April 16.
form two solo pieces written for him,
Ticl&lt;ru are available 9 a.m. to 5 as well as S&lt;VCTal other selections.
p.m. Monday through Friday in the
Percussionist Anthony Miranda
Slee Concert Hall box office; noon 'will present a faculty recital atS p.m.
to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday in AprilS in Slee.lickets are $5 for the
the Center for the Arts box office performance of works for percusand at licketMaster locations. Ad- sion featuring 20th- and 21st-anditional information about tbe con- tury music.
certscheduleisavailableat &lt;http:/
The Cassan Strilig Quartet will
/www.....bufflllo.edu&gt;.
present the fourth onnccrt in the Sled
The month will begin with a fac- VtSitingArtistSeriesat3p.m.April9
ulty recital by Jonathan c;;,love, per- in Slee. The performance will indude
forming works for cello and electric Mozart's Divertimmt in D MDjor, K
cello atS p.m. Monday in Slee Con- 136; Daniel Godfrey's String Quartet
cert Hall. Tickets are $5 for the per- No.3 (2000) and Johannes Brahms' ·
formance that will include a recent String Quarter No.1 inC-minor.Ttckpiece by Donald Erb for vocalizing &lt;IS are $12, $9 and $5.
cellist, a composition infiuenced by
The Slee Sinfoniena will perform

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early 1990s on an old LlV Steel site
in South Buffalo, the Hickory

Woods subdivision with its marketrate home~ and suburbari-style
properties, was hailed as a dramatically positive development for Buffalo.
But in the late 1990s, during construction of a new home in the subdivision, developers discovered
black coke wastes, refractory bricks
and an oozing black substance in the
so il. Sampling revealed levels of
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, a carcinogen resulting from
steel manufacturing-someashigh
as 100,000 parts per million , when

the allowable federal and state
guideline is 15 ppm.
Development stopped and some
families were temporarily relocated.
Homeowners were not informed
about the contamination at the site
before they purchased their homes.
Now, with soil sampling beginning by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), residents will
begin to have more information.
But , according to Rick
Ammerman, head of the Hickory
Woods Concerned Homeowners
Association, the residents do not be-lieve that the results obtained by
government agencies a~ the last

technical literature, the students also
are onnducting analyses of the air by
having at least SO residents wear
badges that detect contaminants in the air. After
wearing the badges for
eight hours, the residents
will give them to the students, who will take them
back to UB to analyze find- ·
ings.
"We are looking to plug
the holes in this whole process in order to have a mo~
complete investigation of
the area," said Ammerman. " sign "There. does seem
- , - - , - - - - - - , to be a hole in the
system, and UB's Environ ment and Society Institute
is is coming in and, hopefully, bridging that gap."
In particular, he said, the
data the students get from
the badges will help them
understand if the contamination poses any kinds of
long-term health hazards.
Since January, Gardella
and the I 0 students, mostly
senior chemistry and environmental-studies majors,
In addition to helping the have been working with the the
homeowners ~\crpret much of the Hickory Woods Concerned
word. That's where the UB chemistry project comes in.
"The Hickory Woods development was fund ed by federal and
state dolliirs and administered by the
City of Buffalo," said Ammerman,
"so there is a mistrust, and a
fo unded mistrust, on the part of
residents of any function of government. Wheo we're asked to believe
something from government, we
want to have some kind of check on
them Q-om someone who is completely disassociated from this. That
is what we are getting from Gardella
and his students at us.·

Homeowners Association to:
• Conduct chemical analyses designed in partnership with residents

of 1

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the

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• Coordinate with other Enviand Society Institute Outreach services, such as health assessment studies
• Interpret for and with residents
the results of environmental sampling and testing done by other
agencies and parties.
With the ESI's support, Gardella
said the long-term goal of all of these
projects is to establish at UB, as a
public service, the analytical capabilities to conduct communitybased research and environmental
analysis in accordance with EPA:s
standard methodologies.
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sion that has informed and structured our efforts bas already been
threatened and would =tainJy be
negated by a multi-year re-a&gt;actment of either this year's
budget process or allocation outcome."
von Wahlde said that the
libraries ha"" fewer scientific, technical and medical
serials than in recent yean
and that the ones they do

ferring to Web-generated graphs of
ASL ranking.&lt; in different areas. "So
we want to do some wod&lt; this year
to try to deterrnine whether or not

at leso cost that still have quality
materials. and good editors, which
needs to be encouraged.
"We oeed to see new titles build
the prestige of some of
th~ older, morr established journals," she
said, noting that this is

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a national issue, not

one only pertinent to
UB. "We'd 1iU to work
with t!&gt;ose of you who
are engaged in reseaiCh
in thinking about new
ways in which you can
tnnsmit (research re-

have are much more eX-

pensive than in the pasL
This poses another con-

cern, she noted, since Provost David Triggle has
calJed for the university to
double ill research funding
and the areas capable of

sults)."

She noted that Steve

Roberts. associate director of University Libraries, is· heading a

generating significant
funding rely on very expensive information re-

task force to expand
access to dectronic research materials. The
group will survey the
present status of BI-

sources.
von Wahlde shared with
senators the libraries' budget-impact statement that

SON access to electronic research materi-

she prepared earlier this

als and recommend
steps by which such accesscan be augmented

year for Senior Vice President Robert 1. Wagner. It
states that "journals. electronic datab~ and especially monographs were all
a n in significant numbers"

significantly dUring

the com ing budget
year.
Faculty members
raised concerns about
privacy and oopyright
issub on campus in the

during the current fiscal

yea r.
It also said that the university "has not been willnew electronic era,
ing/able to make the saaiwhich von Wahlde recfices necessary to sustain
and ins~ the ongoing deognized as two of the
most important 2 Jsrve.lop'ment of research quality oollections that are
centwyqu~ns in the
TOTAtSTNf
electronic environ found at the institutions we ·
ment
long held as peers ... If UB
SpecificalJy, some
is indeed serious about obfaculty members extaining/sustaining prestige
pressed concern about
as a research, as wc:ll as an
instructional, institution, it
a new authentication
process at the libraries
is going to have to increase
formerly anonymo us
the priority ofhbraries in its
public terminals that
budget planning.
..A possible alternative
now requires all users
to log on usin g a
would be for UB to define
usern ame and passspecific disciplines for
word. Concerns were
which research oollections
not only about privacy,
will be sustained, at the
but also about the lack
same time specifying other
~-.~.
of faculty oonsultation
disciplines that can be cut
before the new process
\~Jack," suggested von
Wahlde. "While this would ~"""===============.!' was implemented.
Roberts explained
be a lfistinctly unpleasant
process, the other option-having aU we are still a quality research insti- that the change was made as a result
of
a
request
from
Computing
and Inface~&gt; of the collection slip from re- tution in terms of the libraries."
search to instructional quality-is
Another point emphasized by von formation Technology, which recWahlde was the need to "reform the ommended the change sine~ th~
probably even less palatable."
"As you '"" see from the graphs, way in whidl we communicate our uru...rsity's Internet privileges were
the trend bas been basit:ally down - research results."Thc:re are ways. she at risk du~ to criminal behavior at
ward," she told FSEC members, re- told senators. to start new journals these unrestricted t=ninals.

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~oftnall
Akron ll,U BO
Akron 11, UB 0
The 8uls met Akron for a
clolbloMader on s...by and fell to
lheZlpsbyldendal 12-0~ .,
bach c.ontestS.The k&gt;sses c:arne on the
heels of an earlier km: to dle Zips at
lheWonchropCiuslconMardll8.

U8 monapd just one hk ;, tile
opener•• tw&lt;&gt;-OUt sJrcle by KJm
Uwrw&gt;ce. k f""""'d to be ""' only
bosen.wv&gt;er ~ by Akron pittl...l.lsa K.nan.Jessia Yorit ~tile
as and is now 1· 1 on the season
The &amp;.Is collected lour hits In
""'~llncles by Uwronce,
Stacee Madden, Jessica K.ensy and Usa
Cox. K.ensy tool&lt; ""' loss for ""' Bulls,
ciroppk1s w to 2-S on tile mound.

Base nail
UB

a, Canllius 6

Bowline Green 7, UB

I
Green IS, UB II
llowlln1Green J , UB 2
ln the Bulls' first appearance in 8uff.OO this seuon, UB came """f with an 8-6
c:omeback win ewer aoss-wwn rMI CanWus.
8ullalo cnllod ~~ at cno po;nt. and narrowed tile marp. to ~2 after ~
Sand&gt;ez hit his seoond solo home ""'heaclinz - ""' e;glnt&gt; """"&amp;·
when ""' Bulb &gt;UrUid ..,.... hits top&lt;her ., • pme chat ""' 8ullalo pound
~ln1

n...-.

out 21 hits but teaYe 14 f'UIV'Ie:rs on base.

Sanchez. 'Nho was 3-for..S with du'l!e REUs and three runs. started the raJty
;, tile e,hch by drim&amp; ;, Rob Golemba wich a double to left cenw.Adrian
Daniels lhen d...,.. Sanchez in wich a &gt;Ingle before Rick Mariano &gt;ingled down
the left ~d to eut the score to 6-5.
·
A1rB -T)Ieo- ~ pkched 4.1
one-run ba.R to get
tile wir&gt;-&lt;e&lt;ire&lt;l tile Grifb ;, onler ;, tile e;gint&gt;. &lt;wu time for a final Bulb' rally.
Golemba bepn ""' rally wich • &gt;ingle to left before Daniels &gt;ingled to ri&amp;h&lt;
'""""" Golemba to chird. jun;o&lt; !&lt;eM Brown """' tied ""' pme wich • dutd&gt;.
I.WO-&lt;&gt;Ut dooble to ri&amp;ht fidd.Aitrr CaniWs bf-oo&amp;ht Tim Smith ;, to pkch.
~riano smashed a rwo-run single 5ntD riJht center for the winning runs.
Juntor jeff Roberuon came in for &amp;l~dne with one 1NI%'f in the nfnch and
;ncluced two - k grooodouts to fini&gt;h ""' come-from-behind win.
The: hitting so.rs were many for the Bulls. Mariano was +for-S with three
RBI&gt; while Sand&gt;ez (l -fo~5 . two &gt;Oio homen). Donie!• (l-for-5) one RBI. Brown
(l-lo&lt;-5) and Mllce Fbheny all had chree hits each.The Bulb improYed to 5-9
with the~ 'While Canisius feU to l-8.
The SuUs got 1 taSte of 'Nhat Jt wil be like In the Mid-American Confe~
next seuon with 1 trip to Ba.¥11ng Green this put weekend. UB dropped all
cbree pmes to tile delend;ng MAC Ownp;on f'&gt;lcon•
Bawlirc Gree1
S.curcby - w i m l r 1 g 7-1 and IS- 11 . US wu
down 14-4 ., ""' second pme before com01g bad&lt; and maldng • dose at ""' end.
On Smday. UB took an early 1-0 lead on a solo home.- by Adrian Daniel&gt;.
Bowtrc Gree1 ded &lt;In che filch. but tile Bulh redarned tile lead In tile ~ on •
home.- by Mari&lt;'W&gt;gel for. 2-1 lead.The F&gt;lcoo. responded wid\ """ homer&gt; of chdr own ;, che boaom of tile ~ for tile 3-2 - In s...by\ pme.

""'"'"' ol

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lrac~ an~ ~iel~
The men's and women's tn.ck-and--Mid teams rounded out the southern portion
of their outdoor track season as they ~ to Tuscaloos:a, AJabama, tO ake
part in the Alabama Relays tNs past weekend. This was a non-scoring meet.
UB continued tt:s record-breaking ~· a.s the meet rnarbd the third of the
season and third consecutive meet where: new school records were: set.
For tile women\ wm, Lido Okelco and Sanh Kranzler broke lndMdual
&gt;chool records in tile
~10. 19) and hepachlon (4.529) . .-..pectively.
New UB records abo wore &gt;et;, tile 4xi 00 ('47.92). 4x800 (9m.66),&gt;nd dimncr
medley re1ocy&gt; ( 12; 18.65). Sanh
che hammer chrow ( 173-~&gt;).
K..amau Halim had 1 ~&lt;by for the men's squad as he-beame the new UB
reconj.ftolder ;, tile crtp1e (ump (49- 11 1/4") and tied che &gt;chool mar1c;, che
iong(ump (13-5 I/4"). NewUB maria abo-re &gt;et;, tile 4x l500 (1 6,o&lt;l. i2)

BOO,_..,

-won

and me &gt;princ medley relocy&gt; (H8.27).

lenni~
WOMEN
Eutem Hichlpn 7, UB 0

Toledo 7, UB 0
The BuHs dropped a pair ol Mid-Amerian Conference matthes on the ~d
ewer tile -'cone~. fall;ng by Identical 7-0 &gt;core&gt; to Eastern Michip&gt; and Toledo.
The Bulls, now 5-8 .,...... and 0-2 ;, MAC ploy. wore forced to ploy
&gt;honNncled u .-..nber fNe &gt;Ingles pi&gt;yer jen Wong wu "'iured at Eastern
Mich;pn. forcing UB to delault her mard&gt;es apinst Eastem Michigan and Toledo.
and number th,.. doubles 1t TcMedo.
Ktls'hn ~was a brigl1c &gt;pal for tile Bulls. Akhough d.-opping
both matches 0\"ef" me weekend. Van Schoonhooten pbred ~l.fallinz ~l.6-l1t
Eastern Michip&gt; and ~3 . ~3 at Toledo.

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St. Bonaventure 7, UB 0
Bowtlns Green 7, UB 0
Toledo 6, UB I
BaJI Sate 6, UB I

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tn0 of
Mid-American Conference ~d losses.
UB started the week with a 7..0kw ltSt.Bon3venwre.The BuUs men lon I
pair of conteSU on S.wrclay, 7-0 to Bowlin&amp; Gree1 and ~I to Toledo. befon.
rounding OUt tile woebnd wich a ~I dechlon to Bail State on Suncby.The Bulb
are now 8-11 .,...... and 0-5 In MAC ploy.
Fre&gt;hman F.y Kasiman picked up UB\IIncies win&gt; ave&lt; Toledo and Ball
State at &gt;econd &gt;Ingles. Kasiman downed Toledo\ [);posh 1\ao ;, nn;ght ..a,~
... 6-l and raJHed to tab I three-set contest 0\"ef" BaN State's Edprdo Riven ).
6. 6-4. 7-S. K.uin'wl b now I 0-4 In siogtes pb:y this season.

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Q&amp;A: LaurU! Krupski discusses
services (lt the Living Well Center

PAGES

Rewriting History

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A safer mmpus environment,

tha11ks to community polici11g

·Match
Day
Cells phones got a workout
on Match Day as fourth ·
year medical students
leamed where they will be
doing their residencies.
Abby Singh and her brother
Sandy, a second-year
medical student, take to the
airwaves to spread Abby's
good news.

Assembly funds new engineering chair
Position is seen as first step toward establishment ofadvanced engineering center
By ELUH GOLDIIAUM

I

News Servk:~ Editor

T

heN~YorkStateAssem-

blybasallocat&lt;:d$175,000
- to support the esl2blishment of a Chair for Competitive Product and Proctss Design
at UB, a position that ~seen as a first
step toward establishing at the universitythe New York State Center for
Engineering Design and Industrial
lnnowtion (NYS.CEDH) proposed
in the current statc&gt;budget.
The new chair is apccted to be
appointed at the start of the Fall
2000 semester by Mark Karwan,
dean of the School of Engineering
and Applied Sciences.
Both the chair and the proposed
center are seen as majbr' assets that

into significant economic development and growth.
Sixteen local companies have
wdtten letters of support for the
cent&lt;T, manydescnbing in detail just
how imponant US's resources are
to their continued commerciaJ suecess, and how thelr own client needs
wiU be weU-served by the new chair
and proposed center.
One local chief executive officer,
for example, called NYS-CEDil ~an
essential step for future growth and
investmentinourarca"andanothcr
vowed that his company would "be
among the firsllo seek their engage·
ment through interactive projects,
involving a significant investment

on our part."

willleverageexistingcomputational

The new chair and center are
dedicated to advancing new in te·

andengineeringstmJgthsat UBand
those in local and regional industJy

grated approaches that allow for
rapi4 devdopment of cost-and-per·

formance·optimizcd designs. They
wo uld enable the applica tion o f
powerful visualization, animation
and multi· sensory v\rtual reality
capabilities that can be used simul -

taneously by geographically distrib·
uted work teams.
"This chair will provide the university with an opportunity to enhance its growing strength in the
area of advanced engineering design
and to become a leader, not just regionally but nationally in this criti-

cal technology for the 2 1st centu ry."
said Karwan.
" Both the chair and the proposed
center will allow us to leverage our
academic expertise with industrial
partners to foster economic development in the region and across the
state."
Thro ugh i~ Depanment of Me+
chanical and Aerospace Engineer-

ing, UB al ready has established

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se lf as a leader in the field of

multidisciplinary design and opti·
mization, which is dedicated to optimizing rhe design a nd performance of complex systems, whether
they arc cars, airplanes or power
plants. Such systems involve mul tiple disciplines, such as structures.
control and aerodynamics.
Last spring, the Third World Con·
gress of Structural and ¥ulti-disci·
plinary Optimization, the field 's
major international cOnference, was

held at and co-sponsored by UB. the
first time it was held in the United
States. Among the papers presented
at that meeting were those demon ·
strating how these concurrent engineering practices have influenced
the bonom line in several \Vestcrn
New York companies.
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Inl(Ut sought on landscaping plan
a, SUE WUETCHQ

Landscape Plan Advisory Commit·

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tee (MLPAC).
In addition to presentation and
discussion of the conceptual plans.
the sessions will review the prelimi·
nary findings of the 1,600questionnaires that were distributed last
month to faculty, staff and students.
as well as members of the nearby
business community.
Designed to "encourage acti ve
public involvement at the crifical
early stages of the master· planning
process," accord ing to Michael
Wright,associateprogramcoordina tor for University Facilities a nd
project manager fonhe landscaping
project, the work sessions are pan of
the fifth phase of a five-phase planning process.Phase I, completed earlicr this month, induded the gath·
eri ngofdataonexistingconditions,
interviews with members of the university community, and an analysis
of the opportunities and constr.tints

ORK sessions have
been scheduled on
both the North and
South campuses to
solicit public input 00 the preliminary
cona:ptual plans for'a campuswide
master landscaping plan.
The sessions will be held from
noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday in 30 I
Crosby Hall on the South Campus
and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March
30 in the second-floor Social Hall
of the Student Union on the North
Campus.
The sessions will be open to all
members of the university conununity, as well as the public.
The conceptual plans have been
developedbythe consulmnt teamthe local firm of Wendel Engineer·
ing and the New York City-based
HOK Planning Group-and mem·
bers of the university\"ide Master

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based on this information.
Thesefindingsformedthebasisfor
Phase 2. developing the initial pre·
liminary design concepts. The cur·
rent effort to solicit input focuses on
the broad conceptual ideas leading to
landscape redevelopment projects
aimed at enhancing and in1proving
thequalityof lifeon bothcampuses.
Phases 3 will include design development. building on the broad
concepts of Phase 2 and the public
input gathered fro m the Phase S
worksessionstocreatedesigndrawingsfor eachcampus. illustrating the
co ncep ~ grea t erdetai l , including
plans forgath ering spaces. pathways
and bikeways. trees and other vegetation,and benches and bike rack.\.
The fourth phase of the project
will involve plans for management
and maintenance of existing and
proposed ca mpus landscapes.
The key goal of the landsca pmg
project, Wright S3)'S. is to create an

envi ronment that will help with the
recruitment of students. "We W'J.nt
parents of potential students, when
they bring their kids to campus for
a visit, to have a good impression of
the un iversity," he says.
Peter Killian, director of market ·
1ng and a member of the MLPAC.
no tes th e a rc hi tects have been
(hargcd with "looking at t"verything.
not just when~ wc can plant flowers."
The archJteCL-; "'i ll take mto (On s1de ra tJ On UB 10.25. a _'\0 -n.·ar
proJect to transform the North
Campus into a greener. mon: lnVIIing physicaTc nv1ronm~nt .
The master plan 1s expe..."tt&gt;ti Ill ht·
(Omp let('d by the end Cll ~1J\,
\Vnght says. notm~ that tht· Jdu.ll
landscapmg " 'or k W ill he.· dune 111
phase!! on· r fiw to 10 n •ar, AI
tho ugh no budget ha:-. been X"t, th~·
proJl"Ct will be financed w1th ... apnJ.l
mom·y, he adds.

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UB doctoral student in counselor education, she holds
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The Living Well Cmtu is a part of
the collaborative Health, Wellness,
and Counsding Cmten of the Di·
vision of Student Affairs. They arc
recognized as complimentary, as
they are mutually dedicated to the
health and well-being of our stu·
dents. Our mission is to foster an
environment in which personal
growth, healthy choices and positive

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Tho wortcshop wil consist of
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and ovoo1opping fedonl _..,
tJon, lnlendod fcK instiiUIIonal
review boards. and an afternoon
program for principallnvetigotoo that will look at the history
and ethics ol, and deYelopments
in, h&lt;Jman-subjects protection.
Tho wortcshop will be led by
Jeffrey M. COhen, assoda~ dl·
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Goebel, )f., oflho Ollice of Educallon Progtoms.
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of the few campus wellness
centers that gives credence to
the " well-rounded nature of
wellness." Can you uplaln
what this means?

WeUne:ss involves a proactive prevention of disease and the conscious

development of the whole self Caring for one's weUness involves deliberate, daily steps toward freely
chosen goals in all areas of life: the
physical, spiritual, cultural, emotional, intellectual, social, occupational and environmental aspects-what we call the inter- related dimensions of wellness. The aim is to
be baJanced, conscious of your self
as a whole and complete per.an, living life as fully as possible.
Why Is It Important for a unlvenlty to promote wellness
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It is a journey to self-discollery and
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positive values, attitudes and choices
for one's health and happiness.

lent stage in their lives to be awak·
ened and engaged in the process of
self-discollery. Many are experiencing tbe freedom toexplo~ all life has
to offer, and can benefit from healthy
gui&lt;lana: and direction from menlof&gt;. Students can learn to rnaDa!l"
their freedom and make healthy
choices to cope with changes in col·
lege, and not tum to negative coping
mechanisms. such as alcohol and
drug use. Bypromotingwellness, the
university sends tbe message that it
cares about the choices students
make for tllernseMs and works to
provide a safe environment for them
to take responsibility for their fu~
and maximize their true potential
WINit ue some of the free
services and resourcu you offer ltudents7

T he services we offer include:
• Relaxation Station: Kick back and
de-stress in a reclining chair with
heated massage pads. Enjoy the
sounds of a water fountain or music to help you escape.
• Wellness Resource Suite: We also
have videos, audio cassettes, CDs
and books for Joan, and magazines
1and journals to browse.
• Prevention Library: Find thousands ofhandou~ pamphlets. post·
ers and brochUJ~S representing
more than 200 h6tlth- and wellnessrdaled 1opics, ~for the lllking!
• AssesSments. blood pressure, body
fa1, =bon monoxide, flexibility, vision testing (byappointment),sb'&lt;SS,
time managemmt, lifestyle assessment, AlcohollOI (CD ROM), diet
assessment (by appointment ).
• Outreach Programs: The Living
Well Center promotes wellness
through a variety ofoutreach activities on campus, including Stress and

Time Management, HealthyfUn·
healthy Rdationships. Alcohol and
Drugs and Safer Sex. Special events
include the Great American
Smokeout, World AIDS Day, Na·
tiona! Collegiate Aloobol Awareness
Week, Safe Spring Break and oth&lt;n.
• Personal Consultations: Meet
one-on-one with our full-time staff
or talk to a POWERadvocatt, astu·
dent trained in wellness education.
POWER Program: An opportunity
to earn""""' aedit outside tbe traditional classroom setting, and add
skills and friends in the process.
SEPAD Program: Student Education Program on Alcohol and
Drugs. Group education classes.
Our services are supponed by stu·
dent fees. so they are mostly for stu·
dents. Howevtt we also support annual empioy&lt;ewellness days and fac.
ulty/staff r&lt;quests for workshops.
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assets. such as creativity, balance,
resilic:r~a and penonal efficacy.

Risk facton ind~regJ&lt;tted experienas, intoleraN:r. peer pres·
sure, vioJencz, and misp&lt;nziYed
norms. Ultimately, tbe moreproteCIM facto11 our students can
identify with, tbe lD()fe they will
be able to rely on their internal

resources and not fall prey io
negative coping mechanisms
such as alcohol and drug use.
According to sociologists. a powerful motivatioo is what we per·
ceive others to be doing. especially
others whom we admire and

wanttoemulate. Weneedtoeducatt tbe campus community on
lite facts ol what is o=rring on
campus that speaks to positive
student devdopmenL We need to
=Und them that tbe majority of
college students are striving towards academic and personal
sucass, and not lite party atmo·
sphere.

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role of the living Center
In terms of alcohol •nd drug
awareness and .,....entlon 7

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The Living Well Center will continue
to move forward to educate students
on the dangen of alcohol and drug
use and misuse. We also are recog·
nizing the need to expand the defi.
nition of prevention (beyond alcohol and drugs) and appreciate the
value of enhanced collaboration. We
are actively creating a prevention
network that will consist of individuals from various service offices dedicated to both the enhancement of
protective qualities and the reduc·
tion of risk factors. Examples ofpro-

In addition to the developmenl
of the pmoentioo network, we're
establishing an updatedpmoen·
tion hbrary. We've ~oped an
int(.ractive theater troop that is
available -for requests around
violence prevention and alcohol
and drug abuse.
Finally, we ha~ added a new
workshop about rdatir.ships,
whether they are dating; family,
roommates, work rdated, et&lt;., to
hdp individuals mo~ effectively
communicatt their needs.

WINit- pi'og~WM or lnltlaltves . . . the .-...Jty
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Exploring concept of color
Perceptual psychologist Palmer to give cognitive science lecture
ay PAlliiClA DONOVAN
N~ Servkes Editor

WARD-WINNING perceptual psychologist
Stephen E. Palmer,
whose inquiry into the
nature of visual perception has
aroused interest across many disciplines, will present the 2000 Universi ty at Buffalo Distinguished
Spcmr Lecture in Cognitive Science from 3:30-5 p.m. April4 in 20
Knox Hall on the North Campus
The talk is sponsored by the Center for Cognitive Science and will be
free of charge and open to the public.
It is co-sponsored by the Department
of Psychology, Department of English, English Language Institute and
School of Information Studies.
Palmer is professor of psychology

A

asking questions about things that
normally are taken for granted.
"Most of us take our ability to see
the world around us oomplctcly for
granted," he writes ... There is no

great mystery to how we do it-we
just open our eyes and look! And yet
when viewed critically as an ability
that must be explained, visual perception is so incredibly oomplex that

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and director of the Visual Studies
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in the influential interdisciplinary
journal, Behavioural and Brai" Sci-

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egories develop across cuJtures and

whether a biologically based explanation of color experience is possible.
He also will address material published in his recent textbook "Vision
Science: From Photons to Phenomenology." ln it, Pa.Jmer explores a
number issues in the emerging field
of vision science, and in panicular
its fundamental question: how we

of cognition are solved more quickly

and oompletely when attacked from
a.s many perspectives as possible.
The resea rch of vision scientists
from different disciplines has resulted in different answers lo
Palmer's question and in the process

bas discovered different pieces of the
puzzle of visual cognition.
'i'he answers from computer scientists arose as they developed machines that deal with input from the
visual world,"Schmidt says "Philosophers' responses come from their

study of how humans derive knowledge from their environments and
become conscious of their world.
"Cognitive anthropologists have
found that cuJtural influences may

Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. In a recent article

"'"'- he addressed the ramifications
of research from diverse disciplines
on aspects of oolor perception.
His research in this field is the basis for Palmer's talk. which will involve such issues as how color cat

Schmidt points out that the

pmnisc of the emerging field of cognitive science is that the problems

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STEPHEN E. PALMER

effect these mechanisms. Neuropsychologists can tell w something of
how we denv. 'experience' from sensory input. Scientists from other disciplines are involved in visual per-

ception research as well-biologists,
neuropsy-chologists, linguists, for

instance."
it seems almost a miracle we are able
todoitatall."

William Schmidt, assistant professor of psychology at UB, calls the
book ..an ext:remdy comprehensive,
integrat ive and interdisciplinary

guide to understanding the way we
see."
Strictly speaking, Schmidt says,
what happens when we .. sec," is that
our visual system interprets noisy
and ambiguous input from a com-

Schmidt notes that Palmer has

boen influenced by the distinguished
perceptual and highly esteemed psychologist Irvin Rock, who bas acted
as a mentor and coUeagueofPalmer's
at uc Berkeley for the past decade.
Rock is a figurehead in the field of
perception who brought an ingenious scientific method to the investigation of a wide range of topics re-

lated to that topic.
Amon-g Palmer's other influential

arc able, so quickly and effortlessly,

plex array of meaningful objects lo-

books are "Of Color and Co n-

to perceive meaningful , coherent,

cated in three-dimensional space.
This raw data has an infmite num ber of interpretations. The principle
question addressed by Palmer is
how our visual mechanisms make
sense of such confusion, something

sciousncss,""Rethinking Perceptual
O rganiza t ion" and .. Reference
Frames in the Perception of Spatial
Structure." He is the former editor
of Cognitive Psychology and is edi -

three-dimensional objects from the
incomplete, two-dimensional pClt -

tern of light that enters our eyes.
Palmer says he began his book
with this question because the first
step in any scientific enterprise is

they do a good job of every day.

tor of the Bradford Books/MIT
Press se ries in cognitive psychology.

Researcher finds new uses for PDT
By LOIS IIAIWI
News S8Vices Editor

HOTODYNAMIC therapy,

P

Therapy Center in Buffalq_ General
Hospital o( Kaleida Health. which
he directs. "It allows broader appli-

is thoughno have significant poten tial for treating certain types of can -

used the standard drug dose, we
never would have been able to use a
light dose that would reach deep
enough to kill the tumor cells \\--ith out destro)'ing normal tissue," he said
" By lowering the drug dose, the
small amount of the drug in normal
tissue bleaches out before it does any

cer.;. lt has been approved to date for

damagc,and by delivering more light.

general usc in treating non-smallcell lung cancer and obstructing
esophageal tum ors, and is being
used on an experimental basis for
several other tumor types.
The procedure exploits the propensity of cancer cells to absorb
higher than normal concentrations
of photosensitive drugs. When ex-

we can reach deeper into tumo rs
where the drug concentration is still

or PDT, one of the most
pi"OI11isingnewcancertreatment s, ma y have muc h
wider application than previously

cation of this therapy in patients

thought, new research by UB faculty
has shown.
Thomas S. Mang, UB clinical associate professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery, found that by manipulating the amount of a light-

basic cancer-research programs. and

sensitive drug and the intensity of
the laser beam that activates it, he
could treat successfully cancer cells

deeply embedded in the chest wall
without damaging surrounding
normal tissue.

This low-dose PDT approach result«! in complete healing in nearly
90 percent of l 02 recurrent br~t
cancer lesions.

Mang will present hi• findings
AprilS at the annual meeting of the
American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery in Reno, Nev.
"These results offer further proof
of the ability to lower drug concentrations and raise light intensity to
successfully treat certain difficult
tumors," said Mang. who conducted
the study at th e Photodynamic

standard 2.0 mglkg dose of the photosensitive drug to 0 .8 mglkg. " If we

who can truly benefit from it."
PDT was developed at Roswell
Park Cancer Institute, the site of US's

posed to light via lasers, these drugs
become toxic and destroy the malignant tissue. Since normal tissue
surrounding tumors also absorbs a

certain amount of the drug, the goal
of researchers and clinicians is to

find a drug-to-light ratio for each
tumor type that will kill the most
tumor cells while sparing the most

high enough to kill cancer cells."
Mang and Ronald R. Allison, UB
associa te professor of clinical radia tion oncology, treated nine patients
with a total of 102 chest-wall lesions.
All the women had undergone surge r y, full -dose radiation and
multiagent chemotherapy.
After receiving PDT, 89 percent of

the lesions healed completely without scarring, Mang found. Of the
remaining lesions, 8 percent became
smaller. Three percent did not respond to the treatment.

"These results offer a glimpse of
the parameters one might be able to

normal tissue.
In the current study involving

use for treating whole fields of discase with linle normal tissue dam-

bi&lt;3St-&lt;ancer lesions that had formed
on the chest wall, Mang lowered the

age," Mang said . .. It gives us very

good local oontrol of disease."

\

Moral philosopher O'Neill
to deliver Hourani lectures
nmely •nd undying Issues •bout ethics and politics will be ana-

lyzed by Onora O'Neill, one of the world 's most respected moral
philosophers, during the six-pan Ororge Houran i L«turcs in Moral

Philosophy, to be held next month at UB.
"Action , Reason and Judgment " is the title of the series, which

will be held at 4 p.m. April 4, 6, 7, II and 14 in 280 Park Hall on
the North Campu s. The April 12lecture wi.ll be held in 141 Park
Hall. The lectures will be fr~e and open to the public, but pre registration is requested. Ca ll 645 -2444, ext. 132, for more information and reservations.
In each lecture, O'Neill will propose ways of thinking about van o us co mponents of the general topic of ethics and politics that meet
demands that often are thought to be incompatible. They are "Thinking About Action ," Ap ril4; .. Thinking About Practical Reason,.. April
6; "Thinking About Reason and Normalcy," April?: "Thinking About
Judgmen t and In stitutions," Apri l II ; "Thinking About Human DI vers ity," April 12, and "Thinking About Boundaries," April 14.

Principal of Newnham College at Cambridge, England, O' Neill
insists that philosophy has pra ctical implications. She was made a
life peer as Bar9ness O'Ne ill of Bengarve for her leadership on such
issues as hun ger. justice and bioeth ics.
She has written widel y o n eth1 cs and po liucal philosophy. par ticularly o n questions of international 1ustice a nd th e philosophy oi
Immanuel Kant.
Her books include .. Faces of Hunger: An Essay on Povt'ny, Ot'vel
op ment and Justice,""Construct 1omof Reason: Exploration of Kant ')
Practical Philosophy" and "Towa rds Ju stiCe and Vi rtue."
The biennial George Hou ran1 LL'Ctures 1n Moral Philosophy hon
ors the former cha ir of the Department of Philosophy. part of the
Co ll ege of Arts and Sc1enccs. One of th e world 's foremost scho lars
in Islami c philosophy and Near East studies, Ho urani died in 1984 .

UB immunologist to present
30th annual Witebsky lecture
lnte m•tlon•lly known UB Immunologist •nd professor emen tus Ernst H . Beutner will deliver the 30th Annual Ernest Witebsky
Memorial Lecture at 7:30 p.m. April 6 in the School of Medicine
and Biomedica l Sciences.
.. Immunopa tho logy of Pemphigus: Past Progrl"SS and f-uture
rectio ns" will be the tOpiC of Beutncr's presentation at 7.:30 p.m. m
Butler Auditorium, ISO Farber Hall, on the South Ca mpus.
The lecture will be free and open to the public. It is spo nsored h\'
US's Ernest Witcbsky Ce nter fo r Immunology a nd the Department
of M•crobiology.
Beutner's p10neenng re~arch led to a better understancling of the
links hetwecn human 1mmune-system componen ts and skin' disorders, including pemph1gus, hullous pemphigo id and lupus eryth&lt;"matosus.
Hi s wo rk for some fou r decades helped defin e a nd sta ndard! t.t'
labeled a ntibody tec hmqu es for microscopy leadmg to improved
diagnostic tests.
He has ea rn t'd many hon o rs for h1s work , mcludmg o ne of fo ur
prestigious awa rds from th e American Ski n Association. a nd ot h(·r.ll
from the Europea n Academ y of Dermatology and the Un1versity of
Tro ndheim in Norwar
He is a menlber of numero us profess1onal orgamzatl ons, mdud ing the New York Academy of Snences and the American AssoCia ·
tio n of Im munologists.

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Student advancement program
honors Patterson, Heckman
The president and adviser of th c Uni versi ty Studc.·n t Alumm Board
( USAB) at UB won top awa rd.) at a rece nt meet mg of Oastnct II of

th e Associat io n of St udent Advancement Program.).
M1chacl G. Patterson. a sen1or ma1ormg 111 busmt"ss admtn iStra ·
t1on who has held vanous offices wuh LISA B. \\'aS named the d1stnct 's
Most Outstanding Student Member.
Kathleen S. Heckman. assistant director 1n the UB ()ffin·ot Alumn•
Relations, was named Most O ut standm g Adv1ser.
Patterson was ci ted for the posit ave 1m pact of his dcdJCatJon,lcad
ership, energy and en thu siasm on mcreastng USAB's membersh1p,
ca mpus visib ility and commun1 ty-scrv1Ce activ111es.
Among the activi ti es cited were Ooziest, US's volleyball -In -the-mud
tournament, and projects with the Buffalo and Erit' County Society for
the Preve~n of Cruelty to Animals and Habitat for Humanity.
Patterson is a membe r of Golden Key Natio nal1-tonor Socaet-y.
Heckman was honored for her interest in and support of USAB.
A member of USAB when she was a UB undergraduate, Heckman
earned a bachelor's degree in geography in 1992 and a master 's degree in business administration in 1995. also from UB.
In her position with the alumni relations office, she coo rdinates
and assists with various alumni projects and events, including homecoming, special-year reunion's and the .. Meet a Mentor Ca reer Net working Program."

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By MAliA McGINNIS
RtpOrttr Assistant Editor

n 1989, UB's Department of
Public Safety underwent a
major chang&lt; when it adopted
a new philosophy, management style and organizational strategy known as oommunity policing.
Today, more than 10 yean later,
the dq&gt;artment is seeing the results
in a safer campus environment.
thanks to thret fedt:ral gmnts totaling nearly $300,000 to assist and enhance itspunuit ofthisoommunityoriented policing method.
John Grela, director of Public
Safety, explains that community policing at UB inwlves assigning campus politt officers to patrol designated areas of campus and to develop
relationships with the various groups
residing or working in these areas.
"Community police officen are
trained to meet with the groups they
serve to define problems, develop
strategies to maintain a safecnvironment and conduct special programs." explained Grela, noting that
Public Safety presents more than
300 programs a year including selfdefense workshops and oeminan on
rape prevention and alcohol and
drug awareness.
"This approach fosters a se n ~ of
co mmunity and actually helps to ci
fo rge partnerships with the various 6

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says Grela .
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promotes proactive problem-solving
and police-community partnerships
to address the causes of crjmc and
r~r. and to recognize patterns of
crime or other problems. He aplains
that problem-solving policing at UB
involves a model known as Scan,
Analyze, Respond and-Assess, or
SARA.whichgivtsofficenthechance
to devise a solution and implement
changes to particular problems.
"'This approach differs &amp;om t:raditiooal policing or what is known
as 'incident-driven policing' because
traditionally police are rea~ive. In
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grants &amp;om the U.S: Departm&lt;nt of questions about sourer of the alooJustice, through its Offia: of Com- hol, where the offmder had been
munity Oriented Policing Services drinking and why, Woods aplains
(COPS), have been integral in main- that they have been able to get Jll()tt
taining and upgrading community infonnation about how students are
obtaining alooholAs a result, several
policing efforts at UB.
In 1995, UB received a $68,000 ban on Main Stteet have been reequipment grant to upgrade its · ferred to the State liquor Authority
computer-aided dispatP, system, and arrests have been made at bouse
which Woods says helped to make parties in the University Heights area.
the operation easier to utilize and
"By providing this type of inforhas elil:ninated the duplication of m7.bon, we are able to deYdop a case,
records. It also allowed for the inte- which allows the local polia: to send
gration of a new computerized ra- in undercover officers to cite: bardio system that is linked to all local tenders or bar owners," explains
law enforcement, fire and medical Grela.
Asking students why they drink
servicr agencies.
The department then received on the survey is helpful. Woods adds,

because it asks specifically if the offender was drinking due to dqnes-sion, habit or emotional problems,
among other reasons. Thi$ allows
office rs to refer offende n to the
Counseling Center or Student
Health Center or to oontact the
penon's raidence boD director to intenoene, if appropriate.
Public:Sofety baoalneolliars aod
two lieutmants....,m,gasoommu-

nity poliu of!icm in se=al locations: the North Campus acadanic
spine, South Campus acad&lt;mic area
and North and South campus ~ ­
dena halls. Thanks to a third federa! grant under the COPS t.Jniversal Hiring Program. the department
last year received $150,000 over
thret years to hire two additional
oommunity pOlice offian to patrol
the residence halls. Woods aplains
that this is important to community
policing efforts. given the in=ase
in students living on campus with
two new apartment oompleusHadley Village and South l..ake Vil lage.
8oth Woods and Grda agree that
sina: they began oommunity policing.Public:Safetyhasseen an increas&lt;
in the number of calls it =-eives,
which they say' is impoTtant sintt
crime often is underreported. Reported complaints have risen &amp;om
13,390 in 1990 to 16,599 in 1999,
while arrests and aime reports have
remained steady. Wrth more crimes
and incidents being reported, they
s:ry they can better establish crime
. trends and problem ......
"Based on my interactjon with a
variety of campus police depart ments and ~tiona! law enforcemcnt department, I believe our
community policing effort is one of
the most sucx:essful nationally," says
Grela, who notes that customer-service swvqs ba"" revtaleda-satisfaction rate between 95 aod 98 percent
since 1995.
Public Safety hos been bonored
for its oommunity policing efforts
with a UB ~ ExcelknceAward
and a Professional Achievement
Award &amp;om the Northeast Colleges
and Universities Security Association.

Media artist receives international honors m
Flanagan's-w_ork is selected for exhibition in one-of-a-kind show for 3D creators
ence!exhibition Web site, &lt;http:/ I

News ~ces Editor
lngasoc:ornmunicMb11001,11t

S7S.000in 1998aspartoftheCOPS
Problem-Solving Partncnhips grants
program, which allows the policing
agency to work with the community
to address penistmt aime and disorder problems. With this grant,
Woods devdoped a partnership with
the University Residence Halls to
look at aloohol-rdated problern&gt;specifically llOdcrase drinking.
As a result oi this grant program.
offia:n who patrol the raidence halls
are trained to deal specifically with
victims aod offenders in alcohol-related incidents and to ask the victim
orolfmdera short series ofquestions
that provides vital infurmation in addressing the problem, says Woods.
Based on these surveys. which ask

organizations on campus by unit - f
.. · - - ang them an pursu1t of a common lllkott Complu -..tety ..__ goal, which is a safer environment," Campus residence hiiiiJ u port of UB't c--.1ty poldng effortJ.

By PATIIICIA DONOVAN

An historical view o( - -

look at what is involved in that one
incident, address it and go on to the
nex t incident ... Grela explains.
"Community policing. specifu:ally
problem-solving strategies, shows
that it often is morr cost dfective
and efficient to look for patterns in
collections of incidents and for
broader, preventi,., long-range solutions to probl&lt;ms."
Tl)e problem-oriented policing
concept provides the structure to
work with the comm.unity to solve
such problems as thefts in Alumni
Arena lockers. parking problems in
a specific area or fire-alarm problems in the residentt halls, he adds.
John Woods, assistant director of
Public Safety, explains that the three

EDIA artist Mar y
Flanagan, assistant
professor in the Department of Media
Study, had her work selected for exhibition in "VRML-ART 2000 ,"

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the annual international media art

co nference held last m onth in
Monterey, Calif.
Work shown in the conference's
juried exhibition was chosen &amp;om
among entrants from 126 nations
and is considered superior in the
field. "VRML-ART" is the only international show of its kind '11\d an
annual "must" for 30 creaton and
those devoted to the virtual 30
online environmenL It now holds
the biggest oollection of 3D art-anddesip sites for the World
Web

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The winning selections will be
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www.vnni.OI'!J&gt;. Prior installation
of Rea!Player and other plugins will

prevent system dashes and other
annoying software oonllicts.
Aanagan's project, titled "the perpetual bed,"' tracks-from th e
patient's point of view-the experiences of ·Flanagan's 9 I -year-old
grandmother while critically ill and
hospitaliz.ed.
"My project was to produce an
o nline, virtual VRML world ,"
Flanagan says, "a virtual world in
which users can interact with each
other &amp;om within a navigable, surrealistic. narrative situated in the
world of my gmndmother's dream
state."

"'the perpetual bed' relies on the
movement of the user/viewer,•
Flmagan says. "It allows them to a -

peDeooemygraodmother's enoounters with transparent, yet tangJble.

beings. m~ and plaas with

which she was engaged while hospi- brings a new sophistication to Web
talized." She calls the 6nishecl work a design. Commercial applications
"mediation betw&lt;en video, interac- presented by designers, architects
tive arlO installation and animation." and independent 3D experts also are
This year's oonference organiurs included in the show.
Aanagan also was honored resay the winning entries featured social and interactive oommunication ~tly as a member of the winning
applications that, like Flanagan's, team that =-ei\led the Stepben H.
expand the fusion of sound, video Coltrin Award .for Excellence in
and text. The show included oom- Communications Education at the
mercial, student aod workshop me- 30th Internatiooal Radio &amp; Televidia applications that demonstrate sion Society Foundation!lndustry
growing interest in the exploration Seminar. The project challenged
participants to examine one of thret
of 30 virtual spatt.
They said audiD and video, Java major media companies30 , Aasb and other such nom soft- NewsCorp., Tiriie Warner or
ware applications ~ widespread VJaoom/~ terms of history,
this year, amplifying what organiz- organization, operations and fi ers called "'a new wave of creative nances, and to recommend a strat..nput by artistsand desiguers who egy for future OU&lt;XZSS.
opocilliae in the !Dtand."
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'Rewriting' medieval history

Grant to allow profto explore Japan's cultural reamceptualizatwn
lly PAlliKlA DONOVAN
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HOMAS Keirstead, associateprofessoranddirectorofgraduatcstudiesin
the Department of History in the College of Arts and Scie nccs, has received a $65,000
Frederick Burlthardt Rtsidential Fe!lowship for R=dy Tenured Faculty from the. American Council of
l.nmed Societies (ACI..S).
The ACI..S Burkhardt program is
a new one, funded by the Mellon
Foundation, to assist tcnu..d scholan engaged in long-term, unusually
ambitious interdisciplinary projects
in the humanities and related social
sciences.
l&lt;eirstead will work
on a long-term study of
Japan's "medieval" period to suggest how a
society may produ ce

and consume its own
historical past, regardless ofil3litcral acruracy.
The fellowship will

support an academic
year of residence at any
one of nine national research centers and will
..quire additional institutional suppo n from US.
Keirstead will begin his residency at
the National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, in September.
Kcirstead points out that it wasn't
un til the 19th century, shortly after
they came in contact with the West,
that the Japanese began to conceptualize their culture as having a medieval period.
"The remarkable thing," he says,
" is that this ' foreign' idea took hold
rapidly and without resistance. O ne
of my chief aims in this study is to
figure out why this was the case.•
Not only did the Japanese assert
that their Middle Ages we.. synchronous with Europe's own, roughly
from the years 1100 to 1500, says
Keirstead, but, as in Europe, they
heavily gendered the period as male.
"That is to say, the qualities and
values linked to the Middle Ages in
both the European and the Japanese
imagination are those traditionally
attributed to men. Physical courage, honor, strength and loyalty are
t he q u a liti es celeb ra ted in t he
period's heroes: knights and kings

who became romantic, mythical
andevensaintlyfiguresinthepopular imagination.•
Wbydid this happen? Keirstead
points out that to 18th- and 19thcentury Europeans. the Middle Ages
not only described a period in their
own historical past, but came to be
considered by them a necessary
transformativt period in the dcvelopmeot of any nation.
It may have been to japan's benc:fit, then, to 'reimagjne' a japanese
history mo"' in !iDe with that of the
Eu ropeans with whom they were
then engaged, says kirstcad. For if
the European mind oould not con crive of a "real" nation that had no
m edieval era, then japan would
need such a historical
era if it was to be ,._

garded as a "real" nat ion in European
parlan ce. Fu rt hermore, that period as
d escribed by the
Jap anese would be
even more like the
Eu ropean Middle
Ages if it was rife with
' manly virtue.

"Consider

as

well." he .says, "that
Europeans writing in the 18th and
19th centuries .tended to feminize
Asian cultures and to characteriu
them as physically weak, passive,
decorative, soft and loathe to fight
Given the respect paid
to 'masculine' socid:ies
vis a vis 'feminine' so-cieties by the powerful
Europeans. japan may
have had a powerful in-

this historical period to work
throush or think about oontem porary problems," he says. "Eigh teenth - and 19th-century Japanese

writers, for instance, produced
many historical romances set in the
period between 1000and 1500. One
common practiCl' was to disguise
political criticisms of the current
..g;me by hiding it in stories set in
the medieval period.
"Then, in the 19th century, when
Japanese h.istorians began to describe this era in earnest, they made
new use of its stock of medieval
characters, reinvented as natio nal
heroes, to draw lessons about japan
as a nation and to sell them to tht'
public," l&lt;einstead says.
He says later historians, novelists,
and 6lnunakers have made different uses of this period. In the 1920s
and '30s, for example, "medieval )a-

pan" became a resource for asserting the uniqueness of japanese cul ttm and contesting the validity of
Western ideas.
After World War II, he says a
"new" medieval Japan was fo rmulated, one that asserted the nonnalcy
of japan's histOrical foundati ons.
"Ftnally; says Keirstead. "in the period since about 1980, coincidin g
with Japan's full emergence as a dominant, global economy, yet another,
pheryomenally successful medieval
japan has emerged This time we're
getting a vmion of the Middle Ages

Keirstead points

. . . no

is not the only one J...,.se hlslDf7, Mk:rosoft UHS tile period •s
Japanese have known. the Jetting for • new computer game.
He says that in his research he, will that stresses its exoticism and foreignbe looki n g at h ow the " Midd le ness, and suggests that japan reall y
Ages" were described by Japanese isn'tsuchadoscdsocietyasitseems."
writers, historians and artists o\fer
Says Keirstead: .. l.t's these twists
a long span of time-from the pe- and turns in th e tale of Japan's
riod before there was a no!)on of Middle Ages-and whatthey might
Middle Ages as such, through to the tell us about the production and
present day.
consumption ofhistor)"-that I'll be
"Japanese have long made usc of investigating."'

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.MCEER forms partnerships
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At this time of ye•r, it is difficult NOT to think. green. With memories of St. Patrick's Day and the vernal equinox stiU fresh in our minds.
and as we look forward to Earth Day on April22, green thoughts are
with us. From info rmation on recycling, to sustainable design, to
alternative energies, the Web can offer numerous resources about
the gree nin g of o ur society.
At the US Web site you ca n vJsit UB Green &lt; http :/ I
wtngs.buff•lo.eclu/ ubgreen / &gt; to learn about the .. Think Green"
Campaign, UB's environmental programs and policies, and
the environmentally active groups on campus.
The UB Green Office &lt; http://wlng• .buff•lo.edu/ ubgreen /
groups/ ubgreen/ ubgrenofk.htm&gt; provides overall stewardship
ofUB environmental programs and efforts. Visit the US T hink Green
Campaign site &lt;hHp:/ / wlngs.buff•lo.edu / ubgreen/ groups/
ubgreen/ thlnk_green.htm &gt; to learn of the ca m paign details and
partners, includi ng the Dymaxion Eco -House SA (plans to const ruct a staw-bale, passive solar test eco- hou ~). the Spring 2000
environm ental graduation pledge and th e efforts of various parts of
the university community toward achievi ng green objectives.
You can explo re the UB 2025 Campus Land Use Plan, the Ride
Share Program , th e Buildings Co nse rvation Contacts Network and
the G reen Building Desig n Projects by clicking on t he US Environ mental Ta s k Force C ampus Proje cts page &lt; http : //
w lng1.buffalo.odu/ ubgroen/ group1/ ETJ/ ETJ _project1 .ht m &gt;.
For cu rren t environmen tal resea rch taking place at US, th e UB
G reen s ite provides an exce ll ent listing of 16 links &lt;http://
wlngs.buffalo.edu/ ubgreen / research/ lndez. .htm &gt; to sites for
the Enviro nm ent and Society Institute, Buffalo Jo urnal of Environ
mental Law, ID EA (Center for Inclusive Destgn &amp; Environmental
Access ), the G reat Lakes Program and others.
Other sections of the UB Green site arc worthy of you r mterest. Some
of the se includ e th e Tallorics Dccla ration &lt; bttp ://
wlng1.buffalo.edu/ ubgreen/ tallolres.htm &gt;, UB Recycles &lt;http:/
/wlngs.buffalo . edu lubgroen / ~dlng /lndex . htm &gt; and the Science and Engin eering library's EnvironmentaJ Resources page &lt;http:/

BrieD

antive to assert a dif-

out, however, that the
19th-century version
oftheir"MiddleAges"

Web offers the resources
to "Think Green" at UB

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• Condition assessment. to betterestirnate realand potential earth quake losses
• Decision-support systems, to
enhance emergency response and
post-earthquake ..covery.
"MCEER's research program is
predialled on the promise that the
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You c.an never have a comp ut er that 's too fast. That 's th e thinking
of researchers in the Ce nter for Computational Research (CCR), who
received a $ 139,680 equ ipm ent donation that will speed up procc) sor communications nearly 100-fold .
Myri co m, In c. has donated leadi ng-edge Myrinet interfaces and
switches th at have been integrated int o the CCR dual -boo t LinuxJ
Sola ris Sun Microsystems cluster.
Russ Miller, d irecto r o f CCR and professor of comp uter science and
engineering, called the duster "uniquc in the field of scientific research"
and said it will prOvide "a cost-effective advantage for CCR users."
With thi s additional networking equipment, CCR bolsters its pla ce
amo ng the eli te supercomputing sites arou nd the world that a re u) ing duster-computin g systems fo r pioneering research.
Clusters p rovide an economical way of achieving high perfo rmance
by dist ribut ing demanding computations across an array of commod it y computers. Miller sa id Myrinet is a packet -communication and
switching technology that is widelr used to inte rconnect clusters nf
workstations, PCs or single -board computers. The Myrinet hardware
also is capable of detecting and isola ting communication faults. and
can automatically switch to alternative com munication paths.
Myrinet co mponents are used by more than l.OOO resea rch cen ters a ro und the world , including ma ny govern ment agen c1c) and
un ive rsities, to link not only computers in clusters. but ah.o com puters in local area networks on ca mpus.
Miller believes this new networking technology will allow CCR to
grea tly expand its capacity, allowing 11 to provide more computing
cycles at lower cost to the UB and Western New York research co m munities. Acco rding to Miller, fewer than 10 universities in the U.S
have th e capabi lities of providing high -performance co mputin g
cycles as powerfDI as those available in CCR.
..
Faculty members from 40 research groups , cove ring 18 different
departments at the university, are usi ng CC R facilities. Students tak ·
ing CCR's graduate-level courses in high -performance co m puting
are using the duster, along with researchers in chemistry, chemica l
engineering, and mechanical and aerospace engin eering. In addi tion , the university has worked with such local research institutions
as Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Hauptman -Woodward Medi cal Research institute, as well as such local companies as Occidental
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UB represents U.S. In Montreal festival, while Belgian theater company performs here
TRANSITION S
Moving Up

·lAcE presents theater here and abroad

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HE performam:e arts at
UB will tal&lt;e on a decid ·
edly international flavor
n&lt;XI month, thanks to the
dforts of the D&lt;partment of Theatre

piltlnent oj Surgoly• . . . _ .

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ond clrociDr of the De~of-5o.ogicll

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Umbo" at 8 p.m. tonight through
Saturday and atS p.m. Sunday in the
Katharine CorneU Theatre in the
Ellicott Complex on th e North
Campus (see box).
The festival will feature perfor·
mances by companies from Belgium, France, Canada and Poland,
as wdl as the UB performance rq&gt;resenting the U.S., and workshops
by directors, including a session led
by Horne on ~ Strasberg's pro·
gram of"method acting."
All these activities, Home says,
will give UB students an opportu·
nity to hone their craft in a competi·

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and Dance's International Artistic
and Cultural Ex&lt;hangc Program.

Students and faculty from the
Department of Theatre and Dance
in UB'sCoUege of Arts and Sciences
will be the only participants from
the United States in the prestigious
l..es Fetes Theatricales du Suroit In·
temational Theatre Festival, which
will be held n&lt;Xt month at the College de VaUeyfield in Montreal.
The week-long festival will tal&lt;e
place under the umbreUa of the In·

tive setting; meet actors, directors

and technical designers from several
nations, and oompare performance
techniques with actors from other
cultures.
Under the auspices of the lACE.
delegations from the UB Depart·
ment of Theatre and Dance have
represented the U.S, at distinguished
international performing-arts festivals in Argentina (1995), Costa Rica
(1996), Canada (1997), Colombia
( 1997), Miarni (1997), Spain (1997),
Mexico ( 1998) and Belgium. ( 1999).
Theater artists from many countries
have served artistic residencies at UB
under lACE auspices as well.
Belgium's Theatre Company of the
University of Liege (TUl.g}-&lt;&gt;ne of
th~ world's oldest and best-known

temational University Theatre M -

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sociation, an initiative of the
UNESCO International Comntinee
for Culture and Development.
UB's performance in Montrealits ninth international theater festival appearance since 1995--was organized by the theatre department's
International Artistic and Cultura1
Exchange Program (lACE),
founded and directed by Maria
Horne, assistant professor of theatre
and dance.

The university will present a pro·
duct ion of "Savage in Limbo" by

AcademyAward·winningplaywriglll
John Patrick Shanley. The play will
be directed by Home and feature a
cast of five UB students: Amanda
Casarella, Kree Fieldsa, Tom

BRIEFLY
UUAB to present
jazz worlishop, concert

NYS-CEDII

To wbmit iUms obout ,_ UB
. , . , _ , thoselMrlng. or those
whohawbeenptfJITICUd.smd
by emoi/ to T1umit.bu or this addrm:
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The UniiiOnlt)i lNIIon ActiYIIies
Boord on Mondly wllpreent
"A Doy of Ju&gt;, • a woobhop and
concert.pmented by the Eric
Mlntet Quartet.
The quortet wtllpreent.
. froeln~ woobhop"""'
lla.m. to,_,lntheStudont
Union lobby and a ccnart
Monday owning In Hlrrimon
Hall on the South Campus. The
concert ts free for students and
ss fa&lt; the gene&lt;al public; door&gt;
open at 6'30 p.m.
Founded by ploMt and
composer Eric Minttl, the quartet has performtd at the Wh~e
- a n d the Kennedy Center
In Woshlngton, D.C.

included seminars and workshops
for UB theatre-and-dance stude!ts,
language students and the general
public.
Home says she could not hav.'
accomplished as much as she has
without the oollaboration and assistance of her UB colleagues. For in·
stance. she says, the TUl.g visit was
made possible with the help of
. Gerard Bucher,Melodia Jones OWr
in French; Maureen Jameson, associate professor of Frmch; the De·
partmentofModeml..anguagesand"
Literatures; the Departmmt ~
am and Dance. and the d,uncil on
International Studi&lt;sand ~
" In particular," she says, "Kerry
Grant, dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences, has off=d invaluable
assistance through his continuous
encouragement to keep developing
opportunities that will strengthen
international relationShips and
cross~ understanding."

These capabilities would r&lt;quire
full funding of the proposed center,
which caUs for the oonstruction of
a six-wall CAVE (trademark) that
represents the state of the an in
immersive environments. Only the
Univ&lt;rsityof!llinoisatOlicagoand •

will enable researchers to test new
designs of new automobiles, aircraft
and other vehicles and virtually
•drive• the.m under a variety of
weather conditions
• The Distributed Computing
VISUalization System, which pro·
vides a testbed for exploring the fea·
sibility of lower cost immersive environments for industry
• The Powerwa11, which will enable large groups of individuals to
interact in a d:tJ"ee..d.imensional environment oollaboratM!y; it is essen·
tial for industrial training~
Bloebaum said that.a key advan·
tage of the new chair and proposed
center is their emphases on ..cluster-

university theater compani~will

visit UB April 13·17.
TULg will present a free public
performance in French of the play
"Kalka," an adaptation of"Communication a une academie,'" a witty,
absUrdist short ~ry by Franz Kafka.
The performance will take place
at 7 p.m. April 14 in the Katharine
ComeU Theatre in the Ellicott Complex on the North Campus. It will
be followed by an open discussion
with the dirKtor and actors.

MacVirrje, M organ Tian r and Chris-

topher C Young. Two student design·
ers. Sarah Babin and Eric S. Kangar,
also will participate, along with Brian
Cavanagh, technical director of UB's
Preifer Theatre, who will direct tech·
nical aspects of the production.
The Department of"llteatre and
Dance also wiU pfCSCnt "Savage in

This performance by TUl.g will
be the principal event of its resi·
dency with the UB Departmmt of
Theatre and Dance and oomes a year
after UB students from the department appeared in the Univ&lt;rsity of
liege Thearr. l'&lt;stival.
The TUl.g production has been.
presented in brael, Russia and Belgium. Saul Flkin, professor and act·
ing chair of the UB thearr. department, saw the Belgian performance
last year and pronounced it "a won derful piece of theater." It will bedi·
reeled by Robert Germay, founding
director of the Uege Germanists'
Thearr. Company and a monber of
the board of directors of UNESCO's
International Theater Institute.
The TUl.g residency, spoiUOred
by UB's lACE. caUs for Germay to
present lectures to students of the·
ater, dance and French.
In addition to performances at
UB, each international residency has

.. This is a prime region to develop
these kinds of capabilities because we
have a broad base of tedonblogyoom·
panies that are growing."said Karwan.
'"The kinds of jobs these oompanies
bring to the region are not S&lt;t;vice sec·
tor jobs, but good jobs in manufacturing, research and--erl"gineering, as
weU as in information tedmology.n
He added that NYS-CED!I would
capitalize on the ullivc:rsity's Center
for Computational Research, one of
the nation's top 10 academic com-

or managu to better understand the

design from a variety of perspec·
lives," she said. "These technologies
also allow for virtual rapid
prototyping, which makes it pos·
sible l.o create a vinual prototype

that is true to the final product in

putational centers, whose m ission

also involves high-end visualization.
.. Given that one of our research ~

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that the proposed center will feature :1

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significant ne\~ investments in that
area, this combination of resources ~

ing," the creation of industries that

opens up brand new opportunities ;
in terms of multidisciplinary activi- Ci
ties and for attracting media, digital ~
arts and entertainment companies
A
here-the Pixars of the world," he ....nng
oontinued.
.,._...t ...,,.,, wOIIIof~-Christina Bloebaum, associate

professor and chair of ihe Depart·
ment of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering and an intemationaUy
known researcher in the field ,

agreed.
"VISualization, ranging from flat
screen 2D to fully irnmenive tech·
niques, enable a designer, engineer

size, shape, rotor and performance.
One also can visualize information
about the analysis of the design; that
is, for&lt;:Xal)lple, how will an airplane
wing deflect under some sort of gust
loading? You oould actually- the
plane wing deform under different
loads."
.

Iowa State University have or are
building such a &amp;cility, and each has
had &lt;Xtensive oollaborations with
such companies as Ford, Proctor
and Gamble and John Deere.
Other key katures include
• The Dynamic Vehicle Motion
Base lmmersive Simulator, which

use similar technologies in a given
geographic area, such as Silioon Val)ey or Boston's Route 128:
"The idea is that if you get a 'clus·
ter' of high-tech companies andresearch entities, they will leverage off
one another SJ as to increase development,• she said. · our 'duster'
would &lt;Xtend even into Canada,
since there arc centers of c:xallence
in this area that ""'not only rom·
patible with our center, but syner·
gistic. Such a clustering hen will
enable oompanies and research ten·
ten to do much more than they
oould individually."

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•Ito&lt; one period.The second poriod
ended the same. with an Edwards
takedown and an escape by Sates.
makin&amp; tt 4-2 going into the third
period. Staces took the down
posltion to start and quiddy
escaped, making It a one-point
match at 4-3. Edwards "WOUld come

ATHLETES OF
THE WEEI{

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was
cbtieheldel

3 for 6 in

a
split at M L
St Miry's. The freshman

~:'cted hitter also
In three runs in the
serieS, including a pair in
UB's 8-4 nightcap wtn over
theM
·
andarun
scored in- the crucial sixth
Inning rally of game two
that gave the Bulls their
nwgin of victory.
Kllil VonSchoonhoven
of the
en'stennis team
scored 1 singles victo&lt;y and
teamed with Michelle
Mercer for a key doubles
win in UB's 4-3 triumph over
Robert MDITis. She defeated
Amanda Chabonek, 6-4, 62, · at No. 4 singles .
VonSchoonhoven and
Mercer defeated Da ni
Tremba and Laura Roberts,
8-3, in the No. 2 doubles
match.

~ck and score two mon:
akedowns In the period. one
resutting in a near fa.ll. giving him
twO additional back points in the
10-4 win.
The loss eliminated StateS from the NCAA Championships. He wu cwo
wins shy ol platina for AII·Atnerian honon and finished wi1ll • 2·2 .-..:o.-.1.
indudlng a win by fa.ll during the championships He finishes thtS senon wrth a
28-13 record and recorded aJI of UB's tum po.nu in the dwnpionstups With
twO wins, one by a fall.
•
joe Downey squared off against Corey Andenon of Cornell and km. 1n a bll
at I :32. Downey was elimimted fn the loss. and finishes his suson at 26-15
At 133 pounds. Stgwn ~el squared off against Jason Nagle of Penn fn an
elimination match and lost by fall m 4:56.The lou eliminated Kegel and ended
his se.a.son with a 30-12 record.

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Biochemistry, Posting #I R-20033.

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UB won a palr of doubles matches to p•ck up the team po1nt that proved to be
the winning margin u the Bulls def~ted visiting Robert
Morris. &lt;f-J.ln women! tennis action at the Vi/~ Glen
Tennis Club Sawrcby afternoon.
The number cwo doubles combin;ation of Michelle
Mercer and Kns VonSchoonhoven defut.ed RMC's Duu
·
Trem~ and Lau~ Roberu.S-3. UB's jen Wong and Shan•
Amarasinghe downed Amanda Cha.bonek and Wendi
Swanson, 9-7 , at No. 3 to sew up the point for the Bulls.
In singles action.VonSchoonhoven defeated Chabonek.6--4. 6-2.at
No. 4. Other singles Wlnnen for the Bulls induded Nkole Sargent at
num~r two, a 6-2.6-2 VIctor over Trem~ and K.a~ M~rd . who ''dou~
~eled" Christine O 'Connor, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 3.
'We won ugty," satd Suits coach Kathy Twist. ' 'but wt were able to puU out
the win."
The Bulls improved their season re&lt;ord to s.s 01nd now head into the MidAmerican Conference portion of !:herr schedule with nine of the next I0 :agamst
conference opposition. The Bolls tr:JYel to Eastern Michigan ;;and Toledo next
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The Bulls split a doubiehe;;ader with Mt. St. M;;a ry's over the weekend. UB
dropped the fint pme. 6-1. ;;and boone~ b&lt;J.ck to cake the second game. 8-4
In the opener. UB scored the first run on an RBI singte by Rick Manano. Mt.
St. M;;ary's "WOUld COf'ne b&lt;lck to SCorl! rolo runs m the second and third Innings
to cake che le;;ad and seal~ the pme with a run in the fifth and th~ In the
sixth. Tom Januchowskl took the loss and fell to 1-3 on the yea.r.
The Bulls bounc~ ~ck and won the nightcap. 8-4. u Anthony Pucoa
ptcked up his first wit\ of the season. He now Is 1-2 on the yea.r. Puccia went 5.0
inninp, giving up four runs on five hia ;;and nrildng out frve. }eft' Robertson came
on to pitch the bst twO inninp and pick up his second 52W! of the seuon
Muiano was the hitting star qain,going 2-for-3 with one run and
twO R.Bis. UB scored singte runs In the first. thtrd and fourth tnnings. ;;and
led 3-2 goiog into the sixth when the Bulls scOfl!d four runs. Kevin
Brown knocked in one run and Brandon DrCes.a.re tud ;;a ucrffice fty to
score another run in the inning.

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The Bulls found no southern hospicality during therr weekend tnp to the
Winthrop Classic in Rock Hill. South U.rolin;;a.. UB dropped ;;all four of ru
contes:a duriog the tournament ;;and now sands at + 12 ovenll
In the fintgame of the tourney. the Bulls nn rnto 1999Women's World
Series participant Southern Misstssippi.loSing to the Golden Eagles. 15..{)
Southern Mississippi went on to win the tournament With seven viaones,
Including five straight shutouts.
UB then continued pool play With losses to Dqton (20-3) ;;and tourney host
Winthrop (6-2).The Bulluhen moved into the elimtnaoon round. whe~ they
dropped ;;an 11 -2 deoston to Mid·Amenca.n Conference rmrl Akron to elftj the
toum;;ament.
Against Dayton. the game was dose oYer the fint four mnrnr &lt;IS the Bulls
trailed by a S-3 score with RBI:s by Scacee M;;adden. Ktm Sud&lt;J.kow ;;and T rna
Bre;;akell.
Facing Wmthrop rn the final game of the pool pi~. tt was another dose
pme u the Bulls a-ailed I-{) through six before the Eagles scored five m the last
inning. UB nllied for ;;a pair of runs scored by Su&lt;bkow and Krm Coon m the
bottom of the sewnth but got no closer
Breakelt tud the Bulls' cwo RBis in the I0-21oss to MAC member Akron

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Q&amp;A: Sherry/ Weems .ta/Jcs about
the unique focus ofEOC

PAGE6

Coping with Pain

PAGE l

UB geologists find upstate NY
is crisscrossed by faul!S

Propaganda posters
produced in the People's
Republic of China from
· 1962-82 hang on the wall
in the reference section of
Lockwood Library as part of
an exhibit, "From
Revolution to Reform," on
display through April 30.

Senate panel reports on CAS budget
Budget Priorities Committee report urges faculty involvement in budget process
lly MARA McCiiNNIS
Rtp011~ Assistant Editor

A

comprehensive report

detailing the budget defi-

Slie noted that the only constraint
the committee had in completing
the ta.sk was that the report bad to
meet the wproval of CAS Dean

cit and financiaJ- man -

Kerry Grant and Provost David

agement problems facing
the CoUege of Arts and Sciences and
how the coUege is addressing_these
issues was presented Tuesday to the
Faculty Senate by the senate's Budget Priorities Committee (BPC).
Susan Hamlen, chair of the BPC
and associate professor ofaaounting
and law, presented the report, explaining that the committee's intention was
to d.....Jop a factual account of the
major budget issues, including how
the deficit occurred, how it is being
managed, its impact on the coUege
and the panel's recommendatiOns.

Triggle before it was released to the
university community.

"It is increasingly important that
thefuculty unOO.tand what the budget process is and to get the faculty
and administration together talking
in a productive way about these issues," said Hamlen. "Although the
statement focuses on CAS, its general recommendations apply to aU
units," she added.
The universitfs new "all funds"
budget strategy calls for units to
align expe nditu ~ with their own
available revenues, whether th ey

com e from tax support, tuition .
sponsored research, endowments o r
other sources.
Hamlen cited two ma}or recommendations. The first, she said, is that
some process be put into place to
measu re consequences and to evaluate the costs and benefits of budget
decisions. Secondly, she said, "we fee)

it is extremely important that (CAS)
faculty be very much involved in the
decision -making process."
The repon states that "the process
of se tting priorities, growing rev enues and managing costs will not
succeed without the suppon of the
major players -the facult y and
staff"'-and urges "all deans to encourage (their) invotvement."
According to the repon . the CAS·s

st;ne-budget appropriation officially
stands at about S45.8 million for the
current fiscal year, but $2.5 million
of that total is unavailab\e due to accumulatrrl prior shortfalls. In addition, CAS this ~ rect"ived a permanent base reduction of about $2.2
million , while its expenditures in creased by nearly $3.4 million from
1997-99. The report states that "unless decisive measures were taken, the
cumulative effect would have been a
sho rtfall of mo re than $4.8 million
by the end of the current ye.lr and

would have grown each year until the
budget was (balanced)."
The reason that expenditures rose

so rapidly between 1997 and 1999,
accord in g to the repon , is due to
~tWwed_,....7

Assessment of faculty IT needs urged
lly MAliA McCOINNIS
Rq&gt;orttr Assistant Editor

A

N assessment that would
evaluate the degree to
which the university's

computing-and-information-technology structures, ex-

penditures, priorities and support
are meeting faculty needs was proposed in a resolution presented Tuesday to the Faculty Senate.
The resolution, presented by Robert Straubinger, associate professor

of pbarmaceutics and a member of
the Faculty Senate Computer Services Committee, addresses faculty
concerns about what it calls the
university's lack of assessment on

inforrnation ~ t echno logy expenditures. priorities and delivery of sup-

pon meet the needsofitsend users,

particularly faculty" and specifically,
the degree to which the "decentralized administrative structure for
computing and information tcrh nology" supports the needs of fac ulty.lt also calls for the administration to institute a plan to make regu lar assessments in the future.

U:We need lo get some sense of the
degree to which faculty needs are
being met. The resolution really attempts to address that ," said
Straubinger. " It describes (briefly)
the many points in which informa-

tion technology touches o n th e

implementing information technology, particularly its effects on facul ty
responsibilities, including teaching.

teaching and learning proca.s, and
basically it requests a review of the
information- technology delivery as

research , administratio n and se r-

it meets faculty needs."
Straubinger noted that earlier
drafts of the resolution called for the

vice.
_
It calls for the administration and
the Faculty Senate to jointly perform
the assessment by forming a task
force that would determine "the degrtt to which the computing-and-

possibility of h;JVing the evaluatio n
done by an outside consul ting firm,
but after that issue was debated at a
recent mectingpfthe senate's execu-

tive committee, the co mputing
committee decided to eliminate it
from the final version.
The highest prio rity during the
assessment, Straubinger explained.

would be to look at the function of
the nodes because "they are a pri mary source of delivery of informa tio n -technology resou rces to the
faculty" and then to m ove- on to
other issues of part icular importance to the faculty.
"The reason for concentrating on
the nodes is because this is a new administrative structure with a track
reco rd of a co upl e yea rs," said
Straubingcr. "There seem s to be a
wide range of services provided by
different nodes. i'li-ere seems to be

very different philosophies of how
nodes see their m ission and a wide
range of faculty involvement. It may

be a considerable difficulty for fuculty if their needs do not match the
priorities or delivery of the nodes,"

he added.
A5 fo r how the assessment would
be conducted, Straubinger ex ·

plained that the evaluation instru ment itself is something that would
require considerable discussion.
.. Probably o ne o f the simplest
things to do initially is to poU node
directors and poU a selection of fac -

ulty," he said. "We were purposely
vague on the instrument to be used.

Asurvey probably would be the plaa:
to stan and I think node directors

should be surveyed for their ideas
and on how they run their nodes."
In response to a faculty concern
about the amount of spending on
IT, Straubinger said that was not a
co nsideration of the comm itt ee
when drafting the resolution. "The
biggest problem the committee had
is really trying to be.,i:nvo lved in the
decision-making process at all. De·
cis ions are being made all of the timt&gt;
that affect us and it was felt that we
needed to evaluate the rt.""Suhs of the
decision- making process. i.e .. the
delivery of information ttthnology.
and whether it's meeting needs,
rather than focusin g upstream on
the so urces."

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Shenyl Weems has been director of the Educational Opportunity
Center (EOC) since 1990. Prior to that, she was associate director
and coordinator of the center's College Outreach program.
Who does the EOC serve7

Bytradition,ourstudentsaredefined
as being economically disenfran·
chised and academically disadvantaged. Economically disadvantaged
means poor. And the conditions of
f&gt;oy.rty are different. You have som&lt;
people who have been welfure J'&lt;cipi·
ents over a period of~- We have

people who have been gainfully employed and then found themselves
unemployed at some point. We have
people who are underemployed and
although theyareworkingeveryday,
they're still not making enough
money to make ends meet. Academic
disadvantagedness suggests that
people may not have completed high
school and they're here to get aGED.
It could mean that someone is here
because they don't haY!: English-language proficiency to render them

competitive in the academic arena or
the work world and they need ESL
(English as a second language) train·
in g. It could mean someone who has
graduated from high school but is il·
literate. Or someone who has been
out of school for a number of )'t'&lt;m
and has been bit by the "education
bug." They want to return to coUege
but the gap has been too wide, so they
need a tittle introduction before they
actually jump into the colleg~ arena.
Wh•t progr•m s are offered?

Besides the- programs I've already
mentioned-the GED, lireracy, ESL

and college prq&gt;-we also have a
collection of vocational and jobtraining programs. These programs
change because the demands
change, markets change,mnstiruencies changes, the desiled skills sets
change. At one time there were
about 2 I different training programs; now we have about I2. But
they' re designed very differently
now because we do a lot of employer-specific training. For example, call centen are popping up
all over the place with a very specific need. They want potential job
appticants who have four or five dif.
ferent kinds of skill sets and they say
to us, "If you can provide this for us,
train people to be eligible for employment with us, we can develop
an artirulation and work with you."
We do those kinds of things more
and more now. A few of our programs come from grants, others are
a fixed part of the curriculum, such
as the business-office skills program,
graphics and arts program and the
altied health component.
Wh•t sets EOC •fNrt from
other Job-tr•lnlng centen 7
1

What makes us unique is the,..;, that
we not only bring the appropriate
skiU sets as professionals to the envi·
rorunent;.we know,what we'redoing
and we do it wdl. But there's a tremendoUs amount of compassion
that we also bring to this particular
setting. It's because nianyof us aie so

dose to the reality ofour students that
""'reallyundentand what the lifestyle
is 1iU, what it takes to get OY!:t to the
other side, what it tak&lt;s to sustain
onesel£
I undentlnd EOC h uplorlng
M • p.ertner In lo-

• new focus

&lt;81 - - · ................t .

This outreach to employao is something that is new and different for
us. We're ·saying that as partnm in
workforce development, w. are prepared to provide upgrade training
for their employees, we're prepared
to design or tailor programs to their
specific training needs and inteiests.
Are there other EOC1 In

SUNY?
There are 12 EOCs across the state.
Two are counseling outreach cent=-they just do employment and
college counseling. Ten operate as
we operate.
How many students •ttend

school•t •ny given tlme7
We serve about 2~000 students over
the course of a year in day and
evening programs, weekend pro-

grams abd summer piogram$. But
at any given time, we probably have
about 700 in·the building. The students are supported by faculty and
stalf!that number around lOO: Our
faculty come with the expertise in
the areas in which theyteach.It'slike
a team approach because you just

don't come to EOC to take a
class; you come to EOC to redefine your life. ·

c.. )'OU toll - - the

IIIIIDCl - . 7

.

It's a wd&amp;.re-to-work program.
State legislation mandated that
people who reaive public assistance must, within two years. get
their act together: find a job. go
to school, do whale= they want
to do. If it doesn't work the first
time, they ha~ only one other
opportunity to do this. And by
five years they're off the (welfure)
rolls. To serve this population,
moneywasmadeavailabletoprovide support and services. We
treat those students a little differ·

ently. The legislation is very focused. It basically says find these
people. train them and get them
out to the work fo=. But I beti&lt;V&lt; it's creating a rovolving door.
You cannot take someone who
has no history and in four weeks
prepare them to go to work. You
have to feed some academic·support in there; ynu have to provide
other kinds of outrcad&gt; support.
We've taken the BRIDGE pro·
gram and integrated it in.withooir .
program at EOC. We get those
students into. classes; wo also in·
tegratetheirexperi~ with academic support and mentoring.
We .do .a lot ~II! tho« s!Jidents.
before W&lt; tum them loose.

. . '

Alumni Association to present annual awards
Honorees to include internationally known neurologist, fouruiing dean ofHRP

lly MARY llln1t SPINA
News Servkes Editor

T

H E host of an award winning National Public
Radio program, a UB
neurologist internation-

ally known fo r his research on child·
hood brain tumors and the found ·
ing dean of UB's School of Health
Related Professions will be among
10 individuals honored a t the
Alumni Association's annual awards
dinner on April7.
The dinner will be held at 6 p.m.
in the Center for Tomorrow on the
North Campus. Tickets are $55 per
person. Call 829-2608 for further
information or to make reservations
before April 3.
Michael E. Cohen (M.D. '6I ), professor of pediatrics and neurology
and fonncr chair of the UB Depart·
ment of Neu rology, will receive the
Samuel P. Capen Award, the alumni
association's most prestigious prize.
The award is presented for notable
and meritorious contributions to the
university and its family.
Director of pediatric neurology at
Children's Hospital of Buffalo since
1978, Cohen and his UB colleague,
Patricia Duffner, co-authored the
highly regarded textbook "Brain
Tumors in Children: Principles of
Diagnosis and Treatment." now in
its second edition.
). Warren Perry, professo r and
dean emeritus of the Schoo l of

Health Related Professions, will re·
ceive the Walter P. Cooke Award,
presen ted to a non-alumnus for
notable and meritorious contribu"tions to the university.
A pioneer in allied-health educa·
tion, Perry developed and built the
UB school into a national leader in
the field. A founder of the national
Association of Schools of Allied
Health Profess ions, he was the
group's seco nd president and
founding editor of its Journal of Allied Health.
Ephrahim Garcia (B.S. '85, M.S.
'88, Ph.D. '90) will receive th e
George W. Thorn Award, presented
to UB graduates under the age of 40
who make outstanding national or
international contributions to their
career field or academic area.
An associate professor of engi neering at Vanderbilt University,
Garcia drew acclaim for the design
of tiny mesoscale, insect ·like robots
with vision systems that minimize
risk to human combatants by sur·
veying and observing battlefields.
His research and recognized exper·
tise in technologies critical -to the
nation's defense have led to his being
designated a feUow with the Central
Intelligence Agency and a program
manager with the Defense Advana:d
Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
in the U.S. Defense Sciena:s Offia:.
PaulL Valint, Jr. (B.i\., '6 1) will
receive the Clifford C. Fur~'asAward

for significant contributions by

Lyn M. Oyster (M.S. '83, Ph.D.
graduates of the School of Engineer- '90) is a founder and president of
ing and Apptied Sciences or the dis- GenCyte, U.C. a promising microciplines of natural sciences in the biology company that patents geCollege of Arts and Sciena:s.
netic markefs for breast cancer. The
A leading scientist in surface company willl...,...ge its skill base
analysis and contact lens swface in molecular biology, microbiology
chemistry, Valint is a senior research and crUculture to perform biologic
laboratory services.
fellow at Bausch &amp; Lomb.
Ira S. Flatow (B.S. '7I), host of
He holds more than 60 patents,
including one for a new oontact-lens National Public Radio's award-win·
material, and has a global reputation ning program, "Talk of the Nation:
Science Friday; is a 30-year broadin academic and industry circles.
Six alumni will receive Distin- cast journalist.
He is'president of ScienCentral,
guished Alumni Awards for their
exceptional career accomplish- which produces the Science and
ments. oommunityor university ser· Technology News Network, a scivice, research or scholarly activity.
ence-ntwS service for television and
Leslie A. Brun (B.S. '74) is a the Internet. He began his radio ca·
founding principal, chair]nan and reer at WBFO-FM 88.7.
Saravanan Gopinathan (Ph.D.
chief executive officer of Hamilton
Lane Advisors. The privately held '84), dean of the School of Educainvestment-advisory and money- tion a t Singapore's prestigious
management firm oversees $32 bil- Nanyang Tedu!ological UniY!:rsity,
lion in commitments to 340 part- is internationally known and re spected in the field of education.
nerships worldwide.
He has promoted educational reJoseph A. Chazan (B.S. '56, M.D.
'60) is founder of the RhOcf.Island search and publish ing, aud is a
Dialysis Program and medieal direc- founder and past president of the
tor of the Rhode Island Artificial Educational Researcll Association.
Shep E. Gordon ( B.A. '68) is
Kidney Centers.
He is active in many civic, religious •founder and president of Alive Enand arts organizations. He has~ terprises, an entertainment agency
for nearly a decade on the UB School specializing in management of mu·
ofMedicine and Biomedical Sciences sic-industry clients.
alumni board and is a former chairHe is also founder of.Alive Culinary
man of VB's general alumni fund Resources, a company that books
chefs for events around the world.
drive.

�March 16,2000/Yoi.3Uo.23

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Faults crisscross upstate NY
UB researchers' findings refute conventional geologic wisdom
By E1llH GOUIIIAUM
News Servk~ Editor

teau-which stretthcs from Albany
to Buffal&lt;&gt;-was considered a pretty
boring place structurally, without
many fa ult.&lt; or folds of any significance; explained Jacobi.
But using a variety of field and
satellite methods, Jacobi's group has
fo und that there are hundreds of
fault.&lt; throughout the Appalachian
Plateau, some of which may have
been seismically acti~beit sporadi~cc Precambrian times.
about I billion years ago.
The data are both welcome and
disturbing, Jacobi said. On the one
hand, they arc welcome since fra c·
turcd rocks in the path of these fault.&lt;
make for excellent reservoirs for oil
and gas; as a result, some land owners in the Finger Lakes region are
experiencing a kind of"gas boom,"
profiting from selling drilling right.&lt;
on their land to oil and gas-explo-

ENTION New York
State's Finger Lakes
region or its Southern Tier, and most
people don't automatically think of
earthquake country.
But th~ upstate areas may be
about to gain a reputation for
greater seismic potential, according
to r&lt;ecnt res&lt;arch by a tea m of UB
geologists.
In S&lt;Ycral papers and posters he
and his students presented thiswt&lt;k
at the meeting of the Northeastern
section of the Geological Society of
America, Robert D. Jacobi, professo r of geology and chair of the
Northeastern section, contends that

M

he and coUeagues have uncovered

increasingly convincing evidence
that upstate New York is severely

chopped by hu ndreds of fault.&lt; of a
kind characterized by very sporadic

ration companies.

But on the other hand, Jacobi ex-

seismic activity.

plained, the extensive network of

Jacobi conducted the work with
John Fountain, professor and chair
of the Department of Geology.
"We have proof that upstate New
York is criss-crossed by faults," said

fractures and fault.&lt; also is troubling.
particularly where fa ult.&lt; may intersect with waste dumps. such as the
low-level radioactive waste faciljty at
West Valley and the controversial
municipal waste dump now under
consideration in Farmersville.
The researchers identified potcn·
tiaJ fault lin es using remote sensing
by satellite and low-flying planes.
They then employed field methods,

Jacobi.
If the data are confirmed by fur·

ther analysis, most importantly by
seismographs Jacobi and Fountain
plan to install in various locations
around Western New York, they will
di rectly refute what long has been
1

as well as magnetic fields and grav ·
ity measurements, to de1ermine if
those potential fauh Jines are .indeed

the convcn tionaJ geologic wisdom

about upstate New York.
"In the past, the Appalachian Pia-

fault.&lt; and if the fault.&lt; extend down

into Precambrian "basmlen~"an in dication that they could be

seismically active.
"When w. overlaid the maps with
the data from the remote sensing,

the magnetic&gt; and gravity and field
tests, we found they all told a consistent story; said Jacobi.
"So now we have four sets of data
telling us that in addition to the
C larendon · linden Fault, the re

probably are fault.&lt; to the east of the
Clarendon-Linden Fault, as well as
in the West Valley region, the Zoar
Valley, the central Finger Lakes and
all the way to the Mohawk Valley,"
he said.
The very shon geologic record
(about 150-200 years) available for
upstate New York makes it difficult
to draw conclusions about the like-

li h ood of th e faults being
seismicaUy active without fur ther

study, Jacobi said. He noted, however, that all of the faults that have
been identified so far are
intracontinental fault zones. m ost
of which are characterized by very
sporadic seismic activity.
.. Most ot h er intracontinental

fa ult.&lt; do seem to be seismically capable o f large magnitude events,"

said Jacobi."Because these faults arc
aJso intracontinental in nature, they
too. could be capable of large-magn itude events."
Jacobi has about S I million in research funding, primarily from the
New York State Energy Research and
Development Agency. and the U.S.
Department of Energy.

Study of volcanoes tied to Mars
AS there ever life

F. Sherida~. professor of geology.
ln herpresentation,"Volcanoes as
Meteorologists: Using Volcanic

on Mars? That
question may one

environments on Earth and Mars,"

Gregg will report on what she and
Sheridan have learned from study-

Caldera volcano. which has been active during the past 5,000 year~.
there is a small crater lake that was
created by a 1834"lava flow. That lava
flo w, which still is visible, dramati cally changes character from rough
and spinyto smooth,several metcr5

ducted by a UB geologist who stud -

ing the lava flow that filled Iceland's

above the lake's present sho reline.

ies volcanoes on earth.
In a presentation tomorrow at the
3 1st An nual Lunar and P l anc~a r y
Science Conference, Tracy Gregg, as·
sistan t profcsso[ of ~ool ogy. will dis·
cuss how her studJCs of volcan oes

Skaclinger valley in 1783. the I80 I

By E1llH GOLDBAUM
News Service) Editor

W

Morphology to Co nstrain Paleo-

day be answered in

part by research now being con-

on Earth moy be able to help rc-

"That change tells us that the lake
had much mo re wa -

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terin"it when the lava

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searchers learn about Martian vol - :r:;1
canoes, and in turn, reveal the an ·
swers to mysteries surrounding the ~
Martian climate of the past.
In particular, researchers will be ~
looking for t.&gt;v idence of-,hc past
presence o n tv1ars of water, the in ·
gredicnt that is most vital for provKuaJclea Flow from Mauna Loa in
ing the existence of past life.
Hawaii and explosion craters of the
"The underlying drive fo r this re·
s~uch is certainly to one day find Pinacate volcanic field in Mexico.
On earth, Gregg explained. feao ut eno ugh ahout what the Martian
envi ro nment was like in the past in tures of volca n oes whose la s t ·
known eru ptions occurred hun ·
order to discern if it cou ld have, in
dreds, even thousands of years ago,
fact, sustained life," said G regg.
Acco rding to the US geologist. have been used to pinpoint the lo that issue is controversial: Some sci - catio ns of bodies of water. such as
glaciers, rivers and lakes, which wen:
entists believe that the dues avai l·
able now su ppo n evidence of Mars displaced o r destroyed by dramatil'
having been able to sustain life of changes in climate, such as the adsome sort in the past. while o thers vance and retreat o f icc ages. These
studic.:s. which usually involve exten say that the available data refute thal
....,. For her pan. G regg believes that sive fieldwork. laboratory analysis of
much m o re work needs to be d o ne. samples and analysis of satellite data.
"Our research is one way of at - also can tell researchers about the di tacking the questio n of what Mars rect ion and d istinguishing charac ·
tcristics of these lava flows.
was like in t11e past," snid Gregg, who
For example, at Iceland 's AskJa
did the wo rk with colleague Michael

g

e

using a lander or
rover equipped with
came ras th at can
.. see.. these kinds of
changes in lava flows and rt.&gt;cop,m7c
features o f craters.
That kind of inform ation help!&gt;
scientists reconstru ct past environ
ments, a process tha t G regg and
Sheridan hope ca n be easily tr.m ~
Ia ted to Mars. .. We arc using vole~•
nic features to tell us what the erw•
ron mcnt was like when these voka
n&lt;X.'S erupted," sh e said.
Sim ilarly, the researchers sa}' that
h1gh -rcsolution images of Mart1an
vokanoes made by the Mars 00'c:rver Camera. which has been n:
turning useful data from th&lt;.· t\·lar)o
&lt;~lobal SurVC)'Or Mission since 19'JX.
together wi th lhe abilit y of landcr'
.md roVl'f!i to identify certai n gt--ologh.. ft•Jt u res, will begin to addr&lt;.'S)&gt;
th&lt;·~t· l!isues for the red pbnet.

DrieD
UUP invites applications
for development awards

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Full- •nd ~rt ·tlme members of United University Professions or
agen cy fee-payi ng members a re invi ted to app ly for Ind ividual D~ ­
velopment Awards of up to SI,OOO. The awa rd must be used for
program expenses that h ave been, o r wi ll be, incurred between Sept.

I. 1999 and Aug. 31, 2000.
Examples of fundable projects include research activities, instruc tional·materiaJ d evelopment, conference participation and grant·pro~
posal development. Types of fundable support in clude registration
fers, travel and related expenses,.eq uipment lease and tuit ion costs.
Submissions will be judged by a six·perso n co mm ittee and dec• ·
sions will be disclosed May I. Application packages an d forms may

be obtai ned from th e UUP Buffalo Center Chapter Office, 105 Por·
tcr Quad, Ellicon Complex, North Campus, or online at &lt;http://
www.•lb•ny.net/ -nysuup/ lnd•pp2.htm &gt;.
Applications are du e by March 3 1 and sho uld be sent to Rob •nene
Woods, employee relations associate. 104 Crofts Hall , North Cam pus. For m o re information , con tac t Woods at 645·5000, ext. 1284 .

Conference to feature
distance-learning tutorials

m

Tutorl•ls •nd worluhops on distance learning. the electronic stock market , building a better Intern et and usc of Sun Microsystem's
new Jini technology will be amo ng the activities at a mobile- tech ·
no logy conference to be held April 27 -29 in the Ct•ntcr for rhe Arts
on die North Campus.
The conference, o rganized by the schools of Management and En
gineering and Applied Scien ces, also wiU fea ture keynote add resse~
by managers from leading informatio n · techno logy compames, an
exposi tion of new mobile -computin g tech no logies and research pre
sent ations on th e em ergence of vi rt ual organizallon.s and e· com merce co mpa n ies.
A discounted con ference f&lt;.·e '-' available to all faculty and staff
members. For m ore info rma ti on or to register fo r th e con feren ce.
ca ll 645 - 3258 o r sec th e co nfere n ce Web site at &lt; http ://
www.som.buff•lo.edu / lslnterface/ alworc &gt;.

Conference on Americas
CJ
to kick off Pan Am celebration
The unlvenlty will sponsor a maJOr international interdisci pli
n ary conferen ce o n the Americas thts month to kick off UB's yea r·
long celebration a nd cri ti cal reassessm ent of the 1901 Pan Amen 'a n Exposit ion.
Titled .. Borders of the Americas: Rethinkmgour ModernH•es," the
co nference h as a not h er p urpose as well-ro inaugurate the new
Ce nt er for the Amencas and th e In digenous Studies Prog ram. both
of which represen t the university·s evolving commitment to the field
of Amc n ca n s tud1c: ~.
The co nfe rence Will take place fmm 9: 15a.m. to 6 p.m. on March
2:3 tn 120 Clt:mem Hall on tht&gt; North Campus. and March 14 and 25
in t he Sc ree nin g Room ( Room 112 ) in tht· Ccnkr for tht· An~. aiM)
on the No rth Ca mpo.!.. T ht• pro~r.un wlll hl' fr~·e of l'h&lt;Hgt' and open
to the publi'-.
rhe events pl.ulllt~d He m.m, .1nJ v.tnt•d . Among tht·m ,lrt· d1'
(UlllliOnS of N.1tive Amc.&gt;rican 1dcn t1t y form.ll, on ; Jdintng tht" \C:XuJ.I
.md po litiCal borders of t he Amc:ncn': l- uropc:.m llllla.lt\ 1·u tl ' ' "
md•gcnou ... I.Jnguag c.&gt;~; tran sla tion cffcl'ts and mdigcnOUllldentlllc.'':
'"tolo naht ~ ··of Am&lt;.•nt:.n arls .•md a prt'llt'lllatlon hy Kt· rr~ l.rant ,
dean of the t :ollcgc of Arts and SCiellC&lt;.'ll, on tht· ''tl•~plar'' of &lt;.·xot~o,_
fo rt·•gn na tlon.Jb. .Jtthc 1901t'xposifion.
Fo r tht• tnnferenn· lll'hcdulc. mapll .1nd mform.Jtlon J.hou t prt·
)o(' ntl'f.!o, ~(·e the tt_mfcn·nte Web :!~i t t· a t &lt; http ://
cm27personal.fal.buffalo .edu / program / lndex04.html &gt;. &lt;I I
.:o n tact Oavid John so n a t 045 -0000 or &lt;d j@acsu.buffalo.ed u ..,

Women in higher ed to hold
conference on change
" Organizational Change and Finances: An Unt'Ol:!tY ~wnt·rgv " wdl
he llw tnr1c nl ,1 L&lt;"nd(•rshi p Confertnce for Women 111 lll ghl·r hlu
u l11Un. to he held from 'J .1.111 . to 2 p.m. Ap n l 7 111 the Mnn:Y l ,1\lllll
111 l)d~lw&lt;~r&lt;.' Park.
rht• ~.-onfcrt•nte IS prt'St'nted hv tht• Wt·~tl'fn Nt'W Ytlrk Kc:~IOil.Jl
l om rmttct' ol tht· N&lt;.•t\~u r k lor \Vom~..·n I ('adcn. 111 H•ght·r ~Jut a
t11111, h1rmaly Al'l:JN IP.
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~td&gt;cmmond , prcs1Jent of No rfo lk Stah:'
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lifth - I.Jr~e't lw.wri~.-.tllyblack unJwr~HY. t\1cDemmonJ" t'\~l 1 \ fir.-.t
lt'mJ. It· prt'~ldt•nt anJ the fir llt " 'oman to st·rw .1!\ thc t:hlt'f &lt;.' Xt•tutiW
olliter nl .1 luur· vcar, !tlal(•- supportcd unlvt'rSllY Ill \ 'lr}tllll.l.
1ht· cost oltht• co nf&lt;.·rt•nce, wh1ch mcludc:!&gt; lunch. 1!&gt; $50, S.\0 ln r
lull -tune gr~tduatr students. Rcservatiom must be madt~ no latt·r th.Jn
Man.:h 24 hy (tm tactmg Marv Ann Md)uatk of Fmp~rt.· ~t.Jte Col
lcgt· .11 K) .'· 7700.

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women since the mid-1950s.
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And while time would seem to
be on the side of progress, the di·
confirm the worst fears aod anxi· diJiiculties they encounter in interector of the Women's Studies Proeties in students is really strilting and gnting such spaces.
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striving to claim their own voice in
what goes on outside the classroom into the discussion about violena
the 21st century.
is tantamount to empowering aga.inst women. On a trip to Ger·
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graduates in particular-Marcus gmup of radical feminists who w=
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ment)"-is oftm silenl, or silenced,
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women have to get permission or be
on the streot who oonnally would
given permission to spm.• says
be afraid
Marcus, who also is co-director of
"'Their premise was that no
the Institute (or Research and Eduwoman would be afraid to go out
ca ti o n on Women and Gend er
on the street if she knew thai there
(!REWG) and a professor in the Law
would not be males around who .
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ment bas been to thinking ... that 40
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yea" from the time I graduated high "
school (and ) college until now l!
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of a bOcklash there is, r just find il slowness of it.
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Conference to examine math curriculums m
Participants to wade into issue on teaching skills to pre-k and kindergarten kids
By PATIIICIA DONOVAN
News Services Editor

- · l h e - O p p l r·

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gnduate student at the University
of Californi2 at Berkeley in 1968,
tosses out yet another bone of ron tention about the poUtial arena.
"I think Th&lt; New York Tim&lt;S the
other day had a story about John
McCain's wife, in which be characterized her most important job as
keeping him under control, and I
thought to myself, 'this is really astonishing.'" she says. exasperated for
the moment
"I'm not despairing, bul il gives

R&lt;p&lt;XID Contributor

Tho~IM*In­

A

major new educational

trend emphasizing mathematical thinking in

young children has_generated national interest in teadling
math skills to children at the kindergarten and preschool levels.
In the past, demand for such new
educational initiatives and standards
has produced well-conceived prognuns. as well as many oompeting
and inappropriate rurriculums. The
promotion and application ofthe lalter by states and educational accredi·
tation gmups has, in tum, led to inconsistent and incoherent standards
in various educational-oontent areas.
To help short-circUit this process
in the field ofearly-childhood math,
the Graduate School of Education
will present a national conference

May 14-1 7 in which a wide range of
involved parties and decisionmakers
will examine theoretial and field re·
search on preschool math teaching
and learning. and recommend cur·
riculumsand methods proven to fa .
cilitatc academic success in chil dren-parti cularly low-income
children-at increase d risk of

school failure.

Douglas Clements, professor of
lean)ing and instruction, and·con·
ference director, says lhe event,
funded by grants &amp;om the National
Science Foundation and the
ExxonMobiJ Fou.ndation , is ex-

pected to make a major conttibu·
tion to a consistent, cohesive, earlychildhood math initiative.
The ronference will be held none
too soon, says Oements, a nationally recognized eXpert in math ~matical

thinking in early childhood. He notes that major and en·

forceable new requirements in

mathematics teaching and learning
a lread y are under development

throughout the nation.
Texas and New York are among
45 states creating standards and cur·
riculum, and the National Council
ofTeachm of Mathematics is revis·
ing its standard s to include

preschoolers in its standard guide,

munica.tion and ooordination, and
prevent the difficulties that ha\fe beother attempts tO revise educational standards."

set

ln addition to researchers, in -

structors. education scholan and
school administrators, official representatives of the 4S stales now entertllining a program of pre-school
math education will attend the conference being held at UB.
The conference has the full support of many educational gmups.
including the National Council of
Teachm of Mathematics (NCTM),
the Association for Childhood Edu·
cation International (ACE!), the
Erikson Institute and the National
Association for the Education of

Young Children (NAEYC), one of
the largest educational organizations in the United Stales-L
Clements says specific conferme&lt;
goals are:

.. Principles and Standards for

• To initiate comm unication

School Mathematics."
"We believe that early rommuni·
cation between, and coordination of
efforts by, relevant educational leaders and agencies is cri tical,"

among parties relevant to this national decision-making process
• To intmduce rdevant parties to
the latest research findings oonceming early mathematial thinking and

Clements says. "We proposed this

education.

conference wit.h thesel'\rticular
parties as a way to begin that com-

ematicians' perspectives on the con-,

• To present them with math-

tent and structure of the various
mathematial domains
•To facilitate the creation ofstan·
dards and curriculum materials fO&lt;
early-childhood mathematics that
are consistent and inclusive, rather
than incoherent and competitive,
and that are both developmentally
approprjate and challenging for
young children
The conference will propose a set
of guidelines that will enable all the
standards-writing gmups to create
consistent and complementaryand as much as possible.cotnJDOI&gt;standards that are based on current
understanding of research, practice
and policy in early-childhood math·
ematics education. Clements says.
He notes thai by facilitating com·
munication within the educational
rommunity, ideas are shared. By
presenting research and other cur·
rent work in the field, he says. the
conference will not only enhance the
knowledge of participants bu~ when
gathered and published, will be
available for broader use.
Additional information on registration, eonferencr participants and
program updates cari be found al
&lt;http;//--.;sa.buffMo.-/
Ottg/awtfwwke/&gt;.

�llilcl! 1l2000/'lt 31, 18.23

Scope of Asian events expandedm
Program brings broader variety ofartists, performers, scholars
IIJ PATIIICIA DONOVAN
News Services Editor

T

HE work of the A&gt;ian
Studies Program in the
College of Arts and Sci-.
ences once was planted
squarely in the social sciences.
Over the past few years, however,
the program has quietly broadened
its inlluenceamongthe arts and letters departments at UB and has
helped bring Asian artists, performers, political figures and humanities
scholars to Buffalo to discuss and
present work on co ntemporar y
Asian culture and arts.
This spring, "Vith second-ytar
funding from a two-year,$ 160,000
TI~e Vl•Asian Studies and the Arts"
grant from the U.S. Department of
Education, the program will present
even more varied Asian fare. "We
want to invite everyone to the feast,n
says director Thomas Burkman.
Additional support for the programs will come from the College
of Arts and Sciene&lt;S, Department of
History, Baldy Center, the Council
on International Studies and Programs and the Graduate Group on
Marxist Studies. Updates and detailed information on the events
sponsored by the Asian Studies Program are available at &lt;http:/ I
wlngs.buffMo.edu/ - / &gt;.
A major exhibition, "Words vs.
Meaning: Seven Contemporary Chinese Artists," will be held Man:h 31
through April30 in the UB Art Gal-

lery in the Center for the Arts. It will
becuratld by gallery director AI HarrisandKuiyiSben,aformerinstru·ctor in the Department ofArt History.
The exbibition will open on Man:h
31 withascholarlysymposiuminthe
gallery that is free and open to the
public. Titled '"The Brush and the
Sword: Art and Culture in 20th CeoturyOUna,"it will feature discussions
by artists, historians, art historians,
artists and specialists in Asian studies, East Asian culi:IJre and comparalive literature.
Four Asian-American artists will
be in residence in the Department
of Art on a staggered schedule:
painter and installation artist
Quing-Min Meng, today and tomorrow; book and paper artist Nori
lung.Mareh 27-31; installation artist, printmaker and sculptor Xu
Bing, March 30-31, and Hirokazu
Fukawa, a sculptor, instillation and
performance artist,April 3-7.
While in residence, eaeh artist will
present a lecture, make studio visits, present demonstrations and eritiques. They also may llisit language
classes and participate in the Asia at
Noon discussion series.
The Department of Comparative
Literature will present •Maners of
Representation: Feminism, Theory
and the Arts," an Asian-oriented
conference, Marth 31-Aprill in 120
Clemens Hall on the North Campus. The conference will explore
such topics as an.love and feminism

in tum-of-the-century Japan and
"orienting orientalism,• a discussion
of how to map cyberspace.
The Department of Philosophy
will present a conference on April 9
at whieh three Asian alumni of the
department will present what they
consider to be their most important
work and esplore the significance of
philosophy in their respective countries and universities.
A conference Marth 23 organized
by Roger DesForges, professor of
history, wiU feature presentations
and lectures by the internationally
recognized China scholar and au thor Wtlliam Hinton.
Hinton wiU present two talks on
Marth 23 that are open to the public: "The Rise and Fall of Chen
Yonggui," from 10 a.m. to 12:40 p.m.
in 532 Park Hall, and "Prevailing
Academic Views of Socialist China,"
from 2-3:20 p.m. in 214 Norton.
A1. 3:30p.m. in 330 Student Union,
be will join a panel of China scholars
in a:amining the social, cultural and
economic effects ofDeng Xianping's
radical post-Mao reform programs.
These events coincide with the
current Lockwood Library exhibit
of large, colorful Chinese propaganda posters, ti~ed " R&lt;volution to
R&lt;fonn: O!inese Propaganda Posters of the Four Modernizations Era."
Ofher events coming up indude
Korea Night on Saturday,Thai Night
on April2 and China Nite on April
22 and "Asia at Noon" talks.

Smoke-free policy criticized .
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eport

ESPITE the university's
smoke-free
policy
implemented in 1993,
smoking on campus
continuestoposcamajorhcalthconcern and no one seems to be taking
any responstbility for it, faculty and
sta!T members reponed at the Faculty Senate Executive Committee's
Marth I meeting.
AccordingtoCindyKonovitz,assistant dean in the School of Pharmacy, so inueh smoke seeps into her
office through building vents and
thecrackofherdoorthatshesometimes can't ev&lt;n see her computer.
She told senators that she had exhausted all other ou~ets for dealing
with the problem and felt that the
FSEC could help address the issue.
"l'mnotagainstindividualrights,"
said Konovitz. "I am concerned
about getting the fumes of other
people's cigarettes into my office so
mueh so that I can't work ... I hav&lt;
students in there and they clearly are
breathing in the carcinogens coming in from second-hand smoke."
Corinne Jorgensen, assistant professorofinformation studies, noted

D

~er'1obcthe~rsonwhoi.s~n-

pervisor to call Public Safety. It is

Sible for enforang the no-smoking
rule."
CharlesSmith,associateprofessor
of music theory, called th e
university'ssmoke-freepoli'f'1lopelesslyftawed"becauseit"actuallypn&gt;
pels the people who don't smoke to
be the enforcer&gt; of the policy, whieh
isn't protecting them at all."

two hours before anyone shows up.

It's insane ...
Concemsaroseabout"bunstops.'"
and many said they believed the&gt;&lt;
cigarette-butt containers encourage

smoking closer to the buildings.
Miehael Dupre, associate vice president for university facilities, explained that whenthepoticylmt was

Enforcement .. normally comes

implemented, facilities wa s in ·

after the building head, department
ehair or someone else already lias
made a request of the individuals
and they refuse to comply or refuse
to identify th emselves," explained
JohnGrela,directorofPublicSafrty.
At that poin~ he said, a call-should
be placed to Public Safety to request
an officer to assist.
"Oneoftheproblemstharwe have
when"" have sent officers to a varietyoflocationsisthat assoonas they
see the car puU up. everybody runs,"
explained Grela. "I can't station
somebodythereduriognormalbusiness hours or through the c:vening.
"If we do cateh someone, we forward their names to personnel (in
the case of faculty or sra1l) or the
ombudsman (in the case of students) so that they can discuss the

structed to remove butt containers
from entryways. But over time, he
said, it was deemed that the butts on
the ground were more obtrusive than
the smoker.; standing there and facilities personnel were instructed to
reinstall the butt stops upon request.
William Baumer, professo r of
philosophy, said that people who
smoke will gu to the nearest most
comfortable place to do it "We cannot expect Public Safety or (Occu pational and Environmental Safety
Services) to enforce this rule. There's
too many people, too many places,
too mueh to do. It is up to the departmentchairsand the administrativeassistantsandotherdepartment
officers to assist in the enforcement."
Faculty ideas to address the prob!em included building "butt huts;"

similar problems... I have asthma

matter and take the approp ri ate

designating cars as the only place

and I think it is highly inappropri-

steps," added Grela. "Those individuals. believe it or not, have ended

where faculty and staff could smoke:
making students walk while smok.

ate that when I am working in a university that claims to have a smoke-

up with com munity service and

ing to reduce their congregating in

free poliey, that I am subjected to

normally it is picking up cigarette

entranceways; handing out tickets

cigarette smoke."

butts at a variety of locations."

for smoking so offenders have to pay

Thepolieystates: "ltistheresponsibility of all members of the university community to observe this
smoke-free policy and to remind
others of their responsibility."
Jorgensen also objected to the fact
tha~ based on the poliey, it is up to

"I'm very discouraged by what
I'm hearing here," reptied Jorgensen.
"What I'm seeing is nobody willing
to take any kind of ~nsibility.
This (procedure) of identifying the
individual, identifying the building
supervisor, getting the building su-

a fine, and establishing an annual
campaign to promote stricter poliey
enforcement.
But the FSEC declined to be involved in addressing the problem,
voting down a motion to establish
an ad l•occoiTUl).i\ee on tht_issue.

Rep

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in Library of Congress
ED
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vast collections of the largest library in the world. The Library of
Congress homepage &lt;http:/ / www.loc.go•&gt; is your gateway to ac cessing its ri ch resources from the comfort of your desk chair.
The entire "Online Catalog" of the ubrary of Congress &lt;http://
www.loc.goY/catAiog&gt; with its 12 million records, including books.
serials, computer files, manuscripts, maps. music, sound recordings and

visual materials, is fully searehable 24 hours a day, seven days a week,
The Ameri ca n Mem o r y Historical Co llections &lt; http :/ 1
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since 1978 are provided here.
Scattered throughout the Library of Congress pages are .tips on
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PSS announces spring
brown-bag video series
The Professlon•l Shiff Sen•te has anno unced its Spring 2000
Brown-Bag Video Series, open to all faculty and staff. AJI sessions
are from noon to I p.m. at both North and South campus locations.
Participanls can register by contacting the PSS Office at 645-2003
or &lt; psse:nate@acsu.buffalo.edu&gt;. The s~ries, co-sponsored by the
Leadership Development Center, will incl ude:
• " Running·and Attending Beuer Meetings" on Wednesday in 730
Kimball Tower on the South Campus and on March 29 in 106 lacobs
Center on the North Campus. The video, titled " We've Got to Stop
Meeting Like This," promises to help make meetings more produc tive and covers how to set an agenda, stt goals, delegate tasks and
resolve conflict.
. .. Time Trap II " on April II in 106 Jacobs on the North Campus
and on April-H in 730 Kimball on Lhe South Came_us. The video
will show participants how to manage time more effectivel y by help·
ing to identify personal time-wasters and balancing long-range goab
and daily priorities. It also will cover handling in terruptions and
paperwork.
• " How to Listen and Double Your Influence With Oth ers'' on

May 23 in I06 Jacobs on the North Ca mpus and on May 24 in 730
Kimball on the South Campus. This video, featuring business trainer
and consultant Brian Tracy, will show viewers how they can benefit
by being a bener listener and how to enhance their listening skills.

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grow. The sad reality is, experts do not pain researchers, believes the pro!&gt;AVE was a healthy UPS know what causes chronic pain and, lem involves the complex interplay
driver until he stepped for most sufferers, there's no cure.
ofbiology, psychology and learning.
into a pothole and
"Most physicians and patients see
At the center of this interplay, they •
twisted his ankle while pain as a symptom of an underly- think, is the gak-control theory of
delivering a Christmas package. The ing disease," Lackner said. ..With pain. Flnl proposed in 1965 hy psynerve injury he sustained forced him chronic pain, frequently there is no chologistRooaldMelzackandanatoto give up a satisfying. wdl-paying physical cause. For example, less mist Patrick Wall, the theory sugjob, fishing trips with his son and than 25 pen:ent of disability from gested that nerve impulsesprated
nightly walks with his wife.
low-back pain can be traced to a hyapainfulstimulusencOunteracelHis personal physician, a neurolo- physical dysfunction.
lular"gate"ontheirwaytothebrain's
gist and an orthopedic surgeon were
"This doesn't mean these patients pain center. When the gate is open.
unable to help, medications were are weak, malingers or that the pain impulses reach the brain and cause
prescribed without success and is only in their heads. It means that, the sensation of pain; when the gate
three months of physical therapy ~all of us, their experience of pain isdosed,thooeimpulsesareddlected.
brought no relief. His pain affected is inftuenced hy a distinctive mix of
Most resean:hers agree that psyevery aspect of his life-finances,
chological facsleep, appetite, mood and his relators, such as attionship with fiunily and friends.
tution to and
Dave suffers from a condition
fear of pain and
called reflex symptomatic dystrohow the pain is
phy, one of a number of long-lastinterprrted, can
ing pain syndromes that baffie phy- ~
cause a gate to
sicians who are more comfortable i
open or dose. It
and knowledgeable dealing with
is thought that
pain problems that are short-lived.
when nerve sigHis plight is typical of the 250-plus
nals reach the
people who come to UB's Center for
brain, they are
Pain Management at the Erie County loin• LIICIL-. - . , - - . . - proctssed in the
Medical Center every month, hop- Clink. 111Mb w1t1t 51Mnt
tltlala • .,.. lhe context of a
ing for relief from pain that seems to un cope wtth the ltNu th.t's causing her pMI.
person's mood,
have no direct physical cause but is
emotionS, beliefs
as real as the air they breathe.
physical, psychological and environ- and thought patterns.
The center offers the only fully mental factors. Failing to addi-ess a
"If you're playing baseball and
multidisciplinary approach to pain patients beliefs and attitudes toward skin your knee sliding into second
management on the Niagara Fron- pain, their coping skills or job satis- base, your'pain gates' are closed betier. hs core of pain sp«:ialists in- faction could result in ineffective cause your brain is focused on th.e
cludes rehabilitation-medicine phy- treatm~t and continued pain."
game, not the pain," Lackner said.
sicians, a pain-trained anesthesioloChronic pain is thought to affect "On the other hand, if you ..,. out
gist, physical therapists and pain one in four Americans and to ac- of work with a hack injury, if you
psychologists. When necessary, they count for 70 million doctOr's visits worry that your pairi means you
may call upon the expertise of oc- annually. In addition to low-back have a brolo:n back and you avoid
cupational therapists. ergonomists. pain, chronic-peln syndromes in· activities you think may increase the
vocational counselors, clinical nurse dude such conditions as atypical pain, the 'gates' open and you expespecialists or exe..:ise physiologists. chest pain , tension headaches, rience teo;rible pain."
Many clients end up in the office fibromyalgia, or muscle pain, and
More recent research has found
of Jeffrey Lackner, director of the irritable bowel syndrome. One na- that the brain appean to rewire itcenter's Behavioral Medicine dinic. tional survey found that more than self to form a neural represen~tion,
A pain psychologist and clinical as- 550 million days are lost from work or memory of pain, which can be
sistant professor of anesthesiology, each year because of pain. The an- activated by a touch, fear, memories,
l.acknel"s job is to help identify the nual cost in disability compensation mood, even visual images.
biobehavioral faL1ors that worsen and lost productivity has been estiThe key, then, to improving
pain and limit function, and to help •mated to be as high as $100 billion. chronic pain is treating the person,
these people resume productive lives.
Since there is no active physical Lackner said.
Lackner helped establish the pain injury to blame for such pain,· reHe and colleague Susan KJ:tsner,
management center six years ago, and s~archers have looked for other also a psychologist and a clinical as-

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UB clinic helps patients deal with paiD
By LOIS BAIWI
News Servkes Editor

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sistant professor of anesthesiology,
prepare an individualiud eight-toIS-week tr&lt;atinent plan based on an
intensive interview. The interview ·
· designed to assess the different aspects of the patient's pain, including its quality, lOcation, triggers and
factors that maintain iL
'
"We get f3r beyood 'Does it hurt?'
and 'Where dpeS it hurt!'" Ladmer
said. "By integrating data from our
medical pain specialists with that
from behavioral evaluations, we
identify the environmental, physical
and personal factors that contribute
to pain and then work to improve
their functioning.
Armed with a picture of the type
of pain and the type of person,
~andKrasnersetouttoteacb

clients how to work around pain
andretumtoabetterqualityoflife.
To accomplish this goal, they
drawonavarietyofclinicaiJyprovm
behavioral techniques. A plan may
involvebiofeedbackandmusck-relantio'n therapy to r&lt;duee physical
tension;trainingtoimprovecoping
sltills and cognitive-therapy techniques to challenge the thinking er·
rors that influrnce pain and rcsponse to treatment
"For example, pain patients learn
to =ogniutheearliestthoughtsand
reactions that accompany a pain
flare..'Up and modifY their responses
to them,"'Lackner said. "Patients are
taughtthat'automaticthoughts'such
as 'the pain will never end; 'I'm going to be 'crippled' and 'there is no
hope'canbereplacedwith~

such as 'the pain has always lessened
in the past,"! many not be able to do
everything I used to do, but there""'
things I can do' and 'change is posSJble, th= is always hope' to help to
r&lt;duce pain and related distr="
Patientswho=eivebiobehavioral
treatment at the center reduce their
pain 20-40 percent on :rn:rage, reduce ~ medication use by 65
percentandsignificantlyr&lt;ducetheir
overalldistr=centerstatisticsshnw.
Fony percent are able to return to
work.
To contact the Behavioral Medicine Clinic, call898-5671.

Counseling Cen1h offers signs that students may be under dangerous stress levels
To members of the campus

community:
Students typically encounter a great
deal of stress-academic, living arrangement, family, work. financialduring the course ofan academic year.
For some, the pressures become overwhelming and feel unmanageable.
The purpose of this letter is to help
you identify both the less-obvious and
the more-dramatic signs of emotional distress and to suggest how you
might be of assistance to students.
Among the signs of more serious
distress arc:
• Actual self-harming-&lt;utting;
taking an overdose of a medication,
drug, or toxic chemical
• Attempting to harm one's
self-.climbing out onto a window
ledge or the roof
• Talking to others about killing
one's self
• Leaving a suicide note
• Aggressiveness in dealing with
the environment-slamming doors

violently, using one's fist to break a
window or hit ~ls , throwing and/
or breaking furniture
• Aggressiveness toward othe~
screaming, threatening, insulting,
actual physical attack
These signs of serious d.istress
should be reported to the University Police (ext. 2222) without delay
in order to ensure the individual's
safety. If the student resides in the
residence halls, his/her hall director
or the Office of Residence Life (6452 I71 ) also should be notified.
Some less-obvious behaviors that
may function as signals that a student may be feeling more anxious
or depressed than usual are:
• Social participation. The person either becomes significantly
more dependent on your time and
attention or withdraws from usual
participation and becom" relatively
sociaUy isolated.
·

• Appearance. A usually neat person becomes careless in terms of
hygiene and/or dress.
• Class attendance. The person
either becomes significantly inconsistent or stops attending ·classes.
• Enei'gy-unusual fatigue or inexplicable bursts of activity that may
or may not be productive
• Mood-unusually irritable,
mtless, sad
• AkohoVsubstance use. An occasional drinker or user-eigages in
the activity with significantly greater
frequency, and/or the amount consumed per usage increases significantly.
8 Extreme weight loss or gain
You can be of assistance by encouraging the person to contact one
of the foUowing services:
• Counseling Center, 120 Ri&lt;hmond, Ellicott Co mplex (6452720). To schedule an appointment,

phone or walk in weekdays from
8:30a.m. to 5 p.m. Services are free,
voluntary and confidential.
• Crisis Services, Inc. (834-3131).
An off-campus, 24-hour telephone
hotline; if necessary and appropri·
ate, Crisis Services' Emergency-Outreach Unit can come to campus for
evaluation of risk to self or others.
• The Of!ie&lt; ofAcademic Advisement. Academic deans and other
offices provide assist~ce for academically related problems. Their
names and numbers can be found
in the university directory.
If you have any questions or concerns about someone, call the Counseling Center at 645-2720 and consult with the counselor-on-duty. It
is better to obtain assurance that a
perceiV~ problem is not serious
than not to call at all.
Yours t..{.Jy,
Counseling Center staff

�Marcil 16, ZOOO/Yol.JUo.23

Rep arias

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CAS budget
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increasco in salaries, including adjustments 10 retain the btst faculty,
counteroffers co retain funded faculty in research-intensive disciplines
and the hiring of relatively apensive fuU -time visiting faculty to
handle increased coune loads.
While 57 full-time tenure-track
faculty members were hired during
this three-year period, 65 tenured
faculty members left the university,
many through retirem ent, which
created a problem since additional
outlays are required for ret:itement
incentives and many rrtirees are rehired on a short -term basis to teach
one or more courses.
The report says that the college
expects to eliminate its remaining
deficit by the end of fiscal year 2002
by increasing income from tuition
and sponsored research,lirnitinghir-

ingforthe nat tWo years and reducing and deferring operating CXlStS.
The college anticipat&lt;s that salary
expenditures will decline by $200,000
in 2000 when retired faculty actuaUy
leave the payroll. The report also not&lt;s
that the oollege may save an additional $1.6 million in 2001 by not 611ing vacant faculty lines. The college
also expects 10 save an additional $1
millioo by avoiding about $400,000
in faculty setups due to reduced hiring and restricting travel and some
purchaseoSome strategies under consideration by the CAS include:
• Hiring lecturers, part -time faculty or doctoral students to teach
instead of full-time visiting faculty
• Hiring, at the senior level, associate professors with sotid funding
instead of expensive "star" faculty

• Examining faculty workl oad
and departinental resource utilization; and evaiuating sabbaticals to
see if teaching can be oovered with out significant additional expense
Some conarns cited by the committee in the report include: How
will the substitution of lectu rers,
part-time faculty and doctoral students for full -time visiting faculty
affect the quality of instruction?
What is the impact of faculty turn over and vacant lines on research
reputation? What processes an in
place to monitor the college's performancr in instructional and research
activities?
The senate forwarded the report
to the CAS Policy Committee, the
college's governance structuie, to
use as a starting point for its own
budget deliberations.

(~,_,.....

Health, Emory Univ. 11 7 Park~. 6-7:30

~~~~A.~~'ms~9.

Malee Toferanc.e into an Auel Karen
Bernstein and ·AndrN Rogers, student
representatives, UB Committee for the

Promotion of Tolerance and

Son~

by Dept.

Maimtag e Theatre. 8

tiebreaker.

District 4 team.

Music. For more
information, 645-2921.

p.m . Pric~ vary; call
Center for the Aru box

Northem Illinois 7, UB 0
The men's squad played a pair of
matches during its recent uip to
Aori&lt;b.downlng Rofllns,+l.befo,..
fa.DW1a; to Hki-American Conference
foe Northern IUinois, 7-0.
ln the matdl against RoNins, the
Bulb earned the win on the &lt;by's
season.
final match at fifth singies. Tlm Powell
rallied from a set down to defeat the
Tus' Brian Nebon 3~. ~ . 7~.The match wu decided .n a grueJ1ng I S- 13

Bell is one of only 48 finaliStS for the most prestii'OUS AII-Amencan team 111
women's basbtball by being one of w: ~named m District 1. Bell. who
beame Just the second UB player 10 women's twketball hmory to score more
than I ,000 points as a junior. wu one of three I.IOdercb.ssmen who made the
District~ cea.m.along with Akron's Cheryl Bowles and Tennessee Tech's Janet HoiL

~~~==
Hall: 8 p.m. l 10, I S.
Sporuo&lt;ed
of

:~~~~

Professor and Author.
Center for the Aru

MfH
UB 4, Rollins College l

Junior center Tiffany Bell became the first pl;ayer m UB women's basketball
history to earn a spot on the WBCA Kodak AII-Amencan team by making the

Qneiji, 645-6125.

ChMnberMusk

GeOrge

match 6-2.6-2 aver Camib Romul&amp;.

WOMEN

For ~ information,

spe.. orsSeties

College on Ma«h 6.
Karen Moynanl wu US's ion&lt;
viaor, &lt;&gt;king the second singles

~as~et~all

~­

Room .,;gnmont giv&lt;n upon
registration confirmation. &gt;6 p.m. Free.
Sponso&lt;od by Offia! of Student ActMtieo.

Distinguished

Rollins College 8, UB I
The women's tennis squad played
one matdl during its sprircz break
uip "' -dropping '" 8-1
decision to Division II Rollins

Neither the weather nor the opposition was kind to the Bulb against
Northern Illinois. as the rmteh induded a three--hour rain deby. UB's bnght
spots in the match were Budi Susanto, who fon=ed a th1rd-set tiebre:l~r at
number one agUm. Brent Sh:arsld before fall ing 7-S In the dKidtng breaker, and
Powell, who forced Nick Grybkis to three seu before losing

Calendar
Nudur Meclklne LedUI"'t
Coronary Artery Disease In Women:
Epldemfo&amp;ogk and OutCOIT'Ies Issues.
t.eslee J. Shaw, Romns School of Publk

WOMfH

Bellied the Mid-Amerian Conference in sconng ;at 19.0 points per game

md a.lso ranked lOth in the conference in rebounding ;at 7.9 per game
The~ on the Oistnct 4 teMn pua Bell on the final~ twlot for
the IOAII-Amencans to be selected during the women's Final Four in Philadelphia.

Management Alumni

Theater Perl'onn.m:e
Sav;,ge In Umbo. Dept.
of Theatre and Dance,

Association. For more

Katharine Cornell Theatre.

8 p.m. ss ~neral, n
s i ~U and seniors. For
more informattOn, 645·

Sohuall

ARTS.

UB 9, St. Michael 4
UB I J , St. Michael 4
UB 2, North Carolina A&amp; T I

offo«, 6&lt;5-A.ItTS.
Sponsored by School of
.nformation, 645-6147.

Con&lt;ert
UB Edectk Ensemble, Jon NelSon,
director. Slee Concen Hall. 8 p.m . Free
Sponsored by DepL of Musk. For more
mfof'TT\ation, 6-45-2921 ,

Exhibits

Thursday

" Katharine Comoll Photos"
A special exhibit IDowcasing images of

~~~~~~ ~oc~~fo,thJ.e~.

-

Oral Dlllgnostk Sciences Seminar

~~~~=~rrr.~
the
KtrMs was 22 years ok:l, by famed

8 a.m. Free.

portrait photogra~. painter and
scientist Howard Beach. The exh ibit abo
will include historical materials on the
actress coi!Kted by the Center for the
Arts. Hours are Mon . through SaL from
7 a .m . to 11 p.m ., and Sun. from 8 a .m
toll p.m .

llwlnou Wwluhop

" Londsc"""'"

~~.:'~~~::'~~~r"~wfth

Landscape paintingi from the

BuUetJn &amp;o.rd of Oral Pathotogy. Alan
Drinnan, SUNY Dtstlnguished Xfvke

~~~~~~~=s~ 5Sc~:·

Center, 275 Oak St., Buffalo. 8 a .m .-5

..,.

d~~!r~~r:;~ ~~~:'~~ton
~-:::::~A~~~ g~t the

Information, 1/Jestem New Yoric

Gallefy hours are Wed. through SaL,

TechncMogy Development Center, 6363626.

noon to 5 p .m .

~Teaching Center

;:.."li!:.~"' Stud&lt;nU Design

~':r =!"~~~~{'30 a.m.

Costumes, costume renderings, set

and si;ft.F'or more information, linda

students will be on d 1s~y March 17-3 1
in the Art Department Catlefy, S.O.S
Center for the Arts on the North
Campus. Ga l~ry hours are Tues., 10
a .m . to 5 p.m .; Wed. through Fri., 10
a.m. to 8 p.m ., and SaL from 11 a .m . to
6 p.m .

Free. ~ only to UB students, faculty
Rath, 6&lt;S-3S28 .

.

r~==~
DevetopJng an lnteracltve CD-ROM.
Robin Suftivan, lrutructional support
'f'K~I;,. walkway Technology Node.

~= ~~&amp;;~· F~. For more
Blologlul Sciences SemiMI'
Structure and Mechanism oi a Group
II lntron C.UIIytk: Core. Anna Marie

~~-H~~~~==~~~~.

Biophysics, Columbia Univ. 220 Natural
Sciences CompleJc. 3:45p.m. Free. for

~~~~~~~s~9ia.ret
Buffalo Logk Colloquium
Sulfolo logk Dktlonory Project t'
Independence. John COf'torafi, et al.,
Dept of Philosophy. 141 Parte. +5 :30
p.m. Flft. F« more infOf'nlation, John
Corcor.tn, MS-24-«, ext 119.

lifo Wwtuhop Series
Uvtng In i Dtvene Worid: How to

UB began Its first softball season s1nce 1986 with a spnng break tnp to Ortando,
where the team won IU fim rwo contests of the season, swe-eping D1vision II SL
Michael's 9.-4 and 13- l . as the team pounded out 36 hits.
UB also g:Uned tts first ¥ktones ov-er Division I competition, sweeping
North CarofinaA&amp;T 2- 1 and 9--4 on Mar-ch 8 _

acdaimed actress Katharine Cornellnever before published or seen by the

23

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UB 9, North Carolina 4

10:30 a.m . to 8 p.m ., and Sun. from

=·~~~~~~~~~atre

"From Revolution to Reform"
Propaganda posters produced In the
People's Repubtic: of China from 196282--representing efforts by both the
Mao Zedong and De~ Xiaoping
govemrntnts to mobiliZe the masses

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the library's second floor.

Jobs

~ase~all

Rese.vch
Assistant Oirutor-School of

Pittsburgh I 0, UB 7
Rhode Island 5, UB I
UB 6, Sacred Heart 2
Hartford 9, UB 0
Wagner' College 2, UB 0

Soc~al

=n=~~.~~·li-UB Bu,ne"

Alliance, Posting f R-20027. Project
Aide-Cerfter' for Research on Urban
Social Wot1t Practice, Posting •R-20028

~~~:~~~~2~29
~~~cts:~~~~~~s.

Posting f R-20030. Research TKhnidan
11-Resean:h Institute on Addtehons,
Postlilg fR -20031

foculty
Auoc!J!te/ Full Profeuor-Oepartmem ot
Pediatrics/Cardiology, Postmg iF-0011
Aulstant Professor-Department of
Medidne, OMsOO of Lympho&lt;N,
RosweU Part.: Cancer lnstitute, Posting lff0012. AssistAnt Profeuor-Oepartment
of Medicine, Division of Bone Marrow
Tra"'P'ant. Roswell Part.: Cancet"lnstitute.
Posting lf..0013. AssistanVAs.soc:late
Professor· Oepartment of Pediatrics/
DMsion of Neonatology, Posting •f001&lt;4 . AlsistanVAssodate/ Foll
Professor-Departments of Cancer
Prevention, Epidemi()k)gy and

Biostatistics, and Social and ~liVe
Medicine, Roswefl Part.: Cancer Institute
and School cj Medicine and Biomedical

Sciences, Posting IF-00 15 . AulrtanV
Associate Professor-Department of
Pediatrics, Posting lff-0016. AssbtanV
Associate Professor-Department of
Pediatrio, Posting IF-00 17. Assodate/
Full Professor-Department of Pedi.atno,
Posting IF-0018, Instructor/ Assistant
Professor (three positions availabte)Depanment of Emergency Medicine,
Posting «F.:0019. Lecturer (th ree
posidom avallabte)-Oepartment of
Computer Sctence and Engmeenng.
Posting U-0020.

Profeulon•l

To obtain f"t'ttfe t+ffomlofJOn on ,00~ listed

Assistant Director, Ath~tks
Communkations (Sl- 2)-Divi~ of
Athletio, Posting fP-0013 . Ticket Sales
Associate (Sl-2)-0Msion of Athletics,
Posting IP-001~ . AuocYte Director for
Student He .W, Md Wellness (Sl-4)-

above, contact Personnel Stn&lt;lct'S ' lox

UB pkked up a Win during its spnng tnp'to Ronda. but dropped four pnes. US
k&gt;st to Pittsburgh. 10-7,on Much 9. 0n Fric:by,the Bulls took a wm over Sacred
Heart.6-2.;after b.lling to Rhode lsbnd. S-I .earlier in the day.The Bulls dropped a
game to Hanlocd,9~. on Sawrday,and t.lltoW.p" College. 2-0.bw In the day.
Against Pittsbufih. the Bulls trailed but arne back late, scoring three runs m
the eighth inning to make k 10-S. then added t'NO more runs tn the ninth--with
bases loaded with one out-before falling 10-7.The Bulls lost despite outtutting
the Panthers 1S-8. UB stnnded I) runners on base.
In the Fricby afternoon game. the Bulls apin Nd a probkm with le&lt;aVIng
runners on base ;and fell to Rhode Island S-1 .
The pme was tied at 1- 1 going mto the sixth inning before the Rams
scored t'NO unearned runs in the sixth and t'NO mort! runs in the eighth 1nmng
The Bulls charged back and loaded the bases in the ninth. But M01rk Vogel ~m &lt;t
deep fty ball that wu caught at the warning track for the l;ast out of the pme
The Bulls picked up a win over Sacred Heart later on Fnt:by. 6-2. Pete
Selden picked up the VICtory on the mound, going 6. 1 inn•"gs ;and gNmg up JUSt
four hits after arry;ng a no-httter into the sixth inmng.
Ag;tinn Hartford, the Bulls gave up an unearned run m the fourth mn1ng to
fall behind. H;art:ford then exploded fOf" a fNe-run seYenth 1nmng.lc.nockmg UB
starter Tom Januchowslo out of the game.
In their finOII game in Acrid• the Bulls dropped a dose contest to Wagner
College. The game was scoreless into the fifth. when Wa.gner scored the first
run of the game on a pass ball to take a 1-0 lead.Wagner then added &lt;tn
•nsurance run 1n the se...enth on an RBI double to make it 2-0

Wrestlin~

~:!~~=::~~~s~1o

obt01t1 information on Res«~rch pbs. COPlOO
Sponsoml Programs Pmonnt-1, 4 16 Crolil

\

UB will send three wrestlers to the NCAA D1vis+0n I Champ100sh1ps. bemg
held today through Saturday in I(Je.l Center in St.louis
Juniors Sh~ Kegel (1 33 pounds) and josh Sates {1&amp;4 pounds). ;md
freshman joe Downey ( 197) ;all finished second at the ch;ampionstups and were
voted as wild&lt;an:l participants to the national tournament.
It was the third straight seuon that the Bulls, under head coach j1m
Beichner and assistant Sean Gibbs. have sent three wrestlers to the naoorul
dwnpionships.
The Bulls fimshed in fourth place in the MAC Tourn;ament w1th SS S po•nu
and fin ished the dual meet season wTth an 11 -S record

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. How to Prepore lor • Hulth

c.-. Elolne Cusl&lt;er,
Aud&lt;mic

Center.

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,._,_ 1 p.m . Froe. Sponsored

. ~=."AA'.~~~IMties,
lnfom\atioo, Sonia Onol11, 6456125.

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Free.
more
64.S...7700.
For

p.m.

lAw Meeting
UB t..w eo.d of Directors
~ - Hyatt Regency.

12:15 p.m. S16. For more
information, Ilene
Fleischmann, 645-2107.
lntonoetCJink
SUitlstiallnform~Uon

Resources. Jane Weintrop,
Lockwood librarian. 223
Lockwood Ull&lt;llry. 2-3:30 p.m.

~~~~~:~~Set~

. r~~~~~h&lt;d

645 -281 .. , ext .. S2.

-tor

. Teoch"'9 Professor orid

. oadomic diroctof, U8 Honon
• Progfom, DepL of 8iologicol •
. Sciences. Scrftnin9 Room,

Class

~~~!:rfP~~r:: s~
Sponsored by DepL of Mwk.
For more infOrmation, 6452921.

~!I)'.._..... IActure

Tho Role of E¥th Sdentisu

: ~~·~lo
State CoUege. 2'Ts'Natural
Sciences Complex. 3:45·5

~~i:a~~l~~Fu%.for

-

nlOf'e informatiOn, 645-6800,
exL 6100.

lllologlcal Sdences

Sexual Selection ond Sex
Ratio Melotk Drive In Stalk·
.,., Alos. Jeny Wllkiruon,

~ryi.~~~~~lof

· Sciences Complex. 3:4S p.m. ..
Free. For nlOf'e infOf"'Ntion,
· Mike Web&gt;ter, 64S-2880.

::c:n:

.

Concert

inlonnation, Ondy Nydahl,
645-3692.

set. Flodt ond the Fledrtones.

c.. ter for the Arts. 8 p .m.

S20.50, S18.SO, studonts
S 16.50. For more information,
645-AJITS.

-

Friday

17

lnhnNitlonol Stuclont
M ordl Meeting. 210 SI!Jdent

~·~u~~·

INoclnes&lt;Mys ot 4 PLUS

Oub. For more infonna:tion,

~f~~~Poetryof

645-3286.

Ronald johnson. 420 Copen. 9

~~T__,...

a.m.·5 p.m. Free. For more
information, 645· 3810.

Designing o·Web Page.
Educotioool Tochnology Center
staff. 212 Copen. ,._,_ 1 p.m.
Free. For more information,

645-7700.

Charter Schools: Promises
. ond - - Christopher Pipho.
Unfv. of CokM'ado at Denver

The llt!porlcr publishes
listings for events: Laking

place on campus, or for
off·campus events whqe
UB groups ar-e prindpaJ

sponsors. Urtlngs are d&amp;M!

no later than noon on
the Thun:dilly fl'R'Cedlng

pubficatlon. Lb:tlngs are:

only accepted through the
e lectronic submlukm form
for the online UB Calendilr
of Events at &lt;htt p://

www.buffalo.edu/

calr.ndar/ logln&gt;. BeuuH
of spue limitations. not all
events In the eleclTonlc
c.a lendar will be Included
In the

R~porter.

:
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., Meng. Wiling am.
Wellesley Collogo. 112
Center for the Ms. 4 p.m. Fro&lt;.

~~n~~~

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Art. FQf men information, 645·

6878, ext. 1350.

co-t&gt;yffopc&gt;lov

E ssentlolllronched Surfaces
and l..Jmlnatlons. Wlliam W.
Menasco, DepL of
Mathemotics. 103 Diefendorf.
4 p.m. Free.

........

Aspects of Toxonomk .and
Transformation.~~ Musk
Theories. David Clampitt, Yale
Unfv. 211Baird. 4 p.m. free.
Spoosdred by DepL of Music.
For more information, 6452921 .

E.ahlblt

Of&gt;oo*'ll llecoptJon

=~~~

Deportment Gallery, 845
Center for the Arts. 5·7 p.m.
Flft. Sponsored by DepL of
Thea~ and Donee. For more

information. 64~78, ext
13SO.

Ufo-...opBuytng • Home. Pete Maurer,

7:30p.m.

• AIU and Sciences. For men

Altem.ttifts '"

and fonner senior fellow,
Education Coowno.ion of the
States. Center for TOfOOfTOW. 4
p.m. Free and open to the
public. Sporuored by He&lt;bert
and Anita Foster, Gnlduate
Schoof of Education. For more
infOfYllation, 645-2491.

C~terfortheAtts.

. Fr!e. Sponsored by College of

~

Saturday

~=

~.Portlf . Robin
Sullivan, 1nstructiono1 support

~l~~~ay~~

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~=!~oebyol

Ronald johnson. 420 Copen .

~~:'"ng ~ Jr::the

10:lO~ . m ....o4:30

Dep~.'Tsli

Parte.. Nooo-1 p.m. Fne.

Sponsored by Asian SllJdles
~ram. For more
information. Thomas w.
Bur1unan, 645-3474.

~~~~~.

Joan E. Fugin, Univ. of

- ·T-

more lnfom\ation, 645-3810.

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My Lord- A Morning:
Tho Morlan Andenon Story.

·

=~-:~26.
infonnation. laurie K. Read,
829-3307.

........

p.m. Free. For

IIuffaloCenter.
vs Robert
- Free.· U8
Tennis
1 p.m.

Mica '''JJ~

Lectureon~ln

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Unguoge ond jewish Cabom.
from Vlonno \0 CMnp
Granado. Neil Jacobs, Ohio

State Univ. 280 Part. 1-2:30
p.m . Flft. Sponsored by the
Croduate Croup for Cennan
and Austrian SllJdle&gt;.

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845-2339.

--Class
INoclnes&lt;Mys ot 4 PLUS

~fu.:!."3o..~64~00

Pari&lt;,

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Sdoncol..octunSdenceDecode-Y2Kl.oct""'
Series. Resnn:h SW&lt;foes
Center, Cayio&lt;d/Cory Mooting
Room, RosWell Park Cone«
ln&gt;titutt. NOon-1 :30 p.m. F,...
Sponsored by jurossic Park

~=rorc:_~-12

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adults, 10 childron.
Sporuored by Target stores. For
more infor'mltion, 645..ARTS.

Sunday

'1 9

c.ss.tt s~ Quartet. S1e&lt;

~t&gt;YJ!;.·~~-

For men infi&gt;fmallon, 6452921 .

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Office of Student Activities. For

Center. Room ~!11-

more inlonnallon, Sonia Coneli,
645-6125.

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=.u:.~l
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212 Copen .
3:30--4:30 p.m. F..._ For more
inlon'nation,- 645-7700.

~College.

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Semlconducto&lt; Dftkes.

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3:45p.m. F..._

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Japan
Nite
Members of the Torontogroup perform a traditional
Japanese dance during the
Japan Nite 2000 celebration
Saturday in the Center for
the Arts. The celebration of
Japanese culture also
included a performance by
a drum group and a karate
demonstration.

EOC program to move to Seneca St.
Maving closer to ECC City Campus to facilitate relationship between entities
., suE WUETOtU
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HE Educational Opportunity Center-us•s
moot vistble program in
downtown Buffalohopes to move from its present location at 465 Washington St. to offices in the forme"r Empire of
America Realty Credit Corp. building at I00 Seneca St., adjacent to the
Erie Community CoUege City Campus, by early faU. •
EOC Director Sherry) Weems
said the center is negotiating to lease
the first four Boors, as weU as some
space in the basement, of the fivestory building at Seneca and Oak
streets, near Dunn Tire Park.
The ~cGuire Group otcupies the
top Boor of the building.
Mary Gresham, vice president for
public service and urban affairs,
noted that moving EOC doser to the

determined five years ago that the
Washington Street buildingowned by the UB Foundation,
lnc.-"in its current form was not
sufficienf" to accommodate EOC's

projected growth and direction.
.. ft was a priority of ours to redefine ourselves, and in doing so to try
to find some new space," she said,
noting that EOC is fOCU5ing more
of its attention on job retention, as
well as job training and college
preparation.

The UBF conduded a feasibi~ty
study to determine if EOC's needs
could be met with a major renova-

tion of the Washington Street building. The goal, Weems said, was to
acquire A-Class office space.
" It's just time," she noted, point ing to the poor condition of the

building where EOC has resided for
30 years.
But the UBF study found that the

citycampusofECC~elpstoexpand

cost to renovate the Washington

the range of educational opportunities for adults af1!l other working professionals in downtown Buffalo."
Weems said EOC administrators

Street building to meet EOC's specifications would be "outrageous. We
could move at lesscost,"Weemssaid.
So EOC began "a n aggressive

campaign" to look for other space.
The criteria were simple: at least

67,000 square feet- the size of the
Wu.hinston Street building-in a
building locared wilhin a four-block
radius of Lafayette Square, the hean
of downtown Buffalo.
Weems said she seriously looked
at "no less than eight or nine properties" over the past four years before finding 100 Seneca St.
The new facilities will afford EOC
"lots of opponunity for growth and
further development, and will help
so~dify the relationship between the
Erie Comm unity College campus
and the Educational Opportunity
Center," she said.
She noted that two yea rs ago,
EOC revisited articulation discussions with ECC to case the movement of studeots from EOC to ECC.
The new facilities also will so~difi·
the relationship between ECC and
UB, "beca use the (ed ucational)
pipeline continues from the point
of ent"ry ( EOC or ECC) to point of
exit, which we would hope would
be the undergraduate degree and

possibly professional and graduate
study," she added. "We're very ex·
cired about being a part of that pipeline and its development."
Added Gresham: "lncneased program articulation will facmtate a
smooth flow frorri EOC to other
post-secondary institutions in the
region."
Weems pointed out that the new

site will offer EOC the opponunity
to enhance technology and ..enable
our furulty and staff to think differently about our programs. offerings
and even constituency."
EOC provid~ educational JOb
training, college preparatjon and
related suppo rt services to "economically disenfranchised and aca -

demically disadvantaged" populations of Western New York. Thousands of individuals have received

GEDs, entered coUege and secured
employment through EOC.
Weems said plaru to renovate the

Seneca Street building already have
been dev.loped, and she is confident
that the lease will be signed and construction com pleted by early fall.

UB taking lead in IT conferencing
By PATRICIA DONOVAN
News Services Editor

Oarkson and Rcnnselaer Polytech-

on sabbaticaJ in California.
The new system was developed,
integrated and tested by }otmes
Whitlock, associate director of
compu tin g se rvices, and Peter
Jorgensen, senior applications ana·
lyst for academic services., both in
Computing and Information Technology. Jorgensen will be the third
UB instructor to employ the new
videoconferencing technology later
this month when he plans to teach
a library·science class from the
Netherlands.
Wh.itJock says this development
marks the dawn of a new era of
Internet capabilities.
The system combines ex isting

nic Institute simuJtancously while

technolo_'in new ways. "Off-the-

I

NFORMATION -technology
specialists at UBhavedevdoped
a revolutionary production -

grade, PC-based, high-performancevidooconferencingS}'tem that
is portable and available at a much
lower price than previously was pos·
sible.
Faculty members at UB also have
been involved in the first successful
use of the system, which allows an
instructor to team-teach a course-in real -time--with a colleague at
Stanford University, and another to
teach a course to students at UB,

shelf" PC components are blended
wi th OEM (o riginal eq uipmen t
manufacture) hardware to product·
video with the high quality that has.
until now. been available only using
ISDN (telephone ) connections.

Specifically, the UB system u=
standard Internet Protocol, o r IP,
with a 384~ps H.323 connection
- recentfyapproved for non ·com ·
merciaJ use - to support a high quality, high · performance videoconferencing connection that is
transported ower Internet 2.
Unlike the crowded Internet that
most people use, lntemet 2 is not a
pub~c

network. but one shared br

universities. It has a greater bandwidth and a transmission capabil·

aty si.x umcs that of the onganal
Internet, a fact that enha nces video
quality trcmendouslr.
Hinri ch Martens, associate v11.c
pres1dcnt for co mputmg technol
ogy. 5a)'S that m sample terms. what
the US team has done 1s take the
vadro s1gnal origmatmg at one s1tc.·
and convert it to an IP data ~1gnal
that can ~ transponed over
Internet 2 without thc.· intcrferc.·n(c.'
of other Internet traffic.
Long-term , the dcvelopt.•r., '·'"·
the new syste m 1s expected to re
duce distance-learn1ng and Video
confercncing costs subs tanualh
while opening the door to nt"\\
kinds of co nnections.

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Gerani.J. Connon is professor of psychology and director of the
Research Institute on Addictions (RIA), whjch .became part of
UB last fall. Located at I 021 Main St. in Buffalo, the institute has
approximately 170 employees.
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RIA was established in 1970 to con- transmission in sex, violence, and
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and our lint di=tor was Cedric
RIA scientists and their staffs are
Sntith, UB professor of pharmacaloverseeing a diverse research portogy and toxicology. From the late
folio, including topics related to eti1970s until our recent transfer back
ology, prevention and treatment of
to UB, we...,.. part of the New York
addictions; the role of alcohol and
State Office ofAlcoholism and Subother drugs in violence; needs of
stance Abuse Services.
special populations, including ntinorities, women and youth; family lilA be ltudJing ~e
functioning; drinking and driving;
social, psychological and neuro- We have been imo'-1 in some rephysiological aspects of addictions; seart:h on smokinS, and I anticipate
health and medical aspects of addic· RIA scientists doing more work in
lions, and p=alence of gambling this area in upcoming years. A5 an
behavior. The institute also offers example,.several RIA scientists have
addiction-treatment services subntitted proposals to study smok·
through its outpatient Qinical Re- ing behavior and strategies for
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The research emphases are diverse.
For example, ongoing projects are
investigating alcohol use and highrisk sexual behaviors amongadnlescents and young adults; issues related to alcohol and early marriage;
women's alcohol \1St' and victimization; the prevalence of gambling
nationwide, as well as the effect of
gambling on the significant other;
prevention of alcohol problems in
rural areas; drug-coping skills of
dually diagnosed !!"bents; work, alcohol and school performance
among adolescents; HIV prevention
through drinking reduction in col. lege students; dopamine function

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dopamine. It generally is believed
that this effect produces the "high"
often reported following alcohol or
drug use. Animal studies ~ave
shown tbat prolonged use of aJco.
hoi and other drugs changes the
balance of dnpantine in the brain
and this could be a contributing fac.
tor to addiction. Although tl&gt;ere
bave been only a few human studies, the results do indicate that such
changes in the brain dopamine level
also occur in humans using alcohol
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therapy (which includes smok·
ing cessation); marital and faro.
ily counseling; education and
coping-skiJts training; relapse
clewoloplnmt7
prevention; afterca.re services,
I'm pleased to report it has. A5 one . and a bilingual staff (Spanish).
recent example, research con- The DWI Assessment and 'fuat.
ducted at RIA on drinking ond ment Program is intended to
driving has been used in delibera- meet the needs ofclients re£rrr.d
tions regarding policies on driving to the CRC by the oourts system.
under the influence of alcohol and The CRC accepts Medica:id and
on the clinical evaluation of indi- most insurance plans; a sliding
viduals arrested for this offense. scale is offered based on income.
R&lt;search conducted at RIA on fe- No one is denied treatment betal alcohol syndrome and on the cause of an inability to pay. The
onset of alcohol and other drug use CRC treats persons 18 years and
among youth similarly .has in- older who have alcohol and
formed prevention efforts and other drug problems. The CRCs
policy developmenL
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through the Clinical Research Center (CRC). Established in 1990, the
CRC is the only alcoholism and substance-abuse treatment facility in
New York State clpigned specifically
for.dinical research. In this manner,
the·CRC plays an important role in
developing and evaluating methods
of addictions treatrnenL Through
their involvanent in dinical treatment research, CRC staff members
stay informed about the latest devdopments i!' substance-abuse assessment and treatment issues and
are able to_transfer that knowledge
totheirworkwithclieots. TheCRC
offers brief screening interviews;
comprehensiveassessments,induding thorough medical evaluation; a
range of treatment services based on
research findings; brief treatment
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there have been a variety of such
interactions over the years, including collaborations with the
departments of Spcial and Preventive Medicine, Psychology
and Sociology, and with the
School of Social Work. As an example, RIA and the Depa'rtment
of Social and Preventive Medicine collaborated on 'the dev.J.
opment ofihe Center for Qini.
cal and Medical Epidemiology
of.Aicohol, whi~ was funded
for seven years by the National
lnstitu)e on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism. In addition, the
School of Social Work and RIA
are working together in the
area of tecbnology~fer and
research dissemination in the
addictions. I anticipate that
such collaborations will be increasing in frequency and
scope in upcoming years.

Murphy leads fight agains ear infections
UB professor is developing a vaccine that would pievent common childhood ailment
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of parents ~lth young children, just tell ihem that scientists are making significant
strides toward developing a vaccine
to prevent recurrent ear infections.
A leader in this endeavor is Timo·
thy F. Murphy, professor of medi·
cine and microbiology, whose re·
search is currently funded by a fiveyear, S I million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NTH ).
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tis media) in children, but also is a
leading cause of recurrent infections
in patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonarydisease,or COPD.A vacci ne against NTHI is especially
promising because it would be effec ·
tive in both populations of patients.
"Otitis media and COPD are enormous national health prOblems in
terms of human suffering and cost,"

says Murphy, whose work in this area
has been funded by the NIH since
1983. "About 80 percent of children
hav&lt; a least one episode of otitis media by age three, and it is the most
common reason for visits to pediatricians. Recurrent otitis media is

painful and because it impair&gt; hearing. it is associated with delays in
speech and languagedevdoprnent, as
well as with learning problems in
children as they reach school age."
Murphy adds that COPD, which
includeschronicbroncbitisandernphyserna, is the fourth leading cause
of death in the United States, with
infections being the most common
single identifiable cause of these
deaths.
In order for a vaccine to be effective against recurrtnt ear infections,

it must work ~thin the first months
of a child's life, according to Murphy.
This is because if a child's throat
becomes colonized with NTH! during his first year of lif~ in the
absence of an ear infection-he may
then be prone to ear infectio.ns
througbo~ childhood.

"So~ vaccines do not induce an
gest that P6 would make a good vacimmune response in cbildren under cine antigen.
age !'\")&gt;" he explains. "It will be criti"What my lab has done is idencal to develop a vaccine for ear infec- tify and characterize vaccine antitions that is effective in infancy be- gens and perform initial studies supcause it will be important to ~u ­ porting the potential viability of the
nize early to prevent returmlt inf&lt;c. vacd.ne; it,s up to the pharmaceutilions, which are the real problem."
cal companies to produce large
To that end, Murphy's work fo- amounts of the vaccine antigen for
cuses on two proteins on the outer testing. which is now happening."
membrane surface of NTHI-P2 says Murphy, who holds multiple
and P~ch of which has the ap- patents on the P6 molecule pertainpealing feature ofbeing able to gen- ing to its geoe and protein sequences
erate antibodies in ~ts.
and purification and diagnostic
"P2 makes up 50 percent of the methods.
protein content of the outer memCurrently, Murphy is dedicating
brane and is an immunodominant his research efforts to continuing to
protein, which means it induces the learn as much as possible about the
human hmlto make antibodies to P6 molecule and the human reit," says Murphy.
sponse to it "'n particular,! want to
The other protein he is focusing know what parts of the molecule
on in tandem with P2 is P6. Since they [vaccinated individuals 1are
discovmngthis protein 15 years ago, malcing antibodies to. Recently,
Murphy has learned much about i~ we've done a lot of work on the an·
including the fact that it is antigeni· tigenic structure of the P6 molecuk,
cally conserved; in other words, it is looking at how this protein is aridentical in amino acid sequence ranged in the outer membrane. Now
from strain to strain.ln addition, he we want to identify the specific parts
has made other discoveries that sug- of the molecule that are protective."

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CCR offers ((virtual" bridges m
VB-me Digital partnership brings Peace Bridge designs alive
lly U1IH COCIUIMUM
News ~e Editor

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"Dining Dollars" accounts
open to faculty and staff
Meal pl•ns •re not just for students. Faculty and staff members
now can take advantage of '"Dining Dollars," the pre-paid, debit card account that can be us&amp;! at any UB Dining Service location o;
in the hundreds of Faculty Student Association vend ing machines
on campus.
Dining Dollars accounts, which can be opened with as lutle as
$75, are accessed via UB Cards. The amount spent at vending ma chines or at such dining spots as the Gretflery, the Tiffin Room,
Putnam's or Harriman Cafeteria 1s deducted elect ro nically from the
balance on the card, and the remaining balance is displayed at the
cas h register after the purchase.
Dining Dollars never expire, and can be earn ed over from semes ter to semester. Additional funds may be added to accounts in $!5
increments.
Facult y and staff members who deposit $200 or more to th~H
accounts will receive a 10 percent bonus from FSA. In addition , participants will receive discounts and information about specia l food
promotions throughout the academ1c year.
Those interested in openmg a Dining Dollars account can stop
by the UB Ca rd offices m The Commons on the o rth Campus or
Harriman Ha ll on th e So uth Campus. Cash. personal checks,
MasterCard, VISA and Discover are accepted . l-or further informa tion, call the UB Ca rd offie&lt; at 645-6344 .

HE final dec ision on
whether to build a

"Superspan" or to '"twin"
the existing Pace Bridge

is still months away, but starting this
week. all of the proposed bridge and
toU plaza designs haveoome to~
virtuaUy that is-in the C&lt;nter for
Computational Research (CCR} at
UB.
Until now, the proposed designs
have been available only as blueprints. But thanks to a partnership
between CCR, IBC Digital and the
Vi rtual Realiry Lab in the UB Department of Mechanical and Aero-

space Engineering. observers can

"walk through" or"Oy through" virtual -reality representations of each
of the proposed bridge and toU plaza
designs.
Sophisticated animations of the

bridge designs were showcased in a

Residence halls participate in
newspaper-readership program

video produced by IBC Digital during a presentation Tuesday by the

BinationaJ Team'to the Public Consensus Review Panel and members

of th e public in the studios of
WNED-TV
The modds now are available to
the public review organization and
the public in an immersivc threedimensional environment in CCR,

located in Norton Hall o n the
No rth Campus. Stills and video are
available on the CCR and IBC Web
sites.
This is a critical step, not onJy for

those involved in the decision-making process, but fo r any Western
New Yo rker interested in the o utcome of the Peace Bridge debate,
said Ben Porcari, president of IBC
Digital.
" It's very hard to make a $350million decision based on line draw·
ings or blueprin ts," he said ...You
do n't get a sense of scale or of how
the bridge fits into the surrounding

landscape.
" In vinual reality, on the other
hand, you literally will be able to
stand in Front Park. look o ut over
the vista and see the bridge. Com pare that to staring at a blueprint."
Russ Miller, CC R directo r and
professor of computer science, said
CCR "is thrilled to be able to provide statewof- the -a rt technology
and expertise to the community.
We hope that by presenting the designs in an immersive environ ment , people will be able to gain
additional insight into the project.
The combination of IBC Digital's
animation capabilities. UB's Vinual
Reality Lab expertise and the re·
squrces available in CC R provides
an cxceiJent example of th e synergism that is possible when a New
York State university and the pri vate sector cooperate on an issue
that is important both to the pub lic and government."
According to Po rcar i. seei ng is
believing.
"When you fina ll y see some of
these options three dimensionall y.
using the computer, it's very strik ing," he said. "You see aesthcticall}'
how each design fi ts into th e environment ."
Since the designs are animated in
"before.. and "after" configurations,

Rape._

ObHrven c•n "w•lk through .. or " fly through" vlrtu•l-re•llty
represent•tlon• of competing "twin •p•n" •nd " Supenp.~~n " designs
for the Pe.ce ~ •t UB's Center for Comput•tlon•l Rese•rch .

he said. they also bring to light the
drama of how some of the options
will affect the surrounding areas.
" It's very simple to say, ' this de sign will elimi nate four blocks o r
houses;' it's quite another to sec
th em just disappear before your
eyes as you do in the animations,"
he said.
Spectators will experie nce the
virtual - realit y images on CC R's
Fakespace
Systems
lmmersaDesk-the on ly one in
Western New· York. It is powered by
the SGJ Onyx 2 supercomputer,
which Porcari calls '"'absolutely th e
most powerful graphics platform
available today."
Equipped with a 4-foot-by-5-foot
angJed scrcen , the ImmersaDesk al lows use rs to virt ua lly immerse
themselves in and "walk through" an
environment. User.. n;mam station ary while the lm m(•rsaf)c!lk re ·
sponds instantly to the1r command ....
.. pulling" the environment .ununJ
them .
The work at UB is being (U4..1rJ1
nated by Thenkurussi Kcsa\•adc!l-,
professor of mechanical and aero

space engineering and director of
the Virtual Reality lab. In add ition
to the Peace Bridge, o ther environ ments in the CCR virtual -reality
database include virtual factorie~
and biological molecules.
"When we fir st looked at the
project, we found that this was on
such a large scale, it was not som ething we could just tum around very
quickly," sa id Porca ri . "It would
dominate our whole production for
weeks. But after we discussed it with
CCR and UB, they felt strongly that
this was a way for the university to
usc its technology tu support the
community."
Porcari added that the project
took a team of animators working
mJn~ late nighh a full m ont h to
complt:tc.
Fur an apptHntmt:nt tOSt"'l' thevirtual -rca lit y dl' !l1gn~ of till' Pean:
Bridge, contal1 &lt;:&lt;:Rat MS -6500 or
at &lt; info@ccr.buffalo.ed u ...,
Pho tographs and qu1..:\.. tunc
\'ideo of t he designs taken from IB( .
I &gt;1gita..l's video m ay be VleWt.'ll Jt thl·
( ( K \\feb site at &lt; http ://
www.ccr.buff•lo.edu &gt;.

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The University Residence Halls will present a newspaper reader ship pilot program from March 10 th rough April 17 for student s m
the Governors Complex on rhe North Campus and Goodyear Hall
o n th e South Camp us.
The four-week pilot program, coordinated b)' USA Today. w1ll
make available three free newspapers for stude nb m the des1gnated
residence halls. Papers-i ncluding USA Today, Tiu! Buffalo News and
The New York Timer-will be availab le Monday through Fndav at
bu ilding entrances and dining areas.
The purpose of the program is to enhance the learning envuon ·
mtnt on c.ampus by he\pi.ns studcnts understand the wor\d i.n whi.c.h
we live, to encourage acquisition of skills impo rtant for educated
citizenship and to develop a newspaper readership habit.
" Reading a daily newspaper is a wonderful way,to ob tain a bcuer
understanding of our world ," sa id Dennis Black. vice president for
st udent affairs. "We ho pe this program will encourage o ur students
to read and to understand . Newspaper readership can spill over mto
the classroom as well, b)' developing a much more informed stu dent body."
A study conducted by USA Today found th at 75 pf.rcent of stu
dents at one university said that the availability of newspape:rs m
the res1dence halls co ntributed to the habit of reading a paper on a
regular basis. Students also sa id they felt th at newspaper readmg
co ntributed to their abi lit y to discuss current issues, having opm ·
1ons about nationaUintcrnational concerns. bemg mformed about
the communit y, understand ing ethical dilemmas. paruopaung 10
class disc ussio ns and connectin g rea l life and class concept s.
On-campus surveys will bl' conducted during the pilot program
to determine studen t .~o ' reade rship habits. Based on the results ot
these sU rve ys. UB ad mmistrators will decide if the un1ver&gt;H y w1il
participate in thl~ program on a long-term bas1s.

UB to host SUNY conference CJ
·More than 700 faculty and staff membt.•rs a nd admim st rators
from SUNY coll eges and universities will converge on UB Ma)' 30·
31 and June I for SUNY's largest annua l co nference on inst ru ctional
technology in ed ucation.
Sponso red by SUNY and the 1-aculty Access to Compu tm g Tt.•ch ·
nology ( FACT) committee, the ninth a nnual Conference on lnstruc ·
tiona! Techno logy (CIT ) will feature workshops. demomtrat1ons,
panel discussions and papers on th r latest developments m mstru..tional tec hno logy. Titled.. &lt;''" Panncr.,/ Ncw Poss1b1h t1 es," tht: con fcrenn· will focus o n usi ng in st ruct io nal tcch no log)' to prov1de nt.·w
oppo rtumti cs fo r cooperation in the traditional classroom. a... well
as fo r di!ltance learning. It will showcase.- new technologiC&gt;, as well
.1s all ow for di!lcussion of the larger 4lll'SIJOn::. !!Urrnunding 111strth:
tionaltC'chnology. mcluding iL' appropria te U&gt;C . llllp.lt.:l on k·arnm~
a nd proJl'Ction&gt; for studt·nt SUll."l',:o..
"The Confert' n(l' on lnstrw..-tJon.tl Teo:hnolngll'' L!'&gt; Jn ' 'llht.md
111~ample of u tili 11n~ the resnun.l': O. of jhl' l'lltm· 'i)"ll'm. lnd1
v1dual.s fromthrough1..1UI tht: StJtl' Untvl'r!ll ty \VJilml'l't to &gt;h.Lrl" thl'll
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Teac hin g Professor 111 thl· Deputmcnt of Cht.' llll,tn .11
O neo nta and chair of tht' l-A&lt; - r mmm1ttec
Registration for tht· evcnll!&gt; ongom~ thruu~h .M.n h•r nH•rl' 111
formation, contact CIT wnferl'lh.t.' J1rl•(lnr ll•,!Jl· ~l.n"\· dk ,ll tht·
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UB political scientist Campbell develops theory of predictable presldentJ.I campaigns

Fall campaigns affect election resUlts
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electoral pi'OC&lt;SS and the presidency
has found.
The theory of predictable cam·
paigns developed by James E.
Campbell, professor of political sci·
ence, is based a decade of research on
130 years of electoral history and the
history of public-opinion polling in
elections over the past 50 years.
Results of the research by
Campbell is the topic of his new
book, "The American Campaign:
U.S. Presidential Campaigns and the
National Vote," published recently
by Texas A&amp;M University Press.
In another related book that also
was published this year, " Before the
Vote: Forecasting National Electi o ns" (Sage Publications ) ,
Campbell and co-eclitor )ames C.
Garand invited seven political sci·
enlists who had developed models
fo r forecasting the results of presi·
dential elections to revisit their fore·

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present contingent forecasts for this
year's general election.
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The scientists' 1996 forecasts had
been published in the journal
Am&lt;rican Po~ti&lt;:s Quamrly in Oc·
tober of that year.
"It was a risky proposal because
predictin,g apything from the
weather to the stock market always
involves a degree of uncertainty,"
Campbell points out.
"But several election-forecasting

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models ha.. had a good track record
in recent years aoci 1996 was no ex·
ceptioh," he says.
As a group, Campbell observes,
the forecasts of the 1996 presiden·

tiaJ election made two to three
months before the election were
more accurate than the final polls

conducted right before the election. and unpredictable twisu and turns
The average error in the 1996 of the campaign, such as the inspi·
forecasts was just a bit more than rational~theregrettablegaJfe
nro percentage poinu.
or the brilliant strategic 111"""Michad Lewis-Beck of the Uni·
However, the effects of cam·
..rsity of Iowa and Olarles Tien of paigns. he· says, are larger than poHunter College were right on tar· liticalscientists.thinkandm&lt;&gt;re~.
get, predicting Clinton's share ofthe dictable than joumalists ~
vote within one· tenth of a percent·
Campbellsaysthedf&lt;clsofcam·
age point.
. paigns are predictable becauK their
Doestheaccuracyoftheforecasts impact takes plaa berween a large
madebeforethefallcampaignmean group of solid Democratic voters
thatthecampaigohasnoimpacton and a large group of solid Rtpubli·
the election?
can voters who have decided
well before the election for
whom they'll cast their ballots.

Campaigns are about
winning over those in th e
middle-those voters who
are affected by their initial

impreSsions of the major
party candidates, their at·

tachmeot to a political
party, the state of the elec·

tion-year economy and

"Not so," says CampbelL
The reason that presidential elec·
tions can be forecast so aa:urately,
heexplainsin"TheAmerianCam·
paign," is that the dfccts ofpresideD·
tial g&lt;neral-dection campaigns are

largdy predictable.
"Journalists and political scien·
lists tend to.ha.. diffqmt .miscon·
ceptions of the role campaigns play
in the outa&gt;me of presidential eJec.
tions," he notes.
"Political scientists tend to look
at campaigns as rituals or spectacles
that have minimal effects on the
outcome of presidential elections,"
he points out.
Journalists beli""" that election
results rum on the unforeseeable

whether or not an incumbent is running.
Campbell says he was
struck by the fact that aJ.
though lhe accurate forecasting models all dillmd
in what they used to predict elections, most had
. three things in common:
"A measure of the public's opinion
of ihe candidates going into the
campaign, economic growth during
the election year and incumbency."
The candidate ahead in lhe polls
after the patties' con..ntions nsU·
ally wins the election, but with a
much smaller margin than that
shown in the polls at the campaign's

beginning.
Once the voters know the candi·
date match-up, many reach a quick
verdict. But the intense competition
of the fall campaign also tends to
narrow the front·runner'slead
In his res&lt;arcb, eampbell found
one of the most important reasonS
for this "narrowing effect" is that the
trailing candidate in the pre-cam·
paign polls often starts the cam·

paign with somedisarnywithin the
party but that many party m&lt;:rnben
drift bock to that candidate OYe2' the,
coune of the campaign.
He also found that the campaign
tilts toward a certain candidate de·
pending on how well the economy
is doing in
election year and
whether an iDcwnbent is I'I1I1Ding.
"If the economy is stmog and an
incumbent is I'I1I1Ding. voter&gt; evalu·
ate
information with a tilt
toward re-decting the candidate of
the party currently in the White
House."
Campbell says i(s too early tp tell
who the next president will be with·
out an incumbent in the race and
with both parties nearly equal in
their nwnben of identifiers.
"I would anticipate a particularly
dose contest," he believes.
It will all depend on how thevot·
ers between now and August evalu·
ate the Democratic and Republican
candidates, how amicably the Bush·
McCain and Gore-Bndkyprimary
fights are settled and how the
economy does l'n the next few
months.
"Fights within a party for the
nomination are part of democracy,
but they don't bode well for enter·
ing the fall campaign," he sajs.
Both parties this year ha.. had
bruising internal battles--tM Re·
publican battle with the McCain
phenomenon is especially interest·
ing.headds.
And the election maywdl depend
on how well and quickly Republi·
cans can regroup ifter they choose
their nominee.
"On· the one hand,~ ·Campbell
notes, "the Rq&gt;ublican battle is fi&lt;n:r
bu~ on lhe other, Republicans ha..
been out of the White' House for
eight years and maypuliiO!I'ther in
the end"
He says it's possible that McCain's
showing among independents and
Democrats may spell as much
trouble for AI Gore as it does for
George w. Bush.

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Smoking increases risk for brain aneurysms
UB study ftntiJ that smoking leads to growth oflarge blood-vessel malformations

By LOIS~

News S&lt;rvk:., Editor

IGAREJ'TE smoking
appears to increase the
risk for developing large
brain aneurysms in pa·
tients who are predisposed to these
life-threatening, blood-vessel maJ.
formations, a study headed by re·

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searchers in the Department of
Neurosurgery has shown.
Results published in a recent is·

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show that, in their multi-cen ter

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aneurysms larger than 24 mm., and
78 percent with aneurysms ranging
in size from 13 mm. to 24 mm were
smokers. Sixty-six percent of pa tients with aneurysms smaller than

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"It is clear from our study that
smoking leads to growth of larger
aneurysms," said L..ee R Guterman,
assistant professor of neurosurgery
and lead author on the study. "This
may be due to direct effects of the
nicotine on the blood vessel waiJ or

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indirect effects like hypertension."
A brain aneurysm is a blood-filled,
balloon-like structure that forms at
a weak spot in the vessel caused by
damage to the vessel lining. A ruptured can kill instantaneously, and
at the ""'Y least is a meclical erner·
geitcy. The larger the aneurysm, the
greater the risk of rupture and the
poorer the outcome.
Because aneurysm size is critical
to survival and disability, and be·
cause littledefinib.. information ex·
ists on what causes an aneurysm to
be large or small, researchers set out
to assess the relationship between
aneurysm siu and facton known to
damage the brain's blood vessels.
The study group was composed
of 298 patients in the placebo·
treated group taking pan in a trial
ofadrugthoughttodecreasebrain·
ceU damage in persons with bleed·
ing aneurysms. The trial was con·
ducted at UB and the University of
Colorado in Denver.
Demographic,heallhand lifestyle
data were ~ollected from pan ici·

pants when they were admitted to
the hospital Of the 298 participants,
218 were women and 63 had large
aneurysms.
Analysis of patient data witlt an·
eurysm size showed that smoking at
any time was independently associ·
ated with large aneurysms. H""""",
other known risk factors for cere·
brovascular disease, including by·
pertension', diabetes and use of aJ.
cobol or illicit drugs. showed no re·
lationship to aneurysm siu.
In addition, patients with large
aneurysms were:
• More likely to die within three
months than those wilh small an ·
eurysms .-J.
• Morelikelytohavemultiplean·
eurysms
• Lowerfunctioningatadmission
Gutennansaidcigarette smoking
may contribute to large aneurysm
siu by promoting degradation of
elastin in blood vessel walls Elastin
helps-blood vessels retain their
shape. lfelastinhasdetcriorated,the
vessel wall may be susceptible to ex·

pandingorbalkioningatsiteswhere
blood flow is especially turbulent,
such as the middle crrebral artery.
Large aneurysms were found to be
more prevalent at this location.
"These findings oo the effect of
cigarette smoking on aneurysm size,
coupled with our earlier findings,
suggest smolring predisposes indi·
viduals to multiple intracranial an·
eurysms. The only way people may
be able to pre..nt formation of large
or giant aneurysms is to stop smok·
in g. Patients wi th known
·unruptured small aneurysms
should definitely stop smoking"
Guterman said
Also partii;ipating in the study
from the UB Department ofNeu·
rosurgerywerepostdoctoralfellows
Adan I. Quershi and M. Farced K.
Suri, and L Nelson Hoplrins, de·
partment chair. University of Colorado researchers were Gene Y. Sung
and Robert Straw. The initial drug
trial f{om which the study group
was drawn wa s funded b y
Pharmacia &amp; Upjohn.

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Discipline styles studied
Moms with substance-abuse p;oblems are more punitive
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News s.Mces Editor

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OTHERS who have
alcohol and drug
problems tend to be
more punitive to ward their children than women
who do not have substanu-abUS&lt;
problems, according to a studyoonducted by two School of Social v.brk
faculty members.
While a number of studies have
looked at the negative effect5 on
children's lives of parents with alcohol or other drug problems, this is
one of the few studies that directly
examines the relati~nship between
a mother's substance abuse and her
style of child discipline.
"When we looked at mothers' style
of punishmen~ women with :doohol
and other drug problems were more
likdy to be punitive,• said Brenda A.
Miller, professor of social work and
di=tor of the Center for Research
on Urban Social Work Practice, who
conducted the study with Nancy j.
Smyth, associate dean for academic
affairs in the School of~ Work.
Pamela Mudar, project staff associate at the Resea.rch Institute on Addictions. also is a co-author.
Results of the study were published in the journal of Studies on
AlcohoL The research was supported
bya$1.4milliongrant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abu~
and Alcoholism.
'"There is a lot of talk about children of alcoholic parents, but most
of it focuses on a father's problem,"
said Miller. "There are fewer women
in trtatmcotthanmcn,in~but
women generally have custody of
their childrm." suggesting that more
attention needs to be givm to children whose mothers have alcohol or

other substance-abuse probl&lt;rm.
Thest&gt;ody inttrviewed 170""""""
from Wcswn New York recruited
from 1M c!iff=nt
sources: alcoholism outpatienttreatment programs, drinkingdriver classes for
oonvicted o~­
ers, shelters for batt:ered women, outpatient mental-health trtatmcot programs and a random sample of
houscbolds.All theseworn&lt;n baddilldrm between 3 and 17 yoars of age.
Participants were divided into
th=categories: those who had a past
alcohol or drug-abuse problem,
those with a current problem and
those who never have had a problem.
PartiCipants were interviewed using a structured format that included open-ended questions and

.....

self-administered questionnaires.
Mothers......., asked about their style
of punishment, including verbal

agg ressio n, such as threats or
berating., and moderate physical
punishment, such as throwing
something at the child or slapping
or spanking. The study did not assess any physi&lt;al punishment that
could be categorized as child abUS&lt;.
Women in the study also were
asked about how they would react
in hypothetical situations. Mothers
were presented with various disciplinary strategies-ranging from
doing nothing, to talking to the
child, to hitting the child with a belt
or a switch-for 10 different situations in which the child misbehaved.
Child misbehaviors ranged from
not doing something he or she was
to do, to stealing something, to hit ting or kiclting.

The study showed that mothers
with a past or current substance-

abUS&lt; problems were liUly to disci pline their children more aggressively than women who had never
had a problem, and that current

problems were linked more strongly
with pbysical punitiveness.
Although an obvious goal of the
study would be to provide interVentions that would teach mothers how
to punish.their children more effectively and appropriately, the end
goals of the study are more widereaching because substanu-abUS&lt;
problems and styles of discipline
"have a way of setting up repUcating patterns," Miller said
oewhen we talk about prevention,
this is one other place where we can
make a difference," she said
Mothers' substance-abuse problems tend to be interrwined with
other problems, includ ing the
women's histories of child abuse,

sexual abuse and partner violence.
There is evidenu that these 'victimization histories may contribute to

their alcohol- and drug-abuse prob·lenis, which, in tum, contribute to the
style of punishment they use with
their children. And sinu substana
abUS&lt; is linked to victimization and
violence, it is critical that the interacting chain of evmts be interrupted.
MiUer said that while current

methods of trtatment for substance
abuse focus only on the abuser, she
hopes results ofherstudywill encourage broader fonns of intervention.
"We're providing direct care of

the person with the alcohol problem, not the whole family. I hope this
work will help with the recognition
that what we do with fa.mily members will have a direct affect on the
problems of the future."

Grant to comniercialize research
UB chemistry professor
who has spent the past
decade developing alaser ablation apparatus
that solves one of the trickier problems in computer-chip fabrication
has received a $900,000 grant under
the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SB!R) program to
commercialize the technology.
A research gmup headed by james
F. Garvey has signed a manufacturing-and-marketing partnership
with Neocera, Inc., the world's top
supplier of pulsed laser deposition
equipmen~ providing the team with
automatic access to its market.
With the help of this Phase 2 and
other SBIR grants, the UB researchers have established a new local company called AMBP Tech--,&lt;hort for
Assisted Molecular Beam Process
Technologies. Theyanticipateleasing
spatt in the UB technology incubator this summer.
"We will use the grant and the
incubator space to scale up our process to the industry standard and
also to ensure our product's compatibility with Neocera's existi ng
commercial systems." said Garvey,
principal investigator on the SBlR
grant "Once we do, our laser ablat·ion source then will be added to
Neocera's catalog and will be mar-

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keted as part of its product line."
In a critical expression of support
for the technology, an international
leader in computer chips also has
signed on as a Poleotial customer
and expressed interest in helping to
reline the technique.
Garvey, who founded AMBP
Tech, is commercializing the tech nology wjth IUS research associate,
Robert" DeLeon, adjunct associate
professor of chemistry.
The key ;;dvantage of the UB
technique--&lt;alled Laser Assisted
Molecular Bea m Deposition
(lAMBD}--liesinitsabilitytogenerate thin-6lm ooatings that are produced at temperatures far hotter
than the sun's surfau and then dramatically cooled to, or even below,
room temperature before being deposited onto the surfaces of sensi-

tive electronic devices.
By using such extremely high temperatures and then quenching the
heat using a rapid expansion proa:ss.
the new technique solves one of the
morediflicult tasks in computer-&lt;hip
fabrication: how to generate the nee-

essary chemistry to coat the chips
without exposing the surfaa of the
devia to extremely high temperatures. which often results in costly
computer chip failures.
This has been a serious drawback
fo r fabricators of expensive chips for
research-grade supercomputers.

.. Our process overcomes several
hurdles facing companies that wish
to generate high-speed chips," explained Garvey. "The use of our

technique could enable the fabrica tion of a whole new generation of
devices."

For example, he said, cerium dioxide is an exce.Uent insulator for
"silicon-on-insulator" (SOl) appli-

cations, which enable high -speed
device operation in all kinds of electronic applications.
"Such 'silicon-on-insulator' ma -

terials would be an enabling technology for the production of much
faster computational devices,"

Garvey explained.
"This material is just one of the
many types of pure metal oxides
that the LAM_BD source is currently
capable of generating."

The U\MBD source also can generate thin films that can be incorporated into such devic~ as gate
dielectrics. which are at the heart of
every integrated circu it transistor. In
the near future, Garvey explained,
the p ush for smaller devices will
necessitate the development of thin ner gate dielectrics that are fabri cated from advanced materials other
than silicon dioxide.

The SBlR grant is being spo nsored by the Ballistic Missile Defense
Organization and administered by
Han~o m Air Force Base.

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full -text access to hundreds of newspapers and other publications.
Now you can search and retrieve New York Times articles from todafs
issue back to 1980. Dates of coverage will vary from title to title, but
there's a wide selection of news sources from around the world, plus
b roadcast transcripts from numerous ral:lio and tdevision news/in terview programs.
Other segments of Academic Universe include the ·~gal Library,"
which covers federal, state and European Community laws, U.S. pat ents, plus articles from the major law reviews. The " Business Library"
features company profiles, financial statements and a variety Of reports, directories and business-news sources. There's also a ~ Refer­
ence Library," which includes the world almanac, biographical and
geographical profiles, quotation dictionaries and public-opinion
polls, and a "Medical Library," with many specialized newsletters.
Dow Jones Intera ctive &lt; http:/ / ubllb.buff•lo.edu/ llbr•rleJ/
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offering cu rrent and retrospectiVe
full -text coverage of newspapers and
periodicals. Articles and financial
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publications, including The Wall »
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There are more than 6,000 newspape rs, magazines and media -program trall scripts in th e " Publications Library." A
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company profiles and comparison reports between businesses and
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Although Academi c Universe and DJJ are quite sim ilar in con tent
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These products will be the focus of"Databases for Current Topics
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faculty and teaching assistants t o~ held from noon to J p.m. March
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BrieD
Lecture competition announced
Nomln•tlons •re being sought for a new lectu re competition de signed for junior faculty members recently promoted to tenure.
The competition for the Junior Scholars Distinguished Interdisciplinary Lectures is designed to stimulate contemporary intellectual exchange on campus. says William Fische.r. vice provost for fa culty development. Advanced junior faculty members--those wh o
have received tenure during the past two years-are most likely to
be participating in the newest developments in the disciplines ,
Fischer says.
Lectures will be held once each ~mester, beginning this semester.
The win ner in each semester will present a public lecture about the
salient debates in his or her field. The lectures will be non -technical
in nature, designed to speak informatively across disciplinary boundaries to colleagues ou tside of the speaker's specialty and encourage
questions and conversation following the lecture.
The lecture competition was conceived by, and will be conducted
under the auspices of, the Provost's Junior Faculty Advisory Com mittee, a group of jun ior faculty representatives appointed by thr
deans of the College of Art s and Sciences and the professional
schools.
·
Any full -time faculty member who was promoted to tenure in
1997-98 or 1998-99 is eligible. AS 1,000 hono rarium and certificate
wiU be prese nted to the winner by the provost at the tim e of the
lecture.
Eli gible faculty members may se lf-nominate. o r deanl!l ma y
prese nt nominations. Each nommee mu st submit to the rev1ew
p;;el-a fou r-member committee con n sting of memhers of the
Junior Faculty Advisory Committ ee-a current vita and an ab stra ct or full text for a 45 -minut e lecture presentation. Matenah
shou ld be sent to the Juni or Scholars Lecture Revie-\"' Pand, Offil'e
of the- Vi ce Provost for Faculty Development , 40 7 Cape-n Hall ,
North Ca mpu s. The deadline il!l March 24 . The wmnt'r will ht' no
tificd h)' March 31, with the ledurc bcmg prt&gt;sen ted sometlnll' 1n
mid · to- late April .
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university's rules and regulations are
not designed 10 dral with the prob·
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student affairs, told the Faculty Sen·
al&lt; Executive Commillee at th e
group's Feb. 23 meeting.
"Over the last several years, ...,·,.,
faced increasing concerns about stu·
doni conduct inside tho classroom:
disruption, threats,actualviolenceor
intimidation of instructors," said
Biack. "Our campus rules and regu·
lations are not weU -crafted or designed to dral with tha1," he added
noting thai the conduct standards
currcntly in place apply to behavior
oulside, rather than inside, tho class·
room. Black admitted that the university has experienced "somo difli.
culty with responding appropriately
to theintemaldassroomdisruptions."
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ate offenses as students using ceU

phones, having food delivered 10
1hem during dass, kissing in the back
of the classroom, unaulhori~ed
guasts,readingnewspapersandcom·
ing to class late and leaving early.
Dennis Malone, SUNY Dislin -

guishcdServico Professor in tho De·
partment of Elcruical Engineering.
noted that professors should make
dear their expectations with respect
1othese issues in thedasspoticydistributed at the bt-ginning of the
course. Bul in extremely disruptive
cases. he suggested. tho university
should put in place "a policy thai
asks (University Police) to come ·
over and remove them from tho
dassroom. A s!Udent does not have
a right to destroy the ability of feJ.
low studenls to learn in a dassroom
environment," Malone added.
Black propos«! tho creation of
sometypeofstatm:lent ofstandards
that would spell out tho "dos" and
"don'ls'" of dassroom behavior, as
weU as some type of regulation oul·
lining the proper prQCedure to be
used to remove a disruptive studenl
from the classroom temporarily and,
ifneedbe,fora longerperiodoftime.
He added that another step could
be documenti ng fo r instructors
strategies to dral with studenls in
disruptivecla.ssroomsituationsand
lechniques to clarify dassroom 0:·
pectatiOns.
Black also warned senators thai
"there's a plaa for free exchange and
free speech an d ch allenge in the
classroom" and that"whatever rule,
regulation oi standard that we pro·
pose or adopt has gol to be dear
enoughsothateveryonethattomes
into contact with it can tell the difference between right and wrong."

Jack Moacruam, profouor and
chair of the Department of Psycho!ogy, said thai the problem is an ~sue of faculty developmenL "J'vo
now discovered that I have three
junior faculty having some serious
difficulties in their classrooms. I'm
a department chair and I don't~
where 10 go on this campus for assistanco for them."
Meacllllm added that while probably only 3 to 5 pen:ent of the stu·
dent body contributes to classroom
problmls. tho same ratio of faculty is
likdy to be out of line. He added that
ifthouniversityistoemployanother
set of rules for undergraduates, it
shouldal.so"acknowledgesomeoftho
facultyrespollSibilities," sucnasooming to class on time, being prepared
and giving jUstification to grades.
Corinne Jorgensen, assistant pro·
fesso r of information studies, noted
that the problems with junior faculty members may be related to the
fact that ihey often teach the larger
classes, where it is harder to monitor what is going on in the class.
Aa:otding to Samud Schack, professor of mathematics. there is :'a
perfectly simple principle: studenls
cannot engage in behavior that dis·
rupts the learning experience for
other students. lbat's iL Your phone
ringing interferes with the dass. It
can't happen."
Schack added that the sole arbiter of what is acceptable and what
interrupts or in terferes with the

Skunkworks .. --centered on the
careful testing and integration of the
hardware components. This is necessary to achieve high levds.of sta·
bilitythat ""uld confidently suppon
regular dassroom, telemedicine and
administrative applications.
Skunkworks had successes over
the past year with IP ad hoc confer·
enco even Is sponsored by the School
of Nursing. But on Feb. 10, a semes·
ter-longgraduateserninarin the Department of Comparative Uteraturc
co-taught by instructors at UB and
Stanford tested the new processes.
In the course, "Bodyworks: Medi·
cine, Technology and the Body in the
Late 20th Cr nt ury," instructors
Timothy Lenoir of Stanford and
Bernadette Wegenstein of UB share
srveral teaching toofs..-..&lt;1 Web page.
locally projrc trd images and
videodips--that are projected onlo
a large screen in both classrooms.
They rese:rve the vidroconfertnce
link fo r discussion and spontaneous
studenl interaction. (See relaled story
fo r details of"Bodyworks" course.)
The "Bodyworks" effon paved tho
way for a second course, "Turbulence
for the New Millennium," in whicn
instruction originating from the lnstilute for Theoretical Physics (ITP)
at the University of Californ ia at
Santa Barbara is transmitted to studeniS al UB, Clarkson and RPI. The
instructor is Wtlliarn George. UB professor of mechanical and aerospace
engineering, who is conducting research al ITP while on sabbatical
S1ephens says George had
planned to leach the course as a
si mple ISDN -videoco nferenced
cla_ss bul the plan nearly fell apart
1
whe!Nesting determined that UCSB
was on a proprietary ISDN netWOrk,

creating co mpatibility problems
with other learning sites.
"We could have resolved the in·
compatibility problems, but the solutions were all very expensive. involving the use: of commercial gateway servic;es. What we did instead
was to apply the same IP videoconfere ncing technology we were
testing with Stanford to
if wo
could fi nd a solution fo r Bill's 'Turbulence' dass.

learning aporienco is tho instnJc.
too "The problem is faculty don't

know what they can and can't do.
Am I alknw:d to throw somebody'"

out of dass if he"or she is disruptive? I don't know the answer to
thai ... Most faculty would like some
indication o.f what it is W&lt; can do in
the cas&lt; of disruptive students, to
;.,oom theygeuent,etc.; saidShack.
"I think that it needs to be in tho
handbook and dWrs should be reminded of it each yar."
Nicolas Goodman, vice provost
for undergraduate education, oo!M
the need for bureaucracy in the
matter and said som~ sort of *appeal mechanism" should be put in
place,sincekiclcingastudentoutof
dass has "academic consrquences."
Judith Tamburlin, research assistant professor in tho School ofHealth
Rdated Professions, asked that the
fi&gt;alltybeeducatedonthokgalramifications of these issues and raised tho
question of whether it is illegal to
stop a student from attending a dass
if a student is registered for a class
and paying tuition, noting that "in a
sense. they are a consumer.•
Charles Smith, associate professor
of music theory, concluded that the
~ofstudenttonduainthedass­

room •;5 probably more i faculty
problem than a srudent problem. A
lot of us are proba6Iy afraid to be
confrontational-to actually con·
fro nt the behavior and insist on certain standards."

IT conferencing
Contln.M " ' - ,..,. 1

lisa Stephens, associate director
for distance-learning operations for
Millard Fillmore CoUege, which administers distance-learning programs at UB, notes that until now,
two videoconferend ng sites could
not communicate effectively unless
both were equipped with highly spe·
cialized equipment.
"Until now, reliable and highquality videoconferenci ng could
only be made av~lab l e over telephone lines. Because so much data
has to be transmitted. however, each
site requ ired three or fo ur ISDN
Lines just to accom!Jlodate the data
transfer. BesideS that, installation
costs and monthly charges for access and use of the lines adds up rap·
idly," she says.
Until now, the only viable alternative to the ISDN-linked distancelearning si tes has been videoconferencingoverlntemet I through
standard IP without the high quality H .323-conn~on suppon.
"JP is cheap and convenien t" says
Whi tl ock, ub ut th e Intern et is
crowded with millions of users, so
IP connections have been much less
reliable than ISDN connections. The
likelihood of a crash, coupled with
poor video quality at the receiving
end, has discouraged IP usc."
The new videoconfcrencing system employs cheap IP connections
over a long-distance line and can use
standard classrooms on each c:nd. a
cost-savings in itself. And since nearly
all university classrooms already have
a standard IP port in place, the system holds out the promise of ubiquitous connections through IP interactive videoconferendng.
Whillock says lhe UB develop·
men t effo n - dubbed " UB

=

In this cas&lt;, Stephens says, tho IP
link was brought into" a dedicated
distancr-leaming dassroom, then
sent to RPI and Clarkson through
the ISDN bridge ai Bingball)ton
Unjversity, a sOlution that saved
thousands of doUars in gateway fees.
"It took a couple of classes to get
the bugs worked out, but studenls
and co-instructors were patient and
good-humored in dealing with this
exciting new technology," she says.

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O bilupries
William Carl, 70, researcher and dep.tal volunteer
Wllllalft Carl, a dentist and researcher at UB and Roswell Park
Cancer Institute (RPCI),died unapectedly in his sleep Feb. 15 aft&lt;T
successfully climbing to the top of
ML Mercedario in westun Argentina. He was 70.
Carl graduated from the UB
School of DenLal Medicine and
completed a two· year certificate
graduate program in fixed prosthodontics.
In 1968,hejoined RPCJ as adental surgeon and maxillofacial prosthodontisL Five years later, he joined
the dental faculty at UB, teachingin
the fixed prosthodontics program.
He was a clinical associate professor
of restorative dentistry at UB and
senior cancer dental surgeon at
RPCI at the time of his death.
.. He was one of the pioneers in

managing the oral problems of an- · he lacked the facilities to provide
more than minimal care.
gery, radiation therapy, chemoCarl r=ived the American Den·
therapy and immunosuppression," tal Association's International Sersaid Norman Schaaf, chair of the vice Award three times for his volDepartment of Dentistry aod Max- unteer work in Haiti, Honduras,
illofacial Prosthetics at RPCI.
Panama, Peru, Sierra Leone,
Carl authored or co-authored Cameroon, Zimbabwe and Kenya.
He also r=ived the HumaniLarmore than 100 scholarly articles,
book chapters and a t&lt;:rtbook. and ian Award from the UB Dental
lectured extensively in North and Alumni ~tion and the New
York State Dental Society's JournalSouth America.
An avid hiker and photographer, ism Award for su~or jolJmalistic
he oombined his hobbies, profession efforts in the.area of oral health.
and oonc= for oth&lt;TS by providHe was a memb&lt;T of the Ameriing mum-needed dental servi=to an DentaiA=ciation, the New York
people in poor and often remote Dental Society, the American Aadareas abroad
&lt;Tny ofMllXillofacial Prosthetics, the
He was a "tnveling dentist" in Intc:mationaiCollegeofDentistsand
parts of Africa, South aod Central the Eastern G=t Lakes Head and
America, hauling only the basic Neck Onoology As.ociation.
equipment to extract teeth because
A m&lt;Tnorial service is pending.

= patients that resulted from sur-

Building conditions put UB in bad light at workshop

tenan~ conditions at

the university.

Furthermore, garbage cans had
been thrown over and garbage
sp=d along the hallways of MFAC.
on both the first and third Ooo ...
The participants who walked
past the Oasis viewed numerous
tables filled with waste paper and
unfinished meals from the p~ ­
ous nighL
Even won. were the stairways and
elevaro,.. People had spilled bottles
on the Ooor and had left half-open
beeT bottles in the elevators.
On the morning of Feb. 20, the
situation was the same, with ~:Yen

more garbage on the Ooors.
In

addition,

one

of the

participant's automobiles was van -

daliz.ed, i.e. "keyed."
I cannot begin to tell you the
number of n~tive comments that

made by the out-of-state and
intenlational participants. It surely
WeT&lt;

does not reflect weU on UB, nor
upon our students.

Sincerely,
W.B.W. Zubrow
Prol.nor 1&gt;1 Anthropology

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noon to S p.m .

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Inger
are ·co-female

of the week.
~..__.,..L--··-- UB's first
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::c~-- ,..---.·- if1e won !he
weight throw
a toss of 58' 2'.
Rooneem is UB's first
double-MAC champion, as
she won !he SO freestyle
and 100 backstroke at !he
conference championships
hosted by Ohio University.

The men's basketbaU team dropped
;a m.J &lt;qUbr-sason pme
s.....a.y, biWll 67-58"' Mwrn m
AloowliAt.....
The Butts had a
fim half. caking conO"'O of the game urty and jumping
out to a big lead. T~ 4-2 after the first fiYt mhlutes, the Bulb put together ;a
23- I run. dominating the pme &lt;NO&lt; &lt;hat eiJI&gt;t.minute stn:t.ch. But Mwrn
maina.ined ib composure and arne back with a.n I 1-2 run of its own. UB '&lt;lll"'eet
more than four minutes without a fiekJ pal duf'in&amp; thou stretch as its M!ad ~
CUt to II pona. MiiltN ended the haH on a 9.-4 run and UB wa&lt;~tlnto halftime
with a 36-26 1ead.
Miami carne out strong In the second hatf. slowly eatlrc away at the Butts·

creat

lud. Jon KJeidon was the Bulb only scorer early. hJttin&amp; ro.. 1M ol ho caree&lt;·
high I 2 polnu ;n the flrst fiw n&gt;inutm olthe h•lf. The RedHowla used a 10.0
run O¥er a four-minute span to I"'!ClU and extend the tead before UB cut it
back down to one on cwo occulons. But from that point. Miami slowly buik its
lead to as rNl1Y as I I poinu late in the game.

Swimmin~
W-EN
UB place sixth In HAC Championsh ips

Dirteror of~ Arc~ry
Graduate Group

Calendar
~,_

UB used a 15-2 run and S8 perunt
secon&lt;f.IWf &gt;hoc&gt;tin&amp; "' deleot
Akron, n -ss. 1n the fim. round of
the MAC Tournament he'd in

H laml 67, UB 58

Dearldltor:

On Feb. 19 at9 a.m., there was garbage all over the Ooor of the classroom-322 Millard Fillmore AademicCompla-inwhidltheoonference was scheduled to be held.

UB 72,Akron 55

MEN

TheMail
On Feb. 19-20, we held the lith
Annual lnt&lt;TOational Workshop in
Archaeometry at UB. The papers
weno given by smolan from all over
the United States, Canada and Europe. The workshop was a great sue·
cess, with one notable aception.
As the host, I was &lt;Tnbarrassed by
the lack of cleanliness and the main-

W-EN

Jnae&lt; Roo.-. .....t the bon ro.. bn ;n her~ areor.
The~ senior beam&lt; US's fint dooble c:Nmpion ;n • MAC
dwnpionshlp .....,, at the MAC 'I\Iomen·, Swimmin&amp; Champloouhips held at
Ohio UnMnity.The host Bobcats won the .....,, with 8 I 6 points. willie the
Bulb llnhhed ;n wah place with 285 po;nts. UB broke eiJht Khool reconh at
the: event. wN~ Rooneem earned first-team AJII-MAC honon for the: second .
nr&gt;Jght &gt;'""·
Roo.-. bepn her lncnodJbJe perlomw&gt;&lt;;e by winnlnlthe SO-ymi
freenyJe ;n "" N CAA OwnpiorWIJp p«MsK&gt;nol quol;!yin&amp; time ol :23. I8 oo the
first cby, a time that also smashed her own school record. In
oddltJon. she was also the """"'"Je&amp; oo the -400-ymi
medley relay teom. wllich flnlshed fourth In a time oi3:52.7S.
also a school record.
On the second cloy ol c~. Rooneem helped the
Bul~ "' • m;~e flnbh 1n the 2()().yon:t medley relay
before claiming her second tide by winning the I OQ..yard
badutroke In il time of !56.94.
The Bulls also got suong perlonnance:s from semor Kim
Theeqe ond ~Dawn H;ckey.Theeqe flnbhed flfth
;n the I()().yml brearutrol&lt;e with a time ol I:06.6.
while Hk:by finished seYenth in the 500-yard freestyte wtth
a dme of 4:S8.52.
On the final day of c~. Rooneem finished second in the I00
freestyle with a time of :S 1.56. Hickey also finished second in the 1.6SO..yard
freestyle widi a time of 16:49.59. whkh proYislonalty qualified her for the
NCAA Chompkxuh;p..

-·

MEN
UB fin ishes seventh In ECAC Champ ionship s
The Bulls finished seYenth out of 36 schools at the ECAC Championships he ld
In Sewell, N.J. UB scored l.S7 poinu in the three-day meeL Maryland-&amp;ttimon!
meet with 599 points.
The Bulls will compete in the MAC Championship~ betng hekt tod2y
through Sarunby at Bowting Green.

County owon the

ln~oor tra~K an~ fiel~
Women place 7th in HAC Champ ionships
Men p lace I Oth In MAC Championsh ips
Junior Sarah Aetcher beame UB's first champfon at the MAC Indoor Track and
Field Championships held last weekend at Wtem Mkh1pn University
Aetcher's performance helped the UB women place sl!\'endl of I I schools
with 2.S poinu. whil.e the UB men were lOth with 19.5 polnu.
Aetcher wOO""dle l5-pound weight throw with a toss of sa..l"-wtuch also
provisionalty qualified her for the NCAA Championships- wmn1ng by nearly
t'WO feet over her nearest competitor.

lennis
MEN
~

Bulb played a ~r of matches indoors Sarurtby at the Unrterslt)' of
Roc::hester. ln the first match of the day, US "nockecl olf lthaa S-2. The Bulls then
downed the hofne.""'d;ng Yellow pd&lt;ecs. 4-3. to complete the c~oy·, sweep.

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Buffalo mayor joins the ronks of
"celebrity executives" who teach

Prayer
Flags .
A Tibetan Buddhist prayer
flag is displayed in a case in
Lockwood Library, pan of
an exhibit being held 1n
conjunction w ith a visit to
UB by two Tibetan nationals
who represent the "culture
in exile." See story, page 6

North Campus power problem fixed
Equipment fqilu re, loss ofbackup leave campus in dark twice in one week
By SUl WU£TCHER

Reporter Editor

U

IVERSITY Facil ities

taff have addressed a
power problem lflllfliiiiF
th e No rth Campus in

the dark twice within o ne week.
Although staff still must replace
some equipment, the two separate
systems that simuhaneously power
the North Campus were restored as

of II a. m. Monday, said M1chad
Dupre,

assoc1ate VICe

president (or

university facilit·iesr
University F ac iJjti ~ admmLstra
tors sar no injuril-s o r major problems resulted from the two sepa rate

power outages on Feb. ll and last
Friday afternoon.

Although Dupre could not say for
certain that the o utages wo uld no t

happen again. the cam pus

IS

"m a

mu ch mo re dependable pos1t1on
now," he said.
The North Ca mpus first we nt
dark on Feb. 12 when some electn ·
cll"''lfmyii!!Pfff fl[fJ~d;""~aid t &lt;rui&lt;

Schmitt, director of facilities opera
tion:\o. That outage, which occ urrt.-d
about I0:45 a. m ., lasted u p to a n
how and a haJf, dcpendmg upon the
locauon o n campus.
Dupre no ted tha t the t1m.: h u
powe r resto ratiOn vanes he ~.. ..~u~t·
power is re~a orcd automatically tn
som e buildings and manu all y. on
stte, m o thers.
Sc hmitt explain ed that in on.k r
to suppl y power to a ca mpu.!i a...
la rge a nd compl ex as UB's . th &lt;'
universit y has what is (a iled a "redundant po wer suppl y." Th a i l.!i,
two separate system s powe r the
La rnpu s. And wh e n o m· svs tem

tails. th e 01 her automa th...all y ta ke!!
nwr, he sa1d. Norma ll y, whe n

onr

o largt' !!t'nt"rator m l ,ookt· I fall 11 1
OI\."I1V3It'.

~hmll t ~1d

o;ystem fa 1ls... t he ca m pm us uall v
~c c s

a httle bli p," and then theM:...

onchysrnn takt's nV&lt;rr
1-i owt.~vcr. Schm 111 ~.:ud, l'B "ln:\o l
redunda ncY" 1n the t-ch 1.'! m~ u.Jent .
mca ntng th.Jt aJ though power w,1'~
restored. the ca mpus W &lt;L!! runn mg.
un ,, ~ m g.l e power supplv. ~' when
I nd.J' -, wet !!nov.· ca used ,1notht·r
nut.tg.t• ,U I ; I &lt;=i p.m .. II "ttXlk doo,.,•n
tht· wholt• Ldm pus.'' he: ~&lt;ml
Most h u i ldm ~!! I O~t power on Fn
d,1y 1m -'0 4 ~ m mutt'!&gt; , ~hnutt ...1td.
Pt--..wt•r w-.J..., n:~h) r eJ wht•n laliht l ~

that VIrtually even

bu1ldmg o n cam pus has a buildmv.,
gt'nera tor, which powers exit lig h t .~
.md ahout o ne of 10 corndor hght.,

allow O(Cupan t~ In nav1ga te th.:
hu ildi ng..
In add ttio n, th.: uutagc JfTedc:.'d

to

uHn put m g servh. C'!i . m ... ludtn~
l"m.ul. the ce ntral matnframt' .tnd
l.'e ntral pnntmg !&gt;CrYIC~ Mt1st -.c.·r

wntt' h•~h · vo lt a~t·
operat1nm tll hvpa:\o.~ tht·
problem a.n.-a..-.."

vt..,·t' \\'3S restort~d l:w S p.m
I lupre pomtt-d out t h at tht· llUt
.1gc on l-cb. 12 . wh11:h k.tHKkeJ out
th e redu ndant ptlwc:.·r !i\'!!o1em. "madt·
I--mlay '~ uut;\ge mw.:h wnN·" th.m
tt 1wrm ally v.·ould ha&gt;.t· ht'l.·n
But now th at hnth powt'r &lt;;v-qem'

He nott"J thattht· on ly 'i~n.tiLant
prohlt·m ht' k.new of that rt·~uhl'J
from the outage. \'&gt;'3.!. till' lailurt· of

h.Jve l"'ot"t'fl Tt'""tort.--d, f;tl' Jittt l'~ ~ t afT I'
workmg to replact• the eq u1 pmt' lll
that fa1kd l--eh 1.!. he !13.ld

' t JfT '' p&lt;:rform ~.--d
'iWli C hm ~

Grant to advance case-study approach m
By Ell£N GOLDBAUM
News Services Editor
UB professor who sa)"
his mission in life is to
revolutionize the teach ing of science has re ·
ceived an $800,000 grant from The
~w Charitable Trusts to do just that.
This .. r~vo)ution " makes use of
protagonists, storytelling and ambi guity, and other &lt;i&lt;ment&lt; thai sound
more suited to a college lit dass than
lo ch&lt;mistry or biology.
But for the past 15 y.ars, Oyde F.
Herreid , SUNY Dist inguished
Teaching Professor in the Depart
ment of Biological Sciences. h a~
been using these fea t ures in ht .s
classes to pioneer t ht- case~s tud y
approach-standard fare in school,
of law, business and medicinc--m
teaching science to undergraduates,
particularly to no nscience majors.
The response fro m students has
been unequivocaL

A

"Students who appean.--d trred and
d tsante res ted during lec ture!~ are
suddenly animated and invo lved.''
said Herreid, principaJ investigator
o n the Pew grant
He and o ther professors--both at
UB an d o ther ~ools--wh o have
inco rporated case studie. tnto the1r
science courS&lt;..'S have seen dass at·
tendanct' rates jump to 95 percent
from an average of 50-65 percent.
Said o ne professor fro m another
SUNY institutio n. who ts a recrnt
case-study .. conven:""l canno t be ~
Lieve the attendance and cohesio n an
thegroups-thestudenlo;sccm to~
really loving the class!"
It's no t the typtcal responSt' trom
students who just want to get the1r
hasic soeJK(' rl-quirement o ut o fth t'

way.

But a ...... n rdtn g to II L'r rC1d .
no nsc tente m aJO r~ art' a trt'm e n
do us m issc.-d opponum ty for collegt•
profes.sof"&gt;.

"A.o.·a p rofessor. vour grea test 1m
pad IS on the nonma1or~... he sa1d.
"Natt o nallv, we havt' se rious con (C:rtb

ahout how to engage student.o.

tn .sctence and there IS a lot of pr'-'!1 ·
sure now co ming to bea r on ho..•no
teach sctence more c:tfcct.IVcly. These
colla borative strategies Wlll makt· a
huge difference. T h1s revoluti o n 1:\o
about to happen ."
Thr Pew grant IS gotng to turn
that mto a realit y.
O nt' of the largest a wdrd!&gt; ever
gra nt ed fo r ac tive ~ l ea rnt ng tech
mqu e~. th e umbrella tl-rm that dt•
sc n bcs a ny me th od o f teach 1ng
other than-the standard lt'\.1 un· for
ma t, thlS grant differs from p n.•vt n us awa rd\ m the field.
" M ost other e ffo rt ~ drt' m ~ l itu
t1o nally b3S(--d, where tlu·r .1 re tn
mg tnchangc:howthmgsa redonc.
om· 1n!&gt;titut10n at a ttme," cxplauwJ
~ ancy Schiller, asMxiate li branan 111
the: S..1cnce and Engml"t'flng Jjhr.tn

and Hcrn:.1d 's 1..0- mvesugato r on the
grant. "T h1s effon IS brood and in a
w-Jy more grand."
r ht' grant will estah!J.\h at UB t h t'
Na ti o nal C:en tt'r for ( asc: !'11 udv
rt•Jchtn~ tn ...,,,eme. the ~oals ol
wh1ch arc to
• lnlit ru ...1 undcrgraJ udh.• sctenlt'
lat'uh \ 10 teach mgand v.•n u ngcase
s tudu;~

• Establ tsh the Lt" nh:r ·~ \ \ 'd., ' 'tt·
... h tt p :/ / www.bu Halo.ed u / IJ
br•ries/ proferts:/ case:s .... d.S .J n..1
t1ona l. digitall ihran· for ca.~ 111 dll
-.(ten ttfil' d 1s.; 1pl1n t'~ and ;u a dc.1r
lflghouM' for tnformat1on and rt'
'-(lu rcc.~ relats&lt;J to tht· to...l..-.c.' mt·th1~&gt;.i
of teach mg sacnce
• Puhli~h 100 Ot'\\ LaX\ pt't \ · ~·.u
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dt'\ dllJ"li;'J h\ I farv.m:i tor hm.mt'"
. mtlm tern.t tJnnal pnlt\'
c-•..-.....s on~ ..

�2 Repoa-ter february14.ZOOO/Yo1.31.No11

BRIEFLY
IREWCto~

Kelll Boc:oc:k-Natale has been marketing director for
the ~nter for the Arts for the past three years. She previously was senior marketing manager for Shea's Performing Arts~ter, where she was responsible for all aspects of Broadway marketing, programming
Shea's Family and SchooiTime series, and marketing corporate sponsorships.

funding wOrtshop
The Institute for Reseatdl ond

EOOatlon on-WOman ond Genwill._ a won..

der OR£WG)

shop, "funding Opportunities
for Graduate Students," from 11
a.m. to 2:30 p.m . today in
Room 330 ol the Student Union .
The Graduate Student Association will ptoYide lund1 ""

tho5e attending.
The senlon Will consist ol
short presen-s providi(lg
Information on a wide variety o1
topics, Including ~funding ep.
portunltles for Students ol
Colol;" "Keeping Yoor Cront Re-

~ Hoppy ond ~- ond
•cr.tnt Soutt.es for Graduate

School and Beyond .•
For further information,
contact Rebeca Morfow at
829-34S1.

"UB Today" sets

March lineup
A tour ol the Andenon Gailefy
win highlight the Man:h edition

oi"U8 Today," the cable television show highlighting U8.
The program, which airs on
Adelphia cable, wt11 feoture a
tour of the goflely led by Corol
M. Zemel, chair d: the Department ol Art History. The gaRery
building reeently was donated
to the univenity by David

Andenon-

Other guests on the show
will include Keny S. Gnn~ dean
o1 the College o1 Arts and Scieric~ who will pi&lt;Mde a
are ~~ account of the Pan

•roo ·

American Exposition. .,d
Kenton Slevflrt. prof"""' ol
biological sciences, who wtll dis-

cuss dlanging erP\ake\ce. . .s:··

t!'~

pattorru
•

The program ... at 6:¥J
p.m . Sundays on Chonnel18 ln~ational; Choonef10 in

l:aneaster, Clm!nce, Ord!ard
Parlt and Elmo, and at 9 p.m.
Mondoys on Choonef 181nter-

national.

How does CFA ftt Into the en tertainment market in Western
New Yort&lt; 7 Wh•t's your niche 7

In the past three yean, the center has
developed three very successful series. With the KeyBank Dance Series, the center has made a place for

itself by presenting world-r&lt;:nowned
dance companies, such as Paul Taylor, Gus Giordano, JoK Lim6n and
Alvin Ailey. We have found that
Western New York audiences appreciate this state-of-the-art facility and
often comment on the feeling of intimacy and rappon with the artists
on stage. The center sees itself as the
premiere presenter of dance in this
pan of the state. Both the Family
Adventure and School Tune Adventure series, sponsored by Target,
have anractcd wide, young auditnces 1n our area. in three seasons,
lhe center has welcomed over tens
of thousands of children and fami hes to high -quality shows we bring
111 for these series. In addition, irs
( nn tm liing commitment to these
programs ensures its place as a ma jor devdopcr of young audiences m
Western Nt·w York.

You obviously cannot stage
Broadway-type shows In the
Malnrtage. Are there any other
llmttatlons you face In booking
perfonnen/ovents7

TcchnicalJy, we can and have staged
Broadway- type shows , such as
"Rivcrdance"and''Peter Pan.'" These
rwo shows were rentals and, therefore, the center itself was not at finan
cial risk. The two limiting fudors for

the center art budget and seating ca pacity. SUlce we work without oper~
ating budget and must raise our revenues through rentals, ticket sales,

grants and sponsorlhips. we cannot
present expe nsive events. Th.e
Mainstage capacity of 1,700 seats
limits the amount of ticket revenue
we can raise. Since the average Broad-

way touring show costs more than
$250,000 to present, our ticket price
would have to be $70 at minimum.
-

lin

you doing to get

more student Input Into the
types of entet'Uinment you
present?

The center's Marketing Depart ment has conducted many surveys in which st udents were asked
what kind of entertainment they
preferred to see at the center. Also,
we have met seve ral times with
the officers of the Student Associatio n seeking th ei r input on
center activities. I have met with

members of The Guild, the Department of Theatre and Dance
st udent organiza ti on, about their
usc of the center.

What are "off-center" events7
.. T he Off Center Series .. was introduced last season, and featured YersatiJe, progressive theatrical per·
fonners--Ccllo Movement Theatre,
Rajeckas and lntraub Movemmt
Theatre and Robert Posl We wanted
to introduce students to fresh, talented and diverse artists. Sponsored
by the St udent Association, the
1999- 2000 Off Cen ter Series will

feature a pcriormance by Robert
Post tomorrow and Second City

Comedy Troupe on March 24.
WhM pe&lt;fonner/e..nt -.lei
you most Nke to book In the
Maln~Uge7

I would Jove to book more music
concerts for the students. such as
Tori Amos, Adam Sandler and
Lauren Hill. In the past, we have had
Fiona Apple, Dave Matthews, John
Schfeild, Charlie Hunter and ll&lt;!la
Aeck and the Flecktones. These W&lt;re
very successful events. I believe
stand-up comics, lilc&lt; Carrot Top,
Adam Sandler, Chris Rock and
Steven Wright, would do well in our
theater. Students also have said they
would like to see events like Stomp,
Blue Man Group and "Rent."
What's going on downtown In
thePf-n.e.tre7 -.t·s
Curuln C.O -..:tlons7

In IOddltJon to your worit .t
liB, you're.,. IKtreSs, . . , _,

--,....,._.,Do

you . . . - ...... on lUge or
behind tiM - 7

At the momen~ I live in the best
of all theater worlds by being able
to participate ln every facet of
theater. I will always love performing, but am finding the

challenges of the producer role
new and exciting. last fall, I had
the opportunity to direct a student show for the Department of
Theatre and Dance. Working

with those fine students proved
to be a most rewarding experience for me.
WhM question do you wish I

h..tasked.- - -

you1Nwe.....weredlt7

I would have enjoyed answering
a question about thea:nter'sM.arketing Departmen~s challeoges

In his pursuit of university visibility
in Buffalo's Theatre District, Tho-

and goals for the future. A5 a

mas Burrows, director of the center,
has invited both Shakespeare in

are defining ourselves to area audiences. One of our goals is to
rontinu.e gener3ting college student attendance at events geared
toward their interests. Another
goal is to devdop marketing strat-

Delaware Park (SOP) and Cunain
Call Produetions (CCP) to reside at
the Pfeifer Theatre. With offices in

the Pfeifer, SDP also will produce
two Mainstage event's per season.

The Mainstage also will be available
for rentals. CCP, a professional, theatrical producing company, pro-

duces a full season of theater in the
P£eifer Cabaret. Both companies are
committed to giving UB students
the opportunity to work with pro·
fessional theater companies.

young, six-year-old facility, we still

egies to successfully compete for
the entertairunent dollar ofWest ern New York audiences. Al though we have used many devices in .order to advertist our
produd , pcrrulps the greatest

challeoge the Markd:ing Department fuasis howto"rnarl«:!"with
constantly ~g funds.

The program b produced by

AdelPhia for the Alumni Association as a service to the uniYerslty
and the people ol w.stem New
Yor1t.

Reading rescheduled
A poetry reodlng by Brenda

Coultas and Tim Davis slated for
Saturdoy as part ol the.
~at 4 PLUS" literary
series, preser&gt;ted by the Poetics
Progrom, has been rescheduled.
The reading will be held at 8
p.m. April 7 In the Steel Bar, S 11
Tri-Maln Building, Buffalo . •

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Campus Club continues goal of collegiality
Group hopes to obtain clubhouse space in new Alumni House to be built on campus
By MARA McGINNIS

Reporter Asststant Editor
ROM &amp;-ck to Hamman to
Winspcar
and
now
Goodyear Hall. th e

F

univer~ity's Campus Club

has endured many changt-s during
1ts long history, not the least of \\"h1dl
is being much less knmom at the um versity today Lhan it was a fl'w decades ago. But the club's purpoSt' of
collegiality remains as it continut."!.
to welcome colleagues new and old.
Established in 1953 as the Faculty
Club, UB's premiere social d ub
changed its name some I 0 years ago
to encourage the membership of
others 1n the UB community in ;~d ­
dition to fa culty. Its purpose is to
develop a nd promote a sense of
community, coUegiali ty. and unity
of purpose between aJI facuhy anJ
profess ional staff; to provide th t.·
oppo rtunit r for social discourse.
int•naction, and netwo rking aero~
dcpartmcntaJ and divisionaJ bound
arie5, and to facilitate the exchange
of ideas and information nt"Cessary
for improving the welfare ofUB .
Memlx-rship in the Campus Clu h
I.'&gt; opt:n to aU faculty and profes
s10nal staff, includin g activt' and rt&gt;ttrcd constituents of the State, Research foundation , UB Foundation
and Faculty Student Association .
According to Jane DiSalvo, ass is·

tant to the director for the Interdisciplinary Degree Programs in the
Social Sciences and member of the
Campus C lub Executive Board.
when the name was changed . the
d ub's constitution also was changed
to allow participation by UH alumni.
While .. most faculty clubs are for
facuJty only," she adds that US's is
speciaJ because it allows for partici pa tion by a much wider population
of the university comm unity.
DiSalvo, who has been active in
the club for nearly 25 yt."aJS, works
\\•ith Rosemary Mecca, international
scholar adviM'Ir and Campus Club
president , to coordinate dub events
and activities. Past activities have in cluded a variety of campus evenL~.
such as lectures. poetry and book
rL-adings, music and athletic events,
as well as off~camp us acuvitics such
as bus trips to Toronto. However. the
btggest and most popular event re
mains the club's a nnua l holid ay
party, which DiSalvo says is a "gala
affair"' and aJone is worth the mem ht.'rsh ip d ues.
Other benefits of being a mem ht·r include access to the Campus
( :luh lounge in Goodyear Hall for
mt'ctings and socials. complimentary

=ptions and preferred seating and/
or tickets to university events. Mem-

bers also have the privilege of being
able to visit more than 100 clubs in

\

more than 30 states and three for·
eign countries as part of a reciprocal
agreement with the Association of

Faculty Clubs International.
"We try to honor new members
of the uni\lefSity community, as well
as those who arc leaving," says

bers . .. Membership began to

dwindle in the late '70s with the construetion of the Nonh Campus," she
says. And as the university grew, so
did the need for space on both cam·
puscs, which is why the clubhouse
moved around

Mecca, adding that the dub has hdd

In thedub'searlydays.a fuU-time

receptions for new deans and hon ~
o rs retirees at its annual holiday

receptionist sat outside the clubhouse to welcome members. recalls
DiSah'Ot but without someone there
to grant access to the facility, the
clubhouse sees much less activity.

parry. in addition, she says, the dub
tries to involve new faculty and pro·
fcssionaJ !itaff members by offering
them a one -year complimentary
m embers hip when they join th e
university community. " It 's a nice
way to orient people to the univer ·
sity,.. she adds.
Mecca and DiSalvo admit that the
clubhouse location on the South
Campus is a bit of a deterrent when

trying to recruit members, especially
given the lack of parking and the fact
that so many of UB's faculty and
staff work on the North Campus.
But they hope that some space in
UB's fUNre Alumni House will aJ Iow them a new clubhouse o n the
North Campus and positively im -

which is something she and Mecca
hope will change as they continue
to recruit new members.
While the location and membership of the Campus Oub have con tinued to change, the membership
dues of $20 a year per member
haven't changed in nearly 35 years,
according to DiSalvo. All of the
money coUected from dues pay for
membership benefits. including a
new scholarship program for mem bers and their dependents.
There m ay be fewer members

pact the dub's membership.

than before, but Mecca says the purpose of the dub has stayed the same
and that those involved continue to

While the dub currently has a
lillie more than 100 members--in cluding paying members President
and Mrs. Greiner-DiSalvo recalls
a time in the 1970s when there were
between 400 and SOO active mem ·

find the sense of community and
coUegialiry that is so important in a
university community.
To join the Campus Oub, con tact Mecca at 645 -2258 or
&lt;nnecca@acsu.buffa.Jo.edu&gt; .

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h!bruary 14. ZOOO!Vol.31.1o.21 llepola.._.

Masiello
teaches in EMBA
UB joins ranks ofschools with "celeb.rity executives" on staff
ay JOHN DU.lA CotmtADA
RtpOrtrr Contributo&lt;

lRST Oprah was on board
at Northwestern Un iversity's school of business.
Now it's Tony's turn at the
School of Management.
Buffalo Mayor Anthony Masiello
is a guest instructor this semesta in
the Eucutive MBA (EMBA ) program at the School of Management
and his appearance is an example of
how some business schools arc enlisting "celebrity executives" to teach
courses on leadership and management to high-lev&lt;l business people.
Talk-show host and media tycoon
Oprah Wrnfrey. for instance, r=ntly
finished teaching a course on the
"Dynamics of Leadership" to executives enrolled in Northwestern's topranked Kdlogg School of Business. ·
Win&amp;efs professorial turn was so
successful that the business school
has tapped her to teach the course
again next fall.
~
"Successfulleade... and managers ~

F

Buffalo as a North American"Com·
petitor," which the mayor rettntly
ddiv&lt;red to the Canadian Urban Institute, as well as a textbook on ur·
ban economics and a book on industrial~location decisions written
by Mandell
lndfect.thecourse i.sasemesterloogcasestudyofBuffalo'seconomy
that gives students the opportunity
to listen and contribute to analysis
on issues relatiog toregionalization,
poverty, housing, local and state
governance, urban transportation,
education reform and crime.

ment should be run lik&lt; a busin&lt;SS.
Well. businesses don't hav&lt; to deal
with all the&gt;s&lt; state regulations."
The course will conclude in the
spring with a field trip to Buffalo
sites that figure lnto th e mayor's
plans for development, includi ng
the Lak e Erie waterfro nt , local
brownfields aod prope&gt;s&lt;d sites for
business and industrial parks.
Final grades will be based partly on
~papers and presentations delivered by the students on critieal issues impacting the economy and livabilityoflluffido,suchasthemark&lt;t-

MandeU,dean oftheSchoolofMan- ~
agemen~ who signed up Masiello to
teach the coum. "So it's very dfec- o
tive to have prov&lt;n leaders and man- f
agers like the mayor come into the
classroom to share their insights and

e

m anaging complex organizatio ns

Masiello meets with the EMBA stu ·
dents each week to discuss issues facing his administratio n as it d~elops
strat egies to impro ve Buffalo's

economy, tackle social issues and plan
for developmcnl
Materials fo r the course--"The
City and its Markets"- include a

speech titled "The Re-Emergence of

A

N ass istant professor o f
electrical engineering at
VB is the recipient of a
prestigio us Department

of Defense Office of Naval Research
(ONR ) Young Investigator Program
Award.
Alexander N. Cartwright is one of

ing of Buffa1o to outside businesses.
of the mayor in discussing these is- • strategies fo r revitalizing Buffalo's
sues with us," says EMBA student downtown, the role of to urism and
Paul Kinsella. a sales manager for the impact of taxes on growth.
'"The presenta tio ns will give the
Ryerson TuU, lnc. " l~s really opened
my eyes to the complexity of his job. mayor the opportunity to hear ideas
"So many times in the paper you from ~ud en ts who are major deci read about issues confronting Buf- sion- makers for businesses in Buffa]o and it seem s like the solutions falo, while giving the students an inare a matter of commo n sense," adds depth understanding and apprecia ·
KinseUa. " But in ma ny cases, the tion of issues affecting Buffalo and
mayor's hands are tied by srate regu- o th er g rea t Ame r ican c it 1es,"
lations. People may say that govern · Mandell says.

to expand o n existing cxperimentaJ
and theoretical expertise to charac·
terlze the magnitude an~ structural
and comr)ositio na1 dependence of pi·
ezoelectric fields. ind uced in nitride
semi co ndu c tor

ju st 26 enginee rs a nd scientists
across the United States to be ho n-

ored with the award this year. He is
only the third UB faculty member
ever to receive the award.
The award com es with a research

stress and st rain in

grant of $300,000 over three years.
with additional funding available for

ing using interferometry, a collabo-

three more years.

sociate professor of c.ivil engineering

ONR's Young lnv&lt;Stigator Awards
recognize exceptional young scientists and engineers. Criteria include
prior profcssiona1 achievement ,subm ission o f a m eritorio us research

proposal and evidence of strong support by their respeetive universities.
Cartwright received the award to
continue his research into the com ·
pletc understanding of how piezoelectric fields, whi ch a rise fro m
changes in the crystalline struct ure
of strained layers of nitride-based
semico nductors, can be incorpo·
rated into design criteria fo r wide
bandgap electronic dcvic~. modulators and blue lasers.

others, on March 26 and March 28.

The schedule will open March l with a concert by the UBSymphony.
with Magnus Mlrtensson. conduCto r, and featurin g Jenn ifer Kosack.
soprano, at 8 p.m. in Slee Concert Hall
·
A " Brown Bag Concert" featuring the Amherst Saxopho ne Q uartet.,
will be held at noon on March 14 in the Slee Lobby. The quartet will
present Bach compositions transcribed for saxophones, induding-ap-

propriately, his Coffee Cantata. Starbucks coffee is free for aU who anend.
Twenty-year-old Ann Elise Smoot. winner of the American Guild of
Organists 1998 National Young Artists Competition in Organ Playjng. will ·
perform Concert V of the Organ Recital Series at 8 p.m. March 17 U1 Slee.
The UB Flu te Ensemble, directed by Cheryl Gobbetti-Hoffman. wil l

Slee. The concert will feature pianists from Howard University, as weU as

"I'm impressed with the candor

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News Services Editor

Piano festival highlights concert schedule
The lOth annual Piano Festival, featuring two days of music performed by six virtuoso pianists. will highlight the March concert schedule
presented by the Department of Music.
The festival, directed by Frina Arschanska. associate professor of musK.
will include performances by Arsthanska. Kcnwyn Boldt and guest pianists presenting d uo piano works by Bach, Brahms and Messaien, amo ng

The second session of the festival will be held at 8 p.m. March 28 in

expertise with business executives

and large groups of people."
Teaching in tandem with Mandell,

BrieBy

perfo rm a concert entitled " PI 05 ion" at 3 p.m . March 19 1n Slee.
The UB Eclectic Ensemble. a group crea ted by facult-y member Jo n
Nelson devoted to diverse and contem po rary programming, will per·
fo rm at 8 p.m. March 22 in Slee.
l b e Amherst Saxophone Quartet will perfo rm Concert IV of the ASQ
Series at 8 p.m. March 23 in Slec. The group will present the wo rld
premiere of Terry Riley's Mandala Mi niatures. co mposed for the quartet, as well as the wo rld premiere of new work for marimba and quartl't
by Steve Parisi.
The Cassatt String quartet will perform Beethoven's Q uartet 1n A
Major, Op. 18, No. 5. the fi rst of Beethoven's quartets to exhibit them e
and variatio n form, at 8 p.m. March 24 in Slec. The perfo rmance will be
Concert V m the Slee!Beethoven String Q uartet Cycle.
The first of two days of piano niusic in Slee--the I Oth P1ano FesuvaJ
2000-wiU begin at 4 p.m. March 26 with a concen by Frina Arschanska
and Kcnwyn Boldt, who have performed together for more than 30 yean.

are made, no t bo rn ," says Lewis ~

who themselves are responsible for

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electronic paekagrative effort with Ccmal Basaran.asand a 1997 ONR Young Investigator.
Cartwright also is collaborating
with Chu R. Wie, professor of elec·
trical engineering, ro develo p ed ucatio nal software that focuses o n
the develo pment o f Java appl cts
that serve as educat io nal tools fo r
m icroel ectronics and pho to n ics.
Such tools are designed to be ac cessible to a wide range of users.
beginning with high·school stu ·
dents and progressi ng up to th e
level of post-doctoral resea rchers
wo rking in ind ustry.
ln addit ion to his teaching and
research , Cartwright holds positions
in a host of UB labs and centers.. in·

fo r Advanced Spectroscopic Evalu ·
atio n, directo r of the Ultrafast La ·
ser Facilit1' (a Center for Advanced
Pho to nics and Elect ro nic Materials/
Materials Research Instrument Fa·
ciliry),associatedircctorof the Elec t ro n ics Pac kagi n g Labo rator )'.
de pu t)' direc tor fo r la sers and
pho to nics fo r the Institute for La sers, Photonics and Biopho to nics
and co-djrector for the Center fo r
Active Learning of Microelectron ics and Pho to nics.
The O NR Yo ung Investiga tor is
C a rtwrig ht 's seco nd presti g io us
award. In 1998, he received th e Na tio nal Science Foundation FacuJ ry
Early Career Developn1ent Award.
whic h recog ni zes yo un g fac ult y
members who have demonstrated
o utstanding potential as science and
engineering investigators and edu cato rs. That grant supports his n··
~a rch on the usc of gallium -nitride ·
based materials for visible spatiallight mod ulators for thin -panel dis
play techno logy.
His work Qn (;all ium/Indium/
Alwrunum/Nitride materials will aid
m the development of ultr:wiolct and
blue lasers. as well as pho todctcctors
fo r C D- ROMS. lase r pri nters and
communication systems.
Cartwright received his docto rate.·
fro m the Universiry of lowa in 1995.

perfom1antes by Arschilnska, Boldt and UB fr&lt;shman Edward Chilunga.
A custo m -made piano concert for UB aud iences by Jan Pace, a re·
nowned new m usic pianist, will be held at 4: t 5 p.m. March 30 in Baird
Recital Hall. The concert wiU inc\ude Mo n on Fe\dman's Extensions J
and Sans Hauteur by UB student Sam Mirelman .
The month 's sched ule will co nclude with C'..oncert VI of the O rgan
Rec ital Series presented by Bruce Neswick, with Cheryl Gobbeni Hoffinan. fl ute. The concert will be held at 8 p.m. March 31 in Slee. A
fo rmer o rganist at St. Paul's Cathedral in Buffalo. Neswick now is ass1s
tant organist-cho irmaster at Washington's National Cathedral. The first
half of his program spans a 400- range of o rgan m usic. while the second
half features music from the 20th century.
Tickets to aU co ncerts may be obtained at the Slec box o ffi ce between
9 .1. m . and 5 p.m . Mo nday thro ugh Friday and at the Center fo r the Art ~
box offi ce from noon to 5 p.m . Tuesday thro ugh Friday.

Israeli deputy consul general to speak
at 14th annual Wasserman conference
Yosef livn e, deputy consul general fo r the Consul General oi
Israel in New Yo rk. will discuss Anll'rican-lsracli re\atiom Jt I :45 p.m .
March 19 i~ the Student Unio n Theatre o n the North Campu.!&gt; as pan
of the 14th ann ual Wasserman Conference.
'' Building Bridges" is the theme of the conference, presented h)' HiUel
of Buffalo, to be held from 1-5:30 p.m. in the Student Unio n Theatre.
H ill~ l is the campus center for Jewish life fo r students at UB and at
o ther local colleges and universities.
The conference will he open to tpe public Reg1strat 10n is free to
students who register in advanCl' and $2: at the door. T he cmt i.!&gt; S 10
fo r members of the commu nll )'.
A va riety of speake rs and wo rbhops Wlll h1ghhght the co nferenct:.
which ho nors the late Arth ur Wasserman, J. lo ngtime fr iend and sup-

port er of Hillel.
Fo llowin g Livnc's spc.-ech, seve ral UH stude nts who tuun·d b rad m
Jan ua ry wiU d iscuss their cxpericnco.
Six wo rb ho ps focus ing o n Jew1sh pohucs, culture .tnd spmt ua ht\ .
and their relevan ce in today's wo rld will be held fro m .l 30-5:30 p.m.
Spe-J kcrs wiUindude UB political .!&gt;CJCnce graduatl' student I JJ WTt"n~ot'
E. Cline; Karen Bridbord . a student in the Department of Psvcho logY;
llan Safit. a student m the Depanment ofC ias.s1 ~ and Bruce J) tcrcl lfcld.
a h1sto ry professor at Can isi us CoUegl".
Also.1'1Wrman D. Mo hl, professor of nra l d 1agll0:-th. ""-lt'll~ot"; P.md
Schiller, Pyram id Brokerage Co.'s real -l-state se rvices; h 'lt" \\'e mstem ,
program directo r, Bureau of lewtsh Educa tio n: Rabh1 Ak1ha Luhtm .
Temple Beth El. and Rahb1 Gary Pokras. Tt:-mplc Beth Zum
For fu rther informatio n or to rt;gl.!&gt; ttr for thl~ (O n fe rcn~ c ....lllil llld

of Buffalo at 639-836 1.
Conference co- spo nsor~ an· the L1B Dq:ta rtml'nt nf PohtK.Il X ll'lht·
in the College.• of Arts and ~ ll' ll Ct.'" anJ tht• Amcn c.m Jcwbh (:om mtt
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wholeaehesooursessuchas"Ameri can Nonns and Deviations," "Cul·
tural Ecology." "Southeast Asian
Ethnology" and "(Non)Violence."
"But at thesametime,(people) have
this discipline-and-punish paradigm so embedded in their mind
that they can't amceive of kids he·

spend,leamingaboutthecultureboth in Malaysia, researching and
W)iting abouttheSemai, andteach ing-has contributed to his thinking o n the dynamics between children and adults in both the United
States and Malaysia. ·
"ln general, I'm interested in the
ways in which people's ideological
systems reflect, justify, rationalize aod
mystify social realities, particularly
inequality," he says in a faculty biography on the American studies Web
site &lt;http://wlngs.bufflllo ...../

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sible as a solution. You say to yourselfsomethinglike,'kidsneedstructure'or 'childrenaregratefulforlimits,'" he says.
What often results from an act of
violence, he notes, is a feeling of relieforpleasurestemmingfromwhat
hesaysisafaultynotion thataggres·
sion is borne of frustration. Theresuit of violent feelings or behavior,

lively safe.
"To the degree there's a hierarchy."

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More specifically, however,
Dentan seems committed to shedding light on some of the aspects of
American behavior that contribute
to an unhealthy culture-in par·
ticular, discipline.
"Almost the only reason Americans beat kids is for 'disciRline' or
' respect for authority; by which we
mean obedience," he says. "Semai
don't care about obedience. Obedience is for slaves.
" lfyoucan'tpersuade-orco~

a kid into agreeing that they sbould
or sbouldo't do something, maybe
you just don't have a very good case."
Dentan explains the perceived
rationale for hurtful behavior.
"Usually, before you do violence,
you simplify the situation in your
mind, so that violence seems piau-

driven to seek a remote people in
what was then Malaya.
Den tan, whose work on the
Semai continues in a book he's
working on that focuses on "the intertwining of violence and nonviolenceinSemailifeandhistory;"notes
thatSemaidon'tsetout.toraise nonviolent children
"They just want children to know
that t/&gt;ey're safe with their dose kin
and neighbors," he writes.
Unlil&lt;e in the U.S., where hierarchy looms in nearly every institu·
tion, Dentan says the Semai-who
today number roughly 30,000have no hierarchy.
"You don't have to break down
control barriers if !here aren't any;
he says. "But the parents tell the kids
that ·the outside world is horribly
dangerous, so that the kids will stay
near the adults, where they are rela-

however, is the need to rationalize.
"To make violence palatable to
decent, concerned, humane people
like otmelves, there has to be a kiod
of simplifying fonn~al, .religious, political or moralizingthat muffies the sound of weeping,
serearning children and other innocents," he says.
Dmtan, wlio ealned his doctor·
ate at Yale, says that where physical
discipline is concenied, SenW re£rain from using corporal punisb·
· ment ui·mb&lt;lue a dllld' Wliile the
Semaifearthathittingachildcould
cause death, he says, adults in the
U.S. seem more preoccupied with
keeping children in line.
"I think people know there's
sometl)ing wrong with privileging
oneself to hurt a weaker person ;i,

having as well as they are treated"
A common misconception of
adults is assuming that because children are considered socially inferior,
it's OK to hllllliliite or hurt them,
he poin~ ouL .
"You shoUld always ask yourself,
when you get angry at a kid, just
what you're angry about," he says.
"Has the kid done something eVil,
or is it just that·the kid is being disobedient! If the latter, what have you
done lately to eam-not coercedie obedience!
·
"We need to respect children as
we'd !&lt;SpeC! any other human being."
Dmtan's interesl in theSemai was
piqued by a college roommate who
was Indonesian and-the short of
a long ~ri-"being young, stupid
and macho," Dmtan jokes, he was

he says, "it consists of parents (and
other adults) being refuges for the
kids."
Semai say they don't beat their
children, Dentan says, unlike the
Malays. another population of in digenouspeopleswhodobeat their
childrm. The Semai, be says. rondude "that's why our children are
strong aod healthy, and Malay children m like baby rats." .
"Semai just hang out with their
· kids,"he sa)os. "I don't think they lOY&lt;
their kids more or better. less, if anything. But it's never interrupting for
a kid to sit on the 1M&gt; of an ailuiL"
In an = p t from 1m lat&lt;st work
in progress, Dentan explains that in
hierarchical ~ons, ~do what
your
5ays" and "do what )&lt;iur
momsays"arematdlingimperatives.
"But that's nOt hawS&lt;mai adults
traditionally lived, aod the parents'
relative lack of concern about 'abedienoe' as a value in itself matches
their own Jives, in
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Case studies
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• Support the Journal of Colleg• teaching approach much wider exSciena Teaching in producing an an- pnsure;withthemoney,Herreidex·
nual special issue devoted to case pects to be able to conduct two
studies
worksho~ e3ch summer, providing
• Publish books on case teaching ~faculty members-twice the
in each of the natural sciences and '
usual numberwith the opportumathematics, produce a series of
nity to learn the
videoS that insttuct faculty in the approach and publish
electronic
approach. Meals
and workshop
newsletter
Until now, Herreid has been
materials for at·
tendees also will
preaching the word on case teachbe paid for with
ing mostly at workshops he hosts at
UB that are funded by UB, the Nathe grant. ln return,anend=are
tional Science Foundation and the
United States Department of E&lt;lu - asked to produce one case study,
cation. Since 1990, more than 300 plusteachingnotes,withirithenext
faculty members from around the six months, for which they will reU.S. have attended these intensive, ceive a $200 stipend.
The grant also will provide for an
five-day workshops in which participants learn to teach using the ann ual national conference o n
case-study method and in which teaching science with case studies.
Aa:ordingtoHerreid,the"magic"
they have a chance to actually lead a
class of students, who then evaluate of the case approach is that, through
them. More than 500 others have" role-playing, debates or group preattended Herreid's workshops held sentations,studentsbecomedirectly
at other institutiqns around the involved in a controversial, unresolved topic that has a solid, sci encountry and abroad.
But Herreid routinely bas had to tific core and deals with important
turn away nearly half the applicants social and policy issues.
"Tile students care about case
for each workshop.
The Pew grant will give the case- studiesbecausetheyarelearningthe\

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material on a need-to-know basis," we've left itoutofteachingscience,"
laid Schiller. "The case approach
Herreid said
The approach focuses on the use uses stories to get students involved
of contemporary, oontroversial sto- in the science. not as spectators but
ries that have not yet been resolved. as participants."
"The idea is to let students apeSome of the 30 cases currently
rience some of the ambiguity ·that available at the UB Web site indude
all scientists have to deal with as they "Seeds o( Disscension: A Case Study
explore," notes Schiller.
in Patenting Genetic Material."
Facultymemberswhoteachwith "BaiBedhytheBObyBottle:ACase
cases say the method provokes stu- Study in Chemistry," "The Benign
dents to learn the science; they want Hamburger,""A Light on Physics: Fto learn it on the way toward dis- Number and Exposure Time-A
coveringwheretheystandonapar- CaseStudyinOptics,""BadBiood:
ticular issue.
A CaseStudyoftheTuskegeeSyphiForezample,inacaseaboutrecent lis Project" and "Life on Mars-A
politicalturmoilintheGalapogosls- Dilemma Case Study in Planeeary
lands that pits fisherman, the Ecua- Geology!'
dorian government, tourists. scienSchiller and Herreid hope to have
tists and environmental groups I0 times that number by the end of
against one another, students~ the grant period.
divided into teamsiq&gt;resenting one-' Part of the strategy includes enor another of these interests. Their couragingsignificantcontributions ~
task was to research extensively the to the cnrrent repository of cases
Social, political and scientific issues through collaborations with English
at haod from the perspective of the teachers and science-writing ininterest they represented.
structors, establishing a board of
The result? Students grtso caught consultants to serve as editorial ref.
up in the story and their active role erees for cases and consulting on
in it, that it naturally increases their case-study writing aod teaching
appetite for learning the science.
with faculty members arouod· the
"Storytdlingissocompelling,but country.

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Gallery displays landscapes
Works from UB's permanent co~n are exhibited
•v MAliA MCc;-s
Rqxxtrr Aulstant Editor

T

he UB Art Gallery bas
uncovered some of the
univ=ity's artistic treasures in an intriguing ex ·
hibit that presents a
of work
in the landscape genre from UB's
permanent an collection by artists
both renowned and unknOWD"Landscapes From theColi&lt;ction..
on display in the Center· for the Arts
until March 17, allowsviewersarare
look at some of UB's esteemed anwork and the opportunity to learn
about some important artists, in-

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Gallery hour.; are 10:30a.m.to8p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday and
noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
The exhibit was curated by Karen .
Emcnhiser and Lisa Fischman, who
selected 25 landscape installations
from UB's collection to produce a
fascinating and diverse collection of
paintings, fine art prints. silkscreen
prints and color photographs dat ing from about the mid-19th to
mid-20th century.
The show presents an infrequent
opportunity for those curious about
UB's artistic holdings to get a look
at some of the universit:Ys permanent collection, since most of it
spends its time in a vault in the Center for the Arts. Other pieces are kept
in the Poetry and Rare Books Room
or are displayed in offices around
campus, acoording to Emenhis&lt;r.
"4nllscapes" ~ a.Jr.!lll!"'i &lt;M&gt;n&lt;&gt;logicaliyaoo beginS by demonstrating
the"ro~ticdepictionofnature"by
artists in the early 1900s, says
Emenhiser,adding that the lata work
bcaJmes more "subjed:iqed" and feanires subtle "performance element."

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evident, and perhaps most pronounced, iD Salvadore Dali's "Labyrinth,"whi&lt;h eroanatt:s from a brightblue background in-the center of the
exhibition space. Dali,one ofthe most
notorious anisiS of the 20th century,
used the painting's rom position as the
backdrop for a ballet he produced at
the New York Metropolitan Opera
House between 1939-41. The surrealist painting. whi&lt;h depicts a distorted
female figure Booting in douds above
a wavy sea, was a gift of the late Robert
Millonzi and rq&gt;&lt;&gt;rtedly has been appraised at $750,000.
Remarkably, UB is the proud 1
owner of another valuable Dali"Portrait of Katharine Cornell"presently archived ~ the Poetry and
Rare ijooJc,. &lt;;:oUe¢oq.
One installation in the exhibit features an oil painting by Harvey
Breverman, US professor of art,

titled "Plaza." Fischman, wbo describes th~ work as "a composite of
highwaY' and overpasses, planes and

shadows in foreshortened spaces."
says that it is a .. reinvention b y

amalgamation, as Brevmilan brings
bits and pieces of real pla ces
together to create a place-scape of

the imagination."
Colorful works by acclaimed
Buffulo artists Philip C. Elliott, one
of the founders of the UB an department, and by his wife, former
UB an instructor Virginia Cuthbert
Elliott, also are on display. Among
them are some very arresting depic-

tions of nature by Philip Elliott,
including the intricate, quiJt - m~e
"' Plant Patterns .. and the brightly

abstract "Spanish Garden."
The older works in the exhibit

capture landscapes in a more traditional style and are nearly all works
ofAmerican artists, such as "Sunset
Scene"by Thomas Eakins and "Harbor Scene" by john N. Twachtman.
Of local interest is an undated oil
illustration of"Erie Canal at Black
Rock" by Buffulo artist Olarles Astin
Needham.

Fund helps Indochinese students
•yP'ATIUCIA DONOVAN

o.-~dasswithinternallonal

News Services Edito&lt;

cxperieo&lt;:eoreducation." AshwiiiSOf'
"These oountries need their own
entrq&gt;rmeur&gt;. humanities scholars.
eductol$. scientists, physicians and

URING a business trip
to Cambodia last year,
Mark Ashwill, director
of the Wor)d Languages Institute, was struck by how
little public or private money is available in the region for promising students who want to attend college or
graduate school overseas.
Ashwill , whose interest in
lndodtina has resulted in several

D

language-culture exchange pro grams involving Vietnamese and
American universities, businesses

and cultural grou~ decided to do
something about it
This week, he announced the establishment of a private association
to p...,;,;de financial and other forms
of support to qualified students
from Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos
who want to pursue relevant, useful
and quality education and training
in the United States.
Initial funding for the U.S.Indochina Educational Foundation,
Inc., or USIEF, was provided by a
$10,000 grant from the Paul). K£ssler
Foundation. Additional funds will he
solicited from individuals, corporations and other private foundations
that make grants to public charities.
"'pportunities in the global marketplace are limited for developing
nations without a substantial business

business managers to bring their
countries to economic maturity
without compromising. national

identity and cultural values.
"Unfortunately," he adds, "they
don'thavetheedilcationalinfrastruc-

turetheyn~t~lferhighereduca-

tion and professiorial training to large
numbers of their people.
"Because of these obstacles, i~s difficult for nations like Vietnam, laos
and Cambodja to prepare their

young people for the rapidly evolving 'new world:" As a t&lt;Sul~ he sa}"
these nations remain ecrinornicbackwaters,subject to foreign exploitation
of their people and resources.
Ashwill 5af' one of the important
steps toward devdopment is to send
selectedstudentsabroadforadvanced
study, particularly in business managemen~economics,technology, edu ­

cation, medicine and the sciences.

The opportunity, however, is usu ally available only to children of upper-class families or to those few students whose governments are able to
underwrite their foreign studies.
Ashwill says that Indochina students already receive some scholarship money from the Australian and
Japanese governments and from a

few Fulbnght grants distnbuted m
the region. But the funding available
doesn't come dose to satisfying the
need, he says.
Each country has discrere issues to
resolve in this regard. Vietnam has a
number of established colleges and
universities, Ashwill says, but little

money available to support further
education overseas.
Laos has a different problem. An
agrarian nation, it has only a rudimentary system of higher education
and only one university, which focuses on agricultural research with
the assistance of a rew Canadian and
American colleges.
Ashwill says the first co ncern of
the USIEF will be for Cambodia,
which faces a situation more dire
than Vietnam or Laos.
..An entire generation of th e
intdligencia, as well as the business
and professional classes, were wiped
out in the Khmer Rouge genocide of

1975-79," Ashwill rentinds us, "This
disaster left the Cambodian economy
and educational system in ruins with
no one capable of rebuilding either."
In fact, the first Indochinese student to receive financial assistance
from the new foundation is Sokna

Hang of Cambodia. A USIEF scholar.;hip student in UB's English Language Institute, Hang is preparing for
graduate study in management or
law in an ~erican university.

Find quality business Web sites
with the help of a UB librarianEil
The Web Is chock-full of information useful to business researchers, but how does o ne go about sifting through such massive amounts
of data to find those few kernd.s of useful information? The major
search engines can be of some use, but for -profit services such as
Yahoo and Alta Vista are driven by advertising,dollars and offer fea tures targeted at a large general audience. Academic libraries, on the
other hand , focus on quality. disc-i pline-bastd information, and gen erall y p rovide guidance specific to researchers.·
When it co mes to finding business information o n the Internet,
o ne can find no better expert than Lockwood libra ry's Michael
Lavin. Lavin is the libraries' business librarian. He holds an MBA
and is the 1992 recipient of th e Ameri can library Associa ti on 's
BRASS /Ga le Re sea rc h Award for Exce llence 10 Busines.!&gt;
Librarianship. He is also the a uth o r of th e accla imed research guidt• .
" Business In formation : How to Ftnd it , How to Use It" (O ryx Press ).
Lavin brings his extraordj nary knowledge.· ofbusi nes.!&gt; .!&gt;Ou rces ro th e
UB community by creat mg helpful, on line guidC's to the· very best
business Web si tes. If you are looking for scholarly, pee r-reviewed
business research. or fo. infonnauon o n co mpani e~. industries, new
technologies o r prod ucts, you wi ll wa nt to stan you r resea rch with
Mike's "Business Databases on BISON" &lt;http:/ / ubllb.buff•lo.edu/
llbnorles/ unlts/lmi/ Colle&lt;tlons/ buswlngs.html &gt;. You will find all
the premier (read expensive) da tabases here: Dow Jones lnt erat.""t ive.
ABJ / [NFORM, Busi ness &amp; Industry. Ga le's Busines Resources, and
th e rece ntly acquired database co ntaining full -text resea rch reports
on companies and indus tries, Research Bank Web (lnvestext ).
Lavi n also has put significant effort into finding Web sites that
offer quality busi ness information for free; the results of his labor
can be found at &lt;http:/ / ubllb.buff•lo.edu/llbr•rlu/ unlts/lml /
CoUectlon.s/ bussltet.html &gt;. This listing is arranged into broad cat·
egories, coveri ng such subjects as accounting, banking, company in format ion, currency conveners, economic data, investment sites,
marketing, small bu si ness and taxation. Lavin does not attempt to
"reinvent the wheel;" if there is a great metasite for an area, he only
will list that one si te . For example. under "Accounting,.. the only link
is to Rutgers Accounting Web &lt; http: //www. rutgers.edu /Ac countlng/ &gt;. While this site serves as a one-stop shopping center
for accounting reso urc~ . many accounting students are not aware
of this fabu lous so urce. Unfortunately, great one-stop metasites Jike
the Accounting Web are rare; a more common occurrence is found
with a topic such as investing- the Web is brimming ~ith information on it, but no one place pulls it all together. Lavin has managed
to bandle this problem by dividing investment sites into several practical subcategories: bonds, dividend reinvestment plans, futures and
options, glossaries and handbooks, initial public offerings. mutual
funds, stock quotes, etc., and each of these subcategories lead to only
the most pertinent links.
·
Not so long ago, spider-compiled robotic search engines were all
the rage, the ilotion being who needs human intervention-let com puters o rganize the Internet for us. But as we enter the 21st centu ry,
and the Web reaches adolescen ce, what's the most popular site on
the Net? Yahoo, an Internet portal where hundreds of real -live hu man beings place Internet sites into useful subject categories. But
most of the people employed at Yahoo are generalists, not subject
specialists. So when you need help with your business research, why
not turn to an information maestro? You can reach one of the best
at &lt; mrlavin@acsu.buffalo.edu &gt; or by phone at 645-2814, ext. 439.
-Gemma DeVInney •nd Don tbrtman. University Ubranes

BrieD
IREWG announces lectureship
The Institute for Rete•rch •nd Education on Women and Gen d er (IREWG ) has announced the establishment of the Janice L.
MorilZ Lectureship Fund.
The fund is named in honor of a woman IREWG directors call
"one of Western New Yo rk's most effective champions for the rights
of womf:n and worke rs in higher education."
Moritz retired in January after more than 20 years of se rvice as a
New York State United Teachers' labor relat ions specialist assigned
to United University Professions (U UP ), the union th at represe nts
SUNY's faculty and professional employees.
The first Jan ice Moritz Lecture, which will focu s o n women and

labor, will be delivered by Moritz in FalllOOO.
Moritrworked primarily with the four area 'iJtapters of UUP: thr
UB Buffalo Center Chapter, the UB Health Sciences Center Chapter
and the Buffalo State College a nd Fredonia State College chapte rs.
At one time, she was the only woman labor-relations specia!Js t in
NYSUT's Western New York Regio nal Office.
Moritz helped to arbitrate successfu lly mo re than a dozen deCI sions favorable to union members that are now part o f the New
York State record, and obtained hundreds of favorable decisions at
lower levels of the grievance process.
For further information. contact IR E\\'G at 829-3451 .

�February 14. Z1DI/Yul.Jl.lo.21
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HE United States still has
a long way to go in
strengthening race rela ·
t ion s-part i cuI a r1 y
where the medi a is co ncerned,
famed attorney Johnnie L Cochran
told a UB audiene&lt; Feb. 16.
"There still exists a racial divide,"
said Cochran, keynotespeaka at the
l4th annual Martin Luther King, Jr.
Commemoration held in the Ccntcr for the Arts MainStage Theatre.
While the blatandy racist Jim Crow
laws may be a thing of the past,
Crow's offspring-Jim Crow, Jr. lives on in the list century, he said,
adding that this "new bigotry"-a
term he said he borrowed from nationally syndicated columnist
Leonard Pitts,Jr.-isdangcrousdue
to its more subtle nature.

"Out of sight, out of min~t's
exactJy where I believe we have to
begin," Cochran said at the event,
sponsored by the BuffaJo Associatio n of Black Journalists.
Cochran, who called Martin
Luther King, Jr...o ne of the most
important Americans of the 20th
century," talked about what civil
rights activist W.E.B. DuBois or
Kingmightthink iftheyvisited the
21st century.
" How would they find thi s
America?Whatwouldtheysaytous?"
he asked "Oearly, we've made great
progress. But we still, by all accounts,
~a long, kmg way left to go:-'
Cochra n , whose defen se of
fo rm er pro -foo tb all star O.J.
Simpson became pan of the media·
dub~ "Trial of the Century," was

has in inOuencing its readers' or
viewers' thinking.
"lfyoufailtodiv&lt;rsifytheimages,
you mold the general impressions
that the majority has," he said."{l'he
media) bears the responsibility, but
does it ha..theseosibility!"beasked
He articulated his outrage over
the ways in which the media perp&lt;tuates negative mino rity im ages-images that, 0'/er time, have

called .. the least1.Tticulate individual" in the neighborhood, a nOtionthatdm¥heartyapplawefrom
the crowd "That penon isn't rq&gt;resmtative of everybody in the neighborhood."
The fact is, there's a burgeoning
minoritymiddkdass,Cochransaid,
with a wealth of positive stories
about its "tliriving citizens.
"Wouldn't you likt to..., more of
that?" he asked the audience.
Regularly appearing images in
broadcast and print media do little
to portray minorities in a positive
light, be said.
"We know that drugs {are) not
just a black problem. You would
think that people of color are the
onlyonesabusingdrug.;yo~would

· think that peopk of color only live
inpoverty,'"besaid, addingthatmis-

.representation isn't relegated to
journalistic media. The entertainmmt media, too, bears some of the
burden.
Cochran expressed his disapA"""-,.._...~...,.
pointmmtinthenetworks'decision
the u .s. ltll"- • ~ WIIJ to 90 to release a slate of shows this seaIn strengthening r.ce ,.._Uons.
son in which not one black character had a leading role. He singled out
thepotmtialtobecomestereotypes. onepopulartdevisionsbowtodrive
"I knowhowmanytimesl'vesem home his poinl
{in the media) a white police officer
"I have nothing against the proleading~ black man out of a crack
gram 'Friends,' but all the friends are
house in 'handcuffs," he said "It be- white," he said. "Aren't there any
comes pounded into our minds that blacks in this town?"
all the nation's crime is going on in
Though moments such as this
the black community." Statistics, provided levity to the frank d isCochran pointed out, aren't .reflec- c ussion , Cochran remained
tive in the same way.
mostly serious about ·the responAnother example of misrepresen- sibility of the media to bettering
tation, be noted, is the media5seem- race relations. He said that while

is
consciowly insensitive, he doe~
attribute poor representation of
minorititsinparttothedecisionmakers who are white.
"All these examples contribute to
the racial divide," he said. "It's time
for the media to hold a microscope
toitsownworkand,..ifils,rq&gt;Orting is as fair and accurate as it can
~ when it tomes to the preservalion of minorities.
"If African-American children
only..., people who look likt themsdvts in compromising positioll5asthepeopkofsocictywhojuslcan't
win--imaginewhatthatdoestotb&lt;ir
self-esteem," he said. "We can no
longeraffordtoallowthistohappen."
Cochran stressed that the me·
dia has a responsibility to deliver
to the public positive stories about
minorities. He urged members of
the media to set:k minority experts
when reporting, something he said
is already happening more frequently on some television networks, such as CNN and Coun
lV, "because competence and ex ceUence knows no color...
He alsO said itJs no longer sufficientto have just one minority employeeserveastheconscien&lt;:&lt;ofan
mtire working staff. "Be righteous
younelves," he said. "All of us need
to work to shore up the minority
ranks of our staff.
" Let us~ true to the memory of
Dr. Martin Luther King. who weed·
ebrate tonight," he said. The media.
wh.ich·hecalled ""the great pl1f'&lt;ley0r
ofinfonnation,• aJsotw thepo'WC!f
to~ the antidote to the country's
racial dividi he noted.

East meets East in Lockwood exhibitions
Two consecutive displays in library represent contradictory ideologies
By PATRICIA DONOVAN
News Services Editoi

OCKWOOD Memorial
Library on the North
Campu s is sp o nsori ng
two conse.cutive exhibi~
.Lions that represent opposi ng ideologies at play in territories ruled by
the People's Republic of China.
The first , "Tibetan Prayer Flags,"
is a colorful exhibition of Tibetan
Buddhist prayer banners presented
in conj unction with this month's
visit to UB by two Tibetan nation als who represent the Tibetan "culture in exile." Both are working to
draw world anention to the plight
of their nation, which was invaded
by China and made pan of that r&lt;·
public. Because the prayer flags exhibited here ..represent" sacred sites
in Tibet itself, they also might be
considered part of that effort.
The exhibition, which is located
in the exhibition cases on the second Door of the library, opened early
this month and will end March 15.
The second exhibit, .. From Revolution to Refonn," presents propaga nd a p osters produced in the
People's Republic of China from
1962-82. They represent elfons by
both the Mao Zedong and Deng
Xiaoping governments to mobilize
the masses and provide role models
of selfless revolutionary virtue.
T he poster exhibition will run
March 13 through April JO. It can be
found in the reference section of the

L

library on the hbrary's second floor.
The Buddhist prayer flags are
from the coUection of Richard L&lt;e,
head of the Division of Geoiraphic
Medicine in the School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences. Such flags
can be found anywhere Buddhism
is practiced, but these were coUected
by Lee in Northern lndia, where
many Ti~tan refugees have settled.
The banners are made ofbrighdy
colored silk marked with prayers or,
as in this case, sacred Tibetan sites.
and are flown out-of-doors. where
they are allowed to disintegrate
naturally in the wind. Each prayer
leaves ~hind its physical form and,
in a metaphorical sense. enters the
spiritual realm of which Buddhists
believe we are all a part.
This exhibit marks the visits to UB
this spring of ,G es he Gawa ng
Jangchup. a Buddhist monk and of·
ficial representative of the Dalai lama
in the Indian state of Kashmir, and
Dadon Dowadolrna, a popular Ti·
betan rock star. Like the Dalai lama,
she too has helped bring her nation's
plight to the attention of the world.
Although poster propaganda
has a long history in China, those
exhibited in the UB show repreS&lt;nt two high points oftbis expressive form: Mao Zcdong's Cultural
Revolu tion of 1966-76 and the
1978 -86 period th at fo ll owed
Mao's death and the asccndance of
Dcng Xiaoping.
In 1942, Mao calleJ.his revolu·

tionary postm "powerful weapons
for uniting and educating th e
people ... for attacking and destroying the enemy...They help the people
fight the enemy with one heart and
one mind."
The few posters in the UB show
that date from his regime &lt;:&gt;emplifY
Mao's p&lt;1&gt;0nality.cult and the Com·
munist symbolism he used to inspire
the transformation of China to a

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SLOGANS ON CHINE.SE
PROPAGANDA POffiRS

whoUy communist state. Such posters, glorifying the state and the lead·

crsof the m&lt;&gt;lution,often were hung
in Chinese homes as political shrines.
True to the sentiments of the
Mao regime. o ne poster from 1963
demands, "Ame.r ican imperialism
get out of southern Vietnam!" Also
commOn in this period were post ers that promoted the unifica~ion

of the country. One shown here
that reads, .. Serve the Workers ,
Peasants and Soldiers ... " is characteristic of Mao's revolutionary
propaganda.
FoUowing Mao's death, China's
new leader Deng embarked on a differen t kind of major national refonn
that was designed to modmtize all
aspects of Ch.ineselife. This period,
which began in 1978, is referred to
as China's era of the "Four Modern izations," a reference to the transformation of China's agriculture, in dustry, national defense and sciencel
tecluiology. This effort was under·
taken to bring the nation into line
with the demands of the emerging
global marketplace.
Most of the posters in this exhibit
are from the Deng period. They exhon the Chinese people to put their
energies into this development effort. A 1979 poster, for instance, proclaims, .. Everyone strive to be a
pacesetter for the technological
revolution."
The exhibition text, written by
curator Blaine Gausta.d of th e
Fredonia State CoUege History Depanment, explains dearly the his·
tori cal, cultural and political context
in which the posten were produced.
The poster exhibition is being
mounted with funding and technical as:;iStance from the CarhananJackson Humanities Fund and the
Bulfalo and Erie County Historical
Society, respectively.

�februar!14.2000/Yol.31.1o.21 Rep curta.

7

Obituaries
Wayland "Pat'' Smith, 72, involved in experimental college$
Smith wasinter&lt;sl&lt;d early on in the
Wayland Patrick '"Pat"' Smith.
former chair of the Department of experimental collegiate idea-in
Industrial Engineering and a direc- which studenu and farulty members
tor of the experimental Collegia~ inter&lt;sl&lt;d in &lt;X&gt;DUilOD issues would
Ass&lt;mbly at UB in the late 1960s, live and work together in 16 "colleges"--&lt;ID&lt;I particularlywas involved
died Jan. 16 in Phoenix, Ariz.
He was 72.
with c.P. Snow College. which
Smith came to UB in 1962 when ~ on socio-technical problems.
The Collegiate Assembly, oonthe then-private University of Buffalo was beooming part of the State ceiv.d in 1966, was established in
Univer.;ity of New York system.
1970 by the UB Faculty Senate's
Involved in developing UB's Stern Prospectus. Former President
Robert L Ketter named Smith to a
gradua~ program in industrial engineering, he brought the role of ·two-year term as ditector in 1970.
Smith was quoted in an interview
human factors into the curriculum.

=-

~th

The Buffalo Evenir~g Ntws that
he was interested in the concept of
the collegiate system because it "was
one academic way of easing the gap
between faculry and students."
Chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering from 1962-67,
Smith came to UB from Michigan
State University. After his term as
chair ended, he returned to the engineering faculry.
He left UB in J972,later joined the
business school faculry at Western
Michigan Universiry in Kalamazoo
and retired from there in 1989.

To members of
the UB community:
Sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual

• Believe her! A great fear of survivor.; is that they wiU not be believed
• Reinfofce that the incident was

harassment, stranger rape and date

not her fault, no matter what the cir-

or acquaintance rape are monumental problems for our society.
Unfortunately, college campuses are
not insulated from these harsh realities. It is highly likely that as a

cumstances
• Comfort her as much as possible verbally
• Beware of physical contact, as
she may not want to be touched, but
you can always ask if you can hug
her. Don't treat her as if she is oon-

Note: Both men and women get

raped and assaulted. The suggestions below axe framed in terms of
the woman, since more women report these inciden ts than men .
However, the suggestions are for
ALL rape and assault victims.
• Allow her to express her feel ings without interruption
• Be patient with silences. as she

may be slow in talking
• If she needs help continuing,
try repeating back what she has said

tagious.

• Provide things that make her
feel warm and safe-a blanket,
stuffed animal, hot tea
• Make sure she has a safe place
• Do not talk about getting revenge; focus your energy on her and

her feelings
• Call Crisis Services hotJine for
professional guidance (834-3131 )
• Go with her for a medical examination

thoughts and feelings. but it is important that she has control over her
life and her recovery; support her in
whatever she decides to do or not

do, even if you disagre&lt;.
• Call Sexual Assault Information
Line at 645-3411 for options in re-

porting and resources aVl!ilable
• Be available throughout the
next weeks and months--recovery
takes much time
• Learn about rape trauma syn·
drome from the Crisis Services
hotJine or the Counseling Center so
that you know what to expect and
can understand her reactions better

• RespC&lt;j! her rights to privacy

to sleep that night

immediately~ontact

Center for Student Health at 82933 16

and do not teU others of the rape
without her consent
• Seck support for yourself to
work through this; it is natural to
feel grea t stress when supporting a
rape survivor-talk to someone
"safe," a counselor, friend at another
school or parent about your

thoughts, feelings and needs

age her fro m c\ta.nging her clothes
o r taking a shower
• Help her get counseling to work
through the trauma, even if the rape

Rape, abuse and harassment axe
commun ity problems that only can
be diminished if our community
stands together to support those
who have been victimized.

occurred some time ago
• Let her make her own decisions.

Yours truly.
The suff of the

You can help her work through her

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ArU and

Campus. Gallery houn are Wed
through Sat. from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p .m .
and Sun. from noon to 5 p.m .

Jobs

Rumsey·Poten.u Competition
Entries from UB junion from all
concentrations In the Department of An

Professlonol
Head Coach, Me n 's Basketball {SL-5)·

in the department's Rumsey and Potenza

award competitions wiU be on d lsp'ay
from Feb. 25 through March 2 In the Art
Department Gallery, B-45 Center fOf' the

Arts, North Campus. The entries for both
compedtiom ,,. judged by memben ol

~~~~~!.~:rsc;~=.rJ
through Fri. from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and
Sat. from 1 ~ a.m. to 6 p.m .

" IUtharine Cornell Photos"
A sp«ial exhibit showcaiing images of
acclaimed actress Katharine Cornellnever befort putMished or seen by the

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actr6s w.s 22 yean·old, by famed

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will include historical materials on the
actrHs col~ed by the Center for the

Arts. Houn are Mon . through SaL from
7 a.m . to 1 1 p.m ., and Sun . from 8 a .m .
tol l p.m .

· Liondsc_..
Landscape paintings from the

d~~~~= ~~=~~ton

atNetic:s. laaosse wUf continue to

compete :u a dub spon. ~
by the Student Assocbtion.
In the past three years. the
in~te program ha.s
expanded to or.dd programs In crew

(_,..,.,)-""' bueb&gt;ll
bnier pbns •dd&lt;tiSing !he

..._,kf•l!'flde&lt;-&lt;quity bmnce
induded the addition of women's

lacrosse as an intercollqiate sport.
However. CUI'T1ent and proJected
of the 'N()fMfl's programs in
existing sporu now looks :u If It will

crowm

pan:idpatk&gt;n opportunities,

Counseling Center offers tips to help sexual-assault victims

do to help:

"' Bob M&lt;e;lpone. dkector ol

proYkle gender equky In

TheMail

member of a coiJege campus com munity, you will know someone
who is o r will be a survivor of rape,
assaul t, abuse or harassment.
A5 we face this problem, there
are important steps we can take to
assist someone who has been vic ·
timizcd. lf someone who has been
raped or assauJted chooses to come
to you as a frie nd for support and
ass istance, there is much you can

lacro~~B
UB will not add women's lacrosse
as an inuercollegtate sport in the
2000-01 academic year. accordrc

Division of Athletia. Posting IP-0005.
LAN Syste ms NT/ Novell Englneer{Sl·
4)-Com puting and Information

i:t'he~/c~~~=~~~:tant
Rehabilitation Medicine, Posting ltP·
0008. Aulstant Director for
OperatJoru and Resources {Sl-4)·
Institute for l...ocal Governance and

Regional Growth, Poru09 IP.OlJ09.
Physical sr:e Administrator (SL·3)-

=~ ~:: ::~'Jc!P.()012.
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Posting t P.0014 . Assoct.ite Director for
Student HNith ond _ , , (Sl-4)·
Student Health, Posting IP-00 15.
CHnlcal SocloiWoBer/ Flold Unit
Supervisor (SL-3)-Coun.seling Center,

Posti"!!IP-0016. Couruelo&lt; (Sl-3)-

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AnaJyst { SL-4)..Un~ity Services,

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10:30 a .m . to 8 p.m ., and Sun. from
noon to S p.m .

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Addidions, Posting IR-20021 . Deputy

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Director of Development. Co llege of
Arts and Sciences, Posting lfR-20024
Therapist-Research Institute on
Addictions, Posting lfR-20025

Facvlty
lnstructor· Departrner.~t

of Physical

"Ttlefapy, Exerc.i:se and NutritiOn Soence1..
Posting

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Asslstan t/Anodate
Profeuor-Department of Physical
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Posting MF.()()()8. Asslsta.nt/Assodate
Professor...()epartment of Physical
Therapy, Exerc.i:se and Nutrition Sc.e nc e ~.
Posting lfF-0009. Assistant/Associate
Profes.sor-Department of SocYt and
PrevenlNe MediCine, Posting IF-0010
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\

Mcellpone saki.
"Through pbnned growth •nd
aggreui¥1!: recruitinc in our women's
programs. as well as reasonab'e aps
on the rosters o( our men's
programs. it now appears that our
goal r:A equity is achievab~ with our
current offerings," he D.ld." By
mainainlng the curnnt number of
spons, we also will be in or. much
better position to or.chieYe fiscal
equity between progroru:·

. . . . . . . ......., ofthe

~tllllmWI!Ilt2~ and
lmplwa:IID 23-12 on the
R!ll$0rt last wee~&lt;· as he won
rmr tches ·ovl!r o pponents
from Cornell and Syracuse.
At Cornell, Downey up5et
Bob G~leaf, ranked 18th
In
nation at 197 pounds,
S-3. Down ey also beat
Syqcuse's john Soden, 19-4.
J:mhman Kim Klpela
SCOI1!d 1 career-best 33
points, 23 in the second

halt, in the women's

basketblll -.r's 89-78
loss to Marshall last week.
Kllpela hit 12-&lt;&gt;f-19 shots
from the floor to set an alltime freshman record for
pOints. She also added 11
rebounds.

~a~~etoall
MEN
Marshall 88, UB 72
The Bulls

f~l

to a hot-shooting Marshall team Sawrday mght by a score of 88-

71. Ma~l shot 54.8 percent from the field and S6 percent from three-pomt
range In shooting down UB's hopes for a win.
The Thundering Herd jumped out to a qUick read. himng four three-pointers to open the game Vld led 12-41n the first cwo mrnuteS. In the first
~ght minutes of the game, nine of Marstu/l's I I field goals were thnee-po~nters .
silencing the crowd and giving the Herd a 3 I- IS lud at d\J.t point. Marshall
extended tu lud to a.s many a.s 21 points,41 · 20, wfth 4:21 to play in the first
hat!' before UB charged buk.The Bulls dosed the last four minutes of the haff
with a I4-S run, including a buzzer-belting three·pcHnter from Louis Campbell.
1.0 1"1'\ake It a 46--34 pme u the break.
UB arne out and scored the first four points of the second Nlf. cutting the
lead to eight before Marshall answered with a thrH-pointer from Comelkls
Jackson. UB came right back with a three-pointer of tu own from A.leRIVa.silie¥.
making it an eight-pointgame. 49-41 . with 17:49 to pby. But that was a.s dose a.s ·
UB could zet. The Thundering Herd then went on a S~ run to take conuol of
the game Vld increase Its lead to as tTW1)' as 23 points,
86-63, with 2:161eft in the game before dosing
wTth an 88-72 win.

The Bulls (5-20. 3-1 l)

to•• despite •

seuon·low six WrT'IOVers In the game.
Onty one UB pbyer had more than one
tumo..-er. £hmten Foster led all scorers
with 22 points and Campbell and
Va.silte¥ each added I 0 points
WOMEN

Marshall 89, UB 78
Junior forward Yashico Stevens sco red a
carH:r-best 28 poinu and vis10ng
Marshall Ulot a blistenng SS percent from
the field to defeu UB. 89-78, in a Mid·
American Conference game Sawrday in
Alumn1Arena..
s~ Scorec:~ t6 of her points in the firn half ils the
Thundering Herd (8-18. 2-13) need to a 38-3S halftime lead OYer the Bulls, and
scored five mo~ as the Herd stretched the gap to Sl-43 with 14:33 remain1ng
The Butts ( 17 ..S. 7 ·7) n.llied behind the tremendous inSide play of freshma.n
K1m Kilpela and junior Tiffany Bell. Kilpela scored a arH:r-best lJ points- 23 1n
the second half~d spari&lt;ed the Bulls on a I S-6 run to cut the lead to S9. S6
with 10:36 rema.Jning. Kilpela hit 12--of-19 shots from the field and added II
rebou nds. while Bell had the I 7th double-double of her career WTth 23 points
and I0 rebounds.
The Bulls tied the game 6S..6S on a 1umper by- Kilpela With 7· 17 left.
HO'We\l'er, Marisa Williams ( 17 points) scored the next four pomts a.s Marshall
bounced bade to take control down the stn!tch by h1ttlng etght stn1ght free
throws In the final minutes.
Junior Mari McClure connected for a season· hlgh 20 pomu fo r Buffalo

Wre~tlin~
UB tra'o'eled to Qke on No. 18 Cornell (I I --4) in Newman Arena Feb. t 7
Despite losing 23-13, the Bulls upended three of the five naoonally ranked
wresders on the Comet! squad. Josh Sates downed No. IS Ron Aizenburg I I ·
! , at 184 pounds; joe Downey beat No. IS Bob Greenluf, _5.l,at 197 pounds.
and at 125 pounds, Charlie Voorhees defeated No. IS Aaron T;ryk&gt;r. 7-S.
Shawn Kq:el also was victorious for the Bulls ilS he earned a I S- 10 decrston
over Sean Doyle at I 33 pounds.
The Bulls hit the roac!..!flin Suncby to wrestle Syracuse in MMlley
Rekthouse.The Bulls easity S'N'ept all tO matches. beaung the Orangeme~7 .0
UB now gears up for IU second appearance in the MAC Conferenct
Ch;unplonshlps, which will be held in Alumni Arena March 4-S The Bulls placed
third in last year's MAC toumament.
Gary Cooper. Jake Partlow and Sates are making the1r marks 1n the UB
record books.
Cooper, MAC co-Freshman of the Year Wt season. lS 34- I0 th•s suson.
ty~ng hlm for third pbce a.ll-time for single--season WTns.
Partlow. a senior, has moved into fourth place all-ume With 83 carH:r
victOries, while States. a junior; has
wins. good for Sixth aU--orne

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Surgery. Michael N. Hattoo,
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Squire. 8 a.m . Free.

Music for a Freellbet. o.don
Dowadolrna. Drama Theatre,
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Education on Won"len and
Gendef (IRE.WG) and Graduate
Student Assn. For IT'IOI'e
information, Pat Shety, 829·
3-151 .

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ETC Scholon' -.bops
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. more in~tion. 645-7700.
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are

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Jnformation, Sonia Cinelli, 64S·
6125 .

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Dowadolma, 280 Part&lt;. Noon-1

'-Nile 2000. Center for

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Crimes of the Heart. Depl of
Theatre and Dance, Block Box
·Theatre, Center for the ArU. 2
p.m. n . For more lnfonnatioo,
645-ARTS.

The Korean-American
Experience In HawaH. UW Kim,
Dept. of H~tory. 532 Part&lt;. 3-5

counselor, Career J»tanning and
· ptacemenl Room assignment

place on campu.s, or tor

25

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Friday

~~mrn

. oe..topment Olfice, 6-15-6-469.

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~~~~~\:::=r.r

lblingl for evenh l1lklng

general, S7 students.

Marion Smith, ~t Union.

information, Thomas W.
Burkman, 645-3-174 .

more infonnation, Unda Rath,
. 645-3528.

·

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p.m. U . For more information,
645-ARTS.

:~~9k~~~~ter.

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lllologlcal SciencesStructure and Function of

Desmosomal Components.
11

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Sciences Complex. 3:45 p.rii:
Free. For more information,
Bruce Nicholson, 645-3344 .
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Propositional Properties and

Proj&gt;osltlonolllelations. John

Cor&lt;oran, Depl of Philosophy.
141 Part&lt;. 4-5:30 p .m . Free. For
more infO+"''Ntion, John
Corcoran, 881 -1640 or 645·
2444. exL119.

liB--

~~-.:~~
foster Lecture EndowmenL

Sunday

Crimes of"'" Heart. Dept. of
Theatre 1nd Dance, Black Box
Foster C....,.b)' Colloquia
· Theatre, Center for the Ms. 8
Density Functlonai Theoty.
p.m . S3. For more information,
Torn Ziegler, UniY. of Calgary.
645-ARTS.
216 Natural Sciences Comptex.

ChwttyBuffolo Public Interest Law
" ' - " " ' Annual Auctlon.

Adam's Mn Hotel. 7-11 p.m.
S15 for law studenU, UO for

:!!ro!:!·i~.~~LP.
Smith, 689-3021 , or Jana
Kosberg. 636-8683 .

-··-10.

Fllm-.lng
"'Wtndhorse." FUm starring
Tibetan singer Dadon
Dowadolma. Center for the
ArU Screening Room. 7;30 and
9 :30p.m . S5 general. n
studenU.

-·

Robert Post. The Off Center
Series, Center for the ArU
Drama Theatre. 8 p .m.
Generlol: S7 advonce, S9 day of
show; Student&gt;: SS advonce,
S7 day of show. Sponsored by
Student Associltioo. For more
information, 645-ARTS.

liB

.......-

Thoator Procluctlon
Crimes of the Heart.·Dept. of
Theatre and Dance, Iliad&lt; Box
Theatre, Center for the Art. 8
p.m. S3. For more infofmation,
645-ARTS.

-c-..

Han. 8 p .m . S5. Sponsored by
Depl of Music. For more
info&lt;matioo, 645-2921 .

-Opening
Rumsey-PoUnD Cornpotltlon.
Center for the Arts, Art
Department Gollery, B-45. 5-7
p.m. Free.~ by Dept.
of Art. For more lnlo!motion,
64~78; ext. 1350.

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GoYemment lnfonnatlon on

the Net: An Introduction
Selected llesourca Ed
Herman, l.odwood librarian.

::.~~;!f~

more inlonnatioo, Ondy Seitz.
64S-2814, ext. 4S2 .

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Crimes of the tte.rt. Dept of

Theatre and Dance, Black Box
Theatre, Center for the Arts. 8

511 Tri-Maln Building. Buffolo.

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Extnrvaganza. Sloe Concert

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p.m . S3. For more information,
645-ARTS.

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Q&amp;A: john Vma discusseS
Environment &amp; Society Institute

Philosophy of Taste

Geologist to use Endeavor data

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University .at Buffalo

UB
Well
Anita Hathaway and joe
Aver from the Faculty
Student Association offer
tempting-but healthyfare to those attending
Staff/Faculty Wellness
Awareness Day Feb. 11 .

SNAP bridges "digital divide" at UB
Students Needing Assistance Program offers computers to financially strapped frosh
8J EUlN COI.DLWM
N~ Services Editor

cial aid available to needy students

T

HE so-called "digital divide" between th e
"haves"-those who can
afford computer access-and the "have nots" has h&lt;en erased,
at least in the freshman class at UB.
Thanks to UB's Students Needing
Assistance Program {SNAP) and its
corporate pann=-DeU Computer
and mM- financial hardship simply
is not an issue for 264 freshmen. a1
least where computers are roncemed
\rVhile other schools make finan ·

for computer purchases or lend
them madtines for a year or two, UB
~ru~y be the-only campus that gives
new or nnrly new computers to
these students for free, for four years..
as long as they reniain financially

eligible.
"To my knowledge, UB IS the only
school that is offering the financially
challenged portion of their student
population this type of program,..
said Ken Bash, major accounts man ager for DeU Computer. 'We feel this
is a model program th at ca n help

light the way for other universities
around the countr)' who are facing
the same chaiJenges of integrating
computing technology into their
COUTS('Work and making that tech nology available to aJJ levels ofthe-1r
student population."
According to Voldr:ma r lnnus.
UB's chief information officer. theprogram could not have happened
without the enthusiaSt!( )Uppo rt nf

Dell and·IBM.
"\Vith o ur corporate p.trtn~:r!l, Wl'
were ahlt.• to meet the nt.'t.-ds of our
student -access program for under

$100,000. as opposed to tht'
$600,000- plus that was o nginall y
envisio ned," he said.
Sti!"Vt FrOOey, smior client repre
sentative for IBM Global F.duauion.
s~ud: .. UB's ace~ program is a great_
)tcp forward for students and we
were very happy to suppon the SNAP
program so everyone would benefit.""
SNAP o riginated with creators of
Access99, the university's program
rt"CCuiring that all freshman entering
LIR in Fall 1999 have access to a
compu ter.
ConHnwed on

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6

Greiner details medical school probe
By MAliA MCGINNIS
Repott~r

Assistant Editor

RESIDENT

P

William

Greiner discussed details
of the ongoing fe-dera1 in -

vestigation of the School of
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
at the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday and urged senator.; 10 withhold
judgment and be supponive of their
clinical-faculty colleagues during
the process.
While Greiner maintained that
the investigation is ..a very critical
matter as far as the future of the
medical school is concerned," he
added that " there are no allegations
thai the medical school or faculty or
administration in general have done

anything wrong.
..At this point, all we know is that
t hey have subpoenaed various
records of certain clinical depart ments in the medical school and
some of our facuJty. We don't see any
evidence that this is directed at the

quality of health care or that it is the
delivery of health-care services b)'

"'ffice in BuffaJo and indudcs investigators from the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services. th&lt;
agency that administers MecHcare. lt
began shortly after lan. I.
Greiner told senators that tht'
probe seems to be directed at cer·
tain questions that have emerged
over the past several years regard -

ing billing practices of faculty physicians associated with teaching hospitals and medical residents.
He explained that medical resi·

dents have health-care responsibilities and act on behalf of the hospital-by whom they ar&lt; usually employed-;md the attending, or supervising. physician, who is supposed to
be in a mentoring or teaching role.
"Specifically, the federal government has taken a position that the
attending physician may not bill for
services rendered by the resident un
less the attending physiaan is physi cally present o r prov1ding so me astringent and sigmficant level of
overs ight. Th1s IS a ma)or dtfferenct.·
of opimon between physiCians and
now the federal government."
Investigators will look .11 tht• po!&gt;

our faculry members."
llte investigation at UB is being
conducted by the Western New York

sibility that medical studenL&gt; b•lloo

Health Car&lt; Fraud Task Force, which
is coordinated by thl" U.S. attorney's

Medicare at a ratt' that sh&lt;mld ht·
charged by faculty ph)'S ICI\1s.

"Mistakes can happen. given the
volume of patients that are handled
in our area hospitals, and I have no
doubt that yo u would find mist:akes
m billing," said Greiner. "But I'd be
surprise-d if we found any system
at1c pattern of poor behaVIor and I
4

our phrsiCians are- employed by a
hospital that ts owned or controUed

by the State of New York. with thr
exception of the res1dents at Roswell

Park."' He added that as far as he knew,
the investigation is targeting facult y

certainly think we ought to withhold
Judgment. Some peoplr kind ofleap

at the Erir Count)' Medical Center
and Kalieda Health, not Roswell Park_
Since there are multiple parties rc

to the conclusion that somethmg
must be afoul in the medicaJ school
and I don't think that is the case."
Greiner noted that UB IS not the
first to undergo such an investiga tion and that the issue has led a nwnber of medical schools elsewhere to
settle with the federal government
for large sums of money. " It could
come to that in this institution, but
none of that is proven or substanti ated at this point," he Silld, adding
that results of the audit are not ex
pected for six months to a year.
The process, Greiner explained. b
"extraordinarily complit:ated" b('cause UB clinical phys1cians act un der practice plans that are provtdl't.i
for by state law, poliC)' of the SUNY
"lrustct.-s and coiJect ive bargainmg
&lt;.~grc-eme nts between United Umvn
Mt)' Professions and New York ~tate
"The level of responsibility ts nut
all that dear, especially sinl'e nont' ol

spo nsible for the ove-rsight of the
practice, the medical school has Lim Ited responsibilit y and authority.
which Greiner noted IS an iss ue
Mtchael Bernardino, v~ee pres1dent
for health affairs, has been trying to
addres..'i smce he cam e to UR two
years ago.
"D raw no adverse condusi Ofl!l
what~er about our fellow facult'
memht'r s 111 the cilmcal depart
ment.s," satd Greiner. "There IS nn
reason to ~ume any wrongdomg
m those departments. I have great
confidt'nce in our fal'uhv." He nntl..-d that the falUhv 111 tht·
Jcpartment) be1ng tm·t.-sttgate-d Jrt·
" hurt '' and "upset " ht' l...lU~t· tht'\
thlflk of them...e!vt"!! ,L., pt.•npk "lw
work hard tr ym~ to l..Hl' tor tllht·r ...
" It J) a wn traumatl\. &lt;X J'\(_'flt"nH·
.mJ I "''ould hope that wr \\'ouiJ .11!
he ~upporttv(' hut, dt tht.• '\a flU' tlmt',
do our dutv .md rt·spond h o n ~t l v"

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BRIEFLY
John Vena, professor of social and preventive
is co-director of the Environrnen.t and Society Institute
(ESI). His epidemiologic research has focused primarily on risk of cancer and adverse reproductive outcomes associated with environmental pollutants and occupational health hazards.

The Bulfolo Public lniA!retlMr

ProgrJm (8PIIP), .

nonpoullt 0&lt;ganlzatlon run by stud&lt;nt:s In
the Law School, wil held Its annual auction to prcMdo financial
support for students to portkJ.
pate tn summer pubic-servicelaw Internships on Feb. 25.
The fifth annual 8PllP auction win be hold from 7-11 p.m.
in the Adam's Ma&lt;t Hotel in ikJf.
lalo. Admission b S30-S1S fa&lt;
law student&gt;-ond locludes ~
freslvnents and open ba&lt;.
Some Items to be auctloned

Include we&lt;l&lt;end trips, resuurants, theater gift cetifates,
tickets to sponing evonts, wor1&lt;s
of art. hoosehold gOods, winetasting parties and salon visits.
The proceeds from the auction will allow students opportunities to explore; and hopefully

pursue, careers In the area of
publk-seMu: ~that o~
would be Impossible, given the
inability of such organtzations to
compensate ~ts.
Organizers hope to break last
year'.s attendance record of 300
people, who together helped
the BPILP r1ise more than
13,000 In donations. Last
yea~s proceeds enabled 1S UB

s

law students to partic.ipate tn Internships at such places as the
Volun teer~

Project and
Neighborhood Legal Services in

Buffalo; the New YO&lt;k Legal A&gt;sistaoce Group, the Nassau

County District Attorney's OffiCe
and at Alriqn a&lt;ga~li9n,\- , .
For~

lnfor'TNtion on the

""""~ CIA )an.o Kosberg at 636-

8683. for ti&amp;t lnforrnO!lOn; dH
SuzaMe Hill at 64S-20S6.

"State of the RegiOI)"
to be topic of TV show
The •sr,ate or tf)e Region. ... new .
initiative launched by the Institute for Loal Governance and

Regional Growth at UB that seeks
to rT~e~SUre and report on how
well the Buffalo/Niagara region b
performing. wiA be·the topic of •
"Mind Over Myth." a pub~!!:-¥·
fain televblon show sponsorod
by WKBW-T\1, Channel 7 .It wiU
alr at noon on Saturday.
The progtam b produced by
Ilene Fleischmann, osslstllnt
dean for alumni, public realions
and communications in the UB
Law SChool, who also serves as
moderator.
F1eischmonn's guests wll be
SOR project diroctM Kolhryn

Fost&lt;r, al research for
the Institute lnd ossociole prate.
SO&lt; al pUh*&gt;g.

ond Barry Boyor,

professor al ,_

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Wh•t Is the mlulon of ESI

There was a task force that I was pan
of bad in '95 and '96 that tried to
look at what was happening with
environmental studies, environmental issues, and how the university was
responding to it, administratively,
academically, ·etc. The task force, a
really interdisciplinary group. came
to the consensus that we needed an
overarching institute that could be
the focal point for organization of re!oearch, education and community
serv1ce with regard to the environment. 111e institute was established
to provide that mechanism where interdisciplinary teams of faculty could
be used to address and set agenda for
environmental co nsiderations.
How m•ny f•culty •re •fflliated with the Institute?

There are more than 200 fac ult y
with interests with regard to the enVIronment. If you think about that
d1versity of taJcnl that we have at the
unive rsit y, it 's a real strength. Not
onl y do we have affiliated faculty, we
also have affiliated centers of excellence that ca n be used to address
both education and research with
rega rd to tht: env1ronment. ExamplC!I include the Toxicology Re~ca rch Center in the school of medi cine, the ha1..ardou~ waste center in
Engineering, rh(· Grea t Lakes Program , th e uni vt' rsit y1s ccntt"r (or
Geographic Information and AnalySIS In Geography.
What Is the Environmental
M•n~tgement Altem•tlves
Progr•m (EMAP) and what
kinds of proJects are funded
through It?

·1ne steering committee's intent is to
try to facilitate interdisciplinary research by bringing together different
academic disciplines that can focus
on assessin g and developing ap proaches to regional environmentaJ
problems. EMAP makes available
seed funding of up to $20,000 fo r research projects that pair interdisciplinary academic working groups with
community stakeholder groups. Of
the ones that have been funded, two

have dealt with local environmental
health issues or problems: one with
developing a groundwater. model
and assessment for a comm unity,
another one had to do with a health
assessment in a commu nity impacted by a toxic-waste site. Others
have had a more overarching kind of
development of regional perspectives. One that is currently under way
is looking at environmental monitoring and stewardship as a follow-up
to the State of the Region report. The
follow-up was to bener delineate
what aR some of the environmental
indicators that we need to begin developing so we can have better rnvironmental stewardship in the region.
Another project that has implications
for regional dev&lt;lopment and planning is the brownfields redevelopment project. lhat was a nice. interdisciplinary group from U.w, Civil
Engineering and Planning that actually looked at developing a mechanism for redeveloping the brown6clds
in Buffalo.
Wh•t other types of wortc Is
ESIInvolved In?

ESI also is irivolved in assessing the
educational needs of the universitywhere are we at the uruverkity with
regard to graduate and undergraduate education. We have a training
program where we provide top-off
fellowships for the recruitment of
students. ·a competitive ·graduate sti ~
pend to bring students here. ESI has
been involved in the planning.of an
Envi ronmental Health Center to deve lop a research and education
agenda for environmental health.
The institute also is working on better articulating and organizing a
community environmental task force
or adVOC1cy network where we can
use ESI to organize, on an ad hoc basis, interdisciplinary ""rking groups
to address specific environmental
hcahh concerns or issues, as well as
things that co~e up in the commu nity. One example from this past year
is the institute'swork to assist the En vironmental Protection Agency and
community groups in Midd.Jeport

with regard to remediation efforts at
the FMC plant where there is arsenic
contamination in the soil One of the
issues was, what are background levels that should be used in the risk assessmc:rn and how to quantify the
bad&lt;ground levels appropriauly.The
institute had ·a group that worked
with the EPA to help design a badground level study. We also commented on the remediation plan. The
value of ESI was that we could haw:
people in each of the critical areas of
evaluation--regulation, soil, geology,
chemistry, environmental mgineer·
ing, public health, toxicology. You
had people there around the tal&gt;le . ..
people who are experts.

don't want that to happen to me.
It's a completely different perception based on the risk and .how
i(s being managed and oomrnunicated to people. Sometimes
ther&lt;'s a disconnect between the
community and the information
they need to be abk to assess the
risk and who's managing it. I think
that over.ill, there's bttn a lack of
mechanism for communities to
be more involved in the proces...

Why •re the d~INites on envlronment..l Issues (pestkkle:
use, effects of pollution on
wildlife, etc.) 10 acrtmottlous,
even •mong prlv•te dthens7

I've come to realize more and
more the necessity to have more
of an eco-system approach to all
the different dimensions of the
environment. Sometimes you
can't be so focused on the very
specific issue because lots of
times there's a broader issue or
problem that impacts that specific problem that you're trying
to solve. It really helps to try to
put into context what you're doing into a broader ecosystem.

The whole area of risk assessment
and communication, and taking the
scienct and trying to translate it into
good public policy and decisionmaking is difficult But that's where
the institute again can provide that
interface, where, in fact, p&lt;\licy makers. regulators and decision-rnak&lt;rs
can be educated with regal&lt;! to what
the issues are so that the best decisions can be made. And the: issue isn't
when people realize that good decisio ns~ not being made and people
are imposing risks. upon· them dlat ·
are not voluntary, th.,;, the ~­
tion is that they are being hanned.
They rriight not be getting harmed.
but the perception is that they're getting harmed So there's a whole riskperception field where people have
looked at how people respond to
thesesortsofthings. Whether it's voluntary versus involuntary, whether
something is known or unknown.
You can teU someone that their risk
if they smoke cigamtes is I00 times
more than somebody else, they'll say
they knowthatand that's their choice.
But if the risk of living in a neighborhood where there's an air pollutant coming across my fence, somebody else is doing that to me and I

How has your personal philosophy . - . how you Interact wtth the environment deftloped INosecl on
the things you haift diKOY·
ered In your rHHirdt 1

Do you consider yourself an
envlronment•llst7

Absolutely. People always ask,
'where do you draw the line between being a scientist an~
what'S y00r roie inoommuhi1ating your results and how much
should you be an advOcate' My ·
view is that I have to be an advocate for my science and I have to
communicate it, not only to my
colleagues in my own field, but
also to the general scientific community. I also haw: an obligation
to comm un icate back to the
communities and the populations that are impacted And I
also have to educate and communicate the findings to the
policy makers. regulators and
others who need to understand
how the science relates to what
they do. Should I be an advocate!
Absolutely. No doubl

Seminar focuses on research funding
By SUZANNE CHAMIIEIILAIN

Reporter Contributor

N off-campus retreat last
August with corporate
partner IBM and toplevel university faculty
members and administrators has resulted in a new faculty seminar series focusing on corporate and foundation funding opportunities to increase research dollars.
The Office of the Provost and the
Division of University Advancement
and Development are co-sponsoring
the workshops. as well as looking at
ways to enlist more faculty support
through credit for tenure and promotion for successful proposals.
"Weare being explicit with ourexpectationsaboutdevdopmcntdollars
and recognizing that fucul ty members are key to these efforts," said Provost David). Triggle. "This sour« of

A

revenue assumes greater significance
for faculty development and expectationsas the nwnberof a:&gt;rporations
and foundations supporting llllM:rsity-based research increases."
T he se min ars will provide an
overview of the corporate- and
fo undation- relations effort at UB
and how this multi-faceted development program can help the university increase external suppon.
"We want to work with the faculty
in developing successful proposals
reaching fo r corporate and foundation r=rch dollars, to fund those
research projects that might otherwise go unfunded," said Ronald H.
Stein, vi~ president for university
advancemerit and development .. It's
aiJ part of the strategic plan that
emerged from the retrea~ our plan to
double outside funding over the next
five years and to use the seminars for

bringing tog&lt;ther faculty members
and development officers in exploring fund-raising opportunities."
Stein explained that VB looks to
corporations and foundations because these organizations hold a signifi cant opport unity for external
dollars that are waiting to be tapped
as an alternative or enhancement to
federal funding.
The first seminar. held Tuesday.
focused on opportunities for research and faculty in the U.w School
the School of Management, the
School of Phannacy and the School
ofEngineeringandAppliedSciences.
Presenters included lain Hay, associate provost for research; Stein;
Lewis Mandell, dean of the School
of Mana~ment, and various development staff mm1bers.
The next seminar is scheduled for
Feb~9 in the Biomedical Education

Building on the South Campus for
faculty members in the School of
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences,
the School of Dental Medicine, the
School of Health Rela ted Professiorts and the School of Nursing.
The th ird seminar is slated for
March I intheballroomoftheUniversity lnn and Conference Center
on North Forest Road in Amherst
and will focus on the College of Arts
and Sciences, the Gradual&lt; School
of .Mucation, the School of Social
Work. the School of Architecture
and Planning, and the School oflnformation Studies.
All fuculty members ;m encouraged to attend the most convenient
session . For QlOre information
about the seminars or to register,
contact Bonnie Lesinski at 8292630, ext. 258, or via email at
&lt;bpl@buffalo.edu&gt;.

�february 17. ZOOO/Voi.Jl. No.20 llepodea

Bursik waits for shuttle data
Geologist use data to develop new way map
to

BylLUH~AUM

News Services Editor

UB geologist's projea
involving the topo·
graphic mapper being
nown by the space
shuttle Endeavor could help to de-

A

~horelines

to

ing of the nearby Sierra Nevada
mountain range have warped the

lake's shoreline. He will use that information to paint a picture of the
warping of the shore~e caused by
volcanic eruptions and earthqualo:s

velop a new and far-more-accurate

ing--&lt;&gt;r through data collected by the
Global Positioning Satellite. The

drawback of both methods, Bur.;ik,
said, is that they require personnel to

be on-site to collect the data. So data
doesn't exist for remote sites, such as
the Aleutian Islands, the
volcanicalJy active islands

way to map fea tures of shorelines
and aid scien tists in determi ning

off the tip of Alaska.

pa&lt;it-and-future volcanic and seism ic activity in an area.

'bathtub rings.' can tell us

"T h e s h orelines, or

On Tuesday. Marcus Bur.;ik, assouatc professor of geology. partici-

pated in a ~ ve NASA Webcast fcaturmg scientio;ts who are awaiting eagerly
t.hc data being collected by the shuttle.
The Shuttle Radar Topography
Mission (SRTM) is gathering data
the first single. topographic
map o f the en tire world, an advance
that will provide scientists in numerous fields wlth the most accurate to10 make

pographic info rmation ever made
available.
According to Bursik. the SRTM
da ta will be used to generate digitaJ
elevation maps of Earth's surface.
Once the shuttle returns to Earth,
L\u rsik wiU anaJyze some of the data
to examine tht: unusuaJ topography
su rro u nd ing Mono Lake, east of
Yosemite National Park in California. o ne of the most be-dutiful and
most-often photographed na tural
sites in the world.
In particular, Bursik will look at
how volcanic activity and the fauh -

Geologist Marau ....... .... Lake (Hove) as • test to compare ct.ta
gathered by lncle.vor with that from the
Global PosltkJnlng SateiUte.
over many tens of thousands of years.
According to Bursik, shorelin es
arc good indicators of volcanic and
earthq uake activity beca u~ they all
started out level.
"We're using Mono Lake as a test
to compare the SRTM resuJts with

those from the Global Positioning
Satellite," he said. "If it ""rks, it would
be especially useful for mapping the
topography of remote p laces."
Until now, scien tists only have

been able to gather accurate in forma·
lion on shorelines by surveyingwhich is extremely time-consum -

how fast fauJts are moving,
and how much the earth
moves when a volca n o
erupts," said Bursik, .. information that we can use to
better understand volcanic
and earthquake activiry in
the surrou nding region.
" If we can prove that

the data gathered by the
SRTM allows us to analyze
the lake shoreline of Mono

Lake, then we would have, in one feU
swoop. aU the data we would need
to do these kinds of topographic

analyses for almost every place in the
world, up to the resolution of the

SRTM data."
The coUection of such accurate

data is being made possible through
the use of a techniq ue called si nglepass interferometry, in which two
images are acquired at the same time
from different sets of radar anten nas. The comb ination of the two
linages produces the single. thrcc dimcnsiona1 image.

PACT to help children of divorce m
By LOIS BAKU:
News Services Editor

D

IVORCE can makechildren feel angry. dt" -

pressed, guilty, sad and
helpless. The court sys-

tem provides children w ith a law
guardian to represent their legaJ in terests, but they may need emotional
support even more.
And a lth ough tht' numb er of
t:ourt -related programs for famili es
has tripled in the past fou r years.
programs for ch ild ren have not kept
pace. statistics indicate.
Parents and C hildren in Transi tion .or PACf,should help to change
that situation fo r the bener. In an un usual partnersh ip, Frank Fincham,

sources or collect any fees for service. Typically, these programs cost
$30 per session."
T he Department of Psychology
will provide the program as a com mu ni ty service, with Doyle's support and a gran t from the lttleson
Foundation.
Fincham and a group of doctora1 level students in clinical psychology
will condud the sessions., which will
accommodate up to a dozen ch il
dren hetwcen the ages of9- 12. The)'

"Children going through a
dlvon:e feel many of the

professor of psychology, and the Hon.

same emotions as adults,

Vincent C. Doyle, Jr. , chief administrative judge of the judicial dist'rict
that incl udes Erie County. have dt"veloped a prog~m that will provide
social support and education about
di vorce and teach coping skills-free
of charge--to ch ~drcn of the nearly
3,000 divorce cases handJed annually
hy Eri e County couns.
The program will be launched in
lau.· March, with the first two-pa n
session schcdult.-d fo r March 25 and
April I. All sessions will be held in
the G loria J. ParksC..ommu nityCen tt:r on Main St-reet in Buffalo.
"The program is based on cut ting-edge psyc ho logical resea rch
about what helps children adj ust to
their pareniS' sepa ration a nd what
puts them at risk for problems in
the future ," said Fincham,a specialist in fam ily relationships. " It is one
of the few such programs in exist ence anywhere in the country that
d oes not draw on any loca l re·

but they don't necessarily

know what to do about

them. We'll try to help them
label their emotions."
FRANK FINCHAM

will participa te in two 2 1/Z- hour
group sessions on co nSt.'Cutivc Sa t
urday mornings.
Counselo rs wiU lead children m
ga mes and a1..livitiesdesigncd to help
them und erstand and talk about
their ll'chngs surrounding their par·
enls' st·pa ration , and to d ispel mis concepti(Htsahou t what will happen
to them. ( )ne approach will be a
true -false line game in which counselors present stateme nts, both in ·
consequential and divorct·· rclatcd.
Children will answer h)' moving to
the tru e or false mark on the line.

" If we say ' Divorce m ean s th at
parents leave their children' and a
child indicates he believes that statement is true," Fincham said , "then
we can ask him why he believes that,
and SCI him talking abou t his fear!&gt;."
Cou nselo rs also will provide chil dren with coping skills to help them
through the timt.' of tran s•tion .
Fincham sa1d. "Children gomg.
through a divo rce feel many of thl·
same emotions as adults, hut thc-~·
don't netessariJy know what tn lhl
.1hnut them . We'll trv 10 hdp them
label thc1r ('nlOtiom.. Vv'ht'n \'(IU h.1w
.1 naml' for it. coping w11h lti"K"LOilll''
casicr.
"\.Ve abo try hl tt'ach them to
wmmunica te thctr f~..-x·hn~s Tntht·Jr
parents inst&lt;."ad of acting out. h1r
exa mpl e, rath er than throwmg a
tantrum to distrat:l parcnb whl' ll
the)''re argui ng, wt· encourage chi!
d rcn to teiJ their parents ea rl )' on
that thei r arguing i!o Vl'ry upscttmg
and to ask them not to argue in front
of them ," Fincham noted
The p rogram aJso "-ill llh.:ludc il
parent sess ion , where co un!&gt;elor~
will d iscuss wa)'S th ey ca n suppon
and help their childrt.&gt;n dunn~ tht·
separation and divorce.
C ounselors will cv.t lu alt" tht·
program '~ effectiVene-ss through Jl
tivilles des1gned to dt·terminc wh.1t
the ch ildren have learneJ.
Fincham said he etWISI&lt;Im thl!&gt;
1n1t1al program a.., thl· tir"t pha... r ol
a mw:h hroadt'r Intervention that ht·
hopesewntually willllldw.k llltt'll
sive follow -up and a mentonng pn•
gram involvmg UH student~.
An)'Onc interested in PACr m.IV
call 64S-3650,cxt.141.orvtS!t tht· Wd1
s1teat &lt;http:/ / www.pact.cfb.net&gt;.,

BrieD
Talk to address IT accessibility
In a recent article on mforma110nal gaps by whi ch we measure
democracy, Jorge Rema Sc hement. professor of telecommuniCa ·
t10ns, information sc1ence and tech nolog)' at Penl]sylvama State
Umve rs it)'. rai sed so me d1!!turb1ng quest ions. They concerned the
fact that Ct"rtaln son a! and economiC groups lag behmd the rna
)ority in ga1mng acn-.!1 to the- communications technologies that
define our age .
He IS not only talkmg Jhout il\.lC!&gt;!I to the InTernet , although ~..om
merc!ah7..a t10il of that process exacerbates that problem He pomts
as well to a deode.d gap between " haves" and "havt· nuts " when 11
comes to acce!o!&gt; to tdephone servtce, cable telcvl,ton Jnd per!&gt;OilJI
computers.
Co -dtrector of Penn ~la t e\ ln~lllutt· lor lnform.H1on Po\11.. \Xhcment will address these and othc-r ts:-ucs reldted to the :-OCIJI.md
p o li cy con~equen~..e-. til tht&gt;
produci!Oll .md ~..omumpt10n
of miOrmat1on from 3:.\U -5:_\0
p.m . tomorro"· 111 tht· ( .~..·nkr
for the Art!&gt; ~Lrel·nmg W.norn
on the No rth CJ mpu !&gt;
Thl·
talk ,
IJtkd
'"J&gt;econstr ul..lm g the f&gt;1gJIJI
J1JV!dt·: liJ s torv, "l"c c hnol o~p
and
Demograph\
Plan•," w1ll ht' th e th1rd
of a se nt'!&gt; {II lecture'
on thcsr topll ~ !opon
..,~)rl·d hv tht' mtcnh.-.
c1pllnaq• graduate concen tration. C ntll"al and Cu ltural Issues 111 In
formatiOn Technology. It IS free of charge and open .to the puhh ~
and will bt' preceded by a reception for the speaker at 3 p. m
Sch ement is a Launo from South Tcxa!&gt; whu mamtam!l a -.pecJJ.l
interest in policy as 11 relat es to ethn1c m1non11cs. Hts man y booh
includc"Tendenc1es and lCnsions of the InformatiOn Age.""Tmvard
an Info rmation Bill of Rights and Rt's pons ibilitit•!o,"'' Bchvct•n (:om
munication and Information " and "Compet ing V1s1ons. Complex
Realities: Social Aspects of the Information Sooet)'."
He point s out that as we enter tht' in format ton age, Amencamunlike Europeans-&lt;:an y with them new wor\d conviCtions that ,
"new era" or not. acn:s!o to such co mmumca tions technologit'!o ,.!&gt;
telephones, cab ll·, PCs .md th e Int ernet must bt' available to all
citi zens .
In fact, says ~chcment. an Jl..lt'!o!otble nat10nalmformatinn mfra
structure IS understood by Amencans to he the esscnttal mgredtent
for ove rcomi ng soc1al fragmentation .
In h1s talk. Sch em ent will look at the ca u ses and consequences of
h1 stoncal gaps of this kmd and ways in whJCh accessib ilit y will ad vance an info rma tion age co mmonwl•alth J.nd mvJgorate Amcncan
i..kmocrat"\1 for the Z I st ce ntur y.

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Korsmeyer adds that the signiliKorsmeyer counl&lt;rl the philoHILOSOPHERS histori - cance of food and eating also has sophia! traditions that di.soount laS!c
calJyhavepaidlittleall&lt;n- ~overlookedbecauseitistiedto pleasures by interpreting them as
lion 10 the sense of taste, the ne&lt;essities of existence and has merely a bodily sensation.
dismissing it as an inferior become such a normal, routine ac"Pleasure itself has ~ misunsense and one that is too idiosyn- tivity. But it is exactly the centrality derstood as only private and suhjeceratic to he worthy of consideration. of eating 10 everyday life that led her live. The very flavors in our mouths
But a UB professor breaks new toquestionwhysomethingsooom - mean something, and standard
philosophical groundandoffersin- mon and full of mearting has been theoryhasbeenqui!&lt;wronginoonteresting food for thought in a reeluding that savoring
cent book that reveals the symbolic
them ensnares us in
and aesthetic value of taste and unour own bodily sensacovers why this bodily sense largely
lions, oblivious 10 the
social, cultural and
has been ignoted for so long in the
realm of philosophy.
personal meanings
As a philosopher of art, Carolyn
that taste provides_"
Korsmeyer has extensive experience
She explains that
fixxl hasahighdegree
with the metaphorical "taste" that
refers to aesthetic refinement, but
of symbolic value, es"Malting Sense of Taste: Food and
peci,al.lywhenynuoon·Philosophy" (Cornell University
sideritisattachedinalPress, 1999), oonsiders instead the
most all ceremonial
philosophical merit of the literal
events and holidays.
Birthdays, weddings,
"tas!e." The book investigates the
objects of taste-food and drinkr:eligious ceremonies,
and the activity of their consumpshe adds, are examples
tion, as well as their representation
of how food enters
in an and literature.
into things with treKorsmeyer explains that a source
mendous importana.
of her interest in the sense of taste
Many philosowas the fact that recent feminist perphers have assumed
spectives in philosophy have disthat fixxldoes no!repclosed the limitations of the
resent anything outdiscipline's traditional focus.
f
sid e itself, . says
"By questioning both the univer- c......,..
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Korsmeyer,
who
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quickly disjnisses that
philosophical concepts, feminist pernotion with such
spectives opened up the question: left out of philosophical study.
simple examples as Ea,s!&lt;r eggs, but' What has philosophy unduly over·
.. Food, if valued at all in aesthetic ter lambs, candy com, chocolate
looked or dismissed from its pur- terms, is usually regarded only as a kisses, gingerbread men, croissants·
view?"' notes Korsmeyer, who has gourmet itern.o f particular delecta- and goldfish.a ackers.. .
According to Korsmeyer, many
focused most of her scholarly work bility," which, she says, are "meager
on aesthetics and the philosophy of grounds" on which to establish aes- common foods were crea~ with
art. "I decided that one answer is: the
thetic features of tasting and eating, mearting that has sin"' disappeared,
senseoftaste,foodandtheintimate, especially when consideri ng th e such as croissants, which, she exeveryday activity of eating."
symbolic signiiicance of foods and plains, were invented by Viennese
She points out that she was dis- their consumption.
· bakers in 1683 to resemble the shape
satisfied with the assttmption that
"Food is most like art in that it of the crescent moon on the banthere is nothing of philosophical in- bears meaning," says Korsmeyer. ners of Ottoman Turk invaders afteres! in studying the sense of taste "The taste experience is a cognitive ter a successful defense of their city.
Other fOOds have more expressive
and that she set out to make the case experience packed with undentandthat taste-traditionally considered ing. I deepen this claim by asserting properties, she says, such as chiclcm
primitive and infetior compared to that pleasure is not just feeling good. soup, which is "soothing" and comthe " higher" senses of sigh t and but that it requires cognition.
forting," and indicates an expression
hearing-is worthy of ph11osophi"The sophisticated pleasures that of care. She refers to these as "imfood can d eliver are the us ual plicit properties that food acquires
cal attention.
"The common assumption that grounds for defending the aesthetic when it occupies-a particular plaa
taste presents no interesting philo- importance of taste, but if we focus in the rhythm of nourishment that
sophical problems is a d~sea ted only on pleasure, we neglect the as- is represented by mealtimes."
error that banished a potentially fas- peelS of food and eating that most
She adds that sometimes mean cinating subject from the scope of resemble what is valuable in v.&lt;Jrks ings areoQvious,suchas in the bread
philosop h ical inqgi r y," says of art: the cognitive, symbolic roles and wine of the Christian Eucharist
Korsmeyer, noting that the classifi- they play, even in everyday life. Foods or the Jewish Passover seder. Other
cation of taste, smell and touch as qualify as symbolic and meaningful meanings are reflected upon less,
the in ferior, bodily senses began in a host of ways. for they are repre- such as the pertinence of root veg-

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they are a late-harvest fOOd appropria!&lt; for November.
Korsmeyer explains that food,
while not art itself, perfonns many
of the same symbolic activities as
v.&lt;Jrksof arc_ "We can disaM:r many
of the meanings atudlecl 10 tastes
andfixxlsbycoil.!id&lt;ringhowthesco
subjects are represented in art."
·In her book, she aamines several
artistic representations of taste and
food, specificaiJy in visual art and
literature, and demonstraus ,
through the use of several famous
paintings and narratives, that eating
and drinking continue to inspire
artists and writers, and
importantreflcctionsaboutlaS!candfood.
Korsmeyer's v.&lt;Jrk on taste has led
her to pursue work on theories of
emotion, specifically emotions
termed "difficult pleasures."
"Disgusc,fear,sorrowandnostalgia all are feelings we value when
evoked by a movie, play or other
work of art because we are deeply
moved, but at thesametime~can
labelsometbingas'too' grossor'too'
sad, hence the term 'difficult pleasure.' We seek out thesco feelings but
then are somewhat uncomfortable
when presented with them"
Of all the ·difficult pleasur.es,
Korsmeyer is most intrigued by the
emotion of disgust_ "Itisaninterc:s!ingemotion and one that is variously
interpmed,"shesays_ "On one hand,
disgust can he seen as being a helpfuJ benefit that creates an aversion
to that which is foul," explains
Korsmeyer. Howe~~&lt;~', she adds that
disgust also can hecomettansfunned
into what is oonsidered a sophisticared or heightened flavor, such as
with gameymeat,whichoftenisleft
to decompose slightly bdO\" cooking, or products like ~.
In her book. Korsmey.r shows
that this also is evident with art
work, using Olaim Soutine's painting "Carcass of Beef" to show how
the artist took somet!ting disgusting--&lt;1 hung. beheaded m: caras.&gt;and made it into a subject of art_
"Food is a powerful vdUde for the
expression of that which is dangerous, terrible and abhorrent," says
Korsmeyer. "While sometimes the
artistic rendetingoffixxlsseerns virtually to mirror daily life and real
patterns of eating, at other times art
moves into worlds where foods are
palatable only as representations, for
art reache; toward limitsoftolerahility that practice cannot approach...

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UB research breaks new ground on proteins
Work finds new way to study proteins as they pass through transition state
By LOIS BAIWI
News SeMces Editor

ROTEJNS. the workhorses
of human c:ells, exist primarily in two stable states:
inactive and active. In order to perform their assigned tasks,
they must be triggered to change
into the active state.
Structural biologists are learning
what protein molecules look like in
their stable-state end -points, but
very little is known about the instantaneous journey from one state to
the other.
Researchers at UB. in the current
issue of the journal Nature. report a

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new way to study the dynamics of
proteins as they pass through this
transition state.
"To understand how a protein
works, it is very important to un derstand how it J:llOV&lt;S and changes,"
said Anthony Auerbach, professor of
physiology and biophysics, and senior author on the paper. daudio
Grosman, research assistant professor working with Auerbach, is the
primary author.
~en we know how the protein
moves, perhaps we can ma.kt- it go
faster or slower, or develop drugs to
change the ratio of active-to-inac-#
live states," All~ch saici

The ability to interven e in the
transition state eventually·oould he
usefuJ in such conditions as congenital myasthenia synd rome, in
which molecules in muscle cells
jump too quickly from one state to
the other, caus:mg damage to the odl
and ev~nt uall y in terfering with
movement, he noted.
Grosm an and Auerbach have
~ working with a single protein
molecule at the nerve-muscle synapse-a receptor for the ne u rotransmitter ac:etylcholine. Using a
standard techn ique called patch
clainp, they have been able to obtain a "snapshot" of several regions

of the receptor at the transition
state-the highest energy point hetween active and inactive states.
Their results sugg&lt;S! there is a wave
of structural change during receptor activation.
"The resulting.map of this ronformation wave provides empirical
evidence that will serve as guide
posts for scientists who will do the
computer analysis of the transition
state in the future," Auerbach saici
Ming Zhou, a former graduate
student in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, now at
Rockefeller University, also participated in the research.

�Mathematicians find home
Williams expands ~b site to include other black scientists

ay BLEH COOI.DL\UM

dude a time line of significant dates,
a listing ofblack research mathematicians, profiles of black mathematic:ians---&lt;!bout 300 so far-&lt;Uld black
mathematicians outside of North
America and in ancient Africa.
Also included are articles about
famo us or ins t rumental black
mathematicians. Examples include
David BlackweU, the first AfricanAmerican named to the National
Academy of Sciences (1965 ) and
still the only
black mathematician in the NAS;

News Services Editor

VEN in 2000, African
Americans who are studying to be-or already
are-mathematicians face
a lonely proposition: onJy abou!
one-quarter of I percent of math ematicians in the United States are
black.
But many of them are finding a
thriving commUnity at the unique
Website,Mathematiciansofth&lt;African Diaspora (MAD) &lt;http:/I
www.math.buffalo.edu/ med/
maciO.html &gt;, created and maintained by Scon Williams, professor
of mathematics.
Sinceit.sdebutin L997, thesitehas
had more than 200,000 hits.
Wtlliarns developed the site after
finding that another lnternet site
dedicated to Africa.1-American scientist.s had plenty of ~stings under
the life sciences and engineering, but
few mathematicians.
"They had two," he recalled.
Williams wrote to the site creators, pointing out that he person ally knew of more than 40 African

E

B enjamin
Banneker, ap -

"There have been estimates that

about I percent of all math Ph.D.s
in the U.S. publish mo re than tive
papers in their lifetime," he said.
" Now, l ~ss than I percent o f all
mathematicians are black, but it
turns out that a h.igh percentage of
them, around 15 percent, publish
mathmutics research."

According to Wtlliams, that was
an easy computation to mili, sin ce
of the several thousand new doctor-

pointed by Presi-

ates granted world-wide in math -

ematics-approximately 1,500 in
the U.S.-roughly 20--a dozen in

Pierre L"Enfant; ex-slave Thomas

Fuller, and M uhammad ibn
Muhammad ai-Fallani alKishnawi, an African mathemati cian born in the early 18th century
in what· is now Nigeria.

Some profiles describe in detail
the struggles mathematicians, both
dee&lt;ased and ~ving, have had to en-

or African -American mathemati -

dene&lt; that suggest.s that while black
mathematicians make up a tiny minority in the field, they are publishing far more than thei r share of research in the field.

d ent
George
Washjn gton to a
t h ree - person
team to survey the future District

of Columbia, working closely with

cians, but when they si mply added
his name to the list, he decided to
start his own site.
The response has been overwhelming. Wtlliarns had to obtain
a dedicated mailbox just to deal with
the messages generated by the site.

m

dure to obtain their doctorates. For
example. Vivienne Malone Mayes

( 1932-1995) in 1966beaune the lint
black faculty member at Baylmr University, an institution that had exp ~citly rejected her as a student only

"On a busy week, I can receive
between 20 and 50 messages from

fivl!' years earlier with a letter that
spe:Ued out its segregation policy.

-students, and that ·doesn't Include
the ones I get from their teachers,"
he said.
The site focuses primarily on black
mathematicians with doctorates, al though he has recently added sections on black physicist.s and computer scientists. Other sections in -

(She earned her doctorate from the
Univer.;ity of Texas at Austin. )
Williams' research for the site has
turn l!'d u p some int riguing and

little-known facts, he said.
For one thing, 25 pe=nt of black
mathematicians art women.
Williams also has uncovero:i evi-

the
U.S.-are
earned by blacks.
The site also
features sections
on new doctorates
in the field, scholarships and sti-

::e:;kd:~~

MAYU

ematicians. lt also highlight.s the institution s that have granted the
highest numbers of doctora tes to
black mathematicians: the Universi t y of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Howard University and the Univcr·

sity of Califomia at Berkeley.
The sole criterion for a listing o r
profile on William s' site is that
someone earned a doctorate in the

field, altho ugh he acknowledged
that many mathematicians actively
engaged in the field never earned a
doctorate.
" I am interested in those who
have Ph.D.s," he said. "To me . re·
search is at the fo refront and I'm
interested in pushing that aspect.

especially to young people."

Woodard named to classics chair
By PATRICIA DONOVAN

Mellon Scholar and assistant professor of classics at The Johns Hopkins
University fro m 1988-9 1.
Woodard hollls a bachelor's degree in zoology from North Caro-

News Servk:es Editor

H E new And rew V.V.
Raymond Chair in the
Department of Oassics is
distinguished philologist
and linguist Roger D. Woodard, author of a radical theory suggesting
that the inteUectual infancy of west·
ern civilization was far mo re: comp~cated than we once thought-one

T

lina State University, a master's degree in near eastern languages and
cultures fro m t he Southeastern

where and why the Greek alphabet
originated. The: answer has signifi·

cant imp~cations in several fields.
"His is a striking theory in that it
tackles issues related to idiosyncrauc
labic writing systems of the: near east
and the trade routes of the ancient

Phoenicians," says Cole.
" His theory works beauti ~

fuUy with the evidence of the
language: as he re -evaluates

ously had missed.

sons for the: earliest alpha ~
betic writing, all in the con ~
tat of the eastern Mediterra ·
nean culture and exchange
system of the time. He dcm ·
o nstrates just how import am
the cultural context is in de·
veloping a writing system.
" The conclusions he
draws strongly suggest that
'Linear B,' the linear form of

the dates of, places of and rea-

Known for his ngorous intellect. ~

highly technical work and prolific ~
pub~cation of important books in ~
his field, Wooda rd also is an acces-

3

sible scholar who writes fo r a gen- ~
Susan G.Cole,associateprofessor

~
Did'

• hri ........lt

and chair of the DepartmentofOassics, said that in his few months at
UB, Woodard has tackled large sec.

• - ' - 1s- new Andrew v.v .
llaymooMI Chair In - Dep&lt;ortnMnt of

tio ns of the department's undergraduate mythology course, giving
undergraduates an opponuniry to

Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., and

writing that employed syllabic char-

a doctorate in classics and Indo- Eu ·
ropean linguistics from the: Univer-

acters. may have originated on the
island of Cypress, whose local in·

be taught by a senior researcher. He
is a popular teacher, she: said, noting
increased enroUment in the course.

sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

habitant.s had developed a peculiar
syllabary for writing their form of
early'Greek; she said.
Linear 8 was used at Knossos on
Crete and on the Greek mainland
between 1500 and 1200 b.c.e. (before: common era). It is thought to

Ciulla

Woodard is best known for hi s

groundbreaking, 1997 book, "Greek

Before ooming to UB in the full,

Writing from Knos.sos to Homer ··

Woodard was a professor in the departments ofOassics and Linguistics
at theUniversityofSouthernCalifornia, where he had been a member of

(New York: Oxford Univenity Press ).
In it, he employed his linguistic tools,
which are informed by his knowl edge of biological taxonomies, to

the facu lty since 199 1. He was a

tackle the: question of how, when,

b.pert.s say the worst of this year's influenza outbreak iJ over, yet
information about th~ virus is still peaking on the Web. Everything
about influenza is flourishing onlin~m diagnosing your own
sympto ms to news updates to continuing ml!'dical educa~n aedit.s.
O ne good starting place is Yahoo! News--Flu Season &lt;http:/ I
futlcoverage.yahoo .com / fc / Health / Fiu_Seaton/ &gt;. T he Yahoo!
fo lks have highlighted some interesting and informative sites, from
news stories and magazine articles to audio and video files. Magazine
and journal articles often give: solid oventiews and cu rrent trends on
a to pic. In addition to the articles on Yahoo!, Scumt 1jic Ammcan has a
feature article, " Disarming 'flu Viruses" &lt;http:/ / www.Kiam.com/
1999/ 0199lnue/ 01991aYer.html &gt; . which delves into the past.
present and future of the influenza bug, complete
with text links to rela ted sites and illustrations.
The PBS telcvi s1on series "The Ame:ncan
Experience" explo res the: deadJy flu epadem1c
of 191 8-19 &lt;http://www.pbs.o'11 / wgbh/
amu / lnfluenu / &gt;. The Web sa te: provides
an overview of the p rog ram. w1th a map
sho win g the growth of th e ou tbreak, caty snap·
shots and a teacher's guide. A bibl iography of
the same ou tbreak has hecn co mpiled by UB libra n ans on th e: Health
Scie nces Library 's H1 story of Medicine Web sue at &lt; http:/ I
ubllb.buffalo.edu/ llbrartes/unlts/ hsl/ hlstory / flu .html &gt;.
Government agencies compiling information and statistiCS on the:
flu include the Natio nal Lib rary o f Medicine·s Me:dline Plus Health
Info r m at ion page &lt; http:/ / www. nlm .nlh .gov / medllneplu s/ "
lnfluenz•.html &gt;. Here you Will find links to the Nauonallnst1tut e
of AJiergy and lnfectiOU!I Dl!oea.!le!l, the primary NatiOnal lnstnutc:,
of Health (N IH ) institut e for rcs.ear(h on influenza. as well a)\ lmk!o
to clinica l triab , stat iSt iCS and preventiOn/screen mg.
Researchers will be mtcrcsted 10 the Influenza Sequence Database from
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sicians and other halth -care profe:ss10naJs can avail themselves of con
tinuing-medjcaJ -education cre:dn on infl uenza from the Umve.rs1rv of
Florida Shands Hospitals and the: College of Medicine course "lnOu
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Modules are fo r o ne C ME CategoT)' I credit and are either free or re
quire a no minal fee:.
LocaJJy, the: BuffaJo Museum of Sc1enct is hosting an exhibit on "M• ·
crobcs: Invisible Invaders ... Amazing Ames" now through April 2.1
&lt;http://www.sdencebuff.org/ H•ppenlng_Now/ llcontent.2 &gt;.
Ho w do yo u know if yo u have the flu ? Many health sites are ava il
able to help diagnose: the: virus. Both the National Foundation for
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br•ry / lnfluenu / dl~nosls / lndu . html &gt; and Bentr Hame5 and
Ga rdens Family Health Guide to Colds, Flu and Al!ergies &lt; http J I
www.bhglfve.com/ he•tth / coldflu.html &gt; give insights into symp·
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done through the "Weather C hannel's" weather. com site &lt;http://
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any angle: and ftnd substantial info rmatio n on the: Web. Ju st appl y
the Purell liberally before: surfin g!
For assistance co m1tctir~g co the World Wide Web vra UR computer
accounts, contact the U mrputing Cerrter Help Desk at 645 · 3542.
- Sue Neumeister •nd Lort Wktzlnskl.

Umv~1ty

Vbrane s

Greek dialects, ideographic and syl-

subject to influences of incredibll!'
value that other researchers previ -

era! audience.

CJ

The flu flourishes oBline

form the basis of the ancient Greek
alph~et.

BrieD
WTO teach-in to be held at UB
The tint of • 5elies of an act1on -one:nted. teach-ins will be held Mon ·
day at UB to pro mo tt' what orgamzers hope to be a .. reorien tation of
the concept of globalization th at is more in line w1th a sustamableenvuonment. the: rights of working people and economic justice."

The US -based teach -m. to be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. m l45B of
the Student Um o n o n the No rth Campus, is o ne of several such events
sched ul ed for nexl week at vanous colleges and universities m West ·
ern New York m response: to th e rece nt m ee ting of th e World Trade
O rgam za tion ( WTO ) m Seattll·.
The event JS spo nsored b)' the Western New York Coaht1on for
Worldwide Economic Justi ce. which includ es as members US 's En
v1ronmentaJ Network, student chapter of Amnesty Int ernational and
Women's Cen ter.
T he teach -in will include a bnef history of the- wro. a VIdeo o n the
r~nt WTO meeting in Seattle: and a mask tribuna l based on hypo
thetical cases involving the \-lolauon of human rights and neglect or
destruction of the: environment. Presenters wiU be students M1chael
Schade and Eric Bebe.rnitz from the Env!Tonmental Network.
The week -lo ng education campa1gn wiiJ culminate Feb. 25 w1th a
town meeting at 6:30p.m. in the Georgian Roo m of the Statler Tow ·
e:rs, 107 Delaware Ave:., Buffalo. The campa ign IS the begmnmg of a
loca l organizing drive for a nauonal demonstration agamst the In ·
ternational Mon eta ry Fund and the World Bank, set for April 16'"
Washingto n, D.C.

�6 Rep a.-te. febluary 17. 21DJ/Vol.31. II 20
lnnus tells FSEC he's prioritizing needs to deal with
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million gap

IT needs surpass funding by millions
By MAilA McGINNIS
Rqxxt.~ Assbtant

T

Editor

HE university's infomtation -technology needs
for the coming year out -

weigh the funding avail·
able by about S10 million, Voldemar

matching fund, one-time commit-

ments and the technology fee.
"Best guess from my point of view
at this early stage is that might come
out to about S4 or $5 million at best,"
lnnus said. "So you can sec we will
probably have to look at constrain·

Inn us, chief information offica, told

ing what currently prople are envi -

the Faculty Senate Executive Committee at the group's Feb. 9 meeting.

sioning they need by about half."

In response to a report by the
~ nate's Computer Services Com mittee (CSC). lnnus told senators
that he is responding to a request
from Provost David Trigg)e and Senio r Vice President Robert Wagner
to put together an outline and finan cia l assessment of what the
university's IT needs will be in the
coming 12 months.
.. The first cut came to Sl4.5 mil lion of need over the next I2 months
if we wanted to address most of the
curve concerns that most of the constituent groups were putting on the
table," lnnus said. "Obviously, we
don't have that kind of money. I did
a second cut and got it down to

about $9.5 million."
He added that after his assessment
was reviewed at the last meeting of

Thomas Schroeder, associate proicssor of learning and instruction,
said a graduate student in his de-

partment told him that UB's technology fee is the second highest in
the country and added that such
claims could be problematic if stu dents don't think they're getting
commmsurate acuss to technology.

lnnussaid that while UB is"fairly
aggressive" in terms of its technol-

ogy fee, he said to call it "the second
highest in the country" is probably
inaccurate, given the different ways
fees are determined and packaged.
"Fees are handled in different ways
on different campuses, so it is difficuh to sort· out," said lnnus. "But if
you look at all of the fees combined,
we're in the middle of the pack."
lnnus noted that he has had an
.. interesting set of discussions with
the students" regarding the technology fee and said their only real concern was that the fee be used for its
in tended purpose.
"We have worked very hard to do
that," said Innus. "Each year, we ensure that we takt that fee and use it
for its intended purpose." He said
the f.., helps pay for such things as

the university's IT Steering Com mittee, it was dear that "we are going to have to look at some addi tionaJ prioritization beyond that
because we are not going to have 1
that much money available."
lnnus noted that he also is ..going
through a secondary process trying
to identify all of the funding we will
have available" for IT from such access to unlimited printing on
sources as the capital fund, the campus--for which other universi-

a strp back and look at what we'ft
done, what we've done weU and
live off campus.
what needs to be improved.•
Wagner added that the student ·
Peterton added that a point of
technology fee is a oomplicated issue discussion that oonstantly comes up
and reminded the senators that the with the committee is "the business
fee is only one piece of the sour~ of of how we do IT business," indud·
funding for IT efforts on campus.
· ing such ques~ons as, 'How is the
"Our challenge in the na1 couple baseline support for faculty deter·
of years in the IT arena, l think, is mined?' and 'What should a faculty
going to be a challenge of memberhaveintennsofm'
Inn us said the IT Steering Comprioritization." said Wagner, adding
that while the needs are almost lim- mittee is "striving to find new and
idess,theresources;m,extraordinar· dilfermt ways to increase participa·
ily limited and that the university tion."butaddedthathehopestode··
will have to determine what will be termine other vehid&lt;S to that end,
the "really critical investments."
such as roundtabi&lt;S or brown-bag
Faculty also expressed concern lunches where faculty"ha"" the opabout the lack of faculty involve· portunitytogcttheissu&lt;Soutthere."
ment in the IT process, and Lorna
ln response to a qut:Stion about
Peterson, chair of the CSC. said that HOD,Innussaid the major problems
the oomrnittee's theme this year"has with the software stemmed from a
been to in&lt;re!se faculty voice, power. "lack of robustness of the university
influence.intheproass"and,tothat community's d&lt;Sktop computers,"
end, has increased the number of many of which did not meet the
faculty on the univ&lt;rsity's IT Steer· minimum standard r&lt;quimnents to
ing Committee from one to three.
operate the latest version of HOD.
Those three individuals already
HOD is designed to allow secure,
have agreed to serve and will do Web-based access to UB's core ad·
"double-duty." serving on that com· . ministr.uive applications. UB users
mittee as weU as on the CSC. said experienced problems when th&lt; sysS&lt;nate Chair Peter Nickerson.
tern failed to process login r&lt;quests,
Other esc concerns reponed by preventing them from accessing
lies charge a lot of money-and
&amp;ec-lntemetaccesstostudmtswho

Peterson included Host On-De-

crucial data from the university's

mand (HOD) shortcomings and
challenges. accountability ofadmin·
istration in IT matters, evaluation of
the nod&lt;S and IT planning.
TheevaluationofiTisofparticu·
lar cone&lt;m, according to Peterson,
who noted that •...,•ve done a lot-in
a short time period, we need to takt

mainframe.
Inn us said there will be a joint review of the situation by IBM-the
supplierofth&lt;~ UB,and
that he welcomes faculty participation when all of the issues an: finally
straightened out, which probably
won't be for another several Weeks.

Lllrory b

soliciting
poelly~l-ln

the Dopaot·
""""al fnglllh and t h e al the I.Wwnlty llnrlos.
Two potzes a1 SlCIO ado wll
b e - to the- poems

Keeping
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submitted by l i B -

The Academy"' Amerian
Pools contest b open to gradu-

-ts.

ate and undergraduaU! Jtu.

The Frtends al the lJnl.
venJty Libmies contest.b open

Jarett Rhoads conducts a

to groduaU! · - only.
Entries IO&lt; both COOt $
should CO&lt;i:sist al one or """"
typewritten, double-spaced po.
erru, not to exceed a total of six
pages. The writer's name shou6d
not appcw on the poems. but a
cover sheet attached to the po.
..,. should include the name of
the prize, the wriU!r's name,
class, address, oman add!en
and phone number.
Entries should be submitted
to Morgarot R. Wells, dir&lt;cto&lt; al

step test and takes the pulse
of Laurie Bower (left and
above), while Paul Patrick
tests Jeri Tumer for
glaucoma during Staff/
Faculty Well ness Awareness
Day Feb. 11 .

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SNAP

to find a way to level the playing field."

siastic, it provl~ too difficult to find
enough donated machines that met
UB's specifications, based on the
hardware and software freshman
courses required.
Under the direction of Martha A.
Banon, UB associate vice provost for
educational t~ology, a committee was established to develop a cost effective way to obtain nearly new
computers for the neediest students,

US's initial attempt had involved
an effort to get used computers from
local corporations that were upgrading their system s. But while
some corpomtions were very enthu-

defined as those whoS&lt; family contribution to tujtion costs was expected to be zero.
In just a few months., the university was abl~o strik&lt; deals with each

"If faculty members wanted their
students to use computers-and that
premise was the basis of the program--and 10 percent of their students can't afford them, we knew, thai
as a public institution. we had to find
a way to help that I0 percent," said
Joseph TufarieUo, former senior v1ce
provost for educational technology
and Acccss99 coordinator. "We had

of the corporations, under which

New York City native, was thrilled

they would provide VB with one·

when he found out that UB was
lending him a computer for free that

or two-year-old computers just
coming off of leases.
For students like Laura Andre, a
prospecti~nglish/management

major, new&gt; of their eligibility for
SNAP came as a big relief.
"I didn't know what I was going

he could keep during his career at
the university.

"I was,like-wow-1 can't believe
it, this is grea~ he said.
A future biological-sciences ma jor, Taveras has been able to do his

to do about a computer," she said. "I

homework on his computer, prac -

knew I couldn't afford one and I

tically from the day he S&lt;t foot on
campus.
UB officials are negotiating with
Dell and IBM to extend SNAP to the
next class of freshmen entering in
Fallof2000.

knew my mom couldn't buy me

one. So the news about this program
was definitely a plus. Now that l have
it, I'm on it all the time."
Kennedy Taveras. a freshman and

�february 17.Z0110/Vol.31.1o ZO Rep

Process to degree approved
By MAliA MC~S
Rqxxter Assistant Editor

RITERIA for reasonable
academic progress to a
ba.chelor's degree and

C

mmunum reqwrements
for student evaluations of courses

were approved by the Faculty Senate at its meeting Tuesday.
William Baumer, chair of the
senate•s Grading Com mittee and

academic progrtSS based on the new
standards are not eligible to continue as matriculated students in
any bachelor-degree program.
However, exemption may be peti tioned on two grounds: serious illness or injury, or death or serious

illness in the immediate family.
Nicolas Goodman, vice provost
for undergraduate education ,
warned senators that .. what we are

professor of philosophy, presented adopting is a policy that will mesenators with the crtteria for reason- chanically dismiss students from the
able academic progress to a · university, which would signifi bachelor's degree that would take ef- cantly change the way the university
fect beginning Fall2000. Baumer ex- goes about dismissing students," and
plained that the comminee's concern asked how literally the new stan·
in formulating the resolu tion was dards should be interpreted.
that students who are not in good
A significant debate ensued beacademic standing are ineligible for
financial aid, and some of these stu -

dents have incurred a sizable debt to
the university with little possibility
of bettering their standing.

The new sta ndards define-in
terms of a graduated scale--reasonable academic progress as the successfu l completion of credit hours
at a co rrespo nding cumulative
grade-poi nt average. which allows
students who are doing poorly the
opportunity to improve gradually.
According to the resolution . stu dents who fail to make reasonable

should be solicited for departmen-

strongly objected, pointing out that
"exceptional hardship" could be too
widely interpreted and that students
get enough second chances, given the
university's existing policies for resigna6on, or R grades; grade replacement, and the"frcsh-start" program.

The amendment failed.

te~m gave the
the m·en 's ind oor track
defending MAC tournament
team t new UB, meei
ch~mpton Kent Gokten FW.hes ~u
and stadium records in the
they could handle in the fim ~If
before losing ground 1n the second
35-pound weight throw
tutf and eYenwally losmg 81-6S.
with a toss of 59'1 1/ 2" at
UB got on the boan:' first wtth ~
th e prestigious Cannon
jumper by Oamien Foster ~nd the
Classic held Saturday in lnlead went back IDd forth over the
next sevenl"mtnUtes. Kent eventually
dianapol~ .
took control and pushed its le~d to
Tlff•ny 81!11 averaged
as r'IWlY as II polnu. ll-20. With S·46
21 points per game last
to play In the tulf. But the Bulls
week
and became only the
charged back. using~ 9-2 run to dose
the g;ap. Nikol~i AJexeev hit ~ threesecond junior in the history
pointer with ~ minute to play to cut
of the UB women's basketthe Kent lead to just three po+nu. 37 ·
ball team to surpass the
H , golng into halftime
career 1 ,000-point mark .
In the second tulf, UB came out
strong as louis Umpbellscored the
She ranks second in the
fim two buckeu of the half. g1v10g the
Mid American Conferen ce
Bulls a 38-37 lead. Kent responded
in scoring average.
with a three-pointer from Demetnc
Shaw to regain the lead. but~ fast break layup by Foster ued d-ie pme ~t 40-40 w1th 17.2] ~~•mng The Golden
Flashes scored two biaskets to take the lead b~ck. before ~ Foster free throw
cut the lead to three pc&gt;~nts . +4-'4 I. with I S:26 left. That w.u ~s d ose
as the Bulls got the rest of the ~me as Kent"s depth and
tnstde game evenw~lly wore down the Bull~

tal purposes, they should not be
published. Some faculty members

objected, saying they believed that
decision should be left to each dean.

WOMEN

Toledo 69, UB 68

Despite objections, an amendment was passed so that "the responsibility falls to each dean to

Jennifer Markwood '~ free throw w1rh 42 ~e&lt;:ond~
remaintng in overume proved to be the ~me ·
Winner as Toledo scored~ 69-68 overtime vtctory
over US rn Alumm Arena
The Bulls (I 7-7. 7-6 MAC) ~d a dunce to Wln
the contest m the overtime sesSion. Trfbny Bell stole
~n 1nbounds pass ~t m1dcoun ~nd tm Colleen T~bor. but
Tabor's l~yup utempt With four seconds to go was too h;m:l
~gai nst the giass ~nd was rebounded by the Rockets.
Bellied the Bolls With 18 points. She sco~ the I ,()()C)th pornt of her a reer
on the Bulls· f1m shot of the pme. be&lt;:ommg only the second 1un1or m school
hiStory to ~chteve the marie.. She ~iso moved Into lOth pl~ce on US's all-ttme
scoring hst with I ,0 I6

have a published policy on the publication of student comments."

Calendar
c-u....ct'"-' pagoo•
Student Aun For more mformatlon, Pat
Shelly, 819-3451

DiviSIOn of Athietta, Post1ng ifp.
OOOS. lAN Systems NT / Novell
Engineer (Sl-4)Computing c'tOd
lnformatJon Technology,
Posting A'P-0007. Assistant
to the Chair
(Sl-l)·
~

LHe Wodt1hop
Why 1111 Got Hired and Jack Didn' t:
The ImportAnce of Internships. Karen
Nemeth, 145C Student Union. Noon
free . Sponsored by Career Planning and
Pla&lt;:ement. for more information, 64 56861.

of

Rehabilitation
Med1&lt;:10e.

~~..:;e1 Te aching C~nl~r

~~,r;:;~a~~~~~~~~~~nJ,

Unde6raduate Ubra~- Noon-1 p .m

:~~-star~o~n,t,~~ ~,:r=i~~: ~~~ry
Rath,

64S-3S28.

ETC

Scholon' WCH1&lt;shops

~~~~~rc~~~~~srY~a{~ie
Capen. Noon- I p.m. Free. For more
information, 645-7700.

B&amp;ologtal Sciences Seminar
Structu re and Function o f

ge~~~~~-' ~Cers~. ';!=~oB

Univ. Medical Center. 220 Natural
Sciences Complex. 3:45p.m. Free. For
more information, Bruce Nicholson,
645-3344.

Exhibition Opening Reception
Rumsey-Poten za Competttion. Art
Department Gallery, 8-45 Center for the
Arts. 5-7 p.m . Free. Sponsored by Dept.
of Art . For more information, 64S-6878,
ext. 13 ~ 0.
Internet Oink
Govemment lnforrnation on t h e Net:
An ln troductkm to Selected
Re~rces. Ed Herman, l.oc.kwood
librarian.· ! 09 Lockwood library. 7-9
p.m . Free, registration is required. for
more information, Ondy Seitz, 64 51814, ext. 451.
Ull The•t~r Production
Crim es of t h e Hurt. Dept. of Theatre
and Dance, Black Box Theatre, Center
for the Arts. 8 p.m. $3. For more
information, 645-ARTS.

Exhibits
" AIIANOON"
Artist Tony Matelfi has taken a unique
stance in the expk&gt;ratlon of nature
versus culture by recreating familiar
weeds-the rebellious sort that '"sproul
like ~ant anger on the concrete
s~ of urban America"' _.n an exhibit
that captures how the5e often unwanted
plants reflect the social quest for beauty
and con~. "'ABANDON"' is on display
through March 10 in the Ugh~l
Gallety itdjacent to the main UB Art

Posting lfP-

This juried show indude.s work 1n all
media by UB artists, a~ well as other1
from around the country... Eyes Wide
open· will be on display through Feb
17 in the Art Department Callery, 8-45
Center for the Arts, North Campus.
Gallery hours are Tues. from 10 a.m . to
5 p.m., Wed. through Fri. from 10 a.m
to 8 p.m . and Sat. from II a .m to 6
p.m.

"The Gr.du• t e Show:
Students"

Rm - Y~• r

Student work will be on display through

~~~t!~,:: ~~~~~~re
~: ~:J~~~~~~!o5apm~~o 8
"k•tt..rtne Cornell Photos"
A special exhibit showcasing images of
acclaimed actress Katharine Cornell-

~~~~~~~~~:~~~!he

through March 19 in the Center for the
Arts' Atrium on the North Campus. The
photos were taken in 1915, when the
actress was 12 years old, by famed

~~~~~ ~~~raf:ar:tta~~x~7git

also
will include historical materials on the
actress collected by the Center for the
Arts. Hours are Mon. through Sat. from
7 a .m . to 11 p.m., and Sun. from 8 a.m
to 11 p .m.

"landsc:• pes"
Landsc.a~

paintings from the

~~~~ig~~~~ ~~~f,;~~~ ~~ton
~~;e~!e~of~~ ~~~ 2,a~~si_n the
Gallety hours are Wed . through Sat.,
10:30 a .m . to 8 p.m ., and Sun . from
noon to S p.m .

Jobs
Profeuton..
Assistant to the Associate Dean for
Aad&lt;mk Al'f1ltrs (Sl-4)-S&lt;:hool of
Social Wort,. Posting fi:P-000 1.
Inst ructional S u~ Associate (Sl -2)·

~~~~~:~e:a~ll.~)~ad

0008. As.sistant
Director for Operations and
Resources (Sl-"4)·1nstitule lor l ocal
Governance and Regional Growth,
Posting MP-0009. Physical Space
Administrator ( 5l -3)-Umven•ty
Facilities, Posting lfP-0011. Assistant
Director, Athletics: Commun icattom

g,~-r=~o;.r~A~~~:&lt;si~,&gt;~P~oM.sion

of Athletics, Posting #P-0014
Assoclate Director for Student Health
and Wellne.ss (Sl -4}-Student Health,
Posting 'fP-0015. Clinkal Social
Worker/field Un it Supervisor (SL-3)Courueling Center, Posring #P-0016
Counseiof' (S L-3)-Educatlonal
Opportunity Center, Posting JIP-001 7

Rese•rch
Research Te&lt;h nician 1-Departmenl o l
Oral BiokJgy, Postmg #R-10004 Clerical
Specialist !-Grants and ContracU,
Posting lfR-10017. Research Te&lt;:hnician
It-Department of Medicrne/ lnlectious
Diseases, Posting lfR-10018. Director of
Oevflopment, CoJiege of Arts a nd
Sdencu-Unlvenity Qevelopment.
Posting #R-20019. Theraplst-R~arch
Institute on AddiCt•ons, Posting IIA20010. lnterviewen-Research lnst•lute
on Addictions, Pos11ng #R-10011

Foculty
Instructor-Department ot PhysKal
Therapy, E.xerose and Nulnt•on
Scjences, Posting lllj:-0007 Assistant}
Associate Professor-Department of
Physical Therapy, Exercise and Nutnt1on
Sc~ences, Posting A'F-0008 Assistant}
Assodate Professor-Department of
PhysiCal Therapy, E.xerc•se and Nutnt1on
Science~, Posting A'f-0009

~~c:~~
Maintenance Assistant (SG-9}University Facilities, L1ne 111]1159
Cleaner (SG-S) -Untvf&gt;n.lty Re~1denct'
Hall~. Lme •·H037

=

ro abeam more 1nformotl0fl on JOb~ liSted
above. contact Pen.01mel 5ervJCe.s · faA

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UlfonnofiOfl on Rntan::h JQb.s.
contact Sponsored Progrom1 Pen.onnel.
416 Croftl.

\

~Greene of

The men's basketball

seling and Educational Psychology.

on the basis ofany"exceptional hard-

THE WEEK

Ken t S tate 8 1, UB 6 5

ministration of these evaluations.
While university policy already
mandates student evaluations of aiJ
courses, there currentJy is no stan dardized and systematic way of
evaluating instruction, explained
committee C hair J. Ronald GentiJe,
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Coun Regarding student access to the
written comments of their peersa point that has been advocated by
student.s---the resolution states that
while students' written comments

7

1\ THL E TES OF

MlN

tees to establish policies for the ad -

tween faculty members about the
basis for exemption. An amendment
was proposed, and endorsed by
Goodman, ·to make the resolution
more lenient by allowing exemption
shi p ... Baumer and several others

~as~et~all

• In other business, the senate also

passed a resolution on student evaJu 'ations of instruaors prepared by its
Teaching and Learning Committee
that outlines minimum requirements
for evaluation efforts across the uni versity and makes all deans respon·
sible for appointing faculty commit -

1:1....._

I

Wmstlin~
UB 19, Sl ippe,-y R ock 0
Central Mich igan 26, UB 12
The wresthng team traveled to St1ppery Rock Feb 8. sweep!ng I0 matches to
bl~nk the hosu. 39-0 The Bulls 1mproved to 10-3 overall on the season.
US tnveled home Suurday to host I9th-ranked Centnl M1Ch1pn . ....ttuch
won the fi~t four wetght classes--tnclud1ng two overume marches-to uke ~
26- I 2 .victory over the Bulls
Wh1le the Ch1ppewas won seven of I 0 bouu m the du~l meet. the Bulls
received an Impressive wm from sophomore G~ry Cooper. who pmned CMU's
Vernon Cannon at 2. I 7 at 165 pounds for h1s fifth dual meet btl of the year
Cooper 1mproved to B -9 on the ye41r
UB ~lso got Vlctones from junior Sh~wn Kegel and sentor Jake Pardow.
wresding m his final du~l meet ~t home Kegel defe.ued Jordan Webster by ~ 4-]
score to 1mprove to 26-9 on the season. while Pardow da1med an exatmg 12-a
dec1sion over Russell Clark to move to 23-9 for the year

~wimmin~ ana mvin~
WOMEN

Corne ll 158, UB 142
The Bulls were edged out In their final home ~nd dual meet of the s e~son, losmg
to Comell. I SS-1-42. US fintshed the regui~r season S-7 overall ~nd 3-S tn the
MAC.
Inger Rooneem ~d the WJY fo r Ccnch Do~1 R.aynold's team Wlth wms tn
the SO (:2-4.36). 100 (:Sl.79). and 200 (I :S3 .9S) freescyles. She also was a
member of the victorious 200 medley relay squad ( 1·48.-49) along Wlth Ktm
Theetge. Michelle Bricknell ~nd Carrie Quinlan
Theetge posted U\ Individual vietory m the I00 breastStroke (I ·07 I ] ) while
QulniUl captured the I00 butterfly (:S8.SO) Dawn Hickey swept the SOO
(S:08.36) and 1000 freestyles (10:37 10)

lnaoor lracK ana fielu
Members of the men's ~nd women 's mdoor track team~ competed'" the
prestigiC&gt;I.JS Cannon IV Ctass1c in Indianapolis over
the weekend on lhe ampus or lndWl~
Unlvef"Sity-Purdue Un•versity· lndianapol!s
(tUPUI).
More than 6S of the top schools m the
country, indud1ng Texas. Indian~ .
Kenwcky. Rorida.. Ohio State
and Srigtum Young.competed
at the event. which saw tbABulls smash e1ght school
records.
There was no te~m sconng
kept in the event.
US semor thrower R.ashtdl
Greene h~d the best perfomunce
of h1s ouuanding career. secting
new st:a.dium. school ~nd meet
records in lhe JS-pound
weight throw with ~ toss or
S9- I l n~ to win the event.

�8 IIepa.-. Feml17.211/Vt31.11.2D

Thursday,
February

17

SusanF--. Solo
· ~­
Soaophone. Slee
Concert Holt 8 p.m..

lduaotlonSemlnar
Edu&lt;otlonol Needs of Urtwl
Girls. lois w.is, Dept. ol

~.%..

more inlormation,
645-2921 .

Educationalladership and

~~~~::."N~~orest

Rd .. Amh&lt;rst8:30-10 a.m.
S25. Spomo«d by Center f0&lt;

Wednesday

Schoof of Education. For more

23

~~,"=~.!

.•

information, 645-6642.

ETCT~

~

Scanning lmoges. ETC suff.
212 Ca~ . Noon-1 p.m. Free.
For more information, 6457700.

Uw-Mfttlng
Law Sdloolllolld of

~~~1~~-~a:For

more information, Uene
Fleischmann, 645-2107.

~

EmaiiAnochmenu. Bob [);em,
CIT User Services. 212 Copen.

3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. FO&lt;""""
information, 645-7700.

..................
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lllologk.ol
.. Probing Mole&lt;ular

· ETCT..-..r.

Mechanism!~.!_~

Rlbosomol

~~'Jtl""

- ~

=~M~=~.r

SCiences Complex. H5 p.m.
Free. For~ information, Jim

· W.......,.11t4PLU5
. Performonces of Writing In

~=~~Js~"· MS-

:

-.Jc Lecture -

~~~~·~.=:'
Op. 103, No. 9. john Roeder,

Univ. of British Cofumbia. 211

Baird Hall . 4 p.m. Free.
Sporuored by Dept of Musk.
FOf' more information, M S2921.

.

Zodiaque Dance Company .
Dept Of Thea~ and Dance,
Center for the Arts Drama

;;~~~ ~~~~=e

· 1nformation, 64S-ARTS.

Friday

c---..

ua Cylonotes T. . . . .

~~~~s~~
mort information, Unda Rath,
645-3528.
Hlstooy Spuker
Spirits In White blment
lndl.ans' Deathbed Scenes ln
Colonial Ft.nce and

~t~~ofy~~n3
fr;~~~64'f.i,st .

\

lor evenb taking

placr on c3mpus, or for
off campus eYfl'U where

UB groups are princlp4l

Addictions Studies and
Training. For rTlOrf: information,

The Second lnlenllow. Melissa
~lero, Office ol Student

F,...

AclMlies. Noon.

Spomo«d by Career Planning
and Placement FO&lt; more
lnfunnation, 645-6860.

Saturday

electronic sut.,ninlon form

for the online UB Calendar

19

of Events at &lt;http:/ I

www.buffcdo.edu /

Schollonhlp

Bec;~~use

Mk:ictlalc!l)~

Role o f V - Zoster
VInas Glya&gt;prol&lt;lru In

~~~::;

Center. G:26 Farber. Noon. Free.

~~-

Tochnologla
Using Macromedla
Dreamwewer, Part I. Robin
Sullivan, Instructional support
special~!,

Walkway Tec~nology
Node. 212 Copen . Noon-1

p.m. Free. For more
Information, MS- 7700.

P.,.-

~n~=~
Union Theatte~~m. S5.
~~~%,1pP~ram.

for l'1lOI"e information, lome
Tumer-Proulx at 848-15()4.
D.nce Perfonn..nce
Marth~~

GrAham DAnce

Ensemble. Center for the Arts

~; =u"f/1~by
1

The JCeySank Dance Series. For

more Information, 64S-ARTS.

Dance Performance

Zodlaque Dance Company.

-P-So.ffSen*w. Br.lld Page. Dept ol

~~·~~

Reseordl Sludies Center,
Roswdl Part Cancer Institute.

/JC"f!fo..m~~by
Charles-·
&amp;45-3261.

-

ETC Tochnolo!IJ

~-

. -Boords:Crellllng
Community. Vanesso Dennen,
Dept. ol Media Sllldies. 212
Capen. 3:3()..4:30 p.m.. Froe. FO&lt;

more Information, 645-7700.

- - . . . , . ot 4 PLUS

~~~~~;,g

Room. 4 p.m. Free. For more
infonnation, 645-3810.

Ufe-...op

~ou~: ~
ffan&lt;!Y, Office ol Student

~~c:.;r~n:;
and Placement FO&lt; more
infonnation,

information, 645-7700.

publkaUon. Listings are

In the Reporter.

64S~S .

infdmvtion, Becl&lt;y, 833-0298.

ETC TechnologJ Toolllps
Downlood Adobe Aaobot.
ETC SUfi. 212 Copen. 8:3().9
a.m. Free. For mort

645-6140.

only a&lt;ceptcd through th e

ulendar will be Included

Ufe-...op

21

~~-r~'b;~.;!~e;~;"'

the Thu'"!"ay preceding

events in the electronic

D-.c. Performance
Zodlaque Donee CO&lt;npony.
Dept Of Theatre and Dance,
Center for the Arts Drama

Newman Center. For more

Monday

Supervising Counselon Who
Won. With Trauma Su..tvon.
Bonnie Colllm, Oaemen

no later I han noon on

c,.lendar/ logln&gt;.

20

Satplure Sludy!f-·Shatlncl
Group. 2S5 Harrimon. Noon- f
p.m. F,... Spomo«d by

tnformation,

lporuon. Ustlngsare due

of 'pace Umltatlons, not all

Satptw.StMJ

~Jts~~~o=.

Cllnlcai~Sertes
lhting~

22
Sunday

=~~n c.yley,

. 115 Baldy. 12:30 p.m. F,... FO&lt;
more lnfonnation, 645-3810.

. Tuesday

~~=~~,:.·N~~

IS
The RC'portcr publlshc'

Pogo. ric

:. ='!:
~:uit::!':u:.f.·m
645-7700.

Univ. ol Medidne and Dentistry
of New Jeney. 220 Natural

64~5 .

u. n..:.t.r--

- - . . . , . ot 4 PLUS
Ethnopoetk.s and Tronslatlon.
Regna Darnell, S-40 Clemens.
Noon. Free. FO&lt; """"
infonnation, 64S-381 0.

Crimes of the Heart. Dept. ol
Theatre and Dance. Biack Box
Theatte. Center for the Ms. 8
~S~s~ more Information,

~T--...

Thursday

24

Using Mocromedla

~~I!;,Robin

specialist. Walkwoylech~
Node. 212 Copen. 3:3()..4:30
p.m. Free. For more

=-~Sdences

Information, 64.5-7700.

~ -lllophJsks

The5utusof

Temporomandibular Joint

~u:r;rA.';!~~- Ha~

DNA-Protein lntet'liCdons

Role of Compensoto&lt;y
Confomlotlonol Changes In

Oral and

~~~and

355

5.. bii:T·~~~
~sherman. 4 p.m. Free.

PhJslcs-

- - . . . , . ot 4 PLUS
Cu~""'· Cultural Studies and

Natu&lt;al SCiences
H5p.m. F,...

~'!',::e.'t,'~=~ ~~na

Free. For more Information,
645-3810.

~lnduced

~ - 20~·

'Complex.

:z..dAIInuoi-..P...,.
Featuring Comedian Bernte

Maxillofoda~.

Squire. 8 a.m. Free.

-SpotngE-t

~=.~for

Student Union. 11 a.m.-2:30

~~~t:efur~a%

Eduation on Women and
Gender (IREWG) and Groduote
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for incoming freshmen

Gift to fund new SOM student center
Haubers donate $5CXJ,()(X) for state-of the-art facility to be located in jacobs addition
By JOHN DEUA CDNTRADA
Reporter Contributor

A

N alumnus of the

ScRool of ManiBCffient
has given $500,000 to

the school for constru ction of a state -of- the -an student
center.
To be named after donor 1. (; rant
Hauber and his wife, Marcia, the student center will be the signature fa .
cility within a three-story addition

planned for the School of
Management's pr&amp;nt building, the
iacobs Management Cen ter, located
on UB's North Campus.
Construction of the addition, as

well as the !ltudent cen ter. IS scht-d
ult:d to begin in 2002 usmg fund,
raised by alumni and fnends of the

UB School of Management.
A Buffalo resident and a natJve
of St. Marys. Penn. , H&lt;tuher at tended UB o n the GJ Bill, gradual ·
ing in 1948 with a d e-gree m hus• ness administration .
After graduat ion he began a su1. cessful 4S-year career as vtce pres1
dent and portfolio manager .11
Harold C. Brown Co. Inc .. a Buffalo
financial -services finn .
Recently retired, Hauber says he
chose to fund construction of the
st udent center a.s a W3)' to pruvtde

luture gencratiOm ol l ' B ,IUdt.•nt'
With an msp1rational atmollphae 111
which to study busmes.'
.. Students need a place of theu
own to explore Jdea~. talk a hour the
co nct.'pL~ thcv learn m the das'
room Jnd sooahu·:· Hauher sav!&gt;
"'They need to know how to r.:xprt'S!l
the•r 1dcall to colleagut's and coworke rs tf they are In ht.' :.uccessful
111 thctr careers:·
According to Lewas MandeU. dean
of the ~hoo l of Management. the J.
&lt;;rant and Marna S. Hauber Student
Center will be des1gned with formal
and tnformal meetmg and confer
cncc rooms where studcnl'i can d1s-

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.wJ prepare tcdm prolt."Ch
practH.t" da~sroom presentatton~
.md orgamze student dubs.lnternct
hnks and computer stations will httnstalled throughout the st udt."nl
... t."ntt'r to gtve studcnl\ around -the
dock access to busrncss research.
"The gencros1ty of the Hauber,
wtU enable us to meet the needs ol
~tudems in ways that far exceed tht~
capabilitie5 of our present fucihty.''
says MandelL "Our students soon
Will have a wonderful venue for
learn tng the lessons of modern bu.'il ness--how to work 111 teams. com
mumcate effecttvely. thml on your
feet and use technology stratt:gJcalh ..

Housjng plans turn to South Campus
By SUE WUETCH . .
Rqx&gt;rtrr Editor

A

S constru ction speeds

along on South Lake
Village, UB is turning il'i

attention to the South
Campus as the site for the next stu dent residential- housing project.
Dennis Black, vice president for stu dent affairs, told the UB Co uncil

Tuesday.
The university plans to convert
the trad itiona l dormiwry-st yle
rooms in Goodyear Hall into twobedroom apartments, as we ll as
renovate Cement Hall, maintaining

the building as a traditional, donni·
tory-style residence hall, Black said.
Design work will begin this year.
with completion anticipat&lt;d in 2003·
04. The project wouklb&lt;funded with
the rrvenue generated through the
university's residencr halls.
Once the South Campus project
is under way. plans will turn back to
the North Campus, Black said
One site for potential development is the area between The Com-

mons, the University Booksto.,, the
Student Union and the Ellicott
Comple:x, dubb&lt;d by Black as "the

i'aTcd B-Lee Loop" plan.

plcx thai opened '" Fall I999. Black

"' Today. it's a large, open, green space area lacking the con nection
between the impo rt ant Ellicott
Complex and the rest of the aca demic spine," he said. "'VI/e don't have
a good pedestrian pathway there, we
don't have a good vehicle pathway
there; we don't have a connection
between two signifi cant portions of
the campus."
O ne goal of the university's long·
term housing plan is to develop this:
area a.s a "corridor between two im portan t segments of the campus,"
not only with housing, but possibly
with service and commercial spaces
as weU, Black said.
But such a plan would be com plex to complete, involving "a vari ety of different constituencies and
infrastructure issues.," he acknowl edged. A study to develop a master

est1mated ttiat C.att"way would
house betwe-en 400 -500 st udents In
predominately four -bedroom unil'i.
The administratio n hopes to develop the Gattwa)' prOJCCI ~per haps
as qu1ckly as to havt' another open mg of a housing prOJC'\"1 in the sum mer of 200 1." he said.
Black told council member.!&gt; that
the goals of UB's residential hous mg plan are to meet student housmg needs on campus and atd m stu
dent recruitment and retention .
"And. quite frankly, to 1m prove stu dent life," he said.
Black recapped for council mem bers the university's recent housing
construction blit2. Aickinger Court,
townhouses for 230 graduate and
professional students located on
C hestnut~ge Road adjacent to
ca mpu s, opened in August 1998.
Hadley Village. the first housmg
b uilt on campus in nearly 25 years,
opened in August 1999 for jun iors
and seniors. South Lake ViUage. ex pected to open this August , will

plan fo r the area wiU begin this year.
with implementation expected "in
phases in the years to come.''
Another site for potential housing is: the Alnt entrance to the campus, near the old UB stadium. CaUed
the Gateway project, it would be
similar to the Hadley Village com·

\

house 550 undergraduates, graduate and professional students in a
mix of studio, one-, two- and four-

bedroom units along the south
of Lake LaSalle.
In response to a question from
council member Mary Randolph .
Black said that UB cu rrently ha.!&gt;
ho using for 6.200-6,300 students.
~hore

"and wt:'re looking at adding'villagc!l'
of 400, 500, 600 students at a time."
Moreover, there is the potenual at
the Parcel 8 -l..ee Loop si te for housmg for as manv il.'. 1.200 studenb.
he sa1d.
DISCUSSIOns co ncernmg hO\\
campus life would be tmpacted 1f
UB had a much larger percent of tht·
student population hvmg on cam pu s have focused on number.!&gt; a~
h1gh as 10.000. Black added.
In o th er husmess Tuesday, tht'
co uncil heard a presentation on the
"State of the Reg10n" (SOR ) pro)t'\.1

by John

She~r.

dtrector of the In

st tt ute for Local Governanct" anJ

Rcg1onal Growth, and Kathrvn Fos
ter, associate professor of plannmg.
research director for the tnSI!tutc
and co-directo r of SOR
The project. released last Novem ber by the institute after a year-long,
consultati~ process involving m ore

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the College of Arts and Sciences. An adjunct assistant professor of political science, he specializes in American politics, the
American presidency and Congress.

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a!IJids , _ lhlr1 1,000 players. fans ond spectoiDr&gt; each
yeor, will be held April 29.
for,_ ioformatlon, call
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UB theater students
to perform Pulitzer
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feaund in Beth Henloy'•
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A large part of the reason is the need
for money and the current system by
which contributions and apenditures are regulated Secondarily is the
need to get known. That is to say, with
the proliferation of 1V and radio
outlets, cindidates need to be sure to
hit each media market so as to maxi-

mize their exposure. Candidates

don't get media attention simply because they show up. They need to develop relationships with both the
media audience and with reporter-s
and editors, all of which tam time.
Aren't these uceuiYely long
caml*gnsc-~7

Aren't voten bored with the

whole thing before- even
get to election yur7

To a certain extent, yes. There are,
however, a number of factors that

make lengthy campaigns necessary.
Obviously, we've alteady touched on
a couple-campaign finance and this
"getting-to-know-ynu"process. Voters are a tough audience. On one
hand, they want to know candidates
weU before making a choice. If they
don'tknowacandidateweU,theyare 1
likely to vote for his/her opponent.

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entity. O n i.he other ·hand, voters
seem to tune out easily when they
become overloaded and perhaps
choose to stay home. There are bright

spots, though. When a "fresh r.c.• arrives on the sane. it seems to spark
some interest. Voters seem to need
something new and slightly challenging.to hold their interest. That's why
candidates Ji]o, McCain and Bradley
generate so much enthusiasm from
their supporters and so much inter-

est from the media It may be an old
analogy, but politics is qui/.ea bit Ji]o,
sports. Take for example the line from
"The Last Hurrah" about politics be-

mo.elnlomlllion, ai64S-

ing the biggest spectator sport in the do have a constitution that guaran- was, on this late-night talk show
country. That may not be as true as tees freedom of r&lt;ligion, after all
witb a host wbo has a·reputation
it once was, but that may be because
for being pro-Giuliani and for
Clve us hlstaotcal perthe "game" has gotten a bit dull. Now, spective Oft the "c.JM'I• I ggt
his ability to skewer certain
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.nervous. I'm sure she was wdlthe rules to enhance f.m interest For
prepped, but it came off in .a
aample. the inoorpomtion of such _ _ the ...... doto-.oy fairly narur-.1 way. Her zinger.;
rules changes ovtr the yeors as alterabout Dave driving by the new
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Bobby
having Bill on the show 'were
the designated hitt&lt;r and inter-league
play all wen: designed to ~ .the Kennedy's run in 1964, so I have no greaL I think the appearance was
sport more cOmpetitive. Politics first-hand recollection. However, a plus for her.
could learn something here, but with though he did r.c.some aiticism for Wh.t quatlon do you wish
the two major parties looking to prc:- claiming a New York residenoewhen lhedllslted,-serve the statusquo,change probably he bad lived primarily in Massadlu- wouldyouhav•an.....-ecl
won't happen very soon. I happen to setu and Vtiginia, he ultima~ was lt7
be a big supporter of the' two-party successfuL In his case, he had notes- I thought , after the first two
system, but also believe that politics tablished residence by election day
questions, ynu might ask how
is a marketplace and the two major and oould not even VOk for himseli we could fix campaigns and
parties should be able to put them-' Hillary has at least taken care of that campaign finance. We need to
sdves before: the votm and live or die problem. I think it would be more 6nd a way to end the influence
damaging for Hillary Ointon if she
by the law of supply-and-demand.
were running for the House and not of big-money interests in camCeorge W . ...sh refuses to
the Senate. There is a residency rc:- paigns ~thout infringing on
s p u k - some upects of
quirement for the House and none ~eople s first-amendment
hb _....... life, e.g., possible
for the Senate. We also view the Sen- . nghts. That means we need to
past drug use, lllllnldley
ateasamocestatesmanliloobodythan put the on.~ on ~didates to
won't even AJ If
to
fly7 Do- ... the House. It is in the House of Rep- report publicly and m a tunely
....,. need to "-wsudt perresentat:iveswheremoreparoc.hialin- fashion who ~~ir supporters
..,.... - - presidential tertsts tend 10 dominate and the Sen- are. Once elected to office, we
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ate often seems to take into account need these individuals to recuse
I personally do not beli.;_.e that a the larger picture. In the end,.I think thernsclve$ fn&gt;m'd&lt;cision:makcandidate's perso_nallife should con- thatwhatwiUma-mostiswhethcr ing when a question involves
cern us., unless the behavior in ques- she or Rudy Giuliani runs the better one of their larger contiJ."butors.
tion is illegal or affects his or her campaign. nus wiU be a c1asb of po- We heed to devise a system
ability to perform. Past drug use litical ~with rc:gaid where all candidates can have
would be releva'nt if w.: found out to money. nus race' wiU make the inapehsive access to "ttie airthat the candidate had been a pusber Huffingtoo-Feirlstein California am- ~ves and cables so that voters
can learn about candidates and
or had been a heavy user of addic- test look Ji]o, penny-ante poke.
issues without the need for cantive substances: Current ~cobol­
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to raise fantastic sums
didates
ism-that is, the candidate appears
of
money years in advance of
in public while intoxicated or shows ...,_ too much
their race. We need candidates
up to work drunk-would be "a
problem and should be subject to I think the question is whether or not and reporters who srlclc to the
public scrutiny. A candidate having that baggage impedes her ability as a issues. We don't need to know
an affair probably should not be any candidate, not as a senator. From each and every day how many
of our business. A candidate who is what I've seen of the First Lady, I points a candidate has gained or
abusive. has had multiple affiUrs, or think she has all the necessary skills lost in a poll. We need to know
where they stand on issues,
exhibits sexual behavior that is ille- to be a very effective legislator.
&amp;om social security to tax regal (rape, sex with minors, etc. ) Did you wdch 1-..y on Onld
form to environmental protecshould be subject to .such scrutiny. Lett........, -what did you
tjon to local economic and deWhat a candidate's religion is should think of the lntenMw7
not be a matter for us to judge; we I thought she Was great Here she velopment concerns.
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total about $1.2 million.
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the role of specific genetic factors in

lier research to determine if smokers who know they have a genetic
predisposi t ion-unrelated to

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gene that speeds up
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nicotine's addictive effect, may find

relatiOn to drug therapy for smok·
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mechanisms that influence a
smoker's ability to stop.

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smoking cts:Sation.

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Geo rgetown Un ivers it y are con ducting a $3.7 million , five-year
study of the role of genetics in a
smoker's response to standard cessation programs, and to determine

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By LOIS BAKUI
News Services Editor

Q

UITIING smoking is

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if the drug Zyban, known to slow

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dopamine transport to the brain.
can inc rease responsiveness and
improve the chances of quitting.

Ellen Colcl&gt;oum
Mary k&lt;h Spina
Christine VIdal

UB's portion of the grant, funded
by the National Cancer Institute, will

The ultimate goal of

unable to stop.

UB researchers will recruit be-

the study is to prevent lung can-

tween

ing smokers
Leonard

Epstein, professor of pediatr ics, socia l
a nd preventive
medicine, and re sea rch professor of psychology, wiU direct UB's part of the

project.
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300 and 400 smokers over a

thiee-)'91 period. AU participants
will receive seven smoP.ng-cessation
group counseling sessions and one
phone session, ak&gt;ng with Zyban or
placebo. Their smoking behavior
will be monitored at one month, six
mont)ls and one )'91 after the treatment program ends.
Epstein said results of the study
would allow smoking-cessation
creased genetic-linked risk. That
study found that smokers who
knew about their increased risk

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treatments to be matched to individuals b;Jsed on their genetic predisposition to nicotine addiction.
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�february1Uf100/Vol.31.111.19 Reparies

Dental program goes digital
News Services Editor

HEN members of
lh&lt; School of Dental Medicine's Oass
of 2004 arrive on
campus this August, they will purchase no textbooks, no laboratory
manuals, no workbooks. They will
pick up no course outlines or lists
of recommended reading.
They will receive instead one in auspicious-looking compaa disk.
This digital vidro disk (DVD) will

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contain the full content of 90 text -

books in 28 topic areas, ranging from
basic anatomy to oral surge£}! fuU
text of six to 10 journals, and the curriculum for all four years of dental
school. including course syllabi,
class notes. laboratory manuals

and lecture slides..
The "Age of the Electronic
Curriculum" has arrived. By
the tim e the Class of 2004
graduates, the dental school
ed ucatio naJ program will be
completely digital.
"This is a very exciting program

greater degJ&lt;e til&lt; basic, behavioral
and diniaJ sciences."
UB is one of~ dental schools
in a consortium that has bocn mct'l·
ing quart&lt;rly with Vital Source Technologies, Inc. to develop the electronic-curriculum project. The consortium has had a lot of input into
what lh&lt; program will look like and
how the software will work, )ones saX!.
Information from this project likely
will be used to develop electronic CUT·
ricula in other medical 6elds.
The Consortium includes Boston
Univenity, UnivenityofTexas at San

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that puts educational materials im-

mediately in the hands of students,..
said Pamela Jones, co-director of the
project with Joseph Zambon, associate dean for academk affairs. " It

allows them to tailor the way they
learn to their individual style, while

University of Medicine and Den tistry at New Jersey, the University

of Iowa and the U.S. Navy Post·1
graduate Denta1 School.

Zaq&gt;bon said the electronic curriculum, at its simplest, is a much

btt:n set yet, but it is cxpea.ed to cost
about the same as students would
spend on required or recommended

learn. But beyond that, it has important implications for the an of teach-

per-

form sudl tasks as ordering instrUments. setting up appointments with
dental-school patients in the clinics.
sending email and searching the Web.
Each DVDwill include everything
that now ~distnbuted to students on
paper, plus lecture slides, video and
anything else an individual facult y
member wishes to include.
The DVD will be updated IW!ce a
year, with each student receivmg a
disk in January.
The electronic cur n culum has
multiple advantages for students
and faculty over a traditio nal papcrba.sal curriculum, Zambon said.
"Each student will have all the
textbooks and other instructio naJ
materials that the course director
deems essential, and inclusion of
material from journals will
make course content m o re
timely. The students will have
access to all, not just part, of the
course content
" Instructors will be able to
integrate a much larger variety of
instructional materials into th eir
courses. All of the text and graphics

from the primary textbook in each
Antonio (where the project was pi·
loted ), New York University, th e

maintaining the freedom of faculty
members to teach in their style."

more efficient way for students to get
access to the ever-increasing amount
of fl!aterials they are ~ected to

tern through their computers to

The price of the DVD has not

textbooks, lab manuals and other
materials. Students will have to own
a personal computer, however. The
dental school will decide on a son .

ing. "It will enable both faculty and
students to break out of the traditiona! discipline-ha.scd modes of in·

formaned to work on that platform.

struct:ion and to integrate to a much

the school's dinic-information sys-

ware platfonn and the DVD will be
Students also will be able to acass

topic area will be available to use a:,
they wish, either in the d assroom or
in computer-aided instructio n."
O ther advantages are m ore far reaching, Zambon noted. Licensing
the elect ronic rights to textbooks
and journals largely will eliminate
concerns over copyright intTingemcnt. OentaJ schools in the consor·
tium will be able to share instruc·
tional materials.
Development of th e elect rome
curriculum will enable the UB den·
tal school to expand its continuing
educalion program, and wiJI speed
the development of distance-learn ing programs for UB graduates and
o ther health professionals. he sa1d.

GIS to target crime ''hot spots"
By ELI.£H GOLDBAUM
News Services Editor

around the U.S. chosen to present

HERE does crime
pay the most?
Researchers at
UB are conducting
a proj~ for the National Institutes
of Justice that attempts to answer

Universi ty Conso rtium for Geo graphic Information Science. a na-

that question by determining which
neighborhoods are more likely to be
targeted by criminals.

graphic processes. David Mark. professor of grography and director of
NCGIA:s UB site, is immediate past

For society at large, of course,
crime doesn't pay, but the researchers say criminals not only see a pay·
off from crime, they expect a cer-

president of the organization.

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tain level of benefit depending on
specific factors present in the neigh·
borhoods in which they operate.
The main goal of the UB project is
to use geographic-information-sci·

ence techniques to quickly identify
" hot spots" of increasing criminal
a¢vjty, as well as areas where such

activity is on the decline. The ability
to develop such tools for the mapping and analysis of crimes--a rea:nt
emphasis of researdlers at the VB site
of the National Ce nter for Geographic lnformation and Analysis

(NCGIA)--will allow law-enforcement agencies and policymakers to
target more strategically their crime-

fighting efforts.
The NCGIA research team was one
of only six groups from institutions

highlights of its work Tuesday at a
brielingfor legislators in Washington,
D.C Theforumwassponsoredbythe

tional organization dedicated to ad·
vancing the understanding of geo-

Rajan Batta, professor and chair
of the Departmentoflndustrial En·
gineering, and Christopher Rump,
assistant professor in the depart ·
ment, presented their work on developing a socioeconomic model
that can predict how crime patterns
shift in response to changes in police enforcement within a particular juri.sdktion. Co- investigator on
the project is Peter Rogerson, pro-

fessor of grography.
The objective is to help detennine
how best to allocate police resourc~
among adjacent neighborhoods m
order to most effecti\fely reduct"
aime, not simply cause a shift in such
activity from one area to another.
According to the researchers, fac tors that determine whether or not
a criminal will target a particular
area include a neighborhood's level
of wealth , how much competition

DrieD
RIA schedules lecture series

Curriculum to be available on DVD; paper to become passe
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there is from o ther cnrmnab. the
level of poljce enforcement and the
likelihood of arrest.
"Many crimes. such a.' hurglarv.
robbery and auto theft, arc commit ted by mobile criminals with economi c m o tivauo ns," said Rump.
"Using qualitative observations of
thjs type of criminal behavio r. we
have developed a socioeconomic
quantitative model that anempts to
predict the number of crime inci dents within a police jurisdiction."
Acco rdin g to thi s model . th e
criminals are assumed to compare
an expected reward fo r committing
a cri me in any specific neighborhood against a minimal acceptable
award. which may be seen as what

would be the likelr benefit for some
alternative activity, such as gamful
employment.
The model will be used to most
effectively allocate police resources
in order to minimize the difference
m the number of crimes between
netghborhood.s and the total num
ht·r of crimes among several neJgh -

l&gt;orhoods.
Thl· researchers base their model
o n data o n auto thefts, burglaries
and nan.::o t1 o c r ime s co ll ected

through collaborations with the Buffalo Police Depa rtment and other
local law-enforcement agencies.

UB 's Rese•rch In stitu te o n Add ictions will present nauonal ex
pert s speaking o n the topi cs of o besit y, gambling a nd rave culture
during its Spri ng 2000 sem ina r se ries entitled " Diversity in Addi ctions ."
Each lecture m the three-part senes will begin at 1:30 p.m. m th&lt;mst itut e at 102 1 Main St. , Buffalo.
The seri es, which is free and open to the public. will open on March
10 wah a lecture by David B." Allison entitled " Environmental and
(;enelic Influences in Obesity." Associate reSea rch sc ient ist at the
Obes it y Research Center of St. Luke's/ Rooseveh Hospital Center in
New Yo rk. AJlison also holds an academic appointment as a.ssoc1ate
professor of medi cal psycho logy at Columb1a Unive rsity Coll ege of
Physicians and Surgeons. He has autho red more than 150 scien t ific
p ublications and edited three books. Ali1son ho lds several National
Institute of Health gra nts and serves on the Co uncil of t he No rt h
American AssoctatJon for tht' Stud y of Obes n y.
The series will contmue on Apnl 14 when Rma Gupta wJJlspeak
about "Gambling as an Addiction ." C upt a IS an asSISta nt professor
in school!applied psyc hology a t McCi ll Um versll v m Mont real. a
child psycho logist m pnva1e pract1ce and a sc hool psycholog1st at
Selwyn Ho use Sc hool Shr has rece1ved fellowships from the Soc1al
Sc iences and Huma niii &lt;.'S Research Co unci l of Ca nada and the Fond~
pour Ia Form ation de C herch r urs et I'A 1de a Ia Recherche for he r
work on unders ta ndmg ch 1ldren and adolt."M-ent gamblmg behav Ior. An expert 111 th e field of vuuth garnhl mg. Gup ta has pubhshed
in severa l journals and IS dJrettor of the chn icaJmt ervenllon pr(l
gra m for youth problt."m gamblers a1 McG ill Umversit\'
The series will co nclude on Ap nl 28 w1th a d 1s1. U!I!IIOil nl tht·
" Mechani sm s o f Hallunnogens and Stmwlant.'i l 'sed 111 Rave Cui
ture" presented b)' RIChard A (;Jt•nnon ,-\grad uate of the UB School
o f Pharm acy, Glennon • ~ VICt' lho.ur of the Department o f MediCinal
C hemistry at V1rgm m l ·ommonwealth Unive rsit y. Hi s hono rs 1n
elude th e School of Pharmacy·s Instructo r of the Year Award . thr
Vi rg1n ia Co mmonwealth Universit y's Dist ingu ished Scho la r Award
and the American Pharmace uti..::a l Associa tion 's Resea rch Ach1rve
ment Award. He has published more than 200 journal articles. a!&gt;
well as numerous book chapters. H1s postdoctoral trammg incl uded
a fe ll owship in psychopharmacology from the Alcohol, Drug Ab use.
Menta.\ Health Administratio n and wo rk in the Department of Pha rma cology and Exper imental Thempc-uliCS m rhe UB School of Medi ci ne and Bio medical Scie nces.
For further mfo rmation ahout the lmurc M:.n cs.. call RiA at 887-2585

Fire-safety task force formed
Gov. George E. Patakl hal&gt; formed a Task Force o n Ca mpus Fm.•
Sclfct)' to devel o p a co mprehe nsiVe actio n plan to protecl the health
and sa fety of studenb attending public and privat e colleges a nd un1
vt· r.slltel&gt; across N&lt;.·w Yo rk Sta te. The charge to th e task force mcludes
developing a statt"'wJde ca mpus firt" -safety pl an. includin g poss1ble
changes 10 st ate laws, regul atiom and po li ctes rega rding fin· safetv
in college dormitones and res1dence hall s.
" \tVhile ew York ca mpuses have a good record on fire sate\\ . tht·
tragiC fire at Seton Hall Universit)' as a sta rk remmder that colleges anJ
un tw rs11ics mu st be dihgent m protectmg the lives of th e students t."n ·
trusted m their ca re," Patak! s:ud. ~T his task fo rce.· wil l undertake a
th o ro ugh and cxped1ted review of all applicable local. state and fed
eral \aws a'Od regulatiOns to ensure th at New York's colleges arc meet mg those standards and whether those standards sho uld be changed."
The ta sk fo rce will includr SUNY C ha ncellor Robert L. Kmg;
Matthew Goldstein, cha ncell or of th e C it y Un iversit y of New Yo rk;
Sa nd y Treadwell. secret ary of sta te; lames Ross, president of th e
Co mm1 ssion o n Independent Co lleges and Universi ti es; Thomas
Murphy. exec utive directo r of tht.' Dormitory Authori ty of the State
of New York; James Hannigan. executive director of the New York
State Associa tion of Fire C hi ef~. and stude nt represe nt ative!&lt;&gt; from
SU NY. CUNY and th e indepe ndent co ll eges.
The task force also will draw upon the Depactmt•n t of Sta te's-Of
fi ~es of Fire Prevention and Code Enfor~ement. and will co nsult with
leading experts in fire preve ntio n. sa fet y and suppress ion .
.. The task force will examine all issues related to fire ~fety, 1n
eludi ng the disciplinary pohcies for fa lse alarms 1n coll ege rcsJdenli.'
hall s," the governor sa1d. "We don 't know wheth er fa lse alarms ..:on
tributed to the deaths at Seton Hall . h ut we do know that settmg off
a false alarm--or ign o rin g an alarm-must he dealt with m th t· -.t ron
gest possible way."
King no ted that whil e most Sl 1NY dornutone!l have !&gt;Oillt' fo rm
of spri.ttkler system , sprink.leT5 arc only pa rt o(.the fi re-safety e4ua
uo n fo r reside nce hal ls. Man)' fire -safety procC'dures and re-gulatum'
are already in place in co llege dormitOrieS m New York:
• All New York co llege dorm:&lt;o--of eve rv vmt agc-mu't hJ\t'
sm o ke detect ors in every sleeping room
• Since I984, the New York Stall' ftre code requues all new Jurml&gt; lll
three stories or more be t.-quipped w1th spnnk.lers 111 every room
• State law requires annua l fire saft.•ty mspectiom of all dorm It o
ries. while th e fire code req uin·s all dorm fire safe tv systenb to he
regularl y'festrd .

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in the planning and decision-making process if a university is to successfully incorporate
new teaching and learning tech nologies, education-technology expert Steven Gilbert told hbrarians,
information specialists, computtr
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a presentation at UB Feb. 2.
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Teaching, Learning &amp; Technology
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States and abroad in effectively
managing the complex organizational issues that accompany the information revolution.
Gilbert began his talk-entitled
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in coming decades.
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asked audience members to partici pate in a demonstration of the decision-making process used by the
TLT group to assist client colleges
and universities.
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technologies. From this exercise followed an open discussion of how
technology needs an: assessed at UB
and how the process might be improved. The discussion lasted long
after the formal presentation ended.
Calling the IT revolution ..an irreversible transformation.. of our
social institutions. Gilbert said that
even with all its problems, the process has been accompanied by a new
sense of overwhelming opportunity.
He used 1999 data developed by
Casey Green of the Campus Computing Project to cite a 400 percent
increase in the use ofoourse-relatcd
email since 1995 and a great increase in the use of course Web
pages, computer simulations, email
conferencing, online readings and
other applications by faculty members across the country.
Although the widespread use of
IT foi distance-learning programs
was predicted fiw: years ago. its use
for that purpose is not nearly as
great as expected, he said But about
46 percent of colleges offer at least

one oourse online, while only a very
small percentage of colleges use the
Web for c-commerce or financial
transactions with students.
"With the greatly increased access
to new educational technologies
romes problems!' he said. High CX&gt;Sts.
resistance to

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grating useful new applications into
t.raditional rounes and difficulty recruiting and retaining IT support
staff an: just a few of them, he said
In fact, Gilbert noted that one of
the most distinguishing features of
the increasing popularity of computer technologies is the thiriness of
tech support almost everywhere in
higher education. He pointed out

that the ratio of students to support
staff is I :200 at public and private
research universities, 1:350 at public four-year institutions, ancf rven
higher at community rolleges.
.. University-support services are
falling behind user expectations,
which are rising fas~" Gilbert said
.. Many universities can't afford to
employ even the student technicians they train because the stUdents can rna.ke mo~ money in a
commercial setting.•
The constant upgrades in technology mean that everyone becomes
a novice again every three to 12
months, so thealready-sttained support staff has more teaching to do
than ever before, aa:ording to Gilbert. And while these specialists are
being caJicd upon to teach as wdl as
install, repair and maintain complex
information systems, librarians an:
beoolning the tech-support specialists and administrators are imestigatingandsupportingspecificpedagogieal applications. he said
The extensive application of information technologies has provoked other problems as well. Gilbert pointed to employee roncems
ow:r information overload; &amp;ustration over constant changes in programs, systems and processes; lack
of training; increased workloads,
and users' difficulty in discerning
which new applications will satisfy
their needs.
There is evidence, too,ofincnased
physical and psychological stress, social isolation, less time and opportu·
nity for personal interaction and
complaints of feeling either overconnected or disconnected, he said.
He noted that researchers have.
found that although email and the
Internet provide for more social relationships, they'n: also more shallow.
"Uniw:rsities haw: to deal with all
this and other problems as wdl." he

said. "They'n: under int&lt;me presoun:
to keep up with their axnpetitors,
redua costs and implement instructional technologies that impfove
teaching and karning methods.
"Because there is a lack of condu.;..., mdence that much of this in·
structiooal material is acodemically
effective,'~ academic leaders
don't know who or what tD trust. Institutional paranoia is common.•
As a n:su1t. roOege administrators
might maintain tightrontrol &lt;M:Cthe
planning, distribution and impleme.ntation of new t'Cdlnoi&lt;Jgies,
which he says is usually a mistaJ«.
"Not only does it deprive decision-maken of a pool of croative
and intelligent technologyusen," he
said, "but it also ~ frustra.
tion and resistance to change." This..
he said, often has gummed up the
best-laid administrative plaru.
"The fllculty, for instance, has a
V&lt;Sted interest in what's going on in
the uniw:nity," Gilbert n:minded the
audience. "We've found that they •
bring important, unique and necessary perspectives to the discussions of how to fold new technologies into the teaclting process. For
this reason alan~ it is most unwise
to cut them out...
In his work with hundreds of institutions. Gilbert said he has nearly
always found the need for a forum
whe"' memberS of the university
rommunity can discuss these issues
openly. Using workshops, working
groups, ongoing roUndtaJSic discussions and other structure.d proowes, he said, the nT Group has
taught hundreds of educators to
identify and work With theconcrrns
of their many ronstituencies.
.. This process make.:s it much
easier to develop effrp:iw: strategies
to direct and ~ the impact of
infonnation technOlogy throughout
the institution." Gilbert maintained.

Researchers discuss genetics of mental illness
Report~r Contributor

types is a tricky part of the research

ARLOS N. Pato and
Michele T. Pato, a husband-and-wife team of
psych iatrists at UB,
shared some of the latest developments in their research on .. Breaking the Genetic Code of Mental Jll.
ness" during Tuesday's "UB at Sunrise" lecture.
The Patos, both associate profes·
sors of psychiatry and co-dim:tors of
the UB Laboratory of Psychiatric and
Molt"Cular Genetics, shared high tights of their latest r&lt;Search-a S4.2
million project on bipolar disorder
in the Arores. The study, which seeks
to isolate a gene or genes with a possible link to the disorder, is funded
by the National Institutes of Health.
The Patos also shared some of the
fmdings of their ongoing, $2.6 mil·
tion project on schizophrenia, also
being ronducted in the Awres. which
wasfundedbytheN IH in 1997.
Michele Pato explained that de·
spite many of the mcdicaJ break
throughs in mental illness.. it's still
very much a descriptive science.
"When I talk about something
like schizophrenia, I'm really talking
about a group of schiwphrenias,"
she said."Not everyone has the same
genetic schizoph renia."

conducted by the Patos.
"Even though we haw: desaiptives.
we don't haw: a lot ofbiological markers." she said .
"This ha s presentedachalknge
in doing our
work."
L.ikcschizophrenia-which can
be characterized
CAaOS PATO
· by symp toms
such as disordered thinking,
delusions, hallucinations, para-

risk of disease, but didn't discount
the potential df«t.S that non-genetic
factors play in expression of the illnesses. The couple reported that the
general population has a I percent
incidence of schizophrenia and a .7
percent incidence of bipolar disorder. However, if a parent or sibling
suffersfromschizophreniaorbipolar disorder, the Patos found the risk
forillnessinachildincreasestobetween 10 and 15 ~nt. The risk
factor also increases if both parents
have the illness. the Patos said.
They chose the Azoru as thC" site
fortheir=n:hbecauseoftherelalively homogeneous population located oh the nine-island cluster.

noia or general

which spans 800 miles from the far-

deterioration of
personalit ydifferent types of
bipolar disorder
MIOIII.I PATO
may exist , she
said. Bipolardisorder-&lt;llso referred
to as manic depression-often is

thest points of the islands. Carlos
Pato pointed out that the populalion of the Arores, which numbers
around 250,000, is roughly 80 pacent more homogeneous than a
United-Sietes population sample.
.. (The Azores) did not have any
native population," he said, adding
that the islands were settled in the
1400s in "a programmed way." He
estimated that 2,000 or 3,000 fami tiesservedasthebasefortbeislands'
current population.
For the bipolar study, the Patos are
working with 24 families and are
looking at specific pheno~e

By JENNIF£11 UWANDOWSIU

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educational values they want to sec
preserved or transformed at UB as

Genetically iso lating different

characterized by dramatic m ood

swi ngs. ranging from manic periods
to periods of depression. While bipolar disorder may afford periods of
relatively normal functioning, she
said, schizophrenia is a mo~ detrriorative disease.
The researchers cited a distinct
link ~n heredity and increased

outward appearance of the dis ease-in order to obtain a different
expression of genotypes--how the
disuse is genetically transmitted
from parent to child
"We need to try to subspecify
what we think is an illness," Carlos
Pato said "Rath&lt;r than looking at
20 illnesses that look alike, maybe
we'll only look at thre&lt; or four. Then
we can start teasing apart what's
going on."
While their research for both iJJ.
n~ continues to take shape~ the
couple is optimistic that improved
treatment-perhaps even a CUI't'is in the future.
Carlos Pato likened a potential
t~tm~t to one in place for cystic
fibrosis. With the gene already identified that will improvt the patient's
rondition, one is able to placr that
gene into a vector-nsentiaiJy a
harmlessvirus---that,whminhaled,
"infects" ~individual with the cure.
But there's just one problem.
"(The ) immune system reacts as
if it isarold, and in twow&lt;eks (you )
have a problem again." he said.
This shortroming aside, is something likt this within the =1m of
poss1biliry for mentaJ illness?
The Patos say y&lt;s.
i'ou can resrore normal function ;
it's conceivable," Carlos Pato said.

�februaJY10.111001V11131.1o19

Orientation restructured

Program just before Classes begin to replace summer sessions

the traditional series of summer sessions run by the Division of Student
Alfair1 with one large. broadly managed session held immediately before classes begin also has prompt«!

than at ori~ntation , and cours~
placement wiU be determined based
on student&gt;' SAT scores instead of
required math and writing exams
that formerly were administered at
ori~nta tion befor~ stud~nts regis·
tered at UB. Goodman added that
by eliminatiog lb. UB testing and
allowing student&gt; to register in early
spring. there wiU be time for incoming fr~shmen to tak~ summ~r

significant changes to the traditional

counes if necessary.

freshman registration process.
Beginning in Fall 2000, some
3,000 incoming freshmen and their
parents will rome to campw lO par-

According to Kaars. student&gt; wiU
be contacted by an advisor in May
and will receive personal, on~ ·o n ·
one attention via phon~ and email
in creating their first-semester class
schedules.
She pointed out that the change
in orientation comes at a tim~ when
the traditi!&gt;nal advising procedure at
UB has shifted to one that is much
more decent...Jiud. The College of
Arts and Sciences and Dean Kerry
Grant wiU play an importaot role in
th~ n~ orientation program and
the earUer registration process sincr
the CAS advisement crntcr serves
approximately 30 departments. as
well as student&gt; who are undecided
about a majo r-which last fall was
about one-third of freshmen. Most
schools, including manag~ment ,
engineering. architecture, health related professions. nursing and phar·
macy. wiU provid~ advisement to
students intending to major in those
areas, she said.
" Many incoming freshmen don't
even know what the differ~nt disciplines are," said Goodman, who
cited anthropology as one example.
He added that he hopes many departments will look at the new ori ·
entation program as an opportunity
to creatively "showcase" their field
of study.
Another major change affecti!Jg
all freshmen entering UB this fall is
that nearly all fr~shmen will be
block -registered, Goodman added.

IIJMAaA~S

Rtparttr Anistant EdilOf'

A

major reorganization

of the univenity's fresh -

man-orientation pro-

gram that will replace

ticipate in a single two-and-a-half-

day program that wiU be coordinated
by Nina Kaars. assistant vice provost
for undergraduate education and di-

rector of advisement. In the past,
UB's freshman-&lt;&gt;rientation program

consisted of approximately 10 separate sessions scheduled throughout
the summer. Student lesting and
coune registration had been a ma-

jor component of those sessions.
which no longer wiU be the case.
According to Nicolas Goodman,

vice provost for undergraduate edu cation, there was some "dissatisfaction" with the former approach, particularly with the lack of faculty involvement and academic content.
The new program will involve
planning and participation by Undergraduate Education, Academic
Advisement, deans and facu lt y
membenin each of the schools and

units within Student Affairs and
University Services. A concurrenl
program for parents. coordinated by
Toby Shapiro. parent program director in the Office of Student Ac tivities, will offer parents a choicr of
several workshops covering various
topics.
While many of the program details still are being worked out, incoming freshmen now will pr~reg­
ister from home in late spring, rather

This year. only about half of fresh men hav~ block schedules, wh&amp;eh
means most of their classes are W1th
the same group of students. K.aars
added that block -scheduling fosters
.. learning communities," a national
trend among institutions of higher
education that has been shown to
have "a positive impact on student
mention."
The new orientation program will
allow freshmen the chancr to meet
and interact with the other student&gt;
in their "block" befor&lt;: classes begin,
Kaars noted. adding that each block
wiU be made up of about 24 students.
The program also will include
..commuter-only St:SSions" that will
be held while other student&gt; are
dtecking into the residena halls and
will focus on building successful
st rategies to connect these students--OOth academically and socially-with the university.
About I00 UB student aides wiU
participate in th~ new orientation
program, and Kaars hopes they will
act as .. upperdass mentors" for the
freshmen. In addition, for the first
time at UB, there wiU -be a " fresh man convocatio n" during orientation , bringing together the entire
freshman dass at the same time and
place, she said.
Kaars explained that one important rea.SQn for changing the program was the financial and time
constraints summer travel caused
for o ut -of-town siudents. particu larly studen ts with summer jobs.
"This way they're coming to college
and they're going to stay," she said.
K.aars added that the new program is a "university-wide respon sibility" and an excellent opportu nity for faculty to connect with new
students. She said the program will
be"quite dynamic" and promises to
utilize much creative energy with all
of the people involved. "No one is
excluded from this process." she said.

FSEC discusses women's studies
By MAltA MCGINNIS

Reporter As.sistant Editor

T

HE possibility of creating
a women's studies depart ment within the CoUege
of Arts and Sciences was
the basis of an interim report given
by the Faculty Senate Academic Planning Co mmitte e (APC ) to the
senate's Executive Committee Feb. 2.
Kerry Grant, dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences, had proposed
last November that the program in
women's studi es be transformed
into a_ full -fledged department, asserting that the change " is already a
functional reality arid has been for
some time." The program had been
part of the Department of Ameri can Studies in CAS and when the
depa rtment was dissolved last year,
women's studies .fell under the aus pices of the dean's office.
Claude E. Welch, Jr. , chair of the
APC and SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of
Political Science. reported that after
considering Grant's proposal. the
committee "did not feel at this point
that it should formally recommend
the proposed change in status."
He explained that the co mminee
is "deeply concerned abou t cnsur-

ing a necessary and appropriate aca· .. of what arc the emerging maJOr aca demic basis for success for women's dcmic needs and directions.
studies, as for o ther departments at
"l think it is fair to say that withm
the university," and that committee CAS. that wo men's studies is iden members would like to receive ad - tified as an important area for dr ditional information before they velopment," he added .
make a fmaJ decision.
In other business, reprcsentatJVt.':"
The com mittee's primary co n- from the Faculty-Student Aswoa cem relat es to the small number of tion ( FSA ) updated senato rs on thl·
facultycurrentlyassociatedwiththe progress of the unJversJty '!l non women's studies program, which profit food ·servicecooperation,m includes one full professor, two as- duding recent dining-facility reno~
sist:ant professors and a chair who is vations and new offerings.
tenured in the Law School. He did
Michael Easley. clinical assooatt.·
note that steps are under way to ex- professor of oral biology. com
pand dramatically the number of plained that there 1s no dinmg scr vice available on the South Campu ...
associate or adj unct faculty.
Louis Swartz.. associate professor late in the evening and durmg the
of law, said he was "puttied " about summer.
the recommendation by G rant .
MitchGrcen,cxccul!vcdm."CIOrof
since "on one hand we have been
FSA. explained that the facili ties m
told by former Provost Headrick Harnman Hall don't makt: enough
and ( President Greiner) that we money as it is when they arc: opt.•n.
need to reduce the number of dis· and that it wou ld he unwt.se finan tinct programs. units and essentially cial lr to try to k('ep thmt" facibtt C'S
Ph. D. degrees" and said he was con · open d uring the su mml'r.
Cliff Wtlson. as.socm te VKL' pres1
cerncd that "'we are going in the opdent for student aft3J~. SaJd part of
posite direct ion."
the problem IS the pendmg rehabili Welch recognized that while n:
ducing the number of programs tatiOn of Hamman Hall. \o\'llson ~ud
may be a significant universit)' ef- there are plaru for FSA to creatt.' some
kmd of cafe-type set up that could be
fort, the consideration of women·,.
studies " has to be put in the l"On text con lractL-d nullo a food vendor.

\

Rep~

5

I want my Mummy!
Tonight marlu the opening gala of" Egyptian Art in the Age of the
Pyramids" &lt;http://www.rom .on.ca/ egypt/ &gt; m Toronto's Royal
Ontario Museum ( ROM ). Tius major international exhibit, a JOlflt
ventu re among ROM, Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Reunton
des Musees Nationaux. officially will open to the public Sunday.
You and you r fellow art lovers, htstorians and Egyptologists will
marvel at th e sp lendors of the Old Kingdom (2650-2150 BCJ. the
time of th e first pyramids. The approximately 200 objects. borrowed
from 30 museums worldwtdc . were excavated during the b.te-19th
and early-20th centu ries. Thts ts the fi rst major museum presenta tion that&lt;iispla)" the finest works from the period that defined Egyptian art for cent uries to come. Th~ uhibit show cases Items of stone, wood and preciou s
m etals; paintings, rel iefs and statues; stone
edifices, and vi brant decorative arts that
cut across the lifestyles of the royalt y
and the commoner.
The Web site contams hnk.s to
selected pieces that are beautifull y re- produced with short descnptio ns.
Another link e ntitled ''Adult and Famil}
Programs'' mcludes listings of courses and lec tures covering mythology. do mesti c relations and pyra mids . Fam
il y-orientated program s mclude storytelling, pyramid building and
a bustling Egyptian bazaar. For teachers, the ... Before you visit" link
has examples of key pieces and pomts to initiate di scussion dunng
and after the visit.
Reasonably priced and not far from Buffalo. thas .. once 1n a hfe
time " exhibit runs from Sunday through May 22 .
Of course don't forget the local permanent exhibit at the Buffalo
Science Museum entitled "\-Vhem Ankh: The-Cycle of Ltfe in Ancient
Egypt" &lt;http: / / www.sclencebuff.org/ EJ[hlblts _and _EYentJ /
Wekome.htm17art.lde=bms32&gt;. This magnificently produced ex hibit traces the life of the priest Nes-Hor, o ne of the rwo mummies
displayed. Walking through the exhibit transports you back in time to
the Ptolemic period (323-30 BC). You can view more that 200artifaru
while learning about the relig1on. pol itics and life of this glorious era.
If afte r visiting these two exceptio naJ exh ibits you thirst for more,
there are several outstanding Web sites that range from serious scho \·
arly endeavors to ancient Egyptian games. So, kick back and enjoy a
rowdy round of Sene! or Jackals and Hounds. or play the co ntem porary game of Wad jet &lt;http:/ / www. tlmbukll .com /tl mbuld~ /
wMIIet.html &gt; that takes \'O U on you r own desert adventure in search
of pharaoh trcasurt.'s!
For m swance 111 cont1ecrmg fO tlu• World Wide Web vta UB computer
accounts, contact the Com.pu rmg Ce11ter Help Desk at 645 -3542.
-Cindy Selt.J: and Brend• S.ttlaon, UntverJJty LJbrones

DrieD
Tibetan Buddhist scholar,
popular soprano to visit UB
Geshe Gawang Jangchup, an internationall y regarded
Tibetan BudQh1s1 scholar and teacher, wtll be a VISitmg
scho lar at UB through Apnl ).
The Geshc will lecture on Buddhtst splfltuallt)' m As1an
Studies classes .tnd speak at noon Feb. II 10 280 Park Hall
ntl COl..SM.
as part of the "Asm at Noon" brown -bag lunch sencs. Hf'
will attend a rccepllo n 10 his honor at 4 p.m . Feb. 15 10
1.80 Park. hosted by the C o ll ~gc of Arts and SCiences.
Ht· a lso will atl cnd a performann· by th e popular and int erna
uonal award -wmmng Tibetan smger Dadon, who also 1S vistt10g UR
this month . Dadon y...-jJI perform at 8 p.m . Feb. 24 10 the Drama
Theat re Ill the Center for the Arts and wdl present at an "As1a al
Noo n'' scss1on at noon hh. 25 1n 280 Park.
A maJeStiC a nd beauuful young soprano, Dadon once was a star
of th e C hincsc · cuhure mdustnes . Her style combmt:s trad ilt onal 1'1
be tan melodieS wi th lively Astan pop 10 produce a sound that ha !o
!."3U)cd her popularity lO spread beyond htr count rv's borders. Hn
lllU Sh. , backed by S)'ntheS IZCT) and nuleS, often has a foot · Stomptn~
heat and speaks to Tibet 's pl 1ght and the long1ngs o f II) peo ple , rna~
mg hl·r a great annoyanct' tn the Chmese govt.'rnmenl. Oadon shart:")
wuh tht' Gesht' a profound love of &lt;.·ountry. deep devotion to tht·
Dalal Llama and a dt.'dJCaiiOn to the fret'dom ofT1be1.
Tht" film "WindhOr'Se." wh1 ch star) Dadon , will he a1rl'J til i \U
and 9:30p.m. Feb. 25 1n th e Center for tht' Art :!&gt;' Dram a TheatrL'
Highlv pra1sed bv maJor film cnt iCS. the film explort:) the v1olent
ahuse ofTibelan human nght!l hv the co lomal Chmcsc governmen t
Dunng the past 10 yt&gt;ah . the Gesht' has worked hard 10 ra1se lt.' \
els ol monastK and secular edu cation 1n h1) natJve Ladakh reg10n 10
northern lnd1a . Followmg the 1nstrucuon) of tht• Dala1 Lama, whom
ht' met on two occas1om, the (;eshe has focused ht) tL'3l hmg" o n
Buddh1sm's G rad ua ted Path and on Mind Tra1nmg.
~· or more mformatJOn .l."all Henrv Su~sman at M S- bOb&lt;l. ext . IO~h .

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repr&lt;sent&lt;d the United States ao
D Felder, artistic di- major festivals of new music held
rofJWl&lt;in Buffalo. oveneas.
And tha(sjust the beginning.
pioneering festival
for emerging composJune in Buffalo is dedicated to
ers of new music, promises ..a spec- both new composer&gt; and to the extacular festival this year, as
posure of new music
deserves an event that has .-----:--, aroundtheworld.ltsrepucont r ib uted so much to
tation is based on its ability
American music."
to.....,theemergingcom june in Buffalo. presented
poser in ways that other fesannually by the Department
tivals and academic proof Music, will mark its 25•
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anniver=y, and Felder says
Activities specifically designed for
ther&lt; will be plen_ty of wdJ. known candles on the cake
them focus on prethis year. They will pr&lt;sent lectures, sentation of their work and
master classes and what Felder calls include intensive interaction
"an expanded series of concerts star· with a distinguished group
ring work by many of the most of senior composers, exprominent and respected compos- traordinary musicians and Q.AD
ers active today...
performan"'ensembles,and
The 2000 June in Buffalo compo- professional representatives of persition faculty will include Philip formance-rights organizations,
Glass, Lukas Foss, Donald Erb, Ber- publishers and music critics.
nard Rands, Roger Reynolds ,
Many composers of new music,
Charles Wuorinen, George Crumb, particularly those new to the field,
Augusta Read Thomas, Steve Reich, seldom ha~e the opportunity to acRoger Reynolds, Harvey Sollberger, tually hear their work performed
Nils Vigeland and Joji Yuasa.
The thorough preparation and reThere also will be a concen fea - hearsal of participants' work-folturing important work by Felder, an lowed by its performance by superb
intemationaiJy regarded composer musicians who specialize in new
and UB professor of music who has music-is a particular boon offered
receivrd a number of distinguished by June in Bufl3lo to its participants.
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Each of the I 5 emerging composer&gt; selected to take part in the festival this year will ~one of her/his
solo pieces performed in aftemoqn
workshop presentations and will
reaM: a master tape for study and
demonstr"tion purposes. Performances will feature renowned nsi-.
dentensemblesandsoloistswithintemational reputations as interpret·
m of contemporary music.
The festival has earned a notable
reputation among composer&gt; and
performm alik&lt;, not only
for its distinguished composition faculty, but for the
outstanding professional
musicianshipofiu nsideot
ensembles and individual
performer&gt;.
11tis year, the rcsident performance
ensembles will in-

Ensemble,

Levine.
Composer/performer Stev..Rt:icb
of the Amherst Saxophone Quartet
once again will perform his popu-·
1ar "Oapping Music," wloose matljematical structure gener3ny is discussed wid) the audience before the
quartet's performance.
The festival also will present "The
Fddman Soloists" in a per-

formance of his work
Crippled Symmetry. This
c:ona:rtwillbereprisedJWl&lt;

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formance of his eonc.rt.&gt; fur Srl:a&gt;plumes and a screening of his film
" Koyaanasquaui," considered to be
one of the finest marriages of late,.
20thcmturymusicand6lmaticart.
On.June 5, a concat of work by
Feldman, Foss and Felder will be
presented by the June in Buffalo
Orchestn, preceded by a talk by
Felder, Foss, Jlln Wolliams and jesse

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Chamher Orchestra, Cassatt
String Quartet, Amherst ross
Saxophone Quartet. Bugallo/Wtlliams Piano Du o and Blum/
Vigeland/Williams Trio.
Amongtheooncerthighligbuwill
be "An Evening with Philip Glass"
on June 8, including performances
of Gliusworks, Floe and Island, fol lowed by a lectur&lt; by Glass, a per·

16 in New York City in the
Goethe lnstitut-German
Cultural Cent&lt;r.
Other notable concerts
will include works by John
Cage, Vigeland and Gyorgy Ligcti;

"Thelllm:Basses"-featuringthree

double-bassists in a performance of
works by Rands, Erb, Wuorinen,
lannis Xenakis, Brian Femeybough
and Jakob [!ru~ and a performance by the New York New Music
Ensemble and friends.

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Council
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than 200 leaders in Western New
York and Southern Ontario, " has
evolved into a major in itiative and
point of visibility for the university;'
Sheffer told council member&gt;. Altho ugh SOR is only one of more
than a dozen projects of the institute, " it is by fa r number o ne in
te rm s of time, e ne rgy and
resources... we view it as pretty central to the institute's mission because
we view it as pretty centraJ to the
vitality of the region."
All of the irutirute's work, Sheffer
noted, is geared toward "cross-border, cross-sector collaboration, try ing to encourage those and support
those t hroug hout the Buffa lo Niagara region."
Th e mo tivation for th e SOR
project, he said , is the "constant
theme" institute members found
running throughout meetings. con-

fermccsand\Wlrkshopsheldin Westem New York during the past few

of the region, he said Th....ror., the
lhemeoftheSOR reponis. )oucannot manage what

you can' t mea sure.
...We need to
do a lot better
job of measuring
in this region if
we expect to

make progress:
measuring
where we a re,
mea s uring
where we want
to go, measuring
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ how w.'re going
to get there."
site for
student housing that would
Sheffer and
create a .. corridor between two slgntfkAnt portions of- campus."
Foste r
told
council mem y&lt;ars. "And that is.thingsaresofuzz)l' hers the repon presenu 98 baseline
when it comes to measuring the state measures. or indicators, in 11 kqr

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subject areas: economy, education,
environment, equity, government,
health, human services, planning
and land use, pubtic safety, regional
assets and technology and infonnation. Each indicator also proposes
goals and action steps for improving regional performance.
"We do believe that if we are able
to pursue the action steps in tl;Us repon and achieve the goals attached
to these 98 indicators, that we \Wluld
~a fundamentally improved r&lt;·
gion, a genuinely comprtitive region," Sheffer sao'Cl.
He noted t hat the i nst it ute'
hosted a full-day confer&lt;ace Feb. 3
to begin to chart a course for the
SOR follow-up effo rts, and will
continue to monitor performance,
particularly for the 35-40 indicators for which new data is expected
this year.

�february 10.211111M31. h. 19 Rep

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OWiuaries
Memorial service·set for former UB dental professor
A memorial service will be held at
2 p.m. Sunday in
the Emeritus Center in Goodyear
Hall on the South
Campus for Elliot
N. Gale, professor
emeritus of behavioral science in the School of
Dental Medicine.
Gale, 61, died unexpectedly )an .
14 in .his North Buffalo home. He
was in the process of retiring to a
home in New Mexico.
Gale joined the dental-school faculty as an assistant professor of behavioral science and psychology in
1966, serving as a faculty member
in the school for more than 30 years.

His a,..,. of expertise was chronic
jaw muscle pain, and he was an internationally known pioneer in the use
of biofeedback to treat the disorder.
He recently had completed a
study involving the use of positron
emission tomography(PET scan) to
identify areas of the brain that an:
activated hy jaw muscle pain.
For more than two decades, Gale
collaborated with colleagues at the
University of Goleborg. Sweden, on
jaw muscle pain research. He also
se rved as a consultant to the
university's dental and psychology
faculty.
In 1982, the university awarded
him an honorary doctor of odontology degree.
He had been a visiting professor

at Gifu CoUege of Dentistry tn japan and a consultant with thc U.S.
Peace Corps.
Gale was a manl&gt;a of numerous
professional organizations, including
Sigma Xi, the New York Academy of
Sciences, the Neuroscience Group of
the lnternationaJ Association for
Dental Research and the American
Psychological Association.
A native of Kansas City, Mo., Gale
received bachelor's and doctoral degrees in psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. He completed postdoctoral work at Wayne
State University in Detroit.
He authored or co-authored nu merow articles in scholarly publi cations and lectured extensively

both here and abroad.

UB urged to support reduced energy consumption

~oot~all
U8 has.....,..- lu 2000 bo&lt;b&gt;ll
sd&gt;eO.R. wtuch ... - -

stni#K- """"' Bi&amp; East
opponenu to open the season and
""""-' toUgh MMI-Amerian
Conle.-ence~·
&lt;np 10 nationally ranloed Manhal.
The Bulls will begin d&gt;ei• second
season c:l Ofmion-l-A foocbal wKh

u;p. to Bi&amp; East ~ Syncuse •
(Sept. 2) and Ruqo.-s (Sept. 9) bob.
l&gt;os1in&amp; Connecticut .. the home
opener on Sep&lt;. I 6d\ .. UB SadUn.
Bufblo mo wWt host MAC
memben Bowlrc G....., (Sept. 23).
Ball Sate (Oct. 21 for HomeconW&gt;g).
Kent (No&lt;. 4) and Miami of Otuo
(Nov. 18) ~the 2000 season.
Road pmes in the MAC poroon of
the schedule will InClude trips tD
ManNI) (Sept. 30). Otuo (Oct. 7).
No&lt;1hem 1 - (Oct. 2B) and
Akn:&gt;n (No&lt; I I )
The Bulls once a.pln will reside
1n the East OIVWOO of the MAC and
will pby dMskx\al gvnes against
8owf1ng Green. Kent. MWni.Akron.
Marshall a.nd Ohio. US's only
c.rossover- gvnes will be a.p1nst &amp;II
Sta.te and North@m lflmois

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a
Illinois

SQte ..-.d member of the

indoor track and field team,
set 1
UB record in the
20-~nd weight throw
(58 6.5 ') at the· Eastern
Michigan Invitational last
weekend . Her NCAA
provisional q4alifying
throw also qualified her for
the ECAC's and MAC
Championships.

To the Editor:

In 1998, New York began the deregulation of the power-utility systems. Deregulation is expected to
red uce power costs by 5-10 perant
as an open market develops over the
next five years.
Uncertainty in the new markrt
and the lack of competition by new
suppliers has led to occasional price
spikes. Shon-term price spikes lasting from a few hours to two or mort
days occurred last summer when the
demand for power was high.
When this occurred, the price for
power increased by as much as 10
times the normal rate. At the level

the university uses power. this drives
costs up by thousands of doUim
each hour. Fortunately we receive
day-ahead pricing so measures can
be taken to limit our consumption.
A plan to manage power-price
increases is being prepared by University Facilities to improve our ability to reduce afternoon consumption this summer. Buildings will be
cooled prior to oCcupancy when
JX&gt;wer costs are lower, reducing ow
need to cool in the late afternoon,
when power prices are peaking.
Other long-range options include
cooling-policy changes. fixed -price

supply contracts, on-site power gc:neration, gas-fired cooling systems
and geo-thermal resources.

A5a membcrofthecampw community, we need your year-ro und

support in reducing energy consumption. During weather ex ·
tremes, please dress appropriately;

turn off lights, office equipment and
coffeepots whenever possible, and
report energy waste.
Th~ simple measures will yield
environlllcntal and significant costs
saving benefits to the university

-fohn Russo,

Assistant Dirtetor,

Ultfity OperoliOm

Calendar
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9 . }ohn Roed6, Univ. of British
Columbia. 211 Baird Hill. 4 p.m . FrM.
Sp&lt;&gt;(lsor&lt;d by Dept. of Music. For rno«
information, 64$..2921 .

Dance Pwtorm.nce

~a-=~nd~.~=ior~~
Drama Thea~ . 8 p .m . S10 general

rn;~~1:r~~n"K&gt;re

Exhibits

·- ·

Artist Tony Mate41i has taken a uniqu~
stanc~ in the exploration of nature
versus cukurt by ~ating familiar
~s-the rtbellious sort that •sprout
lik~ ~nt ang~r

on

~~,~~of
an

~xhibit

that

captures how theseoften unwanted
plants rtf1ect. the
social quest for beauty
and control.

US fell 9l-61 to MarsNJI Feb 3 1n M1d· Amenan Confer-enc.e a.coon a.t
Huntingron. West Vlrgm~a.Ma.rsha.ll's Tama.r Stay. the le:admg scon!:r m the MAC, netted 28 on I0-of. 18
shooting and grabbed s~ rebounds to p.ace dle Thund~ring Herd to the wm
Mv"shall shot 57.6 pen::em {38-of-66) from the RootThe Bulls (S·I6,l·9 MAq ~led byAiexeiVasi~ who scon!:d II
points.Vasileev also led the teVIl with fn.e amstS and WU made three of hiS
four attempts from behind the th~t an:.
The Bulls continued their ~ on the roa.d Sa.rurda.y, losing at To+edo
93-65 In their thlrd·svai&amp;ht road pme.The Bulls an!: 1-11 on 0\e roa.d thtS
season a.nd 0-8 ln MAC pby on 0\e f"t»&gt;d.
It was an eYm pme early on, tied at 6-6 liw: mnutes !(Ito dle game. befon!:
the Rockets expbded wtth a. big n.n.Toledo W8lt on :11 20-J n.n ewer the next
f i v e - 10 qulddy burt the Bulls and lea~ by 17 po;nts.26-9.wnh 10,+4 10
pby in the ha.tf.Three free thi"'W5 by Dam~ Foster 'NOUk1 OJt the lea.d to 12
points.. 33· 21 . wtth 7:21 to pby. but UB ¥I'OUid get no doser the rest of dle ga.me

WOMEN

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MEH
Toledo 93 , UB 65
Marshall 93 , U8 6 1

Wed. through Fri. from 10 a.m . to 8
p.m . and Sat. from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m .

-n. Cladu.tte Show: Ant· Ye•r

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Student WOfk will be on diSJHay through

~t~e,:;: ~~ea'r~~:=re
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(Sl-2)-0Msoo of AthiotK:s, P&lt;&gt;stiD9 ••.
0010. T1cket Ope&lt;oti&lt;H&gt;s l\.1onoge&lt; (Sl·
2)-DMslon of Athletks, Posti09 ••·
0011 . Physlal Sp«e Admlnirtntor
(Sl·l}-UnNersity fadlit~. Posting JP0012.
Research
Research Technkian II·Research
Institute on Addictions, Posting ii'R10002. Profe&lt;t Coordin.ator-

Jobs
l'rc&gt;fa.slon.l
Auistant to the Associate Dean for
Acodemk Alftoln ( Sl-4)-School of

Sodai\M&gt;rlo. Po5tiQ9 IP-0001 .
In~ Su~

Assocloto (Sl-2)-

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Division of Ath~tics. Posting MP-0005

LAN Systems NT/ Novell Engineer (Sl4)--Computi~nd Information
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Assistant Dir-ector for Openr.tions and
Resources ( SL.....)--Irutitute for L.oc.al
GoYemance and Regional Growth,
Posting IP-0009. Tk.ket Sates Associate

, Posting •P-0007.
sblnt to the Chair (Sl 3)-0epartment of
Rehabilitation
Medicine.
Porung

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=~~r~~~h~~~~~~RCenter for Preventive Medicine,
Department of Sodal and Prewntf'lll'
Medidne, PostJng IR·10015. Research
An.lllyst.lJniversity~t.
Posting IR·20016. C~l Specialist

1-

Granu and Contracts, Porting •R20017 . Research Technkian 11- ·
Department of Medicin~/lnfect iOU)
Disease!., Posting #R-20018

Foa.tty
Cllnkal lnstructor/ Assistant/ Assoclate

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UB 66, Ball 513te 50
UB 71, Ohio 70
UB used :11 great ~sive effort and put four pbyen in double figures to score
a. crud:al. 66-50. MAC road win :111 B.a.ll Sta.te Feb. 3.
The Bulls ( 16--S, 6-4) used :11 16-0 first ..half run to pull away from a str&lt;&gt;Og
&amp;II Sate team that n.n!:ty ~ a.t home. It wu Bufblo'1 third stn.lght road
MAC wm and came on the heels of a disappomtinz S9-49 kw. to Ml2m1 of Otuo
a.t home Jan. 29.
Senior SonQ Ortega hrt :11 driving layup wtt:h .08 tenths of :11 1econd left 1n
regubtion as UB defeated Ohio University. 71 . 70, in Athens.
Ortega.l dra.INtic pme--winne:r p-te UB its fourth 5tnlght MAC road wtn
a.nd ~the Bulls to 17-5 overall a.nd 7--4 m the conference It's UB's best
Division I mark sine~ the te:~m wu 18-4 dunng the 1996.97 season. The byup
capped :11 pme that DW the lea.d dwlge hands four omes In the fina.t minute

~wimmin~
MEH
Eastern Mich igan 167. UB 76
Mivni 157, UB 86
The Bulls lost their perfect MAC record a.nd fell to 7.3 oven.ll and S-2 In the
MAC in their final home meet of the sea.son The Bulls lost to Mwn1. 157-86,
and Wtem Mlch1pn. 167-76ln the double dual meeL Ea.stem Mtch1gan edged
out MWni 130.113
Dan Hickey wu the lone W\Ofler for Co.lch Budd Termm's tea.m as he
apw.-ed top honon on""' 200 r...styt. (1.&lt;096) Hoci&lt;oy.along woth &lt;&gt;the•
seniors Kevin Kelty, jose Monoon. John Nilles MlCl ~ Sofer were recognaed for
thetr contribuoons to the UB SWiflVT'oiJl&amp; a.nd drvtng progn.m dunng the meeL

~~~~1~~~

Assi.sUnt/Assodate Professor; Chief of
Dennatology, VA Hospital-Department
of Oermatok&gt;gy, Posting llf.-.000..4
Assistant/Associate ProfesSOt' (three
poslt tons availabie)·Department ol

WOMEN

Center fOf' the Aru,

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Eastern Mich igan 191, UB I OS
Miam i 205, UB 92
UB lost to cwo MAC opponenu •n front of ~ home crowd 1n Alumn•Arena

.,ABANDON .. is on

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t~~~rymaln
UB Art Gallery in the

1

Non.h Campus. Cattery
houn art~ - through
Sat. from 10:30 a.m . to
8 p.m . and Sun. from
noon to 5 p.m .

"lJU Wide Open:
Attlsts' Perception

of ConftktH

Exercise and Nutntton

~~~~~spta~=·
Feb. 17 in the Art
Department Gallery, S45
C~nter
the Arts, North
Campus. Gallery hours are
Tues. from 10 a .m. to 5 p.m.,

for

Posttng

Assodate Prof~_ssor·Departmen t ot
Physical Therapy, E.xercise and
Nutrition Sc~ences. Posting •F -0009

~~.~.tv~~~

This juried show
1ncludes work in all
media by UB artists, .s well
as others from around the

Sc~ene~.

IF-0007. Assistant/Associate
Profes.sor-~rtment of PhysiUI
Thef'apy, Exerctse and NutntJOn
Sdeocl'!$, Post1ng IF..()()()8 Assbtant/

=

Electridan (SG· 12)· University faohtle~.
lme 131298.
obtain~ mformo11011 oo pbs lmed
o~. conroa Penon~ SeMces ' faJt

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obtain ~nlonnotion oo Reseorrh JObJ.
concoct SponJOf«! Programs Pfflon~l.
416 Crofts.

Natonum on Suunhy and moved to 5·6 over.all a.nd l -5 •n the MAC for the
season. M.am1 (OH) defeated the Bulls. 20S· 92, Eastern M ~eh1g;m beat UB 192
lOS, and Eastern M1ch1pn be.n M1vr11, 17~121
Once :11g.11n sen10r Inger Rooneem led Coach ~~ R3ynold ·~ tea.m -.th
CWO first pbce fimshes (SO fn!eStyie . 23 .8S a.nd the 100 freestyle . S2 12) Other
winnen for the Bulls 1ncluded K1m Theetge 1n the I00 brusutroke ! I 06 I 3)
;tnd Dawn H1ckey 1n the I000 f~~ ( I()-18 95 )

Wre~tlin~
UB JS , Bucknell J
UB contmued Its perfecoon 10 Alumn1 Arena on ~turday by ponmg .1
do1mna.tmg JS...3 v1ctory over vmong Sudmell Un.vers1cy
Th~ Bulls dropped jUSt one bout 1n 1mprovmg to 9-3 overall and :11 perfect 6
0 a.t home th1s s~ason

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Cenlor,
Room 1109C. 11-10 a.m. lift.

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andPCCM.

National Medk.al Center. 180
Farbef. Noon. Free.

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11 :30 a.m . S60. For more
infom\ltion. Western New Yoric:

Technologies
lntro to Blackboard's Courw
Info. John P1effer, CIT
ciaSlroom technology
spedaltsl 212 Capen. Noon-1
p.m. Free. For more

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stall. 212 Capen. Nooo-1 p.m.
Free. For rnorr information,
645-7700.

Pages:

An Overview. Don Tra1nor and
Tina Reed, An and
PhotographiC Servkes. 21 2

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Choracterizotlon al OJddotlve

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more tnformaoon, 6-45-7700.

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Brooktyn. 220 Natural Sciences
Complex. 3:45 p.m . Free . For
more information , Jerry
Koudelka. 645 ·3489.

.

Knots, Part 2. William

Menasco, Dept. of
Mathematics. 103 Diefendorf.
4 p .m . free .

The St. O laf Choir. Lutheran
Campu.s Ministries, Center for

~5 ~ 2~aJ~~~3~~m.
infonnation, 645-ARTS.

Zodlaque Dance Company .
DepL of Theatre and Dance,
Center for the Arts Drama

~ri~ ~~~~ ~~e
tnfonnation, 645-ARTS .

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campu~.

or for

lhtingt. for
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off.campus e-..enu where
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no Later tt..n noon on
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Thursd;~y

preceding

publkation. Listings are
only

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of space llm lt•tlons, not illl

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M•terial • nd the Surface
ModfflaltJon. Paul L \lalint.
Bausch and lomb. 216 Natural
Sctence:s Complex. 4 p .m . Free.

-.cloys ot 4 PLUS

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Volentine wtne Tutlng
Porty
UB Women 's Club. Center for

Tomorrow. 7:30p.m . S35 . For
more infonnation, 6-45-3286.

College of Arts ScMnces l.ectun
Rethinking Recognition:

~~"Son~u=lt

Politics. Nancy Fraser.

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Zodloque Donee Company.

Dept. Of Theatre and Dance,

~=:,~~'!'.;"·

p':m. Free. Sponsored by dean,
College of Arts and Sciences.
For more Information, Reine
Hauser, 645-6000, ext. 11«.

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Doy
Wellneu Awonness Day. Triple

Gym, Alumni Arena. 9 a.m.-4
p.m. Fr&lt;e. 5ponso«d by Faculty
and Professional Staff 5enate.

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55. Sporuo&lt;ed by Dept ol
Musk. For more infonnation,

645·2921 .
Dance Pertonn.nce

For ~ information, Anna
Maria Kedzienl&lt;i, 645-2003.

Zodloque Donee Company.
Dept. Of Theatre and Dance,
Center for the Arts Drama

ETC T-nology

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Information, 645-ARTS.

with

coun.e Ustservs: Reac:hing
Out to Students. Dan
Weinstein and Andres Zlotsky,
Dept of English. 212 Capen.

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'Nomen's Club. For more
information, 645-3286.

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Center, Gayloni/Cary Meetlng
Room~ RosWetl Park Cancer
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212 Capen. Noon-1 p.m. Fr&lt;e.
For """" information, 6457700.

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Q&amp;A: u mno/ogist Kenton Stewart

PAGE 6

discusses global climate change

UR scientist designs blood test
to measure radiation damage

Serious
Sundae
jeff Pleifer and Melissa Oiaz
help themselves to the 100foot-long ice cream sundae
set up in the Student Union
last week as part of
jumpstart january. The
sundae was served in a foil lined aluminum gutter.

King addresses SUNY Faculty.Senate
At UB meeting, new chancellor sets goal of$1 billion for sponsored research
BY MAltA MCGINNIS

Reporter As5i.stant Editor

I

N an add ress to the SUNY-

wide Faculty Senate meeting
in Buffalo last Friday, Chan·
ceUo r Robert King told sena ·
tors that his major objectives as the

new chief administrative officer of

the university system include a
sponsored-research goal of $1 billion, an en hanced public image
through better marketing and ad·
vertising strategies, and an aggressive effort by the campu~ to anain
alumni involvement and support.
Appointed only six weeks ago,
King set a Faculry Senate record by
devoting the most time ever-more
than an hour and a half-to a single
senate meeting by a chanceUor, ac cording to senate- President Joseph

Flynn.
King. whom Flynn referred to m

hj.s introduction as "uniquely pre ·

n:search funding to such orgam1..a

pared" for his position as chancellor.
is Gov. George Pataki's most recent

lions as the National Sc1ence Foun
dation and the National Institutes
of Health .
"'J1le publiti!&gt;COmmghack ftJ tht·

budget director and also has served
as county executive and as a cnm1
naJ prosecutor in Monroc County.
The neW chancellor told the state
universiry governing body that it hru.
become remarkably clear to the
people or America today that the
"thing most vital tO the fut11rc of thJ~
state and the future or this countrv
is brainpower.
"Despite- our polit1cal ditfcrcncl~.
I think we all share a (ommon ret·
ognition that we are o n the edge ol
this remarkable time to come in th t~
history or mankind with the ad vances in medicine. comp utiilg .
physics, chemistry, biology." 1&gt;a1d
King, noting President C linton\ rt'(
ommendation in last week's .. State
or the Umon" addrt•s., to incrca~c

realization that th&lt;')' need tht• uru vcrsity more than any other time m
the past. . The premium on k.nowl
edge and the acquisition of know!
edge ha3 nevn been h1g.her."
He:.· not ed that employers todav
arc looking ror well - rounded.
broadly educated col!t:ge gradual~.
particularly peoplt''"who knmv ho"'
to learn."
"The challenge for u~. it seem~ ttl
me. i.s to rt-cogmze those rea.litit~ out
m tht· world and usc the ltnll' tholl
we have:.· w1th our siUdenl!&gt; to ~1\'t'
them the skills. tht' knowlcdgl', thl·
prcparatJ&lt;Jn,and not JUSt the low til
leanung. hut the knowledge of hm'
10 learn. rcgardlcs' or what tht'\

learn. We've got to keep the umvt'r
sity vitaJ and forward -thmking and
commit to a common set or goab
and objectives.
"My job is to manage.- this b1g S'''
tern," sa1d King who added that ht&gt;
doesn't "lead by dictatto~."
He exp lained that he want!l to
dcc1de "whe re we want to go and
ho"' we want to get there together'"
and explained that-wlth tht' hdp
of the campust.-s-he will he con
Jucttng ht~ own m1~1nn rcv1ew for
the ent1re sysh:m .
"I thml.. our challt·ngc ~~ to hL·
working toward a goalthatl&gt;&lt;tv~ tht•
mung rlCoplc WC ed.UCJte Can tuJh
partll"'ipate m th1!1 nt"w. knowlt-dF-t'
dt&gt;m.Jndmg world. !( we do 11 nght
.md we tdl o ur story,llhml.. thl~ fu
tuft' for thl~ UlliVCTSit\' I~ &lt;b hnght
.t.\ It h&lt;b t'WT hcen ."

CCR doubles supercomputer capacity
By E.LUN GOLDBAUM
News Services Editor

its cdgc as a leading academh.
supercomputing si te 111 the UnnOO

N extremely enthusiastic response by fuculty to
the year-old, high-performancc computing
facilities in the Center for Compu ·

States," he s:ud. '"Only a handful of

A

tationa l Research (CCR) ha s
prompted the cen ter to double the
capacity or its most powerful ma c hine, a 64-processor SGJ Origin2000 supercomputer. By acquiring 64 additionaJ processors and J
high -speed interconnect, the- CCR
now has a 128 - processo r OTI
gin2000 supercomputer.
The new supercomputer is one or
the most powerfuJ computers in the
world. Fewer than 10 universities in
the U.S. have an individuaJ machine
as powerful as th is one, according
to Russ MiUcr, CC R director and
professor or computer science- and
e ngineering.
"lrus acquisition helps UB reta111

universities in the counlr)' can pro
vide the high -pcrfonnance comput ing and high-end visualization capa ·
bilities that nowareav-.tilable in CCR."
Coupled with existing CCR ractl! tics, the complete St ;1 acqutsition
takes CCR's comput ational ~..apal
ity up to approx 1matcl v ISO
(;igaflopJ,. 111 150opt.•ratJons per set
ond, givmg the cen ter the Gtpabilit v
of perfOflll11lga MglllfiGlnl SC!ellt1fjl
calculatiOn 111 ont~ week that wuuld
take several ycaf!'l on a h1gh-end per·
so nal co mputl'r. .t~ ~ un11ng a Pt

could

~urv1ve

ami run unmt t'r
rupt ed ror that length t)f tllllC.

"This 1sa wonderfuJ mitJatJveth.tt
builds on the work we've been doing with SGI in the past and that will
greatJy contribute to the high-per
rormance computing capability or
the university," said Voldemar Inn us.

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Ulfs chu~r 1nlormatJon offi~..:er.
Accordmg. to lnnu ~. tht· gift prn
v1ded hySl;l wru. matcht-d v..1th :.tall:'
funding prov1ded through the State
Universuy of Nt·w York Cap1 tJI
Mat~h l'rugr.tm . unda wh1(h do
nat10n!&gt; from pn\' JIC M&gt;llfll~ n."\.l'IH'

matchmg grant~ from tht· ~t.tlt.' on .:1
60-40 bas!!&gt;.
"SC I is proud ol thl' pJnnl'r,lup
that we have forged Wlth the C&lt; "R .11
UB," sa1d Cnrndiu~ Economou. d1~
man;tgcr, State of New Ynrl... S&lt; ; I
" \ ·Vc couldn't he happ1cr With lht• wa'
lhat Russ Miller .md has lt'ru11 h.tw
deployed our ~.."iJ'il''puttng S \'~lt'lll!&gt;
and arc us mg lhem to MJIVt' !'tll1ll' nl
the: world's most complex problem..."
'lhl' llt1."CC ror additional proc~'l(lf'o
bt.xame evident soon after the (en ter
opened last January. said Miller. not
ing that all of the center's thrre nM
JOT supercomputers--the 42 -proces
t net

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Jtmg 110\'lf dt m.t.xunum capaal\
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faculty member since 1966. His research in limnology has involved
lab and field investigation oflakes in the U.S.-induding Lake Erieas well as Europe and the Canadian High Arctic.
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aquatic biologists generally hav. long
been interested in the composition,
abundance and seasonal activities of
aquatic organisms. Of course. there
is always an interplay of biotic (e.g.,
predator-prey) and abioti c (e.g.,
chemical and physical) inlluences on
those organisms. However, because
ttmperature alone can be a big in·
fluence on the biotic structure of
Pakes, know?edge of its variability
within lakes is important Periods of
stratification and mi&gt;ing in lakes are
determined by the presentt or al&gt;srnce of top-to-bottom differences
in d&lt;nSity and, for the vast majority
of lakes, the water temperature is the
main determinant of those differen=. Lak&lt;s thatckvdopan ittCXJV&lt;r
in winter can~ as proxy indica·
tors of global climate change. The
reasoning for this is that if the global temperature increases (as predicted), the thickness and duration
of itt cover should decrease.

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an ice age (Read the delightfu! short
poem by poet Robert Frost entitled
"Fire and Ice"). Ktep in mind that
there are many spatial scaler-from
a few to millions of yran-by which
to judge climatic change. Anyway,
based on the few Ponger recor$P00-150 years-I have se&lt;n for lakes
here and abroad, the average breakup of Pake ice in the spring is now
occurring ear!i&lt;r. To oondude that
Buffillo is becoming the "Miami of
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bPow westerly. However, during FJ
Niilo years (highly variabPe, but
rough?y ev.ry 3-7 years. for reasons
not dearly understood) the winds
oscillate backwards and blow easter!y. Wat&lt;r much warmer than usual
piles up in the eastern Pacific closer
to Centra! and South America. This
.-..versa! is called the FJ Niilo Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and it may
exr~t a global infl uence on
interann ual climatic variability.
Some ENSO'• are considerabPy

stronger than others. For example, as a graduate student and took
the winters of P982-83 and 1997-98 hundredsoftop-to-bottomtherwere particulMPy mild-J-dlecting · mal profiles of 1aJc.s in winter
strong E! Niilo years-and many through ho?is.in the ice. I befrozen lakes in North America had a cameparticularly intrigued with
reduced ice cov.r during those win- 'the rapid onset and loss of therters. Lake LaSal?e on the U8 Cam- mal and chemical stratification
pus also had Pess ice those winters. during periods of freeze-up and
La Nilla yean represent the more break-up.! wondered how those
normal or"oold" phase. but there is quick changes might affect the
oonsiderably more variability in the v.rtical distribution of fish and
jet stream and temperature/p=ipi- planlcton. P also thought that
tation patterns during such years.
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part of the winter hav. be&lt;n rdativdy mild; we are supposedly in a
La N"llla p?iase now. It is impor12nt
to remember that weath&lt;r is high?y
variable. We don't hav. to have an
equivalent of the Bli22ard of pm to.
be in a La N"tila ooo!er winter. Pcan't
predict whether this next year will
be a repeat of last year. Pcan tdl you
from my measurements that during
the last week of january in 1996,
1997, 1998, P999 and 2000, the ice
thickness on Lake LaSalle was approximately P8, 20, PI, 28 and 15
centimet=, respectivdy. Based on
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didn't like. Each Pake is unique,
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weather besides that ofFJ N"dlo?
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among biologists. the.North AtPantie Oscillation (NAO) is a
phenomenon in the Atlantic
Ooean wbooe tdeamnecting influence on the biota and 1aJc.s in
our Northeast is probabPy
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By
UWANDOWSIU
Reporttr Contributor

pertise." Kost added that the two
pr&lt;sented the village at a recent tech--

borhood parks, homes tnhabited bv
r&lt;Sidents and schools and churches.

TUDENTS in the Graduate
School of Social Work will
be hitting the streets of~­
era! urban neighborhoods
this semester as they take a dose look
at issues faced by Buffalo communities. And they'll only have to look
as far as their PCs to do it.
That's because st udents will be

nology conference.

.. What we know about these
neighborhoods is that there are repeated crises," she says. "There i.s no
issue that (students) should not be
concerned about."
Students, in groups of three or
four people, form an imaginary
community-based agency. Each student is assigned two problems to

S

pounding virtual pavement, not the

real thing.
The Virtual Village, as it's called,
is the brainchild of Kathleen A. Kost,

The aim of the village, Kost says,
is to enable students ..to learn how
to develop political sensitivity to as-

sist communities" once they're in
the field. As part of their preparation , students complet e a mock
needs-assessment of a particular
community listed on the site. The

,-----:-==------, solve individually. Group

members also are given one
problem that they are ex pected to solvt as a collective.
The site is set up so students

chair of community concentration

in the School of Social Work. She developed th e idea while participating

can log on and randomly are

in a Walkway Node Recruitment

The fact that students are as-

Committee co mposed of facu lty

signed, rather than choose,
certain issues or problems is

assigned their .. problems."

and staff members of the Graduate

School of Education, the School of
Law, the School of Social Work and
the School of information Studies.

According to Kost, the notion of
a Virtual Village as part of the

school's Integrative Seminar in
Community course-the follow-up
course to Advanced Policy Development and Analysis, and typically a
student's finaJ class in the master's
degree program-seemed to add a
fresh dimension.
The course. Kost says, aims to in tegrate the students' research skills
learned in the previous semester
with an understanding of policies
and programs. Prior to the village's
inception, the course centered on
classroom discussion about field
placements and other courses.
"I was prompted by my own frus-

L--,---------~=--_J indicative of the real world.
Kost says.
Virtual Village houses several Buf"An agency doesn't get to selccfalo neighborhoods-Hertel and tively choose an issue in isolation,"
Riverside, Bailey and K&lt;nsington, she says, while some problemsMassachu setts near the Butler-

Mitchell Boys Club, Normal Avenue
near School No. 77, Genesee and
Broadway, and Broadway and
Stanislaus--to which students randomJy are assigned to conduct their
mock needs-assessment.
The site, which can be accessed at

&lt;http:/ / www.soclalwork.b uffalo . edu / f as/ k o s t I

• lrtuaiYIIIage/&gt;, allows users to
click on neighborhood links to view
actual images of the neighborhoods,
as well as to log on for assignments.
The pho tographs-taken by
Sturman-show not just what is

tration with the dryness of the

wrong with the neighborhood, but

course," says Kost, who created the
community concentration in the fall
of 1995. "I felt the integrative semi-

what is positive about the area as

nar could ~ much more dynamic."

Kost wasted no time in setting her
idea in motion. Inspired in November 1998, the site was up and run-

ning by january 1999. Steve
Sturman, who works in the Walkway Technology Node, became her
right-hand man for the project.
.. He (Sturman) was absolutely

instrumental in this-(he was) able
to devote the time and use his ex·

well, Kost says.
"I wanted them to see what it's like
for people who live there," she says,
adding that photos were taken of the
environment because she did not
want her students to a.ssdtiate cer-

tain groups of people with particular neighborhoods.
The photos capture trash on the
street, boarded up businesses, graffiti,
potholes and homes bearing criminal-negligence notices, such as "Gas
off."The photos-also take in the neigh-

such as the roof of a church coUapsing under the weight of snow, an ex.
ample used on the site--arise spontaneously. Students are expected to
develop a realistic intervention, ..one

that has to be pOlitically and economically feasible," she says.
The assignmen~ Kost says, encouragesstudents to create task forces and
resident focus groups. as well as to
create a mock survey for residents.
while never putting students in direct contad with the residents.
l"hat is where they must start,"
Kost •ays. "Wha t we see as pro blems ... as outsiders ... is not often
what the residents want addressed.
We can't advocate for wh at the
people don't want us to."

Kost says the reason behind keeping students out of the "real .. neighborhoods is that effecting change
takes time.
.. C hange takes years," she says.
"(There is) constant commitment
and development to that change.
The condition took so long to get
there to begin with, and reversing
deterioration takes Lime.
" ) don't want (students ) to have
any misconceptions," she says.

Time-medicine link examined
By LOIS IIAXER
News Services Editor

T

HE relationship berween
time and medicine is not
a frequent subject of dis cuss ion, unless it is to
question why one must book an ap·
pointment with a physician months
in advan&lt;:e, or spend ho urs halfdressed in an exam room waiting for
·a 15-minute visit.
But the f2 essays in the special
millennium issue of Annals of Inter·

nal Medicine edited by Richard Lee,
UB professor of medicine, reflectin phil~phical, historical, cultu ral
and sometimes personal terms--on
the ways time shapes the theory and
practice of medicine. AU of the essays were written by physicians.
The idea for the issue, which was
published Jan . 4, arose out of lec tures Lee presentt-d in a course on
world c ulture taught by He nr r
Sussman, professor of comparative
literature. Lee turned o ne of the lectures into an essay titled " Doctoring to the Music of Time."

The essay centers on two different
ways of marking time: circular as ex:perienced in traditional societies,
where time's passage is measured by

the cycles of the seasons
and celestial movements,
and linear, based on the
co ncept o f progress and

characterized by marching
ever onward, perhaps to-

ward the "end" of time.
lee discusses how patients' beliefs about the na·
tureoftimein.Ouences their
notions ofheaJth and medi cine,and notes the importance of the patient's and
healer's notions of time being
in S)11chrony.
The editor of Annals of Internal
Medicine decided to make the piece
the lead essay in a full issue devoted
to time that would be published at
the turn of the millennium.
The essays touch on the soc ial
meaning of time, technologies of
time, personal time from the per·
spective of physician and patient, and

medicine in past, present and future
time. They examine such issues as a
patient's experience of time during
illness, differing interpretations of the
relatio nships between age
and Lime. the disappearance
of tim e in the teaching of
medicine and how a diagnosis of serious illness seems to
bring time to a standstill.
..1 think the issue IS a good
o ne, particularly for general
readers who are interested m
medicine," Lee said. " II pr('·
sents new and s~"&gt;Cial ways ot
th inking about medicint•
and how medicine is taughl'
In addition to the lead t.~ say, Lee co ntrihutt·d .1n llltervH.'\"'
with 91 -yea.r-old Paul Bruce Beeson,
one of Lee's former h:achen.. whoreooun~ a physician's experience. from
early 1n the 20th cen turv until tht·
present Beeson is retired profesM.&gt;r
and chair of the departml'nts of
Medicine at Emory and Yale univer
sities, and retired Nufficld Professor
of Medicine at Oxford Universit)'.

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BrieD
Moog, Inc. gives $125,000
for engineering fellowship
Moog, Inc ., a worldwide manufacturer of precision controls for
aerospace, defense and industrial applications, has given 125,000
to UB for a graduate fellowship 10 the School of Engineebng and

J

Applied Sciences (SEAS).
The Moog Fellowship will prov1de SS.OOO a year as an addJtionaJ
stipend for a graduate student who is a teaching or research assistant
m systems engineering, electncal engirleering or engineenng des1gn .
Richard A. Aubrecht, vice chairman of the board ~nd vice presi dent of planning and technology at Moog, sa1d the company IS do
nating to the- unive rsit y for seve ral reasons .
"UB provid es a good source of ed ucated engineers and potentml
employees. The unive-rsi ty's. eng10eering students and professo rs arc
resea rching a variety of top1cs. many of wh1ch are Important tofu
ture products and development at Moog .~
'"Fi nally," Aubrecht sa1d. "Moog IS headquartered herem Western
New York and we recogn ize th e importance of suppo rtin g 1nstltUt10m
like UB that are a critical part of the commumty and the culture." He
noted that mort&gt; than 60 UB engmeenng alumm work at Moog.
"For yea rs we have enjoyed a good working partnership with Moog
and th is is the next step 10 our relat1onsh1p w1th a company that we
consider to be a community and engineering leader," said Mark H
Karwan, dean of the School of Engmeermg and Applied Science~ .
" In addition to supportmg a fellowship. Moog executives like CEO
Bob Brady understand the va lue of partnerships. participatmg m
activities like lndustry/UniverSII}' Day. as well as cha1ring the Buffalo Niagara Partnership."
Karwan said that over the past 20 yea r~. UB faculty members have
collaborated on research projects w11h Moog engineers, and ha ve
taught classes and seminars on -site fo r th e co mpany.
.. Moog executives like Dick Aubrecht have reciprocated by servmg
on the SEAS Dean's Council and offering an industry perspective on
engineering education, and now by offering this fellowship," he added .

Graduate endows lecture series
A lat e UB g r.duate • nd h b wife have donated $25,000 to the Gradu-

ate School of Education to establish the Will ower Family Lecture Series.
Donald ). Wi\lower, who earned three degrees from USbachelor's and master's degrees in philosophy and a doctorate in
educational administration-and his wife, Catherin e F. Willower,
want their endowment gift to add to the intellectual climate of the
university while enhancing the reputation of its education 'school.
Wtllower, who died lan. 21, was a distinguished professor of educa·
tion at Pennsylvania State University. He had published widely and
lectured nationally and internationally on educational administration
and school leadership. The recipient of numerous professional awards,
Willower in 1989 received a Distinguished Alumni Award from GSE.
"U B's Educational Administrat io n Program is honored to have
o ne of its most distinguished alum n i, Dr. Donald Willower, endow
an invited lectureship," said Stephen L. Jacobson, professor in th e
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy and duector of
the Center for Continuing Professional Education.
''In addition to a ll owing us to inv1te an outstandi ng scholar to
ca mpu s, having an academ1c of Don's stature a ttach hi!~ name to
this lecturesh ip will enhance our program 's national and mtcrna tional prestige and prm'1de ll5 a unique opportunity to showca!le
the high quality of our facult y and student body."
In addition to providmg intellectual stimulation, Willower " 'a nted
to recog nize hi s fami ly's lo ng-stan ding association with the univer sit y and to honor hi s major professors, the late Marvin Farber of the
Department of Philosophy, Robert S. Fisk and the late George E.
Holloway of the Graduat e Program in EducatiOnal Admm1strat1on.
The family's UB legacy spans two generations: Willower's fathcr,
the late John f. \Villower, graduated from UR with a Ph.G . m pharmacy 1n 1921 ; Willower 's first w1fc. the late Jeanette Ra1nes, gradu
a ted from UB with a bachelor\ dcgrt't' Ill 19SO. and hi s Orotht·r, Paul.
received a bachelor's degree 111 19Ni.

Fraser to speak in CAS lecture
Is It possible In t oday's world to rt'thmk tht· pohtl(.$ til rr~.ogn1

tu.m so that economiC 1 ssuc~ lan be reso h·t•d Without lo~1n~ lUiturdl
1dcntit y?
Nan(y ha~er. th e third spc:.·a ~t'r 1n .. Tht• L ni\' C'r~ll\ .111d tht· \\oriJ '
lelturr ~t· r. cs. will a rgu r tht· qut·~tlun at~ p.m 1-t•h. II 111 tht· t l'll tcr
for tht" Arb S(reen mg Roum on the No rth Campu:-.
Presented by th e.: College nt Ans. Jnd :,(lc:.'n(t'~ and Dt•Jn f....an \
C rant, the ~t"...r..ut!-1 highlight s pronunent ~c hn lar~ from dlfft·r~·nt ti~·J d ..
\\'hO diSCUSS ISSUeS ofhroJd lntc\\c(tU.lllnt('fl'SI J!ld ~u billlllnu·rn
Fraser is Hl·nry A. and LOUI!»c Loeb Prolc:o.,.nr of PolltK!o .md Ph1
losoph y in the Graduate Facultv ott he New !xhool!Or ~l.ll Rl~,t·.n-.h
She is co-editor of tht' jOurnal Ctmstt"lfatwrl.' JnJ Juth&lt;lr ol 'l''
t'ral books. mcluding "Justl (l' lntt:rruptu!l: l.rtlll.li Rctlcltum' nn
the Post - soc~aJ i st Condi ti on" and "Unru i)' Prat.-ti(CS: Pm..w. i)l~;.our ..c
.md Gender in Contempo rar y SoCial Theon·." I kr latest book. whh.h
will be published later th1s year, t!i "Adding. Imult ttl In Jun·· \o._·1.1l
Justice and the Politics of Recog nit iOn
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lleporiea february3,2UOO/Yol.31.1o 18
Epidemiologist Beth Moscato's work also examines untapped field of ciVIl unrest
BRIEFLY

Zodlaque to perform
spring concert
The Department d - ond
o.na, wil present the spring
concert of Zodoque Dona Com-

pany titled "Aq\aian lqt' Feb.
1()-13 ond 17-20 In the c:.nte&lt;
IO&lt; the Arts
on
the North campo.. Soturday and
-'&lt;day performonc.es wtl begin
at 8 p.m. ond Surdoy pO.fotrnanas wil begin ot 2 p.m.
·~ lqt' will future
pieces ranging from figllt ond

DrarN-

dassic contemporafy to ,.,...
llv&lt; and abstroct, and Its theme
will focus on the celelntlon of
marikind's quest for balonce of
mlndrt&gt;ody and soul as the

worid enters a new mNennium.
l1d&lt;ets ""' S10 and SS for
students ond""' availlble at the
CFA Box Offtce. FO&lt; more Information, call 645-ARTS.

GBYO to perform
The Greater 8ullalo Youth Orchestra will perform ot 3-p.m.
Feb. 13 In Sloe Concort Hall on
the North~ under the

music-·

batoo of iCs
Gen&lt;dfloriano.

GRgory S ' - . - of the
Buffalo Youth Orchestra Senior
Concerto Competition, wil perform the Drogonetti Double
Bass Concerto. &lt;&gt;thor- to
be performed Include lledioz's
"Romeo and juliet,. Wlllioms'
"StM W11&gt;~and

Tchallcovsl&lt;y's Symphony No.5.
Todcm ..., S7 for gonmf ad.mlssiqn and S5 for senlon and
·~-

,f«lw1h&lt;r Information, c.a

645-2921.

ePIC to offer sessions
The experimentol Pnnt lrNlglng

c.nt.r (ef'IQ wlloffer wori&lt;-

shops in monotype and sa..n

prinllng.is-ascomrnunhy
prlntshop and a&gt;llaboMlve
printing sessions; thn&gt;ughout
t h e - - All sessions are
open to the public.
Monotype wil be held from

4-7 p.m. Feb. 9, 16, and 23. The
fee~ ~ for- and ePIC
mernbets, and $90 fo&lt;Oihen.
Scn!en printing wll be held from
4-7 p.m. Marth I , 15, 22. 29
and AprilS and 12. The ... is
$120 f o r - and ePIC
rnernbe&gt;. and $180 for othen.
Sessions wil be held in the printmalcing IIOOSin the C&lt;nt&lt;r for
the Arts on the North &lt;;ampus.
Oper&gt; f9n-&lt;lrowing sessions
wiM.be' held from 7-9:30 p.m. In

208 c..- for the Arts on Feb.
3, 10, 17,24;Marth2, 16,23,
30; Apri16, 13, 20, 27, and May
4. Sessions. wnich

..., ss each,

are open to the public.
FO&lt; more information, call
Jeff Shi!M!n at 645-6878.

IREWG seeks abstracts
The Institute for Research and
Education on WOmen and Gender will hokt a Grad~ate Student
Symposium on Gender Mardl
2S In 330 Student Union. The
symposium ts titled "What is
gender we end the 20th and
enier the 21st century?"'
The lnstltuU! is accepting
200-300 word abstracts for the
conference, particularly thoso

as

sterT)mlng froni the biological
sc.iences and the arts, as well as
those considering race, the rela-

tionship between genders, and
between generations of f&lt;ml.

nists. Subrnbsions are welcome
from all dlscJj&gt;Unes within the
arts, sciences and humonilles.
Abstracb, which will be ac-

cepted unlll Feb. 11, should be
forwirded to IREWG vii fax,
mall ()( email to
~­

for more Information, contact
Rebecca Mooow at 8.29-3451 .

Researcher focuses on mental health

By JEHNIRJI UWANDOWSKI
Report~ Contributor

T

HE subj ects ma y be
somewhat unusuaJ research topics for an epi-

demiologist, but Beth
Moscato, a research assistant professor of sociaJ and preventive medi ci ne, has made mental hea1th and
civil unrest among her chief research
priorities.
.. People who have a passion for
what they're doing do the best research," Moscato says ... These {issues ) won't go away and need to be
addressed."
A pioneer in psychiatric epidemiology, she says one of her goals is to
build a research base in mental
health at UB.
" My mission is to develop very
sound, systematic research on menfal-health issues and mental-health
disorders," explains Moscato, who
says her work to this end is unique
at UB. "For me, (mental health ) is a
very neglected issue," says the researcher, who designed and teaches
a graduate course in the epidemiqlogy of mental disorders and men tors graduate students who are preparing theses and dissertations related to mental-health issues.
These issues are gaining more recognitiOn, Moscato notes. pointing to
U.S. Surgeon General David
Satche r's recent report on mental
health that found that one in five
people in the United States suffer
from a mental disorder or illness.
O ne aim of her research , she says,
is to demonstrate the prevalence of
several common conditions.
" I hope it makes people more
awa re that th ese disorders aren't
separate from mainstream medical
conditions... she says.
Moscato, who joined the Depart ment of Social and Preventive Medicine in 1996 after receiving her doctorate from UB, also has positioned
herself on the cutting edge of another previously untapped field of
research--civil unrest.
"Some people say it's out of the
( sc ientifi c) ballpark," s ~e says.

.. Some say it doesn't touch our
shores. I don't see it that way."
Civil unrest in suc h places as
Kosovo, Rwanda and Bosn ia IS
worth scientific investigation based
on its link with disease and death,
she says.

tackles issues related to patients that
I have seen clinically." she says. "The
clinical background allows me to see
patients-faces--while I'm doing
resarch. Then I'm not working for
numbers ; I'm working for the
people I saw (as patients)."
Moscato's focus includes both
clinical and community settings.

"You can't always limit younclf to a
clinic or hospital setting." she says,
pointing out that the majority of the
people who suffer from mental diso rders-even the most severe
cases--do not seek professional

help. "You have to look in the community, you ha~ to go where the
people
if you want good data."
Moscato's inte rest in mental
health is broad. She has worked as

=

a consultant on a three-year study
of the physical and mental health
of children evac uated from

Cbernobyl following the nuclear
plant accident in 1986. She also
serves as an associate research scientist at UB's Research Institute on
Addictions, where she has investiEmerging Research and Action
Agenda.. at the 1999 International
Society for E-n vironmental Epide-

County.
Her latest venture focuses on genetic issues concerning bipolar disorder--or manic depression.

· Moscato is workina with Carlos
N. Patoand MichdeT. Pato,associate professors of psychiatry and codirectors of the UB Laboratory of
~iatric and Molecular Genetics.
who have r~ a $4.2 million
grant from the National Institutes
of ·Health to search for a gene or
genes that may be linked to bipolar
disorder. Identifying the molecular
basis of such a linkage could lead to
advanc.s in diagnosis and treatment
of the disorder, which afrects millions of people worldwide.
The Patos are conducting their research with the relatively homogeneous population of the Azores,

Portugueso islands located in the
North Atlantic about 1,000 miles off
the coast of the Iberian Peninsula.
Moscato says the Azores were chosen becauS. of their isolation and
lack of migration from the islands.
"The local churches have family

gated the rdationship between de-

records going back five genera-

pressive symptoms and alcohol
problems among women in Erie

tions," she says, which hdps in data
collection.

miology (!SEE) conference in Athens in September, says more than
35 million individuals have become
refugees through war or civil un rest , and more t h a n 4 million
~eople have lost their lives in the

past dee~de .
While the events in Kosovo and
Rwanda lose media appeai over

time, she says the long-lasting effects of such conflicts deserve more
attention.
"I think over time there will be a
response from a very diverse scien-

tific community." says Moscato. who
is organizing a symposium on the
issue for the next ISEE conference ·

set for August in Buffalo.
Through the course ofher career,
Moscato has worked in various settings, including inpatient, outpatient, community mental health and
private practice.
" I really like a research agenda that

Endocrinologists solve piece·of insulin puzzle
Work finds that insulin increases enzyme that causes blood vessels to dilate
By LOIS BAKER
News Services Editor

I

NSULJN. the hormone pro-

duced by the pancreas that
enables cells to absorb sugars,
also is known to dilate blood
vessels. This action is a boon to the

heart because it allows blood to flow
more easily and under less pressure.
Precisely how this action occurs is
a puzzJe. But researchers have shown
that when insulin comes into con·

tact with cells in the blood-vessel lining, it induces the release of nitric
oxide, a known blood -vl'SSCI dilator.
Endocrinologists from U B now
have supplied a piece to this pu7~le
by showing for the first time that
insulin causes cells in the blOCK! -vessel lining to increase secretion of
nitric oxide synthase. the enzyme responsible for nitric oxide produc·
tion. That is, insulin increases the
enzyme, which creates more nitric
oxide, which results in dilation.

Results of the research, headed by

Paresh Dandona, professor of medicine and director of the DiabetesEndocrinology Center of Western
New York, appear in the February
issue of Metabolism.
'This new observation is important because it provides the molecu lar basis for the known vasodilatory
effects of insulin," Dandona noted.
Ahmad Alijada , a graduate student
in the Department of Biochemistry
and the Division of Endocrinology
in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, conducted theresearch in Dandona's laboratory.

tra tion s ·from 25 to I ,000
microunits-per-milliliter for a total
of six days. These amounts ·of insu lin are similar to what would occur

normally and in patients with obesity and type 2 (adult -onset ) diabetes, Dandona said.
Results showed that nitric oxide
synthase increased as the amount of
insulin increased, with the highest
concentration of insulin resulting in
a 250 percent rise in the amount of
enzyme above baseline.
In addition to providing new in formation on the mechanism un -

The study used cells from the lin-

derlying insulin's vasodilatory effect,

ings of the aorta, lower-limb veins
and umbilical cord, and from microscopic vessels penneating fat tissue.

these findingst:rid insight into the

An initial exposure of each cell group
to insulin in vitro showed the aortic
ceUs to be the most responsive to insulin, so Dandona's group concen-

traled their research on these cells.
They introduced insulin into the
cell cultures in increasing con~n -

\

relationship between harclening of
the arteries and insulin resistance/
diabetes. conditions that often exist
in tandem.
"The lack of insulin or resistance
to the action of insulin will cause the
vessel constriction and increased

aggregation of platelets known to
oa:ur in diabetes mellitus, Dandona

stated. "Furthermore, the fuct that
nitric oxide also may reduce the expression of adhesion molecules on

the surface of cells lining blood vessels may prevent cdls from adhering to the vessel lining. This adhesion is one of the initial evmts in
arterial hardening and blockage.
"Cell adhesion leads to cell activation, generation of free radicals,
foam-cell formation and accumulation of foam cells inside vessels, which
eventually form a fatty streak,"
Dandona noted. "This is the first visible sign of atherosclerosis. So we can

say that insulin's stimulatory effect on
nitric oxide synthii$0 may help protect against hardening of the arteries.
" Knowing the molecular mechanism responsible for this action
brings us closer to understanding

the relationship between heart disease and diabetes, and may enable
physicians to make more extensive
use of insulin's vasodilatory effect,"
Dandona said.

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5

Urban girls conference set m
Meeting first to look at lives, problems ofyoung urban women
By PAl'111CJA DONOVAN
News Services Editor

T

HE first major national

conference held to ex-

for the general public, $60 for. un dergraduate and graduate students
and $50 for teen women with organizational affijjation. To register, call

pion: the lives, strengths. the Office of Special Events at 645problems and needs of 3705 . For furth er information .
young urban women wiU be held in o nline registration and a copy oft he
Buffalo April 14-15. The keynote conference schedule, the conference
spemr will be Lani Guinier, profes- Web site can be found at &lt;http:/1
sor of law at Harvard University.
www.sped•l 1 oents.buff.&amp;o.edu/
"Urban Girls: Entering the New urt..l/&gt;.
Millennium," to be held in the
The need for this conference is
Adams Mark Hotel, will be span- pressing. says Weis.
sored by the Graduate School of -----.,.------~
Education , the Institute for Re search and Education on Women
and Gender (IREWG) and the
New York University Equity Center. Additional suppo rt is being
p rovided by the Spencer Founda tion.
The conference organizer and di-

According to Weis. the conference
will look at many issues in girls'livereduca tion , access to technology.

health and sexuality, violence, addiction, pregnancy, sports-from the
point of view of""~"""' in thO« fields,
professionals who work with young

women and the girls themselves.
The ultimate aim, she adds, is to
initiate programs that address needs
in these areas. To this end, presenta tions will examine intervention and
s uppo rt projects that have suc ceeded in assisting young women in
urban venues and focus on their
possible applications in o ther cities.
Conference registration is S120

are among the continuing problems
with which many of these young
women must amtend,"'shesays. ..and

these will be addressed in Buffalo.
" We don' t want to further

pathologize this group, however, but
offer solutions to the difficulties

they face.
"'Our purpose is to learn how

these young women arc faring today as they make their way through
of their lives~ Weis adds. "We will
help mal« their strengths visible,
promote their healthy development and try to find the best
means to help them grow and
thrive along the way.
.. In concrete. terms," she says. ..our

the lines of race and ethnicity, "but

nothing rivals what is planned for

alcohol addiction, and family abuse

this challenging and exciting time

rector is Lois Weis. professor of educational policy and leadership, a sociologist and author of several nationally regarded studies about urban children, adolescents and
women. Weis says there have been
smaller conferences aimed at im proving the Jives of urban girls across

ApriL"

she says. is part of that endeavor
Weis acknowledges that a great
deal of national concern has been
expressed about the young, u rban
female population. but sa~ it usu
ally is focused on the growing teen pregnancy rate.
"We know that vaolence,drugand

"At every level of policymaking,
there is a call to stimulate new ways
of thinking and refleding about
girls," sh e says, citing the recentl y

released Girls &amp;port by the National
Council for Research on Wo men
a nd , at the international level, a
number of recent United Nations'
conferences on children and young
women, one of which was the 1995
UN Fourth World Conference o n
Women held in Beijing.
"'The next step," Weis says. "is to
translate the reports and studies that
have come out of these assemblies
into carefully developed action programs that can be implemented at
the neighborhood, municipal, state
and nationallevels."This""conferrnce,

aim is to help initiate carefully developed programs at the neighborhood, municipal. state and national
levels that will support their growth
and help r&lt;-soiv&lt; problems that stand
in the way of their success."
To this end, o ne of the most in novative aspects of the conference
'fill be th e showcasing of successful
int erve nti ons with urban girls .
Young women and administrators
involved in three projects in Nc.·w
York and San Francisco wiJI discus.\
their personal experiences and par·
ticipants will assess the projects for
possible application in other site).
Conference participants will 10 ·
elude 500 o r more scholars from
M-vcral fields. as well as teachers, so
cial workers. health -care profession·
als, counselors, administ rators. par
ents and the girls themselves.

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drawi ngs to be turned into high quality movies, a feat that requires
"massive amounts of co mputing,"
according to MiUcr.
"Because the demand on o ur rna·

advanced visuali7.ation devices avail·
able--which will be used so drive

ch1ne . St•ven additional personal
computers that fe.nure advanced fbt
panel digitaJ monitors also were in ·

eluded in the

chines has been so high, we have had
to limit each user to only a small
fraction of the total capacity in or·
der to satisfy all users," he said.
"Now, we will be able to extend
the capabilities of these machines to
attacking significantly larger problems, which is particularly impor·
tant for some of the leading-edge
research being done at UB in such
areas as chemistry and Ouid dynam ·
ics," he exPlai ned. "This acquisition
will provid e many of our research ·
ers with the opportunity to move up
to an even more advanced level of
high-~rformance computing."
Provost David Triggle called the
acquisition "a significant, and more
than incremental , addition to our
superco mputing facility, which will

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The School of Nursing wdl offer three new advan ced Cl~rtificatt'
program s beginning thi s summer a nd fall .
The programs, offe red in respon!'le to lll'eds cxp rt'S!ot'd by the lo~...11
hcalth · care co mmulllty. will provide tra1ning as psych~atn1.. mL·n
tal - healt h nurse practitioner or acute -cart' nurse praCiit ioner Opt·n
to nurses who hold ma!o ter') degrt:t'!o as nurse.· practJtlona!o, th(' pr11
grams will begm in fall 2000.
UB also will offer a post - bac..~alaurt•att'
program 111 pa11ent -casc management, wh11. h
will be condu c-ted on campu~ for tht· fir,t
llml' this su mm er and lht•n offcrt~J
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expand greatly, both our ea ~biliti es
and capacities, and will further solidify UB's reputation in this rapidly

developing field."
Also acquired in the same pack age from SGI was an Onyx 2 visual
supercomputer--one of the most

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Gong spends lifetime researching health effects of low-level radiation
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Blood test measures radiation damage

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assay produad similar resulu in
that they have developed
human bloodsampltsasin the aniand patented a simple blood
mal studies, the researchers found •
test that can measure accu Gong postulates ihattbisd&lt;R-remulated cell damage from ionizing
sP,nse relationship will allow paradiation-~:me of the major causes
tients to recon of cancer-long before any physiltruct their past racal signs are evident.
diation doses, as
Results of research that led to the
well as project the
development of th~ test, descri~
amount of residual
as a .. life. Jong wid~- range radiation
injury from past
biodosimeter," appear in th~ D~­
exposure that will
cember issue of Health Physics.
exist at various
Joseph K. Gong, associate profestimes in the future:
sor emeritus of oral diagnostic sciGong received
en~ and chair of UB's Radioisoan Atomic Energy
tope Safety Co mmittee~ is lead au Co mmis sion
thor on the paper. Gong has spent a
(AEC) grant in
lifetime researching, lecturing and
1964 to study the
writing on the health effects oflowbiomedical effect
level radiation. His work has cen- ~
of low-dose radiatered on seeking a predictable, ac- ~
tion. In 1965, a 20curate and practical ce:U marker of ~
year follow-up reinternal biological damage from ra- ~
port on the survi·
diation, using a rat modeL
t
vors of the atomic
Gong's test, called the Transferrin Results of ......rdt by )oMplt Gong tMt 1M to tiM clft 1lap 1 at of • . . . . . Wood'
bomb lead to a
test to..-... ..................
Receptor R&lt;d Cell Assay, or E-Tr asconsensus among
CMIHI of cancer--Mssay, measures th ~ amount of radiaexperts that lowtion that has been absorbed by the measures external radiation expo- radiation's effects to know how dose radiation was safe.
much ceBular damage they'¥&lt; ape- · That finding was overturned in
body. Using a specific biomarker, it sure only.
reveals the alent of stem-ceU mu Gong and his co-i nvestigator, rienad from the exposure and to 1986 after advances in measuring
tations due to UJX.lSUre to X-ray, or Chester A. Glomski, professor of make appropriate, well-informed radiation made a reassessment pos·
to anything potentially carcinogenic anatomy and ceB biology, were able health decisions, Gong noted It can sible, but iri the interim, very little
that mimics X-ray damage, such as to show that radiation aposure be taken as often as desired
research in low-dose radiation was
many chemicals used in the micro- causes stem cells--the ..mother" of
Such a test also onuld be useful to onnducted Gong. however, carried
chip industry.
' all blood cells-to express an ex- the general public to determine ex- on his work in the field at UB for
"All cancers develop from a pool cess of erythrocytes ( red -blood posure to ionizing radiation, such as 35 years, buoyed by .results obof mutated cells that are 'tumed on' cells) bearing receptors for the pro- X-rays and gamma rays used in can- tained through the early AEC
by on~ or more triggers,., Gong said. tein transferrin on their surface cer u.alment, Gong said, and to tiny funded research, and accumulated
.. The larger the pool of mutated membrane. Knowing this cause amounts of ionizing radiation emit- data on the effects of radiation excells, the greater the risk. Cancer can and effect, it then became possible ted by such consumer products as posure from background amounts
take years to decades to develop. de- to use the number of red blood cells cell ular phones, microwave ovens to lethality.
with transferrin receptors as a and computer screens.
His decades-worth of data led to
pending on the type.
..This test provides a way to mea- biomarker for radiation exposure.
After decades of working with an the recognition of the specific bone
sure the damage before the first sign Subsequent blood tests can moni- animal model, Gong and Glomski marrow syndrome induad by raof cancer appears," Gong said. " It tor any incr~ or deer~ in cell used the E- Tr assay on blood diation and to the discm:ery of the
also can determine if ccU mutations damage.
samples of seven cancer patients E- Tr assay.
from ionizing radiarton are increasThe test, which requires a drop of who had received radiation t::reatAlso participating in' the research
ing over time. If so, the individua1 blood and about two hours for ment and blood samples from 10 was Yuqing Guo, biophysicist and
can take steps to stop the increase, analysis, is capable of measuring the healthy individuals who had been research scientists at Biomira USA,
perhaps through a change in job, effects of radiation doses ranging exposed to only a few dental and Inc., in Cranbury, N.J.
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diet or environment. It gives prople
more control over their health."
The method most widely used to
detennineradiationaposurein the
workplace is a badge containing radia tion-sensitive film , which the
worker wears on the job. The badge

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from nonnaii&lt;Vds cxpericnad in
everyday life to amounts that would
kill 50 percent of those exposed
within 30 days, Gong said
The test onuld allow individualS
who work in jobs that expose them
to radiation or chemicals that mimic

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Freudenheim gets grant for cancer research

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Research to study link between early environmental exposures and breast cancer

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By LOIS BAKER

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social and preventive medicine, has receivM a three-year,
$457,532 grant from the Department of Defense Breast

Recent research has focused on
the early period of a woman's lifeher infancy, early childhood and
menarche--as potentially sensitive
periods for exposures leading to

Cancer Research Program to inves-

tigate the relationship between environmental exposure to potential
carcinogens early in life and the risk
of developing breast cancer.
"This study is an exciting opportunity to increase ou r understand·
ing of the role of environmental exposures during infancy and menarche (start of menst ruati on) to
heahh and disease later in life," said
Freudenheim. 'There is a lot of ron cern in the com munit)' that these
exposures are important in breast
cancer. This study will give us a
chance to examine that question systematically. We arc indebted to the
large n!mber of women in Western
New York who have helped us w1th
this study by spending the time with
us to be interviewed. Anything we
learn wiU be because of their coop·
cra ti on," she said.

hood, so it is poSsible the breast may
be more sensitive to environmental
insults at these times, Freudenheim
said
'lhere are just a few studies examining these time
periods; and none
have focused on
these c:nvironm~n ­
tal exposures," she
said. ,.With this
grant, we will examine envi ron ment al exposu res
and gene-environment interactions
at the time of birth
and at menarche
and subsequent
risk of breast cancer."

breast cancer in adulthood. Breast
tissue grows particularly fast during
these periods of infancy and child-

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The new study
will piggyback on
Freudenheim's on·
going case-control
studyofbreast cancer in Erie and
Niagara counties involving about
1,000 Women with recently diagnosed breast ca ncer and 2,000

healthy women. In the studies, the
participants provide a list of aU the
places where they have lived, as well
as information on other breast-cancer risk factors. The new grant will
allow the researchers to enter residentiaJ data into a computer map,
along with data on the location of
steel mills, chemical factories, gasoline stations, toxic-waste sites and
other industrial sites from 1918-80.
They then wiU calculate the distance
between these sites and the women's
homes at the time of birth and menarche. and compare this information for the participants with and
without cancer.
US researchers also will study
whether genetic differences in the
body's ability to detoxify potential
carcinogens afb:t the risks related to
location of their homes. Women with
a fast -acting gene can break down
and get' rid of tox.ic substances
quicker than women with the slowaeting gene. Freudenheirn and colleagues will look for theseonmmonly
occurring genetic differences to see
if one grJ&gt;Up is more affected by environmental exposure than others.

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Senate updated on gen-ed

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Salins says SUNY curriculum "will be implemented" on time
By MAltA

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Rqxxt~ Assistant

members at the time chided the

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board for not malting the curriculum available for comment by faculty prior to the trustees' adoption.
Several faculty members voia:d ad-

TIEND!NG the SUNY
Faculty Senate meeting
last Friday-the first in
I0 years to be held at
US-Peter Salins, SUNY provost
and via: chancellor for academic af.
fairs. updated the senate on initiatives in his oflia: and addressed specific faculty concerns about the new
SUNY-wide general-education cur-

A

ditional concerns at Friday's senate
meeting.
Some concerns stemmed from
what many feel bas been a "rushed"
process-with campu.s general -

education program proposals due to
system administration no later than
Jan. 31 and the new program scheduled to be implemented in Fall 2000.

riculum and distancr-learning issues.

In response to concerns about the
new general-education require ments raised by Judy Adams- Volpe.
director of Lockwood Ubrary and
SUNY senate representative for the
university centers. Salins supponed
the new requirements and said that
they "can and will be successfuHy
implemented...
The SUNY Board of Trustees in
Dea:mber 1998 adopted a generaleducation cu rriculum for the
system's four university centers and
13 four-year colleges that requires
candidates for bachelor's degrees to
complete at least 30 credit hours of
courscwork in mathematics., natural science. social science, American
history, western civilization, other
world civilizations, humanities and
the arts, foreign languages, basic
communication and reasoning. and
tnfonnation management.
While trustees left the responsibility for establishing specific course
requirements and program contmt
to each institution, SUNY facu lty

Others worried about transfer stu·

dents from community colleges and
waiven.

Salins said the colleges and uni versity centers will be required to
offer 30 credits as outlined by the
Advisory Task Force on General
Education, while community colleges will have 'to offer at least 21 of
those credits. He explained that stu·

dents transferring from a community college will be expected to complete the additional nine credits at
the transfer institution.
Volpe noted that "aU of the university centers arc retaining in place

thro'ugb we will be pleased with the
results," he added.
Volpe also raised concerns about
distana:-learning issues, suppon for
graduate students and the increase in
the numbers of adjunct professors

and graduate students and its impact
on teaching effroiveness. She said
many faculty members are con·

cemed about intdlectual-property
rights and copyright issues concerning courses designed specifically for
distance learning, and pointed out
that "dialogue and po~cy development is greatly needed within SUNY
at this rime" regarding these issues.
Salins agreed that inteUectual -

property issues need to be addressed
and that rules must be developed
collectively. He recommended that
campuses purchase distana:-learning courses from

the institutions at

which the course originated through
some agreed-upon financial ar·
rangement, allowing institutions
that create such courses to generate
someft'Vetlue.

In his report, Salins cited. rea:nt
progress and success wit}l...such initiatives as the SUNY-witie"Mii.sion_

their own general-education requirements, which as:&lt; stronger than
what SUNY is requiring at this

Review, the SUNY LearniQg Ndwork, the University Research Initiative and SUNY Connect. He also

point"
Salins said the task fora: will review each i.rutitution's program proposal to decide if it is in compliana:
with the SUNY curriculum."I fully
understand the difficulty of doing

said there have been considerable
effons to enhance communication

(the new general-education pro gram) , but I think when we get

between campuses and the provost's
office. citing

ips

office's "dramati -

cally impmved"Web site at &lt;http:/
/ www . sysadm . suny . edu / p ro~

YOSt/&gt;, which includes updates on
recent programs and initiatives.

King
King said it also is his responsi-

would hdp recruit and educate new plaining that we like to do because
teachers for secondary educatio n we didn't get as much as we want.
and the other is a plan to reimburse T here a re a whole host of ot her
people who want to pursue careers sources of financial suppo rt o ut
in the hard sciences the equivalent _ there that we have to go get.
of SUNY tuition for every year they
"The provost already has under·
work in N~ York State, for up to taken a pretty ambitious cffon 10 1n·
four years.
crease the amounl of sponsored· rc·
Regarding the financial stability sea rch dollars coming to o u r
of the university hospitals, he sajd universiti es ... I'm going to up the
he is "not committed to do ailything ante," said King, who pushed the

bility "to be an advocate for the uni versity."
He added that what has sur pr ised him most since his appoint ment has been "learning about the
array and the diversity and the di mension of great things going on

here at all of (SUNY's) campuses
that unfortunately very few people
know or understand.
" I am a fairly observant and weU informed pe:rson ... But however
much I thought I knew about the
state university, I was absolutely

ploy.
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with 18 points,
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scored • gam~-h1gh 21
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Senior Udo Obke of the
women's i1door track and
field team set a new UB
record In the 600 mete~
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lead to one, Foster convened on

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back. using ~ I0.0 run to close the
~d down to one point. 59-58, wrth
under • """""' "' pby. Kerry
Hendridcson S&lt;ored with jun OoJJ
~ing. ~ basket that would rum
out to be the e¥enwal pme--winner

free chrows to secure the wm
time also qualified her for the
The Burts saw cheir rwo-game
MAC Championships.
winning streak come to ~ end
Sawrda:y afternoon, losing u &amp;JI
Sate 82-68.
Trailing 37-26 ~l hafftime, UB scored the firn.M polnu of the half But Ball
Sate mainained ta lead. and pushed it to 10 points. 64-S4. with 6:47 to pQy UB
then went on an 8-1 run, cutting the ~d to just th~u. VuilieY sarted
the ru"l with ~ three-potnter and Mike ~ foUowed wtth ~ jumper in the
lane.After ~&amp;II Sate free throw. jon IOekJon hit~ ~ th~er to m.Jke
It ~ 65-62 pme with fi¥e minutes to pby.After ~ Foster du~e-point attempt to
de the pme rimmed out. Ball Sate arne down and hit a three-pointer of rtS
own and then hit free throws down the stretch for the 82-68 final score
twO

WOME!'I--

-UB'~ Manhall49
Miami 59, UB 49

Junior center Tiffany Bell scored 21

potnu to lud UB to iu second-StraAght
Mid-American Conference road victory. a 54-49 win at Marshall.
The Bolls ~ 30-22 at halftime. but the ThunderinJ Herd n:Jiied in the
second half. M~ll tied the sc~. 41...o41 , with 9:-43 left before the Bulls """8lt
on a crudal 9-1 ru1 to alee a 5().....42 lead with 6: 16 left.
t1arstQJI pulled wi1:htn. 52-49, with :2B left but funior Man McOure hrt rwo
11ft throws with : 17 left to dinch the win.
Miami University~ UB 16--4,1n the final minutes Saturday
afternoon to seen! a S9..o49 MAC vktory in Aiumnl Arena.
The Red Haw\u cwerc:arne a b.ta f\nt.~ and early ~ wrge by d-Ie
Bulls to trnproo..e to 11-7 O¥er"all and S-3 in the HAC. UB saw a three-pme
winnin&amp; stre&gt;k snopped ond fell ro 15-5 ond S-4 ;n !he MAC. Miomi moved ,
half-game ahead of 8ufblo in the MAC East OMslon with the win

G.

Part of his responsibility, he told

billion.

the senate, is going lobe to "tell that
story bec3use it is compelling...
.. We need to teU that story better ~
and more often . .. Press releases are
ties-to SUI\'Y b.· ing "a fa •rly vourl{!
not enough." He said he plans to usc spe••dng to the SUNY FKUity Sen• te on Frld•y.
his knowledge of advertising to co- in particular other than fix the prob- institution-in its adnlescencl' ."
ordinate marketing straiegies across lem," but added that he intends to
He noted that Binghamton Uru ·
the system at each of the campuses. reach out for help to other teaching vcrsny boash the ~e,o nd - he s t
"You and your coUeagues are go- hospitals in the state.
record of alumm support 111 SUNY
ing to be the 'stars' of that advertisKing commended Pataki's $2 bil- behind UB. but that o nly 14 per
ing," King told the senators, adding lion capital plan, saying it was rec- cent of Binghamton alumm cnn·
that they should "get ready to go on ognition by the governor that the tribute . "We can do be11er," he sa~ d.
television."
SUNY campuses had gone for too "We need 10 get ourselvc!l 111 a pth
On budget matters, he noted that long without th e necessary repair, ture that when (studcnb ) graduate
the state university did ..great" in the maintenance and upgrade that were (from SUNY ), thev have a pl)Sitivc

e

desperatel y needed.
"There's a lot of (state ) resources

(for SUNY ), but they are not
enough. But the fact that they are

proposal, although not directly related to SUNY, would impact the
university system by bringing in new

enough should not be the end of the

st ude nts. One is a program that

discussion or the start of the com·

not enough and will never be

UB I SO, Northem Illinois 91
UB 127 ,Toledo 114
The men's swunmmg and drv1ng teMn rem;uned undefeated m the MAC as 1t
~t hostTc»edo. 127-1 11, and Northern llhnois. 150-91.in a MAC double d~l
meet this p;ut weekend C~ch Budd Tennin's team 'NOn nine out of 13 e'l'enU.
W iMen included Dan Hickey (200 free · 1:-41 .5 I, 100 free · 46.41 ), john Nilles
(Sll t.... · 21«). J&gt;son Mcl&gt;chbn (500 f&lt;Oe • 4:43.82). josh Pun (200 fly · 1:55j.
Enc Stimson (200 back · I:Sl.S6). and lhve Sofer {I -meter dMng • 250.65 pa..)
Hkkey. Pun. Nilles Vld Dexter T~wm W't!re members of the WIM•ng 200
free.styie rei~ team With ~ orne of 3:08 17

The worn~ ·s SW~mm•ng ~nd diVIng te~m defeated Northern llhn01.1. 166-1 32.
and lost to host Toledo, 162·1 32. m ~ MAC double dual meet thu ~ weekend
The SuUs ~~ now are S--'4 overall and 3-J m the confe~ce
Inger Rooneem wa! lhe Bulls' top performer With wms m the SO (24 06)
~nd 100 {52.29) freestyles. the 200 1nd!vtduat medley (2"()9 )9) ~nd the 200 rel~y
medley (1 ·49 8Jj

10

K1n g sa 1d th e
unive rs it y n ee d ~
much more aJumm
support , but Jtt-rihuted the lack of sup·
pon--oomparcd to
midw e!o tt•rn Jnd
SOuthern UOIVerSI

truly i&gt;-&lt;Iue principally to the work
(ofthefuculty)-isastorythat is too ;

MEN

vost Peter Sa.lins

the state university and how great it

He also said that certain new in centives in the: 2000-200 I budget

The Bulk held olf • bto dw"ge by
Western Michipn, defuting lhe
visiting Broncos 63-60 on J~. 26 In
AlutMI Arena. The victory wu the
Butls' third stnlght win at home.
-A bucUt by Damien Foster
sarted ~ I 2..0 run for the SuUs,
gMng UB ~ SS-'41 lead wrth 8:17 to

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Toledo 162, UB Ill

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U B 61, W estem Michigan 60
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King added that he ha~ "a .:om
mitment to himself to get 10 t"very
campus at least once a ye-dr" and that
he hopes to meet not only with the
president, but also with fa culty, stu denl5 and alumni at each institution.

Wmstlin~
Ken t 21, UB 9
U B ll, Ma rq uette I 2
The Bulls gw the1r overall dU&lt;II m~t record move to 8-l on the senon 01nd 2
1 1n the MAC after sphttmg ~ pa~r of m.Jtches u Kent State
The Bulls dropped a 2 I -9 dec1s10n to powerful Kent m the fi rst. UB got
w1ns from !57-pounder Jake Partlow. Gary Cooper ~t 165 pounds ~nd
freshman }oe Downey u 197 pounds
Bufblo rebounded With a 11 · 12 Win over Marquette Wmnen for the Bulls
were Sh~ Kegel u 133 pounds, Bill jacootot ~t 111 pound~ . Ryan Bendey :u
119 pounds. Gary Cooper :u 165 pounds, Ben Cooper u 171 pound ~. josh
Sates :u 181 pounds and Joe Downey-With ~ forle1t w1n-at 197 pourlds

lno~or lra~K
W o m en D efeated Canistus, lli .S-46 .5
Men Defeated C anisi u s, 117 -5 4
Wome n Pl aced l nd at W estem O ntario, 107 pts.
Me n Pla ced 2nd a tWestem O ntario, 99 pts.
The women ·~ team won the UB lnviaoon~l on Fnday 1n Alumm Aren~ .
defuting Unisiw and finished second on Sawn:by .u the Don Wr"lght
lnviadoN.I ~t Western Onario Universn:y.
The men, meanwhile, finished 11m at the UB lnv~a[K)IU) and second
Western Ontario.

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It was too good to last. True
winter weather finally made
an appearance as students
returned to campus for the
spring semester. Senior
Theron Walker (left) and
junior Cadwell Harris brave
frigid temperatures on their
way to class.

Flawed software restricts access to data
Host On-Demand problem called most challenging technology crisis in IT history
ay MAltA MCCOINHI5
Reporter Assistant Editor

A

fundamentally flawed
new .software package

that is inhibiting staff
. .
members from accessing crucial data on the university's
mainframe has UB facing what

could be the most challenging tech nology crisis in its IT history.
Approximately 1,500 UB users.
mostly professional staff, depend on
a recently instaUed IBM software
package, Host On- Demand (HOD). to condua critical, day-to-day operations of the university. The produa is designed to allow secure, Webbased access to the institution's core
administrative applications.. such as
the Student Information Systemwhich includes records and registration, student accounts and admissions data---as well as BARS (Buf-

fulo Administrative Records System),
the universitY's financial system that
links to the Office of the University
Controller in Albany.
Bur tJB users. most of whom converted to the new system by Jan. I ,
cannot consistently conduct necessary transactions or inquiries because the ability of the software to
process login requests is serio usly
flawed, said Hinrich Martens, associate vice president for computing
and information technology.

He said that CIT has been work ing with IBM to address the problem , and he anticipates a break through within the next two weeks.
The problem at one point escalated to a "level of frust ration that
can't be described," said Martens.

who explained that the program is
restricting access because it isn't rec-

ognizing users. "Even if HOD does

recognize the user when he or she
attempts to log in, the process. whiCh
shouldn't take m o re than 10 sec onds. is sometimes taking up to 10
minutes."
And while the system currently IS
stable, UB continues to "walk o n tlun
ice," according to Martens. "We're m
a mode of operation where we can
survive, but it 's being held together
with band-aid.'i and lots of crossed
fingers," he admitted. 'The system
could crash m at any LHne. There are
no guarantees that it won't."
HOD replaced the software pack ages that formerly were used be cause vendo r support was no longer
available and th e packages were not
Y2K-compliant. But the university
also needed an effective link to en·
able access from today's networked ,
desktop computers to UB's o lder
mainfram e system- a system ·that

uses applications that are more than
I0 years old Martens said such systems are con sidered "ancient .. in the
computing world because the appli ~
ca tions are no t compliam with ll i."W
access technologies.
According to a press releast issued
by IBM mluly 1999, the company's
new product "' helps compa ni es
quick.Jy and easily bring new life to
existing host applications and data
with no additional programming."

HOD translates desktop-computer
commands into language that US's
IBM mainframe can understand.
Therefore. all o f US's major admin lStrativeapplications require HOD to
access the university's mainframe.
Because HOD downloads from a
Web server. it provides host access at
each workstation without having tn

install software on every desktop.

Triggle urges rise in sponsored money
know what our budget is." Triggle

By MARA MCCOINHI5
Reporr~r Assistant Editor

W

HILE
David

Provost
Triggie

promised to stay
away from .. bud get talk" during Tuesday's ..Aca~
demic State of the University" address, he made one point very clear:
UB must increase its income from
sponsored programs and philan thropic activities.

Speaking to members of the Faculty Senate, university administrators and other facuh'y and staff

members, Triggle said he has been
accused of "focusing excessively on

budget matters in the last year to the
exclusion of academic matters" and
noted that he even received an

anonymous, typed copy of the Oscar Wdde quotation: "A man who
knows the price of everything and
the value of nothing."
"T he reality is that we need to

thinking about ways in which the institution can increase its income.
In discussing the university's past.

so me areas, th e institutiOn co mes
o ut somewhere nea r the middle for
o thers and almost at the bottom in
others. according to Trigg.le. However, he pointed o ut that of 32 pub
lie universitie:. in the As.sociat1on o f
American Universities. UB ra nks
near the bottom for sponsored-program expenditures and is 31 of 32
in terms of volun tary support.
A chart of UB's research expen
diturcs showed UB with S61.3 million in direct expendii'Urcs in 1992 -

present and future position in the

93 and a projected SSS.S million for

world of higher education, Triggle

1999-2000.
"A5 you can see," said Trigs.Lc. "we
have been esse nti all y in a static
mode for a number of years. We
have not been growing our spon sored -program expenditures sig nificantly at all. In fact, if you take
into account scientific and technological inflation, which typically
runs 2 to 4 percent a year, then these
numbers would show a decline in

respo nded. "We do need to live
within our budget We do have to

know what things cost and where we
are spending our money"Qd, in particular, we need to make priorit y
decisions about how we alloca l&lt;.'
those resources."

He emphasized that UB needs to
spend a significant amount of time

said he thinks UB continues to strive
to be "a significant research -driven
university."
He discussed some of the param eters used to rank public - r~arch
universities and how UB fared in
those ca tegories., showing that there
exists a variety of ways to compare
oursc.lves to peer universities.
While UB currently ranks high in

\

o ur spo nsored ~ program activity.
This is a significant warning, tn m y
opinion, that we need to do a great
deal more in this particular area."
He noted that it will be difficult
J rea to make Significant 1mprove
rnents o n this area since .. whatever
we do today will take one or two
vears of activity before ll kicks 111."

The decline of sponsored-research
a\."llvity .. pomts to o ne of the areas of
significant weakness m the mstitu
tJOn ," sa1d Trigg.le. " It lS an area 111
wh1ch wt&gt; need to COrnm.Jt a great deal
more energy and attention."
~d although he didn 't off~ any
speafics as to how UB was go mg 1t1
increase its sponsored -rC"Search J(
tivity, Trigg.le recogmzed that the
university will have to spend m o nt·v
to make money. " It ts cos tl y to
launch new expenditures and ne"
programs. Nonetheless.. we need to
spend in order that we m1ght make
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the former chief executive officer of LucasVarity, Inc. and former
chairman of the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise Council.

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own activities. I'm looking at invest·
mmt opportunities and other activities that might help the commu·
nity. There are two things that I'm
actively involved in right now. One
is looking to see whether there are
people in the community who are
in the early stages of &lt;!Moping new
businesses and whether, with my
background in management and
with the cooperation of some other
people who are in similar circumstances to myself, we can get involved with these people and try to
make a difference in the way these
businesses a re growing. These
people are a little bit beyond
startup-they're in phase 2.1n other
words, they have the idea, they've got
it off the ground,sort of. Bu~ in fact,
from my experience, very few inven·
tors or ideas have the management
disciplines to t.ili their business to
the next stage. So I'm trying to
evaluate ideas that are good and
have gotten off the ground and how
myself and other colleagues can
bring our management disciplines
to bear to take them onto the next
stage. The other area I'm involved
in is " Herd in Buffalo;· this idea of
creatiog these individual fiberglass
buffalocs-bighly decorated by Jo..
cal artis~d placing them all
over the city as a tourist attraction

and as a means of generating money
for Roswell Park Alliance, the
Burchfield Penny and others.

- d i d JOU get lnYOived with

theUBC-7

Bill Greiner had S&lt;l up some time
ago an activity-the Buffalo
Prtsidenrs Board ofVasitoro- as an
advisory committee. I suspect be·
ca~ 1\-e got an active interest in
the community. an active interest in
what UB does, that the end result of
that was that I was approached by
Jeremy Jacobs, the chainnan of the
council, as to whether I might join
the council.

You&lt;- Mft _,wherein the

ynu go back into the history, UB
moved from being a private university to a public univmity. lf ynu look
over time, the amount of government funding is declining. And,
therefoi&lt;, it's going to have to carve
a new role. Also, I'd like to see it gain
a higher status than is recognized today. Attract a lot more studentrand different types of students as
well. I think it has an extremely
promising future.
You're •

~newcomer

to

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-.WhyBuffMo7

of the - . ! t y 7

I could. I was born in England, and
I've lived in Canada. The reason is, I
think this community is a commu·
nity that has so many opportunities
in terms of its quality oflife.lt's also
acommunitythatconstantlyunderrates itself. And ci&gt;uld, in fact, be
much more prooperous than it pres·
entlyis.lrsa fnrchoi&lt;Z.!Iike it here.
It somehow takes people who were
not born in the community to be
more active about what Buffalo
could do than a lot of born-andbred Buffalonians. And I think thars
sad, and I'd like to change it. What
mor&lt;! could yQlt wish lbr in this
community! Irs almost IS mn;utes
from anywhere. You have green
spaces, sports, ·=
·to golf, a.X...
to water, access to beaches. J think
the weather is nice. You have four
distin.ct sca50·ns.

It's an institution that is poised for
taking off and hasn't quite got there
yrt. lrs beginning to very dearly define its role bu~ again, is not totally
articulating it. There are phenomenal asS&lt;ts there, but I don't think
people know about tbern. I have a
feeling irs a splendid organization
that has not yet moved into the
consciousness of the region. It's
now beginning to try to articulate
its mission, its role. All of these
things ar~ positive, and all! want
to do is get it much higher in the
consciousness of Western New
York. And J'jl.like.to ~ il "'1¢le.
or attracting somewhat gteatd di versity of studenu, nationally and
internationally.
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role do JOU -yourself
piiiJlng on the Council?

To help guide the univ=ity in ac·
ceptiog a trend thars occurring. If

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their junior schools.
io~ed.l could read, write and tell the

rm

timebefure I wmt to schooL !find
it pretty appOIIing that is not DOW
regarded as a criterion for education. I 6nd you get peOple arriving at a univ=itywbo""' &amp;r l&lt;ss
capable 'of obtaining all the ad·
vantages that a univ=ity education has to'offer. It levels out at
poot-gradtl.tion. lp•ou were to
take a European.l!9st-grad and a
u.s. post-grad, they'd be very
similar. But what you've now gone
through is a massive 6Jtering proass until the educalion levels out.
I don't think it has to be that way.
I don't see any reason why every
lcid ofS should not be able to read.
Unfortunately, thars not modem
teaching practices.

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My own belief is that the greatest

asS&lt;! ynu can gM: any student is a

global view of the world. And I
just feel wehaven'tquitecaptured
that. We should rally be able to
say that the world is everyOne's
oyster. You have all these other
trends taking place, like tbe
lnteroet-the ability .to talk to

5o'ineoi.ein~orTu'nbuklu

or Australia. You want students to

understand that they can participa!&lt; in this huge global community. And they can do it much
more activdy from a Westen(
New Yorlibase. Where you're living should no kxig.rbeany inhi·
bition on viewing your ClppO&lt;tti.:
nity as beingU&gt;e tntal world.

Libraries institute new logon procedure
Process designed to curb abuses at reference computer workstations
By MARA MCCINNIS

Reporter A.uistant Editor

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new authentication, or
logon, process that no
longer allows anony·
moos use of theuniver·
sity Libraries' reference computers
ha s some faculty members concerncd about confidentiality and
freedom-of-speech issues.
But library officials said that fac·
ulty members arc misinterpreting
the purpose of the outhentication
procedure, which was implemented
not to track or monitor the activity
of Library users but because of sev·
eral serious incidents of criminal
activity that have been traced to
these workstations.
According to Stephen
Roberts, associate director of the libraries, administrators in Com -

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braries implement
such a procedure after receiving
several complaints and calls from
legal organizations about "fairly
horrendous violations of campus
computer-use policies."
Roberts said the university has

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documentlltion of email threats and
spamming that originated from the
library reference terminals. which
normally are to be used for hbrary
research. Specifically, Roberts said

ening them with attacks. Since use
was unauthenticated at that time. UB
is unable to identify tht offenders.
"Before, we were at riskofUBlosing its credibility as a conscientious
Internet user," he explained. "'Acoording
to
most other
colleges and universities have no
anonymous ports."
Roberts. who
said he supports the
new process al though he did not
initiate it, called it ..a
necessary inconvenience" anda "security precaution" considering the abuses
that have

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thatdeaththreatswert-senttoPresident Clinton at the White House,
and mass mailings were sent to female students at other colleges and
universities informing them that
they were beingfo~and threat·

"Faculty members need to realiu: that no network is anonymous.
What they do in their offices is not
n=rilyprivate,either. They may
have freedom of speech, but they
don't have freedom of privacy."

Judith Adams-Volpe, director of
Lockwood library, said she also has
dealt with concerned farulty mern·
hers, but says no one should worry
because libraries would not look up
any activity unless legally'fnrced.
"libraries uphold the highest ethi·
eal principles of confidentiality for
library-related activities,• said
Adams· Volpe. "We would need a
court subpoena before we could look
at any activity. Libraries are extremely
cautious about this kind of thing.•
Both Roberts and Adams said
there have been no complaints from
students, probably because they're
used to signing in at :ill other public
workstations.
The process requires that UB us·
ers type in the 14-digit number that
appears in the lower left side of their
UB Card and a simple, individualized password.
Public users from outside the UB
community are required to obtain
a UBCourtesyCardfrom the reference desk after showing valid photo
identification. The UB Courtesy
Card is good for one year. Students
and faculty and staff memben who
fotget their UB Cards when visiting
the libraries alsO can obtain a tern·
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UB receives grant from NIH
$2 million to be used to conduct dinical trial of IBS treatments
.,. LOUMIWI
News SeMces Editor

R

ESEARCHERS from
UB's Functional Gl Disorders Center and the

University at Albany
have received a $2 million grant

these treatments in high-quality,
small-scale studies.
• There aren't many of these
types of treatment programs in existence,"Lackner said ... lt is unusuaJ
in that we are using a non -drug
treatment to decrease people's
physical symptoms. Our measure

from the National Institutes of
Health to cooduct a clinical trial of
two non-medical treat:ments for irritable bo~el syndrome, one of the
.,......_,.tmonyvlleading causes of work absenteeism.
lrrilable bowel syndrome (IBS) is
t)'pelvl---a common gastrointestinal disorder
characterized by recurrent abdomiIn - - - - · .. . . . - ...
nal pain and abnormal bowel ~
- - ...,llllng ai'IOIHirug
ments. The condition affects an estimated 25 million adults in the U.S.
and acmunts for 2.4-3.5 million visiu to the doctor annually. There is
no standard medical treatment.
JEFFREY LACKNER
The four-year trial will test the
effectiveness of cognitive therapy
and self-hdp support groups in re- of change is reduction in Gl symp·
lieving symptoms of the condition. tomsoflBS ~
Jeffrey Laclcner, clinical assistant
lrritablt bowel syndrome is
professor of anesthesiology, director thought to be associated with anxiof the behavioral medicine clinic of ety, stress, diet and other lifestyle
the UB Pain Servia at Eric County factors. "Stress doesn't cause the
Medical Center and principal inves- condition, but it can cause symptigator of the Buffalo trial, said his toms to flare up and can influence
research team has produced some how symptoms are experienced,
of the strongest results extant using whether or not people go to the

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doctor, and how weU an individual

copes with the condition," Lackner
said... StTess affects bowel function
in ~~ne, but the effect is greater

in people with IBS."
Cognitive therapy is a specific
type of psydlothcrapy that seeks

to

relieve stress, anxiety and other

symptoms by changing a person's
patterns of thinking.
The study will involve a total of
240 people in B.uHalo and Albany.
In addition to determining. if participation in cognitive therapy or a
support group improves symptoms
compared to a control group. the
researchers wili try to establish
which aspects of treatment-a

change in thinking. improved coping

skills. support per se or some·

thing else-arc responsible for decreasing the symptoms.

They also will attempt to identify
specific symptoms that may predict
positive outcomes.
Susan Krasner, clinicaJ assistant
p rofessor of anesthesiology and a

postdoctoral fdlow in the pain center, will be primary therapist on the
Buffalo study. Peter Lance, associa te

professor of medicine and chief of
the Division of Gast roenterology,

will be the study's Gl specialist.

CAS announces lecture series

Talk by Cole on "Greco swine-life" to open spring session
By PATWKIA DONOVAN
N~

Sefvkes Editor

T

O . refec to Susan Cole,
chair of the Department
ofOassics,asa"pigaholic"

"Pigs were par.ldaxical objects," she
explains. For instance, piglru were
considemt'poUutotj;but fil&lt;that ll&lt;rY
reason wtTC used in purification ritu -

als. But there were exceptions:
is extreme1 but when it . Aphrodite was said to 6nd swine rc·

comes to the hog heaven that was ancient Greece, she can wax rhapsodic
on the subject of Hdlenic porkers.
Pigs were sacrificial animals, objects of pollution, votiV&lt; 6gures, subjects of myth and ritual, literary devices and pork chops. and Cole says
their many roles in aU Mcditm"ancan
cultures life convey much about
other aspects of those cultures.
On Monday, Cole, associate professor of classics and a noted hu ·
manities scholar, will focus o n the
ups and downs of Greco
swine-life in a lecture called

pulsive and preferred her sanctuaries to be dcaned with pigeons
"Families sacrificed plump piglru
to theirfavoritc: gods." Cole contin·
ues. "Women 'dined for Demeter' on
barbecued sow and men swore their
oaths on the testicles of boars." sig·
nifying pig as fertility object.
"In fact,.. she says. "pigs were quite
common in many re ligious rites

practiud b~ and for women. This is
because both women and pigs are
conceptually n:lated as marginal. and

to discuss domesticated animals

suggesu that despite pigs' marginal
role, they employed&gt; complex system of swine production and marketing, understandable: only in the
context of a varied menu for pork,"
Cole poi nts o ut .
The CAS series will continue with
the foUowing lectures to be held at
7:30p.m. in the Screen ing Room in
the Center for the Arts:

• Feb. 28: "Human Rights and
Hwnan Wrongs: Intc:mationaJ and
Ame r ican Pol icy "

by

fcssor in the Department
of Political Science. This
lecture is also part of the
Spring 2000 "University
and the World" lecturc: se·

sp ring installment of th e
College of Arts and Sciences
Alumni Lecture Series, WB.ot

which is designed to illumi·
nate: the: nature. significance and application of humanities research.

thus ambiguous, cultural objects."
Aristotle called pigs 'the animals

Cole's talk will take place at 7:30p.m.
in the Screening Room (Room 114)
of the Center for the ~the
North Campus. It will be free of

most like people: which Cole says may

discussion to chew the fat with Cole.

almost always followed by a ritual
meal in which at least part of the
sacrificed animal was served.
"The vocabulary the Greeks used

Claude E. Wdch. Jr.. SUNY
Distinguished Service Pro·

" Pigs for the Gods and Pork
for the Table: Dining Out in
the Ancient Greek City."
It will be the first in the

ch arge and open to t he public.
which is invited to remain after the

nomical to raise, easy to seU and
good to cat and animaJ sacrifice: was

be one reason for the prominence of
pigs in many other Greek religious
rituals, an aspect of a pig's tife that has
received her scholarly attention.
For the Greeks the pig was sacred
and profane, poUuted but used for

ries.
• March 20: "Teaching in
2061 !" by Clyde F. Herreid, SUNY
Distinguished Teaching Professor in
the Department of Biological Sci ·
ences and academic director of the
Honors Program
• April 17: .. Communication

Technologies in the New Millen·
ni um : Opportu nities and Chal -

lenges" by Thomas L Jacobson, as·

.. When we consider that Circe

purification rituals. and conceptually

sociate professor of communication

changed Odysseus' men into swine

rdated to fertility. And yes. pork also
was highly valued as a good source
of protein, as indicated by Greek vo

and acting dean of the School of In -

cabulary and records of cult'l and
sanctuaries. induding menus.

Deficit Hyp eractivity Disorder

and Semonides insulted slo ppy
housewives by calling them 'sows in
muck,' a pig's life might not seem to
be worth very much in the ancient

Greek city," Cole says.
UWe must take into ronsideration ,
however, the: complex value system

that gave order to the Greeks' ubiq uitous use of pigs.

fo rmation Studies

• May 15: "Otildhood Anention

(ADHD ): Myths and Misoonceptions about Diagnosis, Causes and
Treatment" by William E. Pdham,
Jr.. professor of psychology and di rectorofthcADHD program in the
wouldn't expect. Swine were eco- \ Department of Psychology.

"Meat production was always a
tricky business in the eastern Medi terranean," she says... ln the context
of early cities----even in cultures you

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DrieD
Brown-bag concert to open
February m usic schedule
A casual, noontime concet1: on Tuesday featuring flutist Cheryl
Gobbett.i · Hoffman· and the: UB Percussion Ensemble will o~n the
February concert schedule presented by the: Department of Music.
The concert. part of t.he music department's free Brown Bag Series, wilJ be: held at noon in the Slee Hall Lobby. It will feature Suite
en concert. a piece by Jolivet , performed by Gobbeni -Hoffman and
the percussion ensemble , as weU aS other fun and ,---:::;;;;:-- --,
funky contemporary Oute and percussion offerings.
The Cassatt String Quartet, the Sler Quartet -in ·
Residence:, will present the fourth concert of the
Beethoven cycle at 8 p.m. Feb. II in Slee. The program will includt "Serioso" Quartet in F minor, Op.
95, wh1ch has won the Cassatt high critical acclaim.
Recital s by faculty members Jon Nelson, trumpet,
a nd Susan Fancher, saxophone, will feature: world - JANCHU
p remiert performanc~ of pieces b y UB graduate compo~rs .
Nelson, who will perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 12 in Slee. will highlight
Stephen Barber's G ran Calavera Electnca for trumpet. piano, organ
and two percussionists. The concert. which also will feature Helena
BugaJlo, piano, and Jonathan G olove, cello, will present Tno No. 3
for trumpet, cello and piano by graduate student Emil Harnas.
The concen by Fancher. to be held at 8 p.m. Feb. 22 in Slcc, will feature music by Giacinto Salsi, Ben Johnson and John Anthony lennon .
h also wilJ provide a venue for wo rk specifically written for Fancher, a
member of the Amherst Saxophone Quartet, by Mark Engc:bre11on ,

Keith Carpenter and graduate student Aaron Cassidy (Asphyxia l.
The mo nth's concert sch edule wiU conclude Feb. 15 with the sec ond Annual Choral and O rgan Extravaganza! , the fourth concert m
the: Organ RecitaJ Series. To be held at 8 p.m . in Slcc. tht program
will feature th e Choir of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church , James
Bigham, o rganist and choirmaster; St. Paul 's Cathedral Choir of Men
and Boys, Dale Adelmann, organist and choirmaster, and Westmmstc:r
C hoir, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Thomas Swan, organist and
choirmaster.
Tickets to alJ concerts may be obtamed a.t the Slee box office be tween 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and at the Center
for the Arts box office: from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.

Technology gadfly Noble to speak
Respe&lt;ted hlstort•n •nd technology g•dfly David F. Noble IS a
cont roversial and outspoken critic of attempts to "automatize higher
educat1on" by setting up extensive distance- learning systems and
"online universities" that h e says are no more than diploma miJis.
Tomorrow, Noble wiU present the second in a series of lectures
sponso red by Critical and C ultural Studies in Jnformation Techno logy (CCSIT ), a UB interdisciplinary graduate: mHiative .
The talk will take place at 4 p.m. in 280 Park Hall on th&lt;" North
Campus. It will be free of charge and open to the public. A reception
will precede the lecture at 3:30p.m .
Noble is professor of hiSlory at Toronto·s York Umverslt)' and co foun d er of the NallonaJ Coaht1on for Umversiues tn the Pubhc Inter
est. He is weU-known as a cntlcal analyst of educatiOnal technologieS
and as the author of the book "The Rehg•on of Technologv.'' His re
cent - and notorious -Journal seriL-s, " Dagital D•ploma M!lb.:· w n
tmues to provoke much dcbatr m the world of h1ghcr educatio n.
• ''All dJ)ICUSSIOil of distance edu ca tion these days mvariably turm
mto a diSCUSSIOn o f technology. an endless meditation o n the won
ders of computer· mediated instruction," Noble says. He claims, howc.•ver, that nc1ther the technologr cult nor those who buy into it are
prone to acknowledge the manr problems associated with its apph .
..:atlon to the task of pro ,•iding a university education.
Hank Bromley, CCSIT co -founder and ass1stant professor m the
Grad u ate Schoo l of EducatiOn , describes the lecture senes as one
that presents different ways o f assessmg mformation technologies m
orde r that we better understand the1r complex effects o n a culturr
and its institutiom. systems and people.
"We want to provoke discussiOn and debate:· he.· says, " wh1 ch Noble
tends to do."
Noble points out : "The publi c has bet:n told that techno logy 1s a
bold departure from tradition . a s1gnal step toward a prt:ordain&lt;:d
and radically transformed h1gher educational future.
"On lin e: universities, distance -education programs and the like
(are ) now identified with this revolution m technology and have .:J S
sumcd thr aura of mnovataon and the .tppearance of the revo lutiOn

Jt5Cif."
That untested ass umption has pr~voked the produC1 10n o f dl ~._on
ceived and unnecessary information -technology programs 111 h1~h rr
education, according to Nobl e.
.. Recent surveys of the instructiOnal use of mformat10 n tech nu l
ogy in higher education clearlr md1cate that ( II has res uht'd m ) no
significan t gains in either productlvlt")' Improvement or pedagogKal
enhance m ent," he cla ims.
He adds that, despite the futurist hype. the.· online umve rslly o l
2000 "is nothing more than an updated vers1on of the correspon
dcnce school."

�Center for Technical Communlc•tlon helps engineers communicate more effectively

Center bridges communication gap
IJ ~ u w - .

she says they asked.

RtpOtt&lt;rContrtbutor

The secret, says Sageev, who
authored "Helping Researchers
Write-So Managers Can Understand." is knowing who the audience
is. organizing the information and

E

NGINEERING students
at UB aren't just getting a
technical education these
days. They're learning to
communicate more effectively, a
skill that instructors at UB's Center
for Technical Communication hope
will give their students an edge in
the working world
The center, part of the School of
Enginccring and Applied Sciences,
isworkingon "bridgingthetechnicalcommunicationgap"byoffering

Communication hdp students simplify their writing.
"The kchnical le&gt;el of any proposai (needs to he) saoped down to
manageable size." Smacmialr. says.
"They (students) can apply this to
any field. (and) can organize
things a lot more dearly."
WilliamGrunm,alectun:r
in the engineering school
who manages the center'•
workohop program, sayo
clarity is key. "l'eople don't
readbusinessdocumentsfor
cntertainment--i(s to con-

classesandworkohop5thatfocuson ~~!!~~~J'~~~&amp;~;~ vey the information." says
Grunert. who notes that for
information organization and im- "
proving speaking and writing skill5.
engineers who have been
The center's director, Pneena Sageev,
conditioned to pay attention
saysoncofthe maingoaloistobuild writing5Uccinctly;inshort,produc- to detail, i(s easy for an idea to get
student5' communication confi- ingsomethingthatisaccurate,con- lost. "Theyforgettoi&gt;rgahizeforthc
dence.
cise. clear and readable.
less-scientifically savvy:'
Engineering students at UB learn
Student5 also learn new aspects of
"Engincering isn't only between
(the students) and the computer." the fundamentalo of kchnical com- writing. For example, students ensaysSageev,whocameto UBin 1987 municationthroughoevcralcourses. rolled in Smacwiak'o technicalafter an 11-year career ao a publisher including "Technical Communica- writing course must complete and
and editor with the Battelle Memo- tion for Engineers." "Engineering present an intricate proposal on an
rial Institute in Ohio. "They can do Procedure Writing,""Empower Your engineering topic of their choice.
the mnstoomplicatedequatio05,but Technical I.anguage"and"Managing
"Irs the tirsttimcstudentsare intheycan'twritealettertoacustomer." Engineers'Communications."
valved in the financial side,"
At Battelle, Sageev worktxl with
"One of our main goalo (is) to Smaczniaksays. "Theyhavetomakc
researchers to improve their skilli in encompa55 all of the juniors and se- (a project) economically fcaoible.
drafting proposalo and reports, and niors." Sagccv says. "We're readting They have to justify everything."
says it waon't long before Battelle's about 65 to 70 percenL"
·
The center baoworked with indusclients approached her, perplexed at
Anthony Smaczniak, who has try on in)proving communication,
what they were witnesoing.
v.brkedin technical writing and pub- sometbingGrunertsaysioinlincwith
"Members came to me and said, lications management at Bell Mro- the university's initiative to bolster
·How come the engineers at Banelle

space, Veridian Engineering and

collaboration between the two:

can write such wonderful articles

Praxair, says courses such a5 those offercd by the Center for Technical

ter staffers an opportunity to

and we (can't)? What's the secret?'"

Working with industry gives cenS«

how communication is evolving in
the real world.
."l(s very good for us to he ronstantlyapprisedofwhat is going on
out there," says 5as«v, noting that
the center bas been surveying
graduates to~ feedback.
Of some 200 responseo to a
Spring 1999survey, ISOm;pondents
shared bow communication training belp5 them on the job.
"The teoor in all of (the rcoponscs) wasthatengineeringskill5
an: a given, (but) communication
skill5 differentiate," says Sageev,

pointing out that the survey responoes indicated that an engineer
spends 64 percent of his or her time
on communication tasks, and only
36percenton kchnicalwork.Many
graduatesalsostatedthataninability to give an c:xrdlent oral presentation in the worlcplace can he "carecr-limiting." Sageev says.
Such statistiC5 reinforce the
center's work with students, Sageev
sa yo, and is particularly evident
when she gauges the progress of S11Jdents in her"Technical Communication for Enginm-s" course.
"When we finish the clas5. it's really quite remarkable ... when you
sec what they started with and what
theY ended with," Sageev says.

"Many of them are so shy; giving an
oral presentation is so painful
"For us, Seeing·!hi$ growth ... in
confidence, it's really what kt:cps us
going." she says. "This is our great. est satisfaction."

Pulitzer winner to headline literary series

m

]orie Graham, prominent "ethnopoets" to be featured in "Wednesdays at 4 PLUS"
tinue throughout the semester and
On March 14, Silliman will give a
will include Regna Darnell, widely talk titled "Poetics of Prose-----&lt;&gt;r
published linguist and historian of Whatever; followed by a poetry readanthropology at the Univeroity of ing on March 15. Th~authorofmore
Western Ontario, Feb. 2 1; David than 22 books of poetry, Silliman i5
Napier, author and professor at associated with the West
Middlebury College, Feb. 28-29, and Coast "language poetry;
lsidoreOkpewho,prize-winningau- which ha5 been defined as
thor of books on African oral litera- .. oppositional literary
ture and professor at Binghamton practice that questions
University, April 10-11.
manyoftheaosumP..tions
Graham, who received the Pulitzer of mainstream poetry
and arises.out of an 'exploded self.
prize for her poetry collection "The
Dream ofthe Unified Field," will give blursgenreboundariesandseckoaca reading on Feb. 16. She ha5 the dis- tively collaborative relationohips hetinction of being the first woman to tween reader and writer." The rontemporary poet is most
hold the tide of Boylston Professor
...U-known for b:is "The
of Rhetoric and Oratory
Alphabet" series that he
at Harvard University.
began in the I 980s. deWidely regarded aooneof
saibed .. "a fascinating
the leading voices in
and celebrated collection
American poetry, Graofbook-lengih pocm5."
ham hao published six
Coolidge, considered one of the
bookoofpoemsOnd is the
recipient of a MacArthur FellowShip. most innovati~e and influential
Her
i5 said to he shaped by American poets of the late 20th cenfierce intellect and passion, and to ex- tury, will give a reading on April 26.
plore, "in thclanguageoftheserues." He received the Poets Foundation
Award and the American Literary
the mystery of being. the
boundaries ofself and the
Anthology Award for hi5 poem "Soda
Gong" and an isoue of the journal Big
nature of meaning.
Skywaodcvotedlohispoctry.Among
Williamson, a perforhis booko arc "Solution l,'assagc"
mance artist, choreogra(1986), "Sound ao Thought" (1990)
pher, writer and· Arts
and "Own Face" (1993). His comCouncil of England Fellow in Writing and Contemporary plete literary archives, including
manuscripts, oorres~ndence and
Art at Oxford University, will perform on March I. Known for tak- photographs, arc part ofUB's Poetry
ing a physical appmach to perfor- and Ran: Books Collection.
mance art and installation that ha5
Other featured guests willheOuisevolved in relation to becoming tian BOk, Canadian sound-poetry
deaf, he ha5 p&lt;:dQrmed more than performer; innovative,~winning
fiction writer Vmoent Ctyz; author
200 times worldwide.

lly MARA MCGINNIS
RtpOrter Assistant Editor

''W ~
at4PLUS,"

the bian ·

nualliterary
series presented hy the Poetics Program, this spring will feature

Pulitzer-Pri ze win ner
Jorie Graha.m, major
American poets Clark

Coolidge and Ronald
Silliman , British deaf
performance
Aaron Williamson, -and
several prominentliterary figures in
the field of ethnopoctics.
The program schedule includes
an Ethnopoctics Series. organized in
conjunction with an ethnopoetics
course taught by Dennis Terllock,
james H. McNulty Chair and professor in the Department ofEnglioh
in the College of Arts and Sciences.
The series will begin Feb. 7 with a
talk by Dell Hymes. a founder of the
fields of sociolinguistics and
ethnopoctics, and professor at the
University of Virginia.
Terllock describes ethnopoctics as
"a deccntered poetics, an attempt to
hear and read the poetries of distant
others. outside the Western tradition
as we know it now." The 6eld"originated among poets with an interest
in anthropology and linguiotics, and
cmpbaoizes performances in which
the speaking, chanting or singing
voice gives shape to proverbs,
riddles, curses, laments. praises,
prayers. prophecies, public an nouncements and narratives.
The Ethnopoctics Series will con-

pocuy

f

and poet Karen Alkalay-Gu,t of Tel
Aviv University; John Caf!ey. poet
and specialist in literary translation
from Otincse, and Mark
Turner, a cognitive lin~
guist who ha5 published
extensively on principia
ofcona:ptual integration;
or"blending." and its role
in literature.
OUT
The series also will feature a conference March 17-18 on the work of
highly regarded 20th-century poet
and author Ronald johnson, who
died in I9?8. johnson authored several volumes of poetry and variouo
cookbooks. which earned him such
honors a5 the Ina Boulton Award,
two National Endowment for the
Arts Award&gt; and the Ta5ternaker's
Award. The UB conference-tided
"Eye, Ear &amp; Mind" because of
Johnson's tendency toward Visual or
shaped pocm5. aquisite
attention to sound and
keen intellectualismwill give several poetry
scholars the opportunity
to honor and explore the
late poet's work.
The complete "Wcdoesdays at 4
PWS"Spring2CXXW.eduleioavailable at &lt; http:/ / wlngs . buf.
--/opc/ poellcl/ - /
sprtngOO.html&gt;. All events arc free
and open to the public. except as
noted.
The series is co-oponsored by the
Center for the Arts, the Department
of Media Sb,xly in the College ofArts
and Sciences, just buffalo literary ccnterand Talkinginvesbookstore. Call
64S-3810 for more information.

�Collection comes to UB

Law library cataloguing Berman -Indian law documents
. , PAliiiCIA - A N
Newss.MusEditor

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to sovereignty, religious freedom
and self-&lt;letmnination.
The roUection mlects these conccrns. Its historical and legal-resource materials were used b y
Berman to prepare cases in support
of other fundamental rights as weD,
involving territoriality, international
labor law, corporate investment
inaborijpnallands,border-crossing rights and other issues.
R&lt;presentatives of se=al
lndian nations have told
Spenc::er they ace anxious to
see the oollection. One reason
they want to see it, she says, is
because Berman's carefully ob-

m

vised and enlarged 1842 edition of
"Deh-he-wa-mis: or, A narrative of
the life of Mary Jemison." A white
woman from Western New York,
Jemison was taken captive and then
adopted by the Seneca. She chose to
remain among them for the rest of
her life and, in doing so, became part
of regional and Seneca lore.
An original edition of L&lt;wis H.
Morgan's book "League of the Hode-no-sau-nee,orlroquois" ( 1851 )
is interesting, Spencer says, because
it contains a map and explanatory
chart of corresponding English and
Indian names.
Berman's was a career of prodigious accomplishment. Besides
teaching human-rights law, he published and lectured widely, main tained a private law practice in In dian law and, from 1978 to 1981 ,
served as attorney for the Indian
Law Resource Center in Washington, D.C.
He chaired the Interest Group on
Indigenous Rights for the American
Societyoflntemationall.aw and pro-

HE Ow-les B. Sears l.aw
Library has received an
important collection of
books, manu scripts,
documents, treaties and other mat&lt;rial related to the defense of indigenous rights-and in particular, of
American Indian nations-from
the late Howard R. Berman.
A distinguished scholar of in ternational human-rights law,
Berman, a 1971 graduate of the
UB l.aw School, devoted his legal career to defending the interests of aboriginal peoples.
He taught law at UB and
servedandrefererK:ed~
Harvard University before
will be of great use to anyone
joining the faculty of Calipresenting evidence on befornia Western Law of
half of native peoples before national and intemaSchool, where he taught
from 1987untilhisdeathin 1997at tional courts oflaw.
the age of 52.
It is Berman's abiding inten:st in
Karen Speocer, UB reference li - American Indian law that defines the
brarian who studied Indian law at collection, which contains original
UB under Berman, says the hbrary and rare books and documents not
has long had some materials related previously held at UB.
to Indian and human-rights issues,
but caDs Berman's materials "a sig\::
nificant collection ... (one that) re- the last 300 years of the
.,., ~
native peoples ofTIflects Howard's deep and abiding Haudenosaunee (the
-;bet,Truwan,Mex~co.
Afnca, Canada,
concern for aU aboriginal peoples." six-nation Iroquois
......,....,...
EastemEuropeand
Some of t he material in the C onfede racy), with
Berman collection was of interest to
whom Berman had a
Central Arnenca
other unive~;sities, but Spencer says long working relationHe represented
the collection came to UB because ship.
the In ternational
.. One rare work of
Work Group for Indigenous Af·
it was the only university willing to
note," Spencer says. "is an original fai rs-a United Nations subcom ·
maintain the collection intact.
"Howard requested this because copy of the Jay Treaty published in mission-hefure the UN Commission on Human Rights and other in .h~ wanted his life's work to be ac- . 1795 that ensured Indians unim cessible to the people to whom he peded crossing between the United temational Dodies.
had dedicated his entire career."
States and Canada The formal title
The Berman Collection is being
She describes Berman'' life as of the document is Tretll)' of Amity. · catalogued and inventoried, and a list
one "defined by social activism in- Commerce and Navigation between of the catalogued items can be found
fused with unusu al compassion his Britannic Majesty and the United at &lt;http://ubllb.buffalo.edu/ liand generosity of spirit." Berman, States of America and it contains a brartes/ untts/ law/ coUectlons &gt;.
s he adds, worked tirelessly to notable appendix of contemporary To use the materials in the collection,
achieve international recogn ition documents, letters and papers."
contact a reference librarian in tht&gt;
Another significant book is are- law library at 645-2048.
fo r the rights of indigenous peoples

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Study looks at hospital networks
By LOIS BAK£R
News Services Editor

OSPITALS looking to
join a health-care net work can expect to attain operating margins
12 percent higher if they join a network with financial risk-sharing arrangements rather than a network
without such arrangements, a UB
study of hospitals in New York State
has shown.
Hospitals also performed best in
networks that had relatively loose
rules governing relations between
me m bers-wh ic h might a llow
more fl exibili ty in response to
changes in the organization's environment--and in arrangements in
which the number of shared activi-

H

ties between members was limited
to a select -few.
The st udy, headed by Eric
Nauenberg. assistant professor of social and preventive medicine and a
specialist in health eronomics, appears
in the current issue of the quarterly

Mediml Care Research and Review.
"As the biggest play&lt;rs in health care networks, hospitals should take
note of these findings," Nauenberg
said. "The structural features of a
network make a difference; merely
forming or joining a network does

not insure financial health. Finan cial risk-sharing prOved to be an es sential component for improving
hospital financial performance in
that it tightens the incentive to move
forward and work together."
Nauenberg and colleagues hy pothesiz.ed that hospitals in highly
integrated, highly complex net wo rks that included risk-sharin g
would be the best performers.
Integration refers to how loosely
or tightly the member organizations
are ron trolled. Complexity refers to

patient -day.
Hospitals in moderately inte ·
grated, minimally compl ex net works turned out to be the best performers, with risk-sharing an essen tial component for success.
"The U.S. government has idenu fied networks as a potential mechanism to improve the economic organization of health-care delivery,"
Nauenberg said. "The hope is that
networks will improve the financial
strength of health-care-&lt;lelivery systerns, improve access to those systems

the number of activities. such as lobbying. financial services, marketing,

and contain costs.
"This study provides information
about which network structures are
best in terms oflowering the growth

credcntialing, recruitment and education, that are performed by more
than one network member. Financial risk-sharing might be characterized as "all fo r one and one for all."
In such networks, financially strong
members would provide funds for
financially troubled members.
To test their hypotheses. the researchers surveyed 64 New York
State hospitals involved in networks
and analyzed each hospital's finan cial performance, based on information from 1991 -95. Performance
measures used were operating margin, or net profit; .. throughput" or
discharges-per-bed-day, and hospitaJ costs, defined as expenses-per-

of costs and improving financial
performance. However, future re-

search needs to assess the impact of
networks on access to care."
Also participating in the study
were CarolS. Brewer, assistant professor of nursing; Jason W. Osborne,
former VB graduate student now at
the University of Oklahoma, and
graduate students Kisalaya Basu and
Mary K. Bliss.
The study was suppo rted by the
federal Office of Rural Health, th e
U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, and the state Departm\ t of Health.

Buffalo.com = WNY Online ID
Buffalo.c:om &lt;http:/ / buffalo.c:om &gt; on your comput~r may not
be as cozy as reading your newspa~r while sipping coffee at the
kitchen table or as convenient as checking headlines and sports scores
on the bus ride to work, bl;lt it can do many feats that would make
any print publication envious, and that's why yQu'lJ want to boo'kmark it for frequent referencing. The regional site debuted last September as a joint venture of The Buffalo N~s and co -sponsors
Adelphia Communications ~nd BelJ Atlantic.
The most prominent features on the Butfalo.com homepage are
the cu rren t temperature and weather icon (which is dickable for a
complete five-day forecast ) in ~h e upper left corner, and the centered
sections displaying headlines from the day's Buffalo News, Associ ·
ated Press stories that are updated throughout the day, sports and
entertainment announcements ( induding many ads) from Adelphia,
foUowed by sports coverage and business information from The News.
Click.i.ng on the headlines will take you to the full article and, in sOme
cases, stories from the past two weeks. Another dick and you can
access The News ' Library, which you can search online back to 1989.
Headlines Hsted in this arch ive can be viewed for free, but you'IJ have
to set up an account and pay $1.95 per article to get the full text.
Alternately, you can visit Lockwood Lib rary and read the article on
microfilm for free, or you can search Dow Jones Interactive &lt;h ttp:/
/ ubllb.buffalo.edu/ llbrorie s/ unlb/ lml/e-resources/dJnr.ht m l&gt;
on BISON for full -text News articles back to 1992.
But BuffaJo.com is much more than an online newspaper. It links
to the most comprehensive assortment of Western New York Web
si tes available in one place. A long list of categories at the left of the
headlines, includin g UArts &amp; Ente rtainm ent," "Business &amp; Finance ,"
.. Education," "Government " and "Home &amp; Garden," connects to
hund reds of non -commercial pages." Education," for example, links
to all local colleges, many K- 12 schoo ls and such organizations as
the Niagara Frontier Co ll ege Placement Association.
The li st to the right of the headlines features mostly Buffalo News
sections, such as the classified ad s, horoscopes, IV schedules, con ·
tests, etc. There's a lot to like about being able to search the classifieds
simply by ryping a keyword such as .. snowblower" or clicking on an
American Movie Class ics listing to check who the actors are and
what other films they've been in. Try doing that at the kitchen table ~
-Will Hepfer • nd N• ncy SchUler, Umven1ty

Librone~

DrieD
UB Institute to hold workshop
on State of Region report
EiJ
Following widesprea d positive rea ction to its November 1999
report, .. State of the Region: Performance Indicators for the Buf
falo -Niagara Region,.. the Institute for Loca l Governance and Re
gional Growth will hold a co nference Feb. 3 dedicated to examinmg
the report 's findings and encou raging area players and partnC"rshtps
10 develop specific strategies for regional change.
The conference will be held from 9:30 a.m . to 4:30 p.m. an !heBuffalo Convention Center.
The program will include mornmg and afternoon sessiOns ded1 ·
ca ted specifically to the II subject areas of the report-economy.
education, envi ronme nt , eq uity, government, health, human services,
planning and land use, public safety. regional assets, and technology
and information . The agenda also will include plenary sessions in
whi ch the institute will provide updates o n State of the Region ef·
"forts to date and invite comment s from participants.
The focus o f the even t, says inst itute Director John B. Sheffer, II,
ts to identify local and regional organizations and coalitions to take
the lead on performance improvements in the II State of the Re ·
gion subject areas.
"Ou r watchword for the State of the Region project has been that
'Yo u can't manage what yo u can't measure,"' says Sheffer. "The- re ·
port itself offe red assessments of regional performance on a range
of measures, as well as proposed performance goals and some ac·
ti on steps to help achieve th em.
"The next step--which is what this conference ts about - IS find ing ways to manage what we've measured and to make our mea ·
surement s even better. We are asking leade rs and o r ganization ~
throughout the Buffalo -Niagara region to commit to take action
and move toward these goals."
The 275 -page Sta te of the Region report resulted from a year -lo ng
coOsUltative process invo lving more than 2~ leaders from the eight
cou nties of Western New York, as well as Southern Ontari o. The
volume p resents 98 baseline measures. or indicators, of regional
quality ofl ife across its II key subject areas. Each indicalor al so pro poses goals and action steps for imp roving regional performance.
Copies of the report may be o rdered by calling the institute a1
829-3777. An o nlin e version is also available at &lt;http://reglon•llnstlt ute .buff•lo.edu/ sotr &gt;.
For more detailed info rmation about the Feb. 3 conference pro gram, call8 29-3777.

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DeGreiff, Thalos receive NEH awards

ay I'AT1IICIA DONOVAN
New3 Setvic.es Editor

sitional justice written by a philos&lt;&gt;"So in the case of nations moving
pher. Whileitisintmded to be of in- from an oppressM. abusM IJM'fl&gt;·
HEresearchofjuniorfac1&lt;=1 to philosophers and political . ment 10onehased in dosnocnticp:inulty members Pablo
scientists. il also is addressed to bu- cipl......-.in certain Latin American
DeGreiff and Mariam
man-rights activists, policymakcn nations, for imtance, or in poot-Cold
and those ooncemed with interna- War eastern ~'amnesty
Thalos demonstrates
how philosophical inqttiry, applied
tiona! affairs and transitions 10 de- . and oblivion' model of transitional
to contemporary problems, can enju.stia is ofit:n a:nployed instead.
mocracy.
hance our understanding of a wide
His study analyzes what he calls
That model, says OeGreiff, offers
range of individual and c.ollective
the "two inadequate policies" by amnesty to those who perpetrated
human behavior.
which governments deal with the human -rights abuses under the
Their work has earned them rehuman-rights abuses-including previous government. It follows
search grants from the National En- new procedure by which decision- state-sponsored terrorism--of a this with "oblivion" or an official
dowmenl for the Humanities thai malting can be broken down into its preceding regime.
"forgetting" of their crimes, thus
will aU ow them to complete projects componen1 parts Her model will alOne modd is based on the "re- cutting off further investigation ·
that reassess common assumptions
Iow analysis of
tribu!M model" of and granting them freedom from
aboul how and why human beings
large expanses of
the Nurembergtri- future prosecution.
behave the way they do under cerdecision-m alting
bunals set up after
Is one model more useful or
tain conditions.
behavior not curWorld War II to more ethical than the other?
DeGreiff and Thalos, both assisrently oonsidered
rectify the human
"In a broad range of matttn, and,
lanl professors of philosophy, are
by standard deci'r ights abuses of I believe, certainly in that of addrtsotwo of only four philosophers in the
sion theory and
Germany's Third ing human-rights abuses," OeGreiff
nation to receive NEH research felwill be applicable
Reich. OeGreiff ex- says, "the success of a policy depends
lowships during this funding cycle.
to individual and . , . _
plains this model as upon w!&gt;ether or not it can satisfy
Both will challenge standard ascollective deci one that employs citizens' expectations for justice. II
sumptions in their fields of investi- sian-making processes.
courts and penal institutions to is essential, therefore, that in this
gation and propose n~ and more
"Italsowillindudesomeacrount achieve re tribution for human regard we answer the question of
u~fuJ ways to analyze mora1 and
of a 'switching' mechanism or pro- rightserimes.ltisanattempttopre· what morality requires of us and
cedure that prescribes, or at leaslli- vml the repetition of past atrocities, select the model acmrdingly.
political issues.
Thalos' project, " Unices of Deci- censes, _m0Ym1ent between the in - he says. and notes that it has been
"It is possible to make a moral
sion-making: The Role of the Col- dividual mode and the coUective used to address genocidal activities case for the adoption of the am lective; will examine the standard mndeofdecision-maltingso...,will in Rwanda and Yugoslavia.
nesty and oblivion modd thai 'opindividualistic model of decision- be able to analyze how these modes
"The main virtue of the retribu- poses trial and punishment on the
making and inlroduce a new style operate cogether." she says.'
live model is-that it'seernsco respond grounds that a democratic regime
of decision analysis that offers a difDeGreiff is a social and moral to the claims for justice that = m stands under a moral obligation to
ferent understanding of coopera - • philosopher who has lectured and to be addressed after periods ofbru- preserve itself." be say&gt;. "This obli publisbed &lt;xteitsivelyon the subject tality~DeGreiff says.
tion in general
gation that bec:t&gt;tn&lt;:s espeCially dear
Its application to the resolution of inlemational justice and transi"Unfortunately, incipienl liberal in t h e light of the altern atives
of"Prisoner's Dilemmas.. will be of tion to democracy. He will use his institutions find it diflicuh to imple- againsl which democracy normally
interest to legal theorists, she says, grant to complete a book manu- me nt the ret r ibutive model.•
contends.
"Novmhdess," be adds, "it is likeand be applicable to such issues as script in which he examines the IkGreiff says. "And if it is implethe provision of public goods in eco- question of bow successor regimes mented. it am pose a serious~~ wise easy to see why Victims ofdknomics and to the social function should deal with the human-rights cothe newdemocracybecausemern- llllorial abuse and their filmilies can
of"free-riding."
abuses of the preceding regimes.
bers of the preceding regime often argue that the 'amnesty and
"The purpose of the ptoject is. to
When published, it will be one of · c6ntiriue to hold siJbOtantial'military, oblivion' modd fails to' take thrir
challenge the usefulness of standard, the few books on the subject oftran- political and eoonomic power.
demand for justice seriously."

T

two-pan decision-making theory
and render a deeper understanding
of sociality; she says, "and of the ties
that bind human beings to one an other on grounds of rationality."
"It also will provide an understanding thai goes beyond the role of
the individual in the decision-makingpro=s,"shesays. "andindudethe
roleplay&lt;dbyinstitutionsinpromoting and mabling social behavioB."
Thalos has set out to identify a

Regional center to tackle public-safety issueS m
By JlHNIF£11 LfWANDOWSkl
Repotter Contributor

T

HE Reg ional Co mmu nity Policing C enter
(RCPC) is officially open

for business a; US.

Part of the University Commu n ity ·ln iative (UCI), the center is

tackling an issue-public safetythat has been at the forefront of
community discussions since UCI
began planning its strategy to stabi lize, rebuild and revi!alize !he neigh borhoods surrounding the
university's South Campus.
Emphasizing thai the RCPC's role
is not that of a police agency, coordinator Pamela Bea1 said its aim is
to "marry the university resources
and issues of community safety in a
way thai is useful for police agencies and comm unity."
The RCPC is an unprecedemed,
cross-j urisdictional collaboration
amo n g poli ce age ncies from
Amherst, Bu ffalo , Tonawa nda,
Cheeklowaga, Buffalo Mu nicipal
Housing Aut hority, the Niagara
Frontier Transportation Authority
and UB, as weU as the Erie County
Sheriff's Department, to work on
quality-of-life issues in the commu nity. The center provides a venue
where poli ce officers will work in
partnersh ip with residents, busi nesses, government and social-service agencies to prevent crime and
address community problems thai
impact on public safety.

II is funded by a $70,450 gran!
from Erie Coun t y through the
County-Municipal Regionalism
Program, and a New York State
C rime Prevention grant.
"Quality of life is absolucely essencialco have a slllble neighborhood ."
said Danis Gehl, UCI project director. "Our goal is to stabilize the community.
"From Ihe very beginning of the
UCI project, public safety came up
many times as an issue for residents."
said Gehl, pointing oul that this concern on the part of UCI's stakeholders was a driving force in establishing the center.
However, collaboration would be
a key com ponent of the venture.
" Everybody was doing their own
thing," said Gehl of law-enforcement agencies. For example, she
said, " if there was a ring of car thefts.
they would work together. But once
that's over, there's no long-term col laboration.
"When we sai d, 'Well, where
should (the cenler) be, people said
che only place il could be was the
university," Gehl said.
Beal said the cen ter, located in
Allen HaU on the South Campus,
serves as a place where police from
each of the four jurisdiction&gt;-Buffalo, Cheektowaga, Tonawanda and
Amherst---&lt;an meet to discuss issues in "neutral space."
"II hap~s to be the cenler of
these four jurisdictions.." she said

"Geography is destiny."
And so il is. The RCPC is moving
ahead with new projects, including
a speaker series that has featured
Thomas Frantz, associate professor
and chair of the UB Departmenl of
Counseling and Educational Psychology, in coOjunction with the
Erie County Probation Departrnenl,
speaking on troubled youth. More
events that tap into the expertise of
university faculty as weU as local experts--such as the Frantz presentation, which drew nearly 80 peopl&lt;&gt;can be expected, she said
Beal also helped organize a 12week leadership-&lt;levelopmentseminar for police managers and supervisors al the RCPC. The seminar,
sponsored by the Buffalo Police Departmenl arid conducted by the UB
School of Managernenl, drew together law-enforcement officers
from fiV&lt; police agencies.
The center also hosts problemsolving training sessions in which
members of block d ubs and community oJ:tilflizations work with
police to solve common issues.
Sometimes, issues come from
outside the RCPC circle but tie into
the work of the center, based on the
nalure of the problem.
One such example is a request
from residents fo r training on how
to maintain their properties, an issue that was broughl up al a UCI
developme nt meeting. A!i Beal
points out, the issue definitdy is re-

lated to crime prevention.
"You can eslablish a property as
private or public by the way you
design it." she said Even the appearance of disorder, she said, can lead
co bigger problems.
Beal also hopes to start worlting
with area youth by involving them
in community and development,
which, she said, helps 10 instill in
them a sense of pride in and ownership of the area in which they live.
She's also in the process of eslablishing a library with information
on community policing. neighborhood revitalization and other such
issues.
In addition, the cenler will be facilimting a needs-assessment survey
directed coward issues of safety and
security, the findings of which
would be discussed in a oommunity
forum.
"ltJs a way for us to set our priorities," Beal said "(And) it's another
opportunity 10 show people how
they can use this in problem-solving."
The RCPC will hos l an open
house from s3o-7 p.m. Feb. 22 in
the center in 100 Allen Hall. The
public is welcome to attend
Information on the center can be
found al &lt; http:/ / wlngs.buffalo.edu/ ud &gt; or by calling the
center at 829-3099. The center is
open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon day, W~nesday and Friday, and
from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday and
Thursday.

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But why didn'uhe univenity ..,_
place its major administrative applicatioru instead of trying to implement a link sophistiated enough to
accommodate its outdated system!
Acmrding to Voldemar Inn us, senior
associate via president for unMnity
services and dliefinformation officer,
the univ.rsity probably would rur..,
to spend more than $20 million if it
were to replace its co"' systems. UB
paid $360,000 for the HOD package.
"In the spring. we wil1conduct a
comprehensive review of these systems to detennine whether we will
be modifying. enhancing or replacing ou.r current applications,"' said
lnnus. For now, he said, the univer·
sity still has " 12 or so open problems" with HOD that need to be
addressed in the next several weeks.
"There are still unresolved printing
problerru and the problem with ..cognition of valid user IDs."
lnnus explained that a local, or

lmmune from crashes.
The HOD software initlally was
tested at UB last spring and .bowed
no significant glitches. Small probl&lt;ms began tosurfacr in August wh&lt;n
th&lt; product was tested in a realistic
environmen~ but the software still
performed rdiably through November, according to lnnus.
As'"""' users switched av&lt;r to the
new system and th&lt; load increased,
new bugs began to surfaa and by Jan.
3, th&lt; univ.rsity had reached a crisis
situation as complaints from staff
members in Student Accounts,
Records and ~lion, Admissions and several human-resources
departments flooded CIT.
"I certtinJy didn't anticipate these
serious problerru wh&lt;n we decided
to implement this new system." said
lnnus. "But given the =y difficult
situation, I'm pleased with th&lt;devo. tion of resources from ffiM," a commitment he said he believes is due to
unsecured, authentication process UB's partnership with the company.
has been set up temporarily for
But the length of time it took for
about 600 of HOD's most common IBM to appreciate th&lt; magnitude of
users. Although it allows these us- the problerru compounded the situers to bypass the UB authentication ation, explained Martens. who noted
process, Martens said it still is not that " in a situation like this, we'rt at

the mercy of the software vmdor_"
ll was the second week in Janu ary before IBM recognized that UB
was facing a crisis. Since then, two
sets of IBM representatives have
been on campus trying to develop
long- and short-tenn solutions to
the problems. The university now is
working one-on-one with the indi -

viduals who actually develop the
company's software.
Despite the serious problerru with
the product, the university is not
considering other alternatives, said
Martens, who added that UB is

committed to upholding its partnership with IBM .
The university has formed a

HOD task force of six representatives from CIT headed by Steven
Heist, senior information technol -

ogy architect, which is working fulltime with IBM representatives to
find solutions to the problems. as
well as to keep the program up and
running at UB with the help of
about 35 technical-support ~aisons
around the university. Anyone ex-

periencing HOD problems should
continue to contact Heist at 64Sn49 or &lt;heist@buffalo.edu&gt;.

Triggle
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MEN

Ohio 86, UB 71
11iam174, UB 54
UB 84, Akron 83

UB pulled off perl&gt;aps t11e biggest
upset in conferwKe play so far this
,.ar. defutlng tl1e MKI-Amerian
Conference Eastern ~ding
Akron z;ps. 84-83. in. dlrilte.Moodoy In Alunv&gt;i NoN
T...... by u m•nps II poina.
66-55.wtlh I I - t o p b y. UB
d1atJed back. using a 12-2 run to cut
the lead to tust one, 68-67, wnh
under seven minutes ~The
Zips ........ ""' """' to fold euily.
and went on a 9...0 n.Jn of their own,
pusl&gt;rc tl1e te.d brl up to I 0
poina. n~1. on. ~by
/'oMy Hipsher wt111 just &lt;.n&lt;!erlou'
........ to pby.The Bulls responded

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ing and information -technology

portanl But a great School of Phar-

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compared to peer institutions. He
also noted that the demand for such
personnel will increase, but again said .
that •,., can only solve these problems by income and revenue growth."
In resporue to aconct:m apressed
by a faculty member regarding ..,_

macy, a great School of Nursing or

UB 66, Eutem Michigan 6 1

considerations."

Triggle pointed out that UB fares
low in another category. The ratio

of managerial employees per faculty
(.04S) and non-instructional em -

ployees per faculty (.466) at UB are
near the bottom of the list for AAU
public institutions as well, a fact that
Triggle pointed out disproves th e
popular notion that certain areas--

such as the fifth floor of Capen
Hall--;,re full of support staff.
"We have downsized a g=t deal
on the administrative and service

sidc,"Triggle explained. He added that
UB also has"rn..mely lean" adntinistrative staff in the area of oomput -

cruitment and ttteDtion of young

faculty who expect a campus w;..d
with the latest technology, Triggle
said that the"costs are staggering" to
maintain what people expect in
terms of routine electronic seJVices.,
as wdl as to increase and impro~
access to technology.
"11lecosts run not in the hundreds

of thousands of dollars. but in the
teru of millioru of dnllars to make
the necessary investments." aplained
Triggle. "There are major investments
to be made in this area This is an area
in my personal opinion, m which too
frequently we are unable or willing
to make these critical decisions."
Triggle also noted that if UB is to
achi~ and

uphold its desired repu tation as a ..public research university
of major significance." it will depend
on advances of th..e specific schoo~
at UB: the School of Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences. the College of
Arts and Sciences. and the School of
Engineering and App~ed Sciences.
..These three areas are critical to
our future. It 's not that other programs or other activities are unim -

demi~ p£0g"'SS to a bachelor's degree. The resolution, drafted by the
se nate 's Grading Co mmittee.
chaired by William H. Baumer. pro-

fessor of philosophy, would put into
effect a graduated scale that outlines
the criteria for reasonable academic
progress based on su ccess ful
completion of crec:lit hours at a specific rate and cumulative grade
point average. Baumer explained
that the resolution would allow the
university to tie the current guidelines for good standing to the requirement for continuation at the
universi ty. It addresses stud en ts
wh o~ study is improvmg but who
have not yet attained good academic
standing, he said.
Nicolas Goodman, v1ce provost
for undergraduat e ed ucation,
warned senators that the po!Jq ap pears to undermine the cxistingaca
dcmi c regulations and procl' dures--adopted several yc.--ars ago h)
the Faculty Senate--and orcu lah:d
the university's current wn ttc:n poll
oes for th e se n a tc.~'s cnns•derat1un .

Obituaries
Gerald Murphy, former RPCI director, UB professor
Ge..r•ld P. Murphy. director of

Roswell Park Cancer Institute from
1970-85 and a former UB faculty
member, died Friday in Tel Aviv
while attending an International
Union Against Cancer meeting. He
was 65.

Western New York's first-and ex panded the institute's dialysis unit
for treatment of cancer patients with

kidney disease. He also worked with
RPCI colleague Edwin A. Mirand on
early studies of erythropoietin, now
widely used in clinical treatment

Murphy joined RPCI in I%7 as

Murphy was =ponsible for the

associate director for clinical affairs

House Subcommittee on Health

and chief of the Urology and Experimental Surgery departments. He es-

holding a pub~c hearing at RPCI in
1970 on proposed federal legislation

tablished and directed a kidney
transp lantarion uni t at RPCI-

to combat cancer. Testimony and
information obtained by the sub -

committee dunng this vasit was 10
strumen tal m the creation of th r
ational Cancer Act in 197 1.

Murphy held several faculty positions until he left VB in 1988, in cluding professor of surgery, research professor of experimental pathology and professor of urology
and director of the university's Urologic Cancer Research Laboratory.
At the time of his death, he was
director of the Northwest Cancer
Foundation in Seattle.

\

I ..-last Friday.
Sfrior ..... OoUga o(
the women's basketba ll
~ had a areer~h 13
assists in the women's
baslcelball team's win CNe&lt;
Eastern Michigan. She also
averaged 4.5 steals, 11 .0
rebounds, and 8.5 assists as
the Bulls went 2-0 last week.

ror

up th&lt; sponso..d-program activity."
Triggle expressed another major
concern: "We don't haw: enough in
the way of devdopment or support
for the institution," he said. "'Charitable giving. devdopmen~ voluntary
activity and alumni-giving rates are
significu)tlyllepeodcnt upon the history of the ilistitution. For a number
of yean. this was not a particular priority. For a number of yean. we lost
track of a number of ow alumni."
He emphasized that UB needs to
do better since the university is virtually at the bottom among AAU
pub~cs in this area "We could do a
g=t deal better than that," he said.
"This. and in=asing sponso..d activity, will be important and aitical

tatioo of a major university."
In othe r business at Tuesday's
meeting, the Faculty Senate considered a resolution that would add
new standards for reasonable aca -

Canadian
Trials for the

!~~BII)' wilh a time of

with a chree-pc)lnter of hb own to
cut the lead to four.The ['NO teams
excNnpd boyups belono Akron
scored on anod'ler bucket by Hipsher. but me BuRs defense 'W'OU~ shut out Akron
tl1e"" 1:24 oltlle pme.
With Akron up by six. 83-n. wtth 1:06 to pby. Nikobi~ h•t two frH
throws to cut the lead to four. A WrTIO\I'ef' by jami Bostey gave the Buns
possession~ M\d Campbell hit a three-pointer to make It a Of'le-potnt game .
83-82. with under a minute: to pby. Another WrTICW'er by Bosley pte the Bulb a
dunc.e
the win wtth le:s.s than )0 seconds left. but Umpbell missed a
running jumper In the lane. George Phillips of Akron grabbed the rebound, but
had the ball knocked 'ZWl'f by Campbell and it ended up in the hands of a wide
open Mike McKie under the ~ 'Ntio hit the pme-winnlng layup wtth seven
secondstopby

the appropriate investments to push

a g=t faculty in Health Rdated Profts.Sions alone do not make the repu ·

m•~t--lime

UB 70, Akron SB
Freshman forward Kim K.ilpela had a team-high 18 points u the WOI'l"ten's
basketball team itllpf"'W!d to I 4--4 cwrall and 4-3 in conference pby with a wm
at East Oivtsk&gt;oal opponent Akron, 7G-S8. on Sawrdzy.
The Bulls, ¥~he had just ~ pbyerl see action. ouucored the ~ by s1x
points in each sanD. 36-30 }n the fim hatf and l4-28 in the second haH. UB also
shot &lt;43.6 pen::ent (2&lt;k&gt;f-SS) from the tieki and kln:ed the Lps Into 21
DJrnovers, compared lO juSt 1&lt;4 of their own.

~wimmin~
MEN

UB 171, Bowt ing Green 6 7
UB Ill , Ball State tlO
The men's swimming and diving teMn remained undefeated in the MAC (3·
0) and dominated Alumni Nao.torium on Sawn:by, downing conference
opponents Bowting Gneen. ln-47.and 8aJI State. 123-120.
US winnen: in me meet ~n 8owling Green induded tnn Hkkey (200

l&lt;ee · k41.94. IOOI&lt;ee • 4657).)ohn Nilles (50 l&lt;ee • 2U8).juon Mcucht.n
(400 IM · 4:07.07). josh Pun (200 fly I :54.85). Eric Stinuon (200 "''k · I 52.6 11
and OiJve Sofe:r (!-meter diving · 242.40 pts.).
The Bolls swept !he reby eYents,lncluchng the 400 freestyle 1"1!:1~ (H ~ekey.
Pun, Dexter Tatum and Nilles - 3:08.32t--the final eYent of the meet ag;~ inst &amp;II
State--to

s~l

the 'l'lctOry

WOMEN

UB 17l, Bowling G reen 127
UB I 15, Ball State 115

me

The women's SWimming and diving team returned to compeotJOn for
fin:t
time Since Rrly December, defeating Bowl1ng Green. 173-1 27 . but losmg to &amp;11
Sea~ 174- I IS, In ~ MAC dou~e dual meet In AluttV'Ii Nacatonum on »wrcby
Inger Rooneem and Dawn Hickey led the ~ with rwo wins aptece. HICkey
won !he 500 (5:07.39) and 1,000 (10:27.62) fn!estyles, while Rooneem captured
the 50 (24.02) and 100 (52.47) freescytes Kim Theetge had a wtn m the 100

bruststroke (I :06.49)

Wm~tlin~
Placed Second 01.t N ew York Sate C ollegi01.tes
The Bulls placed second 1n the New Yon.: State Collegqtes over the weekend
cononulng their strong showings m toumamenu th•s seuon
UB had nine of its 10 wresders p{ace m !:he top seven. and s•x fin•sh 1n the
top four of their weight duses to eam 144 po~nts. bet·und onty Hofstra ( I 7))
The team edged Army (143.5) for second place
IndiVidual champions for the Bulls wen! Jumor Josh State' ;u 18-4 pound'
and s~ior Mike Garofalo at heavyweight.

ln~omJrac~
Wom e n Place Second at Kent Invitational
Men Place Second at Kent lnvttational
1he men's and women's turns both pb.ced si!Cond out of four te.anu .u the
Doug Raymond Invitational held »wn:by at Kent StJte Unrvers•cyThe men's team, with I ]6 points. finilhed second to the host Golden
Rashes, with 200 potna, but w-ell ~d ofYoungstoWn Stare (97) and MAC foe

Marshall (13).
Meanwhile, the UB \lfiiiiOmef\, wtth t 50 potna. fimlhed beh1nd Kent. Wft:h I 96
points. but ahead ofYoungnown ( I tO) and Man:ha/1 (46)

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                    <text>PAGE 2

Q&amp;A: He/ju Bennett analyus
changes in Russian letulmhip

Cultural Roots

PAGE 3

Retiremen~

resignation prompt

change in rr team leadership

Millard's

200th
Kerry Grant (right}, dean of
the College of Arts and
Sciences, delivers the
address at the annual
observance of Millard
Fillmore's birthday jan . 7.
Congressman john Lafalce
(center) and Assemblyman
jim Hayes (left) look on .

Anderson Gallery becomes part of VB
Art dealer increases UB support with donation ofgallery building, $2 million trust
By SUZANN£ CHAMIIULAIN
Reporter Contributor

New York City art dealer
who surprised the a rt
world in 1991 by trading
his gallery's Manhattan
address for Buffalo's University
Heights district now has expanded
his vision to include VB.
David K. Andmon has donated
to UB the Anderson Gallery build ing. with an estimated worth of up
to $3 million. and has established a
$2 million charitable remainde r
trust to assist with gallery mainte-

A

nance and exhibitions.
Anderson, whose previous dona tions to UB include support for the
Center for the Arts and the donation of nearly 300 paintings. sculptures and prints with a vaJ ue total ing· mo re than $1.5 milli on, also
plans to transfer to the university a
substantial part of the Anderson
Gallery permanent collection.
"When I first saw the abandom.-d
school building that would become
my Buffalo gallery, located in the
student residential section near UB,
I bought it with th e intention of

shanng it with the univerSity,"
Anderson recalled. "Now mydre-.1m
is coming tru e as we marrr the
university's diverse educauonal re sources and student enrhusrasm
with a gallery space and a significant
art collection to achu~·ve a synergy
of imagery and technology for a fu .
ture that we can only imagine."
The Anderson Gallery, located on
Martha Jackson Place off of
Englewood Avenue, houses an international c.oUection of 20th-century
art or, as Anderson refleaed, "the
collection rqJresent'i the sand that fell

mto our shoes as we walked all these
years buying pieces of art from then unknown artists that we exhibited."
The multi-million-dollar collec L1on began with Anderson's mother,
Martha Jackson, whose New York
City gallery helped to establish Ab ·
stract Expressionism as an interna tional an movement in the early and
mid- 1950s. Jackson . a Buffalonian
and daughter of Howard Kellogg
and Cyrena Allen Case-,-both from
prominent Buffalo families-wa~
considered one of the most mfluen ·
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Hughes grant to fund research centers
By LOIS BAKU
News ~es Editor '
HE School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences
has rea:ived a four-year.
$3.8 milliortaward from
the Howard HuglleS Medicallnsritute to spetd development of two
new research centers.
The ..,...-d willfi:nd T&lt;Search support for five new faculty members
and capital equipment for a new
Center for Single-Molecule Bio·
physics, as well as facilities for that
center and a new Center for
Genomics and Proteomics.
UB in recent years has invested
nearly $9 million in building renovations and equipment purchases
that are vital to the two new centers,
ln addition to providing more than
$2 million annually in salary to fuc ·
ulty members associated with the
programs.
The review of UB's grant request
to the institute noted that "the in stitut ion h as undergone recent
growth. and extramural (external )
grant support has increased signifi·
cantly - evidence that this is an institution rapidly on the rise."
Forty-one medica] schools were
selected for funding through the
institute's Biomedical Research Sup-

T

port Program for Medica] Schools
from 105 that submitted proposals.
US's award is the second· largest in
the program. Only UCLA School of
Medicine, the Un iversity of Michi·
gan Medical School and Yale Uni·
versity School of Medicine-which
each received $4 milli o n-were
granted more funding.
Bruce Holm , se nio r associate
dean in the medical school, is project
director on the grant.
President William R. G reiner, an·
nouncing the funding, noted that
the grant "is a vital component of
our medical sc hool's long -term
plans for its research centers in biophysics and genomics-programs
in which UB already has made con·
siderable investments.
"Substantialoutsidefundingsuch
as this grant," Greiner added, "provldes recognition of the important
work that UB is doing in these fidds,
:md enhances our stature as one of
America's major research universities"We a rt" most grateful to th e
Howard HughC'S Medical Institute
fo r its support , and we're looking
forward to exciti ng discoveries in
biomedicine from our faculty researchers."
John Wright , dean of the medical
school. ~id he is thrilk-d to receive

the award.
"This is no ordinary gram award."
he noted. " It reflects welt. not onlv
on the qualitv of Bruce Holm's pro
posa.l, but also on the university and
its reputation . In this year's cycle,
more than I00 applications were
presented to the Howard Hughes
Medical institute and few of the 4 1
funded submissions approachC'd
our funding level.
"In making the award to VB. the
Howard Hughes Medical Jnstitutt· n:·
viewcrscitedanumberofstrengths."
Wright said .. ln addition to the qual iry of the proposal itself, US's rommitment to the two centers was specifically noted, as was the school's recent growth in extramural grant suppon . The institute cited UBas'an mstitutionrapid.lyontherise.'encouraging words indeed. We congratulate
Dr. Holm and the faruJty for this out standing achievement."
The Ce;.ter for Geno m1 cs and
Proteomics will be a joint effort with
senior inves ti ga tors located at
Roswell Park Cancer Institute and
the Haupt man -Woodward lnst1 tute. This state-of-the-art center will
e:nhance existing expe rt ise in the
areas of human, mouse and m1crobial genomics. Capabilities will1n·
dude microarray and mass spectra

scopic analyses of genes and protctn!o
that wil l enhance understanding of
cancer b1ology, microb1al pathogenesis and human·disease genes.
The Center for Single Molecule
Biophysics will emphasize work on
computational chemistry. strucrural
biology and molecular biology. Five
new faculty members will be hired
tofurtherdeve.lopthisarea. The goal,
Holm saJd, IS to study proteins and
other macromolecules m spare and
umc. ResuJto; from such research will
prm•1de msights into protein struclure-function relationships that can
solve clmical problems.
Current work in th 1.~ area 1s bemg
applied to card.aac funct1on , synaptiC transmission, electrolyte sec rt&gt;t1on and tumor suppress1on. An
thony Auerbach and Freder1ck
Sachs. both professors of phys1olog'
and b1ophysics. will be co-d1rector!l
of this center.
An advlMt ry boa rd compoM.-d ol
Holm; Wright; lam Hay, assoCiatl'
provost forresearchandchatr o l thl·
Department of M1Crob1ol ogv,
Harold Strauss,chairofthr Depart
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DaVId Hohn,director ofthe Roswt&gt;U
Park Cancer Institute, and the w
directo rs of the two cente r~ w1ll
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considmotion. He also made a deal
to have what amounts to immunity
from pr05C'CUtion for various rnii·
deeds and corruption that might be
found if he were investigated by a
hostile party. The immunity apparently applies also to his f.m.ily. He
was givm various perks, pmsions
and other benefits. What is equally
important is his expectation that the
man he picked will be his sucassor.
I'm not so sure that he was moti vated by the problems with the
economy.

Who II Acting President
Vledlmlr Putln 1ncl do
you think he will govem7

He is young. He has the old Soviet
secret police background and served
in th~ foreign intelligence section. So
he seems to know more about Europe and how it works than other
candidates. That is a hopeful sign.
How wiU he govern? As we have

heard in his "I will not be lecturell"
speech, he also is trying to prove that
he will stand up to the United States.
He already has indicated that he will

continue with the reforms, and
made some speeches that indicate
that he will try to get out from under subsidizing the obsolet&lt;, Sovietera, militarized industry.

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he will stand up for Russia's "greatpower" status, he probably will be
more confrontational.
Will Yeltlln h...., •ny role In
the hlture of the e-ntry?

I do not think Yeltsin will have a role
in government He probably will be

in public as a curiosity, as he has
been on his pilgrimage to the Holy
Land.
Wh•t •re the conditions like
for onlln•ry ltuasl•n• now, as
oppoMCI to ltfe under Com-

munism?
There are many very poor people,

especially mothers who lost their
jobs, and older people living on pensions that are worthless and sometimes not paid. They must pay market prices for things. But there was
much poverty in Soviet times, but it
was better hidden. Some people are

better off though, and at least they
can help themselves. And it is now

legalto"SW1~-thatistobuy; prove they are macho- men,
sell, start a business, become entre- think they ~ P"""' they are
preneurs. The old bureaucrats are tough. Thatpl&lt;asathe-.nded
still there trying to force everyone · pride of the Russian people who
to get permits for doing anything, longfortheold"empire."US.oethough, and that makes self-help curity interesU are involved, it
harder. And the Mafia is insisting on appears. wbeoe= violencz ocgetting its share. The old Soviet era CUB that might spread. And the ·
"ec:onornyoflitvors"isstillfunction- supplies of oil nearby does poing. There is much reliance on tentiallyaffecttheUS.,although
kitchen gardt:ns that many people the US. seems to be trying to secultivate for themselves, and much cure access to oil in the general
bartering. People get paid in goods region via a piReJine built across
but they mwt find buyen for them- Turkey.
selveo. I hear that some teachers, for What quatlon do you wllh
instance, who get paid in vodka are 1 heel liked, well-of! It is a liquid currency, very would you..._ .... desirable. Othero who get paid in IU

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Could you briefly - l n e the
re.uono for tha conflict In
Chechny•7 Does the U.S. hOYe.
• security lnterut here?

Chechnya is next to, and even sitting astride, very significant oil reserves. Russia does not want to lose
aC(:e:SS to those resources. It is something the world market is willing to
buy. Also. Checboya is a minority
region with proud ethnic minorities
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School to work to improve knowledge transfer, influence work in addictions field
By CHIIImNE VIDAL
News ServiCM Edit~

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HE School of Social
Work, in collaboration

with the Research Insti tute on Addictions (RIA ),
has been named the New York

expert on addictions treatment.

NSAJTC at UB is charged with
dosing the gap berween the most
recent research findings and best
practices, and the delivery of treat ment services. It will try to improve

and community organizations to
address primary health-care, substance-abuse and mental-health issues in a variety of settings.
The center will support a local Web
site that will be used as a source of

treatment outromes by maintaining
and expanding networks and relationships among New York State
substance·abuse treatment agencies.
professional schools and research en. NSAITC at UB will provide a
resource tO allow these organizations to communicate more easily
and share information.
NSA1TC at UB staff will work
with individuals from disciplines
that include criminal justice, substance-abuse treatment, mental
health, ~rimary health care, managed-~groups and professional

information and communication for
members, educational institutions
and providers. The Web site also will
offer links to up-to-&lt;late research findings. beStPractices and other substance-abuse-tdated information.
The center will work closely with
a number of UB partners, including RIA. the School of Social Work's
Center for Research on Urban Social Work Practioe aod its Institute
for Addictions Studies and ThWting.
In addition, NSAITC at UB will be
guided by a state-wide advisory
committee composed of represen-

State university partner for the

Northeastern States"Addiction
(NSAITC ).

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changeRu.ssia!Theanswer,hawever, requires that we explore the
narure of the Russian past and
Soviet institutions that made it
illegal for people to solve their
own problems without first asking for, aod getting permission
from, tbe governm ent. How
much of this old systm1 is still in
plaa has taken me a year's surveycounetodeal with. We'd better leave it for another time.

Social Work.named partner for NSATTC

Technology Tran sfe r Ce n ter

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about. So this is an area wbett
the Russian lead&lt;n, who want to

The objective of the project is
to improve knowledge transfer

and influence policy and practice in the addictions field.

The center at UB is funded by
a grant ofS 184,500 over two years
and will be located in the School
of Social Work. The three-state
NSATTC, covering New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, is
managed and coordinated by the
Professional Development Program (PDP) of the Nelson A.
RockefeUer CoUege of Public Aifuinand Policy at SUNY-Albany.
Lawrence Shulman, dean of
the School of Social Work. stressed
the irnponance of technology transfer in the health and hurnan-servi=
fields.
.. Significant advances have been

made in our undmtanding of substance abuse and its treatment It does
little good to identify best practie&lt;s
through research if the findings do
not end up inftueocing policies and
practices in the field," Sbubnan said.
The NSAITC at UB project will
be directed by Nancy Sinyth, associate dean of the School of Social
Work and a nationally recogniud

tatives from UB, PDP staff and
NSAJTC partner ~encies.
NSATfC is one of 13 Addiction
Technology Transfer Centers in the
nation c:ornmitted to increasing the
knowledge and sitills of addictiontreatment practitioners from
multiple disciplines by facilitating
aooess to state-of-the-an research
and education; heightening the
awareness, knowledge and sitills
of all professionals who hav&lt; the
opportunity to intervme in the
lives ofpeople withsubstaJ=-use
disorders, and fostering regional
and national alliances among
practitioners, policy makers,
funders and consumers to suppon and implement best-treatment practices.
Nationally, the Addiction
TechnologyThmsferCcntma.re
funded by the ~bstancz Abuse
and Mental Health Services
Administration's Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment In
New York, NSAJTC at UB will
work with the Oflie&lt; of Alcoholism
and Substance Abuse Services
(OASAS) and the reoently devdoped Institute for Professional Development«&gt; the Addictions.
NSATfC at UB also will work
through the School of Social Work's
Institute for Addictions Studies and
lraioing to conduct regional and
state-wide l&lt;cboology-transfer activities. The ageoda foe these activities will be guided by a =mtlyc:ompleted New York State needs usessment aod will focus on direct practice and supervision issues.

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BrieO
UB Council adopts policy
on sexual harassment

!!L~~rg~~?2;e~~~~~on.~te
team have prompted areorganization of the univmity's IT

dueled to fill the vier provost for educational technology position in the
wake of Tufaricllo's resignation.
TufarieUo. who had served as dean
ofthefonnerFacultyofNatura!Sci-

vicrprovostforeducationaltechnoiogy, will assume a greater role in IT
budgeting and planning.
Over the next seve ral months,
Innw will "review the current committ"" structures and IT planning

efforts.
Voldcnlaf lnnus.senio rassociate

enccs and Mathematics before the
unit was merged 18monthsagowith

proc~ to see what changes need
to be made in order to reOed this

the faculties of Social Saences and

new organizationaJ structure... ac cording to the memo.
"The changes ... in our IT planning

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WO significant changes
in the leadership of UB's

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information · tc~chnology

An internal search will be con-

viccpresidentforuniversityservices
and US's chid information officer,
will assume responsibility for all of
UB's IT efforts with the Dec. 31 resignation of Joseph Tufariello as ~-

of Arts and Sciencrs, has returned to
the faculty as a professor in the Deparnnent of Otemistry. The new vice

nior vice provost for educational

provost will report to lnnus.

and

technology and the planned May I
retirement of Hinrich Martens, as-

The Educational Technology
Center, headed by David Wtllbem,

rninistrativeoperations,"Wagnorand
Triggle noted. "We expect to recom-

sociate vice president for comput·
ing and information technology.
Innus will be responsible for the
University Libraries and the .. full
rangt" of IT activities." indudingeducational technology, suppon of rt search and UB's administra~ systems.indudingfinancial, budget, human resources and student systems.
He will become a member of
President Wtlliam R Greiner's cabinet, joining Provost David Triggle,
Senior Vice President Robert f.
Wagner and the vice presidents as
key advisor.; to the president He will

professor and associate dean in the
CoUege of Arts and Sciences, will
continue to repon to the vice pro·
vost for educational technology. Its
role aTid interactions will remain
unchanged.
The senior managem en1 staff of
C IT-Charles F. Dunn, director of
technical scrvicesi Susan A. Huston,
directorofadministrative comput -

mend additional admin istra tive
changes to position us for the future
and respond to the very tight fiscaJ
situation that we face."
Both TufarieUo and Manens were
instrumental in the university's ef·
forts over the past several yea rs to
use IT to enhance its instructio nal,
research and support ac tiviti es.
Amongthe"'significantstrides"cited

Arts and Letters to form the CoUege

and implementation efforts arr o nly

the first in a number of reassessments

reallgnments of university ad ·

ingservicrs; Richard H. Lesniak, di -

by Wagner and Triggle are Access99,

rector o( academ ic services, and
MarkS. Deuell,associatedirectorof
communicatio n engineering and

the crea tio n of the C..enter for Com putatio nal Research , th e establish ment and funding of the computer

report joindy to Triggleand Wagner.

repair serviceo-will report directl y
to Inn us, starting May I.

nodes, the development and expansion ofhigh-technologyc!assrooms.

The elevation of the CIO position
to cabinet-level status "reflects the
growing strategic role of technology
in furthering our goals and objectivt!S," accordin~ to a joint memoran-

In addition, Nancy Kielar, senior
staff associate, and Susan Ferry. senior staff assistant, both in the Office
of the C IO, will assume additional
responsibilities for err administra-

the upgrade of the public computer
wo rkstations, the increase in 9ff·
campus connectivity and th e com plete data wiring of both campuses,
induding the residence halls.

Census participation is urged
of organizations--local, state and
federal~ncouraging businesses
and commun ity o rganizations to
help get word out about the impor·
tance of the census," Sheffer says.
" Projections show tha t with an
underco unt as small as 50,000

have an undercount , we stand to ln-.e
som e share of essential support,"
Sheffer adds.
The statewide initiative, spt'a rhcadcdbythe ErnpireStateDevelopmentCorp.,isbcingoonductedbythe
N('W York State Association of Rc ·

gion stand to lose federal funds and

people, New York State could lose

potentially Congressional represen tation , the director of the Institute
for Local Governance and Regional
Growth warns.
John B. Sheffer, II cites concern
o ver potential census underOOunts
as the impetus behind a statewide
initiative- "Ce nsus 2000 Com plcte Count"-to enco urage cen sus participation.
"T he institute is amo ng a group

another seat in Congress.
"Census data also drive much fed
era! funding for transport at ion
projects, workforce training, transttio na! e mployment , communit )'
econom ic development, programs
for the disadvantaged and a range
of other programs. The federal gov ernment allocates such funds based
on a census-driven understanding
of the region's population. So if we

gional Councils. The group has contracted with the VB institute to help

By BEVERLY SANFORD

ReporttrContributor
JTH Olff a strong
response to the decen ni al cen s us,
both New York
State and the Buffalo-Niagara re-

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facilitate Census Complete Count efforts in the Buffalo-Niagara regio n.
"The Complete Co unt program
covers a range of iss ues," Sheffer
no tes. " In some cases, the census
needs locaJ asststancc in identifying
places where the population may be
hard to coun t. such as shelters. In
other cases, comm unit)' groups can
help open doors to census v.oorkers."

III

The UB Council has adopted the university's long-awaited policy
o n sexual harassment, unanimously app roving the document at its
Dec. I 5 meeting.
President William R. Greiner to ld council members that while all
SUNY institutions currently have in place New York State and SUNY
po licies o n sexual harassment, each cam pus is developing its own
procedures to guide" those who feel they are being subjected to un welco me sexuaJ behavior. Campus-"Specific policies will help to protect each institu tion individually from liability, Greiner said.
In addition to outli ning the definitton of ~xual harassment and
specifi c complaint proced ures, the policy creates the poslllons of
.. sexual ha rassment mformauon advtsor" to act as educators and
trainers on sexual harassment. The advisors will be trained and su pervised by the Office of Equ it y, D1ve rsity and Affirmative Action
AdmmJ stratt on.
G re1nc r noted that th e new policy w11l undergo some "mmor
tweaks tn the new yea r'" after bemg revtewed by aJI campus con
stituencies. Once the pohcy ts finahzed , 11 will be distributed wtdely
on campus and posted onli ne at &lt;http:/ / wfngs.buff•lo .edu/ fac ulty/ eo•• &gt;. according to Barbara Burke, associate director of eq uity, diversity and affirmallve acti on admmistratwn .
The 16- page documen t was drafted by the Com mittee on Sexual
Ha ra ss ment PoliC y and Procedures , a subcommtttee of thf'
universit y·s Committee on Affirmative Acuon

Manes piano recital to open
January concert schedule
The Department of Music: will kiCk off its January concert sched
ule with a performance Saturday by faculty member Stephen Manes
of po pular works by Beethoven that rarely are performed together
m o ne program .
The performance by Manes, professor and chair of the musiC de
pa rtment , will be held at 8 p.m . m Sle-e Concert Hall. The program
reads like a ''greatest -hits" list of th e compose r's most · popular work.
incl udin g th e "Wa ld stcm." " Moo n ligh t ," "Pa th f- t1qu e " and
"Appassionata" sonatas.
The Amherst Saxophone Q uartet will offer "A Taste of Europc" Jan
27 with new saxophone music fro m across the European comment .
as well as from Sweden and England. The concert, to be held at 8 p.m.
10 Slee, will fea ture chcimber mu siC composed for saxophones by
Austna's Wolfram Wagner, Italy's Franco Dona tona, France's Guv
Lacour. Sweden's Nils l indberg, England 's Mike Mower and Spam\

Chick Corea.
T he last concert of the month . to be held at 8 p.m . )an . 28 10 Slee,
wi11 feature three accomplished you ng o rgaryists from the Ea:,tm an
School o f MusiC in Rochester. The perfo rmance, the third tn the
O rgan Reci taJ Series, wilJ mark the fou rth ann ua l Eastman Organ ISts' Day at UB. The featured art1s1S who will perfo rm on the F1ske
pipe o rgan wi ll beT 1mothy O lsen , Wilham Wisnom a nd Jacqueline
Yost . The program will mclude selec u ons fr om George Btzet's
"Ca rmen," as well as pu:ces by J.S. Bach, Maunce Durune. l.ou t!loe'
Vierne and Jehan AJain.
Tickets to aJI conce rt s may be obtamed at the Slce box offict&gt; be
tween 9 a.m . and 5 p.m. Monday through Fnday and at the Ce nter
for the Art!. box o ffi ce from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through l-ndav

VVellnessscreeningsscheduled
The Profenlon•l Staff Sen•te •nd the Faculty Senate will present
a daylo ng Staff/ Faculty Wcllness Awareness Day Feb. II m the Triple
tiym in Alumm Arena on the North Ca mpus. The event . to be held
from 9 a. m . to 4 p.m. , will fea ture demonstrations, di spla ys, lec tures, Q&amp;A ses:,tons, assessments and sc reenings to pro mo te physi ca l and psychological wdl ·bemg.
Facu lt y, staff and graduate students ....•ho w1sh to pa rtiCipa te 10
pre-event blood testmg and on -sHe screenmgs should regi~;ter wtth
the Student Health Center b)' callmg 8~9 -.'3 16 from 9 - 10 a.m . o r
12 · 3 p.m ., begin ning MondJv.
Those interested m pa rtl (tpatmg m the UB Ftt program al!~o
m ust regis ter 1n adva na by ca lling Rt.•creat wn a nd Intramural
Sc rv1ccs at 645 -2286 from 10 a .m . to 4 p.m The program IS hm
ited to 90 part1npant s.
The blood d raws for the prt.• -event testtng will bt' d o ne from 7 9
a.m. from Jan . l8 through Feb. 8. The blood work. wh JCh usual!\' cosh
$300, will be avatlable free of cha rge to the first 300 md1\·1duals who
sign up. and at a cost of SSO for all ot hers. Results, whiCh wtllmclude
cholesterol, tnglycerides, glucose, 100lorecta..l screen mg. TSH t thyrmd '·
PSA ( prostau.• antigen). Lro n level and C BC { co mpl ~ t e hlood a~unt ·.
will be availab le at the Well ness A' ova reness Day.
O n -site sc reen m gs will 1m:lude total cho l e~ac rol , ho ne mas !~ dt·n
slly (osteoporosis ). glucose, :,km -cancer ~crecnmg . ho(:h· fJ.t. blooJ
pressure. CO test. colo rectal screemng, flex1bd11 v. gnp ~trength .
height and we1ght . and mammography
For fu rther mfo rmatton o n the Wellnes ~ Awarenes~ Dav. lall the
Professio nal Staff Senate/ Facultv Sena te office Jt tl45 200J

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"GM, which is exploiting
the Mexican heritage, also is
supporting me to go to col·
lege,• she adds.
Maqagement in both the

mother's family. But as the recipi·
ent of the 1999 Rumsey Scholar·
ship--the most prestigious scholar·
ship awarded to an undergraduate
in the Department of Art-the UB
senior was able to return to Mexico
this past summer to retrace her ..cuJ-

in

:loMces, ID
ll
Nonhem ArfmnollnMnlly II
Algstoll

sbe says she was unsettled by
what she saw, a feeling a&gt;m·
plicat&lt;d by the fact that her
father is employed by Delphi
Harrison Thermal Syst&lt;ms in

Luraschi traveled to

through photography.
Luraschi set out on a week-long
journey to learn about the living and
working conditions of individuals
employed by the maqui/ador.........U,e

for

Justice

in the
Maquiladoras, based in San Anto·

nio, Texas. The groups. which advo·

located and talk with emplbyees,
both current and former, about their
struggles. Luraschi says she spent
time in the colonins. or shanty towns,

where factory employ= and their
families live.
.. Their houses are made out of

Mexic:an ~American ,

,..,

- - -... ··••I'M'"'
.... six-Installation uhlblt, "Crossing
the Line."

pallets and cardboard, and wood and
cinderblocks," she says, adding that
cinderblod&lt;s are a&gt;nsidered a "sta·
tus symbol" in the colonias. Luraschi
says being in the coumias is "like go·
ing flom the future to the past."
She describos the colorrias as over·
populated, with homes built on the
same land as the industrial parks
where major corporations such as

Trico, Ford, Sony and General Mo·
tor&gt; employ people to work in their
factories for the equivalent of 75
cents per hour. Sadly, she says, "most
of the things are being made with
n:aUy cheap labor for the benefit of
the United States."
While Lorasclri relished the
chana: to revisit Mexico, the trip was

workers-is to blame for the
current working conditions,
she points OUl
"(The management) isn't
living in Maim because: they
lalowbow bad it is," she says,
noting that management -

level employees often are enticed to rdocat&lt; to the maquiladoms
with offer&gt; of plush new homes.
And thefactoryworkers,Luraschi
says, are in a tough spol
"They can't just quit and get another job. There aren't any other

jobs. They can't choose nottowork
(because) they don't hav.: a welfare
syst&lt;m," she says. "They just don't
have a big enough voice to make a
huge diJfen:na:.•
Lurascbi captured the poverty
and struggle of the Mexican labor·
ers and their families in a recent exhibit of her work, titled "Crossing
the Line." The show, which was hdd
in the An Department Galltry in the
Center for the Arts, included sev.:ral
mixed-media exhibits inspired by

her visit, a.s ...U as two 3-foot-by-5foot mural prints of the colomm.
The exhibit, she says, was based
on the "notion of going too farthe atravagana: ofcultural miocona:ptions and radical Sler'eOtypeS.•
The notion is embodied in her
work, particularly in her piece "Contracting for Servias,. wbich featun:d
I 00 burlap dniis. made by I..uraschi
and her mother, mounted on a wall
whik an audiotape, titled "How to
Effectively Communicak with Your
S'panish Speaking Ho.....U.per;
played on a loop.
·
The point of the piece, sbe says,
was to illustrate the contrast between the living a&gt;nditions of the
maquiUulora matiagemmt versus
that of their employees living in the
colonias, and the ways in which dif.
fere:nces in status enforce stereotypes.

"You're being confront&lt;d by the
image this tape createo--the person
you'n: tallting 1&lt;&gt;--41 the other end
of the tape," she says.
Another of her works--"Cultural •
Hybrid"-uses a grenade with a
funnel at the top containing a nonauthentic, brand-name salsa to illustrate what I..uraschi says is the fuc:l
for St&lt;reotypeS and a potentially ex ·
plosive situation between culturos.
The process of putting together
the exhibi~ which featun:d six in·
stallations, has strengthened her
curnnt work and hc:lped her gain
focus, she says.
"Now I have a real foundation for
my work." says I..uraschi, who p1an.s
to erunU in gradual&lt; school "I've
been to the border and experienced
it firsthand."

UB to bring humanities to downtown
Faculty members to co-sponsor screenings, seminars in Angelika 8 Theater·
ay I'AlWKIA.ooNOVAN
News s.Mcos Edito&lt;

T

HE humanities they're not all Heidegger,
Satie

and

George

Herbert Mead.
Humanities researchers also are
int~rested in Claudette Colbert's
gams; Robert DiN'uo, fat as a pig. and
Akira Kurosawa's meditation on the
natun:oftrutb. Thisisbecausc:inone
sense or another, the human oonstructs and cxm&lt;.ms of 6lm also an:
central to humanities' scholarship.
The6lm ~above come from
"It Happened One Nigh~""Raging
Bull" and " Ran," thn:e in a series of
14 exceptional films and seminars
that UB hwnanities fuculty will cosponsor with the Angelika 8 Theater
in downtown Bufi3Io.
The series. "The Buffalo Film
Seminars: Co nversatio ns about

Gn:at Films," will run at 7 p.m. on
Wednesday nights from Jan. 26
through April 26 in the Angelika 8
Theater, 639 Main Sl
It will featun: outstanding films
produced fiom 1933-85 in a broad
range of genres-farce, musical
comedy, film noir, documentary,

fantasy, westerns, biography and
more-followed by seminar discussions led by members of the Depart·
ment of English in the College of
Arts and Sciences.
UB students, faculty and staff. as
well as member&gt; of the public, are
invited to attend and participate in

any or all of the seminars for the
price of a ticket. Or they may regis·
ter for the course through Millard
Fillmon: College and earn thn:e un·
dergraduat&lt; credits.
The seminars wm: developed in
connection with an undergraduate
course, "Contemporary Cinema
441." The instructor, Diane Chris·
tian,SUNY Distinguished Teaching
ProfessorintheEnglishdq&gt;artmen~

says the films were selected because:
they...;..cinematicallyinnovative,
as well as critical and popular suce&lt;sses of their time.
The a&gt;urse itself and the seminar
following eaduc=ning will eum·
ine elements that a&gt;mprise a dassic
film, indudingits relatiooship tncul·
turalmythologyandtnsocial,cultural
andpoiiticalissuesthatwm:aJOiml·
poraneouswithitsproduction.
In addition to Christian, Brua:
Jackson, SUNY I&gt;is1inguisbed Profcssor and Sarnud P. Capen Professor of the Hwnanities, will lead the
seminars. Both Christian and Jack·
son hav.: published and lectured on
the subject of film and culture, and
hav.: taught univer&gt;ity row= reIa ted to that topic.
"Contemporary Cinema 441 " is
expectedtobeapopularrourseand
itsdiscussionslivelybecausc:theywill
involve first-time vi&lt;wm, like stu·
dentswhomayneverhaveseenthese
films, and participants fiom thea&gt;m·
munity,someofwhomwillrecallthe
impact of a 61m'soriginal release and

can speak to their understanding of
its meaning and sigrillianae.
The filmlseminar schedule follows. Jackson says it a&gt;uld be altered
slightly if a good 36mm. or 16mm.
print of a scheduled film cannot be
obtained.
. ..... 26: "42nd Street" (1933),
mu.sical a&gt;medy about the sage life
of hoofers directed by Uoyd Bacon,
starring Ruby Keeler, Did&lt; Powell
and G&lt;orge Bn:nt
• Felt. 2 : " It Happened One
~ight• (1934), classic romantic
a&gt;medy starring Oaudette Colbert
and Oark Gable
• Felo. 9: "niumph of the Will"
( 1934), Lmi Riefenstabl's visually
brilliant and controversial docu·
mentary that uses the metaphor of
atbleticperfonnancetocdd&gt;ra~tbe

TbirdRach
• - · 16: "A N'J8ht at the Opera• (1935), classic Marx Brothers
tara: with music, din:cted by Sam
WoodandfeaturingAIJanjonosand
Kitty Carlisi&lt; Han
• - n: "TheGraposofWrath"
(1940),supc:rbdramaticadaptation
of thc.John Steinbeck classic about
dustbowl farmers, directed by John
Ford and starring Henry Fonda
• - 1:"Doublelndernnity"
(1944), Billy W~der's incendiary
mating of Barbara Stanwyck and
Fn:dMacMurrayas loversandmurderers
• - 15: "Beauty and the
~~east• (1946), not THAT one! This

is Jean Cocteau'saquisilely d&lt;licate,
dream-like vmioo, one of the great
cinemadassia,starringjeanMarais
and Josette Day
• March .U: "High Noon"
( 1952), directed by Fred
Zinnemano, Aadany Award· win·
ning western drama starring Gary
Cooper and Grace Kdly a.s his -..ry
young bride
• - Z P :"OntheWaterfront"
(1954), Elia ~Wan's disturbing film
aboutpencinaldestructionwrought
bymoba&gt;ntroloftbeNewYori&lt;City
waterfron~ starring Karl Malden
and Marlon Branda
• Afoot~ 5: "Touch ofEvil• ( 1958),
conceived and directed by Onon
Wells, a stunning classic of film noir
that exploros corruption and abuse
of power. It starS Wells, Charlc:ton
Hestnn,MarleneDietrichandlmet
Leigh
• Afoot~ 12: "Bonnie and Clyde"
( 1967), living Penn crime/action
dramaromanticizing.thepoiringof
legendary psychopaths stan War=
Beatty and Faye Dunaway
•Afoo119: "Raging8ull"(l980),
Martin Scorsese directs Robert
DiN'u:o G. this 6lm about the can:er
of boxer Jake LaMotta. It is a&gt;nsid·
en:d by some to be DiN'uo's best
performance
•AprtiZ6: "Ran" (Japan, 1985),
eerie Kurosawa classic illuminates
the natun: of "truth" through the
unlikdy offices of a small group
seeking refuge from a thunderstorm

�Janu.-,20.21111/Vi.ll.le.l&amp; IIepa 4aa

Mudflows can pose threat

Compose Yourself

UB researchers warn ofvolcanic dangers. other than eruptions
. , IEUBI COOI.NAUM
News

Servic~

Editor

J

UST because a volc=o isn't
erupting doesn't mean it pos&lt;S
no danger.
In papm presented recently
in San Francisa&gt; at the annual
meeting of the Amcri&lt;an Geophysical Union, UB volc=ologists show
how,insomecases,softspotson volcanoes that simply collapse from the
side may trigger mudflows that potentially can be more devastating
than eruptions.
"This is the frightoning part about
it. These volcanoes don't even have
to erupt They just. sit there and a
pan of it comes roaring off,"' said
Michael F. Sheridan, professor of geology and lead researcher.
.. Our findings show us that we
have to pay more attention to these
older volcanoes that have been sitting around for awhile. son of stewing in their ow n jui ces," said

Sheridan.
He explained that as these hydrothermal Huids circulate, they change
the structure of the rocks and minerals, softening the volcanoes and
making them more vulnerable to

collapse.
"That explains why so many vol canoes are usually kind of craggy
and steep nea r th e top," he said.
"They get that way when soft parts
slump or a big slab breaks off, leaving a cliff face."
Sheridan said this new realization
about thedangm that volcanic mud flows present to populations is particuJarlyrelevant because more toWnS
are being built Dn volcanic slopes.
And that is the case not just in Mexico
and other countries known for their
volcanoes, but in the U.S. as wtll

"Avalanches and mudflows could
be a big issue for Mt. Rainjer in
WashingtOn for &lt;XlUTiple." he said.
"'Tb.ere's a lot of pressure in the ~·
attic and Taooma areas to start new
developments that extend right up
into the mountains, but people are
building subdivisions in areas that,
in the not too distant past, were
overcome by mudflows. People are
not willing to accept the concept
that this is a really dangerous area."
Sheridan said he and his col ·
leagues are applying to volcanoes
concepts about hydrothermal alteration that were developed in the
1970s for the purposes of exploration for economically important
mineral deposits. Alteration zones
and weaknesses in rock structures
were targeted then as places to
search' for these minernls.
Now these weak areas, which UB
researchers are pinpointing using
satellite data, are turning out to be
red Hags that could be the source of
mudflows so deadly they can travel
as far as 80 miles from a source and
are capable of wiping out whole
towns and villages.
Sometimes, when a piece of a vol·
cano comes loose, an avalanche is
triggered.
"Avalanches in themselves can be
disastrous," Sheridan noted, "but
th ey don't travel nearly as far as
mudflows and they are confined to
relatively steep slopes, whereas a
mudflow will go for miles. This is
where the real danger lies; if you
have a really tall volcano and all that
energy is driving a mudflow, it could
be devastating."
Dangerous mudflows d evelop
when day is present in the material
derived from the volcano's slopes.

Although the sprtng semester h•s just gotten under way, first
pape rs are right around the corner. Whether you're a student writ mg papers or a n instructor assigning them, the UB onJine composi tion site &lt; http :/ /l c•rus . ubetc . buff•lo .edu / engcomp /
composhlon_home.htm&gt; has something valuable for you. Created
thro ugh the JOint efforts of the University Libraries, the English de-partme nt , and the Ed ucational Technology Center. UB's online com position si te offers advice o n a va riety of topics, including tips on
grammar, the writing process. research a.nd editing.
T he Student Resources section &lt; http:/ / lc•rus.ubetc. buff•lo.edu / e ngcomp/ s-tudent _resoun::es .htm &gt; prov1des students
with resou rces they need to become beuer writers. It mdudes on lm c
grammar and style gui des with advice about prose style and the
documentation of sources. including how to cite Internet resources
in a bibliography; a virtual reference shelf of such writer's tools as
o nlin e encyclopedias, quotat1on books and almanacs; links to other
online writing si tes and much more.
Particu larly useful for students are the subsccuons on wriltng and
resea rch strategies. "Writing Strategies" includes links to matenal
such as prewriting prompts to get sta rted , writing effecuve mtro
d uctions, major steps in wntmg a research paper and rev1smg
checklists. '· Research St rategies" offers tips on beginning research ,
including sou nd advice about nav1gatmg the In ternet and assessmg
Web sites.
The In stru cto r Resources sec11on &lt; http:/ / lc•rus.ubetc:.buff•lo.edu/ engcomp/ lnstructor _resoun::es.htm &gt; ljnks to a Wldt•
range of pri ntable handouts and tutorials that can be used as a.s
signments o r 10 focus and orgamze classroom aCIIVItle). lt also con
tain s lin ks to melasites abo ut pedagogy and in novative uses of tht·
Internet in inst ru ction , online Journals about teachmg compoSitiOn
with a focus on computer-mediated in struction . syllabi from US
and other schools, companion sHes to compos1t1on and rhet onc text
books th at offer useful tips for mstructors, as well as additional t"X
ercises and Web sites for st udent) and more .
There also a re links to ot her exemp lary SJie), mcludmg Purdut• 's
O nline Writing Workshop, With more than 140 handouts and tutu
rials geared 10 helping students develop repertOires of effecuve wnl
ing strategies; Dave's ESL mel asite, which co ntain s links to game),
grammar exercises, quizzes and ed itm g activities; the UB Library
Ski ll s Workbook, wh ich introduces stu dents to BISON a nd the
Int ernet , and thC' Internet Detective, which is an interactive tutorial
on evaluating the quality o f Internet resources.

UB researchers use spectrometers
mounted in aircraft or satellites 10
collect data about the volcano's sur-

face that will help to pinpoint soft
spots. This data is interp reted to
outline hazard zones for potential
mudflows or lahars.
So fur, Sheridan and his team have
unroveredalarmingsofi spo&lt;s on Piro
Orizaba, the highest mountain in

Mexico. and have mapped areas of
potential mudflows at Coli ma,

Mexico's most active volcano.
"11lat data is going to surprise a
lot of people," said Sheridan. "When
we started our work on Pico, we

were told by geologists in Mexico
who had studied the volcano that we
would not find any
spots there.
that there simply wasn't any alteration there. In the end, we found alteration everywhere."
While Vera Cruz, the nearest large
city with a population of 2 million,
is not in danger, Sheridan said that
other cities that are closer to the volcano, with populations of around
150,000 or 200,000, are threatened.
The conclusions of this research
stem in part from tJ:ae UB scientists'
visit to Nicaragua last fall after torre nti a l ra infall from Hurricane
Mitch triggered devastating mudBows that killed about 1,600 people.
"Nicaragua was a rea l eye opener," said Sheridan. "There was
such a smaU catchment basin where
the rain accumulated, but because
the conditions were favorable for
this kind of event , a massive, tragic
mudflow resulted. These areas are
at extremely high risk if people are
living nearby," he said.
The research is funded by th e National Aeronautical and Space Ad ministration.

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For help wiclr connect1 r1g to the World Wide Web, con tacr the CIT Help
Desk at 645 -3542.
--Austin Booth •nd Nina C.•sdo,

Business Alliallce marks first year m
ay 1EUB1 c;GUIL\UM
NeM Services Editor

I

Twas launched in November
1998 to improve the way that
businesses access UB and to

provide a central focus for
UB's economic-deve.Jopment and

industrial-outreach activities.
And in its fint year of operation,
the UB Business Alliance has received a "Project of the Year" award
from a national organization,

boosted its roy2lty income and the
numbers of inventions disclosed

and made significant changes in its
incubator facility, making it easier
fOr start-ups to rent space.
"The UB Business Alliance has
built on our original plan to male&lt;
theuniv=ity'sresouraomoreaa.ssibk to Western New York and New
York State," said Mark Karwan, dean
of the School of Engineering and
Applied Sciences and chief eecu!M
oflicrr of the UB Business Alliance.
"We've re;-engineered the Technology Transfer and licensing Office, and strengthened outreach,

both with the local business community and with our researchers
within the university," Karwan oontinued. "We also have actively enhanced our ties with the economicdevelopment agencies in the region
and thestate, paving the way for UB
and, through our partnenhips, for
SUNY to play a fur more significant

role in strengthening the economic
climate: in this region.n
The UB Business Alliance wil l
mark its acoomplishments at an an niversary celebration to be held
from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday in tlte
Center for the Arts on the Nortl1

Campus. Charles A. Gargano. chairman of EmpiR State Development

Corp., and John J. Rigas. chairman
an4 chief executive officer of

Adelphia cable and the Buffalo Sabres. will be keynote speakers.
In its tim year, the UB Business
Alliance:
• Received the Project of the Year
award from the National Association ofManagement and Technical
Assistance Ccnten (NAMTAC) for
the assistance provided by The Center for Industrial Effectivenesspart of the Business Alliance-to
OhmCraft. Inc. Under that project,
Wayne A. Anderson, professor of
electrical engineering, provided

technical expertise that helped the
manufuc:turer of specialty resistors
for electrical components to expand
its product line, resuJting in the

company tripling its total employment from 20 to 60.
• Reduced rents for tim -year tenants in the UB Technology Incubator facilit y by up to 40 percent
through the allocation of low-oost

electricity through the New York
Power Authority's "Power for Jobs"

BrieD

Umvt'fllty L1brones

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program
• Graduated from its incubator

Snyder Seed Corp.. which has devel oped a sq uirrel - proof, pepper-

mated bird feed. The company is
building a pilot plant and plans to
increase employment from four

employees to 14.
• Boosted royalty inrome by 5 I
percent over the previous year to
$274,000, in part as a result of new
uses that IBM found for conduct ing pastes it had licensed from UB

that resulted in increased sales for

Screening to be held for film
on African-American farmers
Despite the terror of .. Jim Crow" and the backl ash of white plan ·
tati on owners, African Americans had· managed to accumulate nearly
I 5 million acres ofl•nd by 1910. Today, that number has declined to

less than I million acres. Although their numbers have decreased
significantly, there are st ill a handfu l of black farmers who continu e
to ho ld onto their family farms.
Filmmaker Charlene Gilbert , UB assistant pro fesso r of media
study, tells tlie story of generatio ns of her family wo rking the land
in Montezuma, Ga., in " Homecoming ... Sometimes I am Haunted

the computer manufacturer. The

by Memories of Red Dirt and Clay." a film that has been chosen for

pastes were developed by Eli
Ruckenstein, professor of chemical
engineering.
• Increased the number of inventions disclosed to the Technology
Transfer and licensing Office by 37
percent ova the previow year, a re-

national broadcast by PBS as part of its Black History Month cel ebration.
A special screening of"Homecoming" will be held at 6 p.m. Tues day in the WN ED Broadcasting Center, 140 Lower Terrace, Buffalo.

flection of more vigorow outreach
efforts to UB re:searche:rs

• Joined the Western New York
Business Devdopment Fund, which
provides seed and growth capital to
high-tech entrepreneurs in the region
• Published two editions of its UB
Business Alliance Directory of Resources for Business and Industry, a

romprehensive "yeUow pages" ofUB
resources that can aid business and
industry in the region. A Web version of the directory is updated contin ua ll y and is avai labl e a t
&lt;www.uiMIII•nce.buff•lo.edu &gt;.

\

A reception at 5:30p.m. will precede the screening, which is spon sored by the Institute for Research and Education on Women and

Gender (IREWG): the Department of African American Studies: the
Department of Media Studies: Kerry Grant, dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences, and Western New York Public Broadcasti ng.
Although the screening and reception wiU be fr~ of charge, res ervations must be made by today by calling IREWG at 829-345 I .
In the film, which also will be shown on WNED, Channel 17 , a 1
10 p.m. Feb. 3,Gilbert uses her family connections to the small farm ing town of MonteZuma to tell the larger story of black 6rrmers and
land loss in the 20th centu ry. She spent six mo nths in Montezuma,
watching her co usi n, Warren fames, one of the youngest African American farm e rs in town , struggl e to maintain hi s family farm .
With Jam es' day· to-day life serving as the backdrop, " Homecom ing" weaves family sto ries, archival footage, photographs and tcsti
mony to explore th e com pl ex relation ship betwten African -Amen ca n fam ili es. land and history.

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Cigarette-tax increase to aid economy

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B RIEFLY

EW Yo rk State's 55cent-per-packincroase
insal&lt;:~woncigaretles

that will take effect
March I will have a positive, over-all
effect on the state eronomy, despite
reducing cigarette sales, a study by a
US health economist has reponed.
The new assessment, carried o ut
by Eric Nauenberg. assistant professor of social and preventive medi cine in the School of Medicine and
Bio medi ca l Scien ces, employs a
method called input -output analysis that is designed to account for the
Interdependence of different industries and between business and consumers.
Na uenberg's findin gs. published
as a special report in a recent issue
of State Tax Notes, contradict those
of the to bacco industry, which have
clai med that in creasing cigareu e
taxes has a negative impact on a
state's econo my.
"Those studjes assume that re sources used in the production and
distribution of cigarettes would not
be shifted elsewhere in the economy,"
Nauenberg states. "What actually
occurs in most instances is that the
varuum created by declining tobacco

sale&lt; is filled by demand for other
goods and servia!s, When these dynamiaareindudedinstudies,thcre
is strong evidence that the overall
economic impact of dediningcigaretteoonsumption is positive."
Nauenberg noted that this assessment is particularly applicable in
no n -tobacco - producing states,
where half of the dollan spent

o n tobacco
products go back to the states that
grow and process tobacco. He re(erred to a Michigan study that
showed a large portion of the dolian not spent on tobacco were used
to purchase goods and services produced in -state, boosting its own
economy.
He said he would expect the same
to be true for New York and other
non-tobacco-producing states.
The purpose of Nauenberg's re-

scan:hwastw&lt;&gt;-fold:lnadditiontodet=nining the eoonomic impact of a
cigarette-tal&lt; increase in ~ - York
State,hesouglrttovalidateadilfmnt
method fo&lt;malcingsudunanalysis.
whidn;&lt;&gt;uld hdp states make their
own assessments at significantly less
oost than the current $40,000 stan·
dard methods. An input-output
analysiscnstsless than $2,000, he said.
Nauenberg's study assumed aS 1per-pack increase. Using this
figure, a1ong with 1996
data from 528 different
industries in the in put-output analysis
for New York State,
the results prediaed:
• A decrease in
cigarette consumption of a
low of 81 million packs to a
high of701 million packs per year.
• A $17 million to $148 million
increase in the value of state industriaJ output over the next severaJ
years foUowing implementation
• An increase of between 460 and
2,008 jobs.
Nauenbe:rgsaidthisinput-output
analysis confirmed the findings repon&lt;d elsewhere using the standard
costly method; that is, if any economic change occurs due to re duced tobacco consumption, it is

likdy to be positive.
An increase in state sales tax
would not have a negative effect
even in states whee sav&lt;r&lt;:ign Jndian nations can ...U cigarettes at a
much Jowerpria:beausetheydon't
charge state or federal tax ,
Nauenberg said.
'"Those sales are bound to increase when the state tax goes up.
but even though the state isn't collecting taxes on those sales, -it isn't
really a loss because that money
comes back into the state economy
througbpur~ofgoodsandStT-

vices. The Indian reservations aren't
self- sufficient. lbat money goes in
and comes out again.""
Nauenberg n'Oted that decreased
consumption of tobacro lYOuld reap
additional long-term economic
benefits for the state through Jess
loss of lif&lt; due to lung disease and
other tobacco-related illness; fewer
hou~ fues caused by smoldering
cigarettes. and a reduction in teen
smoking. which would lower health
costs for decades to come.
JingNie,agraduatestude:ntinthe
Department of Social and Preven tive Medicine, also contributed to
the study. The research was supported by a grant from the Roben
Wood Johnson Foundation.

UB design allows roof to respond to quakes
By ELllH _coLD_
B AUM
News Serv~ces Ed•tor

T wasn't apparent to passengers landing on the inaugu ral flight at Istanbul 's brand
new international airport earlier this month, but the roof of the
massive terminaJ building features
a unique approach to seismically
modernizing the structure foUowing last swnmer's devastating quake.
The massive, 800 foot -long by
500-foot -wide roof is th• fust to feature both the ability to respond to
seismic forces as a single, structural
unit and the ability to expand and
contract in response to exposure to
the sun.
The conceptual designs for seismic moderni.J..a.tion of the airport
we re de velop ed by Michae l C.
Constantino u, professor and chair
of th e Department of Civil. StructuraJ and EnvironmentaJ Engineering and a researcher with the
Multidisciplinary Center for Earth quake Engin e ering Research
(MCEER ), and coll eagues at th e
University of California at Berkeley
and LZA Technology of New York
City, the consulting engineers retained to modernize the stru cture
following the magnitude 7.4 quake.

I

"The structure had onJfsustained
mino r damage during the earthquake," said Constantinou , .. but
con s idering the certainty with
which they expect another largemagnitude earthquake with an epi center closer to the airpon, the desire was to improve the performance
level of the structure to one that en sures the safety of people inside, and
even beyond that"
The airpon was under construetion at the time of the quake, which
was the main reason it sustained the
damage, Constantinou explained.
"Since repairs had to be made, it
pro vided the opportunity to
seismically modernize," he said.
According tQ Constantinou, the
third -story Columns that suppon
the roof were the most vulnerable
link in the existing structure. The
objective was to reduce earthquake
forces on both the supponing columns and roof.
To increase the builcting's performance level, he added, the engineers
had two options.
" Either we could increase the
strengthofthebuildingorwecould
reduce the seismic demand on it,
which i.s noteasytodo."hesaid "We
decided we had to do both."

The modernization scheme consisted of three steps: increasing the
strength of the second- and thirdstorycolumnsbysteel-jachtingthe
columns, seismically isolating the
roof to reduce seismic demand on
third-story columns and installing
" lock-up devices" at roof expansion
joints.
The design by Constantinou and
his colleagues involved slicing the
columns horizontally ;it thetopand
installing "friction pendulum" devices manufactured by Earthquake
Prote&lt;:tion Systems of Richmond,
Calif. These devices, which were .
tested extensively at UB, are de signed to allow structures or struc·
tural components to swing gently
from side to side, like a pendulum.
"This has not been done before."
saidConstantinolL "Whatwedidwas
to tie together the segments of thls
800-foot-long roof together as they
sit on top of these isolation devices.
This gives the roof the ability tQ
'swing' as much as 12 inches with r&lt;specttotheoolumnsduringanearthquake,thusprotectingthecolumns."
At the same time, the roofs directexposuretothesunnecessitated
the use of expansion joints that
could accommodate thermal move-

ment without inhibiting seismic
protection.
The solution came in the form of
.. lock-up devices"' manufactured by
Taylor Devices, a Western New York
firm that has had a long collaboration with the Department of. Civil.
Structural and Environmental Engineering and MCEER
Now, instead ofhavinga rigid conoection between the roof and the
columns, the segments of the
building's roof will stay flexible in
response to thermal fOrces, while at
the same time featuring an ability to
..lock up"' as one piece when subjectedtoearthquakefurces.Onceactivated by seismic activity, the lock·
up devices essentially overri&lt;k the
expansion joints, allowing the roof
panels to respond as a single unit
lltissystem, asweUasthe&amp;iction
pendulum devi=. was extensively
tested and optimized through ool laborations with UB and MCEER
Constantinou's team "was as sembled by LZA T&lt;ehnology, which
was under contract to the Turkish
developer TEPE-AJCFEN-VTE and
theconstructionconsultaritTurner
lntemational of New York City to
seismically modernize the airport
structure.

Help offered for job seekers with disabilities
By MARA MCGINNIS

Reporter Assistant Editor
new law that will allow
millions of disabled
people to work without
losing health benefits
has made a new book by a UB career-planning expcn an especiaJly
valuable-and timely- resource for
those with disabilities.
Disability groups estimate that
more than 2 million people will take
advantage of The Ticket to Work
and Work Incentives Improvement
Act of 1999, which expands Modi -

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care and Medicaid benefits to include disabled people while they
work.
"Job Search Handbook for People
with Disabilities," (JIST, 1999) by
Daniel ). Ryan, director of the Office of Career Planning and Placemeilt, offers these new job seekers a
comprehensive resource that explores specific job-search issues
fa ced by people with disabilities and
offers step-by-step instructions to
help them promote themselves into
their career choice. Ryan serves as
chair of the career-planning. special-

interest group of the Association for
Higher Education and Disabilities
and the career-services t&lt;ehnology
chair for the National Association of
Student Personnel Administrators.
A lifetime advocate for people
with disabilities, Ryan says that the
new law is a great triumph for
people with disabilities, but that discrimination against them still exists
in today's workforce.
"These individuals not only have
to compete against all other applicants fo r jobs, they also must overcome the hurdle of convincing oth-

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ers-and sometimes themselvesthat they are capable, valuable workers," he explains.
ln the book. Ryan encourages
read= to address issues relating to
-!heir disability, but stresses that they
should play only a very minor role
in the overall job search. Th• book
also cxno= the rights and protection
the law provides to disabled perrons
and identifies agmcies and governmental programs that provide assistance, as well as offering tips on how
to negotiate for speciaJ accommOdations on the job.

�January2U,ZIIOOIVIII.ll.IG 16 llepariM

Obituaries
Bertha Cutcher, pioneered disabilities programs
Bertha Cutcher, who pioneered
S&lt;TVices and progr.uru to make UB
more accessible for ,individuals with
disabilities, died Dec. 23 in Kaleida
Health-Millard Fillmore Suburban
Hospital foUowing a brief illness.
She was 82.
Cutcher joined the UB staff in
1966 as associate director of the Office of Student Affairs and Services,
and became associau director of the

der this pilot project, UB was recognized as one of the most handi capped-accessible campuses in the
United States.
While much of the initial grant
funding was spent on special-education equipment and classroom
aides, the univenity provided services and matmals to modify buildings and equipment.
When the grant expired in 1980,

Office of Placement and Career

the university assumed responsibil-

Guidance in 1973. She was instrumental in obtaining a $500,000 federaJ grant in 1976 to formallyestab-

ityfortheoflice,whichnowiscalled
the Office of Disability Services.
Cutcher obtained ad diti onal
grants to purchase state-of-the-an
equipment to aid the visuaUy irn·
paired and worked with the Depart-

opportunity to bowl, swim and en·
joy other sports.
Cutcher receivod numerous hon·
O!li and awards for hereffurts, including an Outstanding Service Award
from UB, the SUNY ChanceUor's
Award for Exallence in Professional
Service and a citation from the state
Commission for the Blind and VISu aUy Handicapped. She was one of
I0 people named a "Citizen of the
Year"byTn.Buffak!News in 1982.
After her retirement, she volunteered and consulted with agencies
and organizations concerned with
individuals with disabilities. She was
a president of the local chapur of
the American Association ofUniver-

ment of Recreation and Athletics

sity Women and participated in the

and student organizations to pro-

group's various projects.. in particular the annual book sale.

lish an Office of Services for the

Handicapped (OSH) at UB,serving
as coordinator of the office until her
retirement in 1982.
O ne of only II institutions of
rugher education to be funded un -

vide students with disabilities the

John Zahorjan, engineer, helped to develop TCIE
John ~n. 74,adjunctprofessor of industrial engineering who
helped develop programs linking
UB to local industry, died Dec. 12
in Mercy Hospital after a battle with

oflndustrialEngineering.andhdped
to develop The Center for Industrial
EITectiveness, winner of two Pmjcct
of the Year awards from the National
Association of Management and
Technical Assistance Centers.

engineenngfrom UBin 1974andlast
spring received the UB Dean's Award
for Engineering Acruevement, th e
rughest honor given by the School of
Engineering and Applied Sciences.

tions at Fisher Price, Za horj an
joined the UB faculty in 1983 after
retiring from the East Aurora-based

master's program in engineering
managernent,developingandteach·
ing some of the cour=. A dedicated

He was a member of numerous
professional organization, including
Tau Beta Phi nationaJ engineering
honor society, and was induded in
"Who's Who in the East" and "Who's

company, where he had worked
early two decades

educator, he conunued to teacheve n from a wheelchair- until

Whom Fmance and Ind ustry"
A student fund tn h1s name has

edirected the undergraduate memship program tn the Department

shortly before his death
ZahorJan earned a doctorate m

been established m the engmeering
school

cancer.
A former vice president of opera-

He also helped to crea te th e

o Smit, internationally lmown pianist, composer
Leo ISm It, mternatmnally known
pian\st, composer and UB faculty
member for two decades, died of
congestive heart fail ure Dec. 12 in
Sc-ripps Hospital in Encinitas, Calif.
He was 78.
The musical luminary and former
child prodigy came to UB in I %2 as
Slee Music Professor, drawn to the

way of Sarah Lawrence College and
the University of California at Los
Angeles, he rediscovered the lat e
b oo g i e~woogie imm o rtal Pete
Johnson.
Smit brought the aging, ailing
Johnson out of obscurity with a highly
successful Johnson Benefit concert
He also was a talented photogra-

c1tal debut m Ca rn egie Hall drew
rave reviews.
A Fulbright and Guggenheim fel ~
lowinltaly,Smithadhis workperfo rmed under the di rection of
Leopold Stokowski , Leonard
Bernstein and Serge Koussevitzky.

locale because of what he described

pher, presenting travelogues accompanied by appropriate music.

"Second Symphony" W1lli premiered

as its .. increasing world reputation for
musical adventure." The following
year, Sffiit joined the m usic depart ment as a full -time faculty member,
staying at the university until1983.
Throughout his career, he pe r-

formedand traveled widely but always
returned to Buffalo. In recent years, he
wintered in California and moved
there pe:rrnancntl)' this past summer.
VVhen he first came to Buffalo, by

Smit's "First Symphony" won a
New York Critics Cirde Award; his

ThesonofRussian-bomparents.
Smit was accepted at age 9 for pri vatt:' study at the renowned Curtis
Institute in his native Philadelphia.
Studying piano with such greats

by Bernstein and the New York Phil harmonic.
Among his other works were
"Copernicus," "Alchem y of l.ovc"
and "Capriccio for String Orche-stra." Three selections of his sewn p~cm s of

at Jose lturbi and lsabeUa Vengcrova,

song cyde , b;lsed on the

at age I 5 he was touring accompa ·
nist with the American Ballet C..orn pany under George Balanchln l'.
Three years later, Smit's solo rc-

Emily Dickinson, were rccord(-d. on
compad disc by Bridge and featured
Smit on pian o wi th so pr ano
Rosalind Rees.

our plans to develop a m useum and
curatorial stuclics program. Tllis is a
very exciting program and certainly
given the cultural institutions in West-

AnJer.;on began a.sadeakrand oll
lector working out of his mOlh e r ·~
gaUery in New York, then relocated 10
Paris. opening the Gal erie Anderson
Mayer in 1962. After his mothl•r'::.
death, he acquin.'&lt;l her gallery and col·
lection from the estate and renamed
it the David Anderson Gallery. Bv
1979,Ande!li0n and his family had rc·
turned to Buffalo. and he commuted

Anderson
C-u-ed from ,..... 1

tial female figures in the art world
un til her death in I %9.
President William R Greiner said

Jackson had a k£en eye for outstand:
ing works by artists of the 20th cen·
tury. " David conti nued that legacy
with his own tastes and visio11---a oollect:ion of magnificent artworks so

beautifully.displayed in the gaUery that
bears his name,.. Greiner said 'The
Anderson Gallery is an extremely
v-aluable asset for UB and for the larger

Western New York community."
'This gift is generating great excitement around the unP.rersity oommunity;' added Kerry S. Grant, dean of
theCoUegeofArtsandSciences. "The
gaUery and its collection wiU provide
quality teaching tools for a major
period of American art- We are parti~leased that the gift indudes
a majo&lt; coUcction of works on paper of great significance."
Grant oontinued: "This donation is
also an important step in furthering

em New York and the strength of the
university, VB is weU -positioncd to
establish a program of national and
international renown in this field."
Anderson sa.id a program that
documents and exhjbits rising artists could have no better cu rators
than university students beca use
"they qwn the current culture and
have an enthusiasm for whar's new,

like showing eBay 10 days before it
went public.
"What my support gives them is
the enoouragement and discipline to
visit the studios of the unknown art ists and then to return to Buffalo
with documentation and a rationale

fo r exhibiting these young artists."
he added."The gaUery and supporting programs would give them the
space and opportunity to do so."

~asKet~all
MEN

UB 71. Central Michigan 58
Kent State 89, UB 51
The men's basketball team snapped
"' d&amp;f&gt;t-pne losing wW&lt; by
defeating Centnl Mlc:hipn University
71-SB, on Jan. 12. recording the team's
first w;n for Interim head coach

Reg;. Wnt...-.poon.
The Bulls led by one ;~t halftime ,
but the Chippewu came back to
regain the lead five minutes into the
second half. CMU led 42~ w;a,
IHS to pby belo.-e UB!ougflt back.
The Butls took the lead bade on a
layup by Lao~ Umpbell •nd the
Chippewas toOk it back on a jumper
by Luke )ohn&gt;on w;a, ltHS to pby.
UB then used a 7- I run to establish a
le:ui A three-pointer by Nikolai
in the women's
I
AJexeev gave the Bulls a ~ lead
team's loss against Kent State.
with 10:161eft.a lead UB ¥1'0Uid not
She also scored 11 points in
give up the .... o( the game.
the 56-45 loss against
HOW'e"'et", the Bulls could not
Northern Illinois.
continue their winning streak as they
dropped an 89-53 decision at
---defending MAC champion ~t on Saturday. jon Kleidon led the Bull ~ 1n ~conng
with 10 points.
WOMEN

Northem Illinois 56, UB 45
Kent State 74, UB 65
The women's·basketball team dropped to 12-J overall and 2-2m the Mid American Conference with a ~s to the East OiYtston·s top tevn, Kent. H -6S
Sarunby in AJumni Arena. Freshman forwa rd Kaoe Bl.uewski recorded a areerhigh 23 points on I 0-of- 12 shooting from the field and pulled down a team-htgh
nine rebounds to lead the Bulls in only Its third loss of the season ;rnd second 1n
the league.
The loss WH the team's firn m Alumm Arena Uns season

~wimmin~
MEN
UB Ill , St. Bonaventure II 0
The men's swimming t.um won its second meet m a row as it downed St.
Bonavenwre, I 3 1-1 I0 , tn Olean. Dan Hickey cononued his successful SW\mmmg
dlis season as he I~ the Bulls wfth victones In the 100 freestyle (.of7.05) and
200 freestyle (l :.ofl .n). He~ also a m~ber of the victorious &lt;400 freestyle
relay (3:13.04) team. along with josh Pun, Dexter Tarum and John Nille .
Hidcey set a new Reilly Center pool record in the 200 freestyle. marking
the second consKUtM! meet in which he has ~et a new sandard for the host
Institution's pool.
Other UB Winne~ •ncluded Kevm Kelly (1000 freestyle - 9:50.79). Juon
Mclachlan (200 IndiVIdual medley - I :58.51 ). Ozve Sofer ( 1-meter dtve 221 .55 pts.) and Eric Stlmson (200 backstroke - I :56.6 1)

Wrestlin~
UB 18, Clarion 17
Ohio 21 , UB t 0
Edinboro 26, UB 9
UB el((ended Its wmning streak to seven straight matches fnday w1th an 18. 17
come-from-behind wm over C lanon 1n Alumm Arena
The Bulls tr.~.iled Oarion after five matches before bouncmg back beh1nd a
fall at I:"9 by Shawn Kegel at I 33 pounds Then traihng, 17- 12. UB got a dutch
) . 1 overtime wm by Jake Partlow at 157 pound~ . scmng up the dec1s1ve match
at 165 pounds
Sophomore Gary Cooper posted an 1mpre.ss1ve 9 . S wm ewer josh Weaver
on 165 pounds to eam UB a one-po111t VICtory
But the Bulls would suffer thetr first [W'O dual-meet dcfeau of th e season
Sunday in Athens. Ohto.
UB d ropped a 23- 10 deCISion to M1d-Amencan Conference nval Oh10
Umvers1ty to fall to 2- 1 m conferen ce action. and also lost to No 10-ranked
Edinboro. 26-9
Winning agamst Oh1o was Charl1c Voorhees at 125 pounds. Partlow /It 157
pounds and Josh States at I8-4 pou nd~
Aga1nn Ed1nboro. Buffalo received a fo rfett wm at 125. wtulc the only o ther
Winner for the team was R.yan Bentley at I 49 pounds

DrieD
KPMG gives $25,000 to SOM

to his New York City gaUery. By 19'11 .
Ande!liOn had relocated his gallery to

KPMG LLP, the accounting . tax and co nsultm g tirm , h.1::. Jvn.atcd
$25,000 to support th e Department of Accoun tin g and Law 111 thl·

Buffalo in the state-of-the-an exhibi tion space he created by converting

School of Management.
The gift will be used to mamtam an a(countmg .:onfcn:nce room
at the schoo l that will bear the KPMG name for lhe next two vcar . .
KPMG praised th e excellence o f th.:.· Schoo l oLM a nagcmc:nt '::. a~.
cou nting cu rriculums and ci ted the firm 's successful hi s1ory of rl·
cruitin g stud ents fr o m the schoo l. KPM G is o ne of the leadi ng .:.•m
ploycrs of UB MBA a nd undergradua1c accoun tin g graduates.
"We have long co n s id~red KPM G to be an esse ntia l pa rtn er 111 the
development o f o ur accounting curri culums and in th e successes ot
o ur acco untin g graduates," said Lewis Mand ell , dean of the School
of Management . "T he namin g of t he co nferen ce room is a tribut e to
o ur mulu all y beneficial relationship with KPM G ."

the former-School83 building.
ln adclition to gifts to VB. Anderson has given a substantial group of
paintings. sculptures and works on
paper-&lt;~ collection designated as the
Martha Jackson Collectioll--{o the
Albright-Knox An GaUery, along with
art donations to the National Mu -

seumof American Art, the Hir;chom
Museum and Sculpture Garden and
the Phoenix Art Museum.

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cu ture by recreating familiar
weeds-the rebemous sort that
"'sprout like ~ant anger on
the concrete sweep of urban
America .. ~n an exhibit that
capture how these often
unwanted plants reflect the

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country. "Eyes Wide ()pen" wm
be on display Jan. 21 through
feb. 1 7 in the Art Department
Galtery, 845 Center for the Arts,
North Campus. Gal~ hour1
are Tues. from 10 a.m . to 5

events In the electronic

calendar will b«: Included

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for the d nllne UB Calendar

www.buffalo .edu /

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Amhent Saxophone Quartet.

" ABANDON "
Artist Tony Matelli has taken a

elec:tronlc subminlon form

of hents ot &lt;http:/ I

Katharine Cornett Theatre. s'
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Scrtptu"' Study
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Q&amp;A: Anm fain predicts Poktmon
and "glitz" to be top holiday tmtds

PAGE6

((Green" Holiday

PAGE 4

Class of2000 heading down
rhar fma/ aauiemil: stretch

Tuba
Tunes
Tuba players young and old
celebrate the season in the
lobby of Slee Concert Hall
Saturday night as part of a
"Tuba Christmas." This was
the first ti me the annual
holiday gathering was held
at UB .

Panasci donates $1 million to UB
Gift to fund annual competition to encourage students to become entrepreneurs
By SUZANNE CHAMBERLAIN
Reporter Contributor

pharmacist and busi ness executive turned
ven ture capitaJi st, UB
graduate H e nr y A.
Panasci, Jr. has given $1 million to
the university to create a compet ition that encourages students to hecome entrepreneurs.
Chai rman of Cyg nu s Managt.·-

A

ment Group. LLC, and former chairman and CEO of Fay's, fnc., Panasci
h as established th e H enr y A.
Panasci, Jr. Entrepreneurship Award.
Ali VB stu'dcnts will be eligible for
the competition , and may enter ci -

thcr individua ll y
or as teams of up
to five membe rs.
There will be: two
pri zes awardt•d
each year, $25.000
to th e fi rst-place
winner
and
PAHASO
$ 15.000 to the SC:.'\.
a nd-place winner. These- prizes will
he used a.~ start · up capital for tht·
new business ventu res descdbed 111
the business plans submitt&lt;.xl hy the
awa rd winners.
"The future depends on entrepre
neurs,and we need to su pport the1r
efforts." said PanasCI, who recetwd

a bachelor'~ degree 1n chcm1st rv m
1948 and returned to UH to t'drn .1
bachelor's dcgrct· 111 ph..1rmacy m
1952. '"The cntrcprt.'ncuna.l award
wrll CfKOuragt·new husmes.s ~rowth
111 Upsta lt' New York hv prm' tdtn~
~et&gt;d mont&gt;)' tor tht· llt'\"' hu:.tnc'~
ven t ur~..-~:·

An nuun cm~ tht· gift and compt~
t1t1on at a pn:~confcrt~nct·on Mon d.ty. Prm'(l'&gt;t I )avid I. Tngglt- pra1sed
the..· genertl\l l\'llf Pan.tsct and h1s f.-. tlll'r .•1 IY~4 graJu.Ht' of the ~..:hool
nl Pharma~..·v.
"Hoth ht' ..1nd ht~ lather h.w(' llt'en
lo~·al and dl'Vott·d lnt'nds o l tht·
Xh&lt;&gt;~.ll ot"Ph.trmac.'
I wh1ch l nwe.

J cons1derablt· amount 1(1 the kmd
lllllliStratJons ofhoth O\"Cr the vt..."""lf5.'.
Prt-sldent \Vilham ft ( ;n..-mcr. who
was ou t uf town on busmess and
unahlc Ill attt·nd th,- press conkr
t'JH.e, noted 111 a prepared stah.·mt•nt
" ll~..·nr y\la t est gift will have a la.:.t
tng, pnS!tlvc 1mpa ~.."t on all of our stu
den ts who hop(' to bt-lOITit' c..·ntre
prem·urs. m~pmng them to turn
thcu dream of O\"'ntng J hu~lllt~:..
11110 reality. In the procelo... . , the..~· •au
dt.'nt~ wi ll acquire va luahlt' skills 111
SUCC("('d Ill tht• hu~IOt'S..\ Wtlr!d.
"Vv'c..· arc extremely gratdul to
I icnry tor thts generous gift. wh 1 ~..h
Contln'"ldon~7

Butler Mansion to house programs
By JOHN DELLA CONTRADA

Reporter Contributor

EREMY M. Jacobs, Sr., cha ir-

J

man and chief executive officer of Delaware North Com panies, Tuesday finalized purchase of the Butler Mansion
and anno unced that he will make
the building available for use by the
UB School of Management.
" I am pleased to offer the use of
the mansion to the University at Buf·
fa1o," .said Jacobs. "My inte.ntion for
the landmark building had been to
prated its integrity and preserve its
historical significance. Through this
partnership, the university will now
have a facility that enables it to reach
out to the downtown Buffalo business community to meet its needs
in regards to continued professional
development and education."
Lewis Mandell, dean of the School
of Management, said the school will
work with area corporations to provide dedicated facilities for the on going training of executives and
high-level manage.., and wiU ''" up
corporate-training facilities to bring
the latest computer technology to
downtown businesses.

The school also will invcstigatt'
the possibility of offering a second
Executive MBA prog ram in the
mansion and may consider developing a luncht im e MBA program
for downtown business people.
MandeiJ .said.
President Wi ll iam R. l;rc 1ncr
praised the long· timt:' and valuable..•
support of the univcrsit}' by lacohs.
a UB graduate who serves as chair
of the UB Council. the uni vc..· rs it y'~
local governing council. Jacobs aJso
is a former cha ir, trustee and diret tor of the UB Foundation, Inc.
The School of Managt•ment ha~
benefited previously from the gen erosity of Jacobs. The schoo l '~ building on the North Campus hears the
Jacobs family name, in honor of a
$1 million gift provided in 1985.
"This is wonderful news for the
un1vcrsity and our School of Man
agcmcn t," s.a1d Greiner.
.. The Butler Mansion i~ a beau ti fu l, histo ric building in the heart of
Buffalo's business distr ict; it will
make a.n excellent executjve-cducation center, a facility that will enable
us to expand our School of Man·
agement prog\
to better serve

th~..· n t~ctb

of tht• Western Nt·w Yorio.
t:onununlly," h~..· !&gt;aid
( ~fl·tncr addc..-d: "\'lit.· art.' t.'X Ircmt'h
~n11cful to Jen.·my j,Kohs and th r
l ac:oh~ fafr!liY for the1r gl'nt·rosltv Ill
making the Hutkr M.tns1on avail
ablt.' to UB."
lacoh ~ willtnmntaln ownt·rshlp 1ll
t.he rnan~ 1 on. kK:atc..,J on the l·onwr
of! .&gt;elawarc- Avenue..· .md North ~tn.'t.·t.
A Buffalo architt~ctura llandm ark .
the..• th ree-'&gt; torr. 40-room man~um
was built m 1899 by Buffalo b.-.nkcl
.tnJ le-o.~thcr manuf:u..·turer ( ~~..· orge I
Willi am. who co mmts~ JOilt'd ~t.m
fnrd Whilt' of tht• prest1~00m Nt·\...
York Ci t)' architt·ctural firm ~It K1m .
Mead and \·Vhll&lt;' for 115 des ign.
Jacobs st ~ll t'd that he acqui re-t..l tht·
mansion 111 197Y and spent more
than $6 milltQ!l.:.restonng 1t. "Thl'
mansion served as our company\
hc..'adquaners 111 the 1980s, befOre we
sold it to the Variry Corporation m
1991. It played a significant role- m
the history of Delaware North , as it ~
location served as the genesis for the
name of our company."
Varity maintained the building m
impeccab le co nditi o n and full y
wired it for computer technology.
bu~llll'!...'&gt;

whKh mt.'an~ thJt till" .:.("houl t'dMh
l•lll mnve 11 s program~ mto the
building. (.remer ~1d .
"t )utre&lt;Kh to bu~int""SM.~. partKu
l.1rh m downtown BuffaJo.. ~~ J pn nmy for the school." ~·1andell "'-11ti.
"The manston \viii cnablt· w. tu mt't.'t
mncasc..~J d&lt;.·n1.1nd for program:.
frnm organ11..dlJom .tl.l ovt-r the wuriJ.
··Motnrola 1s ~c nd1ng 1b t'Xt'lU
11\'l.. . , to Huffalo fnr thl~ tina! -.cmt''
tt'f of a llt'\' rM'lUtl\'t' j\fRA pru
gram \.... ~..· · w !Jun~..ht•d 111 ( ' hma . •mJ
~.m~:-ung 111 KlHCa h.t~ ~nntra~ tt·J
\"'llh tht• -.d1ool lnr trauung nl lh
lnform.ltloll -ll'l-"hnolug\ lll.J.n.lga' ··
,\ \anvoftht· nation\ 1t1p hu~llll'''
..... hoob. 11. landdl adJcd. h.1w rt't(l~
111/t•d the logtsi!Lcll and ITIJrkt·tm~
V.J.hlt' lll pro\'ldlllg t'Xl'(Ull\"t' dt'\l'J
npment program:. In lallhtil'' \t'PJ
r;ll &lt;" from t host·it~cd lm under
gr.tduJtt· ..1nJ graJu.1k pn1gr.un ~
"Our cxei.."UI!Vt.' progr . 1m' Ill*
will be offc..•rt•d m "'hat •~ pfllh,thh
the most dq~ant and an.:hitl'l'luralh
beautiful buildmg hc-tng u."K.'ll hv Jm
husmess school in lht&gt; countnr," ~.ud
Mandell. "We now are far hener able
to mret the cxccutive· tr.unmg nt.'"t'\.l...,
of our corponue customers."

�Oece11ber a19!Mil31. 1o.15

BRIEFLY

E...tluiC....

schedules meeting

",_;.,g " ' t h o - c.r-

Anln Jain is Samuel P. Capen Professor of Marketing Research and
chair of the Department of Marketing in the School of Management. He is an expert on retailing.

wll be held at 2 p.m. T~ In
tho Sooth Looogo In Goodyeor
Hoi on tho South Clmpus.
PlanGt Stephen Manes, chair
ol the Deportment ol Music. and
Hutist Cheryl ~Hollman,
• lecturer In the doportment ol
Music. will pmont • Musk of the
Sea!on.·
ror men lnlormotlon, ca11 the

How do you eccount for recent
kid phenomena like Pok0mon,

Emeritus Center ot 829-2271 .

m..t.etlng blitzes?

Glazier t.o dlseuss

EPc llJ

'TOAC!ling (Becuonlc) Poollies:
Technology, P&lt;dogogy and the
Electronic Poetry Center" wiH be
the topic ofo tolk lrom noon to
1 p.m. today in 21 8 Baldy Hall
on the North Compus.
lms P&lt;qu&lt;l\o Glozler,
found« ol the Electronic Poetry
Center (EPC) &lt;http:/ I

epc.llulfolo.-/&gt;, will discuss
the site, which, owr the past few
year&gt;. has emerged IS a uniquely
irnpor1lon~ wotldwido rosource
tor the production and dMemlnatlon of new and OJCp&lt;rim&lt;ntol
poetry.
Glozier's tolkbspclflS&lt;)IOdby
the Cenll!r for the Stud)' of Tech·
nology In Educotlon.

UB contln~ Pf09ram

with Riga unM!rslty

UB and Rigl Technlcaf univenlty
(RTU) In Loivlo ,...,. signed a
fM&gt;.yeor
to continue
the ~ exchonge ond collaborotlon belwoen the two universitles that was begun In 1991 .
Undo&lt; the original ogreemen~ UB, !he Univenlty al Qt.
tawa and RTU col&amp;ll:xnted to
found tile Algi - - School
~~ dltOiod the

_.,..,t

titst ~styte

MBA program

in Eostern Europe. UB also establish«! on &amp;lgfi1h l.lnguage Center at RBS to Instruct students before they entered the MBA core
program, wlllch b ~t &lt;!ntiroly
In English.
The new &gt;glftment allows
RBS foculty to enroll in doctorol
programs at UB, • nd UB School
of Management faculty to teach
at RBS. tt permits RBS' English
Language Cenll!r toculty to pursue maste(s and doctoral studies
in S«&lt;nd~anguoge education at

UB, and US's English Longuoge
lnstiMe to send interns and ins~ to the RBS center.

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bunle
pets7
Are • . . . _ . . - sophlstluted~ or have coruumers lost
their llblllty to lg.-.. these

Pokemon, beanie babies and the like
are successful because they are so

cute and cuddly. They are moderatdy priced, thus almost anyone can
afford them. Once you g~ one, you
can't resist buying more. Instead of
flooding the market Y&gt;ith unlimited
quantity, the supplyofbeanic babies
is being carefully ron trolled by the
manufacturers. This has created an

artificial scarcity in the market place.
Manufacturers have contributed to
the formation of cult-like dubs and
media has fueled their speculative
value. In a prosperous economy
where our basic needs are easily met,
there is enough discretionary income to indulge in such littJe plea -

sures of life.

of the new millennium and we have
the makings of a winning Ouistmas
season for rdailcrs. We should see a
20-25 percent
from last year.

incr~

in growth

Wh•t will be the hot toyI
ltdult gifts this y ..r7

This will be the year for Pokbnon,
or pocket monsters. The timely reI~ of the movie based on th~
creatures has unleashed a goldmine
for Nin tendo. The video games,
trading cards, figures, apparel and
plush toys based on the lovable characters are going to ring cash registers. Closely bc:hind will be toys
based on "Toy Story 2." For adults,
it is going to be a year for DVDs and
looking "mahvdous." When Y2K
rolls around, everyone will not be
interested only in exorcising Y2K
bugs; they will want to look swank,
tn!s chic and glamorous. They will
want to remember it with finery and

elegance. Afte r aJI, who will be
around for the next millennium?
the upcoming holld•y shopAoor-length ballgown skirts, strapping se•son 7 Will consumers
less evening gowns. d resses, cashspend, spend, spend tills y&lt;Ar7
mere sweaters, pashmina wraps,
American consumers are the hap- • French-cuff shirts and tuxedos are
piest they have been in the recent "in"thisyear.Out is the 10-yearcyde
past. The economy is humming of casual office wear.
Wh•t •re your predictions for

along, with almost fu ll employment,
high wages and a stock market that
seems ro know no barriers. Con sumers have money in their pockets and in their brokerage accounts.

They are feeling good and will be
generous towards themselves and
their loved ones. Add to it !.he frenzy

Will the Increasing popularity
of online shopping have any
lmp.rt on retailers at the aYer~e· mall7 Must the sany
retailer also have a Web site
to compete In today's hightech marketplace?
Retailing as we know it today will

change dramatically in the next fivt falo.mark.ct, w.: haYl! become a
years. Stores that primarily serve as a ~&lt;:s-crazy town. Almost """)'
warehouse ofproducts will find it in- week """)'store.ishavinga "sale"
aeasingly difficuh to oompete in the with huge price· reductions. lt
ntw digillll economy. To be rdCYallt, makes you wondes about the astores will hav. to provide an incrtd- cessivc price gouging going on if
ible in-store exporienoe to shopp=. one were to buy an item that is
Instead of being ld\ alone in a ware- not on sale. Also, service levels
house to search for a product and hav. dcdined as the retaikn hav.
guess about its workmanship, sue- cut back on both the number of
a:ssful stores will serve as oonsultants store personnd and their train to shoppers. Individuals will be able ing. Most salespeople know very
to take their problem to the stores and tittle about the product they ..,u
get assistance. The sales lady who and certainly are in no position
knows what dress would look good to be of hdp to the shoppers.
on you for the cOcktail party-at the
Wlult question do JOU wish
Albright Knox, which scarf will bring I hlMI uklMI, - - would
out the oolor of your eyes and which JOU h.,., •nswered lt7
perfume matches your personality,
I thoughl that you would have
will win. Stores that provide human
asked about the hoopla associ touches in an increasingly~ated with Y2K. Unlike our bisonal, mechanical world will the
cente n nial whimper celebrawinners. Cyber shopping can never
tion, it seems that Y2K will be a
provide the fun and excitement of
bust. I don't see all the trinkets
walking through a Bloomingdales,
·that showed up for 1976. Some
Daimaaru, WUJg's or Brumel Using
businesses are using .. fear apthe Web, these stores can ....,., cuspeal" to sell people ·items they
tomers aroun d the globe beyond
will not need. Educated peopl&lt;
their narrow trading areas. A5 mo~
are stockpiling water, canned
and more homes become connected
food, candles and even power
tothedigillll highway, stores will find
generatorl for fear of Armagedit oompetitively disadvantagrou.s not
don! Vmeyards have sought to
to be accessible. The Web will become
spread the message about the
another medium of communication
impending shortage of bubbles
and order-taking from customers.
to jack up prices, but the spoilWh•t do you dislike most
ers among them have anabout the way corporations
nounced their availability by
martcet to you and your family
tons. To this observer, the win memben7
ners will be food stores and hosIn recent years, at least in the Buf-

pitals, come September!

Let's Play! project offers tips for toy-buying
Infants and toddlers with disabilities need toys that are engaging, fun to use
By EllEN GOLDBAUM
News Services Editor

I

S the re an infant or toddl er
with a disability on your holi day gift list?

If so, you might be interested in some advice from Susan
Mistrett. director of the Let's Play!
project at UB. which uses assistive
technologies and interactive strate-

gies to help disabled children to play.
"Like any child, kids with disabilities need toys that are engaging and
fun to use, and should be matched
to the child's likes and interests,"
Mistrett says. "At the same time, toys
can help move them along to a new
developmental stage."
However, ch ildren's disabilit ies

• Large buttons or switches that
make them easy to hold and operate
"Families with nonnally developing children see play as what kids do,"
said Mistrett, "whe=s, unfortunately,
for children with disabilities, play is
often not determined by the child, but
tends to be 'put these squares in these
holes'" she says. "That's directing,
when, in fact, you want to be fucilitating, you want to create a play envi ronment for the child in which he or
she is suca:ssful by making toys easy

brate. Also, they should respond to
the child's action, whether it be with

motivates them to retrieve them.

sound, light or tactile sensation.
" Plenty of conventional toys
available at toy.stores can be per-

variety of shapes and have a unique
feel ; they encou rage touching,
throwing and are interesting to look
at, feel and even taste.

fectly appropriate for children with
disabilities," she says.
Best bets fo r infun_ts and toddle"
that are-available at your local toy
store indude:

• SkwisDRattle by Papa Gepetto.
A colorful rattle that is easy to grasp,
shake, bang and "squish." Beads,
strings and bells invite exploration.

• Koosch Balls. These come in a

• Slinky. With its wonderfully
strange elasticity, this classic toy is
easy to usc and encourages oonnec-

tions between child and parent or
between two children because they
can tug and puU between them. Now
available in fl uorescent colors. the
S~nky also

is visually interesting.
• Drums, bells, maracas, almost

• Toys made by VTech. These toys fea -

any easy-to-use musicallnstrume:nL

ture buttons to push
an d record ed an -

can easily be wrapped around a
wrist. T he advantage here, Mistrett
says, is that when the child moves,
she or he is the SOUI"Cr of thesound.

can limit how they play.
"11lesc children need a big bang for
their buck," she said. "They need JTIOr&lt;
of a response from their toys, more
of a reward as they play with them."
The best toys fo r children with
disabilities have most of the follow-

A strap with bells on it, for example,

·• Duplos. The big, chunky ones
can be stacked easily and can assist
the child in moving to the next stage,

ing fea tures:
ronment and with

• Sensory appeal, either through
light, sound, touch or vibration

to reach and work. You need to em-

• Enough Oexibility that they can
be u.!ed in several ways
• Very defined textures
• Safety and durability
• The ability for volume or ;-peed
or other variables to be adjusted

power the child."
That means toys should be very
colorful, with high oontrast. They
should invite the child to touch them,
either because they are smoo th;

rough or cil~, or because they vi-

cause and effect, says Mistrett.
• Dunk'n O unk by Sassy. This is
a dear bucket that oomes with vinyl
rings and shapes. The top has slots
to push the rings through. Because
the bucket is dear, children can se&lt;:
the things they put into it, which

using th em tQ,. b uild. Some have
rattles inside them or faces on them.
Also, since the big ones can be oonnected to the smaller pieces, they

provide an easy way for a disabled
child to play with an older sibling.
An at"C:nsive coUection of resour= for liunilies of chiJdren with
disabilit_i&lt;:s is aV2ilable on the UB
Let's Play! Web site at &lt;http://
~/ &gt;.

�December S.l!ml'llll31. lo.l5 Rep arias

Hope seen for future budget
Greiner optimistic King appointment is good news for UB
By MAliA MCGINNIS
Reporter Aulstant Editor

ESPIT E the $ 12.2 mil lion shortfuJ.I facing the
university in the current
fiscal year, the administration is optimistic about the finan cial status of the univmity in the yean
to come, according to budget reports
at Tuesday's Faculty Senate meeting.
President William R. G reiner said
he is ho peful fo r two reasons: the
likelihood that Robert King, budget
director for the State o f New Yo rk,
wiU be appointed as the new SUNY
chancello r, and the budget request
for 2000-200 1 recently ado pted by
the SUNY Board of Trustees.
" If that budget were to be taken
mto the executive budget by the governo r, that wo uld practicaJJy assure
its passage I believe, and this campw
would d o very, very well " si.nce it
would cover salary incrCascs, provide
fo r inflatio nary fundin g and q uality
improvements. G reiner explained.
He added that if Kin g was appointed chanceUo r. it would be "a very
good appoinunent" since the univcr·
sity needs "a politically astute leader."
Mo rt..'O ver, he hopes that since King
cu rrcntiy is involved in budget nego-tiatio ns with the governo r, ''something good will happen bctv.'l'Cn now
and when he assumt.'S o ffice."
Provost David Triggle addressed
tht· assessm ent of this yea r's budge-t

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shortfuJ.I in the academic units. "The
objective was not to go back and try
to fix past injustices o r past things
which were done erroneously," he
sa id. "' Ra ther, it was to esta blish
where we currently stand in en roll ment trends. research trends, etc., fo r
each unit and to establish a set of
negotiations with d eans and chairs
fo r what the future m ight ho ld."
To this end, Triggle said he had
d»velo ped a set o f "challenging, b ut
potentially (ealizable scenario s fo r
future change."
Triggle emphasized the importance of the university's transition
this year to an incentive-based bud get model giving individual units
control over their own budgets and
respo nsibility for generating their
o wn revenue sources.
He noted that .. in previous years
and generations, all the mo ney was
in a 'big, black box' in the provost's
o ffice and what you got o ut of the
big, black box depended o n the qual ity of your pleading with the provost:•
which no lo nger will be the case.
Susan Hamlcn, associate professor of accounting and law, and chair
the sen ate's Budget Pri o rities
Comminee, emphasized th at UB's
n ew budget m odel rel ays a clea r
message: " Meet enro llment targets
J.nd spo nsored -program Largets or
you're going to pay....
She added, however, that the new

or

budget process isone"wecan maybe
actually understand," instead o f one
that "used to be mysterio us."'
Trigg.Je no ted that the cumulative
$4.5 million deficit in the CoUege of
Arts and Sciences will be handled
over the next two years.
..We've come to a set o f agreements
to handle the deficit over a two--year
process by a variety o f techniques;·
said Triggle, adding that one major
change will be to perrnanentJy in cl ude about $3 millio n in the an nual
base b udget fo r the coUege to cover
faculty set- up costs and other perma nent needs. Such costs p reviously
were negotiated with the provost on
an annual basis, according to Trigg!e.
In other business, the senate passed
a resolutio n that formally would al low participation by facu lty in organized research units, centers and in ·
stitutes to be fairl y considered and
evaluated in promotio n decisto ns.
Senato rs also considered a resolutio n prepart.-d by its Teach in g and
Lea rning Committee chaired by 1.
Rona ld Ge nt ile, SUN Y Distin gu ish ed Teach ing Professor in the
De pa rtm e n t to Cou n!&gt;cli n g .md
Ed uca tio nal Psychology, that essen
tiaJJy calls for the deans to be respon sibl e fo r ad min i!&gt; tcr in g s tud en t
course evalua tions a nd ensu ri ng
standard iza tio n of the instrument
ond procedu res uSt-d to collect th&lt;.·
data withi n each depart ment.

Single dose effective for ADHD
By LOIS BAKER
News Services Editor

n ew UB s tud y pu b lished in the December
issue o f Pediatrics comparing the effect iveness
over time o f Adderall and Ritalintwo drugs for anention -dcficitlhy·
pe racti v it y di so rd er (A DH D)shows that a single d ose o f Add erall
is effecti ve for a full school day.
Th e results indicate that o ne dose
o f Adderall given at 7:30 a. m . elimi nates the need to give med icine during school hours. Twice-daily doses
o f Ritalin at 7:30 a. m .and 11 :30a.m.
have comprised the sta ndard treat ment for children with ADHD beca use Ritalin is absorbed quickl y
and its effect s begin to diminish after three ho u rs.
"This is a un iqut· o utcom e fo r
ADHD medicatio n," said Willia m
Petham, pro fessor of psychology, a
specialist in ADHD and lead autho r
on the study. "Fo urteen o f the 16
kids in the trial who responded to
medication could get by o n o nce-aday doses of Adderall and skip the
school -day dose.
"This is very good news," he said.
"because problems with compliance
and the embarrassment of having
to take a d ose in school are really
pretty bad:· Five of the 2 1 children
in the study didn't respond signifi cantly to either medication.
The trial compared various dosing regimens of Adderall, Ritalin
and placebo during an eight -week
summer treatment program at UB
developed by Pelham, head of the
universirfsAttention Deficit Disorder Program. The summer program
is structured somewhat like a daycamp, with in ten sive behavioral
treatment carried out in academic,

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soc ia l a nd rec reati o nal se ttin gs
thro ugho ut a n ine-ho ur day.
Most o f the children in the current t ri a l alread y were re ce ivin g
med ica tion for AD H D. Parents of
children in th l· p rogram also re ceived training in behavioral-mod •fica tio n techniq ut·s.
The goals of the trial were two-

rt."Comm_ended tha tl 4of l6(hlldn·n
who respo nded to med ication he
mai ntained o n a single mo rnm g
dose of Add erall, if el im inating tht•
m id -day dose was a goaJ.
On the q uest io n of whether tu
g•vc a late-aft ernoo n dose of mcd!
ca tio n and, if so, how m uch, trial resuits showed that hi gh do:K:sof l,.Hh

fold: to compare standard , twice-

med ications

dail}' methylpen idate (MPH , the gt·neric name for Ritalin ) with a single
m o rnin g d ose of MPH a n d of
Add erall , a n amphetam in t" com pound, and to &lt;WCSS the Vhlue of a
late-aftern oon dose o f Add ernll and
Ritalin on evening fun ctio nin g, the
po tential side effeds o f late-afternoon dosing and optimum dose size.
Th e trea tment variations were a )
placebo, b ) mo rning-only Adderall,
c) morning/late afternoon Adderall.
d ) mo rning-only Ritalin, e) mo rn in glnoon Ritalin and f) morning/
noon/ late aftern oo n Ritali n. The
children received one o f these treat·
ments each day in rando m order.
Results o f the trial-based on rat ings from co unselors, teachers, and
parents-fo und no difference between twice-a-day Ritalin and oncea-day AdderaU on any measures assessed during a typical8 a.m . to 3:30
p.m. day.
" Results showed that a single dose
of .3 mg!kg of Adderall given at 7:30
a.m. and .3 mglkg o f MPH given at
7:30 a.m. and II :30 a.m. had very
similar time courses and seemed to
be effective until3:45 p.m . and perhaps lo nger," Pelham stated. Bo th
were effecti ve in improvin g
c hildren's b ehavio r and perfo rmance in the context of the sum mer treatment program , which
spanned a typical school day, he said.
Based on these findings, Pelham

creased appetite loss and ~ l eep l e~!l ness - rt"cog nized sidt" cffc..:-ts of
tht.-sc st im ulant drugs- alt ho ugh
low doses of Adderall d id im prove
eve nin g behavio r. Pelham s.1id .1!1
parents repo rted thei r children gemerally were doing wt"Uin the t•vcnlng.
hut possibl y beca use pa rent s had
received behavioral trai ning and tlw
combination of home-based tnt nvent·io ns and the long-acttn g ITil'dJ cati o n produced positive behavior.
In light o f these fin d ing:-. and thl·
long- lasting effeds of single dose.;;
of Adderall, and in a few case:;; M PH.
Pelham said he did not recommend
late-afternoon medicatio n for most
of the child ren in the trial. He spt:cu
Ia ted that the reaso n si ng1e doses ot
Adderalllasted so much longer into
the evening in this study than rc·
ported in o ther studies also may h&lt;·
re lat ed to th e influ e n ce of th e
progran1's behavio ral int e rve n tio n~.
this time o n the children.
"Fo r example, a child who expcn ences rewards fo r behaving appropn atdy t."arty in the day may continue
on a positive trajectory fo r th e remainder of the day," Pelham noted.
Th e study was suppo rted by a
grant fro m Shire Richwo od , Inc..
manufacturer of Adderall. Pelham 's
research is supported by grants from
the National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholis m, and the Na·
tionallnstitutfl of Mental Health.

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the afte rnoo n

3

BrieD
Search committee recommends
King to be SUNY chancellor
A se•rch committee of the SUNY Board of Trustees Monda y
una mmou sly recommended the appomtment of Robert L King, NC'f\'
Yo rk State's budget director, a~ th e next SUNY chan ceHor.
The Boa rd ofTru.stees 1 ~ expected to vote on King's appointment
at 11..s mcet m g Tuesday at the Co ll ege of Optomet ry. King wou ld re place Ch ancello r John W. Ryan , who ts retir ing afte r serving mo re
than th ree years in the post. Ryan will be remamnt SUNY as chan
ce ll or ementu ~.
"The full sea rch commlllec ha!l made a marvelous rccornmenda
!ton to the tru stees tn Bob Kmg. wh o has a tremend o us range of
expen ence.!&gt; to b n ng to bear on the offi(e of chancellor." sa td Prest
den t Wi ll iam R. G retner, who served as c1 member of the adv tsor\
co m m ittee to the St'arch commtttee. "All wtll stand h tm 111 good stead
H is know ledge of Nt.•w York State government , the executive cham
be r, and his cxpenence as dt rector oft he Dtvt ~ ton of the Budget arc
all terr ifi c p reparatton fOr the chanlellor ':!&gt; role .
"Al t ho ugh to some it may appear to ht· an unwnvcmtonal chot.._,.,
it 's no t if o n e u n de rstan ds modern h tgher educa tmn .md the chal
lenges speci fi call y fal':tng ~UNY."' l..·r&lt;.·mcr pomtcd u ut. " f\oh Kmg
has dem o nstrated o u t s l andtn~ m.m.1gcment Jnd leader!&gt;htp sktll :!&gt;
and a political awart.•n e!l!-1 th&lt;~t 1!'1 llt"tt'~F&gt;arv 111 the &lt;iUNY sv-.1('111 ad
m ini :~ tr a t ion offict·.
" SUNY has been lortunJtc ttl h.tvc the Wt~e leadersh tp of C h .tn
a llor Ryan over the pa!&gt;l le\... Vl'aro;;: we at UB feel equalh fortunalt'
that a person of su(h J(I."Otnplt .s hme rll as Bob 1\.mg willtakt·tht' helm
of SUNY. and look forward to work tng Wtt h hmt 111 h t!&gt; llt'W rolt- "
Added rhomas 1-.1-.gan. chatr of the hoard o! lfll'-tt·cs ,md hc.1d nl
the sear(h ..:ommlltt'l': " Bob Ktng I!&gt; t'Xlept lllllallv wdl -tunl·d to lht'
~ t a t e un tversi!y\ m·w llli..U!&gt; on pt·rfurmam c.l'fliC!ency and iJu(IUnt
abdtty, whtch ou r ca m pus prestdcnb ha ve hcgun tmplemcnttng ...,,tth
dr.tma tica ll y pos itt ve result ~.
" Ht~ w ill work cffecttvcly wtth our ....unpu~t~!l to hudJ on thl :!&gt; mo
ment um and .1dva nce us t o the !n\nt r.mb ot Amcrll,lll puhltl htghcr
t•d u ~..atton."

As h udget di rec tor. Ktng J!l pnmanl y respo nsib le fo r produong
the gove rn o r'!l Ex:e(uuve Budge-t anJ for un p lementing all asp!'t't!&gt;
of what 1!1 now a $7.3 bi lli on spendmg and revenue plan. Pnor to ht . .
appo mt mcnt as budget d1rccto r 1n 1-ehruary \998, he served for thrtl'
yt~ars a .~ dm:~..~ rnr of tht· governor '!&gt; ()(fin· of fkg uhuorv Reform . a
posttn w ht l."h ht' w.t:. ~rl·J tt t~d \\'Hh I." Utttng S2.i hi llt on 111 state re~u
laton- (OSI.!&gt;.
A graduatl' ot l r1111t\ Lo lkgt' who c.trned h t!&gt; law dt.·grcc .11
Vanderbilt Vn!ve r ~ Hy. t..:.mg )t' rved from \99:! -94 as Monroe Co unt\
executive and wa:. J member ol the ~ t att' A~~emhlv from 1987 Yl
He a l.:!&gt;o ha!l held semnr t·xecu ll vc pnsll tons 111 !&gt;Cveral ..:ompillllt'!l ttl
the l."omputt'r so ft...,'Jh.' and elel."tron1cs i ndu s trie ~.

SEFll PROGRESS REPORT

111

SEF A Umt

C.oo1l

"of
Cont rt hulum Goal

Office of the Provost

S30,892

$39, 723

128.5

School of Architecture
and Planning
Col~ of Arts and. Sciences

10.000
113,634

11.9 19
105,810

119 1

School of De.ntal Medtctne

lO,OOO

25,596

85. l

Graduate School of Education

15,598

14,093

90.3

School of Engineering
and Applied Scie n ce~

} 7. 668

}9.046

10}6

SchoOl of Health Related
Professions

9,800

10,635

108.5

School of lnformat•on
and library Stud•es

93.1

}.782

3. 181

84 I

School of Law

16,856

19,682

116.7

School of Management

28.}06

B . l82

117 9

School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences

93.1

139,900

130, 316

School of Nursing

7.5 80

7.026

92. 7

School of Pharmacy

9,628

4,490

46.6

Offi ce of the Presid ent

6, 495

6, l8t

98 2

School of Social Work

6,674

8,418

126.1

UB Fo undation

2. 809

2.879

102 4

Student Atfalll

33,800

37,949

112.2

University Services

B6,208

116,917

100.5

Emeritus Center

21 ,545
l,l 64

UB

98 4

10, 451

12,668

121.2

lUll

B,OI 8

98.7

3,000

Tot•ls

$655,000

$7 00,995 107.0 2

�4 Repoll"ter December 9.1!!19/Vol. 31. lo 15
Students experience "senlorltls,"

I&lt; uoos

gr-

Students In the Deportment of
receMd

Chemical~

prizes for poster preentotioru •t
the department's
re-

sean:h symposium. c.me TsuoFeng Wong was cltod for •

-·blllty

poster on "MK:tosttucbJt&gt;l
Model for the
of
Stratum Corneum..., (co-author
Jolulnnes M. Nitsche, usodate
professO&lt;), Nondou Lu was honored f&lt;&gt;&lt; "Accuracy In
e&lt;gy C.lculations by Molecular
Simulation, • («Huthor D..wl
A. Kof\e, pioless&lt;&gt;&lt;) ond Donlel
Swutz wos recognized for a .

F--

poster entitled "Development of
In vitro Model ol-.nd fle&lt;plthelialization,•

(«&gt;-authors:

SMtnm Behshad, 1 student in
the deportmen~ and Stylionos
Andreadls,
profesSO&lt;).

vi&gt;iting assistant

An article entitled "What We

Do

Matten," authored b)' Tamar
lacob&lt;on, directo&lt; of the UB
Chik:l care Center, Inc., WJS
published In the N&lt;mmber e&lt;ition of the Child C'.&lt;nlnfonnation
&amp;chong&lt;. laoob5on also made a

pmentotlon On "InClusion with
llehovior Disorders: When ~
W9ri&lt;&gt; and When k Doesn't" at
the annual meeting of the ~
tiona! Aosociatioo for the Education of Young Children.

·uterocy with an Attitude, •
published by SUNY Pross, Is a
new bool&lt; by Potrldl Ann,..,._
elate profes50I' In the Department ofl,eOmlng and Instruction In the Graduate School of
Educatklil. In the bool&lt;, f'onn oddmsO. the rosistoru ofwori&lt;ing-dass children to the klnd of
education they typically rec~tion

designed to

make them uoelulwori&lt;en and
ol&gt;edjont citizens. H&lt;o.conttw"'
these traditionol models with .~

temaiM methods fO&lt; teaching
pow&lt;rlullitenlcy In American

WO&lt;tdng-dass students.
H. ~hoY Roo and Rom
Ramesh. boch asso9ate profes-

sonofmanagemo:ntinfO&lt;m&gt;tion
systems In the School of Man-agemen~ have been nomed e&lt;itors-in-&lt;hief of a new joomaJ en-

titled lnfotmotion

sw., Fron-

Class of 2000 heads down final stretch

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stretch of their undergraduate careers at US-their
senior year- and many feel excitement about nearing the finish line.

semester," says architecture major
Susan Deacon ... , feel confused,

(STudent Admissions and Recruit·

to graduation.

ment specialist). "I have r&lt;aliu:d that
putting in my aU doesn't result in
such fabulous .-.wards here."
Chris Fedorczak. a media-study
major with a focus on digital arts,

""IO be honest, I am very excited
10 graduate and get out of here," says
Cotignola. whose academic concent rati o n is in marketing . .. Just to
know: I am graduating makes (my
senior yt.-ar) better."

Others say they feel overwhel med
bv responsibility.
" It seems my workload has tripled,
so I have a great excuse not to slackl'd get buried," says psychology ma JOr Kaya Gcrberich, whose senior
year brings with it a bit of irony. '-' Just
\'w'hen I'm about to leave, I find a system that lets me have a great social
life and get work done! ''
Some scudents in the Class of

academic programs.
Elana Steinhaus, a UB STAR and

2000 are a bit jaded by their experi-

member of Phi Sigma Sigma. has a
new job this semester as a teaching assistant for a VB I0 I class. She says her
senior year isn't much different from
the others. with a few exceptions.
"Now I have the pressure of applying to graduate school and taking the GREs" (Graduate Record
Exam ), says the management major... 1feel nervous about the future,

"brain drain"that has lefi the already
lagging loca l economy without
much native college taJent.

Leading the effort is Daniel Ryan.

tions, vme pmented by the

UnNersity Student Alumni
Boord, the student offiliate of
the UB Alumni Association.

ority for the region, partirularly given
the effects of fleeing coUege gradu-

Gerold~.­
proleuorol~

....

_ _' .
&lt;eMdthe
".'_lclcx.y
l'l1lllndwopy

Fund-.-lar
lon!t-*'I-'-

of
his
Sheo's -.nng- Cenler.
~---olthe

Sheo's-ol-

pe""nal statements,

but I'm ready to be moving on."
Steinhaus-a speech and hearing major-isn't the only one feel ing th e pressure of apply in g to

studying for and taking my GREs.
it '.s a wonder I have time to do
anything else!"
But despite preparing for graduate school, Gcrberich says she's still
taking advantage of the opportunities that come her way.
" Instead of being a (resident ad visor), l chose to be a community
assistant at Hadley Village," says

Gerberich. "It's very different from
the dorms-very sophisticated."
Ge rberich , who worked as an
orientation aide at UB during the
su mmer, also is interning in the

First Year Experience Program and
is president of a newly active chap·
ter of an honor society for resi ·

dence hall leaders.
Deacon-who had a busy sum·
mer in Costa Rka working on

projects concerning schools and forest preseTVation through a program
offered in the Department of Architecture and Planning-says she's not
sure what direction she'll take once
she graduates.

"I feel much older, but also much
more confused on what I am going
to do when I graduate," she says. " I

Abbata says her senior year has
brought a few mor&lt; respon51bilities.
"You really need to be aware of the
you have to do to ~uak."
she says. "There ar&lt; fonns to be fil&lt;d,
yearbook pictures to be taken, making SUr&lt; that &lt;very one of the OARS
requirdnenu has~ fulfilled"
On top of all that, she.ays. graduation br.ings with it one more job.
.. Now I have to start planning
for the future and the 'real world,'"

things

she says.
As for his graduation plans,
Fedora.ak says one thing's for su r~
"If I don't graduate on time. there
wiU be heU to pay! 115 of now, I ~m

leaning toward graduate school and
getting a master's degree in fine arts."
Cotignola, who still is working at
the University Union Activities

Board, says the past three and a half

years have brought a sense of ac complishment.

"I am r&lt;lieved that I passed and
made it through," she says. "I really
hated it here, but with (the) friends
I have made here, !learned to like it
and made the best of it"
Copgnola says her friends have
been one of the highlighu of her un dergraduate ca reer. " I am best
friends with two girls , my
housematts," she- says. " We met
freshman year and lived togethe-r
ever since."
Friends, it seems. have prov~ in·
valuable to some members of the

Class of 2000.
"I've learned more about friend ships, cl~ relationships and more

about myself... than I &lt;v&lt;r thought
possible," says Gcrberich. "My aca-

think a year off from school before

demic work pales in comparison. I
can't say enough about how the

anendinggrnduate school would be
a wise choice."

people I've met have shaped me and
help me grow."

UB leads effort to reverse local "brain drain''m

director of Ca reer Planning and
Placeme nt, who recogn izes th at
workforce development is a top pri -

supplement" of the conlorence.

says hi s second-to -last semeste r

largely has been spent traveling in
London, where he is studying
abroad through UB at the University of Westminster.
"To be honest." he says, "I have
been doing a lot mo~ traveling than
anything else."
Senioritis or no senioritis. members of the Class of 2000 are keeping busy in countless actjvities and

ences at the university.
.. I am definitely experiencing
scnioritis," says communication
major Jennifer Abbata. "Sometimes.
I find it hard to force myself to go to
class. especially the ones with the
large number~ of studenrs, because
you know that no one really cares
whether you're there or not."
Tanya Stanger. a management
major, shares a si mil ar sentiment.
"'Like mo st, I am experien c ing
·~ en1oriti s,'" says the UB STAR

sume, writing my
filling out the actual
app li ca ti ons and

Cotignola says she's looking forward

U
A-

lished early next je«ln the Journal o/ConicMJsaJor09r IS port of, the "proceedings

!llllllll!!!ll...~===:::-:-'

Management major Jennifer

B is making serious at tempts to retain and
return you ng peopfc to
Western New York 111
an effort to combat the region 's

pmentation'at the "ET-6: Sixth
lntemltlonil ConferenCe on
Endotholins" held recently In
Montlell. The poster Is entitled
"StmdHnduced ~1
Procluc:li9n by Astmcytes.• A
brief manuscript will be pub-

tween getting letters
of recommendation,
c ritiquing my re -

a ntsy, excited and overwhelmed."

D..wl M. fo&lt;gues, a candidate
f&lt;&gt;&lt; a master's degree in psydlol-

Lyle OStrow, a student In the
combined M.D./Ph.D. program,
receMd a first~ for I poster

graduate school,"

Gcrberich says. "Be-

" I am really anxious to finish this

Reporter Assistant Editor

of the UB OffKe of Alumni Rela-

in my busy schedule
is that I'm in the process of applying for

now in the fina l

r&gt;OI&lt;Ition.

'"' • former exeartiYe directo&lt;

graduate school.
"A major factor

EMBERS of the
Class of 2000 are

By MAliA MCGINNIS

leodershlp ond volunteer ei!O&lt;ts
that prornc&gt;te student ifwoM!.
ment and enhoncethe student
experience. The awards, nomed

forward to graduation In May

By JEHNIFU UWANDOWSKI
Reporttr Staff

tim:A/OUfTlO/ol-.nondln-

ogy; ttioya Geri&gt;ench, a senior
psychology major, and Priy.onk
Sholl, oseniormojoringlnpolitical science, hove rec:eMd J. ·
Scott Fleming Metlt
for

l~k

ates and retirements while indwtry
expands and investment increases in

the Buffalo-Niagara region.

growth oflocal businesses to be able
to recruit talented college graduates
from the area."
Buffalo and Niagara arc not the
only metropolitan areas that have
had trouble retaining native college
graduates, says Ryan, noting that
such cities as Cincinnati and Phila-

delphia are facing similar problems.
second

annual

"IOBSapalooza," to be held Jan. 4
in the Buffalo Convention Center,
has goals similar to tho~ of a pro-

base to which studcnu and gradu-

William R. Greiner and Lewis D.

ates can post their resumes. Both job

Rich, vice president and regional

opening.s and resumes will be posted
at no charge.

director of Empire State Deve1opment Corp., that was sent to about

While Ryan says th ere a re no
plans for corporace sponsorship this

7,200 VB alumni who had graduated in the past I0 years and were

year, he adds that it nray be neces-

residing out of state. The letter out -

The first "JOBSapalooza" held in

sary to seek them next year and, in
that case, the income would pay for
the software and server hosting,

Buffalo last January attracted more
than 75 companies from the Buffa lo -Niagara region and about 450

He says any additional mon ey
would be used to market the site.

lined a "dear, deep and broad-based
need for skilled graduates" in Western New York and attempted to alter perceptions that the area was lagging economically.

job seekers from 30 different coUeges
and universities nationwide, despite
a major snowstorm, says Ryan. This
year, he aniicipates more than I00

employers will participate.
But he points out that e-ven with

"The University at Buffalo has a
commi tment to the future of our
communiry;' says Ryan. "We reali1.e
that it is vital for the success and

UB's

are ann ual regional job fairs featuring local companies that recruit
local college and university stu dents- regardless of where th ey
ancnd college--du ring their holi day break. Planners hope to in crease the chance that the college
students might consider working in
their hometowns.

"IOBSapalooza,"theie remained the
quest ion of how students and
former residents couJd access infor·
mation about Opportunities in the
area during the remainder of the

year. which led to his latest endeavor.
&lt;www.~ .

"ComcbacktobuffaJo.com is an
interactive, electronic effort to urge
current st udents and ~ecent graduates from all over the world who are
former Buffalo residents cooonsider

pursuing job opportunities in Westem New York." explains Ryan.
The site, which will funaion as a
regional online career-placement

gram in Philadelphia called "Op·

office, will list job opening.s from
about I 00 area ern~loyers and fea-

erat ion Native Talen t." Both events

turt" an extensive se"archable data·

which now is i?cing funded by VB.

According to Ryan, it is the only
site of iu kind in the country that
offers a career service~ not only to
students at local colleges and uni versities, but to other institutions
across the country where former
area residents may· be studying or
working. The site currently is being

designed and will be launched in
early

january

following

The letter reponed that Western
New York businesses have.,re ·
bounded in recent years and new
businl5SCS have moved into the area.
creating an increased demand for

skilled and educated workers.
Ryan notes that many UB alumni
have the desire to move back to the
Buffalo area, but don't think there
are ample career opportunities in
the region. He hopes that tho~

fOBSapalooza Until then, the ser-

people will be able to use the Web

vice can be accessed
&lt;www.buffalogracb.com &gt;.

site to access job opportunities and

at

Working with guidance counselors from 121ocal high schools, Ryan

ultimately settle down back in WestemNc:wYork.
The comebacktobuffalo.com

determined the 100 coUeges and
universities that most local h igh ·

Web site also will allow VB alumni

school graduates have chosen to attend in recent years and is marketing the site to career offices at those

Planning and Placement Office. It
is the only local ooUege career office
with an electronic Web-based resume service that allows employ=
to search a database of VB student
and alumni ..Sumes, and job seekers to ace&lt;ss current job opening.s

institutions.

One of the first steps in the campaign to keep young people in Westem New York was the ooordination
by Ryan of a letter from President

to link to the university's Career

via the- Internet.

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5

Mini-med school expands
Biology students to bring airriculum back to their high schools
By LOIS BAIWI

News

Servk~

Editor

UNIORS and senior.; studying advanced biology in
Williamsville and Lockport
high schools will be teaching
classes this spring in cancer,
infectious disease. cardiology and

J

reconstructive surgery as pan of an

innovative, high -school science-enrichment program created by th e
popular mini -medical school at UB.
The idea for such a program originated with science teachers from the
two schools who had attended UB's
mini-medicaJ-school sessions from
their inception. Their goaJ was to
bring the health sciences alive for
high-school students and to interest

them in careers in the field. A secondary goal was to &lt;Valuate the effectiveness of such a program.
Mini-med-school director.; Harry
Suitt and Alan Reynard, with Ute aid
of a grant from the Division of Public Service and Urban Affairs. devd oped a four-part lecture series on subjects chosen by the high-school students who signed up to participate.
ll1e lectures were held in October and November in Farber Hall on
the: South Campus, site of regular

mini-mcd -schoollectures. A total of
76 high -school students attended.
As always, the leaures were taught
by se nior fa culty: Stephen Edge ,
dinical associate professor of surgery (cancer ); Alan Lessc, associate
professor of medicine, pharmacal -

ogy and toxicology, and rnicrobiol·
ogy (infectious diseases); Susan Graham, associate proftsSOr of medi cine/cardiology (heart diseasc),and
Jerald R. Sultz, clinical assistant professor of surgery (trauma and n:
constructive surgery).
Hoping to garner interes t and
support from parents., Suh z, who
will retire this mon th as a professor
of social and preventive medicine.

and Reynard, professor of pharmacology and toxicology, required each
student to bring at least one parent
to the lectures.
.. Having the parents involved will
provide support for the students at

home," said Sultz. "Supportive parents also help teachers guide stu ·
dents into their choice of careers,
and our ultimate goal is to interest
kids in science and science careers."

The second phase of the program
will take place in this spring when
the students will present the information to sophomores at their high
schools. Suitt and Reynard are duplicating materials used during the
lectures to pass along to the student
panicipants.
In a fo ll ow- up mini - research
project , the panicipants' scien ce
tea chers will co mpare students '

grades before and after taking part
in the program to determine if thei r
participation was (elated to im proved academic performance.
Nick Hejailcy, director of scienct'
for !.he Williamsville School District,

both teachers and studen ts have
been very receptive to the program.
"'We're trying to set up a cydc to
perpetuate interest m cmcnng onl'
o f the health sciences. Havi ng the
high-school students come back and
present to the lOth graders 1!'1 a cru
c~al pan . Next year, we hope tht:!&lt;&gt;l·
lOth gradef5 will allt:nd the mm1
med school. if it con tmu ~. and wt:
!klld

hope it does."
Kevin Clark, a facu lt y member at

Lockport High School, saod he and
his st udents are very happy with the
program. "' We are not adjacent to
UB, so we are thrilled thi s has
evolved. Tht: format is comfonable,
as well as challenging. I give a lot of

credit to th e (UB) faculty. They really know how to work with these:
kids.
"There's no doubt 111 my mmd
that what I'm seei ng as a result of
this program is a real mterest m
higher education," he noted.
Clark's students will team-teach
the material to sophomores in the
spring. .. This pan is a real plus. It
gives them a chance to share the1r
knowledge and to take on the re
sponsibility of doing the teachin g,"
he said , adding that he hopes tht.•
presentations will yield the added
ben efit of recruiting students for
advanced ~ placement biology.
Sultz and Reynard hop(' to c;..
p a nd the program IIll O m o rl'
~hools if this pilot program prove~
$ucccssful.

Classroom conditions criticized
By MARA MCGINNIS
Reporter Assistant Editor

T

HE conditi on of So uth
Campus classrooms was
described as "atrocious,"

"appallingly bad " and

"the worst classrooms ever seen" at
a meeting of the Faculty Senate Ex ecutive Committee Dec. I.
.. It's so bad, in fact, that when the
dental school holds a tour for prospective applicants, we don't even
show them the classrooms," said )o ·

seph Zambon, professor of periodo ntology and associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Den tal Medicine, who described one
room in Wende Hall as h av ing
"' maximum ~secu rity · prison decor."
He called the condition of rooms in

Kimball, Cary and Diefendorf"hor·
rible," noting that nothing has been
done to most of these rooms in 40
or 50 years.
"You almost get the feeling that
there is a disincentive on th e
university's part . .. for our students

I think it is really appalling.
"A few years ago, one facu h y
member said he didn't mind teach ing in a room in Diefendorf, even
though it was only 60 degrees most
of the time. What he minded was
the three inches of wate r on the

floor,'' Zambon added.
Howard Foster, professor of organizations and human resources,
associate dean fo r academic pro -

grams in the School of Management
and chair of the university's Oa.ssroom Utilization Committee, to ld

FSEC members that what Zambon
had described was "an old story on
the South Campus." Foster said thr
response from Sean Sullivan, vice

provost for academic information
and planning, on the subject has
been .. let 's figure out how much
space we need and how many of
these rooms we need to rehab." since
" wc'fe looking at six figures to re hab just one of those classroom!&gt; ...
" But how many decades docs 11
take? " asked Cedric Smith , professor of pharmacology and toxicology.
" How long d ocs it take to figure out
how many classrooms are needed?
The proi1lems o n the South Cam pus have been pretty constant and
pretty weU-known for decades."
Added Margaret Acara, professor
o pharmacology and toxicology:

"We don 't have a really good way of

that 11 keeps offline make5 fo r vc:n·
lntlc pressun.· nn the other roo rm.
"One of the issues w1th rc:novat
ing these rooms aa.nrdmg to cum:nt
standards is that you 1oM" o nc-tlurd
to one-half of the seaLS." added Cold .
As for the overall lack of classroom
space on campus, Foster ~ud thl· um ·
versity must wait about three mort.•
yea rs until the St ud e nt 5l'n'JCt:"!&gt;
Building is completed and until then,
"we are looking at status quo. whKh
as you know, is very tight."
Foster reported that !.he R""COnstru.. tion of the Moot Court m &lt;.J'Bnan

Hall would add several classroom; buo
thC) won't be centrallrscheduiL-d.

"The biggest problem JS that you
have times in the begmning of the
day and the end of the day th at arc
unused ," sa id f oster. Faculty mern ·
bcrs pointed out that there arc only
two really large lecture haJls on cam
pu~ne in Knox HaJJ and one 111
the Natural Sciences Complex . l-o!&gt; ·
ter responded that the problem 1!1
not with large lecture halls but w1th
crowded, smaller classrooms.
Go ld said that hi s co nwH ttec:.·
talked withanyofthe faculty or stu- mceb and submiLS a budget every
dents before renovating," she sa id. fl"ar for classroom renovation work
.. Facilities just came in and did it.
to bedoncoverthc summer."Wcput
For five years, I have been trying to
most o f the money last summer to
get them to fix their mistake and I gcttmg every large lecture haJJ up to
have gotten nowhere...
te..-:hnology standards, which h~
Peter Gold , associate dean 111 the made a major difference in accom College of Arts and Sciences and
modating large lectures."
chair of the university's Class room
He said that two - third~ of thh
Quality and Attributes Committee. year's budget will be used to con pointed out that "we've been stud tinue maintenance-and replacement
with a continuall y changing and of techno logy in classrooms. The
abando ned p lan for Main Street
remaining money will support regu (campus). The ability of the mecli- lar replacement of furniture and
cal school to accommodate all of its equipment in classrooms and "what
teaching within its own three roorn\. we don't have that we need."
getting the input and the response
to impleme01 these needs. It is the
services part (of the university) that
implement s thi s and they need
imput from the faculty to do it. The
communication between the two is
the important thing that 1see here."
Acara described renovation work
that made a classroom pretty and
nonfunctional. whereas before 11
was ugly, but functionaL .. No one

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th e finan cing . ~o TC IF worked w11h tht• companv to o htam Ne"
York State fund1ng_through SP IR. ha!&gt;l'd 111 the ~chool of Engmer:r
ing a nd Applied Sciences. "''h JC h wa5 U!&gt;cd tn und t"r wntl~ !!Oml~ of
the proJelt 's lOS I!&gt;. With th e Jlli.llllt.' prunding pro tl'CI mdnageml·nt
and suppor t !&gt;efVIlCS, C.. )hm&lt;.."raft tn~.rcasl·d cmplovn ll'll l trom ~I) 11,
60 wo rkers 0 \'Cr two \'t"a r!'l and .. on!&gt;tructed a new lauht\ .
Oc:signcd to provide resea rch -.rnd -dl·vdopment suppo rt anJ tl·.. h
nica l expertise to sma ll and med1um -s1Zed manut al tunn ~ lo mp;1
ni cs, SPIR h as funded more than 470 proJects durmg tht.· pa!&gt;l vcar
Mattulke says SPIR "a ims to holster the !!latt· l"Conom)' lw pw
m a ting the transfer of knowledge from umvcrs1tv 1&lt;1 mdu stn ··
The award was presented to MJttulh atlh(' annual -:-onf en:n~o. e tJt
NAMTAC , a nonprofit assoc iatiOn that prov1des advocacy, mforma
tio n and a forum in which to enhance th e performance of o rgamza
tions that provide business. cconom1c dcvdopment and techniCal
assistancc.

�61Reporiea

Oecember.9.100!1/Yol31.1o.15
Work of French scholar, philosopher has drawn critical acclaim·

BRIErLY
$11,000 gift to aid
Uknllnllln studies
The lkJfiJio Group-Ukrainian

--recentlyAmerian Business and Plofos.

sented a S11.000 chec.l: to lhe
College ol Arts and Sd&lt;nces to
further lJI.ainian studies In lhe

college.
The gilt. pmonted to Dean
K&lt;ny Gtont, will be used for lhe
Ukrainian Studies Fund, which
hopes to establish a studyabroad pmgrom in Ukraine; promote scholarty exchonges between UB and Ukrainian univtr-

sitiO.;·S)Jpport Ukrainian cultural

exhibitions at UB; assist lhe Uni·
venlty tJbratles in lhe ..paruion
altho Ukrolnlan collection; es.
tablish and support scholarships
at lhe undergraduate and
graduate level for dome5llc students who .want to study the
history, language and culture ol
Ukraine, and to offer support to
eligible students from Ukraine
who wish to study at UB.
The contribution was given
in ""'"""Y of Myro$law ·
Hreshchyshyn, fanner cha~ of

the Department ol Gynecology-

Obstetrics In the School of
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Hillel students to visit
Israel·in January
Twenty students affiliated with

Hillel ol Buffalo will visit lslael
Jan. 5-16 as part of1Stael2000,
a pilot pmgrom funded through
Birthright lsroel, a gioup of phtlanthr6pists, Hillel and lhe lslaell

gMmmenL
Hillel ol Buffalo was one of
only 80 Hillel foundations of the
c.ampus.-based educational, o.JI-

~~==~~t:S~The trip wil include tol.n of

modem-

ancient and
punctuated with intmctions and discussions with tsnelis at an ateheo- •
logical dig at Beit QMin, the ancient port in the old city ol ,.,., a
lclbbutz in Northern lsnlel, the
Knesset "' parliamen~ jerusalem
and the museum and memorial
ol the Holocaust. Yad 1/ashem.

UB to celebrate
Millard's birthday
The 200t.h anniversaty o1 the

birth of MiUard AI~. UB's
fim chancellor and 13tl) p&lt;el·
dent of the United States, will
be obse!ved in ceromonles to be
held at 9:30 a.m: Jan. 71n Forest
Lawn Cemetery.

The annual ob:sefvance hon-

ors Rllma&lt;e, who played a malo&lt; role In the founcfong ol numerous cultural, civic and community organizatioru: In ~
County.
Keny Gron~ dean of the College of Arts and Sd&lt;nces, will
spc~~k

at the cetomany.

A reception will follow.

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

Bucher nc;uned Melodia Jones chair

((I

By PATRICIA DOHOVAH
News Services Editor
will say, without risking
exaggeration, that I have
read no other work of
qui te the importance of
this one in the 20th century."
Philosopher and translator
Georges Bernard isspeaking of the
book " La testament p&lt;Xtjque" by
Gerard Bucher. a scholarofinterna-

French studies at UB," Grant notes
that he has directed a dozen doctoral
dissertations and has taught a wide
variety of graduate seminars on
19th- and 20th-century French liJ.
erature and thought. He has served
as the program's director of graduate studies many times, frequently
directed the SUNY program in

faculty in 1971.
With Charles Bernstein, David
Gray Professor in the Department of
English, he is organizing a spring interdisciplinaryconference, "Poetics of
Origin," and is discussing additional
conferences with the Departmrnt of
Comparative Uteratures on French
feminism in Spring 2000 and the ~t-

Orphic figures whose scrutinizing
gau reaches d&lt;ep into the abyss of
what has forever been lost.•.and who
brings bad&lt; to daylight a Euridice
indeedaleth.ic(that is, retrie&gt;&lt;d &amp;om
l.eth&lt; or oblivion) but who ITl3)' vanish as (the daylight) "PP"""-"
Bucher himself says: .. lt h.as been
a challenge to me for mart)' year. to

Grcnoble.Jran ce, and organized

erarureofmoumingin5pring2001.

several maJor international confer-

Bucher adds that he also expects

develop something original that
would have meaning for the 2 Jst
ct:ntury. My concern is that it not
be just an intellectual exercise, but
an attempt to produce something

tiona! distinction in French and
German literatures and philosophy.
A professor in the ~partment of

ences in his field.
His new position calls for Bucher
to coordinate the use of funds that

..our French room ," a room in
Clemens Hall on the North Cam·
pus where students can gather and

Modern Languages and Literatures,

watch a special channel

meaningful for the long t&lt;rm."

Bucher ha s been named the
university's Melodia Jones Chair in

from France and
Francophone countries,

Theverydiffi.cuJttaskofproduc·
ing original concepts is one he has

French through August 2002.
By stipulation of the)onesendowment. the chair, which was established by )ones herself in 1932, can
be awarded only to an outstanding
French-born scholar. In kreping with
that dictate, it has been held by SO of

to open next semester.
Bucher's scholarly
workofthepast30year.
is completely original
and has been published
in two books since 1989:
"La vision et J'enigrne"

UR's most distinguished French or
Francophone writers, philosophers
and literary scholars of their time.
Among them are Andre Mauro is

a nd " Le testament
poftique.n A third..L'imagin ation
de
l'origine"-is about to

I 1940-41 ), Miche!Butor(!962-63),

be

Jacques Roger ( 1968-69 ), Michel

tditions I' Harmattan

tackled over the past 30 years. Because his books have not been trans·
Ia ted into English and all have been
published within the past !Oyeantwo since 1994-Bucher says a "gen·
era!" discussion of his work has not
yet begun, particularly in the U.S.
and France.
So far, however, his books have
drawn criticaJ acclaim, particularly
in Quebec.
For instance, Lawrence Schehr,
writing in the journal L'Esprit
Criatur (The Creative Spirit), said
of "Lavisiondel'enigme:""(This)
book anaJyzesso many phenomena
of the human existence thai it
is ... impossible to give a summary...
Bucher completed cour s~s of
study in French and German litera tures and philosophy at the
Sorbonne and the University of
TObingen, respectively, which led to
what is .referred to as .. the first doc·
torate" in 1974.ln keeping with Eu·
ropean custom, hecomplet&lt;d a~ond dissertatiOn and was awarded
the French Doctoral d''ttat in 1987.

Foucault ( 1970 and 1972), Jacques
Derrida ( 1975 ), Michel Serres

_..,._

~-.-

:::~:-::.:::::::~ IIHke, pMIMS •t the

( 1982 ·86 ), literary scholar Roland
Le Huenen ( 1986·94) and most recentJy. SUNY Distinguished Profes·
sor Emeritus Raymond Federman.
"The remarkable trajectory of his
scholarly work over the last decade
has brought him international at ·
tcntion as he full y emerged among
the ranks of major literary scholars,"
says Kerry Grant , dean of the Col·

a ccompany the chair for the
university'senrichmentprogrnmsin
French and Francophone lit~rature,
theory and culture.
He also actively will promote both
advanced studies in French at UB
and the long-term development of
the' French section of the Depart ·

lege of Arts and Sciences, of which

ment of Modern Languages and Lit·

Bucher's department is a part .
Ca!Jing Buchcr "a leading force in

eratures, a cause to which he has de·
voted himself since he joined the

published

by

CoUection, and a fourth
bookisinpreparation.
Bucher draws upon

the influential European
traditions ofphilosophyand literary
theory to explore the enigmatic.,
mythopoctic origins of the poetic act
and to offer a "thanatogenic" read·
ing of some of the major figures of
French letters. induding Baudelaire
and Proust. The critical prai~ accorded his work so far is extraordinary by any standard.
Michel Deguyofthe University of
Paris IV calls Bucher," ... one of those

A "green'' _holiday season can still be merry
Simpson offers suggestions for celebrating an environmentally responsible holiday ED
By MARA MCGINNIS
Reporter Assistant Editor
M E might say Walter
impson has a "bah, hum·
ug!'' a ttitude 10ward the
holiday season.
ButtheUBenergyofficeranden vironmental activist says the holidays
just are not happy anymore because
they have become a time "scarred by
hypocrisy and commercialism."
Accordi ng to Simpson, the holi days bring the yea r 's most
unecologicaJ and earth·destructivc

S

~

able consumption and challenges own time or attention. " Edible gifts
those affl icted with "affiuenza."
are great, because they are enjoyed
"The December holidays rein - and then they are gone," says
fo rceoursociety'sdestruc·
Simpson. Avoid "sruff," he
riveaddictiontocom·
. . .11!!1. . .111
adds."Youjust can't get
mercialism and rna·
rid of stuff as fast as
te r ia li sm, and
yougetit.Tbereare
promote a selfish
severaJ alternatives
existence as indi·
to gift giving that
viduaJs and as a
d o not involve
nation. The result
stuff." Simpson
is that ou r activisuggests parents
ti es threaten the.en·
make certificates for
vi ronment and damkids fora speciaJ day of

talist than seeing the "dreadful skeletons of trees with a few strands of
tinsel still hanging on" lining curbs

following New Year's Day. If you
must buy a cut tree, he says, at least

chip it so it can be used as mulch.
• Avoid the e:xcessive waste pro·

duced by wrapping gifts in fancy
paper. Wrap gifts in the Sunday
comics, decorate brown paper bags,
or use a nice scarf, tea towel or scrap
of cloth. "It is more of a gift when
you invest your own time and creative effort into it," he adds. Sav~ the
wrapping from gifts you receiV&lt; and
reuse it. Reuse is even better than
recycling, says Simpson. Use re -

pract ices: the cut trees, the energy·
draining ~ghts, the pointless cards,
the wasteful gift wrapping and most
of all, the excessive spending. And

age usspiritually.A life of
shopping and overabundance
ally up~ftin g."

&lt;www.harmony-cat.eom&gt; and

as a result of our society's consump·
tion, nature is dying.
"Co mmerciali sm, fueled by

Simpson offers several tips for eel·
ebra ting an environmentaJiy re·
sponsible holiday season and says

&lt; www. re•lgoods .com &gt; offer
ecologically oriented gifts--many
made from recycled , reused and

society's materialism, is literally the

that by spending less and doing less.

reclaimed materials-and items

most dest ru ctive force on earth,"

the holiday season becomes Jess
stressful and more meaningful. Af.
ter aJJ, less is more.
He realizes his ideal holiday is
somewha t unrealist ic, especially
when children are involved and
given today's attention to spending
in the media. But even a sr'nall effort, or changing a little at a time,

geared toward sustainable living.
• Save one tree every year. Decorate a real tree that ybu can plant later
outdoors. The next best option, accordingto Simpson ,isa p~c.arti ·

try to send them via the Internet or

ficiaJ tree, since it will last forever.
Even though most OlristmaS trees
are grown on tree f.ums for the intentionofbeingcutdown, Simpson

at least revise yow- mailing' list by

canmakeadifferencc,saysSimpson.
How can we contribute to a more

says. "there is liu--better use for that
land," like turning it back into a for·

sustainable environment around

est When deoorating your tree, use

from. non-profit environmental or·
ganizations such as The NationaJ
Wlkllife Federation or Sierra Oub.

the holidays? Simpson gives these
suggestions:
• Don't buy gifts. Give_~ ofyow-

natural materials, such as popcorn,
cranberries,pinecooesordriedfruits.
Simpson adds that nothing is

• Use only low-wattage lights or
the smaller bulbs for decorating and
put them on a timer.

says Simpson, adding that the hann
increases "exponentially" during the
holidays.
.. There is an expectation around
this time of year and the notion that
if you don't 'buy' into it there is
.something wrong with you," says
Simpson , who celebrates "Buy

Nothing Day" each year on Black
Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.
.. Buy Nothing Day," conceived in th~
early 1990s by the Media Founda·
tion &lt;www.adbusten.org&gt;, di rectly confronts the issue of sustain-

of 'stuff' is not morally or spiritu -

sledding. skiing. bowling
or whatever they enjoy doing.

more distressful for an e:nvironmen·

If you must give a tangible gift,

cycled string instead of tape to hold
the wrappirig on a package.
• Stop sending grerting cards. "It
is a waste of time and resources with
no rea1 persona] communication,n
says Simpson, adding that most

cards contain nothing other than a
signature. lf you must send cards.

crossing out anyone you have not

spoken to in two years. he says. And
buy cards made with recycled paper

�Oecemlref 9.1!!1!1Nnt 31, lo.l5 l1oeporia

Geology lab is "hands-on''
Excavated wells to help students learn about hydrogeowgy
BY U1.£H GOUIIIAUM
N~ ServicH Editor

I

N the Department of Geology,
"hands-on" in a lab apparently
isn't hands-on enough.

That's why excavators are
drilling four, 50-foot wells on the
North Campus so that students can
learn about hydrogeolog y-th~
study of how water and o ther liquid s, s uch as pollutants, move
through the shallow subsurface-up dose and personal.
According to Matt Bcckcr. assistant
professor of geology, these' wells will
provide students with valuable experience that most other students won't
have until they land jobs in industry.
"What we will be doing with these
wells is not pan of bread -and-but ter geology," Becker sa id. "Most
undergraduate and graduate geol ogy classes do very basic pump tests
and hydraulic tests and water sam pling. There are probably only a
handful of schools in the nati on
where peop le are running these
kinds of advanced tests. pumping
from isolated intervals in the well
and using non -tox.ic chemicals as
tracers to track the probable path -

way of pollutants."
These techniques provide detailed
pictures of how water and oontaminants rn&lt;rv&lt; through fractures in rock.
Becker said these open-hole wells
will al low students to send down

to run .. packer" tests that isolate spe-

cific intervals in the well; these tests
will help them understand the oomplex hydraulics of fractured rock.
..They also provide us with a way

tracers, specialized pumps, video
camerasandflowmeterstocharacterize the fractured rock. Other
probes will be used to characterize
the chemical properties of th e
groundwater.

to teach them how to do tracer testing, whtte we track harmlesschemicals that act like pollutan ts in
groundwater," Becker said.
While drilling wells on campus
for teaching and research is a trend
that is just starting at many univer-

Greg Baker, assistant professor of

sities, UB has had hydrogeology

geology. will use: these wells to train
students in "borehole geophysics,"
the science of using sound, radiation
and dectromagnetics to understand
the propenies of rock.
"'We will be focusing on how
groundwater moves through frac tures in rock, a process -that is not
very well -understood, and that is of
critical importance to cleaning pol luted sites in Western New York and

wells on campus for about a decade,
lkcker said. The current excavation
project was necessitated by new
campus construction projects located on the site of the old wcUs.
There are many advantages to
having we!Js loca ted on ca mpus,
Becker noted.
"With on-campus wells that the
students can just walk to, it's much
easier to integrate that work with

elsewhere," said Baker."The purpose

the regular labs," he said. "You can

of both the teaching and the re- .. meet at the wells, run some tests.
search we'll be doing at these ~lls then return to the lab to interpret
is to develop tools and technologies your results. Otherwise, you have
foruseatothersiteswheretheremay to schedu le a special tim e, like a
be contami nation."
Saturday morning, to get everyone
The wells give students a chance out to the site."

~~eri·~----------------

Suggestions for phrasing exam commands
To the Editor:
As the Lime for final exam inatio n.!&gt;
ar rives, the Department of English
would like to offer suggest ion.!&gt; for
phrasing the command word~ for
wntten examinations. If you usc
general phrasing.likc .. Discuss ... " or
"C :ompose an essay about __. ," manr
students may be confused or not
J&gt;erform to their best abilj ty_
But if you direct in the following
ways, you may have better results.
The command "co mpare" requires
that the students deal with similarities. The command .. contrast" requiTl'S that the students write about
differences. The command "co m·
pa re a nd co ntrast" requires both
kinds of information and a high er
level of organization and thinking.

If you prefer to have a greater level
of difficult-y, you can request: ..Ana lyze the . .. (reaso ns, factors, elt:·
ments, etc.)." This com mand re quests that the st udents divide or
break down the subjed matter or
topic into parts. reasons, aspects, etc
and then explain the ind ividual fac tors or reasons. Some skiUed writ
ers may present the information in
an order of increasing complexity or
difficu lt y. So me thinke rs-but
probably not all-will be able to
synthesize the interactions of the
clements. The command "evaluate"
usually requires this kind of anaJyt1
cal thinking, joined with the writer'.!&gt;
additional personal, scientific or a~
thetic judgments.

If you wish to lea rn about th e
!ltudents' deeper mastery of the ma teria!, you ma)' use such commands
as "Analyze the cause a nd effect
of. _. " ObvJously, thl.!&gt; type uf e~say
also may mclude complexit y, such
as "s1 ngl e ca use and muh1ple effects" or"muhiple cau~C'!'t and mul tlplr effects."
Writttn exanunauons may pro ndc thf h:acha with an accurate
t:valuation of the studenL&lt;.'mash..· n·
of the matcrtal and wlth an a.!&gt;St."SSment of howtht.• student th1nks Wit h
the mformat1on
&lt;:ordiall)·.
VIctor 'Doyno
Profenor of Engll5h

Pan'asci
will nurture the development of fu ture entrepreneurs and stimul ate
economic development in the state,"
added Greiner.
Saluting Panas&lt;ii as a successful
businessman and en trep reneur,
Wayne K. Anderson, dean of the
School of Pharmacy, noted that "as

he buih the Fay's pharmacy chain, he
never lost sight of his responsibil ities

to the profession of pharmacy."
He added: "Henry's entrepreneuria l spirit pushed him to try new

ideas ... his goab were to be thinking
ahead of the oompctition, to 'be on
the cutting edge. to create merchandising excitement " Ander.;on recalled
that the motto of Fay's. which, at one
point, was the nation's 13th largest
drugstore chain, was"Fay's is root}"&gt;ur
average drug store."
Panasci hopes the competition
will grow into a full-time, venture-

~as~etoall
MEH' S

Erie Commun&lt;y Coli&lt;~• bcl.etball
coach Regie Witherspoon hu
been named fnterim head coach of
the men's basketball team following
the resignation last week ofT1m

Coh&gt;ne.

ATHLETES OF
THE WEEK

,... - ....
men's baskelball team to a
7S-n win over Manhattan

'We are eager to contmue an
excftin&amp; bukema.illeason under
College with a career-high
new ~dership." said President
28 points. Foster was 1 0 of
WiHWn R.. Greiner.
16 shooting from the field
Wodle.-.poon.who hu · l6 re=
and three of fiVe from threeof coflegb.t.e and high-school
point land.
coachin&amp; experience In Westem
lido Okeke led the indoor
New York. has aken a ~ of
women's track squad to a
absence from hiS coaching position
first-place finish (227 pt:5.) at
atECC.
the Colgate Invitational as
" Reggie brings wtth him a
proven recOf'd of success both on
she placed first in the 800
che floor and off, and will ser-Ye as a
meters {2:12.12) and set
ca.lmtng Influence on the program;·
new UB and Colgate
said Athletics DirectOr Bob
1 Fieldhouse records. In the
Ari&lt;ellpane. "Through his many good
process, she managed to
worics in the community. he ts
qualify for the ECAC and
familiar with our program and many
MAC
meets in that even t.
of our team memben,"
She was also a member of
In his two·~us seasons at ECC.
the
record-setting
4x400
Witherspoon had a 44·23 record.
meter relay team (3:55.80).
and last season was honored u
Region Ill Coach of the Year after
~ding che Kats to a 24-S record and a Region Ill title.
Off the court. Witherspoon served as d1rect0r of amateur athleoc eYenu
for the Big 4 from 1996-98, and founded,aJong with two colleagues. a program
ailed Athletes Committed to Excellence (ACE) In 1991
UB will conduct a ru.tional search tO Identify a new head coach
Wrthe~poon will be eligible to be a candidate for the position If he chooses
The university recendy recefved a report from the Hid-Amencao
Conference {MAC) detailing infracttons of National Collegiate Athleuc
Associadon (NCAA) rules and regulations In the men's buke~l program
In their response to the HAC. Greiner and Arlteilpane AJd UB is "fully
committed to working with the confe~ce to address the 1ssue.s ra1sed m the
report."
At the appropn&lt;~te ume_ the MAC repon will be sent co the NCAA for •u
~ew and reacoon

UB 75 , M anhattan 71
The men's bllkl!thali team rebounded from a tough loss ar
Canis1us to defeat Manhattan College 75-71 on
N011. JO behind a strong performance from
Dam•en Foster Foner led all scoren w1th a
c.areer·h1gh 28 pomcs. hirong I CJ-o(. 16 from
the field and J--of-5 from three-point range
The Bulls jumped out to a quiCk start
With a 9.0 n.Jn to open the g;une. Foster got
the sconng going. hitting a layup off a pass
from LoutS Umpbell. who dfshed out a
career-high eight assisu on the mght.. The
)aspen were hekl scoreless until the I 6·10
mark.. but UB cootirued the scoring us:~ult and
Increased~ lead to 14-2 at the 13:48 mark for
the Bulls larxest lead of the half. UB woukl ake a
Mle pomt lead, ]6-27 mto the locker n:&gt;0m at hatfome
The Bulls arne out strong apn 1n the second half, pushing the lead to I]
po1nts on a fast break dunk by Mike McK1e that gave the Bulls a 40-27 lead With
18:58 to play.The lead remamed at I] pomts at the 15.29 marlc._u Foster h•t
another drivmg layup to make the score S 1. ]8 But Manhattan would not g1ve
up easily and bepn to cut mto the UB lead The Jaspen used a 9.0 run at that
point and evenwally cut the lead to JUSt three pomts. S6· Sl . with 9·46 leh m the
game.The Bulls then wmed to Foster. who tm a three-pomter and san:ed a 6-0
UB run to push the lead back up to nme UB .....ould cla1m 11:1 largest lead at IS
points with jUSt under three mmutes remam1ng befort' g~Vmg up some late
•
buckets to make the final score 7S-71

WOMEN ' S

UB 71 , S t. John's 6 7

yea rs, Panasci expects it will attrac-t
do1.ens of entran ts each yea r.
The competi tion wiiJ be admin istered by the Cen ter for Entrepre-

wil l be cxplamed at ,1 sess1on for 111
tercstcd students to be held )an. 17.
Thr deadline for th e submission of
t'ntries fo r the first competition will

neurial Leadership (CEL) in the

he Oct. 2, 2000.
A major part of the MIT model.
and one that Panasci hopo will become part of UB's contest, is thr idea
of rnentoring.. .. Investment dollars anonly one need of a start -up business,"
Panasci stated. "' Equal ly important
will be the potential for mentoring
support and marketplace connections that judges and other interested
parties can bring to such an effort."
Panasci realized his own entrepreneuriaJ dream when he and his father, Henry Panasci, a 1924 graduate
of UB 's School of Pharmacy, cofounded Fay's Drugs in 1958. Under
the yo unger Panasci's leadership.
Fay's diversified by launching The Pa per Cutler and Wheels Discount
Auto Supply. At the time ofits merger
with a large national retailer in 1996,
Fay's had grown to more than S I billion in annual sales.

School of Management.
The center will coordinate a judges
committee to be comprised of busi ness executives and venture capitalists,as well as professors and students.

CEL, which provides advice, counsel
and business-education programs to
entrepreneurs and family-business
owners throughout Western Nf""

York, has helped more than 300busi-

nesses since its founding in 1986.
Competitors will submit a busi-

ness plan ou tlining the need for a
product or service and its target market, including a description of the

methods for bringing it to market.
Marianne Sullivan, CEL executive

the resources of the university com-

director, said entries will be judged
based on the soundness of the proposed imxtuct or servia:, marketabil-

munity. Modeling the competition
after one that MIT has run for 10

ity and chances for success.
Details of the first competition

capital elfon that takes advantage of

7

Junior center rrttany Bell scored 28 pomu 01nd pulled down I I rebounds as the
women's basketball team used a strong second·half periormance to defeat St.
John's Unlversicy. 73-67 .1n non·conferencc acuon mAJumn•Arena Dec I
St.jotm"s outscored the Bulls,) 1-JO. and fon::ed the team 1nt0 12 rumoven
during the first half. However, the second half f.wored die Bulls, as Bel~ was
held to nine potnts 111 the first hatf--...expkMied Jor 19. freshman Km K1lpda Ol.ls.o
wu a factor in the second half br the Bulls. sconng 11 of her career-htgh 14 pomu
UB's biggest lead of the game, 68-60. arne with J :JS rema~nmg m the
second half on a Bell tumper The Red Storm cut the lead to three w1th I 19
remaining. The Bulls managed to keep the lead. however_ and hit the.r nvct thr«
free throws to clinch the Win

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2911 . x2209 .

ETC Fall Workshops
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Media: Anlmattons, Chart.s,
Text and Objects. Thorn.
Slomka, Millard Fillmore
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information, 645-ARTS.

Beethoven Quartet Cycle

645-2921.

15. Spon~ed by Dept. o_f
Music. For more informat•on,

more information, Jack

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Mathematks CoiJoqulum
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Marit Brittenham, Univ. of
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Open to all international
students, 210 Student Union .

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Method 13. Asbury Delaware
Church,. Delaware Avenue at
West Tupper Street. Buffalo.

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k~~~~~ft. of Media

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15

Chrbtmu Concert
Christmas with Dave
Brubeck. Centet for the Arts
Mainstage Theatre. 8 p.m.

10

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Q&amp;A: Hinrich Martens says UB's ·
well-prepared fur Y2K rollover

PAGE

for Aliens

PAGE •

Pentney spends career studying
a/coilol abuse and brain function

Trees
galore
The Center for the Arts
Atrium once again was the
setting tor the annual
Festival of Trees, held last
weekend to benefit the
Children's Hospital of
Buffalo Foundatton.

MBA presence to expand in China·
Motorola selects SOM to offer executive program to its employees in Beijing
By JOHN OEUA COHTIUU&gt;A
Reporter Contributor

M

OTOROLA has selected the. School of
Management to deliver an Executive

MBA program to customers and
employees from the company's operations in China.
The two-year program will be offered in Beijing at MotorOla's inhouse university, Motorola Univer-

sity. The global communicationsand-electronics giant is a pioneer in
the development of the "corporateuniversity" concept, by which com-

panies establish internal trainingand-education programs as a way to
improve employee performance,
satisfaction and retention.
About40students are expected to

Motorola's wireless-telecommuni cations division in Beijing and ex·
ecutives from two of China's largest
telecommunication companies.
Ch ina Mobile and China Unicorn.
"The goaJ of the program is to
develop future business leaders who
can help Motorola compete in the
very dynamic market ," says Thomas.
"Motorola views this as an impor·
tant part of its stntegy to grow and
expand operations in China."

"[he program will be tailored to
meet th e management -deve lop +
ment needs of Motorola, with an
emphasis on the telecommunica ·
tions industry, says Thomas, and

will be delivered in 16 highly concentrated courses. Faculty from the
SchooJ..of Management will travel to
C hina to teach the courses.

be enroUed in the Executive MBA

During the program's final semes-

program when it begins Dec. 16,

School of Management, who will

ter, the students will travel to Buf·
falo fo r instruction and will visit
Mo torola facilities throughout the
Un~cd States. Graduates of the pro +

administer the program. The students will include managers from

gram will be awa rded MBA degrees
from UB.

says John Thomas, associate dean of
international programs in th e

According to Thomas, Motorola
selected the School of Management
to develop and deliver the program
because of the school's reputat iOn
and past successes m Asia. From
1984 +91. the school ope rated the
first and on ly U.S. MBA program on
Chinese soil until the program '""J~
temlinated in the political aftcnnath
of the Tiananmen Square incident .
The school re-established 11:!! MBt\
program in Chma last year, m co
operation w1th Renmm Umversn \'
of Beijing, and h:i!&gt; enrolled 50 Ch1 +
ncse executiVt"S from vanow. pnv-J tt'
and publu.. orgamza uons. In add1
tion. the school ope ratt.~ an Exn:u·
t1ve MBA program 111 Smgapore, 111
&lt;.:oopcrauon with the Smgaporc In
stitute of Management, whiCh ha~
enro lled mo rt.' than 100 manager!'&gt;
si nce its establlshmenl in 1996.
This spring, U.S. managers from
the school's domestiC Execu ti ve
MBA program in Buffalo will travd
to Ch ina to visit industries and gov
ernmen t agencies as part ·of tht·
program's nt'w internati o nal-res i

den~o.')'

requirement .
The al11ance with Motorola
mark.'i Lhe ftrst t1me that the School
of Management h as bt•en tOll ·
tractcd by private indust r)' to offer
an MBA p rogram to employees.
Under Dean Lew1s Mandell , the
''"hool hopes to further pcnetrah.'
the ~..orporate - university markcl to
dc.·vdop spenahzed MBA and con
unumg +educa11on program !'&gt; ft,r
pnvatl' and pubhc o rganaza ti ons.
" l:mergmg global markets and
new technologies arc creating a de·
mand for h1ghly trained cmployt"''
at com panic:.~ throu~out the world,"
Mandell says. "ThiS Is openmg up :1
'"'t.oll' llt."W arena for Ousim-s.s schoob
thai posse~ the expcrttsc and en tre
prc.·ncu ria l attitude needed to rc
spond to those opportuniti~ ."
According to Mandell. develop
ment of the Motorola program IS
part of a larger strategy to export the
talents and expertise of the school's
facult y and IS a way for the school
to further contribute to the growth
of Buffalo's economy.

"Josie True" draws girls to computers m
By PATRI~IA ~HOVAN
News Servtces Editor
ER name is " Jos ie
True." She's ll years

( NSF) to get the first JosieTruegam e

nese+American founh -grader, the
eponymous character in a newand unique--online computer

up and running online where chil ·
dren will be able to play it free of
charge within a year.
.. Believe it or not," says Flanagan.
"most of the thousands of educa tionaJ computer games on the mar·
ket are designed and packaged to ap+
peal to white kids, with the majority
of games created in a boys''aesthetic."'
Flanagan says there are few edu ca tional games o ut there that might
specificall y attract girls, especially
girls without blonde hair, blue eyes

need to ask o urselves, just what 11 is
that Barbie games teach kids~ Who
or what does she represent in th e
minds of the players?"
In response to the dearth of gul+
oriented computer educationaJ ac·
tivities, Flanagan came up with "The
Adventures of Josie True" &lt;http:/ I
www.Josletrue.com &gt;. a software
game desig ned to a ttract you ng
women of all races and ethni c ~
grounds to computcr-learningactivi+
ties that are fun, challenging and full
of characters from their own lives.

.. Josie" has been in the works for
almost two years. but teaching du ·
tJes and limited funding permitted
Flanagan and her students to work
on the project only part +tmle.
"We rea!Jy needed an infus10n ol
funds. not o nly to develop the games
without in terruption," she says. "but
to get them up on the Internet so
girls could access them for free ." The
NSF agreed.
..
Josie games are des1gned to be
very entertaining, Flanagan says, but
that 's not all. They also are designed

game for pre-adolescent girls.

and rosy cheeks.

neighborhoods and cultural histories.

to reinforce specific lessons m the

" Rarely d oes a game fea ture a
principal character of a non-white
race or ethnicity," Flanagan says.
.. While some may argue that Barbie
games are getting girls online, w~

.. 1 ho~ to help girls, especially
underrepresented girls, embrace
computer technology as a tool for
play, study and all sorts of creative
enterprises," Flanagan says.

middJeschoolsocial-studies.socnce
and math curriculums. They intro·
duce reaJ historical characters m
their own, historically accurat~ mi ·
c_,.._..-...,. •

H

old, 5' I" and as online
as she wants t o be.

With black hair dancing and arms
akimbo, she looks like she bolted out
of Japanese animation to battle
Mothra. And in one sense, she has.

Josie is a computer-designed, Chi-

The game and Josie are the ae+

ations of Mary Aanagan, assistant
professor of media study, who has
just received a $99,920 grant from
the National Science Foundation

\

�l..i'.

Hlnrtch Martens, associate vice president for computing and information technology, chairs the Y2K Risk Assessment Subcommittee·
that conduaed a five-month assessment of UB's risk exposure to Y2K
problems and formulated recommendations for a transition plan.

Dldc Sdowe his spent the lost 12
to t h e an pubic lbout who """"" the
decisions lbout sdenco l n d nology In this CXJUnlly lnd lrylng
to &lt;SUiblbh lnstitutlonll SINC·

_,getting-

t1ns to promo!&lt; gmtor pubic '
inY&lt;l~Yomentlnthosededslons.

Sdovo will ,._.., • lecture
titled "Teclvlology by the
People: Demomtizlng Technologj Docislonslnd Design in the
21st Century" ot ~ p.m. today
In the Screening Room, Room
112, ol the Center lor the Arts
on the NO&lt;Ih Campus.
Tho i&lt;ctu"' b free ol charge
and open to the public.
Sclove b founder and re...,.n dlroctor ol the lDi&lt;a lnWtute, on Independent, nonprofit
orgoniutlon that studies the sodol and pol-l effects oi.O.
encO lnd technology.
Sdovo'• tail&lt; is the lim in •
series of i&lt;ct1Rs to be sponsorod by the CritJcal and Cultural Studies ol Technology
(CCSIT).
For more lnformotlon, conlid Hank Bromley ot 645-2155
orot&lt;h~ . edu&gt;.

PSS to sponsor
computing seminar
A seminar on •How to Access
and U.. the UB Computing Environment from Home, On
Campus lnd Anywhefe Around
the Worid" wiU be held from 1-'1

p.m. Mondly in the Holiday Inn
Buflalo-Amhent. 1881 Nilglll

Folb Blvd., Amhem.
Tho~. sponsorod by
the ProRsslonal Slllff s.na ... b
designod to enhance participants' productM\y at-home and
In the office. ~ wiU p&lt;OYide a
brief overview ol the UB -computing environmen~ including
the on-c.ompus networics.and
machines, and tlO'N to access
them from olf-&lt;ampus.
•
Tho seminar wll be led by )1m
Gerland, president d - 1M
Internet Applications, Inc.; e&gt;&lt;ecuIM! vice president ol EdgeNel.
Inc., and a lecturer in the UB 0...
partment of CompuiOr Sdence,
and Bob Diem, """' leads the odvonced consuillng g&lt;oup in~~­
demic Se'W:es form.
The cost ol the session b s12.
which lnclodes lunch. ~ b open
to the entire UBcommunity.
For IT'IOI"t lnfOfYllation, contact the PSS office at 645·2003.

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Wh•t Is the role of UB's Y2K

Emergency Response Te •m 1

The Emergency Respo nse Team
will be caiJed in to action should
major problems arise, such as recurring power fail ures or a tel ephone-sys tem breakdow n. T his
team of app rox imately a dozen
people ts managed by Senior Vice
Prestdent Robert Wagner.
Who will be on duty when the
dock strikes midnight?

Approximately 20 people monitoring criti cal services in such areas as
~aciliti es Oper'ations, Chilled Water Plant, Computing and Information Tec hn ology and Universit y

Residence Halls. A full shift of University Police also will be on duty.
Can you give a brief summa ry
of the unlvenlty's tra nsition
plans for this potentially d estructive moment?

Esse ntiall y, aU computer systems
wi ll be taken down , with the ex·
ce ptio n of a few, whi ch will be
s..:aled back to reduced ca pacit y.
O nl y restricted ema il and limited
access to the In ternet will be avail ·
able probably from approximately
6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3 1. until noon
Saturday, Jan. I .

What do you anticipate t o be
the most slgntflunt pote ntia l
problem fo r UB whe n Y2J(

hltJ7
The event with the most feared
consequence is a prolonged power
failure or a prolonged period of
un stable power. This wouJd put
UB at the mercy of external forces.
The re •re only 30 d•ys left
until the big moment. In your
opinion, well-prepotred Is
UB7

We are well-prepared. Barring any
adverse development external to

U B, we should move smoothl y
through the midnight hour. There
are still many activities going on
to prepare, but mostly to test out
provisions and remediation steps.
If problems do occur, -will
funding be .UOC•t..t •t UB for
fixing Y2J( problems?
I am afraid to say that there is

none. We need to keep o ur fingers
crossed to hope lhat nothing serious or costly would emerge.
What about students who
own their cnyn computen7 Is
the unlvenl(y offerfng any
help or guidance to s:tudent.s7

Students have received several bul-

letins an d helpful recommendations from the Division of Student
Affairs.
Should f.culty ~nd ltllff memben be n~nnlng Y2J( compliance tats on their lndhiclual
woftstatlons on campus or
tllklng •ny ot her steps to prepare?
As with the students, repeated efforts have been carried out to alen
and remind faculty and staff to test,
check or otherwise take preca ulit?nary steps. Many have done so.

Some people say the whole

Y2J( Issue Is being .....,...,..t.
Others think the wortllngs of
the modem wortd will f•ll • t

that one moment. What do
you thlnk7

The Y2K issue is taken very seriously by aU establishments whose
livelihood depends on computers.
We aU know this includes just about
everything and everybody in
today's world. A huge amount of
effon has gone into remediation.
Some estimates put this as high as
$600 billion when measured in
equivalent economic activity.
Where can members of the
campus community go If they
have further questions?

There is a Y2K publi&lt;: briefing
session titled "Y2K: CI:OS$ing
the Date Line at UB"for mem-·
hers of the university community from 10-11 ·a.m. on Dec.
8 in 120 Clemens Hall on the
No rth Camp us. The session
will feature members of the
Y2K Emergency Respon se
Team who will provide details
on the university's preparation
for service interruptions that
may occur. Then~ also is a U 8
Y2K Web site that can be
reached
al
&lt; http://
wing s. buf fa lo . ed u I
year2000/ &gt;.

Wh•t question do you
wish I h..t uk..t, - would you have a nswered
lt1

Are there people at UB we
should thank for all their efforts toward preparing for the
Year 2000 ch3ngeover? Yes,
there are many people to thank
in University Facilities. CIT,
University Police and in th e
many research laboratories
across the academic depart ments. The list is long. When
it is aU behind us, we will let·
ou t a large sigh of relief.

Prevention is best way to avert hearing loss m
Salvi tells "UB at Sunrise" audience research aims to restore hearing, prevent loss
By JlNNifU: LEWANDOWSKI

Reporttr Staff

T

HE best way to prevent
hea ring loss is through
prevrntion, Richard Salvi,
co-direcco r of th e UB
Center for Hearing and Deafness. told
a recent "'UB at Sun rise" audience.
"Preven ti on is the most impor·
ta nt and eas iest way,'' sa id Salvi, a
professor of communicative disorders and sciences. noting that when
individ uals use a lawnm ower or
shoot a rifle, for example, the noise
produced has th e potential to dnm age hearing. Protective measuressuch as wearing ea r protecto rs- ,R _ h by UB fO&lt;Uity momben hu shown- MnsoryC- of o
bini's Inner ear that have been damaged by ototollk drugs (left)
should be taken, he advised.
can regenerate (right).
However, hearing loss o ften occurs as the result of other fudors, ing loss... We don't hear with our car, tein inside the ceU that can lead t'O
such as aging, disease or medi ca- we hear with our brain," he noted.
the death of the ceU. The ultimate
tions, Salvi said. The focus of his reAs a result of damaged or de- goal, he said, would be to develop a
search, and that of his UB coUeagues, stroyed sensory cells. several condi- pill form ofleupeptin that could be
is on restoring hearing capabilities tions can occur,Salvi said. High-fre- taken by someone like a pilot to preand prevent ing hearing loss from quency hearing loss; intolerance of vent hearing loss while flying.
occurring.
loud noisesi tinnitus. or ringing of
Moreover, cancer patients who
Salvi explained to the audience th e ears, which he believes may take carboplatin, one of the most
how hearing loss occurs, and de· o riginate in the brain, and the in- common chemotherapy drugs, ofscribed some of the warning signs ability to discriminate sounds all arc ten sufferhair-celllossandauditoryof hearing loss.
signs of hearing loss.
nerv&lt;-fiber damage, Salvi said.
..We have compounds now that
He said there are two types of
And while a hearing aid may help
sensory cells-the outer and inner some of the problems, Salvi and his can be potentially given to c:Wcer
hair cells-th at are respo nsible for coJJeagues are looking at more in· patients to prevent hearing loss," he
nova rive ways to cope with and pre- said, adding that while = h is
hearing.
"When these cclJs are lost, we lose vent hearing loss.
ongoing, it could be &gt;"""' before a
our hearing," he said. Damage to the
Leupcptin, a protease inhibitor, workable ..aue" materializes.
outer hair cells--which are not con- was shown to prevent hearing loss
But the primary = h focus of
nected to the brain-will cause par- in a study done at UB on chinchil- the Center for Hearing and Deafuess
tial deafness, he said, while damage las exposed to loud noises, Salvi said is on rt:gcneration of sensory cells.
to the inner hair cdls-which "trans· Leupeptin inhibits protea.ses called Salvi said. Researcben are working
mit sound information into the calpains, Salvi explained, which are with chickens, which naturally rebrain"-&lt;an lead to profound hear- responsible for breaking do~ pro- generate hair cdls when the ear is

damaged, be said.
"The main question we are asking is. if the hair ccUs regenerate,
does the bird's hearing completely
recover or are there any hearing,
anatomical or physiological defi cits?" he asked. When the damage
isn't so severe, Salvi said, the birds
seem to recover most of their hearing capabilities. But in more trau matic cases, hearing is not recovered.
He said =her,; are trying to dis·
eov&lt;:r what drugs can be infused into
the inner ear that will allow new hair
a:Us to be produced, thus restoring
some hearing capabilities.
"This is going to be a very diffi·
cult problem to soM: because it involves some of the most complex
problems in a:Ubiology-some of
the same problems that cancer researcher,; are worlting on," Salvi said'
In addition, molecular biologists
at UB have identified more than 30
genes that play a role in hereditary
hearing loss, he said. And scientists
also are working on "neuroplasticity."
or the way in which inner-ear dam agewill affect theW.y thecmtral au·
ditory system works.
"The central auditory brain may
reorganiz&lt; itself,adjustingtbechamicals it makes in response to the
amount of stimulation it gets from
the inner ear,• Salvi said "This has
important implications for future
techniques of restoring hearing."
For more information on re search being done by center researchers, visit the center's Web site
at &lt;http://wlngo.buff-'o...tu/
fiKVIty/ / chcl/ &gt;.

�OetemberU9!19/YoiJUo.14 IIepa..,_

RIA receives fe~eral grant
Researchers to use $2.74 million to study teens' risky behavior
ByiiATHUEH M. WIAVU
Repotttr Contributor

A

DOLESCENTS strive
to find and define
themselves, fit in with

their peers, explore

their world and have fun. In an ef-

fort to do this. some teens engage
in riskybehaviors,suchasdrinking,
using drugs and having unsafe sex.
Parents are concerned when their
children take part in such behaviors

and want to know how they can
identify these behaviors and intervene quick.Jy. With the help of a
$2.74 million grant, researchers at
UBand Lhe University'ofMissouri -

Columbia are taking steps to find
so me answers.

Kurt Dermen, a senior scientist in
U B's Research Institute on Addicuons, and Lynne Cooper, a former
member of the UB psychology fac ·
ulty and now a professor of psychol·

ogy at the University of Missouri, recently received the grant from the
NationaJ Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism, a division of the
NationaJ Institutes of Health , to
continue their research on risk-tak-

ing behaviors during adolescence
and young adulthood
Dennen and Cooper have been
traddng a group of more than 2,000
young people for the past decade to
detnmine what factors contribute to
risk-taking and how~uch behaviors
affect their adjustment in life. The
grant will fund a third wave of inter·
views with the study participants.

"'We hope to find out where these
people are now in their lives, and determine how decisions they made as
teen-agers have inOuenced their life
paths," Cooper said. "For example,

although many adol~cents take
risks, most of them change their
behavior patterns as they grow older.
An important focusofthisstudywill
be to identify sub-groups of individuals who do and don't change,

and to determine how these subgroups differ from each other. In this
way, we can develop a better understanding of the meaning and func tion risk-taking serves for adolescents. and when or for whom taking risks is entirely dysfunctional."
Cooper began the study 10 years
ago with interviews of 2,052 teen -

agers living in Buffalo. About five
years later, 90 percent of these young
people were re -interviewed.
..At the time of the second interview, many of the participants were
leaving home for the first time, be-

ginning new relationships and starting to work, " Cooper said ... We
looked at their earlier involvement

in risky behaviors to determirie
whelher having engaged in these
behaviors predicted their current
lifestyles. However, because involve ment in many of these behaviors
continues to increase well into the
20s, it was too soon to tell what the
longer-term effects of these experiences would be. So the next wave of
interviews will be very important in
terms of our ability to look at the
longer-term influences of risk -taking on life course and adjustment."
Once the data are collected and
analyzed, Dermen and Cooper hope
parents and mentors of teenagers
will l;&gt;e able to use the research to
better understand why their chil dren take risks and how to intervene
before these behaviors become life ·
lo ng patterns.

~~~~tis 5!!~on~!!~~J~E~~~a
Newt Servkes Editor

F

OR t hose who long to
sleep beneath the desert
stars of an antique Land,
the Bedou ins await you in
their spangled camp.
They reall y do'
In fa ct , an overnight stay i.n a
Bedouin desert camp in Wadi Rum,
where T.E. Lawrence (" Lawrence of
Arabia") was based during the Arab
revolt, is just one of the many highlights of a new summer overseas
program in Arabic languages and
cultures sponsored by UB.
Mark Ashwill , director of the
World Languages Institute (WLI) ,
notes that the five -week program is
the first summer study -abroad p rogram offered hr an American uni versity that will take students and
other interested parties to both Syria
and Jordan .
The program , titled "Off the
Be-•.llen Track: A Summer Sojourn,"
will take place July 5 to Aug. 12
th rough the WLI and the Office of
Interna tional Education.
Par ticipants can earn six academ ic credits from UB. although a
non -creclit option also is available,
while on a spec tacular journey
through bu!Hiing modern cities and
ancient lands unfam il iar to all but a
few Westerners.
The p rogram will be administered in cooperation with
AMJDEAST, a priva te. non -profit
organization that promotes coop·
cration and understanding hetween
America ns and the people of the
Middle East and North Africa.
Ashwill calls it a unique o ppor
tunity to learn aho ut Jo rdan , Syria
and the Arab world in a wide vari ety of formal and informal setting~
that will includ e lecture s,
hornestays and visits to spectacu lar ancient si t e~. as well as to the
most famous Arabic haz.aar in th e
Middle East.
"I expect that om· of its best out co mes will be that it will dispd thl·

American popular culture, that AIabs are principally rich sheiks,
hooded terrorists, backward desert
dwellers, anti-American or antiWestern," Ashwill says.
"The trip may well include personal aUdiences with prominmt re-

m! : '
lesser extent, Jordan, Ashwill says.
Syria.however,remairurelativclyun·
known to Americans. Because of this
fact and the quality and depth of this
program, he notes that a number of
queri es from individuaJs at other
· universities and cities aJready have

3

BrieD
Gift begets scholarship fund
A retired &lt;:.enenl Electric: ex ecutive and UB graduate has us~d
his business acumen to leverage a gi ft for scholarsh ips to the School
of Engineering and Applied Sciences (S EAS ).
Robert H . Goldsmith h3s given SI 25,000 to UB, which G~ntral
Electric Co. is matching dollar-for -dollar and San Diego Gas &amp; Elec tric has agreed to match on a partial basas. resulting in a total gift to
UB of more th an S.260,000.
Goldsm ith. a 1951 mecha.nical engineenng graduate, and h1s wtfe,
Cat heri ne, wanted to help UB eng ineer ing student.s so they estab lished the Robert H. and \..atherine H . Goldsmith Scholarship Fund.
"" We are pleast~d to p rov tde this opportunity for a st udent to con tinue h1 s o r her education through to a master's degree. which 1s
fast beconung the degree of choi ce for tht pract tcc o f engineering,"
(.;oldsmith sa td.
Mark H. Kan-.•an, dean of Sl-.AS. saJd Coldsm1th has ~rved generously on the school's Dean's Advtsury Council , helpmg to shape the
future of SEAS. " Bob Goldsmtth saw the need to gro"· our graduate
fdlnwsh1p program based on h1 ~ an1ve partiCipat ion tn the Dean '~
CounciJ, whJCh has meant a ma1or commitment ofh1s time and monev "
SEAS stu d ent s can earn a ma s ler · ~ of engmeenng degree h,· .u
tending for a fifth year and lomplettng .tn c:ngmecnng prown. T he
Robert H. and Cathe nne H . ( , old~mtth ~cholarsh1p Fund ~ ... holar
s h1p endowment fund 1!1 destgncd to help thost :.tudenls 1n thc1r
fina l year of completmg a maste r \ degn:t· 111 engtnt'l'flll~ .
T he first Goldsm11h s.:holar T!&gt; Moshe ~haked, a fourth -\'ear stu
dent workmg on hi s co mbined ha c hdor '~ and master 's of engmeer ingdeg rces in the ()epartmrnt ol l :,v,L ~tructural and l:.nvJronmental Engineering.

Session to address promotions
" Genlng to Full Professor ... a prt.sentation and mformal d1scm
s to n on th e "whys" and "" hows ·· of the promotion -a nd -tenure pro
cess, will be held from .\-5 p.m. Del . RIll the Law ._acu hv I ounge.
545 O'B rian Hall on the North Ca mpus.
The sessio n. prest.•ntt·d by thl' Institut e for Rt~search .tnd E.duca·
tion on Women and Gender ( IR EW(;) and the Assonation of Full
Women Professo r~ . will be the second m the "Women Mentonng
Women .. se ries .
Speakers will include Mary Btsson, chatr of the Department of 810JogicaJ Sciences; &amp;rhara Tedlock , t:ha~r of the Dt·parlmcnt o( Anrhn1
pology. and Carol Zemel, chair of t..he Oepartment of An Historv
The IREWG Curricu lum Subcommittee will th risten the ne-w offices of t..hc Women's Studies Program 111 71.28 Clemens Hall on the
North Campus with an mformaJ tcachmg workshop from 10 a.m. to
I p.m. Dec. 13th. Faculty mcmhers an.· mvttcd to bring the1r syllabi
for course~ on women dnd gt·ndcr, along w1th stones aboutteachmg
such courses. QuestiOm. wi ll be entertained and advi6cmcnt offered.
New facult y members in partiCular are encouraged to attend .
For more mformatton , contact Oc tdrc Lynch , assooate profe.;.-.nr
of Eng li sh. at MS-6000, l'XI. IOJU.

2000 Commencement Schedule
Fridoy, Moy 12

atJ-I&lt;o&lt;tiiOn of

Dam~~scus, Syri a~ (above) will be juJt one
to be Ylstted by partJdpants In UB's new summer~ram to Jordan and Syria. Syria remains relatiYC!Iy
unknown t_p Americans.

ligious, cultural and governmental
figu res," he adds, "because Jorda n ian and Syrian authorities see in
American students a special opportunity to make a lasting and posi tive tmpresston .
He says students will find that
while there are similarities betwet·n
Middle Eastern Arab nations, there
also is great diversity that tran slat t:'":'!
into notable, and sometimes strik ing, sociaJ, political, ecnnomil and
religious differences.
"This is one of the most mtrig.u tng travel-study programs we'v('
t'VcrofTercd," Ashwill says." lt will he
a spe(1acular journt"y amung people
whn will welcome us warmly and
gr.u..·tously and heir us to ht.'Comt· fa mili.u not only with th eir anciem
past, hut wtth what to many is the
'unknown' t&gt;.hddl~ E.i!&gt;l of the new
millenntun1 ."
Summer studv -alm1,td programs
in the Middle 1-..:._.,, tvptL..III)' mvolvr

been fielded by hts uffi(l'.
Participation will be limned. l"hr
program. directed by lssa Ro ustum.
a Syrian native and lect urer in Ara
hie in the WU, is open to under grad uates and graduate student !\ m
good aademic standing at UB and
at other colleges and to facuhy. K12 tca(ht·r!l and friends of UB who
.tre m.tture . patient. open -minded
.md adapt11hle. A keen inten.-st in the
Arah \vorld ,l l!lo l!l destrahle.
Tlw pnu: per participant 1~ c:x
j'l'ct t·d tn ht· S '.000-SJ.SOO. wh~eh
\•. rill in(ludt· n1und -tnp ,11rfarc from
tlw U.S .. land trawl. .tu.:ommoda ttons, l ecturl·~ and ~rnr nwal!l, .tl thoug.h Ashwtll )..ltd thattn th('St~ n.t tion!l food 1:- vt'~' lllt'Xpt·n~tve , t'Vt'n
m tht· finest restauranh.
For in format ton, .:on tad till' \\'Ll
at 645 -2292 or at &lt; uhwli@aou.hutf
aJo.cdu &gt; or go to Ul\'s Study AbroaJ
Program Weh site at &lt;http: / I
~. buff......edu/ studyabroad &gt;

Graduott School
GrldUate Faculties
co~oge a Arts and Sciences
Phi ll&lt;ta Koppo lnductlon
Honors Corwocotion

1:00 p.m.

Centerfor the Arts

3:30 p.m.
S:30 p.m.

Center for the Arts

~lee

eonc..t Han

. Saturday, May 13

School d Htolth
School
dProlos!jons
5ociall'bt
Schoold...n.,g
School d Information Studies.

9:00 a.m.
9:G0o.m.

AiumriArelo
CenctrfortheMS

9:00 a.m. Sloo eonc.rt Holl
10:00 a.m. Student Union
Theolre

School d ~ &amp;; Aflllllod Sciences 1:00 p.m. AUnni MI\0
School d f1t1armKy
1:00 p.m. Sloo eonc.rt Hall
School d An:lilectur! and Planning
School or Management
Graduott School d Education
Sundoy, Moy 14
UnM!nity Commencement

2:00p.m •. .Lawn. Hayes Hal
S:OO p.m. Alumni Arena
S:OOp.m. Center for the Arts
10:00 a.m. Alumni Arena

u~ Facultios-

Colloge dArts and 5dont:e5
Spodal ond ~ Mljon
A5sodotrllegrees
~.d Dental Medicine
lAw School
Friday, Moy 19
Medial Honors Program and Reception

2:00p.m.
5«) p.m.

Center for the Arts
Center for the Arts

10:00 a.m. llealth Sciences

Ubral}'

School or Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences

2:00 p.m

Center for the Arts

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o}IN 1, 10011 dojjl!rnll!t lilr 111 .,..._.tordojjl!r•(dtrpta&gt;d) &gt;Wh theo&amp;z
d Rtalrrls ond /legillnJtioll, 2J2 ~Of l1o)e B, pfitx 10 Ftb.J, 20011.

�December 2.1!1!19/Vul. 31. No.14
Roberta Pentney devotes her career to studying chronic alcohol abuse and brain function

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geology, - - a n
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an Supendtlan lo4oon1oln In Mmno
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in the Oftice al f'ublico,
lions, roceiYod on Elcullence
Award from the UniYenity and
Collogo o.;lgners Assodotion
"" the p&lt;omc&gt;tionol moterials
they am.d"" Uti SUmmer
Sessions.

Ftlno Anchonsllo Boldt. ossoc:iate prolmoral musiC, has been
touring the country. performing
two plono works with her husband, Kenwyn Boldt, as well as ·
rart!ly played solo works by Russian composen. During the
1999-2000 tooc.ert season,

Boldt has performed or will perform tanterts In ColtJmbus,
Ind.; Washington. D.C.; San Bernardino, car~.; Milwaukee;
Ogden, Utah, and Cedanville,
Ohio. lu part ol each appearance. Botdt is teaching master
dasses In solo and duo roperloire. She will play a fatuity ,...
dtal Marth 26 In Slee HaU as
part of the 1Oth Piano Festival, a
three-doy ...,.,, that she organizes and direru.

·

Senior Diona py-att, who volunteered this summer to help cJe...
liver needed medial seMces to

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Researcher studies effects of drinking
•1 LOIS 11A1W1
News Service$ Editor

D

OES drinking reall y
kill brain tells? If not ,

what does happen ,

and how does it hap pen? Is the damage permanent?
Does chronic alcohol abuse in late
adulthood increase the deficits
caused by aging?
For 16 years, Roberta). Pentney,
professor of anatomy and cell bi-

cerebellum called a Purk:inje neu ron. Pentney considers this neu ron one of the most spectacular in
the brain: Under the microscope
it re~mbles a vast riverine system,
with branching dendrites forming

ology, has pondered these .basic
questions concerning chronic~ ­
coho! abuse and brain function.
Cell morphometry-the quantitative srudy of the form and struc-

ture of cells-is her field , and her
painstaking work with neurons in
the cerebellum, the control center
for movemenL, coo rdination and
equ ilibrium, has yielded striking 0
and unexpected answers:
~
Does alcohol kill brain ce ll s in
adu lts? Not in the cerebellum .
What doe s happen ? Alcohol the tributaries. Th e
neuron
damages dendrites, redu cing me!lo · also bears a striking resemblan ce
sage traffic between neuron s.
to a tree, and in scientific parlance
Is the damage permanent ? No,
it.s branches are called , appropri tt 's most I)' reversible. but neuro naJ
ately, the dendritic a rbor.
st ru cture tS changed in the process.
Pentney and coll eagues are on
Oocs alcohol abuse make people int imat e terms with th ese a rbors.
age faster ? No. Age .md alco hol ap
They have examined thousands of
pear to act nn ne uron!! m differ- light -microscope images and elect.'nl wars.
tro n micrographs-photos taken
\Vhy ts thi.'&gt;lnlormauon tmpor
with an electron mic roscopeI JOt ~
looking for changes in shape and
" It shows that Wl' .trl' movmg to
signs of thinning, counting den ·
w.ud li.ndmg o ut hllW alcoholism dritic branches and segments and
damages th &lt;' brain , mformatton measuring their lengths. T\ley also
that t'ventuall y (o uld lead to.treat
havt' d('(t'rmint'd tht' total num ment .!t or prl·vcnti o n of th e de + ber of syna pses, the sites on the
st ru c ttve effect... of alcoho l on &lt;:nds of bran c hes that receive
brain functiun Ln human s," nerve impulses.
Pentney said.
Co nducting this kind of re~For a lo ng time people were
search with humans clearly is o ut
lookKlg at cell loss as the real mea- of the question. Pentney has been
sure of alcohol's effec ts," she said . working with Fisher 344 rats ,
"\oVhat we've seen through thi s re - whose 22-to-27-month life span
sea rch is that you don't have to lose has been fully studied and docu entire neurons to disrupt brain mented. To mimic the neuronal
function. All you need is damage, responses of a middle-aged hu and we have developed a model for man , she begins her interventions
that kind of change with aJcohol.
with rats that already are 11-to- I 2"Da mage to the bra in caused by monthsold.
alco hol, we now th ink, is probabl y
Pentney and co lleagues used
similar to the way alcohol affects long-term study periods, _usually
the liver. There is damage and re · 40 +48 weeks, to mimic human
pair. Alcohol acts on a number of chronic alcohol intake in all invesmolecules that interact with each tigations. One group of middleolher. Just getting to the point aged rats received a liquid 'diet
where we can look at a particular containi ng ethanol. A control
part of a ceU that is involved is a group o f the same age received the
major step forward ...
same liquid diet with the same
Identifying that particular part of number of calories but without
the neuron affected by alcohol-a the alcohol, and a second age structure called the smooth endo- matched control group ate a stanplasmic reticulum, or SER-was dard rat -chow-and-water diet.
accomplished with the aid of $1.4 The researchers examined and
million in grants from the National co mpared the str ucture of
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and AJ . Purk.inje neuron dendritic arbors
coholism. Pentney's research and from all groups.
that of her co- investigator, Cynthia
Over the years, a picture has
A. Dlugos, research scie ntist in emerged of the effects of alcohol
anatomy and cell biology, concen- on these neurons. The researchers
trates on a condition called late-on - observed a significant thinning of
arbors in alcohol -fed rats, com-:set alcoholism .
.. Everybody else has been in ter- pared to con trol s. Next, the y
ested in dealing with alcoholism in showed that this thinning resulted
the early stages of life." Pentney from the loss of terminal seg said. " I'm looking at a part of the ments-those at the periphery of
life span during maturity that ap- the arbors-at the point where
plies to human aJco,holism, and at they branch from the parent shaft.
the combined conditions of aging
Because synapses are located on
and alcohOlism ...
terminal ~gments,losing some of
The object of her auention is a these segments would result in
fewer synapses and a reduction in
specific type of brain cell in th

ments had atrophied from lad&lt; of
stimulation from intermnnecting
.......,. ~in the terebe!lum, which
may have been killed by alcohol.
That turned out not to be the case.
They found instead a com J?Ietely different mechanism at
work. They were able to show that
the cellular structure responsible
for regulating the flow of calcium
within the neuron-the smooth
endopl.. mit reticulum (SER)was being disrupted in the alcohol-fed rats. Measurihg the diameter of these calcium channels,
they discovered the channels were
dilated in alcohol-fed rats. This
change in neurons, Pentney said,
usually is associated with the entry of excess calcium into the ceiL
They found no dilation in lhe control animals.
'"Calcium turns things on in
ce lls,'' Pentney said . .. Too much
calcium stimulates too much activity a nd can kill cells. Thl SER
, - - - , . . - - - - - - - , - . . . - - - - - - - , sequesters calcium within th e
call until it is
needed . We ' re
thinking that in
th e cas e of the
Purk:inje neuron .
localized dilati on
of the SER ts
causi ng the loss of
dendritic termi nal segments, but
message traffic betwttn neurons
in this part of the brain. Pmtney
said th..., findings may relate to
some of the abnormal movements
often seen in alcoholics, such as
unsteady gait, tremors and lack of
coo rdination.
.
Turning their focus to examining the damage to Pur~nje neurons after recovery from alcohol
treatment, the researchers were in
for a surpri se. Expecting to see
thin arbors and a loss of synapses,
they found instead lush dendritic
arbors and the normal number of
syna pses.
.. This wa s a hopeful n ote,"
Pentney said ... Every change we
saw was a reversible phenomenon .
The brain was repairing itself after alcohol damage."
That was good news, but it came
wi th a cautionary note: While the
rwmber of terminaJ segments and
synapses had returned to normal,
the resea rchers knew from expe-

~=:;;·=-=~~ is not killing th e
whole cell."
Knowing th at
alcohol -fed rat s
recouped their
synapses after recover y, th e re searchers
expected to see the
SER function return to normal
also, but it did
not. At some
point during alcohol recovery, aging began to have
its own effect ,
1ience that their placement on the producing dilation of the SER
dendritic arbor most likely would membrane independently. Finding
be different than before treatment. oUt when Jn the life-cycle this phePentney's results supported the nomenoh occurs is important ,
hypothesis that Purkinje neurons Pentney said, because it will help
were changed after recovery.
define how alcohol and aging im.. The implications here are pair brain function-information
clear," Pentney said. '"The branch + that is relevant to recovering hu ing pan ern in Purk.inje neurons man alcoholics.
after recovery is not identical to
"This information tdls us that althat before recovery. You don't end cobol and aging may act on the
up with the same arrangement. brain independently,• sfle said. " It
There is a fair amount of recov - also indicates theSe'twa conditions
ery, but the neurons may not func- are disrupting control of calcium
tion in the same way. A different indifferent ways.onlyoneofwhich
branching arrangement would re- leads to deletion of dendritic segsult in a change in message trans- ments and, by extension, to impaifmission, which would change the ments of normal brain function."
The researchers now hope to
way that particular part of the
brain works.
determine exactly what part of the
"We now had a modd that might SER membrane is being disrupted.
apply to what is happening in re- • "W.:aremovingtowanlamedlatoveringalcoho ~cs.·sbesaid. "Most
nism of alcohol's effect on the agof their motor functioning returns ing brain," Pentney said. "This reto normal, but some does not."
search allows us to look at panicuHaving determined that parts of lar components of neurons and un Purkinje neurons go missing, the dastand how their function is requestions now to be answered lated to structure. Maybe if somewere: \Vhy and how are these seg- thing is missing, we can supply it;'
ments being eliminated?
Pentney said. "Maybe all we need is
Pentney and colleagues coosid- a single change to pm~ent these alered the possibility that the seg- cohol-inductd impairments."

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Classroom space discussed
FSEC members say lack ofspace, poor quality affects work
ByMAIIAMC-S
RqJOI'ttr Assistant Editor

T

HE lack of sufficient
classroom space and the
poor quality of many
classrooms on both campuses were topics of discussion at
the Nov. 17 meeting of the Faculty
Senate Executive Comrnin~.

crammed into the lecture room in
Caryatatedan"intolerable,""insufferab~," and "grossly inappropriate"
aam situation with "studmtssining
in each other's laps."
Sean SuJiivan, vice provost for
academic information and plan ning, informed faculty members

that many of their quality concerns
are being addressed as part of a reGoodman, vice provost for under- . cent $330,000 proposal forcentrally
graduate education, that they were at scheduled classroom upgrades.
a loss as to how to have classroom
In response to a claim that stu problems addressed in a timely man- dents often are crammed into small
ner and that these problems were in - classrooms creating an .. unsanitary"
terfering with their ability to provide and .. dangerous"' envi ronment ,
a quality educationaJ experience.
Sullivan said stated classroom ca"We do not have enough dass - pacity is based on actual capacity in
rooms," Goodman told the FSEC. accordance with official regulations.
''The limiting variable here is lack
But what actuaUy happens may be
of space. ln m y own experience. it is something'different, he said, which,
easier to get money than it is to get
in that case. is a situation that should
space. You can borrow mane)•: you
be looked at carefully.
Faculty members told Nicolas

can't barTow space."
H r added that while the class room utilization rat(' is about 85-90
pcrcem on campus. the 8 a.m. da~
periods and Friday-afternoon slo t.s
.m : not utiliud fully.
" I don't claim that the system IS
perfect," s.,id Goodman, adding that
"wr are using the space much more
t?ffiCJcn tly thnn in the recen t past.''
l-Ie ~cud futurt: oo nstrunion of the
'itudent services building will frcr up
some classroom space, hut that 111
the meantime. "there IS a lot o( space
111 the indi vtdual un1LS that l!lo not
~o.en tr a ll y sched uled'' th at could be
rnadt" availahlc hy those unl!s.
Specific classroom -qualit y prohIL·ms raised at tht.• m eeti ng mcludrd
the lack of clocks in classrooms, a
b lackboard in one lecture room
that has bee n unusa.ble for ncarlv
lhrce years, and an unbearably hot ,
windowless, 90-seatlccture room in

Ca ry Hall that, after pleas from fac ulty, fina lly had air conditioning in stalled th a t p reven ted students
from hearing lectu res because of its
incessant noise.
Cedric Smith, professor of pharmacology and tox icology. added
that t h e nu m ber of st u de n t s

Students and faculty members
asked why final-exam schedules

couldn't be posted before the stan
of classes. Goodman said that would
be impossible because of the need
to eliminate conflicts for students
based o n data compiled after the

drop/add period. compounded by
a particularl y severe shortage of
large das.o;rooms preferred by fa culty
for giving exams.
Senators also noted that due to
the ttght s pace in some lecture
rooms. faculty memhers often must
schedule t.')mms during the semes ter at odd hours so they can admin ISter tht.· exam in a largc:r room to
p revent cheaung. a soluuon that creates conflicts for students with thc1r
otherclas..o;es.
Samuel Shack, professor of math ematics. wondered if some son ol
"tie -breaking rule" co uld be enforced when students have final
exam conflicts since, he s~ud. 1fu ·
dents usually claim that all their
other professors are "intransigent''
when it comes to giving an earlv
exam or a make-up, putting added
stress on students during finals.
President William R. Greiner. re.:ogn izing that .. the instructional e n -~

vi ronment is important," suggested

that classroom problems be taken to
Michael Dupre, associate vice presi ·
dent of university facilities and chair
of the Environmental Task Force,

who could assign some of his key
staff members to work with the concerned UB community members to
address these issues. Greiner also

noted that there had to be one key
person assigned within eacb of the
major schools to be responsible for

taking care of such problems, since
some of these things"can't be solved
by a committee."'
In other business, Claude E.

Welcb,)r.,SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of

Political Science and chair of the
senate's Academic Planning Com mittee. presented recommendations

to the FSI;C on the proposed merger
of the Department of Biochemical
Pha rmacology in the School of
Pharmacy into the Department of
Pharmacology and Toxicology in
the School of Medicine and HIDmedical Sc iences. Welch reported
that upon the committ("(''s rt"VIt."W ol
the situation , it had '" nn obJeCtion
to the merger," but noted that "t he
consultation took place under bud
get presumption ~ th .ll rna v Jl('

longer apply."
~m1th confirmcJ and cmphastzL-d
thattht.· cdndillOn.!l under whtch Lilt"
commmee recommended approval
no longer apply and addt"d that the
fa cuhy nf the department.s mvolved
111 the merger have not beL'Il 111
formed fully ah~HII .:ur r11.ulum
changes related to the s1tuat1on. In
adctit ttm. Sm ith said, ce rtain key 111 d1viduals wen~ not ..:unsu ited in thl·
proces.!l, suc h as the dean nf th e
medi ca l school and the chatr ol
pharmacology and toxteology.
Shack said he wa~ not '3tlsfied
that the relevant parttcs had been
"realisticallv consulted" and there ·
fo re would n ot end orse the
comnuttec's recommendation . Tht·
merger is..o;uc \\'35 referred back to the
Academic Planning Com mittee for
furth er review.

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----.......: J. ~ S&lt;niorVIa Prosldent

I BrieD
UB to host conference
Industry and academic experts from around the " ·orld will gatht&gt;r
at UB April 27-29 to investigate how a new wave of computer and offict•
technologies is revolutionizing the way the world condu cts b u sines~ .
Organized by the school~ o( Management and Engineenng and
Applied Sciences, the IEEE Computer Society and several profeS.!lto nal
o rganizations, the conference will feature an exposit ton of cuttmg
edge, information -technolog)' products and serviCe~. as well a:, aca
demic workshops led by lea ding acadcmK and mdu strv rcsca n:hl'r'
from the field of mobi le techn ologies.
UB faculty mewhers are invited to submtt papers to thl" \..Onlr1
ence, which ts titled "Next Ge nerati on Enterpn s c~ \'lrttl'!llt1 rganl
zatio n s and Mobile/ Pervasive Technologies."
"This conference will be among the first worldw1d e 10 &lt;."Xplorr tht'
1m pact of mobi le technologies on the creation ol a ll&lt;.'W huslnC!io!lo cui
ture ," says Ram Ramesh, associate professor of management mfor
mation systems who is co-chamng tht: conferen..-e wuh H .R. R.10.
associate professor of MIS .
Additional information about the co nfcrem:e co~n be found at
&lt; http://www. som.buffalo.edu / lslnterface / AIWORC &gt;.

�6 llepodeJ: December t 1!!19Nol.31, lo.14
SETIOhome proJect uses computer-screen savers to record radio chatter from outet: space

I

B RIEFLY

~~~
The-Engnalng
~on- Tecllnalog)o
(IUC-.'Igi&gt;g)
at UB wtll
tlonll tonleronce on~
~·and impr&lt;Mng
quollty r:A lie for oldor ponoru
todly throl9&gt; s.tJJnloy In the
Hyatt Regency Oyltal Oty InN·
lington, Va.
·The toni.....,. will be co.
~by the Nltlonll
learning Cente&lt; r:A the Amerian
5odoly"" Aging ~ and the
Rehabilitotlon Engftelng and
AsslstM Technology 5odoly r:A

""Olderpreen!..,-

North Ameria (RfSNA).

OI'Jid Slt&lt;her, surgOon gen.
eraland assisWlt secrewy for
health in the U.S. Department r:A
~alth and Human Services, wiU
open the conference with an addres&gt; entitled "Setting Our Goals
for an Aging Society."
UB lacuhy members will be
among the key players In the
field of aging-Including ,...
searchers, c.onsumer advocates,
service prtrllfden. government
oftjcialsandrepmentativesof

employment and oging progrom1, IS well IS nonprofit and
for-prollt heafth..are agend&amp;who will analyze the problems
of providing ~te ~
portjyeservices.
Partic.ipantswilldewlop
dear goideffnes to """"" that
oldor

_.with-

~lhoservic:esneededtore­

moln ~and will su~

m~ uios. goideffnes to the ap-

propriate federal

agenCies.

UB's plans for Y2K
to be discussed

m

"Y2K: Crossing the O.ttllne-

UB's Plans" &gt;Yftf be the topic d I
presentation to be held from 1().
11:30 a.m. Wednesdoy In 120
Clemens Hal on the North
Campus.
Senior Vice Pmident Robert
J. Wogner and members r:A the

univonhy's Y2K Em«gen&lt;y fie.
sponse TearT&gt;-4iinrich Martms,
associate vice p&lt;esident for computing and information techno!·
ogy, Voktemar lnnus, senior associate vice p&lt;esident for unlvor·
~ty services and UB's chief lnfor.
mation offtcer, and Louis
Schmitt, director of facilities op-erations-will

present US's tran·

sition plans and take questions.
Sponsor.d by the Y2K Event
Subgroup of the un~ty's Y2K
Steering Committee. the presen·
tatlon will be free of charge and
open to all members of the UB
community. No reservatioN are
required.
Additional information is
availabte on US's Y2K 'Neb site

at &lt;http://wings.buffolo.edu/
~ar2000&gt;.

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Sendl~

to the

The~... ~-.

from readen ooinrnenting on its ·
stories and mntenl Lettm lhoUd
be limited to 800 words and may
b e - for st)'fe and longlh. La·
1m rrust lnciJdelhewritl!r's
name. adcfres1 and a daytimetefe.
phone ....,.,.,.tor"""""'tion. s..
causer:Aspacelim!Jitions, the~
portwcannot ptj&gt;li!llol - . ,...
ceM!d. 1}w!y rrust be~ by
9 a.m. Mondly 10 be considered
for fU*atlon in
issue.

that_.,

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~oncl!ltor~at
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UB teams join search for alien life
BJ MAilA MCGINNIS
RPp&lt;&gt;rt"' Assistant

A

Ed;tO&lt;

T this moment, comput ers across ca mpu s are
analyzing signals from

the sky that could be in·

dicators of alien intelligence.
A team of students, professors,
staff members a nd aJumni called

·uBForce," and another UB group
that simply identifies itself as .. Uni versity at Buffalo,.. are contributing
to a massive Sf:arch that involves
more than I million prople around

restriaJ Radio Emissions from
Nearby Developed Intelligent Popu·
lotions, based ot the University of
Califorrua B&lt;rlcdey.
Theideoistosharethedat:apicked
up by the telescope via the Internet
so that participants can take part in
the monitoring, saving research en
time and money in thrir pumlit.
TheSETI@homesoftware, which
runs like a regular screen saver, al·
lows those with Internet occess to
onalyz&lt; data or signals detected by
radio telesc:opes-sounds thatoould

the world-linked together by
Internet-connected computerswho collectively are trying to iden-

tify extrotcrrestrial life forms by dec·
Ironically recording and analyzing

data picked up by a powerful r~dio
telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
Both UB teams have esta b~ shcd
themselves among the top university contenders in the worldwide

Internet projct4 ca1Jed SETI@home,
a project that some say has created
the world's fastest supercomputer.
UBForce foundi ng member Scott
Harrigan, a graduate student in the
Department of Philosophy in the
CoUege of Arts and Sciences, says it
IS the most successful scientific ex periment ever done using distributed computing.
How does it work?
By d o wnl oa ding th e free
SETI@home so ftware package at
&lt;http: // setf•thome.ssl.berlr.eley.edu&gt;. individuols with any mod-

eratdy powerful per&gt;&lt;&gt;nal oomputing
system can contribute to the much·

larJ!er Search for Extra-Terrestrial In·
telligence (S ET!) project called
SERENI P. or the Search for Extrater-

Thlls.cnen

U~YW

nconls deta

thH.....,. come·from other
dvlflutlons.

give away another civilizationwhile their computer is idle.

"Through the use of what is esS&lt;ntially wasted computing cycles,
the linking together of all these com·
putm has created the world's fast.
est supercomputer," Harrigan says.
Acco rding to stud en t John P.

Kavanagh, SET! team leader for the
Elec tronic Media subteam of
UBForce, the radi o telescope in
A.rccibo works like an extremely
fin e- tuned television an tennae,
picking uj&gt; strong signals within
unnaturally narrow ranges of wave-

saver is activated.

"The different radio telescopes in·
valved (in the SET! project) around
the world point at distant stars and
~sten for the fuint intdlil!'fll radio
chatter that could·give away another
civilization," says Kavanagh, who oxplains that any neighboring civilization within approximately 70 light
years that pointed o radio telescope
ot our sun would be able to bear
Earth's many technologies that em·
ployradiofrtquencies,suchassports
talk shows, military communica·
tions and television.
Why do it?
Why not? Harrigan says.l~s free, it
doesn'tinterf=with...nandituses
what &gt;W&gt;Uid otherwise be wasted oomputingresour=foralegitimatestudy.
Moo importantly, it's fun, Harrigan
adds, aplaining that the project has
created a good-natured oompetition
between different units ot UB, as ..,U
as between universities worldwide, to
,.. who can Jog the most computing
time in CPU (Central Processing
Unit) year.; to the project.
Harrigan explains that the two
UB teams are competing with collegesanduniversiticsi.ntcmationally

m

czived around the same ti.me in May.
UBForce is made up of mo..., stu·
depts and individual comp&lt;tito...,
while the Univ=ity at Bllffiolo team
is"moreoflicial"and.utilizesmuch
larger hardware, Hanigan says.
According to SEfl@home's oflicia! Web site, the wftware keeps
track of where each piec:&lt; of data is
~' so if a UB participant's
computer happens to detect a sig·
naJ that is determined to be extraterrestrial life, that individual will
receive credit as a co-disa&gt;Yerer.
Harrigan, who desc.ribH tbe
project as fun, friendly axnpetition,
says that members of UBForce ...,.
cmtly got together for the lint time
in "real space" to watch the HoUywood blockbuster "Contact," a &lt;Iramatization of SED's q!,ICSI. He adds
that the distributed-&lt;omputing con·
ceptoouklbeofgreatvalueto UBstu·
dents, who ooukl take advantage of
such an opportunity by using campus computers for academic projects.
UBForcecurm~tlyhas68partici ·

pants and has logged about 25 CPU
year.; to the project. To ioin UBFortt
or JO view the group's top 20
subteams, visit it s Web site at

for top spots in the "Top 100 Uni·

&lt;http://wlngs.bufflllo.edu/ phl-

versity Teams" on t he official
SETI@home Web site &lt;http://

losophy/ubfon:~&gt;.

oetl•thome.ssl.berlceley.eclu/
...U/teoin/t...,_type_7.html&gt;.
Currently, University at Buffalo ranks
an exceptionally high 18th on the list,

length and displaying them visually

beating out such universities as MIT,
Califorrua Institute of Technology,
Duke, Yale and Cornell UBForce is
ranktd 83th. The only other SUNY
institution on the list is Binghamton
University, ranktd 34th.

on your monitor when your screen

While both UB groups were con-

fund ing begins th is month, our
heroin e's science teacher -who is
also a female and an inventorvan ishes. Jos ie sets off to find he:r.
Her sea rch eventually takes her to

language tested among urban and
suburban students. Other characters
will employ speech patterns and
vocabulary appropriate to the historical period in which th ey lived.

UniversityatBuffalohasabout44
membe..., occording to the team's
founding member Matthew D.
Stock, senior UNIX engineer in
Technical Services, who says his
team has Jogged about 72 CPU years
since the team was created.
"Who knows if (the computers)
will find anything," says Stock, "but
if they are going to be on anyway, it
doesn't hurt to devote some time to
the project."

Josie True
c-te.-ct , _ ,... 1

lieu--&lt;haracters who are not only
:Ccomplished a nd fascinating in
their own right , but serve as great
role models for girls.
"T he American Associa t1 on of
Un iversity Women prod u ce~! a report a few )'Cars ago that pointt-d IU
ge nd e r gaps in our schools th at
sho rt -cha nge our girls," Flanagan
s.1ys. " It reponed that schools fail to
engage girls in computer act.ivitiesand even if the gi rls learn to ope rat('
t he ha rdware, th e AAUW report
claimed that schools don't have the
ti me to teach girls how to usc this
technology to solve problems. learn
and have fun.
"The report maintains that th1s
fact goes a long way to explain why
girls fail to kt"Cp up in science and
math during their adolescent years,"
Flanagan adds.
Like many educato rs, Flana ga n
insists that if the information revoluti on is to include people of .111
eco no mi c classes, ra(es J nd
ethnicities, we need to produce
computer materia l that exci tes the
interest of the ch il dren who arc
now being ignored.
"There is a se rious net.'Ci for Jearn
mg materials for non -white, non ·
male a udicncc:s, and we need to
make: that materia] fun, pertinent,
ve ry interesting and, if possible,
free," she sar.-."And 1hat's v.•hat Jos1e
i~ about."
In th e first Josie True adventure
ga me, whose NSF developnu·nt

Chicago of the 1920s
and to Paris, where
Bessie Co leman , the
first African -America n aviatrix. offe rs asSista nce to losie and
th e players.
Flanagan expl ai ns
that Co lema n , who
ca m e a lo ng several
years before Amelia
Earhart, was a young
woman of unwual intelligence:, talent and
determination, and a
fin e role model for !!!~=='~~~':':;-,.,.;,~~~-±'~~LJ

an~ girl.
.
. •nract girts of all r.c:es •nd ethnk
When rac1al d1s· grounds to computer-le•mlng acttvltles.
cr imination denied
Co lema n th e right to proc ure a
Flanagan says future Josie True
pilot 's license in this coun try," she episodes are being planned. Like the
says, "she was unbowed. She went first one, they will be available online
to France as a very young woman. and, if funding permits, available on
when.· she trained and began her fl y- CD-ROM for .d\ools or homes
without an Internet connection, for
IllS ca reer.
To complete the search for the sci- less than $10.
t.'nce teacher. players must navigate
One future episode will delve into
14 smaller games that use principles
the world of Hildegarde of Bingen,
of math. science and history to pro- the brilliont and prolific medieval
d uce the clues that facilitate theif German abb~ss and mystic who
journey.
wrote music and studied medicine
Flanagan says some of the game's and mathematics. Another game will
characters wiU speak language used visit the palace of Hatshepsut, the
by today's pre--.. ~o l escent girls- remarkable widow of Akhenaton

Egypt's revolutionary 13th century
b.c. king, and Egypt's only female
pharaoh. Other role models on the
list include Wtlma Mankiller, the first
woman principal chief of the Chero1= Nation, and Chinese Empress Si
Ung Chi, the inventor of silk.
..If we, as a society, promote the
co nce ntrati o n of tech nological
knowledge and its power in the

hands and heads of those who, by
virtue of their race and economic

class, already have it, we'"' making
a big mistake," Flanagan insists.
"Computer knowledge is essen tial for every child today," she says.

" Educational games give us a variety of tools to teach computer skills

and help ltids gain access to hundreds of educational opportunities
in many disciplines."
Flanagan says she hopes that "The
Adventures of Josie True:" is just the
first of many computer games to
propel pre-adolescent girls into th e
21st century anned with the tools
necessary to navigate the immense

field of knowledge open to them via
educational technojpgy.
"If we continue to rely on the
marketplace to direct access to com puter technology, we arc denying
equal access to girls. the poor and
wo rking classes and to people of
color," she says. " ln doing that, we
continue to rob ou~lves of the in-

tellectual and creative talents of the
majority of our population. How
smart is that?"

�December t 19!!1/Vol.31, lo.14 Rep ariea

footoall
Miami (OH) 41, UB 0
UB rMl inca :a buzzsaw In ru fiN! pme of the 1999 seuon. loslf'lg to MQITII
University. .. 3-0.on N~ I~
The Buns ended the.r first season 1n Otvis10n 1-A 10 29 ~ With 01 0-1 1
n&gt;&lt;:c&gt;&lt;'d.

~asKetoall
MEN' S

SEFA

hits
goal

9,1100
3,181

19,82
33,382

129,335

139,900
7,580

6,926

9,628

4;46S •
6,277
8,418 .

6,495

School of Social Woric

6,674

UB Foundation

2,809

2,879

Student Aljajrs

33,8(10

~7.869

University Services

136,208

135,838

3,364

3,3i3

\'tee 'President f&lt;lf' ~eai&lt;h

12,668

22,966

$695,054

Totols

106.1

R. Nils Olsen, )r., dean of
the School of Law and chair
qf the 1999 State
Employees Federated
Appeal (SEFA) campaign,
paints in-and then
celebrates--the final tally on
the SEFA thermometer in
Founder's Plaza on the
North Campus. lhe
campaign exceeded its goal
of $655,000, bringing in
more than $695,000. SEFA
benefits the United Way, as
well as other local, national
and international humanservices organizations.

Calendar
Cont.IIMMd froM pege a

ETC FoH Worluhops
Effective Use of lntei4'Ctive Media:

Anlmatlom, Charts, Text and Objecu.
Thom. Slomka, Millard Fillmore College.
212 Ca~. Noon- I p.m. Free. For more

Information, 64 5-7700.

Blologkal Sdences Seminar

~:;~~=sec::,;~~~

In a

Socially Monogamous Bird. Michael
Webster, Dept. of Biological Sciencn
121 Cooke. 4 p .m. Free. For more
information, Kipp Herretd, 6H-2892

Concert

US assoc1ate professor of arch1tecture ,
Terence Van Elslander, a Toronto
architect who 1s also on the architecture
faculty of the Unwenity of Toronto, and
lames Keyden Cathcart, an architect
with the New Yorit finn of Ralph
Appelbaum Anoc., which designed the
exhibitions for the Hob:aust Museum 1n
Washington. ~ part of the exhibit, the
three developed a permanent
~Installation" that tlas produced a
radical new sense of space within the

~~~gi~~·PT;:~ d~ g~~ wall

above the door and rotated it 90
degrees within its original space. The

:~~me'::f:~~~r: ~~~:~~i~~d

US Choir, HarokJ Rosenbaum,
conductor. Slee Concert Hall. 8 p.m
B . Sponwred by Dept of Music. For
more information , 645-2921 .

of the space links the gallery with the
rest of the third floor of Hayes Hall,
altering and complicating the visitor's

Exhibits

through Fri.

" ABANDON"

'::::tu~~}. Undergraduate

Artist Tony Matelli has taken a unique

stance in the exploration of nature
versus culture by recreating familiar
sort that '"'sprout
like elegant anger on the concrete
sweep of urban America"-in an exhibit
that captures how these often unwanted
p{ants reflect the social quest for beauty
and control. ..ABANDON" is on d isplay
through March 1 0 in the Ughtwell
Callery adjacent to the main UB Art
Gall~ in the Center for the Arts, No rth
Campus. Gallery hours are Wed.
through Sat. from 10:30 a.m . to 8 p.m.
and Sun. from noon to 5 p.m .
~rebellious

" Stll1999: ~-Post Woft&lt;""
The radkal work of three architects
trained at the distinguished Cranbrook

=:t~~~~~
Museum in Berlin) and D. Hoffman,
whohave~eme'!J'das

~~i~~~z~rm·:~~ ~7rd
the~hool

floor of Hayes Hall in
of
Ardlitecture and Planning through Dec .
11 . The exhibiten are Frank Fantauzzi,

~,;:~ ~.~t:,"5vi~~~~.Gallery

The YVOrX of u~raduates in the
Department of Art will be on display
through Dec. 10 in the Art Department
Gallery on the lower ~I of the Center
for the Arts. Gallery hooT,. are Tue1. from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m ., 'Ned. through Fri.
from 10 a .m . to 8 p.m . and Sat. from 11
a .m . to 6 p.m . For ITlOf't information,
call the Department of Art. 64 5-6878.
ext. 1350

Jobs
Professlonol

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Posting IP-9144. SenkK' Programmer/

Anolyst

(SL~)- Sdence

and Engineering

Node Services, Posting IP-91 ~5 .
Network Administrator (Sl-4)-Law
SchocM, Posting I P-9146. System~
Admlnlrtrator (Sl-4)-law School.

~:;~~~~e:~~ (Sl-5)-

Aiumni

R~tioru.

Posting IIP-9148.

Production Coord!Nitor {Sl-2)-

Pubhcat1ons, Posung IIP-9149 Dire&lt;tor,
International Alumni Relations (Sl · J).
Alumni Relahons, Post•ng #P.91 SO
Management Informatio nal Specialist
(SL-3)-Procurement Servtee~. Pm!lng
#P-9151

Research
Research Support Specialist ·CEDAR,

~~~~:~~~~g:_ ~sS::~~c~R~~~~ort
Research Support SpecialistDepartment of Med~e•ne, Post1ng ~rR
991 ll Secretary J.fmanc•al Serv•ces,
Posting #R-99122

Foculty

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Stores Clerk I (SG--6)-Department of
Clinical Dentistry, lme M27560 Clerlo: 2
(part time)(SG-9)-Procurement
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Eiectridan (SG-12)-Un iverslty Residence
Halts, line lt43110. Mason and
Plasterer (SG-12)-Unwersity Residence
Halts, Une 14 3101 .
To obloin morr infotma!IOfl on fObs listed
above, conroct Personnel SeMCes · fox

r:.:e:::= ~~:~:;,:n;:,

obfoin lnfotmofion on Res«Jrch jobs,
contact Sponsored Prograrru Penonnd.
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\

The Bulls g1ve the crowd of 3.336 1n Alumn1 Arena 01 show Nov. 19. talong
N~ra Unwersity lO double overtime befon!: the Purple Eagtes pulled out 01
thrilling I 05- 1OJ Win.
UB dropped ru second str.ught g;~me to open the seuon t\IYO mghts later
wtth 01 71-60 loss to Cornell
H~r. the Bulls pickMI up the1r first w.n of the seuon wtth :an 81 . 78
vtctory :at New Hampshire Nov. 23.
But the winning streak was short-liVed Wrth two of the team's fl'\l'f! starten.
out with spramed anldes. the Bulls lost w Can1s1us Saturday n•ght. 78.-46

WOMEN' S

Niagara 66, UB 61
UB 78, W isconsin-Milwaukee 58
UB 59, Rhode Island 57
The Bulls opened their 1999-2000 season wrth 01 loss tO Nl.:lg;~ra Umverslty. 66·
61 .in dle opening round game of theWestem New York Classtc on Nov 20 at •
Gtnisius College.
The Bulls picked up the.r fi~t wm of the season over W1sconsm-M11w:lukee .
78-58, on Nov. H
The women continued thetr Wlnmng way! on Sunday. takrng thetr home
opener with 01 59-57 vtctort o&gt;~er Rhode Island

Volle~oall
Toledo 3, UB 0 (15-9, 15-7, I S-12 )
Bowling G reen l , UB 0 (15- 7, 15- 11, 15-6 )
The Bulls dosed out the I 999 regular season WTth losses to Toledo on No" 19
and to Bowling Green on Nov 20

~wimmin~
WOMEN ' S

UB 172,Youngstown 65

us downedYoungJtown State. I n-6S. Nov 20 In /0. fin.t home meet of the
1999-2000 season.The Bulls captured 10 first-place finishes oUt of 13 events
SophOOlOf'e Dawn H1ckey broke the school record and set a new personal-best
ume in the 500 freestyle (5:00.21)

lObi

aries

Kenneth Eckhert, Sr. dies at 88
Kenneth H. Eckhert. Sr., a 11\t' nlha r1 l the ~-.htlttl ,,J ,\kdl~lllt' .tnd
H1omedi ~.:a l SLitnct·~ · Lhn11.:.tl fa~ ult \' for nwrt' th Jn -to' t·.tr' d1nl l r 1
da y in ht~ Huflalt1 hnnw .tlh't

,1 lttn~

dint'!&gt;'. I k

w,,, ,.;K

A natiw ol Ruffalo. b.:kht&gt;rt gr.H.Iu.ttt•d Irom till' l 'n tver'll' ol But
falo Ill 19]1 and fr o m the umvt'f'•tt\' '.. mt·d•..::~tl . . ~.-hool1n 1~\ ; lk
~crvcd

on tht' nwdt cal

~..::hoo l faluhv lr&lt;Hn I Y40-K I . rt'ttnng a... J ll lnt

ca l•nstruc tor &lt;:mentu .... Hl' rl'Lt'lvcd the I k.tn\ A\•:.trd !rom th e mt·d•
cal school in 196X.

his long lllt'diCal ..::art'er. b.:kh&lt;.'rl wa . . ..::hu:t o l ; ; urgt.·rv .tt lkJ
wh.ll i~ nm~·
Roswell Park Ca n cer lnstitut ~.
A m o n g his :.un-won. is h1..., . . on , Kt'nm·th H . 1-. ~khen , lr. , d1mc.tl
ass tstan t professor of o;urgcn• 1n the UR mcdtcJI &lt;iC'hooL .
Du nng

Assistant Professor-Oepan.menl ol
Surgery, School of Med1&lt;1ne and
Biomedical Sciences, Post1ng WF-9103
Asslstant/Assoclate/ Full Profenor·
School of Social Work, Posting i#F-91 04
Research Profe.uor and Director,
Center for Research on Children and
Youth (Asmciate or Fu ll Professor)·
School of Social Worlt, Posting #F·91 OS
Associate Dean for Research
(Associate or FUll Professor)-School of
Social Work. Posting ltF-9 1 06. Chair
(Auodate Of' Full Professor)Department of Occupational Therapy.
Posting ltF-91 07

~:;

Niagara 105, UB i03 (20T)
Cornell 71 , UB 60
UB 81 , New Hampshire 78
C~isius 78, UB 46

co ness Hospital and sc ntor ..::JnCt'r rt·~c .m: h ;;;ur~t·on af

Burton Stulberg dies at 80
Burton Stulberg, clini cal assooate proft"S!&gt;Or t'mt·ntm nl
died

Nov. 24 in

Millard

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ComeiiUniv.
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Musk lecture Series
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211 Baird Hall. 4 p .m. Free.
Sponsored by Dept. of Music.
for more information, 6452921.

Genetics
Section, Molecular Biology
Lab, Nat'l. Cancer Institute,
121 Cooke. 4 p .m . ff'ft . Cosponsored b)' the Dept. of
Bio&amp;ogk:al Sctenees and the:
Dept of Mkrobiology and
lmmunoklgy. For r1"''Ife
information, terry Koudelka,
6&lt;5-3489.

Dane:• Pwtonn.nce
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ond The Gathering. Dept of
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S&lt;hool of
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104 O 'Brian. 4
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Strat.gles: A Worltshop for
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Batchelor, Daemen College.
8:45 a.m .-3:30 p.m . $55.

Simulation of Tui-txdent
Combustion . Peyman GM,
Dept of Mochonicaland
Aerospace Eng;neering. 228
Natural Sciences Complex.

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829-3560.

&amp;&lt;S-7700.

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8:15-11 :30 a.m. $60.
Sponsored by w.stem New
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Center. For more infonnation.
WNY1DC at 636-1626.

Kedz;enki, 6&lt;5-2003.

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Sexual-harassment policy discussed
Faculty Senate expresses concerns regarding Language, strictness ofdocument ,
By MARA MC(;INNIS
Reporter Assistant Editor

ACULTI members raised
several concerns regarding
the nea rly final drali of 1he
universit {s long -a ntici pated document on sexual harass
mcnt at the Faculty Senate meeting

F

Tuesday.
The 16-page document, wh1ch
ou tlin es the university policy on
sexual harass ment and complam t
procedures, was drafted by the c.~um
minee on Sexual Harassment Polley
and Procedures. a subcomnuth."'&lt;' ol
the university's Committee on Affir
mative Action. The subcommittC't' i3
chaired by Margaret Acara, proft.~
sor of pharmacology and toxicology.
The document was introduced :it
the meeting by President William R.
Greiner and Lewis Rosenthal. associate counsel in the Office of Uni

versity (".ounsd.
Rosenthal noted that t.hc docu ment has been through "innumer able drafu" and said"its time has really come." He added that having
such a documen_t lS "in the best legaJ
mtercsts of the institution becauM:.
without it, tht.· mstitution i3 at risk"
James Holstun , associate profes sor of English, brought up several
lOncerns. First, he said, the draft
makes no mention of "sexual ha rassment on the basis of sexual on
entation," which he descri hcd as ",1
pretty sig nificant omission.
"This strikes me as o ne of the
most important and v1ciou:&gt; fonn3
of sexual harassment that we haw
hl confront now," he added .
Rosent hal poinlL"li out that a nutt·
1n the body nf the ddini t wn of
M:xua l harassment says that "M:x ual
harassmc:ntmay uwnlw h&lt;:h:w1or tw

a person of eit her \eX .tgam~t J pt:r
3011 tlf the same oroppustte ...cx,"hut
Holstun argued that t.hts was not lht'
son of harassment ht' wa.~ referring
to. (;rt'iner 33jd thts parttndar dot:u
ment IS about !&gt;eX, not gendt•r. J.nd
that llolstun 's um(I.'Tn rq~..trdm~
&lt;;nuctluricntatJon 1~ ,1 3t.'paratt.· dt'
Lnm mation 1ssue LOVt·rcd h\ otht·r
universit y pol i..:u.'!l
Another facult' ~o.tlllL&lt;.' r n "·•'
ahol.it tht· languag&lt;.· 111 the folluwmg
't'l1 ton: " l!oulatcd 11131.JI1Lt.'3, t·.g., .J
'C..'XU.tl overture, COI111llt' nt or tokt•.
ordm.tnlv wtll not~o.on~tllutt' \t~xu.ll
h.tr&lt;.h\!llt'nt unit·" the url um
,t.mn.~ .tn· t).!Tt'giiiU.'. ~llr dtk.'-. 'th:h

3l'Xll.ll

beh,t\'hiT tOil,t lt lllt• h.tr.l"

tf It I~ \YCktllllCd l i t'., \(I]Uil
and lun!&gt;Cihu.d : ·
IIOI3tUil .l&gt;ald thl' ,l,llt'llll'lll 1\ Ill
umst.\tent wnh .t.n L"arhcr p.trt oltht
Jcfimt1on that n:ad3 "l :Crtalll l'k.·h.t'
lllt' lll

tar~·

1or ca n b&lt;· class1ficd J.S :K"Xual har~
mcnt , even 1f a rela tionsh1p appt.·ar..
voluntary in the senM' that one w~
nut coerced into participating. A
Lt·nrra/ cknwnl m tht• defim ttun of
'(.'&gt;.ual haras..o.ment ~~that tht&gt; he!lav
10r 1., um ..·ekomc."
:..t:natnrs offcrt~d dctaiiL-d !l ugg~ ·
t1nns as to how lht st'nh.'llCl'.!l could
lx· rt·workcd.
In rcsponsc to LLlllLt'rns ahout thl'
dtk. ument not hcmg as striCt a~ 11
nu~ht he. Ro.M-nthal "~ud 11 ·~ unR-al
l' t• t It) .:rt'.lte .J "lt'ro tolcrallll'
pohn" 31llLt' II \YOU]d tfl\'J,JIIZI: thl'
documl'nt. " \\'lthui.1UI1Jn-n;Jtv nm

ll'XI , we haw tn l'k.· wn ... ..~rctul 1-'k.·
£.Cill'ri1/h ..1ll£m for . 1 Wldl'
r.Hll!l' uf t'.\prt·!•MVl' 3flt.'t..'l:h .'' he ...uJ
llol,tun .11'11 ,,lid ht• W.l3 w.Jn

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.1huut tht• 'dl'dHHl mt•thnd lnr

thu"-' IJW('!It!~at•ng Lnmplamb Mn~t·
(ontimoedon~6

tr.e al·charge and open to the

SUNY trustees' budget still falls short

public.

By SUE WUETCHER

The hour-long. 16mm film is
based on a fM.yeor cooespon.
odence be-. Hejlnlan ond
Orogcomosldlonko and has won

......,., owOids, Including a Best
Documenlaoy fuli.n- at
the-FIImFestival
. -u.r.g a writl&lt;n exchange
be-.two'!riter&gt;whorillon
delinitiom of one- and tw&lt;!-syllable-m, Ochs has crmed a
laKNting- ponralt of the
Uo)lted -and Russia. wlolch

. . _ ttoro.qo OYOCitiYo lm-

andSII!ries...• truly b9utlful
says perlor.

end ariglnll 111m..

monee artistt.aurte Andenon.

Reporter Editor

T

HE SUNY Board of
Trus tees Tuesday ap proved a final budget al location for the c:ampuse.
for the current fiscal year that provides UB with $5.3 million over it\
base operating budge1 for 1998·99,
but still falls millions short of mt•et
ing the university's collective-Oar
gaining costs.
The operating budget for LiB lm
1999-2000 is $234.3 million, an 1n
crease over the operating budgt·t nl
$229 million for 1998-99.
While the 1rus1ees allocned $51
million in th e total $1.65 billion
core-instructional budget plan for
the state-operated and statutorycolkgcs to wvcr saJary increases due
in the current fiscal year under the
previous and current Unitro Uni versity Professions contracts, UB's
budget increaS.(' of $53 million faJis

$3.1 million shon l)f the $8.4 m1l

lion in collective hargainmg co.su .11
the universit y.
Moreover, UB did not reccJVC S.l
million in additional incomt' gcm•r
ated by lllCT(";l.st.-s in tuit ion ..11 the
schools of Law and Pha rrn.JL)', UB
administrators have S.JJd. Thost~
funds had been designatt.'(l to LOVt'r
tht· costs of the cnhancc..-d cu rnculu m
111 the Law School and curnculum
(hangc.."!&gt; Ill tht.· pharmaq • !&gt;Chnol tu
LOnform to .t new nattonJI standard
mak1n~ th t· Ph.1rm.D dcgrt't' the
tidd '~ &lt;mlv proft'S.SIOna.l drgrt'l.'. (For
..1 J et~ukd nplan..ttton &lt;If tht· hudgt't
'ltuatum, M.'l' 't.Jtement on page 3 ).
The tin.111~1.tl pl..tn, approvro hy
th e tru~tt'l'' h1ur mon1h3 mto the
fiscal year. '·' th~· lir3t dt·termult'd
u3ing tht.• :o,UNY Hudgft Alloca tion
Process {BAPJ-(urmaly known~
SUNY RAM (Rewurct· Allocattt.m
Methodology).
Brian T. Sten~on, "Itt' ~hJnlcllor

for finance and h~3111t'!&gt;..'.told trmt
t't'' mcetmg m tht· un!vt·r~tt\ :\r
ch 1 v~ m C'...apen Hall that .11luca tu1m
1t1 the campus('!! a a· updated. hast~d
on tht• RAP mcthodology. lllcludm!!
.:h.HI~cs m campu~ c:nrullrnl.'nt
\YC:Jghted on a thret·-war .Jwra~t'-­
and 3ponsnrt&gt;d -prngram,.

Lampu~

p.l\'mll

$::!~

13 Oa.'&gt;l.-J on tht'll 'Pt'dli~
ht· &lt;;;ud .
also anllOUIILCJ th.ll t ' H

LO~b.

~ll'lhtlfl

I mdhnn •n tntt·rt""t irom tht·

\l 1/':Y t'ndowmt'nt lund
l ' R ~~ re.pom1hlt· lf'lr flltht nt tht

SUNY put Ill plau·",t fluor" :.o tlut

lliOilt'\' m the ~LJNY l'ndowmt'nl .lb
.. h.~rtng LO!llTil~ lrt~rn \lflgln.J I
mnnt•v and .tLl'umui . Ht'J .md rt'lll

11\ULh .t, i.Js t \'t·.t r \

Vt'3tt·d c.Jrnmg3 !rom thl' ~~rl\,ltt
l 1n1Vt'T'I1" o l Buftalo end(IW!llt'nt

In dctt• rm intng allo~.llHIIl',

.dln~atJon, "

Stenson s..ud.
lll\Ult'V ~J.Il!Hltllt·

wl'rt• tbeJ to mort~ fl&amp; fund Bt\P
mcrca..~. mdudmg t hn~e accrued
through in(re-.:.sed enrollment and
sponsored re.!learch. The rcsult mg
alloca tion was " adJUStt•d to reflect
what 1~ actually availahlt· 111 t l'Till~ 111
state suppo rt .''
Then money was addt-d to pay for
pnor )'t.'&lt;lr contractual oblig:HJons. d.\
wdl as for th e new UUP con tract
that took efft'Ct July I. Money to tht·

u'nlto oH:.~·t tlw
hudget ~hortl.dl. .tnJ tmtc.td will
hl' U~l·d hi lunJ Ulll\l'~ll\ h.t,t·J
~lfb. su~h .I' l'nJmvnl ~hJIT' .Jnd
~t holarsh1p~ .

I TUSil~ Tut~)' .1l"-, \'\ltl"'..itl• 'uh

to the st.J.tt' l &gt;tvt., lnn u! tht· Hud
budgt·t pro~l-..1.1 fur ::!000 0 I
th.Jt mneo.bt.'3 tlw ~..urt· mstru~11lm.U
hudget tor tht' ~t.ltc: - oper . lled dnd
'tatu tory LdmpuSl'!&lt; hv llt"'Jriv 5 pt•r
mil

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BmEFLY

PYognms o n d - ot Ul on
boby syndrome. ,....,
looming ond
cutllng-&lt;!dge technology
wll be

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discuued on the Doc&lt;rNw edition of ·ua Todoy" oo Adelphll

AtJf Awlld is associate professor of nutrition and
biochemistry, and director of the Nutrition Program in the School of Health Related Professions. His research interests include the links between dietary fat and colon cancer, obesity, and
..___......__.._._, signal transduction, phytosterols and cancer.
Recent studies haYe a u erted

cable. ·

tha t obesity Is our most press-

Guesu wll be SUzanne L
Tomldns, director of the Low
Sdlool's Fomlly \llolence Clinic;
Geo&lt;ge 1- t.opos. deln of Milbrtt
Cologo; p.,.. N.
Prasad, ......- director of the
,_ lnstitlrte lor .._.,
Photonla ond ~
and Morit Dies, - , . . . . . . .
sor of pediatric neurology.
The hll-llour ~'"'!~'""' leo­
lUring IJB people. programs ond
.......... is procb:ed lor the
Alumni- by Adelphil
lSiseMceiD the """""*Yond
the people cl - . , ,._ Vort.
A.- JlRl!ll""' brobmocl- '

Ing nutrltloaal problem today. Do you agree?

CISteiCh ""'""'·
Hosts ..., -., I. Evitts, executlve director ol llumnl...._

judith - .

tJoos. ond
assistant dln!Ctor.
The l'"'!l'""' isb&lt;oodcastot
6:30 p.m. Sundlys on Chlnnel
181ntm"iltionll, Chlnnoll O In
Lonaster,
OrdlOid
Pllll&lt;,. ond Elmo, ond 1t 9 p.m.

a..nc..

M&lt;&gt;ndo)'s oo Chlnnel1 81nternotionol.

Yes. The United States is a rich
country. and people overdo it. We
have all the technology, and thus
lead a sedentary lifestyle. With a
less-physical lifestyle, people eat
more. Roughly one-lhird of the
population is either overweight or

obese. Someone is considered to
be overwdght if his or her weight
is 10 percent or more above the
ideal body weight. Someone is
co nsidered to be obese if they
weigh more than 20 percent above
the ideal body weight. There are

numerous health problems asso·
cia ted with obesity, including dia betes, heart disease, arteriosderosis and kidney disease.
opln~n. wh•t Is the
worst thing about the American dlet 7

In your

American Cancer Society all suggest a more reasonable diet would
be one in which no more than 30
percent of calories come from fat.
But it is hard for Americans, who

are used to spreading butter on
their food, to ]ower fat in their di ets. While fat-free products may
appear to be the answer, manufac-

turers have to substitute something in these foods in place of the
fat. That usually is carbohydrates.
If you increase carbohydrates, you
increase triglycerides, or fat in the
blood, which leads to arterioscle-

rosis and contributes to obesity.
Moreover, fat-free products do not
fill you up like p roducts that con tain fat. So you eat more of them,
consuming more calories. It is best
to have a balanced djet that cuts
· the total number of calories. And
the way to cut calories is to eat less
or expend more energy by enrdsing. But we all know that's easier
said than done!

atherosclerosis. It puts too much
stress on the kidneys. It lacks several essential nutrients, s~ch as vi tamins and minerals. The elimination of carbohydrates from.the diet
induces ketosis and acidosis, which
could affect the function of several
tissues. Diets rich in proteins are
more expensive than balanced di ets. The diet lacks fiber, which plays
a role in prot:tction from colon cancer and diverticulosis. And it induces gas in the gastrointestinal
tract due to the high fermenution
of protein, which oould cause some
discomfon in some patients.
If y- could get people to
change lUll -thing about
their diets, what would It be 7
I would have them lower the total

number of calories they consume.
Your resuRh has shown U..t
plant-basH fats can Inhibit
the growth of prostate, colon

Dave Brubedt Quartet
to perform Dec. 11

~rcent

of the average diet comes
from fat calories. The American

What do you think of the
high-protein diet contn&gt;Yeny7

bNart cancer celb.
Should we consume more
plant-based fats? If so, whot
foods should we e•t7

The o-llrubed&lt; ~ wtll
bo lutjrid In . Christmls -

Heart Association, the American
Diabetes Association and th e

The diet has problems. It is a high fat diet. which could contribute to

Yes, we should consume more
plan t-based fats . Foods rich in

High fat and ca lories. About 37

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phytosterols are plant foods.
The best sources are unrefined
p4nt oils, such as soybean, peanut ·oil, ~me oil and virgin
olive oil. The second-be&lt;t
sources are nuts, such as peanuts, and peanut products,
such as peanut butter and peanut flour.

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you-·---7
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Whftdoyou-to
.... balanced

You do not need supplementation if you have a well-balan~d diet. The latter implies
that the diet has all essential
nutrients.

Do hettNol supplements,
like St. Johou' wort echlnacea, ntally wort&amp;?

There hasn't been enough research done in this area yet to
makt a determination. So for
now, you either are wasting
your money or you could be
putting your health in danger
byp~g these supplan~pu.

~ ot lp.m. O.C.l l ln

the l.4linstoge -

In the .

Conte&lt; lor the Ms 00 the North
Campus.
A ~ ofthe_...,

... be the quortet poofotmlng

Brubecl&lt;'s "'A Aosta de ill
- .•• rocreodon d.
Christmls Ew! In • Meldcanllllage. The ~

wll lna.de. ~ loa!
d1oous, 30 -....y students
from the Acodemy For The ...,._
looming Ms In lullllo ond .
bind cl16loal '""*iins leolUring ••mlrilchl" sound. .
. Prices . . us lor genorol
ldmission, S20 lor ...,lor citizens and S1s lor students. c.n

6&lt;1S-N!TS lor - P!Oceeds will octMtles
spomored by the Newmln Centm' Cotllollc Campus Mlnistly.
For man!;-.-, coli
Rev. jacob t - . Ill 833-0298.

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Report finds state of the region mixed

m

Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth urges. collaboration
By MARA MCGINNIS
Reporter Assistant Editor

major new report on
the co ndition of the
Buffalo- Niagara region
shows a mix of strengths
and weaknesses in the area and calls
for collaborative. cross-sector action
to enhance the region's quality of life
and competitiveness.
UB's Institute for Local Governance and ll.eg.ionaJ Growth yesterday released "State of the Region:
Performance Indicators for the Buffalo-Niagara Region in the 21st Century at a press co nference and
meeting of regional leaders and decision-makers.
According to the rcpon, tht.•
state of the region's economy is
summarized as .. well -diversified,
but laggi ng in job growth and
weekly earnings... with "business
costs high, living costs average ..
and .. foreign expons and patent

A

production strong and rising."
The state-of-government sum mary finds .. promising trends in fi.
nanciaJ reporting, non -tax financ ing, service collaborations and voter
enroUment," with service costs in
schools and towns "above average"
and municipal debt "increasing."
ln the area of education, pre-Kprogram access is"insufficient"and
student performance in elementary,
middle and high school is "above
state a~rages," according to repon
findings. The summary cites the
region's major education concerns
10 be meeting Regents standards,
minority dropout rates and teacher
diversity. It alsO determines that stud
· · high ed
·
ent retention m
er ucatJon "'requires attention."

In addition , lntemet lnfrastructure and connections are '"advanc·
ing." while '"performance lags" in
personal computer vse, Web presence and prevalence of technologybased firms. according to the exccu ·
tive summary.
The report was developed by II
task forces comprising more than
200 members from across Western
New York and Southern Ontario.
"What drives the "State of the Region' project is the axiom that 'You
can't manage what you can't mea sure,'" said John B. Sheffer, II, insti tute director, who called the repon
"an unprecedented tool " fo r Buffalo-Niagara. "A critical and distinctive aspect of the repon is that it not
only measures essential aspects of
regional performance, but also suggests ways for different sectors of the
community to jointly manage those
aspects of our performance and
promote regional excellence."
President Wi ll iam R. Greiner
added: .. This kind of universitycommunity connection is a natural
for UB. T he university offers re sources to do the analysis that the
"State of the Region' project entails.
we serve as a neut ral forum for
regionwide collaboration, and we
have an ongoing commitment to
serving the region."
The 27 S-page repon presents 98
indicators of regional quality oflife
across II key subject areas:
economy, education, environment,
equity, government, health, human
services, planning and land use,
pechublic Isafety, dreginfiional
and
1 · no ogy an
ormatl~n.
Kathryn A. Foster, assoaate pro\&amp;.
f lan .
d di
f
,essor o p . mng an
rector o

a_ssets

research for the institute, and Barry
Boyer, professor of law, who together co-directed the "State of the
Region" project, indicated that many
of the findings counter common
negative perceptions of oonditions
in the Buffalo-Niagara region.
"l~s a pretty hand-hitting rqx&gt;rt,"
said Foster. "Where there are dear
n~s for improvement- for example, in the strmgth of the region's
technology-based business sector,
distribution of poverty, teen pregna~cy rates and job growth-' State
of the Region' pulls no punches.
"On the other hand," she oontinued, "Buffalo-Niagara does well in
a number of .....,.._.{or&lt;ign exports.
technology infrastructure. support
for aru and culture, and environmental cheinical releases."
" It's a milistic picture--not uni·
formly ~not uniformly. rosy; said
Marsha S."Henderson, Western New
York district president of Kq Bank
and chair of the economy task force.
"Most of all, it~s a reminder that we
as a region can control our destiny."
Gail Johnstone, executive director
of the Community Foundation for
Greater BuffaJo and chair of the
planning and land use ta..Sk force.
noted: "'State of the Region' gives
our community a baseline we
-n'hven't had before. This first report,
panicu]arly, is more than just a
snapshot of where we arc-it identifies a set of measures the region
should look at regularly."
A primary conclusion, Boyer
pointed out, .. is that we as a region
need .to do a much better job of
identifying, coDecting and fitting
together data at the regional level."
Muriel A. Howard, president of

Buffalo Stat&lt; College who chaired
the education task force, cited regional literacy as an example. "The
task forces in both education and
human services were interested in
assessing liuffalo-N'oagara's levels of
literacy, but the data we needed
weren't available.· She added that
good data on bias crimes. which
both the equity and public safety task
fOrces w= seeking.als!&gt; was lacking.
Other task fora: chairs, selected
for their expertise and leadership in

each area, were:
•
Environment-Errol E.
Meidinger, UB professor oflaw and
co-dim:tor, Environment and Society Institute
• Equity-Lana D. Benatovich,
executivedim:tor, National Conference fOr Community and Justice
• ~ent-Mary Lou Rath,
New York State senator
• Health-Donald W. Rowe ,
public health director, Genes~e
County Health Department
• Human Services-Robert M.
Bennett, president, United Way of
Buffalo and Erie County
• Public Safety-Michael A .
Battle, judge, Erie County Family
Court
• Regional Assets-Richard T.
Rcinhard, principal. Niagara Cons\llting Group
• lechnology and InformationDavid M . Straitiff, president and
c:hief&lt;JZCUtiveoflker,SyrinaCommunications Corp.
For mo... detailed information,
visit the project Web site at &lt;http:/

/ oagloo,..

-

-e.buttalo.~

/ --htnol&gt;. Reports may

be ordered from the institute by calling829-3m.

�November 18.1!!l9/Vut31.lo.13 ll.epa.-tea

3

BrieBy
New HRP dean dies at 55
Fr•nk 0 . Br.cty, who began hts tenu re as dean

of th&lt; School of Health Related ProfesSions JUSI
last month . d1ed suddenly of an apparent heart
attack Mohday mo rning at hts home tn South
Dakota wh ile preparing to move hi s famil y to

Buffalo. He was 55.

U~its I""' ~ f'M!'l\10 goall J&gt;OY1 ~ porant of their """"""' shortt.Us
Units poy
of their ol-fiMs'baw budget
Units do not recelw 30 porcent of committed proYOIL1I allooltlons
, Units obsofb fractions of deYelopment CD5Is in their ba&gt;e budgets
l'rovost ~uc:es odmlnlstratiYe costs
Provost reserve to be aNocated during fiscal. 'JON 1999/2000

2.5,,;.....,

~
918
5,160

1,473
1,611

1,178

~
$9.678

Tho effect of tho JliOY05bl illloclllians is.~-- by unit. with """fdiiRren!
;,..,.as on .nt budgels lm&gt;IS tho--.nk: orgaAzllion. Some .nt budgels-ICiully- by as much .
as 3 p01ant beclule
easled asses.sment, whit other budgels- reduced by as
much os4 peart. Tho,-woJbe-'klgwllh..tl ocidemicriCMrtho noxtr.........,todetermine how
those..........,.. wo1 be poid and tho 1mf*1 they wo1 haYe on opemjons in tho months and yean ahead.

_l'llllginll._....

Pre sid e nt William R. G remer ca ll ed
Brad y's death a "terrible loss for UB."
" He was excited w·be Jo inmg the UB
com mumt y. a nd we were delight ed to have
him here . He wa ~ an energellc. intelligent , tal ented professor and dean ," Gre m er sa td . " Hi s death represents a
lost opportunity for us, a nd an enormous loss for h1.s family. Our
heartfelt condo lences and deepest sympa thies go o ut to his wiftand children."
Funeral serv1ces are bemg held today 1n Verm1lhon, S.D.
Before Joining UB. Brady had been dean of the D1v1.sion of Health
SCien ces at the Universi t y of South Da kota School of Med1cme.
Brady, who also held the fa cult y position of professor of clin1cal
laborato ry SCiences and nutritiOn , ea rned his doctorate tn btochcm
istry from Duke University tn 1969. He spent four years as a
postdoctoral research fellow at Co lum b1a Um ve rsnv before JOtntng
the biochemistry faculty a t the Un1wrs11 y of Sou th [)ako ta. He wa!i
pro moted to full professo r tn 191-1 2 Jnd wa!. named dean of the health
sc ien ces divis io n in 1992.
During hi s tenu re. Bradv wa' a VISiting sca• nttst .11 theM R&lt; "lnx1
cology Unll tn Ca rshalton . ~u rr y, l:.ngland, and from lulv 1988 to
December 1991. spent o ne -quarter o f hb p rofessional t1m e a,!&gt; .J
Kell ogg Nat ional Leadership h :llm..·, sponso red by the \\'. K. Kell ogg
Foundation . During his fe ll owshtp. he traveled through o ut th e
Unit ed States and abroad, part1C1patmg m actiVIties m Anta rcth.a ,
Venezuela, Chma and Ca nada .
He held five resea rch grants. mcludmg three fmm the NauonaJ
Institutes of Hea lth (N IH ) to stud y the funct ion of prott'Ul!:l th a t
bind to heavy metals. and puhltshcd 49 papcn. and 35 abstraltS tn
hts research area . In addition , Hradv rece1vcd rftor€ than S 1.2 mil
lion tn edu ca ti On grant s from the [)epartment of Health and flu ·
man S&lt;.•rvices to support trauung progra m )!. for nurse anesth t' ttsts
and physician assistants.
His profess io nal activities included sr rvmg as cha 1r of th e ( rr ('at
Plain3 Reg ion al Rt.•sca rch Co mmilll'&lt;.' of the Arne n can Ht'a rt A.sso
( !at ton a nd pa rti Cipating tn several actlvttles o f the N IH \ 810chem
tstry St udy Sect1o n.
Brady W33 an NCAA -certified sw unmmg referee and state dtrcl
tor of South Dakota's ( :oll e-ge Swunmmg Offi ciab Assona twn and
pla)'cd hasketball regula rl y. He recent I)' had undergorw a phvsu.al
and received a clean bill of health.
He is survived by his wtfe. Patrlctann Furnan: two .;,ons. ~can .Jnd
I&gt;av1d ; a daught&lt;"r Damelle, and a daughter ln ·law. 1\•\ehss...-.

l

Patos receive grant to find gene for bipolar disorder
By LOIS BAKER
News Services Editor

A

hu sband-and-wife
team of psychiatrists at

UB has received a $4.2
million grant from the

NationallnstitutesofHealth to search

fo r a gene or genes that may be linked
to bipolar disorder, commonly re·
ferred to as manic depression.
Identifying the molecular basis of
such a linkage could lead to ad ·
vanccs in diagnosis and treatment
of the disorder, which affects mil·
lions of people worldwide.

The gran t to Carlos N. Pato and
Michele T. Pato. associate professors
of psychiatry and co-di rectors of the
UB Laboratory of Psychiatric and
Molecular GeOctics, was announced
Mo nday at a press conference by
President William R. Greiner.
The Patos are conducting their
research with the relatively homo·
geneous population of the Azores.
Portuguese islands located in the

North Atlantic about 1,000 mil&lt;&gt; off
the coast of the Iberian Peninsula.
This same population forms the
study base for their search for genetic markers for schizophrenia, a

$2.6 miUion project also funded by
the NIH. now entering its third year.

"We are delighted that professors
Carlos and Michele Pato have received this grant for their ground·
breaking research on the possible
genetic components of bipolar dis·
order, a condition that affects so
many people worldwide," Greiner
said. "This award from such a prestigious funding source as NIH rec ognizes the irnponant work bemg
done by UB medica l researcher1o
such as the Patos.
.. We wish them weU in their re
sea rch, which co uld lead to am proved treat mcnts and cures for th1s
illness."

John Wright. dean of the School
of Medicine and Biomedical Sci·
cnces. said this research exists on the

cutting edge of the application of
molecular biology to human dist-ase.
"AJthough a genetic linkage ha:,
been presumed to underlie hipolar
disease in man)' individuals. this research promises to rt&gt;veal th e molecular basis of that linkage. and rna'
weU lead to important diagnosth.
and Lherapeutic advan ct.~ .
..In addition to these successful research endeavors. Carlos and Michdlr
Pato have made major contributions
to undergraduate and postgraduate
education during their relatively shon
tenure at the UB medical school.''
Wright noted. " We are aU very proud
of their accomplishments.''
Carlos Pato, principal1nvesttga ·
tor on this research project and associate dean for clinical affairs 111 the
medical school, said bipolar di~ur ·
der affects about .7 percent o f tht'
worldwide population, with a large
percen tage having a possible genet I(
\:omponent.
"The most consistent and sigmfi
... ant nsk fo r developing bipolar disorder or schizophrenia is being rt"lated to a person sufferi ng from the
s.amt' til ness." Pato said ... Though it
1s likely that nongcnetic factors play
an important role in the expression
of these ill nesses, a significant por-

tton or risk must be (!.CilCttc.''
Bq&gt;Oiar disorder IS characteru.c.'J
hy dramatiC mood swmgs bt·tw&lt;.'t'n
ma111a and dePression . The mood
swings develop and suhs1dt" :&gt;ponta·
neously and mar he cvciiC, with sufferers remamm(!. man1c or drprC'SSIV&lt;."
for months.
Pt.:rsons m the maniC pha."l' nf the
d1sorder can he psychotiC. are cru.1h
dastracted . expe n cnce exaggerated
feehngs of weUlx-ing. exhibitmflatl-J
self-esteem and may indulge extrnva
gantly in irrational activines. In the
depressive phase, persons expcrienct'
incnia . los!. o f self-esteem . w11h
d rawa1, sadness and may he SUICidal.
Present treatments for bipolar dL-, order focus on managing these symp
t o m.~. ·me Patos said thcv hope that
uncovering the genetic etiology of
these disorders will be an 1mponan1
step 111 developing improved tre-.n ·
ments and."f'OSSibty. specific cures.

Through a pilot SIUdy, tho research ers already have Identified 25 famt
hes " 'lth 84 affected members. That
populataon will be expanded in the
fuU · blown, five· year investigation hl
include 225 persons with bipolar di3ordcr and their parents. A third stud"
group will be composed of all other
Azorcans with the disorder.

"Tht' Azure:, are •d ea l lor,, gcnct ll
ana\vs1s be..:ause the i ~ lands are geu
~rapht..:allv ISolated and thl' popu
la t1on ha!o rcmamed rt'la uvcly ho
mogt..'nt:tlU.!&gt;, w1th most mhah1tanl..,
doccnded from a few famihe&amp;" Pato
~u d . " In additiOn , the ALor~ h.w~ a
centraJiZl'd health system .andalli O
psychiatnsts on the tsla nds arc ml laborat mg on the prOJecl."
The resea r(hl'r.!o will look for he
rclhtan pathways of the d1sease u:o.
Ill(!. a vanetv of approach ~. "We w11l
:.elect gcncUl marken. .md loul.. at
how thl· markers hchavc m well
fam i.ho.., comparc.-d tn J larml\' "''ht.-re
the dlnes3 shows up "'-'veralt lllll'!. ...
Pato s.."l1d.
"We'lllook to St."'t.' tf iJiness and gl'
nl'l ll markers exist I O~l· th er. and
Wl'' ll analv"ll' genelll panem.!o from
ti l person 10 11l pasun. \\'c' llliC\'l'lnr
.1 dcs..:npuon of l'ach SU!o Jll'l-t ~en(·
Jnd dl•termmt' h\n' tllll·n 11 Ul.lur'
Wlth 1ilnl!S) ... ...
An important .a.!&gt;pl'll tlltlll' . . tuJ,
w1ll be a h.lplotvpc rc-l .!ttve rt,l..
J.nalvS13, Pato ....ud . l 1 •Hn~ th1' .1p
proach. rl'3l'arlhl·r:!- wLII;malnl' the
"t't of gc n ~ from .1 pat tent 's p.trcnh
that were not paSSl"'"Ci on to that p.1
tlt'nt. Thl· no n -mhcnted ..,t·t thl·n
J.Cb .J., d con trol

�4 Reporier November 18. 19!i91Vol31. No.lJ
Nicholas Isherwood considered one of greatest Interpreter s of new music In world
BRIEFLY
SYI)'Iposlum to target
hlgh-school students

Renowned .performer joins faculty

Matter, antknatter, dancing

By JENNIFER LEWANDOWSKI
Reporrer Staff

molecules and •green• chefnis.
try wi&amp;l make an appearance at a
sympo&gt;ium for high-school students and lh&lt;ir teochen called
"Quarb, Biomolecules and Polymers: Modem Science and
TI!Chnology at UB Today," to be
held from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Sawrday in 121 Cool« Hall on
the North Campus.
It wiK be tr.. and open to all
high-school students and INChen. Fofloi.tng the symposium,
teochen \WI be welcome to attend a -tation dOscribing
US's mastet's-degroe programs
in pl1)osics education and chemistry educotion, to be held in
Room 306 a/the Nawrat Sciences Complex.
The symposium is designed
to tamHiarize high-school .n~­
dents with the rutting.&lt;!dge scientific reeardl at UB.

"It's a Wonderful Ufe"
set for Pfeifer Cabaret
Curtain caJJ Productions, in ,.,;..
dofainthel'leifer~ln
UB'sPfi!ifor~wfl-t

·ws~~~~~!)8.

w;" come tO life on stage in a

rodlo-style. staged reading. will
be - t e d at 8 p.m. f ridays
and Saturd.iys, with rnatnee
performances at 4 p.m. Dec. 11
and Dec. 18.
eu.- ean Productions 1n
residencl at thel'foifer Cabaret
b presOnted by the Center for
theArtl.

Final Clarkson lecture
set for today In Crosby
The blurring bOOndaries b.&lt;tween disciplines and the
changes they pO&lt;tend for ihe
ardlitecWraf and design fields
will be the subject a/ the final
Clartoon VISiting Chair lecture
for the fall term.
The s'chool of AtthitecWn!
and Planning wtll host a talk by
Oarkson Visiting Chair K.
Michael Hays tiUed "The
Smoothing of Architecture" at
5:30p.m. today in 301 Crosby
Hall on the South Campus.

In h~ talk, Hays, prolessa&lt; of
architectural theory at the
Harvard Graduate SChool of Design, will eJCpiOn! what he cal~
the 'de-differentiation' of an:hltecture. This process. manifested
in the blurred boundaries between various ~s of studies,
r . _ t s one of the most pro-

found influences on the academic disciplines today.

Much of~ chang&lt;~ attrit&gt;
uted to the impact of ca&lt;nputing
and the transt.r of techniques
between practices it makes possible. H¥ will speculatE about
how these changes have produced changes in ways of thinking and seeing architecture.

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N

ICHOLAS Isherwood
has be&lt;n called the un -

contested darling ~(
con temporary musicians and one o( the greatest inter·
pretcrs of new music in the world
today by international critics.
Around UB, however, the world ·
renowned performer is an assistant
professor of singin g and musical
theater. Isherwood, who joined the
UB (acuhy in January, teaches voice
and runs the Music Theatre Work·
shop--fo rmerly the Opera Work ·

shoJ&gt;-and has taught and lectured
at the Salzburg Mozarteum, Paris
Conservatoire and at the lnstitut de
Rec herche ct de Coo rdination
Acoust iqu e Mu'sique, more com monly known as IRCAM, in Paris.
He learned about the position at UB
after perfo rming UB faculty mem hcr Jonathan Golovc's opera ... Red
Harvest," at the Aix Festival in
Frana.
As a performer. Isherwood has a
deep and extensive history in music
and theater, performing everything
from romantic to baroque, medicvaJ
to 20th -ce ntury music in cities
throughout France, Gennany and
lratJl:~ith such famous conductors
as focthen, BuffaJo native Willmrn C -~e. Nicho las. McGcgan ,
Kent Na a.Q..O and Gabnele Ferro.
lshc rwooli has made 30 C Ds.
many of which can be heard in the
music library in Baird Hal\. His CD
of Paul Mefano's "Dragon bass" wa!'l
just released.
Th 1!'&gt; season. he will perform a
ptccc by Betsy )olas with Mi chael
Stl~rn and the Saa rlacndi~ c her

Rundfunk orche&gt;-

Lucifer in (Stockhausen's} opera,

Their collaboration has afforded

"'X&gt;nnerstag aus Licht,'" he says, and
has worked with Stockhausen ever
Crumb at the since. Isherwood notes that he has
WDR in Germany performed all of Stockhausen's works
and
Maurici o for bass voice in concerts around the
Kagel in Paris. sing world, as well as in the world prewith the orchestra mieres of Stockhausen's operas
of Santa Cecelia in "Montag a us Licht," .. Dienstag aus
Rome. and per - Licht" and "Freitag aus Licht."

Isherwood the opportunity to put
his musical prowess to work in a

tra , work with

oomposers Georg&lt;

Western New York venue_

Lacy, who has performed in the
Calumet Arts Cafe in downtown

Buffillo. introduced Isherwood to
Cal umet owner Mark Goldman.

form at theTorinoand Rome operas,
as well as at the Theatre Gerard
Philippe in Paris.

voted to contemporary music. The

That introduction has produced the
first in a series of musical collabo·
rations betwem the UB Department
of Music and the Calumet-something that Isherwood says will be-

Isherwood, who says he knew he

ensemble, he says, "gives me the op-

come an annual occurrence.

wanted to be a singer at age II, began his professio nal career at an

portunity to have control over a1J

He says he became involved in the
project with the Calumet "to bring
UB ba~ to (downtown ) Buffalo
and hdp the students get a real, paying gig in front of a real audience.•
The fir&gt;t collaboration featured

early age.
"I started performing as a soloist
when I was 12--as a soprano-after having sung in the children's chorus at the Paris Opera," he says.
He punued a bachdor's degree in
French literature at Oberlin CoUege,
where he also studied acting. He

Isherwood also is founder of

VOXNOVA, a vocal ensemble de-

aspects of a performancr-&lt;hoice of
si ngers,
program,
staging,
lighting ... as well as to perform

works for (the) solo voice and chamber music." His ensemble has performed at major festivals around the
globe and has produced several CDs,
the most r=nt of which is a coUection of works by Luigi Nono that
will be released in the spring.
This past summer, Isherwood and
two of his students, Lisa Biamonte

then sang with Richard Miller at the
Oberlin Conservatory, where he received a bachelor's degree in rilusic.
He later earned the equivalent of a

and Lorena GuiUen , traveled to

master's degree in musicology at the

Kurten, Germany, where they par-

Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Paris and
has trained privately in Italy under
the voice instruction of Sara Sfom.i
Corti and Roberto Benaglio.

ticipated in the Stockhausen
Kursen-run by Stockhausen--to

A Wat so n Fellowship took
Isherwood to Europe in 1981 ,
where his careet as a performer has
flourished.
It was in 1983 that he met the man

he calls"the most famous living oomposer"-Karlheinz Stockhausen--

who Isherwood says gave,him his first
big bn:ak into opera.
" I made my operatic debut at the
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
in London, performing the ro le of

prepare for a performance of the
German composer's work. "ln the
sky I am walking .. . Indian Songs."

scheduled for April in the Center for
the Arts. This ooming summer, those
same students and several others are
scheduled to return to Stockhausen
Kursen, Isherwood says,
He also has been working with
jazz legend Steve Lacy for the pasi
five years, the pair performing most
recently together at the Venice
Biennale and in Paris, with plans to
record together in the near future.

G uillen performing tangos with

Alejandro Rutty and Tito Castro at
the Calumet in October. Upcoming
events will be Jon Nelson's Eclectic
Band, The Royal Pitches, Standards-wh ich will be sung by
Biamonte and MoUy Gasbarrini,
another UB student--and a tribute
with big band accompaniment to
jazz legend AI Hibbler, sung by
Isherwood himself.
Isherwood also has plannedthrough the Music Theatre Work shoJ&gt;-a performance featuring the
work of musical philosopher and
mycologist John Cage at the Center
for the Arts' Black Box Theatre at 6
and 9 p.m. Saturday. The performance, directed by Isherwood, will
feature selections from Cage's "Song
Books" in a first-ever Buffalo performance. It will include guest appearances by UB faculty and staff
members Magnus Martensson, Phil
Rehard and Cort Lippe.

Wmd engineer urges plan to ease damage
Michael Gaus says wind causes 70 percent ofinsurance payouts; homes vulnerable
By ELL£N GOLDBAUM

them are private homes," said Gaus.

what Gaus calls the psychological r&lt;-

News Services Editor

High-rise office buildings and other

sponsc to windstorms. which occur
often and so don't get as much attention as do other natural disasters.
"Earthquakes, fo r example, hit
with a bang. and then they may riot

M

ENTION the nation's
most
damaging
natural disasters and
most people prob -

ably think of earthquakes and floods.
Wind probably isn't even on the list.

But it should be, according to
Michael Gaus, professor of civi l,
structural and envi ro nmental engi neering and president of the Ameri can Association of Wind Engineer Ing, since the most vuJncrablestruc tures arc low-rise buildings, such as
n:sidcnccs.
To focus attention on wind and
the mass ive amount of damage it
ca uses every year, Gaus and co lleagues at Texas Tech University arc

holding a public-policy symposium,
" Reducing Losses from Wind stOmls: 1-lidden Dangers in New and
Existing Constructio n,'' today and
tomorrow in Washington, D.C.
Tht· symposi um is designed to
bring together a broad spectrum of
public- and priva te-sector partici pants fro m government, architecture, engineering and construction
to find common ground o n wtuch
tu develop a national plan for wind ha7..ard mitigation.
" From a standpoint of wind
safety, \VC have millions of defective
buildings in the U.S., and most of

stf\!ctures usually are quite safe, Gaus

noted, because they have been engineered; that is. they have been con·
st.ruefed with the oonsultation of pro-

fessionaJ engineers. Private homes,
however, are "noncnginecred" struc·
tures, he pointed out.
"If you 're stand ing next to the
World Trade Center during a wind storm , you can feel pretty secure,"
said Gaus. ")wouldn't say the sam e
thing if you are standi ng next to
your house."
According to the insurance industry, recent losses from windstorms
and wind -related eve nts, such as
hurricanes. tornadOt"S and frontaJ
winds. accou nt for an estimated 70
percent of its annual payout for
natural · ha7,ard losses.
" In Hurricane Andrew, 141.000
fami li es lost everything they ever
owned," said Gaus, noting that aft er
a week or tv.·o, media attention faded
away.
Such huge (OSS('S, he said, can be
attributed, in part, to the lack o( a
serious wind · research program nationwide. which could help establish
methods for preventing wind dam ·
age. "Very little rescard1 has gone on
in wind engineering, since there is

so little funding for it." he explained.
That lack of support

ste~from

occur again for 12 years." he said "But
wind events happen every year, and
each year, on average, they destroy or
make uninhabitable about 30,000
ho mes or apartments in the US."
Gaus, who spent 25 years as an
National Science Foundation ad ·
ministrator, was involved in starting
the nation's earthquake-engineering
research program in the early 1960s,
and hoped to include earthquake
hazard mitigatio n in a program
looking at all natural hazards, in cluding wind.
But after the great Alaskan earth·
quake in 1964, Congress allocated a
research program for stud yi ng

earthquakes, while support for some
other natural hazards lagged.
While Gaus advocates spet*ling
more mo ney on mitigating aiJ types

of natural hazards. he noted that annual support from NSF for wind·

engineering research has sharply dedined-from about $2 million 5- I0
years ago, to a current level of just

$600,000.
With so titcle research support, the
field is not attracting engineers,leav·
ing wind research almost completely

neglected in the education and
training of future engineers.

At the same time, he said, the lack
of " improved technical input" for
meaningful, enforceable building
codes in the nation-also contribu tes

to a lack of safety.
"Building codes were originaUy intended to provide a minimum code
fo r buildings." said Gaus, "but rootractor and suppliers have turned it
inte a maximum code. lf you ask a
contracto r why he built something a
certain way, he will tell you, ' it meets

the code,' as though that is the very
best standard he needs to meet It's
nol It 's the bare minimum."
There is a bright spot, Gaus noted.

fust last month, the Building Code
Congress voted to adopt a new

building code that includes greatly
improved wind·loading standards.

And this week's symposium is designed to initiate the development of

an integrated National Wtndstorm
H:=rd Mitigation Strategy and Plan.
"Once there is a damaging ~nt.
the disaster· relief agencies run out
to the site and provide relief and assistance," Gaus said, ..but there's no
money for studying why the struc·

ture feU down in the lim place. With
this symposium, we want to come
up with an economic approach to

making homes and smali buildings
more wind-resistant."

�November18.1999/VoiJl. No 13 Repo.-tea

UB hires landscape architects

IElec::bunU:;Hii
Ill
How about this weather...

Team to develop comprehensive master plan for q:zmpuses
lly SUE WU£TCHEII

The landscaping plan dovetails

RtpOrt~ Editor

with a project already under way to

Nan attempt to unprove ampus aesthetics and aid in stu dent recruit m ent , VB has
hired a team of consultants to
develop a comprehensive m aster
landscaping plan (or the North and
South campuses.

instal l new signage on both campu.ses.. Wright said
A key goal of the landscaping
project, he said, is to create an envi ronment that will help with the re cru.itment o( students . ..We want
parents of potentiaJ students. when
they bring their kids to campus for
a visit, to have a good impression of

I

The universitywide Master Uindscape Plan Advisory Committee has

selected as consultants the local !inns
ofWendeiEngjneeringandB.Amold
&amp; Associates, and the New York City·
based HOKPianning Grouj&gt;-the
landscape-architectural division of

the university," he said.
PeterKillian,directorofmarketing
and a member of the advisory committee, noted that the architects are
charJ!ed with "looking at everything,
th e internationally
not just where we can plant Oowen."
known design
--- - ---"'-----..._·The project is .. wide-open ,"
firm of
.,.~
Killian said, and propos·
als

would

-·- --=-,

-.....

I

university commumty as 11 develop~

a plan, Wright said.
In addition, they lake IntO

H•ve you ever pondered the difference between a nor 'eastt•r and
blue norther) 1 rv tht)l. one What dtstmgmshes a blizzard from a
lakc -dle1..t snow')torm1 Whtlc moo;,t Western New Yorker!~ ~.a n .m
~wcr the Ia u er questlon.thns.c of yo u who don 't know m1ght ched
out th e Weather Channel ~to rm l:.ncydoped1a a1 &lt; http:/ I
www.we•t her.c:om/ bre:•kl ng we:ather/ e:ncyc:lopedl• / '&gt;. You 'll
find antcresu ng facb and 1nfurma11on about severe and extrernt·
weather, mcluding hurr! LJ.nes, tornadoes, heat waves and . dare wt·
say, winter storms.
Enjoy listcntng to ~ The We-J.thcr Notehook" on Nat1onal Pubh( Rad1o\
.. Mormng
Edit1on? .. \'1311
the
Web
site
&lt; http ://
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lndell .html&gt; not only to catch up on segments you may have m1sscd .
but also to provide answers to the regular'"Brainstorms." ( A r~nt quo
tion: .. We have rai nbows when it 's ramy and sunny, why d6n't we have
snowbows when it 's snowy and sunny? ") Click on their .. Mount Wash
ington Observatory" link &lt;http:/ / www.mountwashlngton.org/
lnde.x:.html&gt; and Buffalo in November will ft"C:I positJvely trop1cal. a"
the windchiU is -5 Fat this wntmg.lf you want to feel reaUygood ahout
Western New York's weather, sclt·ct the ''LIVe View from the ~ummil "
link &lt;http:/ / www.mountwashlngton .org/ c•m/ lndu..html »you won't beli eve your eyes!
Those with serious interest s 111 weathc..·r .md clima te ~hou ld ac..L"c'~
the National Oceanic and Atmmphenl Admm1stratwn ( NOAA I
homepage &lt;http:/ / www.noaa.gov/ &gt;. !"hi)!. I.!J a co mprehensive. re
search-oriented site , providing links to publi ca t10m as wdl a!I granb
and research opportunities available through NOAA and 1t&lt;. numer
ous affiliates. Interesting fea tures mclude a &lt;.ollection of more than
10,000 photographs and, for the concerned envJTunmen tal! -.t, .1 l 1n~
to legislative affairs involving climate and consc rvat um
Since few talk about Buffalo without ~o mt· lllt'lltlon ol nur Wl'athcr .
it is o nly appropriate that VB's Suence and 1-.ngmccnrrg l.i brarv h.t)l
compiled a li st of Inte rn et resources relating to weather and chma lt'
&lt; http : I I u bllb . buffalo . edu I lib r •rles I unIt s I sel I sources I
we•ther-html &gt;. One section, .. Wcathertng Buffalo" &lt; http :/ I
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inventories more than 60 si tes on weather m the Western New Yor~
area ... and not aJI relat e to snow.
"Weather" (sorry) yo u're a nov1~.. c -.tnrm 1.. haser or J ~e nou s rc
sea rch er, th e Int ernet o(fcrs a wt'alth of weather and clunatc -rl'lat cJ
information.
.:1

~..on ­

saderation UB 2025, a 30 -year

project spearheaded by the l:nvironmentaJ Task Force to transform the
North Campus into a greener. more
inviting physical environment A key
component of the plan is to restore
more than 100 acres of the campu.\
to the woodlands that existed before

the campus was builL
The master plan is expected to be
completed by April, Wright said,
noting the actual landscaping work
will be done in phases over five to
I 0 years. Although no budget has
been set, the project will be financed
with capital m o ney, he said.

The landscaping project fits m
with the o ngoing signage program

on both campuses.
Killian said the signage project ,

which will entail the rnanufucture
and installation of more than I ,200
signs on both campuses, has gone
out to bid. Bids are to be
opened in early Decem This drawing ll.,strlltes the llgnage _.....,that, alooog with • ~
ber and the finn that is
m•ster pl•n lh•t Is being deYeloped, are hoped to lntproW CMnpUS Hfthetks.
selected will manufac ture the signs that will be
installed on the campuses in spring
Hellmuth Obata &amp; Ka.ssabaum- to range anywhere from integrating bike
provide VB with specific plans for and roller-bladepathsacrossthetwo
and summer 2000.
both c:unpuses,said Michael Wright, campuses to tearing up Founder's
The project is designed to 1m &lt;W.Oem te program coordinator for
Pla:za along the acadcnUc Spine on the
prove signage at the gateways to the
Un lvt.'TSlty Facilities and project man
North Campus.
c:ampuses-indudUjg the construe·
ager for the landscaping project.
The consultants plan to conduct
tion o f significant masonry sign The advisory committee is &lt;.O ·
400 in-person surveys of VB faculty,
posts of brick and sto ne to reflect
each campus' unique architectun." chaired by Dennis Andrejko. asso- staff and students within the next
improvc th e "way-fi nding" system
l'Jate professor of architecture, and several weeks, and will ho ld several
and improve the building- identifi
Ilean Reinhart. senior advisor in the public forums on both campuses in
Office of Admissions.
an attempt to get input from the
calion system.

For assuta11u ltf rtnmect mK to the· \\'orld \Vult· ~\ ~b \'lfl L'R 111mpur.·r
auouP/h, ,·otltact the C:omputwg C l'tlll'f Hl'lp lks ~ at 0-l'i l'l-1-"
-Brenda BaHiet.on and Cindy H:ltz.,

Work of Research Institute on Addictions recognized nationally

RIA rejoins UB community
By LOIS B.AKER .
Newl Serv•ces Ed•tor

the region's rcsidcnl.!i as \oJcll."
Gerard I. Connors. RIA direCtor

Tbc 126 RIA personnel n1rrcntly
employed hy the Research 1-uunda ·

T

Addictions (RIA), for -

and UB research professor of p!.)'·
chology, said of the transition: "We

1ion for MentaJ Hygicm· will ht·
come SUNY Research l:oundauon

merly a co mponent of

are delighted with our merger with

cmployc.."t'S. The 44 RIA cmployt--e:-.

the New Yo rk State Of-

theuniversiry,andarecxcltedabout
the new o pportunities that will resuit for both RIA and UB."
C'.onnors said the institute would
co ntinue to focus its research on al cohol and other substan ce use and
abuse. and that it has expanded its
emphasis to include compu lsive
gambling.
RIA wiU function as a free-stand ing research institute within UB, rcporting to Provost David J. Triggle.
It will retain its identity and remajn
at its present location. Administra tion of RIA's grants will be transft&gt;rrcd from the Research Founda tion for Men tal Hygiene to the
SUNY Research Foundation.
C urrent RIA research includes in vcstigating a1cohol use in early marriage; parenting and infant development in alcoho lic families; ways of
reducing OWl recidivi sm; skill s
training for parents of adolescent
drug abusers, and heavy drinking.
drug use and blood -to-blood trammiss ion between sexual partners in
the t ransm ission of hepatitis C.
RIA scientists recentl y began two
projects on addictive gambling, one
involving a nationwide survey of
gambling behavior and alcohol use,
and the second evaluating coping
skills in individuals who have part
ners who are pa tho logical gamblers.

on the sta te payroll wi ll be Iran'
fcrred to SUNY.
Thl· pmpm.a.l to transfer RIA to
UB was passed b)' the SUNY Ro.1rd
uf Trustees last year, and w.b fol
lowed hy the signing of a memoran
dum of undcrstandmg bctw,:cn
Greiner and lean Somers Mill~r.
OASAS commissioner. The statt·
Lt-gislature pa!&gt;Sed a t ram.h.-r lull 111
August.
The merger bring.' RIA h;Jck tn 11~
roots. The institute was e5tahb)lht·J
at VB in 1968 by the state Depan
mentofMentaJ Hygiem· townJu(t
resc.--arch into alcoholism and potcn
twJ treatment s. Ct-dri~.. Smith. V R
professor of pharma cology and
toxicology. was RIA's first dirt'L"tor.
serving until 1979. Through a scnl"!'&gt;
of changcs in admimstratJon, both
at UB and at the sta ll' ll·vd , RIA
moved. under theadminJstratJV&lt;'IU
n sdu:t1on of OASAS. alth oul!,h tht'
hvo mst1tution.s m.untameJ dmt·
rcsean.:h and educational tit')!.
Thb collahora lion ha.!J rl"!-.Uitl-J 111
various )Oint n.."Sean:h pn~ram~ . tlw
most ambitious ol wh1c.:h 13 J live
year study of the relationship ,,1 .U
L"ohol use and c hronh. diSCdSt')l. ,
funded by an S8 m illion fl·dl·ral
grant awardt-d in 199J )Ointly to RIA
and the UB Oepanment of ~)\."1.U
and Prevent 1ve Mt-Jicine.

HE Research Insti tute on

fice of Akoholisrn and Substan ce
Abuse Services {OASAS), became
part of UB today at ceremonies
held at the institute at 1021 Main

St.,•Buffalo.
RIA is recognized internationally
for its research on the development
of substance-abuse problems and
th e prevention and trea tment of
3U bs t ance ab u se. The ins titut e
pumps $8.1 million a year in external research ~nd.ing into the local
~..-co nomy, in additio n to expending
a state budget or $3.1 miUion .
RIA was established at the univer·
sity in 1968 and became part of the
OASAS about a decade later.
Speaking at the ceremonies. Prcsi dent Wi1J ian1 R. G reiner noted: "Thr
Resea rch Institute on Addictions, a
recognized international leader in
substance-abuse research-and treat ment, plays a vital ro le in substanceabuse pr('Vention efforts in Western
New York.
" It is a pleasure to welcome RIA
back into the VB community; it s
resea rch in terests a rc a natur al
match for tlto.se of our faculty. as we
know from the collaborations al ready under way,n he added. "We

look forward to a highly productive
relationship between RIA and VB
in the future--one that wiiJ benefit

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Science In lhe School a/ Dontol
-ond·l\lllloNIIy.... pothclogOsl. recelwdlhe
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groduole allhe Uldontol Khool
who ad\loated l h e - of

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lluorido lo pubic~­

lo pr&lt;Wntdentoldeay, l h e - allhe Yeor

c:.olyn A. Ingram, • doctorol

sllJdent .. lhe School a/ Nursing. has recelwd one a/15

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Women's .net Oladren'.s Health
for 1999 from lhe y.p,drow
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Sexual harassment
it seemed as if too much power was
vestal in too few prople for the entire investigation process. He also
pointal out that the po~cy does not
address what the proc&lt;dure would
be if the chargal party happens to
be a senior administrator.
Rosenthal said that procedures
addrtSSing such a situation were in
an earlier draft but were deleted fo r
.. some editorial reason" to make the
document .. more manageable."

Tracy Gregg. assistant professor of
geology, said she thought that the
time period statal in the po~cy as
"one year after the student is no
longer under the faculty member's
academic or dinicaJ medkal supervision,.. is insufficient fo r students,
particularly in the case of freshmen,
to file a complaint.

Rosenthal replied that he be~eval
this to be a .. fctirly generous" time

fram e and said he was no t sure if
"investigating sta1e, difficult to anvestigate, but o therwise legitimate
complaints, is worth it."
ln response to a point that legal

counsel ought 1o be able to be present
during the investigativ&lt; process and
haring, Greiner said that ..we're not
talkipgabouta trial here; we'retalkingaboutan investigativeproc&lt;dure,
an administra~ procc:s.s."
Another concern was whether or

not the pei'SOn fi~ng a complaint
would be required to demonstrate
harm. Rosenthal said the harm el ement is not requiral if the party
filing the complaint can establish
that harassment creattd a hostile
environment.
Greiner emphasized that the
document makes for rather complex interpretations, since it tries to
cover two somewhat different sets

made liable as an organization if
sexual harassment were to occur."
Acara stressed that there is an
educational comPonent within the

SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and chair of the Department
of Psychology.
Also, reporting on last month's
meeting of the SUNY Faculty Senate, Judith Adams- Volpe, director
of Lockwood Library, notified
senators that the SUNY administration released "Policy Guidelines
on the Consideration of GradW.te
Programs" in September without
any consultation-with, or notifia-

procedures through which~ ­

tion to, the Faculty Senate. The

of interests: ..the internal interests of
the institution in discouraging this
type of behavior Decausc it is disruptive, inappropriate and something we would rather not happen
at our institution, and interests of
the university as a corporate body,

or as an employer, which could be

tion becomes an imponant

pan of

this document."
In other b usiness, the senate

pass&lt;d a r=lution calling for the assessm ent of all educational pro-

grams at the university to be conducted frequently by the faculty. The
proposal was devdop&lt;d by the Education Programs and Policy Committee chaired by Jack Meacham,

po~cy calls

for graduate programs

to be offered at the university ccn·
ters. with cxaptions for tltree"specializ&lt;d" campuses, and will make

it more difficult for graduate programs to be approval at the fouryear coUeges. It also calls for some
specialization among the centers.
requiring that programs .. no t un ·

necessarily dup~cue resources."

from • public-policy porspectlYe.
tngr~m's cflssertation is tided
'PTodicton a/ weight Cain In

Premenopousolv.l:&gt;men ln Eorty
State 8reiul Cancer."
Elolne T. Stalhopoulos, choir of
the Ooportment of Communica!M Oisord&lt;rs ond Sd&lt;ntes In
lhe College a/Arb ond Sdenc05,
has been appointed editor lor
' speech· for lhe joumol a/
Spo«h lmlguafl&lt; and Hearing
- . one a/the primory
joumab In the field.

UB Fit
Chris Arena (spotter), a
sophomore business major,
and Frank LaMagna (lifter),
a sophomore studying
nutrition and exercise
science, check out the nw •
Fitness Room in Alumni
Arena, which features about
$90,000 worth of new
equipment and other
improvements.

The Uniwnity of~ Press

=...~=:.-.

lestschlilt honoring Leslie

-lessor ond
· suNY
Distinguished
ProSamuel
a.m.ns Pro-

--also

lessor in the Doportment of English In lhe College a/Arb """

Sdence.
has
published • A New Reder
Road«,' a col1ectiona/ R&lt;'dler's
fiction, non-fiCtion ond pootry.

-

c. Shoplro, prolosoor a/

computer science"""~­

ing and a inember a/the Center
for c~ Sdence, was a
rntml&gt;tr ala -.. a/ Ul ond
An1l-otrst Syotems ..-.:hers to
reaM • Spoce
from
the NAS.&gt;. "-'lions """ Contributions ~ ' for irMntlons
and- sdtntific""" t&lt;dv1ical
cootrlbutlons INt ,_helped
NAS.&gt;. to achitYtlts ........utica~

Act-

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rocognlzed
for ·Wng
- Machine
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for Robots
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SUNY trustees
c-ttrMM~t

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cent, but does not increase tuition.
The $1.73 billion proposal, a
$77.3 millio n increase over the current ftscal year's plan, wo uld cover

all addal collective-bargaining costs

cellor, trustees also increas&lt;d the salary range for the position, permitting an annual salary of bt-tween
$275,000 to $350,000. It will be effe~tive wi th the hiring o f a new

($23.6 million ) and fully fund performance awa rds related to enroll ment increases and sponsored resea rch activity {$35 m illion ) and
other quali ty and mission improve-

chancellor. It previously had been
from $220,000 to $290,000.

-(NOOA):
Dir&lt;ctorsOutstanding Gtntra1

ments ( $8 million) at the campuses.

Orienta-

It requests an additional $93 m illion
in state su pport.
Thomas F. Egan, chair of the board
of trustees, noted the importance of
increasing non -state-supported revenue at SUNY. "We want to continue
to support the revenue growth at the
u niversity, and that com es from a
variety of sources," including tuition
reven ue from additional st udents,
increased sponsored-research activity and fund -raising. in addition to

chancellor-search process from consultan t Nancy Cook of Kom/Ferry

Bostd ~ Cootrot.• .

The Olllct of Student ActMtlts
staff won two JWWs 1t a recent
..-!ng a/the Natlonal QrienQ-

Brochon! for 'Your
Possport to us• ond Outstanding Multimedia/Technologies lor
Introducing t.1yUS-a customized por1ll. or Web ~ that
provides lre!hmtn with myriad
lnforma- about Ul Yla li'ltb
ronks ond announc:ements--.t.
orion..-. Stall mtmbtn abo

-two

,.,..motoons"' lhe
..-!ng: "Ussng TechnolOgy To
Pmonalze y.,..
ond ' Croaling A Campus-Sf*
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Orion-·

Exptritnce coune.•
Donltl Joy, ., lnspodortJni-sity Fob, """ Harwy .
- . c:ompul2t dl5dpllno olfice- for Computing """ lnfor-

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DealPunlslwntntln C)'btnpoce:

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SICUCCS99.

taxpayer support.
In other action Tuesday, 1rustees
bestowed the title and designatio n
of "c h ance ll or emeri t us" upon

In an executive session prior to

tiv' public portion of the meeting,
trustees heard a status report on the

International.
Cook recom m ended the board
offer a compensation package that
is more in line with the salary and

benefits paid to chancellors of other
major state university systems.
The trustees' vote increasing the

salary range drew loud protests from
members of the G111duate Student

Em ployees Union, who are seeking
a contract wi t h SUNY. Michael
Ro:z.endal, a teaching assistant in the

Department of Engfuh --speaking
at the same time as Egan-asked

why the chanceUor's salary was be-

Chancellor John W. Ryan, who is

ing increased while the SUNY bud-

stepping down from the post as
soon as a new chancellor is selected.

get plan for 1999-2000 indudal no

Ryan has agreed to assist SUNY on
a pan -time basis after his retirement, aiding in efforts to strengthen
international programming andrecruitment, boost research funding

and increase philanthropic giving.
To aid their quest for a new chan -

money for raises for graduate students working as teaching assistants.
Students, frust ra ted that t h e
meeting d id not featu re a questionand -answer session, chanted "take
our q ~ estio n s.. as Egan adjourned

the meeting so the board could reenter executive session.

�Movelltler 18.1!!191'1oi.31.No.13 Rep a.-...

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Calendar
g!,~:.:T~n:r~n~~en,
assistant litnrian, Educalic:wwll
T«:hnology Contor. 212 Capon. Noon-1

-

p.m . Free. For more infOI'Tl\ition, 6457700.

Professionals Not )n the Prevention
Field. Beth Anzalone and Fr&lt;d Batche!o&lt;.
~Col •
• 8 :45 a .m .-3:30p.m .
sss. Sponso«d by lnstitlrte Fo&lt;
Addictions Studtes and TrJinlng. for
I'TIOf'e information, 645-6140.

Cllnlul Loboratory Science

~~

f unction of PolymorphkmJin Human
CYPlAl , 1Al and 181. AdamT.
Drahushuk. res. asst. prof., Dept. of

llicuntlnuous Mesophase Moteriob:
leuons from Biology. Sot M . Gn.mer,
Dept. of Physics. Cornell Univ. 216
Natural Sciences Complex. 3:4S p.m .
F....

~~~1T~~: 31

Sp&lt;&gt;nSO«d by Dept. of Clinlul
t..aboratoty Science. For more

.ntormation, Stephen T: Koury. 829·
3630, ext 107.

Tuesday

Lecture-

Musk
The Value of Evanescence: A Musial
Tum. Christopher Hasty, Univ. of
t»enmytvanla. 211 Baird. 4 p.m . Free.
Sp&lt;&gt;nSO«d by Dept. of MUlic. Fo&lt; more
information, 645-2921 .

Geology Pegruml.e&lt;ture Series

30

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Complex. 4-5:15 p.m. F,... Sp&lt;&gt;nSO«d
ETC f.U w.tuhops
Using frontPage 2000 to Create
Courw Web Pages. Stacy Snyder.
instructional support specialist,

~~~-~1'p~~-e~~~~~~
1nfonnation, M.S-7700.

by Reginald H. Pegrum Fund. For rT'IOf'e
information, Geology Dept., 645-6800,
ext. 6100.

Pri-l.aw Fal Rim fonlm
Eastern State PenitenU.ry. Ed
Steinfekt, 104 O'Brian. -4 p.ll).. Free. For
inforrna.tion, Teresa Mi!Ser, 645-

I'TIOf'e

Physks Semln•r

2391 .

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Philosophy c.......

Search. Daniel Akerib, ~L of Physk.s,
Case Westm1 Reserve Univ. 216 Natural
Sciences Complex. 3:_.5 p.m. Free.

Varieties of Undetermlnedness.

Applied Mathematics Seminar

lllologlcal Sciences Distinguished
-Spoabr
Bifunctional Role of a Transcriptlon

Traveling Waves In Thin Alms. lames
Reineck, Dept. of Mat~ma tio . 103
Diefendorf. 4 p.m . Free.

Support Group
Coming Out Support Group. lesb.an
Gay Bisexual Alliance, 362 Student

~t={~~~-SJ:n=

by
.nformation, MicheM! Tucker or Peter
Bruschi, 645-3063.

Wednesd•y,
December

Factor. Two Sides ol a Coin. Sankar
Adhya, chief, D&lt;velopmen.. l c..-..
Section, McHecular Biofogy Lab, National
Cancer Institute. 12J Coote. -4 p.m .
F,... Sponsored by Dept. of

~4&gt;=~. 1~u~ka~6453489.

Jazz Concert
UB Juz, Ensemble, Sm. Falzone,
d -. Bakd Recital t&lt;ott. B p .m. f,.. _
SJ'ON&lt;It"d by'Oept: otMuslc. Fo&lt; """"
information, 645-292 1.

Wortuhop

I
Sleep Medldne Le&lt;ture Seriet
Neuropsychologtal Function· in

~h~~~~~N~ro:;.a~ter

Hall, Millard Fillmore Hospital-Gates
Circle. 8 a.m. Free. Sporuored by Sc:tiool
of Medicine, Dept. of Medicine, DepL of
Neurok&gt;gy and PCCM .

Outreach Wortuhop Program
Conflict Resolution. 250 Student
Union. Noon-1 p.m. F~. Sponsored by
Counseling Center. for more
information, 6"5-2 720.

Wortuhop
Between You a nd Me: Sotvlng
Conflict. Ed Brodka, asst. dir.,
Le~hip ~pment Program. 730

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Jacobs. Noon-1 p.m . Free. Sponsored by
Professional Staff Senate. for mo~
infofmation, Anna Kedz:ienkl, 645-2003 .

Exhibits
" AIIAHDON "
Artist Tony Matelli has taken a unique
stance in the explor.~tion of nature
versus cutture by recreating familiar
weeds-the rebellious son that "sprout
like elegant anger on the concrete
sweep of urban America"-in an eKhibit
that capture how these ohen unwanted
ptants reflect the social queyt lor beauty
and control. "ABANDON" is on d isplay
through March 10 in the UghtweU
Gallery adjacent to the main UB Art
Gallery in the Center for the Am, North
Campus. Gallery hours are Wed.
through Sat. from 10:30 a .m . to 8 p.m
and Sun. from noon to 5 p.m

" Fakeye"
Eminent Voruban artist L.amidi 0 . Fakeye
is widely acknowtedged as the finest
traditional wordcarver in Nigeria . As part
of the Department of African American
Studies' ongoing celebration of its 30th

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While his COfT!PieJl. highly detailed worli:
is rooted in the traditional Yoruban
system of apprentk:~hip, it also i~
informed by his studies in the
conventional European canon. Gallery
hours are Wed . through SaL from 10:30
a.m . to 8 p.m . and Sun. from noon to 5
p.m.

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New-

Past Wort&lt;"

The radical wont of thl'e@ architeru
trained at the distinguished Cranbrook
Academy by Daniel Ubeskincl (who
designed the controvenial Jewish
Museum in Bertin) and D. Hottman,
'Nho have themselves emerged as
leading contemporary architects is on
display in the Dyett Gallery on the th1rd
floor of Hayes Hall in the School of
Architecture and Planning through Dec .
11 . The exhibiteD are Frank Fantauui,
UB as.sociate professor of architecture ;
Terence Van Elslander, a Toronto
architect who is also on the architecture
faculty of the University of Toronto, and
tames Keyden Cathcart. an architect
with the New Yori&lt; firm of Ralph
Appefbaum Auoc:., which designed the
exh ibitions for the: Holocaust Museum in
Wtihington . As part ol the exhibit. the

th~ developed a permanent
'"installation'" that has produced a
radical neo.v sense of space within the
gallefy itself. They cut a ve&lt;y large
rectangular piece out of the gallery wall
aboYe the door and rotated it 90
degrees within its original spit(e. The
resutting vertical plane extends into and
out of the gallery. This visual extensk&gt;n
of the spKe linb the gallery with the
rest o4 the third floor of Haye Hall,
altering and compticating the visitor'1
pe{t:eption of the environment. Gallery
hours are 9 a .m . to S p.m . Mon
through f ri.
" New Artists: Undergr.cluate

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The woril: of undergraduates in the
Oepan.ment of Art will be on display
Nov. 19 through Dec. 10 in the An
Department Gallery on the k&gt;wer level
of the Center for the Arts. Gallery houn
are Tues. from 10 a.m . to 5 p.m ., Wed.
through Fri. from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m . and
Sat. from 11 a .m . to 6 p .m. For more
information, call the Department of Art,
645-6878, ext. 1350

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Administration, Line 1126958.
Se&lt;re t ary 1 (SG-1 1)-0epartment of
Civil, Structural and Environmental
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University ofVi r-gi n i~ SO. UB 2 1
The UB foocbaJI team may have km a
game on Sawnlay. but k pined
confidence Vld a lot of respect in a S021 loss atAtb.ntic. Coast Conference
power-Virginia befon! 40. 100 fans'"
Scott Sadium In Owio&lt;resvile.
The Bulls. who came into the game

as 49-point underdogs. weren't out of
the game until mid-Nay through the
fourth quarter and proved a point to
che oddsmakBs with a gritty and
valiant effort. The Bulls trailed by only
I 0 points at halftime Vld, were it not
for a goal-line SWld by the Cavalier
defense late In the third quan:er, they
may have made it eY'ert mon!:
interesting than che final scon!:.
"As cornpetit.on, we will never be
cateer.
comforuble with losing at the
Senior 10m~ won
Unive~lty at Buffalo.'' said head coach
the 100 breastroke (t:06.88)
Craig Orbus after the pme."But as a
head coach, I couldn't be more proud
and brolce the Sll!&lt;lnaventure
of the effon. of this footbaJI team. It
pool record and her own
was exdting for this food:Ja.ll program
personal best time in the
that at hatftime we were talking about
process during the women's
how we could win this football game.
swimming loss (1 75-120)
not about playing ror respect.
against
the Bonnies Saturday.
"This team earned respect from
Virginia today. I've atways respected
them. but today was about proving r:ha.t they could play aptnst ltus level of
competitlon." uld Clrt.n.
Virginia wuck fi~t when quarterback Dan Blis hrt Kevtn C offey from 28
yards out with 7:42 remaining in the fim quan.er.That capped a six-play. 87 -yard
drive after che Bulls had moved to a first down on their first possess tan. The
Cavaliers extended the lead to 17 .() before US answered. cutting the lead to
17-7 with 8:00 remaining in the first half on an etght-y:u·d run by Josh Roth to
ap a drive full of trick plays.
·
On foorth-Mld-one at the Buffalo 40. backup quarterb&lt;lck Erik Rustn threw
an 18-yard comptetion to sophomore Dahnel Slngfi~d. Then on third-;md-eight
at the Virginia 40. Drew Haddad took a lateral and completed a 21-yard pass to
Singfieki. Haddad then caught a I )-yard pass from quarterback Joe Freedy to set
up Roth's score .
Virginia extended its lead to 24-7 on an eight-yard touchdown toss from
Blls to Billy McMullen befon!: Haddad sent shoc:kw.lves through the Virgima
crowd wTth a spectacular 67-yard catch and run after a pass from Freedy.
Virginla (6-4) would take conO"'I of the pme In the third qoan.er wtth a
palr of scoring drives on their first two possesstons as quarterback Dan Ellis
woukt throw for his fourth and fifth touchdowns of the game..
The Bulls last chance to get back In the game e(lded when they hiled to
scon:: on a 20-play drive that ended at the Cznliers ' seven-yard line when
Freedy threw incomplete for Haddad. Haddad previously had caught a mne-yard ·
reception on a fourth down pby to keep the drive alive.
TYVO plays later. Ellis broke Virginia's school record wTth h1s sixth touChdown
throw of the day as Heisman Trophy candidate Thomas jones broke two tackles
to go 84 yards for the dinching score.
Jones, who came into the game averagtng over 16S yards rushtng per game.
finished with 32 canies for 221 yards a.galnn the Bulls' defense. Until the final
series he played. Jones was held to 168 )'3-rds rushing on 28 ames.
The Bulls rolled up 398 yards of total offense a.gainst the Cavaliers. led by 1ts
senior-dominated offenstve line and the play of Roth, Haddad and Freedy. Roth
went over I00 yards for the second stnight week with I 14 yards on 20 carries
and a touchdown. Haddad broke his own single-season reception record with
eight catches for 1-41 yards. giving hlm 75 receptions for the season and 1.058
yards. The I.OS8 yards oed his own school record set in 1997.
Haddad also wem over I 00 yards receiving in a game for the seventh time
this season and the 17th time of his career. Freedy, meanwhile , hit 16-of-3 I
passes for 193 yards w1th a touchdown and no interceptions.
The defense was led by Junior comer-back Tory Smith. who had a careerhigh eight tackles (snc solos) Safecy J(!ff lawrence added seven ackles

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Kent S tat e 4, UB I (1 3-I S, IS-13, 9-I S, 12- I S)

Miami (OH)3, U.B 0 (1·1 S, S- 1 S, 7- I S)
The Bulls took. on visiong Kent Fnday night.. los1ng m four games. I 3- 15. I 5- 13.
9-1 S. 12-1 S. US had won a match in three games earlier m the season at KenL
Rebecca Meade had 22 kiUs and 37 d1gs. white Ken Sh1els h&lt;ld 18 lolls. Somer
Oeschambault had 60 usiru and 32 digs.
In a match Sawrday, the team lost Its fourth strarght.. fall1ng 1n th ree-scr.ught
games to visiting Miami-OH . 1-15, 5- 15 . 7-1 5 Meade ap1n led the team wrth II
kills and 12 digs white Deschambault had 20 ass1su

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MEN

O a kland 128, UB I 0 4
The men's swimming team dropped rts first match agamst a non-conference
opponent.. host Oaldand. 128-104. on Saw relay. first-plac e finishers for Coach
Bud Termin's squad were }ohn Nilles (SO free:scyie · 21 .32). Man Baxter (200
breastroke- 2:14.87).Dave Sofer (one-meter div1ng · 228.70 po1nts ) &lt;~.nd Mike
Lampo (three-meter diving • 208.90). The 400 freescyte relay team of Juon
Mclachlan, Kevin Kelly, Tony UnucW and jam1e Sau(!r also won (3 I I 40)
WOMEN

St. Bonaventure 17S, UB 120
lhe women's team traVeled to take on Western NewYorit nval SL Bonaventure
Saturday, losing 175- 120. Once again, sophomore transfer Dawn Hrc.key led
Coach Dorsi lbynold's team as she set new UB and persON.I-best ~ords 1n
the 1000 Freestyle ( I 0:16.09 - fim pface ~II) for the third week tn a row
Hiclcey abo placed fim in the SOO freestyle (5:09.29).
Other notable performances came from Kim Theetge, who won the I 00
breastroke ( I:06.88) and broke the St. BoNventure pool record and her own
pe~ best dme In the process. Inger Rooneem captured the I00 backstroke
with a time of S9.01 .

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Theater Pertonn.nce
Tango_OeJ&gt;L of Thealn! and
Dance and The Polish Arts Oub
ofllufblo, Dfomo Thealn!,

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ETC. 212 Capen. 2-3 p .m . Free.
For more information, 645 ·
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TeKhlng Tales •t the CAS
Yes, Vlrginla ... Studenu Can
be ArtiYe, Collaborative
learllef'S In the Largest,

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645-3102.

Art Department Lecture

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112 Center for the ATU.
~. m . Free Spotl5(lfed by Art
~t. Vts.iting Artist Lecture
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Pl!ysks Colloquium
What Can We team From the
Bottom Quar1t? E. Thorndike,

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Complex. 3:45 p .m . Free.

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Cause, Explanation and
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141 Part. 4 p .m . Free.

Prisoner Law Fall Film
Forum
Tabloid Crime Shows. Elayne
Rapping, 104 O' Brian. 4 p .m .
Free. For more information,
Teresa Miller, 645-2391 .

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more information, ~5 - 3063 .

The 4th Annual
lntenwttlonal Women'.s
FllmFestlvoi: T h e ThnJugh
Coraje. Screening Room,
Center for the Arts. 7:30p.m .
U .50 students and senOO,
S4 .SQ generaL Sponsorod by
IREWG. For more information,
Pat Shelly, 829-3451 .

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Buffalo Logk Colloquium

lndusionary and Exdusionary
Logical Relations. iohn
Corcoran, Dept of Philosophy.
280 Parte.. 4-5:30 p .m Free. For
more information, John
Corcoran, 881-1640 or 645·
2444, ext 119 .

Theater Perfonnanc:e
Tango. Dept. of Theatre and
Dance and The Polish Arts Club
of Buffalo, Drama Theatre,

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Musk Lectuft Series
Jennlfer YJliUams Brown. 2 11
Baird. 4 p .m . Free. Sponsored
by Dept. of Music:. For more
information, 645-2921 .

Clusk:al Mu.sk Concert
Faure's Requiem. Slee Concert
Hall. 8 p .m . SS. Sponsorod by
Dept. of Music. For more
information, 64 5-2921

lllologkal Sdonces Seminar
S~nal Transduction of the

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ABA. During Germination In

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Mary Bi.s.son, 645-2550.

Geology Pegrum Lecture

The Trouble wtth Beauty.
'Hendy Steiner, Unfv. of
Penmytvania. 225 Natural
Sciences Com~. 8 p .m . Free

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T..chlng Tales at the CAS
Playful Hands-On AciJvltlos In
Statistlcs:CatalystfO&lt;
Conceptual Understanding .
Charles Haynie, Secturer, SoCial

Sciences lnterdisci~inary

Program. 450 Pari&lt;- 2-3:30'
p .m . Free. Spotl5(lfed by CAS
Offke of Educational
Technology. FO&lt;""""
information, Leslie McCain,
645-3102.

Nuclear Medldne Lecture
Bask Radiation Safety. Bill
Quain, Dept. of Nudear
Medkine. 117 Parter Hall. 2-4
p .m . Free. Spoosored by Dept
of Nudear Medicine. For more
information, Bill Qu.lin, 8385889 .
Volleyball
UB V1. Toledo. ~umn i Arena . 3
p.m . Free.

~=l~Uon.l
Colloquium Series
Weak C-H..O lntef'Ktions and
Their Effect on the Electron
Dlstributlon In Molocular
Crystals. Carlo Galli, 306
Natural Sciences ComP*ex.
3:30 p .m . Free_Spotl5(lfed by
Dept of Chem~lry- For """"
information, David Koike, ~ 5~
2911 , ext 2209.
Mathomatlcs Colloquium

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Q&amp;A: Tamar jacobson discusses
child-development issues

PACE l

Exercising Results

PM' '

Session offers rips 011 handling
perscmal impaa of Y2K

New

Space
As part of a new exhibit 1n
the Dyett Gallery in Hayes
Hall, architects cut a
rectangular piece from the
gallery wall and rotated it
within its original space,
producing a radical new
sense of space within the
gallery itself.

Triggle outlines $9 million budget cut
Huge shortfall will force university to implement major reductions across campus
By MARA MCGINNIS

Reporter Assistant Editor
H E universit'y willlmplement major budget cuts
as a result of being forced
to manage a to taJ reductio n of abou t S9 million in the
institution's budget for the cu rrent
ftseaJ year. according to a report by
Provost David Triggle to the Facultv
Senate f.xecut1ve Committee at 1b
Nov. 3 meeting.
While the shortfaJI Ill UB's bast·
budget has been determined to be
some $5 million, the reduction grow~
toncarly$9 millionfo nheycarwhcn
the university's obligations are con sidered, Trigg.le told the FSEC.
"Altogether, with the merit schol arships.thefacultyset -ups. themandatorysavings that we have to make,
we have to manage a to taJ of about

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we cont inue to implemenl our obligations," Triggle said . ''That IS a
large sum of money."

He noted that he met with the
deans Oct. 27 to discuss the- impad
of the budget deficit on their unit:,.
"Somcof thesebudgetreduaiom
(across the university ) arc qu 1te
large. Th(")'translate in some schools
to a couple mill1on dollars, whiCh as
not particularly easy to handJe given
that we are four month!., five
month~ Into a.financaal year." a fa~·t
that Triggle indicated ":ill wm
pound the budget p robkm~.
"Thas will no t bl' a part~t. . ularlv
easy year," he srud. "Ccrtamly. •t \\'Ill
make life very hard for people lin.m cia lly managing the reso urCl.'!o. I
think wt· a re goint; to have to look
at all the reso urces we ha vt" 111 ordt•r
to be most effective."

l.!t '' undcrutilized'' is the univerSJl}' \
endowm ent. .. Some (of the cndow ment funds ) are very targeted, but
others arc more flexib\e and can he
used to offset some oftht· hast·-hud
get rcduct•on ~."
. Triggle-explained that the "over
all new budget redU(.'l iOn to tht·unl
vcrs1ty" translates to a !"lout $5 md
hon madt• up of US's $3. 1 milium
shan· of the $20-milllon SUNY deli
1..1t: the los.." of some specific ttem ~
Ill th~· hudgl'l , whiCh WL'rt'l"'SM:Iltlallv
onl"·ttml'T!o;.Hme-tamt·rl·duL11onol
Jhnut S50U,(){XJ tor latlm}.: tn mn·t
tht• 1'-J9~ - 9'J enrnllmcntt.tr~l't, .w d
..1ppmxmmtdv $1 nul lion mlo,t rl~,
t•nuc from thL' IUilton ln( rl.':.i.Sl" 111 thl"
~chc~ol!o ot Law and Ph.trma~·v. I k
cxplamLxlthat the tUIIJOil -111lrt'.ht"
mom·v wa.' rolled tnl&lt;l thr \l ':'\'
h.1scbudget.hut SIIKC tht' h..1.x·d1dn't

Ihose revenues as expected.
Tn ggle noted that thest' arc "all
unofficml numhc: r~ we are workmg
Wl\h,"

hut s;ud t.hcv arc "\ikt\v to~

the real numht·r,(Jf very do.~ to 11 ."
"We need tn deal Wit h our hudgt•t
lUt.md we nu-J tuJi.".tl With 11 obv1
tlU.slv tim ve,lr." ~ud Tn~lc , noung
that the 'illtl.lllon ma\ he wor"l' next
\'Ca r " If routhm~ Wt: dtd hadlv Ill .1
vear when '''l' had a $ "\ h1lhon .;;ur
plu~ 111 the 'i"late, wa 11 unt1l we hJ\'e ,\
Sl.~ h• lhon anJ d SS.~ hilhun Jetl~tt
1111 the stat!.') ulmlllg down tn tht·
loiiU\"ll1g two tinan . . ml war~."
hlrtl•natdv. :1L')3JJ. UR h..L.. ~mll·
.1dd!tiOI\.'i to mal..~.: to tlw hud~cl he
~.1u~· ot Hllfl'.IM'd c:·nrollnwnt .md
margmal tUition rc.·,·c nuc. LIB \\' til
reu.'l\'t' $5 m1lhon Ill ll1.1rgmal tu
I! hill rl'\'L
'IlUL', hut lnggle &lt;;.:1td th.H
"'l"r-\Y BAP-fnr ml'Ti v known .b

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News Services Ed;tor
HE universi ty and IBM
Co rp., the world 's largest computer manufacture r, h ave s igned a
m emorandum of understanding in
which the two parties will coUaborate on research and development
of new tec hnologies. educa ti o n.
training and placement of UB stu dents, and delivery of educational
services and business systems.
The strategic alliance was signed
by Robert j, Wagner, UB senio r vice
president, and Michael J. Cad igan.
vice president for IBM server manu factoring and procuremen t, who is
a UB alumnus.
The agreement puts UR tn a select
group of 50 coUeges and universities
in the natio n from which IBM ac tively will recruit nCW" employees.
Benefits that have already accrued
from the relationship include the Stu -

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(SNAP ) fo r Acccss99, the require ment that aU freshmen have acces.'
tocomputcrs; theElectronicTcst Design Automation Lab at B. and J
research project conducted at LIB'~
Multidisciplinary Center for Earth·
quake Engineering Research.
"We are looking forward to tht!&gt;
expanded partnership with the Llm
versityat Buffalo." said Cadigan. wht•
ho lds a bachelor's deg ree in nu·
chanicaJ engineering from UB. "IBM
and UB have a long history of col laboration on technology prnjcch,
and this agreement will allow us to
expand our efforts in thb. C"XL.it.mgcr.t
of'e-busines.s'trJnsformatlon. IJart
nerships like this one are critu:a.ltn
the rapidly changmg world of mfor
mario n techno logy. Both IBM and
US will benefit a great deal fn1m t.hb
new arrangement."
Wagner added: " UB:S relatJOnshtp
with IBM over th e years ha.-. frankly

oul of ils war lo help Lb, and'" wt·
felt it wa~ 111 our tnterl.'~t. and IBM
agreed it also wa!o 111 thc1r mterc~t .
to formaliz.t.· thas tn a mcmurJndum
of understanding."
Acco rding to UB oftil·mb. part
nerships with corpo ra u un~ Jrt: lw wm ing not just attractiw fm lllll
vcrsittcs, but nec~lf)'.
"In lookmg at 11Ur peer ln., tttu
tllllb- partlcu larly w1th regard to
n plann1ng- at h&lt;b bcwmt• liear
thJt .m unportant 111grt'd1ent mi t •~
partnL·rshtp!o w1th ctl rporat•ons,"
!&gt;cud \ "oldcmar l nnu~ . semor asso..:1 ate \ ' Ke pre.!&gt;1dent for umvcrstt y scr
VICCS and L""h tcf mformat1on oftilL~r.
lnnus noted that technologacal
hrt.•akth roughs that occur at o ther
m ~t 11ut1on s often mvolve partner·
stups with corporations. He added
that ufficials at tht.-se institutions often say that , either from a technical
or l'Conomil po int of view, such

wnhou11hc corpor&lt;ll&lt; panna
"Thc real esscnlc and valut· nl
tht~ partnerShip IS that !Hf\1 .tnd
l'B a rc investing together 1111 IOIIlt .
htgh -v.t lu l' prnJeCh th.1t re.dh· tm
p.Kt mectmg the goa l.!&lt; of both p.tr
til':,.,'' ~atd Steven Fro&lt;h.·y. s.c.·mnr d1
ent rcpresc ntatJVC for IB~I (;(oh.l l
l·.dul'at10n .
" It \ muh ldilllt'lblllfl.ll ." 1--rndn
ltlllttnued. "We're work1ng tn~ether
llll rt.·cru•tment, on ,ldVI!olllg_ .tnd 1m
domg JO\Ot rescarl'h and Lk\'clop
ment .L, well, all of whtch •~ ha~-J
on a sOlid, expandmg partner.:;htp ··
Al'cordmg to Innus. m.uor hen
efil.'l Jlrc;~d\' haw lx"en rL-ahz.t:.-J fmm
worlung closely wuh IBM
A-, J rl.-suh of thl!o partnL·r,htp, hl'
S.ltd . the untvcrMI )' wa.., ahle to mt.""l't
the needs of Access99. UB wasconl
m1tted to the pnnaplc that the pro
gram pertaJ n to a ll fresh llll'll .

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BRIEFLY
F..... tDID8IIk
lit alumni ilncheon

Jacobson has been director of the University at Buffalo OJild Care
Inc. since March 1996, after serving as program coordinator at the

Tho Hon. Molt Forni.-' - " justioe -post pr-..:
al the AssociMDI. ...
discuuhls~

c.ourt."-IDbethefirstal
Its kind i n . - setting.
during the Ul Senior Alumni
luncheon, ID be 181 at ,_,
Nov. 18 in theCen!OrfOfTomo&lt;·
row on the North (ArnheBt)

campus.

Designed for US senior
alumni, their gUests and spouses,
the cost ol the ko&gt;cheon is s12
per penon.
For men lnfom&gt;atlon or ID
mai&lt;e reseMitlons, coli the OffiCe
al Alumni~ at 829-2608.

Jazz guitarists to
perform In Malnstage
Guitorists )Olin -

and

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unique blend ol jazz ID the Cen·
t..- for the- Nov. 19.
A major " ' - ol the jizz
scene f o r , _ - . - decades, ~ hili enjo)oed •
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early yean. Research shows that qual·
ity care and education is imponant
for betiOr social and cogniti"" out·
comes for children and provide opportunities for a good life for them
when they are in child care.

Center (UBCCC) has two sites, o ne

at North and one at South Campus.
The South site accommodates 11 5
children and Nonh serves 50.

- I s the center's philosophy?
UBCCC is committed to providing
a program that embodies develop·
mentally appropriate practices and
principles by foUowing guidelines
outlined by the National Association
for the Education ofYoung Children
(NAEYC). Through our anti -bias.
child-sensitiv. program, we encour·
age and enhance aU stages of a child's
development physical, emotional,
social and cognitive. The teaching
staff creates a safe, comfortable and
wann environment in which chil dr~n gain a positive sense of themselves and others, develop friendships
and learn to relate to others with

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the National Association for the Education ofYoung Children (NAEYC).

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in America. with a membership of
I00,000 professionals. Over the past
decade, NAEYC has organized an
accreditation system that evaluates an

early-childhood program based on
criteria that include interactions between staff anti children, physical en·

vironments, heahh and safety, curriculum, administration procedures
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12 months a year, five days a week
from 7:15a.m. to 5:45p.m. The mission of UBCCC is to provide quality, affordable child care for the
families of the students, staff and
faculty ofUB. Childreq are enroUed
ages 6 weeks to 5 yeapoin infan~ toddler and preschool programs. Due
to (unding from SUNY Central,
UBCCC is able to offer a sliding fee
scale and gives assistance to lowerincome families through a federal
e:u:npus Child Care Block Grant.
The UBCCC is licensed by the New
York State Office of Children and
Fanlily Services. The 35 members of
the teaching staff at the UB Child
Care Center are qualified earlychildhood teachers. The UBCCC is
a private. not-for-profit corporation
that receives space and assistance
from UB. The Early Childhood Re·
search Center ( ECRC) is part of the
Graduate School of Education and
is a laboratory school. It foUows the
academic calendar and is open
Monday through Thursday, three
hours in the morning and afternoon. ECRC also is accredited by
NAEYC. but not licensed by the Office of Children and Family Services
because its program does not esceed
three hours. Teaching staff consists
of graduate assistants and early-

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because somehow when w&lt; use the
term "centered" it sounds as if chil·
dren have power. or control over
adults. Some educators are very concerned about the balance of power
between _children and their parents.
Perhaps Rosemond refi:rs to "lenient"
when parents do not set boundaries
for dilldren. l believe that many par·
ents to.M! difliculties with setting dear
limits for their dilldren. Sometimes
adults confuse kindness and respect
with allowing children to do and say
whakv&lt;rtheywant. David Elkind (a
prominent child-development ex·
pert) descnbes democracy as • balance of each other's freedom. In or·
d..- to teach children that ooncept of
democracy, it is necessary, indeed it
is kind and respectful. to set developmentally appropriate limits. In
that way adults protect children and
teach them about safety, social m&lt;&gt;res and democracy.

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The rality in society today is that
more than 60 percent of mothers
work outside the home. For most it
is a necessity; for some it is for selffulfillment. Research now shows
that quality early care and educa·
tion is good for futun:, positive cog·
nitive and social success. Children

can have a positive apcriencc
thal enhan~ cognitiv. and social dclo:lopment when they an:
in progriuns wh= the staff un·
derstands about child devdopment and appropriate earlychildhood education. Children
wiU learn to interact with their
peers and otheradults,~­
solving skills and inCrease their
knowledge of the world around
them. Many panents fed guilty
about leaving their children in
child care. l work hard at help·
ing to aUeviate their guilt with
the current research, as ~ as
with my 27 years of experience,
to back me.
You gNW . . 1ft lsnoel. Are

_...._tile_.,.
-~-­

- - - l c h iJ.
dren ""' relsed7

tsraeli children are encouraged to
ask a lot of questions. Israeli society loves children, includes
them in national holidays and
cares a lot about their f&lt;!ucation.
Indeed, the Ministry of Education iri'lsr.rel sees ~ly-child ­
hood education as the founda·
tion for the future. l think john
Rosemond would find Israeli
parents to be very .. lenient!'" I
ha"" been in Buf&amp;lo fur II years.
~ut l remember Israeli earlychildhood classrooms as noisy,
lots of talking, questioning, debating and risk-talting. Sometimes I think American children
~ more authoritative and
struc:tt=d schooling. I am not
sure if American society loves
children in the same way. Earlychildhood education is not a national priority in America.

"think green'' promotes ecological awareness m

.
T

By MAliA MCGINNIS
Reporter Assistant Editor

REPORTER

-does the 1111 Child c...e
Center c8ffer fn&gt;m the bliy

childhood interns. The ECRC has a
toddler and preschool program, but
does not enroll infants.

HJNK green. Act green.
Be green.
Save energy. Recycle.
Reduce waste.
Members of the UB Green Office
in University Facilities urged mem·
bers of the university community to
promote these concepts at UB as they
kicked off their "think green" campaign this week to raise environmen·
tal concerns to a more prominent
place on the agenda of the university
and its students. faculty and staff.
The purpose of "think green" is
to encourage campus environmental stewardship and create partnerships between groups on campus in
an effort to make campus operations less consuming of natural resources and less polluting of natu raJ ecosystems.
At the kick-off reception held
Tuesday in the Student Unio n,
Wa1ter Simpson, US energy officer,
and severaJ other "green thinkers..
outlined some of the efforts of different campus environmental organil.ations on camp~ talked about
the goals of "think green" and un·
veiled the new comprehensive UB
Green Web site located at &lt;http://

www. wing s . buffalo .e du I
ubgreen&gt;.
Simpson also introduced " think

university fo.~: 17 years. "Establishing these policies is a positive step,
buttheyonlywiUbeeffectiv&lt;ifthey
are put into practice. Achieving
greater environmental responsi·
bility at UB depends on in·
formed, voluntary coop·
eration and personal commitment from members of

green. A UB guide tocampw
ecology." known as "US's
uttle GreenBook,"whichlists
all of the policies that lo.M!
been approved by the
administration as part
of an ongoing effort by
the university and the
Environmental Task
Force to increase campus
mentsattheuniversity,
enviro n m~ nI aI
including a network of
sustainability. He added •
170 members of
that variousenvithe university
ron mental recommunitycalled
sources are avail :to be
Building Conse.r ~
able in the new
vation Contacts,
UB Green Remindful of and sensitive to
or BCCs. who

socatuedrceo_ nRoo
themc~o-r-

the natural

environ~t In

oX"

one's dally life
vi ce Building at
120 Winspear
Ave. on the South
Campus.
"This is not something you do
once and for all and are done. It is
something ynu have to keep doing
and ""are continuously looking for
new ideas." said Simpson, who bas
been ~romoting environmentally
mindeil thinking and action at the

have volunteered
to promote environmental st~ ardship in their areas. He said this
system has become a model for oolleges and universities nationwide.
Meghan Fay, student ra:yding as·
sistant in the UB Green Office, ...,.
ported that while UB ~tly is recyding about 3o perocnt of its waste,
the goal is to to;,., tbe university recydingatleastSOperocntofitssolid

waste stream. She noted the implementation of six test ra:yding bins
thatlo.M!beenplaadinvariouspublic~area sites across the campuses to
aUow"one-stop shopping" for trash
disposalandr&lt;eydingofvariousmaterials and caUed for comments and
suggestions about the bins from the
university oommunity.
Simpson noted that peOple at UB
throw away a shocking 1,555,550
Stryofoamandpapercupseadlyear,
a number that Could be reduced
greatly if students, faculty and staff
began using reusable mug. available
through the Faculty Student Asso·
dation (FSA).
The event aJso featured com ments from some of the .. think
green" partners, which include

Computing and Information Technology..the Environmental Network, the Environmental Task
Force, FSA. Office of the Vice President for Student Affioirs, Go Green,
University Facilities, University [j .
braries, the Dymaxion Em-House,
and University Residence Halls and
Apartments.
. For more information on "think
green," contact the UB Green Office
at
829-3535
or
&lt;~bulDlo.edu&gt; .

�NovembeJ 11. 1!!llllli.J1. No 11

Exercise helps ~ds' arthritis
Research also links exercise to improved immune response
By LOtS IIAJWI
News Setvic:es Editor

gram and had shown its benefits in
previous studies of elderly patients
with osteoarthritis. An ind.ividual-

EW research on the effectsofemciseonjUYenile arthritis indicates it
is OK--&lt;Kivantageous,
in lilct-for these kids to be kids.

N

izecl~programhad

nC'IIer been tried with childreo, how- weightlifting to improve coordinaever. Fishe:r knows of only one other tion and balance.
study ofexercise and juvenile arthri Venkatraman and coUeague. coltis, dealing with aerobic capacity.
lected blood from all participants
Fisher's study, which is half-com- before and after initiaJ testing. after
, .- . - - - - - - . , . . - , . - - - , . - - - - , . the eight-week exercise program but before the final test, and
after the final test.
Results showed

Children with juvenile arthritis

who took part in an eight-week individuafued program of resistance
exercise at UB significantly im proved their ability to function, preliminary results have shown. And
their pain, disability and use of

medications decreased significantly.
Nadine Fisher, assistant professor

of occupational therapy and rehabilitation medicine, will present re-

sults of the study in Boston Tue.day
at a joint meeting of the Amerjcan
College of Rheumatology and the
Assoc iation of Rheumatol ogy

Health Profe.sionals.
"We expected to see a change in
the disease with exercise." Fisher said,
... but we didn't expect to see so

much ... Some kids showed 200-percent improvemenL"
An accompanying investigation
conducted by Jaya Venkatraman, associate professor of nutrition, also

to be presented in Boston, revealed
the cellular basis fo r these changes:
Exercise produced a change in im mune response. Juvenile arthritis is
a form of rheumatoid arthritis, an
autoimmune disease in which the
body's immune system anac.ks joints
and surroWlding tissue.
The children who took part in the
exercise program had significan tly
lower levels of cytokinesproinflammatory proteins-a nd
higher levels of anti -inflammatory
compounds in thei r plasma than

those who did not, this study showed.
Fisher designed the exercise pro-

ing and holding wrights for strength
and endurance. Once the children
adapted to the exercises.. they were
asked to increase th e speed of

that the exercisers'
quadriceps' strength
and endu rance increased 48 percent
~
and 32 percent, respectively ; ham string strength and
endurance increased
-Fisher
7, who
99 percent and 59
...-~
uenlses that ......, l...,......ed her condition.
percent respectively,
pleted, has involved II children with and muscle-contraction speed injuvenile arthritis to date. Six took creased 51 percent. Maximum syspart in the emcise program and five tolic blood pressure, oxygen conserved as "'disease" controls. Another sump tion and heart rate also in 13 children without arthritis served creased.

i
L

e

....

helps---·
.....,......_ - ·

as normal controls. All were between

Functional status of the group, a

the age. of 6 and 13.
To establish a baseline level of dis-

measure of physical capability, in creased by 32 percenL Pain dropped
nearly by half, disability and num ber "of medications by a quarter.
The children with juvenile arthn ·
tis who did not participate in th e
exercise project experienced signifi-

abilit y or deficit, Fisher and col leagues tested the strength and en durance of children's quadriqeps
and hamstrings, speed of muscle
contraction, oxygen consumption,
heart rate and blood pressure, and

assessed pain, disability and general
fundional performance. Using that
data, they designed a resistance pro·
gram for each child randomly assigned to the exercise program.

All exerci=, centered on the legs
and based on resistance to avoid injury to joints, included pressing
against a statio11ary object and lift -

cant decreases in hamstring strength
and endurance over the eight-week
period, results showed.ln addition,
pain rose nearly 75 percent. disabil ity by 10 percen1 and use of medi
cations by S4 percent.
Add iti onal re searc her s were
Kathleen M. O'Neil, associate pro ·
fessor of clini ca l pediatri cs, and
Vylma Velazquez.. pediatric fellow.

Money's role in politics criticized
By MARA MCGINNIS
Reporter Assistant Editor

R

ENOWNED broadcast

journalist Bill Moyers
told a captivated audi ence in the Center for the

Arts Nov. 3 that the "soul of democ racy" has been lost in An1erica to a
corrupted political system in which
private money ho lds power over

pubtic officials.
Moyers, who maintained that
politics today has become "an arms
race with money doing the work of
missiles," made a convincing argument that the United States is be-

coming an otigarchy where elections
are determined by a relative handful of the rich and privileged who
decide with their money "who will
run, who will win and how they will
govern."
The second guest in the 13th an-

nual Distinguished Speak= Series,
Moyers joked about this year's lineup:
" I see you have a conservative to teU
you how he see. the world, a ijberaJ
to tell you how he sees the world, an
artist to tell you how she sees the
world I'm glad you could have a journalist to come and tell you the truth."
To make his case about America's
failing democracy, Moyers described
several recent incidents that he said
show how corporate America pays
for congressional decisions made in
its favor at the expense of taxpayers.

He o utlined how

a well - known
dothing company
took 17.000 jobs
from Americans,
m oved the com pany out of th e
country to avo id
MOYDIS
U.S. taxes and has
spent SSOO,OOO in
soft money to buy from Congress
an advantage that it has been unable
to achieve in the marketplace by ask ing that clothing produced in lowwage countries be allowed to enter

the U.S. duty free.
He also talked about a recent defense bill passed by Congre.s that he
said underhandedly added $5 million
in subsidies, tax breaks and special
favors for big rorporations, and an other bill passed in a hurry last
month that allows certain corporate
poUuters not to fully disdose information about toxic chemicals as re-

quired by the Environmental Protee·
tion Agency.
"Low and behold," Moye" said,
"the wording in the provision is virtually identjcal to language written

by a lobbyist for Chemical Petroleum Manufacturing Association
and the American Petroleum Inst itute." He added that the petroleum
industry is o ne of the most genero us contributors to congressional
candidates in recent elections.

" Mon ey and politi cs is a n old
story," said Moyers, citing William
McKinley's presidential campaign 3.\
the first in which money pla)'cd a
significan1 pan in the o utcome of
the election. But these days. he sa1d.
" th C' lid is off .. in term s of the
amount of money spent on ca m paigns. with a $2.1 billion pricetag
att ached to the 1996 fed eral elec tion s. Even right ht'Te in Erie
County. he added. this year's county
executive race cost nearly $3 million.
About half o f the money given to
congressional candidates co mes 111
checks of $1,000 or more , but it
comes from less than one-tenth of
I percent of th e population . he
pointed o ut . adding that in 1996. the
average winner of a congressional
seat raised $6 73, 000, the average
senator, $4. 3 million .
"You have to stan asking ques·
tions about the legitimacy of our
polit ical system ," Moyers told the
audience. "Let's face it.ln a democ -

racy based on the ideal ofliberty and
justice for all, H is wrong for Lhis

small handful of people to have such
disproportionate power.
"People who have money are free
to buy more cars, more vacations,
more homes and more gizmos if

they want, but they should not be
able to buy mo re democracy. That
is not a complex theory of politicaJ
science.'lt is just a plain moral fact ."

BrieD
UB to co-host meeting with
WNY legislative delegation
UB will co-host a meeting of tht Western New York legislative &lt;iel .
egation an d the leaders of th e regional SUNY institutio ns Wednes -

day to disc uss the shortfall m the SUNY budget.
The purpose of the meeting, to be held in the Universi t-y Inn and
Co nferen ce Center adjacent to the North Campus, 1s to .. place on
the table and sta rt to discuss so lut1ons to the current yea r's budget
shortfall ," said Janet Penksa, associate vice president for university
services who oversees state relat ions fo r UB. .. We need the help of
the legislative delegation in finding a so lutio n to the shonfali ...
The shortfall to the SUNY budget is $31 million in negotiated
sala ry adjustments, which will be financed using rese rve fund s and
o ne -time funding. The budget also IS short S20 milli on to cove.r in flationarycosts and enro llment growth, w1th UB's share of that defi c1t
expected to be $4.1 million .
U B will co· host the legi slative meetm g with Buffalo State Co ll ege.
Ge neseo State College and Fredoma ~ta t e College .
Penksa noted that Pres1dcnt William R. Gremer last week met wuh
Robert L. King, stat e budge t dirt"Ctnr, to d1scuss the SUNY budget
situation. Gremer "demonstrated the effect the shortfall will have on
UB,and discussed (with King ) possible solutlon s... mcluding a supple
mental app ropri atiOn , she sa1d, calling the meeting .. encouraging."
In addition , UB 1s leadmg an effo n of the university centers to con
vey this message to the Board of Trustees and the Governor 's Office.
she said. And the university is workmg with local busmess leaden to
gather the1r support fo r the um ve rsity and its budget needs m the
ho pe that they may wield so meof theJr 1nnuence m Albany, she added .
Penksa pointed out that although L•B .1nd SUNY fa ce problem!!&gt;
with the current year's budget. there likel y will be a problem With
next yea r's budget as well . It '.) auCial to show the Governor's Office.
befo re next year\ !&lt;&gt; lat e budget rs prepared, "t he seve re impact" these
shortfalls have o n the ca mpuses. "It ca n't he business as usual w1th
the SUNY budget ," she said. "The campuses need budget stah li1t v."

Calendar controversy returns
The structure o f the universit y's academic calendar for 2001 -2004
and the required and internal pl annmg prin ciples for preparin g the
calendars were discussed Nov . .~ dunng a meetmg of the Facult r
Se nate Executive Committee .
Major problems with the calend..Jr c1ted by faculty memben ..11
the meeting were connicts created with evening ~ lasses by the can
celing of classes only until 6 p.m. o n Jewish holidays and fo ll owm g
Monday's sc hedule o n Tuesda y. Some argued that if classes arc gomg to be ca nceled at all, it should he for th e en tire day to avo1d
lonfus io n. while o thers said that resuming classes at 6 p.m. 13 a rea
!&gt;O nable option
Other concerns included the fa ct that the umversu)''s spnng break
does not co incide with area public schools and the lack of any s1g
nlficant break in the fall semester until Thanksgiving.
O ne student sa1d he was concerned that the universiry fails to ..Jl
knowledge the high Catholi c-student population by no t canceling das...o;c,~
on Good Friday-arguably the religion's holiest day-in th t spn ng.
Mary Gresham , VI Ce president fo r pub li c servict and urhan at
fairs, who wi ll be heading the plannmgcommittee for the nextthn.•t~
year term that hcg ub Fall 100 1, !la id that there are too many rel1 ·
gious holidars to poss ibl y ca ncel dasscs lor all of thtm, hut to ld th e
group to keep 1n mind that th ere IS a law that says " we cannot penal ·
1ze any student " for not attending class due to religious obligations.
Donna Rice . assoCiate vice president for student affairs. wh o pre ·
v10us ly headed th e calenda r planning committee, added that the )ew 'ish religion ,.., the only faith in which its fo llowe rs a re prohibited
from work1 ng on religiou s holida ys. a fact that led to the 1995 man dat e from the provost that the universit v will ca ned classes only o n
the first day of the Jew1 sh holida)'S.

Vietnamese scholar visits UB
Students attending UB a nd • Niagara I: ails puhhl school are learn
mg Vietnamese language and cu lture, thanks to tht~ c.· fforts of tht·
WorJd Languages In stitute ( Wl.l ).
UB is the first higher-education msutution m th t&gt; nation to hos t J
VIsiting Vietnam scholar under tht· auspices of the New Yo rk -based
Institute of International Edu cation 's Fore1gn Languages leachmg
Assistant Program.
Nguyen Thi Minh Thuan. a graduat l' and facult y ml'mher of thl'
Hanoi University of Foreign Studi es, is teaching lour.o,e.) Jt L•B th 1s
fa ll and sp ring through WLJ , part of the Department of Modern
Languages and Literatures in the College df Art s Jnd SCiences. Sht'
also will develop curriculum and o ther tcachmg matenals. anll make
prest&gt;n ta tions both on and off ca mpu!!&gt;.
Most of the 12 UB s1Udent5 t&gt;nrolled in the ..:lass arc: \'lt' tnam t"st'
America ns, or"her itage learners." whose knowledge ol 1he \'1e1nam
ese language and cultu re often ha s been limited t(l 1nf&lt;1rmal and
unstructured instruction through family and fnend s.
In addition to her work a1 US. Nguyen also teaches a free . aftt•rschool, introductory language-and -culture course to 16 fourth - and
fifth-graders attending Harry Abate FJementary School in Niagara Falls.

�4 Reporbn November 11. 19!!1/Vol. 31. No.11
New Center for Study of Technology In Education provides support to faculty
BRIEFLY

GSE retools approach to technology

Youth orchestra to
perform In Slee Hall

lly PAT1UCIA DONOVAN

Tho GrNI&lt;r Bullolo Youth Or·

News Services Editor

chestro. under the -

"' Music Oif&lt;ctor Gerard Ftoriano, wil
perlonn at 3 p.m. Sundoy In

Slee Hall on the North Campus.
Tho program WI Include the

Humperdlndt's · - and

cm.t• CMrtln; Qjeg's Pilno
Cone&lt;rt0, with soloist Donie!
castdlanl; the owrtllfe to. ·Lo
Flllleen Eqyple• from e..tloz'
"I:Enfance du O)rist;' "'Mgo•
from "Xen&lt;es" by Handel, and
the- a n d - from
TchailoMI&lt;y's Symphony No. 5.
T1ckels ~ S7; S5 for senio&lt;s
and children. A roceplion will
follow the concert.

the explosive growth of
technology in education,
the Graduate School of Education
has marshaled its resources to support a new inteUectual community

within the school that will enable faculty members to engage one another
around issues of technology.

The Cen1er for the Study ofTechnology in Education (CSTE) was
developed by the school's faculty
and is directed by Hank Bromley,
associate professor of educational

Feminist scholar to
speak at laW school
Claire Ndlbold, a feminist
scholor and famlly-low proles'
sor from the Queen's Uni'mslty
In Beffos~ Nor1hom Ireland,
will speak on "Equollty and Dependency: A Compomive
Study o1 financial Pr&lt;Mslon on
OiYorte" it f2 ~~ p.m. tomorraw in 545 O'Briln HoH on the
North

A

FTER more than a year
of planning provoked by

campus.

In her l&lt;cbJ"" Ndlbold will
explon! assumpllons about marriogo and equality underlying
different models for oddressing
the e&lt;OI'lOfl1k consequences ol
divon:oln Conada, the United
States, Englar\d and wales, Scot·

land and the llopUbllc a/Ireland.
Lur¥f' wiH be avoilablo only
to those who~.,. for the
talk. An:hbold wiH be available
to meet with Interested students
and facutty members before and

after the prosentotion. To prereglstef, ;mange an \ndMdua1

.mooting. To obtoln further infor.
mation, contoct the Baldy Center at64S-21 02 or
&lt;ba~acsu.buflalo.odu&gt; .

Black Women United
food drive

ho~

leadership and policy, and a special·
ist in the social and cultural implications of these new sciences.
B~mley says the facu1ty envisioned
1hree goals for 1he CSTE: 10 prepare professors and students 10 use !echnology
well-thai is. wisely, appropria!ely. ere·
atively and effectively; to support re -

search on the bes1 uses of technology, and
to support research and teaching on the
broader social meaning of the changes

1cchnology provokes.
Bromley points ou t that the em phasis is on the importance of a
scholarl y commun it y to support
GSE students and faculty as they
examine technology from multiple
perspectives and develop a s~ ared
understanding of what it may con tribute to their professional lives.
"There is a dramatically increasmg reliance on technology as an in.s-rructionaJ tool hy educatio naJ insti tutions at all levels, a fact that de ~
mands thoughtful attention."
Hromley says. " In this case, we do not
consider technology an end in itself.
but as something embedded in a
broader framework th rough which

il serve&gt; a "ider educational vision."· dude a large number of support staff:
The point, he says, is not that~ ~ will operate the new center in a
eryone should 'do' technology. bu1 more participatory manner. hayone
that everyone should do what matwho contnbutes to its operation is a
ters to him or her. The expectation voting member. This gives faculty
is that the CSTE will help the fac· members greater sense of ownership
ulty develop greater insight into and a larger stake in its suc.cess..".
what the growing presence of new
the center basically belongs to its
technologies means for each of thl;fTl members and they aU have an equal
in their many areas of concern.
say in what goes on there. They not
The idea for the CSTE was not only choose the dire&lt;:~or. but vot&lt; on
imposed by the school's administra- policies and priorities. allocate the
tion, but arose out of 1998 stra~c centa's resources and then pitch in
planning exercises that involved a to make things happen.
large number of GSE faculty.
Bromley says the only reason he's
One group mapped out a general the director is bet:ause the other
strategy for dealing with technology members asked him to take the job.
within the school. It recommended
He s3.ys that faculty members
the establishment of the ntw cen- wanted the center to take advantage
ter and developed a proposal
of the GSE's existing resource base
lbe CSTE replaces the Center for in educational ·technology and to
Educational Resources and Tech- contnbute to the school's new emnology, known as CERT Bromley phasis on urban education. Specific
said the initial plan was to redefine

and expand the role of CERT. He
noted, however, that its function became confused with the Baldy Technology Node in the minds of many
people. Both the node and CERT
were headed by Thomas Shuell,
professor of coun ~ling and educational psychology, who was assisted
by Bromley. Both node and CERT
offered technical support, shared
some personnel and were located in
close proximity to one another.
Both now report to Michael Kibby,
associate dean for information
technology.
" We wanted to keep the name and
refocus the Tundion, but that confused a lot of issues. So this is a fresh
start," Bromley says. "Wc'U oontinue
to offer the services once available
through CERT, as well as new activi ties. Because budget constraints p re-

Additional assisw:l&lt;:e forGSE fac.
ulty and student roseacch is provided by tho S!'hool's Data AnalYsis
Laboratory (DAL), also bouscd in
CSTE. Thelaboratoryoffersamsul·
tation for both quantitative and
qualitatiye =reb projects. It can
provide assistance with =reb de·
sign. data analysis (including the we
of SPSS and NUD'IST software)
and interpretation of results.
• CSTE Curriculum Committee
operations are beaded by Dorothy
Risse!, associat&lt; prof!!ssor of
ing and instruction. This group as·
sists individual programs within the
school by helping them determine
what students should know with
regard to various technologies. The
committee also will det&lt;rmine ho"'

ream-

best to incorporate such topics into

• The CSTE R&lt;search Commit·

the GSE curricula
• The CSTE Faculty Development Committee has not yet been
established, but will work with a
soon-to-be-hired instructional con-

tee will direct the center's research

sultant to cr~te an environment

center operations are directed by
member committees:

mission and is headed by Douglas
Oements, professor ofleamin&amp;and

that supports faculty members as
they integrate technology into their

instruction, recognized nationally
for his research into the appHc.ation
of technology to the teaching of
mathematics. The committee sup-

own teaching practices.

ports and shares research on the best
uses of technology in different edu-

said Bropll~... We want to show
them new ways to use technology
for curriculum development, rt.·-

cational settings and helps instructors recognize obstacles to its use.

"We are very interested in provid·
ing technical instructional support
to graduate students and faculty,"

The Research Committee recently
issued a call to aU GSE faculty inter-

search and leaching."
• The CSTE Colloquium Committee headed by Greg Dimitriadis,

csted in research applications of
technology. It will assist such efforts

assistant professor, and Raechele
Pope, visiting ·associate professor,

by assigning the school's two gradu·

both in the Department of EduGJtional Leadership and Policy, will

ate research assistants to work on

specific projects and by helping lo·
cate funding sources to support fur ther research.

continue the CERT Colloquium
Series.

Non-perishable food kerns and

dean dothlng for men, women

and children b being colloctod
now throUgh Nov. 19 at sites on
the North and South campuses.
Sponsored by Black Women
United, a committee of the
Bilek Student Union, the doth·
lng and food that b colf!'Ctod
wiH .bedistributod by__,
agencies a/ the Unlttd Way a/
Bullolo and Erie County.
Mart&lt;od contolners ..., fo.
atod In tho lobby .... ol tho
Hadley llllogo community room
and , _ tho fl(st.n--IIOI&gt;dlng
area a/IUchmond Quod In the
EHicott Complex. boll) on tho
North Campus, as wofl In tho

lolllllos'"' Clement and

Triggle
.SUNY RAM-''translates not to bt.~
a resource allocation process, but a
budget-management process.
"As you grow," he said, "yo u arc
merely competing for a fixed sum
of dollars, so it doesn't matter when
you grow, it matters by how much
you grow. If you grow less than some
others, then. in fact., you lose. We will
get the tuition revenue from the in creased enrollment, but we will not
get any increased tax support .''

Eventually, Triggle said,$5 million
of the university's total reductions
.....-ill have to be made in state-tax-line
dollars. since that is UB's base-bud ·
get reduction."Eventually, all of this
has to be translated to a base-budget cuL That doesn't mean that it all
necessarily has to be state-tax-line
dollars this year. But the faster we
get them, the better ofT we are."
Trigg le also expressed concern
about specific issues affect in g

SUNY's budget problems.
One dilemma, he explained, is thai
the $32 million for the statewide sal·
ary increases will reappear again next
year, since it has been funded this year
with one-time money. The salary increases. however, have been inoorpo-

were funded by SUNY for this year
only by "robbing all of the piggy
banks" and "collecting the money."
He also cited the inability in recent years of the SUNY hospitals to

rated into United University
Profession's new contract as an an-

contribution to the system's deficit.

nual increase, which, he said, leav.s a
"$32-million hole hanging out there."
Triggle added that the salary increases

generate tax support for the system,

which has resulted in a sn-million
Triggle said the hospital issue "is a
real problem that has to be molved,"
bul said thai it "has to be deal! with
politically:·

Goodyur halls on tho South

campus.

For further information. con·
toct Nlkia Cfart&lt; at 6-IS-2950 or
6-IS-3029.

•

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

Sendl~=
to
the
The~woloomesietten

11om -mrnmentingoo its

st&lt;&gt;riesandconlon\.Letlers.nould
be limited to 800 ~and may
b e - for Sl)te and length. let·
tel&gt; must lndudo tho writer's
and a daytime~
phone .....m.rforvorlflcation. Be-

name.-

...... "' """' in1tJtlons, the 111&gt;porteramot pulli!lnlietten ~

c&lt;ived. They must be received by
9 a.m. Mondl)l to be o:&gt;nsid!rod
for ~lnthlt~issue.

&lt;
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The """"'"'pr.olers that ~etten be
received on clsk or electnJnlaly at

IBM
Conttnu.d from ,..... 1

including those who could not afford to buy a compu ter.
VB was able lo do it partly he·
cause IBM sold the university ISO
computers just coming otT lease at a
very reduced price.
"That 's one of the great advan tages to partncring with a corporation: providing services to your stu dents, faculty and staff that could
ot herwise be so costl y as to ht· prohihitive," lnnus said.
Under thi s arrangement , called
SNAP, studen ts who demo nstrate a
compelling financiaJ need are pro vided with nearl y new computer:.
that they keep throughout their four
years at UR, as lo ng as they remain
finan cially c.ligible.
Other re5uhs of the relationship
include:
• The corporation's donation un -

der it s ShareU University Research
grant program of S 1.2 million in
computer equipment to the Center for C.omputation al Research,
one of the nation 's leading
supercomputer centers. The 42 -

the Deep Blue computer that beat
chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov

in 1997, is one of only a handful of
such machines in an academic

laboratory in the U.S.
• Establishmenl al UB of the firS!
Electronic Test Design
Automation Lab in West em New York sponsored

by IBM's Tes1 Design Automation

Group

in

Endicott, N.Y. Designed
as an educationaJ tool for
undergraduate
and
graduate students learn ing to test and fabricate
computer chips. it also is
Mkhael Cadlg- (oecond from left) ofond Senior VIce Prosldont
J. Wognor available to UB research(thin! from right) sign the ogreement.
e rs and o the rs in the
comm unity who desire
procesl(&gt;r IBM RS/6000 SP com- training in computer-chip testing.
puter, a next-generation version of • A resean:h program betwe&lt;n IBM

a-.

and earthquake engineers al UB 10
investigate how better to protect
electronic equipment from seismic

damage
The relationship also has had payoffs in research and development,
such as:
• A major advance in explaining
high-temperature superconductiv-

ity that led to a paper published bv
researchas at UB and IBM m Na·
ture in 1997
• The licensing by IBM of new ma terials with interesting thermal and

rheological properties developed hv
UB professors. The patented materials are used in IBM's mainframe
computers.

Both parties have agreed to evaluate the effectiveness of the partner-

ship and identity plans for the fu.
ture on a semi-a11:nual basis.

�November 11.1900/Vol. 31. lo.11

Beal aids law enforcement

Sometimes, Image Is Everything

Researcher uses English degree to wbrk with policing agencies
By JENNIFU UWANOOWS«&lt;
Rtporter Staff

and then gets
(data) back to

AMELA Beal earned her
doctorate in English fro m
UB, but what she's doing
with it might be surprising.
The newly named coordinator of
the Regional Community Policing
Center on the South Campus has a
penchant for col.laboration with
law-mforcement agencies where the
betterment of th e co~munity is
concerned. And how her scholarly
research on philosophy and psychoanalysis ties into her line of work
isn't such a stretch after all, she says.

them in a
timely man -

P

While working on her doctorate

in the early 1990s, BeaJ was hired as
a research assistant with University

ner," BeaJ says.
T h e
fovr - year
project ,

which ended
this past June, was about effecting

change among the police"ranks, she
says-in part, through conversation.

"Language doesn't just reflect reality, it creates reality," says Beal, who
spent six months in the fie]d interviewing officers about .. what they
thought the direction or vision of
the department should be.
"'These conversalions produced

Police. where she coordinated the
Personal Safety Committee and'
community policing projects.
It was during that time that she

change," she says. "(They) gave the
police an opportunity to give shape
to their own ideas of what needed
to happen in the department and,

was asked to review a chapter in a
book on police leadership authored

in general, their ideas were quite
progressive. Most said they were
con cerned about neighborhood disorder issues and welcomed the
communitfs involvement in helping to co-produce public safety."
Seal's move from English into

4

by Raymond Hunt, a professor of
organizations and human resources

in the School of Management. Beat,
whose doctoral work included the
study of the philosophies of change
and effect, began talking with Hunt

managemen~and finally law enforce·

about policing issues.
In the meantime, Seal says. Buf-

mcnt, may seem to be a "disjointed

falo Police Co mmissioner Gil

she argues, there's a .. fundamental
connection between my training in
philosophy and poetry, and my work'
with police and the community."
BcaJ has a lot to do with changt&gt;
brought about by LIRP projects.
Turnover in the police d epart ment had sparked a call for n.•vit.•w
of hiring practices, Beal says.
"They wanted us to research tht&gt;
possibility of raising the educational
req uirements" from a hi gh -school
diploma to a two-year degrt"t', she
says. " People we re very skeptiCal;
they didn't think it"\\I'Ould happen .

Kerlikowske had expressed interest
in working ~Arith the university on organizational changes in the polin·
department, pa rti cu larly through
community policing.
It was to that end that Hunt and
Beal receivl-d funding from the Na tional Institut e of Justice to run a
Localty Initiated Research Partnershi p ( LIRP ) with Buffalo Police.
"The idea was based on action research--that practitioners help dl·sign the research, (which ) evolves
over lime according to their needs

trajectory,"" she acknowledged. But.

provided by the technology.
"The police had no money, t1me
or expertise for doing such an cvaJu .
ation," she says. So she and Raghav

Mandell provides tips for Y2K m
BJ JENNIFER LEWANDOWSki
Reporter Staff

Y2K-ortheyear2ooo-

ticular- Russia-is expected to St"t?
its worst Y2 K fears reali7..ed, he notl-d.
" Russia is assu med "tO be going
black and staring black for a long
time'' after the first of the year. he

seerns to have died down.

predicted.

s the millennium nears.,

A

the h ype su rro unding

But Lewis Mandell, dean of thr

School of Management, said it may
be that we're already in the eye of the
Y2K stonn, and lhe damage won't be
apparent until the arrival of the new
millennium has blown over.

Mandell, who spoke Tuesday at
"Y2K and You," a p rogram o n Y2K
preparedness spo nso red by the

Event Subgroup of UB's Y2K Steer·
ing Co mmittee, said most of th e

hype could be considered self-ful ·
filling prophecy.
" If enough people think somt· thing will happen, it will,'' he said.
Many of the con cerns of YlK.
however, arc actua l prob lems,

Mandell said.
Surprisingl y, the m ost Y2K -preparcd country in North AmcricJ
1sn't the United Statc:s. It 's Mexico.
Why is Mex ico in bett er shape
than the U.S.?
" Mex.icu i!&gt; a (Ountr)' \\lhe re not
a~ mu ch of the mfras tructu rc ha!&lt;&gt;
bt.:.en automated," Mandell said.
While Mexico is expected to
handle the coming of the new mil lennium fair ly well, olher countries
are in worse shape. And one in par-

ru for the u.s .. transportation ~­
terns arc one of the major Y2K bugs
the country faces heading into the
millennium, MandcU said.
"Several airlines have canceled
flights that would be ai rborne o n
New Year's Eve," he said, noting lhat
the fear is that tracking systems-RADAR in particula r- may break
down or simply quit, leaving pilots
in the precarious position of land ing planes without ground control.
Moreover, the U.S., Mandell said,
also is "deemed insufficient in wa
tt.•r and electricity" p reparedneS.!o.
"Vt/c know for a fact that our uti I
it y compan ies are not digging up every rela y poin t," he pointed nut.
"They're going to wait to sec \\•hat
fails.'"
Su M a nd~.-·11 and K(.•n Turner. d1
rt.'Cior of the Buffalo chapter of the
Red Cro~. suggest families stock up
o n flashlights, batteries and plcnl\
of bottled water as a precaution.
As (or other domestic a mcnitl l'~.
Mandell warns that the end of Ot'
cember is no t th e timt' to take tht·m
for granted.
"You better think about gett.mg ga.'

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"But, in part. because of lhc work
the university did in looking at census data, surveying other depart ·
ments and talking to (jXJiice) supervisors, the federal oourt approved" the
new policy in October 1998. she says.
BeaJ also had a hand in cr(.'&lt;ltmg a
model to evaluate the effectiveness
of placing mobile computer termi nals in police vehicles.
The BuffaJo Police Departmt:nt
had received S I million to purchase
the terminals, 8eaJ explains, and the
federal government was looking for
an evaluation of the time savi ng5

Rao, associate professor of management information systems, assisted
police in creating an evaluation and -redeployment formula that the
federal government now uses as a
model nationwide, she says.
Beal also has been involved in
solving neighborhood-disorder ISsues that have the potential to "destabilize neighborhoods or that can
cscaJate in·to worse kinds of crime."
She has worked extensively with
police and residents o n strategi es to
improve the communit y--one of
which includ ed th e creation of a
book of summonses (or vio latiom
of such city o rdinances as cxcess1w
no1sc and abando ned cars.
"This gave the police a tool to du
something (about the vio latiOn!&gt;):·
says Beal. noring that in a Jammed
upcqurt system ,such oftimder~ usu
.1lly faLt httle or no consequcnu'!&gt;.
Working together with tho$l' ~I
fected by a particular problem on .1
solution IS the ba.~IC pur~1~c ol fl'
!&gt;Ca rch . Beal say5." That·~ how rt~
search should bt.' -more cmtomt•r
orien ted ."

wt&gt;U before New Y(.-ar·s," he: Jo.a.ld . A:.
for ~s h . it may be m h1gher demand
than ever as the nt:w year nc-Jr!'o.
"Everyone is expected to get La\h,"
ht.· sa id . "ATMs ( may nut ) Wllrk or
will be ou t of cash. And ~ tore~ m.n
not be tak ing plastiC (c rc-d ll t..mh. )
for a while."
Perhaps even more senom th.m
a potential cash sho rtage IS the vul
nerability of the securit ies markl·t .
Mutual fun d liquidity. Mandel l
said , is deemed to be the most ~c;·n
o us dom estic problem for Y2K.
"What happens if they lack the
cash to meet liquidity dcmanJs?'' ht.•
askl'd. "There are factor~ that Jrt•
going to ca use aU mutual ftmds to
cxperit·nce withdrawal"
He also warnl--d th~1 1n a nMrkt't
that he says is dnwn mort.· bv p.:;v
chology than fum.l.amentah. .•1 slum1,
after Jan . I shou ld he t.•Xpl·'-·ted .
Also 1mportantto Ltlll.!oldt·r I!'&gt; tht·
lapalltV ol home ~.-omputt'r\ to
handle )'1 1', addt.•d. AdviLt' I;) ,l\',111
;~hlc ,Jt l 1H\ Y2 1\. Web 'lit' at
• http :/ / wlngs . buffalo . edu /
yea r2000/ ..,.
A.' for "'h.1t'&lt;. rea II" p.tlmg hi hJp
pt'n. nu 1•11t' (,Ill bt.' sure Hut
Mandell, hkt' many n th t.'r~. I!&gt; hop
mg fo r the hcst.
" Hopefullr. we'll d!l wea ther tim
and you can forget what I said in .1
mo nth anJ.a half," he s.ud.

5

f-or asnstancr cormt'Ctmg to tilt· t\·o rld \\'rdi· \V,.J, 1·w l ·H .·mnpwn

nccoum.s. contact tht'

C:omputm~ Ll'tlla

lldp OJJSl.

Ill

--Deborah Husted Koshlns.ky .md Richard McRae,

M5 -.l54..?

UnM'~Sify L1bran.-~

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Dolan, Cobb win moot court
Law students Kevin Dolan and C h.lriC.!o ( .uhh \\'Oil thl' ( h..rlt·,..,
Desmond Moo1 c:o urt &lt;.ompetiiiOn hl!ot month.t·o~rn•ng tht·m .l "\l''t
on tht~ Ruffalo Moot Cou rt Hoard .
The Des mond competition tlfters ~clond · anJ thlrd -vt' 1H 1.1\' !&gt;Ill
Jenb the oppo rtun1 t~· to .~rgut· a rcaiLa;)t' through an :~ppc.JJ, pw
t..t'.!o!&gt; ( ,l,mpetJtor!&gt;- ln team;) (lf l\\'{~t'"C !d~· whether to repre'("lll
the pet iti oners or respondenb and, pnn1 to the oral Jrgumt•nl
rounds, write a bnef from r(."~t"drch ulmpi leJ hy ~.ur rl"n l monlloun
board mcmhcn. co nt ainmg tht' netc.!&gt;..-..1f\. La!)e law .1nd statuton l&lt;l\'''
Tht&gt;competltlon featu re!) three prdumnary round!&gt; m v.•hKh team-,
prt.'.!ol'lll their Ca!&gt;eS in front ol a pand tlf local attornt'ys and 1udgc:'
Tht.· co mpctllton 1~ scored hv \VClghmg the wnttt·n bnd 40 pcrt.t•nt
and oral argumcnb 60 pcru.·nt Tht· \\llllnCr.!o arc selected Irom tht·
~cores comp iled Irom the hr1el!&gt; Jnd thr~·e prclumnan round-..
Thi:) ye3'r's t:asc \vas based on ,1 rape thai occu rrt.·d at \'irg1111.1
Poly tt&gt;chnt( Institut e. Tht: Ca!ll'lll\'Oivc~ tht• v .olence Agamst \\ 1omcn
A..:t and whetht:r it v1o latcs both the Lommcrce dausc and the cqu,t!
protection dause of th e 14th Amt.·nJment. lromc.!lly. tht: Suprt:mc
Court grJ rHed certion to h ea r tht· r~.·al L.lst· th1s tam .
Tht· otht.·r team that competed 111 the finab J.ga1n!&gt;t DniJn .l!ld
&lt;.. ohb \\13!) Ian Lester and Todd Sm11h.
Also recognJzt•d at the compet1t1on lor " lk!&gt;l Hnel!&gt;" we rt' leam!'o
~..om posed of ()alan and Co bb, Joshua Robnb and B•lll ~lvltlr. Hrtnl
Hehanna and David Johnston e, Alan~~ ( :la1r and Tnrv "ugnu·. anJ
Amy HemenwaY and Rat.:hcl Kralllt 7
Recogmzt.•d a!'&gt; " Be~t \hah!&gt;b ,. wen· Ru:.~.-·Jnnt: ~hf-.torr"'' 1.111
I ester. Bill Taylor. l&gt;olan and f-.l;uv \nvdcr

Buechi elected president of
engineering al umni association
Peter). Bue&lt;hl, d regltlnalt.'ll\' lflllllllt'nt,ll r~·mt'tll.llll•llt..·ng•n~.-·n '' 11h
tht· Nt·wYnri..Statc Departmcmnll ·.!Wirtlfllll~·m.lll on"-·rv.l1!1lll l Ht
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thl' DH . and .1 19RJ gr.ldlJ.IIc 111 &lt;,.l\llt'll)!llll'nln~ l l , t' Jll"t'' ldt·nl
l.oUI!&gt; A. PK(I,\Ilu. ,, rt·tlrl"J d~.·drh.llt·n~IIWcr .11 ~ ..tJ,p.tn .1nd !"Jr. .;
graduatt', secrt'tJrv. and \t~.-·ph\·n Kun h1. l \ ·\rm1 t tlfJ'' .,t I 11)-! t
necr:)o, whn recc1ved .111 undergr.tdu.llt' dt·~rn· 111 IYt~ ~ .IIlli .1 m,t,t~·' '
degret· 111 civil enginet&gt;rmg 111 IY~ll.trt.'.l-.urcr
Past prc;·stt..lcnt •~ J·n·d Md1. ,1 rt'tlrt.·J t\it'\\. York. ~Uk I hru,,.n
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Squire. 8 a.m. free .

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l ean M.nufKturtng with Uve
Slmuliltion. AI Deforest and Patrida

~~:,~~~~.
Development Center. AdvitrlCed Training
Center, 275 Oak St.. Buffalo. 8 :30 a.m .-

~r!:;~ ~::t~~~by
lnfOITl"""atlon. WNYTDC at 636-3626.

ETC F. . Wottlshops
Using lmogos on Wob Poges: An
Overview. Don Trainor, d igital med•a

~~;~ ~~~~~~loo

-Alumni

Luncheon
Town Court: Whit'S It All About? Mark

G. farrell, Amherst town justk:e. Center

lor Tomorrow. Noon-2 p.m. S12 per
person. for f1"oofe information, lude
Schw&lt;ndl&lt;f, 829-2608.

Df9anlutlooNJ Meeting
lesbiAn G.y Bisexual Alllan« General
Meeting. 362 Student Union. 12: 30·
1:45 p.m . free. Sponsored by Student
As.sodation. for more information, 6453063.

ETCFol-......,.
Introduction t» HTML C.ro$e Ann

"Crossing .... ~ 1999 Rumsey award-Winner Amy A.

Fabian, assistantlitnrian, ETC. 212
Capen. 2·3 p.m. Free. For men
infomlatlon.biS-7700.

Lurasc:hi, 1 t»chetor-of-fine--.ru
andidate with • concentriltion •n

T--. T-

an at:lundilnce of U.S.-owned and
m.an.aged fKtories. An exhibit of her
W'Oft: ISondispl.ayNOY. 5-12 '"the Art
Department Galrety. Gallery houn art'
Tues. from 10 a.m. to 5 p .m ., Wed .
through Fri. from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m and
SaL from 11 a.m to 6 p m

et-

CAS

Yes. Vkglnlo...Stuclents Con be ActJ...
~~ ln the t.gm.

~~ l.odu"' Spaces.

~~Tl:f3'o'";,~rn,.~·
by College dAtU and Sd&lt;nces Olfoc• ol

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WhM c.n We Le.-n from the Bottom

3::."~~~i~!t:~-=~~..

-IAwFoi-Complex.l:45 p.m. .....

~~;~~~h

" F. ..,..
Eminent Yoruban artnt t..m.ld• 0 Fakeyt
ts widety acknc:JoMedged as the finest
~ wordc.arver in NigeN. As pan
of the OepMtment of African Amencan
St.ucfies' ongoing cdebntion of iU 30th
a~ry. fakeve's work is on disptay
in the UB Art Galle1')' through NOY. 18

:n~o~~-~~t~P-~~dh t~

T~~
m.: ~s.r:~ng.

from noon to 5 p .m.

Wlfonnatlon, ToresaMille-, 6-IS-2391 .

Jobs

-l.ectunr.:-..=-.=.

lead-..

d-.,

·-·

UB zot ~ck tn the pmr when
freshnwl Andre Forde aught a 22·

yard touChdown strike from
quane.t&gt;ad&lt; joe "--y w;,t, :lSO
left in the chird quaner.Th~ after
the Bulb' d&lt;lenso stOpp&lt;d Holstn

Josh Roth rumbled in the end zone

'Z.~r Music.

the second
in a 20-13
o.r::-.:::uc..l.L- last weekend.
18 carries for 126
an HI-yard touchdown
spe~rhead the Bulls
ive charge.
Sophomore
transfer
. . . . . . . .ey shattered UB
swinvning records for the
second week in a row and
helped lead the Bulls to a 15673 win 0\ll!r AkroO. They also
lost to Ohio, 140-96. Hickey
set new school maro in the
1 16SO treestyle(17:14.SO), the
1000 free (1 0:21.20), and in
the SOO free (S:OO.S 1 -also a
personal best).

from IS yards out to cut the lead lO
2().13.
The Bulls wou)d tuve ~ gokien chance lO ae the pme shp ~ when
Rohlfs intercepted Hofstn quarterback GiovJ;nn• Camuzzi at his own 27 and
returned che ball to the Hofstra 48. 1-ioweYer, aftH dnving to the Dutchmen 23 .
thr Bulls .....ere stopped on 4ch-and-seYen.
8ufblo had one more: chance after .)ohn Glanton blocked what ~ ha¥e
been a pme-&lt;lmchmg field goal by johnson from 45 yards out. The 8u'ls ~oukl
not con-vert. ~r. and pvoe thr ball up at d'le~r own 23

lllologkaiSdonoes51gno1 Tronsductlon of the Plant
Honnones, GA and M/4. ~

~ 1n Bortoy. smon Garoy,
8loklgy Dept., Penn s-Univ, 121
Cooke. 4 p .m. ffft. For rJ'I(n
inlonnatlon, Ma')' 6-05-2550.

-..,..,~

~occer

_ __ Mointlow&lt;s.
~~~~
Pari~..

The BuUs spotted visitinz Hofstn a
20.0 lint-hall
~
back to nearly win the nonconforenco bottle. owntuo~ly Wlmx
20..13 In UB Sodium on Saturday.
The f¥nl Dutc!vy&gt;en, who hod
307 yards
tho lint l-..lf.
had just 137afterint.ef'TT1ission;u
US's defense ROOd all. ~
ChrisShellyledthedolomew;,t,
seYI!fl addes. .nd a forced fl..rnl* .
while Chns Gnry also had seYI!fl

on ch~ successive series, thr
offense struck again when sentOr

)ennlfer- lkown. 2 11 Bakd. 4

Untv. at Buffak). 14 1

~out~ all
Hofstra 10, UB ll

4 p.m . frft.

MEN

ArchltecturelA&lt;ture

Manhall 1, UB I

The Ore-dtfferentiation orf Practk~

Thr Bulls k&gt;n in the quarterfinal round of the· MAC Tournament. hekl at
Northern Illinois Untversity. falling 2-1 to Marshall. Perry DurontO scored the
lone UB goal. the first collepto goal d Ius aree•
UB's Stew: 8utther W1S selected u,-he Mtd-Amencan Conference Pbyer of
the Ytw" u YOted by league coaches. 8utther finished the season wrth a tombest. 14 goals and dght a.ssists for 36 points. It W1S also the second straight ~r
he: has been I'WT'Ied to the MAC Am Team AJI-Confe~e .
Tim Songer and Brian McCallion also were honored by the MAC for thetr
perfoi"TTQQCes chis season, being named to the AII-ConfNence Second Team
Son&amp;er wu second on the team In scoring this season wTch II goa.b and si•
assists for 28 points. McCallion,~ second tem-1 AII·Con~e f"dc lur ye.1r u
well, recorded one p and five asYsts on the year for seven pomu

=-~~;'73~·..

~~':!rrd~~- ~~0

p.m. , . ._ Sponso&lt;od 1))1 School of
N &lt; h - •nd Planning.

::::n..!:'c!:;""' Alllonco
Coffee T.._ l62 Student Union. 7 p.m .
Free. Spomored by

St~t

Auociation.

For more infOfrNtion, 645-3063.

- ·--oi:Tho
- ··Eyes

Tho- Annuollnt-

WOMEN

Ohio

-lbnlugh

~3~~~-~e::~
senlon, S4.50 gen&lt;BI. Sponso&lt;od by
IREWG. For rnof'e information, Pat
Shelly, 829-3451.

Theater Perfonnance
Tango. Dept of Theatre and Dance and
The Polish Aru Club of Buffalo, Drama
The•tre. Center for the Aru. 8 p .m. S10

Feculty
As.s.lsUOt/Anodlte Profeu.or of
Counseling Psydlology-Oepartment of

~t~.s~~T~ more

g~r::~~~~~":!~~~~·
IF-9087. AssistAnt

Classlrcal Musk Concert
F•ure's Requiem. S~ Concert Hall. 8
p.m. S5. Sponsored by DepL of Music.
For more information, 645-2921 .

Tho

Unlvenlty -Tho~
The T""'blo with Beauty. Wendy
Steiner, Univ. of Penmytvania. 2.25
Natural ~ Compfea. 8 p.m. Fre-e
and
to tho publk. SJ&gt;&lt;&gt;fl'O'Od by
CoHege cA Arts and Sciences. For ~
inforrnation, Cindy Nydahl. 645-3692.

oeon

Exhibits
• .........._, Toles af Convnorce
- - Av--40wdo"

~~~.=!r~~

cutture fa~ on d ispiay through
NOY. 14 in the UB Art Gdery's firlt-fklor
exhibition spKe in the Center for the
Arts, North Campus. Gallety hour1 are
Yt'ed. through Sat from 10:30 a.m . to 8

~-~~ h
s;:·~m'ereo~en: ~oP~/he
design; different methods to their
delibu.lte madness. Some ~ughty

=~~~~::I perf~bon

of commen:ial icons, others note or
o!Mrwise prottst ~ manipulation of
public consc:lowneu and values by
commercial interesu.

" AIIANOON "
Artist Tony Matelil has taken a umque
stance In tht exploration of nature
versus culture by recreating familiar
w-eeds in an exhibit that captures how
these often unwanted planu reflect the
social quest for be:auty and contrtM.

~"=~~-~~~~ ta~h

adjacent to the ma1n UB Art Galfery in
the Center for the Arts, North Campus.

~o~~-~t~P-~h~~

from noon to 5 p.m .

Prof~sor

o f School

;:~s:au~~.CGr'ad~~;!9
School of Education. Posting ltf-9088
Alsbtant/As.sodlite Professor of
Educational AdministrationDepartment of Educationalleadenhtp
and Policy, Graduate School of
Education, Posting IF-9089. Assistant/
Assoct.te Profeuor orf Educ.aUonal
Adminhtnttion-Oepartment of

~~~~~J~~~~~llng

tF-9090. Assistant Professor of .
Mathematics Eduatlon-Dep.artment ol
team ing and Instruction, Graduate

~ ~~·!t~~~~~;ml
UtenKy Eduatlon-Oepartment of
team ing and Instruction, Graduate
School of Education, Posting tf-9092
As.sistlnt Professor orf Second
u..guag. Education-Deparonent o1
learning and Instruction, Graduate
School of Education, Posting IF-909 3.
As.sistant/A.ssod.lte/ Full Professor of
Spodol Education-Department of
teaming and Instruction, Graduate

=~~~~~!::ti~s~~~"

Eduation-Oepartment of learning and
Instruction, Graduate School of
Education, Posting IF-9095. Assistan t
Professor·Oepartment of Management
Science and Systems, School of

~~l~~F-~.
Research-School of law,&lt;nting If.
9097. As.sist.nt/Assocllte Professor
(two posftions)-Oepart.rrlent of
Medkine, Cardk&gt;logy Diviston, School of
Medk:ine and 8iorl"'edical Sciences,
Posting I;F-9 101 . Aslist.nt/Assodate
Professor (two positlons)-Oepartment
of Medicine, School of Medk:ine and
Biomedical Sciences, Posttng fF-9101 .

ro obta~n mort' ~r~fotmotion on JObs list~

obow, contoct P~nft ~n • fox

~s~~tr= :!~;!~~'1o

obtain infotmation on RtsftNCh jobs,

\ ~rfrJOiftl Programs Pmonnel.

1, UB I ( OT)

The Bulls lost 2- 1 in double OYertJme to Ohto University m che quarterfinal
round oi the MACTourTWnent. Paula llnnn1 sc~ the Bults kxle gm.leatiy.
but Ohio fought back and scored wtth under 3 minutes left to fort:e overome
The Bobcats thrn scored che pme: winner In the 106ch minute.
Ustnni and Unnaea DiNaUo werr ~ected to the MAC All-Conference
Rrst Team. Ustnni led the Bulls In scoring with 13 pis and I0 a.wsu for 36
points. She is the only player in the MAC with double digit. numbers '" p is and
assists. OiN~IIo w:u the defensive leader at sweeper for UB chis season. helpmg
the Bults' det8ue to alk)w just 16 goals in 19 pmes on the year and a team
goals~~

d0 .82

Goalkeeper jaime Adams and freshnwl EJinbech Pfeffer werr selected to
the MACAII-Conferenc:e Second Team this year.Adams had the second-best
goals·apinn avenge in the conference ~t 0.81. and also recorded etght shurouu
on the seuon. Pfeffer wu the team's second-lead1ng scorer wtth 10 goals and
two ;usisa for ll potnu..

~wimmin~
MEN

UB

no, Ohio l09

The Bulb opened thetr 1999-2(XX) season ;apnst Mid-Amenan Confen:!nce
opponent Ohio Un~ Sawrcby on a Winning note a.s they downed 0U 330309.The top perlonne&lt;lo&lt; Coach BudT&lt;m&gt;in's squad was,..- Dan Hickey,
who placed first in the I00 lreostyie (46.56). 200 lreostyie (I:&lt; 1.110), &gt;nd the 200
1reostyie .-.by (1 :26.73). i1ong- john Nnlos. loso Moncion &gt;nd Pot O..,ibn.
WOMEN

Ohio 140, UB 96
UB I 56, Akron, 73
The Bulls opened the Mid-Amencan Conference portJOn ol the season ~t
Akron and Ohio chis pm weekend. downtngAkron. I 56-73 . and los•ng to Ohto,
140-96.The top perfonner for Coach Dorsi Raynold's squad wu ~
tnnsfer Dawn Hickey. For the second week 1n a row. Hickey set UB records m
the 1000 f~ (10:21 .20--first place cwerall).the SOO freestyle (5:0.51--fin;t
pb.ce oYeral1.also a personal best) and the 1650 frees~ (17: 14 ..50)
Other notable pe:rfor:ngnces came from Inger Rooneem. who pbced first
oYerail in the .SO free ( 24.04) and wu a member of the 200 medley sqlQd wtth
Michelle Bricknell. Carnt' Quinbn and Kaae Engl•sh dur won the event W1th a
orne of I:SI 76.

Volle~~all
Bowlins Green l , UB 0 (1 5- 11, 15-l , 15-7)

Tole do 3 , UB 0 ( 15-8 , 15-ll, 15-l)
The Bulls d~ two road MAC gvnes thts past weekend. D.llmg to Sowtmg
G.-..n IS-II , IS-3 and IS-7. &gt;ndToledo. IS-8. 15-13. IS-3
In the Bowling Green pme:. ~ Stueb led the team With ll kilts and
Rebecca Meade had eight kills and IS digs Sen10r setter Samet- Deschamb.lult
contributed 28 usisu ;and six digs.
At To4edo. Meade had a teml-best I 2 kills and 13 d!f5. whtle Desctwnb.lult
had 31 :assists. Sh~s adckd 12 digs.

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Repodea lovember 11.1!1!19/Vol.31.lo 11

Thursday,
November

II
Epsilon r ... Slg""'

....Mfut
Veterans

Day 81'eakfast.

Pistachio's Restaurant. Student
Union. 8-9:30 a.m. Free.
Spon""l!d by Epsilon Tau
Stgma .

WodrMsdoys ot 4 PLUS

:~=.:.~%~
Clemens. 12:30 p .m . f..,. . for
more information, 645-3810.
~~
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Alliance

~= =fli,l~ 45

~~~~~more

information, 645-3063.

Ufe Wot1uhops
Test-Taldng Sl&lt;llb. Academoc:
~t

Center, 1040

Norton. 1-2 p.m. Free.
Spon""l!d by Offoc:e of Student
Activities. fOf' more information,
Sonia Cinelli, 645-6125 .

Graduate FKUhy Meeting
Fall Meeti~ of the Graduate

.

LesbiAn Gay Bis-exual

publk..t.Jon. Listings are
only accepted through the
e le&lt;tronlc submission form

for the online UB Calendar

of bents at &lt;http:/ I
www.buff•lo.edu/
u le ndar/ logl n&gt; . Because
of space limitations, not all
events In the electronic
cale ndar will be Included
In the Repol'fer.

~~t~':=:~e

~=~~-or~:;;. ~~~in. s1ee
SponSO&lt;ed by Dept of Music.
for more information, 645 2921 .

!~. ~~ ~~ ~~treArts

Architecture Lecture

~edlng

Lifo -.bops
Beginner's Swing Dancing .
Laurie Krupski, LMng Well
Center, and Todd
Kamenash, Judicial Affail"5.
Special Events Ana,
Student Union. 4· 5 p .m .

~/Topology

The Mythlflcatlon of the
Semiotic Surface, or, How to
Get from Robert Venturi to
Roland Barthes. K. Michael
Hays, 1999 Oartuon Visiting
Chair, Harvard Univ. 301
Crosby. 5:30p.m . free .
Sponsored by School of
Archi tecture and Plannlrlg.

the Thursday

NormoiM!J'.

Objectivity and
Law. Dennu Patterson,
Rutgen Unfv. 141 Part. 4
p .m . Free.

Tlluter Pet'fe&gt;rmM&lt;O

more information, John
Corcoran, 881-1640 or 6452444, ext. 11 9 .

no later than noon on

Dtefendorf. 4 p .m . free .

Philosophy Colloqul.o

Complex. 3:&lt;5 p .m . F.....

T~ ~e~~ 2r:ioo~~~'Z·

sponsors. Listings are due

-Colloquium
Mathematlc.ll and NIMI'IOrlal
Analysis of Gronular Flows.
Pierre Gremaud, North
Carolina State Univ. 103

Solo VIolin ltedtal

Buffalo Logk Colloquium
Conditional Assertions. John

principal

r~~~oster

Physla Colloquium
Huygeru' Principle In
Quantum Theory: Non
Perturbotm Satterii%

A Quantum Obstruction to
Em~i. J. KaniaBa
, CUNY and Boue
State niv. 103 Diefendorf.
3:45 p .m . free .

a~

famr, Univ. of
Rochester. 205 Natural
Sciences Com~ . 4 p .m .
free. Sponso&lt;ed by ~

Volloyball
UB vs. Kent State. Alumni
Arena . 7 p .m . free.

2 16 Natural Sciences

UB groups

Ele&lt;tronk

~=of

Clusters. Jomes M.

I~~- ~~emci:U~te

~i~Bu:U~~~&gt;G~.

place on campu1o. or for

information, 645-2921

=-homlstry

more information, Sonia
Ci~ii, 645-6125·.

Schoot. For more information,
Jean Grela at 6-4 5-6240.

off -campus events when!

Concert

::.:~·~· ~':K~~~~

:~:~r ~~aJ~~~

Graduate Sc.hc:d, Center for

lbtingi for events taking

Musical Perfonnance
Master Cl.a.ss with Movses
P~Jian. violin . S~

Club of Buffalo, Drama Theatre,

~:I~S~~-:. f;'~~

mformation, 645-ARTS.

Thoter P«fonnance

~l~~~~=-·

Center for the Arts Black Box
Theatre. 8 p.m . for more
information, 645-ARTS.

Wednesdays at 4 PLUS
Sltverman Poetry Reading .
C.k. Williams, 250 Baird. 8
p .m . free . For more
Information, 64 5-3810.

Saturday

13

Alliance OIKusdon Group

Clink

SpeakOutl l esbian Gay
Bisexual Alliance and AIDS
Community Services, 210
Student Union. 7 p .m . free.

fl u Shot Clinic. PractitJone rs
from the Stodent Health
Center, Student Health Center.
9 a.m .-Noon. S4.

w~~~~~t=t

information, liz Holland, 6453063.

Theater Performance

6~~·a~~fp=~~ub

Famlty Performance
Sharon, lols and Bram:
Sldnnar:.narink TV Sing--Along
Live. Center for the Arts. 11
a.m . S14 adults, S10children
(12 and und.,.). S~n""l!d by
~~ir nlOf't 1ntormatioo,

of Buffalo, Drama Theatre,

~::ti5tt;etud~·:. fC:~~

Information, 645-ARTS.

Friday

12
Prtnt Sale
Holiday Print Sale koeflt.
Center for the Arts Atrium. I I

:,ymO:Pr·~·Ltre:~~sored
Printmaking Program. for
more information, Jeff Sherven,
645-6B7B, ext.1 369.

Law ConfeNnee
Matrimonlat Law: The
Realities of PnKiko. 106
O ' Brian. 2 -4 p.m . Free to law
students and to lawyen with

s~~~~~~~~er ot

the American Academy of
Matrimonial Lawyers in
cooperation with the UB L1w
School. For more information,
Prof. lou Swartz, 645-3010.

Family Pet'fonnanco
Sharon, lois and Bra~
Skinna.marink TV Sing-Along
Uve. Center for the Arts. 2
p .m . S1 4 Adults, S10 Children
(12 and und.,.). Sponsored by
~r~~ir more information,

Nuclear Medldne Lecture
Bask Radiation 5afety. sm
Quain, Dept. of Nuclear
Medicine. 117 Parter Hall. 2~
p .m . free . Spon50&lt;ed by Dept
of Nudear Medkine. for more
information, Bill Quain, 838-.
S889.

Volleyball
UB vs. Miami. Alumn1Arena . 3
p .m . free .
n.e.terP~e

=~~~81ack
~':tr;:;
Box

Center for the

Theatre.

Us~CS. more information,

~~:."· Steven Harvey,

Concert

Ufo-.Jtops
CClfTIII1Unkatlo In the
Worirplace; A Sbuggle f&lt;lf
" - andlnlluenc2. 5arah
Olcott. Student o...1opment
Office. and laur.o jones,
Planning and Placemen~ 250

#

UB PeraJ.ssion Ensemble. SJee
Concert Hall. 8 p .m . free .
Spon""l!d by Dept of Music.
for more information, 6452921.

l'huter hrforrnanc:e
Tango. Dept. of Theatre and
Dance and The ~i.sh Arts Club
of 8uffolo, Drama Theatre.

~:~~s5":~ts~ rc:~

IOfOI'TTlation, 645-ARTS.

Sunday

14
Theater Perfonnanc:e
Tango. DepL of Theatre and
Dance and The Polish Arts Club
of Buffalo, Drama Theatre,

~=~~isO:u=·ts~ f;'~~

1nformation, 645-ARTS .

Fund-raiser
GlamSiamllesbian Gay
Bise.~~i al AlUance and Club
Marcella, Club Ma rcella, 622
Main Sl, Buffalo. 4.-8 p .m . 13.
Spon""l!d by UB Queer. fOf
more information, Uz Holland,
645-3063.

Theater PerfOI"nYYKe

~~l~~~~~-

Center for the Arts 81ad: Box
Theatre. 6 p .m . for more
information, 6-45-ARTS.

c.-

Student Uniqn. Noor&gt;-1 p .m .

~~~~~

infonnation, Sonia Cinel1i, 6456125.

ETCF. . ~
Web Sean:h Engines: Finding

~ln':.'=.-

U~raduatel.ibrary.

212
Capen. Noon-1 p .m . l=ree. for
more information, 645·7700.

~p-

Should the Baby UYe7 The
Problem of Handicapped
Infants. Peter H. Hare, Moira
Howes, Bony Smith, oil Dept

~ndPh~~~~~son
Philosophy·at U8 and Canisius
Col~Brian. 4-6 p .m .
~sophy.
by Dept of

History IActure
~l.storian.s Under

Communism. Frank Hadler,
Center for East CentB.I
European Studies, leipzig,
Germany. Hi&gt;lory Oept_
lou::r,;, Par1c Half. 5th floor. •

l:i':lis~;~~~.;

Modem German and Austrian
Studies, and CouncW for
European Studies. For more
information, 645-2181.

fA--·

829-2608.

-.......-

.Dpal to oil intemotional ••
students, 210 Student Union.
1
1 .m. Free.

~more

byUB-...n's
information.

6-45-3286.

ETC F. . -.bops

Te~C~
withl'
.Austin
lloo&lt;h; humonibes lilnrion,
l.odwood Ubrory. 212 Capen.

:!&amp;:.·t.~l~~

....~

Golde-.Phillips,
-~tytte. 12 p.m . Free. for
more information, Lisa Muel'er,
6-45-2115 .

F1nanclaiAidC......-.g

~r::~~~~·

Accounts staff, HO Student
Unk&gt;n. 2 p .m. Free. For more
Information, financial Aid, 829·
3724.

~Mathomatks

Hyperbofk PD£s and
~loriz.otlons {Thin films ).

~a~~ro~~.

4 p .m . free.

Life_.,..,

Re~ I&lt;&gt;&lt; Your Goals.

Counseling Center, H5E
Student

Union: 4-5 p .m . free.

~~~·of 5tudent

Monday

information, Sonia OneUi, 645-

6125.

15

Support_Gnlup

f=~~AII~~t

362 Student Union. 7 p .m .
free . 5pon50&lt;ed by Student
Association. for mar!

~~--

Information. Michele Tucker"'

Heroin, Mothadono and

~e:~er~~sr; and
TOOlOtTOW. 8 :4S a.m .-4:l0 p .m .

~~~~~for
Training. for more infomtation,
645-61&lt;0.

Bloodo.tve

Tuesday

16

Peter Brusc.hi, 645-3063.

Wednesday

.1 7

Red Cros.s Blood Drive. Center
for the Arts Atrium. 10.30 a .m .·
3:30p.m. f..,.. Sponsored by
Student Visual Arts Org. for
more information, }efiSherven,
645-6878, .... 1369.

Ufe-.Jtops
ear- Semc:es. Steven

Harvey, coumelor. 5tudent
Union.· ll a.m ..Noon. Free.
Spon50&lt;ed by C.roer Planning
and ptacement. For more

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Pets and Stress

PAGE 4

Architecture professor's virtual
slide system attTacts Apple's eyr

November 4.l!m/ Ym.31. No.ll

Ol·d

and

New

Construction of the South
Lake Village student
housing complex frames
the older Ellicott Complex
as workers hurry to
complete their tasks before
the end of the outdoor
construction season .

Budget cut estimated at $4.1 million
Greiner calls lack offunding,to cover inflationary costs "honest-to-goodness hit"
By SU£ WUlTCHER
Reporter Editor

2000.
The budget adopted by the legis-

A

lature for SUNY in August did not
include funding to cover inflationary costs, estimated to be S I. I mil-

:rHOUGH UBdoesnot
to r&lt;:«ive its budget aiJocation from

aped

UNY until la ter thi s

month, President William R. Grein&lt;r
Tuesday &lt;Stimated that the univ&lt;:r.iity
will suffer a S4.1 million reduction
from last year's operating budget.
Ln an interview with the Reporter,
Greiner dismissed reports circulat:.
ing on campus that UB faces nearly
S 10 nilllion in budget cuts.
In addition to the S4.1 million, UB

will take a one-time expenditure reduction of SSOO,OOO this fiscal year
forfailingtornakeits 1998-99enroUment target, he said.
UB'sexpectedallocation is $231.1
million, including $5.1 million fo r
prior years' collective-bargaining
agreements,tobepaidinfiscal 1999/

The new contract between United
University Professions and the State

revenue of SJ2 million to cover the
costs for aU of the campuses, he said.
The lack of money for inflation ary costs poses .. an honest -to--good ness hit ,.. Greiner said, pointing out
that the situation is particularly devastating for the University Libranes.
si nce the cost of library matenal.

of New York calls for further salary

especially periodicals. is skyrocket -

adjustments during the fiscal year.
and the university expects to receive
the additional funds req uired to
make thoS(' adjustments.
G reiner noted that the budget
enacted in August did not provide
for either inflationary costs o r sa1ary adjustments related to the prior
years' bargaining agreements. Bc&lt;ausc of .. the failure of the executive
and legislature to agree on a num ber of SUNY issues," which led to
the "staJemate," system administra tion has had to iden ti fy one -11me

ing . The libraries alone need
$500,000 to cover inflationary costs,

lion for UB.

he said.
An alloca tion of$600,000 to cover
mflation costs fo r the rest of them stitullon would have been .. helpful ,"
he said, no ung that the lack of such
funding puts US in a "rt-al squeeze."
Units across campus will have to H' allocate funds to pay fo r inflation
ary costs. he added.
Greiner pointed to the implemt·n
tat ion of the SUNY Budget Attocal lo n Proces s ( SAP ) - formerlv

known as SUNY RAM (R&lt;source Allocation Methodology )-as another
factor complicating the budget picture this year. SAP is the incentivebased procrss SUNY has begun us mg to allocate state tax revenue to ·
the campuses.
When determining UB's alloca llon, he said, SUNY gave th e uni versity "credit " for an increase in
sponsored -program activity, hospi tal -based research and meeting tts

budgeted enrollment for Fall 1999 .
But UB considered the enroll
ment rarget for 1999-2000 too low
The faU actuaJ enrollment aceeded
the target by 1.000 FTE. G reme r

said.
Mo reover. UB expected S I rml
!to n m revenue from increases in tu ItiOn tn lht•schools of Law and PharlllJI.)'. and is "negotiating" with sys·
C.ont.-..1 -

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7

Greiner urges better communication
By MARA MCGINNIS
Reporttr Assistant Editor

I

N a report to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee on

Oct. 27, President William R.
Greiner expressed concern
about the manner in which the deci -

sion was made to put a hold on li -

brary purchases and called for more
effective internal communication
within the university.
As the institution fa(e;'Jevere
budget const raints, "oneX'of th e
things that we are going to have to
work on harder than ~:Yer before is
understanding that what one unit
decides wiU impact and have rami fications for other units and taking

that into account in the decisionmaking process," Greiner said.
"What we have to avoid is the socalled 'stove-pipe thinking,"' he
added. "Information goes up and
down the pipe. but doesn't go sideways. And I think (the libraries situ-

ation ) is an exa mple of'stovt'-pipe
thinking.' Obviously. the ramifica tions of the decision to p ut a hold
on book purchases is extraordinary.
" I am concerned that we had this
matter floating aro und campus for
more than a week, and as far as I can
tell, it had never risen to a level of
discussion with tht· so-calk-d bud get co mmittee of the umversll y,
which is me, the semor VKl' presi dent and the provost."
G reiner distributed to se nato~ a
memo dated Oct. 14 announcing
the libraries' hold on purchases from
Barbara von Wahlde. director o f
University Libraries. and a ll'tt c:r
dated Oct. 27 from Valdemar Inn us.
senior associa te vice president for
university services and chief information officer, announcing that the

hold had been lifted.
.. , know a great deal about this
and there are some pertinent and
important facts that I fo~d miss-

mg from {the: memo dated Oct. 14
from von Wahlde )," satd Greiner. a
correspo ndence, he noted. he had
no t seen until nearl y rwo weeks al ter it had been wnttc:n.
He referred to th e hold on librar v
pu rchases as .. a kmd of mtemal ac tio n o f the libraries tryutg to dt·.li
With the fact that , m mtd -Octobc r.
there is no official budget , no offi nal state university financ__'ial plan for
thts campus.
"Internal dec.ision -makmg of thiS
kind ... has consequences o n others

that perhaps ought to be &lt;ODSid&lt;rcd
before you go too far down the
G reiner emphasized. " I don't think a
carbon copy of a memo is really the
best way to deal wlth a matter of this
magnitude .. . ! think that maybe we

track:·

ought to have talked about it before
we wrote a memorandum.
"The notion that we are somehow

out of the business of buying books
has an extraordinary impact on the

(amp us.
Denms M alone. SUN\ IJ•sttn
gu1shed Se rviCe Professo r 1n the
Depanml'nt of Ele-ctncal Eng1nt"t'"r ·
mg. agreed, saymg that an 1ssue that
lumlS the purchase of book!. IS an
"emot io nal issu e·· to many people
"I would like to set• that tn the hi tun· when deci!&gt;IOn s like thn~ a rc
made , there IS documentation o l
som e kind of mteract1o n wrth the
users so that the deCJ!Iton 1!1 nnl
m ade purely m the Jjbranes.H
Lo ws Swartz.. assoaate prof~!KH
of law, asked for clanficat10n of the
SIIUallon. noting that th e.,nemo
from Inn us was "not of vintage dar
iry" and that the mca.nmggot "prettv
murky " after the first sentence.
What it basically says. Gremer ex
p lained. tS that while tht" librar1'-~
had a base acqutsitlons budget of

about S5.2 million, th&lt;j•already havt&gt;
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Center. He is also a poet, librarian, professor and Webmaster
for the College of Arts and Sciences.

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in the Department of English, might
be UB's most successful and widely
recognized humanities computing
initiative. It ~rves as a centraJ gateway to resources in electronic po·

etry and poetics produced at the UB.
as weU as elsewhere on the Web. providing poetry texts, multi-media re-

sources and suppon.ing course syllabi. Externally. the EPC helps to
represent UB's strength in poetry,
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A SID!y In the Oct. 28 issue ol

the Rqxltttr lnconectly the UniYonlty policy on grode
replocemenL Under the current
policy, students ~ one
chance to rop&lt;O( I gMn cour&gt;e,
regaodless ol the lett2r gtlde re- t h e 11m time.

Publish~rs Weekly,
Postmodem Culture. and The New
Yorker. Internationally, it has recrived ancntion from the Hem/do de
Mexico and has received media coverage in Canada, the UK, France,

Norway. Spain, Australia and New
Zealand, among other places.

Fnnce who came to study the EPC.

I am the director of the EPC. I plan
for new developments, do analysis
and maintenance for the system,
and implement technicaJ standards.
In coordination with EPC Execu tive Editor Charles Bernstein, I
handl e edito riaJ and policy issues
related to the center. The EPC also
sponsors student interns, directed
studies and special projects within
the center, activities that I direct .
Such programs allow students from
a wide range of disciplines to participate in the development of a
complex, large-scale online digitaJ
project, experience that has prime
value for the marketability of stu dents in the professional world. We
a lso host internatio nal scho lars,
such as the recent scholar from

from the University of Alabama

Press next year). The EPC"Gallery"
highlights some of these works. as
will the "E-Poetry" section of the
EPC. to be inaugurated at the end
of this year.

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cluded in the EPC is meant in no EI'C to t h e - ~7To
way to express any bias for or against dte'V
ud.,llt4PLUSitwtraditional or historical modes of WJ - 7 T o
literary expression. Simply put, we ....... .,._._. ... pMtly7
decided at the outset that this UB The EPC is the poetry site of the
site would be of greatest value if it Poetics Program. It supplements the
were focused on a "specific" area of syllabi of numerous counes, both
poetry. Given the curriculum of the within and outside of English, and
PoetJcs Program, the focus of the sec... as a major recruitment tool
fuetics Program core faculty (Rob- for new students for the program
ert Greeley, Olarles llenutein. Su- . and the departmenL The Wednessan Ho~e and Dennis Tedlock) o~ days at 4 PWS literary series also is
mnovatove poets. and the emphasis part of thi Poetics Progr3m; someof UB's. collection of 20th century times EPC resources are dev.loped
poetry. n made sense for~ EPC_to in conjunction with a visiting poet
focus on contemporary. mnova~ or with a Special event such as R.obpoetries. In this regard, the EPC ertCreeley's70thBirthdayCelebrahdps compl~ the pocture, making tion &lt;http://epc...... edu/
UB almost ondosputably the pre- •uthors/UUiey/70th/&gt;. The
eminent location for the study of award-winning LINEbreak series,
innovative poetry in the country.
produced by Martin Spinelli and

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My interest in innovative poetry
comes from my long interest in the

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activities of literary small presses, in
numerous innovative poets afld in
the activities of the Poetics Program
a l UB. Aftera nwnberofyeanworking in the dectronic medium, I have

become paeticularly fascina ted with
the poss ibilities of the electronic
medium for innovative poetic prac-

tice. (Indeed, I feel that innovative
poets may be the most qualified to
interpret and explore the digital me·
dium.) That is to say, considering the
many interesting practices of experi
mental poetry, what can be done in
4

the electronic medium that could
not done before? This raises a num
4

ber of fascinating possibilities for
poetry, including visual poetry, ki netic poetry and programmOO poetry, issues that I take up in m y
"Digital Poetics" book (forthcoming

,__.the

Charles Bernstein, was funded by
the Poetics Program and de&gt;doped
for distribution through the EPC.

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The Latin American writer and librarian, Jorge Luis Borges, once

wroteofhis sense that "the book and
the labyrinth """'one and the same,"
a thought that is even more vivid in
the electronic age! I think that order,
the careful selection and arrangement of texts, and system design has
helped make the EPC so successful,
along with meticulous standards in
its technical aspects. In an age of in-

formation overload, focus can be the
key. In addition, w&lt; make sure that
aU EPC texts are accurate and ap-

proved by their authors. Finally,
"" ...... fortuna~ to participa~
in the Online Computer t.brary
Center's U.S. Department of
Education-funded project ORG
(Cataloging Internet R&lt;sources
Group) whidJ. through the initiativ&lt; of the University Libraries
Central Technical Services

Group, catalogued and made
available selected texts nationally
and internationally through major bibliographic databases.

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I would add a question about fu.
tureplans for the EPC and a question about' the relevance of digital poetry to education in gmeral.
Regacding our plans. the EPC is
developing a Latin -American
component of its resources. as
wdl as an "E-poetries" componcn~ a page that will hi8Jilight the
most visionary of digital projects
currently available. We are in the
process of adding more sound
resoun:&lt;s, especially for contcmporarywomen poets, and have recently added video to the EPCone recent video included a performance by Olarles Bemstcin
and we are hoping to add a video
of Robert Crteley reading this semestttAs to the second question.
I think that innovativ&lt; poetries
are not only appropria~ for the
Web bu~ as I will explore in my
Spring 2000 English gradual&lt;
seminar on "Digital Poetics,• innovative poetry gives us a way to
see it all better when it annes to
the uncanny texntal and spcial dimensions of the elec;tronic age.
These dimensions are relevant to
almost any discipline because in
a world whrn: so much is unct'ftain,one thing can be counted on:
the relation betwmJ digital practice and education will become
more intricately interwoven with
each day before us. •

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Shakespeare conference to be held at UB
Drama of the Bard considered to be "smoking gun" that reveals cultural advances
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HEdramaofShakfspeare
and his contemporaries is
actually a "smoking gun"
that reveals major develo pments in Western culture-dcvclopments we now take for gr.mted,ac
4

co rdin g to many
notable
Shakespearean scholars, including
Barbara Bono. professor and chair of
the Department of English in the
CoUege of Arts and Sciences.
These developments, says Bono,
mclude the early modern movement from monarc hy to more
democratic forms of government,
the emergence of a sphere of public
agency for women and the yoking
of mercantilism and th e media .
They will provide the principle
themes for " Playing at Will ,"' a oneday conference. directed by Bono,

on the cultural contexts of the play·
wright and his work.
The conference will take place
from 10 a.m. to 4:30p.m. tomorrow
in 120 Oemens Hall on the.North
Campus. All events will be free of

most distinguished Shakespeaeean
scholars in the United States. Howard
is presiderit of the Shakfspeare Association of America and professor of
Englishandoomparativeliteratureat
Columbia UnMrsity.

charge and open to the public.
Through papers prese nted by
some of the coun~most distinguished Sha es earean
scholars,theconfe cewill
focus on such issues as

Ln addition to her extensive publications on the stage and soci:tl
struggle in early modem drama
and Shakespeare's histo ries
from a feminis t poi nt of
view, Howard is a co·edi-

how Shakespeare illu-

tor of "The Norton
Shakespeare" and a

minates how"good"
women were "regu-~~~~~~~ sought -after speake r
Ia ted " in his era and ,. ~;;;.,.,v.-:L.
at major national and
how th e c ultura l IJ;:iio1..
international conferproduction
of •r--=;-ences. She will speak
women can be explored by looking at 3 p.m. from her new book manuat the playwright's consideration of sc ript on "Th e Geographi es of
such things as linens.
Early Modem Drama."
The keynote speaker at the conferThe co nference will feature a
ence will be Jean Howard, one of the post -co nference ~e rforman ce of

"Chimes at Midnight" by the
university's Department of Theatre

and Dance in the Black Box Theatre
in the Center for the Arts on the

North Campus.
The play, adapted

from

Shakespeare's "Henry IV" and

"Henry v; will take place at 4:30
p.m. under the direction of Maria
Home, assistant professor of theater
and dance, and will star noted ae1or

Saul Elkin, professor of theatre and
dance and foundeo&lt;and director of
Shakespeare in Delaware Park.
The conferi!nce is sponsored by the
Department of English and the Butler Otair. The performance is offered
courtesy of the Department of Theatre and Dance and its International
Artistic and Cultural Exchange Program, the CoUege of Arts and Sciena:s,theUBCenterfortheArts,and
Shakespeare in Delaware Park.

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Dogs, cats calm stockbrokers
Furry friends help control high blood pressure during stress
By LOIS 11A1W1
News SeMce$

Editor

A

CE inhibiton can keep
high blood pressure under control if life is running smoothly, but they

don't prevent it from rising when

things get tense---liUwhen the bottom drops out of the stock market.
That's when a person needs a friend.
And if a human friend isn't avail -

able, the four-legg&lt;d variety will do
nicely, a study of responses to stress
in a group of hypertensive New York

City stockbrok&lt;n conducted by UB
researchers., has shown.

Findings will be presented Sun ·
day at the American Hean Association annual meeting in Atlanta.
Karen AlJen, research assistant
professor of medicine, assessed the
effect of social support on heart rate,
blood pressure and renin reactivity
in response to mental stress in a
group of 48 stockbrokers, all of
whom were being treated with
lisinopril, an angiotensin converting
enzyme (ACE} inhibitor used to
treat hypertension.
She found that in 24 participants
selected at random to add a dog o r
cat to their treatment regimen, these
cardiovascular measures remained
significan tly more stable during
stressfuJ situations than in 24 participants in the non - pet -owner
group, who served as controls.
" When we told the group that

when you're under stress, and pet

own&lt;rShip is especially good for you
if you have a limited suppon system."
All of the study participants had
liv&lt;d alone for more than five y.an.
Allen bas shown in previous studies that a loved pet can exert a calming inlluence on blood pressure and
heart rate when the owner is performing standard tasks designed to
in&lt;,luce mental and physical stress.
Her research also bas shown that pet
ownmhip can substitute forhuman
companionship and provide physiological benefits similar to that of
friends for older women who live
alone, often in isolation.
Those earlier studies compared
existing pet owners with non -pet
owners. nus is the first study to assess hyperlensive subjects before
and after acquiring a pet, and to assign participants randomly to pet
ownership or 10 a control group.
The study group was compos&lt;d

of 24 male and 24 female stockbrok&lt;n in New York City who had pretreatment blood-pressure readings
higher than 140/90 hg!ml All w&lt;re
non -smoking ooUege graduates with
no other medical conditions. lived
aJone and had not owned a pet in

the previous five years. All participants had to be willing to acquire
their choice of a dog or a cat if as-

many wmt out and got them," Allen
said. "Social support is what I'm interested in," she add&lt;d. "This study

signed to the control group.
Blood pressure, heart rate and
activity of plasma renin-an en zyme that increases in response to
stres.s---were measured in all subjects before drug therapy began, and
six months later when all were tak-

shows that if you have high blood
pressure, a pet is very good for you

ingACE inlubiton and those in the
test group had acquired their pets.

didn't have pets about the findings.

Measurements were taken 1n d
physician'sofficraft.er 15 rrunutesof
rest and in participants' homes.
The home measuremen ts were
taken after an initiall 5-minute rest
period, once a minute during each
of two five-minute stress tests and

after a IS-minute rest period between tr:sts. Stress tr:sts involv&lt;d performing mental arithmetic and giving a speech. Participants assign&lt;d
to pet own&lt;rship had their dog or
cat with th&lt;rn during the tr:sts.
Results showed that before treatment with ACE inhibiton. the average resting blood pressure was 160/
I04. ACE-inhibitor th&lt;rapy lowered
it to an avm~ge of 123/83. Before
treatmen~ the stress tests creat&lt;d, on
average, the following increases: hean
rate--21 beats per minute; systolic
blood pressure-IS mm/Hg; diastolic blood pressure-18mrn!Hg,
and renin of 3.9 nanogram.Vrnl!hr.
Six months lat&lt;r, when all participants wm! receiving ACE inhibitors,
during stress the non -pet-owners'
hean rate, blood pressure and renin
increased nearly to pre-treatment
levels. Pet owners, in contrast,
showed increases in heart rate of I0
beats per minute; systolic blood
pressure of 8 mm/Hg; diastolic
blood pressure of 9 mm/Hg and re·
nin aaivity of),6ng/~r.
Joseph L lzw, Jr., professor of
medicine, and Barbara E. Shykoff,
research assistant professor of medicine, also contributed to this study.
Allen conducted the research as a

Waltham Research FeUow, funded
by the Waltham Research Center for
Pet Nutrition located near London,

England.

Institute targets urban ~ducation
ly JEHNfRII UWANDOWSIU

Reporter Staff

T

HE Urban Education In·

stitute at UB is reaching

for possibilities for coUaboration.
He wants to promote a collaborative spirit through the work of the
institute, which was created by the

good, big. positive ideas and one of
them was to tum UB into a major

player in the field of urban education

faculty-has several goals, including

at the national level," Collins says.
The insti tute, which was established in June of 1998, aims to col·
laborat e with the Buffalo Publi c

prov iding teacher-preparation pro·
grams, cu rriculum development
and developing stra tegies that inte·
grate the use of technology into
classroom instruction.

out to the Buffalo Public

late Jacquelyn MitcheU, who served
as dean of the Grad uate School of
Education for two years.

tor and a professor of English and
Literacy education in the Graduate

"She came (to UB) with a lot of

city schools explore their o pportu-

Schools through the development of

nities and help teachm explore their

Collins says he recently anend&lt;d

a Technology Staff Development
and Research Institute and shared services agreements.
A state program, shared services

the annual meeting of the Council

offers big-city schools the chance to

of the Greai City Schools, at which
a public-school official fiom Chi-

purchase services from universities
or the Board of Cooperative Edu -

cago criticized the ability of teacherpreparation programs to ready educators to work in urban schools.

cation Services (BOCES).

possibil ities through partnering
with the university.

progress will be made "because each

"Dis trict s need to plan how
much money these purch
vices will cost in their current u
gets, and can later apply for st e
aid, based on a predetermined aid
ratio." says Karen Drew, coordinator of field ex-periences for US's
Teacher Education Institute. If the
schools prove they have a need for
a service, such as one provided by
UB, the state will contribute addi tional funds to help pay for the ex isting project, Drew says.

side misunderstands the other by

Buffalo schools. for example, have

reducing complex reality to a set of
problems. Instead, we ne&lt;d to look

identified literacy as a major need,
Collins notes, a need the institute

"The perception of the city school
district is that teacher-education
programs don't do their jobs and
(t he schools) have to re-educate
their teachers," he says. "The irony I
find is that teacher educators often
think that students in city school

districts have problems."
Collins notes that as long as edu·
cators focus on the problems, no

The Technology Staff Development and Research Institute for
Buffalo Teachers is another initiative
o n which tht&gt; Urban Education ln stitu.te·is collaborating. The research
institute--headed by Don Jacobs,
research as.sociatt&gt; professor of edu·
cation and a new member of the UB

Schools, other urban
school districts and other on-campus programs to create partnerships
to work toward a common goal: improving urban education.
' Jim Collins, the institute's direc-

School of Education, says the institute is on a quest to help students in

co uld add ress through such a
shared-services agreement.

Collins believes the Urban Edu ·
cation Institute has a responsibility

BrieD .
Armed robberies reported
in Ellicott Complex
Untvenlty Pollee h•ve w•med memben of the university com munity to take precautions in the wake of four armed robbenes m
the Ellicott Com pl ex within the past several weeks.
The robberies occurred between 5- 10 p.m . Oct. 15, 17, Band 28.
Two took place in Fargo, one in Red Jacket and ene outs1de on the
terrace- level of the complex .
In s-pecto r Daniel Jay said that 1t appea rs that th e ~me md1Y1duals
are respo nsible for aU fou r robberies.
Th~ suspects are described as three black males. 18· 15 yea rs of
age . One is approximately 5 feet 8 m ches tall, with a medium budd.
and the other two are about 6 feet tall with medium builds. All were
wearing dark clothing and maslu.
Jay advised residents of Ellicott, as well as the othe r res1dence halls.
to keep their rooms and the ou tsid e doors to the buildmg locked and
to report any suspic1ous persons to Un1Yers1 ty Pollee at 645 -2111

Campus Parking to enforce
overnight parking regulations
C•mpus P•rlc.lng •nd Tr•nsportatlon Services reminds member ~
of the university community that wmter parking rules will be en ·
forced Nov. IS-April 15.
There is no overnight parking- from m1dmght to 6:30 a.m. except in designated spaces or lots. These mclude Ba1rd B. Alumni .
Governors E, Governors B. Cooke A. Spaulding. R1chmond and
Fargo, and in designated areas in Hochstetler B, Jacobs B. Furnas,
Jarvis B, Ketter and Frona.ak A, all on the North Campus.
On the South Campus, overnight parkmg is r~tri c ted to Abbott
(student lot only ) and designated areas 1n Townsend . Parker.
Diefendorf, She rm an, Michael and Main/Bailey.

Nominations are sought
for Chancellor's Awards
C•ndld•te nomln•tlons •re being sought for the 1000 SUNY
C hancellor's Awards for Excellence in Teaching.
The Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Teaching recognize supe·
rior teaching at the undergraduate, graduate or·professional level. All
fuU-time instrudors with at least three years of full -time teaching at UB
prior to this fall semester, regardless of academic rank, are eligible.
The primary criterion for the award is an extensive record of con sistently superior teaching. In addition, consideration also is given to
sound scholarship and service to the university and the community.
Co mpl~ted nommations, including a summary presentatio n statt&gt;·
ment, up; to-date vita and letters of support , must he received in th e
O ffice of the Vice Provost for Underg raduate Education. 255 Capen
Hall , by the close of business Dec. I0.
For further information,oontaa Undergraduate Education at 645-2991 .

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school wrought with race riots and
drug problems-poi nt s o ut that
many people are working to move

beyond the problems. These prob·
!ems run deeper than simply aca demics. he says. but the "forces of
good'"-teachers. students and parents--"are winning the battle."
" I have a great deal of admiration
for kids and teachers who work in
city schools and what they accom ·

School of Architecture
and Planning

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113,634

11 ,273
95,011

112.7
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School of Dental Medicine

30,000

20,435

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plish," says Collins. who describes
his work with the institute as an ef·
fort to build on that accomplish·
ment "We're all in this together\:'

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to address the needs of both srudents
and teach= in urban public schools.
One key need is overcoming poverty
as an obstacle to learning.
Collins---who is no stranger to
urban education. having taught for

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Gary DICamillo, CEO of Polaroid, delivers keynote at lnd-..stry University Day

Kuoos
The Amherst~ "
QuorUt. q u o r t e l - · ...
Ul, was IWured Sundly on
·cas Sundly MolnOlg.• The
quortel WIIS fllned cUing two
concerts held In eMty SeplemberlnSieeHoll.
Deldre Lynch, vloltJng ossisiM1t
professor of English, WIS I fea·
turod speal&lt;or It the intemationol conleronu "Scolt, Scotland and Romanllclsm,. she pmented some of her new
W0&lt;1&lt; on Golhic fiction. Her •n·
lhology on jlne Auston's recepllon histD&lt;y and on the polltlc.s
of Austen's popularity,
"faneit.s, • will be published
next year by Princeton Unlver·
~ty

Press.

Alan Spiegel, ..-ate professor of English, delivered the keynote oddress at the 24th Annual

CoUoquiom On Literature and
held last month at West
VIrginia Un~Yonity. His Qll&lt;,
•oancen Without Ponlollo: Towards a Theory of Motion in
Mallon Pictures." will be published in on upcoming Issue of
The Wet Vf&lt;g/niQ Unlvmlty
l'hllok&gt;gicD/Popm.
Film

Albert J. EnnonoYk:s, ..-ate
difedor of Student Unions and
ActMUes, WI$ Invited to partlcl·

pote in a recent W0&lt;1&lt;shop held
by Committee A of the American Assoclollon of Un~Yonity

- -~§1·
froedom. ten&lt;n and due
• ErmamYia chaiB the

-

Grievance Committee

lied univonity P.rolesiions
and b an authority on labor -In pubic hlglier educallon In New Yoric. He b also •
member of UUP's statewide fx.

ecutlYe Board.
EIIRudcensteln. SUNY Distinguished - ...... In the Oepart.
ment of Engineering. recently
p&lt;esented the Robert 1.. Pigford
Memorial Lecture at the un~ver.
~ of Delaware. The lecture

wos entitled "Thermodynamic
of Oispenlons.. Rud&lt;ensteln b •
,.(Jplent of the NollonaiMedll
of SCience. the muntry's highest
scientific ochlelernent.

NonnM D. Mohl, professor
lnd chair of the Deportment ol
o..I.Oiognostic Sciences In the

School of Den1Ji1 Medicine. WIS
selected p&lt;esident of the Friends
of the Heolth Sciences~ It
the-~ brunch~

Oct. 17. E._,e R. ·
professor emeritus and fomler
chair of the Department of Qr.
thopledlc SUrgety In the School
of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. wos selected ~· pres!·
dent. At the meeting. Glen
Greshom, professor emeritus
and former chair of the Depart·
menl of Rehlbllitlltlve Medl·
dne. presented the ....nth
C.K. Huang Lecture entitled
. "The Impact of Stroi&lt;e: Evidence

from Th~ Major Community
Studies."
H. Ragl&gt;aY bo, ..-ate pmfessor of rnonagement selena!
and systemo, and Rojlv-_
asslstont professor o f - rnent selena! ond systemo, both
In the School a/__.,.,~
have receiw!d I lhf'ee.yow grant
from the Notlonol Sdence Faundillon for I project titled "lnfor·
motion S)'SIIms Sourmg: A

M&lt;Jitl.'"-* inw:stlgltlon.
~,_Ewing. professor of-liM serwd as consumer

P

.

ingmovie film, a product that almost
instantly was squashed bytheadvmt
of videota~.
His mission, he said, was to transform thc"sleepinggiant"intoanew

product-developing company.

"Reinvention is needed here and
the Niagara Falls na-

~required," said

tive, who was one of the keynote

speakers for the event held Oct. 28 in
the Center for the Arts atrium that
hrought together nearly 300 indi -

viduals from the busmess. govern ment and education sectors of the
reglOO. "Western New York is at the
threshold of its need for reinvention."
I liCamillo echoed the sentiments
of the day') them('-"Vital Partners:
Lollaborat•ng for Excellence"- as
d1d the other speakers, including
state Sen. Mary Lou Rath; Sheldon
~·lvcr. speaker of th e state Assembly,
anJ Counnl on Co mpetitivenes)
John
Yoc hel son .
Pres 1dent
DiCa millo noted that in order to
dchicve success., universities,. govern·
men! and mdustry all need to col·
Jaborate. Success, he sa id, "is not
going to happen without any one o(
these.''
OiCamiJJo JOined Polaroid four
years ago at a time when, he said. the
company .. hadn't had a successful
product in over IS years." The Fortunc 500 company once considered
the "darljngofindustry'' in the 1950s
and '60s--famous for the first-ever
inst311 1 camera--and ..synonymou.)
with innovation," he recalled , was
facing a tarnished reputation after
some very visible and expensive fail ·
ures in the 1980s. Among them were

with atreme reluctance, but the
product eventually hearne a bur·
geoningsuccess in Japan, something
DiCamillo attnbutes to luck.

The companfs most successfuJ
new product ln 25 years, the

Polaroid Pocket Camera produces
photographs the
siu of a negative.
The camera,
DiCamillo said,
isn't just for kids.
Adults are buying it in droves,
he said, using the
tiny pictures on
name badges at
conventions and

......

flashbulb-went
off when
DiCamillo attended a Boston
Celtics basketball game with some
colleagues.

They were in the clubhouse, he
said, when a young woman working
there inquired about the Polaroid

camera they had with them.
DiCamillo said she didn't know
what it was, but was awed by the
concept 3ji00n as she tried it out.
This unapccted event ..told me
this product was by no means a

product of the past." He said the
company needed to reinvent the past
to reach the consumer of the 1990s.
Meanwhile, a Jap311esc toy com·
pany interested in marketing an in·
stant camera for children turned to

Polaroid.
DiCamillo said the idea was met

Yochelson. another native of

Western New York. said in his remarks that in order to compete in a
global market, companies need to
create premium products, premium
services and premium processes.
"Innovation has gone globalnot just production," he said.
"We have tremendous entrepre·
neurship in our country. But we are
not laying the foundation for longterm prosperity."
In order to prosper, he continued.
companies must develop the assets
for that foundation by concentrating

place cards at

ontheth.ree"Cs"--a&gt;mputerization,

dinner parties.

clustering and collaboration.
President William R. Greiner
pointed out that UB continues to
playa kry role in collaborating with
the region and the state.

The idea barely
----(rlgllt). -~school, ch.lts with lndoutry um-.tty 0.,. ..,....._..
made it out ofJaGory DIC.mlllo (centor) -John Yocholson.

The first major light bull&gt;-or

k&lt;ep reirM:nting and Western New
York doesn't k&lt;ep reinventing. you'D
be outmoded," DiCamillo said

pan, DiCamillo
said But when the camera finally hit
the U.S., it sold faster than one could
say ..cheese."

"We're more effective than we've
everbem,"hest:resscd. "We have an

o""rly aggressive agenda, and (we)
have to push as hard as we can."
Rath pledged her support for UB,
citing the stllte's Jobs 2000 initiative
()2K) as a means to "improve uni·
ve.-.ity and industry partne.-.hips,
help rrtrain workers for the challenges of new technologies and en·
hance existing job-training efforts."

DiCamillo Said that by sharing
these stories, he wanted to exemplify
how thinking globally and working
collaborativclycan be advantageous.
"We're talking about the need to
adopt an integrated point of view for
your reinvention." he said. "You're
not going to do it by yoursel£"
But DiCamillo advised that while
collaboration is key, it isn't realistic
for the more depressed areas in
Western New York to look to a more

.. must do a better job of marketing
Western New York" by building on

economically robust region of the
state for help.

its strengths.
"You have at UB some of the most

"! assure you, they're not think·
ing aboui you down in New York
City," he said. 'i'ou need, and we
need, to have regional cooperation.
"lf the Univmity at Buffalo doesn't

brilliant people in the world," he
said. "Shouldn't we be doing every·
thing in our ~to attract cngi-

Silver pointed out that the area

nttrs and researchen here to West-

em New York'"

Vrrtual slide system attracts Apple's attention
Work ofarchitecture faculty member featured in company's online magazine
By JENNIFU UWANDOWSIU

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lection; the second goal is to male&lt;
the slides more accessible. The final
goal, he says. is to "use them as a true
teaching tool."
Jabi says faculty members have re·
sponded well to the idea of using the
system as a learning tool.
"They said it would be really nice

tivities to delve deeper into spocecyberspace. that is.
"For instance. there's a whole line
of architecture that looks at augmented spaces. (In) combining real
and virtual spaces, you can have a
fuller experience irt understanding

The project, developed by Wassin1

to enable the students to interac-

)abi, assistant professor of architec·
ture, involves cataloging the school's
slide collection-which consists of

tively hide and show (a slide's) cap·
tion, so this can become almost like
a B.ashcard system. You can use it as
a study guide," he says.
The program, which Jabi says is
still in the protorype stllge, only is

The center, he says. is interested
in pursuing what has been ooined
by arcllitect .Peter Ande.-. as "cybrid"
spa~ cyber hybrid.
"You can walk into a physical library, for example, and at a certain
point, cross a blurred line into vir-

·Report~

Staff

T

HE work o f a faculty
member in the School of

Architecture and Plan ·
ning to create a virtual
teaching tool has attracted theanen·
tion of Apple Computer, Inc.

ered by Apple, and featured on the
computer company's Web site in the
Fall 1999 issue of its Univmiry Arts
magazine in an articletitled"The fu .
ture of the past" located at &lt;::http:/
/ www.apple.com/educatlon /
hed/-202/sunybufhlo/ &gt;.

roughly 30,000 slides--through a
digital system that Jabi says makes the
images more accessible to students.

Jabi says a team of faculty and staff
members has been scan ning th e
slides into a compuler and storing

them on the digital system. The system, he says, makes it possible for
anyone in Lhe school to search for
slides and place the desired images
into a vinual slide tray using noth ing more than a Web browser.
.. Th en you can go to the slide
sorter and sort your slides. like you
son. a PowerPoint presentation," says
)abi . explaining that as in
PowerPoint, where the user can sort

and organiu thumbnails of images,

and do an additional search and add
slides."
Jabi used Apple's WebObjects Ap·

T~·~­
tlon, whktlpllniiD--

dry X-ray film and instant-develop·

dustry University Day.

"you can son slides. you can remove
a slide that you don't want or you
can read it later on. You can go back

- - ... the Nilional

,_...Family Illy• Mirth
26,2000, . . . . . . . . . m.
portonce a/ the lomlly.

Reirivention ofWNY economy urged
By JENNIIU LfWANDOWSIU
Rl!pOfftr Stllff
Ol.AROID Chairman and
CEO Gary DiCamillo
wasted no time in getting
down to the business of
Western New York's current state of
economic affairs at UB's third In·

plication Server to create the virtual

slide system. The work was discov-

access ible at the

School of Archi"Apparently, (Apple) got my
name from a discussion list, and it

progressed from there. They are in·
terested in promoting this software
to academics," he says. For Apple, the

st

project "is a success story of

WebObjects."
Jabi says the sys

allows some·

one t~ching a · ory of architecture class. for example, to sort and
save the images as a presentation.
Working in an educational-technology classroom, the instructor can

"go to the Web and c:aiJ it up and it's
ready to go" for class, he says.
Jabi notes that his virtual slide
project-for which he has received
no funding and has worked on dur·
ing his free time-has three goals.
The first is to preserve the thou·
sands of slides in the school's col·

tecture
and
Planning. He
hopes it eventu·

ally will be avail·
able to the entire
university com munity.
The project
ties into the
goals of the
school's new
Center for Vir- CM~~PW
tual Architecture. a venture of )abi

and Jean Lamarche, also an assistant
professor of architecture.
"The mission of the center is to

digitally analyze and explore physi·
cal arcllitecture, and also look at the
inter=tion of real and virtual ar·
chitecture," Jabi t"ys.
He says he'd

lih the center's ac·

the space."

tual space. The chal·
lenge is to makt the
integration samless.
.. Right now, vir·
tual space is locked
into the computer,"

Jabi says. Once that
space is projected out

onto the physical spoce
itself, he says. the line
between the two is

b.hwed.
jabi notes the
computer is"too scgre·

gating from cyberspace," aod envi·
sions as part of the cybrid space
"full-scale video walls, anything that
will imm&lt;= you in a virtual space."
Ovm:oming the limitations of the
computer, for Jabi at least, seems
virtually ... possible.
"We're trying to take (the spoce)
out of the computer," he says.

�Woodcarver to disp~ywork m

Compelling human rights issue

VISit part of30th anniversary fete ofAfrican American Studies
By PATmCJA DONOVAN
Nevn Services Editor

T

HE Department of Afri carf American Studies
will co ntinue its 30th
anniversary celebration
this month with a campus visit
a nd e xhibit by the eminent
Yo ruban artist Lamidi 0. Fakeye,

widely acknowledged as the finest
traditional woodcarver in Nigeria.

Fakey&lt; (Fah-lcee-AY) comes from
fi ve ge n e ration s o f Nigeri an
Yo ruban woodcarvers. Whil e hi s
complex, highly detailed work is

rooted in the traditional Yoruba sys ~
tern of apprenticeship, it also is in formed by his studies in the conven +
11o n al

European ca no n.

His wo rk is o n display an the UB
Art Gallery through Nov. 18.
Speakers of Yoruba a re ca ll ed
Yo rubans and constitute o ne of th e
larges t ethni c gro ups in Africa .
While there are JocaJ differences in

dialect and custom, the Yoruba share
a co mmon language and cult ure
and traditio nally have been among
th e m ost skill ed a nd p rodu ct ive
craftsmen in Africa.
Akinwumi Isola, a professor at
Nigeria's lbadan Universit y sa id :
" Beca use he has weathered the most
turbulent storms of two worlds of
edu cati o n ... Fa keye ha s el e va ted
Yo ruban traditionaJ scuJpture to a

level of mzllenu appreciated and
sought afkr all ~ the world."
In a 1996 artide in n.. Detroit
News, Fakq&lt; reported that early in
life, he had tried his hand at many
jobs-repairing bieydes, cutting
hair, boDng-but then he became
ill as a teenager and was told by a
diviner that in order to get well, he
must fuiJiiJ his destiny and return
to his fmjily's traditional prol&lt;ssion.
"God has planned my life," said
Fakq&lt;, now 71. "Carving is an in-

December.
The Fakey&lt; visit and program was
developed and coordinated by Department of Media Study graduate
student Otristine Blad. It is sponsortd by nwne:row departments in
the CoUege of Arts and Sciene&lt;s: AJric.ln American Studies, Anthropology, Art, Art History, Comparative
Literature, Media Stud y, Modern
Ulnguages and literatures, Psychol-

ogy, History, and the UBArt Gallery.
It also is supported by the Gradu-

spiration for me. What has come

ate Student Associatio n, Anthropol -

from it ""' the blessings of God."
Fakeye. who has made many visits
to the United States over the past 35
yean. has lived in Michigan but this
is his fi.rn trip to Buffulo. While at UB,
he will det;Jonstrate wood carving,

ogy Student Association, the Anthropology Graduate Student Association, the Black Student Union, the
Compara!M literature Department

attend a receptio n fo r an c:xhibit of
his wo rk and deliver a lecture. All
c.-vents are fret of charge and open to

the public, unless otherwise indicated.
A fell ow at Nigeria's O bafem 1
Awo lo wo Univers it y, Fake ye has
taught and exhibited extensi vely
bo th in Nigeria and abroad . His
wo rk appears in the collections of
such American institutio ns as the
Indianapo lis Museum o f Art, the
Jo hn F. Kenn ed y Center fo r Per fo rming Art s an d No rth western
University.
The Smithsonian Institution will
present an exhibition of his work in

There •re 27 million sl•ves in the wo rl d today, acco rdi ng to ~vm
Bales, author of "'Disposable People: New Slave ry in the Global
Econo m y" (University of Califorma Press, 1999). T he most com mon victim s of contem porary slavery arc the poor, uned uca ted and
vulnerabl e, no tably wo m en, child ren. magran t workers, refugees,
grou ps attributed low social status an d indigenous peoples.
Anti -slave ry Internati o nal. poss ibl y the o l_d est human - ngh ts or
ga ni za t ion in t h e wo rld , has a n extensive Web site &lt;bttp:/ I
www.•ntl-slavety.org/ &gt; devoted to th is 10p1c. Featured are descnpt ions of c_u rrcn t hu m an - rights campaagns and resou rces. mcl uding
videos, teaching packs. fu ll -text of repo rts submitted to the Unated
Nat ions a nd links to related Web sites
\\fhil e not all sweatsho ps ut ihze true slave labor, resea rchers wath
a n int erest in worki ng co nditi ons an fac tones of mu ltmataonal cor
po ra t io ns and th e ir su bsi d iarH.'!I can go to th e Na t iO na l Labor
Co mmitt ee's site at &lt;http://www.nlcnet.org / &gt; for mo re mfor
m ation. T he Intern ational Organ1zat1on fo r Migrat1on at &lt; http://
www.lom.ch/ &gt; IS another o rgamnt1on on the Internet w1th val u
able in formatiO n for those intcre.,tc.·d m reporting o n the traffi c km~
o f m igrants .
T h e "O n li n e Reso u r cn" rt:gwn u f BISOS &lt; http ://
ubllb .buft.lo.edu / llbraries/ e -resources / &gt; conta1n .~ seve ral dJ
ta bascs useful for resea rch tog sc.•veral facet !&gt; of th1 s top ac. ·1ry sea rch
ing"Lega1Trac,"'''B us1ness Index ASAP,""Expandcd ALademK ASAP.'
"I ndex to Fo rc1gn Lega l Pen o diCals ," " PA l ~ ... "Co ntemporan
Women's Issues" and "Women·!&gt; Rt:l&gt;ourc.es lntern.ltlo nal." hnalh
do n' t forget to l&gt;Carch t h e L: B L1brar1e l&gt; Ca tal og &lt; http :/ I
ubllb. buff•lo.edu / llbrar1es/ e -resources/ bl6on / &gt; 10 find suLh
usefu l publications as the Antr &lt;thn·t'rT Rt•portn Jnd var1ou :o. I Iuma n
Rig ht s Wa tch report1o.

Grad uate Student Associatio n. the
Media Study Graduate Association,

1..ockwood Library, Sub-Board l, lnc.,
and the Langston Hughes lnst itutc.
Th e proj ec t received funding
from Professors Gerard Burch t:r,
Jack Meacha m . Ph ilips Stevens,

Henry Sussman and the followi ng
endowed chai rs: Robert Crecley

(Capen Chai r, Poetry and the Humanities), Leslie Fiedler (Ciemem.
C hair, English ), Dennis Tedlock

For ass/Sta tlct' ron necrmg ro thl' World Wrde Web vw V B wmputt't
aa01mts. cotrtact the Computmg Lt•,m·r Help Ot•sJ. at 6-1 5- .1542

(McNulty Chair, English) and Bruce
Jackson (Capen Chair, Humanities ).
For more infonnat.ion o n Fakeye 's
vis it to UB, sec &lt;http :/ I
wlngs . byffalo .edu / cas / stu ·
dents/ - .html&gt;.

-Austin Booth •nd Nln• C•Kio, Unwt&gt;rs/ty l.tbroflf•i

I BrieDy
Sheffer heads mission to Zambia

Schedule of Events in conju,n ction with lamidi 0. Fakeye exhibit

--6

'"Fiicoye." on of wort&lt; by Nigerian a&lt;ver Lomldi 0 . Falceye,
Second Floor, US Art Gallery, CentJ!r for the Arts, North Campus, on display through Nov. 18

8 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Academic Conference, • Alrian Art, Religion and Rituals, • 110 a.m.ns HaU, Ncxth Catr¥JUS

--16
B 9-10 a.m. Private breolcfast ~for the artist with invited community leaden and UB administratoo,
lac:ulty nl stolf,
• 3-S p.m. Pubic demonstration and worttshop by Lomldi 0 . Fakeye, Sculpture area, Basemen~ Ctnter for Ihe Arts

-17
• 10 a.m. to_, lnformol c;M'Ang domonsllotions by Fllcoye. UB M GaJiery. Center lor the Arts
8 l-4 p.m. lnformol c;M'Ang donM otJotiol tS by lomldi 0 . Fllcoye. UB M Gallery, Urlterlor the Arts
• 7-9 p.m. Toll by Falooye on his rotrospodllle autoblogrophy, lolowed by a reception, and book signing. Poetry/

--lloorrl.

--··

410 ~Hall, Notth

ear....,

• 1-4 p.m. Somlrw for students visiting from OCher .... colleges and commlJIIity memben, UB M Galle1y and
Scmning Room (Room 111}, Urlter lor the Arts ~tion ~uired. F« information, contact Michael Hill,
lM1gsiDn Hughes lnslllute, 881 -3266.
8 S-7 p.m. ......C recopllon for the ortisl; UB M Gc*ry

__ ,,

8 -...g l.e&lt;:tlft nl domonstrotion fo&lt; -..c, high-school studonts, LongstOO Hughes lnstiMe, 15 High St For
llddltionlllnlooTnotlon, .... Mlchool Hil, lM1gsiDn Hughes~
"
1-"3166.
8 7-9 p.m. coinmunlty Ewnt: Slide l.e&lt;:tlft n1
.
Chonging Role of the Artist In Nigeria
Todoy, • lolowed by 1 recopllon -.w.g Alrian donee nl dnm ~LDngston Hughes Institute. For Information, all Mldlaol Hill, lM1gsiDn Hughes lnslllute, 11111 -3266.

I

lohn B. Sheffer, U. director of the \nstit ute fo r local Governance and
Regio nal Growth , is leading a SUNY team that is cond uctmg a necch
assessment for the NauonaJ A.&amp;mbly of the Republic of Zamb1a.
The SUNY delegat ion. sponsortd by the Un ated Sta tes Agency fo r ln temat!OnaJ DNdopmcnt f USAI D ), l5 assiSting the Zambian Parltam~nt
m a comprehensive reform effo rt. In addition to Sheffer. the team Ill d udes James P. Ketterer of the Umvcrs11 y at Albany, Sister Auxilia Ponga
of the government of Zambia and Henry C. Ngaba of Grant Thornton
Consulta nts of Lusaka. Zambia.
~zamb ia 1s a relatively new muh1 pa rt y democracy-u ntil the begin mng of the 1990s. 11 was a one -party state," sa1d Sheffer... Its elected
nationaJ legislature has o nly eXJstc.&gt;d tn iu. current fo rm for eigh t yea r~
The Zambian Nalio naJ Assemb ly IS working with USA ID to become a
mo re effect ive and representati ve panner in Zambia's conu n ued eco
no mic and politi caJ develo pment .
"Our tea m is privileged to be a part of thts Initiative. We are herr 1n a
supporting role to assist the 7..am haan Parlian1ent in the ha rd task of
making democracy work;'
A natio n of 9 .7 millio n in south -central Afnca. Zambl3 adopted 11.1&gt;
constitutio n tn 1991 and first clt."Cled t L~ presadent and ! 50-member Na
tionaJ Assembly that same year.
The delegation will mret wi th the Nat1onaJ Assembly and other take
holdeT5 du ri ng a iwo-week visit, and will d raft its findin ~ and recom mendatao ns sho rt! )· after its return to the United States ea rly th1s month.

Department of Music announces November concerts

T

HE Depart ment of Mu ·
sic will present throughout the month of Novembe r pi-ograms ranging from enduringly popular classicaJ music to experimental con temporary selections.
The month's performances will
begin with a faculty recital featuring Cheryl Priebe Bishkoff, oboe,
with Maria de los Angeles Rivera,
piano. They will perform works by
C ~sar

Fr a n ck, Ca mille Saint Saens, Paul Hindemith, Benjamin
Britten and others at 8 p.m. today

in Slee Concert Hall on the North
Cam pus. Tickets are $5.

The Cassatt String Quartet will
perform the second of six concerts
in the 44th annual presentation of

the complete cycle of Beethoven

String Quartets at 8 p.m . to m o r-

row in Slee. Tickets areS 12, S9 and
S5. The performance by UB's Slee
Quartet-in· Residence will fea ture
Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74

(" Harp" ); Quartet in G Major, Op.
18, No. 2, and Quartet in C-sha rp
minor,Op. l31.
The Department of Music will
present " Piatero y yo .. at 3 p.m .
Sunday in Baird Recital Hall on

Wed nesday in Bai rd . Ad nHss1on
will be free .
Wo rld - re now n ed v to ltnl sl
Mo vses Pogossian will perfo rm at
8 p.m. Nov. 11 in Slce. Ti ckets arc
$5. Th e celebrated perfo rm er wi ll
present a program of solo vio lin

pieces by J.S. Bach, incl udin g Sonata No. I in G Min o rBWV 100 1.
Pa rtit a No. 3 in E Majo r BW V
1006 and Partita No. 2 in D Ma ·
nor BWV 1004 . Pogoss ian 's con cert will be preceded by a master
class to be held in Slee. Admi ssio n
to the master class will be free.
The UB Percussio n En semble
will pe rform with special gu ests
G ordon St o ut , marimba , a nd

hl' di rectt"d by An thony M1 randa.
A lecture ti t led "Ccst1, O ro m ea.
C o mp os lt aon a nd Prod uc t ion "
will be given by lcnm fcr Will iam!&gt;
Brown of th e Eastma n School uf
Music at t he Uni versi ty o f Roc h ester at 4 p.m. Nov. 18 m 21 1 Baird.
T he prog ram wi ll be free.

Th e UB Sy mp ho ny a nd UB

celebrated at a SEAMUS Week
Concert-in honor of the Society

Cheryl Gobetti-Hoffrnan, flute, at

C ho rus will perform Fa ure's Re q ui em at B p. m . Nov. f'Sin Sl ee.
Ti ckets are S3. o ndu cto r will be
re no wn ed cho ral d1recto r Harold
Rosenba um .
The Slee/Visitang Art tsl Series,
Concert III will feature a perfo rmance by the Cassatt String Quartet with mezzo-soprano Melissa
Thorburn at 8 p.m . Nov. 19 in Slee.

for Electro Acoustic Music in th e

8 p.m. Nov. 13 in Slee. Admissio n

Tickets are S 12. S9 and S5. The

United States-to be held at 8 p.m.

will be free. The perform\.nce will

program will featur e Hayd e n's

the North Campus. Tickets are $5.
The program will be performed in
Spanish, its originaJ language, by
narrator Pilar Garci a and guitarist David Sussman.
Electro -acoustic music will be

(Juartc.·t 111 D MaJOr , Op 76. 1-arl
Kun 's " Three Poem!&gt; m 1-rench ."
and Mendelssohn '!&gt; Quartet m A
m an o r. Op. 13.
T he UB M usK TtH·atrc.· Wnrl..
sho p. fo rmerly the Opera Work
shop. wt ll p resent a ~.-omplett:h
unaq ue perfo rmance fcatunng the
work of m usiCal philosoph er and
myco logist John Cage at two pro
gra m s to be held at 6 p.m:-a nd 9
p. m . Nov. 10 tn th e Black Box Tht~­
at rc an the Ce nt er fo r tht· Arb on
the No rth Ca m pus. T ickets are $10
and SS, and seat ing 11o hm1ted. D1
rected by Nicho las Isherwood. t he
pro du ct ion wi ll fea ture exce rp ts
fro m Czge's wo rk, .. Song Books,"
in wh ich audience members will
ea t mushroom s and wander be ·
tween singers. acto rs and dancers.

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schedUled for Nov. 12
AYoid t h e - and bustled
holdoy moll~ and ftnd
truly..,jquegifts ll t h e Holidoy Pmt Sole - . lo bo
held from 11 a.m. 10 6 p.m. Nov.
12 i&gt; the c.nter lor the Arts
Atrium on the Nonh c.mpus.
-print-" by ....
ented students, and el'tC
(._.....,... Pmt lmoging

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wtllboondisplaylorpurdlase.
The-solo, spo&lt;-.d by the
Printmoldng PYognm i&gt; the"Deportment d M i&gt; the Colege

d Arts and Sdonces, wtll,indudo
an •""Y d origlflll print designs. inducing lithogrllphs.
&lt;tcNngs, woodcuts, monc&gt;graphs and colllgnphs. 1'111 d .
the proa&lt;ds from the """"' wtll
bo used 10 JUpport ei'IC.
Poyment by ash or penonll
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Coping with stress
through humor to be
topic Of t.lk •

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The men~ lacroao tam and

the ~Student,.._

1l111*sgMng-50Ciallon wll hold the ftm-

OOon. ·~~ace Aglinst ~lunge(,.
from 2-6 p.m. ·Nov. •13 to bonoflt the Food Bank d Western
NewYodt.
Clubs and orgoniDtions that
sign up to portlcipate wtll &lt;X&gt;mpete In I tlfte.l1our ·~· to
collect the . . - non-perishollle
food itl!ms. T..,. ... bo dellg-

nated rondomy to cole&lt;t on campus or in the lJniYenily
Heights I teighbo&lt;hood. The
wiMing teom will roaiYe $300
forlts organlation.
For more ir1torTMUon or to

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Obituaries
James Hansen, 62, emeritus professor in Graduate School of Education
A memorial service to.- . _ C.

scholars in the school's history.

Hansen , 62, ~mcritw professor of

By the time he retired in May
1996, he was the author or co-author of 21 books, plus book chapters and mo..., than 80 scholarly artides.largely on subjects related to
counseling and me family. He served
as editor of several journals as well,
most notably The Family Therapy
OJ/Iecrioru, one of the top three journals in the field of family counsel ing, which he edited from 1981-88.
' President Wtlliam R. Greiner ...,.
called that HanSC"n .. was on!' of the
first people I met when I arrived at
UB in 1967. He has been my friend
and coUeague ever since, as well as a
neighbor to my wife, Carole. and me

counseling and educational psychology in the Graduate School of
Education and a major natiooal 6gure in the field of counseling psychology, will be held at II a.m. tomorrow in the Roberu and Dengler
Funeral Home at 8630 Transit Rd.,
East Amherst
Hansen died Monday in Kalieda
Health 's Millard Fillmore Hospital
after a long illness. Calling hours arc
from 4-7 p.m_ today at the funeral
home.
Hansen joined the faculty of the
Graduate. School ofEducation in 1963
and bccune one of the most prolilic

for mo.-., than 20 years.
"His death at a relatively young
age, when be was still so vital a pres·
""""in our lives. is an awful ttagedy
for us to bear. Carole and I· have
many great memories of him as a
distinguished faculty member, as

well as a wonderful friend."
Hansen's longtime colleague,

Stanley Cramer, professor of coun-

During the past two deades,
Hansen worked as a consultant to
the N"tagara Falls Community Mental Health Center; the Western New
York Institute for the Psychotherapies; England's Reading llnMnity;
the Careen Research and Advisory
Center in Cambridge. England. and
was UNESCO consultant to the
Ministry of Edut;ation and Culture
fo r Tobago and llinidad.

seling and eduational psychology.
said: "Jim was a very inlluentialfigure in the counseling field. and as a
teacher and mentor, he produced
mo.-., Ph.D. students than anyone in
the history of the department He
leaves a wooderful pcnonal and acackmic legacy."

and Supervision.

higher education in New York State
aver at least the past decade and share
some of his findings thus far from
the data with which he is v.&lt;&gt;rlcing.
In other business, Greiner introduced the final draft of the universitywide policy on sexual harassment
Lewis Rosenthal, associate counsel in the SUNY Office of The University Counsel and the anomey
assigned to represent UB, told senators that in hisexpcrjenceof defending SUNY campuses for 20 years,
" having a viable, well-understood,
well-disseminated policy is of criti-

eal imponanu to the institution to
basically avoid going through the
rigors of a full-blown saua! harassment trial (since) you can show that
you have a policy and the individual
did not take care to use that policy."
For the most part, senators agreed
that the document was dear and
well-thoughHmtand voiced only a
few minor concerns.
Senate O&gt;air Peter N"tekenon said
the final draft of the saual-barassment policy will be considered at the
next meeting of the full Faculty Senate on Nov. 16.

His professionalloonors included
the 1970 R&lt;scarch Award from the
American Personnel and Guidance

Association and the 1986 Award for
Exa:llence in Publication from the
Association for Counselor Education

FSEC
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To_,.,a-.-""hold~

Barbara lyon

enjoys a laugh ~th •devil"
Audre Bunis a nd •regular
guy' Douglas Schultz
d uring the gala Masquerade
Ball held Satu rday in the
Center for the Arts Atrium .
The event benefited the
jose Umon Dance
Residency

lion available for the remainder of
the year.
"We're not going to impinge further on the Libraries' portion of the
budget," Greiner explained.
" Thi s doesn't mean that thi s
makes the year any easier," he added.
" I think we're going to have to do
an awfuJ lot of very difficult deci ·
sion -mak.ing over the balan~ of the
year to get th rough a situation in
which we have a S4 million tax-support hit," he said. "That's what we
are expecting, but we can't say for
cenain that it will be $4 million," he
added, noting that UB "is still working with SUNY Central" to determine the amount of US's shortfall.
Judith Adams· Volpe. director of

Lockwood Library, raised a concern
about where th~ savings./reduction
factor assigned to the libraries would
come from this year since in past
years. it had no impact on the acquisitions budget because it was
taken out of the libraries' personnel
budget. But the personnel budget
this year is " in the red" and therefore i.s not an option, she noted.
Greiner said that "the decision making on that (issue) will not be
made in the 'stove-pipe."'
These and other budgetary p..OO.
lems. according to Greiner, are the
product of 13-straight y&lt;=s of budget reductions in one form or another.
"What ~ ·re not going to do i.s make
decisions on these-types of things in
that 'stove-pipe' fashion. We're going
to develop a sort of internal communication process much more refined
and better than in the past."
In response to a concern raised by

lockwood librarian Dorothy
Woodson about where the libraries-as a chief academic unit of the
university-should report, Greiner
said announcements will _be made
in the nar future by X nior Viet
President Raben Wagner and Provost David Triggle regarding that issue. The libraries now report to
lnnus, who also oversees Comput ing and Information Technology.
In his repon to the FSEC. Greiner
also announced that he is working
on an .. interpretive essay" that will
look at the course of funding for

�Budget
~,._ . . . .

~ooiliall

1

tern administration for the tuition
inoome, he said

And UB, in oat year's SUNY
budget allocation, should benefit
fully from the additional! ,000 FTE,
he said.
·
While UB will take a multi-million cut in tim year's budget, the
news is not all bad. The plan does
include funding to CO'm' several ini-

tiatives, including $1 rbillion for the
UB/Roswell Park Ceoier for Advanced Medical Technologies,
$100,000 Cor the administration of
the School of Medicine and Bi&lt;&gt;medical Sciences to reform and
modernize the practice plan,
$800,000 for Division 1-A athletics
gender-equityoompliana efforts as
part of the SUNY initiative to en-

su.re that women have equal partid ·
pation opponunities, $3.1 million to

Kent State 41,UB 10
Quarurltock Jose lmis compiet&lt;d 24-ci-3&lt; passes"" 196 yank ond lour
touchdowns u K.ent Sou lJnMnlty defeoted U8, 41 -20,1n a MKI-Amerian
Conlerence baale on S.OJ..t.y .,. Dix Swfium In ICM1t. Oh;o.
Tho Golden Auhes (2-7. 2-4 In the MAC} scored 24 unans--.d points iD
b&lt;eal&lt;"" early 7-7 de and ro on to snap. fou"'P"" loslnc weak. The Bulb (1).
B. 0..7}. meanwhile, k&gt;st their 12th-ttnight game datirla bade 10 b.st seuon and
remain winH!u In the MAC.
OMs was red-hot kl che first tWf as me ~t ofliensJo.oe line dominated the
game. The senior compiet&lt;d IS-of-20 puses 10&lt; lrryuds and a pair ci
toudidowns u tho Golden Auhes assumed control d the game midway
th""''fl tho tim half.The lone bloc.dJ on D..m' fint half wu an tna.dible
perlomlance by UB sopltomo&lt;. """ safoty Craiz Ro/il&amp;. Rohlfs inte&lt;ap&lt;ed
thrH paue:s in me firn ~and rerurnect them tor- .. tOQI cA sa yank. His th•rd
int.ercepdon ended a 69-yvd ~t dnve 10 the: end zone and he I"1!IUn'led the
~~ 47 yvds:. Rohtfs now has four lntert:epdons on the season. He also fimshed
the pme with six t2dti~

transfer the Research Institute on
Addictions to UB from another state
agency, and $350,000 to support

co re programs and research and
training endeavors at the Institute
for LocaJ Governance and Regional
Growth.

Calendar
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........

Al&lt;hlt-L«twe

~~c::"~rr~·~
Aldo Rossi. 1&lt;. Mkhad Hays. 1999

~~~~:~if~~- S: 30
Arthitectun and Planning.

-

... -kine Lecture

Recent Adv.nces In Peptide-8.ued

Imaging and Thenopy. u.wr.nce Kvob,
H. Lee Moffett Uncer Center. 11 7
Parter. 6-7:30 p .m . Free. For more
information, Rebecca A.. Goodman, 8385889.

Comput.. Musk
SEAMUS Week Concert (Society tooElectro Acoustk: Musk in the Untted
SUtes). Siird Recital Hd. 8 p.m. Free.
Sponsc&gt;r&lt;d by Dept. ci MU&gt;k. Fo&lt; mo&lt;e
information, 645-2921 .

Thursday

11
~Meeting

lesbian G-r Blsuual Allance General
Meeting. 362 Student Union. 12:30..
I ,.5 p.'!'. Free. Sponsc&gt;r&lt;d by Student
A.ssociatlon. for ~ Information, 6-45·
3063.
-,sot4PLUS

~~~~l~~~ia~~s.

~~~[,·~· Free. For more lnfonnatiOfl,

Life-.....,..
Test-Taking Skills:. Academk
~tCenter, 104DNorton. 1·1

~l~~~~~~tion,

Sonia Onelli, 645-6125.

·-·
---that

in an attempt to subYert theW original
rne.-.fng.

ArtiSt Tony twUteflii has taken a unique
st~~nce in the expbation of nature
versus aJtture by recreating f1miliar

•sprout
like eleglnt M-.ger on the concnt:e
sweep of urban America'"-in an exhibit
that apturei how these often unwanted
plants rolloct the 50dol quest IO&lt; beauty
and control ...ABANDON'" is on displ.ay
through Maldl 1O'in tho Llghtwoll
Gollo&lt;y adjacent ID the moin UB Art
Gal1e!y in tho Cent.r for tho Arts, North
Campus. Gollo&lt;y ....... .,. Wed.
through Sat from 10:-30 1.m . to 8 p.m .
and Sun. from noon to 5 p .m .

u...·

"Crossing -

1999 Rumsey award-winner Amy A.
Luraschi, a bacheb"-of..fine.,rts
candidate with a CDr'lUfltration In
photography, this past "'""""'visited
Matamoros, Mexk:o, a border dty with
an abundance of U . S .~ and
managed factories. This exNbit ci woR.

~~~~~
!.'I:W: tho
of '"crouing the line, ... both tn tile

notion

Q'!:~:,'!=:i=

conceptual ...,.. ci going beyond what
might be exptected. Sht conveys these
Kteas through mediums ranging from

~~~o~: f:~'7.m .

SpeMOtrt! LGBA and AIDS Commun;.y

Theater Perfonnanc:e
Tango. Dept. of Theatre and Dance and
The: P~Wl ArU Oub of Buffalo, Drama
Theatre, Center for the Arts. 8 p.m . S10
~~- $5 students. Fo&lt;""""
.nformaUon, 645--ARTS.

Exhibits
" Persuasion: Tales of Commen::e
and the Av•nt-Garde,.
'Wen in various media by 11 an&amp;s'
collectjves and individual artists-the
culture jam~ on display through
Nov. 14 in the US Art Gallery's first-floor
exhibitton space in the center for the
Aru, North Campus. Gallery houD a re
Wed. through Sat. from 10:30 a.m . to 8

ra·:;:;!~ ~au~. ~~;:.~~ ~o~~irThe
destgn; different methods to the1r

=~~~=s~ ~~a~:hty

wme investigate the~yskal perfectiOfl
of commercial Icons, othen note or
otherwise protest the manipulation of
publk consciousness and values by
commercial interests. Still othen ~
manipulate commerctal manipulatiom

~~~and
~

Protessoo--Depaitrnent

Chemical~

ol

me

Scl'clol ci
EncJW-ing and Appl;.d so.nc..,
Posting IF-9079. Aulstont/Assodate/
Ful Pnifeuor (two positions)~ ci CM1. SlNCtlnland

EnWonmontal Engine&lt;ring. SEAS,
Posting IF-9080. Aulstont/Assodate/
Ful Professoo'(f!Ye posltlons)-

~ross ~ount~

~~~~nd

:v~~~~.;;..

MEN place ninth In MAC Championship

~ ci Mechaooland

WOMEN place II ttl in HAC Championship

=::.:~:r~~,;,:~d~.

The: BuUs competed m their second MAC Ownpions:h1p CNer the ~~d .Jt
Kent State:.
The women's squad pbced II th out of I 3 sqtgds with 280 potna. wtvle
the men finished ninth out of a fiekl of 11 wtth 233 pol'ltsrAkron was crowned
the women'• MAC dumplon (78 pu.). whtle Centnl Midtigan rot 1D9 l&gt;onon
foe the men (37 pa.).
Junior Eileen Rose cononued her constnem performance. as she was UB's
top finisher In the women's 5.000-meter ra.ce and pbced 39th oYen./1 WJth a
time of IB:37.4.
Once agaln. junlorTony Dmd led me Bulls' ctu.rce m the men's 8.000me:ter ra.ce.cros..sm, the fin ish line ninth ac lS:II .50 0Ut of a Re:kfof91 ronnus
Oavtd was one of six male nmnen named [0 the All-MAC Second Team

Posting IF-9082. Asslstani/Assodate/
FullProfessoo'-Oepaitrnent ci
MechanbJ and Aerospace Engineenng.

=:~~-=1/

As.sodat:e Profeuor-Oepartment of
Industrial Engineering. School ci

Engineering and Appfled Sdenc:~.
Posting IF-9084. Aulstont/Assodate/
Full Professor-Department of Electrical

~~~~~·nd

As.sls:tant/Auodate/~ Profes.sor-

Jobs

Anoct.t.e Professor of Courueting

=:~~~~nt/

~occer

~~:"~.~~~i~

MEH

Pre-Cilnkal MRJ Operator (Sl-4)-Molec.u/ar and Cellular Biophysics,
Posting IP-9128. Senior Admissions
Advbor (Sl-4).QffK.'e of Admisstons,
Posting IP-9133. Assbt.nt Oein,
Resource Man.gement (Sl-S)-School

~~=-Dea~'s Offw:~=~ ~~l-

9138. Assistant Athletk Trainer (Sl-1)Division of Athletics, Posting •P-91 39
Lead Piogram.,.../ Anolyst (SL-3)-

Services, 210 Student Union. 7 p.m. ,Free.
5pon&gt;ored by SWdent Assodation. Fo&lt;
""""""""""- Uz Holland, 6-IS-3063.

The Bulls returned home to AJumni Arena Fncby ntght ~fte:r two W'eeks on the
road and picked up their third Win of the season In MAC pby. ~ting the
Central Michigan Oippe:wa.s 1n four pmes. IS-11 , IO..IS. IS-11 . 15·10
Bulls with .1 arHr...tugh 21 kills and 17 digs 1n the
Rebecca Meade led
match. Senk&gt;r setter Somer Desdwnbauk .Jiso was nrong. contributing Sl
assists and 21 dip.
UB compfeted a &lt;Mnnlng wee-kend by de:featinz the Oh10 Unrter"Sity
Bobca.a in bur pmes Sunday, IS· 7. I S...o4. I 5· f 7. IS~ ll

Professlonol

~~~m~~=~~:;;~P-

Lesblon Goy lllsuuol Alllonce
lllscuulon c;roup

UB l , Central Michigan I
UB l , Ohio Unlvenity I

Director ci and Wl1tlngl
~ Professoo'-Scliool ci
Law, ~~Aul-.t/Foll
""":...~~.;; ci Chemical

Depa&lt;tment ci Electrical Engineenng.

Posting~l6. Director of
Cora P. Maloney College (Sl-5)-Cora P

~=·J:~~~~~~ng~

Volle~~all

~~~~~~9076

Wed. through Friday from 10 a.m . to 8
p.m . and Sat from 11 a.m . to 6 p.m.

S)--WBFO,

Architecture Lecture
The MythHlcatlon ci the ~lotk
Surface, or, How to Get from Robert
Venturi to Roland Barthes. K. Michael
Hays:, 1999 Oark.son VISiting Chair. 301

Man.gerial Economio School ci

~:·~.":~ ol

0epart.ment of

Student Servk~

lnformatK&gt;n Technology, Posting liP·
9 140. Reservations Assistant (Sl· l )·

~~~~~~~a~~i!~~·

~~~n;tp~~~ior~

Prog......,._/ Analyst (SL-'1)-Sc....:e
Nod~ Servic~. Post1ng

and Engineering
MP-9 145.

R--.h

IR
-=

=R~~~ :=~!t~EDAR.
Spedalls:t-CEOAA, Posting
Resuteh Technkian 1-Depanment of

=..=~~7:\~:·::~
pos:kion.s .van.t,ae).Research Institute
=~~;;:.~·;;:;

~Vailabte)-Research Institute on
Addictions, Posting IR-99107.
AdmlnistratJve Assistant I-IDEA Center,

UB dosed out the ~tar season wtdl a l - 1 lou to M.arshalt on Sundly The loss
was the second straight for the Bulls. and the third loss 1n the last four gln'le$

;,:nEd~r~~~.~~s:~;!9
School of Education, Posting i1fF-9088.
As.llst.ant/Assodate Professor of
Educational AdmlnisttationOepartment of Educationalleaderst'up
and Policy, Graduate School of
Educabon, Posting II'F-9089. AuistantJ
Auoclate Professor of Educational
Admlnis:tr1tion-Depanment of

'lbeMail

~~~~~~~~~!~~~ling

Students right to protest Pataki

i1fF-9090. Assistant Professor of
Mathematks Education-Department ol
Learning and Instruction, Graduate
School of Education, Posting MF-9091
Assistant Professor of Readlng/Uteracy
Eduation-Oepanment olleaming and
lrutructJOn, Graduate School of
Education, Posting MF-9091. Assin.nt

To the Editor.

~~~.:!,~~1ng and

Instruction, Graduate School of
Education, Posting IF-9093. AuUtant/
Associate/ Full Professor of Special
EdUCIItion-Oepartment of Learning and
Instruction, Graduatr School of
Education, Posting Mf·9094. Al.sodate/
Full Professor of Sde:nce EducationDepartment of learning and InstructiOn,
Graduate Schoof of Education, Posting
lf-.9095. Assistant ~sor·
Depart.me:nt of Management Soencr and
Systems. School of Management. Post1ng

n -9096. lecturer In legal Writl~ and

~~~~~~t~(~

Foculty
Clinical Prof&lt;uO&lt; (pa&lt;t time)·
Department of Periodontok)gy, School ol

(two poWUons)-Oepanment of
Medicine, Cardiology Division, School ol
Medicine and Biomedical Scienc:~.
Posting IF-9101 . Anistant/Assodate
Professor (two positions)--Depanmem
of Medicme, School of Medicine and
BIOrnedw:al Sdences, Post1ng n -9102

~~~eUot~:i~~9

~tlttv-e

=~~~:p~'=i~::-~;~irector-

Manhalll, UBI

School of Education, Posting MF-9087
AuiSU.nt Professor of Schoo4

Claiulfled Civil

montfu)-Educational OpportuOJty

:rm~rw~~:~~~~hs)-

Oepartment of Soda/ and PreventiVe
Medicine, School of Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences, Poshng MF-9071
Ass:odlte:/Full Professor-Department ol
Medicine', OivWon of Medical Oncology.
Roswell Parit Cancer Institute, Post1ng Iff.
9071. Anlstant/Non-tenured A.ssociatr
Professor-Departmenl of F1nancr and
Managerial &amp;:onomio, School of
Management. Posting *f-9073. Full
Profenor-Oepartment of Finance and

Keyboard Specialist /-Department ol
Pathology, School of Medicine and
B10med1cal Sc.ences, Lme II 28 381
Secretary I-Un•vers1ty ServtCe~o, l•ne
lf14537
ro obfa~r~ rnorr mlonnooon on pbs ll'.red
above, con/oct Prrson~ 5ervtcd' faA
rnpon~ systt'nt by calling 64.S -J84J and
followtng r~ \o1lrfCe promp1 mstruci'IOnJ To
obfom mformcwon on Research pb~
ronloct Sponsored PtogromJ Pmon~
416 CroltJ

I

The studtfnts who wen; protestmg the appt.--arant:e oll~ov. P-atak! Wl'rl'
correct to proH.-st h1~ appearance.&gt;. Despite what the governor stated aOOut
what he has "done"' for the SUNY system, the reality is that he ha!&gt; done
very Little for the system. During his admmtstratton, the amount of sta tt.'
ai~ given lo UB and the rest of the schools in the system has dedmed as
a percen tage of the actual cost of an educatton 1n the SUNY system. Thl·
mcreasc in the Tuition Assistance Program wa.-. needed to offset the Ill creased tuition brought about by dt:crea.sed state funds to SUNY.
Furthermore, the fact that th e governor has served aJmo!&gt;t five full
years in office and now IS mak.mg only h1s first VISit to UB ISan ou trage.
UB is clearly the closest ~ool m the SUNY system to a flagshtp school
similar to Cal-Be rkeley or UNC-t:hapcl HilL The go,'cmor should ha,·e
been at the school some t1mc carhcr m hts tenure. e!~pl"(lallv Mn(C he
was on the Scsqulccntcnmal Committee when L1 B (dcbrated It ~ \ 50th
ann iversary 111 1996. The Scsqu Jcentc nn mJ (debratJon lasted lm ~.\ Ill'
and a hal f Yl..ars. Do you thmk tht.&gt; ~owrnor (ou ld ha vl~ poud . 1 Vl:-. 1! 111
the campus during that timt";
Although Prt:sidcnt C remer ~:&gt; 1..llrrell tha t 11 wa... 1mpun.uH h•1 1h1.
governor to see what JS gom~ on .tt l ' H, 11 appl~r' th.u thl· kn h i th~.·
~.Tea lion of thl~ Cl'nll"r tur t ·umput.tiiOil.tl Rl~·ar...tl ....mw ahtn1t l1111ll .1
grant .ll:am thl· Nat iOnal ~tenet .-ounJatum. 1)1" mnnn ~.;u nl' lr1•111
\Vashington , not Albany. \\1hcrl~ Wil.' th ~.· llhllll"\ lr11lll ·\tll.lm tu hdp
UB start !'l lh.:h an 1111portan t tallhtv ~
Ont.&gt; ( an only hope that thl· VISit hl L'H ~' ( ul\ I'.U.1k1 "Ill"·""~ Iih
glwcmor up 10 Lhl' fa ...-tlho.~t L' H 1!'1 Ulll' OIIhc tup Ulll\l.'f"\llll'' mtlk .,.Pull
try and that he wtiJ ~;,·to 11 th.tt thl'fl' ..lrl· no lurtlwr d l i'&gt; Ill ,t.u~.·Jundm~
1..1 fUB and SUNY 111 gcncral.llw fnll!'ll lmptlrtJnt 1hm~ h' kl"-'1' l ' B ~r~.·.u
c. for Alhany to rcalt7..t.' what 11 h.o Ill l ' B, .mJ lor 11 111 lull' lund .Uld
~upport the adnmliStrntum, la~oultv, ~ t .ttl.m J ~ t uJcn t :-. Jtlhl· unJ\lr'il\

L_

Ronald Salter,

UB C!ou ol 1980, 8wo~lvn

"' I

�a

Rep artea lonmber 4.1!m!Vul.31.1o.l1

'~~~rough-·· Eyes
The .,.... N&lt;Y« Sleeps.

Thursday,
November

~~,~~~3~~~
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4

.

=-~-

R-.ation~

MeASUrement and Oau
Ma~~- Cart V. Granger,

tr:a~~~~~~:-,:. 3ss

Squire. 8 a.m. Free.

£TCF. . _ . . . . , . .
Evaluating Web Site Content.
Eric Acree, aut librarian,

~==~~ ~~-1~. For
2

more information, 645- 7700.

_.....,._

llrownlllog\lldeo/

Conference. The
Meblphyslcs of
Consdousness:

~kl~~~~~~b on
Traum~~ . ~

lwarg,

~'t.&lt;'o~~onl

p .m . f .... Sporuored by DepL

~~~=G~~~uEe, enM&gt;

Donato Chair, Julian Paric1:hair.

=

Musical P..tot'ftUinee

s&lt;i:::.,'ff:~oom
B-1, Baird. 3:30p.m . Free.
Sponsored by Dept of Music.
For more information, 645292\ .

Invisible Incorporations. Bnan
Scott. 112 Center for the ArU.
3:30p.m . F-. Spon&gt;O&lt;ed by
Dept. of Art. For more

~~;r.;~~~u:!:ne

Simon.

. Posttron Annihilation

-

. ~=sc8!7'~ v~ique Tool
. Semkonductors . Peter

=~~;"~
~i:'"if~
Natutal Sciences Complex .
3:45 p .m . Free.

~

.-e due

no &amp;Me- tt... noon on

the Tllundoy

prec-.g

publk.adon. Listings are

only accepted through the
el«tronk submlsston form
for the on lint UB Calendar
of Evenu at &lt;http:/ 1

www.buff•lo.edu/
calenct..r/ logln&gt;. BecMtse
of space llmlt.atloru, not all

events In the elec:tronk
calendar wUI be Included
In the Rrp«ter.

Friday

ckg..nW.t..,..,l Meeting
lesbian Gay Bisexual Alliance

Lecture

sponsors.

2

==

Comparative Uterature

UB !J"'UUK ""' prlndfNol

Sponsored by DepL ol Musk.
~c;- r information, 645-

~~~~~:200~

· information, 645-3063 .

off.umrpw. events whent

Foculty Redtol

~:t'~~~~~

r.m.F•ee. sc::;;~ %PSS.

- =~~;t:t

p&amp;.ce on c.npus. or for

ARTS.

5

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n...,_..,..,._,_

l..oY&lt;n. DepL ol Theau. and
Dance, Blad&lt; Bo. Theau..
Center lor tho Arts. 8 p .m . n.
For more information, 645-

~:::-~ :'1:00 ~=ng

coorchnator, Caree~nning
and Plac:~t 106 Jacobs
Management Center. Noon-1

listings for ....... Uoklng

---

~:~tion, Pat Shelly, 829-

Lecture on L.angu.ge and
Gender Studios
•
Studs, Tools and Family

Jewels: Metaphor&gt; Men Live
!t
Peter Murphy. chair, Dept.

306~~~~J:iJ:~~~.mv.

Free. Sponsored by Uterature
and Society Program in Dept
of English . For more
Information, John Dings, 645 ·
2575, ext 1051.

-

Prlsoner Law Fall Rim

S lam. I 04 O' Brian. 4 p .m .

~~~i~~~~~t.ion.
Biological Sclonc:os SemlfW'
Plant N~ Have Extensive
Cytoplasmk G""""" and
lnvaglnation.s. Nina Allen,

~·i~ ~~en~n~~~1
Cooke. 4 p .m . Free. For more
~~~tion, Mary Bisson, &amp;45-

An Dopwtment Exhibit
Opening Reception
Crouing the Une. Art
Depanment Gallory, 84S
Center for the Arts. 5-7 p.m .
F-. Spon501'ed by Dept. of

~~-~6-i~i~~~t;o;'.st"
.......... Wy lllsuuol

Allanc:e Dhaaulon

c;._.,

Coffee Talk. 362 Student
Union. 7 p .m . Free. Sponsored
by Student Association. Fot'
rTlOf"e information, 645-3063.

Tho----oi:TholntentatlonM Women's

Information, Michele Tucker Of
Pel0flln1&gt;chi, 645-3063.

Peirce
Profossonhip

Wednesday

10

David Chalmon,
the Consdoos
Mind, In
H-and
Contemporary Perspoctlve.
Dl'iid Chalmer1, Univ. of

~ot4PI.US

Poe!ly Reodi':t Robert

~.;;.";'=~1o

=·:~~of~n

Philosoplly, DepL ol Philosoplly,

~:~Oftho"=C=-Ot

and

more

Arts
Sciences). For
Information, 645-2444, ext
133.

f~~ll ~'!,;;. ~~

more information, 645-3810.

n..tw.Perfonnaftc:e

town. Dept. ol Theau. and
Dance, Blacl&lt; Bo. Theau.,
Center lor the Arts. 8p.m . 13.
Fot' """" Information, 64s-ARTS.

AllootNoon

_..,._

~~tin

Saturday

Apply? 'Nilliam K. Cummings
prof. ol education. 280 Par1L •
Noon-1 p .m . Free. For more
information, lhomas w.
Surtunan, 645-3-474.

6
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Intestinal Cells. Shiu-Ming

~~~~oiNPJ&gt;~~~~-

(alif. at Davrs. 120 Clemem.
8:30a.m. Free. For rTlOf"e
~'m~· Christian Onikepe,

Farber 1.l4B. Noon. Free

fTC Fall - . . . . , . .

law~

Introduction to HTML Carolr
Ann Fabian, am. librarian, ETC.
212 Capen. Noon-1 p .m . Free.
for more information, 6457700.

Law Alumni COflYOCJitlon and
loedde AwOI'd Lundleon.
Hyott Regency, Buff111o. 9 a.m.2:30p.m . For more
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                    <text>PAGE 2

Q&amp;A: Vi~nia Majewski discusses
the Employee Assistance Program

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s Trek to Himalayas turns out to be
tl~e mostloarrowingfor /.ee

October 28.1!RI/Vol.31. No.lO

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Visit
Chnst1na Bloebaum (nght),
cha1r of the Department of
Mechan1cal and Aerospace
~ng1neering, shows Gov.
George Patak1 some of the
equipment 1n the Center for
Computational Research .
Center director Russ Miller
stands behind Bloebaum .

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where PatakJ spoke at CCR'!I opc:n -

OV. Ccorge 1:. Patak1

mg ce rem onies, a t one po1nt

made his first visit to
campus Tuesday for thr
grand opening of th ('
Center for Computational Research
fCCR) . where he spoke to member.
of the un1vers1ty communit y and

chanted, "Let us in;• to no avaiL
Sen. Mary Lou Rarh who lllf f(l
duc.cd I'Oiaki. c:tlled thcopenmg of the
!&gt;UJX'rcomputing tenter a "mile-tum·
111 Western New York's rcvlVaJ and,,
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toured the world·das.s facility that
feature; more than $7million in stall'
of-the-an computer equipment.
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No rton Hall by more than 00
chanting faculty, staff and student~.
who loudly protested past tuition

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increases and this )'Car's drastil
SUNY budget cuts, as weU as USspecific actio~ like the hold on new
library p urchases and an expanded.
athletics program.
The grand-opening was an "byinvitation-only" event attended h)'
politicians, locaJ business leaders.

researchers and members of the un• versi1:y communi ty. Protester s

.1bout the protesters, whuse ~.:han\!&lt;1
111 th e hallway outside the theater re
mamed audible throughout the program ... I was at Columh1a m tht' l.tll'
'60s, and I'll tell )'OU (the UB ..-tu
dents ) arc a lot more polite and fl'
st ra.ne-d than the students I \vcmto
school wtth back then ."
On a more se nou ~ note, Patak1
~ id he d1dn't thmk the protestm~
students appreciate the effort.!. &lt;If hi!!
admimstration, ciung the state's rc
cent success in raismg the tuitJon -a!&gt; maximum award to $4,100
and tht' l'Tt'3tlon of a collegc-choKt'

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program that otTer) pan.~nt !&gt; t.u trn·
plam lor tlll'tr ~:h1ldrcn
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billion imo our "-late unwcrsnv w~o
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rnllmcnt up. hut tlUr tt.,.l ~LOfl'~ .trl'
up hcGIU !!C Wl' .m:- allrat:ung mort'
.tnd better-qua l1t y students."
Patak1 '11d that the ( CH - olll'
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thl'
nat10n'
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t:hangl' drama t t~..all~ "not rust thl·
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hut abo w11l ~.:hangl· the llll.ll!l' of L' R
dnd \Vestcrn New Ymh. dlld allo''' u~
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In mg to l'dtll...ttc ,, hnlh a nt gcnl·r.l

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pu ttr ,1dvanced ~tulknb at UB.
Wl'.fl' gum~ ltll"lt' worh..Jng to (reate
more toh~ anJ more opportun111c..~
m Wt"Stt:rn Nt'"' Yorl.. .md Nc"' Ynrl.
:-.tall'," addl·d Patak..t.
Prt.~llil·nt W11l1.Ull R ( trt'llll'r "-'lid
11 wa:. " ,111 honor. •1 pn' tll"gl' and .1
pk.t:.url· to haw thl' g&lt;Jwrnurnllhe
..,tall' ol Nt~ ,,. York appear1ng Ill
\Vestern Nt·w York c..~pn:: 1all v on our
L.tmpus.

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UCI begins work to rehab first house
By SUE WUETCHER
Reporter Editor

ENOVATION work ha;

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lx.-gun on a house at

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W. Northrup Place in the
Un ive rs ity
Height s
neighborhood of Buffalo. thr firSI
structure being rehabilitated as pan
of the housing acquisi~ehabth
tation and resale prografll\6egun h'
the UniversityCornmuniry Initiative.
Moreover, UCI is negotiatin)!_
w1th a private pmpcrt)' owner fu1
purcha~e uf a second ho u!K' m till'
nc1ghhorhuod. and i~o actively look
ing for a th1rd. UB .tnd tht' Fannll'
Mac Corp.

.lfl' fundmg the three
house p1lot progr:un. UCI uffictab
arc opttm iSIIl that other pnvatc fi nancing will OC furthcmmng to pur~.:hasc and rl'llO\'atr more hom ~ .

N.cm'ISlOiled,thl' program Wt1uld
stabihzc housmg- .1.nd thu!&gt; rent'\\
th&lt;.·"Uni,'t'rSttv&lt;.:ommun ll\ ".tround
UB's Sout h (.ampu~h y .lttr.ll..'ttng
young housc:holds..mduclin~ rcnll'f'!&gt;,
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�21 Rep oc . _

Octaber ZB.l!m'Vol31.1o.10

BRIEFLY

uua Todlly"' sets

VIrginia Mllfewskl, staff support specialist in Academic Advisement.
is one of four trained coordinators for the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), jointly sponsored by Labor and Management She has
worked at VB since 1994.

NOYember lneup
"'perfonnonce by l h e So&gt;!ophono QulrUI. lWJ ......
phone~~ ...
hlghlght l h e - "'JJI
Todly" coble teltWion " -·
in lhe lineup

4lso- b--

""the"-· which
cast~ lhe rnon1h, will
be the Rev.
di-

John-·

~dlhe~­

!.ssociltion.ond_.s baokelboll cood\ Cheryl Oozier,
who'l &lt;iscuss lhe upcoming

season.
The hoW-hour- b pn&gt;
duced"" lhe
clition by Adelphlo Coble.
The program an be ,_, at
6:30p.m. Soodoy; on Chlnnol
18 lntemat.iooal; 0'\inne 10 in
Lancaster, O&lt;chard Porte,
Clarence and Elmo. and at 9
p.m. Mondays on Chann&lt;l18
lntMlatioNt.

U8-,..,....

Creative Craft Center
schedules fall classes
The ~live Craft ·center b taking registrations through Monday lor its r.a mit ciOss.s.
Classes will be ofl&lt;rcd in ba·
sic drawing. quilting. knltllng.
poltCI)', jewolry casting. stained
glass, aochetlng. basic and cro-

alivi! photography, and Btuolian
emb(oidery.
CaliChe conter at 64S.2434

""inlormotlon and rogis!Btlon
- 1 - S p.m. Monday
thro!!gh Friday or 7-10 p.m.
Moo!day thmugh Th&lt;.nday.
Artwork sought
Entries .... bMg ocaptcd ""
an open U6 student art"-·
•c.t.Out d lhe-........ to
. run Nov. 18 thmugh Dec. 10 in
the Mgellb Fin) c..- on
Main Street i n - Buf.
fllo. ,... undetgraduate and
graduate students, regordless d
major, ... ellglblo to submit

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.Spau is Umiled and small
worl&lt;ls enc:otnged. ol all
~palnb&gt;g.

sculpture, photDgnphy, comput« art. illuslrltlon and
- - - b e KCOpC&lt;d.
To submit entries, call Mille
H_, at 847-0372 with space
requirements. or eJNil

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by Monday.

Wh. . Is the EAP7

ger, union, finances, legal, losing

EAP is a confidentiaJ referraJ service

for all New York State employees
and their families. We provide in·
formation and referral to the best

possible resources to meet the
person's ne&lt;ds. Each state agency has
one or more EAP coordinators.
How m•ny caMS do you refer •
yor7
It varies year to year, but we assist

approximately ISO people.

-.tsomeone toproblems
call on
kinds of

leMI

would
the

EAP for help 7

Anything and overything. Think
about things in your li fe that may
be negatively impacting you, that
may be preventing you from focusing on your job o r home life. Problems can include, and are not limited to. stress, family and relation ships, medical, violence, drugs and

alcohol, child-rearing, adolescents,
eldercare, childcare. grief. work. an -

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pubmhed by the Offoce of News
Services in the DMsk&gt;n of

Unive'sily Services, State Un!Yenily
ol New Y&lt;&gt;l1&lt; at Buffalo.
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located at 136 Crofts Hall, •
Amherst, (n 6) 64S-2626.

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How does the process - 7

You simply call us. Others that .can
refer you to us may be supervisors..
union reps, cowo rkers or family
members. After you contact us. we
will determine the issue aod provide
you with two or three professional
referrals in the community, in keeping with your HMO. That's it.
This Is ... pretty ............ Who
tte.s about my concerns once I

tell• · - - them7

We are the only one to hear your con=· No one else. There is a disclosure form that may be signed for the
purpose ofdiscussing issues only with
the appropriate parties, if necessary.

c.n the EAP uslst with-pike conn lets1
Yes. We are well trained in all areas
and greatJy encourage employees
and supervisors to utilize w for this.

We will work with human resources
and labor unions where necessary.
In the event of a critica.J incident on
campus---&lt;lcath of an employee on
or off the job, assault by one employee on another, terminal illness
or death , violence--our regional
representative, Deborah Hard, is

available to work with us to do a
critical-incide:nt stress debriding for
the employees involved.
._thelswa-byemploJees &lt;"-!jed In- put
two or tllfte JeA~n7
There seems to be an increase in
stress-related problems. and parent
/adolescent concerns.
Does the EAP to.ve any sped&lt;~~
ewnts or KtMtles pa.nned for
the coming yefW7

I am so glad you asked' Yes. November is designated as EAP month, and
we are proud to bring a presentation
to UB by R Bruce Baurn of Bulfulo
State CoUege. Baum uses creativity

aod humor to hdp show us how
we em rdieYe stress. He is =eptionallj&lt; witty aod will keep you
laughing aD prcscntation long. I
promise! Wrth thj: holidays approaching. this is a great prelude
to a sometimes ""'Y 5lrcSSful tim&lt;
of year for many.~ Who
I..tughs. Lasts: Coping with~
through Humor," Will be presented on Nov. 12 in the Student
Union Assembly Hall, Room 330.
There will be two ........... &amp;om
I 0 a.m. to flOOfl and &amp;om I :303:30p.m. R.es&lt;rvationsarc .-lod,
as seats are limited Yoo can contact me at 64'&gt;-6019-or via email

at &lt;vmajewsk@buflio.lou&gt;.

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how would

Does EAP counsel? No. We only
do assessments for purposes of
referral to the best sources available to us.

"This American Life" comes to Mainstag~ rra Glass shares with audience the secrets ofinnovative story telling on the radio
8y MAU ~CCIN~S
Reporter Ass•stant Ed•tor

I

RA Glass, producer, host and

c reative force behind the
award-winning public-radio
show "This American Life."
exposed the power of words, the
power o f inoovative story-telling
and the power of radio in a performance Monday night thar gave his
audience an entenaining inside look
at how he produces the program.
"Not long ago, I was doing a lot
of stories on Chicago gangs and

Chi cago schools; said Glass, whose
fa miliar voice emerged from a completel y dark Cen ter for the Arts

Mainstage theater. "I always thought

REPORTER

weight, illness, etc ...

that if average public-radio listen ers couJd act ually see. for example,
the gi rl ga ng-member that I was

talking to-baggy clothes, tough
looks on her face, black lipstickthat they would somehow distanct·
themselves.
" But when you hear her voice on
the radio, it goes straight to you r
heart," he explains, playing a clip of
her voice to demonstrate. "There is
an intimacy to just hearing
somebody's voice, to the invisibilj ty

backed by music and lessons·he has
· larned after working in public ra-

reflection on JlW: AmeriCan Ufe'"
oftm. is the tide or theme of his show,

garters off with their teeth during
the "'garter cefemony."

dio for 20 yean.

such as one called "There is Some-

He then shared segments of a

In his trademark style, G lass
shared with the audience what

thing P.bout the Judgment of
Strangers...

story in which he set out to mea sure the distance between what a

makes an ideal radio story, using

"Oddly,radioisapeculiarly didac-

junior-high teacher wants students
to get out of a class' trip to Washing-

such examples as the judgment of
st rangers in a subway terminal, a

ton, D.C., and what students actu-

man from rural Kentucky who goes
to Palm Beach to plan parties for the

ally get out of il
Glass explained that what was
supposed to bt a dramatic, moving

rich and famous, teen-agers in a
public-housing project who dream
of a house with a basement,and the
garter dance ritual at an inner-city
high-school prom.
"This American Life is an ex:peri-

moment atop the Lincoln Memorial turned into a disappointinent
for inner-city school students when
their teacher tries to recreate a
touching, historical moment by

ment," Glass explained. "It is a time
to do all of the things that public

playing the"! Had a Dream" speech
by Dr. Martin Luther King, )r.

broadcasting is supposed to do at its
most idealistic-that is, bring you a
perspective on this country that you
can not get anywhere else."

The moment, which Glass captures, ends up having the exact opposite effect, since it turns out that
the students are more"\han familiar

He demonstrated what he called

with this speech, aod instead ofbe-

"thc heart of narrative" or how stories can be structured to seem more
interesting simply by how they are

ing .. touched" are dismayed to find
out it is just the ...same old speech."
" Language enters us i.n a really

arranged.
"We are such a primitive species
th at when we hear a sequence of
events, we believe that it is leading
somewhere."

tic medium," stated Glass. .. People on
radio always make the:irpoint. Radio
simulates very dosely what it is like
to be in an actual conversation.

deep way, a back-&lt;loor kind of way,
a sneaky way. VVe live in a very odd,
cuhural moment for narrative. It ls
rare that you are exposed to narrative in which you feel like: 'this could

of radio, like a late-night phone call

Glass revealed secret subliminal

"In other art forms. like poetry or

be me,'" which, to Glass, is one of

to somebody you're close to. in th e

tricks such as removing the background music to emphasize certain
words in a story and structuring seri es of events to ..create bait" for the
listener to rai.se questions in his or

drama, no one ever tells you what it
is about. No one comes out and says.
' I know it has been confusing up
unt:il this point, but here is what it is
about. .."'

the most important objectives for a
radio show.
" Radio of all media, I believe. is
peculiarly su.ited to create this feel ingofempathybecauscyoucan'tsee

her mind and compel the listener to

1cleif radio stories, Glass said,
must have. three important effects
on listeners: they must be able to
relate to the story, they must be surpriscdbyitandtheymustbeablcto
visualize what is happening.
To demonstrate the power of surprise, be played a clip from a story
that coven a high-school prom during which, in utter surprise, Glass
witnessed the boys taking their dates'

the charectcrs. You can get people's
voices across in a way that enters
your heart more easily than in print
and much easier than on television.
"I'm not a big believer that the
work we do on public radio changes
much in pcoplc'sliYes. But ifthe (storics) have any kind of rontribution
at aD, 1belieYe it is that it giw:slistmas the opportunity for empathy, to
cross that line aod r..I less aazy."

dar~'
Whe

e spotlight finally came

on. Gl
was seated on the open
stage at a table with the radio equipment necessary for his performance .
" I think there is a huge territory
in this country for radio that is un -

explored," Glass told the audience.
.. 1 believe that radio has the power
to move us and touch us the way that
a great book does o r a great movie."
He spent the~ of his talk justi fying his claim with an array of
touching stories, pieces of stories,
a nd stor ies abo ut stor ies-all

stick around to find out what is go-

ing to happen.
According to Glass, it isn't enough
tojusttell alittlestory."Youneedto
moV&lt; from the anecdote to something bigger, which malctsthewholc
idca more satisfying," he explained.
This "mommt of mlection" is an elcment that he said is often missing
in oth'tr art forms. His moment of

�October lll.l!elflri 31. No.lO Jlepor'-

Policy to be implemented

m BrieBy

Grade-replacement moves to top of list ofCIT priorities
By MARA MCCOINHIS
Report~ As-sistant Editor

T

HE implementation of
the grade- replacement
policy that was put into
effect this semester now
has been moved to top of the priorities list fo r Computing and Information Technology, according to
a report by Voldeffiar lnnus, senior
associate vice _president for university services, to the Faculty Senate
Executive Committee last week.
Inn us said there will be a "partially
computer-based manual process"'to
accommodate the new policy for
cour&gt;es taken in Falll999.
"This approach is beneficial because we are sure that it is going to
raise some idiosyncratic situations
that we haven't thought Of as the
policy is being implemented and
will help in the dovelopment of the
computer-based system," said Inn us.
" The expectation is that the
computeriz&lt;d process will be fully
imp lemented in Spring 2000 so
that courses retaken in the spring
could be handled in an automa ted
fashion ."
The new grading po licy, which
has been published in the most recent undergraduate cataJogue, al lows students to repeat courses in
which they receive a grade of C plus
o r lower. The grade earned the seco nd time the course is taken is the
o ne that counts toward the student's

grade-point average, regardless of
whether that is the higher mark.
Presidmt Wtlliam R. Greiner had
told the FSEC early this semester that
because of mo~ pr=ing obligations
in CIT---&lt;p&lt;cilically Y2K and AcC&lt;SS99-virtually all other projects
would be !TlOVI:d back to the spring.
Innus explained that the reason
the project was delayed was because
"there were still a lot of planning
discussions going on between undergraduate education and CIT in
interpreting the policy.•
"As of Oct. 7,allofthe remaining
details and understanding of what
was to be implemented were resolved and we had a meeting with
the provost in which the provost
confirmed that this would be the top
new priority in terms of projects.•
Inn us added thatCIT will be handling only currently enrolled students
and records dating back to 1984.
In other business, Claude E.
Welch,Jr.,SUNYDistinguishedSel-vice Professor in the Department of
Political Science and chair of the
senate's Academic Planning Committee, updated FSEC members on
the recent meeting at UB with five
interlocutors from Albany, headed
by SUNY Provost Peter Satins. to discuss the SUNY-wide m.issjon review.
"Presumably, this campps-based
discussion of mission is intended in
some ways to further differentiate
the campuses, but also to under-

stand better what the maJor con
cems are or the strengths and weak nesses of each campus," said Welch.
Seven administrators and five faculty members met with the In terlocutors, according to Welch. l-Ie
reported that the interlocutors were
panicularly interested in four areas:
undergraduate program in terms of
missions, retention, student life and
selectivity; research and graduate
education; health sciences, and
broader, generaJ-education issues.
Welch told the FSEC that among
the "dialogue points" posed by the
interlocutors ¥13.5 the question: lfUB
had $5-$10 million more in annual
appropriations from the state, how
would the univernty spend it? Welch
said that Provost David Triggle replied that he would spend 70 percent of the money on various com puting initiatives and 30 percent on
enhanced graduate stipends.
In response to another diaJogue
~int, Triggle proposed hiring 140
faculty members by 2003, the cost
of which would come from revenue
from increased enrollment, accord ing to Welch's repon.
All of th e dialogue po ints raised
by th e interlo cut o rs, as well as
Triggle's detailed responses, ca n be
viewed onlin e a t &lt; http :/ I
www . provost . buffalo . edu /
Stra teglcPiannlngDocuments/
1999 _ MI sslon _ Revi e w I
BrleflngBook.htm &gt; .

Allen finds pets improve health
By JENNIFU LEWANDOWSKI
Reporrer Staff

and pets?" A!Jrn asked.
Perhaps because more than half

has such a n effect.
"Whe n I was watching a ho rror

K

of the homes Ln the United States
are host to a pt't and people consider
their pets family m embers who un dcrstand feelings , she said.
studying pets. A graduat e of th e
Jullia rd Schoo l of Mu sic in New

movie, I could feel my hea n pound
mg," she sa id. "\oVh en my dog ca me
tn , I could feel it (subside)."
And pets can make great ltsten
en. Allen said , poi nt111g ou t that
manr people ch oost~ to dtsclo!&gt;t' to
their pets--rather than to a spouse

York City, she ea rned her doctoral

or friend-problems and f&lt;.·dm~"-

degrec in music theory from Heidel
berg University in Germany and fo r
four ye ar s pr r{o rm ed with t he
Heidelberg c hamber Orcht."Stra as
principal clarinetist.
Two years later, Allen rccciVl'd a
master's degree in informatio n sc1ence from UB and wo rked for I]
years as an associate professor and
Librarian in the HeaJth Sciences Li brary.Auenearnedaseconddocto ral
degree-in psychology-from UB
and now serves as the assistant di recto r for the Center for the Study
of the Behavioral and SociaJ Aspe'-13
of Health. It was her work as a research scientist and research assistant
professor in the School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences. however,
that enabled her to focu s her energies on pets' roles in human hea1th.
For her research studies, Allen visit/cil:bOO one -pet homes in th e
Buff4fo area, finding that animal
co mpanion s provide emotiona l
support and act as confidants.
Allen S&lt;Ud couples who have a pet
m their home experience a signifi cantlr greater closeness than those
who don't.
"Couples tell me aU the time that
when they're arguing, they realize
how ridiculous (it is) because the
dog looks upset," she said. P e t s
can be comforting, too. Allen's 11 year-old border collie, Flannigan,

Pl' t owners who interal.."t&lt;:J With hu
mans wt·re likely to disclose such 111
fo rmatio n 60 percent of the tlmt: ,
while owners who interacted With
their pets were likely tu diM:Iose I00
percent of the time. she found, add mg that it '!! not uncommo n fo r pet
ow ner) to "t ry ou!'' a cmwersa.tion
o n a pet hcfore t.1lking wllh anotht·r
person.
Allen aJso fo und that pet o wners
have mo re inH.'ral1 ions \\'lth o th er
people than do indiv1duals Wtthout
p&lt;.·ts.
Alle n no ted that ha\'mg a pet 1sn't
for l'wryone. nnd that the result o l
havmg a pet in a hnmc isn't .tlwav'
go ing to ht· positive. Not e-vcryonl'
IS a pet person.
" I've never tncd to ~y th is IS lor
everyone. everp.,..hert·." she said. The
person fo r who m a pet is more like
an objcd. AIIen said,"cancxpt."'Ct the
rrwards (that come ) fro m a pillow
or a lamp."
Allen, however. IS a firm bel.irwr
that a beloved pet ca n redu ct· hu man [CSponscs to stress.
"A lack of supportive relation ·
ships has been implicated in hyper·
tension and cardiovascu.Jar morbidity and mortality," she sa id. " For
peoplewho likeandwantthem, pct.s
can act as buffers to acute and longtermstres.s.,andcancomplementthe
sn~rt provided by other people."

AREN Allen is a beHever
that having a pet in your
home can improve your
mental a nd ph ys ical

health.
The LIB resea rch scientist makes
no bones about her claim that pets
play an integral role in reducing the
effects of stress in peopl e's lives.
Allen shared the findings of sewral
studies she has conduded that show
pet s can have a caJming effect o n
individuals by preventing blood
press u re from skyrocketing and
keeping heart rate down with a " UB
at Sunrise" audience on Oct. 2 1.
" Pet ownersh ip brings down responses to mental stress.." Allen said,
a finding that she said is not entirely
new. Past studies, she said, have linked
the presence of a pet to survival after
a heart attack. a reduced risk for c.ardiovascuJar disease and an increased
sense of well -being for individuaJs
with Alzheimer's disease and AJDS.
Allen's research, however, focu ses
on how having a pet-specifically a
cat or dog--can diminish or buffer
th e- effects of a st ressful situation.
Her studies, she said, "explore the
degree to which pets can influence
responses to psychological and
physical stress."
One study looked at the human
response to the imposition of stress
via mental and physical stressors,
and monitored the results of indi vi duals in and out of the presence
of a pet, and with and without a
spouse or friend in the room. An other study investigated what role
pets play in conllict and resolution
between couples.
"Why would anyone study people

Allen w&lt;isn't alway!&gt; interested m

13

Management to co-sponsor
health-care forum Nov. 17 Cl
A forum to address "ow nat ional h ealth ~ca re lSsues tmpasz West ern New Yo rk will be held Nov. 171 0 the Adams Mark Ho teltn d ownto wn Buffalo.
T he fo rum . entitled '"'O ur Healt h-Care Industry at the Crossroads:
Wha t Lies 1n th e F utu.r e~" will be presented by t he Indepe nde111
Health Fo undatio n, alo ng w1th th e Sc.bool of Mana gem ent , Bristol
Myers Squibb Co. and The Buffa lo News.
Nat ional ke ynote speakers wiJI include Nancy Sn yderman . medi cal co rrespo ndent for ABC's"Good Mo rning America" and "20/20;"
George Will , nationally syndicated column ast fo r The Wa.sh rngton
Post , and Michael Millenson , principal of Health Ca re and Gro u p
Benefits Practice fo r WiiJi am M . Me rce r and a utho r of"De!'Tla nd ing
Medical Excellence."
Panel discussiOns will be held fea tunng local communtty an d
business leaders, heaJth -ca re providers, msurers and physicians.
..At the present rate, h ea lth ~ca re costs will jump m o re than 100
percent to $2. 1 trillio n annualJy by 2007," said Lewis MandelJ , dean
of the School of Management. "As a natto n , we need to find th e deli cat e baJance between quaJity heaJth care and limited resources."
A Web site fo r the fo rum , &lt;www.wnyhe •lthforum.com &gt; . has
been established for m embers of the community to ask questi o ns
and provade feedback about health -care issues. Q uest io ns and com ments received will be inco rpo rated int o thr- pa nel discussio ns.
Th e fo rum , whi ch costs S80 per person. will run fro m 8 a. m . t o~
p.m . Co ntin ental breakfast and lun ch will be se rved.
Fo r more information or to register fo r t he fo rum . l.Ont ac t the
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Golden Key chapter wins award
The UB Chapte r of t he Golden Kev Na ti o nal Ho nor Sooet y won
the prestigious Key Chapt e- r Award at th e Go lden Kcr's int ern at ional
,. ~
convention , held recent! )' 111 O rl and o, Fl a.
Th e awa rd is g1ven to a chapt er fro m each reg1o n that has excell ed
in commumca t10n , publici ty. meeting m anage ment , chapt er ac tJ VI
u cs and leadership, a nd part icipa ted in reg io nal and 1nternat10nal
program s.
T he U B cha pter induc1ed 5b9 scm o rs and 1unmrs, and ho no rt'd
SIX illdJvtdu als dunn g its rece nt 12th annu al induct ion cc rl~monv.
The sax md JVJd uals. no mm ated by mem be rs of the UB chapter
also were md ucted a~ honora ry me mbers. Th ey we re la m e!! Brad\ .
assoc iate professo r of ph dnsophv; Josephine Capua na, ad mmist ra
tivt: directo r of th e Ho nors Program; C ha rl es fo urtner, p ro fcs!&lt;or o/
bi o logica l sc1ences; Ke rr y S. Crant, de.1n of t he C:ol l e~e of Arb .111d
Soe nces; De1dre Lync h. assocta tl' profc!I~Or ol l·.ngh!! h. Jnd ~l!l l l'T
l ~t· n ev 1e ve Efthem i!l. princ ipa l of St. J o~eph ·SchPtll. c,nl' nl twn
..thools in th e charter '!! Ado pt -a School prog ram .

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professor al "'"""""' JCiona

, and~hastOC:a-11

~grant"""' thetionaJ Science - f o r I
project titled "Low.uwl Complexity and Hold Concepts."

The poems on- M&lt;moln"
ond •t.aura Among the Shlkes"
by ....... -_SUNYD!s-

tlngulshed -

al English
In the Coltgo al Arts ond Sdences, were published In the
Summer issue al Pot&amp; ~!New.
The Americon Chemlal Society
has rooognlzed the -.It altho

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~--..._..
Chenolsb
(!1m'!
vcq with • LocoiSectlon
Young« Chemist C9fT111litt..
Award. The group, composed
olgroduate students In the [)e.
partment ol Chemistry In the
College of Arts ond Sciences,
wu honored for 1 number of

activities, Including hosting ah
annual graduate--student sympo&gt;lpm, volunteering at loco!
elementary schools ond the
Buffalo Museum of -Science to
perform "hands-on• experiments during Notional Chembtry Week, holding ca-&lt;ounsellng semlnors ond WOtt&lt;ing

Kelley collection of 25,000 scl-fl, detective, action tales called best-perserved of Its kind

Pulp~fiction titles reflect the times
BJ PAT111CIA DONOVAN

verse, and by whom.

News Services Editor

"By st udying pulp fiction." Booth
says. "researchers can identify the

hold sway in the 1950s' pulps. but

m

ICOnoclast who teaches English lit era ture at Eric Community College,

rare title that only J own, are out of
luck. So when J decided to gr... the
books to w_
university, 1 got lot
of flack from collectors across the
country.
"But J tell them, ' Hey, what do
you
I'm a hbrarian!'"
Jn fact. Kelley holds a number of
degrees from UB. in addition to a
master's degree iii library science.
He has received bachelor's. master's
and doctoral degroes in Englisb&lt;Mr
the years, as wdJ as an MBA.
Kelley worked for many years as
a computer consultant and travded
extensively, collecting books wher-

in 1994 made a gift to the UB Li-

~hewent.

0

NE of his favorite pulp
writers might describe
George Kelley as "just

one dirty guy doing a
seedy job in a miserable world."
Kelley's life · lo ng pursuit of
cheap--sometimes even cheesypaperbacks may seem a peculiar
ho bby to som c, but it has the librar·
1ans at UB doing handsprings.

unconscious and conscious fears,
beliefs and common scapegoats of
an era. They can study attitudes toward everything from homosexual·
ity and women to drinking. drug use

and guys ~m Yale."

many of the stories arc more explicit

and depict "good" women as ligures
of erotic attention as well
Librarian Donald Hartman, an

expert on w penny detective novels
of fin rk si&lt;el&lt; America, notes that
even our notion of what a criminal
is haschanj!ed over w years, and that

That's because Kelley, a good natured, winy and highly educated

a

c:xeea?

braries of 25,000 pulp-fiction titles.

Librarian Kathleen Quinlivan is

The George Kelley Pulp Fiction

becom ing a minor pulp expert

Co ll ectio n , access ible online at
&lt;http: / / ubllb .buffalo.odu / 11-

while establishing a datllbase of th~
collection that will help people lo-

bra rles l unIts I I m I I kelley I
collectlon.html&gt;, is a remarkably

cate material in the collection by

subject. She says that Kelley's travels are one reason his collection is
unusually well-rounded and deep.

well -preserved assemblage of books
illuminating 40 years of subterra·
nean sociaJ attitudes and behavior.

It contains book series and anum -

Because of its breadth,depth and
superb physical condition; the col-

ber of titles by the same author, for

lection is wo rth a great dea l of
mo ney-millio ns of dollars accord·
ing to o ne source. The librarians,
however, say that its greatest va1ue
is in the eno rmo us contribution the
books make to research and sc.holarship in mid -20th century ftOPU·

distributed only in a few regions or
David Schmid, assistant professo r of English, teaches courses in
popular literature and culture and
agrees with Booth.
.. Pulp fiction i.s a primary source
for mformation on the American

YOte al thot unlwnky's faculty

lar cultu re.

zeitgeist from the 1930s through the

...ate ond _.,.a! by the unl-

The collectio n is a groaning board
1970s," he says .
of detective stori es. sci - __.-r-;;;;;;;;;;,:~:\
"'Whether sci-fi, westerns,

with teachers ond sclentlsls to
imprtl'IO science-teaching
methods.

---lading-

SOl' ol

Economia and OJ«&lt;lltiw!
ofllcer altho Deportment of
Ecooi&lt;&gt;rric$. has been appointed
an IJOn&lt;&gt;nlry prolessor at Clty
~of Hong Kong by.

venity presldenL Ehtlch, who
also,...... as MeMn H. Bal&lt;er
Pn:IIOSOOI'ol Amollcan ~

in the School o( Management
·and director o( the Institute for
·the Study of Ffft ~ Systems, has been • member of the
board o f - to the Hong
Kong Center of Economlt ~
search at Hong Kong UniYersity
since 1992. andfn&gt;m 1992-9-4
was visiting prolessor ond manager ol "The Economia ol Tron~· project It the Hong
Kong UntY.rsity of Science and
Technology.
. - ...... -.whohas

ond lmpnd Jewish college students at the UB-based
Hillel of 11u11a1o for 13 ·years. win
be honored with a Bar Mitzvah
Year of Service on Nov. • · The
13th ~ar is troditlonally celebrated at a Bar Mltzvoh ceremony when Jewish males ma~&lt;e'
the transition Into adulthood.
A r=arch project using highfrequency sound to disinfect wastowoter has earned

- - Modp, I doctoral

student in the Deportment of
Civil, Struc:turoland EnYironmental Engineering. first priM in
a national competition spor&gt;sored by the W.ter Environmental-.,tlon.
loll Glulor, 1550Ciote librarian
. and on adjunct faculty member
in the Department of English,
has had his boolr, "'igitoo Poetlc.s: Hypertex~ \1\suaVkinetic
Text ond 'Mitlng on Programmable Medii. • occepted for
publication by the U"'-'lty of
Alobama Press.
A r~ of Samuel A. Hoy's ·
boolr, "Ed au.ns, A Utoraly 81-

ogrophy.. by eor-t.
wistant prolessor of African
American studies, in the
CUm!nl issue of AfriaJn Am&lt;riaJn
RMtw.
CWN ~professor of
English. portldpolod In the Center for Advanced Holocaust
Studies' First Annual Seminor for

Faculty Toochlng-

Courses. .

ven rures, wc.. rcrns
e ro ti c ta les o ( " .
brat s" and promised
gjes" o n Fire Island.
t hors represented
fro m Dash1ell
lame s C ain ,
Carver, Ruth Millar

really Ross MiicDonald )
Ellery Queen (who is really two
co usins, ne1ther o ne an " Ellery" nor
a "Queen") to relatively unknown

writers like "Jack Woodford" who
have lo ng since disappeared from
the pop· literary scene.
The books that ~mprise the col ·
Jeaion art.• among the hundreds of
thousands of popular novels printed
between 1930 and 1980 o n cheap

"pulp" paper, sometimes for fl y-byni ght publishers. a nd distnbuted
regio nal])' o r nationally.
Fonnulaic,sensational and easy
to-read, the books titillated and horrified readers with exotic locales and
charaders in big trouble. Charles
D' Aniello, who coordinates collec·
tion develo pment fo r Lockwood
Library. says that the stories reas sured their audience by mirroring
prevailing attitudes iUld beli efs.
He says th e authors eschewed
high - toned prose, employing
dip~ect talk that expressed the
.. real i " n what went o n in places
their re ers would never seesleazy backwa ter dives., the underwater lair of blonde vixens five sto·
ries tall . the" Marmot .. galaxy o r the
Mo ntana outback in 1875.
Austin Booth, librarian and hu manities subject specialist who has
worked on the KeUcy collection, says
that scholars value pulp fiaion ~­
ca use it is a trove of popular tropes.
culture traits. political trends and
idiomatic speech. It's also a barom eter of what, at a particular time, is
considered appropriate and per-

instance, plus rare books that were

this evolution i.s weU-documenied. in
the pulps. He says the escapades of
bootleggers, kidnappers. killers, "lap

duced in very limited runs.
"The KelkycoUection is no doubt

spies" and commies galloped

the best-preserved collection of its

through the '30s and '40s, and that
the 1950s introduced a new kind of

kind in the country." sap_Adams.
"They are in absolutely mint condi-

one best examined

tion. The Ubrary of Congress pulp

through a psychiatric lens.
Judith Adams-Volpe. director of

collection, in contrast, is in pretty
bad shape. Most of the university

Lockwood Library, which houses
the ~Dey collection, is well-versed
in pop a rticu lations of cultural
themes. She and Kelley point out

collections are falling apart as well.
"'Ordinarily,"' she says, .. books of
this kind disintc:g.rate very quickly
because the high-acid content of

and their work has held

that a cult following has developed
around the pulp book covers alone.
Vividly colored and lurid in subject
matt er and desig n, th ey were

pulp paper causes it to break down
in the presence of oxygen. In this
case, however, each book WAS sealed
in a plastic Ziplock.bag. which pre-

up o ver time."
In either case.
Schmid no tes that the author uses
the pulp fo rmula to express values
held-sometimes privately-by the
readers.

painted in the realistic style and fea·
tured such subjects as bizarre futur isticcharaacrsandplaces,cattlemen
indireconflictandmany,manyter·
rified or terrifying babes in low·cut
blouses. Some are movie-star look·

vented oxidation."
Kdley began saving pulp sc:icnct:·
fiction books as an adolescent after
his mother threw out his comicbook collectio n while he was at
camp.

"These books actually documen t
our changing tastes and social mores," he says. "They present some of

a-likes (Liz Taylor, Susan Hayward,
"I tease my mom that tojane Russell are faves of the '50s), A"' -~ THE~ day it would be
menaced by the shadows of un- ~l's Rli(;s 7Wi
wo, th a lot of

adventure or detective fie·
tion, this material is written
quickly, according to a for-

mula ," he says. "Some of
the authors are hacks. but
many a re quite talented

the stuff boiling up fro m beneath
t he veneer of civilized behavior
thro ugh anti -heroes who expose
..:orruptio n in unl.ikdy places."

The hero might be suave (Nick

criminal -

published in one edition or pro·

seen kill~- Others are eroticized
Amazons who co mpri se a
popular Western archetype of
dangerous women.

-

, , .

'lfl

money," he says.
"I started saving
thesci-fi because I was
a kid and I loved it-

Kelley says that sometimes

c:harles ) or brutal (Mike Hammer ),

the provocative scenes de·

drink like a fish (both of them ), ex-

picted on the cover had fl:!(;;;·~

pose criminals in une:x nothing whatsoever
pected places (Fire Island, ~ll!lllllll~~~ ;~ do with the book's con·

long Key) orridiculeethnic mino rities and " lavender boys .. - whatever
the traffi c would bear at
the mo ment .
The li brarians point
out that this co llection
marks the changing definition s of "ma sculine"
and " feminine," for in stance, and illustrates provocative
gender roles played out by men and
women in "unusual " situations.
From the tro ublesome - but classy -women and low-dass · but·

o ut, which is why it's
find so many in o ne
in such good condition. In fact , Kelley's home
had to accommodate so many boxes
o f books that h e says h is wife

couldn'tgetto the washing machine
without tripping over them. That

suggestive gun molls of the 1930s.

Jed to an ultimatum, and Kelley was
compelled to find a home for his

for instance, pulp females evolved
during World War U into self- mo-

cobection.
He could have sold it fo r a for-

tivated, frightening and often sexu-

tune.
"Tha·&lt;'s a big mark&lt;! for these
books." he says. "and when they're
held in collections, they're out of circulation, so they can't be bought and
sold. People looking to buy, say, a

ally rapacious characters. At this
time, there were widespread, if sub-

liminal, fears about the changing
soc ial 'e nd economic power of
womeh. Sensual women continue to

"The erotic paperbacks weren't
so much a preference. I picked up
most of those later, along with some
books in the other gen res to round
o ut the coUection," he says.
That may be, but at least o ne librarian is reputed to have spent an
unusual amo unt of time cataloging
the collectio n's titillating "swampbook.. series.
She has class, a IJSt of creder11ulls

longer than my amt and a body that
screametl.'Pilates.' But she's as cold as
a meat locker and ma:m as an a.ddc.
When queried about her pulp pref
erences, the dame hid hu well· worn
copy of"Swamp Bmt" imide a ho/lowed·out volume o}Kant? Surr You
Can!!" Thor w suclcLd down the rest
of ha doubl&lt;latte and spun around

to.Jaa me, a sneu di5torting h ~r
pouty. sa~rl&lt;tlips.
"Print my name, • she hissed, "and
I'll write your epit4ph in hotl«uu."

�OctoberZB.I!!I9/Vol31. 111 10 Repartes

Eleda"ODic!!ighways

UB team tre~ to Himalayas

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luck. The trekkers were able to get
to their next destination with little
problem, b ut because of heavy rains.
the 12 Kashmiri men and their team
of 50 hor= carrying supplies from
camp to camp were unable to cross
the river, which had risen to an un ~
manageable height.
The group-accustomed to hav ing the caravan of men set up camp.
cook and provide amenities such as
hot water-had virtually nothing,

they can do for the people they tre-dt.
"We try to be useful. (but) we
can't treat people with chron1 c di~ ­
ease," h e said. "There are things we
can do," he sa1d, such as treat res p iratory and ear infections, and
skin problems, "bu t they're liable
to re cu r " due to th e vi ll ager~ ·
lifestyles. Lee sa id the t re.kkers at
least try to "give them an idea th at
there a re so me things they can do
differently."

not even sleeping bags, Lee said.
"'We had some food (canned sardines). And we were able to be semi .:;--::----:=------..,.,..,...---------, c ivilized.': he said,
chuckling at th e
m emo r y of so m e
scotch he had stashed
in his backpack. The
group took advantage
of the delay, dcdaring
a day of rest befon·
heading to their mam
destination, the village
of Lin gshe1.
Lingshct, L« ex RkhMd Lee (center rear) ond hh wlfo, Susan
plained, is home to a
(left rear), are pictured with Mohammed ..
monastery dating had
Daya, a member of the trek team from the
Unlvenlty of Oregon, and monks and nuns
tolhe llt.ha:nrury,and
from the viii~ of Llngshet.
is building il nunnery.
The mission, he said,
sor in the Department of Anthro - \'laS to test both the Tibetan Buddhist
pology in Lhe C.ollcgc of ArL~ and
monks and nuns for tubercuJosis and
Sciences.
hepatitis A, Rand C
UB senior Diana Pratt. a pre-med
The next day, the group-which
student and a fi rst -time trekker. ad ·
incl uded t h ree doctors and a
mits she didn't know what she was nurse--set u p a clinic, usi ng a PPD
getting int o when she signed up for
(pu rified p rotein derivative ) to test
the t rip.
for TB aod d rawing blood tn screen
""' I had no idea what th is ent ailed for hepati tis.
until I got to India," she said. " I didn't
"When we ·weren't doing that , we
kn ow the real detai ls, wh ich was a held a m edical clinic that was open
~ood thing."
to villagers," said Pratt, who helped
In addition , monsoon season was dispe nse med icine and measure
u n der way, p revent ing th e grou p blood p ressu re.
from fl ying out of New Delhi, where
"The clinics arc Uke the circus,"
they ha d o riginal ly landed, to Lch, a r.....~ said. "Everyone turns ou t. and
remote city set in a valley that is d if- ever yone wa nts to h e seen and
ficult to reach by plane.
touched."
"The Leh airport h as one runway,
Patien ts were treated mostly for
which isn't very b ig," Lee said. "And arthritis, cata racts or heartburn .
you can o nly land in o ne d in.-ction ." Pratt said.
lbc gro up waited five days before
riris was common, Pran soud.
weather permitted landing in Lch, as
y liV&lt; a lifestyle of very ha rd
said Lee. add ing that they consid - I
And Uving at such a high al ered rerouting the trek, but wo uld t itude m eant people were more smhave faced political un rest near Pa - ccptible to ultraviolet damage. which
kistan if they had done so.
causes cataract-;, she explained.
O n ce in Lch, group members had
Ib u profen and Pepcid AC wen·
at m ost two days to acclim ate to the admi ni s te red, a nd the v1llage\
11 .500-foot altitude.
"a mch i,'' or herbal ist , was given
" Most people get sick," said L«.
medication to dispense.
no ting the importance of taking it
Villager~pecially childreneasy du e to lo wer oxygen levels. suffered fro m severe vitamin A and
"Normally, we spend three days and D defi ciencies, wh ich were treated
three night's to acclimate."
with chewable vitamins, Lee said.
Th e group ran into m ore bad
He admits there's a limit to what

After three nights in Lingshet , the
group began its return trek, running
into yet another d iffi culty.
"On the last day. we wen.· sur
posed to be picked up by t&gt;us," !.&lt;'&lt;'
said. "Beca use of the ram, the road
had literally been washed away."
With so many delays and unexpected obstacles, Lee said th&lt;· team
v.ras not able to stop at as many vii
lagcs as they wanted, trekking for 14
days instead uf 19. Overall , Lee !Wi ld ,
the trek Will&gt; a success.
"We we re lucky,'' Lee ~a 1d . "\Vt•
probably take away more than we
lcavc. lt's an opportunity for k.Jds to
learn illi ttle bit about other culture!'!
and just how tough the human :,pc
cics G.Ul be."
Pratt said she feh tht• gmup wa..,
limited in providing tr&lt;.&gt;atme nt.
given tht• technology availahle 111
Western medici ne, hut sa id bcmg
immersed in a different cu lture shed
'iomc light on American hdief~.
"Amer icans tend ... to think ou r
way is the right way," she said."( But l
so mctt me:, their ( villager!. ) wa v
might be the right way.lflheydon 't
believe a pill is going to help tht·m ~
it probably won't."
Henry Sussman, a professor and
chai r o f the Department of Com
parative Li teratu re who participateJ
in the trek, took special interest in
the villages' medicinal practices.
"There can be enormous soph L!&lt;&gt;
tication" in their practices, he said.
adding that ther&lt;.&gt; is "a much morc.intimate relationship in this culturt'
between the body and the spirit."
Sussman was awed by his expcn
ence, which he caJ ied "a n extraordi nary human adventure." Pratt said
she, too, was endeared by the expe rience, and found returning to the
Uni ted States difficu lt .
Lee. who has traveled to Kt:nva.
Thailand, Ch ina, Brazi l and Chile.
and who co- teaches a class in geo graphic medicine this sem ester, said
that while he is unsure of where or
when the next trek m ight be, he said
he's certain of one thing.
"We' re not going th is rout e

R

!CHARD Lee is a veteran
"trekker."

The founder and di·

recto r of the UB Medi cal Trek Program has mad e numer-

ous trips overseas since the mid1980s-with the UB program and

others-delivering medical treatment to indigenous populations
across the globe.
But a 28-day mission last summer

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to India with 17 others. induding his

wife. Susan, to deliver medical treatmen I to the people of the Himalayas
was the most harrowing by far.
Thl· UB group-ranging in age
from 13 to 62-faced an average 12
hour ~ of trekking dailY. on passes
hardy wide enough to accommo-

date single-file hiking while maneuvering around obstacles ca used by

la nd slides and mud slides. The
group also had to cljmb m ou n tains
as high as 16,800 feet at 45- and 60degrce grades, using ropes to guide
them uphill.

"This was the most dangero us
trek we've done," said Lee, wh o is
chief of the divisions of Geographic
and Obstetric Medicine in the UB
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and an adj unct p rofes ~

a~ n!"

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f-()r help wrth ust11g ProCif(' with BISON databases, t'onwct Po11
Hartman at &lt; rmldon@ 1a n u . buffalo.ed u &gt; or Dtwul Bt&gt;rllHa ell
&lt;dbt-rtu ca@acsu .bufflllo.etlu &gt;. questrons about us1t1g EndNott· wttl!
RISON rlotaba sc5 s houl1l br tlrratrd In Shoron Murpln· 1H
- Will Hepfer and Nancy Schiller,
UniVeTJi t)'

Ltbror,e~

BrieD
Alumnus Yake, wife fund
Fulbright chair in peace studies

1

-

A gift from a UB alum nu ~ hJ~ hdped th(· ulllversll\ e~tahiJ,h ,1
Ca nada - United Sta t~~!'! 1-ulh nght C hair m Peau: Stu(flt',
I. Stan lev Yake and h1!&lt;&gt; wif(' , Barbara l.Jwt o n Yakt·. haw g1wn !ht· tir't
pa n of a thrt'(' -vt'ar gift of SIS,IX&gt;O per vt·..r to funJ tht' v1sllmg ...-h.w 111
the lkpartmt·nt of Philmoplw 1n tht· t ·_ ollegc of Art~ Jnd Sot'lh.l''
• Tht• ( .•!llad.t L '. ~ . hd hngh1 ( tHnnw.sllm &lt;id ccted tht· uniVl'r'&gt;ll \
to he .1 p.trt ti l lh new progr.1m lor Vl~ ttlng cha1n•. '''h11:h Ul&gt;C~ pr1
vate don ci!IO!l~- likt• tht' Y;tkc, · and matcht''&gt; them with lllStttu
11onallunds 111 lmng Lanad1.11l ~cholar~ to Amencan unlvcrs ltiC!'! .
~tan ley Yake "aid ht' h.1d ht't'n wn.s ldt·nng il dunatwn and th1'
program "gavt' me tht• opportuntt~· 10 t•n nch tht· UU philosoph'
dcpartmt·nt. hopmg that tilt' broad 1mpac1 and image of peace stud
It'~ \vdl have a fertile &lt;Hld po,lll\'t' efft·ct on tht· departm~..·nt." Jn .1d
Jit1on, Yah lch it wa:. J \vondt·rful w:n· to honor tht· mcmorv nl h1:.
parent s, Clayto n F and M.uth.t Ehy Yakt·
" I wanted to ret"ogn iZt' tht' t"o mmlttcd work lor pc.tlt.' that ( :lavhlfl
and ~I.Jrtha pur:.u('d throu gh the Mennonltt' t"OmnHinlllt'!'l t&gt;l huth
tht~ Unit t"J St.J tl'-ll .1nd ( .,mad.J ," ht~ '&gt;ald. " Mv parcnb !'&gt; pt·nt tht'lr IIVt':.
Jealmg wtth pea..:t' ol ,LII ktnth , !rom ~t'i l Ldt·nt lt\· to l'nr1u'PI!&gt; o l
(ommunu v tel puhhl pn\iq· tn mtc.-rn ;llton:tl rl'IJI!ons."
Jo hn T. Ke.un~. profcs!&lt;&gt;or ~nd l:ha1r nl the llepartment ol Ph1lmo
phy, note-d : "Wt• ilrt: extrt·mdv ~ratt·ful for th1s ~1ft th.tt bnn~:-. u:. .1
v1siting Canadion :.cholar to lt·..:ture. tea..:h. J.nd do rt·~cart"h th.ll
complement!&lt;&gt; lUTrt'lll L1 B fa~:ultv rt~s c:uch m the area ul non v1olc-nlt'
" I think nf 11 as an unexpt·..: tt'd honu!'l ... ht· added. "ht' l•lu~c wtth
th1s g ift , we can prov1de ~omethmg wt· \.an't normal!' otter 111 nur
students and fa(ultv."
Kearns said the program t!'l de:-.tgncd to hJ.vt' ont· n~Jt mg ..chol.u
per year and that he expects tht~ first scholar ltl ht· 'dedt·d and on
(am pus for the 2000 -2001 acadcnHl year.
Conceived Ill 1946 and funded h\· l.ongrc~~. tht· 1-ulhnght pw
gram was the U.S. governmt~ nt '~ nagshlp mtc:rnatum al eJulaiiOil.il
exchange program.
In 1990 , the Found at ion for l:du..:at1onal l:xchange Bt·twt•t·n
Canada and the U.S. announced the Canada - U.S. Fulb n ght Pro
gram to overset• Canada's partiopation m tht• worldw ide Fulbnght
program.

�6jllepariez October ZB. l!I!I!INol. 31. No.lO
Maclefowskl to direct "Tango" as part of residency In Department of Theatre and Dance
BRIEFLY

Gruti.Mes

fellowship offered
&lt;\ppllaltions are bOing accept«! fJ&gt;r the Inaugural Great
Lokes Comminion-~a Crlnt
Fellowship.
The~

who wll bo
- a t the Creot Llloes Com-

otiias In Am Arbor,
Mich. wll with membon
rJ the Ctoot Llloes JCierl«, policy
and lnfonnollonleducatlon com~ to acMna! the.........,.,_
montllquollyandeconornic:-clewlaprnent-golls ol
theCreotllloes-.
The _ , . , wll run for
one yeor, boginnlng on Jan. 1,
2000.
T h e - for IPIJia&gt;tions is Nov. 15. For"""" Wormatlon, &lt;II Helen Oomske. extension specialist the Now
Yorlt ~ Cront l'n:lgnm. •
645-3610, or the Creot llloes
Commission at (734) 665-9135.

lor

George Giotis n.-ned
Engineer of the Year
c.o.g. A. Clolis; ,.-..a~
-

Hanc5ng Coop. in

" " - and • 1949 graduate al
us, has been 1999 Engi.- a1 the v- by the Engineering Alumni-·
The
is gillen to

annuol-

a distlngWhtd alumnus who
has distinguijh&lt;d himself or her-

-

self In alumni. communhy, nmandprof&amp;

slonll actMtles.

Ha.-.g Co&lt;p. has
developed and
l1\llliJfoct&amp;nd
-protectlon
products,
notobly those surrounding
roadwork proj&lt;ct!, slnce1956.

. Psychiatry to dedicate
MOuchly Small center
The s. Moochly Small Education Center, locat&lt;d in the ~

partment of Psychiatl)"s facil~
ties on the 11111 floor rJ Erie

County Medal Center, will bo
dedicated in ceremonies at 3
p.m. tomorrow.
The center honors Small,
the late, internationally known
psychiatrist. educator and UB
department chair, who built the
unit from a· handful of faculty

members into a major national

training and research center of
more than 150 professionals.
ter,

The 3000-square-foot cencentral area of the

a

departmenrs teaching programs, Includes a conference
room and library, administrative

offices for the residency-training
program and teaching space for
clinical services.
Included ls an area tor current }oumals and core textbooks, orHine computer servkes connected with the UB 1;..
braries and centralized search

abilities and Internet access.

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Polish director to lead UB production
By MAliA MCc;INNIS

Rqxmer Assistant Editor

TUDENTS in the Depart ment of Theatre and Dance
this semester are getting the

S

establish conventional manners,

the story line twists
and turns as other
family members

chance to learn from and
work with o ne of Poland 's most dis1 inguished
directors,
Jan
Maciejewski, who i'i currently in -

take sides. creating
ridiculously hu -

residence at UB from the Academy
of Drama in Krak6w.
As part of his reside n cy.
Maciejewski is directing the student

universal themes and questions.
"Tango," considered Mrozek's
best play, demonstrates Polish artists' use of comedy, parody and irony
via political commentary that was
developed during various periods
when freedom ofspeech and expression were severely circumscribed in
Poland by foreign-imposed absolutism and authoritarianism.
Prior to the opening of "Tango."
the public will have the chana to
hear a free talk by Maciejowski entitled "Mrouk, the Man and His
Play 'Tango.'" at 2:30 p.m. Saturday
in the Audubon Pubtic I.Jbrary, 350
John jame1 Audubon Parkway,
Amlu:rsLit is sponsored by the Polish Arts Oub of Buffalo.
Maci~'s residency, part ofan
international exchange program being explored by the theatre and
dance department, is supported by
Dean K&lt;rry Grant of the CoUege of

production of Slowomir Mrozek's

''Tango." which will open Nov.IIPolish lndependen~ Day-in the
Drama Theatre of the Center for the
Arts on the North Campus.
The witty play, which will be performed in English, is set in Poland
' during communist times and its
plot revolves around the idea of" rebelling against rebellion."
Arthur, a man in his 20s, has grown
up in a household where everything
is permitted, except foiJowing the

rules. His parents. one of whom is an
artist, have created and sustained a
world that goes against every convention of society and believe that seek-

ing pleasure should be their principal goal in life. When Arthur decides
to rebel against his parents and re-

morow situations
while revealin g

Arts and ScienC&lt;S and the Polish Arts
Club of Buffalo. The exchange began two seasons ago. when Gerald ·
Finnegan, assistant professor of theatre and dance, directed "Our Town,"
at the Academy of Drama in Krak6w.
The exchange program is designed to enrich the learning of students as they are exposed to the high
l;,_,el of slciJJ offered by the guest di rector. according to Stephen
Henderson, chair of the theatre and
dana departmenL
"We are very excited and fortunate to have a director of the stature
of Mr. Maciejewski in rt'Sidence
here," said Henderson. "This particular play is very challenging and
he has received much acclaim for
productions he .directed overseas
and here in the u.s.·
Henderson added that students
also have benefited &amp;om the expertise of Maciejowski's wife, Barbara.
a slcilled set designer and make-up
artist, who bas offered workshops in
make-up artistry in the departmenL
Maciejowski, who has been director and professor of the Academy of
Drama in Krak6w for 25 yean. was
a member of the Polish underground during World War II when
he took part in the Warsaw Upris-

ing of 1944 and became a German
prisoner of war. I.Jberated by the
American Army iq 1946, he re -

turned to Poland and graduated
from the Poland National School of
Dramatic Arts in 1953 and em.barked on an ill.ustrious career, during which he has-produced plays on
all of Poland's leading stages and in
countries worldwide.
He has directed more than 200
premieres in dramatic theaters, opera hou ses and on television .
Maciejowski, who is w.II-Jcoown for ·
his Shakespearean productions, also
is highly regarded for his pt:Oduction
o!Tango.• which was recognized as
the best production at the International Festival of Experimental Theaters in Sarajevo and was hailed as
one of the greatest C'mlts of the year
when it opened in Bulgaria
"Tango" will run &amp;om Nov. 11 14 and 18-21 at 8 p.m. Thursdays.
Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on
Sundays.
Tickets for the UB performana
of'Tango" are $10 for the public and
. $5 for students. Tickets are available
at the C FA Box Office and all
Ticketmaster locations. To charge
tickets, call 852-5000. For more in-

formation, call 645-ARTS.

Pataki
Continued from pege 1

capital invest ment program as "fa rreaching and visionary," and vita1 to
helping I)B achieve its goaJs.
"The way we see ourselves man agmg to move the instituti on forwa rd is to take whatever it is th e
people of the State of New York
make available to us, and build on
that through this kind of partnership activity." Hl' no.Led that New
Yo rk State has "provided generously
for both of (.JUT ca mpuses over the
last 30 years"
Greiner nxogni7.t.&gt;d representatives
from Sili co n Graphi cs, In c.; Sun
Microsystcms,and IBM for their fun damental s.u pport in helping to create the CCR IBM contributed approximate!}' $1.2 million in computer equipment to the center, while
Sun Microsys tem s co ntributed
$300,000 on computer equipment.
Silicon Graphics also made a substantial computer-equipment grant.

design of aircraft engines and effi cient furnaces.
Miller noted that the cen ter has
begun ·to develop regional partnerships with Inn ovat ive Business

ule and did not have the time after
the remarks to tour the center as ex..
tensively as planned. But he told

spectators that he "reaUy wanted to
at least get to see (the center)" and,

vanced Computational Infrastructure and Research at the National
Science Foundation , said at the
opening that CCR is in line with
three major areas that th e NSF will
concent rate on in the new millennium: info rm ation technology,
biocomplex.ity and education.
.. I'm proud to say that the genesis
of this entire center was an award
from the Major Research lnstru mcntation Program," said Hirsh, re-

ferring to the NSF grant of $300,000

Russ Miller, director of CCR and
professor of computer science and
mgineering, presented the governor
with a special honorary "key" to the
cen ter, whi ch, he explained, is not
really a key at all, but rather a ring
with a built -in J av;:~ micro-processor.
''These arc exci ting times at UB
right now," said Miller. "The facili ties available in the cen ter position
UB to significantly enhance research
a nd cd ucati~
- th e region. The
three supcrcom ters that we have
can be used, no only to train the
scientists and engineers of tomorrow, but to serve as a catalyst for economic development in Western
New York..''
According to Miller, the center's
work focuses primarily on three areas: computational chemistry, part
of which involves developing drugs

for the pharmaceutical industry: virtual -realitydesign to help belt~ design factories, automobiles and aircra ft, and combustion to aid in the

able to do by taking an initial, small
investment and leveraging it into an
asset like CCR.
"Seeing is believing," Greiner em pbOsizcd. "It is important that the
governor was able to actually see
what we were able to do in order to
realize the potenti:il that is here."
Richard Hirsh, deputy 'division
director of the Division of Ad -

Students protostlng put_.;., lncNues
budget
cuts greeted Gov. ,Patakl when he visited campus TUesday.

( :Ommunic:ationS, Praxair, Occiden -

tal Chemical, M&amp;T Bank,
Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute and Eastman Kodak.
and added that the center already
has developed national relationships
with Oak Ridge National Labs and
Oregon Nati_opall.abs.
Pataki was nbming behind sched-

after using his special java ring "key"
to enter, was able to spend a few minutes in the fucility, where be told CCR
staff that he was "very impressed."
ln an interview after the opening,
Greiner stressed bow valuable an

opportunity it was for UB to have
the governor visit campus to Stt the
results of what the un.iversity was

to the center, one of many gifts that
have made the center possible.
.. Computation has joined the
more traditional means of scientific
investigation - theory and experiment -as a third modality for conducting scie_nce. In fact, computation is an interesting combination of
both theory and experiment. and
complements th em bo th ," said
Hirsh ... It brings to expertise what is
applicable to almost any area. not
jusl one specific discipline."
While Tuesday's visit was Pataki's
first to campus, it was not the first
trip to VB that the governor had

planned. He was"kheduled to speak
at UB Aug. 24, 1998, to announce
that the university would receive

SI05 million in state capital fund ingoverthe next fi~ years. However,
inclement weather in Albany prevented the trip, and Pataki spoke via
a live telecast.

In fuct, ·poor weather slightly delayed the governor's arrival to cam-

pus Tuesday.

�OctoberZ8.1!199/Vut.31.1o.10

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Hold on purchases lifted for University Libraries

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7

footoall
Marshall 59, UB 3

To the Editor:

The impact of the 1999-2000 budget on the University Libraries is

now clear.
The savings/reduction faaor assigned to the Univenity Libraries
this fiscal year is at the same level as

last year. No additional reductions
or savings factors an being assigned
to the University Libr~ries, even

though, overall, the university has to
deal with a significant budget reduction in the current fiscal year. We appreciate the high priority that the
University Libraries l&gt;ave been given
during this difficult fiscal climate.
The University Libraries already
have spent-or are in the process of

spending-more than $4.2 million

to acquire new materials to augment
current holdings. Because of the
timing requirements for renewals, a
significant amount of this money
was used to maintain existing journal subscriptions.
With the budget picture now
dear, we can plan for the ape:ndi -

ture of the approximately SI million
that had been put on temporary
hold. This"funding will be targeted
to acquire monographs and electronic datlbases.
Please not&lt; that theuniverntydid
not receive any inOationary funding
from the state this year and, therefore, the libraries did not receive an
increase in its acquisitions budget.

The impact of inf1at1on on the ac .
quiSitions budget is calculated to be

approrimately $480,000. That will
reduce the volume of new matenaJ
that we will be able to acqui re th1s
year, as well as the number of subscriptions we can continue.
Consequently, we will need considerable input from the university
community to help guide and pri oritize our expenditures for mono-

graphs and electronic databases. The
process to makt those selections will
be the same as the libraries has used
in previous years when its budget
was reduced.
-Voldem.v lnnus
Semor Auodote VICe Prt!ildent
ond Chief Information Officer

Heo&lt;man T'""!&gt;hr andK!ate Chad
PeMngton ~ 2&lt;k&gt;l-ll
paues "" 3J9 yards and 1M
touChdowns to lead No. 15 Ma..tull
Univenity to a 59-) victory over UB
in a Mld--Amerian Conference

game

~wrday in

UB Sadium
PenningtOn threw touchdown
passes to four different r-ecl!fven
and became only the soo:h pbyel- 1n
NCAA htstory to throw fa.. both
11.000 yanh and I00 tou&lt;:hdowns
wfdl his perfonnartCe. In all. I I
different Thundering Hel"d pbyen
aught passes. as Manha.ll lmprov@d
to 7..0 and 4..0 in the MAC
UB fell to 0-7 and 0-6 m the MAC
The Bulls were tn the game 1n the early gomg.Ah.er a 57 -yard touchdown
pus from Penntngton to Doug Chapman pot the Herd on top. 7 ..0, UB
responded with a score of Its own. A rougtung-the-passer' a.JI on )rd-.and-S pve
the Bulls a first down and juniOr Scott ~ler put 8uffaJo on the sco~rd
with a ]()..yard field goal wn:h 6. 12 ~1mng 1n the first quarter
Then tnlltng 7 -).linebacker Bt-vldon jorda.n ha.d an interception 1n h1s hands
but dropped it. Ave pi~ later. Pennmgton htt David Foye for a 36-yard
touchdown and the Herd wun't thrutened afterwards
The Bulls were hmrted to 196 yards of toal offense m the game
Sophomore ailback Dernck Gordon led the offense wtth 20 ames for b6
yards, while senior fullback josh Roth lu.d II ames for H yards and two
receptions for 22 yards
Seruor fbnker Drew Haddad was held to a season-low three arches for 32
yards as the Herd ha.d conSDnt prenure on UB quart.erbadcs joe freedy and Enk
Rus1n. freedy completed S-of-1 S passes for 47 yards and a pa~r of 10tercepoons
before being lifted at ha.lfome_RUSIIl . ......no suffe~ a sprullfl h.ts thi"OWing elbow
completed 5-o(./ 0 puses for 40 yards 10 h1s fin:t acuon of the season.
The Bulls' defense was ap.n paced by free safety Cra1g Rohtfs. who ha.d
e1ght solo ackles. DefensiVe a.dde josh. Stello had three solo scops, 1nclud1ng ~
sack for the Bulls. wh1le Chns Gray had a areer-best seven tackle!

MEN

UB l, Eastern Michigan 2
Bowling Green l, UB 2 (OT)

Calendar
Continued from

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Jammers ha~ different encb to tt-.e~r
design; different methods to t~r
deliber.lte INdnes.s. Some ~ughty

Assistant/ Alsocl.ate/ Fu/1 Professor
(frve positlons)·Oepartment of

~~:~~;::rianda~;;~·

i:~~u;':eed~=~ pM~tion

of commerdal icons, othen note

Rosearch

Sciences, Posting 1~081 . Assistant/
Assodate/ Full Professor-Department of
Mechanical and AerospKe Engineenng.

:::~R~~~
~=-!\~=
S~lst-CEOAA. Posting IR-99020

Alsoclate/ Full Professor-Department of
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineenng.

or

otherwise protest the manipulation of
public consciou..sness and values by
commercial interests. Still othen remanipulate commercial manipulations
1n an attempt to subvert theu original
meaning.
""ABANDON""
Artist Tony Matelli has taken a unique
stance in the exploration of nature
voersus culture by recreating familiar
~.s--the rebellious sort that "'sprout
like elegant anger on the concrete
sweep of urban America'" -in an exhibit
that captures how these often unwanted
plants reflect the social quest for beauty
and control. "'ABANDON'" is on d is~ay
through March 10 in the Lightwe:ll
Gallery adjacent to the main UB Art
Gallery in the Center for the Arts, North
Campus. Gallery hours are Wed.
through Sat. from 10:30 a .m . to 8 p m
and Sun. from noon to 5 p .m

"looking at MAin Street"

~~~~6~=~~~,

Spedalist-Center tor R6e;arch and

~~ngoo,"R~~f:~~:=~~~~ldan

~~=~:; i!:~~~nP~sting 'fROepartment of Pharmacy Practice,
Posting lfR-99059. ProJect Support

Specl•llst (4 hourly positions
n-Aia..ble)-Research Institute on
AddK:tions, Posting IR-991 06. Protect
Aide (2 hourty positions available)·
R6e;arch Institute on Addictions. Post1ng
I#R-99107.

FKUity

::;:t~~~~~=!~:~~~te/

full Professor-Department of
Accounting and law, School of

~~~~ ~~a~~i~at~ir~n~:~:r

~~~~~~~~~-~~~-

The Graduate Show: Second-Year
StudenU
Worit by second-year graduate 1tuclents
m the Department of Art is on display m
the An Department Gallery, lower level.
Center for the Arts, through Oct. 28

Gallery hours are Tues. from 10 a.m . to

~/S~:;,~rJ's'a~~~ril ~~m~ ~oa6m.
p.m .

Jobs
Professional
lntem.tioNI Student Advisor (S l -l)·
Department of lntemadonal Student
and Scholar Services, Porting IP-9129.

~~of:~j~~~ent

and Scholar

~es.

Posting IIIP-9130.

Sen5or Admissions Advisor (SL-4)0ff~ee

of Admrssions, Posting IIIP-9133.
Assistant Dean, Resource

M"""9&lt;"'&lt;fll (Sl-S)-School ol

~~n~Office.~~~-(SL-

Posting~36. Dlrect0&lt; of
~ ~~.~~~~

S)-WBFO.

....

.....

SeMce and :=n Affairs. Posting IP9138. ~tAthlotk T,.,._ (SL-2)DMsloo ol Athletics, Poiting IP-9t 39.
L..,d Progron&gt;rne&lt;/ Anolyst (SL-3)-

~~e~ ~Jr;;~~. ~~~~nt/
Associate Professor-Department of
Industrial Engineering, School of
Engineering and Applted X:.ences,
Posting I F-9084 . Asslstant/Alsoclate/
Full Professor-~rtment of Electncal
Engmttring, School of Enguleenng and

~~~n~~~~;~•.:if ;:~'f2s~r-

Oepartment of Ei«tnc.al Engmeenng.

~:=':.' ~~':;~~~. ~~~:nt/

Associate: Professor of Counseling

:z:=k.~r~~~~~.c~~~~!~,~g
School of Education. Posting "~ · 908 7
Assistant ProfelSOr of School

Aulstant (12 months)/ Associate
Professor-Department of

Recent photographs of Buffalo's Ma1n
Street taken by !itudents in the School of
Hayes Hall, South Campus, through Oct
29. Gallery hours are 9 a.m . to 5 p.m
Mon. through Fri.

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School of Management;f!.osting JF9068. Oinlcal Professor (part time:)·
Department ot Periodontok»gy, School
of Dental Medklne, Posting IF-9069
Auistant Professor for EOC (10
months)-Educatlonal Opportunity

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Medicine, School of Medicine and

Biomedical Sciences, Posting MF-9071
Associate/ kiP Professor-Department of
Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology.
Roswell Paric Cancer Institute, Posting
IF-9072. Assistant/Non-tenured
Associate Professor-Department of
Finance and Managerial Econom o.
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A5soclate Professor of Educational
Admlnistration·Department ol
EducaUonalleadenhip and Polley,
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Learmng and lnstructiOfl. Graduate
School of Education. Post1ng •F -9091
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learning and Instruction, Graduate
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UB trailed Ea.stem Mtchigan 2-1 1n the second ~tf before a Tim Songer ~I
nude It 2-2.With just under twO m1nutes remaining, sophomo~ Kevin Pltra
knocked in the game-winner of a deflection by the EMU goalkeeper for the 3-2
victory. It wu Pttn's first goal of the yea.r :~.nd the fif'\t of his collegiate a.-eer
WOMEN
Eastern M ichigiln 2, UB 0

Central Michigan 2, UB 0
The W'OfT\efl·s tum lost twK:e on the road thts put week. blling to Eutem
Michigan and MAC ~ der Centnl M1ch1pn. lt wu the tim orne UB ha..s lost
t'NO games stn1ght smce the end of the 1997 suson

Volle~~all
Ball State 3, UB 0 (I S-8, 15-7, I 5-S)
M iami( OH )J , UBO (IS-1 , 15~. 15-1)
Sophomore OutSide hiner Ken Shtels wu the top perf0f"Tn4!!r for Coach N.td.ne
Ulziou' squad thiS weekend u she allied mne kills and seYen d1gs 1n a )..0 loss
at Ball Sate on Fncby ntght and nine lolls and three d1gs in Saturday's 3..0 loss u
Miami The losses dropped the Bulls to 9 - I 3 overall ilrld 2-B 1n MAC play

lenni~
MEN

UB 4, Niagara )
N~apn to ake on the Purple Eagles on the.r home court..
wmnmg of. ) a.gaJnst thetrWe:stem NewYorit nval on Oct. 21 The No I through
No.4 smgles spots were vtctonous. a.s well as the No . I doutMes. In adcfJoon to
w.nmtlg the~r s1ngles matches. Budi Susanto (No 1. 6-0. 6-4) and Dave Em1hovtch
{No. 2. 7-6.6-2) also teamed up to defeat the1r N~at3,.. opponents. B-lat the N o
I doobfe1 posiuon The men completed their fall campa1gn wtth a S-5 rocord

The Bulls tnVeled to

BrieDy
Lee receives Xerox fellowship
H. Lee Is tht' I"1"19 reCiplenl nf tht• X.aox Jdlo\\''"•r .m· .ar~..kd
by tht· MBA program m the Sc hool nl ManJgt•mcnt
The fel lowship I!&gt; part of th e )&gt;(hoo l\. Partnt~ r!&gt;hlp lnr ){e.. rUit lll ~
t-.xcellence- Program in whiCh \..Or por aiiOib help thc .... tlllo l rn.nu t
top · notch ~tudl·nts by offenng a tUIIJ Oll )lochola rsh!p. \tlpc·nd . !Jptt\1'
compuler. paid internsh1p and a ha1 so n \\'llh a (Orporat e nlt'ntm
Pnor to enrolling m the MBA program at UH.I.et• w~ mdndgcr nl
mformaiiOO systems al Spt•ctrum EqUity Inwstors •n Hu:.tun , a pn
vate·equity firm specializin g in the te lecommunl\..atJOn)lo 1ndu,trv ~he
earned a bachelor's degree m polit ical snenct' from luft.) UrHVt'f!&gt;JI \
Lee is concentrating her MBA stud!C!&gt; on linan cc and managt·
ment information systems, and pl.tm to pursue a La rt•cr mlnlorma
lion -technology consult ing.
.. Xerox is moving towa rd IT con sultmg, whKh rea l! )' o;;ult.s nw ~.a
reer goals," says Lee ... T he fell owship definitel y mnuenced my dt"(J
sion to attend UB. I'm glad I came here because I Jm ve rr happ\'
with the qualit y of the classes and professors."
Marve:l

�8 Repoat.n: October.ZB.19!1!11'/o1.31. 1o.10

and open to the pubhc..
Sporuo&lt;ed by College ol ArU
and Sciences. For more
infonnation. Gndy Nydahl.
645-3692.

28

Friday

UB C,t&gt;rwles T-ng
Center Wol1ul&gt;op
Using Mlcrow lt WO&lt;d to
Write Your Paper. Capen 127,
Unde&lt;groduate Ubrny. 10.
11 :30

a.m. Free (Open only to

UB studenu, faculty and statf) .
For more Information, UB
Cybralie$ Teaching Center,
645-3528

ETC Fall Workshops
Using Neucape Com po~r to
C:reate Course Web Pages
Scott Hollander, ltbrary
1nlormation tec:hnok&gt;gy
spe&lt;:•alist. 212 Capen. Noon- I

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Org.~~nlzatlonal

Meet ing
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Alliance
Gene..al Meeling, 362 Student
Union 12:30- 1:45 p.m Free

29
Nudear Medicine Lecture
Basic Radiat h&gt;n s.fety. Bill
Quain, DepL of Nuclear
Medkine. 117 Pari&lt;er Hall. 2-4
p.m . Free. Sponsored by DepL
of Nuclear Medicine. For more
1nformation, Bill Quain. 83B5889.
Foste r Chemistry CoUoqula
Gokten Nanopartlde..s: Multi·
function al Mo'«ule..s and
Quantum Cap acitors. Royce
Murray. Univ. of No rth
Cardina, Cha~ Hill. 205

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~~~~~~~t~ Foster

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1nformat1on. 6:4~ - 3063

UB Cybra ries Teaching
Ce nter Wortuhop
M krosoh Excel for Begi nnen
Capen 127, Undergraduate
Library. 3:30-4:30 p.m . Free
(Open onty to UB ~tudenu,
faculty and staff). For more

f~=~K)ten~!.cl!f-3i~B

One-Act Ctuunber Opera
Mozart and Saller! by Nlcolal
Rimsky-Korsakov. Ba1rd Recital
Hall. 8 p.m. free. Sponsored by
Depts . of Musk and Theatre
and Dance. For more
Information, 645-2921.
Positron Annihla.tlon

Comparative Uterature

l.e&lt;tu"'
Sha rp~ : Walter Ben ja min '~
Text: The Uttle Hu nch ba&lt;.k.

~~~~Cn~~~~·~f~.n3nrv.
of Indiana . 640 Clemem. 3:30
p .m . Free. Sponsored by depu
of Comparative Literature and
Engt i~h .

Gtometry /Topc&gt;lc&gt;&lt;u

Seminar

Revisiting Alternating Unlu.
William Menasco, Dept. of
Mathematic). \03 Oiefendorl .
3·45 p.m Free

Charlotte C. A&lt;er
Colloquium on Urban
Eduaotlon
New Perspectives o n Yout h

~~~~~~ [~~ ;~e

linguistK.S, Stanford Unrv.
Screening Room, Center tor the
Arts. 4-6 p.m . Free and open to

b~acru~:~~~~~~atton
For more information, Dean ·~
OffiCe, Graduate School of
Education, 645-2492 .

30

~~~~~~::%~~~ in
and Other Myxomycetes.
Tho llepon&lt;T publbhos

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Cooke. 4 p .m . Free. For more

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pa.cc on campus, or for

Prl10n« Law Fall Rim

off-umpus e¥enb where
UB &lt;J"IUIK""' principal

spomon. Usting&gt; ""' due
no !Mer th.n noon on

FonHn
The Fann: Angola. 104
O'Brian . 4 p .m . Free. For more
tnformatk&gt;n, Teresa Miller. 645 ·
2391.

Support Group

onty accepted through the

Coming Out Support Gro up.
Lesbian Gay Bisexual AJiiance,
362 Student Unton . 7 p .m .
Free. Sponsored by Student
Association . For more
.nformation, 645-3063

e~ronk

Tbe 4th Annual

pubk.atlon. Ustlngs are

submlulon fom1

for the online UB C.tenda r
o f Events at &lt;http://

www.buffalo.edu/

c:a lendar / logl n.&gt; . Because
of spac:e limitations, not a ll

International Women's
Rim festlyol: The Wond
Through Women's Eyes

Halktween Event
Clement Hall Comm unity
Halloween Event . Andrea
Oougl.n and RKhard Porcaro.
Univenity Restdence Halls.
South Campus. ClementMain lobby. 2-6 p .m . Free

;~n~~~R~f: ~r

Information, Pat Shelly, B293451 .

e ven ts In the electronic
calend a r will be lnduded

In t h e

R~porltr.

Amhe rst Saxopho ne Quartet.
Slee Concert Hall. 8 p .m . S10,
~ 5 Sponsored by Dept. of
MusiC. For more •nformatton,
645-2921

-

The Untvenlty and The
Scientific Fraud In American
Political Culture. Dante! 1Ke-Ae-s, California Institute of

~!c~~f;x~8~.~

Free

Semkoi&gt;ducton. Peter
Moselle&lt;, Dept. of Engineering

. Muskolhrlonnon&lt;•
Cassatt String Quartet Master

p .m . free .

Class. Slee Concert Hall. 3 p .m .
free. Sponsored by Dept. of
Musk: . For more information,
645-2921.

Tuesday

2
IT Seminar

Sunday

~~~nt~-~~~~ Uve!

31

Systenu, Inc., 31 Capen. 11
a.m .-1 p .m . Free. Sponsored by

Men's Soc:c:er
UB Yl. Marshall. RAC F1eld.
11 :30 a.m. Free.

~~i~~~J.u~~

information, Keni Cabana,
645·3S68.
ETC foM Wo11ui&gt;ops
U ~ ng TopClau . John Pfeffer,

cla5S100m technology

Monday,
November

I

specialb~ TopCiau
administrator. 212 Capen .

~~~·~r-l~~~re
Lunchtime Concert
Brown Bag Series. Slee Hall
Lobby. Noon. f,... Sponsored
by Dept. of Musk.. For more
information, 645-2921 .

Life Wortuhops
Career Services. Steven
Harvey, counse+or. Student
Unton. 11 a.m .-Noon. Free.
Sponsored by Career Planning
and P1CK:ement. For more
informadon, Steve Harvey, 6456859.

= . -s

~=.r::.m:.~
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Mass

ETC foll Workshops
Finding Classroom and

~~~~~~~:~5'ri~

Art Lecture and
Presentation

~~,:c~~~ Pl~~~u~~"od Loss
Carlos

~em~. College ;J

Ceram1o, Alfred Umv. 1 1 2
Center for the Arts. 4 :30 p m
free . Sponsored by Dept. ol
Art. For more 1nformat10n. 645 ·
6878, ex! 1 364

Program

r~~~t.s~~·~hJnoo.

Noon- 1 p .m . Free. Sponsored

by Couru.eling Center. for

more information, 645-2720.

ETC foil - . h o p s
Oreamweaver Demo. Stacy
Snyder, instructional support
~ialist. Educational

ce::e~~~~~n~~~ ~~- for
2

more Information, 645 -7700.
Life Wottc.shops

:~."=~ 4~~·ssa
St~t Unton. 1-2 p .m . Free.
Sponsored by Career Planning
and Placement. for more

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.-

Embodied Poetics. Geo&lt;ge
Lakoff, Center for 1he ArU
Screening Room. 4 p.m . Free .
For~ Information, 6-45·
3810.

lllologlul Sciences Plant Nude! Hove Extensive
Cytoplosmk Groove and
lnvaginat:ions. Nina Allen,

Open House
School of Nursing. 825
Kimball Tower. 5 p.m. Free. For
more information, 829-3314 .

Frte. For more information,
Mary Bisson, 645-2550.

Cla.ssk.al Musk Concert
OPUS: Classics Uve. W8f0
88.7 FM, Allen Hall Auditorium.
7 p .m. Free.

DhUngulshed Speoken
8111 Moyen: TeleYlslon
Producer, }oumallst and Host.
Center for the Arts Mainstage

g:tt;·,!P~·~:0~8ir~:~

645-AATS. Sporuo&lt;ed by Office
of Conferences and Special
Events. For ITlOI'e information.
64Hi 1 ~7 .

Thursday

4

~tk Sciences

RehabilttaUOn Outcomes:
MeiUUrement and Oat.
MllllO!JOIM"L Carl V. Grange&lt;,

s.-s

306~~~~:~~~,!:.nrv.

and SOciety Program, Dept of
English. For more intonnation,
john Dings, 645-2575, ext
1051.
Art~ Exhibit

Opening lle&lt;eptlon
Croulng 1l1e line. Art

Department Gallery, 845
Center for the Arts. 5-7 p .m .
free. Sponsored by Dept of
Art. for more infonnouon. Art
~rtmen~ 645-6878, ext

--oi:Tioe- ·s

Tiwollgh
Eyes
The DeY1I N..,... Sleeps.

~~;'3~3~-;;~~~·
1

~~~1~ inore

information, Pat Shelty, 829·
3-451.

focvlty Redtol

2

~==~~
~~~.1r~. For
more information, 645-7700.
Muskol Perfonnon&lt;&lt;

~t!'~!i.':,;;~'!;~~l
r~~t;y~~Qf Mus1c.
For more information, 645·
2921.

Art Lect&amp;we and
............lion
Invisible Incorporations. Brian
Scott. 11 2 Center tor the Arts.
3:30p.m. free . Sponsored by
Dept. oi _Att. for more .
~~~~~~~e S1mon,

Physics Colloquium

Oft.._-

lectuft
Genclor
Studs, Tools ond famlly
jewels: Metaphors Men Uve .
~ - Peter Murphy, chair, ~t.

n.e4th-...a
....--·
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-0ro1

~~e"U~i1N(!'k~~-

Free. Sponsored by Uterature

Series

ETC Foil - . h o p s
Evaluating Web Site Content.
Eric. IV..ree, assistant librarian,

OUtreach Workshop

1

Wednesdays at 4 Plus

Squire. 8 a.m. Free.

3

~i=c~ ::~5
Prisoner Law Fall Rim
FonHn
Slam. 104 O'Brian . 4 p .m .
free. For more information,
Teresa Miller, 645-2391 .

~~~~~~~~ 355

Wednesday

~=~ lr~=.sre~ter tor the ~~r:.R:S:~~~~i~r:;~N
7: ~ p .m . S3 .50 studen;;
Undergraduate Ubra'l212
1

Arts.

- information, Melissa Ruggiero,
. 645-6860.

Women's Soc:c:er
UB vs. Ken t. RAC f~eld . 1 p .m .
Free.

Biological Sciences Seminar

listings few e¥ents taldng

~~nlqueTool

Saturday

~~~~:~rs~~."l'r
Sponsored by Dept of Musoc .
For more information, 645·
2921.

Exhibits
HPenuasion: Tales of
COIIVftlft'&lt;e •nd the Avant-

Gordo"

~ia by II
artists' coUectives and
indMdual artists-the culture
jammers-is on di~ay
through Nov. 1-4 in the UB Art
Gahery's first-noor exhibition
space in the Center for the Arts.
North Campus. Gallery houn

Y/ort( in various

~O:~m~~~-~\!,Tiun.

from noon to 5 p .m . The

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UB to host amforena on crisis
in worldwide higher-ed funding

October 21. 1!HI/ti31.1*1.9

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Members of the Zodiaque
Dance Company perform
"Between Heaven and Hell"
as part of its fall concert,
"Aquarian Dawning ."
Performances continue
tonight, tomorrow and
Saturday at 8 p.m . and
Sunday at 2 p.m . in the
Center for the Arts.

Libraries put hold on new purchases
SUNY budget uncertainty prompts units to exercise caution in spending
By MAaAMCRepott~ Assistant Editor

September. we have already spent a

T

quisitions base; said Roberts.
"We must at least temporarily hold

HE continuing uncer-

tainty of SUNY's budget
for the currmt fiscal yoar
has forced the Univasity
Libraries to impose a hold on all new
purchas&lt;s, with the exception of periodicals and serials, and a restriction
on new hiring until actual budget fig·
ures are known.

The hold on one-time acquisition
purchases by the libraries, which
went into dJKt Oc; 4, is in response
to the lack of any inflationary-based
increases for SUNY in this year's
state budget, a "devastating d""'lopmeot" for the libraries, according to
Stephen Roberts, associate director
of university libraries.
The libraries expect.a shortfall of
at least $480,000, marking the first
time in at least 25 years that the unit

will not receive any funds to cover
the oosts of inflation.
The state budget-related problems
also are ~ed to impact other
units on campus, including Com·
puting and Inforrilation Technology.
"Since the libraries were forced to
our subscriptions in August and

major portion of our anticipated ac ·

back on one-time purchases of
monographs--books,scor&lt;s,microforms, recordings. maps, CDslcas·
sett.Sand manuscripts--;&gt;s well as on

subscriptions to any new electronic
products until real figures for this
academic yoar finally materialiu."
While the libraries are not necessarily stopping journal subscriptions
at this time, Roberts said som e ma jor coUections have been pared back,
although not enough to cover the
potential reduction in the budget.
Voldemar lnnus, senior associate
vice president for university services
who oversees the libraries and C IT,
noted that CIT is taking similar cautionary measures. "Just as within
C IT, the libraries are taking prudent
action ... we have to maintain Rexibility in order to address what the
(budget ) reductions might be."
The university has been operat ing for nearly four months--si nce
the fiscal year began on July ! without a working budget from
SUNY. Administrators anticipate
that the final figures will surface

sometime in November.
"If this university intends to be a
research institution, it has to invest
in its libraries and that long-term
commitment is ~ry apensive,.. explained Roberts. "You build research
collections over decades. You need to
have financial assurances to maintain
those collections. Auctuations in the
budget with holes liko this mak&lt;s it
diffirult to sustain continuity."
lnnus said he believes this is the
first time in 25 years that the librar·
ies will not rea:ive any inflationary
funds. He added that they are taking
a particularly hard hit because in the
past, .. even if there was very littJe
money, there had been a recognition
of the importance for libraries to
maintain their acquisitions budget in
o rder to continue purchasing."
Of all the UB libraries, the impact
of the purchil§ing freeze is greatest
for Lockwood-SUNY's largest li brary -since it houses research collections for the humanities and socia) sciences that rel y heavily on
book scholarship.
Judith Adams-Volpe. director of
Lockwood, said that although the
o rder r~uests are piling up, the li brary continues to accept orders and

the library's subJect special~ are
monitoring dosely their publicati~n
sources to keep track of their requests. But " the problem will be
compounded iftht: situation Jasu a
long time." she added.
In order to maintain their normal
level of purchasing into I999· 2000.
the libraries needed an additional
$480,000 over last year's b~ to
cover the traditionally high inflation
rates of library materials.
According to Bar.bara von
Wahlde. director of university librar·
ies, inflation can be as much as I012 percent for journals and as high
as 18 percent for certain titles.
"' It is difficult at this point ," von
Wahlde said, "to predict the 1m pact
o( our actions." but she apressed
concern that overall the libranes arc
"f.lcing a difficult future."
"Depending o n how much we
have invested in journals and the
amount we finally receive, we may
be required to purchase fewer
mo nographs this yoar." she S3ld.
"When we know more about our
budget, units will be authorized to
spend again. Therefore, the requests
and suggestions in our queues will
be able to go forward a Litt le later:·

Report urges action on brownfields
By EU.EH GOLDIIAUM
News Services Editor

T

HE complicated process

of r~!~~ing Western
New ~ brownfields
could be enhanced and
accelerated significantly through the
formation of a nonprofit organization designed to facilitate such
projects. according to a repon by a
newuniv=itygroup, the Brownfield
Action Project (BAP).
Au tho"' of the repon say the non·
profit organization would be the first
brownfiekl-red=iopment organi·
zation in the U.S. to be initiated by a

university, a fact that will allow fo r
the latest research findings and in novations in the 6eld to be adaptl"&lt;i
quickJy fo r practical application.
An interdisciplinary group formed
by professor:; of law, planning and
engineering--each with expertise m
brownfield redevelopment-SAP is
affiliated with the Environment and
Society Institute (ESI).
Funded by ESI and the Center for
Integrated Waste Management, the
report was designed to determine
how such organizations had assisted
development in other regions
throughout the U.S. and how they

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might work in Western New York
and other upstate region3.
" Brownfic.ld redevelopment t3 a
growt h industry," explained Thomas F. Disa re, clinical professor of
law and a BAP report author, point tng to the fact that the federal gov ernment afftl other sources are mak
ing funds available to communttt~
for development projects.
"The communities that are the first
ones that learn how to put deals together for red=ioping brownfields
will get a disproportionately high
share of the resources that are avail able." said Disare.

Thr report looked at II nonprofit
organi7..atlons in seven ~ta t cs that
ctlher have added to the-~r serv t u.~
program3 to develop brO\vnficlds. nr
werr crea ted "peclficall\' to do
brownfidd redevelopment
''Our mtcrot \o\'3.5 m prumlltmg
brownfield red~lopment m 3011\e
wav and we .;.mted to .see tf th1!&gt; \•,:a.••
the way to go." sald A. Scott Webt.-r.
director of the l..enter for Integrated
Waste Management , professor o(
civil, struduraJ and environmental
engineering. and an author of the rrport. "Our oondusion was that a non
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AI Harris F. is director of the UB Art Gallery in the Center for
the Arts. He has been a university staff member since 1994.

Ideas for exhibitions come from
either myself. my two associate
curators or from conversations between the ~ of us. In addition,
we also have a Curatorial Initia·
lives Program through which facultY can submit proposals for exhibitions they would like to curate.
These are voted on by myself and
the gallery's advisory committee
and are awarded a budget and gallery staff support. Occasiooally, we
also present a touring exhibition
created by another institution.
If you could-.-,-.

whose-

would,_In the pllery7

like to u:hlblt

There are many a rtists who 1
would like to show, but are not
available for one reason or another. Among t hese are painter
Lucian Freud, the Japanese conceptual artist Morika Mori and the
late m u lti - media artist Felix
Gonzalez Torres.
Who Is your f•vortte •rtlst.
andwlty7
I don't have a favorite artist. But I

do believe Andy Warhol was, and
still is, one of the most influential.
His ironic embrace, o~ better,
.. goosing.. of mass- media culture,
conflated high and \ow art. His
ideas contin ue to be reflected in
the work of man y interesting
young artists.
Are you, yourself. •n •rtbt 7

Ye s. After graduating from the
University of Texas at El Paso, I
made my living as a painter for
about I 0 years. Finding myself in
a rut-making paintings that
would sell- 1 decided to return to

graduate school to expand my career choices. I now only make art
for my personal gratification.

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The gallery engages faculty and students in several ways. We have the
Cu ratorial Initjatives Program

(mentioned above) to publish faculty research. We have a Post-abibition Comments Program that

commissions and publishes both
faculty and student essays, speculations. on issues raised by our exhiliitions. Currently, we are in the
process of publishing an essay by
Professor Carolyn Korsmeyer of
the phifosophy depanment on the
exhibi tion "'Hospice: A Photo-

graphic Inquiry." I am also in the
process of collaborating with Mary
Flanagan of Media Srudy and Austin Booth from University Libraries, and will be working with
Samuel Delany from the English
department in developing an exhibition on the effects of new tech nologies and science on the body,
using the imagery and stories of science fiction as a way of exploring
these ideas. IS« this curatorial collaboration as a way of utilizing the
research interests ofUB faculty and
staff in a less-formal and time-demanding way than the Curatorial
Initiatives Program. ln addition,

the gallery has developed curricula,
on its own and in collaboration
with the departments. of Art, Art

History and Media Study, that use
the gallery's program as a resource.

These indude"lntroduction to Visual Studies: featuring a team-

teaching approach in order to introduce students to a broad ronge
of interpretation of the visual, ond
"lntroduetion to Contemporary
Art," which focuses on contemporary practice and interpretation. In
addition, in a less· formal manner,
the gallery recently collaborated
with the Center for the Aru' technical staff, and theatre department
faculty and students to construct
and launch the temporary, publican project, "Rafts of the Archetypes." on Lakt LaSalle. We also an:
providing a gallery space and technical staff suppon for a graduate
student-initiated project featuring
an exhibition and series of worksh ops by trad itional Nigerian

sculptor Lamidi Fakeye.
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who come to see tt7
Professional galleries ana muse-

urns do this. whether through Iabels or wall-mounted text, or free
publications like ours. Organizalions that don't provici~ information are either poorly managed or
don't have the staff and financial
resources to accomplish the goal.
What's your take on the
Brooklyn Museum of Art controveny7

Beside the politics of a Republican

bas a different meaning ia Nigeria than it does in the United
States. If, in my judgment, I
believed that the work was simply meant to sboclc or ddame,
I would not show it. But I
would need to see it to mm
that decision.! can't rely on interpretations that start out with
deliberate misrepresentations
like dung being "splattered,"
when it is acruaJ!y modeled, or
that it features cutouts from
porno magazines, wiwl that is
not clear in tbe reproductions
of Mr. Ofili'• pointing.

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do You have coming u p at the
gallery? In March of next year,

"Word aild Meaning: Seven
COntemporary Chinese Anist.s," curated by Dr. Koiyi Shen,
will open with a p;ul".r discus·
sion featuring the artists and
curator. The exhibifion will

feature work Sben describes as

that

postmodem in the sense
it
engages the Cbiriese language

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mayor who previo.u~dy had en d?rsed a libe.ral D~moaMic g~vernor ~serlmg hts conservatJve
credenuals, the con.troversy has ..

contemporary meanings. The
project is a collaboration between the UB Art Gallery and
Asian Studies. It is pan of the

spurred people to think about an
that combmes Slgnifiers from different systems. Apparently dung

Asian Studies~d theAru program initiated by Thomas
Burkman.

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Spanish Film Festival to be held Nov. 6-7
Event to salute work ofwomen directors, wok at how women are seen on screen

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By PA1111CIA DONOVAN
News Services Editor

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eratures will present its
second an nu al Spanish
Film Festival Nov. 6-7 in the Center

fo r the Aru Screening Room (Room
112) on the North Campus.
Titled " La M ujer en el Cine

Espaiiol." ("Women in Spanish Cinema"), the festival salutes the work

of women directors in Spain and

takes an unflinching look at how
women are represented in Spanish

film.
None of the films have been
shown Q_efor~ in this region . All

screenin~ f= of charge and
open to the public; there will be no
tickets fo r these events.
The films will be shown in 35mm

in the o riginal Spa nish versions
without subtitJes. However, a detailed film synopsis in English will
be available fo r each film.
What unites the films in this series is their concern with women as
c r~a ti ve artists and as figu res in

motion pictures today, according to
Elizabeth Scarlett, assistant profes-

sor of Spanish and director of the
festival.
"Two of the movies were made by
Spain's most noted female directors:
Pilar Mir6, whose career was cut

shon a few years ago by breast cancer, andArantxa l.a:u:ano, who combines her interest in female adolescence with a. focus on the Basque
region of Spain, where many inhabitants seek independence.
"The final years of this century are
a time of remembering and n:ckoning. and all three films, made in the
mid-19905. have much to say about
what the 20th cenrury will be remembered for." says Scarlett. "They
also remind us of the issues that still
must be reckoned with in Spain and
elsewhere, oonceming women in society and the separatist drive of ethnic groups living within larger states."
The festival is sponsored by the
College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Modem Languages ond
Literarures and the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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GSE plans major conference

BrieD

Worldwide shift ofhigher-education costs to be addressed

Pataki to attend grand opening
of supercomputing center

sity College of Wales, lhe foremost

D. Brua )ohnstone,lil)ivernty Professor of Higher and Comparativ~
Education in the Graduate School
ofEducation.Johnstoneisafonncr
chancd.loroftheStakUniversityof
New York and an international au thorityontheoomparativestudyof
higher educational governance and
finance.
For further infonnation, contact
Johnstone at 645-3 168 or al
&lt;dbj@oau.buflillo.edu&gt;.
Johnstone says !he curren1 crisis
developed due to a worldwide convergena of three powerful fora:s:
• The increasing importance
highereducationinallnatioruasan
instrument of social and economic
bettament, both for lhe individual
and for the larger society and its
emnomy.Asaresult,moreandmore
students--a'en !hose in lbird- and
Founh-World na~ d&lt;sperate tn pursue a coUege education a1
home or abroad.
• The dramatically increasing
cost of higher education, particularly in oountries where increasing
per-student costs are magnified by

international expert on student
loans, is just one of the many no-

sharply increasing enrollments.
• lbc inc:reasing scarcity of gm·-

&lt;able education specialists who will
attend the meeting.
Participants will include leading

ernrnentalortaxp;J)'tr-bome~ue.

lly I'ATIIKJA DONOVAN

News Servk.es Edrtor

T

HE critical worldwide
shift of higher-education
costs from governments
and taxpayers to students
and thoir parents has raised serious
ooncem.s among educatoTS here and
abroad beause it severely restricts
aoa:ss tn higher education for millions of low-income students in
many nations.

To illuminate lh~problemand resolve the critical po~cy issues related
to this crisis, UB will host a major
international meeting of policy expens and researchen in higher-education finance on Nov. 14-16.
The "Invitational Conferene&lt; on
lhe Comparative Study of Studenl
Finane% and Acc.es&amp;ibility" will identify lhc principal research questions
on which scholan need In work in
order to hdp students and parents
maintain aa:ess to higher education,
despite lhe wilhdrawal of governmentsupport.
Maureen Woodhall ofth.e Univer-

According to Johnstone, rising
education costs and expanding en-

higher-education specialists from

roUmeniS far c:xceed lhe ability of

lhe World Bank, UNESCO, th.e Ford
Foundation, th.e Institute for Higher
Education Po~cy (U.S.),Ihe Cenler
for Higher Education Policy Studies at the University ofTwentc in The
Netherlands, lhe Organization of

most governments to continue of-

emmen1 and lhe family. All Chmese
students now are charged tuition.
.. Governments are finding that
higher education cannot be fi .
nanced solely by taxpayers,"
Johnstone says. "At the same time,
there is great public opposition to
the imposition of tuition and other
forms of 'cost sharing' before !here
are adequate systems of need -based
grants and loans.
"The cost shift in some countries
has been supponed by lhe assumption that some cost sharing----primarily meaning some kind of IU·
ition fee---is possible for some stu dents and families and is entirdy
appropriate," he says.
"In lhese countries, il has been
demonstrated that students and

families can and will help pay
higher-education costs when nea:ssary. Governments say this willingnessdearlydemonstrales !hal families understand the high market
value of a university degree."
Nevertheless, Johnstone says

!hal in.many cases, lhe families and
siUdeniS who cannol alford lo help
finance a college education are in
the nations that offer neither edu·
cational grants nor low-cost loan
programs.
" I have been examining tuition

fering meaningful levels of puplic

and financial assislan« po~cies internationally for almost IS years.n he
says. "There is greal interest on lhc

education support to students
themsc1ves or to institutions of
higher education.
Recent changes in government

part of governments and interna·
tionaldeve:lopmentagcnciestolearn
abour the best education-financing
practkes elsewhere. At the same

Economic Cooperation and Devel-

funding

lhreaten opponu-

time, such po~cies are so embedded

opmcnl (France) and !he Office for
Higher Education Integra ti on

nities for a college education in
many nations. For example, most

Programmes (Hungary).

European nations still cling 10 lhe

in the politics and culture of a particular country that it is very diffi.
cull lo simply transplanl programs
that may work in, say, the U.S. or

In addition, noted scholars of
comparative higher education from

lhe U.S., United Kingdom, Israel,
China, th.e Netherlands, Soulh Af.
rica, Russia, Hungary, Romania,

Frane&lt;, Ethio:&gt;ia. Chile and Argentina will be involved.
The conferena was organized by

po~cies

principlethata university education

should be "free." bul in 1997, Greal
Britain became the first country in
Europe to charge coUege tuition .
And while Chini remains avowedly
socialist, it officially has declared the
cost of higher education to be something appropriately shared by gov·

Sweden or Australia."
Sponsored by the Ce nter for
Comparative and Global Studies in
Education in the Graduate School
of Education, the conference is supported by a planning grant from the
Ford Foundation.

Co4lition to surv~y city parents
By . . - . UWANDOWSIU
RtpOrt..- Slaft

T

HE Coalition on Urban

Education in the Gradu·
ate School of Education
has teamed up with several community groups in an effort

lo reach oul 10 pareniS of children
attending Buffalo Pub~c Schools.
The Buffalo City-Wide Parenl
Community Walk for Educationlhemed "Bringing lhe Neighbor
Back to !he Hood"-is lhecoUectivc
effon of lhe Coalition on Urban
Education, Partnership for Parent

Invi&gt;lvemenl in Schools, !he Education Fund for Grealer Buffalo, Parents for Public Schools and VOICE
Buffalo, a failh-based coalition of
congregations seeking social justice.
Participants in the walk. set for Salurday and Oct. 30, will canvass Buffalo nrighborhoods in paiB. going
door \0 door to an anticipated 1,000
homes to interview parents about

their educational needs and oona:ms.
Suzanne Miller, aSsociate dean of
lhe Graduate School of Education,
says lhe dfon is aimed al assessing
lhe needs of parents with children
in lhe Buffalo Public Schools. "We

need parents' voices in th is ... we

.. Part of what we're asking parents

can'l decide for !hem." she says.
The walk, lhe firsl for education
in the area, is a result of the Coali·

is, 'Wha1 do you really need from
us?'" she says. "There is money, but

tion on Urban Education's work
since its fir.st meeting in March.

The coalition inviled urban stak&lt;holdc=-pan:nts. school administrators, teachers, community mem -

bers and UB faculty and studeniS-IOmeet and"decidewhal needs !hey
had and how lo ge11hose needs mel
by lhe other groups," Miller explains.
Facililalors from each stak&lt;holder
group reponed back to lhe group
as a whole, which determined com·
moo themes and conflicts that

needed 10 be addressed. says Miller.
The Educati~n Filpd, which was
pan of !hal ~ asked UB IO
lake the lead in organizing and assessing !he efforts, she adds.

where to spend it (is the issue)."
Miller estimates several hundred
people will be walking over the
course of the two Satu rdays. including members of each group in -

volved. as weU as UB faculty members and students. The Teacher Edu·
cation Institute already has nearly 60
students signed up to participate.
Team members will be given a
script of quest ions to ask parents.
some of which may include: "What
are your major concerns about your
children's school?'". How havt" these
issues affected you o r your child?"
and "What is the school doing that
is most helpful to you as a parent?"

CoUected da1a will be analyzed al
UB. then distribuled lo 1he Buffalo

.. Parent involvement (was) a
st rong theme for the UB coalition
to take up as its mission," notes
Miller. "One of the things we talked
about was how to get these groups

schools, Mayor Anthony MasieUo
and area funding and commun ity
agencies in the hopes that they will

working 1ogelher, coUaborating on
an dfon." And the "grassrooiS ap-

nity, according to Miller.

be able 10 better assess lhe needs of
parents and childrm in the conunu -

proach" of a community walk is

"We're working hard lo mal« sure
il's a trusiWOnhy and credible pro-

whallranspired, Miller says.

cess," she says.

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Gov. George L P•takl will make his first visit to campw Tuesday as
the guest of honor at the grand -opening of the Center for Computa·
tional R~arch (CCR), one of the nation's leading supercomputing
centers.
Ceremonies will begin at noon tn the Woldman Theatre in Non on

Hall on lhe Nonh Campus, wilh remarks by Palaki and Presiden1
William R Greiner. Russ Millf"r, professor of computer science and
engineering, and director of the CCR, and Richard Hirsh, deputy d1 ·
vision director of the National Sc1ence Foundation's Division of Ad·
vanced Computational Infrastructure and Research, also will speak.
Special guests will include Jeremy Jacobs, chair of the UB Coun·
cil, and represe ntative s of IBM , Silicon G raphi cs and Sun
Microsyslems, all of whom contrib uted financially to the center.
Following the cere momes, Pataki will tour thf" world-dass com putational facility, wherf" he will interact with CCR's virtual -realit y
machine , the Pyramid Systems lmmersaDesk. Scien tists use the
machine to visualiu and .. walk through " complex systems in three
dimensions, including molecules, meteorological simulations and
engineered structures, such as factories and buildings.
Together with resea rchers in the Virtual Reality laboratory in the
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Innovative Busi ness Communications, a local animation company, the CCR has de·
veloped a special three-dimensional pr~ntation for Pataki in which
he will be able to interact with a virtual wo rld that has been designed
to explain different aspects of the CCR and computational science.
"This is different from what people ser when they go to D1sney
World , for example. and sec the Moppets io 3D," said MiUer... In
those cases, there is a lot of high-end co mputing used in order to
prepare the ft.lm . However, what you see is preprogrammed-the
viewer cannot interact with·the environm ent. In this case, thf" gov ernor and other visitors will be able to wear glasses that are tracked
by the system and use a wand to nav1gate the environment...
The prese ntation was crea ted by Ben Porcari of IB C and

Thenkurussi ("Kesh") Kesavadas, d.rector of the Vir&lt;ual Reality Laboratory and a professor of mechamcal and aerospace enginelring.
When CCR was established in January, UB was dramatically trans·
formed from a campus wi th no supe rcomputers to o ne of the lead ing supercomputing centers in the nation .
CCR's mission is to enablf" world-dass. computationally rnren ·
sivf" research at UB, foster industrial pannerships in high -performance computing and visualization. and serve 3.$ a focal point for
technology transfer of high · performance computing and visuali1.a ·
tion within Western New Yo rk.
The research fa cility, featunng more than S7 million in compute r
equipment , was made poss ible by gifts of more than S I million each
from IBM and Silicon G raphics, Inc.; S l million in funding from
the SUNY; a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation,
and a gift of more than $400,000 in computer equipment from Sun
Microsystems. UB made an initial investment of approximatel y S 1.5
million to create and sup port the center.
The CC R conducts three tours weekly. all open to members of the
UB community and the puhlic.

"Millennium Madness" set
to increase alcohol awareness
" MIIIermlum Madness, " a celeb ration of National Collegiate AI
co hol Awareness Month, will be held from 7 p.m. to midnight tO ·
mo rrow in Alumni Arena.
Formerly called .. Fall Fun Fest," the event is designed to encour·
~ge alcohol~ free fun and will be free of cha rge a nd open to all mem ·
bers of the UB communi t y.
It will feature free food and dnnks, mcluding .. mocktails;.. vollt'y·
baiJ, basketball and wallyball tournamen ts; gladiator jousting; a rock ·
climbing wall ; a bungee run; tug-of-war, and swing-dance lesson:..
The event is sponsored by Recreation and Intramural Service).
Student Health Services. the OffiCt' of Residential Life and tht' un
dergraduate Student AssOCiation.

Anti-Rape Task Force to hold
annual "Take Back the Night"
The nint h • nnu•l .. Take Back the Night " program to ra1St." aware
ness of violencf" against women and men, wi11 be held tonight 111
Harriman Hall on the South Campus.
Sponsored by the Anti-Rape Task Force, the focus of the even! IS
to rn.a.k:e the st rt"ets safe and encourage all tg join th&lt;' fight agam~t
violence.
The program wilJ open at 7 p.m. w1th a bnef sku fcalunng state
Assemblyman Sam Hoyt. Also featured will be presentations on raiX
drugs an d rape-drug legislation; campus cnme · reporung proce
dures; poetry readings, and survivors' stories.
The event will include a candlelight vigil and processiOn from
Harriman Hall to Main Street and back to Harriman.
For mo re information, conta ct Heather Ward at 829-2584.

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for information technology. ,.We
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supplement and enhance the inclass learning environmenl"
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to get in step with A~. the ini tiative requiring every freshman ,
beginning this semester, to have access to a personal computer. Freshmen are expected to be versed in
word processing, lntemct research
and email.
But for Fall 2000, the ETC plans
to work with depanment chairs, fuculty, teaching assistants, librarians
and IT specialists to develop Webenhanced courses at the sophomore
level.
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applying technology to team-taught
courses.
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courses.
"They want to know that what
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students," she says.
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"tools."
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online a&gt;urses.
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and is offering a full slate of workshops this semester. Workshops are
one hour each, and are tlugbt by a
host of faculty and staff.
"We have farulty who are talking
about their own aperien= using
technology," Basile says. "Weba&gt;otibrarians who talk about evaluating
information on the Internet (and)
how to search the lntetrlet effectively. And we have ·IT staff wbo
teach things like how to work with
specific softwan! packages, how to
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p4ru on tip, too.
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able to sample the oenter's offaings
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want from 'the ETC.
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groups on campos that ba&gt;o a role
to pl.y in inl'ormotlon and technology; Basile says. "We have to work
closely with libraries, with academic
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make sure all of us are supporting
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hand with Al::a:ss99."
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award fo Uowing the school's 24th Sprague.Followingthe deathofher
annual alumni convocation, which lmt husband in 1950, she and her
will run from 8:30a.m. to 12:30 ~two young sons moved to St. Petersin the Hyatt.
burg, Fla, to be near her family.
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Over the next 25 years, she
Jaeckle'slatehusband,a 1915gradu- worked as a trial lawyer, specializate of the Law School, is presented ing in matrimonial and custody
to an individual who bas distin - man~ formed the area's first allguished himself or herself and made f&lt;male law firm, and was on~ of the
significant contributions to the Law first women to serve on the aecuSchool and the legal profession.
tive board of the Sl Petersburg Bar
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of only fo ur women in her class,
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Jaeclde worked for a negligence at - a founder and first president of
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and first president of the Sl Petersburg Busi ness and Professional
Women's Oub.
In 1977, she married Edwin F.
Jaeckle and returned to Buffalo,
where she retired from the legal profession.
A major gift from the Jaeckles
helped to create the Edwin F. Jaeckle
Ce nter fo r State Government,
through which more than 200 law
students have provided services to
more than 60 government agencies.
The convocation, entitled ·Practicing Law in the New Millennium:
Emerging Trends in Professional
Ethics," will focus on significant
changes in the ethieal and procedural framework of the.US. legal
system.
Terrence M . Connors ('7 1), a
founding partner in the Buffillo firm
of Connors &amp; VIlardo. will review
recent trends and inncmtions in the
New York State jury system and the
jury-selection process in civil and

criminal cases.
A panel onmposed of the Hon.

Patrick H. NeMoyer ('n), Jeffrey A.
Spencer ('72) and Rosalie Stoll
Bailey (' 73) will discuss the t=&gt;d
toward active case management, fo.
cusing on Erie County's experience
with the Expedited Matrimonial
Part-now being onpied in on unties
acroos thestale--4nd the new Commercial Division of New York State
Supreme Court -County of Erie.
NeMoyer, a Supreme Court Jus·
lice, supervises the Expedited Mat·
rimonial Part and the Commercial
Division of state Supreme Court.
Spencer is referee in the Commercial Division. Bailey is matrimonial
referee in the Expedited Matrimonial Part.
ln a point-counterpoint-style
presentation, Grace Marie Ange
('57) and Stepben Barnes ('S3) will
discuss the legal. ethical and practieal aspects of attorney advmising.
Ange is chair of the Erie County
Trial Lawyers Association's Com milttle on Attorney Professionalism.
Barnes is a partner in Cellino &amp;
Barnes and a senior member of the
firm's management oommittee.

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Walkers slow development

The Victorian Internet:
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UB study finds device affects babies' tr}Otor, mental progress
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babies support while they
learn to walk-&lt;:an be amsidered a form of early sensory-motor deprivation, slowing both mental and physicaldevelopmentoa study
conducted at UB has found
Rot~er V. Burton, professor of psy-

chology, .and Andrea C. Siegel of

Case Western Reserve University,
report in the October issue of the

"If you think of all the time a baby
spends strapped in--«&gt; a car seat.
changingtable,stroller-&lt;111d add to
that two houn in a walker, which
was accumulated in IS-minute segmenu throughout the day, that
doesn't lea.., a lot of time for babies
to pi'IIC!ia tbeir motor skills and ad
on their curiooity," Siegel added
The study involved 109 babies
who were between the ages of 6 and
12 months at initial testing. 56 of
whom had used walkers

opmental onset of sitting in&gt;«-feet walker babies resembled that of mfants who used the occluding-type.
Siegel said, while the onset of crawling and wallcing resembled infunts
who had never used a walker.
Mental-development scores
showed similar associations. Babies
in occluding-type walken had the
lowest mental scores. with infants in
the =-feet walkers falling in
the middle, and the no-

Tom St•nd~e. In his book .. The Victorian Internet," reminds us
that sending messages around the world at the sp«d of light may
seem to be a modern phenomenon, but one should keep in mind
that our Victorian ancestors could send a correspondence from New
York to London in the same amount of time it would take an email
message to cover that same distance.
Standage also informs us that online romances are not new either:
a do~ look at Victorian magazines and nrwspapers"reveal several affairs of the heart carried out electronically, and the plot of .. Wired
Love," a novel published in 1879, is built around an online courtshtp.
In fact, as revolutionary as the Internet may seem, it aH hap~ned
before in a technological innovation known as the telegraph ... The
Victorian Internet" provides a readable and engaging account of the
invention, growth and decline of th e t~legraph, and also sheds some
light on th e contemporary sociology of the Internet as well.
In turn, the modern-day Internet provides plenty of information
on the history and science of telegraphy.
Whether you are a coUector, historian, or a person with only a casual
curiosity for the many fucets of telegraphy, you will find something of
interest at The Telegraph Office &lt;http:/ / fohnb:.metronet.com/
- nmcewen/ techno_weenies.html &gt;. This site provides an extensive
listing of World Wide Web resources on telegraphy. a bib~ography of
books and pmodical artides on the topic. and links to museums of
telegraphy and wireless telegraphy.
Interested in the history of the telegraph gtant Western Umon ~
Then visit its Web si te at &lt;http://www.wertemunlon.com / &gt;, o r
better yet, go to the Register of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany Collection pages kept at the Smithsonian Institut ion &lt;http:/
/ www.sl.edu / leme:lson/ dlg/ westemunlon.html &gt;.
The invention of the electric telegraph opened up a new sou rce of
employment for women. Most of the telegraphing in England was done
by women, and in the United States a large number of females were
employed as operators. Research resources for the history of telegraphy
and the work of women in the telegraph mdustry can be found at The
Telegrapher Web Pag&lt; &lt;http://www.mlnd•prlng.com/-tjepoen/'

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ioraJ P&lt;diatrics that because babies
in most wa.1lcen can't see their fe.et
when they propel thernselv.s, they
don't make the connection between
the movm1ents they initiate and the
result&gt;, an important aspect of early

development known as visual-motor coupling.
In addition, they found that a
walker's characteristic wide tray pre-

vents babies from reaching or examining the very object&amp; they scoot
around to inspect. In comparison,
babies allowed to crawl have free
aca:ss to objects that interest them.
"The idea is that being able to experience the environment unhampered. especially in the six-to-nine
month period, is very important to
a baby's mental development." said
Siegcl, who was Burton's doctoraJ
student when the study was conducted ... Being strapped into a
walker limits free exploration.

when they were enterc~d into the
study and three
months later. Psychomotor·dcvelopmcnt tests
measured body control, coordination and manipulation skills, while
mental-&lt;levelopment tests assessed
perception, memory, languagelearning. problem-solving and ab-

stract-thinking.
The walker-users feU into two

groups: occluding type, with narrow
leg openings and a wide opaque tray;
or "see-feet" type. outdated walken
with wide-leg openings and a small
tray or no tray, which allowed babies to pick up objects at their feet
and watch their leg mo~ents.
Results · ~howed that no-walker
babies sat, crawled and walked earlier than .babies who were placed in
occluding-type walken. The devel-

also found that , regardless of walker
type, early and
frequent walker
use had the greatest effect on mental develop ment. "Frequent usc of a walkt-r
at 5 months, which was the age
when infants tended to begin using
their walkers. oontinued to predict
comparatively lower mental scores
in some infants for as long as I 0
months," Siegd said.
Will these findings convince parents not to usc walkt:rs? Probably not,
Siegel conceded. "Maybe they will
c:onvince parents to at least start thinking about whether or not the benefits
of walker use outweigh the risks."
The study was funded in part by
grants from the Diamond Research
Fund and the Center for Children
and Youth in the Baldy Cen ter for
Law and Social Policy at U B.

Teleg.html &gt;.
The si te co ntains the full -text of several schola rl y papers, links to
biographical material, and sources of information on telegraphi c
apparatus. A link to a telegraphic romance, entitled .. Carrie: The
Telegraph Girl" (first published in 1901 ), also is provided.
Our online world 1sn't new, and as Standage points out in the clo~ ­
ing paragraph of his book: .. Time -traveling Victorians arriving in the
late 20th century would, no doubt, be unimpressed by the Internet.
They would su rely find space flight and routine intercontinental air
travel far more impressive technological achievements than our mu ch trumpeted global communication!!- network. Heavier-than -air flying
machines were, after all , thought by the Victorians to be totally hn ·
possible. But as for the Internet-well , tht&gt;y had one of their own."

Improving fitness extends lives
BJ LOIS IIAJWI
News Sefvk:.es Editor

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nearly two-d ecade fol low-up of participants in
the first natiort.al clinical
trial to determine the effect of an exercise program on longterm survival of male heart -attack
patients has shown that the men
who improved their fitness extended
their lives.
The study foUowed participants
in the Natiort.al Exercise and Heart
Disease Project (NEHDP ), co nd ucted from 1976-79, for 19 years.
Results of the study, conducted by
Joan Dorn, assistant professo r of
social and preventive medicine, will
be published in the Oct. 26 issue of
Circulation.
"Our study shows that exe rcise
performed at a level sufficient to in crease physical work capacity may
have long-tenn survival benefits for
heart -attack survivors," Dorn said.
" However, merely enrolling in an
exercise program did not extend the
lives of participants."
The NEHDP,a multi-center clinical trial, was designed to determine
if participation in a structured exercise program could prolong longterm suivival after a heart attack. At
the time, thrn: was no proof of such
an effect.
The original trial was directed by
John P. Naughton , professo r of
medicine and former dean of the
School of Medicine and Biomedical Scienc&lt;S. when he was affiliated
with George Washington Univ=ity
Medical School
"We knew that the three years of

the original 'trial would be insuffi cient time to come up with defini tive answers on the long-term effect
of cardiac rehabilitation on mortality," Naughton said, "but it was the
first randomized trial in.the U.S. to
show a trend was there.
"Cardiac rehabilitation now is ac ·
cepted as important, but the reality
is that furfew&lt;rpeopleget long-term
cardiac rehabilitation than could
benefit from it,n he said. "lns..urance
doesn't cover it. These findings may
stimulate a reappraisal of its value."
The original trial involved 651
men between the ages of 30 and 64
who had suffered a heart attack
within eight weeks to three yean of
the triaJ'sstan in 1976. After anini tial assessment, the men were assigned randomly to either an exercise treatment group or a no-exercise control group.
Every six months during the trial,
all participants received a physical
examination and performed a
multi-stage, graded exercise test o n
a treadmill to estimate oxygen uptake (an indication of fitness) at different levels or stages of exertion.
The highest stage compl~ and
level of oxygen uptake~nd of
the trial were designated as the
participan(s maJrimal physical work
capacity.
Dorn and colleagues assessed
mortality rates of all participants at
three, five, 10, IS and 19 yean after
the trial's completion, or until their
death. Results showed that at three
years, exercisen had approximately
a 3S percent lower risk of death than
non-exercisers, but the benefit did

not reach statisticaJ sign ificance .
This small , early benefit derived
from a structured exercise program
dissipated over time and had disappeared at I0 yean.
O n the other hand, thoK who
increased their capacity to do work
during th e study period lowered
their risk of death at every time pe·
riod . Results showed that each in ·
crease of one stage in work capacity
reduced the risk of death by about
I0 percent, regardless of which study
group the men were assigned to or
their initial level of fitness.
Although men assigned to th e
control group were asked not to participat~ in a regular exercise program, by the end of the trial's second year, 31 percent of the control
group reported they had begun ex ercising regularly. Dorn said.
"The increases in fitness mea ·
sured at foUow-up points probabl y
reflect the men who were most dili gent in actually performing regular
exerc ise, regard less of the initial
group assignment," she noted ...Al though we have no measures of fit ness after the three-year study period, the thought is that the men
who actually exercised after a hean
attack probably became mort" fit.
wef(' more likely to stay with it, and
conseq uently lived longer," Dorn
said.
The study was support ed by a
National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute First Independent Research
Suppon in Transition Award. The
initial trial was supported in part by
a grant &amp;om the NationaJ Institute
for Handicapped Research.

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Poet C.K. Williams to present
23rd annual Silverman Lecture

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C.lt Williams. award -winning contemporary American poet and translato r, will present the 23 rd annual Oscar Silverman Memorial Poetry
Reading at 8 p.m. Nov. 12 in 250 Baird Hall on the North Campus.
The event. part of the Poetics Program's '"Wednesday at 4 PLUS"
literary series, will be free of charge and open to the publtc.
The rcadmg will be presented 10 memory of Oscar Silverman, th e
distinguished UB Kholar and teacher who chaired the Department
ofEngHsh and directed the Umvcrslt}' Libranes. Silverman also helped
to develop UB's rema rkable coll ect ion of 20th-century poet no.
Williams, who teaches English and writing at Princeton Umvcr·
sity, is viewed by read ers and cri ti cs a.s an orig inal stylist. H1s sub1cct
matter has developed from political and socia l protest in his early
books into bleak descriptions that often show the states of alien ati on, deception and occasional enlightenment that t"rist hetween
public and private lives in modem urban America.
Williams has published I S books of poetry, many of wh1ch have
won prestigious literary hon ors and awards. and two that wert" fi .
nalists for thcf&gt;ulitz.er Prize. In 1987, he won a Natig,nal Book Crll ·
ics Circle awa rd for his book of poetry "Flesh and Blood." His most
recent book of poetry is " Repair...
Among his recent awards are the Harnet Monroe Pnze 10 1993 ,
the Pen!Vodker Career Achievement Award in Poetry m 1998 and
the American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award in 1999.
In The New York Times R~iew of Books, Edward Jiirsch described
Williams' poetry as having a " notational, ethnographic quality .. that
presents .. single extended moments intently observed."

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~~JI-------------------lt's wrong to make athletics a priority in a university setting
OUr Editor,
I think that some people are missing the point about this debate over athletics. The problem has little to nothing to do with the athletes themselv&lt;s.
or even with the concept of athletics as part of a univenity experience.
The point is quite simply this: It is wrong for athletics to take a priority
o= academics in a univ=ity setting. For all thosewbo....,.,]d debate whether
this is happening here, I would only direct them to the facts of the case.
Fillit of all there is a hiring freeu for the College of Arts and Sciences, as
well as huge budget problems in this departmenL
Second. this university has spent millions of dollars to enhance our ath·

letics program so that it may enter Division 1-A. If we h&lt;~Ve money and are
choosing to spend this money on one department with this much lavish-

ness while another department is in financial crisis and is not allowed to
replace the retiring members it is losing, it is only reasonable to make the
statement that we are prioritizing the first over the sk.ond .

Arts and Sciences than tbett are who benefit from the athletics program.
When I say benefit, I am rderring to the idea that an actual education will
l:xtter train an individual for an actual career. I am not referring to an
abstract possibility that in se.eral years the degrees of future UB students
will have greater value because of a successful athletics program that UB
may or may not ew:r ~
Whik some pleasure may be derived from the athletics program. the
actual utility of it is negligible. So why is it so important! Why do "" pay
5280 per semester for "'! a.thJetics fe&lt; from which relatively few of us de""" any real benefit!
This is why people are so resentfuL So when the backlash of frustration
falls on athletics, don't say: "They are aactly like you." They are most certainly not, in one very important way; The administration actually seems
to care about them.

There au morr students who beM6t from a degree from the College of

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D&lt;pottrnmr o1 Hi&gt;rory

Brownfield redevelopment
c.ontlnueclfn&gt;m- 1

profit organization could play a criti -

cal role, particularly in developing
small and/or complicated sil&lt;'o such
as those with a significant amount of
contamination, that simply would
not be tackled by existing public or
private entities. Through this process of trying to see what others have
done and the roles that they play, we
have seen where benefits lie .and
what the potential is here in West·

ern New York."
ln their rtpon, the authors point
to the limited success of both the
private real-estate market and the
public sector in redeveloping many
types of brownfields as an impor·
tant factor that led to the formation
of such nonprofit organizations.
"We are hoping to promote a
more equitable redevelopment of
brownfields by assisting smaller
municipalities and nonprofit orga nizations," said Roben S. Berger,
professor of law and a report author.
The group noted that a regional
brownfield organization would 6U
the gap that exists in brownfield redevelopment by ~g sites not
normally considered
the private
sector.
"Real-estate developers purchase
sites and develop them if the mar·
ket value of the developed property
justifies their costs," explained G.
William Page, professor and chair of
the Department of Planning in the
School ofArchitecture and Planning
and an author of the reporL "What
w.'re looking for are projects where
the market return may not be sulli -

cient for a private developer, and
where we think our intervention
could help remediate and develop a
site that wouldn't be developed if it
were left to market forces alone. We
want to find places where the social
value of development is greater than
the economic value."'
He added that such sites include
those that, as brownfidds, h""" become magnets for unwanted social
activities and contributors to urban
blight.
The kinds of development thai
would be considered depend largely
on the location and the nature of
contamination at the site. but Page
said they could range from offices,
manufacturing or warehouse facili ties to community centers, retail
stores and even residences.
Benefits of using nonprofit orga nizations in brownfield redevelop·
ment cited by the report include
greater Oexibility in the types of
projects that can be developed. improved access to a more diverse array of funding sources and services.
and the ability to be perceived as
neutral and credible by all the di verse parties involved
While noting that such organizations are new, the report points out
that they bring a welcome player to
the table, particularly for dillicult or
compla sites, which, aooording to
Weber. describes many of the sites
in Western New York.
"Then: have bema f&lt;w, ""ry-wdlpubliciud success stories," Weber
said. noting. for ccunple, the tomato

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greenhouse that was built on an old
Republic Sled site and the Wegrnans
supmnarket built in Bulfalo. "But
many other sites in our communities have developmmt potential but
lack sufficient expertise and the
capital necessary to allow them to

proceed."
According to the report, putting
together a successful brownfieldredevelopment plan is an ex tremely complicated -process. requiring the coordination of many
different players. including banks;
federal, state and local government
agencies; private corporations. and
developen. ·
That level of complexity is what
often prevents brownfields from
ever getting redeveloped.
..Contrary to popular belief,
brownfidds come in all sizes, shapes
and degrees of complexity," said
Kcith Wdks, president of the Phoenix Land Recycling Co.• a nonprofit
in Harrisburg that redevelops sites
throughout Pennsylvania and one
of the organizations studied by BAP.
" Nonprofit organizations can be
extremely valuable in resolving
problems at dillicult brownfield sites
that the private ~continues to
ignore. I welcome the creation of a
new brownfield nonprofit."
Acrording to the report, such an
organization could re:n:KJYe some of
the obstacles to brownfield redevel·
opment that exist in Western New
Yorlc. where only a small fraction of
the total number of sites are even
being considered for redevelop-

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BAP is working toward creating

a regional nonprofit organiZation,
identifying an appropriate funding
source for staff and embarking on

a vigorous outreach effort in the
community.
The BAP report cited the following major benefits of involving UB
in the redevelopment of the region's

brownfidds:
• Speedy access to innovations aris·
ing from academic rosearch in tech·
nology, financing. liability manage·
ment, risk analysis. economic development and land use
• The ullMrsity's proven ""J"'r1ise
in the 6cld across se.eral disciplines
• Its public-service mission, which
allows it to access grants from' gov·
emment, foundations and other
charities that are not available to
other types of organizations
• An ability to target assistance to
smaller, more-complicated and lessmarketable sites that are not the focus ofcurrent redevelopment efforts
• An ability to leverage UB's con siderable cperiencc working with
private-sector interests, municipalities and neighborhoods, such as the
work done with Ddta D&lt;vdopment
of Western New York. 1nc. and the
Law School's Affordable Housing

Clinic
Other authors of the report are
Ramon C. Garcia. a graduate of the
School of Architectun: and Planning. and Louis P. Zicari, associate
director of the Center for Integrated
Waste ManagmienL

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The Bulls came storming out of
me pt.e:s and took me opening
lodcoff 67 yards in 16 pbys before
being napped on fourt!Hnd-one
at the Broncos' nifle.yard line. UB str\.tCk first In the game when Scott Keller
booted a 29-yard field goal with 2.00 left in the fim quarter.
Lester. however. led WMU to three straJght second~ scores as the
Broncos capcured a 21-3 \~d before UB responded The Bulls exKUte&lt;l the
t"NN-fTUnut.e drill to perfection and quarterback Joe Freedy hit flanker Drew
Hackb.d from 12 yards out with jun 21 sec::onds ldt In the lim twf to rut dle
lead to 21 -1 0.
The second hatf. hoowever, bl!ionged to Lester. Aftl!r a 3 1-yud field goal by
Bnd Selent upped the lead to 24-IO.L..ester hooked up with senior split end
SteYe Neal for back-to badt toudldown aerWs from
I I and I B yanh out before UB's Don Shefferly
scored the first t.ouchdooNn of his career with
12:«&gt; left in the game from one yard out. Tlut
score came after safety Cnig Rohlfs ~ed a
fumbJe by Neal on 21 punt rerum du.t was
recovered by Kevin johnson. Rohlfs Rnished the pme
with a team-high eight tackles. Teammate Eric Pipldns
added she a.ddes. a.n interception an&lt;t a blocked kkk for the Bulls
Lester closed the scoring with a B-yard hookup with joshua Bosh to reach
the fiN! nu.rgin.
The Bulls sqi.Wldered opporwnioes to rm~ d1e pme doser in che second

haH. Pipkins intercepted a Lester pass early in the third quarter at the WMU ).)
and returned it U yuds to the Bronco I J. However, the Bulb f:liled to convert
a fourth -and-one at the Broncos' four-yard line.
Offensiw:ty for the Bulls. Freedy finished 18-of-35 pusing for 191 ~rds WJt:h
an interCeption and a touChdown. Haddad, munwhile. saw a streak of four
straight I 00-~rd receiving g;ames broken, but still had nine catches for 87 ~rds ,
going over 100 career receptions (lO I) in his career.
Sophomore ailback Derrick Gordon h&lt;r.d a a.reer-hig\"1 30 a.rrles for 97
prds. Freshman split end Andre Forde had a career-best live catches for 69
yards and also returned three luckoffs for 53 yards.

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MEH

Kentucky 2, UB 0
UB tgd its five-game Winning Str"e3k snapped chis past weekend. With a 1-0 loss
to'Kenwcky on the r'O,Oid The Bulls fell to 9-4-1 overall and 1-1tn the MAC

WOMEN
UB 2, Marshall I OT
UB2, 0hlo I
The 'NOfllefl's soccer team rebounded from rts first loss of the year to ake two
road wins in conference play.The Bulls beat Mushall 2- 1 m oYerome and then
defeated defending regular-season champ Oh10 2- l . unprovmg to 7-1 In MAC pby
EJiz.abeth Pfeffer provided the sconng punch for the Bulls. r-ecordmg all four
goals in the two victOries

Volle~oall
Westem Michigan 3, UB 0 (7 -1 S, 7-IS , 3- 1S)
Eastem Michigan 3, UB 0 (9-1 S, I 0-15, 4-1 S)
The Bulls dropped t'NO HAC games dus weekend. los1ng to host Western
Midtigan Friday and to Eastern Michigan Saturday.
Sophomore Outside hitter Kr:ri Shiels was the top perfonner for Coach
Nadine Ulavofs's squad. u she tallied I0 lOlls and one dig against Western
Midligan and 1-4 lOlls and seven dip apinn &amp;nem Michigan.

lennis
WOMEH

UB 6, St. Bonavanture l
Coach Kathy Twist's team traveled to St. Bonaventure and downed the host
instinstion 6-3 on Sawr.day. Singles spots three through stx--Ka.ren Maynard (60. 6-l).Kris VonS&lt;:hoonhow&gt;n (6-0. 6-1). ShonoAmoro&gt;inghe (6-2. 7-S) and Glon•
Rodriguez (6-3, lHl). all posted wins. The number two and three doubles teams
also were victorious, wittl scores of 8-5 and 9-7. respecuvety

~ross ~ount~
MEN Defeated Western Ontario, 42-19
WOMEN Defeatec:llOlestem Ontario, 29-28
The Bulls hosted their final nome Mld dual meet of the 1999 campa•gn u both
the men's Mld women's teams defeated Western Ontario under sunny skle~. but
windy ;and muddy course conditions.
The women's squad fWTlMfy edged outWenem Onano by a 29 -28
margin. Senior Casey Spencer wu US's top finisher in the women's race as she
placed third overall with a time of 19:11 .3. junior Eileen Rose and freshman
Melluo &amp;o"""' followed closely " they finished fourth and fifth. o-espectovely.
For the men..juniof"Tony David led the Bulls' charge as ne crossed the fimsh
line first ac 26:39.7. Freshman Todd Ludden had an impressive second-pbce
finish at 26:51 .7.

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UB

Salu.te
The Bulls raise their helmets
as they prepare to take the
field Saturday for the
homecoming game against
Central Michigan.
Unfortunately, the
Chippewas prevailed, 3819. (see page 7 for game
coverage)
See fuU-cokM" sc:rapbook of

Homecoming photos •t Reporter
Website

UB to create Center for the Americas

Interdisciplinary center will expand current program in American studies ,_
By PATIIKIA DONOVAN
News Services Editor
I

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HE univer.;ity will establish a Center for the:
Americas as an interdis-

ciplinary teaching and research center in the College of Arts
and Sciences to expand UB's curriculum and degree options in the

field of American studies.
The ce nter will be headed by
Mark Shechncr, professor of En glish, who says the initiative will offer new and exciting opportunities
for scholarly collaboration among
faculty member.; from different departments and schools, and will
strengthen and expand program
options for students.
The univmity will dissolve the
Department "of American Studies
and fold its programs into the Cen·
ter for the Americas at the end of
the 1999-2000 academic year.

The department offers degrees in
American studies, Puerto Rican stud-

ies and Native-American studies.
"Those programs will continue,"
Shechner says, .. and bc supplemented by programs in Caribbean
studies, Canadian studies. Latin
American st udi es, Latino/Latina
Studies and others where we can

identify substantial faculty expertise
and student interest. This may
sound breathlessly eclectic," says
Shcchner, "but we warlt to blur dis-

ciplinary boundaries while looking
for underlying unities--historical,
demographic, economic-between
what seem on the surface to be discrete areas of knowledge."
The Center for the Americas wiU
grant bachelor's, master's and doc toral degrees in American or
"Americas" studies. Most degree re quirements will be program specific.
although all programs will require

degree candidates to take courses in
at least two different disciplines.
"We are looking to educate generalist-specialists. That is, generalists
who~certain

common founda -

tions of knowledge; specialists who
can bring those foundati ons to bear
on panicular cultural , social and
historical issues," Shechner says.
UB's Women 's Studies Pro gr~ne of the first in the United
States--was, until recently. housed
in the Depanment of American
Studies. It now is ad mini stered
through the Institute for Research
and Education on Women and Gen-

der(IREWG ).
"'Since IREWG does not grant degrees," Shechner says "we will extend
to it the degree-granting programs
of the Center for the Americas.
'' We have several missions here,''
he eXplains. "One is to administer
a nd enr ich American Studies

courses and programs with cross-

listed cour.;es taughl by affilia1e faculty. A second is to develop linkages
between our programs and related
on~ in departments and schools
around the campus. Another is to
make it easier for interested faculty
to identify potential colleagues out side their departments and inaugu rate research initiatives and instructional programs out of existing resources.
"There are many professors with
mutual interests around the university who are unaware of each oth ·
ers' existence or their potentials for
coUaborat.ion," Shcchner notes.
Shechner says the Native Amen can Stu&lt;Les Program will be reconstituted as a center for the study of
indigenous peoples throughout the
Western Hemisphere, while Puerto
Rican studies wiU be linked to Car·
Cont-.-don,..,.4

Grant to aid in study of kidney disease
BySUZANNE~BUUJUN

/TO'If\L

Reporter Contributor

Renal Ca re, Inc.
(TRC) ha s donaled
$500,000 to the School of
Medicine and Biomedical
Sciences 10 J'S!ablish the Nephrology
Research Endowment Fund to panncr with UB in the battle againSI kidney disease.
Anxio!_ls t~et lhe I 0-year research p~ship started, rather
than waiting for the usual one-year
period that aJlows an endowment
investment to generate interest, TRC
donated an additional $50.000 lobe
used immediately.
Robert A. Klocke, professor and
chair of the Department of Medi cine, said the grant "provides a solid
base for us to continue and even to
expand our ongoing research in renal disease."
Brian M. Murray, associate pro-

fessor of medicine, is one of two re searchers to receive some of the ini tial grant dollars. "It's wonderful
because it serves as seed money for
developing further grant applica ·
tions for national research dollars.
and it'salways toughest to get those
first dollars to develop an area of
research."
Murray said he will study the role
of growth factors in the progression
of kidney disease , differentiating
between those growth factors that
are beneficiaJ and those that are
toxic. "Of course," Murray added,

"the long-term hope for all involved.
whether researcher or donor, is that
this research will eventually lead to
a treatment that would halt, or at
leas! delay, kidney disease."
Murray also serves on the advi sory board developed by TRC and
comprised of nephrology experts
from across the country Whose in-

\

stituoons, like UB, rece ive grants
from th e co mpan )'· Th is board
meets twice a year to review research
and consider trends and directions
1n the treatment of kidney disease.
Stan M. Lindenfeld, senior vice
president and the chief med1cal officer ofTRC s.a.id: "We are proud to
support the endeavors of our part
ncr institutions like UR. which WdS
chosen because of the strength of its
academic program and its c.xcclknt
research.
"Nthough our primary busmt.'ss
ts-pi-oviding th e hi ghest-qualit}'•
end-stage renal care to paticnb,"
Lindenfeld added, "our long- range
goals include a desire to stimulate
research and advances in the treat
ment of kidney disease."
Rocco C. Venuto, professo r of
medicine and the second VB researcher who received TRC grant
money this year, called it a win -win

situation. "TRC gains qualiry - level
research in its area of interest and
we receive a grant that can be used
to continu e vaJuable basic-science
rt-scarch."
Ve nuto sa td the grant will help
him wtth ht s collaborative, on-gomg research m the area of blood
prt.-ssure control during pregnancy.
a toptc he has been rcsearchmg for
nearlr 25 years. " If we can under
stand the role of tht• k1dney tn con
trolling blood pressure:· Venuto ex
plained, "then we can bt.xome OCt
ter &lt;ft av01Jing hype rtensi on a nd
perhap!&gt; sav1 ng live~ of pregnant
women and prt~ve ntmg premature'
btrths."
Total Renal C.Ue Holdmgs. lnl ..
headquanered 1n Torrance, Ca.ltf. . t!\
a provider of integrated djaJysis ser
vices for patients suffering from
chronic kidney failure, also known
as end -stage renal di.sease.

�21 IIepa ..._ · Octaber14.1!11/Vi.31.1a.B
BRIEFLY
JK.~rtne

cl8rlles ......
of employee ..wy
Reeo&lt;dl foundotion-

Gentle Ferguson, assistant dean and administrative
director of the MBA program, has worked in the Scllool of Management since 1995. She received the school's Outstanding Service Award this year.

s.Mcedidnot_l_

moiling in which""""~
Foundotion emplc&gt;y&lt;e • questlonnaft fmm • group
coiUng-- UniYonity
Professions, the unit has .,.
nounad. T h e - founda.
tion does not. ... policy, ,..
loose home llddreJes to outside
organiutions for 111)1 putp050.
Employoes .... not~ to
respond to lll)lofthese materials. QUestions about this mllrong
should be directed to ~thlo
Frtor or )IQ vmlatowslclln ~
S&lt;arth Foundation Penonnel,
Humon Reoun:e SeMces, at
645·5000, exts. 1000 and 1007,
respectlYe!y.

Women mentoring
program pt.nned
"Getting Organlzect Balandng
Competing Demands,•• session for junior women faculty

members. wtN be held tmm 3-5

p.m. Wednesday in 252A Firt&gt;er
HaD on the South Campus.
ThelOSSionisthefirstofterlng of the "'M&gt;men Mentoring
Women" progrom presented by
the Association of Women FuU
Professors and the lnstillM for
Research and.Eduation on
Women and Gonder 011£WG).
For further lrlormation, con-

IKI IREWG at 829-3451 .

Pho~ics

researdl
to~ topic of lecture
Grooodbrooldng _ , in
photonics bring conducted in
the""" rnullllisclplnllnslltute fer'--'&gt;""""'*' and
Biopholonia will be the topic ol .
alecturut 7:30p.m. Oct. 25 in
the Saeening Roo!n in the Center for the Arts on the North
Campus.
ThetaMr,whichwlllbefr.e
and open to the public. is part
of !he Colege of.IVU and Science Alurmi Lecture Series.
PlfOS N. Pmad, OICOQIIM
diroctor of the - . will
guide the audienCe on • video
"tour" of things to come in
photonics, such .. - . and
other opdcll tedmologles lhlt
may b e - to consumers
fmm priu sconners through .
ancertreltmtnt.

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5ervices in the DMslon of

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Since employment Is still
pretty lt'"""9 n•tlon•lly, do
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path or with their current employer.
The PMBA requires three academic
yean for completion and does not
allow for specialization. The Eucutive MBA Program (EMBA) is for
experienced exec:utives with top
management potential. Classes meet
on alternating Fridays and Saturdays
for two academic years; the curriculum is similar to that required in the
professional MBA program,.but
classroom work is oompressed and
more intense. UB also offers an
EMBA program in Singapore that is
taught entirely by our faculty and an
EMBA program in China that is offered in conjunction with faculty
members from R.cnmin University
in Beijing. We recently launched a
partnership with Motorola University in
that will provide an
MBA program for employees and
customers of Motorola

lbe MBA job market is considerably stronger overall than the job
market for people with just an un ·
dergraduate degree. Exceptions in
some functional areas (accounting,
information technology) exist, but
on the whole, there are better and
more opportunities for people with
an MBA. In addition, the MBA gives
. thOS&lt; who did not study business as
undergraduates the chance to enter
the field. For example, employer
demand for MBA graduates with
technical undergraduate degrees,
including engineering and computer science. outweighs the current
supply of new graduates.

am;.

What's an MBA worth these
days In Increased nlary7

What makes us unique: from
local competJton, such as
Canlslus7

For the Class of 1999, our full -time
MBA graduates entered the work
force with an average starting salary

of approximatel y $46,000, com pared with our BS graduates who
began their careers with an average
salary of just over $34,000. Furthermore, the impact on salary and op·
portunities for faster promotion and
incrtased levels of responsibility are

greater as a perso n progresses
through his or her career with an
MBA.
Can you describe the various
MBA programs UB has to offer?

The full -time MBA P.cograrn is designed primarily for students who
desire a significant career change or
for those who have limited work ex. perience. FuU -time MBA students
can choose from nine areas of specialization, and can complete up to
three of these concentrntions in their
two years at UB. The Professional
MBA Program (PMBA) is&lt;lesigned
for people with at least one year, but
prefurnbly thr"" or more years. of relevant, postbaccalaureate experience
who intend to continue working fulJ
time while they pursue graduate
management study. Students in this

Rather than commenting on what
other institutions do or do not offer,
1

I prefer to address the strengths that
the UB MBA programs offer students. UB's programs have an excellent worldwide reputation and provide students with an e:xcd.lent return on their investment. Business
Wed, for instane&lt;, has included our
full-time MBA program within its
ranking of the top-60 MBA programs in the U.S. and has rated it as
one of the 15best values in the country. The global name r=&gt;gnition of
the UB MBA allows our graduates
freedom to search for employment
opportunities outside Western New
York, and even outside the US. Faculty members are ext"Cemely wellknown in their fields and bring unparalleled expertise to the classroom.
All our MBA programs are delivered
in a cohon or learning community
format, which increases the potential for peer learning. team-skill development and leadership training.

What c:oncepu are being
taught today that weren 't relevant 10 yun ago 1

The primary change in the MBA

curricuJum over the past I 0 years
has been a dramatic increase in em-

phasis on global issues and information technology. The curriculum is
infused with international penpectim In other words, when,.., teach
an introduction to marketing management, the content will include issues that are related specifically to
the impact of globalization on basic concepts like promotion. pricing
and distribution. With respect to
technology, this has changed the way
we deliver our MBA programs, the
curriculum and the career paths students are ch~g. Many students
with a primary interest in accOunting, finance or marketing now
choose to couple those functional
areas with the study of information
technology, since it is impacting dramatically the way every business
person works.
Is an MBA • degree only for
someone Interested In a busi-

ness career?
Definitely not! An MBA is for anyone who is interested in a broad·
ba5&lt;d business degree. A number of
our students are pursuing primary
careers as physicians, attorneys. archi tects, pharmacists, musicians,
engineers and social workers_However, they sec that supplemental
knowledge about such subjects ~
aa:ounting. marketing. information
technology, human resources and
strategic management can help
them to ~ more successfuJ in their
primary field. This type of combination is a growing phenomenon.
Wh•t do you like most •bout
running the MBA program
here?

There are two fundamental aspects
of this position that makr coming
to work every day a pleasure. Fint
and foremost is the opportunity to
serve a truly outstanding group of
graduate students. MBA students
are smart, motivated, interesting
and fun people Who are future leaders of our businesses and communities, both in our backyard and
around the world. Second, the job
is incredibly dive= and in a perpetual state of change. In addition
to students, I have the opportunity

to work with a wide variety of
different types of people: faculty,
School of Management and
other staff rnem\&gt;ers across the
university, the business mmmunity and alumni. Because the
MBA program is the program
with the most impact on the
School of Management's external reputation, we are oonstantly
evaluating every aspect of it from
the curriculum to our marketing effons to the facilities·from
which we work. The position has
provided a unique opportunity
to be involved in both academics and student affairs--it's a
great combination!
Doyou...,.,.nMBA7

Yes. I earned my MBA with a
concentntion in human re sources management from UB in

1992.
Wh•t question do you wish
.• hlld uked, how
woulcf you hne answered
lt7

I wish you had asked more about
o ur rtauiting efforts. We strive
each year to meet or exceed our

enrollment targets, while at the
same.time improving our over·

all class profile. We would me, to
attract mo.re students of color,
more students from o utside
Western New York for our fulltime program. and students with
more postbaccalaureate work experience. We bold information
sessions and open-house events,
offer downstate receptions,.work
with professional organizations,
use our Web site for infoimation
exchange and advertise in the
media as much as possible with
a limited budget. In addition, we
taJu, a very personal approach to
recruiting students to UB. We
contact them several times by
mail, phone and email to be sure
all prospective students' questions are answered and to guarantee that they keep UB on their
"radar screens." It is incredibly
intensive, but also very rewarding when they choose to matriculate here and then are so
successful upon graduation.

Nursing school to study lung cancer issues
UB one offive schools to examine quality-of-life issues affecting women with disease
By LOIS 11A1Wt
News Services Editor
HE School of Nursing is
o ne c f o.five) nurs in g
schools c~cti ng the
first nationaJ,large-scaJe
study of quality-of-life issues affeC1 ing women with lung cancer.
Jean Brown, associate pffifessor of
nursingand oneofthefewnurscre·
searchers in the cou ntry working
with lung cancer, is lead investigator
at UB. Nursing schools at UCLAthe lead institution-and Yale University, University of Alabama at Birmingharn and the Medical CoUege
ofGeorgiaalsoare involved.

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program generally are seeking advancement in their current career

The study, funded by the Onco logy Nursing Fou nd a- ·
tio n , is expected to
generate the info r·
mati o n needed to
develop interven ·
tiom and treatments
to help patients man age the debilitating ·
sy mptoms coin mo n to this disease: fatigue, pain,

weightlos.s, los.s of
appetite, breathing
difficulties and cough.
Brown said that little research has
been don_e on lung ca n cer in.

women,despitethefa~~killsmore
women annually than breast

in women
than in men ," she
said. "Smoking is
the major cause,
but 20-30 percent
of women who

&lt;Je.elop it are nonsmokers. In addition, women get it earlier than men
and it seems to be more aggressive.•
Both Erie and Niagara counties

have higher rates of lung cancer
amongwomenthaneither NewYork
State or the nation, statistics show.
Thestudywillcollcctinforination
from300women,75ofwhomwill
be recruited from the Buffalo area.
Researchers will follow participants
forsixmonths.ibokingat social and
economic issues., such as access to
c:are, and will assess the impact of
age, tobacco use, rac:elethnicity and
concurrent diseases on the partici·

pants' quality of life_
Inaddition,SOfamiliesofwomen
lung-ancerpatients will be selected
at random and followed to find out
how~ediseaseisaffectingthem.

�October 14.1!!19/Volll.ln. 8 Repariea

Organ donation targeted

BrieBy

UB to develop ways to increase donations among minorities

SO M names Kahl "Niagara
Frontier Executive of the Year"

ay LOIS 1A1W1
N~ Services Editor

findings (see accompanying story).

T

Minniefield's interest in this issue
and the proj&lt;ct for his bachelor's degree,• said Tamburlin. "Without him
raising the issue and making us
aware of the problem, we wouldn't
have applied for the granr."
Minni&lt;field will be a consultant,
along with Maggie Wright, former
assistant dean for minority affairs in
the medical schooL
The UNYfS- UB collaboration in
the first year of the grant will be
aim&lt;d specifically at the African-

HE schools of Medicine
and Biomedical Scimces,
Health Relat&lt;d Professions and Social Work

are collaborating with Upstate New
York Transplant Services, Inc.
(UNYfS) on a three-year, $810,000
grant to devt:lop ways to incr~
organ donation in the African -

American community.
The grant is pan of aS 13-million
effort fund&lt;d by the National Organ
and Tissue Donation Initiative-involving 18 organ-procurement organizations across the U.S.-to in-

crease organ donation across aJJ seg·
ments of the population.
Mark Simon, executive director
of UNYfS, will be principal investigator on th e g rant. Judith
Tambu rlin , UB research assistant

professor of clinical laboratory sciences and anatomy and cell biology.
will be project director and co-in vestigator. Other co- investigators

will be Edward Kraus of UNYTS
and Christopher Rice, UB assistant

professor of social work.
The major force behind the grant,
however, was William Minniefield,
.1 S l · year+old African America n
who returned to UB a few years ago
to finish a bachelor's degree in psy cho logy. He wound up earning a
-.crond bachelor's degree with a spet:lal major in the health sciences, and
111 December will complete an indi v•dualized-degrec program in rc ·
search in minority health issues. His
research project for that program
centered on attitudes toward o rgan
dunauon among African Americans
and he arrived at some significan1

"This grant arose out of Bill

corpOrated into the medical studem
curriculum, in-service training will
be provided to medical residen ts

and both groups will develop cul turally sensitive approaches to the
issue of organ donation through the

use of standardized patients.
_UNYfS will help develop appropriate education materials and establish a community education pro-

gram that will be tested in three community settings--health-are clinics.
churches and community centef5--

American comm unity. Statistics

using two presentation approaches:
a trained African-American community educator alone, or teamed

compiled by UNYfS show that in
Bulfalo, SO percent of patients need-

with a medical student
A total of 900 people will be as -

ing organ transplants are African
Americans, while the consent rate
for donation from this ethnic group
is only 14 petcent.
This low donation rate poses
problems on two accounts: It limits
the number of organs available in

signed randomly into one of the
three intervention groups. Partici pants will meet with the education

general to a population in which the
need is great; and it decreases the
possibility of obtaining a compatible match. Rejection rates for Afri can Americans are higher when the
organ is from a donor of another

race.
During years two and three of the
grant. the emphasis will be on increasing organ donation in the
Western New York Hispanic and
Native American communities. respcd ively.
The projed will aim at educating
th(• two groups mosr influential to
organ donation: the med.icaJ com munity and the African+American

family.
Tamburlin said case studies m volving organ donation will be in -

team to discuss legal and personal
issues regarding donation, receive a
packet of information with donor

cards and be asked to discuss the issue with their families. All partici pants will complete a pre-interven tion survey to coUect demOgraphic
information and assess curren1 at titudes toward organ donation . A
follow-up interview will determine
how many participants in each
group declared their intention to
donate and how man)' had a fam iJ y
discussion of the issue.
The researchers wilJ compare rt:sults from eath setti ng and for both
presentation approaches to deter mine which combination is most
effective. This cduGJtional approach
lhen will be implemented through o ut the African+American commu nity at large. and will be mod1fied
for use in the HispaniC and NativeAmerican communities.

Cause is personal for Minniefield
By LOIS BAKER
New$ ServiCe$ Editor
I L L I AM
Min~iefi~ld's de termm a llon t o
convince the Afri can-American comm unity that organ donation is a good and necessary thing has resulted in a major
grant award to UB and the regional
transplant agency to accomplish

W

rate by whites is dose to 76 percent. To try to find out why this situa+
tion exists, Minniefield developed a

American co mmunit y's h1stonl
mi strust of the mt:dical sys tem .
based in large part on the Tuskeegee

in minority health issues he is pursu -

ing through Millard Fillmore College.
For Minniefield, the problem of

brother died of kidney disease at the
age of 40 while waiting for a transplant. That experience was a wake-

up caU to his extend&lt;d family. When
his niece, born with cancerous tu -

mors on both kidneys. di&lt;d at the
age of four, her family donat&lt;d her
corneas to help two o ther children.

With these experiences in his family history, Minniefield's choice of a
research project to complete a

bachelor's deg= in minority health
issues was clear. He would try to find
out why nationally only 14 perttnt of
AfricanAmaicansareorgandonors,
although !My need 30-35 perttnt of
the organs donated. The donation

Environmental institu_te
seeks research proposals

E3

The Environment and Soc1CI \' lns11tule IS !lt'ckmg pr01ec1 propo"
als from faculry members to be funded hy the- l:nvaronmental Man
agement AlternatiVes Program ( F.1\..1AP J.
EMAP prov1des seed lundmg for Interdisciplinar y rest'arch and
anal ys •s on environmental prohlem!l pertammg to the reg1on and
shares the n:-~ca rch w1th o rgan 1zat 1ons capable of crea tin g pohn
based on the researc.h .
All faculty art' eligible. Jnd Jppht..lnh ~ h ou ld be f.,cultv affiii.Ht' '
of th e 1mt1tut e. Affiha t wn mav be established at • http ://
wlngs .buHalo.edu/ provost / esl / I Affwebapp.htm &gt;. InterdJ!!&gt;CI
plin ary tea ms arc encouragl'd to applv
Funding requ ests should he prnport lonatt• 10 the pro,ect and propo:,.a ls for m o re thai $20.000 .t rl· not l1kclv to he funded . Smaller
pmposa ls are prefer red.
Project~ can rangt' from 12 · 1~ month:-. m dur.H1on . The ht:gnl
mng date fo r all prOJecb IS Janu arv 2000.
Th&lt;.· tteadhne for proposals is 4 p.m. Nov. 5. One dagital copv or 1-t
pnnted lllple'i must be submitted. To deliver propoS'ah electron•
~o.alh·. &lt;&gt;end an attachment to co -d1rector John Vena .11
&lt; 1Vt"lla(!.l1huffalo.edu "&gt;. Pnnted proposals o r proposals o n noppy dJSl"may be maile-d m delivered to th(· l-.nv1ronment an d Societ)' ln s11
lute. 7 19 O'Bnan Hall , North Campu s.
Fo r m o r(' mformat1o n or to oht.un a copv of the propo~a l formal ,
contact the institute a1 MS ~I:;~ or ~ uh -est@acsu.bu ffalo.edu "&gt;

Acer Colloquium to address
youth development

that goal.
lne award-a total of $810,000
over three yean-was based largely
on research Minniefield conducted
for an individualized degree program

low orga n -donation rates by the
African - American communit y is
personal -and tragic. His younger

Lutz F. KAlil, pres•dent of The Vector Group, LLC and
chairman of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Au thoriry, has been named 1999 .. Niagara Frontier Ex ecutive of the Year .. by the School of Management.
Th e award will be presented at the 50th annual
School of Management Alumni Association Awards
Banquet, to be held at 5:30p.m. Nov. 18 in theJ-tyatt
Regency Buffalo.
f.stab hshed in 1949, the Ntagara Frontter Ex:ecu
tive of the Year award honors a res1dent of t he Niagara Frontier who
has distingu•shed htm sel f or herself m a career marked by execu t1 ve
success, a proven willingness to assume a leadershtp role 111 CIVIC
affairs and a demo nstration of htgh personal integnty.
Past rec ipient s tnclude Roben E. Rtch, Sr.; Paull. Snyder: Robert
L Ri c.h, Jr. ; Jeremy M. Jacobs; the late Burt P. Flick.mger. Jr.: the late
Seymour H. Knox Ill ; Sal H. Alfiero: Robert G. Wilmers; Bernard 1
Kennedy ; FrankL. C iminelli. and Regmald B Nt'wman II Last vear" ~
ho noree was Brian J. Lipke.
Also being honored at the ban4ul' l v.:dl be Larry R. Drake. for
merly with Graphic Cn ntrob Corp ., for h1!1 ou tslandtng se rv1cc to
the school; Steven H. Shepsman, lllJIMg•ngd•rector of Rcckson Stra tegiC Venture Partners, for leadersh1p 111 the real +estatc mdustrv, and
C harles S. T1ronc, a radiolog1s1 and ..:ha1rman of Med1cal Manage ·
me nt Se rv1ces. In c., for entrepreneurship.
For fu rth er mformat1on about the awards banquet , con tad John
Shellum. asststant dean 111 the ~u: hnol of Management. .JIM" \2."!4

WilHam Mlnht.flekl's poster presentation of the results of his
survey Includes • photo of his nlece, who dled from kklney cancer.

12 -question survey designed to as+
incident, Minn iefidd said. The
scss attit udes toward o rgan and Tuskeegee experiment Involved
body donation among African withholding treatment to a group of
Americans. other minoriti es and
blac.k men with syphil is from 1932 whites. Relatives li.Ying in Buffal~ \2 to study the long-tenn effects ol
Atlanta, jacksonville. Tampa. Drt~e disease.
and Hobart, Ind., helped distribute
This strong mistru st of doctor:,
and the medical system surfaet:d 111
1,000 of the questionnaires.
Preliminary results from the sur+ responses such as:
• .. Fear bodies will he used for
vey revealed a number of cuJturaJ
attitudes held by African Americans crazy experiments··
that present barriers to donation.
• .. Fear o rgans wouldn 't go to the

"Religious reasons" ranked first
on the list of"Reasons for Not Donating," .. Family reasons" ranked
second.
Perhaps the most difficult issues
to overcom e relate to the African

people who need them"
• "Afraid organs will be taken beforr they are dead "
• ..Afraid the patient won't get the
necessary medical attention af the
family agrees to organ donation"

" New Perspectives on Youth Development" will be the topll ol
the Charlotte C. Acer Colloquium on Urb;m EducatiOn. to be held
from 4-6 p.m . Oct. 28 m th e Scrc(·nmg Room 111 the Cen ter for tht·
Arts on the North Ca mpus.
The lecture, sponso red h}' tht· t .r.tdua tt' ~chool of l:dulallnn , ''
free and open to the public.
The speaker will be Shirley Bnce Hea th . profes...&lt;&gt;or of f-ngh sh anJ
hngu1 :,11Cs at Stanford Umvcr,ll\
{' ,.,_
H(·a th will dtscuss how voun~
peop le arc ahle- through chal
I
lcngcs, dcmandmg s tand ard~ anJ
deadlm e~ 111 schoo l- to put tht:
'
informati on a nd ski ll s thev IL·arn
in schoo ltnto practiCe wtthtn lht'
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Heath is a linguistic anthropologast whose research focu~e~ on
soc iocultural co ntexts-of learning and relauon s betwe&lt;.·n o raiQ-.·nl
ten language socialization across cu ltu res and institution al settmgs
She is o n leave from Stanford to resea rch. through the Carnegie Foun
dation for the Advancement of Teaching, the various path s of learn
ing taken by young people committed to the economic and sooal
future of their co mmunities. Her most recent work focuses on th t'
impact the a.rts have on enhancing pro-social, academic and long ·
term values of youth from economically depressed rural and urban
neighborhoods .

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Effort by pediatric neurosurgeon to alert parents to dangers Is paying off ·

Dias ·works to prevent shaken babies
By JENNIFlll LEWANDOWSKI
Reporttr SUff

M

ARK Dias helps
combat serious ill nesses in children

everyday.

As a pediatric neurosurgeon at

Dias, explaining that the shaking

causes hemorrhaging in the brain.
"One third (of the children) die
as a result of the shaking." he says.
And of those who survive, 50 percent experience significant problems, including blindness or eye

Kaleida Health's Children's Hospital of Buffalo, he works with children who suffer from a host of diseases associated with the brain and
spinal cord, such as spina bifida,
brain and spinal-cord tumors, hy-

drocephalus-a buildup of fluid on
the brain~ilepsy. a:rebral palsy,
head trauma, cystic fibrosis and abnormalities of the skuU.
However, Dias, an assistant professor of neurosurgery, is taking steps
to insure he doesn't have to treat in -

not remorseful
11
"If I were being falsely accused, I
would be livid," Dias says of those

!=3-Uses such .severe damage because

Since the program began,

in infancy, children's heads are larger

Children's Hospital hasn't-seen one
case of shaken baby syndrome.
"Out of those eight babies. three
of them would have died, so we've
helped by pr&lt;V&lt;nting the problem,
not treating it after it occurred," Dias
says.
The leafl&lt;t focuses on prevention,
telling parents: "When your child
cries. lake a break--&lt;lon'1 shake."
The leafl&lt;t informs pan:nts of steps
they can lake 10 cope with a crying
child, such as taking a deep breath
and counting to I O,letting the baby

individuals who allegedly have
shaken a child "Thcy'r&lt; generally
not They seem rotber placid, actually. (But) some of them will confess later.•

.. assodote clir~torot ldmls­
sions, lor ..-e In the design ond • •,pen ... . ol lin
~ program to communicate the impoftlnce d ol
ol the ampus c:omll"OIIlky In t h e - and
retention ol student!., lor Reault

the shaking from happening at all.
Last December, Dias began a program to alert parents to the causes
of shaken baby syndrome. With the
help of a grant from the William B.
Hoyt Children's and Family Trust
Fund, Dias has been able to get the

U8ond~UI101 ;

word out to parents of newborns.

in proportion to the rest of their

And the effort appears to be payingoff.
Of the 20,000 babies who are
born each year in the eight -coun-

bodies and aren't fully developed.
Dias recalls a personal experience
that brought the issue dose to home.
Shortly after his son was born in
I 997, he found himself awake at 3
a.m. one day, frustrated that his son
couldn't sleep. He realized then the
potential for parents to taU that

program.lor-Doy1999;
componble

ties of Western New York. seven or

at...-.., and-.-.,

eight are brought to Children's suffering from shakcl baby syndrome.
Dias says. He adds that Children's is
the only hospital in the region that

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treats children with the syndrome.

" If you shake (babies) violently,
you can scramble their brain,.. says

mothers, something Dias says is

would come forward with children
who had been shakcl. The results,
however, havr been positive.

-

..-e

ents, three -quarters have been

signed by the fathers as well as the

tributing literature and raising
awareness about the syndrome ,
more parents who were unaware

fants suffering from shaken baby
syndrome. He's hoping to prevent

sions . lor
ond
lnooYotion ln the design ond
il I ip6ema ltiltk:w I of ... CJn&lt;IITl.

cry, calling someone for emotional
support and calling the~·, pe·
diatrician -to find out if there's a
medieal reason as to why the child
is crying.
The affidavit seeks the signatures
of both the mother aod father, and
asks pOn:nts to respond to sovtnl
questions: Is this the first time you'..,
heard about shak.en baby syndrome?
Have you beard it's dang&lt;roUJ? Was
this information useful? Would you
recommend this to other parrots?
Of the affidaviis signed by par·

important since the individual who
typically shaJces a child is a man.
"It's a guy thing." he says. "Twothirds of the pespetrators.,. males."
In addition, Dias says. most perpctratorr-maleor femal~­
ally deny shaking the baby and art

sions, ond ~~

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says, " (I remember) really, really
wanting to do something."·
So be began a campaign to infonn
the community of the dangen of
shaken baby syndrome.
Parents of children born in all I7
hospitals in the region are given an
infonnationalleafl&lt;t and an affida.
vit that they are ask&lt;d to return to
the hospital in which their child was
bom Program coordinators at each
hospital collect the affidavits, which
are passed on to Dias.
The leafl&lt;t cautions parents thai
children, especially babies, "have
very weak neck muscles and do not
y&lt;t have full support for their heavy
heads. When they are shaken, their
fragile brains move back aod forth
wiuu;, their skulls."
•
Dias says he worried that in dis-

-

Diu h wortd"!! to prevent

shallen .....,. synclronM.

damage, seizures. a delay in normal
development, mental retardation

and paralyru.
He points out that the shaking

frustration out on their ch.ildren, he

says. and remember.; thinking. "Kids
don't deserve this."
"For the first time in my life." Dias

Dias says the occurrence o f

shaken baby syndroillehas no soci etal boundaries.
" Unlike ather forms of child
abuse, it does not seem to favor a
certain socioeconomic background
or race," he says.
"1am jUJt absolutely aslounded,"
Dias says of the program's results." I
just keep pinching myseiC'

M;usic students to tango in Calumet
BJ JENNIFU LEWANDOWSKI
RqJortn Staff

M

EMBERS of the De-

partment of Music
have planned an
evening of tango
music in B.uffalo's Calumet Arts
Cafe Oct. 23 .
Lorena GuiUen, a docto ral stu·
dent in the musicology program,

and Alejandro Rutty, a doctoral stu-

on Chippewa Street in downtown

Buffalo. A traditional Argentinean
dinner will be served at 6 p.m.

Astor Piazzola, Mariano Mores and
Juan Carlos Cobian.
Guillen, who began singing tango

Tickets for dinner and the show

music in the late 1980s in

are $35, while tickets for the show
only are $I 5. They are available at
the Calum&lt;t.

Argentinean nightclubs, bas per·
fonned at several United Stites ven-

A native Argentinean and performer of diverse genres of music,
Guillen will sing so ngs from the
golden ero of tang&lt;&gt;-the 1920s to

dude Bennington College in Vermont and UB's Latin Festival.
Rutty will aa:ompaoy Guillen on

'SOs-induding"Nostalgias.""Sur,"

ues, the most recent of which in-

piano, and Tito Castro, a well -

popular at the tum of the century
and into !he 1920s, '30s,40sand '50s,

"Chiquilin de Bachin" and "Los
Mareados," some of which were
written by tango's most fa mo us

known bandoneonist, will join the
duo. Castro, one of just a few in the
U.S. who plays the bandoneon-a
type of accordion-has performed

beginning at 8 p.m. in the Calumet

composers, indudingAnibal Troilo,

with tango superstars such as

dent in the composition program,
will bring back the music on ce

Alberto Castillo, RobertoGoyenecbe
and Libertad Lamarque. He bas
toured Argentina, Peru, Colombia,
Canada and the U.S.,performing in
the Metropolitan Opera Howt, Lincoln Center aod Rock.fdler Center.
His work also is induded in the 6lm
score of the upcoming 6lm "Flawless." starring Robert De Niro.
While tango often is thought of
as dance music, the Calumet performancr will revive tango music as a
listening pleasure-a standard in
night dubs and on rodio stations in
Argentina and Uruguay, akin to the
popularity of jazz in the U.S.

Center for the Americas
~--1

ibbean and Latin American studies.

town that has a unique rdationship

He points out that some of the

to Canada and its populations, including the Native American na·
tions. We have dose historical ties
and common concerns in the areas of economics, trade and the environment, particularly that of our

aforementioned programs alseady
exist in various Arts and Sciences
departments. Programs in Latino/
Lat.inuJu.. es and Caribbean stud ies. f~~ce. are in place in the
Department of Modem Languages
and Uteratures. Shechner says that

shared waterways."
Shechner says be expects the gloconte:xts of history, trode.
populations and politics that define
the Western New York region to be
inscribW. deeply into courses of
study affiliated with the center.

these programs .. will need elbow
room to grow beyond depanmen·

tal boundaries if they are to realize
their maximum potentials."
He adds that while UB does not
at this time have a formally consti·
tuted Canadian studies program. it
does have a well -organized U.S.·
Canada research and study group
involving faruhy from a wide range

of disciplines.
..Association with the Center for

He cautions, however, that the
new center should not be viewed as
the Americas might speed that
group's achievement of program

\ stltus." Shechner says.
"We live, after all, in a border

just an assembly of multicultural or
area programs. He calls such an assemblage just one model of many.
"We are interested largely in

recontextualizing the process of in-

quiry." he says. "in introducing stu·
dents and colleagues a1Wo to new
frames of rrlerence.
"So we are exploring other forms
of organizing faculty and generating
programs." he says. "One way to do
this, for example. is to organize areas
of study in media and cultural analysis,popularandmaterialculture,and
even environmental studies. urban
;;.,dies and community health.
1'his is a momen4 just over a year
after the formation of the College of
Arts and Sciences. when we ba.., the
opportunity to redefine what W&lt; do
and how we do it." Shechner adds.
"1 have been telling people that
our watchwords ought to be 'improvisation;'clismvery' and'patiena.' 1
am prepared to be as surprised as
anyone by what we discover."

�October14.1!m/Yol.31.111.8

Status of women improving

Marcus' talk at Omvocation cites sex harassment, child care
By OWSTINE VIDAL
News Services Editor

asks the question, who answers it
and what happens to the alternatives

C

that are presented.
"By the third quarter of the 20th

ALLING the role of
women "'a powerful
one,.. and noting the
positive changes in the
status of women that she sees occurring at US. Isabel Marcus, professor
of law, pr=ted the address at the
fifth annual University Convocation

hdd Oct. 6 in the Mainstage theater
of the Center for the An.s.
Marcus

titled

century, universities had acknowl-

edged that raa: aod class were issues
that had to be addressed, including
in the classroom," Marcus said.
For men, the issue of class was
addressed by the formation of public universities and the G.L Bill. For

her address

"Women's Global Citi7.cnship: 'Who
Will Make the Soup?:" a query that,
she said, while heard in our homes
every night, is more imponantJy an
histori~d political-&lt;juestion. ~
The phrase "who will make the ~
soup" has its roots in the Russi~ ~

But improvements are not as uns versa.l as they need to be. "There ap·
pears to 1x a glass ceiling for women
in administrative positions at UB,"

she said.
ln addition to lSSuo of pay and
promotion, there have been advanco
in areas of concern primarily to
women, such as child care and sexual
harassment,
including
the
administration's pledge of"zero tol e ran ce" regarding
sexual harassment
Marcus said she
also is encouraged hv
the number of fe male students en roll ed in the Law

School and School

Revolution, Marcus said, when ;;
communist leaders were more con- ~
cerned about who would tend to ...

home and hearth than who would
suppon conununism.
" In choosing this story I wanted

Rag .......... - - ec-...: ,_...._

aaoss umpus to the University ConYOCIItJon.

of Medicin e and
Biomedical Sciences.
Marcu s took tim e
during her add ress
to make two special
acknowledgments.
The first was to

5

Forceps and Drills and
Stones . .. oh my!
Ju rt dick on the ''PoweU and Leland No. I Stand Microscope" for
a vinual look at the Robert A. Brown History of Medicine Collec ·
11on &lt;http://ublfb.buffolo.edu/ llbrorles/unlts/h•llhlstory I &gt;
Housed on the lower level of the Health Sciences Lib rary on the
So uth Ca mpus. this collection includes an impressive array of h1 s
toncal and rare books m the health sciences. as well as an awe-In spi ring, if not fearsome, coUectiOn of historical med1caJ instrument!..
Highlights from the McGuire Instrument Collection mclude th('
'"Auzoux papier mac he ear, eye and larynx models." These colorful
models served as educat1onaJ tools m the 1800s and are work.s of art
1n theH own right. If dental v1s1 ts aren 't high on your list of fun
things to do. imagin e what it must ha vt· been like for patients lu ckv
enough to go under a '"thumb opera ted drill! "
The Bonme and Vern Bullough lilstor y of Nursmg Collection
contain s nursmg artifacts and rart' books. mcluding works by and
about Florenct' Nightingale. The.· t1tle page of a JOurnal called 71~t·
Tramt'd N11rse. which began puhhcauo n m Buffalo m 1888. 1s here .
together with a sterling foldmg med1o ne spoon ct rca 18HO and a
Ne lson's earthenware 1nhaler.
Thf' History of MediCine Web page \.an connect )'OU to o ther history of medicine links on the Web, includmg 1m age collectums from
the National Library of Med1cme 's Hi story of Med1cine DtvisJOn
&lt;hHp://wwwlhm.n lm .n lh .gov/ &gt; and the Bodellan Image Col
Jection in Oxford, England &lt; http:/ / www. bodl ey.ox.ac.uk /
lmac:at.html &gt;. There·s also local med1cal -history information. such
as bibliographies of the ass.ass1na110n of President McKinle\' and the
mfluenza outbreak of 1918 - 19

to remind you .. . (that ) the role of

women, the issue remained m o re

Kerry Grant, dean of the CoUege of

women is a powerful one," said
Marcus, who also is co-director of

complex.

An.s and Sciences, for his suppon of

But at UB, inroads have been
made.
.. President Greiner has made it
dear that we must eliminate disparity based on ra ce and gender,"

women. She noted that in the col lege, nine of its 13 chairs are female.
She also noted the important role

For more informatiOn on the H1 storv of MediC me CollectiOn, pleast•
contact Linda Lohr, Manager of the Co ll ection at 829 -3024 or
lalohr@acsu.buffalo.edu.

played at UB by the Task Force on
the Status ofWomen, which, Marcus

- Sue Neumeister and Lori W1dzm:.k1. Umve rs1ty l.ibrancs

Marcus said.

noted, as have promotion dispari -

noted, "has consistently monitored
the status of women and indicated
where there are disparities."
She also praised former provost

BrieBy

tics, at least among the faculty. "In

Thomas E. Headrick for his help

terms of numbers, there are gender
discrepancies that have been identified for women full professors and
for women of color at all levels."

with the creation of lREWG, for
"without his willingness to take a
risk and gamble on us. we would not

the Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender

(IREWG) and director of th e
Women's Studies Program.
The point, is .. the entrenched in +
stitutionalization of gender."

.. Even in times of the greatest upheaval, there is a bacldash afterward
over what will the role of women be
and 'who will malu: the soup~'
That is because "who wiU make
the soup.. is a political question, the
answer to which depends on who

Pay disparities appear to have

been substantially rectified, she

have been funded."

Five to join Athletic Hall of Fame
WIem CoUege Athletic Conference,

who made his mark on the gridiron

the Ali-Westem~ew York CoUege

and in track and field. An excellent

IVE former VB athletes., including two three-sport
stars from the early 1950s,
will be inducted into the

Team for 1962-63and the All-Memorial Auditorium Team for 1963-64.
• V. David Levitt ('56), a tennis

two-way end . Co-captain of the

Alumni Association's Athletic Hall

matches. He also played guard for
three years on the basketbaU team,
averaging 13 point.! per game. On

By MAWY BETH SPINA
News Setvkes Editor

F

of Fame at a dinner Oct. 22 in the
Center for Tomorrow on the North

Campus.
The Athletic Hall of Fame was

standout who won 35 of 40 singles

the basebaU diamond, he was an
outficlder and first baseman. l...evin

also was sports editor of The Spec·
trum. Levin has continued to be a

blocker, he was a speedy, aggressive
1952footbaU team,heestablishedan
NCAA record with an 86 -yard
touchdown reception. He also put
the sho t. competed in the broad
jump and broke UB records in the
220- and 440-yard dashes, which
sent him to the prestigious Pennsyt .

formidable opponent on the tennis
couns, winning more than I00 local and international tournaments.

vania Relays. He coached UB foot ·
baU for a year, was a basketbaU official for 25 years. and served as a foot ·
baU official for 40 years.
• Anthony Policare, )r. ('73, '73 ).

He has won his dub's championship
a record of 17 times, and represented

who twice was dected wrestling
team captain and named m ost valu -

sented with the Russell ). Gugino
Award, which honors alumni who,

the U.S. in the master's division of

the Worldwide Maccabiah Games

able wrestler in 1971 · 72 and 1972.
73. During both seasons, the Bulls

through time and resources, have
made significant contributions to

five times since 1981. Levin also

ranked among the top 20 Division I

earned gold medals in both singles
and doubles competition in the Pan

wrestling teams. A two-time NCAA

established by the Alumni Associa·
tion in 1965 to honor athletes,

coaches. teams and individuals who
have served the athletic program in
an exemplary manner.
In addition to the five inductees,
Geo rge Voskerchian wiiJ be pre-

US's athletic program.
Voskerchian enrolled in UB in

American Maccabiah Games. where

1950 on a football scholarship, but

he earned gold medals in singles and
doubles play.
• Kenneth Parr ('61,'66) captain
and leading .r.cOre'l\ on the 1960-6 I
baskrtbaU t~o averaged nearly
14pointsand II rd&gt;oundspergam~

a knee injury cut short his career. He
has continued his association with

UB athletics, becoming a key fundraiser with the Blue and White
Drive, a member of the VB Gray

SuUs, chair of the UB Alumni and
Friends Golf Outing and a host for
officials working VB home games.
This year's inductees into the Ath letic Hall of fame are:

• Gary). Hanley ('65, '74), who
played four y=-s as center on the bas-

ic&lt;lhall team and ranks among the top

during his senior year. He not only

topped all UB players in career re·
bounding average. but also finished
lOth among the university's aU-time
leading sco rers. He played in two
NCAA tournaments and in 1960 was

named to the NCAA Mideast Re·

20 VB players in scoring and re-

gional All-Tournament Team. Parr
coached basketball at Kensington

bounding. He was named All-East·
em United States for 1962-63 by the

and ~nmore East high schools.
• Andrew Podlucky ('54, '56),

Division I finalist in the Eastern
Competition, he twice qualified for
the NCAA champions h ips. He
ranks among UB's top five wrestlers
in winning percentage, and in 1973

led the Bulls to the title in the East
Stroudsburg Open. the nation's larg·
es1 open

collegiate wrestling touma .
ment.ln 1972, Policare captured thr
Eastern O lympics Trials title in
freestyle and a year later, qualified
in Greco- Roman for the U.S. World
Games team. During two decades of

teaching and coaching high -school
footbaU, he has had players go on to
compete in every major bowl game,
including the Super Bowl and Pro
Bowl. His son, Tony, is UB's quar·
terback coach.

\

Architecture department
plans speakers series
Frank Lloyd Wright Kholar Robert McC arter will speak at 6 p.m .
Wednesday in the Performing Arts Cen ter audito rium at Buffalo
State CoUege a:. pa rt of the UB Department of Architecture 's Fall
Lecture Series.
McCarter, chair of the Department of Architecture at the Umvt'r ·
sity of Florida, will discuss " The Fabric uf Expencnce:Jnside Frank
Lloyd Wright's Prairie Houses." The lecture is co-sponsored bv the
Burchfield -Penney Art Center at BuffaJo State.
The series will continue on Nov. 3 with a lecture by Elizabe-th Gros7.
the Park Professor of Comparative Literature at UB. Grosz. who rna•
be best - known among architects for her theoretiCal wntmgs on
embodiment, identi ry and spat1al o rganization, will speak at S: .\0
p.m . in 301 C rosby Hall on the So uth Campus. G rosz' essay... Bod ies -Ci ti e!&gt;," was amo ng those published in "Sexualit y and Space.'" a
discussion of feminist arch itectura l theory.
K. Michael Hays, chair of the doctoral program m architectu re at
Harvard University and the 1999 C larkson Chair at UB, will present
three related lectures Nov. 10, II and 18 that look at the develop ·
ment of influential architectural theories.
The series, entitled "The Smoothing of Architecture from 1973. 1999," will exami ne "The Autonomization of Type. or, How to Get
from C laude Levi -Strauss to Aldo Rossi " on Nov . 10; .. T he
Mythification of the Semiotic Surface, or, How to Ge t from Robert
Venturi to Roland Barthes" on Nov. II. and "The Dc-differentiauon
of Practices and the Smoothing nf Theory. or, How We Got from
I 973 to 1999" on Nov. 18.

All three lectures will begm at S:JO p.m . in 30 I C rosby.
For more information on the lecture senes, call the D("partment
of Architecture at 829 -3485.

Grad school conference set
The Third Annual Minority Stude nt Graduat(" School AwarenCS!'&gt;
Conference for minority student~ cons1dering enrolling m gradua 1e
or professional school will be held from 8:30a.m . to 4 p.m . Oct. )0
in the University Inn and Conference Ce nter, 240 I N. 1-orest Road
..M.Dre than .) 0 representatives will be on hand from UB. as wdl d.~
other institutions in New York, Penns)•lvcmia and Oh 1o.
The conference is sponsort'd by a National Sc1enct· foundathm
( NSF ) grant that funds the SUNY Alli ance for Mmoritv Part1c1pa
tlon Conso rtium {SUNY AMP ) and a New York State f-ducat1on
Department grant which providt'.!&gt; funds for the Collegiat e Soenu·
and Technology Entry Program { ' STEP ).
The co nference, which will be free of charge, willmclude break fast and lunch. The deadline for registration is tomorrow.
For more information o r to register, call 645 -1234 or 645 -2002 .

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Schomburg Fellowships give minority students chance to .,Unue graduate studies

Program improves grad-school access

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ways in which minorities are integrated into public schools. I~san opportunity she says she might have
missed if not for the Arthur Alfonso
Schomburg Fellowship Program.
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Dostroyes " ' - n t tlcket clfice manager, Division d Athletics.'

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Dawn._.., from the Buffa;o
s.bres to~ coordinatOJ
fOI' ..,.,.. athletlo.
.. . from director of
compf'sance to assistant athk!tk:
d irector for compKance and stu-

dentseMc:es.
TOWI .-,., from assb.tint athletlc dill!dOI' for mattcetJng and
medii relations to assist&gt;nt all&gt;
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he will study th e

panic-American and Native-American st udents the chance to pursue
graduate education at both the
master's and doctorate levels at UB.
Boger, who is working on a doctorate in comparative education

through the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy in the
Graduate School of Education, has
been a Schomburg fellow for two
years. Her work in Germany will
pair with education research of U.S.
students. Once she completes her
doctorate, she says, she wa nts to
work on programs for inner-city
children that promote their imerests
and facilitate unique experiences-much like the Schomburg program.
Boger calls the program "a positive opportunity for minority stu denlS to excel in areas of their interest at the university leveL It gives
minorities a presence in the aca demic arena ...
Boger's chance to pursue her doc ·
toral degree. she says. ca me with a
fellowship offer.
" I wanted to go for a Ph.D., but I
most likely would not have done
that (witho ut the program )," she

says. " It helped maintain my own
passion to foUow my resnrch...
Jose Buscaglia, a former
Schomburg fellow and now a visit-

ingassistant professor in the Department of Modem Languages and uteratures, is grateful for the opportunity as weU.

"None.of what I have done could
have been poss1ble without the fellowship." says Buscaglia, who helped
develop an academic exchange program between UB and the University of Havana.
Originally known as the SUNY

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program Is ... poslttft
ClpfMWtllnlty for "*-fty
studlesrts to excel In .....,. af

their Interest lit the

MARYBETH BOlGER

Underrepresented Minority Graduate Fellowship Program, the fellowship program was started by New
York State in 1987 and made avail-

able at all SUNY schools where
graduate programs were offered.
The program at US wa.~ renamed
for Schomburg, a Puerto-Rican,African -American bibliophile, historian and scholar whose collections

and intellectualism played a significant role in the Harlem renaissance.
All fellows receive a tuition waiver
and stipend, which varies according
to the st udent's course of study.

Funding is limited to a maJtirnum
of two yean for master's students,
three yean for law studmts and four
yean for ·medical, dental and doctoral fellows.
When the program began, UB's
allocation of state funding was the
largest-and remains so today, according t.o Mary G resham , vice

president for public service and urban affairs. The program's goal,
Gresham says, was to improve access to graduate school for minority students.

"Their disadvantage might be
economic. but it's not academic.
What they have in common is their

intelligence," says Gresham, noting
the fellowship program strives for
honors-level achievemenL Students
must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and
be either a U.S. citizen or permanent
resident to be considered. They also
must be nominated for admittance
to the program by their respective

admitted, bringing the total number ~f students currently in 1M fel-

lowship program to 117.
The program seeks fellows from
all disciplines, but Gresham says it
can be hard to attract students, especially those studying !he hard scieoces, when other schools are able
to offer mo"' generous scholanhips.
N&lt;."Vertheless, the program has fared
well "We always have lllOfe applicants than we can fund," she says.
And since the program's inception, 91 percent of Schomburg fellows have graduated.
.. We're really proud of that ,"
Gresham says. "These are students
who are exceptionally talented.

We're taking serious students and
helping them do what they need to
do."
Buscaglia, who teaches Caribbean
studies, says the program is about
much more than financial scholarship.
" They have a lot of s upport
mechanisms to make sure students

are doing their work and fulfilling
the goals of the fellowship," he says.
And fulfilling those goals means

departments. Once departments
have nominated fellowship candi·
dates. the names thm are submit ted to a selection committee com-

turning out successful st~dents,
Gresham points ouL

prised of graduate-school representatives, faculty members and the
Schomburg program coordinator,

that "the need for (minority) leadership has not changed."
Boger sees the program as a way

Peggy Brooks-Bertram, associate for
faculty development and public service. Those names selected are forwarded to the Office of Public Service and Urban Affairs for the finaJ
nod. This year, 28 new students were

for minorities to work toward that
end...We're there as ... an ambassa dor. not only to promote o~r own
interests, but to promote the forward
movement of minorities within the
university setting." she says.

"An educated population makes
for a better nation," she says, adding

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First woman engineering grad to be honored
Dorothy Price to receive first Vital Partners award at Industry/University Day
By ELLEN GOI.DIIAUM
Nem Services Editor

T

HE School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Price attributes her pioneering
foray into engineering to several facto rs, perhaps the most inOuentiaJ of

disqualified because I wore glasses."
So she took her boss's advice and

which was World Wai II.

in UB's School of Engineering and
Applied Sciences.

became the first woman to enroll

is honoring its first
woman graduate, Dorothy Price ('49), with its first-ever
Vital Partners award for individual
achievement.
The award, commemorating the
50th anniversary of her graduation,

Park High School in 1944, she was

Price's academic career at UB

hired by C u.rti ss- Wright as an
engineer's aide.
"'The corporation
at that time was going around to the lo-

nearly paialleled the development
of the engineering

will be given to Dorothy (Gracz)

cal high schools, so-

Price Oct. 28 at the engineering
school's annual Industry University
DayNital Partners conference and
luncheon.
~ we are very pleased to recognize
and honor Dorothy Price,.. says

liciting
you ng
women to work in
the engineering department,.. 'Price recalls. "So because of

Mark Karwan , dean of the School

in math, and the fact

of Engineering and Applied Sciences, "not only as a trailblazer in
Western New York as~he1rst
woman who graduated
m UB

that I had taken a
drafting course, I

with an engineering degree, ut for
her exemplary contributions to en gineering and education as weU."
Karwan notes that while the
number of young women engineers
rose throughout the 1970s and
1980s, it has not increased in the
1990s.
"We hope that by giving her this
award, we are recognizing her as a

role model for today's young
'W'Oman engineers and to inspire future generations to choose engineering as a profession,"' he said.

Upon grad uation from South

my grades, especially

went to work fo r PWCI.
them in the drafting
department, helping engineers
make corrections on the blueprints

for cargo and fighter planes.•
It was a job Price loved and that
she excelled at, a fact that did not
escape notice by her boss, who
strongly encouraged her to enroll in
enginttringschool once the war was
over.

But Price was hoping to explore a
different aspect of aviation--by becoming an airline stewardess.
"I really wanted~o be a stewardess," she says, laugblng. "but I was

curriculum: she

started in the Department of Me·

chanical Engineering. which was the
sole department

when she enrolled,
then she switched
briefly to electrical
engineering and finally to industrial
engineering. which
began in her
sophomore year.

"I had no idea
what I was going to do with this degree. but I never once felt like, 'what
am I doing here?'"b says.
Price's job at Curtiss- Wright had
prepaml her well for her experiena
at UB, where her insistence on self·
reliance came in handy.
"She was a very thoughtful, energetic young lady," recalls Chaiies
Fogel, professor emeritus of engineering instruction. who was a.ssistan,tdeanatthetime. "Herwodcwas
very good and she was very popular with the other students.".

Price's first job out of college was
at H.W. Clement Printing Co.which later became Arcata Graphics-&lt;loing time studies and making things run more efficiently in the
company's book bindery, which
employed many women.
After working there for several
years. she decided to get -out of industry and try something new. A
newspaper ad for a physics teacher
in the Niagara Wheatfield School
District caught her eye and she decided to apply.
"I had no credentials for teaching
at all, but they told me with my
background in engineering, I could
certainly do it," she says.

Price completed th e required
education courses at Buffalo State

CoUege. She returned to the college
during summers and evenings to

finish her degree in secondary science education and, eventually, a
master's degree in education.
ln 1964, she accepted a JX&gt;Sition

teaching physics at Maryvale High
Sch6ol in Chedaowaga, from which
she retired in 1981.
Price's advice to young girls who
have an aptitude for math and the
sciences is that they should strongly
consider engineering. regardless of
the career path they have in mind
"It can be preparation for unlimited opportunities in any field," she
says.

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�Ottober14.1!!19/Yt31.1o.8 Reparias

BrieBy
Grant to funa state-of-the-art equipment
In • . - of loul support and to

help the \~Jli=sity secu"' natio11al
dollars. the Community Foundation
for Gr(!a ter Buffalo has given a
$49,500 grant to the School ofPharrnacyand its Center for Drug Discovery and Experimental Therapeutics.
The grant will be used to buy a
Gene Tac Hybridization Station and
accessories as pan of an ongoing cooperative effort involving the School
of Phannacy, the School of Medicme and Biomedica l Sciences and

Roswell Park Canar lnstitutr.
Wayne K. Anderson, dean of the
pharmacy school, said the timing of
the grant is particularly important,
..sinct it allows us to buy an important piece of equipment that fits into
our mosaic of instruments targeting new drug discoveries.
.. The Human Genome Project

has provided us with a roadmap of

genes; ~ow we in pharmaceutical
sciences want to use that information and proceed with identifying

the function of a gene."
The Gene Tac Hybridization Sta tion will help with that process by
scanning thousands of genes simultaneowly and generating information that can be used to predict drug
responses in individual patients. For
example, it could lead to a process
that would allow researchers to scan
tumor genes and identify key genetic
markers that would enable physicians to optimize cancer therapy for
the individuaJ patient.

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Geometry/T-"&gt;gy Semi ....
GeorMtric Sums of Quasi-Fuchs.lan
Surfaces. Prof. Brian Mangum,
Columbia Umv. 103 Diefendorf . 3.45

p .m. Free.

Buffalo Logic Colloquium
Buffalo Logk Dictionary Project
Loglal Notions, Logl&lt;al Retotlons.
8

~L'f4~o;!~~~~-;3~ p~~-~or
more tnformatlon, )ohn Corcoran. 881 1640or645-2444 ,~t . 119.

lllologlul Sciences Semi...,.
Spect.Uon In the Anopheles G;~~mbiae

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Notre Dame, Dept of Biological
Sciences. 12 1 Cooke. 4 p.m. Free . FOf
more 1nfonnation, Guiyan Van, 645-

2883

TIM: 4th A.nnuallntenu~tlonal
Women's Rim Festlwlll: The
Through Women 's Eyes
l

~~s;l~~iS1.~~~;~~~~r!f
S4 SO general. Sponsored by
G. for more information, Pat

· 11,

IR

Shelly, 829-345.

Dance Perlonnance
Zodiaque Dance Company-fall
Concert. Dept. of Theatre and Dance,
Center for the Arts Drama Theatre. 8
p.m . l l 0 general public, tS Studenu.
For more information. Call 645-ARTS

Exhibits
" Penuuion: Tales of Commerce
and the Avant-Garde"
INOOc. in various media by 11 artisu'
coi!Ktives and individual artisu - the
culture jammers - is on display through
Nov. 14 in the US Art Gallery's ffnt-fkx&gt;r

exhibition space in the Center for tM
ArU, North Campus. Callery hours are
Wed. through Sat from 10:30 a .m . to 8
p.m . and Sun. from noon to S p.m . The
1ammeo have different ends to their
design; different methods to their

==ra~lh~=C ~ ~a~~~ghty

~kal ~rfection

some lnvesHgate the
of commercial kons, o~ note or
otherwise protest the manipulation of
public consdousness and values by
comrneftial interesu. Still others re-.
manipulate commercial manipulatiom
in an attempt to subvert their original
meaning.

" AIIANDON "
Artist Tony Matelli has taken a unique
~tance in the exploration of natu re
•
versus culture by recreating fam iliar
weeds---the ~liou.s son. that "sprout
like elegant anger on the concrete
s~ of urban America"-in an exhibit
that captures how these often unwant~
· planu reflect the social quest for beauty
and con~. "ABANDON'" is on d isplay
through March 10 In the lightwell
Gallery adtacent to the main UB Art
Gallery in the Center lor the Aru, North
Campus. Callery houn are Wed.
through Sat. from 10:30 a .m . to 8 p.m
and Sun. from noon to S p .m .

" Looking •t Main Street'"
Recent photograph~ ol Buffalo's Main
Street taken by studenU in the School of

~~~ ~~le~~~id!ea(~~~n,::~~r
Hayes Hall, South Campus, through Oct.
29. Gallery hours are 9 a.m . to 5 p.m .
Mon. lhr:_ough Fri.

The GradU8te Show: Second-Yur
Students
Work tiy second-year grlduate students

...

in the Oepirtment of Art is on display in
the Art Doportment Gallery, lowe&lt; level,
Center for the Arts, through Oct. 28.
1

~~~'J,~~;/h:n ?oai~~~~os
8 p.m ., and Sat from 11 a.m . to 6 p .m .

Jobs
Pn&gt;fosslomol
UNlX Administrator (Sl-4}-Heallh
Professions Information Technology
Partnership, Posting IJP-9123. System~

Adminbttator (Sl-3)-0ffke of
Admissions, Posting *P-9124 . Senk&gt;r

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Oepartrne1t d MolecuLar iind Cellular

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of Health Professloru Information

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(Sl-3}-0ep.rtment ol Health Professtom
Information Technok&gt;gy Partnership,
Posting IP-9127. 1ntemaUonal Student
Advlsoo- (SL-3)-Doponment of
lntemational Student and Scholar
Services. Posting tP-9129. 1mm6gration
Spedolist (Sl-3)-o.partmont of
lntemationaJ Student and Scholar
Services, PostinQ IP-9 130. Associate
Director, Ureer Planning and
Pl.kenent (SL-4)-0epartment of Car@ef
P\annlng and Placement. Posting MP9112. Senkw'Admlulons Advisor (Sl4)-0ffKe of Admissions, Posting ltP-91 33
AlSlstAnt De.n, Res.oura: Management
(SL-5}-School of PharrnK)' Dean's Officf',
Posting IP-9 134. Bectric.al Designer/

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G•neral M.._,-, W8fO (SL-S)-WBFO.
Posting IP-9116. Software Engineer
(Sl-3)-Department of Health Profesoom
Information TechnQk)gy Partnership,
Posting IP-9137. Director of Cora P.
Maloney College (SL-5)-C""' P.

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9118. Assistant Athletic Trainer (Sl-2)Division of Athletics, Posting NP-9 139 .
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Research Su~rt Spedallst-CEOAR.

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Ill-Department of Microbiology, Posting
IJR-99096. ProJect AJde-.Center for
Research on Urban Social Work Practice,
PostiOg n-99097. Resutdl Technklan
It-Department of MedJdne/ lnfectiow
Diseases, Posting fR-99098 . Senior
Administrative Auistlnt-Oepartment

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Posti';jl

tR-99100.

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Department of Devek&gt;pment. Posting
I R-99102.

FKUity
Clinical Auistant/Assodate/ Full
Professor and Auist.nt/A.s.JOO.te/ Full

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As.si.rtAnt Professor (12 months}Department of Occupational Therapy,
Posting lf-9060. Assbtant/Assoclate
Profeuor·Oepa~t of Mechanical

~~t!l?~~r~::_ting IfFDepartment of Pediatrics, School of
Medicine and Biomedkal Sctences,
Posting IF-9062,. AMJ.stant/Assodate
Prof.,.., (GFT)-Oepirtment of
Pedioltria, School of Med'ICine and
Biomedkal Sdences, Posting Mf-9063
Assodate/Full Profeuor-Departmem of
Pediatrics, School of Medicine and
Biomedkal Sciences, Posting IJF-9064
AulstAnt/Assoct.te Professor·

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Assistant (12 months)/ Associate
Professor-Department of Pharmaceuttc.s,
School of Pharmacy, Posting IF-9066.
Asslstant/Auodate/Full ProfessorDepartment of Accounting and ~w.

~~~~~i:sJutll lfF·
Professor-Department ol Account•ng
and Law, School of Management.
Posting IF-9068. Olnlcal Professor
(J*t-time)-Department of
Periodontok&gt;gy, School of Dental

I~
Central Michigan 38, UB 19
Sena taifback Erk Rowers
buKdozed his way to 2 19 yards on 4 2
carries and scored four touchdowns
to lead visiting Centnl Michipn to a
38-19 win over UB in a MidAmerican Conference tgtde
Siiwrcby In UB Sodtum before

16, i 28 Homecoming/family Doy fans
The win l"'f&gt;''''d Centnl
Michigan's record to 2-'4 and 2-1 in
the MAC, while the Bulls fell to 0.5
Mld 0--4 in me league.

ATHLETES OF
THE WEEI{
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Glillllltmade an Impression

In
ftrst start in more than
a year as he rushed for a
areer-high 124 yards on 19
carries and scored three
tOuchdowns in UB's 38-19
los to visiting Central

Michigan.

Flowers, who tw; been limited in
Sophomore
setter
put weeks by a spralnecl an ide. got
LaCour tallied 11
healthy against a Bulls· defense dut
digs
in
a
3-0
loss
to
Akron
wilted as the game went on.The
Chippewas hekf the ball for more
Saturday and recorded a
than 36 minutes In the game behind
team- and career-high 18
&lt;an offensive uock thiit rushed for
digs in a 3-0 win at Kent on
39~ yards.
Sunday.
Centnl Michigan toOk a 14-0
lead to~ as Rowers scored on
runs of six and nine yards, the first score comhlg on &lt;a 4dHnd-one pby The
Bulls played :a soUd fim. twf. but were hurt by cwo drives insidf' me Ch•ppew;a
20 that ended without polnu. Bufb~'s first possession of the pme ended when
Josh Roth was stopped on fourth-;and-lnches at the Centnl Michlpn 19 Later
ln the half. sophomore tailback Demck Gordon fumbled at the C MU 10-yard
line, ending &lt;a66-yard drive.
Momentum swung to the Chtppewu lue in the first half. One pb.y after
Paul Savich mined &lt;a 25-yard field goal. UB qu;arterback joe Freedy was
intercepted ·by~e Dudley. who brought me l».U to the Sufbk&gt; 13 Three
players bter. Flowers burst m from nine yards out. setting off a suing of H
unanswered polnu by Central Michigan.
The Bulls l».trJed ba.ck •n the fourth qu;aner as Gordon, getting hts first
start sWlce bruking his foot nearly &lt;a year ago. scored three touchdowns tn the
fi nal stanu from 24. SIX &lt;and twO yards ouL Gordon became UB's first 100-yard
rusher of the soson with 121 yards on I 9 carries.
The Bulls got another gmt perfomunce from fbnker Drew Hiidcbd. who
fimshed with seven catches (or I 02 yards. It was the fourdl straight pme tn
which H&lt;ad&lt;bd has had more tOO yards receiving and the 14th in his areer
In &lt;addiuon, H;ad&lt;bd ~ into second place in career all-purpose yan:bge
m school history. pusing Anthony Swan. Hadd&lt;ad now has 3.932 yards of atloall·
purpose yardagf' in hi:s career.
Defensively. hnebacker Chris Shelty led the Bulls wtth I J cackles. indudmg
one for lou. Unebacker Brandon jor&lt;W\, cornerback C&lt;arlos Spencer and free
safety Cn.ig Rohlfs all had I 0 tackles e&lt;~ch

a..ts..

Calendar
Continued

7

MediCine, Posting IF-9069. Ass.lstant
Profess« for EOC ( 10 months}Educiitional Opportunity Center, Postmg
~F-9070. Assistant/Associate/ Full
Professor (12 months)-Department of
Social and Preventive Medicine, School
of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences,
Posting *F·9071 . Associate/ Full
Professor-Department of Medkine,
Division of Medkal Onco6ogy, Roswell
Pal1c Cancer Institute, Posting MF-9072.
Assistant/Non-tenured Associate
Professor-Department ol Finance and
Managerial Economics, School of
Management. Posting ltF-9073. Full
Professor-Department of Finance and
Managerial Economics, School of

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9076. Director of Research and
Writing/ Assistant CAnkal ProfessorSchool of Law, Posting IF-9077.
Ms.lstant/ Fu11 Profe»or-Oepartment ot

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Posting ltF-9078. Assistant/Full

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(two posttions)-Oepartment of Civ1l,

Structural and Environmental
Engineering. School ol Engtneenng and

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MEN' S

postGons)·Department of Computer
ScienCe and Engineenng, School of
Engineering and Apptied Sc!t!nces,
Posting #F-9081 . Assistant/ Associate /
Full Professor-Department of
Mechanical and Aerospace Enguleer•ng.

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pbced 16th (S 11 polnu). while the men finished 24th (627 pomu). Georgetown
won the women's race wtth 39 poinu vw:l pmes Madison tCIOk top honon m
the men's race wtth 37 poinu. Newcomers I~ the wzy for the Bulls. Freshman
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finish out o( 212 runners in the women's 5,000 meter race. Freshman Rick
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October 7.1!91/~. 31. No.7

Bush

atUB
Former president George
Bush gestures during his
lecture Sept 29 that
opened the 1999-2000
Distinguished Speakers
Series. (see story, page 6)

Hare gives $1 million to philosophy
Faculty member's two gifts to endow chair, create fund to meet ongoing expenses
BySUZANNECHAMSUUUUN
Reporter Contributor

A

UB philosophy profes·
sor is sharing more than
his teaching c:xceUence
with the CoUege of Arts

and Sciences. Peter H. Hare, SUNY
Distinguished Service Professor in

the Department of Philosophy, ha.&gt;.
given two gifts totaling SI million to
support activities of the department.
A cash gift of$500,000 has estab·

lished an endowed professo rship
named for America n philosopher

Charles S. Peirce, while a $500,000
bequest will support the Peter and
Daphne Hare Fund to help the de partment mw its ongoing needs.
.. , have been teaching at UBsince
1962 and I strongly identify with this
university and with this department,
which has been very good to me,"
sa id Hire, noting tha t the: gift s
co mplement one another.
President WiUiam R. Greiner sa1d
that since h is arrivaJ at the un iversity nearly four decades ago. Hare
"ha...-'"steadily enriched UR through

his intellectual cunostt )'. h11o dy
namic teaching, hiscommJtml'nt to
extending academ ic honwm and
his philanthropy.
"His generous Oequl"st ro crc:arc
the Peter and Daphne? Hare ~un J
and his endowment of thl· Charlt'~
S. Peirce Chair in the philosophydl··
partmcnt,"G reincr added, .. ,,•iU en
sure the department's ongoing St.l
tus as a leading force tn the fi~ld-a
positio n that he played an mtcgr.ll
ro le in establ ishi n g. We arl' vcrv
grau-ful to him for all tha t h(' ha.-.

done for UB."
Added KcrryS.G rant .dcan of thc:
&lt;..::OU(.-gc o f Arts and Sciences: "These

gifts from such a distinguished pro
(cssor say volumes about the sense:·
of commitment Peter Hare feels and
we are deeply gratefuL Wi th th est~
g1fts. he extends Ius Important per '\Onal comm itmen t mto the fUlun·
for the hcncfit of gL'nt'rationsof &lt;;fu
dt'nts to ~.om(' ."
Hare cstahhshcd the Pe ter and
Oaphnc Hart• l·und to prO\'Ilk
continued on P~ .z

Senate to study program assessment
By MARA MCGINNIS
Reporter Assistant Editor

A

PROPOSAL calling for
more broad a.s.sessment

of the effectiveness of the
university's educational

programs in order to improve courses,

curricula, and student learning at

both the undergraduate and gradu·
ate levels WdS introduced to members

of the Faculty Senate Tuesday.
The resolution, which focuses on
assessing the overall effectiveness of

to judge the worth of somethmg.
Evaluatio n impljcs putting things m
the samCcategory up agai nst each
other and ranking them ."
He added that ..evaluatiOn" often
gives summativc. rather than forma tive, conclusions and that it ofte n
fo c uses o n st ude nt satisfaction
rather than what stude nt s have
learned, which can result in useless

program s rather than specific

rather than useful feedback.
"When we talk about assessm ent,
we have in mind a process that in volves a number of steps," Meacham

courses, was developed last spring

explained. "The first step is that tht&gt;

by the senate's Educational Pro·
gram s and Policies Co mmittee
(EPPC ) and was presen ted to senators by committee chair Jack
Meacham , SUNY Di stinguished

Teaching Professor and chair of the
Department of Psychology.
Meacham emphasized the EPPC's
use of the term "assessment .. rather
than "evaluation" in formulating the
resolution.
~t assessment means to us is
a critical appraisal carried out from

an authoritative position; that is, by
people who arc knowledgeable and
""'makt an informed judgmen~" he
said "Evaluation to us means to set a
value of something; to set a value on
a person, a d epartment, o r a course,

faculty in a particular program iden-

tify what the goals are for the stu dents in term ofleami.ng objectives.''
A faculty committee then wo uld
choose procedures for identifying
whether the learning objectives have
been met. carry o ut lhe assessm en1
and then look at how they can use
the fmdings to revise the courses and
to strenb'lhen and change the teach ing method for bener learning o ut com es.
According to Meacham. teaching
methods. cou rses. curricula, learn·
ing prqcesses, achievement s and
educational programs a re examples of arttS to be considered for
assessment. ln addition, he said. the
assessment could take place at a va -

ri t't)' of d l fTt~n·n t pumts: dunng ,,
course or program and up until fiw
or 10 years after graduatiOn.
Meacham recngnw.-d that manv
dt-partments already haw heen conductingasse;smt.-ntsfor 15or20yt:ar'
and that some of those could st:rve a.-.
good models for other departments.
"We're not asking for somethmg
new here; we're merely asking for an
endorsement of extending thisasst"'S.'&gt;ment proct-dun~ to all the cducatmn
programsoncarnpus.,"said Meacham.
adding that "ou r campus is, quue
frankJy. a b it behind compared to
othcrinstitutionsofhight-reducauo n
on (assessment procedures ).
" There a re quit e a va n cty of
thmgs that could he employed m
terms of procedures," he noted. " It
opens up a va riety of mteresl!ng
poss ibilities. I want there to be a d1 ·
versity of ways to assc.-s.s and a diversit y of ways fo r us a.s teachers to d.Jscover if o ur teachin g is wo rking." Seve ral faculty members ex pressed co ncern Lhat the document
calls for leaving the details up to the
administration, rather than the fac ulty, since the resolution begins by
stating that the UB president .. is
called upon to ensure" that assessment is conducted "'both regularly
and frequently" and does not out -

lint· dctai llo of hoh' 11 wLII ht• dont'
On I\' then dot-:. 11 !&gt; l a te that .. tht·
la&lt;.· ultv of the unlvl-r!&gt;IIV are calbl
~pon to rerogmu" it~ r~ponsibal ·
1ty to participate.
Meacham sa1d that the mtent of
the rcsol ut1on 1s It} "call upon the
,1dministration to providl· a bn of
leadership because there are manr
sectors that are not domg program
as.~ss m cnt. \Ve want to have a..'\.St~ ·
llH.'nt occu r nwrc systematiCally and
an· aski ng th(' adnum strat 1on to
make 1t happen ."
He saJd that the resoluuon 1111 plu.~
that the pres1dent would tell the pro
vost to make sure that program .1.'&gt;
scssmcnt happens 111 so me wav and
that "howthattakesplacempartKu
la r un1ts I.S wtdc open.H
Judith Adam.s· Volpe . dlrC\:'tor ol
Lockwood Library. citcJ Acccss99 a... ~an educational program tha t sho uld
be assessed and asked who would he
responsible for making sure that a.s
sessmenthappcnsinprogr.un.sthatdo
not belong to a specific department.
" My sense is that the EPPC dOt.~
not want to go down that road," s.·ud
Meacham ... We want t he Facultv
Senate to formulate a directio n, a
charge to the administration. There
are some details woe need the admin istration to work out."

�21Jieporle.

October 7.1!1!1!1/Vul. 31. No.7

BRIEFLY

Hearing .... .., be
topic rll!melttus
Center meeting

"Understanding Heoring: Hooring Loss and Huring Aids" ...
be the topic of • ..-;.,g of the
Emeritus Center at 2 p.m. lUescloy in 102 GoodyNr Hall,
South Lounge, on the South
campus. The speaker wiH be
Nancy A. Stecker, clinical associate professor of c.ommunic.ative
dlsolde&gt; and sciences.
Hearing evaluations will be
pnMded belon! and after the
progl'lfT! by J&lt;lfroy Lozyruld, a
spedafcst in hearing evaluation
and the fitting of hearing aids.
For furth« lnfonnatlon, can
the center at 829-2271 .

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Marte Flynn is the director of UB's new marching band, "Thunder
of the East." He has headed the university's Pep Band since 1996.

How did you become Involved
with US's mudolng band?
What's your "day Job?"

about the~- and side
effects o f - and olfei
-about thedlngen oftolcing CO!Uin- of

In the summer of 1996, I rea:M:d a
call from Sarah Md&lt;oin, director of
bands at UB, and she asked ifl would
be interested in directing the pep
band I accepted the position, but felt
that the pep band needed more exposure. We did some extri. perforntan&lt;:&lt;S in the community and additional performances on campus.
Over the past three )'121', some students and Nelson Townsend, former
director of athletics. were pushing to
see some marclllng from the group.
We started marching to the stadium
from Baird Hall and working on
some basic moves to get the band out
of the stands and in front of the
crowd. The big break came last year,
when the band joined the Tonawanda
Oown Band and perfOrmed on the
field at halftime. As my day job. I have
the privilege of being instrumental
music director at Akron Central
SchooL I direct three bands, two jazz
ensembles and a marclllng band, and
teach instrumental music lessons for
Grades 6-12.

dnigs..nd - to molntOin a
hea!tfly llfoslyle.

Whit hu been the most challenging pilrt of st.ortlng up a

Phannadsts to offer
free advice at Fair
Lotions, poli&lt;W, Pf=riptlon
and OY&lt;r--nter medicines.
hert&gt;s and prepar.Jiions can help
)'00, hurt )'00 or be a waste of
m&lt;&gt;n&lt;y.

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out which b which by ott&lt;nding
the tr.. Phormacy Fair being
held from 11 a.m. to 3 P,.m. Oct.
111n the c....terlorTomorrow
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used by a marching band. Unifonns
started off on the right track and
then took a detour because of fi nances. The shirts and hats we wear
are temporary until a suital&gt;ledesign
is completed. The John R Oishei
Foundation
t on the band
donation of
"This support
the boost that
munity was as excited as the students about the return of the marching band. Calatto Regal Tip Drum
Stick Manufacturer from Niagara
Falls was the next sponsor to get involved, supplying the percussion
section with various sticks and mallets. The music fraternity Kappa
Kappa Si took on the task of gutting
the old locker room in Oark Hall
on the South Campus and creating
a reheanal space. It works,,but it's
still in rough shape. The staff feU
right into place. Their experience
combined would rival anr. coUege
marching staff.
Is the Pep Band still _.,tlng7

Yes. The marching band will transform into the pep band after football season. The marclllng band will
split up and sn\auer groups will play
at basketball games and other
events. New students may join now

prescription, """'1"esolpticu or

All of it. Recruiting, providing in-

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struments, uniforms, a facility to as a club and enroll for credit in the
rehea~ in and finding a competent
spring through the Department of
staff that would bewilling todonate Music.
their time. Nothing of any use re·
mained from the former marching Are most of the band memben
musk maJors, or do they come
band. We took on the challenge of from ... bact.grounds7
recruiting band members over the
summer,anendingall the freshman The band is about I percent music
orientations and contacting every· majors. I'd like to see more join and
one who had played in the pep band ~ share in the excitement. As a mem·
the year before. We borrowed many ber of the marching band, you share
of the instrument s trad itionall y your loveformusicandyourdesire

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~you In • mw&lt;hlng INtnd
In high school - / o r college?

What-(s)doyou
play?

I went to a very small high school
that did some marching for football
games and local parades. I played in
the pep band in coUege. I march
with the Ton~wanda Oown Band
and have marched with the American Legion Band Post 264. During
the summer, I work with Drum
Corps International as a host for visiting' drum corps. rm also a member of the Genesee Valley Judging
Association. In my profession I play
all the instruments I teach, but
trumpet is my main instrumenL
What'syourf-emuslcal
piece for a rnaodllng 1Ntnd7

I like traditional marches. The national anthem is one of my favor·

ites. I'd like to ~ch the marching
band as many of the great marches
as possible and use them in our pre·
game routine. Also, as you'U hear
from the band's repertoire, I really
enjoy a great arrangement of a jazz
or swing tune.
What haYe you planned for the
homecoming performance?

We started off early in the week and
took part in all the Spirit Week activities. Yesterday afternoon, mem·
bers of the band led the academic
convocatioh procession. Tomorrow
night, small groups will play at various places on and around the cam·
pus to generate school spirit. On

Saturday, we plan to march from
The Commons about an hour
before game time. We will march
to the buU in front of Alumni
Anna, play the alma mater and .
fight song, and then on to the stadium gate. SpeCtators are encolln!ged to foUow behind the
band and march over to the field
with us. The pre-game and halftime shows will be similar to this
past week. The band will do a
very entertaining rendition of
"Zoot Suit RioL"

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- - - d o you wish I
youh~-lt7

What can the university community do to get behind the marching band? Student Affairs, the
Student Association, Athletics,
the music department. Univer·
sity Police and maintenanre all
can say they were part of bringing the band back. Each has contributed to malting the marching
band a reality. The "Thunder of
the East" is the pride and spirit
of the University at Buffalo. The
band serves the university and
will play a major role on campus.
Get involved Wben band members do a ebant,students and fans
should do it with them. Fans
should wait for the band to come
by and march behind it to the
football games and next to the
band at the basketball and football games. The Us marching
band is back and starting new
traditions. Participate and be a
part of something that students
for the past 29 years were never
given the opportunity to do.
Come on down and add your
thunder.

sit

Hare gift
Continued from -

REPORTER

to perform. Music brings together
some great people. The camaraderie shared between the members of
the band is wonderful and really creates the school spirit that coUege
memorits are made from.

1

money for a variety of ongoing

erties Union.

needs in the philosophy depart men4 including unforeseen futun
needs. However, he also specified
that the fund be used in "neglected
areas, such as benefits for visiting
professors from foreign countries,
awards for service by department
staff, awards for excellence in teach·
ing by graduate st udents and support for undergraduates."
Hare included his late wife's name
on th e fund because he said they
were a team for many years, begin·
ning in 1959. Daphne Hare, a
former UB faculty member and director of the MedicaVDental Division of the Veterans Administration
Central Office in Washington, D.C ..
died in 1995.
Daphne Hare won national recognition fo r her work with the VA
and internati onal recognition for
her editorial and research work in
the biophysics of membrane trans·
port. In addition, she had held leadership roles with the Buffillo Chapter of the National Organization for
Women and the Western New York
Chapter of the Am&lt;rican Civil Lib-

With his other gift, Hare established an endowed professorship
named for American philosopher
Charles S. Peirce.
"Founder of American pragma·
tism, Peirce was a ni.athematician, a
scientist and generally considered
the best philosopher this country
has produced," Hare said. "What
better way to promOte the rich tra·
dition of diversity in UB's philosophy department than to establish
the Charles S. Peirce Professorship
in American Philosophy."
Randall Dipert, a leading Peirre
scholar who taught at the State University College at Fredonia from
1977-95 and is now on the faculty
of the U. S. Military Academy at
West Point, has been named the lim
Peirce Professor.
" I could scarcely believe ~ow
happy and flattered I felt when Peter Hare told me that he was both
creating a professorship in American philosophy at Buffillo and that
he was nominating me to be its first
occupant," recalled Dipert, who
holds a doctoral degree in philoso-

-\

phy from Indiana University. Dipert added: "One might even
speak of a 'Buffalo School' in philosophy, one that addresses contemporary philosophical prqblems-in
logic. metaphysics, epistemology,
aesthetics-in a way that is also in·
tensely historical. There is no graduate school in the U.S. that has such a
strong program in contemporary
metaphysics and logic. understood
historically.~

Dipert descnbed Hare's gifts as an
inspiring model of active philanthropy. "If we as faeulty members
believe something is worth doing,
small or large, and other funding
sources have been exhausted, we
should think more often about donating or raising the money our·
selves." he added.
Dipert has published widely on
Peirre and is perhaps best known for
his "Peirce's Place in the History of
Logic." presented at the C.S. Peirce
Sesq u icentennial Congress at
Harvard University in 1989,and for
his articles on logic in "Encyclopedia Britannica•
Dipert speaks fluent German and

has taught a variety of courses ranging from computer science to mu·
sica1 therapy to German, as well as

the full range of courses in philosophy. Although Dipert won't begin
teaching at UB until Fall 2000. he
alteady is organizing a philosophy
conference that UB will host this
November.
Hare also is weU-recognized by
Peirce scholars and philosophers.
Educated at Yale and Columbia, he
has taught philosophy at UB since
1962. In 1996, he won the Herbert
W. Schneider Award for lifetime
contributions to the understanding
and development of Am&lt;rican3·
losoplty from the Society for
van cement ofAmerican Philosop y.
Hare is past president of the New
York State Philosophical Association, on the board of the American
Philosophical Association and a
member of UB's Center for Cosnitive Science.
Since 1974, he has edited The
7lwu&lt;Jdions of the a.m.. s. J&gt;oj,.,.
Soriety: A Qumteriy/ourniJl inAmeriazn Pltilosoplry. Hare said he expects
that Dipert will follow hiin as editor.

�October 7.1!199/VoiJl. No.7

Gen-ed deadline is too soon

Goodman tells FSEC that UB needs more time to draft plan
ly MAliA MCGINNIS
Repotttr Assistant Editor

T

While trustees left the responsibility for establishing specific course

HE timeline for imple -

requirements and program content

mentation of the general education curriculum

to the faculty of each institution, faculty members at UB and other institutions had chided the board for

adopted last year by the
SUNY Board of Trustees does not
give UB much time to develop its
own program proposaL Nicolas
Goodman, vice provost for undergraduate education, told the Faculty
Senate Executive Commitlee at its
Sept. 29 meeting.

Goodman, who provided FSEC
members with imp le ment ation
guidelines for the new program that

were developed by the SUNY
Provost's Advisory Task Force on
General Education, pointed out that
the Board of Trustees wants each
campus to prepare and submit its
individual general -education pro-

gram proposals by Dec.

31

so that

the new curricu la can be imple mented by Fall 2000.
However, he said that it is .. not
likely we can do anything in that
amount of time."

The SUNY trustees last Dec. I S
adopted a general -education curriculum for the system's four uni versity centers and 13 four-year colleges that requires candidates for
bachelor's degrees to complete at
least 30 credit hours of coursework
in mathematics. natural science, social science, American history, western civilization, other world civili zatiom. humanities and the arts, foreign languages. basic commun ic.,.
t10n and reasoning, and information
management.

not making the curriculum available
fo r comment by faculty in advan ce
of the trustees' adoption.
Goodman also told executive
committee members that he was
concerned about a partkular clause
in the trustees' guidelintS relating to
transfer students that says ..courses
ccnified as fulfilling particular gen eraJ-education requirements by any
institution in the system will fulfill
those requirements at any other insti tution in the system , without the
necessity of individual articulation
agreements."
He referred to this p,art of the

implementation guidelines as "problematic,"since it means .. if a student
has completed a general-education
program somewhere else, they are
exempt from UB's" program. The
transfer clause, he said, focuses on
"oounes," while "we should be focusing on learning o utcomes."
Although Provost David Triggle
will have"oversight responsibilities"
fo r UB's program, Goodman said
that Kerry Grant, dean of the College of Ans and Sciences, has agreed
to "be responsible for working out
the details of the program."
Pres ident William R. Gre in er
noted that although the Board of
Trustees may have rushed into the
issue, the SUNY-wide, general-education curriculum is something that

"ought tobetakenseriously" by UB.
"'ThC!re is always room for improve
ment,"Greiner said about US's genaal -education program. "1 like to
look for the positive."
Some senators noted that the

SUNY curriculum differs from US's
in that it requires American history
and a separatt' Western civilization

course, as well as only basic profi ·
ciency in a foreign language while
US's program requires at least in -

tcrm&lt;diate proficiency. The SUNY
curriculum also calls for two sepa ·
rate courses, one each in the hu manities and the arts, whiJe US's
program combines the two into one.

Senate Clair Peter Nicker.ion asked
the Educational Programs and Po~­
cies Committee to rrnew the implementation guide~ for the SUNY
general-education requirement.
ln other business. Goodman up dated FSEC members on th e
universil'y's fall enroll ment, and
pointed out with "great satisfuction"
that the percentage of continuing/
returning students had increased to
84.2 percent this fall from 81.7 percent last year.
He no ted that the retention success is due to several factors, among
them block scheduling, UB 101 and
the aggressive recruitment of merit -

based scholarship recipients.
Based on an enrollment "snapshot " taken Sept. 17, the actual

hcadcount at UB for Fall 1999 totals 24,257 students, 637 students
over the 23,620student target set by

SUNY and 887 more students than
FaU 1998.

UCI goes online with Web site
By IENNIFER UWANDOWSIU

Reporter Staff

T

H E ongoing effort tore vitalize neighbo rhoods

around the South Campus and beyond has taken
a high -tech tum into cyben;pace.
The University Community Initiative (UCI) , formed to revive and

stabilize urban and suburban neigh-

ing on the p roject since January.
Vu-avong says he searched lntcmet
sites for several cities. trying to get a
sense of what to indude on the UCI
site, while keeping in mind a userfrien dly design. "You don't want to
make it too romple.x," he stresses.
Gchl says the site was created with
the assumptio n that the primary

user would be located off campus.
"UCI had the goal to be more vis-

borhoods in the a rea, has gone
online to make its presence bener
known in Western New York and

wanted to "find a way to share in-

around \he world.
UCI, a unit of the Office of the
Vice President for Pub~c Service and
Urban Affairs, created the Web site

formation collected" by the organi zation , she says. "(The Web site)
seemed like a good m arriage between the two."

after members of the initiative's development group sought a more accessible way to promote infonnation

sive, with informatio n and maps of
the "university community," which

about the neighborhoods UCI is focusing on, and receive feedback from
members of those communities.
Members of the development group
wanted a resource to which th ey
could direct people interested in
finding out what is going o n in the
university comm unity, says Danis

Gehl, UCI's project di rector.
The Web site, which has been up
and running since April at &lt;hitp :/
/ wll)gs.buff• lo.edu/ ud&gt; was de-

signed by Sackda Viravong. a graduate of the School of Architecture and
Plann ing.
" I was able to create a picture:' lf l
were an average person in the neigh borhood, what type of information
would I like to see?'" says Viravong,
an AmeriCorp VISTA community
support specialist who's been work-

ible in the oommunity at large" and

The finished produd is impres-

includes parts of the City of Buffalo
and sec tio ns of th e towns of
Amhe rst, C heek towaga and
Tonawanda. The site profiles dem ographics and features of the various
neighborhoods. such as population,
median income , ho usi ng styles,

schools, businesses, chun:hes. health
services and block dubs.
The site outlines the chief goals
ofUC I: To sustain the attractiveness

of its neighborhoods and to address
the future of the neighborhoods surrou nding the universit y's So uth
Campus. and to stabilize, revitalize
and reinvent the neighborhoods to
ensure they"remain attractive places
to live, work. and play, well into the
future."

The "UCI Discussion Board" offers users a place o n the si te where

they can post their thoughts about
the site or o n any community issue,
a nd where others can read those
commerits and respond to them.
The site soon will feature a caJendar
of UCI -sponsored events.
The Web site remains a work Ln
progress, Gch1 points out, and one
of the priorities is to improve the
visual content. "O ur goal is to have

a virtual tour'of the neighborhoods"
so visitors to the site can get a better
feel for the communities, she says.
The site, which rec~ives between
700 and 800"hits" per month, provides a comprehensive look at the
university community, Gehl notes.
" For most users, even intema1 to
the university ... it really is a good
so urce of information, no t on ly
about the project. but about the
community in general," Gehl says.
Viravong adds that the site's sim plicity is what makes it compatible
wi th the community at large. and
Gehl agrees. "We have to assume that
the (user's) equipment isn't aJway~
go ing to be the fastest." she says. "We
had to figure on the lowest common
denominator of hardware." Keep ing the site design uncompl ,cau-d ~
what makes it easy for the user to
navigate, Viravong says.
Gchl says that now that mtorm.t
uo n is available about UCI onlmc.&gt; .
thf" next step is to promote the .stte .
"We have to increase the visibil ity of the site. try to talk aboUI 11 ( m
the community ) ... ." she sa)'S. "We
want to let people know how tt ·~
useful to them.''

BrieBy
Fourth annual women's film
festival to open today
" Alles Wlrd Gut " l l:.verythmg Will bf" Fme ). an upbeat Ge rman
film about two Alro -&lt;....erman women llvmg m Hamburg. will open
the Fourth Annual International Women 's Film Festival at-7:30 p.m
toda)' 1n tht&gt; Center for the Arts on the North Campus.
Th1~ vtar'~ fe:&lt;~tlval. '"T he World Through Women '5 Eyes ," wllltn
dude thrt'c feature films and three documcntanes. five of wh~th
arc d1rected by womcn . Orgamzt'd by the Institute for R e~ea rch and
l::ducat10n on 'Nomen and Gender ( IREWGJ, the festival haghhght'
the best of rcunt mternat1onal films on women 's and gender l !'l~ uc:..,
J.!'l presented by both m·en and women filmmaker~ .
All films Will be shown at 7:30p.m. 111 the Sueenmg Room 111 thl·
Ce nter for the Arb. TICkets are S3.SO fnr students and sen1of' . .tnd
$4.50 for the general public.
Fo r more informa t ion .~.aii82'1 · J4SI
The schedule is:
• Today: "A lles W1rd Gut" t l:.wryth1ng Will hc l-ine ), t;crmdO\ ,
1997. Italian -Amencan director Angdma Maccarone tdkt'S a light
hearted approach m telhng the story of the lives of two Afro (,er
man women in Hamburg as thev ~-.ontcnd w1th raCi sm and ho
mophobia in German society.
• Oct. 14 : ''Regre t to Inform," USA, 1998 . Dlf(:Ctor Barbara
Sonneborn, a Viet nam War widow, travels to Que Sahn. where she
weaves into a documentary the stories of \\'ar w1dows from both
North and So uth Vietnam, as well as the United States.
• Oct. ll:"Drylongso,.. USA , 1998. Dm:ctor Cauleen Sm1th tells
the story of Pica, a woman who sets out with a Polaroid camera to
document the lives of the "endangered specu~s " of African -Amen ca n men in her com munit y.
• Oct. 28: "Divorce Iranian Style," England, 1998. D1rectors K1m
Longinouo and Ziba Mir- Hossei ni loo k at three women trying to
combat bi ased laws and family rage in Iranian divorce court .
• Nov. 4: "The Devil Never Sleeps," USA/MeX ICO, 1996. Dtrector
Lourdes Portillo returns to her childhood hometown m MexJCo to
investiga te circumstances surrounding her uncle's death . A panel
discussion on "Women and Documentary Film" will follow.
• Nov. 18: "Co raje," Peru, 1998 . 0 1rector Alberto Durant looks
at the life and accomplishments of Mana Elena Moyand, a wdl ·
known defender of women's rights and an ta -terronsm advocate in
Peru who was killed in 1991.

Cystic fibrosis to be topic
of Hermann Rahn lecture
Richa rd C. Boucher, Jr., William Rand Kenan Professor of Med1
cine at th e University of North Ca rolina at Chapel Hill , will deilwr
the eighth Hermann Rahn Memonal Lecture at 5 p.m. Oct. 14 Ill
Butler Auditorium in Farber Hall on the South Campu!'l.
Boucher, who also se rves as ch1ef of the Otv!Sion of Pulmo nan·
Diseases. Cr ttlcal Ca re and Onupattonal MediCine at UNC:. will
speak on " Resolvmg Cont roverstes o n A1rway Su rface Liqu1d Physt
ology: A Key for Understandmg Normal A1nvays Defense and tht'
Pa th oge n esi~ or CystiC FibrOSi s."
A reception will be held pnor to the lecture at 4 p.m . 1n the
Lippschutz Room 10 the Btomedu. al t.ducauon BuiJdmg on the South
Campus.
Boucher has conducted extcns1ve re}ea rch on pulmonary functton
and cystic fib rosis, and currently serves as the pnncipal investigator
on four grants, two of which are on cystic fibrosas. He is director of
the Cystic Fibrosis/ Pulmonary Resea rch a nd Trea tment Center at
UNC and is co-director of th e university's Ge ne Therapy Cen ter.
In addition , he serves as associate ed itor for Expl'rrmental Ltm~
Research .

Recovery of brain function
to be topic of Perry lecture
Stimu la t ing neurop lastlclty a nd recovery of bram funrt1on Jf
ter injury will be the topic of the 11th annual I. Wa rren Perrv Lc-1.
ture. to be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow tn tht' ~(reenmg Room ut tht·
Ce nter of the Arts em the North l.a mpu:- .
The lecture. named for a former dean ol the ~chool ol Health
Related ProfesSIOns. will bt• g1vt:n hv Bnan Ko lb, a professor 111 tht·
Department of P:,ychology and Neurosctt~ncc at tht&gt; Ll n! ve r~ lt v \II
Lethbridge tn Albe rta, Canada.
A poster seS!'I Ion will be held !rom ~ - 4 p.m . and a rl'1..ept1011 \\Ill
follow the b .- turt 111 the C FA AtrJJ.U,n .
Kolb's resea rch focuSl'S on pia!'~ I H. ~.:hangc)l, tn thl· (t rchrum thJI
may underlie recovery from cerebral 1n1ury, o rgamzatton ol tht·
frontal lobe of mamma ls and expenenl"e · depcndent change~ m tht·
~..ortex .

He holds ad1unct appotn tm ent.s at the Un1vcrs11v of t :algarv anJ
the Umvers it y of Bntish Columbaa. He recc1Vl'd ha c hd of~ .tnd
mastefs degrees from the Umverstty of Calgary and a dochH.Ht'
from Pennsylvania State Univers it y.

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October 7. 1!19/Vol. 31. No 7
Law professor teaches courses on "Jailhouse lawyering" and prison law

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house lawyer. Often, paralegals or

tweeo the ages of20 and 29 is in jail.

lence, Miller adds.

attorneys volunteer to teach those

prison, on probation or parole," .she

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who want to provide legal assistance
to other inmates. Miller says.
"The idea is to encourage more
lawyers to volunteer to teach legal
research and writing to irunates," she
says.

says. "I'm interested in that (statistic) as an African A.merican. It's very
hard to find an African A.merican
who doesn 't know someone in

Prisons today. she says. are .. not
about lofty goals, just how to deal
with the undesirnbla."
Miller spent a year working with
inner-city youth at the Barnyard

prison."

Community Center in Miami,

ERESA Miller is well-acquainted with the U.S.
prison system, but not
becaust" she's spent time

hehind bars.

The associate professor of law at
UB has taught a course on international human rights to female in mates in Albion Correctional Facil ity, worked with prisoners at An.ica.
and served as a vol unteer lawyer
with a prison project in Miami.
Miller is intensdy interested in
prisoners' rights and the accessibil-

ity of legal help within the system.
T hi s se mester, the Harvard law
gradua te is teaching courses m the
UB Law School on .. jailhouse lawye ring " a nd p riso ner law, which
look.o; at co nstitutio nal law as it 1s
applied in priso ns.
"A lot of I inmates) want help wtth

appeals. assistance in writing writs
nf lwbeas corp11s or assistance in

chaJicnging their Living conditiort\,"
says Miller, who is working with stu·
dent s 10 the jailhouse-lawyering
course to rewrite a curriculum to
teach resea rch and writing to pri.s oncrs.
Any inmate who has the legal
knowledge to assist other prisoners
with their cast.~ is considered a jail-

Miller says. is deeply disturbing.
.. The response has not been,
'How do we downsize the prison

population?' The response is, 'How
do we make it more cost-effective

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Analyst ofcultural history to speak about meaning ofwar and masculinity

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The Capen lecture is th e
university's major public lecture in
the humanities and is presented
each year by a major scholar whose

subject wiU interest faculty, students
and the general public.

book are how honor codes., nation -

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bolh software products-downfood ond lnstallltion 11om liB's
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"They're not creating better communities. that's for sure," she says.

Braudy to give Capen lecture in humanities
against which 'woman' has been defined I want not so much to turn
that around as to show how 'man'
and 'masculine' are themsdves un stable terms shifting with the historical wind.

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more than 20 different vendors and offered free samples to

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to the public.

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pletely fictitious."
Prisons, she says. aren't turning
out better citizms, and familia and
friestdsofthosedoing time""' shar-

members of the UB community.

By PATIIICIA DONOVAN
News Services Editor

downlood to faculty, stoff and
students.
The demonstration, which
will bo free ~charge and open
to al onembefs ~the UB
munity, wll bo pmentod by
repmentotlws ~H. Shinlell.&amp;

"Prisons create the reality that we
live,.. she says. "The division be·
tween inside and outside is com-

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try has created

to sample the carved roast beef at the "Taste of the

progroms In the •internet Issues

A demorutration ~ Y2K
remediation-... will bo
pnesented from 10 un. to noon
0c1. 14 1n 120 e~emens Hill
the North Citm(lus.
UB has purchased two ~te
licenses for the software.
ExceiRem wiU Identify ond fix
Y2K dates In Mlcro&lt;oft Excel.
AccessRem will identify and fix
Y2K dates in Mlcrosolt Access.
These products are avo~able for

sequences of the system the coun·

University," the annual food extravanganza presented by

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inter-ge.ne.rationaJ costs·of incar·

ceration," she says."In (some) fami.
lies,fathen had done time and were
marginally employed. The older
broth;, was doing a state bid, the
next -younger brother had already
been in the jlMDiksystem. (It) goes
down to the 6- or 7-year-old who's
been caught shoplifting."
Miller says that incarceration will
be one of the biggat issues facing
the country in the next century, particularly how to cope with the con-

Anna Smith, a sophomore communication major, prepares

Publk lk'oldcastlngAdult Leamlng Services. Othe&lt;

Demohstratlon of
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where, she says. she witnessed the
toU prison takes on communities.
"That's really when I began to see

Taste of UB

violations.
Tho progrom will bo the first
In a series of four live satellite

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"How to c:ustom1ze on Online
scheduled for April6.
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2-5 p.m.' In Clemens Hoft.
Reservotlons for the Oct. 14
progrom an bo inode by Cllllng
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to incarcerate aU these people?'" she

gr;

c; within the system. "We throw (in~ mates) together into a ve:ry violent
prison subculture, and we don't pro.
.
tect them and we let them prey on
each other," she says. noting that this
While Miller is interested in the class of"undesirables" is up against
legal aspects of the prison system, the notion that they arc a part of the
her work also delves deep inlo the country's "waste management."
sociaJ and economic ramifications
"There is no longer a stated goal
of incarceration.
of "'habilitlltion," Miller says. "The ·
"One in every 155 (people) is in idea ... is just not popular. The warprison," Miller says. "That's a stag· den and the (corrections) officers
gering statistic...
rdy on the violence to keep prisonEven mo re frightening to her are ers in check."
the numbers of African Americans
Drugs. contraband, gambling and
who are incarcerated
the sex mslavemestt that pervade the
"One in every three black men be- prison system contribute to the vio(

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The trend toward incarc.eration,

CCO RDIN G to Leo
Braudy, we live in a celeb-ri ty ·o bsessed soc iety

with little sense of history.

An analyst of cuJturaJ history, Lit erature and film, Braudy has in one
exceptional book docunu~ nt&lt;.-d the
role and meaning of celebrity icons
of the past. He now is at work
chronicling the historical meanings
of"masculinity" and how it has in fluenced and been influenced by cul tural change in Western societies.
On Oct. 26. Braudy, who is pro·
fe~sorand chair of the English Departm e nt a t the University of
Sou thern Ca lifo rni a, will deliver
the 1999 Samuel P. C1 pen l..ecture
m the Humaniti es.
The !en ure, "War and Masculm it y: Notes on the History of an As·
su mption ," wiJI take place at 4 p.m.
in the Screening Room of the Center for the Arts on the North Campus. The event is sponsored by the
Samuel P. C..apen C hair in the Hu manities held by Bruce Jackson.
SUNY Distinguished Professor in
the Department of English in the
College of Aru and Sciences.

Braudy says the "assumption" to
which he refers in the title is that
somehow men and war go together.

Similar popular beliefs are expressed
in jokes about testosterone and the
like, he says. noting that aU of us hold
beliefs about what masculinity is
and is not.
''I'm writing a book on that subject," says Braudy... It looks at
whether changing cultural attitudes
toward masculinity can be mapped
historicall y in temlS of major wars.
changes in war technology, the relation of the soldier to the rest of soci ety. the makeup of armies.".

Jackson says Braudy is a "perfect
choice to be the 1999 Capen lecturer
because his talk will raise key ques·
tions about gender, violence, ethics,
ethniciry, and historical and cuJturaJ
anaJysis."
Braudy says: ..As feminism has
taught us, ·man' is the stable term

"Some of the crucial themes in the
alism, and sexuality shape male ideotity. Bytheend, J hopetoalsobeable
to say something about prevailing
perceptions of masculinity ·in our
present post -Cold-War momenL"
Braud:y notes that one such un derstandingofmanhoodismarked
by resurgent or last-ditch national·
ist movements now on the rise in
ccnain developing nations. He says,
however, that as economic globa1 ization enxtcs nationaJ boundaries
between developed nations, it rna)•
be creating the context for yet an ·
other metamorphosis in the mean mg of masculinity.
Braudy is best -known as the au thor of the landmark book "The

tured their society's attention during
various periods of Western history.
In the book, he looks at a broad
range of iconic figures-from
Alexander the Great to Princess
Diana-and di sc usses how t~ey
promoted themselves, the effects it
produ((d and how the.ir stature has
shaped our own notions of what it
means to lead a public life.
Braudy's scholarship embraces
film iconography as well, and the
mc-.ming it imparts to our lives. His
booksonthatsubjectindude .. Film
Theory a nd C riticism " (with
Marshall Cohen), "The World in a
Frame: What We See in Films" and
" Jean Renoir: The World of hi s
Film."
He is aJso the author of"Narra tivc Form in History and Fiction:
Hume, Fielding and Gibbon," and__
his writings have appeared in notable journals, including American
Film, The Eighteenth-Century: A

Curre'll Bibliography, Eighteemh Century Studies. ELH, Film Quartory," now in its fourth edition . terly,Genre.ModemlAnguageNotes,
"Frenzy" spans thousands of years Novel. Partisan Review, Prose Studand fields ranging from politics to ies. Quarterly Review of Film Studliterature,an and mass media to ana- its. Studies in English Literature and
lyze the men and women who cap- \ Yale Review.
FrenzyofRenown: Fam&lt;and Its His-

�October7.1!19!1/'/otJUo 7

Chinese delegation visits UB

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Finding Your Roots on the Web

Heads of TV universities tour distance-learning facilities

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October is Family History Month and many genealogJCal sonet1cs

MAIICHION(

Rqxxter Contributor

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EARNING by televised

coursework is a ~U-csta.b­
lished tradition in Otina,
where more than 500,000
students arc cnroUcd in more than
I 0,000 classes offered by 44 Provin·
c ial Radio and TV Univ('rsities
(TVUs).
Presidents and other officers of
S&lt;Ven of these provincial TVUs vis·
ited UB Sept 29 to look at how their
American rounterparts are approach·
ing distance learning and to learn
about U.S. higher education in gen·
eral. UB was the only American university the delegation chose to visit.
The delegation toured the Cen·
ter for Computation:il Research, the
Educationa1 Technology Center, the
cybraries in the Undergraduate Li brary and the Center for the Arts.
The group also observed a demon ·
stration of the in teractive video and
online technology being used by
Millard Fillmore CoUege, the unit
overseeing US's distance -learning
initiative.
G raduate of the TV Us, which

provincial, municipal/regional,
county and local. Wang said that all
mainland cities in China, with the
en:cption ofTib&lt;t and Hong Kong,
have at least one lVU. The state government provides the la rge-scale
transmitting system with micro wave network and satellite for its
distance· learning operations.
While difl'erenets exist within the
levels, management of the five pri·
mary responsibilities-planning,
curriculum development, teacher.,.
cruitment, produaion of teaching

Unlike the U.S., China manages
two types of distan ce lea rnin g
model: one whi ch resembles the
American model whereby a tradi tiona1 university designates a unit
for distana learning, and the more
popular TVU system.
Like their American counterpartS.
Chinese students are given program
o ptions within distance learning.
Whileroursescan I&gt;&lt; taken forcredi~
the most popular means of study is
the non -diploma, or non -credit
course offering, with more than 30

CO-lopoo, dean of Millard Allmon! College, describes to the
ChlneH delegotlon technology thllt ~ht two women locoted ot
Buff•lo Shte College Into the dlst•nce-lumlng l•b In a.lcly H•ll.

mater ials, testing and examinawell as key administrative
functions of the TVUs, is centraliJ..ed.
Wang explained that overall plan nmg, curriculum and software development, as we U as the rel ease of
texts and audiovisua1 materials are
among the responsi bilities at the
cent raJ level, \\'hile implementation
of programming is the most critical
responsibility at the provincial lcvd.
TVUs also are responsible for ensuring all subject matter offered ~~
of natio nal interest.
1ions---as

110n Education Exchange Centre.
. TVU
idents Tongshun Wang of
Jilin and un Xi a Zhang of Qingha1
described' to UB officials how the
n rus opebte.
A subsidiary of the Ch mcsc Stalt
1-.ducation Commission,lVUs have
bei."ome an 1mportant and presti gious part of Chinese higher edu catio n. Established in 1979, they operate o n five levels: cent ral/federal ,

million Chinese students seltocung
this method each year. Only a small
percentage of student s choose to
work towards a university degree .
Surprisingly, students arc charged
fo r televised coursework, with tu iuon and student fees generating
approxima tely half of the provincial
·rvus· revenue. The sta te Education
Comm ission provides tht• rem:un
mg rinancml support needed .
Yun Xia noted that designated ~tu
dl'nl fees support Student Assooa ·
llon -!&gt;ponsorcd cvcnL~ and aa 1\-it 1~.

Trial to study vitamin A potential
By LOIS BAKER
News Service.!'

Editor

ED IATRI C researchers at
U B have received a $1.2
miJlion grant from the In stitute for Child Hea lth
and Human Development, National
Institutes of l-lcaJth, to condflct the
first clinical trial of vitamin A's po·
tential to bolster the immune systems of very premature babies, an
action that could help prevent po·
tcntially deadly infections.
The researchers wiiJ uscantihody
response to the hepatitis B vaccine.
administered to aU infants at about
one month , as an indicator of vita min A's immune-boosting potential.
Mark Ballow, professor of pt.-diatrics
and chief of th~ Division of All ergy
a nd Immunology and Pediatric
Rheumatology at Children's Hospi tal of Kalida Health. will dirrct the

P

lo wer levels of vitam in A in the1r
blood and lower reserves in th e liver
t han full-term infant s. This defi ciency coul d leave them susceptible
to infection because of the imma turity of their immune system ."
To test the hypothesis, infants delivered be-

~tudy.

Ba llm..· i&gt;aid vn.anun A's rolt· as a
modulator of th e immune function
has been studied in bot-h animals
and human s . and resu lt s ha ve
shown that it is essen t1al for supporting the immune system against
infection.
" Despite many improvements in
recent years._!n treati ng very-lowbirthwcight preterm infants, infec tion remains a major problem,"
Ballow

fo r e
32 weeks
of gestation will
be assigned randomly to a vitamin A
group or a control group. Infants in
the treatment group will recei ve
2.000 International Units (IUs ) of a
vitamin A preparation on the second
day after birth and then on a1temate

~·:::~)"for28da)".Control infantswiU

receive saline solution. Ballow ~1u.i
the researchers hope to enroll about
50 babies per year dunng the four
year trial.
Researchers wiU lx.-gin monitonl,lg
immune response to the hepatitis A
vaccine in both groups after the sc..xond and third doses are
administered. " If we
see an increase 10 an tibody production
and infection-fight ing T-cclls 111 the VItamin A group
compared to the
control group. we
can co nclud e
that vita mm A
supp lcmcn t.t
tion may be usdul
in boosting the im mune system:. ol
these very -low
hirth\veight hahK~...
Ballow scud.
~ IUd \' part I~ I
pants w1ll bt~ follo ..wd
for ntne monthi&gt; to dctl'r
n1111c if !~U pplement auor. m tht•
neo natal intensive ca rt· unit affe\.\!1
the..· incidence and S(·venty of ml c..·~
11011 throughout carl)' mfancv.
Vivien Carrio n and Linda Dun,.
both of the Department of Pedmt
rics and Children's Hospital. arc co
principal inwstigators on the studv.

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and organizations are eager to get the word out about genealogy
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Foriner U.S. president tells UB audience he does not miss political·life
BRIErLY
Serbian poet, writer
Albaharf to speak
tn contending with tile policy ot
ethnic cleansing perpotroted by
s..tJian Presldont SloboYon
MilmeYic. o.vtd Albahott has
had to face poWul penonal
confHcts ot hb own. A noted
Serbian pool ond writer,
Albahari b tho son ol Holocaust
suMYon ond WJS hood of
Vug&lt;Hiavia's fowlsh community
before omignlting to Unada.
Albahari has gr&gt;pplod with

questions ot Identity, rnornory
and hisiOfy In his fiction, and
continues to strugg~ with the
fact that ,his own countrymen
have perpotrotod genocidal
atrocitioslilu! those thatlfflicted
tho lives of hb parents.
Albahari will disaw thoso
and rffated issues at 8 p.m. today in Allori HaUon tho South
Campus In a tolk titiod, "What to
Romembor~ to fo&lt;got: The
Uses ond Mbusos ot Momoly In
Yugoslavia ond KosoYo.·
Afbohari's prosenqtion b part
ot tho w.dnosdays ot ~ PlUS fitorrtryseries. Howill-k
with a Mclng from his flciion at

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Contemponry Ms Cont.r.

Bush lecture opens speakers series
By MARA ~CGINNI5

RtpOiff'l'~s•stant Ed•tor
T will be I0 years this January
since George Bush was sworn
into office as the 41 st president

I

of the Uni ted States.

But he does not miss polit ics, the
fo rmer president told a crowd of
nearl y 5,000 at AJumni Arena Sept.
29 as he opened the 13th a nnual
I Jistingu ished Speaker Series.
These da ~. he is concentrating on
"being a dad " to hiS two soiu, both
U.S. gover nors, beca use .. {politics)
1.. Jn be to ugh and it can bt· ugly,"
Bush told the Judience ... I want to
.!&gt; II back and smeU the roses and take
pndc 111 m y kids."
Rush. m a talk that was met wuh
applause several times, emphasized
his optimism for the future as he
to uc hed o n maJ o r e ven ts that
marked his presidency and stressed
the significance o f ma intaining
good foreign relations.
Referring to his 35-year career in
the "political a rena," Bush said: " I
had my chance and m y time has

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"UB at Sunrise"
Roswth thot shows that pots
can reduce their ownen' stro&gt;srolatod blood pteSSin ond heart
rote will be tho topic ot a •us at
s..nme• b&lt;eoldast, to be hold at
7:30a.m. Oct. 21 In tho Contor
for Tomom&gt;w on tho North

Campus.·
F-..d speoker will be
Karen M. Ah\, -a.ICiontiSt In the
ond llomodlcal Sdtnces.
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which- a lui~
Is S15 lor the pubic and S12
for ue Alumni Association
mombert.

The-forIs Oct. 18. _.,_can be
made Ill' calling 829-2~ .

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

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Referring to President Clinton's

Regarding the situation in

Kosovo, Bush said: "AI times (the
U.S. ) appears to be a superpower
adrift. Good intentions aside, it is
not yet dear to me what the opera·
lion achieved."
Kosovo provides ~pi e evidence,

Bush said, that although the Soviet
empiu is now extinct, new threats

have emerged to take its place.
For example, one of tht' great

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about leadership," he contin ued.
.. Leadership is not always do ing
something that is going to jack you

His optimism, he said , comes
from the many great changes he saw
unfold at home and abroad in the
short, four-year period while he "was
privileged to serve as president."
"We saw the Berlin WaU come
down, we saw Germany unified, we
saw the Soviet Union literally faJI
apa rt at the seams ... Central and

up a couple of points in the polls.
Leadership is sometimes taking pru-

Eastern Europe become free, the three
Balkan states become free and we saw
the Warsaw Pact , the enemy to NATO.

you have to send somebody else's

son or somebody else's daughter
into combat, into harm's way."

administration, Bush said: "lt is fair
tosaylfoolgteatanxietyoversome

75.1wish I W&lt;.-re just starting. because
I am an unabashed optimist about
the kind of world you're inheriting."

time truly fties by," Bush told the stu·

decision a president makes is when

fascism ... the power of freedom is
great."

dents in the audience... I wish I were
a student. I wish I were 20 instead of

passed ... I made plenty of mistakes,

ship" artd that is between the U.S.
and Otin3 . .. (The relationship) is
that big and that fundamentally im·
portant to world poaco; be added.

clock to totalitarianism or rigid

Bush told the audicnoe that one of
the most dramatic highlights of his
presidency was the fall of the Berlin
Wall, a moment be called "a joyous
occasion, but also a sobering one."
He said that right after it happened,
a reporter sat next to his desk and
asked him why be was not rejoicing.
"Well, let me tell you something

but I think I served with honor.
"One thing I have learned is that

and 2 p.m. SundayL

come apart right at the seams.
.. Oneofthereasonslamoptimisti about students' futures is I don't
betieve anybody can turn back that

dent action or lack of action ." To
gloat about it, he said, Vt/O uld have
gonen great acclaim at home in the

U.S., but "we did not know how the
Soviet Union wou ld react.. It would
have been a catastrophe if we had

overplayed our band."
He said that be believes a peaceful
wo rld in the future greatly depends
on "one, single, bilateraJ relation ·

threats to the social and political order of the developing world, Bush
added, is that 1.5 billion people are
forced to live on less than one dol·
lara day.
He noted that although tho world
is safer and more peaceful than it
was at the start of the century, danger and inSillbility remaiPBusb said that public service, despite its "wart'" politics, still remains
noble and important. "You must
know bow proud Barbara and I are
to ... two sons, ~rg• W. and Jeb,

of the things that transpired that
seem to diminish the presidency itself. But I would remind you, par·
ticularly young people, that the
doing their part, willing to
presidency is a very resilient office.
"I stood there wben Preside.nt serve ... What greater reward could
Nixon said farewell .. . and within a father and mother have?
minutes Gerald Ford, taking the
•Therr is no definition of a suc·
oath of office, restored decency and . oessfuJ life that does not include serrespect to the White House. I bon· vice to others. It doesn't matter if
estly believe that (the office of the you"re a former president or a stu·
president) is resiliept and strong, den~" he added. "We still need good
and will live way beyond any dis· and deoent people toll"' irMllvod and
give something back to this country,
grace that comes to it."
Bush said that as a former presi- which bas given us so much."
dent he is constantly being asked:
What was yo ur first conce rn as
president and what was the most

difficult decision you had to make?
"When I was presid ent, it was
dear to me that the national secu·
rity of our co untry was my first
concern . .. 1can teU you that, at least
in my presidency, the most clifficult

What piece of advice does he have

fo r his son , George, the GOP
fro ntrunner, in the upcoming presi·
dential election?
"So far, we haven't given him any

advice. But if be is lucky enough to
win; said Bush, "I will tell him 'do
your best and give the other guy
credit."'

Work could lead to fine-resolution printing
UB researchers develop technology that could be used for encryption, visible images
By WIN GOLDBAUM
News Services Editor

I

T sounds like something out
of a James Bond movie: an
electronic inkjet printer that
prints with invisible ink_

But earlier this month, UB pby&gt;i·
cists published a paper in Applied
Physics LeNers that describes a de·

tremely tiny, hard copies of large

documents, like books," said Sen.
"You could prepare documents that
are very tiny and so can be easily
trartSported, but which could be ac·
cessed in their entirety by being run
through a computer. A 200-pago
book might be able to be packed
into jwt a few sheets of paper."

that are invisible to the naked eye

The UB physicists b""' proven a
theoretical concept and a design for
a potential inkjet printer that could
makeinkdropsasmuchas IOOtimes
smaller than the size that is possible

and that could be used for the pur-

wi th today's b~st inkjet printers,

poseof encryption," said Surajit Sen,
assistant professOr of physics and
lead author.
Potential applications include any
situation where something needs to
be identifiable by some secu re or
covert means, such as im P.rinting
currency with an identifiable mark

making them invisible to the naked

vice that could do just that

"The proposed printing technology. when ready, should be capable
of producing fin!- resolution images

that could be seen only when used
with a powerful microscope.
At the same time, because the
tech nology would, for the first time,
allow for extremely precise regula tion of the siu of the ink drop, it
also would make high· resolu tion,
visible i ges possible.
· ou could even think about us·
ing such a technology to produce ex·

eye. At th ~ same time, the concept

includes way&gt; to duster inkdrops together, creating visibl~ images with

extremely high resolution.
.. If our research pans out, a de·

vice like this could make feasible un-

onto the paper, the drops can only be
as small ill ihe siu of that nozzle.
Not anymore, say the UB physicists, wbOS( research proposes a way
to do away completely with inkjet
print~rn~es.

"In our paper. we present the con·
cept and calculations that describe
the method of designing inkjet
printers that are nozzle-free and,
therrlore, capable of attaining un·
pr~cedeoted

resolution

with

inkdrop sizes that can be as small as
I5 or 20 nanometers." explained Sen.
A nanometer is a billionth of a
meter. The very smallest inkdrop
size now available in state-of-the-art
inkjet printer&gt; is, at best, a millionth
of a meter, said Sen.
According to the paper's authors.
tocbnology based on this research
would allow drops of ink to come

usual applications that, right now,
are simply impossibl~ to accom -

out of a printt'r at variable ~.
eliminating the need for expensive.

plish," said Sen.

specially coated papers that are now
necessary with inkjet printers.
It also would allow for invisible--

A provisionaJ patent application

has been filed by UBon tb ~concept
and design.

~

or visible--i mages to be printed on

tides that form a stable colloid in
colored water. The particles are

aligned along the direction of an
applied magnetic field.
"When an appropriately orches·
trated mecbanical impulse is app~ed
along the direction of that magnetic
field, a tight bundle of energy called
a solitary wave is generated in the
chain offerroftuid particles," Sen explained. "This sotitary wave travels
along the chain and pushes a partide out of the ~quid and onto the
paper, or whatever is bei ng im ·

printed, and the image is made."
The mechanical impulse elimi·
nates the need for nozzles. which or·
dinarily provide the impetus for

spraying the ink onto paper.
The study's co-authors and co-in·
vestigators in the provisional patent
application are Felicia S. Mandu and
Marian Manciu, both doctoral can·
didates in the Department of Physics.The work was funded partially by
Sandia National Laboratories of the
Department of Energy. The idea for
th e resea rch grew out of a UB

The "Holy Grail" of higher-reso-

things other than paper, Sen said.

Multidisciplinary'Pilot Project Pro-

lution images in inkjet printing is the
ability to squeeze out tinier and tinier

such as dollar bills, o r even elect ronic devices.
The concept is based on printing
with inks made of ferrofluid par·

gram grant to Sen; Berna rd

drops of ink. But because the printer.; use a nozzle to spray ink drops

Weinstein, professor of pby&gt;ics, and
Nassir Ashgriz, professor of me·

chanica! and aerospace engineering.

�October 7.1!1991'1111.31.1o7

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Revenue from athletic program can enhance rest of university
De•r Editor:

ram writing this letter in response to a conversation that was

taking place in the commuter
lounge at lunchtime one day this
week. It seems that a group of students ha.d read the article in the
Genera tion that discussed the in -

crease of funds to the athletic
program. It sounded like these
students took great offense to the
amoun t of money put into m oving UB into the NCAA Division
1- A ranking, while other pro gr ams suffered due to inadequate

funding.
It is a sad testament
to our society that

funding for th e
arts is secondary

seat football ~urn, and a 25,000plus-seat baskdball arena There are
tens of thousands of dollars-;&gt;erhaps hundreds of thousands but I
don't know the figures---&lt;illocated
for athletic scholarships. Parking on
game day is a nightmare, and
citywide traffic problems are in -

creased tenfold. The University of
Tennessee is the defending national
football champion, and the women's

basketball team won the NCAA natiOnal championship an unprecedented three years in a row. The
amount of money generated by
these venues is truly impressive.
And, yes. it seems that athletics is
indeed held in higher esteem than

academics. This is the misconception I want to argue.
Each year, the university

an enhanced athletic program. Let
me explain:
I am a transfer student from the
University of Tennessee. College

athletics-football and basketball
m particular-are HUGE at this
institution, as weU as most institutions in the South. And, there arc
many students there who care for
neither sport. A grotesque amount
of money is spent each ye;;~r to
renovate or repair a I 07,000-plus-

"Looking •t M•ln Street"
Recent pholOgraphs or Buffalo's Ma 1n
Street taken by students in the School of

~~~~ ~le~~i~a~i~n1 ~'3

Hayes Hall, South Campus, through Oct
29. Callefy houn are 9 a .m . to 5 p .m
Mon. through Fri.

1'be CrMiwlte Show:

SeCond-Year

Students 'Alone by second-year graduate sti..Kknt.s
m the Department of Art is on d isplay 10
the Art o.partmont Gatlory, lowe&lt; level.
Center for the Arts, through Oct 18.
Gallery hours are Tues. from 10 a .m . to S
p.m ., Wed. through Fri. from 10 a .m . to
8 p .m ., and Sat from 11 a.m . to 6 p.m.

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MEN ' S

MEN"S

UB 2, Northern Illinois I
UB 5,Western Michigan I

WOMEN'S

Duquesne 4, UB l

ing that, perhaps instead of planning

WOMEN "S

UB 5, Canisius 2

UB 2, Northern Illinois 0
UB 2,Western Michigan 0

ships per game from major sponsors, like Chevrolet, for every game
that is televised. The television rights

too much (00, Colwnbine, don't you
think?-and calling themselves the
GPA Mafia, these students should

Volle~oall

Lross Lount~

were a direct result of the
university's Division I-A

standing. Each year, a percentage of allr.-venue from athletic
evEnts is channeled directly

back into academic programs,
and I have see n the S I million

check(s) given to the academic budget from the profits and/or surplus
in the athletic programs.
Aside from the sheer finan c1al
gain the university receives arc the
students who are enabled, through
the receipt of athletic scholarships.
to fo llow academic pursuits that
wouJd oth erwise have been an im -

practice a bit more tolerance.

and research the goals the elevated athletics program has
in mind. If, indeed , there are
no plans to reinvest funds
generated back into the aca demic programs, then more power
to them, trenchcoats and aiL
I would like to say in dosing that
I hope UB has such lofty goals as using revenues from sports to revital ize the acadenlic programs. If not ,
then when we hold physicaJ pursuilS
in higher esteem than intellectual
o nes. it is truJy a sad day for society.
Thank you for your lime .

probable goal due to f.unilial con·

Sincerely,

straints . Somt" of the athletes are
very poor and this is th e ir best

Deanna Bridges
JuniOr zoology maJor

Calendar

""AIIANDON"
Artist Tony Matelh has taken a unique
stance in t~ eJCploration of nature
voersus culture by recreating familiar
weecb-tht rebemous sort that "sprout
like elegant anger on the coocrete
sweep of urban America" -in an ex.hiblt
that captu~ how these often unwanted
' plants reflect the social quest for beauty
and control. "'ABANDON .. is on display
through March 10 in the UghtweU
Gallery adjacent to the main US Art
Ga l~ in the Center for the Arts. North
Campus. Gal~ry hours are Wed .
through Sat. from 10:30 a.m . to 8 p m
and Sun. from noon to S p .m

Northern Illinois 45, UB 21
William And~ rushed for 11 3 y.ards and returned a luckoff 9S y.a.rds for a
score as Northern Ulinots defeated UB. 4S-21 .1fl a Mfd...American Conference
batrle Saturd3y night before 12.91 S bns 1n UB Stadium ·
The Husloes jumped OUt to a 24-0 hatftime lead and put the game out of
reach when Andrews too6c the kickoff to start the ~eeond half and went 95
y.a.rds up the right sideline to gYve NIU ~ comrmndtn&amp; 31...0 iead.
The Bulls would sc:ore 21 second-half poinu to break OUt d their offen:uve
swoon-dley hadn't scored~ touChdown 10 I'I"'If"e than 10 quarters when
lbnker 0~ H~ddad Nuled 1n ~ t"WO-yard touChdown pass from joe FreHy-to rNke the game closer
Haddad flmshed the game With e1ght receptiOns for I00 y.ards. me d'llrd
straight game 11'1 wh1ch he has c~cked the c:enrury marie v-. ·recemng y.ards and
the I 3th time in his a~r. Fullback Josh Rom led the Bulls' rushing pme w1m
II atl"le.S for 47 y.ards and~ touchdown, while tailback Derrick Gordon. seeng
h1s first ~ction of the seuon. Nd IS ames for 46 y.ards

to picket at the stadium dressed in
trenchcoats and sunglasses-a Little

continued from _ . a
or otherwise protest t~ manipulatiOn of
publk conxiousneu and value by
c:ommerciallnterests. Still others remanipulate commerdal manipulations
1n an attempt to subvert tht&gt;ir original
meaning.

~ootoall

receives academic scholar-

to the funding

given to athletics. II
is, however, a misjudgment on society's part. if we
were not a society driven by sports
and entertainment, then perhaps
these students would have been
protesting the lack of funding for
college athletics instead. Not that I
feel athletics are any more or less
important than academics. What I
propos&lt; is that we should look at
what benefits can be derived from

chanCe at a better future for them selves. They are held to a stnd academic expectation-an expectauon
that some non -athlet es wo uld be
hard pressed to ach1eve.
However, th is is an es rablis hed
athletic program, and I do not re·
meJllber what it was like in the beginning stages. As the University of
Tennessee has been a public state
land-grant university since 1796, the
athletic programs were in place loi1g
before I or my parents were born.
I'm sure it was a long and painful
process.
I am not, by writing this letter,
suggesting that athletic programs
are more important than acadern ·
ics, or vice versa. I'm only s uggest -

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Nursing, Posting ltf-9059 Aulstaot
Profeuor, 12M-Depaltment o t
Oc.cupational Therapy. Post1ng .t;f 9060
Assistant/Associate ProfessorDepartment of Mechanol and
Aerospace £hgineenng, Posting llf- 9061 . As.soclate/ full Professor·
Department of PediatriCS, School of
Medkine and Biomedical SC ience~.
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Obituaries
Suk Ki Hong, 70, SUNY
Distinguished Professor
Suk Kl Hong, 70, SUl\ry Distinguished Proft::.Mu

Emeritus in the Department of Physiology and B10 phys1cs, and pmiCsMlr of physiology at UB from 1975 97, died Monday 111 the Mitchell Campus of Hosp1cc
Buffalo after a long illness.
Bo rn m Korea, I lo ng received h1s medical degret:
from Yonsei Un1versity and his d(Kturau.· in physinl
ogy from tht" Um vcrsity of Rocht..-stcr.
HONG
A \'tSiting instructor at VB from 1 956-5~. Hong then
spent mne years at Yonsei Um vers1t y, the last t\•.:o ~c hair of the phys10l
ogy department. He JOmed the Um versity of Hawaii physiology fa cult v
111 1968, was named chmr m 197 1. and served in that capacity un11l
\..um mg to UB as professor o f physio logy in l975. He was named SUNY
DlsllnguJshed Professor m 1995.
Hong spent mu ch of hl5 research c.1 reer studymg the bodv's rt.'Spon\t'
to deep-wa ter d 1vm g. and had a length&gt;· publication record 111 the- ficiJ
Hl· also served o n the cd ironal board for Urulerseo Bmmedrcal Rt.•s.t•arrh
Hong wa.' l l. ~ . coo rdmator for U . ~ . ldpan Coopc:rallw Research on
))Jvmg from 1975-87 and cham.-d the or~a lliZ in g (Omm utee for the In
ternat1onal ~nnposn1m on " .\t.m .mJ tht· '-».·a" :-.ponJoon....J h\ the L'lll
versnv of Hawa u tn lll75
In add1t1011 to hb teach mg .md reJoc:arLh a~:tl\· lt ll':o.. I long \"'&lt;b dlrc: ..:tor
of grad uate.' studie:-. m phr.-1ology from !988 - ~4 ..md pn or tu that d1
rectl'd Ulfs t.; rad uatl' Croup 10 ~pe nm t·nta l Nephrology.
He r("Ct'IVc..~ St.'vcral .awa rds durmg h1s lifellml', mcludm~ the ~t~,.,l.,
to n J\.1mhall Awa rd from th l' Xhool of Mc..-dh:me and Bmrnc..'l.ih.,ll .... ~..~
c..·nc('!o. for excellence 111 rt·sca r~h . t'duLa lmn and "t'f\'llt'

Jeannette Spero, 74, former dean
of School of Nursing
jeannette R. Spero, dt..d.Jl o f the ~ool nf Nun.mg lrnm I '17n ;'X, dH.."'\1
Aug. 31 in Cmcmnata. Sht• was 74.
Spero JOined rhe UB nurJomg fandt\ 111 1965. and "l'fvt'd d.'&gt; atung
dean o f the school and chan of the Depanmcnt of ( :ommum t\ l kahh
Nursi ng. She was named dean m 1976, .serY1ng tor two \'Car~ ht.·h,rt.·
..H..cepling a position a.s dean of the College of :-.Jur,mg dt tht•lln lvt:r,ll\
of C inci nnat i.
While at UB, Spero encouraged fa~.:ulty mc mhcr ~ to develop .111 1nno
vanve cu rriculum and obt..aW docto ral degree:. .
She returned to the university in 1996 as ho norary ~o-duur and kc.."Vll;;tt.·
speaker for the 60th anniversary celebration of tht.• School of Nursmg.
Spero had served 3.3 president of the Amencan As.soc1at1o n of Col
leges of Nursing, a board m ember of the- M1dwest Alhancc of Nursmg.
and the Tricoundl of Nursing, and an executive committee m ember of
the NationaJ Commission on Nursing Implementation Project.
She was dected a fellow in the Amencan Public Health Assoc1at1on
and was a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the mtemat.1o nal honor socie t~·
of nursing.

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120 Clemens. 8:30 a.m .-4 p.m .
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UB to celebrate /00 yetir.;
of women in Law School

September 30.1!RI/V!i31. No:6

Icons
Freed
Rafts bearing the images of
Amelia Earhardt and the
Dalai Lama float on Lake
LaSalle, "returned to their
rightful place in our
collective mind" by the
artist "Swimming Horse" as
part of the "Persuasions"
exhibit in the UB Art Gallery.

University exceeds enrollment targets
First-timefreshme;z 2% over target; graduate enrollment exceeds goal by 152
graduate students is 1,954, which

matic increase in graduate-student
enrollment of 29 1 stud ems over last

nation of three steps implemented
at US over the past year contributed

enrollment targets for full tune students at both the
undergrad uate and graduate levels
and has increased its number of

exceeds the target by l 52 students.
..The numbers show an extraordinary improvement at UB over the
last few years and it's due to a lot of
hard work by a lot of people," said

fall, a number which Sullivan called
..tremendous;
He explained that in recenr years.
enroUment in UB graduate and pro-

to this year's high numbers: an integrated-mark.eting plan in the admissions process; Access99, the
compu ter-access ·req uirement for

Sean Sullivan, vice provost for academic information and planning.

fessional programs d ecreased dramatically from a steady enrollment

graduate students by more than 15
percent since last fall, according to

The Fall 1999 enrolhnenHtatu5
report indicated growth in nearly all

UB's official enrollment-status re-

areasexceptpart-timestudents, the
only group significantly belo-n; target at both the undergraduate or
graduate levels, which is a trend
Sullivan said he has noticed over the
past several years. Transfer enroll mentalsowasslightly(10studcnts)
below target , although it has increased since last fall from 1.306 to
I ,365.
However, the figure that holds the
most significance for VB is the dra -

around 8,600 throughout the 1980s
and early 1990s to only 7,707 in 1998.
But with a total of 7,998 students
enro lled this fall in graduate and professional programs.. Sullivan says that

freshmen, and a new tuition rev en ue-incentive program.
The Class ofl003 was the first to
be recru ited by the Office of Admis·
sions since the imple11;1entarion of
an overall, cohesive, fully integrated
marketing plan that ties together
individual recruitment strategies.
many of which had been identified
by the en rollment management
co nsulting firm Noe i-Levi t z.
Sullivan said that although new ad missions strategies p layed a large
role in the recruitment success. 11
was not an exclusive o ne.

ay MARA MCCI,...S
Reporttr As.sttant Editor

R the first time in four
years, UB bas cxoeeded its

R

port
Based on an enrollment "snaps h ot .. taken Sept. 17, the actual
headcount at UB for Fall 1999 totals 24,257 students, 637 students
overthe23,620studenttargetsetby
SUNY and 887 more students than
Falll998.
The ·number of full-time fresh men enrolled is 3, 196, or 296 over
target, and the total of new full-time

the numbers should steadily dimb
back to historical levels.
A current trend nationally among
institutions of higher education ~~
declining graduate enrollment s,
which he said makes the increase 111
UB's graduate enrollment more re
markable.
Alcord1ng to .)ulltvan, . .1 lOmbt -

Cont'"'-1 on pagoe 1

Drug tracking marks scientific "first"
By El.l.EN GO~UM

hormone- release hormone ) analog

News Services Editor

that targets only cells with LH-RH

C IENTISTS at UB and

S

Tulane University have, for
the first time , optically
tracked in real-time the

pathway of one of the most widely

used cancer drugs linked to a peptide hormone carrier as it is being
taken up by a human breast -cancer
cell.
The research, publish ed in th e
current issue of Proceedings of the
National Academy ofSciences, dem onstrates the power and utility of
new photonic materials developed
at UB that have allowed scientists
this first-ever, bird's-eye view of the

cellular pathway of the chcmothera·
pe\Jtic agent.
The compound used was AN 152, a combination of th e com -

monly prescribed chemotherapeut ic agent doxorubicin, which is
linked to an LH -RH (luteinizing

receptors o n them. This makes the
compound specific to cancers of the
ovary, breast, cervix and prostate,

and possibly others as well.
AN - 152, now in anim&lt;iltrials. was
first sy nthes ized by Andrew V
Schally, 1977 Nobel laureate in
medicine and director of the Endocrine, Polypeptide and Can cer In stitute of the Veterans Affairs Mt.-di cal Center in New Orleans, and
Attila Nagy. associate professor of
medicine at Tulane Un iversi l y
School of Medicine. Both a re coauthors o n th e paper.
The UB research ers were able lo
track this compound through a hu man breast-cancer cell by co mbin ing it with a fluorescent probe

(C625) synthesized in the laboratory
of Paras Prasad, SUNY Distin guished Professor in the Depart ment of Chemistry in the College

\

of Arts and Soences. Prasad also 1~
executive director of UB's new In
stitute for Lasers, PhotoniCs ...111d
Biophotonics, where the cxpt: n
mental work was done.
These findings prov1dr rt'·searr:h
ers with evidence that AN - 152 di rectly enters ca.ncer cells, accumu
lales in the nucleus and assooates
with the cell's ch romosomes, wh~eh
had t--e e n s uspec ted l.'lut nrwr
p roven.
According to the rc::sear..:hers, thb
s1gnificant ly increases th e safew
margin of doxorubicin , poten!ial ly
allowing for much lower doses to be
used and greatly rt"Ciucing the risk
of side effects in patients.
"While the mechanism of ae1 1on
o f many cytotoxic compounds ~~
known, we havt" never been able to
optically track a compound to a particular tumor site,.. said Schally. "Thf."

UB researchers specifically followed
the track of this cytotoxic radical in

the cell, wh1ch ts very amportant."
The rcsc-J. rch paves the way for s1m1 ·
Jar st udies with other nuorescent
prohes to dete rm ine h ow ca n ce r
cells take up other chemothempeu
tiL &lt;!{tents.
"Fventually. \".'t' Will he ahle to
~uan11fy exadly ho" rnulh ol.t partiCu lar drug 1~ bemg tJ.ken up b\ a
cancer cell.'" ~Jd Prasad.
"Tht~ vw.L"i a 1remendou~ ster for
ward,'" sa1d Chark..., l.tcbow, w -au
thor a.nd professor of oral Jnd rna.'&lt;
illofu.aal surgery. "The C615 allowed
u~ to follow the agt·nt and to M"e ex
actly where :fhd how 11 ~~ work.mg ..
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photoruc matenJis that have tx'"t.'n
devdoped at th e LI1Stllute. The~t'
materials exhibit strong two- photon
absorption, an unusual phcnom
enon where a molecule absorbs lWO
photons of light simultaneouslv 11
pumped with light of sufficienth·

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June 22·24, 2000. There will be
a large exhibition of the Graves
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holdings. Its colkction of little
magazines is without doubt the
best in the muntry. Tbe Poetry
Collection has the reputation as
a distioguisbed research hbrary
in the international literary
world.

SIS to develop new degree programs
School ofInformation Studies to focus on human aspect of information transfer
By PATRICIA DONOVAN
News Servkes Editor

N

EW degree programs

related to issues and
research on the human
aspects of information
transfer are being developed by the
School of Information Studies (SIS).
The school was formed July 1 when
the School of lnfonnation and Li -

brary Sl udies (S ILS) changed its
name and merged with the Department of Communication.

Thomas Jaoobson, acting cjean of
1he new school and former chair of
thecommunicationdepart:mc:n~says

SIS will nol design new technologies,
but will address two areas: public
need in the area of information and
library studies, and the application of
new technologies and their effect on
system users at the personal, organizational and societal levels.
New programs under development inclutka master's degree in information and co mmunidtfon
(MI C), a five-year bachelor's!
masters-degree program thai is ccpected to be highly atlractive lo undergraduales. The MIC program
also will operale as a stanll-alone
master's degree.
"The MlC should ap~ lo students from other schools~o want
to continue their education and to
adults who want to retool for career
advancc:ment," Jacobson says.
He adds that the program will not
focus on training in library slcills per
se nor oh social-science theory, but
ratherooncentrate on the use of rompuler and network applications as
they are employed in a wide range of
organizations and the jobs performed within them. Contenl areas
will address information storage and
retrieval, Web applications, trends in
information lcchnology and policy
and organizational communication.
Jacobson says the school also will
offer a new doctorate in library and
information science. The program .
already approved by the stale Department of Education, will be revised and refined to take advantage
of the new resources and programmatic aims of SIS.

The new doctoral program will incorporate communication courses
for basic theory and research skills,
as weU as an undetermined number
of dectives chosen to incorporate a
cognate area in communication.
Although organized as a freestanding school, SIS reports to ""'rr
Gran~ dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences (CAS), for purposes of
programming. The school also ernploys some.aspects of the commitlee system that is in place in CAS.
SIS is composed of a Departmenl
of Communication , headed by
Frank Tutzauer, associate professor
and acting chair, and a Department
of Library and Information Studies,
beaded by Neil A. Yerkey, professor
and acting chair. A national search
for a permanent dean is under way
and the position is expected to be
filled before the end of nat sum-

mer, says Jaa&gt;bscm.
The original proposal for the new
school was developed over a twoyear period of discussion, assessment and planning by members of
the faculties involved.
InitiaUy,concern was expressed by
some faculty members in SILS
about dropping the word "library"
from the name of the new schoo~
particularly given SILS' national
reputation in its field SII.S consistently had ranked among the top 25
hbrary schools in the nation, evm
though it was one of the few schools
without a doctoral program.
Jaoobson says there is a national
trend toward merging university·
based, information-studies programs
and droppingtheword"lixary"fiom
the name of the resulting entity.
"11lis has caused some concern in
the library community;" Jaoobson

says; "but the accrediting association
for programs in_library studies recc:ntly reaccredited the M1.S (Maslee of Ubrary Scieoce) program. in
'Pile of the name c:banse-"
Besides the MLS, the school olfm
a bacbelor of arts degree and a dociorate in oommuniation. It also offers a master's-degree progf.m in
applied communication.
He adds that rqardless of the
changes, students will experiencz no
majordisruptioos in their programs.
)aoobson points out that faculty
members in the merged units share
a broad range ofresearch and !&lt;:adJ.
inginterests,indudingint&lt;rnatipoal
communication and librar¢ship;
telecommunications n~rlting;
interpersonal, organizational or
mass communications; information
seeking. sources and organization,
and content analysis.

�Septembet30.1!ei/Vnl31.No 6 Reporte.

"Sisters in Law'' to be cited

Conference to celebrate 100 years ofwomen at UB Law School
ay~YIDAI.
News Services Editor

T

HE law School will celebrate the JOOthanniversary of its first women
graduates with a special
centennial conferenu, •sisters in
law: A Century of Achievement at
UB,"to b&lt; held Oct. 21-22.
The conference will reoognize the
many remarkable women who have
contributed to the betterment of the
law school com munity and the
nation's legal profession over the
past century.
The celebration wiU feature distinguished keybote speakers and
panelists, who will address legal topics of importance to women. Workshops will b&lt; held on topics that include workplace issues, access to

preted the laws that denied women
the righu of equal citizenship, including the right to vote and practice law. To win their rights, women
had to overcome tremendous social
and legal obstacles. They had to
change minds, as weU as laws.
It was in that atmosphere that in
1897twoyoungwomen from Westem ~York entered the UB law
School, which had b&lt;en founded I0
years earlier, joining 30 male daiomaU:s in the Buffalo law School.
UB's first female law student&gt;,
C.Cil B. Wrener and Helen Z. M.
Rogers-and others who braved
discrimination and social scorn in
order to pursue careers in the maledominated legal field--began torefer to each other as "sister&gt; in law,"
according to \Ttrginia G. Drachrnan,
author or a book
by the same title.
Wiener and
Rogers graduated
in 1899 and went
on to prominent
careers, making
significant strides
in the advance ment of righu for
women and chil dren . Wie ner
eventually be ca me the first
judge of what is
n ow the Erie
Cou nt y Fami ly
Court. Rogers, a
private practitioner, was an active
s uffragette and
the fir st woman
to a rgu e a case
before the New

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York Co urt of
Appeals.

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of theW U.

~celebration wili continue Oct.
22 in the Marriott with events that

will include a panel of alumnae representing variow decades. who wiU
discuss their experiences in law

school and since graduating.
A luncheon, ..A Salute to Women

in the Judiciary," w.ill honor 27 UB
law School graduates =ving in judicial posts throughout the cou ntry. Those to be honored are Hon.
M. Dolores Denman '65, presiding
j ustice, New York State Supreme
Court, Appellate Division, Fourth
Department; Hon. Jacqudine M.
Koshian '59, justice, New York State
Supreme Cou rt , Eighth Judicial
Districti Hon. Rose D. La Mendola
'55, justi ce, New York State Su -

preme Court, Eighth Judicial District, and Hon. Ann T. MikoU '54,
associate justice, New York State

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Depa rtm ent. The
speaker will be Hon . Melanie D.

Cyganowski '81 , U.S. Bankruptcy
Court judge for the Eastern District
of New York.
The afternoon's sessions, to be
held in O'Brian Hall, will incl ud e
workshops on quality-of-life topics. Shuttle transportation between
the Marriott and O' Brian will be
provided.

The workshops wiU include:
• "Balancing Work and Fa"lily,"
Cy nthia Fuchs Epstein, distin Graduate School and University
Cen ter, City Univt'rsiry of New York;
Sara Horowitz '89, executive dhec ·

tor, Working Today, New York City.
and Ann Evanko '79 . attorney,
Hurwitz &amp; Fine, P.C.. Buffalo.
• "Workplace Right s," Ginger
Schroder '90, atto rn ey, Buchanan

More than 3,000

• "Women and Their Money: Procuring It, Preserving It and Passing

have graduated from what is today
the UB law School. The Class of
1999, which grnduated in May. was

the judiciary and a dinner wiU honor
the women who served as trailblazers for the profession.
While not the first school to admit women to the study of lawthat distinction belo ngs to the Uni versity of Iowa, which first admit ted women in 1868-UB was
amo ng the earUest at a time when
most schools did not admi1 women
until well into the 20th century.
It wasn't just the acade m ic rest ric tions that prevented women
from entering law schooL The late
IC)J.h century was a time when many
believed that higher education for
women would not o nly hurt their
heal th , but destroy the institu tions
of marriage and family. Indeed, a
respected Harvard University physician wrote, "Excess study diverts
ene rgy from the female reproductive o rgans to the brain, causing a
breakdown in women's health and
threa te ning th e hea lth of fut ure
generations."
As late as the 1860s and 1870s, it
\II@.~ illegal for women to practice
law. Men controlled the courts, bar
associations, law schools and law
firms. They also made and inter·

composed of I I 7 m en and 116
women.
Wiener and Rogers would have

T he conference will begin with a
fro m 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 21 in
O'fJrian Hall. Participants will have
the opportunity to sit in on classes
guest- lectured by an alumna or to
visit the school more infonnally. For
further information on attending or
-teachin g a class, ca ll Mary Ann
Rogers, associate dean for development, or Jill Riordan, development
assistant , at 7 16-645-2 109.
A CentenniaJ Reception, spon ·
sored by the Western New York
Chapter of the Women's Bar Asso·
ciation of the State of New York and
The Women Lawyers of Western
New York, will foUow from 6-8 p.m .
in the UB Art Gallery in the Center
for th e Arts.

VIctor A. Rice h•s been appointed to th e 10- member Unive~sity at
BuffaJo Council , the university 's local governing council , by Gov.
George Pataki.
Rice, a former partne r in O lympi c V Associates LP a nd chief ex ecutive officer of LucasVarity, lnc. wiiJ succeed lawrence P. Castellana ,
who resigned .
.
He has served as a director for Comptek Research, In c.; lnterna tionaJ Murex Technologies Co rp., and the Louisiana Land a nd E.x
ploration Co.
In addition, he is a member of the Dean 's Advisory Cou no l for
the UB School of Archjtecture and Planning.
The gove rn o r also has reappointed Jonathan A. Dandcs and
Edmond J, GicOOa., M.D., to the council.
A fo rm er president of the UB Studen t Association and thr
university's Alumni Associa ti on, Dandes first was appointed to the
co unc il in 1994 by th en -Gov. Mario M . C uomo. He rece1ved a
bachelor's degree from the State University of New York.
He is executive vice president for Rich Entertainment Group/ Rtch

Produru Corp.
G icewicz was appointed to the council in 1997 to fill the unex pi red term of fo rmer cou ncil chair Philip B. Wels. who resigned .
He holds two UB degrees-a bachelor 's degree earned 1n 1952 and
a medical degree earned in 1956.
While pursuing his undergraduate degre-e, G1cewtcz served as cap
tain of the varsity football, basketball and baseball teams. and wa.s
named a Li ttle AU- American in football . He is a member of the UB
Athletic Hall of Fame.
G icewicz has held appointments as an assistant professor of cJim
ca l su rgery and an assistant professor of clinical orthopedics in the
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sc1ences , and served as the
founder and fi rst medical d irector of the Spo rts Medicine Institute .
He has been the medical director and physician -m-a ttendance for
a variety of amateur athletic co mpetition s, including the World Uni versity Games. He is a past prcsidcnt of th e William svi ll e School
District Board of Education .

Music department announces
October concert schedule
EiJ
Perforrn•nces by lnte:m•tlon•lly renowned muslcl•ns Ursula
O ppens and Lynn Harrell will highlight the Department of Music '!!
Oc10ber concert .seri es.

Brooklyn.

It Along," Marjorie Girth, professor.
Georgia State University College of
Law;·laura Hansen bean, president.
Laura Hansen &amp; Associates, India napolis, and Dianne Benneu '75,

president, Hodgson. Russ. Andrew&gt;.
been happy and proud.
. Woods &amp; Goodyear, Buffalo.
.. Sisters in Law: A Ce ntury of
• "Access to Health Ca re," SheUey
Achievement at UB" will recognize · B. Mayer '79, vice president of govthe achievements of the law school's ernment affairs. St. Luke's Roo.seveh
women graduates with two days of Hospital, Beth Israel Medical Cenevents to be held in O'Brian Hall o n ter, New Yo rk City; Mary Ann
the North Campus and in the Buf- Bobinski '87. assistant professor.
University of Houston, and Ellen V.
falo/N iagara Marriott.
day-long open house to be held

Victor Rice joins UB Council;
Dandes, Gicewicz reappointed

Ingersoll. P.C., Buffalo, and Hon.
Elena Cacavas '85, administrative
law judge, Ne\V York State Public
Emp loyme nt Relations Boa rd .

heal th care, managing money and
balancing work and fumily.
A luncheon will saJute women in

BrieBy

guished professo r of sociology. The

Both practi ced
law for 20 years
before they were
allowed to vote.
.. sis te rs in law "

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Weiss m an, attorney. Hodg so n ,
Russ. Andrews, Woods &amp; Goodyear.
The conference will conclude
with a celeb ration dinner honoring
trailblazers and ea rl y graduates of

the law school.
Registration fees arc $145 for the
conference. luncheon and dinner and
$100 for the conference and lunch .
The fee for the lund1eon is $25 and
$45 for the dinner. lable&gt; or 10 also
ar(' available. Students may attend
the conference for free: lunch for students is $15 and dinner 1.s $2 5. Rqus
trntion deadline is Oct. IS.
More information rl'gardmg tht•
cckh ration may be ohta1ncd hrmn
tacting Mary Ann Rogers at M S
2 11 3 or hy emaill n g her at
&lt;marogenOac:su.buffato.fllu ... .

Oppcns will join the Slee Smtonl etta, us·~ prof('SSJOnal chamber
o rchestra, 10 a performance of Lagt·li·Jt Pra no Ccmcerto at 8 p.m . Oct.
12 10 Sit"&lt;' Concert Hall on the North Campm. O ppens as renowned
as an interpreter nf the estab lished repertoire and a champio n ot
contempo rary music. The program also will include a spec~a l ar
rangemcnt of Stravmsky's baJ/ et The. Rrte of Spring for chamber or chl-stra by the Sinfonietta's co ndu ctor. Magnu s Marte nsson.
Harrell-cel list, consummate .solOISt. cha mher musicia n. reCital
ist, conductor and teacher - will JOin paanist Victor Santiago
Asu ncion in a performam·e to be held at R p.m . Oct. 19 in Slcc. He
also will teach a maStl'r class, wh1 ch IS free and open to the puhlic, at
3 p.m. Oc1. 18 . in Slec.
Harrell ap peart~ d hvc on th e mtc..· rna t1 ona ll y ultvJ.scd 19tJ-t
G ra mm y Award s Show wath lt z hak Perlman and Pmcha ~
Zuckerman , performing an exce rpt from the trio's (.;rammy-nom1
natcd complete Beethoven Stnng TnoJt recording. Acrordmg to .1
rev1cw in Tlu· Roston Glob1-, " Harrell plays the mu sic with soph1st1
catcd undcrstandmg. hut the wa y he pla ys thl' cello is a natural ph e
nomenon .
Other performance!. to be:.· hdd Junng the month wlllmdud c:.· the
(.;o lovc/ Mancs/ RosJt Tno on Oct. 4; Orga_Mt leremy Brum o n lkt.
M; The Bugallo/Wi llia ms Pmno Duo on Oct. 10; Ca»at t St nng Qu.H
te-l on Oct. IS: mezzo-sop ran o Md1 ssa Thorhurn a nd piani st Irent'
Pol ya on Oct. 22; flutiSt C ht·rvlt· (;nhhett J· II o ffman and pmm ~ 1
Mana de lm Ange les R1vcra o n &lt;.k t. 23 . and I he Amht.'rJtt Saxopho rlt'
Quartet on Oct . 27 and Oct. l8. A unc -alt cham her opt'ra, M ozcm
a'!d Stllren, will he pt:rfornu·d hv NKo la1 Rlm ll k\·· Knr~akow llO l ltl
19. That pc rforman.;_·t· will be free or cha rge- .
For further to n ct•rt rnlnrmatwn , V I ~ II ... http :/ I
slee.buff•lo.edu &gt;.

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Chair of Department of Periodontology cuts CD featuring music of " Regina" musk box

Music h9x tops Ciancio's collectibles
IIJ ~LEWANDOWSKI
R&lt;parttr Staff

S

EBASTIAN Ci ancio is a
collector.
In his office in Squire Hall
on the South Campus, the
chair of the Department of Periodontology has hundreds of bottles,
porcelain and metal tooth -powder
containers instructing users to brush
five times daily, an old toothbrush
with an i""ry head, canistm of dental floss and empty bottles of
mouth~ne of which boasts

the original Listerine label and a
cork in its top.
But his coUecting of dental para·
phemalia,some of which dates back
to the late 1800s, has takm him in a

different direction. He now collects
music boxes. "As pan of that coUecting." he says of the dental antiques,
" I became interested in the music

box."
At home, Ciancio has I 5 music
boxes, half of which he says date
back to before 1900. His priud possession, howevrr, is an 1894 Regina
music box. It's no ordinary music
box. he explains, since it's valued at
nearly $10,000. Roughly the size of
a record player, the Regina plays 15
half-inch metal discs. The box was
used in private residences for entertainment and also as a coin-operated unit in saloons. ice cream parlors and the like, becoming the predecessor to the juke box.
Along with the purchase of the
music box, Ciancio acquired 200
discs. The purchase was something

he says his children wouldn't let him
live down at the time. While they
w.re boping for a more modem stereo system, wbat they got was a relic.
"My kids mocked

to make money, since he initially
made the CD to give as gifts to
friends who enjoyed the mwic. "It
was a fun thing to do." he says.

meforbuyingamusic box" instead of a
new stereo. he says.
But des pite his
children's joking
about .wbat he calls
" the CD player of
yesterday," friends
enjoyed the music
provided by his
Rq9na.
" People would
come to my house
and ... listen to the
music box, and
(they) wanted to listeo again and again,"
he says. adding that
he was inspired by
their interest and
wanted to make the
music more widely
available.
·
So he cut a CD.
With the help of
his son-in-law, Peter - a - t o
W. Bessinger, Jr. , ::=cboxes l n h h - - - &lt; l f
who owns the
·
Justioe Music Box Co., and a local
And plenty of people are benefitrecording studio, an 11-track CQ of ing from his generosity and his idea.
music played by the Regina was reA local women's group used the
corded at Loft Recording Studio in CD as a fund-raiser, and Ciancio
Cheektowaga. The finished product donated 200 copies to be used as
is available at various outlets in the favors at a recent American Acadarea.
emy of Periodontology oonferencc
But,Cianciochuddes.he'snotout in San Antonio. He also donated

copies to WNED TV-Channd 17
for its auction.
A na!M of Jamestown, Ciancio
say5 his ~ of antiques and dentislry datts back to his childhood.
"I bad a dentist in my bometown
who I respected a lot," he says. "He
wouli:l show me what he was doing
(and) would discuss 'bpw happy he
was with dentislry."
Oaricio. who reantlyr=iYed the
President's Award from the American Aademyofl'trioclootologyrecognizing his service to the academy,
says serving in the Dental Corps for
two years in Germany while in the
U.S. Army helped confirm his intirest in periodontics.
"When I was in the military, I was
saving teeth," he says. "Saving teeth
was the direction for the future."

As tor his l3scination with history,
be aedits his high-oct.ool ttacher,Mrs.
McMahon, who oversaw the New
YorkStm)unio&lt; Historical Society. of
which Ciancio was a mc:mber.
"When it came to our dub, she
was enthusiastic," be says. "She was
a strict disciplinarian. but she got me
into history."
Ciancio says his schedule isn't as
kind to his hobby as he'd like, but
he's always on the prowl- for new
items.
"If ever I'm out and lseo: a garage
sale, I'U stop," he says. "Or a flea

market. I'll stop."
As for a semnd CD--&lt;&gt;r any such
project-dancio considers it for a
moment, then laughs.
"Maybe when I retire," he says.

Family and Homecoming Weekend set
Comedian Brian Regan, Bulls football game, bonfire and carnival highlight events
By JlHNIRII LEWANDOWSKI

s

R&lt;parttr Staff

TUDENTS and their fami lies will bave plenty of activities and""""ts to choose
from at this year's Family
and Homecoming Weekend Oct. 8lO, indudinganightwithcomedian
Brian Regan , a· UB Bulls football
game and a homecoming carnival,
bonfire and fireworks.
The weekend also will feature a
bus tour to Niagara Falls. a dance
performance by Ailey n (fonnerly
the Alvin Ailey Repertory En semble),a movie night,swing-&lt;iancing lessons and plenty of educationa! classes for both students and
their family members, plus much
more.
The UB Bulls will take on the
Central Michigan Chippewas at 1:30
p.m . Oct. 9, with a pre-game party
sponsored by the Alumni Associationbeginningat 11 a.m. in the field
adjacent to the gravel lot at Coventry and Augspurger roads. Reservations are required and will be lim ited to the first 1,000 people.
Half-timeentertairunent wiU feature the universirfs new marching
band, "The Thunder of the East," a
homecoming parade and th e
crowning of the homecoming king
and queen. All game seating is re·
served, so advance ticket purchase
is neoessary.
At 8 p.m .Oct. 9, UBwill welcome
comedian Brian Regan , wh ose
brand of humor centers around

memories of his family and childhood. Regan, who credits his "funny
family" with inspiring his comedy,
has appeared on "The Late Show
with David Letterman,"" Late Night
withConanO'Brien,""TheTonight
Show,""The Today Show" and "The
MTV Half-Hour Comedy Hour."
He also has done two specials for
Showtime and was named Best Oub
Comedian by the American Comedy Awards in 1996.
Tickets are S6 if purchased in ad vance or $8 at the door. A portion
of ticket sales will be donated to the
SEFA!United Way campaign.
AUeventsduringtheweekendwill
be held on the North Campus.
Thecompletelistofeventsforthe
weekend is as foUows:

Oct. 8:
• Hillel Shabbat service and dinner, 6 p.m., Red Jacket Dining Hall,
Ellicott Com plex. Sponsored by
Hillei.Advancere;ervationsarenecessary. Call Hillel at 639-8361.
• Homecoming carnival, bonfire
and fireworks, 6 p.m . to ntidnight ,
shore of Lake J.aSalle. Sponsored by
theundergraduateStudentAssociation. Carnival will include rides,
games and food. Bonfire will begin
at 8:45p.m., fireworks at dusk.
• "Friclay Night at the Movies; 7
p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Student Union
Theatre. Sponsored by the Univ=ity
Union Activities Board. Tickets are
$2.50 for students and $4 for guests.
andwillbeavailableatthedoor.
• Women's soccer game, UB vs.

Ball State, 7 p.m., RAC Field.
• Swing dancing. demonstration
and lessons, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Social
Hall, Student Union.
• Dance performance by Ailey II,
8 p. m ., Center for the Arts
Mainstage. Presented by the Center
for the Arts. 1icketsareS11.50inadvance, $7 for students, and $9, $ 15
and S 18 at the door. Call645-AI&lt;I'S.
• Fisk pipe organ a!llcert, 8 p.m.,
Slee Concert ·HaiL Presented by the
UB Dcpanment of Music. Tickets
m$2.50 inadvance, $5atthedoor.
Oct. 9:
• Bus tour of Niagara Falls, Canadianside, 7:15a.m. to noon. Pickup will be in front of the Student
Union. Presented by the Office of
Stude n t Activities. Continental
breakfast at the Hard Rock Caft,
then participants may visit Casino
Niagara or view the falls. Birth certificateorpassport and photo ID are
required.Costofbus trip and breakfast is $ 13. Space is limited.
• "Ask the Advisor." 10 a.m. to
noon, Student Union lobby. Representatives from Academic Advisement,AdmissionsandFinanciaiAid
will be on hand to:.n.5W'efquestions
from students aod parents.
• "Tours The Multidisciplinary
Center for Eanhqualce Engineering
Research," half-hour presentations
from 10 a.m. to noon. Presented by
Bill Witmck, MCEER Reservations
are required. Children under 12 will
notbeadmitted.
• Educational programs, SO·

cninuteaessionsfrom l~ll:SOI.m.
Topics will inclode "Undecided Majors: UsingtheSysran,""Genderlect:
Men'sand\\bmen'sl.anguage,""Sorority and Fraternity Life 101 ."
"What Every College Student
Should Know About Alcohol and
Drugs," "Building Your Own Web
Page" and"Study Abroad."
• Homecoming pre-game party,
11 a.m. to I :30 p.m. Free, but reservations..., required. Call the Alumni
Association at 829-2608.
• UB SuUs vs. Central Michigan
Chippewas.l:30 p.m., UB Stadium.
Tickets for family members are S6
in advance, $8 at the door. Student
adntission is free with UB JD. kserved seating.
• Comedian Briao Regan, 8 p.m.
(doors open at 7p.m.), MainGym,
Alumni Arena. General seating.
Tickets are S6 in advance, $8 at the
door. Tickets are available at the
Alum n i Arena Box Office and
thmugh Fantastix in Topssupermarkru or by phone.
Oct. 10:
c..• Newman Center Mass.
Frontier Road Cbapel; 10:30 a.m.,
Social Hall, Student Union.
• Sunday brunch, lb a.m. to 12:30
p.m., Pistachio's. Student Union.
Tickets are Sll.50.Advance reservations are required
• Women's ·soro:r game. UB vs.
University of Miami, 1 p.m., RAC
Fidd.
• Men'ssoccergame, UBvs.Long
Island University, I p.m., RAC Field

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UB opens SEFA campaign

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Don't Panic! There's Online
Help for Studying, Test-taking

"UB Involved" chosen as theme of 1999 fond-raising effort
llyMAaAMC~S

R&lt;poner ldsistont Edito&lt;

T

HE $655,000 State Employees FedtratedAppeal
(SEFA) campaign offi cially got under way last
W&lt;ek with an ice cream social and
talk of this year's campaign theme,

·us InvoM&lt;~!"

President William R. Grein&lt;r, who
thanked mernben of the UB community in advance for their dforts
in the campaign.
"I thaok all of you who are committed to the welfare_of our region,
the city, the oommunity and all of
the agencies within our ;uea supported by the SEFA program," said
Greiner. • What makes this cam-

institutions that has enormous tn •
8uence on qualityoftife in our community," said Bennett. '"And with
great frustration in that the State of
New York still does not seem to un derstand that support of higher education is a very, very wi~ invest -

more

about

Bennett added that he recently
kicked off the United Way campaign
at HSBC (formerly Marine Midland Bank )
and when he was asked
what kind of goal he
wanted the company to
set, he reptied, " I want
you to equal the numbet ofleadm-in-giving
at the University at Buffalo."

how

supported by SEFA/
United Way.
As chair of the 1999 SEFA campaign, R.Nils Olsen, Jr., dean of the
Law School, expressed his enthusiasm for the campaign to former UB
SEFA chairs and other member&gt; of
the university community as he out·
lined this year's goals and touched
on the success of past dunpaigns.
"SEFA has become one the most
important ways we can give directly
back to the community," Olsen said,
noting that last year, UB was successful is raising more than $697,000
during the SEFA campaign.
~e have a tremendous partner·
ship with the United Way," said

The .. Preparing to Learn" section discusses self-awareness, as well ;u
such practical matters as effective study habits, managing your lime.

setting goals and coping with stres.o..
Under"Participating m the Oassroom .. are links to pages about d ass
preparation, how to take notes, contributing to discussions and mak ing presentations.
''Studying" cove~ how to think cnllcally. memon.ze and organ17...e ef. ·
fectively and avoid procrastination.
"Testing SkiUs" discusses wa~ to reduce anxiety, ou well as how to
prepare for and lake exams. Much of It 1s common sense, but sometimes
even that becomes elus1ve when the academic pace seems to quicken.
That 's when th1s well -designed Web site from the l..eammg Center at
the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Mmn .. will seem most useful
and help to put matters into perspective. It 's a1med at college students.
but high schoolcrs and adults can find sensible informallon about re-cti

Muriel MooreHoward , president of

money raised during
the campaign makes a
difference to local agencies and organizations

Midterms .,rudy7 But we just got hen!! If the realities of student
life are just now sinking in, perhaps it 's time for a n:vicw of good study
habits and test-taking skills.
The Study Guides and Strategies Web site at &lt;http: / 1
w w w . l u . . -.... /studygulcles!lndu-htm&gt; isanexcdlentcompilation of advice and guidance on a variery of topics, including tips for
bener learning, classroom participation, studying and test preparabOn.

menL"

Campaign volunteers, made up of
faculty and staff mem- ,...,r-----------,,-:::,--:
ben from departments.
and offices across the
two campuses, gath·
ered SepL 22 in the University Inn and Conference Cmter to pick up
bags of campaign materials and to learn

oot

Buffalo State College,
former UB vice president for pubtic semce
and urban affairs, and chair of the
1999 Buffalo and Erie Co unt y
United Way Campaign, reiterated
UB'sstatusas one of the largest contributor&gt; nationally to United Way

tife skills, too.

SUA._....,. loldt-off ....t.

paign work are all of the faculty and
staff that step up and contribute, as
well as the leadership group made
up of representatives from the vari-

ous units who verydircctly influence
the campaign's success."
Robert Bennett, president of the
United Way of Buffalo and Erie

higher education.
She &lt;mphasized her betief that the
campaign should involve more

Olsen with a gift recognizing UB as
having the greatest numbetof"lead-

young people since "they are our fu-

ers-in-giving" in Erie County during last year's campaign and for

leading the campaign in higher education.

"It is with great pride that I am
able to talk about UB as one of the

There are numerous pages devoted to wntmg and readmg skills. plw.
a section entitled "Webtruth ," which deals with the increasmgly lmJXlr
tant issues of eva1 uating and understanding Web sites. Hundreds of
lin~ to useful resources from publishers and other universit aes lead m
many wise and diverse directions, but there's a search feature that al
lows you to seek keywords with Boolean effic1ency.
And, if that isn't help enough, tile materiaJ on the site has been tranll lated int o severaJ foreign languages, including German , French,ltaJ1an.
Ganda, Russian, Chinese. Arabic and Turlosh.

campaignS among institutions of

County, presented Greiner and

For help wrth conneamg to the World \Vide Web, comacr tht' CIT Help
Desk at 645-3542.

ture." She said she has identified,
1

-Will Hepfer and Nancy Schiller. Unrvrrsr()• Libranes

with the help of Dennis Black. UB
vice president for student affairs. 25
UB students who will volunteer their
time in the community throughout
the year, a practice she would likt to
see continued in years to come.

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Classical Indian dancer to give
solo performance at UB

Program to focus on innovation
By W£H IOOUIIIAUM
News Services Editor

ALO Alto, Calif. Albu querque, N.M. Buffalo,
N.Y.
Buffalo!
That's right. Just as these two
thriving sun belt cities did this past
spring. Buffalo will host a Council

P

on Competitiveness presentation on
innovation on OcL 28 at UB.It will

be held at noon in the Cmter for the
Arts on the North Campus.
Sponsored by the School of Engineering and Apptied Sciences as
part o'r-its third annual IndustryUniversity Day, the Buffalo meeting
is being presented by the Council on
Competitiveness, based in Washington,D.C.
The council, considered an intel ligence-gathering group for major
U.S. corporations, is a nonpartisan,
nonprofit organization dedicated to
driving U.S. economic competitiveness in"world markets.
Aimed at chief executives. senior
managers, community leaders and
others who want to be part of mak-

ing.Buffalo thrive economically, the
event is being planned with broad
participation from major corporations and firms in the region, as well
as from important new playm. such
as th~ New Millennium and the 21st
Century groups.
The forum is designed to spur in
regions across the U.S. a dialogue
abo ut "The New Challenge to
America's Prosperity : Findings
from the Innovation Index," a

Council on CompetitiVeness study
that sounds a " wake-up caW' to
American industry._

GaryT.DiCamillo,chairmanand
chief executiv&lt; officer of Polaroid,
Inc., will be the keynote speaker. He
will speak about the findings of the
council's innovation index from the
perspectiV&lt; of an individual corporation.
The Innovation lndc:x. grew out of
discussions with chief executives,
academics and labor leaders that

were sponsored by the Council on
Competitiveness.

Mark Karwan, dean of the school
of engineering, was one of the few
academics who was invited to participate.
"This report and the focus of our
lndustry/Univenity Day meeting is
about improving the ability ofbusiness to innovate," he said. " It 's easy
to say that other countries can al ways make something cheaper than
the U.S. can, and in many cases that's
true. What we as a nation and a region need to do is to be innovators,
who are protected elther by patents
or other mechan isms, so that we
continue to develop products and
processes that allow us to be com-

petitive."
Karwan cited local examples of
companies taking leading positions
in their industries, such a~
Powertrain, which obtained the
contract for the new world engine.
and American Axle, whkh invested
in the most modem technologies
and equipment and implement¢

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aggressive training programs much of which are done through
UB's Business Alliance.
.. The manufacturing sector has

Indian dasskal dancer and teacher Pandit lagdish Gan gam will per form at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the Drama Theatre in the Cen\er for thc
Arts on the North Cam pus.

stabilized." said Karwan, "but now

member of the Faculty of Performing Arts at the Maharaja Sayajirao

industries-and universities as their

University of Baroda (MSU ) in Vadodara, India, and will come to UB
under the auspices of the recently established exchange program between MSU and UB. Gangani will spend two weeks al UB teaching sev
era! jazz and tap dance courses in the Department ofTheatre and Dance.
He is one of the leading practitioncn of Kathak, a major form of
classical dance-drama in India that is based on movement ta.ken from
life and is q,aracterized by rapid footwork and complex rhythms articulated by the heavy ankle beUs the dancer&gt; wear.
Gangani 's performan~.:e will be presented by the Office of interna ·

A highly regarded practitioner of classical Indian dance, Gangaru

partners--have to continue to inno-

vate in processes and products."
He noted that in order to do that ,
companies and educational institu tions alike must figure out ways to
keep pace with the rising cost of
maintaining a sound research infra strudure.
"UB has some strengths here, in
terms of maintaining state-of-theart equipment in research labs and
in student and faculty IT faciliti es,"

said Karwan.
The Innovation index, which was

developed by Michael Porter of the
Harvard Business School and Scott
Stern of the Sloan School at the
Massachusetts lnstituteofTechnol·
ogy. uses statistical methods to iden tify fadors that influence the innovative power of nations. The repon
warns that , while currently in the
drivers' seat of the global economy.
the U.S. soon may be vulnerable
economically because the competition is rapidly gaining.
Planning for Industry/University
Day was coordinated by Kenneth A.
Manning, an alumnus of th e UB
engineering and law schools, now a

partner in Philtips. Lytle, Hitchcock,
Blaine &amp; Huber, LLP.
Anyone interested in attending
the luncheon should comad Robcrt Barnes at 645-2768.

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tionaJ Education, the Center for the Ans. the English Language Insti tute and Triveni. Tickets are available at the Center for the Arts' Box
Office and at all Ticketmaster locations. To charge tickets, call 852 ·5000.
For mo re information, cali645 -ARTS.

UB to present symposium
on ((literary philosophers"

Ull-

host • symposium tomorrow and Saturday on "literary Philosophers! Borges. Calvino. Eco,• three distinguished writers known for thcor
metaphysical fiction and intriguing explorations of logic and paradox.
The symposium, sponsored by the SanlUel P. Capen Cluur m Philosophy, will be held from 3-6:30 p.m. tomorrow and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdav
in the Center for inquiry, 1310 Sweet Home Road, Amherst. Co-sponsors

are the departments of Philosophy, Comparauve UteratuLan~odem

Llnguages and literatures, aU in th&lt; CoUegc of Arts and So~
The program will feat ure U.S. and Canadian scholar&gt; from th&lt; field'
of philosophy, comparative literature and modern languages who wiiJ
discuss 'i:Ti'eir recent work on these authors and rMCthods of explonng
philosophy in a literary form.
Novelist and scholar Umberto E.co 1~ a mt-dlevahst and author o ( the
widely read novel "'The Name of the Rose,'· whrch was made mt o a
popular movie.
Jorge Luis Borges was a essaytst and short -story wn tc:r from Argen
tina, and ILaJo Calvina. an Italian novdsst and shon ·story wntcr.
For more information,contad the Depanment of Philosophy at 04 5·
2444, ext . 135, or at &lt;http:/ / wlngs.buffolo.edu/ phllosophy/

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and exterior doors are controlled
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tatinns on th&lt;se topics. The pmentations
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N complianct with
the requirements of the fed erallaw, and in an effort to
promote the personal safety

of th&lt;acadmric community,

agmcy. lt has an offia:on th&lt; North
(An-lh&lt;nt) Campus in Bissdl Hall and
a sub-station on the South (Main
St=t) Campus in Clem&lt;nt Hall to 13cilitate th&lt; reporting. pm'Cltion and
investigation of aiminal activities and

the foUowing information has been
pn:pared for campus review. The information is updated on an annuaJ . to provide for prompt response to
basis and is available to all current other emergencies.
Memb&lt;rs of the academic comstudents and employees. and to prospective students and employttS on munity and visitors to the campus
are
encouraged to rrport ai.mes to
request.
This report focuses on university the dq&gt;artm&lt;n~s dispau:h&lt;r &amp;om any
programs, propertjes and facilities campus tel&lt;phone at =. Crimes

owned or cont roUed by the universit y. UB has ca mpu ses located

within the City of Buffalo and Town
of Amherst, and each municipality

has law enforcement agenci~ and
maintains crime statistics. For informatio n on safety and crime in the
local communities, contact Univer-

sit y Polic&lt;. (Consult the "Living Off
Campus" brochure produced by
Commuter Services in the Office of
Student Activiti es and the Personal
.\afcty Committee ).
The university is concerned about
en me in the community and works
with locaJ law enforcement agencies
•n !.he investigation of crimes and
the promotio n of safety-awareness
programs aimed at reducing the
number of incidents.
The following describes cul"'"enl
C""'f'UI

dures -

policies

~

proce-

fiOCIIItJU for reponing

- -.. --vondes occwring Oft ......... polldes conc:emklg the lnstttudon's response to such ..._u.

UnMrsity Potie&lt; is the university's

full-polict status and th&lt; state authority to enforce and investigat&lt;
violations of all laws and r&lt;gulations.
Th&lt; d&lt;partment is in daily contact
with th&lt; City of Buffalo and Town
of Amh&lt;m polia dq&gt;artments, th&lt;
Eri&lt; County Sheriff's Department
and th&lt; N&lt;W York Stat&lt; Police. Th&lt;
d&lt;partm&lt;nt maintains 24-hour-aday radio and td&lt;typ&lt; contact with
area law-enforcement agencies.
In posters, m&lt;dia publicity and
many broch ures (includin g the
.. Safety A~aren ess ," " Livi ng Off

and emergmcies also can b&lt; f"e\'On&lt;d Campus,"and"Pr=tingAc.quainby using on&lt; of the campus' 28 stra- tan&lt;% Rap&lt;"brochures), 111&lt;mben of
tegically locat&lt;d "blue light" tele- the campus oommunity ar&lt; dir&lt;rted
phones that immediatelyconna:t the to dial 2222 on campus and 911 off
caller with University Potie&lt;'s dis- campus to report crimes or in the
patch office. This offie&lt; is operated &lt;Vmt of any criminal. m&lt;dical or fire
24 hours a day, seven days a week and em&lt;rg&lt;ncy.
dispatches patrols to emergency calls
' T h o , _ . . . , - the type
and to investigate repons of crimi - •nd f,....ncy of c••pcu pronal activity. As appropriate, the de- grat~~s cleslgnecl to l11f.,. stu_ _ to _ _ _ _
partment interacts with local crisis-

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units. &lt;mergency health-car&lt; agencies and prosecutors.
Tho f - . g .... the curftnl urnpus policies concemmg MCUrlty
and ac:nu to ampus fac81tta, Including ca.rnpus residences, and
seaar1ty com.lcluotlcwo
the

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The campus has a Perwnal Safety
Committ«, which cdhducts facili ti es audits from a safety perspective.
Deficiencies are identified and corrected when reported . Campus
community members with security
concerns should contact University

Potie&lt; dir&lt;ctly.

These st.atisbc.s reveal the nature and frequency of reported cri_!!}e"on the
Univenity at Buffalo campuses. In accordance with the revi~ Campus Security Act. the more inclusive category of sexual offenses• fias now replaced

that of rape. In t~ cateqory of burglary, forced entries are rare: the majority
of thefU are from unlocked student rooms. One of the most challenging
tasks we have is to educate students to lock their rooms at all times.

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University Police offic&lt;rs conduct
crime-prevention and awareness
programs lOr the campus, encour,
aging memben of the community
to take responsibility for their own
safety. They presc:nt saf&lt;ty videos;
distribute print&lt;d mat&lt;rials; discuss
saf&lt;ty topics with student, faculty,
and staff groups; publish safety
alerts, and participate in campuswide safety events.
The campus has an active crime·
p revention and safety-awareness

program. University Potict officers
conduct a series of campus programs on topics related to saual

assault,self-def&lt;nse, perwnal safety
and general crime prevention. Pre·
sentations are made in the residence

halls. at employ« and student orientation programs. campus activity
fairs, and for campus bargaining
units. To make arrangements for a
group presentation, call University
Police directly. lnformation about
University Police also is available on

the Internet at &lt;http://www.pubticsafety.buffalo.&lt;du&gt;.
The Campus Personal Safety Task
Force prepares an annual report on
campus security for review. The task

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M'ld non..lon:it::llc! .Kb (\UtUiory ~. onc!N, crrt., c...,. ol wO&lt;Uill mnconduct)
Scone 1997 ~· c~ Rf'POIU

force also conducts open forums.
distributes prin ted information and
arranges for appropriate campus
safety-related signagc. The director
of University Police serves as chair
of the task force.
In addition, safety and security
programs for students are offered by
the offices of residence life and student activities. Resid~n tial students
discuss safety issues at mandatory
floor meetings and are provided with

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Local community law;-enforcanmt
agencies= encouraged to monitor
and respond to aiminal activities
mgaged in by off-campus students enfo rcement authorities and the
and studmt organizations. Th&lt; university's willingness to assist.
If victims wish to pR$5 charges.
campus participOtes in • neighborhood advOOry board to monitor th&lt; IIDMrsity will arrest .and charg&lt;
th&lt;
acxused offmd&lt;r on campus.
student activity in the area surrounding th&lt; South Campus, l.aw- Disciplinary action could indud&lt;
&lt;nfor=nent personnd and com- dismissal from th&lt; IIDMrsity. Th&lt;
munity l&lt;ad&lt;rs
invited to m&lt;et accuser and th&lt; acxused will hav.
annually with student organization thtir legal rights maintain&lt;d. includl&lt;adership, partkularly th&lt; campus ing th&lt; sam&lt; right to hav&lt; oth&lt;rs
present during disciplinary h&lt;arfn.tm&gt;iti.,. and sororities.
Students ""' advised that if they . ings. and both will b&lt; inform«! of
th&lt;outa&gt;m&lt;
of any internal and aar&lt; appr&lt;hended lOr a violation of a
law of th&lt; community, state, or oa- temal proceedings.
The victim will b&lt; notifi&lt;d of availtion, it is the university's position
not to request or agree to special able oounseling. m&lt;Dtal-health ;.oo
consideration for the student ~ oth&lt;r S&lt;rVices, both on campus and
cause of his or h&lt;r stud&lt;nt status. in th&lt; community. Univa-sity Police
Stud&lt;nts who viola!&lt; a local ordi- and l1niY&lt;rsity Health Services will
nane&lt; or any law risk th&lt; legal pen- provide a Crisis Services Sexual Malties prescrib&lt;d by civil authorities. saulL Advocat&lt; and femal&lt; otlicers
arcavailabl&lt; to assist at all times.
Victims also bav&lt;. th&lt; right to
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a S&lt;XJJal assault, it is importont that
&lt;vidence b&lt; preserved
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The campus complies with stat&lt;
and federal laws i-&lt;garding th&lt; possession, sale and consumption of alcohol and illegal drugs. AD students
arc providtd with an annual DrugFr« Schools and Community Act
compliance statem&lt;nt, which details

campus policies, treatment and

counsding progrims.and &lt;ducation
efforts. Faculty and staff memben
receive this statement and th&lt; campus Drug-Free Workplace Policy.
For additional copies of these
potici&lt;S,contact th&lt; Division of Student Affairs (542 Capen· Hall) or
Personnel Services ( 108 Crofts Hall).

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Th&lt; unMrsity conducts a number
oftraining and iniOnnation programs
to f.uniliariu faculty, staff and students with the proc&lt;dw.s to follow
should a ...,.W assault occur. These
programs are conduct&lt;d by UnM:rsity Po~ UnM:rsity Health Services.
UnMrsity R&lt;sidencr Halls. the Oflice
of Student Activities and by student
groups. induding the Anti-Rape Task
Force and the Sexuality Education
C&lt;nter.Reiidentstudentsattcndmandatory Boor medin!}' on this topic,
and the topic also is covn&lt;d in the
university's orientation sessions.
Students arc informed that in the
event of a sexual assault, the university will impose maximum d isciplinary sanctions. It advises the vic·
tim ofhis or her rights to notify law-

Information concerni ng the

university's scmal-assaldt protocol
and prevention arr available in a
n umber of university brochures,
which are widely distribut&lt;d on
campus. Th&lt;r&lt; also is a r&lt;eord&lt;d
sexual-assault information line
(645-3411) fo r information on action to take in th&lt; &lt;Vent of a sexual
assault, options in r&lt;porting and resources availab&amp;e to a victim.

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Univmity Polia publishes a weekly
listing of crim&lt; on campus that d.tails the date, time, location and offense ofall campus aiminal incidents.
Th&lt; listing is circulated to campus offices and issummariud weekly in the

student newspape&lt;~The
In addition, U ·
ce uses
the stud&lt;nt newspap&lt;r, e SpectTUm, telephone calls. post&lt;rs and local media to oommunicate more ur·
gent security inf~rmation and can
provide bulletins todq&gt;artm&lt;nts and
units o n crime activity as warranted..
Prepared by:

Office ol the VICe President for Student
Affairs and UnNmity Police in comp/i·
once with the lederol Student Right-toK,_ and~.,_ S«urity Act (Title II
- Crime Awareness and Campus Security). 9199

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7

Enrollment

UB is being rden:ed to more and
more :is SUNY's "technology campus," which also has helped in attracting and retaining students, he
said, adding that recent surveys
completed by this ~s freshmen
indicate that N=s99 played a significant role in their decision to
cometoUB.
A third contributing factor, said
Sullivan, was the "heightmed awareness about the importance ofenrollment in increasing the budget_" Under SUNY's new budget allocation
process (BAP), thec3mpuskeepsall
of its tujtion revenue.
"We directly linked enrollment to
the budget like we never ba.., before
and the deans have really responded
to it, especially in the graduate
schools," he explained Based on the
n~ revenuerincentive-based budget model, UB will rc:a:ive a pro,
jected $4.5 million in "marginal" tu-

ition revenue for the 1999-2000 aca demic year, whidl will« distributed
among units according w their enrollment figures_
.. Deans are starting to see the impact of enrollment perfonnance on
their budgets," Sullivan added, but
noted there has been a "variable respon.se'" and that some areas have
done better than oth~ in terms of
recruiting.
"We worked with each unit to
develop a target figure, or baseline,"
said SuiJivan_ According to the tuition-revenue incentive program, a
component ofUB's new"all-funds"
approach to budgeting, individual
units will receive 6o percent of the
"marginal" tuition revenue for each
student that meets its target, Sullivan
explains. The incenfu is that the allocation jumps to 90 percent for
each student that exceeds that target figun_

foot~ all

Revenues will be= d istributed to
individual units according to th is
method, probabl y by the end of
Spring 2000, he said.
Sullivan added that with 887
more students on campus than in
Fall 1998, the university has generated 16,338 mo re credit hoursNan
increase of 5.6 percent from last
year's credit-hour levels-which has
increased workload significantly.
In spite of this year's high enrollments, UB standards have not suf~
fered.Aithougb the mean combined
SAT score for this year's freshman
class is down slightly, from 1145 to
1137, nearly one-third of the fresh men this year have combined scores

Ohio Unlvenity 45, UB 6

Jamel Pottenon rushed lor •
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I80 yank on 17 carries

V&gt;d()n;o~,.,.-bledfo.- ,

393 yank on &lt;he pound;, postinz
• 4!H. Mld-Atneriao Carlerence
viao&lt;y "'"' vbitinc UB s.w.day
nllf&gt;&lt;"'- Sc&gt;dk.m .. .
Cln;o.

. The Bobats (1 -3)
a SU'Dfl&amp; first quarter by
the BuHs (0-3) V&gt;d slowly """'
down the o.jury-deple&lt;ed ~­
UB.Io.-cedtopbywidlouttwe

O"'ef"QrT"Te

sattlng - - linemen. fell to
0.2;, MAC conr.renc. pby.
The Bulb Jumped out to
Vl early 3-0 ~on a .l+y.ard field

pi by Scou Koller wid&gt; 6:3 I ten
.. the first quarto&lt; V&gt;d tied the

~1,200.

game at 6-6 on a 37~yard ~~
field pi wttlt1f.l7 ten ;n the fim
holf.Tho.. field goals_..
=dwld&gt;ed ""'-"'&lt;~ • Raynold Roy

Sullivan noted that while fall en-

rollments are up in general among
most colleges and universities in
WestemNcv1York,UB'snumbersare
up more, rdative to other institutions.

six-yard touchdown run.

T h e - pby ol the
game came b.te In the second
when. on a third-and-four ptay from the UB I /-yard line, P:attenon
broke three taddes behind the line of scl"immage and scored the ~g
touc::hdawn du.t set off Ml avalanche of 39 straight points by the Bobcats.
The Bulls. despite pining 3 IS yards of total o&amp;nse. ~ 'ft'tn able to
score a touChdown and now have been hf!kf without a touChdown for more
than eight quarters.
''There were some positives ~ du.t we were able co rnc:we the baJI down
the field. but certainly we"d rathet- tgve toUChdowns instead of field goals." said
Bulls head coach Craig Cirbus.. 'We were mc:wing the baJI and we ~ hokiing
them in the fim quarter. so those are some of the encounrging things."
Senter fb.nker Drew Haddad rontinued his assault on the UB record bc:x&gt;k
with another glittering perfonmnc.e. Haddad had eight catches for 140 yards.
the 12ch time in his career hf! has gone over I 00 yards receiving In a game . .11
new school record.
''The whole defense from Ohio did a good tab."" said Haddad. " It was one of
those things where we coukfn't punch the ball in. their defense hekt us ~
time.We had drives but we just coukfn"t seem to score."
Sophomono qwroorl&gt;"k Joe !'reedy hod • rough nlghc ~ ~ •
new career high wtth 220 yards pusing on 17-of-lO aerials. Freedy wu u cked
six times Oilld intercepted three times as the Bobaa defense UJmed up the
heat after the first quarter.
Redshirt freshfTWl tailback Bam McDonald had a career-high 22 carries fOI"
81 yanis fOr the Bulls, while eight end Bnndon SNughneuy had three atthes
for 30 yards.
Defensively. the Bulls got ;v10ther suong game from ~ safety Craig Rohlfs..
Rohlfs led the Bulls with nine tackles and forced a hmble, while insKie
linebacker Ouis Shelty had eight tackles md a fon:ed fumble.
Orbus agreed that Ohio's running attack was the key to the game.
"'They were getting to our flank awfully successfully," Aid Orbus. "'Between
outSide peopae and secondary pby. we just couldn't stop them. we coukfn't
contakl them. Then our lack of depth and our fatigue rr:alty made it a dtsuter
later on in the game.
"I toki them ~·re not going to be the least bit discouraged with this
pme,"' soid Ort&gt;us."They pbyed their heoru out."
~

Fall
Fest
Feats
art major from Queens,
takes to the dance floor
during Fall Fest, held
Saturday in Alumni Arena .

~o~~er

Reel Big Fish was the

MEN 'S

headliner for the event,
which was presented by the

UB 1 . SienaO
UB l. Delaware 0

Student Association and the

Alter droppi,;g three of four games. the Bulls kaYe rebound@d to win two
m-:alght. UB defeated Siena College 2-0 .lind then went on the road co defeat
Oebware_3-0 last Saturday.

University Union Activities

WOMEN'S

Board.

UB l,Toledo 2 (OT)

UB l, Bowling Green 0

Cancer drugs
contlrued--1

high intensity. Until rc:a:ntly, most
two-photon materials have been

avoids injury to the cell, thus allowing repeated ~lion of living

capable only of a very weak absorption of two photons, making them

cause the concentration is too low,"
said Prasad... But yo u begin to sec it
accumulate on the ccU, then in the

inadequate for most applications.

The materials developed by
Prasad's team over the past four
years have exhibited strong mul-

cytoplasm and finally in the nucleus,
with the whole process taking about
· half an hour."

ti photon absorption, as weB as
strong fluorescence emission.

For this research, the VB scientists
custom-designed C625, which ab.sorbs two photons of light at 800
nanometers. so that it can be used
with the laser-scanning microscope.
The material's twO-photon capabilities allow the scientists to use in-

by optical sectioning of cells treated

Other co ~ auth o r s a re Xiopen g
Wang . d oc t o ral
ca ndidat e;
Mohammed AI -Nuri, postdoctoral
researcher, and Haridas E. Pudavar,
postdoctoral researcher, all in the
Depa rtment of Chemistry; Linda).
Krebs, a doctoral student in the De ~
partment of Physio logy a nd Bi ophysics in the School of Medicine
and Bio medical Sciences and the
Department of O ra1 Biology in the
School of Dental Medicine , and

with AN- 152-C625, where a beam
of light from the microscope is fo-

Saswati Ghosal of Laser Photonics
Technologies, Inc.

The--

the ontry of
the d"'9 Into the cytoplasm
•nd nuclei of the cancer cells.

frared light- not damaging ultra-

cells," explained E.). Bergey, research

violet light-to cause C625 to flu o-

assistant professor of chemistry and
a member of Prasad's team.
Generation of the image is d o ne

resce.
''The advantage of using two photon laser-scanning microscopy

is that the short pulsed near-infrared light used to excite the C625

cused on different planes of the cell.
one at a time.
"When the AN - 152-C625 is out side of the cell, we do not see it be-

\

US is off to the best start in school h istory wn::h Oill 8-0-1 ~ord. The Bulls
extended the unbeaten struk to nine games with t'WO MAC wins this past
~d. a 3-2 OV'er"time win at T~ and a 3-0 shutout win at Bowting Green
The nine-game unbeaten streak matches the longest unbeaten streak in the
program"s history. In the 1982~3 seasons. the Bulls also went nine games
without a ~ss. five games at the end o f the 1982 season and bur games at the
begmning of the I983 se.uon.

Volle~~all
Ea.stem Hich1pn 3, UB 2 ( 15-6, 15-12, 5-15 ,8-15, 9-15)
Marshall 3, UB 0 (9-15 , 6-15 , 12-15)
Sophomore outside hitter Keri Shiels recorded 22 kills and 27 digs in two Mid·
American Conference matches this pan weekend Sh~s a.llied I I kills Mld 16
kills ln a frve.game loss to Eastern Michigan on Sept. 21 and I I kills and I I dtgS
in .11 three-game loss at Marshall Friday n1ghl. On .liVe[olge. ~ iefs reco rded 2.75
kills per game ;and 3.37 digs per game in the cwo rN.~j

Lross.Lount~
Men placed fourth at Western lnternation'"il Invitational
Women placed thir-d at Western lnternationaJ Invitational
The Bulls traYeled co Ontario to a. lee p;~rt in che 25ch AnllU4lil Westem
International Cross Country Invitational u Thames Valley Goff Cou~e The
women placed third (93 points) out of 12 teams, while the men fi mshf!d fourth
( Ill potna)outofafiekfof 12.
Senior Casey Spencer crossed che hne fi~t for UB ;u 18:5 7 fOI" a tenthplace overall fin ish In the women's S.OOO meter race. junior 61een Rose fin1shed
dosety behind Spencer in 12ch place ( 19:02). Junior Tony Oavtd w.u us·s cop
male finisher in the IOk race . He placed sixth overall with a time ol 32.37

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· Moinslage. 7 p.m. S20, S17,
· S14, stu&lt;lents S12. For""""
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Soccer
UB vs. Western Michigan.
RAC Field. 7 p.m. free.

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WNYTOC at 636-3626.

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A Quarter Century of
Breakthroughs In NuD.ing
Researd'l. Sue K. Donaldson,
dean, School of N~,o~rsing, The
Johns Hopkins Univ. Center for
Tomorrow. 4:30p.m. Free. but

2

s.-hlng Blologlal
Abstnlcts. CaPOf1 127,

Women's Tennis

~tence and Engineering

l.lbnry-...op

UB vs. St. Francis. UB Tennis

Center, Elliott Com~ . 3 p.m.
Fret.

Safety AwaNne:U In
Un'-'lty Heights

SchooiiLaw School CLoss of '61 :ISYear Reunion. Country Club of
Buffalo. 6 p.m. for more

Operation Ooorhanger. Gloria
a . m.~ p.m. Free. S~ by

~:"J;"s~~%th&lt;for

more infOfTl'lation, Hea~
Ward, 829-2584 or Toby

Shapiro, 645-6125 .

Friday, October

I

Library. For more information,

Jill Hack0f1berg, 645-2946.

"""" Information, Sonia Cineli.
6-45-6125.

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. inlormition, 6-45-3110.

~;'~otSWdent
Activities. For ,.,.

kl \'ugOOioola . - - o..td Al6ohorl. Allen
. Hoi. I p.m. Free. For ,..,.

: Exhibits

. informollon, Sonia Cinefti, 6-456125.

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t.w.

~~~~250

5
lAI Cybrules TOMhlng

information, Stuart Gellman,
875-1406.

c--...op
~~~~~ON) f6r

Football
UB vs. North«n Illinois. UB
Stadium. 7 p.m. S10, S8, S6;
Students lree.

Undef'Qrodulte Ubr.uy. 2-3
p.m. f"'rft (Open only 10 UB
students, faaJity and staff). for

==:.'~~-mr.n.s
- - - , . a t 4 Plus

Sunday

l.ectun!: The Memoir&gt; of

~=:~o-

3

Rutt0f1burg. Unlv. of ~omla,
B&lt;ri&lt;eley. 309 Clemens. 3:30

p.m. Free. For more

Women'1 Soccer
UB vs. Northern Illinois. RAC

Field. 1 p.m. Free.

1nformation, 64S-l810.

Physics Seminar
Incoherent Pair Tunneling as
a Probe of
Cupnte

tho

Dance Performance

Pandlt)aQdlsh Gangonl

(Indian. Classical Dance).
Cent~ for the Arts. Drama
Thea~. 3:30p.m. S10
general, SS stUdenU (in
iidvance); S12 Qenef31, S6
students: (dly ~ormance).

~~trEduca~, Cent~

for th&lt; Arts, l'r_l!lfosh language
Institute and Tnveni. For more
intonnation, 64S-ARTS.

~~~l~b.1f,~·
Natural SCiences Comp~.
3:45 p.m. Free.

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Student Union. Noon. Free.
Spomor.d by Office of Student
Activitl&lt;s. for,.,.
information, Sonia Ci~li. 6456125.

Thursday

7

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Artist Tony Matelll has token a
unique stonce lh th&lt; explooltion
of nature versus cuttu~ by
recrNting famill1r ~
sort that "sprout lll&lt;e
elegant anger on th&lt; concm.
sweep of uiban Ameria"-ln
an exhibit that captures how
these often unwanted planU
reflect th&lt; social quest for

.-ious

~and con~.

~rougF~'O ~"&amp;::&gt;'

llgh!Well
adjacent 10 the
main UB Art tery in the
Cenl6 for th&lt; Arts. North
Campus. Gallery hours are Wed.
through Sit frOm 10:30 a.m. 10
8 p.m. and Sun. from noon to S

p.m.

~:nc~~ng.
lnfonnation Technology
Spedalisl. Baird R...al&lt;h Pari&lt;,
. Rm. 220, 1576 Sweet Home
Rd, Amhef&gt;t 12:3()..4:30 p.m.
Free. Sponsorod by w.stem
New Yort&lt; Technology
Development
for """"
inlonnallon, WNYTOC at 6363626.

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5aoenlng Room. 4 p .m . Free.
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Saturday

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5-7 p.m. flft. For ,.,.
informallon, 6-45-QlB, ext
1350.

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. Elen Christlon5en. Educ.
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PAGE 6

UB researchers find link between
melatonin and bone growth

September 23.1!91/vm.31.No.5

Weed
World
Sculpted dandelions and
other familiar weeds have
crept into the Lightwell
Gallery in the Center for the
Arts as part of Toni Matelli's
" ABANDON" exhibit, on
display through March 10.
(see story, page 6)

Greiner addresses the Voting Faculty
President's pres~tation touches on highlights ofpast year, looks ahead to the future
By MAltA MCGINNIS
Rl!pOI'ter Assistant Editor

P

RESIDENT William R.
G reiner touched o n sev·
eral significant university
successes of the past year,
major long-tenn goals and specific
faculty roncerns in his annual report
to the Voting Faculty on Tuesday.
Greiner first recognized the fac ulty members who have left UB, as
well as those who have achieved new
positions. He ~ported that II new
full professors have joined UB's fac ulty over the course of the past year,
while 26 have been promoted to full
professors.
Greiner, who said that a search is
under way for a new p rovost, noted
that new deans will have to be identified in the upcoming year for the
Graduate School of Education, the
School of Architecture and Planning,
and the School oflnfonnation Stud·
ies in the College of Arts and Sciences
(CAS).

He pointed out that althoug h

Hearing and Deafness. and the col-

CAS currently is overextended in its · labora tion between UB and Roswell
expenditures due to "aggressive ap- Park Cancer Institute. "I think the

pointmcnts" of new fac ulty and
staff, increased enrollment this fall
should drive the additional income
of the college up by a ..couple mil lion dollars."
Greiner recognized this year's disap~intingst:atebudgetoutromeand

emphasized the need for VB to di versify its revenue sources, as it is now
in "theeraofa11-fundsbudgeting." He
pointed out Ne-.vYork'sdistinaion as
50th in the country as fur as state tax
support for higher education and
notedthat "weh&lt;rVCmadcsomeenormous forward progress over the last
IOyeani in every area under very, very
difficult circumstances."
Greiner also touched on major
organized resea rch accomp lis h rnents in the past year, including the
Center for Computational Research;
the Institute for Lasers, Pho tonics
and Biophotonics; The Cen ter for

UB-RosweUcombination will \x extraordinary in rcmns o( advancin~
biomedical research and health
care," G reiner noted. adding that by
standing togethe r, the rwo lnstitu lions wjJI be much more effect ive in
pursuing these initiatives.
In terms of health affuirs,he noted
the importance or the reorgani1..a tion efforts or the medical school's
practice plan, the merger and consolida tion or clinical departments
and the pursuit of plans to establish
a significant university presence on
High Street in downtown Buffalo.
Greiner reported that the ~num bers are very good " in terms of thi!o.
fa ll 's enrollment and emphasi1..ed
the recruitment of 330 new gradu ate students, which he callr:d "a very
important number for us."
Compared to last yea r, total en rqllment is up by 900 students and

appl ica tiom. increased by8 percent.
he S.'1 id. "A lot of people worked verr

hard on this and I'd like to thank all
of them," said Greiner about then:cruitment success...Our goal is to be.~
back at 25.000 jn the next three to
five years," he said, adding that a rea sonable long-term goal for UB will
be to increase that number to 30,000
over the next 10 years.
Greiner noted the importance ol
"wise and effective Uses of technol ogy .. at VB and touched on several
importa nt developments in thi s
area, including a major grant from
the Pew Charitable Trust. Access99 ,
the creation or the Educational
Technology Center as a resou rce for
facu lty. and the implementation of
:&lt;oeveral distanct·~ l carning course~
and programs. ··we mtcnd to be a
residential campus. but we also Jn tend to extend what we can do (in
terms of distance-learning ) veryag·
gressively," he added.
cont'"-d- ,_,.'

Frank Brady appointed dean ofHRP
By LOIS BAXER
News Services Editor

F

RANK 0. Brady, dean of
th e D ivi sion of Hea lt h
Sciences at the Un iversity
of So uth Dakota School
o f Med ic in e, h as been named
dean of th e Schoo l of Health Re ·
Ia ted Profess i~ns.
Brady will assume th e position
next m o nth. H e replaces Barry C.
Eckert , who h as been named a~­
ciate provost for institutional edu cational collaboration .
"Frank Brady will bring us, as the
newly appointed dean of the School
of HeaJth Related Professions, substan tial academic and professional
reputation, plus significant experi ence with the North Central Association as an accredilation examiner," said Provost David 1. Triggle.

Brady also has
"extensi ve
teaching, resea rch and
m anage m ent
strengths, and
h as been actively involved
in programs
that en h ance
management .
administra tive and ~ommunity relations," Triggle added.
Brady. who a lso will hold the
fac ult y position of profe ssor or
clinical labo ratory sciences and
nutrition , earned his doctorate in
bioche mi stry from Duke University in 1969. He spent four years
as a postdocto ra l research fellow
at Columbia Univers it y before
joining the bioch emistry fac ult y

\

at the Univers ity of South Da
kota. H e was promoted to full
professo r in \982 and was namt·d
dean of tht&gt; health SCiences divi sion in 1992.
During his tenu re . Brady was :1
visiting sc ienti st at the MRC Toxt cology Unit in Carshahon . Surn•,
Eng land , and from Jul y \988 to
December 1991. spent one-q uar ·
ter of hi s proft&gt;ssJonal t1me as a
KcllofllNational Leadership Fcl ·
low, sponsored by the W.K .
Kdlogg Foundation . During hi !&gt;
fe llows hip, he traveled throughout
th e U.S. and ab road, participating
tn activities in Antarctica, Venczuela, C h ina and Ca nada.
He has held five rcsearch granb,
including three from the National
In s titutes or Health (N IH ), to
study the function of proteins that

b1nd to heavy metal!&gt;, and h a~
published 49 papers and 35 ab ·
strJI."t s 111 his research area. In ad ditton. Brady ha ... rece1ved more
than S 1.2 million 10 cduc..atJon
granb from the Department of
Health and Human Servtu.·!l to
:&lt;oupport traJnmg program.; lor
nurse anesthetJSb and phvsH.t.u1
J.SSJSIJntS .
H1!&gt; proil.'!&gt;:&lt;&gt;ll)n.tl &lt;~cit\ till'' 111
dude serving a.~ ~..hatr of the (.,reJt
Plaim R\·gwnal Re~cJr(h Com
mJttCl' of the Amt'Tilall I kart .,,
!&gt;OC.: Jatton anJ partt(lpJtm~ 111 'l'~
l'T.JI a~.-· ttVllit'!&gt; o t ttw ~JH ' , Htl l
(hem1strv Studv Sell Jon
An av1d SWIOl llll'f, Brad\ 1~ Jll
Nt :AA -certtfit'd swtm mtng rdt•rel'
and s tott• dirt•(tor of South
Dakota's Co ll egl' SwmmHng Offi cials Association.

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the particular struc:t\IRS prtS&lt;Dt oo
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conference will be Alan
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US's Center for Positron ~
T0JTl0910Phy, who will !isoJss
the used PET lmoglng in diognosing aphosio. CMot Sellets and
Dono Ritter-Schmidt; Iron! US's
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habitants of the intestinal tract of
humans and animals. They can,
however, also be found in soil, water, food or anything else that becomes contaminated with feces

from these sources.

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The symptoms..., those of an acute
gastroenteritis that devdops into a
aamping.oftm grossly bloody diarrhea Fe= is low-grade or absent.
Many cases are self-limiting. and ,..
solve in eight to 10 days without specifictmltmenl.A serious, sometimes

&amp;tal, oomplication may de..!op in
some patients in ~ the kidneys
beoome alfected. pmumably by the
Shigella tiDin, particularly in children. This is known as bernolytic
~ syndrome that can lead to

kidney fiill= and sometimes an associated bemolytic anemia.

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Antibiotics, fluid and salt replacemen~and bed rest..., the usual tmltment. Some physicians omit antibiotics but, depending on the patien~
will do supportive'""' as warrants.

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or has medlol publicity...- h
seem that •11'11

As is so often the case in infectious

disease, the first ~ition of what
are termed STEC (Shigellil toxin producing Escherichia colr) in 1982
led to the recognition of an associa·
tion between an unusuaJ serotype.
0 157:H7, and hemolytic uremi c
syndrome and bloody diarrhea further led to additional cases being
recognized in the ensuing years. The
most spectacular episode occurred

in 1993 on the West Coast in a chain
of fast-food restaurants. The outbreak was associated with consumption of undercooked ground beef.
More than 100 cases~ identified,
of which 55 developed hemolytic
uremic syndrome and four died. As
of this mom en~ most public health
laboratories have initiated active

sur..illance programs for these organisms among dysentery cases admitted to hospitals, but they do not
examine ground beef in paclting
plants.

larly of the fast~food persuasion.
you must.rdyon the..OOO..At
borne, the ~are~Cook
all ground meats to 160 degrees
Fa1u-mbeit or until the jui&lt;a run
dear.ltisprobablytimeforallthe
backyarddldsto invest in a good
meat thermometer. In addition.
because one newrknowsthe historyoffroitsand~they

should be thoroughly washed.
For the pessimist, soaking in a
solution of one teaspoon of
bleach in a gallon of water will
help disinfect produc.e.

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This is not likdy for .....at reasons.
Most pnxluas that area&lt;lvertisedas
antibacterial..., weak in their action.
A brisk swipe with brand whareYtr is
...-y unlikdy 1D lcill because outside
of incina-ation, the chemicalltilling
of organisms taUs time, more time
than the average person is willing to
wait. The principle effect or such
swabbing is d ue to simple washing of
thesw&amp;a: beingtnated.Another ..,..
son is that the antibacterial materials
are not antibiotics. They am their
efkct by chemical denaturing of the
bacteria, thus the death of an organism is an all.or-none phenomenon.
In contrast, antibiotics affect the me·
tabolism of the bacteria and interf...,
with it. If the bacteria d...Jop analternative melabolic pathway. then the
antibiotic will no longer have a targ~ whereas an antibacterial will always be able to denature its target, be

it protein, lipid or carbohydrate.
How do you protect younelf

....t ,_, homily from.•n outbreD of this type7

If you frequent restaurants, particu-

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What's ahead? We must espect
more "manmade" situatioos,sud!
as£ a&gt;U 0157:H7, to emerse- To
be sure. the "amion" of an ordinary E. a&gt;U that a&lt;quired a toxin
gene from the SIUgel/d bacillus is
not the iioult ofhwnans. But the
capacity to propopte eooanous
amounts of tainted fDod surely is
a human activity. The number of
carassesthat comprise a single lot
of ground beef these days must
simply be seen to be believed.
Now, consider a single oontami·
nated animal's meat being ground
into meat from, say 1(}.12 other
cattle.Anentirebat&lt;hofbundreds
of pounds'of ground bet:£ now is
oontarninated and if not properly
cooked, will lead to disease, if not
tragedy. Furthermote,""' must be
more aware of the real dangers
that careless disposal of la:al rnaterial can easily lead to disaster.
The final point to malct is ground
meat must be proj&gt;crly cooked
and fruits and~ properly
wasb&amp;L Your mother told you all
about it. So do it

Panel recommends guidelines for evaluations
Faculty Senate committee proposes student comments riot be published

REPORTER
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Reporter Assistant Editor

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co u rses and instructors

would conform to certain

basic university-wide guide-

lines and students• written com·

men!$ would not be published, under recommendations proposed by
the Faculty Senate Teaching and
Learning Committee to the senate's
Executive Committee last week.
While VB policy already requires
that courses be evaluated by stu·
dents, the committee originally was
asked to determine whether course
evaluations, particularly students'

written comments, should be published or otherwise made accessible
to students and whether an attempt

should be made to standardize procedures across the campus .

The report, presented by committee Chair Ronald Gentile, SUNY
Distinguished Teaching Professor in
the Department of Counseling and
Educational Psychology, noted that
thert is no point in recommending
"one best way for all; given UB's
history of non-standardized proce-

dures in regard to course evalua-

tions, but concluded that it would
be useful to implement some mini ~
mum requirements.
After s-i gnificant resea rch and

analysis by the committee on what
is known about student ratings or
instruction and bow student evaluations cue done across the campus.
committee members fo und that
..student written comments which
have no nonnative base are difficult

and procedures used to collect dati;
estlblishing. specifying. collecting
and updating ~ppropriate normative dati against which instructors
and courses would be compared,
and publishing or otherwise making course ratings, as weU as the
norms that provide the context for

interpreting those ratings. available
to those who need them.
• That units include some ques-

evaluating courses and instruaors.
The other recommendations
were sent back to the committee to
be written as a resolution.
Gentile also repotted that theoommitteeaamincdaconam raised last
ymby.Km-yGran~deanoftheCol­
lege of Arts and Sciences, about the
eligibility of non-tenured fuculty for
SUNY O!ancellor's Awards.
"We noted his (Gran~s) ooncerns.

tions designed for ·criterion-refer-

However, we found no reason to

to combine into usable composite

enced purposes on the evaluations,

data. they are not easily interpret-

since norm· referenccd compari -

able for swnmative, norm-reference

sons, by definition, do not provide
feedback or specific information on
what is commendable, what needs

implement a VB policy against nominatingjuniorfucultyforOlancellor's
Awards," Gentile reported.
Ia other business, the FSEC
passed a resolution supporting the
College at Old Westbury in its efforts to halt a "oompromiscd P""idential search."
The resoluiion asked SUNY
Chancellor John Ryan and the
Board of Trustees to allow the college to begin a "new and legitimate
search" process. The action was in
response to a "flawod~ process
that violated SUNY presidentialsearch guidelines and r&lt;Sulted in the
nQmioatioo of a single candidate"
for president of ~college.

oomparisons" and, therefore, should
not be published, Gentile reported.
However, since in some cases students' written comments provide

useful information as feedback to instructors and their units, the report
reoommends that it be left up to each
unit to decide how to use and distnbute students' written comments,

as well as quaotitltive ratings.
Other recommendations by the
committee include:
• That each unit identify some·
one to be resporutit'le for ensuring
standardiution of.the instrument

improvement and bow to improve

a given romponeulQf a course.
• That units requir&lt; those who...,
""PQDSlble for supervising instruction and malting promotion-andten= decisions be fully informed
about the new evaluation guidelines.
Senators agreed to seParate out
for further study a reoommendation
that would identify and inoorporate
other ways to document the efficacy
of instruction. since student evaluations are: only one d.imepsion of

�SepremberZJ.l!elfi'JJI. 31. No.5 Reparte.

Retirement issue fuels freeze
Expected retirements, new hires overextend CAS. budget
BY MAltA MC~S
RtpOtttr Assistant Editor

T

HE hiring freeu facing
the College of Arts and
Sciences is due largely to
an over-anticipation of
fac ult y ret irements, structural
problems, and commitments made
prior to the inception of the college, President William R Greiner
and Provost David Triggle told the
FacuJty Senate Executive Committee last week.

"The good news is, a lot of great
new faculty have been hired (in the
CAS)," Gneiner reported. "The bad
news is. if we continue to spend at
the current rate-the rate that started
when the fiscal year began in Julywe would have the &lt;:;oUege of Arts
and Sciences exaeding the state appropriation by somewhere in the
order of $2 -$3 million."
He added that Triggle is working
with CAS Dean Kerry Grant to see
that the expenditure rate in the college is brought down closer to, and
then in line with, its appropriation.
"In order to accomplish this, over
the nat year or 18 months. there
will be a tightness in hiring and
some other things," Greiner said.
"Hopes for new appointments will
be delayed and we'll have to wait for
retirements to actually occur."

Triggle explained that most of the
32 faculty~nes that have turned over
in the CAS since 1998 were due to

retirement s. However, many of
those facul ty members who were
expected to retire arc still on the
payroll because of retirement incen-

tives or simply because they intend
to leave but have not actually left.
"We have hirod against those ~ es
and are still paying old ones," said
Triggle, adding that the CAS hired
38 full-time, tenure-track faculty
and several full -time equivaJents
during this same time period.
"The issue around the College of
Arts and Sciences is significaotlydue
to an over-anticipation of what was
going to happeo with faculty mirements. but it will certainly require
some caution over the next year.in
terms of hiring," said 'lliggle. "Nonetheless, a great deal of the hiring that
would have been done has, in fact,
already been done.•
Triggle noted that the issue was
comp~cated by the faa that Graot
took over as dean of.the new college
in the middle of an academic year,
by which time a lot of "commitments had been out there from the
previous structures."

Greiner noted that UB is now ln
ao era of"all-funds budgeting."
The new notion is that every dollar, regardless of its source. is usable
for Opu.Jtions of the university. Al though "we're used to first spending all of the state appropriation,"

said Gneiner, "there are tradeoff:s that
can be made between one kind of

have in the past," he said. " In making the transition into this, we're
going to have to get people to think
differently and creatively about the
ways they spend all of the moneys
available."
Greiner's report to the FSEC also
incl uded a respollS( to environmental concerns among members of the
university community about theremoval of trees on the south shore
l.ake LaSalle to accommodate more
new apartment -style housing for

students.
He noted that there are significant
expanses of natural areas on the

North Campus. which will continue
to be preserved in the years ahead,
but said that "some of the beautiful,
interesting spots on our campus are
not natural" and cited the two lake.
as an example.

Greiner said that the lak£s serve
a functional purpose, since they
were built to allow for drainage.

"They were created by people, and
as far as I'm concerned, they can

be manipulated by people for the
good of the institution," he said ... If
we were going to use that site for
anyt h ing other than a sta nd of
trees., it turns o ut that the tre~ had
to come down because you have to
raise the level of the site to make it

dollar and another."

usable."

He said that over the next scveraJ
months. the university probably will
have to bring down the nominal al-

Greiner acknowlpiged that those
who have environmental concerns
should express them, but main ·
tained that cutting down the trees
.. is a reasonable tradeoff for housing that will serve thousands of stu·
dents over the next 20 yean;."

locatjons to the units to line up with
what really is available for expendi tun~. "CoUectively, that won't mean

the units get to spend less than they

Melatonin linked to bone growth
By l OIS IIAIWI
News Setvices Editor

U

NIVERSITY researchers have shown for the
first time that melatonin , a hormone pro-

duced naturally by the pineal gland
and used widely as a supplement to
diminish jet lag and improve sleep
pan ems, may play an important role
in promoting bone growth.

Results of the research apphlred recently in the Journnl of Bio/ogilal Oremistry•.
The study was conducted by
Jerome A. Roth, professor of
pharmacology and toxicol A
ogy in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and bioon-11 Cho,
professor of oral biology in
the School of Omtal Medicine.
By exposing m o use prc-ostco -

blasts and fully differentiated rat osteoblas~.T-Cells that produce a nd

"We know melatonin decreases
with age, and that bone loss, which
can lead to osteopo rosis, is an in·
evitable part of aging, especially
among women ," C ho said. "Ca n
m elatonin help prevent ostcoporo·
sis? Our research indica tes it may
have that potential."
Roth said human melatonin receptors are very similar to ra t and

body levels of the hormone speeded

While the mechanism that allows
melato nin to have an effect on bone
formation still is undear, the UB re-searchers hypothesize it may involve
an intraceUular. second messenger

up the transformation e f pre-osteo-

called cyme AMP.

mineralize bone m a trix co mpo ·
nents--to melatonin , the researchers were able to show that normal

blasts to fully differentiated osteoblasts. and induced both types of
cells to produce increased amounts
of several bone matrix proteins re·
sponsible for bone formation.
"After binding to its receptor o n

the cell surface, melatonin signals the
cell to produce aod mineralize bone
matrix proteins," Roth said, "This has
not been shown before. We are now
investigating what cellular events are
taking place to maU this happen."

Roth and Cho showed that in the
pr£5CnCe of melatonin , cell differen ·
tiatio n was completed by day 12 and
was cquiva1e:nt or greater at that pomt
than cells grown for 21 days.
Melatonin also increased exprt"'!l
sio n of bone sialoprotein , o r BSP.
and o ther OOne-marker matnx proteins such as secreted protein, which
is acidic a nd ri c h in
cyc teine, known as
SPARC; osteocalcin. and
alkaline phosphatase. or
ALP. researchers found.
Most s1gnificantJy. s.11d
Roth, further experiments showed that thl"
mouse pre-osteoblast.s relevels of melatonin. but

good model for human osteoblasts.

"'We know that receptors for me-

latonin ar&lt; coupled to adenylcyclase,
an enzyme responsible for the formation of cyclicAMP,and we know that
cyclic AMP inhibits pre-osteoblast
differentiation. We think melatonin
has the ability to inhibit the action of
cyclic AMP and, consequently, to
trigger cell differentiation."
Under standard growth conditions
in vitro, mouse pre-ost:eoblasts undergo cell differentiation to osteo-

BrieBy
Crofts Hall to implement new
telephone/voice mail system m
Offkes In Croftl Hall on the North Campus will begin using a
new telephone/voice -mail system at 8 a.m. Monday that will ass1gn
new extens1ons to mdividuals. Fax numbers will reniain the same.
and most offices will have operator-assisted lines.
Offices that will be part of the new telephone system are Cam pus
Services; Co ntroller's Office; Electronic Media; Financi al Services,
including Accounting and Budget Serv1ces, Endowmen·t and JFR At ·
co unt Services, G rants and Contract Services, and Travel; Human
Resource Services, including Research Foundation and State Pay roll, and Research Foundation and Sta te Personnel; Internal Audit ;
News Services, including the Reporter. Procurement Servaces, includ ing Fast Track Processing, Invento ry Servi ces. Research Foundation
and State Accounts Payable, and Research Foundation and State
Purchasing; Publications, and Technology Services.
Under the new system, individual staff membe rs can be accessed
directly by dialing 645 -5000 and the staff member's four· digit ex tension at the voice prompt .
A list of employees ' new extensions wiJI be ava ilable by click.mg
on "Crofts Hall Telephone Extensions" on the University Business
Services homepage at &lt;http://www.bus iness.buffalo.edu &gt;.
Department homepages also will include staff members telephone
extensions.
Offices also can be reached via their mam telepho ne number, wh1ch
wiU be the number that currentJy is bemg used. In most cases. an operator will am;wer the caU and direct the caller to the appropriate party.

"Region" to be topic of lecture
Whether It 's c•lled "Western New York.," the "N iilgara Frontier" or
"Buffalo-Niagara," what exactly is our region? Is it a cu:lture , a h1story.
an ecosystem, an economi c model or a geological area? And with so
many definitions possible, what does "regionalism" mean, anyway?
Beverly A. Sanford . assoCia te director of the Institute for Local
Governance and Regional Growth, will address those issues m alec ture to be given at 7:30p.m. Monday in the Screeni ng Room in th e
Center for the Arts on the North Camp us.
EntitJed "Pa rameters, Perimeters. Persuasiom, Politics: The Art
and Science of'Region,"' the lecture is the first of the academic year
in the annual College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Lecture Series.
It will bt&gt; free and open to the publi c.
With thl· subjec t of" regionalism " appea ring more often as a tOp iC
in the local news , Sanford, an alumna of the College of Arts and
Sciences, will look a t so me of the wa ys of understanding the reg10n
as a context for current regional issues and dynamics.

blasts and mineralization in 21 days.

sponded to normal body
mouse melatonin receptors, a char·
acterist ic that makes these ce lls a

3

the cells needed to undergo five to
seven days of differentiation before
they were capable of responding to
mela:tonin at that leveL
The fully differentiated rat osteo-

blasts responded rapidly to nom1al
body melatonin levels, showing in·
creased expression of th t&gt; bone
marker proteins BSP and osteocalcin
within one hour of exposure to the
hormone. the researchers fo und.

Additional researchers lnvotved m
this work were Byung-Gook Kim. a
Korean visiting scholar, and Wen ·

Lang lin, Ph.D., technical specialist.
both in the Department of Oral Biology in the School of Dental Medicine.
The research was supported by
grants from the National Institutes
of Health, the Environmental Protection Agency and UB.

Message from the President
As the November election draws near, it is appropriate to remind
ourselves of several important parameters pertaining to political

fund-taising and other campaign activloo by or among university
personnel. These parameters are found in state law and It Is essen.
tial that UB employees stay within them.
.
This message Is not intended as a comprehensive review of existing laws regarding political activities by state employees, but it
will provide guidelines for appropriate and Inappropriate behavIor. Your attention to and compliance with the following points are

greatly appreciated:
• There must be a dear separation between political campaign
activities and the performance of duties as employees of the State
University of New Yo'*. Political activities, includ ing fund-raising,
may not be condurted on university property or time, using uni1
versity funds (all sources), or in UB's name.
• No political fund-r~lslng tickets may be sold, purchased or ttansfen-ed on campus, inside or outside of buildings. Similarly, no money
or checks may be paid or collected on campus for such purposes.
• Moreover, un~ity employees are prohibited from soliciting

political contributions off houn and off campus·from other unlve&lt;sity employees, ~such citrumstances give either the·reality or appearance of coercion. UB personnel should not solicit such contributions, nor attempt to compel any other political oction or vote,
from those lndMduals over whom they have supervisory authority.
a No university~ taxes, supplies, lett.mead, postage or
other stole toSOUrCeS of ony, kind may be used for political purposes.
These and other restrictions are primarily contained in Section
74 of th&lt;i Public Officers Law, Section 107 of the Civil Service Law
and Section 17-1S8 of the Election Law. Copies of these New Yort&lt;
State laws ore liVIiloble for pickup at the clt&lt;:ulotion desk of
Lodtwood Libn11y and the Law UbrOI)I on the North Campus and
at the cltrulotion desk of the Health Science Ubraty on the South
Compus. It is important to undentand that, punuant to state law,.
politlcal Ktivities on stJte lime or property may su!&gt;ject employees
to aimlnal pn&gt;secUlion IIIIi the lou of employment.
~
W. ......-.ge rnombon at the L8 c:amrnLI1ity ID !aloe an iiCiive part
In the ....... praoesse at cu COIII1Ii); IU 5Uch IICIMty lhould be
punuodelndhicLiokondby
thel-.olthe-atNewYoiL Thonkyoulor~dose--.tion to
" - - " " " complele amplancewilh . . , . _ - Sinaroly,
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�4 Reporier September 23.1!1!19/VoiJtNo 5
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor continues to learn after 30 yean at UB
BRIEFLY

Gentile is passionate about teaching
By JE.NNIFU UWANDOWSIU
Reporter Staff
LTHOUGH he's been in
the business for 30 )'&lt;31',
Ronald J. Ge ntile still
can recall an experience

nam: the ROTC graduate instead
was nominated by his professor to
do resea rch for the U.S. Army at
Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. In 1969, after two years at
the hospital, Gentile came to UB.

notes. In math, for example, students should be taught multiple
ways to solve a problem.
"We want to teach kids to think.
not memoriu,"hesays. " If we don't
do this now, two years from now,

in class during the 1970s that
changed his philoso ph y about
teaching.
" I was teaching a large class, lec-

Sincethen,he'sbeenworkingon
inspiring in his students the same
passion he has for education, par·

lcidsaregoingtobeinworseshape."
Gentile, who has spent yurs
studyingmasteryleamingandother

A

turing on some ridiculous topic,"

Gen6le says."Some (students) were
eating, knitting, sleeping, paying attention , and it occurred to me that
this was not going the way I waftted."
He cut the class short. " Next time."

a lesson."
A moral lesson, that is. "Flash the
Fimly" is a song about environmental issues, while " Buglebird Blues"
tells the tale of a trumpeter swan
who is rejected by friends. but ulti-

he told the class, "! will lecture beca use I want to say it, not because
you need to know it."
From then on, he says, he never
lect ured-in the convef\tionaJ sense

mately saves them . "The Great

- again . '"'' m neve r boring any
more because I'm excited about it,"
he says. "That's made life more tol erable for me and my students."
Gentile, a SUNY Distinguished
Teaching Professor in the Depan ment of Co unseling and Educa tional Psychology in the Graduate
School of Education, remains passionate about his work after three
decades in the field. The philosophy
he shares with his students is simple:
" Each of us has to be humble. We're
never done learning how to teach."
Ge ntile , who says he always
wanted to tea ch, started o ut in
chemical engineering at the Drexel
Institute ofTechnology in Philadelphia. He soon figured out engineering wasn't for him, and enrolled at

Pennsylvania State University, where
he earned his bachelor's, master's
and doctoral degrees in psychology.
After completing his doctora1 work.
he narrowly missed going to Viet -

Music has played a large part in
Gentile's ·educational philosophy.
Though not a substitul(forthecurriculum itself, he points out that
music can be a great learning tool
in almost any subject. He and his
wife, Kay, who teaches ~t Buffalo
State College, have collaborated on
several projects.
"We wrote a whole lot of (songs)
that have to do with overcoming
(adversity) and cooperation." he
says. "Most of it can be used to teach

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lion Gentile,
can be o

ticularly in his " Psychology of
Learning aod Instruction" class.
"That's my fun class," he says. "I've
taught that class for al130 years I've

been here." He even wrote his own
text for the graduate- level class

Allljoct.

methods of teaching and testing,
earned the rank of SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor about a
year ago.
" l ~s a fantastic honor," he says. " It

carries with it an awesome respon-

" Educational Psychology."
Gentile says he teaches his stu dents that they "have t'i' make sure
(their students) achieve the critical

sibility-! better teach well, I better
relate well to students. I think I al-

objectives ... to go to the next level."
But this is easier said than done,

from a constant reflection on what
matters: Why are teachers doing
what they're doing! What can we do
ditferendy to help students achieve

he acknowledges.
"We are too dominated by test
scores." he says. "Everybody setms
to know what the one 'right' way is,
(but) there are a zillion 'right' ways."

Keeping an open mind about
teach ing methods is key, Gentile

ways have."
His enthusiasm stems, in part,

greater success?
"I feel emotionally involved in it
I never get tired ofit,"hesays,comparing the experience of teaching to
that of"listening to good music."

Ho·rse and The -Greater Horses,"
which was performed as a locaJ
children's opera, is about helping
one another in the face of adversity.
And overcoming adversity has

much to do with success. On
Gentile's tim day of class at Drexel,
his instructor told each student to
look to his left, then his right "Only
one of you will be left at the end of
the year; Gentile =ails the instructor saying. It is something on which
he continues to reflect.
"Why do we have an education
system that says only one of three
o(you will be here at the end of the
year!" he asks.
Students-in his classroom and
in his students' classrooms-have to
believe they can accomplish almost
anything.
.. If a teacher can't get excited
about something, how can the students!" he wonders. "I think that's

one of the rasons I'm not sick of
this after 30 years."

Making connection key in preventing suicide
Frantz urges "UB at Sunrise" audience to throw troubled youth a "lifeline"

.
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By JENNIF£11 L£WANDOWSKI

Reporter Staff

HOMAS T. Frantz has
.
spent 25 years dealing
with people affected by
suicide, death, dying and
grief, and has witnessed first -hand
the pain that leads up to and lingers
after a tragedy. That pain can be
deadly for teen -agers, he told a "U B
at Sunrise" audience Sept. 16.
During a ta lk about "O ur
Troubled Children: Identifying and
Helping the Suicidal and Violence

Prone," Fran tz urged audience
members to do their part in preventing youth su icide, which, he said, appears to be a growing trend.
Senior assoc iate dean in th e
Graduate School of Education and
chair of the school's Department of
Counseling and Educational Psy chology, Frantz opened the annual
"US at Sunrise .. series with a discus·
sian of suicide, which he called ..one
of the most difficult things we have
to face in this world ...
That young people choose death
o ver making a con nection with us
is devastating, he said, and so are the
n umbers of adolescents who either
have thought about suicide or have
made an attempt In a classroom of
30 students, he said, typically 12- IS
tl-ens will admit they've considered
su icide, while one or two usually

have attempted-statistics he ad - in mood may have a darker expla- son, no matter how slight the suspimirted seem unbelievably high.
nation .
cion of suicide.
.. Now, they know it's a matter of
..Our job is to throw them a lifeWith the risk so great among
teens, what can be done to prevent hours, of days before (their life is) line by connection with them
suicide?
over." he said, describing their feel - (through) conversation." he said.
'ille key to intervening is to con- ingsofhavingreachedtheirdecision
He pointed out that while " we
nect with them," Frantz
as relief.
cannot live on the top side of this
said "Somebodywhois
"(The good mood earth very long witho ut feeling
suicidal has become
is)soironic.becauseit pain ," those who turn to suicide
disconnected from
may be that time (he! more than likely haven't devised
life ... from
other
ways to get rid of their pain.
she) is most at risk."
people. They feel alone.
Frantz said that 80
"Most kids who attempt suiCide
They feel like no one
percent of young or die by suicide doo't wanttojlie."
understands their burpeople who kill them - hesaid."Theywanttostophurllllg."
dens."
selves tell someone
We have to recognize, he-;ud,
The pain isn't always
ahead of time. But that .. this is another human being
those who dismiss or just like myself who's hurting. You
obvious to family and
friends, he. said, which
take lighdy comments do this primarily through caring,
related to suicide or (with a)'we're-all-in-this-together'
makes notic ing that
urgeapersonto .. hang attitude."
gys
someone needs help
in there.. a bit longer
Trying to talk som eone out of
that much harder. youth suicide appean
Sometimes, he said, a to be • growing trend. should not be blamed wanting to kill themselves, while
person's cry for help
for not having the good-intentioned.isnottheanswer,
could be saying: "I need to talk." But fo resight to predict suicide, he said. Frantz scUd.
"Evenwhenwegettokidirect.ty,it's
"They're at the emotional level,
most times, he said, because those
who arc typically suicidal have an hard to believe it." he said " It's hard .....we're at the cognitive leveL With kids.
we have to try to get to their level"
incredibly difficult time sharing for us to let that in."
their pain, the signs are much more
But letting in that notion may
He said the time during which
subtle. Maybe it's a student visiting help cis. the pain.
someoneisreadytokill himself-or
his teacher, maybe it's a phone call
"They release some of the pain isconsidered"lethal"-&lt;ypicallylasts
to a grandparent to say "hi." Some- with you. They pick up intuitively between a f.W hours and a few days.
times, Frantz noted, the person who your concern,n he sa id ... That lbat is the time. he said. to get into
previously may have been with - exchange .. . is the beginning of, per- the trenches, to throw that lifeline.
drawn or was having a hard time haps, turning this thing around"
"If, during this period, we can inFrantz stressed the importance of tervene," he said, "the odds are, you
ta kes an u nexpected turn for the
better. But the sudden improvement ~aking time to interact with a per- won't get back there again."

�September Z3.1!1!!1r111131.No 5 Reporier

15

UB to market online courses

University joins group to promote programs via Web listingsllJ
By SUSAN M . MAIICHIONE
RtpOrttr Cqntribotor

T

H£ university has joined
with a consortium of
elite universities that wiU
market to the world
their online distance-learning pro-

grams via a directory on the World

Wide Web.
C.Orge J. Lopos, dean of Millard
Fillmore CoUege, led the effort that
resulted in UB gaining membership
in the consortium of 26 public and
private universities designated as

Research 1 universities by the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
The initiative, known as "R l.edu,"
will maintain a Web site at &lt;httyJ/
www.outmleh.washington.edu.rU&gt;.
The site will allow users to view a
listing of panicipaling consortium
members and to search their online
distance-learning offerings by subject area, program type and institu tion. Credits and degrees for completed coursework will be awarded
by the member institutions.

Lopos said he is particularly
pleased with the ''showcase" pages
to be featured on the site that .. will
give member institutions an opportu.nity to h.ighljght a different program each month."
He noted that MFC. which has
taken the lead ro le in developing
UB's distance-learning efforts, will
coordinate registration for US aca demicdepartments and units interested in listing online distance learning courses through the Rl.edu initiative. "This process will facilitate an
tntegrated university-wide effort,"

he added.
Mary H. Gresham, vice president
for public service and urban affairs.
praised Lopos for taking the initiative
to secure US's place in theoonsortiwn.
"I commend Dean Lopos on seizing this opportunity to partner with
other Research I universities, while,
at the same time, reaching out to a
previously untapped, non -tradi -

tional student audience. Additionally,
he has placed UBand itsromprchen·
sive continuing-education program

in the forefront of programs offered
by public research universities in the
Nortbeast," she noted.
"In only two years, Dean Lopos'
'Distance Learning Team' bas dem·

cern. Besides, students as consum ers will chooK what best fits the1r
educationaJ needs."
Since its inception in 1997, MFC's
di stance -learning program has

onstrated what a strong Krvice ori entation and student-advocacy fo cus can mean for an institution's
online program---iuccess."
Dave Szatmary, acting vice provost at the Uniwrsity of Washington, the coordinating university for
this effort, said "the Rl.edu site will
provide a gateway to information

grown from tllr-« online courses and
20 enrolled students to 21 courses
with 362 students. This fall, MFC's

about high-quality distance-learn·
ing programs from large, weU -financed, established institutions."

Lopos said that to be induded in
the consortium, universities must be
Research I institutions, demonstrate
a commiunent to the next gen~ra­
tion {Internet 2) of networked -

based, distance-learning programs
and materials, have a minimum
number of distance-learning
course/program offerfugs and be a
member of the Associa tion of
American Universities (AAU ).
Ln addition to US and the Uni-

ve"ity of Washington, participants
in the consortium are: Columbia
University, Cornell University, Indi ana University, The Johns Hoplcins
University, MIT, Michigan State
University, New York University,
Penn State University. Rutgers University, Stanford University, University of British Columbia, University
of California at Berkeley, University
of California at Los Angeles, University of Colorado. University of
Florida, University of Illinois, Uni versity of Minnesota -Twin Ci ties.
University of Missouri -Columbia ,
University of Nebraska - Lin coln ,
University of North Ca rolina a t

Chapel Hill, Univmity of Pennsyl·
vania, University of Texas at Austin,
University of Wisconsin -Madison
and Vanderbilt University.
While it would seem th at these
institutions are in direct competi tion for the same students, Lopos
maintains that .. the online offerings
differ among the respective institu tions so competition is not a con-

Internet-based offerings incl ude a
oenificate program in computing
and network managem ent , and
courses in paraJegal studies, writing,
public relations and nutrition.
" It's about outreach and providing a flexible, convenient means by
which students can continue their
education without leav ing their
world-home, office or commu nity," added Lopos. Accordingly,
MFC recently introduced a new tag
line for its distance learning pro-

gram:"YourWorldOurOassroom."
While US's participation in th e
" R l .edu" initiative focuses upon

online opportunities, MFC also of·
fers programs and oourses via other
distance-learning modalities. jour·
na!ism, psychology and American
cinema arc among six telecourses
that will run on local cable access
channels (Adelphia Ca ble and
Lockport Community Television)
this semester. Additional1y, M FC, in
conj unction wi th the School o f
Nursing, will offer interactive video
courses to students at )amestpwn
CommunityCoUege pursuing a UB
bachelor's degree in nursing. in ano ther initiative, the college will part ner with the Gradua te School of
Education's Center for Continuing
ProfessionaJ Education to facilitate
a series of interactive video seminars
for officials of the Lancaster, Pioneer
and Niagara FaUs school districts.
The SUNY Learning Net\Vork is
another way in which M FC is marketing its distance-learning courses
statewide.
•
To learn more about MFC's distance-leaming offerings, current or
prospective students can contact the

college via phone at 829-2202, via fax
at 829-2475, via the Web at &lt;http:/I
www.mfc.buffaJo.~u&gt; or via email
at &lt;mfc-inquire@ buffaJo.edu&gt; .

''MyUB" personalizes the campus
By SUE WUETCHER
Reporter Editor

RESHMENarefindingUB

through his or her US IT u.ser name.

Although MyUB is a pilot program

F

and on ly available to incoming
freshmen at this time, it could be

MyUB, part of the Ac=s99 com·
puting initiative. is each student's rus-

a developer of MyU Balong \vith lim

a little easier to navigate
this semester, thanks to a
new IT initiative_that "personaJizes" the campus.

tomized portal, or Web site, that provides him or her with myriad infor+
mation about UB via Web links and
announcements. l'he information
ranges from the academic-details on

DARS, SOAR, the libraries and IT litcracy-to quality of life issues such as
schedules of events on campus, US
and national news., and the week.Jy
menus in the residence dining hall.s.
The infonnation for the site wa...

gathered in consultation with "stake·
holder&gt;" from aU across the campus.
among them Computing and Infor~. mation

Technology, Student Activi·
ties, Studeni Affairs. the libraries, the
Provost's Office, the Academic Advise·
ment Center and Student Services..
Each student 's site is accessible

opened to aU undergraduates by Fall
2000,says Rebecca Bernstein, direc tor of the Electronic Media Unit and
Gorman and Rob Wright of Academic Computing Services in C IT.
"This is what happens when you
take the co ncept of UB 101 and
blend it with the concept of person alization," Bernstein says. "All the
(Web) links stude~ts use are in o ne
place. We're taking a huge university like US and making it smaller."
Bernstein calls MyUB a "coaching
and mcntoring site," as well as an
information site. It hosts aU of the
information studen ts received during orientation, with categories and
Web links changing as students
progress. For example, orien tation
links were replaced with links tl1at
provide information that would be
more helpful later, such as details
about time management or advis-

ing or finding a niche on campus.
Students can add their own links,
such as URLs fo r specific clas~ Web
sites or other sites they frequently
use, or "tum off" categories that they
no longer use. It 's this"customizi ng"
feature that makes MyUS unique
among other educational and com mercial sites. Bernstein points o ut.
Rather than providing a set of
"passive," fixed links for all StUd(•nl\,
the UB site "provides links that make
scn.se, depending on that point in
time," she says. ''We've dug deeper
to find the right sites... t.hat match thl·
needs of our student~ and make lifl·
better for them ."
The MyUB tc:.-am will deliver a pre
sentation on the site next week at .1
meeting of Wt:bOev, a professional
group for major universities \..·ith
Web development teams.
Ber nste i n notes th at Myl' ~
recordsabout731loginsdaily,about
20 percent of tl1e freshman da~ .
She added that the team had ex ·
pected a daily response of from J . 7
percent.

Sever•l coll•bor•tlve effons between publlshen and ilbrane!l
are under way to meet schola rs' need for improved indexing of o ld er
seriaJ literature and to solve library preservation concerns.
Perwdica ls Co ntents Index ( PC I) &lt;http://pcl.chadwyck.com/&gt;
is one of th e most amb iti o us of these efforts; its goal is to provide
access to tables of co ntents for thousands of humanities and socia lscien ces publications. ~orne datmg as far back as the 1770s.
While PCI does not provide fu ll -text articles, it doe!&gt; provide un
paralleled retrospective bibliographiC access to historical JOUrnal col
lections. Journals indexed in PC I fall into lJ rough subject area~
from a rchaeology and a rchitectu re to political scien ce and psycho!
ogy-a nd include tJtles publi shed 1n the United States, G reat Bntam ,
and Western Eu rope. For a list of journals covered. see &lt;http:/ I
pcl.ch•dwyck.com/ tltles/tltles.html &gt;.
Un til now, indexing of these journals hru. been provided 10 diver~e
print and on lin e indexes, if at all, with many indexes only begmnmg
coverage in the 1920s or 1930s. PC! covers journals from their first
issues ( many of which appeared in the carl)· 19th century) through
1990/9 1. You can search by author, title, keyword, type of artlde.lan guage,or year. PC! is an invaluable source for book -rev1ew Cllattom,
and for tracing contemporary reactions to new sc hoob of thought
across th e disciplines. If only PCI were full text!
Happily, there'£ JSTOR &lt;http:/ / www.Jstor.org /&gt; whiCh. wh1lt'
a much smaller effort than PC!, provides the full tex t of Journal s'
contents. JSTOR allows you to search fo r and read the full teX1 of
a rt_icles from the first issues of a journaJ through issues publlsht:d
three to five years ago. You can sea rch by author, title, kt·yword withm
full text , da tes or type of article . And si nce JSTOR is an image -based
da~abase , you get a fai thful repli cation of original material. and the
unique structure of each journal title is m ai ntained (including ihe matic groupings, special suppl em ents, book reviews, ed 1tonal sta tt·ments and policies, advertisemen t.s etc. )
JSTOR co nstantly is expandin g it s holdmgs-to check t1lies cov
ered, go to &lt;http:/ / www.Jstor.org/ cgl-bln/ Jstor/ llstfoumal &gt;. In dividual jo urna l titl e entries in the Web version of the UB Libr anl'~
catalog also provide a direct lin k to the dig11al JSTOR files .
For aSSIStance '" coune.ctl1lg to rile World Wrde Well, CO rlla ct the
Help Desk ar 645 · 3542.

en

- Austin Booth and Nina Cascio, Uno•crSifr l.1branes.

BrieBy
PSS Announces Workshop Series
The Professional Staff SenAte, as pan of its Brown Bag se n es, will
present three video prcscntall om and workshops this faiL All work
shops will be held from noon to I p.m. at sites on both campusc~
1
and are fr ee and open to the university community.
"N utriti o n: Brcakmg Your Behavior Chains" will be held Oct. 6 m
730 Kimball Tower on the So uth Campus and Oct. 7 in 330 Student
Union on the No rth Cam pus. A 13-minute video will exam1ne eat ing behaviors and offe r suggest 1uns to 1mprove eat ing hab1t~. Tht'
video will he followcd hy a discuss1on wi th 1an1Cc Coch ran , U B nu
tritionist in the Living Well C(•nter.
"Res um e Writmg and Cover Letters" w11l be held Nov.·' 111 7.'0
Kimball Tower and Nov. 4 Ill 10 6 l acob~ Managt'me nt Cente r o n the
No rth Campus. The workshop wdLht&gt; presented by Steven Harvev.
testing coordinator Ill th e Office of Carc:.-t:r Planning and Placement.
who will help partiCipants to puttog{·t her a professional resume and
cover letter.
" Between You anJ Me: Solvmg Confh..:t " will be hdd i&gt;l'L I m
730 Kunball Tower and De.: . 2 1n IOh lacobs Managemen t &lt;.e nter. A
2K · minute v1dco wdltt•ach partiCipants how to rcsolve 111d1V1dual
co nfli.:t s h)' fo llowmg s1mple and effective sttp~. The v1dt.'u will 1-w
fo llowed by a bnef dt!&lt;&gt;cusston facilitated b)' Ed Brodka. a~!&lt;&gt;IS t ant dt
rector ot UH Leadersh1p l kvdopmcnt Program !'! .
To s1gn up for the scss1ons. lallthe PS~ offic{· at M S ~00'

Student Leadership Institute set
The UB Student Leadership Development Center 111 th(' I ll\'hum
of Student Affa1r~ wdl prest'nt thc 7th annual US Student Lc:adt·r ·
sh1p Institute from I 0 a...m. to 4 p.m . Sal!!Id a}' m tht· ~ tudent Umnn
on the North Campm.
The evt·nt, wh ich is lrec and open to UH student:., i~ des1gnt:'d to g.1w
student leaders an opport unity to enhance leadership skills. met·t and
netwOrk with other student k-aders, idt'ntify campus resources and wor~
on group and mdividual goals for the 1999-2000 academ1c ye--.1r.
Other sponsor~ rnclude the Student AssoCiatio n, Graduate Student
Assoc iati on, Inter-Greek Cou ncil and Un iversity Res1dence Halls.
For more information. co ntact Ed Brodka at 64S· 6469, ext. 11 5

�6 Rep ortea SeptemberZJ.l!!l!ll'lm 3Uo.5
UB sociologist says overdevelopment exacerbated damage from

Joss

~urrlc:ane

Floyd

Careless building worsened -damage
By PATWKIA DONOVAN

New&gt; S&lt;Mces E&lt;mor
HEN flood waters
precipitated by
Hurricane Floyd fi.
nally recede, there
will remain terrible environmental
and property damage that has been
exacerbated by 25 years of careless
overdevelopment of coastal lands to
accommodate population growth,
acmrding to a UB sociologist re·
su rching regional development
along North Carolina's southeast

W
coast.

Christopher Mele, assistant pro·
fessor of sociology, is writing a book
on race, class and regional development in southeast Nonh Carolina.
He lived in that region for three
years while on the fac·
ulty of the University of
North
Carolina,
Wtlmington.
" Tbe growth has
provoked residential
and commercia! overdevelopment in fragile
tidaJ areas that cannot
sustain it," Mete says,
calling these problems
"the work of individu·
als and groups who appear oblivious to the
risks they provoke."
Among the regional factors that
have contributed to the growth
along sou th~t North Carolina's
coast, the most important was the
several preceding decades of under·
developmml.
Mcle says that before the I 9705,
most of New Hanover County, and
in fact , the entire southeast region
of the state, was sparsely populated,
underdevclaped and cut off from
the state's core growth area-Raleigh.
Durham and Chapel Hill. Because

of this, ihe land, housing, and labor
of the Cape Fear region weresignifi cantly less expensive than national
averages. This attracted developers
seeking 10 build 10 suit buym~ from

ropolitan regions when ranked for
rateofgrowth.Rapidgrowthhas requi..dadditionalhousingandoommercia! develapmenL
"The problem is that lowland sites

the Northeast, many of them retir·

are not suitable for such dense
population growth, Mele say&gt;. "because mvironmenul facto~&gt;, espe-

eesscekinghomes in the south out·
side population- and development saturated Florida.
So like the - of the state, the
southeast ooastalarea became a hotbed of development and economic
resurgence, Mele says. Land am!
housing have since eaceeded national averages, while labor remains
relatively inexpensive. another attraction for developers.
Developenwettaidedintheearly
1990s by the expansion of the regional airport and the a:tmsion of

cially hurricanes, regularly erode
and change the ooastline, making it
unstable. Ovmi&lt;:Yelopment on the
barrier islands is particularly problematic. he adds.
"The barrier islands are 'migrating' islands," he says "That means
thattheconstantpoundingbywind
and sea causes them 10 shift, erode
and change shape year after year.
Their physical structure is by nature

labile.
"That's why the Hattaras Iisl\thouse had 10 be mmed rea:ntly. The

...,..

~~-~--­
Old South.
"This'taming' and 'disciplining' of

erooioiHlr migratioiHlf the Outer
.Banks threatened 10 topple it. Far
·too many structura """"been built
on these islands than their shifting
land mass ca'n sustain.
"If you look at the rapid and unp redictable migration of inlets in

the natural environment has had a
number of detrimenw effects. including 8ash Hoods and· pesticide
runoff into slmlrns and riv=."
To discourage coastal develop·
ment, the State of North Carolina
in 1985 instituted a ban on hard

thisregion,• hesays. .. it will illustrate

structures, such as seawalls and
breakwatm~ on beaches.
"The law enp&gt;urages new construction in setbaclc.areas away &amp;om
beaches and the relocation ofbuildings, such as the Hatteras Light house, when they are threatened,"
Melesay&gt;.
"Another policy to discourage
coasw development is the state allowance for sandbags to be used to
protect a structure only when the
surf reaches within 20 feet of a
building's foundation.
"Nevertheless," he say&gt;. "new con·
struction in these areas amtinues.
unabated, and in fact. most of New
Hanover County's prime property
is coastal"

the instability of North Carolina's
coasw lands. Evm the locations of
inlets are shifting all the time. Ma·

son lnlet on the no rth end of
Wrightsville Beach in New Hanover
Interstate 40. both of which increased accessibility 10 Cape Fear.
Mele says the Wilmington metropolitan area-officially New
Hanover and Brunswick Counties-is now the 15th-fastest-grow·
ing area in the nation . .
"The city of Wilinington added
t 2,532 people between 1990-98-a
22.6 percent increase in its population," Mde points out ... In 1994, the
Wilmington metropolitan area was
number six among the nation's met·

__

AIWW

County, for instance, mig ra ted
nearly one-third of a mile between
1984-96."
"Much development has been

dirc&lt;:ted toward attracting newcomers from the northeast and
midwest," he says. "This typically
entails draining and 6lling in wet·
lands, cutting back thick growth,
eliminating mosquitoes and the
habitats of various animals, plant·
ing lawns and building homes modeled after
idealiz&lt;d image of the

an

Weeds reflect "cultivation of abandonment"
''ABANDON" exhibit in Lightwell Gallery explores nature versus culture
By MARA MCGINNIS
Reporter Assistant Editor

RTIST Tony Matelli has
takenauniquestancein
the exploration of nature versus culture by
recreating familiar weeds4he rebel ·
lious sort that ..sprout like elegant
anger on the concrete sweep of urban Amer ica"-in an exh ibit that
captures how these often unwanted
plants imply a socia l quest for
beauty and control.
Matelli's ..ABANDON," now on
di splay through March 10, is
"planted" in the Lightwell Gallery
adjacent to the main UB Art Gal·
lery in the Center for the Arts on the
North Campus.
Co incidentall y, "ABANDON "
has sprung up while UB environmentalists are expressing concern
about such issues as chemical weed
control on campus grounds and
the recent cutting of trees for construction of a new student- housing development.
Thetimelinessoftheexhibit may
offer to some viewers a sign that
nature will. and often does, prevail.
In th is sen se, MateUi's sculpted
weeds present a d...,r challenge 10
human perspective, both literally
and figuratively.

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The openi ng reception for
"A"BANDON," Matelli 's first si tespecific installation, will be held
from 7-9 p.m. tomorrow in the
main gallery. Matelli also will lecture
at 3:30p.m. today in the Screening
Room of the Center for the Arts. The
exhibit and all related events are free
and open to the public. Gallery
hours are Wednesdays through Saturdays from I 0:30a.m. to8 p.m. and
Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.
According to curator Lisa
Fischman, .. MatelH uses weedswhich are vital, rugged, persistently
at odds with human endeavor. in·
sistent yet burdened by the taint of
failure, marking abandonment, dissolution, and rejtetion-as perfect
object -metaphors."
She adds that the artist cares little
for horticuJture or nature, but rather
is interested in how weeds signify
cultural meaning.
To define a plant as a weed is an
act of cultural bias, Fischman ex·
plains. It categorizes one life form as
"useless and irritating. by compari·
son to others deemed beautiful, de·
sirable and worthwhile."
.... A stream of forced air allows the
hyper-realistic weeds 10 wave lightly
in tho gallery space, creating what
Matelli calls "an art exlubi~t does

not at aU resemble art."
Ahout"ABANOON," Matellisays:
"We aU try to keep up appearances.
We all operate within certain am vent ion s, but we can't control
everything ... Gas gets passed and

.._-the '-tlcultw8l
equiY-'ent of • zlt... One

- I s . forglvloble
.......... ~

Is

hopeless-"
ARTIST TONY MATf.W

pimples unexpectedly come. We can
accept all of these thin&amp;'&gt; so long as
they are maintained.
.. Weeds are the horticultural
equivalent of a zit. They represent a
breakdown, either a failure or refusal
to fight t he perfunctorfhattle
against entropy. One weed is a forgivable blemish. Overgrowth is
hopeless abandon. Overgrowth inside is the cultivation of abandon·
ment, a rewriting of rules. The celebration of failure."
Fischman, who calls Matelli's art
"'audaciou.s, smart and mischievously winy," reveals his reputation

in the art world for sculpture that
pushes boundaries of subject, taste,
meaning and material.
Matelli recently expanded the
physical limits of sculpture to create audio installations such as .. Distant Party." a sound piece supported
by the Public Art Fund that runs
through October at various sites in
New York City.
Other works-such as .. Ideal
Woman" ( 1998-99}, a startling piece
that materializes a four-foot-high.
Oat -headed, toothless woman with
oversized ears. and .. Stray Dog"
(1998}, a pennanent sculpture of a
seeing-eye dog lost on a Brooklyn
street without its owner~mbody
the more traditional sculpture form.
Regardless of medium, Matelli's
work depicts consistent interests,
such as making ideas =I, esploring
unexpected limitations and expressing concepnul preoa:upations that
take shape as a fascination with
strange subjects rendered through
hyper-=lartificiality.
Matelli's work has been exhibited
at galleries intcrnatio_nally and has
been the subject of critical attention
in such publications such as Th&lt;
New Yori Tim&lt;S, VIllage Voia,Art in
Am&lt;ricn, Art PApas and New Art
ExamitU!:T.

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TheMail · - - - - - -

Task Force on Racial and Ethnk Diversity is off to a smooth start
DHr Editor.

The Task Force on Racial and Ethnic Diversity, appointed last spring
by President William R Gniiner, has
organized itself and is off to a
smoothbeginning.ProfessorsMargaret Hollingsworth and Margariti
Vargas will serve as oo-vice chain.
The task of the group is a "Four
A" responsibility, meaning that it
requires us to assess, assemble, analyze and advise, not n~y in
that order. The task force will need
to retrieve and identify information
necessaryto bringaboutstrongrec-

ourperforrnana in this area. In particular, the task force will advise on:
• Improving the campus climate
forracialandethnicminorities,with
fuDooosid&lt;rationofthespecialnceds
of diverse and underrepresented
groups
• PoSSible deleterious effects of
pastunrm.itypoliciesandpractices
regarding racial and ethnic diversity
in our campus community and
steps to mnediate any such effects
• New or revis&lt;d university policies and practices regarding ap-

ommendations and a report that

pointmen~advancement,compen·

will stand on its merit.

sation and retention of faculty and
staff that may be necessary in order
to assure that US's faculty and staff
rdlect the racial and ethnic diversity of our society
II.Metbodsofidentifying.enoouraging,devdopingandmainingleaders from underrepresented groups
• RecruibDent and retention of a
student body reflecting the racial
and ethnic diversity of our society
• Metbods fordevdopingaCllllpus envinonment that is me of racial and ethnic intolerance
• Means to assure that faculty,
staff and student gaveman"' bodies rdlect the racial and ethnic di versity of our society
• Developing processes of responsibility and acoountibility at all
levels, and from all members of the
UB community, regarding our
progress in achieving a campw with

President Greiner, at the initial

meeting of the task force hdd May
27, reviewed the charge with the
group and stated that"The group's

work should be based on careful
thought and analysis." He asked
that the task force provide the campus community with a situ2tional
repon regarding the progress that
the university has made in the arcas of diversity and ethnicity, paying particular attention to people
of color. The report should identify an agenda for action and set a
foundation for change.
The charge to the Thsk Fonz on
Racial and Ethnic Diver.ity at UB is
to assess the campus climate regarding racial and ethnic divenity, assemble and analyze dati on campus
progress in this regard and advise
the president on steps to improve

a population that rdlects and alehrates the racial and ethnic diversity of our society.
The task force will deliver an interim repon to the president on or
about Dec. I, and conclude its work
at such time as determined by the
president after consultition with the
task force and other appropriate
constituencies.
To enable the task force to look at
certain specific issues and to explore
these issues in depth, the group has
been divided into four sub-committees. These sub-oommittecs are being
chaired by mernben Henry Durand,
Rtgina Toomey, Paul Francavilla and
Glendora Johnson-Cooper.
The task force meets monthly,
with several meetings of the sub-

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dlftrR, which only~
Oil@ goal In ttne games last
week and just two goals in
seven games on lhe season.
The Bulls are undeeated so
far, holding a 6-0-1 recO&lt;d.

committees during the interim.
Membersof~UBoommunitywill

be called upon from time to time to
elicit comments or recommenda·
tions that will hdp the task force
gather the necessary dati to assure
a comprehensive report.
Those wishing to reach the task
force or to provide input may contact me -at 220 Norton Hall, via
phone at 645-2732, Ext. 16, or via email at &lt;nt@buffalo.edu&gt;.
Sincerely,
Nobon L Townsend
Auodotr VKe President
SrudmrAffaifl
Chair, Task force on Rac10l

and E.thnk Divmity

Long-term global warming and climate change should concern all
To the Ed ltor:

In the Aug. 26, 1999, issue of theReporter, there was an artide, "Drought,
heat are normal , Ebert says" by
Patricia Donovan. A5 it was wrincn,
many readers must have thought
Professor Ebert's comments referred
both to short -term woather variability and to prospects for long-term
dimate change. But after having read
the artide and then talking with him,
I know that he was talking about

short-term weather variability. But
the artide seems to imply-see the
opening paragraph-that we should
have no concern about long-term

global wanning and the consequent
dimate change. I know from talking
with Professor Ebert that he shares
my view that we should all be greatly
con=ned about long-term climate
change, In fairness to readm of the
Reporter, I think I should explain why
we feel that way.
The Intergovernmental Pane:! on
Climate Change (JPCq was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organisation and the
United Na t ions Environment
Programme. The 1995 repo rt by

IPCC Working Group I, on the SciChange~ was pre·
pared by 78 lead authors from 20
countries, assisted by more than 400

ence of Climate

contributing authors from 26 coun ·
tries and more than 500 reviewers
from 40 countries. It represents our
best scientific guidance concernin g
global climate change fro m th e
wo rld 's best climate sc ienti sts.
Among the findings are that " Most
...studjes have detected a significant
change and show that the observed
warming trend is unlikely to be of
natural origin." and "...the balance
of evidence suggesli that there is a
discenuble human influence on global climate."
In other words, global climate is
heating up and human activities are

contributing to the change. Proje&lt;:tionsbased on business-as-usual scenarios of continued emissions of

greenhouse gases indicate significant
additional global heating and serious
climate change, That's why businessas-usual is NOT a good idea.
It i.s true, of course, that heat and
oold, drought and Hood, are normal

variations in th e weather we expe·
r icnce. Th at is, th ere is a lot of
"noise" in th(' cl imntl· signal. T he
challcng(' of I PCC Wo rking G ro up
I was to dctenn ine if recen t global
warming is. in fact, lxrond the range
of normal variabili ty and , if MJ, if the
hea ting can be attributed at all Ill
human activities. In thei r repo rt.!&gt; of
1990 and 1992 they did not declare

that th ey had found that to be true;
they were not sure. By 1995, their
an swers were YES and YES.
I cannot believe that anyonl..' read·
in g the a rticle by Ms. Do novan
wo uld find the impression left by it
to be consistent with the co nsensus
of the world's leading climate scientists concerning the present under·
standing of recent and future ell mate change and the human. impad
that we can exped in the next cen-

tury. Nor did it do a good job of

Volle~uall
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Davidson 4, U B 0
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UB l , Miami (Fla.) 0
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putting professor Ebert's weather-

related observations into an appro-

WOMEH 'S

priate context.

Duquesn e 5, UB 2
UB S, N iagara 2

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Voting Faculty

continued--

1

In the area of sponsored pro -

grams, Greiner stressed the importance ofbringing in more sponsored
research tloUar. to US and said that
without these funds in this day and
age, "you cannot do fu.t -quality science and engineering research" and
cannot be considered "a major public- research university."
R&lt;ferring to the goal that has been
put in place to double the
university's sponsored-n=u-ch doll= over fiv&lt; years, Greiner acknowl-

edged that while the goal is "very
aggressive." it is possible, but "not
without very hard work."
He recognized that since the arts
and humanities programs are not
likely to generate external funding
from such traditional sources as the
federal government or industrial
sponsors, aggressive efforts mwt be

made to obtain funding from phi·
lanthropy and foundation grants.
Greiner reponed that 50 faculty
members generate 57 percent of

US's sponsored-rescw dt dollars and
said one of the things that will lx
looked at in the next few yean. pn marily in the sciences and engineering, will be "who we have on board
with the capacity to expand th e1r
sponsored research."
In the realm of public service and
urban affairs, Greiner repon ed that
as part of the Univer.;ity Community

Initiative, US has purchased a house
in the University Heights area "Th e

goal is to buy a house in bad shape,

convert it to somethmg Ill very good
shapc,seUit at a reasonable price and,
by doing so, give a little more hope
to the neighborhc)(X!;' he ~xplain ed .
"We'd Like tl) get to the point where
we're doing this at the level of 30. 40
or 50 houses per year."
Using aerial photos of the ca m
pus, Grein er descri bed upcomm g
campus development , such as the
sites for two future srudent -housing

complexes-South lAke Village and
one near Lee Road-and a Student

\

Servu.I..'S Building lor wh ~~: h l Oll
st ructlon most like! )' wlll l'k.)!.m lhi~
year. He said h(' hopes that URe'ven ·
tuall r will have th(' capac it y to hou:..c
at least I0,000 st udenl'&gt; o n cam pu~.
He also ackn owledged tht.· .. hard
working UB staff" respo nsihle lor
the on-go ing, cam p u.!&gt; - heautl fi ~o:a
tion project, notin g lhat each of thr:
flower beds that now ..greet you .. as
you come onto campus were hand
watered by dedicated staff durmg
the su mmer's drought.

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Free. For more information,
829-2941.

. Artist's T. .

Tony M11teiU, Abandon. Artist

Tony Matelli, Center for the
· Aru Scrooning Room. 3:30
e~cf.ree. Sponsored by

Grlldullte Faculty Meeting
fall Meet~~ of the Graduate

~'?.·a~~-~~.];

Graduate School, Center for
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Sponsored by Tho Groduato
School. For more information,
Jean Greta at 645-6240.

Physics Colloquium
lhe_Secrets of Antimatter.
Herman White, Fennilab. 216
Natural Sciences Compk!x .
3:45 p.m. Free.
Pt1soner Law F.al Rhn
Forum
What Can We Do About
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eoeom.t.y/Topology

C haracter Varieties of ] .
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Zhang. Univ. at Buffalo. 103
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Friday

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UB Cybrartes Teochfng

Center WoftJhop
Using the Web for Research.
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fOpen onJ' to UB students,

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Saturday

25
Women 's Tennis
UB VI. Fllirfletd. UB Tennb
Center, EJfiott Complex. 9 a.m.
Free.

C...lnfonnatton Fair

Low cso lnfrwmatlon Fw .

O'Brbn Halt 9:30 a.m .·2 p .m .
Free. For ~ infonnation,
Dawn Skoplnski. 64S-6261 or
Aucny Koscielniak. 64S-20S6.

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Poul

Katz. Colo. Sloe Concert

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Women's Tennis
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Noon. Free.

Wednesday
Monday

l.lbnry-...op
job and Career Info on the
Web fO&lt; Scientists ond
Englneen. Capon 127,

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no Liter tt..n noon

Colloquium
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only accepted through the
electronk submission fonn
for the online UB Calendar
of Events at &lt;http:/ I

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of Jpa&lt;e lfmttatlons, not ·•fl
events In the electronic:

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CASA LecturoParameten, Perimeters,
Persuasions, Pofltlcs: Tho Att
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Wedrtfldays at 4 Plus
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30

the Senses. Susan Stewan. 438
Clemens. 3:30p.m . Free. For
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Safety Awareness
Unlvenlty ltolghb

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D~llon Ooorha~. Gloria

EvoluUon of fermi Uqukt

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DepL of Physics. 21 ~ral
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Q&amp;A-lavier Bustil/Qs talks about
the Learning Center

Culture jammers

PAG£ 4

PAGE 3

Short-term solution sought·
to implement new grading policy

Septemberf6.1!RI/ti31.No.4

Go
Bulls!
These students show their
UB spirit during the Bull's
first football game played as
a member of the MidAmerican Conference.
Unfortunately, Akron
spoiled the debut with a 1 710 win. (Details on page 7)

UB establishes photonics, laser center
Institute to capitalize on links between university and WNY industries, institutions
I

By D..l.fH c;oLDBAUM

N~ Services Editor
HE university has cs-

T

rabfished
a
n~w .
multidisciplinary insti tute to conduct research
designed to harness the power of
light in a broad spectrum of applications and potential products,
ranging from tele com muni ca tions to ca ncer therapy.
The In st itut e for Lasers.
Photonics and Biopllotonic:s, which
will capitalize on synergie; between
VB and Western New York industry and research and medical institutions, was announced by Provost

David Triggle.
"VB and Western New York en joy a unlque set of resOurces. both
locally and across the border in

Canada, which has made it possible

for us to take an early lead in lasers,
photonics and biophotonics re search by creating a world-class instirute in these fields," saidTriggte.
He said that the inst·i tute's goals
are to condud research and development on new materials and technologies leading to tech nology
transfer, to provide education and
industrial training for developing a
skilled workforce and to offer a
world-class facility for consulting
and testing.
The idea is to foster economu..
growth in Western New York by tappingintoUB'sstrengthsinlasers., optica.ltechnologiesandbiotechnology.
"This institute is a stellar example
of the highly productive, intcrdisctplinary pannerships that UB is fmtering with businesses. industries
and research institutions in Western

New York and southern Ontario,"
said President William R. Greiner.
"Because UB's photonics research

facilities under Professor Prasad
have focused on both the funda mental science involved m the de:.
sign of photonic materials and their
industrial application.!&gt;, we have aJ.
rcadyscoredmajorach,evcmentsin
the preparation of new opt1cal rna terials - paving the v.·ay for add1 tional successes from our new mst1
tute in the near future.
"We' re excited abou t th.:
mstitutc'spotential tostimulatceconomic development in the regio n.
and we look forward to th e
institute's future advance; in scien tific knowledge and th&lt;&gt; development of new partnersh1ps with
other institutions under Professor
Prasad's leaderShip,"' added Gremer.

Photonics is the mformation processing counterpan of electronics, using photons instead of ele&lt; trans to process information.
The Jnsritute for Lasers,
Photomcs and Biophotonics has its
roots in UB's Photonics Research
Labo ratory (PRL ), established m
1990 and consid ered o ne of the
most advanced and comprehensive
facilities for photonics research m
the U.S. The PRL is hom~ to nearlv
S 10 million worth of equ1pment .
acquired over the past decade.
Paras Prasad, SUNY D1st 1n
gutshed Profe~sor m the depart ments of Chemistry and Physics tn
the UB College of Arts and Soences,
Samuel P. Capen Chair and dife{ to r of the PRL. is execu tiw director
of the new institute.
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CreQjt proposed for work with centers
By MARA MC«:;INNIS

Reporter Assistant Editor

EACHING and research
associated with interdisciplinary centers and in stituteswouldbecredited
during the promotion and tenure
process under recommendations
suggested last week by a Faculty Senate comminec.
Thesenatr's Tenure and Privileges
Committeesub~ittedtotheFaculty
Senateat the bodfs first meeting of
the academic year on Sept. 7 severaJ
suggestions governing how scholarly work in UB's more than 30 in terdisciplinaryresearch units could
be considered and evaluated in th e
promotion process.
"We have had problems with the
promotionoffacultywhohavebeen
very active in centers when the department, for whatever reason, does
not consider the outside activity as
important to the depanment and

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thus to the promotion," explained
Margaret Acara, professor of pharmacology and toxicology and chair
of the com mittee.
Acara outlined to senators several
recommendations drafted by ht.&gt; r
comminee to address the issue:
• Faculty who wish to explore in terdisciplinary activities should be
encoumgedto interaa with organized
research units, centers and irutitutcs.
• All faculty appoin tments will
co ntinue to be made in depar1 ments. V..'henever applicable, a faculty member's letter of appointment
should contain a description of the
fac ulty member's level of commit ment to any unit other than th e hiring department{s).
• When a current faculty mem ber wishes to participate in or ad just the level of his or her commit ment to the activity of another unit ,
his or her participatjon should be
discussed with and agreed upon by

the department chair and the head sion from thei r department chau
of the respective unit.
he fore participating in the wo rk of
• Credit for teaching and research anot her unit.
associa ted with other units should
Judith Adams- Volpe. dm~ctor of
be given consideration by the fac
Lockwood Library. sa1d that she
ulty member's department 10 tht' thought that in almost aU cases, the
promotion process.
~~ord "should" in the recommenda
The committee also suggested that tlons should be changed to ··will" or
department chairs consult with the fmust " becau)e the .. wtshy -wash}'"
heads of interdisciplinary units as to word1ng .. allows the department
\\'ho to solicit for letters of referenCt' chairs too much lat1tude."
for a candidate for promotion, and
But Powhatan Wooldndge. a.ssoto indude a letter from the head of ciate research professor m the School
the unit ln the candidate's dossier.
of Nursing. suggested that the word
The head of the unit also would "should'' remain to give the chair dbbe invitedWpanicipate in all discu..;;- cretion tf, under some arrumstances.
sion of th e promotion by th e the candidate agrees that ht.&gt; or she
department's voting body of record would rather not have the chan con
and may appear at othcrdepartmen- stder the work. But. he added, to r~'
taldiscussionsofthecandidate's cast'. teet thecand.idate, tht&gt; "should ''coukl
Some senators raised concerns becoml" a "must" at the candidate\
that the recommendations pre - request. making it "grievable" if the
sen ted a " restriction of academic candidate explicitly requests that lht&gt;
privi1eges," since faculty members chairoonsider the work and the chair
would be required to obtain pcrmis- does not comply.

�2 RepOde. Septembe~16.1!elfl'oi.Jl.No. 4

BRIEFLY
NClty of Ught"
author returns
for book reading

-l.ou«n

Butllllo
Belfer will
read from her first novel, ·Oty
ol Ugh~• It 8 p.m. friday in
Allen Hall on the South Campus. The OY&lt;nt wll be broaclcost IM! bfWBfO FM 88.7.
A romantic thriller set It the
tum ol ihe century in 8ulfolo
and N'IIQI&lt;'I Folh, llelfe's novel
has been widely ptoised by critics. n..N... ll&gt;ttr.,..calledk
•ingenious. • wNie USA Todoy
noted )he boolc Is • tnathtaldng
inib~t·

Th&lt; Buffalo N""' called the
novet-which was cho5en u a
- o f the Month Club so!Ktion-.quite pooslbly the best
boolc ol ony SO&lt;t ever written

about Bufflllo hlsloty.•
The ruding.- will be
Sj)C&gt;I1S&lt;nd by just Wllllo Literary Center; Talking Lewes _ ,
and WBfO, b free and open to
the public. A~
, _ poriod and boolc signing
will be held after the reacing.
For . , _ Information about
the """"~ call just bulfolo at
832-5-400.

Youth violence expert

to open Baldy Center
fall fecture series
Franklin romrfng. an expert on
youth violence and jwenile justice, will address 'The Common
Thread:· Divtnion and the Aims
olluvjnile )ustlce" today at 3:30
p.m. In 5-4S O'Brian lUll on the

North campus.

ThO ledure wil be free and

open to the public. A ...:ept1on
will be held- t h e -The..- ....... the
lVI ~ Schooi .. the lkll-

,....;tydc-..atlerlooley.
Dmring also- IS diroclor ol

the brf'Nimn'l e 9 J - at
Berl&lt;olty and b t h e - ol
•Amerian Youth ~~~o~ena.•
T h e - - b the lint
In the lllldy Cent&lt;r Fall 1999
VIsiting Scholar Series. Upcoming ......... wlllndudecNidlolos o. "-'&lt;d ol the Unlwrslty Of\llrglnla's Department d
Psychology on Sept. 30 and
Peggy COOper DIMs ol New
Yort Unlvenlty's School ol LM
on Oct. 28.
For .,_ lnlormatlon. call
the lllldy Center lor~ lit SOcial Policy at 6-U-2102.

Javier Bustillos is dir&lt;etor of the Thomas ). Edwards Learning Center,
part of the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. A VB
staff member since 1985, he is a recipient of the Carl Naish Teaching Award.
What sort of services does the
learning Center provlde7

The Learning Cen ter is divided
into two broad categories of service. We have an instructional
component and a tutorial component. In the area of instruction, we
offer courses in mathematics and
writing for students who are not
ready to take calculus or English
101. The tutorial component is
comprised of three very popular
services: The Math Place, The
Writing Place and The Evening
Science Place. The primary goal of
The Math Place is to offer assistance to students enrolled in ULC
146, 147, 148, and MTH 115, 121.
122, 141 , and 142. The Writing
Place helps students with any kind
o f written assignment. Trained
tutors offer students feedback on
their writing, identifying areas that
need improvement and suggesting
tech niqu es for re vision. The
Evening Science Place, which is cosponsored by the Student Associa tion, offers assistance with introducwry -lcvel courses in math ematics. chemistry, biology and
physics. We also offer other subjects upon request.
Who can use the center7

center is open to any undergraduate student currently cn :roiJed at the university. We get students from all different majors and
classes.
Th~

Who was Thomas J. Edwards
and why Is the leamlng Center n•med after hlm7

Thomas (Edwards was the first

director of the Learning Center. materiaL It is never too soon, and
He wa s a remarkable man . He yes, sometimes it might be too
spoke several languages and was late.
often called upon as an internaHow many students doe1 the
tional consultant. His area of ex· center serve eKh temestt!r7
pertise was reading and the culturally deprived. He died in 1976, We have approximately 1,000 stu·
but from time to time people dents enroUed in our classes. The
who knew and admired him wiU Math Place sees over 2,000 stustop by the office to see his pic- · dents per semester, and The Writture. We are proud to continue ing Place sees somewhat close to
1,000. Our evening tutoring serhis leg~cy.
vice, which operates on a more
Who Is the typk•l student
reduced scale, serves mo re than
who comet Into the lumlng
500 students per semester.
Center7
There is no real typical student. I
guess the common denominator
would be anyone who is looking
for assistance.
Wh•t Is the most common
problem that student1 come
In with ?

Besides the obvious content-area
problems, many students are in
need of organizational skills and
time management. Some of these
issues come up in the tutoring sessions. Oftentimes, a student can't
explain why a course is not going
well, and so broader work-habit issues will come up. At other times,
a student might not be experiencing problems at aU, but is looking
for some additional feedback be fore making the final revision on
a paper.
When do you recommend
th•t a 1tudent come In for
help? -

As soon as the student feels that
he/she is beginning to fall behind
or feel uncomfortable with the

Who are the Le•mlng
Center't lnstructors •nd
tuton7

The instructors are graduate students from different departments, mainly Mathematics and
Learning &amp; Instruction. The tu ·
tors are upper-class undergraduate students. All tutors must com plete a training program. Anyone
interested in tutoring should con tact our office.
What do you enJoy most
•bout your Job u director?

It is extremely gratifying to see the
students we work with go on to
graduate and then embark on suc·
cessful careers. The Learning Center provides living proof of two
adages: First, "ll's not where you
start, it's where you finish;" and
second, "You should always re·
member th e people who have
helped you along the way." We are
very proud of our contributions to
the university's acctSS and reten tion efforts.. and proud of our stu·
dents' successes.

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- · t·s _ . . . , th•t

people don't - the

center-

Prople should understand that
u~ of the Learning Centu is
very flexible. It is remarkable to
me, after so many years, thai
there are prople who still d'on't
realize that our services arc
available to all undergraduates.
I think it is important to emphasize that wt'rc not just for
students in any particular pro~
gram, or for students who got
a particular score on some test.
Each of us learru in a slightly
differeot way, and from time to
time, everyone can use a (jttle
help. The Learning Center can
address many different issues,
and we are available to assist a
very broad section of the campus population.

-·tuked,--

question do you wish

I h..t

would

youM¥eiiJUWti"edlt7

We deal With practicalities at
the Learning Center, and so it
wou ld be ~ful, I think, to be
able to teU prople how to access our services. Actually, it
couldn't be easier. You just have
to stop in while we are open.
The Math Place and The Writing Place, located in the first
floor of T;d~ i:WJ, ar_e pp_eq
Monday through Friday from
10 am. to 4 p.m. The Evening
Science Place operates Moddays through Thursdays from
4-8 p.m. in Ill Talbert. Our
phone number is 645-2394.
Our tutors aCe trained to help.

UB budget to meet only current obligations
Wagner tells Faculty Senate UB may not finalize spending plan until October

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By MARA McGINNIS

REPORTER

Reporter Anistant Editor

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HE university's budget
will not provide "any kind
of resources beyond current obligations" and it
may be October before UB has the
figures needed from SUNY to finalize its budget for the current fiscal
year, Senior Vice President Roben
Wagner 1old the Faculty Senate at
its Sept. 7 meeting.
Wagner said he has received no
word on how SUNY will manage the
lack of a state allocation to cover
base costs of inflation, replacement
of one-time 1998-99 revenues,
funding for additional enrollment
and sponsored-program activities.
aU of which adds up to a gap of some
S28 million systemwide.
If SUNY does not find a way to
cover these base costs and the defi cit is distributed among the campuses, UB will suffer a loss of ap·
proximately $3 million, according to
an earlier report by Provost David
Triggle to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee.
Wagner said that salary increases

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for members of United University
Professions under the existing con· workload is up, "there is no fupding
Samuel · D. Schack. professor of
tract will be paid, although he said for the additional workload simply mathematics. said that Grant's no·
it is not known whether the source · because the system's resource pic·
hiring announcement .. is causof that funding will be the state or ture hasn't changed"
ing (Grant) and the proWagner noted that there are .~:.-.-'Po.;, vost to violate written
SUNY.
The poor budget outlook from between 3,000 and 5,000 addiagreements
Wagner prompted some senators tional students
they had
across
the
from the CoUege of Arts and Sciwith departences to raise concerns about an an· SUNY system
ment chairs,
nouncement last week by Dean this year and
which is doKerry Grant of a hiring freeu for no additional -~· -· -"•
ing an in the coming year in most depart - resources.
credible
He added'
ments in the college.
amount of
Barbara Bono, associate professor that SUNY's
damage to
and chair of the Department of En- resoura allothe credibilglish, pointed out that the hiring cation meth ity of the adodology,
or
freeu in the coUege, compounded
by this year's significantly higher en- RAM , was
rollment, means increased btttlf.on the asworkloads for fuculty.
a constructive way
"What I'm bearing is that there is
with departments
little suppon for the core ~beral-arts r~urces to be distribfor the long term .
mission of this university," said Bono. uted, but the system fuces a
"'The effects on a research unive.r"What kind of Research-I institution "zero-sum game."
sity of periods of no hiring are pro"People thought that RAM was a found," added Shack. "And not
is it that has no hiring going on in
the core arts-and-sciences division of funding program, but this 6scal year merely because we don't get new
the university from which under- has proven that is not the case," prople, but because it tells the best
graduateand distinguished graduate Wagner explained " It is an aUoca- young prople to get out while the
tion model and doesn't necessarily getting is good."
~cation emanates?"

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�September 16.19!19/Vol.31. No.4 Reporte.r

CIT pri9rities hinder policy
Greiner suggests "manual solution" to'carry out grade changes
By MAliA McG-S
Rq&gt;Orter Assistant Editor

D

ESP'Il"E the university's
inability to implement

an electronic process to
accommodate a new
grading policy, President William
Greiner has emphasized to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee
that the policy is "not on hold" and
that "some sort of manual solution"
will be identified until the Problem
ca n be reso lved lo ng-term.
G rein er told the FS EC on Sept.

9 that beca use o f mo re press in g
obligati o ns in Computer and In -

fo rmation Tec hnol ogy (C IT )specifica ll y Y2 K and Access99virtually all o ther projecl5 will be

moved back to th e spring.
Th e i ~s u c h as so me fa c ult y
members co nce rn ed about ho w
pri o riti es a re determined in C IT,

which is one of the issues to be
cxplort&gt;d by the senate's Computer
Services Committee.
The new grading policy, whi ch
has been pu blished in the mos t rece nt undergradu ate ca talogue, allo ws students to repeat co urses in
whi ch they receive a grade of C
plu s o r lo wer. The grad e ea rned
the second time the course is taken
ts the one that co unts to ward the
student 's grad e-poi nt ave rage, rt" ·
gardl tss o f wh et he r that is th e

higher mark.
Although the policy is in place,
it cannot be prop e rl y impl emented since C IT has limited resources to d o the programm ing
that would allow for replacem ent
grades to be calculated in stu&lt;;!.ents'
grade-point averages.
Greiner said he antic ip a tes a
permanent solution will be in
place by the end of Spring 2000
and to ld sen a t o rs th a t he has
passed the issu e on to Se nio r Vice
President Robert Wagner.
G reiner sa id he will suggest that
Wagner lo ok a t how many in sta nces there are per semester to
see whether o r no t it is something

that ca n be done by hand.
Jack Meacham, professor of psyc ho logy, told Greiner that th e
numb e r o f grad e replaceme nt s
"cannot poss ibl y happen by hand n
in his department.
Senators also raised co ncerns that
if grade changes are not acco unted
fo r in student records, it could pre vent students from being accepted
into their prospective departments.

"As of Jun e t999, the gradin g
co mmittee had no clue tha t this
wo uld be a rea l problem,.. sa id
Jo hn Boo t, professor and chWr of
the Department o f Ma nagement
Sc ience an d System s, wh o a lso
po intt:d o ut that due to progra m -

min g diffi cu lti es, tt took nearly
two year s to int rod uce "' plus" and
"m inu s" grades to US 's g rad m g
system m o re th an a d ecade ago
He suggested that som e of the
revenue from the student tech nol
ogy fee be used to get the job dont•,
even if it ta kes .. im agina ti ve at
counting techniqu es" by th e um versit y to cover up what might rc ·
quire an illegit im a te alloca ti o n.
Judith Adams- Vo lpe, directo r of

Lockwood Library, noted that in her
area there have been "all kinds of
q uestions and interest o n the part
of st udents.. regarding the issue.
In o th e r bu si n es!l, Wi ll iam
Fischer, vice provos t fo r fac ult y
devel o pm e nt , up da ted FSEC
memb ers o n th e m en lO ring of
junior fa culty. He reported tha t all
but fo ur d eans had compli ed with
hi s requ est to submit to hi m a
doc um ent o utl ining how se n1 or
fac ulty in each o f their schoob
a pproach the issul' o f help ing jun io r fa culty m einbers in t heir pur suit o f ten ure.
Sa mu el Sc hack, p roft.'sso r of
m a them at!cs. no ted th at a con tinu ing prob lem is that "too fre q ul"ntl y" fac ult y members re e t v~.-·
termin atio n no ti ces because the
provos t's offi ce d id not fin is h th e
rev iew process a nd th at th e re ts
"no excuse fo r it."

artsTECH targets urban girls
By PATRICIA DONOVAN
News Services Editor

T

HE uni ve rs.i ty

C ity of Buffalo. including Hispanics United, Weed and Seed, and the
has

Boys and Girls Oubs of Buffalo. Par-

teamed up with Squeak')'
Wheel/Buffalo Media

ticipants wiU meet every Saturday
until mid -Dece mber at Squ eaky
Wheel , Buffalo's o nly full -service,
media- arts cent er.
There they will wo rk ~th women
computer scientists and media professionals who use computer technology in their creative work and

Resources t o o ffer a
unique, extracurricular arts-andtechnology outreach program fo r

disadvantaged, early-adolescent girls
in grades 5-7 that is designed to help
them overcome the technological

gender gap.
The program, called artsTECH,
is headed by Mary Flanagan, assistant professor of media study and
an award -winning producci'/de signer of edu cational software and
mu ltimedia.
Flanagan says the program not

dressed by the project. The girls'
learning styles and interests also will

be considered in our approach to
technOlogy education.
"artsTECH offers Buffalo's urban
girls a positive learning environment
and a chance to meet and learn from
real-life women who work creatively
with new technologies," she says.
" That 's what makes this program

who will

serve

as mentors.
Flanagan says that during the semester:
• Participants wiU be taught fun,
exciting compute r program s by

Squeaky Wheel staff and staff assistants who are UB computer-art and
media-study majors.
8 They will work. in teams to produce digital science and art pro jects,
gaining experience in th e usc of
technology for creative purpo se~.

Squeaky Wheel's equipment will be

will involve up to 30 girls referred

supplemented by additional com puter equipment from UB.
• At one meeting per month, a
well -known guest-a woman com puter scientist or artist who uses
computer technologies in her work
-will speak, answer que stions
about her career and discuss why she

by nonprofit o rganizations in the

chose her field .

unique locally and nationally."
The project's pilot phase will take
place during the fall semester and

The project's pilot phase will be
funded through a $9,800 grant from
th e Faculty Deve lo pme nt Publi c
Service Initiati ve in the Office of the
Vice President for Publ ic Service and
Urhan Affa irs. Project fundin g has
been extended through next sum ·
mer bra $ 13.300 grant fro m RG K
Foundati o n of Au stin , Tt"xa~.
Flanagan says permanent fundin g is

being sought.

only will help girls learn skills they
may have few opportunities to develop elsewhere. but give them an
opportunity to meet and interact
with women mentors and role models working in the fields of art, science and technology.
"Learning about computers and
creative-arts software will help girls
gain confidence using technology,..
Flanagan says. "But access to tech nology is only one of the issues ad -

• At sessio ns that fo llow, thl· gtrls
will engage in hands-on acti vities
related to the art istic mediu m or
techniques of the guest spe-c1ker.
• The last two sessions will fcarurt'
a final project prOOuction and an ex·
hibition of work produced by the girls.

Flanagan poims to recent educn
tiona! surveys that find that children
still see scientists in terms o ( the stereoty pical white m ale in a lnb coa t.
" It's important here that spec i;.tl
attentio n has been paid to wo men
who use and make techno logy,'' she
says. "This will provide the girls \'llt h
positive. fem ale techno logist rok
models who can encourage cxpl(lfil
tion ,crcarivc thinking, problem solvingand originality in co mputer uSt·:·
Flanagan poin ts to o ther cdu ca
tiona! studies that fo und that (OI·
la bo rati o n versus co mp ctlli o n .
o ne-on -one instru ctio n a nd role
modelin g wo rk well to help inter·
est girls in the usc o ( new computer
techno logies.

She adds that although the proJect
now co ncent rated o n the needs of
urban gi rls, the n;sponse to the pro g ra m has heen overwhelm ingl y
posit1ve fro m suburban gro ups as
well. In response, it is likel y th at
art sTEC H ultima tel y will be ex pande-d to in cl ud e girl s who live
o utside the city.
IS

3

BrieBy
Race in memory of UB student
Linda Yalem set for Sept. 26 C1
More t h • n 1,600 in di viduals arc expected to race. run, JOg. st roll
or walk as pa rt of the lOt h an n uaJ.lmda Yalem Memorial Run. to
bcg m at 9:30a.m. Se pt. 26 o n the No rth Ca m pus.
T he SK U.S.A. Track and Field certified cou rse NY90027AM . part
of Tlte Buffalo New s Ru n ner o( the Year Series, wi ll start and fimsh
nca r Alumn 1 Arena.
Hel d tn mt'mo ry of a UB st u d~nt who was as~auhed and mur dered while 1oggm g o n a btke pa th nea r the North Camp us, the- event
~iromo t ('S pe rso nal-safct·y aware ness an d supports (a m pus -bascd,
tr ime -preve nllon pro grams.
Vo lu ntee rs a re needed from 8 a. m . to noon on race dar
Advance registratio n ,.., SD per person if postmar.kt.-d by &amp;ept.l2 .
Registratio n o n racr day t~ $\6. The cost for ~tudt."D U. is SID. Check.-.
sho uld be made payablc.1u U.S. fundsonJy, to th~.-· L1 B f-oundat1nn, lnl
Pre registr ation appliLdlton fo rm s and ran· packet~ wtll be avail able from 4· 7:30p.m. Sept. 24 in AJum ni Arena. Pad&lt;"t' Jl so mav he
piCked up at the arena from 8-9 a. m. on rate d ay.
Reg ist ration form' a lso will be available o n the North Campus 111
350 Studen t Umon, at the lohtl\' counter of the umon and 1n U O
Al umni Arena, cLod in 65 Fa rher i.dl and a t the Har ri man Halllobb\
count er on th e South Campus In .lddit t&lt;m. thn wdl be avad.thlt' itt
n:s tde nce ha ll offices on both t.t mpu,~.-·~ Award!t wi ll bt: g1vcn to the 11veral/mJJr and kma lt' fin1!&gt;ht'r~ 111
tht' open d1v ision. the tup -thrl't' milk .tnd female fintshers in fivr
year age and wheekha tr ...1tegnr1~.-'' · the top ' 'ht· walkers and the top
UB ma le, fema le. fac uh v/statT. ~ tutknt .1nd ft'!&gt; t dl·n~o.l."- hall fitH!&gt;ht· r,
Fo llow1ng t he awa rd~ ct•rt·mom , .t kid!&gt;. da&lt;ih \'''II h~.-· hdd .
Fo r m ore tnforrna t10n. ~o.dll 7 1h tl4 S '141 ln1111 lJ a.m . to 4 p .m
\v~.-· c kd ays, or vtslt tht~ \\o\·h ~1\t' ·Jt &lt; http :// w ww. nudent ·
affal r s. buffalo.edu/ even ts/ lyr I&gt;.
UB spom ors of the event ar~.-· tht· l ll~' bllln 11/ ~tuJent Atl..tJr,. thl·
Anlt · Ra pc Task f ·o rce - ~uh - Bu.mi I. In~..- .. tht" ~tudl·nt A~!!OCtatt on .mJ
th e facu lt y Student th~o~o.JdtHln . I ht· \\omt'n ·, lt eahh lmt1at1ve '' J
ru n su pport er

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ETC to hold grand opening
The E.duc•tiona l Te&lt;hnology Ce n ter, created to help faculty mem bers and instru ctun ;tl lJB ro in corpo ra ll' m fo r ma lmn lechnolog\
m thei r tt'&lt;Khing, will ho ld it:. gra nd op~.-"ning ~.-c rcmony at 4 p.m
Wt•dne~day tn 2 12 l :apt.· n, ad t a~cnt to the Setence and Et1g1neering
Libra ry, on thl~ No rth C.1 mpu~ .
T he receptt un \\•t il 'howca.'t' the ETC~ man y Sl.'fViC&lt;'S a nd resou rcl·!l
and wi llt nd ude rt·mar ks hv Dav td Wi llhern, di rector of t he centt.·r
a nd assooatc vtct' prov(l\t fo r mfnrma tt on tech no logy; Provost Dav td
Tri gglc; J o~ep h Tu fancllo, '"-'ntor vrce provost for ed uca ti o nal tC"ch
no logy. a nd Willi am h scher. Vt~o.l· pnwnst for fa(ulty dcvdopmcnt
Refres hm ent s will be se rved .
Th~.-· ETC t ~ open to all full - and pan · tune fa~o.ulty memht.· r,. tt'dl."h
tng .tS!t tSta nt s. lec turc rs and Mill ard F d lmo r~.-· Co ll cgt~ tnstructor' .
Thl· (t'ntt:r, wht (h also IS dcs tg ncd 10 enhouKe gent· r.tl u1mpute1
htcracr. wdl expo~c faculty to t•vcrythm ~ from documcn t - pr~.-·par.l
tio n software. C'mad and t h t~ lnternt'\ ttl lava \C rt pt. Weh -pagc tk~1~n
a nd PowerPom L It abo h.1~ .1 ~uh\,'.J rl' lihrarv where vtsttors (,In tn
OUI va riO US Software pa(k.t~C\ hdorc dectdiO!! to pur(h,t~l.~ thl'lll

UB grad endows study center
for students in dental school
A UB gra duate wh o Is ,1 pro nun ent \\ '~.-·s t l'rn Nt'\'' Ymk dti Ornl·v
has ho no red his hrothrr '!l memory thro ut;h an cndownwnt gtft tnr
a ~t u dent ~ tu dy n •nter m the ~chool of Drnt&lt;tl Ml•d t(lllt'.
Gordo n R. Gros~. !1-t't\lor part1wr 111 the Buffalo law li n n (;ro!&gt;, ,
~ h u m a n . Bri zd lc: and l; dti ll an, hd~ g.tH~n S 100,000 to l'!&gt;tahh)l.h thl'
Ala n I. Gross Student Resource Rnnm .
&lt;;ro~!l. a 1955 gradua te ol t h~.-· L· B L th' ~~.hoot. ~.11J hl· ~o.lluld lhtnl..
ol no bl·ll cr way to rt.'mt'mtwr ht' bru thl•r, ,1 (knttst .md .1 L.H l.tlult\
me mber in the dent al school whu J1l·J 1n I ~4X . ··t\l.Jn Wd~ .111 l'nthu
~ t as t i' ll'achcr who !1- taycd yo ung bcc.t u'c tll ht' .K!ltlll' .1nJ ,tllltud~·
of t:an ng abou t h i~ st ude nts .tnd th1.~1r ltvl'!l ··
Alan &lt;._;ross· wtd ow, Na n ly&lt;..; nb~, uHli..Urrl•d. ··Not ht ng mc.Jnt ll111rc
to Alan at the school than th t• stu cknb dllJ t he qua li ty of l'du~o..JtHIJ\ :
she added. "My child ren and I art· !tO proud thitt tht~ funJ w1!1 kt'tT
the spir it and the m t'mo rr of Alan alt w at th~.-· den tal ~chool:·
Elame Dav ts, associate dean fu r stud(•nt .Jffa1rs 111 the dental -"".hO(ll,
sa id: "The ~urce centl'r ts a tb.tamrnt to a wondt' rfulll,.,itt.:hc-r ..111J 11
provides a much needed study space (or the J cntal -sthool &lt;itudrnb:·
The cent er o pened thts past sp rtn g Wtth a ft·w Je:.k!'l, .1 uunpull•r
and a small libra ry coll ectio n, and l &gt;&lt;w t ~ satd e.lch vcar shl" wtll Wl\rl..
\vith Na ncy Gross a nd student rep rt."!lt.'ntattvC!ttO dt•nde how ht'!&gt;t hi
use the yearl y interest gt"nerated by t ht· fund . I &gt;avt~ :.atd thl· plan '-'
to expa nd the current space, add more ~tudv t:arrcb . bu~ .1dd1t tonal
books a nd upgrade the computa.
Those wishing to contribute to.the Alan I.L;rth~ Stu dl·n t Re ... our~.~.-·
Center fund m ay co ntact Erk Ak oo &lt;ll 7 1to ~2lJ - 2052.

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"Culture jammers" bring prot~ to UB
By PATitJOA DONOVAN
News Services Editor

gan wrapping themselves around
endangered trees and laying down

of major cultural icons. The artist is
You'U...,thowittilynamed"Vanilla
Swimming Ho rse, lead or of the Nightmares," Adrian Piper's "artistic
Hocus Focus ar1 ooll«rivt. The idea reuse" of full-pag&lt; New York Tomd
of his t&lt;mporary an proj&lt;ct, he says. ads to provoke racial and raciolsexual
is to liberate the images of Amdia anxicty.)onathanHorowitzoopi&lt;stho
Earhardt. Pablo Picasso and Samud logo for Maxell vidootape (whoso
ll«:kett frotn their roles as pitchmen name refer&gt; redunden~y to "maxi·
in Apple oomputers'"think difl'erml" mum excellence") onto Maxdl tape
a d v e r t i s i n g ,.---,----.,,...--- - - - , itself, then copies it

in front ofbulldo:rers.

campaign.(set ac-

again, · over and

Nevef\heless, the artistic end of
socio/economic protest - the cuJ.
ture jammm -are alive, healthy and
o n campus. The jammers have different ends to their design; different

companyingstory).
"Penuasion"f&lt;a·
tures work in various media by II

over, until the im·
age completely

art ists' coiJectives
and individual artists whose work

of what " maxi mum excellence"
means, anyway.

I

T's been mor&lt; than 30 years
since their predecessors threw

verbal grenades at the miJj.
tary-industrial complex, and
decades since environmentalists be-

mcthods to their deliberate madness.
Some play naughty games with

breaksu"'i(sstatic

raisingthoquestion

sacred corporate logos. some investigat e th e physical perfect ion of
commercial icons, o thers note o r
o therwise protest thi manipulation
of public consciousness and values
by commercial interests. Still others
rc-manipulate commercial manipulations in an attempt to subvert their
original meaning.
A cross section of jammers and
jammer-types wiiJ be presented in a
new exhibition opening tomorrow
evening in the UB Art Gallery.
"" Persuasio n: Tales of Commerce

may s=n incxpficable at first. Upon

and the Avant-Garde" officially be-

an opportunity to entertain a nwn-

gins at 7 p.m. with a public reception
for the artists in the gallery's fir&gt;t-6oor
exhibition space in the Center for the

ber of questions. Sud&gt; as, what is the
role of the visuaJ an.ist in the oontext
of oommercial advertising. what does
our frenzied in6atio.l of the "image"
ofsomooneorsomethingmeanabout
the value and meaning we assign to
that image, and can civic discourse
compete with the din produced by

Arts on the North Campus and will
run through Nov. 14. Gallery hou rs
are Wednesdays through Saturdays
from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sun days from noon to 5 p.m.
ln conjunctjon with the exhibit, a

special evmt tentativelyscheduled for
3 p.m. Sept. 24. ti~ed "The Rafts of
the Archetypes" will fea tu re the

launch onto Lake LaSalle of three I0·
foot -high, two-dimensional images

fur ther consideration, however, it
c ut s exq uisitely

close to the bone.
The presen te rs

1

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=

~ Gareth )ames offers the giddy lu·
''[' nacy of an ad hoc

• promotional "
campaign for his

"product," REM or
"Revol utionary

Everlasting Mate·
of the O.aaiL..anM
work in many media , from oil to
rial." A vidoo work
video to visual" interventions .. thclt by Daniel Pflum m requires the
highlight alternative impfiations of
the commodities exchange.
The show's cu rator, Kare"n

Emenhiser, says the exlubition offm

competing commercial pitche:s?
She notes that a coUection of advertisements form a contextual

backdrop to the artists in this show.
Some of the ar1 is purely analyti·
ca.l; some retaliative as well

AT&amp;T logo to morph endlessly at
warp speed to the strains ofhoppin'
industrial music.
Group presenters iiidude Hocus
Focus, The Cicada Corps of Artists,

G&lt;neral Idea and individual artists
with similar interests.
"Their goals""' varied," Emenhiser
says."10l'&lt;'-insert publicdiscour&gt;einto
pubfic spa=. to insist upon pmonal
value in the corporate state; to challenge the glossy veneer of consumer·
ism while exploring that ~ and
its potent appeal, to breal&lt; tho trana:."

other things. a turning away from
prefabricated aesthetic dements in
the environment), but they would
be cozy in their company.
Artist Richard Hawlcins, for in·
stance, presents sdectiom from his
"Disembodied Zombies" series. Eadt
begins as a photograph ofthe exquisitely altered male body used 10 sell.
say, Calvin Klein jockey shorts.
Hawkins beheads the guy and tlkes
his &lt;XliSilletic digitization one step fur.
ther - "perfecting" the image and
suspending it lil&lt;e the head of John
the Baptist against a photoshopped
bac.kg.round. A commercial treat -

ment of youth and beauty turns into
a wmbie-&lt;mblem ofthe denial of deay that so marks the ad world
Eberhard Havekostalso is int=st&lt;d
mthe physical and metaphysical sur·
f:!ceofthooommen:ial image ofphysical perfection. In his "Beauty" series,
he alters with paint the gorgeous surfaces of commercially pho&lt;ographed
filers 10 disoon=ting dkct.
The Cicada group documents its
art-attack on inner-city advertising

campaigns for cigarettes and other
dangerous produas ..
The work of the group General
Idea presents its !MAGEVJRUS series. This set of photographs documents the appropriation (with the
artist's permission ) of Robert
Indiana's famous "LOVE" logo for
use by AIDS artist -activists. General

Idea employed this colorful logotype
as if it was a weU-known corporate

artistically speaking. They may not
be literal camp followers of Herbert

symbol printing it without further
exposition on posters, billboards, on
every square inch of a commuter
train and other urban scenarios. In
the hands ofculn= jammers, despite

Marc use, Guy Debord or the
Situationists (who promote, among

into tho everyday traffic.

Jammers are not idiosyncratic,

its omnipresent threat...AIDS" melts

�September 1U!I99Nol31.No 4 llepolriea

Gene work on Nature cover
ScientistSfind first 11-subunit protein bound RNA
to

By£LUNC:O~UM

News Services Editor

T first glance, it might
look like an artist's elegan t design fo r a
Christmas wreath, but
the illustration on the cover of this
week's Nature is actually a computer
graphic of a strand of RNA that has

A

bound to an unusually symmetrica l pro tein by wrapping it self
around the protein's outer

teinsand DNA, it only has bem relatively recently that people have begun to appreciate and study the elements that control interactions be-

tween proteins and RNA. Probably
the most famous example of such
an interaction and the one th at
sparked much of the current interest in RNA was the discovery around
1990 that two RNA-protein interactions are involved in regulating the
HIV virus that ca uses

edge.
Determined using
X-ray crystallography at high -resolution by a team
of scientists from
UB and the Uni versity of York. it
is thefirstll-sub-

un it protein bou nd

AIDS.
"The protein we
study has no re-

lation to HlV,"
explained

GoUnick, "but
at the funda mental level, if

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to RNA that has ever
been determined. It is

one of only a few protein- RNA
complexes that have been characterized and one of barely a handful of
those that involve messenger RNA

lmRNA ).
"There are very few known and
elucidated examples of complexes
between protein and mRNA and
very, very few that have been characterized to this level of detail," said
Paul Gollnick, UB associate professor of biological sciences and senior
author on the paper.
Gollnick co ndu cted t he wo rk
with co-a uthors Alfred Antsoo and
Guy Dodson while on sabbatical at
the University of York..
While the lion's share of genetic

research jo the past 20 years has focused on interactions between pro-

we can' understand how thi s
one works, it may
have some relation to
the genetic processes by
which other proteins bind to RNA."
He explained that in terms of
regulating the flow of genetic information from RNA to protein, bind ing mRNA is crucial.

"So if you want to regulate expression of a particular gene in a protein RNA interaction, you wou1d want to

do it at the mRNA level," he said.
The protein involved is TRAP

(Tryptophan RNA-bindingAttenuator Protein). which is found in a

family of bacteria called Bacilli.
The mechanism by which TRAP
functions is calJed anen uation and
several eukaryotic genes (genes
fo und in multiceiJular o rganisms

like humans ), including several cancer genes, appear to be regulated br

a similar mechanism.
" By understanding the simpler
TRAP system in bacteria, we are beginning to develop a model for un derstanding more complex systems
in some of the eukaryotic genes
regulated by attenuation ," said

Gollnick.
In Bacillus subtilis, TRAP regu lates the expression of genes that en-

code enzymes for the synthesis of
the amino acid tryptophan , which
is essential for protein -building in
humans and also is related to circa-

dian rhythms.
GoUnick explained that these bac·
teria only will make enzymes to synthesize tryptophan as necessary; if
TRAP senses that there is eno ugh in
the cell, it automatically turns off
gene expression for these enzymes.
"The virtu aUy unique feat ure of

TRAP is that it only binds RNA
when it has firm bound tryptophan,"
said GoUnick.
TRAP also has II identical subunits, a completely uniqu e strudure
for a protein, which has scientists in
Gollnick's Jab at UB working to solve
th e mystery.
"Most proteins have one or two,"
said Gollnick. .. Even four is odd and
there are very few with eight. \&lt;\'h}'
did this thing evolve to have II~ ..
Another puzzling feature pbout the

TRAP-mRNA complex is the lack of
a folded structure in the RNA. •·The
RNA to which TRAP binds is entirelr
single-stranded," said Gollnick_ "There
is only one other similar example of
this known to date."
The research was funded by the
NationaJ Science Foundation and by
the Pew Charitable Trusts.

I

5

.EieclronicHiy!iWG:VS liJ
Curtain Up! 1999: An online
view of Buffalo's theater season
Theater In Western New Yoril agam k.icks off another varied stage
season with the 17th annuaJ C urtain Up! celebration on. Friday.
More than ever. local theaters have gone online to promote theu
productions, provide information and sell tickets.
UB's Cent er for the Arts offers a concise preview of the Cu rtain
Up! gala festivities at &lt;http: //wlngs .buffalo.edu / 8rb/ .html/
curtaln _up_99.htmb . The s1te offers an itinerary for the formal
cerem onies, a full list of openmg· mght pe rformances and some
brief history-for example, Buffalo was the first c11 y to offer such a
widespread celebration of its theatrical activity.
The oldest residential theater organizat 1on, Stud1o Arena &lt;http:/
/ www.studloaren•.org /&gt; will open It S 34th season w1th Alan
Aykbourn's " Things We Do For Love." The Brecht -Wei ll master
piece "The Threepenny Opera" will be offered b)' the ln sh c:la3311...tl
Theatre &lt;http://www.lrlshtheatre.com/&gt;. The Alle)'WaV The
atre &lt;http://www.alleyway.com/&gt; will prem1cre an offheat Lom
edy caJi ed .. Ce lebril )' Fish-Purveyors to the Stars." Percnnaal mu
sical hits "G uys and Dolls" at D'Youvi ll e College's Kavmoky The
at re &lt;http://www.dyc .edu/ Kavlnoky /&gt; and "The Kmg and r·
on Oct. 5 at the recently renovated Shea's Performmg Art s Lcnte r
&lt;http://www.sheas.org /&gt; arc guaranteed crow d - plea:,er ~. Th e
Tennessee Williams da..;sic '"Cat o n a Hot Tin Roof"' 1s co-produced
by Buffalo Ensemble Theatre &lt;http://freenet .buffalo.edu/ arts/
pac/ bet/&gt; and Women in Theatre.
Press reviews and articles about Westcrn New Yo rk pla ys lan he
fou nd o nlin e as well. The UB co mmunaty run access rev1ews puh
lishcd by The Buffalo News VIa the Dow Jones Intera ctiVe ~ 1t e I Tu
get th ere from the VB Libranes page &lt;http: / / ubllb.buHalo.edu /
libraries&gt;: click on On line Resources, then Database!&gt; br Ti~le . th en
Dow Jones Int eractive. ) You can narrow the list of publicat ion " to
Buffalo, and usmg Boolean operato rs, sea rch wuh words from src ·
cific play titles, personnel o r th e name:, of local theater ~ . O th er
publications that cover local theater h3tmgs and articles mclude
Artvo1cc &lt;http:/ / www.artvolce.com / &gt;and Buffalo Beat &lt;http:/
/ www.buffalobeat.com /&gt;.
Western New Yo rk theater IS a~ vibrant a:, ever. Newcomers to tht~
region and longtim e residents ahke are encouraged to attend the fe:, ·
tivlties of C urtain Up~ \999 and patronize the \oc.a\ playhouses
throughout the 1999-2000 season. The Web can help you choost·
which performances to attend. However, for all its wonders. not rvc n
th e Internet can provide a suhstltutc for good liVe theater.
For assuttmce m cormectmg to tire World W1de Web vw UB co mputer

accowrts, conracr th e ASCJT Help Desk at 645 -3542

Getting new drugs online -is risky
By£LUNC:O~UM

News Services Editor

Reput able sites can be useful

when a consumer is o rdering a reH EN used judi - fill by email and picking it up at a
ciously, pharmacy local pharmacy, he says. Moreover,
Web sites can play prescribers can email prescriptions
an important edu - ·directly to a pharmacy to be picked
cational role for consumers. but they up, if the (:mail ~tem is secu re.
never should be used for ordering
Butevenorderingnewpharmaceunew prdcriptions, according to a ticals from seemingly reputable sites
professor of pharmacy at UB.
can pose problems, like those that arise
Karl Fiebelkorn, clinical assistant from using mail-&lt;&gt;rder pharmacies.
professor of pharmacy practice, says
According to Fiebelkorn, a trained
legitimate online pharmacies, such phannacist can glean quite a lot of
as those run by reputable commu- information from an in-person connity pharmacies, incl udin g versation with a patient that is just
Drugsto~oom oWJted by Rite Aid
not possible in cyberspace.
and Soma.oom owned by CVS, can
"Can you monitor a patient's sucbe good sources of information for cess with their drug therapy online!"
patients on their disease state and he ash_ "Can you check the patient's
their drug therapies. They also can blood prtSSure or blood sugar online
be good sources of referrals to other orav&lt;:rthephonel Ofcour.;e not- R&lt;al
sites or information sources, such as pharmacists in community pharmadrug companies, government agen- cies can do all these thing.. We can accies or patient-help organizations.
tually see the skin rnsb for which the
"Consumer&lt;ducation isaitical to patient is sedcing tmttment•
the success of a treatment ,• ·says
Case in point: a few years ago,
Fiebe,lkorn, who for 16 yean super- while Fiebelkorn was working in a
vised a major community pharmacy. community pharmacy, a diabetic
"But, as they say, 'A little bit ofknowl- patient called to say that, according
edge can be dangerous.' That's why it to her blood -g lu cose meter, her
is always important fo r the patient to blood-sugar level was "out of consee a health proli:ssional face-to-fuce." trol... Fiebelkorn askM her to come
Some ph arma cy Web sit es, to the pharmacy and bring her gluFiebelkorn says. such as thost that cose meter with her. It turned out
operate offshore and send to con - she was getting inaccurate readings

W

su mers prescription drugs without

because the sensors in the meter

a prescription, are patently illegal
and obviously should be avoided.

needed to be cleaned.
In another instance, Fiebelkorn

recalls, a patient told him she was
using her inha1er more times during the day than was recommended
and that she was having her medi -

cation reftlled (through a mail-order phannacy~ about twice as often
as is usually ne cessa ry. When
Fiebelkorn asked her to show him
how she used her inha1er. he saw she
was using it incorrectly, a nd he
showed her how to use it properly.
It 's also important for a pharmacist to be able to observe a patient's
body language because it offers in sight into a patient's mindset and if
something is bothering him or her.
"'And what if the patient isn't tell ing you everyt hing?" he asks .
"Online, you can't know whether or
not the patient is telling you aU the
facts."

For example, he describes a hypothetical patient who wants a prescription for V1agra. That patient could
state in an email message to an online
pharmacy that he weighs ISO pounds
and is in perfect health, when in fact
he is extremdy overweight and has a
heart conditio n , whi ch normally
would be contraindications for the
drug. But in the online emrironment.
the pharmacist would never know.
In addition, he says, there IS no
way for online pharmaCies to com·
ply fully with state regulat ions that
require patients to rect•ive detailed
information abou t tht' drugs they
are receiving.

-Deborah Husted Koshlnsky and Rick McRae, U"'vrTSJty Lrbnmcs

BrieBy
UB to host Kids Voting WNY
voter-education conference
Western New Yoril 's voung adu lts wi'll get . 1 ( han u~ to :, peo~k therr
minds at UB o n Nauonal Kld:, Votmg Day.
Approximatel y SOO stud cnb !rum 75 h1gh ~c h ool~ 10 l:rre and
N1agara counties wrll convene ..11 seve ral sites on the No rth Ca mpu ~
Sept. 28 to part1 c1pa1e 10 a half· dav lOnfc rence on votmg behav10r
and civiC responsibilit y.
The event was o rgamzed h}' 1\.!ds Voting WNY, a non -profit vo ter
ed uca ti on program where students under the voting age pariK I·
pate in a cu rriculum about the electoral process. T he organizatio n
receives support from II sponsor3- ca ll ed ..co rporate champiom
of democracy" - mclud ing UB.
Mo lly Thompson, executive d 1rector of Kids Votmg WNY. 53)'~
the organization isn 't about promoting po liti cal candida tes. bu t
rather, making young ad ults aware of the issues.
St udents atte ndin g the event wi ll be polled conce rning issues of
mterest to their age group. listen to speakers, view a new Kid s Vot ·
ing video and exchange politi cal views in small group disc u ss ion ~
faci litated by UB stu dents.
Students participating in the event , which runs from 8:30a.m. to
I :30 p.m., also will be poll ed on pa rt y-p latform preferen ces and a
host of developmen t issues concetning Buffalo's future .
Mary Gres ho~m , vice president for public service and urb..1n affa1rs,
says Lh e event is aimed at reducing voter apathy among young pcopk.
" It 's a national movement to try to rekindle inten•st in Civic be hav ror," she said.
In addit1on to the Office of Public Servrce and Urban Affa1rs, spo n
~ors of the event include tht• College of Arts and Scienct's, the D1v1 ·
:,1on of Studen t Affairs. the Office of Admission s. the Office ut th e
Provost and the Division of Univers1ty Services.
Kid~ Voting WNY is part of the national o rganazation Krd:, Vo t

tng USA .

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Dental Meeting to be
held Sept. 30, Oct. 1&gt;
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by the UB Dental Alumni Association, will be held Sepl 30
and Oct 1 in the Buffalo Con-

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Kleinman named chair of architecture

By PAT1UCIA DONOVAN
News

SeMc.~

Editor

K

ENT Kleinman de ·

scribes himself as a man

"with a passion for the
built environmenL" AI·
though not a preservationist in the

was associat~ professor of architec- · tation.
turc in tht CoUege of Architecture
The school's acting &lt;kart, Thomas
Headric~ says he welcomes
and writttn extensively in Euro~ Kleinman's"superb blend of talents."
and the U.S. and is the author of sev" He's an immemely creative and
and Urban Planning. He has worked

er.d books.
·The VB architecture department

stn cte st sense o f the term ,
Kleinman , a designer with a distin guished International reputation in
archnectural dcstgn and theory.
(onsiders buildangs constructed in
the past to be carriers of culture.
"A culture is msc ribed in stones
.1nd forms of its buill environment,"
saY!. Kl ~ mman , who took over this
!o.Cnu."Ster as chau of the Department
of Archll ect urt: 1~ the School of Ar..:hJtectun· J nd Planning. " Fo r good
o r til , th t'M' strw.-wn.--s ('Xpress the
va lue-. of those \\'ho built them. We
tn.'&lt;ll ou r older buildings with re:. pcd bCl:a use thcv represent our
~.: ultural past. !( we lose them, we lose
p.m of who we are.
" \Vc needn 't encapsulate the past
o n the assumptum that we: can't produ~.- c buildmgs of the same quahty.
howrver. Our gl· nerati o n has th t,
value-s, tntdligL'nce and training to
produce great archi tect ure. We nn-d
to exercise o ur c.•. xcel\cncc, CqJress it
tn the work we create.
"To ho nestl y represe nt our ltfe
Jnd llmt·s. our built environment
ca nnot o nly mcorporate the values
we hold, hut stimuJat&lt;" a public debatl' about what those values should
be." Kletnman says. citing as ex amp les th e work o f Daniel
Libt.-skind of Gt·rmnnv and Alvaro
Stza of Portugal.
Kleinman comes to UB from tht&gt;
University o f Michigan , where he

visionary arclUtect and educator with
broad-ranging interests and a wcUpublished scholar who also understands academic administration ,"
Headrick says. "Even more lmportanlly, he brings a rommitment and

enthusiasm to make UBan outstanding school forarchitectureand planning. We are indeed fortunate that he
has joined our UB community."
Kleinman, who also is an associate professor, notes that one of the
attractions of coming to UB is the city
of Buffalo itself."lt has many impressive and intact physical structures,
unliJ« many other citieo-Detroit,
for example. Buffitlo's great buildings
. may not be fully used or fully occupied, but they are of landmark value.
"And the school it.&lt;elf is very imkent IUelnman brings a n.1tlonal
ponant to N.w York State." he adds.
rqMrtatlon to the DqNrtment
of Architecture.

.. It 's SUNY 's only architecture
school and is poised to be great It

had been without a pem1anent chair
since the departure of Elizabeth
Cromley for Northeastern University in Janua ry 1997. A national
search for her replacement began at
that time, but was unsucessful
During this time, students staged

has an exceUenl faculty and brigh1,

a pro1es1 in which they piled up a
number of chairs and then asked for

a "chair" for their department.
VVh ilc the school received an ex cellent five -year accreditation last
fall, th e National Architectu re Accredi tation Board encouraged the
school to continue to search for a
department chair of national repu -

energetic, intelligent students."
Kleinman notes that this year, ar-

chitect Michael Sorkin will be teaching in the graduate program every
two weeks, giving students an opportunity to learn from -one of the
finest architectural critics and thinkers in ihe world.
"We expect to do this sort of thing
ever y yea r," he said. "We'll have

classes taugh1 by some of the finest
architects, designers, theorists and
planners in their fields."
Kleinman also points to the
school's annual lecture series as

strong and provoc:ativr.
"On Oct. 13, for instance, our

spcai«r is Wolfgang Tschap&lt;Uer, a
young, up - &lt;~;nd-coming archit~ct

who is very successful in Europe. particularly in the German-speaking

realm. Tschapdler's work will demonstrate the role that European governments play in promoting high
quality, sometimes radical arclU!eeture,particularlythrough thevdUde
of o~n competitions." Kleinman

says it usuaUy surprises Americans to
learn how much government sup-

port has to do with the spectacular
buildings going up o""r.&lt;asKieinman holds a mast~r's degree
ln architecture from the University
of C alifornia at Berk~ley, from

which he also received a bachelor's
degree summa cum /nude in 1979.

Between I986 and I995, he has been
an invited visiting professor o r critic
31 ComeU
I he

University; UC- Berkeley.
University of Michigan and im-

portant archi t ~ctural schools in

Denmark, Austria and Germany.
A prominent author and editor in
his field, Kleinman is working on
.. Notes on Almost Nothing," an assessment of two significant bu t un-

der-document«! buildings designed
by Mies Van Der Rohe .
Ea rlier works include " Rudolf

Amheim: R.-vealingVISion"( 1998),
with Lesli~ van Duzer, a criticaiJy
apRiauded anthology of writings on
the" w&lt;irk ~f Harvard psychologisl
Rudolf Arnheim-who famo usly
appUed th~ principles of Gestalt per·
ceptual psychology to the fields of
film. en and architecture. Kleinman
calls Amheim a dose friend and a
sou~~ of inspiration.

Photonics institute
co ntinued from page 1

The author of more than 350sci entific papers, Pras.1.d is responsible
for bringing in annual researc h
funding of more than $1 million.
He is the p resident of a high -tech
company in the UB incubator. La ser Photo nics Technologies, Inc.,
which develops innova tive optical
n}aterials.
Prasad's research has resulted in
a broad range o f fundamental ad vances. such as the generation of
new photonic materials that already
are being used to develop new can cer treatment s, C Os that pack a
thou sand times morr data than
those available today and extremely
sensitive molecular probes.
"tv'ith this institute. UB is doing
something that goes far beyond an
academic exercise," said Prasad. "We
are really rC"Jching out to industry
and research institutions in an en trep reneurial endeavor that will
benefit this com mu nity. Together,
with our partners, we wiiJ be developing real products that will attract
new businesses to this area and gen era te economic development."
According to Prasad, the purpose
of the Institute for l.a.sers. Photonics
and Biop hoton ics is to serve as the
focal point of a photonics corridor
encompassing institutions and
firms in Western New York and in
nearby Ontario.
Within the university, the institute
already has ongoing relationships
with other photonics research programs in the School of Medicine and

Biomedical Sciences, the School of

Dental Medicine, the School of En·
ginceri ng and Applied Sciences, the

School of Pharmacy and the Departmen t of Physics.
The institute will build on the
PRL's current collaborations with
the Calspan - UB Research Cen torr
and Roswell Park Cancer Institu te,
and fo resees frui tful relationsh ips
with other institutions, including

• Bioinformatics
• Laser· activated treatments

• Photo-&lt;lynamic c:an= therapies
In addition to world-class testing
and research facilities. the institute
will offer to its industrial partners

technical expertise, joint efforts to develop new products, short courses on

innovative technologies and training
and recruitment opportunities.

mer programs and international collaborations and co::hange programs.
Efforts in the biomedical arena indude research into new cancer treat ments, new instruments and laser

&lt;raining for medical, dental and aesthetic applications.
Funding to launch the institute has

been provided by the Office of the
Provost, with facultysuppert from the

For the university, the institute will

College of Arts and Sciences, the

Kaleida Health Group, HauptmanWoodward Medical Research Insti -

offer an interdisciplinary graduate
program ofstudy, post-&lt;loctoral traiq-

tute and Rochester General Hospital Laser Cen ter. The institute already has formed a collaboration
with Photonics Research O ntario
and Princess Margaret Hosp ital,
wi t h which U B recently signed a
memorandum of u nderstanding.
Interactions with regional industries
are expected to form an important
linkage of th e new institu te.
The inst itute also will offer its
partners. both inside and o utside the
university, access to a broad range
of scientific instruments and technologies. each of which is involved
in the growth of major markets.

ing. visiting faculty programs. sum-

School of Engineering and AppUed
Sciences and the School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences.

They include:
• Ind ustrial and lf'ledicallasers
• Sensor t ech not~ics
• Fiber optics
'

•Imaging and dis~:ty1"&lt;Clmolo­
gies
• High-density data storage
• Optical coatings and solar-en-

ergy panels
• Mtdica l and den tal imaging
and diagnostics

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Tbe~•JI

Lake LaSalle student housing comes at an environmental price
De¥ Editor:

Given the overwhelming student
interest in the new Hadley Road
apartments, it seems dear that students want apartment-style living
on campus. Ground has now been
broken for the next phase of student
apa rtments at Lake LaSalle. The
motive for these co nstru cti on
projects appears to be a sinceu desire by UB officials to meet student
needs. But this new student housing is coming at a price, not just in

dollars. Consider the following:
If you ask students and their parentswhat they like about the appear-

ance of a campus, they wiU not say
"w. liked that campus becaUS&lt; it had
so many new apartment buildings ...
But they will tell you they love campuses that look like campuses beca use th ey are wooded, park -like
and embrace natural beauty.
The location chosen for the Lake
LaSalle apartments is (or at least
was) arguably the most
beautiful natural

spot on the
North Campus.
The loss of this
place is tragi c

(some would say) ugly. The campus
desperately needs to be beautified
and natu.ra.Liud. What students and
their parents now experience is a
giant cement and brick spine sur·
rounded by parking lots. The new
flower beds arc a step in the right
direction, but the campus' stark im·
age will not change for the better by
surrounding the spine and its park ing lots with apanment complexes
and their parking lots.
The l..ake l..aSalle site might have
been spared had UB decision-mak·
ers paid attention to the VB 2025
campus land-use plan that was developed by the university's EnvironmentaiTaskForce (ETF)in 1995and
accepted by the UB administration
in 1996. Tht&gt; decision -makers also
neglected to consult with the ETF, an

organization the administration has
put ..on hold" si nce Jan. I by refusing
to appoint new leadership.
The campus does not belong to a
few select campus deci -

\l-~t'~,~Ol'llgllt..,

and has af-

sio n -makers (no

m atter
how
smart or well intentioned }.
The campus is
public land and,
as such. it belongs to all of us.
including th e
general publi c.

·rnus. campus landmatter ho attractively
de sig ned ~and nicely
landscaped, the new
apa rtments will not
recreate this natural
place or add beauty or
serenity to the campus equal to what is
now lost forever.

use deci sion -making
be open. Minimally,
shouldn't there have been hearings

and consensus-building before embarking on an aggressive, campus-

development plan that may t"ventu ally resuh in as many as five student housing developments?
It is ironic, a.s one co lleagu e
Unfortunately, UB
pointed out to me, that rt.--sidents
North Campus is
of Ea st Aurora ( or any
stark , sterile and ··~II:~Jil~'-- community in New York )

have more opportunity for demo cratic participation in decision s
about whether a new Wal -Man 1s
built in their town than members of
the US commu nity have in campus
land -use decisions.
State law requires an environ mental impact statement ( EIS )
when projects will have a substan tial impact on the environment. The

clearing of land for the Lake l..aSalle
apartments dearly had that kind of
impact. Was an EJS done? If so, how
did it add ress the loss of this natu ral area? If an EIS was not done,
what was the rationale for not doing it ? Was there a legal requirement ? An EIS. incidentally, would
have required public participation.
I work with many people who are
involved with these housing projects
and have even been invited to make
suggestions about building design .
These are fine people, conscientious.
well -intended, all trying to do the
best for the university and its stu dent "customers." But I think something is amiss. This fast -track crash
process is producing casualties, and
~electing the Lake LaSalle sit e was J
big mistake.
Earlier this summer. when I saw
what was done by the earthmoving
machines. I just stood there in silence
and shock, not knowing whether to
scream curses or simply cry. I ended

up doing both, professional detach men t no t being an option. In my 17
years of employment with UB, I
n('Vc.-r (ell so disappointed, bet rayed
and violated by this institution. I

though! of aU the hours I had spent
in that place, feeling its peace and
beaury. It was a Little oasis. a n:fugt.·
on this over- industrialized campu~.
The grief I fed about this loss is al most indescribable.
Walter Simpson

Cutting of trees for student housing "an absolute outrage"
ecosystem--oxygenation of the air,
root systems to prevent erosion, shd ~
ter and homes for various forms of
wildlife, etc. But. for me, it is more of
a feeling of what green spaces and lrt'C&gt;
and flowers do for my inm.'"T being.
I get a great se nse of inter connectedness and peace when I'm
surrounded by nature. Belicve me,
parking lots and ovcr-oonstruction do
not give me the same feelings!
Most people get a warmth or
.sense about their surroundings that
may be hard to put into words. It

just makes them feel good to be sur-

rounded by nature. A etmpu~ that
r('C()gnizcs this wou ld certainl y at
tract more students.
~
I appreciate all the beautification
that h as been done to the North
C.ampus. but I'm very troubled when
such a beautiful area with mature
trees is completely leveled. Even if
more trees are planted, they won't
have the size, shading or magnifi cence of those that were taken down .
I'm sure I join many who also mourn
the loss of yet another green spaCl'.
Linsey Baker
Science and E.ngmunng Library

Triggle's utterances fair poorly against Gettysburg Address
To the Editor:

The Gettysburg Address, even as Van
Gogh's paintings. took a long time
to register: " It was not until many
years later that the address became
recognized as one of the classic ut terances of aU time." (Encyclopedia
Britannica. 1950 Edition. Volume

14, plate II )
Many contemporaries fiercel y
cr iti cized the " utterance s," al though Everett, th e speaker pre ced ing Lince!n at the occasion,
commented in print , .. , wish that
I could nattcr myself that I had
co me as near to the central idea of
th e occasion in two hours as you

did in two minutes."
For those who believe that the
provost 's utte~ces are misjudged
by contemporaries, only to be rec ·
ognized for their brilliance by more
distant and dispassionate observers,
I submit in evidence the open.i ng
two sentences of both:
lincoln: Fourscore and seven years

ago, our fathers brought forth on this
continent a new nation conceived in
liberty and dedicated to the propos•·
tion that all men arc created equal.
Now " 'e are engaged in a great civil
war testing whether that nation, or any
nation so conceived and so dedicnt.ed ,

The Sufis lost 17- 10 to v•s•ongAkron Unrven•ty Sawrday before a school rec.ord
20.835 fans in their fii"St~ Mld-Amencan Conference football game
Buft.do. whiCh went mt.O the pme u a nearly three-touchdown underdog.
n!CO'Vered from a slow sart to battle the Z.ps on eowoen tenns for most of the
contest.
The Zips jumped In front the first ume they touched the ball. Akron drove 72
yards on I I pbys to l:ake a 7..0 lead when james Wa.shlngoon scored from 19 yan:b
out on a rolk&gt;ot to the nght. They •ncrused that lead oo I 0-0 on a 20-yan:l field
go;al by b.c Derr and uw dit!ir defense bail them out twK.e m the second quarter
u the Buill began to crank it up offenSM!:Iy
Arst. the Zips stopped a prom1sing UB dnve when redstun. freshman 8ml
McOonaki fumb'ed after a IS-yard ptn and the Zip-s' Jon Eaton recovered at the
Akron 14.
Then, after UB juntor Marcus Cote sacked Wutungton. foi"Ced a fumble
and rt!&lt;O¥ered it. the Zips' defensM made the nop of the pme . From a fint-andgoal at the six, the Bulls gained only one yard on th~e tries befo~ kicker Xon

had his ll-yard attempt blocked
The Bulls did aet on the board later when JUOtOr Tory Srruth burst (or H yards

~ller

on a fake punt that led to a ]].yard field goal by Keller
The Zips toOk control again when S..ndon ~e capped ;a 12-pl~. 72-yard
drive with a one-yard ptunge to make It 17-3 wJth ) : 1-4 left 1n the durd qU¥ter
The Bulls rallied. howreYer. u sophomore quanem;.ck joe Freedy. rmlong h1s
first career start. hit senior Drew Haddad With a 32~yard Koring nnke to cut the
l~d (D seven points ( 17 - I 0) with I I :-49 left in regulation. The Akron defense.
however, stiffened and the Bulls suffered thelf first home open•ng loss •n the Cra•g
Cirbus c02ching en.
The Bulls' defense wu ouuanding throughout the night with several excellent
perfonmnces. The defense wu led by sophomore Brandoo Jordan who had I ]
addes, a uck and [\lifO aclde:s for loss. Strong gfety Enc Pi pions added I I t1cldes.
while Carlos Spencer. Chris Shelly and Cole added I0 acldes each Sophomore
free safety Craig Rohlfs added nine aclde:s and a fum~e recovery

VoiiB~~all
Villanova l , UB I (6-l S, I S- 10, Il -l S, S- 1S)
Montan a State J, UB 0 (9·1 S, S· l S, 7- l S)
New Orl eans l , UB I (IS-13, S- 1S, 6-1 5,1 0- l S)

~OCCBr
MEN' S

UB l, Can islus I
Akron I,UBO
WOMEN ' S

UB S, O etroit~Mercy I

Lmss Lount~
MEN ' S
UB ll,Albany 27
WOMEN
UB 37 ,Albany 22

Unwenity Focilir1es

To the Editor:

I, too, feel a tremendous sense of loss
when trees or forests are destroyed.
I think it's an absolute ou trage that
the lovely stand of trees was de stroyed around La.ke USalle to ma.kc
room for more student apanffients.
I saw "before" and ..after" pictures
after that area was desecrated. It was
enough to make me physicaUy sick!
The dear-cu tt ing was apparent ly
done without consulting any of our
environmental groups or without
an impact statement.
We all know the scientific reasons
why plants and trees are sovit.11 to our

~oot~all
Akron 17, UB 10

can lo ng endure. (2 more mmu tol
Triggle: A recent review in !Ill'
Economist described universitl~ d:.
one of our most ancient instituti on~
with an associated history o l JP
proximately 1.000 years. But unin·r
sities are really much o lder than th.tt.
and can trace their origin to the li brary at Alexandria and to th(' C rl·c.-k
formalism of snrntifil llllJllln'. L!
more hours)
I f('SI m yca~.
John C. G. Boot
Prolenor and cho1r, Deport men/
of Monogemen/ Sc1enCel and
Sysrems School of Management

Two firms fund fellowships
The Bergquist Corp . and Custom Electronics, Inc. arc brtt1ng on
the brainpower of UR student!. by givmg g1fts to tht" School o f l~ ngr
ncering and Applied Scirnu·s tn fu nJ tdlnw s h1p~ for s tudt· nt ~ affili ated with il.s l:nt" rgy Sys tt.· m ~ Jn ,t llllll'
Mark H . Karwan . J ran of th&lt;·l'ngml'l'TIIlg ~!." h ool. \JIJ l~l' kllm'
ships "rrnrct trul' corporat e IL·Jder)hLp m hdpmg to dc.·velop a ) Iron
gcr mdu stry/ uruvc.•rsll y partncr'\hip." I le added : "These .. o mpJrH e)
arc pro vrd1ng tht: margin of rxcd lcn(l' requ•rt:d for today's cnv,1
nt:ers by hdpmg tht.·m obtam a qualit y graduate education."
W. lamt::. ~aqt:ant, professor nf el ect ri cal engin~:cnng and dlr('\,.
tor of the SEAS ~. ncrg y Syst&lt;•ms lns tLtutt·, forme rl y known a ~ till'
High Powc.·r Elect ronic ~ ln '\lilute. sa id the gifts will str('nglht.•n l ' B\
gradua tl·· cngmeering program ~ hv '\ Upportmg recruitment of t.tl
r nted md1v1duah who will add lkpth to the.· sL·hnol \ rcsc.'a n.h d
fo rt :..
.. The~c .. tudc.·nh Jre wdhng to ••.,h. quc~t10n~ t)l ' how ' .mJ ' wh'
that m.l)' challt:ngc our assumpt i On~. thcv .ur thorough mloJim,· m ~
up on the detail :,. both thc.·o n..'tic.al Jnd cxpemnentJ I. and With thl'lr
unbriJic.·d cnthusia~m. thev make thl· projc.·ct fun ."
1\ergqutsl IS giv mg $ .'\5,000 a vcar for up to stx )'Cars 111 ~u pport 111
J doctoral student. The first Her~LJUL S t I )o\.' toral l·dlow 111 I ll L' r~ '
~vstL·m~ • ~ l'il'l. " tnca l engm('enng studc."nt lenmfer Ztr nhcld .
Ber~qUi s t , hast·d 10 Minneapolis. I) a world IL·Jdl·r Ill the.· mJnul.h
tun.· of thc.·rnMIIv conductL\'e electr\C.ll -tsolatlon !Oll"rlacl' m.Jtt:nJh
C ustom , a pnvJtd y held cnmpJnv 111 ( )nL·onta th.u mJnulacturL''
h1gh - voltJ~l' L.tpa~: lt o rs and h1gh - voha~(' l'ilTironl:-;mdu i L·~ lor
.!Cro!tpJlt' and dl'fen se app li catiom. 1:. ~n· mg $21.000 .1 vc&lt;Jr for up
tothrc.'l' Vt.'ar~ to ~upport a master \ lc.·vcl fdlow~hip 1\ ,u old (;111 1 ~
the lirst ( : u ~tom Elt:ctrunH. ) Ma ster h:llow 111 Encq!.\' ~,· ,tl'llb .
Th e ,tuJcnh arc wo rking with Saf)L'anl 111 h1) rt'~l'Jrch ''" hm\'
clel."tfllntL svslt'm !t Jgt: and how Jdvanu·J L'ncrg,· )rs t em~ t"Jn hl'
I."U illt: mor(' dfi cu:nt. Sa ri rant sa td hL· •=- taktng a ven dlftt:rL'Ilt JP
pmat.: h In managing reliabilit y 111 t' llL' r~!)' W\lt'llb . wh11.: h L' ~o.ntll....tltn
the aerospa ce .md defense.· mdu~tnc.·~ .

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By ElUH GOLDBAUM

N 1998, when VB made the decision to proceed with a oom-

different.
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"The computer-access requirement at UB-Access99-has been
a major asset in tenru of freshman

puter-access requirement for
freshmanstartingin 1999,some

recruitment," said TufatielJo.
At the same time, the establishment

officials and faculty had one major
conc&lt;m: that the requirem&lt;nt not be
a disincen6ve to prospective stu dents--particular~ those who could
not afford their own computm.
They need not have worried.
"Every college and university that
has implemented a program similar to oun has experienced substan·
tiaJ gains in enrollment and increases in student quality, as mea·
sured by SAT scores," said Joseph
Tufariello, senior vice provost for
educational technology.
And UB's experience has been no

of a computer-distribution program
for needy students. described as one
of the most extensive anywhere, has
made the new requirement an attractive reason for coming to UB.
"None of the negative effects that
we thought would happen. did," said
Ma-rk Petrie, associate director of
admissions.
"The bottom line with IID:ess99 is
that it's been a positive recruitment
tool fur the admissions ollia because
the kids like iL They expect to come
toschopl and usecomput=,"he said.
"We have one of the largest fresh-

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man classes thisycar tha n we've had

in a long period of tim e," said
Valdemar lnnus, senior associate
vlcc presldcnt for university serv\ces
He noted that while it is difficult to
attribute the rist in freshman appli ·
cants and enroUcd students to any

single factor, a number of the efforts
involved with Access99 have played
an important role.
The push began last fall with the
Discover UB open house and continued into the spring with Preview
Day open house for accepted stu·
dents; major presentations that

highlighted UB's information-technology resou.JU'S to prospective students were featured at both events.

Also featured were tours of the
ever-popular cybraries, the new,
upgraded public computing sites

that , together with BeU I0 I and departmcn taJ facilities, make availabl&lt;"
one public computer for every 10
undergraduates.

"Last year, we starred hearin g
fro m ad mi ss io ns recruiters who
were going out on recruiting trips
that they were receiving extremely
positive responses from prospective
students and their parents," said

TufarieUo, who is leader and advocate for ACCJ:SS99.
The Office of Educational Technology is working with the staff of
the Offic:r of Admissions in student·
recruitment effects by making its
Preview Day 99 presentation available and by participating in an Operation Inform Conference, slated
for Sept. 28, to be attended by high -

GSE retools teacher-training program
11J PAliiiCIA DONOVAN
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HE Graduate School of
Educabon (GSE), constS·
tently rated as among the
top eduation schools in
the country, has dramatically reor·
ganizcd and enlarged its program
leading to New York State teacher
certification in response to rapid

changes in the field of teacher education and an expected increase ln
demand for new teachers.
The VB Teacher Training Institute-formerly known as the Buffalo
Research institute on Education for
Teadling(BRIET)-willofferrour.;e;
earlier on the undergraduate level and
special assistance to those who wish
to ent&lt;r teaching from other professions. The changes in the program
have resulted in an 80 percent inc=se
in enrollment tMr last year.
"Change is necessary to maintain
program quality as the institute en ·

iarges to meet student demand;' says
Terry Gates, professor of education
whb was named director of the
Teacher Training Institute on July I.
"We also need to ensure that the

"Another reason for modifica tion," he says. "' is that the field of
teacher education is finally respond-

who they are and what they know
in their new career."
Gates points o ut that today we
know more about people and how
they interact in societies than we
ever have. Schools are among our
most important social institutions,
he says, and teacher-training programs s h o uld reflect this new
knowledge and use it .
"Teacher development is not lim ited to a yea r-long training pro -

ing to the fact that all kinds of people

gram," he says. " It beginsbeforecol-

want to become teachers. Applka tions are coming in not only from
college students, but fro m steel workers, writers, business peo ple
and mothers returning to wor k.
"We va lu e these s tudents for
their long and varied life expen ences. They tend to be mo re rna ·
ture., insightful and empathetif..
than the average person. We want
to help them make the right choices
here, to be able to use the best o f

lege and never ends. We've incorporated this realization lnto plans for
p re-college teacher-education p~
grams, teacher training ror return ing students and in -service educa tion to help teachers keep pace with
what's new in the field.
"All of this will help the institute
produce a larger number of badly
needed new teachers and addresses

program satisfi~ new statt teachercenification requirements that are

expected to be established by the end
of September.

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the changing needs of the educa·
tional community in Western New

York and beyond." Gates says.
C hanges in the institute were

called for initially in a ni"W GSE vi sion/mission statement and strate·
gic plan that resulted from a year·
long effort initiated by the school 's

late dean, Jacquelyn Mitchell. It in ·
volved intensive self-a.amination.
working groups and implementa·
tio n committees.
Gates outlines several specific aJ.
terations in the institute, 1ts focus
and programs:
• Teadter-educauon courses will
be made available earlier to under·
graduate students. Kim Truesdale, •
associate director of the mstitUie.
notes that at present. undergradu ates who want to become teacher11
must complete a course of st udy m
their major co ntent areas. such as
English, chemistry or social studies.
before taking education courses m
their sen ior year. At that

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has studied the effects of computer ownership on students' acadtmic
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to ATM machines, microwaves,
cars and librar-y card catalogs.
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literacy is the basic understanding
of what a computer is and how it
works, as weU as knowing about
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word processors and email. While

some people can get by without
being computer literate, most of
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excellent instruction for pilots. In
general, where ideas can be: conveyed visually, a corilputcr is an
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techpology in teaching in order to
keep paaowith the use of com puters in society in.general. Students

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who own computers are more

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· with mathematics and theory daily.
But he also enjoys a change in latitude for a different kind of turbu n
lent advenlllr&lt;: sailing.
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says UB "is one of the best places iri
the world to study turbulence."
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This summer, George spent three
months sailing and teaching in other
parts of the world. He and two of
his students flew to Sweden, where
they picked up "Wings" and sailed
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Gothenburg, where George taught
for a month. The crew--a constant

variable-then sailed to Denmark,
Poland, Estonia and Finland.
George, who also heads the Center for Thermo/Fluids Engineering,
says he's wanted to sail since he was
a child. The summer before he came
to UB, 25 years ago, he got his
chance.
The opportunity came while jog·
ging in Boston aloog the Cl&gt;arles River.
"I titerallyran into (a sign fur) communityboating."he says. He spent that
summer taking sailiqg lessons, and
when he came to UB, he immediately
began his search for a boat
He bought an Albaoor&lt;, a 15-foot
boat on which he learned to race in

the 1970s. Soon after, George took a
hiatus &amp;om his pa.ssioo altogether, Out
pick&lt;d up sailing and racing again in
1988 on his 25-footer"Jacuz:zi."
But he yearned to sail more
extensively.
"I always had a yen to do oaoan
sailing," George says. "I made a couple
ofshort oa:an myages in "Hobo" (tOr
which he traded jacuzzi) and became

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waves roughly as tall as a five-story

building, George says. The ship
again managed to el~ disaster
when its two spinnaJcers.-used in
place of headsails-became
tangled around the forestay. The
ordeal caused considerable panic
among crewmembers, sinao th"!

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"1 went off on a 100-foot scbooner to Bermuda, to get used to the
oaoan." he says.
And two years later, George embarked on his fir.;t transatlantic jour-

were I ,000 miles from anything, he
recalls. But the situation was rectified and the ship continued successfully to its destination.
George says the wnrit condition
in which to sail isn't fien:e weather,
but a lack of wind. Without wind
and in the midst of a swell, the ship
rocks violently, George points out,
causing the booms and sails to crash

ney, sailing with his crew from

from side to side. Meanwhile. sup-

Chesapeake Bay, Md., to Scotland.
But the trip was not without its
harrowing moments.
The ship was ca-ugpt in several

plies-including some 2,000
pounds of canned goods. as well as
fuel and water~ tossed about
below deck_

He continued his preparations

"The crew generally gets tossed
around a bi~ too. Sort of like beipg
on a really bad rollercoaster;:he
notes. "And, of ooune, some people
can get quiteseasid&lt;.ltreally is about
as m.i.se:rable as one can be.•
But Georgeernbnce; those chaotic

"There's always a sense you're responsible for your own destiny," he
says.
Such as in the case of the spinnak&lt;:r snafu, when worrying doesn't
figure into the .Oiution.
"You're totally dependent on yourself and the decisions you made hefore you left (port)," he says.
And as captain, you've got to be
flexible.
"I try to listen to everybody's input," he si.ys. "You prepare yourself,
you prepare your boat, you prepare
your crew." Once you've set sail, "it's
too late to think.•
George, who says he was inspired
in part to sail the oaoan by Joshua
Slocum's book, "My Trip Alone
Around the World." has turned
what began as a diary he kept while
crossing tlie Atlantic Ocean into a
book of his o~ne he's yet to
publish.
But tOr now, George agd his crew
are busy making preparations tOr a
journey through the southern ocean.
"This is the sailor's equivalent of
climbing (Mqunt) Everest." be says.
With map in hand in his ollia, he
seems overjoyed.
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ocean, the better it gets," be says.
"Crossing the ooean-notlting can
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FSEC hears call for more grants

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Toxicology Research Center
receives lead-training accreditation

Research Imtitute on Addis:tions
will hdp5011XWbat in increasing the
amount of ~ch dollan; coming
IMCommitteecq&gt;r&lt;S&amp;ed intotheuoiversity,butsaidthatthe
concern at its Sept. I oniywaytoreallyincreasethisyear's
meeting about the tea.si- nwnberswouldbetofocuson"strability of an administration goal that tegic imatment"and to"recruit faccalls for the uni.mitytodoubleover ulty who bring grants with them."
the next five years the totd dollar
According to Landi, there have
amount of nesearch grants it =rives been years at UB during which a sigannually from external sources.
oificaot number of senior faculty
Provost David Triggle, who called have left the university and are rethe goal"poteotially achievable" but placed by juoior-levd. faculty who,
"exceptionally challengirig," told since -they are at early stage of their
senators that a university's external career, often. must work seven or
research funding determines "the eight years before they bring in sigleague that you play in" and eX- nificant grants.
pressed confidence that UB could
Dennis Malone, SUNY Distinsucceed in reaching the goal.
guished Professor in the Department
"Last year we had an enrollment of Electrical Engineering. suggested
problem, this year we don't," he said. that the uoiversity" let those particu"These things can be achieved"
larly good researchers conoentrate on
Triggle added that the amount of doing it and relieve them from less
funding a university receives for re- profitable, immediate obligations."
search ..determines to some extent However, Umd.i said he believes some
the caliber of the faculty you get, the faculty members are "maxed out"
attractiveness to at least ce r tain and that UB needs to look at how to
groups of students and the reputa- "best enable those who are willing.•
tion of the university, both within
Senate Chair Peter Nickerson said
and outside the state."
that steps the university needs to
Dale M. Landi, vice president for take in order to try to achieve this
research , talked about UB'sstatus in goal probably would be one of the
terms of sponsored research and
major issues to be explored this year
what might be done to make by the senate's Committee on Reprogress toward the goal, which he searchandCreativeActivity,chaired
caJJed an ..ambitious undenaking." by Ha ro ld Stra uss, professor and
He reported that although UB's chair of the Department of Physisponsored research increasod slightly ology and Biophysics.
during the past yea&lt;, the u,Uyer.;ity
Stratl!$, ·wh'o ·carne tb UB from·
experienced three previous years of DUke University, said that although
decline in both research dollars and teaching responsibilities are greater
proposal activity. Landi added that at UB than in a private-school setUB'srecordofdecreasingdol~for
ting, UB h as " tremendous reresearch in recent yWs could not be sources" and while .. some turnover
attributed to a trend since peer insti - is good," the university n·e eds to " fotutions~ :both -w'lthirt .md· outstde . · .a is-on what can be done to keep facSUNY,gained in sponsored research ulty here."
during that time.
Triggle said that a tenured faculty
With a total of $73 million in position is eq uivalent to a $4 -$5
funded research for 1998-99, he millio nendowmentandto"squan
noted that UB would have to in - der it on appointments that don't
crease that amount at a rate of 15 work out is a very serious maner."
percent per yea r to ach ieve the
He added: "We will be looking
administration's goalof almost $150 very, very hard at what we do with
appointments because, in principle,
miUion at the end of five years.
LandisaidUB'sabsorptionofthe these appointments will affea the
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HE Faculty Senate Em:u-

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univenity for the next 30 years."
John Boot, professor and chair of
the Department of Management Science and Systems, said that he had
"substantialdifficulties"withwhathe
referred to as "changing the rules of
the game." He maintained that for the
past 5e\'e!J y&lt;ars.facultyhav&lt;been en couraged to focus on teaching and
public service and that "funded re·
search was never mmtioned"
President William R. Greiner re·
sponded that such a notion was "appalling," adding that although he
believes public service is understated
at UB, it was never intended that it
be emphasized over research and
scholarship.
In other business, the FSEC discussed the delay in the administralion's implementation of the Faculty
Senate's resolution on grade replacement due to a lack of resources in
Computing and Information Tech no logy because of priorities that in elude Access99 and the potential
Y2K problem.
The new policy allows students to
repeat courses in which they have received a grade ofC plwor lower and
couotsonlythegradeearned the second time in the computation of the
student's grade-point average. It has
been accepted for immediate irnplementation byGreinerandTriggle.and
is outlined in the most recent UB undergraduate catalogue. The FSEC
passed a motion asking Greiner to ad dress the issue immediately.
TheSepll meeting also included
a brief presentation on WBFO 88.7
FM, the National Public Radio af·
filiated operated by UB. Carol e
Snii.th Pei:.ro. associate vice president
for university services. and Jennifer
Roth·, WIIFO ·station manager, reported that the station hit all-time
highs in both membership and business contributions in 1999. The an ·
nual membership drive contribu tions totaled $432,000, a 37 percent
increase from 1998.
Roth added that WBFO has in creased significantly its m a rke t
share by adding 40,000 new listen ·
erssince 1989.

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The UB Toxkology Research Center has been recognized by the
U.S. Environmental Protection AGency as an accredited lead -haz ard control training provider.
The center now will be able to offer certification and refresher
training to individuals who are involved in regulated lead -haJ.ard
ident ificati on and abatement activities, including tho~ regulated
by the EPA and U.S. Housing and Urban Development.
Joseph Syracuse, training manager. at the cen ter, said he expects
the courses will attract personnel from Buffalo, where he said anumber of old houses contai n lead-based paint, as well as those from
across the state, the No rtheast and U.S. Improper techniques when
removing the paint, he said, can lead to dust contamination.
The following courses will be offered at the center:
• Lead Abatement Worker and Lead Abatement Worker Re fresher
• Lead Abatemem ~uperv1sor and LeaJ Ahatcmcnt SuperVJ.sur
Refresher
• Lead Inspec tor and Lead Inspector Refresher
• Lead Risk Assesso r and Lead Risk Assesso r Refresher
The center also offers accredi ted training in asbestos, and programs
in hazardous materi als, si lica and safety skill~. The programs are of
fered in conjundion with Environmental Educat..ion AssoCiates Inc.
For information abo ut reg1strat10n, con tact the Ce nter at 829
2125, o r send em ai l to &lt;japs@acsu.buffalo.edu &gt;.

Ira Glass to speak at UB
Ira Glass, kUosyncr•tk host and producer of the nationally synd.J ·
ca ted raruo show "This American Llfe," wiU present a program tilled
"Live Sissies and Fiascoes: Notes on Makmg a New Kmd of Radio" at 8
p.m. on Oct. 25 in the Mamstage theater Ill the Center for the Arts on
the North Campus.
The lecture wiJJ he sponsorL-d hy the Center for the Arts and )ust
Buffalo Literary Center and cospo nsored by WBFO 88.7 FM, the Na tional Public Radio affiliate o perated by UB.
Tickets are $15 for general admtssion and S8 for students and can be
purchased at the Cente r for th e Art s box office (645 -ARTS ) and
TicketMaster locations (852-5000 ).
Glass will discuss and ilJu.str.ne some ofhis familiar app.roaches to sound
and storytelling on "This American Life." His insatiable c~osity and
creativity have been said to demo nstrate radio's potential as a technology
more profound than television.
"'This American Life ," produced by WBEZ tn Chicago and Publit
Radio International , currently draws more than half a million listeners
weekly on 324 stations. The show airs from 7-8 p.m. hidays on WBFO.
Eac.h week, Glass explores a theme--Frank Sinatra, CanadianS, con ·
vent ions, Niagara Falls, the job that takes over your life-through a play
ful nux of radio monologues, mini-documentaries, found tape and
unusual music. He consistently delivers engaging, intimate, surprising.
funny. disturbing. bittersweet an:ounts.

UB academic-review Web-site
solution places second in contest
Fr•nk D'Arrfgo, assistant VIC(' provost and dm·ctor of undergradu
ate informat ion services, has been named f1rst runner -up for " Be~!
Web Si te Solution" m the national 1999 Visual FoxPro Excdlcnle
Awa rds contest for a site he designed that ultimately co uld 1mprove
student retention at LfB.
Us ing the nrw AcademiC RevJt.'w Web Site d esigned by D'Arr1go. l 1B
staff can. in ahout 25 mmutes, complete a task that prev1ously tool3.200 hou rs, or SlX weeks, of work, fr eeing up academ1c advi.sors to con
ct&gt;ntratc on working \VIth stud ent:..
The secu re sit e allows adnlliHstratur~ to requ est a H'\'tcw of '\tud cm~
who may be facing academi( problems and the information automat• ·
call}' is sent to them via email. Rdt·v--J nt mformatton is providt:d to Jl"a
demicdepa.rtment.s and f1nam:ial -a1d offict.•r:o.. Nt:AA ·di(!ihili tv re po n ~
also arc available through the silt'
"At the end of th e proces.smg. one of tht.• ~·vt•r.t.l rl'~ult s 1:-. that .m
email is mailed automatically to t•ach school and ckpart m~nt to ail'rt
them to those studcnL.; who arc lm acadcm1t prohat1on or J.rt• not maJ..
ing timely progress tmvard thc1r dl'grel'.'' sa td .)usan l::.ck, as:..1slant Vh.t'
provost and coo rdinator of student St'fVKt-s mformat1on technolob"
"With the advisement center and the a(;Jdemll -dl'part mcnt JdV!S( lr'
able to rapidly intrrwne w1th studt'nl\ who f1nd thcmseh•c-.m th1:- "-IIU
ation, we Kopc to improv&lt;· o ur rctcn tiCm uf s tuJ e nt~'l::.d aJd~.-d .
US 's Web-site solution wa~ onl' of o nly thr~.·t.• "del"t t-d from hundr~.·~b
of entries to he named finalists m the pn..~ tig1ou' l:Ontl."!ll . .;pomnmJ ~'
Microsoft Corp. and FOXPRO AD\ "I SOH magJ.Z.inl'
This is the second consecuti ve vt~J.r Wt&gt;b !Kllutlotb dcvelopt.&gt;J .11 L"H
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EW ways of bridging
the gap between the
written word and the
ability to access it electronically will be on the agenda at
the fifth International Conference
on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR) to be held in Bangalore, India, Sq&gt;t. 20-22.
More than 300 researchm are expected to participate in the conference, which is being sponsored by
UB, Pennsylvania Stare University,
Microsoft, IBM , Siemens GmbH,
Panasonic and others.
Topics to be discussed include
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the spring, when students received
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in their= at VB and thereafter.
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throughout the entir&lt; university has
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sent to students: Wtred World 101.
developed by a cornmitt&lt;e chaired by
Ray Volpe of UB Mido, which provides tutorials to students in the basic productivity software packages,
and Wtred TechTools, developed by
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leading forum for exchanging ideas
about how to make the vast array of
documents available in the worldfrom airline tickets, bankchedcs and
mailing addresses to maps and symphoni&lt;: sco~ readable and
a=ssiblebycomputers," said Srihari.
Srihari directs UB's Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and
R=gnition (CEDAR), the latgest research center in the world devoted to
devdoping newtedmoJosies that can
rteegnizeandttadhumanhandwriting. CEDAR was established in I991
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provided more than $25 million to
the center.
According to Srihari, electronic
commerce has increased significantly the amount of mail in the
world, as items purchased on the
Internet au sent to consumers.
Sincx 1997, the postal service has
been using CEDAR's handwritten
address-interpretation ,Y..em to
automatically inte:rpm handwritten addresses on envelopes. en-

abling it to save millions of dollars
in annual processing costs.
However, Srihari explained. except for Australia and the United
Kingdom, which are beginning to
implement CEDAR's system in
their own national postal services,
such technologies have not been
implq&gt;erwodc, such as stock oertifi.
cates and airline-ticket coupons,
and the need fo r automation in

these areas is urgen~· be said
At the conference. researchers
from UB and other institutions will

address 5C!tne of the-rec:mt attmlpts
to automate these ...-vices in Otinese,
Japanese and other iangUases.
Theoretical and fundamental bases
that make these ttdtnologies possible
also will be discussed.
For example, VB reseOrchen will
discuss their new technique that allows computer systems to read and
interpret two handwritten' numben
that are touching without having to
technically isolate them, meaich that
ultimately will enhance further the
speedofbandwritten-addresschemical fonnulas, methods for matdling
street numben in Japanese addresses,
a postal system with a built-in learning capability and algorithms for
reading Chinese chancters.
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"I think the whole IT push here
at UB is attractive to students because they have a liking for this type
of technology." said Petrie.
Just ask Mike Behun, CIT man-

public acress, has coordinated the
new Students Who Advance Technology (SWAT) program, designed
as part of Arass99 to assist directly
students in the ~idence halls with
oomputing needs.
In partirular, said Behun,students
are thrilled with the level of computing at UB and particularly with
the ResNet (Residence Halls network) services.
'"They really Jov. having this connection in their residence halls,• said
Behun, "they want acxtS$ to email
and the Internet and,.. have a lot of
students who use instant messaging."
The push with Arass99, aa:ording to Th&amp;.riello, was to make the
point that studenu with any levd of
computing skills (from none to

high) would be comfortable at VB

help students get started. run by the
Student ITI..iteracyGroupchaired
by Sandy Peters, senior analyst with
academic services, and composed
of faculty, and staff from the libr2r-

gredient on which UB officials would
measure the success of As::a!$)9 is the
availability of a program for needy
studenU.
"If &amp;culty members want their stu·
dents to use computers--and that
pn:mise is the basis of A=ss99---ilnd
10 ~t oftheir students can't afford
them,~ knew,that as a public institution, we had to find a way 10 help that
10 pero:o~· said ThEuiello. "We had to
·find a way to level the playing field."
In preparingA.t:ass99, uil officials
. ~died. other .institutions that bad
implemented similar programs. Only
one other school, California State
something similar for needy students.
At that school, students who met fi.
nancial-eligibility requiremeou re·
ceived a computer on loan for their
first year; after tha~ they were expected to buy one themselves.
In contrast, the designers of UB's
program-including Tufariello and
Martha Barton, associate vice provost

university's level of"wired-ness" as a
key criterion in choosing where to go.
According to Petrie, about 75 per·
cent of UB's applications come in

ager of student access .
Behun , together with Linda
Ki ngsb ury, assistant d irector for

able all afternoon, on Saturday,
Aug. 2a,and Sunday, Aug. 29, to an swer questions and provide computer assistance
• 50 hands-on workshops to

director of errs Academic Services,
which provides important software
packages, including virus-protection
software, and allows students to ronnee! to the Internet with a couple of
clicks of the mouse.
Freshmen also were infonned of
an aggressive pricing program at
UBMicro, where new computers

completely configured for use at UB
were available starting at $999; computers were either mailed directly to
students' barnes over the summer or
were waiting for students when they
arrived on campus last month.
From practically the IIIOIDellt they
arrived on campus, freshmen have
bemableto!aUadvanllll!&lt;ofthefollowing compoomts of N:ass99:
• Web-based tutorials in the
cybearies and BelllO I
• staff and student helpen avail-

chaired thecornmi~d as their
goal assistance that would last a student for as long as he or she was at
UB, provided they continued to meet
financial-elig~bility requirements.
Last }"'I', it ....-ned that loaners could
be obmined through corporate donations, but incomp;ibbility with local
technolotPcal requiremenu caused the
ies and CIT
univetsityto&lt;&gt;q&gt;lcnolherflOI"'bilities
• MyUB, developed by a team
In what some describe as a
beaded by Rd&gt;ea:a Bemsteira, direc- Hen:ulean effort, the llllMtsity.aloog
tor of the Electronic Media tmit,and . with Dell and mM. developed ao asSue Huston, dittctor of administra- sislance program for UB students in
tiV&lt; computing services. MyUB is less than six months. The program,
each studen(s rustnmized portdsite called SNAP, Studenu NeedingAssisto UB ooiine that is a dynamic aca- tance Program, provides students
demic tool with tinks to DARS, whose litmily contribution to tuition
SOAR. registration and drop/add oostsisexpectedtobezao,withanew
sites. It also foatures quality-of-lik_.ornearlynewcomputerthattheycan
links, like a Webcam on campus that keep throughout their care&lt;r at UB, •
shows what's going on in selected so'loog as they continue to..- the
-buildings and parking lots, and a program's 6nancial criteria.
piacetosendsuchquestionsaswba-e
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to set help with personal problmls. doing mud! dlfiOrentlylhln olher in• RaNet assistu&gt;a in the ..,.;. stitutions,. said 1\Jlariello. "This is the
denoe halls, wba-estudentscouldgo most extensive program for this type
to have their nmwxlccardsinstalled of assistance that we know of in the
• The same 5Cr\')ce awilabl&lt; at world. We are OYetjoyed with the coUBMiao
operation that these companies have
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News s.M&lt;:O&gt; EditD&lt;

AMUEL R. "Olip" Delany is
widely recogniud as an intdkduallygjftodautodidact,
literary iconoclast, memoirist and vory liktiy the finest sciencefiction novelist of our time.
He joins the UB faculty this fall as
an adjunct professor in the Department of English in the College ofArts
and Sciences, where he is expected to
make a prominent oontribution to
the department's Poetics Program.
H~lfi!l beoome a full professor in the
Spring 2000 semester.
Delany is one of very few AfricanAmerican writers to work in a popular genre like sciena fiction and he
has transformed the field. His brilliant, lively, exotic, complex tales of
intergalactic strife and spa&lt;:&lt; intrigue
are ridUy informed by his fascination
with language systems, boundaries
between reality and art, alienation,
myth and the processes by which
myths are made and communicated.
His first book, "The Jewels of
Aptor," was published in 1962 when
Delany was 20 years old. Within a

One of the m•ny virtues of using BI SON &lt;http: / /ubllb.
buffalo.edu/llbrartes&gt;, the ..cyberbranch" of the .UB Univers it y

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few years, he eme rged as the
wurukrkjnd of the genre, joining the

ranks of Ursula K. '-" Guin, Joanna
Russ and Harlan Ellison, whose
bonks helped remake science fiction
in the 1960s.
Douglas Barbour, writing in Scr·
etrce Fiction Writers, describes the
author's early novels as ..colorful,
exciting, entenaining and intdl«·
fually provocative to a degree not
usually found in the genre."
Delany has since published 18
additional works of fiction, three

memoirs-including .. Bread and
Wme" -and seven books of Literary and cultural criticism. Critics
consistently have applauded the
brilliance, originality and depth of
his work and he has a strong following among fans and scholars
alike. He is the winner of the top
literary awards in his field , was a
National Book Award nominee and
hi s work has been the subject of
many scholarly studies.
Barbour defines Delany's oeuvre
:B marked by certain literary obsessions. such as problems of communication and community, new kinds
of sexuaVIovelfamily relationships,
the artist as a social outsider, culturaJ
interactions and the exploration of
human social possibilities that these
aUow, and 'l!"chetypal and mythic
structures in the imaginations.
Critic Sand.ra Y. Govan of the
University of North Carolina refers
to Delany's fascination with the ability of sciene&lt; fiction to excite "great
mysterious shapos of mind lit by
black and unholy mythic resonances
whik extolling the seemingly limitless potential of technological
achievements."
Delany says that for him,language
is "an intriguing and infinitely malleable tooHhe matrix of verbal
and non-verbal communication. It
idcntifies or negates the self, is selfreflective; shapos perceptions."
"He's absolutely remarlcable and
certainly the most responsible selftaught individual I've ever met," says
Mark Schechner, professor and
former chair of the English departmen~ noting that academics often

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stand amazed at the complexity and
broadness of Delany's education.
Delany is weU-versed in linguistic theory, social politics, criti cal
theories of tec hnology, literary
forms and the nature of time, culture, citizenship and identity. His
work is sprinkled with a1Jusions to

himself living on the margin between

rwo worlds. Here. he began to tangle
with the social and mythological
implications of the language and dialect that characterized those worlds.
He later attended Bronx Science

High School where he was a class·
mate of Carol Jacobs, professor and

Sartre, William Butler Yeats, Emily
Dickinson, Roland Barthes, Thomas
Wolfe and physicist Karl Popper.

former chair of the US Department
of Comparative littratu.re.lit went

ln addition to those mentioned,
the writer's best-known novels in-

quickly decided it wasn't for him
and left after one semester to become a writer.

dude his "Nevery6na" series (de·
scribed byonecriticas"a multi-lev·
eled mandala"), "Babel-17 ,""Nova,"
" Dhalgren," "Triton" and "The
Tides of Lust." He recently pub·
lished two additional critically applauded novels: "The Einstein In tersection" and "S tars in M y

Pocket Like Grains of Sand."
Delany is also a wonderful mem oi rist, SdtKh.ner says. and the crit·
ics agree wholeheartedly. His non ·
fiction writing has appeared in
many journals. magazines and an -

thologies, as well as in the books
"Times Square Red, Times Square
Blue: An Inquiry into Certain

Modes of Urban Sociallty,""Motion
of Light and Water: Sex and Science
Fiction in the East Village" and other
works.
" He has a marked interest in

euphuistiG-&lt;he history of beauti·
ful prose. but can do so many things,'"
Schechner says. " Because he was
nev.r formally educated in academic
terms, Delany's inteUect doesn't run
in tracks. This sui,ts our department
marvdously. He has the right touch
of maverick unpredictability and
high achievement-he is the English
department's ego ideal."
Delany was raised in Harlem of
middle-class parents and was tht
nephew of the famous Delany sisters. authors of the best -selling
memoir "Having Our Say: Tht
Delany Sisten' First 100 Years."

He attended the Dalton School, a
private academy on Park Avenue

where,astheonlydowntownstudmt
in attendance, Delany says he sensed

on to City University of New York.

"Motion of Light in Water," about
theearly years ofhis 19-year marriage
to Marilyn Hacker, now a major
American poet, is what Schechner
ca1.ls, "a marvelous. marvelous piece
of writing--a great piece.
"Also in recent years Delany has
become a freelance intellectual,"
Schedmer says. "The course he's giving here this fall is a graduate course
on art and revol ution. His texts in dude Flaubert's .. Sentimental Edu·
cation" and Marx's workon the 18th
brumaire of Louis Napoleon.
"Because of the nature of his writ -

ing, he is uniquely qualified to be on
the faculty of the Poetics Program,"
Schcchner says. " He also has na t iona l visibility, is a dedicated
teacher and his roots here go back
to 1975 when Leslie Fiedler(emeri-

tus SUNY Distinguished Professor
and Samuel Clemens Professor of
English) brought him here as a vis·
iting Butler professor. I remember
that he made quite an impression
on me at the time.
"Since then, Chip Delany has pre·

sen ted readings forourWednesclays
at 4 PLUS literary series," he adds.
"and, in fact, it was C harles

Bernstein (Gray Professor in Po&lt;try,
co-director of the Poetics Program
and the literary ~ries } who sug·

gested we hire him."
Delany comes to UB after a long·
tenn academic appointment at the
University of Massachusetts at
Amherst. He has also taught, lee·
tured and presented papen at rna ·
jor universities across the country.
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Libraries, is that it functions as the perfect antidote to .. informatton
overload." Developers of most information -rich Web sites and vtr tuallibraries try to impress visi tors with their vast quantity of links.
UB librarians view their role m developing BISON's collections qUJte
differently. We truly believe " less is more." We do the surfing for you
and find the very best, most autho ritative sites appropriate for an
academic communit y.
For example, take a mo ment to browse " Referen ce Sou rces o n the
Net " at &lt; http :/ / ubllb . buffalo .edu/ tlbrarles/ e -resources /
selected.html&gt;. UB librarian Gayle Hardy selects links for tht s vtr
tual reference shelf with the same disce rnment that she uses in buy
ing books for the University Libraries' collection. And , as one of the
most popular reference librari ans in Lockwood Library- man y
people ask for her by name--Gayle knows her reference tools both
in the real world and the cyberworld.
" Reference Sources on the Net " has a full range of resources tn
eluding aJmanacs, dictionari es, encyclopedias, maps, style manu als, telephone directories and zip code list ings. You 'll find practi cal
information such as a cost -of- li ving salary calculato r ( Did you know
if you make $50,000 in Buffa lo you would need to make S86.430 tn
Honolulu to maintain your lifes t yle?). college and untvtrst t y
rankings, tourist information (including Road.srde A m enca: Your
Guide to Strange and Wacky Vacarion Wonder.s ) and grammar guide!&gt;.
And you'll discover more academic material such as the Sclrolar/y
Societies Project and Archives USA. So me so urces you might recog nize by name such as Bartlett's Familiar Quotatrorrs ( 1901 editio n ),
the Occupational Outlook Hat~dbook, and th e Old Farmer's Almanar
and others just so und familiar, such as Maps orr Us. Some of the
listings are limited by publisher's lice nse to the UB communit y, for
example Webster's Utrabridged Dictror~ar}'. and oth ers, such as Web
of On-line Dictionanes, are available to all .
lnfo rm ation junkies won 't be di ~ ppointed , as Gayle kn ows that
some BISON users will want to ventUre beyond.her selective listing.
For-tho~ link -hungry souls, she recommends the virtuaJ reference
collections at the Internet Public Library &lt;http:/ / www.tpl.org /
ref/&gt; and the Michigan Electronic Library &lt;http:/ / mei.Ub.ml.us/
reference/REF-fndex.html &gt;. Diehard Yahoo fans (is there anyone
who doesn't remember his or her first peek at Yahoo?) will find a
fine reference coUcction at &lt;http:/ /www.y•hoo.com/R~e/ &gt;
Suggestions for BISON 's " Referen ce Sources o n the Net" may be
sent to &lt;llbwebOKsu.buff•lo.edu &gt;. For information o n co nnect ing to BISON and other reso urces on the UB Ne t, contact the Co m puting Center Help Desk at 64S -3542.
--Gemm• DeVInney •nd Don Hartman, UmverSity Lrbranes

MBA students to put aside
textbooks and career goals
for day of community service
MBA students do care •bout mo re than JUSt the almighty buck.

That's the message that MBA student s from the US School of
Management intend to conv(')' a~ they perfo rm commum tv-sc rvu..:e
activities within the Buffalo area o n Sept. II .
The students' efforts will take place during the"Unlv(•rslty at Buffalo MBAs Make a Differen c~ Day," organized by US's student -ru n
G raduate Managem ent Association (GMA ) and sponso red by M&amp;T
Bank.
The day-long event as part of an annual challenge issued b&gt;• the
Purdue University's Krannert G raduate School of Management ,
which asks MBA st uden ts from bu si ness schoo ls nationwide to volunteer throughout their communities.
The work ofUB MBAs will begin at 9 a.m . with one team of stu dents helping Habitat for Humanity Buffalo to rehabilitate a ho use
and another team performing a dean up of Main Street and the Um versity Heights district in conjunction with the Glona I. Parks Co m ·
munity Cen ter.
From 5:30 p.m . to 7:30 p.m .. the students will volunteer at th e
Hearts for the Homeless Mobile Soup Kitchen . loca ted at 890
Tonawanda St. in Buffalo.During the week leading up to the event, the students will co n":
duct a food and clothing drive to benefit the City Mission and th e
Corner Stone Manor.
.. Volunteerism can play a prominent role within the world of
business and can be just as rewarding as career achievements," says
Miche:le Gliss. president of US's GMA... Our goaJ is for community
service to become an important part of the MBA -student experi ence at UB ...

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UCKED away on an upper ftoor of the Undtr·
graduate Library in the
Science and Engineering
Library (S EL) Map Collection
room , geographer Ernest L.
Woodson helps people find links
and clues lo the past that often only
old maps can reveal.
Woodson, an associate librarian
in the SEL, is in charge of the Universily Libraries Map Collection,
which he began developing in 1974
when it was made up of only 50,000
maps. Today, the prized collection
includes more than 350.000 maps
and aerial photos.
A recenl addition to the SEL Web
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distinct neighborhoods.
.. I've always been interested in
neighborhoods. It is almost like a
hobby ... every time I would move
to a new city, I would continually
walk around and observe," explains
Woodson.
Before settling in Buffalo, the
Colorado-born Woodson lived in
the French Quarter of New Orleans,
as well as in Seattle, Kansas City, Los
Angeles and Newark, N.J.
.. Of all the cities I have lived in, I
think New Orleans is the most fascinating because it is so different
from other American cities," he reveals. "But my true love is Paris."
However, Wood so n admits to

having a &amp;scination with Bufi3Jo.
One thing he says intrnsts him is
trying 10 figur&lt; out why "residents
are always defending Buffalo."
He belie= the Buffalo Neighbor·
hoods Map 10 be the lim of its kind,
since he has nev&lt;r seen or heard of
a city map' that indicates neighborhoodboundanes,probablybecause
they oft&lt;n are so loosely defined. He
currently is working on the first
neighborhood&lt;rnap ofManhattan,
which he hopes will be added to the
SEL Web site by january 2000.
"Some people see them (neigh·
borhoods) as a problem and a
sourceofracismandconBict.lnever
approach it that way," explains
Woodson. "I look for the positive
qualities of each neighborhood"
The Buf&amp;lo Neighborhoods Map
Websiteconlainsadigital-imagemap
of the city that clearly designates the
boundaries of each neighborhood.
Each neighborhood is linked roan individual page with a description. hisrorical information and landmarks,
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boundaries. Main Street, Woodson
says. separares most of the neighborhoods in the city.
The Bufi3Jo Neighborhoods Map
project began two years ago aft~
Woodson, who had been observing
the inside of·a ·church on Btiffalo's
Lower West Side, noticed that every·
thing about the church was Italian
-from· tfie 'names of tlie ·saints on
the windows to the architecture. He
wanted to find out why and when
an an:a that had been Italian-American at one time had become an Hispanic neighborhood
Woodson reveals that he is espe·
cially inlerested in the Italian-American culture, although he is of Span·
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Buffalo, ..JHtlian-Americans live in
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neighborhood in North Bufi3Jo.
"Geographer.; also = fascinated
with names," says Woodson, who was
surprised to leain that BUffalo's
Kaisertown is a Polish neighborhood.
"I wanted to find our why it was
called Kaisertown, so I asked an elderly woman in the area, who lold me
that the whole area used to be Ger·
man farms. After checking old maps,
I saw that the street names had been
changed from German names."
When defining and identifying

neighborhoods. Woodson says it is
imp&lt;lrtanHo be awar&lt; of what ge· ·
ographers reftr to as "good markers." He adds thai churches, city
parks, names on stores, can, pon:hes
and street names all tell something
important about an area.
The Buffalo Neighborhoods
Web site is a "work-in-progress,"
according to Woodson. He continues to walk around the city, talking to residents and capturing
photos for the site that he feels best
illustrate the distinct identity of
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W

HAT do the television show "Jesse,"

the "CBS Weekend
News," Daniel
Baldwin and "CBS Sunday Morning" all have in common?
UB.
Film crews from CBS were on
campus Sept. 2 to shoot a feature
story..on the university's return to
Division 1-A status in footbaJJ. The
sto ry, fea turing intervi ews with
PreSident William R. Greiner, foot ball coach Craig Cirbus and several
Bulls player!;, aired nationally Sun ·
day on the CBS Weekend News and
was shown locally on WI VB-TV.
Channel 4, during the station's II
p.m. broldcast.
Just a nuke because UB had ihe
distinction to be named last o n the

Sports Illustrated annual college incorporated into the mon football poll? Hardly. UB's been at· tage that opens the Thurstracting a lot of media atteOtion re- day-evening show and an
exterior of a UB building is
cently.
CBS was back at the university expecred to be used to in yesterday and today to film a seg· troduce classroom scenes.
ment on the Amherst Saxophone
And for those waiting 10
Quartet for a future CBS Sunday see US on the big screen,
Morning show. The date that story there's the movie "Fall." Diwill air has not been announced.
rected by and starring Daniel
Fans of the NBC television show Baldwin, the movie, which is
"Jessc" will see shotsofUB rhis fall being filmed in Toronto
when the character by the same chose the South Campus
name, played by actress Christina Metro station for its subway
Applegate, begins taking nursing shots after the studio proclasses at "the university." While ducing the movie was unable .
UB is not identified specifically as to negotiate an agreement
the institution at whi ch she is with the Toronto Transit
studying and you probably won't Co mmission. The filming
see her in a UB sweatshirt. the occurred after midnight on
show is based in Buffalo and UB u Saturday and Sunday, and
the o nl y uni ve rsity in town. featured local extras as pas- cas crews lntft'Yiew .... wide NC:eivtr
Sce nes of the un iversity are beink._ sengers and ticket takers.
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conantratioo in education and participate in student teaching in preparation for cenification. Truesdale
says making co1urses available to
these stwknts early in their college
career will help them to decide if
teaching is for them.
• New in-service education programs for teachers from Western
New York school districts to keep
them abreast of new research. technologies and methodoli&gt;Sies in education and hdp them apply these to
their suhject areas.
• A pre-college teacher-educa•
tion program is being developed
for primary and secondary schools.
Its goal is to build skills from an
early age that can be transferred to
other fidds, but will stimulate interest in the possibility of teaching
as a profession. This kind of early
career education is strongly endorsed by researchers in the fidd
of vocational and career education.
• Assistance to those who want
to enter teaching from other profes-

sions to hdp them assess the best
ways to use talents and skills from
previous careers to inform their
teaching interests and abilities and
hdp attract more potential teachers
from outside the profession who will
bring new and varied perspectives
and skills to the classroom.
"We hav. quite a range of careerchangers this year, perhaps reflecting increased enrollment,• Gates
says. "They include lawyen.joumalists, health· care professionals,
homemaken, marketing eucutives
and even a prominent television
personality;"
•
Reorganization of the
institute's clinical faculty to extend
its membership to additional school
districts. The clinical faculty is a
group of working teachers involved
in the redesign of iflstitute's general
methods class, one of its most important cour&gt;es. The group also informs GSE of critical issues in
schools, makes recommendations
regarding oourse content and pre·
pares cooperating teachers to over-

see the Work of student teachers.
• A new field-apcrience coordi.
nator will orga.niu required student-teaching experiences and coordinate the admissions process.
• A n&lt;wpo~cy board will set institute goals and the procedures for
achieving them. It wiU consist of
Gates; Suz.annc Miller, associate
dean for teacher education; the
school's three department chairs.
and one at-large member.
• A new advisory board will offer input to the po~cy board and
provide the institute with broadly
based leadership and direction, and
hdp ensure that it is in touch with
the needs of its various stlkehold·
ers. Tbe board will include members
from the GSE. the larger UB community and various school districts
and oommunities throughout Western New York.
• Accreditation from the National
Council ofAccreditation for Teacher
Education (NCATE) will be pursued.
The institute already is accredited by
New York State.

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Clearcuttlng trees on the edge of Lake LaSalle was "a big mistake"
Dear Editor.

What does UB have against trees? Fragrant lilacs, graceful willows
After ob~terating all the trees be- and mature deciduous and coniftween Putnam Way and jacobs Hall erous trees-gone without a trace.
{with no notice to or consultation This formerly shady and pleasant
with the neigbbon in surrounding place now is the building site for
buildings)· and after trees on the housing, complete with parking
North Campus Promenade and for 1,000 can.
UB'sdecision to destroy this beauAint Loop were chopped doWn one
by oncJ again with no consuitation tiful area flies in the face of "UB
or notification, the UB chainsaws 2025." our campus' environmentally
have been at it again.
friendly land-use outline. According
What do we see crammed right to the UB 2025 plan, land around
the
lake was to remain park-like and
to the edge of Lake LaSalle! A
clearcut where one of US's pretti- be devoted to passive recreation. UB
est wooded spaces once stood! 2025 was developed by the UB En·

vim omental Task Force (composed
of faculty, students and administra·
tors) and enthusiastically endorsed
by the UB administration (see the
Rq&gt;omr dated April25, 1996). Yes.
UB's students need and want

mor~

apartment-style campus housing,
but they also need beautiful places
to sit, study, stroll and socialize. It
was a big mistake to destroy this
natural area; UB just seems to have

something against trees!
Sincerely.
-

l.llen M. Glb1011
low Library Director

Decision to phase out endangered-forest wood products is good news
To the Editor:

The recent news story announcing
Home Depot's plans to phase out
of old-growth or endangered-forest wood relayed some of the best
news possible for the 20 percent of
che world 's ancient forests that re-

main intact.
Home Depot is currently the
world's largest retailer of o ld growth wood products--products
that have been ripped from the
heart of SOQ.le of the most threat ened forest areas on th e planet.
These products include lauan and
ramin from the tropical rainforests
of Southeast Asia, mahogany from
the Amazon and cedar and other
woods from the temperate
rainforests of British Columbia.

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time, they may complek a minor

a.,pana.

It is also important to note that
Home Depot's decision to go old growth -free is a huge vidory for
grassroots organizing. G ro up s
across the U.S. and Canada~ven
in Chil~rganizcd demonslra tions al local Home Dcpol slores
urging the retail giant to do the
right thing. There were more than
500 demonstrations during t.he
two-year campaign, induding one
right here in Buffalo organized by
the University at Buffalo Environ mental Network.
Home Depot says its decision
was not in response to any of our
protests, but I am not so sure. Two
years ago. the co mpany denied

selling any old-growth wood, two

month.!&gt; ago it saJd it had too many
prodUcts to figur e out whe re it all
comes from , and now it is say ing
it was the plan to phase ou t of old ·
growth wood all along. I'm no t
about to contradict them . I'm jmt
happy they are doing it !
But the question remams. Now
that the indu str y leader has com mined to stop sellin g old -growth
wood , what are other home-im provement cha in s going to do ?
When will Sears Hardware, True
Value,Ace Hardware and 84 Lum ·
her tdl us that they, too, will work
to protect our fo rests and not de
stray them?
Mike Schade
UB Environmental Networfc

Professor Boot's "blue booklet'' letter brings to mind several quotes
Oe•r Editor.

The remarks by Professor Boot

risburg Parriot and Union I

regarding David Triggle's "blue
booklet" brought to mind the fol -

"The cheek of every American
must tingle with shame as he reads

lowing lines.
.. We pass over the silly remarks

the silly, fta~ dish-watery utterances
of the man ..." IChicago Tribune I

of the Iman] ; for the credit of the
nation we are willing that the veil
of oblivion shall be dropped over
them and that they shall no more
be repeated or thought of." ]Har-

..Anything more dull and com·
monplace, it would not be easy to

Ge tty sb urg
addres s
!Ca rl
Sandburg: ..Abraham Lincoln , The
Prairie Years and The War Years ,
One· volum e Ed iti o n , Harves t /

HBJ. pp. 445-446 ).
Sincerely,

produce." ]london Times]

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Alexander Scholarship benefits
African-American students
A gift from • Ull graduate is making a difference in the ~ves of two
Western New Yorkers who are attending UB this fall.
Beuline Crawford has given $10,000 to UB's College of Arts and Sci·
enccs to establish the Beulah Alexander Memorial Scholarship in Social
Sciences. Helene Cook of l.ockport and Asa Vandi of Buffalo are the
first two recipients.
Crawford named the scholarship fund for her mother, who, she said,
taught her that the value of good fonune is having the ability to care
and share with humility. She has designated that the scholarship be

awarded to African -American students from Western New York.
"Young people are the future." she added,"and I want to feel that I am
doing something for students who are preparing themselves to meet

the challenges of the 21st century by developing marketable skills that
will enable them to be competitive in the global market."
Brenda Moore, UB associate professor of sociology, IS cha.&amp;r of the
Beulah Alexander scholarship committee.
.. We are grateful to Beuline Crawford for her thoughtful and gener·
ous contribution," Moo~ noted "UB is fonunate to be- able to offer the
Beulah Alexander Scholarship to outstanding African -American stu ·
dents who qualify for il Hopefully this scholarship wiU encourage more
African -American students to consider UB when applying to college."
Vandi, an 18-year-old graduate of City Honors High School, said the
scholarship provides the opportunity for him to live on campus and to
enjoy the total university experience. He plans to major in busmcss
management

Cook, an 18-year-old graduate of Lockport High School.

sa~d

the

scholarship came as an unexpected surprise. Coo~ who plans to maJor
in history and become an attorney, said she chose UB because of 1ts
well-respected law program.
_
Vandi and Cook thanked Crawford after meeting her and rece1 ving
their first checks on Aug. 23. They will continue to receive Beulah
Alexander scholarship checks each semester if they maintain good grades
during their UB undergraduate years.

Crawford said that if all goes according to her plans. she mtends to
donate to the scholarship fund every year so that more local AfricanAmerican students get an opportunity to attend UB with her assistance.

UB faculty key speakers in forum
Seve ral UB faculty metnben w ill be featured speakers during the
31st ann ual Western New York Science and Technology forum lecture se ries for area teachers. which ts being held o n Wednesdays

through )an. 12 at UB.
The speake rs from UB and other area institutions and industries
will provide information on new, exciting scientifi c developments
that can be incorporated into th e classroom.
The series was begun in 1969 by its director, George H . Nancollas,
SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry in
the College of Arts and Sciences.
Co-diredors are Stephen Free, professor of biol ogy, a nd Char les
Mitch ell , professor of geology.
Speakers from UB who wilJ lecture as part of the ser ies arc Charle.!&gt;
H.V. Ebert. SUNY Disti nguished Teaching Professor in the Depart ·
men! of Geography in the Co ll ege of Arts and Sciences, who wtll
discu ss "Sea lcl· and 'Growlers;'" Joyce Sirianni, SUNY Disti ngu1 shed
Tcachmg Professor in the Department of Anthropology in th e Col
lege of Arb and Scie nces, whO will talk about "A Skeleton's Talc,"
and Wade ~ tgurdson, director of t he Co nfocal Microscope Facility
111 th e Department of Physiology and Biophysics in the Schoo l of
Medicmc and Biomedical Sciences, who will disc u.s!!&gt; "Confocal M icrosco pe: Set&gt;ing things in 3-D."
Also. Charl es P. Ewing, profes~o r of law and adjunct prolc:s!&lt;&gt;o r of
psychology, who will a ddre~s ··~u.: h oo l Violt&gt;nce;"' Sur iji t Sen. ass 1 ~
tant professor of physics, who wi ll speak on " l.a ndmines," and Trdcy
G regg. assistant p ro fesso r of geology. who will di scm~ '"20,000
Leagues Under the Sea: Geological Exploratio n of the Sea fl oor··

Cassatt String Quartet
to perform noon concert
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concerts for the UB community wtth a performance tw th e Cassa t1
String Q uartet Sept . 22 in th e Art Department Ga llcrv 111 th e Cen ter
fo r the Arts on th e North Campus.
The hour-lo ng , informal co ncerts prov1dt&gt; spectators with an op
portun it y to previ ew portio ns of an upcommg concert. as well 3!!&gt;
have somt&gt; perso nal contat:'T""With the mu sicians.
....
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it s first formal program of the seaso n Sept. 24 in Slee Hall wtth the
o penin g horn call o f Mozart 's famou s .. Hunt" quartet. T he perfor
mance, the opening concert of the Slee Visiting Art 1st Senes. also
will feature Shostakovich's 7th String Q uartet in a mmo r kev and
Schu~rt 's highly romantic Quin tet tn C MaJO r.
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l Caring
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Workers
More than 200 UB faculty,
staff and students pitched in
as volunteers, working on a
variety of community
projects for the United
Way's Day of Caring Au g .
18. Helping to refurbish the
old Central Tenminal are
jo hnny Garcia, reservations
coordinator, and Cindy
Halm, office manager. in
the Office of Student
Unions.

UB opens first new campus housing in 25 years m
Hadley Village, apartment-style complex on North Campus, will house 620 undergrads
By MARA McGINNIS
Reporter As.slstant Editor

ADLEY Village. the
first n ew s tudent

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housing built o n the

UB camp us in 25

years and the univers it y's fi rst

apartment -style housin g for un dergraduates, opened Aug. 17 with
a ce remony at the complex on the
North Campus.
HadJey Village----13 three-stor y

buildings and a commun ity builcT.
ing on II profess io nall y land sca ped acres between Audubon
Parkway and Hadley and Rensch
roads o n the west end of ca m pus- is located wirhin walking
d is tan ce o f the North Ca mpu s
academi c a nd student -se r vice!!
buildings. Each of the 13 buildings
co nt a ins 12 four -bedroom a part -

ments to h6 use a to tal of 620 jun iors a nd se niors.
" We a rc delighted to be open ·
ing thi s exci tin g new hou si ng
com p lex for o ur upper- level u n ·
dcrgraduates," said. President Wil liam R. Greiner. " Hadley Village i!l
a vital cornerstone of o ur plans t o
build new ho using for UB's stu
dents . We want to create a vibrant
residential co mmunity- a t rue
' home away from home ' for o ur
student s."
The openmg of Hadlc:.·y Village
completes the seco nd phase of a
long - term plan to provtde nc....,
housing for student!! and improvl'
th eir quality of life.
T he fir st phase was co mpleted
~in FaJI 1998 with t he opening of
Flickinger Co urt. townho uses for
230 graduate and p rofc.•ss 10 nal st u -

de nts at C hest nut Ridge and Sweet
Home.• roads adjacent to the North
Ca mpus. \.round was broken ear
lier this month for another apan
ment -s t yle h o u s 1ng projt'lt
South Lak.e Vi llage- a mtx of stu dio a nd one-to - four - bedroom
apa rt me nts on the ~o uth shon· uf
Lake LaSalle that will house 5~0
undergraduat ~ (see story, pagc 71 .
Tht: hous ing plan also wdl m vo lvc the fut urc co nver s1on ol
C lemcnt Hall mto apa rtment style
ho us 1ng a nd the re novatiOn of
Goodyear Hall , b o th res id ence
ha lls on the South Ca mpu s.
" We look forward to add iti onal
~uu.. ess a:. the next p hases get un der "'ay.mdudmg the So uth Lake
Village protc.•n and the rcnova tum
of h ou~ m g on tht: !-&gt;o uth Ca mpu-"
mc.O nJUIKtton wnh thl' lfm,•er,lt'

&lt;.nmmum ty lnitmti ve 111 Un1ver
Heights," added C re m er.
Accord ing to Denms Black. VICe
president for student affairs. pos1
tlvt' studen t response to the pro wet
has becn "ove r whelming ." Ht•
added tha t the co mplex was at full
mL upan cy lo ng before a model
apartment could be viewed by stu dents .
"S tudt•nt llllt'rcs t Ill the prOJ('( f
has been tn·m cndous nght from
tht· .!. tar t." !la id Black. wh o t ' X
plamcd that ~ tud t:nts were tn
vo lved 10 the bui1dmg dcstgn . a~
well as the furnis~ing discusstom
"The prOJed gtvcs uppcr · divt sJon undergraduat e student!~ J
new and excit in g living o pt ton." he
added. "They ca n rcmam on cam
pu.s, with all of the campu!i mn
c-o.-d-....-7

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Quake puts focus on MCEER experts
By RllN GOLDBAUM
New1 Services Editor

S the people of Turkey
rontinue to cope with last

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week's ea rthquake-a
temblor that so far has
killed more than 12,000 and threat=
to rival the country's most destructr.~
quake that killed 33,000 people in
193~e phones are ringing off the

caused thousands of building..;; to fail

.t fcdcrallyfundt.-d pmlt'CI to tmpmvr the:

in the ea rthquake. the key to the
country's recovery from the disaster L'&gt;
the rondition of its roads and bridges
10 the quake's aftennath , said Mander.
an expert on how bridges. highwarand o th er transportation s~ tcm s

Sc.·&gt;isnticperfumlailU' ofthc surfua.tr.m' portat:ion system in the U.!:!.
Studying the TurkL'&gt;h t."".lrthquak"
cou1d he especmllv hcncfictal for t ·. ~
c-.uthquakt.· engmc.oer.. anJ st'!Sill\llll
gtsts bet.""aUSt'. ao; UH engmt.-cn ng !&gt;t'L~
mologtst Apostolo:. Papageo rgt()tJ
ptnnts nut, the qu..ill t..JU..·urred on .1
tault that is a "tcxthook c:tample" nl ..1
transform fuuh like C.t.lifurn.a'~ ~111
Andreas Faul L
Moreover. thc earthqua.ki:-'s unlLo;ual
Slgnah.tl1'--t"''O ruptures of the fault
.11 !cast 20 sc.-conds apart .J!EIY have
madt· it exceptionall y destructtve .
Papagrorgiou sard
As an engineering scis mologtst.

withstand earthquake damage.

John Mander. arociate proli:ssor of
dviL sttuctur.!l and mvironmental engi~and a principol ~tor with
MCEER. ~in Turl&lt;eythi&gt; "'-'&lt;kas pan a

"A society's ability to respond to an
c:.-..uthquakc d&lt;:pend'i to a large extent
on rnakmgsurt"that the infrastrudurt'
IS intact and opemtmg." he said. "Without highways and ports \..-orkmg. tht·
whole socict)• mme!i to tl\ knc.-e."
Mander said the te-am 's mam goal LS
fad -finding. 'We will he taktng a lot
of photos and, where appropriate.
measurements in ordcr togct son1e tn
sights about whptructures collapsc.J:·

a~teamroon:linatedbyt!Y
Earthqual&lt;r ~ R.e;eu-ch IJNi.

the earthquake engineer said last """"'
befure leaving Buff..lo for Turkry.

rnodeis for faults in order to simulatt·
the kinds of ruptures generated by f"'·

tute aOaldand Cali£ MCEER ~ lpOO·

Hewillbeespo::iallyinterestal in what
he can learn from bridge; and highway.;
as theyp&lt;rtain to the..OO..he ~cumrnly

ta1n types of ground motions. Thes&lt;
models.~ to simulate specific
canhquakeevents.are used to program
UB's shake-table, upon which UB and

hook at UB's Multidisciplinary Center
lOr Earthquili Engitleering Rt=rch.
As usually happens after such an
&lt;Vefl~ UB and MCEER scientists are
in the middle of the news..

~Mander'sJl011ici!xuion

While news reports have focused on
the shoddyoonstruction methods that

oonductingwithMCEER~on

J&gt;~ou

de\.clops mathematical

m

MCEER enginc!'l'T5 test the carthqu::tkL·
rt'!ii-.larKX'of nxxJeb ot !!1niL11tre..
" h '~ like a double earthquake:· h~·
~ud of the rc..-cnrd he nhtamc.'\.lnlth,·
Turkish ljUake. .. I ..:an '\t."l' from thL'
rt'\.ord that there WCrl' tWO rurtun-...
llll' n'COrd was oht.amcd tw can h
~1uakt- eng1nc.~er l;o khan Pe\..~.1 n
pnstdlX1oral rt'M:',uchcr at l ' H .~n J
MCEER. and .1 natlvt' ofTurk'\ I ht•
anfonn.111&lt; ill • ..!V.Uiable- on tht· Wd'l Jl

&lt;.hnp-J"'-W\\'..koeri.boun..edu.tT ·. W.l'
n·tm·vt:J tmm an accelerograrh th.11
o perated hv the KandiUi t )h:d
valor)' and Earthquake Rt."SS..'afch In
stltute m Istanbul anJ louutXf at tht'
surface of the ground Uterallv dl tht·
earthquake's epicenter. "'e"t o l t l(lk.-ul
The accekrog raph rt'LnrJ~ !ht'
ground muuons of the pomt 10 thr
earth wht.'fl' it is located from thest'
w.tS

tneaStlTC:ments. re:scarcru..n easily can
determine other measurements.. such

as velocity and displacement.
c~-~7

�Michael Dupre, associate vice president for university facilities,

has held a variety of positions in his 24 years at UB. He recently
was named interim chair of the Environmental Task Force.

I began my service at UB in june of
1975 at age 25. I was hired as a
cleaner at nights-my shift started
at II :J()....;md I reported to O'Brian
Hall, which was the only academic
building open on the NQrth Cam·
pus. At the same time, I was pursuing an electrical technology degree,
which ultimately helped me to be
promoted to the Electric Shop. I
spent a number of yean in the trades
a.s a journey-level person and then
moved to various levels of supervision- Eiect{ic Shop supuvision,
senior trade supervision and so on.
While at the senior level, I started

thinking about where I wanted to
be long-term. I'd always loved UB,
so I knew that I wanted to be here, I
just didn't have the credentials to go
as far as 1wanted. I resumed my education and obtained a bachelor of
sc ience degree. Si nce then , I' ve
served in a number of senior facili ·
ties positions, then as the director
of facilities. When Ron Naylor left. I
was asked to takr this position in the
interim. But I didn't make myself a
candidate for the permanent posi·
tion during the first search. How·
ever, over time. I changed my mind.
This was largely due to two factors.
Thr people in facilities were very
supportive and it was dear that
many people wanted me to be suc·
cessful. Additionally. during the
course of the 1990s, facilities has
gone through so me very sizable
budget reduction.r-about $7.5 mil·
)jon over the past nine years. In most

areas, we're doing better than ever
as far as work-order timeliness and
customer satisfaction. There have
been some areas where wt'~ had a
diminished lc..:l of service, but by
and large, our customers art very
satisfied. I think that speaks very well
of th&lt; character of th&lt; p«&gt;pl&lt; in th&lt;
organization. I got to the point
wh&lt;r&lt; I thought, how could I not
want this position? I did a rev=al
and mad&lt; mysdf a candidate for the
associate vice president's job after
being in the position in the interim
for about a year.
Wh•t speclflc units do you
o-7

University Facilities is comprised of
a number of departments. These
include all the trade areas-these
are p«&gt;ple who repair the building
systems-as wdl as utility crews,
custodial, grounds, central stores,
facilities planning and design, de·
sign and construction, fl~t main·
tenance, warehousing, stockroom
and occupational and environmen ·
tal safety services. We're an organi·
zation of about 460 people.

Your pl•nnlng •nd de:slgn unit
h•s been blusy l•tely.

We've had a tremendous workload
over the past couple of years,
mainly due to the demands of
UB's capital program needs. The
student· housing projects, in particular, are very demanding of staff
resources. The student-housing
projects are emanating out of
Dennis Black's office in Student
Affairs. We look at Student Affairs

as our customer. Additionally,
UB's five-year capital plan, which
holds considerable promise for the
university, requires much staff
time and energy.
What Is the noost challenging
part of~· Job7

Making the system we work in
work. The bureaucratic restraints,
guidelines and policies of New
York State are very encumbering.
The most rew•nllng7

The p«&gt;ple I work with, both in
facilities and in the university as a
whole. Dealing with Dennis ~!lack
and his staff on the student housing has been an outstanding~ ­
rience . J~s helped develop the pro·
fessional relationship between the
two large units. The people I work
with are great!
You 're hklng o~ as lntertm
chair of the EnYironmetttal
Task Force. How do you bill·
anc:e environmentally friendly
polkles with the needs of the
lnstttutlon7
As interim chair, J'U need to broker
a relationship between the ETF and
the issues of good environmental
stewardship, and align them as best
we can with the mission of the uni·
versity. A pressing issue facing UB is
recruitment and retention of studentsandstaJf,andcampusappear·
ancr has a lot to do with iL The en·
vironmentally friendly thing to do
is to let the dandelions grow, but
does that help with campus beauti·
fication effons? There is a desire by
senior ad,ninistration to be aggres-

siv&lt; in our landscaping plans to
mal« this campus look a lot
more attractive. My role is, bow
do ~ do thai in the most envj.
ronmentally friendly
How
do you balance the views of the
ETF with the
of the uni·
versity? How do you develop
plans that both fulfill the desire
of the institution and good en·
vironmental stewardship? To be
blunt, it ain't going to be easy!
pled; _
__
_
HadleJ
VIllage
Is - _OCCU·

war.

needs

kenfCM'SouthUite~

conn ....- Is COfttJMIIng
on tl!e new .,..th '*'ldlng·
What's next. In terms of
maJor capital Pf'&gt;l«ts7
Student Services Building. We're
juJt going through the consult·
ant-sdcct:ion proct5S to hire the
design services. This facility will
be a building on th~orth side
ofCapen.lt'sdcsign
beone·
stop shopping for all
dent·
support ~rvices--adn:l ions,
financial aid, etc. The completion
of this facility will allow us to de·
molish Hayes A, Band C. Addi·
tionally, major capital investments will be made in Cary,
Farber and Sherman to support
the future needs of health affairs.
Tell me somethl"!!l about

yourself -that

most_.-

don 't know, but

.-lei.

I'm a scuba diver. I love it! I've
gone to Costa Rica, the Caymans,
Turks and Caicos Islands, Hon·
duras, Beliu and StThomas. It's
my avocation; pure ~pism.

UB program in criminal law is only one in nation
Buffalo Criminal Law Center to administer new Master ofLaws program
By SUE WUETCHER

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HE Law School this faU
will offer a post-professional master of laws
( LL.M .) program in
criminal Jaw, the only program of
its kind in the natio n.
The program , which has enrolled eight students from the U.S.
and ab road for its initial semester,
wi11 combine practical, hands-on
courses with a variety of other offerings that will allow students to
devote themselves to the in-depth
study of a wide range of topics in
American, comparative and international criminal law.
Designed for students with a law
degree (J.D.) or the equivalent, the
program is administered by th e
Buffalo Criminal Law Center, one
of the nation's premier research
institutes in criminal law. The cen ·
ter is headed by Markus Dubber,
professor of Jaw.
"The master of laws program
prov ides American and foreign
law graduates with a unique opportunit y to develop and
stiengthen their expertise in
criminaJ law,.. said R. Nils Olsen,
Jr., dean of the Law School. .. It
further energizes an area of excd-

T

lence in the US Law School cur.riculum."
Added Dubber: "The LL.M .
program in criminal law forms
part of the center's effort to assign
L:riminal law its rightful place in
American legal education . If we
want to imp rove the qualit y of
criminal justice in our country, we
need well · trainerl and well rounded prosecutors and criminal
defense attorneys."
Students design thdr own indi vi dualized curri culum from a
wide variety of courRS, including
"Advanced Criminal Procedure,"
"Comparative C riminal Law,"
"C riminal Fo rensic Evidence,"
"Death Penalty Law and Practice"
and .. White Collar Crime." They
must complete 24 credit hours of
course work. either on a full - or
part -time basis.
One of the courses offe red ,
..Advanced Crim inal Law Clinic,"
will provide students with the
oppo rtunity to work on a-ctual
cases and interact with clients
under the supervision of an ex perienced attorney.
Students also will participate in the
Buffalo Criminal Law Center's
projects and activities. These indudc:
• An annual criminal law con·

\

ference that brings leading experts
to the Law School to tackle a central criminal -law issue of topical
interest. Past conferences .have
dealt with the role of victims in the
criminal law, the reform of federal
criminal law and the reinstatement of capital punishment in
New York State.
• The Buffalo Criminal Law Review, one of the leading criminallaw journals in the country. ~ent
publications have included symposiumissuesonfederalcriminallaw reform and special issues on
criminal·law theory and new developments in criminal procedure.
• The Herbert Wechs ler Na tional Criminal Law Moot Court
Competition. The annual compe·
tit ion, named after the drafter of
the Model Penal Code, focuses on
topics in substantive criminal law,
including th e constitutionality
and interpretation of fe~ral and
state criminal statutes. The only
national moot court devoted specifically to substantive criminal
law, the Wechsler competition is
hosted by thr center in collaboration with the Buffalo Criminal
Law Society. an organization of
US law students with an interest
in criminal law.

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• The Buffalo Criminal Law
Center's Web site &lt; http:/1
wings. buffalo.edu/law/bclc &gt;,
which hosts one of the most comprehensive online collections of
materials on American and for·
eign criminal law.
Founded in 1996, the Buffalo
C riminal Law Cen ter is dedi cated to the st udy of American,
co mparative and international
crimina·! law. It provides state
and federal legislatures with in depth analyses of criminal-jus·
tice issues to encourage the de ve lo pment of long - term ap proaches to the problem of
cr ime and punishment, serves as
a forum for innovative research
to reinvigorate the st ud y of
criminal law in the U.S. and of·
fers s tudents in the U B Law
School the opportunity to con du ct advanced re search on
crimiaallaw under dose faculty
supervision.
For further information on the
center and the master of laws pro·
gram in criminal law, visit the
center's Web site at &lt; h ttp ://
wlngs.buffalo.odu/law/ bclo or
contact. the center at 645-3407 or
via email at !&lt;cr imi nal mrihcau.buffalo.edu&gt;.

�AuousiZii. 1!!!/Vol.31. No.1

Project to retool CSE 101

Pew TrjtSt funds effort to enhance teqching while cutting costs
By PATRICIA DONOVAN
News ServicrJ Editor

T

HE univmity this full will
begin a two-ymr project 10
pilot a coun&lt; in infonnation technology designed
to enhana: the quality oftcadllngand
learning while reducing class 005t
Th&lt; project will be funded by a twoymr, $200,000 grant from the Pew
Owitable Trusts (PCT). lJB was one
of only 10 institutions nationwide 10
receive funding under thiS initiative,

many diffm:nt departments.
During the Fall 1999 semester, the
project team will collect baseline: data
on inslructional coots and the quality
of learning produced by the course as
it is now oonstituted. Team members
also will redesign CSE 101 and otf&lt;r
the new vmion in the Spring 2000 semester. Th&lt; team then will compare
learning and cost data of the redesigned course with the baseline: data
and rt:finc: the design acmrdingly "'
that the new course can be offered in
the Fall2000 semester.
Walter.; explains that the goal of

an how!y rate to staff the lab dunng
the rest of the open lab hour.;.
Th&lt; redc5tgned cour"' will provide
multiple means for ach tevmg th('
project learning outoomes, Walters says.
Lectures will be de-emphasized and
proportionally replaced by Web-hosed
active-learning material, thereby re
during the number of faculty contact
hour.; and saving money. Individualized assistana: 10 students will in=ase
and the course environment will

cltangofrom one that~ predominantly

face-to-faa to one that is more online.
wtUdl ~~101indsome"""'""
She says short individual proj&lt;CIS will
10 one of the moot hotlyddloted questions in education today: whether the both th e cur r~nt and redesigned supplementmulti--=kgroupprojects
use of informatio'l technologies in the course is to educate students about tha1 incorporate computer-supported
classroo!n actually improves teaching tt:chnologyin genera! and about axn- collabora!M learning on the Web and
and promotes leilming_ Some educa- puteB in particular.Students will learn in lab. Th&lt; use of online. computertors claim that oomputcrs do not sig- some basic skills, such as how 10 use a graded diagnootic pre-qui:zzcs. qui7zes
nificantly impr&lt;M learning outoomes word processor and a spreadshoet. as and exams will f3cilitate learning. offi:r
and that the continual pun:hase and ·well as the concepts underlying the gn:at&lt;r feedback 10 students and inupgrnding of computer systems, plus skills. This will enable them 10 deYelop =ase filculty productivity.
In ordertooffi:r more effective techthe coot of instruction in their use, are the capabilities 10 cope with the technology ittdf, as weU as with the inevi- nical support for the a&gt;ur.;&lt; and the
driving up the coot of education.
lab,graduatetcadllngassistants willbe
UB project director Deborah table changes 10 it.
Until now, the course has be-en replaced with undergraduate learning
Waltm.professorofcomputersciena
taught
in
large
lecture
sections
of
apassistants.
Th&lt; graduate teaching asand enginttringand associated&lt;an in
!he College of Arts and Sciences, says proximately 200 students each that sistants will be r=signed 10work wilh
that the project~ hosed on the hypoth- tmet for three hour.; a week. In addi- adva.nc:ed oomputer-science students
esis that c=fully selected changes in tion 10 !he lecture, the students hav&lt; wilh whom !hey tend 10 work more
teaching methodologies will imp"""' two hour&gt;offormallaband two hour.; effectively.
Walters poinrs out that while a
learning outcnmes while reducing in- of open lab time per week.
A full-time, non-tenure-track fac- prime motivation in redesigning CSE
structional 005t
WalteBsaysthat macoordana:with ulty member teaches two cours&lt; sec- 101 is to increase student learning
PCJ"s request, !he locus of the experi- tions per sm1ester and a temporary through more hands-on, one-to-one
ment will be one ofVB's larger das.es, lecturer mvers the third Lab sessions •learning opportunities., she and her
C..omputer Science and Engineering are taught by""""' graduate teaching team expect the ami'S( to save the de10 1 ICSE IOI ),a freshman-levelcom- assistants. They also help to staff the partment at least $65,00) per semester ifrourseenrollment remains stable.
puter-l.iteracy course with an annual lab during open lab hours.
Undergraduate students are paid at and even more ifenrollment increasa
enrollment of 1,000 students from

Advanced Honors Program
for juniors, seniors begins this fall
By SUE WUETCHER
Reporter Editor

N Advanced Honors
Program desig ned to
draw new studenr:s into
the honors category. as
well as bener serve current honors
students in their junior and senior
year.;, will begin this fall, administrators with the University Honors
Program have announced.
Informational sessions fo r prospective students and faculty mem·
ben; will be held at 5 p.m. Wedn esday and 2:30 p.m. Sept. 2 in I07
Talbert Hall on the North Campus.
Although the advanced program is
open to current honors students., its
primary thrust ~ to bring new students into the honors program, administrators say, adding that the ex ~
panded program will help UB recruit
quality students. as well as relain them
once they come to the university.
Kipp Herreid, academic director
of the University Honors Program,
noted that the traditional honors
program has been .. front-loaded,"
focusing on students' first two years
of study. Although students rematn
m the program as juniors and seniors., they are "largely abandoned,
in a sen~. to the departments." said
Herreid, SUNY Distinguished
Teaching Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the
College of Arts and Sciences.
Nkolas Goodman, vice pr&lt;Ml5t for
undergraduate education, aw-J the

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traditional honors pFOgram "d~
nothing significant in enhancing the
(academic) experience for students
m their junior and semor years. Th1s
(the advanced program) is a sigmfi cant step forward,'' he said.
" I'm looking forward to an even
larger role for the honor! program
in enhancing the academiC quali ty
of the university."
Josephine Capuana. admimstra
tive director of the honors program,
called the advanced program a "sec
a nd stage to the honors program."
Students moving from the traditional
honors program to the advanced
program wiU move from a program
that is broad -based to one that 1s
more focused, she said, adding that
students will detennine that focus.
The program will be open to all
students who have completed 60
hours of university credits with a
grade-point average of at least 3.5.
Students with a GPA of 3.25 to 3.49
may petition for an exempt1on from
this requirement '
Students will be selected for tht~
program based on two letters of ref erence from UB faculty members
and personal letters from the appli ca nt s addressing the reasons for
thei r applica ti ons and outlining
their plans for the future and their
areas of specialty.
The application deadline is Oct.
I for th~ fall semester. March I for
the Spring 2000 .semesrer.
Once admitted to the program. stu-

dents will recetv&lt;.' all the "perk.s.. oftht·
tradillonal honors program, tndud mg pnorit)' registration. library rep."
tratJon, tr.tru.enpt notatJ(JO,gmdu.1tt'
~ool advising, summer

research 1n
forrnat1on, an online newsletter and
c.-vcmng programs with faculty.
To complete thr program, studen~
must maintatn the 3.5 G PA, complete
a senior thesis o r project. completl'

th ree honors or graduate courses at
the 300 level or lugher with a grade
at le.rn a "B.. and complete an ap
proved commumry St'rvlCC, overseas
study or intership program.
Students successfuU y compktmg
the Advanced Honors Program Will
rece~ve a special transcnpt notat ion .
Establishing an honor)&gt; program
geared toward upperdivlslon stu
dents will aUow UB to serve many ex
ce llenr students who cannot bt·
served by the traditional honors program, Herreid s..:ud. He pomted out
that while there are mur(' than 2.000
students with GPA.s of J.S or h1ghe1.
less than a quaner of th&lt;:m are mem hc-rs of the honors program. Many
of these h1gh -ac h1 evcrs are .. late
bloomers'" who d1d not qualify for the
honors program as freshmen, he srud.
addmg that the advanced progmm
W J.S craht."d "wnh thest serious scholars m rrund."
It is expected to "open the doors
to many more excellent students and
grrady enhance the reputation of
UB as an outstanding undergradu at~ institution," Capuana said.

Repone.

3

BrieD
. y
Donald Roberts elected president
ofUB Alumni Association
Donold C. - . . who n:a:ived a bachelor of arts degr« '" 1993 fmm

UB. has been elected 10 a one-year tmn as presxlent of the VB Alumm
As.soaat1on.
A Kenmore restdent, Roberts lS an 1ruurance exccut:rve wtth No~
C.orpJJ\JUer, Harris &amp; Scherrer ln Wllliamsville. He returned to UB to earn
a bachclor'sciegm'after earning an associate's degree in 1964.
The Roberts family's associauon With VB extends to four gencratK&gt;ru.
Donald's gr.mdfuther. lay G. Robtru,and father, Myron ROOerts.both gradu
ated fmmtheSchool ofDentaiMedione,m 1905and 1930,respecttvdy. HJS
oon, Donald C. lOw-tie) R00erts. r=.-J his law &lt;Iegree from lJB in 1997
Other otlia:n recently elected for I 99'!-2000are David). Saleh ofCorfu, JJ1
78. B.S. '75, an attorney with the Batavia linn of Oshlag and Saleh. presidentelect; Richard I_ Friend of Williamsvillc, M.BA '70, B.S. '68, a supervisory
complian&lt;r alii= with the Nauonall..abor Relaoons Board VIC&lt; presxlent for
athlctics; Margaret W. Paroslo ofBulfulo. M.D. '80, medial~ director of the F.sx:
County Medical G:nter, VIC&lt; pcesl&lt;lcnt for constituent rdaoons; Karen K.
Noonan of East Arnher.;t. Ph.!1 '86. MA "66, BA "65, a rrored lJB adnurustrator, via: preodcnt for finana,; Robert A Evans of Clan:na. M.BA 71. B.S.
"63,a rnanag&lt;ment consultant, via: preodcnt for memberstupand rnarkettng.
and lennifer B. W150~ of Bulfulo, M.BA '96, BA '92. a seruor market
""'"&gt;"for M&amp;T Bank. via: president for student rdatJons.
Newty elected to a two-~ term on the OOard of dm•ctors
..
are N1role A.
Gavigan of Amherst, Ed.M. '97. BA '93; Olarles C Swanekamp of East
Amhem, ).D. '79, M.BA '80; Alan R. Mollot of Willwnsville, B.S. '65;
Thomas A Palmer ofWtlliamsville, 1.1&gt;. '75. M.BA '71; Pnscilla A McNeal
of Buffulo. MA '83, B.S. '78, and Tara L Germano of Rochester, B.S. "88.
New membtn of the executivt- comnuttct' are E~ WtSml"INSkl; louiS
M . Caa:iato of Wtlliamsville, W . "M. BA '61. and Burton Notanus of bast
Amhem, M.BA '67, B.S. '65.

Student engineers win contest
for 'clean environment' project
A group of~ mojon fmm lJB has won a "'l"onal
design competition for devdoping an apparatw and procedun· to punh
and recycle a solvent used in !he rubber mdustry.
The student team, made up of 15 undergraduates from the Depanmt'fll
of Olemical Engineering who are part of the UB student chapter of the
American Institute ofOlemical Engmew:rs fAIChF. ), will goon to compere
m the national competitJon in Octoher
Th&lt; conte;t. sponsored hy the AICM. requtm.l students to'"des.gn. bwld
and operate an apparatus that dernonstrntes how chenucal·engtneenng pnn
ciples am be applied to pollution ~uon and/or crMronmcntal cleanup ..
l1lc students developed an afiiXlr.lUl'; and tedmique for purifymg and ra-..•
d mg nx.1.hyi t'th)'l ketone. a substanCt" used ~a snM..111m the ruhbt•r mdttStn
Mark Swihart, assistant profes.&lt;;Qr of chenucal engmccnng and taruh'· acJv1
"'1r 1o the lfB student chaptcrof AI&lt;:hl·.. cxpbmed that thestuck.'T1l'icie.1tulc..'lf
..1 ... nrnnlt'r'Oa1 sc:ak unit .for the solvrnt recydmg and then ..:almlated ~· 11
\.\.\lUkl hc:.11dit a c..Umpanv. "Theu' econonuc analysts show{:d that a small ru~
he.,- rompanv that u..o;o nntv IS gallons of soh.'er'lt per \\"f'd... woukl save mort'
than S7U.IXXl and use ahout 20,000
soM:nt """a \I)-year penod
h\ 1mpk111c..'T1Ung. thru solvent -recycling system," he said
rht' pru!&lt;'l1 team leaders are ~·mors Tracey Blaszak, Gilben Dtlllc..t't, b
~1ca IWorck and Paul Trill17..1o.

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Presentation with Internet
videoconferencing succeeds
How long will It be befon-}1-.lUcan paruapate m a VKleoconferena-or"V\SJt ..

With an&lt;J\.o'mieaSdient without leavmgyourdesk? If a rt"Cent ~.rnent at LIR
15 any uxiicmon, 11could lx· mudl sooner than many people thmk..
"'It worked beautifully:· said Nancy Campbell-Heider, assooate professor nt
nursmg, of the dt'T11onstrat1on 10 wh1ch UB ~1aff brought h1gh -qualm
Vldrooonfcrcnang and
vxko to the desl.1op""" the Internet.
The success has ma~r m)phcauons for health-care dciJven· m remote ar
t."as and for distance leam mg, t"Spt.'-=13.1.h· wtthm the next fc."'\\• \leH' whm
lntemc..--t2, w11h ll'l huge bandwldth GIJXlOT)', L'i up and nmmng.
1he purpose of the ~runent was pr.K-1lCll UB nUNng facutty \\-"MMlL.J tll
tap mto and broadcast an cvaluaoon ol a student ....oriang Wlth a JXIDCnl 10 .1
cLmcll scttmg for a confen.-nce prcscntahnn m Califonua ahout the.~ u.-.e nl
vldcoaJnfen:nangtortn'l()(tfvcvaluateSiudents..Buttheu.-w..alvldeooonfen:nu.f¥
hnkup USUlg telephone lines was not ,tvailable at the confcrcncr Site.
So LIB mfonnauon -technologv staff deodt.-d to use the lntt'l'llcl .•m 1.":\
1remcly attracu~ ledmtcallv challmg.tng--opuon. Ih.: mtt·r-a~o.1l\'\' 'l~
s:1on was transm1ttt.-d to desktop \'ltwtni at UB and throughout the ,,:hmw.l
Silt' at Enc County Med1cal Center m'l-r an lnternt-'1 cnnft.·renc..t• "bndgc'· Jt
Oh1o StatelJnivcrs.iry.
The experiment taxed the resoui'Ce'&gt; ofUB staff and fuc..'U II'v. Rl¢lt up unul
rurtime, staff members were workmg to fix technical glitches.. Pt1cr Joq;en.'!&gt;l.:n.
st.•ruor programmer analyst. literally was shang into c:ables Wlth a kmfl' Ill
remedy a problem that was interfering wtth VIdeo transm&gt;SSIOil. ln the 111&lt;':10
time, James Whitlock. associate director of computing St"fVVCCS who was roordinating controls from Maine, where h&lt;: was on vacation. was making plam
to fly equipment to Bullalo, if ne=ry. ludcily, with four minutes lefi unul
scheduled airtime, Jorgensen found and 6xed the problem.

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football, but according to
David BaUard, auto racing is
on(' of the biggest sports in W('stern New York.
And Ballard should know. On
the weekends. the associate director of student unions at UB suits

up for the National Association for
Stock Car Auto Racing Winston
Cup and Busch Grand Natio nal
Series races as a member of the
Exide Team pit crew for NASCAR
star-driver Jeff Burton.
.. You'd be su rprised how many
race fans there are on campus. not to

Ballard ... I was in Michigan a few
wedcs ago for a race and ran mto at
least 100 racing fans from Buffalo."

the Ellicon Complex.
But Ballard was interested in
racing long before he came to UB.

NearlyeveryweekcndfromMay
through September for the past
three years, BaJiard has flown out
of Buffalo to cities nationwide to
take his place as a member of
Burton's team. ''I'm what th('y call
a ' weekend warrior,"' he says.
Ballard began his UB career 19
y('ars ago in Univ('rsity Facilities. In
1995,hejoin('dtheDivisionofStudent Affairs, where he h_elps ov('r·
see the operation of student facili ties, including the Student Union
on the North Campus, Harriman
Hall on the South Campus and the

"I have been inter~ted in cars
and racing ever since 1 couJd hold
a wrench," says Ballard, who rttall.s
as a chiJd going to the raas at the
Lancaster Speedway and the now·
extinct Civic Stadium at Jefferson
and Best streets with his father and
undes."Formostofmylife,lhave
be('n inVolved in auto racing in
some capacity, whether it be as a
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sixth in national points in the pre·
mier NASCAR series."
Th~ most exciting moment
Ballard recalls this yearwas m May
when th~ team woo the World 600,
one of the most prestigious races
of the Winston -Cup series.
Ae emphasizes thai just like in
any other sport, members of the
race team, which includes crew
members and the driver. have to
work together and that each participant is a true athlete.
Ballard also maintains that
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sport in the world. "Overall, it has
more televised, prime-time presence than any other sport around
and the fan basr is constantl y
growing," he says.
He regrets that auto racing, mmpared to other sports, gets little att&lt;n·
lion in the local media. "l don't think
they believe it is of mterest to the pui&gt;tic." explains Ballard. "Many local fans
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and accurate details about the ra=
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the lntcme1 for raa: results.
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realize that auto racing is a real spon
with millions of fans. Driv&lt;rs, as weU
as crew members. are just as physi cally fit as any other athlete," he adds.
.. Crew members can change four.
SO-pound tires, fill acarwith 22gal·
Ions of gas. dean the windshield and
make adjustments in 15 seconds...
Ballard explains. " lt really is a team
sport with intense preparation ,
planning and strategy."

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Giant to establish rehabilitation research center
Initiative will fond international personnel exchanges, Web site,_ conferences and lWrkshops
By LOIS IIAkEII
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Services Editor

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HE untversit y ha s re ceived a five-year, $2 mil lion federal grant to es tablish a center for col lecting and disseminating information on in ternational research and
practices in rehabilitation.
Called the Center for lntern atlonaJ Rehabilitation Research In fo rmation and Exchange. o r
C IRRI E. the initiative v.•iU mvolve:
• A Wo rld Wide Web site fea tu ri ng a datahase of international
research
• Funds to stage U.S. conferences on in ternational rehabilita
tion research, for travel expenses
fo r international experts to participate and for U.S. aperts to participate in in ternational conferences sponsored elsewhere
• Exdlanges of research personnel
between institutions intemationaUy
• ~elopmg and disseminating
info rmational mon ographs and
sponsoring workshops on the cuJ.

tural practices and mores of the
most prevalent immigrant populations in the U.S. to inform and educate rehabilitation providers
The grant, which will t: effective
Sept. I , was awarded by the National
Institute for Disability and R&lt;habili·
tation Research of the U.S. Depart·
ment of Education. John H. Stone,
clinical associate professor of occupa tional therapy, will be project di rector. The center wiJI be headquartered in US's Center for Assistive
Technology. a component of the
fl r partmcnt o f Occupational
Therapy in the School of Hcahh
Related Professions.
.. Clearl y al l the work we do an
rehabili tation both in the Depart ment of Occupational Therapy
and at the Cen ter for Assistive
Technology places us in the top
tier in the country," said Barry
Eckert . dean of the Sc hool of
Health Related Professions. " Receivin g this grant underscores the
prominence of our programs ...
Stone said NIDR's selection of UB

for its international anter is a rec ognition of all that is happening in
Buffalo in the field of rehabilitation
research.
The CJRRJE database will be de·
veloped by the Health Sciences Li brary, in conjunction with US's
Center for Functional Assessment
Research. which houses rehabilitation outcomes from 1.331 rehabili tation facilities around the g]obe.
The World Health Organization and
the Pan American Health Organization also will contribute information. The sit(' will contain full -texts
of published r&lt;&gt;earch in aU standard
rehabilitation categories, and will be
searchable by category and country.
Conferences on in tern ational
rehabilitation resea rcb-Wi ll be
sponsored by UB in the third and
fifth years of the grant. CJRRIE
also will fund travel costs of international researchers to an end conferences sponsored by other institutions and individuals funded by
the U.S. Office of Special Educatio n and Rehabilitation Services,

the parent funding agency. Travel
of U.S. experts invited to int('rnationaJ rehabilitation conferences
also will be covered.
U.S. immigrant populations that
will be researched for monographs
are the Mexican, Cuban, El Salvadoran, lndian, Jamaican, Korean,
Filipino. Chinese and Vietnamese,
and persons from the Dominican
Republic. The mformatioo will be
compiled in collaboration with specialists in the UB School ofNursmg
and the Boston-based Institute for
Community inclusion. The information will be used to develop educational workshops for health-care
providers.
US is an intrmationaJ leader in
the fields of rehabili tat ie n re search and assistive-device deve l·
opment. In addition to the new
ini t iat ive, the university also
houses the. Reh abilitation Engineering Research Cen ter on Aging and the Rehabilitation Engioeermg Research Ceot&lt;r on Technology Eval uation and Transfer.

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Grant aiiis work on Pan..Ameriiim Exposztwn documentary

UB forms Dean's Council
for College of Arts and Sciences

IJ PAl111CJA DONOVAN
News Services Editor

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HEUnivmityatBuflalois
one of only seven universities nationwide to receive

a small but significant
"Imagining Am&lt;rica" grant through
a new initiativ&lt; oo-sponsored by th&lt;
White House Millennium Council
and the Woodrow Wilson National
Fellowship Foundation.
The $5,000 seed grant was
awarded to UB---along witli WNEDlV and the Buffiolo and Erie County
Historical Society-to begin work on
a collaborative educational docu mentary involving a multifaceted
"virtual -reality" version of Buffiolo's
I 90 I Pan American Exposition.
The documen tary will be produced by area historians and media
artists using historic artifacts and new
video technologies. It is a unique
undertaking, they say, and an important and innovative contribution to

"Pan Am 2001." Buffalo's civic centennial cdebration of the exJX&gt;Sition.

viewers undentand th&lt; Pan Ani in different ways. It will offer m ost
lltiffaionians their lint view of th&lt; expooition via virtual tJu-ee..dirnens
tours of its elaborate grounds and exlubits. It also will discuss the complex
historical moment at which th&lt;exposition took place and compare it to the
millcnniallllOI1l&lt;llt that marks its=·
tmniaL
Produce.-. will employ digitized
film footage of the exposition originally shot by Thomas Edison and 3D r&lt;a&gt;nstructions of the exposition'•
layout architecture, exlubits, arbor&gt;,
parkways. lakes aod streams.
Viewers will get a look at the
exposition's spectacular lighting as
wcll. Fueled by Niagara Falls, this
brilliantly =ted lighting design
was the first of its kind in the nation and one of the Pan Am's m ost
amazing displays of new technology.
The grant has a significan~ that
far excttds its siu, Frisch notes.
It means that UB and th&lt; otho- six
univmity gr.mt recipients.---&lt;:ornell,

Producers envision as a second

MIT.~EastemConnecti ­

project outcome the development of
educational formats that will employ the material in ways that will
be useful to schools. These might
indudc an interactive CD- ROM, dis-

cut State and th&lt; universities ofMichi-

tance-learning networks and other

uses that Michael Frisch, professor of
lustory and American studies. and ootnvestigator for the Buffalo project, says
will"vastlycxpand the depth and reach
of documentary materia1s and the is&lt;ucs explored through them."
Filmmakers say that when com pleted, the documentary will help

ganandPennsytvania--&lt;pris&lt;th&lt;
leading edg&lt;ofth&lt; multi-)"at" lmaginingAmerica Initiative, a major national
undertaking instituted to mark the end
of the 20th a:ntury and the beginning
of the next millennium. he says.

Its goallS to create partnershJps
among humanities scholan. pubLc
agencies and community organmt·
tions to promoc.e a better public un

dmtanding of local and global grog·
raphics. the process ofculturnl creauon
and th&lt; meaning of civil society.
US humaniues schoJars...-hlStt )
nans. computer scientists, media art
ists. sociologists and archivists-will

help shape the content by definmg
the meaning, rontent and impaa o f
the original Pan Am Exposition and

by assisting in the design and devel·
opmcnt of the video art involved.
ln addition to Frisch, UB project
participants include Roy Rou ~ l .

chair of the Deparunent of Medta
Study, and Debor.ili Walte.-., profes·
sor of computer science and cngi .
neering, and direaor of the IDEAS
( Integrated DigitaJ Explorations in
the Arts and Sciences) Center 1n the
College of Arts and Sciences.
As the repository for major dont·

mentarycollectionson the Pan Am, the
historical society-the only permanent
structure built for the original exp&lt;l6t·
tit&gt;n--holds in its an:hi= such aniftcts
as tabletop models, Pan-Am guidebooks, photos, paintings, engravings,
maps and souvenirs. Under its direaor,
William ScintY, the society wiD help select
and digititt th&lt; mo5t appropriate hisutncal l1lalerials for visuali7ation and link

The foundation for the nationaJ
initiative was laid at a White House

thcsetothetmtrallmtoric~

meeting of higher-&lt;ducation leaden;
and federal officials in March, where
a consortium of colleges and ruJturnJ
institutions-the Imagining America

WNED will work with A:nlr and
More, lnc., a local multimedia rom
pany specializing in computerV-«.-..:1 ·'
0 modeling, anima Lion and dat.t v1
suahzarion cap..-.hleofoutput to v1d('{1

Consortium-was founded.

~fortl·dufi-·&lt;kx:umcrltary

Drought, heat are normal, Ebert says
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presS In@ much of t h e
country with miserable
heat, drought and brown·
o uts are a normal part of the dimatologicaJ pattern and do not portend
disastrous climate changes, a UB geographer says.
.. No, it's not globaJ warming." says
Charles H.V. Ebert , SUNY Distin·
guished Teaching Professor in the
Department of Geography in the
College of Arts and Sciences. "That
couldbeoccurringasweU ,ofcoune.
but based on 100.000 years of geologica1 evidence, we just seem to be
go ing through a warm phase of our
clim atology.
" Drought occurs 1n almost every
n.-g.ion on earth on a somewhat regu lar basis," Ebert poinl5 out . '" Patterns
of relatively wet. dry, hot or cold
weather usually run in six· to· cight·
year cycles. Drought is a result of one
to three~ofparticularlydry,hot

weather that climaxes in a relative di saster in some form-&lt;rop failure,
dry wells. serious wind erosion. Then
its time is up and the dryness abates.
Drought doesn't last forever.
" Rain comes and after a few years,
it stabilizes the water table depleted
bythedrought. Thentherainabatcs
and a drier period begin s once
more.." he says.
Ebert notes that periods of intense
or stalled weather conditions are likdy
to endanger or cause serious eco·
nomic deprivation in the affected re-

gt~m-'" But med.iaattL'TlUOr~,combined
wtth our poor rnemoncs of past
weather, tend to generate ~.mjustified
a1ann forourdimaclic future," hesays..
"People tend to take each unplcasant event thrown at us by Mother Nature worse than any they've ever ex ·
perienced,.. he says... That's why we're
aJways worried about what a particu·
lar hot speU 'means." It means about
what the last one meant.
.. We worry too much about th1~
becauseourmemoriesareshort ," he
adds. "So every dramatic weather
condition seems worse than it aau
aJJy is. This may be the hottest July
on record in many places, but there
have been other very hot Julysdoes anyone remember the terrihie
heat wave of the 1980s?
" It was miserably hot in Lh&lt;' East for
som e time and like today. peopl&lt;'
feared that it was a warning of future
disaster. But who knoY.~ how m any
vcryhotsummershavc oc:curred ovt'r
the last hundred thousand yean;?"
Thcrcarenowrittenrerords ofth.at
period, of course. but Eben aga1n
points to geological evidence that th~
summerisjustpartof a general warm
ing pattern that will be follow..&gt;d h)' d
cooling pattern; that this period of
drought will be followed by a penod
of rain, then too much rain. and an other-weather ..panic."
"We've had a spate of unusually
hot weather that has built up slowly
over the last f~ years and this year
lasted longer than normal," ~rt
admits. " But ifs not a Ouke. h 's not
unique. It has prod.ucrd drought .

t'lut that wa!&gt; abo to he ~..-xpedt·d
hasc:d upon hundreds of year' ol
r~corded wea. th er ohscrvat10ns."
Ebert explatns that the JCI stream .
which usuaJiy moves in an '"s" pat
tern, generating cool. then warm
weather, has been running paraJicl
to the Canadian border latdy. draw ·
ing warm air masses from the south
ern G ulf regions and giving th e
Northeast a long taste of the South\
tropical, maritime weather.
" But the jet st ream will !&gt;pnn~
hack to life again and life will return
to nonnaJ ," he says. " It will cool o ff.
we"U get rain . then more ram , then
m ort:. and people will agatn wo rn
about the rainy years as the\' haw
abo ut the ho t years.'"
Th e unusually long heat wav&lt;· I!\
probably aggravated by Lhe FJ Nu1ol..'l Niri.a cycle, Ebert says. "Jhe nanw
El Nino. he JX)Inl\ out, literally mean.-.
"Christ Child ," thus nam ed h~- tht·
Spaniards lx"Clu!ol' the heavy ramfull
11 caused on tht· wtst coast of Peru .mJ
Ecuador t'Vl'rv St'Wn or l'lgh t vca r)
usuallv O..lurn."Ci at &lt;.:tm strrw.-. lll11t'
FJ N1iio conditio ns. produced b'
w.1rmer -than · usual (()astal " 'att'r
temperaturl"'S, arc felt fo r one or two
years. he sa~ After E1 Nino ..:om~
II ~ aftermath , La Nu'la, when cool
w-Jterrisesto thesurfaCt"of the coostaJ
waters. stabilizjng the au ma~ and
initiating a dry period. Thisdimax~
after a few years m relative drought.
"So we have a staJied Gulf Stream
and the effects of La Nifia ope.rating
right now," he explains. "It's no won ·
der it's hot and dry."

The College of Arts and Sciences has fo rmed a Dean's Cou n nl to
offe r guidance to the college on such 1ss ucs as techno logy an t-duLa
t1on, ca reer planning and deve lopment.
Kerry S Grant , d ean of the Coll ege of Arts and Scacnce~ . ~ys he
has asked distinguished alumni a~d commu mt y volunteers to serve
on th1s mauguraJ cou n cil. Grant believes thts advisory coun cil comes
at a cn ttca l time. as the coll ege deals w1th 11 ~ new educat1onaJ para
d1gms. related costs a nd fund -rats m g 1dea~ for handlmg m.: rcased
costs and sc holarship needs
As h ok G Kav ees hwar . Ph . D., "tt9, I!&gt; l h a 1nn g tht• {.O Un \.d
K;lveeshwar I ) VICC· pres •dent of Rayth eon
O ther council memhe r) are Warren T Colville. exec uttve vu..e pres1
dent ofThf' Buffalo Nt·w-.. lame) 1. Eberl. B.A . '38 , Ph .D. "41 . rct1red
executive at Scon Paper . Ken f-u ch!&gt;. M .A. '69, Ph .D. "7 4, S&lt;'nto r \' I Ct"'
president of Prudential ~et unt1es ; Barry G li ck. Ph .D.. d1rector of
NavigatiOn Tech no l og •e~ . Inc. Marguent e 1:.. Hamblt""t o n . B.A. "81 .
Ph.D. '95, prestdenl and C EO of AAA--Centra.l and Western Nev.
Yo rk, and Peter Hare , Ph .D.• SUNY l&gt;1St1ngu1Shed ~ervJCe Professor
in th e Departm ent of Philosophy
Also, Marsha S. Hende rso n , B.A. '53. pres1dent Ke \'t\ank - West
ern New York D1stnct ; Ronald C . llerdm an. B.A. "73, rt&gt;t1red ext·cu
tive of Ex.xon ; Geo rge S. Hoffman, B.A. "66. owner and cha1rman o l
Cleveland C ru nch ProfeSSIOnal ~oner Team , Patnck Kc:nnedv. B.A
"78, pres1dent Cell Port Lab lm .. l:.dward I K1kta. B.A. "70, Ph .ll · :-~
anal ytical !&gt;Ue nces m a nager dt FM&lt; Co rp .. and (~u rd on 1-- Manm
M .B.A. '7 1. man agi ng directo r of C IBC Op penhe imer
Also, Robert G . Mo rn s, B.A '6 7. !&gt;t' nl or tn\'estmcnt d 1rt'dnr ul
Lord Abb&lt;'lt &amp; Co.; All en Pmkus, t\.A '6S. Ph. I&gt;. ' 70, a pdrtnt•r 111
ADt )NJX Transcomm ; Rt)berl &lt;; Raymond. B.A "67, J.l l. "7 1, Lh id
(O Un sel of Briush Pl'trolcum Amen(an , ln c., John f &gt;. Re1nho ld . B..A
'82. sentur v1ce prt•s•dent w1th ·" olomon ~nlllh Harnt·v. anJ Ronald
M S..:hrelbt""r, B.A. "75, cha irman of Rec 1procal
Also. Bendy K. So. B.A. "73. a plaStiC surgeo n ; Juhn N Walsh Ill.
cha1rman &amp; C EO of Walsh Du ffi eld Co .. l. Parke Wnght IV. manag
mg dl re(tor of J.P. Wnght Co., Ell en Yost l..afilt , I. D. '8.l, allornt"\
and partn er wtth l;nffith &amp; Yost , and !on Younger. R.A "7.\. Ph .!&gt; ,
semor m a nagm~ d1rnttn 11! No\'a tlon ~ (; roup

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services to university community
The Alumni Au odatlon Is offering !&gt;t"Vt' r.tl nt·w Sl'rVI~t'' 1o mem
he r' of thl' un lv&lt;'r'lt'" to nHnurHI\'
T ht'\',lre
• l&gt;nhne Alumm l)m."l10n . l·aoliry,)"taff and studen:.scan ..:''mmum...-att·
With alumru convcnlt.."ntly through lh&lt;' n&lt;"W Onlinl' (:0nununuy at l 1H\
Alumn1 {.~:n l er at &lt; http://www.alumnl .buffalo.edu/ dlrectory /
lndoll.html &gt;. ThnusantbofUB gntduates have posted thcu-email addresso
at th ~ Site. which c. scarchahle hy current name, kmner name and class vear.
and will soon he aa:essibk by schnol/disciplt.ne.
• D=untcd Booh The Alumru Association has partnered wtth Bame.
and Noble onlme to offer dL'iCount.ed books and other produas to lill.'ie money
for the assoaation. Any pun.:hases made online from a link on the AJWTU11
Center homepage &lt;http:/ / www.olumnl.bufhlo....,&gt; wiD be credttcd tu
the AJunUll AssociaOon.
will m:eives a S pcro:nt mnurus.•i1on
• Stuvroff &amp; Potter Pannersh1p Advantagl'. Memben; of the UB(Om mu nlt )' who live m o r ar&lt;' movmg to any statt.· m the U.S. can recel\'t"
r..a11onal aSSIStance w1th all th e detail!- of a home sale. finding a llt""'"'
ho me. a v~t arra\' of r~rMmal and corpo rate rdocat1on semces and
rental dSSIStJnt:t" through Stov roff &amp; Po tter·~ nl'twork of p remter rral
cstalt' affiltates. At the ....loSt• ot anv tran.-.actu)n that b a rl"Sult nf th1'
new Panm·rsh1p AJvantage Pm~ra.m , Stovroff &amp; Pon t"r w11l donJte S100
to LI B') I. ~o n Hcrnmg Ml'nt Award Scholarship Fund m the name ul
tht• LIH .. nrnm unJt }' memher mak.tn~ tht· tran~l1Jon . Anv om· mtt·r
t•.:;ted Ill pa rt1 l·1patm~ "ho uld (Onlal1 tht· ~tuvroft &amp; Pntter Rdo.....at1un
~(·rvlll"' OtliH· .11 btW f!IR~ or 1800 1 ~~ ~ 47'N and rdcr to tht· LIK
Alumni Asso.:mt1011 P.lftllt"r!&gt;h lp Ad vant.lgt~ pro~ram . l-urt ht·r mf,,r
mat1on 1 ~ a\adahle .11 · www.buffalo .edu / alumnl /s ervlces. /
relocate.html .. th.u lm ~ tt 1 tht· RdcK&lt;liiPn ~·rvl\.t"S h omep.l~t·

,..,rum

UB Today sets September schedule
lntervtews with Mart..nne Sullivan, dm."\.1or ol tht.·l .c.....ntcr lor 1-Jll rq1n·
ncunal l...eadcr.Jup and the Tl (" '' hlmilv Hll,lnt'S.\ (A.'Iltcr. hoth m tht· l "H
Xhool of M anag~t ; umvt.-rsity energy officer Waltt.-r S unp~m . and Marl.
Ftyrm, dira..""tor of UB"s nt"'f\1 ma.rdung band, will tughhgh1 Adelphaa t .Jt~t· ·,

.. UB Today.. program m September.
llle half-ho ur offenng. hosted eadl month b)· William 1. l:VItt~ illn"l1or
of alumni relations, and Judith Schwendler,a.wstant d1rectm. featun~ pt'Ople,
projects and progrants at the university.
The program can be viewed at 6:30 p.m. Sundays on Adelplua Commu
rucaoons Olannel I8 International, Olannel 2 I m the G ty of Buflalo and
Cbannel 10 in t.IDC3Stcr, CJarena, Orchard Park, Lockpon and Elma. and
at 9 p.m. Mondays on Cbannel 18lnternational.

�&amp;llleporier

August 1fi.19!19Nolll.lo.1

Rite of .

BRIEFLY

passage
Micheline Lubin, 22, of
Buffalo, foreground, one of
13B freshmen in the School
of Medicine-and Biomedical
Sciences, listens intently
during the white-coat
ceremony, the annual "rite
of passage" for entering
students, held Aug. 9 in the
Center for the Arts. During
the ceremony, students
take the Hippocratic Oath
and are cloaked in their first
white coats.

Obituaries
VictorS. Pastena, 52, professor, chair of Department ofAccounting and Law
A --w
rice -

.

Mr·

be held

at 7 p.m. Sept. 2 in
theNewmanCen·
ter chapel on
Frontier Road for
Victor S. Pastena,
52, Cliffo rd C.
Furnas Professor
of Accounting and chair of the De-

........

partment of Accounting and Law in
the School of Management. Pastena
died unexpectedly July 20 in Mount
Sinai Hospital in New York City
while awaiting a liver transplant.
Pastena began his career at UB in

1990 after serving nine yean as professor of acoounting at Baruch College in New York City, where here·
ceived the college's •Pre's idential
Award for Teaching ExceUence. He
taught at the undergraduate, MBA
and doctoral levels at the School of
Managernentandalsotaughtinthe
sc hool's executive programs in
China, Sin~pore and Hungary.
In 1993, he served as chair of the
subcommittee: that established the

school's Executive MBA program
and he was a member of the fulJtime MBA program's Taskforce
2000 subcommittee.

'-

Pastena was instrumental in e5·
tabli&lt;hing the school's Accounting
and Law Fund to support depart·
mentalactiviticsandhewasfounding editor of the department 's
aJumni newslette r. His research
specialties included the accounting
and auditing releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission,

board of the Joui7UII of Accounting
and Public Policy and the }oui7UII of
Quality Science at the time of his
death.
A certified public accountant,
he was a member of the Ameri·.
can Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, the New York Stat&lt;
Society of Certified Public Ac·

oil and gas accounting, financial
contracting, bond refinancing and
mergers. He: was published in the

cou ntants , the American Ac counting Association and the
American Finance Association.

top journals of the field, including
the journal of Accounting Research
and journal ofAccounting and Economics, and was on the editorial

CootriJutionsinhismcmorymaybe
madetothellnM:rsityatBuff.aloFoundarion/VK:Ur Past:ma Mtmorial Fund.
ordr American I..iYer Foundation

Ed Muto, 70, athletic director who brought varsity football back to UB
Memoriol-.eswa-e-July
28 in St. Lucie Catholic Chwdt in PonSt. Lucie. Fla., and Aug. 3 in St.
Benedict's Catholic Church .

Eggertsville. for Edwin (Ed) Muto- 70,
a member of US's athletic staff for 40
l"""'- Muto- who had served as athletic
director and basketball coach, died
unexpectedly )uly25 in I..awm.uod R&lt;gionaJ Medical Center, Fort Pierce, Fla.

and moved to Pon St Lucie in 1993.
As athletic director from 1976-87.
he ts credited with returning varsity
football to the university in 1977.

Under Muto- the VB wrestling team

Muto was head basketball coach for

won its first NCAA Division lii
championship. He also was instru,Jnen tal in expanding the women's
intercoUegiate athletic program.
Ne lson Townsend , who suc ce«led Muto as athletic director in
1967 and now associate vice presi -

three years and assistant basketball

dent for student affilirs.lauded Muto

coach for 14 years. He retired in 1991

as an adviser and friend, a ..consum -

Ath letic director for II years,

mate pr~fessional..one of the
universitfs favorite sons."
Muto, who was a student -athlete

at UB from 1946-50, played varsity
basketball and golf. In 1950, he
earned a bachtlor's degree in physicaJ education and in 1951, received

a master's degree while coaching UB
freshman basketball
During the Korean War, he was a
sharpshoo&lt;erin theMarineeorps:t.av.
ing the military in 1954 with the rank
of se!plt to return to coaching at UB.
Muto also served as chair of men's

physical education and was an associate professor in the Division of
Physical Education, Recreation and
Athletics. Active in athletics on a
national and regional level, he was
at-large vice president for the National
Collegia te
Athletic
Association's (NCAA) 22-member
council and the council's Divisjon
lU steering committee. He also held
several positions with the Eastern

CoUege Athletic Conference, receiv·
ing the conference's Distinguished
Achievement Award in 1992.

Edmund Klein, 77, skin amcer pioneer, researrh profeoor ofdermatology
A memorl•lservlce w•s held

july 27 in the Williamsville Cern·
etery for Edmund KJein, 77, research professor of dermatology
arul experimental path ology in
the School of Medicine and Bio medical Sciences, and a pioneer
in ski n -cancer research who had

served as chief of dermatology at
Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

Klein died july 24 from compli·
cations of diabetes and congestive heart failure.
Klein r=Jgrlfzed early a need for

nonsurgical therapies of skin cancer
arising from long exposure to sunlight

and was reoognized for his work in applyingdrugsdindlytbcanccrsand p«cancerou&lt; l&lt;sions. He aJ.oadvanced the
use of immunotherapy in which the
body's own defmscs are used to fend
off rumors. This involved the applica·
tionofagentstostimularetheimmune
S)'lfm and pointed the waytowan:l the

use ofinterleron and intaieukins in cur·
rent cano:r therapy.
The Albert and Mar-y Lasker

Foundation honored Klein in 1972
with a clinical research awanl for developing a treatment for superficial
cancers with a topical ointment con taining potent anticancer chemicals.

Niels Juul, 70, associate professor emeritus, mechanical engineering
-

tors for radiation heat transfer, com-

gineering, died june 23 ~a v;,n to
D=nari&lt;. He rttired fium VB in 1995.
The author of numerous scholarly
publications, )uul beJd research interests in the areas of mechanical and
therntal properties of carbons as a
function of mat&lt;rial. manufacturing
procr:ssesand heat treatmon~ view fac-

bustion characteristics of pulvcrized
coal,energy-convmion systems. per·
formance of bypass turbojet engines.
and design and performance of propeller-type wind twi&gt;ines.
AnativeofSingapore.)uul.-..criYed
a master's degree in rnedlanical engineering and the degree ofdoctortl:chnics from The Tedmical University of

H. Jwl, 70, asoociate professor
meituo;ofJM:hanicaland~en­

\

Denmark in CopenhagenAfter servia in the Royal Danish Air
Force from 1954-56, during which he
anained the rank of lieutenant in the
armament researdlsectioo,becameto
UBin 1957asaninsttucmrinmedlani·
cal mgineoring. He became an asooci·
ate~ in 1964, ~as vier
chair ot'the ~of Mechanical~ from 1963-70 and as

associate &lt;hair of the Department of
Mcdlanical and A&lt;rospo&lt;r ~­
ing from 1983-92. He was acting &lt;hair
of the department in 1984 and 1985.
)uul was a member of the Society
of Sigma Xi. tilt American Society lOr
Engineering Education; the Danish
Institution of Gvil, M&lt;dlanical, Elec.
trical andOlenUcal Engineers, and the
American Society of Civil Enginom.

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Hc;&gt;using

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veniences and opportunities,
while l'&lt;Siding in a more independmt and private housing setting.•
£acb fully furnished apartment
features a living/dining room, two
full bathrooms and a kitchen.
Other amenities include central air
conditioning. a security intm:om
system, a dishwasher, garbage disposal, laundry facilities, a sheltered
campus-shuttle stop and ample
parlcing. Each student has his or her
own individual UB computer data
port, cable-television jack and

separau phone line and number jn
his or her bedroom.
Aisospeakingat tb&lt;program ~
Jeremy M. jaoobs, chair of tb&lt; UB
Council; Frank Ominelli, a member
of tb&lt; Properties Committee of the
1.1niYorsityatBuftilloFoundation,lnc.;
New York Stau Sen. Mary lou Ratb;
New York Stau assemblymen Paul
Tok.asz and james Hayes; Nicole
Piotrowslci, ~~of tb&lt; UB Student A.uociation, and Thomas
Trubiana, president of American
CampusCommunities,tb&lt;Tcxasde-

~ that designed and planned

Hadley VillaaeIU!th and Tok.asz co-sponsored
the legislation that allowed for
the construction of Hadley Vii!age on Slate land.
Hadley Village was built by ADF
Construction Corp. of Amherst.
1...iv&lt; images of Hadley Village are
accessible via the UB Webcam at
&lt;http"Jiwcbcam.buliBJo.edu&gt;. For
mort information about UB's resi·
dentialsludenthousing.goto&lt;http"J ·
/www.~u&gt;.

r-~~llllliiil&amp;;:J

hau*tg cillll!lapmont cU! ID I douse etklCIIion ............
5Uft'
Willi&lt; with aiLmni li5IOdotlons ID dMiop houling on
5U'oiY CJI11IUIOS.

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'1li5pqectal1Ad natt......happoned wilhautlbellnlng~
ondSLippGildlbeUB-ondUB-A8adolioll.• SlldO.... .
nis . . . wictprelillltt lor Sludontolfairs.
Cl3l1li1ue
cuc:amrnllmort ID bring """" houling oppariLI1illes ID liUdlnts ond ID
priMtletlwn with. variolyd ~ oplions natCXJri&gt;.
nutlyluund on OCht!t CJI11IUIOS. • •
The S50«d pmject ..... feoture nine ,_._, lli&lt;lfront cottages
and- tlnHtory buldings , _ lbe Q!f1ler dlbe lite. The cottages
wlllndudo studio, .,_ ond tJNo.beQooom ..... with lbe l!veMtDiy
buldings ~ ku-t.lroom Iris.
.
AI units wl t......IMng- ~ tol!phone lines ond hookups lor c:obleii!IMsion ond ampus COIT1pUI!r..-.1&lt; comedians. A
cammunlyartllerwll be&lt;XIIlllruCI!d on lbe lllllfnlr!l, in _,IDa
bloo/wllt poth- wl folow the iiU ID The Commons.
~lllogtis the tnt~ pmject to
ocMn~age d.,...
lalo!frorl.. added lllllck. "The wateJfront ond blloe poth ... be acx:os5ible
fn:mallbe unitsond the ccrnrtUlilycenterwl .-took the I * with iWl
..-.clng ...... d lllid l'oint.
SalAh Ule l4lllgo, dt!!9&gt;ed by Fot-Abet
d Ualo, ... be
arolrurl!ldbytheAilfCm!lrudlonCoqlcnDlr)d--. ThePiq&gt;ertil!s
~dtheUBFanllllan""'*'&lt;'wlthUB ........... """""""
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Quake
ContJnued from page 1

While it is not unusual for an earth
quake to have two so-&lt;alled subeverus.
they usually occur with a very small
time lapse between them.
"We k.now that large events are of·
un composed ofsmall subevents:"srud
Papageofjliou. "but these subevcnts
usually occur very dose m time. Here,
there is a very long pause between the
two subevents. at least 20 second:..
That's what mai«s it weird.
"One can speculate lhat it started a' a
smaller rupture, perhaps a 6.5. and be
Gll.LSf' it dKln't read1 equilibrium, it W..l.'
foikJ,-ulbythcS&lt;.mndsuho.~( · he""'l

llecxplamed that what usually happt.' m on such oo.::asmns ~that the rup
turr temporarily ~ arrested for somL·
reason by matcnal of the earth's crw.t
thatts morediffirult to fracture. It also
is possible that it JUmps to a subpara11d
fault plane, and ihat ts what he thmk.'
happened tn Turkey.
He noll.od that such a ··twln ~uak.:..
could have been responsible for """"'
ing"""' morccbtruaion in "lilri&lt;f.-)'than
-.ould h.m.· ocnmed with a ~ngl&lt; """·
"It ~poo;ible that 111= may have been
some strucru~ that Sl1l'VM.'d the firs~
'"'"" and thm -.ould not have biled ifthe:
sa:ond
not happmed;"hesaid.
Pckcan noted that many of thl'
building collapses '""" caused. in pan.

"""'had

I

I~

hBI't l1lllly beln alrwdied much by lhe quoke. I slept a little less
alllle ....... .., Cllllne by, my studonts are pretty shaken

by inadequate building materials and
by problems "i th establishment and
enforcement of proper buildingoode..
When peopJc m~ to the cities from
rural villages, many~ few finanaal
resources. he pointed out
"Often they end up building their
own ho mes or buying or renting
relat ively less· expensive hou ses.
which may typically be constructed
with inadequate materials, leaving
them especially vulnerable to earth ·

quake damage," he said.

\

But while Turkey"s buildmg codes
have 1mproved during the past 20
years. they are not well-enforced. UB
researchers said.
"There are buildings in Turlu.-y that
were built during the last 20 ytars that
failed during this quake," said
Andrei Rrinhom. professor and chair
of the DcpartmentofCivii.Struaural
and Environmental Engineering and
an MCEER researcher.""The codes are
good. but there IS inadequate supcr\ltsJon of the mspection process."
Rcinhom pointed out rhat Similar
1.!&gt;Suo e:x1SI li1 the U.S.. aJthough pt.'f
)lJ~ not tu the same extent.
"t..nforccmc-nt IS a bu hmer m the:
L:.~.:· he 5ald, 'but CX.l pcru.·nt of con
!olrul11Uil tn the U . ~ . IS rc..'Stdentml.
wh1d11S not built under the dose su
pc..·rvtsJon of any structural engmecr."
Evt.n in quake-prorw ilft';l.'., like the
\'k&lt; Cmsl.relidcntialmnstrucuon cloo.
not follow any scismJC codes, he said.
Rut damage from a sunilar-sw."c...
quake tn the US. probably would no1
)lt' a... otastrophK bccall5(' populau(uJ
dc..'JlSlty IS much lower.
"In thb .:ountry. rc.::~•dcnu.11 ..:on
'tructJon b based on ~tngll· - lamih
hom~ not multi -famil)· .Jp&lt;U11lll'llt
building.-.. :.tl when you do havr J d1 ...'lStcr. the severity of the k~~ would
ht· somewhat lowt..,-," he 'ud.
"MCEER seeks to help t~t.!hh!oh
carthq~-resihent communttlo h\
illtl.Sldering the sooctal and a :ononul
aspects im'Oived in th&lt; d!s!gn J.nd rt1
relit ofbuildin&amp;' and mfmstructun:. a'
wclJ as in emergency response-and -re-covery dfurts," Rcinhom said. ··n....-....
dfuns will perhaps lead to changes m
construction practire; that tndude en·
gineering solutions that are eoonorrucally fi:asible and politically and socially
aa:eptlbl&lt; to community residtotts."

''ill

�8 Repllider Auoust2l19Nal.31.1o.1

: Monday

"30
North Camfr:. 7 p.m. to

o::.ig~\.::0~=%.

more information, call Sonia

Cinelli at 645-6125 .

S e p t _ Wok_..
Openlng--

Low School Orientotlon.
O'Brian. 8:30a.m. to-4:30p.m.
Free. For mort information, call
Marie Mcleod at 645-2907.
. Student Services Fair. Student
· Union Lobby. 1 ,3~,30 p.m.
Free. Sporuo&lt;ed by Office of
St.udent Activities. For more
information, call Toby Shapiro
at 645-6125.

-

Gr.duate Student

n.. .._.... publsha
Hstlngs for ....... bklng
~e:

on c.rnpus.

OtT

for

off-&lt;ampn- '"'-w

UB groups oro prindpol

oponson. Ustlngs .... no ~Mer t"-' noon on
""'Thwscloy prwc-.g

pubkotlon. ustlngs ""'
only IKCoptod through -

electronk

su~tulon

fonn

for the online UB Clllendar

of EYenb •t &lt;http :/ I

www.buffolo.edu/
calendu/logln&gt;. Bec.MtM:

of space llmtt.tlons. not . .
events In the elertronk

g:r:s~~~-6avid
&amp;,!~~~~~~ t:1~of

for the Arts. 2 p.m. Free.

~~~~~:~:te
Student Association. For more
information, call jean Grela at
645-6240.
'

Sept......... Wok......
OpenlngDoy
New Student Pknk. Student
Union Courtyard. 5-7 p .m . Free
for students attending
freshman or transfer
orientation; S7 for other new

~=a~i~g~~t

rotunda area. Noon. Free.

~~~~~:·nd

Academic Sefvices. For more
information, c.atl Sandy .Peters
at 645· 3703.

Undergroduate Student
Assodation, lnter...crt8
Cooncil and the Office of
Student Activities. For rnoro
Information, call Sonia Cinelli at
64S-6125 .

Tuesday

31

Sunday

29

Hbtory o f - Club

~~~~!"lun.t

Sept..-Wokome
Openlng-.nd
Tour of Bufhto. Pick"p in
front of the Student Union,

or a Surgeon's Mls\Me? Dr.
Peter Ostrow, Butler
Auditorium. Noon. Free.

~~~~.\~u~a~ampus. Wednesday,
~iJiS.~i~r-!7 September

more information, call Sonia
Cinelli at 645-6125.

Opening--

Sept--C.mpus Tours. Student Union

~= ~"M.:"':01 Student

ActMties. For more
Information, call Sonia Cinelli at

I
ua CJbrorlos Toochlng

Center-...op
Introduction to UB \Nings.
Capen 127, Undergroduate
Ubrary. 3-4 p.m. Free (Open

Activities. For more

645-6125 .

information, call Sonia Cinetli at
645-6125.

Oponlng--

~~:a~~

~::."s~~:6YtkemOt

Women's Soccer

information, call Sonia One41i at

p.m. free .

Sept...-Wokome
OpenlngDoy
The UB Royal Pitches and The

~~~~;!:~~~JJ.~~~~-m.

Sept......... Wok_,.

Student Activities. For nl()(e

free. Sporl&gt;O&lt;Od by Office of

Student ActMties. For more
information, call Sonia Cinelli at
645-6125.

Sept..-Wokome

Saturday

28

Sept--

OpoMiv-Buffalo Luou ond Bonfire.
Field neJ~:t to the UB bookstore,

Oponlng-~~·~c;r:n:

UB vs. Niagara. RAC

Thursday
floor

rotunda arra . Noon to 3 p.m.

~:·,=~~=ng

Academic Servk:es. For more
Information, call Sandy P~ers

at 645·3703 .

f=·

faculty
information, c.all 645 -3528.

Outdoor Movie. Student

645-6125 .

c:alendar wtl1 be lnduded

In the._.....

~~~';'.!~Bfloor

Sept--SA Clubs ond c;ree~&lt;s Falr.
Founders Plazo (Rain site:
Student Union Lobby and
Social Hall), 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Free. Sporuo&lt;ed by

2

F~ .

4

Weloome aboard,newfurulty
and professional staff
To the Editor:
NewYorlc.Sttte lawpr=iliesthat aD stat&lt; employees be~
ized. Our union is UUP, for Unit&lt;d Univmity Professions.
Your first encounter with UUP is Jikely to be: negative. You will observe that I percent of your gross saJary
is withheld as union fees, whether you join the union 81'
a mem~r or not-agency shop.
ln either case, the union will represent you when you
need its services for grievances and such. Since you did
not join UB with thoughts of grieving (let alone, perish
the thought, of striking), but rather in the bdief that
the university is a team where all work in unison for a
common purpose, there is a strong philosophicaJ bias
to just pay your fee and let it be.
Sharing these sentiments, I nonetheless urge you to
join the union . lt gives you t~e right to vote, and it gives
our chapter larger representation at the delegate assem ·
bly, where one delegate represents every 75 members.
Currently, our chapter hasabout2, ISO fee-I"')"""S.of which
1,700 are membm.lfaD fee-paym wer&lt; membm. we'd have
six more delegates. You.r next enoountcr with UUP will be
mort rewarding. The union negotiates oontracts with the
state. Contract negotiations """'just ainduded. and if the
membenh.ip votes in favor of the proposed contract. new·
comers can expect 3-perttnt raises early in 2001, 2002 and
2003. &amp;yond that, you may share in a discretionary wag&lt;
pool of more than SI million every September.
The details of this contract will be discussed by UUP l'=i·
dent Wtlliam Scheuerman at a meeting scheduled from 4-6
p.m. Aug. 31 in Harriman HaD on the South Campus.
I urge you to attend this meeting-&lt;oll645-201 3 if you
will be there--and to join the union as a member with some
benefit to both you and your chapter, at no (extra) cost.
I would be especially thrilled if you were to take an
active part in the union by running for chapter officer
or delegate when the occasion arises. In any event, welcome to UB and welcomnd- UUP.
This invitation to the meeting and to membership also
extends ro old-timers who have, as yet , not joined. Oldtimers also will receive a 3-perce.nt salary raise early in
the year 2000, plus a one-time "'signing bonus"' of up to
$500, provided the contract is voted in.

John C. G. Boot
Prc£ident
Buffalo Center Chapter, UUP

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July l!Rl/ V!i 30. No.35

Running
forUB
UB fielded 11 0 runners
when the Chase Corporate
Challenge brought more
than 12,500 participants
from Western New York to
Delaware Park June 24 for
the annual 3.5 mile run /walk
event. Here, at the UB tent.
Julie Kotary, a graduate
assistant in the Curriculum
Center, pins runner number
on Pat Connolly, commumcations assistant in the Division
of Athletics.

Coalition helping at-risk girls ofBtdfulo
Basketball program at UB amongfirst GAL activities planned for urban teenage girls

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BY PATIIICJA DONOVAN

New$ Services Editor

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ATHRYN N&lt;e50n noticed that although
sports participation has
....,., fuund to have many

acadmtic, health and social beodits
for )OODg people. !her&lt; ar&lt;
such
opportunities for urban girls, particularlytho&lt;efrom low-inoom&lt; l2.mili&lt;s.
So she did som&lt;thing about iL
In January, N&lt;eson, a UB alumna.
form&lt;d a onalition of onnc&lt;m&lt;d prof&lt;SSionals wbo have a sp&lt;cial interest
in working with ynung city girls. Together, they found&lt;d G.A.L-the
Girls Athletic League of Buffalo-and so f.u- have developed two girls'
basketball programs. on&lt; at Mount
Men:y Academy and a seonnd at UB.
Neeson says G.A.L. directors
hop&lt; that these programs ar&lt; the
first in a network of ongoing
citywide, multi-sport camps for
girls conduct&lt;d in saf&lt; places and
in a multicultur.U atmosphere.
The UB camp. which will Wv&lt;
girls ages 9- 12, will begin Monday
and run through July 30 in Oark
Gym on the South Campus.

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Besidesonadlingand instruction by
lll&lt;rtlbm of the UB wom&lt;n's basketboll the camp will &lt;liM workshops and presentations by

Neeson points to extens1ve re search, including a stud y co ·
authored by former UB socio\o&amp;ist

Prnentionfocus,Inc.-Buffalo'slarg-

girls who participate in sports and

&lt;SI adolescent pmo&lt;ntioofmt&lt;nmtion

other extracurricular activities are

ag&lt;n&lt;y--&lt;l&lt;sign to help~
the girls' potential and siriUs. and cnlarJ!e their vi&lt;ian. Faculty and students
ofthe Department ofAmerican Srudi&lt;s also willlll:IU p!&lt;5Clltations designed to promote understanding of
multicultural issues and of the social,
eonnomic and cultural issues that will
affect the girls' futures.
Camp is cxp&lt;ct&lt;d to be fun and instructM, with T-shirts. free breakfast
and lund!, worlcshopo. tropbi&lt;s. equipment and a dosing ceremony and
party. The""""" for its&lt;Stabli&lt;hrn&lt;n~
llawtver, is serious business, indeed.
"Th&lt; girls of Buffalo and

considerably less lik&lt;ly to drop out
of schonl and less likely to h&lt;com&lt;
pregnant in their teen years. Thty
also perform better academically
than then non-1nvolved. peers.
Miller's study found that teenage
female athletes were more likely to
h&lt; virgins (54 percent ) than thw
non-athlete p«:rs (43 percent ) and
reponed fewer sex partners overall
She also found that white. black and
Hispanic athlete&gt; all show&lt;d sigruficantly r&lt;duced rat&lt;&gt; of pregnancy.
It is also the case, Miller onntends.
that sports changes the way girls think
about th&lt;rns&lt;Ms and their bodies.
Previous studies haY&lt; demonstrated
that teen girls wbo play sports are belt&lt;r stud&lt;nts and haY&lt; higher sdf-ot«m than girls who do not.
"We specula!&lt; that through regular
athletic activity, tecnag&lt; girls onm&lt; to
S«therns&lt;lvesas"dom" instead ofjust
observm," Miller says. "They'r&lt; less
pas5M in othcr parts of their lives. too

Lackawanna arc in peril ,"' says

Neeson , who currently heads a
counseling unit at Prn-entionfocus.
"They have the highest t«n p&lt;q!nancy rate and infant mortality rate
in the &lt;ntirc Stat&lt; of New York, and
U.S. Census figures indicate that 40
percent of them livt at or bdow the
poverty line.·

Kate Miller, that has found that

They aocomplish a great deal thar un't
related to how they look, how they
dr&lt;so and what boys think of them."
Adds Neeson: "Y...,. of l'&lt;SCli'Ch
indicaus a causal relationship bctwec:n
extracurricular activities, induding
sports, and a host of academic and
social beodits. But - haY&lt; woefullv
negl&lt;ct&lt;d our girls in this regard
.. Our community offers many
and varied recreational activities for
boys." she points ou~ "while giQs are
not offered the same opponunitie:s.
"G.A.L was found&lt;d to address
this need. We w-.Jlt to promote ath letic skill and build the girls' sp&lt;rn
and identity. This in turn, we hope.
will influence their school anen ·
dance, pregnancy rates and overall
growth and development."
Neeson says this is the perfee1
tim&lt; for this effort to b&lt;gin--&lt;ln the
coanails of the U.S. women's soccer
team's victory in the World Cup and
the rising inter$ in wonxn's sporu.
"This is ~ exciting for all of us."
she says. "We hop&lt; SOm&lt; time in the
no&lt;-too-distant future. our girls will be
walking down the streets of Buffalo
wearing GAL attire and a new senst
of sdf-awarcncs. and sdf-&lt;&gt;t«rn•

The new model MFC stresses access, flextbility
87 5Ul WlllTCHU
R~erEditor

EORGE Lopo&gt; likes to
boJTOW that advertising
line made famous by
General Moton-~·...,
not ynurfuther'sOidsmobilr"-when
outlining the changes that are Wldcr
way at Millard Fillmor&lt; Coil&lt;ge.
.. We're not going to be your
father's MFC; we ar&lt; not going to
be the old night schonl," says Lopos.
who for nearly four years has hcad&lt;d
the unit that traditionally has operated the ~ng and summer ses-

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sions of UB, offering courses. certificate programs and degr« programs for working adults and other
nontraditional students.
While MFC will continue to serve
the "nontraditional" student, Lopo&gt;
stresses, it will do so by shifting its
attention to distance learning and
spcciali.ud continuing-educati on

programs.
"The old night -schonl model u
not viable any more," h&lt; says.
The typical ...rung-division studrnt-working full tim&lt; with fam ily and other rosponsibiliti.,...._finds
it ..excruciating to find enough time

to get to campus and take one
course," says James A. Anderson, dJ.
rector of instructional technology
for MFC. By providing onur= via
distance learning. MFC is able to
offer students the flexibility and access they n«d, he says. whether it's
at 6 in the morning or 9 at night.
.. The question is not distance; it 's
access,• Lopo&gt; strcss&lt;s.
The onll&lt;g&lt; has made slow, but
sigrtificant, progr= sine&lt; it kick&lt;d
off its distance-learning initiative
two years ago with two tel&lt;onurs&lt;s
and one Internet -based ooursc:
• It will offer 5('Yell tdecourscs tn

the fall Ul a van&lt;ty of sub)&lt;CIS. 'Ill&lt;
courses.. wh.Jch au on educatiOnal
access channels via Adelphia Cable

and Lockport Community Telt"Vl ·
s1o n, allow students to !tarn b'
watching t&lt;kvision in the onmfort of
their own home, ratht-r than anend
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members provide addinonal stud&gt;
mat&lt;rial and instructional suppon
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a sel&lt;ct group of local
high -sc hool student s

who attendM a summer program at

the VB Center for Computational
Research (CC R) did their homework o n an SGI, Inc. Origin2000
Server, similar to the one~ in the
creation of"Toy Story" and "Antz."
Such supercomputers are featured at national supercomputing
centen. likr CC R. where they are
used to solve a myriad of problems
in the hard sciences.
"The purpose of the program is
to provide local students with an opportunity to significantly ~a:
their education by interacting with
some of UB's world-class scientists
and by utilizing the extraordinary
resources that our center provides,•
said Russ Miller, CCR director and
professor of computer science.
Established in January, CCR is
one of the nation's top-10 academic
supercomputing centers.
Th&lt; two-week program. which ran
from June 28 through July 9, taught
students about oomputational sci·
ence, an em~rging discipline that
unites mathematics and oomputer
science with disciplinary research in
such fields as chemistry, physics and
biology. In particular, the students fi&gt;.
cu.sed on using high-end oomputers,
coupled to visualization systems. to

so!v. problems in chemistry.
"The students develop an understanding of what's ""hind the big
compulers and why you need
them ," said Bruct Pitman, profes-

sor of mathematics and directOr of

the summer program.
"They find out that, all of a sud-

den. the big questioru in science
don't work on a little PC."
Thestudentslt3mod to"'lrk with
a molecular-simulation program
developedfilrchanical~

students by David Kalke. professor
&lt;L dlemical~andhisrol­
leagues at other institutions.
By the end of the session, the
students. who ga..: presentations
on what they had learned. knew
how to run molecular simulations
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programs for bigh-scbool,
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Management school's new center will focus on family dynamics in the workplace
By JOHN D£UA COHTliADA

Reporter ContributOf'

IG into the history of
almost any Western
New York business
and chances are you'll
find a family at its genesis.
The survival of family-owned
businesses in Wmem New York,
and throughout the United States,
is a testament to their ability to

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problems that confront all businesses, says Marianne Sullivan,
director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) in
the School of Management.
But while many family-owned
businesses arc able to survive for
decades, many more fall by the
wayside due to internal conflicts,
unsound business strategy and a
lack of succession planning.
"The family dyoamic adds a di-

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said Pitman, who pdoglyadded.
glad rm oot oompetingag;Unst them."

lnoddilioo1D Pilmaoaodi(o6e.
lbepropm'.sioslruaon-.Thm

Strategy for family business survival, su~
and opetators face these challenges.
Sullivan and the School of Manage·
ment this fall will launch a Family
Business Center that will enroU up
to 50 businesses each year.
The center has signed six sponsors: M&amp;T Bank Trust Depart ·

mcnt; Hodgson Russ Andrews
Woods &amp; Goodyear LLP; Pruden-

mension to business operation
that can "" diflicult to manage."

says Sullivan. "'Compensation, hir·
ing and firing, employee training

and satisfaction, strategic planning-all these functions become
m uch more complex when family
members are involved."
To help family-business owners

at least three people from the

seem unfair to some family

business participate in the pro-

members.
" Most family-business
owners are expert at hondling

gram, including two generations
of the family and a key manager.
Succession planning-the passing
of the business from one generation of the family to the nextand the development of business
knowledge among family employ-

ees are the chief concerns of most
family businesses and will be a

overcome challenges unique to
the family business, as well as

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supttcompuien. Such slrills are
known by a rdotM!Iysmalloumber
of professionals who deal with sophisticated scientific ~tions.
.. This program gives ~me of
tbesebrisht students a jumpstart on
what real-life computing is about,"
said Glts1iyllgema; physia teacher
at Ott:hard Park High School, who
had two of llinrodents in the UB
progranL "They get e:xperienc.,.olving problems that they sqme day will
"" working on in the field_ And I
think the chance to work on some
of the top supercomputers in the
oountry is exciting."
"These are ca:q&gt;tional students."

MARiANNE SULLIVAN

tial Insurance; Arthur Andersen;
Mass Mutual Insurance, and

Business First.
The activities and curriculum
of the center will "" modeled on
those established by School of
Management
Dean
Lewis
Mandell while he was at
Marquette University and the
University of Connecticut .
Each family business that enrolls wiU be encouraged to h ave

major focus of the center.
In the United States. according
to Mandell, family businesses account for an estimated 90 percent
of the 15 million total e:nt:etprises.
But only 30 percent II13kit to th~
semnd generation, and just 8 percent survive for the gtandchildren. Many potential successors
simply lack the know-bow re-

quired to continue the bwiness
and ma'oy others are forced to sell
the business to pay hefty tax bills.
"Many family-business owners
who arc close to retirement have
two goals in min&lt;!," says Mandell
"They want to keep the business
intact and they want to keep the
family intact. They may bave several children with uneq~ interest or ability to run tbe business
and they have to mili tough decisions about who should run the
business-decisions that may

quantitative bu\iness decisions: be adds. "'but they an
unprepaml to hondle the psychological and emotional aspects involved with turning

over the ~eins to other mem""" of the &amp;mily.•
To help with these "softer"
business decisions, the center
will conduct meetings and
seminars led by national and
local experts in family-busi-

ness operation and management. Members of the f.unily

not involved in the business
also will "" invited to attend
sessions to help them undetstand and better cope with the
presswa and responsibilities
of business ownenhip.
According to Sullivan, the
center already bas F.J=ted interest locally. Tbe decision to
establish the center wu based
oo requests from Wnily-busi-

nessowoers who bad completed
lbe CI!Cs IG-IIlOI!tb entrepreneurship p-rogram and who
wanted to oontinue their edu. catioo with a program tailoted
to family businesses.

�Repa.._

Ten
receive Olancellor'sAwards
UB faculty, staff, librarians recognized for career excellence
11J IIIAIIA McGNm
News -

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diversity initiatives in the University
libraries Poer Recognition Program.
in 1994.
Neumei!ter began her UB career
as a gradua~ assistant in the Health
Scien«s library while pursuing her
~s degree in library studies at
the university. Now bead of bibliographic control and rec:ftpts in tht
acquisitions department, sht coordina~ all activities related to the
pre-order and order process formaterials in all fOrmats for the University ubraries. She is the author of
numerous joumlll articles and r&lt; -

Ediloriil AislsOOt

HR.EEfaculty members,
four profeuional staff
members and three li-

brarians have received
1999 Sta~ Uni~ of New York
O&gt;ancdlor'a Awards for Exrdienc&lt;
&amp;omSUNYO&gt;anallor John W.Ryan.
The &lt;hncdlor'sAword fur Eullen&lt;z ill Teaching honors thooe who
consisuntly have demoostra~ RJ pab t&lt;acbins at the undcrpaduare.
graduate or profi:ssiooalloY&lt;I. R«ipicniJ""' Carrie Tu-ado 8ramen, assistant profeuor of English; john
Rinslaod.a&lt;oocialeprol"noor~mathematia, and Vljay C. Swamy, ......0ate prol"noorand chair of the Deportment ofBiochcmicd Pharmacology.
The Owtcdlor's Award for Excdlence in librariinsbip recognizes
• sl&lt;ill in librarian&amp;hip; servi&lt;Z to the
campU$, the university and to the
field; scholarship and professional
growth, and major profesaional
achiemnen"ts." Recipients are FJlen
M. Gibson, ~~ dean for legal
infonnation servi&lt;Zs and dirtctorof
the O!arl&lt;s B. Sean Law ubrary;
Sharon A. Gray; associate librarian
and head of referen&lt;Z and educational seM&lt;Zs·in theHealth Scien=
lib
, and Swan M. Neumeister,
· ~ hbrarian and bead ofbibraphic control in Univmity Li·es Central Technical Services.
&lt;llanallor's Award fOr Emllenai . Professional Servia: honors
~"both within
thepooilicn."R.ccipimts=
judith Appld&gt;oum; 0550C:iate directoroftheOftia:~Caroa- Planning and
Placzmcn~Madi1oo I.: Boyce. director
~ studmt judiciary and ombudsman;
Flias G. Eldayrie. ~vice p!OY05t
for erircillment management, and
Parn&lt;la c. jones, senior sta6 assistant
in the School ~Den1al Medicine.
Bramcn joined the Department of
English &amp;culty in 1994. She teaches
courses on American pluralism and
American literature, and has taught
courses on U.S. Latino li~rature,
Latino cultural theory and
multiculturalli~ture.

She was named an honorary
member of the Golden Key National
Honor Society in 1997 and received
The Milton Plesur Excellen&lt;Z in
Teaching Award &amp;om the,Student
Association in 1996.
Her publications include several
journOJ articles and two fOrthcoming
boob: "The Uses Of :Variety: Modern Americanism and the Quest fur
National Distinctivmess" and "Meat
CuJtw.:: Di&lt;teticsandNatiooalldentity in the U.S. 1865-prescnL"
Ringland joined the Department
of Mathematics in 1990.Theauthor
of several publications in refereed
physiCs and mathematics joumals,he
has developed two computer softw= programs, including one that
allows fur the graphical esploration
of mathematical relationships called
"Dynamic Diagram" and one that
acts as an esperimental toOl fur to~logical surface dynamics.
Ringland was indu~ into the
Golden Key National Honor Society as an honorary member in 1997.
Swamy has been teaching at UB
· sin&lt;Z 1969.._He has ~ as chair
of the Department of Biochemical
Pharmacology since 1993 and as
dirtttor of undergraduate studies in

ceived an award from Online

Audiovisual Catalogers in 1997.
Applebaum, who came to UB in
1986, has managed placement services connecting thousands of students, alumni and employers
through campus recruitment, re-

entific journals and has received

sum~ referral and vacancy listing
services. She has received numerous
awards for =ellenoe in career planning and placement, including two
fur innovatM programs &amp;om the
American Association for Employment in Education.
She pioneered the oomprehensM,
award-winning. UB Career Service
Home Page that made UB among the
first institutions in New York State to
initia~ and implement a stik-ofthe-arL Internet-based career office
system. She ·also founded the UB
Alumni Mentor Program with the
Office of Alumni Rdations, which
aidshundredsofstudentsandgradua~ with career exploration and has
been espanded to include faculty,
staff and employers.
· Boyce joined UB in 1968 as the
head of the residen&lt;Z-life office and
held that p&lt;)oition until 1990, when
he assumed his curm&gt;t position as
director of judicial affain/ombudsman. In this capacity, he helps students and other members of the uni-

several grants to pursue his re -

versity community with judicial

search interests.
Gibson, who holds tlie rank of
associa~ librarian, has been a UB
faculty member since 1983. She has
received the Anthony P. Grech Memorial Award &amp;om the Association
of Law Libraries of Upstate New
York and the Joseph L.Andrews Bibliographic Award &amp;om the American Association of Law Libraries for
best ~nee hook of 1988 for the
first edition ofber"NewYork Legal
Research Guide" (William S. Hein
&amp; Co., Inc., Buff.Uo). She r«Zndy
published "New York Leg.il R&lt;search
Guide 2d," a complete revision ofthe
hook's first edition and the first
·comprehensive leg31-research guide
on New York State, New York City
and Indian law in New York State.
Gibson, who alSo is a professor

problems using a mediation-based
system. Some of his accomplishments are·the sucx:essful restructuring of UB's judicial system and the
creation of the community·st:rvice
program in which 550 students participateannually. He is a former president of the CoUege Student Person·
nel Association's New York State Division and received outstanding service and leadership awards &amp;om the
organization in 1984 and 1985.
Eldayrie. who joined the UB professional staff in 1993, currently oversees the entire operation of Student
Finan&lt;Zsand Rtcords, which includes
theofficesofR.ewrds a.rxl Rtgistration.
Fmancial Aid, Student Servia:s Celter,Student.Aaoontsaod lnfor:mation
Technology. He also ~ches courses
in organizational behavior and ad ministration in the School o f

the department sin&lt;Z 1976.
His research interests include
the analysis of receptor mechanisms. the sources and the role of
~alcium in srilooth muscle re sponses, and drug action ani! vascular reactivity in normotensive
and hypertensive states. He has
authored numerous articles in sci-

of law, teaches "Environmental

Legal Research" in the Law Scbool.
Sht was named Environmentalist
of the Ytar by the Buffalo
Auduhon Society in 1996.
Gray began her UB career at the
Health Scion= Library in 1992. She
is the author of numerow peer-reviewed arudes. hook chapter..and
a hook. "Health of Native People of
North America: A Guide to Resow=" (Scarecrow Press, 1996).
She was named a distinguished
member of the Academy of Health
Information Professionals by the
Medical library Association andreceived the Bright Idea Award for

Management, where he received
his master's degree in business administration in 1997.

)ones, who has heen a UB staff
member since 1979,currentlyworks
as assistant to Dean Louis ).

Goldberg of the School of Dental
Medicine, where she serves in the
capacities of personnel administrator, budget manager, office manager
and liaison to the university and to
professional associations. Jones,

who holds master's and doctoral
degrees in microbiology &amp;om UB,
has focused much ofber research on
the immunopathology of psoriasis.

3

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President Greiner signs
Talloires Declaration
President WIIU•m R- Cirelner has signed the Talloires Declara tion, bringing UB into a select group of least 282 other colleges
and universities around the world-includang 12 AAU mstitu tions--that pledge to take a leadership role in support ing env1
ronmentally sustai nabl e developmen t and advancing global en
vironmenta11iteracy.
Greiner signed the declaration at the urging of numerous campus constituencies, including the Faculty Senate, Professional Staff
Senate, Student Association and the Environmental Task Force.
The declaration wu drafted in 1990 by the Association of Um
versity Leaders for a Sustainable Future, a g·roup of universit y
presidents who were concerned that. as leaders of institutions
of higher education, th ey should be taking a leadership role on
o ne of the most critical issues facing the planet at the end of

the 20th century.
Signatories agree to take actions designed to address .. the un precedented scale and sp«d of environmental pollution and degradation, and the depletion of natural resources." Among them
are establishing programs to produce ex~rtise in environmental
management, sustainable economic d~elopm ent, populations and

related fields; establishing institutional ecological potici~ and practices of resource conservation, recycling. waste reduction and other
environmentally sound operations, and working with community
and nongovernmental organizations to assist in finding solutions
to environmental problems.

joseph A. Gardella, professor of chemistry and chair of the Environmental 'rask Force, noted that UB already is recognized as a
leader, both nationally and internationally, in environmentall y
sound and suslainable policy, practice, curricuJum and research.
..It makes sense that we should nol only sign on to these principles, but lead this group in the forefront of educational and re-

search in\titutional thought," he said
Claude Welch, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the De·
partment of Political Science and a member of the Environmental

Task Force who brought th&lt; issue to the Faculty Senal&lt;, called
Greiner's signing of the declaration ..an appropriate action, given
the strong suppon given to the declaration by major university
constituencies."

Three open houses planned
for supercomputing center
Faculty and staff haYe been invited to tour UB's Center for Com putational Research, one of the nation 's top - 10 academic
supercomputing centers.

Three open houses have heen scheduled to introduce the UB com·
munity 10 the resources of the center, which was established in )anu·
ary. The open houses will he held at 11 a .m.Aug. 24,25 and 26, beginning with a presentation in 14 Knox Hall, foUowed by a tour of the
facility in Room 9 of Norton HaU on the North Campus
CCR resources, which are available for faculty-sponsored research
projects, include a Silicon Graphics (SGI/ CRAY) Origin2000
supercomputer, an lBM SP supercomputer and a visualization laboratory featuring a Pyramid Systems lmme...oesk. Onyx lnfiniteReality
systems and high-end computer-graphic workstations. R=archer&gt;
outside the university may request access to the facility as a research.
educational or industrial partner.
For more information, ca1J 645-6500.

Brown-bag seminars $et on
PSS m entor/protege program
Brown·bag semlnan on the Professional Staff Senate (PSS) men tor/prot~e program to enhance career development will be held
next f!'Onlh for professional staff, with sessions planned for both
campuses.

Tht South Campus seminar will he held from noon to I p.m. on
Aug. 4 in the Lippshutz Room, 125 Biomedical Education Building.
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The North Campus se&gt;·
sion will be held &amp;om noon to I p.m. Aug. 11 in 106 Jacobs Hall in the
School of Management.
Professional staff members are invited to attend either session
to meet campus colleagues who have participated in the program
and to learn about their personal experiences as mentors and
prot~k.

Participants in the program can learning more ahout, or share skills
and insights on such topics as setting short- and long-term goals. writ ·
ing a better rkum~. confronting problems, recognizing effective vs.
·efficient work methods. understanding UB's culture and political en·
vironme:nt, and recognizing and taking advantage of car~r-develop­
ment opportunities.
Mailings~ heen sent to professional staff mernher&gt;. Anyone in·
terested in attending one of the seminars should reply by July 30 to

register. For more infonna~on , contact the PSS office at 645-2003.

�July 22.1!191/Vt 11. ...35

Anti-violence programs make schools.safer
Ewing says programs with faculty, student, staffinput belong in school curriculum
NTI-violenceprograms
that include input from
students~ staff and
teachers must become
part of the curriculum in ordl:r to
mili schoob safer, a UB forensic
psychologist maintains.
Although a majority ri schools already have some typ&lt; of program
aimed atpmullingviolence,thoy wry
in &lt;Dntml, quality and duration, says
OlarlesPatricl&lt;llwing.pro(eosorofbw
and adjunct prober ri po)'Cidlgy.
Ewing. a nationally~ authority on juvenile violence, tiMxs a
public-health modd that io&lt;ildrs rifering anti-violma education prograrm .. part ri the curriculum, altering the sdlool environment to minimizeopportunitio:si*violen&lt;zand ...

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tartially violent penons or situations.
Until society dfoctivdy deals with
the greater problerru that cause
youth violenoe, Ewing emphasizes,
every reasonable step should be
taken to restore order in the schoob
and protect children and teachers.

Ewing said that based on IUs re..arch and c:xperimce as an e.pert
witness in cases involving violmt
behavior, be would be shoc:k.d U: in
a case such as the Columbine High
School shooting in Colorado, there
were no suspicions from anyone
that a stud&lt;nt was contemplating or
actually planning violence.
"Key among aD the warning signs
are aplicit or implicit ...m.l threats
to hurt or kill others,• he 12)'1.
AJtbousb students JbOwing one o&lt;
more ria myriad ri other lip may
not act bcmicidally at sdlool or onywbere else, be points out that they
oould be ll!li!rred to appropriate ..,._
vices in cr out cl sdJool. "l!wn if no
action is talr.en," Ewing says, "ochool
p&lt;nllODdoouldrapondmorequiddy
ifthoy~awareritbooestudenu."
Warning signs include low selfesteem and feelings of powerlessness; being the peq&gt;etratOr or victim of bullying; exceuive interest
in violent media; fascination with
fire, weapons or aplosives, and
being victimized by or witnessing
violence in the home.
Moreover, changing the school
environment to minimizetheoppor-

.... , . . . . . . . ... . ......

tiona are wananted. Schoob also
oould amidt:r esllhlisbing QlOfidmtial bodines to be Uled by
students and oth.ers to report
threall or suspicious behavior.
"Zero-tolerance policies that
are being adopced br 111 inaeasing number cldlnols deodyenforoe the rule.tbot ~"""
mili • tbrat cl vialeDae Will be

'-tor . . octo.s.•

tunity for violma is anotber-cxl
oftm rdoljydyinespenoi~tiYe ~ ochool o8icialo CIIJ
Theoe indude requirins audenll
andll410-pbol0 idenlifiation
bodp, chqing ~ IIJd lmdICOflial oullide the dlnol, limiling

a

suspended,pen&lt;lqfurtberinveotipboo," Ewing says, DOiiDI that
lows already on the boob cxwer
criminal charp that faa thoae
"""bring~ to sdJool.

4sdr· schools sbould have a
plan ifviolencesboulderupt, inbuicq-.IIIOUIIIiac-...- cluding notifying parents, dealroainbaloand.......,......"""'P" ing with the media and, in the
ons cld.ctnn mel iDIIIIIina vid&lt;o wont -case sa:nario, identifying
DICIIiton 00 ochool ..,.....to IIJd in griefClliiDidonwboCIIJ bdp stu~ Olber llqll indudeequipdents and Sial[ "Eor the time bepqtmcbonandlllllfwihalpilones ~at the wry'- .... """ work
or two-woy ....SO. and J1ioaniaB apd .,...10 ndaim our schools, to
reheaning "110p mel drop" drills, provide our childral wiih an edusbould vialenct erupt.
atimol..,..,.._inwbidl they
JlwinsA)'Ibe's notlli(IIIOitinsthat an learn witb&lt;U "-;and to~
JChnols .-ltoiiRonycrd rithese ' the kind ri 1&lt;admiOp future pp!!MIItM ............ but obould, of- enlioos will .-Ito seek the oolu.... assessins their own likdihood of tions our 8l""f'f'ion oould not, or
violence, IIRwbateversofetypm:au- YoOOid not, see; Ewqsays.

Seatbelt use can hinge on,driver's behavior
. , EI..UH c;QUJ&amp;WM

......,..20percentmorelil&lt;dytodrive
unbelted if the driver was unbelted
than they were if ,the driver had
budded
up.
( ( FRIENDs don 't '"
"We call this negatiYe modeling,"
.·
~
friends-or their
spouses or ebildren said Kritkausky. " It seems that
-&lt;lrive unbeltecl" people are less inhibited when they
·.
That should be the theme of a pub- seethedrivernot-aringaseathelt."
lic-education campaign aimed at inIn addition, passengers said they
creasingseatbelt we,aa:ording to an would be significantly less lil&lt;dy to
industrial engineer who recently wear a seatbelt if the driver was
completed a study on the subject someone of authority.
while pursuinggraduateworkat UB.
That finding is particularly sigIt iswiddylcnownamoogsafi,tyand nifican~ Kritkausky said.
human-facton aperts that while
~.~ People need to be aware of
seatbelt use in other indust:rialized their negative influence on each
oountries is around 90 percen~ it faDs other and especially on their
closer to 70 percent in the u.s.
children, who will certainly
The study was conducted to deter- model their behavior," she said.
mine how passe!)gers are affected by
She began the research, which
drivers'-use or non-use of seatbelts.
became the basis of her master's
"People do sec:m to modd, that is, thesis, after doing an experiment
imitate each other, with seatbdt use," for a human-factors course in
said study author Kate Kritkausky.
which it became dear that driv;
Kritkausky found that passengers ers and passengers exhibit the
News s.Mces Editor

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same behavior with seatbelts.
picked up a study. subject and
" In the overwhelming number drove a short distance
of cas_es, drivers and passenger&amp;
8 AqUestioooaireinwhiduubbehave exactly the same with re- jecllreportedonthmseatbdtwe
gard to seatbelt use," Said Colin and(I'D&lt;Illlb.althandrisk-talcing
Drury, professor of industrial en- bebovi&lt;}rs. Unlillr some previous
gineering at UB, who taught the studie$,Krillcwsky'sstudydidnot
coune and served as Kritkausky's find a relationship between
thesis advisor.
seatbdt use and so!ch behavior
"So you have no idea whose beIn the observational study,
havior is being modeled," he said. · Kritkausky compared seatbelt
Kritkausky design.ed her study so we on campus to seatbelt we in
that it might be able to address the community. that question.
As. has been danonstxated in
Th&lt;study,whichinvolvedSOsub- other studies, sbe found that
jects, was one of the most compre- seatbeltuseincreaoodwiththet....r
hensive conducted on seatbelt use ofeducation.On"""'"l'&gt;therate
because it included three parts:
wasabout82 percent, while on city
• An observational study in UB's streets, the rate was 74 pcrcaltparking lots and on city streets precisdythenational~
Where seatbelt behavior of passenKritbusky, who reaived ber
gers and driv= waS recorded
master's degree from UB in May,
• An experimental study in now is working for a consulting
which a driver, who either was 6nn that specialius in safety and
purposely belted or unbelted, erJ!OilODlics.

Trials begin for 'garden variety' hepatitis Bvacdne
pocatoesproll&gt;:l

+inotlq:ataisB?

Rvo....n PdrkCarxzr ln(RPCI) and the
Boyoe Thompson Institute (BTI) at
Qxnell UnMrsily ~ dinical trials
July 7 at RPO to test thesaityand im~clthe\Wldd'slirstpotm­

tia1 oral vaa:ine aglimt the hepatitis B
virus. The vaa:ine will be d&lt;IMred by
eating pocatoes tp&gt;elically designed to
cmtJin the vaccine.
More than two billion people
worldwide are affected by the hepatitis B virus, a leading cause of liver
cancer and the cause of more than
a million deaths annually. Although
an elliaive vaa:ine is available 10 prew:nt hepatitis B.~ nations
cannot allixd it. h must be imported
andrdiig&lt;ratedata006tri$100to$150

s·virus into tobaa:D leaves. An immu- ThanavalaandMartinMal-on.)l UB
perponon,IJI!d~threeinjediom
wbidlprobi&gt;itsmassimmunizationin nologically~ protein antip .............. riimiymedicine
Third WJdd countries.
· 1cnown as H&amp;AG was partially puri- anddinlaorrithe RPO ~
The trial that~ this month is the fied ~injected into~ fkakhOinic.Th!ywi!ll;e.q,..,_
cubninationriSMral &gt;-'rioollabo- the same immune ...pons.. in mice as obiityir~anddini­
rative prminieal work by Yasmin that obtained by tbe CXX0IDe1ria1 vac- cal_,.,_, rtSpCICiivd)&lt;
Thanavala, UB research assistant pro"We are very pleased to be takcine.Mcn~thereseard&gt;enpro­
r...or ri mic:robO:&gt;Iogy. and pro(eosor duced this vital protein in potatoes, ing the om losieal step with this
and canczrresearch scieoti&lt;t in the~ whim are edille, malcing them more research," said 11wlavala. "The
partment of Immunology at RPCI; suitable for testing oral vaccines.
&lt;Dntinued support rimy basic ....
OwlesAmrzm.pmic!.ntandCEOri
In the curtall placzbo-controlled, search by the NIH and the World
BTI andadjunaproe...orofbiological ~Pba lstud)lhaoltiH:are Health Organimion, alon8 with
sci&lt;nasatOxndl UnMrsily,andHugh ..mm wbo p-evious[y respclOiiod to a the recent collaboration with Axis
Mason. BTI assistant research scieoti&lt;t lia:mod.injoctllllevaa:ine.....;,..anoral Genetics, off&lt;rs us a novd way to
and assistant pro(eosor ri plant biology boooll:rdooe. Thistlooe is d&lt;IMred by a impact public bealth and control
at ComdL The program is funded pri- sample ri tramgeDic potato that ex- hepatitis B worirjwide."
marily by the National !nstitutl!S riAl- presses the hepatitis B surf8ce ..,...
Rosearch with~ engilergyandlnklious Diseaoes,partrithe m tpxrated tbe potatoes uthedini- neered foods opens up limidess
National !nstitutl!S riHealth (NIH).
caltrial with 6nancial support~ poosihilities for~vaccines.
In previous pilct studies, researd&gt;en byAxisGenetics,P.:,ri~UK. not only for bcpotitis B. but for such
inserted DNA cttracSed from bcpotitis
The clinical trial is coordinated by diseases as malaria and leprosy.

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Changes in on-campus
telephone dialing to begin Aug. 2
Ch•nge• In on ~campus telephone dialing to accommodate 1n
creased usage will be implemented at 7 a.m. Aug. 2.
Dormitory residents on both campuses will dial five digits instead of four
for intero:&gt;m and campus calls to other dorm residents. The "9" access code
for outside calls for donn residents on both campuses will not change.
As in the past, administrative users will use four-digit numbers when
dialing on their own campus and the access code "8" when calling ad ~
ministrative numbers on the opposite campus. The only change willlxin admirllstrative calls to students in the donns. When dialing studen ts.
an access code of "9." plus the campus prefuc-829 or 64&gt;-must lxadded to the four digits. Such calls wiU not incur any local usage charges.
Student calls to olf-ampus tUlll1be!s will remain the same--"9" pia. the
seven digits. Dorm residents calling other students and adrninistr-atM nl1111btn
will dial "8," pia. fiJur digits for South Gunpus ll1Jillh&lt;n and ·s,· pia. four digJts
for North Gunpus nwri&gt;ers. no matter which campus they are calling from
Calls to university police wiU continue to be made by dialing zzn
from either student or administrative phones on either campus

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-Exposition.

The Buffalo News donates
$50,000 to WBFO

Turning an industrial area green

Jlw . , _ has donllted $50.000 to the Local Program Fund of
WBF0-88.7 FM, the National Public Radio afliliate operated by VB. to al
low the station to upgrade equipment and hire another reporter/producer
Stanford Lipsey, publisher and president of The Buff&lt;W Nt'WS, s;ud 11 "
important for the newspaper to lx- a leader in supporting local pubh,
media outlets. "'We see public radio as a vitaJ dimension of life in Western
New York." Lipsey said "We believe that WBFO has done an exceUent job
on behalf of its listeners and the community, and it will continue to do so
with additional resour= made possible by this donation."
jennifer Roth, WBFO general manager said: "We are honored that The
BuffaW .News has chosen to make such a significant commitment to
WBFO's local news service. It demonstrates their faith in our mission
and their recogrution of what we have been able to do for the community.
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Designs by 1999 architecture grads dazzle Buffalo city officials
By MAliA~
News S&lt;Mces Editorial A&gt;sistant

1999graduatesof
ool of Architectu~ and Plann ing are
.
·ng heads in Buffalo
City HaH with eir resQurceful
building designs d progressive
plans to create a n district in an
underutilized area o
uth Buffalo.
Srott Adams, joshua Alter and
CoUeen Ryan have
hired as
design consultants by the City of
Buffalo Divisiori of Planning to
pursue ideas that eventuaUy could
tum a former industrial area adja·
cent to the Cobblestone District
and the Old First Ward into a distri ct they call the " Industrial
Green."
Their proposals also involve designs for buildin&amp;" that may themselves serve as exhibits for the 2001
Pan-American Exposition.
The plans and designs were de·
veloped as part of an experimental
architecture course taught by G.
Srott Danford, associate professor
of architecture. The course requires
students to apply studio architec·
ture work to a real-world project.
"We chose this area of the city beca use it is underutilized and has
great potential with respect to land
for development and opportunities
to build and reuse existing struc·
tures," explained Ryan. "We are hoping that the upcoming Pan-American Exposition will serve as a catal)'lit fo r innovative future development in this area."'
The fOrmer students envision the
lndustrialGreenasaoentralwot:kdistrict for environmentally minded
groups and individuals. The district
would promote and utilize "green"
technologies. reneWable energies, rec•
tarnation of brownfields, smart
growth and rec.1ded materials.
Adams explained that he and his
coUeagues hope to change the per·
ccption of the area as a solely industrial, commercial district by instiUing a sense of commllhity and
family. The area would have histori·
cal and cultural attractions-possibly a children's museum--and
serve as a site for community events.

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the

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"Ideally, we ~t to create an environmentaUy responsible district
with an underlying artistic theme."
Adams added.
The plan is being sponsored by
Buffalo Mayor Anthony Masiello;
Joseph Ryan, commissioner of
community development; Frank
Manuele, directo r of planning;
Council President James Pitts, and
the Green Gold Corporation.
' Another major supporter of the
plan is Joan Bozer, former Erie
County legislator and current presi-

"We are hoping that the

upcoming Pan-Amerlcan
bposltlon will serve .. a

aou1yst for Innovative
future development In
thb area."
COUHNRYAN

d,ent of the Western New York Sus·
tainable Energy Association, who
has endorsed and promoted the
former students' work to tbe city
and the Pan-American Centennial
Planning Committee.
Thefonnerstudentsdesignedtwo
buildin&amp;" fol' the district--dubbed
"Symbiosis" and "The Atrium"and have redesigned the existing Elk
Terminal, fonnerly the Nickel Plate
Railway Terminal.
According to the plan, Symbiosis
would serve to display renewable
energies and house exhibits for the
2001 Pan-American Exposition. After the exposition, it would serve as
the centerpiece for the proposed district. Located at the site defined by
Perry, Srott, East Market and Chicagostreets,itwouldbelinkedphysicaUy to the existing Elk Terminal.
The main feature of Symbiosis
would be the "WaU of Knowledge,"
which designer.; Adams and Alter
said would become an icon of
Buffalo's past, present and futu re.
This curved, concrete monument
would divide the building's interior
and be etched with an artistic in-

terpret.ation of the city's past on one
side. The other side of the wall
would present a virtual image on
polished concrete to reflect the
building's exhibition space. The waU
would be constructed from the recycled conaete silos of the Kmmore
grain elevator.;, which are to be demolished this fall.
The Elk Terminal would be trans·
formed from a warehouse into a
multi-use commercial site. Its major
use would be as a business "incubator" for environmentally conscious
businesses, aUowing them time and
resources to establish themselves
within the Industrial Green.
The third building, The Atrium,
wo uld be located on South Park
Aven ue between Marvin and Chicago streets. During the exposition,
the central atrium would exhibit
such green technologies as photovoltaics, passive/solar paneling, recycled materials and gray water SJ"i·
terns. Afterward, it would become a
clearinghouse for environmental
information, as weU as headquarters
for profit-making and non-profit
environmental organizations, ex+
plained CoUeen Ryan, who designed
the structure.
The design consultants, who also
run their own innovative arch.itcctural-&lt;lesign team caUed 1nsite, are
working with the city to generate
funding from private donor.;, foun dations and corporatio.ns to begin
this major project, However, with
limited government money avail able, financing the project remains
their greatest chaUenge.
"Right now, it all depends on some
keyplaj&lt;os." said Alttr. "We are hoping
people will reali2r the importance and
implications of revilalizing this area"
In the meantime, to give their ideas
some vistbility, efforts are under way
to organize an international mural
competition for a design to be painted
on a vacant structure in the area.
This building, which many con·
sider an eyesore, wou.ld be transformed by an encompassing mural
that would market the proposed
Industrial Green district by incorporating ideas of progress, change,
technology and the environment
into the design.

1

Gift to endow fellowship for
doctoral students in English

1

A ~ to the c..-_ of Arts and Sciences is providing a competiuve
edge for the Departmmt of English in attracting top-notch doctoral stu·
dents through increased fellowship money. Sterling and Kathryn Doubrava
have given S181,000 to VB through a trust to establish the Marilyn A.
Doubrava Endowment Fund in honor of their daughter, Marilyn, a 19~
graduate of the English department who died in 1995.
Marilyn's brother, Max. a 1959 graduate of the School of Median&lt; and
Biomedical Sciences, remembered his slster as a creauve musician, pamtcr
and poet. and was delighted that h~ parents. who died m 1997. chose to
honor the university that played sudl an important role in her life."My m1er
was very unhappy until she transferred to VB, and what she found here was
a complete English department and a path for her life." Doubrava saKI.
MarkShechner, professor and chair of the English departmen~ said the gift ·
is the first named fellowship endowment in his recollection. "This couldn't
have come a1 a better time, as we stnve to lx- recognized as one of the besl
graduate programs in the country;' Shechner said. The money willlx- used to
augment othertf3dlingand non-teachingf~lx- said. "enabling us to
raise our fellcM.hip offers to selected graduate applicants, and to attr.ict th=
high-caliber students who might have gone elsewhere without the extra money"
The first Doubrava Fellowship recipient is Roberto Tejada, a photography
museum curator at the Uni\"ersity of Texas.. He will begin his doctoral stud
ies this f.ill and wiU receive the Doubrava fellowship for the next four year;

From golf to God; the Golfers' Mass
lt's6:45 onagloriousSundaymomingandgolfersare~~ ­
but not on the links. n-.,y're in the Newman Center chapd on the North Cam

pus. where R.v. Msgr. J. Patrick Kddlel,dim:torof the Catholic Gunpus ~lull.'o
try, offers a Golfers' Mass e=y Sunday during the sununer.
When he found that his Sunday crowd was dwindling m the sumnl&lt;.'l' due
to a tee-time conflict. Msgr Keleher came up with the idea of an early Golfer..
Mass. The serviC£ is another example of the priest responding to the ll&lt;.'eds 111
specific groups, such as holding late Sunday-night Masses for students. '!he
early-Sunday Mass has become popular, and not just with golf=.
.. Welcome golfers, gardeners, insomniacs and others who aren't su rt'
where they are," the irrepressible Msgr. Keleher quipped as he houndt'J
into the chapel one recent Sunday. Golfers often post notices about tht·
service in locker rooms. And Msgr. Keleher even has adventsed 111 71w
Buffalo Nt'WS' sports pages. "They wanted me to put a notiCe 111 the:
religion page, but I said no, because golfers don't read th e rehg10n page::·
he said. " J wanted it in the sports pages." Msgr. Keleher's admaren :.a\
that offering an early-morning serviCe 1s typical of what th1s dcrgvman
will do for those he meets. In fact, (or him. it's JUSt par (or the ~.- u ur:!tt'

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in August 1998, is located
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faculty and staff, it provides
a diverse program which
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ale and female blackthroated blue war·
biers. a bird species
common in the
northeast U.S., have a reputation for
practicing monogamy and sharing
in the raising of their young.
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fertile female in the nest next door
can be enough to cause a male to
stray, leaving his female mate un guarded, according to a paper

scheduled for pubtication in the July
issue of Auk. the journal of the
American Orni th~logists' Union ,

authored by Helen C. Chuang, a

" In this case, if a male has sever.ol
neighboring females that are egg·
laying at the same time that his mate
is, then the male is more likely to
have &lt;Xtra· pair young in his nest."
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among birds., fertilization usually
takes place during the time that the
female is laying her eggs.
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sults is that, faced with the o!""'r·
tunity to mate with neighbOring

females who are building nests and
laying egg.&lt;. the male spends some
time pursu.ing matings with these
females and docs not guard his own
mate from the copulation attempts
of other males,• said Webster.
That, in tum, makes the mates of
the straying males that much more

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shown that otherwise monogamous
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vulnerable to attention from other
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the chan= that the male also will
find e:xtra-pair you ng in his nest

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not fathered by the companion mate

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tested by Webster and his coUeagues
is that breeding synchrony makes it

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that biologists have identified a rea son for the phenomenon: local

breeding synchrony.
"These birds are socially monoga·
mous but genetically promiscuous.,"
explained Webster. While this is a
puzzling scenario, he said it often is
the ~ with many other birds and

mammals, including humans.

whe:n he returns.

easier for females to compare and
contrast potential extra-pair mates.
"When many females are building
nests, the entire breeding grounds may
be lik&lt; a big 8ea marl«t, with many

males ammising their wares through
song and the females comparisonshopping," said Webster.
The biologists idmtified the &lt;XIra·

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means more offspring. and in

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pair young through fickl ape:riments
in New Hatnpohire and through molecular (I&lt;DCiic analysis of DNA takm
&amp;om blood samples. They found that
a relatiYely high proportion-&lt;Jbout
30 percmt-&lt;&gt;f the young !hey observed were fathered by a male who
. was not their"social" father, that is, not
the companion mate of the mother.
Webster explained that when a
nest of young was produced at the
same time that nests were being

produced on neighboring terri to·
ries, the nest was likdy to· contain
extra· pair young. O n the other
hand , when a nest was produad in
a territory wh~n others were not
being produced in the area, the focal nest was unlikely to contain extra -pair young.

The question the researchers now
face is whether it is

ma1~

male·

guarding or female mate choice that
is responsible for this panern.
According to Webster, the
male's evolutionary motive for
the extra -pair mating can be ex -

plained fairly simply.

terms of Darwinian fitness, the
number of descendant offspring
is key." he said.
The tridcier issue, be added, Is
finding out whafs in all this for
the female.
"Females could be obtaining
'good genes' by mating with par·
ticular extra-pair males--those
that are particularly bealthy and
havesenes malting them r&lt;sistant
to disease--&lt;&gt;r she oould be obtaining direct benefiu," be said.
"For example. the extra-pair
male may allow the femak to forage on his territory once she has
copulated with him."
Webster and his oo-author. belicYe that being guarded .. a&lt;tuaJly
cootlytothefmlalesinait pmoents
her from mating with oth&lt;r males.
"Extra-pair copulationo and
mate-guanling represent a con·
flict of interests between the male
and femak in an Olherwisecooperative pair." said Webster.
The paper, "Extra-pair pater·
nity and local synchrony in the
black-throated blue warbler
(Dendroica cam!lascens)," was

co-auth"ored by Richard T.
Hoboes, professor of biological
sciences at Dartmouth College.
The research was funded by the
f'lational Scicna Foundation.

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Interns take on business projects
ACHsummer,asmallplatoon of fr&lt;Sh-f.Jced talent
marches out into the
Western New York business oom.munity, eager to exchange
hard work for valuable resume credentials.
They arc interns from tbc Sdlool
of Management and their arrival is
gratefully anticipoted by area business
owners and managm who hire tbc
students to complete special~
gather research or bolster thar staffs.
More than 50 undergraduate and
MBA srudents from the school be-gan internships last month at a variety of private and not-for-pro6t organizations, including M&amp;T Bank;
People, Inc.; Dunn &amp; Bradstreet,
Xerox, Ingram Micro. the Buffalo
Bisons, Catholic Health System. 1lico
Products, American .Red Cross and
the lnttmal Revenue Service.
"We never have had to market the
scrvia:s of our stud&lt;nts; positive v.urd
of mouth has given us aU the business
""can handle," says Ger-aldine Kogler.
director of the internship program at
the Sdlool ofManag&lt;menL "Companies know that our students deliver
real value in terms of what they can
accomplish."
And because demand for the in terns far exceeds supply, Kogler says

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there is an dement of competition
involved in hiring the students.
Companies offering the most interesting assignment\ usually win.
The interns' projects this summer

include sales and mar-keting research, database design. development of personnel handbooks. investigation of exporting opportuni-

ties and design of customer-servia
questionnaires.
MBA student Brian Crimi, for
instaoc:c. is performing a cost analysis for the Catholic Health System.
His suggestiom for reducing costs
and maximizing dficiency already
have been implemented by the hospital system.

prople who work here were oncr
interns. It 's a great ent ry mt o th lS

business."
Most. but not all. o f the mternl&gt;
are paid fo r their servtces by th t•

sponsoring companies. And be
cau~ each intern earns three cred
its for completing the internship. the
school 'NOrks do.st:ly With companv
supervisors to make sure that m
terns ptrlorm tasks tha! are benefi
cial to their educatio n and career
goaJs. The interns also are requ1red
to submit progress reports and J

portfolio summarizing the1r expc
nences and accomplishments.

!.'The students

get

I references, lob leads ....t

.. Internship supervisors

a1

th e:

companies are like on -sate profb -

experience."

sors because they play an tmportanl
role in the student 's professional
development," Kogler says ... Th t'
companies enjoy being m touc.: h

GERALDINE tcOGlEA

with the university and they find 11
rewarding to be a part of a student 's

grutprvfesslonlol

"Brian has had a big impact in just
a few weeks,.. says his supervisor,
Aimee Brace. vice president for pri -

mary care. "I'd hire him full time if
he wasn't going back to school."
A5 an intern with the Buffalo
Bisons, undergraduate student
Lauren 1iartmaytt is hdping to promote special evenlS, write advertising copy and manage sponsorships.
"Lauren is meeting business com munity leaders and is devdoping
great contacts," says her supervisor,
Jim Mack, a senior account execu
tJ ve with the ball dub." Half o f the

Sanford I. Nusbaum, 64, clinical
associate professor in dental school
A memorl•l service was held lui) 7 m Co n g r~at1 on H J.,ur&lt;~h
W illi am svJIIe, (o r Sanfo rd I. Nusb.1um , d m teal assoc;ate proft'.,.,•H
tn th e Departme nt o f Oral a nd Max1llofaoal ::,u rgc ry m thl· ~t.h(lol
of De nt al Mt.- dtcm c. u sba u m, M. a dentt st and o r al maxJ ilo lau.Jl
' urgeo n tn Western New Yo r~ ~tn..t• II.Jb '· d1ed Ju ly" m hl'i Buffalo
hn m t' aft er a lu ng ill ne~~
A gradua te of th &lt;' LIB dcnldl !.~o.hool, Nu,.hotum wa.!t dJrt'llor Pf
u ral dOd lll d.X tllofaeta l s urgen at { h tl d r en ·~ Hospttal. wht•rt· ht·
fou nded the &lt;. ra n1o faoa l C.ent er uf Wt'!! t('rn N('w York . hom I ~KII
q I, he had ser ved as ( h alf of the llcpartm('n t of Den t ast r v. Jtrt'lltH
of th t' l&gt; tVISIOO of O ral an d Ma.ullofa.: tal ~ urge r y and dtrt•ll nt ,,,
ge n eral pr a~-.u~-.c res tden cy a t M illard h llm n rt' Hos p11 al
f le wa.!. a p d.!. I prel&gt;Jde nt of the O,o.,tcl\ ol &lt;lral and MJxtllut.h 1JI
~u rgt·om. of Wt'stern Ne w Yor~ Jnd wa.!t electt"d d f elln~ ol tht lnln
na t1o n al Coll ege of l&gt;en t1sts
In I q70. a~ pa rt of Pro 1ec1 Ht lpt· hl" a nd ht ' famth hH·J m ...,, 1
l.otn ~ a l01 a Vt'a l. where h e se rved a!&gt; a v t s llm ~ profc.,.~m of or.tl Jnd
max tl lo fal tal \u r gt·n at th e U m ve r ~Jl\ of { ev\nn

BrieBy

learning proccs&gt;."
Often the internshiP&gt; lead to Job
offers. Kogler estimates th at the:
school's internship prograrn--&lt;&gt;ne of
the largest in the country-places
mort than 300 interns throughout
the y&lt;ar. Some years. nearly 40 per

TWo UB facutty members wiD lt•ach a m ulJ-&lt;:oUrY at th(. (haut.au4u.J

cent of the students arc~ o ffered a joh
by the sponsoring company at the

lnst.ttutmn thl.) summt..-r that IS destgnOO t&lt;l d t.-ar up oontuSJon t..nmumt...,...
mav have about chango that are under ~'3) tn the U.~. health-cart' "~l t-n l

conclusion of the interruhip. she says.
"The students get references. job
leads and great professional expen

Harrv A Suh1. p ro fC""SSOr of ~xtal and preventlv(' m edtctne anJ dt
rt.'t. tllr •11 tht." ht:alth "Crvices resea rch d tVJSJO n tn the School o l rvkdtl tnt
.md Blo m ed tat l X 1ences. and Krl.!.ltlla Young. d miCaJ a~ as t a n t p ro ft...,
~P r o f ~k..J..l\ and prt'Vt.'nttve mt:dJI..I Ilt' and executive dm:ctm n l l .K '
Hcalth(.ar('( ...tr&lt;.'t:'r'&gt;Lent er, will pre.cn1.. l 1ndcrstandJng U.~ I kalth { ~Lrt·
Past, Pr&lt;.'"'&gt;t.·nt .md t·uJUrc .. fro m 9 HI \()..1m Aug. 23 2fl m th\· \hdJon
Hall P I 1- d ul.ttJun dl Ch.1u1au4 u.J l op 1 ~' II• ht.· Jt .,..·u .....'-l'ti willllhiiJ•It
rnan.1gl'd t..drc , tnftlrmOO co n:.c.~nt. p.lt Jl·flt &lt;tdVtll,t\&gt; .md ~,.-ho•"lll~ h{·,llth
l.trt· prnvtdt'r., .Jnd msu rt'r'
r ht• Ul\1 o l the u mrsc.· h $ 1; ,)t~l \l''-.\1011 or St-.0 lor Jlllour '(..,•• ,on '
{ .111 \"7 6\4~ lnr m ore tn formdtltlll w to p n·· regl\tt·l

ence," Kogler says...The compam cs

get enthusiastic workers who can a...
complish important gnals...and th•y
ge1 the o pportunit y to tram the1r fu

tuf(' employees and colleagut."S 1! \

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great "11llat1n n for cwn•oru" ··

Sultz, Young to teach course at
Chautauqua on health-care changes

Endowment fund honors
former chemistry profe sor

MFC
COflllnueclhom-1

"off-campus" student, he says.

provtdl'S a good foundauon lor u_
,
effo rt.\ to provide to the c.hstam.e
lcanungstudent such VItal supports
ali. regi strati o n , tex tbo oks an d
grades, as weU a.'i technical 35.\ 1~
lance. Anderson ~"We're set up to do that :· Lopo.!.
sar-o. "and can troubk-shoot flor
the student ) as nen'SSarv.··
M FC's mvo lvement tn sy n
l hr o n o u s k a rntn g differ s
so mewhat fr o m th t' dts tan ce lea rnmg foc us o f most college!&gt;
and UOIVerSitteS, whiCh centers
solel y o n lntt'rnt't -bast'd learn
mg, Lopos says.
But with MR..:'s connecuon to

.. We're looking at continumg
education, and the adult. nontra -

CityNt:1 and Project Connect, "wr
have the opportunity really to a

ditional student, primarily;· he say:..
MFC has been "refigured and re·
engineered" for the distance-learn
lngcnvironment, Lopos points out.
The number o( staff members on

tc11d classroom -style instruct1on
throughout Western New York."

as long as they have access to the

hmited until former Pro vost T h o

Internet. In fact. students can earn certificates online in such subject areas
as paralegal studies. computing and
network managernen~and pub~c relatiollS'and advertising.
•It has partnered with the School
of Nursing to offer courses via in teractive video--the synchronous

mas Headrick assigned respo nst bility for the distance-learning im
tia tive for the university to MFL
sever al years ago.

Although UB this fall will
implement Access99, an initiative
requiring aU en tering freshmen to
have access to a computer and

network-to students in Jamestown

have a working knowledge of ba

interested in pursuing bachelor's degrm; in nursing from UB. MFC also
plans to partner with the School of
Social Work to offer councs this faU
to students in Corning. Jamestown
and the Rochester area.
Moreover, MFC is involved in
Project Conn~ct and Buffalo
CityNet, two video-based, fiberoptic networks that link participating sites, including virtually every
school d istrict in Western New
York, as well as video classrooms in
Baldy HaD on the North Campus.
Abbott HaD on the South Campus
and the Educational Opportunity
Ce nter o n Washington Street in
downtown Buffalo.
• About 470 students received
instruction via distance learning
during the spring 1999 semester, a

sic software packages, the Internet
and email, those effort s are cL rected specifically at on -campu s

substantial in~ over the SSstu denlS enrolled in the first distan«"leaming courses two years ago.
.. We're the point of contact, the
point of presence for the university
in term s of distance learning,"
Lopos says, noting that UB's distance -learni ng efforts h ad bet.•n

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students, Lopos says. MFC will use
the Internet and o ther distan ce learning tKhnologies to target th e

the college's ..distance - learning
team" has expanded fTo m one to
four within the past two years.. m
duding a full -time student advisor
and a full -time instru cuonal dt" sig n er who works with fa c uh v
members and the academtc units to
"translate" traditional instructio naJ
methods into one of the tJu-e.e di.!l ·
tance -learning modalities -Id e
courses, asyn chron o u s learning

(lntcrnet-based) and synchronou;
learning {interactive video }.
lnaddition,MFC'sbackground 111
serving the nontraditional !&gt;1udcnt

Lopos says. adding that "different
people learn in different ways" and
the synchronous learning nt:1WOrk
gJYes MR.: another avenue to provtding distance learning.
He cautions, however, that this
m creasing emphasis on dtstanct'
leammg will not mean the end of
the university as we know 11.
" l-or the traditional under
graduate, the undergraduate campus experience lS critrcal," he sa~.
··sut there arc o ther people whost
life circumstances simply preclude
that. And we ( MFC) have a rt.'
SJXmsibihty to them:·
Adds Anderson: ;'Wt."'n• lUSt ex
panding opJXlrtumttt.'"!&lt;. ...

Jot.eph V.cca,. who receiYed a d01..1orate m chenustrv from l ' R m I'l~ \
ha.!&gt; establisht.-d the Pet:er T. I.Mlsh urv 1-.ndo wment l-und to honm PI
l.a nshurv, professor cmentus of dlenm trv who ~·J.S h1 ~ r~ rch advt""H
The tund was created by Merck.. \ alld !\ emp l ovt~ r . With d s~~.noo ~ill
to U B, Va ~-. ca\ hcnefi c1arv of choh.l~
Vacca ..:h ose.~ U B a.'i the benefic1an 11 1 tht· l &gt;t r l·l h lr ·~ A""•a rd-gtwn h\
Merck tn rt.X"ogm t1on of Vacca'!&gt; Wtlrk 111 dl'vtloptng. Jn !\ II)", Jru g.
hccauJ~C of the role the universtl\' p lawd m h1s ~a rt.'C"f
"U B W&lt;l!l wht."rt' \learned tu he J chem tst anJ Dr I.J.n~hun wa., tht·
dn vmg fo rce. Ht:.· msptred m e I n ht· d ~.. h c mt st , ht• wa~ a h tg mtl uenu· tm
nw career.'' sa td Vau_a
In add1t1on to the tllltJal award m ont'\ lrom f\1crt.k. \ 'a .. ~o.a ~J\'t' J S~.M l
pcrsonaJ do natto n to UB. wh1ch w~ ma tcht-d lw Mcrc"·· ~uch a gtft from a person like lt 'L'. tn the p n m e o l h 1~ ....trt't't, I!&gt; un
usual . We an: pleased that he chose tt1 rt'COJ!Ol7t' tht· 'P'-''al lllt'lll11n ng
relallons htp w1th ht!&gt; resc.-arch ddVI..!.nr:· '-l td h m '\1\..-()(xi . ~h.m n l tht·
Depanment of ( :hem1stry.
T he first Peter T l.anshury Awa rd w.t~ prt"'-l·ntl"li 111 o\n.Jnd \ "a td vJ
during the cht mtstn department\ .~wa rJ!&gt; .. ere m nm l.t.,J month Tht
award will fund summt&gt;r research
Vact.a recetvcd lht.· Dm.'t.1or'!l Awa rJ Irom "k rd, m rt'ltl~ rltl loll ut hL'
leading contributions tn the dt.stnwn nl ( .rn .tvan . Jll I ll \ l"'rtltt·o~."""
tnhibitor. A Merck employee Stnd.' 141-ll . \'.tll...l n 11~ '' c:xn Uti\ t" dtrt·~
tor in the company's medicinal ..:henus1n depart m t&gt;nt I )unng h1' ...1
reer, Vacca has wntten nc-arlv SO artt d t~ Jnd ha., n· .. l'I\L'\1 !lhlrt· th.111 .'11
patents (o r h1~ dts-.. oven o .
La.nsbury ts thnlkd Wlth the rnogmtHlfl tn 101 ht' It •rmt't .,ludt-n l I·~
wa... JUSt pheno me-nal the best of the bc..~t ." rt't.allt-J l..dn:o.hu f\ . "ill • rt·tt rn1
tn 1995... He was highly motivated and had dn unhc.•lit', -ahlt· .,..lt'llllh ..
\,..o rk t'thtc. I had to deal WJth tht· ta1..1 that he " "d..\ trt'\.lut·nth , •lit ,tq..,
.J.hcad of me. lt "s great he deod ed to g1w h.Jt.:l 1t1 h1~ gr.tduJtc 111'111Utl••ll
Lansbury has had a dtsungUJsht'li l-&lt;Ht"l' T. '&lt;rvm~ •111 tht· l K t.t .. uh'
to r mort." tha n 3S years. Dunn g. th.11 peru)oj. ht· ~' J.' .J!'t' .t '1,11\ll~ In
turer at the Umverstt y o f illin o ~.., J nJ ,, ' 1\tltng .... h. lid. I ..11 ll.1r-.JrJ ( ·nt
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and performances. The
congtesS willp&lt;esent concerts
shoWasing some of the
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companies oo Mainstage in the
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                    <text>PAGE 2

Dominik Hasek's EU classmate from
Japan visits Buffalo and UB.

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Focus On Research

PAGE 3

Urban historian Michael Frisdl
looks to new dinrtions in Irisfield

June 24. l!m/ VO.30.No. 34

Sports

Camp
Cheryl Dozier, left, head coach
of women's basketball, gives
pointers to young players at the
elite women's basketball camp
held in Alumni Arena june 1820. A first for UB, the elite camp
is for varsity high-school players
with college-team potential.
Sports camps on campus this
summer include men's and
women's basketball, men's and
women's soccer, baseball,
football, wrestling and hockey.

Shutdown set to increase UB's email capacitym
Central server to be split into two Mailhubs; impact ofa crash would be cut in half
By SUE WU£TCHEJI
Repon.er Editor

T

HE univenity's email system willbe.butdown for
several days next month

in order to double the
system's capacity in anticipation of
increased usc with Ace~ .

The shutdown, the dates of which
had not been scheduled as the 11£porter went to press. is nol related to
the failure of the university's central
email server in February that
crippled email service at UB for
nearly rwo weeks,
officials stress.
Although users will not have access
to email during the shutdown, Web
service will be available, and the ppp
service on dial up will be available so
that users off campus can dial into the
UB computer to access the Internet.

err

Richard Lesniak, director of aca-

demic services for Computing and

Information Technology, said the
email system is being taken down in
order to inaeasc the capacity of the
system and ..make sure we're prt"pared to handle the (email) load we

have prediaed, through June 2000."
1n order to in=ase that Clj&gt;!City.crr
staff will be "twinning the Mailhub"tittrallysplitting thec:maal email S&lt;TV&lt;r.
or"Mailhub"that handles email at UB.
into"'&lt;&gt; servers, Lesniak said
However, the procedure " is not as
simple as adding one machine," he
said, pointing out that the disk system that the central server now uses
will have to be reconfigured so that
two servers can share the system.
During the shutdown, staff also
will perfo rm maintenance on tht·
email file system "to improve per
formance." he said.

The shutdown

ts

being scheduled

mcommg email at a rate of 160,000
to 180,000 pieces each weekday and

so that it will occur during the
system's lo west usage pericxi, Lesniak
said, although he acknowledged that
UB has many"365-day-a-year users"
who rely on the email system regard less of whether dasses are 1n session.
l'ou never cannot impact people"
wtth a shutdown of the system .

60.000 pieces daily on the weekends.
"too many people are being served
by a single Mailhub." Usniak scud.
Havmg""' Mailhubs will a11owcrr
to "split the (email) load so we hav.
rwu:&lt; the capacity."

he added.

aa4l,onlyhalfofUB'semail """'...,w,t

~.shouldoneoftheMailhlb

Although the exact date for the

beaffocred.besaid."mnllOI~

shutdown has yet to be dctermmed

rut the impac! by SO pen:ent, but also
shorten the time it ...,w,t tak&lt; to bnng
the server OOd&lt;. online.
UB's email load has been mcrea~ ­
tng by 100 percent every 15 - 18
months.. he said This increa.sc:..-d w -

due to a delay in a shipment of hardware ne&lt;ded for the -.urk. the job must

be done before classes m the School
of Mediane and Biomed.Jcal Saences
begin in mid -August. he 5ald.
The dates for the shutdown. whc:.·n
they become known, will be posted
at &lt;http://wings.buffalo.edu/ com-

putlng/ alert &gt;.
With the UlliVCTSlly r{"'(.('IVIOg nt"'A',

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part nersh ip aimed at developing
a network of high -e nd worksta tions that will deliver the power
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of the cost.
"While it has become common place to link together tens, or even

a hundred or so PCs into a tightl y
coupled cluster, this is the first time
such an approach will be tied to
high -end Sun workstations," said

Russ Miller, CCR director and professor of computer science.
At the core of the projed is a
collection of 64 Sun Ultra 5
333Mhz workstations.
"We're developing a poor man's
supe r computer," said Co rky
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project with Miller.
This high -visibility, first -of· tb kind project-undertaken at UB
by CCR a nd SENS-casts th e
university as a member of the
product -development team for
o ne of the world 's maJOr hard ware developers.
"For so me app li catiOn S, tht ~
type of archi tecture represent s the
fu ture of supercomputers," ~atd
Miller. " It 's the first step toward a
whole new methodology of
supercompu ting."
The 64 wo rkst attons W(·re Jl
qutred Wtth a grant from Sun
Microsystem s and matchtng
funds from UB.
Miller and Brunskill noted that
today's supercomputers fea ture
many tools and enhancements
that less- powerful platforms can ~
not support ; therefore, th e work ·

stat aon cluster 1s still several years
away from competing with toda y·~
general·purposc supercomputers.
However, m applications where
certain mtegrauon tools are not criucal. indudmg computation forcer tamsaentificproblcms.datami.nmg,
mail servmg and Web hosting, the
UB rCSC'J.rchcn. say that workstation
dusters qmckly may l:l&lt;:come vtable
competitors to the htg machmcs.
" If thts works . socnttsts wh o
crankoutcomplcxslmulatt onson
supercomputers that today cost
seve raJ mill ton dolla rs wtll sOffit' day be able to do 11 on mach me !~
that on ly cost a fe-w hundred thou sand," said Brunskill.
Todeveloptheworkstat1ondmter, the UB researchers will usc
L..mu.x. a UNIX-type operat ing sys tern--the system of choice for set entific applications on PCs--whtch
has several advantages over UN IX:
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course offered by the English Language Institute (ELl).
It just happened to be 1994during the National Hockey
League lockout-and the Sabres
goalie decided to brush up on his
English speaking-and-listening
skills and enrolled in the EU's In·
tensive English Program.
At first Okubo wasn't aware of from the Czech Rq&gt;ublicand I work
the identity of his Czech classmate,· in Buffalo:•
who he says used to sit with him
By the end of the program's lisin the back of the class.
tening oourse. Okubo had become a
... We would talk about our stud- dose friend and 1ayaJ bn of Hasek's.
ies, families and countries, but
The dassmotes have sustained
never about hockey; recalls Okubo, their friendship, despite the distance
who also was taking courses in the between, them. Okubo, a TokyoSchool of Management. Finally, based employee of the Japanese
John Fitzer, director of the ELl and Ministryoflntematiooal'!Iadeand
instructor of the class, noticed that Industry (Mm), now checks the
the two had become friends and scores of the Sabres games on the
revealed Hasek's identity to Okubo, Internet and faxes messages to
who was pleasantly surprised.
Hasek. When it started to look like
"Domin ik had come into the the Sabres might make it to the
program after the semester had al- Stanley Cup finals, Okubo sent
ready sta rted ," explains Kathy Hasek a message saying. "Keep tick- '
Curtis, associate director of the ELl. ets for me if you make it!"
"Since the two had become friends,
Hasek honored the mJUest and
we felt that Keiji could help guide Okubo and his wife, Etsuko, travDominik along in the program.
eled from Japan to Buffalo, where
"Dominik was very low-key about they attended the third game of the
being a hockey player," remembers Stanley Cup 6oals. visited the Hasek
Curtis. "He would introduce himself family in their East Amherst horne
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"Dominik told Keiji before that, if
the Sabres~ to the Stanley Cup
6oals. Keiji must oome to Buffalo, to
give suppon," Clplains Mn, Okubo,
who also is an employee ofMITL
Okubo found the game io Marine
Midland Arena mudt dilfermt from
those he used to attend in the Aud.
"It was a feeling tollllly different
from the regular season; he says.
"Everybody was so acited."
The Okubos also cheered Hasek
on to a gold medal for the Czech Re·
publicl.ast.yearattheWwterOlym·
pies in Nagano, Japan, where they
also enjoyed a brief visit with Hasek
and his wife, Alena.
During their recent visit to the
Ha.eks' home, the Okubos watched
tOotl!!e ofthe aldlration io the c..ch
Rq&gt;ublic IDIIawiog the Olympics and
~giftswtththelimeks.Hasd&lt;.
presented the Japanese oouple wi1h
some IIOlM&gt;lirs: ajarofHasekhot sauce.
bottled Vermont Pure .. Dominator

Wall:? and a Hasek teddybeaJ:
Curtis says .i t is
that
students in the lntensiYe English Program devdop strong rdationships.
~have helped pe.ople.-ttheir
spouses and their best frimds," says
Curtis. "What is remarbble about
the relationship between Keiji and
Dominik is that they have maintained their friendship, despite the
dmlandiof each of theirr:an:rn."
Through the yean, not&lt;s Curtis.
other players and players' wives have
taken oourses at the EU, including
Alaaoder Mogilny, who studied
there when he played for the Sabres.
as well as Alena Hasek and Luda
Zhlmik,wifeofSabrosdefmseman
Al=i Zhitnik. who have partici-

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Mars landing on minds ofvisiting geologists
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pla.-1et Mars? Quite
a lot, geologically speaking. !n fact,
tomorrow and Saturday, a group of
leadingplanetarygoologb1swill ~t th&lt;
Falls to better undcntand th&lt; g&lt;ology
of Mars. They have been attending a
oonferenreon Mars landing sites forth&lt;
200 I Surveyor mission. as well as th&lt;
1999 Planetary Geological Mappers
meeting. both hosted by UB.
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been discussing possible landing sit&lt;s
for the Surveyor ro=, which in Fall
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tion of the red planet, aa:ording to
Tracy Gregg. UB assistant professor of
geology and a member of the work·
shop organizing oomrnittfe.
"For aample, -will ,.., be able to
extract useful materials. such as oonstruction supplies and metal ores,
&amp;om Martian rocks?"she asked. "And
can we extract oxygen &amp;om lhe soils?"
The mission also will include experiments to help detmnine th&lt; oornposi·
tion oi'Martian redo;. the resul!sofwhich
will assist scientists in wxlmtandingthe
evolution of Mars, as well as detmnine
if lhe planet has marerials that can be
mined to support oommunitics there.
Studded wi1h giant cralfrS and huge
"*""&lt;&gt;es. the Mars surf3cr is a tough
placr to larxf anything. especially a re-

rnot&lt;-aJntrolle ~ equipped wi1h

dollars of equipment
and smsitive scicntitic instrurnenls.
Gregg-..! that whil&lt; starching for
evidence of life on Mars is always important,theSurve)tt, which has a range
of aboot 2 miles. or 3 kilomet=. can
land safdy only in &lt;main places
"Most of th&lt; places available for safe
landings are not optimum places to
search for Martian life," sbe explained
"Instead. we are trying to maJrimiz.e the
science return; in other words, to find
a plaa: that will give us the greatest ac•
to the widest variety of diff=nt
types of rocks in a small spaa."
Ai the meeting. which oonduded
yesterday, Gregg and volcanologist
Mark Bulmer of the Srriithsonian Institution explained how their experitens of millions d

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using a nmotr-aDtro1led ~may
be relevant to missions on Mars.

ThePlanetuyGeologicalMappers
meeting included presentations of

geological-mapping studies and discussion ofplanetary geological-mapping procedures and issues.
The scientists will oontinue their
work tomorrow when they don hiking bopts and embwk on field trips
in and around Western New York.
oourtesy of their UB hosts. "The rea·
son for the field trips is that there is
someoonll'&lt;MrS)'O)':I'wbetberor not

glacien may have existed in the past
on Mars," Gregg explained "So ,..,1]
be showing thesegoologistswho specialize in Mars what glaciated l&lt;rr.!in
and glacial depooits really look like."

Changes announced for on-campus telephone dialing

ith the new Hadley
Village apartments
set for occupancy
this fall, the current
four-digit plan for on-campus telephone dialing has run out of num bers. Under a plan designed to solve
the problem, dormitory residents at
U B will dial five digits instead of
four for on-campus service, beginning in August.
Dorm residents on both cam puses will dial five digits for in -

terco m and intercampus calls to
other dorm residents.
The .. 9 .. access code for outside
calls for dorm residents on both
campuses will not change.
The plan will yield approximately
2,000 new numbers for dorm residents and 1,600 numbers for admin·
istrative use. "This should provide
more than enough numbers for the
balance of our present ronttact with
Bell Atlantic," according to Valdemar
Inn us. senior associate vice president

for university services.
There will be no change in dial ing for the majority of administra·
tive users. lnnus says. Administrative users will continue to use fourdigit numbers when dialing on their
own campus and theaccessrode ...8"
when calling administrative numbers on the opposite campus. The
only change will be in adrninistra·
tive calls to students in the dormitories. When dialing students, an
access code of''9," plus the campus

prefix-4129 or 645--must be added
to the four digits. Such calls will not
incur any local charges.
The procedure for student calls to
off-campus numbers will remain
the sam&lt;'-"9" plus the seven digits.
Students in the dorms calling other
students and administrative num·
bers will ha"" to dial ·s; plus four
digits, for South Campus numbers
and "5." plus four digits, for North
Campus numbers, oo matter which
campus they are calling from.

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Urban
historian looks to future
Michael Frisch sees opportunities in
changes
dep~ental

By I'ATIIKIA DONOVAH
News Sefvkes Editor

INCE trail-blazing, urban
historian Michael Frisch
joined the UB faculty in
1969, he's operated at the
vanguard of radical new directions
in his field, which, in tum has .focused national attention on UB.
Frisch was one of the first historians to be involved in the urban
study of .. rust belt .. communities,
industrial-heritage projects and
oral-history methodology.
As an adjuna professor and chair
ofthe Department o(American Studies from 1984&gt;91, he secured for that
department the largest hUI)'Wlities
grant in UB history, which established
a Jl"'55igjous Rocl&lt;efellerCenterforthe
Humanities at the llllivmity.
Frisch is a former edi tor of the
national Oral History Association's
}oumtll of Oral History and, at his
urging, the group held its annual
meeting in Buffalo last year.
In the past I 0 years. he has written
two highly r&lt;garded scholarly books
and was sdecu:d to he the first holder
of the first chair in American studies
inltaly,an ' intmentthattookhim

S

MkiYel Frisch holds an wtlfact

from- ,._ AnMri&lt;an bposltlon.

and Education on Women and
~nder.

Frisch is thoughtful and at times
sanguineaboutthefutureof American studies at UB. He.is given to nei ther nostalgia nor obituaries, however, and says he hopes the change
that will take place won't provoke
too much .. prosthetic echo"-the
urge to scratch a limb that 's gone.
.. The decision to dismantle the
department Ls and was administra·
tive, and m ost of us lamented it .
afraid that wh at we'd worked to

"We need to look t o university and its

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future, to new models

rorrunwlity.

Even with all o f these distinc tJons--and many more--under his

.--Interests."

belt, a high point in Frisch's career
as his recent election as national
president of the 5,000-member

MICHAEl FRI!iCH

Amencan Studies Association.

which represents the interests of 261
university programs nationwide.
His election, however, strikes a

paradoxical note.
By the time Frisch takes office in the
year 2000, the UB Department of
American Studies--the model for
srores of American studies programs
here and abroad--no longer will exist
know it What will take its plaa,
he hopes. willl'&lt;l"""'"t a deep institutionali2ation of the "radical" 3J11'11&lt;1a of
the deportment and its furulty.
Having returned to the Depart-'
ment of History facul ty full time,
Frisch observes, from a short dislance.
the major changes taking place.
" I know that many people lament
new directions," Frisch says, "but the
American-studies program we built

as...,

is no longer there. II hasn't been
there for some ume.''
Larry C hi s h o lm , brought in
from Yale to organize the program
30 yea rs ago and a major n atio n al

figure in th e field fo r decades, died
last yea r. Charles Haynie, an ad Junct facu lt y member, has been on
medical leave a nd won 't return
until th e fall . Elizabeth Kennedy,

an award-winni ng anthropologist
and o ne of the founders of 1he
field of women's studies in the

U.S .. left UB two years ago forthc
Un iversity of Ari zo na. C harl es
Keil retired this y~r and impor-

tant scholars who left over the past
I 0 years, like Hettcr Eisenstein,

haven't been replaced . The
Women's Studies Program. once
a part of American Studies, a l·
ready is bperating under the ae ·
gis of the Insti tut e for Research

build dunng ou r academiC hve:s here
would be razed," Frisch sa1d.
Now he thinks lamentation may
be unnecessary... C hange can be
painful and productive at the same
time," he says. "and ifUB cares about
its own future, it will not trash the
American-studies department , as

some feared. Wiping aU of that ou t
would on ly hurt the universi ty's
own stature and attractiveness at the
very moment when th ~ are m ore

important than ever. So I think UB,
produ ci n g a new model , will

10

build on the respect and visibility of
the department."
Noting that program s like th e
''old" model of American st udies
have changed the academy in many
positive-.ways. Frisch thinks it is time.
anyway. for American studi es to
broaden itsstudcnt -fucultybaseand
develop stronger connections to the
university system itself.
" Like it or not , what was th ere
is no lo nger. We need to loo k to
the fu ture, to new models tha t will
serve existing needs and interests."
The model that is heing pursued,
one that was proposed by fom1er J'ro.
vost Thomas Headrick in his aca demic-planning document, t5 the establishment of a center for the study

of the Americas that would link related
cuJturaJ-studies: programs under an
interdisciplinary umbrella while keeping those programs anchored in departments. Such a renter, Frisch says.
if it has its own culture. pon of entry
and administrative funaion. would

suppon an expanded role for interdis·
ciplinary multicultural studi es of
this hemisp here.

"If well-planned," Frisch says,
•the center :.ovill offer new and
more s ubstantial opportunities to
institutionalize: the very principles
upon which the UB Department
of American Studies is based. It
so unds very, very exciting.''
Ke:rry G rant , dean of the C_.ol lege of Art s and Sciences, ac ·
knowledges that such a cen ter JS
expected to promote greater com munication and interdisciplinaq·
work among various programssome of them new-that m1gh t
fall under the rubric of ..AmerJcan
studies."
" It will embrace the stud y of the
history, literature, culture and arts
of the Americas, incl uding indig enous peoples of No rth . Central
and Sou th America, and of
Ca nada, different Latino and H1s
panic cultures and of Caribbean
peoples," G rant says. Interdiscipli nary s tudies are likely to mcl udc
co nversa tion among new fields of
mqUJry-&lt;ommunication and tn
formation studies, for mstance
UT he new model also ha~ tht•
advantage of doing this without
provoking the k.ind of departmen tal resistance common in the past,"
he says, noting that departments
co mpete for c red1t hours and
don 't a lways want their faculty
members teaching c ross - lis t ed
co ur ses- Ameri ca n s tud1 es '
co urses often are cross - li sted whose credit s accrue to anothn
department.
.. The center itself will not com
pete with departments for at"d lt hour attribution ."
Programs will be linked under
the center's "A meri can stud1e~ ·
umbrella ," G rant says, and offer
th e American studies degn."es th at
already are in place with a vam.•tv
o f interdisciplinary academJ( ('on
cent rations.
" If it 's going to be succe!lstul .'
Frisch adds, "the center nn.J.., a u m:

body of cour.;cs,

fucul ty-&lt;~ peoaU v

junior fucuhy membeni tt·achmg nut
side thrir career·track departmcnl..!
and the Hcxibilitytodesign co urse~ t•l
study that take advantage of the Jnlc._'f
e5ts and experiences of o lder and rt'
tunung students.." h n("('d,s to ofter dt·

grt'&lt;Slhat mdudcthepossihilltvof "'"'
and exatmg 1nterdisc1phnary worl.
he says. a nd . above all, mu!'&gt;t he
grou nded m Its own culture.
"It ISthehopcofaJJofusthat LIB '&gt;
m·w ven tures m this field w1LI not
JUSt delete Amen can stud1es. but n.•
tam .tnd build on the department 's
great strength. versatilitv and sense
of purpose." Fnsch says.

BrieBy
UB teams receive
multidisciplinary research grants
Fifteen faculty teams at UB w1th ex... ellent 1deas for ongtnal.
multJdJSC lplmary research have bet•n awarded grant~ totaling nearh
$300,000 by the untverSIIV. -,he grants . rangtng from $16.7 t;O to
$20,000, are part of a UB program , now m Its fifth vear, dl'sJgnt'd tn
provide seed fumhng for multJdJ~CJphnary pilot prole(. I'&gt; m nrder to
Improve the1r chances of Jllra,tmg extNnal support
Appli cations wert' evaluated hv expert rt v tcwer~ at other m\tJtu
t1ons a rou nd the wo rld who had no personal o r fi'nan c Jaltlt''&gt; tn tht
applicants. Proposals wnh the htghest ratmg!'&gt; were funded
Research proJects had to bt~ 1n dO Jrea central to L' R\ gr aduJt t·
educatiOn, research and pubill -'lervJ Ce goah "'pntal~.. t m &lt;ii u..krdiJ~ tn
was g tven to proposals that c rn:o.~t·d trad1t 10nal b"undanl'" tJ! J ,..,
unctJy different d1sctplmes .
The funded project s and thetr lead mvt&gt;~llgator ~ art'
• Magn etic Re-sonance lm agmg for Quant1tat1Ye Mea5url' mt'nt u l
Water Flow and Co ntaminant Transpor t 10 Fractured Hoclu, Mat
thew W. Becker, assista nt professor of geo logy
• Type 2 Diabetes and Non -Invasi ve Measures of Coronary Hean 1),,.
ease. Richard P. Donahue. professor of sooal and preventive med1cint'
• Function of Polymorph isms 1n Human ( ' YPIA I. IA2 and I Bl ,
Adam T. Drahushuk. resea rch assistant professor of pharmacolog"
and tOXICOlogy
• Controlled Release of An llmJcrobJal Prote1n~ fu)m ()raJ Ba!oot'J
Sol -Gel Silica G lass Monoliths, M1ra Edgert on , c!Jn Jcal a.ss1stant pro
fessor of restorative dent1stry
• The Public Casting of C:itJes. Frank Fantau77J , asMstant pro It·.,
sor of archuecture
• Shon -Chain Dehydmgcnases and Mctahohsm of Androgeru. anJ

Retinoids in the Prostate. Samuel Gallant. assoaatc professor of pathologY
• Hepatitis CVi rus lnfect1ons•n 1'-.gypt. John Hay, C..T. Fisher &lt;:hau
and professor and cha1r of the Department of M 1crobtology
• Theo retical Models of Hvdrogc:n · Bonded L1quJdS. Harrv K1ng.
professor of che m1stq·
• Virtu~] Analy~1s of Frank Llovd Wnght 's Martin House(_ om
plex, Jea n ·LaMa rche, assistant professor of architecture
• Effech of AJkylattng M1nor Croove Bmders o n DNA Repbla
li on. Thomas Melendy. asststant professor of m1crobJOiogy
• Photomcs C r ystals: A New Fron ll cr 111 Phoromc.:-. Matenals. Pard.'&gt;
Prasad. Sa muel P. Capen C ha1r and SUNY DJcamgu1:-.hed Profe ~ !&gt;or
m tht• Department of Chemtstr v
• Molecular Markers of Drug Action . Robert M !'ltrauhmger, a ~
.;,ncJate professor of pharmc~ceut1~o.S
• NM R and X ray C r ystallographv : ~vnergy JnJ I &gt;1fferrnu.· 1n
l;ramJCidln ~lructu re l)c lermJnaiJon ). Thoma.:-. ~zvpersk1 , a~)0\.1
Jte professo r of chemJstn·
• No1sc Induced Expre~s10n o f Inner l:.ar l,ene~ . R ThomJ'
Ta~art , n.•searl h d~SOCI&lt;lle prnk-.~or of &lt;.ommumcat1ve dJ.'iordt·r,
and sc 1 ence ~
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Cerman Torrt:~. ;J)!'.I'itant profe)'&gt;llr n f psvchologv

Medical rehabilitation
conference set for July
A conference on lntupretlng and understandmg the result!i ol mcxi1
cal rehabilitation and Its cost cffectJVen~ wtll be held Jul)' I i. 18 Ill lht·
Shera ton Inn Buffalo Airport . .2040 Walden Ave .. C heektowaga.
The conference 1s sponsored lw the Pepartment of. Rt.•hahllli ,J
t1on MedJCJOC 10 the ~chool of Mt·dKme and BIOmedical SCit'nlt''
h :atun-d speakrrs will mdude rehabilnauon -med1cme speoahsts from
~.enters across the U . ~ . •1nd from the LIB c,·ntcr for FunllJunaJ A!&gt;St"S!&gt;
mcnt Rt..-scJr(h JnJ tt!i affiha t(' , the U01torm Data 'w'itcm for MN11..al
Rt•hJbd JtatJon (l ' ()\m rl. whiCh drt' llllernatmnallt·adt•f' m lht• fidd
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hdli,JIIOil profe~~JonJb .tnJ ph\'SI31fi SIS , I ~ $42)
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'pt:akt'r Among tho~(' Jl!io makm~ prcscntat1om wtll ht·
• Helend Va lv,mnc- l'ommd,J. ~l:'lllor JdVJSOr. rh~O\.ldllon PI l 1n11
l:!&lt;oh Lo~o.al .tnd RegJonJl Authont•e.;,, Hd~J11k1. hn!JnJ
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Ill sc1ences: Anne Deutsch, rt::&lt;ot"an..h analvst for L10)nH. Jnd \Jmut·l
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Projects
Workers pouring concrete,
erecting scaffolding and
moving steel girders into
place are part of a busy
scene this summer at UB.
The North Campus is a
whirl of construction
activity, including comc•leti011
of work o n Hadley Village,
installation of new bleachers in
UB Stadium that will expand the seating
to 30,000 and rehab work on many older
buildings. Shown at right are few of
the construction sites on which faculty,
staff and summer students have been
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Survey ofUB grads reveals student job success

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Report on Oass of1997 shows 80 percent ofjob hunters found oork within six months
By MAliA McGINNIS
News Services Editorial Assistant

A

recent survey of UB

graduates has fo~J,nd
that about 96 percent
of graduates of the
Class of 1997 responding to the
survey reside in New York State

and 80 percent who sought em ployment secu red jobs within six
months of grad uation.
Conducted by the Office of Career Planning and Placement. the
st udy was the first in more than
25 years on the post -graduation
activities of UB degree recipients.
It surveyed 4,863 graduates from
the Class of 1997 residing in the
United States in the summer of
1998--one year after graduation.
Of those su rveyed, 3,000 were
bachelor's-degree recipients and
1.864 had received graduate and
professional degrees. The response
rate was 41 percent.
The median starting salary for
bachelor's-degrec recipients in the
Class of 1997 was between $30,000
a nd $35,000, according to th e
study, which also reported "no statistically sign ifica nt difference in

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salary between genders." The median salary for graduate and professional-degree recipienu was in
the $35,000-$40,000 range.
.. For the first time in recent history, we have some hard data to
bolster our anecdo t~l evidence
that stu dents are successful in
both their employment and pursuit of further education. This in formation will help our career
counselors and academic advisors
as they work with students who
are uncertain about how different
degrees can be pract ically applied," said Dan Ryan. director of
career planning and placement.
Approximately 96 pe rcent o f
respondents were New York State
residents, while 3.9 percent lived
outside of New York, with the larges t number residing in North
Carolina. New Jersey and Florida.
The study also revealed that most
graduates were working in a position
related to their field of study at UB.
Of the graduates with bachelor's degrees working full time, 53.4 percent considered thei r position
closely related to their academic
preparation, while 28.2 percenr

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and 18.4 percent considered their
position unrelated to their academic preparation.
"We also intend to usc the data
to measure ou r effectiveness as an
office, adding new programs
where needed, and marketing our
se rvi~ to students in those ma jors who have not fully utilized
our services,.. added Ryan.
UB resources were reported as
the most useful to graduates in their
job search, fo llowed by want -ads.
networking with family and friends.
employment agencies, direct mail to
employers, professional associa tions and the lntemet.

The study also found that one year
after graduation, 96.8 percmt of un-

dergraduate~ recipients wm:
working full time or were enrolled
in graduate or professional programs. with 68.3 percmt employa:l
and 285 percmt going to school
About 33 pcr=&gt;t of working respondents found their jobs within
one month of graduation, while
about 60 percent found their position within three months, according to the study. About 26 per&amp;nt
relocated for their current position.
The highest percentage of employed respondents-36.9 percent-reported working for com panies or institutions with more
than 1,000 employees.
Results from the study also
found that abput half of working
undergraduate-degree recipients
believe that they likely would earn
a n advanced degree at some point
in the future.
Ryan said the Office of Career
Planning and Pla«!ment intends to
survey a smaller sample of graduates in 2000 to establish trending
data, and then the full populatio n
of graduates again in 2001.

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VIolators who Ignore warnings will be ticketed

Driving on lawns, sidewalks: it's a no-no

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otorists wh o drive
on si dewalks a nd
park in unauth o rized areas, esp ecially on grassy areas surrounding
the South Campus, may be ticketed by Public Safety officers, who
began issuing warnings to offend ers th is month.
Considerable damage has been
caused to lawns and otha areas by
service vehicles, state vehicles and
deli.,rytrucks.as well as by motorists with special permits who fail to
use the parking spots provided for

them, according to John Grela, di rector of public safety. Grela said be
will notify department heads when
vehicles continue to park ln unauthorized areas. Two types of tickets
will be issued, depending on the severity of the offense-campus parking tickets at SIS or New York State
s ummon~ for moving violations,
for which the motorist can be as sessed up to $50.
In a rece nt memo , Senior
Vice President Robert J. Wagner
nou~ cJ..that UB is taking steps to
improve the appea r ance of

grounds o n the South Cam pus as
part of a growing need to focus
on the recru itment and retention
of students , faculty and staff.
O ne of those steps will be to reduce th e ainount o f damag e
ca used by veh icles being driven
on sidewalks, Wagne r said.
ln order to facilitate better access
to buildings. a number of improvements have been made, including
widening of sidewalks in a number
of locations, adding more parking
spaces adjacent to buildings and
creating parking spaces reserved for

UB service vehicles o nly.
A map of the So uth Campus
that o utlines service routes and
special parking areas, includin g
patient and handicapped parkin g.
loading zones , area s for tho se
with state and vendor service per·
mits and those for state vehicles
only. can be downloaded from the
University Facilities Web site at

&lt;http://wlngs .buffolo.edu /
set'Yices/foc/ &gt;. Click on "what's
new .. and then click on "campus
driving restrictions'" to find the article with the map.·

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First major study to look at relationship

Study finds gwn disease-stroke link
8Y LOIS IIAKU
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T

he first national popula·
tion-basedrohortstudyof
periodontal disease and
cerebrovascular disease,
conducted by UB researchers. has
shown that pcopl&lt; with """"" gum
disease are twice as likdy to have the
typ&lt; of stroke caused by bloclo:d arteries than thO« with w:xxt oral health.
The relationship of gum disease
and stroke was stronger"""" than the
link between gum disease and heBrt
disease. said lead author Tiejian Wu,
research assistant professor in the Department of Social and Puventive
Medicine in the School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences.

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been a few other very-limited studies.
the number of subjects was smaU
and was drawn from reslrictcd popu·
ons. This study also lool&lt;cd at subups--men, women, blacks and
,q,.bJad&lt;s. Periodontal disease was associated with an ina-eased risk for cerebrovascular disease in all groups."

Maurizio Trevisan, professor and
&lt;hair of the Department of Social and
Preventive Medicine and the study's
oo-author, said: "While more studies
are needed for a rond~ statement

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about the ca~and-dfea 3s.sociation, the consistmcy rf the findings
in difkrmt ~and racial groups.
and thestreng!hoftheassociation be""""- duonic axxlitions preva·
lent in the adult population may have
important implications for individual
and public health."
The study cohort was comprised
of9,962 adults from ages 25-75 who
took part in the first National Health
and Nutrition Examination Survey
(NHANES!)conductedfrom 1972·
74 and its follow-up. which was com·
pletcd in 1992.
Respand&lt;nts' oral health was categorized as no periodontal disease. gingivitis, periodontitis or toothless. based
on information collected during
NHANES I. Gingivitis, an inflammation of the gums. ~ a relativdy mild
form of periodontal disease. Ptriodontitis an infection of the gums. mem·

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Dehydration aggravates
exercise-induced asthma

If •thletes from elite to nov1ce needed yt1 another rason to dnnk
pl~nty

of Ouid.s during exercise, a new st udy by UB aerci.st sacntasts
provides it Their research shows that dehydration may induce bronchospasm even before exercise and makt- eurcist-induced asthma worse
"'The message continues to be. 'Drink Huids whenever yoo
gd the chance.'" said Frank Cerny, associate professor and
&lt;hair of the Department of Physical Therapy, Exercise and
Nutrition Sciences m the School of Health Rdatcd Profe.
sions. "If yoo have asthma. deh)dration may make n ""rse.
partirularly durmg excrase."
Cerny said ex&lt;rCIS&lt;'-mduccd asthma probably ~ caused

br.lnes at the bose rf the teeth and the
by heat and wat&lt;T loss from the airways. "By dehydraung
~ lxine. is a severe fonn and
)'OW'df, the airways also become dehydrated," he noted.
isthemajo&lt;causerfloothkm in adults.
Asthma is a major health problem m the U.S.. with experts plaang the
Cerebrovascular-disease events
incidence among children as high as 40 percent. Cerny said 80-90 percent
were confinned in the foUow-up
of asthma sufferm experience eurase-mduccd bronchospasm. and that
survey through hospital records and
about I 0 percmt of elite athletes have the oondition.
death certificates.
In their current study, UB researchers put eight persons between the ago
R&lt;sults showod that periodontitis
of 19 and 29 with exercise-1nduccd asthma. and eight persons of sunilar age
~a significant and independent risk
without the oondition, through SIX minutes of high-intensity &lt;=rase on a
filctor for developing =broYascular
cycle ergometer and/or treadmill. Each person's forced vital capacity-the
events and for non-hemorrhagic
volume of air blown out in one second (FEV 1 )--was measured before and
~olblood flow to the brain
alia exercise. both when fully bydrated and alia 24 bour&gt; without HUids.
due to a blod&lt;a!le rather than a burst
Results showed that among the non -asthmatics. hydration status had
..,...;. P!:riodontitis was a=ciated with
no dfect on the FEY 1 before, during o r after oercise. However, the FEV
a two-fold increase in non-hemor·
of the asthlnatics was significant1y lower, both before and after or:ra.se,
rilagic stro1&lt;e risk. The study found no
when they were dehydrated, compared to their respiratory performance
ao;oociarion ~periodontal disease
when completely hydrated.
and hemorrhagic strol&lt;e or l1A.
~ found that the rate of resprratory decline remamed the same
Wu said periodontaJ di sease is
in the asthmatics during c:xm::ise, regardless of their state of bydration. but
thought to increase the risk of stroke
they started out with I= capadty when they were deh)drated. Cerny saxl.
in much the same way it increases the
Paula Maxwell, a doctoral student in the Department rf Physical Therapy.
risk ofhean attad&lt;. "Baruria. endoExt:rcise and Nutrition Saenccs. was the lead researcher on this study.
toxins and other bacterial products
from gum pod«1s enter the circula- 1
tion and may promote an infiamma.
tory response. causing cdls to proliferate in the blood vessds and the liver
Met recove1ng from a ' - t attack who are at the highest risk of a second
to increase production of cloning fac ·
artack-und thw wouJd benefit ~ from a KlSCientious participauon m an
tors. Bacteria may also attack th(' vcs
exm;ise program--&lt;11'&lt; the least likdy to do so, a UB study has found.
sd lining and darnag&lt;endothdial cdls.
Rt:sults of the study showed that hean-attack survivors who were least likdy
"Further,~ periodontal pathoto tak&lt; pan in a prescribed
rehabilitation program tended to be CNer
IJ"1SC3n induceplarelet~and
weight. have high cholesterol and triglycmde levds, and smol« tobacm.
maypromoteplaqueformationthatcan
"The dropout rate in cardiac rehabilitation ~ a huge problem." saKI Joan
cause blockages and dotting." he sax!.
Dom. assistant professor of social and preventive medicine in the School of
Medionc and Biomedical Sciences and lead author on the study. "We found
that the people who were at the most risk """' the ones who attended lea.&lt;C
The """"-l'Ch 1nvoM.od 308 of the 65 I participants in the National Exerose
and Heart Disease ProJt'Cl i NEHDP I. a three-)'!'IT dinical trial conducted m
the U5. from 1976-7'l. des.gncd to determine if a structured exemse pm
gram could unprove long-term survwal. John P. Naughton, professor of medl
ane and fonner dean of the UB medical &gt;Cbool. directed the trial.
Part1opants in th~ study, all m&lt;-n lx1WI.'l-n the ages of )()and 64. random!)'
wt.~ asslgnt&gt;d to take part in a st nu.1ured carchac-n...ilahilitattoo exercise program. Thi&lt;i "treauncnt" group first ext.-rrued ror eight weeks in a laboratorv
semng and then began the full rchabil1tauon progr.ml. mvolving joggmg,
,:vding or swimming at a targetOO ht'at1 mte thrtt tunes a week.
Dom found that men With a h1gher work capaoty. h1gher peak hean rate,
and h1gher HDI were more likely tn stay With the exemse progrant. Th&lt;,•
al"' tended to he older than thO&gt;&lt; who dropped out of the program. ThO&gt;C
who stopped CXl"TOSing were morr likdy to IJC.ovcrwcighL have higher total

Dropouts in cardiac rehab
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Exercise may prevent diabetes

Leisure-time physical activity also may protect heart, study says
a., LOIS BAilEil
News SeMces Editor

G

ett in g off t he co uch
and on to th e jogging
path, or the bicycle, o r

th e treAdmill after
work may help prevent diabetes, a
new UB st udy has shown .
Lead au thor Jian Liu, a doctoral
st udent in epidemiology in the Department of Social and Preve ntive
Medici ne, reported th at physical
activity carried out during leisu.retime, but not at work, was associ ated With a lower incidence of in sulin-resistance syndrome , a precursor of diabetes mellitus.

Since leisure-time physical activity
~thought to hdp protect against heart
disease, and insulin resistance is a risk
factor for heart disease. Liu said the
ability oflcisure activity to lower insu·
lin resistan&lt;r may be the mechanism
hy which c:xm::ise protects the hean.
"The important message from
thi s stud y is that a sedentar y
lifestyle is not healthy," Liu said.

"Being active promotes good health
in many ways. Lowering insulin re sistance is one more benefit."
Insulin-resistance syndrome de -

saibesadusterrf metlbolicabnonnalilies--lligh blood pressure. high trigl,.,:erides. high gluaJ&lt;e and low HDI.rthat causecdls in the intestinal lining to

resist the absorption of insulin.
1bis study involved data from
7,485 men and 5.856 ""men between the ages of 20 and 69 from
the Risk Factors and Life Expect·
ancyStudyconducted in Italy be""""' 1978~7. As part of the
initial data gathering. participantswereasked to rate their
activity level during work
and leis ure as sed entar y,

Lholest&lt;.ml and tnglycende.., and a h1g.hcr dt'PfCSSlOn SI."'re. Dom
findings may incLcate that this program asked too much, too SlXln

moderate. heavyorveryheavy.
Existence of insuJin resis- •
tance syndrome was determined from blood-pressure readings and analysis
of blood samples taken at
the beginning of the study.
Rt:sultsshowed thatpreva·
lcn&lt;r of the syndrome was

~1 .9 penmt--&lt;lXTlJ"''&lt;dto

3.8 penmt among sedentary"""""'·
Liu said the study implicates insulin
resistance as a potcntiaJ link between

the

Study finds no link between
male fertility, testicular cancer

lower in both men and
women who"""' active dur-

ing their leisure time. but work
activity appeared to haYe nodfea.
Amongthe!Tlffi,thepertmlil!Poftha.e
having the syndnrne jumped from 1.8
percmt in the heavy-lcisure-aaivitygroup
to 35 penmt in the sOOentary group.
Among women, thO« in the moderardyactive-Jeisure..timecategory had the
lowest prevalen&lt;r of insulin-resistanc&lt;

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the benefiaaJ eflt:'\_1..." ol leL.;:un·
t1me act1vtty on comnary hean
disease risk. and that leisun-Umespen t
in sedentary p un.wts 1.'&gt; an mdepcn ·

dent risk factor for msulin -resLStanet·
syndrome. Researchers are not sun•
why work act.Mry didn't show a 51m1

lar relationship. he said.

"Peffiapstheaaivitypooplepursue
outssdeof work is mon- vigorous. even
if they haw physically active jobs." I.Ju
speculated. " We don't know the an
swcr to this question."

A new UB study has shown that th&lt;' eventual dt"'Ydopmmt of tOlh.l.!lar
cancer appears to have no efft'Ct on tht.' ability or these men to fathc:r ..:hildn:n
pnor to di.agr1n.sL'- Saentists had Spel"Uiated that tesocular canccr mJ' ht·
miriatl'd by some event that ocm~ during the male chikl'!i dt"vdopment 111
the ut~srud lead author julte Bakcr.a graduate studcnttn the lk-,annlt'lll
llr Soaal and l&gt;m"CCltive Med.tane 1n tht•School ofMed.iane J.nd S.omed•L..J.l
~encn.. If that were the GlSe, she S3.ld, men who Jt"Vdop the di.St."aS(" l.ut'T 111
h.ft' could have trouble futhenng childn...--n m the mtmm.
In a study oompanng fertility pall&lt;.TI\5 m men wtth teooocular l..o1.1lu'l .md
nonhormonal cancers. Bakt..-r reported no such rclauonshtp. "llus should ~­
a bit of comforting news for men 10 theu reproductiw yean.." saHJ !Mkn
"Not only did we find no rdationsh1p betwet_'fl rcrtility and a suhst."qllt-rlt
diagnosis or testicular cancer, mel\ with fhe cf.L.;ease had n10f'l' children I }0

average prior to diagnos~ than controls: 2.3 compared to I.!."
'Jbe srudy in~ 129 men wtth m nfirmed testirular canu.-r ....n(, . . '-·n·
matched by age IO men with canCl"no or nonhormonaJ ongm--4an, iu n~.
colon, rectal and head/nt."Ck--who formed the control group. Jl3rui...1p..·ml\
were seen at Roswell Park Cancer lnslltut&lt;' from 1981-98.

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Brid e

Buil~ers

B RIEFL'\'

Eugi -"rig's. bridgebuilding team is shown
with "Spread Eagle,"
their~ in the
National Steel Bridge
Competition held
recently in Anchorage,
AlaSka. Although the
UB entry didn't win,
it received praise for
aesthetics and
presentation.

Awards rfcognize service_excellence projects

T

he Division of Univmity
Servias presmttd its 1998
So-via Elrali&lt;oce Awards
on May 25 at a aemnony

intheClnterfirTomonow.~­

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ing llnivmityServias&lt;mplcl)us..bo
have undcr1akm initiatives that ad·
vana:thedivisioo's..ru..ion to provide
higb-&lt;Juality 5ervia in an dfec:tive, t:f.
ficicnt and mvironmmtally responsible manJ1« that wiD enable the Wlivmity to meel its teaching. research
and public-servia mis.siaos.
T"" catqlpries of projects ,..... meogniud: Jarso-scale and limited-scale.
1i:ams """"' nominattd fir oomplaing projects or activities that ilDpro.e
the qUality rf servi&lt;z rf one or more
units by improving dlicienq or produclivity,saving timeormoney,reduc·
ing bwauaacy, meeling specific customer needs and improving staff morale. oooperation and understanding.
Sp&lt;cial a&gt;nsider.llion was ~ to
projects that resulted from a
benchmarking process, used crossfundional t£ams, d&lt;monstratecl a"""
31M use of ttdmclogy, impn:Md the
culture or climate of a unit as a whale
or made a significant impact oo the
univmity's customers.
The~ Project md Project
SQ\R tied fir first pla&lt;z
scale proj&lt;m. 'fhe&lt;.¥r.uies l'rujocl'ftUl
~fir the aeatim tt newar"" fir~ study. res&lt;arth and
learning 00 theoeoood and thUd floor.;

ommg.

tt~ 1.i:nry, the

first floor tt

J&gt;Oicgj\~Educabonand

tbe~linryanltbetbid
floartttheSc:ien&lt;zand~[j.

Student Finana:s and Rmlnk.
The WBFO 'limmlilkr Upgndo
and the UB Cllmdor tt Ewmb tied

brary. The projc&lt;1 inYclwd ~
and &gt;Yirq pll)'ical facilitirs, ~
and instilling~ and open
porU, inslalling network scrvica and
~irand~inltrudimal

and ta:lmical-support ..mas.
Participoots indud&lt;dstafffiom the
Univmity l..ibraries, Computing and
lnfonnation 10chnology, the Gr.dlate School of Education, the College
of Arts and Scien=, the ()ftia, of the
ProYoot, the Oflicr of the Va l'nMlot
fir Educatiooal Tedmology, UnMrsity Facilities, l.Jnd&lt;rgraduate Education, the J)q&gt;arttnmt of Computer
Scieocr and Engineering. ~
ment Services, l.1oM!isity Serviasllnfirmation Tedmology, the Oflicr of
the Senior Va Prosidt.nt for UnMrsity~Millard FillmoreCollegr,
the School of Archito:ture and Planning. and the Oflicr of the V~ee fusident for Health Afl3irs.
ProjoctSO\R--Studmt Online!v:to R=rd&gt;-wcn ~fir
the ~ and mot-saving W:b-basod
sy.;tanthatallcl.sstudmtstoaazsstheir

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infurmation,sdxdulrs, UB~AJJ­
dit ~~ ~) rqxxts,
ciC., fiom anywhere in the ..aid~

astandan:lw.h"""'Participants included staff from
Computing and Infurmation Tech-

nseaJDd.pla&lt;zhooonommgJarsoscale projects. The W1IR) Thtnsmittor Upgrade indud&lt;d the inlrallolion
ofa D&lt;Wtransmitterandantmoathat
allowod UB's nolioool.,.mlic radio Slation to more than double its broadca&lt;tpowerandestmdservi&lt;ztoa new
population tt about 100,000 people
in Erie, N'"'1!U3and Geneseemunties
and So¢l&lt;m Ontario.
Participants included staff from
WBRl. UniYenityFacilities,theScbool
of~ and Applied Scienas,
and l'loamm:nl Servicrs.
TheOnliDe UB Cllmdortt&amp;mb
Project produa:d UB's first Willi""'
hmsi&gt;.e, uniYenity-wide ...-. calendar. The inslandy scartbable c:almdar,
~24bowsaday,......,daysa

""""to all mernbcn of the UB oommunit)l prtMdes instant inixmalion
that can be idmtifi&lt;d by-*, day or
mooth.lnilnnalionisa&gt;lmdbymore
than 240....,. fiomaaoss the uniYersity on a W:b-basodSIDni!oioo form.
Participonts indudod staff fiom the
OfliceotP\tiicolions,tbeOfliceciNews
Sevicesand~andloiJrma..

tion 'lldloaklgy
ll&gt;&lt;Focililiesl'lonningondDaiip
JniJnmlionSyllrmtiod,filrfirst placr
in limited-scale projects with the
OnlineTJmeShedsl?rojea. TheW:!&gt;-

bosed fac!lib&lt;s Planning and Desitln
Infunnatioo System, which makes
poosible ...... distriJutioo oCbuilding
andprojectinixmillion,wasclesignod
to...,.. &lt;lJSIDm&lt;n more dficiently.
Participontsindu&lt;!&lt;dstafffiom the .
()ftia, tt the l'nMlot and UnMrsity
Facilities.
Tbe&lt;lolft'Ilme9&gt;oolsl'rojoctampuaimlamaouolplDCI!S.savirlgtime

31\d dbt.Mm!Nyand 1:»-...atytme
slmsil&lt;fill..timeprobi&lt;nlandd&amp;sified..service aDJllol- tt UniYenity
Facilitiesnow...,~online.

Participants included staff from
UnMrsity Facilities.
1Wonew5yllrm Collllw:tsir)onitoriols..,piosandl'lumbiasS..,....
tied b 5&lt;allld placr in limiled-scale
projectswmExpalilodMIIilom-y.
The new system alll1r.ldS provide a
primary, one-stop Y&lt;Ddor baD Univmity Facilities' needs "' plumbing
and janitorial supplies at a CXII!IPdi·
rive price, with ddiYery within 48
bows. The S)'SimiS eliminate poporworlc and prcxzsoing time.
Participants included staff from
University Facilities and Procurement Services.
The Expedited Mail Delivuy
Project developed. a coordinated
plan for fast transport and deiMry
or university federal mailings to the
u. s. Postal Service.
ParticipootsindudodSilllffioml'rim
and~ Sevices and Campus Mail.

Photo exhibit tells moving story of hospice
By PAT111CJA DONOVAN
New$ Services Editor

( ( M y generation or

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Americans never
learned toropev&lt;ry
well with death..."
So begins a catalog essay that accompanies the remarkable and moving
aposition. "Hoopia:A Photographic
Inquiry," 00 display through July 25
in the UB An Gallery in the Clnter
for the Arts on the Norih Campus
The exhibit, which features the
work or such nationally regarded
photographen as Nan Goldin and
Sally Mann. originated at the
Corcoran Gallery ofAn in Washing·
ton, D.C., in 1992, and has toured
the country for the past six yean.
The show is free or charge and
open to the public. Gallery hours are
10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays

through Saturdays, and noon to 5
p.m. Sundays. For more information, call the gallery at 645-6912.
The National Hoopice Foundation conc:tived the project as a way
to expand public understanding or
the power and importana or hospice care. The insights shared byexlubitors, who include some of the
country's most sensitive artists and
writers, is born of their immersion
into hospice and the people it
~dyingandtheirfiunilies.

David Levy, president and direc·
tor of the Corcoran, praises "'the
gifted photographers who accepted
this creative challenge to achi..., a
level or communication and meaning that only an makes possible."
Mann, Goldin, )an Goldberg,
Jack Radcliffe and Kathy Varga.sthe major contributors to the

eXhibit's visual aspect~t hundredsofhourswithdyingindividuals and their familid in order that
they speak in their own voices or
\heir'experiences on what Levy calls
one oflife's"most difficult and emotionally treacherous journeys."
ThOrpbotosarejoinod by essays by
Marilyn Webb and noted photographicsddar )ane~inter­
vicws by Philip Broolanan and stilk
from a film by $usan Froemke,
Debonh Dicbonand.Ai&gt;en Maysles.
In their presentations. neither
photographer~ nor writers put a
gloss on the dying process. Although some images. Mann's in
particular, are metaphoric-and
no less powerful for that-most
subjects are presented directly and
con=tely.
The sensitivity and tenderness or

photographen, writen, caretal&lt;en
and patients in the &amp;a or in=r1lble
loss are oftm unexpected, astonishing and revealing. Audrey Hill, a 59year-old ""man, was dying or met!·
static cervical cancer. Her son reponed at the time: "She's said that,
except for the fact that she is dying.

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this has been the most torrific time

of her lik." One or her caretakers
called Audrey's death •a birthing."
The exhibit is sponsored in Bu1&amp;lo
by the UB An Gallery, the Marks
Family Foundation and the Clntor
fir Hoopicr and PalliatM Care. The
exhibition hrochuno will be in En·
glish-andSpanish-language-.ions
and the show wiD beocxompanied by
a number of educaticmalevents.

�June Zl. 1999Nol30.No 34

A Chemlc•l fnglneertng Symposium In honor of Eli Ruck.t:mtem .

Myroslaw Hreshchyshyn, 71, professor of
gynecology-obstetrics, social and preventive medicine
A funer•lllturgy w•s offered May 29 in St.
Hospital, Millard Fillmorr Hospital and the ~n··
Nicholas Ukrainian Ca tholic C hurch for
County MedkaJ Center until 1996. HI.' oversaw the.·
Myroslaw M. Hreshchyshyn , 71. professor of
Reproductive Endocrinology&lt;:Cntt·r. v..tuch ''run
gynccoll,gy·obstetrics, and professor of social
bytheUilmedicalschooland Children's lluspn"l
and prevcnttvc medicine 111 the School ofMcdi·
llle author or co-author of more 1.h.m 125 .tr
Lmc and Biomedical Scienct.."). Hrt.'S hchyshyn
tides in professional pumak, Hreshchyshyn w~
dtcd Mar 24 10 Lviv, Ukrame, where he was
internationally n."C..gguzcd for lus research on an
workmg on a gync..:ology and obstetric" t l'X1· HRUHCHVSHYH cersof the female rq&gt;roductave system.
hook to he published there.
He helped initiate, and served as a consultant to, the
A native of Kovcl (Volya) Ukramc, Hreshchyshyn
USAJDAmerican lnumational Hcald1AIIiana: Medical Part
rt.'l.':etwd hl!lnu:-d•ul dL'gTt."C from J.W. (;oethe Unt \'\'T·
tK'I&gt;hips l'mgram. which exdlange; medical personnel and
,,1\ mh.mkfurt , (;crman)',m 1~51.
mfonnationbctwxnt"&lt;&gt;hoopitll&lt;inb&lt;ivandMillardfillmore
Hl·...-amc to Buffalo m 1':157tuscrveasa fellow mdlc1no· H""'~tal. He was an ~tor with the National Institute.
tht.-r-Jpy at Roswell Park Cancer InsLJtutc,Joining the UB of Health-funded Women's Health Initiative at VB.
medical sdlool faculty in 1962. After rismg through the ranks
1-lreshchyshyn was a fellow of the American College of
•L' ass~1ant and associate profcssor. llrcshchyshyn lx.'CllllC a
Obsterrics and Gynecology, founding chair of the Gynecofull pmfcssor in 1970. He served as chalf of the Department logic Oncology Group from 1971 -75 and president of the
of Gynecology-Obstetric; from 1982-96and also headed its Buffulo Gyncoologic and Obsterric Society from I m-78. A
l)rvi.sion of Gyncoologic Oncology from 1972-86.
member ofmore than 20 professional associations and sociHreshchyshyn also headed the gynecology and obstet· &lt;'lies. he contnbuted 10 rnaily civic and educational org&gt;nt·
ncs departments at Children's Hospital, lluffulo General zations. especia11y in the UkrainLan-Americtn community.

Milton S. Carlin, 85, editor, News Services writer
Funeral services were held May 29 in Lester
H . Wt&gt;dekindt Funeral Home. Kenmore , for
M lit on S. Ca rlin , 85, who had worked as a
pan -time writer and editorial ass istant (or
UB News Se rvices for 10 years after his retirement as c ity edi tor of th e Tonawanda
Nc1'S. Carlin died May 27 in Millard Fillmore
H spita l after a short illness.
CAllUM
: oulin. who was th e first student to receive
a J urnalism degree from Bethany College in
Beth-a y. W.Va., in 1936, went on to a ca reer that in cluded orking on the radio desk fo r the United Press
wi re ser icc in Buffalo and New York City. He joined
the rival 1Associa ted Press as 3 writer and editor in
1940. working in Buffalo. Syracuse: and Albany.
His career at the Associated Press wJS mtcrrupted by
World War II, when he served in the Army Corps of
Engi neers in North Africa and Sicily, receiving the
Bronze Star and the Purple Hean. Carlin then became
d1ief copy editor for Army public relations in London.

He left the Associated Press in 1953 to become copy editor and assistant state editor
at the Syracuse Post-Srcmdartl. In 1957. he
joined the Tonawanda Nt•ws, becoming tele graph edi tor and swing editor befo re being
named city editor. \o\'hile there, he also taught
news writing courses at Buffalo State College
and Medaille College. After he retired in 1977,
Ca rlin also worked part time as a co py edi tor on the former Buffalo Couner-Express.
Ca rlin was honored by th e Bethan y Co llege
Alumni Associa tion in 1986 fo r outstanding achievement in journalism. He al so won several Buffalo
Newspaper Guild Page One awards for headline writ Ing. Judges in tht· 1996 NYSUT Jo urnalism Awards
co mpetition singled out Ca rlin 's column when the y
gave an award for ou tstandin g writing to The Act we
Re11ree. a publi ca tion for union retirees. Ca rlin was
3 charter member of the Greater Buffalo Pre s~. Ra·
di o and Television Association.

Francis J. Clifford, 86, professor emeritus of anatomy
A Memorial Mass was held May 22 m St. Patrick's
Church , Lad-port, for Francis ). Clifford, 86. who wa~
professor emeri tus of anatomy at th e UB School of
Mcdjcine and Biomedical Sciences and a fo m1er Niagara
County commissioner of health. Clifford, a 1942 gradu ote of the VB medical school, died Ma)' 17 in Lockport
Memorial Hospital after a lengthy iiJn css.
He was a general practitioner in Lockpo rt from 1953·

i3 Jnd was Niagara C...ounty health commbMoncr from
1973 until his retirement in 1983.
Oiffotd served twi&lt;r as an Army physician. I)uring 1\brld
War U, he was st:ttioned in Northern Europe with the 83rd
Infantry Division and \\13Sordcrcd to ac:ti\&gt;t:duty awUn during
the earl)' 1950s,servingat Thule Air Forcr Bas&lt; in Gn."lland
Clifford was a fellow of the Ro)"'l Soci&lt;l)' of Health
111 England and o f the American Colk-gl' ol Surgeom..

..,l i ~Y

I h't 1ngu1shcd Prof~..,or m tht Department of ChemKal F.n~1
wa!&gt; hdd June I H 19 Ill the ( £nter for the Ar~. 'J&gt;Oil~lrl.J h'
l ' H. thl' I kpartment of&lt;..ht'lllltJ.!I-ng.meenng.Jnd the 'xhool of l-n~1
nc:c:nng.md Apphcd 'xlt'llll'~.thc .;;ymposiUm rt'Loglllll~ Ruckcn . . tem.,
Larcer.~.ontrlhutlllll' .111J JLhlt'\'f'lllcnt..,on thenu•.:bton ofh1' rUL'I\'111}!
the 1~K N.tllonal f'okdal ol 'x tt·n~.e Hu.:l..cnstem reLelvcJ tht' J\,,mJ
last mlmth dunng J \\1ull' I lou ....· H'rl'lllllll\ hu~tcd lw Prt~1dcnt ( .lmtt •11
~vmpo.., I Uill 'll('fll.....·r.. Wt.'fl' lohn I . Andtofli:m. profeswr .md dt"Jn of
{ :arn'-1Pl' Jn.,tnull' ul l cthnolt~'· t ..Irnt.:'gJl' Mellon l 'lli\-Cf'\11\'; Hmhtrd
BrcnnL·r. WiliJrd II I lo'' Pmk,•;cn, ~t.L...••.J(hU!K't~ lru.tltUtl' ol 'kchnol
Ol't'nn~.

Ob')': I-_)Jilll'\ I )a\'1''1, prok'"'lft 1! thl'llllwil'ngnlL't'rmg. L'm\'l'r.ll\ of \\'.bh

mgt on; !,_thin L . lkhenL.Jclll.&lt; l.t'-'''' 19:;(1, Prote~.\o(•r 111 lnguwcnng .md
AppUcd XtellCl' and (h31r nl the I kpJrtmcni 11f ( :llt..'lllJWI t · n~llll'l'fl ll)! .
Pnncctun UmVtTStty; Murton ~I I knn. prok~1r and p.c.t ..:h.;ur ol tht
Department ofChemh...JII-ngmL"l'TIIl)!. l'niVl'rMiv uf ( ..1htom1J,Ikr~dl·\
Also, J)enm~ L. Pru.·n:·. ( ,ulf Prc•ft-..,.,or nf ( 'hl'llltt..al I ll!!llll'l' TIIl ~.
Carnqpt· -Mdlnn Untvcr~nv; W I l.mnon RJ\ , \ ·,J.t., Rl-..t~.trJl Prok,•.ul
Um\·crMtY ofWiscc)ll.)ln ·ll.t.tdl"m: '\t.mb I \.mdll'r. Hcnn 1\clnl JuPtlfll
Profe~.)lH uf Chl'lll l ~t n and Blot..hl•mt,tn. L101\'l'r'tl) ol J&gt;d.m.:trl·
Ashutosh ~harma, Profl's~Jr 1..1f ( "ht'ml~.-.tl 1:-.nganccrmg. lndtan ln ..tllull
of Technology, Kanpur. India, and Ralph T. Yang, profc:,.sor .md Lhatr ul
the Depa rtment of Chc."flltcal Enginecnng, UmverSif)' of M1Ch1gan . .ami
fo rmer chair of the UB llep.trtment of t:hem1cal fJ1gtnccnng.

EMBA program graduates 19 III
Ninet een business people have graduated from the l:.xet..utl' l'

MBA (E MBA I program in the School of Management. The gradu ·
atcs complet ed an intensivr 22-mon th curn culum des1gneJ for
highl y experienced manage rs who " 'Ish to develop expertise Ill com plex management skills. The UB EMBA program is one ol I :.o ,,~,.
credited programs worldw1de and 1:. th e on ly one m We:.a·rn NL·w
York. More than 125 Western New York exec uti ves havt· graduated
from the program s1nce its establishment Ill 1994.
The graduates arr Karen Adams. vice pres1dent and collateral examtru
tion manager, HSBC; Timoth)' Balkin, dir&lt;Ctor of financial planmng and
analysis, Moog; loscph llell. product-tine manager, Moog; James Busser,
regional account manager. Conrail; Michael Casseri,district manager, W.V•l.
Gnoinboer; Mary Ann Deb, associate professor of nur.;ing, Trocairc College;
Mark Hall, reliability engmeer, Dow Coming; Sally Haughey, controller.
Bechtel &amp;1tis; Vaseen1 Iqbal, pediatnc radiologist. Medical Partners of\'VNY.
and Kath)' Kubiak, program manager. ACfS Testing Labs.
Also. Michael Rataja.ak. tech nologv center director, Moog; Dolorb
Rugg, \'ICC prestdcnt (o r human rcsou rc~. Eldcrwood Affiliates; RJvr
Rungta , st.i.ff engin eer. Delph1 Harnson Thermal Systems; Douglas
Scheid, principal, Scheid Architectural; William Scnif, director of sales
and markctmg. Reid P«.&gt; troleum Corp.; Donald Sci12. senior finanaal
analyst. Moog; Zs01.sanna Snow. audit project leader. Xerox Corp.; Otnstopher Tzetw.dmx tor of marketing, T7.ct7.o Bros.. and Mehssa Wikman.
manager of accou nt market mg. Fisher-Price.
For morr mtormat1on abo ut the Exc:cutiw MBA program. call
64S 3100 nr "I Sit the School of Mana~ement \Veb site at &lt; http:/ I
www.mgt .buffalo.edu :&gt;.

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prood1 that was takt..·n in the restorn uon of the university's centrnl anail
scrvice. cxaminethecentralcmail sr~­

Brian Murphy, cornm lttl't' chair and
director ofhealth-profcss1oru mfor·
mation technoiOb')'· Murphy noted
that the committee posts the minute-.
of its meetings online at &lt;http:/
wings.buffalo.edu/ IT/UBEma~ &gt; and
mvites input from mt111bers of thL·
university community vi:1 a list!ot.'f\'
available on the \'Vtf, s1tc .

While an additional Mailhuh will ~w tC111 and n.'COmmend d\&lt;Ulb'CS. indudthe system enough processing cap..lbil- i.ng longer-term changes. sum as reity to "stay current for tlUs year"- and placement of the system, if nea:ssary.
handle the increased usage expected • 1be committee has been m{.'{"ljng
with Access99, in which all incoming n.ogularly and should ha\'C final rC'I.:·
freshmen will be required to haw ac· ommcndations by next spring. satd
Ct."SS to a computer and workingknowlt.."CCge in basic software packages, the
What yoo can do about email during the shutdown
lnu.mct :md email-it will not solve the
Although email seMce at .US will be shut down for several days next month,
"ultimate, long-teml growth issues" of
there are things unlvenity fKuhy, staff and students can do to al~ate any
inc~e the shutdown might cause:
the system, Lesniak noted
• If users have other, non-UB emaA accounts, they can forward mail from
Ull suffered a debititating disrup!JOn
their UB KOOUnts to those other accounts &lt;http://imap.buffalo.edu/imap/
ofitscrn.1.ilsystem in f·cbruolry,lcavingthl'
lndex.htn'\l&gt;. Users shouki click on "create a new filter," ~scroll down to
majorit)' of d1e univmity's fuculty, smfl.
the "forward" option and enter the address of the account to which they
woukt like to forward their UB mail.
and students unable to seod or rcceivr
• u..n v.llo do
email aa:o.nt may- one ol tho .-.merCI}'k1.i.l for days at a time. An estimated
""' free email accooots iMiiloble on tho Web, ond !hen folward thei' U8 mai. 1he!e
15,000 piere; of mail"~'"' loot during the
seMces lnWde- &lt;htlp:/- C X J m &gt;, loot&gt; &lt;htlp://
unc:xpt."'Cled shutdown of the system.
wwwjln&gt;.com&gt; o n d - &lt;htlp://www.IOdcOimiLCXJm&gt;. Mn !htlugl
emaiiS&lt;Mces will be !IU down,
acres to tho""""""' and ""'
CIT officials auributed the crash to
""'-email- such .. and_,.., tho! ... Wel&gt;ba!ed.
an inability of the centm1 email server
• Pldc up tho telephone and a! !hose with""""" )'OU maintain email CDffi10 handlr thc...._volumc, which cxct.'t."Ck'Ct
mrnica!lon,·O' email them""""" tho shutdown, 10 let them koow that !he U8
8.5 mill ion files . The se rver was
system will be exporiendng """"doYon time. llis Is espedally ~ f&lt;&gt;' .......:~&gt;­
""v.llo
with thei' gronling agencies via emoi, no&lt;es Richald
rt.'Configured into 12 smaller segments
l.e5niok, di&lt;KtD&lt; ol ocodemic S&lt;Mces for Computing and Information Ted&gt;nology.
to better handle the load.
The . voc.JIIon rules" ......., that automa!blly-. memge bade to !he sende.In thewakcofthecrash,acampuswide
wil
be WOI1dng during tho lhutdown, Lesnlal&lt; adds.
rommittecwas fom"X.'d to review' the ap-

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It's into the wildernessfor
mvironmental students.

May 20. 1!91/ Y!l30.No.33

University at Buffalo

A family
affair
Kristen Kinnear, left, joins her
mother, Sandra, and her father,
Ted, at Baird Point to celebrate
their graduations. All three
receivedUBdegreeslast
weekend. Kristen earned a
master's in music pelformance;
Sandra, a doctorate in
biochemical pharmacology,
and Ted, an MBA. The family is
from Chili, N.Y.

UB, ECC plan educational center downtown
Partnership proposing relocation of Educational Opportunity Center to ECCs City Campus
Greiner pointed out that there

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HE university and Eri e
Community College are

moving ahead with plans
for a partne~ship that
would relocate the EQucational
Opportunity Center ( EO C) to
ECC's City Campus and create "an
educational center.. in downtown
Buffalo.
Although the plan remains in
the "discussion.. phase, a meeting
held last week on the proposal
drew about 200 admini strators
and faculty members fro m both
institutions.
"1 think this is o ne of those true
'win -win' situations," said Presi·
dent William R. Greiner. " There is
a good deal of synergy, a good deal
of merit w ith u s working to·
gether."

is some "dovetailing.. of EOC and
ECC programs, noting that the
.. next stopn for many EOC graduates is ECC, while EOC offrrs

many of the "training-school to
work" programs that ECC used to
offer.

EOC provides educatio nal job
training and related suppo rt servi ces for lo w- in come population s of Wes tern New York , in cluding literacy and English -asa-second -language educa ti o n .
G ED tes t preparatio n , co llege
preparatio n a nd a full range of
care e r-s pecifi c trainin g p ro gr am s in allied hea lth , busin ess,
co mputer techn o logy, a nd co m munica tion a nd medi a.
Greiner said th a t ECC, with
three campuses, has a surplu s of
space, while EO C must find new

quarters, sinoe its building a t 465
Washingto n St. is part of the sitf'
of the proposed conve ntion cen ·
ter.
" Thi s (co ll abo r a t ive pro posal) is a majo r, majo r p lu s," he
sai d , no tin g th a t it Wo uld a ll ow
b o th in st ituti o n s to con tinu f'
th eir pr ese n ce d o wnt o wn . "It
ma kes a n e no rmo us a m o un t o f
se nsf' to th in k abo ut co- locat m g.
Ma ry Gresham, viCe pres1dent
for public service and urba n affairs
a nd UB's po m t-person in them·go tiations, said such a collabora t io n w ith ECC would pruv1dt:
" mo re {edu ca ti o nal) op u ons to
t h e po pul a t io ns t h a t we both
se rve.
Fo r EOC, Gres ha m sa1d, t hat
woul d mea n "a di rect, sea mless,
well -art icul ated pipeline fro m ba -

s1c-s ki lls preparatio n through to
the associate's degree leve l, if that
is desired , o r th ro ugh to a broader
range of vocatio nal and technical
options that will res ult from our
wo rki ng together."
Creatio n o f an edu cational cen ter in th e downtown area would
provid e easier access to a variety
of edu ca tio nal o ppo rtunities, she
ad ded. " Wo rkforce d evelo pmen t
1s com m o n to bo th (EOC a nd
ECC) mi ss io ns, and we believe
that it is bett er to wo rk together
to delive r th is to the reg ion." she
said.
It is likely tha t some of the UB
p rofessio nal prog rams. suc h a~
manageme nt and law, wo uld be
mte rested m offermg programs at
a dow nt own !lite, she sa 1d. a l
though no forma l di~cussio n s have
taken place yet.

Innovative phannacyprogram a hit with patients

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By ElUH COOLDBAUM
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n innovative program
that operates commu nity pharmacies jointly
through the UB School
of Pharmacy and Tops Markets,
Inc., has resulted in better care fo r
patients and better use of pharmacists' skills. and also is responsible
for significantly increasing business
in the pharmacies-in on e case,
more than doubling the number of
prescriptions filled .
The program was featured as a
national model at a conference held
in Chicago on "The Role of Shared
Faculty and Co mmunit y Ph a rmacy" sponsored by the National
Association of Chain Drug St ores
and the University of Oklahoma.
The US/Tops program was described Tuesday during a sessio n on
" Pharmacy lnnovation and O ut -

comes" by Linda Schultz Rc*berg,
coordinator of clinical pharmacy
programs for Tops, and Mel issa
Metzger, Tops/ UB pharmacy cofaculty member.
"This program is a 50·50 model
of cooperatio n between a cha in
drugstore-in this case, in a superma rket-and the university," says
Wayne K. Anderson , dea n o f the
School of Pharmacy.
While o th er sc hoo ls of ph ar·
ma cy across the U. S. a re expl oring
similar strategie ~. th e U B/To p s
program is co nsidered by fa r to be
the most advanced.
Anderso n credit s th e UB phar macy schoo l's reput a tio n as th e
reason its progra m with To ps has
pro gressed so qui ckl y. He a lso
no tes that UB is developing simi lar programs with o ther local su permarkets, chain drugsto res a nd
independent pharmacies.

To date, there are three clini cal
sites at Tops markets. staffed eit her
by perman ent Tops pharmacists o r
by UB pharmacy st.udents. By the
end o f thi s summ er, that nu mber
will jump to 10. Eve ntu ally, Tops
a ims to have cli nical pha rmacie!.
in th e m ajo rit y of It s stores 111
Western New York.
In the cl in ics. ph armacasts go far
heyo nd t he usual dispensi ng a nd
co un seling fu nctio ns, wh ich no....,
are req uired by New Yo rk State law.
T hey ask custo mers abo ut ad verse effects from their med icatio n,
but they also ask about sympto ms
and abo ut other med icatio ns the
customers are taking. Wh en fi lling
a prescripti on fo r an antibioti c, fo r
example, pharmacists make followup calls to the custo mer a few days
later, checking to see if they a re still
taking the med ication a nd if they
have had any side effects.

The pharmacists always ask per·
m 1ss io n to ca ll pa tients a t home;
Ro thb e rg says th ey have never
been t urn ed down .
Patients also can make appmn1
ments with pham 1acists to d1scu~
concern s abo ut thelf condit iOn and
medications. PhysiCians an~ uwolvcJ
10 the proet.'SS, often prov1ding tht·
pha rmacists wi th lab-test results 11
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Study shows low-tech, low-cost aids help frail elderly ~nd.lon, reduce hullt:h-ure costs

Devices offer independence to the elderly

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randomly to either the intenention
group or the control group. The
case-control study of treatment group received the necfrail elderly, in which essary assistive devices or home
half of the participants modifications indicated by their
received assistive de - assessmenL The control group's
vices and home adaptations as "usual care• involved hospital or
needed and half received "'usual nursing-home care, at-home health
care services," has shown that par- care and any services provided by
ticipants in the intervention group oommunity agencies for the elderly,
sustained a higher level of inde- such as Meals on Wheels, and help
pendence at the end of the IS - with shopping, household chores
month study.
and pe=ilal care.
The treatment group also spent
All participants were con !acted
significantly Jess on health care-- by phone once a month to collect
an average of S14,173 per per&gt;On, information on new problems or
compared to $31,610 per pe=n services received, and in the treatin the control group.
ment group, to find out if they
The study, published in the needed new or different assistive
May/June issue of An:hives ofFam- devices or home modifications.
ily Medicine, is the first random- · Participants also received an inized controlled trial of the effec- home assessment every six months
tiveness of environmental inter- to determine their functional sta·
ventions and assistive deyices in tus, health and costs of care.
Findings showed that individumaintaining independence and
reducing home-health-care costs als in the treatment group had received an average of 14 devices
among home-based frail elderly.
"The study demonstrates that a from the study, or a total of 681.
relatively inexpensive intervention The control gr~up averaged about
can resuJt in significantly lower two additional devices per pe=n
health-related eXpenses,• said Wil- from usual service providers, for
liam C. Mann, professor and chair a total of80.Assistive devices proof the Department of Occupa- vided by the jllldy were very lowtional Therapy in the School of tech for. the most part, involving
Health Related Professions and primarily ~th benches, meal1
principal researcher on the study. prepaiatioliiaids, canes, walkers
"Most importantly, higher levels and ·a variety of devices to help
of independence brought im - with fine-motor skills.
proved quality of life, and fewer
The iin_,t group received a
and shorter hospitalizations."
total of 69 home modifications,
At th&lt;&gt;Study's inception, aU parwhile the control group received a
ticipant5--104 frail elderly living total of eight, the findings showed.
at home-underwent a compre- Most environmental interventions
hensive assessment of their home cost Jess than $500. The most freenvironment and their functional quent modifications were addition
abilities, using the Functional In- of handrails, lowering shelves and
dependence Measure (FIM), an making storage more aa:essible.
assessment tool developed at UB
Assessment of the participants'
and now used internationally. FlM functional change at the end of the
employs a seven-point scale to 18-month study showed that while
qu.antify performance in a wide aU participants lost some ability to
function, the control group derange of daily-living activities.
Participants then were assigned clined more than the treatment

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group in all categories, and had
spent four times more on health
care. Mann said the functional dif.
ferenczs appeared to be directly related to the interventions.
"For aample, the control group
showed significant c!edine in the
FIM wallring item, from 5.43 to
4.n, while treatment group participants who received ambulation
equipment and instruction did not
show a significant decline. Similarly, the dressil)g ilml on the FIM
instrument indicated there was no
significant declipe for the treatment.group. but the control group
declined more than orie poinL"
A one-point decline on the FIM
seale, in this case from 5.29 to 4.09,
represents a change in the amount
of care required, Mann said. A decline from 5 to 4, for aample, represents a change from •supervision
only" to " minimal assist," be noted.
UB researchers are following
both groups to monitor differences
in functional status and health-related expenditures over time.

"Low-cost assistive technology and
environmental interventions may
pre\'alt and pooq&gt;one motbidity in
the frail ~Mann said. "As our
aging-population grows, obtaining
delinitiYe answers on the usefulness
and cost effectiveness of these interventiotu become increasingly
importanL"
Additional researchers on the
studyw= Kmneth ). Ottmbacber
of the School ofAllied Health Sciences, Univessity of Tens Medieal
Branch, Galvestonj Linda Fraas
and Machiko Tomita ol the UB
Department of Occupational
Therapy, and Carl V. Granger of
the Center for Functional Assessment Research in the UB School
of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
The research was supported by
the National institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research in
the U.S. DepartinentofEducation,
the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, and the
AARP Andrus Foundation.

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Headrick named acting dean of
School ofArchitecture and Planning

$1 million
for CAT
Wade Sigurdson (background) director of the
Confocal Microscopy and 3D Imaging Lab in the School
of Medicine and Biomedical
Sciences, explains the functioning of equipment in the lish a Center for Advanced
facility to state Assembly Technology (CAT) at UB.
Speaker Sheldon Silver dur- The CAT would advance
ing a tour May 13 of the Bio- biotechnology and biomedimedical Research Building cal engineering research unon the South Campus.While der way at UB and Roswell
at UB, Silver pledged to Park Cancer Institute, and
work to include $1 million would be linked to the $5
in the state budget to estab- million proposed by Gov.

Thomas £ . H•aclrick, senior counselor to Presidenr William R.
Grei ner and former provost, has been named acting dean of the
School of ArchiteciUre and Planning by Provost Davtd Triggle
Headrick will fill in for Bruno Frescha. who will taU a one -year sabbatical, effective Aug. I.
Freschi, who has se rved as dean smce 1989, will travel
to Italy and Morocco during the leave, and will assist the
Moroccan governmen t in designing a cult ural center.
Headnck, who stepped down as UB provost Jan. I , has
held a variety of academic and administrative positions
during his more than rwo decades at UB. He joined the
faculty in 1976 as dean of the Law School. holding that posll1on
until 1985, when he returned to the faculty as a fuiJ professor.
He also has served as interim dean of the former Faculty of Arts
and Lette rs and as chai r of the Gene raJ Assembly of the former Un dergraduate College.

Pataki to create a cooperative research institute at UB
and Roswell. The CAT program was established by the
. Legislature in 1982 to encourage university researchers to work more closely
with businesses to develop
new technologies.

Densmore writes
modern biography
of Red Jacket

High PCB levels found in breast milk
~!~:Uen w!o eat Lake Ontario fish
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ronmental Research.
"This work supports previous
studies that also indicate that lac ·
tation is a primary means of re·
moval of these persistent contaminants in the femal~," said Paul J.
Kostyniak,chairofthe Department
of Clinical Laboratory Science in
the School of Medicine and Bio·
medical Sciences, director of the
Toxicology Research Center and
primary author on the study. ..
" Most of a woman's excretion
occurs via the milk during breastfeeding, so generally, the more
children and the more breast-feed ing, the lower the levels will be.
"The data on individual PCB
subtypes also allow researchers to
quantify exposures to specific sub·
types, all of which have different
rates of elimination from the body,
different degrees of toxicity and,
in many cases, different toxicologi cal effects."
The New York Stat&lt; Angler Co·
hort is composed of licensed an glers and their spouses or partners
from 16 co unties surrounding
Lake-.O ntario, a to tal of I 0,51 7
men and 7,477 women who were
between the ages of 18. and 40
when the study began. The study
was undertaken in 1991 to deter-

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h1ghe r levels of
PCBs and pesticides in their breast
milk than women who do not eat
lake Ontario fish , results of a
st udy of lactating women in the
New York Stat&lt; Angler Coho rt has
shown .
Findings in the study, conducted
by UB researchers, also showed that
concentrations of these toxicants in
breast milk declined as the number
of c hi.ldren and the time spe nt
breast-feeding increased. The study
ap~ in a recent issue of Envi-

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eating fish fr o m Lake Ontario,
known to be th e most polluted of
the Great Lakes.
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Great Lakes fish have been linked
to adverse reproductive and d~d ­
opmental effects in wildlife popu·
latio ns th at eat the fish . Dietary
intake is the main source of expo-

sure to these compounds for the
general population and is a critical determinant of the toxicants in
human milk.
This research reports results of
the analysis of 100 breast -milk
samples fro m 98 lactating women
in the cohort. Fifty of the women

were nursing a firstborn, while th e
remaining 48 had two or more
children. The women completed a

questionnaire that provided data
on the date o f the milk sample;

number of children; history of
breast-feeding; heigh t and weight
before, during and after the most
recent pregnan cy, a nd detailed in formation on amount and types of
fish eatrn from Lake O ntario and
its tributaries in the 12 month s
before the most recent pregnancy.
Milk samples were analyzed for
77 PC Bs; DDE, a metabolite of the
pesticide DDT, a nd the pesticides
hexac hl o ro benze ne ( HC B) and
Mirex. Analysis of milk samples
showed tha t DDE and nine PCBs

were found in all 100 samples.
Mi.lk samples fro m fish-eaters
had significa ndy higher levels of
several PCBs tha n that of non O ntario-fish -eaters. The two most
prevaJen t PCB subtypes, shown to
be 30 percent highe r, were also the
most prevalent contaminants an
Lake O nta rio fis h. DOE level was
not related to fish cons umption
fro m Lake On tario, ana lysis
showed.
Kostyniak said this type of data
is critical for estimating th e dosc.-s
of individual PCBs to assess expo su re risk in newborns. A prospcc ·
tive study of pregnancy rates and
of children born to mothers in th e
New York State Angler Cohort is
being conducted by UB research ers in the Depa rtm ent of Social
and Preventive Medicine.
Additio nal researche rs on th1s
stud y were C asey Stan son and
Hebe B. Greizerstei n . both of the
Department of Pharmacology and
Tox ico logy; Jo h n Vena and
Ger maine Buck of the Depart ment of Social and Preven tive
Medicme, and Pa uh ne Mendola,
formerly at US, now wi th th e U.S.
EnvironmentaJ Protection Agency.
The research was suppo rted in
par t by gran ts from th e G rea t
Lakes Protection Fund and the
Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registr y.

" Red Jacket: Iroquois Diplomat and Orator," a new book by Archivist Chnstopher
Densmo.re, is the first modern b1ography
of the legendary Seneca In dian who represemed the Iroquois Nation in some of th~
most importan t diplomatic m1ssao ns of hts hfet1me.
Tried as a wi tch, admired and fea red by the Europeans, mocked a.!&gt;
a coward , accused of betraying h1s people, the formidable lroquots
diplomat Red Jacket was one of the most compe lling and contro versial figures of his time.
Densmore's book. published hy Syracuse Un iversity Press, explores
Red Jacket 's life, accomplishments and the role he played for the
eno rmous and powerful Iroquois Nation in its treaty negotiations
with the U.S. government under (.•very president from George Wash ington to Andrew Jackson .
Red Jacket- his real name wa~ Sagoyewatha-was distinguished
for having held firmly to his ins rstenct" on the rights of native peoples
to their own land , beliefs, trad1t1ons, government and way of life.
mdependen1 of the encroaching American influence
He also held out for the peaCL·ful settlement of dtspute.!o through
diplomatic interaction .
Densmore's resean:h Wa.!. complica ted by the fact that Red Jacket nc1
ther spoke nor wrote English and hts diplomatic skills and oratoncal
a~..co mphshmt:nt.s were reported b\' ~A'ltnesses. somet1mes years later

Gift to establish high-tech
accounting classroom
Louis DIBerardlno, a tas partner an the Ci ncinnati office of Ernst
&amp; Young and a 1980 graduate of the acco untmg program in the
Sc hool of Managemenl , has partnered with his firm to make a
S60,000 gift to the School of Management to create a htgh -te&lt;.: hnol ogy accounting classroom.
Co nstru ctio n of the new classroom , to be located 1n 112 Jacub.!o
Management Cen ter on the North Ca mpus, will begin this summer.
The facility wiU use state-of-the-art accounting software and Internet
access to en hance teaching effeciJveness and provide studen ts wnh
real-wo rld instruction on emerging accoU nt ing practices.
The classroom also will offer a professional environment for de- hvery of co ntinuing-education courses and seminars, which will help
the schoo l generate additionaJ reven ues to benefit all curriculums.
Bill Heninger, assistant professor of accounti ng and law, will serve
as th(.· classroom's faculty manager.
"The generosit y of Mr. DiBerardulo and Ernst &amp; Young s1gnafi
ca ntly enhances the Department of Accounting and Law's commat
ment to p rov idi ng our students wath the htghest quality education
expc n ence," says Lewis Mandell, dean of the School of Management

Creative problem-solvers
to gather at UB
What Is billed as the "" largest crea ti ve gathering on the planet:· th t·
45 th Creative Problem Solving institute will be held at UB june 20 2S
Nearly 1.000 adults and teens from more than 30 countnes wdl
gather o n th~ North Campus for the institute, sponsored by the ( : re
aLive Education Foundation, to develop strategies fo r creatively deal
ing with those life .. lemons" that inevitably turn up and appear to he
p roblems but really are challenges a nd opportunities in disgu1se.
The keynote speaker will be Dian&lt; Ackerman. author of the bestseller. ""A
Natural History of the Senses." Her work has appeared in The fok&gt;&lt;• Yorl.
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.,. PATIIICJA DOHOVAH
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NE aspect of the rich
and complex his-

tor y of human
knowledg.,._iu re·
cording, transmis-

sion and preservation--has been

altered irrevocably by the advan~ ­
ment of information tedlnology.
New technologies have broadened vastly the spectrum of infor·
mation resources that augment
the book, and also have raised
questions about whether, in librar-

ies at least, elroronic communication actuaJiy can replace books
within the foreseeable future.
UB librarians say anything is
possible, but the replacement of
the librari es' millions of bound
volumes by electronic versions is
no more than a twinkle in the eye
of someone who is not a librarian.
"Information technology is being
touted on campus and elsewhere as
the drug that will cure everything.
But nothing cures everything," says
archivist Christopher Densmore.
.. First, we learned that there are
some things information technology can't cure. Next, we find out
that it actually cures no thing,"
Densmore says . .. Then, we learn
that IT does cure some things, but
not the things it was expected to
cu re, and can produ ce new and
diffi cult problems of its own."
Judith Adams· Volpe, director o f
Lockwood Library, agrees that issues of technology acquisition an:
dicey these days and predictio ns
are difficult .
"'We're involved not in an eitheror (paper vs. computer) situation,"
she says, .. but in a process of evaluation and judicial selection and ap·
plication of technologies in a constantly changing library environ·
menL Some applications will work
better than others. Some decisions
· will stand the test of time; othen will
reflect our nearsightedness."
On the pro-tech side, the librarians a pplaud how th is a m azing
new science has facilitated access
to, and use of, the nine UB libra ries. You can't beat comp uter tech rlology, they say, for performing

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catalog ~arches, accessing reference material, storing government
documents, linking to online pe·
riodical.s, ordering paper copies of
cataloged material, requesting in·
terlibrary loans and directing US·
ers to sources of additional information, however distant.
Advan= in online publishing
now enable customers to down load volumes into hand · b~d electronic books, and for a da.s.s. tven
download an entire course or· reserved" reading that might include
books, chapters, journal articles,
research abstracts and so on. Although the popularity of this
methodology has yet to be dern ·
onstrated, it is expected to be part
of the next big tecbnology drive.
Digitizing the 18 million bound
texts in the UB collections is quite
another story, however.
" It would be virtually impossible right Q!lw." says John Edens,
director of tkbnical servi= for
the UB Libraries ... The time re quired and
cost
systems
and human resources .would be
prohibitive, even if we thought it
should be done, which we don't.
"'Even all reference material isn't
available electronically," Edens
points oul •And it may never be.
The production of electronic databases is commercially driven, so
while the full texts of popular ref·
erence materials are online, vast
amounts of scholarly material are
still available only in journals and
bound volumes. It doesn't sell well
because it has a small audience."
Ellen Gibson, director of the
Law Library, said that while the
new technologies are very helpful,
she also doubu that they ever will
replace written texts.
ul..ct's say we ran out of money
in our budget one year and couldn't
pay for th e online services of
Westlaw, Nexus or Lexus. If we

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hadn'l continued to r=ive full.
text, paper editions ofthe law jour·
na1s, we'd be out orluck," she says.

Densmore notea that the archival
problems related tosavingd&lt;aronic
doc::umentsis another consideration.
"We lcnowtbat paper lasts at leastSOO
yars under the right oonditions. We
ha.e no idea bow long the informa·
tion on a CD-ROM, a rornputerdisk
or a bard drivowill be retrieYable, but
we know it's only a mattt:roldecades,
ifthaL"
Edens also stresses that some
documents are just more useful in
bound form.
" I used to tell my staff that soon
UB wouldn' t need a paper telephone directory because we'd have
it online,• he says. "'Well, I was
wrong. The UB electronic directory is Car les.s useful to most of us
than the bound paper volume."
Barban Von Wahlde, associate
vice president for University Libraries, says that 80 pe=nt of the
libraries' acquisition budget is
used to purchase hard-copy texts.
But ooUections that are growing
constantJy require space, she says.
"Putting library materials online does
save space, but it changes the physi·
cal configuration of the ~brary in
ways that may alarm traditionalists."
Those changes are very visible at
UB. They include the prolifer1ltion of
~brary "cybraries," the addition of
oncr-forbiddeo ootr.e ban and refreslunent stands insid&lt; the ~brary,
the reduction of curds and putting
more ol the oollection in storage.
Whatever the changes they pro·
voke, Margaret Wells, director of
the Undergraduate Library, says
the new "cybr'Uies.. are a godsend
for most students.
"They can find information fast,"
she says, "and they're more likely to
extend their search beyond the Web
site. They still have to read, understand and synthesize the material,

of course. Our jqb is to make the
information available to them."
Gemma DeVmney, coordinator
of Web development and servi=
for the UB Ubraries, poinu to the
enormous growth of BISON, once
simpl y UB's electronic library
ca talog, as an example of the
changes that await us.
" BISON is now the name of the
overall UB LibrarieJ Web site

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plified function riJaUs it a true 'virtuallibrary'-from the oomfort of
your offia, residence-hall room or
home, you can perform many stan·
dard library functions over BISON:
do primary resean:b, ask refcren~
questions, make sugestions or use
it as a gallOWay to vast numbers of
other digitization projects, such as
the Ubrary of Congress"American
Memory Project.'"
In the meantime, Wells says,
"the Undergraduate Ubrary at UB
is more central to student life than
it has been in a long rime. Kids are
online, sitting and reading. having
coffee, working together in groups.
gathering to talk or to help one
another. An unexpected feeling of
community bas evolved from the
expanded availability of computer
technology in the UGL this year."
If the bookless library isn't just
around the bend, neither is the
paperless library or the paperless
campus. Edens points out that students , once forced to take judicious notes from bound text.s. now
regularly pull and print hundreds
of linear feet of re:cords-90 or
more pages at times-from hbrary
computers. Libraries today. he
says, actually generate much more
paper than they did 20 years ago.
Since victory never goes t·o the
Luddites, we can expect the •=I·
erating rate of change to produce
an astonishing new chapter in the
mingled histories ofbooks,librar·
ies and technologies.
"We're at the very beginning of
an extraordinaril y exciting era•
says DeVinney," and the changes
already in place here serve as sign·.
posts to a very different kind of li brary yet to evolve."

Howe elected to American Academy ofArts and Sciences
By PATRICIA DONOVAN
New. Services Editor
oRITIC David Meltur
has called UB English
Professor Susan Howt
"one of America's covert triumphs of poetry... ( whose)
manifold brilliance is grounded in
a deeply webbed sense of self in
history and history in self"'
A noted literary critic as well as
a celeb rated poet, Howe is o ne of
nine literary figures frOm here and
abroad recently elected to mem bership in the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences.
Election to this honorary learned
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Founded during the American

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lution,theacaderny's3,300fdlowsand
550 foreign honorary members are
from thearts,scic:ncrs, humanities and
public life. and include 168 Nobel laureates and 58 Pulitzer· Prize winners.
Howe is strongly associated with

the Language Poets' movement of the
late 1970s and 1980s, and her poetry
and scbolarsbip can be described as
language-based and experimental. lit·
erary critia ha.e applied her observations of Emily Okkinson's work to
Howe's ownv.ttk:"Poetry.'"shewrot.e,
"is affirmation in negation,ammunitionintheydloweyeofaguntbatan
allegorical pilgrim will shoot straight
into the quiet of nigh~s frame."
She is the author of several books
of poetry, beginning with " Hinge
Picture" in 1974 and continuing
through major idiosyncratic and
significant works, such as"The Lib·
e rties ," " Pythagorean Silence."
"Defenestration of Pragu e" and
"Singularities." And she is the author
of highly regarded books of essays,
including "The Capture Morpho! ogy." More ~nt books of PQetry
include "The Nonconformist's Memoria!: Poems by Susan Howe" and
"Selected Poems: 1974- 1978." Her
books ofcriticism indude"lndoser"

and"TheBirth-marlc:Unsettlingthe
Wilderness in American Literary
History." Howe is best-known, how·
ever, for her acclaimed critical study
"My Emily Dickinson" ('1985), con·
si de red a land·
mark in creative
scholars hip. By
employing his torical sourc&lt;s,she
was able to fuse
Calvinist and In·
dian -ca ptivit y
texts into "influ ences"that entered into early Amcricanrhetoricasrelatedtospiritualand
material ideologies.
Her work has been widely an~
thologized and celebrated with leetures and poetry readings at major
national and international univtrsities,literaryfestivalsandconferena:s.
She twia has~ the lletin Columbus i:oundation American Book
Award--fur"SecretHistoryoltheDividing Line" and for "My Emily

Dickinson." Shealso has~ n.&lt;J
Fund for Poetry Awards and the Rny
Harvey Pierce Award for a Poet and
a Critic from the Urllv=ity of CaJi.
fornia, San Diego.
Howe has been the subject of a
number of critical analyses, in eluding those by Marjorie Perloff,
Ra chel Blau Du Plessis, Bruce
And rews and Charles Bernstein .
The periodicals Abacus, The Difficulties and Talisman have devoted
entire issues to her poetry.
In the academy's literary section
this year, Howe's fe:llowinduaees indude poets Lucille Oiftnn and Iori&lt;
Graharn;~l..ouiseErdridl, Tun
O'Brien and Edmund White, and
"Prairie Home Companion" author
Garrison killor. In the fine aru sec·
lion, new members include actresses
janeAI=nder,MeryiStreep and Uta
Hagen;directors~Mik&lt;

N'idlolsand~Spidberg;dancer/

chomlgrapber Mikhail Barysbnil&lt;ov,
and a:llist janos Starl«r.

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Very low-fat diet may compromise
BrieBy
runners' immune systein, study says Database for Lower Great Lakes
. , LOIS IIAIWI
News Setvices Editor

RAINED runners who
sev&lt;rely limit the amount
of fat in their dietS may
be suppressing their immune system and inaeasing their
susceptibility to infections and inOammation. a UB study has shown.
In findings to be praented Saturday at the fourth International Society for l!xm:ise and Immunology
Sympooium in Rome, Italy, lead au-

thor laya T. Venkatraman will report
that running 40 miles per week on a
diet composed of approximately 17
perant fat oompromised the runners' immlllle response.
The medium-and high-fat diets,
co mpo sed of appro.ximatel y 32
and 41 percent fat respectively, left
the immune system intact and en hanced certain components, the
findings showed.
"The data suggest that higher-fat

diets may lower the proinftammatory
cytokines, free radicals and hormones, and may enhance the levels
of anti-inflammatorycytokines," said
Venkatraman, an associate professor
of nutrition in the Department of
Physi Therapy, Exercise and Nu tritio Sciences in the School o f
Heal Related Profession&gt;.
lier studies published by a UB
group headed by David
t, professor of physiology
and bioph ics, reported that com ·
petitive ru ners who increased the
1
proportion of fut in their diets im proved their endurance with no
negative effect on weight, body
composition, blood pressure, pulse
rate or total cholesterol.
However, since a high level of fat
wa s thought to be immunosup pressive, the researchers sought to

dotermine if increasing dietary fat
would compromist various elementa of the immuoe system ,
while improving performance.
"In gmeral. moderate levels of aercise are known to enltanao the im mune system." saidVenkatraman.
"But hi8b-intensity exercise and
eodwana am:ise produce excess
lcvd.s of free radicals, which may
plaa stress on the immune system.
1011
Since we have shown that ath·
letes perform better on a high erfat diet thlln on a low-fat diet, it
was important to determine if the
higher-fat diet would further compromise the immune system," she
said. "We found that it did not, but
the very-low-fat diet did."
The study involved six female
and eight male competitive runners
who trained at 40 miles a week and
were part of a larger performance
study. They spent a month on their
normal diets, followed by a month
each on dietS composed of approximately 17 percent, 32 percent and
41 percent fat. Protein remained
stable at 15 percent and carbohydrates made up the difference.
The immune status of the run ners was obtained by analyzing
co ncentrations o f essential
com ponents o f the immune
s ys t e m-1 e uk ocy t es,
cytok.in es and plasma cort iso l- i n bl oo d sa mpl es
taken befo re a nd afte r an
enduran ce exercise te st.
The tests were conducted
at the end of eac h fo ur~
week diet period.
Result s sh o wed t hat
natural killer cells, a type
of leukocyte and on e of
th e b o d y's d e fe ns e
mechanisms ma rshaled to

fight infection, we re m o re t han
doubled in runners after the high·
fat diet, compared to the low- fat
regimen. Levels of PG E,, inflam ·
mation-causing prostagl andin s,
increased after the endurance test
and were higher when the runners
were on the low-fat d iet.
This study is pan of a larger investigation to determine the effects
of dietary fat on performance, biochemical and nutritional status, and
plasma lipids and lipoprotein profiles in distance runners being conducted by a study group composed
o f-in addition to Venkatraman
and Pendcrgast-Peter Horvath, associate professor in the Department
of Physical Therapy, Exercise and
Nutrition Scien=. and John Leddy,
clinical professor of orthopaedics
and associate director o f the UB
Sports Medicine Institute.

CEL receives Coleman grant
for entrepreneurial internships

UB 202: new course developed to
help students explore career options
ByMAIIAM«&lt;-S
News Servk~ Editorial Assistant

U

NDERG RADUATES
wh o are undecid ed
about what c aree r
path to follow ;oo n
may have an easier time figurin g
it all out, thanks to the new " UB
202" co urse to be offered in Fall
1999 through the university's Q f.
fice of Ca reer Planning and Placement
Dec isi o n - m a ki ng str a teg ies.
identifying ca reer o ptio ns, findin g
an internship, resume writing and
intervi ewing skiUs are examples of
so me topics students will expl o re
in " UB 202."
Developed by st aff members of
the O ffi ce of Ca reer Planning and
Placement, the new course targets
sophomores as a foUow· up to the
freshman .. University Experience"
course, " UB lOI ," but is o pe n to all
undergraduates. However, unlike
.. UB 101." which is a o ne-credit
pass/fail course, " UB 202" will be a
graded , three-credit course.
"We are trying to reach students
at an earlier Stage of their undergraduate career," said Daniel Ryan.
director of the career planning and
pla'lJtlenl office and "UB 202" in structor. "Students often wait until

their senior year to stan planning for
their future. We want to ex-pose

issues. work environments and using
the lntemet as a career resource.

them to their options earlier and
give them the tools to research those
possibilities so that they can make

Ryan added tha t the class SIZi'
will be kept small to ens ure that
each student receives indivad ual

an educated d ecision."
Ryan wiU be teaching one of th e
initial three sectio ns to be offered
in the fall. The other two sectio ns
wiU be taught by Steve Ha rvey and

ized attentio n for a more mean ingful experi ence.
Course goals.. as Listed on tht' syl Iabus, are to understand that the
components of career choice ind udf!'
career, personal and educa ti o nal
awareness; to recognize that a career
is a lifelong process that involves con tinuousevaluationandreprioritizmg
of values; to identify personal i.nterests.. skills, and valuo. and compan·
them with several career options; to
learn the skills involved m rcsean.:h
ing and acquiring a job- and to leam
how to make dec:is 1 o n~a n d St."t shon
and long-term goals.
Students also will be rl''-JUi reJ tu
take the Stro ng Int erest lnventon
and Myers- Briggs pe rsonaht v tcsb
to help th em de tc rnll m' careen.
th at best ma tch thc1r tntcresb and
perso na lities.
"S tud ents usua ll y hdve ~omt·
adea abo ut what they wa nt to do.
hu t they don't have the bread t h of
experie nce that we wan t them 10
have when it co mes to explonng
and develo ping t hese mt c rests ,"
explains Rya n.

Sand ra Hand y, ca ree r· planning·
and-development associates.
"Stud ents o ft en get info rmation
a bo ut ca reers fro m the popul a r
medi a, whi ch res ults in false n o~
tio ns abo ut what certain pro fessio n a ls ac tu a ll y do," ex plain ed
Ryan . " For example. most undergraduates think they have a good
idea of wh at lawyers d o, but the y
have absolutely no concept of the
research or the business sid e of 1t."
He c it ed th e televis ion shows
"Ally Mc Beal."" ER" and "The Prac ·
tice" as contributo rs to students'
unrealistic. o r glamorized . image of
som e caree rs. He added th a t an
importa nt com ponent of"UB 202"
will be to provide stude nts wit h
more realistic in fo rmation about
careers they may be pursuing.
Students also will study such im
portant topics as eronomic trends for
the 2 1st century, workplace-equality

developed as reference tool m

A searchable databaH on
the lower Great Ukes has
been developed by the Great
Lakes Progr am at UB and
New Yo rk Sea Gra nt.
Its pu rpose is to provide research ·
ers. legislators, staff members. agency
representatives, administrators. Sea
Gran t extensio n staff a nd students
with resou rces and contacts for JOIOI proJects and collaborat1on.s an
valved with Great Lakes management and protect iOn.
The database was developed specifically to provide the recently orga
nizcd New York Coalition of Great Lakes legl.slators w1th usable refer
ence tools that they could easily access in order to bener understand the
players and polkies that infl uence Great La.kes management 1ssues
..There are over 650 organizations and agencies that have some son of
governance mandate in the Great Lakes basin." said Joseph V DePinto.
director of the Great Lakes Program and professor of crvil, structural and
environmental engineering. "This database IS sordy needed by all stake·
hold~ as a means of determining who to con tad with questions or com
ments on the many important issues faa ng Great Lakes basin residents."
It was developed by DeP into and Helen Do mske. assoc iate d1 rec
to r and New Yo rk Sea Grant extens1on specialist. wtth support from
New York Sea G rant, the Great Lake~ Program and the Great l.akes
Resea rch Consortium.
"Tius project is an excellent example of how well the partnersh•p lx·
tween the Great Lakes Program at UBand New York Sea Grant has worked
to serve Western New York and the whole state with respect to mfom1a
tion and education on its most precious natural resource ... said DePmtn
T he database is accessibl e fro m the G reat Lakes Program Web Slit
at &lt; http: / / wlngs .buffalo.edu/ glp &gt;.
Cu rrently. to run the database. users must have ACCESS97 under
W indows 95/98/NT. By m1d -summer, the database will be sea rch
able from the Web sate

The Coleman Foundation has aw.uded a $25.000 grant co che
Cen ter for Entrepreneurial Leadersh 1p (C ELl tn the School of Man age ment for developmt:nt of a program that partners CFI wtth the
school's internship program
The proposed program wtllmtrodu(e undergraduate students 10
the responsib il ities, rewards and n s k~ of ent repreneursh ip b)' plac ing th em m i n te rn ship~ at bmme~scs owned by CEL entrep reneu rs,
acco rdi ng to CEL D1rector Ma ra annc Sul li van . The students will be
requi red to anaJyzr and d 1scus.s the1r mternsh ip expenences as real ·
life ca.~ st udies of how busm es~es operate and funct 1on.
"The grant provtdes an opportumty to lmk two of the school's
most ~uccessful out reach programs for the benefit of students wh o
have an Interest 111 becom mg entrep rt:ncur~ ." ~a1d LtWIS Mandell.
dean of the School of Managemen t
CE I was one of 10 educatiOnal program~ nau o n...,•1de to be.&gt;
awa rded t he gran t by the Coleman Foundauon, estJblisheJ 111 I ~S I
by t he lat e Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Stetson Coleman, founders Qf i-anna•
May Ca nd 1es. The fou ndat iOn supports educatiOn programs that
reflect 1b ph ilosophy of" self-suffiCiency t hro ugh self- emplovment .~
Estabh.shcd in 1987, C EL has helped more than ~50 WeMc:'rn Ne''
York busmess owners grow and refine the1r busmesses. The ~chnol
of Managcmcnl's mtcrnsh 1p program annua ll y pla("CS more than 300
student s an mt crnsh1 ps that prov1dt hands -on tra1n mg 111 dlCOUnt
mg. finanl.C , human rt~so urce ~. mternal aud iting . mJnagt~ ment sv~
tern!&gt; or m.t rket mg.

Hate-crimes forum to be held
A public forum on hate crtmes will be held at 7· .'\0 p.m f\tondd'
111 the Center fo r Tomorrow on the Nonh Ca mpu ~ .
Kl'n neth S. Stern, prog ram speCialist on extrc m a ~ m . b1~otn Jnd
ant1 - Scmlll~lll for the AmerKan )ew1sh Co mm1 llt't' ( :\j( l. w11l f-t·
tht' l..evnote :.peakcr at the forum, wh 1ch 1 ~ free o l ~.hug.t' Jnd npe n
to the puhht..
h rst Amendment and ..:hurch/ sta te 1mphcal10n~ mvolvmg h.llt'
crlmCS,l(lmmunlt y 1nvolvemc:'nt, hate -crimt":!languagl',t.'d UI.Jium JnJ
JegJslauon/ litlgatlon will be addressed durmg tht:' panel di:.( U.!&gt;Sio n
Panehs t ~ wil l be an orney Davtd Jay: Ba rb ra A. Kavanaugh . J~.SI:.
tant att o rney ge ne raJ in charge of the Buffalo reg10nal ofti..:t·; !· rani..
B. Mes1ah, p resident o f th e Buffalo Chapter oft he N.I\A(]&gt;, Jnd Allan
RIChards. field organ ize r for the Empire Sta te Pnde Agl'nJ.i
T he for um 1s spo nso red by the Amencan )ew1sh Conumttt't' ,,1
Weste rn New Yo rk in cooperall on with the UB L.a"' School. the .. om
muni t y ~ re l atio n s com mi tt ee of the Jew1sh Federal lOll of Crt"atn
Buffalo. th e Empire State Pnde Age nda. the League of Women Vnt
ers of Greater Buffalo and the Nl'twork of Rel1g1ou ~ Commumtae~
For m fo rm ati on, call the AIC officl' at A77- 62 .14 .

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Gejfoer leads UB educational expeditions
By MAliA M&lt;COINHIS
News Sei"V'ices Editorial Assistant

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PENDING a week in the
Adirondacks hiling, horseback riding and mountain
climbing may sound more
like a vacation than summer school,

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long ~ucational expedition.
His winter excursion: a week-long
exploration of the FJorida Everglades
that has students trudging through
waist-deep cypress swamps. canoe--

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Geffner, an avid naturalist and in structo r in the UB Environmental

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Studies Program in the College of
Arts and Scie nces, has been giving
students an up-d ose look at nature
for nearly 20 years in such courses as
"Ethics ofSurvivai,""Field Ecology"
and "Ethnobotanical Surveys."

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director of TCIE

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mately, their role within the envi-..
ronment," says Geffner, who points

out that his courses also help provide students with more viable career options... There is a great need
to enhance awareness for the way the
world works. My goal is to make all
of these students naturalists, regardless of which aspect of the environment they pursue."

Geffner emphasizes how valuable
field experience is to a student pursuing a career in the environmental

field. He says he has received letters
from former students now working
in the field who are grateful for their
experience and the opportunities
made available to them in his courses.
The cod'tses, which are dosW to
non -majors, require students to

k&lt;ep detailed field journals in which
they list and illustrate 100 of the
plant and animal sightings observed
during the field study.

On a typical trip to the Everglades,
Geffner says they ideotify some 240
plant and animal species. "When
students complete this course, they
often know the Everglades better
than, the par~gen. In fact, the
rangers often request to join us on
our field excursions in order to en hance their &amp;1 appreciation of
the park."' r

What makes these environments
"unique" is h~ ru-y and politia
have impacted upon the ecology of ·
these particular regions, explains

Geffner. His approach is to expooe students to this ecology of the environment and teach them how
that integrates with the history and political &lt;ituation
surrounding the area and
its eco-systems.

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"The uniqueness of the
Ad irondac ks revolves
around the fact that you

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private and public lands,
which makes for interest -

ing dynamics."
Geffner admits that part
of his interest in studying
the Adirondacks and the Everglades
comes from a peroooal fascination
with these areas. "The Everglades
are sub-tropical, so it is completely
a1ien to what we are familiar with.
The systems are different. Life is
different . It is a very different
world and an exciting one at that."

Geffner also notes that pan of
the intrigue of the Everglades is

that all of the eco-systems have
been disrupted due to farming and
urbanization, resulting in a con certed effort in the past 10 years
to rebuild the area.
.. St udents are awestruck and
amazed," reveals Geffner... Everything is so new to them and it is
quite intense, since they learn an
incredible amount in a short week."
Thi s past winter, for the first
time since the course has been offered , Geffner and hi s studen ts
were lucky enough to spot the ex tremely rare and secretive Ameri can crocodile, which Geffner has
been seeking for the past six years.

Other highly .,ndangered species
Geffner and students have identi -

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fled on their Everglades ventures

are the Everglades kite, bald eagle,
woodstork and manatee.

Surrounded by the potential
dangers of alligators and poisonous snakes, the students are
trained to proceed cautiously and
are accompanied by a certified
emergency medical technician.

Another one of Geffner's cour.;es,
"Ethics of Survival." explores the impact of religion and lllCXlem science
on pert:q&gt;tions of nature. as ...,U as
survival skills that are deYe1oped during a .. survival expedition"' to

IAdtworth Sta~ Park. On this weekend trip, students must use their a-...
ativityand endurance to build a functionallodge and make their own meals
using such foods as wild mushrooms,
leeks and nuts that they collect.
"The students soon learn that the
more you know, the less you have
to do to survive, and the more you

can simply enjoy and learn," says
Geffner.
Geffner, who built his own logcabin residence in the Colden
Hills, never strays far hom nature.

In addition to his work at UB,
Geffner and his business partner,
Herb Burgasser, associate professo.r
in UB's Educational Opportunity
Center, run the non-profit organization Earth Spirit, Inc., which offers nature-education programs to
schools, community groups and the
public.
According to Geffner, UB's Environmental Studies Program has

grown dramatically as a result of
shifting priorities in our society and
heightened awareness among today's
college studeots. In response to environmental crises, he adds, students
have beoome increasingly concerned
with preserving and appreciating the
environment
The instructor, whose focus in en-

vironmental work evolved through
a series of in~mships. says his experiences led him to the disoovery
that he could make a living teaching in and about nature... There ~
many ways to effect changes," he
says. "My way is through education ...

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Athletes of the Year

be physicians' eyes andean, leeing
whether or not a patient has been
compliant and then communicat-

Shelly H• mltto n and Steve Butcher were named Female and Male
Athletes of the Year by the Divis1on of Athleucs at the annual year
end athletic banquet held recently an Samuel's Grand Manor
Hamilton was the first female athlete at UB to become a D1vJs1on
I All -American with her 12th-place finish in the high jump at last
year's NCAA Trac.k and Field Championships. Hamilton broke the
school record for the high jump with a mark of 5'11.25" set during
the UB Open, held the first weekend in May. With that effort. she
also qualified provisionally for the NCAA Championships that w11l
be held Jun e 2-5 at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho.
Butcher had a record-setting season as a member of the so~.:ccr
team, finishing with a school-record 18 goals, seven assists and an
other school-record 43 points on the season. He also set !1-Chool
records for career goals and career points scored.
A junior, Butcher led the M_id -American Conference an goah and
points, and finished 12th in the nation in goals sco red and 14th m
points scored. He was named a MAC first-team, AIJ -Conferenc(' se
lection, as well as being named to the MAC All-Tournament team .
Rich Skrabucha, a member of the men's cross-country team , was
honored at the banquet with the Sk.erker Scholar Award. The Skerkn
Award is given to the stude nt -athlete who shows strong determ1na
tio n, bot h on the field of competition as well as in the classroom.
The men's soccer team was awarded the Quan tum Leap Award
for most -improved program. The team finished the year with a 13
8 record, a five-game improvement from the previous season, and
opened the season with a win over Michigan State.

ing with the physician."
Physicians, as well as patients,
must be educated about how pharmacists wiJJ augment, not replace,
their role in patient care.
"AI tint. patients don't expect to
" - to sit down and make an appointment with a pharmacist," says
Metzger, whose job is to-develop
clinical phannacysites at Tops where
the pharmacists are heavily involved
in patient care. "We've had to cnndition patients to expect that servia."
But ona patients"- had an ap-pointment, they are quick to rea1iu
the ~ts.At one Tops, pharmacy
staffexpeCted business todedine because a competing supermarket had
opened across the street. In fact, the
number of prescriptions filled there
continued to climb.
Driven partly by new profes sional pharmacy standards and by
the tremendous growth ahd com plexity of drugs on the market, the
apansion of pharmacists' duties

Yendells' gift will endow scholarships
at School of Management

into aspects of patient care and
away from traditional dispensing

functions is an inevitable shift,

When llob Yendell gr..Su•ted from Ken•lngton High School m
1942 at the age of 15, he had no intention of enrolling in college.
even though he had excelled in his studies. After aU, no one in his
family had ever attended college. Fonunately, YendeU's homeroom
teacher recognized his potential and encouraged hi m to apply for a
$200 merit scholarship to the University 1of Buffalo, which he was
awarded . Yendell would go o n to graduate with honors from th e
School of Management in 1947 and then embark on a very success ful, five-decade-long career in industrial accounting.
To demonstrate his gratitude to the teacher who encouraged h1s
college studies, and to others who had positively )mpacted his life,
Yendell and his wife, Nancy, last week gave S I00,000 to the School
of Management to endow undergraduate scholarships at th e school.
While walking across UB's Sou th Campus last week, Yende\1 ,
who now resides in Chaltanooga, Tenn., reflec ted on the path
that his life h as taken- from his years at US, to hi s bnef stint in
the Navy, to his career at Sylvama Electric in Buffalo and eve ntu a lly a t Knowlton Brothe rs 10 Tennessee, from which he would
retire .
"I feel very lucky to have had people all my life who have encou raged me to succeed," says Yendell. "Now I feel good that I can help
orhers achieve their goals."
Beginning in the fa ll semes t t~r of 2000. the Rohert and Nanc-r
Yendell Scholarships will begm to be awarded to dt·servJng School
of Management und ergradua te stud ents.

according to Anderson.
But it is a shift that still depends
on convincing physicians, insurers
and the public that the specialized

training of pharmacists has real
value in the health -ca re system.
"It's a catch 22." says Anderson.
"Pharmacists want to counsel patients and they have been trained
to do it, but there still has to be

some rttognition that counseling
patients has real value in managing drug therapy and that that, in
and of itself, should be paid for."

Ultimately, the patient -outcome
data gathered at clinical sites run
by Tops and UBwill be used to convince third-party payers of that.
"We want to see a change in
how pharmacies are paid,.. explains Rothberg. "Like lawyers or
accountants, we Should be paid for
our cognitive abilities. We've been
giving out this information on a
daily basis for free ."

RINWeb site offers,information on Niagara Region m

T

HE Western New York

Regional Information
Network (RIN ),a 5,300page Web site offering
access to a wealth of information
about the eight~county Niagara
Region , has been established at the
Institute for Local Governa nce
and Regional Growth at UB.
The institute will showcase RIN
&lt;http:/ / rln .buff•lo.edu &gt; this
morning dur ing a presentation in
the Buffalo Co nvention Ce nter.
John B. Sheffer, II , institute di rector, calls the Web site ''a resource
(or the region's ci tizens and lead ers. as well as a richly informative
!l-ite for users ou tside the area, and
an anchor -point for a broader ap proach to creating on line access to
\\'estern New York.
"A number of different groups
wi th different approaches are
working to enhance the Niagara
Region's Web presence," Sheffer
said. " We believe--and it's a belief
that 's ce ntral to the wny the IU N

works-that aU of us who are en gaged in these efforts can collaborate and network so that Web visi tors see a coherent, user-friendl y,
sensible region, rather than a frac tured public face with several
dozen unrelated access points."
The RIN is, in part, an electronic
directory of public services and
municipal jurisdictions in th e
eight -county N iagara Region, providing contact informati o n even
for agencies and jurisdictions that
are not yet on lin e.
The RJN also lin ks to extstlOF.
homepages for municipalities and
publ ic agencies, as well as some
not -for -profit orgamzat1ons. and
offers training for munJCtpal and
school officials and pubh r-se~..· wr
serviCe providers who want to l"rt'
ate a Web pres~n ce for th('ar orga
nizations and agenc i e~ .
ln addition , the RJN offcr!t user"
connections to national and interna tional sites that demonstrate some
"best practices" in regional Web ap-

proaches to such 1ssues as economiC
and community devdopment.
"We j ust keep growing ,.. sa1d
O livia Arditi, the network's Web
ma!:ter. "With several hundred mu nicipal jurisdictions and a broad
range of public services in the eight
counties we se rv~ . there a re always
new dimensions for the RIN to
cov~r.

"As more a nd mort" munidpali lles and organizatiom tak(' an in
tcrest 111 going o nlin e. the RIN
will co ntinue to become a more
complex and dynamH to o l.'"
Ardttt !laid . "'That's th e cx.otmg
nature of tht· Weh- 11 l'volvc'
~.on~tJntly . whKh make !&gt; 11 an
ak.tllnf,,rnl&lt;lttunal re!&gt;uuru· ,,, ,1
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ti c.:e!&gt; and c.:o mmunlt\' agent.:IC!&gt; tn
let us know how they w;mt to ht·

represented on the Web," she sa ad .
" If they want to create the1r own
Web sites, we help them do it.
and then we help RJN use rs find
them .
"Beca use of thts fundamental
collaboration. the RIN can pro·
vide access to a broader, deeper
range of regional information
than a ny one agency could ever
mainta1n on Its ow n ."
The RIN evolved from ,1 I ";J~fl
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'Smart concrete' could eliminate truck weigh stations
By EllEH &lt;;OLDBAUM
News Services Editor

T

RUCK -weighing

stations on high·
ways could become a thing of
the past as a result of a new
application for "smart concrete" developed by US en gineers.
A paper on the research
authored by Deborah D.L.

C hung. Niagara Mohawk
Chair of Materials Research
and professor of mechanical
and aerospace engineering,
a nd Ze ng -Q iang Shi. a

graduate student in the Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering, 1s
published this month in U ment and Concrett Research .
"A highway made with

smart concrete would be able
to tell where each vehicle
was, and what its weight and

sp&lt;ed were," said Chung. "As
a result , vehicles cou ld be
weighed while traveling normally on the highway."
Developed and patented by

Chung. smart concret:e is concrete that has bee.n reinforced
with short carbon fibers. She
previously demonstrated that

the electrical resistance of con·
crete thai has been modified
with a very small amount of
fibers (betw""n 0.2 and 0.5
percent of volume ) changes in

response to strain or stress.
The ooncrete acts as a sensor
because the carbon fibers are

much more el«trically con·
ductive than the concrete mix.
"Concrete modified wit h

carbon fibers turns Qut to be
a very sensitive detector of
strain ," sajd Chung... Strain,
which relates to stress, is
detected through measurement of the electrical res istance. As the concrete is deformed or stressed, the con·
tact between the fiber and
ce ment matrix is affected,
thereby affecting the vol ume electrical resistivity of
the concrete."
By calibrating t.he smart
concrete prior to the testing,
the researchers were able to
determine the relationship
between resistance and
weight.
In their lab. the research ers duplicated the weight
and motion of a truck trav·
eling on a highway by rolal ·

ing a car tire between the cylindrical surfaces of two
concrete rollers, one of
which was made of smart
co ncrete. The researchers
were able to control the
speed of rotation , as well as
the load on the tire.
Four electrical contacts at·
tachrd to the smart -concrete
roUer measured changes in
electrical resistance of the
concrete near its surface as
the wheel roUed on il.
According to Chung, the

electrical resistance of sman
concrete decreases revers··
ib ly wi th increasing stress
up 10 I MPa (megaPascals,
a unit of stress equaJ to 145
lb per square inch } and is
independent of speed up to
55 miles per hour.

Other applications for
smanconcreteindudeusing
it to sense real-time vibrations of bridges or other
highway structures or buildings for use in dam~ning
Vlbrations.orforearthquakemitigation.
C hung said that the &lt;Xtra

cost of adding short carbon
fibers to concrete would increase the materials cost of
concrete by about 30 per·
cent , s till significantly
cheaper than anaching or
embedding sensors into
roads, a method already in

use by some highway au thorities.
The research was funded

by the National Science
Foundation and Sensor
Plus, Inc.

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Commencement fxtra honors
members of the Class of /999

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Vrrtual Factory

FSEC urges better communication

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011 academ1c dishonesty

May 13. 1!m/Vut30.No.3Z

Getting

ready
UB Bookstore employees
Nikay Patten, left, a UB
junior majoring in English
and African-American
studies, and Patti Fee sort
the multicolored tassels
students will wear on their
caps at Commencement.

Keck FolUldation awards UB $1 million
Grant will fund purchase ofhigh-speed computers for single-molecule research
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HE California-based
W.M. Keck Foundation
hu given a $1 million
grant to UB tha t will
move the university to the forefront
in single-molecule and biomedical
research.
The grant will allow a team of re·
searchers in the School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences to pur·
chase high -speed compu1ers thai
will accclera1e greatly their studies
of the activity of ion channels, protein structures that regulate the How
of electrical current in cells.
The UB resea rchers-Frederick

Sachs and Anthony L. Auerbach,
professors of physiology and biophysics, and Feng Qin, research
assistant professor of physiology
and biophysi~ the developers of groundbreaking software
programs that are revolutionizing
the way that scientists interpret the
activity of ion channels. many of
which are implica ted in diseases.
President William R. Greiner
anno unced today that the S I mil lion grant will fund creati on of the
W.M. Keck Fou nda tion Center for
Computational Biology.
"Thanks to the Keck Foundation, the University at Buffalo will
be able to conduc t path-breaking

research in biomedical science for
years to come," G reiner said.
"UB is proud 10 be the first and
only public campus in New York
Statt to rraivor ~cr- &amp;om rhe
Keck Foundation, which is world renowned for its suppor1 of mnovative research in science. engineering and biomedical science. It was a
great honor for UB to be awarded
this support from the Ked; Foun dation.
.. This grant provides n:cogrullon
of the I.ITlportant work bemg done by

Frederick Sachs, Anthony Auerhach
;md Feng Qin, and enhances our poSition as one of America's major rt'search universities."

Provost David J, Triggle noted
that .. the ability to measure, visual IZe, manipulate and p ro be indi vidual molecules, as opposed to
populations of molecules, reprrsent:s one o( the most dramatic recent advances in science. It is not comcident that the March 12 issue of
Sczerzce. from the American Assoaa
tlon for the Advancement of "-.1
t'nce, was devoted to singJe mol·
e(ul&lt;.~.

.. Tht" program that Professor ..
Sachs and Auerbach are propo!!!
mg enables them to srud)• th l'
structure and fun ction of oomplc:\
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Senate adopts consensual-relations 'alert'
By SUE WUETCHEJI

Reporter Editor

HE Faculty Senate Tuesday adopted an "alen"
warning faculty mem ·

hers of the possible con·
sequencc:s of becoming roman tically invoJved with their s rud ~nts.
The action was taken after
somewh at contentious debate

about the meaning of the proposal
and its relationship to sexual harassment, and afte r the defeat of a
motion to postpone a vote on the
statement until the fall. It came
more than two years after the is·
s ue first was brought to the
se nate's Executive Co mmittee.
The statement, titled "Alert for
Instructional Staff," was drafted by
the senate's Academic Freedom
and Responsibility Committee. It
states that " Members of the teach ing staff shouJd be aware that any
romantic involvement with their
students may lead to formal action
against them if a complaint is reg istered by a student.
"Even when both parties have
consented to rhc developm ent of

such a relat ionship, it is the m structor who, by virtue of power
differential and special profes sio nal responsibility, may be held
acco untable for unprofessional
behavior.
"Those who a re directly or in ·

directly affected by such a relation ship are invited to discuss their
concerns with the Office of Equity.
Diversity and Affirmative Action
for profess ionally compe tent and
confidential discussion of the1r
complaint ."
Discussion of the issue, as it ha...
at past meetings of both the sen
ate and the FSEC. again focused on
the alert's purpose.
John Boot, professor and cha 1r
of the Department ol Manage ·
ment Science and Sys tem ... and
chair of th e Academll.' f-rt·edom
and Responsibility Commlttt.•e ,
told his colleagu e... that relatton ·
ships between facult)' members
and their students that start out as
consensual often result m recrimi nations. including complaints of
sexual harass ment. The alert wa.'l
designed to serve as a "warning"

for mstructional staff that they are
"playing with fire" if they engage
m such relationships. Boot sajd

Loyce Sl&lt;wan, di=tor of the l )1fice of Equity, DIVersity and Affirmative Action, called the alert a "statemc::nt informing faculry that certam
behavior may have an adverse effect."

Stcwan added that sexual haras&gt;ment, induding third-pany haras;ment, is one rypc of complaint that
may arise from relationships bctwt.'Cn
students and faculty.
William Baumer, p rofessor ol
ph il osophy. noted that th e state ·
ment was not adopted as a harass ment code. " It 's a warning; that 's all
11 1s mtended to be," Baumer sa1d,
adding thai "it's badly needed."
But Samuel Schack, professor o f
mathematiCS, insisted the stall'
mcnt is abou t sexual harassment.
He pomted to what he call ed the
1mplied "subtext" underlring the
d1sc..uss10n: "a kmd of moral valu ·
allon of such relationships , a no ·
11011 that somehow these rela ti On
ships are ipso facto wrong."
Noting tha t .. many" of his UB
co ll eagues met tht"ir spouses tn

classes they taught. Schack !&gt;3.\d: " I
find 11 a little bit difficult for us t('l
stand and piously claim that such
relationships are ipso faao wrong .''
He added that the senate has not
considered the coiJa teraJ effects of
adoptmg such an alert. The statt&gt;
ment as b..1sed on the bc::Jief that
faculty and students will mJsb&lt;'
have. he sa1d, nottng that H wtll
tnnucnce whether facultv mcm
hers wtll meet w1th the1r qudent '
111 private.
"I think we ... hou\d .. ~ ,nqd t' r
... whether we reallv \\'31llltl.,t.&gt; l "I'
that kind of mentalll\· wtthtn tht'
mstltution."
Lilliam Malave, &lt;bSOCl all' pro it."~
~ur of learning and tnstru ~ tu m
who told her colleague!!. thJ t .,hl'
we~ ... speaking from th~.· l'•l Jrlt of
V\t.' W of a facult v ITil'mha and .1
former female studt·nt , di~gr l'l"d
that such an alert \"'ould d! .. \o ur
age h&lt;.·r from mec::tmg h'lth male
students or "'ith a male proft.·s~or
She ~. o mplained that th e F~t:.&lt;. .
of whKh she IS a member. spen t
m uch 11me over the past two \'l' ar ~
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assembly plant that has6' t
been built yet and moving
around pieces of equipment
that weigh several tons just by
pointing and dragging your mouse.
It's now possible with new, virtual -factory software that has been
developed by U 8 engineers. It is
the first software designed for cellular manufacturing systems,
which involve the production of
separate parts on a shop floor and
constitute more than half of the through' an tnvironment and virfactories in the U.S.
tually rearrange machines, equipCalled UB VR-Fact!, the soft- ment and other objects just by
ware and the research that led to pointinganddragging,"besaid. "It
it will be presented tomorrow at becomes very intuitive.•
the IEEE International ConferIn 1996, Kcsavadas and colence on Robotics and Automa- leagues at Iowa State University,
tion in Detroit.
where he was then an associate
It provides companies with a scientist, developed a virtual~re ·
three-dimensional method ofim- ality mockup of a factory to help·
mersing themselves in and virtu· visualize a plant for Sa.uer
ally designing large-scale plants. It Sundstraod, a maker of eogialso simulates operations, en~ neered hydraulic systems for off~
abling manufacturers to identify road vehicles.
and avert potential bottlenecks ·
u.we were building a new, flexlong before breaking ground for a ible machining system and Kesh
new plant.
and his team came in and proThe software can be run on ci- grammed what it would look like
ther a high -end graphics environ- in virtual reality," recalled Richard
ment, such as an SGI workstation, Brimeyer, who was ·production
or on a Pentium-based PC.
manager for the company. u.It re"Our software can provide ally enhanced the visual nature of
manufacturers with tools that en- the plan, and it probably helped
able them to model before they us seU the investment to manage~
build, to simulate before they pro- ment because they could get in
duce and to anticipate and solve and walk through it and get exproduction problems before they cited about it," he said. "It also
occur, all of which has the poten- helped verify that our layout was
tial to lead to significant' cost sav- sound."'
ings," said T. (Kcsh) Kcsavadas, as·
At UB, Kcsavadas and his colsistantprofcssorofmcchanicaland leagues have advanced this idea
aerospaccengineerioganddircctor significantly through the use of
ofUB's Virtual Reality Laboratory. mathematical algorithms and
"UB VR-Fact! allows individu- models so that the software simualsto immerse themselves in or' fly lates not only factory layout and

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the formation of families of parts,
but factory production as well.
Using probability-distribution
equations, he and his colleagues
have used the software to simulate an entire week of plant operation in just half an hour. With
supercomputers at 1JB's Center
for Computational Research,
more complicated plants can be
simulated effectively.
"The simulation can rcvcal how
material flows through a production process invoiYi.ng 200 machines and 50 different parts," said
Kcsavadas. "It tdis you where the
potential bottlenecks are. Then
you can simply change one pa·
ramcter and do it again."
Oth.e r features of the software
include automatic generation of
most standard machines using
the process parameters, detec ~
tion ~f ergonomic problems,
monitoring of shop~ floor activities and interfaces with database
systems.
Applications arc especially
promising for companies that ano
considering building new plants in
other countries.
"Suppose GM wants to start a
factory in Russia," Kcsavadas said.
"Instead of incurring the substantial oost involved in sending a team

of designers to the new site, the
company ·can configure the plant
virtually at iu headquarters.•
Kcsavadas nolcd that software
packages currently being marketed can help to design plant&amp; in
two dimensions, but he believes
this is among the lint to do it fully

in.thrcc-dimcnsions.
"Eventllllly, though, all of the
design packages will go thrce-dimcnsio.nal," he Slid.
He and colleagues arc working
on developing ncw'm"lions ofUB
VR-Factl software that will simulate· the operations of individual
machines, making it possible to
'touch' the machines' controls. as
...,ll as simulate the assembly of
individual parts.
Funding for research in UB's
VIrtual laboratory is provided by
Praxair, Inc.; A.me.r ican Honda
Motor Co., Inc.: the National Science Foundation; Veridian, and
UB.
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Created on a Silicon Graphics
ONYX 2 computer, the virtual file.
tory can be visualized using a stereo head mounted display and
Crystal Eye stereo glasses.
For information about this and
other VR projects at liB, visit
&lt; http:/ / w -.vrlalt.ltuffalo.

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Faculty senate
contlnuod from poge 1

"massaging" an issue that resulted..
in "a very simple statement for a
very serious issue.
"It's just not a piece of law; it's
,just a simple alert."
Malave said some of her colleagues are "naive" to assume that
the issue of consensual relation ships and sexuaJ harassment is not
a problem at UB. It was a problem
when she was a student at UB 20
years ago, She said, and it remains
a problem for her students today.
William George, professor of
mechanical and aerospace engineering, suggested that the senate
postpone action on the alert to the.
senate's first meeting of the fall
semester. The senate is "not converging" on the issue, he said, noting that he also was not comfortable with the legal issues involved
and would like to see the sexualharassment policy that is being
drafted by a subcommittee of the
President's Task Force on Women.
Stewart noted earlier that UB
does have a sexual-harassment
policy; the subcommittee is drafting formal"procedures" to implement the policy.
George added that it makes little
sense to adopt such an alert in

mid-May when many faculty Statistics. Guttman, who senate type of reorganization is proposed
membefs will be leaVing campus Chair Peter Nickerson said was on and to make clear the responsibilifor the summer months. u.My sabbatical leave in Scotland, is now ties of the administration and tlie
sense is that it will be quickly bur- a member of the faculty of the chair of the senate. •'It is an atied and forgotten . We want this to Department of Mathematics.
tempt to prevent recurrence
have some effect in the fall."
The measure to inform the sen- of... the kind of nonsense ..., got
However, several senators . ate chair is a toned-down =sion with regard to the Dcp&amp;flment of
·
stressed that the issue has been of a proposal asking that the ad- Statistics," he said.
The censure motion had acdiscussed at length in the senate ministration be censured for its
and it was now time to make a actions last fall in folding the De- cused the administration of not
partment of Statistics into the De- following UB !"'d SUNY procedecision.
"This is not rocket science. It's partment of Social and Prneotivc dures regarding the abolition of
not nuclear physics. lt,s not brain Medicine. The Version approved by degree-granting programs and for
surgery. What it is is a statement the senate Thesdayspecifically asks failing to oonsult with faculty on
that many find difficult to grasp," tha! "whenever initiation, termina- the-issue.
jamesHolstun,associateprofessor
said Boot, "I think it would be tion, amalgamation, division or
unwise to postpone it. .. I see es- major reorganization of an aca- of English. asked wby"any notion of
sentially obstructionism and I see demic unit is under cOnsideration, censure of the administration seems
only male obstruction and I resent that shall be reported promptly by to have disappeared" from the revised
it."
the cognizant dean, vice president resolution. "What oould an adminThe motion to postpone a vote or the provost to the chair ·of the istntioo do that-..ould bc"WO!tby of
on the alert was defeated by a vote Faculty Senate, who shall report it ccnsuno if not dismantling, as per
to the Executive Committee. The procedUral fashion, a univmity deof34-15.
In other business, the senate Executive Committee shall deter- partment!" be wondered.
Baumer said the word "cmsuno"
approved a resolution asking that mine the actions to be talcm by th~
was not included in the measure
the chair of the senate be informed Senate."
Baumer, a member of the ad hoc because "the committee didn't think
as early as possible whenever any
kind of reorganization of an aca- committee of former chairs of the we needed to take that action. The
demic unit is under consideration senate that drafted the proposal, president already bad apologized
by the administration.
told senators that the measure was .profusely. cxplidtly and repeatedly
It also approved a statement "intended to clarify and put on the forthc &amp;ilures to deal properly with
supporting Irwin Guttman, record for all to see" the actions procedural.issues with regard to the
fondtr chair of the Department of that are expected whe.o ever any Department of Statistics."

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State Board of
UB hosted a receptloo and
informal discussiOn 'session
for the state Board of
Regents on Monday. Pictured, from left to right, are
Cart Hayden, chan&lt;;ellor of
the board; President William

R. Greiner; Regent Robert
Bennett; Regent~d
Gardner; and Richard Mills,
state education commissioner. The board was in
Bufblo for its monthly
meeting. which was held at
Bufblo State Coli~.

Tackling cheating head-on
FSEC subcommittee urges faadty to make efforts more 'proactive'
•1 SUI WIIETOIU

against students they suspect of aca-

Reporter Editor

demic dishonesty, she said.
Faculty members "carry around
in our heads a value system (concerning academic integrity) that
doesn't alway&gt; get transmitted to
students," she said. It is critical, she
streSsed, .. to make: dear to our students what tbat means. it's an obligation that we have because it 's
the rules we work under."
Ludwig also said that many cases
of cheating are handled with the
students receiving failing grades,
and are not reflected on a student's
.. permanent record." The subcommittee discussed the possibility of
strengthening procedures to establish some kind of" repository" that
would collect data on persistent
cheaters. she added.
Melvyn Churchill, professor of
chemistry, told his colleagues that
while a faculty member can take
action against a student suspected
of cheating, the student also can
take action against the faculty
member via a grievance procedure.
If a student accused of any kind
of academic dishonesty grieves the
action of the faculty member, "the
chance of his not winning is approximately zero," Churchill said,
calling the procedure ..an absolute
nightmare" for the faculty member.
..The grievance process has got
to be dealt with at some stage so
that it becomes something other
than a legal 'footsy;' it is, at the
current moment, ludicrous ...
Churchill applauded the idea of
establishing a repository of information on chea~ but noted that if it
.;'nty contained informatino on those
students against whom formalactinn
had been taken, "it will be the world's
smallest repository of information."
In another discussion at the FSEC
meeting, the chair of the senate's
Tenure and Privileges Committee
reported on the role interdisciplinary centers and institutes should
play in the promotion proCess.
Margaret Acara, committee chair
and professor of pharmaC&lt;)Ingy and
toxicology. told senators that interdisciplinary centers and institutes
are "important in the scholarly ~fc
of the university community.n fostering interaction among diverse
areas of the universi ty. However,
these units are not intended to ~­
place the departments, she said, noting that departments should con·
rinuc to be the sole venue for fac-

ACULTY members need
to be more proactive in

F

communicating to stu-

dents what constitutes plagiarism and academic dishonesty,
the chair of the Faculty Senate Student.UfeCommittee told memb&lt;:rs
of e senate's E=uti"" Commit! at the body's meeting May 4.
This"proactivity" should include

e inst:rtion of a statement in each
syllabus spelling out exam
decO m and behavior, defining
plag·
m and outlining the conof academic misconduct,
Jeann Ludwig, committee chair
and associate professor of modem
languages and literatures, suggested
to her colleagues.
Faculty members who have inserted such a statement on their syllabi have reported that it"saves them
unending grief" when cases or suspicions of cheating arise, Ludwig said.
She pointed out that some institutions-most notably Thfts Uni versity-have Web sites that are
readily available to students that
specifically outline what constitutes
plagiarism and academic integrity.
At UB, the rules and regulatinns
for student conduct-including
those applying to academic integrily--&lt;lr&lt; published by the Division
of Student AffiUrs each yeat in the
&amp;port6,she said, wging senators to
study the disciplinary procedures
outlined in those rules and seriously
consider including them in their syllabiaswdl.
Ludwig reminded faculty members that they have the authority to
impose numerous sanctions when
a determination of impropriety has
been made, including admonition ,
warning, revision of work. reduction in grade, mandatory resignation from the course or failure for
reasons of academic dishonesty.
..Some students are not aware
that those are all legitimate and
usable resources at the faculty's
disposal ," she said.
She also noted that some faculty
members feel that the burden of
proving cases of academic dishonesty falls to them, rather than to the
students. It is important to provide
institutional oypport~n moral
support-for those instructors who
have witnessed cheating or suspect
plagiarism on the part of students
and who decide to pursue cases
co

ulty hiring and promotion.
But in order to promote the
growth of interdisciplinary units
and encourage faculty participation in these units. .. it is essential
that such participation be fairly
considered and evaluated in promotion decisions,.. she said.
Among the rules the Tenure and
Privileges Committee has recom mendedare:
• A faculty m~mber's participation in an interdisciplinary unit
should be discussed with and
agreed upon by the department
chair and the head of the interdisciplinary unit.
• Credit for teaching and research
associated with units other than the
faculty member 's department
should be considered in the promotion process. The head of the interdisciplinary unit should be consulted by the chair in the preparation of the dossier, including providing a letter, providing appropriate names for the solicitation of reference letters and participating in all
discussions of the promotion by the
department's voting body of record
and during other discussions of the
candidate's case by the department
The FSEC voted to transmit the
committee's report to the full senate.
Senators also heard a plea from
a representative of the English
Graduate Student Association for
their support in opposing a pro ·
posed increase in the student
Comprehensive Fee.
laurie Ousley told senators that
graduate students cannot afford an
in~ in the Comprehensive Fee.
which, she said, constitutes 10 per·
cent of teaching/gradual&lt; assistants'
salaries, after taxes.
The Comprehensive Fee, which
includes the SUNY Co llege Fee
and support for technology. st udent health. transportation. campus life and intercoUegiate athlet·
ics (undergraduates only), wouJd
increase by $75 per year, to $860
annually. for graduate and professio nal students. and $1 SS per year.
to $1.140 annually. for unde rgraduates under a university bud
get plan being considered.
Administrators say the increase
is ne«&lt;ed to further enhance stu dent technology programs and im prove the quality of campus life.
The FSEC referred the matter to
the senate's Budge t Priorities
Committee.

I Obituaries
Allan V. Gibbons, 84, professor
of dentistry for four decades
A memorial service will be held by the family for Allan V. G1b
bons, 84. who had served as a professor of dentist ry in the School of
Dental Medicine for more than 40 years. Gibbons died May I m
Hospice Buffalo, Cheektowaga. after a brief illness.
Gibbo ns. who graduated summa cum laude from Hanuh on Col lege in 1936 and from the UB dental school in 1939, served m the
U.S. Army in North Africa. Italy and France as a member of the 2.' rd
Ge n ~ral Hospital, achieving the rank of major.
After maintaini ng a private practice from 1939 throu gh the mtd
1970s. he chaired the dental -hygiene program at Eric Communttv
College and was instrumental in maintaining its continu ed a ccrl~dt
tat ion .
He was a life member of the Amcrtcan Dental Assoctatlon. tht·
New York State Board of Dentistry and th e North Easl Rcgumal
Board of Dental Exam iners, servi ng as its president !ro m 1960-69
He also held a life membership in th e O rmcron Kappa Up'ldon I fun
o rary Den tal Society.
In 1956, he was elected a fellow of the AmerKan College ol Den tistry and received the organization's Distinguished Serv t(C Award
In 1986.

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and responsive systems."
Sachs noted, "With highperformance computers, we
will be able to solve the

properties of single molecules more than 100 times
faster than we now can and
to a resolution that has not

even been possible before."
The result will be a far
greater wxlmtanding of ion
· channels, many of which are
implicated in diseases.
" If we c.an understand
these molecules and how
the y change shape over
lime, we can understand
how they functio n," said
Sachs. "When a protein's
motions are abnormal, they
can cause disease. The pro ~
teins we study are used to
send signals throughout the
body and when they mal -

function, they can cause any
number of serious clinical
symptoms, such as weakness, paralysis, spastic be ~
havior or cardiac arrest."'
The UB reseaJ"chers are
the developers of software
programs that are revolu tionizing the way that scientists interpret ion-channel
activity, which is so complex
and time-consuming that,
until recently, many re searchers simply gave up on
it. With their "QUB" software, res earche.rs around
the world are abl e to d iscover in minutes how long
it takes for an ion channcl
to change shape. Previously,
such calculations wo uld
have taken months.
According to Sachs, it was
actually Feng Qin, at the
time a UB graduate student .
Sachs describes as '- brilliant," who developed the

.

.

algorithms o n which the ICS.
software is based.
Besides ion
the
"For 20 years, scientists programs also are applicable
have been collectiog data on to the study of many other
the random movements of important biological and
molecules, but they didn't chemical problems, such as
know how tO interpret this characterizations of the
information," said Auerbach. force between fundamental
"Qin made several break- ' contraction units of muscle.
throughs and now the analyThe researchers intend to
sis is relati~ly easy."
link PC&amp; together with highScientists and software speed networks in a cluster,
vendors have responded an approach that duplicates
positively to the methods supercomputing capabilithe UB team developed and ties at low cost, in order to
the instructional workshops achieve the necessary comthat they hold are well-at- putational power.
Roxanne Ford, medical
tended.
.. Our programs are be- research program director
coming the 'gold standard' of the W.M. Ked Foundafor ion· channel research,• tion, said, "In its science and
said Auerbach. "The Keck medical-research programs,
grant is important to our the foundation bas long fofuture because it provides us cused on supporting cutwith computing power that ting-edge research and the
will allow us to push the development of new techlimits of molecular dynam - nologies that may lead to

channd..

breakthrough achievements
in a particular field. In this
tight, - are yory proud to
suppon the singk-molecule
kinetics work of on. Sachs
and Auerbach at UB."
The Keck Foundation
grant fits into an ongoing
structural-biology initiative
of the university and builds
on other recent corporate
grants that are helping to
make UB one of the top-10
academic supercomPuting
sites in the U.S.
The W.M. Ked Foundation, one of the nation's
largest philanthropic organizations, was founded in
1954 by the late W.M. Ked,
founder of the Superior Oil
Co. The foundation's grantmalting is focused primarily
QP pioneering efforts in the
of higher education,
medical research, science
and engineering.

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n. 1999

Ruckenstein, Creeley to be
honored at commencement
journalist WolfBlitzer to speak, will receive honorary degree
. , MAllY IIETit SPINA
News s.Mces Editor

W

OLF Blitur, CNN's

senior Whiu House

comspondent and a
1970 groduauoflJll.
will speak at the univenity's 153rd
commencement ceremony, to be
bdd at 10 a.m. Sunday in Alumni
Arena on the North Campus.
Blit:u:r, who also hosts OIN's "Inside Politics Weekend." wiU be
awardc:danhooorarySUNY Doctor. au of HUI!lalle Lettm during the
a=nony, where degrees wiD becoo-

femdupongroduatingsenicrs&amp;om
the College ofArts and Sciences. •
Lucille Clifton, Western New
York native, poet and author who
twice has been nominaud for the
Pulit:u:r Prize, also will be awarded
an honorary SUNY Doctorate of
Humane Letters.
An honorary SUNY Doctorate of
Science wiD be presenud to Oilton
A- Pnodry, UB alumnus and director of the Division of Minority Opportunities in Research at the National Institutes of Health (NlH).
Eli Ruckenstein and Robert
Creeley, UB faculty members honored this year with top national
awards in their 6dds. wiD ...:me the

OJancellorOlarles P. Norton Medal,
UB'shighesttribute,atthe&lt;JemDOny.
Ruckenstein, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Depanment of Chemical Engineering in
the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, was presented the
National Medal of Science, the
highest hqnor awarded in the U.S.
for scientific achievement, in a
White House ceremony April27.
Creeley, piopeering American
poet and Samuel P. Capen Chair in
Poetry and the Humanities in the
'Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of the 1999 Bollingen Prize
in Poetry, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world.
· Degrees will be awarded during
the ceremony by President William R. Greiner and Provost David
J. Triggle. Joining Blitur as speakers will be Greiner and Joshua W.

Walker, a graduating senior and
winner of the Division of Student
Affairs Senior Leadership Award.
Walker, Cynthia Rudin, Michael
R Tackett and Stephen J. Turkovich
will~ the Chancellor's Award
for Student Excellence.
Four graduates will receive the
College ofArts and Sciences.Dean's
Outstanding Senior Award s:
Jonathan W. Frederick, for the arts;
Thomas Varghese Kozhimannil, for
the humanities; Alyssa Marie
Johnson, for social aod behavioral
sciences, and Rudin, for science and

mathematics.
Twenty-seven students also will
be honored as outstanding graduates from the College of Arts and

Sciences.
Student vocalist will be Dana
Goldstein.
The Norton medal is presented
annuaUy in public recognition o{
a person who has, in Norton's
words, "performed some great
thing which is identified with

Buffalo •. . a great civic or political
act, a great book, a great work of
art, a great scientific achievement,
or any other thing which in itself
is truly great and ennobling and
which dignifies the performer and .
Buffalo in the eyes
of the world."
Ruckenstein , a
UB faculty memher since 1973 and
a member of the

prestigious Na·
tional Aca&lt;kmy of
Engineering. is the
first UB professor to receive the
coveud National Medal of Science.
Considered the U.S. equivalent
oftheNobeiPrize,themedalisbe•
stowed on individuals who have
made outstanding contributions
to knowledge in the chemical,
physical, biological, mathematical,
engineering or social sciences.
Ruckenstein's research inurests
have covered· nearly every aspect
of chemical engineering, a breadth
rarely seen in the work of a single
scientist.
He conducts both theoretical
and eicperimental research that
not only has changed scientistS'
un"derstanding of the fundamen tal phenomena of chemical processes, but also has led to the development of enhanced research
methods and new materials.
Oneoftltemostinlluential poets

mencement ceremony, received a
bacbelor's degree in hUtory from
U8 and began his joumalism career in 1972-with the R.eutas News
Agency. He spent many years coveriJJsthouatioll's capital,induding
several as aWash ington correspoodent for The

/tnu4Jmt PostHe joined CNN
in 1990 and

served for

twO

years u the net-

work'smililaryoffainwnapoodtntotthel"eabb@Pn.
Blitur was a mem.ber of the
CNN team that won the prestigious Golden CableACE award
from the National Aca.:Iemy of
Cable Programmin&amp; for coverage
of the Penian Gulf War.
Clifton will n:c.tM a SUNY hanorary Doctorate in Humane Lettm
for her outstanding accomplishments as ~ versatile and prolific
wriuranda voiceforsocialcbange.
Born into a clooe-knit African-

AmericancommunityinDtpew,sbe
isauationallyrenownedautborand
poet whore worb have appeared in

tor of the "Black Mountain" school
ofpoetry,alongwith&lt;llarlesOison,

everymajorAmericanandAfricanAmerican literoryantbology.R&lt;cip;ent of three National Education Associotion Awards. sbe hu
been
nominlllod for the Pulit:u:r Prize_
A Di,tinguiShed Professor of
H~since 1989atSt_Mary's
College in Maryland, Oilton is a
former Maryland state poet_
In 1969, she published her lint

Robert Duncan and Denise

collection of poetry, •Good

Levertov. Black Mountain established a new and anti-academic poetic tradition that hu been &lt;dlected
intheworkofmanypoetswhohave
rome to occupy significant places in
the 20th-century literary canon.
He co-directs the UB Poetia Program, which he and his colleagues
Charles Bernstein, Raymond

Times," which was immediately
ciud by The New York Time&lt; as one
of the year's I 0 best books.
Clifton is a prolific writer of
children's stories and author ofmore
thao 20 books. which ha~ been
highly praised by education "'P"fS.
Poodry, director of NIH's Division of Minority Opportunities in
Research , will receive a SUNY
honorary Doctorate of Science as
a lea.der in biological research and
a major advocate for minoriry
education in the sciences.
He was born in Buffalo and
raised on the Tonawanda Seneca
Indian reservati oiL
Pnodry earned a bachelor's degree in 1965 and a master's degree
in 1968, both from UB, aud the
doctoral degree in 1971 from Case
Western Reserve University.
As an important wice on issues
related to higher education in the
sciences, an outstanding-administrator aod a distinguished university professor of biology, Poodry
has won numerous grants for his
research and uacher-training initiatives, including a $1 million
grant from the Howard Hughes
Medical lnstituu Undergraduau
Biological Scienees Program.
He joined.the faculty at the University of California at Santa Cruz
and laur became chair of the biologydepartmenLPnodryalsoserved
as acting dean of natural scimces
and acting associaU vioe cbancellor
for undergraduate affairs.
.

ofhistime,Creeley~anorigina-

Federman, Leslie Fiedler,, Dennis
Tedlockand SuSaD HowedeY&amp;ped
to encourage the aploration oflanguageanditscapacitytoapressand
represent human aperience.
As the 1999 recipient of the
Bollingen Prize in Poetry from the
Yale University Library, Creeleyjoins
an elite group that include$ W.H.
Auden, e.e.'CUlJlminp. Robert Frost,
Robert Penn Warren, James Merrill
and John Ashbery. The Bollingen is
presentedbienniallytoauAmerican
poet for "!he best bqok published
duringtheprevioustwo_yearsorfor
lifetime acbievoment in poetry.
Creeley, whohuservedon the UB
Englishdeportm"!lt&amp;cultyformore
than 30 years, recently was elected to
the Board of ChanceUors of the
AmericanAcademyofPoetry(AAP)
along with several other pioneering
writers who represent minority
fonns, themes and appr:oacbes to fin
lk sietk Amerjcan life.
His election puts Creeley in a
position to influence the distribution of a number of the academy's
prizes and feUowships in a manner
that is expected to take the acaderny in new dinections. ·
Blitzer, who will receive an honorary doctorau at the general com-

fWi&lt;i

Duringbi.!canoer.Foodryhasbeen
devoted to improving educational

opportunitia tor Na!M Americaos
and other minority ltudenu.
. He serve4 on tho odvioory board
and faculty of the Headlands Indian Health Careen Proplm at the
University of Oklahoma and is 1
past mm&gt;ber of tho minority science education advisory commit.ue for the American Aosociation
for the Advancement of ScienceThe School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences held the tint of
the 13 COIIliDtDCaDent ceraDODies
scheduled at UB May 8- 16. D.
· Bruce Johnstone. fonoer SUNY
chancellor and acting director of
the Cenur for Compuative and
Global Studies in the U8 Graduate
School of Education, &lt;peR at the
school's ceremony May 8 in the
Cenur for the Aru on tho North
Campus. Gmner...l\ialk aad Jalm
R Wright, dean of the medical
school, conferred cksr-.
Other caemoOies scb&lt;dul&lt;d at
UB this "lftekend, apeaken md
those who will confer dqp-.a are
• Graduak Scbool, 2 p.m., tomorrow, Cenur for tho Aru. K.erry S.
Gr:ant, dean of the Co1Jcae of Aru
and Sciences, will opaL 1Jiale
will mnfu degrea.
• School of Health Adated Profasions, 9 a.DL, Saturday, Alumni
Arena_ Michael E. Bemordino, vice
president for health affairs. will
speak and confer degrees.
• School of Social Work, 9 a,UL,
Saturday, Center for the Aru. The
Ho!'- Marpret R Anderson, Buffalo City Court judge, will speak.
Kenneth J. Levy; senior vice proVOlt, will confer degrees.
• School of Nwoing. 9 un., Saturday, Slee Concat Iiiii, North
pus. Linda n Oaldey.
pror..or at the tJoiwnilyoCWioamoin
at Madison School of Nunio&amp; will
speak. 1iigle will coni:r ..._.
• School of 1nformatioo and LibrarjStudies, lOun.,Solunloy,Siudent Union Theaue, North Campus. Dean Georso s. ~will
speak. Greiner will confa- cksr-.
• Engineering and Applied Sciences, I p.m., Saturday, Alumni
Arena. Triggle and Dean MarJ&lt; H .
Karwan will speak- Triggle will
confer degrees• Law Schoo~ 1 p-IO., Saturday,
Center for the Aru. The Hon.
Denise E. O'J;)onneiJ, U.S. attorney
for the We$tern District of New
York, will speak_ Dean R. Nils
O!Jen,Jr., will mnkr degrees.
• School of Pharmacy, I p.m.,
Satutday, Slee Concert Hall. Dean
Wayne K. Anderson will speak_
Greiner will confer degrea.
• School of Architecture and .
Planning, 3 p.UL, Saturday, lawn
outside Haya Hall, South Campus. Speaker will be Kent
Kleinman of the Depanment of
Arcbiucture at the University of
Michigan. Dean Bruno B. Frescbi
will confer degrees.
• School of Management, 5 P·"'-•
Saturday, Alumni Arena. Dean
Lewis MandeU will speak. Triggle
will confer dqp-.a.
• Gnduate School of Education,
5 p.m., Saturday, Center for the
Arts. Yolanda "Moses. president of
the City University of New York
City College, will speak. Greiner
will confer degrees.
• School of Dallal Medicine, 2
p.m., Sunday, Center for the Aru.
Charles Bertolami, dean of dootal
medicine at the Um-sity of California at San Francisco, will speak.
Bernudino will mnfu degrees.

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Academia, leadership, t alent t o be recognized

PresiclenrsMe s sage

.,CAS to honor six students
New1 SeMces Editorial Assistont

EVERAL graduates of the
CollqjeoCAru and Scienas
(CAS) will receive special
recognition at this year's
cornmencanmt~ny. indud-

S

ingfu~~~from~

.than 2,000 students graduatinc thU
year from CAS who will rea:ive
Dean's Outstmding Senior Aw3nls
foremaordinasy accomplishment.
Dean Kerry Grant will present
each with a cash award and artificate of recognition . The four
awards, which rq&gt;resent fu~ areas
of the am and sciences, are based
on students' overall academic
achievement, invo1~ent in the
campUJ community and contributions to their area of study.
c,-o. - will~the

D•••'s OutstMdlwg Senior
AwM'II In Sdetoco Math- . she received Outstanding
Graduate Awards from the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Music.
Rudin, who majored in math/
physics and music theory, also has
received a Goldwater Scholarship.
SdruJa Memorial Scholarship and
Grace W. Capen Award for Academic Excdlence.
Rudin's r=arch has ranged from
the study or caUJOS of avalanches.
to solar studies, to empirical models of th&lt; ionosphere. She compl&lt;ted a senior thesis on modeling
epitaxW!y strained solid films and
a separate thesis on the harmonic
and structural analysis of Maurice
Ravel's " Le Tombeau do CoupOrin.•
A member of the UB H~Pro­
gram, Rudin also is a member of the
Golden Key and Phi Eta Sigma
hOnor societies and has worbd as a
physics instructor and tutor.
Joaethato W. Federici!, who
majored in both media study and
English , will receive the ··
~-Awenlfor

the Arts. He is the Outstanding
Graduate Award recipient for the
Department of Media Study.
Federid&lt;has garnered praise from

bisprnfeaorsfurhis
work as a sc-reen
writer, director ~
aiticoCfilmand literature. ~ his
undergraduate career, be directed five
filmsandsix"""""ploys,and wodr.ed as
• production assistant fur Seen&lt; and
Herd Produaioos,a
local film compony.
A""""""'oCthe
UB Honors Program, be is a recipient of a Grace W.
Capen Award and is
a m&lt;mberoCPbi Eta
Sigma and Goldm
Kq national honor
societies.
Alyue Merle

,..._, who majored in both psychology and health
and human oervioes,
will receive the

__

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........
...

Sooolw~

............ Sci-. She~

the Outstanding
Graduate Award fur
th&lt; Department of
Psydlology, a Grace
W. Capen Award
and is a member of
Psi au and Golden
Kq oational honor

Oflice of Disability S&lt;rvices.
n.om.~

...--,.,..tho-will

~ tho-·· ­

- . He roceived tho Outstanding
Graduate Award from tho Department or History. Kozhirnannil. who
concentrated his study ofhislory on
medieval ~ UJing visual art as
a window into th&lt; civilization, also
achieYed pro6cieDcy in six languages
and prq&gt;ared fur medical school.
Listed in "Who's Who Among
Amerian Univenities and Colleges."
h&lt;isthewinneroCaGraceW.Capen
Award and is a tw&lt;&gt;-tim&lt; recipient of
tho Milton Pl&lt;sur Scholarship.
Kazbirnannil also is a member of th&lt;
UB Honors Program and a number
of national bonor soci&lt;ties.
Jolhue Welker will be r&lt;cognized as winner of tho 19!19 Senior
.._....,. Awenl, presented by
the UB Division of Stud&lt;nt Affairs.
Walker graduated with thre&lt; majors:
English, political science and a sper --::::;;o;::"--,
cial major in political journalism. He
served as editor-in-chief of Thr
Spectrum fur 1997-98. H&lt; also bas
S&lt;rVed as th• art dir&lt;ctor or Ari, the
· jewish student nowspaper, and as a
reporter for WBF0-88.7 FM.
H• has sorved as a l&lt;ad&lt;rship
poor educator and vice pn;sid&lt;ntof
th• Ord&lt;r of Omega National Honor
Soci&lt;ty, and helped to plan campuswide ovmts and """""' as a liaison
bttw&lt;en th&lt; UB Greek community
and the administration.
o-COoldsblft hasbeenoelected

societies.

sorved
as aJohoson
clinical research

...- .

KOl_ __

assistant in th• psychophysiology lab
at UB and helped to
d&lt;velop and implement studies on
disruptiv&lt;-h&lt;havior disorders and
depression. She also _...
worked as an intern
at tho Buffalo Psychiatric C&lt;nt&lt;r, a
counselor at th&lt; Fing&lt;r Lakes 0.velopm&lt;ntal Disabilitios S.rvicos
Ofliceandastud&lt;ntassistantin UB's

tho

to perform at cornrnencemcnt as the
Voceltrt for
Clou of 19!19.

Goldstein, who majored in music
education, began her car«r at UB as
the reCipient of th• Porforming and
Creativ&lt; Aru Honors Scholarship.
She was a member of the UB sel&lt;ct
choir for six semesters and had a supporting role in the UB opera
workshop's production of "The
Magic Aut•-" Sh• also is foundor and
musical dir&lt;ctor of UB's female a
cappella group. the Royal Pitchos.
Golds!&lt;in is a mom her of the Phi
Eta Sigma, Goldon Kq and Mortar Board national honor societies.

To the ben of the University •• Buffalo Cles1 of 19!19:
This month. tho univn!ity, your fri&lt;nds and your families are cdobrat-

mg th• success you haY&lt; had as students bere at UB. You haY&lt; worl&lt;ed
hardandyourachiovements haY&lt; brought you to this day. Youhav&lt;evory
reason to enjoy this milmon&lt; event in your lif&lt; and to
..X, groat prid&lt; in your accomplishm&lt;nts. Commencem&lt;nt signals the successful completion of your education at UB and the start of a ne"W aa in your life. We are
cdebrating what is beyond our measur&lt;: your potontial to further d&lt;velop your skills and younelves as profossionals and as citizens; your potential to challenge.
chcrish and chango= soci&lt;ty 10 meet tho d&lt;mands o(
tho futur&lt;. We are confident that whatever your specialty, whatever your careor interest. a vast array of possibilities await you
as you movt forward to the next stage of your life.

For the past &lt;ight yoars.l haY&lt; rdished this transitional mom&lt;nt with
thoUJands of UB graduates, imagining. tog&lt;tber with them, th• excit ing futures that they will creal&lt; for thomsdvos. This month, I look forward both to th• successes of individual mombers of tho Class of 1999
and to th• stan of a new period in the world's coUoctive history.
As th&lt;last class to gradual&lt; in the 1900s, yours is th• class that, figu ratively and symbolically, g&lt;ts to reset the clock back to uro-zcro, conduding an ora of both great triumphs and great despair. Think of the
incredibl&lt; discov&lt;ries that hav• been mad&lt; during th• 20'" century, such
as advances in medicine-the discovery of antibiotics, the structure of
DNA, extraordinary biomaterials and major improvernonts in dinical
health care and epidomiology. Yet w&lt; cannot be too complaant Mother
Natur&lt; reminds us that wo still n&lt;ed to achieve breakthroughs to cur&lt;
AIDS. cancer, oven th• common cold. P&lt;rhaps whm you reset the dock.
those will be among your generation's achievements.
On another front, we have witnessed scientific discoveries that afford
us penultimate insights into the nature of maner, time, spa~ and the
lllliven&lt;. On th&lt; down side, during th&lt; 1900s, wo opened'up the doomsday macbin&lt;-th• atomic boml&gt;-caUJing untold mis&lt;ry and coUoclive aruti&lt;ty. This e&lt;ntury has been host to great horoes and villains. My
own favorit&lt; h&lt;roes. whom you may know only from history books.
indude Harry S. Truman, Desmond Tutu, Martin Luther King.)r., Mahatma Gandhi and Grorgo C. Marshall Each had human imperfections, but each took great steps to bettor humankind They W&lt;r&lt; models for the world to see. Truman and King. among oth&lt;r groat leaden.
set out to obliterate the last vestige of chattel slavery-Truman by paving the way for th&lt; int&lt;gration of our armed forces in 1948 and King by
leading the civil-rights movem&lt;nt of the '60s. G&lt;orge C Marshall, our
chief military leador in World War II . ~~ his sword into a plowshare.
conc&lt;iving the Marshall Plan, which r&lt;lieved the suffering of millions
of victims of that dovastating war and rebuilt Europe. Gandhi and Tutu
established the use of nonviolont forms of protest to end oppression.
These were heroes on a grand scale; but in everyday life. w. seo groat
individualactsof horoism. lt was Rosa Parks. who refused to move to the
back of the bus in Birmingham, Ala, who paved tho way for the civilrights movemenL Think back just a few woeks ago to !he startling fuotago
of a crane operator, trapped above a burning building in Atlanta, who
was rescued by a couragrous fu&lt;:man. Still. anothor rocent example. perhaps too painful to recall, is the heroism displayed by ,;ctims and survivors of th• Columbin• High School massacr&lt; in Littl&lt;ton, Colo. Such
acts of co~• roveal tho goodnoss inhorent in humanity. Unfonunatdy.
lh&lt; 1900s also rovealed the groat villainy of AdolfHidor, Joseph Stalin, Pol
Pot and, more rocontly, the &lt;tbnic deansingatrocitios in Rwanda, Croatia.
Bosnia and Kosovo. Our capacity for inhumanity is also groat and &lt;nduring. Whm your generation res&lt;ts the dock, vow to do bettor.
As studonts hero at UB, you already have been asked to learn new
t&lt;chnologios and to apply cutting-edge r=arch; your professional lives
certainly will call on you to do more or th• sam&lt;. Th&lt;l&lt;adors or the now
millenni= will be thoso who can both adapt to the t&lt;chnological contexts in which wo live and j'&gt;articipate with other human beings in shaping

th~

contats: M you graduate from UB and enter an economy

more prosporous than any in the world, you are positioned to frame
the debates, define the probloms and local&lt; th• solutions of th• future.
Your lives will, no doubt. also be aff&lt;cted by major structural changes
in global political arrangements and oconomies. As goods and sorvices
continue to Row freely across national boundaries and as multinational
organizations increase in number, you will need to become citizens not
only of this nation, but also of the world. Perhaps you already have
worked together with people from other cultures, and also may have
strong opinions on conflicts taking place overseas. We encourage you
to continue to be engaged internationally. UB has given you the educa·
tion to mal&lt;e a r&lt;al differmco in the changing world; you have th• chana
now to apply that training in th&lt;most productive and progressiv&lt; ways.
The now mill&lt;nnium will noed your skills. your training and your VI sion. As graduates of th&lt; UnM:rsity at Buffalo, you have hdped to realize
UB's commitment to serving the public and advancing the current state
of resoarch. W&lt; hope that UB has prq&gt;ared you woll and given you much
to take away into the world. Your adlievements herr at UB constitutt" J.
bright beginning. a tim sua:ess in me&lt;ting th&lt; challonges and shapmg
the realiti&lt;s of a new contury and a now millc:nnium. We ..X, great sa tis
faction-.and tho groatest or p~ celebrating your acromplishmonts.
Ke&lt;p up the good work. We believe in you. Th&lt; clock of tim&lt; is yours. It's
zero-zero tirtx. And "«'re rounting on you. Congratulations!
- William R. Greiner

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Reporter Cemmucomnt Ext11

1999

A SALUTE TO

STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT

G

RADUATION is a time to recognize student.' hard -won academic effons and to salute their many achievements in research, community service and artistic performance. This
issue of the R"/'ortu pays tribute to the contribution.s that
have brought student. distinction on many fronts. Among the award&gt;
presented this spring are those listed below. The list, by no means complete, is based on materials submitted by various univcnity department..

M.Ardl.:
Eric. J. AD&amp;moo. l.aun ~ a.n.opha J.
Omblt, Burit BrmAI.n )anaeo. Anti Erilba
klrtibr, OuiltOop'hft' DaYid Pu. AjuLI AllU
r.w.r, Juu Pau. )ohft Charift WatobG

.,_..._.....__... . . .

~· lhe ....... m.jorw\ •• 101 ..
Hddi Rncnd, Nauuko Hamadt, Hope: Lynnt
RWidl and Joanna Okbon.

__ __

Al'chitecture
cmd Plcaming

. . . . (__ to-·
,....,
~tofP!Minlng
.,..,.~

with

hi&amp;fteot GM _ . , . f o r Onal

................

EfWitoonn-..ntal

MUP=I..iYM.~{].IlS)

to ltUCitlnt rwtumlna for~
otudy)
BaacrTauro

BPS: Emmd1 Tmpu (1.102)
M.A,d,.: MkhadWnuk(l.901 )

aAEDAcademk. &amp;~ Award
Mad: Ridwd Hold.rm (3.71))

to--"'"

Acad.mk~Awanh

(owonlod
hl&amp;fteot
__.GM)
Frulunan: Su Mao Qucmk Tona (l.l56)
Sophomorr.Cal.btriot FaTaril (].716)

__ __
Jun tor: Emmdt Tmpu (1.102)
Senior. Scou Ad.aml (U9l)

Academk:Ach~Award

rot,_

J..yr.

_,

Gnuluot6 ...............

~nnifu" Hendrkb-Hoffman {3.176)

,

.,.,..., Ea.-....... (owonlod ...

Frabman: Rachel Martin
Sophomore (t it ): Ta.ma.n Cbcnu. VM.n Uan5
Jun kw {tic ): Thcodort Lutz. A._ln Sdd
Senicw (ck): Mk.t..d M ...~ ~ ~Jtll

Deslp Exc.llenca Award l ·yr. G'*tu.
·~'~first.,..,.
Su-HyuoYl

Service and Leadership Award
K.mon Milkr
Alpha llho Chi Modal
wru;., looq&gt;b G""'r

HatthewW. OetGaudlo Award
wmw.. looq&gt;b G""'r
Chalr'JAword
Afwinl Dwi Ebwati

H.,..ry Adami Gold Hed&amp;l
John Clwiel Watobtdt (U ll)

Henry~ c.rdfkattl
Arali Krubna l.lnibr (3.796)
Architectural~

c.,...,.

Consortium Kina Student Medal
Scott S.um

"""WWESTNY Sd&gt;otanldp
Fit~t Pt.acr. Barrie Brmnao Jarum
Xcond Piau (tie): fuoa Or, Karm htmon
Thi~

Piau: Mkhad }ttagio
Fourth Piau: Korydon Smith

sponsored by die Ollic.e of Scudon&lt;- end die Scudent-..Biod&lt;- one of _ . . ... ,. -...,. .,
faculty and sa4f who-~ ofche- class.~ breolcfast.

o...ian. Mut:.r of u,..

BAED: Matthew Micbld Shipker (4.0)

.._._,_ ....... "'""
.,..,..._( of Architecture
...
..,_G.,._...,.for...,,_)
~rtment

DeMis Block, 'rice presidont for scudont ........ p.. _, UB dodcs to~ seniors clurq die .,..,
Senior Broolcfut,- - hold April )() In che Scudont Union.Tho lnolclolt,. Senior Colelnrian - . - co-

ollhloon ............ (MUP)
Acadomlc - · - (do)
11.-hy Purid&lt; Bo&lt;tky (U91)
Ramoa c. Garcia ().191)

- · .,.,__t.l

-..........
--"'tc'Brudoo w. Odtta

Oepu1:ment of Amertc.u St:ucfln
Oepu1:mentof~

"--&lt;ofArt

""""'"-""'"'

" - - &lt; o f Art History

MUI'·.._.n..k

HddiW. ~

n-hr Purid&lt;i!ud&lt;J&lt;r
MUit~AWU"'d

Oepu1:ment of ............. Scloncoo

Matthew Smtt Ballinl

KeithE.Giks

AICP P!Minlng £xcellenc;e
Carrtn M. Simpton

I

Oepu1:ment of Chomlstry
ModiW&lt;td«

"--&lt;•fCiaalcs
Mlch.adJ,.~rown
~of~unkadon

KathkomA.c.on..lcrEwlyn llurnMy Lord Summer Scftof..
anldp (for jun~ art major)
Amylwu&lt;bl
Salty H-'dnl P'Qtenza t1emoriaJ
Scholonlolp (Junior t..ol art major)
M.kh8d srtriuu

.......... -....

""lllp C. andVl...... la Cutbbert Elliott

o.p.artment or Economics

l'olndfta Scholanhip Oun~ maJor tn the hifttlna ltf'OI"W"t wtth out-•candlna ~and lnt:ernt In the
-ofpalndnr)
Katbcrinc Sdlt

an....,

Julius atoom .......,.... Scholanhlp
for u:~
oUn~or "' ttte
Communkadon Deslp ~trocram)
OtristintTom

Eupne L Gaier ltrtntmaldna Award
S.rlh Morebouie (r.ll Kmatcr)
Sopbia .RuuJ (tprinJ KmCSt«)
Eupne L. Galer Eac.eUence In DrawIna Award
)ohn V..nlkrlindtt

forb_,_ .. .,.,...,,
Dennls Oomkowsld

M..noria~Award

He~~tber Kaba ~md Adxna 1\cmbdb
Cart E.andVIrafnlaW. SenttAward

~ofc-munka- Dilofo­

o..nie:lk T. GR'ICNpOD

~ofc.......-- SdoMe &amp;

EnP-tnl

}olhua W. Benw:

Nltsumoto

How.

Oepu1:ment of £nrllsh
MocliWcbkr

,__.ofUn,....,a
o...Jdk M. Aopm
o.p.mn.nt of Madtemada
CrnthilniWdJ.n

,_..._..of Media Study
Jonathan w. Ftdcrick

" Who.. Who" Cwdfkatu

Oepu1:ment of f'hilooophy

Hddi"'-&lt;1

-~-·­

M&lt;rid&lt;thM&gt;&lt;I&lt;ay

WNYAaAword
u.. Rtna ad Modi~

...,

Collapol-·-~

ObliDCtion
o.m.IGibooa

•

ClodyPoola ........

c,onthloo. ......

w.....l"-"""""

---.........."""'""'
ow..,..
--"'~
Maud""""""
.............. Uoo--..-.

Todd Alonzo.

_.....,_
__,_,
o.ya....A~

Dnid T. PbiDipl

-A.-

Caodacc c. DrMartl (stllitx}. Don. J. Gtykys

..., .........

,_..._..of....,...,.

(......~ .......... ~- (iwUo&lt;) ood Llod-

Mkhacl A. Jaia;

,_..._..of~

Science

-~Dorid ~-- (iwUo&lt;) ood .....,.

...... f .....

AIChl ,__.SonlorAword
Sotirb: t:HIImaotb

--.....Junior-

-·-,

lntwdlldplnarJ l'ro,ram 'In Social

Sdencoa
Amy Lynn A&lt;Unnan

-

..................

limbulyB.-

R 'agklal &amp;i- •
1...... 11-Knolllodl Endowmont

sd.oianbtp ........

1L ~ prolalor cmeritv.a and a 1930
llutMU£, topnMdc linandaJ aaiAa.Da to ate:·
kct numbtrol ouUWJdin&amp;lmdmu in the bio~Kiax:a

-)ooq&gt;bM. Moriu

Roacr Pswlow.ki, Dcmctriua Suiaiaania,
Dooald V1sco. Jr., UMI Scott Wim:cbowlki (all

st-lal """'" ,.....,....,

..... ,_a,~o ............. .........,.,,......

c.

Aa!WNYS«dooOu......U.,.SW&lt;wA.anl

,..,. ...........

'

_.__Ciouyl C."'-

1bdcl"'-""'~-

.......... Dhicp.~l.flllo. ........._
f•oad&lt;owld.. DoN J, Gl"""' ....,_. D.
.........u;, lklwd 8. .......... Joo Y• ...._

.,_,.._.......__c._""""'
.._......,_.....v.!S."'od--T-"'od-

Mwtorlo ~

E-ScholanlolpAword
~lol&gt;oocwSidn&lt;yM.M&lt;Oooby.wbo

atlmded UB io 19JO.,uwl bk wife-, Marjorie, to
.......... ood fuwodally ... ,..., ............
undcrpaduata., b..ed oa acadank acbic¥t'-

~jot

Wdiua

t.aboana, Amy ............

lr.. Brba Tho awl WOdi ~

N:;S.,.._ol.....,_~

...... A,_..(.....). .... .,..l... (or-

Oepu1:ment of l'ay&lt;holop '
Aq,.Nad&lt;Johnooo
'
,_..._.. ofSodolo&amp;J
$arab A. 'Pbillipt
DepartrnMrt of'T'heatre and Dance

...............
sw-, ........

KdthGi&amp;a
H .... Distinction

....,.a....

andu.oro-

Oepu1:ment of Music

0utstanct1n1 s.n1or ~ward

Timotbr ~bel, ~uaa Wu.k Lu. Wc.rc:.t_d
Mobur, ILobttt G. Sobuut.. Jr.. and Modi
W.ttjn

ScnmMauro

,__.of_.__

""-"-

Hl&amp;fteot Distinction

apcrieDcc: and 6naodal Dft'Cl.
DavidWanns

Tboow VUJbetc Kozhimannil

Art History

Ericbon N. Marq~ DandJ L Maya, Rocco
Patridt Mtna1ualc, ICtrron Vau1ban Milkr,
Korp0:1n Howard Smith, KdJ,q MatW Tapia

__
-- ----a-wa
--·-

,__.of......,.
Roba1 J. Murphy
. , _ _ , o f History

"""' ........

Scor.tE.Adama.~ LHo.ria.AmityKwwlu,

................,,_,.....,......__

,_..._..of G_..,n,.
Cn;o M. WWJamo

American lnsttt:uc. ofAt"chttiKbi
American Architectural Foundadon
Scholanhlp

"""-

Aw-

~oi-Amwicon

lap M. Put. Maartta QuarurtiDo, Lila .._
..._'IWd,.........,.""""w.~

Alba1Siu,Robat G•..-,,_,........, L

spa.n... SbowD ~ Sayjb, )a-rid 1bW, ..... T.
Tn.n. (korJc: S. 1\akYtki, Mocti Weuicr and
OoonklYoo.

I'WiipM.-

...... ~u,.on

-

euute AbiJiaa. nmot.h1 lochd, ~:ama~;oc
Oblft&amp;N. Manbcw l.lriah..., Nm:a! WolDar,
Brtoctaa Mon. Sriaku a..p-. Lila Rdftl.

_

-·-..... ..... _
-IL-" " " " ' - - ''· """",_, ood .....
Witiuki

.....

,._,.~ummwu..-.,.....

11.-hyBoob&lt;l

C:U.It Abajit.n, Job

Bcb,

~

Melina

""""'*
Hull.llmt....,m-..... W. ""'·
w.....l......_
...... _._
_Wi.Ucr,
__
Victoria
Lft.aadowdd,
Glua
Jr.,

toG,Sriofftaa.p.. AlbcrtSi.D,Sbnr'll~

. . 'l)u. Dorid .,_, ... -

-

Iriaohdo

. , _ . . . _ .. Orpftk
c..;,
_ _ _ Dorid..._,
~&lt;-'*-&gt;

Niool&lt;- ..,..a-..._ Dorid .......
Jordsa Warktaaaa, kbccca

... JUoiv.

~r

W~&amp;acr,

Wodl

�May 13, 1999

_

• .___

Reporter Ca ••tocoatol Ext11

1999
Student
Poetry
Contest
Wmners

Notl

-

. _ . . . . . ld--~·Uo&lt;n­

5

.

_,. ......

Acadomyof---

WJaa.r.o.,.rn-.
Kooorabk MmUaa: kim

tiM__,.
"'*"".
_,. ......
--JdfnrL
....,.._

~

-of
a..a.r.w

1

Wi~Ut~tr.Aaailfoluttil

'""'............... ......

'""'--.......
Award

Scnal HdmidU aDd Sarah Ul

....,._"-"

Micbad lrowD aod Eric O.um

c..... orArto.-..o..........

............

Ina-Award

KD)ttter, the followina HAlon haft beu
awarded~ Dildnctioa. Ot.bth who
achine thb: kvd tfuouab tbeit final semattr
will su.blcqumdy bt to bonoftd.
Yowol
_ _ _ , _ _ ..._
Mbblooq&gt;hAII&lt;o.IA&lt;d&gt;oolaoi-

t'-YBorl&lt;,avO-Kn-loS-LCbao.

ooi---Qomou1r.l!loclriooi~--Cammioo,lo­

-..---

AniOftio Theta. M.A.. Fulbri&amp;ht Fellow
Drrid Cal Ot:mcau., Ph.D.
}twUtaBut.PIL.D.
Mad:Hl'WIOG,Ph.D.

Jmaikl' JCoch.Cihloa. Ph.D.
ZWrionllh.Ph.D.

Sc:laool ol
Eaglaeeriag cmd
' .KjtplledSclences
Enatn-rtna Dkdncdon
Hnlna ~China~ an •wnse olatleut .U in all
~c:ouncstakm throuab the Falll998

~..........,

-Mkhod-

John Ryat~ Sandnu, Mechankal
--Ant'-YSmhb ...........
Enainmia~

----a..;,-.;.
dustria.l

G
..-.--tlo-"""
........

...,......,.,..
.....
_....,r....,Rdnhut.O&gt;anlal

Eoaio«riq;

Jeffrey William
~ c:.n.la&lt;z
Cbem.ical EnJin«rins;

Dombrowold.Christine

~marti,

----Jooq&gt;h

So&lt;irioolllamoodo.a-bl£oPoorioi;Joa&gt;l&gt;
An&lt;aha Pnlwh 0.0. -""
Alla&gt;D;.,Ioledw&gt;kal-1/'uboll&gt;uo,
Electrical £nt:ine:e:ri n ~t Ethan Livln.pton
Hakdd.M&lt;cbonbi~

v... Huono-ll«1ricoo~MuU&lt;u

Dnb IJunaa. &amp;ctricaJ

~Philip /UJ ·

thouy '"""" lnduarial

£.,.;- Rldoanl

ManJoo Kim., Medunlca! ~Sana
Kyu J:wa.k, Chemical En&amp;Jnc.erin&amp;; Ann Hul

Lle:w, Electrical £nalnccrlna; John Dnld
Macthetti, EJccukal £Dttncuiq; Mich.d Ricbud Martin. lndustrial Eftpn«rina: )ame1
P.1rick M~. Elecu1ul EnJinocrlna; Tbans
Due Nsu,m. EJ«ttkal En&amp;fnetrina; Ouilco-

""" AnthouyO'OW., M«hanl&lt;ai -~
Jati)'Dn Marie ~jak. ~rotpea EoJlnt'crina:

-John

Pnaul. Ovil Enol........
Thomu RwKU Prunty, ElcariaJ ~ -

Final
Preparations
Ross Howonh. who will receM a law degree durin&amp; the lzN School's
comrnencement ceremony S.wrdoy, picks up his ap and gown at the
. lJnlvwsity Boobtore.

Tumon.~
£naioerritc Slnm Jamet Van
Du W&amp;lkrr, ln ·

dultrill ~ o.I Van Vu. El«tricaa En·

~ lin&amp; Cbq \\One. lndUitriaJ f.n&amp;i·
.......,Doriol&gt;oOd-·Eioarial£nPn=-

..., .... Xu. El&lt;arial ~
Graduadna Students ln ,._,York Nu,
Tau !leta Ill, Nadonal En,tnMrin1
Honor Society
T_,.,P.Aidrow,Eloariooi...,_Miah
J, A1kn. Muhank:a.l ~Erik R. Bardy.
McdwUcal ~Tmor R. Bnucn.CMJ

EnP«ri"&lt;'lolu&gt;M..a..;.El«&lt;ricoo-"'"' Collin M. Coot. Ovil ~ JdL&lt;y
W. Dombtowski.f.Jectriaa!~Mkhad

D. Dcvicboo, d•il

En~

Cauda« C.

Richard E. Dolllnpr Enerp Systema
lnstttute Scholarship,
Erk K. Althoff. Ekarical Ettpn«nnJ. )uon U
Bu.nro,Ekctrical~

Joseph Haride Dinner f1emori&amp;l IH
Scholanhlp
Sctpb.atlit D. Schi.nzi.oa. lndUittial Enpn«rmg
In~ Hanufacturin1 and
ProQMna ~tNC~octonJ Fellowship
Carol Romaaowlki. tnclwtriaJ EnJinen•nt
Frecterkk H. Thomu Award for Out·
stanc11nJ Industrial EnJ,tneerln1 Junior
Karianne Paokt, lndllllrial En&amp;intttms
Society of American Military

EnJineers Scholarship
Stephanie D. Schln:tina. lnd\lunal Enpnc:enns

a-t Industrial EnJineer

D lasertation

PI"'ppsaiAward
Ani Man. Sarmiento. lndwuul Enpn«nnJ

Danuti.O&gt;anlal
-""
"""
' P. 0.0.
Electrk:aJ
EAJiattriac;
Sodrios
Dillmant~.

Rosalyn Z. Gamm...m.n Scholanhlp

O&gt;&lt;miai-Joa&gt;I&gt;A-[&gt;;n,M.dw.l-

Oliao-Wcn li\I,Cbemk:al Ensineering

cal f.nai.necrinl; Ethan F.dwanb. lndUJtrial En·
~ Tboow J.. Hakcti. M«hanKIJ Enp·
IX'Uintt PbDip A. )uoa,lndu."'"' £nainuring..
¥.nat kiT. Ekaric::aJ £n&amp;inetrial; Sen&amp; Kyu
Kwak.Qanlcai~MichMT.~.

Qanical ~ T~ D. MdCK. Olcmi·

_John

... ,.,..Pojok._.._...,_.._

ooi.._...ThqN_I'lodriool_

N . _........

R. Sandoer, Mechanical Eqin«rins; Briln M
M«b.nial.EnsinecrlnBf
HOWird A..
Santif&amp;o.
Smith, _
_ ,..,.M.ScnoobwJ,
Civil~

James: P. \lemllk,Oicmkal f.n..

slnccrini;KqWonz,.lnduiiN.I~Min

Xu, fJmrical EnJin«rin&amp;: Cn11 E. Zoll0wlk1,

&lt;l&gt;&lt;mbl-

SEAS Student Schol•rshlps for

Spring 1!199

M.

~jlwi!Uki,

Civil. Struct\lral and Environ ·

men til ~ng; Stephanie D. Schin:rinJ. In·
dUJtrial EnJinecring; Jaime M. Strauburg. Civil,
St111ctural and Environmental EnJin«rlns.

G .-.,ory B.

Jarvis Scholanhlp

Otvid T. HOWC", Memtnical EnJinttnns

Gustav and Gn!ta Zimmer Research
S&lt;ftolarAward
U·Te Uu..Medwuc:al Enpnttnna

£1brldp and Stephana Townsend
Award
SUnky Bikt.ch1, Computn Sc~mce and Eni!J·
n«rins. Electrical EnsiD«ring

Beraquist Doctoral Fellowship In

e,..,.., s,.tems

Jennifer limfdd. Electrical EnJinttrlng
Custom E&amp;ectronla H.uten FellowHarold M . Gill. Electrical EnaiMnlnJ
SEAS S.rdor Scholan
M~ J, A1kn. c.;.il Struct\lrd and Environ·
meatal EnJioetti.D«&lt; 1'rn'or D. McKet, Olmu·
cal En~ Bcnjlmin P. &amp;anUiey. Civil,
Structural and Environm~ntal Ensin«rins;
Thans 0\lc Nsuyn. Electrical Ens in«rins:
John M. Cboi, Ekctrical Engirwrlns; O.rillophn A. O'Hare, Mechanical Engifl«fins; Catlin
M. Cook. Ovil, Struct\lral and Environm~ntal
f.nsinenin~ J, Ryan Sandnn, Mechanical En·
Jincniq; kf'frry W. Oambrow'lkt, Comp\lttf
Sdc:ncr and EngiD«rina; Howard A. Smilh,
~ EnsiMnins; Antt&amp;ba P. Deo. Compu ter Seirncr a nd Enginc:crina: latmc:
StlUibufJ. Ovil. StNctunl and Environmen ·
tal Enpnecring; Ethan L Ectw.rds. lndwtnal
Ens;in«rins; Mich.ad ), Tuman, M«hankal En·
sincerinA&lt; Thomu J. Hal«kt, Mechanial En ·
Jln«rinBO larnc:l P. VcmiUe. Owmlcal Ensinttr·
inc; S.ng·Kf\1 KWllk, Chemical En&amp;inttnnJ.
Mina Xu. E.kctrical En&amp;inttrins-

Edwln G.

,...,eft,Jr. Award

)uon WiUi.anu, Civil. SINCC\Iral and EnvtronmmtalEttsin«rlnl

Jun. and Nancy

Dean's Award for EnJineerinl
Achlwement
Each )'HJ' tbr School. of Ensm«nng and Ap·
pt~ Sckncn prnn1U IIJ h1ghn1 ht&gt;nOI tO I
ptt'IOI'Iwtloh&lt;umadc:anacrptJOiliiWntrlbu
lion to the pr.atu of mfl,lntttlftJ. Tho yc:u lhc:
. school U. honored to h•vc: two r«rp~c:nu Eh
Ruckmlkl.n and John

Ell

l•hor~n

Rudrenrt~n

R\lck.nutetn, SUNl' l:&gt;!sunsubbt'd PfoftMOt an
the Dtpanment of Olmual Ensu)Hnn~ . Ia..
mJo1rdano:UIOI'dmaryUrftt Ht~roeardl1n
teresu han covcrtd ntuly every hp«t of
chemial enganttnng, • brudrh urdv K"tn tn
the work of a •msk andtv1dual
RuckmAan mnducu bocb thton-uaU IDd n ·
pcrunmtal raeuch that not only tw dwlgtd nur
~of!hcfundamc:ntal pbcnommau(
chc:micalf'I"'CZZIl'S.butaiJotwkdto~dc:Ydor

En..........n1 Alumni Auodadon
Sdoolanhlpo
tacob Din. MedUin,c:al Eft&amp;anttnna; Bcnjaman

Mc:Lef"non

Sdoolanhlps
Eric Fulrina. Mrcha~iul Ena•nruinJ.
Karianne Paolo, lndwtrial EnJinc:rnnJ; loltph
Moria.. OM:mia.l Ensin«rins-

dnna.:: uperuw P'fO"'dc:d • buu fOf the: l&gt;cpan
ment of lndu..una! Enpn«nnl'• MaJitr of En
pn«rins prosn.m m F.nJlll«f1n&amp; M..&amp;nasrmmt
He: te.cha (o\lr ttiJh)y mroUed c:i.u&amp;t5 1 JUt '"
this program, and abo hu r\ln lndu.u nal
EnJinttrms's undc:rgndul!lr lntc:rruhtp pm
v•mnnce \91)
Zabot1an•1 manqemmt and coMUltlnJ n
pntiK wu OfV of tht fuundaUOOJ !ot ThC' ~n
tn (or lndwtnal Effc:ct~WDCM CTOEJ at U8
Under hu kadenlup, tunu from tht M::bouls of
EnpnttrutJ and Manaannmt coruu.hed wuh
many local indwuit5. findinc wart to hdp thc:m
profit by stayms m, w byap~nd.lns Wlth1n. the:
local area. In 1989 a..d 1991, TCJt m;c:1vtd
-Project of the Year~ --.rds from tht Njuonal
Auoc:"'tion of Managemmt and Tedmlal M ·
IUWKC Cm!CB (NAMTAC) for IU work Wllh
5KF·MRC Bc:annp and General Mills Zahonan
wu tht kadcT o( both PfOJCCII

mc:nt ol r:nhuacrd raardl mc:thodi and . - rna
ld'llb.Hthurnade~ roatnbullora

tn moA arcu of chmucal ~UK!~

tnnspon ~ atalysb. surfxr pNnom
ena.nudc:a!.JOn,culbdJ,~and rJYtnub

A UB(acultymemberinlct 197Jand amtm
br.r o( the prnllsioUJ National Acadtmy uf En
&amp;inrrring, Rudennem 111hc: firu UB profn.wr
to~ the: Unilcod Staw Medii of Sclti\H
the b1gbut honor 1wardnt tn thc: U.S for w:1c:n
t1fic ad:r.Wvnncnt.
~ hD bftn honomJ by the: Arum
can ln:ltir\llleofa.m.aJ Enpn«n wuh the: AlpN
Clu Sipna Award tn 19n
aulkncr ltl ct.:nu.
~ l't!lt1ltCh and lhr Wll!tn Award 1n
1988 fof aaUcncr tn mntribuoom tu chc:nual

rw

~li1cnture. ~ki'C'CCMdthr1986Kmd.UI

Awant of the: Amman &lt;knucal 5oorty for rn-·

.nvr thtorics and cxperimm11 m oo&amp;.ct and JUI'·

=~~994~~~7:!'~

he- .-tded the Amerbn Dlnnical Soody\
E.V. MurphrerAwan:lmlndultnal andE.nglncoer
1n1 ClJcmDuy. and in 1991 , rrai¥cd !he 1Kub F
SchodDwpl' Medal from the \\btnn New Yori.
~oltbeAincric:lnClaemicaiSoaety. ln

1985..

bt rrai¥cd the Sauor Hwnbo&amp;dt Award fmm the:
AJcundcr vun llwnboldl Foundwon in West Go·
many (or hil work rd.lk'd 10 ddcrp:nu and the
Creativity Award £rom the National SOma- Foun
d&amp;rioo btu. work 00 prokin wpm. lion.
Rudtt:rutein r~ bad:r.dor and doctor~!
dqrcain cnginttnnsfrom the Polyt«l\nlC In ·
stitute in Bucharut, u wdl u In bononry doc ·
toraldcpft In \99) from hbalma matn

John Zahorjan
John Zahorjan, adjunct profewor of mdu~;mal
msirt«rln&amp;o fOjo( thtoUJb the rmb ol rmnu ·
fact\lrinJ lnd\l.llry from the 19S0s to the: 19801
10 b«ome vice preside-nt O( Opt'tahoru fur
Fishtt-Pria: Top. rctirina in 1983.
Durlns hu tm\IR" u rior prcaidmt, Ftshtr
Pncc apandcd IU oprratioru from rwo p!an111n
tht U.S. to 6vr, u wdl u two in Moxo and rwu
otben in ~ · huuummtal in modnnizms
quality control. he c:mptwized rdiabUiry bdonit wu tU.bionabk 10 do to. placinJ value on Q ·
tn'ldin&amp;tbefuoctionaJliholproduwrNny·fold.
A y:adu.att of Columbia Univoenity with •
degree: in indwtrial ~ns,.he earned •
doctorate' from U6 in operatioN raearch tnJI·
ncerin&amp; while at Fisher-Price. addins acadrm1~
credentials to hU alnady imprcaivc lndwtnal
ones.. In 191), he: pcMntd the faculry of the UB
School nl En8intetit~~ and bep.n buildans an
activr c:ons\llting carn:r. H1s industrial and •c:a·

Advanc:4td Dental AulstJna Provam
Marla Boyan1cb, Wendy Ruu, Tnc:.~ Carol\.
lynda Cauwtb. S&amp;ndn O..pman. Otant Goad.
Cathy Dut!Dfl, Pamda E.ari, K..thy E.wn, Vut,..
Elhthoqk-, OltTyl Ennll. Chttyf GI'O$io, M~ehdk
Hall. EH~e HdWIJ, Cuohnc: Hrnchen, 1111
Htndtnon. K.ren Hyde:, Puno.a ltyde, Slaron
Knutt, Docma Knywidt. Rcbctt..lamptun. ~
Luddm, Kann Mahohd.. Tnn McOnn. W..
Milkr, Mccbdk Myhn$.An0l' otrmtead.l&gt;nnn..

PTICC:,S¥f't1am Rorzn, Kathy Sb-k. M•ry Btth
Sojb, Lisa Strons·Ummn, Gail SWladrr, Oomu
Ttbo, Kathkm Tl'lt.1. tAn Th\lf110n, Rn1oe'nvtv
Whitney, Pam Wurl Trxi Wu.rl
Administrative Office Anistant

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H4ITU1k Kdly. kulca McPhcnon, lbwn Milkr
Janel Moroky, Carol Murra y, Ioyce Powell
Slw:lu R.obuuon, Yalanc: M.ou.. Sh•tOnt"! RUJM'U,
E"clyn Book.u, Mrhn• Moya, Kathle~n
\'•n•ernam, Tl.kna Chancy, Slaton Cwlklm)lJ.
Undy F1dcb. Jan Lmc:nz, Klmbt.rky Marurw

Academic VocatJonaJ Pror-am
ll.armce Adai!U. Eukid Ab;,ttndn, lonnM' A.n
thuny.Aibtn &amp;rbn. Kt:aha &amp;mo..Anrta lknl&lt;m,
Cymt1.1 Bnu.. lama Brown, (}mouyll\uduNII,
Robm c...u-.y. Tmc:W &lt;hel. ~ Cunni).
LfQ!.uJha Corndlow., Nnl Dobbins. M!Chu.l
OWed. R.ubtdah ~ s.nt1ta Ev.:rhardt,
NIChollf.tnuncltt.T~F!ddt..Shrilaforbo..

M•rganu Gucu., ConnM' Guy, ~ Gladdc:n.
}.uno Glmn. l.II.Oyl (.ondm;.n. RurYid Gnlwn.
Erncs1 Grqory. MICbc:ILe H RodrtJ\IC.l.. M~rlo
!-laky. MIChelLe Hams. Marprc'l Han. Anrubrl
'tkrrw.nda.Jnunor lnpam. )l.ru ~Sean~ ­
IUl, To)'IJotwon,AritmJonei.,K:&amp;t~ ~

to.. l.cbron. knnalne l..cb:luntc:. N.nhatnd locL
laWandi ~ko.n.d. Juon lo.icKn~ht ,Cynth11
Mcodma. Ana Mmda.. Ourl~e Mn'cduh. Damon
OutllnJ. Gn.a.w.ly P.Jin. Tam~ra Parb. lwa na
Plluon. ~f&gt;ilsn.m.ttarw:yR.ay,Pl!"*'u

Robuuon. kmd ~b-.uh Shelt&amp;. OunJ\1
Stmmont. K1mberly Simmoni, Phonruv•nh
S!mptl.kUth, Vien11thong Suouphonr. ~m
Smuh, ShnTy Sbllworth, Sana Tat\lm, AJ\thom
Taylor. Hdame 'Thompson. M•ta~:t Ill\~ Kruttn
Yc:asky, Violcca Vtrhagm. Ronald Watd, Glenn
Wuhmston , Karetma WuhmKIOn, lo.bneh ~
MontatYo.. Nina Ba.IL Gil brn lowman. Cynthia
HOUIC,Anthony ~ l.uu ~Urunrz.. ht1h Sh.lw,
Makotm Smith. Cllmune Saltn
lluslneu Office Tec:hnolop
ROfodyn &amp;ron. Marilyn Tor~•

Child Care Tralnln1
Rowtll McOa1n, Glona Tr•vu. -..:&lt;'•lu ln•llc"
Kruun luirulu..

Communication &amp; Media Arts
Roy HennmgJ, Rosita
Jo~e

Ln~J ..&lt;\m1 M•~thrtl c,

Raii'IOL

Computer Sldlls
Tab!lhl Couch, Ntwk lohruon. \c:rn• t..rnnN1
Edmund Malcolm. Nak.u OhiTt l:.nu Qumn.
lrw.~c: R\lffin, Duknc Whuc: . l•n•~r "tUum.•

Dental Aufsdn1

AntOnia

Cutro, Yola~ L&gt;an!rl... t.uu Han-,,
Anunda Kn.rr~t~, Tam•u laRue:.
ChnllilM' RoM, ('.cocil~a Smuh, Machdlc: Thomu.
Cyntbia Tarado. Ttffany Tomuc:llll, Cyn1h1•

Tanaka

tuna.

Z.OS,tpho.

�6

Reporter

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Enu.pr.neurtal As.Jstanc:e Pr'OI"'U"
M lil A~-Gou, P..uniu S.tn, kadilh fkrwrron.
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I~UoNn. Can. c,n.. MclodrEIJill:b, Vw:nr
t ..aro. l..llffalnt 1"-rd. IMfthCI: ,lotlnlon, Manr
~ul&amp;tn. Fnncft Vlpa. SlbV Raltwd. Otbon.h

. Shrop5h~tt, Mary s.kD, ltJu YouD&amp;

,.rovam

Emvpnq-TKhnklan
K.rrn1 l..lllk, Nikiuu Samud, tnsrid !M:hulll .
Wil to n V~ lu q uu , Au: l h a Willia , Ua Yid
lkdnartk, Rtam•h Bon illa, Mehn l&gt;c:lt~u),
~ • b lJuuwa, Pt-tn llunet, Michdk Sunk),
Tarme Vakourw.
EnJIIst.-Aa-A.s.concJ..Lanauap
Yolancb Arocho, Eckn Barsh, Ew.:l yn &amp;lil t. ,
Run IH t lthman . Sonia Bonilla, Nade ida
Hurdultov, Hui Lrnz Chen , Myrla Corde ro,
Vaduln~phol Crt.M.nd, JoAn Cnu· ~ Lada
&lt;..odrn, Kim Tnn Huynh. ~ Jrnwna. I!JOr
t.o.. lnn. Lot.. Marwli.. Monttlvo. Mt:hri Mdm,
Xwma11 Rlvna, Raul Modnsun. An n ua Tr-an,
Tn f• re Petro.

GED
Omu Abdul!&amp;, .\fran Ahnwd., MICh.! AknJhl,
Ruhtd Annopr, ~ Babad, Enc B&amp;nnittn,
o.arl!ta Bema. Rftar &amp;una. blph 8d. Robu
fld1. Ccmdl Bmlon. )ama lin-. Dt.riut Bok:r,
kalme Bonk. Du-ran Boola. Sbaaa. &amp;o,m. Olrud

..................................... ......_

lcnnifer Brwh, Dav1n1 Bryant , El i u~lh
Butc:n• . Lash~&gt;nda C. mp. luon C hapmtn ,
C huanda Cherry. Chahu Coleman, Anaclo
Collnu. IKqudiM Cook. St\a!U'IQn Cum.minp.

knn1fn D&amp;limook, Jacquduw Duia. Y-wonnc:
O.VU. Frirdtil Dlwkinl.. Minc:rn ~Jaw. s.nctn
IJrebui.John~ T&lt;wnrniC Duwni"lo Wancb
EJiioU, U.. hltowsiU, Sttpf\amc Fortlon.
ChrUtina Fowkr, Auon Franklin. Michdlc
Fundt:rburk. ~rdan Fuqua, JcanMtk! Garcia,
Robin G.uthkr, Alli.Jon Gorom, Shirlq Gr«n.
Gdbc:rt Guunan, C.thlttn Hau. Muna Habir,
llu pl' Haky, Hanar Hawn.mr. Ruhawn fUya.
D•vKI Hcmandn, GkJrUI Ucrnandn. JC.thlttn
tlnnanda. Eu~ Uicks. tuU. Hoi mo., Patrick
ll001ier.
Tiffany Horton. Anpctc How.rd. Mytinda
llunt, OuUtOpOO ttupkowia. Elfonw Jack,ton,
Candia John, l.atcd'a Jotm-\. Sparkk Jotuuon,
Donald Jones, Olcryl krwin, S.muk Krttle,
Tonya 1G1J1. Olunarit Lapta.Darrow lA:ounk,

......... L&lt;wU. """"'"' U.d&lt;jo!u&gt;.D&lt;ju&lt;n . _
ToN M.a. ku;ica Mallard.
Mannion..
a:wdl, Cynthia
Mayn,Ansd-McBrlck,S
Mc:G«,Latop
McKinney, Shlllca Mmlr. , UUi.n Merc.do.
Chruroplw:r M.ilkr, Aimc Morsan, William
lathkcn Pow·
Morris, lan« Park.u, Ruth '
en., Samud Quloo~ ll
Oanid ~Edna Rmn.,
Latonp Roblnaon, Bruce

.........
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l.mninc:&lt;l&gt;rlooph«....._
Ro~c:nthaJ , Habcebah S lahuddin,
UUian Sanchez. Sbarmainc 5&amp;Ddcn.
k Shelter, Krvin Shdtcr, OuiMopber Shdwy, Km.twth
Sherrod, Thonpavanh Sbouphonc:, M.kolm
Sml.... ..,.. ...... _ _ .........
Mario Soto, ,krani.ah SpUI. Cathy-Ann Spenn.
Da.,.id Staley, Demetria Stepney, Cc:nrd
Sttwart, Nlima Skw.rt, AnscJioc Tarva, Ronnk
Taylor, Nicole Thrult , Diondrca Thurmond.
Maria Totra, Lettie Tyc:a, Bart Urynowla,
Criate Walkn, Mia Wallaor, NcMc.te Walkn,
Candau Wublnston, Lcthaunae: Wilcoxen,
Laoy Woods., k-.ia YtaF", Aktbea lkown, Jm·
nlfe:r Fairchild, Etuhiwot Abc:bc:, Rebecca
McPhail, l..iJ.a SteWart, Ar-cdla Vckz. Darlcnt
Schncickr.
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M8J U,1999

0ma,......

Maribel Gonuln.,
Gonu.1a, Anoetll:
Goz.dan. Debra Cradz.ewia. R.ode:ridl Cnham.
Sr.. Carmen Grau, l.a.top Crnu, le:rn-.dctk
Green , Stephanie- G r i nasc:. Tncl Cutbrk,
1&gt;1on"" Guunu, Joru Hait, Franbt H&amp;k,
Trynarl Harnt., e.dyD 1-l.arwy.
Ttkilcba Hc:a.nt, Dianne Hinman, Bdinda

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lloilmbouol&gt;.o.dlo - - - . . . . , .

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Le-onard, Clwla l...cV&amp;Jkr, Apt-iJ Uvlnpton,

Pm:iout Minh.
Manbal.~ Maruna,
Nikiya Maaon. ...,_ Mac,mr.h. Hatrim tkCall.
Charimt McOaiA. Sbdll MdlmdcG. Tcnma

=kl~eo::~~:.=/
Cl&gt;ayl ...... . . .. .....,. ...........
bua. MuDm. Onildoa Ndlo.
Phunc NJO. Donna N"'JCboD6n, ADot:marie:
Oppd.Rkhard Pabon. Eboay Plnenoa., Qoria
Pauc-non.. Roolndt Patton. Laura Pawlowlki.
Co n•uc:ia Puu, Tyquc:aha Pcrk.IDJ , E.lntr
Picn:cba!a, Brenda PuJ.h_. Miriam QuinollHo
U!rc:tta Ramo.. Patricia llamaa, Vmka Rftw,
Mar ia Rive n , l.uc ic:tla ltlvc:n, Mar i501
Rodrl~Ufto Mkhalmc Rociripa..
NdJon Romao.Jeamxtk ao.uao, Dr:bta IW·
thcrfon!. Waoud Sutdap. Jani« SalioaJ., Liu
SzurcrytUki, AIIUon Truman, OcnlK Turna,
l•cqudlnc Turner, MarJie Thrrmtlne:, Denbc
Udrn, Elizabe:th Vda. Flormu VmtfT, Kathy
Vitdlo, Michelle- Waper. Ansell• Wardlaw,
l&gt;c-bra W'illUI.ml, Uon Williams. Shanika Wlll·
•anu. Marcd1a Wtbon.
Debn Yatboroush. Gloria YOWllo Ann Yu,
Dazctll bisler, Mary Zimmerman, Amy
DombnJwwld. l.atanya Dolin, Tammy F..maick.
Donn.I!Yini.ShdlaGn.nt. WhilnqGrwy·Btown.
Bobby Grc:e:n, Karen Griffin. Me:IW. Cube,
PriKilla Harp, Ana Harria, Sharlc:e:n Harrb,
Cardtalil tknry,Middt-Hutl. Deann11ac:lobt.acd.
N1ncy Jac.hoo, Yvonne Jacobt. Albcna

-c.nn.u. '-'·"""" """laal."""'

t..macc hia, Yvenc: Lanier, l.atuha lAmon ,
Ouonne Le:wi1, Calitta Lockbut, Bre:nda
Loun1bury, Carolyn McCutcheon , Dawn
McMWan, Dmiat Oddl, Markka Pe:attaO., Pt-trina

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TEST
Evc:lyn BooUr, BP; Mdiua Moya, AOA/8~
Ka.tbkm Vanacrnam, AOA/&amp;P; T'Wa. Owky,
AO.V~ Sharon Cwildiru.ki, AOAI£~ Cindy
Field. , AOAIEP; Jc:ao Lorens, AOAJEP;
Kimberley Martina, AOA.IJOOSP; Nina Ball,
AVD/GED; Gilbc:rt Gutman, AVD / GED:
Cynthia Hou.a-t, AVD/G£0; A.lltbony Jooa,
AVD/GED; Lui.t Manina., AVO/CEO; Faith
Sb.w, AVO/GEl&gt;; Malcolm Smith, AVDJCEO;
Chrinine Salter, AVDIJOC; RoKiyn Samn,
ROD/EP; Marilyn Torrea, BOD/£~ ICrl•tin
)uinald, CCTIBP; Nicole Johnaon, CSK/EMT/
EP.
Dmd 8c:dnarcL EMTfEP; RaamU Bonilla,
EMTIEP; Mc:Jiu Dr}c:1ua, Ea.tT/I!P; Sheil•
Dunwa, EMT/EP: Pettt H.imc:J, EMT/EP;
M.icbdk Surckj, EMT/EP; Taodc: Valentin;,
EMT/EP; Mdui Mdtri, fSUCP; Tn£a~ Pdros.
ESUCP: Alethea Brown, GED/BP; Jennifer
Fairc.hi&amp;d. G£0/CP: Etxb.iwot Abcbc, G£DfEP;
R.tbe:u:1 McPhail, GEDIJOO U.. Stcwut.G£01
JOC; Ancell• Vein, GEDIJOC; Darlene:
Sdtndder, G£0/NAD; April Smith, GOAIB~
Damoo A1ko. GOA/EP; Carotyn Bryant, GOAl
EP: Ruth Hmaaodcz. GOA/EP.
Onirar Tripku. GOAIF.P; Amy DombrowUti.
IOC/BP; Latanya Dodrr, JOCIBP; Tammy
Emtric:k.. JOC/BP; Dorl.m EviDio JOC/BP; Sbcila
Grmt.IOCJBP; W1Umcy er.y...Btown, .f()CIBP;
'Bobby Grem, JOC/BP; Eare:a Griffin, )()CJBP;
Mdbla Gubr, JOCIBP; PriM:iJ1&amp; 1--tarp. JOC/BP;

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Gonzalez., Tiffany
Sh&amp;nnon Robiruon,
Yvonne: Wuhinalon. ApriJ Smitb. Damon Alkn.
Carolyn Brytnt. Ruth Htrnander. Dail'le: 1Hplcn.
Job Club
.

Ddorilt A"f\'nt. M~ Bub. 8arban BkKk.
c-ic: Bri«bt. Ria. &amp;n.dua, UWandl Onodand.
Colkcn Cuff, Nabiba Dhall o.wo Dombrowlki.
Dcbon [}own,ty. James DrtytoD. Tma EdJe:s,
Maureen Edmund•. latoya Fc:ara, ~mbcrly
1-'\oumoy, V'rvian Fluker". TCf'C:A Ford, Sccpba.nk
For110n, Toni foxworth, Nlwba Gainq.
Marpm Cajkowd.i, Yaia G..rrbon, Robin
Gawron. Skptwtic Ge:orsc. Epifanla Goualn.

..... H.urio. J()CJBP: ......... H.urio. J()CJBP:
Carde:alia Henry. )OCIBP; Midde: Huff', J{)CI
BP; De:annll ~ J{)CIBP; Nancy )Iebon,
IOCIBP: Yvonne: Jacob•. JOCIBP; Alberta

Jolu.on. JOC/BP: Carmdla )olry, JOCIBP.
Da.UI.a Kbalful JOCIBP; o-n Lamac:chia.
JOC/BP; ~ l.ante:r, }OCIBP; Lat&amp;W Lc:moo.
JOC/BP; Duonor Lc:wil, JOCIBP; Calitta
Lockha.rt,)OCJBP; Brmd.a Lounsbuty, lOCJBP:
Carolyn McCutchc:oo, JOC/BP; Dawn
McMillan, JOCIBP; De:niK Odell, JOC/BP;
Marldta Pcanall, JOCJBP; htrlna Price, lOCI
BP; MaryLou Rodser•, JOC/BP: Linda

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SI'IUNG ' " '
o...J&lt;IS.Abboa,T&lt;riE.A&lt;oll.t.iJdw.d-..do.
Olurotimi L. Abnbf., Lalic It Alaande:r, Jacob
L Alkn. ~ll.lha A. Alko. Minnie: A6, Cub A.
Amoolo,PblllpW. AuY&lt;uno.SomodW. .......
Janet A. IMdJa, Kathy S. Bai.ltY, Marprita
Banbl.lh, Willk H. Bnoc:a. Kelly A. Barry,
Patrld. S. Bc:c.k, Sub.l A. lkd., Latuba R.
Be:ckrnao. TamikoG. Bdl.
Ade:k a Bmo.. Mamu G. Brnne:fidd, Revan
S.Rcnncu.Ayanna T. Blake, Martin a Blandoa.
Mlchae:l !.. Blum, DdiJM C.«ra, SakW M.
Camp,' Edwin D.Ca.rdoftl, J-km-yCantp:na.. Jli.
chard C.~, cynthia Owl. Ocwt-p-Chan,
Uaoa w. Gao', M.l.ns Cbl M. Chan, Tinnie:
Cbon.a.dyX-Cb&lt;o.DmdX-Cb&lt;o,JU&gt;oCh&lt;n.X...O...,.
David M. CJwuna, llnt; Pui M. Cbru.t~&amp;o Pri

Kuao Chk:w. Tria Chinscum10o April Chiu,
Mira Olotnupancb, Suman ChouclbufT~,
David Chow. Jmna Ou-iAopbont.c, 1.iada Otu,
Chriltinl L. Cnl1. Ju.mloe: ..... Cruz. RDd&amp;coa
Daupbift. Elijali L Dnia, (myud K. Decb:r" ,
Devon L Dec., Billy A. Ddou.ank». Uu Mri
OmJ. Victor S. Diu. Jr.,Nali:.e:DI. M. Dbon.
Stq&gt;hanlr Do. Quy1 M. Dodfon. Cynthia
G. Donoho. Prrdcrldt J. l&gt;ru'Wcki, Minh H.
Duon&amp;".AIIiloaC.f.dwu-dt.. finik-IJLP..dwwdt.
MooiqiX E. Emdin, loJU L Fipt:toa., YvJip. G.
Filhman, Sharon L Fitzpnld., Trida·(ay S.
Fitzacnld., Charlet; L
Jude: Fn.ncob",
S.rbara A. Frida, Millac s . Puna-Otun&amp; Pumu
Gakodl, Vaoc:aa.a· I:. Geddn, Yoanu Y.
Ghi rmatDoo, Jotc M. Gil Montana.
Yorime M. Goft'. Raqud S.. Gordon, Nio:Jk D.
Gon , Daniel I. Guerrero. Jorce 0. Gyamfi,

Fort,..

SorpbanloN. H.urio,_A._t.yoo
He:, Grqorr Hnna.odrz, o.rid L Hinlon. Jaime:
N. Hi11chmao, Hoi Yn Ho., Kai Shins Ho,

OUqukoO.Howud,J;&lt;YuHo,Wd-ChqS. Hui•,Strw: D. Hurt.. JeruUc:L lp.
Adam K. Jankowslcl, Chriltioa M. )ODCI',
Sony D. Jc»tph. Judith A. JoKy, SWub M.. ~in,
Sc:rma C. JC.plan.. Dmiuy JC.ruik. Bria..n G.
Kaud, 'f'beodorc ICatdu. Martha F. Kbarout..
Kuu.ndn A. JCina. Tricia L lllmczak. Hui QiD

......, ..... .,._ ........ ,ShilpoiC.r..n.ri,
Cb110s M. Lam. DazOO Lam., Ellrn Lam, Gar
Mioa Ll\lo Wins Fu..oa Uu..
Ykk Thna ~u, VK&amp;Ot I. Lazar, Olau T. !..£,
Tlinb T. Lc:,BoaJuu-o.th K. Lcbu.n, )lne:t Lee. Julie
N. 1.«, E'amf IM, Sbek boo 1.«, Won-5ucn
Ler:, N'Jdaok E.. lae:snt. Una Xuc l.alalo LouiJ

w_,.........y.,.....,..,..,....._Sb.""Li.WdG.Li.""""'"-......,ZhlO.U..,..
HonsZhi Lin.Omar s. ~...ooa.o.c- L Lopn..
Karm Louie:., lkto 0. Luc:u, Dnic Ma. }ca.nctfr
A. Maduro. Michda MakJia• I Nancy Ma.rb.
Mirna L. Martina., Sam Maulquoi. Jr..~
Mato•. Ruhic:d H. McDuffie, Adrian A.

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M&lt;O&lt;uy, Anp ""'· C.uh&lt;rio&lt; A. Ooriannc: Mcrc.do, Misuc:lina Mc:rccdn,
Moo.ka. MonJ'D. Nk:ok D. Morley.
Jotltua 8 . Mon-Uora, Sa.mara K.. Murdock•,
Taraju Mudim. Ciod:y P. Naftno', Zahql H.
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Rl:porta

COIIIIIUCIMOII

7

Extro

Heallb Related
Prolesdons
Wh.o's Wh.oAwanleeo

laU'CIMSclence
Oaac a..hikc lurk£, Samud Un

-.,Technology

McKmxit, Johan:n,t. WbllM)' Milkr

Give it
a Whirl

Physical~

One of Sentor

l'nnaoA.Muuc

popular t!Y'eflts, Senior Brunch.
brought swdents to the Student
Union lobby April 30 for ~onve"" ­

Mlchul Anthony Cappu. hhrsaret Muy
Patmte, Rrbc«a Mary Rued

Occu.,.uonal ~-...,.
Dina Raqw:l Adama. Rm.tt Marie Gurbadi,

Hutber Sun Knoeful, Pamda

Franc~•

History
lonotlw&gt;Bmo.Ciwko_""'_

ltl.ur Undet-Jnduata
History
Jonathan B.un {1991-99)

Nl~hipt;

In

Completion of the History Honan
l1oj&lt;w
San Wbltt'

Out:atandlna Graduadna Senior In
the o.p.rtment of·Hlstory
Thomu ICo:thittwmil
Out:atandlna GraduatfnJ S.nlor In
the HUI'Mftldel: (dlosen by a comof CAS faculty
Tbomu lozbinv.nnil

m-

Schoolo
Maaage
O....~Award

For aca.ckmic ucdkncc by
Prncntcd to

1

MBA nudcnt.

the MBA atudent compilfns the

hiJbatpdef'9lnta~(

waytie).
ChetifY. Skiman and Muk V.
Delta Slama ~I Scholonhlp ICey
For academic ar.dlcnce by an und.aJnduatc
ttudau. Praentcd to lbc fuU -timc underJradu·
ate student wbo compile~ the hiJhnt manage·
mcnt sndc point

"""s-,_Award ·
For .c:ademic ~ by- a Millard Fillmort
Colleae ttudeot. Pre~eotc:d to the Millard
Fillmore CotJcsc ltudent who compiled tht
hiahett pde polnt ..na&amp;c-.
Kennnh R. FenW

Thomu k.or.himannil (199?-98, 1998-99)
SuaWhik(l991-99)

.wnp or all disible sndu-

atinc studcnu.

Chrio"'Ph« 1.wbon
a...t. H. ow.ndorf Awanlln RnMc:&gt;e
Prrimted to the trudcnt who. in the judpent
o( the tiKulty. ll\.lde the JUIIUI contribution
10 tM finana dbcipline.
Abipil&amp;.Malnes

Skln.y N . Kahn Memorial Award
For MBA lfucknt excdlenoe in ala and nwk.etina. Pretented to the MBA ttudmt who, in
the j~tofthe&amp;culty,tw:made thepnt ­

at contribution 10 the fadd of .ala and mar-

Media Study
GraduatJnc ••nlon In the Department of Medla Study art: William Jo·
Kph AI~ Brian Caotilloo Applepte,l:fisb·
«I Distinction; Jc:remy CbrU toph~r Bailey:
Paul Jonuban Brady; Richard All~n Cues:
Dewey Chan, Diuinction; Adlata Tc.uytDevore , Diltlnction: Dnid Paul Duffy:
Jonathan WilJitm Fcdalck: HIJhut Dhtlnc·
tion , Out•t·ar.dln&amp; Senior; Marc Thomas
Flemina, Hlsbat Diltinction; le,.ica Ann
Fnsale, H iahe~t Dlsdnrtion; Emily Laabcl
Garber, Hiaheat Dfltinctlon; Marc Andrew
Ginsburs, Hish Oiatinction; David D.Cracon,
Hiahcat Olstin(tion; Todd Michael Griffin,
High Oistinuion; Ridt David Kleirumith ,
Highesl Diltinction; David Thomu Kuhn ,
Diltinctioo; Laurm l't'J'l..uaNI. tliah Disdnc·
tion: Chan Lim, Hiah Dininction: ChrUtophcr Coffey NaJewict, Hi1h Discioctlon:
Donald Nlcbolu Niccoli; Antoine lttmaine
Pcrn.; Cbriltophc:r Wernu Suhrcke; Christine
Wood Toh. DUtinction: T.ocbou Wei; Tbom.u
Paul Wojdtebowski; Jokph Michtd Wrncn ,
Hiah Diltinction.

Medical
Technology
Awards hav-t been pmmttd to the following
nudcnCJ; in the Program in M~ Tedtnology.
lkpartDKnt ofOinkal Labontory Science

Sara Marie C~ll MemoriaJ
Scholonhlp Award
MicbcUeOttcrstein

Mary Cedna Rtfora'ato Scholarship

Award
Matpm Puente, Rcb«a RuOO

ketin&amp;-

Scto-.Award

Robcn J. McNeill
0ut:1tancNna lm:.n-of.th.y_,. Awards

Marpret Parmte

Pruented to die wukfll'duate or MBA •tudent who, ift the Jud&amp;mmt of the hculty Adritory Committee on l ntenuhlps. h.u performed iD an ouutandi~ manner ift n"nf dimcJU,lon ofhh or bet- inte-msbip. The ewud il
pretc:nted toallucknt in e-ach oft.M foUowina
internship IJQI.

Who._ Who Awardee.
Mlc:had Cappu, MarJaret Pan!nte, Rtbec ca

Rucci.
Out:standlnaT-.dllnaAaistant
Mkhod~

tMwYortc State Chapter of American
~

F~Oaun&amp;·

for CUnkal Laboratory
Schtnu Student of the Year

GmcnJ M~nt-~er DW:Iar

Marprd Paru~te

Human Retourca-Lany 1.. Brunner

lnt.cmal Audit-Am~ f. Gdu
Manqane:nt Science a: Sptcmt-l'aul C. Kdly
UnderJ'raduat.AchMI¥ementAward
Pmcnted to the ttudmt wbo. in the op(nK&gt;n of
the Undcrchdwne Mana~t Altodation,
£aculry, and Manap:mcnt Alumni Auodation,
tw:dcmoDJtl"ltcd tcbolutk aa-lknce-and alto
hu rmdcm:l outsll.ndina cnracurricul.v let\'k.c
to the tcbool and the uniY\'flity,
Danidle-M. O.uc:'a

MBAAchieftm.ntAward
Preu.oted to the ~.BA student who, In the
opinion of the Gnd utte Minasemen t AJso..
da tion, Faculty, and Manapmcnt Alumni AsIOdation, hive demoutnted ~utic ezalleoc.c and have abo rendered outstandins elltracurricular .uvice to the school and the
university.
l.ow&lt;nbnd

AclriaN llyN ThaJef' Memorial Senior
Award in M.,...._.na
Preteated to the tm6or markrtina Jtudtnt who
bat dcmonllri!H aa.dcmic acd.lmc:r, leadermip, marketing prnfell,jonalism and penonal
motin.don.
DanielkM. O.uria

Unl¥entty at auffalo AccoundnJ
Aaoc:iadon Mim-I s. Dodcery
Memort.l Sen lor Awards
Prelmted to the ~eniot accounting JtUCknu who,
in the opioioo of the membmhip oN.c AuGdation, Mftcontn'butc:d inampcriorwayto the
lnJtitutt of M~t Acmuntants and W
KOOuntin,a profaaion. the Allo(iaticm itJdf, fd ·
low lludmt&amp;, and 10 the School of ~t.
Barbara A. Eva.nt. ~e f. Geiu, An~tt a E.

s...........

most

tion and • panakes-ond-sausage
meal served up by faculty. st:afl•nd
adminisu-ators. induding President
and Mrs. Greiner-. who found a
moment to dance a little jig to the
rune of the Bee Gee's "More than a
W oman."

~hi -Kaf&gt;p•

Jd'frq GlocWk. Joahua 1Wuottk. April Kiln,
Tbomu J:o&amp;b.imannil
l'hl Alpha.,_ (Notional History
HOftOf"Sodoty)
Jonathan Barn, Tnrit Boluu, William Boh,
Rru Ca.ndla, Ellubcth DiA•nci. Ch.rle:a
Fkm.i.na. Man: Fkaiina. Kristin Loup, Andrn Marotta, Tan Ndl, ~pttc hlkttcr:it:,
Erin Sobkowald , William St.ck , }lmu
Stonebraker, Jr.. Joahua Twaro1ck, Eileen
Whcdu, San White

C~ebration 's

Hursing
Shirt.,- D. DeVoe Communkadon

Award
This award is e~ by Shirley DeVoe, a diJtinpished al umna and fricDd or the School of
Nunlna. who rud¥cd both her b.chdor't tnd
mutef'l ~in nunins from UB. h is p~­
smtedtoapu.tingb.ccalaureattllDdlfldu ate atudcnt who have dnnonstnted superior
Jkillln c:ommuniatins with and for their P"·
tie:ntl and clknts.
Gradua~ Jean M. Carp&lt;nter
UI'Micrvaduate: Michelle Rican

S. Mouchly Small Award
The S. Mouchly Small Aws.rd wu endowed by a
distifttWshcd nuJSiq alumna. Sophie Small, to
booor her late huab&amp;nd,S. Mouchly Small, prokuor emeritus of p$)'Chiatry in tbC School of
Medicine and B.iomc:dical Sdmccs. The award
roc;optl1CI a anduati"' ba«:alaureate 5tudcnt
who hu demotulrlted mpcrior- knowiedF and
Kill in psfclliatrk mental health nunitlg and
who ahibiCJ; an undentandina ol and lmlitiv·
ity to the •pecW n«&lt;b or dicntJ and their fami Uct.. u well u the ability to rtspond to these
ott&lt;~&lt;.

Undergraduatt: Mariana Cutillo

Slama Theta Tau, Gamma Kappa
Chapblr Award
This award U made by the c;.mma KaPJ* Chap·
tn of Sisma Theta T1u, the national nursing
honor ..ocicty, to encourqe and r«oaniu su perior Kholanhip, leadnship and achkvement
in nu ning. Th~ award fKOSDizn 1 anduatms

~ureatt'aodsr-duatelludmtwbopo~~t~~

theM: chantctcrUtla and who a~ currmt rnem·
ben: of the chapter.
GMuate: Gotanb Vucmoric
Underp-adua~e: Kimberly G. 'sweeney

Ruth GaM EhMrAward Jor
Excellence In NurslnJ Aesean:h
The Ruth Gale El&amp;r Award rot Eudlma 1n
Nun.ins Rantql wu cstablis.bc:d by Ruth Gak
Elder, actina dean of the School of Nunint
(1978-80) and nu nlnseduator.lbeaward rccOJDius I anduate ltudmt who b11 dcmonl tnted outstanding k.nowledse and .bllity in
raearch and wbo holds &amp;pedal promise ror kad nship in nursina racarch.
Mutn'.. Mlcbad A. Qinc:

Ruth T. McGrorey Award for
Excellence In NunJn1
This award is named in honor or Ruth T.
McCrorey, former dean of the School of Nun·
inA {1966-13). The- award mogniul a b.ccalaurutt ltudmt who hu dcmonstntc:d out standins t:oowkdp of nunfng tht"Ory andes·
cdknc:c in nun.lns practice.
UndcrJraduatt: Nun A. Z.pau

Anne Walloer Senpu.ch Award for
LAadenhlp In School and
Community Acttvfties
Thh award is ntmed fo r Anne Walker
SengbiUCh. rounding dean or th e School o r
NuninJ (1936-65). 11 mo&amp;niu:s pduating t tudenu who have provided notable kf'Via and
lndmhip to the School of Nutsmg, the univrr·
sity and/or to the community.
Graduatt: Brian K. Jacbon and ls.abd M. Kouk
Underz.n.duate: Valn-ic A. [)cmmm

NewYortc State Nurses Association
District I Award
The New York State Nurwa A.itOC!allon Dutrict I Membenhlp Award b p r~senu:d to o ne
sndu1tingaenior fro m each of the area nun ina sc hooh. The snduating 1c n•o r mu5t
demonstrllc professinn1lilm In nun ing 10
hcr/ bi a inten c ri o n~o wit h cllcn h and collusues, and mus1 intend 10 pract1ct nursm g
inDistcictl.
Undc'!fldua!e: Chrullc- L Dug.lc:T

Scholanhlpa
The Co~tta A. KJua Fund Award
TbeCokuaA. Klus Fund was esubllshf'd by ra cuhy and alumni to honor Coltua A. Klug,
former chair of the lkpartmcnt of Psychiatric
Mental Hulth Nun:ina and profe1-10r rmeritu~o
in the School of Nunins- Th~ award , now en ·
dowed by Colen a Klu&amp;- prtn"ldn mondlfY sup·
port for educ.auonal, dinkal or rnnrch acuvi ·
tics in psychU.tric mental health nuning by thc~ed baccalaure.au and/or gnduJic studtnl
r«ipic:nts.
Graduate-: knnifer Johengen-Vosd and lNbd B
Molina
The ND¥&amp; G.
Sc:holanhlp Fund
Thi• fund wu established by Nova G. Pc-tnn
for the purpou or providinz acho lars h ip•
(both undervaduate tnd llldUitC) to JIU denU in the School of Nunins. Pctun, a 1922
graduate of UB, holds the profnlion of nun
ina in th e highest rtgard. Dc.mon.~tration of
high· ande tchola nhip in s.cholarly counc~o
and of fiDiflcial need, without restriction to
men or women, 1ft prerequisites for the award
ofthi•Kholan.hip.
Gnduate: Xiaoyan Bu

,_tsan

Millard Fillmore Scholanhlp
Tbilac:bolars.bipwucstablishcd by the Millard
Fillmore Hoqital 0111 of 1953 to be: IIWirded
to a rqillercd nunc wbo anduated from the
Millard Fillmon: Hospital School ofNutlmgand
is punuin1 further 11udy at the School of Nu tlinsGndu1tt : Jennifer M. Dztald. and GaylcZukwslti-Dalton

The A . f4arau'et Larsen MemorlaJ
Scholarship Fund
The Larnn Fund l lo ntmed fu 1 th e ''" '
docttually prepared fa c u.l~~mbrr m !he
School of Nursins . A. Marsar~ t lu 1rn
served on the: fa cult y m the School or Nu r~o
mg from 1940 -7 1 a.nd waJo int trumcnn l m
beginnintthc m u t~r '• program In nu n m~t
at UB. Scholauhtp. lctiviun •nd need u c
con•idch•d in the ~le c t i on o f litudcntl to
rc ceivt the scholanhip.
Graduate: Oarlrnt M. Alia and l&gt;wK E. M&lt;Guirt'

Physics
Barry Goldwater Scholarship
Cynthia Rudin hdd tbil Kholanhip 1997 -98
Sekula Sdtolarshlp
Tbc Dr. Stanle-y T. Sekula Scholmh1p was n ·
tablilhcd In 1990 by Mn. Anne Sekula 1n
memory ofbu huiband , who rrceind the B.A
111PhpictfromUBin 195 1.
MX:faci.Buia.Danm (Olin) ~and Adam Kubik.

NadonoiSclonoof'oundodonfollowoi&gt;lp.
MJchad Buk:c; Qrnthia Rudin, Honorable Mention
SUNY Chancellor's Award for
Student Excellence
Cynthi1 Rudin rcuived thu a'tnrd
Sprinz 1999 aemcster

d u n n~t

the:

Depart:ment of Physics OutstandinJ
Son lor
Michael Buice

Collete or Arts and Sciences Dean's
Departmental Award
Micbad Buice

Collep or Arts and ScJe.nces
OutstandlnJ Senior Awa rd In Science
and Mathematics
Cynthia Rudin

Departmental Honor-a
Hisftest Honotl
Mk had Buiu .Cynth•~ Ru dm
High Honort
Evan Crocker

Phi Beta Kappa
Michael Buice, Darren (ctun ) Ko . Ad.m
Cynthia Rudin, Robert Sproull

Phi Kappa lambda., National
Honor Soctety

Kub 1 ~.

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Cynthia Rudin

Phi Eta Slama
Michad DuKe, O.nut (Oun ) Ko-Pm;u.Jnll of dw
U B~pter,Cynthia

Rudin, ThomaJ. Downes

Golden Key NadonaJ Honor Society
M~ehad

BuKt:, Darml (Cain) Ko. Cynthia Rudm

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Honor Sodety
Dt tnn {Chin ) Ko-Alumnt Ch:m

Who's WhoAwardees
Darr~n (Olin) Ko. Cynthi.l Rud•n

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Amy Ackerman, president o f the Hc.alrh and Human Servia:s Student Asaociat1on. will be rec
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lorraine B-onnet , Daniel So ttmg. Ehubcth
Bridon, T~ Bnnon, Nancy Bronsp1gd. John
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Chnk.in, Jennifer 0 -.iang, Paulina O un, Apnl
Chiu, Amy_Crow-nc. Nikoleuc Curry. Thernr
Davidson, Dcni$t Dent, Nlcok Derenda. P:ltncu
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Meliw Eidrnt., lauren Ff':ldman, Jaso n Fcisc-1,
He.ather Foringer, Mocanma Forqthc. Cryst•l
Fosru, Shc-il.t Ftawky. Kell y Fr«kncb.
Jennifer Frunpong. NKok Ganc1. Cynth1a
Ga nzmmulln. }mnifer GtlbcT t. Audre-y Gobi~ .
&amp;dyn Grtayk. Mldldle Gu-y. /&gt;.iorna Hc:add.. 1\m
1-knkd, lcax:a licbrand. Kendra I·~ L.a.urro
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}o~ Yoo-Kyrong lung. Jennifer lung. Wend)
Kaplan, Ann Kmney, Omd Klun.tehcUhy, lctgh
Ann Kmb. Skphm Kozak. Douglu l&amp;by. Ymg Ll.
lUthy Umrlll. AkDndn- Lwu.. Michda MatoLa.
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Martin, Brym MathiS. Nncyd.t Matot.. Vi~n1.1
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~• .ann Naughton, Cmdy Ntvar ro. K1et My
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Q&amp;A-Ndson Townsend disc:uNs plans
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for the Student Development Center.

Busy Class of 2000

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UB's mtemational student
recruiters: always on the go.

May 6.1!HI/Ym.30.No.3!

Spring
Fest
It was one of the warmest
Spring Fests ever-and UB
students welcomed the
bands to Baird Point
Saturday, happy to be
watching the popular
annual show, now in its
20th year, outdoors. At left,
the headliner, Sugar Ray.
performs for the
enthusiastic crowd .

EIC aims to change UB learning environment
Educational TtrhnologyCmternowapen, ajJers ~IT helpforfaculty members til
a.r SUE WUETCHU
Reporter Editor

C

ITED by many as a criti -

cal component of Ac cess99, the Educational

Technology
Ce nler
(ETC) now is open in Capen Hall

to help and encourage faculty
members to use information tech nology in their teaching.
Located in 212 Capen, adjacenl
to the Science and Engineering
Library, ETC's short-term goal is
to help those who teach under-

graduates to meet the demand of
Access99, the student-access-tocomputing initiative in which all
fres hmen entering UB in the fall
wiU be required to have access to
a compuler and be knowledgeable
in document -preparation soft ware, email and the Internet.
But the center's long-term goal,

according to Direotor David
Wtllbem, professor of English and
associate vice provost for information ted:mology. is to .. produce a
aitical mass ofiT-enhanced cou=s
thai will permanenrly change 1he
learning environment at UB ...
ETC will help develop specifi c
courses. enhance general IT literacy
among faculty and teaching assis tants., and collect and coordinate
various IT efforts across campus.
The center is open to all full - and
part -time faculty members , TAs.
adjuncts. lecturers and Millard
Fillmore CoUege instructors.
" If we expect students to have
computers. we have to have the
courses that use technology ."
\\rt!Jbem says... We have to align faL
ulty (comput er skiUs l hctter With
those of the students commg m."
Joseph Tufanello. sc n10 r Vll&lt;'

provost for educational technol ogy, calls ETC the .. cemerp1ece" o f
the faculty-development compo·
nent of Access99. 1t is designed, he
says. to provide faculty with rhc
opportunity to ga1n expenence in
the uses o f computers that the y
may not have been exposed to be fore, such as Web-page design . Java
scnpt and PowerPomt
The center also has a software
library where fa culty &lt;.an try o ut
va n ous software package.!&gt; and get
training m their U!&lt;&gt;C hefore dcc1d
mg whether to purchasc them
Moreover. three graduate stu
dents and two full - t•m e st aff
members will be available to travel
to fa culty offices to provide g01d
a nee on -s ite for spectfiL problems.
"We' re trying to pr ovi de the
most co mfortable way we can to
enable faculty to become part of the

(Access99 ) program in as completea way as they desire." Tufanello say&gt;
Faculty mvolvement 1s "cntKal "
to the success of Access99 . he say!&gt;
.. lfth~ faculrydon 't adopr this par
t1cular approach to the1r mstru1.
t1on . 1t's ( Access99) not gom~
work on campus."
Many individual fucuh y member&gt;
have followed the1r own personal
tnr&lt;r&lt;Sts and alreadr have dC'Vdoped
IT apphca11ons fo r thetr courses. he
stressed. But "what '• mtsSmg m thepldUrt~ IS the fa cul ty member who\
bt.-en tempted to get mto the area .
but doesn't k.no"""' \~ere to tum to
get help. We'll bt&gt; 10 a poslllOn to
prov1de tha! help w1th the ETl :."
Willbern no ted that some farull\
members arc ''.mx.~ ous" about thl·
umvcr slty '.!&gt; move toward th e 10
creasmg use of IT 1n the classroom
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Senate unit takes 'censure' out of proposal
BJ SU£ WU£T&lt;HE.
Reporter Editor

d hoc committee of the
Faculty Senate ha s
toned down considerably a measure asking
that the administration be cen su red for it s actions last fall in
folding the Department of Stalls·
tics into the Department of Social
and Preventive Medicme.
Th'e committee instead ha s
drafted a proposal, whi ch will be
considered by the fuU senate at Il l!
final meeting of the semester on
May II , asking thai the chair of the
senate be brought into the loop all
early as possible whenever any
kind of reorganization of an aca ·
demic unit is under consideration
by the administration .
The proposal. wh1ch was for warded to the senate by its Execu tive Committee a11he bodr's April
28 meeting, specifically asks thai

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.. whenever initiation, termmat1on .
amalgamation, d.iviswn or maJor
reorganization of an a cadcm1l
unit is under co nsideration, that
shall be reported promprly hr lhe
cognizant dean, vice president o r
the provost, to the chair of Lhe Fal .
ulty Senate, who shall report 11 to
the Executive C ommittee . The
Executive Co mminee shall deter mine the actio ns to be taken by the
~enate ."

It defme3 academiC units as de ·
partments. mduding the Univer +
s•t v Lihranes. research units. any
mterd1 sc•phnan• program recog ·
ntze-d lormally bv the university,
any degrec -gran tmg program and
any school or college.
The ad hoc comm1ttee alsu prt&gt; sented to the FSEC a "statement "
supporting Irwin G uttman .
former chair of the Department of
Statistics. The statement , which
was forwarded to the full senate as

well. !&gt;a)'ll that .. tht.• !d ~,..ult\ recog
m ze that Dr. lrwm (,u ttman • ~ dn
rxccllcnl S(holar a nd w1 s h c~ to
extend thetr appre(latJon of h•"
stewardship of the Department ol
Stat1st1 c.s. We look forward to hl!'o
contmu ed co ntnhu11 o ns to th e
dt sc ipline and to tht• utllvt:rslt\
and WI Sh him aJl good SU CCt"S!&lt;o"
G uttman now ho lds a facult\
position 1n the Oepartmenl o l
Mathematics 10 the Collt&gt;gt: of Art\
and SCie nces.
The ad hoc comrmttee"--\..om
posed of former senate chatrll wh o
c urrentl y are mt&gt;mb~r s of the
FSEC-was fo rmed by the FSEC
to refine the censure proposaJ af
t£'r the proposal was rt&gt;turne-d to
lh&lt; FSEC for further wo rk by 1hc
senate. Some senators had ob Jected to language m the resolu ·
tion asking the senate to censure
the abstract .. administratton ,"' as
opposed to spec ific perso ns or of-

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Tht' lensu re p roposal. \"'hiLh
had twen prel!entt:d to the senatt'
tw John Boot, professor of man
ap.t·ment \I.Jenle and w..,tt·m,, J~
(U\ct.J "tht admml\tr.mnn .. lll not
lo ll owmg L'B and "--l ' S' prnll
Jurt·, regardtng tht' ahoiltllm 11!
Jegrt•e -grantm g. program" anJ II H
th "hrazen d1srt·garJ " o l ta~ult\
1npu1 v1a estabhsht.·d laLUit\ gtl\
erna n.;e co un .;•b
llcnmll Malont.' . ...,l.' t\' lh,tln
gu1shed Se rVIL t' Pro fc..,... or 1n tht
lh·pa rtm e nt of 1-lt·Lirh.al tn~ 1
ne-e nng a nd a mt•rnh(' r ol tht· a~i
hoL LOffi mlttec , told I-SH mt"m
her~ on Apnl lEI thdt 1n J.ddJt1o n
to dl'k.nowledg1ng the l'\lntrlbu
t1om of G uttman . the panel\ m
tent was to ..establish a pruHdure
so that 11 makes 1t clear what hap
pens when an ISSue li.k.c- th1s shou ld
occur m the future"
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all students, assumes a role of promoting and conducting programs
that celebrate diversity of the student body. In doing so, the center

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The Office of Student Multicultural
Alfain is. principal student-&lt;I&lt;Vel·
op ment vehicle. Programs supporting multiculturalism represent
some of the most important work
the university ddiven. The diverse
student population enhances the
academic and social climate and
adds immensely to the fabric of the
university community. The reason
for merging Multicultural Alfain
into Student Development is that
multicultural atJai.rs programming
contributes significantly to the de·
velopment of all students. These
areas are neither distinct nor djf.
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The plans for the future are many,
i.e., gain an identity and diffuse any
speculation that any one program
or group might be enhanced at the
expense of another, improve upon
our program r.cilities to more ad·
equately serw the student need, increase siudmt participation in wm·
munity involvement and help to
d&lt;Velop more posi!Ne and active
relations between local business,
agencies, institutions and our stu·
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our l.eadenhip Devdopment Cen·
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athletics program. There is a lot of
work to be finished in athletics,
but I bdi&lt;Ve my II years were pro·
ductive. I know they were a rewarding experience for me.

lish the issues, plan effectively
and get out of the way. Good
people will mak.e good thinp
What h , _ - _ _ ,
. happen and you will look. good.
of Ull .othletkl7
That 's my basic philosophy.
There are so many of them I Further, in each role, I am asUd
wouldn' t know where to start. to serve students. I ~ been
Probably the day
the giant attempting to do just that for
press conference on the football 38 years, long before I became
fWd to announce our election to involved in athletics.
the Mid-American Conferencz. To T. . _ _ . . . . , _
have seen our program elevate
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from the lower ranks of NCAA Di·
vision ill to the height ofi-A dur·
ing one's tenure of leadership wos
I ha&gt;e had the pleasure of serving
os fond a memory as I can recalL
as a member of the United States
fan,
Olympic Committee this past
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Year 2000 and beyond is student retention. We must provide programmin8 that will meet the social and
academic needs of our student popu·
lation. Through our Studmt Support
Services l'rtl(ram. Ronald E. McNair
Program, and multicultural and
l&lt;adeoship effixts, we can eniJaox% the
quality of
life and, thereby,
add ionmensdy to the attractivmds
of the lllli=sity.

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not regretted for one moment the
need which separated me from.the

closely int.erpret&lt;d, no matter
what fidel we are in. Hire good
people, help dndop and estalr

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I will always be a Bulls fan . The
coaches, students, staff and sup·
port staff mean a lot more to me
than just members of a team; they
are like family. No matter where I
go, or what comes next, the Bulls
will always he special with me.
Am I a Bills fan! Yes! I had a say·
ing when I was in athletics: .. Bills
or Bulls, the onlydifferencz is ' u.'"
It's almost impossible to live in
this town and not get caught in
the Buffalo Bills' mania.

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of a wik and family who always
(I'M' their support to whatever
university I chooe to lead them to.

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International office
recruits students
in 15 countries
By PAT1UCIA DONOVAN
News Services Editor

P

ROFESSIONALS who

staff the office of lntema·

tional Enrollment Man agement (IEM ) under the
vice provost for internationaJ education are among the best-traveledand sometimes the most tiredmembers of the UB community.
Jionardi Hindrawan, director of
IEM, and Steven Shaw, assistant
director, are the university's prin cipal interna tional -student re cruiters. Their job calls for them
to spend a great deal of time representing UB at overseas recruit ment events fo r students who
want to study in the United States.
Since the office was established
last year, Hindrawan and Shaw
h~ve participated in 35 such events
in IS countries in Asia, the Middle
East and North America .
In consultation with the Office of
the Provost and the deans. IEM has
developed a strategic plan designed
to increase and diversify interna tional enrollments. While maintain·
ing or increasing enrollments from
Asia-the source region of most of
the universitYs international student.s-IEM also is developing mar·
kets in the Middle East, Latin
America, Europe and Africa.

"What we want to achieve." says
Tun Rutenber, acting vice provost for
internationaJ education, ..is a sustainable, diverse and balanced popula·
tion of high-quality international
students from all ov..- the world."
Hindrawan and Shaw are assisted by colleagues in the Office
of International Education, the
English Language Institute, the
School of Engineering and Ap·
plied Sciences and the Graduate
School. The recruiters have spent
time in Argentina, Bahrain, Bra·
zi l, Ca nada , Chile, Colo mbia ,
Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indo·
nesia, Italy, Japan , Korea , Kuwait ,
Malaysia , Oman, Singapore ,
Spain, Taiwan. Thailand, Turkey
and the United Arab Emirates.
Although the job may sound ex·
otic., the recruiters say overseas re·
cruitment typically involves many
hours standing behind a table in an
overheated exhibition hall, talking
to hundreds of inter&lt;:sted studen ts
in the course of a long day, then fty·
ing to another city the next day to
do the same thing again. The pace
is hectic. exhausting and may stirtch
over a period of S&lt;'Veral weeks.
"The crowds at some venues, particularly those in Asia, are very, very

large," says Hindrawan. "A recruiter
from a popular school is mobbed
wntinuously from morning to night
by groups of 20 or more young
people interested in getting informa·
tion or in applying for admission."
Nevertheless, Rutenber says the
direct person·to· person approach
oontinues to be the best
to recruit overseas students.
"In the last decade, overseas recruitment drives have become im·
pe.rative. even for universities like
UB that ha&gt;e a long, ~t~cassful his·
tory of attracting large numbers of
e~Uent studenu from abroad,"
Rutenber explains. "The reason for
this is that the recruitment of uni·
versity students has become a highly
competitive global enterprise.
.. International studenu an~ im portant institutional asseu, not
only for the economic contribution they make, but also for the
important role they have in research, teaching and the cultural
life of their host campuses.•
The number of int=tional stu·
dents coming to the U.S. continues
to inc:rease--more than 481 ,000 in
1997·98, according to the annual
census wnducted by the lnstitut&lt;-of
International Education--but the

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number of institu~ons trying to

enroll the bat students from ov..-·
seas has grown even more rapidly.
"The schools competing with
UB are not onJy peer uniVersities
and colleges in the United States."
Hindrawan says, • but institutions
in Australia, Britain and Canada.
These schools ha"" recently under·
taken aggressive, well-organized
international recruitment campaigns aided by government and
immigration policies that particu·
larly favor the enrollment of inter·
nationaJ students.•
Although wmpetition from for·
eign institutions has made int~ ­
tional recruitment more challeng·
ing, UB has been coceptionally SUC·
cessful since 1995, the year the uni ·
versity first participated in overseas
recruitment events. By last lidl. the
int=tional undergraduate enroll·
ment at the unive.rsity reached
423-an increase of 58 peo=t over
1994 figures.lnt=tional gradu;lte
students now number 1,504, an in·
crease of l3 peo=t since 1994.
"So far this year, the number of
int=tiooal applications,..•..,,...
cei...t susgests that enrollments will
again be up significantly in the nat
academic year," Hindrawan says.

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Jacquelyn Mitchell dies at 59; dean of GSE BrieBy
Educator applauded for her commitment to urban schools
11J PADICIA ooNovAII
News Services Editor

memorial service was
held yesterday in Glen
Park. Williamsville, for
Jacquelyn Mitchell, 59,
dean of the Graduate School of
Education, who died at home Friday after a short illness.
MitcheU came to UB in 1997,
the first African -American dean in

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the university's history. She
quickly established a reputation as

an innovative administrator and
educator with a great commitment to u rban schools.
" Jacquelyn MitcbeU's death is a
majo r loss to the university,• said
President William R. Greiner. "She
was a highly energetic, inteUigent
person who brought new vision to
her faculty and the university. She
had barely begun her work at U B
when she was diagnosed with a

terminal illness. ~ a profile in
courage, she was extraordinary."
Throughout her career, MitcbeU

co nducted research in ethnographic and sociolinguistic studies, cognitive development and
community intervention, particularly among low-income children.

Her interest in the interfac:t" of
learning with race, ethnicity and
gender led to her studies of ed ucational decision -making in st u dents' careers, literacy resources in
a pre-school context , family stress
and coping strategies, and neighborhood S9cia1 organization .
Her friend and coUeague, Mecca

S. Cranley, dean of the School of ban centers and on· the changes beNuning, ~ that of aU the inno- ing wrought by technology on the
vation• MitcheU had hoped to methods. content and structure of
implement here, education. Her vision and her belief
she was especially that the school could make a differproud of new re- ence in the real world of classrooms,
search, teaching ch ildren and co mmuni t y is her
and other coop - legacy to UB." Headrick said.
erative programs
Before coming to UB, MitcbeU
planned with the was a visiting scbol.ar and researcher
Buffalo Public in the laborntory of Comparative
Schools.
Human Cognition at the University
Provost David 'Iiiggle noted, "In of California, San Diego.
the brief time she was with us, Dean
In 1979,sbeeamedadoctoraldeMitchell had shown her desire to gree in education, cultural antJu-o.
move tl\e Graduate School of Edu- pology and sociolinguistics from the
cation in new directions and to Harvard University G raduate
launch many new enterprises. To be School of Education. A graduate of
deprived of her vision in such an Trenton State CoUege, she held a
untimely fashion is a great loss to master's degree in educatio n and
the university and community."
child study from Smith CoUegc.
"One of her great sorrows,besides
Widely published, she received
leaving her cbildrm," said Cranley, many national and regiona l
"was not being able to complete her awards. In 1989, she was named an
work here_ She was entirely devoted American Council on Education
to the Graduate School ofEducation Fellow at the Center for Leader and her extraordinary commitment ship Development in Washington ,
to urban schools was enhanced by D.C., and received the Distin her 21st-centuryvision of a univer- guished Scholar and Resea rcher
sity-school district partnership that Award from the American Educa would strengthen the university's tional Research Association.
g raduate teacher- training pro Mitchell is survived by her mother,
grams and benefit urban children." Ethel MitcbeU of West dtange, N.J.;
Former Provost Thomas E. sons Michael G ibson Of Tucson,
Headrick noted that Mitchell cam&lt; Ariz., and David Gib&gt;onofNewYork
to UB with a ..quiet determination to City, and daughter Jili'Cibson of
move the Graduate School of Edu - Phoenix. The fiunily requeSt.&lt; that
cation in a direction that would re- memorial donations be made to the
spond to the demands of 21st cen- UB Foundation, Box 9110, Buffalo,
tury education and would focus on N.Y., \4226, fo r the benefit of th&lt;
the needs of our children in the ur- laequelyn M;tchell Memorial Fund.

Empowerment has had important
impact on women's health, Friedan says
By LOIS IIAKU
News S~rvices Editor

B

ETTY Fri ed a n , th e first
president of the National
Organization fo r Women
and the n a ti o n' s bes t known feminist, presented an in fo rm a l talk o n th e: impact of
women's empowerment on their
phys ical and m ental health Saturday du ring the 62nd Spring Clini ca l Day, sponsored by the VB
Medi cal AlUmni Association and
held in the Buffalo Marriott, 1340
Millersport Highway, Amhe rst.
Friedan was the first woman to
p resent the Stockton KimbaU Lec ture and to receive the association's
Stockton
Kimba ll.. Award.
"Women's Health" was the theme
of this year·s Spring Ctinical Day.
which featured several presenta tions on breast and ovarian cancer.
Accustomed to speaking before
gatherings anended almost exdu sively by women, Friedan opened
he r remarks by joking abou t the
number of men in the audience, a
legacy of a profession that for many
years was almost exduslvely mal~.
She contrasted that h istorical stat e
of affairs with the current situation ,
in whic h enrollments in man y
medical schools are half women_In
fact, the class entering the UB School
of Medicine and Biomedical Sci-· cnces this faU will have a majority
of women for the first time in the
school's !SO-year history.
The empowerment of wo men
through the wom en's m ovement

20s, 30s and 40s:·
As women e n ·
tered the profe!&gt;
sions in large num
hers, the concept of
the working wo
m an lOok on J
negatiVl'
tnnc.
Friedan oh..,erwd
"Th e hvpt· w,1..,
'Women havt· 111
have 11 all, ... :ohl·
sa id. " But nobod v
ever says anythmg
about men havinl!
it all For 30 yea r!-.,
...,,._., _ _ _ _ .,_,,..., .. people have been

Wllght,ll--togM _ _ _ tryingtoprovrthat

of t he 1960s and '70s clearl y
brought about this change,
Frieda n noted, pointing out that
this change has an important im pact on women's health, as well as
their economic status. She men tion ed an early study that found
that women's mental he a lth
peaked when they were in their 20s
and dropped dramatically after
age 40, compared to m en ... It was
thought no rmal for women to go
in to depress io n in menopau se."
Friedan said... It even had a dassifi cation-involutional me:lancholia."
When women were defined o nly
by their feminine role, not as a person in their own right, life Mo't15 over
after 40, she noted. "The love story
was the only one women could be a
hero o( But now, women's mental
health aft er menopause is bener,
maybe better even than it was in their

women's empl oyment is had for
children and they couldn '1 do 11 .
Now the newest study s h ow~ that
IS
good
for
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children ... Big News! Of co urs e
...vomcn arc- happier when they aren't
Living exclusively through thetr chil
dren , and they aren't seething With
frustrated rage," Friedan said... There
is also less stress and pressure on the
man when he ISO 't solely responsible
for providing for the family. Thai ha'i
to be good for child ren."
Frieda n noted that. wh1le l~ m
pow~:rmenl has had a posi tive effect o n women , 1hey h1stoncaJi y
have !Jved longer than men . and she
suggestt.·d. th1s d1screpancy IS a fer tile area fo r s1udy. "Som et h ing
abou lthe male role must be a killer.
There shou ld be research into the
things abo ul women's roles that are
good for life." she sajd.

Student Comprehensive Fee
increase under consideration

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The university Is considering • modest lncre.ase in the student
Comprehensive Fee for 1999-2000 in o rder to further enha~ce stu
dent technology programs and improve the quality of campus life.
The annual Comprehensive F~ for fuU -time undergraduates could
increase by $ISS to $1 , 14~from th&lt; 1998 -99 feeof$98'&gt;-under a
university budget plan being cons1dered.
The fee for full -time graduate and professiOnal students would
mcrease by $75 per yea r tp $860 an nually, up (rom the 1998-99 fee
of $78S.
Fees would continue to be prorated on a credit-hour basis for part
time students and the currenl waiver pohcy would ~ mamtained
The Comprehensive Fee includes the SUNY College Fee and suppo rt for technology, stude nt health, transportation , campus life and
intercollegiate athletics (undergraduates o nl y). lndtvidual stud ent
government activity fees are not part of the Comprehensive Fee
The proposed increa ses would suppo rt increased techn ology.
main tain parking and transpo rtauon systems. enhance cultural arts
programs and con t ribute to the upgrade and expansion of mtercol
legiate athletic programmtng.
Although the state and SUNY budgets are not ye1 final, It 1s not
expected that the budgets will in clude additional state support , says
Dennis Black, vicco president for student affairs. The fee mcreases
are being considered to enable the universitY to cont inue mvestments
in programs and services that are essentml t~ del1ve-nng a h1gh -qual11V
ed ucational experience, Black says.
T he final decision on tht' fee mcrea.'ie \'.'ill be made after consulta
tion with stud ents and later in Ihe state budget process, he says, add
- ~g that state suppo rt has been sought to reduce the need foe some
cif the increases.
In addition , he no tes, Ba rhara Ricotta, dean of students, will met•[
with the Co uncil of Student Government Presidents th1s summ er
and faiJ to develop reco mmendatio ns for wider camp u ~ cons1der
at1on of fu1ure Comprehens1ve Fee mcre:ase:s.
If adopted, the Comprehensive Fee: adjustments wo uld be reflected
m student account sta temen ts distributed to all returning and ne"'
student s in mid -Jul y.
"While shght ly mcreasmg the cost of attendance, UB rem ams one
of the nation's best buys m higher education ... Black point5 out ... W 1th
mcreased investment~ in technology and lampus Jj(e, UB will con
tmue 10 be a major public uniVCrSIIY and the premier pubhc mstllu
tum 111 the North east."
More info rmation on the ( .o mprchensJve Fee. the proposed 1n
creases and the wa1vc r proces~ l!l avadahle at .... www .stude n t affa ln. buffalo.edu/ compfee &gt;
Com ments o n the p,roposed fee adJ U S inu~ nt!llJn bto made v 1a emad
to • compfee@vpsa.buffalo.edu ""

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guitar duo's
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:\mencan dJ.nu: form - w •ll he lht·
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at all-time-high stress levds.
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year, students say they wish th&lt;re
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"Th.ings are getting more inttnse because i~s getting down 10 the count
and graduation isn't that far away."
She adds thai she thinks she fi .
naJJy has learned how to manage
her time: .. , think that the more
classes I take, the better off I am,
the less time for procrastination ."
Management major Jennifer
Cotignola agrees. "As usual, these·
mester was strasful." Anything she
could do to make it less stressful?
"Do not procrastinate," she admits.
Cotignola keeps busy as captain of
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and sit on committees; now they
mistakenly feel they're expeded to
be Web masters with expertise in
complex html coding and intrica te
software packages, he said.
Wtllbern and other administrators
stressed that faculty will not be forced
to participate in the IT revolution.
But for those who are interested, the
ETC is there for guidana.
The center features a 20-seat.
hands-on computer classroom in
which center staff wiU offer instrut tion in standard softw are pro
grams, Web -si te design. co urse ·
m.anagement software and other
special applications. When not be·
ing used for classes, the room will
be available as a public computing
site for aJJ UB instrudors.
The cent&lt;r also has a large open
area with six high-end PC workstations and 19-inch monitors that also
can be usedfor group insLruction.
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for the ·course-team " concept .
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her to work hospitality
with the band "Sugar
Ray" at Spring Fest
this past weekend
Cotignola, who plans to work at
CBS in New York City this summer, looks forward most to living
in a house off-campus next year,
but is not looking forward to "taking the Blue Bird in the snow."
Tanya Stanger, a management
major, confesses that it has reached
a point at the end of UU.. semest&lt;r
whe~ she does not even care about
her perfonnance in her classes."!
am drained and would honestly
only see myself happy right now if
I were deserted on a beach island!"
While most of the students went
home or worked over spring break
this year, psychology major Kaya
Gerberich went to Panama City,
Fla., for a "wonderful W«k of funin-the-sun.•
Gerberich, who holds two jobs
on campuj',' is a VB STAR, a resi·
dent adviili'r, a member of the ex·
ecutive board of the Residence
Hall Association, a teaching assistant for Vli'IOI , and the first-eve'r
president of the National Residence Hall Honorary, an honor
society for residence-hall leaders.
"I'm re.ally looking forward to
my position next f.ill in the undergraduate apartments ,.. says
Gerberich, who has been hired as a
community assistant in the new
Hadley Village apartments that will
open in August. '"The position is
the first ever of its kind here at VB.
Plus, the facilities will be amazing!"
Maggie Zak, a communication
major, says she also feels stress at
times due to all the activities in
which she is involved. "On top of

101. English 101 and 201, Psychology 10 I, World Civilization Ill ·
112 and Biology 200. The focus is
on these courses, says William
Fischer, vice provost for faculty
development and coordinator of
the "course-team" approach, because "the studen t expectations
will be among the freshmen this
year. If they (freshmen) go into
their courses and they find that
this expectation is for naught~ then
they are going to be disappointed,"
he said.
Faculty-development working
groups have been formed . consisting of the core faculty and teach mg assistants who teach these su:
courses and have shown interest in
information -technology development. as well as coUaborating support staff from the libraries, C IT.
the academic nodes and ETC.
In fact, a core group teaching the
World Civilization coursr---which,
beginning UU.. fall, will be a general-education requirement for all
undergrnduates---will participate
inaweek-longse:minarMay 17-21
designed to help those instructors
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being a (resident advisor), a tour
guide, a member of a business fra.
ternity, I also work for the AntiRape Task Force as assistant ser·
vices supervisor," she explains.
This summer, Zak will study in
London and Paris. She plans to
graduak on time, but says she is not
1oo1cing furward to figuring out what
she wants·IO do after graduation.
Most of those in the0assof2000
who have · - in ronlact wilh the
-,.
&amp;porter szy they will graduak on
time nat year, if DOt early. An:hitl:cture major Susan Deamn is loolcing
forward 10 the possibility of early
graduation, since she will study
abroad ~ the summer in Costa
Rica through the School ofAn:hitl:cture and Planning. "It rounts as a full
semester and 1 will be hanging out in
the rainforest with the monkeys!"
Christopher ~orczak, who is
not $0 happy with his lack of sleep
this semester, !'ays he enjoys the
classes he is taking. "I'm taking a
30 character-animation co urse
that is great, I've learned a lot and
had a good time doing iL Doing
an internship at Channel 4 bas
been a great experience as
~orczak is looKing forward to
backpacking through Europe from
August until mid -September,
when he begins his study-abroad

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prognm in London.
VB has changed &lt;X&gt;DSiderably in
Fedorczak's eyes since he was a
freshman. •When I got here, it
seemed really large. with huge lee·
tu"' halls and crowds of studenu.
Now, most of my classes are small
and sinoe my department-Media
Study-is relatively small as well, I
know most of the professors and
students. I also am isolated in CFA
for the most part. so rm only really exposed to one building. which.
also makes the school seem small"

A couple of the students have
ventuffi! into the Office of Career
Planning and Placement for help
with post -graduation plans.
"I have an easier time finding
jobs and internships through my
own research and intuition,• reporu Fedorczak.
But others, such as Elana
Steinhaus, found visiting the oilier
useful"! went last year to have my
resume critiqued,.. says Steinhaus.
"They were helpful; they gave me
some advice on bow to fix it up...
St&lt;inhaus says the'- thing about
this semeskr is that she is doing ....n
academically. but that. unfortunatdy,
she spends too much time stu&lt;¥ng
and ne= leis hcnelf max. "! look
forward to bmigasenio&lt;... but at the
same time. \he !hotJsbt of it being my
last year in oollege scares me."

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effectively in their teaching.
But Fischer stressed that the pedagogical imptications of infonnation
technology will be just as important
to those involved in AJ:ass99 and
the ETC as the technology itseli
"The t&lt;chnology isn't going to be
worth anything if all'"" do is reproduc:r slick, ronventional methods of
teaching-Pow&lt;rPoint replaces the
blackboard, a video replaces the lecl:tJro-&lt;Uld all ynu'n: getting is the
same mode of teaching. the same
methodology in a more expensiv&lt;
version," he said. *What we're all
struggling to learn is what the really
sman applications of the t&lt;chnology

are to improve
teaching and
student learn ing."
The ETC. he said, will be the site
where faculty member&gt; will learn
"how to make those improvements.
how to make the technology work
to improve teaching and learning.
It (the CC!nter) won't ha~ been entirely successful if aU we're doing is
familiarizing people with the tech·
nology. We havt to work on th~
teaching and learning aspect of iL"
WiDbem said faculty members
who are interested in learning
more about how to apply IT to
their teaching methods can stop by
the ETC or access the center's
Web site at &lt;http:/ / www.etc.
buffolo.edu &gt;.

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Hodgkin's surVivors fuce second-cancer risk
Studies recommend lifetime monitoring for second cancers
•1 LOIS 11A1W1
News SerAces Editor

P

ERSONS

treated

for

Hodgkin's disease in
childhood are at higb risk

for developing a second
malignancy and should be monitored closely by their physicians
throughout their lifetime, researchen at UB and Roswell Park Cancer
Institute (RPCI ) have shown.
Results of two studies on this

issue were presented Sunday in
San Francisco at the annual meet ing of the Society for Pediatric
Research.
The findings showed that persons treated for Hodgkin's disease
as children were at nine times the
risk of developing a second cancer, with risks of developing certain types of cancer much higher
than that, compared to patients
without Hodgkin's disease.
The risk of developing thy roid cancer in males was especi ally high-164 times that o f
controls.
.. These an big relative risks,"
said Daniel M. Gre&lt;:n, UB professor of pediatrics, a specialist in
pediatric oncology at RPCI and
senior researcher on the studies.
"These studies should alert physicians to the need for careful and
continuing screening at a much
earlier age than the Ameri ca n
Can cer Society recommends for
the population at large."
The st udies involved 182 pa tient s treated at RP C I for
Hodgkin's disease between 1960
and 1989. All were less than 20
years old when their disease was
diagnosed. By the time they werro

30, 27 percent of the
patients had developed at least one sec-

ond cancer, excluding skin cancer. A
second study re -

ported on incidence
of skin cancer only.
The relative risks

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be nine times greater than for persons without Hodgkin's disease in
both males and females. The relative risk for thyroid cancer was 164
times greater for males and 39
times greater for females; for

breast cancer, eight tim&lt;1 greater
for females; for non - Hodgkin's
lymphoma, IS times greater for
males and 23 times greater for females, and leukemia, J 9 tim es
greater for males and 25 times
greater for females.
"With higher survival rates for
Hodgkin's disease, we are going to
see more second cancers down the
road," said Iulie A. Reynolds, pediatric resident at The Children's

Hospital of Buffalo and first au .
thor on the study. ,.We ne.ed to

look at the data to see the influ ence of various tre.atments and to
educate the patient about the need
for screening." No single treaunent
was found to have a significant ef.
feet on second-cancer risk.

ln the study on basal ceU cara noma alone, headed by Gre&lt;:n, find ·
ings showed that the most irnpor1llnt
variable was combined treatment

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Of patients wh o rece1ved rad1a
tion therapy alo ne, 3 percent de -

veloped skin cancer by the age of
I 4, and 5.6 percent of patients who
received combined therapy devel o ped ski n cance r by the ti m e they
were 20.
"Children and adolescents who
have been treated s u cc~ full y fo r
Hodgkin's disease ~hould be told
a bout their ri sk of developing
no n- melanoma skin can cer and
shouJd receive thor'ough c;xamin a tions of th~ skin and be well schooled regarding safe sun expo
sure," Green said.
Additional researchers on th e
studies were Maurict P. Barcos and

Michael Zevon, both of UB and
RPCI,and R. Jeffrey Lee and Brenda
C. Hall, ped.iatnc nu rse practitioner
m oncology, both of RPCL

Plant fat inhibits breast-cancer cell growth
By LOIS 11A1W1

partment of Ph ys ica l Th erapy.

New5 Services Editor

Exercise and Nutrition Scie nces

ant-ba sed fat abunda nt
in vegetarian diets and
sho wn t o inhibit th e
growth o f pro stat eand colo n -can cer ce ll s in vitro
also inhibits th e growth in vitro
of on~ lin e of breast -cancer cells,
UB nutrit io n researchers h ave

in the Schoo l o f Hea lth Relat ed

found .
The study, presented earlier th is
month at the annual m eeting of
the Federation of American Soci e t ies of Experimental Biolog y.
showed that the phr.toste rol 8 -si·
tos terol redu ced the number o(
breast -ca ncer ce ll s grown in a
laboratory setting by 66 percent ,
co mpared to cont rols.
Effect varies with type of tissue
" The se ruults go h a nd- in hand with o ur finding s o n pros tate and co lo n cance r;' sai d At if
Awad, director o( UB's Nutrition
Program and senior research er
o n the stud y. He no ted , ho wever.
that resta rchers have n 't identi fied how B-s it os te ro l 1nhihit s
breast -c ancer ce ll g ro wth , but
th ey d o kn o w it does no t appear
to be th e sa me m ech a nism th at
IS at work in prost ate -and colon ca ncer ce lls ... The effect of B-s itosterol apparentl y varies with
the type o f tissue," sa id Awad , an
associate professo r in the De

Professions.
He and colleagues at UB have
been trying t o understa nd the
mechanisms respo nsibl e for veg etarians' lower rates of hormo nedependent ca ncers, and (or the
lower mortality rat e from such
cancers in Asian countries, whert·
po pulations eat littl e meat.
Focus is on the phytosterols
With fa ts known to play a rol e
in th e development of seve ra l
cancers, Awad's g roup has been
focu sing on the phytosterols (or
possible answers . He repo rt ed at
a n international conferen ce on
ca ncer resea rch in G reece last
Oct o ber tha t th e ph ytos te ro l 8 si tos tero l appears to p lay 01 role
1n inhibiting the growth of hu man pros tat e-cance r ce ll s bv
slre ngthenin g a n 1nnacd lul ar
stgnaJing sys tem that mh1h11)o cdl
diVISIOn .
An ea rh er stud y by Awad puh
lished in 1998 in the }ounwl of Nu
t ntional 8Jochem1 stry repo rt ed
that plant -based fa ts may cut tht·
risk of prosta te ca ncer by redo.._
mg the levels of testostcrom• and
cerl ain enzymes that m etaboh u
testos t erone tnt o m o re act1ve
fo rms.
.. If we kn ow ho w phytos terob

work . we ca n adv1se people hm..·
to modify th e ir diet s to redu ct'
their n sk of ca ncers , or we co uld
eventually design drugs to ta rget
syste m s t hey mflu ence," Awad
no ted . "Meanwh ile , these fi nd1n gs
re in fo rce the 1mportan.._e of 1n
cl udm g la rge amount' ol veg etables in th e da·t."
In th"" current work. Awad ·s re search team cxammt--d tht: effect ol
B-sitosterol and another prevalent
p la nt fat, ca mpl·sterol. on thl'
grow th o f a pa rtt cula r lml· ol t'.)
trogcn - mdependent breast ,,:a n u• r
cells, des 1gnated M 11A M B-.23 I
Cell c ultures Wl'ft' supplemente-d
wah en her of tht· two plant fat!. or
cholesterol. A control culture re
cetved no suppll·mentat1on
66 percent few e r ca ncer cells
Cell ~o.ounh alter livl" &lt;Ja\'!1
.)howed that ~o. ulture!l supplcmentl-d
w1th B sthlSterol had 66 percent
il''"er breash.an(er cell!&gt; than con
1rob nr ( ulturt'.) supplemented wuh
..hulesh.·ml or campestero l. B-s110
' !l:rol haJ nu effect on the actlvtl\•
11! an enzyme ralled PP2A, wh1ch
wa..' fnund tn ht!o previOU!o stud)' to
play a role Ill rl"dunng prostate
ca ncer cdl growth .
AdditiOnal rl"sean.hers o n the
'tu d y were A. Do w111e , a graduate
student tn nutn110n , and Ca ro l S.
Fmk. chm caJ asststa nt professor of
nutrit1on .

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5

, Briefly
International Congress of
Structural and Multidisciplinary
Optimization to be held at UB
The J.rd Wortd Congress of Structur•l •nd Multldlsdplln• ry
OptlmiD~tlon , a n international co nference that focuses on research
m to aJI aspects of the opttm al des1gn o( st ru ctures and systems, w1ll
be held May 17 -2 I m the Natu ral Sc1ences Complex on the North
Campus
The confe rence. whJCh IS bemg held tn the U.S. for the first tune
ever, IS sponsored by UB and the UB Cenler for Advanced Des1gn
Co -spo nso rs mdude rhe lnternauonal Soc1ety o( Structural and
Muludisci plinary O pllm1 zat10n and the Amencan Inst itute of Aero
nautics a nd AstronautiCS
The general cha1r of the conferen ... e IS Chnstma Bloebaum, asw
Clate professor and cha1r o( the Department of Mechamcal and Aero
space Engi neering. Other members of the o rgamzmg commmee are
Kemper lt-wis, assistant professor. and Roger Mayne. professor. ~,th
ofthe Depart ment of Mechamcal and Aerospace Engm eenng.
Pa~rs will be prese-nted by hundreds of researchers from mst1tu
tion s around the wo rld .
Stru c tural op timi Zati on Invo lve!&gt; op ttmt zlng the performance
o( structures, such as mmim1zmg stress 1n a conc rete bndge or
determining the best topology fo r beam!lo 1n a br1dge
Multidi sc iplinar y o pt1mizat1 on IS conce rned with op tlmtzm g the
des ign of co mpl ex system s, suc h as a1rcraft and ca rs. that mav
mvolve multtpl e d 1sc ip lines. sui.h as stru ctu re!!., con trols and aero
dynam 1cs
UB resea rchers w1IJ present papers on a range of 1 ssw~·s, mdudmg
how the Internet and com puter vJs uaJizatiOn can be used m the field .
as well as how concu rrent engmeenng practJces have mfluenced the
bott om line in several Western New York a nd O ntario co mpam es
A case study conducted by UB researchers of opt1mal resourCl'
allocataon tn the expansion of the BuffaJo Niagara International A1r
port also will be presen ted

Astronaut to speak at UB on
Science Exploration Day
More th•n 1 ,000 hlgh ·school students from bit.' ,
N1agara, Ca u a raug us and C hau tauqua coun t/e.) will
vtslt th e North Ca mpus o n Ma y 18 during the I h!h
annuaJ Sctence Explo ration Day.
Pre5entauons, whtch will range from prt'
panng for naturaJ disasters to weather forecastmg
usmg state-of-the-art technologv. will he held
from 9 a. m. to I :.30 p.m. Most .sess1on.s w111 Of
held in Baldy. Non on, O'Brian and C..apen hall,
A maJOr speaker will be l.ockJ'9rt native and
NASA astronaut William Gregory. who served
aboard tht~ space shuttle Endeavor m 1995
H1s presentation will be g1ven at 9 : IS and
I 0: IS a .m and I 2:45 p.m . 10 20 Knox Hall
&lt; urrentlv spacecraft -operat 1on.s brani.h
. _ hu:f at lyndon B Johnson ~pace Center 1n
Ho uston, Gregory 1~ a grad uate ul Lod.. port ''It: nun i l igh School and
th e U.S A1r f- orce A.. adenw I i c also ~ ~ an alumnus ol &lt; olumht.l
Ll nivt• rsttv and Tro)' ~tatt· Lfnl't.'rSH\· .
St·1e nce F.xplo rat1 on Dav I\ 'Pilll!onrnl hv the :--.ha~ar ,t 1-rnntll'f
~t:1ence ~u pervi so r s A!o.)OCiatJun 1 N I · \~A ) and the We'itern ~e\ttun
of thl~ ~c 1 ence Tea( hers Assot.latmn ol Nt·w Yor\... ~tatt·
Also. the LIB Coll egl' of Arb .1nd ~dcnu:s . Offiu~ nl Adn11s~wn' .
( ;radu att· School of Education, l-Juc.l!lonal l nhnulo~\ \t•rvl(c.; and
~chool o( Enganeenng a nd Appht·J ~Ul'lh..t.''
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( ,rea thatch, Ltd. and West Valin :"-Judear ~erv...:l'.-..l o .. Wl'stmghou,t·
rh e program i!o hemg orgam?cd h\ Koh \ur(-ll!o('n , i. hdlr of the ....... I
t~ncl·l&gt;epartment at Spnngv dlc lonftith ln,tltut e and l l·ntrdl \(hl)(•l
and prog ram coo rdm ator fur N I- ~~A . .tnJ Rodnt'\ I I loran . VR pn•
fcs.sor ofl earn mg and mst rud1~1n and (ampusulorJm.llot h•r Sl\\&gt;\
L.trgt· -gro up demunstrat101H ....•t il featurt· lroUI.·h tup1r..' .~, ne .... ter..h
m que!lo on wea ther lort'i.a!oiJO~ h\ !&gt;on Paul. WI\'R 1\ 'r..h 1d nw
teorolog1st; sctcncc 1n l·wrvda\ Ilk h\ Donald I K1rJJ . ,\,.)Or..l.llt
professor of sctence education at Buttalo ~ta l l' l..uill'J!t• Jll\lthc r..ul\l
world of cryogcmc~ hy Rohcrt ~kUellan , a ter..hnnlol:!*'' ..tl Pra~.111
l)th t"r 10p1cs wtl llndudt· the humane ... arc anJ tht.· nllt· \I I lab,11 ,1
to rv ammaJs 1n cancer rl''t·an:h hv Mtkl~ Mcl .arn . d1rnttH \II ( ab,,
ratorv An 1ma l Resource!&gt; at Ro.)well Par\.. ( .uh.t•r ln,wutt' . .md tht
h1storv of radl oactl\' lty h\ Runald Palmer. prtnlt~l.ll ~ lt'ntl'l a1 \\n t
Valley Nuclear ~crvKe.)
Round1ng out the large -g.nmp M.·sslolb ....· llll-x~ prl'!ot·nt.tlll.lll!&gt; Ill\ pn ,
lt"\.1tng endangen.-d spec1es hy Andrew ~tedman. wlldllk 1mpc-r..11•1 1111
the U.S. FISh and Wildlife ~t·rvKe. and prt'Vt'ntlng hl'ati and 'PmJ.I u1rd
lflJUf)' b}' Krisann P1azza, coord matm of the Thmi..l-tf"'it pru~rJm 10 till
Department of Neurosurger\' at M1Uard F11lmore H o~pll.t.l
Some .lO add it io nal !ot:SSiuns also wtll ht• held on ~urh top•\' .t)o thl·
phys1cs o( sound .d1g1tal procc-.!o.)ln~ and a smlulatcJ Wll"flnan ml·dt
cine surg1ca l prm.l·dure

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The virus most likely spread
quickly through the residence balls
due to the widespread sharing of
files among students, said BrW&gt;
Costello, lead computer technician
at UB Micro.
"That's why it was a problem II=,"
said Costello. "The students are posoing their progranis bad; and forth."
In particular, CIT and UB Micro
staff pointed to the MP3 format, a
wildly popular format for sharing
digital music over the Internet.
According to Costello, some stu·
dents whose computers had been hit
by Chemobyl had as many as 800
songs stored on their hard drives.
If the virus infects all of the pro·

lucky. Of 71 calls relating to the
virus that were tracked by the CIT
help desk, most of the reports of

grams on a computer, and one of
those programs is passed on to
another comp uter, it then infects

the virus were on studeniA"' personal machines.
Created by a Taiwanese engineer-who confessed to the deed
last week-the virus wipes out
most of .the data oo a computer's
hard drive, sometimes rendering
these machines useless.
" This is one of the worst viruses,
in terms of how malevolent it is,"
said Lesniak. .. It not only wipes out

all of those files, too .
Outages also were experienced
in the walkway node. which serves
the Graduate School of Education,
the School of Law, the School of
Library and 'information Studies,
and the School of Social Work.
According to Sarbani Banerjee,
director of 1\J,,walkway tec!mplogy
node, nine l'tS were affected in the
lab in 200C Baldy Hall, while four
were affected i" the lab at 403·405
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said it is certain that more ma chines were hit. but that in many
cases, students were able to help
each other reinstall operating
systems and software.

mation Technology.
In particular, none of the public
labs open to all onernbm of the uni·
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much better than some other univenities. According to a story in
The Washington Post last week,
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ported tlof'ir oompukn had ~
infected. while about 100 studenu
each at Princeton University tnd
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What an people do to prokct
their files from future viruses!
•The most important action
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updated." &amp;aid Cootdlo. "The other
thing we recommend is to run the
virw-ddection program right off
of tlloppy that you know is clean."
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warned Ray Volpe, dir&lt;clor of UB
Micro. "There are 'npeat performanca' e.pea.ed."

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are held in these labs; all had been
repaired within a day of reports of
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Connection to Internet II to aid research efforts

By CHRJrnNE VIDAL
Nt!W1i Services Editor

U

B joined the " n ext

gener ati o n" of the
Internet April 9 when
it connected t o
Internet 2, the ne\\' network devel oped by a consortium of universities to suppo rt research activities
and other data and voice-commu nication needs that cannot be
handled by th e commercial
Internet.
And UB administrators are ask ing faculty members to begin
thinking about how to take advantage of this increased capability
through new collaborations with
colleagues at other institutions.

lnterneo 2, officially called the
University Corporation for Appli cations in Internet Development,
will allow resea rchers at 140 participating un iversities, including

UB, to utilize much higher·speed,
data -transfer capabilities than
have been available before, accord ing to Hinrich Martens, associate
vice president for computing and
mforma tion technology at UB.
Faster data transmission

Researchers using Internet 1 will
have the capability to transmit
data at 150 megabits per second, a
rate six times faster than the com mercial Internet's capacity of 25
megabi ts per second.

It also will allow users to establish point -to -point connections
from a UB researcher's desktop to
another researcher's desktop at
another location .
In addition to the direct connection, Internet 2 will offer a quality
o f service .. that assures that two
researchers who have established
a connection will have guaranteed

bandwidth allocated to them for
certain durations of time," a factor very important to collaborative
re~arch efforts, such as tho~ in volving remote manipulations
that require real-time data and
video links, Martens said.

Information can be merged
In ter net 2 also will allow re sea rchers to draw on different
kinds of da tabases to merge or
overlay information to perform
certain studies. For example, Martens said, researchers at US's Na tional Center for Geographk In formation Analysis ( NCGIA )
could tap into health information
developed and maintained at onC'
s ite , then blend it with demo graphic information obtained at
another site and city maps that are
maintained at a third site, compiJ·
ing the data to achieve a research
objective.
US's Internet 2 connection is
funded in pari by a S350.000 grant
from the National Science Foun-

dation to hook into the VBNs, a
network
connecting
tht
supercomputing sites at universi ties all around the nation.
UB received the money as its
share of a maximum $1.75 million

grant from the NSF to five core
members ofNYSERNet~a not-forprofit organization of New York
State research and educational in stitutions created in 1985 to ad vance the use of cutting-edge net -

working technology to support
research and education.

The grant funded the
NYSERNet 2000 project, a part·
nenhip with the state to build a
high-performance network infra.
structure that parallels the New

York State Thruw.oy and provides
connectivity to the VBNs from

New York City to Buffalo.
Seve n New York State institu-

tions-US, University of Rochester, Syracuse University, Cornell

University, Rensselaer Polytechnic
University, Columbia University
and New York University-are

level research institution-and

provide information to justify the
connection, such as coUaborations
with othu universities that require
high-~peed communication on

dedicated bandwidths.
Several centers will l&gt;enefit
In addition to the NCGIA, con·
ters at VB that Martens said he expects will benefit from the capabili·
tles offered by Internet 2 include
the Multidisciplinary Center for
Earthquake Engineering Research
(MCEER), the Center for Compu·
tational Research, the Department
of Computer Science and Engi·
neering, and the Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and
Recognition (CEDAR).
But the potential is unlimited,
Martens notrd.
"We want faculty to be awarC' of
it (Internet 2) and start thinking
about what they can do to oollaborate with their pttrs at other in stitutions.• he said. .. We need to
start up and take advantage of this

part of the t'IYSERNet network.

new capability through joint ap·

and another four-SUNY Stony
Brook, University al Albany,

plications for funding to .support
thC' new research capabilities in an

Clarkson Univenity and Polytech-

expanded dimension."
Martens also noted the impor·
tant role played by Jerry Bucklaew,

nic University in New York City-

have applied to join.

In order to qualify for oonnec· UB's network engineer, who
tion to the VBNs, applicants must worked with the NYSERNet engi·
be dassi6ed as either R- 1 or R·2 neering group to achieve the local
institutions--US ·is an R- 1, topM campus conne:ction.

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Colleze. Robens w..Jey&gt;n
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Alli&gt;dallbn ChampionUMenlty cl Ponn.yMnia and
~ teams from Canada ar
ships
her first-place
the UB Open Ill~ pan _..,d
jump of 5 ' 11 .25" at the UB
Several BuMs ~ new
Ope&lt;!
hosted
by the track
records n me meet. induding
team this past weekend.
senior Shdty Hamtk.on, who
broke her own school rTW"k 1n
the high jump and ~ty
qualified foc the NCAA
Championships wkh her first-pbce jump of 5'1 1 . 25 ~ JuniOf"A!yaa CroM pbc~
.ec.ond In the triple jump (38"9.25"1 and set • new Khool .-econj. Freshman
Suah Knrttler qualified for me joniOf" Nauonals as she placed tim in the
hepathlon with 4.166 points.

Course evaluations are roadmap for
improvement, should remain mandatory
To the Editor of the~
In a letter published in last week's

Reporter, Professor Slater re ported on undergraduat&lt;: education from the other side of the
desk and, not surprisingly, was
appallod at the behavior of many
of his fellow studmts. He speaks
for many of us who are troubled
by the apparent transfonnation

of the live classroom into a
parOdy of the virtual uni¥ersitywhere an image of unengaged
students beside a 1V n:moll: control or an ATM oomes to mind

;;
fective wachingand learning is an
unpleasant battle.
However, his worry abo ut the
effec t of tougher classroom
policies and codes of behavior

on the subsequent evaluations
of faculty is unfo unded . Previ o us ly in t he Undergra du ate
College and currently in the
College of Arts a nd Sciences. I
have regula rly rev iewed hun dreds of student eval uations. I
know th at the more stud ents
have learn ed, the better their
evaluation of the instructor and
co urse! I know that studen ts
evaluate well an organized sec -

tion where they are held to ac count and the inslr\J cto r is fa ir.

1 know that evaluations, good or
bad, are rarely a surprise to faculty.
I have seen no evidence of the

the teacher and the university
about what needs improvement
aild what is worlring well. B u t
they must also be mandatory to
obtain the benchmarks we need.
Furthermore, when st udent
evaluations are abused beca use
they an the only information
about teaching, it is the tenure
review that needs fixing, not the
evaluation. Let us not exaggerate the imponance of student
eva lu ations by elimina t ing
them.
·~
There are many courses where
the very classroom policies Professor Slater calls for aJ~ old hat
and the st udents a re accountable for their learnin g and be havior. I'd b et that , taken to gether, the student's evaluations
in orderly sections are no worse:
and probably better than those
in the undisciplined section s,
like the o ne he audited . To me,
this si w ati on cries o ut fo r more
than rul es for st udent behavior.
Excel lence in the classroom is a
responsibility we hold in co m mon and ca nn o t so lve alone.
New fa culty should have an ex
perien ced colleague as a class room mentor. and we shou ldn 't
entru st to student s those parts
of the eva lu ati on that a rc right fu ll y the res po nsib ilit y of fac ulty. Every classroom shou ld be
a place for effed ive teaching and
lea rning. Evaluations ca n on ly
help.

student retiliation and resentment
that Professor Slater fears and
which leads to his call for an end
to mandatory evaluations. I have
been visill:d by student delegations
carryini the most severe complaints about faculty members and
received their assurances that the
entire. class was in rebellion and
would show it on the evaluatio n .
The terr ible evaluations never
materialized bccau~. while students well understand resentment,
they cannot believe that a course
evaluation offers possibilities for
retaliation. Written comments-always a forum for extreme opinions; but most often only useful as
feedback to the teacher~ffer an
opportunity to vent but not to retaliate. The disaffected students
described by Professor Slater won't
seek revenge because they also are
disengaged from th e eva lu ation .
They probably were absent when
the evaluation was administered.
Course evaluations do offer the
teacher a roadmap for improve ment. The research is very clear
about the improvement of teach ing and learning-it can happen
and can be measured. The range
of ratings a m ong facu lt y and
co urses tells us about real differences in the classrooms of UB.
Course evaluatio ns shou ld remain
mandatory because they remind
~eter Gold , Associate Dean, Colfege of Am and SoenceJ

Clarifying general service fee policy m

To the Editor:
The April 8 Reporter article titled
"FSEC bearso=viewofnewuni;
fo nn service fee .. contains informatiqn that requires clarification.
The General University Service
Fee (GUSF) policy promulgated
by Senior Vice President Robert
Wagner in December can be sum-

marized as foUows:
• Effective July I, 1999, the 7
percent GUSF will be assessed
on revenues from eligible activi ties which a re deposited imo
state (income fund reimbursab le ), University at Buffal o
Fo undati o n (U BF ), Researc h
Fo undation (RF) and Faculty
Student Association accounts.
• The 7 percent GUSF replaces
the aCbninistrative and maintenance and operation fees tha t
currently a re charged by these

four university entities.
• T he GUSF is charged on rev enues deposited into the accounts
from sources external to the uni versi ty. Therefore, tra nsfers be ·
tween the accounts of the four
approved entities will not be assessed the GUS F.
• The following revenues are specifically exempl from the GUSF:
• Sponsored program activity ad ministered by the RF or UBF in direct cost rate
• Clini cal practice plan revenue
• Revenue from the campus' statt"appro priated allocation
• Account s funded by overhead
revenu e
• Dormi tory In come Fund Reim bursable accoun t revenues
• Gift revenue (covered by other
po licy)

-«.e.-In Setu,

• End owment {covered by
other policy )
To guide the transition from
existing policy 10 new policy and
procedures, the GUSF Commit ·
lee was established. The GUSF
Committee is charged with overall responsibility for ensuring the
integrity of the policy and guide·
lines in the establishment, imple mentation and monjtoring of the
se rvice fee . The co mmittee is
chaired by Kevin Seitz, associa te
vice president and controiJer, and
includes campus·wide rep resen tation .
Doc um ents rela ted to GUS F
and an email link to direct ques·
tions related to the new polic}' can
be found on the controller's Web
site at &lt;http:/ / www.a.-pc.buff
alo.edu/ &gt;.

associate vke president and controller

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lennis
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Aleron 4,UB I
Northe.m Illino is 4, UB 0
The women's tennis team completed R::s season l:h1s past~ at the MAC
Tournamern: hosted by Ball Sate.
8ufbk) finished lOch in the conference a.s the squad lost matches to Akron
(4-1) and Nonhem /UinOO (1-0).
MEH' S

Ball State 4, UB 0
Northern Illinois 4, UB 0
Eastem Michigan 4, UB J
The men·s tennis team llnished eighth 1n me Mid-American Con~e as n:
lost to BaU State (W), Northern Ulinots (4-0) and Eastem Mkhipn (4-l) at the
MAC Championsh;p•
Budi ~to and Tom 8eQemen won ltle1r smgtes matches apinst EMU
opponents and Sussante Mid Onke Murdono. and 02ve &amp;nihcMch and Juson
Brrlco ¥ton rhelr doubles matches

1

The UB crew successfulty took pan 1n the New Yorlc. Sa.te Ctumpt&lt;&gt;nsh1ps held
last ~kend in Rome
Both dle varsity lightwetght e1ght and onrsrty four plac~ first 1n their fin.al
races oand won gold medals Th1s was the varsity e~ght"s fim gold medal. the
novice four 's second-stnJght gold medal and Bufblo ·s best perfol"TTlaOCe at d"le
state championships

Obituary
Memorial service planned
for Elliott Middleton, Jr.
A memort•l service for Elliott Middleton, Jr., a lormcr prolc~sor
of medicine and pediat ric~ m the School of Medrcmc: a nd B•ometil
cal Sciences, will be' held at 3 p.m. Mav 1.' Ill Tr"intty Ep1scopal C hurch ,
371 Delaware Ave., Buffalo.
Middleton, who reti red from tht~ V B laculty m 1995 afler 19 vea r!!o
of service, diecl.,.March 7 at age 73 m Ma1ne Med1cal Ce nter, Pun
land, after a brief illness. An allergrst and rest"archcr, he had st:rvt"J
as directo r of the Division o f Allergy and lmm u no log}' tn the l k
partmenl of In ternal Medic1n e. Ht' had lived 111 Ma1ne smu• h1 !1 rr
tirement.

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o.m. Spomo&lt;ed b)' Walkway
Technology Node. for""""
infonnation, call Steve Sturman

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. AnnuAl Meeting -

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Dinner

Assodotlon. Hylll Regency.
. S:30 p.m. sso per penon. for
more irrforrmltion, an Ilene
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PhD., prOYOSIInd
dean of tho Groduote School,

Center for Tomorrow. 3-S p.m.

~"ro.~

lnfocmation, call )ein Grela at
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medical -school faculty
member. not as the senate
chair, but acknowledged
that his role on the commit-

ministration .. for what was
construed as misbehavior.

ter was not clearly defined

proa!dures.

in the letter of appointment.
The statement asking that
the chair of the senate be
notified when unit reorga nizations are being dis cussed makes it "'very dear
that the chair of the senate
need not h&lt; perplexed about

"Th~y're

p .m .; Sun., noon to S p.m.

1

who was serving as a mem ber of a committee that was

created to recommend a
structural organization for
statistics, ~did not feel comfortable bringing the issur
to the senate, partially due

.buffolo.eclu/ , to confusion on somebodfs
part as to his representation

events In the electronk

floproclucllw Choice into tho

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of space llmftatlons, not al

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AARP. For more infocmation,
call 8ev&lt;rly Pr&lt;odergast at 6-452167.

ate chair Peter Nick$rson.

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for more lnformotlon, call
Of!ice of Student Afflill at 829·

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Malone noted, was that sen-

for the online UB Calendar

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ll&gt;tlngs f o r - Uldng

I

MOfjorie llfittlln Hommoc:k.

.--...,

The llopclmr fi'Ms'-

Monday

on that committee...
Nicolas Goodman, vice
provost for undergraduate
education, has insisted that
the senate was in fact in -

formed of the adminjstration's actions regarding the

statistics department because NickerSon was involved in the discussions.
Nickenon has said that he

viewed hls service on the
committee as that of a

and in particular a failure to
follow already-established
already sup posed to inform us .. .I think
we should h&lt; aware of that

and consider whether this
really does say anything that
we haven't already said."

President William R.
Greiner said that the statement docs have a purpose:

officer should go to the

chair of the Faculty Senate."
James Holstun, associate
professor of English, noted
that the word "censure" has
disappeared from the resolution, adding that Malone
had said that the major

point of the statement is to
ensure that the issue never
happens again.

"'Well, the major point

When the chair of the Faculty Senate is informed of

about this, as I read it, is that
you ·don't think il has ever
happened yet; theno's no ref.
erence to the di.sappearancr

leagues... The major point

such issues, be or she is to

of statistics in either one of

(of the statement) is that
this sort of thing should not
happen again."
Samuel Schack, professor
of mathematics, pointed out
that the ad hoc committee's
work e-volved from a motion
designed to censtm the ad-

report them to the FSEC.

these statements," Holstun
said . "I do not think the
moon would turn red or the
stars fall if we would say, at
some point, that the admin-

whether he should bring
this to the attention of the
senate." Malone told his col-

Nickerson was unsure
about what to do about the
statistics issue, Greiner said.
"I think this makes it clear.
It also makes it clear that

istration should not have

your desire is that the com-

proceeded in this fashion,
and then we censure them

munication from the proper

for doing so."
Malone said be understood that censure disappeared from the statement

•because this committee
felt that was totally ineffecLive at this point. The president has already said, 'Yeoh

we screwed up and we' re
not going to screw up
again.' ..
The committee felt , he
said. that censure ""was just
ineffectual and, frankly, not
likely to pass the senate."
In addition to Malone,
members of the ad hoc

committee include Boot;
Nichnott; William Baumer,
professor of phil010pby, and
Claude Welch, Jr., SUNY
Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of
Political Science in the College af Aru and Scienas.

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pangOIIoradll Jlutltrrls 111111aiGim.

Afriam Ameriazn Studies to
celebmte its 30th anrrivmary.

University at Buffalo

April Z9,1999/ti30.1h30

fv1edal of
Science
In a ceremony held
Tuesday at the~ House,
Eli Ruckerutein, SUNY

Distinguished Professor
in the UB Department of
Chemical Engineering,
receives the National
Medal of Science, the
nation's highest honor
for scientific achievement,

from President Clinton.

FaaJltymem1xl."s to receive Norton Medal

~li"RuckenStein,

Robert Creefey to be honored with university's highest tribute

.,414~
~Editor

Poetry and the Humanities in the

Dq&gt;artment of English in the Colll~ and Rob- lege of Arts and S&lt;iCDI'e5. is there-ert Crftlev, l1I1Mnity at cipient of the 1999 Bollingen Prize
Bolr.lo ~ m.mJ&gt;en in "Poetry, one of the most prestihonored tliis year· with · gious literary aWiias in the world.
top national awards in their fields.
The Norton medal is presented
will ~the Chanoellor&lt;lwles annually in public recognition of
P.Norton Medal, UB's~tnb­ a person who bas ~ in Norton's
ute, at the univmity's 153rd com- wordJ, .. performed some great
mencement ceremony May 16.
thing which is identified with
Ruckenstein, SUNY Distin- Buffalo .. . a great civic or political
guished Professor in the Depart- act, a great book, a great work of
ment of Chemical Engineering in art, a great scientific achievement,
the School of Engineering and Ap- or any other thing which in iuelf
plied Sciences, was presented the is truly great and ennobling and
National Medal of Science, the which dignifies the performer and
higbestbonorawardedin the U.S. Buffalo in the eyes of the world."
for scientific achievemerit, by
President William R. Greiner
Pr&lt;sident Ointol) on Tuesday in a noted, "'This year, two UB professors
ceremony at the White House.
areerninentlydeservingcandidates,
Creelty, pioneering 4Jnerican rdlecting the national and internapoet and Samuel P. Capen Chair in tional breadth and stature that

E

Chancellor Norton had in mind"
He added: "The achievements of
Profe.ssors
Cree)ey
and
Rock.enstein boost the value of our
UB sroclc. enhance our morale,
embrau science and the arts as
central to our purpose as an institution, and remind us that truly
great faculty members are this
university's most valuable asset.
"The Chancellor Norton Medal
signifies cxcdlence in our community; this year's recipients arc particularl y worthy and make us
proud to be members of their e.x tended UB family."
Ruck.enstein, a UB faculty mem ~r since 1973, is the first UB professor to receive the coveted Na tional Medal of Science.
Considered the U.S. equivalent
of the Nobel Prize, the medal is be·
stowed on individuals who have

made outstanding contributions
to knowledge in the chemical,
physical, biological, mathematical,
engineering or social sciences.
Ru~eio's

research interests

have covered nnrly every aspect
of chemical engineering. a breadth
rarely seen in the work of a single
scientist.
He conducts both theoretical
and experimental research that
not only has changed scientists'
understanding of the fundamen tal phenomena of chemical processes, but also has led to the de·
velopment of enhanced research
methods and new materials.
Ruckenstein has performed
groundbreaking work on the
theory of transfer phenomma, the
chemistry of supported metal
catalysts, catatytic combustion,
~- ..... 1

UB's 153rd commencement set for May 16

W

LF Blitzer, CNN's
senior White House
correspondent and
a 1970UBgraduate;
Lucille Clifton, Western New York
native, poet and author twice
nominated for. a Pulitzer Prize,
and Oifton A. Poodry, UB alumnus
and director of the Division of Mi;,.,;tyOpportunities in R&lt;search at
the National Institutes of Health,
wili receive hon~rary degrees at
the universitfs 153rd commencement.
Blitzer and Clifton will be
awarded an honorary SUNY Doc·
torate of Humane Letters. Poodry
will receive an honorary SUNY
Doctorate of Science.
Graduating seniors from th~
College of Arts and Sciences will
r«:eive deg,_ in tbe ceremony at
10 a.m. May 16 in Alumni Arena

on the North Campus.
Eli Ruckenstein and Robert
Creeley, UB faculty members hon ored this year with top national
awards in their fields, will receive
the Chancellor Charles P. Norton
Medal, the university's highest
tribute, during the ceremony (See
above story).

Blitzer, who also hosts CNN's"'n·
side Politics Weekend," will speak at
the ceremony, as will President
William R. Greiner and Joshua W.
Walker, a graduating senior and
winner of the Division of Student
Affairs Senior Leadership Award.
Degrees will be awarded by
Greiner and Provost David J.
Triggle.
Walker, Cynthia Rudin, Michael
R. Tackett and Stephen J. Turkovich
will m:eivetheChancellor's Award
for Student Excellence.
Four graduates will receive the
College of Arts and Sciences Dean's

O utstanding Se nior Awards:
Jonathan W. Federick, for the arts;
Thomas Varghese Kozhimannil, for
the humanities; Alyssa Marie
Johnson, for social and behavioral
sciences, and Rudin, for science and
mathematics.
Twenty-seven students also will
be honored as outstanding gradu ates from the College of Arts and
Sciences.
Student vocalist will be Dana
Goldstein.
The general commencement
ceremony will be one of 13 commencement ceremonies to be held
at UB May 8·16.
Blitzer, who received a
bachelor's degree in history from
UB, began his journalism career in
1972 with the Reuters New s
Agency. He spent many years covering the nation's capital, including several as a Washingtotfcorre·
spondent for Tht/erwakm Post.

He joined CNN in 1990 and
se rved for two years as th e
network's military affairs corre·
spo ndent at the Pentagon.
Blitzer was a member of the
C NN team that won the presti gious Golden CableACE award
from the National Academ y of
Cable Programming for coverage
o f the Persian Gulf War.
Senior White Houst correspon ·
dent forCNN since !992.Blit7.erhas
covered the White House and Presi dent Clinton. In 1994, he and CNN
won the Sm. in the Business Award
from American Journalism ~·
for the network's coverage of the
Clinton administration. ln 1996, he
won an Emmy for his coverage of
the Oklahoma City bombing.
Clifton will receive a SUNY
honorary Doctorate in Humane
Letters for her outstanding accom plishments as a versatile and pro~-,...z

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TRANsrnONS

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of Counseling and Educational Psychology in
the Graduate School of Education. He has spent
25 years working in the areas of bereavement, mourning, grief, suicide, murder, coping with death,
stress, counseling and related issues.
Whet Is the grut..t challenge facing the students who
surrivecl t he Coloreclo school
shootings?
To learn to I rust again. Most of us
go to work or school each day feol ing relativfiYsaf~ in ourworkplac~
or in o ur school. W~ don ~t ~ven
think about iL We automatically
feel safe. High -school lcids don't
think about dying much. And all
of a sudden this unthinkable death
invades their school, their friends.
their classroom. And _it tends to
pull the rug ou t from underneath
their trust and their faith in the
world. All of a sudden you can't
ass ume you're safe. So it's going to
be hard to devolop that faith and
trust again. It's going to- be hard
to get free of the fear that this
co uld happen again. The advantage of being young is that gradu ally that will dissipate. We usually
find that when a tragedy hits a
school, the effects are keenly felt
during the remainder of that
sc hool year. When a new year
starts, much of the effect of the
previous year's tragedy is gone; it's
like starting over.
What .do you thlnll of reports
that Columbine High khool
may be demolished, or at the
least not reopen 1
O rdinarily l think that would be
a mistake. An unus ual, extraordinary event has happened and it
creates a lot of fear. How do you
co mbat fear? Fear breeds in the

unknown. You can reduce fear by
making the unknown known.
When things are thrown off-Iciiter, if you can get back to routines
it makes peoplo feel safor-back
to the usual, back to tho known,
back to the regular, back to the
normal So that ordinarily in a
school-let's say a student has
committed suicide .or a student
has been murdered-we want to
opon the school the next day and
we want all tho lcids to como to
school becauso normally you go
to schooL Plus, tho school can be
equipped with counselors and
psychologists to doal with the
emotional trauma. So ordinarily~
we wouldn't want to dose the
school or tear it down, that would
be almost lotting the tragedy, tho
evil take over. And whon I say got
back to normal, I don't mean
gloss over as if it never happened.
I just mean get ;u much as you
can back to normal as soon as you
can while you deal with it.
How can counselon and fam.
lly ............ help )'OUng
-..M who have faced this
kind of tragedy?

We doo't want to. feod the fear;
we don' t want to make it worse.
So that means· that we want to
provide as mudt Security and
safety and normalcy as we can.
That will reduce the fear. And to
listen to their kids, support their
lcids and not give thoir kids advice. Tragedies are not a time for

advice; they•re a time to Listen,
su pport.

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they-help?

Thore were people that rorogniud
it; thero almost always aro. The issue i•n't that they don't recogniu
it; tho i.ssuo is that they don't do
anything about it. Wo havo in our
country wbat some people call the
• Kitty Genovese phenomenon;"
wo stand around and watch but we
don't intervene, even though we
know somothing terrible bas happened In my limited und entanding of the Colorado tragedy, there
were a number of people wbo were
awaro thesolcids wero behaving in
unusual ways. amassing weapons.
tallting about things they would
do. Thoy just either didn't know
wbat to do or chose not to do anything. So I think the issue is not
recognizing, the issuo is how do we
got people in our country to take
the risk of holping esch other.

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help7

Any chan~ in behavior is a sign that

something is going on, something
is not U.ual This porion's &amp;.bavior
is changing: they're acting out more,
they're swearing more, they're lato
for school, they'rr dressi!)g differently.lt's aD a sign thatsomethuig's
happening. And so tho thing to do

is to find out what's going oo by
tallcingto the child Usually!ml. . . will bqin to tolkdiffr:rmdy,
they'll mal« bizarre &lt;XliiUDC:Dls
or they'll mal« cryptic remar:lcs
that beg follow-up. Very ofton
they'll bqin to withdraw from
some of the things they're invoMd in. And they also maintain some love~ of secrecy.

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Th&lt; fust 51q&gt;: somebody bas to
notice that something is going on
with theso kids. Pay attention to
lcids. And then when you notice
something. you baYeto follow up
by connecting with the toenagcr.
)f you rocogniz.e that thoy'ro
hutting, that they're alienated,
that they fed alono, put upon,
mocked out-dlese are aD things
one can recognize. When you
r=gnize that your child;., burting-=&lt;~ rd say tbeso boys,.....
hurting a lot. they ...... in pail&gt;tho intervmtion that will work
is to COflDec:t with theQI. to let tho
sttident know that ,.Ou•ro aware
and that you care: Every limo wo
do this with a teenager, wo throw
them a lifolino, wo mal« a connection, · we let them know
they're not so alone,~ dq pay
attention, they are important
And then ~.-._less likdy to r.:,J _
the need to get attention some
other way.

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Thomas Frantz is chair of the Department

Commencement
Continued from page 1

lific writer and a voice for social
change.
Born into a dose-knit AfricanAmerican family in Depew, she is a
nationally renowned author and po&lt;1
whose works have appeared in every
major American and African-American titerary anthology.
Recipient of three National
Education Association Awards, she
has twice been nominated for the
Pulitzer Prize.
A Distinguished Professor of
Humanities since 1989 at St. Mary's
College in Maryland, Clifton is a
fo rmer Maryland state poet.
In J969, she published her first
co llection of poetry, '"Goo d
Times," which was immediately
cited by 11te New York Timt!S as one
of the year's I0 best books.
C lifton is a prolific writer of
children's stories and author of morr
than 20 books, which have been
highly prais&lt;d by education experts.
She attended Howard Univ~r ­
si t)' and SUNY Co llege at
Fredonia .
Poodry, director of NIH 's Divi sion of Minority Opportunities in
Resea rch, will receive a SUNY
honorary Doctorate of Science as
a leader in biologicaJ research and
a major advocate for min o rit y
ed ucation in the sciences .
He was born in Buffalo and
raised on the Tonawanda Seneca
Indian reservation .
Poodry earned a bachel or's de-

gree in 1965 and a master's degree
in 1968, both from VB, .and the
doctoral dcgr.. in I971 from Case
Western Reserve University.
As an important voice on issues
related to higher education in the
sciences, an outstanding administrator and a distinguished university professor of biology, Poodry
has won numerous grants for his
research and teacher-training ini tiatives, including a S I million
grant from the Howard Hughes
MedicaJ Institute Undergraduate
Biological Sciences Program.
He joined the faculty at University of California at Santa Cruz and
later became chair of the biology
department. Poodry also served as
acting dean of natural sciences and
acting associate vice chancellor for
undergraduate affairs.
During his career, Poodry has beon
devoted to improving educational
opportunities for Native Americans
and other minority students.
He served on the advisory board
and faculty of the Headlands Indian Health Careers Program at the
University of Oklahoma and is a
past member of the minority sci·
ence education advisory commit tee for the American Association
for the Advancement of Science.
The School of Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences will hold the
first of the 13 commencement
ceremon ies scheduled at UB May
8- I 6. D. Bruce John -stone. former

SUNY chancellor and acting di rector of the Center for Comparative and Global Studios in tho VB
Graduate School of Education,
will spoak at 2 p.m. May 8 in the
Center for the Arts on the North
Ca mpus . Greiner, Triggle and
John R. Wright, dean of tho medi cal school, will confer degrees.
Other ceremonjes scheduled at
VB, speakers and thoso who will
confer degrees are:
~ Greduete School, 2 p.m., May
14, C&lt;nter for the Arts. Kerry S.
Grant, dean ofthe Collego of Arts
and Sciences, will speak. Triggle
will confer degrees.
~ School of Health Related
Profeulons, 9 a.m., May 15,
Alumni Arena. Michad E. Bernardino. vice prosident for health affairs, will speak and confer degrees.
~ khool of Social Work, 9
a. m., May 15, C&lt;nter for tho Arts.
The Hon. Margaret R. And erson,
Buffalo City Court judge, will
speak. Kenneth J. Levy, senior vice
provost, will confer degrees.
~ khool of Nursing, 9 a.m. ,
May IS, St.. Concen Hall, Nonh
Campus. Linda D. Oakley, associate professor at the Univeisity of
Wisconsin at Madison School of
Nursing, will spoak. Trigglo will
confer degrees.

~ School of llnfonnatlon UbrarySbdes, IOa.m, MayiS,Studeilt Union Theatre, North Campus. Dean George S. Bobinslci will

speak. Groiner will confer degroes.
~ E.nglo.-tng -Applied Sci_
I p.m.. May IS,AlumniArena.
Triggle and Dean Marlc H. I&lt;arwan
will speak. lHgsJe will amferdegr-=
1!1 Law khool, I p.m., May IS,
Ce nter for tho Arts. Tho Hon .
Donise E. O'Donnell, U.S. attorney
for
Western District Of New
York, will speak. Doan R. Nil s
Olson, Jr., will confer degroes.
1!1 khool of Pharrnaq, I p.m.,
May IS, st.. Concpt Hall. Doan
Wayne K. Andorson will speak.
Greiner will confer dcgroes.
1!1 khool of Archltacture and
Planning, 3 p.m., May IS, lawn
outside Hayes Hall, South Campus. Speakor will be Kent
Kleinman of the Department of
Architecture at the Univorsity of
Michigan. Dean Bruno B. Freschi
will confer degrees.
~ School of Managament. S
p.m., May 15, Alumni Arena. Dean
Lowis Mandell will speak. Triggle
will confer degrees.
~ Graduate School of Educa tion, S p.m., May IS, C&lt;nter for
the Arts. Yolanda Moses, president
of the City Univorsity of New York
City Collego, will speak. Groiner
will confer d egrees.

the

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SdM.ol o f _ . . - ·....

2 p.m., May 16, Center for the Arts.
Charlos Bertolami, dean of dental
medicine at tho UnivorsityofCallfomia at San Francisco, will speak.
Bernardino will confer degrees.

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Growth hormone deficiency
Babies with CGHD normal length at birth, UB study shows
growth have produced conflicting
resulu. The strength of this study,
MacGillivray said, lies in the fact it
involved children
from a single regional medical

hormooe treatment, but thetr growth
patterns wen: not different &amp;om the

and don~t begin to experience

center, Children's

growth probltmS until about six
montlu of age, researd! by UB pediatriciaru has found.
The work helps to answer the
question of wbether growth hormone deficiency interferes with
fetal growth, said Margaret H.
MacGillivray, professor of pediatrics, a pediatric endocrine specialist in the School of Medicine and

Hoapital, all of
whom had access
to the same care.
(One former study
done by another MMQUMIAY
researcher involved data &amp;om 12
countries).
In the UB st udy, researchers
evaluated growth in 46 infanu with
clearly defined CGHD born between 1962 and 1997. All were fuUtmn babies. Mosthad some type of
medical problem at birth, predominately hypoglyamia (low glua&gt;se
levels in the blood), bypoumia (low
oxygen I&lt;Yds) and/or jaundice.
Newborns are routinely saeened
at birth for hypoglycemia, which is a
potential marker for CGHD,
MacGillivray said. Babies wbo are
hypoglycemic, or show other signs
that something is wrong, are tested
further. All 46 infunts in this study
requi.t&lt;d tr&lt;atment for deficiencies in
pituitaryhormones.Babieswhowere
hypoglyoemic received early growth

infants who have co ngen ital hypopituitarism," MacGillivray sa1d.

•• LOIS IIAKU
News S&lt;Mces Editor

B

ABIES born with a co!'genital growth honnone
deficiency (CGHD) are
of normal length at birth

Biomedical Sciences and at

Children's Hospital of Buffalo and
senior a:uthor on the study.

" People born with a growth
hormone deficiency don't S1ar! out
short," MacGillivray said. "Growth
isn't affected until after they are
out of the womb. It 's at six to 12
m o nths we really start to see chil dren fail to grow."

Results of the research will be
pre~nled

Saturday in San Fran cisco at the annual meeting of the

Society for Pediatric Research.
Previous studies into the ques-

tion of the effect ofCGHD on fetal

babies wh o d idn 't recein early

growth hormone treatment.
" Thi s study shows that bt rth

length is not helpful in detecting

"Instead, persistence of hypoglycemia and jaundice are clues tha t
should prompt an evaluation of

hormones produced by th e pituitary gland, i.e., growth hormone,
thyroid- and adrenal-stimulating
hormones. Replacing these ho rmones protects such infants fro m
the long- term complications of
hypoglycemia, such as seizure disorders and mental retardation .
" In addition, the study confirms

that fetal growth is oontroUed by
hormones other than growth hormone," she said. "The main influ ence on fetal growth is good nutri-

tion, which depends on a healthy
placenta and a healthy mother."
Additional researchers on the
study were Susan Pena -Aimazan ,
fellow in pediatric endocrino logy/

diabetes; John G. Buchlis, assistant
professor of pediatrics; Susan Miller.
a medical student , and Barbara ).
Shine, nurse speciaJis1 .

Study of diabetic women shows
osteoporosis begins after teens
markers of bone metabolism-

• By LOIS IIAilD

News Services Editor

bone formation and bone resorp-

EARCHERS &amp;om UB,

seeking to determ ine

l{

tion-isfairlynew, sowtdon'thave
a natural history of ostwporosis in

when the bone loss that
results in osteoporosis

Type 1 diabetes. We need to follow
young women prospectively so we

in 19 percent of diabctk women

can pinpoint the mechanism and

begins, have found that mean bone

perhaps intervene to stop the bone
loss. Our study is a beginning."

density starts to decline sometime

after the teen years.

The teen-agers in the study were

Their study of 15 teen -age girls

aU between the ages of 13 and 19

with long-standing Type 1 (i nsu lin dependent) diabetes found that

and had been receiving treatment
fo r diabetes for at least five year:s in

measures of bone mineral density
were still within normal limits, but
lower than their age- matched con trols when adj usted for body mass

the diabetes clinic at The Children 's
Hospital of Buffalo. They were age matched with teen -age girls wh o
did not have diabetes.
Bone mineral density and bone
mineral co ntent mea suremen ts

index (BMI), a measu re of obesity.
Study findings will be presented
in San Fra nciscp Sunday at the
annual meeting of the Sodet)' for
Pediatric Research.
"Osteoporosis is well -described
in ad ult women with long-stand ing diabetes, but thert is not a lot
of information on when it starts,"
said Teresa Quattrin, asse ciate
professor of pediatrics and lead re·
Searchtr on the study.
"Th e ability to assess various

I\ tr.

r \

were taken of the spine, neck of the
femur, wrist and total body by dual

energy X-ray absorptiometry, o r
DEXA, one of the most accurate and

advanced methods of determining
bone status. The results were corre-

lated with measures of glucose ctontrol and bone metabolism osteocalcin, a marker of bone for mation , and N - telo peptides, a

marker of bone resorption.

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,J

Peter A. logenen, a professor in the Department
of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences,
has been awarded a 1999 Guggenheim Fellowship
Award.
He is one of 1 79 scholars, artists and sdent1sU selected from among 2,800 applicants .
Guggenheim fellows are appointed o n the basis of
unusually distinguished achievement in the past and
exceptional promise for future accomplishment.
The fellowship will provide support for Rogerson's
research on statistical methods for the surveillance
of geographic patterns. The methods that will be d e-~eloped will be applied to early detection of changes
in crime and disease patterns.
Rogerson's research area also involves the geographic distribution and redistribution of the population of the United States. Much of his wortl. has fo-

JUU&lt;l

Results sho wed that bone min eraJ density in the diabetic teens

was lower than controls, but still
within normal limits. When ad justed for BMI, which was h1gher
in the diabetic teens than controls,
there wert statistically significant
differences in bone mineraJ denslt)'
at the spine and for the totaJ body.
While glucose control was less
than optimal in morf" than half of
the patients. it was not a predtct o r
of poorer bon e mm eral den sity,
Q uattrin satd . In additio n , bo nc
mineral den si t y was no t ,nnu enced by high~ r insulin levels
Further stud1es in larger sampl ~
of pauents, which UB researcher&gt; will

be oonducting, mduding prospectivtmonitoring of guls with Type I dJa betes, will help define the cours&lt; and
natural history of osteopema and osleoporosis m women Wlth 1Vpe I
diabetes. Quattrin soud.
Addi tio na l key researchers on
the study werf" Jean Wactawsk! W~nde , asststant professor of gy necology and obstetrics, and RIChard P. Donahue. professor of so cial and preventive medicine.

CtiCJCJt'l1heim Fellow

cused on interstate migration--how individual and
family decisions to move, and where to move, are
made, and how those decis1om aHect the dem o~
graphic and economic character of the ongm and
destination . He is 1nterested in the eHect that the aging of the baby-boom generation Wlll have on the
magnitude and direction of mtgratton. and where
adult chi ldren live m relat1on to the1r parenu.
Rogerson was part of a team of re:)earcheo awarded
a S192,000 National Institute of !ust1ce grant 1n 1998
to participate in a consortium to des1gn and evaluate
computerized cnme.analysis tools for U S law en forcement agencies The project's goal was to develop
and test software based on geographic InformatiOn
systems to prov1de police departmenu with tools to
optimize thetr resources, such as when and wher ~ to
deploy officers.

BrieBy
A meiange of music events
to be presented on campus in May
M•y wtll brtng • v•rlety of concerts to UB. mcludmg conceno
co mpet1t1on winners, singers, JaZZen. dOd a symphony of saxe~
Concert s this mon th incl ude·
M•y 1: UBu ffal o Symphony. Magnu s MArtens.son. conductor. fea
turing wmn ers of thi s year 's Bat rd Lonce-rto Com pttu1 on. mdud
mg Keara Kowal. Yun - Joo Song and Vikr am Ra1an. 8 p.m ., Slce (..on
ce rt Hall. Ttckets are S3.
M•y 2: Faculty recital, featunng Me li ssa Thorburn . mezzo soprano,
and Bnan Z unner. ba nt onc- , with Cheryl &lt;..obbett t- Hoffman , flute ,
and Kathryn Burns, ptano, 3 p.m. Slee Co ncert Hall. Tickets are SS
M•y 2: UB Jazz l:.nsemble , ~am Falzo ne, co nductor. fea tunn g Don
Menza, tenor sax, and Sam No to, trumpet , R p.m .. Batrd ReCital Hall
No admisston charge.
M•y 3: UB EclectiC Ensem ble, Jon Nel~n. wndue~or , noon . Ce nter
for the Arts Atnum . No adm ass aon chargf"
M•y 3: S.O.S. Symphony of Sa.xes. 'lo•.:ith UB ~axo phont· f-.nscmhle ,
alumni and invited guests, l::.dward Yadzmsk1 , &lt;.undu ctor. f'l p.m . ~le-f"
Concert Hall. No admtss1on chargl'

Ticlrets can be obtamed at tht' S/ec Hall Ho.A OffiH'. L c11ta l{lf th1• A m
Box Offia or at TrckctMasrrr harwns

Coles re-elected chair
of Professional Staff Senate
H. Wllll•m Coles Ill will 3.!1-'&gt;Umt.' c1 se~.:o nd . two vear term a~ th.11r tll
the Professio nal Sta ff Sf" natt·. t"fft:t. tJ ve Juh· 1
Coles, aswc1a te d1rector of thf" l::.ducat!onall)pportumty Pru~ram .
:1 defea ted V!Cf" C ha1r Ke1th Herms, se m o r progra mm er/
analyst an Umverslt )' f-aci litieS, man elec tio n held ear l! ~r
10 the yea r. Ja m es Rdmsey. an ad m1 ss1on~ co unselor for
FOP. wdl becom e V!Cf" cha1r and Anna Ked.Z.1ersk1 , staff
a~Jo i St a nt for the PSS and the Facult y Senate. will become
o;ecreta ry. They will rf"placc Ht•rms and Maureen Kana lt."v.
ass1stant dt recto r of financial a1 d, respectively.
Smce Ram ... ey and Ked1.1Crsk.J ran unopposed-a nd a second call
fo r ca ndidat es failed to producf" dny v1able &lt;.:a ndtdatel&gt;-thf" scna le
vo ted at its April 22 mcettn g to d n ec1 the sec reta ry of the se na te to
cast onf" ball o t for each

Alan Gross Resource Room
opens in dental school
Students, h.culty and suff 10 the School of Den tal Med1une Vt"'
tf"rday ho nored a popular teacher and mentor posthumous!) \\'lth
the grand openmg of the Alan J. Gross Studen t Resource Room 1n
B ~ 14 Squm• Hall on th e Sou th Ca mpus. G ross died last Novern bcr
after a lo ng hanle with ca ncer.
La ... t Octobe r, C ross rt.•teJved the Dental Alumn i
Assooa t1 un o; Humamtanan Awa rd for :-t1s comm1tmen1
to dent1strv, W IH..ern tor otht'r!i and for distinguishmg hml ·
self as a leader m the wmmun11v. Twlct• voted AJpha Omeg~1
caoss
dental fra termtv 's f-.du~..ator oi the Year, he also rece!vf"d tht'
William M Feagans Award for uutstandmg. tt'achmg and W&lt;l3 dt."S ig
nated Educator of the Year 10 the \990 dt'ntal school vcar hook. He hdd
four d ~ rt't'S from L'R an d had het.'n on the drnr.J.I !&gt;(hool fa cultv Jo!Ou'
19R.1
At the grilnd o rt' nlng o l tht.• resouru:- room dedKated to h1'
memory, l;ross wa_, rtmemhert•d for hts " mt ense mterclot m 1mprm
mg dental edutat 1on and a dt"ep co ncern for student!&gt; " The spa~o.r
will he devntt•d to 101prnvm~ the t.JUaiJh' of the educa t iOnal em·•
ronme nt for Jf"ntalo;tudt'"nHi At present . resources mclude a pnvalt'
tutormg a rt·J , J se r a rate- st ud' area Jnd copvmg serv1ces Plam Jrt.'
undn wa \ tn t•xpand th e ' tu Jv a rea mto an ad1o•nm~ span· Tht'
rt'snu rce room will he 11ren ~4 h11U r' .l d av

"UB Today" sets May schedule
'lJB Tod•y." whkh aln on AdelphJ. Cable, m Mav \\'tJI h1ghh~ht
facuhv mernhcn; who arr conduct mg rt.."'ie'drch on lhc role 1ll J""lt.'l.\ ,\., 'i\fl')o..'
rcdu~t.-rs.. Millard Fillmore CoiJcgt..'!&gt; 7S- \-ear rolt· m eduu.tuon and lht· ( .c..·n
tcr ft1r Hcanng and J)eafuo_.., one of tht· \\-Urkl 'o; k:ad.mg ht.-a.nng- r~-an."h
lalx1 ratont."'S. The half- ho ur program utn 1w Vlt&gt;Wrd at h \0 p.m "un
JaY!\ un Addph..ta (:Ommumcauon.."l :hannd 18 lnttTnJ.tlorul; (}u nnd ~I
( :ttv of Rufful~ ( lt.'lnnel I0 10 l.an..:a..~cr. lJan:nu&gt;, ( )n:hard Jl.dr\..... l.ll•. J•4"- 1n
.md FJma. anJ at 9 p.m. Monda\'5 on C:hannd 18 lntemauorul
On the May show will be: George Lopos.dean ol Millard Filhnon- l «lit.')!&lt;
(MR.:). who will talk about M FC's hiStory and Its rule m cduwtlon th n 1u~
out its 7) years; Kaml Allen. n.."'iGU"Ch SOt.TitlSt m tht· Depanrm·nt of Mt.-..J.J
cme m the SchOO of Mec.ilane and Rtomedica.l Sc 1 en~c-s . who wall d t.'&gt;t U.!&gt;.'
her research on the role of pets m rcdunng human phvs1olugKal rt'
sponses to stress; R1cha rd Salv1, cO-d!rC'l10r of the Centt'l for Heanng
and Deafness, who Wlll discuss n..'M."MCh on heanng pruOlems related 10
agmg or nmse exposurf" and the mne mdtvtdual s who wtll bt.~ honorc.-J
at tht• alumn1 associati o n's awa rd!~ dmnt.•r tomorn1\\

�Events being plllnned to celebrate program's 30th .....av.s.y with U8 .nd the~olty

African American Studies: years of social ~e

W

HENtheUB

Black Studies Pro-

ram was tstablished in 1969, it
wu during what
one of its founders, fun Pappu.~
scribes as "a heady, exciting tin»one that illustrated the best and the

worst of academic life.•
The program, which evolved
into the Department of African
America n Studies in 1973 as perhaps the first truly interdisciplinary academic field at UB, will eel- ·
ebrate its 30th anniversary in the
1999-2000 academic year.
The department's anniversary
plans will be ann ounced in the fiill1
according to Pappas, who served
as chair in the late '70s and early
'90s. and Margaret Gillette, the
department's former secretary and
administrative assistant, both of
whom are on the anniversar y
planning committee.
They expect to present a series
o f events that will involve many
UB departments and Buffalo's African -American community, with
which the program has been in volved since its inception.

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72

dt •

Strengths In Atriatn"So many in the community went
through this program,• Gillett&lt; says.
"or their kids did, or their grandchildren. So they support iL"
Department Chair Peter Ekeh,
a native of Nigeria, san thou since
it was founded as a program in African -American studies, the department has developed addi tional strengths in African studies,
the African diaspora and African Caribbean studies, and hopes to
strengthen iu graduate program
in the coming years.
But the 30 intervening years
. weren't always easy, Pappas recalls.
"There were times when we saw
the best and worst sides of the aCademic community," he says ... We
stuck to it, though. We believed in
what we were doing, were-close to
one another, had the academic
credentials to provide very good
courses and excellent teaching.
And we've always had studentsnearly 1,000 in 1972, for instance."
"In the 1999 spring semester.
more than 500 undergraduates
took courses through our depart ment." Ekeh adds. "We also have 3540 majors and several graduate students."
The civil rights movement of the
1950s and '60s encouraged an in ·
terest in the study of black history
and culture. By 1968, 26 courses
that qualified as black-studies
cour= were being taught by vari ous UB departments. The actual
birtll of African -American studies
as an academic field, however, arose
in the wake of the grief and fu ry
that followed the assassination o (
Martin Luther King. Jr. Black-stud·
ies programs sprang up almost
overnight in high schools, colleges
and universities across the United
States. UB was no exception.
In 1969, the university agre«&lt; to
organize its relevant courses into a
new program of study to be called
the Black Studies Program. Archi -

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val documents indicate a broad
base of support among the faculty
of departmenu ranging from geography and law to music, English,
education and the social sciences.
"In those days," Pappas remem bers, "there was so much energy
and devotion to the exploration of
our culture and the pursuit of so1
cial justice-it spilkd over into
academic life and ultimately transformed it in substantial ways we
can clearly see today...

Ubonls .....,_ml progrwn
Having garnered considerable
support amongUB's white, liberal
faculty, the Black Studies Program
was, in iu early days. well-funded,
socially active and very popular
with studenu. Although iu popularity among students continued,
the very premise upon which it
was founded later was questioned
and criticized by some of the same
faculty members who had support~ it, provoking much discomfort and unpleasantness.
In addition, scholars from Africa-who in many cases had come
to the U.S. for graduate school or
to escape civil war or government
harassment-were more supponive of the American capitalist system than were many African American academic activists. who
considered capitalism an agent of
black oppression. The Africanists
wanted to expand the department
to include the study of the history,
language, politia and cultures of
Africa and the African dia!pora.
Across the couotry, conflicts
arose over these issues as well, a}.
though UB's curriculum always
has included the study of Africa
and the Caribbean.
After much debate and some an tagonism, the UB Department of
African/ Afro-American Studies was
founded in 1974 and quickly
changed its name to African Ameri·
can Studies, a co ncession to
Africanisu in other departmenu.
Pappas describes the beginning
as a time of intense academic de·
bate, largely about issues of social
change and justice. Within the
city's black community, there was
a great deal of involvement with
UB, as the inquiry into African American culture, history, psy·

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chology and values was raised to
the level of university studr..
" In the late '60s. early '70s, there
was a strong sense of faculty fellow-

ship, inclusion, a broadening of academic int~ a sense of being
comrades-in-arms--blacks and liberal whites tOgether in oppoSition
to conservative, white, Eurocentric
academic hegemony;" Pappas says.
And "The money was there." be
recalls. "We were able to sponsor
many academic lectures. co-sponsor
events with other departments and
with rommunity groups. bring in
well -known scholars and support·
visiu by well-known black literary
figures and musicians.•
As with all change, how.ver, there
was a dowruide. From the beginning. the new programs in AfricanAmerican studies held an alien and
antithetical posture in a hostile academic world, posing a deliberate,
head-to-bead cballenge to the very
system that had borne them.
l'rogqm blgolry, "So with the excitement of
change came years of difficulty as
well," Pappas says. "Then was hypocrisy. administrative distrust,
freely expressed bigotry, dcait, aademic turf wars and personal at tack-not just h&lt;re, but everywh=.
We're talking about the mid-70s.
• Many of our studenu were activists, which did not make the going-any easier, administratively
speaking." he points out. "Today,
ours_tuden~theyoung

ones---ere still interested in the social and cultural aspects of black
studies, but ""' less-attuned to the
battle for civil righu. They want to
study hard, get a job, make money.
And this iS what we aD fought forso that these kids wouldn't have to.
"We know now that the historical period in which African American studies was established
as a discipline marked the beginning of tremendous social and
cultural change in American life,"
Pappas sa~ . "and these changes
literally altered the way most of us
looked at the world and changed
our thinking about it.
"People wbo had been ignored,
even hated and debased-black
and Hispanic Americans,
Chicanos , N~tive Americans ,

_

women , gays-began to demand
recognition of their lives, cultural
values and ~ way of experiencing
reality. It was also a time that pro- ·
voked the best and the worst behavior in academic life,• be sa.id
On the positive side, he notes.
it Wi.s a ti'me Of inierise, academic
debate, largely in support of social
change and social justice. Within
the city's black community, there
wa.s a great deal of involvement
with UB.
Pappu and Gillette recall the
opposition to the little program in
so'm'e · quarters-tb'e g.raffit i,
name-calling and other rude and
hostile' bel\avior continutd ·for
several yeirt.
" It was ba&lt;l enough that we got
it from a few angry white students," Pappas uys; " but we go4' it
from faculty and staff, too.
"There .....
of betrayal
in the department, too," he continues. "Some of the same col leagues wbo bad encouraged and
sponsored it from iu outset, just
stepped back, 'forgot' or denied
their original support."
The most volatile critics at UB
and other univemties insisted that
the tendency of black studies to
include., and even embrace, non ·
traditiqoal students and enlarge
traditionaJ courses of study diluted a university's overall aca ·
demic quality. They claimed that
the new programs were unable to
cope with the rigid demand s
posed by traditional scholarship.
Pappas stresses, however, that
the faculty at UBwashighlyqualified academically and taught in
content areas covered nowhere
else on campus.
Ekeh concurs, noting that until
very recently, aD aspects of African
history were ignored in every department but his own and th at
African art and culture might not
be taught at aD if African Ameri ·
can Studies did not exist.
By preparing the hard ground of
American culture for future
change, the civil-rights movement
in all of its incarnations and the
black· studies programs th at
evolved from it; including UB's,
have served as models for other in dusion movements, Pappas says.

sense

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Ap0129, 1999/Vul.Jl. le.ll

.,.Baseball belongs to funs, lasorda says
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5eMces EditoriiiAssisUnt

F

Ull of joka. stories and a
bit of inspirational advice,
former Los Angeles Dodg-

err manager Tommy
Lasorda ddigbtcd tho audienc;., in
tho Centa)or tho Aria April 22induding aome die-bard Dodgen
tan.-es be toudttxl oo some ofhis

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most memorable moments in 50
yean with what be refared 10 as "the
· greatest orpnizatioo in baseboll."

.. 1 don't win championships

Referring to God as the "big
Dodger in the sky" and Dodgers

wjth •tryers,' I win with 'doers,"'
added Lasorda who, in 1997, was

Stadium as .. blue heaven on eanh,•
Laso rda, whose talk closed out the

named Manager of the Year and
was inducted into the Baseball

1998-99 edition of the DiSiin guished Speakers Series, said his
epitaph will read " Dodgers sta dium was his addnss but every
ballpark was his home ."
Lasorda , now a vice president of
the organiza ti o n , managed the
team for 20 seasons and led it to
two World Championships, four
Nationa l League pennants a nd
eight division titles.
.. 1 st ill want to work for the
Dodgers, even when I'm dead and

Hall of Fame.
"Now, ifGod had intended for me
to be a high-school or coUege coach,
my objective would be to impress

gone," he said. Then he asked :
.. How many people in this room
want to contin ue working for your
organ izatio n after o u've died?
" I don' t care w at your job is,
you've got to love t," he told the au ~
dience. "Anyone
o loves their job
has never wor,ke a day in the\T
life ... Self.:OOnfidena: · the lim step
to success. We must
·eve we can
achieve what~ we wan but we can
only adU&lt;:V&lt;: our dreams through the
avepuc of hard work."
An important part of motivating
pla)'&lt;'rs is "getting them to play for
the name on the fronLOf. their sbirt
and not for the name on tbe back of
their shirt," said Lasorda, who also
noted that, even though baseball
players make million-dollar salaries
they still have to be motivated.

By SUIE WllfTCHU
Reporter Editor

W I T H t he21st=tury
on the horizon, institutions ofhigher edu cation can no longer
be "aU thin&amp;' to aU people," but rather
will have to seek out specific roles and
areas where they can ace!, Provost
David Triggle told members of the
Professional Staff Senate at th e
group's April 22 meeting.
However, defining thost specific
roles and areas wiJI involve mak mg choices--sometimes "discom forting choices ..-something that
individuals in h.igher education are
.. reluctant to do,"' Trigg.le noted .
He pointed out that the call for
change comes within the context
of an increasing demand for higher
education and expectations that
coUeges and universities will~ th ~
.. focal points and integrators .. of
economi c development.
But with these expect at io n s
come the •"four-letter' words: ac co untability, productivit_z and
quality," Triggle said.
The pro vost said that , particu larly at the stale level , colleges and
universities increasingly will be as ~on their educational perfor-

including an inquiry about the most
dramatic moment in his ca reer,
which. he said, was undoubtedly
when an injured Kirk Gibson
hobbled up to the plate and hit a
game-winnjng, two-run homer to
paralyze the Oakland Athletics in
Game I of the 1988 World Series.
But when asked about his favor·
lle player or all-time favorit e
D9dger rotation, Lasorda said:
"There have been so many guys
that I loved so much, I ca n't pick
one. In more than 100 years of the
game of baseball, only t• manag ers have been inducted into th('
HaH of Fame and it was aU of m y
players that put m e there."
He also commented that overall.
pitching in baseball today is"weak"
compared to that of pitchers of the
past. "Do you think MeG wire and
Sosa would 've hit all of those hom·
ers in 19501" he asked. "No way."

Later, he noted that the Dodg·
ers' own Sandy Koufax was the
greatest pitcher that he had seen
in bis career. The best hitter? Ted
Williams of the Boston Red Sox.
When asked to comment on the
late baseball icon Joe D iMaggio,
Lasorda caUed him the .. greatest
baseball player ever. .. He made us
lutlians very proud of him. When we
lost him, we lost a tr~mendous person and a tremendow ball player."'
l.asorda stressed that somethin g
needs to~ done to mili the gamr
o f baseball better for the fans, not ing the increase in pri ces for game
tickets and concessions.
"This game does no t belo ng to
the players or the ow ners. but to
th e fans," he emphasized . .. We
need to make the fans know how
much we love them .
"Today the players have become
rnerrenaries. Your favorite player may
be playing somewhere else next year.
The fans always haY&lt; to pay. Some
how, we need to hold the salaries
down so that everyone starts at the
same plare." Referring to the famous
line ..show me the money" from the
movie " Jerry Maguire." Lasorda said,
"that's what it is aU about today."
When asked if he was runnmg
for the job of baseball commissioner, Lasorda answered , 'Tm
run ning away from it.
" Loyalty is an amazmg thmg,"
he added . " I love the Dodgers and
I want to die a Dodger."

mance and outcomes, whi ch will
lead the institutions to develop new
measures of accountability.
B4t these are issues that faculty,
for the most part, " have never deah
with very seriously," Triggle said,
noting that he thinks this exercise
will requin colleges and un iversi ties to refoc us and revise their
campus missions .
"This will bting a great deal of
angst to people as we challenge
long -cherished and lo ng - held
views of what we should be doing
and what we are all about.
"Olange is a very difficult issue
to deal with at a univt'rsity ... he said.
Triggle suggested that institu tions of higher learning can be
placed into three categories: the
" brand - name"' institutions, such
as Harvard , Yale and Duke; the
"convenience" institutions, such as
Phoenix and Motorola , and the
.. mass -market " institutions, where
most state universities-i ncludin g
UB-and liberal arts insti tutio ns
li e. These mass - market institu tions, he said, will be "i ncreasi ngly
buffeted by the white waters of
change.''
They will not survive, he warned,
.. unless they respond to the chang-

ing demands of the marketplace
and establish roles and functions
and niches they can uniquely sat isfy relative to the competition.
"Unjversities face massive issues of
change," he said, adding that VB. as
wd1 as other institutions, currentJy
are in the midst of such issues.
Unive,.ities will have to establish
perfonnance indicators, not o nly to
satisfy the public, but also so that the
institutions know intemal.ly the suecess and impact of their programs.
Triggle said that VB is looking
at all its programs and asking such
q uestions as: What is the mission
of the university, school, depart mentor program~ Is the program
still wonh providing? Would UB
offer the program if it weren't al
ready providing it ?
Moreover, when establtshtng
new programs, umversllte ~ mu st
look for "areas of co mpet1t1vt' ad
van tage," he said .
But the dilemma presented m (,.Lit
ung unproductive programs and t'!&gt; tablishing new ones is that the dt"l.""l sion - making process mherent m
higher education 1s bad, a process
that Triggle described as an "endless
loop" of large, participatory commit ·
tees that meet for mo nths. and whtch

among the young&lt;ters that education is more important than win -

ning. But in the major leagues-forget it-you have to win."
FoUowing his talk, Lasorda an ·

swered questions from the audience.,

Asn.otlvesof--Y-have
long and happily known, summertime
m our region means more than many
days of delightful weather. The area also offers a nch
variety of anractive and popular events and festivals over the
warmer months. Now that UB 's academic year i.s winding down, th1s
might be an opportune moment to' begin planning if you are staymg
m the area. Here are some Web hnks to help you mark your calendar
The 42nd annual Allentown Arts Festrval (http :// www.
allentown.buffnet.net ) takes place 10 the second week in Jun e
Featuring more than 450 artists, the fest1val draws aroond 400,000
visitors each year. Visit the Web stte for a descnption of th e fest1val
and the neighborhood it represents, along wrth photos of an work....
artists and some of th e more colo rful attendees
Buffalo's Shakespeare 10 Delaware Park rank5 St.'lond on!)' to that
10 New York Ci ty as the natiOn ·s most successfuJ outdoor Shakcspeart•
festival Its Web sue (http:/ / www.thebard.org / J not onlv list ~ th1 '
summer's fare ( Henry IV, Part 2 and Measure for Ml'a~ure ). hut ol
fer~ htstort cal background. merchandise and t'Vt'll .1n onhrh·
Shakespeare co lonng book.
A rich vanety of festivals c dchratt.'~ the Ul\ \ diVt'r'''' ~ hdlllh
ca lend ar of fesuvals and summertime l'VCnt:-. I ll pro' 1dl't.l h' llw
Grea ter Buffalo Conve nti on and \' Js ll on Hurt•au ! http ://
buffalocvb.org/EvenU_O.html ). Here are IJstmgs wtth um ta ... t 111
formation and some dm~e1lmlu for the C rt.'d.. Helleml Fesuval. thl'
Juneteenth Festival. A Taste of Buffalo, the Fnendsh1p Festival. tht.~
Italian Heritage and Food Fesuval, a nd numerous o thers. l-or a w1dn
scope of destinations, the Western New York Travel GUide offers an
online li st (http:/ / www.westernny.com/ thlngs.html ). Amon~
the attract.aons hsted are parks. museums, trails, haston c Sit es, and
thea ters. The alphabetical hst can ht" browsed o r can bt" narrowed to
s~ci fi c county or reg•on.
Two long -standing cultural m~tltuuons north and south ol th e
city are weU worth vtsltmg. Artpark (http://www.artparll.net )
gears up for another summer of conce rts. musical theater and day
lime art workshops for child ren and adults. If your browser ancludes
Netshow as a ph.igin. you can vu.•w a narrat ed slide show about th('
park and 1ts offenng s.
The Chatauqua lnsutuuon (http:/ / www.chautauqua-lnst.org/ J
celebrates its \25th anniversary thts year. 11us renowned center for the
arts.. religion and education offers a hefty program offectures and per
formances for residents and v1S1ton.. The Web sue con tams lt.sungs of
C hautauqua events. an o nlmt' bookstore and hasto ncal mformat10n on
this unique commun ity.
So before it gets too niCe to rema1n tndoors, use the Web to help
plan your summer schedul t' of reg10nal activities.

For asszstanct m connecrwg tu tlrf World Wzdt Web, contact tht C/1
Help Desk at 645· 3542.
-Deborah Hulled Koshlnsky •nd RJck McRae, Unwemty

the end result of the proct'S..\ IS, In
fact, process., with no dOClSIOn .
.. We need to make decis10ns . Wt'
need to listen to people. we need to
we1gh the fa cts, we need to get a~
much information as we can, bu t
1t needs to be done 10 a timely wav ;
we need to make exped1t1ous dec1
s1ons that overall are- to the henefit
of the institution .. " he sa1d.
Academics, he S3.ld. tend to define
success in the following way: "shoot
an arrow and when no one.&gt; lS look
mg draw tht' hull's eye around it.
"We need to get away from these
~o rt s of deCISIOn - making pr o
ceS!&gt;cs," he sa1d. UB first mu st de fine the target and the miSSIOn. then
use performan ce mea su res, ac
rountah d1 ty. productiVIt y dnd
quahty"to measure hO\.Ot' dose we've
rt'ally come to ddinmg the hull's
t'\'t' an th t' center of the target."
Tnggle told sena tors that enroll
ment CO nttnUe!&gt; tO be hiS top pn
nntv a!&gt; provost because tt 's "th e
most important , smgk fa~..· tor th at
\.O n fronts us
Failure to mret enrollment targets
re-su lts m a loss of the tUitiOn n.·v enue from those st udents .,.,flo arc
no t att.ending UB, as well as tht' l o~
of state tax support . he sa1d, no11n~

Llbran~

that the los.\ of the tax suppon ts a
permanent bast: -budgct reductiOn
Tnggle sa1d he also ts workmg to
develop a resourcf'-allocauon meth
odology wuhm the umverstty that
rewards those units that meet mu
tuaiJy -agreed -upon enrolJmen t and
performance targets.
Moreover, UB needs to he ahk
to mobihze resource!&gt; to take ad
va ntage of m·w demands and new
d1rect1ons . "Wc tan't allow th t'
umversity to be fixed 10to a de
partmental paradigm" that was
crea ted in the Ge rman resean.h
unJve rsit tes tlf the late 1800s... [),~
ct phnes change vastl y s10ce thclf
o ngmal crea t1on . We must be able
10 move mto n&lt;''"' area~:· he lkltd .
;.t ttng th e enornw u !&gt; demand
&lt;.~mong students fur compu ter - !1~...1
cn'e co urse~ and maJOr!~
Tnggl e told sena tors that tht·
top1c of resea n:h at UB w1ll be an
o the r of h1s top pnormes. He ~1d
hr \.O,•ill be stud y1 ng the way ~ 111
wh~~.:h research poltq IS st•t. wa\'~
tu encou rage faculty and staO 1&lt;1
take on research pro!t'l ts , rt'shap
10~ resea rch bounda n es to reflt.•t. t
new diVISIOil!&gt; and d1soplmes. anJ
ways tn prov ide re!lcan.: h IO;.en
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ASL narrows the gap between
cultures of deaf and hearing
By MAliA~
N~ Servkes Editorial Anistant
ORN deaf and raised in a
hearing family, ~ Dray
spent the first 16 years of

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her life unexpos~ to the

culture and language that now de·
fi ne- her identity and career.
Dray, who is the instructor for
UB's new courses in Ame ri can
Sign Language (ASL ), hnp&lt;S to
help narrow the gap between cu ltures of the deaf and the hearing,
as well as expose hearing people
to the deaf cu lture of America.
" I grew up in an oraJ environment,
attended public schools and n~r
knew sign language. I was not introduced to another deaf person until I
wdS 16 years old." explains Dray.
When she was not accepted by
he r deaf peers as a teen, Dray real tzed that there was a distinct deaf
&lt;.u lture, sepa rate from the main ~ tream hearing culture, with its
o wn rules . expec t a ti o ns a n d
meam of communication .
.. The reason why I got involved
teaching ASL is that the cross-over
mto other culrures is very difficult .
I want to make it easier for both
cultures to appreciate the other and
hdp both hea ring and d&lt;af people
bt""tter understand each other."
In Fall 1998, UB joined several
othe r Amencan colleges a nd um vr rsi ties th at recognize the va lu e
and impo rtance of A~1. by offer·
ing tw o introductory co ur ses.
which fulfill th!' universiry's foreign
language requirement. through the

Worldl.anguageslnstitute(WU)in
the College of Arts and Sciences.

the greatest challenge

According to Dray,

EnroUment in the lint-year, lintS&lt;tnesterASLforthecomingfallS&lt;mester is at capacity, with more
than 50 students and several more
onawaitinglist,accordingto Mark
Ashwill, WU director.
"ASL bas already demonstrated
the potential for phenomenal
growth ," says Ashwill. "We also are
offering an introductory ASL
course this summer, which .is aJ most at capacity."
The culture surrounding deafness, including the basic apecta·
tion s, values and traditions, is
what Dray exposes students to in
her ASL courses.
"Naturally, studentsarequitenervous when they· begin the course
and don't really know how to respond." explains Dray, a graduate of
Gallaudet University, the world's
only un iversity for deaf undergraduate students. She says she en co urages students from the beginning of the course to use gestures or
fmgcr-spelling, rather than wrinen
words, to express themselves.
.. We begin by covering how to
approach a deaf person , what to
do when you meet a deaf person,
and so on," explains Dray.
"S tudent s have reacted very
positively. Some first come to dass
thinking 'O. K. , this m ay be in teresting,' but then they get really into
1t and reaJju how much there reaUy is to learn. It reaUy gives them
more respect for the language."

in tead&gt;ing hearing
students is that the
hearing population is
rather uncomfortable with touch and
exp...sion, which is
essential lo learning
and communicating
in ASL
" I trytoencoul28"
students to u.se their
facial expressions and
to get them to be
more comfortable --Sign~ (ASI.).
using their body. They oftt:rrthink
rather than their own distinct cui'reading' oign language means just
ture. The other major misconceplooking at the hands and focusing
tion is that ASL is univttsaJ; in fact,
ononesrnaDarea,butilinvolvesthe
each country has its own version
rac.,, theeyes,thedistancebetween
of sign language.
the hands and the body and other
However, Dray explains that
body language~
ASL has its roots in French, rather
Students in the courses are not
than English, due to the influences
allowed to speak verbally, US&lt; " EnofThomas Gallaudet and Laurent
glish mouthing.. or use other sign
Clerc, who came to America in the
systems during d~ven if it is
17th century as deaf advocates.
to interpret another student-acDray, who also teaches students
cording 10 the courS&lt; syUabus.
at SL Mary's School for the Deaf,
Dray says she takes advantage
says the ideal ASL instructor has
of the computer as a resource for
experience in both cultures, flu the in troductory ASL courses by
ency in both languages and is able
using email to communicate with
to teach in a second -language en students and referring studenu to
vironnient.
Web si te s that s upport the
She adds that learning sign Ian classwork and offer insight about
guage i s a benefit to anyone as a
deaf culture.
means of non -verbal communicaO ne of the most common mistion ... Those who learn it a~ at an
co nceptions about deaf peopl e.
advantage because they can apply
acco rding to Dray, is that deaf so me o f the prin ciples to other
people as a group are .disabled
cqmmuni ca tion situations."

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Flawless lawn could pose health risk, Mang says
"UB at Sunrise" audience hears professor speak on pesticides and the environment
By ELUH IOOLDIIAUM
News Services Editor

VERY year, while Amen cans spend more money
on c hemi ca ll y t rea tin g
their lawn s, T homa s S.
Mang says th e incidence of certain
types of cancers related to pesticide
expos ure also increases.
At th e sa me time, he adds, by
t~ea t i ng lawn s a nd garden s with
pesticides, Americans are ensuring
that nex t year's bugs will be even
harder to eliminate than this
yea r's, a recipe for ecological di
saste r.
These an&lt;! other disturbing facts
were part of Mang's "U B a t Sun n se" talk last week on " Dangerous
Lawns: The Health Risks of a Flawless Lawn."
Ma ng, a climcal and research associate professor of o ral and max il lofacial surgery in the School of
Dental Medi ci ne, served on the
City of Buffalo Pestici de Management Board from 1991 ~ 98 and also
sat on the Town of Amherst Pesticide Advisory Board.
He told his a ud1 ence sa1d that
Amer ica n s con tinu e to spe nd
mo re money each year on chemi cally trea ted lawns, in spi te of new
mformation and studies publis hed
in prestigious, peer-reviewed journals. Those studies, he said, repeat edly have fo und that pesticideswhich include herbicides and fun gicides-are related to increases in

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certam types of cancers.
.. Each year, there is a S-8 percent
increase in the usc of lawn -ca re
chemicals," sa id Man g... and a 3-4
percent increase in non -Hodgkin 's
lymphoma."
While no direct correlation has
lx'Cll proven between those increases.
he noted that non -Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of~ that debili tat es th e immune system, has in
many studies been linked to pestia&lt;k

exposure.
For example, Mang said, iDdi viduals who handle pesticides in
thei r jobs, such as farmers, are fo ur
times as likel y to develop nonHodgkin's lymphoma th an are
o ther people. He cited a recent
study noting that in people who are
exposed to pesticides for more than
20 days per year, there is a three- to
seven-fold increase in the incidence.'
of non -Hodgkin's lymphoma.
O ther stud ies. he said, have
show n tha t in children, exposu re
to pesticides significantly increases
their risk of developing leukemta.
Even pets, said Mang, are vul
nerable, with dogs that have been
exposed to pesticides demonstrat
10g the same types of inc reases tn
these cancers.
Mang said that peslJCJdes persast in the atmosphere, often for
mo nths at a time. He cited a re·
cent Environmen tal Protection
Agency study that found that 23
kinds of pesticides can be detected

10 the dust inside homes.
But it is not just current exposures
to pesticides that are the problem,
he sa id. Future generations, he
added, are being affected, too,
through birth defects linked to pesticide exposure and through infertility problems found in animals and
now being seen in humans.
"A lo t o f pesticides a re estrogen
mimics and they persist in the enviro nment," said Mang. These pesticides, he added, can have severe
effects, and have been linked to in creases in breast and testicular
cancer. as weU as to an increase in
sdme very rare birth defects and
in ~vere drops in sperm co unts in
human maJ es.
But ironically, Ma ng said that at
th e same time that the scientific
link berween pesticides an d cancer
and birth defects has been growing,
Ame ri ca n s have been spe nding
more, not less, on these products.
The public, he said, mistakenly is
tak..i ng comfort 10 labels that say
products are registered with the
EPA.
.. The Environmental Protection
Agency is not a consumer-protection agency," he said ... It is a registration agency. All the EPA asks of a
pesticide manufaau~r. is ' Does it
work against the target organism?'
If the answer is 'yes,' that's good
enough (for it to be registered)."
In fact, he said, it now is against
the law in New York Slllte for any

pesticide manufacturer or applicator
to say that pesticides are safe, ~
when used in a proper manner.
"We do not know enough about
th ese substances," said Mang . ...We
don't know about their metabolic
fate because it 's not part of the
testing procedure. We don't know
how they interact with each othef
or with some medication that you
may be taking."
But probably the most important reaso n not to use ~ti cides,
said Mang, is that, ultimaidy, they
cause pests to do mo~not less-damage to lawns, plants and crops.
" We're creating a drug-depen·
dent environment,.. he said. ·we
are killing the easy pests and selecting out for the tougher ones.
We don't need to sp ray our o rnamental bushes every year ; we 're
just breeding a tougher bug."
Instead, said Mang, consumers
sho uld try non-chemical W3)'5 of
controlling pests. such as integrated
pest manage ment (IPM) , which
advocates non -chemica.J and least toxic solutions.
They include mechanical contro ls; physical barr iers, such as
caulking to mp pests from com ing indoors. and chemical oontrols,
such as fl y strips that contain sex
hormones that attract insects.
He noted that information on
IPM is available from th e state's
Environm ental Protection Bureau
and its attorney general's offict.

�April ZS. 1999/Vul. Jfl. lo.JO

Oozing
with mud

UB Blue defeated UB White,
14-0
A bolonced - - . , o&amp;n. nddrc

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c:J oonll!SI3I1IS
l'l!l'l!led il it Sao..rd!r
dlril: the ISdl anrual Oazl'est
on the Nonh ~The
dcJwrHnd..dirty ~at UB is
routed as the largest CXlf'lli"lJOUS

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'P""C satnmatl&lt;" U8
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clonwmed.lho e;..,"""'
used a pair d 5COrir1: passes to roaJ
the &lt;riy polna In the pme. s.no.Dnow H&gt;dcDd caugt&gt;t• ~
wuchdown I"" from Mi&lt;e ~
to open che KJ:rio'l&amp; in che second
quartef'. That touchdown was set up
by•sock&gt;n&lt;lfo&lt;udfun-&lt;&gt;l&lt;by
~!&lt;em M&lt;Unhy &gt;nd the Blue''"''""
b ..... Tho Blue- ~
Insurance tciiJdldown on dle bst pQy ol the game .....nen KMeem Smmons a.ught a
M-yard p= from joe freedy. freedy wu the most wccoulul of the U8 _,.,..

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n-.. e;... dolense wuled
_,_who had..,..,

a U.S. colege or lriYersity c:allllUS-

both

Top. Craig l..ogiln. dearly the winner

by~

c:J 'Mudciest Guy' oontest. Far rWtt.
Craig Caplan gea the baH over the
net for his team, "PoachedTrout il a
'Nhite Wne Sauce:' ~ ~
eiJort by Bin ~

met a sack, whie:Adolphus Bar1ax' added M

tu:ldes and broke up a p;w

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the end

grot defense. alk1wlng only 198 p rds of toul
offense. led by redshin (rtihnun jam1e Guern and seruor josh Truler
junior Enc added nme Dcldes and two pass breU.ups for the White team. ··••til~
zone. The White also pbyed some

his former high-school t.eamrNte ~m )ohnson had etght t::ackles Sophomore
Dahnel Singfield paced the Whrt.e offense wtth four cat ches for 5 I yard~

lennis

TheMOi•:IJ
Teaching standards-and policies-need to be addressed
To the Editor.
I am retiring from my university teaching position this sum mer, after 36 years as a facult y

teacher: he has a first - rate intellect
and analytical mind, is highly articulate, has g reat enthusiasm for
member, 33 at this universit y. h1 s subject, and has a pleasant and
One of my major reasons for engaging pC'rso naJ ity.
oing so has been my increasThe problem was that the stu ·
disappointment , especially dents, in the aggregate , were, to
i the past decade or so, with
put it straight, a pretty unimpresthe quality of my teaching c.x
sive bunch. Indeed, some of what
pe r ie nce in und e rgraduat &lt;' went on in class was downnght
courses.
appall ing , especially con sidering
In the last couple of years, I thai this was an upper -division
have spoken with many faculty course, prima rily fo r majo rs:
colleagues, and almost all of 1. Attendance was gene rally low.
them report the same experi - 2. Students felt free to wander into
ence: students typically a n~ dis- class long afte r the 9:30 a. m . start ·
engaged from the cou~ mate- ing tim~some as late as I 0:30! I
rial, don't participate in class dis- am not talki ng about a few stu ·
cussion. are absen t far too often , den ts: an every class th e majont y
wander in and o ut of class of the st udents were late. For exthro ughout the schedu led pe · ample, in a class last week. I o h
riod , fail to complete the as- served that at 9:35a.m ., there wt·rt•
signed reading o n time, if at all , mne student s in da1&gt;.!! (nut of 40):
and as a result of aU this. get me- by the lim e the class e nded , there
di~ grades o r, alternatively, in
h'ere about 30.
this age of grade inflation, get
). It was dear that many, perh aps
higher grades than th~y deserve. most , of th e stud e nb were no t
Of course, there are m any excep- completing the ass1gned rcadmg tn
tions to thi s gloom y report; time, if at aJI. The problem was no t
no netheless, in the aggregate, excessive reading assignments. The
undergraduates are no t as good . class was assigned onJ}' fo ur novel s
not as serious and don't work as for the ent ire semester.
hard as th ey o nce did .
4 . On ly a handful of the students
Until recently, I entertained the · participated in clas s d1 sc ussio n
uneasy tho ught that perhaps my with an y regu larity.
own experience and that of other S. From what I understand, the
senior co lleagues was mislead - overall quality of written assign ·
ing---perhaps we had simply lost ments was mediocre.
touch with the you nger generaI have seve ral suggestions on
tion o r were simp ly not such what can be done about this p robgood teachers as we once were. lem. To begin with , mandatory stuNot that I really helieved this. of dent evaJuations of faculty should
co urse--! am just as enthusias - be discontinued. In m y exper ience
tic a nd pres umabl y n o les s in the tenure - review pro ce s1&gt; ,
learned about my subjm maner ... teaching evaJuation" and .. student
as I haV&lt; ever been. Still, th e pos· evaJua ti on" tend to be treated a ~
sibility couldn't he dismissed.
tho ugh they were synonymous. l o
HowC'ver, during this past se- be su re, everyone gives lip scrv1et'
m ester I audited a cou rse in En · to the idea that we must go hevond
glish literatu re, taught by a jun - student evaJuations. and everyon l'
ior ass~t a nt professor, a recent
is aware of the pitfaJis tn the stu
Ph . D. out of Berkeley. Th e dent -evaluation system; no ncthe
young professo r is a te rrifi c less, because student evaluatio ns

a re t ypi ca ll y th e o nl )' .. ha rd
data" available, m practiCe they
are given far greater we1ght than
they sho uld.
Beca use of th1s, JUniOr fai.
ulty are particularly vulnerable
to student resentment and per haps retaliatio n if they tr y w
ma mtain standa rds . Th ere a rc
surel y so me benefits fro m stu
dent evaJuat1 o n. especi all y 111
pro viding instructo rs fcedbad..
that may be useful , a nd fo r this
reason they should co ntinu e.
but only on a stri ctl y vo luntarv
basis, and di vo rced fro m th e
tenure-review pro\.. t'.!ll&gt; .
Beyond that , there sho uld ht•
university or, at least. depart
mental poli cies put m to effe(t
to deal w1th a numbt•r of prnh
!e m :; that seem to he end cmh.:
1 . Attendan ce shou ld he ta ken
10 every d as~ .
2 . Stud enL' m ust he rt•y ua rl·J
to bt• o n lim e; la tt· a rr l\·a l,
should no t be all o wed to s1g n
th e a tt e nd a nce sht·e t . wh1 Lh
should be pa., sed aroun d atth l'
beginning of class.
) . After three abscnCl'S, g rade
penalties sho uld begm
4. Papers and assignmenl!. mu ~ t
be completed on time, w11 h rarl'
exceptions; no late papers \)rex
ams should he accepted.
S. Students who perstst Ill d1s
regarding these rules should he
asked to resign from tht clas!&gt;
wuhin the fir st eaght weeks.
O f course, individual fa cult v
sho uld havt' the nght 10 mod1fy
th e rules when it seems appro
priate ttJ do so. Noncthclcss, with
ove ra ll u nl vt· rsltv -o r de part
ment -wade pohm~s m effect and
dl"Mi)' pro mulgatt&gt;d to all undergradual(' classes. fat"uhy. partlcu ·
larly Jumo r faL ulty, wo uld be re
lu:ved of burdens wh1ch are both
unfa.Jr and destru ctiVe of the
faculty's need to uphold 1111111maJ academ1l st andard~

-ierome Sl•ter, Professor, Deportment of Political Soence

MEN ' S

Northem Illinois 4, UB 0
The met'l's lerY'IIS team~ wnless 11 dle Mld-Amencan Conlerence u 1t lost
to host Northern lllinocs, 4-0. on Saturdzy Coad1 Russ Crispel's team .....,. U'3'o'el to
Mln:ie.lncL thiS 'Neek to ake part 1n ItS fim MAC tournament at Ball Sate

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WOMEN ' S

Akron 7, UB 0
The wornen·s tenn1s team dropped tu home MAC match Fnday a.pmst Akron
7-0 Caach K.ad-lyTWist·s team wtll be ;jjf the: MACTourmmenr tocby &amp;trough
Sun&lt;by

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~utooor 1rocK ann fialo
The men's and women's U2d:

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Alfred Sm.. c.r...u. Colox&lt; &gt;nd en. Convruvty Colox&lt;- " - "
m,m c.n..b,p&gt;roap&gt;r.d.Top perlom&gt;en fo.- the"""'''''"'""" nduded
A1yaa C""' (pole "'""-l7S m. &gt;nd 01ple ...,..,. t 1.58 m) &gt;n&lt;1 Rum Corion (&lt;is=.
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dle men's team The: Bulls wtll host the UB lnvn:atiONI this weekend

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                    <text>PAGE l

President Greiner names
committee for prrMJS1 search.

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Aprtl l!ltti3D. No.29

Here's

looking
at you, UB
Kimberley Patterson of
Brooklyn dons special 3-D
glasses as she prepares to
view the campus on Preview
Day. The up&lt;lose-andpersonal event was held
Saturday to introduce
accepted students to UB
academics, resources and
people.

Faculty Senate amends its charter
Action expands authority to include graduate and professional education
ay SUE WU£TCHU

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Reporte&lt; Editor

T

HE Faculty Senate Thesday amended iu charter
to give it more s-pecific

authority over gfaduate

and professional education, a
move that supporters say will help
prevent "'mischief.. by the university administration.
Senators approved the charter
change, which drops all distinctions
between undelgraduate-, graduateand professional-d~ programs
when outlinilig the senate's authority, despite a report from the BylaW&gt;
Committee that took "no stand" on
the issue. BylaW&gt; Committee Chair
Judith Hopkins, technical services research analysis officer for the University Libraries, said the charter already
g;Mthesenatethe right to review and

make proposals concerning d~
requirements and curricula for
graduate and professional programs
But William Georgo. professor of
mechanical and aerospace engineering. who first proposed last December that the charter be revised to give
the senate mo"' specific authority
over graduate edueation, persisted,
giving senators~ reasons for doing so. He said the body has been
chartered to oversee graduate education through the bylaW&gt; of the Voting Faculty, no other democratically
elected body is overseeing graduate
and professional education, and because ..it needs to be done."
"We have witnessed already the
problems we have to deal with because we have not exercised our
responsibilities," he said, alluding to
recent controversy springing from

the merger of the Department of

Statistics with the Department of
Social and Preventive Medicine, as
weU as the ongoing debate over the
faculty's input into the mission· review process ... The only assurance
a "faculty or school has that its own
internal governance and proce·
dures wiU be followed in decision making is that the senate is watch·
ing and that administrators will be
called to explain their actions."
He told his colleagues that it as
crucial that they act on the ts.sue
now, as the university plans for the
2 1st century.
"We have an opportunity to define the senate of the future, and
perhaps with it the role the faculty
will play in the decisions about the
future of the university," he said,
noting that the provost has made

it dear that .. big changes are going to occur. The question is
whether we're going to participate
in those changes. We can , of
course, duck-we have a history
of doing that. We can take our
chances with the practices which
have so frustrated us in the past.
Or we can seize the moment, and
co ntrol our own destiny."
Samuel Schack, professor of
mathematics, agreed with George
that this resolution was ..an Fpor·
tant moment for the senate to stan
exercising all its responsibilities."
It does not mean that the sen ·
ate will start "meddling" in such
"minutia e" as whether two or
three languages are required for a
doctoral degree in mathemati cs,

he said.
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UB system detects military, medical targets
By ELI..lH GOI.DIIAUM
News Servkes Editor

K

ARsystems employing

image-formation algo·

rithms developed by a

UB associate professor
-and likely being used by NATO
planes to spot hidden targets in

Yugoslavia-have the potential to
significantly improve medical ul trasonic imaging.

Used in the Gulf War, the imag. ing algorithms developed by
Mehrdad Soumekb, associate pro·
fessor of electrical engineering in the
School of Engineering and Applied
Sciences, produce high-=olution
maps that enable users to pick out
targets hidden in dense foliage or in
crowded urban envirolliJleJlts.
Soume.k h recently received a

$500,000 grant from th• U.S. De·
partment of Defense to establish
at UB a high-performance computing ce.nter to test and refine the

imaging algorithm s.
But Soumekh says the system
may make its greatest contributions
in medical ultrasonic imaging.

"While these imaging methods
have provided powerful tools for
information processing in surveillance and reconnaissance radar systems, these high - resolution and

department, Soumekh dew:loped
the algorithms. which process data
mrasured by Synthetic Aperture
Radar systems on planes flying ovl'r
enemy territory. The work is de·
scribed in a new book by him titled
.. Synthetic Aperture Radar Signal

Processing" (lohn Wiley. 1999).

high-speed systems-and their associated algorithms-would have a

He said th e military has been
more willing than the medical ·
imaging community to accept and

far greater impact in diagnostic

adapt the imaging algorithms.

medicine, leading, for example, to

Soumekh's original intent was
to develop and refine what are
known as wavefront reconstruc tion algorithms for ultrasound
applications. His 1983 doctoral
dissertatiOn at the University of
Minnesota focused on their appli·
cation in ultrasound for the early
detection of breast -cancer tumors.
At about the same time, the defense community berame interested

earlier tumor detection," he says.

Because of the high-speed nature of their measurement system,
the imagi ng algorithms could
make ultrasonic imaging up to 200
times faster than current commercial ultrasound systems without a
tradeoff in resolution. an important issue in imaging dynamk targets, such as the human heart.

With funding from the National
Science Foundation and defense

in high-=olution imaging for nearrange enemy targets in reconnais -

sance and surveillance for militarY
and drug-enforcement applications.

In 1992. UB patented Soumekh"s
algorithm and the Department of
Defense began working with him
m applying them for use in foliage
penetrating radar.
Since then , So umekh's work has

been funded by the U.S. ALr Force
and Navy, and defense departm ent
mdustrial cont ra ctors.
But it is in medical appltcatwns
that Soumekh believes the- algo·
rithms will do the most good.
"The utility of these algorithms
is particularly evident an target
imaging problems in wh•ch the
conventional approximata o n
based methods rapiclly fail . for ex ·
ample, in imaging near- range tar
gets," he said. "Such problems are
more often encountered in d1ag ·
nostic medicine with ultrasound
than in radar surveillance."

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The major transformations have
been in modes or access to information and the scope of information available. I began my career
in 1975 when the first computer
systems arrived in libraries and
we've been mastering or embracing emerging technologies at a
constandy accelerating speed for
25 years. The revolution in access
for everyone to worldwide information resources has made I.Jbraries very possibly the most democratic institution in our culture.
This is what ma.kes our profession
so rewarding. Today, a challenge
for libraries is to create effective
gateways to all this informatipn
that are responsive to the different ways we learn. Us ..old fogies"'
are linear-we approach information by readiug front to back, top
to bottom in a detectable sequence-while young folks are
"twitchers," jumping around following intuitive, fast-paced connections.
Do you think there will eYer
be ·-~eo. · llbr..tes7

The greatest roadblock for virtual
booldess libraries is the impermanence of electronic media. To date,
the lifespao or digital technologies
is very short. Paper has the proY&lt;n
record, it can last 500 years and
more. Even Lockwood has a couple
of boob about 400 years old. CD·
ROMs haY&lt; been found to be reliable for only five years. while digital
and access technologies continually
change, forcing repeated cosdy reformatting at the least. With the
lnternet and networks, extensive
coU«tions may now reside in only
one place on one server that allows
univ....I access. However, the dark
side of this fragile dependence was
dramatically demonstrated to me in
the last couple weeks as I looked at
Lockwood's books on art and arChitecture in Kosovo and Yugoslavia-

th~ books, held by many bbrarit:s
throughout the world, are perhaps
the only historic record of treasures
now destroy«~ by war and (!One for-

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computer user. The American Library Association recendy led a
successful coun batde to strike
down astatutewbich would have
held any institution legally liable
for simply providing the network
a minor could we to access pornography on the Internet. The iJsue is a clear demonstration of
how the value of occess can leod
to repression. A much brooder iJsue than pornography, censonbip
is a central threat to our democratic values.

Research libraries are at a moment
of transformatiOn. Our cballenge
is to decide what a bbrary will be
in the coming millennium. Budget and technical realities force us
to make fundamental cultural
choices. Will our library respond
to the demands or most of our
users and become a digital gateway! Will it be the preserver of our
cultural heritage and the reposi- The bigb-profile case iJ the Hoitory of human knowledge! Will it lywood director/producer who
be a juke box of information re- was caught with storage lockers
sources, a venue for teaching in- full of bbrary boob and claimed
formation literacy, ~ collaborative hiJ "art" places him above library
service organization for the inte- policies. But mY favorite comes
sn~tion or technology in the acafrom Alabama, where at Auburn
demic curriculum? Lockwood's University a patron wouldn,t recirculation statistics have taken a tum his boob until spring benose-dive since the introduction . cause be was using them to help
of access to hundreds of online, insulate his cbickeo coop--&lt;u&gt;d,
full-text and other databases. wbenwefinallygotthembackand
More than 2Q million pages have were forced to discard them due
been printed from computers in to "infestation,• the library got in
the libraries from July through tro~ble for tossing boob.
March this fiscal year. Should we How did )'OU get lnt-- In
keep acquiring diose boob on art stuiiJiag ~......t pM'b7
in Kosovo? A balance among all
these desired roles is almost cer- dety7
tainly impossible.
Having grown up on the Jersey
i..Jbn..t.ns.,.. f - for their shore, my fondest and most vivid
..,.,....w- to .c •sonhlp: b
childh~od memories are of my
Dad talting me to the boardwalk
and the amusement rides on
Censorship is a critical issue to warm summer evenings. An aracademic and research Libraries ticle on Coney Island as a cast
because it is these institutions study or technology and social
that preserve the historical change was the spark that resulted
record. Librarians and archivists in my book on the history or
have been murdered by many amusemtnt parks. Amusement
political regimes so that rtcords ven ues have been the testing
could be altered or destroyed. ground for new technologies and
Today, the Internet has generated have refleded our social culture,
great societal concern about the starting with the World 's
harmful effects of inSidious por- Columbian Exposition in 1893.
nography easily available to any Walt Disne.y's father served as a

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expooition, and EPCOT iJ very
much a perman.ent world',
fair. As the century turned,
Coney bland threw off the
grandeur and instilled wonder,
stripped away inhibitions and
intimately minsJed the immigrant masses. In a seminar
course I taught at UB on the
•American Dream."' one of our
brilliant students summed it
ilp perfecdy: "The.Colambian
Exposition made America
LOOK good, Coney bland
mode America PEEL g&lt;&gt;!&gt;d." As
we approach a new millen·
nium, will our amusement
venues lure us to give up our
societal and corporote quests
to pursue our peuonal
dreams?

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My favorite ride proves that
there is a. dark side to this
mild-mannered librarian-!
love Disney's "Space Mountain"' because, for glorious
minutes, your fate is com·
pletely out of ynur con.trol and
you can't even see it coming!
Cedar Point in Obio is my fa •
vorite amusement park for its
charming blend of biJtory (it
has preserved many elements
from its more than hundredyear life, including the Hotel
Breokers with its palatial verandas and Tiffany chandeliers) with bigb-tecb saearn
machines. And also its unique,
open expanse on a spit of land
sunounded by Lake Erie
makes it feel J.i!nidess. M. for
riding --superman" at Darien
Lake., ask me to write a reaction piece for the R&lt;pDrtd and
I'll do it. Eoowwwl

·taw alumni association to recognize six at dinner
IVE graduates of the VB
Law School will receive
Distinguished Alumni
Awards for their valuable
contributions to the legal profession and the community at the
37th annual VB Law Alumni Association meeting and dinner, to
be held at 6 p.m. May 6 in the
Hyatt Regency Buffalo.
The alumni association also will
recognize a non-alumnus, U.S. Rep.
Thom.S M. Reynolds, who will receive a special award "for outstand·
ing service to the communiry."
Awards will be presented to:

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• The Hon. Fronk A. Sectlt., Jr.,

•60, New York State Supreme Court
judge, who will be honored "for his
conscientious and diligent perfor·
mance in the judiciary." A fonner
family court judge and former chief
judge of the City of Buffalo. he was
named Citiz&lt;n of the Year in 1993
by The Buffalo News for his work

in housing courL
• Samuel L. Shapiro, '65, a senior

partnerwith Kavinoky&amp;Cook,LLP,
who will be honored "for his leadership by example as a private practitioner." A specialist in corporat~
banking. finance, leasing. construe·
lion and health-care law, he is past
chair, co-chair and lecturer for the
Practicing Law Institute's National
Panels on Equipment Leasing. lm·
mediate past president of the Ull
Law Alumni Association, he is president of Temple Beth Zion and a
member of the board of directors
of the Jewish F&lt;deration of Greater
Buffalo.
• The Hon. P•trkk H. - y e r.
'77. New York State Supreme

Court judge, who will be honored
.. for his commitment to public service." A forme~ Erie County attorney and U.S. attorney for the Western District of New York. he has
been active in the Attorney

General's Advisory Committee,
U.S. Department of}ustice, as well
as a member of the U.S. Anorney
General's Council on Crime and
the Erie · County Task Force on
Child Support Enforcement.
•co.yteLV. ~ •as, a partner
with Jaeclde, Fleiscbmann &amp; Mugel,
who wil) be honored "for her many
contributio~ to the betterment or
our community." Concentrating her
practice in trusts and estates, elder
law and adoption, she is former
president of the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York. She
is president or the board of directors of Legal Services for the Elderly,
Disabled and Disadvantaged of
Western New York and a commiJ·
sinner on the Erie CountyCommiJsion on the Status ofWomen.
• Anthony J. aenoldo. ·so. a senior partner with Renaldo. Myers
&amp; Palumbo, P.C., who will be honored 04 for his exemplary perfor·

mance in business.• Concentrating
in land use, be has served as attorney to such local projects as student housing and The Commons
at UB, the Tops Distribution Center in Lancuter. Canterbury
Woods Rrtirement Community in
Amherst and the waterfront condominiums in Erie Basin Marina.
A catalyst in the revitaliz.ation of
the Law Alumni Association in the
1960s, be bas served as president
and vice president of the group.

•u.s.a.p. .,_M. ..,_..
who will receive the Aaron N. Bloch
Memorial Award, named for the
late UB provpst, "for outstanding
service to the community by a nonalumnus.• Elected to the New York
StateAsxmblyin 1988andtoCongms in 1998, be rep~ts New
York's 27th consressional district.
He is a member of the House RUTes
Committee, and serves as deputy
whip in House leadership.

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A navigation-friendly Gllllpus
New signage amongit;nprovements to UB aesthetics, council told
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Kl!tulMrsityismaking
a significant effort to
improve campus aes ~
thetics, including the
implementation of signage that
will make UB easier to navigate.
This was the message that
Michael Dupre, ~ssociate vice
president for unhottsity facilities,
brought to the UB Council at the
group's April 13 meeting.
During the 1990s. UllMnityFacilities' operating budget saw significant reductions, Dupre noted.
" Between 1990-91 and today,
we;re down $7 million annually, so
that's bad an impact on what we·~
done (in terms of maintenance
and aesthetic imp~ents)," he
said. But the reductions were ·a
good exercise," and "in 1998-99, we
mo~ into a ~-year-plan that
will help investments on campus."
Among those investments is an
estimated $2.5 million that UB
expec:ts to spend on exterior
sigoage, which currently, Dupre
said, is "horrible_•
In all, the project will invol~ the
constructtion of I ,200 signs, includificant new masonry signmade ofbrick on the North

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ca. as well as ve. g. pedestrian and
special
signage, Dupre said
Bu.ildings themsel&gt;es also are getting a facclift, including exterior
restoration of buildings on the
South Campus and the demolition
of metal bu.ildings "as possible."
Dupre noted that Parker Annex already has been tom down, and others will be demolished in the future.
"Moving math to the North
Campus will help," be said.
The exterior stone walls of Foster
Hall ha~ been steamcleaned to remove yean of dirt and stains, and
future efforts will focus on Crosby
and Hayes halls. Oark Hall has been
painted, something that hadn't been

done in 20 years, Dupre said
also outlined improomneots
to the ground Ooor of Capen Hall. a
transformation that President William R Greiner called "miraculous."
• That placet• Greiner com mented, • we could not keep it
clean. I come in that way every
single moming .... Students were
notusingiL ..Nowwe'~redaimed
the spaa as an entryway and as a
gathering placz for students."
Campus renovations also include improvements to sidewalks,
parking lots, fencing.landscapi.ng
and roads, Dupre noted.
But Jeremy Jacobs, chair of the
council, took issue with the work
being d()ne to the campuses.
It "should never have gotten to
that point." Jacobs also questioned
the practice of hiring outside contractors to perform restoration
work. as weU as to design and construct the masonry signposts that
w.ill mark each campus entrance.
Greiner responded that the current
universitystaffingwas"optimal." and
noted that "for capital projects, the
tradition is that you go outside."
"We certainly have the expertise
on campus .. to design the signposts, added Robert J. Wagner, senior vice president.
But, he noted, .. we tend to go to
outside finns because..., don't ~
the expertise to go from conceptual
design to the construction process."
In other business, the council
was updated on new student housing being built on campus.
Noting that Hadley Village had
sold out before students could even
get in to see whal the apartments
would be like, Greiner announced

He

that Foit-Aibert and Associates has
been chosen to design and bu.ild
South Lake Village. to be located on
the south shore of Lake LaSalle.
Construction is expected to begin this summer, with occupaney
slated for August 2000.
Tbe complex will add 500 to 700
bed spaces to the North Campus
and could be expanded to housing
for a total of 1,700 students.
Dennis Black, vice president for
student al&amp;irs, called the project
"different than anything we:ve offered before.
"A university our sitt and scope in
another setting would be expected to
have twice the (on-campus) housing
-·~provided." be added
Black noted that no determination
has been made whether apartments
in the South Lake Village complex
would be co-ed, adding"there are few
co-ed complcxos on campuses in the
State of New York."
He also told the cou ncil that the
university still plans to renovate
the residence halls on the South
Campus, although UB won't be
completing any of that work for
two to three years.
Two things are going to happen
to student housing on the South
Campus, Black said.
"The residence halls will become more connected with the
acade mi c programs on that
campus ... and the number of bed
spaces will decrease, and we ' ll
measure future neWs for housing

on the South Campus." He added
that UB will continue its work on
the University Community Initiative and th e stabilization of the
community around that campus.

Provost search committee named
Preslclent William • · c;relner has announced
the members of the search committee for the po-

sition ol provost.
The committee. which will be cnaired by Greiner,
with Senior VIce Pn!sidentRobertJ. Wog:&gt;er ser;ing as
vice chair, represents .. major campus COI&gt;Siituencies.
The committee will recommend a successor to
Thomas E. Headrick, who resigned last fall as provost. David J: Triggle, dean al the Graduate School,
has filled the duol role ol provost and dean of the

Graduote School since Jan. 1.
The provost""""' as UB's dlief academk officer,
providing leadenhip in all matters that affect the
faculty, the quofity of academk programs, research
and scholorship, and student academk lne and
learning. The provost reports directly to the ~
den~ and is the univenity's secon&lt;kanldng officer.
Greiner sold that kleally the search process wili
be completed by the end of the yeor, with the
named provost in offiCe by spring or summer 2000.
The memben of the committee ore Mkhael E.
Bemordino, vice ~I for heolth offal"; Christina Bloeboum, associate professor ond chair al the
Deportment of Mechanical and Aerospoce Engineering; Noniette Colemon. fonner president at the
undergraduote Student Association; H. William
Coles, ass«&lt;lte director al the Center for Academk
Development Senlices/Educotlonal Opportunity
Center and chair al the Professional Staff Senate;
Meca S. Cranley, dNn al the School al NUlling;

Robert J. Genco, SUNY Distinguished Professor and
chair of the Department of Oral Biology, and

Tyrone Georgiou, professor of art.
Also, Jorge J. Gracia, SUNY Distinguished Prolessor
in the Departmental Philosophy and Samuel P. Capen
Professor al Philosophy; Mary H. Gresham, vice president for public service and urban affai~; Tonya
Guzman, president al the Student Bar As5odalion;
Jeremy M. Jocob&gt;, Sr., chair al the UB Council and
chair and chief executive officer al Delaware North
Companies, Inc.; Genld S. Lippes, member al the UB
Council and a partner in the &amp;lfalo law finn al Lippes,
SiiYer&gt;tein, Mlthias and Wexler, and Lewis Mandell,
al the School ol Management.
Also, Peter A. Nickerson, professor of pathology

and dlair of the Fa&lt;:ulty Senate; Jean C. Powers,
president ol the UB Alumni Association and a partner In the Buffalo law firm ollaeckle, Fleischmann
and Mugei, LLP; Youcef Rustum, ~ior vice president for scientific affairs at Roswell Park Cancer
Institute; Deborah K. Walten, associate dean for

undergraduate education In the College of Arts
and Sciences and assistant professor of computer

science ond engineering, ond Carol Zemel, professor and chair of the Deportment ol Art History.
Ex-&lt;lfficlo memben ore Eileen P. Cain, deputy to
the ~t; Carole Smith Petro, assodote vice
president for univonity services, and Loyce Stewart.
director al the Office ol Equity, Divenity and Alfir.
m1tive Action Adminlstnltion.

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Fulbright.grant competition opens
11oe U.S. JnbmationA@I!ncy(USIA), the~ William 1'ullxl!bl Foreign

Scbolarship Board and the Institute oflnternatiooal EducatioD (DE) h;M
opened the 1998-99 oompetition fOr Fulbright and related grants fOr
graduate study abroad in aadonic fidcb and fOr proe.s.;ooa! training in
the~and perbmingarts.
Applicants must be U.S. citizms at the time of application and hold a
bacbekx's degree or its equivalmt by the beginning date of the grant. Oea!M and perfunningartists are not rtqUired to h;Ma bacbekx's degree. but
they must h;M lOurY""" of ~t training or study. Cand.idat&lt;s in medicine must h;M an M.D. orequivalmt, (e.g., D.D.S., O.D. etc.) at the lime of
application. Applicants are rtqUired to have suffic:ient proliciency in the
1anguatje.ofthe boot country to carry out t1xir ~study or researdl.
FuDgrantsprovideround-tripintemationaltr.MI,rnaintmanctilrthetmurcoftheaward,a researdt allowancr and tuition war...., ifappticable. Travel
grantsprovideround-tripinll:mationaltr.Mlandareavailabletoaaed&lt;nmtries to suppl&lt;mmt maintmanc:e awanls from other souras that do not provide fund&lt; fur intematinnal trawl or to suppl&lt;mmt the app!X:ant's pmonal
funds. AD grants indude supplemental bealth and aa:id&lt;nt insuror!a.
~progr.unandappliabooinixmationi&lt;&lt;Xlrll2inldinthebrod!ure,

"Fuuxightand Rdated Grants iJr Graduate Sludyand Rt:soan:h Abrood,21XX).
200J." UBstudolllssbouldaJnlact MarkAsbwil, ~ progr.un advioor, in
224 Clem&lt;ns HaD, North~ or caD 66-2292 iJr broclues. applicdion
filrm&lt;and !1l0ttinixmaticn Deadline fur rea:ipt of applications is Sept. 24.

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the College of Arts and Sciences will hold an open house from 4-6 p.m.
tomorrow in the south wing of the Biomedical Education Bu.ilding on
the South Campus to introduce the public and the South Campus com·
munity to the new location of its Speech, wguage and Hearing Oinic.

The clinic provides a variety o f services to child/en and adults in
the evaluation and treatment of speech-language and hearing disorders. The department and its clinical program moved to its present

location in January from Park Hall on the North Campus.
The open house will include tours of the clinic facilities and the
department 's research laboratories. Refreshments will be served.
The department educates specialists and conducts research in a
variety of areas involving speech producti on, language comprehen sion, and the physiology and functi oning of the audjrory system .

In addition, the following services are offered at the clinic hearing
tests, hearing aid selection and dispensing. aural rehabilitltion and counseling. and evaluation and treatment of such conditions as cent:raJ auditory processing disorders, deft palate, autism, augmentltive communication, phonological development, language and learning problems,
aphasia and related neurogenic disorders, voice and laryngectomy,
dysftuency/stuttering, and articulation and dialect differences.

UB Securities Clinic
to offer investment workshops
Afraid your lnYestrnent portfolio won ' t provide for your rrti rt&gt;ment? Do n't know whether to practi ce .. do-it -yourself" investing or
use a pro fessional? Int imidate-d by investment termino logy?
Then you' ll want to attend three workshops scheduled from 811 :30 a. m . May I , 8 and 22 m Room I 12 of Jacobs Mana.,gement
Center o n the North Cam pu s. Designed for the general public, th e
worksho ps are being offe red through the UB Secu rities Clinic, one
of only four of its kind in th e U.S. The clinic, a unit of the Center for
the St udy of Business Transactions, is a collaborative effort between

the Law School and the School of Management.
The workshops a~ sponsored by the American Association of Retired
Persons (MRP) and the C&lt;ntcr for the Study of Business Transactions.
The investment -education workshops arc part of the Secu riti es
Clinic's multidimensional outreach services that include indepen ·
dent evaJua.rions of individual investor portfolios and specific fi nancial products, as wrU as dispute-resolution services.

Speakers will be Joseph Ogden, associate professor and chair of the
Department of Finance and Managerial Economics in the School of
Management, and Cheryl Nichols, assistant professor in the law school.
Nichols, an NASD Rigulation, Inc. arbitrator and a former senior en·
forcr:ment anomer with the Securities and Exchange Commission , has
more than eight yean of experience in the financial -services industry.
Ogden has testified in litigation cases involving investor-broker disputes. has written extensively on various topi cs concerning the fi nancial markets and has won several research awards, incl uding the

American Association of Individual Investors (AAII ) Award of the
Financial Management Association for Best Paper in Investments.
The first workshop on May I w.ill focus on mastering investing basics. The second session on May 8 will concentrate on how to chC&gt;OSt
mutual funds for retirement and allocate assets in a pension fund.
The final workshop on May 22 will address managing investments.
Team members will be available for one-on-one consultations.
Individual workshops are $15 per person and $35 for the series.
Space is limited. To register, call Beverley Prendergast at 645-2167

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gtime lack of community, medical and gov-

ernment support for
women suffering from
a range of mental disorden: has
prompted Erie County to IOU steps
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(I REWG ), took place Friday in
Harriman HaD and featured presen-

tations by researchers from 1M: disciplines and poster presentations by
two dozen others that described research by or about women.
In her keynote ~ GrantBishop discussed the large number
of mentally ill American women

who are neither diagnosed nor
treated correctly because primarycare pbysiciai!s do not properly diagnose the physical symptoms of
clinical and sub-dinical depression.
She said that during her tenure,
the county bas moved to improve
sensitivity training and education
programs fOT its health-care workers, promote better outreach efforts and raise awareness of the
consequences of substance abuse
for the physical and mental health
of women. It also bas expanded
day-are fllcilities to acmmmodate
· women in substance·abu.se treat·
ment progranu, which bas significantly increased attendance.

She warned that drug use is exceptionally dangeruus for women,
whether or not they are the usen.
"A large number of black. Hispanic and poor women are living
in homes where drug use is prn-alent, and alcohol aod substance
abuse are very, very strongly linlced
with violence against wom.t.n ,"
Grant-Bishop said, quoting from
the Commonwealth Study on the
effects of substance abuse.
• Men who abuse drug.l are 28
times more likely to abuse their
wi..,. than those who don't abwe
drugs," she pointed ouL "Women
living in such conditions ar&lt; II
times more likdy to be murdered
than those in drug-Cr.., homes.
"Dapik the serious threats to
their mental Ood physical wdl-being." Grant-Buhop said, "these
women often find mental-health
servi!:a diffiadt to ocx:ra. porticularly in rucal anas where there are

few ~andalod&lt;oftranspoc­
tation. In the city, the lad&lt; of tranopor;tatioo and of child..,..., facililies
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some for these women to avail
tbemoeMs ofthebdpthal is offend.
"o..ntuiDy, this ladtofc:aremakea
their oooditioo wone and provolra
serious problrmo in ~ dDidrm,
&amp;mily and &lt;XliD11lUDity,' ""' llid.
Grant-Bishop also discuaed li&gt;!'
high rates of affective disorden,
eatins disorders, poor health care
and~ and-..,! obwe reported"""""~ siriL
She outlined some of the pro-

grams that ""' and County Elr.ecutive Dennis Gonki " - helped institute to improve these condi-

tion•-&lt;ultural competmcy training for staffers working with people
outside their own ethnic. racial and

economic communities; day-care

facililies at mental-health treatment
sites, more outreach propams. values-darificatio training.ronsurner
training and mentoring.
The commisaiooer, a former vice
president and director of the Community Mental Health Center at
Buf&amp;Jo Geoenl Hoopital, called for
programs that offer better linbges
with churchea and community
p-oupo. focus on the serious emotional problems facing many teens.
prornc4e upwanl mobility and help
girls to dewlopa better bodyiJnatle.
A tbr. .- time UB alumnu1,
Grant-Bishop is a dinicaJ insttuctor of psychiatry and &amp;miJy medicine in the Sdl.,.;l of Medicine and
Biomtdical ScimceL Sbe is the author of the book •Managing in
Bladt and WbilL"

been used for the past thr.., years
to teach hands-on microKOpy
skills to advanced nwsing gradual£ students.
SaootJooeo, a gradual£
student in the Department of
American Studies, who discussed
how official history can be recon-

• .-e

ciled with the onl and •fictional"
histories written by women from
outside the recognized authoritative structure_ In ber talk, "Women
Writing Women: How Do We R&lt;concile Official History with Fictional History!" she used "House
on the Lagoon." a prize-winning
novd by Puerto Rican authorand ...ant UB lecturer-Rosario
Ferre to illustrak ber point that
•a11 histories are provisional" bec;awe they all involve wues of
power and inclusion.

.....proe..or
-,_,research.. .,._

ciate

of~

wbo

praented nsearcb findinp that indicaltthal ......... plays an impor-

Followina Grant-Bishop's talk.
scientisis diKuaaed the teSults of
their raeardL AmoDB·thcm _.e
preaentatiou by:
•toot ...... UIOciak profeuor
of 1inguistia, who cliscuAed her
grounclbrealtintJ research on the
cognitift functions of male' and
female brains conducted with
Alan l.ocl&lt;wOod.
of....,_

tive effeCts of sttess on women's
blood .,......,. by pmoentinc the
restriction.of...... blood flow produced in anxiety-producing situations. Her nsearcb...O.Son this
study _.. Marilou OliD&amp;. clinical

feuor and chair of the Dq&gt;artment ofLinpistica. '

medicine md nuclear medicine.
The -conference poster session
indud&lt;d research praentations in
such 6elds as cdl biology (effects

.,...,c-or
rology, and a.bbat Van Valin, pro-

........ ~·w.t!I!.P~­
.-..1 ... ~·~
plinary Womm's Health .Mjaoorop}"' instructiooal module clemoped bynuninl and miaobiology
faculty. She said the module bas

tant role in oouotaactingthe nep-

instructor of pharmacy, and
Michael F. Wilson, 9rofessor of

of phytoestrosens), Amecic:an

studies, literature and sociology
(~ relationship between idealized body types and women's
physical and mental health).

Alexandridis wins NSF career development grant
.,ELLEN~

News s.Mces

f.dltor

W

HAT do cdl membranes, shampoo/

rooditionen, the ink
your ink-jet
printer and thermoplastic elastomer
polymers " - in common !
They all rontain amphipbilic molecules, which means they"- an af-

in

finityfordiffm:nt media, allowing for
distinct prOperties to be built into a
single system or product.
These molecules, which may be
block copolymers, surfactants or
lipids. can self-assemble into extremely" complex and often very
useful advanced materials.
·Paschalis Alaandridis, assistant
professor of chemical engineering
in the School of Engineering and

Applied Sciences, bas been awanled

au-

an NSF Faculty Early
Devdopment grant to study these extremely promising molecules. The
grant pays up to $4j)O,OOO over four
years with industry support.
The awards recognize yuung faculty members who have demon strated outstanding potential as science and engineering investigators
and educators.
The work Alaandridis is doing
is geared toward making intricate
structures at scales ranging from
nanometer (one billionth of a
meter) to micrometer (one mil·
lionth of a meter).
"Miniaturization and nanoma-

t&lt;rialsareemerging thanes inscimce
and technology:' said AleDndridi.s.
"The....,.,.,...,.-lmgthscall:sarenot
aa:essible by &lt;X&gt;DY&lt;Dtional machining. SC! wellftld to build them by uoing molecules as
't.go&amp;: My 'Legoo'
are amphiphilic
moieaJies, and by

tailoring them,""
can build into
them

specific

functions, such as
molecular recog-

nition or non-linear optical behavior.'"
The project is aimed at llllCOY&lt;ring the fundamental science bebind
the self-assembly of amphipbilic

mol&lt;cules,suchas blod&lt;ropolymen.
AaxlnlingtoAieundridis, the key
to the research is essentially finding
out how to build a desired
~based on the self-assembly of block cOp&lt;&gt;iyi,7,ers, and
with the bdp of sohmts. It also is

&lt;XlllC&lt;%lled with maintaining through
polymeriution or crosslinkiqg. for
eample, the stability and other properties of this nanostructure that are
nemoary to rnalcetheresultingproducts useful and practi&lt;al.
Applications for these nanoma terials range from new catalysts for
the chemical and petroleum industries to formulations of pharma=ticals or personal -&lt;are products.
One familiar example of the
principles these kinds of materi-

als are based on is the shampoo/
conditioner packaged in one
bottle, says Alaandridis.
"Wrth these products, you " two ingredients formulated to gether, but perii&gt;rming two separate
functions," he explained "First, the
shampoo cleans your hair byremovingtbe dirt and then therooditioner
deposits on the hair mOlecules that
rnalce it smooth and shiny."
lbat aample demonstrates the
basic issues Alexandridis is studying: the fundamental problem of
bow to build nanomaterials and the
applications of how to put these
molecules together in fOTmulations
that achieve a~ function.
He cunmtly is studying bow to
capitalize on sdf-asaemblyin seven!
such systems, such as bow to devdopbetterinksforink-jc:tprinters
by finding dlicientwayi to rombine
rolor and nonbleed ploperties in
ink. as wdlas bow to deYdop better
ron~act-leus materials with the besl
microstructures for making them
romfortable on the eye.
The m05t basic application of an
amphipbilic molecule is the cell
membrane, he explained.
·
"The secret of life is to keep all
the important molecules in close
proDmity so that they can interact with each other," he said. "The
cdl membrane that holds things
together is based on the self-assembly of lipids to form a bilayer."
A faculty member since 1997,

Alexandridis earned his doc:tqnl
degree in chemical engineering
from the Massachusetts lnstituk
of Technology.
His raearch interests span the
areas of polymers. c:nl.loids and surfaces, with a cunmt focus on block
copolymers in the prosenoe of solvents. Other ongoing poly;,er
projects deal with polymer solutions, gels, and adbesjon. In the
fields of colloids and surfaces,
Alaandridis bas contribut&lt;d to the
self-asaemblyof ampbiphiles in solution.lyutropic liquid tryllals,and
polymer-swfactant interactions.
His nsearcb is funded by the National Science Fouodation, Petroleum, Research Fund, Bausch &amp;:

1.omb, Xam. Fl&lt;xOvit USA,Silipoo.
l&gt;rotec:ti.e Closures Co. and Proaer
&amp; Gamble, as wdl as other souras.
and imooMsnwn&lt;roUS national and
international oollaboatiOOSAI&lt;:DDdridis is the autbo&lt; q;.mautborofmorethanSo~ar­
tides and book chap~&gt;m,~ bas
prqented more than 60 lectum at
national and international scientific meetings, at universities and
industry. His honors include the
Dow Outstanding New Faculty
Award from the American Society
for Engineerins Ecluatio!', the
Am~ Oil'Cht6ust.' Society
OutstaOOing l'resentation Award.
and dection to the Sigma Xi Scientific Raearch Society and the
New York Academy of Sciences.

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Panel reports on make-up work
Developing 01Je-size-fits-alllanguage is difficult, FSEC told

., _ _a.a
~EditDf

EFINING a policy reuiring faculty memto provide miliup tesu or additional
instruction for students who mia
exams or classes due to other u.oiversity-supported commitments
has proven to be frustrating for a
Faculty Senate committee.
Jack Meacham, professor ofpoychology and chair of the senate's
Educational Programs and Policies Committee, related his panel's
difficulties to the Faculty Senate

ing the "actual wording (for a
policy) that does what's right for
the faculty, that does what's right
for the students."
The committee bas devoted two
meetings to discussion of the issue,
and bas assigned the task to a subcommittee, he said, adding that the
committee will spend one more
meeting wr&lt;Siing with the issue.

......

......... . _.........

~.~

Executive Committee at the
group's April14 meeting.
Meacham wed the example of
the student-athkte to illustrate to
FSEC members the issue of students who essentially have "two
contracts" with UB: a contract to
pe~form

on a team-or some

other"univasity-sanctinned commitment"-and a contract to fulfill all of the requirements of the
courses in which the athlete is enrolled. There may be instances, he
said, where the athlete is expected

to partidpate in an athletic con-

\

test out of town on the same day
an exam is scheduled in one of the
athlete's classes. In these cases, students are "caught in a bind as to
which contract rules.•
Although providing make-up
work usually does not pose a problem for faculty members teaching
small counes, who easily can mili
other arrangements, Meacham acknowledged that for faculty teaching large courses of 100-450 students, the notion of having a policy
requiring them to provide miliup exams or additional instruction
for students with a variety of com·
mitments or legitimate absences is
"frightening."
"There are two 'goods' here that
we're trying to balance," he said.
"What's called for is balance, reasonableness and fairness on the
part of both faculty and students."

Meacham said his committee

was having a hard time develop-

won't get through all the situations
that arise," Meacham replied, not ·
ing that students do have family
~and at least half of stu·
dents work and may miss class due
to a change in work schedule.
Wtlliarn Baumer, professor of
philosophy, told FSEC members
that he has made it a policy to give
make-up exams. In addition, he

said, he gives students a certain
number of absences they can use
before their grades are affeeted and
suggested that that kind of policy
is a reasonable way to spare faculty
members from the inevitable "dy·
ing grandmother" acuses.
Meacham pointed out that most

faculty members have a variety of
JAC1t MEACHAM

In response to an observation
from Mitchdl Harwitz, associate
professor of economia, who suggested that tbe problem was isolated to large classes with "particularly rigid schednling problems or
a particularly rigid faculty instructor," Meacham pointed out that

some small classes do require
some set-up, such as laboratory
facilities, that would be difficult to
recreate a few days later.
Moreover, he noted that there

arc some courses, such as the
American Pluralism course that he
teaches, in which students learn

through interacting with each
other in class. While he can relate
to the student the theme or the
class. '"that's not the same as having them struggle for an hour and
a half through a number of exercises with their peer&gt; and debate
the issues and come to insights in
their own mind. I can't recreate
that experience for the students."
Harwitz suggested that in those
cases, the facultY member put a "'lag
on the syllabus that says there are aspects of this class that can't be
rescheduled . .. the student has to
make a choi&lt;x."
But having such a warning on the
syllabus "doesn't guarantee that we

procedures that they use in these
situations, procedures that differ
from department to department ,
discipline to discipline, and also
depend upon tb,e personality of
tbe instructor"and to some extent

bow many times you 've been
burned recently."
The committee's difficulty has

not been with developing ex·
amples of procedures that have
worked for faculty members, but
with developing language that, if
presented as a Faculty Senate resolution, would work for all faculty
and all departments and all types
of classes. "We're stuck at that.;
Mc:acham admitted.
Samuel Schack, professor of
mathematics. said he didn't think
the Faculty Senate should try to

.. micromanage how instructors
conduct their courses." The reason
the committee is having trouble
developing a regulation, he suggested, is because there should not
be a universitywide regulation as
to how faculty handle these types
of situations.
What might be more appropri·
ate, he said, is for the senate to develop some sort of appeals pro·
cess that a student might pursue

to receive an impartial hearing
when a faculty member is not

thority, the senate will continue

"'The strongest insurance you
have against mischief is that somebody is watching." The senate frequently complains about "mischief done" (by the administra·
tion) because"we haven't watched.
This is a resolution that says ' put
it in the charter that we will start
"1&lt;\tching.' Let's do that."
Claude Welch, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the
Department of Political Science,
complimented Georg&lt; on his oh-

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or 64 5- 3542.
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BrieBy
Earth Day activities today

~--1

"to ignore all the problems going
on around here and then, afterwards, insist that somebody misbehaved.

Earth Day '99 and beyond
o.,.

Throughout the world, Earth
is recognized as the symbol o f
environmental responsibility and stewardship. First launched in the
United States in 1970 and celebrated every April 22. Earth Day is the
largest environmental event worldwide. Today, we cdebrate. along
with its founders. Gaylord Nelson and Denis Hayes, the 29th ann i,
versary of the birth of the environmental movcmenl. These events
have inspired the U.S. Congress to pass dean air and water acts, and
to establish the Environmental Protection Agency to research and
monitor environmental issues and enfora environmental laws.
You' U find scveraJ Earth Day sites on the Internet, many which
have the same information, including the history of Earth Day and
events calendars. However, there·are a few that have unique topics.
The Wtlderness Society, which sponsors Earth Day '99, &lt;http:/I
.-...s.,..- . . . . s.org/ &gt; addresses wilderness and wildlife p=·
ervation, as weU as protecting America's forests. parks. rivers and
deserts. It also includes a "Teacher's Lounge" where they've put together tools to teach about the land and con.se.rvation year-round.
The motto of earthday.org &lt;http://www.eartJHUy.org/ &gt; is
"Make EVERY Day Earth Day!" It contains many Earth Day events
and activities. ceo-educational resources for teachers and more than
700 Web pages of environmental information. If you want to ex·
change information and ideas within the environmental community, Earth Day '99 Online &lt;http:/ /.-...s.,..-.org/&gt; has
the Envirol..ink Forum. Featured forums include religion and ani mals, forest issues and book reviews.
Earth Day Canada &lt;http:/ /www..-...s.,..ca/&gt; addresses how
Canadians are participating in Earth Day activities. In Canada, Earth
Day bas grown into Earth Week and even Earth Month to accom·
modafe the profu5ion of events and projects. This site bas programs
and resources that can help you organize a successful event or project
in your organization or community. It features event ideas. projects
and activities. and assistance and tools to help you achieve your en-.
vironmental goals throughout the year.
It's not too soon to start thinking about Earth Day 2000! This
will be the largest environmental event in history and the Earth
Day Network &lt;http://www.urtlMII.,..net/&gt; can help you participate. Earth Day Network, the in~ernationaJ organization coordinating Earth Day 2000 events worldwide, is launching the
' New Energy for a New Era' campaign during Earth Week 1999
(April 18-24). The Earth Day 2000 campaign will be a year of
education, outreach and activism around ene.rgy production and
use, and its impacts on human health, air, water, land use otnd
wildlife.
To find out more about environmental issues, try the Amazing
Environmental Organization Web Directory &lt; http:/www.
-bcllrectory.com/ &gt;. This search engine is dedicated
to helping others keep in touch and informed on the
Internet. With thousands of sites. it is the largest
exclusively environmental organization directory
on the Web and includes sites from more th~lOO
countries.

willing to accommodate the student.

Faculty Senate
Mo=ver, the bylaws of the Voting Faculty give primary jutisdiction. to the academic units.
However, he said, he does see the
possibility that, despite new au -

5

jective: •making faculty governance real:
The Faculty Senate already has
the power, responsibility and obligation to oversee graduate and
professional programs, Welch said.
But the body should proceed
slowly "doing what we can do already" to avoid ruffiing (jurisdic·
tional) concerns," he advised.
" My sense is that the powers arc
there, they need to be exercisedthat's the way to avoid mischief.
The opportunity ~ have is here
and present for us to take," he said.
ln other business. the senate:
• Approved a proposal that would
limit to 18 the number of credits
students punuing bachelor's de·

grees can tarn through tutorial
oourseworlc. or independent study.
Senators rejected a provision of
the proposal that would limit to

12 the number ofletter-graded (A,
8, C, D) credits earned through
tutorial co urscwork that could
count toward graduation.
• Unanimously approved a resolution recognizing former SUNY

Trustee Arnold Gardner for his
.. superlative service and accomplishment in support of.this great
public university and this cam-

pus.'" Gardne r, who served as a
SUNY trustee for 19 years, is now

a member of the Board of Regents.
• Heard a first readin g of an
..alert" warning faculty members
of the perils involved in engaging
in coQsensual relationships with
their students. The senate will vote
on the issue, which has been floun ·
dering around the senate for two
years, at its last meeting of the se·
mester May II.

will feature special meals
Today Is Earth Day! To celebrate the nationally recognized day
founded to increase environmental awareness. two UB groups are
inviting members of the campus community to share a meal with
them today.
The UB Environmental Network (UBEN ) is hosting a vegetarian
picnic outside the Student Union o n the North Campus, beginning
at 11 a.m. The picnic is open to all members of the UB COJllmunity
for $2 per person and will include a rock-climbing wall, music from
a drum circle and nutritious, vegetarian foods served on reusable
dinnerware, which means no paper. plastic or Styrofoam!
In addition, the Buffalo Animal Rights Coalition (BARC) will
sponsor an all-vegan-no meat, fish. dairy or any other animal prod ucts--potluck dinner at 6 p.m. in Pistachio's in the Student Uni on.
BARC is asking that attendees bring their own plact settings to rt ·
duce waste. The cost of the dinner is $2 with a vegan dish and $4
without one.
Earth-Day activities at UB also will include an exhibit in the Un dergraduate Library on the North Campus featuring books on a wide
variety of environmental topics. The exhibit, on display on the first
floor of the UGL until May 3, was organized by Aprille Nace. a stu·
dent in the School of Information and Library St udi es.

�UB senior is first
'Miss University'
Tara Ann Neil, a UB senior, is crowned the first Miss
University by Deana Herrera, Miss New York State 1998,
at the Miss Buffalo and Miss University Scholarship
Pageant. The pageant. an official preliminary competition
for Miss America, was held Saturday eYening in the Student Union Theatre. Neil, who will par:tidpate in the
.Miss New York State pageant in June, is president of the
Undergraduate History Council and senes·on three
departmental committees in the Department of History
in the
of Arts and Sc!ences.

No oonception delay from eating lake fish

Study finds no lag in concepbon related to male consumption of lAke Ontario fish
OMEN whose part·
oersatelaUOntario
port 6sh, known to

W

be

c.ootami.n ated

with residua of PC&amp; and pati- .
cida, did not take longer to conceive than women whose partners
didn't eat such 6sh, UB raearchersinvolvedintheNewYork State
Angler Study have found
Many contaminants found in
Great taUs 6sh have been linked
to adverse reproductive and &lt;levelopmental effects in wildlife populations that eat the 6sh, and these
contaminants · also have been
found in the human Diale and female reproductive tratts. Tim;.
one of the first population-based
studies to focus on the role of paternal contaminated- fish con:
sumption and reproduction.
Results of the study, 1-w hy
Germaine M. Budt,associak professor ofsocial and prewntivemedicine
in the sdiOOI of Medicine and Bio-

•we found no evidence of an
adverse effect of taU Ontario 6sh

coDIUIIIpCiaa on risk of CDII&lt;Zpticmildolr." Buck oaid. "lic&gt;weftr,
the liDdiap..., rdnmt oalj&gt; for
couples with a known time-topr&lt;SJIIDCY. Women wbo did not
con~eive. of which there were
-many, or who didn' t know bow
long it took them to conceive,
aren't included in this study."
ThoNewYorkSialeAII&amp;bScudy
was undertdm in 1991 to determine the ~ CODIOCjuenc:es of
eating fiah from LaU Ontario,
known to be the moot polluted of
the Great Lalra. 'J'bC, study bas assembled a populatioo-based &lt;XJbort
oflioensed ansJen and their spouses
or partners &amp;om 16 counties sur~ taU Ontario, imolvins
10,S17 men and 7,4nwomen who
were~ the ..,.. of 18 and 40
when the study bepn.
The sample for this investigation was composed of785 women
who bad bad a pregnancy~
1991 -93, and for whom the investigators bad complete information
on patcmal fish consumption and
time-to-pregnancy.
Concq&gt;tion dday was defined as
requiring more than 12 menstrual
cycleS with unprotected intermurse

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for the 1999-2000 ymr, placz emphasis on introductol'y-ieYel
altll'lleS preparaiDiytD the inauguration o{theA1:1:1s99 initiatiYe.
The
wassp&lt;nomi bytheOfticeolthe SeniorV~ee Provost fur Elhntinnal.'lklmology.

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baodODdno-lbe.....,:. Onwio fioh- .-x:ialal with
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the number Clf ,_.. Clf alinfl &amp;oh
~ .-1 proopectiw IIUdiea of
from taU Onwio bctweca 1955- palemll &amp;oh consumplioo in ~
91, and doe PCB index. akuloa.d latioo to the fall ...... of reprofrom the frequency, type and duc:tMouta&gt;mes,andCIII'I'Oboraamount of &amp;oh eatm.
tion fr:om other angler popula·
Raults showed that 78 pen:mt' tio111, before we can arrme au deof the womeu became prqp&gt;~Dt in tailed -.nent of male-medi·
less than six lpODfhl. indicating DO ated risb," she oaid. ·
conccplion dday. Sixty-six pen:mt
Additional rcsearchcn on the
of fathers reported eating LaU study wen )obn Vena of the UB
Ontario fish between 1955-91, DeputmentofSocial.andi'reYenwbile only 38 percent said they live Medicine; Pauline Mmdola,
bad eaten it duribs 1991.
formerly ofSociol and PreYentive
R.esultui&gt;OW&lt;d that in this study . Medicine and DOW with the £m:i.
group. none of the measures of ronmental Protection Aaency;
paternal fish consumption re- Lowdl SeYer of the Battdk ~
suited in an increaaed risk of de- tcrs for Public Health Raearcb
layed conception, Buck said. The and Evaluation in Seattle, and
findings held up even after re- Hebe G~ein, James Olson
stricting the analylis to men whose and Frank D. S1q&gt;bcn. oil of the
partners ate no taU Ontario fish UB Department ofPbarmacology
to minimize the effect of female and Tmicology.
,.
6sh consumption, she said.
The study was funded in part
Buck cautioood opinst constru· through grantJ from the Great
ing these results to mean that eat· LaUs Protection Fund and the
ing taU Ontario fish bas DO ad-...rse Apcy for Tom Substances and
effects on reproduction, hownlcr. A Disease Rqistiy.

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Seier-. "SupppcmcntaiSclf-PaoodMultimcdial.eamingToolsinCol-

legc «Arts and Scimccs Introductory Sboliotia Courses," $9,940

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CXliDIDDII 'Nib- a "\\bbd Oviialion" CJIUI1C ooctions, $9,200

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literacy;" $9,()02

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probor, Deputment of~
"Teaching Structuns 'IbrouBh Multimedia: An inl&lt;nctiYt Exploration of Struclunl1 Coocq&gt;ts Uooiac D;pal 'fechnolosy;" $9,100

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portmcnt Malbcm.tia, "onnine c.lcuJus 'I'utorini: An N:as99

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Prnfoct." $6,950

* ...... -·curator, Department ofArt History, "Art History k-

IOUJaS ... the lmaDtt and ~at UB."$149
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UB system
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The algorithmo, for example,
would provide such fast penlion of imops that diriiciana a&gt;Uid
tili preciae imops of the buman
heart during •"''"'Y·

The major diHermce between
current ultruound Jyllellll and
!hose enviaiooed by Soumekh lito
in their theoretical buia. The,_
advanced c:ommercial ultruonicimosinB aystema generate picrura
by focuaing ·tbe ultrasound beam
point by point on a target repon,
a method that Soumekh says is
prohibitiftly time-coiiiWilinsBy contrast, bii propoaed .,.... .
tern for diagnoatic ultrUODic imopng is baaed on a fundamental
theory in optics tbat says that it iJ

Trac~ an~ Rei~

not necessary to create imqes
tbrougb the con..,ntional pointby-point method.

Men and__, placed lint at Albany lrwleadonal

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"*'~ (1'10 po.) and -~ (20S po.) tndt"""" pbced llru ..
" ' " , . , lrwtadonold&gt;ls p o s t Top tlnlsilers lor lklfalo i&gt;dudod Rud1 Conlon (disaa - 3'1.22m. hlnvne&lt; .
52.77m) lor lhe -~ _,and lla&gt;Ndl G....,. (disaa - 4S.28m. hammer •
51 35m) and o..td Monic (200m- 22.57,&lt;00m • &lt;9.66) lor lhe .,..,.,_ AI three
hod two ftnt,place-- apoce.
The-~ &lt;41&lt;100-morer•...ay squad (-48.00) and""'~ .quad
(3:56.42) bach pbced lim.
~ ··olso .....
vicmrious wl&lt;h. lime of ):20.7&lt;.
Some merrben allhe Buls .quads will W&lt;e par&lt; In the ·Penn Rebys ttm
-.lklfalo hom tho UB Open d1ls -.bod.

This theory, called the Gabor

Wavefront

lte(.onstructiop

Theory, developed early in the
20th century, makes it possible to
exploit otate-of-the-art computational.,.,.,...to generate fast, higbre50lution iJnases.
"With this theory, it iJ as though
· I am focuaing tbe camera at a act
of points along one line," be ex~
plained, "and aU other points or
targeu before and after tbat line
· appear smeared. Then I tili
· ose data, put them iA the com;
puter, and use algorithms buedon
niy theoretical work to essentially
eblur the targeu."

e compares the situation to

while""' .....

quiddydown a atreetseeawhen he
loob at the curb.
"Your eye is making a measurement of what it sees,• said
Soumekh. "In ultrasound or radar,
it is the same thing; the target
looks blurred. But that is just the
signature of the target."
According to Soumekh, bii al-

gorithms model what would be
the motion of the car and the target. removing the blur from the
picture and producing a signature
of the target that is in focus.
"It allows us to distinguish the
target from its surrdundings," h e
said, • whether it is a man-made
target bidden in foliage or a small
tumor in. a human organ.•

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Put student-athletes in 'Kudos'
To T1oa Editor:
As an avid reader of the Reporter online (in New York City), I bel lieve that you have left out of your "Kudos• column some very im·
portant people at UB. These people have brought honor to tbe school

this academic year.
There has been no credit given to the numerous student-athletes
who have pur the word ..student• in the phrase "'student-athlete."
Athletes o n both the men~s and women's teams have won honors
for their academic prowess, combined with their athletic skills.
I believe credit should be given to all of these students, as well as
tbeir coaches and the administrators in the athletic department. It
is through the coaches and administrators who assist the studentathletes that the student -athletes are able to excel in the classroom.
as well as on the fields of play. .
Therefore, kudos and a tip of the hat to the true student -athletes
at UB who should be recognized in tbe Reporter. It iJ these student- •
athletes that make me feel p ro ud to be a graduate of tile top sch ool
in the SUNY system.

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lnlonnation. cal

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The Keylllnk Donee S&lt;ries,
C..... for lhe Ms. B p.m.
S18, S15, S9, SWdenU SS. For

Study- -.op. Norton 104D.

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mono informotJon, aii64S-ARTS.

Exhibits

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too, ~ al Phy&gt;ics and A&gt;uonomy,

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States. and~ Objects.Dobo&lt;oh
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An exhibit of t&lt;flior student projects

In lhe School al Archkoctu"' and

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335 Hoyos Hill on lhe South
CAmpus. Hours 11rt: Mon.-Fri., 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit b frft.

A show al worl&lt; by senior MFA

=u~n~:f'S:is~b~
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ln the An ~rtment
~a:~~~gyand

Sciences Comple&gt;c. North Campus. ..

p.m. F,... CCHpC&gt;Il50&lt;0d by lhe

' Chemisby-Biology Groduote Croup. For
more lnfo&lt;motion, aU Dr. Ceroid
l&lt;oudol&lt;o, t.lst, It 645-3&lt;89.

Gal~ lower MI. Cent~ for the

:::rues~Pt .~ t! S ~-~~~-rs
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Obituary
Joseph K. Link, 85,
medical school faculty member
A - . of Christian Burial was held Friday in Christ the King Catho·
tic Church, Snyder, for Joseph K. Link, 85, a lJediatrician who served
as a faculty m ember in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sci·
enccs. Link, who was a pediatric consultant for chronic-disease re ·
search at UB, died April l2 in h is Snyder home after a lengthy illness.
ln addition to condu ct ing a private practice, Lin k was chief ped iatrician at Sisters Hospital, where he also was p res ident of the staff
in 1967-68. Heretired 12 years ago.
Link, wh o received h is medical degree from Marquette University, served in the ArmYfo r two years in the Pacific and in thC' Phil ippines during World War II.
Throughout h is career, link worked extensively with disabled chil·
drcn. He was physician-in-charge at the Erie County Health Facility
for Children and School 84, and the new School 84 was dedicated in
bis honor. He was clinic medi cal director fo r th e Muscular Dystrophy
Association o f\VC'S tC'm New Yo rk at the fo rmer E.j. MC"yer Memorial
Hospital and at WCA Hospital in Jamestown. The Muscular Dystro·
phy Associatio n prese nts an annual meclicaJ award in his name.
Link conducted research on cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy,
including clinical tests on ~ drugs for treatment of the diseases.
He was chai r of the Western New Yo rk chapters of th e Cerebral
Palsy Association and the Muscular Dystrophy Association and for
several years was chair of the New York State Cereb ral Palsy Advi so ry Board. He was a membC"r of thC' board of directors of Special
Help fo r Special Ch ildren and the medical advisory committee for
the March of Dim es.

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�Millard Fillmore College
Established 1923

'I

!is

of continuous
LEARNING

�Fint IlK !loon Clcnnce S. Mcnh .

~great new moveinent in popular education

is under way, the

adult education movement. The movement has already attained
such magnittule

andgathered such momentum that it constitutes one

ofthe foremost socialphenomena ofour time... In the stimulation of
it, in the direction ofit, in the satisfaction ofits most important
needs, the urban universities are destined to play a major role."
- Samuel Capen, 1927-28 UB Annual Report

\

D uRING t:he culy decades of this century, a great wave of interest
in adult ed ucation swept through out nation's colleges and universities. Millard Ftllmore College (MFC) was a product of t:hat national
movement. MFC's development is also a major chapter in t:he history of t:he Universiry at Buffiolo (UB), sinee some of UB's most
imponant.culy development occurred in M FC.
A time traveller to the culy 1920s would not have recognized t:he
University at Buffiolo; it was nothing like the institution of today.
Although UB had by that time already been in aistenee for seventy-five years, it still had no central campw and no full-time presiden't, and it consisted of only three scbool.r--mc:dicinc:, dentistry,
and law-scattered across the city, plw a fledgling undetgraduate
arts and sciences program whose future would have seemed uneer-

Townoend Hall

ta.in. In t:he fall of 1922 UB had, however, managed to recruit a remarkable:, nationally known leader, Or. Samud P. Capen, as iu first
full-time chaneellor.
Chancellor Capen brought to UB his aperience as president
of the American Council of Education, which he had recently
founded as an outgrowth of his work during World War I in
coordinating contributionS to the war cffon by the nation's colleges and universities. This work gave h im a vision of wflat a
progressive, state-of-the-art institution m ight be, as well as an
un derstanding of what could be achieved if academics, industry,
and communiry were brought together. A prominent featUre of
stare-of-the-an institutions in the 1920s would have been an
evening college.

�Thus it should not be surprising that the
Evening Session was the very first of the many
new schools the new chancellor would establish at UB. To create this unit, Dr. Capen recruited the director of Nonhwestern

University's evening business school, Clarence
S. Marsh. By the f...ll of I 923, the UB Evening
Session had begun operations at the old
Townsend Hall, on the present site of the City
Coun building on Niagara Circle. The lim
paragraph of the Evening Session's first bulle-

tin announced the mission of the new unit:
"The University of Buffalo exisrs for service.
For more than three-quaners of a century, in

iu day sesssion it trained young men and
women in the arcs and sciences and the professions. Now it seeks to extend irs sphere of
usefulness by offering instruction in the
Evening Session to youths and adulrs whose occupational necessities
prevent their attendance in the day session of the university.•
Public response to the new program was overwhelming. Although
planning had envisioned a lim-year enrollment ofonly ~ut 400, pulr
lie demand for the new evening classc:s was so enthusiastic thar 1071
srudenrs had enrolled by year's end. Enumerarors w.:re surprised and
pleased to repon the significant number of adults who were college or
normal school graduates (25 pe=:nt) or had previously attended college. The lim class was composed of aue "lifelong learners."
The first evening classes included "practical• subjecrs, such as ac-

counting. economics, and journalism. Because classroom space in
Townsend Hall was limited, classes were also hdd in libraries and
public meeting spaces throughout the city. UB faculty were promi-

nent among insuuaors; however, because much of the course sub-ject matter was new to the unive!Sity, the Evening Session also turned
frequently to adjunct faculty-"successful business men and journalists from the leading business enterprises of Buffalo"-to serve as
instructors for these new classes.

By I 925, demographic data gathered on
evening srudenrs were surprisingly similar to
those ofMFC today. The average age of evening
srudencs was rwenty~scven years, six months,

Libtory m Townlet'ld

Hall

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By 1928, five years after its inception, the Evening Session had en·
rolled more than 5,000 adults. From its initial classes in accounting
and economics Dean Marsh had established the universiry's School
of Management (in I 926) and had been appointed its first dean.
Evening classc:s ranged well beyond day classes into an extraordinary
number of new subjects, not only in journalism. the sciences, and

humanities, but in technical subjecrs, including the beginnings of
what would become the School.ofEngineering. The Evening Session
also offered non-credit classes in a wide variety of topics, ranging
from the "high technologies• of the moment (radio and aeronautics)
to professional updating (grain grading and life insurance). It would
soon begin to offer extension classes in Angola, Dunkirk, Jamestown,
Niagara Falls, and other surrounding communities.
Adult students would continue to leave lasting impressions on their

faculty. Chancdlor Capen said of the Evening Session:
"Its srudents an; drawn from all economic classes and all social
groups. They come; they come back; their
number increases at an embarrassing rate. The
university has no more enthusiastic members,

The grand

within a range of seventeen · to seventy-one.

More than half were concurrently employed in
business. Ftfty-six percent were men, 44 percent women. Interestingly, faculty meetings of
the times recorded by now long-familiar observatioru as to what made adulrs both especially challenging and especially rewarding to
teach. Dean MaiSh reponed to the chancdlor:
"These srudenrs, having more social experience and many of them holding rather responsible positioru, enterain a wholc:somdy critical
attitude toward their instructors. They are quick
and frank to ptaise one )Vbose knowledge and
experience they deem adequate, and equally
prompt to express dissatisfaction if an instructor seems to lack necessary qualification."

no more loyal supponers. Some of its most
brilliant srudents arc: in evening classes. Moreover, the eager devotion to learning

experiment of
Millard Fillmore
College has
succeeded because
its students

"truly

wanted to be there. "

AL111t:n+~

Also in 1925, DcanM=h,suppottedbyagrant
from the Carnegie Corporation ofNew York, directed a survey of adult
education for tbeCityofBuf121o. This srudy bore the charaa:eristic markings of Samud Capen's statistical srudies for the American Council of
Education and rdleaed his inteic:st in calling upon all of the community's
resources; particularly those of industty and the profc:ssioru, as well as
cui rural and educational instirutioru. This imponant work-one of the
first of its kind conducted in the United States-became a landmark
contribution to the literarure of adult education. Published under the
tide "Adult Education in a Community," the survey reponed the rematkable proliferation o( adult education throughout the City of Buffalo. It showed multirudes ofbusincss, civic, and culrural groups already
activdy engaged in adult education and it offered, for the first time, a
detailed picture of the demographics, background, and motivation of
adult srudenrs.
The published repon had two noteworthy results: It gave the uni·
versity "a definite formulation of the desirable devdopment of the
university's offerings in the fidd of adult education,• and it attracted
wide attention throughout the country as the first comprehensive
attempt by a community to analyze its adult education problems
and to plan for their solution.

and che

high levd of attainment of the majority of
evening classes have proved a tonic to the
whole institution. "

In I 933, Dean Marsh ac:Cepted a position
in the New Deal as director of education for
the CCC Camps, where he proposed such
novel undenakings as courses by radio and
srudent-initiated learning. Under the leader·
ship of dean Uwis A. Froman (I 934-1 948)
and dean John A Beane (1948-1952), the
development of certificate programs and

associate's and bachdor's degree programs became a priority. In I 937, the Evening Session
was renamed Millard Fillmore College, in
honor of the university's first chancellor.
Evening enrollment continued to increase ,

exceeding 3,000 per semester by the' early
1940s-more than twice the enrollment in

undergraduate day programs. The Division of Nurses Training, the
School of Education, and the School of Social Work were established
first as depanmenrs in .Millard Fillmore College, continuing th e
college's role as incubator for UB's professional schools.
In I 953, Millard Fillmore College moved from its downtown base on
Niagara Square to the Main Street campus. Concerns that student access
might be adversdy affi:cted by this displacement from the hean of Buf.
falo to the outskirts were allayed as enrollment continued to grow.
, . . . . , . . . . . SUllY
When the University at Buffalo joined the State University of New
York (SUNY) system in I 962, Millard Fillmore College acquired new
missions and reduced ruition rates that attracted nren larger audiences.

Backed by the resources of the SUNY system, MFC began a massive
expansion, parallding the expansion of UB itself. and wdcomed the
new state charge for continuing education, as stated in the SUNY Master
Plan, to provide "programs for persons who wish to keep abreast of the
latest developmentS in chci.r field, community service ro assist commu ·

nities in dfons to solve their problems, and culrural enrichment for
the intellectual and aesthetic growth of the people of New York State."

�.......

Uadorthe lt.lmbipafdeua liDbcrt F. llcrner (1952.-1975), Millani
Pillmcue Collcp- tnlllformed inro a full-scale DivWon ofContinuias F.ducMiaa 1111 the mocld of lbooe ar the "Ilia 1o· univenicies
and lu&gt;d-pm ccllepa. Ia a razwbbic clcade of propu. MFC
added four DeW uaia: the Ollicc b c-lir-Fr...Piograms. rhe Office lOr Urba ~ the Adulr AdWanaar Office. and UB's
ndio arioa, WBPO.
The larpafdwR- uaia, theOIIicc lOr Ualir-F= Progruns.
IIIUIIIed the rolo: ofCJ8'clq ~ u..uaioa in an aronilhing
varier:y of lllpia and P-. ................ ooe4ay iosri-...-.........-~-~ ......... thepmfeo-

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5 I - Ulldepanmau&amp;. Ia
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.slucar. The lllljority hdd collowe
...il\lll~~~l'-111 .._and cle.dapncnt" or
-

"liiiong learnr:n,.

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Millard Follmore College continued iu tta·
dition of nurturing o:bc initial dcodopmcnt
ofUB rcbools and up.iu. I&lt; silpporud. UB's
new School of Architec&lt;un: and Environ-

meow Design, serving u &lt;he home of &lt;he
school's lim bachelor's degree program for
iu finr five yeal$. And during me critical
period when WBFO operated u a unit
wirhin me Division of Continuing Education, &lt;he srudenr-opcrarcd radio station
rransform~ iudfinto a nationally recognized member of &lt;he National Public Radio nerwor:k.
Millard Follmore College and its.prognms
rapidly expanded duougbout rhis era, tad.ing a peak scmesrer enrollmeru of 5,100 adulu in 197~ &lt;han
that of many SUNY
MFC &lt;X&gt;ncinued iu ttadition of inn&lt;m.(ij'S1o &lt;Xlllc!g&lt;,.,oier oounocsvia tdevisio11 and
6ftiab year wim an
adtie¥td in the 6dd

U8 groduotion c. 1955

gin their uiaulr on barriers thar had hi&lt;heno prevenred &lt;heir career
advancemenr in business and &lt;he professions. Having usisted thousands of reruming vercrans, MFC would now rum ro hdping women
prepare for me cha.llenges ofentering or reenrcring &lt;he wodd of work.
Under deans Donald Brutvan (1975-1978), James Bladthtm&lt; (19791,982), and Eric Sttalf(l982-1994), Millard Fillmore CoUege v.ould ona:
rransform i!ldf ro addn:ss &lt;he challenges of rhis DO¥ cra--&lt;llld cspe~rthoecbmgil&gt;ge~:oncmic: din&gt;a~rinWcsa:m New York. This eta would
plant closin&amp;&lt; and &lt;he gradual dissolution of manu&amp;cMilbrd Mllmore CoUege bad long enjoyed clooe rCawhich emplo)'ed many MFC srudena and
1970s. MFC bad provided local !inns with readily
ro help &lt;hem mainrain the skilled workforce

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in these firms
bad their
beenjob
ablethere
ro count
on a
adw111a:1~t
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combined
MFC::::-,aoid, for~ the fum's ruition R:irnbuneilfi'•'J/t:tollli~f.l!~c~=~t m"""aincd its awn MFC srudent dub
...,.,.., '"""'"".l~.leaving a job madct:r
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~ii3tefor=

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skills
specific.

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�than I, I00 Malaysian students in the late 1980s was administered through
MFC. MFC supported extension programs in Rochester for the School of
Social Work and the School of Infonnarion and Library Srudics, as well as
numerous contract programs for the School of Engineering, including a
program in nuclear technology for the New York Scare Power Authority.
In the 1990s, Millard Ftllmore College operated as "UB at Nire.• Irs
primary emphasis remained evening programs for students who could
nor attend the university during the day; illCJClSingly, howev&lt;:r, irs counes
wac popub.ted by day-school students who found ir more convenient ro
anend the evening session. MFC served the universiry day student as it
had served the adult nontraditional student: with arts and sciences courses
and degrees, and professional school degree programs in engineering,
m=agemenr, and architecture. Nontraditional as well as traditional day
students enrolled in MFC's array of for-credit a:rtificare programs.
R11p1

ue·, North
Compu' c 1979

The new certificate studies did nor dispb.ce MFC's core programs,
which remained bachelor's and associate's degree programs in the
arts and sci~nccs and the professions. Enrollritem in management
and nursing degree programs, for example, remained as strong as
when these schools had begun as depanments in MFC. Millard

Fillmore College remained one of rhe few evening colleges nationally ro offer professionally accredited degrees in engineeering, as well
as the only universiry-based evening coUege ro offer evening srudy
toward a bachdor's degree in architecture.

5tlldeM S......,t .... s.wlces
Adult educators had long known that the experience of raking one
course might have as great an impact on an adult's life as completion

of a full degree program. MFC's admission policy had long been
based on this insight. To make education accessible to the uue "lifelong learner" -the occasional student-in the mid-1970s MFC rededicated itself to making the enrollment process as simple and nearly
invisible as possible through drop-in advisement periods, one-stop
admission , and benc:r program articulation .
MFC also refocused its srudc:m suppon programs to address

other obstacles faced by adults trying ro reenter college. Primary
among these was a lack of scholarships, which were readily available to younger full -rime studenu but nor ro aduh parr-rime stu-

dents. As the economy of Buffalo weakened , so did the availabiliry of employee tuition benefits . Fewer MFC students would be
veterans; more would be women, often single parents. Underem ployment, and temporary and pan-rime employment, became

common. Surveys conducted during the 1990s revealed the startling information that significant numbers ofMFC nudenrs age

rhirry and older had family incomes barely above-and often,
below-the poverty level. These problems would be amplified
when SUNY tuition and fees suddenly doubled. In response,
MFC lobbied extensively for "parr-rime TAP," and when New
York State created this new financial aid program, MFC developed outreach efforts to encourage students to rake advantage of
rhe new resource. Jr also introduced a program to support aduh

minorities (ESTEEM}, free tutorials in mathematics and com puting. and courses in critical thinking. The evening student as sociation conducted very popular weekend career development

workshops (dubbed "The Saturday Express}. A data-processing
dub .was organized, and a gallery for exhibiting paintings by

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The 1990s saw the educational landscape of BuiF..lo and Western New
York continue ro change. paralleling regional economic c:lungcs. Eruollmenr in MFC reflected declines in local popub.tion, our-migration ofbusinesses, and illCJClSing competition among local collega for nontraditional
working adults. But changing rimes also brought positive c:lungcs in Millard
Ftllmore College- With the advent of computer&gt; and other efficiencies,
adminiscrarive and student services in MFC became more convenient. The
universiry introduced irs touch-tone tdephone registration system BIRD
(for Billing. Inquiry, R=rds, and Drop/Add}, and irs automated srudent
academic information reaieval system DARS (for ~ Audit Reponing System}. When dean George Lopos arrived in 1995, MFC rook a
leadership role in developing UB's Distana: Learning Program. The new
dean reintroduced PBS tdecounes on a= cabk television systems. MFC
created a Dist:tna: Learning Program ream and began using two fiberoptic distance learning sy=ms for our=ch education via ~ve interactive
video tranSmission_ MFC also entered the world of the Internet with online
counes and certificate programs. The night school of the early 1920s has
begun to yield ro a more robust and flexible education-&lt;ldivay system
emphasizing aro:ss to the wider universiry. By combining traditional classroom in.strtfrion with distana: learning technology to deliver nontraditional academic programs, Millard Ftllmore College is positioning itself for
a new role as the universicy moves imo thenar millenniwn.

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Anyone who examines the history of Millard Ftllmore College cannot help
bur be srruck by ~ kind of awe that each suaxeding generation has a pressed toward adult srudenrs. lr is as if each generation fcds itself the first
to discovtt that adults do take their studies seriously and expect all others
ro do the same, that they have no difficulry competing academically with
younger students, and that they make asron4hing sacrifia:s to rerum to
school. Comments by faculry attending MFC reaching-effectiveness seminan in the 1990s mirror minutes of MFC faculry meeting. seventy )'&lt;a"
earlier. praising adults for their eagerness to participate in class discussion,
analyzing why the experiena: that adults bring to class makes reaching
them both more challenging and more rewarding. Perhaps the reason for
each generation's new astonishment at what irs predecessors undemood
well is that the commitment to learning that adult srudenrs demonstrate is
a truly remarbble phenomenon. Ir is difficult not to be astonished when
one observes hundreds of adults penisring through ten ro fifteen ycrs of
part-time srudy ro complete a degree, returning again and again ro campuses that were nor designed for them and where they might well fix! out
of place.
Indeed, the grand experiment of Millard Fillmore College has succeeded because, as is often said, its students "truly wan red robe there."
Equally true is that ir has succeeded because most of those associated
with MFC "have wanted robe there"~h for different reasons and

evening an students was created. CLEP r~sring and credit for
experiemial learning programs were introduced ro help shorten
the time needed to earn a degree.

often without much awareness of what those diffc:rem reasons might

Some new programs were offered at no charge. Under a SUNY

associations contributing time and energy in their quest to upgrade

initiative rhar MFC implemented in the mid - 1970s, senior citizens could enroll for fr~ in any UB undergraduate class on a spaceavailable basis. Soon hundreds of seniors would enroll, bringing
further diversity to classes throughout the university. Later, as tht"

their communities, academic departments seeking reaching experi-

closingofBerh.lehem Steel and irs related industries loomed, MFC
responded by offering speciaJ classes ar no cost ro rhose lefT with out employment.

Acada•lc: ........._ ..... o-alap••nt
Millard Fillmore College continued ro play an active role in planning and
devdopment activities for universiry schools and depanmenrs. In 1979,
MFC assumed responsibi~ry for the universiry-wide Summer Sessions. A
UB program conduaed in Subang Jaya. Malaysia, that graduated more

be: part-rime faculty reaching for the opportunity to reach, UB faculty because rhey find reaching adults enjoyable, local professional
their professions, professional schools seeking further connections with
ence for their graduate students, adult educators examining adult learning theory. coUege graduates returning to school to prepare c.hem -

selves for medical or law school, adults raking classes to set an example for their children . R.ardy has a program been so useful tO so
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Spiritual Domain

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~ loolcs at nmgnizingpublic
servia! in prorf10tion and tenure.

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Tribute to
Federman
Raymond Federman, riglt.
SUNY Disli1gUshed Professor

n the Department c1 Engish,

examines art S}'l1'lboizWlg his
iiChie\&lt;ements presented April
9 n Clemens Hal at a tJb.rte in
honor cl his retirenenl
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Carrigg, Mariame Bagate and

Therese Tseng. all cl the
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Association. The 'Mlri&lt; was
created by student artists Kelly
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FSEC verifies it no confidence in trustees
Senate's vote relates to academic issues, not union concerns, committee tells Greiner

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EMBERS of the Faculty Senor£ voted DO
confidence in the
SUNY Board of
TrusteesonApril6preciselybecause

they have '"no confidence" in the
board and not because they wished
to aid their union in its collectivebargaining process, members of the
senate's executive committee told
Praident William R. Greiner at the
body's April 7 meeting.
Greiner had asked FSEC mem bers to verify his "interpretation" of
the senate's action the preceding day
in which members endorsed a statement of no confidence in the board
of trustees that had been drafted
jointly by the SUNY Faculty Senate
and United University Professions.
He said he ~ly would be asked

about the vote by colleagues in sys- portion of ito membership affiliated
tem administration, and wanted to with the hospitals.
Greiner told senators that he begive an accurate response.
Greiner's request came in the lieved system administration W1IS
wake of a letter he and other am- making a mist:&amp;U in attributing the
pus preSidents rcaived from SUNY vote of no confidence to an attempt
Chancellor John W. Ryan in which to influence the collective-hargainRyan charged that the SUNY Fac- ing process. He said he had hoped
ulty Senate W1IS wging its.mernbers ·to avoid that appearance by suggestto vote no confidence in the trust· ing at the Faculty Senate meeting on
ecs in order to give UUP "an ad- April 6 that senators drop the hospital issue from the statemenL
vantage in contract negotiations."'
The statement, he said. shoUld be
Among the laundry list of grievances against the trustees outlined viewed as "the vehicle through which
in the statement of no confidence is the Faculty Sntat&lt; has gone on record
an item charging that the board is saying it is unhappy with thewaythe
seeking to "significantly disrupt" the SUNY trustees ha"" treated faculty
public mission of high -quality interests and responsibilities."
He cited two issues that probably
health-care delivery to the people of
New Y6rk by attempting to remove co uld be considered the " most
egregious"
examples, from the facSUNY's teaching hospitals from the
university. The hospital issue is a key ulty perspective, of trustees' indifone for UUP, which has a significant ferCnce to legitimate .interests on

the campuses: the New Palu affair,
in which Trustee Candace de Russy
asked Ryan to remove New Palu
Pr..ident Roger 8owm from office
after Bow.n allowed a controversial conference on sexuality to be
held on campus, and trustees' imposition of a systemwide generaleducation requirement without
input from the campuses.

Dennis Malone, SUNY Distin guished Service Professor in the
Department of Electrical Engineering and a SUNY senator, told
Greiner that part of the problem
with Greiner responding to the
chancellor on th e issue is that
"Chancellor Rya n is part of the
problem, not part of the solution."
Malone no ted that Ryan was
present , but remained silent, at the

Dec. 15 trustees' meeting where
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UB researchers develop crime-fighting tools
11y llliN CCIUIMUM
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SOM noteo---liketheinusonein the JonBmet
Ramsey murder case-&lt;lDd
other handwritten documents that provide dues to Criminal
cases may soon be easier to analyze,
thanks to new software being developed by UB computer scientists.
Researchers in the Center of Excellence for Document Analysis
and Recognition (CEDAR) are being awarded a gnmt from the Nationallnstitute of Justice (Nll) to
develop computer-assisted, handwriting-analysis tools for forensic
applications.
The new tools will for the first

forcement investigators quantitative methods for analyzing handwriting in an effort to identify
writers of documents who also
may be suspects in criminal cases.

CEDAR is the largest research
center in the world devoted to developing new technol(&gt;gies that can
recognize and read human hand writing. In the United States, il is
the only center in a universi ty
where researchers in artificial intelligence are applying pattern-recognition techniques to the problem
of reading human handwriting.
For more than lOyears.CEDAR's
largest research project has been
developing and refining the software
now used by the U.S. Postal Service
to read and interpret handwritten
addresses on envelopes. CEDAR researchers continue to refine and
improve it for the USPS, as well as
for Australia Post, which also has
adopted the CEDAR system.
That expertise att:r.lcted the attention of the National Institute of
Justice, which invited CEDAR to
compete for this grant.
Ironically, according to Sargur

Srihari, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the UB Department of
Computer Science and Engineering and director of CEDAR, the Nl)
project requires rl'Se'3rchers to look
at human handwriting from a diff~rent perspective than that required by the Postal Service project.
"Previously. \.YC never were interested in who the author was." said
Srihari. "The main focus of our
Handwritten Address Interpretation
system W1IS always to say, •What is
common or average about this handwritten address,' not 'What is special.'
But with this project, we will be saying, 'What is special about thisr~
Current efforts to analyze hu man handwriting in criminal or
civil cases have involved obtaining
samples of writing from potential
suspects or witnesses and then
comparing them with the writing
in the· document in question.
In the JonBenet Ramsey case,

for example. potential suspects, in cluding friends of the Ramseys,

were made to write some of the
same words that appeared in the
ransom note so that investigators
could compare them with the
original document.
In another high -profile investigation. Monica Lewinsky, accord ing to the Starr Report, also was
made to submi t sam ples of her
writing for analysts to compare
with handwritten notes found
during th e investigation by the
Office of The Independent Coun sel.
At th e same time, many lesssensat ional cases have involved
forged wills and other handwril ·
ten documents.
But because relatively few. if any.
objective criteria currently exist
for analyzing handwriting, it has
yet to be regarded with the same
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Jerry McC;ulre joined UB this semester as director

of the Office of Technology Transfer and·Ucensing
after a 27-year career in marketing and technology
transfer with Westinghouse Electric Corp.
inventions; marlcdins. which promotes the sale of t1B t«boooogy;

licensins. which plaas UB t&lt;dmolI am responsible for the three main
functions of the deponmenL We facilitate the patenting proaoo for inYelllioosolUB faculty and staB; marled globally all UB t«bnooogy with
an emphasis on 5Upport to firms Jo.
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utili!ation oflllklrMn t«bnooogy
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to be flexible, rcsponsiYe and enrre=
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with the alliance's priorities, Technology Tnnsfer and Licensing will
be getting back to the basics of tedlnology transC.r as I know them. W.
will focus on the four basic eltmenu
of a technology- transfer office.
These are intellectual property,
w!Uch establishes the value of t1B

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B~dmgfurfuefuttrre
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Conference tiJ focus on environmental~ in commercial, Tt?Sidential amstrnction
llJ EI.LDI COUIUUM

as for community leaden and any-

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one interested in reducing the impact of the built environment o.n
the natural environment.

T

HE construction and
operation of commer-

cial and residential
buildings is a costly endeavor, in environmental as well as
economic terms. However, a small
but growing group of architects
and other professionals in the in·
dustry are beginning to strive toward environmental sustoinability
in their buildings and projects.
On April 26-28; both technical
and nontechnical issues of thi s
quiet revolution will be tJPlored in
"Building for the Future: Sustainable Building Design and Construction Training Workshop."
Sponsored by t1B and the New York
State Energy Research and Devdopment Authority (NYSERDA), it
will be held in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.
Geared toward a broad audi ence, the conference will be useful
for professionals in the field, such
as architects, designers. planners,
engineers, developers, builders
and building code officials, as well

Natlonll experts to be fulured
One of the first conferences of its
kind in the state. "Building tor the.
Future" will feature national &lt;Jq&gt;&lt;l1S
in sustainable design from Steven
Winter Associates of Norwalk,
Conn., and Washington, D.C. SWA
has been involved in awiy nationally ricognized commercial and institutional buildings. inclUding the
Four Tunes Square Tow'er in New
York City, which puts to use many
sustainable design principles.
Also presenting will be Hillary
Brown, assistant commissioner,
New York City Department o f
Design and Construction, and
Craig Kneeland, project nianager
for green buildings at NYSERDA.
Walter Simpson, UB energy officer, will describe the univenity's
effuns in the~ of environmental stewardship and building design and retrofiL
·
The conference will offer in-

structioo in how to apply •green•
building strategies. including site

c:xperitnce irutituting energy con£erVation and applying grem prin-

selection, building orientation,
dayligbting and other solar re-

ciples in its campus operatioM.

sources, environmentally friendly
building materials and wayo to Create healthy indoor environments.
Participants also willltam about
some of the unexpected bendits of
sustainable design, such as market
performance, reduced costs aod
resoun:e consumptioo,.bigberproductivity and improved human
health. Also to be discussed will be ·
New· York State's proposed tax
credit for grem design ofbuildins:&lt; .
Software demouslratlous

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"Wt know from our own experienoc that swWnable dtoipt prin-_
ciples can make a huge diffa-ence,"
Simpson explained. "New construction is vuy resowce-inten5M
and building-deoi8Jt decisions affect operating costs and environmental impacts for decades to
come. Now, wt: have a chance to
shore some of our knowledge and
that of national experts with the
rest of the community."
The conference was made possible by NYSERDA:s co-sponsorship with t1B and by support from
50 other local aod ~tatewide organizations.
For information and registration, contact Simpson via phone at
829-3535, faxat 829-2704 or email

New softwatt programs that enhance the ability to design and
evaluate energy-dlicient buildings
also will be demonstrated.
A free panel diJcussion on "The
House of the Future," hosted by
the School of Architecture and
Planning, will be held from 6:30- at &lt;eca.I1Ms dHdcs buf&amp;lo edu&gt;.
8 p.m. April 27 in 30 I Crosby Hall
Workshop and rqiatratioa inon the South Campus.
fonoation is available at &lt;llltp:/
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Public service scholarship

.,Works!wP speakers discuss its role in faculty promotion,.tenure

"Scholanhipofcommunityservice and iu .relative importance
hu a lot 10 do with the culture of
an institution. The need for a university to identify with and help
so1oe the nee&lt;14 and probkms of
iu community hu a lot 10 do with
survival and pinins political suppon," EJJia expWned
•community outreach bas
helped us (PSU) to build and
maintain a group of alliances very
Waltl!llil,asanciokdeanofurban beneficial to helping funding at
and public affairs at PSU, and our institution,• be said.
Devorab Ueberman, director of
Ueberman recognized that sevteachins and leamin&amp; empbuiud era! misconceptions aiot around
that while ebanBin&amp; the piddines . defining scholarahip; particularly
for promotion-and-tenure policy to scholarship of public service. To
public aervice can be "iQ- clarify whether an activity can be
vigoratins and enri&lt;:bin8." it does consideral scbolarsbip. she says. it
notbovetodenigraleaistingpolicy. should meet the followins aiu.ria;
"Aswe(inhisJ&gt;erecluc:ation)la!k requires a hisb lew! of disc::iplineinaeasinsJy about the role and va- rdaled e.patiae,breab oewsroun&lt;I
lidity of public aervice, recosnizing or is innovative, can be r&lt;plicated or
' thescholarahipofpublicserviceis elaborated upon, ciao be docua way of enrichins. broadening and mented, can be peer-rmewed and
diversiqoing the way we assess basasignificanceorimpactamtriJ&gt;.
scholarship," Ellis told' faculty utingtoalargerbodyofknowJedse.
members attending a workahop on
She emphasized that these crite·~g Applied Scholarship for ria hold true for all scholarly activiPromotion and Tenure.• "It is a ties,whethertbeytakepl.aceinalab,
more-beigbten&lt;d assessment ofthe class,aom or community iogency.
underlying bedrock values•llftnc
Ellis and Lieberman also noted
ditional scholarship.•
that whether the faculty member
Ellis explained that in order to gets paid for a particular publicbegin assessing an&lt;\ acknowledg- service activity is irrelevant. What
ing public service, PSU first had matters, they maintained, is
to redefine its mission statement whether or not the activity fs peerand then rewri~ the Rromotion- reviewed and contributes to a
and-tenure guideliries to reward greater body of knoWiedg_e.
faculty for such actiVities.
However, the presenters emphaOne of the problems with siz&lt;!Itbatnnn-scbolarlyprofessional,
changing the guidelines, the pre- university and community service is
senters noted, .is that the process expected of all faculty members and
will fundamentally change an "cannot be substituted for distininstitution's culture.
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EPRESENTATIVES
from Portland State
Univenlty cleacribecl to
UB and Buffalo State
eon&lt;&amp;" faculty memben Monday
how they have worked 10 bro.den
the definition of scholarship in
their univenity's promotion-andtenure policy to include publicservice activities.

recosruu

of the categories of professional academic work.•
Another point made during
the symposium was that since
UB faculty members already are
engaged in scholarly public-service activities, changing the promotion-and-tenure policy to
recognize these activities simply
would mean documenting such
activities in a new framework.
The President's Review Board
at UB is working on revising its
po.licies to better recognize faculty
members' public-service activities
(See related story, page 6).
Ellis and Lieberman discussed
the importance of a wdl-developed
dossier and provided outlines for
organizing a dossier, including bow
to document effectively the scholarship of teaching. research and
public-service activities. ,.A welldeveloped dossier makes the process so much easier and cleaner, and
gives the faculty member a much
fairer assessment," noted Ellis.
In response to participants' inquiries, Ellis and Lieberman explained that by recognizing public-service activities as scholarthip,
such activities will not be considered as replacements for traWtional scholarship activities when
a fiiculty member is evaluated for
promotion or tenure, but rafher
'wiU enhance a faculty member's
dossier and may offer a slight advantage in the process.
Lieberman suggested administrators and faculty members engage in dialogues to discuss and
help define what public-service
activi ties they would conside r
"scholarship /' versus what is
"plain, old community service."'

Friedan to give Stockton Kimball
lecture at Spring Clinical Day
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ETTY Friedan, consid-

ered the foremost feminist of the 20th century,

will p~esent the Stockton

Kimball lecture May I at tbe 62nd
annual Spring Clinical Day, ,.iuch
will be devoted to women's bealth

issues.
Spring Clinical Day is sponsored
by the MedicaiAiumni~tion
of the School of Medicine and Bio. medical Sciences. The event, to be
held in1he Buffalo Marriott, 1340
Millersport Higbway, Amherst, will
begin at 8 a.m. and conclude with
an awards luncheon.
Friedan will speak a'i II a.m. Her
topic will be "Better Than Medicine: Women's Empo:~rment."
The registration fee for the full
day is $55, or $10 for medical interns, residents and fellows. Duespaying alumni attend at no cost.
Reservations for the lecture alone
are $5, and for the luncheon, $15.
Reservations close tomorrow. No
registrations for the lecture will be
!liken at the door.
Friedan is a founder of the National Organiution fo~ Women
(NOW) and the author of "The
Feminine Mystique," pubiW!edin

1963 and a major catalyst for the professor of gynecology-obstetrics
women's movement. Her most re- and chair emeritus of gynecologic
cent book, "Beyond Gender: The oncology at .Roswell Park Cancer
· New Politics of Work and
Institute
Fam-.ly." was published in
• &amp;:SO a.m.- " Breast
Cancer Diagnosis: An
1997.
She currently is distinUpdate," Wende W.
guished visiting professor at
Young, founder of the
Cornell UniversitY's School
Elizabeth Wende Breast
of Industrial and Labor ReClinic in Rochester and
lations, where she directs a
clinical professor of diagnostic radiology at the
project aimed at reshaping pub.lic policy on the issue of work University of Rochester
and family, sponsored by the • 9:20a.m.-"Breast Cancer and
School:S Institute for Women and Women's Health," by Stephen B.
Work. She has been a dislin - Edge, UB associate professor of
guished visiting professor at the surgety and chief of breast surgery
University of Southern California, at Roswell Park Cancer Institute
New York University, George Ma- • 9:50 a.m.-"Genetic Risk As son University, Mt. Vernon College sessment and Testing for Breast
and Florida International Univer- and Ovarian Ca ncer: Practices,
·sity, and an adjunct scholar at the Perils and Promises." Carolyn D.
Wilson International Center for Farrell, UB clinical instructor of
Scholars at the Smithsonian lnsti- pediatrics, director of clinical getution.
..netic services and nurse practiOinical sessions will address up- tioner and genetic counselor at
dates on breast and ovarian cancer. Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Student research exhibits will be
Topics and presenters will be:
• &amp;:ZO a.111.- "Gilda Radner: on view throughout the morning.
Could Ovarian Cancer Screening Alumni Achievement Awards will
Have ·Made a Difference? ... M. be presented at the luncheon to
Steven Piver, founder and director Elizabeth Olmsted Ross, '39; )ames
of the Gilda Radner Familial Ova- E. Youker, ' 54; Lawrence W. Way,
rian Cancer Registry, UB clinical '59, and Stephen Scheiber, '64.

(TCIE), assisted four local. companies in receiving more than $336,000
in training grants from the Economic Development Fund (EDF) of
New York State in the fourth quarter of 1998. ·
The UB Business Aniance now is the largest recipient of New York S.tate training grants. In the
past fo ur years, 95 percent of the applications submitted by the UB Business Alliance on behalf of its
customers received funding from the state.
The recent grants were awarded through the Empire
State DevelOpment Corporation to Buffalo Chiria.
Ingram Micro, Protective Closures Company and life
Technologies, Inc., who are using the funds for capital
improvements, skill upgrades for existing employees and stra&gt;gthening
the quality of the company's internal trainers and training programs.
The $38,130 training grant awarded to Buffalo China is allowing the
company to compete more effectively in the tableware industry by providing training initiatives for management and skilled-trades employees in ,the wake of an incentive provided by the state that prompted
Oneida Ltd. to consolidate its distribution at Buffalo China.
The $169,783 JOBS Now training grant awarded to Ingram Micro is enabling the company to strengthen its internal tr.iining program through facilities expansion and trainer certification programs.
Life Technologies, Inc., which recently revolutionized its world wide distribution system by centralizing its order-entry operations
at its Grand Island facility, will be able to successfully implement
the new process by using the $49,952 grant to train customer-ser·
viCe and manufacturing employees.
The $78,426 grant awarded to Protective Closures Company, a
division of Mark rv Industries, will assist the management team•s
focus on quality and long-term planning issues as it expands 'the
company's facility on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo.
For more infonnation on the UB Business Alliance's training-grant
administration program and other programs designed to assist businesses, call636-2568, send email to prv-TCIE@buffalo.edu or visit
its Web site at &lt;www.uHIIIance.buffalo.edu&gt;.

Oozfest time-·-here's mud in
your eye and everywhere else
It'll be • ·d own -and-dirty day of mud-play April 24 as hund~eds of

volleyball players from the U.S. and Canada compete in the 15th
annual Oozfest on the North Campus.
The event is sponsored by the University Student Alumni Board
(USAB ), the student affiliate of the UB Alumni Association.
Touted as the largest. continuous, voUeyball-in-the-mud contest on a
U.S. coU&lt;&amp;" or university qunpus, some 96 teams will slip. slide and compete for prizes from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in
the mud pit behind UB Stadium.
Oozfest .has grown from a few funloving teams that wanted to hit a few
over the net in a muddy field to a UB
tradition that attracts hundreds of serio us players. as well as fans who cheer
o n their filthy favorites.
There are several returning teams. including the tuxedo-dad crew !D"de up of
alumni living in the Washington, D.C.,
area with the unlikely moniker of Poached
Trout in a Whit? Wme Sauce.
The SII 0 registration fee paid by each
team of six to eight players benefits USAB's
annual J. Scott Aerning Merit Award scholarship. Aerning was a Conner em:utive director of the Office of Alumni Relations.
Players will receive free team photos,
commemorative programs, food and tee
shirts featuring a referee equipped with a
whistle, hat and sunglasses. half buried in
mud, designed by Rana Grieco. Hot shower facilities will be provided.
There'D be contests and prizes for the dirtiest and cleanest teams at
the end of the event. Music will be provided by the local band Good
Fudge and UB's acclaimed singing Buffalo Chips.
Volun~cludingstaff, faculty, students, alumni and members of
the communil)'---&lt;lre needed to~ run scores to the judges and work
in the food tent, according to co-chairs Michelle Lord and Jason Majewski.
Anyone interested in receiving more informalion or in volunteer·
ing at the event should call the alumni office at 829-2608.
Those assisting with Oozfest include the Getzville Fire Department;
the CoUege Store; Domino's Pizza; WRUB, the UB student radio station; the Alumni Association; Delta Sonic Car Wash, and Lasertron.
In addition, Studio Arena Theate.r; Amherst Theater; Anderson's
Frozen Custard, Inc.; the Buffalo Zoo; Campus Tees and Sweats; the
undergraduate Student Association; UB Bookstore; UB Dining Services; UB Residence Hall Association, and First USA Bank.
Also, Tun Horton Donuts, Kaplan Co., Buffalo Blizzard So=r,Artparl&lt;.
UB Engineering Alumni Association, UB Print and Mail Service. Bill
Marshall and Ed Majchrowi(z.

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A!Jnlll. 1999/Vol JU.No18
Celebrated architect to lecture a t UB

Libeskind sees architecture
as 'spiritual domain'

ThM'I be 00 equestriln
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Newman c.ntm It UB.
INn 150 people .... ecpocU!d to
partlcipote 01 the SK race ond 2K
..... thlt ... begin It 10 &amp;.m.
Moy 8 •t St. )ooeph's l.lr'Mnity
Cludl. 3269 Milo St. A porty
wiN folkJw the race •t noon.
with trophies for the fnt three
finishers in various age and gender divisions, IS wei IS for the
first-place winners from among
UB malo and fomalo studontt.
Tho """ is named tor the
dlurch steeples , _ the Sou&lt;ll
Cifnll'A. Starting ond ending •t
the c:hurdl, the route viii con...,. along IMnsf- ond Bailey
~to Main Street.
Rogislr3lion ... be hold .. St.

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the Newman Centen.

MFC sets teleconference
on student services
Student service and support 1ft
often the most~ e4ements n
the suc:ceu tX failure ~ ~

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who ueate anythmg to remvent
!he human relatton shtp \Oo'lth th e
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rww era ot ~o.reattvtt y and m'vcn
ttun .. H1 ' uln trovcrs taJ hut bnl
lianth .. unLclved dC"s1gn for the
lt'\Oo'tsh Museum m Berhn, an fan .
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l.thesktnd Will present d lt."dun:
.. ponso rcd hy the ~ h ool of Ar1..h1
tt"l..lUre and Plannang at 5:30p.m
tomorrow Ill 114 Wende Hall on
the '\outh Lamp us The talk t!l fret'
11! .. har~e and opl'n to tht· puhlil
II \Oo'tll takt.· pla~..e Ill lOilllt'ctton
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Poetry winners
to read from works
vmn.n ot student poeiJ)I con-

their"""'

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at
noon tnmom&gt;w 01the Special
Collections Roocing Room. 420
Copen Hal1 on the

North Campu&gt;.
Those reoding Include Dayatro
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"hut rt'u1vwrcd from a d 1ffercnt
f'"KIInt of Vlt"W, bcanng m mtnd !.he
t'Xpenenc.o oi tht" lOth crntury. AJ

though umo. art dark and complex.
there t.s hope and we mtght lx at the
verge o f a tremendous creative era."

n1ng butldmg~. he ha.!o :-.cud . are a

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l1llmon! College
confemu on "The 'Third Bement Student SeMces frx ()is.
tanco and Distributed l.eonW1g'"
from 3-4:30 p.m. today ;, 120
Clemens Hall, North Campus.
Tho teleconf...nce,
open to UB facully ond

1 101

.. hould nut h&lt; rem.stated," he sa1&lt;l

wmpo\!Uill ur~.tllJ7ed

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winner, and }effrey L

fhe .. mystery" of architect ure
an tmponant p lact" tn

o~.-&lt;.up • e!lo

sc mbles a mass1ve, brokrn sh1p,

l1heskand 's wo r k. Hr co ns1der.s

agro und 10 the alien com. Its toteno r IS a senes of tortured, oddly
shaped corndors and arcane v1sual
references., illuminated by the light
from a thousand wmdows, aiJ but
five un ique. The resuJt ts a ~nse of
mystc:now but sacred space.
Libeskind has bttn saJd to have
a profo und desare to represent an
upenenct of architectur~ armed at
the liberation of spacr. The task of
a.rchltecture, he has sa1d, ts to map
the sensibilitJes of literature, math emat ics, music, astrology, philosophy and o ther fields , and to add
somelhmg else---something new.
fresh, J=VWusly unknown.
He has recetved such awards as
the prest1gious Ftrst Pnze of the
l.rone dt Pietra at the Vemce
1\tennale . 1985. 1n 1987. he was 10 ·
v11ed to the last urban destgn com pt'tJ tJ o n o f th e InternatiOnal

architecture tu be a spmtuaJ domam , a realm of anv1sible presence
1ha1 deals w1Lh th e unspeakable
Thas sensab1 h1y as very mu ch m
ev1de nce an the arch it ect's first
~o.o mplet ed bu lldan g, the FehA
Nusshaum
Budd1n g
Os nahrU c k . t.e rmany . wh iC h
opened 1n

1998. An extensiOn o t

the Ct ty's Mu~um of Cultural Hts·
wry, 11 IS dediCated to the life and
work of N ussbaum, a maJo r 20th
~..tntury German artast.
The museum desagn as based on
d system of anterrdated bnes sym
bolumg Nussbaum 's restlessn~.
exLie and has search fo r onentatlon.
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~..u n ~o.re t e dlld 1.1m s heetmg, and an
~..o rpor a tt: ) a 17th ~..entury hndge
un~..overed dunn~ .. o nslrucuon
rhe lntC:fiOT SpaLe IS a moodv
anJ V I ~&gt; Uall y arrestmg St"nes o l co r
r.Jor) dnd s pau~~ whu:.e unusual
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Ju~..ed. an part. In unusual natural
h~hlirl~ In fa.._-t,tht· buddmg 1t:.dl
ha., Jn aura u l pres&lt;'ntlment tha t
~t·La ll s the light :nfu:.eJ pawll np
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'·' one nt the most ~..debrated ncy,
huddang) m t uror"&gt;e !-rom th~ per
~pect 1 ve o f thr stree-t, il l an take on
different shapes, but to many 11 rt'

Bauaustellung ( IBA) an Berhn, and
h ts scheme for the"&lt;:•t y Edge" -a
untque wav of pmnllng people
trom o nt' to another ~ctlon of the
old nty wuhin 1ts modern coun tcrpart - wa:. subse-quently unant muusly ll&lt;' le t ted and recom mt'nded to be bu tlt

He abo destgned the "~p ual." an
.. pc.,"t.trularly mnovatrve addioon to
london' \'1cton a and AJbert Mu ~t.·um thai Wlll

open m 200:!. and
award -wmnmg structures.. m ·
~ ludmg the San Frannsco lewish
Museum. scheduled to open m 2000.
He has published m many jour1M~ and 15 the fo under of Archltec ·
t ure lntermundtum, wtuch., he says.
" fun~..,,ons as a laborato ry for those
mterested m the hfe of arch.neaure,
mdependent o f o ffice rouune and
msttrutlo naJt7..ed curncuJa ..
othl"T

Burghauser, hono&lt;Jble mention,
friends of the Univonity Ub&lt;ories
Undefgroduote Poetry Prize;
Rebecca Man~. winner, The
ScriWen Prize, and

Steve'~

Helm icld and S.nth JM Kolberg.

winnen, The: M hur Axlert&gt;d Memorial Award. The UB communitybimlitodtoon.nd.

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Protecting ears against noise damage

Dtugmayprevent destruction ofnervefunctioning, study shows
.. LCIISU&amp;U
News s.Mces Editor

efirst time that a compound called leupeptin may help
pro!M aiauut the noise--induced
hearing lou caused by living in
noisy industrialiud societies.
Using an animal model, researchers found that treating the inner ear
with leupeptin before exposure to
high-levd noise, comparable to a jet
engine, reduced the loss of sensory
hair oells by 60 pereenL Hair cdls
convert sound waves into dectrical
impulses that are sent to the brain.
Ltupcptin, however, did not
protect against the damaging effec ts of th.e anti -can cer drug
carboplatin that can cause deafness in treated patients.
Results of the study, lead by Ri chard ). Salvi, professor of communicative disorders and sciences
in the College of Arts and Sciences
and co-director of the center, ap·
pear in the current issue (Vol. 10,
No. 4) of Neurpfleport.
"The results are very exciting
for two reasons," Salvi said ... First,
they provide d ues to the cdlular
events that lead to sensory-cell
death in the inner ear. Second, they
suggest a potential drug-therapy
approach to protecting the ea r
against sound damage."

Salvi, his colleagues at UB, and
collaborators Alfred Stracher and
Abraham Shulman, both at the
SUNY Health Science Center at
Brnoldyn, have been investigating
ways to protect the auditory system
from darnajje via noise and ototoxic
drugs. common causes of deafuess
in Western societies.

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musc ular 3trophy in ca ses o f
trauma o r geneti c di so rders ."
Stracher noted.
Salvi and oolleagues set out to de-

termine if leupeptin also could protect the sensory hair cells in the ear
from noise and ototoxic drugs such

as carboplatin-knowing that
such insults cause an in crease in caJpains-and

thus prevent hearing loss.

RKHAIIO SALVI

controls.
of
aU animals
Results
served
from
the noise exposure study
showed massive loss of hair
cells in the ears not treated with
leupeptin, while only a few hair
cells were missing in the treated
ear.

This study was based on tbe
knowledge that, in many cases. degeneration of nerve function is
caused by a cascade of events, beginning with a trauma that induces
an increase of calcium in nerve
ceUs. Excess calcium, in turn, increases the levd of enzymes called
caJpains, which promote the breakdown of proteins and other faaors
critical to nerve functioning.

"Drugs that inhibit the action
of calpains-leupeptin is o nehave been shown to decrease or
preve nt destruction of n erve
functioning th_a t results in neuro -

News Services Editor

F

EMALE soccer players
were able to perform

longer at a higher intensity on a diet composed of
35 percent fat than on diets of 27
percent fat or 24 percent fa1, researchers at UB have found.
The higher-fat diet, achieved by
adding peanuts to the athletes' normal diet, had no effect on weight,
percentage of body fat, heart rate
or blood pressure, findings showed.
' Peter). Horvath, associate professor in the Department of Physical
Therapy, Ex.ercise and Nutrition Sciences in the School of Health Related Professions, will present the
study on Monday at the annual
meeting of.lhe Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biologybeing held in Washington, D.C.
'ine women went 1.2 to 1.5 kilometers farther before reaching exhaustion

while doing
very-high speed in -

tho high-fat diet, compared to the
lower-fut diets,• said Horvath."That
is really a striking difference.
" Women are better fat
metabolizers than men. Our earlier

diewystudies with male and female
competitive runners showed thai

while both improved their performance on a higher-fat diet, women
benefited more than me:n. One im plication of these findings is that di etary m:omme:ndations for women
athletes should be different from
men's," he said
The study involved nine female

collegiate so=r players who ate three
diets in a randomized crossover design-their normal diet, normal diet
plus 41 5 calories of oil-roasted peanuts per day, or normal diet plus an
equal amount of extra calories from
carbohydrate-rich energy bars. The
women consumed each diet for seven
days during the luteal phase (the second half) of the menstrual cycle,
when a woman's ability to mrubolize fat is greatest, Horvath said.
Carbohydrate intake was highest-3 percent of total caloriesduring the energy-bar diet. and lowest 51

perce.nt~uring

the peanut

diet. Fat was highest during the peanut diet-35 percent-versus 24
percent on the energy-bar d1et. Pro·
tein and calorie intake. and caJon ~.
expendi ture remained essenuallv
the same across the three diets.
Endurance testing was des1gned to
mimic soccer play, usmg
'
constant speed running
~ and running at different
~ rates on a trcadmiU, plus
·
forward running with a

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A similar study, designed to determine if leupeptin would pro ted
against hair-celJ loss caused by

carboplatin, showed leupeptin offered no protection, Salvi said.
Additional resea rchers on the
study were Jain Wang and Dalian
Ding, research scientists in the
Center for Hearing and Deafness.
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·-Female soccer _p_layers perform .
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side-step maneuver performed on a
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bars, with no lessening of muscle
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"When women consumed the
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longer at th e highest intensity,"
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"These resu lts support our thesas that supplementing the diets of
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Additional researchers on th e
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and Nutrition Sciences, and lohn

Leddy. clinical assistant professor of
o rthopaedics and assistant directo r
of the Sports Medicine Institute.
The study was funded by a grant
from Shcar/ Kershman lab, In t.

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their awards vta tou ch -to ne pho m·. Th e ~. tud e m ·~ 3Ht'ptanH· 11! .1n
award o n the vo i ce- res pon ~e systrm upd ates th e :)1gm.1 \ tuJrnt -\ 1d
Management (SAM ) 111 real ttm e. ~~~ ~. t a ff time and doJJ.u, .1re '·1''-''-l
h)' the redu ction 10 the net.-d fo r d.lt a l"ntn
Th e awards are to he u.M.:-d to prov1de need -h.bc.·J ~rant'''' I'·''
d own the balanLt' o f ed uca tumalloa ns fo r )d t'ltt'd &lt;oiUJ cnh
Informatio n o n UB\ award -wmnmg p rotc..·~.-h w11! he m.:luJc.•c.lm .1
hook.let to he se nt to fin ancial -atd p rofc..·~•nll.l i ' .u..rth~ the.• ~.nuntn

�6 Repamlam

Allrill~ 19!1WUI.Ie.28

Obituaries
Memorial to Peter Heller
to be held Saturday
A mernort..lln honor of the l•t• Peter HeUer, professor emeritus
of modern languages and literatures who died Nov. 7, 1998, Will be
held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the Emeritus Center in
Hall
on the South Campus. Colleagu .., friends and family will
gather to honor his memory. The event is being organized
by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
in the College of Arts and Scienc... and the Heller family.
Heller, a scholar who wrote and published poetry and
fiction in German and English, served as chair of the ._...
former Department of German and Slavic Languages, and as acting
chair of the Department of Modern Languages"and Literatures. He
also founded the Graduate Group in Modern German Studi.. and
served as director of graduate studies in German.

Patricia Coty-Loncto, 48, MCEER
information services manager
A Celebration of •-branc:e wu held April 7 in Cooper Funeral Home, Niagara Falls, for Patricia Ann Coty-Loncto, 48, manager of information services at the Multidisciplinary Center for

Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER), headquartered at UB. Coty died April 3 in her North Tonawanda
home after a 4- 1/2 year battJe against breast cancer.
Coty, who held a bachelor's degree in biology and
master's degrees in library science and education from UBt
Joined th e earthquake center as an information specialist
in 1987 and .. tablished the information service, along with iu first
manager, Jim Webster. She became manager in I 989. In I 993, she
received the Sl!NY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Profasional
Service.
The author of numerous artides on earthquake information, library
managemen and media studies, she was a member of 1M advisory oomrnittee of thf ational Information Service for Earthquake Engineering
at the U ·
of California at Berkeley and served as secmary of the
Upstate New Yor chapter of the Special J..ibraries Association.
Before joining CEER, she was administrator of special projects
for the Western ew York Library Resources Co uncil and earlier
served as associate director/associate Jjbrarian in the UB Science and
Engineering Library.
Coty was a local and national advocate for breast cancer research.
She founded the Breast Cancer Discussion and Support Group of
the Tonawandas and in 1997, received the annual survivors' award
o f the American Ca ncer Society of Erie County.
Dorothy Tao, acting manager of information services at the earthquake center, noted that Coty was ..a leader in our field ... highly respected by researchers and engineers practicing worldwide.
"She was truly heroic in her fight (against cancer), seeking out
experimental lreatments and researching all viable possibilities. She
applied her talents in advocacy 1.0 her own cause and wrote a letter
to Hillary Clinton that Effectively changed the rules for patients in
expe rimental treatments after clinical trials have begun."

Robert W. Schultz, 62, clinical
assistant professor of medicine
A memorl•l service was held Ma{ch 30 in Westminster Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, for Robert W. Schultz, 62, a clinicial assistant professor in the Department of Medicine who died Marc::b 27
in his home in Amherst after a long battle with cancer.

Schultz, a graduate of the UB medical school and a past
president of the VB MeC:tical Alumni Association, had
sen"'d on the faculty at UB since 1970. He maintained a
private practice in internal medicine. renal di\ease and
hypertension, and had published numerous papers in his SOM.n
areas of speciaJ ty.
Schultz served as chief of nephrology at Millard Fillmore Hospital and was a consultant in nephrology for Sisters Hospital, Kenmore
Mercy Hospital and DeGraff Memorial Hospital. Instrumental in
the development of Western New York's firs t outpatient dialysis center, he also founded the High Blood Prasure Control Program of
Western New York.
A past president and board member of the Western ~ew York
chapter of the American Heart Association (AHA), he served on
the board of directors of the New York State affiliate of the AHA.
In 1984, he: was named Man of the Year for the AHA's Western
New York chapter for his dedication and support in the tight against
heart disease.
Schultz was a member of the American Col1ege of Physicians,
the American Society of Nephrology, the International Society of
Nephrology and the 4n&gt;erican Sociery for Artificial Internal Organs. He was a member of the National Kidney Foundation, serving on the Western New York board of directors and eucutive committee. In I 975, he received the organization's Distinguished Service Award.

Sen•te committees gr•pple wfth service portion of UB's mission

Validating ptililic service efforts
1!J SUI WUfTCHUt
Reporter Editor

A

Faculty'Senateoomrnittee reviewing draft revisions of the President's
Review Board's policy
g&lt;Mmingevaluatioo of professional
academ.ic work has praised the
document's broadening of the definition of scholarship to indude
public-service activities.
But 1M dlair of the Committee
on Public Service, briefing manbera
of the senate's executive committee
on April 7, said his pand round the
document's use of the tenn "prof..sional Service" to be oonfusing, and
suggested the KCtioo addrasing the
"service" portion of UB's tripartite
rnission---&lt;:tJrreDtly titled "professional service".-.be titled simply
"service," or "public, professional
and university/oommunity service"
to better clarify 1M various dimensions Of service.
Michael Frisch, oommittee chair
and professor of history and
American studies, noted that the
d~ent uses the term "professional service" in two different
senses: service to one's profession
and service by a professional. He
recommeoded that the term "public service" refer to applied scholarship, while "professional service"
be identified as work to one's profession. such as editorial or referee
work on journals, organizing professional meetings or holding office in pro(essional associations.
Frisch said that no one f¢5 that
service and mearch, as discrete entities, will be seen as "parallel in any
important sense, ct:rtainJy notin tenure decisions and not even at associate prof...orial promotional levels."
But the aim of tht committee,
he said, is to make "legible ... the
kind of scholarship and tbe kind
of work that people do that often
doesn't fit comfortably into any of
these baskeu (UB's three missions
of research, service and teaching).
It is trying to ..provide a clearer
set of guidelines so we don' t end
up endlessly mired in 'is service

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MK:HAEL FIUSCH

serving in the church choir or being a volunteer for the boy scout
jamboree, all of Wtuch are important acts of citiunship but not
things that are going to matter
very much to tbe PRB."
John Boot, professor and dlair of
the Department of Management
Sc:imce and Syslmls, told Frilcb be
was strug1ing for a precise e:ample
of public servia_ "It is awfullytridcy,
when pusb oomes to sh&lt;M. to cite a
concrete eumple" of public service;
"it's what be does because be's a scientist, because be's a scholar and be
does it out of the goodness of his .
heart ... just because he wanu to
help."
Frisch pointed out that the Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Urban Affairs has
published a compendium of numerous public-service projects
conducted by faculty memben.
Samuel Schack, professor of
mathematics, noted that faculty
members do not have nearly as
many exampi.S of public service
as tbey do of research.
Tht public-service committee
could provide a valuable service for
the faculty and the PRB by roUecting a broadly based list. of publicservice projects from various sectors of the univtnity that arose out
of scholarly activity. This would
give faculty members •a sense of
what you're talking al&gt;out," Schack
said, adding that the concept "becomes ooncrete through exampl..."
Denrtis Malone, SUNY Distinguished Service Pmf...or in the Department of Electrical Engineering,
stressed that univmity service is not
necessarily discipline- related, while
public service is related to discipline.
Moreover, he said, there isjl difference between volunteerism and

work that is done as a result of
one's discipline. -what we're talking about, I think. art thinp you
do as a result of your discipline.•
Mitdldl Harwitt,....,.,.professor of economia, sugated that
some service wodt. ouch u editing
a joumol, can raJIIII'IIli)'Wheft from
poper-shuflliDa to "IOIIItlhing rally
hard anddeeplyinvolwd in raemil.
"Aod that's where the romplicatinn arises. We don't want to make
such simple, dear distinctions between Pot A and Pot B when, in
fact, even what we dearly think of
as u:rvice to the university is not
just a use of time," he said, adding
that it may not be so simp!.: to categoriu activities.
Frisch said the real issue to be
considered is not tbe abstract one
of "bow do we rome up witb a
universal definition (of public service), but the very real one of
which damples are going to end
up counting before the PRB."
He pointed out that numerous
"reSponses to phone calls• from
members of the oommunity-socalled u:rvice to the public-will
not count much toward tenure in
an otherwise weak case.
"What
inteiested in in this
(PRB) clocwnent is tn make sure that
those kinds of publicservicrtbat baYe
grown out of and then looped back
into raJ scholarly stan&lt;lin8 are rendered visible and aa:ot1JUabie and
oountableso people baYe acbanoeto
have that
validaled,• be said
"Aod in tum, bymalcingthatsignal, we will be enoouraging people
to feel that when th&lt;re is the opportunity to go in that direction with a
major project, .S opposed tn a more
conventional one, they won't feel
they art cutting their own throats"
if they do so, he .ald.

were

\..orit

FSEC
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the.
board imposed the general- ulty Senate having been co-opted
education requirement after refus- by UUP is on the face of it-an indiing to let SUNY Faculty Senate cation of the wrong attitude toward
Chair Vincent Aceto and others faculty. It's genuinely an ,insulting
attending the meeting speak be- interpretation," Harwitt said
fore the board voted.
Faculty members were not co"All he oould lu&gt;ve said was, 'Let's opted, but were
serious in
listen, firs~ before we vote.' But he their action in endorsing the statedidn't even do thaL If he attempts ment, he said
to portray himself as the leader of
"Facuhy do feel very seriously that
the system, he is very wrong be- areas in which they are genuinely
cause be is not leading the faculty and deeply roneerned have been
any more," he said. ""Ultimately, I intruded up6n in a way that destroys
think that if the senate feels that its the process of the institutioiL"
Faculty members feel that any
input has been treated with oontemptuous disregard, eventually chance of oonsultation or oollabothe faculty is going to do something ration with 1M board of trustee&gt; has
about that. This is it; they say they been "oompletely broken," added
have no oonfidence in this board." Judith Adams-Volpe, director of
Mitchell Harwitz, associate pro- Lockwood Library and a SUNY
fessor of ecnnomics, said that the senator. "Aod that's why this statestatement of no confidence is the ment was necessary at this poinL•
first instance that he knows of in
In addition, she said, while the
which the SUNY Faculty Senate hospital issue may not aff.ct UB diand UUP have made a joint state- r&lt;ctly since the univmity does not
own its own hoopitaJ, it was imporment of general concerns.
"Aod tn characterize it as 1M Fac- tant to show support for oolleagues

verY

in the other SUNY bealt)l-science
centers on an issue that does affect
them.
SamudScbadt.professorofmathemati&lt;:s, said be found Ryan's letter
to be "disrnissiv. and looking for a
reason to ignore the faculty &gt;&lt;&gt;ice."
He advised Greiner to take the
"siinpl~t interpretation: This was
a vote of no oontidence; if anybody
asks what it l'neans, it mean•s that
the faculty has no confidence in
the board of trustees."
Endorsement of tbe statement
does not mean that ~ faculty
member subscribes to~ item in
the list of grievances, or even that
tbe majority of faculty members
subsaibe to the item about the hospitals, be said. "It simply means that
in the ..-egate, watching this board
of trustees' behavior over sevmtl
years,...., have now subscribed to the
belief that they are an ineffective
board of trustea for this university
and...., have no oonlidmcz in their
guidance for this university:"

�April! ~ 1!1!19/Vol.:al.lo. 28

nteMail
Universities qn gain public support,
confidence by clearly defining goals and objectives
To-Editor.
America's~~Xlep!anee ofThomas Jefferson's and Ben-

jamin Franklin's view of public education as nea:ssary to nurture an informed. politically responsible
public has long justified public support of scbools.
Expansion of that support to institutions of higher
learning was a natural extension. The place of publicly supp&lt;&gt;rtO.I univ&lt;i.ities among democratic institutions was aptly described in the 1984 Master Plan
of our own unM:nity. •...public higher education is
directly a.nswemble to the society at l:lrg._ Supported
by public funds. it has a mandate to deploy its resources
in pursuit of the public.good.lnstruction and research
are part of the process; so is the function once called
outreach, and = t l y known as public service."
Over the years, taxpayers provided a wealth of
resources to public universities. Historically, however, it is unclear how "the public good," in pursuit of which those resources were to be deployed,
was defined and by whom.
Most taxpayers hold the view, perhaps unrealistically, that, besides developing competencies
that will enable students to be productive members of society, higher education also should be
an experience that prepares them for the ethical,
. social and political responsibilities of adulthood.
Unfortunately, the public 6naliy has come to realize that the education of students ·is.not a top
priority among our institutions, that universities
p t research ahead of teaching. It is no secret that
If-promoting and often esoteric research
rejects, rather than teaching, occupy the time of
any of the highest-paid fuculty.
Diminishing financial support is the predictable
r
nse of a "disillusioned public. The semblance
of a ublic mission is further eroded when reduced
state bsidies result in tnmsf~rs of tuition increases
fro m
ayers to students.
If judgment d~y is here for tax-supported universities, how are they meeting the need for pub-

-tt.,.,

lie accountability? Do public universities have
dearly articulated mis.sioos with well-understood
goals and objectives that provide a rationale for
making painful choices, while assuring the public
the "quid pro quo" defined in their master plans?
It is not that administrators do not regularly produce documents that purport to spell out their
educational objectives. It is their unwillingness to
state those objectives with enough specificity and
practicality that they might be held accountable
for not achieving them that is the problem.
How many public universities evidence the will
or political courage to use budget situations as
opportunities fur improving educational quality by
targeting certain units for growth and others for
retrenchment? An unwillingness to identify the
educational activities of most importance to do
weli makes it possible t&lt;? only dilute dwindling resources by trying to do some of everything. Finding ways to. enhance and protect excellence in core
activities while operating at ihe cutting edge of
change demands extraordinary leadership.
Perhaps. it is time to reconsider the criteria on
which public universities are judged to be "great."
Conspicuous ronsumption of research support in
the absence of quality teaching and community
service carries little weight among those judging
the cost-benefits of public support of higher education. Difficult times provide exceptional opportunities for enlightened stewards to emphasize the
populist service responsibilities of publicly supported universities and define the "public good,"
in pursuit of which their resources arc to be deployed. Such an accomplishment would go a long
way toward regaining public confidence and rationalizing the annual budget decision process. To
do less is to hasten the pr-ivatization of public
higher education and make the term .. public uni versity'" an oxymoron.

A. SUtb., profeuor of social and preventive medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

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Repw._,

~rew
........
. ._
. ,.......,.plomdoltlhlh
pload tnt,
_
.. HorqtaJnt ~
The crew tam took on Hamitton
and Met"C)'fwrst at the Mercyhurst
Regun ot Findley. N.Y. on S.OJrdoy.
HI&amp;I&gt;IJ#la included first-place
finishes from the men's varsity four
(7:07.54) and the women's nOYice
ei&amp;l&gt;t(H7.61).

lennis
MEH'S

Toledo 7, UB 0
Ball State 7, UB 0
The men's tennis team rernamed winless In the Mid-AmeriCan Conference u
k&gt;st to visttifl&amp;Toledo. 7..0, on Friday and BaH State, 7..0, on Saturday.

1t

WOMEN' S

Bal l State 7, UB 0

Bowtin1 G reen 7, UB 0

The women's teMis tam dropped MAC matches lllgajn.st Bowtlng Green. 7..0.
on Fri&lt;by and Ball State. 7.0. on S.OJrdoy.

~ut~oor lrac~ an~ ~iel~
The tnoek team tool&lt; par&lt; In !he -4th annual Millenville Multi H-lhlonl
Dealhlon hosted by MHienville Unlvenky lut -kend m Mal.,.vHie. P:L
Top finlshen for Bufblo included Sanh IV&gt;nzler (3,908 pa.) and Chriss,.
Maw-s (3.704 pa.). who pbced second and third. respectively. In en.
hepalhlon. K...m.rapwred first place in lheloogjump (IT 1-314").
The Bulls also competed In en. Budcnelllnvlodonallut -"'nd. Rulh
Conk&gt;n finished second In the hammer wid'l a throw of 1611. Rashkii Greene
fi"lished second in the men's hammer with a school ~ord throw of I 7T I"
Keith Gentes fin;shed lhlnlln en. lwnmer.

BrieD
WLI to offer instruction in Yoruba

Tile-..__

in the DepartmentofModern Languages
and literatures in the College of Arts and Sciences will offer instruction in
Yoruba. the fir.;t language of 30 million w.st Africans living in Benin, Nigeria, Togo and Sierra I...cone, beginning in the fall. Mark Ashwill. director of
the institute, said that because of U.S. national int=sts, the language has
been r&lt;a&gt;gnized by a national panel of language teachers as a "fir.;t priority
language" ~ng the less commonly taught languages of th&lt; world.
The course will be taught by Cluistian Onikq&gt;e. i native speak&lt;r from
Nigeria and visiting assistant professor of French.

Events calendar

Cluslal-~

F.-.

WBFO's Opus: Classics !.he leoturlng
the
Woodwind Quortet.
by Barblro Herrick. Allen Hall
Auditorium. 7 p.m. ffft. fof' more
lnformltlon, call 829~.
Concwt
C&lt;&gt;n&gt;put&lt;o" Music Concert. U8 Dept. of
Music, Center for the Arts Droma
Theatre. 8 p.m. Free. For more
information, all 64S-2921 .

The

A show of wort&lt; by senk&gt;r MFA students
;n the Department of Art. College of Arts

l.agawvW at 645-6800, exL 6101 .
Lecture
MammaliAn Mitochondrill Protein
Synthesis: Slmbrttles .00 Differences

~,::::::z:~r:::~. Dr.

Unda Spremulll, Univ. of North Carolina;
Chemistry Dept. 210 NatuiCIII Sciences
Complex. North Cimpus. -4 p.m. Free.
For more information, can Or. Margaret
Hollingsworth, host.

Thursday

at 6-45-2968.

- . . . . , . Colloquium
The Rotlonallty of Rights. Samantha
Brennan, Western Ontario Univ. 684
Baldy. -4 p.m. Free. For ~
informatiOf\ all645-2«4, ext. 707.

22
UlatSunotMSpukons.rtos
Envlronmentoltlourds of lAwn c.r.

g=:;=A.~,;.-~·~1

~=~9~~i~~!ff

ard Alumni Auoc:Jotion meml&gt;en S1 0).
For """" infomlation, call Jude

Schwend!e&lt; at 829-2608.
WNYTDC-...op

Mort.et~ Smolt

~~
~==~
Center. Advanced Trolning Center, 275
Oak Sl, Buffakl. 8:30 1.m to 5 p.m.
$150. 5ponsot&lt;d by Western N.wYort&lt;
Technology Development Center. For
more infcmnation, call 636-3'626.

l'oetTy lleacllng
AlAn Shoplro Poetry RN&lt;IIng. Poetry
CoiiKtlon. ~20 C.pen. ~ p.m. free.
5ponsor&lt;d by Charles D. Abbott. )r.
Poetry Vrsitorship Fund, UB Dept. of
English. For rnot"r Information, call Max
WK:kert at 6-45-2575, ext. 1032.

-Dinnor
Earth 01y Potluck Dtnner. Pistachios in

:6

~~

t~with ::rak,dish,

Animal Rig hts Coalition

~q. For

information. caH Reesa at 8381798.

I'I"'Ire

Exliibils
Student worlu on dlsploy

,..~

President's Review Board Meeting.

~:·~~=~r,3~or.

Student Union. 3 p.m. F~. 5ponsot&lt;d
by Office of the Provost and the Faculty
~te .

The UB Student Vrsual Arts Organization
is sponsoring an exhibition of wort by
u~raduate and graduate students in
the Department of Art In the College of
Arts and Sdences in the Center for the
Arts Atrium. The show of prinU.
dmvi~s.

~ COeology P&lt;ogrum

photos, designs, computer art

~~the~,p~
Natun~~l

~~=rt~t~~~~l.
~H:=a~!~~~~o2~.

p.m.; \'m::t.-fri., 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sat.,

~a~tols6~ ~~'j ~~tion for
Martt Dun Yeca: u f;loomln.ttOf'
Malt Dean Veca's installation, EJ
Gloomlnator, ls described as ..a great
liqukt bk&gt;b hurtling th~space and

~~""'the~-~

acrytic. muraL whlc.h covers all four walls
of the Ughtwell Gall&lt;ty, was ;nsp;ro&lt;t by

=~:r:ert~~t
Ughtwell Glllet'y in the Center for the

~~~~re~.~~~0:30
a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sun., noon to 5 p.m.

Jobs

full'rolessor.Qep.wnent of Psychoat&lt;y.
ff-9032. Aulstant l'rofessor.
Schocl of
41f-9033. Clnical
Assi:sWlt. Professof'.Qep.wnent ~
Ocrupationalfuoapy. - 41f-903&lt;
Senior Assistant/A.uoclate Ubrarian-

Law,-

Educational Technology Center, Postrng
•F-9035 .

Profeulonal
IRIX Systerm Admlnlstrato&lt; {5l-4)·

=~~:~
ne.dopment {MP-38)-Dovelopment
Department Posting •P-9016. Sr.

Convnunlcotion Systoms Analyst {Sl-4)Departmont of Computing ard
Information Technology, Posting ·P-9024 .
Programmer/ Analyst {~3Xtwo
posJdons IYallb&amp;t)-Student Finances
ard ~~&lt;cords. •P-9025, 9026.
Dlroctor, Counseling Cent&lt;r {Sl-6)~PostingfP-9027 .

~ard~.=c

..

Technology. Posting •P-9030. Dnctor of
CMftr Plionnlng and l'lac&lt;ment {SL-5}
Career Plarwmg

ard

Placement Posting

Reseudl
Study Dtrector-Center fOf

R~arch

on

~~~.~!!~~=·s=:.R-

(JM;rt

CEDAR. Posting ·R-99020. Radiological
Technkiln
tlme)-Women's Health
lnitiatfve, Posting tR·99027. Clinial
Nurse Speda.llst-Women's Health
Initiative, Posting tR-99028. Reglstend
Nurse (part thne}-Women's Health
Initiative, Posting IR-99029. lAJMS
ProJect Assistant-Health Sciences
Ubrary, Posting t R-99030

IIP-9032. Programmer/Analyst {Sl-3)-

StOOmt Services lnlormation Technology.
Posting ·P-903&lt;. Deslgne&lt;
{Sl -4}-UnM!nlty F.ames. Posting •P-

~C.i&gt;L~""..l.oc""t'~

9036. DeYOioper {5L-3)-Department of
Computing ard lnlormation Technology.

=~~~tn

{5l-2)-Depanment oiA!hi«ks, Posting
IP-904-4. Coordlnotor for Open
Rea. .tion {SL-2)-Department of
AthleOcs, Posting ·P-9045. 1ldcet Sales
~/Marlcoting Coordinator for
Women's Athletia (SL-2)-Department of
Athletio, Posting •P-9046. Dftctor.
Athletia Communication (SL-3)-

=~~·P-9047
GroupTldcet Sales {SL-3)-Department of

~.:::.:Stt.r~

~0:.~
Building Servke Aide (NS-3, part
time, tempoBry) (thrft positions
avallabte)-Univt-rsity fKilities, Une 11 to
be determined. Cleaner (SG-5,
time, tem porary)-Unrverslty Residence
Halls, Une it43042

part

~tltlve

Cl• ssffled O YII

I (SG~)-CIT/ Operationa l Support
Services, Une 126704 . Keyboard
Specialist I (SG-6)-Human Resource
Servic:es-St:ate Personnel, Une 120616

C~rt

Keyboard Spedollst II {SG-9) {M/ C)·

Human Resource SeMCes-State
Personnel. Une 120788. Keyboard
Specialist (SG~)-Vtee Provost for
Undergraduate EducatiOn, lme 123313
mfum1orl0fl on fObs hsted

=i~==~n~~~~l~n

Department o f - . Posting ···9049.
Coonlnator of Student AtNete Setvices
{5L-2)-Department oiAthleOcs, Posting

cases. A sculpture by 8My will be
a~a of the

IP-9050. .....-.tAdmlnlstntiYe

vorc~

Dlroctor {Sl-3}-UnM!nity Honan

mformorron on R~s~rch JObs. contact
5pon"""" Progronu Pmonnd ' 16 Crolt&lt;

concurrently in the Mainstlge exhibition
Dr. GefilJd Smith. UB. 216

Senior- and Reception

Sciences Complex. North Campus. 3:15

r:=~.~~Dept.

exhibited in the Mar~
Atrium until tomorrow.

Program. Posting lfP-90.S 1. Director,

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